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.TViPK, -. v- l-P&:,m' ' s 46" V4 "AiE? -3f&& -aafe .i.-i3(Shtaffi: "ii$ - -5-''- -'.-- ' rra.fsmi .H' WEEffiBAOTE -JbvwrmH rJ-? Ma A "" ' BRENHAi, IASHINGTOT GOTJNTY, TEXAS AY, apeil 4;;isf9. kJLrV - Htf v ; 1 'S& J-sE T " v fiV- - - 1 r " '1 V Wf I 3U. . , . ,,.K, . N " - -mas ,umd)i ? 1SJ" as?- .5 U9 ' - l ' M4 ; .'.-' ,!. Ifv ( rsi I. . IS K- ' .-?' TSF -' BWjhWlSB8StkJat55S j r JmM r -'nj-n'cTklj. ,twbriuiyPperirafc- thlc Sensorial District. ( SobsHUoni m&rmfrw... .. liiBUaHTrrti-nitrtJttosrrt- M lir M invmuui. nii rrnat nlpilinwr-J 5 - --' IjariitOtrtaU t: . P 'WriW'WW-tal 'TnMAvncBna ' iiiiil7Mi mih '-'lU'W'vnui wheatandfruit crops from nearJ 9EShreveryin'0h!oIiiffiirf stawbenies sell in r.XSalnittsjaqu'art ( sJGngof Sianv -lias, iw'i-"tedOm-jGrtnt -ttf XUit-him; and faetom fhfeguest; talercliaafa vint to pass. a. general v'tjKMRrhe 'new,: 'ppdrtidn- iBid6ra6c,conEressmcn. ' "TiStjuiy in "tfic, oin'dcter icaae.. Rickniona Va belnj anabfete agree, were diseharg- & ' "? " ' n Skit;Treont'house'at Clare'' nHW,isf. ft., vaVbvrncicmftne'j 2gwt Mti -jve persoes rpensn- yT;. ..!.. . I.. -- ThKiowefclioBSC of congress, is wpje eBgkg.'. irf Mdiscussina v tie' army-'1 afpopriaibh. billl The .reputoljcans contend that h'$SJ, -, lf Tr thei S.i'iiot 'germane! , "' Ttm- ld'a-con i 'San t Ajrtnio,--ionlyj '. 'al oasjeing-;pres- rnh intj.laney'thegreen back Bo"Hiirieej',wasven'dQrsed. -,; -- . - -J Jmjaf,ifx&? .S.anaSgingt to, s'HMfci.TOjSpiss in the. siirtli district aibe-republicans, v KittoqwiUjenapfse'niim.. Colonel? XJpsbe-- twill' have no ""' troub!e.ria wiajnij-jke rc., Au, the, inembers" of the Sq- gain, 'greenback; conventions says ike GatacstofuVrawi jive-in' Seguu.v TBc cfakirman.,7can' stthd kt Ae "gweery ddohd. "cafl, aps.aebers o tue. At, Jex8H-laaf Texas,- on s n&ytbe,irimeterwas92 degTO&Mfe-iade. Over in the AwwsasJde of Texarkana, -.. itavaaringer as. thinjgetverj- hqtin.Atlcan- 0 Tint 4lsilUjy'ni(1 .says Texas Jteries' ire""begihning 'to' .do their lty in earnest - -Jt rc- v fers to4htS3?o AbnerjJalk- .er, cMPrfctedof ihurder ,in tiie - first degree afcMarUn; for.assas- . ismatinf,Geo.fcHeaton. AKextra,sessi9n of the. Jeg- ' tslatorcis now regarded'as al-' '' nwstacertaioty. New business: isnacemtuig,on'.tnc. ,, ealrers 'tttefti:and compara- J',t'twely;slew-'prgress is being . madeiat'needed'Iegislation, AT caucus- of greenbackers' and, sjfi "money' "democrats, inembers' of congress, viras held, in Washington, -dn' 'the 28th. They' 'WMtr -unlimited coinage of sHver- and a substitution of legal leaders for national bank - notcs. - . ,r3?IfrJS&iWj it isjsaia, was oom in ireiana, nused'SJMew' TTork, served in -President. Hayes regimentand - gratkated in ruffianism in ICan-. sas Bii, Colorado., , Like most "Texan" desperadoes; Ke ms " Troa some.'other state. '-. ' '- t The-army appropriatiptv bill was introduced in the houses It Js.substantially the same as the bill passed at last session. It re--tas the dause, prohibiting fha mcaf troops at the polls. In .the senate-numerous .bills were ' introducedand referred., - Texas is still making wonder ful strides to Hhe westward. The Galveston 'News says the frontier lines have been advanc ed a hundred miles in the past itwd, years and an area of40, 000,000, acres cf good land is opened for settleniet esa!s33 i '- iUaWrarsr Th iggfiKmopofKentucky 4 j 't3 - A .34- all busineIhotSes-anSto'Siccs at Frankfort closed on tlie 2SU1, hoajji.Jwace.; GVeaJ- ondjg- .nation prevaiisat,the!assassina llbn dr.JeeEllfott, but no at- .Ttemprwffl.Tje made toyncH tnc- mother of Mr. B. C. Porter, the murdered actor. The perform ance vas-givcn by the Warde-. Barryinore, combination. .Tlje recciptswcre all, n'ctand sum med up 415.23. The Cincinnati htquiicr pub lishes a careful estimate o na and Kentucky, from which it is indicated that the wheat crop' will be bounteous, but it gives a' very poor prospect for peaches and apples. 1 . i. v. The BaxKer stated that the 4 Savasdta Tablet was frying, to kill Uie lAnderson ' paper, we are glad to learn ithatjt. is1 all a mistake and that the 2aileian& the Anderson; paper' are on the Jjest. of terms., .May. they both'ijro.wrichVis the pra'yer'of ithe Backer. The office of pdv'ernorseems" .