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ANNER m VOLUME XIT. BRENHAM, WASHINGTON COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1879, NUMBER 41 BRENHAM WEEKL Turrs PILLS are extracted fioin Vecvtabls urodacts. loTnTifijnf in tjiyyw jtf TftfnflnJLb cri&My &Ue$xtiMmnm the rlrtuea cf that mlncrJ, without If bid aftr-ffcta, AS AN ANTI-BILIOUS MEDICINE Uyy ara i Inoampartfals. Thrr tthnnlaU tfaaTlSS&flD UVEH, invigorate tfao KtoTOVfl'sTffTEK, and glre tone to andthoroPfih . amiiUilo5 jtooATrheyexgrts power?Jjnflgjmoe ca theSlgiraYa aD(TLJVEltt and thToaafttbaaaprgcaremoTp all imparl tmthnentaliiiBgthetiasqeioftbebody and ttasmg a healthy condition of the gnteSQa AS AN ANTI-MALARIAL REMEDY . They have no eqnaj ; and aga.renlt act ae preventive and core forBilloc,Be- xalttent, Intermittent, Typhoid Fevere, andgeverandAgce. Upon the healthy action off the Stomach, depend, almoet wholivy the health of the hmnen race. : DYSPEPSIA ' IS THE BANE cftheiuMgiitcgOTtlon Ithforthe Cut of thiadlwaa and lu attendant gRS-HBB)A.cHB, MESVonsKEsa, PES- TUTFS PILLS have trained each a-wide cpread reputa tion. Ko Kemady haa ever been diacov ered that acta ao epeedlly and gently on the digestive oryana giving them tone and vigor to assimilate food. Thlebelng PuWUhed Dntly and XTcktT. . ItVMtl.N A- LEVIV, rrvprlrtora. Largest Circulation of any Paper pub Ushed in this Senatorial District. Rates of Subscription: Dailr. one eopyoneyrar,,... . $900 Weekly, on copy one year . 200 Rate of Advertising: Transient aad Legal adTertiementfl insert ed at $1.00 per square for lint insertion, nod ?5 rents per quare for each subsequent Inser lion, Marrisee and Obltuarr notice, exceeains eight lines, half price. Editorial notices of a purely bnaineas character, 10 rents a line each nsertlon. Holt & Thompson- have beert Gov. Roberts has taken no awarded the contract for sur- j action on Houston's proposition vcying a million acres of uni- to open communication with accomplished, of course the NERVOUS SYSTEM IS BRACED, THE BRAIN IS NOURISHED, AND THE BODY ROBUST. 3sJngoompoaedcftiaJnlceof plant. exrracteq py powejrnl rnprmnal agen cies nd prepared in a ooncentr&tl form, they are gnarantoed trtm ton any tMng that can injure the most del icate peraon. ) ADOtcdcbcsurtwhobuaDBljzed tbem, uys "nuEE is eose TiETnE nr oms or TDTTS PUIS, THAH CAS BE lOTHD UT AHHI OS AMY 0IHEB." V 1V tbenrre ear io the aOlcted TorthlsRomodyfalrIr.lt will not harm you, jrou havo nothing to loao.butwlll aurely gain a Vigo rous Body, Pure Blood, Strong Nerves and a Cheerful Mind. , .Principal Oder, 35 Jlorry St., N. V. . -PRICE 20 CENTS. Sold by Druggist! throngncmt the trorid. TUTT'S HAIR BYE. ttuYlLuaoaTCHXcrxxi dun! ts olouy Hlck fer Kr. .pplw&twm .f tbl. Drv. It im. paru ft Hllsral Color. act LttUnUiuooslr, and i. ulluTBlMatagsrincwfttar. hoLX br Dncgfeta. c wt br.Jiliii'M on noptof tL Offloo 33 Murray St., Now York. Jast received and for sale ; 300 bnsheU red rust proof Oats, at 55 cents per bushel. 200 Sacks Liverpool Salt, $1.50 per sad. Largelot Bagging andTies5l-2Sper bale 10 Hogheads of Sugar, 7J cenis per lb. One car load of the celebrated Whitewa ter Wagons, eoamlete with seat, brake, feed box, bows, &.c $70.00 each. All orders promptly attended to. Call and examine before purchasing else where. JAMES A. WILKINS, Agent. Brenham, Sept 23rd, 1879-dScwtf. All last week's papers were full of bell punch. The drummers tax up to last Saturday had yielded SSS- Nearly 3,000,000 in gold arrived at New York on Wed nesday. In Missouri a public execu cution is familiary called a "hanging bee." The Jewish citizens ' of Sedal ia, Mo., arc about erecting a $10,000 temple. The Ohio state election comes off to-day. Both parties are certain of a victory. Inn recent fire at Dead wood caused a loss of nearly 3,000, 000 worth of property. A number of our exchanges are boasting of the receipt of obese sweet potatoes. . o The Mcxia Lcdget, in its last issue, pays its respects to the fiat money greenbackers. The Denison News is inform ed that the Indian fair at Mos- kogee is a great success. . . English emigrants destined for western Texas are seen at Houston almost every day. . . The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railroad company hold an election for directors to-day. Gen. Maxey spoke at Austin on Friday night His address was confined to national poli tics. 4 Over one million bushels of wheat was in store in the St. Louis elevators on the 1st of October. The Houston Telegtam is seeing snakes. It says a six foot long rattle was exhibited at its office. vcrslty lands, and have given bond and received their ap pointment. The state is unable to supply the demand for bell punches, but by giving the bond and pay ing the tax required, parties are justified in pursuing their business. Tiiorndurgh's command was attacked in a canon near Milk river, Col., by Indians. Thorn burgh and ten men were killed and three officers and twenty five men wounded. 