Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 8, Ed. 1, Friday, February 20, 1880 Page: 1 of 4
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BRENHAM WEEKLY BANNER.
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VOIKJMETXV.
BRENHAM WASHINGTON COUNTY TEXAS FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 20 1880.
NUMBER 8
3nEKDI.OVn 4 EWIUK
ItnitirT-xaa'
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EX. 8. ROGERS
Attomey-at-Law
' CtJnEtUatu.TcMU.'
CUL 9C1ICTXE. A. WtMJOV
SCI1UTZE & WIXSLOW
Allarwtj- at LAVi
ixvl nulr la rha1 naIiM naty. in all
tbc ntrt la WnhlnrfcamiiitYani aiiim-mr
rutnt a4fjurtratjeas. wTlGJJtw
w.
c. haiku v. a.
riyslrlia aid Sancton
mchg-tC
WrJeTcwu.
T H.BEAUMOXT.MV
SPracUeiBg SPbysiciaa.
lllEMLUI. TJ3AS.
67 Can be found t feu office north of
tne Kjttare in real estate btnldiag daring
the day ami at his residence at night iam6w
TrrF. MATCHETT. mTd. ?
Sirrnul fhTsIrlao.
Btenham Taaa.
larTt.l-rtrkH frll. ftWI.'
rltraaa Tlrtnlty thai lut ha rtMtiiMa jir tier
GlMaf IhrOntr&T mari.
x. faraxatxa. jap. 11. rar. trr
KAVAXAtHM& PKESLEK
RectlTU;FlrTarillB7 antf
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
Dealers ia barbed -and plain faiceire
cedarposts wagons plonjhs i.c Special
attention circa to cottevx. j j2Sdiw jm
r L. EDWARDS
Contractor and Bftlltfer
2reobam Texas.
Is prepared to contract for btQgUtg an
general carpenter work. E&dcfcate and
ieHgm Oiraished t short noticjrr SpecUr
attetoon hca to job wor. Patjonag.
soltritrf ami s'sfacnon cvamcel. Shop
sooth sde of sua xrccLopposiie Mclntyrr
loose. March 2 J. (67c).
Arouse & Musxflx
pattters
kopurJleFtljtntiV Rpok. Store
a
Brciihunv
Texatf
ft 4Iowv . and onumenul pAinl-
ng papethaccicgandglaiicj neatly -ami
expeIttrittfrjr cieem ' All work piaran
teed; prices reasonable. may 2od& t
(Established l 1873.)
M Aes A speaahy of seHmj; nJ exebang
fog lands and town property the rendering
and payment of taxes ttfljfag and looV
inj; after rlwdlin and storefionses.
aEaT Office upstairs' in Grater's UaUdicc
sepL678.
" ' "" '
Iclntyre Hausef
GEO. H. WILS0NT & SON
Proprietors
.Maio-vtrett Brenham Texas
ThK well laown boose has been ihor-
onMy.renorated and is now open to the
public. Every department fir class; licst
fare tq tic had in tkdtj; board can be bad
by the day week or month at reasonable
Tales. Special accotmaxlaiions for com-
mercial travelers and t)uttncal troupe
r
UAU ZEISS
Ol 'l'V-J&
AND
COIN JfUblOUMXXM 33X1.
Main Street llrenham Texas.
DE
vEALEK m Staple and Fancy Grocc-
ne. Viues. Lionora. X jeer llccr. 2.C
Hot nreailFroh Calo and ho on hand
all timea.
ian"l'7S-y.
Wjj. SC1IU1.EN1JEKU
Blacksmithf
aad mannfactsrrr-vr
AGRICCLTUKIL ISTLEMEATS
Bmiham. T5at .
iy pdal att rating 3kmi to IIujiss
Hmokiko. tr-ncral ib work and rrpalr
ing. Terms bberal Shop above Giddings
bank on Sandy street. June 18 7. 1
CBASh. ZDUQND LOCKCTT.
HASS & TiOCKSCT
LAW CLAIM AND
&ENIBAL AGIHCY OFFICE
BRENHAX TEXAS.
5" rersonal attention given to
ers entrusted to us. javaysjwt
e. Mix.KvytTZ
OEAUtn
Groceries and Provisions
WINES LIQUORS CIC3ARS
Crockery Limps and Glassware
Comer Ant and Quitman Street
Sept. 23'jg-a- Brenhrra Texas.
Try Them!
f you need anything in the line c' Fresh
Drugs Patent Medicines or
Toilet Articles csll on
FinMca tfit Xalston
Cotton Exchange building. St. Charles SL
HR'MIAU TCXAS.
t&m They have corae to stay and en-
deavor to please. T5n I.
M.
A. IICALV
DFALfJt IN-
General Hardware
CUTLERV. Eoce Toots CASTINGS
j-'tming Iniplemeata Ijja. CVaina Uflm J
.. -.ict:H wwwn;anp jicaun(;iovca.
More Trimmings and Tinware ot all Vindv.
I'ainta Oil. VarnUhea and window Glass
J'njSr ami Wafon material Rubber Bellire
tmui'i to IS inches wide. PacVincql
all linOs and aH artclesajmerUijvnEto.lJlf
1 fanlua Ktiawra 1f ..
. .un..b ..uj- gum street.
Jl. I. to
Jf7tnliiiu 1 ciMj. I
Citatiop.
TJIK STATK Of TKXAS
To the Sheriff or any Constable f Wash-
ington rounty. Greetmc:
Whereas at the tern ofaur tlMt'xJ mart
Sat the county of Washinjoo holdcn on
the 1st day of Sept. A. U. J879.il wassug-
pested in oven coort that Sarah Tohmcn
(defendant to a certain suit therein erH!inc
wherein C Mtnkwht was intiff and the
saldarah joonson Hasucienoani an
parted this life and it vas ordered f Ibc
court that a writ of Scire faoo dVfssne t
the representattTcs of the raid Sarah John
kunwhen known; and H appearing hj the
p tition of the said C Mint ill filed on
the 27th day of Jan. A. U. itSo that Sal"-
he Willie Mollie Li.ry. Myra Johnson
Elizabeth Gordy and huland M T. Gor
dy and Charlotte Gordy and husl-ond
Gonly are the sole representatives rf the
said Sarah Johnon. And whereas said C
Minkwiu has made affidavit that throt
dencesbf the said Myra? JohnsooT Eliza
beth and Charlotte Gotdv and their said
husbands arc unknown to ntm.
