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THE ECHO. '
I'ublUbi'i! errry * tt'Kilnv Morning
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KOHTOKIFHN. : TKXAF.
Hl' SCJU(M iu\:
OMi'«'opy one yar ....$2.00.
r|« C« plea " " S.7ft.
Ten '* " " •••• I0.°°.
.t.LMeu, _
G. W. 1I0R80X,
Proprietor.
I
THE ECHO JOB OFFICE
t« Wfplln! HM< tT(,P^O l i l.ilff.* ll)
hare tr.
BEST PR
iatin- fwiuittrr.v.
|ss
PROFESSIONAL,
ltOBERT A. JKFFRESS,
LAWYER
'■" — AST—
. LAND AG-EISTT,
Co. , Texas.
VOL. 1.
FORT (JR1FFIN, SHACKELFORD COUNTY. TEXAS, SATURDAY. JUS*ft 23. 157 s).
NO.
Ptr J'.rittS for Jiili Worij ui- ; ton si
i any country ottUvtun work iVruiul live
THE SEPARATED" MAN.
cen. sherman's talk to the
west point graduates.
A. A. CLARKE,
MWYEK AXI> I-AXD AOEXT
Ailwwy, - - " v - ' Texas.
Haa for sale over n quarter of « million
of urea of fine laud belonging to the
vrranoo-TexanLand Company.
rem haw,
• •' ' " ■ ••
Attorney at Law A Land Agent,
Hhaekelford County, Texas.
.' :_V„1 —"— 7 1—l—
" XIRKLAND,
AT LAW,
llecting Agent.
Prompt'personal attention given to all
V bualneaa.
Buffalo Gap, TaytofOoimtj, Texas.
Land a
* , J. S. STEEL,
. Justice of the Peace
KX^
—-ANO-- (I
10 NOTARY" PUBLIC.
Griffin, • • - Texan.
J.N.BROWNING, h
r AT LAW,
tTORIFFIN,
iOouaty, - - - Texas.
ATTORfcEY^ifc COUNSELOR
V -*• AV1W ■■■
• TRXA8.
POwell 7; ■
IViUi^lOapiofeaaloiial fervi?es to tlio
«iilienii«f-fort Griffin and aurromidlng
0««l, MSt door to Conrad & Rath'a,
ny attdi y*, . ; *!y
• " . V ' - • •
SPB&Ai. A D VEJtTlSEilEyTH.
sarac
CATTLE EXCHANGE.
98£?, Proprietor.
ttstTexaa.
Keeps.'UOJie but the beat of Wlnea,
I.i^ow.ajKr Cigars.
JOHN. s.
Tlia Thomas Patent ClllLLGD IRON
r<j AUESHoWsPrisoners. No Guards
Fort Texas, P. O. Box, 02.
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j. i.. ka.vh,
Cashier.
' .WiiWHHP5'5* v I' jgi Texa
'TSof merchOTs and other*
. Wo nrnko remltnnces and
K-tlonsiqnll accessible points.
HILLIKEA, ■'■■■
f '> f|ANKER ,
wKATijtBijironn, - - - - TEXAS.
obpi«Bsa?orTXDE3srTS. ■
)> iin*|), Lawson & Co .....New York
Itniik ot Commerce........ ....St. Louis
Mutual N'atn'l Bank N'uw Orleans,'I,a*
National llank of Texas, Oiilvoton
Kivmoml A Co.. Austin, Texas
Kxeliahgo Bank.. Dallas, Texas
City 'National Hank.... Port Worth
T What Every One Wants I
A good Square Xloal and a good Clean
a«U ill of w hich can ho obtained at the
fltb rt Tl E R house
niLI.Y WILSON, Proprietor.
VOttT^ORIFPi.V. - - - - TEX AS.
W. C. LOBENSTEIN,
f* t. IIICKI'Y, Agent.
