The Frontier Echo (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, November 1, 1878 Page: 2 of 4
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THE ECHO.
a MO. "w. robsow,
BPITOR 4XU rttOfBIKTOR.
UCItSBOHO. TEXAS. nov. 1. I.S78.
Republican Stale Ticket.
" Ifor Governor,
A. B. NORTON, ,
for Heutenwjt-OoTwnor,
B. ALLEN, (colored)
For Comptroller,
A. 3IEMKRIXU,
For Treasurer,
&.D. WOOD,
For Commlnlonor General Land Office,
JACOB KUECHLEB,
For Attorney General,
F. W. MINER,
For Chief Justice,
. 3. II. BELL,
For Aesoclftto Justice,
'': L.w. coopeb, .
Democrat State ticket.
t Far Governor,
""""V*. ROBERTS
ut. Governor,
_ I D. BAYERS
For Comptroller,
> dabden.
For Treasurer,
■■ F. JL LUBBOCK.
For Ooimmiaaloiier General Land Office,
«P' WAM8. ""
For Attorney;
% For Chief Justice,
moore.
[ for Associate Jaatlue,
M. H. BONNKR
For Congress,
• "wsstlirffl1
J;#pr District Attorney,
• •■■^VBILABC. BUCK.
^GEORGE P. MILLER.
• For State Senate,""
W. B. SHANNON,
. HOGSETT.
■A-'':. - "*" LL
Court,
IASTLE.
JONES,
M. M. JOYCE.
FOr County Treasurer,
DR. R. L. MeCLURE.
J; E. IIAXM,
For)
CALLAWAY,
EES.
Attorney,
Furlaapeotok
and AnlmaU,
REYNOLDS.
No. 1,
PRUET
HENSLEY,
tt.
&■ ED. ADAMS. .
AlfOYB. NEWMAN.
\ 4, W. COLSTON.
'•SET.
for Justice of the Peace, Preolnct *0.1,
W.H. LITTLE.
mm. T.W. WILLIAMS.
prednctNo. .
• *, JOBSSON.
Predltot No. 3.
swuflSB
few
( filmier *nd dairy man
/1u«D in ttofklaMT comity, New
York, neatly rorner/ed a ">V
|iooalCjKH>oback,f stump pcalc-
rr tlpetfctr dny, by Mkiog Mm
If beeottld gut any aw oh**™
U<m &U milk Uy wut*rlug if'
'ho Fallot was
i?ojriiig lo an*w r
mmm*..
•N e tltank the publishers for
it oojiv of Peterson's Counterfeit
Detector nnd National Bank
Note Lint. The publishers ask
us to give ihem a complimenta-
ry notice, will; do it. In
glunujng over its pajges we find
in the list of "free banks*' of
Indiana, several which were
«'losed and wound tip twenty
years ago. The president of
one on the list as reported by
the '"Detector" we saw buried
lit September J856 and in 1858
thi bank was wound up. Sever-
al other erors of the satno kind
are. to be found io the work. If
tho publishers cannot furnish
more reliable information they
had better stint up shop.
BAINS AJTO DAGG5TT.
Greenbax.
General Rains, candidate for
Lientenant-Gov ri:or and Capt.
E. M. Daggett, candidate for
Congress, visi ted our town last
Saturday and spoke to the as*
sembled multitude at the court
house. Capt. : Daggett led off
in the talk and simply told his
hearers who and what he is.
He was followed by Gen. Rains,
who delivered the only logical
Greenback speech made in Jack
county during the canvass.
Gen. Rains is a Smart man and
we believe an honest one, and
his remarks were received with
respect by his hearers, although
the number present who believ-
ed In fiat-folly money was small.
