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THE SOUTHERN MERCURY: DALLAS, TEXAS, JUJVE 27, 1889.
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The Southern Mercury
(ONE DOLLAR A YEAR IK ADVANCE)
■ .i Published by the
STATE ALLIANCE PRINTING
BOARD.
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Htiention
P. 8. Browder, Bus., Mgnr.
Keep out ol debt, and you will live
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Public opinion must l>u changing if the
editorials one iocs in state papers indi-
cate anything.
Tub tenth annual commencement of the
Fort Worth Business college was held on
the 27th Inst.
"How can I bear to leave thee" is the
tune that a mortgage sings to the man who
Invested In one.
John Henky Polk, lluuo, Tex., wants
the address of Cephus '1'. Polk, last heard
of in Hunt county.
vv n kn a man once gets in debt his trou-
bles multiply taster than fleas on an old-
fashioned woolly dog.
Bro. Evan Jonk writes that his health
is very rnuob Improved. Ilo contemplates
taklug tha Held in July.
In* announced that lion. Chauncey M.
Dope w will attend the State Fair to be held
in Dallas next October.
Tub secretary of any Alllanoe la author-
ized to act as agent lor receiving subscrip-
tions lor Tub Mercury.
Tub management ol the Spring Palace
have eonoludod to extend the time set for
the closing of the Palace until June 2T.
■Bgyrr— ,!u ' .jj a;
I* tiibrb is not perfect unity and har-
mony In tha Alliance rnuks in Texas to-day
we are not posted in tho drift of affairs.
COT ion bagging has been adopted asa
substitute for Jute, have you made arrange
menta to get a supply? If not, why not?
$1.60 will got a copy of The Mbrourt
one year and a copy of the National Econ.
omist one year to new or old subscribora.
Tub second annual International Fair
and Exhibition will be hold at San Anto-
nio, beginning November & and continuing
till the 10th.
If bomb powor could be utilised that
would swap a man's conceit lor his wife'H
aense what an Improvement there would
be in the man.
Don't Judge a man by the strength of
his voice, or by the number of times he
use* the personal pronoun "1"—or by the
umbrella he carries.
You can't mortgage your crop or farm
and keep on good terms with your crodl-
tora and family—nelthor can you oarry
water on both shoulders.
Fort Worth and its Spring Palace will
be synonymous terms * loug while after
June 27, the date set for the final closing
of that gorgeous spectacle.
Tub Alliance man who says the order
has not been of somo bene lit to him, either
lives beyond the borders of Texas, or else
he is an Alliance man with a lower case
•pringa, there ta no power on earth which
could long resist such a union. But a
union among farmers must be one both In
theory and practice. It must be a union
of action as well as ol sentiment.
a.. - . -
Considerable correspondence has ac-
cumulated In our ofllce which will be pub.
lisbed In due time, space has been given to
resolutions that other wise would have been
devoted to the articles contributed by the
members. ^_______
Bro, bogekg of the executive commit-
tee of the Farmers State Alliance, writes
us thut he will put in a goodly portion of
July, lecturing In a few counties, we will
publish a list of his appointments in our
next Issue.
lr Dallam continues to grow during
tho next year as rapidly us It hus during
the past, Tub Mehcuky will have to
hump Itself in order to keep up with the
procession. We'll bump anyhow and take
chauces on Dallas.
As a bit ot news that may prove inter,
estlng to a portion of our readers we give
the following: «'From tfl.&u to tm.&Oper
day is being made by good hands on brick
yards in Dallus and it Is said that two or
three hundred more good hands could lind
employment at that rate."
Thb Dallas News In a late Issue spoko
"of the man up the creek"—we wonder If
he heard The News—doubtful, though "the
man up the creek" politically la not deaf
either.
Tub best way to down an unjust combi-
nation like the jute bagging trust, Is not
to use jute; the Birmingham meeting reo-
commended cotton bagging and every far-
mer should fall in line.
