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TIE BASTROP ADVERTISER
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ni Pioprittor.
' Pmrnut Out in. I now at
i snd baa been busy thi* week w tIt tin1
'criminal UoclMt ; and several convictions
UaVC bacU oMaiDatl. fcolllll IUUV ybject
I to\>w Ttian I aw i ailba pout thai they
fare loo striuKanl many ■ mnr i ITkUi M.
I«Into they haw #ulirt ly ignored u faw
<'(ittart« <>f a *mre sci)au*aharuct«r, d<1
I made d provision for their puuishmsul.
But, if must I■«.' remembered tliat iu u
sparsely |>(i|>uluted HUI« like Texas, an
tuipire iu client, it is absolutely ucccssu'
A Freoch pntchrt describes l «*lI a* rr to mske such |>«itioulur laws iis will
place whara they talk politics all day. f Kuit the individual ueeesMtii's of this
What they Jo at night he doe* Loire StmUj Hach crimes ns theft, l)ur«lery,
port. horse stealing ami other- of ,a like na-
BOBBF.Itt AMI AN ATIKMIT
isEt,F i KhI'BUCrios.
AT
The highest prize in u Obinme lottery
la twenty nine cents. und the until wlju
draws it has his nam' in the |>iip>rs, und
it; louki'd 11 poll lis a heap '<f II ft llu*.
Vre. 4, 1*71.
**-9-^9-—r
ley Kan the little atolau l>of| ta I
reported to hare been fouud, hut the re
port lack* confirmation.
Fur the laat ten luontlf*. Me-.it*. (Jri.W
A ■> jb* have liu.l in thi ir employ uapor-
t.r a Hwtdi' nairn-d t'lurley Nit*rg, u
vmrutnuBi f Meady hulilt , and mwhoin
th<f have, until quit, isreutly, tad tU. over which In rowed. "Oh I no,"
fct.-eteal o ndd. ne« . lu thuluM Ifw dux, j ku, "We always li.nl Ibeiu the
luv."
however, they have suspccfcd him nf
stealing from their More, and yesterday
morning, accompanied l>v uu ofUct-r, tin v
informed him of their suspicions und
nhiJ Hint it would he better for him und
themselves tliht Ins house should In'
searched quietly and hy hi* ui I ; tliat if
... nothing wan discovered to criminate him,
Tbe editor of tbe Henderaou (Ky.) j |1"1 w ' r,'n'l lir (l- 'Kr'i'<o.i |h>m I no w< alcl toe tloue. etc. Nibnrg,
.Aim* *ajs thai liliw I •'V-11' ,X 11 ' •! "rl ' I*'. ! It", ' "'•n "eaayouug man, and has been mar-
000,000 091 vild dock* dying up the # lou' #rp caw J ' " tied butaUiut mi mouths. seemed very
river one one morning between f>; end mo,> *cv'rc l>UD *■" |U 1 much moved, and ounfeaard hia ftuilt ul
„ , , , ture of the owe, and the law will admit ... .. . ,, ,
Hooiock. once, ueyiug that tveriUiinK shoii.d l«e
It u true that a few aerioua Crimea, . , "
, . . . . ... ,, • i /, i restored. Arriving at hi* honae, Mr.
llomentioud oamiiiited love made hjive Inen omitted iu our (. riminnl Code, .
ihhimiiiw ' 0 ,, 0. . . Jouia ruiueated that Mrs. Xllmrk be
,1am«« Con war iwnp eff a Han traucirco ! hut thank Uod, in our State ouch crimen 1 , , , .
. . r . .. . _ . , , , ,, soul uway, whieli wa* c'one, wheu boat*
dock. Uaroaaatioand eticky mad im- have lieeu so seldom committed, thnt the , . ,, , , .
. .... . .. , .. ... ... lit- of goods all over the boute, und aeveral
lieded liia to the ermpita, and the tide necesMtv of pacing aich lawa M«e ne .
_ , . . . . . i i hundred dollar* in money, were p unteil
bad left no water to drown hint. cr been broadly presented before our
! people. "Fl'it jiitttffu null in 'mil."
Ao inqniring man thrust hie finger. Lo, JU,ti,0 be Junt,
! Let the wilful
ialo a horae a mouth to «ee criminal bo punished commensurate
teeth he bad. The horae clweed h>
A ferryman was asiie<l liy a timid ladv
if uny | • i-on-> were ever lost in the river
said
lied
, with his crime ; let us show such mercy
mouth to eee how many finger, the man , ^ wo ,0 W0!lk #nJ
UA. TU.om.omty of Mb — « «y | (ortuDl4le, aml chMil, tow#rdH all.
__ 1 he criminal dock jt «aa taken up on
Men In !few York who get drunk in a ( Monday.
aatoon, and then break all the glassware t i ho immhtr ol iudi-'tmonls found this
iu tbe place, can not l>e made to pay the term of court were seventy-two. The
damage. The seller of the liquor ia, tin- ^ following cases were tried and u verdict
tier tbe present law, liable for all tbe im of "not guilty" returned.
