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BRENHAM WEEKLY BANNER.
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VOLUME V.
BRENHAM WASHINGTON COUNTY TEXAS FRIDAY JANUARY 9 1SS0.
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BBEKDI-OVE & EWINK
AttornoTB - n t -Xj ninr
Brenham. Tiar
-TEN. S. ROGERS
Attornoy-aUliaw
ChappeD II H Texas.
cjusLcairrxs.
A. WIXSLOW.
SCHUTZE & WINSLOW
Attorneys t LAW-
Win prxtflr In tlvlt biMlnmonty Inall
tlrt eouru in WadilDKtoneuuatyarol enprvniA
mart ftutl court ofappnLi. novl&Lxw
xrr C. BAIRD M. D "
Physician anJSnrKCon
ch.S-tt VMer.Tenn.
JF.ifATCHETT. M. D.
Surgeon and Plijslcian
Brenham Texas.
Ttaltectfunr Informs hit old frlemls of fbli
xtrrand vicinity that h. ha resumed pructfo
othoeatUielvalK'drllon.ff iii&t-O.
fi H. BEAUMONT. M.D-
Practicing P hysician.
Bresham. Texas.
SI Can be found athisoffice.norllioi
Uiesquare in real estate building during
the day and at his residence at night janl6w
x XATaxarcit. jm. x. nucsur
KAVANAUGH & PKESLER.
RfccirlEfr Fonrardlns and
commission wmm.
Dealers la barbed and plain fence wire
cedarposts wE9nS plouhs5Lc: Spedal
attention given to cotton. jpSd&w3in
Ty R.JAHNKE
S A.DDIBB'
Schuerenburg's Shop Sandyst
BRENHAM : : : TEXAS.
Keeps constantly on hand a fall stock of
Saddles bridles harness and horse furnish-
ing goods.
faf' Repairing a specialty. sep'g w
QEBASTIAN VORDERKUNZ
HORSE SHOER
AKD SZACXSMXSEC
Shop on Quitman street In rear of
Asbct3r Ileintcle & Bro'&
Is prepared to do alt iands pf general
Uadanithmg' and jtajs particular Attention
to horse shoeing.' nov2odJtw3m
T L. EDWARDS t
Contractor and Ballder
Brenliam Texas.
Is prepared to contract tor- building ani
renersl carpenter trork. Estimate and
design famished at short notice. Special
attention ven to job work Pationag.
soliatedasas&sDictiongnaraed. Shop
south side of maoistreel opposite Mcintjre
House. Jklarch 23.1S79.
C BUSKWITZ
DEALXR IN
Groceries and Provisions
WINES LIQUORS CIGARS
Crocker j Lamps ami Glassware
Corner Ant and Quitman Streets
SepL 33'79-5ia. Brenhrm Texas.
-VTTIIXIAM ZEISS
AND
ooKT35x:cxa:cri3aa.
Maiii Street Brenhxm Texas.
DEALER in Staple and Fancy Groce-
ries Wines Donors Lager Beer &.C
Hot Bread Fresh Cakes and lies on hand
all times. janl78-y.
M.1"
KATTMANN
NEWS DEALER
School Books Stationary Periodicals
Varieties and Kotiotvs.
StibsaiptionsrRcerrod for all PnUications.
Afinlcwitz Building west side of square
dccudtf Brcnham. Texas
Mclntyre House
GEO. H. WILSON & SON
Proprietors
Main street Brenham Texas.
This well known house has been ihor-
ongMy renovated and is now open to the
public eErerj department first class; best
tare to be had in the air; board can be had
by the day. week or month at reasonable
rates. Spedal accommodations for com-
mercial travelers and theatrical troupes.
JOHN A. HANDLE
Real Estate Agent
SREPHAM lEXAS.
(Established in 1S75.)
Mikes a specialty of selling an J exchang
ing lands -ana town property the rendering
and payment of taxes renting and look
ingafter dwellings and storehouses. .
7 Office upstairs in Grabcrs Boildiitg
icptffTS.
ROUSE fit MURPHY
PAINTERS
Shopuii4UrlcFarlnt BookStre
Brenham - Texas
jSy House sign and ornamental paint
ng? paper hanging and gluing neatly and
exreuitBusIy executed. AH work guaran
teed; prices reasonable. may2odwt
K. BASS. EDUOND LOCKETT.
BASS & XOCKETT
LAW CLAIM AND
GE1M AGENCY OFFICE
BRENHAHI TEXAS.
5?" Personal attention given to all mat-
ters entrusted to as. may23wt
O JT. CAM-BELL GEO. A WDDIXCS.
CASIPPELL & GIDDINGS
DEALZKS IN
Staple and Fancy
GROCERIES
Sandy Street west of the Opera House
BRENHAM. TEXAS. - .
ES- Goods dchrered free to any part
of the cay. sept. 10 "79-diwiy.
AIiEX SOIOtf
Tak thU mtbol of iDfurmtur hi oU
rrlilh antl cmlomrrs thnt
bt hu raecrHl(4 In
SST ARRANGING HIS -a .
Financial Complications
In a mann that Is Mitisractory to hl mH
tan and now ha th p1iaut of
aiinoujiclng that h bu
RESUMED BUSINESS
At yis old stand
And hereby tcD1(T them aeordlal loritailou
to call and examine hla stuck of
FALL AND WINTER
ccrsiiTnxG op
STirtE ASD F1XCT
DEKaQQDS
BOOTS &SHOES "
HATS CAPS
CLOTHING
QUEENSWARE '
- ' 1 - GROCERIES
and in fact all articles to be
found in a general stock of mer-
chandise. ' In addition he has a
large and varjed-assortment of
FURNITURE
all of which he is offering at
"summer prices.
