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The Austin Gaette is heartily
opposed to the puritanical Sun
day law. '3
The San .taftonio Herald
seems to be gjjpwing betterR
itgctS older. $&
THBX0ttmc&p of 1878 is es
"timated at fivemillion, two nun-"
dred thousancLfales. ,
The demand for the. new sil-
veFdoHarss said to cgme en
tirely Jrom the West, t
A bronze statue of Washing
ton was unveiled at Newbury
port, .Mass., on the 22d inst
Both housesf the Jegisla
ture acknowledged' invitations
to attend Mardi Gras festivities.
Joaquin, Miller likes to hold a
woman's hand in his own. Ex.
1S0 does almost every other
fellow.
The Colprado Citizen has
just completed, its sixteenth
year. Asitgroivs older hVgrows
better.
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FloridaMs luxuriating on wa
ItermelonsMJand the market at
Key West is-wcll supplied with
them.
THERE's"butone greenback
paper now published inrTexas,
and rt is -a weekly paper at
Austin. ' v -
Ti$E.Corsicanac Tndcsns hv fa
vor of-selling the school lands
and lettingposVcriry take care
of itself.
Jack Wharton, ofradical
fame in New Orleans,,has just
been before iheJ?otter commit
tee at Washington. t
The cock-fighting igentry of
Texas are assembling in force
atHempstea'd inviewofa grand
main for a $1000..
The Arfrona Assembly "has
passed a memorial asking con
gress to establish a mint at Flor
ence, urthatTerritory.' !
The Greek archbishop of
Adrianopie has been beaten to
deathAysorae'Bulgarians. The
Greeks, are very indignant
Governor RoBERTS-has dis
gusted many Texas newspapers
with, the rapidity 'with which he
has been sending in messages.
The, Liverpool strikers ap
pear yetrto be off. Some of
them, claimed "to have" resumed
work, under a. misapprehension.
The colored branch of the t.
and M. college -at Hempstead
has been finally closed and the
professor paid ofTand discharg
ed. Counsel for Kate M. Cobb,
convicted of poisoning her hns-
band at Norwidi, Conn., have
'withdrawn the motion for a new
trial.
The people of Helton -are
very enthusiastic for the G. C.&
SantePe railroad; provided that
Its route is not (deviated from
Belton.
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The San Antonio Expiess
thinks that ex-governor Hub
bard is just the man to'succeed
"Minister Foster in the city of
Mexico.
TiiE plague in Russia is said
on good authority to be nearly
extinct In some of the villages
the mortality was over eighty
per cent
The legislature is coming in
for a liberal share of abuse at
the hands of the newspapers.
It is a constitutional right tto
grumble.
Leadville, Colorado, is now
the objective point of many
Galvestonians, Leadville is a
new and very prosperous min
ing town.
The Banner's "Caldwell cor
respondent, jn giving an account
of the expense attending a state
canvass, has hit the nail square
ly otf the head. The account is
being generally copied and it
iiflhly appreciated.
The Illinois penitentiaries arc
now said to contain nearly two
thousand convicts, there being
in the Joliet institution 1,494,
and 364 at Chester.
FREEMAX.a Fort Bend county
negro, has been given a seat in
the lower house of the legisla
ture in place of Dennis, a res
pectable white man.
The Austin Statesman says
that before Austin had any rail
roads lumber sold at from 60
to J5I20 per 1000. Lumber is
now sold at S17.
The bell punch bill seems to
hang fire in the legislature. In
this respect it partakes of the
nature of some other bills where
in there is a job.
The Williamson county Rec
ord after claiming the largest
circulation in Williamson coun
ty, has gone to sleep like Hemp
stead Messenger.
The Italian government has
prohibited the importation of
American swine, or any prepa
ration of their flesh, as a precau
tion against trichina?.
Georgia, after many years is
to be repaid $72,296 advanced
by her to the government in
suppressing the Creek, Semi
nole and Cherokee Indians.