Muj. I>ewoy, the contractor, began
work on the Austiu > ty, sheet railroad,
on Tuesday of last wiuU and prooo^cs to
have the came coiupl 'te.l from the depot '
to the c.ipitol yards, by the first of .lun
ii Mr %.
An Auiiusta heu-pocke l lni«lian 1 eloi-
e<l his testimony in his actum for divorce ,
from bis wife as loliows : "1 don't waut
to say Mf Hung agin the woman, .fudge,
but I wish you could live with her u
little while, and you'd think I had told
the truth.
— On Thursday morning las' there
were twenty si* prisoners confined in the
jail, awaiting examination before the dis-
trict court now in session. It is proba-
ble liustrop ci uuty will send quite u
1 number of representatives to lluutsvillu
at this term of the e Ult.
A Boston batik cashier, it has just been
diseovi rel, has swindled the institution
, whose funds lie bundled, out of a little
I over thirty thousand dollars, lie bus
been iu tlio hulut of hau<llirig twenty or
thirty thousand dollar* t day for years
I for winch lie received the munificent sal
ury of eight hundred dollars a year !
Ir me.\. J*. C i 'i 'tfu/.
"A peak nosml maiden of forty live sum-
mers bit into a preserved peach the other
jury dona by the drinker.
A young lady came to tbe city, the
other d^\ to Lave her picture taken.
When tbe artist showed her tbe "proof'j
and aaked her bow abe liked it, ahu plu
cidly remarked that he "put too much
mouth on it" to suit her.
The State of Texas vs. Artbcr Williams.
Alf Archalo.
" " L. D. Jlelcher.
" " " " " Jas. Celian.
" Andrew Yaws.
" " M. N. WYfford.
" " " "1). Clairbornc.
" '• " " " Js'elsou Johnson.
" " " " 11 Kelson Johnson.
" " "T.Turner.
Convictions were bad iu the following
Moon,
A Maw York man who believee in ad
vrrtiHing paid a bill of #78,000 tbe other [
day for a year's work, but it was money
well spent, for the earnings resulting cases :
from that advertisement, which were di- . The State of Texas vs. Ilayw ood if olts,
Tided among fonr persons, footed up | two year.] iu the penitentiary.
9060,000. The State of Texas vs. T. M.
* .aggravated assault, fined jSI'K).
A young man to Fairfield, Iowa, re 1 Tht State of Texas vs. Houston Rector,
ceived a totter from hie girl last Handay, ^wo years iu the penitentiary.
and five minutes after reading it, shot 'phe State of Texas vs. Oibb Hell, two
liimealf dead. Every woman in the town \furs in the peuitontiary.
would give ten years of her life to know xhe State of Texas vs. Bon Chambers,
a bat tbe letter contained that made theft from a house five jean iu tbe pen-
Urn you ngmantoelao^^ itoutiary.
. — .. * m . . ... 1 It is probsldo Court will no', adjourn
^ ,Mt#" bCf g"te™ ",lh before week after next.
95000 diamond clasps. Anna Dickinson , . ,
snaps a pair of amethysts round her lit-1 Hoit.si: Sikai.iso.—Never in the histo-
tie calves, and the widow ofCaptNin{rT 0( Xexaa has tho practioo of stealing
Jack tiea up her old army socks with a 1 torses been as great as at the pesent
pair of Sbacknasty Jim sold suspend-, time, W'j eau scarcely pick up a paper
en-' , that does not contain an advertisement
* . for stolen horses. We think our next
A correspondent atates that a Missouri
out bv Nibtirg, who seemed penitt ut and
uol only williug, but auxious to make all
possible amends for the wrougs he had
done his employers. One of the trunks
in which goods were ©unc .il d bad a
false bottom, which Nibnrg removed and
tlicu delivered the contents over to the
owners. Afti r everything hud been pro-
duced and un invoice was being taken,
and w hile Mr. Joucs was out doors, some
i one came running to him saying he is
going to shoot himself. Bushing in the
i bouse, Mr. Jones arrived just in tin e to
| see him fr> ui the door place a pistol in A New Bedford schoolboy broke a win-
bis mouth and tire, when be fell to the (low- pane, and the teachi r lold him to
floor. Snrgical aid was hastily sum- bring the money to pay for it, the alter-
moued, and at tbe time this was writteu 1 native being a flagging. On the same
it wan not kuowu whether his life could day his failar threatened to whip him
be saved or not. A few minutes before ' '°r o trial oflonce, The lad was side
Nihnrg attempted to end his own exist- pressed hy these threats that lie hung
enco lie was uoticed kuevling in prayer, | himself from a tr • in lii■ father's yard.
