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BRENHAM WEEKL
BANNER.
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VOLUME XV.
BKEKHAM WASHINGTON COUNTY TEXAS FRIDAY EEBBUAEY 6 1880.
NUMBER 6
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lirenbara Texas
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EN. S. ROUCRS
Attarncy-at-Iiaw
CharFellHU Texas.
gULsrocnz. . a. wttwlow.
sciuttze & toxslow
Auorne'j- 3Aw.
Will practice In civil twlnea only. In all
th court In WiMmniot and .niii-onie
eMrr.amlfinnrtfaipel. noTlfid&Tf
ttr C. I1AIKD M. U
rhjslclau and SarRCon
ndig-tf WeJeT.Tex.
J.
F. MATCIIETT. M. D.
Surgeon and rhjslcian
Brcnham Tens.
RmpcslniUr inform hi old friends or thli
cIlyandTlclntrT thai ha ha resume! pnwtlce
otnee at the Grntral loiue martt.
4- II. BEAUMONT M.D
Practicing Physician.
3EEN1IAU..TEXAS.
ESS" Can beMbund at Ks office north ol
the square In 'real esiate bautfm-'during
tnecayand alms residence at mcntianicw
x. XATAXArcn.
a. u. rnxsLTr
KAVANAUPH & PRESLEK.
RccclriBff ForwardlDant:
COMSSIOH MERCHANTS
Dealers in barbed and plain fence-wire.
cedarposts wagons ploughs &c Speeiaj
attention given to cotton. jy2Sdw3m
L. EDWARDS
Contractor and Enlldcr
Brenham Texas.
Is prepared to contract for building ane
general carpenter work. Estimate anc
design' famished at short notice. Special
attention :ven to job work. Fabonag.
solWted ana -sfacnon guaranteed. Shop
sooth side ofmaji ureet opposite Mclntjre
House. March 23.1870.
-TTrlLLIAM ZEISS
AND
OOKrErECTIOKEri'
Main Street Brenham Texas.
-pvEALER in Suple and Fancy Groce-1
JLV nes iocs L.auors Lager Beer 6x
Hot Bread Fresh Cai.es and fies on hand
all times.- ianl7S-y.
C. 3ML1XKAV1TZ.
; DEAXEJt IN
Groceries and Provisions
wines liquors; cigars
Crockery Lamps and Glassware
Corner Ant and Quitman Streets
Sept. 23.79-.'im- Breahnrv Texas.
TOHN A. RANDLE; - t
Meal Estate Agent
BRENHAM. JEXAS.
(EsUbHshediniS73.)
Miles a specialty of selling an3 exchang
lag lands sua town property the rendering
and payment of taxes renting and look
ing- alter dwellings and storehouses.
3g Office upstairs in Grabcr's Bonding
sept.6'78.
M.
KATTMANN
UGUTNI.1G -
NEWS.uD.EALER
Scxioo Bools Stationary Periodicals
Varieties and Notions.
Subscriptions received for all Publications
Mlnlcwiu BcHding vest side of square
decl2dtf Brenhain. Texas
Mclntyre House
GEO. H. WILSON &SON
Proprietors
Main street Brenham Texas.
This well tnown house -has been ihor
oujMy renovated and is now open to the
public. Every department first class; best
fare to be bad in the dry; board can be bad
by the day week or-month at reasonable
ra'es. Special accommodations for com-
mercial travelers and theatrical troupes.
K. EASS. ttlMOXD LOOtXTTi
BASS & I.0CKETT
LAV CLAIM AND
GENERAL AGENCY OFFICE
BRENHADX TEXAS
JC Personal attention given to all mat-
ers entrusted to ns. majajwt
C H. CAXTBTLL. 0. A. CUTDrcOB.
CAMPBELL & GIDDINGS
DCAUHSIN
Staple and Fancy
GROCERIES
Sandy Street west of the Opera House
BRENHAM. TEXAS.
St. Goods delivered free to any part
the aty. sept io '75rd& 1 y.
Wit SCIIUUEKliEIJU
rSiipSC Blacksmith
and xnanafactarer of
AGRICULTUIUL 1MI'LEMETS
BrenlifimTexa.
C?"Kcial attention jriren to II(ftSK
Shokio jrntral job work and repair
ing.. Terms liberal Shop above Giddings
laoL on Sandy street. Tune iS '74.
Try Them!
If yon need anything in the line of Fresh
Drags Patent Medicines or
Toilet Ankles call on
-Finkloa & Kalstcn.
Cotton Exchange buildirg. St. Charles St
JIRIMUM TEXAS.
CSyThey have come to stay and en-
deavor to please v$ni.
'- Citation.
TIIE STATE OF TEXAS
To the Sheriff or any Constable of Wash-
ington founty Greeting
Whereas at the term of our district court
for the county of Washington holden on
the istday of Sept. A. U. 1879 ituas sug-
gested in open court that Sarah Johnson
defendant in a certain suit therein pending
h herein C Mini itz was plaintiff and the
said Sarah Johnson was defendant has de-
parted this life and it was ordered by the
court that a writ of Scire facias do issue to
the representatives of the said Sarah John-
son when known; and it appearing by the
petition of the said C. MtnLwitz tiled on
the 27th day of Jan. A. D. 1SS0 that Sal-
lie Willie Mollie Lowry Myra Johnson
Elizabeth Gordy and husband M T. Gor-
dy and Charlotte Gordy and husband
Gordy arc the sole representatives rf the
said Sarah Johnson. And whereas said C
Minkwitz has made affidavit that the resi
dences of the said Myra. Johnson Eliza-
beth and Charlotte Gotdy and their said
husbands are unknown to him.