FORT WORTH"1 - - - TEXAS,
Pat* the 'highest' prli*** In cash for
KI*oft i.n.| HevMlfeh*. I'cltrlcf. 1 « anil
LOUIS WOLFROM,
* •j3A.icx:xt.
V Urp. W.\Cf)N YAltO ,
' ll'ij si11■ I r:i!r for *!<•.
• 1' ' i I'M | l \ - 1 ' V -
[Detroit Free Pros*.]
About 8 o'cloi k yestwluv
forenoon a iliaii whose furm was
full of wrinkles and kinks and
twists, crawled out of a toal
shed on the wharf and ln-gaii
yawning and rubbing liis eyc;s
like otic who luulput in a heaw
night, rA policem-ui loungeil
that way, jravi* the iiihii a luok-
ingqver and asked:
"Sleep in there last nighti''
'•Yaas, kinder," waa the re-
ply. A
"Looking for work ?"
"N-n-o, not exactly."
"You'll bt iuu in' if 'you hang
around in this way," remarked
the officer.
The man put hi* hands on top
of a snubbing post, laid his
chin oil his hands, and after a
long look at Canada lie turned
and said:
"I dunno exactly what I'm
going to db; I did live out here
about eight miles, but I've sepa
rated from the old wo muni Yes,
sepai-ittotl last night." -
v "What's the trouble ?"
" Waal, she Was my second
and I was her second, and we
never got along an^ too sweet.
We both of us think we know
it all, and neither feels like
giving in. We came in to see
the circus." . ■ _
"Ah!. you. did ?"
"And that's where the separa
tion took place—right iu front of
the sacred byeiias from Japan.
You know they advertised an
electric light, there ?"
"Yes." v
"AVell, we'd n^yer setui. 0:h>.
When we got into {he iiieoagt'T'i.e
there stood the elepliaiiti. I'ii' ti
came the camels. Then we
came to a darned old bear.
Further on wer*- t t* Lions ami
tigers and lupnkeys, but no
electric light. We walk d thive
times around that old tent
without co uing.to iiis c.igit, an 1
I got mad. Says I to one oi tlie
chaps over the rope : : Wliar'
in thunder is 111a cage with the
electric light. ^
see him or liav« bitty luoiivy
back!' Tit-.' feiier ire giiuneu
all over, iiiui lots of tile folks
iaffed right out, and my wif-
she ilew up and said I'd. made a
fool of myself. 4Iow V says I.
• Whv, the elect lie light is not
nil animal at all,' she says, 'but
it has something to de with the
down' We had a big jaw
right there. . Slie caved uiy hat
irtj iviid 1 iier par isol, aitd
then 1 .separ.u'd ;"V
"And you won't make up V
".Make up! Never! She can
take the electric light and bake
and eat him, but I'm a man who
never crawls! I'm going down
to Toledo, I am. and by this
time !<> uioirow I'll be drunker n
a horse!"
"And you didn't se«- tlie ei.e-
trie light after all t
"No! I don't beiujve tliey
i had any ! Maybe they Uiouglit
i they could work that 'ere llii-
iiioceros off on the public bj an-
uth< r name, but 1 tumbled in a j$aid :
nunil. J'ni an old ^rhinos my j ••pfease look
self and my wife is anotli' i. tniu^ T r my
and when I V <•'' 11 Murpl.y."
stood thero and let. Iter eall im-j ~~
a Tool afoie all the people I'm
'old si" on pedestrian ISM. "not a
mean thinc
him."
about;
Wiit'ii Glen Schoiieid said: "I
have the honor oFpresenting to
you, voting soldiers, your chief,
the general of tiw army," Wen.
Sherman came forward, holding
the merit lis: in his hand, and
was loudly cheered. Hesuid.: nightf" l leenth were furnished there,
"1 hold tl^is pa per, - eon tain i ng J "VVhar is enny cake walk an' aRlV when the stout and solid
sixiy six names, young gentle1 w|lat are er cake walk no how?"i,uftkiW ll .v seiect^tefor him
Mis. Hayes went into execu-
tive session the other day. in-
An amusing incident is rolat- > troduced a bill providing that
[ Uluntu Constitution.]
