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TOLUMESIY: ' ; ' BKEKEDAjM; WASHESTGTOjSt COTJOTY, TEXASi J?KJDAY, APRIL 18, 1879.
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lished In this Senatorial District-
Rates of Subscriptions
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elEntU-iM. hslrirlrf ISlllm-IsllittlicTS r.i
imrrir buiineN ctaraertr.lO'OTtsa line earn
nirrtion.
There wassnow"in' London
and the northern part of Eng
land, on the 1 2th inst
The: report that Gen. Grant's
mind is failing was not received
avJjJt any'rnarkedeelingrer
grct,
'The Richmorkl 'FbtuCohttcs
is dead and a new venture call
ed the 'Rtfitctor has beetr star
ted. The Rockdale Messenger says
Billy Homan, senator from tins
district, everlastingly used up
plfiottr6ttthe, $htcGasct(e. )
The enemies of the republi
can party assert that Grant can
bv no means become top crazy
to be the candidate of that par-
A somber of colored men of
Boston held a. meeting for the
purpose of devising means of
furthering the negro exodus,
from the souths
bor party. The name is appro
priate they labor for the 1
publican party.
The Colorado Citizen, norm
J
the fact that Texas papers gen
erally.are "scoring" Wash Jones
remarks: "Wash will 'be shelv
ed at the nest election."
Therein a mailTiack running,
tri-weekly, from Rockdale to
Caldwell. Let the line be ex
tended from Caldwell to Bren
'TiamanditwilLbe complete.
The Reficctot says the Santa
Fe railrpad has complied with
its contract and, it is now time
for the people ''of 'RicTimond
comply with theirs and furnish
the ground for a depot.
A man named Palleto living
in Miller county, Arkansas was
shot and killed by Jus son Wil
Jiam. There had been a family
quarrel and the old man had
ordered "his son not to come on
his land.
Thit Brazos Valley Grade, of
Thorp's Spring,'""isbJiloqizes :
"Texas has too many hung ju
ries. What she needs just now
is a general clearing up of the
crimninaldocket and more hung
murderers.
Paul Bovnton is swimming
down the Mississippi river, rje
arrived'at Memphis on the f ith
inst., four days and five hours
-outfrom Cairo. About 15,000
?2 i tu a . tv.. -:.,."
vjSaKQF pcupic gAiuticii m ure "vu
co receive uuu.
Gen. Richard Taylor, of
Louisiana, only son of the late
president Taylor, died in New
York, on the 12th inst. He
-was better known as Gen. Dick
Taylor and established a high
reputation duringthe war.
George Washikgto:.- Jokes,
member of, congress from the
Fifth congressional district of
Texas, has gone over into the
radical camp. He has disap
pointed nobody, unless perhaps.
a very few sore-headed demo
crats. The Albany, 1J. Y., Aigtts,
an old and well known demo
cratic paper, but a stranger in
Texas, has been making its ap
pearance fn a good many news
paper offices. The Argus, jt is
said, is now being engineered in
the interest of Sammy Tilden.
Gov. Nicholls, has upon rec
ommendation of the New Or
leans board of health, issued a
proclamation establishing quar
antine from and after May ist
againstSill West India ports.
All vessels from such ports will
be subject to twenty days quar
antine. David Mauck. murdered his
wife at New Albany, Ind., with
an axe, while she was asleep,'
.Sarah Vaughn, living in the
(jimily, hearing the shrieks of
Mrs. Mauck, rushed into the
room when Mauck struck her
Mows that will probably prove
isiSL He escaped. .
Washington specials "'say
that the Pacific railroad com
mittee is decidedly against the
-Texas and Pacfic subsidy, and
inclines to the Southern Pacific
of California. The new banking
and currency committee favor
the coinage of silver to the full
capacity of the mints.
The sixteeth legislature is
composed of as follows: Sen
ate 22 lawyers, 4 doctors, 2
farmers, 2 merchants and one1
who is without any occupation.
House 46 farmers, 22 lawyers,
5 merchants, 4 doctors, 2 stock
rais.ersj 2cditors, X blacksmith,
1 farmer, and merchant, I farm
er and 'lawyer, j land, agent I
mechanic, ijsaddlcr, 1 teacher,
1 trader and 1 retired merchant.
