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The sumaiybf failures for 1888
compile&by Bradstreevs is inter.
cslTng and might bp studied to ad-
rttaniliixi'i'frinrr Tmfa.vnrhl MTirfr.
a&jfoSona -oT the commercial honor
ana cosiness (atpauijr v jw-
rile oftha Southern states as com'
fiaxomdi thoset of other sections.
IEEo Fholo number of failures in
Ol.'ifZZZ Srrl .fefaa and th
jTistncof Columbia; omitting
Hissoun in the past year -was iy
J 982.out of 136912 tradors. The
r general liabilities or those "who
' ailed was $21014497 and their
- actual assets were 89.99168tf. Tne
total population of theso states in
1830. -was 15185000. The whole
nwlw.. nf failnn) in trm nix IseW
Iliigland slates was 1507 out of
VCIVJ iraaers. j.no genera iw
r tilifies of thosVwho failed were
836369.163'aadSlho actual assets
we$I402865JLThe population
ofihese states in 1880 was 3.682.-
000. In tho South 14 per cent of
tbo traders failed entailing losses
amounlingto 811000000. In New
Englan'd'lffper cent of the traders
failed entailing losses amounting
tct220d000.- sThofailnre3ln the
v wholo country number 10299 out
of 838823 traders. The general
liabilities were" $175968085 and
v .tho-actual assets of those who -Jailed
wore $90894728. The average
loss enjailod was near 50 per cent
"of the liabilities. The loss in the
Sau&ern states was 62 per cent of
tho liabilities. The loss in New
.England was 61 jer cent of -the
. liabilities; It will Be observed
that the much disparaged Southern
states have been the safer portion
of the union to do business in dur-
ing tKo last year.-
THE MEXICAN TREATY.
Tho failure of tho Mexican re-
ciprocity treaty is a cause for con.
gratulation on tho part of the
Times-Democrat and - tho sugar
planters of Louisiana. Th failure
of tho treaty is attributed to the
fil that it admitted Mexican sugar
into tho United States free of duty
"and would tho Times-Democrat
claims have totally ruined the su.
gar industry of Iiouisiana and we
"might add Texas too but there are
rery few sugar plantations in this
stale perhaps not more than half a
dozen in all. By the Hawaiian
treaty sugar is admitted dutyfree
yet the. sugar business on theTa-
eific coast is in tho hands of a few
monopolists and there has been no
Tcductionin tho price of sugar in
California. :It is now claime'd that
thotreaty.was an unfortunate and
iltadvised measure. Tho Louis-
iana planters claim that the pas-
sago oftheMexican treaty with the
sugar section would have been un-
fortunate. It would havo-proved
a sovere blow at a home industry
tEeproduction df sugar in the
interest of a foreign government i
it would "have entailed a' heavy
' losCrevenueto tho government
and nave-opened. the "door totne
most gigantio fraud? on ther tariff.
Tho nearness of Cuba to Mexico
would have enabled tho former
country to ship sugar into the Uni
ted States through Mexico witn-
onpayingthe duty. This istiie
viowtoh:oEthe'matfeRby"t those
directly interested in tho produo--tion
ofsucar. It is claimed that
400000 people and many millions
oOcapitsiuro jengaged in thijj in-
dsstrv. but on tho other hand more
than fifty millions of people are
consumers of sugar and o long as
the surrar "ihdustrv of lonislana
which supplies but a tithe of the
iWiili tariff tho neonle of the Uni-
'cd States areplaced indirectly un
der contribution to support our
homo sugar industry- It is only a
question of time how long this will
Last.
Tr is regarded as almost certain
.tho appropriation for the
tOrlcans exposition will be
in. ts present shape fia
ad of its uneonstituliorial-
prcsentatives Foster o-
ec and Krymier havo fixed
San by which thoy think
ml can be whipped around
and tho consciences of
i who want a constitu-
atce bo mado easy
j?s; to appropriate tho re-
unt to tho department
. statistics and history.
I on all hands that it
Pserious blunder not
I properly represented
Jsition. If nothing is
: session Texas will bo
rcscntation unless in-
nd tho railroads take
Tir hand and oven'then
Fiuivc no official authority
Ucr 33 undoubtedly ono oi
Fiance.
KUJIBT5 ot Democratic con
an have declared their pur-
pppose any revision of the
this will probably be a
Ito the country at large
tpects at least a revision
entire remodeling of the
Pho tariff rofonrcrs arc
L'ing togethej the. data
an mu (gent anu oen-
jjro can be framed. The
vas leading issue
fess ona election
nrugrws dpes
IbprsUa ele.ution
Lsea itciuvc u ivaa.
ongss.
A SAD POLICY.
Tho Houston Tost says that
Charley Bannister a negro who
about eleven years' ago killed a
whito man and was sont to the
penitentiary for lifo has re-appoar-
od' in Houston ho having been
pardoned. Tho Post has invcstl
gated the matter and finds that
the murder was a most atrocious
one. A petition for pardon was
gotten up and signed by many
good citizens. Cases of this kind
go to show that whilo there is life
there is hope and that a lifo sen
tence to tho ponitiJntiary is by no
means as terrible as many suppose.
