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A POSTAL XELEGRAPIT.
E voiy fcasi&eSBSian in tho United
States living whore thero is a tele
graph link1", has occasion to nso it,
also a great many private citizens
and professional men.- AHjTfho
haTCtdcalings "arithr tho telegraph
co6gbiOTth&telSrju aro
iiroRSHdfvexaonsand that
ordinanlySthocharges are high
if not. exorbitant. Iho telegraph
b)SffiI&&th.o country isirtual
ljonopoliaed. by tho gigantic
corporation known as the 170816111
"Ufiione?og1?aph "companyfVho
do, perhaps 80 per cent, of tho tel
egraph business of the country.
InTexas -wo havo hut one indo
jgTldent .telegraph lino, that along
thexonfeiortho Santa-Fe railway.
For some years the matter of the
government taking control of the
tolegraph'syslomand operating it
iir connection irith tho postal ser
ricoTias been agitated, both in and
out bf congress. Tho uso of the
tolcgraph in business has become
even a greater necessity than the
nso ot tho mails and it is argued
lay thoso who favor the postal tel
tgraph system that, .the govern
ment has.as much" right to control
tho tolesnvnh as it has to control
tStoifaanspJjrtafion and, delivery, -of
ino mans. J.no ucsicrn uaiuu
Telegraph company, of which Jay
Gould is ono of the leading spirits,
is violenUy opposed, to govern.
mental interference. Of course if
Iho government "wipes out tho tele--graph
monopoly, tho owners of the
stock will be paid every dollar
Hhoirsfo&ig worth and will meet
' with no" ftctiaUlosgMyethat they
Tvil bp! compelled dq .seek, other
cha4iS IlitioinvUtiacai Jqf
thc&f8Krplusscapitai: IfU'bVthe
purpose of tho government to do
the greatest good for Jtho greatest
in all probability bo 41 step in that
direction. A few months ago Dr.
Norvin Green, manager of the
"Western Union Telegraph compa
ny, oontributodtffc. IbngtfilyAand
elaborate article to tho JTorth
American Beviow, in which he set
forth all thoreasons at his com
mand why figovernment should
ntrutaUB control OLtno tciegrapo
system. The-question is now be
ing discussed, jocipre tno senate
committee Dr. Green has been
beforo tho committee and present
ed his sido of thor question. Iir,
Gardiner, p. Hubbard made
an Argument in answer to"j)r.
Green, showinethe workings of the
"Western Union and, its nature as a
monopoly. Thc company fifteen
years ago said that neither its capi
tal stock nor 1onde(Ldebt should
bo increased except by consent of
two-thirds of the, stockholders.
This was- a pledge to tho country!
They kept the pledgoforatimo, bu
inl881 they chanced jtheir. policy
"wfttt, a'nW eompany!sJforBled
tho old one reduces the rates and
cither compels the opposition to
sell out or consolidate.
COMMUNISM. -
Sin
5iij4a1dajTjthatGreBack
a wlas'rampantin too; country
ui?it!yS 4i.Tnr:2.
Ism
and stump
orators tike Wash
JoneaandHGrccnback- newspapers
c(Hfed'by-"crariks wero"prcach'ing
the doctrine of fiat money and
plenty of it there has been a spirit
of communism porvading the land.
Toxaswith iher millions' of acres
of graring lands has been a very
favorable place for the communis.
ticoiicitj$ gran... 3Ien,havo grown
rich 'raising cattle on the prairies
where the grass and -water were as
.free la tho air we breath. Mow
ies havo changed, the graring
u .have, to a considerable ex-
passcd,into 1 the hands of indi-
r and corporations ; the pnb-
1 set apart by the state for
lols university and sy-
l"Decome--vaiuaoie ana
. . . ' ,
lould bo made a source
This the legislature
Luo by leasing themj 'or
rds making those who
lefit from. the said lands
. cattle and sheep on
t rent to the state and
(the availablo fund ior
R tho university and the
jVery man in the state
agriculture, mcchani-
ofcssiosal pursuits is
lay taxes toward the sup-
1 stato government and
itions The. farmer pays
land and upon all tho
on lis farm. The gra-
Lpposcd to pay a tithe of
tho cattlo he owns, but
bf taxes does he pay on
Ihat furnishes ,bim free
Iho subsistence of his cat.
to who contend for free
free range are at best
at communists and ene-
bciety. Property rights
beon respected from
larlicst history of civili-
! always will bo respect-
Immunist is no rcspector
y rights, but would if he
tho fruits of the labor
I without any other excr.
partlhan simply taking
Vt.L. .Moody, -0J. G.
hyells,and A. H.Bclo,
ton deep-water torn
gone o "Washington
Irith olhors: ask help
f S3" for the harbor ira-
f at Galveston under tho
pas pian.
VELASCO vr. GALVESTON
Tho Brazoria Indejbondont pub
lishes a letter fromf-Messrs. p.
