The Belton Journal (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 23, 1880 Page: 1 of 4
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Hums mhI Brady.
A goodly number were in attendance
the spe&kiog in the court house here
on Saturday, all being democrats with
but few exception!*. Col. Jno. T. Bra
the greenback nominee for congress,
was the first speaker. And right here
let us remark, that the congressional as-
pirant discussed, tor the most part,state
matters, while the gubernatorial aspir-
ant, Ota. W. II. Hamman,devoted him-
self chiefly to national affairs. If cith-
er gentleman couM by any possibility
get elected to the petition to which he
aspires he would not be committed to
uny line of policy by his speech made
at this place. Col. Brady began his ar-
gument, by asserting that land was at
this time cheaper than it was a few
years back; that there were less of the
necesfearies of life now; that the people
were poorer now than llicy ever were;
that all of this was attributable to bad
government; that the people were slaves
to tbe monopolists: and that the time
has come when the people should in-
quire into these things. lie then de-
fended the greenback party against
what be termed the villitication of the
leaders of the old part its, and straight-
way thereafter began to villify—we use
the colonel's mode of expression—the
old parties for their class legislation.
The colonel said lie had been a demo-
crat, and that in 19<3 he helped to nom-
inate Coke. The promises made by the
latter were not fulfilled. The colonel
said that after making diligent inquiry
into the existing state of affairs he left
the democratic party.and beholding the
grandeur of the greenback party he
joined that. He said that the green-
back party favored the schooling of ev-
ery man's children at the expense of
the state; that it believed in the punish-
ment of criminals. He discussed these
points at considerable length. He here
digressed from state affairs to an expla-
nation of the greenback party's views
with regard to money, and while dis-
cussing Coke's assertion that the demo-
cratic party didn't create the nation's
bonded debt, the coloncl went back to
state affairs, abusing Coke for the issu-
ance of state bonds. The giving of
lands to railroads by the state he
thought a great outrage on the people.
The present jury law received severe
excoriation. He then got back to the
.^-consideration of the money question,
claiming that gold and silver were as
worthless as copper and nickel if de-
prived of their money value. Money
was made by the law-making power of
the government, and one thing was as
serviceable for that purpose as another.
After expatiating on this part of his
-subject at great length, the speaker came
to the consideration of his claims on the
l>eople as compared with those <5f Mr.
Mills. lie charged that Mr. Mills had
done nothing, absolutely nothing, for
the district which he represented? He
thought that when a man had drawn
*40,000 as a public servant, he ought to
be able to show wherein he had been a
profitable servant. He charged Mr.
Mills with having been at one time a
greenbacker, and also asserted that bis
opponent had abandoned his free trade
views and gone over to Sam Randall
ism, for which he had been promoted
from a position on the naval committee
to one on the ways and means commit-
tee. The coloncl promises to do better
things if the people would give him a
trial.
Capt. A. J. Harris, the democratic
nominee for state senator, made a short
speech, tearing to shreds the greenback
orator's arguments. For an off hand
speech it was a master defense of dem-
ocratic acts and principles, and the
loud plandits given evinced that tbe
majority of those in attendance were
in full sympathy with the views ex-
pressed by Capt. Harris.
Gen. Hamman followed Capt. Har-
ris, and excusing himself for abandon-
ing state issues, went off into an argu-
ment to prove that tbe country was in
its hey-dey of prosperity when green-
backs existed to the amount of seventy-
odd dollars for everjr man, woman and
child in the country, and insisted that
a return to this amount of money
would relieve all distress and make
the nation prosperous and happy. The
general's whole talk was for the pur-
pose of sustaining this proposition,
though, of course, he touched on many
subjects directly and indirectly con-
nected with it. ne is a forcible speak-
er, and his efforts directed in a more
meritorious cause would be telling in
their effects. The people of this coun -
try have put the stamp of disapproval
on the fiat money idea, and Gen. Ham-
man, Col. Brady, and others, clever
zentlemen generally, are engaged in a
phantom pursuit when they undertake
to make their one-idea policy popular.
As between "Gen. Hamman and Col.
Brady as spcakeis, the latter falls far
below the former both in argument
and oratory. ^
The Capital of Ike Tolleca.
Cor. N. Y. World.
City of Mexico, Aug. 24.—Glorious
news for antiquarians!
Four days ago M. Desire Charnay
telegraphed from Tula to a gentleman
residing here: "I have discovered and
partially exhumed a well preserved
house or villa containing twenty-five
rooms; it has a fine colonnade and
spacious corridors."
From its appearance the building
seems to have sunken during an earth-
quake.
Although Tula is only eighteen
leagues from Mexico City, we have
heard no further particulars. I will
keep this letter open until the last mo
rocnt, with the hop* of giving you
more details than you can have by
telegraph.
Tula was the capital of the Toltec
Empire, and was then called 'lolan
its name was changed by the Spanish
invaders.
The ancient scat of the 'ioltec Gov-
ernment has disappeared. All the
buildings of Tula are comparatively
new, but doubtless beneath the modern
town relics may be unearthed which
will throw light upon the origin of
these people, who, it i3 supposed,
came directly from Lower California,
where they had dwelt some time 'after
their exodus from the North.'- The
Toltccs were much more civilized and
further advanced in every respcct than
any other early inhabitants of this
countiy. and settled here in 607. The
word "Toltec" signifies architect.
And now a word of caution. Mr.