ALEX SIMON.
Brenham Jane "14 Jyg.
WHOLESALE & RETAIL
3r ir o per
AXD DEXLEB IT
WesjerrfProrJuGe
FAMILY SUPPLIES
liquors; -IT .-.
TOBAQ(X)S ' l J
a'ciGARS
" ' r J'"i -9 &c
'Aiio2:? '
Brick 'Contractor
AND
BUILDER v
Superior BRICKS on-hand a)
all times at moderatejprices.1
CONTRACTS' SOLICITED. '
S" Office! Corner'Main and Dong-
lass streets. Brickyard four blocks east of
Conrthoose. octI7wtf
"Baylor University.
Opens January 2d 1880;
Session ends June 10 1880.
Oldest Institution in Texas.' Grades as
high as any in the United States. Thor-
ough instruction. Ninety-one. students in
1879 SeTenty-one since Sept. Fifty-three
non-resident students No charge for ex-
tras. Modeled after the first schools of the
world. Board $11 per month. Tuition
$yzo $4.70 and $5.70 per month. Book
Keeping and Penmanship a specialty.
Keep your money at home. Rev. Ym.
Crane D. D. L. L. D. and fire other ef-
ficient Instructors.
H. GARRETT
President of Trustees.
( G W.BEEDLOVE Setfy. janjtf
Trustees Sale
Jr Tlitae of the authority Tetetlln me by
'a d eed of truet executed September ltrth ISTe
l7 1 . Austin Bryan to me as trustee to ecure
the payment of & promissory noie for tjooc
Eild executed by 91M Brran toTttomaslt.
ally payable 12 mouths after said date with
intenet at 14 pet rent per annum from date
I will on the flret Tuenday the 3d day of Feb-
ruary A. D. 18M) eell at public auction for
cash lu gold at the oDortbonse door In the
city orilrenhani Washington ecmntr Texa.
the followlos tracts or parcels of land situated
In Brazoria county. Texas to-wlt: 1050 acres
of land on the Bernard rirer being the tract
allotted to said M. A Bryan in the dlTlleloa
of the lands granted to Mephen F. Austin;
also soo acres of land on Oyster creek being
apart of MldBryan'a old homestead tract lu
said Bmzoi la county and will execute to the
purcnaser at snch sale such title as Is vested
In me by said deed of .trust.
nr23-Sm II. II. DAILY Trustee.
Barnes House
Ccrner MsJue Street and Texas Avenue
Houston Texas.
The Old Capitol Hotel rebuilt and ur-
nished with entire hew furniture. Fine
sample rooms and especial attention to'
traveling commercial gentlemen.
J. L. BARNES Proprietor.
' PETER LOISELLE.Stewar
TPg3I-tf
WANTED;
A limited number
of active energetic
canvassers to enrraire
n a pleasant and-profitable business oooa
men will find this rare chance
TO MAKE MONEY.
Such will please answer this advertisement
by letter enclosing stamp for reply stating
what business they have been engaged in.
None but those who mean business need
apply. Address
FINLEY HARVEY & CO.
mchuwiy Atlanta Ga
Estray Notice.
Taken up by W. il. Coleman on the
14th of Oct. 1S79 one don horse about 1 1
or 12 years old about 14 hands high and
branded on left shoulder UT. Valued at
$20. deci2W4w
Taken up by C C Dulin at his resi-
dence in Washington co. on the 14th ol
October 1879 t black mare white face
about 13 hands high 5 years old bran-
ded 90 on left shoulder. Valued at $ 1 5.
Attest II. M. Lewis a c cur. c
By C F. IIekbst Deputy.
Assignee's IMoticc.
Hit en ham Texas Dec 22d 1S70.
The undersigned has been appointed by
Joseph Mashik Jr. assignee of all his
property for the benefit of the creditors of
the said Joseph Mashik and notice is
hereby giverf to all persons "indebted to the
said J. Mashik to come in and settle with
the assignee at once.
W. W. SEARCY
dec24dltwjt Asgnce of J. Mashik.
Pire Insurance.
BpRKE
Of FICE 53 Sandy Street Brenham Texas.
Pr.TUTTS
Expectorant I
IN 2SCTS. AND SI BOTTLES.
Ita properties arc Demulcent Wutrl -j
tive Baleajnic Soothing and Healing.
Combiaing fcUthese qnalitieg it I it
most ffectlTe LtTNO BALSAM erVer
pgered to ugerere trom puimonnry
diiteaaea.
DR. J. F. HAYWOOD
of Xtw York vulontarHy Indorees It.
-READ WHAT KE SAYS:-
DrTUTTt Sew York Sept. 19. 1ST7.
Dt bir OoriDC Uut yiMsr I Ttitd nj brjdrd
w of luo tl mum la the lwr v.nli at the
Hj l& e. m of & wit imri tyt- It vu
tbreiiytUs iuaWaBe&lliIlaTBU'upiannt
m I ouaiMtj na vjnw &S lu woadonal powr.