The -Richmond Rcficctoi re
plying to the Houston Tele
gram's assertion that the people"
of Richmond have given up the
idea of the Santa Fe railway,
says, "'We have great hopes
that within sixty days regular
travel will be established be
tween the city of Richmond and
Galveston, via the Santa Fe
railway. We are patient ; have
waited Jong . and cannot afford
to give up the idea."
The republican managers are
now busy arranging for a highly
senteemg'iPBcffig'ridtJi'i
ing morc-orless than a general
national convention of negroes
I ff
at Washington some time dur-
ing,Tthee'isummerTrt3r icxtfall.
The rads are said to be raising
money fortius purpose; the ob
jects purely rJolifical. If sec
tional strife could not be kept
up the cliieP'occupatibn of the
reptlb'licans' would be ,gone.
The New York Hciald has a
long articIc?oh!prSchers' salar
ies. The average compensa
tion of clergymen of all denomi
nations is less t?ian $500, taking
city dnd country. In the cities
salaries ofiMethodist clergyman
range from $1000 to 'S3000;
Presbyterian from $10,000 to
$12,000; Congicgationalists
from $15,000 to $20,000; Epis
copalcans average $3000. the
Baptists $2000 and the Unitar
ians $4000.
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Hon. A. P. McCorjiick. of
Brazoria county, has been unan
imously confirmed by the Unit
ed States senate as judge of
the new federal district of north
ern Texas. Judge McCormick
is a republican, but is very
moderate in his views and is
said to be the least objectiona
ble of any man of his party in
the state. His appointment
will ive general satisfaction.
Judge McCormick is at present
a member of the state senate.
JUstSGULAR case-has rccenfc
yi.Q3frjqd,at,StI-duis.,. .Mr,
Eugene Miltenberger, a candi
date for alderman, -was taken
sick and died just before the
election, on the 1st inst. He
was voted for and elected. His
competetor has applied for a
certificate of election on the
ground of having received the
next highest number of votes.
The courts will have to decide
whether a vacancy exists or
whether the party applying for
the certificate was elected.
-.M 1 J
ijECREi! age;
:hts archil Geor
gia, Alabama and South Caro-1
lina inducing the negroes to
move north. The moAcment is
said to be formidable and like
ly to interfere materially with
the Jabor system of the entire
South.TJie Houston Jelegtam
jw,aIo . (.-, i,i,A
says the negro will go and no
amount of reasoning can pre
vent him. It suggests that in
view, ofthe.,fact that, without,
labor fields must lay idle, there
is but one course left open, and
that is the importation of Chi
nese labor.
The Chinese Six companies of
San Francisco publish a card
stating that they are daily in re
ceipt of applications for labor
ers to go to southern states,
notably Mississippi and Louis
iana. The companies twish it
to be ais'inctly understood that
they have no control over their
people's labor, and have never
brought or caused tpbe brought
one of their countrymen here,
and never contracted for their
labor or collected their wages
in any manner whatsoever, the
press of California to the con
trary notwithstanding.
THE NEGRO EXODUS-ITS
TRUE INWARDNESS.
The movement of the negroes
from the cotton states notably
Mississippi and Louisiana to
the north, is attracting consid
erable attention. .It is account
ed for in various ways; the most
plausible hypothesis bcin that
the movement is mainly politi
cal. It appears that a political
adventurer in Washington, one
Col. Hooker, a brother-in-law of
the lanicnted Col. Jim Fisk
though what his relationship to
Fisk had to do with it, Ave are
at a loss to know proposes to
import negroes enough.from the
South during the coming sea
son tojsccure the election of the.
republican ticket in (iSo. He.
wants to colonize 100,000 in
New York, 50,000 m Ohio and.
75,000 in Indiana; by this means
those states would be; made
strongly republican and the suc
cess of the ticket would .be se
cured beyond peradventurc.
The plan is possible and the re
sult certain, but the great draw
back is the immense expense
attending it. It appears that a
National Emigration Society
has been organized under the
auspices of Chandler, Windom,
Teller, Edmunds and Garfield,
head-centers of tha republican
party and most violent parti
sans. This organization and
the apparently wild scheme of
Hooker may be more intimate
ly connected that one would
suppose.
Just vhat the negroes arc to
do, in the states it is proposed
to Senegambianize, besidesivo
ting, is not so clear. The white
men who have heretofore Voted
the republican ticket might rise
in their majesty and vote with
the opposition. If the republi
cans are beat in the race of 1 880
their power is forever gone; they
are making and will maks one
last grand effort to maintain the
supremacy and it being reduced
to an issue of Jife ,or death,
neither money nor means will
be spared in the attempt to pre
serve life.