1 mm 1 Tyner, assistant postmaster general, is out in the Milk riv er county but fortunatenly for the safety of his scalp was 150 miles from the scene of the Thornburgh disaster. The Belton Journal says Wash Jones is the champion humbug of Texas. The par ticular Wash Jones referred to is "our Jones, uie grccnoacK apostle. Houston has an anti-beer as sociation they are pledged not to drink beer as long as it is sold at ten cents a glass. There is already between five and six hundred of them. , Dr. Rutherford, state health officer, now on a tour of inspec tion was at Orange last Satur day. Ae is well pleased with the manner in which quarantine instructions are carried out. . One Hempell, who claimed to be a Memphis refugee went to New York and started in business as a dealer in millinery goods. He swindled his credi tors out of $20,000 and skipped. a-."- Tilden seems to have no up holders among the Texas press; so far as we are aware there is notaTilden paper in the state. General Hancock is the favorite, though Bayard has some friends. New Orleans. The Galveston board of health at their meeting on Friday votcrl 5-to 3 against raising quarantine against New Orleans. From the Caldwell Registn of the 4th inst., we IcarrT that' Hon. W. K. Homan has tender ed his resignation of the office of United States district attor ney and will remain in Caldwell where he will continue the prac tice of the law. The democrats of Grayson county will hold a meeting at Sherman on the 16th inst. The Denison News says : " We arc one (fltviosc who believe the place "tAUagB'CAUlcg- mtnB thinJeeeBeeBMkih tinBBJBBBBBBPK TniniAvvHeeeeeeeeeeeeeK' w TTBBBKTC iHCn tliaT rnial l X M. A. HEALY, DEALIK IS- General Hardware, CUTLERY, Edce Tools, CASTINGS, Faming Implements, Hoes, Chains, Flows Iron, SteeL Cooldsj and Heating Stoves, Stove Trimmings and Tinware oi all kinds, Paints, Oils, Varnishes and window Glass, Buggy and Wagon material Rubber Belting from I & to 18 inches wide. Packing oi all kinds, and all artides appertaining to the Hardware business. Mam street. Jan. I, '78. Brenham. Texas. Camp Meeting. HACK TO THE GROUNDS. I will be prepared to furnish transporta tion to and from Major PemVs camp meet ing near Independence, during the contin uance of the meeting. Fare Single tap, 75 cents. Round trip, 5 1.00. Tickets Ood during the meeting.. .Parties desiring passage will please notify me thro the Post Office at Brenham the day before. Special hack and baggage wagon for fam ilies. J. N. SMITH. August 21, l879-d&wlm. JOHN A. RANDLE, Meal Estate Agent, BRENHAM, iEXAS. (Established in 1873.) Makes a specialty of selling and exchang ing lands and town property, the rendering and payment of taxes, renting and look ing after 'dwellings and storehouses. SSF" Office upstairs in Graber's Building sept.6'78. A. 01. BROXSEXKAST, WATCHMAKER and JEWELER, (Minkwitz's New Bnilding.) West Side Public Square, Brenham, Tex Keeps a full stock of Watches, Clocks Jewelry, and also makes a specialty o school stationary. SBF Watches and Clocks repaired and warranted. octnwtf Dissolution. The co-partnership heretofore existing between M. Russi and W.Comitius, in the furniture business is this day dissolved, M Russl retiring and Mr. Reiehardt becom ing a partner. The new firm assumes all liabilities and are alone authorized to col lect money due the late firm. M. RUSSI, W. CORNITIUS. Brenham, Sept. 25, '79. d3od. Texas Military liistilQte, AtJSTDC, TEXAS. Twtlfib Annul Session opens September lcat, scientific and ltterur. with Military Instruction added. CMiiooguei and circu- . COL. JOHN G.JAMES. iTZKf BurwrinUndrat T, G. SMITH, SADDLE-TREE HAKEB, Brenham, T"us. AH rodcrs filled promptly" athving'ptce Patronage solicited. i A proposition is on foot in San Antonio to build a railroad from that city to Columbia, on the Brazos. A number of G., C. & S. F. flats loaded with ties for that road arrived at Houston the other day. , Glass cross ties for railroads is the latest thing in England. The glass is toughened by a new process. Memphis reports eleven new cases of fever on the 2d inst. At Concordia, Miss., five new cases are reported. A