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RAKKDt A IXTIlr Proprietors.
Largest ClrcnlatlonofsuiT Paper jiub-
lisnsd in tali Senatorial District.
t ornciorrpBUCATios:
Eassctt & Swcaringer budding corner of
St. Chailes and Sandy streets
Drcnham Texas.
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fraUr one oopyoneyeaiv... - 900
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- TtansientawlXicpal atlrertlsements Ineert-
4atUpeTKiiartrorimt Insertion and
0 cents per tqu&r for each mbeeqerat Inser-
tion Kurlagt MdOMtoair notices exceeding
?lKM.itiehalfprir. lvUtorlal notices of a
fHtrelr boslaew chttacter lOcenta a line e ( l
tuertfon
Entered at Oie rostoKce at Brenliam
Tens as second-class mail matter.
.TuElibbertson county repub-
licans held a-convention at Cal-
vert and nominated a partial
1 straight j ticket and endorsed
independents to make the ticket
complete. -
We have received a circular
addressed to the federal office
holders of Maryland calling
upon them for a contribution to
the campaign fund republi-
can of course.
Charles Francis Adams has
written a. letter to the New
KYprk committee iin which he
says: inc. democratic nomi-
nations are unexceptionable
and L'only'h&pe1 that if ratified
I'by thd people they will not be
inuerea awayDy iraua
n &u r 7
Rauicai. meetings are the
samcaU'ovcr Texas. The Jef-
ferson Democrat tells o'f one
that opened early in the even-
ing andlasted until 2 o'clock
the mprnipg. All the candi
dates ivere there and the row
they raised sas refreshing.
Nearly "alfherepubUcan or
gans in. Missouri have been
jvopnd "up and set to play one
time. That tune is for all the
scattered1 republicans in the
state Wpool "Uieirissues with
thejjreenbackers there is noth-
ing 'the ifcrjublicans won't -do
"when thcy;.are closely pressed.
f 5&dif thc?4th- dfMarch. 1881
uic terms oi tweniy-nve unicea
States senators will exp'ire.
Of theseeleven are republicans
and fourteen democrats. Mr.
Garfield of Ohio will take sen-
ator ThUrman's seat and about
twentyodd republicans of New
JVodccxptct;to succeed senator1
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ATihe republican conven-
ventitm. in Austin a resolution
was offered -declaring that-as
CpL Jones lad always voted
with the republicans in con-
gress theyefidorsefem for re-
flection tut n yiew of the fact
thatsucli resplition might in-
jure his prospects it was not
passed.
A Elatokia letter in the La-
Grange Journal says of the
joni;i discussion at that place
between Shepard and Jones
that-"In Ihe' judgement of
yotir cprresponnent he Jones
rnadp-a .very poor discom-
ncctddj iinsbatesmanlike speecli
although "he wis several times
heartily cheered."
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The simon pure dyed-in-the
wdol republicans' of Travis coun-
ty nave sucH deucate stomachs
that they cannot swallow the
fusion count ticket and n or-
der to lave a ticket which will
agree with them they have fix-
edrup a "straight ticket of truer
mue repuoucans ior county -ot-'ficers
arid will it is presumed
vofetor'them. "r
Another terrible threat comes
from Washington. All southern
clerks In the department who are
refusing to contribute to the'
Garfield cause and who are un-
derstood to be secretly in favor
of the election of Hancock are
to be branded in a public circu-
lar and dismissed. Thus do we
continue to gather the fruition
of ciyil service reform
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Ax Stephensville Pavidspn
the greenback candidate for the
legislature has been arrested
and jailed on a charge of swindling-
Itifurther appears that his
pame is" not Davidson but'
something- else. The green-
backers arc quite unhappy over
ihis affair as Davidson was one
of the big guns.-Cohmbiads
so to speak of the party in that
section cf the state.
We have received a circular
addressed to "The People ol
Texas" and signed by Jonn W.