I'oor young thing ! she feiuted away I THE hFASON OF 1NTKHMITTENT8.
at the wash tub, and her pretty nose > All iniaaniatic complaints, in other
weut ker slop into the aoap auda. Home words, all disorders gcnciatcd in un
-aid it waa overwork, others, however, j nhotonjuie exhalation* froin the earth if
whispered that her beatl ba t peeped i wafer, aie prevalent at Ibis season, luef-
over the liaclt fence and called out : ' ,.fy rcetma siilq«et to the visitation of
"Hullo, th'-re. B.i lg 't, i* Miss Alice ul ft n«r m l ague or otlnr foiuis of inter
mittelit disease^ the eaua. - which produce
thesi> maladies are now actively at w<>rk
rio-, therefore, is a period of the year
ulu li the inhabitants of such districts
day, and the stone thereof dislodged her shi i.ld pit pure their systems to meet the
teeth und thr> w tin m out. If took three
nieu two boms Willi a fence rail to pry
her nose out of hi-r cliin. We want it
distinctly understood, that no such
"peak uose.l maiden of forty live" lives
near Bastrop.
« *#ta "
A metub«>r ot ttw .Nl iryliiud Acutlem y
of He «n>' s h is discovered a worm
which moves and lives iusi b> of solid
masses of icc. T.ic los was taken fr nu
a poud ue.tr Bilt'iuire, the water of
which was considered poor. Tnc worm
is about out'to ouo a i l a half inches
long. What it is and what its origin,
has uol yet been ascertained.
■ • e "
A woman, the other day, in Couneoti
cut, suw her hilibind carrying a lady's
satchel, and she tore th« lady's dres oil
her before discovering thut it w is her
mother w ho hail droppt d down on the
.evening tiain to surprise her. F.very
husbau l iu the lau'l, who is out i veil-
ings, should read this liltlw item fo his
wife, and hohl up the dangers of her he
Ci 1*1 ing suspicious without the I est id
cause.
As my wife at the window one beauti-
ful evening watching a man with a inon
key, a cart came along with a broth of a
boy, who was driving a stout donkey.
To my wile then I spoke, by way of a
joke, "There's a relation otywrs in that
carriage. To which she replied, when
the donkey she spied, "Ah yet ! a rela
llnw holt some condition of the atluos
pheic, b\ u cunt c i f toniealid slti r.tlive
in • iiii> ii . 1 on uiost among the iuvigo
rants, lie.)tnmended hv loti^ experience,
i,-. i im ins of forty iiik the -ysti m h^uii.sI
ml ei..h mine und epiib niic mulsdieH,
stands II stetter's Stomach Bitters.-
Whoever iiate liHVeleil in ttie Waal or
S nil. kto wk full well lh« esteem IU which
tl a itieotiipural ! preventive and restor-
ntIM Is held throughout Ihosi r, gions
It is lit* rallv a domestic staple in the
swampy aud mephitic Jocilitits which lie
Oil the holdi Is of luuli) of our larfce riv
i i s an I in the iieighl orh""d of our south
• rn bay is and lagoon*. Now is the time
win n I In inliutiitants <d all muluiious
diatlict should put their syste ms alld
■ iistilulion- iu gooti defensive trim
I v a e. Iitne of this p« wirful Vegetallle
untid 'te By this means the feeblest
residei l of uu unhealthy aoil may escap<
th< sickness, whleli wittiout the aid if'
this pot nt ult) .if oatuie. will h apt to
ii\' t take tlii- stI oi ^.-i «• t hills ild fei rr,
lull' us remittents, constipation, rheuma i
tinn, dyspepsii und many other corns
pla nts ar- frnplititly hreiigh1 oil by the
cs|iriee• id ten peiatur and alternation ,
of dry cold and excessive moisture pom I
moil iu our climate at lb turn cue* meat
of spring. I.< t all who •!• Mre to urutd
these di-tr' ising ailuictiU take the |Ml*
tcrs us a safeguard,
■ 11 n ii i
M W A EV F.UTlKi: NI I'.NTS.
NEW Al VEKTIHEMENTS
ta - —
' .u: '• « ^<-*uu.,a
J. C. BUCKLHY 4 (,„
MEOlANfC ST., uaai IV,,
<jALVksroy. Tk.\ iv
T nUV|o>|s
4KI>
Q©EHDClBEin8
MADE Ti. OBUKlt.
AUERICAN 4 ITALIAN
Keep constantly on hand a general as-
sortmeut of Americsn and Italian
Marble in Hoi,„h and made up
HATIHFACTION (It; A BAN TEED.
VA-.nioll, « v*I ' 1>«'| 111a ";a
I P. MAG ALL
niKtirr impiirtkii AVI)
WllUl.h.SM.i: IDM.t.H IS
Foreign ami Domestic
WINKS ; LIQUORS,
Magale's lluil.Pi ^,
N , Witt S'l'HAND, <iM,VI.SK).\
All orders accompanied Ui (Vl
tilh d the same as if pralies u, ,, ^l(, ^
person.
lialtf n.n i '< t Ie '71.
