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Vol. 25.
Bastrop, Texas, Saturday, December 24,1881.
No. 2.
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T*a tqurw, m emallis....
Two w|o«re , ihr mou|li«
Three inrea, unt- jrnal ., • ■
Turn,' squares, Nil moll lis
rtifw M)U4ff«. iliree nmlillis
0>i.i-l>urih ooiuinow. J'-ei
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On* half eid'Ui u, unit war
month*
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Qua column. olio jrear, ....
" " an months.
•' " three j i>ullia
Traoaienl atlvurtiaemeuls, one dollar 1
per aijaare, (one met ) flisi thaerllofi,
•ml aeTanljr*flve eeots lof waeh
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„T axial nolirmt, fttte^p eanta per line; j
il< h . afl'iseqneiil tiiseilini., I oil fMinli.
Hrvi. « orda make a line.
Ohlluar; nolieea, eieeeititiff t«*n fines,
al lha rale of 10 eenla a titir.
All tranaianl atUttrllaeuFtita, |>aul it
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ln-gnl <l «rliarmi«Dta. arhfn charfMl,
ntir ilollar a aqtiare lor i«ach 'nawHnu;
when palil In a<1vanrf, oi.«* i|..ll«t |«*r
twuarr for llrat. anil n '*rr!tY flv >oiu'
or (Mtcl) a<l llli'inal tnaarlton.
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AKKIV.U AS't< I>HI' Vl.'l'l l(K;
OF M \ ILS
(i. MIU.K LODGE, 2i\. | A Mi*tlunjist minister htw rom-
MeMa lib Hat ur da j uiKlil in aacli UIoiicmI aiut a«uin*t flu'aaloiiii kw| -
aiuulb. tr- <>l Coniitnelii* for w-lliii^ liquor to
N. A. MOItHlM. W M II
Jan. NirijoiitoN, Sh , Hvor. larjr
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U> IK) I J H (IOOKMAN, M. e
III INI Jan. Nil IIUIJIOII. Nrorflbrl,
40 IMl
Ins nun, h minor.
SKNTKNCKD TO UK SHOT.
Kiirnirr Owi'h'h hoii luiil ln>i>n foiunl
IV-U'l-li wlli'll ilnillLF Sl'lltillt'l (lutV, lUlif 1 . I
1 • i t,-li. I waM 80 ',r'M'•s,r•llu'' «l o weak.
of lives have Im*<>ii lout by his ne^li- HOLD HUltTON.
genee."
"So try father replied Hloa- tiik iiohh koiiheu op STAOK-coAnitiw
witii, gravely. "Hut jioyr Hennie TKLM TH* BTOKY OP HID LIPR
at Miir-)'10 wjiiteiiced tobe nhut. j\ He lll(1 tlu, worlf ilf two 8ir, and lt.
•lav. .for Kram h.ul ^i;., r,.c,.iv^ l.y Ii.h fath.-r ; ^ t)iinmi„.„ nj^,lt t(i wntch. not
| liix; hut I'iiuiiiie wan too tired, and1
A It-llow wan lorki-d up
BAH'l ItOP Oli aF I Lit. No. !>5. frwwlwrv. Tenn.. the other ...... ... • -
Mwia Aral H-iutd.y *niKl> iu i-aeb tilliiiK liio tathi-r-in-law. ,V fnob Ht*yi"K Oiat the wnt.-nee would
> took h.iu o„t and turned him loose, ™'l out in tweuty-foor hourn. i „cnm(i , ^
Wiium. he win, leu* -I..,.,*KH.H to the, All,HI. the iiiiinafer, calUI to do ,f , j . , t
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• •«' UAHTItOI' KNKillOF flONOH ■~ . I " , iV, " A " _ • '-.'T !^me here, I do not undemtend. 1 -* *
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From the Omaha KepuMtr.in.
The mast notable |>:uuieiit(er who
arrived in "malia yesterday ou the
j Denver train wmm II. W. Hurton,
Nil Ift7tt
It'.finlur n>r,'Ut «• Mrni «i.J Ihir 1 Mmi
day iiigMk tii <>ii'li linn h
('. II lUllvVOOD. i)iDtilor.
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A. ( AKWOOl),
I'lIVSK'IW ami srKtJKoN,
Hasthoc. Tk\ah.
Ofh< v
I It' fiuit -an is f 1*111 <1 ^uiltv of ini:r- arrived ; Klossnm, tin- farmer's littl.
der, (ludrff will havetlie author- daughter, iV tied t!ie -lour and
modern tinien. lie oo<-u|iied a Heat
der lud" Co* will havetlie author-1 daughter, I'ineil the door and re-1 ^od the kinil nian. iim ever,« au>;ht j jt| „|l(. „f the day coacheH, and, Im>-
j I -trI'-t ot Columbia, to dir. . t that 1 ^said. ;• It ^ like VT^'I Mh«. went to" him. He |,ut! ir!,^
li
; iiis liodv, alter hantriiitf until he is
(dead, >h:ill l ' delivered to a surgeon
fur diawctioii, U the o|iinion of an
11'Xihiiii^e.
