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EntereAatthc ToMoffice at ISienham
Terasas second-crass mail matter."!
It is estimated that not less
than 25-0OO" fraudulent votes
were! cast in Nejv York alone
and with them'' the republicans
bought the presidency.
Tun not at the republican
meeting in St. Louts on'Satur-
day night was caused by white
advisers of the colored people
and'tlie papers suggest that the
white leaders arc the ones to be
punished.
.Returns from the various
counties in this congressional
district show that Jones in ad-
dition to the. greenback got
the full republican vote nearly
all the republicans voting' solidly-forliim
this was done in
Uic Scnegambian district com
posed of Brazoria Wharton
and Matagorda counties. . -
Tun Dallas Times on the day
after the election says any dem
ocrat who can write a temperate
editorial in the face of the elec-
tion returns is-too cold-blooded
to be honest in politics. The
Times man is too hot-blooded
to be reasonable in politics.
The result of the election is bad
enough without jetting fnto a
towering passion.
The election returns will soon
all be. in and the defeated can
didates having counted up their
net losses in time money and
loss of persopal comfort will
settle down to work for the next
two years when some of them
will try again. The people at
large will rejoice that' the clec- i
tion is over and that there arc
no more candidates to enquire
after their health and the health
of their families.
Soue means' should be de-
vised by which the votes in this
state can" be counted sooner
than they now are. In
precincts where three or four
hundred votes are polled it
takes from twelve to twenty-
four hours to ascertain the re-
sult. It now takes about three
weeks to ascertain the result of
a state 'election here. In the
r eastern states the result of a
state election is known in less
than twenty-fourhours.
Hon. J. D. McAuoo county
judge of this county will no
doubt be surprised to-find hint-
self reported in the Houston
Post as a "democrac." The
judge was simply endofsed by
the democratic county conven-
tion of this county as it was
not deemed advisable " to make
a party nomination for the
judgeship. He has never claimed
that he was a democrat In
the contest forthc district judge-
ship political parties were ig-
nored and the candidates were
voted for indiscriminately. H.
M. Lewis is in the same report
put down as a republican.
The St Louis .Republican
"of the 3d speaking of the result
of the presidential elertion says
ft doss not require a long search
to find the cause of this disaster.
The first premenition was in
the Indiana defeat It says fur-
ther tliat the reason Indiana
and New York which voted for
Tilden in 1876 did not vote for
Hancock was because the ticket
was notasstrongas the ticket of
1 876". It was a strong advocate
of the re-nomination of Tilden
and is now convinced that a
serious error was made in ig-
noring his claims. Fraud is
charged in the importation ol
voters into Indiana.
.
The Denison News of the
4th inst says "the democratic
party of this county has just
met with the most pronounced
defeat it has ever experienced
all the independent candidates
were elected by large majorities.
All the elements of the county
opposed to nominations were
united and thoroughly organ-
ized." It says if the democrats
of Grayson county ever decide
to put another party ticket in
the field they will have to select
men who arc not afraid to work
for its success and "shell-out"
liberally besides. The indica-
tions are that party lines are of
but little effect in county and
municipal matters.
BEEHH AM WASlJiraGTON COTJNTT. TEXAS
TKXAS liKMOCKiri.
The fact that the next na-
1 tional administration wUitie re
publican with a republican
president whose title to the scat
ts unquestioned will give the
republicans throughout the
south a strength and confidence
that they have whollyTackcd
for the past two years and if
the democratic state adminis-
trations arc not very careful the
democracy will find itself losing
strength in the states. The. in-
dications now arc that in Texas
Davis the republican candidate
for goycrnor will poll a much
larger vote than the most san-
guine republican anticipated at
the lime he was -brought for-
ward by the conclave at Hcarnc.
The vote for governor -Roberts
will fall considerably below that
for Hancock thus showing that
there are many democrats who
do not endorse the. action of
the Dallas convention and have
so said by their votes while still
a large number of democrats
voted lor hint undcrprotcst or
tth a mental reservation choos-
him as the lesser of two evils.
It now remains for the de-
mocracy to recover lost ground
and it can on'ybc done by pur-
suing a mild conciliatory con-
servative and progressive
xourse.
