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As extra session of congress
isiegardcd as certain by many
persons in Washington.
A Berux dispatch of the 1st
mstsays fifteen feetoLsww is
reported in SeHeswig.
Hen'rv ,V. Do.vgfeu.ow cele-
kratedJiisysd birth dayat'Cam-
bridge, Mass;, on the 27th utt.
j "The present session of Con
gress draws "to a close and an
extra session is regarded as cer
tain. The. national quarantine, bill
a was finally defeated In the tfousc
ofrcpresentatives by a vote of
134 to 100.
Ak outbreak of yellow fever
-cfavcry. severe character has
occurred amdngjtheishipping at
2 Rio de Janeiro.
Advices lrom Capetown say
the situation is unchanged. The
British troops are acting crtirc-ly-on
the defensive.
Senator Maxey's bill appro
priating; 514,000. for improve
metof the San Antonio arsenal
thas-passed tlrescnate.
Ar Sheffield, England,"in one
district of the town there are
oer4000 destitute persons, and
400 families are. actually starv
ing. It is authentically announced
that'the president will veto the
Chinese bill, and in this fie will
" be supported by the entire cab
Bet. The.Vc6 Telephone is. in the
dark ; it rises to a point of order
and makes the inquiry: "What
has became of Edison's electric
.ight?" , '
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Shere Au emir of Afghan
istan, is dead. Yakoob Khan,
his son; sends this information
to the British government out
of friendship.
Seoalia, Mo, is making- an
- &rt to have the state capitol
removed from Jefferson City to
thatplace. The effort is likely
to prove unsuccesfuL
a '
Ex-Gov. Stockdaix is favor
ably mentioned for congress in
'the sixth district He is an un
jSwervmg democrat, and is emi
ayJitted for the position.
Alexander White the pres
ident's appointee for district at
torney of the Northern district
of Texas is an Alabamian and.
came to the state in 1876.
'He is a bitter radical.
The Bryan Pilot pays a high
compliment to the speeches of
CaphBeall and JudgeBroaddus
of the'Bryan bar, and SethShep
ard and B. H. Basset, Esqrs., of
the Brenham bar, in the case of
State Vs. Parker.
J. Madison Wells, ot return-ing-board
infamy, lias recently
been indicted in New Orleans
for bribery in procuring office
for a certain party. Wells ought
to have had a strong cell in the
penitentiary long ago.
in
Sakders, the man who intro
duced the new celebrated news
paper bill in the legislature,
should be promoted to the high
and honorable position of head
, center of the fools association
of Texas.
TuEPullman Palace Car com
pany's defaulting man Angell,
wlwwas captured in Portugal
and brought back to this coun
try, plead guilty at Chicago the
other day and vas sentenced to
ten years in the penitentiary.
If some member of the leg
islature could devise the means
by which the state government
could be run without taxing the
people he would make himself
a name and fame. Every mem
bcr lias some scheme for a re
duction of taxes, but none have
yet devised the means of doing
away with theiu.
Mr. Jefferson Davis' health
is so impaired that he declines
delivering the anniversary ad
dress before the literary socie
ties of tho University of Missis
sippi, and Senator Gordon dis
charges the task.
Wells, Cassenave and Kcn
ncr, of Louisiana returning
board infamy, have been finally
discharged by the court and
this ends the returning board
cases. The scoundrels all go
unwhipt of justice.
The late session of congress
closed at 12 o'clock onMonday
night. The committees on ap
propriations being unable to
to agree, the appropriations go
over and an extra session of
congress is inevitable. "
The opening of the Houston
East and West Texas railway
to Round Prairie, a new station
fifty-one miles of Houston, is
announced. Round Prairie is
"ten miles from Cold Springs,
San Jacinto county.
The dispatches report severe
storms in the south of Europe.
The whole, coast from Geneva
to the south of Naples is strew n
with the wrecks of small craft.