Statistics havo been prepared show
ing that tho average term of life
convicts to tho penitontiary is only
about ten years; of courso tho usu-
al proportion oi convicts dio but
tho averagoterm of those who live
is reduced to ten years so that it
may truthfully bo said that when a
man is sontenced to tho peniten
tiary Tor life his chances aro that
if he lives ho will bo a frco man
again in about ten years. This rule
would seem to hold good in Texas
as in other states. It would prob-
ably be unjust to blame the gov-
ernors of the several states for this
state of affairs as they only follow
an established precedent but the
wisdom of the policy of pardoning
out murderers may well be brought
into question. If the evidence of
man's guilt is sufficient to warrant
a jury in fixing his punishment at
a life term in the penitentiary
there he should be compelled to
remain unless now and indisputa
ble evidence of his innocence be
produced. Tho granting of par-
dons on petitions is wrong in prin-
ciple: there is nothing easier than
getting a petition signed many
men sign such documents without
giving tho subject matter any
thought or consideration merely
putting down their names because
they seo othor names on them.
Every state should havo a board of
pardons who would make a most
rigid investigation into every ap
plication and only grant a pardon
wiieu ib is cicaxiy suunu tuabjua-
tico demands it.
POLITICAL FREEDOM IN TEE
SOUTH.
The Bepublican party is getting
ready- to go earnestly to work in
the icoming presidential campaign.
A caucus of the republican mem
bers of congress was held Wednes
day night Senator Edmunds pre
sided. In taking the chair Ed-
munds said the outlook of the Be-
publican party in 1884 was at this
early period of the campaign bet-
ter than at any time for tho past
fifteen years. There was every rea
son to believe the party would be
successful If it only exercised wis-
dom in selecting a candidate. A
resolution was adopted expressing
sympathy with southern Bepubli-
cans struggling to exercise a vital
fundamental right of free suffrage
in popular elections etc. It seems
to be an utter impossibility for
northern Republicans to believe
that men in tho south can vote the
Bepublican ticket without being
murdered The truth is the bal-
lot is far- freer in the south than
in the north colored and white
Republicans vote their ticket with-
out any molestation whatever; the
only difficulty tho Bepublicans in
tho south labor.undcr is there is
not enough of them. Tho Demo-
crats are largely in tho majority
and can afford to treat theopposi-
tion .with evory consideration.
j the northern Bepublican
politicians could or would nnd tnis
out it -would save them a great
deal of mental anguish and also
relieve southern Domocrats of the
stigma that is attempted to be cast
upon them by northern Bepubli
can managers who seemingly have
no fairness in their composition
when it comes to a presidential
election. If they would send an
investigation committee south to
confer with tho negroes they
would learn from tho mouths of
the negroes themselves that thoy
aro not interfered with by the
whites on election day but are al-
lowed to vote as they please. The
only Interferenco'is by their own
color when a negro has tbtermni-
tyto vote a Democratic ticket
What tho negroes need in the
south more than anything also is
political independence. As they
are 'now situated thoy are in too
many instances the slaves of the
Bepublican party and still the
northern Bepublicans persist in
being unhappy.
Oh Sunday last moro than half
tho members of tho legislature
went to church whilo tho other
half strolled loosely around tho
streets. In tho afternoon p CJay
county man named Hogan mado a
speech in the Houso of Bcprcscn-
tatives in defence of tho fence-cut
ters. He said that nothing short
of a. redress of tho grievances
would stop fence-cutting; that it
would simply lead to bloodshed
and midnight assassinations to
mako the offense a felony unless
tho causes leading to tho offense
wore first removed. He said that
tho fencingjn of Jiublio lauds and
lands belon'giDg to others b3 large
pasturemen was iho first of the
evil. He said the nipperm.cn ?rere
not farmers and that Toxas was
not strong enough to stop the de-
struction of fences unless the
wrongs of the cutters were first
righted. There is unquestionably
two sides to tho fence question
and neutral concessions will bo a
prerequisite to a solution of it.
New Orleans is now agita'ed
over tho garbage nuisaneo and the
papers urge its abatement
itmioss.
It may bo taken for granted that
newspapers as well as mon aro ac.
tuated by motives. The Galveston
News has for somo months been
making a persistont war on Go. ton to Cheneyille Louisiaua
Ireland in his official capacity asVi;cn a9KCS throughthc pine ilis -
governor and not on him as an m -
dividual and it is only fair to as
sumo that it has dono so for cause.
Its motives are its own ; it may
have a porsonal grievance or it
may conceivo it to bo its duty as a
nowspaper to criticiso him; the
public has no right to inquire into
motivos but tho public has tho
right to judge of the merit or de-
merit of the criticisms. There is
no question of tho right of a paper
to criticiso tho official acts of pub-
lic servants. Itis a fact well known
to all readers of the Houston Post
that the Post has no love for the
News recardinc it in the light of
a business rival. At this particu-
lar tinio thero is a sharp rivalry
existing between tho two papers in
the matter of gathering and dis
seminating news from Austin
where tho legislature is now in ses
sion. Both papers are on the alert
but for very different purposes ;
the News is on the alert for ncwslpeae(1 wjtn tne report of State
that will placo the governor in an
unfavorable light ; it has assumed
a position antagonistic to the gov-
ernor and it must and will main
tain it at all hazards. On the other
hand the Post has so to speak
assumed the championship of the
governor and it is on the alert for
any and all items of news that will
place him in a favorable position
before tho public. This is about a
fair statement of the position of
the two papers. Tho Post of Tues-
day publishes a special from Aus-
tin in which it professes to give
tho rumors current at tho capital
and which accounts for the animus
of the Nows. Some months ago
Col. Flournoy of California late
of Texas now attorney for the
Huntington railroad interests
was in Galveston. It is
well known that Governor
Ireland is in favor of making tho
railroads comply with the strict
lettors of the law and it is feared
that if he is re-elected governor
furthor railroad legislation would
bo attempted by the next Icgiula
turc. In briof Ireland is regarded-
as inimical to tho railroads and
tho object sought is to shelro him
and elect a railroad man lor gov
ernor. It is further stated that
tile appearance of Flournoy in
Texas and the war on Ireland by
the News are almost contempora
neons. It is also alleged tnat ine
News has been "fixed." As to the
latter charge it is much easier
made than substantiated. "An es
tablished newspaper is a valuable
property it is not for a day but
is a permanent institution and
from a business standpoint it can
not afford to be "fixed" for certain
purposes because if "fixed" it
would loose caste and public con
fidence at the same time and los-
ing publlo confidence it would be
come valueless as a newspaper.
