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BEENHAM, WASHINGTON COUNTY, TEXAS, EBIDAX FEBRUARY 14, 1879.
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'Those favored with two-X's will
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The senate has passed a Jjill
for takingthe tenth census of
the United States.
It is estimated that from 30,;
000 to35",boo men are now.on
a'strikeTn Liverpool.
Rmlwav officials are at-Aus-tin
working against the prppos
0 cd reguiatToriof freight tariffl
The appointment of- Mrs.
Mohf t thVHouston postoffice
is now?supposed'to be a canard.
The'Michigan Central rail
road fasttviar employed 4850
men,vhose?pay amounted to
gl.OCO.OOJi.Ti. . rt J
v.... o ""T"
The' .Denison fleiald 'goes
for the Houston, Jilegram, at a
a.hveiygait,for; iter opposition
to flwftppH-ffpostj-,' r
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Gen1. J. Warren? BelltvIio
edited f?aiJBSiretutfmGa!L-
yeston,a.'few, yearsiagodied in, j
wasmngcon, January jo., j
Machinery hall, on the ccn-
teniaf , grounds, whicK brginally
cost $8oo,oc?w-pWtatifuc-tiona
few days Mevrfer'$240,oo.r
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3KWOGHATK: E
k El-embers of con-
NjfTbie ligpjn'-'preliminary
WKing 10 orgaa-
tficpming 'carn
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'-S,J.rTK.pEN, jharequested
to be heardbefore the congress
kraal -inveMigation 'committee
and his request has been acceed-
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""Senator. "Bayard, ofDee
ware,Tias been elected "an Jioh-
r -.j ,' 13 "t
- oxary -member, of 'vYash'ington
.iSteam FweCompany Ko. I, of
"Gdkreston. " v ,
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' , 'THElfactthat the 5un, shone7
at Marshall on Friday was of
sufficient importance to be em
bodied in a special tb.thc, .Gal
veston News. , ' i.
Pinchback. is, it seems, irre
pressible. He has again been
put in office. This time Tie has
been appointed internal revenue
agent for Louisiana.
x. The United .States Senate af
ter the4th of March next,, will
be. composed of 42 democrats,
33'republicans and A independ
ent, Davis, of Illinois; n '
Capt. Paul Boyton, ofac
quatic fame, has gone in a swim
ming. He takes a swin from
Oil City on the Alleghany river
to Pittsburg; distance 150 miles.
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The fact that there are sixty
millions of spurious bank nbtes
in circulation is a first-rate com
mentary on the vaunted effi
ciency of the secret service
The Supreme Court of the
United States having decided
Aatpolygamy is a crimet it re
mains to be seen what practical
result will follow the decision.
The senate finance committee
"by five to four "have decided to
recommend concurrence in the
house provision reducing the
tax on manufactured tobacco to
sixteen cents per pound..
The press conventional Aus
tin was slimly attended and ac
complished but little. The ob
ject was. to secure an improve
ment in the matter furnished by
the associated press dispatches.
A Bohemian newspaper, the
first and only one in Texas, is to
be published at LaGrange. The
first issue was to have been, out
this week. There are a large
.number of Bohemians in Texas,
and the enterprisee should meet
with a liberal support from that
class of our citizens.
A sweet story is tills : Seventy-four
hogsheads of sugar
were made from fifteen acres of
land this season, in StJLandry
parish, Louisiana. This h very
far ahead of the average crop.
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Congress willprobably make
an appropriation of $100,000
for Galveston harbor and $So,
000 tor the ship channel. Lib
eral appropriations will be made
for Sabine Pass and other points.
The walking mania seems to
be epidemic in the east. A man
in Reading; Penn.. has just
walked 100 miles in 23 hours
and 47 minutes.including 1 hour
and 41 minutes in taking rest
and meals.
tAx Austin the indictments
against the.GrimeS county bull-'
dozers, so-called, are withheld
and. the two negroes charged
with perjuryln those, cases dis
charged. The matter is consid
ered settled.