Louisville saloonist thinks to draw custom by advertising that he will give one big fried oyster with each drink. The Hyde Park bank at Scranton, Fa., has made an as signment Hamford, late cash ier, defaulted 20,000 worth. Leading democrats are hold ing a conference in New York with a view to making arrange ments for the state canvass. The losses by the Belton fire were much greater thau at first supposed. "The Journal's final estimate places the loss at $140 000 or over. . a- The Corsicana Observet, un der the management of Messrs Johnston and Greer, is much improved; as a county paper it is hard to beat. At Montreal a Mrs. Susan Kennedy Miars has been found guilty of murdering Mary Gal laher and sentenced to be hang ed December 5th. Immigration is one subject that is interesting SanAnton ians, and a railway connection direct to the coast is another subject that is being discussed. The New Orleans papers continue to" find fault with the Galveston quarantine against that city, which according to their accounts is quite healthy. One hundred and twelve ne gro recruits from Jeffersan Bar racks, Mo., passed through Houston, destined for the 20th and 23rd infantry at McKavett and Clark. Judging from the number of 'frog papers" (green-backers) that have recently been started and the activity of the leading politicians of the state, one would hardly be justified in be lieving that the next election is more than a year off. Kentucky is the only. South ern state that has no bonded debt. Her entire debt is only about half a million dollars. Of the other states Texas has the smallest bonded debt, about SS.ooo.oco. . wm Mrs. Oliver, who became famous by her breach of prom ise suit against old Simon Cam eron, has been found in New York city on the verge of star vation and sent to tnc alms house in Washington. A letter to the Galveston News dated Hillsboro, New Mexico, says the Indians are restive and murdered five negro soldiers. Skirmishing is con stantly going on and the people are on guard night arid day. At St. Joe, Mo., the other day two negro men joined hands and deliberately walked into the Missouri river until they disappeared beneath its turbid waters. This is a novel and neat way of oxodusting. The Cincinati Ettquitei is sat isfied that it will be impossible for the republicans to carry enough legislative districts this fall to regain the legislature, which insures a democratic successor to senator Thurman. mm The coopers of Cincinnati struck, but didn't hit anything they, resumed work at the old rates, losing the time the strike losted. It has been demonstra ted by figures that, strikes as a general thing result disastrously to the strikers. Gen. Hamman, in his Decatur speech, said it was the purpose of the greenbackers to destroy and disrupt the democratic party As he says nothing about the republican party it is fair to as sume that the greenbackers do not wish to interfere with it. The bell punch is destined not only to be heard but to be felt. In most of the towns the price of spirituous drinks has been advanced to fifteen cents and of beer to tan cents the pockets of the bribulous ly inclined will feel the " raise." In Houston there are a num ber of tilings that have been promised to be done; ought to be done, but which have not been done. The Evening News comes to the front and boldly propounds the question, "What is the matter?" Echo answers, what." A year ago Lewis Hank passed through Sedalia with a good team, good wagon and some money and a good healthy looking family. His motto was 'Kansas or burst." The other day he returned with all his ef fects in a hand cart. He was bound for Ealenoy. The Houston Age says there are too many officers in the po lice department. There is a recorder, a city attorney, a city marshal, a deputy marshal, a day clerk and a night clerk and only five or six policeman. Too much head and not quite body enough. The Houston Evening Airrrs is bothered about the "Bargains in Silks" offered in an ad. in the Banner. It weighs so heavily on the mind of the Nexus man that he can't see anything else in the paper. He had better come up to Brenham and buy some of those "bargains in silks." Dr. W. G. Kingsbury, emi gration agent in London of the Sunset route is, says the Col orado Citizen, working a ser ious injury to this portion of the state. His representation of the country is too highly color ed and many come out to be disappointed. Many of the docters emigrants have neither means nor a trade, At the annual meeting of the trustees of the Peabody educa tion fund