-'. - "i-: . - t to be oh Uie immediate road to t. fr fr-' th " n'.-S u"-'!l now fourteen' ex-governors'7 in :the senate, as ,folloMS:.glfYntho- ny, Booth.-llumside, Coke",' Gar-'. land? prpome,v!Xjrbyer,j3nanx3, . -w4 19 -.- , - 'kadA v- - Jt A 1 lin; HanVptonHa'rris', Houstoh,-1 1 Kellogg, .KtrK wood, .ana-v ance. W r lU " Tiiarebublican' 'members' of ijbe houseiavc held a caucus, in, WasfiroaabP;ted-res.o2. iutions'i'tf oWoMtionto'the pto hrcuiiuic ui. icii4tiuuauupi.cu, 'byr'the democratsj The repub licans say- the democrats wjllbe? held rcsppnsjble fonthe'results if the wheels olferpment arc stopped. T, ..c , .- 1- y . TirECorsicana -Index 'says' maintain the public schools even. thoiigUieinteresljtfiitlie state' bonds is. not paid, promptly.'Jat maturity. Bpysandrgirls con-i not altonl to losetwo. j'ears education. Time passed can not be.rccalled: the.bondhpld er caa-wait tor-mi interest! Vvtth- ,&ut material injury. . 5 .': Tne DaIIasr;CW;ffrtainti mates that manager Brown of .theatrical fame, bur Brown, the tre-i SPJtaid bills, is a'little bitcrooked. The 'Gonunctcud.sa.ys "Brown didn't ' whack up as" he orter.!' - 1 , The army appropriation, billl was aiscussea in uie nouse on Satur.gieaofG5or gia, made -a.- twenty minutes speechlhvfiCvKich''ihe Keld,"that there is no need of the employ-rrientj.oft.soldiers- at ,the ipolls, Garfield, of Ohio, denounced majority as revolutionary. TnEBurnet -Bulletin is try- 'ing to iearh its" correspondents, tliat anoniTiious communica tions will not" Be published. Every newspaper m-and-out of Texas .has, for years,- ftried.the-sama.thmg,and-yetranonymous. communications continue to' be,' written ahff 'uriccrmoniousiy dumped intor the waste iasket by hard.hSaHetfaitori.' SEKATbHuxhaslucceed jed in- getting through the sen ate a liquor law similar to. that of Ohio and some other states, tt "makes the seller of Ijquor responsible for the 'misdeeds of the men who .drink'iJtj (Such laws usually" rjrove ineffective, tteare'tafculatcd'to shift the LrjKponsibility, If mendrinkto. excess and misbehave them selves ih'ey -should rb'e IheldftcS fthe strictest accountability. Men are free agent's and should "be responsible .for their own actsy. UliA H r ftl Near- Fort- Scott; Kansas, a few days ago, Bill Howard, a' negro, outraged a twelve-year old girl. He wascapturediand jailed at Fort Scott Excite ment-was intense: A crowd of fully on, thousand, accdmpa nied bylhirfylrils with drawn revolvers, .took him from the jail, tied a rope around is neck "snaked Jjimlive. blocks and hung him to a lamp post on corner of the public square. Aftec he had, hanged fifteen minutes it was suggested to "burn htm." The body was" "cut down and. prcmated on , a pileof dry goods boxes satu ratcdnvith .;coal oil. - The ere-, matioa "aflordetf the crowd great satisfaction. . ' v .',. j3roy.nwn.o naaeiJiiaB: menpliituaJifinnaSiiJ house last Tall and. whojuayed severartfdn peJ wi Ufdltthd use5 Tffy far DarUec The cause of the negro exo dus from Louisiana and Mis sissippi is .supposed to nave .been started by a circular pur porting, to be issued by the. "Colored Colonization Society ot lopeka,, Kansas, and sign ed by. Lycurgas P. Joncs,,'pres ident It is headed strictly Privatc and sets forth -that the colored people of the North have observed the outrages 'heaped, upon .their brethren in tlie South- by their .rebel mas tcrsand are. -dojng all they can to alleviate their -siifTeringsi President Hays is accused of deserting them, and they are toIditlie;democrats, now having controL of .congress, will -seek to rcrenslave. thentsjif' they, rer; roainjn the South. , They are told the colonization society his been organizcA .by the govern mentand that, each head of. a ifamily. fs, tdt .haYejcOjiicresiqn :iand,jvlucn is located near-i,o- pekaiji Kansas .andlsncl, ancL productive. ; Ittcandudes an ,ia '"'"Hoe there is no distinction .in soaetj-. .nil rt.Mifi4VrtilTlr. 1TjMv?iKVlnrt nf-f opprc&ianjid come io freewnsa' & ' .A,postscript j says jShow. this, circular to none- but colored Smen and keep, its. cOntentSja secret i 4. Jt V I rf . n.. f 'v ..ive' til no 'TnitALt's'History'of '-Texas':1 We'haVe 'reccive'dtliis ''AVorkH from! the' publishers, N:"D; Thpmps'on'&- Co-i JoStLduis: iThe book iis'a've'ry. handsome rge",dctavo Volume of '85c' pages. Ihe'author-Kev. ii7v., '?. . . . - r-. Thrall Tias 'devoted twelve years'' loats compilation and"the--.a'c-- curacy.