Kanters & Sons.oyiolland, Mich.,
former contractors for deepening
tho channel at tho mouth of tho
Brazos, ip, which they propose to
guarantee 28 fo'ct of water or for-fict-all-pay-for-work,
-The- .Independent-remarks
that Eads prom
ises Galveston 27 feet of water for
$7,500,005 and tho llcssrs. Kanters
will givo tho mouth of tho Brazos
a foot more for ono tenth of tho
amount. Galveston should 'look
well to her laurels-; tho people of
the interior of Texas want a deep
water sea port and thoy, while
generally kindly disposed toward
Galveston, aro by no means wed
ded to her. There is no rcasqn
why tho old village of Velasco
could not grow and develop into a
city much larger and mightier than
Galveston, and in a very few years
time at that. We" live in an age or
rapid improvement; thoso who
have livod in Texas for tho past
ten years havo witnessed a won
derful progress; tho population of
the principal citios has more than
doubled and in some instances
tripjed. JIany miles of railroad
has been built and now country has
been opened and settled and now
cities built. Tho progress and im
provement in the stato together
with' tho vast, increase of taxable
values 'has been marvelous, and
yet marvellous as it may seem we
are only beginning to develop the
state; its future greatness can hard
ly bo-predicted, but it is certain
that tho next ten. years develop
ment will far oxceed that of the
past. This being conceded' there
iff no reason to doubt that a great
city can be built elsewhere than at
Galveston. It" is true that Galves
ton Is now a fine city and is -very
favorably regarded throughout the
state, "but when it comes down to
matters of dollars and, cents people
always go whero thoy can got the
most for tho least money, and if a
deep waten harbor is established
atTclasco bef6ro.it is at Galveston
and cheaper rates of freight can bo
bad to and from it than to and
from Galveston, the freights will
seek tho cheaper port. A vast
amount of capital is invested m
Galveston and its pormanancy de
pends upon its facilities as a ship
ping point. As a purely financial
transaction it would.bo better and
cheaper for tho property owners
of Galveston to pay tho 57,500,000
out of thoir own pockets or oven a
larger sum than to abandon tho
town and loso all that
is." now invested there. Texas
must have a deep wator sea
port in tho near future, but it is
not yet definitely known whethor
or not it will be Galveston or some
other place. Galveston, however,
is the favorite with the state.
COMMERCIAL GAMBLING.
Tho Now York legislature has
soveral bills before it for tho ar
rest -of option dealing and stock
gambling. This matter has long
attracted public attention, and tho
St. Ziouis Republican, a paper well
posted, in alcommcrcial affairs,
says: Not much confidenco is ex
pressed in the, ofScacy of these
measures. The subjoct is a diffi
cult ono lb deal, with through leg
islative methods.- These kinds of
transactions so run into legitimate
business that to""prohibit the ono
almost necessarily disturbs tho
other. Gambling in futures is now
so widely practised and tho habit
has tho" countenance of so many to-
spectablo men.and so much capital
that it is extremely difficult to
Teach the evil in aneffectivo way.
If a sentimont could bo built up
among business men, who know
tho dangers of speculation and the
almost, certainty .that thoso who
engage in it aro not safe, to refuso
business, relations with thoso who
thus gamble, as they would with
those who indulgoin tho vices of
the common 1 gamester, no doubt
tho evil would spoodily decline and
might eventually be confined to a
class whoso influenco would be
quite circumscribed. In this way,
nodoubt, the reformation must bo-
gin. Public sentiment, so far as it
finds expression, is almost unani
mously against commercial gam
bling. It would not bo difficult Jto
pass through any legislative body
a law promising to bo effective in
suppressing it. Juries aTO 'ready
to condemn such gambling. Tho
charges and judgements of all
courts are emphatic in reprehend
ing it. It is pnly wanting to find
some mode of reaching tho ovil to
speedily put an end to it. Sure
ly tho business community itself
does not differ from tho moral sen
timent of tho body of tho pcoplo
on wis Buujci-i. irny, men, can
not thoso "who sco the subject in
light of tho general sense of all
other classes themselves assist in
drawing tho lino between real and
fictitious trade, bctwoon specula-
lation, pure and simple, and real
transactions, between gambling and
business X
Tez president and tho president
pro torn, of thcJBaltimoro and Ohio
railroad company appeared beforo
tho senate committee on postoffi
ccs and post roads to defend tho
interests of their company in con
nection with postal telegraph
measures, iir. Garrett, president
pro torn, stated that his company's
inclination would be to accept rea
sonable ratio fixed by any practi
cal commission. Tho railroad
would guarantee tho completion of
its lines quicker than tho govern
ment could build.
PRESIDENTIAL ROOMS.
A, number of presidential booraij
have been started duringtho past
six months, but every one, likb an'
OYernOWCU nvcruromoinH Diiuniii,
has run its course and accomplished
nothing, save to dnmago tho cause
of tho party bootriod. It is almost
as badjiot to enter a race at all as
to enter it too soon. Tho follow
ing remarkt of the Dallas Herald
on this subject aro sound and well
worthy of consideration. "Wo are
ovidently now having a calm pre
ceding tho political storm:
"The absenco of prcsidantial
'booms' in cithor party, but more
expressly tho democratic, is tho
subject of universal nowspapcr
comment. "With the great national
conventions almost at hand it
would seem that candidates should
bo thick as leaves in Vallambrosa.
Instead of such being being the
rase, tho 'availaDio men 10
bear the party banners may
be counted on tho fingers of one
hand. Not that thero aro
"not plenty aspirants for that honor
tho woods are full of 'cm but
because past experience has proved
that a premature candidacy is tho
shortost road around the "White
House, and becauso again, neither
side desire to show a shining mark
to the ambnshed sharpshooters.
This comparative quiet in'the po
litical camp is significant ; it means
that the' coming campaign is to bo
a death struggle ; that" as(fow mis
takes are going to bo made as pos
sible in nomination, and that when
tho -ball Jopens it will bctho mad
dest, merriest music evef heard in
all this land. Tho delay, there
fore, is not apathetic ; it is tho
silent mustering of every force,
great or small, that will help turn
tho scales, tho hoarding of every
ounce of ammunition until short
rango is reached and tho husband
ing of every atom of strcngth.until
tho goal is in plain view"
ORGANS.
The San Antonio Express defines
its position In regard to being an
organ. It says to Governor Iro
land that as long as his official acts
meets its approval ho can consider
tho Express in the light of an or
gan to make music in his behalf,
but ono thing must bo remember
ed, tho editor "himself w!Itnrp
the crank. The Express Is the or
gan of every man it belioves to be
right; just that far and no farther.