Lorlillard not having had a contract
ratified by the last Congress would do
well to obtain a formal concession for
these exhumations and scientific re-
searches. oi else he may lie annoyed in
various ways and subjected to disagree
able delays.
Did not Le Plongeon wi.rk by the
authorization of ccrtain local authori-
ties in Yucatanr Yet all the world
knows that the Central Government
forbade the removal of Chac-mol, and
that idol is in the National Museum of
Mexico City.
The Haram Temple.
The Mormons are still at work on
their new temple. It is now twenty
years since it wa* commenced;$4,000,
000 has been expended and it is one
fourth completed. The building
being constructed of Utah granite and
when finished it will be the most stately
church edifice,if not the grandest build-
ingof any kind, in America. It will
requite $28,000,000 to finish tbe tem-
ple.
Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 13.—Mrs.
Kebecca Lyon, the bearded woman
who was traveling many years with
Barn urn's, Forepaugh's and other
shows, died Friday and was buned
Sunday at Liverpool, near this city
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H. N. BECKWITM.
BELTtiN, BELL OOFHTY, TEXAS. THUR8IIAV, SEPTEMBER 2:5, 1880.
National Crop Repo*.
Washington, September 1-VThe
following statement, showing tl* Con
dition of cotton, corn and tobacil was
issued by the department of agriclture
today. Cotton—The average conltion
of cotton September 1st is 9%, shifting
adecline of one per cent, since tluUu-
gust return, but an increase ovt Yhe
condition reported September 1st, 879,
of 6 per cent. The state averages and
declines, during the month, are: >orth
Carolina, 100, a loss of 6; South Caoli-
na, 93, a loss of 5; Georgia. 95, a oss
of 3; Florida, 91, a loss of.5; Alaba.ia,
86, a loss of 13; Mississippi, 88, a £s
of 11; Louisiana, 88, a loss of 11; Tex*
97, a loss of 13; Arkansas 95, a loss if
11; Tennessee, 90, a loss of 17. Co%
plaints of too much rain, rust and bolt
worm are very general.
Corn—The average condition for thi
whole countiy is 91, a decline of 7 per
A Monument to the Aaica. i
Norcross Bros., of Chicago, have
contracted with the Union Pacific
Railway Company for a monument to
the memory of* Oliver and Oakes
Ames. The monument is to be lo
cated at Shannon, Wyoming Territory,
at a point about 400 miles west of
Omaha. It is at the highest point in
the llocky Mountains which is cross
ed by the railroad. The monument
is to be 50 feet square at the base,
and 60 feet high, pyramid ical in out-
line, with three slopes. The material
will lie Black Hills granite. There
arc to bo two medallions representing
the heads of Oliver and Oakes Ames
in allo-rilievo. One will face the east
and tbe other tbe west, at a height of
40 feet from the ground. On the side
next to the railroad will be an in-
scription, "In Memory of Oliver and
Oakes Ames.' The medallions are to
cent, since the returns of August 144-be cut out of McGregory quarry brown
and 4 per cent lower than September, 1, istone. There is also to be a bronze
per cent, loss and Tennessee 3 per cent,
during the same time. General com-
plaint is made of drouth in the Western
States.
Santa Fe Located to Broivn-
Galyeston News.
BnowxwooD, Sept. 14.—The iine of
the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe road
has now been located to Brown wood.
and the right-of-way agent, Mr. Har
court, of your city, accompanied by
parties from Brownwood, have been
busily engaged for the past week pro-
curing the right-of-way over grounds
from this place to the southeastern
border of the county, and have had
much success. The line passes along
the southern border of our town and
makes a neat and easy passage through
the range of hills lying west of town,
by running up Adams's branch, with
scarcely an obstacle in the way. From
this range of hills thence to Buffalo
Gap is conceded to be the finest buggy
road in the west, and, of course, must
be a good route for a railroad, provided
the breaks and roughs of Jim Ned
creek are left entirely to the right,
keeping near the wagon rued.
The new company in charge of the
Dallas, Cleburnfc and Rio Grande
railroad, we learn, are now in Dallas
taking steps to begin a survey of that
road from Dallas, via Cleburne, Blue
Lake and Brownwood, to the Rio
Grande. We have also a direct natural
outlet for that road through the same
range of hills, but still further south,
through what is called Gold canvou,
near the Bonanza Gy wnn place.
Acquittal ot the GulHi.
DeKalb, Miss., September 16.—The
argument in the case against Virgil and
Houston Gully for killing Gilmer
began at 9 o'clock this morning. The
argument for the state was opened by
Hon. H. Ware, of Jackson, Miss., who
made as fair and forcible representation
of the prosecution as was possible to
be done. lie said the proof against
Houston was not as overwhelming as
that against Virgil, and in presenting
the case against "the latter he averred
that the defcncc ought not to be
delivered. A. M. Meek and Thomas
H. Woods argued the case in behalf of
the defense with power and eloquence.
District attorney Thomas S. Ford
closcd the case for the state by a resume
of the latter's arguments. The trial
has progressed quietly, the only thing
of fresh interest to those attending
being a letter received by Henry J.
Gullv, postmarked and dated Goshen,
N. Y., threatening death to him unless
he leaves Kemper county, and pledging
tbe honor and bravery of the young
men of the north to avenge the death
of Chisholm br wiping out the Gully
crowd. At 1 o'clock p. m. the jury
returned with a verdict of not guilty
The World's Fair.