Uonoc vcacUc at twotj iwtt 1 hare nrm
uwb naicUiViBciu prtMoptlr.UMl with aelt
tiaprf ellrcU. ltlBlotljiabdMaUMiaotriolal
flti el dMubinc nd invu-ubty cansl th diMue a
elcwdiy. ldmriellfiiKlorMUuUM bt lug
UMtiaa 1 rrr d
J. r RAyCIS n ATtTOOD. M. P.
A NEWSPAPER PUB. WRITES.
vitAparaiBOtuklftttwuttrr.vtuc -Ult him wtta m
tvilnt oouck. . kVWtf U i.U ji ft nraoth Mnce
I or tint cur o 4-a 1 an lecbfl tufoOT TklaotUe
iadel. but Dhoa did aj vuod traUl I aaetl ronr Ki-
pwl'jruil mbnUl ol wLtch removed tha coaca
Had terrible'NICHT SWEATS.
tlsr nnr If 1 iimIm mill Mimluact la i
nd (sixteen toaid in weutbt. I had tnd )wort
."kilt dosan Bott.a. TbatucbtawUbSv left m.
TViYUiiiijtihadtMTiblastttSwMta. IttKnUXMl
aif dosan kntt.a. Tbatufbt iwUUr left m
la Mat bu (Lssppwrsd mttdl hmw nloedfllteea
Mld4BriV.
Br-.ll. A IHWHIDDV1I M mtJFuJ TllMt.
WitHtlri"Wt OUVEHBlCK.
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.
Reader hate yon caocht a coMT Are yon un
able to raise the phlegm 1 Have yoa aa trw
lion intbe Ibromtt A ecnaa of oppteeeioa on
the lnngB with short breatay Do yen hTea
Ct of coagfalng on lying down 7 A eharp pain
now and then hi iiie region of the bwt shosl-
tiers sod bacltr If eo wr Adrteejletake at
onceadoeeolTntt'sljectorSBt;'yoawsaon
be able to tala the plikggi. sn an hoct repest
the Kspectormt place ehottroo lolbefeettXe
two of Tail's rm&i You vUl soon fell Into a
pleasant sleep end wake ap in the rooming.
-conga jonlaP-gs-worktop treely; easy breath-
ing juid tbe bowels tnoring fn a natural maimer.
Toprereatiaretaraof theeo symptonui use the
hapgciorant Bercrsl days.
Office 35 Murray Street N. Y.
TUTT'S PILLS
CUUE TOItl'lD 1-lVtIU
TUTT'S PILLS
com: DvsptrsiA.
TUTT'S PILLS
cum; cosiTXTeitiL&s. a
TUTT'S PILLS
CUItE TVl.n AMD AUCK.
TUTT'S PILLS
CURltSICK IIElDtUlC
TUTT'SPILLS
ccitn uiLiotlx colic
TUTT'S PILLS
OIVF: APPSTllt.
TUTT'S PILLS
PUllJi'V'I'IIE BtOOD.
TUTT'S PILLS
cunt: Pit.its.
TUTT'S HAIRED YE.
GasT llxia ob Wtntuai ehaiwd t Gtowx
JUlack by ainif application of tnia tra. It im-
parueftataralCwlur.acto Inataa Uooooaly. sad is
a llarnlcea as bptIbk water bold bj Draouti or
ae&t bj cjpra on roceipt of CL
Office 35 Mur'aySt New York.
Notice in Probate
THE STATE OF TEXAS.
To the SierifT or any Constable of
Washington county county Greeting:
Yoa are heieby commanded to caused
to'bepnbhshedm then Brenham Bannik
.a newspaper printed in the county of Wash-
ington lor at least twenty days the follow-
ing notice:
THE STATE OF TEXAS.
To all persons interested in the estate of
James Hill the 3d deceased;
Alfred CHalL administrator of said es-
alehas filed in the county court of Wash-"
ingion county an application lor uisuiaij;c
from. the administration of the estate of
Tames Hall the 3d deceased tcgether wilh
his final acconnt ith said estate tthich
ill be heard at the next term of the county
courtof said county commencing on the
THIRD MONDAY IN JANUARY
iSSo at the cpnrt house thereof in the city
of Brenham at which time all persons in-
terested in said estate m?y appear and con-
test said application if they see proper.
Herein fail not under penalty of the
law and of this writ male doe return.
lnedthe 22d day of December 1S79.
Witness H. M. Lewis derL of said
court and the seal thereof at office.
-ls in the city of Brenham the zzd
day of December 1879.
JT. M. LEWIS CCC.W.C.
I hereby certify that the above and fore-
going is a true and correct copy of the
original citation now in my hands.
J. II. HUTCHINSON Sheriii:
WiLLF.GARKETT.Deputy. deasw
Citation.
THE STATE Or TEXAS.
To the Sheriff -ot .any Constable of
Washington county greeting:
Whereas oath has this day been made
before me by Charles Haggart agent of
O.-L. Grier that N. B. Eastman is abvent
from this state or is a transient persOL so
that the ordinary process ol law cwnot be
served upon him. You are hereby com-
manded that you by making publication
of this writ in. some .newspaper printed in
Washington county if there De one but if
there be no newspaper printed in said coun-
ty then by publication in some newspaper
printed in the nearest county where there
is one for' three successive weeks before
the re um day hereof summon the said
N. B. Eastman to be and appear before me
at my office' in the town of Brenham in the
county of Washmcton on the 2Cth day of
January. A. D. 1SS0 to answer the com-
plaint of the said O. L. Gner for the sum
of $45x0 due upon promissory note exe-
cuted by said N. B. Eastman to said O. L
Grier for $45x10 dated on the nth day of
March A. D. 1878 and payable on the
1st of Dee. A. D.. 1S78. with lO'nerccr.L
interest per annum from said date.