Glenn for the republican execu-
tive committee if draws a
comparison showfng h6w good
the republican administration of
the state government was and
how bad t hat of the democrats
has been. It makes a stront?
appeal to the people to vote for
Edmund I. Davi?r anH trip re
mainder of the Hcarne ticket
but in ipite of all this Davis will
lack about '75000 votes of lc-
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Tho Urcenbaclcers.
It seems that the Maine
greenbackers or at least a por-
tion of them bolted the state
convention and will run an elec-
toral ticket of their own. If
any considerable portion of the
Maine greenbackers vote for
their o-vn electoral ticket the
effect will be to give Maine to the
republicans in the presidential
race aine has always- b'cen
a republican state and the dem
ocracy have never thought of
carrying it Hancock will be
elected without Maine but the
question presents itself what
do the greenbackers expect to
accomplish? they have no
chance of electing their candi-
date and financially Ihe repub-
licans the. leaders of which par-
ty favor the demonetization of
silver are much farther moved
from them than the democrats
who insist upon the free coin-
age of silver Thegreenbacker
is a curious .political medley
and hardly knotfs what he
wants; awhile ago they wanted
to issue an unlimited amount of
fiat money and pay off the na
tional debt . thus forcing the
bondholders to take fiat money
and as it would draw no inter-
est they would be compelled to
Invest it in all kinds of wild-'
cat speculations. The fiat
money theory has exploded like
a r soap bubble and there is
in reality no more of it left
than there is ot the bubble.
They now say that the national
debt should be paid according
to 'contract which is exactly
yhat the democratic patty wants
and intends 'to do while the fc-
publican party wants to pay it
in gold. Financially the coun-
try is in as prosperous a condi-
tion as it ever was;- ojd' debts
"are. being paid 'off gradually
while the majority of the p'eople
both in their indrvidual'and cor-
porate capacity aresloVvto con-
tract new ones. 'There is more
money intheTJnited States tak-
ing coin as the standard of value
than there fias"evef been before
in its history. - Labor-is in de-
mand and is -well paid1 while the
agricultural-classes are getting
good prices ior their produce.
Capitalists having confidence in
the prosperity" o'f all kinds of
business are investing their
money in railroads and manu
facturing enterprises;whatmore
any reasonable thinking man
can want it is(l4ifficult to imag-
ine. Yet the-'mverage green-
backer is unhappy and-discon-tentedbut
has no plan to offer
bywhichliecan betterhis con-
dition or that of his neighbors.
He is a disorganizerandthatis
about all. 1 '
' iNacommunicatiohelsewlierq
'Colored-Voter" who is a col-
ored man fully endorses the
editorial published in the Ban-
ker a few days' ago in' uhich
the colored people were advis-
ed to act and vote independent-
ly of the 'so-called republican
leaders.' Colored vote? seems
to be earnest in what he 'has to
say though he is inclined to
use stronger 'language- than is
necessary to express his indig-
nation of the powers that be.
While we do not endbrse the
harsh language used we think
his views are cbrrect and would
advise our coloredtreaders to'
read and reflect upon what'he-
has to say.
A Monument erected tto the
memory of the captors o? Maj-
or Andre the British spy du-
ring the revolutionary war will
be unveiled at Tarrytown New
York on the 23d inst. It will
be including the base twenty-
six feet high a bronze statue
eight feet high representing
Major Paulding a cfopy of a
picture in possession of.his fam-
ily "to surmount the whole. Mr.
Powers furnishes a bas-relief of
the picture we see in all the
school books' of the capture of
Andre. The monument will
stand near the exact spot of the
capture.
Tue New York Herald's
fund for the relief of the suffer-
ing Irish reached the handsome
sum of $341050 which was
disbursed where it would re-
lieve the greatest amount of
suffering at an expense of only
520. The Mansion house fund
reached 90000 not quite thtee
times as much and the expense
of its distribution was $2000 an
enormous difference. This
speaks volumes for the admin-
istrative ability and honesty of
the Herald.