Yon are hereby commanded that b mk-
inSpablicaUoa of this citation in seme
ncwsiiapcr published in the county of
Washington if there be aj.ewspapcr pub-
lished in said county but if not then in
any newspaper published in the 32 judicial
district; but if lucre be no newspaper pub-
lished in said di&trict then in some news-
paper published in the nearest district to
the said 33d district Sot four consccutire
wcjcl previous to llje return day hereof
yoa sammon Alyra Johnson Elizabeth
Gordy and her husband M T Uowljt. u J
Charone Gordy and herimbpnd 'Gor-
dr whose residences are unknown to be '
and appear' before the di&tikt court to be
holdcn ja and for thccounty of Washington
at the CDurtboose thereof on the tint &?on-
liy in afarebnexuthen'and there i show -
caue tt aay uiy eacn nave ny they
should not be made parties defendant to
the said suit and to answer the petition of
said C Iinkwitt filed in said court against
the said Sarah Tobnsoi. and allerin? in sub
stance as follows to-wit:
l. I hat on July stn 1S7S Sarah John-
son recovered a jadment by defendant
againt him in the district court of Washing-
ion county lor me recot cry ot a jot 01 land
known as lot 91 in the dry of Brenham be-
sides costs of suit said cause numbered
S496-
2. Petitioner was then and is now the
owner of a art of said lot being the north
end thereof and adjoining the remaining
rwrt claimed by Thomas Dwer.
3. Petitioner paid the sum of Two Hun-
dred and twenty-five dollars for said land
and received a conveyance thereto from
Emerson and Julia Blood Dec. 4th 186c.
A. J. GiWef conveyed same to Julia Blood;
John R Weir conTeyetl the same to A T.
Gilder and said Sarah Johnson then the
tfwner of said lot 91 executed and deliter
ed a general warranty deed In fee simple
for the same to the said John R. Weir ; al
of the deeds were of record sate the deed
from 'Johason" to Weir.
4. Said suit Nd.5196 was against petitioner
VdipiSXiOxrer fbr Ue whole-oflot
o4 ot whkh Dwyrrjiauned fou acres
and 'had valuable improvements erected.
Petitioner's part was unimproved. Satis-
fied of their good title they agreed to de-
fend the suit Dwycf promising to employ
counsel and make defense for both to first
term of court; petitioner to pay his propor-
tion of expense.
Dwver told Petitioner that Savles and
Basstt counsel Sor Sarah Johnson bad
agreed to continue the cause at .said July
icrm 01 court ana petitioner saw a publica-
tion in city papers of 'proceedings of the
bar association oft which said attorneys are
members announcini the-cocnaiance of
all civil causes for'thcjuly term 278. Peti-
AboutSept. 1st 187S the sheriff came to
iiui tiiuia ninui Mscsu)i iiuu ucof
tun for costs of suit .when he discovered
that judgment as aforesaid had been ren-
dered against him.
5. Thomas Dwyer traced up -the deed
from Sarah Tohnson to John iL Weir and
(cucitcu uic uracawHii June oua7a
and Weir's affidavit to this fact is attached
and marked Exhibit A. Dwyer fraudu-
lently concealed the fact from the petitioner.
r and to save himself attorney fees Iraudu-
That he showed sa deed to the attorneys
of said Sitrabr ohnson and procMBed them
to dismiss the suit against him and suffer-
ed them to take judgment for said Sarah
Johnson by deault against petitioner
fraudulently concealing the fact from peti-
tioner; and leading him to believe tliatthe
case was continued.
a 6. Said Dwyer refused to confess to pe-
titioner that said deed from Johnson to
Weir is in his possession and refused to
make an affidavit concerning same in this
suit and refuses to produce same
7. Petitioner has a good defence to said
suit; and the .said Sarah Johnson weljkjier
she had no canjveofactiCr4hjUbIudcon-
v eyed said lot of land lo saldjohn It Weir
by warranty deed in fee simple; that she
said relying on the chance that atd deed
had beenlost of destroyed md will not be
proved up and shecoUuded with Dwyer to
defraud petitioner in the recovery of said
judgment.
S. Qn August 29th 1S7S the clerk of
said court issued writ ol possession on
said judgment and execution against peti-
tioner for eighteen dollars and tw cnty cents
QOsts CaCwJ vit. Petitioner applied for
an isjAcuon to the judge of the district
court Tout not hearing from Urn he paid
said cots and then hied his petitmon for
new trial.
9. That petitioner will have no remedy
oh his warranty and the said warranty is
insufficioJ in amount to indemnify him.
lie prays for citation and for new trial and
to have said judgment annulled and for
costs and -general relief said petition ver-
ified by afhdavit.
And petitioner has filed his application
in writing'to the clerk of said court rep-
resenting that the surviving heirs of .said
arch Johnson ars Sallie illie and Mollie
Iowry of Johnson county Texas; and
My Johnson and Elizabeth Gordy and hus-
band M. T. Gordy and Charlotte Gordy
and hu&baud -. Gordy whose Tcsidenccs
eitnknown and pravintr for Scire Facias
Jo them to show cause hy they should not
ie maue parties Qclenuant to saia suit.
Herein fail not but have you then and
there before said court this writ with your
return thereon shewing how you have ex-
ecuted the same.
"Witness. I. L. Moore clerk of the dis-
trict court of Washington county.
Given under my hand and seal ol said
I x court in the city of Hrenbam
IS. V this the 27 lay of January. A.
lrJD.SScs
J.L..M00RE CD.cw.c
A true copy of the original writ now in
my hands.
I. tl. MU tCUIAMJrs.bhenU w.c
By M. M. I.A1NE. Deputy.
January 27th 1SS5.
jan20w
Citation.
TiiESrAtx ofTexas
ashuigton county . -In
'he District Court Masch term A.
D.18S0 No. 5622. -
THE 15TATR OP TKXK
To the ShefiH or any Com table of
Washington county Greeting;
- You are hereby commanded that by
making pubucauan ol ibis atatton in some
newpaper published fn the countv of
Washington if there be newspaper pub- J
lla:tul n ..M .n.. l.tw t.a.At !.&.. Imi1...I
nearest county wherry newspaper is pubi
iisncu. ior iout wecits. pcevious 10 ine re-
turn dav hereof! You summon Eupctic O.
Sullhan whose residence is unknown to
be and appear before the district court to
Ije hptden in and for the rounty of Wash-
tocton at the courthouse there f in the city
of llrenham on the first Monday in March
A D. 1SS0 then and there to answer the
petition filed in said court on the 23d day
of January A. D. tSSo in cause Xo. 5622
w herein Khoda I. Sullivan is plaintiff and
Eugene O. Sullivan is defendant alleging
in substance 2 follows to-w it: Tha on
tli lilt all a if Canlamtu. A Tt Qmm
plaintiff and defendanf. cj duly marncdj
in said county of a.-hington. That on or
about the 1st day of Dec 1876 the said
defendant left the plaintiff with the intention
of abandonment and has ncer returned.
That the residence of said defendant is lo
plaintiff unknown. That plaintiff is now
and has been for more than six months
next prcccdling the filing of thi petiipn a
lonafide inhabilant of said Washington
I rmintv. And plaintiff prays for decree of
f &vorcc ami for general relief &.C.
this writ lcfore said court with your -11
turn thereon snowing now you nave exe-
cuted tLe.tame
VitnessJ.Jli;:Mooe clerk of; te di-
j( ' US. Van under mjr hand antKal of
..' ' said cous at office in tfe city of
LTIVl lkllUI AIU (.uuiin
llrcnUip.hu January WJVY
'15X50 RE c.D.c.rp..
l true cor'
t it. iifrrciilKso.Sbcriirvir.
r.y Will lj. tJ.RRtrr; jjcjiuiy. jiJ
Pr.TUTTS
Expectorant
IK aSC T8WOglBTa5!
