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lillEY BANNER.
- Br" FIANKIN fc LEVIN.
TiHreday, 4ril 24, 18St.
SEDVCE Tii JfUMBEJl,
Tho Warahathio JuxTor says
there aro too Tuauy lawyers in tho
legislature, and it wants to sec tho
next i lcgislnturo composed of a
f;ooo nnmTfccr ot good lawyers, and
71 numWr of capable farmers, some
mprc&iants, some, doctors and a few
editors and mechanics. A diversity
oftnlentM-what it grants.
tho real want is a largo reduc
tion Initio nnmbcr of members of
llo I?gislatnr6 ; that body is now
loo largo and cumbersome, one
fourth; of the number would do
jnoro-.wprkuid do it much better
llmirtsdorfd now, and by increas
anfrthtf compensation good men
ccmld to induced, to run for the
legislature Very few men are in
a position to servo tho state at a
jocuniary loss to themselves, as
-wclTastho loss of timo and neg
lect of private business. This mat
ter' Jus-bccn, referred to before,
l)ut somehow the pros? has not
riven it tho attention that it de
serves. 'With a legislature com
posed of say thirty or forty man.
Ijcis tho business of the stale could
id disposed of in sixty days, or
Bin ctyd'aysf at the outside. There
would bo' no occasion for many and
Bncfi long,, speeches, and having
3nen ofa -higher- grade of ability
-than tho, present promiscuous leg'
ismluro.-better and more intelli
cent legislation. Another advan
tage to the people would "be a ma
terial redaction in the cost of leg
islative sessions. .Largo. Tdelibcnw
tivo bodies becomo unwieldy and
lard to minaec and thorcfore they
dispose, o business very slowly
andimperfectlyTfrcciuently having
lo resort to compromise -measures,
owing id a diversity of opinion
amonz sa many members'. 'While
" there is no .groat difficulty in get-
tingrnerrto. ruri for tho legislature,
thcrols" great difficultyin getting
men 'bfprominonco and ability,
rcprcsc'natjve men, to accept of the
position. TJicy say plainly, were
isno moneyin'it, it wont pay, and
as'fbr honor, that has gone glim
mering, long agb. One of tlio most
prpminc&,(Jas well as. most able
members of tho State Senate, was
beard to say after the close of the
extra session, thafho 'wanted no
moro WHsJ'ho had had' all the
dory ho wanted, and to say noth
ing of,losS of timo and neglect of
private business, ho was SSOO short
j it actual cash, or in othon words
liifekpcpses'had oXCcodcdlhis'pay
thatjinuch, j he does not gamble, and
is .not an extravagant man in any
sense,' "His case is by no means, an
exception. Powcrmembcrs of the
legislature and better pay is what
Ihofltate needs.
V FOR T WORTHS JUT.
Tho .following from the Port
"Worth! Gaxctto shows tho -way in
whfeE business is don'o in that'erf-
-tcrprising city. 'When they want1
subscribe the- neccessary cash; and
-therrproceed-to build it. Theydo
not spend months and years in
illotalk and they sit down and
jytat1 for somebody else, to, come
along and make improvements for
them. TEe proposed building of
'ih". rpad. alluded to- has already
caused a;nyirked advance in, the
jrico of the real estate, and the re
sult will bo thatthe property 'own
ers will evfcntually derive the lam
est benefit front the; construction of j
tho road, Brcnham, capitalists
nay -well read and -ponder: "If j
anyliQdy ever imagined iqat ron
"Worth dftl pot mean business when
Eh.eQbcgan. to get ready to build a
road tor tho southwest, the conclu
sive "action taken by the. men of
this city Tuesday night does not
leave room fpr further doubt. The
subscription pf $150,000 in cash
and tho organization of the com
pany has aTcry 'materialistic' look
to people' wtio have been accustom
ed, tp. rcgaru raiiroaa uuk as an
easy end harmless channel for the
effluence of wind. To satisfy every
body to tho IasVffcgroe, Thc.Ga
go$q cap state, by authority, that
fie, contracts will be let and
ground broko on tbo road botwecn
ihis'pldcffand Brownwood within
tho next thirty days. This state
ment, ia. based 6n, information, dc-
rjrpu lrom. tne ocsi source.
THETCdLOK LWE.
The color lino- iiu politics has
"been ostentatiously drawn" in Geor
gia by- the JJepublicans. Advcrt
iog..to the subject tho Some Cou
rior pcrtfnentlivremarks:
John Shcus conimitteo ought
to cIoecHfevillc iuvestiga
JnHHyjsfcr it to At-
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ted onaniration of:
Tho attcmiitcd onaniration or a
whilo ItcDublican party in tho
south excites the ire of negroes in
the" North' to a Much greater degree
apparently than it docs in tho
states' wbTrTthtfTTcgrocrnrc num
erous enough' 'to bo a' political
factor. Tho 3fcw York Globe,
ajourna published by negiocs, ad
vises its xaco in tho southern states
to accept the challenge and to or
ganize a literally Black republi
can partyi and send to Chicago
delegations! of negroes. This would
compel the, national convention to
decide between tho colors. Tho
hegrocs might go to Chicago and
demand a colored vico president,
Douglass, Pinchback or Uruco for
instance. In tho northern states
the white .Republicans aro gener
ally in the majority and tho color
ed brother is a very unimportant
factor politically, although they
hav6 given the Bepublican party
the presidency in tho two last cam
paigns, but yet tho party is un.
grateful and.it refuses to recognize
its colored friends aim brethren.
In the northern states the colored
man can get no offices ;"1io must be
satisfied with the privilcgo of vot
ing. In Ohio there is about 80,000
negroes', and in 187G they polled
about 15,000 votes, all of course
for the Republican candidate.