In spite of all that is said in
favor of home colleges nearly
every Texas paper at.this sea-
son of the year contains no-
tices of young ladies and gen-
tlemen le-uiug for educational
institutions nt the old states.
LOW FAKES.
The. Sanger brothers of Dal-
las have 'just opened a new
store they induced the railroads
to give reduced fares and suc-
ceeded in drawing" quite alarge
crowd Jo Dallas. This fact
shows that a low rate of fare on
railroads stimulates travel. It is
fair to assume that of the im-
mense throng of strangers who
"took the advantage of the re-
duced rates to visit Dallas not
two out of every ten would
have went had full fare been
exacted. All railroads should
occasionally give excursion
rates so as to allow the average
citizens to get a few miles from
home once in a while. At pres-
ent rates of passenger traffic
railroad travel is a luxury in
which but few persons can af-
ford to indulge. To show
that it induce travel we will cite
two instances. At the opening
of the Santa Fe road the Bren-
ham Greys gave an excursion to
Galveston at a low rate of fare
the consequence was the train
had all that could be accomo-
dated. Later in the season a
Sunday school pic nic excur-
sion at a nominal rate of fare
carried about twelve hundred
persons out of town. Had reg-
ular fares been exacted the
excursion would have been a
failure. Excursion trains from
Galveston to Houston and from
Houston to Galveiton are al-
ways well patronized. The rail-
roads leading out o'f all the large
cities give very low rates-of fare
I to local' 'travel in many instan
ces they do not charge much
over a cent a'ihde sellings hat
are technically known as com-
mutation tickets by means of
this cheap travel many men are
enabled to j conduct their 'busi-
ness in the cities while their
.families reside in the country
and'they gd'home every night
some traveling as far as 20 or
30 miles from the city. In these
cases low. fares have i tendency
t6 settle-th'e country in the vi-
cinity 'of theuaties' and at the
Same time .it makes a1 paying
traffic for the railroads. If high
fares were exacted people
would.be compelled to reside in
town.m Texas is riot thickly
enough -settled cor are any
of .her cities large enough
to afford trains such as are re-
ferred to but still it serves to
illustrate the principle involv-
ed. It is rather too late in the sea-
son to inaugurate a system of
excursions now butit'is not too
late for flic railroad managers
to take the matter into .consid-
eration. It is a fact th'atshould
he patent to the railroads of
Texas that at present none pat-
ronize them unless compelled
to travel on business. There is
hardly a county in Texas along
theiine of the railroads but what
contains" people of adult age
who have never been twenty
miles from hpme and whose
knowledge of the world is con-
fined to those immediately sur
rounding them. A majority of
those- could were low rates giv-
enaffordo take a trip ot a hun
dred or" more miles every year1
or two. Inwthis-sectioo of the'
state- Houston and Galveston
would be benefitted by- these
excursions while in other por-
Ltions of the state' the large cit
ies would be similarly benefit-
ted.! it may be argued that the
railroad ' managers' ' understand
their'business it isiikely they
do but the people understand
their business too and they
will stay at home-in preference
to paying exhorbitant' railroad
fares. Inasmuch as the railroads1
are dependent upon the public
they should occasionally take "a
fit" of liberality.
The work of appointing Su-
pervisors of elections in "Texas
seems to be gDingi'quietlyon.
Every voting precinct is -'entitled
to one supervisor of elect-
tion who is appointed by the
chief supervisor and whose duty
it is to see that voters are not
bulldozed. The supervisors are
federal office holders and it was
upon this bill that the democrats
made such a strong fight in
congress. The democracy
claims that each state has the
right to regulate its own elec-
tions without federal interfer-
ence. The number of supervi-
sors throughout "the United
States amounts to a very con-
siderable array and at $$ per
day each it takes many thous-
ands of dollars to pay them.
The LaGraige Journal says
farewell Telegram good-bye
N. A. T Try if you cannot
give the News another dose of
Shepard. Your tirades did him
a great deal of good and with
the help of the slippery Bren-
ham's Post man we think you
arc fighting Jones' battle in a
manner worthv ofvouc leader.