Watch out and atop every leak about
your farm, with an abundant harvest in
eight, by good management you will be
able to say "ta-ta" to that oancerourf thlfag
common ly known as a mortgage.
"In unity there is strength," la an old
axiom which applies with peculiar force to
to thou who are engaged in agricultural
pursuits. If the larmera of the United
States were thoroughly united In the gnat
work of resisting the influence of organ-
i iiUal otti of whloh monopoly
If this farmers of Texas use Jute bag-
ging to wrup their cotton bules. Tub JIkii-
curt will for once pove as a prophet and
say look out l'or another jute trust next
year; you have the weapon—cotton bugging
—In your reach, to completely pulverize
old jute, will you pulverize or will you be
pulverized?
A brotubr in Fannin county wishes to
know whether there is any good Alliance
paper printed in Bohemian or German.
For the benciit of ail we can recommend
ihe German Post, published in Dullus,
Texas, and the Hvobodu, published in La
Orange, To as. Both of them are good
Alliance papers.
Judging from the way some of the "big
dallies" in Texas have been flopping on
and oil'some very important political ques-
tions during the past six mouths, wo think
tho services of a pilot would be needed to
keep them In line. A drunken sailor is
nowhere when it oomes to taking la every-
thing on both sides of the street.
Wb notice that our esteemed knights of
the paste pot and scissors are hewing gu-
hernatlonal timber with an earnestness
that reflects credit on the dominant politi-
cal party of our state, but there seems lo
he an absence of unanimity among the
timber hewers. What' tho matter with
our Lieut. Governor, la he not In Une lor
promotion?
Wb wish to call the special attention of
our readers to our clubbing announce-
ment which appears on our third page, by
special arrangements with several of the
leading papers In Texas, we can furnish
Tub Murcury and an other weekly news-
paper for a little more than the cost ol
either ; by sending us your subscriptions
you can savo money. Head the Ad.
One bushel of corn makes lour gallons of
whisky, which retails at $10, out of which
The government gets - - - • • $8.00
The larmer gets 40
Tho railroad gets - - 1.00
The manufacturer gets 4 00
The vender gets 7.00
The drinker gets all that is left—the de-
lorlum tromens.—Chicago News.
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'Cue Mbrcurt calls the attention of ev-
ery Alliance man in tho south to the spe-
cial announcement of our very liberal o flor
to send Tub Mercury and National Econ-
omist one year for tho sum of only $1.00.
The Economist is the national organ and is
edited by Dr. O. W. Macune. Send your
mouey direct to Tub Mercury at Dalla?
at once, as the offer Is open lor a short time
only. ____
Tub Baltimore Journal ol Commerce
celebrated its 40th birthday on l&th Instan1
by enlarging Its size to 10 pages, the four
additional pages being added in shape of a
tinted cover, which Is for the display of ad-
vertising matter, thus giving its staff the
room needed lor a thorough rovlow of
markets, which this publication promises
to keep full, and as usual, thoroughly re-
llable. ______—^
Tun Mercury force Is In receipt of
many pressing Invitations to lecture dur-
ing July. We thank you, brethren, lor
these courtesies, but the subject of economy
must be considered. We have cut down
our force, curtailed our business generally
in order to save expense; to leave the office
to lecture would make an additional ex-
pense that we hope our brethren will not
call on us to do.
This being an oil year In politics, the
homey handed sous of toil can use their
bauds more protltably than many of them
did last year, in the work of assisting
mother esrth in produolng more abundant
harvests, besides they will avail the con-
tamination of handshaking with those who
so euro ofllce only to belruy confldeuce.
But let the farmer keep his practical eye
wide opeu, for the ides ol Novomber 1800.
will surely oomo.