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A hen i- the most inconsiderate
... ... ,. , and unaeeoiintablu creature. Now
llVrr Jt-i-dlliL's I >ri u store i,, , i .1 .i
' w 1 that she tan lay e^s worth l_hrei>
i-enta a jneee, she take> it vac. tion
and relumes to lmve anything at all
to do with the biiiiii'-<s. IK- in l-by,
when I'hi.'ken • *d are down to live
or ten ■•••iiis a doten, she will put ui
extra help and even work nights to
rio<hl the market, gl'lte hen is no man.
miylit
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t l ii Ml Cli| | K, It.i-'i'iji coiilltv, Texas.
''I'M.*' \l X|r* Miin lumili * reiidi'llis'.
I K'tober TJ't. I'M n,:l
o. c.
I from the dead Mr. Owen took tie;. , | , || . III
. .. i . i, | his hand tenderly on her shoulder,
etter lint eould not lireal; the envel- , , ....
. ,. i . i i ,. ! and turned up the iiale, anxioux face
oite, on a< eoni't i l Ins tremliliiiL'iili-i, ... i 'n .. ,..n i „ ,n
' iiii.. i \« r,i I toward tiirt. How tall he seemed!
[kjers, and held it towards .Mr. Allan
with the helplessness of a child
The minister opened it and read i
as follows :
DKA K I'lTI'PH
es you I shall lie—ill—eti
And he was President of the I'liited
! States, too. A dim thought of this
,,,, i ilittle Blossom * mind; hut she told
When thnreijeli-j he,, simple, straight, forward stor*
hnaiieier.
At tirst it seemed awful to me; hut.
I have thought about it so much
now that it ha* iio t.-rror. Thev say
thev won't hind ma ijor blind nie.
hut that I may meet n.v death like a
I thought, father, that it
have her|| Oil the battle-field
for mv country, and that when I fc
lie was iu charge of Deputy United
' (a es Marshal Sim W. ( antril, of
Colorado, and another orticer. who
took turns in constantly watching
the prisoner, whom they were taking
, , . .. , to the House of ("orrection, at De-
passed for a mom-fut through I trillt t,, HerV(, „ut u «0|ltt.l|0e of nine-
ty-nine years, iinpowd upon him for
stopping a stage eoach near Alamosa,
ami robbing the mail and thirteen
passe*)rs. which undertaking he
accomplished unaided and alone, lie
was sentenced tirst f ir robbing the
mails and then for robbing each of
u • -t.
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Mi Dade, h'uve- dail\ .t
pniil* I |im' ill V i >t : i
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Mails from Mnstrup
rie. Snlike I'ruirie and
week IV. M ond.iv u ii < i
lii'UVi 1 ll o i I'M k . A. M
at a ¥ ; arrive- \\
r rpfav* at leu
Mail* from Hn trop '
and l ed IfiM-k. ie.i\
Thursdiivs .Hid ^.it'iiil
Mails e! '««• nl \
lavs t Ti iv M
Mails from 11ii>tr <|> t• •' ■ •!.• r • r< ■ t,
and <i.ven v ille. tri-w, k 1 v. l ie■ • I. \
Thwr diiv and ^uiurl \ at ^ a h
mail close* at e a. M . iirrives .mne
■lavs ut 5 f m
Si piiai Noi. M ' ie\ Itrdir*
will ii1 r l«. iasm .1 [' > ^i o'clock. A
it . tu ♦ r M iv ordllik' t" law-.
CltAS W IIU7MH. I' M
fiv Clo^ /.legenlinln. Asst I' M
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Morgan - "Mure.
Cvl s K VNI' riKFK.i r — I lie III 11II j it Would Is- figlltirg glorious!' ; III t i
ciiiim' ot nervousness i* indigestion. I to he shot down like a dog tor near- i
ami that is caused by weaknes.- u| the j |y hetravin^it t > du
j dtotiiach. No one i nil have sound
iiitv i - .nid gi" I health without u iii..'
llup Itnti r- t• i strengthen tIt
: .ii h. pu ntv t In blood and I.
liv.T .lid i, id III \ .lit IV e. to ( 11 I' \ I'll
lull til' polsnU'ci* and W.l-te lit the
' in itti r i't tlie M'stclii.