Hayes' majority over Tildcn in
Ohio was only 7516, so it is plain
that if only one-half of tho negroes
had voted for Tildcn he would
havo had a .majority. It is ob-
-vious that tho negroes gavo the
Republicans Ohio in that election,
and-without'that state their dofeat
would have been so overwhelming
that tho grand fraud which proved
successful would not .have been at
tempted. It would not ovcn,have
been thought of. Indiana has a
negro population, of about 40,000,
and ill that stato about 10,000 nc-
cro votes were, cast in 1880. Por
ter's plurality over Landers for
irovcnior 'in October. 1880, was
only 6953. This-was the turning
point in the presidential election
of that year. Had the negroes not
given the state to the Republicans
in Octobcr.therc is not one chanco
in ten that they would havo been
triumphant cither there or in New
Vork in November. It'is evident
that the negroes were of inestima
ble service to tho Republican par
ty, ju truth they were indespensi-
ble. Buthow are tho negroes re
paid in Oil To' and Indiana: thero is
probably not in tho two states half
a dozen negro roffico-holders. The
whito Republicans bold all the
stale, county, and municipal offices
wherever locally they are in tho
majority; and'as for holding feder
al effiecs in those; states they arc
not so much as thought of. They
keep the Republican party in pow
er and .give it the disposition of
thousands and thousands of fat
places, whilo" they get cold pota
toes instead of chicken pic. In
the south it is much the -same, in
the ..Republican- counties tho no-
groes elect white men to tho fat
offices and get next to nothing for
themselves; they are, politically,
the slaves of their white party
masters.
TOE PRICE OF COTTOX.
The Banner Is in receipt of a
circular from C. P. Hunt & Co.,
the oldest cotton houso of Hem
phis, Tennessee, in which is givon
a genoral review of tho cotton
market up to the 4th of April,
They civ.d figures to show tiat the
visible .supply"1 of cotton in this
country will, by the middle of Sep
tember noxt, be about 372,000 bales
short of supplying the regular de
mand. Thoy estimate that by the
1st of October next tho visible sup
ply of the world will bo less than
for any preceding season since
1879. ' In that year uplands touch
ed J3 34,cents in New York. How
far scant supply may advance
prices this season remains to bo
seen, yet it is potent to tho careful
observer that all the conditions for
a further marked and material ad
vance now -exist. T,he manufac
turer has alroady bought throe-
fourths of his annual supply of
cotton on a basis of about 7 7-8d.
arid can "well afford to pay 7 l-2d.
lor tho -remnant left in order to
enhance the prico of and stimulate
the demand for his goods. -This
planting season is -three wcois
later than m 18?2 tho Mississippi
bottom all overflowed stock
weakened and dostroyed by attacks
of innumerable gnats, engendered
by high water and the prospects,
which in 1882 wore never moro
flattering, are now moro discour
aging than wo havo ever known
them. When the world realizes
tho actual and true state of affairs,
wo look for a rapid and material
advance, and should not be surpris
ed to see Liverpool touch 7d crc
the 1st of Jnlyv This will bo good
-for the few who have cotton
i and-for those jvho may be
arkct a pgfeClhc
on
EDITORIAL K0TES.J TiiftVu!iiii Capitol dcjccmU. t TuBBumctjFBulIelinsajs:' ''By
& j? f iTcrMjimlilics andsajs the States- the blwsigs of God and tho patro -
Jde sianin i lawin Mexico may,nJ1s"tjltor ;s a jrhaul.ljlt is all liage offends wc bjae been able
precipitate "rcvolution. s -,:Tbont-polilics and Ik)Ui papcri'to buy a power Jrc!".", A ixvolu-
The Lampasas Dispatch appears
in new drc-s and is greatly
im
proved generally.
Toe Austin Statesman is jnstjy
sovcro on tho andals who w rock
ed the Dispatch office.
Damd Davis is tho lather of a
baby. It is said ho would rather
bo papa than president.
The discussion of the Morrison
tarifT bill is now going on in the
House of Representatives.
TnE Waller county Republicans
in convention assembled, declared
their preference for Blaine.
The collapse of tho Corsicana
journal aoes not creaxo a r.1T.u on
u.c journalise seam xe-xas.
the xempio -Aimcs icarns uiui
piitr nH first-plnj!.s" weolclv is!
now and "nrst-ciass wcckij- is
soon to be started at Temple.
. The Wichata Herald says tho
six-shooter and the two-thirds rulo
aro relics of tho past and must go.
It is stated that the chief busi
ness of the two leading papers of
Kansas City is loabiiso each oth-
Accordino to the Gazette Fdrt
Worth in 1890 will be tho leading
city of Texas in point ot popuia -
"on-
The Abilene Weekly Reporter
is now issued in qua'rto form and
bears evidence of thrift and pros
perity.
Bebner cost the slate of Ohio
$2,000,000 and he is now trying to
pay part of it back by working,in
the penitentiary.
The stamp act is now in force in
Now Laredo, .Mexico. Under this
law everything sold is required to
have, a stamp on it.
The Austin Statesman professes
to bo much distressed at what it
terms a let down in tho editorial
columns of thcPost. ,
The "$20 Biblical Reward" hum
bug is again sending out its circu
Iars. Many of -tho- slato papers
will innocently bite at it.
The Corsicana jdaily Journal
diod a natural death last weck4
Corsicana has a crave yard ox-.
prcssly for daily papers.
According to thef Austin Slates-
manol Ross is entitled to wear a
feather in his cap, he having thus
far escaped the interviewer.
The Dallas Herald in a lengthy
loader on the "Political Outlook1
regards tho chances for tho Democ
racy as ocmg very uttuiuiu
Near Irving, Kentucky the other
davJoeFlinn andiill Hale, two
desperadoes, cngagedin a shooting,
bee there was a double luncrai
B. Rush Plujilv, a Republican,
politician of -Galveston, is now in
Washington working for a liberal
appropriation for Galveston har-J
bor. i
The Colorado , Citizen says pub
lic sentiment -as reflected by the
press is against the two-thinds rulo
in Democratic nominating conven
tions.
Accordino to the Goliad Guard
Hon.W. H. Crain is tho man to
beat tho Bed Hcadod Ranger for
congress in the Shoe-string dis
trict. The LaGrango Journal favorsl
tho whipping-post. One by one
tho paporsi fall into lino and sooiu
wc may expect it to havo a strong
support i
The Huntsvillo Item says thcrcj
are-twice as many newspapers in
tho United States as can sustain
themselves, and Texas -has three
times as many.
It is stated in a special dispatch
to tie, News ,that Jhero,jsjstrong
feoling among the-Texas veterans
to have Gen. flul'Jtoss; trf Waco,
run tor governor.