By referring to our advertising oolumns
our readers will see an announcemont ot
the special clubbing rales Tub Mercury
has made with the National Economist,
(Dr. O. W. Maoune's paper). The price for
both papers one year, Is only $1.00—as tho
regular price of the papors Is $1.00 each,
we uan save you forty oents by subscribing
for both. Old and new subscriptions will
be received at the speolal clubbing rates.
Send your money to Tub Mbboury office
now. ^
Thb Mercury again respectlully aaks
the secretary of oach county Alliance to
solicit subscriptions for us at their county
meetings in July. Tub Mercury Is the
property of the Farmers State Alliance and
it depends upon the support given it by
the membership for its existence; we aim
to give you the very best paper that is pos-
sible for the money and we don't think anv
true Alliance man can afford to be without
his state paper, therefore we ask eaeh and
every member ot the ordor to subscribe
now. If you are not satisfied with Tub
Mbkcuby and if you don't think it worth
a dollar a year let us know it and we will
rotund year money.
regarding cotton bagging.
The situation In regard to the substitu-
tion of cotton bagging for jute is one now
demanding careful attention from every
member ol the order. The decision has
been made, and we think wisely, that cot-
ton will be used. This decision made by
the Alliuuee should settle the question.
But it seems that the jute men think that
either tuey are strong enough or that tho
Alliance is weak enough that they muy, by
a judicious use of butts and the proper use
of other luvorsble circumstances and con-
ditions reverse that decision and muko the
larmers of the south anhamed that tbey
ever duied ussert their manhood in opposi-
tion to the power of monopoly. That is
what the conflict they ure waging moans,
If It means anything. Now we
desire to say to the ordor in
Texas, It docs not make any difference how
sure we muy be cl ultimate victory in this
conflict as to cotton bagging, it is well thut
we use evciy precaution that will tend to
insure success. A large and well-armed
force in camp improperly guarded may bo
surprised by a much Interior force and
routed. No wise combatant will under-
estimate the force and power ol his antag-
onist. Every precaution of defense should
be taken in this conflict as though the foe
was worthy our greatest effort. It will not
pay to take any risk of failure. Brethren
should realize that when they havo decided
to remain in the Alliance and use cotton,
they havo only commenced. The next
thing is to say so ou every occasion, and
the next thing Is to make that resolve ef-
fective by placing an order tor tho bag.
ging at once. This is very important in-
deed. Remember that there are no large
sums of money on the farmer's side to buy
tbs material, make tho bagging and sell it
to every uierchaut lu the couatry on long
time, so that the farmer need muke ho pro-
vision till he needs It, Thai is the case
with jute, but not with cotton. Several
southern mills have put In tho machinery
undhuve the consent of tbeir directors to
make the cotton bagging as lust us they
gel orders, Right ou this line is wlieie
the few jute men expect to whip the great
army of larmers. They calculated thuttue
farmer cannot be made to realize tho im-
portance ol ordering in lime, and when he
gathers his cotton, the cotton substitute
will not be readily obtulned and the jute
being in the hands of every merchaut and
as many glnners as possible all thete influ-
ences will be brought to boar to whip the
larmers Into lino. The glnners are counted
on in many cases as a potent help lo jule.
The remedy is simple and easily upplied.