; colunili
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p t ' 11
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V VI ;
• sallle
1)2?. .1. M. HAYS
I'11\ >i«i;111. SiiriToou,
a M
OhstotFieian.
tt l'l Ifesidcnce, vv ■ st «ide M ,nn
streot. Uj.iu post - .tli. ■' str-"i
M'■• ,it .'« li ll at i-lilii r nl tin iiruK'^tvire*
will M"flvr | .ruin |>J n 11 <■< 11 i. > 11
II ^i .Nov. ISlli. ls-l,t
dulv—nil. fitli r. I ui ?' !"r the
th eight doe. not kill i. ! Hut 1
-ll lll Hot ill L"' ' e voll I ..111 ei' lU'
lo write von nil about it. and when
I nil! t'o||e ) o:l II!'.\ tell mv coll.Ill le-.
\iiii knmv I promised .liinniie' in >
it her ' unit her I would look after her hoy:
i 11111 vvh ii lie t'-'ll -;.'k I did all I • u'ild
~7 " for h;ui lie wiis u t strong when
lilt'* ll« ;l«ll|tlitl*l<*rs old ■ •'! b.u• 1, |.|i the I'.uk ale' t!•
jd'iv U t i-e that n ght. I carried .11
hi- lngga-'e. be i. e. my own. on our
; march. T"W ird night we vs.-nt in
• 11■' ■ i(11i■'k. and though the l ie.
; Is'gan to feel very In avy, every-
J IhhIv else rr.v tired, ton. And. as for
.11hi if I had not ieut him an arm
and handed llennie's letter to Mr.
| Lincoln to reutl.
| He feud it earefnllv: then, taking
I up a pen, wrote a few hasty lines
I and rang his liell. Hlossotn heard
| this order given. Send this dispatch j jmsi^iigers, t lie aggregate lieing
The I'residenf then turned to the
'girl, and *aid. "Wo home, my child
ind tell thin fat I Kir of yours, who
could approve his country's sentence.
life of a child I,.,
■ tliiit. \br:i!i:nn i incoln think-
d lilc far t i i I'i'-cious to | > lost,
hack, or w ut until so-morrow;
nine w II n c I ;t change after h«
c i a .. | luiu'i
11 ' ' " (even When it took tin
v*'rv I lik
ninety-nine years, as above stated.
Hurton is jiot yet thirty years
age, hut has had a very advent urous
career, some of the principal incidents
I which were obtained from him hv
«ers. Two innocent men ap« now
serving u sentence for thia iob, I
did that busmeitM myimlf a id all alone.
As if was getting pretty hot for m«
iu Texaa, and tm tne pickings w«ra
not all t<v fat, I concluded to work •
new field So f skipped into Arkvi*
sum, did two or three neat little jbht
there, and then went into Colorado
to prospect. What I did there you
know as well as I do, for it haa been
published. I halted the San Juan
coach lietween Del Norte and Ala*
mosa. The coach waa full of pamen>
gers about a dozen of 'em—and I
waltzed cm all out, and made 'em
give u, their wealth, which really
didn't amount to much. I waa cap-
tured, and here you see me on tne
road to the pen for life, aa they aav.
That's about all I know ijlsmt nivself
A KIN.H1.TY OF fur MKMOR
vttlB GAINS CASE.
From the Vow Orleans Tlnica-lJemoerat.
The decision telegraphed yeater-
dayofthe Supreme Court of the
United States iu the coae of Davis
vs Gains, is one of vast importance
and interest to this city'and people.
Justice Wood has com mended him-
self to the gratitude and high appre-
ciation of our long u'Hicted and per-
secuted community bv this able and
lucid exposition ot what always ap-
preselltative of M"> Republican, I oeared to our State Courts and peo-
W ho happened to be oil t
with him.
I r tin ! pi
to be a demand of equity and
t pron-
a will
The pri-otiit did not up- ijustice, that the purchasers of
pear to be a villain, but seemed to crty, forty years ago, under
. , , ... he rath. •!• ■ f gentle disuy^ijjvii. He probated and administered by law-
!'' n' 'V .'a' I'h'.ith, ne s.i.u. j,ri iv,-. I to be a fair ionalist, j till executors in oivr ^fate courts,
v ' and did not have, -itaucy in should Ihj protected from ouster
talking to the I'M in in, who ; and ruinous damages through the
Haiun
\ >'i will till"! at tlie I
j I he large ! I«" li t nil lit III
' alid II' I id ay pre e||ts
( I! i-i rop. vv here •s.inta i
lisheil h' ldipia: t -rs. an
.4 Oflic
('hri <tam j ui.i
ever -e. il ill i ""
i.e.'- ll.L- • -I ah-
1 th • to.-!i
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K >rr
•nth 1 bst net;
Colign'aeniail. I' 111 !i
A ,Jo|ie . of Ka*tro|
i State S>nutoi V.'i\tfi
TV M««ire. ot Haft I op
|{epre<W'lltatlve, |{ \
District .fudge. Kift
f, W MiHire
District C|erk. C It Mavnard.