The cause of the negro exo
dus is clearly explained in a let
ter from T. L. Van Fosscn, of
Erin Plantation, East Carroll
parish, Louisiana, to a St Louis
commission' house, and publish
ed in the Rcp'.tbliccin of the 9U1
inst. He says :
I would slate that the emissaries of some
one tell the negroes here that they will be
furnished bv roi eminent widi land, lmnle-
ments and provisions on ten j ear's crcdi t ,
and the are distributing; secretly, illustra
ted hand-bills, representing, cuormous po-
smolunjr; cigars and Hearing enormous gold
watch-chains, etc., as the ordinary condi
tion cf the darkey in Kansas, and the poor
creatures behee it alL St. Louis will feel
the exodus, as eicrv one who goes is one
less for you to supply. There i absolutely
no reason why tlicy should leave, sae for
the lying representations made by these se
cret emissaries. Who can be at the bot
tom of it all?
The question, "Who can be
at the bottom of it all?" is prob
ably answered by the organiza
tion of the National Emigration
Society. There has been a
meeting of representative ne
groes in Boston and a similar
meeting is called in New Or
leans; the probability is that
these meetings are for the pur
pose of furthering the exodus
of the negroes. The gentleman
who writes the letter from which
we have quoted says no reason
whatever exists for the negroes
leaving, as they are in the ma
jority and have political cotrol
in his immediate district.
So far as w e are aware, no ef
fort has been made in the Sen
egambian districts of Texas to
induce immigration. Here in
this county we could spare 500
or a 1000 with very little incon
venience. i mm 1
Wash Jones, of Texas, has
been interviewed by the Galves
ton News' Washington rreporter
Wash says substantially that the
power to make money resides
in the government and that the
material of which it the money
carnages.
is made is in the language of
the immortal Mr. Toots, a mat
ter of not the slightest conse
quence. It is the duty o the
government toi make money
and pay the national debt. He
favors the free coinage of gold
and silver and the substitution
of treasury for national notes.
The old parties must be aband
oned. Political antecedents
must be ignored. Kc favors
Kelly, of Pennsylvania, and
Hainman, of Texas, as the pres
idential ticket. Jones' finan
cial views arc, it scorns, ab wild
as ever.
LEGISLATIVE.
Senate. April 10. A num
ber of 'committee reports were
received and one or two bills of
a special nature were passed.
House. Bills fixing terms of
courts in several districts were
passed. . '
The house concurred in the
senate amendments to the bill
cstablisliing fees of county offi
cers.
The department of insurance
was wiped out but reinstated
w ith an appropriation of $1500
as the salary of the commis
sioner, with a clerk at $900.
The
discussion of the public
school question occupied a con
siderable portion of the day.
It was finally decided by a vote
of 41 to 34 to appropriate one
fourth of the revenue for pub
lic schools.
Bill to amend the city char
ter of Dallas, passed.
Senate, April n. House
resolution to adjourn April 14th
came" up, and was amended by
inserting 22d for 14th and ad
opted by a vote of 16 top. The
senate refused to reconsider.
Committee reported favora
bly on bill authorizing the heirs
of Tom Toby to sue the state.
Bill granting 640 acres of land
to each indigent pensioner.pass-
ed.,
Deficiency bill taken up and
various items added; passed.
Senator McCormick tendered
his resignation, expressing his
high appreciation of the consid
eration shown the republican
minority by the majority.,
Senator Edwards in making
a motion to accept his resigna
tion,,briefly spoke of the high
order of ability and other admi
rable traits of character of Mr.
McCormick.
Favorable report on bill to
amend charter of the city of
San Antonio.
House. General appropria
tion bill taken up. The "ques
tion of appropriating $150,000
for frontier defense caused some
debate, but no conclusion was
arrived at.
The senate bill regulating con
tinuances was passed. It ren
ders delays and continnanccs
more difficult.
Bill to regulate railway tariffs
amended and passed to engross
ment. Senate. April 12. Bill to
provide for taxation in unor
ganized counties passed.
The deficiency bill was re
considered and several, sums ad
ded. Bill amending charter of San
Antonio passed.
House. The general appro
priation bill occupied the day.
After five hour's debate an ap
propriation of $75,000 annually
for frontier defense was voted.