Ita propertlw ar. Demalccnt. Karri
UT JuWulc Soothlna- od Hmllng.
Combiniiis all then qqaUUfJ It la th.
mt rractlT I.UtTQ'BAMAlit mx
oAar to aiitfarar. iraapu"""'"
tlanM.
DR. J. F. HAYWOODt
of New Tork votitftlmrHr lixiorwalX.
-READ WHAT HE SAYSr-
DrTtJTT: 2CwYk.KpU19.tiCl'.
Irf br Ddnnc Uwi yr InivdnM hitMlJtt
fMiilltVdMUH llUMlKaf WldaallU
rt th f saw of tv rj twrar tivm. It vkj
iLwauy Uiwe41l1SiuVilxpcCrjraBt
sntl 1 cw m.f r.-TM t iu Vidnnj pamt.
Ihuimt lKtit. aW iwwtr wr. 1 tun nrnt
kmwm kfdK m act u onptly and with mck
faaptyaaVtM. ltiataMlrBsbtlaMamaaBnttrjicaa
BU fr-mt-hiax aal taranably ratX tha daj fa
aia-wtUra. IcliawltailiiMiMrMUaaUi iMat laa
wadkiwa 1 rar awL
J. .- K-VCIS U TTT0ODlJC. Ok
A NEWSPAPER PUB. WRITES.
MBc. KtwrM fcafwa. Anraata Oa.
t TOTTt lhr Nr-ltrlilU Mm. vaa aUsckad.
ah aaaaiaaai . Uat rtoaar. bc Ufa Wa aaah a
nWMt J4 kaf A t Jaa aath ataca
furthararaa. a. iMaJawabipd lavar aalaabia
kjaartaajMii ltUaltnadaaaa.iar?TT tklnc racuas.
aaaadaal tt naaa ilid aaj canl ant 11 1 ajadaat Ki-aaal-atMaaMltta
af which raiaavad ta caach
MtirtJr. liktaAatluaULamtAaratral
lutlX X. W aTlCLE.
Had terrlblo RIGHT SWEATS.
- .. -tSaawbta.rali.ll.lin.
Dr. TUTT : SAr-l baa baaa wmS-nac IW aaartr twa.
mn wtth a wnrt oraarb. Wfcaai 1 naianartj ia
tun far Kxaactjawat 1 m taiTacvd ta ana faaadi4
and tuitaea aia la wavbL 1 trW4 alasoa
rT-rytbaai u4 larrtbW awrat taaara. I kaaa tikara
kail kataiaa. Tba ht waU bava laO m.
tha cqg fcaa Lwtpaaria.aad I aayap triad ttflatm
paMUtla m flfaa. 1 rr fWMati it ta alf tar fnaataa.
IV iia iraattraaact. cmVACafelL-fc.
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.
ItVafcaveyoueagghtaeoldT Are you en
able iu rain? tba )hlryni 7 Hit?j ytm an lnita-
twoia theturmtt A aa-nao o( oppression oa
tlMlUucn. wiin abort brvalk? lh you tiara a.
fit ot Cajaghing vn y"g ilwii 7 A aaarp aaj
imwand thro la the nrloi ot tha kttsK soocl-
drtfcyitl3ra;'rl"f "aa'war AJvifla taka at
oooe a di-e of Tntt'a Kiptttorant; yQwillaoon
W abie toratwt the phlegm la an hour repeat
tha topaXtoraatqtce abotlrowtotbafet.taka
UrobfToU'afilU. ' on will aoon'tall into '
pteaaant aWp and wake p ia toe morning
eungh con Innga working frrrty; aajy braata
ftrg. and tint bowel moving In a camnU mannrr .
TopfrTfPlantlnrnottncaeTn.ptoma aaa tha
Etprrya-ant agTTJii Uy.
Office. 35 Murray StreetNrY7
TUTTS PILLS
TUTT'S RILLS
CUItl" covmrEHLu. a
TUTT'S PILLS
CUUB PKTLH XtB aUUX.
TUTT'S PILLS
CUHKKICK IIEADACalU.
TUTFS PILLS
CORE KILIOCS cui.ac
TUTT'S PILLS
I X R APPETITt.
TUTT'S PILLS
TUTT'S PILLS
Hwr. a-aa.trv.aai
TUTT'S HAIR DV.
Caftax HAin on Wbiikck eUanraJ la a CLostvr
Mmcxfrya.a!aappls?atanal lMtg.' It ias.
pafta a SataraJ UJw acta lartairVi-ni-itT aa& tn
aa ttarailaaa aa apriajt waiar. Hold by Prajapatat ar
twa try azpraw a racaipt w L
Office. 35 Murray 3L New York.
CITATION.
THE STATE OF TEXAS.
To the Sheriff; or "any Constable of
Washington county Greeting :
You are hereby commanded that by
making publication of this citation in some
newspaper published in the county of
Washinrton. if there be a newspaper pub
lished in said .county Jor four weeks pre
vious to the return day hereof you summon
TohnA.ll Jtoss who is a transient person to
be and ajttar lefore the district court to
be holdcn in and for the county of Wash-
ington;" at the courthouse thereof a je
oty or Brenham on theTrst Monday in
March next then and there to answer the
Petition of Anna Ross filed in said court
against the said John A. B. Rost and al-
leging in substance as follows to-wiu That
said Anna -Kou plaintiff is an actual bona
fide inhabitant of the State of Texas and
is now and has been for and during the
six months next proceeding the filing of
this suit a resident of Washmc.Munry
and that defendant is a.Wansient person
Thatonto-witthelb-dayof July A. D.
1E60 plaintiff was legally married to de-
fendant and haslivedwhhhim until March
20 1879 when defendant left and aban-
doned her. That plaintiff has performed
hef part of the marital contract but that
defendant has on the loth day of Decem-
ber 1878 commenczd a course of malig-
nant and tyrannical conduct towards plain-
tiff has been Iiabiraally drunk and has mal-
treated plaintiff has insulted her aud abus-
ed hcr'UifrJajJL&cd Us. support plaintiff
before and after leading her has on to-
witthe20thday of March 1879 broke all
of plaintiffs furniture and has also then
made an assault upon plaintiff withTa dead-
ly weapon and addiessed to her language
imputing a want of her chastity all of
which insults cruellies. harrassin and as-
sault were made at plaintiff's residence in
Brenham. Washington county Texas. That
since said 20th day of .March 1879 defeo-
has been continuously away from plaintiff.
Whereas plaintiff asks for judgment dis
sob ing the marriage between her and de-
fendant. Herein fail nctjajk V-- mi Oaei an4 L
mere ueioie said court ims wntwitn your
return theran showing how ) on have ex-
ecuted the same.
WitnessJ. L. Moore clerk of the dis-
trict court of Washington coun-
J 1 c Ity Given under n y hand and
M seal of said court in the city of
i Brenham this 30th day of Jan-
nary A. D. 1SS0.
reblw4t J. L. MOORE cn.cw.ci
I hereby certify that the above and fore-
going is a true and correct copy of the
original citation row in my bands.