The San Antonio Jixpuss
goes for Noel's Siutny Homes,
a Chicago papen. Noel, with
his -usual cheek, is trying to take
in some innocent Texans.
The various gun clubs in
Texas are making an effort to
.secure the passage of a game
law, by the legislature for the
protection of game and fish.
Geo. Washington, a negro
ravisher, made his last public
appearance to an audience of
10,000 people at Louisville, Ky.
He furnished the subject for
hanging.
The greenback national ex
ecutive committtee has issued a
call for a convention to assem
ble in Chicago on the fourth day'
of March next M. M. Pomeroy
is the head center of the affair.
nit national democratic con
vention has decided to author
ize the executive committee to
make all sub-committee ap
pointments. It then adjourned
to meet in Boston Feby 23,
1880.
TiiE-Syracuse Times is of the
opinion that if the characters
of "all our young men stood as
high as their shirt collars, the
community would present a
better aspect than it does.
Those persons desiring to try
even small experiments with
upland rice, will address Capt
Sidney Scudder,- of this city,
for seed samples sent through
the mail free. Galveston Journ
al of Commerce.
The owners of the narrow
gauge or sand road down Gal
veston Island say that they will
not operate the road unless
they have guarantees that a cer
tain quantity of sand can be an
nually sold.
The San Antonio Haald ad
vises its readers against patron
izing cheap advertising schemes.
A few lines in a good newspa
per will do more to make a bus
iness known- than any other
agency known to modern civili
zation. TliE Marshal Heiald thinks
the legislature should be ve'ry
cautious In regard to the con
tract far the erection of a new
state-house; and, that no room
should be left for a huge specu
lation; every point should be
well guarded, as the state is una
ble to sustain any loss.
The Banner is indedbted to
Mr. W. K. Homan for legisla
tive documents. The Washing
ton county delegation had been
chiefly conspicuous for its neg
lect. Although elected on the
greenback ticket, Mr. Homan
has made one of the most ac
tive members.
At Stockton, Gil , on the 22d
inst,, a boiler explosion took
place. A new engine was be
ing tested and a crowd of about
two huudred persons had assem
bled to witness the trial. Six
teen persons were killed and
twenty-six wounded. A care
less engineer ig responsible for
the accident,
The old German man and
woman who were in Brcnham
with a hand organ a few days
ago have now turned up in San
Antonio; they have, says the
rr,scoopcd up many dimes.
There arc dark rumors afloat
that in the eventthat Brenham
and this section of the county
docs not do anything, the Gulf,
Colorado'and Santa Fc railroad
may cross the Western Branch
at or near Burton.
We sincerely hope the pres
ent legislature" will have the
nerve to "pass the-ibill limiting
freight tariffs by railroad and
express companies. The peo
ple have foralong time been un
der the control of the railroads
md it is certainly time the or
der was reversed.
In addition to an article in
the Galvestan Civilivn repro
produced elsewhere, it goes for
Col. Finlay, who represents the
Island city in the legislature, in
a .manner calculated to make
that gentlemen feel a little bad,
It says the colonel is very astute
and ready, for any change of
base that will pay.
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Congress has created a new
federal judiciary district in Tex
as. The bill is before the pres
ident for his signature. The
consequence is there is an ac
tive canvass for the new judge
ship. Norton, the Dallas post
master, is a candidate, but
Brown has the most supporters
in congress.
The senate is at work on an
amendment to the constitution
concerning the judiciary. It
provides for nine supreme
judges to be elected. It also
provides for the governor to
appoint district judges. It does
away with county judges and
provides for an election on the
amendment the first of July.
The Corsicana Index is of
the opinion that crime is on the
decrease in Texas. It says that
there are not so many crimes to
the 1000 inhabitants now as
there was in 1S69. Our morals
are improving slowly but sure
ly. If there were a few more
murderers hanged the improve
ment would perhaps be more
marked.