Several churches were blown
down and a great many people
were killed.
Next- to the birds of the air,
the dogs are the freest things
in Texas, they are exempted
from taxation and do not have
to sit on juries, or work on the
roads. The last two privileges
are conferred solely on male
bipeds
Texas is the second wealth
iest state in the south. The as
sessed valuation of Virginia -is
S3i'6,6S6,872, while that of Tex
as is put downat 316,000,000.
Georgia formerly the empire
state of the south is put down
at5226.221.71S.
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The Austin Gazette is the on
ly paperthat has a good word
for the scheme of a state news
paper. It seems to think such
an jmstitution vould save the
state a vast amount of money.
In this opinion the Gazette has
the field all to itself.
A joint resolution has been
passed by the legislature exten
ding the time for the payment
of taxes for ninety days after
March 1st. Under this resolu
tion, the advertising and sale of
property lor taxes is postponed
until the lt of June.
1
There is nothing at which a
New York rascal will stop. A
few days ago in broad daylight
on one of the fashionable resi
dence streets in that city a lady
was garrotedand robbed of her
diamond earrings in the pres
ence of a crowd of spectators.
The Houston Telegram
chuckles over the assertion that
Houston drummers went to
Galveston .during Mardi Gras
with their samples and actually
sold bills of goods to country
merchants who were in Galves
ton enjoying the festivities.
Selah.
.
Boston just now has a horror.
A trunk was discovered in the
suburbs which upon being open
ed was found to contain the
nude body of a young woman
about 24 years of age. The
limbs were twisted and distort
ed and the nose had been cut
off. No clue to the mystery
was obtained nor was the body
identified.
The Sherman Registtt says
Virginia has abolished the bell
.punch, and Texas takes it up.
Virginia adopts the whipping
post and Texas refuses it, The
Register thinks the whipping
post should be adopted for the
benefit of the fellows who are
trying to foist upon lexas, Vir
ginia's second hand bell punch
es. .
The Galveston Kkjs gives a
short biographical sketch of
Judge E. B. Turner, nominated
by the president for the federal
judgeship. He came to Texas
from Michigan in 1834. He had
a large law practice at Cold
water, in that state. After a
short stay in Williamson coun
ty, he removed to Austin and
engaged in the practice of the
law. He was elected to his pres
ent position by the radicals of
the district over an able and
popular democratic buyer.
The Banner regrets that it
cannot publish F. Fostcllc's
New Ruin communication. It
will however be pleased to pub
lish any communicntions from
him upon matters 01 local en
tcrest or containing news. The
Bwner is always ready to pub
lish news, but not opinions or
essays.
The greenback party leaders
at Washington intimate that
they w ill hold no convention
before iSSc, when one will be
held to nominate candidates for
president and vice president.
The democracy had as well
make up their minds to figh
the greenback and republican
issue in the coming presidential
campaign.
The Georgetown Rccoid hav
ing laid away itspaper and pen
cils has ceased to record the
doings of a wicked world, the
newspapers are now poking fun
at Nat Q. who not long since
boasted in the Record that it
had the biggest circulation of
any paper in Williamson coun
ty and much more braggadocio
of the same sore The San An
tonio Herald says Nat Q. has
gone to be an angel.
A Washington special to the
Galveston News says the the
Texas members severely de
denounce the president for act
ing in bad faith. After inviting
suggestions as to democrats and
republicans for nomination of
judge, etc, and leading the del
egation to believe he would be
guided by their recommenda
tions, he has gone outside the
district and selected bitter par
tizans. The Marshall Heialdsys the
license system is the only relia
ble one for dram shops. Amajor
ity of the papers in the state are
opposed to the bell punch sys
tem. If due diligence is exer
cised on the part of the officers,
there can be no evasion of the
dram shop license, but the bell
punch is liable to all manner of
abuse, and in the sparsely set
tled districts could not be tn
forced atall.
