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Weekly Banner.
V RAXfclN & LEVIN.
JZnnfA.r, ; : Jau. 31, 1S78.
Col Lam; has bccu appoint
ed ipcnUeHtiary commissioner.
; - . .. .I-.
-, Teh agafir said that McMa---ImmC
Uie president of France,
will resign? -. -
Mrs. .Dr.'MARY Walker has
.been granteda pension of 20
r "per -afonUi by the federal gov
ernment Tkse- senate lias passed on
Senator MaxcyV "bill approprl-
- aUigJ4pooa for Liilitarypost,
atlilEaso.
IK the caseJnvolvuig the title
fq the Arlington estate, the jury
; . j! fi utmost certain to go against
., thegbVeriienf. -
TWENTr thousand European
emigrants are. expected to ar
riverHi tilts county within the
next few month1;.
Minister Wasiihurn will vis
it Monterey, Saltiilo and other
cities in northern Mexico, for
the benefit of his health.
The troops at Port Stockton,
Texas, w ere paid ofTin gold on
Saturday last The last gold
" payment was made in 1 86 1.
THEVacovjrrt! thinks
"": if aH the bills proposed in ..the
.legislature pass, we will need
rp"-raore laws for a hundred
years' iso come.
- The United States senate
"will have printed 30,000 copies
of'tiie special report of -thc.de-
" partwent of agriculture on in-
JfScSrecting-cotton plants.
48 'jNiTtuir -ir r ...- i.:r r
" H.T1. IV. 1-A-Mj. LllCl UL
'tte Wgers, is to tie appointed
Roberts one of tlie
:enhary commission-
r&lL-ftkc office is a paying one.
v -Ai Austin special to the Nciss
says the opinion gains ground
that the levEioa of our laws,
made at a cost of about $13,000
tip not be, adopted this session.
iTfhe exports from the. United
9taics.now exceed imports by
.300,000,000 annually, This
istratcs the value of
fining up new foreign market
.
, .The TayJorsvillc Times is the
"sSfnewspaper venture. It is
a. fivecolumn patent inside.pub-
bsbed at TaylorsviHe, William
jen'apunty, by Minor H. Brow n
'HGsenate military commit
teefe, reported favorably on
senator Maxey's bill for the
purchase of additional ground
"emAi&9uto the arsenal atSan
fi pT5? of tramps "attemp-
tor wreck a mail train near
Vs They then visited
station and abused the pas-
;crs. 30 tramps were arres-
iefc
1
iie legfslative committee to
.investigate the Huntsville peni--teatiary
passed through Hous
ton. They will, also investigate
tfieiiew penitentiary buildings
at Rask.
- D McLeod, colored, has
-keen appointed government
tore keeper at Covington, Ky.
Pe is the. first negro whoever
jKceived an appointment of the
kind in the State.
It is claimed by a good many
papers that the pension bill late
ly passed by congress is a huge
swindle and that at the lowest
'estimate 20,000,000 will beta
ken from the treasurv.
3srf-sr
em
. Tra;'Round Rock Headlight
saj's the establishment of the
K&pping post will do more to
"' rclievathc state ot her criminal
costs than all other legislation
possible on that subject
VSayakd Taylor's first and
mostcetebrated poem was writ
ten before he. was twelve years
ofagelAs a poet he was not
"asuccessfhis fame, rests exclus
ively on his prose writings.
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The Columbus Citizen says
considerableirnprovemcnt is vis-
" e jfefca our city and rcal estate
t A hasadvanccd 15 to 20 per cent.
- ''SCanyold iiouses are being re-
fcd-and sqme new oncserec-
. ted,
, Itjs said that wheh the ayer
agc school trustee receives 'his
commission, -which js hand
somely printed on an elephant
"-paFcr, that he forwfth
PrcS5Iito'strut"and,JnonVor
tvTO,ifmstanc4 negro trustees
haycliecn known to strut Ihcm
sclcs bteralJy to death.
It is suggested that the whip
ping post be so amended as to
apply exclusively to wife beat
ers. We would suggest an
amendment giving wife beaten,
a double instead of a single
dose.