A young paper published in
Hempstead and called the City
Reporter, asks: "Why do farm
ers living eight miles west of
Hempstead ship their cotton
from Bienham?" The reason
is obvious; they can get a much
better price for it in Brenham
than they can in Hempstead
and in addition to that they can
buy all kinds of goods here at
much lower prices. Brenham
cotton buyers are always pre
pared with ready cash to pay
for all the cotton brought here.
Cotton has been brought to
Brenham the present season
from a distance of forty miles,
some coming from within a few
miles of theSunset route in Col
orado county.
Ask a hard question next
time.
The Colorado Citizen, a pa
per in which ' we have always
placed implicit confidence, says,
"Columbus pays from one-quarter
to one-half cent ,per pound
more for cotton than Brenham."
The Citizen does not give any
quotations of cotton, so we are
at a loss to know the "true in
wardness" of its assertion. As
the matter now stands, there is
a '"nigger in the wood-pile." He
got there because cotton has
been hauled to Brenham from
the vicinity of Columbus. On
Satnrday last cotton was sold
in Brenham at 10 cents. Give
us your "figgcrs" Mr. Citizen,.
We claim that Brenham is the
best cotton market. ,
The OddFcllows .tn'd U.
F. T. of Anderson ha e raibtd
funds and will build a hall for
the use of the two organic tttons.
state news.
Six Victorians have
out boldly for Leadville.
More drummers tha
tomers in Navasota-last
The Victoria market is
now w ell supplied with new po
-P
t
tatoes.
.
There has recentlv been
fine rains in the neighborhood
of Sherman. s t "
A fine brick Opera House
will be erected in Marlin during
the coming summer.
f
Wagdn trains are daily
passing throughThorp's Spring
en route to Arizona.
The Tcxarkana compress
'squoze" 37,265 bales o( cotton
during the present season. v
Big preparations are mak
ing for the three days sangcrfest
at Austin beginning on Tuesday
next. ' v
The Flatonia Argtis'Yos en
tered upon its third year. It
appears to be in a prosperous
condition.
The Houston reservoir is
now in course of construction,
and wi!l be completed in about
five weeks.
Tom Keegan, a handsome
youth, formerly of Brenham, is
secretary of Marlin Fire Com
pany, No. 1.
Three negroes charged
with murder broke jail at lylcr,
on the 8th inst and made good
their escape.
Carsicana is again under
going her periodical excitement
over the'Corsicana and Pales
tine railway.
Fruit prospects in the vi
cinity of Columbus are not as
flattering as was anticipated a
few weeks ago.
The preliminary examina
tion of the Jones brothers for
the murder of Morse, is in pro
gress at Calvert,
Rev. Vm. Carey Crane,
of Independence, is by invita
tion, to deliver a lecture in
Houston on the 24th inst.
Corn was damaged by
frost in the vicinity of McKin-
ney last week on some' places
replanting will be necessary.
In the district court at
Jacksboro three white men
plead guilty to horse stealing
and were given five years each.
Instead of the Houston
police being paid in full the
other day they were only paid
half cash and half in promises.
A drove of 2200 head of
cattle passed near San Antonio
the other day en route for the
great cattle market of Kansas.
Wheat in the neighbor
hood of McKinney is beginning
to head. The Advocate has
been presented with fine speci-.
mens.
Over in the county of
Grimes, the Tablet and the Sen
tinel arf having a discussio 1 as,
to which paper has the largest
circuiauon.
Thurmond, grcenbacker,
but running as an independent
on side issues was elected may
or of Dallas by a plurality of
about 400.
A gentleman just arrived
in Austin from Coleman county
reports good rains there. Crops
in Llano and Coleman counties
are all right.
Piano was visited by a
very severe hail storm on Tues
day. Fruit and crops much
damaged and not enough rain
to do any good.
Irvins Q. Parker commit
ted suicide at Salado, Bell
county, by taking laudanum.
He had for some time been ad
dicted to its use.
The county commission
ers of Harris county have
bought a site for a jail in Hous
ton and will at once proceed
with the building.
A boy ten or twelve years
old, son of a Mr. Bell living a
mile from Bryan, was killed last
week by a team of mules run
ning away with a wagon.'
A new Catholic church has
just been erected at Rockdale.
It has a seating capacity of
about 150. Services were held
for the first time on Sunday last,
The Navasota Tablet has
a besetting -weakness and that
weakness is watermelons. It is
expecting to feast on watermel
ons all the summer and then
give the paper one year for the
biggest one.