Herein lau.not ana ot uns wm make
due 'return as the law directs.
Given under my hand this the loth -ay
of Dec A. D. 1870
II. L. McCLUNG
dec!2w3w j. p. w. c
I certify that this is a. true copy of the
.original writ now in my hands and order
that the same be published in the Brenham
Bannex for three successive weeks'prior
to The return day;
O.CROZIER.C.W.C.
Notice in Probate.
TIIE STATE OF TEXAS.
To the Shenfi or any Constable of
Washington county Greeting:
You arc hereby commanded to cause to
be published for at least tw enty days in the
Brenham Banner a newspaper printed in
the county of Washington the following
notice:
THE STATE OF TEXAS.
To all persons interested in the estate o
Wm. Keesee deceased;
J. Matthews executor of the estate of
m. Keesee deceased has filed in the
county court of 'Washington county an ap-
plication for discharge from the administra-
tion of the estate of William Keesee de-
ceased togt thcr with his final account with
said estate which will be heard at the next
term of the rounty court of said county
commencing oc the
THIRD MONDAY. IN JANUARY
1SS0 at the courthouse thereof in the city
of Brenham at which time all persons in-
terested in said crtate may appear and con-
tent said application and account l( they see
proper.
Herein fail not under penalty of the law
and of this writ make due return.
Issaed the 22d dav of December 1S70.
Witness H. M. Lewis clerk of
E.U I said court and the seal thereof at
office in the aty of Brenham the
22d day of December 1S79.
11. M.LEWIS C.C.C.V.C.
I hereby certify that the aboc and fore-
going i a true and correet copy of the
original citation now in my hands.
J. 11. HUTCHINSON.Sherifr.
By Will F. Garrete Deputy. dec25
ihS W ZU Urn i rrc Ail.trf m-
imv A Co l'ortiand Maine tlrclMtwly
JOIt PRINTING oleiery description
rxecu'cd with neatnv-j and dispatch
at rtU otftte and at prices lha "defy co
pcttion.
JicgrwtIwmJnmir-v
rubllshed Dally and "Weekly.
n.XUIN & LEVIX Proprietor!..
Largest Circulation of any Paper pub-
lished in this Senatorial District.
Hateit orSnbiwrlptlont
lnllr one copyneyeart . 99(H)
Weekly one cupr nn'e ear. . 2 W"
Rates of Advertising!
Trannlent and Lepal advfrtJ-Mment lnert-
M at I.!tUieruiiinr for GiNt Intrtlnn. nmt
Tl cent per square for each subeetiueut laser- :
Jiarrtate nnd utiituarr notice eTceMlnjr
fiiinrime nairprie. taitorni nonce-! nr
purely titiMnc character lurentsa line each
nertlou.
OFFICE OF rUBUCATION:
Vanness building St. Charles street be-
tween Sandy and-Quittman sts.
Brenham Texas?-
Entcretl at the rostofiicc at Brenham
Texas ascond-dass mail rnatter.l
Boston has a new 'democrat
ic paper called the Slandaad.
The total debt of Alabama is
257803000; annual interest
Si73-23Q.
Gov. Cornell was duly in-
augurated at Albany N. Y.
January I.
The total bonded indebedt-
ness of the state of Texas is
now 55.345.87
The "Great Circumnaviga-
tor" is the latest handle attach-
ed to Gen. Grant's name.
The Wassen car works at)
Chattanoogor; were burued on
the 1st inst. loss $50000.
A movesiekt is on foot in
Dallas to invite Grant to visit
that city on his return from
Cuba.
The treasury of Pennsylvania
is in such an impoverished con-
dition that the school teachers
can't be paid.
Gov Blackburn of Ken-
tucky in his message to the
legislature reccommends an in-
crease in taxation.
At Savannah Ga. Gen.
Grant was escorted by a color-
ed militia company from the.
depnt to the hotel.
The Dallas Ha aid and Com-
wcrrj'aofthe 1st inst. issues an
interesting supplement and
takes a new year's day rest.
The Maine supreme court has
been summoned to meet and
consider the questions pro-
pounded by governor Garcelon.
It was expected that the Su-
preme Court of Maine would
render its decision in the elec
tion cases on Saturday the 3d
inst
For Christmas reading the
San Antonio Haald publishes
a list of all Jthe marriage licen-
ses issued in the county during
the year.
Gov. Robinson after a thor-
ough investigation of the case
of Joe Coburn the pugilist re-
fused to pardon him out of the
penitentiary.
. . .
The national "banks savings
institutions and cotton com-
presses of Houston manage by
some hookor crook to avoid
paying city taxes.
At Dallas Abe Levi was
waylaid and beaten by two un-
known men. Mrs. Blair who
is charged with instigating the
castigationiwas arrested.
Grant declined to be accom-
panied by a New York Herald
correspondent in his southern
trip. Bennett- has weakened on
Grant and Grant reciprocates
by weakening on Bennett.
Miss Cummins one of the
principle witnesses in the Cur-
rie case says that she has never
been notified or summoned offi-
cially or otherwise to appear at
the' Currie trial as a witness.
Dan RicE.has not been con-
verted; he has simply quit drink-
ing whiskey and taken to lec-
turing on temperance he him-
self beintj the living example of
.the evil effects of whiskey drink
ing.
Gen. Grant was tendered
an ovation at Beaufort r S. C
About 3000 persons met him at
the train he was escorted under
anarch inscribed "Welcome"
and through flag-decorated
streets to the hotel.