First, havo an expression from every
member of the sub-Alliance that he will
positively use no jute bagging, and that he
will not sell to any man who does not allow
eight pounds premium for cotton wrapped
in cottou; and members not out at the
meotings should be waited on by a com-
mlltee to ascertain how they stand, and It
uhould bo made a mutter of record by the
secretary of every member who agreed to
use cotton. Second, ibe giuners should be
notified at once that thoy could not gin a
pound of Alliance cotton if they used jute
bagging, and such notice should show ihat
It was a unanimous thing and should de-
mand an immediate answer and agreement
upon the part of such glnners to use cotton
bagging aud not jute; and Third, orders
should at once be placed, so as to justlty
more mills to manufacturo bagging on lull
time. Some mills aro running, but others
are waiting to seo if the farmers mean bus-
iness. Alter this notice and all that has
been said and written no man will be ex-
cusable for using jute in the fall on the
plea he could not get cotton; because if
the cotton is ordered in time, plenty can
be had to wrap the crop. Men who really
want to wrap with jute may neglcct to or-
der cotton on purpose, and then say in the
tail that they cannot get cotton, but all
will understand. It would be cheaper to
wrap the present and all coming crops with
cotton than to use jute, If the jute bagging
lor the present year was presented free,
because by breaking up the iniquitous
English tare system by creating a mar-
ket at home for all the low grade cottou
anda corresponding increased consump-
tion of cotton nud In supply,the actual gain
in receipts for the co'.tou in the bales will
be doublo what jute bagging costs. It is a
plain business proposition. Will we ac-
cept the baits and save a few cents ou tho
wrapplug, or will we spurn their baits as
men contending for a true priiiciplu and
save dollars on the contents of the balo.
Texas has tried ofton and never has yet
failed to take a decided stand for true
principle, and we believe she will again
show the world that her farmers are in the
front rank In the great larmers' movement
that is now commencing to shako the very
foundations of the world. The spirit of
Texas liberty demonstrated Itself uncon-
querable at the Alamo. The eyes of the
world are upon the Alliance of the great
Lone Star State In this the tlrst mortal
combat between agriculture and monopoly.
Will men who would sacrifice themselves
at the cannon's mouth in support ot the
principles they cherish allow their founda.
lions ot success to bo undermined and de-
stroyed by neglect and delay? Surely not.
Let us send in bagging orders at once and
give the weak brother or the friend of the
order on tho outside no excuse for using
DIGNIFY YOUR CALLING.
Agricultural pursuits are the bases or all
material wealth, not only in this country,
but such is ihe case In all countries, lu
times past this consideration made farm-
ing au houorable calling, even in the esti-
mation of those engaged in other pursuits.
History tells ua that in the belter days of
the Uornan republic, when her suceess,
both in war aud peace, was tho wonder
and admiration ol the anciont world, farm*
ing was dig nttird and honored by her peo-
ple above alt other callings. And coming
on down to a more recent dale In history
we find that in the early days of our own
republic farming was not only honorable,
but It embraced within its rauks Washing-
ton and many other names who shed lustre
upon the name of America. But many
thtngs in recent years have tended to de-
grade the builuess of farming. The late
war which emancipated 4,000.000 naves In
the south, and consequently left them to
work out their own destiny, side by eide
with the young white men of the south,
driving thousands of the latter out ,of the
fields into the cittes, there to seek In an
over-crowded field of professional life,
honor and wealth, which only about one in
each thousand over achieved. Since the
teto war tho VMt acuuiuuUUon of wealth
ia the hands of a few has not only allured
many to abandon agricultural pursuits for
the glided field of speculation, but the re-
sult of organized wealth and the abuses
growing out of It through monopoly, has
not only tended to degrade farmlog by con-
trast, but it hus rendered the business un-
provable, which has perhaps been a m >re
fruitful cause ot inducing men to quit the
business than any other. The mission of
The Mekcuby being one designed to ele-
vate the furmer lu his aspirations, as well
as to aid him In a material point of view,
It deems it a duty lo endeavor to aid the
farmer In dignifying his calling. Let the
farmers of Texas Impress upon the minds
of tbeir sons the fact that to be u good far-
mer is moro honorable than to be a Gould
or a Vanderbilt with all of their Ill-gotten
millions. Cultivate the minds of your boys
and teach them to dlunlfy their calling.