You are hereby commanded that by mak-
ing publication of this citation in some
newspaper published in the county of
Washington if there be a newspaper pub-
lished in said county but if not then in
any newspaper published iu the 32 judicial
district; bnt if there be no newspaper pub-
lished in said district then in some news-
paper published in the nearest district to
the said 3zd district for four consecutive
w ecks previous to the return day hereof
yon summon Myra Johnson Elizabeth
Gordy and her husband M T Gordy and
CharioUc Gordy and her htutand - -Gpr- t
lr whose residences are unknown to'te
and appear before the district courixbe.
holden w and forthejeonnty of Washington
at the courthouse thereof on the first Mon-
day in March next then and there to show
cause if aay thty each have why they
should not be made parties defendant to
the said suit and to answer the petition of
said C Minkwitz. filed in said court against
ihe said Sarah Johnsox and alleging in sub
stancoas follows to-wlt:
iwhaton July 5th 4S7S Sarah John-
son recovered a judment by defendant
againt him in the district court of Washing-
ton county for the recoi cry of a lot of land
known as lot 91 in the dry of Brcnham be-
sides costs of suit said cause numbered
5496.
2. Petitioner was then and is now the
owner of a part of said lot being the north
end thereof and adjoining the remaining
prt claimed by Thomas Uwer.
3. Petitioner paid the sum of Two Hun-
dred and twenty-five dollars for said land
and received a conveyance thereto from
Emerson and Julia Blood Dec 4th l86j.
A. J. Gilder conveyed same to Julia Blood;
John R. Weir conveyed the same to A. J.
Gilder and said Sarah Johnson then the
owner of said lot 91 executed and delh er
ed a general warranty deed in fee simple
for the same to the said John R. Weir ; at
of the deeds were of record sae the deed
from Tohason to Weir.
4. Said suitNo.5496 was against petitioner
and ThomasDwyer for the whole oflot
91 of which Dwyrr claimed four acres
and had valuable improvements erected.
Petitioner's 'part was unimproved. Satis-
fied of their good title they agreed to de-
fend the suit Dwyer promuin? to employ
counsel and make defense forboth to first
term of court; petitioner to pay his propor-
tion of expense. t k
Dwyer told petitioner that Sayles and
Basstt counsel for Sarah Johnson had
agreed to continue the cause at said July
term of court; and petitioner saw a publica-
tion in. city papers of proceedings of the
bar association of which said attorneys are
members announcing the continuance of
all civil causes for the July term 1S7S. Peti-
tioner believed the cause continued until
about Sept 1st 1878 the sheriff came to
him with a writ of possession and execu-
tion for costs of smV when he discovered
that judgment as aforesaid had been ren-
dered agamstbim.
5. Thomas Dwyer traced up the deed
from Sarah Johnson to John K. Weir and
received the same about June 5th 187S
and Weir's affidavit to this fact Is attached
and marked Exhibit A. Dwyer fraudu-
lently concealed the fact from the petitioner
and to save himself attorney fees fraudu-
lently sacriSced the rights of petitioner.
That he showed said deed to the attorneys
of said Sflrah Johnson and procured them
to dismiss the suit against him and suffer-
ed them Jo take judgment ( for said Sarah
Johnson" by delault against petitioner
fraudulently concealing the fact from peuV
tioner and leading him to believe that the
case was contmued.
- d. Said Dwyer refused to confess to pe-
titioner that said dccd( from Johnson to
Weir is in his possession and refused to
make an affidavit "concerning same in this
suit and refuses to produce same.
7. Petitioner has a good defence to said
suit; and the said Sarah Johnson well knew
she had no canse of action and had con-
veyed said lot of land to said John R. Weir
by warranty deed in fee simple; that she
said relying on the chance that 'said deed
had been lost or destroyed and will not be
proved up and she colluded with Dwyer to
defraud petitioner in the recovery of said
judgment.
a. un August 29m iayo ine cieric 01
said court issued writ of possession on
said judgment and execution against peti-
tioner for eighteen dollars and twenty cents
costs of said suit. Petitioner applied for
an injunction to the judge of the district
court but not hearing from him" he paid
said costs and then hied his petitiuon for
new triaL
o-That petitioner will have no remedy
uuuu najia.iiij' sjiu uic situ nairauiy is
insufficient in amount to indemnify hjm.
He prays for citation and for new trial and
to have said judgment annulled and for
costs and general relief said petition ver-
ified by affidavit.
And petitioner has filed his application
in writing to the clerk of said court rep-
resenting that the surviving hctrs of said
Sarah Johnson ars Sallie W illie and Mollie
Lowry of Johnson county- Texas; and
My Johnson and Elizabeth Gordy and hus-
band M. T. Gordy and Charlotte Gordy
and husband Gordy Vhose residences
are unknown and praying for Scire Facias
to them to show cause why they should not
bemade parties defendant to said suit.
Herein fail not but have you then and
there "before said court'this writ;withyour
return thereon shewing how you have ex-
ecuted the same. -
Witness. J. L. Moore clerk of the dis-
trict court of Washington county.
Given under my band and seal of said
court in the city of Brcnham
L.S. Vthis the27thdayof January A.
vi D. 18S0
J.L. MOORE CD.CW.C
A true copy of the original writ now in
my hands.
I. li.IiUTCHIKSONSheriffW.C.
M. M. Bainc Deputy.
By
January 27th XSS5
jan2Cw
Citation.
The State or Texas
. Washington county.
In the District Court March term A.
D. 1SS0. No. 5622.
THE STATE OF TEXAS..
To the Sheriff or any Com table of
Washington county Greeting:
You are hereby commanded that by
making pubheatian of this citation in some
newpaper published fn the county of
Washington if there be a newspaper pub-
lished in said county but if not then in the
nearest county where a newspaper is pub-
lished for four weeks previous fo the re-
turn day hereof. You summon Eupene O.