Our next legislature will
have ample scope to distinguish
itself as well as to regain the
confidence of the people; how-
ever the members of that bodv
may themselves regard it they
are on probation and by their
works they will be judged.
The principles that governs
the democratic party are
unquestionably right but
there are may minor matters to
come before our legislature
which may have a wonderful
effect upon our state politics..
Vircinia and Tennessee are liv-
ing examples of what may be
brought about by purely local
or rather state issues. If any
one had two years ago predict-
ed that within two ycars Ten-
nessee would have a republican
governor he would have been
set down as a fit Subject for the
lunatic asylum. The result in
Tennessee was brought about
by purely local issues those of
refunding the state debt. The
democracy of Texas should take
warning; there should be no in-
ternal disputes in the party.
It is fair to assume that in
the vote for president every
man voted with his party.
From the returns of Galveston
county we find that Hancock
received 3000 voles Garfield
about 13S0 and Weaver 192
which may be said to be full
strength of the simon-pure
greenbackers. SheparH receiv-
ed 2917 votes coming within
nearly a hundred of polling the
otitire democratic vote. "Jones
received 1CS1 votes getting ev-
ery republican vote.every green-
back vote and the votes of near-
ly a hundred men who voted
for Hancock. For the elector-
al tickets 4572 votes were cast
and for congressman 4594".
Thev are having a baby
show in the Horticultural hall
at Boston. More than three
hundred oi them arc on exhibi-
tion including a Chinese in-
fant an Indian child a double
set of twins "belonging to the
proudest woman in the hub"
one set of colored triplets and
other ititercs"ting attractions.
The object ofthe show is said
to be purely moral and strictly
educational. Tfty-five physi-
cians visit the hall every day
and favor the mothers with prac-
tical advice in regard to the
food clothing and general
management of .their infants.
The best wagon made forthc
Texas trade is the manu-
facture says an exchange. All
the wagons in use in Texas arc
made in other states there not
being a wagon factory ol any
pretensions in the state. It is
estimated that from 800 to 1000
northern made wagons are an-
nually sold in Brcnham. A fac-
tory making half the number
would give employment to a
good many hands and would
be a -big thing for the town.
At Frankfort Ky. on Thurs-
day a young man named Eg-
bert fatally shot a negro boy
for hallooing for Garfield. In
the same town a policeman
while trying to suppress a fight
was shot in the bowels and fa-
tally wounded.
The people of Williamson
county however much they may
admire "brass mounted check"
did not appreciate their tal-
ented fellow citizen the George-
town Record man sufficiently
to give him a majority of their
votes.
Teaa Toliacro.
Mr. J. H. Heeler of White
Rock McLennan county has
raised this year lour hundred
pounds of as fine looking to-
bacco as any produced in the
tobacco states. The crop was
raised on three-quarters of an
acre of land. Under the new law-
country merchants who pay a
tax ol five dollars a year are al-
lowed to buy and ship leaf to
bacco thus giving farmers an
opportunity of disposing of any
surplus tobacco they may raise.
Quite a number of farmcts have
for years been in the habit of
raising small "patches" of to-
bacco for home consumption;
it gnjws with little trouble and
is said in southern Texas to
make two crops a year. It
I is an article that is always In
demand and sells as readily in
the market for cash as does
cotton heator pork. This
season tobacco is quoted in St.
Louis a lcading'tobacco mar-
ket at from S4.25 to $12 per
hundred for common to what is
known in the market as good
good shipping leaf while fancy
bright leaf tobacco such as is
used for wrappers in making
"plug" chewing tobacco is quo-
ted at from 20 to Job per 100
pounds. The quality of tobac-
co depends much upon the soil
and climate. It would be well
enough for fanners to experi-
ment with different varieties to
ascertain which is best adapted
to their lands ; to raise tobacco
largely requires extensive barns
for properly curing it and un-
til it is definitely ascertained
what success would attend its
culture in this section of the
state it would be useless to go
to any expense fn building
houses. Many citizens of Tex-
as from Tennessee Virginia and
North Carolina are no doubt
familiar with the cultivation and
handling of a crop of tobacco
and 'such should procure seed
and raise small quantities with
a view to testing its value as a
crop for market A great deal
of tobacco is handled at New
Orleans for export to Europe
and some is also manufactured
there. After the experimental
crop is made samples could be
sent there and the exact value
ascertained. It is generally
conceded that one of the wants
ofthe cotton region is a diversi-
of crops; if tobacco can be suc-
cessfully and profitably raised
in this section it would do away
withhe necessity of all cotton
for a crop and might perhaps
pay belter. At all events the
subject is one worthy of the at-
tention of planters.