The Brazos county grand
jury in their report condemn in
the strongest terms the prac
tice of carrying concealed wea
pons saying "it is becomingsuch
a universal custom as to endan
ger life on all hands and more
stringent measures should be
adopted to regulate the evil."
Ten-pin alleys are also se
verely condemned and it is sug
gested that the legislature pro
hibit licensing them.
The Teller committee have
been investigating elections held
in congressional districts in Lou
isiana and South Carolina. The
majority of the committee are
republicans and they have found
things just as they want them :
viz, fraud and intimidation have
been universally practiced. In
fact, they find that the most ap
proved outrages have been com
mitted. They were appointed
for this purpose, and they have
done their duty.
The president has nominated
E. B. Turner for United States
judge Northern District of Tex
as; A. B. Norton, United States
marshal; Alexander White.Uni
ted States district attorney.
Judge Turner is the present dis
trict judge of this judicial dis
trict, and his nomination is quite
a surprise, as his name was not
mentioned in connection with
the office. He is a republican
in politics, and if confirmed, will
no doubt make a fair average
judge. His fealty to the repub
lican party is said to have been
his chief recommendation.
Property holders are in the
habit of grumbling about the
valuation of their property by
the assessor, says the San An
tonio Hciald, when in nine cas
es out of ten thev would not
sell their property for less than
double the assessed valuation.
It is one of the inalienable rights
of an American citizen to grum
ble at the tax assessor as well as
at anybody or anything else. The
basis of values for assessment is
generally what it is supposed
property w ould seir for in ac
tual cash if put up at forced
sale and not the value put upon
it by the owner or what it would
sell'for in the usual course of
business.
THE POLL TAX
In the senate, the committee
on constitutional amendments
have reported favorably on the
bill requiring payment of poll
tax before voting. This is a
move in the right direction and
one, we think, which will meet
the approval of all honorable
and right-minded citizens. It
will add largely to the revenue
of the state, and at the same
time go far towards a purifica
tion of the ballot box by keep
ing away a not inconsiderable
portion of men who never con
tribute a cent to the revenue of
the state; it will also act as a
material check upon illegal vo
ting, and further if corrupt can
didates pay the the poll taxes
of irresponsible voters, they will
at least have done something
for the good of the state. It is,
however, hardly likely that any
county office will be worth
enough for the corrupt seeker
of it to biiy it at so high a rate,
and in this respect another and
a great good will have been ac
complished, should it become a
law. The votes "of those who
have not sufficient self-respect
to pay their poll tax can well be
spared in all elections, be they
state, county or municipal. We
do not regard the exaction of a
poll tax before voting as pro
senptive, but on the other hand
as a salutary and long needed
measure. The rabble who vote
have nothing at stake, and near
ly always manage by some
means to vote for the most in
competent man in the race; a
man like themselves as near
as may be; a man who as a
general thing is incompetent and
who, in private life, is unable to
make a living for himself and
therefore appeals to the public
for a support. If the voting is
confined to respectable men,
there is but little danger of them
electing any but respectable
men to office. The poll tax
amendment should become a
law.
About Railroads-
The taxable wealth of seven
teen counties before the Texas
Pacific passed through them was
519,880,740. Of the same coun
ties the taxable wealth now ex
ceeds 570,000,000, and yet the
people thus enriched, says the
Austin Statesman, still abuse
and abhor railroads and their
builders and owners. If the
above be taken as a criterion of
the increase in the value of
property, the owners of real es
tate in the counties of Austin,
Washington, Burleson, Milam
and Bell are standing sadly in
their own light in not taking
hold of the Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe railway and pushing
It forward. It would triple the
value of all the real estate in
each county through which it
passed, except Washington an.d
Milam counties which already
have railroads, though they too
would be vastly benefitted by
greatly reduced rates of freight
and increased facilities for mar
keting their produce.