Sullivan whose residence is unknown to
be and appear before the district court to
be holden in and for llie county of Wash-
ington at the courthouse thereof in the city
'Ol Brcnham n the first Monday in March
A. D. 18S0 then and there to answer the
petition filed in said court on the 23d day
of January A.D. iSSo in cause No. 5622
wherein Rhoda I. Sulln an is plaintiff and
Eugene O. Sullivan is defendant alleging
in substance as follows to-wft: That on
the 'nth day of September A. D. 1S75
plaintiff and defendant were duly married
in said cnuuty of Washington. That on or
abojit the 1st day of Dec 1876 the said
defendant left the plair.tnT with the intention
of abandonment and has never returned.
That the residence of said defendant is to
plaintiff unknown. That plaintiff is now
and) has been for more than six months
next preceed ng the fili og of this petition a
hnna-fid. inhabitant of said Washington
county. lAnd plaintiff prays for decree of
di(irce'and for general relief Ax.
Herein (ai! not have you then and there
this writ; before said court with your re-
turn thereon showing bow )0U have exe-
cuted the-same.
AVitness J. L. Moore clerk of the dis-
trict cotrt of said county. Giv-
L.S."V en under my hand and seal of
l said court at office in the aty of
llrenham this January 26lh A
D. 18S0.
J. L. MOORE cj).c.w.t
A true copv.
j;. HUTCHINSON. Sheriff w.&
1 lly Vtt-L 1. Garhett Deputy. Jan5
Expectorant 1
IN 23CTS. AND SI POTTLES.
Ita properties are- "Demulcent Kntrl
tivq Balsaric Soothing and Healing. J
wmpimng.aii.taBse qnauuea u la ma
most effacttTQ LTJ"Nt BALSAM c-var
offered to sufferers irom pulmonary
diseases.
DR. J. F.HAYWOOD
of "Sew TorkoIuutirDy Indorses It.
-READ WHAT HE SAYS:-
DrTUTTi JT.w Yo-k.S.pLlM?7 .
Dm br Dons tn rr I -Lil m tnudrcd
Mrwf Ufc it in . la Us Iwwor w.rda of Ui
titytfacc mi-n ! m twt lew try. It n
tLrrBurUa iu WitcsUtidoTiiUaKxpcttwat
mad I cooimi luj ur at iu Vwarfenul power.
Udtiiut . ptxuet o( twetttr fMid 1 hT9 ncwr
kaowa a RiMiMiM to act u frempOj. and with inch
lwpTtIcn. it lnHnUj ttttd d th BWt io.mi
fiia m fMoutunx. and ujtnaLy earvd tta jwii la
a Irw daja. 1 diMrtailj isdonM U u I4i baat laaf
nvdkiaa 1 r nwd.
J. nUXClS It VYWOOD. 1L D.
A NEWSPAPER PUD. WRITES.
wiua ii i .irtni. un onr wuac i.i uun itimi m
tu)at coosai Jmmi .UanouflMBc
fue ta ctvw a. m. 1 am iawabted Urnr vmloabl
Lxport'iruiU 1 liad tnd agtl ararr UinC reeuin.
aandait bat Bona Utd aay kwmI until IoandjOQf Kl
pitnt n tMtltla el wtucn f wtwaj tba avocb
afiifelr. tUiiiuajtau4I(UiirMratrailr
Had torrlblo NIGHT SWEATS.
UatnpfaU Fak II MTL
Dr.TtJTT: Sir I haw baen oOanajc ioriMartj two
tun with a aarara cuuti. Wbaa I comnneal ta
ine four Kapectorant 1 waa ra.uoed to dim bondrad
atHTiateaiiandsinwacbL I baa tnd almart
trvrythit i ttd larnbla ntxbt aweata I bara takan
ball dusan koUlaa Tbantcbtawaaubava Utl an.
taaMkfb.ba djappaatad. and I bar Kalnad liflaa
MOiadnti. 1 racwaad U to all nr fnanda.
W lib tmtwiwtl. OLIVER KICJC.
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.
RadraareyoacangbtaroMt Are too un-
abteioraiiioU.wplilgirniT lfave yog aa lrrit-
bon ta the tlirodO A bcukq of opprwwaion op
lbtfluiigaitthliOftbiTatbT Vo yoa bare a
fltotcuiieiiiiigOMlfuisdowBT A fbarp Pla
Dow md tfccu ta thtf regJon erf tba heart ahoixP
drjaamt brkf If no aur Advtre lUk at
unca a. djat vt I utt Kxpectorant; yon will aoon
bo able io raiae the phfc-pn. Io an hour rrpcat
tlioklipcctontflt place a hot Jroit to the Xorttako
tro ot TUU Pills. You 'will hooq raj into a
plcaaaot hfp and wakw up In th raomlii
conyti i.'otw langa working lreely ; tnej breatb-
lug aiid tag bowels raoriug In a patanU manner.
TorreTTOtarctcrnof OiegatjTnptoms m tb
fcxpectoraut ncrgral days.
Office 35 Murray Street N- Y.
TUTT'S PILLS
CCUB TORPID tlVUll.
TUTT'S PILLS
. CUItn D1SFVF31A.
TUTT'S PILLS
cum; rovnrKnis. a
TUTT'S PILLS
cum: rEVtii a.-d Ai.uii.
TUTT'S PILLS
cum: MCK IIEADAUIIE.
TUTT'S PILLS
CU1IE ItlLIOCS COLIC
TUTT'S PILLS
ciivi: ArrsriTL.
TUTT'S PILLS
1'UIIIIVTUE I1LOOD.
TUTT'S PILLS
cimi: pn.r.fu
TUTT'S HAIR DYE
GkaT lLU WHHktttJ coanfad la ttUMiT
If LACK bj a ataxia application at tula 1YE. It. ua.
paTtaalSatvralC4kirlacl tpata Btao aooa tf and I
aaUanalaaaaaapcihswaiaii bold by Prajcpata ac
ant by ucprvaa on racotpC M L
Office 35 Mur-ay St. New York.
$?!? U0fl per day at home. Samplra
kU VJtAU woriiij free. Jkd-lrm Jm-
pot A Co t'ortlamt.italoc. dect2dJtwly
CITATION..