As Old Si was studying a bHI-i -- ,
board covered with minstrel •"(1 the recent visit of Henry the President should wenr lii^
pictures, yesterday, one of his'^'al^ to Hartford as i flannels nntil tlio Urst of June;
friends asked Itiiu: ' jehaplaf'n <if the Thitteeuth New j st^pended the rules, moved in
•'Ole man, is yer gwine tet i,e ! York regimenl. The horses for third reading, had it engrossed.
down ter do cake-walk tor ! uixl stall of the 1 hir-
meii. as evidence that yt.u me
how competent U> become coin-
missioned offiuers iu the army
of the United States—thai yon
are qualified to com maud men ;
and this is a very high privi-
lege. How important the place
of the man who handles tlie
lever of (lite locomotive or the
steam engifiu that propels ships
on the seas ; how .much more
important this position where
the machine is composed of hu
man muscles and.brains, with
every integral part of the ma
chine animated by a human
soul There is no position of
greater .--responsibility. Wlieth
er called upon to-morrow or
next Week, he ever ready to de
fend that flag with the genius of
West P< iirt and the genius of
the military profession. I like
to see the protessors encourage
the men to work for the stars,
but in complimenting tlin first
five on the list 1 WoUld not dis-
courage the five who are last.
You know enough if you make
good use of what you know. To
you we look for our cavalry
leaders. (Applause ]' Let dan-
ger come when it may, keep the
head true, and the . lowest,mail
on the list may become a leader.
There is one school above all
si.hools, a111 tliat is the scjiool.
of life. You are the centre of
tiie affections of a family, of a
town, of a community. Enjoy
yuiir vacations; but vheu or]
<ler> come, go to your j osts and
do your duty, shpwingjthat you
are both physically and mental-
ly quit iified tp command men."
—•. > . —- ■
"while there's life there's
hope."
A little freckle-faced • ten-
year oid school boy slopped at
(lie postoliice i he other day and
yelled out:
• Anythig for the Murphysi"
"No, there is not." .
"Anything for Jane Murphy?"
"Nothing."
"Anything for Tom Murphy?"
"No, sir; not a bit." -
" Any thing for Terry Murphy <"
"No; i.or ft r Pat Murphy; nor
Dennis Murphy; nor Pete Mur-
phy; nor Paul Murphy, nor
Bridget Murphy, mn- for any
Murphy, dead, living, unborn,
native or foreign,' civilized or
uncivilized, savage or barbar-
our, male or female, black or
white, franc,hised or disfranchis;
ed, naturalized or otherwise.
N" sir; there is positively notli
ing for any of the Murphys,
"Why, hit's down at deiWu8 l<*d out, Mr. Ueecher in-
citu'ch, an' whar all de bo; s an' q'«rfd if he was perfectly safe.
fieuianded tlie prev ions quest ion.
passed it by one majority and
sent it to the President for ap-
proval.—Bridgcpi>rt Slawhinl.
;i t
gills hez er walking match ter
see wLo gits der piil« caae,
don't yer see ?"
- "Oil, yes, 'pears ter me dat I
hez heerd ob sum sicli ridicklu-
sttundss like dat; . but 1 ain't
skribiu' ter no sicli hipper
dromes dese sorter times. But
go on—jvheuebber you niggers
gits walkin' oil de resuttipHhion
track, I'll be np dar. close ter
string, ter take han'i wid de
winner."
"What's dat? On de resutop-
shun plan ?"
"Dat's f wiiat I sed —an' l's
speakiu' wid rip« gums, too,
don't forgit bit! When you
niggers git ter kivvering dem
kidiiey feet o' yo's wid raw-
hide, on' takes, ter walkin''twixt
de handles ob de rczreeted
plows ob Gorgy. walkiii' match-
es will be dere own reward in
this country. Ebery darkey
dat makes fo' akers on a lap er
day, den, 'll.be bouu' ter win ei'
prize hoe cake sweetei'u hunny,
an, war de cliampyn belt ob nig-
ger independence resoomed.