Judge Norton, the nominee
for United States marshal, is an
Ohio man by birth, but for many
years a citizen of Texas. He is
postmaster at Dallas and was
the radical candidate for gov
ernor at the last election. He
is also an old newspaper man,
and is celebrated for his learned
editorials on sows and pigs.
His greatest fame is for his cel
ebrated vow not to shave or
have his hair cut until Henry
Clay was elected president. He
was an old line whig and hav
ing kept his word, he is now no
torious for wearing long hair
and a long beard. Being an
Ohio man, he is as a matter of
course, a personal friend of the
president.
Lightning has struck at
Peoria, Illinois. Peoria is the
greatest whiskey producing
town in the world; the distiller
ies there are more numerous
and larger than at any other one
place. On Friday last a depu
ty marshal arrested at Peoria
and Pekin, a neighboring w hisky
town fifty persons under indict
ment at Springfield for complici
ty in whiskey frauds. Some of
the men are among the most
prominent and w ealthy citizens.
No occurrence has produced
such an excitement in that sec
tion for years. An earthquake
could hardly hae created a
greater stir.
LEGISLATIVE.
Senate. Feb. 29 Mr. Ho
man: To prevent attorneys jjho
have represented the state 1
any ca:e from appearing against
the state in the same case;
ferrcd.
Bill to secure mote pn
ncss and less annoyance to ju
rors in trial of cases in court, re
ferred. Favorably on bill to carry
convicts to pcnitcntiary-by-cSn-taact;
the governor to make -annual
contract and expense not
to exceed 530,000 per year.
Favorably on bill in reference
to delinquent tax collections.
Committee on tax exemp
tions report favorably exempt
ing a year's provisions, 5230 in
value; all implements in use: all
tools or apparatus in use; in
trade or profession, all wearing
apparel" and private.libraies.
The house reported the pas
sage of joint resolution for joint
committee to visit Bryan col
lege, and the chair 'appointed
Moore and McCormick commis
sioners for the senate.
Bill to regulate the asscsment
of taxes passed under suspen-
sion or the rules.
"The bill, to prevent contin
uances on frivolous grounds was
after much discussion defeated.
The bill was to leave it to the
discretion of the judge.
Enough business is now on
the speaker's table to last till
christmas.1
The governor has signed the
appropriation bill for Jaduary
February.
House. Resolution to dis
pense with afternoon session
balance of week adopted.
An amendment that the Bry
an college committee visit the
Hempsteid college, adopted.
Mr. Baker: Memorial to ask
congress to relieve Texas of in
ternal revenue tax.
Bill to fix pay of county com
missioners and judges at 51-50
per day duting session of court.
Bill to proviae fines for not
working roads.
Bill to create a fund for relief
of maimed and disabled firemen.
Bill to require civil suits to be
decided by judges and without
junes.
Bill for quarantine on iiio
Grande against small pox, pass
ed. Senate. Feb. 28. Favorably,
citing precedents of other states
to amend constitution so as to
make the payment of poll tax
one of the qualifications for vo
ting. Adverse report on bill to give
each unorganized count' four
leagues of land for school pur
poses. Concurrent resolution that
both houses meet and elect six
directors for the .Bryan college
adopted.
Bill for better enforcement
of law in reference to judicial
forfeitures.
Mr. Hobby called up bill to
provide for disbursing money in
building the new capitol, and
same passed unanimously.
Amendment to constitution
exempting all farm products in
the hands of the producer from
taxation was adopted.
Bill to sell public domain and
school lands called up and read
first time.
Bill for protection of papers
in general land office passed.
House. Committee reports:
Unfavorably on bi!! prescribing
branches to be taught in public
schools.
Favorably on bill to prohibit
keeping ten-pin alleys;.unfavor
ably on bill to dispense with
juries in civil cases.
Appropriation for repairs
governor's mansion reduced to
52000.
Linn's funding bill was dis
cussed during the afternoon.