These rumors are given merely as
current news and a discriminating
public is at liberty to put such
value on them as it 'may consider
them worth.
JOSEPSE. MCDONALD.
The Indianapolis Sentinel the
leading Democratic paper of Indi-
ana in Its Issue of the 15th inst.
publishes a translation from the
German Telegraph of its city
bringing out and endorsing Joseph
E. McDonald of Indianapolis ex-
Senator of the United States from
Indiana as a candidate for the
nomination for president by the
Democratic party. The Telegraph
says Mr. McDonald is statesman
of spotless record large experience
and a most excellent reputation inJ
all parts of the country wherever
tho star spangled banner waves.
A statesman of liberal definite and
correct views on all the important
political questions of tho present
time (n regard (p which he has
under all circumstances shawn thp
courage of his convictions A man
who knows aud appreciates the
views of life characteristic of the
German nationality and n friend
of the Germans among whom he is
very popular. In short of all the
Dcmocratio aspirants for the pres-
idency he is the onp uhpup F3n(1'-
dacy will we arofirtaly convinced
bo far the strongest and mout cer-
tainly lead to a brilliant victory.
On tho tariff question ho stands
on tho same ground with Speaker
Carlisle ai)4 whilo not a free
trader ho b In fav or of a reform in
tho tariff but is opposed to any
undue hasten hich might injure
the industry and commerce of
America by a Tvant of tinio nec-
essary to makcthe required ihanges
Tho Sentinel In a qpume-icaacu
editorial fully endorses all that is
said by its German contemporary
and adds: "His services to the
parfy tha stafe and tljc cquutry
havo been long continucdi faithful
and meritorious. His public and
private Hfo httvp been without re
proach or blemish- U record
needs no defeuso; his canvass and
candidacy no explanation.
Mr. McDonald socms to bo un-
objectionable but yet it remains
to bo determined by the Demo-
cratic National convention wheth.
er CI not he is the most available
man in the party j the man -alio is
most likoly to achieve success lie
is now fairly before the country as
a candidate for the nomination.
Mr. Payne the newly olected
senator from Ohio is several years
older than Mr. Tilden and yet
manv newspapers ppmend that
Mr. Tilden is too old to occupy the
presidential chair.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The people ot Brown county
have petitioned to tho legislature
fnr better rum! lnw.i.
for better rond law?.
A bailuai is Druiected from Bel-
j trict.
Tue Belton Journal snys the
Texas Farmer the organ of the!
stato grange is to be moved to I
Dallas.
The Bastrop Advertiser is op-
posed to any more free range; it
thinks tho school lands of the
state should bo leased.
TnKRK seems to be a growing
conviction that the opening of
moro roads is the only solution of
tho fence-cutting problem.
The Lampasas Dispatch thinks
that if the rangers are turned loose
in the state and the Governor's
hands are untied there will be more
murders than ever.
The Bandera Buglo ventures the
opinion that if Ben Thompson was
in any frontier town and "cut up"
like ho does in Austin ho would
be put in jnil at once.
The Fort Worth Gazette is well
Engineer Britton and says ho is
the right man in the right placo
and should be retained.
The Dallas Times says if the
grcenbackcrs ever had any de-
signs on Texas they have lost
tho opportunity by not acting dur
ing tho fence-cutting troubles.
Is is said that the butternut ele-
ment in the legislature arc oppos-
ed to the appropriation for the New
Orleans exposition but that a ma
jority of the members are in favor
of it.
As Austin special to the News
says the eanard about George
Flournoy boing brought from Cal-
ifornia to "fix" the News originated
in the executive office a few days
ago.
Tue Bockdale Messenger thinks
tho interior papers are wasting
their time and sweetness in advis.
ing tho legislature what to do in
the present troubles about fenco-
cutting.
Cattle aro now transferred from
Victoria to Wichita Falls by rail
in sixty hours. Formerly it took
several months to make the drive.
Bailroads have worked a complete
revolution
The losses bj- fires in the United
States in 1883 exceed $100000000;
the insurance companies made no
money and it is saidtherels a gen.
cral feeling of blucness in insur.
ance circles.
The Waco Day rises to remark
that there are signs of revolt in
Congressman Keacan's district
Too much interstate "grand elo
quence and too little attention to
home interests
Accokdino to the San Antonio
Express Governor Ireland has
cause to be thankful to the News
for its warfare on him ; f has been
a great help to hjra in establishing
his popularity.
The wreck of the steamer City
of Columbus off the Massachusetts
coast is attributed to disobedience
of orders by tho man at the wheel
who failed to keep the ship in the
course ordered by the Captain.
A coRBEsroxDESTofthc Gonzales
Inquirer in protesting against'the
Terrell bill says "the legislature
should go stow or it wilt raise a
hell sufficiently large and hot to
satisfy the most orthodox oven
Major Pcnn."
It is alleged that the .Bepubli-
cans in congress will oppose the
appropriations fpr rjyprs and har-
bors in order to retaliate ou tho
Democrats for their threatened re-
ductions of department appropria-
tions. Senator Gheslev of Bellville
made one of tho ablest and most
logical speeches of the senate last
week in opposition to free grasi.