A Colored Voter's TIows.
Editors Banner:
I noticed in your tssue of the
21st inst. an article containing
some very important and valua
ble advice to the coloredxpcoplc
of this county.
Now Mr. Editor su
and coming Trorrythe
ic press shotis-a v.ViM
the parfof the think?
clement of tins coun
act iustlv toward all class:
say "the negroes in this coiife'
occupy a peculiar position;
tney nave naa Daa icaucts
who for selfish end ta
deavorcd la array them in (oppo-
sition politically ttohe major-
ity of property owners and tax
payers."
In regard to that I will "Just
say that every word oTiTis the
unguded truth and I am oblig-
ed to say that that the colored
people in this county have been
mislead by designing white men
and ignorant colored men who
have been instructed and taught
to believe that they were the
proper "Leaders-" and when any
colored person has manhood
enough about him to differ with
a certain sect why those old
corrupt "leaders" are immedi-
ately instructed to raise a howl
and invent charges against the
offender; among some of the
charges are that if the colored
man happens to be an intelli-
gent one he is charged with
thinking himself better than the
rest of the negroes and that he
has been seen reading a demo-
cratic paper and that will be
conclusive evidence as to his
affilliation with the democrats.
The next thing the filth sling-
ing "Leader" is instructed to do
is to find out how long the po-
litical infidel has resided in the
county and where he came from.
Well.if they find out that he
has only resided in the county
for about five or six years why
then Instruction ill be given
to the old political canmble to
charge him with being a for-
eigner and an inteilor.cr but
foreigner is the nrjac usually
applied. Now the old-sore-backs
that use .such epitaphs
and apply them do it un-
der the advice of their political
attorneys.
Npw Mr. Editor Iam in a
ppsition to see a great deal of
the manoevering and I will just
show that it it the ignorant class
of colored people that they prac-
tice on and that they dispise
the more intelligent ones; now
I can namCj.atleast a dozen
qolored men "in this county
some of them live in Brenham
who are heartily dispised by
many of the white republicans
and every one of those men are
known to be hoffestand trust-
worthy and are both able to
read and write.
In a conversation -a few days
ago with a prominent republican
several colored men's names
were mentioned and I was inform
ed that they were pretty good
menbut it would not be policy to
trust theim And right here let
me tell you each of the men
mentioned could read and write
and I suppose that.was the rea-
son why it -would not be policy
to trust them. The name of one
or two who are as corrupt as
corruption itself politically
was spoken of and I was told
that "they were good workers
for the republican cause and
could be trusted;" now Mr. Ed-
itor all that remains for the
press to do as regards the col-
ored element is to write up such
articles as will sctthem to think
ing for themselves.
Until the colored man makes
up his mind to think for himself
he will continue to be the tool
of designing politicians and un
scrupulous and ignorant filth
slinging "Leaders" who are al-
ways acting under the instruc-
tions of the only enemies the
colored man in this portion of
the south have to contend
against. Now any one who
finds no fault with the republi-
can leaders of this county may
be looked upon by them as
"friends to the cause" but if
one dares to assert that not so
"and so does not suit him and
thathe-does not think the pub-
lic interest can be subserved by
continuing certain republican
officials in office then he brings
down upon his head the male-
dictions and curses of those
whom he has dared to differ
with. As for the writer he ex-
pects to cast his suffrage for
jusf who he conscientiously be-
lieves to be the best man re-
gardless of his political standing
and if in the coming election
the writers choice happens to be
a democrat he will get his sup-
port no matter where his choice
may happen to be as regards
political stand tiie man must be
above stooping so low as to
abuse a man for expressing his
honest convictions. The writer
may err in his selection but so
far as he is individually concern-
ed he would rather err a thous-
and timej through a love of jus-
tice than to be right forever
through selfishness and a base
prudence born of fear. A great
i..-iiy thinking colored men de-
sire to return thanks to you for
explaining to them in such a
friendly and disinterested man-
ner the best steps they should
take for their future prosperity.