A HORRiniJi affair has just oc
curred at Leary, Ga. The
store of M. Whittlikins was
burned, lie was found laying
near the front door, burned to
a crisp, pistol in hand and skull
crushed.
Titc Denison Nevis reports
the death of Dr. McBride, the
"king of pain'' man. He died
recently at Chicago ofconsump
tfon. The doctor was a noted
character and was well known
throughout the-State.
Gen. SncR5iN" and party ar
rived at Atlanta on the 29th.
Several thousand persons gath
ered at the depot; they went
out of curiosity. There were no
cheers nor signs of disapproba
tion. It was a quiet reception.
Over fifty clergymen have
been found guilty of crimes in
the United States in the last
year. Such is an item that is
now going the rounds. Clergy
men after all are human ; there
are black sheep in every flock.
A Washgtox special to the
News says Judge Reagan in the
democratic caucus spokestrong
ly of making a direct issue with
the money power and corpora
'tiQns, and also for reduction of
the tariff. His speech was ap
plauded. Marshal Jack Wharton, of
New Orleans, contfnucs making
arrests in vario'js parishes of
parties against whom true bills
have been found by the United
States grand jury. One hun
dred prisoners are expected in
a few days.
The Victoria Advocate re
marks that Col. Oppenheimer,
like the Duke of Buckingham,
is still in the field. The mean
ing of all this is that the colonel
is a live business man who
knows exactly how to advertise
and does it
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Tge 2fcw York Sun says the
body of A. T. Stewart has been
recovered. The sum of 50,
000 was paid cash on deliver',
and in accordance with agree
ment entered into beforehand,
no questions were asked. This
story may or may not be true.
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Tun teller committee has
concluded its investigation at
Charleston. Colored democrats
testified to the existence of a
large number of democrats of
their race in Charleston and to
assaults made upon them by
their own people.
Tun bill reported for the sup
pression of tramps is almost
identical with the law of New
Hampshire. In that state it has
been found very effective. The
tramp nuisance is one which
should be abolished and the pro
posed bill, it is said, will effect
ually accomplish the purpose.
Mnitpms, Tenn., as an incor
porated city, has ceased to ex
ist The legislature has passed
a bill repealing the charter of
the city and remanding it to the
territory of Tennessee. Alocal
government and taxation are
provided for.
Advertising in Houston is a
sweet business. A grocer had
a lot of honey on hand that was
not going off readily. He ad
vertised the honey in the Tele
gram and sold 25 pails the first
day the ad appeared. He now
believes in advertising.
The Buffalo compress at
Houston is a paying institution.
It was erected a year ago at a
cost of 30,000. It is estimated
that by the 1st of February it
.vill have made money enough
to pay for the compress over
and above the expenses of run
ning it.
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The Austin Statesman curtly
says:
The Texas papers generally
are making cry tart comments
on the tragedy that occurred
here under the very shadow of
the Capitol last week.
It occurs to the Banner that
the Texas papers generally arc
correct in this respect
A rEv days ago a special
through train was rent from San
Francisco to New York. It
consisted of an engine and six
cars and was billed as six cars
of silk worms. There wasn't a
sillfiyorm on the train, but there
was$ i8,ocbq5o in gold bars
consigned tonhe-banking house
olthe Rothschilds?' .
S
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montli of resumption, but, aysff
the Dallas Hciald, money is just
as hard to get hold of as ever
Wonder if the Hciald man ex
pected to hnti money gravi
on the trees or to. pick it
the streets ?
It is'much more
the Flcasanton .
vict a man of crin
than it is for aj
the kingdom
do not like to 1
fact stares us so
face that we are compelled to.
On December 31, 1878 there
was on hand 1738 convicts be
longing to the state penitentiary.
Of these there was employed on
railroads 1S2; wood chopping
299; saw mill iS; sugar and
cotton plantations Q ie.and with
in the walls in various occupa
tions 323. . ,
FiGtON catching in the Terri
tory proved rather disastrous. It
seems that four Indians went to
a pigeon roost near Atoka; one
climbed a tree to slay the birds
with a stick; the limb upon
which he was, broke, he fell fall
ing on two others. One was
killed and the other tw o badly
hurt
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San Axtomo must certainly
be a poor town for office seek
ers. The position of market
master with a salary of $1 1 5 per
month was vacant and only
eight men mustered up courage
enough to apply for it. If the
ofiicc-seckers had done their
duty there would have been at
least eight hundred applications,
The State Teachers' conven
tion met at Austin on Tuesday.