1.1*1
11 ill
'I /.W/.'l
ii I; nir,i
frtfll ,
I > 1'
1s71.
but no ono suspected that he eomtem-
plated sell destruction, though a pistol
1 When oue woman attempts to pass an
tion by marriage,''
legislature, immediately upon assembly,
should puss a law making horse stealing
This, to some,
msy appear too severe, but we can not
town haa organized an arti fashion socir
ty. One ofthe pledge, taken by the ^l lt(Lftblo wltb dcath.
male members ia "to trample' on all,'
dreaaea worn by ladies in public with ,
^ , , , ., think thut way. Iberuis nu property a
long trains, rtr which come* below the . „
"• ' man may possess, for which he will en-
' i Icrtain the same feeling as that always
An old tot warrant juat discovered seta Put 14 K°oJ Lo "-
forth that Joaepb Bonaparte was taxed 'eoUou lor a faithful d ig sinks into in-
to MM 91«0 for l.fiOO acraa of land, by significance by the side of a pet horse,
KaMao Hatterthwaite, then Assessor of
ltofAaaUwu, N. J. Tbe ez-Aaaaaaor ia
still Kvtag, aad aaya ha "atuek it on a lit-
t ie, as Bony was rieh and oould stand it"
Un, Flanagan, of Philadelphia, who
a a daagbtor of Judge Strong, of tbe
and tho thief who would roll another of
snob a treasure deserves death iu Ihe se-
verest form. Besides, we see no remedy
for the indiscriminate, wholesale horse
stealing uow existing throughout Texas,
but by enactiug severe and stringent
laws aud having them enforced to the
T'nttril (Mates Supreme Court, ia aaid to 1 very letter. The thief who would steal a
have received tbe moat valuable wedding faithful and valuable horse only luijks
prisrala nf all tbe briilea this season, 'be ncrvo to plunge the asaaKiius dagger
Ik gifts waa a 910,000 aet of ail- to the heart of its owner. While we dep
vet aad gold, a 96,000 pair of diamoad reoate mob law, and under no circutu-
eafinga, a 96,000 aet of pearla, and four .stances would recommend or uphold if,
India -ha-1* Ke' UD|l°r "ie present laws, existing not
— • m fonly iu Texas bat iu other States, ptr-
The shrewd wife at Newport, where ties who take the law in their own bauds
seats are not rcecrved at the shows, goes tnd swinsr such thieves lo tho nearest
oarly and takea with her a man's hat, trees, if uot not justifiable are at least
which she drops in the empty seat by tomcwhai excusable for so doing,
her aide. The auditors suppose that a - ■ • m
man has tompeiurtly left his plsee, and A«rnn Anderson has just been pardon-
when tbe detained husband comes in late <-J ont of tha Illinois SUtc prison, where
he pnto tbe extra hat in bis pocket and he •' <' *>««' tor '*en yo«f, «n
proudly alts by the side of a wife worth vietion of nrsou. Soon after tho last
having great fire in Chicago Anderson's shop
i m was found ablaze. The flam< s w« re put
Tbe yoang lady who whistles defends out without much difficulty, and it was
bersalf to the f'krlnhm of \S'nrk\ as fol- plain that a very elaborate plan of in-
laws t "I#t no one deny me the privil- cendisritm had been tried. Two kegs of
age of whistling when sitting alone at powder bad been couaected hy fuses
my aawlng machine. If I am eompelled | with a caudle set in shavings, so that
to walk the Street* atone at night, I nev- j when the candle burne 1 low tho fuses
at faar danger at aa approaching foot- would be lighted. Anderson was away
•top If H to accompanied with the mnaie , from home when tbe fire was diaeovi red,
•f whHsMtog. I do not believe a person hut he was nnalde to prove clearly that
oth wbiatle who is intent on evil. be could not have returned au I kindled
bad been noticed lying on a table iu the
room.
This is a very startling and aad affair,
and is another evidence of the weakness
and frailty of mnnkind. Temptation bus
brought many a man to sliaine and dis-
| grace who, under other cirmim-tauces,
i might have went through life honored
j and respected — Wii' -wi n,
j Ni.yhkr i, SrtriiiK, ltonuKiiY, rrr.- We
i were favjreil yesterday morning with an
| inventory of the goods aud chattels taken
j by Mr. Charles Nevhnrg from Messrs.
i Crow 4 Jones' establishment while ho
< was a clerk with them and in th*ir con-
fidence. If we should attempt to publish
, every articlu that
! which he admits be
' up at least two column'. But we will
| sirep'y t iy that at a rongli estimate tlo>
: amount in value is about ffVH), consisting
! of goods of everv conceivable description,
from carpeting down to minor articles,
th it never would have been missed. We
ure very sorry that we cannot, at present,
publish tho list of property recovered,
but may no in a few days,
The would be suicide wr, learn, i*get
I til.g al 'UK i s well a« cirentnstanecs will
permit, and, no doubt, will be ablu in n
few days to divulge many ni re things
that otherwise wonbl have been lost for-
j over. —A i''' i
•
A Ni w Wav to Ho It. — M 1'uraf is
! the first discovi rer of a method of d >iug
without rain, he hits solved Ihe | roblem
of artificial irrigatiou. He is known u.i
u successful chemist and inventor. Those
who wish to know moro of him may bo
informed that hi' is n pupil of thu Col-
• lege of France, and a fellow nssociat,
with Prof. Schut/.cDh' jg. r. M.
