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TurPbiTadelphia Times says
sjsne interestwir statistics, to
show tie number of Ohio men
ij.m lie has drafted intonhc
services ot an exacting country
?ap
to have been inadvercntly
omitted by Mr. Hayes from"
Ins message.
Tim Czar otTiussia has made
a ninny of himself by marrying
his mbtrcssand scandalizing
his family' wfth anerw crop of
oirfianded ' princes and pnn-
cesses. He. js-,Uic neau oi a
g?eat churcli, ttfo." We are be
ginning to lo!c confidence in
public men."'"
Tnt New Orleans Tiui.-s
thinks-that a first-cla'ss way to
raise revenue would be to im
poses heavy tax on pistols and
Mthecweapons'such as are used
IiirSmially' tifStrcrAiLrasls. IL
hinksthe government -sliould
impose "heavy1- tax on the
manufacturer or weapons of
that character.
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Levi Petti do.s'e celebrated
His one Jiundrcth birthday in
St. Bonis on the 17th of Dec
ember, he having been born in
Connecticut on the 17th of
Decembem l?So. He was in
troduced to a number of guests
by two gentlemen each of
whom were upwards of So years
$- of age. Mr. Pettibone moved
to Missouri while it was yet a
territory arriving in .St. Louis
in 1S17.
.Returning officers at the last
election were generally careless
and a large number paid no at-
-terition whatever to the1 rcquire-
ments of the law. The next
legislature should carefully re
vise, the election laws of the
state so as to provide lor a
more prompt counting pfthe.
vote and forspeedly and cor
rect .returns. The compensa
tion of election officers should
also be increased.
Tc New York Herald is
kbmg daily a list of names
jpcratic commoners
-would, rcor-
Bc i?rty of
At the leap
CJ.Tilden. A few
rthe. Herald formally
ted the death of the
cratfc party and in the
"taph mentioned Tildelt. as
tlie executioner. Itis eminent
ly proper that the man who
muroerea me paiiy snouiu re
suscitate it.
We have received the "Wes
tern Fanners Almanac" for
iSSr. It is published by John
P. Morton & Co., Louisville,
Ky. The' current number be-
log the fifty-fourth year of its.
publicatibn. It contains- vast
amount of matter of interest to
farmers, besides many original
recipes and hints. The price
ofthisijookisonly ten cents;
the information contained fn it
is wort many times that
amount. In a few days it will,
"be for sale atMcFarland's book
store.
The StLouis Post-Dispatch
says as wc surmised, Grant's
business in Washington is to
lobby for a pension. He visi
ted both, tranches of congress
vestcrdav And was lionized.
The announcement' is now
made that a new proposition is
being hatched for his comfort.
He is to be madegeneal of the
armyv to date from his first
commission as Gen. and then
placed on the retired list This
Evfil obviate all question of rank
Tjetween himself and Sherman.
Hos. W. Throckjiortox
has rendered valuable services
'to the state of Texas, he is an
'able and prominent man and
would if elected make a very
good senator. He is popular
! f and nas many irienas tnrougn-
l-uttbestate this circumstance
s A SLUuiuuug uiuih. iuaiu y xy
Ja preferment Heisconstant-
lynr-the hands of, Insgirjends
and his friends are composed of
who are constantly want-
o elevate Hon. J. W.
orton to office. He
s become a standing candi
date for office.
HETOSTEii of the Houston
: other day, discovered
joaanza in the .vay of a
.He found that attached
feathen Chinesejauhdry
las attached a smoking
and that Ihemoking
as frequented by a lew
pen and the Chinamen
purpose oi smoking
among the smokers he
d three females. One 1
was very pretty and J
;sed, the nher$ were 1
inks to Hon. G.jrViJoucs
the'Coneressioaal Record,"
jsthfc Brazoria Independent
unng his entire term in con-
Hoh. G. W. Joneshasnot,
-tfat"wearc udvued, sent a con
gressional document oi any ku-u
to .iuleiw.Kjtii newsrrjper 1.
the distr 1. itr a. .c
any drx . . r uim."t
democr.i t - v y r 1
Mr. Jones was not elected tp
congress by the democratic
party, nor the votes of the in
telligent and thinking" men of
the: district By this wc do not
mean to say that no intelligent
men voted for him, but that
comparatively few did. The
question now arises docs Col.
Jones intend to represent only
those who voted for him or does
he intend to represent the peo
ple of the district in congress;
jf the latter he will distribute
congressional documents among
the newspapers of his district
that through them the people
may know what he is doing in
tin Ir behalf.
1 MM I
t'Misnd Game.
