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THE WEEKLY BANKER.
BY RANKIN S. LEVIN.
THCKSDAT AUGUST 19 1880.
SpKitl Notice.
Those indebted to the Week-
ly Banker for subscription will
please call at this office and set-
tle as we are in need of money
to meet our own obligations.
The celebrated Kecne wheat
deal which is now closing out
resulted in a loss ofsevcral mil-
lion dollars to the opcraters.
The blow at Galveston last
Thursday did not amount to
much the greatest velocity at-
tained by the breeze was 23
miles an hour.
The talk about an indepen-
dent state ticket is all bosh; the
independent element in the state
is made of such material that
it can not be readily amalgam-
ated. Tnc census agony is over in
St. Louis the reports have all
been boxed up and shipped to
Washington and the census of-
fice in St. Louis is a thing of
the past
Florida is the only southern
state which the stalwarts have
any hope of carrying -and they
propose using the the sinews of
war money quite freely for the
purpose.
The Indiana democratic cen-
tral committee has opened the
campaign with over two hun-
dred speakers in the field. Po-
litically times will be lively in
Hoosierdom.
The New Orleans Democrat
proposes a grand excursion
from Texas to New Orleans on
the completion ol the rail con
nection between Houston and
the Cresent city.
Hon. Columbus Upson was
nominated for congress at San
Antonio on Tuesday on Use
first ballot. His account of his
acts in congress were loudly
cheered and -warmly endorsed.
Bruce the colored senator
from Mississippi wiU take up his
residence in Ohio when his
term expires. His occupation
in the state that give him a
United Stateship is gone.
The question of keeping pen-
itentiary convicts within the
penitentiary walls is being agi-
tated by the press. There is a
strong feeling in favor of keep-
ing the convicts within the walls.
Wm. Aters United States
Marshall at Caddo I. T. was
shot and killed last Wednesday
at Cherokeetown in the Chick-
asaw nation by a negro. Ayers
was at the negroes house trying
to arrest him.
Col. Joses in his Tyler
speech endeavored to prove the
need of the country for fiat mon-
ey and arraigned the democrat-
ic party. Judge Reagan replied
completely using up Jones' fiat
money fallacy.
The Marlin Ball charges that
Col. Brady in a speech at a
barbacuc lately said that the
democrats were all thieves;
that he knew it to be so as he
had been a democrat himself.
Brady is rough on the demo-
crats. On Friday the pysicians stop-
ped keeping a record of Dr.
Tanner turning him loose to do
as he pleased. The doctor took
breakfast at a restaurant and in
the afternoon received a pres-
ent of a big turtle from Pensa-
cola. Ir is reported that' a rich
mining strike has been made in
the Mexican village Las Place-
ts about 30 miles from Santa
Fc. The town is built on a
rock foundation: the rock as-
says from S43 to 54600 of gold
to the ton.
The Telegram is authority
for the statement that governor
Roberts will in his letter of ac-
ceptance promulgate a platform
of his own that will disarm the
oppostion being more in" accord
with his later' expressions on
free schools and immigration.
It been suggested that IJon.
D. B. Culberson be invited to
come into this district and make
a few speeches in answer to
Hon. Wash Jones when Wash
gets under way. Jones went
into Culberson's district and
made speeches against him. Ac-
cording to all reports Jones was
used up by Culberson every
time they met.
The Flatonia Argus thinks
the drummers tax should be
raised to 500 so that it would
shut out all drummers except
thoso employed by legitimate
houses. The question of a
drummers tax is an open one
many arguing that it is unjust
and is calculated to interfere
with inter-state commence.
Texas settled as densely as
New York would contain 22-
cooooo people. '
"
After' Shepard's speech at
Cook's Point Burleson county
last week Hon. W. K. Homan
made a rejoinder from a green-
back standpoint. Homan ar-
gues that the hands of the dem-
ocratic congressmen are tied by
the bondholders and that the
only relief the county can ex-
pect is from the greenback par-
ty but it may be remarked that
from present appearances the
county is doomed to suffer on
as the democratic and republi-
can parties are now in the ma-
jority. Mr. I Ionian will have to
make a better argument before
he makes any headway against
Shepard.
The burden of the green-
backers song is the "bondhold-
ers" in making a speech or in
writing a political article he
starts off with the bondholders
and closes with the bondhold-
ers. In a greenback speech of
the day the bondholder plays
the same part that the devil
does in some of the othodox
sermons of the early part of the
country. There is probably
not a greenbacker in all the Un-
ted States who would not be a
bondholder had he any surplus
means to invest; their chief ob-
jection to bond is their inabili-
ty to own any of them. Under
our laws every man has the
right to acquire property and
having acquired it he has the
right to do with it as he may
deem best money is property
and those having surplus money
can invest it in bonds or in any-
thing else if they so please and
violate no law of the land.