The Pleasanton Atascosa
county Stock Journal has gone
to be an angel. During its life
it was a very mild mannered
paper and if any newspaper
ever becomes an angel it cer-
tainly is one.
.
Colorado one ot the young-
est of the states is in a very
prosperous condition. Cattle
shipments realized $2 1500000
and the total product of her
mines was $19110000 against
$9830000 in 187S.
The attorney general in clos-
ing his speech in the Jack land
district crookedness now being
examined at Austin charged
that the casi involved a clear
steal from the state of over half
a million acres of land:
It is aujhorjtativcly announ-
ced "that the contract for the
construction of the Texas and
Pacific railroad from Fort
Worth to El Paso a distance of
750 miles was signed on Wed-
nesday last. The pric! paid is
understood to be $:oooo per
mile in first mortgage bonds of
the company.
EDITORIAL IIREilTIES
Near Nashville Tonncsscc a
negro seized his wife from
whom he was separated and
placing the muzzle of a shot-
gun in her mouth fired blowing
offher head from the mouth up-
wards. snison they Jo things on
nt-scalc; the editor
tliasbeen presented
tto'iai
re-arrjument v.
Ifappears tifat
ulent entdrDrtsei'
kinds haveuuringthe pasty
been deprived of the 'use of the
mails.
The Austin correspondent of
the Texats' Christian Advocate
"has made the discovery that
few if any of the present state
administration fsdm'the govern
or down are members of any
church and that most
of thtm
drink whiskey.
The Dallas Baptists are now
devided into two factions the
Bucknerites and the Linkites
and a happy and interesting
time they are having quarreling
with each other. The brethren
do not dwell together in peace
and harmony.
Advices from Ooroomtah
Persia arelo.the effect that the
famine in all that reigion is in-
creasing daily. There are only
two months supplies of food to
last the next seven months.
Help is expected from England
and America.
The Texas delegation have
written to citizens of Galveston
suggesting the propriety of
their writing personal letters to
the members of the house com-
mittee on river and harbor im-
provements " regarding the
needs of the port of Galveston.
The Crockett Patron issues'
a small sheet circular size an-
nouncing that it will soon be on
its feet again and asking its
deliuquent subscribers to come
forward and pay up A deliu-
quent subscriber as a general
thing is deaf to all appeals.
The Peabody fund appor-
tioned to Louisiana will here-
after be applied exclusively to
the support of the two normal
.schools at New Orleans one
for white the other for colored
students. The sum for both
this year will be about $3660.
It is aaid that the supreme
court will decline to take up the
Butler-Chittenden case envolv-J
ing the constitutionality of the
legal-tender act partly for pres-
dential reasons and partly be
cause in the absence tf justice
Hunt the court'is liable to be
divided in its decision.
The Santa Fe railroad is ad-
vertising liberally with the news-
papers along the line of the
Sunset route and is turning the
Galveston travel from the West
to its own line. Two hours
time Is saved by taking the San-
ta Fe at Rosenberg junction in-
stead of going via Houston.
Grant has a serious cuteancc-
ous ailment of the right dexter
which the telegrams euphemis-
tically speak of as a boil. In
view of the number of dirty-
handed Republican politicians
who have shaken paws wilh him
lately he may consider himself
lucky if he escapes with his
arms.
A democratic senator ap-
proached Mr. Hamlin of Maine
saying "Well brother Hamlin
how much longer must we have
that fellow Hayes in the white
house?" Hamlin quick as
lightriing replied "Just fourteen
months and sixteen days d m
InD
3'nijaH
tfHK ' cigars and
hBLgw-':dgemcnrtJ
acconJBjtcKjatt
fty-cenHHtiHH
The JH
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u3
him." He is keeping a closeVJ ej says there are hundreds of
account. Anetrroes at Parsons and Emoo-
The December report of theu
department of agriculture indi
cates a large increase of the
area sown in winter wheat es-
pecially in Missouri Illinois
Oregon Kansas and Indiana
ranging from fourteen to twenty
per cent There is a decline in
Alabama Mississippi and Ar-
kansas. The average increase
taking all the wheat states is
about twenty per cent
The land office of Texas is
far from being a bonanza in the
way of cash receipts. The
statement of the commissioners
just published shows that the
total receipts from September
1. 1878 to December 31 1879
from all sources were only
$8091201. The number of
acres of land in.thestate'against
which there are no claims of
any kind is now 22978242.
Gov. Cornell of New York
is in favor of taxing church
property and will it is thought
urge the legislature of New
York to pass a Kill in accordance
with his views on tins subject.
At present there is a diversity
of opininn in regard to taxing
church property a majority we
think being opposed to it. The
time is coming when church
property will be taxed the same
as that of individuals.
Tun Houston Iclcgiam has
anaditorial on the "Senatorial
Race" in which the entire field
is reviewed. Governor Roberts
ex-Governor Throckmorton
Hon. John Hancock Hon. I.
H. Reagan Hon. Roger Q.
Mills Hon. D. B. Culberson
Hon. J. T. Devin and ex-Governor
Hubbard are named as
having their eyes turned in the
direction of the senate. After
briefly discussing the wants of
these various aspirants the
tfclcgram concludes Hon. S.
B. Maxey present incumbent
is the man for the pbec. The
Banner thinks so too.
A New Orleans merchant
states that he was advised
about a year ago by a member
of the board of underwriters
not to ship on the Uorussia as
his company would take no
risks. If this be so there was
criminal recklessness in sending
a vessel to sea that was unsca-
worthy. The Borussia was
recently lost at sea with nearly
all on board.