.TrSfhasji Jish Commts
sioner.whoscofficc is now purely
an honary one and an expense
to its holder. A few days ago
the government at its own ex
pense sent a lot offish to Texas
ibr distribution, but the state
had failed to make any appro
priation for the care of the fish
until they could be distributed.
Mr. Dunkins, the present com
missioner, is an enthusiast on
the subject of fish culture and
has contributed of his private
means in furtherance of the
plan of stocking the streams of
Texas with fish. It is to be
hoped that the next legislature
will take this matter in hand
and make an appropriation for
the support of the state fish
commission. It is very likely,
that only a few thousand dol
lars will be required to make
the commission effective, and
certainly the money could not
be appropriated to a better or
more useful purpose
For some reason the legisla
ture, in its wisdom, saw fit to
exempt Washington, county
from the fish and game law,
while there is perhaps no coun
ty in the state more in need of
it Will our members' in the
next "legislature .see to it that
this county be included in those
subject to the fish and game"
law.
A disgraceful scene occur
red in the house of representa
tives at Washington on Tues
day. Two members, Weaver
and Sparks engaged in an ani
mated discussion and called
each other endearing names,
liar, scoundrel and villain They
began shedding their coats and
advancing on each other when
other members interferr&d and
made them put on their coats
and -leave the hall. Order was
hsstored and business went on
as usual.
A-special to the News says
that s:nators Coke and Maxey
arc urging the president to ap
point Judge Ballinger United
.States circuit judge in place of.
Judge Woods recently appoin
ted to the supreme bench. It
is believed thatjudge Balhnger
will .be appointed. His ap
pointment would give general
satisfaction to the people of
Texas and it would be an honor
well bestowed upon a worthy
and competent gentleman.
A number of our- exchanges
report the burning of houses
and cabins while their occupants
were out in the fields at 'work.
While the losses are light they.
entail great hardship upon those
whose property is destroyed.
Persons leaving their houses
with fire in them should exer
cise unusual care in leaving it
sale.
The Colorado' Citizen has a
motive in writing up the wed
dings in its vicinity as is made
to appear by the following :
The Brenham Banner com
pliments our reporter for notic
es of weddings, etc. We al
ways desire to give the girls a
good "send off," and then they
make "hubby" support the pa
per. See?
A rmlroad meeting was
held at Lampasas on Monday
and preliminary steps were tak
en to secure the Santa Fe rail
road. If the Santa Fe can't be
had the Lampasas folks uill
try to get along with the Inter
nationa! road if they can get
it
The governor of Idaho sends
out official notice that polyga
my1 15 spreading into hjs terri
tory from Utah. It is very
catching. TSe governor w,il!
Drobiblv be surprised to learn
um - dkease has cached
Washin - rton eitv f n a mild forrn.
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-l he case qj tne striie vs.
Iiii
faith mthefi
Texans the
Statestjwr
We thin
ranges Tather 1?
imperatively a' new
v arge and is sp.
.er We have no 1ouTen
1 ' Ti jrs anil no great amoun
I I sir-plus capital to invest in"
railroads. Jay Gouldnnd those
whom ha represents have a
large amount of capital wliicl:
they are seeking to invest, nx.
Texas ofTerintrasood field f(
investment they are putti
money in Texas railroads, vi;
a view to ultimately reach!
the City of Mexico by rail.
may . safely be prcdic;
within five years, perha
less time there will be o
two roids running to thai
This will open up an Jmra
and lucrative trade to the UrP
ited States which country uill
supply Mexico with goods that
are now bought almost cxclusi'
ly m England. Mexico is a lap
Duyer 01 cotton gooas, .Texas
produces a vast quantibsof cot
ton of a superiorxjusiity and
with a market forf'cotton'goods
next dobffT.0 to speak, cotton
mills on an extensivrrsmleuill
no doubt be built at various
points in this state where water
power can be had in abundance
and where the climate is so
mild that mills can be run the
whole year round. Whenver
capitalists are satisfied that
money can be safely and profit
ably invested in cotton" mills
they will do so. That cotton
factories can be profitable op
erated in the south has been
fully demonstrated by the suc
cesss that has attended those
established in Georgia.
Jay Gould and kis coadju
tors are wide awake and know
exactly what they are doing
'and whafthey expect to do.
The railroads they propose
building are simply the begin
ning of a system which will in
the course ol the next decade
cover Texas with a network of
railroads similar to that which
now covers the state of Illinois.
Kansas has been made a pros
perous and .populous state by
railroads in about filteen years,
andytt no one will claim that J
the citizens of Kansas built
those railroads, or that they
had less faith than the men
who in their coperate
capacity built the roads and
have transformed the buffalo
range into farms and gardens.