The Waco Examiner says :
We have a plan for carrying
the next election and hasten to
propose it before some one else
gets ahead. We can spare fifty
thousand democrats from Texas
sixty thousand from Georgia
and a small host from each of
the other states and let these a
year before the next election
emigrate to the doubtful states.
We have plenty of democrats
but they arc badly distributed
too many on one end of the
teter and they sag that "end
dawn instead of balancing it.
Our idea of an immigration
bureau is all wrong it is a politi-
cnl emigration bureau that we
want A patent applied for.
The Houston Tclcgam is
star-gazing it says night before
last in the midst of a terrific
rain storm and torrents of rain
ainy star was brightly shining
in the high heavens. The tiny
star was suggestive of demo-
cratic principles. Democratic
principles are all right south of
Mason and Dixon's line but
latterly have not been popular
in the north. We are patiently
waiting the day when they shall
prevail throughout the land.
Oyster suppers for charita-
ble purposes having become
disreputable on account of the
many jokes about the fewness
and emaciated condition of the
oysters "employed" to make
the soup the Laurels and La-
dies aid society of Waco pro-
pose giving a mush and milk
festival. It is extremely likely
that this will be a success at
least so far as the quantity of
the food is concerned.
Every farmer should take a
good agricultural paper. Such
an one is Coleman's Rural
World published at St. Louis
Mo. It is a handsome eight
page weekly exclusively agri-
cultural and is sent to subscrib-
ers at the low price of only Si
per year. Address Rural
World Coo Olive street St.
Loijis Mo.
Scientists have distinguish-
ed 82000-differcnt species of
plants of which number nearly
4000 arc different forms of grass.
KII1TOK1AI. .NOTE..
Nlw York city gains one
democratic congressman.
In Harris county the demo-
cratic county ticket was elected.
Iowa is "reliably republican
the majority in the state being
Ss.ooo.
Five negroes were elected to
the legislature in the -recent
election in Georgia.
Is Cincinnati -si. policeman
was shot and mortally vtemli
by a disorderly negro.
Small po is epidemic in
San Francisco; seventeen new
cases were reported last Friday.
The New York World claims
that the democrats wilk.
have a small majority in trVc
house.
There was prcsept at thir
deaf and dumb asylum at Aus.
tin October 30 seventy-one
pupils.
Part of the Laflin powder
works at Mountain View N. J
exploded the other day killing
two men.
Rqm.RT Rns"o living in the
suburbs of Nashville Tenn.
quarreled with and fatally stab-
bed his wife.
Gex. Hncock is ill Irom
overwork with throat and chest
troubles; his friends feel some
1
anxiety about him.
The blessings of a "high pro-
tective tariff" were successfully
preached in the north where
factories abound.
A I'RLSS of job work printing
election tickets caused the Vic-
toria Advocate to issue a half-
sheet paper last week.
Illinois gives Garfield a ma-
jority of about 50000 notwith-
standing it was claimed as a
possible Hancock state.
A Nashville Tenn. dispatch
says the republicans claim the
governor and 47 out of 100"
members of the legislature.
There is talk at Chicago of
impeaching mayor Harrison a
democrat for an incendiary
speech before the election.
The colored voters of Hell
county nearly all voted the
straight democratic ticket and
there wasn't any bulldozing
either.
The registration of drinks by
the bell punch in Harris county
has so materially fallen off that
the machine may be set down
as a farce.
The popular majority for
Garfield is put down at 527000;
the majority lor Hancock is
450763. Garfield's net ma-
jority 76287.
The democratic majority in
Missouri is 40000. Kansab has
a republican majority of 40000.
Massachusetts gives a republi-
can majority of 52332.
The San Antonio Evening
Times now publishes the asso-
ciated press dispatches. Itsays
that it has come to stay; it is a
live newsy paper and-deserves
success.