The Columbus Citizen in
dulges in a column leader on
the legislature, in which it goes
for that august body without
gloves. It would seem that
the legislature has done many
tilings which it ought not to
have done, and wholly omitted
doing things which are of press
ing need to the state.
The retrenchment and reform
cry at Austin is near about run
ning the whole legislature
aground. We think a reduc
tion of county officers salaries
in order. From what we can
learn a majority of county offi
cers are willing to submit to a
reasonable reduction in fees so
as tobe sure of a given amount
The San Antonio Exptess
knocks Gov. Roberts' hat over
his eyes and gives him the very
old Harry in the matter of re
fusing transportation to crimi
nals caught in other states as in
the case of Melasky and Reed.
"The governor," remarks the
Express, "virtually says to mur
derers, get across the state line
and you are safe."
The Waco Examiner perpe
trates the following. The first
word is longer than any in a
Galveston Nczos' leader :
Brachydiatematherium is the
euphonious name of a new fos
sil found in the Eocene beds of
Transylvania. As the Eocene
period probably underlies Tex
as, many of them exist here,
which is natural selection, as
Texas is the only State large
enough to accommodate such a
name.
Moral questions, like Sun-
"day laws, nearly always regu
late themselves that is to say,
in all well regulated communi
ties it does not require the re
straining influence of the law to
make people behave themselves.
The question of going to church
is one which regulates itself. No
man or woman who has any re
spect for the community in
which they live will be guilty of
any misbehavior on Sunday. At.
this day and time a decent re
spect for the opinion of his
neighbors necessarily compels
all to behave themselves.
Greenbacklsm .Aaixi.
It seems from the measures
now being taken the greenback
party is to be resurrected. The
party is being reorganized and
is soon to have a sort of a na
tional convention. The object
of this convention is no doubt
to devise ways and means for
the coming presidential cam
paigh next year. That the
greenback leaders have any idea
that they can elect a candidate
we do not believe. The true
object sought to be accomplish
ed is the same as at the fall elec
tions last year to split the
democratic party and thus in
sure the success of the republi
can candidate for the presiden
cy. If the republican party is
dead it certainly has a very
lively corpse. The republican
party is a very powerful and
wealty one and if it can secure
the administration it will be in
position to wield a powerful in
fluence over a democratic con
gress. With this knowledge
constantly in view the leaders
of the republicans are the pow
er behind the throne, and the
manipulators of the greenback
movement.
-The San Antonio Express is,
and has been,' one of thewarm
est'advbcates of the bell-punch
law. It seems to have taken
but a one-sided view of the
question. The Banner has
watched this bill closely, and so
far as its information goes, the
verdict has been that the bell
punch is a failure. Mr. Finlay
is a gentleman whose honesty of
purpose we have no reason to
doubt, but at the same time Mr.
Finlay is as liable to be mis
taken. The Expiess is a fair
minded paper and the Banner
has had but little occasion to
disagree with it In this partic
ular instance it is far off. The
Banner favors low taxes if it is
possible to have them. Luxu
ries should be highly taxed par
ticularly tobacco and whiskey;
if the bell punch will accomplish
the object, we are in favor of it,
otherwise, not
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The military convention at
Austin on the 22 inst. was well
attended by delegates from all
the companies in thestate. The
Brenham Greys were represen
ted by Capt Kirby, Lieuts.
Sloan and Burns and private
Ed. Lockett The convention
was harmonious. Six regi
ments were formed of one di
vision and two brigades. The
election of officers resulted m
Major General F. W. Ruther
ford; Brigaders R. Rutherford
and Charles D. Grace. It is
said that Capt Kirby of the
Greys will be elected colonel
the battalion composed of the
Greys, the Bryan Rifles and the
Johnston Guards, of Hemp
stead. Rumors are again current to
the effect that Wade Hampton
is in a very critical condition.