Lc oand ot
rive during
1 seen
xiMr. Denn
Spring, has a clock w
been running 1 14 years
pears good for many
I more. This discounts
Sy
Grandfather's Clock."
The Navasota Tablet man
has received a bucket of straw
berries size of bucket not sta
ted and gushes over tnem. No
strawberries over this way and
no gushes to spare.
Mr. Richardson, the newly
appointed postmaster at Hous
ton, received his commission
and took formal possession of
the office on Monday. He de
capitated tw o of the old employ
es.
Three men have been ar
rested at Fort Worth charged
with robbing the Fort Yuma
stage. They are supposed to
be three of the nine robbers
who have been engaged in that
business.
A young man named Ful
ler was accidently killed near
Willis Point, by falling from his
horse. Ke is said to have been,
one of the party who has been
shooting into the trains on the
Texa and Pacific.
Frank Weaver, a notor
ious horse thief haa been arres
ted in Rains county. He claims
that he is Jackson of the Bass
gang., Whateverhis name may
be he has evidently been con
nected with the Bass lay out.
An aged German woman
living in Bryan attempted sui
cide by jumping out of a sec
ond story window; not succeed
ing, she then cut her throat
with a razor. A doctor mend
ed the wound and she is now
doing well.
Dan Rice, has it seems,
not gone west but is now in
San Antonio where he has or
ganized a tent show which he
says is not a circus, not a mena
gerie, but a congresi,of mon
archs ofmucle. His show opens
on Monday, Dan himself ap
pearing as clown.
Jesse" Rascoc, the notor
ious murderer, who recently
escaped from the Corsicana jail,
has sent word to policeman
Robinson that he is coming to
Corsicana soon and will fill his,
Robinson's, Jiide full of lead ore.
Rascoe is a bad one.
An enterprising dry goods
firm in Waco having just mov
ed into a new and magnficent
store gave a grand opening. A
splendid band was engaged for
the occasion and a bountiful
supply of refreshments was fur
nished for all visitors.
Ed. Dedman, a bad negro
and brother of horsethief Bob
Dedman, was arrested the other
day by sheriff Lewis, of Austin
county, and put in the Bellville
jail on a charge of assaulting a
white woman in the Possum
Bend neighborhood.
Messrs. C. Langhammer
and L. Swearingen, while fishing
a week or two since below San
Felipe on the Brazos river, dis
covered the entire remains of a
mammoth. Mr. Langhammer
brought in one of the teeth and
several pieces of bone. Bell
ville Beacon.
Gonzales is a local option
town, but all a farmer or any
Other man has to do is to get a
merchant to "order" wh'tskey
and it comes in two or three
days. It is a scandalous fact
that whiskey comes quicker
than any other kind of goods.
A. M. Tash, residing w ith
his son August, near Hackber
ry, Lavaco county, committed
suicide on the 30th ult. by cut
ting his throat from ear to ear
with a razor. He was about
65 years old, and at the time
was laboring under a fit of men
tal aberration.
Currie's case will be called
at Marshal about the 1st of
June, the approaching term of
dis'rict court of Harrison coun
typ commences May 5. The
first move of his attorneys will
be to secure a continuance. It
is to be hoped that in this way
be thwarted and that speedy
justice may be meeted out to
him. If all accounts be true,
and there certainly is no reas
on to doubt them, justice lies
in the end of a rope.
the bherman compress
was hifrncd at 2 o'clock on
Moitday morning. Value of
buildings and machinery $15,-
insurance $7,700. The
range warehouse was also
rncd incurring a loss of $12-
A new compress is soon
i to be bjilt.
The Granbury Vidette re
ports the death of Mrs. Alvira
Halford, a daughter of David
Crockett. She was about 60
years of age. Her death leaves
a surviving sister in Tennessee,
Mrs. Matilda Fields and a broth
er, Mr. Robert P. Crocket, of
Hood county.
The most noted criminal
in the Galvestun jail is Antircw
J. Walker, who was indtcteil
for the murder of Green Buttler
in May 1872, and who has been
confined ever since, having in
the meantime had several trials.
all of which have been reversed
by the superior courts.
Reports from Pilot Point,
Denton county, say that nine
armed men entered the Ttbuse
of Mr. Homer, who is absent,
and made a search for him.
They told Mrs. Homer that
they intended to kill her
husband. He is the principal
witness against Holt, the mur
derer. An able bodied, healthy
looking tramp ppplied at a pri
vate house in Houston . for
"something to eat." He was
given a bountiful repast, but in
stead of leaving, crawled under
the house and went to roost.