Count v .1 udgi1, I 'v i r M .. .
( ouiit v A ttorm v \N H M ;iv ii ir-1
Count v <'lerk. m II <iniuc• .
fieorge llannav ■!■ p tv
Sherift. \\ in I', li 11 k i us , Holland
T«Mikiu«. deputv
Trensurer. John Ileum.
Tat Collector, S \ Mo TIN ; Geo
Msiillitv, deput v.
Tax Assessor, \\ t' l.liwholi;
I oh II K oilier, deput >
t'ountv Surveyor. \\ (i M.lhr
i o| NTY < 1IM MISMoN riu-
I'recinct No. l John I'reuvs
I'rei met N
I'recim t N
Jl STIi
^recim t I
M< IMi\\ \l.L. Teacher
ii 111 v mi, I Ihuan and Vi« ai
\.'Xt - 'ion In gm- >ep!elll-
1 Hh I
I rms s.iine as heretofore I'a
uttar attention paid to beginneri
\r
ii
New .II'W I'll'!',
I'lill VKD'> DHI'ti sl'OUK.
Hrstrop. Texas.
\\ IN'i perniuticntly hs ited in
Itonlrop. 1 have n|M le 'la Jl
niitlle.-t tov
presents.
complete, from i In
the most bauds line
the article- are too
mention. Mr. W ert/ner invites
public, ladies m particular, to
to | ii m ,iinl
A- bv the
nunitrous to, "
. ; it was .limnue s turn
' " 1 and I would t ik< hi* |
call j t,i , tired, tati, r.
"tioii bless you. sir' said Hlossom.
I wo iia\- after this interview, tli •
young soldier came to the White
House with hi* little sister. He was
called into the President's private
i "'in ind i strap was fastened on
In- whi'iilder. Mr. Lincoln then
- lid. "The young soldier that could
■ urn a -ii k eomnuies baggage, nnd
I. • '.or the ne* so uncomplaininglv,
d serves well ot his country.
Then Met.nie and Blossom took
their way to tl r (treen Mount i u
from tin
then lie w mid have drop| e
vv«v. I was all tired out
w ■• nt Into camp, and then ,
railway sta .-ui to welcome !.l •
back: and, as 1'hm. r Owen's hui> i
,i . .. i, i , iii i gnvsped that ot iiis oov. tears flowed
ind and inspect them >• the ear-1 kept awake though a gun \uu\ ^ been | ^ ]m ch,„.k,< ulu, 1|e W(L, h,lir(l
to be sentry,
place ; but I WHS
coiild not. have
liest moment, l .for ' thev are picked
over.
A Sl'HJKCT Foil A PAINTKU.
■ ill Unit >!iak-
1 Home. A ci w i g.ith-'ivd a.
| lri' obtainei'
ollieeps til iute'F "P I 1 '
" I have been in " J Wed liefore."
said Burton, "and I would just as
■Hon kill a little time talking with
you. W hat do you want to know?"
"Tell me soniethiug about your-
•!f i sort of a sketch ofyour career.
You lnve built up a goixf r.^pi'.tation
i:i your r if'ession.' sai l the Itepuls-
'ie • mull.
I'l.a-'s :ui... a I ventures will
','i-e ^,'eli. ik- ' rail going
r ,. tor h.nety-. ilie veals 1
.(•[ ii wo* Make nr.cl (infer-
ence now what I :>,iv, I don't expect
pointed at mv head ; but I did not! ?°W" * flZ tw"" "Th T \ ifT'rv" W ttR*r xn>
know it until wull-until it was boo 1,U' L°nt ^ ^ hat puzzles me is that the' Jud\
I have up, I,, ,|
*• |ei v -hop ,u lirliard \ S i
store prepared to n pair
' I" k- and .lewelrt. oil short
Charges reasonable and all work will lor ipli<
Is- guaranteed I a«k a fair trial from "stalwart
Look on tlii*1 i i«'turc (lien
ftjH'nrt
When Ahrabain Line
-assinat" I bv Booth, t.i•
pr. enpt I v hunted
111 a 111 as-.i.
V/.teioti ind Mrs. Surratt tried Ih>-
ti.re a military cominissim, pro-
nounced guiltv and hung. I'liere
was no plea of insanity then contem-
plated. Au iiinoi
•In vv as as-
malef actors
down the
-iu -hot and 11 arohl. I 'av lie.
ut vvouian was
Drug I brimght into court with the eham«
iitches, on her feet, and she w i- strangled
notice {without anv reasonable evidence of
!i, tv Now. we find a
i r.u k, w ho shot down
Prenin I 1
11
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II I-' Hmlgiiis
11
8
1 VN H Thome
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OK TII K I'K «i K
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Johns
II N onng
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W II Coulson,sr.