Their determination is to act in
such manner politically as will
convince the"Wliippersin"that
they have lost their grip on
them and stand an excellent
chance of losing some of their
offices. Colored Voter.
David Trliber a St. Louis
merchant has been arrested on a
elnrgc of stealing 50000 pounds
of wool alucil at SioO".
EDITOBUL XOTES.
The New Or'eans railroad
excursion has finally been set
for October iSth.
Gov. Roberts made a cam-
Aj- J-paien speech atflCl
tatmanville
e
and UOSmoecn
rcorgnizecutVHHwork.
It isteported thattne Qpy-
ennfiindians in the territory
afe becoming dissatisfied and
troublesome.
There will be an exhibition
of fency dogs at the St. .Louis
fair this fall. Many entries have
already been made.
The Star of the .West the
organ of the universahst church
published in Cincinnati since
1S27 has suspended.
Absolute instead of fiat cot-
ton was demanded in New York
consequently there was an ad-
vance in the market.
The Houston Age thinks
that for judicial purposes Gal-
veston county had better attach
herself to Harris county.
The Houston Age says if
anything is said against Wash
Jones the Post seems to take it
as personal against itself.
The Bellville Times says the
general impression seems to be
that Shepard will beat Jones by
about 500 majority In Austin
county.
Heavy rains and damage to
cott'.M are reported in all por-
tions of the state; in some local-
ities the bolls are rotting and
dropping off.
Tnn Colorado Citizen pub-
lishes a review of the Shepard-
Jones discussion at Columbus
taking two and three-quarters
columns.
COMPLAtNT exists among' the
business men of New Orleans
about the irregularity?of the
mails to Texas. They want the
mails sent by rail.
Miss Florence Tilton n
daughter of Theodore Tilton of
Bcccher fame was married re-
cently in London to a Mr.
Pelton of Lo' isiana.
It is hinted that Grant Logan
Conkling and Den Dameron al-
though favoring Garfield as the
party nominee would be rejoic-
ed at his defeat.
The Tyler Democrat con-
demns the nou prevalent habit
of carrying pistols. It thinks
the penalty should be more- be
strictly enforced.
The track- on the Columbus
and LaGrange tap has been
laid to Elinger iS miles from
Columbus. The force of the
graders has been increased.
The Brnownwood Banner
thinks that by the 1st day of
January 18S2 the Santa Fe
railroad will be running- trains
into the town nf Brownu ood.
Fort Worth has already
raised S55ooo of the $75000
required to proenre the Santa
Fe railway. The remainder
will be raised without difficulty.
All the different trades and
professions have their regular
conventions. The latest thing
in this line was a convention of
undertakers and coffin makers
in Boston.
The subject of a reform in
the judiciary of this state seems
to be attracting some attention.
There is no doubt much room
for improvement; there are too
many technicalities.
Jesse Grant son of U. S.
Grant about whose marriage
so much has been said in the
papers was married in San Fran
cisco on the 22d to Lizzie
daughter of W. Chapman.
According to the "Waco Tel-
ephone brother Pcnn received
$550 in cash for a week's meet-
ing at Rowlett in Collin county.
The Telephone wants to know
why we cannot all be evangel-
ists. The Austin Statesman still
fights the free school system of
this state says that government
has no right to assume duties
toward the child that nature im
poses upon the parent or guar-
dian. Miss Sadie White aged 19
daughter of a prominent citizen
of Richmond Ky. was found
dead in bed with her throat cut
and a knife in her hand. She
is supposed lo have committed
suicide.
A railrovd meeting was
held in Dallas on thc.22d when
numerous railroad projects were
discussed prominent among
them was getting the Santa Fe
roid which Fort Worth c.pcct-
to capture.
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major
hold a
meeting. The Telcpone says
that major Pcnnis powerful
but he is costly. At Rowlett
he cost S550.