THE STATE OF TEXASf
To thfc Sheriff or 'any Constable of
Washington county Greeting.:
You are hereby commanded that by
making-publication of this citation in some
newspaper published in the county of
Washingtbn if there be a newspaper pub-
usnea in saia county lor lour eeKs pre-
vious to the return day hereof yon summon
JohnAJj.RQss who is a transtent person to
be and appear t-efore the district court to
be holden in and for the county of Wash-
ington at the courthouse thereof in the
aty of Brcnham on the first Monday in
March next then and there to. -answer the
petition of Anna Ross filed in said court
againl.the$aid John A. B. Ross and al-
leging in substance as followsto-wit; That
said Anna Ross plaintiff is an actual bona
fide inhabitant of the State of Texas and
is now and has been for and during the
.six months neat preceeding the filing of
this suit a resident of Washington county
and that defendant is a transient person.
That on lo-wit the 13th day of July A. D.
laoo piaintiu was legally married 10 de-
fendant and has lived with him until March
20 1S79 when defendant left and aban-
doned her. That cplajntiffhis performed
her part of the marital contract but that
defendant has on the roth day of Decem-
ber 1878 commenced a coarse of malig-
nant and tyrannical conduct towards plain-
tiff has been habituallydrunk and has mal-
treated plamtiff has insulted her aud abus-
ed her daily has tailed to support plaintiff
liefore and after leaving- her.- has on to-
wit the 20th day of March. 1879 broke all
pf plaintiffs furniture and has also then
made an assault upon plamtiLT with a dead
ly weapon and addressed to bcr language
imputing a want of her chastity all of
which insults cruelties harrassing and as-
sault were made at plainniTs residence in
lirenham Washington county Texas. That
since said 20U1 day or iuarcn 1579 dcien-
has been continuously away from plaintiff.
'Whereas plaintiff asks for judgment dis-
solving the marriage between her and de-
fendant. Herein fail not but have 'you then and
there before said court this'writ- with your
return therton showing how you have ex-
ecuted the same.
Witness J. L. Moore clerk of the dis-
trict court of Washington coun-
5 t c ty- Given under n y hand and
k seal of said court in the city of
Brcnham this "30th day of Jan-
uary A. D. 1S80.
fcbiwdt J. L. MOORE CD.cv.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. H. HUTCHINSON Sheriff.
Will F. GARRETT.Deputy.
r. J ROBERSON. J. W. SAYLES.
SAYLES &E0BEKS0N
General Insurance
And Land Agents
brenham :::::: TEXAS.
We issue policies of insurance against
fire on all classes of property ia any part of
the state in first-class companies at the low-
est rates.
Lands bought sold rented and exchang-
ed. Orders left at our office for surveying
will have prompt attention byJ.W. Sajles
County Surveyor.
SAYLES & ROBERSON.
Office in the Opera I louse. jn2od-v- tf
J.T.J. O'RIORD AN
FIRE INSURANCE
Brenham Texas.
ItSt?- Office over RooV store.
JNO. M. KEY
Fire Insurance Agent
RXTRESEVTS THE
Phoenix of Hartford; Franklin;
of Philadelphia; Insurance Com-
pany of North America of Phil-
adelphia; North British & Mer-
cantile of London and Edin-
burgh; and other first-class com-
panies. novl7dv
Fire Insurance.
BURKE
Orrict 53 Sandy street. Brenham Texas.'
ffffO a week In ytmrtmn town Term and
. 7: ' ' '.
UU ttolitntfree Addrcsw H Hiu.rTT Sri
Co. Tortlaud Maine.
dcel.MX.Hlj'
ittcgvcham5anurv!
Publlahed Vy and tVcM?.
ICAN'KIX A I.nVl.N' l'roprlrtort.
Larffest Circulation orany Paper pub.
Il.dll. VIfl...l..l.im.t.ln.
Ilatc of Sulwrrlptlom
I'aiir. one copy ouejcar((.
U'eoVlT. on ctniT one Tear
$100
Rates of Atlvertlilngi
Tniniticnt antl Ijral a(irrrtlniienl4 it
! at SI JtOber Miliar for fint Ini'rniuu
J't cents per nquare for each wibsequent in
tinn
Marrlajre ani OMtnarv notice excreilln-
lixlit line. hairprica t-Mitorial notice. oFa
purely bnitiues. character 10'ents a line each
oienlon.
OFFICE OF PUnUCATlON :
Valines? huililinq St. Charles street be-
tween Sandv andQuiltmansK
Brenham Texas.
Cntereri at the rostofKce at Brenham.
Texas as second-class mall matter.1
EDITOBIALBREyrriES.'-""
Horatio Seymour is now
seventy years of age.
Lotta the actress is thirty-
five years of age and is worth
400000.
The Santa Fe railroad is now
located to within 15 miles of
13elton. ..
Coi John D. Elliott latcj
of the Austin Gazette isnowai
citizen of Denver Colorado.
Bills were passed in the
house removing the political dis
abilities of three citizens u! Vir-
ginia. The Burnet Bulletin is getting
red-hot for a railroad to Bur-
net. It is easy to build a rail-
road on paper.
What has become of the
Hempstead Daily Cornier?
We have not received a copy of
it for several days.
Arrangements have been
completed by which trains on
the Santa Fe railroad will run
into the union depot at Galves-
ton. The Giddings Letie Stat pub-
lishes a "home-made" cut of
the Clement attachment and
also a description of the ma-
chine. Gen. Beauregard will be in-
vited before the house commit-
tee on postoffice and postroads
to give evidence on the lottery
question.
Prof. Egleston of Columbia
college says that all the gold
in the world would make a pile
only 25 feet wide 45 feet long
and 25 feet high.
It costs from 875 to gioo per
mile for a barbed wire fence in-
cluding posts. Any farmer can
estimate in a few minutes what
it will cost to fence his farm.
The Virginia republican state
committee has decided to hold
a state convention for the ap-
pointment of delegates to the
national republican convention.