Senate. March 1. A bill was
introduced to amend the new
cival and criminal code.
Bill appropriating 5500 to
erect a marble shaft on Fannin
battle ground.
The senate went into execu
tive session and confirmed judge
Joseph Abbott for the 2Sth dis
trict and J. M. Moore district
attorney for the 12th district.
An army f notaries were also
confirmed.
The bill creating Tmvis coun
ty into one judicial district, the
1 6th, passed.
Judiciary article resumed,
and as a whole ordered engross
cd, 36 actions in all.
Senate refused to take up
gcattJ)proroaion diu tor
ttJKcli 1070
cial tax to
d jails; to
udge
I to orinmt. kcci?
I leys were taken frot?
ident's desk and passed.
The house joint resolution to
amend smoke-house tax was
adopted so amended as to ex
empt from taxation the prod
ucts of the soil in the hands of
the producers necessary for
home consumption and ' family
supplies, for family use, and al
so wool in hands of producers.
Adopted by a vote of 15 to 1 1.
House. Linn's funding bill
occupied the entire day, and af
ter the adoption of various
amendments completely crip
pling the bill, it was passed to
engrossment by a vote of 54 to
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The legislature seems to be
remarkably tender-footed upon
the subject of speedy trials to
criminals. Two bills looking to
this muth desired consumma
tion have been defeated and it
is beginning to look as if the
legislature favored a delay in
trial of criminals together with
the largely increased attendant
expense and the final swindling
justice out of htr just dues.
We hope that we are mistaken
and that the much needed leg
islation on this vital subject may
yet be had.
At Corsicana three color
ed gentleman were arrested and
fined 510 each by a justice of
the peace for gambling. Not
having any loose change on
hand they were sent to jail
where the taxpayers will have
to pay 40 cents a day each for
their entertainment. It is no
punishment to the negroes to
keep them in jail where they
can play cards without violating
the law. Such prosecutions for
gaming are usually frivolous and
put the people to an expense
for nothing, but then the majes
ty of the law must be maintain
ed. A tresiendous effort is ap
parently being made to induce
emigration to Leadvllle, Color
ado. It is being represented'as
the most remarkable mining lo
cality of modern times. It may
be all that it is represented but
we think this extremely doubt
ful. We would advise no one
to go there unless they have
"plenty of money" to stay sev
eral months and afterwards pay
their way home again. It is
more than likely that the Lead
ville bubble will bust.
The State Gazette is opposed
to all sumptuary laws, and in
this connection remarks: "Men
can neither be made sober or
religiotis by forced legislation."
This is a truth which every gen
eration has to learn anew. We
have a set right here in Texas,
not overburthened with true re
ligion, that within a few years,
if they had their way, w ould re
vive the blue laws of Connecti
cut Maishall Hciald.
We fully concur in the above
views.
The president in vetoing the
Chinese bill, expresses a sense
of the seriousness of the situa
tion on the Pacific coast, result
ing from the present workers of
Chinese immigration, and de
serves the serious attention of
the whole country. He ex
presses a belief that Congress
will maintain public honor.
An east Texas editor pre
sented his subscription bill for
tw elve years to a long time de
linquent. The old gent put on
his specs, carefully read the bill
and said, "I've been supporting
your paper now for twelve years
and I neer had such a thing as
this shoved at me yet. It hurts
my feelings. Stop my paper."
It stopped.
One Gee, a United States
deputy marshal meet Geo. Mills
on the prairie in Grayson coun
ty and knowing Mills to be un
armed Gee drew his pistol on
him and cursed him completely
out of his boots.
A fellow in Sherman had
plenty of money and was having
a fine time until he got to "buck
ing at faro" ; that bursted him
and he is now waiter at a sec
ond class lush foundrv.
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STATE NEWS.
Falls cot'nty farmers arc
needing rain.
The new Baptist church at
Flatoma is about completed.