A Boston Advertise) dispatch
says the Maine republicans arc
pleased that the governor and
counciljiavc submitted question
the supreme court and have
nfidence that they have car-
d a poiut in getting iheir own
'cstions before the court. The
e dispatch says the demol
rats have arranged for contest
ing the seats of a number of
rqjrcsentatives to settle the
election cases before doing any-
thing elseT'
Saint Louis seems to be
growing at an enormous rate.
Jn 1S78 there were 1862 build-
ings erected at a cost of $2-
611629. n l79 Jhere were
1904 buildings erected at a cost
ol $3821637 being an increase
of $1210008. This showing
certainly does not show any
sign of hard times or any strin-
gency in the money market.
Prosperity and good times js
the general rule throughout the
country.
HIE bt. Louis Republican a
very sound democratic paper
says many newspapers through-
out the country assuming to be
democratic to the core have
lacked the nerve to sustain the
stand which has been taken in
Maine by the executive and
council in favor of law and or-
der and against treason and se-
dition. This is pretty strong
language but it is only fair to
presume that the Republican
knows exactly what it is talking
about
Dallas is greatly elated over
the prospects of the immediate
construction of the Texas and
Pacific railroad to El Paso. Bus-
iness was greatly stimulated
thereby ond values increased.
Immediate metropolitan im-
provements are urged and a
large increase in population is
confidently expected. It is
probable that by the time the
road is completed to El Paso
connection from the Pacific will
also be made thus completing
the great Southern Pacific rail-
road. Parnell Dillon and Davitt
Irish aigtators have arrived in
New York. They were receiv-
ed by a delegation. Mr. Dillon
said the famine pending in Ire-
land is beyond control of priv-
ate charity. It is a calamity
with which the government is
bound to deal and one which
no private charity can avert
He said we shall have some-
thing like a quarter of a million
prople without food for four
or five months. Mr. ParnelL
will visit the principal cities of
the United States and Canada.
A sample of sorghum has
been received by the state agri-
cultural society of Illinois. The
sugar was made in Lake coun-
ty Illinois.and is said by compe-
ted judges to be equal to the
best N.Orleans sugar ever made
being pure and free from any
sorghum taste. Sixteen hun-
dred pounds of this sugar has
been made from an acre of land
at a profit of $80 an acre. Con-
siderable interest is being man-
ifested " in the growth of this
cane and it is thought that ere
long Illinois will raise her own
sugar.
H. The Dallas H.-C. of the 1st
inst publishes an interview with
an old negro named Ed. Burle-
son from Burleson county who
y is on his way back from Kansas.
ia in a starving and destitue con-
dition. They are so numerous
that but few of them can get
work; land rents at from three
to four dollars an acre cash in
advance. Ed represents the
condition of his race in Kansas
as deplorable in the extreme
and says when he gets back to
Burleson he will stay tlierc.
At Washington city on new
year's day there was a little ex-
citement in addition to new
yera's calls. John H. Morgan
son of senator Morgan of Ala-
bama was walking along G.
street with a friend when they
were met by Miss Lucy W. R.
Horton who suddenly drew a
revolver and shot Morgan
through the shoulder. Morgan
owes his life to the fact that
Miss Lucp was a novice inC
handling a pistol. Last Jul
Miss Horton Dcgan suit agamsr.
Morgan for breach of promise of
marriage; since that she lost her
position in the treasury depart-
ment has been generally unfor-
tunate. Morgan's friends say
she is crazy and she says she is
sorry she did not kill him.
The Louisville Post and iVezvs
says the protective tariffprotects
manufacturers in the followihg
manner: A number of gentle-
men organized a company for
the purpose of making earpet
warps jt Frankfort of flax.
The machinery had to be im-
ported as it was of a peculiar
charaeter. 1 he cost 01 it was
$12791 and the amountof duty
was $477lL85. tnus adding to
the amount of capital upon
which a dividend must be earn-
ed more than one-third. This
we see is a perpetual tax. Still
the tariff hastdefenders among
men who believe the South
be should madca manufacturing
The greatest impediment to the
uphuilding of factories in the
South is the so-called projective
iartfl.
STATE SEWS.-
The Dallas police wear a
uniform of navy bine.
Sherman has r-ccived40-245
bales of cotton this season.
The weekly papers of last
week are full of wedding no-
tices. A negro froze to death
near Columbus during a Christ-
mas drunk.
Tramps are committing all
kinds of outrages in and about
Houston.
Hempstead's free schools
are closed for the season; the
funds are exhausted.
' A Belton business house
is to have plate glass windows
57x110 inches in size.
The wheat crop of Bell
county looks badly on account
of the protracted drought
A headless rooster has
been exhibited in Columbus
and surprised the Plaindealer
man.
Bell county has only eight
prisoners in her county jail but
new recruits are momentarily
expected.
Half a dozen Galveston
newsboys have gone on the
stage. They make variety ac-
tors and clog dancers.
Real estate business must
be dull in Galveston. Last
week there was but one transfer
that of a lot for $10.
Cuero has several institu-
tions of which the Magnolia sa-
loon is one. The Bulletin says
so and it ought to know.
Two rowdies at Salado
went into a negro church and
broke up a Christmas tree fes-
tival by firing their festive re-
volvers J. W. Spencer is working
a coal mine near Calvert and
ships three car loads a week to
Austin and other points where
it finds a ready market
The boiler ' at John
Smarte's steam mill at Burnet
exploded on Friday killing
Brice Smarte and the engineer
and wounding another man.