other wi man going down a church aisle, \ shipment of seventeen Ihixos of
I and rips off thai other woman's hanging corpses was recently made by steamer
, pocket iu doing it, even the most cursory
• lamination of the Ntter'a coii'ttvnunee
w ill make it plain
het soul has (I, I
that the h.ibbuth in
Ariel, J W (iiituble Mrs Oenrgs
liaker A Harrison Uiss M E
Bird MrnwCathsriuc lUnitlton Mr D W
Boyd Hi i ry llHrdtuoti .'otm
flnt11« r II It Joui Dr Kminon
Raker Mr Flanders le vy Mr I M
Itaik> r O vinia Mri id |) II
Brtee .1 sijna (I ni c M .r Mr Elgar
, u t.- ■ , ,,|, ,r, | Childs Dr Henrv Metiahom 11 M
from Han I raneiseo for ( h.na. Hie , (.|l|lt|l)|m Mr„ ^ A oMl.Nl()l H ,u
bodies of Chinamen who die in this Cobtm J. s.,ie (I m rjl'attoii N 11
country sre sent lo a vault in that citv 1 Deivt Mr l'olk Horace
where tiiey ure kept lutil shout a linn (I' v " I "MrA I. d« it-on 1' J.
I.dwur i Mi.H.I SUiitli Mr I. loin
J.A.HOOl'EU.
or BASTROP,
with
W I W'Hltiy.
K a
Ayei's Cherry l'ectorial Almanac for
IkiV.i C'intuiiii 1 this excellent recipe : "ii
yon wish to run fur ('"tigress, ruu along,
y u couldn't ruu downhill faster," In
IhTl Mr. Ay r "tried it on," aud was
mo«t glorionely elected to stay at home.
What does lie flunk of it tioiv ?
Miss Amanda Douglass's new book.
" The Oid Woman who Livodin a shoe,"
is issued by a blunder with the following
was recovered nnd 'Indication, for another publication : "In
stole it would take remembrance of manv pleasant h un-
spent at Woodaide, this story of love and
fai'li, of work and watting, and the pen
tie virtues that are none tholiss heroic
fur blooming in the centre of the lionv
circle, is dedicalid to tin lisp v Ii U"
hold of Mr. and Mrs A C. N> uman."
h'tV't uoeumuUteil. Ito Clnua
no t h ave their country unless
inu ret ii f:i d if they die abroad.
dred
men
sure
- -
A m m fw i thir ls drunk, an I his back
covered '.vith mill stopped u poiicemmi
Ul the street uti 1 uske 1 t i be locked u|
" Why, you aie uhU to w >lk bom
in n t \ i '• isk' 1 the ofB'er. "ii , I
could gi ' home all right, but I iloiit wui t
to, ind yon w iiildu't if ou 'ia 1 my wife'
I'ake me dosn old fellow, and if she
coin' s inquiring round ju«t say I v gone
to 1 led < ou poiiant business."
1)
A couple of memliers of the darkey
e inference were p issjng down the avenue,
when line tro 1 on (ho iu ligestib'ie por
t ion of a pear, and as bii number elevens
went up tie ,i st of his being w as corres
pondingly low red. "Ki yah, Bru lder
J ties, is you fallin' from grace ?" chuck-
hi his companioti. "Not prezacly.
Deacon , 1'se u ltin on de r ig^i .l edge
ob dis pear."
Tli« social function of Albert Wagner,
of Berne, Albany county, Is to act as ar
bitr iti r in nearly all of the disputes tha!
arise in thst town. Hometimns quite im
|Kirtnnt inatli rs, s,|eh as disputed Isiel
questloiis, or disagreements in families,
j, irjf are subraittel to h-im. His decision
knew tlull the sir is full of inoisture, nnd
he knew that chloride of ctlciutu Would
attract und condense it. He has applied
tuis chloride on nund hit's, on gtuss, on
nils'rts of soil, successfully, und has
ascertained tha! it will produce the iin-
gatiori i I la11 1 more c u aplv mi 1 i ni 'icht-
ly than any other artificial mi thud. One
of M. I'aruf's applic-at ion" will | roduce
and r tain abundant moisture for three
days, when the same amount of u iter
introduced by ordinary method, will
hour. M
usually final, nnd Ins informal c nrl i>-
frce, because ho charges no fi es. |{. j
an old man, and for more than twenty
years h;ie arbitrated for bis neighbors ue
erptably
How to I'm I'ahu Buim. I'on I'll ki.rii
Bai l. Wo pr, Numo tho following sim-
ple rec pe will prnservo nweet ail the
beef you will ti quire, from one killing
to another,'for family ns : For every
bio lb I. of beef, take 1, ounces of salt
petre, -j lbs. brown siipar, 0 lbs, good
It, The citizens wero so excited upon
DaUiY Tmia. We are in ,,f flres that a jury oould not aient vl the coiner of Court and Water
tmmH * Vol. 1 *o. 1, of Ute (iaiAB*
be cmjianelled iu Chicago to try him, , atresia, received a few days since from
Iiiaaa, Col. B. W. Loughery, >n adjacent counfy pri judtee Ihe executors of tho will of her uiiole,
"* " ™ """" waastrong. A torge reward had been of-, her father's I/other, recently diseased in
' | feted for the detection of fire selling, aud Hm 1'runeiseo, Cal., a letter tuforiuiug
evaporate in one hour. M. r.uaf states l Halt, aud ii} gallous water ; mix nil to
that his preparation la less expensive getber, and boil Ihe mass till all the hard
than cauul irrigation, an I behev. s that | ingredients uro thoroughly dissolved,
it will not only produce two blades of th(,n let the brine cool un I pour it ov«,
grass where but one now grows, but will , t|„. meat, which must be packed light
render possible fields, meadows rn 1 prop- and w. ilged dowu. The pickle should
erfy where now there IM nothing but aud • ritirely cover the no .it
and dt SI rt w t Natul, ho ith Africa, according ton
Ai.waym whits io viiiti Um i.b, -The Hpringfleld lleptiidican letter fronia mis-
Bingham'.on J'lmea ssya : Miss S. M. 1,'on"ryi 's alnjiit Ihe Is.-.iasl pla« e in the
Pollard of this city, who formerly con
ducted the extensive milliuery establish
Mr. Win. Spies,, traveling agent of
the Houston City Mill* Muunfucturii g
coinpiy, gave n* a psssii.j- rail i n last
Friday. The goods manufactured at
tin -1 mills aie of « very mi pel ii. i' quality.