-of its.statements may be relied upon.-. Mr. Thrall has devoted .more' itime to" Texas ,histbry thananyman in or out .of the state .The book is beau tifully illustrated with pictures- 'of various "places of Interst in; the stateas well ass portraits: of all thegdVerndrs of Texas -and men famous-- 'in. early history.' Itisabobk tliaB shoud-'betin'- the hands of everyone desirous? of being thoroughly posted on. tlie history o't this" great and growing commonwealth.,,,. -, Tnp. natvfMsMn NertiJ! frnps Flor 8ie retrenctiers and. reform ers in the" present legislature.; After SD'endine" a number bfdays iu iciieiiuiiiii uiey nave imuiy reduced "the salaries' of'llie' clerks' m'tlic Various state"oe- n- p.., . .-r ' t" ' -svLf -t' partments SlUoo, and jrcer-" tain Dills jiow pending beco me laws the ' fdrce'wilt have "to lie increased sufficiently to absorb '" thai.440OJ-'and another: sum -of the'iame size, on top 'df'it ' Itis estimate'd that'the defi ciencies will continue iricreas-' ing for "'tbid- next two" j'earsj 'the ' revenieT-b'eing insufficient to' ijneet expenses. Indue time a constitutional amendment will become an absolufe" necessity" in order that taxation may be increased. ' -' . A candidate remarked yes terday that: lit was nai pleasant thtngito .run in aWcmb' irae'eras -if lie got Ieftr.oufc in .the' cold and Jfad to.make.the'gra'nd voy age up'salt.river; lie.wdiild haver rolenty of-fcdmpany. A large! K!m? -nr.T,nr?JrM,e Tr,l.r feci been engagedland -nrill sail"vKth the defeated, candidates be-u tween 11 and r 12 p.m. lontthis; evening,vthe istinste. uA special: cabin. will b'er provided" for ,the.i accommodation of colored gen- tlemen. " THE.Marshall"Z?i'rj is ' , Mitt t" 'X strongly in favor of a general law ' providing for tlie publica-J tion'df'all legal' -advertising iri" the newspapers of the respect-, ive counties. Atpresenta.few ifrritten notices areposted and J none save those who make a specialty of buyingproperty at" thesesaleskriowanything about them. . In jnany instances prop erty Is ruinously sacrificed at '"the expenseof thei debtor and . f sometimes' of minors. - : i ". Tun Hon. Wash Jones, !says the Houston Telegram', is about to fall into his proper place and be takenat his proper valua tion at last. He-has fully iden tified himself with the radicals in congress. He is ostensibly a greenbacker, elected, by dem ocratic votes, i. c.- if no demo crats Tiad -.voted for' him he would'ha've b'cc'nbeat, but has "jincd" th'e'rads in cdngress'arid jsccured tKc plaudits, of the New, Ybfe 3jtm SfEWSPAPER AMENITIES." The Waco Exainiisa has some Very sensible remarks about.a newspaper quarrel now going on in another Texas town. The Dublic "at laree. cares nothing j about thc pcrsonal affairs or personal history of the . men -connected with newspr.pers.-, A large majority of the readers of newspapers, especially those of any circulation, do not know the editors or publishers and have no personal interest in tliem. They take a newspaper for the purpose of reading the news, and if no news Is furnish 'cd they do not get what they pay for and are dissatisfied. If newspapers disagree in politics or on matters of public ,policy. 'it is no reason they, should not discuss .the question at issue in ar rational and .reasonable way, by argument and.not by.-abu.se Newspaper men should begen tlemen,and.their journals should 'be conducted'Tii a 'gentle manly J ahd courteous manner. It one jihper speaks, of another as tlie Stir: IPof or Filtfi'Recipiical 'across fthe'wajv'the pfdbpibllijy , 'is me party wno tnrows uie dirtwiU' ultimately bc'tne'sufq .fereff-Tne' reading'pu'blic as' a' -general1 thing is-! vfery disenmi- n"atii, itis able tb judgeof the .'meritsrdr'dementi of candidates' .for its patronagel To tell a people'uiat tliey are? patronize Ling -an unworthy' sheet is a di-' rectinsulti"t!o-micij"betterjudg-' .mentj' the press :is dependent .upoh'-'the' public for a support :and by" the verdict of the pub lic it must stand or fall. The' L history-of . -journalism tdoes not .show .an .instancej where .one paper .lias succeeded in destroj' in'g another by -abuse;. Read ers become disgusted with abuse itn a very .short .time and tlie- cbnsequenceis it fails to accom-. plish- its- purpose'iand, only re coils .on -tlie -head of the party .who.uses.it tche 'cirr EiEorioir- The canvass for city officers begun in Januarj', culminates at the polls to-day. There is. a multiplicity of candidates for the various" offices. .We have no doubt the' peo'pte will Jselect ..the right ones forthe offices of mayor; marshal and assessor and collector," ' The' candidates' are alllweirkribwn and the" 'choice -. . 