A H. HlTrCIUNSON. Sheriff
Wt Lt. F. GAKKETTDepaty.
T. F- ROBERSPN. T. W. SAES.
SAYLES&EOBERSGN.
General Iiisttranca
And Land Agents
brenham :::::: texas.
. We issue policies of insurance against
fire on all classes of property is any part of
the state in first-class companies athe low-
est rates.
Lands bought sold rented and exchange
ed. Orders left at our office for surveying
will have prompt attention by J. W. Saylcs
County Survej or.
SAYLES &. ROBERSON.
Office in the Opera House. jn2od-wlf
J.T.J. O'RIORD AN
FIRE INSURANCE
Bkekiiam Te-
J Office ovcjfRoos'-stqr..
JNO. M. KEY
Fire Insurance Agent
Krj'tESENTSTIIE
Phoenix of Hartford; Franklin
lof Philadelphia; Insurance Com
pany of North America of Phil-
adelphia North British & Mer-
cantile of London and Edin-
burgh; and other first-class com-
panies novldw
Fire Jjisurance
BTJRK2
(fffiCBi Si Sandy Street. Brcnham.-exas.
$5 to $20 rSrKSgC
ox A t n IVrtlaml. l'llf . IfjlJJ.'yrlx
J Oil rRINTINLqfecrydcscuyiun
executed ilh neatnv. rod dispatrb
at tSia offic. audal price that dt.fr t"
i pcttiion.
Sltcgrcnhnmiuutrr!
1'uWUlifd Dally ami Trkl.
JLVNKIX tasVIS Ii
Largest Circulation of any
Uahed in thia Senatorial
Itata of hnlsarrlptlam
lallr one tvy wntyrnr...
l rrklv xv ripv nnrmr.
lUteai of AaAaaaajalaigi
Tnnatrnl sjaSTjal aHrTTl.'fii'titai Inaart-
-I at W-rHMaofqnara (vr fir-l inrrlUin. iti
rt rwifa ter aqiiareTor tacn aulMrqiirm
'ion
Marriarr-an-l OMluarv noii rrfpUnff
tijrhtllnM. hnlfprir. Miriortal inir(.(a
ftiti-r'ar lui.ln.a. rhinrl.p llla.nta a 1 1 MP f3i !
nrttu. zi
OFFICE OF rtlRIJCATSO:
Vanness buildm St. Charle street h-
tween Saivlf and Quittman s
llrenham Texas.
Entered at the Pot office at BrcsMm
Tcxxt x ccond-cJi2&s.uJ matter
The Valoved Wife.
ghtvlowa ratbrr thick and faUr
rom. mumlirriiiirlit f rar
1'rae drtbruncil anil alrni llalr
Hula ln.r KtrirLan narnr .harr
laUmm.lu all ItitUnvr botera 4
llarktTtt'rariur iortarrlaoult
And tba mniinie loormw rurara
Ef erv bw 1 wuuM control.
0-ac alaoUsfrfcaapniufcr
MC tba titu n htnjr pina hv
Vbrn thU heart than frdM wander
Naatti a tmrrrf hulirrky t
Whej earth itraeureiemettoarrvera:
Ktarv farart w as eharjcM with l. ;
WtM have thouglit be would deteUa me.
That be wuulil unworthy proTcl
Itr rtH faith thatlntehrarta rbrrith
Nrrrin thm t trnvt and dare
bnh vat mine which foiv-rd tn prrl-h
itery tboarht of dobt and trajc
Tbn hf lored me t ye!! Vtxi-
Mnvf.1 to etery thvtijrirt & &iv
Madr hi brte pure undorrlvlnf;.
Which he had returned for mine.
But MI eluinerjf the rtunii-eliKidii borer
U'erthU drooplnjc heart a.fmiuej
lie w ho w m the ardent bver
Ha-mwt ymred the bnbandklnl.
Time it annu ha war hi nature
tern unlotlDjr Ut hi wife;
Oh mr tnl protect Thy creature
erre her fur the bitter etife.
Io I love him? Yes 1 da'cnid.
Uruh the (eelHix born m. ef
Auit ruy beartlt will foriret nut
Aim my fauhaml I aalnre.
teu though his love U altered
Chanfred his erery part In tile
Nna hatl erer ray I faltered
la my iwrtlon ta Ids wife.
And ahould he nt tum and luve me
Once anln In the iit.
If ei mv bulaml. naught shall mure me
I will lore him to the hut.
Ami when In the great hereafter
H thai) eeae this mortal atrife.
Jut before my Uod and Manlr
He will love roe call me wife
Iran Idear.
Xewapaper Writing.
A man mar have douhtt about his talent
for public- sr.s3pmcy fcerfjt adciit tfeaV
ne cannot mra a. innc or rcugnirc one
when turned by anybody else; may confess
thit he is no poet not much of a scholar
and nothing of at artist; but there is no
creature so poor-spirted as to ow his in-
capacity to edit a newspaper. On the con-
trary this isa work to which every man
sterns to have a manifest call. Xo matter
what his actual business in life may be
preacher lawyer uhysldan butther baker
or candlestick-maker he has a secret fan-
cy that if he only had a chfas he could
make a new-paper a little feit spider and
livelier than anything in the shape of a
public journal that has ever come in his
z. journal
'rhis Is
ir. I bis Is one ol the most amusing ana
universal weakness of modern times. The
number of people w ho are infected by it is
known only to druggists an) physicians.
The 'drawers and waste-basket of every"
leading newspaper office in the country
orerfluw with evidences of the ambition
gjvi harmless vanity of the vast public who
scrteble by stealth and patiently toil over
reams oe composition which nobody can be
It must be admitted that there-i some-
.ihimr entidncr and enviable in editorial life.
as it aDDears to the outside world. The
I efightjfgcltiflg into print for the first
IfHT is one ut uic tvccucci ciijujuiciiis.
hatr therefore both men and women
reason tJ themselves must be the pleas-
ure of that happy nuaaywJhp daily feasts the
public with his wisdom and whose small
ct scribbling finds its war into type with-
out criticism or delay. But this reasoning
is altogether unsound. The editor does rot
look at things in the same roseate light.