It may be -remarked that there is a
disposition among somo of tho pa
pers of Toxas to acenso the, other
papers of being organs, simply bcr
cause thoy approvo certain, odcinl
acts. Tho (deduction is not war
ranted by tlie premises. The ap
proval of acts that were worthy of
commendation docs not make, a
newspaper an organ. An organ
paper grinds out but one tuno and
that the praiso and commendation
of all and every act otho party
or individual whoso cause it advo
cates. A conservative and intel
ligent nowspaper, while .it- may
havo and'-tnost papers do ,have,
strong political predelictions, but
at tho same timo they aro bdio to
take perfectly impartial views of
the acts of oQcials and politicians
and to give what they honestly be
lieve to be the truth concerning
them, commending and condemn
ing as may seem proper. It is
possible to pursue this courso and
still uphold the principles of a
party. However, a very'largo ma
jority of tho Republican press
throughout tho country is blind
when t comes to seeing any j;ood
in the Democratic party. It ,is a
way they have, and tho way they
were raised.. "
1
PUBLIO LVTT.
Tho duty of tho hour says tho
Houston Post is to sustain and
strengthen the action of the extra
session of the legislature and so
handlo public sentiment as to crys
talizeitin support of tho jftolicy
inaugurated for tho suppression of
lawlessness and tho protection of
property. The remedy rests on
three propositions: I. No man
shall fence land not his own. 2.
No man shall bo inconvenienced
for tho want of roads and outlets ;
and, 3, No man shall cut, injure or
dostroy tho property of another.
These propositions should bo ear
ned out and it is, says tho Post,
tho duty of tho press and all
classes to accept them and uphold
tho administration and constabu
lary in an earnest, faithful and
vigorous effort to givo them force
and effect So much for tho duty
of tho press, the pcoplo and tho
officers; now it remains for public
sentiment to endorse the enact
ments, if it does but little difficul
ty will be found in tho enforce
ment.
Alt English papor speaking on
tho subject of advertising, says:
"It is a mistake to supposo that a
thing has become sufficiently well
known to need no more advertis
ing. Tho public has a strangely
short memory. A firm which had
for twenty years spent 10,000 a
yoar in making a particularjarticlo
public, triod tho experiment of re
ducing their outlay to 5000 per
annum. But tho next year i took
20,000 to restoro them to their
position. Enormous fortunes aro
amassed by thoso who advertise
largely, judiciously, and incessant
ly; but all who have had expe
rience in the matter will confirm
the statement that tho latter is the
ono great point. It docs not do to
relax in oxcrtion."
The distinguishing featuro of
tho Marshall Herald is the ajmost
total absenco of local news.
EDITORIAL BOTES.
Tns Baltimore and Ohio rail
way, track near Wheeling W. Va.,
j5 submerged
It is said that Henry Ward
Beeeher is backing Saylor, of
Austin, for tho Brownsvillo col
lcctorship. Wednesday's edition of the Post
devotes over a column to giving
the Nows what is popularly called
"Hail Columbia."
Josirn P.EILLY attempted suicide
in New York, Friday, by jumping
from a fifth-story window. His
skull was fractured.
The Houston Ago ants it dis
tinctly understood that Houston
is a candidate for tho cominir Dem
ocratic State convention.
TniRi are signs that the cam
paign will open early in Indiana.
Ono Indianapolis paper has called
another a "two-cent whelp."
At Evansvillc, Indiana, tho
whole country is covored with wa
tor. Tho whole of the Ohio river
valley is suffering from floods.
Tax San Antonio Light has put
on an entire new drsss of body
type, and is much improved in ap
pearance Typograyhically it is
as neat as a new pin.
Jay Gould is creditod with hav.
jng mado $2,000,000 in Wall street
last -neck. It is somo consolation
to the cripples to know whero
their money went to.
Rumors were current in Galves
ton on Sunday that Hon.' Wm.
Chambers is to bo mado United
States judge and that Judge Sabin
was to be provided for.
The Fort Worth Gazotto inti
mates that Col. Tom Orhiltreo has
a controlling influence in the mat
ter of Federal appointments in
Toxas.
Tnx Houston Post says, the
Post borrows no money to build a
new structure Is thero any rcfer
enco to allusions in tho above par
agraph? The Brooklyn Eaglo nominates
the present incumbent of the pres
idential chair and Tom Ochiltrco
as a superior and a very suitable
ticket for the Republicans.
The French Bishop in Tonquin,
appeals for help, stating that the
priest, 22 Catrists and 211 Chris
tians havo boen massaerced and
108 mission hQRsps destrpyed.
Toe Austin Statesman saysi Tho
remains of Stephen F. Austin are
to bo removed from their present
resting place in Brrzona county
and entered in the state cemetery.
T113RE is a cood deal of suffer
ing at Cincinnati qij account of
tho flood; the river is now as high
as it was in 1832 and the'gas works
havo ceased work, bolng ovorflowdt
The verdict of tho press is, Mr.
Dick Nelson, tho Galveston nogro,
who was unceremoniously and vio
lently ejected from the ears at Cor
sicana, a few days ago, was served
right.
The Texas Greenbackers arc
talking about holding a state con:
vention after the mcotmg of tho
Democratic convention. "What
they-, expect to accomplish" Is a
mystery.
Eianr members of Congress from
Texas have indorsed tho recom
mendation of Mr. Hardenbrook
for tho -position of commissioner
from Texas to tho itew Orleans
Exposition,
The Austin special to tho Post
says there is no foundation what
ever for tho report that affairs aro
not harmonious at the Deaf and
Dumb asylum. The Post contonds
that everything is lovely.
Tns San Antonio Light is nega
tive in its praise of tho legislature,
saying, "they could havo done
worse and it probably is a matter
of congratulation that thoy loft the
stato in no worse condition.
Judoixq from tho remarks of tho
Houston Post, concerning its
noighbor tho Galveston Nows, ono
would supposo that tho Nows was
a corpse. Tho News is very live
ly for a corpse.