Accordino to the Galveston Print
men who carry revolvers about
with them are coming to bo rcj
garded as cowards and Biicaks by
respectable pooplc.
California is the latest market
for Texas cattle- Regular ship
mentsare how being mado from
San Antonio Tia tho Sunset and
Texas Pacific railways.
Mb. Nonoassy, president of the
Effingham bank, Effingham, Illi
nois, has absconded and between
$25,000 and $30,000 of tho -bank's
monoy is gone with him.
Seventeen negroes were arrest
ed the other day, in a St. Louis
negro gambling den, all playing
cards. The capitalist of the game
had $14 on his person.
Aboul150 doctors bad arrived
at Bclton on Monday ci cuing and
nearly as many tnorow ere expect
ed at the Stato Medical Associa
tion meeting on tho 22d inst.
The Nashville World suggests
Robeson and Kcifcr as presidential
candidates for the Republican par
ly in-order to indicato them.
They arelho two boss rascals.
TnE Houston Joural claims that
tho Post is, paid an extravagant
price for doing tho city printing,
t let out
, claim to be in the same political
household,
The Saii Antonio Lihl puld
thus: ''If thu Democrats
should
happen to elect a President,
wouldn't tho Republican's of Texas
have a quiet time!"' They would,
for a certainly.
Blaine and Lincoln and Tildcn
and Hendricks will be tbo rival
presidential tickets, saj s tho Fort
Worth Gazcltonnditwantsto back
its opinions by belting a gill of
goober peas.
Tue Houston Kcning Journal
I is only about two months old and.
I it already claims to have a much
j, circulation than tho vener.
abIc Age, now the senior of all the
pap0rs in Houston.
...
GArAESTON seems to be nnfortu -
J natc in her muncipal government;
the city council and the mayor are
in a perpetual quarrel. Accord
ing to the Galveston papers tho
council are a bad lot.
Jim Nicholson, a
Boston man
shot his wife, in that highly moral
city, after shooting his wife- ho.
cooly pocketed ins pistol and
rc -
J marking I am a murderer ho leftj
and has not been heard of. (
, Accorcinci to the Colorado Cli
i .:: r L i
per two cents an acre win lease
as fine watered grazing lands
as can be found intho world, whilo
in Texas twenty cents per aero
will not rent as good" lands.
The Goliad Guard thinks that
Hon. J. P. Jlillor will ha o no op-'
posion for congress in his district
It will soon find that there arc
plenty of.mcn anxious to serve
the dcarpcoplo in congress,
Washington county is entitled
to 14. representatives in thcRepub
lican State convention, Fayette
county has 13 and Harrison coun
ty 12. These thrco are tho strong
est Republican counties in the
state.
A -Marlin special to tho News
sajs, "a very unreasonable spell
of weather is prevailing in this
section."- It is truo that tho wcath-
cs is unreasonable, lul unseasona
ble was -what the writer probably
meant.
The Fort Worth Gazette pub
lished an illustrated edition on
Saturday last in'whfch all the dailj
papers of the state are represen
ted. Tho-Gazotto itself is pictur
ed as Iho largest and most promi
nent one.
The Austin Statesman says can
didly that it does not like the Gal
veston News' iu its new shape.
There is certainly room for im
provement in its' press work, its
typo does not yet give a clear im
pression. The Galveston .Print says tho
conduct of some of the members of
tho city council has been and is.
now disgraceful and that they
should resign to make way for
good men, who have the interest
of the city at heart.
The election" In" Louisiana on
Tuesday last passed off very quiet
ly and without any serious disturb
ances anywhere in tho stale. Tho
Democrats mado a clean sweep, and
tho stato ticket will have a maiorM
ty of from 25.000 to 35.000. '
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iOiKiumauara '" juujiw-
ty owners, capitalists and business
men unless they take speedy
tion to secure tho building of
mucn-nceocd railways propeny. in -
aiiaa wm ueprocaio - per cei.itnere w;il bo no opposition'to
less man twelve moutns.
The Huntsvillo Item suggests
that its town should have a better'
new spapor than tho Item has bcon
heretofore, and that It sufflciontjig
patronago is guaranteed It will ,
give them a better paper. Thero
is talk of giving-tho Item a power
Frcss'
The Fort Worth Gazelle sajs it
is sheer waste of words to talk !
abont Gen- Ross iu connection
witirtho governorship) ho has dp:
dared himself that ho does not bo-
liovo he has a call from tho pcoplo
of Texas to enter tho lists against'
Ireland.
TnE Victoria Advocate says the
man who wauls to announco tor Uurton mado a spcecli in which
himself to tho'suft'erlng public as a ho declarpil himself as liping in
candidate for office in its columns favor ot the colored man asserting
must pay in advance, or in less his rights and ignoring their white
than a minute the announcement brethren. Ho arraigned the Re
will bo put in anew and large 'publican stato committPP fqr call
wastc basket. .; i, ,n,n . vnY., uii.
The Georgetown Record wants
Hon. D. C. GIddings, of Brcnham,
sent as. one of Iho delegates to the
national con cntion. Col. G id-
dingb is a icprcscntaljvo man, and
no better scJpUfnn could be inadc,
bulwc do not know that lit. do-,
iiiEuaivcsmncws, uegiuning
on ounuay ium, cnangcu us, jorni no tjrcumatanccs will ho be a can
from a folio to a quarto and put on didato for tUe prcs;dcncy, aud un-
anew . unasui ivpc. .ii is nw.,i.,. ;,,ma(n ,:n l...
It is
presented in a moro convenient
form-than befQrc. Tho News kcops
fully abreast of the times and fully
maintains'its position as tho Icad.,Thc Mluitrj. wi bo 6afo ovcn ;f
iiiSnc (.paper n .!....
T the meeting of the Toxas
Vctcraus, at Paris, on motion of
Major M. A. Bryan, a contribution
alioutqnp liunderd dollars was
scd for Col. Frank W. Johnsqn,
dent of the association, who
in Mexico, 'tho secretary
4 100 yotcvaais of JS? at, tlc
San Jacinto still UviiV
'erring
itionarygcncml had great faith in
providence, but at tho same time
it'hc adi!cd his soldiers u keop
their powder dry.