About fifty delegates were pres
ent A permanent organiza
tion was effected by the elec
tion of W. C. Crane, president,
W. C. Rote and others vice
presidents. Various commit
tees were appointed. Much
good is expected from this
meeting;
The San Antonio Express
thus delicately alludes to the
numerous bills which have been
introduced in the legislature:
The state will be able to turn
quite a pretty penny and do con
siderable towards relieving the
overburdened taxpayers by sell
ing as old paper the bills that
have been introduced the pres
ent session, and which will nev
er be heard of again.
In Missouri no license is rc
quired for getting married. The
consequence has been that all
the run-away couples from Illi
nois go over to Missouri and
get married by justices of the
peace and ministers. A St.
Louis minister who married a
a couple when the lady was un
der age was fined 200 by the
courts and now all the ministers
want a licence, law so as to be
relieved of any responsibility.
James H. Britton, Barton
Bates and E. P. Curtis, promi
nent citizens of St Louis, have
been indicted by the United
States grand jury on charges of
crookedness in connection with
the National Bank of the State
of Mo., which "busted" about
two years ago. Britton was
president of the bank, Bates a
director and Curtis the cashier.
Among other things it is charg
ed that they made false state
ments regarding the condition
of the bank.
The Austin Statesman com
plains that persons go to the
news stands and buying a paper
for a nickle hang around and
read half a dozen other papers.
There is a great deal of human
nature about man, and the pcr
ion who borrows, begs or steals
his neighbor's paper is generally
the man who complains that
there is nothing in it or that it
is of no account. He proves
his assertions by always hunt
ing it up, reading it and never
paying for it.
o-
In Lampasas Ira Johnson.col
ored, stole a pocket knife, worth
perhaps six-bits. He was ar
rested and tried in the county
court His punishment was as
sessed at one day's imprison
ment in the county jail "and a
fine of 10. His trial and con
viction probably cost the coun
ty 25. and in addition to this
he may have been confined in
jail for several months at an ex
pense of 40 cents a day to hon
est tax payers. The 10 fine
he is probably unable to pay
and it will be necessary to keep
him in jail another montlLor
hire him out as a county convict
and let him run aw ay The law
in this respect is vtrv defcte
Wr; have had nearly oni
i;raH
""H
nBBt the
nwr in uic
A steamer has jujt arrived at
New York from Brazil bringing
100 destitute American citizens
from Para- They had come
doWr3ti5Vriuzon from where
'have been build-
t 125 yet
iy the nct
general av-
bad place
man is the direct
to giory The Coleman
ielegram thinksTfcs is one of
the" incentives to murder. With
this object in view it suggests
that the legislature pss a. law
to prevent convicted murdercs
from always and invariably pro
fessing religion and gtfing
straight to heaven from the gal
lows. Tun bill to restrict the immi
gration of Chinese passed the
house by a vote of 135 to 72.
It makes it a misdemeanor pun
ishable by fine and imprison
ment for the master of any ves
sel to take on board at Chinese
or any foreign port, more than
fifteen Chinese passengers with
intent to bring them to the Uni
ted States. The act takes ef
fect July 1, 1879.
A portrait of Davy Crockett
has been painted by a NcwYork
artist and sent to the capitol at
Austin, A correspondent of the
San Antonio Exptess says it
does not bear any resemblance
to the original, and were the
complexion of a different color
it would readily pass for a "big
injun." The picture vwas paint
ed on speculation and sent to
Austin tor sale.
The road law is fearfully and
wonderfully made. The Colum
bus Cttiscn man isn't 45. He
and his comps have been order
ed out He soliloquizes as fol
lows: Printers make ex
cellent road workers, speaking
in a Pickwlclcian sense. By the
way, why is it thd law forces mu
nicipal citizens to worktlie'road
in the country and the streets
in town ? Is there any "uniform
taxation" about this?