According to the theory of
some of the greenbackers the
owing of a bond is a crime yet
without bonds railroads can not
be built or governments be car
ried on. The government of
the United States has issued
bonds in good faith; the govern-
ment is bound to pay the bonds
according to contract to do
otherwise would be repudiation.
The greenbackers complain
that the taxation exacted by
the government to pay the in-
terest on the bonds is both bur-
densome and opprosive to the
people. The government col-
lects no direct taxes its revenue
is derived from import duties
internal revenue tax the tax on
spirits beer and tobacco in its
different forms yielding the
largest part of the revenue.
Those who use neither spirits
beer or tobacco pay no tax to
the government on such ar-
ticles. The tax and duty is
paid by consumers in propor-
tion to the quality of the ar-
ticles consumed consequently
the poorer the men the less his
proportion of the tax. It is state
county and municipal taxation
that the average taxpayer feels
as the money to pay these taxes
comes directly out of the pock-
et. If the greenbackers would
do something towards electing
better local officers they might
accomplish something towards
a reduction of the taxation
about which they have so much
to say. They are a long way
removed from the bondholder.
The Italian murderer Pietro
Balbo who was hung in New
York a few days ago for the
murder of his wife was at once
exalted into a hero. After the
hanging the body was turned
over to hb friends. The funer-
al was attend by a number of
Italian societies; there was nine-
teen carriages in the procession
and the hearse and coffin were
decorated with flowers. The
Wilmington Every Evening
thinks such exhibitions are dis-
graceful and calculated to rob
the gallows of their terror. It
suggests that the bodies of mur-
derers be turned over to the
doctors for dissection. It also
thinks that a little less religious
parade at hangings would be
better; there is no objection to
bringing the condemned to rc-
pentencc and salvation but the
results should be kept quiet.
The effect would be better on
criminally-inclined if they be-
lieved! the murderer was not
only dead but damned.
Geo. P. Rowell & Co's.
American Newspaper Directory
for 18S0 is received. The bood
is all that is claimed for it being
a complete list of all the news-
papers and periodicals publish-
ed in the United States and Can-
ada. Messrs. Rowell & Co.
seem to. have spared neither
trouble nor expense in getting
out their directory. It is a
handsomely printed book of
nearly a 1000 pages but the
advertisements of some of the
country papers show that the
editors and proprietors of the
same arc nearly as accomplish-
ed in the art of lying as was
baron Munchausen himself.
The Denver and Colorado
narrow gauge railway has now
over 500 miles in operation and
expects to increase it to 900 be-
fore the end of the year.
Jones Mills and Reagan ora
ted at Palestine on Tuesday.
2KEB9XBX0LBEKS.
A COENTI COTEXTIOX.
Elsewhere appears the call of
Col. R.jR. Lawther chairman
. of the county democratic exec-
utive committee callinga meet-
ing of the same on Friday Au-
gust 27th for the purpose of a
general consultation regarding
the calling of a county conven-
tion and the general manage-
ment of the coming campaign.
The Banner has already ex-
pressed its views on county pol-
itics; this county is peculiarly
situated it has a large colored
population nearly all of whom
are republicans; in addition to
the colored clement there are a
good many white men Ger-
mans who have heretofore af-
filiated with the republi-
can party taking the colored
and the German vote together
the republicans have had a
majority in the county. It is
true that heretofore we have
succeeded in electing one or
more democrats but an analy-
sis of the vote polled shows that
those democrats were elected
because of their individual pop-
uiariiyjind not because of the
strengthoFthe-patty. In mak
ing nominations amTputting a
county ticket in the field ex-
pediency should be consulted;
the question arises will it ac-
complish any good taken in a
strictly partisan point of view?