'TbtbpfcU' c0uuw seen by other eyes hae
become a little clouded. The freshness
the exquisite charm of seeing his reflections
in print has long since vanished. He
writes sometimes painfully and under pres-
sure often harassed by a thousand petty
venations and not unfrequcntlv with ach-
ing head and weary hand lliswork i.
of all work the most wearing the msst
akin to tread-mill drudgery and the most
for copy ia inexorable and cannot berefosj;.
ed. He mustwn'k lJeiTVaha
tncmASi&rr iinipttoie ana continiat cnti-
cisms must bear patiently "to be esteem-
ed dull when he cannot be witty and to be
applauded for wit when he knoWs that he
has been duIL" Every blockhead who
buys his paper feels that he has purchased
a right to dictate the manner tn which it
shall be conducted to criticise sharply
everything that appears in it and to "ele-
vate its tone" with his own carping lucub-
rations fJHy written out and enclosed in a
note for immediate publication signed "A
Subscriber" An Old Fatron" or An Ear-
nest Well Widier." I f yon were to ask' this
modest friend to cut you a coat or meas
ure vou for a pair of boots he wj?nld in-v
dtgnantlyTeply that w as not hU trade : that
he knew nothing about it and would not
attempt if. But the diffidence which shrinks
from the shears and coyly'draws hack from
the awl and the tapstone boldly grasps the
pen and undertakes to illuminate and in-
struct the world. Breeches and shoes re
quire art experience reflection in their
making pohtical essays flowc spontaneous-
ly from the most addled pate or can be
pumped out of U hyhcer hand labor with-
out the vulga appliances of study thought
and knfiMicdge Such is life. Printers
CrcU.
IngeraoU on Intemperance;.
Intemperance cuts down youth in its vig-
or jnanhood in its strength and age in its
eaknesF.
It breaks the W&r.v iaV
bereaves the doting m.otfev extiwgutshes
natural anections erases conjugal love
blots filial attachments blights parental
hope and brings down mourning age in
sorrow to the grave. It maltes wives
widows; children orphans; fathers fiend
and all of them paupers and beggars. It
feeds rheumatism arouses gout welcomes
epidemics invites cholera imports pesti-
lence and embraces consumption. It
coders the land .with idleness and crime.
It fills your jails supplies your alms-
houses and demands your asylums. It
engenders contnn crics fosters quarrels
and cbewi-jvjoV It crowds your peni-
tentiaries ar furnishes victims for the
scaffolds. It is the blood of the gambler
the element of the burglar the prop of the
highwayman and the support of a mid-
night incendiary. It countenances the liar
respects the thief esteems the blasphemer.
It violates obligations reverences fraud
and honors Infamy. It hates lo c scorns
ijrrue and slanders innocence. Inntesth
father to butchci-.hi.s helpless offspring aur
the child to grind the parental age It
bums up men. consumes women detests
life curses God and hates heaven. It
suborAs w itnesses nurses perfidy defiles
thejjiry box and jucicial ermine. It bribes
totes disqualifies oter corrrupts elec-
tions pollutes our institutions and en-
dangers government. Itdegrales the cit-
izeiVdebases the legislature dishonors the
statesman and disarms the patroit. It
brings hai njt honor; terror not safe-
ty; dcspA aoa hope; misery not hap-
piness; "and w ith the malevolence of a find
itt calmly sun eys its frightful desolation
and unsatiated with havoc it kilK peace
poisons felicity ruins morals blighu con-
fidence slajs reputation and wipes out
national honor then curses the world and
laughs at its ruin. It does that and more
it murders the souk It is ihe sum of
all crimes the mother of all abominations.
natural affections erases conjugal lore.
the d?ila best fuend and God's worst en-
cmv.
omn.a ITorit
A man Jn considers Ca tlie home
j...: r - JV'..!.' ... :-r..! ... tl. nn I
lincal ork ciTmanmu! Joe lind. The
rery highetqpics of ine.'hcart and in-
tellect rosy be exerted rijr another m.
ter or an elder daffhter mychingoYcr
the phyilcal pd!mora!twLa of children
in lier.creT Ueroic patience a vigilance
that neer Ures an adartaya of mean
tn the eai' a careful study uf individual
traiL. a teen psychological insight: may
all fin3 ample room for excrde witlnu the
four yall of every humble tome.
A
LITTLK 11ANNK1LS.
Some think that tUtlcry is a much bear-
ing u W u'.tcranccH slander or detrac-
tion. 1
i
hie i to
ongly t.r
esprtien
ItesVtbesi
nvtn w iiu 14
Blidthc
life.
There enough fine moitoe-. nvthe
worlib. What we need is men towW
them pinned on the apel of their cbn-J
science.
A man neer recognizes the exrpii"itc
beauty of the hat he 1 w caring until he
sees a duplicate of it on the head of a
charming girt
Een the most rehglou man who
would scorn to worship an idL take
peculiar delight in being orshiped a aa
idol hmsclf.
Here i Dr. Avers VaVwtnin of a
'-cieaili3- Srcsaery"' One who raises a
family ofcniTdrc pajs his bill and lays
up something."
A natural'tone. such as it employol in
thsnking a friend for an onltnary courtcsi
is the best one even for sicakiug from the
platform or reading desk.
Mother (notidne her"soo!v5jRtines.:)
f'George you should alwajs ita-ve-rfte-table
feeUng thai you could cit a little more."
Corge: I do mother.1'
A man may be brae enough to walk
right up to the cannonS. mouth and jet
wittme courage to hand hu wife a letter
"he has carried in his jickct fur a week.
The two moM important events in the
life of man are when he 'examines his up-
per lip arid sees the hair aiming and w hen
ne examines the top of his head and sees
the hair going.
Thcfee who speak always and thote who
?&cz ffcak.?rc euiy until for friend-
shqu A good proportion i.f the talent f
listening and speaking s the base of social
virtues. La ater.
A girl may be too busy to du-t down
the mantle-shelf but always bas plcntj
time to devote an hour to tying a cn
legged bow-knot in a wide pink ribbon
with blue edges.
Tleasure hut many definitions but in
reality it consols of going some-where le-
in perfectly uncomfortable all thejime
while being there and calling it "the best
thnejbu eerhad." 1
If you light upon an impertinent talked
tna stack to yoa like a burr to the dixap-
iioin iincn c vs your moM impnant occa-
sions deal freely with him break offthe
(Skojis?. sajt pursue jour business.
IHmtarch.
Ionot seek easy ways: for easy ways
lead to rust. Do not seek to get rid of
responsibilities but be anxious to assume
them. See to it that as you draw near
the latter years of life you draw near ful-
ly equipped.
It was Jjuaint old Thomas Fuller who
said: "There are foo"swith little heads
and there are fools with big heads; in the
one cae there U no room- for so much
wit and irufc? Qlht case there i no wit
for so awen" room.
He who refuses justice to the defenseless
will make etery concession to the power-
fuk It lake forty-horse Iung-pow er to aw at.
en the sleeping school-boy in time to es-
cape a tartly mark; but on holidays he will
grope around the house in the -early twi-
light all out of sorts because breakfast Unt
ready.
Christian Weekly.)
Lifels a hard and doubtful race at best
however it may seem to the youn-; and the
richt preparation for a start is not 10
buckle on-all the load one can carry; but'
to by aside every weight and strip to the
work. After vice an&kuioesst debt is the
.heaviest weight a anan can hang upon his
limbs It is the Old Man of the Sex that
once fairly mounted on your shoulders
will never suffer himself to be shaken oft
It is not pitiful to see a j-ing. man stwa
out under such a ait wiAcfcmic step
sure of tossing- the Old Man over the fence
when he has done with him; at length! be-
gin to pant and struggle in vain and final-
ly settle down for hlc to trudge and toil on
loot and under foot lost in the race never
to reach the goal but to dropand die at
the road! This is no" fancy picture nor ex-
traordinary case. Can your most redun-
dant strength defy the risk my youn
friend
Wnrrr retards rather than forwards.
wak. rt raits tfetmind befor. Uil "-Vf.
p negun. it makes one Ireitui sours tnc
temper and disturbs the peace fthe
household. Onewho worries is never free-
.from care. The e are certain evils which 1
cannot be overcome. Wc should make
the best of them and not add the burden
of worry.