He was waiting for a chance to
sreah A policeman snaked the
tramp out and calaboosed him.
Sherman has a town or
county clock that cost $1200
and that clock has stopped
short because no one is spe
cially deputised to wind it up.
The Register, says when the
clock runsiit is a great conven
ience to parties whose watches
are in the hands of "their un
cles."' 7 The Waco Examiner gives
a long account of the pursuit of
a horse thief by an ex-sheriff
of Fort Scott, Kansas, the thief
was finally, after a three month's
ourney, overtaken and captur
ed in Goliad county, where he
was duly hanged by a vigilance
committee. The Kansas man
having recovered his property
started homeward.
The Waco Telephone says
an attempt was made to con
vict one Eliza Jackson, a tan-
colored blister, street walker
and drunkard charged with
keeping a disorderly house.
Eliza had witnesses sufficient to
prove that she was a proper
woman. A similar case was
tried in the mayor's court here
in Brenham and with a precise
ly similar rcsult-
Marlin Ball: Crop pros
pects in Falls county are Very
bright. As Mr. Hamp'Green
was riding along the road about
three miles from Marlin he was
fired upon. Two horse
thieves from Bell county were
captured across the river the
other day. It took several
shots to' bring-them to terms.
Chris Hick'erson was at
tacked and" bitten ty a rabid"
dog. Eight delegates have
been sent to Huntsvillc four
of 'em are negroes.
Tire Houston Telegtavi
strongly favors the importation
of Chinese labor to take the
place of negroes now going to
bleeding Kansas. If there be
any truth in the reports of the
California press, the Chinese
are an intolerable nuisance, and
their presence in large numbers
would be a blight upon the
country that would irretrievably
ruin its chances of prosperity.
It would be a dangerous exper
iment. The conduct of Judge Rives,
of Virginia, is exciting, much
attention. Judge Jerry Black
has been talking in his vigorous
way to a correspondent of the
New Orleans Times He said:
"The rights of the States are
now being tested. Virginia
has had two criminals, convic
ted under the law of the State
taken from her custody by a
Federal Judge,' who has com
mitted a high crime by this act.
It is an exercise of power entire
ly unwarrantable, and is 'a vio
lation of the rights of Virginia
to execute her laws in her own
proper way."
What I riirmlne;?
Wl3tlfrmius Ulti.l.wlnE"
U It 'l.-'slnj wltfi a i 1 !e
l-tlin-lirtn-i? r5lr)in;
l.a!l rou tuU tlie rarmer IraIe
- I '- ' lit I
Stuniv frame, InurM !" 1 Vr,
Mnen v arm- ami horny iM(Nl
I, tin- alt that N rejiurttf
lulhftculmreuOourtamt? ,
Xn Mlmlm.Htljoyiili'iIlDlnhor;
Mw nm.t think a4uella toll
ifnilh pmllt, irwitli )ilartin,
W - would tulltvav the m11
Fashion ote.
Trains and demi-.rains arena longer seen
in the streets.
Cold and gilt Irimm'n are as vulgarly
fashionable as e cr. ,
Elbow sleeves rrc seen on ball and e C2
ing reception dresses.
Gloe are. long, reaching to the elbow,
for full evening toilet.
Fichu and jaht cullarct'es giv; a dressy
cfllct to a plain toilet.
Waistcoats arc as often made to wear over
the basque as under it.
Flat crowns with very little tapering are
seen in English round h?ts.
Parasol linings are sometimes of gay
Scotch plaids orbandana gootlv
The Urban is the fashionable cap for,
j oung ladies and married v, omen.
Panicr scarfs and draperies appeir ori all
Pari dresses brought oer.Uus .spring.,
CelLc designs hai e been introduced by
the Unglish embrolderiesr the patems dre
taken from Inh manuscript. ,
The blacX net bonnets are to ha e jet or
naments and black feather this sjmmer,
and jchced with Zlreton bee.
Hardsome new wraps are of drab cloth
in circular or doIntn sVipes, ami can be
vt orn with dresses of any color.
Prettvnew bows for the throat have a ja
bot of Breton lace on one side and loops of
handsome painted ribbon on the other.
All back and -side drapery is full cgain,
and tiht-fitting dress t no more to be seen
Evening dresses are plaited on the hips.
The most stvlMi hat worn al the present
time is the small turban ot toque: the new
bonnets are profusely trimmed with flowers.