The republicans claim tojiave
carried California and the-
Houston Post says that Tennes-
see has -'tumbled" which is de-
cidedly more expressive than
elegant.
The New Orleans Democrat
of Tuesday last comes beauti-
fully and profusely illustrated
with artistic wood cuts of heath-
en Chinese whom it dubs as
Garfield's friends.
The next thing to winning a
Victory is to be badly beaten.
We arc very badly beaten says
the Examiner. Adversity has
its uses the national democracy
has much to learn.
The Illinois legislature stands
as follows : senate republicans
32 democrats 18: house re-
publicans 82 democrats 6y.
The democratic party is by no
means dead in Illinois.
The A. and M. college farm
at Bryan has raised one bale of
cotton which was picked out by
the students. The bale has
been stored in the farm yard
and will be kept as a curiosity
Turn about is fair play; the
Houston Age says that for three
months candidates were busy
treating their friends that now
and for the next three months
the friends should treat the can-
didates Wm. 1$. SrooNtR president
of the total abstinence society
of Boston Mass. died on the
29U1 ult. He was immensely
wealthy and during his life
time had given away some
$700000 in charities.
Tln months ago a number of
carp three inches long were
planted in the fish pond in For-
est Park St. Louis. A few
days ago they were caught and
found to range from ten to
twelve inches in length.
THURSDAY
"VVhatthc south should do"
is one ofthe problems that will
occupy the attention of south-
ern newspapers during the next
four years.
The Texas Mule Ranger for
November is at hand. It is up
to its usual standard of excel-'
lence both in the matter and ils
typographical appearance.
N. Q. Henderson's Jlhrcc
column aodrcss to Ins allow
lilafc- Ucw.vJmtdn
t-
compKgrare. 111 one garm
someuiing nuc a boy s slurtai
draircrs in one piece.
The Bclton Courier wants
the credit and says. "We
speak out in time and declare
that the Bclton Courier was the
first paper that hoisted the name
of the old alcade for reelec-
tion" and he is re-elected.
W11 KTOx county is nearly
dark. The IIvnm'k is in re-
ceipt of the returns from one
district in which Shepard re-
ceived 39 voles and Jones 213.
-The republican electors received
215 votes and the democrats 37.
The Houston. Age has tuo
roosters a national and a-state
one; its national rooster is
floored and has his toes turned
up to tlfe daisies; its state
rooster stands flat-footed and
crows lustily for the old alcade.
W. II. Williams the present
county judsje of Galvcstou
county was a candidate for re-
election but seems to have lost
his popularity; he received
only 706 votes while nearly
3800 were polled against him.
The Fairfield Recorder ap
peals to his dear sweet sub-
scribers to haul him wood. In
the winter season the very ex-
istence of a country newspaper
depends upon wood and more
than one pJper has suspended
publication for want of it.
The New York Evening
-Journal gives the full particu-
lars ofthe desertion of "his wife
by Henry Grcenwall manager
of the Tremont opera house
Galveston. He left her desti-
tute and demented in a New
York boarding house.
A rush of job work has in-
terfered with our editorial
duties was the burden of the
song in a good many country
papers last week. Election and
job work arc all over now and
the editors will have .1 chance
to spread themselves.
W. C. Walsh land commis-
sioner advertises 50000 acres
of the capitol lands for sale.
The fifty thousand acres is sold
to pay the expenses of the loca-
tion and survey of 3050000
acres set aside for" Hie purpose
of building a new capitol. "
The Galveston News of Sat-
urday says estimated majori-
ties from the counties of the
fifth congressionalvdistrict leave
it an open question whether
Jones or Shepard is elected. It
appears that the official count
only can settle the question.
In Travis county the demo-
crats elect a part of the county
ticket but until the full returns
ofthe county are published it
is impossible to say how many
democrats voted for Jones. A-
comparison of the vote for
president with that for Shepard
will tell the talc.
John Kllly offered a reso-
lution at a meeting ofthe Tam-
many committee setting forth
that a large number of men
from Washington Vermont
Massachusetts and other states
had been colonized in New
York and voted the republican
ticket.
CiUCAGodias 3752 manufac-
tories which employ 113507
persons who with those depen-
dent ypon them probably
amounts to more than one-half
of the population of the city.