TiiE'senate is stuTworking on
the penitentiary question; the
appointment of a superinten
dent has not yet been made.
It is now thought that Mr, Go
.ree, the present superintendent
will not be re-appointed.
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At a recent meeting orinflu
ential grain merchants, in Lon
don, it was resolved that all
grains be sold "by weight, and-
,that the cental of loo pbunds
(the most convenient standard)
should be legalized for general
use". ". "
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j num x.. iuiauujji.ii, su
perintendent of the state deaf
and dumb asylum at Austin,
publishes a card m the States
man, asking a suspension of
public opinion until the legisla
tive committee have time to in
vestigate and" report
The Houston j--rriria-faidier-ly
manner counsels its contem-
'peraries ,opposed -to the whip-,
post after this manner: TIf any
bpjly is caught stealing, consid
er nof. that this. is. a, man pr a
woman, but a thief that, thou
.hast to deal with,., and let the
thief be soundly-thrashed. r
in the lower house of con
gress the proposition to transfer
Lthe Indian department to the
war department was rejected.
An amendment of the Revised
Statues" expunging-.the authori
ty to have troops at the-polls on
election dayiwas adopted "by a
strict party vote. "
AK'Iowagifl named Jemima
suicided' 'because she could in
vent no dimiriutive name end
ing in'"ie."' She was borne to
the'-tomb by eight girls all of
whose names' ended in "ieJ
"Now the Texas papers are
claiming Jemima as a lexas
girl, Texas girls are too brave
to suicide.
The African war has broken
out in "New York state. At.
Port Chester five drunken ne
groes took a part of the town
and" raised & row; an attempt
was made to arrest them when
they took to the woods and fired
upon the officers,' who" in turn
fired upon the Africans, wound
ing a couple of them.
The bill introduced by Mr.
Stewart, of Houston, for the
suppression of carrying conceal
ed weapons is a very severe one
and one that if impartially and
thoroughly enforced would
prove effective. The prospect
ofspending a whole year in the
penitentiary would deter many
a gay and festive cuss from to
ting a pocket arsenal.
At a meeting of the Bastrop
bar it was recommended that
the bill changing the jurisdic
tion of the county courts do not
pass. The Washington county
bar takes the opposite view of
the matter. In this section of
the state the opinion is almost
unanimous that county courts
now constituted accomplish but
little good and are a great ex
pense to the people-
Wm. Heath for ten years pri
or to 1876 was auditor of St
Louis county, Mo. He was a
radical and got into office dur
ing the halcyon days of radical
ism in that state. William has
just been convicted of embez
zling 143,000 of county money
and has been sentenced to ten
years in the penitentiary. He
at last gets where he should
have been ten years ago. Grad
ually the radicals get their dues,
Houston claims to have a
capitalist who would have loan
ed the G. C. & S. F. railroad
the $250,000 borrowed, but he
didn't lik the collateral. The
fact is Houston is opposed to
the G. C. and S. F. railroad on
general principles in fact,
Houston is jealous. Why don't
she build her Western Narrow
Guage railway and forestall the
Santa Fe and North Pole road
as -they are pleased to call it?
A StT Louis commercial pa
perTield interviews with about
ioo'Jeading business men in va
rious branches of trade regard
ing the January business of this
year as compared with the same
month last year. A material
I increase was generally reported
and a general behef-'expressed i
that business this year will be
much better and more satisfac
tory than it lias been -for three
years past. ,
The sub-committee of the
senate committee on appropria
tions, have agreed to the appro
priationTor the- Braze! mail ser
vice in the postoffice appropri
ation bill. It is expected the
full committee will ratify this
action. The river and harbor
bill is increased to five and a
half millions. Texas is liberally
provided -for. Mr. Harris of
Tennessee,.has; reported a bill
to prevent; the introduction of
contagious, diseases- into the
United States and to establish
a bureau of public health.
THE'revised" civil code is now
undergoing the scrutiny of the
house and senate "committees.