On Thursday morning
there was ice halfan inch thick
t Sherman.
On Saturday last a hail
torm damaged the fruit trees
i-near LaGrangc.
A considerable number of
new buildings are in course of
construction at Flatonia.
The Brazos county grand
jury has found indictments
against no less than So gam
blers. Louis Homuth has been ar
rested and jailed at LaGrangc
on the charge of robbing Mike
Connell. '
The Dallas grccnbackcrs
send a delegation to the Chica
go convention which meets on
Tuesday.
Marlin boasts of the cham
pion beer drinker; he can drink
2700 mugs of beer in 2700 quar
ter hours.
Hon. Shack Roberts, col
ored, representative from Harri
son county, was a slave of Gov.
Roberts.
A gentleman who rented
land of J. C. Peevy, West Falls,
Falls county, cleared 51000 in
cash last year.
The papers in Texas where
evcr Miss Agnes Herndon has
appeared speak of her in terms
of unbounded praise.
Chas. Hasslemeyer, under
indictment in Galveston county
tor cattle stealing has been cap
tured in Houston.
Sherman has two candi
dates for mayor, one a strong
free school man, the other op
posed to the schools.
A gentleman from Dallas
has bought fifty acres of fine
land near Marlin for the purpose
of establishing a fruit farm and
dairy.
Hearne sends a petition
for and a petition against the
abolition of the city charter;
both petitions are said to be
numerously signed.
The jury In the case of Jo
seph Schryer, tried for murder
at San Antonio, after being out
twenty-four hours, returned a
verdict of not guilty.
Riley Johnson, very lately
pardoned out of the penitentiary
by Gov. Hubbard, has been ar
rested and jailed at Belton for
stealing a yoke of oxen.
The Fayette coonty Re
cord has three editors, which is
more in proportion to its size
than any other paper ;in Texas.
It is a much edited paper.
A crazy man was arrested
at Dallas with a cow-bell around
his neck. He had walked all
the way from Missouri and was
in search of his sweetheart.
A seven-year old ox,
weighing 1920 pounds was
slaughtered at Austin, Thurs
day last. It was old enough to
have weighed nearly twice as
much.
The Flatonia Aigus had
one of its forms pied just as it
was about to go to press, and
the consequence was it is com
pelled to come out on a half
sheet
The store of Mr. Bohm, at
Schulenburg, was burglarized
last week and goods to the val
ue of 5200 were carried away.
Local thieves are credited with
the job.
Gen. Cabell, of Dallas, re
fuses to go before the demo
cratic municipal convention for
mayor, but will make the race
against the nominees as an in
dependent ,W. B. Wittington, formerly
from Hot Spring, Ark.butlate
ly a prominent citizen of Belton
it dead. Dr. J. W. McGuire,
also an old and respected citi
zen of Belton, is dead.
In Houston chicken thieves
follow their "foul" business with
impunity. The stealers are sel
dom or never arrested and rais
ers of chickens are consequent
ly discouraged and demoraliz
ed. Thomas A. Hall and Ella
Dancy a young lady, of La
Grange, ran away, and being
provided with a marriage license
and a preacher w ere married in
the vicinity of Brenham. The
young lady's mother objected
to the union.
John Fields the negro rap
ist who was convicted at Hous
ton and sentenced to be hang
ed took an appeal. The appel
late court has affirmed the de
cision and Fields will most un
doubtedly be hanged..
After the 'death of Mack
Zapp, Leonard Burns was re
arrested and appeared before
Judge Moore on a habeas cor
pus. After the evidence he was
admitted to bail on a 51000
bond, which was easily given.
-n exchange suggests
that it is hoped the despera
does of Texas will catch the
Leadvillc fever and stampede.
There will be no such good
luck, desperadoes are not stam
peded so easily.