The dispatches stated a day or
two ago that he was to be taken
to New York to have a second
amputation performed. Only a
short time ago the patient said
he was rapidly recovering, and
that the governor attributed this
to the influence of the prayers
of his Christian friends. The
praying sympathizers should re
double their exertions, in view
of the apparent relapse.
The body of a young man
named Blake was found in the
woods a few hundred yards
from the residence of his moth
er. He had been killed by a
blow inflicted with a club or
bludgeon. It seems that John
Marshall and his wife the moth
er of Blake were recently di
vorcedi The community prop
erty was divided, and Marshall
to annoy the woman, built and
occupied a house directly across
the road from her's. Bad feel
ing had existed for some time
and strong suspicion rests on
Marshall. Siei man Register.
Tun Zulus in South Africa
arc still giving the British a
world of trouble. Col. Pearson
with 1200 British troops, is en
trenched 30 miles in the enemy's
country. His communications
have been cut off for several
days. The bush surrounding
the post is infested with Zulus,
but Col. Pearson hag two months
provisions,
Hempatead Hop.
Agreeable to announcement,
the grand hop of the Chosen
Friend Lodge No. 432, Knights
and Ladies of Honor, of Hemp
stead, came off on Thursday
evening last. Wheeler's Hall
crowded with Waller's fairest
and bravest, and with an excel
lent floor and a first class Ital
ian string band, the ball may be
considered a grand success.
Some of the most attractive la
dies of the ball room were
Misses L. O., M. N., U. S., M.
G., (in particular), and A. B.;
Miss R. of Navasota, and Miss
K. of Dallas, were in attendance.
Madams C, H., A., H., and F.,
all of w horn were attired in a
most becoming manner. The
Johnson Guards were out in
their superb uniform, headed by
their handsome and graceful
captain. They claim their uni
form to be much handsomer
than that of our Greys, (and
we opine, imagine the men in
them arc much better looking;
but alas! thcre.'s where they
make ttheir mistake.) Several
large supper tables were heavi
ly laden with the choicest of
viands, such as meats' of various
kinds, cakes and fruits of the
greatest abundance and variety,
all of which, those present did
ample justice to.
The committee of invitation,
composed of three of Hemp
stead's most respected citizens,
Messrs. W. T. Andress, -,Sam
Schwarz and .Dr. Watkins, ex
tended usual courtesies to the
Banner representative, for
which they have many thanks.
. The floor managers Capt A.
J. Bedel, Messrs. Jas. A. Felker
and H. M. Brown, were particu
larly active in their efforts to
make the occasion agreeable to
all, introducing those unac
quainted and performing "the
various little duties devolving
upon them with a degree of
suavitet in, viodo quite credita
ble. Ball at Bellvllle.
The ball at Unity Hall, Bell
ville on the evening of the 21st
was indeed a pleasant affair. Al
though the attendance was not
as large as anticipated, yet there
was a good turn out, and the
evening was happily passed in
dancing and conversation. At
12 o'clock- supper was announc
ed and the pleasure seekers
were invited to repair to the
courthouse, where a sumptuous
repast had been provided, un
surpassed in quality, and in
quantity amply sufficient to have
fed three'times the number of
persons present.' Supper over
with, a handsome cake was vo
ted to the prettiest girl in the
room, the contest being decided
in favor of Miss Huckaby. In
this contest vctes cost 25 cents
apeice and 'tis said a gallant
young attorney, of the Bellville
bar, actually invested $14.25 in
securing the election of Miss H.
The, company then returned to
the hall and resumed dancing,
continuing until a late hour. Ev
erything passed off pleasantly
and agreeably, and the best of
good) humor prevailed.
Our thanks are due J. J. Hag
garty, Esq., Mr. Hill, S. R.Blake
Esq. and Sheriff Lewis for cour
tesies extended us during the
evening.