Every man who is a true demo-
crat will vote the democrat state
tiekjt no matter what may be
done in the county; every true
democrat will vcte for Seth
Shepard for congressman no
matter what shape county poli-
tics may assume. At this time
there seems to be a good feeling
among the republicans in this
county towards Shepard and
many have expressed their in-
tention of votirg for him; a
small number of well known
colored republicans have pub-
licly acnounced their intention
of supporting him and we firm-
ly believe that if no untoward
influences arc brought to bear
Mr. Shepard can and will get a
majority of the votes polled in
this county. It is of much more
importance to this congression-
al district that Mr. Shepard
be elected than that a demo
cratic county ticket should be
nominated and perchance de-
feated. The Banner is a democratic
paper and is as thoroughly de-
voted to democratic principles
as the most ardent democrat in
the state; it has always worked
for the interests of the demo-
cratic party and the right and
will continue to do so with what-
ever ability it may possess. It
has never directly advised
against holding a county con-
vention and It does not do so
now. It has stated on pre-
vious occasions that the
nomination of a county
ticket is 'a. question of expedien-
cy. It wants good county offi
cers and will do all in its power
ty elect them. It must not be
forgotten that there is a consid-
erable element in the county
composed of men uho have
been life-long democrats who
arc not in favor of party nomi-
nations for county officers not
because they are not democrats
now but because they are of
the opinion that politics should
not figure in county affairs. The
republicans will make their nom-
inations to-day Wednesday
and upon the material they put
in the field will have to be de-
termined the course to be pur-
sued by the democracy and all
those in favor of a change.
The Houston Telegram of
last Sunday contains the fol-
lowing account of the accident
by which Mr. James Parks
formerly of this city lost his
life:
The down train on the Texas
Western railroad when just this
side of Pattison on Friday met
with quite a serious accident.
The passenger coach jumped
the track on a down grade; a
passenger named Parks in jump-
ing from the coach was killed
by jumping out on the wrong
side. Had he remained in the
car or jnmped the other way he
would have escaped unhurt as
did the other. He was warned
by the conductor not to jump
but disregarded the warning. A
coroner's inquest composed of
Justice Dickson coroner: II.
Kenneke C. Aeson Postmaster j
licmis W. Jones Brother ren-
dered a verdict in accordance
with the facts above stated and
exonerated the railroad officials
from all blame. The unfortu-
nate man is supposed by letters
found on his person to have
relatives living near or at Hemo-
stead. Some idea of the enormous
business done by the postal ser-
vice of the United States may
be formed when it is stated that
during the last fiscal year the
following mail matter was han-
dled; Letters 868493572 ; pos-
tal cards 275446711 ; newspa-
pers 695175624; magazines
53A7-.-6 ; books circulars and
miscellaneous printed matter
300845480; articles of mer-
chandise 2263 1.453. making a
j grand total of 2217068121
TIIECA-M.JIV.
The call for a railroad meet-
ing on Saturday the 21st -inst
has been published for some
time and it is to be hoped that
a large attendance will be pres-
ent. We have published sev-
eral communications in refer-
ence to the "extension of the
Central and Montgomery road
from Navasota to Brcnham and
have during the past fifteen
months referred to the subject
frequently in our editorial col-
umns. At the time mentioned
above it is expected that Mr.
Fred A. Rice- president of the
C. and M. road will be present:
representatives of the Inti
ional andthe Sunset roads
ueen wniienm ana inyi
co-operate;
advise
pre
Cj
ces'
to usWpnui)ber now- ii
in Brennam it is cstim&tcd thatN
upwards of 2500000 fct;t ard
consumed here annually. ix-
ccssivc railway freights arc tlio
'cause of high priced lumber at
tiiis. place. Our lumber deal-
ers arc as enterprising and as
liberal as those of any other
city in the state and they sell
for as small .1 profit as then cari
in justice to themselves but
when freight costs nearly as
much as the lumber does at the
mill it must of necessity be high.
The extension of the C. and M.
will put us in direct rail commu-
nication with the mills and will
give us the benefit of as cheap
lumber as any city in the state
not located immediately in the
lumber region.
Competent judges estimate
that not less io.OOO bales of cot-
ton from the eastern end of the
county find their way to the
Central railroad at Courtney
and Navasota. It is safe to say
that if Brcnham had direct rail
connection with that part of the
county 8000 bales of the cotton
would find its way to Brcnham
and where the cotton goes the
trade goes too. Every mer-
chant property owner profes-
sional man mechanic and la-
borer in this city is personally
interested in securing the road.
It is to be hoped the meeting
will be well attended and that
some definite action will be tak-
en. A steambovt is now being
built at St. Louis for the exclu-
sive use of traveling salesmen.
She will be about 100 feet long
and when completed will draw
only about twelve inches of wa-
ter. About a dozen houses
representing different branches
of business have engaged state
rooms which arc fitted up for
samples of the various lines of
goods. The boat will be used
on the Mississippi and its num-
erous tributaries. Several Chi-
cago houocs have fitted up a spe-
cial car for the convenience of
their travelers
The Dallas Times one of
governor Roberts' organs he
has two more says that no
person .should labor under the
delusion that the independent
movement amounts to nothing.