The Denison Neus tells ot a
brutal and bloody murder com
mitted in the beautiful Indian'
Territory on the Canadian river.
A man and woman, Indians, liv
ed in a cabin on the river some
25 miles from the M., K. & T.
railroad. A man who rode up
to the house found the body of
the woman sitting in an old
rocking-chair, minus her head.
The head had been chopped off
with an axe and put in a wash
pot
The Fairfield Rccoida learns
from two gentlemen who went
to Alabama and Georgia to get
hands that both states have
passed laws requiring every per
son who solicits people to emi
grate to pay a license of 100
in each county they solicit in.
The consequence was they met
with poor success. One suc
ceeded in getting several white
families in Alabama ; the. other
went to South Carolina and
brought on a lot of colored peo
ple. The San Antonio Exptess
says Gov. Roberts could afford
considerable relief to the excited
minds of a considerable number
of people in Western Texas by
issuing his proclamation order
ing a special election to fill the
vacant seat in congress. A great
many reputable gentleman have
their eyes turned toward the na
tional capital and much valuable
time would be saved by a speedy
election. A good many are to
be disappointed and the-sooner
they know their fate the better
it Will be for all concerned.
A Waco Telephone reporter
has just paid a visit to the Wa
co cotton factory. He found
it in full blast and the machin
ery wprking smoothly. Two
thousand spindles are now in
operation and twenty-two hands
find constant employment w ith
in its walls. At present work
is confined exclusively to the
manufacture of seamless bags
and about 900 are turned out
daily. If tiiebags weigh one
pound each, over two bales of
cotton are consumed daily. Wa
co's cotton mill is certainly a
big thing for that city. Brcn
ham should have one or more
cotton lactones ; we have an
abundant supply of cotton and
everything needed to make
them profitable.
The room of an attache of
the Houston Age was entered
the, other night and relieved of
several dollars in silver. It is
very indiscreet in a'newspapcr
in-1!! to"luu- any money.
Pj -.7M7-Bk
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Rraer ,
A FALSE MOTTO-
" Retrenchment and re
form" is the watch word in both
houses ol the legislature. Ev
ery member, it is said, is anxious
to secure a record of this kind
to parade before his constitu
ents. Many of our readers,
says the Marshal Heiald, will
regard this a favorable omen;
but w c do not. Experience has
shown that such legislatures
have invariably proved failures.
It is said tint never before
was there before such a scram
ble for office; there were no less
than nine candidates for chap
lain. Nearly every one of them
had friends who made speeches
in behalf of their favorite. It
is estimated that the house spent
400 of the public money in
the election of a chaplain whose
salary is 5 per day.
The legislature has now been
in session two iveeks, and noth
ing of any importancehas been
done; there has been no legisla
tion of any public importance.
Nearly every member has a pet
hobby supplemented by a bill
of some kind. The list of bills
presented, named simply by
their caption, already makes a
formidable showing. It is bare
ly probable that one-tenth of
them w ill ever become laws. In
the meanwhile public business
is neglected and the time of the
committees is spent in useless
labor. It is to be hoped that in
a few days all the members will
have succeeded in introducing
their various schemes, and that
the actual work of the session
will begin in earnest.
Retrenchment and reform is
a very good motto, but there is
such a thing as saving at the
spigot while the bung is leaking
Simply cutting down a few sal
aries and perhaps impairing the
efficiency of the service render
ed is neither retrenchment nor
reform, but accomplishes just
the opposite of what is perhaps
honestly intended as a move in
the right direction. In some
instances no doubt the salaries
and fees ot officers are extrav
agant and should be curtailed
Salaries vs. Foos-
The bill to abolish fees of the
offices of district and county
clerks, assessors, - collectors,
treasures and sheriffs and sub
stitute regular salaries will no
doubt receive the approbation
of a vast majority of the people.
The "office of collector in the
wealthy counties of Texas is in
many cases almost a sinecure.
The fees range from 4000 to
high as 12,000 or 15,000.