.— —0K;
( ask no questions of the
Southern Greenback Radicals,
for we know their aims and pur-
Doses; but wili some intelligent
Democrat who has gone-or is
going into the Greenback par-
ty answer the following inter-
rogations: /
If the government can, by
stamping and declaring papei
"absolute money," make It of
equal value withgold, then, why
not stamp and give to each man
as mnclt as his barn or smoke
li^une will hold? ;
Again; If gold were us plen-
tiful osiron, how much would
it take to buy a horse and
buggy? ■ „.v;
Again i If silver were as plen-
tiful as pebbles in a mountain
stream, h^w much would it take
to hite a littlo negro )to keep jhe
flies off the table while you eat
dinner t— Waxahaehi# Enter-
■g, ■ ■: , '•
LATEST TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Nbw Orleans, Oct, 28-—
Weather clear and pleasant.
.Yellow fever deaths 23, new
cases 21. Total deaths to date,
3894; total oases, 12,050. C
Vioksburgr—Black' frost iiwt
night and ice in souio localities.
The fever Is subsiding and the
Howard association; is closing
up its offices and doctors are
returning to their ; respective
homes. - \ '
Morgan City—Three deaths
by yellow fever. ■
Cairo—No deaths- nor new
cases reported In the past 24
hours. •' '
Memphis and Yazoo City re
port heavy frost and ice last
night.
MobJJe—'Bwcive new cases of
fever and nine deaths.
New Yo*k—Tho Manhattan
savings bank was Itibbed list
night and tho excitement is
great. The bank wilt reqt|ir«
60 days t otlce to. be given by
depositors before drawing bat-
antes. All the detectives in fie
cjfy are workind on' the case,
Three hundred illicit distillers
who hatfe been before the
tJnip'd States Courts ate greally
demoralised find trembling ill
their boots )n consequence of
heavy fines Imposed on them by
the court. Sixty of them havn
gon« to jail «"«i m"y
lisvo ikippo'i out lor tlioir inonii-
tain r«tr«i t . forleiting their
boudfr
TO "MY FELLOW CITIZENS;
Of The 23d Senatorial District.
.When I lirrit announced ray-
self ns a i'amlidute for Senator
(rotn this district, it was my pur-
pose to visit and discuss b.'fore
you at all appropriate places in
the different counties of the dis-
trict, all such questions of State
policy, of prime importance, to
which the public mind is direct-
ed. ; In pursuance of niy origin-
al intention, I did attend and
address t he people in some por-
tions of th« district, and was en-
gaged earnestly in the canvass
until I became prostrated by
sickness, and in consequence
thereof, have been compelled to
discontinue some of my appoint-
ments. It has always been my
custom when aspiring to official
preference to speak with, and
to the people "face to face," and
this course I still much prefer;
but for the reason above assign-
ed, I am reluctantly impelled
to address you In. this circular
letter, promising, however, that,
as soon aS I am able to travel,
I will puplicly addiess as many
of you as I can between now
.tnd the election. -
I will state in the outset, that
I am a candidate at the Instance
aud solicitation of the people of
my county, and I am proud to
remark that I believe I receive
the almost universal endorse-
ment of the Democracy of Par-
ker County, and to each and all
of them who are conversant with
my record and history. I confi-
dently refer. Many of theui
know the same, for a quarter of
a century, public, private and
Official, and I will cheerfully
abide by what they say about
me, and respectfully request
you to make inquiry of my rep
resentative hotue-people.
I will brietly call attention to.
a few salient features of thy
faith and principles:
1 denounce our present State
debt of over $5,000,000, as the
product of a system of wicked
mal legislation and mis-rule
during the domination of the
radical party; still it is upon us,
and ttiust be paid; that this
shall be done as rapidly as pos-
sible In order to stop the drain
upon the industries of the cou i-
try in the demands of interest
thereon, I esteem the paramount
duty of the democratic party.