Tnx death of Gov. Overton, of
tho Chickasaw Nation in much
regretted. Tho Dcnison Sunday
Gazotccr says in tho death of tho
governor the full-bloods ( of tho
Chickasaw) havo lost their most
zealous friend.
UtlMlTED free grass for tho ben
efit of a few has restarded the
growth of Toxas moro than any
other one agency; says the Lam
pasas Dispatch, published in what
was until recently a grazing sec
tion of the state.
The project to induco congress
to appropriate sufficient money to
givo a good channel in Galveston
harbor remains at rest until the
arrival of tho Galveston committee.
It is hoped that the committee will
prove successful.
A weather prophet without
name or local habitation is quoted
as predicting that wo will havo
severe drouth this coming season,
and ho advises deep plowing and
early planting. Drouth or no
drouth the advice is good.
It is reported in army circles, at
San Antonio and is gonerally be
lieved that Major "Wasson, the de
faulting paymaster, has been par
doned by the prcsidont. Ho was
sentenced to fifteen months impris
onment and has served seven
months.
If tho Npws and Post do not
soon stop abusing each other they
should never again givo interior
papers that cngago inpcrtonalitics
any advice. Both claim to bo
leading papers and thoy should set
a letter example for tho interior
to fo"nw
TnE community at Hot Springs
is in a terriblo stato of excitement
ovor tho recent gamblcrsjtragody.
A military company has beon
formed ofWaw-abiding citizens;
arms have been sent from Little
Rock and the company is ready for
activo duty.
Galveston, says the Print,
claims tho right, as an American
port, to deep water. And it has
the sand to back its claim. In this
case it may bo statod that the sard
alluded to is on tho bar in tho
harbor, where it does moro harm
than good.
It is statcil that there aro al
ready twenty candidates out for
gotomor of Mi-ouri. In Texas
thero arc about five hundred men
who would like to ho candidates
for governor if they could get the
nomination of the Democratic
stato convention.
The Segnin Times warms up on
the subjoct of farming and says:
"Any man who cannot succeed in
Texas by tilling the ground, knows
nothing about farming and ought
to go to somo school whore tho
principles of agriculture are taught
in a practical way.
The Post encourages tho now
aspirant for public favor in Hous
ton by saying, "tho Ago is ono of
tho instutitions of Houston, and
has ongraftcd itself so thoroughly
and firmly in tho affections of tho
people that no ordinary effort will
supplant or injure it."
The Fort Worth Gazotto re
marks that journalism in Texas is
becoming fearfully personal on
tho part of tho so-called leading
journals. It however takes com
fort to itself by saying that it has
no glass walls, and all tho stones
shied havo no effoct on it.
A Terbell special to tho Galves
ton News says thoro s a stong soni
timont in favor of Roberts forgovi-
crnor and that if ho will allow his
name to bo used tho present incum
bent will find no easy sailing in
that section of tho state. All of this
has a moonshiney appearance.
Economy is said to bo tho snro
road to wealth; a certain Toxas
daily newspaper oconmiies by us.
ing second-hand envelops forwrap
pcrs, and to all outward appcar
iencc it shows neither wealth nor
prosperity, thus proving, in its own
case, that economy docs not bring
wealth,
The board of education has de
cided that assessors now taking
schoolastic census, should include
in their census all childron from
eight to sixteen years of age on
Septombcr 1, next, Th.is Tjjill b,rjpg
the schools, the next scholastic
year, under tho provision of tho
new sphQql,aw,
Mb. Robinson, representative
from Bastrop county, voted against
making fence cutting a felony.
Tho Bastrop Advcrtisor handlos
him without gloves and says if he
should be a candidato for re-elec
tion be would be so badly beaten
that hp would not know ho had
been in the race.
A paragraph, like many others
without psrternity, Is now going
tho rounds, to the effect that the
negro population of tho "United
States increases faster than the
white, and that in eighty years it
will amount to 182,000,000. This
is the merest bosh and there is no
statistics to support it.
A PIM has been introduced
in congress by iloprosontativo
Mills for tho relict of tho citizens
of Brcnham, whoso property was
burned, by federal soldiers in,1866.
As thero is only about 4000 bills
ahoad of this ono and about six
thousand moro to follow it, tho
chances for its final passage may
bo put down as few.
Congressman Hancock has ar
rived in Washington, but dcclinod
to bo interviewed touching tho to
cent newspaper controversy grow
ing out of tho intorvlow with him
at Austin. Ho claims to have said
on that occasion that tho Galveston
Nows is published in tho line of in
dependent jouralism, genorally
supporting tho democratic ticket.
A taper published up tho Santa
Fo railwaj enters its solemn pro
test against those kind friends who
want to help it along by subscrib
ing to it on credit. Paper makers,
print ors and landlords insist upon
having cash. The pnly successful
way to publish a nowspapcr is to
havo cash in advance for all sub
scriptions.
An error in the finding of tho
court martial in tho caso of ex-
paymaster Wasson is said to havo
been discovered, and his friends at
San Antonio and olswhero aro
hopeful that ho will be released.
Wasson was guilty of dishonesty
as well as gross breach of the trust
reposed in him by tho government
and his punishment is no doubt
well descrvod.
Very little prize money falls to
the lot of tho navy in these days,
but ono officer succeeded in over
hauling a prize that promises rich.
Miss Cherry Pcctorial Aycr, who
was captured by Commander Fred
Pearson and carried into tho mat
rimonial Haven, has, thoy say, a
personal cargo of 810,000,000. Such
a prizo as that is worth chasing
acros two oceans.
TnE Evening Journal is the
latest journalistic venture in
Houston. It is a neat four column
paper and has plenty of room to
grow. It says a good evening pa
per is a want in a community of I
tho size and importance of Hous
ton, and that want has often and
emphatically boen oxprcsscd. It
remains to bo seen
Journal will succeed.
whether the
The Chicago Herald still insists
that New York is tho battlo
ground of the coming presidential
election and that to insure success
New York should furnish tho can
didate. If the West and South
can bo mado to believe this a New
York -man will bo nominated.