held in New York, a report was adopted urging the necessity of the general govern ment making an appropriation to . aid the southern states in their efforts to educate the ig norant classes. It is estimated that 2,000,000 children are still without instruction. A gentleman who had been travelling in the state of Coa huila, Mexico, while riding along a canon, discovered what appeared to him to be very rich and valuable ore. He brought specimens to San Antonio and they were pronounced to be very rich specimens of place gold. He refused an offer of a gi,ooo to reveal the locality. Nat. Q. Henderson, of the Georgetown Recoid, was among the number of sinners convert ed by Major Penn. The Sun says the meeting closed with 447 conversions among whom it is glad to say is Mr. Hender son, the veritable and only origi nal Nat Q. His many friends throughout the state will be happy to learn that he has been regenerated. to be captiou inclining to th certain notorious who is the editor paper, allowed converted for the htms ivn n interior self to be purpose of Mr. J. L. TAiT ot Bexar county, says that foul air may be removed from a well by sim ply drawing a bundle of hay or brush up and down the well on a rope. The foul air being heavier than the pure air de scends to the bottom and may be drawn out by the means stated. Several persons have recently lost their lives by foul wells in western Texas. 1 m I One by one the roses fall and one by one the bank officers in moral New England come to grief. Frank F. Boynton, re ceiving teller of the North bank, of Boston, wanted to acquire wealth without labor and specu lated in mining stocks, thinking that the shortest and most cli rcct route to fortune it didn't lead there however and now his accounts are S24000 short. , a- i A military convention has just been held at St Louis. Gen. Beauregard in the chair. Reports were received asking congress to appropriate two millions annually to be divided among the various state milita ry organizations. A constitu tion was adopted and Uie or ganization called the National Guard association of the Uni ted States ; its object is to se cure military efficiency and united representation before congress. Secretary Sherman farmed out S250.000.000 in four per cent bonds to two of his favor" itc banks to be peddled out, and allowed these two banks to draw five months interest on the bonds and commissions for sell ing them before they ever paid a dollar into the treasury. Re publican leading politicians con sider this the correct way of doing business. The next thing in order is for Mr, Sherman to tell the country how much he cleared by this little bit of favoritism. getting himself advertised gra tuitously. If he "sticks" we hereby annoucc that the fore going is duly rctrdctcd. Dispatches from Cheyenc, W. T., report further depreda tions by the Indians in the Milk river county. It i: repor ted that agent Meeker, family and employes were mUrdered and the agency buildings des troyed. It is also reported that the Utes and Arrpohoes have joined for the purpose of driv ing out the negro soldiers. An enthusiastic correspond ent at Winchester, Fayette co., writes the Galveston Newr. "Our little town is improving. One new church, also a new sa loon has just been erected for the boys who wish to buck at the tiger, and some of them do buck." Was the church erect ed to counteract the effect of the saloon, or the saloon erect ed to give work to the church? A rumor is current at Austin that the chairman of the state democratic executive committee has decided to call the next state convention to meet at Dal las, without consulting the other members of the committee. We think that Houston should have the next convention, it being the most accessible point in the state. Galveston and Austin have both been honored by con ventions and after Houston let Dallas have one. It is stated that the failure of the democrats and greenbackers in Iowa to form a coalition will give the republicans 40,000 ma jority. This shows conclusive ly that the greenbackers are working into 'the hands of the republicans. By themselves they can do nothing and it seems will not join the democrats on a fair basis to defeat a common enemy, but prefer going in on their own account with a cer tainty of electing the republican ticket. Fairs, agricultural and me chanical, seem to have been instituted for the special pur pose of airing politicians and public speakers. The president of these United States made a pilgrimage all the way to the growing young state of Kansas for the special