Such pay is enormous and en
tirely out of keeping with the
present hard times. The fees
of clerks, assessors and treas
urers are in many of the coun
ties unduly large and out of
proportion to the service
rendered. In this con
nection itmay not be amiss
to .note the salaries paid United
States officers. First-class post
masters get but 4,000 per year;
these include offices like those
of New York, Boston and all
the principle cities in the coun
try. At this salary there ap
pears to be no difficulty in secu
ring fiast-class talent. In St
Louis, Mo., under the fee system
the fees of the clerk of the cir
cuit court amounted to 20,000
a year ; those of the recorder of
deeds to some 12,000 or 15,
000, the legislature of that state
some years ago found that these
officers had two big a thing and
passed a law abolishing the fees
of office and substituting a stip
ulated salary, all fees over and
above the salary to go to the
state and county. This system
has been found to work well,
and there is no reason why it
should not do equally well in
Texas. The proposed bill al
lows the county courts to fix the
salaries of the offices, but limits
the amount. Under this regula
tion there can be no doubt but
what all the officers would be
well paid for their services, but
they could not become bloated
bondholders in a very few
years.
The shooting and killing of
the sheriff of Palo Pinto county
at Austin on the 23d inst is
much commented upon by the,
press of the state. Both men
were peace officers and were
away from home on civil busi
ness, yet both men w ere armed
in defiance of the law they had
sworn to support. This case
alone should be sufficient to
cause the legislature to pass a
most stringent law against the
carrying of deadly weapons. Of
ficers should not be allowed to
carry arms unless on active duty
COUNTY SCRIP.
At present, county scrip is
slow sale at 73 to So cents on
the dollar, and strange as it may
seem the learned county com
missioners of the old court
made an order allowing the
county collector to receive but
twenty-five per cent of the
county ad valorum taxes in
scrip. As there is no money in
the treasury with which to re
deem it, and it is only receiva
ble for taxes in limited amounts,
as a matter of course it is at a
heavy discount and must inevi
tably continue to be so until it
is made receivable for taxes, or
there is money in the treasury
to pay it As long as scrip is
depreciated the county will be
compelled to pay from 23 to 33
per cent more for all her pur
chases and contracts in order to
equalize the price. In other
words parties' furnishing the
county anything arc compelled
to overcharge in order to ob
tain thf value of the articles
furnished or labor done.
County collector Harvin in
forms the Banner that, in his
opinion, if scrip was receivable
for all the county tax it could
all be redeemed in less than a
year, after which time, if not
issued too freely it would be
worth dollar for dollar. The
county commissioners have not
published a statement of the
county finances since last year,
and until a full statement is
published no one can know ex
actly what condition the county
is in financially. The statement
should be full and complete,
1 show ing the amount expended
for jurors, keeping prisoners,
lunatics and paupers and the
amount of scrip issued for the
support of paupers out of the
jail together with other items of
general interest to the tax pay
ers who like to know what be
comes of their money.
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Beading Room.
The Bryan Pilot contain a
long communication setting
forth the necessity of a public
library. The probability is that
a majority of the people fully
agree. with the writer and this is
the end of the matter. About
eighteen months ago Brenham
took the public library fever and
went so far as to establish a
reading room; itwas duly open
ed and appropriately written up
in the Banner at the time. Hav
ing succeeded in establishing a
public reading room the inter
est in it began to wane. There
were a few books and a consid
able number of superannuated
newspapers and old maga
zines; the room was regu
larly kept open of evenings,
for several months, but for
some reason readers did not
come and after awhile the pub
lic reading room was closed and
is now well nigh forgotten. Its
failure is not due to want of en
terprise on the part of the foun
ders, but to the apathy of the
people themselves; the boys and
young men for whose benefit it
was chiefly intended found more
pleasure and a more congenial
occupation in loafing on thelmittee reported favorably on
street corners or in playing bil
liards, pool and pigeon-hole,
than in reading, unless they got
hold of a police gazette or some
'.'moral" book of a similar char
acter. The real trouble is in
the education of the boys. We
do not despair of yet having a
public library.