By a similar process "Nebraska
has been made into a ,prosper-(
ous state. Railroads, since
1850 have developed the entire
west-and made Jicr what she is.
to-day.
.
The Gonzales Inquirer is"
nothing if it is not modest, mod
esty is one of its weak points
it has many.good ones to coun
terbalance that It claims to
have been one of the first pa
pers in the state to support gov
ernor Roberts. It did so with
no wish or hope for reward and
has nothing to ask of the gov
ernor, yet if he should see fit to
appoint-Mr. W. S. Fly, of Gon
zales, secretary of state, the In
quirer would not feel called up
on to censure him therefor.
As the Banner has no friend to
urge lor that position, it too,
would not censure the governor
for appointing Mr. Fly, who is
.no doubt fully competent to fill
the position.
The Houston Telegram dis
cusses the present Sunday
law and ' thhks that it is too
sweeping, and that its amend
ment will be one of the first
subjects brought up in the leg
islature. The Sunday law as it
existed prior to the amendment
was a good one and it should
be restored. The existing Sun
day law Is much more honored
in its breach than in its obser
vance. Itis, so faras the towns
in Texas are concerned, a dead
letter and in tile country, espe
cially at cross-road stores and
groceries, itis wholly unknown.
From a puritanical stand point
the Sunday law is theoritically
right, but practically it is wrong.
Its total failure is a proof of
this.
The Flatonio Argus reports
the number of convictions made
by the county attorney of Fay
ette coXrnty3t-th4ast term of
the district court,and"says!lhi:
is rathcr-.l nnnr dimvinfT for nnr
new county attorney to make."
The Galveston News remarks
that a better attorney should
have been elected. Perhaps
so. But as matters now-stand a
good lawyer "of established rep
tation can't be induced to run
for the oflie
.-"
.couity-sittor-
ney; he can make a great deal
more monev uy attending- to
his legitimal
'iracticc.
The
law regardii
nty attorneys I
IS in need oj
yrovement 7
Birr twojurS?" were obtain
l&M
lie
its
de-
lit-
sc
;or years
".no fire-
auln
in the present build-
Tat? and thi
iron ssfssja the
clerki' offices rc t small to
hold the records 21 i" addition
they arc old and superannuated.
Every man in the coSaty who
has had occassion to visitTJie
courthouse for the -,past fe
years must be impressed with
the necessity of a new building.
At the last meeting "of the
commissioners' court the sub
ject of a new uilding was dis
cussed generally and a sugges--tion
was offered, by whom we
arc not advised, to sell the
square upon Which the court
house is now located and devote
the proceeds to buying another
'lot and putting up a new build
ing. 'This plan is a feasible one,
but is liable to serious objec
tions. The ground upon which
the building now stands"was do
nated to the county for that
purpose, and the property in
the immediate vicinity is valua
ble because of it proximity to
the cou'rthquscj the question
arises would -it be just to the
property aw'ncrs to remove the
courthouse and depreciate the
value of their property to appre
ciate the value of property in
anotherlocahty u here the court
house miglitschance to be lSca-
ted. It certainly would not be
right to move the locality of the
building any more than it w ould
be right to -move the county
seat -itself. The-tax paers of
the countywould hardly favor
moying the location xf the
courthous when they take in
to consideration the" .injustice
that would accrue.
It is estimated by good judg
es that anew courthouse such
as would answer the demands
of the county for some years to
come could be built for from
$25,000 to $30,000. The pro
bable assessment of the county
will- be uowards of S;.OOo,ooo,
and a special tax of twenty-five
cents on the hundred dollars
would yield $12,500 a year.
The county is virtually out of
debt and is in a "good condition
to issue "bonas for this much
needed, improvement. If the
commissioners should decide to
issue bonds for the purpose of
building and run the special
tax through, say five 3'ears, it
would be very light, less than
10 cents on the hundred dol
lars. Money is now abundant
and there would be no difficulty
experienced in placing the
bonds at par. If this course's
putsued the county will be en
abled to make a contract with
builders to'pay them net cash
as the work.progresses. By this
means .the county will get a
new and good building at
smallest net cash price
From Alabama.
the
Taladlg , Alab ma, 1
December 15, 'So. J
Editors Iluncn .
I have just witnessed the
marriage ""ceremony of my
youngest sister, she being the
last of thirteen; this day is also
anniversary of the wedding of
my parents, they have been
married fiity-three .years and
are both sound and well, and
have been blessed to see mar
ried and settled tw elve of their
thirteen children one dying at
infancy. They have living S
children, 21 grand children and
siK great grand children.