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M S \\ aril.
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l 11 N s 1 VII ►
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1 Bell,
t i ei t 1 a ill Ii • VV ft X .
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John Mhi' lierson
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The Miles.
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Bate- llliver
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K II Bar! ice.
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II S l.i.i
6.
B Z Sow ell
the i it i/en - ot Bastrop and oirrolilid
mg count rv.
liesjici I till 1V .
HF.NIlS Xi'.Lf.KltHOCII
Bastrop. Nov P.', ^1 tf
M Nil,IN
SI A T IHKiH 7" l I'O^I lttn< I
late.
" liod he thanked !" said Mr. Owen.
I knew Hennie was not the boy to
slei p car«dess|y at hi* post."
Thev tell me to-<lay that they h ive
a short reprieve—"tune to write to
von, our good colonel savs. For-
give It i ui. 1' it her. he only does his
duty ; he would gladly save me if lie
,could. And do not lay my death
I against .linnuie, The poor boy is
heart-broken, and does nothing hut
beg and entreat them to let him die
iu my stead.
| I can't h.-iir to think of mother
and Blossom. Comfort them, father.
Fell t beiu I die as a brave hoy should,
aiu' that when the war is over, thev
will not he ashain si of me, as thev
lllllst lie now. liod help Hie, it I-
verv hard t" bear, flood-bye, father,
t iinl seems near and dear to nie, us if
hu felt sorry for his poor, broken
to
I- ' VING PAINFUL
Ne*r ^'nik iItifcrvur.
Our own observation fully accords
with the opinion expressed by a phv-
sicun, that in ail ordiit.try ctu>e.. there
is liitle physical pain in dying. A
prev ions corresjioud uit had said that,
"a- a physical fact ill niliety-uine
liscovcrv and probate, thirty or for-
ty venrs after, of a second will.
I'nis assumed will was probated as
a lost or destroyed will jg b ra«t forty,
years after the tirst wil1 with full
notice to the whole world arid, in
fact, aga"list everv '>f"irt to set it
aside was executed, and, by a decis-
ion of a competent court, till the
property of the testator was sold at
public vendue. Under this new im-
aginary will, suits were brought
against parties who had purchased
this | ropertv, afcd tFfrfugh the zeal,
energy and pertinacity of a remarka-
ble woman, claiming to be the sola
heir uiidrr the said asmiued will/
judgments of ouster, and for fruits
and revenues, have l>een rendered'
against this city and many of her cit-
izena, amounting to millions. The
United States Circuit judge haa ren*
■lered these judgments. A large num-
down. To begin with, tl en. when I her of our citizens have been imporer*
I was thirteen years old my father j ished by tlieni. The umouut claiineil
1 " 1 1 " ~ ni * hv the city alone would sum up
about three millions.
A majority CT the parties against
whom tin ;-fl judgements were ren-
in! not make the term an even hun-
dred years."
" Wtien and vvh v did you start out
in the business ot stage robberv?"
" It's a long storv. but I'll Ixiil it
was killed bv a man in Texas. That
was liftecn vears ago. My mother
still -lives there yet in Bastrop
county. I made up my mind that
as soon as I got old enough I'd kill
my father's murderer. I kept my
.MISS i:. LISTING
j TiMri- in
Distrirf <'mirt
after
Scp-
inii pi no i iu in
Sixth Monday.
f.lie tirst Monday in Man h and
tenilwT
County Court Criminal Business
, First Mondav in ca< h month
l.ivil and Probate Business I bird
Mondays in Jiintiiin. March. May.
July, Septenils-r and Noveitilu r
I'm ol-fli KII-.
Mayor .lien pli I iloV el
Ahb^men .1 ' But li inaii C I
M'irgau. Th Hauler, \ I H tts \
VV iscnian, ('has Werf/iicr, • I
Rfhard, Tins. II « H Ige
Assessor and Cull t i <11
Treasurer < >! to til /.tier.