Gov. Roberts has sent a mes
sage to the legislature in which
he presents in a forcible man
ner the present condition of the
State's finances. The outlook
is by no means favorable; only
by the most rigid economy can
the revenues be made to meet
the expenses ; he does not pro
pose to increase taxation, but to
reduce expenses. The peniten
tiary at Rusk is finished but can
not be used without being put
in order. It may be let out to
lessees without additional ex
pense. Present requirements,
including legislative expenses,
cannot be promptly met unless
some way of accelerating pay
ment of taxes is provided. He
announces a deficiency of 300,
OOO and recommends that the
school lands be sold in tracts of
640 acres by an agent of his
own appointing, for school pur
poses and that the school fix
raised on property be devoted
to general expenses.
A bill has been introduced
in the Pennsylvania legislature
for the abolition of capital pun
ishment and the substitution
therefor of solitary confinement
for life at hard labor. As bc
tw een the two, many criminals
Quld prefer hanging.
ZicgislntlTO
Senate, Jan. 27. A number
of committee reports worctTe
ceived. Favorably on bill to change
jurisdiction of county courts and
conform jurisdiction of district
courts to such change.
Favorably on bill to suppress
tramps.
Recommended that bill to
regulate fees of collectors be re
ferred to finance committee.
Message from the house an
nouncing passage of a bill to
defray contingent expenses of
sixteenth legislature.
Recommending passage of
bill to authorize special tax in
counties where it may be neces
sary to construct courthouses
and jails.
Joint committee recommend
ed to investigate the asylums.
A number of bills and reso
lutions were referred.
House Among the bills and
resolutions offered arcr
By Mr. Guy: Amending the
fence law.
By Mr. Sledge: Radically
changing tlicroad law.
By Mr. Polly, (of Wilson):
To require elections for district
attorneys for every judicial dis
trict in .the State.
The usual routine business
was gone through with.
Senate. Jan. 28. The gov
ernor in a message recommends
a supreme court of nine judges;
that district attorneys be ap
pointed by the governor and
that county courts be divested
of all business except probate,
etc.
The proper committees re
ported resolution providing for
printing 100 copies of the act
regulating railroads.
Resolution that committee on
military affairs report a bill sub
stituting a smaller force for the
frontier battallion.
Message from the governor
nominating T. J. Goree for su
perintendent of the penitentiary.
Bill to secure railway employes
their pay, etc., passed under sus
pension of the rules.
Mr. Terrell, by consent, off
ered the memorial of Durant
and Merrick asking relief as
counsel for the state in the bond
case.
House. The question of cm
ploying four committee clerks
was discussed for an hour and
half when the resolution was
adopted.
Mr. Estes: to repeal the law
brandling the supreme court
Mr. Gaithen to recognize
barbed wire fences as lawful.
Mr. Sledge: providing a court
to try criminal cases in each
county to remain open all the
time.
By Smith, ofT-Iarris: To con
sticnte offices of assessors, col
lectors, sheriffs, treasurers, and
county and district clerks sala
ried offices, the county courtsto
fix salaries and placing limits.
Further time was asked to
consider a bill regulating rail
roads. The yellow fever joint resolu
tion of Mr. Bryan has passed
both houses.
Senate, Jan. 29. The cora-
bill authorizing county judges
to solemnize marriages.
Favorably on bill allowing
counties to levy a tax for build
ing courthouses and jails.
Favorably on bill to provide
for appropriation of public land
to build a new State-house.
Reported substitute for bill to
make bail bonds liens on real
estate of securites on,bonds.
By Mr. Stewart Bill to pro
vide for disposal of public free
school lands, and to secure pro
ceeds for benefit of said scnools-
The question whether 300 or
100O copies of the governors
message be printed was discus
sed, consuming tima enough to
have paid for several thousand.
It was finally agreed that fooo
be printed.
House. Petition asking for
exemption of feed and livery
stables from occupation tax.
By Mr. Gaithen Petition with
bill. The petition comes from the
state grange; the bill appropria
tes 20,000 to provide for in
struction in agricultural and me
chanical sciences at Bryan col
lege. Unfavorable reports were
made on a number of bills,
among them the amendment to
law regulating carrying of con
cealed weapons. Favorably on
bill to require service of courts
published in county papers, and
bill permitting parties in crimi
nal cases to testify in theircases.