The speech was published in full
by the Austin Statesman and the
Hqustan Bflsf.
FiifCE-cp'rwq literature js 'nqw
in the vory height of fashion The
Fort Worth Gazette publishes the
speech of Senator Gibbs on this
all-absorbing topic- The speech
makes nearly seven columns of
solid small type.
The channc a Aransas pass is
deepening and now has nine feet
in the shoalcst place. It is esti-
mated that $400000 will give tvv on-ty-five
feet of water which would
makcBockport the deepest harbor
on tho I'oxas coast.
The Victoria Advocate reganls
tho editor of tho Houston Ago as a
sort of n side partner of tho cntiro
press of Texas. In the absence of
anything else the press can give
the Ago a dig uidpr ljp qfiart- T'bs
and it takes it kindly.
Tue Terrell bill was again on
Monday djscusscd in tl(0 sepafe at
groa(. epgti: Jt jas maity abc
opponents and will hardly become
a law. Senator Terrell was to
make another speech in answer to
thoap trho QppflSP the hjJI.
Tyler has two weekly papers
but they do not dwell together in
peace and harmony. In fact the
Courier becomes personal and re-
fors back to tho war record of the
edhor. If the people of Tyler can
stand it puteidprs hpud ijqt com
plain.
Accokdiso to tho San Antonio
Express tho legislature should ad .
journ ovor until tbo question as to
tho manner in which Governor
Ireland snubbed the Austin burea
of the Gslveston News is settleda
t says these are tronb"o?"p in-'
trying times.
1 Tm: Bellon Journal defends.Gov-
cruorlrclaud from the attack of
i the Galveston News anil sa-s that
ho hasilone'all.tliat he could leg-
ult n..l.. JJ. ! r.... nttiui
allvdolo slon the Tcnco cuttiu
troubles. The uoxerimr mn not
exceed the authority gi en him by
'no constitution.
I Tablo Quimasa mayor of New
(Laredo Mexico had a preliminary
examination before the Mexican
JuJgo at Monterey on a tharge ot
complicity in inc train rouuery on
the Mexican National raihsay- The
evidence was found sufficient to
put him on trial.
The San Antonio Light says no
officer in this country is above
criticism; that Gov. Ireland is not
above criticism and that the soon-
er he finds it out the better it will
be tor him and that he isn't
squelch or freeze out a newspaper
for opposing him.
Senator Terrell slated explic
itly in his great speech the other
day that he was not a candidate
for governor and now the San An-
tonio Light adds that it would not
take a six-horso team to draw the
Honorable Senator out on the gu-
bernatorial track.
Waco is tho home of Jack Evans
and tho Day of that citv- says that
he if making his last desperate ef
fort for a federal judgship. The
general public v ho it recognizing
his ability will not view his ele-
vation to the bench with any
marked degree of satisfaction.
Tr Ititii Thiimn.nii cnniihf rvnfrt.
i .a j-i.ii jLiivr iii'vi ovu mijv
ncty bj- late pleasantries at Aus
tin he has certainly got it. He
has been mentioned by every local
paper in Texas and lias been pub-
lished by the associated press
tliroughont the country. Ben will
soon be as well known as Tom
Ochiltree.
The Garfield Memorial church
at Washington was dedicatod on
Sunday. It is deigned to be the
principal place of worship for the
Christian church in the United
States and the funds with which
it was built were contributed by
that denomination throughout the
country.
Senator CooriR will introduce
a bill setting aside 10000 acres of
the public land in Tom Green
county; the proceeds to be donated
to having Texas property repre-
sented at the World's exposition
in New Orleans. Ono of the sena-
tors regards this appropriation as
unconstitutional.
It is stated that some of the Be-
publican senators are trying their
best to havo the Democrats now
employed in the senate offices fired
out and their places filled by Be-
publicans. Mahonc is at the head
of tho movement' and has a dear
son whom he desires to put in a
comfortable place.
A number of couutv- papers are
after their county commissioners
for failing to post and publish as
required by law a statement of the
financial condition of their coun
ties. Grand juries are invited to
indict the commissioners where
they have failed or neglected to
do their duty.
Time will prove the fence-cut
ting troubles that no w agitate over
the state to have been but tliewqn
dor of an hour. In due time these
troubles will adjust themselves
with the aid; of legislation
and be forgotten. It may how.
ever take a year or two to sete
al thpse troubles.
The ox-speaker of tho New Jer
soy houso of representatives has
been fined $500 and one month's
imprisonment in the penitentiary
for bribery or attempted bribery.
He was served exactly right and
every legislator- vyqQ a brined pr
who attempts to bribe others
should bo punished in the same
way.
Toe typographical appearance
.of the Waco Hxsraincr since the
strike Is far from what it should
be but it says it is getting on its
legs slowly and will soon be all
right again. Since it has modera
ted its tone toward other papers it
is rpgaiipnij friends and has the
besj. wjshes ot thp press fpr its fu-
ture snpeess.
It Is understood that tho govor.
nor will send a message to tho leg-
islature suggesting the propriety
of making an appropriation to
equip the lunatic asylum at Tor-
roll whiclf is q be cqmplced hy
October 1st. If no appropriation
is made the asylum will havo to
remain unoccupied until the next
meeting of the legislature.
Now that tho Terrell bill has
been killed tho legislature virtu-
ally gets backto the starting point
and will have to formulate an cn
tirely new bill. The News' Aus-
tin special says the great public is
expected to b.o satisfied with in-
creased penalties for fence cutting
and that legalized free grass will
mollify tho fence cutter.