An earnest move Is being
made in Waco to secure the
Santa Fe railroad. The Belton
Journal is satisfied that the ef-
fort will not prove successful.
Seven fusion senators and
twenty-two fusion representa-
tives look seats in the regular
legislature at Augusta on the
29th and were cordially receiv-
ed. The house committee on ap-
propriations have agreed upon
the Indian appropriation bill;
the aggregate is j4493.645.86
which is j52i'8533 less than last
year.
The New York republicans
will hold a state convention'
February 25th atUtica to. elect
delegates to the national con-
vention which meets at Chica-
go June 2.
The Fort Wprth Democtat
informs the "Waco Examiner
that the progressive democrats
will bolt but not as it expects.
The Examiner will bolt itself
out of the party.
The Waco Telephone takes
upon itself to hope that Homan
will be re-elected to the senate
from this district. TheBANxaR
hopes that the democratic can-
didate will be elected.
It is stated on good authori-
ty that Grant's candidacy 'for
the third term nomination will
be announced as ended by his
friends at the Pennsylvania con-
vention to be held next week.
Parnell the Irish agitator is
visiting Montreal. The lead-
ing paper of that city cautions
the mayor against showing him
any courtesies in his official
character. A large proportion
of the people approved of the
advice.
Senators Bcck and Coke
will get John Sherman before
the finance committee and pro-
pose to put him through a reg-
ular and exhaustive examina-
tion. The senators desire to
find out what John knows
about finances.
Secretary Schurz was re-
moved commissioner of Indian
affairs Hoyt. No reason is as-
signed for the removal though
there is proof that he has with-
held information form the de
partment which it was his duty J
to communicate.
The Austin Statesman and
the Waco Examiner seem to be
engaged in an effort to boost
governor .Roberts into a second
nomination. The latter paper
is like the school boy with the
chip on his shoulder. It says
oiganize your bolt.
The Texas Sun published at
San Antonio sends out in cir-
cular form the letter of L.
Woodruff'cf San Antonio to
New York Tribune. The letter
from beginning to end i a tis-
sue of the most infamous lies.
The Itibune does Texas great
harm by this publication. The
writer Of the letter is said to be
fn worthless and thriftless char-
r . "!. U-- 1 1 It
acicr WJ1U lias uccii uauiiiit;
wood to San Antonio.
Jd T1
tile other day thatlhe south
would never be prosperous till
they 'Tnised more corn and
less cussedncss. A
'I
r.
Siiveral more fusionists took
their seats in the Maine Icfris-
Iatui-
The militia havebeen
fromfIutyaud .ilicre
"r exira rtohec
tatq Muse.
mittge'
thei
dcV::
Uiafagent
blame;
THr kt'lifj 01
ierrct! -lite Leopold en
M'He Rosa Borilieur artist. She-
is the first lady artist who has
received this distinction and
has a world-wide reputation as
an animal painter.
Secretary Sherman expres-
ses the opinion that should the
legal tender quality of green-
backs be withdrawn they would
still be lawful money and as
such be used by national banks
to pay their notes.
Thf lif'llvillr; Tiittrt nf trir
; 30th ult rep0rts that all the
bridges on th Santa Fe road
re completed to Bellville. It
was expect that the road would
bd completed to town by Feb-
urary 10th in time for Mardi
gras.
Rev. Ed. Cowley manager
of the Shepherd's Fold has
been indicted arrested and
locked up in the tombs at New
York on a charge of cruelly
illtrcating children placed un
der his charge by starving and"
beating them.
The sugar tariff question is
undergoing a thorough investi-
gation by the house committee
it is argued that reduction in
the present high rate tariff will
increase the consumption and at
the same time increase the rev-
enue. Jay Gould has been elected
president of the Missouri Kan-
sas and Texas railway. The
people of Denison are highly
elated at this and think that it
will throw all the traffic via
Denison instead of by the Iron
Mountain road via Tcxarkana.
Jennie R. Smith and Cove
Bennett charged with the mur-
der of policeman Smith at Jer-
sey city have been acquitted-.
This is a case which has been
in the court for some time and
has attracted considerable at-
tention throughout the country.
The Galveston Post of the
18th January publishes the ar-
gument in full of J. R. Burns
which has. been submitted to
the court of appeals-in the' case
of the State vs. John D. Usener
for violation of the Sunday law.
It is claimed that the law is un-
constitutional. Gen. Mahone Virginia's
newly elected senator recently
announced in the presence of
several members of the legisla-
ture of his-state that in prefer-
ence to a Bourbon Democrat
he would support Blaine or
Conkling forpresient and would
not oppose Sherman.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s commer-
cial agency at New Orleans re-
ported to Schmidt & Zeiglcr of
that city that a certain firmwas
good and 'upon that report
credit was given. The firm
proved to be worthless and
Schmidt & Zeigler sued" Dun
& Co. recovering a verdict of
giooo.
The greenbackers continue
to harp on the financial condi-
tion of the country. Is there a
single greenbacker in the entire
United States who is so green
as to imagine that the green-
backers can elect the next pres-
ident of the United States?
IH11 they tell what they expect
to accomplish in the national
canvass.
Some time ago Joseph L.
Lewis of Hoboken N. J. died
leaving an estate of a million
dollars to the government. He
was about 70 years old when he
died. A woman put in her
claim as widow of the deceased.
She is suspected of being a
fraud and has with several oth-
ers been arrested.
There is hope for the Tele-
tpamyeX.; it had a representa
tive at church the other day
and says "the sight of so many
kneeling in anxious prayer to-
gether touched all hearts and
inspired new hopes." It is to
be hoped that the Telegiam
was also inspired and that here-
after it will omit all mention of
guano and owls.
At Columbia S. C great
excitement has been caused by
the publication of a very bitter
letter by Col. John C. Haekill
son-in-lay of senator Hampton
in which serious charges are
made against Gen. M. W.