It has be'ert divided up among
the members.each one of whom
wilr examine about sixty pages.
An Austin special to the Netos
says, there is some talk of call
inga constitutional convention.
It is urged that the cost of ad
vertising the judjeial article pro
posed by the governor, in 'the
manner prescribed, would cost
556,000 and a convention of six
ty members would not cost that"
much.
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Governor Roberts would
sell the, -lands appropriated for
the benefit of a state university.
If the legislature accedes to his
proposition the money will soon'
be .spent; and in" ajev.years
Texas, in. an educational point
of. view, will be no better off
than she is to-day. Better hold
the lands and lease them out for
long terms of years. Xandcan-.
not run away or be embezzled;
money and bonds are liable to
take unto themselves wings and
fly away. Lands will for all
time to come bring a" certain
revenue.
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The select senate committee
appointed to investigate the
best means to prevent introduc
tion, and spread of epidemic di
seases give it as their opinion
that the best and only certain
means of preventing the intro
duction or these diseases from
other .counties is absolute non
intercourse with ports where
the disease exists in epidemic 1
form. The report reccom
mends enforcement of strict
sanitary measures in every city
and town.
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As adjourned meeting of the
congressional domocratic cau
cus was held at Washington on
Saturday evening. Ninety rep
resentatives and ten senators
were present, It was deter
mined that the test oath for jur
ors be abolished. The caucus
also decided upon an amend
ment repealing clauses of the
Revised Statues which provide
for the appointment of federal
supervisers of election. It is
supposed that this will be insis
ted upon even though an extra
session of congress be required
to to accomplish it
.
Failures among merchants
in the interior of Texas are be
coming quite common; the usu
al cause assigned is failure to
make collections and the low
price of cotton. The fact is
there has been too mu;h credit
business done and farmers in
many cases have bought-morc
than they can pay for. Raising
cotton and buying bacon and
flour has brought about the re
sult. It is true enough that cot
ton must be raised for a long
time to come as the principal
crop, but bread and meat should
also receive a liberal share of attention.
Advertlainc.
The St. Louis Republican re
fers those who siy "advertising
don't pay" to D. Crawford &
Co. This firm commenced bus
iness in St. Louis about eight
years ago on Franklin Avenue,
near Fifth street, in a small store
about 20x.0 feet in size, w ith a
capital of not more than t-oO.
but with indominable pluck and
energy. They commenced ad
vertising job lots of dry goods
at astonishingly low prices, and
from that time have classed as
among the most liberal adver
tisers in that city. They now
own one of the largest stores on
Franklin Avenue, do the largest
business of any house ,on the
street and are worth now from
2-;c,ooo toS300,ooo'-every dol
lar of which was honestly made
by close attenton to business
and liberal advet tistng. There
are several other houses in St.
Louis which have been equally
successful. These cases are well
authenticated, and in addition
to this there is no case on rec
ord where a liberal and judi
cious system of advertising a
business has been carried on in
which it has proved a failure.
The most successful business
houses in Texas are the. most
liberal advertisers, We are in-
' formed on reliable authority
that a Denison dry goods' store,
and not one of the largest in
that live town, spends yearly
from $600 to S800 for advertis
ing' alone, and they consider it
the best investment they can
make they make it pay; and
pay handsomely at that.
Tie Publlo Domain,
It seems that the public lands
of Texas are a white' elephant,
on the hands of the legislature.
A committee has been appoint
dd to report upon the expedien
cy of selling ofD all the "public
lands 'slap-dab, Or at'onc grand
swoop, and with the proceeds
'paying the public debt As
obrEas the debt is paid it would
bein" -order to go into debt
again jat the -earliest possible
moment 'The' public lands, if
sold now, would of course pass'
into the hands of speculators at
a ruinously low figure. At .the
present time and in their pres
ent condition they are not valu
able, but if held for sale to'per
manent settlers or even "given
away as homesteads tljey would
ficertainly realize more than by
selling themout to land sharks.