New York, September 10.—No offi-
cial steps have as yet been taken to
ward the selection of a site for the
World's Fair in 1883. and probably will
not until tbe 1st of December. The
committee hold that at the present pol-
itics arc the all-absorbing topics, and
that at the conclusion of the campaign
people of all classes will evince more
interest in the project. Some weeks
ago it was decided to open the sub
scription books on Wednesday next,
but at a meeting of the executive com-
mittee on Thursday last, the opening
was postponed until November 10. Tbe
subscription books will then be kept
open sixty days, after which permanent
offic ers will be selected and the work j
of effective organization te pushed ; "ft ^ long {hat
ra^dly forwardJub ~«^w.ll 8atlsfied evcn Ponce del.
There
.blet, which will more particularly
iw why the monument was erected,
e ^contractors are to complete the
ork in about two year?. The cost is
1879. The New England and Atlantii
states fall short of the average about
2}£ per cent. The mfddle, gulf and
Pacific states are about an average.- JPdc
great corn regions of the Mississippi,
an ttoib Slopes, show a marked deficien-
cy. The northern portion of the At-
lantic slopes report damage by drought
To the southward there were sufficient
rains. The state of Texas reports very
high condition, nearly 121. North of
the Ohio river the states of Indiana and
Illinois report great injury from
drouth. Missouri, Kansas and'Nebras
ka repoit the same.
Tobacco—Returns of August 1st in
dicate a decline in the general average
of this crop. For the whole country
the condition is 84, a decline of two per
cent since August 1st. and three per
cent, less than September 1st, 1879. All
the states bordering on the Atlantic,
from Massachusetts to North Carolina.
show an increase during the month,
but all the states west of the Allegha-
nies show a decline since that time.
Indiana, with a small crop, shows the
neatest decline, being 23 per cent, and
Kentucky with the largest crop of any
state, shows a decline of ten per cent. ^
during the month. Missouri has six average governor in about one year
A Remarkable Community.
Japan possesses in Kochi Ken one of
the most remarkable communities we
havecver beard of. and in Kitygaki,
esq., a governor to match. He has,
we learn from the Japanese press,
"petitioned the government to relieve
him of his office cn the ground that all
the people of his ken. from the highest
to the lowest, arc occupied with gov-
ernmental reform based upon national
representation, right and liberty." The
inhabitants, while tlic-y are all passion
atelv enamored of governmental reform
in tbe abstract, are by no means agreed
as to the concrete methods by which
national representation, right aud
liberty may be most speedily secured
and safely retained: hence they pass
their whole time iu debate, and become
so heated in their patriotic discussions
that they arc unruly, difficult of control
and wear out the patience of the
State Item*.
Not a vacant house in Cameron.
Barnuin's "bill stickers" have been to
Waco.
Brcnliam continues to grow and im-
Rube Boyce'* Wile.
| San Antonio Express.
j The readers of the Express will re
I member the delivery of Rube Boyce, tbe
j stage robber, from the Austin jail, by
prove. ,, 1 | his wife. Without repeating the story
Austin is preparing for t ie (apit«i| of the escape,and telling of the manner
State Fair. j iu which it was accomplished, going on
11. H. Nowland, Ls<|.. of the Brvau j ,iie tjme thai Boyce and his brave
bar, is dead. ... .. \vife reached their home in Kimball
The salvation army has arrived at j c.iuntv, another incident, equally as ,
Fort Worth. , thrilling as that at Austin, occurred. I
Galveston is soon to have another | \[rs Boyce bad determined to stick to j
street railway.
A regular board of trade is beinir or-
ganized in Dallas.
The Comanche hook and ladder com
pany have played out.
Exceedingly heavy mast ami few
hogs in Blanco county.
The horses and mules have the clan
ders about Fort Worth.
The narrow gauge engineers are with-
in a few miles of Waco.
Texas will raise about uiie million
bales of cotton this vear.
i her husband. She hail released him
1 from the cell where lie had been con-
i l:iic<l by bars of hardened steel, in the
j centre of the capital city of the great
' -state of Texas, and in the face vf the
aimed guards. She ioveii him. nuinst-
1 ler what crime he had committed, and
' .sooner than permit him to fail a victim
to the penalty of the law. and be taken
from her, she would risk her life to re
store him to liberty. She .succeeded in
iter effort, but then of what avail had
her efforts to release him been, could
I she not be with him : To remain
A mosquito killer has been invented
by a San Antonio doctor. j in'tiie country where thev had lived
Cotton worms are reported in ut*:iy , unsafe both for her all\j her j,us.
e-rvinrpwrton Ji - . |mnj> for ti,e mTnlons of the law would
Ho.loway lias been jugged at j surely learn of hi.s return, and recap-
Altogether, the people of fvoclii arc
much like the finest peasantry <>f the
world, so aptly described as
Fighting like divvies for Concilia
tion.
llathcing each other f<>r the love of
God. ^ _
Outrageous Conduct or a
Horse Tblcl.
Houston Post
Austin, Sept. 14.—Bill Crowder, a
notorious character who has l>cen
languishing in jail at this place for ten
months on a charge of theft of horses,
and who two weeks ago was released,
this morning met officer Sheehan on the
street and compelled him to give up his
horse. lie then mounted, and flourish
ing his six-shooter rode off. passing
and attcmptingto tire at Mr.Emmersan,
a well known miller of thi=^ city.
Fortunately his pistol failed to go off.
and he proceeded across the Colorado
bridge near the deaf and dumb asylum.