1 iipdepend' much upon person al preference.-'-" Weidesire tdicall-attention to the icanyidates- for1 , alderman Upon, the-.board of aldermen de pehds.' tlie: entire management of "the affairs. of the. 'city and. the 'perpetuation-;, of our public 'schools. Voters cannot loobto their tickets too .carefully. Jo , less than four negro candidates, are being run for. aldermen, one. in each .ward. If tlie white peo ple split their vote, and tlie col-. ored. people stick to' "their col-drs"-they may electtheir men. Thc-alternative, presented is,, to, unitevon.the regular- ticket-for-aidermen orjnnthe risk of hav-r ing "this 'progressive city dis graced by having two, and per haps Wree ignorant and gross 'ly incompetent negrd aldermen. Such1'a.;cbhtingency-is liable to !h'appen-and' should it unfortu nately occur,' it'would be fully equal-to the' loss of a year's growth for our town. -Through 'petty -dissentions and a split- vote a negro alderman was elec ed last yean ' -He has- been' of no use in the council; his pdsi ition Beingpurcly ornamental. The Sherman Rfgistsr says it's a pity the hanging and burn ing ofthe negro at Fort Scott Kansas had not occurred Jn Texas. The StLouis Gloic Deiaeaaf, Chicago Iittct-Ocean ,New York Tribune and oter horror manufactures and South ern outrage makers' arc depriv ed of a sweet morsel' that could have been used to advance the interests of the Grant move ment. We are requested to state in xeference to the article in Sat urday's issue, on our Public Schools, that no such examina tion as the one referred to, has taken-place under the present Board of Examiners -for the scholastic year '78 '79. While the Board are free to admit that a higher standard .is desirable, yet no one of the character mentioned has been recomuien-, ded for appointment. Our Pahllo School. Editors Brcnhim Dmntn To be a prosperous pcopli we must educate. Tokeeppacj with the onward-march-df-higi mentaf culture, which charac terizes the age in which we live, I we must educate. No argu- ment is needed to convince any jcasomng man. ofiits "necessity: 1 no proofs are,requifed to show that it is the heartand soul of a ; people's prosperity;, it Is too well established and too. plain to any one who uses his-'eyes to require demonstration. The only question. is limv shall we' educate? How shall we ren der the masses intelligent? There is little doubt that the free school system as conducted in EnglandPrussia,- orln'many ot the northern states offers; tfic best solution to this question. It cannot, of course; be "ex pected;that we should have.-ar-rived at the same high standard of excellence in our free schools in tKebrief period that has elaps 'ed since its adoption, 'yet. it-is' J-equally true that our systemjs encumbered with many errors that might be" corrected, many abuses tliat'rhight' be" abated.' In a matter of'such-paramount importance,,no .effbrt should be wanting to ,atiarn the highest possible' "de'gree of perfection; within the'shortest possible time-, and tp3this '.end pur legislators should labor .zealously, assisted by the suggestions of experienc- "J ed educators, as" well as by uie r. t r 1 - j examination'and study of. those systemsjwhichshave proven, the most successful ..elsewhere- In ;the first place, our school lawis pbjectionableana should be re' vised and amended.: Alany of its sections are' ambiguous and others badly framed. It should be clearly and tersely expressed, and leave nothing to conjecture: But above-all; .it should protect teachers from-juffering-.at-the hands of speculators and- the school funds from embezzjement It is impossible to" have good schools' without 'good teachers, and we can have'.good teachers only by paying- them good sal aries. It requires a higher de gree of talentand education-to- be a good educator than aclerk.H pr book-keeper, -ana