The cashicrofthc bank at Kffing'
ham, Illinois, says that when heclos
'ed the bank on Saturdavjnight there
,wasocr $40,000 in it, and when
he opened it on Monday there was
not a dollar left. The president,
Van Gossy, had eloped with the
I money and bank books.
Wilms Adams, tho slayerof Mike
, Burns, at Dallas, has been admit-
i ted to bail in the sum of10,000,
which was promptly given. This
i is the preliminary step to the ac-
omttat of Adams. If the published
I accounts arc true Adams is guilty
' of murder in the first degree.
.......
, a court ot inquiry lias Decn or-
dcred to investigate Gen. Swaim,
Secretary Lincoln does not regard
Swaim's letter denying the charges
made against him by Bateman as
being sufficiently explicit to vendi-
I cate an officer of his high rank.
The court will meet in Washington,
May 5 and make a full examination
. of the case.
The Gainesvillo Register says
that Hon. Marion Martin" has been
mortifying his few friends by tho
ridiculous manner in which he has
been disporting his ignoranco and
deniagogucry before the public. It
says also that tho talk about mak
ing ex-Gocrnor Roberts governor
of Texas again appears to bo ,cx
trcmcly silly.
Henry Watterson declares that
under no circumstance docs he
want to bo a delegate to tho Chi.
cago convention. He has already
served tho Democracy of Kentucky
in tho capacity of dolegato and
now he wants to be only a private
citizen. Henry thinks he forsces
trouble ahead and wants to be
counted out.
TnE North American Rcticw for
May is at hand. Judgo William
Strong treats at length of our nat
uralization laws showing their de
fects. GerritL. Lansing essays to
prove that the multiplication and
extension of railroad lines, and
the establishment of low rates of
transportation, aro hindered rather
than helped by government inter-
tcrcncc.
Hon. L. W. Moore in his charge
to tho grand jury of Bastrop coun
ty dwolt at some length on mob
law and the crime of fence-cutting.
It is safe to say that hardly once
in a hundred times is any body con
victed of aiding a mob to hang a
criminal. Thero is a bond of un
ion existing between tho pooplc
nnd the mob that prevents tho law
irom pumsmni; muits.
Base ball is an attractive gaino
after all. At St- Louis last Sun..
day botwecn 10,000 and 12,000 peo
ple sat throughout a cold drizzling
ratn for two hours to see a match
;amc bctn een the Chicago and St.
Louis club. The weather was so
bad it was only possiblo to play
six innings, the rain soaking the
ball through and making the field
loo slippery to play on.
The Colorado Citizen nominates
Hon. James F. Miller for congrcs
"rom the 8tn district. Jlo seems to
bc t,UJ favorito in his district and
win, wo navc.no oouDt, oo re-eieci-
, Whrn .1 rfiatrirt. llM a irnnd
mnrM5mnn ih, ,wt ,:. : ,
ac-'rctn,him. the longer a man is in Up to 'January' 1st, eight months
, the moro ;nfluenco hejfrom thcbegihnitig of-.opcrations,'
has Jn th;Sj tho Kinth distr;ct).
Qr if th(jro h any -t ,n bo
very light.
t-ite Gnlvnstnn Xews has a re
'port from San Antonio that there
talk among tho white radicals of
organizing a republican party in
lTcxas 0f whito men and getting
jaionK without tho negro. Well,
the fact is the republican party is
;n tj,c minority so far as stato of-
ficcs;aro couccrned,and as the white
Republicans want only the Federal
offices, tho colored rcpnblipflns are
not in a position to help them to
any extent.
-The Richmond Nation refers to
iilc fli0 Icenublicnu mcetin!' as tho
"Radical Convention." Kx-scua-
so that 'the poor darkio could not
go that all tho rcdcralomcc-bold-crs
w ore w hite and that tho color
ed man did not get any of the
chicken-pic.
Albany. N. , dispatch says
rty onJadiuj, Democrats ad
friends of Tilden who havp inter.
v;owcd hiro Ialcy say that under
ccpt if nominated. They regard
this, his last refusal, as final, ant
they say tho field is now loft open.
Mr. Tilden is not n candidato for
president. Wo confers wo aro at a
loss to understand w by so much
stress should bo laid on Tildcn.
TnE El Paso Times says: A Jaw,
j cr generally knows whether his
client is guilty or innocent, and all
(thit a decent attorney can do
wnon defpudinj; ft njurderer is to
eeo that ho hqs a fnir trial and has
iho fall bonctitqf tho laws of his
country. Whenpvpra (awjprde
'scends to tiickery and deceit to
slueld a criminal from the just
nltr .,? the laW he violates his
f -J - -
becomes a gj-eatpf onoTny iu
Jinn tho criminal, and if
ossible, degrades
roles-ion.
jTHBGalvestoa Print failed to
fmakorits appcarancejon Tuesday
afternoon. Shaw .". BtaylSck who T
have' been doing theprcs--otkJPa:
and furnishing thu ptfir -eluscd
j to give further credit An effort
lis ojiig made to organize a stock
company. Alicruoon journalism
in GaUcslon has never procd suc
cessful. The old Civilian is tho
only eiening paper that seems to
be able to hold its own, aud it is
not making a fortune at any alarm
ing rate. The Print was a live pa
per and struggled hard; it descr od
a better fate.
AnoLT tho 1st of May tho San
Antonio Light will be enlarged to a
so en column paper; the enlarge
ment is made necessary by the in
creased demand for adxertising
space. Tho Light is a real live,
sprightly paper and always pre
sents the news in a concise and
readable form, and it is evidently
a favorito w ith its readers. It is
an exemplification of the fact that
the politics of a nowspapor has lit
tle to do with its popularity. Po
litically tho Light is Republican,
and in its town the Republicans
are hopelessly in the minority.
Henrt Ward Beecher learned a
thing or two in his trip to tho
South and was magnanimous
enough to speak his convictions
publicly when he returned homo.
Among other fair and just state
ments he made was this : "In spite
of many local hindrances which
have prevented the full develop
ment of that section, tho Southern
people aro as well disposed towards
tho building up of educational in
stitutions as those of tho North."
Beecher, if he remains so, is a very
fair specimen of' a reconstructed
Radical. A visit to the South works
wonders.