Gar)'. This has grown out of
the Gary-Hampton controversy
and will undoubteely lead to
serious results. It is thought
that a duel will be the result.
A special from Calvert to
the Galveston News says the
jury in the Stearns case brought
in a verdict of not guilty.
Stearns was indicted with the
Jones brothers for the murder
of Morse at Hearne. There
were rriiny expressions of dis-
pleasure at the result. Very
able counsels were engaged on
both sides and the case attracted
a great deal of attention. When
the cases against Jack and
Tom Jones were .called the
judge passed them an.d intima-
ted that he would change the
venue as a dangerous combina-
tion had been formed in favor
of the prisoners.
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I Tin: Lee County Cotton
Manufacturing company U the
1 name of an organization just
formed at Giddings. A full set
of officers has been elected
committees have been appoin-
ted and indications are that thu
company means business. It
is the intention to put the Cle-
ment attachment in operation
at Giddings.
The San Antonio Heiald
says the majority of the people
of u est Texas do not approve
the course of recent legislation
and governor Roberts ideas in
general and democrats could
ot fleet a Roberts man in wes-
rn Texas if they were foolish
nough to try. The bell punch .
Is a sad failure and the propla
mation has not mended mat-
ters in the slightest degree. The
Sunday law is the same thing.
TitB-Houston Age has Mr.
W. K. Homan down to a very
fine point. Homan says he re-
signed the United States district
attorneyship because it would
not pay. The Age uncharitably
remarks that: "Air. Homan did
not make the discovery refer-
red to (that the office did not
pay) until he discovered that he
had got himself severely rebuk-
ed by the attbrney general for
his officious and foolish inter-
ference in a quarantine squab-
ble between this city and Gal-
veston." We are inclined to
the opinion that our contempor-
ary is near about right in regard
to that resignation.
The Marshall Heiald is op-
posed to the whipping post on
thegroundthat it hardens men in
crime and that it has been tes-
ted and repealed. It is st;ll in
force in Delaware and has been
for the past century. Its repeal
was not so much owing to its
inefficiency as to public senti-
ment which revolted at it be-
cause it was claimed that the
whipping post is a relic of bar-
barism. This arises purely
from sentimentality. Imprison-
ment in the county jails very
expensive and are experience
provesthat it is wholly ineffective
oeingin fact not a punishment
to theoffender.butto the honest
tax payer who is forced to foot
the bill.
Maj. E. A. Burke managing
iditor of the New Orleans
Demociat and Maj. J. H. Hcar-
sey of the States an evening
paper fought a duel near
New Orleans on Tuesday Jan-
uary 29. They were accom-
panied by friends and surgeons;
the distance was ten paces;
weapons smooth bore duelling
pistols; two shots were exchang-
ed by each; nobody hurt. The
friends then adjusted the dif-
ficulty and the principals shook
hands after which the parties
returned to the city. The
principals- and seconds have
been arrested; the former were
held in 500 and the latter in
5250 bail. The penalty for
fighting a duel is very severe
being imprisonment and fine.
The Galveston Neus says
editorially that platforms and
promises are made to be brok-
en. It then takes a hurried
glance at the Davis Coke Hub-
bard and Roberts administra-
tions and finds broken platforms
and unredeemed promises in
profusion. It concludes by say-
ing the people will be better
satisfied to have new men and
old promises rather than new
promises and the same old place
holders. It says the state needs
practical reforms and not worse
than inconsequential platforms.
The progression democracy o!
the state want new men and
will insist "upon a performance
of the. promises made. The
days of moss-backism are over
and a new era must be inau-
gurated. It is easy to show that
money paid for schools be-
comes an investment at com-
pound interest. Our teachers
train the children all the time
to habits of industry punctuali-
ty and obedience to law tiain
to intelligent productive citizen-
ship. Whereas without the
school; without this training
the youth grow up idle ignor-
ant lav-breaking law-defying
villains and property your
property Mr. Tax-payer
pays the bill. But in this latter
case you get no "value receiv-
ed" but have to keep on pay-
ing good money for nothing;
for nothing except a mere wreck
of a man a rotten hulk a
sheer neubus at best. Educa-
tion pays ignorance costs.
Ft. Wotth Demociat.
It sounds strangely in the
cars of the average church-goer
to hear the Rev. Mrs. Smith or
Rev. Miss Jones but we are
destined to become familiar
with the innovation. A verita-
ble bouquet of clerical feminini-
ty yesterday graced the plat-
form of Rev. Anna Oliver's
Church in New York city and
exhorted the congregation in
turn.
It is an undeniable fact that
the subscription lists of all the
leading Democratic journals
throughout the Union are con-
stantly and in some cases rap-
idly increasing which fact indi-
cates that the intelligent busi-
ness and reading community are
seeking to get at the real truth
conceruingall public affairs.
There is a large clement in
the republican party of Massa-
chusetts that under no circum-
stances liable to occur will be
found aiding in placing a man
in the piesidcntial chair for a
third time who has shown so
little knowledge of statesman-
ship as General Grant.
STATE XE1YS.
There was a heavy rain
nnd norther at Dallas on Fri-
day. A Galveston drug house is
going to open a branch store
in Dallas.
Georgetown is soon to
have an exclusive boot shoe jnd
hat house.
Arrangements are being
made at Helton for boring an
artesian well.
Bell county farmers will
have to import considerable
corn this spring.
A lot of three horses was
sold at Belton last Saturday
for $4. Feed scarce.
Brownsville is soon to have
an ice company the machin-
ery has been ordered.
The Jewi-.h citizens of
Houston are making prepara-
tions for a Purim ball.
Four companies of United
States infantry passed through
Dallas on Friday en route to San
Antonio.
The Duffield building on
Trcmont street GaK"eston was
burned on Saturday night; loss
$10300.
Bastrop is improving-.shadc
and ornamental trees are being'
planted and houses renovated
and repaired.