The graded school bu'ld-
ing at Bryan has been rented
for a private school until suffi-
ce ent funds can be raised to run
the same in the graded free-
school system.
Economical whiskey guz-
zlers about Belton buy alcohol
by the quart and dilute and
flavor it to their taste making
it a substitute for Cincinnati
bust-head or nigger whiskey.
Eugene Sloan formerly
of the Marshall Herald was
found dead in his room in tnat-!
city on Saturday last shot
through the head. Coroner's
verdict suicide; cause un-
known. At Houston on new year's
day a man with the horrible
name of Chaioupka fired a shot
at Mr. Danielson without any
provocation and'without doing
any harm. The shootist was ar-
rested. William Hunter living
three miles from Houston lost
22000 head of cabbage by the
late freeze; they were valued at
$2000. There is not a cabbage
plant left in Harris county ex-
cept in hot houses.
A fight occurred at Lar-
edo the other day. A women
and a man was -shot in bed
A general street row ensued.
Another Mexican was killed
and an American wounded;-
cause of this killing jealousy.
t-Tho Hempstead Courier
says the labor in Waller county
will be equal to what it was last
year. The exodus must have
1 1 t 'i:tl.J'
luutucu uicui vciy iiguiiy.
Plowing has commenced and
the general outlook is quite
bright).
John Durham colored
murdered Maud Allen colored
in Freestone county has been
given 99 years in the penitenti-
ary. There was vague doubt
as to his sanity else he would
have been givin the death pen-
alty. The Denison city gas
works formerly owned in Louis-
ville and representing a capital
of $50000 have recently been
sold out to a Denison company
who will continue to operate
them until supplanted by the
electric lisht
rf Crockett Patron: Farm
ers are going to worK wiui a
will white and colored. No
Kansas talk. Not a vacant
house in Crockett The Metho-
dists arc about building a nice
parsonage. Considerable pro-
perty changed hands. '
( A Dallas dispatch says
negro exodus has been checked
by the gloomy reports from
Kansas. Hundreds of negroes
have located in Djillas and Col-
lin counties. In the spring or
early fall they will make anoth-
er break for Kansas. )
Galveston courty's county
physician protests against the
sending of sick prisoners to
that county for safe keeping.
ThereJ is no allowance made
for medical attention and medi-
cines while sick prisoners often
require more for medicines
alone than is allowed by law
for boarding them.
At Fairfield on the 21st
ult. Allen Towles a negro mur-
dered his wife by shooting her.
He was arrested and the grand
jury being in session was indict-
ed tried convicted and the
death penalty assessed against
him all in four days from the
date of the murder. In this
case justice was sure and swift.
If a wealthy man had done the
same thing would he have been
convicted as promptly?
The Austin Statesman
issued an interesting newycar's
edition but we thing the Aus-
tin merchants might have dis-
played a little more liberality
in advertising.
The county attorney of
Fayette county publishes a
card in which he states that
after an examination and full
investigation it appears that
Robinson of Milam county
charged with the robbery of
Engle's store was found to be
innocent of the charge- Robin-
son is one of the parties charg-
ed with the Deanville robbery.
Miss Florence E. Davis
aged 17 daughter of Judge
Davis of Waco accidentally
shot and killed herself on Sat-
urday last. She had been in
the yard practicing with a small
revolver and had returned to
her room when a report of the
pistol was neara ana sne ex-
claimed that she had killed her-
self accidentally; the bullet en-
tered her heart and death im-
mediatelv ensued.
-AjTJenison special to the
News says arrangements have
been completed for the exten-
sion of the Denison and Pacific
railroad fifty miles westward
from Gainesville its present
terminus. 'Opposition from the
Texas and Pacific road and
competition for western trade is
the main incentive. The Deni-
son and Sonthcastern road is
also to be extended to Green-
ville In Hunt county. Work to
commence January 15.
Jfcrspapcr Editors.
A common error prevails in
the minds of people that any
person of education may suc-
cessfully edit a newspaper.
But the editor like the poet is
born as well as trained. It
takes a man of peculiar turn of
mind as well as of good educa-
tion to make the successful ed-
itor and then he must be es-
pecially trained and educated
through many years of exper
ience before he knows how to
handle a newspaper. The Bos-
ton Post calls attention to the
fact that on the London daily
papers all the great historians
novelists poets -.essayists and
writers of travels have been
tried and in nearly every in-
stance have failed. We might
say all for after a display of
brilliancy brief but grand they
died but literally. Their re-
sources were exhausted. "I
can" said a late editor of the
London Times to Moore "find
any nnmber of men of genius to
write for me- but very seldom
one of common sense." The
"thundeiers" in the Times
therefore have been men of
common sense." Nearly all
successful editors have been
menofthisVlescription. Camp-
bell Carlyle Bulwer and Dis-
raeli failed ; Barnes Sterling and
Philips succeeded. A good ed
itor writes not so much for his
paper; he reads judges selects
dictates alters and combines;
and to do all this well he has
but little time for composition.
To write in one thing to edit a
paper is another.
Receipt for .Slaking a Lire Toira.
I. Sell your building lots at
reasonable prices.
2. If you can afford to do so
donate a large building lot for
some large business enterprise
and thereby enhance the value
of town property.
3. Induce business men to
locate in your own town.
4. Patronize the business
men of your own town.
5. Always sum up your ex-
pense when you visit places out
side of your own town to buy
goods.
6. Speak well of your worthy
public enterprises.