Dat's de kiue ob cake walks l's
hollering arter."
The negro didn't wait to bor-
row any tobacco, that time.
The "spirit was moving,' and
The stable proprietor repled in thoro was quite a revival in the
the affirmative.
"Perfectly safe and reliable ?"
asked tiie chaplain.
,'Perfectly so," replied the
proprietor "He will go any-
where, and is not afraid of the
church. An effort wns being
made to bring forward mcmbei-s
-that had strayed from the path.
Brother S—— rose, and, warm-
ing up with his subject, exclaim-
ed, "There is nothing that the
woman*8 memory.
A woman will go on a
ping tour in quest, of a score of
dissimilar articles. The ribbon
must be ten lingers and a half
long and half a finger wide;
the carpet must • be like Mrs.
Spriggins', only that she wants
lier's brown where Mrs. S.'s is
green; the first knot iu the
string she carries in her pocket
is the width of the window cur-
tain ; the second knot, the
length of Susie's skirt; the
third knot,' of the picture Cord,
and the whole stritig, the dis-
tance around the centre table.
She will come home at night
without having made a single
blunder, with a full satchel and
an empty pocket book, and ex
military or cars. TherHsu't a Lord hated so much as a d— d
mean thing about him." \ backslider!'' A triumph of
Mr. Beecher looked the ani- j zeal over grace,
in at oyer for a moment and
then quietly remarked :■'■■■ "I
wish he belonged to my church."
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The Charleston Nevos and
Courier says thai "Texas has
enacted a local option bell-
punch law. Each county of
Texas decides, as heretofore,
vVhether alcoholic beverages
shall pr shall not be sold with-
in its borders, and, should the
verdict be in favor of ♦ he sale,
then tiie county authorities may
decide upon the number of
places to be licened and provid
ed with bell-punches. It is es-
timated that 100 counties will
adopt to bell-punch system,
and that the number of punches
required will be about 4000. It
is a singular fact that, notwith-
standing the prevalence of vio-
lence in Texas, the sale of
liquor is strictly prohibited in
many counties of that States.-"
But the News and Courier
should add that: ttiese devjlisli
deeds are not done in counties
where prohibition is enforced,
lit fact sheriffs, constables, pa-
tent jurors, clerks and liansers-
on of courts caused the repeal
of the prohibition law in
Wlliiamqpu county and for the
simple reason that crime and
litigation and the necessity for
courts and accumulation of costs
were obviated by the anti-liquor
law. The local option act was
rescinded by the influence of
men who are enriched by whis-
ky-begotten crimes or follies of
their neighbors.—-Statesman.
"My darling," wrote a bus-
baud to his wife, "I shall not be
home till very late this evening.
Do not wait up for me. l'ts for
thy dear sake I work by t he
light of the pale, effulgen t moon,
as it itwere the bright dazzling-
sunshine." She didn't' wait,
she went and hunted liim up i u
a concert saloon.
fill
A clergyman had taught an
old man in his parish, and
fouud him an apt pupil. Af'er
press paCKair' s will be arriving | tlle lt>S!5ong llft(1 finished lie hud
A lady,a regular shopper who
had made an unfortunate clerk
tumble over all the stockings iu
the store, objected that none
were long enough. "I wanij,"'
she said, 'A'th longest hose that'*
are made." ; "Then, madam,'7
was the reply, "you had better
apply to the nextengipe house."
The eighth wonder of the
world is that a fellow will chew
dog leg pretzeIs three weeks old .
with great gusto in a beer sa-
loon, but will go home and kick
the table over and spit soap-
suds for an hour if the sponge-
cake happens to be a little dry
On one side.