and as we aru part,cn1 itrly fi«\ table tm
ward home uiauufscinrii.g institutions,
e hup' to see ii ,r tlien hil.t and pe- •
pie generally, d • 111 riti nsu ly in
tho e goods.
A w riter in th« C leveland Herald di-
scriliea the bricks of wlncti Kalolon «*•
built a- 4 uniform si/ -, ab.iiit lo inchei
s<p,ari by J inches t hiek. The\ ure ins le
of it tough clay noa-d with chopped
straw, kiln-burned und stamp, i with an
inscription enclosed in it small npisie.
giving tin name and titles of Nef>ui-tHid
in/./.jr. an account of the wondi r> of the
city, and li:t eslion to the (-• ds to t rsnt
duration to the temples still other ed
tha h he bad bliilt. The bricks of Nine
ve|i are similar, but rat'ier tho ker, and
stamp 1 in e,iti«ofi,rni character*
Am IAi'i iK • N or, ( iinr.i y, ho* oau
you treat D1< **> '' • in j two ui oiths mar
ried, and yet stay ont till two iu tl,.
m .rning All your fan.I, my dear. My
fault ! llow t Why, pn sen, I rut t a
friend at the clul , and txpl unci! to bint
what a ih'.ir lo'.' .iupllsli' I wointiy "i
were. The time i- ipped away, <\\ 1)1
coarse lie w;i. f-ugiviti. N'"vt tnglit,
why, f'harl v, it i„ thr■ •• o'clock. V u
dil not mi • t tnv one to prun e mu lo
again, did you N , but this time I
waited, hoping some one Would come, ho
so that f could tell him , ati I that's
wlist k' fit ine so late. H« was not for-
given.
l.. .ds ,f"hu II isit uiili il.inrnil J'
iior ion Mi- M holliiau H J
\V«ts,.;. L D I inner jdrs Martha
I anilS^Rooeil J
J r.- I f :
I. D ItitX- r, Iluii ka i'i i is
1) 1-' I Iton, !<••)al Valli y liia*.
K Me Hi'' tie 1, IP I 111 It I i \ l s,
Mr A I M Kew M Da*11 I no*.
Miss lilt! OS Boll US, I. Ill' ll Jack
s| rillgs | i Mis
Mt Wiiiimu Km I, I'lanleu villa lexaa.
Mis- I Ola Tally, Bed It'" H I ■ rn*
A\* i • i -. Hinkii \ I ,, C.uiL.-iattl
fh.io.
l inm.r s Wrn rzv i .. p M
M0GDY&JEM3S0N.
COTTON FACTORS,
AND
farncrnl 4'uiiinlaaioti
MERCHANTS,
r<m thi: half nr
I'hIIom, II or)/, iltttrn, Jtr
No. IinSTBAND .UAI.VUI^'
I.il>erat C«sh advance* made un l' nsifn-
men la of {"• 11« >ri, Wool, Hi.b •: I
other Produce |lafi in,- sml
l ies flirt,ralied our I'-jtr t ■■
st I, « I 'ash I'rteen
Mi om Ilia no ml els f tianilib
I. • lg' . N Jl, A I V A M, are hrrr
I-* I. ' I.el to !..- i,j I,It' i.da' i'i st lie*
in XI reyalar oi lumiit caln u, ss I iisiim- -
of ureal inip.rtaM'i i to cotne tif rn
the !, Ige. By oi h r of the V M.