Tue San Antonio Light has in
formation from Monterey to the
effect that Pablo Quintanj mayor
of New Laredo who is charged
with instigating tho railroad rob
bery m Mexico qw hfl: thp liber-
ty of the city of Montoroy as his
prison bouuds and that tho indi-
cations arc that Quintana is not
guilty. The real robbers aro still
at large.
Tue fenco cuttors arc not with
out representation. Mr. JIflgan 13
their delegate to the legislature.
Tho fence cuttcrs'of Jack county
have distributed a memorial to the
governor alleging in substance
that tho Bed Bivpr cattle company
and private parties have fenced in
largo tracts of Jand not their own
nnd tbpt they hvo fopced in smnjl
and ""tiers.
A stlciai. from Austin to the
News says the appropriation for
the Sew Orleans exposition now
stands a lair chanco of passage.
Tho senate bill will name $50000
and the house $20000. It is
thought that the latter bill will tin
ally pass.
The San Saba Sens published
in the grazing region says a so
lutiun of tlio existing troubles lies
in a medium between tho stringen
cy of a herd law and tho license ot
free range. Ample roadways and
public hccc-s to public water-ways
will do much toward bringing
peace.
The Austin Statesman -ays Mr.
William Bobbins left for his home
in Chicago. He is the ownor of a
large trait of Texas land and came
here to engage ill the stock busi-
ness but as so muili iemc-uitting
business is now going 011 he has
concluded to wait awhile before he
tries the stock raising business.
Ho is only one ot many similar
cases.
BTan act of Congress passed in
1879 any state desiring to take a
census in 1885 can have part of the
expense paid by the United States
government. Texas has made
wonderful progress during the
past four years and it is suggested
that a census be taken next year.
It will bo time enough to act in
this matter when the legislature
meets in January 1885.
Nearly all the iron working
mills and foundries at St. Louis
arc either closed or running on
half time. About 8000 men are
thrown out of employment. Va-
rious reasons arc given for this
state of affairs overproduction and
a dull market in the iron trade as
well as ths unsettled feeling re-
specting tho action of Congress on
the tariff being among those most
prominent.
TnE Victoria Advocato says the
Austin correspondent of the Gal.
veston News is decidedly off when
he asserts that the people of South
west Texas arc in favor of a herd
law. It says tho people of its sec
Hon do not desire to assist 111
throwing the stock business back
into chaos as it was some years
ago and thereby encourage a re.
turn to tho period of lawlessness
that would surely follow aii at
tempt to enforce a herd law.
Ai might have been expected
the Jury In the case ofNtitt tried
at Pittsburgh for the murder of
Dukes returned a verdict of not
guilty; the defense w as temporary
insanity. Thp vprdict was received
with loud cheers. Tho court re-
manded tho prisoner to jail and
ho will be tried by a committee as
to his mental condition. His coun-
sel are of the opinion that he will
bo released.
The Shannon bill said to hav c
been prepared by a West Texas
cattle king will not come up for
consideration. It provides for the
lease of the school lands at a mini-
mum price of 5 cents an acre per
annun- A statc hoard is provided
to have that busines in charge.
Lauds are to be leased to the high-
est bidder. Tho committee has
agreed to report favorably qn. tho
Collins hill which proposes to
regulato the small land-owner.
Carl Sciiurz who a few weeks
ago retired from the editorship of
one ot the leading A ew Vorkjour
uula on account of differences of
opinion in regard to tho lato tele-
graph strike contributes an article
to tho North American Bcviow
undcr the entitle "Corporations
their Employes and the Public"
Bev. J. W. Savage points out sun-
dry "Defects of the Pub.lip Sohool
System" aud suggests remedies.
There arc a number of other val-
uablo contributions. Tho North
American Bevicw is far sale bv
book sellers.
The Terrell bill was virtually
killfd in thp senate on Tuesday.
It was amended till but little of
the original bill was left and fi
nally the original bill and amend
ments wero rccomitted with in.
stmctionstp. report u substitute in5
carpQartmgthenro vision otthe bill
prcvputjng tresspass aul herding
on school university nnd asylum
lands. It may be remrked that
the lands mentioned have been
lying idle for years and hav e been
used as common property by her
ders who did not ovvji f
land 'fliusp lauds should all be
leased and made to produce a rev
enue tor the sev cral pnrposos for
wnieii tney nave been sctflnulo.
Tqe l.Qndun Times makes frank
admission. It says: "Statistic-
ians have pronounced tho United
States to be not only potentially
but actually richer than the United
Kingdom. OqunUutj the houses
furniture manufacturers railwajs
shipping bullion lands uittle
crops investments and roads it is
estimated that thero js a grqnd.
total in the United ! 0 849.
170000000. Great Britain is cred
ited w ith something less than 540-
000000000 or nearly $10000000.-
000 less thau the United Slates.
The wealth per inhabitant in Crept
Britain U estimated at 811(30 and
in the United States at $995. With
regard to tho wages assuming tho
produco of labor to be 100 in Great
Britain 56 parts go tho laborer 21
to capital and 23 to government.
In France 41 parts go to labor JJ6
tp capital 23 to government. In
the Unitod States "2 parts go to
labor 23 to capital and 5 to gov
ernment.
It is ROW thought th(vt thp devil
can not ho whipped around the
etuinp ill gnph a manner as to
mako a constitutional npproprlnt
tlpn fpr a Texas exhibit at the
New Orleans fair.
.STATE NEWS.
Fence cutlers are (now quite
busy in Bexar county. fc jf
EVlVo is soon to be illumi
nated by electric light.