I will soon be home to push
my sew ing machine business.
Crops in this section not very
good. We arc experiencing
very cold weather. A party of
young men will soon leave Tal
ladega for Texas. Hoping to
soon be restored to my family,
and wishing the Bnner suc
cess, am yours truly,
J. W. Carter.
The Waco Telephone says if
dCoinmodore Morgan was
"uvc "u" uv" -UiavsttHidOUJ.,
in th? 2rcat ""road game-Uiat
's going on tins state, lor the
old commodore was not a man
to sit still like a poor boy at a
frolic and sec himself outgener
aled, thwarted or bluPcd. One
year of the old
would be a bonar,
Central now.
TiiE Denk
that thren
the t
The Dcnison News hoists the
name ot J. W. Throckmoston,
at its mast head, for the United
State-, senate.
The Houston Age pronoun-
cs the bell punch a lailurc and
demands its immediate repeal
by-the legislature.
ATjTSsSxjpcrsonal character
has nothing to do with his pol
itics says the Sherman Chroni
cle, and it is rightS" v
The Fairfield Recorder is in
dulging in a little Tut of editor
ial correspondence its editor
Jias gone to Houston.
c Sherman Chronicle calls
the CeutraTTaiifTnxl the angel
maker, The Bclwn Journal
says Nat O. ought ttflravcl on
it 1
In the district ctyirt at Aus
tin Mrs V. C Iiuvuc was gu'en
a judgement vs. te H. and T.
C. railroad fur,$20,5O0 dam
ages. ,
The JaOdti county Clarion
wants tlc GIvcston and Ca
margo ( railroad and says it is
anxiously looked for by the
people.
Tjie Hempstead Courier
made its appearance at this of
fice yesterday, being the first,
time we have seen it in many
weeks.
EDisoVs-EIectric light com
pany has made aproposilon to
the city council of New York
to light the streets of tlitxcity
by electricity. v-
The Houston Age says that
the legislature has no power
over chartered railroads. That
settles the .matter; Judge Jerc
Black can take a back seat.
Fourteen citizens of Harrj
son county have been indicted
by the federal grand jury, now
in session at Jefferson, for violations-of
the election laws.
The citizens of Harrison
county indicted by the federal
grand jury for violation of tjic
election laws have been Jield to
bond in the sum ot.Siooo each.
The Gonzales Inquirer is try
ing to rival the Columbus Citi
zen in writing up wedding no
ticesjJfits last issue it gives
a column qotice of a wedding.
Ax Austin special to the
Houston Post says that the
rowdies of Austin had a grand
jubilation over the" election of
Ben Thompson to the marshal
ship. The Dallas Times reports the
condition of Mrs. Copenhagen,
her mother and Muller as bad
as it has been reported in the
dispatches. These people are
perfectly crazy.
The Denison Herald is fre
quently changing its local re
porters. It now has Col. Lip
scomb and Col. Hightone
Brown, both of whom are said
by the News to be A No. 1.
An advertisement In the B in
ner reaches the entire reading
public of Brenltam as well of
this and surrounding counties.
A siqn board on a tree or a
sticker stuck on a fence or a
bo-, is seen only by the few
persons passing by and it is not
heeded by them.
-The Galveston News may be
numbered among the doubting
Thomas class, as witness the
following: "The Banner chron
icles the unusual event of two
old topers swearing off before
instead of after Christmas, but
naturally asks: will they stick?
Yes to their cups."
The McKinney, Advocate
published at the home Vf Hon.
J. W. Throckmorton, is doing
everything in its power to for
ward his interests for the senate
and its last issue it indulges in
an editorial on "Mud Slinging."
Jt disclaims having indulged in
this unseemly pastime.
A courix of negroes, Mose
and Frank Twiggs, have been
convicted in burks County
&-OIWJ oXtlic jnurder of a
white man, Wm. Dryseal, last
November and have been sen
tenced to be hanged January
28, 1SS1, which will be the op
ening of the hanging season in
Georgia next year.
Two men fired simultaneous
ly at each other in a Salt Lake
barroom, and the bullets came
llision. There could be.
bt of this, for one bullet
0 the floor midway
c antagonists, who
Fifcct apart, and the
ile fire was causSd by
lesion of a coal oil lamp.
is Austin Statesman Says
guagc railroad can be
ampassas for about
111 cash; the balance
iscd by issuiiifionds.
nuary 1st tnenty-hvc
of road west of San An-
.1 ill be graded for the In-
.lational and by the middle
the month trains will be run
into that city.