Hcrcloforo tho Democratic party
has had very bad luck with candi
dates from New York.
Mr. Stewart, representative in
Congress from the Houston dis
trict, has presented a resolution
from- the cotton exchango and
board of trade of Houston, asking
for a continuation of work on the
Gal eston bay ship channel. Mr.
Stewart if- also in receipt of nu
merous communications from dif
ferent counties, asking for the im
provement of Sabine Pass.
TnK locomotive engineers on tho
Jfcxican National railway be
tween Laredo and Saltillo, Mexico,
have organized in a body and will
resign in a body nnless some pro
tection it guaranteed thorn against
arrest and indefinite imprisonment
by tho Mexican authorites, when
in tho discharge of the duties fhey
accidently run over somo Moxican,
who carclesslj- gets on the track
The evil effects of the trcdit
system is a theme that is now be
ing harped on by somo of the conn-
try press. Tho credit system is as
old os the old commercial world,
and tho ovil effects of it arise from
tho nbuso of tho systom. Credit
proporly used is beneficial to all
concerned, and it is a wonderful
help to a poor but honest man
striving to moke his way in the
world.
The San Antonio Express says if
thero is any better or more pleas
ant place than its city, whero the
Democratic stato copyoijtiop
sl)Oud njpot, U wpuld like to be in
formed of tho fact. As it b an es
tablished fact that tho convention
will not bo held in Brcnham tho
Banner has no suggestions to
mako ; if it expressed n preference
for one place a rival placo would
take oxception.
The flood in the Ohio valley is
increasing insen( of abating. At
Cincinnati tho river is higher than
was ever before ; a considerable
portion of the city is submerged.
At Newport, Ky., there is great
distress, thousands of pcoplo aro
thrown ont pf employment and
many aro homeless nnd destitute.
Tho details of the flood, the dam
ago to propcrty'and tho sufferings
of tho pcoplo would fill a largo
volume.
Hot grains, Ark., had, lively
time last Saturday morning. Thrca,
brothers named Flynns, gamblers,
led by pne S. Alex, Ppran, n dc
ptsiado and gambler, who opened
fire on tho Flynns with Winches
ters. Two of tho Flynns were kill
ed; tho third one and a hackdrivcr
wero wounded; a bystander was
also wounded. Tho attacking party
wore uninjured. DoranandBOVoral
others wore arrested and jailed.
It is estimated in tho congres
sional printing room that fully
12,000'bills will bp introduced In
this 'congress. In tho last con
gress tho number was 10,000. A
vast majority of tbeso bills are of
a private nature and will never
soo daylight. Tho introduction of
private bills may well bo designa
ted as a public nuisance and con
gress would probably act wisely
in sitting down on tho practice.
Hops-ros is to have another pa.
por, the Evening Journal, which
was to havo mado its appearance
on Monday. It is in tho hands of
three experienced typos, says the
Post, nnd will mako things livcly
for a whilo atlcast. Tho Houston
Ago has had undisputed possession
of the field of. evening journalism
for years, is now on a firm basis
and will hold its own, making it
lively for a while nt loant for its
competitor.
The Abordcen, Miss., Examiner
reports tho death on tho 19th ult.,
of Col. Edward Fontain, who at
tho timo of his death was an Epis
copal minister. Col. Fontain was
military secretary to President
Lamar, of tho Republic of Texas.
He was a noted scientist and his
work upon hydranlic engineering
was published by congross In 1880.
He claimed to havo orignatcd the
theory of the jetties at tho mouth of
tho Mississippi. Ho was quito an
iod man and died poor.
In tho caso of Frank James and
Chas. Ford, charged with tho BIuo
Cut robbery in 1881 at Kansas
City, tho state attorney dismissed
tho case, stating that Gov. Critten
den had refused to pardon Dick
Liddcll, and tho stato was depriv
ed of his testimony as also valua
ble corroborative evidence. Tho
case against James for bank rob
bery at Gallatin was also dismiss
ed. James will now bo taken to
Alabama to bo tried for tho Mus
scl Shoals robber. It looks as
though Gov. Crittenden was a
friend of Frank James.
The Chicago Herald gives cur
rency to this story : "Tom Ochil
tree is said to havo started a story
that ho is going to marry Miss Eve
Mnckcy otherwise Miss Eve Bry
ant, stepdaughter of Mackcy, the
bonadza man. Nonsense. Miss
Bryant is r. young lady of nine
teen, and tho genial Tom is old
enough to be her grandfather. Be
sides, if tho young lady herself has
no sense, her mother is full of it,
and 3Ir. Ochiltrco would be quick
ly sent to the rear. Strange as
Thomas is sometimes it is hardly
probable that ho has started any
such story. Even so gifted a ro
mancer as ha would hardly dare
venture npou such ground."
STATE NEWS.
7" 4t j-
Fort Worth jis soon, to havo
lcttor carriers. ? "-
Major Fonn madov cightoon
conversions atuonzaics.
A cattlo exchango is about to
00 csiauusiicu at .Mcioria.
Paris, Lamar county, wants
tho tcderal court located there.
According to tho Lampasas
Dispatch the greatest need of tho
town is manufactories.
A woolen mill to cost 830,000
is soon to be erected at luvcndo
Springs, near Colorado.
A contract has been lot for
building a 810,000 courthouse at
r.dnn, Jackson county.
Tho town of Bastrop will get
11s time irom a SlUUU clock in tho
tower of the courthouse.
In consequence of the recent
heavy rains 500 workmon wero
idle in Tcrroll last week.
Fairfield sees a chance of a
railroad in the proposed lino from
Fort Worth to Sabine Pass.
Tho burglars who entered a
storo in Austin a few days ago
havo been committed to jail.
Tho eityofTcmpIo pays her
mayor 825 per month, the marshal
$60 and street commissioner 810.