yet the ;former is' generally worse paid) though his business is infinitely tmorejiarrassing ahd laborious But teachers,, after they have completed their , work and rer ceive their vouchers" ordering 'the payment of the' moietyfor whichi,they have'lotled, areJtbld .there.is,noYnicney ,tq,pay;them J ,ana uiey- are igrce.q to sen at a ruinous discount fri order to live Who would blame'tliem fdrleav 'ing .a profession: offering such .small inducement?. Teachers. as a .class, ,are dependent upon. 1 tueir earnings, .and their wages snouio De paia prompuy wnen due. , Another great' abuse, is in ,the J I manner of appointing. teachers: e'd by the Board to pay its mem bers lor examination., -this isJ offering too great.aptemmmjfor incompetency, for it'is assum ing too much to" expect thV Board to throw-away 3' by re fusing thecandidatea certificate. The writer attended such an ex amination held in Brenham. , Three' members composed d Board. of Examiners, 'only one of whom was; visibhj.l; ,A young? gentleman presented ni'msel.as ,a" candldate'to "teach' the young ' fdea- how-lb1 shoot.'" "He "was asked to read juparagraph inan ordinary school .reader,; and blundered at every third, word.; He was-asked tb.parse a simple sentence, butwas unable to dis criminate between 'the' subjedt -and object In arithmetic'he was asked to divide; -3, by -3-9 and after making ajjreat many figures and 'rubbing them out, was obliged'to give it up.' "'Ex pecting' him to be ".'dismissed with the adviqe.to gp; to school, you may imagine my surprise when he -received -a recommen dation as teacher. Thesentence .given.him to write- waa some thing about the iron steed vom iting smoke and fire, bellows in his headlong 'course over the fertile plain." He wrote; "The Iron steed vometing fire anda smoke .belows. .in, ".his hedlong coarse over the fu'rtil plane." So long as we are' subjected to the imposition of such "dead beats," our free schools, are.mere farces and an dherou"stax result ing in no equivoientof good to those upon whom rests tliebur den.'ofsupporting a .set of im posters.who aretoo.lazy to work and too ignorant to teach. M, W, Jf. . Local option has recently! been defeated in Ohio and Ten nessee. The average sentiment of the people seems to favor a judicious license law. In voting against local option .the legisla tors act on the theory that a man, has a right to use liquors, if lies so desires, and that-the majority should'not.deprive-the-minority ofa. natural right duccd,! ' liills passed: rixin j county clerks; to extend j of homestead settlers; to I vid vide against evils arising from sale of liquor, being copy of I Ohio law, making seders of li quor rcspnsible for damage re sulting. .'' Nomination.of Messrs Gibbs, Randolph and Winn, as direc tors of tlie penitentiary agreed to. ' j House. Day spent in debat ing railroad bill, numerous amendments were' offered. Senate. '"March' 2S. Favor able reports on a large: number of bills, among them: to'grant 640 acres of land to indigent . pensioners' under act of Jiily 19, 1876; for road rak of i-4of 1 per cent' in towns. - - The resolution to adjourn jftlarcbJisr, came up and after' some'dis'cussidn was lost - The senate by the casting" yote"-of the president' requested tlie "house to' return the liquor' law bill passed yesterday. ' ' House. The -different com mittees reported upon iiumer buS.b'ills, thus piling up a large amount of'new business "'upon the speaker's desk. ' -" ' General '"deficie'nty appropri ation bill taken up. The fol lowing 'items- we're" 'adopted:' SiS'0,000 for 'fees due sheriffs, clerks and attorneys'; S 1060 for fees due .supreme' court clerks and several other small appro"1-' priations. ' .Hall's company appropria tion, '46,614 came up.'aKd' the minority adverse report "was' read. A considerable -'discussion ensued in which much' op position' was manifested. Coward, who is condemn ed to death for the "murder- of: Schactrupp, was- interviewed, in the Houston jail by'a Telegram reporter.. He says he is inno . cent ofthe crime and that if hd had had one of his witnesses he would have-proved that He was in Galveston "county when it'was committed. He eluded aires't because he was under indict-' ment .in Harris county forxat- - -t . 1. tie stealing. He' does nor m-' tend to profess religion". 