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The Brenham Banner" oppos
es the bell punch, which, it says,
has proven a failure in other
States,
The punch is one of the most
stupendous patent frauds ever
invented, and its introduction
into this State was brought
about by a Galveston ring, who
have secured the patent for the
State of Texas. By the passage
of the Finlay bill, now before
legislature, this ring would
pocket about $800,000, from
the royalty on the machines.
But this is not the worst feature.
An army of spies or informers,
would be brought into requisi
tion, and universal perjury
would be the result, because no
man who would undertake such
dirty work would hesitate at
committing perjury, when halt
the reward, or penalty, went
into his own pocket. The bill
should be immediately defeated
as it is one of the most coirupt
measures ever introduced at
Austin. Galveston Civilian.
The foregoing is fully in ac
cordance with the views express
ed by the Banner when Mr.
Finlay introduced his bill. The
bill has been defeated in the
house and deirvesto be killed.
LEGISLATIVE,
Senate, Feb. 20.
for finance committee
that the house Bill-
school appropriatio
object of senate
Judiciarycbmmitiec
favorably on Homan'
simplify indictments.
bill t3
House. A large number of
new bills, pctitionsJind memo
rials were introduced.
The militia bill, putting the
state guard upon a firm basis
was passed.
Senate, Feb. 21. Mr. Burn
ett, chairman of the free con
ference committee, reported
agreement on the criminal code.
Report adopted. Thq Sunday
law remains as it is in the code,
and makes the entire day one
of rest.
Mr. Martin called up bill to
provide for public weigher.
An amendment by Mr.Brown
that places handling no more
than 23,000 bales of cotton may
have only two weighers, was
adopted. Bill was then order
ed engrossed,
r Mr. Swain called up the
senate bill to establish a state
'board of health. ,
Mr. Duncan called up house
report on civil code and house
amendments concurred in. The
bill goes to the governor.
Mr. Grace offered bill to pre
vent officers of different asylums
from misapplying supplies.
Mn.Shannon, jbr judicial dis
tricts, reported favorably on bill
to re-organize the 16th district
(Washington county is in the
16th district)
The vote to take holiday to
morrow was reconsidered and
adjourned till morning.
House. Joint resolution
changing the constitution to
give the legislature authority to
fix the salaries of state officers
was defeated on second reading.
Bill amending the charter of
the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
railroad was taken up.
Mr. Geiger said he vojed
against it because the road had
not complied with its contract.
Mr. Freeman, the member
seated yesterday, though the
road passes throngh his district
voted no.
The bill passcd.the only votes
against it being republicans and
greenbackers.
Mr. Coleman said paying the
chaplain of the house $5 a day
for five minutes service was an
outrage.
Senate, Feb. 22. Petition
from Anderson county to enact
stringent Sunday law,
Mr. Ledbetter called up joint
resolution to ascertain whether
Bryan college is actually a me
chanical and agricultural col
lege and ascertain its needs.
The resolution provides for a
visiting committee.
- Finance committee reported
favorably on bill to require per
sons inclosing school lands to
pay rent thereon.
Joint resolution to request
congress to pay Texas senators
and representatives "elected in
1866. Rules suspended and
resolution passed.
Consideration of amendment
to judiciary article of constitu
tion resumed.
House. Finlay's bell punch
bill was taken up and after con
siderable discussion and the of
fering of numerous amendments
was put to a vote and defeated
36 to 42.
Freeman, the colored mem
ber from Fort Bend county, was
allowed pay from the first day
of the session.
Mr. Finlay presented the por
trait of Gov. Henry Smith to
the legislature in behalf of his
granddaughter who painted it
from a miniature portrait. Gov.
Smith was the first governor of
Texas.