purpose of being cred of a speech at an agri- ural fair. Now Gov. Rob- has gone all the wayto shall to make a speech at ounty fair. Gen. Toomts, Georgia, is bullied for the Texas Capital, fair at Austin and oflicrjesser lights will make speeches at smaller fairs. BTATE KITS7S. The following is the fever re port for Saturday: Morgan city, two new cases; Berwick's Bay, one new case; no deaths. Mor gan city, Berwick's Bay, I-aba-dievillc and Banquet station arc the only points infected. New Orleans continues healthy; bus iness men from Europe and all sections of this country arc com ing in and prospects for the com ing season arc brilliant. Drs. Wynnand Bradford have return ed to Memphis from Dean's Is land and report no fever there. There were four new cases at Memphis; the report for the week is, new cases 68 : white 33, colored 35; deaths for the week inside city 20; total deaths to date, 403. --. Again will an universal cry be uttered throughout the land that the Indians be extermina ted. An Indian had no rights that a white man is bound to respect Whether 1 ndians have rights or not is a question that is hardly discussed; it is fair to assume that he has not. The government, its agents, and in dividuals having dealings with the Indians assume that they have the natural right to do as they please with them and to this state of affairs is mainly at tributable to the troubles with the Indians and which arc a dis grace to our country. There is but two things before the savage Indians, either to become civil ized or be exterminated at once. The Indian race is doomed to extermination on this continent; it is only a matter of time when it will become extinct. The following is the fever re port for Friday: Morgan City one new case. Berwick City, one new case. Bayou Boeuf, twenty-one new cases in the neighborhood; number of deaths not ascertained, but the mort tality is large. At and around Labadieville the fever still pre vails. The fever existing west of the Mississippi river is of a very malignant type. Mem phis, eleven cases.six whites and five colored. Fever has devel oped at Dean's island 40 miles above Memphis. Drs. Bradford and Wynn go to investigate. The weather has been exceed ingly hot The Howards have 1 16 nurses on duty in Memphis. Mr. Spencer, a local green back orator of Fort Worth, made a speech at the court house in that city on Tuesday last. The Democrat had a re porter present and gives the following as the materialioints of Mr. Spencer's argument : -: ? -5 ;- -$- In our opinion the above pre sents the greenbackers' argu ment as fully and as completely as could Wash Jones, the apos tle, in a three hours harangue. The Fort Worth Democrat gives the particulars of the pug ilistic encounter between Ham man and Wellborn in that city. It appears that Hamman lost his temper and made an ungen tlemanly remark to Wellborn, who applied his fist to Hamman, the latter promptly responding. Both parties were arrested and assuaged the wounded peace and dignity of the city of Fort Worth by contributing twelve dollars and six bits each to the city missionary box. Only this and nothing more. The news papers arc trying to make a mountain out of .this mole-hill. It has no political significance whatever, but is discreditable to, both 'gentlemen. Calling namssis nst asgumcnl- Rev. J. L. Lemmons has as sociated himself with Mr. Lon gino in the publication and edi rial management of the Cald well Regislet. Mr. Lemmons has had some experience in newspaper work and evinces much talent in that direction. The Banner wishes its old friend Mr. Lemmons abundant success in his newspapei undertakinc and sees no reason why a well conducted paper in Burleson county should not be a success. The great trouble with most of the smaller interior papcrr is that their editors do not bestow suf ficient labor on them to make them interesting; the patronage is limited and both patrons and editors become careless, hence so many failures. If it is worth while publishing a newspaper, it is worth while publishing a good one. The last number of Puck has a spirited cartoon illustrative of the flash literature which is published for the ruin and cor ruption of children. The car toon is a spirited one and worth ily supplements the warnings of more serious moralists who have favored us with the usual plat: tudes on the prevalence of flash juvenile literature and its de moralizing consequences. But the purveyors of this stuff find a market simply because the ig norance, lndinercncc and cal lousness of the American par ent has left