!• in r*v«'l| t nf a « Minjili tr •tock of
Fill iv/' II isn.H .\huist:i )
illtd
I' A N I' \ li till Its,
tllf *'l' ^Tillftt ili I lt
tin iiiiinrki t ill n| v\ lili li v\>♦* -«i Ii clfil Mli
^•li- it lit tiS l.ulii ■< nl I \|M LD I0r ill*I *i|\l
i-ll t lull
I Illlih h-rillllK || In •« I | !,«•* • y'llioU III ! I,f
|<i\t< | J't li c, l|l|t| I'll! lilt lr :ilin V«- ''n«i|
ll.ilr>. H'iihd t- l lnsvii*- Krlti^i * l ri"*«
I • immU. t iMik*. I iDltru r.u ,\\ m l« •! i m.mU,
I liilf i hmmIp •*!• .. Ill Jfnml \ urW't)
M.'ichltir Sonlli'M, iii.i< liim nil. tltr hi*n|
I li i I \\ n| k III roll |n | |'||| I .Itlliil-.flll s,« Is
l.flillt M will |i|i*:l11*110 llliM l In nill aiol
rXlllllllO' HIv *lni k lu fnii* |mik llAnill^.
Our ilnnr UV I of lilt I'nil-nlllcv.
Ml-s K. I.IM'Klt.
|i(t<*lrnp, (IcioImt I Si Ii . |v l.
another I'
pel lllltfed
I 111 pild'UK e
Court. II
widei at ion
and prote>
dignity
lures ' Mr- Surratt in court with mg from tie pasture,
irons on her ankles a pool' defence- little Blossom sliilldlll
|e«- innocent woman.
Tin Bvnk Cvsmrit. Once upon
a time a nun ltccaine verv much
discouraged he.ml'e his •alarv was
ll'd i large is a tobacco factory, so
III billowed s:t.l N N I.l M H I lit a bank
and forgot all about paying it hack.
hivl neglected to mention to the
| %iur.
ler
■ft V.
If vou want vour w it< h. clock
or jewel rv repaired bring if to tie |
w afchiniiker at liihaid\ Son's ding
store. t f
HO I I I ,
H J. SOWKI.S—Prnp
l,V | ' i'Ii\itlv , 'fir>iiii.'« - Ili.it H Iiii 11ov\
n|ii m il i lit -i l.i ■ . |. ■ . I i I' i , . let Iti
II. . ,' 1111111' 111 lull el llu | .It li| ii
I lie licllilllc.' I I'M ill' | i oliim. hull- ,
I . It line Ileal Mill I i mill II I rillV . I It Ii it III. nil
llev\ lid Ml I Mill' Willi I lie I .'I I lie I-
-II11|'I II 'I >V i 111 11 n l.l'-l lie lllll 1'U i-I ll'.l i|.
V I IU! I *S | \|l| I', |- t| | I l|C | l|'« I (l, ill,
I Intel, well slip 11 lei I ||ti pill I'lill. I vv lull
11111 ' i ■ — will III VI el. li i | .III. I It il I'll li V
III lelili V e li. i-l Ii I - I i ] ue . Illi I • •. 11 ii.
' live llli I II iul p. .1 M IVV | | ■
I*.11oi lli-iiiip eiiilllty, I ''Vis, Se|i| si
"re-ideiit ami a good lliall.
to assume arrogance and
lietore it I'liited States
e is treated with the coll-i
due an honorable man, hearted child, and would take ire
ted troiii violence and in- Is- with llim—iu a better, life.
Let us have the two pic-' To-night I shall see thee iws coui-
itnd precious
on t II" sloop
ami (Jiiiteiiu waiting tor nie ; hut — I—sh tl!—icv-
boldlv g. sticulitting ami deteinlingler—never—come—home. God bh-s
In- crime as the act of th- Deity.— you all. Forgive vour imor Beiinic.
Americus (Ga.| llepubiicau. I Late that night a little ttgure glid-
ed down the It sit path toward the rail-
w av s( it ion. The guard, a- lie rein li-
ed down folift her in the carnag •
wondered at tin1 tear stained tacc that
vv |s Iiptur.'ei' toward t he ill ill I intern
he held iu Ins hand.
\ few tpiestions and reidy an-
swers told liiiii all. and no father
could have car d more tenderly for
lit- own child than he f<u our little
Blossom. Sh. was on her w.iv to
Washington to ask President Lin-
coln for her brother s life. She had
brought Bennie s letter with her .
no good, kind heart like the I'rosi-
dent's could refuse to U melted bv
it
The next morning they reached
Neve \nrlt, .and the guard hurried
her mi to \\ aslupgton. Kverv uiin-
ute now might be the means of s.iv-
ing'ber brother's life The Presi-
dent had pist seated hiiusidt to his
evening's task, when the || |"I softly
opened, and Bl"s-oui, Willi ilovvn-
i ast eves a 1111 folded II Old-, stood be-
fore hliu.