A S.E0R0 boy aged 1 1 years
named Clayton Hickman was
tried for the murder of three
year old white boy and senten-
ced to be hanged. This at Cul-
lodin Ga.
The McKinney Advocate
published at the home of Hon.
J. W. Throckmorton last week
has a column editorial in favor
of that gentleman for the Uni-
ted States senator.
Gen; Grant telegraphs to
Chairman Jewell of the repub-
lican national executive com
mittee that he cannot attend
.any of the mectingj but that
he will do all in his power to
aid the republican canvass.
Fort Worth has subscribed
the S75ooo demanded by the
Santa Fe railroad to build the
roadfrom Bclton to Fort Worth
Mr. Walter Gresham is now
there to close the contract and
the people of the Fort are hap-
py-
Bruce the colored senator
from Mississippi has evidently
madehay during the sunshine
of his official term. During his
six years scnatorshipata salary
of $5000 a years he has accumu-
lated a fortune estimated at
$200000.
Homer Merry was tried for
theft at Bordenvllle Mo. and
was acquitted through the tes-
timony of his wife. After his
discharge; she parted from him
saying she would not?' live with
a thief. She- was indicted for
perjury. '
The governor has refused to
pardon or commute Heard of
San Antonio convicted of land
forgery? For several months a
strong" effort has been made to
procure a pardon. Gov. Rob-
erts has it appears retired from
the pardohingand'eommutation
business.
iNMfsssouri Lincoln got only
1702s votes. ' But Missouri
supplied the union army with
I09"i 11 union soldiers and of
these it might be added fully
40000 were from other states.
Early in war over 20000 Illi-
noians were recruited in St-
Louis and credited as Missouri
regimen.ts.
Some of the trestle work on
the T. and P. railway in. the
Palo Pinto canyons is two hun
dred feet high. The company
has been trying to employ a
couple of watchman on this
high bridge to look out for fire.
An offer of $50 a month has
failed to find a man with the
nerve.
The letter of ."Colored Vo-
ter" published in the.BANNER a
day or two ago seems .to Jiave
attracted considerable attention
and some speculation as to who
was its author. The letter was
w ritten by a colored voter and
was published as written with a
few corrections in punctuation.
The Houston-Age tells how
old Seth Shepard is and con-
cludes by saying he is old
enough to be the unanimous
choice of the democracy of the
fifth congressional district as
their standard bearer. And is
old enough to be elected oyer
Wash Jones by a larger majori-
ty than was ever before receiv-
ed by any candidate in that
district.
A Polander living in the
neighborhood of Frio is 'con
structing an ark; he has receiv-
ed a revelation that there is to
be another flood. He was ev-
idently well informed as during
the recent heaVy rains in west
Texas the Friorose over sixty
feet and was about four miles
w ide; in Frioto wn the water in
the houses was fiom six inches
to six and eight feet deep.
Looking dow n from a tower
ing height upon Garfield Sen-
ator Conkling seems to regard
him as a man who grew up on
towpath and has turned out
about so-so. But he leads Au-
thur up before an admiring
audience and causes it to be
understood that this is theonly
great man and good man and
honest man because this is the
man whom senator Conkling has
made. The contrast is marked.
The greenback" convention
tor the second district of Wis-
consin nominated Robert P.
Main for representative in con-
gress and declared that $3000
yearly would be sufficient pay
for him and that if elected he
should return the remaining
$2000 to the national treasury
"where it rightfully belongs"
and that he should not be paid
any mileage unless he first
makes affidavit that he has not
mlilcn on a free pass hut has
paid the usual rates of fare.
Dallas has invited
Penn to come there and
STATE SEWS.
Morgan had its first fire
on Friday last A store was
burned.
Heavy rains are reported
in Red River county and west
to Tarrant.
In the district court .at
Bryan a divorce has been gran-
ted Maj. B. H. Davis.