Fort Worth has been having
a season of rain and only tho new
ly paved streets are passable for
teams.
In tho town of Scguin tho
cows havo been harkine tho china
trees and dying "from tho effect of
the poison.
Toxas is now literally over
run with thioves ; every village,
town and city has suffered from
their depredations.
J. P. Kindred, a prominont
Galveston man, who attempted
snicido by shooting himself in tho
head, last week, is improving.
The warm mi.sty weather of
last wcpk lin.t startod the grass and
tho prairios in Western Texas are
now vordnnt,
.Tho Item says If Bon Thomp
son was to come toHuntsvillo and
cut up like ho does in Austin, tho
officers would nab him.
A mnvp.mrntis nn fnnf in Ino
Third ward in San Antonio to se
lect a day known as arbor day, in
which to plant shado trees in, thp
parks.
On Monday Galveston had
moro mosquitoes than she could
handle; thoy wero'driven from tho
mainland in swarms by the north
winds.
Tho oyster market at Galves
tp.n was glutted on Monday, and
tho oystors, whon opened were
dull sale at ab to 4U conts a hun
dred. In Walker qpunty candidates
for county offices aro alrody
abroad in the land. Tho Hunts-
ville Item says, tho moro tho mer
rier. ' ' '
The dwelling of Mr. Btirgoar,
near tno iiear nnu DumD asylum,
Austin, was struck by lightning'
on Friday afternoon and badly,
shatterod.
A colored preacher of Dallas,
Rev. J..E. Edwards, has gone to
Galveston to except charco of a
colored chnrch there at a salary of
stuwu a. yoar.
Tho Wichita Herald give's a
list of wagens that sailed from
Wichita Falls-togcthor with quan
tities of frieght-in pounds carried
by each one.
--A meeting was held 'at Colo
rado tho other day rto conBidor tho
feasibility of building a railroad to
San Angela. Considerable stock
was subscribed.
Houston was visited by some
what of a gale gn. Tuesday niter-
noon and siirns ana ooaraiences as
well as light buildings wero blown
around like a straw.
In tho county court of Falls
county a man was fined 825 for
violation of the local opon law.
It was a test caso and will betaken
to tho court of appeals.
Billy Sims, ho. proprietor of
tho variety theatre at ban Antonio,
gavo tho body of the young man,
Walker, who suicided in tho theatre
last wcok, a decent burial.
Fence-cuttinginTarrant county
is reported at Killecn. Last Satur
day night a jmsturonoarthatplace
ownod by Roberts Rrothcrs was
badly used up with nippers.
A movement looking to the
building of water-works at Victo
ria is progressing vory satis
factorily. It is moro than likely
that Victoria will soon have them.
Chas. Bingham, for many
years a prominent citizon 01 Jlo
bilo, Ala., butsinco 1870 a resident
of Galveston, died in that city on
tho 3d inst., at tho ago of 84 years.
TIlP Tomplo Times says that al
most every day young men from
eastern Tevas and somo irom tho
old states aro to bo met, who aro
anxious lor employment as farm
hands.
In tho vicinity ot San Marcos
and other localities, during tho
late cold snap, tho leaves of the
livo oak, which is an evcrcreen.
wero frozen and droppod from tho
limps.
.Liarouo now rejoices in a va-
notyshow. The Times remarks
that its inauguration it an indica
tion that times aro getting better
m Xiarcdo not, however, in a
moral sense.
At Houston, at 1 o'clock
Monday morning, a man who was
quietly walking up Main strcot,
was struck from bohind with a
slung-shot and will probably dio
from tho blow,
It Is believed that steps arc
to bo taken to send somo of tho
fence-cutters who havo been oper
ating near Austin to tho penitenti
ary, in order to havo a good effect
upon tho others,
The othor day a couplo drove
into the town of Milano Junction
and a preacher being handy mar
riod them in tho wagon, they being
in such a hurry that they didvt
have timo to get out.
It is now stated that Ben
Thompson hns ontirely recovered
from his recent indisposition and
will be ready to bo tried bv the
justice for the many charges prc-
ierrcu against him.
Tho Bank of Abilene was
lately closed by attachment and
suilsto tho amount of 810,000 havo
been brought by depositors. Sev
eral fights have aleo occurred, in
duced by the failure.
?Tho Hempstead Courier is
working-very hard to havo n good
man olectcd city marshol. Tho old
marshal, who was invited to re
sign and who undor prossuro did
so,-i.s a candidato for re-election.
Dr. McKinzic. of Wcathor
ford, has brought suit against tho
city to recover for professional
services and labor performed dur-
inir tho smnll TtOT pnidnmin thnrn
last year.. The city refused to pay
nis 0111 -hencc'tho buiU
Tnnn AWlls n. ntrrn fi-nn, fi
Antonio, suicided at Galveston at
1 o'clock last-Sunday morning by
shooting himself in the head with
a pistoIrat.thc corner of Postoffico
and Twentieth streets. Ho is said
to havo been a pool player.
James B. Davis, representa
tive to tho Ipffislntnrn frnm Tuimnr
ponnlT. whiln rra-ir frrnn a vnaoitra
drinking, wandered from tho Junc
tion hotel at Whitcsboro Thursday
night and was foumTnoxt morning
dead about a milo from the depot.
In thn nnrtliMn Tinrf nf 4j,
stato it has been raining for about
a week andthe wholo country is
flooded. The rain was the heav
iest and most continuous for years.
Railroads aro badly damaged and
waeon roads aro washed onl nf nit
shape.
A Richmond nnirm ainlA
turkoy last wcok t was trinrt m?
acquitted. Ho confessed to his
lawyer that ho did steal tho turkoy
and wanted to plead guilty; the
limb of the law ml vised him nnf in
Is the lawyer not as guilty as tho
negro 1
Bastron eonntv Ariritr4tcn? hAi.1
A.- 1 .--frf. .. . t
luur leagues 01 scnooi land located
m risucr county lor salo. Wo
think the countv in nnrsnini. K,l
policy in selling hor lands at pres
ent. Wnshimrtnn mnniv I,. 1...
ed her school lands for a scries of
years.