Wiihita Falls is about to or-
ganize a lire company.
The tovvnof .San. Saba wants
sidewalk and water works.
Tho recent rain was general
extending west otoan Antonio.
Freestone county has no less
than ten organized and active
granges.
A new courthouse to cost
$57000 will soon be built at Col-
orado City.
Down at Laredo the tramps
arc capturcd-aiid put to work on
the streets.
Florenco Gerald was billed for
a three nights engagement at
toria this week.
Three theap gambling
were closed in Austin by tli
Vic-
dens
10 po-
lice the other day.
There are twenty-live prison-
ers in the Sherman jail including
ono nejjro woman.
A gentleman living at Wichi
ta Falls is setting out .1 large vine-
janl of California grapes.
A gang of burglars and small
thieves are now busilv engaged in
working the town of Waco.
Movers aro passing through
Sherman ev cry day going west to
grow up witcf thVcountry.
Greenville hasreeived 15.000
Dales 01 cotton this season. The
crop is about all marketed.
Bonham is ahead of other
towns of its size in Texas it has a
Young. Mens Christian Association.
At Marshall burglars made an
ineffectual attempt to burglarize
tne vault 01 tne InirretlA.- Aeys
bank.
A lodge of Good Templars w ith
a membership of one hundred has
lately been organized at Green-
ville. William C. Barns a young
man from Alabama died suddenly
at Cameron of paralysis Monday
night.
A freight train ran into a push
c-ar near Mineola; the train was
wrecked and fireman Bost was
killed.
. The Dallas -Times says ca&es
of abductiouarc as ircquciitJn-St.
Louis as sulfides are in Eort
Worth.
Five prisoners escaped from
the Longvicw jail the other day
but were all recaptured and rc-
jailed
Smith comity once scut a peti-
tion to tbo legislature; it did no
good ami no more petitions hav e
been sent.
Galveston in now making ex.
tensive preparations for the Mardi
Gras celebration on the 26th of
February.
At Laredo they catch tramns
and put Jhem to work on the
street Tramps w ill avoid Laredo
in me luitire
A Laredo restaurant adver
tises to sell raw ovstcrs from
Bockport at the Very low pricc'of
to cenis auozen.
A number of careless newspa
pers in the state-are constantly
getting the towns of Brouhnmuind
Bonh.oni mixed.
A eliHtnliermsitl nf 1 TVllia
hotel has iust returned a drummer
a package of SlpOO which ho lost
over a year ago.
-ThrPif of tho parties cmraced
iu the recent lynching at McDade
have-been held in bonds of from
$2500 to $5000 each.
Mattio Gavlord Smith lectur
ed to a largo audience at Wichita
Falls. The. people-up-there cer-
tainly do not knowieri
At Tprrcll the eitv council has
voted 313000 for additional school
uccuuiiuuuaiioiis.. xerrell is evi
dently a go-ahead town.
Warrants were issued for thn
festivo cowboys who took Waco
the othor dav. and tho officers are
after them with sharp sticks.
In Navarro countv'the entire
oat crop was destroyed by the' re-
cent cold snap. There 'will be' a
demand for spring oats for seed
Stockmen in The vlncinitv of
Waco aro said to recognize that
the time has about como when
pasturemen should own -their land.
Hattic a woman of the town at
Fort Worth was arrested and -put
111 incrcraiiK-nousc. one hud used
cmoroiorni unl jjUphpcauioaluna
According to the iongview
Dpmocrat th'ero is still about 1000
bales fit1 cot t6n to be marketed In
the country tributary' tofXong'-
view.
The hay barn' of Voss broth
ers three' miles west ot Hocklpy
was burned Sunday niylit $3500
wfirtu q hay and machinery was
lost.
Tho new Iron bridge across
the Colorado rh'pr at Austin 9Q0
feet long built by Hie King brfdgo
company nas ooen completed and
tested.
There Was twenty-six prison
ers in tho Gonzales jail the other
day. District court U now- in -session
asd tho grands jury found 41
indictments.
The road agents that robbed
the stage in Lampasas county soine
davs ao havo been taptiircd In
Jack county and idcuttflel by tho
siage driver-
Subscribers to the Santa Fe
railway at Bel ton refuse to pay
their notes and a number of suits
have been instituted; a very few
paid undcr-protcst.
W Ii. McMahon. a Tcmnle sa-
loonist while quieting a disturb-
ance In his saloon accidentally
shot himself in the foot inflicting a
very severo wound.
The Victoria meat comrmnv-
talks of suspending for a brief pcr
iod on account of hoing unable to
procure a sufficient supply of fat
beef to keep running.
Dr. J. II. Kerr died at Xav-
asota on Monday night aged G3
years. He came from T?tmeaseo
to Texas in 1838 and resided prin
cipally in urunf a coumv.
Burglars succeeded in getting
into the vault of Childress rr.l
riV bank t Tyler.-a-tnrdaj. n!ghtj
but WCr lmrwl lfnr trmv
ij-.il ttmatn rrA. Tnfn lha nafaa n thA
u. 1U IV Vli ttllJ till OilllO AAA. IA-LV
vault.
A party of drunken cowboys
took the western portion of Waco
Suuday.afleniouii and had a fes-
tivo time firing thcirpottix-shoot-ors.
"They will bo caught fined
nnd trimmed.
Nowall Anderson of Fort
Bend county is regularly announc-
ed as candidate tor sheriff at the
November election lie is the
firsT" regular announcement pub-
lislied in the state.. " ;
Tho Fair association at Mar-
shall has determined to close out
and now offers for sale its grounds
and improvements. County fairs
bav c seen their best days and are
now in bad repute.