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till | « f i r># h
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♦ ri,.I;. t M-.. A4m
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B. LYMAN,
!• t if. i rt, i,
at Vat Horj, Manager
m ia • vary scat and readable twen
tg-tmr ooImmb daily, and «re heartily
milk U avary saocaaa. ihe Time* ia
"JJWaa^ralic Ut the lull" and ita editor,
Gal, IsMiflbeqr la an aapariaoeed editor
aad oca aaaocg the Aiat writers in the
aiala. la a paragraph lo t^e bnaineas
mm of Oaivaaloo, toe proprietors a y ;
"We Ufa fioBf bete, ant barely,
world. 'J h« natives regard woik with
singular aversion, and Ion, idleness,
(load pay does not tempt them, and hun-
ger hits to be severe to induce exertion.
There are three hundre I thousand of
these la/.y people, living in grass |>nln,
wearing no clothing, and eating almost '"rl"''lr,i
HrvKliAti years since a sj.i utnneons ex
|-1 -si.in look plaei; ii; a rock ipiairv lo ir
Nieliolasville, |\y The I,. x in^lon I,.,
rrtle lays that recently thesa etplosio, s
have begun again, in all directions and
throwing up ii vast amount of it, im.
Ihe people of I lie Hi Iglihor hood ale \ < r >
much exercised ill r> ference to til. " nil :
acconntahle proceedings. I'hn iiplos
SIOIIS are describ, d as so violent that if
one should oceur llll.ll I ll house, it would i
hoist it and iN contents like u v. rituhle j
the District Attorney, btliuving that An- bur thulhhu wua mentioned in the will us "' t can begot itb litllecfTort.
derson was guilty, made stronons efforts the sola heir of her uncle's estate. The 'I l"i' >ion w mid gladly em
edsenlu
haa beak km Ihe flrsl.
to convict hiin. The verdict of guilty
was rendered without the jury leaving
Ibeir Heat*. Hcarci ly was the convict iu
prison, howevrr, la-fore theru was a re-
aetion of sentiment. People upon reflect-
,pirBel',and ,ng col","'cro'' lk)st Anders jh whoso tools
iV ^ape" and b-ave ; and furniture, were double in value the
amount of the insurance, wasupocunia-
mf was
showing
ia all ila 4rlalla, that he waa within iniha of his shop
lo Ilia laUieala of when it was Ml ; that an eueaiy mm bg
ijraf popular favor, we t|j0 j, could have hem Ihe guilty
Mril-Wl Ji*-1'juuiaa i« person , and that Lis ebaracUii had hi en
eael4enoe aad peUooane | irn proucUable. Facia fortumg n perfed
This defanor oania onf, to.., and linuiiy the
lettr r further informed her that tin estate P'°T niaiijr of thn negroes on tho sni'nr
was valued at upward of $.100,1)00, ilO^i,- tt"{1 eslaleu, npon which the Work
IVMlaB a ft«iaaaenl home. rJ |,y ,i,„ fire , thai the pro*
■Haw4 1#^inJaaley^'Ssilh- clrenmslantial, not i ven s
■m ol Ui ia any, .
merit, and lod(fr. 'he jury, and the proeecuior pro-
Inlewalesl J ,u •"ling thsir belief in his ru- nm m the neighborhood, had slipped in
• ilira innocence. 1
Oooliiing infi lled in 11to] i und real es-
tate, and about SlOo.0oO, consisting o|
cash, ou deposit in varioua hanks in Kan
I'raucisc >. Mr. Pollard, am inform
id, went lo California many years ago,
un 1 for a long tiino hm whereabouts wi t.
unknown, until hie noioe, by writing to
tho Postmaster ul Han Fraucisco, uscer-
tamed her uncle's mhln,« and corres-
ponded with him. '
A lady iu Itrsnford, Colin , was start-
l<«I st fluding a piir of trousers hanging
over a chsir in her room upon awaken-
ing. Her own olotUinc. Hie fouud, was
gone A lunatic, escapi d from an aayl
is now d .ne bv coolies from fn.lia.
"Scooped" is tho w. rd. No other ex
Uetly expresses tho situation. There is
no dodging or blinking the fact, ll*
I>i nii.fr it', have smitten us hip and thigh.
Wi have mi l the cm my Mi they are not
ours by u jrif full. "Ou tho ronfraiy,
' quite Ihe reverse," It is Ollr ix alp thut
is dangling at Ihe Democrat's bell, in
sleud of ! • inocrulic hair drooping from
ours, ui we had fondly hoped. The fell
Democratic blade is red and dripping
I with our gore, It is s id, wry na«l , four
fully, horribly, di'-|.;u*tii,g!y < 11 , but
nevrrthcliis, a fact. We are "buelod,"
Htoskwau. Jai k-ion' Lisr Hi.rii.ii.
The lust letter ever written by Stone
wslI J n'ksori i" in the poKsi .ioii of 11,,
eliairm ill of the I. \ ecu 11 ve (iinmitbe if
th'- Southern Historical Hocu-ly. Tie
original is in penejl, but it has in en well
pr. nerved He wrote
Ne.it '1 P M . M if ~ 1888 f Jeiii ml
The enemy has made a stand atCiisiifd
lor s which i< ulionl twomilis from ('ban
I'ullorville. I hope us soon us pnu'ln al.le
to attack. I trust that an i vi r kind
Providence may bless us with success.