Probably Vhouiua A. Scott
receives the largest salary of
any man in this country, lie
is now President ql'seven rail-
roads under the control of tlm
Pennsylvania Central, wlii<h
pay him about $100/K)0 a year.
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The man, says the Norristown
IleraZd. who bored (ho first niI
well is still alive and residing
at Bethleham, Pa. The man
who bored the first editor won t
to his grave j*ears ago, "tinvjvpt,
unhonored and. unsung."
'it;''11
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for a week to come. But the | ,,ut been uble t«) caU at the cot
straiig"st part of this strange j tiige for sohi« time, and when h«i
eventful story is that she can]^ he only fciiihd his wife at
tell you off-hand tlio costume of J iloll)H>
every lady she savv during her] -'How's John <" asked
tour, either on the street or in
V Where do you expect to go
when you die, young matt
said a minister to aii ungodly
scoftVr.
"I expect to go to the grave,"
'; was the reply, "but the chances
a nv of tin1 nuinfioiisphops vlait-; * ^ \vull sir" was ll«!'"f !!" P"" n,"m'"
.•a' C:.::u n,„u d,i ,1.^! j"1
.. : -il >w does lie get along With „ ,
It is a noticable and very sug- his reading?" : i , " ^
gestive fact that those who; "Nice!v, sir." ;tho politician of the in>ec!
know the least •' .«« ' . ... world. lie is ever .itching foi-
st about the man-> "Ah, I suppose,, he'll read his > He is ever itching for
d construetion of ! Bible very carefully: new T . , P!act'' creates no end of disturb
a:-e most disposed "Bibl^sir>.B(e«syoti, he was<kl,irt?' i'W never k .•,>
them. When we out of the Bibio and into the wlieroto find httn.
: mad 'nuff t wut.i
jaiidpizeu ier Mil'
i if oxen !v
cleat
>1 i iie
liiitue
, it her indivMually, jointly or
severally, now and forever, one ! agement and
and inseperable," . j newspapers
The boy looked at the post- to criticise
master iti8 astonishmetit, -and 1 consider the extent and variety tievvspapl r Ipng agt'. . - .
of the information and labor re- - - - . | A Los Augeios bo\
if there is any-1 (quired to prodtice a lirst-rlass J No om; blames a bu^iij'-'ss jhew idea of th« refrain.
ieitcher, CiareiiO* ■ daily jounial, tln-iv is t:<> in-ti man for ^aiifitig his sigti to on- asked in Sunday School what
1 liitio.ii iii tiie; worl 1 tiiat gives as vey a big idea of his business, is tlto mf.-aniug of "Sclali," re
. _r ;much good with so tilth* of tile: but a Michigan,fib.!.!ickK:iiith, in pireil that il •*';:* ailcieiit fi t
fiSjie-tKing of clrurch lutteriesij bad or the indi Here lit.—St. a hanilet of 400 people, ratherWhoa, Kuitna.''
brother Moody says: "Tliey .LouisJir.publicaU. 1 overdoes the tiling when bis - * 1 "'
has a
Bei.'ig
\ i.'Ke' have got so far now, tliat tor •
?ign reads : "Foreign and do-j \Viih, uii<oinaiou galiauti \
A newly married lady wa6#mestic'horses shod here.—Frc$ will veaign his : eft Hi
twenty-five cents young nien
can couie in and kiss the hand-'telling another how nicely iter' P,>"
\ The man who ,|.i'ou t
! liage as au ii.stin:.i\"i '
I ally the person wlio
was getting a ricti
litii.'t —-'-r '
s 11. i
geiier
tllfUtght lie
wid'>w i'i'i
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diljust e soi(j" o
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: s imesi1 woiu.iir in th«- to
li' iliel'e is a short ;.-ut to l!:
i-o.tin. «'i!l btother Moody pi; as
i'us to it aii.i we i 11 in- the i';e< /.in .; i- j
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korse rar next to a colored wo-
man who is eating peppei-iuiii!
drops and perspiring.
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