The tide of immigration is' just
beginning to set fairly towards
Texas, and thevalueof real es
tate is increasing year by year.
It is fair to presume that in the
next decade the increase in val
ues of.real estate will be,pro
portionabry much greater than
in the past. We may be wrong,
but we cannot now discover the
utility of selling out the vast
amount of public lands owned
by "the state fbra song, compar
atively speaking. It is true we
arc on .hard times, but the bot
tom has been reached and a
change for the better may con
fidently be expected.
, Governor Tildfn was before
the Potter committee in New
York on Saturday last He
was accompanied by his broth
er and two other gentlemen.
This the first time in the histo
ry of the country that a presi
dential candidate has ever been
before an, investigating commit
tee in exoneration of himself
from asuspicion of crookedness.
Mr. Tilden went before the com
mittee at his own solicitation.
Mr. Tilden declares that no pur
chase was made in his name or
by his authority. About all
that he accomplished wasa vin
dication of himself. That there
was a vast amount of swindling
done is beyond any question.
That Mr. Tilden was elected
and the people swindled out of
their choice, is universally con
ceded. The result has been ac
quiesced in by the people. We
do not see that any good can
come out of this prolonged in
vestigation. All that can now
be done is to avoid a recurrance
in the future.
Some Texas woman in the
interior offers to sell her hus
band at auction, the proceeds to
go to the liquidation of the
State debt Shaman Registci.
There are several wives in
Brcnham who could well afford
to sejl their husbands at two
cents each and who would make
big money by the sale.
LEGISLATIVE.
Senate, Feb. 6. Bill to make
it a penal offense to hold more
than one office of trust or profit,
referred.
Resolution to memorialize
congress for aid in improvement
of channelof Aransas pass, pass
ed under suspension of rules.
Senate refused to sustain mo
tion of Mr. I Ionian to take up
dog ta bill.
Adjourned till Saturday in or
der to give committees time to
make up reports.
House. Mr. Pattie, the chap-"
lain had read in the house a pa
per exculpating him from the
charges made against him.
Bill to allow defendants to
testify in their .own cases was
defeated.
Bill to compel debtors to
make annual exhibits, being an
insolvent act, was defeated.
Memorial from state grange,
signed by master Lang, urging
economy, etc., etc., presented.
Message from the governor
on schools and universities was
received. The governor thinks
the branch unfversity, or Bryan
college should teach agricul
ture, mechanics and the sciences
relating to the same and that
the university school lands
should be sold in tracts large
enough to attract purchasers,
create competition and in a
short time, realize, enough to be
of advantage in support of edu
cation. Bill to require sales under ex
ecution to jbring wo-thirds of
assessed value of real estate
sold. (
Bill making appropriations
January and February expenses
of government taken up and
passed. ,
Committee appointed con
sider and.report on the propo
sition to sell the public domain
and, pay, the state debt
Senate, Feb. 7. Nb general
session of the senate to-day. A
speciaU committee met to
investigate. the"pajvestqn iVhar'
source 01 .jnlormation. ,ine
News' reporter was before the
committee, but refused to an-,
swer any questions. It n6w re
mains to be seen what they will
do about it
The senators representing the
frontier counties are deeply in
earnest and will make a desper
ate struggle to procure protec
tion, not as a favor, but a right.
H,ouse. Several bills and pe
titions" were presented,
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Resolution that committee on
taxation inquire into the.propo
sition to give county officers
stated salaries, adopted.
Stewart, of Harris: To pun
ish carrying concealed weapons
by a, fine of 50 to gioo and
penitenitary'one year and five
years for drawing the same.
A large number of bills were
reported from the committees;
among them an unfavorable re
port on bill repealing local op
tion. Unfavorably to author
ize district clerks to issue mar
miage license, also favorably
on many bills which will come
up in regular order.
Resolution asking the United
States to refund money paid by
Texas for frontier defense and
balance of gio.ioo belonging to
Texas now in the federal treas
ury. Passed.