These factories employ a capi-
tal of 580692102 and their an-
nual product is 5253405691.
These figures shew conclu-
sively the benefits of manufac-
tories to a city.
Some persons are over-sensitive
in construing things that
arc intended as pleasantries as
being derogatory to themselves
or their neighborhood. If ever
there arc any bad points in a
newspaper its -non-subscribers
arc sure to find it out. If a
good thing appears it is passed
in silence. The paper that can
keep all its readers from com-
plaining is yet to be published.
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In Harrison county the citi-
zens ticket was elected by a
majority of over 2000 thus
completely defeating the re-
publican county office holders.
The state and national republi-
can tickets have a majority in
the county of from Soo to a
1000.
According to the Waco Ex-
aminer the distillery at that city
condenses three hundred bush-
els. of corn daily making only
350 gallons of juice or a little
over one gallon ofthe fluid ex-
tract to the bushel. The dis-
tilleries in Ohio and Illinois
make four gallons of whiskey
uihel of corn.
Hal L. Gosling the live ed-
or of the Castroville Quill was
San Antonio yesterday says
ic Times. Live editor is good
as no one ever head of a dead
editor though a good many ed-
itors had as well be dead as
alive judging from the papers
llhey turn out. Gosling gets
out.a live paper.
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DtMoCRATicrobsters were at
a very heavy discount just af-
ter the presidential election.
They have been carefully laid
away and. will be kept for some
future occasion ; the present
defeat has o.ily silenced the
roosters the crow is in them
yet and is bound to come out
Under the laws of Texas a
marriage ceremony performed
by a Rabbi of the Hebrew
church is not considered a legal
marriage. Of course society
will accept it. but the law docs
not. The next legislature will
be asked to amend the statutes
so as to do awayt with this
twelfth century proscription.
According to the New York
Herald the .northern manufac-
turers used extraordinary efforts
to swell the republican ranks.
The laboring classes were lied
to and bulldozed into voting
the republican ticket In some
instances the operatives were
compelled to turn out and par-
ade or be rjischarged.
Next week llie'Caldwell Reg-
ister is to change hands. Bur-
Lleson count' seems to be rather
a hard one on its home paper.
During the past five years three
or four men have had charge of
the Caldwell paper and so far
as we know all have been satis-
fied when they retired from the
tripod. Caldwell is now a live
railroad town and should sup-
port a home paper.
The Comanche Chief wants
to know if tlc simple fact of a
man having been mayor of a
little "Jim Crow" town fits him
for the position of district judge
and it opposed Wheeler who
had been mayor of the city of
Austin and who was a candi-
date in its district The Chief
seems to regard Austin as ai
"Jim Crow" town.
Gigantic republican frauds
in New York city and state are
being discovered. The repub-
lican vote in some of the city
assembly districts shows an in-
crease of seventy per cent.
Congressmen White and Cox
will object in the house under
the 22d joint rule to the count-
ing ofthe electoral vote of New
York and Indiana. We are
afraid that the objection will do
no good.
.
The figures which hogs com-
mand in this market S4.20 to
54.65 per 100 pounds should
not be ignored because they are
not higher. In view of the ex-
tent of the snpply the prevail-
ing prices are good. The sum-
mer packing was not much in
excess of that a year ago. It is
generally admitted that the hog
crop is fully as large if not
larger as that of 1S79. The
farmer finds himself more com-
fortable than usual financially
and is liable to hold for higher
prices and a greater number
than formerly are ""doubtless
holding back for a more remu-
nerative market The receipts
just now in the principal mark
ets are lighter than a year ago
at this time. We arc forced to
believe that later in the season
the receipts will be quite liberal
and prices may be forced below
the farmer's anticipations. St
Louis Rural World.
These are the latest assign-
ed reasons why the republicans
have succeeded this fall by
Mr. Joseph Pulitzer. They
have won he says:
Because they have so much
intelligence so much monc'
and I must say so muclr real
genius fora political campaign.
In the first place they have ten
stumpers speaking through the
country to our one; they have
ten newspaper to our one; they
have ten dollars to our one.