"Well III V I 'i:1 " h • .-ail III 111 -
pi".is.lilt '
v i .ii wait
" I ten ii I'
cus. s out of a hundred, the act of
dentil is suffering and agony which
only those familiar with it can un-
derstand." Toivhieh the physician | resolution, and kept shady. Seeing of th-property to Is-quieted in their
replies; j that I would need money to get me title, provided they were relieved of*
I beg le ue a-a physician to cb- out of the difficulty, f stopped a stag her claim for fruits and revenues du-
ject very decidedly to this statement.' coach near Waco, in broul daylight, ring the time they pynt*ss«J the
Since I began my novitiate mi tiie and with no other assistance I made same titles now declared by the Uni-
haftletields of the South, I liuve been the nine passengers surrender and
a trei|ucnt observer of the passing hold up tiieir hands, while I went
out of iny* fellow-beings, in army and througn them and got about ?>'s!tHi.
navy, in large hospitals, civil and This was iu 1S7T, and I soon after
miliLiry. and in privrct* We, and tackled a coach near Bastrop, in the
Ivtii cannot help feeling that what some way. and made the Hire*4 r ass-
I h.iv i* seen must be a f ur sample of, engers contribute ^|7o to my purse.! tims of this stupendous legal or ju-
the methiHls of dying pcc'iliar to our There wiks a lady passenger in the \ dicial fraud or error have little ho|i«i
dered regarded it as a favor and mer-
cy to puv Mrs. Gains the full value
ted States court to be good and val-
id. These parties hold warranty ti«<
tics from the city, which sold th&
property more than thirty years ago,
Tli* e |p will ls> relieved of ftftmeh'
claims ti w. The unfortunate vic-
tli,
VV .1'
I"
' batik folks anything iiboui the luat-
11. r at the tiiii* he hud lu g tinted
I with himseil tor the makiiig ot
loan. There came a day whenit
ii tcessi.ry. tr iiis'iicting for
the billli to make use of some of its
alleged uii'liev. ind then it was tje<-
1 tovered that the funds hid disap-
I peretl 0| course, the bank folks
■ were more or less perplexed over this
, slnfe ol affairs, and the cashier, who,
bv Me wav. had taken the mis mg
wealth, was ipiesl iolietl concerning
his whereabout- lie Iranklv in-
k"OW ledgl'd that lie had erred in
making the appro] nation and was
perfect I v vv illitig to pay
II" i'V i II1111 <-,( Ills pot k e t ■
onIv turn up l >
r.Ti',
I lie reslitf of tlu
covering eighteen vears. is that the
vast majority ol person* do not find
death ' sufl't ring and agony." Many
sutler more from fie various illnesses
from which they recover than most
do in the article of death. A very
burg. | roporfion become unconscious,
itn l heme pis-.iv.uy without distress
to themselves ; vv!
those who retain
intelligence t|l| life i.s extinct, I have
been gnat I' surprised, considering'
my early ndigiom teaching, to dis-
cern in them alii'o-t geV'Titl iiulilTcr-|
e:11 e to their tatt .
" I have always supposed that, iu
spite of apparent mental lucidity,
disease clouds the inte'bet so that
apathy becomes the oidimiry stide ot
the thing, i >t the few deaths I have
witnessed the mere onlookers might
call horrible, there was good reason
I ltd it v e the patient unconscious.
coach, but I didn't trouble her.'
id obst nations' •• Win not ?"
" Weil, sir. I vr:is tt.Ti irii'ch of a
gentleman to rob a lady . In aii my
life I never robbed a lady or a crip-
ple. My next haul was i goi«l one
N cm
•'ear Austin 1 ca| tured a coacli and
of recovering hack their money. All
that has lieer. paid to tjuiet titles held
under the first will has "gone where
the woodbine twineth." And even
the venerable plaintiff, whose mar-
velous and eventful career of perti-
nacious litigation is familiar to the
seven men. relieved them of about public, has derived little profit from
$:|iMNi, and on the-ami'dav 1 cor- this result of her marvelous zeal and
uit ii
railed another coach with six
while, as regards uu.I got AHiHi.'
a good incas,ire of " Did you do all this alone ?"
" That s about the si/e of it. parti
ner."
" W hat was your next uioit i"
" 1 inovetl into the
w a- real
t o set I h
111" 11 e y , I
of doing
I V
lilt II
it bill Iv , s,|
IIIU i ollld
I'll ' ' .-Il "'I
it Is ug able
llovv to S.w i Ml men and vvi
men vvho v'ork hard with mind or
bo.lv are subject periodical attacks id
liilionsties* vvhicll luav cud iu disor-
der' d kid lie v or liver ind dangerous
b aid t ll.tt he h 1 i i f the
il I bet li" I' id II ' Hill lit II
■ o nl all. and t hat a s,>,ui
i • i fill 11ui.
lift
I '.ill and sei
1 ,i haul S,hi -
the waft
li ug -'t l
h III a k i i
if
it
a- In' Ion nil it lie would bring it
ri:lit i>i. I. t • the b ink It- ■ I le
would not like III h IV e tile li tllet g i
anv I'll 1 li 'i i In- Sun Ins .1 le ol cl i-
might h ti "I it and flunk ranged
o| 111 III. Illel il|oi>clhf| it le' Id he
11 I , lie tl 11. 11 I lie VV hole ' I III VI Is
b II- bed I gilt 111 I I lt I lU'11 di'lor
Bios-.uu
"Benin
"Mv In.
in ; to sle
I",.!'!