.Resolution asking congress to
fix value of Mexican coin.
Reports from the different de
partments as to what reduction
in expenses could be made were
received. The adjutant general
was the only one reporting any
reduction.
The special committee advis
ed the discharge of four com
mittee clerks, iaid over.
.Senate, Feb. 8. Several pe
titions were received and refer
red. Committee reported favora
bly, and with amendments, di
recting the attorney general to
take proper steps to secure the
titles to the state university
lands in Hill and McLennan
counties.
Joint resolution instructing
Texas representatives in con
gress to favor commercial rela
tions with Mexico.
Bill to prohibit sale of liquor
to inebriates and to prohibit sale
of liquor on Sunday between 8
a. m. and 6 p. 11.
A message from the governor
on management and support of
state institutions was received
and read.
Committee reported favora
bly to dispose of public domain
for public debt and school fund.
Bill to secure just division )f
estates of debtors passed under
suspension of the rules.
Bill to repeal dojj tax was
called up by Mi. Homan
passed..
Bill to dispose of public
main for state debt and
fund ordered printed.
House. Joint resolut
amend railroad law.
vides that a railway
struction runnmjfin
of a city or town of 1000 inhab
itants, shall establish a doot
there unless a river or moun
tains intervene.
Bill to regulate cost of trans
portation of convicts to peniten
tiary; "district judge tO'disignatc.
to shenfr number of guards
needed in guarding them to
penitentiary; expenses and a
dollar a day to be allowed each.
By Wurzbach ; To change
the constitution on suffrage to
require payment of poll tax as
a necessary before voting.
The question of disposing of
public lands to build a state
house was discussed.
The house concurred fn the
senate amendment to bill re
pealing dog tax.
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The Austin Statesman, makes
the following appropriate re
marks about the habit of mak
ing a lavish display of firearms:
A pistol worn where there is
no public or official duty to dis
charge, requiring the legal use
of a weapon, becomes a mur
derer's, and not a sheriff's or
marshal's implement of defense
and offense, and the condition
of public morals and those of
youths, taking lessons in life
from prominent men, would be
infinitely betteflf grand charac
ters, and those started-and talk
edbout, did not frequent tlje
streets with murderous imple
ments and explosive belts. Sc
eietv 11 sirV nf thpzt ermwe-
There is nd fame won or Konorx
gained or respect' given, and
outward signs of bloody- pur
poses or of disorderly society
gratifynorie and Jonly, make.
bitions of a rude" sort ofbulfying
vanity.
Reliable parties are at Aus-
tiaproposingto take the public
lands to be appropriated for
building a new State-house and
put up a building without put
ting thestate to a dollar of ex
pense in the way of money,
T he thirty million acres of land
to be appropriated for the pu r
pose,ifsold at 5'cenls an acre
would amount to a, million and
a half dollars, which amount
would probably be .ample to
build a Very respectable . state
house. The parties proposing
to make this trade are doubt
less very disinterested, but they
probably see some money in it.
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Senator Maxey has succeed
ed in getting through the sen
ate, the house bill giving three
months payto the soldiers of
the Mexican war. For some
years past efforts have been
made to pension the Mexican
war veterans, most of whom are
now old men, but' unsuccess
fully. It is to "be presumed! that
the three months pay is a tem
perary compromise in lieu of
pension. We have no doubt
the day will come ;hen the sol
diers of the Mexican war will
all be pensioned.
A Dallas special to the Gal
veston News says the trial of
the Rev. G.-W. Veal is progres
sing in Waxahachie. It is be
ing held in the Methodist church
with closed doors. If the ex
amination is not confined to the
Griffin affair, a similar chrrge
will be preferred by a lady of
unblemished reputation and the
wife of a Methodist minister.
The telegraph editor of the ftews
heads the dispatch, "Making
Hash of Rev. G.W. Veal."