The striped cashmeres that imitate moire
antique are made up into mquming dresses'
ana iircssing sacques, anuaretnmmeuwith
Breton Hce plaitmgs.
All the varied forms of plaitmgs arestill
inogue for dress skirts ooth of thin or
thicker goodsr nifties end flounces, hnished
with narrow bindings, are used.
Ilouflant draperies, whether on the hips
or back, are-higherand higher, the fulin ess
more often being "placed jut. below the
wzisthne than lower down on the skirt.
The Aovelty in spnngj bonnets is" of soft
chip oc Tuscan straw, with a large brim of
the same dimensions all around; thii brim
the milliners indent to suit thetfactrofthe.
wearer.
A new fancy that wilt probably 'takc" is
to face the skirt of dressy costumeswith red
silk, under whicn the lace balas euse is bas
ted, making a t cry pretty and striking dress
effect.
In Paris the ladies are wearing their hair
in flat bands, puffing shghdy near the ears.
The bade hair is arranged in two braids,
fastened high on the head witlr a tortoise
shdl comb
The newest white lawn and cambric
waists 1m e the fronts in fichu style, made
with a separate piece 11 six plaits on eacn
side, sewed in the shoulder scams, and ta
pering to the waist.
Nearly all the arraure silks contain"
threaps ofold gold ia combination, blue,
seal brown, and all the" other dark colors
and some-of the lighter lints. Some have
a striped anl others a checked effect.
Gold is mixed in the very texture of silk
fabnes and it runs along the pattern of
lace trimmings, forms part of every passe
menterie bonier, reaches oip to the bonnet
and down again to the slipper, till there is
na artide of the toiletTn which it is not
seen.
The princess dress, for reception and
ecnnig wear, is to be retained with cer
tain niodificaUonsin drapery and Limmirg,
tannest it with novelty; All evening
dresses are profusely trimmed with flowers,
and small boanuets stud the train of the
tabher.
White cambric w aists w ill be made up in
elaborate styles this summer. The fronts:
will have pieces of six plates on each side,
and the bads will have eiht."The-'bolls
are-tobefoldedlike the "Worth dress belts,
.and the trimming will "be plaited fnlls and
Breton lace. r
All manner of fancy nbbonsare extens
ively used on dresses, forming cascades
down the front and made for trimming nt
long loops placed in groups, liomeof
them are exceedingly novel, "being work
ed with guld and silver in. .satin m such
odd designs as ferns lizards, birds, etc
Tlio Ancnded Rovonuo Tobacco
'Ziatr
Tht5 Virginia- Tobacco Journal
thus sums up the points which
governr in-the'late amended to
bacco law pasediy-thqi45th
Congress:
The law,as ameritfedjtafces ef
fect May 1. "' ' r
The tax on manufactured to
bacco and snufTMs fixed at j6
cents a pound.
Every package of cigarettes
must bestamped. "" rr- '
The rates of fax on" cigars,
cheroots', and cigarettes are un
changedr '
The registration ol cigar-makers
is not required.
Coupon cigar-stamps are not
adopted. t j
Cigar manufacturers ,najj
leave their names off of caution
"notices if they desire to do so.
Tobacco and snuff manufac
turers must fcontinue- to print
their namss.pn caution notices.
Tenement cigar, manufacto
ries are not prohibited.
Bonded export? eigar manu
factories are not authorized..
Export tobacco bonded ware
houses are not established
Leaf tobacco may be sold by
licensed persons to persons that
are licehse'd in " quantities less
than an original package; in
other words, it is -again made
lawful to sell leaf tobacco at re
tail. To obtain drawback, a, con
sul's certificate of landing is not
required.
,
Herajd: "As chicken cholera,
or what is known as such, is pre
vailing" in some parfs of -the
country it may be of-interest to
some to know that there us. a
simple curcfor it. For every
fow 1 take a piept., of assafcetida
about the 'size of a grain of corn,
pulverize and mix it'thoroughly
with a handful-'of Corn meal,
make a dough tf this by , pourr
ing on it boiling water, l'lace
the dough -so that the chickens
'w ill get it the first thing when
they get off-the roost in the
morning. This is faid to be.
both a preventive and cure."
f
All Sorts 'of Paracxkplis-
1
Weather report Thunder;
Baby mine A'fouldtng' hos
pital. , r ' Mr.,
"In such " T -questionable
shape" -"? ' y f n
Difficult1 to real eyesArtifi
cial optics. "'Ji '
How to mark'fablc linen Up-
-.. u . j&h T
aci uic tavy-
A capital Tetter One fcon
raining a remittance. '"' '
Song of tlie; , cheese "Will
you love mew lien I mold?','
The fellow who wrote, "Oh
ask me not again," must haver
been full;
The dentist will makc moreg.
money per acher tnan. any fay- '
mer we ever saw.