Mr. Lamb, ot Indiana, who visit
ed Mr, Tildcn at tho 'same time the
California delegation did, tells a
somewhat different story than that
sent out by the laltcr.' Ho says
that Mr. Tilden did'uot give them
more than one minute's, audience,
John F. Bigelow, ho is looking
after Mr. Tildcn a house, a3 well
as person, whisked Iho Western
statesmen into Mr. .Tildcn's pres
ence and whisked nthem out again
in very Shorl order. They did nut,
according to Mr. Lamb, have
enough'talk.with Mr. Tilden lo be
able to give, anything postive about
that atatcman's intentions. Mr.
Lamb, it seems, didn't gather any
thing material himself.
We are in receipt of a circulzr
from R.lv..Lee camp No. 1 Con
federate Veterans, Richmond, Vir
ginia, stating that a' grand bazaar
wilLbc held at Armory .Hall, Rich
mond, on tho 14th .of May, and will,
continue during the. month. The
object is to establish a homo
at Richmond for disabled cx.-Con-fedcratc
soldiers who are unable
to take caro of themselves, and
whoso" helpless and. pitiable
condition calls for a liberal charity,'
in -some sense above and more
pressing than, -any other brought
to notice. Money sent to D. S.
Radford, treasurer.- care of Plan-J
t .; . -, . ' . . -.- i
ters National Hand, jucumonu va.,
will bo properly applied.
The Vicldria Advocate speaking
of the trouble of flip Continental
moat company seems to attribute
the difficulties to an attempt on.
the part of the Fort Worth branch
of the establishment to freeze out
tho Victoria end-Tbe Advocate
says the'basIneBS of tho c6mpany
has not been diiatrous at v ictoria.
there were slaughtered 12,U9hcad
fof cattle: 9491 sheep and 1326
calves, thctotal value of which was
$o96,778. While it is a fact tbat
Hip expenses Incident to, tho estab
lishment ot the busjnoss were im-
exnectedly large," the net result
has not shown a loss. It is truo
no money has been made, but it is'
also true that none has been lost.
The Texas Veteran Association
met in the opera" house at Paris,
Texas, at 10 a. m. on Monday. Af
ter the roll was called Hf)n,,rp,hn
P. Gibbons, major of the city, de
livered a beautiful, brief, and high
ly interesting welcome. Col. Qhar-
les DcMorse responded on behalf
of the association and thanked and
complimented Paris for the heart
iest reception the association has
ppr had. (Tpn : fl. -Slftxpy, tne
orator of tho day was introduced
and spoke over two hours. Here
viewed the whole history of Toxas
and the causes of its bpcQUUlfg a
stato. In th i aftornoon tbo veterans
reassembled at the opera house
and the death roll was called.
Sherman was agrcod upon as the
next place of meeting. Tho pres-
I cnt officers hold over fqr another
j part ly'pl, JJ. U: Acfly was eject
ed second vice president. Tho as
sociation adjourned on Tupsday.
The Anstin Statesman is out in
favor of a sweeping reform in our
criminal law. ItTwants the sweep,
ing disqualifications ofjurorswip.
ed out. It wants nino from a jurv
of twelve and four from a Jury qf
sis tn find h vprdM- Motions" for
a continuance should bo left entire
ly to tho discretion of tho judge,
ouprcmejuuges snouiu oo paid a
salary of ?5000 and distrivts judges
$3500. District attorneys should
possess the same qualification amj
have a saary qoual to that 'of the
district judge. Professional jurors
should bo abolished. The reforms
suggested are by no means now,
but they rq gqcd and shquld be
adopted. Tho of form indictments
should bo simplified and the many
legal tcphnicalitips, now uspd in
favor ot the criminal should bo
abolished or the state should have
equal privileges with the accused.
lis the law now stands all tho nd-
ntage firo qn the- pldp of tho
uil and none on thp side ol
eople.
8TATETNEWS.
.1 I
Inn ntr tit .tsii Tl t.t I -
- - - bllJtVVUIIMI Aft liatlll"
pasas is about to'bamsh the hogs.
Tho Laredo Tinus is full of
the delinquent tax list of Webb
county. - T -
Milam sends 8 neirnies and 20
white men lo the Kepnblu.au stale i
toiivcniiont
Bastrop will sooii lm e a low n
clock in the courthouse iiipolu ;
the clock and bell cost $1000.
J. R. Horron, a farmer living
12 miles from Waco,-was struck
and killed by lightning un Satur
day. A negro woman liing near
Marlin monkeyed with a pistol
She is shot through tho lace and,C(
jaw.
At Temple the business men
are waking up to the necessity ofi
having moro and better wagon
roads.
Mr. J. W. Jones is the only
Texas veleran that attends the re
union this year from McLennan
county.
Tho jury in tho EckleS mur-
.1 .. .. U.l. .O l.: .
. ...' ,m-j .'-" " i .
-i noun laucu iu nrrr mm were
Hisf.hnr.ri.il
Tho prairie dog must jjo, says
me coiorauo Clipper; ne is a com -
. : i r r i: - at... n-vti
umii-t mm is .ccu.ujjui. w.c tun -
ilr.na i.MiBa "
"" ,"
Frank Jones, brother of Hon.
G. W. Jones, and a verv influential
citizen of Bastrop count, died on
Monday evening.
A Lampasas wool men thinks
that between four and five million
pounds of wool will be handled
there this season.
Thero was a light snow in
Webb county Sunday morning, fol-
lowed by a norther. Laredo is the
wuu.j ... . ..vuu.
Winsboro is a city of . such
vast importance that the proceed
ings of the mayor's court are wired
to the Galveston 2cws.
A caalstorage warehouse wilbj
capacity of twenty-fivo
ritj-of twenty-five car loads
ot freight is being crc
Fifth ward in Houston,
Frank Pcakor. of Flora, Illi
nois suicided at Dallas on Suuday
last and on Tuesday he was buried
by tho Knights of Pythias.
Major Penn has just closed a
two weeks meeting at RocUdulc
and succeeded in temporarily con
verting about fitly sinners.
Two largo hotels, sit. largo
stone stores, and forty or fifty oth-
., ,. - -
Cr ,ww uu.,u.UKB ..uvr ... TOurao
u. vuuai. Ui-i.uu Ul iomrHio.
Tw6 much rain intho vicinity
of Cleburne has caused the rust
lo appear in the wheat, which un
HI recently was very promising.