He met Col. Ford's carriage, and
thrusted his pistol iu at a window
badly frightening and endangering the
lives of three ladies. He proceeded in
tlic direction of Mountain City with
the officers in pursuit, but they returned
late this evening without effecting his
capture.
Coryell Culling*.
Gatesville Sun. Sept. lt>
Cotton is coming in rapidly.
Boll worms have ramoosfd.
District court convenes at <iatesvil!e
next Monday.
Mr. Y. S. Jenkins residence will be
the nicest in town when completed.
Messrs. Fountain and Baird will
leave Gatesville next Tuesday to attend
medical college.
There is to be a meeting conducted
by the Christian denomination at the
church in Turnersville, on the Tuesday
night before the fourth Sunday in this
month. Rev. Robinson of Hamilton
county, and Dr. Harrison, of Bell
county, arc expected to be present.
On last Saturday evening Col
Picket, of this place, gave his buggy
horse a large feed of new wheat brand.
After eating it the brand fermented in
the horse's stomach and swelled to such
an extent that it burst the skin on his
sides The horse died that night
Indlellus the Perpetrator* ot
the Double Murder.
Waco Telephone.
MoKti.vK, September 15.—The grand
jury of Bosque county, now in session
at Meridian, has found bills of indict-
ment against Joe Wright and Ed Nich-
ols, for the double murder of Mat tie
WHson and A. J. Hodge? committed
at Morgan one night latt July, while
tbe couple lay sleeping in a tent. The
Foseet boys, Frank and Sam, were not
indicted, the evidence not inculpating
them in the bloody tragedy
Sam Fossett lia.< been released from
custodv, but his brother, Frank, is still
held in jail, to answer a minor criminal
charge, not connectd with the murder.
The case is exciting the most intense
interest in this section, and will proba-
bly come up for trial at tliis term of
district court, which is now in session.
Too Wright is in a tighfbox. even if
he escapes this charge, for the grand
jury has also indicted him for the mur-
der of one Arthur Harris, said to have
been committed in this county six years
ago.
A Highly Queer Lake.
•or* > Spokane Falls. Washington Tcrri-
_ . . ,. : tory, claims to have a medicinal lake a
effective organization I* pushed haJf j {hat would have
Sub committees wiii Av„n Pnm.p ,lp r
ings fcfore'November, and report to
Gainesville for liorse stealing? I
The receipts of cotton will average
about 100 bales per day at Calvert.
Only a bale to every three acre- will
be raised in Wise county this year.
The pecan crop of Texas is better this
year than it has been for several past.
A Gainesville man claims to have
killed seventy two birds at one shot
Many fields around Calvert are com
pletely stripped by the cotton worms.
The price for around trip ticket from
Houston to New Orleans by rail is $25.
One hand in Washington county has
picked 420 pounds of cotton in one day.
A cotton yarn factory will soon go
into operation at Cuero, DcWitt coun-
ty.
(Jlarksviilc, Red River county, has
doubled its population iu the last ten
years.
Telegraph poles have been put up
along the line frein Fott Worth to Cle
burne.
Victoria's baud of Indians arc again
causing great trouble on the Rio
Grande.
Mr. J W. Crawford, au old and well
respected citizen of Comanche county,
is dead.
Two negro cotton pickers were sun
struck in Washington county a few
days ago.
survey
the commission the result of their ^in
vesligations and surveys in the nrst
general meeting. Circulars arc bein-
issued from the office of the commission
to those whom it is thought wU "'c
come exhibitors, conveying the necw-
saiy information as to the purposes of
the exhibition, and requesting an-
nouncements as to how much spar c ts
required for exhibits.
A Rare Article or Freight.
A rare article of freight was seen at
the Pittsburg depot lately. It was a
chubby, round faced bright locking
boy of eleven yeare, who had traveled
as a piece of express matter from some
place in Texas. He had a papw tag
tied to him, just as though he *ere a
piece of merchandise, and on ufc tag
was written the address of hie consgnee
He was entered on the way bus and
manifests just like toy otMf j'8igot,
and as be passed from the MM of one
express messonger to another ie was
duly receipted for.
Prof. Alexander Graham Bell, the
inventor of the telephone, is described
as a handsome ana courtly nun. still
young, aid the possessor of very black
eves. He is a Scotchman ind was
educated in Edmburg.
iCou s search
for the fountain of youth. The water
is clear and of a dark color, and besides
curing skin diseases of men and beasts,
lays out nervous troubles, rheumatism,
paralysis and similar ailments. The
water has not been aualyzcd, but tastes
of salt and barax, is as buoyant as tbe
Dead Sea. and the only animal life it
sustains is a species of jelly-fish. The
lake has no visible outlet, and although
fed by several small streams, never
increases or decreases in size. Iu the
slightest breeze the water lashes into a
foam which makes a superior soap,
and almost anything can be cleansed in
the lake much better than by the most
powerful chemicals.
Arretted for Bobbing the
Halls.
Houston Post.
Acsrtx. Sept. 13.—Yesterday United
States Mail Agent A. P. Foster arrested
Route Agent O. H- Roberts on a charge
of robbing the mails. Roberts wa3
running on the International, between
this citv and Palestine, and on the sec-
ond of "this month took from the mails
a registered package contaimningf-000.
The letter was mailed in Galveston on
the first, and destination was Salado.
He today plead guilty, and was bound
over. Mine hundred and thirty dollars
were recovered.