WILL YOU HEAR P
The board of directors of the State Ex-
change have In every way possible, placed
the condition ot the business before the
Alliance brotherhood,In every appeal made
a full statement, and tho reasons for mak-
ing such appeal has been sent out to every
Alliance. ' That this institution has saved
every furmer in Texas, (Alliance men or
not), many dollars, cannot be denied;
prices of farm machinery are far below
what goods were sold at three years ago,
notwithstanding but few have patronized
the business, and In many Instances the
Exchange has ouly been used as a prise to
bring others down ; in some instances pur-
ties have como to Dallas and after getting
prices have gone to others and paid more
for their goods than they could have
bought the same articles for. Strange, but
true, Alliance men will refuse to purchase
the goods carried in stock by their own
business. And when they do purchase
goods they expect tho Exchange to soli to
them at lur less than cost, and then expect
the business to pay. Brethren, this is why
the Exchange is lo the condition thut it is.
Our people ure not doing what any other
businessmen would do. Only a tew of our
people are patronizing the Exahange, and
very lew are trying to save the business,
but all seem willing lo give it thoir moral
support—such as passing resolutions, lavor-
iug the Exchange business, provided thero
is nothing wrong, or provided the State
Alilsnce will tlx rules to govern It so as to
prevont any future embarrassmont; some
resolutions are based on the proviso that
the manager account for what has already
been paid in. This has been done as plain
as could be done, and the statement shows
that ihe assetts are more than every dol-
lar that has been paid in ; this money Is in
houses and goods; these appeals were
made because the business is embarrassed,
aud you ought to understand that every
dollar you pay in to save the business
will be just that much more eapltal added
to what you already have. Now, brethren,
it the present manager is not worthy ol
your confidence, show wherein he is not.
But that need not serve as an excuse for
not helping tho business out of Its present
troubles. You can remove him at any
time, in fact your business manager has
asked the board of directors to relieve him,
but they declined to do so, and he posi-
tively announced his lntentien to step
down and out at the Stute Alliance. There
is no use wrangling ^liout this mutter any
longer; every dollar that you have paid
into the Exchange is here lutact; every
dollar you put In will be just that much
more capital added to your own business.
Only one dollar from each Alliauoe mem-
ber weuld pay all the debts and stop this
wrangle ; it this is not done, it will be one
of the strongest evidences to the outiido
world that what has been said is only too
true—that the farmers will not stick to.
gether long enough to accomplish anything.
Now, brethren, there has been so many
propositions made to you, that the bourd
teel that it Is useless to make another; but
II you do not consider the management
worthy of your confidence, or if you want
the plan changed, or if you want any more
information before you puy any more
money Into the business, just place your
money in the hands of your delegates to
tbe State Alliance, with Instructions for
them to investigate every objeotionable
feature before paying it into the business.
THB WOODS FULL OF THEM.
It would seem from numerous names
ment loned tn a recent Issue of the Dallas
News, that the supply ot gubernatorial
ti mber tn Texas for next year will be
greatly In excess of the demaud, while it
Is true (if past precedents are to guide us),
that each county in the state could furnish
from twenty to thirty candidates who
would make good average governors, yet It
does not follow that first-class material
could not be found among the great num-
ber whose names have been mentioned.
But will tbe ofllce seek the man among alt
these mentioned? It may be an oppor-
tune time for the people of Texas instead
of the politicians to have a voice in the
matter ol naming a candidate. Tbe people
of Texas will again demand of the next
legislature Impartial measures looking to
tbe control by state authority, of railways,
and we may look for these corporations to
soon enter the field in order to assist in
nominating some man iriondly to their
own interost.
FALLING INTO LINE.