Wienita Pn ttt4. t to-
Brown, of Brcnham, has bought
tho incomplete rock houso on 7th
Strcot and is hnvinr. it. -nnf in ,MrlA,.
to rccoivo a large stock of furni-
vurc. jir. .Brown s Drothor, U. A.
Brown, will havo charge of tho
business.
A man was nrrpetnfi fn'n,nfiMi
for carrying a pistol; ho was finod
and trimmer! hv hn riv nnA 41..
tho county authorities nabbed him
ami nnca and trimmed him for tho
same offense. This is ontirely toe
vil?oroua nn AnfnrrnmAnt nf tl.
law, ono fine and one sot of trim-
lumgs wouia navo been ample.
At Gonzales Inst wnAtr-rlnvin..
Major Pcnn's meeting some mis-
.u.u,UUsV iiitiiiivu jjcrxuns turn
ed tho saddle on a horse; putting it
in auiju ii nnsuinn .. ..
much merriment among the con:
gDauuu Ha Kuvy came out irom
worshirj. Tho Innnirnr W -nAw,
down easy by saying that thoy
were guuty ot ungcntlemanly con
duct,
Austin had snmpwnut nf sen
sation tho other day. An English-
uu nuujiau iiuirocu njs cousin
arrivod in Austin. Tn -Rnrrlnml
the marriago of cousins is illegal
mm uiu imucx oi-inc lauy was op
nosed lo it. TTn fnllnwiwl inn nnn.
nlo to Austin and -nrMln inn na
pand was out on a hunting expedi-
.u.. n jiuj uuu jiui- iiuuer siart-
ea oacK to oiu Xingiand.
Tho surviving kinnVon1 nf Hf a.
phon F. Austin, tho fathor of Texas,
wnosc; remains wero buried and
Vet lie fltPpneh Pnint inlim.nin
have applied for leave to remove
anu reinicr tnem in tho mate Uem-
ctary, at tho City of Austin. Tho
officials in charrm nfilifvniAtAn
havo cheerfully and promptly giv-
ou incir assont, ana during the
summer thoy are expected to bo
ivuiuvuu. iioaaton jrost.
The colored pcoplo jn the cot
ton districts of tho South have, for
years enjoyed a picnic dnringthe
cotton picking season. Numerous
unsuccessful attempts havo been
mado to invent a cotton picking
machino to supercede, colored la
bor. A solution, of tho problem
has at last been arriycd at by Mr,
AlcxHosmer, formerly a planter
m Mississippi, who aftor tho war
went to British" Honduras: h
learned there by experimenting,
that tho monkoys, which aro Very
numorons, could be made useful on
cotton plantations-that they could
pickthrco times- as much cotton as
am ordinary hand. Ho proposes
organizing a largo company with
abundant capital for tho purpose
of importing monkeys topickitho
cotton crop of this country. Jt
would bo an amusing sight to see
tho monkoys in tho cotton fields
picking and tho colored pcoplo
standing round laughing at tho
monkey shines of the monkey.
Tns benefit of popular education
is universally acknowledged, and
the Louisvillo Courier-Journal is
in favor of it, but it thinks that no
greater disaster could befall tho
south than a bill providing for the
distribution of 810,000,000 annual
ly for fivo years among tho states.
It would paralyzo local effort,
create a fooling of relief from per
sonal responsibility; it would
strengthen dcpcndcnco on somo
outsido influenco which under
mines all voluntary work. Tho
passage of tho bill would put back
tho common schools of tho south
for fivo years, and no effective plans
could be oxecuted until tho period
ot subsidies had cxpirod and tho
pcoplo are again thrown on their
own resources. Tho people of tho
south aro now on rising ground;
aro prosperous and progressive
and arc abundantly able to support
a thorough systom ot common
schools without tho aid of tho na
tion government.
The Secretary of War is taking
active measures looking to tho im
mediate relief of tho sufferers from
the ovorflow of tho Ohio river and
its tributaries, in accordance with
the act appropriating 8300,000 for
that purpose. Tho assistant cora-
missary-gcnoral has teen ordered
from St. Louis to Cincinnati, whero
he is to have chargo of tho distri
bution of tho supplies. Secretary
Lincoln will also givo his personal
attention to the subject.
San Saba county will build a
new jail.
Tns Greenbackers -hava,,otiUcd
a National convent! onfoV69t at
Indianapolis at Thursdy?aijEF29,
It is said in Ban Antonio that
Hal Gosling, now United States
marshal, is tho coming man for
tho congressional nomination in
that district.
Thj Bahmr is very" fond of a
good thing, but then thore can bo
too much or a good thing. For
several days it has been rocoiving
two copies of tho Houston Ago.
Ono copy wouldanswcr1 every pur
pose. The Arkansas river is now high
er than it has been for years at
Littlo Rock ;somo of tho stores on
tho Iovce aro flooded, while tho
town of Argenta, on tho opposite
sido is completely submerged.
Railroad traffic is delayed." hi
A stong effort is being mado fbr
tho relief of the whiskey men who
want the bonded period for distill,
od spirits -now in bonded .ware
houses oxtendod. Tho commis
sioners think provisions should
bo mado for tho payment to tho
government by tho creditor whoso
timeTs extended of 4 1-2 por cent.
interest on tho amount of tax dur
ing tho time of extension. , ,
2
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Tnx Colorado Clipper is evi
dently beside itsolfFwlth&agetat
thOflegisIatnro for havinglpassod
whatit'is"pleaied to dcnominatoa
"herd" law." It says tho poor man
alrcady-hero is" notified tolpovo
on. If bo haa.stock ho is permit
ted to tako tjtamritkjlum, but tho
solo of his'feet must'sotrest upon
a singlo acroof state land, but
movo on ho must Tho general
feeling" is; nlEat 'if tho 'itinerant
stock man eannot afford to pay a
few conts an aero per year for tho'
uso of tho grass upon which ho
raiscsJiis cattlo ho had just' about
as woll movo on.