A lightning rod man was drugged
and robbed of S600 at Marshall a few
nights ago.
Maj. Pcnn commenced -a meeting
at Sulphur Springs. Hopkins county,on
the ISth inst.
A line of packet vessels has been es-
tablished between Galveston and Itor
deaux, France.
The prospects for the future of the
Agricultural and Mechanical collcge are
said to be very flattering.
A man with screw worms iu his neck
was sent to the poor house in Bexar
county a short time since.
The old Grimes County Sentinel is
going on duty at Morgan, and will be
called the Morgan Sentinel.
Caldwell station, on the Gulf, Colo-
rado and Santa Fc railway, has been
regularly opened for business.
Mrs. M. D. K. Taylor, of San Auto
nio. lias an album of Texas wild flow-
ers painted by her own bands.
McBean, a white convict, was shot
and killed on Dr. Thomason's farm in
Walker county a few days ago.
Some of the Clay county farmers
think the horned frog the savior of
their cotton from the web worm.
A young man named John R. McMa-
Mahan, son of A. C. McMahan, was
drowned in Medina county last week.
Buffalo Bill and Turpentine Jack are
the name3 of the rascals who robbed
some parties on the highway in Travis
county recently.
A Mr. Johnson, the owner of a mill
in Wise county, had his arm sawed off
just above the elbow, iu bis mill, a
short time since.
The Brownwood Sentinel has re-
moved to Brady City, where it will ap-
pear as the Brady Sentinel. The Ban-
ner continues to wave.
Tom Warren, au inoffensive Chero-
kee Indian, was brutally murdered
whilst driving his wagon along the road,
twelve miles from Ssn Antonio, on the
9th inst.
Mr. Whisenhunt, of Van Zandt coun-
ty, had a child to eat somo fly poison
that had been placed on the table for
the purpose of killing flics. The child
lived about two hours and expired in
great aeony
Battle Royal—All About a
Hog or Two.
Galveston News.
Hemhetta. September 14. -Yester-
dav morning J. T. Lamb, C. L. Din-
wiildie, George Edwards, Col. Young,
Press Chandkr and a man named
Wright, had a shooting scrape at Buf-
falo Springs, twenty miles south of
here. Lamb received twelve buckshot
in his person—four in the left forearm,
shattering the bone all to pieces; two in
the right wrist, and six in the left side.
The shots in the side are close together
and made an ugly wound not neccssa
rily fatal but very dangerous. Geo.
Edwards received four shot in the
right leg and the knee, and a forty-four
calibre pistol ball struck his right
shoulder, ranging across the back and
coming out at the left shoulder. Col.
Young was shot in the right leg above
the knee with four buckshot. Chan
dler was shot in the right hand. The
difficulty originated from the maltreat
ment of a hog belonging to one Cook,
and the shooting of four hogs belong-
ing to Col. Young. Lamb was arrested
two weeks since and fined $75 in the
justice's court, and bad blood was the
result. The above named parties met
on Monday morning and I iamb knock-
ed Chandler down, when a general
shooting commenced. Wright and
Dinwiddie are credited with doing
most of the shooting, and their fire be-
ing wild, hit Tioth friends and enemies.
Good men arc engaged on both sides.
All the wounded are in a critical con
dition The sheriff placed the entire
seven under arrest; and tomorrow a
pieliminary examination will be had,
at the place of the shooting where the
wounded men are.
ture him or take his life, and arrest
her for releasing him. There was but
one safe course lo follow, and that was
to leave the country. So it was ar-
ranged between the man and his wife
that they should leave together, and it
is reported that immediately upon re
turning lo their home after "the escape
from the Austin jail, the highwayman,
and the brave partner of his bosom,
mounted each a horse and rode off to-
gethei. Mrs. Boyce is said to have
doffed her female attire.drawn on a pair
of trousers, buckled a revolver about
her waist, placed a man's hat upon her
head, and that thus disguised she fol-
lowed Rube, "for better or for. worse,'
to some region where he may probably
never be recognized nor known. There
are few women, indeed, who bavu the
uervc that Mrs. Boyc-a showed, and
fewer still who would manifest that
faithfulness she did for tbe man she
loved. Her ventures would serve as
the text for a most thrilling sensational
drama or a novel of absorbing interest
that would be read with amazement by
thousands all over the world.
Chicago Grain Elevator*. ;
Harper's Magazene.
Their aggregated capacity i-" 16.840.
(HXt bushels; individual capacity from
1)0,000 to :!,000.IMJ0 bushels. They are ,
in different parts of the city, but tho-i j
at tbe disposal of the Chicago, Burling j
ton. and tjuincy Railroad give nearly '
one-third of the whole capacity Out ;
of the newest of them. Amour Dolt-
ami Co. 's elevator "D." may be takeii j
as what it is the fashion to call a 'rep !
resentative ' elevator. It certainly is j
very fine one. and should be seen by all j
inquiring visitors. Itwas begun in 18T.1 j
is 381! feet long. 100 fett wide, am! 11.\ I
feet high, required five million feet - f!
lumber iu its construction, and < < j
$350,000. one can easily obtain per i
mission to inspect it, nnd the supei:n ]
tendent will enlighten his ignorance, or#
increase and qualify his knowledge as-|
the case mav be. He is conducted to a
:V0L MY. NO. 39.
I Professional Cards.
h. c. 4;aii:\T. *. if.