Gen. J. B. Robertson, a well
known Texan, writes a letter to
the Galveston News, in whieh he
takes very strong grounds
against the sale of the public do
main and the university and
school lands. Gen. R. is a Tex
as veteran and a gentleman
whose opinion is universally re
spected. If there was no other
reason for not selling the lands
now, the simple fact that if they
were all put upon the market,
they would bring comparatively
nothing, leaving the state and
schools without lands or money
and the debt but little reJuced,
would of itself be sufficient.
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ATE NEWS.
.nd plum trees are
rado county.
: will be
o-day.
Gcr-
Mar-
Dried
cat is
scarce at S cents
oundinSan
Saba.
Judge Thomas A. Dwyer,
a prominent citizen of San An
tonio, is dead.
John McCullogh, the cele
brated tragedian, is soon to ap
pear at Houston.
Fires in the woods to the
north of Rockdale have done a
good deal of damage
' The Austin Statesman
speaks in very fugh terms of
the Jennie Hughes combination.
Chas. Brunson's residence
in Columbus was burglarized
last week and $400 in cash stol
en, 'The Houston Tclcgiam in
timates that there is crooked
ness in hide transactions in that
city.
The United friends of Tem
perance council in Belton is a
growing and flourishing institu
tion. At Sulphur Spring, last
Thursday, John Coffee killed
John Lindlay, in a drunken
spree. .--
Geo. H. P. Bee takes
charge of the editorial' depart
ment of the San Antonio " Her
ald. . '
Columbus has received, up
to Saturday 'last, 11,448 bales
of cotton. The crop is near
aboutall In.
About 400 passengers
passed through Houston on
Saturday night, en route for
Galveston.
Mr. L. Box, living near
Rockdale had the misfortune to
lose his pasture and a good deal
of fencing.
Out of a special venire of
sixty men summoned at Bryan
the other day only seven jury
men were selected.
In the absence of better
shows the people of LaGrange
are compelled to put up with
free lectures on phrenology.
Sherman is preparing to
manufacture ice on a large scale.
The machinery is now being
put in place for that purpose.
The Columbus Citizen pro
nounces the Jennie Hughes
combination amagnficent fraud,
pictureque in its stupendousness.
The Brazos-bridge atMar
lin was recently sold at trustees
sale. It brought $4000. It
It cost when new over $30,000.
The Burnet Bulletin pub
lishes what it calls Nickelville
nuggets. This is certainly a
cheap nugget to say the least
San Antonio people com
plain of hard times "while those
in the country say that they
have mere than they can attend
to.
Rev. John Haynes and
wife, of Pilot Point, arc the old
est married couple in Texas.
They are aged respectively 83
and 79.
Lieutenant Governor Say
ers has arrived at Austin with
his bride. Jones, the adjutant
general, is also to be married
next week.
It seems that the district
court at Waxahachie, is yet to
tackle Rev. W. G. Veal. He
will be tried for an attempt to
commit rape.
Henry Fort killed a negro
buck in Cass county ; so says
the Sherman Register. This is
rather a cool way of disposing
of a negro gentleman.
The citizens of Mason
county held a meeting on the
15th inst, and passed resolu
tions favoring the retention of
the rangers in the field.
A difficulty occurred in
the Hutchins house dining room
in Houston between two negro
waiters. One pulled out a little
pistol and shot the other.
A prize fight took place in
New York between Mike Co
burn and Spring Hill Dick.
They fought with hard gloves.
At one o'clock in the morning
after 43 rounds had been fought
the police broke In and put a
stop to the sport.
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x Houston colored lady
living on Vinegar Hill, a highly
colored neighborhood in that
city, rejoices in the name of
'Big Foot Jane."
The new courthouse at
Gainesville, when completed,
saysthe Fort Worth Democrat,
wilLcost $30,000; tae walls arc
built of hard brown stone.
The Wood county Flag is
highly indignant at getting its
-patent outside with a big piece
of Wood county news that
never happened in the county.
Burglars have been dqing
a good business at Troupe; they
stole $ 1 50 in confederate money
and $23 in currency from Mr..