"hie San Antonio Express
proposes getting even with the
Houston Age by refusing to ad
vocate a light house and har
bor improvements for the sea
port of Houston.
There has been quite a tum
ble in wheafand corn in Chica
go and St Louis, and the con
sequence is there has been sev
eral heavy failures among the
operators in grain futures.
The heaviest snow storm ex
perienced in Fredericksburg,
Va., during the past thirty years
fell on the. 2 1st mst Travel
has bst.il .mpeded and trees
been broken down by the
weight of the snow.
The Burnet Bulletin tells tlie
people of Austin that thousands
of dollars worth of trade have,
this season,' been lost to Austin
by heTfailure to build a narrow
guagc Vaiiroad to Burnet. Aus
tin, it seems, is content to rest
on her natural advantages.
The Chicago Times says a
new view is taken of the situa
tion. Col. Ingersoll declares
that Garfield was elected by the
30,000 colored votes cast in
New York, and wants to know
if the negro will continue to
hold the balance ot power.
The latest estimates fix the
cotton crop of the present sea
son at 5,7ig,oooTaies; -qf this
amount Texas is creditedjVjth
1,170,000 bales or in round
numbers about one-fifth of the
crop. The capacity of Texas
for producing cottonais almost
unlimited.
i
The Salaries orUcrgjmcii.
Nov York 1 ribuoc
Remarks are often made im
plying that the ministers are
overpaid, or at least that such
men as Mr. Beccher and Dr.
Storrs extravagantly paid. The
lollowing figures are worthy ol
being borne in mind: Bcecher
eels S20.000: Edwin Booth.
(SiooiOOoNi yean Dr. Hall of
fifth avenifl: and Dr. Dic of
frTnnity geUSiS.ooo while E, A.
as Lord TJundreary, and John
E Owes Ways thirty weeks an
nually for 90,000. Talmage
preaches forji2,ooo Joe Jeffer
son plays U.0 weeks as Rip Van
Winkle and earns Sl20,ooo
The scholarly gifted Dr. -Storrs
hasgioo.ooo. Dr Coyler works
hard and faithful for $8,000 a
year, while Dion Bouticault
finished a season as the
"Shoughran," & Co., at $3,000
a week. Dr. Fbtter of Grace.
Church has $10,000 and parso
nage, the eloquent Dr. Tiffany
has $10,000; DrTGhapin gets
$10,000 while FanmeDaven
port earns $1000 every itigllf
she plays. " Vv
The Oxford Undergraduates
Journal attributes Mr. Herbert
Gladstone s power of endurance
in the recent electoral campaign
in great measure to his physical
training at Maclarin's Gymnas
ium, Oxford. The Chicago
Inter-Ocean says there are only
32,000 $10,000 Treasury notes
in circulation. These bills
when framed and hung on the
wall are not as pretty as a
seventy five cent chromo, but
but they attract more attention.
The daily Brenham Bsner
will soon be enlarged to a seven
column sheet. The Banner
is a sterling Democratic journal
and deserves the great prosper
ity it has attained. The Argus
congratulates it, and hopes its
course may continue to be on
ward and upward. Flatonia
Argus.
Oliver F. Winchester, aged
seventy-one years the head of
the Winchester Repeating Arm
company, died at New Haven,
Connecticut, last week, from a
combination of causes resulting
indirectly from a stroke of par
alysis received a year ago.
"Well, sonny, where did you
get such a black eye?" inquired
a kindly gentleman of a street
urchin. "Oh, a feller called my
brothers hat a swill dipper, and
he was bigger than I thought
he was." New Haven Regis
ter, Professor Mr. M , what
is the Tinsw er to tlie" second
question? Ir. M (after
waiting in vain to be prompted)
nobody seems to know, pro
fessor. A Baltimore clergyman re
cently preached on the subject:
"Why was Lazarus a beggar?"
We suppose because he didn't
advertise. Burlington Hawk--eye.
.
Somehow ex-prize-fighters
are pretty good hands at running-
revival meeting. They
are seldom bothered by any
body kicking up a disturbance.
Dr. George W. Cooper, edi
V.
the town of
Cuero are allNicing worked "ton,
V or-
In Uan Sab county the
sweet potato
out.
crdfj was froze
Eleven jurors were obi
cd in the Rothschild case on
Monday.
About ton per cent, of the
cotton crop of Grimes county is
yet in the field.
One of the IcadingTeatures
ol the HcmpsteaACouricr is a
lack ol local news.
Capt. Ben Thompson has
been duly installed as city
marshal of Austin.