In Medina county want of rain
and two many cattle has caused
the range to be worse than lor
years. Heavy losses are antici
pated even under the most favor
able circumstances
Victoria expects to have wa
terworks in operation by the 4th
of July noxt. "What is Brenham
wmg'to dojiooutwatcrworksr c
have six thousand inhabitants and
should havo waterworks.
Belton wants a cotton and
woolen mill. Every town in Tex-
as wants manv- things they have
not got and judging from the pres
cut outj look they will keep want
ing until hard times aro over.
An attempt was mado to burn
the town ot uamcron on .Monday
night Tho rear cud of a saloon
was well greased with coal oil and
then fired. A timely discovery
prevented serious consequences.
" The Belton compress has not
proved to be n paying investment
and the subscribers to the capital
stock now refuse to pay an assess-
ment of 50 per cent made upon tho
stock until compelled to do so by
sun.
The Waco city council by a
vote of seven to one awarded the
city printing to the Day although
its bid and tho bid of tho Exami-
ner were exactly the same. The
Day very justly feels proud of the
compliment.
The people of Tyler are con
fident that they will retain tho
Federal court and also that con
gress will appropriate $100000 to
erect a building for thai purpose
there. Palestine is disgusted at
the outlook.
Kaston and Camniack. tho two
men implicated with Xohustein in
the Texas aud Tacific cotton swin'
die are now in jail at Dallas. Itis
tuoucbt they will turn state's cvi
dence and startling developments
are iookco tor.
r ence-cmie-rs arc as busy as
bcoi in the vicinity of Waclder on
the sunset railway. AH the fences
in tho vicinity were nipped on
bunday muM and a day or two
afterwards the fences six miles
soutn were also cut.
OneB. Itansell an Enclish
man known as tho "imported
dude" was bookkeeper for a firm
in Tyler. He has jumped the town
leaving many unpaid bills. Con-
fidence in' strangers is somewhat
shaken in that town.
Saturday night two negroes
were taken from the lock up at
Trinity by masked men; one was
tnrned loose nnd the other one was
flogged. Tho reporter very slyly
says: There is not the slightest
excitement about the matter.
At 3 o'clock Sunday morning
the town of Mineola was visited hy
a disastrous fire consuming tliir-
teen buildings mostly frame.
They wero all occupied as husT.
noss houses involving a loss of
between $35000 and $40000.
In a row aBig Springs a
cowDoy named jjove alter being
soundly whinned in asalnon. went
uuv mm uui-i-uniiig a pisioi com-
menced firing accidentally killing
Chas. Little an innocent man.
love escaped although the sheriff
was present.
Palestine has raised money'
and sent a Committee to "Washing-
ton to work for the renewal of the
Federal court from Tyler to Pal-
estine. The citizen aro deeply- iu
earnest and Tyler will have to
toot wen to tier laurels it she re
tains the coveted court.
About 4 o'clock Monday morn
ing John E. lawson a saloonist
was found in his saloon at Fort
"Worth with his head badly wound
ed and ins Hand lacerated lie
had been attacked whili asleep
by John High a cook who beat
ano roDoea mm. Jtign 13 injail.
The cast end of Galveston Is-
land is washing away. The Civil
ian of rnday last says: Ten days
ago the house known as Cedar
Qrovo was fifty odd feet from the
water by actual measurement; this
morning the .water was undermin-
ing the sidewalk on its east front.
Sam Brown who killed old
man Martin last summer near Lu-
lim; was taken out of tholiockhurt
jail at' midnight on .Monday night
.-- . ..... . - . .
by a mob ot masked men and shot
to death Tho'tclegraph wire was
cut about a milo from tovsn aud
thus further particulars were sup"-
pressed.
ccamcsviuc is now enjoying fi
regular boom. jScw firms are com-
ing iu from distant parts of tho
state and soinf into business.
whilo old firms are enlarging their
nouses uunng mo pasi year real
estate has advanced nearly ono
hundred per cent. Tho growth of
the town has been steady and it is
now on a firm basis.
Eastern and Cammack the
Texas Pacific cotton operators
were arrested nearUcean Springs
Miwi. where they had been for
aoracdaysin disguise. Easton is
said to have stolen SS0O0from the
Texas Pacificrailw ay whilo station
agent a't Sherman and lie- and his
confederater aro supposed to have
realized from 875000 to $100000
from hankers and cotton dealers
ou forged bills of lading.
A Lucky Oil Speculation.
Chicago. Iix. 3Ir. Tcter Van
Schaack one of the leading citi
zens of Chicago and member of
tho famous "Old Salamander."
Vfbolosalo Drue Houso of Van
Schaack Stephenson & Co. in.
formed a Tribune reporter thata
largo number of his personal
friends as ivell as scores of repre-
sentative men throughout the
Xprthwest with whom he had win-
versed upon tho subjectJhad found
St. Jacobs OH a jmii.:curing and
healing roin.edy-5 WOndcrfnl effi-
Wi"' ---e referred tho reporter to
Government who praised it most
highly.
r-Bad .weather as reported over
the state generally.
SPECIAL 'NOTICE !
it
PALL AND WINTER GOODS
If n and are amiotu to nukr roam for
our Sprinj; Norkw we therefore
havnvonclnlal to
CLOSE OCT SAJttE
ATCOST!
:For 30 Days Only.
In order to give 3 ur friradsand ttkioni;r tha
profit of getting pnidi
At 2Tew York Cost
in place of packing tome Away for
next jcar.
THIS IS NO HUMBUG!
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WM. COHEN & CO.