'The interviewer asked him if he dfdi. ,he replied, "You must be a" fool". No more ques tions, were asked The negro" Fields'" aso to ' bevhafiged is about to profess religion;' he 'is haggard and careworn'. " r 1 1 Houston had ahigh'-tdned colored wedding the other night. ' A sumptuous supper was spread" and a Theriy -ime was had.- The groom : -was' a double 'widower, having already planted two "wives. Between .midnight and morning' an army of about five' hundred negroes of all-sizes and a'ges'assembled around the mansioh'of ''tlie'hew'-' ly wedded pair-and serenaded'' them with all kinds -qf musical instruments, from a tih'ca'n' toa" Steamboat- boiler. The Tele- gratiis&ys it' wis tlie mostcle-" ganf serenade, cf the kind;.cver given in' Houstort- "'- George Morse shot by Jones; sheriff of Robertson County, at Calvert on Tues'day night, is dead. In his "dying declaration he .says Jacft'!and 1 Tni 'Jones' Brothers came.r'td his saldon about' 10 6' clock' at night1-Tbm": called'to him to comc"dht, he declined saying he wanted, no difficulty. Jack then entered with a cocked re volver and fired on him. Tom Jones afterwards fired with a shot gun. Morse fired but .once while, the Joneses Bred seven times. It seems to have been a premidiated murder. Morse was a very popular man and there is much indignation. Three tramps marched into tlie town of Mineola and having, plenty of the needful imbibed freely, got.drunk;ipull e'd a pistol on a farmer and also "got arrested. A search reveal ed the presence of S72 in cash, three pistols and some watches on one of 'them, one had noth ing and tlie third had.fiye-watch es and a diamond ring. Fart of. tlie property was identified.1 They are organized professional thieves and will go to tlie. penitentiary.- A - WWve pro-i STATE NEWS. Houston has only seven men in her chain gang. , party of Aus'.inites have ut on horseback for Lcad- There are now only thirty- cases of small-pox in San: Antonio. Williamson county is agi tated over a gold mine located near Bagdad. Corn meal is selling at 60. cents a bushel in Anderson, Grimes county. It.is .thought the,, legisla ture will adjourn about the mid dle of this month. The remainder of the burn ed districtin'Gemeron,"sMilanr county, is soon to be1 rebuilt. Sherman lias her municipal election to-day, Tuesday, and also votes on-the' question of a" school tax. In San Antonio the cittire brigade of 'smoke' bootblacks was arrested and -put to .work, on the'streets. ; A .portion of the'Belton bar "have held a meetingand endorsed Judge" Turner forthc, ' federal judgeship.' The. , Episcopalians, of Rockdale Jiavfi.bought a lot and will "at oncc-yproceqd to .the erectiqn pfyi church..- ; . -i-Townilbts: .injRockdale are iii activedemandi.-' sales have beenaltberal .and- many new; buildings will be.'put up. .'-" United States' deputy mar shal Cdlej ha,rgeji .passing counterfeit monejrat Dallas, has been 'held in jkjOOooncL" rT.he,San Antonio JfeiaLiis iriuch exercised. overthe. fact that four negro, boys, were put. .to work in the chain, gang. Dallas druggists have caUV ed a. meeting -,qf their -.brethern in that city,- to meet- May 1, to. fornj a state pharmaceutists as sociation. , vlr) ' Pistol shooting lsrindulged in-to excess Jn the -third ward. in Houston and to add insult-to injuiy tlie "peelers" can'tcatcli tlie shooters. -!" ') -t :lit' Houston a tinner fell off therdbf -a' two' story-' build ing "without hurtfng"himself.- This is His secbn3 fall'andhd'is gettuigusedtdlt' ' , --'Tlie. negroes at Cofsicana haveBee'ff.holdrng' a revival at the Baptist church. Ten were baptised' last Sunday a'ncl: more .arc yet to "jiric." ' . -.'' '' Holt the man. who killed 1 an umoan nameo rowers, at vt. - - r;- , '.Pilot Point,. went toDenton and gave himself up'. He regards the killing asjustifiable-. . .There, :was a.,fine rain in- the vicinity pj San Antonio, on Friday evening. ItAyas timely asiiijtendaysjmpre. the crops wauid(have been destroyed. Ata.meetingheld in Waco for tlie purpose of raising.funds to complete the building., of the Methqdist, .church, the sum of 52045.30 was subscribed. ' ! The examing trial flf Jack and Tom'JoneS; at . Calvert,.'or the murder of Merse is in.