Mr John Bright wants com-
pulsory sales of Irish lands held
by companies to Irish small
farmers. Strange as it may
seem to ushere in free America
to talk about making a man or
company of men sell his prop-
erty it no doubt in this instance
would be just. It is a fact tliaf
English cupudjty and tyrny
stole millions of acres of land
from the Irish people to give to
favorites of kings. Cromwell
stole no less than 8ooooco
acres ofland himself and this
being the-case- whyshouM cot
force be used to compel itssajs.
back to the people to who it
rightfully belong? Mrv Glad-
stone proposes-lo lepeal the
law of entail and compel an
equal division of land among
heirs which will devide up es-
tates and finallv; Vk to the
sale oPhwids.
Ex-governor and ex-United
States senator B. Gratz Brown
of Missouri a man with a fiery
red head and who once p& twit-
ter on his watermelon at a din-
ner party and who was an or-
iginal frecsoilcr and one of the
organizers of the republican
party in Missouri has changed
his political complexion and is
working tfl induce governor
S&(Mour to become a candi-
date for president. Brown says:
"I regard the coining struggle
as one ol life and death to free
government'in this country be-
lieving that unless the demo-
cratic party shall attain tqpoiv-
er thcreijLno longer hope that
thf peopfc will be permitted to
control their own elections."
iWoivn was made senator in
Missouri under rascal rule but
has pjflbab;. repented of his
evil ways; he is a man of great
.ability.
TimUcnjfon iTcws says the
saloon keepers v now pay
the old c$5 licensi Sioo per
yc-Mis&'r lMl fl?.?'1
est fSft' SpVSr?' fl!e in
T? vcalreaKjr pFHFJ
tijs. 'eose and there is. no rpa-
spn why Brnjiarn shoujdt not
ao.iue saqj? uain-. -ins cuy
bell punch revenue Iqf January
was only 53s. in tytoDer
when the bell punch jvaj in full
bloom jthe revenue tyas. ot as
much as under the old Uv
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EDiTOftlAL I1REVITIES.
A mix has been introduced
in the senate abolishing all im-
port duties on s.i!t.
The "Xip and Tuck" combi-
nation was at Quincy III. lasl
f week; they will be in Brenham
m March.
A McKinxev spctial to the
i iVrt'j says that governor Rob
f erts is very popular in that sec
tion of the state.
The Dcnrson and Southeast-
ern railroad is to be extended
tn Palestine. Grading is to
commence March 1st.
-.Tiie" meetintr of the errand
'commandery Knights Tempha
at Palestine closed with a grand"
banquet on Friday night.
The house committee on rail-
ways and canaLs will icport fav-
orable next Wednesday on a
railroad from San Antonio to
Laredo.
At a meeting on 'change in
St Louis on the 1 2th $2509 fn
money 300 barrels of flour and
various lots ol provisions were
subscribed fr the Irish suf-
ferers. Mr. Garland introduced a
bill in the senate extending the
time for the completion of the
Texas Pacific railway from
Marshall Texas to the Pacific
ocean.
The San Antonici JSajHess
says the Examinci man is like
Jonah he is getting ready to be
swallowed up by the whale per-
sonified by the progressive
demoracy of the state.
Dr. BiRiFSGN president of
sine Texas Baptist general as
sociation has called a meeting
of that body at Dallas on the
24th inst.- The Buckncr-Link
quarrel is not yet settled.
The St. Louis Globe-Demo-OAta.s
published a powerful
editorial attack on Bob Inger-
soll and thus has managed to
atone for the serious fniury
done the cause of Christianty.
President IAYra has issued
a proclamation . warning evil
disposed persons contemplat-
ing an intrusion upon the In-
dian territory that the govern-
ment will prevent sucIt.UBl3l''fa
acts by the use of military force
it necessary.
The Imperial mills elevator
at Chicago was blown down on
the 13th and 123000 bushels of
rwfteatwfticft it contained spilled
on the ground. The total loss
incurred was about $200000.
No insurance against wind.
Offical statements publish-
ed at Paris shows the total ex-
penses and losses to France
arising from the Franco-Ger
man war were 13939000000.
francs equal to S32SiaPp.MSj
and thc-waiwasa short ocft at
that.
Col. J. L Babsdw; ma-it-ins
editor-of the Houston Tele-
giam has resigned. He in con-
nection with Mr. D. D. Bryan
will at once start an evening
paper to be called the Post the
first number of which will make
its appearance on Monday.
Govlrnor. Roberts has from
January 21 1879 to January 21
1880 granted 66 pardons 6
commutations and remitted 3;
' trncfk aadlSsaXtltues. The goir-v
crnor stated that lie pardoned
men on principle and not be-
cause people ask it. Pardons
are granted for good behavior
etc.
The San Antonio Express
says sora? oltjic 3at)crs m tne
state are prcjarjtog- fijie tjjslj
of "crow" to be partaken of by
thcmselvcs.uithin the next six
months. Some of them how-
ever are becoming accustomed
to the dish; appear rather to
like it in fact.
Mors exouus business is
still going on the very latest s
the shipment otwa car loads
of Tennessee negroes to R;ock.
Island county Illinois. Labor-
ing men do not approve the
id?a arid if too many negroes
'are seat they- may make it hot
lor toe colored tsenv
A be?otv sheriff was killed
at -Vtoka. Indian territory a few
days ago. Jf apfoars that last
fall the deputy had arrested a
horse thief who was killed
while in the deputy.'S charge
and some supposed by him. It
is thought tnc deputy sheriff
was waylaid aruj killed by the
friends of thedead horse thief.
A man named Perry testified
before the senate exodus coai-
mittee that no denyxjiati: dig-
gers" were wanted none but
stalwart republicans because
the democrats were misgovern-
ing Indiana Another man tes-
tified that there was no diinanoS
for labor in that state and that
the condition of the emigrants
was pitiable.
The Houston Telttpwn of
Saturday announces the retire-
ment of Col. Bartow from the
editorial charge of the paper.
It states that the coutC;f. $
paper will be tbc same.appere-
tolore. It is an excellent ;jews
paper and has been kepj. tully
up with the times in the- past
?nd doubtless will be in the
f iturc.
The inde'-pendent move seems
to be jogging along at a lively
rate. At Calvert on Saturday
last tUc republicans hcjd'a big
convention and ejected dele-
gates to the DavVj-Cochran con-
vention to be IhW at Austin.
Everywhere in the state the
republicans ajy gating active
moves to orpupze' their party
and when ' tljc ffjl election
comes of they will turn out ir4
full force. The democrats
should follow their example
and orjranize the party lor as-
I tive work.