Tula Wilsnn mlnrei? m.l 1?
.fiX.l SsinnlnvAt "Dull frSm
of freight is being erected in the'1""'", " "". 1 ,",a inS
juries received by tho blowing.1'"'" cuurgou wnajuio muruer oi
. . . -f r .
uuwn ui me cuiorcu sciiuoi nouse.
About 300 members of lhoia.ilnin.. J,.! ,.:.,.:,.
oiaiojieuicai association were in
routine business is" being disposed.
Estimates have been made for
tho bridge across the Brazos at
Richmond and final action will
soon be taken by the commission
ers.
-Three hundred dollars reward
is ofTercd for the apprehension and I
conviction of tho'party or parties
who pied tho Dispatch office at
Austin last week. j
Tho Houston firemen and their
invited guests had a fino time on
Monday. Firemen' were present
fronl Galveston, Victoria, Orange, I
Bryan and Brenham. j
- At Austin. San Jacinto day.
the boys celebrated by filling up
and at midnight there was six-J
teen arrests for drunkenness re.'
corded at the police station.
, A row of fourframo buildings
in, Cleburne were destroyed by
firo on Satnrday morning. The
Cleburne Light Guards lost all
their arms thirty.cigbt stands.
'Dallas came near having a sui
cide on Saturday night ; one Kirk.
ham', a hostler, took 30 grains of j
mornuno. hut a doctor numppu at
out of blm in time to save his life.'
Mr. L. S. Banks, civil cnglneor, j
in tho employ of the Santa Ke rail-'
wmv rt t Ail at Italia nn Uatitwjlai
last--, Mr. Banks was well known.
iu Brcnham-and had many friends .
here.
r,.ifA
In Dallas tho other !av Ben
Ilirschberfj -was cowhided bv tho
wife of Rabbi Scliuhl. She avcuscd
lliraclibej-tf of being the Instigator
of tho jirosccution against her hus-
uanu.
'Work on the new ciinitol has
been suspended for ciitht or ton
das owing to tho non-arrival of
cement. l-.i"lit car loads arrived
oil Saturday and on Jlomjay work
was resumed.
-Tho Houston Journal savs
there 13 some talk among the bar
bers ol raisin" prices about 40 per
cent, during tho encampment. Tho
principal boss bathers lr opposed
jo. extortionate charges.
At Bis Sprincs on Sunday
morning there was a considerable
Jail of snow -which soon melted,
AtT)nlIniaSi.naH,AHax-wat
cold and very dnasrceahle. fears
- :, M
are ciit?f (pined. tis. ypgetation is
Injqrpd.
-The Austin CWltot tell, the
ffWe Witters of Jiannells eouiitylto.n; price Sit. per If fk - -?
inai uoi. uuoraarni a partvotccn-
tlcman are en route to Iiunnclls to
catch them. By the time the colo
nel gets thero the nipper men -will
be gone.
Th? Wthep wlileh struck I
"haw Saturday night prevail-1
cu thraqghqut northern Texas on I
ahrs-rr,rj..srn.S'e oat aiood ?.
and a heavy trcezo was Dxnect,.,illL1J'ZTl SLl
JlondayniRht. --".-a. ar, .u iw
I'orsaiebi-'WAIJiEJtdsnEIX,
The Melia Iicdger telU of' Brenham. Texas,
some so-called epaft&ffiG.rt at tU n.i,caiKUXtu.,
tonrjwh.fl flftim tQ havo killed 10, holuaUa DruggUts, Uouston, Tcias
deer during a recent camp hunt. T v T jTFttt nTiDK
Kveryonoot thorn should bear- J- -A. J- KiOjLLtU LUXVXi
rested and fined for shooting gama ' Should anjr na tuQenng with Chllb and
out of season. FtfAo, lullkuu, Jlalanal or Intermit-
i tcr.t FeTer, after taking I. X. L. Chill cure,
Messrs, Crj;Tvforls, Klrby and return the bottle and say that it did not bene
Cowart have been engaged to lie- fi'Mm,theMeruamhoracdtoreftir,dtht
fend "Willis Adams hS has been "".'Jfl-'.S 2B?8&,.
indicted for the murder of Mike
Burns at Dallas, Adams waa tQi
have hftd a hparlnconhntipas cor.
pus on Mondav. -
n i:. .
nMrod TJZ "' '""', rCC" Sugar Coated, pletant, prompt analablo,
negro and Indian woman, living c, nX, IndiEVstion, Oostfvcnea.
In ilouston died the other dav lin.lTnrnMTjvwaod.rMimiiM!.
der siipioians wroumstaucs. An
Inquest w.T held anil a ordict 01
death from natural
consequence 1
was ruurned.
Fence cotters aro again at
work in Comanche county and a
nighfor two ago they cut two and
s half miles of wire "fence of J. W.
Green and a small portion of Mr.
Springs. Thcso same fences were
cut a few days ago.
Conrad Anschicks has "return
ed home to Robertson county, nnd
is oeing recoiled Willi hearty itin.
gnilulations. He was ciuix icled '
and sent to the penitentiary tor a '
crime which it is generally be
lieved he did not commit.
At Henderson on Friday there
was a destructive storm lasting
t elve hours. It is varionsly esti
mated that Iho rainfall was from
twelve to fifteen inches, Farmers
aro badly damaged by wasliilnrand
l no estimate of the loss can be form-
Meridian now has a mineral
well the curative properties of
which aro said to bo attracting
great attention. Every well with
water, that smells bad. and tastes
bad is said to tte a mineral wll and
to possess marvellous medicinal
qualities.
Corsicana is now making pre
parations against fire. One fire
engine has already been received
"K"io '"
Sand another one has been ordered
m,A ,. M1. , ,
Two firo companies have been or-
ganized and w ben the water works
arc completed the protection will
, uo ample.
.
- n .Hamilton conntv a mm
lrTti.. .. ...
nameu jicuougnni snot and killed
, a young man named Proctor. The
' former had slandered the latter's
sister and the Iattor had threaton-
ed to horsewhip him on sight, but
msieau oi aomg so ne got killed.
-McUoughal escaped.
Henry Forahall. a German sa
loon keeper at Fort Worth, was
luiuiu ueau in nis saioon on sun
day morning sitting in his chair.