It is said that twenty thousand personal
i nvitattons have been sent out by the
manufacturers association for farmers,
merchants, manufacturers, mill men, me-
chanics and working people of Texas, to
meet at Dallas July 8th, 1SS9, to consider
the freight rates question. Tub Mer-
cury made itself odius in the eyes of
these gentlemen by demanding the enforce-
ment ol tbe constitutional provision by tbe
legislature, but it was thought then that
moral suasion would be better than com-
mission or freight rate schedule laws. For
eight years the people of Texas have been
groaning under the burden of unjust ex-
actions by these corporations, who have
been paralyzing our productive interests
while leadli g politicians have hushed to
sllcnce every complaint by threats of po-
litical ostracism. Senators attempted to
weaken the tntluenoe of Tub Mercury
by asserting on the floor or the senate that
Tub Mercury was not in line with the
great democratic party ol Texas. If it was
undemocratic and anti-republican to advo-
cate laws restraining these cormorants, It
is certainly undemocratic to complain at
the result of yonr own acts. But Tarn
Mbrcury ia still In Uno, and wlU accept
any proposition that will reUoTO Uu poo*
| pie. While we think it would profit us
i as much to appeal to the Itocky Mountains
j or to the cold steel rail over whloh these
j vehicles glide as to petition tbeBe corpor-
i alione; but the sooner the people had that
! these petltlou8 aro not beard, the sooner
tbey will fall in line aud vote for those
only who pledge protection to tbe pooplo.
IIere is a portion of a letter we received
from one ol the noble band of sisters In
the Alllanoe which will put to shame some
of our brethren who are weak In the knees:
"I am willing to send In my dollar for
the Central Exchange by the first of July,
or sooner if necessary. Let the women
send in their mile as the men are afraid to
venture. Come, sisters, we had a heavier
load to carry than this after tbe war, and
we shouldered tbe burden unflinchingly
though strong men failed.
Tub Mbrcurt will esteem it a favor If
all county secretaries who will agree to
distribute sample copies and secure sub*
svribers lor Tub Mercury to send us a
postal card stating about how many copies
they will need. We wili cheerlully for-
ward a good-sized packuge to each and ev-
ery County Alliance In time for their July
meeting, provided we can get somebody to
muke nn effort to get up a list of subscrib-
ers. Thb Mercury will allow County or
snb-AHIances to deduct tbe cost of sending
the money from the total amount sent.
Alliance men all over the country have
been clamoring for protection against the
twine and cotton bagging trust. Now,
thut you have the solution before you, will
you accept It and use cotton bagging or
will you use jute and not only encourage
those that have oppressed you, but show
that you pre er slavery to freedom? The
law of Moses required the man who would
not go free on the day of jubillee to havo
his ears pierced with an awl. If you are
determined to serve the jute kings, have
your ears pierced so all may know your
decision without so much discussion and
waste of time.
It is amusing to a carelul reader to note
how wide a range the daily papers of
Texas grazo on during the course of a fow
short months ; a few moons ago tbey were
walking all over the railroad commission
bill, now one of them says to tbe railroads:
"If you don't do so and so, we will advocate
a commission bill next year." Another
says ; "We are in sympathy with all lauda-
ble eflorts to establish and maintain reas-
onable freight tariffs, eto." This latter is
procisely whrt the advocates of the com-
mission bill were alter; and so it goes.
The dully press is,like the old song :
From Wltrifloum to Woggloum is eighteen
miles,
From Woggloum to Wiggleum is eighteen
miles,
From Woggloum to anywhere
From overywhere to Woggleum.
From overywhere to anywhere is eighteen
miles.
Sort of unreliably reliable, as it were.
Wb have been favored through the cour-
tesy of Its editor, W. S. Morgan, Hardy,
Ark., with advance pages of his book enti-
tled "The History of tho Agricultural
Wheel and FuruierB Alliance and the Im-
pending devolution." The book is pre-
pared with a view of giving snch informa-
tion as is desired in ua clear and concise a
man ner as possible. It contains the cream
of everything that has been written here-
tofore on all the subjects which relate to the
Interests of the laborer, in addition to the
vast amount ol valuable and statistical
matter, which the author handles in an
able manner. Starling with a brief account
of the deplorable condition of the laborer,
the necessity of organization, the origin
and growth of the Wheel, its objects and
alms. Then follows a concise history of
the Alliance, its growth, achievements and
possibilities, and in faut the author has
gathered about him a perlect library of
historical and extremely interesting mat-
ter, and gets the whole subject lu Buch a
shape that the Interest of the reader be-
comes greater as each chapter is concluded.