If one of Evarts's sentences
should get loose in Spain now
Lord help that babyl (
The Sam Houston NormaL
school opened at Iluntsvil e on
the 22d with S5 pupils
1
W. A. Thompson is out
as a candidate for the- legisla-
ture in Austin county. '
Mr. Hardcastle will take
charge of the commercial de-
partment of the Houston Age.
The greenbackers of the
Steplicnsville district have nom-
inated a candidate- for the leg-
islature. Weimar has shipped 4000
bales of cotton up to date and
is receivieg at the rate of 150
bales a day.
Many of the roads" in Mc-
Lennan county are so heavy
that an empty wagon is all that
can be hauled over them.
Waco will now support the
fire department by voluntary
monthly subscriptions from the
business men of that place.
AtNavasotathe public free
schools opened with an atten-
dance of 75 pupils at the white
schools and 30 at the colored.
Mrs. Sarah Caldwell moth-
er of J. T. Griffin died at his
residence in Hempsteadon the
23d. She was 81 years of age.
Denison celebrated' her
eighth anniversary on Friday.'
There was a parade of the fire
department and ether organiza-
tions. The new federal building'at
Austin if the present 'fate of
progress continues will perhaps
befinished during the next
three years. ' 1
The Lee county manufac-
turing company seems to be
making slow progress the grangers-are1
slow to take stock in
the enterprise.
Four negroes were arrest-
ed in Red River county charg-
ed u(th attempting- to assassin-
ate Pleasant Jgahy shooting in-
to his house. Two of the ne-
groes were held and two dis-
charged. if
The Waco Telephone in
speaking of the. burning of the
McMahon mansion says "One
thing is certain a eye-sore is
removed from that portion of
the city in which the house; was
situated."
1
The case jo f the state vs.
William and Nat Green at Bell
ville charged with threats to
kill J. M. Jackson occupied
the justice s court all day Thurs-
day. The court decided fn
favor of the defendants-
The Navasota. Tablet can't
understand why the census tak
ers of Grimes county didn't get
paiu iur uicir wotk. rui tne
census takers in the United
States are in the samefix they
will be paid in due time.
In the recent election for
mayor at Dallas the greenback-
ers voted for judge Good in op-
position to Thurmond who
claimed to be a greenbacker
but in the race for mayor poli-
tics cut no figure whatever.
Thomas Rindfiiesh a car-
penter who lived by himself in
Houston.died alone in.his "house
and was only discovered when
the buzzards attracted by the
smell of his decomposing body
held a mass meeting on the
premises.
At one pfthe compresses
in Houston Ernst Wilson call-
ed Manuel Granger a darned
liar. Granger took the lie and
shortly afterwards he took an
axe and stepping behind Wil--son
struck him on the head in-
flicting a fatal wound.
Mr. J. M. Bassett an em-
ploye of the International
bridge company at Austin gave
a boy an unmerciful whipping
using a large whip for the pur-
pose. He was fined $25 and
cost which considering the cir-
cumstances was dirt cheap.
The Houston Post says that
for eight days a destitute negro
woman in the last stages of
consumption has been allowed
to lay in the hall of the cala-
boose without medicine and
vvithoutcare. This is a disgrace
to Houston and to the county
The Central Military insti-
tute nt Waco was burned at 2
o'clock on Friday morninff.
Thebuilding cost originally$i5-
000 but latteily has been used
as a bawdy house. The fire
was the worktof an fnccndiary.
all other means to suppress it
having failed. ""
The republicans of Color
ado county held a convention
and nominated a full county
ticket The Citizen says there
is talk of bolting. Apparently
there is a beautiful lack of har-
mony among the republicans in
the "dark belt" in this state.
A little negro boy ran up
behind a horse in Denton Sun-
day night and the horse kicked
him a fearful blow in the head
knocking him senseless. A
physician was sent for who on
examination found the skull
fractured for about four inches
around. He took out several
pieces of bone andrestorad the.
boy to conciousncssbut pro-
nounced him in a very critical
condition.
At a negro frolic hear
Weimar Joe Thomas' shoulder
afforded a lodging place for the
contents ofapistoL
Sid Alexander who killed
Joe Bullard city marshal of En-
nis has succeeded in getting
his case continued in the court
at Waxahachie.