Bclton merchants' are ship
ping cotton anywhere they can
get teams to haul it. '
The game of billiards at
San Antonio is at a low ebb
it has worn itself out.
Whitney has a ten-year
old negro "boy who has com
menced life as a till tapper."
Fifty bales of cotton were
sold in Georgetown the other
morning before nine o'clock.
- James P. Newcomb, a shin
ing light of radicalism, is a can
didate lor mayor at San Anton
io. - -. -
Sneak thieves .have been
taking in Waco. A number of
houses have been entered and
robbed.
Rodch S; Turnay have not
less than one hundred miles of
the Santa Fc railroad under
contract
Four baskets of silver w'are
that Were planted by Dallas
burglars, were dug up on Sat
urday last.
" A Galveston grocery house
advertises in a Fort Worth pa-pi-r.
It is looking for North.
Tcj&s trade.
E. N. Fielding's residence
in the suburbs of Houston was
burned last Saturday night
Loss about $2000.
The Terrell Times of the
16th inst. just publishes the of
ficial returns of its, Kaufman,
county's, election.
At Bastrop a colored man
has made affidavit ngainst tlie
deputy county clerk for issuing
a inarriage license to minors.
Sherman is having cold
wefther, ice an inch thick is
frozen every night. The town
is also overrun with tramps.
-A man named Thomas,
constable at Concho, has been
doing quitea profitable businers
by arresting and robbing sol
diers. Lafayette Brown troes up
for five years from Palestine for
purjury. Upturned stafe's ev
idence in the Grayson murder
case. . .
The town of Sherman is
(.again to be lit up with gas, the
gas company agreeing to light
the streets for the sum of $40
per year per lamp.
There is. not' a vacant
dwelling house in the town of
Bastrop and tlie Adverser says
that quite a number of houses
could oe rcnteo.v .:
The town of Cuero is
without any organized fire de
partment. After a destructive
conflagration a fire department
will be organized.1
The Flatonia Argus say's
that never in the history of that
town has business been so pros
perous or have merchants sold
pas many goods.
"Jack-pot"-is epidemic at
Henderson, Rusk county. May
be some"-of the readers of the
Banner know what jack-pot is
and some of them don't.
The cotton seed oil mdl at
Sherman pays out Sdoor-pefi
week tor labor, andfin conse
quence of that facf Belton wants
a cotton seed oil mill.
The Dallas Times fears that
if people do not quit taking
morphine with suicidal intent,
that Dallas will soon have as
bad a name as F'ort Worth.
The Caldwell Register
learns thst Mr. Thomas F. Hud
son will shortly erect eight large
brick store houses in addition
to those already commenced by
him.
" The Bryan Pilot wants the
fire cracker oidinihce .strictly
enforced. No fire crackers are
allowed to be exploded within a
given distance of the cotton
platforms."
Ricker, Lee & Co., have
the contract for grading the
first thirty miles of the Santa
Fe railroad west of Belton; tins
takes them to Copperas creek,
Coryell county.
Friday evening a fight
with pistols occurred, six miles
from Bastrop, between Dr. M..
C. Reed and Henry Page. Reed
was slightly wounded and Page
had his thigh broken.
At Waco pistol carriers
or members of the hip-ppeket
brigade are being arrested at
rate of from one to three per
day. They are also being fin
ed from $25 to $40 each.
W. I. Dial, city editor of
the Times at Dallas had a shoot
ing scrape with Alex Cockrell.
Dial was shot three times 'in the
thigh while the Matter owing to
Dial's bad marksmanship escap
ed unhurtr
At uallas a party ol hve
tramps werejeaptured by strate
gy. Two policemen donned
citizen dress and went to the
camp where the tramps wele
having a good time Coasting
pqjqtoes, and frym2 ham.
Jake Powers was stabbed
in the abdomen by Dr. W. H.
Paxton, hiSx hrpther-in-law, at
I The ro;
.5'illLjtYic Uafl. (-!- nn T?r!r?t.
i-ic uuitr wiKjv'Ci7Wu'i
. I !.. .. ..1. .HVl 'Siiroil
"'? u "mr
The citv cfeuncil of H,.mn.
,1 ..., ----.....-
sicau na .vj uic salary ofthe
'; '.".Mm!-L
thinks this is just halKchTi
T
Sonic devils in iSman
form fired into a house of ill re-
l"11"' wuna kock, K'"mg,
iag,another in the breast J
nchundrcd and sixtvK
five carp werVv. received at
rfiorc parties in the vicinity of
that cityj
The Fort Worth News
says that from 6000 to 7000
bales of coiton arc now accum
ulated in the yards at that city.