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Bastrop Advettisei: A good
deal of cotton yet to be ginned
in Bastrop country. Last
fall corn was dull at 25 cents;
it now sells readily at 40 cents,
cash. - - Hog cholera is gener
al in the .county and playing
sad havoc among the swine. - -County
attorney Orgain is mak
ing a vigorous war on the gay
gamblers. In spite of the
cold weather a large quantity
of meat, mostly joints, have
been spoiled in the county.
Those who killed their hogs be
fore Christmas saved their ba- '
con.
STATE NEWS.
Cotton picking is still pro
gressing iOjSan Saba county.
Fruit trees in some parts
of Burnet, county are reported
to be in bloom.
The Gribsom murder case
al at Houston on
brass band
leisure time
Big turnips
rage; the ilpuLonTelcgratn has
just received aien-poimder, from
near Sour Lake.
At Bryan the grand jury
has brought in ajr' indictment
against Solon Irandall for the
murder of W. R. King.
Precy, the young Phila
dclphian, who is wanted in San
Antonio for theft and forgery
has been arrested in Uvalde.
In San Antonio the other
day seven tramps were up be
fore the recorder who sentenced
them to twenty days each in
the lock-up.
The -'French Spy" is to
delight the Houstonians at tlie
theatre on Tuesday and Wed
nesday evenings. Miss Jennie
Hughes will do the "Spy."
Peach trees reported in
bloom in tSan Saba: county.
Though much- farther north
they are ahead of us. In this
section there ara no blooms
yet. ,
1 Dallas tramps' are begin
ning to organize for a spring
tramp through the beautiful In
dian Territory, Tramps - never
spend their summers in the
south. n
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A. Philadelphian in San
Antonio stole a horse Saddle
and briddle and forged atele-
jcgrapMc' money order for. &0. J
He thea-went-west-to, grownup'
with-the countiyv j
The receipts of the fair and
musical entertainment of the la
dies of the Hebrcwt benevolent
association at Dallas amounted
to gi 800. The receipts" at the
ball were 51500. '
Three men 'have been ar
rested in Sherman charged with
the burglary of a jewelry store
in Osage lission Kansas two
years ago. Part of the "swig"
was found in iheir possession.
Tyler has ,a jegular old
fashioned mad dog scare. The
city council has ordered all"
dogs killed. Numbers of cattlc-
and hogs have been bitten, and
it is reported several persons al
so. Street paving now seems
to be the subject attracting most
atttention in Houston. A meet
ing of the committee was held
on Saturday last, but as a quo
rum was not present no business
was done.
The LaGrange Record in
reporting a wedding, gives only
the initials of the bride groom
but gives the bride's name in full.
This is a new departure in jour
nalism, but then the Record man
is young in the journalistic field.
A prominent Liverpool
cotton buyer has determined to
locate at Houston. He has
bought property and will soon
build a residence. The Telc
gtant considers this quite a
feather in the cap of Houston.
A white couple, both about
three-quarters drunk, appeared
before Justice Sherwirtin Hous
ton and being armed with a mar
raige license demanded to be
married. The justice spliced
'em and they departed happier
than ever.
A man named Wickliff
Edmonson was captured in Fort
Worth, charged with having
murdered his father in Cumber
land county, Tennessee.and also
with having seduced his aunt
who was some years younger
than himself. He will be taken
to Tennessee for trial.
Hearne has not had a news
paper published there in several
months. Hearne is a newspa
per grave yard; half a dozen
papers have been started there
and ended their existence. It
is now rumored that a green
back paper is shortly to be star
ted. It w ill certainly meet the
same fate as its predecessors.
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arc now the
Henry Sneed, a colored
man living on Onion creek.Tra
vis county, was assassinated at
his house on Tuesday night.
His wife went out to milk about
8 o'clock and while milking
heard a pistol shot; returning to
the house she found her hus
band laying on the floor dead.
The negro is naturally of
an imitative disposition; he .sees
white men steal horses and of
course does likewise. Lew Har
ris is an enterprising Grimes
county darkey; he stole a horse
in Brazos bottom and sold him
in Leon county; he then Stole
him back again and wasjesell
ing him when he was nabbed.