Ho had been left there about 12
o'clock Saturday night by his bar-
,Kecper. jie wcignea over 3U0
pounds and is thought to have died
from fatty degeneration of tho
heart.
A deputy sheriff at Richmond
'?. n'?.?Ja"Laan:
.VTl.Y"" """1""" le"
shooting; ho, however, did find
threo six-shooters under tho plat-
lorni. jie imnKs tne guns? will
not be claimed as it would cost 825
fine and tho trimmings to own ono
01 mem.
Notwithstanding tho "unusual
ly cold weather that has provailed
since last Saturday, but little dam-
age from frost is reported in the
northern part of Iho stato and no
frost is reported at Bolton or south
of it, except at Bastrop and a few
iui ii, cAn-iiittbuuimu am
;nta furthcr wogt ,vhcre dam.
,0 ,, as Uonc A narrow es-
capo has been mado and it is hoped
that all damage from frost js. now
salely passed
After the examination of ncar-
i ly 300 men a jury was obtained in
in-Jtho Cunningham case. Cunning
Il : 1 i :.i. ai j -i.
fc. - ......... .
8crnpes against the infliction of
death as a punishment for crime.
Many men no doubt aro opposed
iu ine ucain penally, dui more
mciu havo conscientious scruples
for the express purpose ot avoid
ing jury duty.
I :
SQLDBN ITS MERITS.
AND CURE GUARANTEES.
AGUill
I TiaszATsrzcTnafoi
IMalarlal Disorders 1
Of uynitsre, tncaa I
AGUE- CnfTTJl Jz twttl irir.fl
lEIALrETtR, lNTZaMrTTEKT K-B
jw wtJuuaaEBa. ujsh urari
prnrz, ao. I
I &oU by aQ Dnggiwta and Geseol JU I
AGOM cd, HWt ftin, itr. I
Valuable City Property for Sale
On Easy Terms.
1 lot fronting 100 fL C inches nn Snmlr anil
running bacl. 248 ft. to rbodr streeL'This
is ona of tlio'muit doslnillo rvaidcnee loU in
this dtv.
I0C-10acrv-,iiartof Allcom's addition to
Brenham, cottajj? -u ith G room, stably com
crib any good well of water on place will
cut in an ize lots desired.
8 lots in Wilkiiu' add Hon to Brcnham,
knutvn as Hutchinson grore will cut thii to
suit purcha.:e rj
ji.a.i n. jmtkcu 3 nomc-icaq, in ne
bn-incNi part of the tits wiU cut iu business
lots t,,tu,tpurclB.-.b; desired.
Titl,aall lCTftsct. lor particulars apply
toltA. Ham isnat LoOcU's tablc 1 Don of, and his final accountVith-theses' ate as
Vn ViJV of Nathan King, dcccased.lwhiJi-wiB be,.
u O Alit. beard at the neat term of the County CoartoT
1 Hou-e and lot, MWJ0, prire f700, uMbounty, comnunangon theist Monday
liai-re, about 00 in liuiVri Wn in ? SJjy,1884,attbe Court Iloaselhereofjta
oiltivationritujiUjiiiik.rmloipm'eilJ,eCity0Brenhiin,at which time all ner
SJOpCTRfro, , 'sons interested in said estate may appear and
SB at rc,S0acrcs in culliiation; tcam gin eoctestsaid appDcatioa and accounrif Ihey
and mill on place, bituaUn 8 miles, from proper. K
town: lmce i?J0 tx?r acre.
8 Ualf acre lots ui quantities tVuU WtC
ted in "Wilkin' addition.
-1J3 aero, 180 iqtUUt,lknf Iwlanco tim
ber; good dwrfltn-T three tent Iwo-ts ; cihh!
IffSf. WuatcU W miles from town ; price
v1"
ncr acn..
CI Acres : farm in cood couditkaii. about
miles from town pneo 50 per aire.
luQ Atnw. lUria in lino condition, ahmt
1-1 miles ttm town i all under fence, fine
WteSSsWHL ..,..
from
2 ImU VilUiu addition, owned by Mr.
Ilober; price ?1Q0 each.
U uuta siaronted.
App'j to
Term easy.
JL O. Simw.
I.X.L. Sarsaparilla
un loaioe oi roiasu,
Brcnham,Tcxas.
m. d. conki.iv co- I
Wholesalo DruggUts, Houston, Teuis.
rr,
'1.2L. JL. iiXVJiiltJfiiljO
QcalWHo M Wls25 cents.
For ale by AVALKEK & BELL,
Drcnham, Tela?,
it. C. (JOJiKHS CO.,
INTI -STATE-DBIliLr
MAY 6th-100j, ."15S4r
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
ALL ICKClUSnULSD
v JV.ltXM
Of our Finrilaro cor
dially invited lo male
our Office their Head
ilOAtrm whD in tho
city. Their want will
promptly attended tt-
&
R. B. BAER & CRANZ.
WHOLESALE 6R0CERS
AID COTTOI FACTORS,.
RICHMOND
Straight Cut Ho. I
CIGARETTES
filOUETTE Pnwlm villfD; to pay a lit-
-" urniT iitrwijtnrrnre uum inc price cannfi
forlhe onllnary Inwlf Cigamt wlUflmtflM
utrffvd
Riclioiu StraiiM Cut No. 1
SUFEBIOIt TO ALL OTHEIW.
Thf r ar me fromi th biichtett. raoit dtT
efttoly IITrwt tuhl hlftast ml goItlleaT
grown Id Vlrjclnla- otl are absolutely without.
Moltvrmtlon or ilrujw.
We ii- the GnaiBr French Rica Paper, of
oar own Ulrect lmtrtation. vhlch U matte m
perlallrrru4f water-marked ttita the name
oftbeltrawl: J
1 Cut No. J,
.--, .-vi. vv-.mi avtv-n wm ! VW AIT rD
alar, lla-te Imltatlorw of this) brawl hare been
put on Mle, and llftarrtre onioVrrtare cautlurml
that thit 14 the Old awl Orlcloal lira&tl, atht to
observe that each package or box ot
fiicliioiu StraiiM Cnt Cigarettes
MM TBS SlLXATCUOr
XLLEX& GETTER, Manufacturer
ItlClIllONO, TA.
nn ftih f!lwrt n-lttuuit hlK um -. .