Weaver's room on tliczoth inst.
Constable Noonan endeav
ored to arrest a "rough" in Mi
lam county named Butler. A
difficulty ensued, in which the
constable Jiad his left hand shot
ofT.
Waco is to have quite a
lively time in the variety busi
ness next week. Miss Jennie
Hughes and Bella Golden are
both billed for Monday and
Tuesday.
business at Bryan Is re
ported to have been very "dull
for the past week. Farmers
arc busy and won't come to
town for fear of being put on
the jury.
In Sherman the other day
there wasbufoncsolitary drunk
before the recorder and as the
man had no money to pay the
trimmirigj, he was put in du
rance vile. - - -
The Pilotsay Bryan has
had an average "of from one to
three entertainments each week
for the past three, months. Who
will not say this is not a live
community.
Zeek Bradley, the negro
w ho killed a white man named
Pollock in the Brazos bottom,
was tried at Bryan" last week
aid found guilty of murder in
the first degree.
A rumor that prevailed in
Dallas on Tuesday that Allen,
who mysteriously disappeared
from that region some months
ago, had been found, turns out
to'have been false.
When you see a Texas
girl swaggering down the street
or the church aisle looking like
'she was hobbled, and with a
No. 1 shoe on a No. 4 foot, set
it down that she and her hus
band, if she catches one, will
make'a s'ow team. Such is the
opinion promulgated by the
Houston Telegram.
Bryan, Feb. 22. Thejury
in the case .of the State vs. Mil
ton Parker and Hodges, char
ged with the murder of Rush R.
Randle, returned a verdict of
not guilty. 1 he case has been
on trial four days, and hxs crea
ted immense excitement Many
ladies were in court to hear the
argument of counsel. Galues
lin Nczcs.
The case of the state of
Texas vs. Henry Hodgesand
Milton Parker, indicted for kill
ing Rush Randle in Febuary
1878 at Bryan is now on trial.
Messrs. Davis, Beall & Taliafer
ro and Judge Broadduss are
conducting the defense and
Hon. Seth Shepard and Major
Bassett, ofBrenham, the prose
cution. R. T. "Tmith, a negro ex
press driver, of Dallas attempted
to commit a rape on a young
white woman whom he had in
duced to get into his wagon af
ter dark on pretence of taking
her home. A number of shots
were fired at the villian, but un
fortunately only his thumb- was I
shot away.
Burnet Bulletin: O. H. P.
Culbertson has ginned 311 bales
of cotton the past season for the
citizens of Backbone Valley.
Oatmeal is the name of a school
house on the South Gabriel. It
must be a Scotch settlement
Gen. Westfall captured five bea
vers on the Colorado river the
other day.
A "lttle bit of a fellow,"
but an officer of Grayson coun
ty, Zac. Farner, attempted the
other day to levy on the organ
of a lady weighing 200, and
strong and muscular in propor
tion. She met him at the door
and gave him a fearful amount
of abuse. He, however, at last
succeeded in laying his official,
hands on the instrument.
BASS'TKEASTJKT.
A Bushel of GolU Ballot In "Tarkw
County, ami Dlscorcred looYs
(Wealhcrford litpoeentj
Our Springtown correspon
dent, Bumfuzzlcr, write? to tfs
as followr "Nearly three "vreefcs
ago, Henry Chapman "was mak
ing i is way from Harrison's gin, ,'
at the pool on theClearFork, to
'Squire Milliner's, near the
mouth of Salt creek throughttktv.
wood. When near the head of,
Salt creek, not far fron SkeenV
peak, his mule scared, jumped
and broke his saddle girth, and
while fixing, it he discovered
somtfresh dirt dug up aacl
some brush piled oven it He
supposed at first that some felj
low had been enticed out into "
the wilderness arid murdered,
and being one of thpse cool-'
headed, deliberate fellows, that "
never gelf excited heproceeded
to remove the brush and dirt
He soon unearthed a box that
was made of walnut, thatjvould
hold about a bushel and a half.