the child neglected and uncared for, and instead of wasting our indignation over the literary'pandercrs it should be visited on those whose neg lect of their own offspring has made the trade of a literary pander profitable. There is nothing so cheap as cheap mor ality, virtuous indignation is a drug in the market, but no par ent who takes care of his child as he should, and who does his duty by his child as he should, need fear all the flash publish ers living. And we may add that if the parents who have ample oppertunity to educate their children were to lift them above the reach of this depravi ty the neglected children would not be numerous enough to make a paying market, and the trade would die. St. Louis Post-Disfatch. Sound Logic. "Got any cow bells?" "Yes, step this way." "Those arc too small. Haven't you any larger?" "No, sir. The large ones are all sold." Farmer started off, and got as far as the door, when John call ed after him: "Look here, stranger, take one of these small bells for your cow, and you won't have half the trouble in finding her; for when you hear her bell you will always know she can't be far off." The fanner bought the bell. Cetywayo Gentlemen if you will excuse me I will run up stairs and change my shirt. Georgetown has but three bell punches. Six prisoners in the Lee county jail at Giddings. Eggs, chickens and butter arc scarce at Navasota. Corsicana's opera house will be lighted with gas. Mexia still talks of organ izing a water supply company. Navasota. up to October 1st, received 3725 bales of cot ton. There has been up to this time 130 cases cf sniill pox at San Diego. San Antonio received 120, 000 pounds of wool on Wed nesday last. Holt, the Pilot Point mur derer, offers to bet that he will be acquitted. At Gainesville there is talk of erecting a fine hotel, by a stock company. The fair at MarsJfell wound up on Saturday night with a grand masquerade ball. Navasota is waiting for a fire after which a fire depart ment will be organized. Jno. F. Crowe, was elec ted mayor of Giddings without oppsmon 00 votes in all were polled. There is a spring near Rourd Rock in which green moss is completely petrified in two weeks. The chief of the Navasota Tablet is off on a trip and the loke wants an onion party, what ever that is. . The machinery at the Corsicana round house was compelled to stop the other day for want of water. Crabs are very plentiful in the bayou at Clinton. It is ex pected that Houstonians will go to Clinton a crabbing. The Pleasanton Phono graph still flourishes. It is a manuscript newspaper and is read at the literary meetings. Boll and army worms have made their appearance in the counties east of ban Antonio and are doing much damage. The Colorado Citizen and the foreman of the grand jury have taken a tilt at each other. The Citizen came out first best. Fifteen families from Ken tucky passed through Dallas en route to Tarrant county. They were all in good circumstances. Citizens of Giddings have ' subscribed 5187.75 towards buy ing instruments for a brass band with which to torture themselves Ten or fifteen thousand head of cattle have been driven from Falls county this year to laylor and other western coun ties. Colorado county takes 13 whiskey and 23 beer punches registers we mean. Several more precincts are to be heard from. The Corsicana Observer thinks the county commissioners should make an appropriation for boring an artisian well in Corsicana. A Belton saloonist turned the crank of his punch just to see how it would work. It worked well he registered 24- 9J drinks. The county seat question in Lampasas county has been settled by a vote of 6j majority in favor of its remaining at Lampasas. Tarrant county has 73 white school communities with an enrollment of 3057 pupils, and 7 black communities with 155 pupils. Navasota is very dull ; they had one fight last week; the Tablet is not satisfied and calls for more fights in order to liven up the times. The Falls county grand jury found two bills of indict ment against the sheriff, Wat son, for negligence in allowing prisoners to e. cape. At Winchester the other day, H. Scallorn, a white boy, shot Dick Gland, a negro, wounding him severely. They quarrelled in a wet grocery. A few nights ago a lit of yahoos rode into Columbus and fired a number of shots into a saloon; one or two ot the in mates made narrow escapes. A passenger, Smith by name, on the Sunset route was robbed of 5250. Jim Thomp son, a colored brakesman, was arrested at Columbus for the robbery. At Corsicana the four-year old son of