S. II. Hrumeel. editor of a
newspaper at Hallis'.cr Califor-
nia was .shot and fatally woum'-
ed bv G. W. Carlton editor of
lasotftrr paper. Drunimcl had
f been trailed a horse tfifef br
Carlton and calling him to ac-
coortl got shot for his trouble.
The Denisnn HeialJ refer-
ring to the great railroati com-
bination of Jay Gould and his
syndicates- can see no good to
the country at large saying:
"Locality interests cut no fig-
ure whatever in these specula-
tive ideas of capitalists. What-
f ever benefits may come to them
will ccne not by reason of any
inttrcst these manager have
in them but incidentally hap-
pen in carrying out their de-
signs." The legal proceedings to oust
mayor DeGrcss of Austin were
began in tiat tity on Thursday.
Messrs. Ward and Snced ap-
pear for DeGrcss and Rugglcs
yteler and West for the state.
Judge Turner before whom the
case is being argued said that
he was satisfied whatever his
decision it would be unsatisfac-
tory to one of the parties. The
case was elaborately argued
and taken under advisement by
the court
Citizens ol Sherman are hai--ing-a
lively trine disraassoSL the
possibility of aboIisKng i'stas-
city government scd geaig
back to the old rasrWoned plan
of magistrates and a commis-
sioner. City governments arc a
luxury and are very expensive
be the place a small town or a
city as large as Philadelphia ox
Jlew Voik. As long as people-
insist in living in cities they
must expect to pay for the lux-
ury. While in Galveston we had
the pleasure through the kind
ncssofMr. Hand 01 Ualves-
ton Nnvs of witnessing
the working of their splendid.
Webb perfecting press winch
prints from a continuous roll of
paper two forms at a timc.cuts
and folds the' same delivering
the paper ready for mailing
fresh from the press. It is truly
a splendid piece of machinery
meil rortli tlie while of any one
visiting Galveston to go and
sec it. Its capacity we believe
is about 12000 per hour.
TiiER&tflft- Sfi no question
about it says the St. Louis
Post-Dispatch Horatio Sey-
mour can have the democratic
nomination for the presidency
if he wants iK Mr. Seymour
has persistentlydeclined pub-
lic honors and does not now
want the nomination under any
circumstances. He was last
nominated for governor of New
(York'by acclamation but1- re-
fused1 to accept. He is now
over 70 years of age and though
in good health suffers from the
effect of a sunstroke.
Houston- Just now is boom-
ing at least tic gapers sa$ so.
liut tne doc jetcms to dc talc-
ing a wrong direction. On
Saturday the sheriff sold two
steam fire engines belonging to
tvo fire companies in the city.
The sale was made to cover a
debt due the Silsby manufac
turing company for the engines;
the two engines we.:iv&aglit in
by-an agenrofhc company for
$500 and $525 each. The
Telegram thinks that when a
big fire happens property
owners in Houston will miss the
engines.
Sectioinalism afflects other
states besides Texas. In Mis-
souri Kansas City is shout-
ing itself hoarse in behalf of its
man for governor next north
Missouri will claim the honor of
naming the man and afterwards
southeast and southwest Mis-
souri will both set up their
claims. In sectional division
Missouri is almost as bad as
Texas. In the selection of a
cjovernor of a state we are un-
aote to see that bis local habita-
tion.should have any bearing
whatever; it should be a ques-
tion of ability and fitness for
the position and not what part
of the state he is from.
ANfiflER Texas despendo
and bad character has just died
with his boots on A dispatch
was. received by the sheriff of
rfanv! county fen jrlaursflay to
the effect that Matt Woodlief
had been killed at Lake Charles
La. Woodlief was a gambler
by trade and w5 well known
throughout the state having at-
tained a" wide notoriety. He
was of an old and respectable
family and had all the advanta-
ges of education but gave way
to gambling and kindred vices
getting from bad to woisc. He
had been in many shooting
scrapes and had killed one or
two men. Woodlief was liter-
ally shot to pieces by the sher-
ig at I.akc Charles. Woodlief
was advancing on the sheriff
with a drawn revolver when
killed.
Ex-Gov. SwANN.ofMaryland
who is over 70 years of age
about a year ago married a
dashing young widow Mrs.
Josephine Thompson of Prin-
ceton N. J. At the time the
affair occasioned a deal of so-
ciety and newspaper gossip.
Jeforc the honey moon was
0-VCr it was observed that there
was an incompatibility of tem-
perament in thp ncvry organiz-
ed Swann.farpily. The septau-
enarianIl'nc'dict was not gay
enough fqr the v5e who was
youthful enough lor jis grand-
daughter. The consequence
j has been a scperation and the
ex-widow gets about fr.vo iu 1-
dred thousand dollars worth of
tie old Swann's property. He
has gone to live in peace and
retirement oa his Virgtnii plan-
tation. -
STATE SEWS.
Burleson county his one
punch but it Oiies act ring very
rasrls.
Four convicts- escaped
from their guard neir Mi.ieola
on Saturday last.
Tht Caldwell Register of
last week writes up the business
men of its lo-ntv.
In San Antoniii the effy
and count) Jentcrcd inU-'a league
to prevent the future- introduc-
tion of small-pox. into- the city.
Tbc mayt and city coun-
cil of San Antonio arc discus-
sing measures- to prevent the
introduction of small pox into
the city.
Col. Bracfcerfdgc has do-
nated thirty acres of land at
the head of San Antonio river
for a public park for the city ol
San Antonio.
The Georgetown Record
of last week comes on the hall
sheet and the fighting pto. tcm
editor warns the press not lo
poke fun at him.
Ia Itaison the minimum
expense of a tJrraik and disor-
derly is S3 and the costs; ia
Brenham it is cheaper only
Si and the trimmings.
Four mon were arrested
near Marqucz. charged with
sstootai" a negro iiwy were
tried before a justice aad 5c!i
in the sum of $2O0-cnrft.
Sallie Curry the Dallas
women who succeeded in get-
ting her husband into jail and
afterwards eloped with another
cjiap.has been arrested.
Mr. R.. Henry for two
yeois past manager of the Wes-
tern Union telegraph at Dcni-
son died in that city or con-
sumption on the 13th inst.
Sancificationists similar
to the Hayncs lay-out are
creating considerable excite-
ment in Bell county and a row
snay be expected at any time..
Curran a telegraph opeia-
tor went to Egle Lake and got
on a spree; attemping to board
a freight tram he fell between
the cars and was crushed to
death.
John Mosris who sbjji
Cotton the other nig-tit- at Fort
Worth was denied bail on pre-
"liminary examination. He has
applied for a writ of habeas
corpus.
bt. Parker a gentleman
of north Texas is now giving a
scries of lectures in that part ol
the state; is drawing good
bouses and giving genernl.satis.-
iaction.
The sketehxa of a man
was found ia the Trinity- riwa
bottom .two miles-from Dallas.
The skull had been crushed
indicating that .he-had. been
murdered. "
Waxahachie now has the
handsomest courthouse square
in the state of Texas; it is
graced with an elegant two
story courthouse built at an
expense of 69000.