BELTON
Oth«lc i K k>ik No l.Tobirr !>niMin^t
Beilnn. Ttxa*
m k. i.orr
K iv TAU.lv\
i
LOT r X TALLLT,
1*11 l*ilrit \* A *>I R«KA«h.
oilieeiu 'lit- llenny Hnildim:.
Bel ion, Texas.
YARD!
. k. nosnoitoLiiii. j. .v. nosuonoLon.
Salary Public. Couuty Aitot ntu
ROKBOROi'GII BROS.,
little ''elevator - liieie is this confusion ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Belton, Texas.
ittentiou l:iven to the
| The
Clebnrae and
Ballroad.
Galveston Ne>*«.
Dallas
D.vlXAS, Sept. 16.—The Dallas and
Cleburne road was reorganized today
under a new charter, secured at the
state capital. Its present style is
the Chicago, Texas and Mexican Cen
trai railway company The new
chartcr designates a line from Paris,
via Dallas and Cleburne, to some point
on the Rio Grande between Laredoand
fort Duncan. The company proposes
reaching Chicago either by a line from
Paris via Fort" Smith to Pierce City,
Missouri, or bv the Iron Mountain to
Cairo, Illinois." The executive office
of the company is at 99 Randolph street,
Chicago.
Independent Make-Weight*.
George W. Julian at Indianapoli.-.
The republican party itself was a
bolt. It was principally made up of
"jayhawkers" and "tramps,'" who
broke away from their democratic and
whig keepers, and made common cause
with the old free soi'ers in withstanding
the further exactions of slaveiy; and
the existence of the great historic party
would have been impossible if the old
wliigs who formed the great bod}- of it
had been as fatally smitten with the
party devil worship as are the republi-
cans today. Independent voters in
1800 rent the democratic party in twain
and made Abraham Lincoln president.
In 1872 the republicans carried the
state of New York by a majority of
50,000 votes, but in lb?i the democrats
triumphed by tbe same majority, thus
showing that the state was not divided
iuto two parties, but three, inasmuch
as the potency of the party battle cry
was dependent upon outside help. £o
iu tbe party divisions of today there is
a mint element, not under the drill of
either, which holds the balance of
power, and illustrates the noteworthy
fact that in free governments minorities
•ften rule. The independent voters
held the balance power in tbe nation,
and wielded it lour years ago, as they
probably will iu the canvass of this
fear As the makeweight in party di-
visions, they are frequently able to cre-
ite the majority they desire, and this
invests their action with a commanding
importance.
Stock Operation* in Wall
Street.
N Y. Mercantile Review.
The business of Wall street necessa-
rily seems very complicated to out-
siders, though in reality the principles
nvolved are exceedingly simple and
aasily to be understood by persons of
jrdinary intelligence. The terms in
jse, too, are puzzling to many, and mi-
aaerous are the enquiries which every
newspaper receives upon the subject.
The following extract from a recently
issued pamphlet contains in the fewest
works the best explanation of margin
operations that has yut appeared in
print:
There are two ways of buying stocks
-one by paying the fuil amount of
aoney and taking the stock away, and
tie other by employing a broker who
fer a commission advances the money
to pay for the slock, charging the cus-
tomer interest llicreou and securing
kimself by a deposit which is called a
■"margiu " Tbe "margin" amounts to
from 3 to 10 per cent., according to the
igreement which is made between the
broker and customer, and it is needless
to say when the slock falls sufficiently
to wipe out the margin the stock is
sold by the broker, nnd the customer
loses irrevocably the money which be
ha- deposited.
Down With the Dust.
In a lettei to the Independent Mrs.
P. T. Barnum discourses upon the dust
in the house and says: 'What is more
absurd, useless and uncleanly than the
feather duster universally blandished by
our housemaids ? A soft cloth passed
lightly over auy surface removes every
particle of dust, and leaves that smooth-
ness which is so pleasant to the eye and
touch: and the cloth being washed, that
di:>t. at least, is forever got rid of. But
flourish a bunch of feathers over the
same surface and the dust is only stirred
up, dislodged momentarily, to settle
again in the same place. Feather-dust-
ers are an abomination also for their
tendency to break and drop all over the
house, so that you can track tbe wield
ei by the broken feathers."
The Ureal Eastern Seheme.
San Antonio Express.
Austin. September 17.—Tbe Govern i
or is in receipt of a letter dated Lon-
don Septemlicr 2, which says that f>c
fore this reaches you we hope that our
Great Eastern Scheme will l>e floated
and the ship iu the hands of oui engi-
neers. preparatory to her first Texas
trip. The object is to bring over emi-
grants, and the company desire full de-
tails as to what disposition can be
made of them after landing. The
governer has written them fully and,
no doubt, before many weeks tbe
largest ship in the world will lie float-
ing in our waters.
of names again, it i« what our English
friends call a "lift." j and hoisted to the
top floor. At one end he sees, swiftly
passing over a shaft, the largest belt in
the United States. -J^O fec-t iu length.
and eighty inches in width. BciowAim
are great scales, and bins sixty ^cf
deep. A line and suggestive dust
gradually covers his clothes as be lis
tens to the polite cicerone, who is lei ; ii'.ttrscv:
ling him that there are twenty-six :
standard Fairbanks scales in the build- j
ing, and that they weigh so accurately
that in an aggregate of six car-loads •
there was oniv a shortage of thirty j
pounds between "St. Joe"'and Chicago, j
But "look out for the engine when the !
beli rings ' A train has come in below j
full of gram in bulk. Into a car goes '
a great shuts, or nozzle: somebody pulls
a lever, and, presto! away has gone I
that grain up into a weighing bin. j
then down into another receptacle of j
profundity and security. It dawns on
the observer's mind that one uiau's
property is by no ineaus kept scperatc !
from another man's. This grain is all;
graded by a State iuspector: it is!