- pro gress. The, evidence adduced shows it to have been gremedir tated. ; The house of Thomas. Riddle, in Dallas icqunty,vas, strudv by-lightning. Himself,, wife and five children were pros trated. Mrs. , R-.anda .daugh ter were severely injured. . A merchantin-aneighbor-ing town .issues a.circular, in whiclhe:, advertises prints ,ats cents a yard. He says' notice, -"I did not steal them, but I be- ireve,the.man I bought tliemqf did." " ., , .. x- ' A Galveston island. milkT man owns a .cow which, a-.few nights ago dropped three calves. The, triplets aie alive and do ing well. ' The proprietor him self is .tlie father of two sets of twins. - Galveston'siiarrow gauge, or sand; road, has.cesaed opera tions and the.trustecs say they will !not operate it unless the city will contract to take 100,' 000 cubic yards of sand within one year. On the night of the 26th the vicinity of .Melissa was hail ed upon. The'ground was cov ered to a .depth of ten incites .and drifts were three feetxiee. Fruit crop entirely dcitroycu add wlicat much ed. An ?ld Thdnias" cat per Bhed'iri the flames at Taylors--ilIe and now. that poor Toni has been cremated his name - appears in the papcH. r-In Navasota the pnr.es of real estate are tending'upward and there is more improvement going on than at anytime dur ing the past three" years. . ' The Sherman papers noti fy icandidatcs that there is no chance for a "stand off" in elec tion tickets. It is money down or the name don't go on. Tlie laborers engaged in Houston laying water pipe have struck;for -$1.50. a day instead of$i". The contractors have re fused to stand the "raise." - ' .- A'Dallasite who went all the .way to Leadville to seethe elephant, writes to the Hctittd' that many arc retiming home disgusted, cursing the country. -A Mexican astonished the San .Antonians by taking" a cat fish weighing forty-six pounds, to the market This fish will be known in the" history of San An- toiiio-as the big catfish. "' t.-(;ol. Tracv, of Hcustan, had a--very narrow escape by his team- running away "on the -streets of that city. When thej team was under full 'headway the colonel jumped" overboard. ' rIt-appears;that Mr. Barry-. more,wl!owas shot by Currie; the murderer -of Porter,, was. more severely injured than atj first reported. He,:was at last. A !few"ieveainis ago &hf dv.i,yuiui.uuniii-u'ty o,ucu jvu Marshalj.being unable to, travel, In San Antonio Wash Jones'tried o obtrude himself upon some Dago's, iybo" were?,' eating in restaurant to.gefKd, of him;th'ey prodded Jnm with a',. fork. The Wash Jones. in,ques;; tion is a negrd. Itis a source of complaint' ul Waco that much of the. cdal, oil sold there is' the-mostwllian-ouscompound'in the world. It is siiggested-that thelegislature, pass a law requiring- all coal oil'. soldto.be of a specified. probC-) XT ll -f- i?-. ?t! i.avasuiu s town-eiecttoais.. hardly two weeks "bff7 andyet,- !S.ays the,,3.'i'(, no" candidates J are announced. This, is bad3 '.for thc;,.TablSt, but the -cahdi I dates are probably aplejotand it ' .'-. .. ,-, Fifty-six pitching or buckings .Mexjcan mustang pomes.-passed through" Houston on cars, bound for New: York.. The ppnics-are.-for the use of the polo club-and. some ofthe riders will "no-.dqubt see stars" when. pitchcp.t'q the.j ground. & 7lin - Hunt; the- mart who' killed- Capt. KatoOgh a .short'time -ago, lias'-'writtenHh'd1 'Statesman a '.threatemngletter' on account ,oP rsdihe remarks - - , -s thathe didn't like. The "Rock-- dxc-Messcn?ei says the' 'letter5 is safd-to haVe'been mailed frcm that place marcli 12. LA' "meeting of the credf- tors and'eitizens citizens-df the'-j city dT-Jeffersdn 'was Ite'Ids&st"' week."Ar motion to" scale titeu debt-75 per ccntand: pay tie- remainder In 20-year?.Dohds";' bcaritig 3 percent interest, failr cd'to carry, as it did not,mcet the views of the creditors. .A conference committee, was-.ap pointed. . ; .' Tlie San Antonio . Ha old - . ., , ..".r.r ::"?; is responsioie lor inc. assemon- that two Galveston cptton.clerks. have , opened ,a, barbershop in j Leadville, while a. late, employe of a large dry goods houseT in Galveston finding no wholesale dry goods "'stores in Leadville accepted a position as" .feeder in. a saw-mill. , The, IGrange -Rwrf says it hopes" the base ball club", will1 be reorganized. ' It ' csrtainly seems- "as though1. LaGrange" needed something, tq.stir it up, a base ball club, a brass band ora feiV fights would probably relieve tlie quietness that now seems to reign supreme. 