The Now Orleans Picayune says:
"Fred Douglass viows with calm
ness tho state of turmoil into
which tho colored people of tho '
country havo been thrown, by: his
nuptuals. Ho says his theory is
that 'fn time the varieties of races'
will bo blended into one' This is
a sort of variety performance that
will not go well at present"
Whoreupon tho Yicksburg Herahf
takes tho floor and remarks: "Fred
Douglass jWiirrievcg llyoto sco '.tho
varieties ofraccs'b I ended in tVc-Bo.'
XlO'm&y, s.co an occasional'csee,
like his own, whero the Caucausian
mates with tho African, but ho will
bo 'blended' with his mother earth
manyihbusands of- ycars-boforo
tho blending- of fho 'races will
BfesolatJeH.
fC
The ro-paxtnenhlp heretofore exhftigfei
tmtnjSi, W,Booforr nd R: Elockott,'-o
rnl merchftcts At Hidalgo, was dusofoes m
the 22nd 'January J8M, tv mutual consent,
G. W. Booker retiring, and Loclrtt, & Lott
continuing the business. -rf
. ' ' aW.BoosSS
,-jj - r. .K-'Xoccanl
PINE PABM F0R3SALE;
- S K -
I oner, on easy terms niv farmof S30
acrea of good improved lan3, tnth a two,
fetorr frame dwelling,fknown as 3ts place,V
fire miles north of JTaTasota, inr Onmea
countv, Texas JIbs. C. O. Kcssni, '
Anderson, TcxaaT
NOTICE.
t The partnership heretofore existim under"
fhonanulpftCi .&X&Bg& Ox, doin;'busi
nes at Grabal"ha4 this dav been ditolved
br mutual content, -;B.-rD.Boz.To:K
TanuirT28, 1881. - - - v ""
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Professional Notice.
Having formed a copartnerihiptforithej
purpose of practical c tho Homocpathlc srs
fcm of Medicine and eurgery, we take this'
method of thanking the citizens of Brenhanrf
and surrounding countrv for their liberal
patronage tn.the put, and solicit a continu
ance of the same for tho-tuturc. '' ,
Special attention giren to chronic diseases,
diseases of women and children, surgical!'
diseases, injuries and obstetrics. Cabs in the
city or country promptly attended to, day or ,
hight.
Only the really needy, who believe ia tho
Honwepatmc system treated five.
All buTj collected on the 'first of evcry
month. -tV-!?
OmcEandrcidcnceon Sandy street, one
door cast of Park's livery stable.
Itespectfullv, , .., ,
G. ST.G. Ilcssrr, MD.&.,
F.G.5lAaa,lH.
Brcnham, Jan. 1st, 18&L, ,
NOTICE
Ia hereby gh ea UuitVetcnui Donation Cer
tificate 2to 510; for 1280 acres of land, issued
to Closes Aurtm Bryan by "W. i IValah,
Conunispioner General Land Office, August
2nd, 188Ithiu boen lost, and unless intelli
gence of same is received by roc of tho Oom
missionerofthe GencralXand Office -within
three months after date of this notice, I -will
apply to the proper officer for a duplicate of;
said certificate. Moses Arsxcr usrciy. ,.
January 21, 18SA. , ,
DISSOLUTION.
The copartnership heretofore existing be
tween Ocar Samuel and CL. F. Schram a
ginners and nuller, has this day been, da-r
solved, by mutual consent, Jir. O. Samuel?
continuing tho business and assuming alljik,
abilities of ,thc late firau .. rItT
Oscar Saxuxl ,,
C.F. ScutiM, ;
January, 9, 1881.
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TUTT'S
PILLS
TORPID BOWELS.
DISORDERED LIVER.
and MALARIA.
From these sourcea arise taree-ftjorths d
tbtt diseases of the human race. Tbeso
symptoms indicate their existence Xosaar
spirits, X ftallng of hftTtnsr jtcclected
iomdatrXJUilttu,JnattrtnStth-2Ieart,IaUbnrth7M,liJtblT'Ool-orsd
i rrlnc, CONSTIPATION, ami de
mand the nso of a remeUy that act directly
on the Liver. AsaLlvermedlclnoTTJTT'S
PIUShaTenoeatiaL. Tnelractlononth
Kidneys &n4Skl&also pi ompt;rentOTlii5
aulmporitlea through these three scar-
nffers ofutiriUm,N producing appe
tite, sound dlgestlonegnlar stools, a wear
ak1nandaTlgoroaabody.TCTTSITLXS
cause no nausea or griping nor Iniezftro
with doily -rrork and axe a perfect
ANTIDOTE TO MALARIA,
IIj: FEELS LlltXJ A KEW KA9T.
WI naTO had Dyapepsla.irithConRtlpa
Uon. two years, andjoavetried ten d afferent
kinds of pills, and TCTTS are the first
that hare done mo any good. They have
cleaned me out nicely. Nt appetite Is
splendid, food digests readily, and I now
have natural passages. I feel Bte SLneir
man. V.lJ.EI)W'AED3P2jniyTa,0.
BoUmrryhsragev Offlee,43lBrray SLJT.T.
TUTTSHWRDYI.
Crxt Hjlts ob irmsxzBS changed ln
Btantly to a Giossx Exucx by a single ap
plication of th Otx. Sold DyJraKxUts,1
ox sent by cxp.ts on receipt of tl
Office, H Murray Street Kev Tort.
TUTT5 MAHDAl OF 0SEFBI RECEIPT FKB
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