"weighed iu and "weighed out," and
all that is uccdful is that the contents
of each bin should be homogeneous, j
But here comes another train—empty
cars to be tilled for the East. Slen
wanted, with shovels to laboriously
handle the grain? Not at all. Down
conies that sbutc again, boards are put
across the doorways of the cars, and in
one of theui after another the grain
runs up foot by foot. In less time than
any one would think possible—a few
minutes to each car—the train is
entirely loaded, its doors arc closed,
and the engine is drawing it out again,
to be delivered to one of the Eastern
trunk lines.
Special ittentiou given to ilit- co!l«v-
tion Hi debts, iuvcptiirntiou >11 Titles
and Sale ol Lands.
OEFICE in Kingsbury Imibting. >
V.VM. UONTEITH J. ||. KrUMAN
no.vri:iTii a fi;rb.«\.
at Law, Heal Estate and
Collecting Agents.
Belton, Texas,
Will practice in all the courts of ibis
Judicial District, and in tbe Federal
ard Supreme courts of this State.
J. II. LtSITGR,
DKNTAL SURGEON.
All «'<>rk guaranteed.
1 v
< Ifflce in Cooper's Gallery.
Belton, Texas.
dr. «. F. H %\\i\«;.
Two Kinds of EnglUli Wo-
men.
Parisian
According to the divine Thcophile
Gamier, two kinds of English women
exist on the face of the earth. The
first aud most numerous kind, couutless
specimens of which may be seen at
diplomatic balls, consists of exorbitant
creatures with huge feet, the nose of a
craw-fish, china-blue eyes and exotic
accoutrements, coral, birds of Paradise
and olher comestibles, which make
them lesemblc Savoy biscuits or set
dishes. The otiier category, much less
extended, is <;oinpo<od of angelic or
diaphanous young girls, more beautiful
than could be dreamed of, with the
whiteness of opal, the smile of a rose in
their eyes, the langor of a violet wet
with dew, hair ,iu lustrous spirals that
Titania seems to have taken a pleasure
in curling during a reverie of love.
Gautier carries liis poetical rhapsody
still further, and concludes on the one
hand that nothing is more ugly than an
ugly English woman, and on the other
hand nothing is more beautiful than a
beautiful English woman. Now if
Gautier had enunciated the latter axiom
only he would have won the suffrages
of all English women, of the beauties
from gratitude and of the ugly ones
from a feeling of national pride.
WORN OUT.
Upon the summer's cheek a tint
Of tenderer pallor lies,
We read a soft unspoken bint
Of death within her eyes.
And much the same prophetic siiadf.
Pathetic, strange and mute,
Falls o'er the trousers slightly frayed
Of the young man's summer suit.
—Puck.
Offiee at Sou's. Drugstore,
Belton, Texas.
D. L. RUSSELL,
Alt') und Counsellor at Law,
Belton, Texas.
Will practice in the District Courts ol
Bell and adjoining counties, in the Su-
preme Courts ol the state, and in the
Federal Courts at Austin and Waco.
Office on Avenue, west ol Square. 15
DR. <a. A. TSUIST*. "
RESIDENCE ON WALL STREET.
Noith of Episcapal Church.
Offl.
jilf
L.
at W. S. Blanion& C« 'i
Store, <>u the Avenue.
Drug
Belton, Texas.
T. WILLIAMS,
A Fill M tf MR
LUMBER
KEPT CONSTANTLY ON IIAMD
M ir tail,
TO Mill.
ALSO, 1 HE
ATT4 R\'R1 AT LAV,
([.ate of .Memphis. Tcnn.)
Ollice, in tbe Kingsbury Building,
15 Belton, Texas.
It. E. PATTERSON,
ATTORN KA' nt LAW,
BEST HEART CYPRES
SHINGLES,
White Pine Siding
and Ceiling.
• t.Uci
*0
;be Court House,
Belton. Texas.
oho x\. TYLKH. WSC K. HOUSTON.
T1XER A. IIOUSTOK.
Attorneys at Law,
Belton, Bell Co., Texas.
Will practice in all the Courts ot Bell
county; in the Supreme Court and
Court of Appeaii, at Austin, and in the
Fe<1eral_Conrt at Waco. 27
J. D. M'MAHOX,
Attorney at Law,
Belloti, Texas,
Will pay special attention to collection
of claims in the county. 281 f
GEO. 3. BITTLER,
Notary Public and dealer in *
"to Laud and Laid Certificates.
LIST OF ESTRAYS.—Taken up by
Ben Baker, and estrayed before
S. N. Strange, J. P beat "No. 5, one
dun horse, left hind foot white, saddle
marked, 14 hands high. ?or 8 years old,
and branded AIV (the IV connected,)
on left shoulder, valued at #10-00 j
Taken up by O. S. Carpenter, and j,
estrayed before same officer, one black
mare. 14^ bands high. 12 years old, j
and branded P with a - and au O on !
the atcrn of the P, on left >liouh;ei. j
One gray mare, 1414 hands high, 0
years old. branded O with a | through
it on right thigh. One dun mare, 14}j
hands high, <5 years old, and branded
FR on lelt shoulder and NO on left
hip, and her sorrel colt. One so: re!
marc. 3 years old, 13j-£ hands high,
branded 5 with a ! through it, 011 left
shoulder. One bay mare, blaze face.