The out-going Yuma stage
was robbed within' half a mile
of the Fort Worth courthouse;
on Friday last. This is the sec
ond stage robbery within the
city limits of Panthcrsville with
in a week, and the citizens are
becoming excited and indig-,
nant
A negro woman living
near Pittsville, Fort Bend Coun
ty, on the 1 8th ult, gave birth
triplets, the smallest one weigh
ing fourteen pounds. The chil
dren were all boys; mother and
all the young ones are doing ra
well or better than could be
expected.
The Austin Statesman un
kindly says "Plenty of people
go to balls and tneatres who
owe for the jewelry and fine
clothes they wear, and plead
"no money" when rent hills are
presented. Merchants say this
is a fact" This may be a fact,
but it is not a creditable one-
On Thursday morning an
engine attached to a freight
train on the International, be 4
tween Willis and Grand Lake,
broke a journal, throwing the
whole train of 18 cars from the
track and piling them up 111 a
most promiscaous shape;. Win
Walker, a brakesman was killed.
Carter, the Bass bandit,
with two navy revolvers strap-"
ped around him, Is Stalking
boldly around Denton, former
ly the head quarters of the gang
bullying the people and swear
ing nobody shall run him out of
the county. He was " in the
shooting scrape at Denton'1 re
cently. At Houston 'on Saturday
seven able bodied vagrants were
taken up and sentenced to work
on the streets from six to ten
days each. At the expiration
of their several terms they will
probably clean the Houston"
mud from their sandals and de
part for other and greener pas
tures. A small boy was convicted
at a recent term of the Lamar
county court for stealing saus
age. The Sherman Register
suggests that if tne boy had
stolen a whole butcher shop or
a herd of cattle he would have,
been appointed to a fat office.
As it is, for stealing a little bit
of dog, he languishes and labors
on the county farm.
The Grissom case pro
gresses very slowly at Houston,
Thursday evening closed the
third day and out of one
hundred and eighty talesmen
summoned and examined only
seven competent jurors were
obtained; 3 jurymen who were
summoned and who failed to
answer to their names when call
ed were, fined 550 each.
The Sherman Registirszys
"it turns out that John Baker,
attested but bailed forthejmur
der of Hollamon at Seguin, is
another 'young man of good
family' and therefore entittled
to bail and acquittal." There
has been so much of this sort
of thing in Texas that it has be
come a by-word and a shame
upon our state and people.
A lively skirmish took
place near Gause on Thursday
last. It appears that a squad of
greasers had fired on a young
man about three miles south of
Gause. A deputy sheriff and
posse w ent in pursuit, A Mex
ican drew his six-shooter on the
deputy who was too, quick for
him and shot him in the head.
The balance of the greasers then
fired on the deputy but did not
hurt him. The entire party of
greasers w ere finally captured,,
and arc now safe in the Carne--
rcn jail.
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ARIZONA- "3
Tucson, irr Arizona,, is one of :
the oldest- towns in the. United -
States, having been. Mtftal by
Conorado's armyia 1560T -Nine"
mucs aistannrom. tucsoBwra
the'vallev. is the old mission
church of St, Frack,Xavfcr 2.
which is one of the greatcstjob-
' . r-.. . : k.'....w..