Upon opening it he was dumb-
founded for it was, full of gold "t"
and silver. He says, that he re-.,
members distinctly that there
was all denominations ofAmef
ican coint from tweaty dollar'
gold pieces down to nickels
thrown in promiscuously, "His B
first impulse was to fill his pock- ""
ets, but it flashed into4 his TsTml ,
that he had a sack under hfer
saddle, that he had-suLstituted s
for a blanket, so he proceeded
to take the sack from under liisj "
saddle, but just as he. began to .?
fill the preciors metal in his
sack he washonified by dis
covering eight men advancing
upon linn with, their guns ;
leveled on htm., Henry, hke
any body else under the circum-
"stances, jumped on .Jiis mule.
and galloped-- of&, He'says that
he is satisfied that there was a
bushel -and a half of theicduu -1 "i
'At first people didp't know !
what to make of such a Strang- e !
stpry; Henry Chapman is "one. t
of the most truthful, trustworthy
and unassuming young men in.
the county, but recent devel-'
opments have convinced every
body that his tale is the tin-- -varnished
truth -from beginning ,, '
to end. The facts" m the case -arc
that Sam Bass, and 5, gang: ,
had their money burfecT there
when attacked on 'Salt cieek
last summer and. that fctft
Underwood, Jackson and gang:'
had returned to replenish their -finances
and had, the money "
temporarily .buried, but were
watching it 'when 'found by
Chapman."" ' v- r ' -
SXodera 7onBg.Xa41es-
Iteaivrortt. " - "-
What beautiful Httle creatures '"
the young ladies of the present
day are! How 'very, refined!
Notliketheir mothers;of old
no, indeed, these (IaughtersJareT
"very ladies" according ito'theg
most modern signification of
the term. They have no re
semblance to their "vulgar
great-grandmothers,'" who rose &
early, worked like. beavers, and
never spent the midnight hours -
in dancing: and who, instead of
being frightened at, a mouse;
nibbling at their feet, a beetle
on their neck- or a 'fly on their '
arm, would in the absence of
their husbands and father, shoot .
bears and catamounts and keep
at bay a party of savages".. We.
did not, in their day, hear .of
faintings, delicate constitutions,
affections of the lungs, elope-.
vments and suicides. These were.
not in fashion then. The glory
of their inventions' was leftto
this modern age of improvement
and progression. Imagine the
shock you would inflict upon
the seasitive nerves-of our sen
timental young ladiesrwereyoa
to- intimate that they- should be
more like their predecessors.
Freposterous.and absurdl- You
expect them to risebefbre day
to woik in the kitchenaafi to
breathe the fresh arr-xif morn
ing! You expect them to Keep -seasonable
hours, wear thick;
shoes and warm dresses! Do"
you not know- that these' things
are decidedly ungenteel aow-a-days?
Methinksyoumusthave"
fallen asleep in the time of onr
grandmothers and-siet until
the present; othenvfse youcoatld
not expect these antiqat!l ac
tions xf yours, if you were Jo
foolish as to indulge them In .
your old fashioned "heart." Why,
ifvounir ladies were to take
your advice, they would '(ten
chances to one) live to see old
age. And do you not know
that long life among females k
almost, if not quite. Out of date?
Young ladies in this age of rea
son, when freed from company,
spend their time in storing their
minds with the interesting con
tents ot the pink and yellow
covers which are now-thrown in.
such abundance from the press.
What more genteel and ,agree
ahle emolovment can an lm-..
mortal nnad engageinthan that
of feasting the soul upon,these?
literary effusions now flooding
our country? Ladies; be-'not
led back-to the vulgar occupa"
tions of past ages, Dur act nice
what you are reasonabfeand
accountaDie Denies. s, xmuus.
More than half of the, coj
victs in the penitentiary can
write their names?
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