A Springfield O. paper pub-
lishes a list of marriagablc young
ladies in that ton n.and describes
each as "kind" "charming"
"witty" "well-read" or "very
refined" but neglects to state
their experience at spanking ba-
bies baking bread or putting on
a square patch in the seat of
pantaloons. Phila. Chronicle-Herald.
11 1880.
STATK NK"8.
In Lamar county the dem-
ocrats elected all the officers.
Chas. Wicks a Mormon
missionary is sick atCorstcana.
At Sherman on election
day the .colored tropps drank
nobly.
The citizens of McLennan
county voted on the stock law
at the late election.
Jim Broun was re-elected
shcriffof Lee county by a ma-
jority of over 900.
Waller county voted largely
republican electing most of
their county ticket
In Brown county small boys
arc offered 520 per month and
board to gather pecans.
A watering-place without a
whiskey place near by can ncv-.
er become a popular resort.
Heavy snow storms arc re-
ported in Dallas Collin and
Grayson counties on Friday.
At Concho Tom Green
countyf on Friday the snow
was 9 inches deep on a level.
Bell county went democrat-
'ic by about 2700 majority elect-
ing the entire county ticket
The Corsicanaartesian well
is about to prove a failure for
want of funds to complete it.
At Waco the other night
some thieves entered a black-
smith shop and stole the anvil.
A musical composer cannot
do much with one piece'of mu-
sic. He must write by the
score. s
About 10000 bales of cot-
ton have already been shipped
from Schulenburg and as much
more is to follow.
In Coryell county 1800
voles were polled 1750 demo-
cratic and 50 republican green-
backers made no showing.
B. G. Jones who for many
years was a citizen of Lee
county died at his home on the
West Ycgua on the 1st inst.
John Nash of Kaufman
was fatally burned by turpen-
tine .vhich was being rubbed
on his stomach catching fire.
The colored-troops in San
Antonio fought nobly some
of them fought so nobly that
they tried to vote in two wards.
At this season ofthe year
'possums are triumphantly car-
ried through the streets of In-
terior towns by colored persons.
Negro United States troops
that have been station for 5
years at Loredo started last
Thursday for the Indian Terri-
tory. Waller county is soon to
have a nev jail. The material
is on the ground and work will
soon be commenced atr Hemp-
stead. A crazy man was arrested
in Dallas recently and when
discovered he was rating shin-
gle nails; he has the stomach
of an ostrich.
In Grimes county the re-
publicans elect the county of-
ficers with the exception of the
county judge and they possibly
have elected him.
H. Booton and J. W. Ed-
monson had a difficulty at Rich-
mond and used pistols freely to
assauge their anger. Edmonson
is severely injured.
A Chicago paper asks: "Will
the coming man use both
hands?" If the coming man
takes to politics he probably
will when the bar'l is opened.
The Belton Courier says
that Nicaragua wheat is a sure
crop in that section ofthe state
and that the mills should make
arrangements to handle- it next
year.
John McLaughlin while
stealing a ride on p freight
train near Schulenburg fell be
tween the cars and was run
over. He died shortly after-
ward. The Fairfield Recorder
gives notice that Fairfield does
not propose to furnish pretty
girls for wives or the young
men of Mexia and all the towns
around.
A man named Hancock
no relation to the general of
that name went into an Austin
clothing store and flourished
his pistol. He was arrested and
paid 535 lor his fun.
Casper Caldwell a farmer
living near Birdsdalc Bell
county was stung by a small
spider the other day and came
very near losing his life from
the effects ofthe sting.
On Downs"plantation near
Waco last Saturday evening a
man named J. D. Taylor shot
and killed Lewis Roberts a boy
iSyeats old. It was all about
a dog Taylor was drunk.
A. sacriligious party named
Hines all the way from Massa-
chusetts entered Major Penn's
tent at Dallas and stole a lot of
hymn books and a bible which
he hypothecated at a saloon for
drinks.
James Wright white and
Phil. Manuel colored were
working together in the shops
of the Central railway when
Phil struck Wright in the head
with a shovel inflicting a mor-
tal wound. Phil is in jail.
Irish potatoes planted near
Hockley in Harris county last
July arc now being dug and
they yield one hundred and
twenty-five bushels to the acre.