At Dallas one hundred
indictments have been found
for violations of the bell punch
law. Liquor Dqalcrs: csoctn-
tion has employed counsels
and wilt fight the cases.
Beliville has just become
a railroad town and already
the advance guard of the grand
army of tramps has arrived
and made a raid on a jewelry
store stealing a watch.
The county commission-
ers' court of McL-.nnan county
has reduced the ad salorem tax
to fifteen cents on the hundred
dollars. Theconnty. is of of
fdebt aait ik roonev in the
treasury.
Samuel H. Meyers con-
victed at Clcbourn of the mur-
der of Mary A. Hester his
mother-in-law has been sen-
tenced to be hanged in March
next He claims that he is. in-
nocent
The city attorney of Gal-
veston thinks that under the
ordinance regarding license of
vehicles that owners of buggies
for privateuse are lia.pl? ti pay
license and his going- to try "to
enforce payment.
Maj. Penn is still wrestle-
ing with the sinners at Houston
and is drawing large audiences
and making some converts but
so far as newspapers report' he
has not converted any Houston k
eojiors or pnmerjs.
At San Antoaio a respect-
able girl got fooled; she ap-
plied to a druggist for poison
with which to take her own life
a harmless mixture was furnish-
ed her and she is now alive in-
I stead of bejig dead.
The Ireahtes of Austin
have bought a lot aud will at
once proceed to the en ction of
handsome synagogue; it jjfjl be
40 x 60 feet in dcmens:on is to
be of brick with stone trim-
rmingsand wjvJLfts an ornament
to tile city.
Col. Horace B. Yammer
Galveston's pet vagrant and a
favorite subject for interview-
ing by the News is again in
trouBle. Horace being consti-
tutionally oppose'd to manual
labor refused to work on the
tstreet; fof the offense he was
again taken before the recorder
and recommitted to scrye seven
days.
Hon James Shaw a Texas
veteran died at his home near
Lexington Ijce ct'jjaty oji tht
1 Oth inst of pneumonia at tht.
age of 72. He was -among the
volunteers who carre to aid the
people of Texas in their strug-
gle against Mexico "and partici-
pated in the battle of San Ja-
cinto. Mr. Shaw was a promi
nent man in the politics of the
state from 1838 to. 1836.
Taxation.
an Antonio Express.)
According to 2 summary of
property and values upon the
ta.t julb ofTexas for ifrsii nub-
f hshetl in the Galveston AVtw ft
appears that there has been as-
sessed some 83 165029 acres of
land for taxation. The area of
the state is 172604260 acres
nkitk indicates that about half
the land of Texas are assessed.
Pcrha ps 3 5 060000 acres are yet
owned by jhe itate and land!
certificates are outstanding for
2000.000 acres. The churches
schools aind railroads may JroH
6.000.000 acres more not sub-
jt ct to taxation and altogether
it b possibje that 4$OoaW
acres of the emire area may not
be taxable "his would leave
subject to taxation some 130-
000000 acres aad t appears
that about 45000000 acres of
this property escapes assess-
ment. The average value per
acre oftheland assessed k about
I one dollar andsixtyseven cents
which is. tair test ot the valne of
the land that is not aasffsrdi.
AccorJing tothis estimate- 75-
ooo.coo worth of lands subject
to taxation pay no taxes vrlal-
evcr. The tax. on this property-
alone would be more than a.
thousand dollars a day enough
to pay the interest on the pub-
lic debt. At the last regular-
session of the legislature at'Iaw
was enacted providing that the
assessor of each county should
be charged with the amount of
land in each county and that r
asse.scr's rcife' should be re-
ceived until every acre of that
land was accounted for yet in
defiance of that law. accordfe'sr
to the figures given in the Ittws .
45noocoo acres of assessable
land escapes taxation! Not on-
ly escapes taxation but no re-
turn of it is made by the officers
paid to make the assessment
Another feature of this sum-
ary the AVjex. calls attentroi to
i's the amoun assessed upon
gooas.ware ana mercnanaise.
"The five principal cities of
Tezas Galveston Houstfpr.
San Antonio Dallas $id Ai)s
tin had probably a Jaijuarjf
1 1879 neadx dotrble the total
tof goods wares aud merchan?
fidise assessed for the entire
state. The value att vsI'cJl
property of all descriptions is-
assessed are palpably as a rule.
j though there may be exceptions
i uui.ii iiioiaiii.' uciun
the real values. Railroads are
valued at less than nine thou
sand dollars per mile cattfita
about five dollars nerlieafi. tel-
Pegraph liaes atcfir per mde.
horses and mules at 319 per
head and so on through the list.
It is probable that if all the
property in Texas real and
personal legally subject to tax-
ation were assessed at full val-
ues the rate of taxation at 20c.
on the 100 would be ample
for all the expense of govcraf
ment " '
The n'c&zae- groan under the
heavy taxation imposed upoa
them and those who make a
honest return of their property-
and pay their taxes promptly
have goon cause to complain
for they pay about 100 per cenf.
more than they should for the-
beneftts they . receive. Those
wl o evade their tax-paying
duticsshouW be ue-I satisfied
with tl.e manner in which taxes
are assessed and collected in
this state.
In the Houston colored
free school a negro boy named-
William Gray misbehaved and
was chastised by his teacher
one whipping did not do hint
any good and he was given two
f more doses. The- thad dose
worked on him like a eharsay
but Bill was not charmed- he:
was mad; he was "heeled" for
the occasion and drew a formid-
able six-shooter on the teacher;
the teacher and Bill had. a
ptussel a lively one Bill wast
disarmed and for the fourth
time genteely and thoroughly-
thrashed after which he was
expelled from school. The
colored boys seem to be. fully
up with their white brothers in
the art uf carrying pistols.
i.ajji .... .1
lUvAun: 'ft .could safely
take thp declarations.' 4jff-'gay
faith and principlesV-of .fevery
national of cverjr- slate' and f
believe I might truly say of evs
cry county convention of.tbe-
democratic party from .4te
foundation of the governraeat
down to present year and find
nothing but denunciation "01
legal tender paper money and
on the contrary you will find
the steady declaration fronj.
generation in war andjn. iace
that gold and silver coj&s' are-
thc onlv true and constitutional
r money of the United States-.
according to the doctrines of
true democracy."
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Houston npjvt has 1646.
pupils' enrolled- in her public
schools 915' white and 31 coU
t-oreil. ine ngurcs snow mat
nearly half the population or
I louston is of the colored per
suation and so it is in great
many Texas tcopis. The'-ne
;roes have a great fancy for liv-
ing in town. Here in Brenham.
.ve have a large number of ne
grocs; just ow they live is a
.ttT' tint Ihev live as is:
1 Jetnonsti.itetjjby' their appear-
ince on tl streets iney are;
live ancf fiat's about all as.
nany o$- lhen)ijeycr d.Q anv.
vork.
A Nevada jpan. heard that a.
ninistcr- was about to settle iri
his town and he immediately
hrough theocal paper called
jpon all married men to pro""
icst against the new comen. .
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