7. If anything should be un-
dertaken that may be of bene-
fit to the town do not speak ill
of it to others because you hap-
pen to be predjudiced against
it
8. Speak well to strangers of
your town and people.
9. If you have surplus money
do not invest it in far-off specu-
lations but give yourself and
your town the benefit of it by
establishing some profitable
factory.
10. Encourage your local
newspapers by subscribing for
advertising in and paying for
it.
Gen. L. S. Ross of Waco is
already in nomination for gov-
ernor. The Houston Telegiam
knows Gen. Ross well and says:
"No purer better and but few
abler men live within the bor-
ders of broad Texas. A knight-
ly gentleman a Christian gen-
tleman a soldier a statesman
a man of depth and breadth a
progressive man and a young
man." That's the kind of a
man we want even if he has to
come from Dallas and that's
saying a great deal. Tlie Ex-
piess is more interested in the
man than in the section he may
come from. San An'onio Ex-
v
Republican politicians may
as well remember that if Grant
is nominated the anti-Grant
boom will be a good deal big-
ger than the democratic party
and as the Grant boom is a good
deal smaller than the republi-
can party the result might be
unpleasant for the republican
politicians.
A Buffalo gardener has ob-
served a new enemy to the Cod-
ling moth the foe of apple growers-
It is a black beetle which
cats th: catterpillar"and destroys
the chrysalis of the Codling
moth.
Cry Halt.
WKmlnetnn Star
There is one very sefiolU
questoin that the people of
every shade of political opinion
and of every section of our corn
mon country will have to con-
sider very maturely and- an-
xiously for it is the great ques-
tion of the present IHs this :
Is there to be another free fair
election of are elections to be
decided by frauds orby legal
technicalities and"dodges?Grant
will be nominated Is heto be
carried by trickery or violence;
or by both combined into the
Presidential chair for the third
term? That is the question of
the hour; that is the question
that must be firmly met; If
the people are really to be
cheated out of their right of
suffrage by quibbles and tech-
nicalities or by frauds practic-
ed by returning boards sit by
uic auuses or ucpuiy niarsnais
then their liberties are goner
forever and the country is
"test - - . '
"" Wtall know how the people"
were-clteated ctlS77. WeTall
know how the republicans
abused their power and stole
the Presidency. We all knou
how the votes actually .given
were reversed in Louisiana and
Florida.
Must these things continue?
Is the next candidate for Presi-
dent who-shalt be declared suc-
cessful to obtain his end and
office by tricks and frauds or
will there be an" open honest -fair
expression of the popular
will?
These things are to be con-
sidered. Upon their right an-
swer and upon right conduct
hang all that is precious and all
that is worth struggling for in
our American institutions. De-
prive the people of the right
.of choice anoUiberty is dead.
The Boston Herald an able
Independent 'paper wisely
says:
"Honest men without dis-
tinction of party should insist
upon a .halt and a return to
honest politics. We cannot
afford to wander any farther
away from the fundamental
principles of Republican gov-
ernment We believe that the
great body ot the people want
good government and honost
elections It is the politicians
with selfish interests to serve
who forgot the only legitimate
source of power." Let the
South and North let the East
and the West say to all who
would corrupt American poli-
tics and silence the free expres-
sions of the people's choice
halt.
Fish Raising:.
Colman Curat Wo-M.
There is some difficulty in
stocking stagnant pools with
good kinds of fish. One can- '
not have the choicest fish with-
out the very best conditions for
their culture. Trout require
cool spring water and it should
be a flowing stream unless there
are abundant springs at the bot-
tom of the pond springing frora
the gravel beds. Black bass is
the next best fish to trout and
may be kept in a pond if there
is an ample supply of fresh wa-
ter and food. The y illow perch
comes next and this will thrive
wheie bass will not; a pond
with muddy bottom if it is
planted with aquatic vegetation
will prpvide a comfortable home
for this variety. Then come
sun-fish and cat-fish. It is well
to put some cat-fish and let them
propogate and increase for a
time; then add some yellow"
perch which would live on the
cat-fish and increase as these
diminished until they take com-
plete possession of the pond.
It would then be riecessary to
provide some food if a large
stock was desired. Cat-fish can
be easily caught with a hook
put in a tub of water and trans'
portod to.a pond for a long dis-
tance. Yellow perch could fie
procured in the same way. A
few dozen peach would soon
stock a pond of half Jan acre.
When fish are put into the pond
it would be well to transplant
some water plants by taking up
roots ef water-iliesetc making
a ball ot mud about them and
drooping them into the water
here and there.
The Republicans of Maine
are endeavoring to create the
impression abroad that they are
a majority in the state that
they are in fact the people of
Maine and the alleged "fraud"
of Gov. Garcelon and the coun-
cil is a blow at the right of the
people to rule The facts may
as well be stated. The Repub-
licans are not in a majority; -if
they were their candidate for
governor would have been elec-
ted and the election would not
have devolved upon the legis-
lature. They claim that a ma-
jority of the Republican candi-
dates for the legislature were
chosen on the face of the re-
turnsand this is true; but
they were in a minority on the
vote for governor; the combined
votes for the Democratic and
Greenbacker candidates out-
numbered them and it is a clear
case of false pretences for them
to claim to be the people of the
state. If they should rise in re-
bellion the act would b-a revolt
of the people against their rul-
ers; it would be a levoltofa
minoriiy against the constitu-
tion and Saws of the state.
St. font's Republican.
It is difficult to understand"
why a wife never asks her hus-
band if the doors'are all locked
until he is snvgly covered up in
bed. -
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