East side Tublic Square (Couch's
old hUnd)
BRENHAM - -
- TEXAS.
Tho World's Ixmdcr.
Kccocnauiir the ftrinrtnlc. nn Swin V
chine without sufficient merit will 5We a
long life. JT. LocLett offen tho Lcadertoall
friends and the public genrralhr for their
most critical elimination and lestTlt surpass-
es in I'cnsu Fcsr WoRKMAxsHrr Sjmetri-
eal Appearance light Kunning and Quiet-
ncn any machine now in the market. CWI
and see it at Schurenburg Bros brick build-
ingi and give him a share of your patronage.
R. . SYDOW.
DULLER IX
REAL ESJATEf
Office with M. Ampler & Co. Jktntuua
Texas.
. c J rOB'-SACE. r If
iDicbild Safe! I M '
n'Lot'uvBrenham. . i J $
25 Acres 'Timber .Land C milts west of
Drenhain.
W Acres Timbered Land 2 miles north of
Brenham. Applr tota.
.It&.STOOW.
WAXT-U)
ArenU for thal
'G0LDEN
Or. 1.1GUT on lb
f A VA Kt .- Or.
School tacHer stadcau. Young Men and lA-
illMacUnsa agents for Ihli book ara maUwr
' lJ'er nntli. ftlUfaat. One agent old
.1 nrst II days! aaotber 10 In 8 Uyj aaottirr 11
la one iiar; another B and J Ulules In is aara.
Seenre terrltorr quirk. Abo agents wanted
for tha ben UlmtraleU lamllrBIIJej erer Mid
bratents. "end Cor clmUara. Address TEXAS-
UHIV IV(: lllttlr viTTitr
cwn. A lilllLb it; 7o3 um 61. DallM Texr
J. H. WILKINSON & SONS
Dealers In
FAMILV AD F1I5CY
G-BOOERIES
NeM tluor O ffm Cohen A Go's.
Sandy btrcrt - - BiuctiUM Twin.
A complete t4utk. of Freh Gnccn just
mured whidi will be toM at.
bed-rock raxcitWr
Por Oaalx:
And delhJml in nllparUof Owelty tret.
Ordtra by telplioue promptly filled.
Give us a trial.
M:
MEYERSL
X'.
FIUDEOK TEXAS "
CffiAB MANUFACTORY
-at-
8. XABUUS & CO.
DEiina ix
3 v
Havana'and Loiw-jticcigars..
Tobacco. Pipes ami Smatet'i supplies.
Try our "Uttls Uaraiia'KTctcentfcigar.
PRXUnUAL SURVEYOR
'BRENHAM
- TEXA&fj
"J-
Sat-
JV prepared to attend lo atU calls fpromp I-
Tr. ttVtl .orders addressed to' me trougb
tne "VoUsbolV will receire prompt atten-
recetre prompt atten-
aasHHAK
BOTTLING WORKS
JIASUTACTCKIR OF
OJE'AJt-JT T iXJSTCr
SODAlWATEIL
- - ?
1ISalfctrrlllaJaal Ginger Ale.
tbdaPouataiiic!iaised at low flgtircs-
W.H. MUKWry PaorxtrioK.
CityPropertrfiir Sale.
lie Jbnoinae'propeitr " efiere2aror-
onrcisoltablelennSL One lr fhsnt.
tag 6ie fectoo JforHV-itrextand 130 feet
bad drrided. into fire sab-drrisioas con
taimajritgoodliotbe on CAch lot'smd wtlliA
accesldelo afi. A part it die Ed Greeni
piopettj "bow tnrned by Mn.-B. I
Waiter. pply to the nnaenigaed for
panymrs. -K.S.TAyix.
jlyon&heTaly
1 Siait a oeam si.Gei9v
MPlFlMaMalMaaTiNrntlaari
1 fiat- ITO. 11 tML in L.
uirir ila 1 aluuu
1 'inW Praia. UiM inxft ...j.
Brum. . fi-i-iVi ! Tib 1 1
ion .-rnvtrj iwh unM tUfammf
E0BT. W.MIILER.M. D
(CjU of LaUnnsv) r:
Physician anil Surgeon
Offlcw at Lulin'a Dru&bton. x
1tleDC9 at the Hflnclg pi Telephono.
dissolution;
The copartnership heretofore esistm Imw
twwa Ooir Samuel aud C F.Schntraa
gmntrsndnulier8.has this dur'hcnrtfs-
solved by mutual consent. 3fr.0.SaimKj
continuing the btfeuie and assuming all li-
abilities of the late firm.
mjauuarr. vt wi
Will bs mailed rif
til STpbcaats and a
tnatocDCT of tmiH year
w&aoatorda
ordering Jtu
jt coauoi moirjMiao
1 tncea cexnpt
aS VesetaM and
dexnptiona afidt
dimaomzor puaoac
Seeds Flaa!
etc as
D.M.
PAUSTINO KEBKIL
I-LAIN AND FANCY'
.?a
Dealer la aU Kinds of
ForBipaiuDofflguticFiitu
HOME-3IADE CA2JDT FBFjSH. EV-
ZETDAY. '
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Kelt door to Giddinjp Gio'.JinsJ'35arAr.
BRE3HiA TEXAS.
JfQJICE
Is lierebv civco tnai the .undersigned has
been appomtt assignee or the estate of !.
Leri -who tatetr assigned for the benefit of
his ettditon. All persons indebted to jaid
n.Lrri -will please call and settle tha-
businessmustbe elosed according to law "for
distribution. Abi llx&iwoyh
Asiswe
Independence Jan. 2lSSt.
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