A cat in the back yard" jusf
ready to pounce on a chicken
is also a,sign"oFspring
A Kentucky paper, has at
the head of its eolumes "For
1 SSo: Pork and Beans.'
Stripes are so big on JtBe '
new tyle of fiafitaloons that
ittakes'two pair'dftrowSers to
accommodate a "sihglc 'stfipet '
A clergyman of Albany sug
gests that the wages of sia be
cut dowu and' the salaries of
ministers raised ilpesj of ttsof
Ithaslieen praveii that after
kindling his. fire a miser stuck a
coric in the nozzleof the bellows; ,
to save the little wind that was,
left in it. ,
1 A Bridgeport base-ball play
er.fWho, had.a chicken,,, stolen
worth seventy-fTvc.cents, ex
pressed his feelings by the re-,
mark that he was out'on'a
fowl. ' ' '
A chair has been invented
which can be'adjrlsted to over
a hundred different positions.
It will be a handy piece' of fur-'
niture-to introduce into a church
pew. , (
But very-few everbekum re
markable for (erinythicgr after
they have reached fifty, unless
it is Sumthing that they ought
to be ashamed ov. Josh Bil
lings. ? '
The Ciiahpiok Or.n Man.
The oldest man in the world
is claimed to be one Miguel So
bs, living at Bogota, in the re
public of SanSalvador. Dr.
Louis J-Iernandez writes to the
New Pesther"077ttithe'follow
ing particulars: "His name fig
ures" in the list of subscribers to
the Franciscan convent of San
Sebastian in I7T2. Ke can still
work; his skin is like parchment
his hair plentiful, but snow
white and rolled about his head
in turban fashion. His eyes
are full of fire. He answered
every question in the clearest
manner, and accounted for 1 i i
astonished longevity in thcs.j
words: ,"l have never to my rec
ollection eaten more.than once
a day. The 1st and jtli of
each month I fast rigorously
from all food, but drink a grea't'
quantity of water. Jralways eat
my food cold. I have never
committed the least excess in
drinkirg.'"
This is the way aLouisvi"e
young lady disposes bfayoun&
man, according to the. Coutier
Joitrnal. She says: ".You have
asked me pointedly if I can
marrv vou. 'and I have answer
ed you poihtcHly'tliat'I can. I
ca"ni marrya"man'5who makes'
love to a different girl (every
month. I can marry a man.
whose main .occupaiion .seems
to beta joiaia gauntletxin front
of churches, and theatres. ard
comment audibly on the peopie
who are' compelled' to pass
through it I can marry aanan
whpse onIy.means of support
is, an aged, father. I can marry
a man jvho boasts that any girl
canTje"' 'won with the help of a
go6dr tailor nd an expert
tongue. I can marry such' a.
man, but I w-o-n-t L" -
Sylvester J. Sherman, a few
years ago, wasja wealthy citizen
of Philadelphiaf being- worth
$600,000. Monday htrfrleadcd
guilty to keeping a disorderly
house, a low variety" thea,tre.
He still owns some property
and preserves a respectable ex
terior. r
Once.upon a timeat the be
ginning' of the fishing season, a
young clerk timidly "approached
his emplbyerand falterihgly" re
marked that thefishwerebiting;
"You stay in the stor&and ,at
tead to your business and tliey
won't bite you," was the con
soling reply, 4
Hand-made Shoes, Just re
ceived at C. -. Coucii.
Five thousand dollar's worth
of goods must land will be sold
in the next sixty days, even jf
they have, to go at New York,
cost an'd these wonderful "bar
gains are at CA. Potter's.
Gents' furnishing goods,shirts,
underwear, hosiery, hats, caps,
tics, Jiand made shoes and boots
at Bottom figures-'at r ' ;
- DiW. BlooUBsrgh &.'Co's.-
' -New Restaukamt in a frw
daysf'Mcssrs- S- H KtrCli & Co.
will open afirst-clsssresttunft
under Central. Ht,u-e. Meals-
will tie served, at 25 cent?.
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