This debt can be discharged
only in two wiy8—eitfter by
taxation—the usual source and
medium—or by a disposition
and utilization of a portion of
the public domain of the State,
and an appropriation of the
proceeds arising therefrom in its
liquidation. We now have Over
50,000,000 acres of unappropria-
ted public lands; 1 suggest that
10,000,000, at least, thereof, be
set apart and employed for that
purpose, which I claim can be
legitimately done. . and that
enough of. it can easily be sold
al
lie.
of the
Then
i insist that
le—i.e., that.
to satisfy the
debt before it Falls
1 woul.l advise aud
we go ill debt no more
we sell uo more State i omls mi
der any conditions, and furtiier,
that the strictest economy be
observed iii the management of
governmental affairs. 1 main-
tain that the state government
cun be supported oil a tax much
less than 50 cents oil the 8100,
on aSsed property of over $320,-
000,000. It is a matter of histo
ry, that down to 1867 the State
never paid in excess of 15 cents
oh the $100 on a taxable prop-
erty never exceeding $200,000,
000. I favor the repeal of the
present occupation tax, btliev-
fug it to be undemocratic, une-
qual. Uiifair, au outrage upon
our theory of government and
violative of the great cardin al
doctrine of uuifor.nity of tiixa
tion. Instead of the present
exemption of $250 for yalue of
household and kitchen fnrnituie
I favor, either no exemption ut
all* or general exemption of a
certain amount of property, s«.
that all may stand "equal be-
fore the law." i favor such
amendiueuts to the Free Schooi
law, as may be found by expe-
rience necessary to extend the
benefits thereol to the greatest
number of children in the State,
and 1 claim that it will require
both time <111*4 experience lo so
establish uild peitHCt llie system
as to operate general, satisfac-
tion. I believe the Judiciary
Department of this government
is burdensome and extravagant
gnd in many respects incfAuipiit,
fliid reqnir. s mtnsh reftVrniutl >n,
if not general clung-. We
should have more fiequeiu lei in
of tlie District Court, oi < ni., u
jL-d jurisdiction ol tin? County
Court, ns well as important
changes in tliu law regulating
continuances in criminal cases.
More wise and important legis-
lation will be required in this
than perhaps an}' other branch
of the State government.
I insist that the ordinary con-
stabulary force of the State,
well officered, is sufficient for
the object and purpose of its
cieation, and hence I oppese the
diversion of the State Police to
any other design than that of
its organization—Frontier de-
fense. Our present "Usury
law', does not meet the require-
ments and intention of the Con:
stiturtoii and I Rropose Such
changes therein as to make it in
harmony with that instrument
and the will of the people. It
is well known that under the
codification of our Statutes,
every law of the State, past and
present, will have to pass in re-
view betore the next legislature,
and the utmost scrutiny and la-
bor will devolve upon those who
may be sent there by the peo
pie. and*I regard the next Leg-
islative term as being one of the
most important in the intire his-
tory pi the State, and I do be-
lieve that there never wns in
Texas a greater demand for lo
cut sttttemauship than at pres-
ent exists.
•I regard the financial question
which now agitates the public
miud as one of Ntaioual poli-
tics, and not a vital measure in
State policy, still my position on
the same is and has been in
'accord with the Democratic par-
ty of Parker county aft enunci-
ated in her declaration of prin-
ciples in her convention held in
June 1878, and in _-pr-fect har-
mony with thefState Platform
adopted ot the Austion conven-
tion. and any one who asserts
that I have ever taken any oth-
er position, or ever by word or
deed encouraged any third par-
ty movement, or that 1 am the
candidate of any third party is
a slanderer, iind unworthy the
support or countenance of a high
minded constituency.
Finally. I desire to pay that I
have lived among you for a
great many years—that I have
tried to subset ve your interest
faithfully as a Legislator of the
past -that I am allied with you
hi sentiment and sympathy, and
cordially iudentihed with the
growth, progress and develop
ment of the country—that feal-
ty to the Democratic party has
ever been part and parcel of my
being—that I love my country
and prize most dearly its pros-
perity and happiness. I solicit
four suffrage and if I am elected
will serve you aui the State
With the utmost fidelity; if de-
feated, I shall bow in submis-
sion to your will. "
Respectfully,
V. r. Shannon.
Wkatiikrford, Texas. Oct., 15.