14 hands high, a years old, branded
7-5 on left hip, same brand on left
shoulder. One bay horse colt, otie
years old, branded O with a J-through
it, on left shoulder, and one black
mule colt, 1 year old, same brand, the
lot valued at $80.00
Taken up by J. W. Zimmerman, aud
estrayed before same officer, one bay
mare, 7 years old, 14 hands high, and
branded i, V;l;uc,i at $20.00.
Taken up by J. H. Hall, and eslray
ed before Frank S. Box, J. P. Beat
No. 7. one dun ox, 8 years old, mark
Particular attention given to the in-
vestigation and imrfection of land
claims. BELTON, TEXAS. 38tf
R. S. FARR, M. D.
at his Re*'deuce, at the Avenue
Itellon, Texas. :t8tf
KutublMied 18? ".
I*. «. RI CHER * CO.,
LawL Abstract and Collecting Agents.
Successors to Rucker Bros ,
Are prepared to attend promptly to
any business in their line.
SBireror. CoiTemcer ui Notary Public
in tbe office.
Only firm in Helton that has an Ab-
stract ot tb Records of Bell «-< nnty in
their office.
Office in Toliler building, up stairs.
J. C. DC PRE E,
ATTORN EY at LAW,
Belton, Texa .
A Frullltal Tree
Galveston News.
In the yard of Mr. E. C. Girard, at
the intersection of Winnie and Twenty
sixth streets, stands an orange tree
twenty feet high, which was planted a
quarter of a century ago by Mrs. Maiy
ravreau, who is still living in the
city at the ripe age of 88 years The
tree is loaded with clusters of oranges
ol good siae, and contains, all told,
more than 9,000,
ed crop and split in right ear, and split
in left, and branded JC with — above
on the right hip and on right side, aud
PUP. connected, on right thigh. One J
red and white pided ox, star in fare, 6 ,
or 7 years old. marked swallow-fork 1
and under-bit in right ear. and swal- j
low-fork in left, and branded AC, con j
nected. on right hip. the two valued at :
*25.
Taken up by L. If. Andrews aud es-
trayed before same officer, one sorrel
mare, 7 years old, 14J| hands high,and
branded DL on left shoulder. One
dun mare, 5 years old, 14 hands high,
and branded DL on left shoulder. One
bay Alley, 3 years old. branded DL on
left shoulder. One bay mare, 0 years
old, 14^ band* high, branded AL, con-
nected, with1 above, on left shoulder,
with her colt, unbranded. One brown
mare, 0 or 10 years old. 14 hands high,
and branded 8*on left thigh. One sor-
rel mare, 10 years old, 11W bands
high, branded HE on left shuuldcr.lhc
lot valued at $100
Taken up by T. 8. Thompson, and
estrayed before B. F. Martin. J P.
Beat No. 4. one brown horse, tl years
old. 15 hands high, and branded C
with a ^ above and a — below on left
shoulder, valued at $30.
Given under my hand and seal of of-
fice. at Betton, this 7th day of Sept.,
A. D. 1880. W. W. Ufskaw,
87 Clerk, C. C., B. C.
Will practice in all the courts of Bell
and adjoining counties. Special atten-
tion to commercial collections. l<i
W. V. HcFARLAXD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
BELTON, TEXAS.
Office iu Saunders building, over P. O.
Will practice in all the courts cf Beli
and adjoining counties. Special atten-
tion given to real properly and com-
mercial collections. 28
w.t. shawmow,
ATTORNEY at LAW,
Belton, Tcx*t.
Ofticc iu Saunders building, over the
post office. 38y
^k9AflA MONTH guaranteed. $12
* ^P
Men, women, boys and
industrious. Capital not required; we
day at home made bv tbe
Capital not required;'
will start you.
girls make money faster at work for as
than at anything else. The work is
light awl pleasant.and such as anyone
can go right at Those who are wise
who see this notice wiifc send us their
addresses at once and see for them-
selves. Costly outfit and terms free.
Now is the lime. Those already ot
work are laying up large sums of moo-
Address TRCK £ CO., Aagorta,
u,
atue.
WE WOULD CALL ESPECIAL AT
TENTIoN TO OUR STOCK OF
SASH, DOORS
AND BLINDS
Consisting 01
4-LIGHT WIXDOWI,
thLIGHT WIMMWa,
IS-LIGUT WRKDC
4-LIGHT WINDOW 1
MIGHT WIN ROW I
1MJGHT WIMROWI
SIDE-LIGHTS * TRAHSOHS
for Doors of all sizes,
GLASS DOOr
DOITRLE FRONT
StV„
ALSO AN INt.SCALLY LARGE
STOCK OF
WHITE rors ioouhm
We buy directly l«rm the Maoulac-
tury, and ship by the carload lota,
thereby securing the benefit oi the
lowest railroal freights.
OUR 8ABH, DOORS, BLINDS,
MOULDINGS, fe .can be relied oa as
STRICTLY FIRST-CUSS,
and are sold at
PIKES!
FftBQHT INT AMEB.
TEN YEARS' EXPERIENCE IN
BELL AND ADJOINING COUN-
TIES. ,
Stith & (peckwftH.
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