STRONG'S
Sanative Pil'is
Protrtl by Bucce-yfal use fr half a cctary
No Griping, Poisooou Droi, lmt pntelr ee
ruble. mUb and reliable tieseribe.1 eren Cy
Kij-ic anj. Aieel cure fr Llrer Comnlalat.
iritVlns the Itlomt, lErpUatlnR the liweu!
CteanNin thitn Malarial Taint. A perfect eur
fer Sick Headache lotutlpatton, and all
nilllons Dlaorders. Sold br lnijriaU. tor
fiinmtilefc etc . aMre C K. HULL tt to
9 iJedar St., 3tew York lty.
WASTED
AcenU Iter
th. GOLDEN
OrTXlOHT on th.
unvvn: okkax KitTiriiit
-
ehnnl tMrhriM. Stmlnf nnnor. ...i r.
dlenartlairaiajrenU fur this book, are raakinir
orertioo per month. HetUfest Onsaeentioll
laonedartanther UandS Rlbl4 In a .,
Secre territory fiulck ALo, agents waoW
' utv uw iimmaiwi raniiiy jiioim erer oUU
brv areata. Semi (or circulars. AdilmcTSXAS.
BOOK A BIBLE CO . 733 Elm et.. OatlM. Texs
npiiiM
IWlTIIOirr PAIS OK DETKS-
TIOSFBOM BCalMSS.
CUIOr CUAR,IXTEEI.
HABITS
lAltoommaalcaUoiu itridlr ein-
i-"""' iwutfuwid mnii
'certtflcatee addreja
CUREu!I?,K,,u, nnStit.
w jwmr nL3
--it. w. uui
'ir.o. lioriia. ooi.njuicca.
STntlrn In Vrnlilii
The State or TbL- . t
TolhaShenfforany Constable of Wjh-
iseton Coon y. Greeting : '
Yo are hereby commanded to publish for
20 im in tie Brenham. Banner, ajiempaper
published in your county.the followini? notim
The Stat of Tbcas, .., ,
3 ToTU persoiiCinterestedin thfabUeof
John M. MiPherson, deceased, D.D.-Bolton,
adminijfratorof.nd estate, has- filed-iallhe
Connty Court of Washington county, his. fin
al account with the estate of said Tola M.
McHiersory deceased, and his apEcationr for
discharge from said feint, which will be. heard
at the next term or Ihe County Court oi.said
county, commencing oo the 1st Monday m
May, 18S4, at the Courthouse thereof, in. the
ply 01 Brenb.ua, at which time all persons
interested in said estate may appear and eon
test said application, if they see proper.
Herein fail hot, under penalty of the law,
and of this wnt make due return. Issued the
41bdayofAprl 8S.
Witness. II M. Lewis, drrfe rvf..M fw
L'S J?4 fte' se1 ,htr"fi a office, in the.
m.j oi j-uusm, inc .
ham, the ath day of April,
'"i U. M. Lrwrs,-f! -i
IT, "c.cwJcJ
Tuty.
tbat Ihe abore lad lore-
100 ' 1
ByCttlrtaBW.
Deputy.
I hereby certify tbat Ihe abore ad fart-
goingb a true and correct copy of the origi
nal Citation, now in mv -hands, and I onW
I the same published in the Brenham for ao.
uaj irom UU5 oaic. Apni 5. I&a. -
. L Mooal,
- Sheriff W.C.
Hottco in Probate.
TukStatzofTetas, , ff?-
To the bhenlTor any constable of Wash
ington Connty, Grreung :
i? 1 j nereBT """aanded to cause, to-be
Titi State or Tixas.
To aU persons interested inthcesWot
atnan King, deceased, O H"P.SGirTeH--i,
administrator or jald estate, hasfilcd?mlnil
County Court of JVashingtoo CounWarrapa
rlicauon for discnW;: . .s. .j.i:.S?S
ofUiuwntmalrAducrcturiu Issued tic.
2d day of ApnL lSSl.
Witness, H. M. LewU Qerk of said ccirt.
L.S. "iuwreoli at oftice in tne Citr
ofBrenhao,the2ddayorApnl, 1SS4.
ILM. Lewis. .
CC.C.W.CX
I hereby certify tha the abore is a true and!
correct copy of the original Citation now in
my hands, an 1 1 or'cr the same published in
the Brenham Banner fcr twenty days from
this date, April 3d, 1SS4.
" J. L.MOOKE, -
Sheriff JV, C. .
If otico ib Probate.
TUE STATt OF IExIsT"
To ll Sheriff or anr CouUble ol Washliur
tou Cunli Greeting
. . Xl "? b'rbx oommandM ( eauM lo Ii. pab
llsheit at lea 30 dan In tb. Rrmbafn rtenn!w .
jMwspaper lirlotw la ta. countr of W uhlajrtoir.
laa loiiowiog aollc
THE ST WK OF TEXAS
To all iwrrni laterested in the niu, 0r
loku aa.I Anna ham. JfC.alTlt)Hm
?dmAJiinlkS2?,0"r,,' W KurS
ana Anna Kuru, deceased. tta& aia in ta
toutrOnort ot Wad.lnrtoneonthl, Una
aceount wlla ta. estate ofj. Kunrand Anna
Kum. deeeMl, whJMi.nm b. hr,r, n,.
nit term or th Oxintr Court efsald fouiui
TOmmFucloc on Ih. lat MonOaT la alar, 1SJ1. t
the &airt llouae Ibtrrf f.la ihe Cltj- afBnaham.
atwhnkUni.allpimonslatemle4li said r
tala maysppar and contest said anoUcailon. 11
lhr see proir.
IleniQ fail nut. nnd. hamit. .r. i..i. . ,
y J Cltr of Brenham, the Sd daf ot
April, ISM. u.' M. UswajT7
I hereby eertlfrihst the abon'wl'iibnroiiir
i!,Vi!'iS4?,7w,c5,T r,ulslalCitatui
now lauy baada, and I order IB. am-pullta.
ed la 11 nrraham Haaner fortweatT tar
rrom thla date, April 4 l'Wt. '
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AUJEITS JIAWTFOLD
CYCLOPEDIA
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