The book Is printed on tine heavy paper,
clear type and contains over 500 large oc-
tavo pages, bound lu cloth and gilt. The
work will be profusely Illustrated and will
be ready about July 15. Upon receipt ol a
complete copy we will give a more extend-
ed review of this work, as we recognize
tbe importance of such a valuable book*
We congratulate Bro. Morgan on his en-
terprise, and we doubt not the book will
have an extended sale.
NEWS ANO VIEWS HERB AND
THERE.
Nacogdoches is having too muoh rain.
Erie in Nashville, Ark., destroys a block.
French cabmen have gone back to their
cabs.
Foo Chlng, a Chinaman, commits suicide
at Taylor.
The Sabine river is out of Its banks and
a flooQ is feared.
Tho Rhine has overflowed damaging the
adjacent country.
Sabine Pass deep water convention will
be held July 10th.
The work of eviction is resumed on the
Ponsonby estates, Ireland.
Tbe Amerioan Cotton Oil Co., has leased
a site to build on at Marlin.
Reports to Adjutant-General King rep-
resent things quiet in Bastrop.
Tbe residence or E. Burch was set on
fire at McGregor and destroyed.
Tho Prince and Princess or Wales have
returned to London from Paris.
The subscription for a railroad subsidy
at Mineral Wells Is creoping up.
Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone will celebrate
their golden wedding next month.
There Is a heavy majority running
against prohibition in Philadelphia.
Fort Davis is having rains all round,
vegetables and fruit crops are fine.
A counterfeiter's stock is found at Gra-
ham, concealed under some brush.
Severe hailstorms have prevailed in Ger-
many, interfering with railway traSo.
Rose Cogblan. the actress, and her hut-
band, Clinton Edgerly, have separated.
Prlnee Louis Napoleon at tbe request of
his father has resigned In tbe Italian army.
Three cases or leprosy have been discov-
ered on Capo Breton island, Nova Scotia.
The servían regenta havo rejected the
Russian proposals tor a aüUtary conven-
tion.
VIM Mffaüt nittarttiM ti QI|JM)UI
church will investigate reports concerning
ihe Clun-na-Gael conspiracy agslntl
Cromn.
The French electoral campaign hai
opened with a Boulanglst meeting at Mon>
tre.
A three days bate ball tournament will
be hold in Uvalde to cele orate the 4th ol
July.
The Itio Grande Baptist association has
held its annual session at Big Foot thll
week.
Wm. F. Chandler ii declared elected
United States senator from New Hamp-
shire.
The bridge tolls on the east bank of the
Mississippi will soon be virtually abol-
ished.
The republican city convention ol El
Paso have nominated S. H. Buciiannon for
mayor.
Walls were undermined, houses collapsed
and a village submerged by a terriflo rain
in Cuba.
As the Laredo train came into Del Llo,
over the bridge, It ran over and killed «
Mexican.
Sherman householders complain bitterly
of tho "nigger shooter" in the hands of the
small boy.
A German compositor crossed the French
frontier and was arrested and held In Pari!
four days.
Catholio societies of Rome want to erect
a monument to the apostle of Rome, St*
Philip Neri.
Mrs. Uattle Campbell of Sardis, Miss.,
shoots uud kills John Williams who slan-
dered hor.
Michael Davltt places no credence in the
charges against Alexander Sullivan in tho
Cronin afluir.
Newcastle ship owners will form a pro-
tective association against the seamen's
and iiremen's union.
Among the latest recoveries of bodies at
Johnstown was a mother with her children
clusped in her arms.
The Montenegrin government demand*
satisfaction from Turkey for raids on the
Albanian frontier.