The lelegram learns that
a petition is beintr circulated in
rBeauSionrAind signed by nearly
all the leading citizens of the
county, asking Gov. Roberts-to.
pardon Judge McDonough, late
of Houston, but now in: the
Huntsville penitentiary for com
plicity in the land forgery busi
ness. It is now reported that
some of the whiskey up at
Waco is so bad the darkies even
complain about it We look
upon this as a slander upon the
judgement of the Waco ne
groes. There is no such
thing in existence as bad whis
key viewed from the stand
point of the average whiskey
drinking darkey.
A Mexia man who went to
Colorado three years ago, late
ly passed through Dallas on his
way home. None but his im
mediate friends would ever have
Jcnown this but the man struck
a vein out in Colorado and solt
it for 585,000 and that's. why4l-
is heard of. If he hadn'tstruck
a vein .he: would be all the same
like any other man.
Last week a quantity of
coal od, powder and turpentine
was found secreted in the facto-.
ry foom of the penitenbafy,tanhe-r clai cpmmuni-
Moran, the convictwho escaped
some weeks ago made a threat
that he would escape if.he had
to burn. Jhe- whole prison. His J
threat and the presence of the
combustibles are1 supposed to
have some connection.. T
A merchant' at Hearietta
sold a farmer a Jew pounds of
nails aiui gave him an empty"
tobacco box, with an uncancel
led stamp on, it, to carry the
nails home in. For this he was
arrested, taken to Sherman and,
held in $200 bond for his ap-
pcarance at Austin. Tt is very
dangerous to meddle w-itK the
"Infernal" revenue laws. '"""
A New--Deal in Criminal
Arrests. Governor' Roberts
has issued a proclamation revo
king all of ex-Governor Hub
bard's proclamations offering
rewards for the arrest ofcrimi
I rials and fugitives from justice.
ie turther states under what
circumstances he will offer re
wards for the arrest of fugitives
from justice. He requires that
the judge, the prosecuting at
torney and the sheriff' must sat
isfy the governor by affidavit
that tfie fugitive can be certain
ly pnnished if caught, and that
the fugitive is outside of the
state,, and therefore out of the
reach of local officers. Austin
Statesman
Men of bilious temperament
never make orators or poets.
Next week geese and doves
and other poor folks begin to
choose their-mates.
The cremationists are not
dead, but only sleeping until
some one out side the order
wants his or her body burned.
They don't like the fire them
selves. The time will come in the life
time of Texas, if not in the life
time of any man now living,
when each acre of the universi
ty lands will tent annually for
one dollar. Now this acre can
not be sold for fifty cents and
yet there are impatient robbers
of posterity who would sell this
land. Statesman,-
A preacher who arrived at
the kirk wet through asked an
old Scotchwoman what he
should do, to which he replied,
"Gang into the pulpit as sune
as ye can. Ye'llbe dry enough
there."
"Madam, you never confess
yourself in the wrong." "No,
sir: but if L had ever been in
the wrong, I am .sure I should
have taken great pleasure in ac
knowledging it."
The Brenham Banner has
been enlarged to a 36-column
paper. It is .the best exchange
we have for collecting news
items. Dallas Christian Prcach
er. 1
Tk "rt" Tease Xa.
You find fiirn everywhere; m
the ball room, fajiandsome par
lors, in 'dHnkmgvTWoonsMover
billiard tables, eveawltere. De
cent, indecentvrfgarifiBed,
common and, intellectual
arc an nis associates. ,. , r
In conversation wltfi geittte
men he uses oaths' a yard or
two in length between every
verb and noun, amfw hen "with
, iacj;es j,;s swearin befng 'cur-
lanco, ins expression is reutrcea
to slang. Fortunately his mind
does not soar above his lan-
gauge, so he is- neverata. loss .-
for a word. His' especial de
light is to stand on the street
corners and steal glances at Ja-i
dies feet when they get outol.
a carriage. If an unmarried
lady he glibly discusses her, at
tractions in language that ne-
noes frequently excel. -.and!L.'