Lew Wallace, a mer chant, met with instant death while playing with his father's pistol which was laying around the house loose. New crop molasses from Sandy point have been receiv ed at Houston. The cane is reported to be in excellent con dition and the prospects for a splendid yield arc fine. Owing to the sheriff of Falls county being suspended the bell punch did not ring in Marlin, no one being authorized to receive the tax. The saloon ists gave bond, deposited the money for the tax with the county clerk and kept on selling whiskcv. Fine rains have fnllen in some portions of Burleson coun ty; cotton picking, generally, 13 over. Since the rains grass has come up, affording excellent grazing for all kinds of stock. John Spears was murder ed and his body was found in a thicket near Castroville a few weeks ago. His wife has been arrested for the murder; it is thought that she had an accom plice. The Houston Telegram tells af a negro justice of the pecce in Fort Bent county who fined a man a Si.ooo for some violation of law and afterwards compromised with him for a poor mule. Mr. Jno. T. Simmons, who lives at Sardies, Ellis county, shot and killed Sam Byers, a bricklayer, fr insulting his daughter. Simmons went to waxahachie and surrendered to the authorities. Thomas Longley, a five year old boy was run over and killed in the yard of the Central road at Dallas, while playing under a freight car. Parents should keep their children away from railroad tracks. As a general thing there will be over half a crop of cot ton made throughout Bell coun ty. It is turning out about twice as well as was expected at the beginning of the picking season. In some localities a bale to the acre will be made. Good & Co., of Bclfon, lost a 520,000 stock of goods, saving only a few hundred dol lars worth. They were unfor tunate or careless in not having any insurance at all. Should they get another start in bus iness they will probably insure. Gen. Mackenzie's regiment, the 4th cavalry, has been order ed from western Texas to Fort Hayes in the Ute country. A large area of Texas frontier will be left entirely unprotected. The regiment is ordered to take the cars at San Antonio for Col orado. ' COLOCHIE CAIHEDEAL. The first stone of Cologne Cathedral was laid on August 15,1248. The 63 1st year of its buildiug was completed on the 15th of last month and it is hoped that the next anniversary will really see the finishing of the great minster. The two- towers have now reached their last stage, and have only to be fitted with their massive caps of solid stonework. For this pur pose, two great scaffoldings have to be erected at a dizzy height; one of them, however, already approaches completion. When the caps have been finish ed, then a still higher story will have to be added to the staffold ings, in order to fix on the tops of the caps the gigantic foliated crosses, almost thirty feet high, which are to crown the towers. The operation will, it is expec ted, be performed next spring. London Times. PEOFESEIONAL AND 2DE1NE83 C1RDSL -r Attornora t -Xjcfc-cr HnniiRm. Tjx B liN. S. KOGLRS. Attorney-at-Law, ChappeH inn, Teias. V J- C. HAIKU M. D., riysician dad Stfrfif 6b; inch S-tf. We.ler.Texn. Gr. II. BEAUMONT, M. D,. Practicing Pliysician- Breniiau. Texas. ZSf Can be found at Lnhns drajj store during the day and at his residence at night. janl6wtf -T F. MATCHETT. IU D; Surgeon and PliysJrfai Brenham, Texas. ITMKcinillr Informs hi. old friends of Mils rftr&mi rlcJulty tiiat be ha mumd predict oltfcn at the IVnnl o-a lloui marso. C. M1MLW11Z, DEALER IX Groceries and Provisions WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS, Crockery, Lamps and Glassware, Corner Ant and Quitman Streets. Sept. 23, '79-3m. Brtnhrm, Texas. J. L. EDWARDS, Contractor and Builder, Brenham. Texas. Is prepared to contract for building and general carpenter work. Estimate, and design- furnished at short notice. Special attention :ven to job work. Palionage"' solicited ana --"'sfaction guaranteed. Shop south side of ma.n street opposite Mclntyre House. March 23.1S79. TT AVANAUGII& PRESLER. Receiving, Forwarding, and C0I1SSI0K MEECMFS' I have associated Capt. J. M. Presler with me and will continue business at my old stand. We solicit the patronage of ou. friends and the public K. KAVANAUGII. liirulum, July iS, '79. d&wjm TT7-ILLIAM ZEISS, enrarsr ssnrxt.,- ASD COn?EOTIOWER Main Street, Crcnham, Texas. T""vEALER in Staple and Fancy Grocfr- JL-' nes, Wiue, Liquors, Lager Beer, &c Hot Bread, Fresh Cakes and Hes on hand J. C. Bates, ofBairdstown, writes