Itospcc tfully,
T. J. .I ai a son, Ll, (Juu.
(ieiiertl II. K |.i.i.
The h-ading division is lip, mid the
iii t' two appear to be well closed.
t. j t.
Ou III* Wk of tins bulletin is the fol-
lowing indorsement
B«reived by 'leneral I,ee on the even-
and rasde tbe eicheng* in the night.
' i 'i'' iSSlSSak* *~
(hijjned) Ciiiiii.K,, b. Pr.NAhMs.
i - f't'r'im'l Ob'i H
IKtW.VIIBA l<.I.I'll \K I,
I'olloii l-'arlora
AMi Ol st Hit.
(()iiiiiii,s.sioii Mrn liiiiils,
no Ion si band,
I/. I ESTdS, . . 7/..\M.s.
We Will llial.e liberal ('ls|l Al VASiTa on
consignments , f Collon, \\ not and
llliln and othi r Country Pro
lllli e We will furnish
Bapglng nnd Tiei lo
i ur p.ilions sn i
en' tomeis at
i ush pi . ■ i
1 , il r - '|i. r-«-fi in li r I.'. —I'
i:\iiia nx \oTii K.
All Tsv nayei« i.wiiiif Taxes Im the jea; ,
I Si I. Willi llsve III,,| t(, liilirt mo si ley ||
Iii llltlllfills ill tbe leiiiilv Hills! rail at III) ultli •• T
in llsstri.p, (irinr t iloceinher 1st, is.i,
and e'l|e tl rsauie nt I will he rs |iellei| In
i'iitut .'I* collection of tk > same, wltb penaiti
and cost.
f<>nn koiii.i.u i> n ii <;
\S 'f iji | U I.H ily.
IWU<i|'i Nov« itibft *l,lv IfTl.
A
NU . ■ mtm.taV mtuht Ni !
/'.ol I lilt** li'^r ,'ij-
I.lbersl advances mule tl I . r I
rn> nts. and rspecntl alii I.
t I the U< K"li l' .n by ■ '. r
potheCStiol) of nil I'. '
lli.lids ar 1 H mii ' •
ih p,Mita of I ■- IrI r B*i 1 e • •
It istrop, J iily 1( 11
J H GILLESPIE
Willi
BRAM4N, PURYIANCC k CO.
< OTTO.Y l.lf
4K1>
Coiiiinission .VI ere hunts,
N<). " I. S l KAM). (i.MiV K.S'1< N
I ! * I • | I"- 0 < * 11 k «'0 It-n <)urifl*.' ill* < '< i
li'|sir,r iA ««t \H ri •11 1 , ir> prf"
fioil I *11 I ia l' wi " V (l fU In Tl. I) lit * t.
in* <* ri • uhi i I' i •« i f | f •'*-
j II u;i I.I ril-
I rop \ jpi-i I ' lli, rtin
J * . hORnr.v, it i l> r n. v : -
J 1 IHMCPKN A ro
mkuciiams
I ur I •• • ir
I.I VI T"
' H'1 I ,11.'I Ifljj, 1 ♦ ll ' • • I'll*
i iii * I n<* •• '■ ill I * • rofi fi n«Ml ' ' *1 *
• I I. vi* St i k N" • ' 1 I'-
ll n flu r uny cir • un
,• pi . ,t ri f r«nt * t• * l( I I • • ' I •' 1
ii iiik• r«. ' «imiiim 'i • * 4
. •• i. 11 * ♦«, I M I, 7 i'' '•
r?M
HM If 1.1/
\ - rI.KN11111 tpporliniil v « ,v% ' , f
! . •• -I I' ti 111- I'-r IKi I 1
I* i(jli 1 ul i'lilli vntion I i 1
«. > I Ii II • * mi-1 uu IIIMIHiln' t
In r aii l h®i#m r- n i nii'iil •• 1 '' 4 *
• « rr- til tiit ji'f gnu I '**11 • - ' •'
rn'lr«'ii:| ui'ilihf** mid 11 - • • f • iii*' ' k ,r ^
1 rniirhrl, l.iH'nlil)' wry 1. al ll' > A|| l> *
Ihh «P
lln^lfof, ()l i IVI
I *
lilhNOHl ilnN.
The co partnership Imreloforo ' "
between t; I Minnock mid t'luirh a Kirk,
dealers in dry uoods, family fmci riss
etc., at ,t|i-1 In le, bss be.ill ills lolveil, I'T
mutual consent of both patlien
Tin liUnilit-sii w ill lie beri after celitm
tied by Obnrles Kirk.
i; .1 minvix'K.
uhah. kihk
Mel isle, (tel. U4, IHV1- W. ^
|7A: IIKiNAIlUu MILI.IMilO
Hair (Inods, Trimmings. HlainpwK.
I.ndicM and chihlrons tlh.ves, llsls, I. "
on Hlar Braid, Uueklcs, TuckitiR, H"«
ers.fioarfs, A ol^ _ •
• irtt <'• **
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