•i«i, yi
tll.d s|l '. |
t line o| ,i
please,
'what ih
1 a 1 f e re.
\V
i is
sir.
I >et| III
t bill' ' r s|,
v ai
ping at
illness.
I'. rkci
organs a
at i ai k s
o| time
I II . in
1 iilg I a
-I kilt, ss
t
I .1
.lie
>11 cl Ol
•or Toni
. atld 11V
•SI i*l
' VV ' 11 1
fev
• IV e V I III I
and gre u ■ '
al kept Hi |. 1
e i tltlli VV iit'll
I e
I '
ulcus
! . Ige
.1 mil.
ttie | )
.1 ep t lll'se
utiug the
-Ill's-. |osS
pense. Many
rb et !i. ,ll || '>V
^pl lll„ >r I :l 11
.It such
' t I'r. -
1' ■:
D
I •! lUUibet I. vv a- e
Noil see, i III I I, it VV i. t
i.11 I.' ;■ -i i I I' ' allds
- \ tin
nl.iy pii .-I
jewelrv
' lo
lit.,
toll
lit 111
jllsl
1 '• Is.
li . I I Vl'ii
•lllCl -III
for hijl-
al i ho
•t
tenacity. m
Into the great and insatiable maw
of spec obit olrs, shavers, lawyers, offi-
chIs, court and coiumissiotuTs has
poured this Pacti l-.'an streum of
y" wealth, ail derived from a now dis-
pell. They covered judicial err r. Iu view of
c nigh' nie itnl sent me up for life, so stu|ienilious a developenient, the.
I went to the West Virginia IVni- memorable words of Justice Grier,
lentlarv. hut mv friends got President of the I'uited States Supreme Court,
Hayes to pardon nie out alter 1 had in regard to this claim are brought
Uvn i:i there three years and eight vividly to our recollection. JiwMfo*
months.'' 'drier, iu Gains vs. Henneu, iu lt 80,
" Il would seen- that a life sentence '.14 Howard, says;
is not alw ivs hopeless." ■ i | "1 wholly dissi'iit from the opin-
" That's all true e^ioupli, be.t this ion ot the majority of the court in
is the se. oml life dose within live this cosex both Nate the law and the
years, ai I I think I'll have to lay facts, hit I do not think it necesaa-
tpuet during the rest of niy day ." rv to vindicate my opinion by again
•• \tter U'itig ^'leased, vv ha: did presenting It the iiuhlic view a his-
y ou do. j tory of the seandt.Itiii.- gossip which
Went bin k to "Tex i . an ! 1 was has lump buried under the dust of
arrested lor murder iu having killed i half a centurv, and which a proper
the man vv |,o Murdered mv lather ! fe.d'iii ofdelieacv should have Miif-
I g ■ id - cud tieui st.ii'ted "ut rid lo leiimin so | t fn-i eft ire dis-
t eai n uiolic • t | ay t lie \ p u ol
III V I I t! I ll I 1st cl Mil II I t I' 1\ It'll
got ivv tv fro nie. as the drivcr
Win,Id11 -I p. .'It!....igll 1 1 II,''.gelled
" -iii" i ii •; I'his vv .is in .r ' t ui
/..tics. I'lle ties t ouch, bov e er. I
' Ited, but it h id paid me | u e
t ■ iuiblt', .is I iu.lv . "t . I ■ uit *■ 1 ■'
t 'ue day 'v ' • I'liit I li'pp'd
: i e ': - •
iv th th
th-' '.IVV of
SO.
a- I hope, for t^ " last
single rental k 1^ ' if
l.'iuiniaiia t hut
•n d
nil?.-
iii
It Ih'
in '• c-'.i' islied In the dim reco^j
;n gm.iti ut or inventi^
■ I -i le u"ssii --, utter birty.
v.. -. to disturb the titles and
se -;. u "I a Inula.title piirch.i
w it ,1 l if it ,. ,• ol c.f I if il
a coach le al' I tains'ulie ,mi jooiv i ueleiisible lugal tltn haicl e (
>i lot i fro ui the sever rrevht p „-m'p-j' n v i b uuror 'na^i
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Cain, Thomas C. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 24, 1881, newspaper, December 24, 1881; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth204743/m1/1/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.