to the Examiner that he has experimented with castor beans and finds that they are a failure. lie gathered five to eight bushels to the acre. The cost of cultivating is about the same ab corn, and of gathering about the same as cotton. His experience is castor beans won't pay in Texas. The farmers' vote is bcyonfl the reach of the politician and it cannot be touched by the machine. It is controlled by enlightened self-interest which is the parent of patrtotism, and it wtll be east Tor Lucius Rob inson and against A. B. Cor nell. Those who doubt this statement will find their doubt dissolved by the election returns but we warn them now that the farmers' vote is of vastly more importance than the vote of the bolters of either side. N. K Taper. t Charleston News and Courier The total population of the Seminoles who still remain in Florida is less than three hun dred, the last vestige ot the most powerful and warlike of the ab original nations of this continent Their desperate exploits under Lhe leadership of the Seminole chieftain, Billy Bowlegs their strategy and deeds of heroism for years were more than a match for such Generals aslack son and Scott, backed by all the resources and power of the United States. 11 The plague of wild beasts and snakes in India is extraordinary indeed. Snakes alone in 1S77 killed nearly 17,000 persons, and tigers and elephants, leo pards and other wild beasts nearly 3,000 more. Efforts were made at the same time to destroy the animals, but with out apparent reduction of the numbers. About 127,000 snakes and 22,000 wild beasts were kill ed, 550,000 were paid in rewards for their destruction. Many cities are starting cook ing clubs. That is a move in the right direction. Good cook ing is better that poor poetry. It is a solemn fact, that the girl who knows how to grease the frying pan is worth more about dinncs time than the one who can fluently conjugate all the French verbs, and who can be gin with omega and sing the Greek alphabet backwards. t all times. ian l,'7S-y. J. K. BASS. KDMOND LOCKrTT. BASS & LOCKETT LAW, CLAIM, AND GENERAL AGENCY OFFICE, BRENHAM, TEXAS. J Tersonal attention given to all mat ters entrusted to us. may23wtf W II. MURPHY, PAIOTEB, JUaln St.. oppotlta JlXelittyr Hraic Brenham, - Texas 6? Hoose. sign and ornamental paint T paper hanging and glazing neatly and expeditiously eiecuted. AH work guarm teed; prices reasonable. miysod&i? f C. X. CmtTOELL. GZO. X. CIDDiyC3. CAMPBELL & GIDDINGS,- DEALERS IN Staple and Fancy GROCERIES, Sandy Street, west of the Opera House; BRENHAM, TEXAS'. t& Goods delivered free to any part of the aty. sept. 10, 'j-iSmf. The efficacy of physic and surgery is shown in a case late ly stated at Denison. A girl's foot was badly wounded, result in lockjaw. A physician was called, and tenor at the sight of the edged instrument produced a reaction, and the girl was well before anything was done for her. Brenham is now afflicted with a Greenback paper, and Sherman is in the same category of suffering. The ills of man in this life arc many and hard to bear, but sh.ikespcare says the wind is tempered to the .hom lamb. Dalas H -C. BEAUMONT LUMBER GOMP'Y DEALERS IS ALL KHtDS OF IjizTYifoer Shingles, Sash, Doors and Blinds Ant street, near passenger depot Brenham, Texas. I offer lumber at the following prices: Rough lumber, all kind), tier 31 $0 00 Dreiiscd antt matched floonor. 1 Inch . . 23 W ShlcRlM, O. K.,perM...... 525 " B ' 25 Doors, Fmallpst size, e-i(I-, each. . . 1 73 Pasties, glazed, small eat tze, 8x10 1 40 BllQdj,rolUngRlat9,smallctsl2r,t)XtO, 1W August?, ltilO-vrtt, Ti HOFFMAN Dealer in Staple and Fancy iftiSi?? fil CitoU CLOTHING, HATS. BOOTS, SHOES, CENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, Ladies and Misses Ijp FINE DRESS GOODS Hosier), Hoods, Shawls, Robes, Silks"" Satins, Lawns, Poplins, Mozambiques, Deiaines, Muslins, JaconetvTies Fissues, Jewelry, etc.. All of which will be sold at very reasonable figures for cash. Call and examine my stock and prices before caking yonripnf chasei. Ia?.iv iSjS-jy Pennington House, Corner Main and Douglas streets!. (Old Cruropler House,) 1. BlENHAV. - - - TEXAS. The widerigneg having made additions and refitted this well known house, U now prepared to accommodate regular and transricnt guests at the following rKICESr Stnglemeal .'..:... $ 25 Boord per day .. 00 Board per week .......'..-., 4.5c Board per month,..-.., 1S.00 Day board permonth 15.ee lT"The table at all Unrcs supplir wiiii me urn iz.c inirihCi auoras.u a-V)d.w!f . PENNINGTON. Proprietor