An unknown German was
found in a vacant .shanty near
Grocsbeeck nearly lifeless and
horribly afflicted with screw-
worms. He had been lying in
the shanty thirteen days with-
out food or drink all efforts to
save his life were unavailing.
' After a three years exper-
iment the attempt to establish a
Methodist church north in
Waco has been abandoned.
The congregation has dwindled
down to such proportions as to
be no congregation at all and
the minister in charge has not
been paid a dollar a month for
his services.
Last Saturday week a dif-
ficulty occurcd near "Winches-
ter. Fayette county .between
two negroes about a( package
of tobacco they had bought in
partnership. When the negroes
arrived at their homes which
were close together one oV
them took a shot gun and kill-
ed the other. The shootist is
in jail.
According to the Dallas
Times the opening of Sanger
Brothers brought at least two
thousand visitors to Dailas
from the surrounding country.
The new store is said to be to
Dallas what A. T. Stewart &
Co's store is to New York.
They carry a stock of about
$400000 and their yearly sales
amount to upwards of-$iooo-000.
A young gentleman and
lady made a very narrow escape
from drowning at Clifton on
the '.Bosque. They were cross-
ing the stream in a buggyand
had stopped to water the horses
when they discovered a . rise
coming down like a torrent
they barely escaped to
shore in time? to see thetbiiggy
and team swept away by the
rushing water. The team was
lost
J. A. Tfnkle a farmer liv-
ing twelve miles south of Hen-
derson was called out into his
lot and shot dead by a negro
boy. Mrs. Tinkle hearing the
'gun fire went out to see what
was the matter when the negro
entered the house and stole
S400 in cash and made his es-
cape. The entireneighborhood
is looking for him and if found
it y thought he will be made
into a subject for the coroner.
After the speaking at Col-
umbus on Saturday the nth
the colored brass band sere-
naded Hon. Seth Shepard "at
the Wootcn' house. Powell
Lanier the colored steward at u
the hotel introduced Mr. Shep-
ard to the assembly and he made
a short terse and practical
speech which was well received.-
The Citizen says it is rumored
that Shepard passed a green-
back bill to Powell to "set up
the beer" lor the band and their
friends; but it wouldn't do to
print this an actual fact for fear
Hon. Wash Jones will get hold
of it and accuse Shepard of an
effort to buy up the colored-vote
of Colorado county
Hon. Geo. McCorhIck 'at-
torney general has issued a cir-
cular in the form of an official
opinion regarding the division
of counties into election pre-
cincts and the designation of
voting places therein. The law
requires that each voter shall
cast his ballot in the election
precinct in which he resides.
This election precinct must be
wholly within -a justice's pre-
cinct and not composed of parts
of different justices' precincts
as every voter in addition to
being required to votefn the
election precinct of his residence
is also required to vote in ".the
justices precinct of his resi
dence. .
The Giddings Lone -Star re-
lates an incident that occurred-
on the streets of that town' the'
other day. An ardent Jones
man struck a crowd of a dozen
men and proposed taking apoll.
The votfi stood Shepard 9Jones
1. Ihe Jones man was not satis
fied and wanted a larger crowd
after a while the crowd increas-
ed by the haltIng"of several
more passers by and a. vote was
again taken resulting Shepard
15 Jones 2 The Jones man
now remembered that he wan-
ted to sec a man who lived
around the corner and heIeft'
like one intentupon business.
Tr Waco Telephone thinksi
that if the legislature which
meets in jinuary next finds.a
million of dollars lying idle " uv
the treasury a surplus of a mil-
lion that the state does not need
for any legimjtte purpose that a.
reduction oftherateof taxation
w ill be in order. This1 surplus""
fund has been raised by taxa-
tion a good deal of it from oc
cupation taxes. We opine that
after the deficiency" bills are
passed that boasted cash bat
ancc will meltaway.
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