G. W. Tillman; who lived
near Grapevine Denton county
was found near a wood-pile
burned to a crisp.
The wheat crop in Burnet
county is looking remarkably
well and the acreage is larger
than last year.
The negro Baptists at
Dallas arejimitating their white
brethernand have had a split
in their church.
John Hughes a white
man was fatally itabbed in the
abdomen by a negro at Paris
the other day.
C. P. Cone a practicing law-
yer at Fort Worth has been
arrested by an Iowa officer on
a charge of forgery.
A freight engine exploded
four miles below Corsicana; a
brakscman was slightly injured
and nine cars were ditched.
The Castroville Quill has
turned its feathers the wrong
way and is now making war on
the San Antonio Express.
The Irish citizens of Hous-
ton have formed an association
for the purpose of aiding the
suffering people of Ireland.
In Georgetown the de
mand for dwelling houses is in
excess ol the supplyjnew dwel-
lings are constantly going up.
J. W. Hauser of Red
River county was arrested at
Paris for trying to pass a
twenty-dollar counterfeit bill.
Rev John D. Wright for-
merly of Brenham is advertis-
ed to preach to the young men
of Bastrop this" Tuesday even-
ing. A small war took place in
Bell countv a citizen had a
battle with apole.carjjhe-killedt
il uui Luiutvs -He came out sec-
ond best.
The material of the de-
funct Waco Sun has been re-
moved to Buffalo Gap and will
be used in publishing a paper
at that point.
Several negroes engaged
in a row at Hempstead on Sat-
urday last. Si Watson of Hous-
ton was stabbed by a negro
named Coleman.
Corsicana is to have an
artesian well; a contract has
been signed 'and the well will
begin going towards China on
the 1st of March.
George Moody a youth of
18 was arrested and jailed at
Fort Worth on a charge of rap-
ing a six-year old girl on a
farm near .Mansfield.
A fire at Sherman on the
29th burned four frame houses
on. the square; there was three
grocery stores and a meat mar-
ket. Loss about $ 1 1000.
. A writer in the San An-
tonio Express says a word to
the boys who "swore ofl." He
advises them to stick to their
oath and make no exceptions.
The iron bridge for the
crossing of Mill Creek ordered
by the Austin county commis-
sioners has been completed
and was shipped on the 15th
ult
The Brownsville Demo-
crat learns that considerable
cotton will be planted this year
and it -suggests that the Clem-
ent attachment be' put in oper-
atian. The Georgetown Sun has
a correspondent who signs
"Smart Elick" and which is
perhaps his true character. The
country has a great many of
them.
Fort Worth is to have an
ice factory that will turn out
ten or twelve tons of ice daily.
An artesian well is being bored
on the lot owned by the ice
company.
Tne people of LaGrangc
are still discussing the Alleyton
tap railroad. A contract has
been made by a committee of
citizens and a meeting was had
at the courthouse.
Emily Stcmaut a German
servant girl who lived near San
Antonio was disappointed in
love and took strychnine. This
put an end to any further dis-
appointments so lar as this
world is concerned.
George Burchill registry
clerk in the postoffice at Fort
Worth has been arrested on
the charge of stealing register-
ed letters. About a thousand
dol'ars is missing. Burchill has
heretofore had a fine reputation
The Belton Journal says
the engineer corps on theSanla
Fe railway consiilirg of 17
men is camped in Little River
bottom on the Hell county line.
They are awaiting orders.
P. J. Willis & Bros.
Heidcnhcimcr Bros. Marx &
Kemper and A. Brock merch-
ants in Galveston have been
arrested for storing more than
2? pounds of powder on their
premises.
A company with a cash
capital of a million dollars has
been formed cast for the erec-
tion of car works at Marshall.
If the works are established
there it wHl be a big thing for
Marshall.
Mrs. Henderson wife of a
printer heard a negro man
trying to get into her house in
Houston she very quitely took
a revolver and fired a couple of
shots at the scoundrel who
beat a hasty retreat.
Krohnc Burleson county
is just now in doubt whether
it will be a toun or not. If the
the railroad depot is located
there it wilt be a town; If the
railroad depot is not located
there it will be killed as dead
as a hammer.
A negro was sentenced to
the Freestone county jail for 4
hours. The county judge said
he would sent him for four and
a half but was afraid he would
break out in that time and thus
injure the reputation of the
jail.
Houston young men have
a penchant for carrying pistols.
A Telegram reporter was stand-
ing in a storp wjien a young
man eight or ten years of age
came in and picked out a pistol
which he bought paid for and
carried away. 1 he storekeeper
is not rebuked for selling the
pistol to the infant
John Smith has been out
of trouble for some time but
appears to have relapsed into
his evil ways; he is now charged
with horse stealing in Robert-
son county and has been releas-
ed on S200 bond by Judge
Ford of the district come. John
has a mother-in-law and his
mother-in-law went security for
him.
The coroner's jury in the
Ball-Johnson shooting case at
Sherman returned a verdict that
Johnson was killed by a shot
fired by Marshal Ball. Johnson's
friends did some pretty good
swearing but disinterested par-
ties say Johnson fired the
first shot. The father of
Johnson carried his son's body
to his home near Bonham.ITasblngton as a FIrcaan.
Harper Magz!ne.
In 1774 the Friendship Fire
Company which still exists
was organized. It at first con-
sisted of citizens who out of
"mutual friendship" agreed to
carry to every fire "'two leath-
ern buckets and one great bag
of oznaburg or wider Iinnen."
jWashington was made an hon
orary memocr ana wncn ne
went as a delegate to the Con-
gress of 1774 at Philadelphia
he examined the fire-engines in
use there. On his return to
Philadelphia t j the Contimential
Congress in 1775 he bought
from one Gibbs a small fourth-
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just before he set out for Bos
ton Heights to become Commander-in-Chief
he dispatched
this little engine tD the Friend-
ship Company. When in Alex-
andria during his younger days
he always attended at fires and
assisted to extinguish them. In
the last year of his life a fire oc-
curred near the market He
was riding down King street
followed by his servant also on
horseback and he -saw the
Friendship engine poorly mann-
ed. Riding up to a group of
well-dressed gentlemen near by
he called out: "Why are you
idle there gcnllemen? It is your
business to lead in these mat-
ters." And throwiug the bridle
of his horse to his servant he
leaped offand seized the brakes
followed by a crowd that gave
the engine such a "shaking up"
as it never knew afterward.