They arc very fine potatoes in-
deed.and arc worth three dol-
lars per bushel
mJMBEK 46
General 'ews.
The ladies of Chattanooga
have a cooking club.
Solid dark colors prevail in
the latest styles of hosier-.
Lexington Ky. has 500 stu-
dents attending its colleges.
A new tobacco factory is the.
is the latest enterprise in Little
Rock Ark.
Long pins ofjet shell or gold
and tiny Japanese fansarc worn
in the hair.
The Chinese in San Francis-
co call Talmage Alf Chin
Museek.
An eight-foot vein of bitumi-
nous coal has been "discovered
at Hot Springs Ark.
The corner stone of the new
State Agricultural College at
Lexington Ky. has been laid.
In cutting up a beef in Ma-
Ala. the butcher found a nail
firmly imbedded in a hind
quarter.
Chenille surcots should be
made for slight figures only as
that material always makes the
figure larger.
A gentleman in Anderson
county Kentucky offers to fell
several fine horses to be paid
for when Hancock is elected.
. A sample of the grass from
near Larned Kan. Is ove eight
feet in height and its. entire
growth has been made- this
year.
Silk handkerchiefs should be
washed with borax in tepid
water with little or no soap
and ironed before becoming-
dry I
Small ornamental pockets
made of autumn leaves are
worn on day dresses and are
tasty "and likely to meet with
favor.
So much money has been t
lost in furs during the last four
exceptionally mild winters that
there is not much effort to pro-
duce novelty in design in this
direction.
An artesian well at Atchison
Kan. supplies both fresh and
salt water A deep pump fo
the bottom penetrates the salty
yicn and a fresher one strikes'
the fresh water.
The steamer City of Berlin'ar-.
rived at New York last Satur-
day bringing 950 steerageand
125 cabin passengers and had
made the voyage in seven days
sixteen hours and ten min-
utes. The wedding ot'Mr. William
Bradley son of Justice Bradlev
of the United States Supreme
Court and Miss Lida Cameron r
daughter of Senator Don Came-
ron is announced to take place
at-Harrisburg on November 12.
Gentlemen's visiting cards
are growing smaller though
always considerably Iess'in size
.than those used by ladies.
Bpth are unglazed and. engra-
ved in plain script without
flourishes of any description.
Among the latest caprices
in breastpins are rustic bars
forming a fence broken by a
gate through which or upon
which is crawling a mouse or
rat. Or behind the bars with
his snout forced through stands
a pig.
At unchurch fair in Keokuk.
a young man foolishly snatched
a pochetbook fram a young
lady's hanM and more foolishly
refused to give it up. He says
hcwasin fiiri but the police
took a hand in the Tun never-
theless and they were in earn-
est. Mrs. Fillmore" the widow of
the late ex-President is dangers
ously ill with paralysis at lief
home in Buffalo". She is
was attacked a week ago and
oue side was rendered powerless
and speech nearly desiroyed.
She is scarcely expected to re-
cover. The old fashioned albums
in which one writes a sentiment
or a quotation have been revi-
ved in. England along with
other old fashioned things and
are now produced with all oth-
erbld extravagance of colored
paper and pretty pictures aud
engravings.
Jim Lyon who was killed In
a barroom fight at Millard Ne..
was found to be clad in a
complete thougk pcnatrable
suit of armor. Shields for his
back and front were made of
heavy leather padded with na '
inch ofcotton batting and Sus-
pended under his clothirifr by-
straps over his shoulders.' This
protection had long given hint
the courage to figure as a Bui-
iy- .
- Grants Japanese Valet.
New YuA. l'oit-
Charles Uttor the Japanese
servant who accompanies Gen.
Grant is a bright quick-witted
young man. When asked re-
cently by an inquisitive fellow
what his duties were he replied
quietly with a comical expres-
sion upon his face "I am ex-
pected to mind my own busi-
ness and to be ofserviccetomy
employer when it is possible."
Young Utfer was assfgned to
General Grant's service" by the
Japanese Government to ac-
company hirh through Japan
and became so much attached
to hitn that he obtained per-
mission to accompany him to
America. Generr.1 Grant finds
him invaluable a - a bodv ser
vant an1" Cnrlesi enjov-g4us- -visit
in this country witn great
satisfrctwn..
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