TrTTdeasthat hi Tf::&-
-waald notentertainf 'Shejnay
be somebody s sister, and-hej.
may have sisters just her age r '
and make. His intellect is so '
unsophisticated thafhe doesn't
think."! am conferring on oth
srs the right to speak coarsely
of my sisters." j? - -
Somehow he alwayshas mon
ey without working for it,'and
credit without paying- He lives
on the fat of the land. Ofcourse
the day of settlement comes
sooner or later and he then'skips
the town and is never heard of
again. - j-
Would you like to know how
the latter part of his lifeisspent?
Look1 in the city lock-up, or ,
worse still, in the penitentiary,
and you'll find him. , t
A Niagara chaprnighfmake
some money by finding, ot "the
spot where the Princess .Louise
first set foot on America-- soil-s
and selling earth" at. so' mwrh a
grain. There "-are "just look
enough in the country to invest.
New York'CommercialAdver
tiser. -A
The New YorlcGrafehjcwants 4
aft answer to-tK'70ik, yes!
Gcd "made thci-C'rtinfiy and
man made the towBu The rural
districts are moral and-honest6
and the great cities a'reiormorat
and dishonest. , Is this true? Is"
the .farmer more ..honest than
"J" . r.
Jesse Pomcroy, theboy fiead,
whojs serving a life term i-j-the
Massachusefts'State-Prwon, has
been tauglif "Latin' there, anot
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.has traasktedibe Lord's Prayer
into mat language.' suNowgiv
him a course of instructier in
the ten commandBletita. . oarti-
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cularly the sixth.-fl&a' Ytok
Telegram.
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- The-end okwrath' is- the be
ginning o"frepentance
The, sun-dial only cotmfc the '
brightTiours. "r
Piety, p rudencci wttassdjiiv- ?
ity, arcth?elements ofSttie no
bility. ' - '
' God's mill goes sWwry, but it -grindsw-ell.
'High , ho"uses-are- Mostly
empty in the upjjer storyv
"A hundred years wrong do
not make-a hour right' .
oretare drowsed, the
bmvlthanintl-e'sea"-- , "
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ter thepraye?. 'f
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Too many- farmers regard
garden work as something un
worthy their 'dignity Such
"puttering work"they delegate,
to the women and children who
are oftentimes overtaxed with
the chores of a large farm. Gari
dening is "puttering rworic,",if
careful attention" to the most
minute detailsjmay.be sonam
ed. It pays to putter, neverthe-
less, and often the garden islne
onlypaying"portron of the farm.
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A contract for funri',bing
and constructing 25,000 tons of
iron work betwcen"tlte '1st f
February and the"5 1st of-Sepr-temfier
was last nveek awarded
to a Philadelphia firm of raaiHt
facturers by the Metropolitan,
Ulevated liauroad company,
of "New York, for' 3,000,000." .
This is said tobe B-p largest
iron contract eyerafc ikthisj
country. r - -'jj-r -
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As the hapgycouptewrere 1
leaving the chucA, the huj$n!
said to the partner .of hit-wedded
life: "Marriage must aCm
a dreadful thing- toyou; lefy,
you'were all of a tremble and
one could hardly hear'yott tpy
I will:??' "I will try and have p
more courage and say it'Io&ter ''
next time," said the bluatoiBjj,
bride.
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At a recent marriage in a sub
urban town, the bride -groom.
when asked the.tmpprtanl
tion if he "would
for better or fe
in a hesitatingaBiBfet ' -Well. I
think I will.'ipegfceh-g toW
that he must Be fagps -o-tive
"WdLHw't carelSMo"
A3nenpecKea husband said mA rl
extenuation of fiiswtfe's raids fy
upqanis scalp, "You seer sheri
tatces ner own hair off so ea -v
hedoesn't know howlthurtj.
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