Committee on roads and
bridges, reported adversely on
bill amending road law.
Bill repealing- the dog tax
passed.
Bill amending law 'so as to
strike out exemption from tax
ation of notes given for lands'
was passed. ?
STATENEWS. -
The Dago
Round Rock.
band is., iff
-rX.
In Williamson county
wheat and oats, arc lookihg
well.
Colorado county planters
arc busy getting rtady for the
next crop.
Pneumonia of a malignant
type is prevalent in portions of
Polk county.
Andrew Vincent commit
ted suicide in San Antonio by
shooting himself.
Bremond's narrow guage
railroad is now creating a great
stir in Polk county.
A colored citizen of Deni
son is known as the propnetor
of the 'jackass team,
Mike Cocn, a railroader ,:
was run oven and killed in' the
Central yards at Dallas:
A Columbus tobarconist
advertises thc-cclcbrated "Hum
bug" cigar Perhaps" thcad. is
truthful.
Peterson's store at Coke,
McLennan county, was burglar
ized and robbed, on the 24th of
200 worth of goods.
A young man named Hal
laman was found murdered at
Scguin. His skull had been
fractared with a pick handle.
Judge L. W. Moore is ex
pected in Bellville sometime
during the present week to hear
the Scurry Foster habeas cor
pus case.
Livingston, Polk county
is soon to be a city. Bremond's
narrow gauge railway and the'
Polk county Banna is to bring
about this result.
Tn Llano county every
body is "busteH" orvery'''hard
up" and no relief is promised un
less the mines turn out some
thing before long. .
A fifteen-year old horse'
thief from Williamson county
has just been captured by a
deputy sheriff of "Williamson in
Fort Bend county.
A man named John-Lary,,
a fanner living near Hallville.
was asssassinated a few days
ago. He was shot in the breast
with a shotgun and instantly
killed.
A Kansas City Stock deal-
er has arrived at Denison with
40 horses to replace those kill-,
ed by the smash-up at BurtonT
The horses will be shipped to
San Antonio.
Williamsburg, Throckmor
toncounty, is a new town situa
ted about 100 miles west of Fort
Worth." It is at present a "pa
per" town existing chiefly on a
magnificent plat
The- mayor of Beltoa tax
es the doughty warriors, who
fight under the banner of kin
Alcohol, the sum of 5 and the
trimmings for uttering the bat
tle cry or yelping.
Gambling in Round Rock
is now about suppressed and if
done at all, it is done on the
sly. The mayor had a lot of
"the boys" up and they have
been very shy since.
The Richmond Font Coun
ties says there is signs of day
breaking in Fort Bend county.
Lands are being sought after
and immigrants arc beginning
to come into the connty.
A Scotch colony has beea
started in Atascosa county.
Several Sctochmen have bought
land and propose going exten
sively into the dairy business
and manufacture of cheese.
Dr. Wm. Perry, "who prac
ticed medicine, in Texas when
the Indians were roaming over
Freestone county, died at his
home in that county on the 14th
inst He was nearly 100 years
old.
In Dallas a wheat wagon
was driven by a booby. The
booby allowed his wagon to
collide with a doctor's buggy; the
buggy was much damagedand
the doctor was spilled on the,
ground.
Bell county's county court
has purchased the Bob Turner
farm, in Tennessee Valley, to be.
used as a poor farm ; the price
paid was 1450. Part of the
land has been rented out at 4
per acre, cash.
They had a breeze at Lock
hart, Caldwell county, on Sun
day last. Thirty-nine buildings
were blown down and damaged.
The Houston house and Presby-1
tcrian church were completely
blown down; the. court house.
Masonic hall and Methodist
church were badly damaged
child of Mr. Wflodruff'swasJiiF,
edand several jpersonsbsdly1
hurt.-
.
Dallas Jeiald attj
ur the burning- of,, the Ward
reswnce at'Huntsville to soon
escapOTprcx-convxt who was
disciplines the stocks, lash,
"5rSonietlier?'se punish
ment - ski: '-
In the Ocharee-JoTBan
ca'.e at Galveston, Major Thom
as P. Ochiltree appefted. In,
court'a'hd took the oath jbathc
was an indigent persok. By
this action he avoids giving
bond for costs, 2
A typographical ' tonrist,
vulgarly called a tramp printer,
arrived in Waco and was treat- .