1 A lively shooting affair took place at Sipe 5prings,Co manche county, on the Jith inst jBill Jay and Newt .Mel ton .had a difficulty about a young-lady. Jay-tried to shoot Melton; but was foiled; The next day Jay went to a mill! where "Melton was at work and,- opened ftrc on him tKrough'a.1 window. -Several' shots; were, exchanged.-, Jay 5 .supposed to be1 mortalfv "WQunde' " , .Vt?T'- 10:1 is not'twuiyuun.-'ij. 'V' '- ce?Eiwswfa. m. jn& Rmistf&a& ica n-as ereerfj: Bttmdfeht " ,wOP " - '' " J-W - the Lrotori New York is 40 fc and cost S8,575,opo'r -The United Ststfie iWaspt Europe with .3;s;8,C!oSafl fif cotton last year. '" .' " ? . - honey are -produce! and soli.' in theU)ited'St--'' From., one grain, of '."ttK planted threeyeareaga:JE6lt -idaman.hathree.acreslttB. ., Moregirtissonw-inapfef Georgia this season than aSisy " -time sihce,.thewar; and ltt(S& ton Tviir'be, planted thw ; J."0 twenty years past '- ji- , The total amountxef fortvarded from New Yoifc, "the west duriftir-t'ae .i ending- December .31 broagfy: a, revenue of 5.10,38437; ,.i- Vermont .has"1wb; s httpfeeil and fifty" grist mills, values!; at 51,250,000. vThe annnal yfi " of wheat in the state is estimated at.44S,7cb bushelSfjandofjMpi,. 1,700,000 bushek..- ' J-- The Lorillard tabacco holwe Us us years Old. Laut theirsaIesof tobacco aad.s aggregated more" than I, 000. .pounds and,.S- revenue' tax 'was' paid, bfS ernment- ery c"ountryJn',ttetorkctsaQc Madrid Iniparcml rcwp6ui&kf the smugg!in'ifio Gifelaltar, and asscrts;.TtKtVafe losses $2$,qpofibQ peritannum ia to .bacco, alone irt,ths;way. -' ,r Joraalal Wlwt-3 Ct ii -so- Iqodyjjarja:TOit;toh&-' f " himsiat9 - the -parlor, d!jtfee -- .-, darkless. "oy5ervd to.con-. the story of hiffey. -x-Thcmuttcre4"ids reached .. the, parent's7 ear; -and comicr "suddenly into fle. room, he fc-"' jAanded to kndy, ofjMarjr wK heTiaSfwIthh&t ." 5 ' "'"It's, the caV, wast.tifi-' ,"mumblingreBl3S," ". '-Drive it'oufcbf here?' thua-' dered natcrfamillias. - "Scat!" screecfied Mary: and. tlienL sbtto'voice "Awv" laeoar .-aiitue Alvy set-up a woetal ydt ii "Cor.ftHHHl ,it! broft M and scare til thin otia - ' "? " - ' Thii'rp;9aiKpflr";' Alvy made,-;a:iea;'we'f-:-;.-j doWj.earryutg; glass and "Jtef S ; .witli-hftni;"' ." '" - - .. i. ;yerusalenit,Thataeatf- ex claimed the patent cooteinplat- jng the"ruin"",afterthe .light, was o.rpugnt. i-jSfltt1 -CGsraua I it's; tadiis maee- of breaddofef" ashei viewed a rriittering rem- "nanKliaogiflEifroni.tiie window. .Advice jo TpewyswJOwE. MakeaUuH-astntsate.Qf ail you dweand SfalTtRai.fe'owlag to i;ypu. Jicduce' the same to a . -notefc 'LS3ast;:as,.r;yc coaect pay over to thoyoa on. I f you ' cannot. raiS,;yo;ur note jeWr.jaaTr;jMe. best se curityv'yotf catL GStobusiness "cUligehtly-an. he. "thdasirious; .wiSte-no idle abmentaj be vcrv ,ecohomical.1nfaBc!i: discard t an pnae; De.mirarai myouraury to .God byrnhur aad'hesrty prayeiyndrnrog and night; at tend church anrfaieerawr peaalai' -eyer-SutfdayiSnd dgr 'tpsja' men asrVotr would rtasy s!kJ ;iM -JTJtl. J JUK SB-Wy. cuFcwnscances tonre rjdo whatev WBr'caee ycS--iSfetie fdftunate-i. .Tursue' .diligently aa' -sine T i,.r? '-- .,.-r.. . .- seven.years; ana ii.tch- nappy;ncomiortaD.e ana pendentr.m fryour- iircumstanc come toTiie'ihH'I',wfll pay yo "-v-f ".vvtr""' . "StrXomsfwiii have, an expe- rsitton.vw5thhcr.Bext fair and ar- rangemehtsare-'now being made for tlfeaccompltshTneat.pf thoi- itTherewas a, fireia'I Louis a few days ago. in wS -persons -were'cieJaated; the i vicuiiis . ocingya. uum, w anautree-cnuaren.- . The United Stales has 170- ,204, .rnifesjofJ telegraphic' . Hj- ".wdrkui-within.-rts hmits:' Gr-.it Britan.Jiasi03,boo miles Ruf.fa, 2 l,OOp;,.j;raace;- 3,oco. " Jov-is. a. piiieunbdugb . aa isrireesi'aao -purest .in vi wheat incomes" .ansoughl getting' mto-.heaven as wurcompassTt.- "You 1 ry it cwith. you, tt,lse "u tliere.- Your- must' youias.toe, music oj ed soul;- SSewc , o f posthe welling- $ ; central " aeptlts spnmrs.itnat- 'jujei thef eu '- Mr.Sri.5 doadathl n.thei4t3 tourlofihi closef?! 15 0 S' -t? - "- r rf' - Z rJ ir i77 i- - '?- ' BJ5 -" -"j "K . v. if '" -' -S-M : s. -r-J, mA ... . & -"X L.EV "ft. T &, jf i .-- '.U