A lack of transportation facili
ties is given as the cause-
North Texan claims that
there arc too many religious
dogs in Paris; the dogs go to
church as regularly as their
owners and arc said to be a
great annoyance to church go
ers who leave their dog'at home.
J. P. Murphrce, a cripple,
who, for two years enjoyed the
hospitality of a man living near
Bonham rewarded him for his
kindness by eloping with his
daughter, a child only II years
old. The girl was recovered,
but the cripple escaped.
r Last Sunday night week a
serious, affray took. place at
Milano junction between Chas.
Logan and Barge and Iko
Thompson. Logan was stab
bed 'with n pocket knife and
died' a (ev days afterwards.
The Thompson boys have sur
rendered. A few weeks ago John
Elory, who lives on Lost creek,
Bastrop county, shot and killed-
lus eight year old daughter mis
taking her for a dog in the
night She. had gone out of
doors unknown to him and was
returnicg to the house wlien
the fatal shot was fired.
At Paris there is great de
mand for laboring men. La
borers demand 25 centsan hour
for doing odd jobs and dont
care to work at that Cooks
washers and house scryants are
also wanted and in the country
there is a great demand for
farm hands.
The city marshal of
Houston has issued an edict
prohibiting small boys and
others fronr firing guns, pis
tols and fire crackers on
the public streets'. The Post
thinks that Christmas can be"
enjoyed and celebrated just as
well without the destruction of
powder as with it
The Hurnct lij'T 'it-i'Vtfi
courst-. 'i the -tc1 -i ' .Mule
Raisin-:" It says" ?us T amies
are n.m ortir S200- .h& five
ba!et st r. t ln v nule.
It aslu farmers, "how lo -g will
it be before you raise your own
mulis3" The text" H from a
paper publisltvd 1.1 Mississippi,
and it is applied to"Texas.
A country youth who pos
sessed a handsome sixshootcr
took it to Waco to show it
the" town. The officers gobbled
up the "six" as well as its es
cort The escort was fined and
trimmed to the sum of $40 10.
Tlie last seen of the youth he
was" taking a walk with a con
stable trying to raise $4040.
CaldSeU Register: Cot
ton pickers can find employ
ment and good prices in Bur
leson county. We saw a farm
er going home with a .mess of
turnips in his buggy sad com
mentary upon his knowledge of
fanning. There Ts no trouble
about shipping cotton 'from this
town the railroad carries it off
as fast as it arrivg&Qylls and
jeyer-afeBundant In the cSst
ty. Caldwell is- healthy.
M Atetants.
IJ. ELPRIDGE k CO.
"otIcc of Dls&olutiou of Partnership.
Notice is hereby girea tint the partner
ship heretofore ciistjojj under the name
and stvle of XI. Eldndge iCo at Bren
hara, Tevas, has been this day dissolved
by rautd ton-wit.
frails AIdrflrre retires IS. EUndge
miu seme up uie Dusiness oi ine urm, iay
aU the liabilities and L, authorized to cor
IcctLll the debts due the said partnership.
Brenham, Dec 15th, 1SS0.
B ELD RIDGE,
r-A-ULDRIDGE.
TO TIIE PUBLIC. ,
In rctiniijj front the firm of E Eldridge
& Co, I desire to return my thanks ta the:
public generally for tlie Liberal patronage
bestowed cpooaid firm for the last four
teen year, and to respectfully solicit a
continuance of tiv awc for its successor.
,r.A.ELDUiPGU.
In refcrnnff to the .above, I aUo take the
uccasion- to cypres? my thanks to the manv
fncnL who hive $a fibrndly patronized,
the firmofB.'KIdrrdge . Co. during-its
fourteen years efetaice m Brenham,
I shall continue the grocery business at
Uie same rdacc and under the old Jinn
name of p. Eldndge & Co kocping ohi
slandy on hand a full Cnc of groceries,
wan, plows &a xAuch shall be sold on
A"" reasonable terras as can be procured else
inhere .B.LLDRIDGE.
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t ficalion -nWQiricS
refmriii. to tljoofllW
tsilionsof Ihetliflbiynfc
kts "afc? tlirc df tl
! UCt,t CottSTl lltoutlia of last
1 Houston quotations tvero
equal to, and
I fretjuentTy
Uiaiwt-
41.;... "vr..... -TV-f;.
-, muu juiv wriiatHe-a
or Galveston. Grcdftr" fa
cilities tins season forstor
iiiS ana shipping Gottou,
ill cnablq inc. loiscrve my
customers - itli better re
sults. The very rapid increase df ray
sales for thc.past two! vears
(doubling in amount eaciryear)
is uie disc evidence thatta
rcallj the foremost dutribut
market for Groceries in Tex!