1878.
STUCK M!!KS A N1 > liltAN L>S \ STOCK MA ICRS A Nl>BK.\NI>S
With I he «:.; <•:: i. ! aUUn.-M of
owikmt. Tt-rins for H(ivorli lnjt bnnrU "r
priniiiiff cards mnd" k:io-.vii on application.
ffj?* I'artics lliuliiitr -loci; in any of the
followinjr bniniis. will confer a fuvor upon
th? owihts by notifying thorn with poxUl
c.-iril or othfrwiiM*.
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<i|ii, 15 h iii.N lii fh. bri-i'lcil on li lt
hIioiiI Ihi'. .•fil l iippruUisI by 1". !'. Sti'vcms
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sJi'pt. It. !fJ7S. nl'i-ti
K. D. WOLFAttTH.
County Clerk.
Rnnch 9 mile* North fro-n JnesVboro.
II. Coop>T. P. O. .Inokilioro. '|>xn«.
IC P. Iinvin. P U. iMkimp. 'IVxhu.
lUncii on Klra creek, Throckmorton Co.
S. B. f.oving.
Jucktboro, Text*.
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J. W. Loving, - Jocksboro, Texu.
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Oliver Loving, Jucktboro, Tex*#.
M.'G. Stowartf agent, Jacluboro, Texas.
Horse Brand same on le-
uarkoame. L. L. Moore,.
Mil lot t A Irwin, r.elloujp. Voting co. Tex
Kuiu'li in l.ayior county.
Millett Bro' .
Other marks m>l brnntls: TTnder-slope
the lett. crop the right; limiKia. CQ on left
aide. O on left hip.
Crop and under-bit the left; UP (con-
neetetl) on left side.
Crop, river and under bit the left, crop
the right; brand, BOB on left side.
JL n left side.
Ranches in Baylor county; Post-offic*
Belknap. Young county, or Austin. Tex
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A. L.Hensou.
Jacksboro. Texas.
w. r. Hunt,
Jacksboro, Ttxu
Joe Sherman Jacksboro, Texai.
T. J. Atkinson, Jucksboro, Tex.
Strahorn A Itarrold. Henri!
'I'exaa. • Kanch at 3fork« of f
river In Archer county.
Olav co.
Wichita
John Hensley. I Jacksboro, Texas
Lasater, Black Springs. lVxas.
Fort Worth.
W Hunter,
JCU. tVolffartk.
J A f>an. agent,
9
Ira Cooper
Jucksboro, Texas
Jnckt-bviio, T#xi
.T. A. MntMifW®, P.O. FortOriffln. tfx.
Ranch \n Ha^kel county, on CftUfornla
oreik.
Otlier marks Hiid brands) Un.ler half
crop left, grub right: brands. I) * V on
left altV. I on ham. Undi r half <"op
right, swallow fork and under bit left;
brand*. O, with bar through It, on right
side *nd hip. 8
Nii'k Raton. Fort Griffin, Texas, Itanch
In Jones county, on Clear Fork.
Ot.t r mm ka an I braiuN: Un.ler dopn
I. fid. nr. lmrnd CD. Swallow i> rk r.;;. i
| i|ink-r 111 If riiop I'd; I).anil (,\). i"1
i iglii, upi er lilt leti; lir.unl (A.J, ,V"fA-
J. C. l.uvmj;.
liii'k>i(M<ro, Texas
' Horse brand, -JJ on rigiil shoulder
U. K. Willett. Jacksboro. t'exas.
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Robson, G. W. The Frontier Echo (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, November 1, 1878, newspaper, November 1, 1878; Jacksboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth233922/m1/2/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.