The students ot the Austin, Texas,
University gave a grand ball at the Dris-
kill hotel June 10th.
Travel on the Northern Central R. R.
through tbe flooded districts ol Pennsyl-
vania is just resumed.
The Dowager EmpresB Augusta ef Ger-
many has subscribed 1,000 marks to the
Johnstown relief fund.
Beaumont Lumber Co. are loading
barges with upwards ot 200,000 feet or long
leuf yellow pine for export.
David May, of Philadelphia, is arrested
In Montreal on charge ol having aiolen
$31.000 lrom a firm in that city.
A simoon struck Del Rio, Texas, on the
17th. It was as hot as steam from a lui>
nace, and lasted several hours.
It is feared that a schooner bound for
Churlevelx, Mich., went down in the gale
of June 15tb, with ail onboard.
Mr. Tom Hall has brought an armadillo
into Brenham, caught about a mile from
town, the first one ever seen there.
The recent find of bituminous coal at Jefr
ferson has been tested, and proves to be
the equal ol' the best Pittsburg coal.
Ninoteen freight cars with provisions,
horses and carts for the relief of Johns*
town came in trom Calderón, Nebraska.
If it is shown that the Clan na-Ga9l Is lm«
plica.ed in the murder of Cronin, Cardinal
Gibbons will excommunicate the order.
Tbe Red Star Steamship Co., at Antwerp,
has granted increase ot wages demanded
by the firemen and the strike is at an end.
Queen Victoria has commissioned an
American painter, Mr. W. G. Bunoe, of
Hartford, Conn., to paint a picture lor her
P. J. Majors, a farmer of Beckville, was
struck by a large tree whose roots had be*
come loosened by the rain, causing It to
rail.
The remains or John Sevier, first govern*
or or Tennessee, which have Jain 74 years
in North Alabama, are re-Interred at Knox
villo, Tenn.
The west bound mail train, on the Pan-
handle route was wrecked near Steuben-
ville, Pa. Two persons killed, eight ia*
jured seriously.
Munemitsee Mutsee, .Tapanse minister to
the United States, has rented for the sum-
mer a residence at Mount Pleasant, a sub-
urb of Washington.
Charley Holley, an Indian, is found in
the Choctaw nation riddled with bullets.
He had murdered bis brother-in-law. It if
believed he waB shot by cattle men.
The Russian urmy will soon be provided
with breech-loading rifles, which will car-
ry a distance of 8.040 feet. Noiseless pows
dor will in future be used by the army.
Threo hundred brick makers at Hlege-
wlch and Blue Island, 111., have struck.
This Is tbe first real effort to putinto effect
the eight hour law in the coke country.
June 19th In the Cunard steamer Bothnia
sailed from New York with >100 American
delegates to the World's Sunday School
convention In London, beginning July 1.
It is said Lord Salisbury has requested
Sir John McDonald to visit London that a
better understanding may be bad regard-
ing the relations ol the United States and
Canada.
The London Times says that letters re*
ceived at Zanzibar from Yjtjl state that
Stanley intended, in company with Emln
Pasha, to force bis way through Masailsnd
to Mombasa.
Henry Labouchere, writing in his paper
about the charges sgalnst Alexander Sulll*
van, says that everything tbe Times can do
to prejudice the publio against Sullivan
will be done.
Tho French vice-admiral declares thai
the men of war possessed by France are of
an antiquated type and ought to be re-
placed by new ones equal to ooapetlng
with Germany and Italy.
Father John Carroll, a decendant of
Carroll or Carrollton, who signed tbe
declaration or independence, «ne or tho
oldest priests in tho Uoited States, is dy>
ing in Chicago. He is 96 years ot ago.
Give tbe Woodbury Improved Seir-soab
ing Frnit Jars a trial and you o an nerer bo
induced to use any other. For salo, whole
■ale and retail, at Walker's Uhlaa Sail All
£Un 8t« Ballot X>
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