Such a' satisfactory result, intheJ
face of the sharp estcompctitibi
: from strong and .influential rlvai I
, -. . -. . j
markets, is certainly a lysjaj
tee that I-aaVTsWtf-to-cmerve!
positive advantages.
WM. D. CLEVELAND,
COTTON FACTOR & 'WH CHSAIE SROCEBl
- JUJ. Iff. -SJ-ilUb-. JIOK5TON..
AND UTEILVUY ES'STITUTEJ
NEW ORLEANS, L.
The Commercial Athcneran And Mq
College oi ihe bottih asu, est.
SaetmCc, Xiupuy. Aelemit?l4ni
gmgeucpanmeauj fcdiresv
sccunaa; daily lectures; -actual 'coi
!out work done, and boots V-
I tcptr Literary and dcbatinir SJ
uji.iii.muj.luu. VJUCICUW1.V
awncuTtne prjhapai, ana devwe 1
Iu.cIukI purposes 3W.000 c.itiu-'i
scaooi room; aeganur larniuusj-
ana nai's irge aai cihuvnt UcrJ
necessary laap cnartsaail pfajgso 1
rraraius.
hendofa catalogue of ijils pn
and reiiownedboathcrnGoDerie. Ji
COL.OTO.baW
JitwOrfc
lncjc furealcalthc Cj'.UgecEcc. j
Pennington Htfa
Corner aIamaad.I;pn.TbAalrccIs,
(Old Cnmplec House,!
Uumlui. - - - Texas.
ThetiaJersisnejrfcaAirg- nwC
now prepared to accoraicJteicgi3ail
ra arm rennea m.4 well IHm !
SiOfilcmcaJ ,.
lloordper day......
Board per week
Eoani per month... x., ....i.., .
Uay board permonU...J...
J2""The table is at all tames s
with the best the jnartet affords. 1
E.PENNINGT03
anodiwlf "Pronnl
Building Sjfti
-A.ND- A
EABMDffi LMDS fori
I oltar&r sal at a trri.
ihe Graham tmct, one mhe ej
orennam uurtuousci. ail elT II
post, plank, md wire, contain I
besutuul bcildaig -sites, OTcrlJ
aft. and the best snmw nFJwv
nvcraixsoi ine courtnouse. I
easy valkw? distance of thepal I
"r u. wijii juion -as "
two macs west of Breormn,
wun.3 good tenant houses
pro cmenis ocsides a fine 5
L'ontaiainirssS acres.
Also several tracts of w ood Iail
iw uTwtfgrstsjo the afcove yl
Octobers?, JSiQ. d&w6raJ
Fine Farms for SI
WASHINGTON COUS
223,'i Acres 4lj miles east ot Krcn.J
tne K. j iso aees ta cnlll
tcimceinrajtarr. -j
232 Acreu. mile 'WesirA'IrirlcpcJ
u WVM UUUiyrUlli WCtV AM
iuu actcs on liirGJViKSCJetq
w )in.i r'Hj; ; ?. J
acres m cnbfvatlQj
only, has bern M
16.51 sA.crei Ivlnr' oil
Urenhain aml'IndS
400 acres m cultivation,
Carrol SaCth tLiee. I
The aboveplaccs cu be
liberal terms Aftplt fo
?"&AJ&SBt 3ii
nuviaMrii
"V-T A.IIEALY,
GENERAL HA?
CUTLERY. EdceIooiIT
Famine ImplortMti, Hoes, tl
irorvioel, cooking anOJ I
atove IrrjruningS;and.llnw
Faints. Otis, Varnishes anj
Bcjst anil Wacon material.
tmgL iji fc lS inches mill
an unos, ana ail articles app
Hardware Tiaincs. ifal
(an. 1, 75.
E. U.OUSI
PAIK
(SUop unUcr McFarbnTs 1
BKFKUAMt TEXi
Eff" Hoase, sa anJ nrrj
"Si paper nangmg ana gu
ecu. rrices reasonable.
KAVANAUOir&PR
Receiving, FonvaJ
mM
ft (VaT i
bonanza Wrd, .Dewey & Co. is now on
ed in the Rothschild cis.
upward to-
JEaf rJ.
Uarnett, Kansas, has been
i.Mwerc resnecta-
ustliv-o2iiIe. c
on oKaSittLiy.
prCSHl
wlule both
judged insane, and sent
L . . -
tthat Fowers
piicauCu
lunatic asylum,
tor of the greenback organ at