I edto a "snipc-huat'f by the.i-
amtnei'boys? It aBtoJean
open question as to -who was
"sniped.' .
At Columbia, 00 Wednes
day, a snudfrboy named Dodd
got hold of the" bidwtol; he
was playing with another sUrall
boy; the pistol weafc oCTtftoct
day there was' a fikieral a
small boy was "the corpse. '
- Thereis,moch"cQnip1iGntv
of crookednesses: cotton buying"
in Waco. It. appears that Jhere.
arc Cotton sharkrwho toiaRfca
business of buying fromrfarmc-rs
and who swThdkttnemuneight
calculation or classifies tioo..
-r- Belton yvniaL:Wir Mc
Farland,.who Eye. is Birdsdale
in t this county, was returning '
home on'S-Thursday evening;
when, about au hour after drk
he was met -uVa fane by; three'
men1- wnofcbctFMas of J220
in greenbadt
lMKLwgr. Vanwr, aged
gS.Uves'iSPoflc .county. She
6 hale, Tiearty, and active. She
is able tospkjter six cuts a day.
Mrs, V. draw3-;srpensfoa from
thegoverajaeataiBi is said to"'
have, learned how to read after
shewas 60 ycafc of age.
IWilham Kardinand Amos
Eickens "pleadguaty to theft
in the' district court at Ru$-
.r
Imond and were sentenestf j&
two years each ia the pelp
tiary. J36th-ai quite yIB
men andare;sakHo be charged
with offensesa a number of
other courhies, Q -"
EverybodyiaHuTaet coun
'ty Is said to, Have railroad on
the brainahd the man who
don't believe that
guage; road will be
side of ajreari is kx&Eid ufkw
wiin supreme
says the, Burnet coratndjfaft
01 trie mason &ws-aB, -
The-VictoiSLj'afrftef
says "there- no doubt that
more people die from bad cook
ing and carelessness in diet than
from any 'other caase " The
writer must have been suffering
from an overdose of extra heavy
biscuits and larded beefsteak.
Burglars visited Bellplain,
Grayson county; and entering a
house by thewiadow carried
off a gold watch, t$ in money,
a lot of "pulKkms," felse teeth
and dentists material. They
then visited "V house where a
wedding had bejeagpingon and
stole 'the reawiitder of the wed
ding cake. - rv "f
, TheBeHQ&M says a
number of citkeasipf Bell coun- B
ty have, entered- fato a compact
to see thatM eirfkdoers receive
their just deserts atthe hands of
the law. .Rowdyism will besup
pressed. One gentleman, -Ja
giving inforrnatfon,to-the coun
ty attorney, wascompeiIed to
report his own son. " &
The SaaiAtitQoui'JSxpjcss
says the outlookrfbr that city is
very brilliant. The spring; like
weather has brought activity,
flower gardens axe being arrang
ed, houses cleaned and pajjoted,
and arrangements for,r.ef IkbM
ings are being madef' In'jfhe
surrounding country 'farming op
erations are active.
Detective Jack Duncan has
just succeeded ia arresting fib&
Cotton in Ruskfcounty. Cotton ssl
is a negTOjWho was an officer oa-3
der the Davis reign. "'.He -is
charged with the murder ofAp-
plewhiteat Groesbeeckcabout
8 years ago. There were, re
wards amounting to $2,000 of
fered for his arrest, but he had
succeeded in keepings out of the
way.
Emberry- Cannon has been
arrested in WoodcouBJijre&arg
ed with having procawsd the
murder of sheriff Starkrf Rock
wall comity.? Garner' -who -was
convicted to behung jaae 1 5
1877, mcornpa$r-with his wife
cofnmiiled'sulcsde-QR the niht.
previous to the. execution. HiS
-wifejtettggled momjiinc into
the vCeUIjuujjpjbAjt -were found
jhjMguaraer,'ert a written
1 confession stating" that he had
been, by, t. Lannon, iureu tJ
-do thedeed.
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