jctis 01 uiicivai ul iucfcunut r
It was built about two twodrea r
years airo by a. comminqR,oi; -e;
Franciscans. Comparerw-t
majority of these old xhueches, "z. m
it is in a good state of pwsdrVa-
tion. One of the turrets, gorje
but the belfry still nstand. la
which hang four or fivcbclls in
silver cadence: the otherarhave
either been carried away orito
len. You reach the. belfry by a
narrow, winding state biBt itt
the soh'd wall, the stepwodRn-
to deep holes andi
bv ascend!nr and
footsteps fn years goWbf- tFBe
church is'cructiorm, ad-
immense edifice witnr
cent archesr and with
rlArfnl nf-nllcfir- fri!i. I niBfS lTc T
to'sav there is not a ns3. dwLv
in its construction. Jt is baSf";
of a peculiar kind oif e-mStjCl?:
. r . .-., .j.-S. .'jiT
nam ana resemonng. grwme.-,
The art of makingjtls jwmrav"
tirely lost. The interior kct6- '
-orately ornamented, Paintujg-
and colorings upon the. cetfuijft
and walls arc still vivkf aa
bright, as though recently
cuted, and gorgeous m cqcpb
The.altar-picceand se"
er pictures are evitfcs2hf the
work of artists. Taut, Aev
which are-numerous were- SH
dentTv done bv moos but not ar
tistic hands. At the-end rf the
transept, high, up, raidww fce?;5
tween the floor and
the most ghastly spect-efaBri
aginable. A cross ot fcege pwp-. ,
portions is deeply imbedded m -the
wall surrbuaded.by raapSt rf
of black or dark brD 4W5;
white. The"bodv obce'eAiHtfS !
cd UDonit has -either B&cit$SiAT:'$
oeen torn oown, leaving n iw hjjj,, s;
r . .. "v4 v1
lean and brown its tftafe- of1'
mummy, with bones 1
nailed to the arm of the
It is "a soectacle: to make one
shudder in spite of &&&
There are'stffl ,scventyfivelifci
like statues of apostks and sJots
left standing.'in-theiraiches. Up
on the faces of some of them the
expression ismarvelous. Some
have fallen down, and others
are'mutilated hy thne ami the
irreverent They all show kiH-
ful workmanship, and must have.'
been brought by the lathers
fromr.bDam." "The tnidui? ow ,
the main altar is'stul veryey
'and nch The maw & Jtsefl
is covered vth beate.t wgfa
gold, taken by the monks
theirJtahan proselytes from 1
mines. Ihe attar service i
"is also of solid, gold, was
away a. few years ago by
priests ivho came from Me
for the purpose, and
but two' small vessels
she- what the other astdiafger
pieces must have bees, Thene
are still -some of the .rich vest
ments left, but their gotgooos
texture is mared by tqar service
und abuse- The heavy door-;
are.made of solid wood of great
thickness, which is joined to
gether In panels by grooves.
The large ourer doors were not
only made-of this thick Umber,-"
,but were, covered by sheets of
copper, procured from the mines
and smelted by the winks them
selvesi which 30 conjunction
with the enormous bars on the
inside, made them impervious
to any attack from- their savage
enemy. In confcectiowwitb the
church is the rrioaastery or clois
ter, and within the srroundin
inclosureris the.njgrhiary chap
el a huge sefutbre, where
those who kept tfrr JfJgfc snd
toiled in a.straaggfeJmate
land to lead intHp) of
peace-the - beoigtjpi, Jta4iOB,
rest ffoo their- laboa ftd are
forgelteae
-AftsraRte-cfegs trial the
jury. rfe-tfte "Grissom case at
Houstoa at8:3o "Saturday
night returned a veft&et of guil
tyf murder In tiwecood de-
trreeand assessedjv pMash-
mentat ninety-nine ;
penitentiary.. AttiKT
Grissom was conicteitua
der in "thejirst degree. -
In the caseijof Richard
Coward at 'Houfik for the
murder of AdolpltSSIiachtrapp,
Judge Cook- overruled the mo
tion for a new trial and seatcn j
ced'the prisoner to be hungj
Sentence Ishowcver suspended
until appeal is deufcd.
The countyJdwSe -of mF
varo county- iss';;$i ir3r'
miage license dnlfiw'the yeij.;
1878. ' -"
It Is positivriytstated that'ln .
1790 VirgMia 'aavancen, tnc
United States Gffferauient J 1 20
000. and Maryland S?o,ooo. to
laid ifi biWae-life. federal cap..
tol, and that botn tbese sum',
with interest; ate! stiH due the
states named; 4
The -present bonded de-y
lew OdeaasT January - '
518,398.580 .
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