A Koj's Composition.
Old maids are women of va-
rious ages sizes and previous
conditions. Some are very
large and some are small maids
and they arc older than they
want to be. The exact time
when they become old maids is
not known; some get ripe soon-
er than others. I don't like old
maids because they hide pre-
serves so a boy can't see them.
If my mother was an old maid
I would run off to Leadvillc.
Old maids are good for some-
thing. They can tell which doc-
tor to send for when sick and
they know how many drops of
paregoric to give a boy in cu-
cumber time. Old maids don't
get married easy and don't
like children well enough to
sliep in the middle of hot wea-
ther. They can't dance because
they have no partners to bal-
ance. Their business is to make
bonnets teach school and raise
spring chickens. Sometimes
they will raise a boy with a
shingle when his mother is gone
to the heathen society.
It cannot be expected that
the south will be anything else
but solid for the success of the
democratic ticket so long as
republicans in the north clamor
for the restoration of Grantand
the dishonest debauched and
dangerous horde he permitted
to gather about and control
him while in office.
Hon- to Core and Kelp Baton.
Hogs to be killed fer the
making- of bacon tsays the
jFarm ind Fireside should not
wctgn over 51 30 50 or at
most 175 pounds. Let" the
weather be sufficiently cool to
form ice half an inch in thick-
ness. First take out the ribs
and after cutting off the hams
and shoulders then divide the
side lengthwise about halfway
up. Salt down in the pork
barrel the upper half and the
lower halt being thin and streak-
ed alternately with fat and
lean it is just the thing for
bacon.
Procure pure salt roll to -a
fine powder rub each of the
pieces well; pile them up in
bulk taking care to use salt
freely in doing so. In a few
days the salt will strike through
provided the meat is not al-
lowed to freeze. At all events
three weeks will be a long as it
should remain in bulk. It
should now be smoked with a
gentle cool smoke daily until
thexoior t.f the meat changes
to a dark brown. Use green
hickory an sassafras wood for
making smoke. If ones prefers
to have the bacon sugar cured
take the sides after they have
lain in bulk three or four days
and rub them thoroughly with
the following mixture; which is
a sumcicnt quanty for every 70
pounds of meat
One quarter of a pound of
pulverized saltpetre one pound
of dark brown sugar one quart
of molasses and add sufficient
salt to make a paste then rub
each piece thoroughly with the
mixta re and pack down as
.snugly as possible in half bai-
rel or barrels. Weight down
and pour over the same strong
brine clarified by boiling skim-
ming and cooling. Letthfs re-
main on for three weeks then
smoke as above directed. Then
wrapj each piece seperately--ia
heavy brown paper and pack
in light wood boxes using clean
dry wood ashes to fill up all the
spaces and over the bacon
also.
1 .at 1
To Bean Unlootr" Farmer.
Wc are full of tlieopmion
that all men are born lucky
but willingly .admit that all. do
not remain lucky. A look-
about us almost pitches us Into
the conclusion that there are
many who would rather be un-
lucky than otherwise. If you
are in trat class dear reader
permit 03 to tell you exactly
how you can manage to secure
your pcrfence to the best posi-
ble advantage.
1 Neglect your fence and
your buildings.
2. Put no faith in the saying
that "a stick in "time saves
nine."
3 Give your stock the freed-
om of the country.
4 Constderyour land suffi-
ciently rich. e
5 Move your stable to a new
place when the manure has
accumulated so as to be in your
way.
6 sever gather up old bones
or shoes or old .woolen rags
for your grape vines.
7 Marry a woman who has
been raised to wipe dishes with
the table napkins and who is an
adept at melting the cofiee pot.
1- ?"". .-B-r
spilling sugar conee tea
flour and salt
8 Sleep late of a morning
6 Have plenty of shade trees
on your farm
10 And last thought not
least neglect to tike and read
your county paper
Well Kept Farms.
New To;k Times.
A well ordered farm well
chosen stock comfortable build-
ing a neatly kept garden road-
way or entrance way gates well
hung fences well kept shade-
trees ornamental shrubbery
paint without and whitewash
within all these are worth more
to the farmer in money value
than a few hundred dollars care
fully sc.-aped together nd jeal
ously hoarded and loaned to
needy neighbors at interest. No
investment pays so well as
money judiciously spent in farm
improvements. Draining wet
land will pay fifty to qne hun-
dred per cent on its cost every
year; good stock will pay equal-
ly well; good roads will return
their cost every year a gate will
save its cost in a short time a
good fence may save its whole
cost in one night; a well kept
garden neat lawn orchard and
shade trees which need not cost
gioo have added ten times that
amount to the value' or a farm
and comfort and self respect
gained from the outlay for these
and thefr po'session are worth
more than' their cost.
rrosress of Journalism.
Our great progress in journ-
alism is shown by the fact that
in 1773 there were in the United
States less than forty newspa-
pers "and periodicals; whose
aggregate issue for that year
comprised 1 200000 copies j
now the united press publishes
over 500 daily newspapers more
than 4000 weeklies and about
Coo monthly publications ; of
the dailies that existed in 1870
about 800000000 copies were
struck off that year of the week-
lies about 600000000 and of
other serial publications about
ioo.ooo.OQO amounting in all to
1500000000 copies. And to
sum the matter up yet more
forcibly il must be stated that
the United States publishes
more newspapers witha-great-er
combined circulation than
all the other countries of the:
i world can boast of having.
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