It says the independent element
is to be thoroughly organized;
that executive committees are
to be formed and the canvass
proceeded with all the ability
which can be thrown into it by
money greenbackers and rail-
roaders. It seems to us that
much will depend upon the ac-
tion of the republican state ex-
ecutive committee. If the re-
publicans greenbackers and
sore-heads all unite a formida-
ble opposition would be the re-
sult. The News of Wednesday
publishes an intciview with
Hon. Seth Shepard in which he
plainly contradicts the report
that he had during the last can-
vass directly or indirectly aid-
ed in the deleat of judge Han-
cock. The News publishes a
letter written by Shepard dur-
ing the canvass and also his
speech and that of his father at
the nomineting convention. It
says: "The honorable gentle-
man is entitled to a hearing in
his own defense against the ac-
cusations of bad faith towards
judge Hancock and the News
takes pleasure in offering him
an opportunity to explain."
Hon. Hekscmel V. Johnson
died at his residence in Jeffer-
son county Ga. 011 the 16th
aged 6S. He was a presidential
elector and judge in 1S44 and
governor of Georgia from 1S53
to 1S57. He was candidate for
vice president with Douglas in
1S60. He was a member of
the Confederate congress. In
I S66 he was elected as senator
but was not allowed to take his
scat. In 1S73 he was elected
circuit judge of the state court
which position he held at the
time of his death.
What can't be cured must
be endured is the principle that
actuates the Corsicana Observer
and Index in accepting the nom-
ination of governor Robcits.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.
There was frost at Pough-
keepsie N. Y. on the iCth inst.
The boll worm is damaging
cotton in the Indian Territory.
Tanner like the founders of
new newspapers is "filling a
long felt."
The State holiness campmcct-
ing convenes at Dallas on the
25th inst.
The official report of the cen-
sus enumerators gives St. louis
a population of 333557.
Hukks the rapist has been
granted an additional respite of
erdays by the governor.
ion dollars in gold
e-ftay to New York
ndon Hamburg and
oou Kahn ii a slippery
ustomer; fears arc entertained
that he may elude general Rob
erts- .
r- A srcci.u. to the News from
JCew Orleans says there is no
jycllow fever or likely to be
any tliis summer.
Bringing negroes from Kan
sas to pick cotton will be atten-
ded with bad results says a Na-
varro county farmer.
Burnet county has a number
of greenbackers and the Bulle-
tin u doing effective in the in-
terest of the democracy.
The LaGrange Journal siys
that itisa democratic paperand
the Flatonio Argus received it
back into the democratic fold.
The Burnet Bulletin presents
its greenback readers with a
portrait of the Alabama green-
back rooster the bird is very
sick.
The republican paper at
Austin lays down the law by
saying that it can not and will
not vote for any man as a
greenbacker.
TiiEBellyille Timessays lum-
ber business is brisk at Bellvillc
and that lumber is sold there at
$2 per thousand feet less than
in Brcnham.
Adelaide Nfilson the cele-
brated actress died at Paris on
Saturday. She was one of the
most beautiful women on the
modern stage.
The first bale of new cotton
was sold in Little Rock on the
14th inst. It was put up at auc-
tion and brought 26 1-4 cents a
pound. It weighed 700.
James O'Sullivan superin-
tendent and general agent of
the New York foundling asy-
lum has been arrested for com
mitting a felonous assault upon
a 9-year old girl.
ViCTORi the troublesome
Indian has crossed into Mexico
again: Two stage drivers and
a Mexican were killed at the
time Gen. Byrne was wounded
in Quitman canyon.
Allen Wright is to be hung
at Dallas on Friday. He is the
darkey who refused to take an
appeal when convicted he
wanted to be handed He
wants to appeal now.
TucBonh.im News favors the
importation of Chinese labor to
gather the cotton crop. The
Chinese have proved a curse to
the Pacific slope and would
prove a curse to Texas.
Senator Bruce and wife of
Mississippi are at a stylish house
in Saratoga kept by colored peo-
ple. The colored have folks their
aristocracy as clearly defined
as it is among the whites.
The San Augustine Saxon is
in favor of building up a good
school at that town and seems
to be alive to the importance of
education but says not a word
about public free schooL.
A Socictv has been formed
in Memphis for the purpose of
inducing foreign emigrants to
settle in west Tennessee. The
move is endorsed by the state
bureau of immigration.
Ox Monday night a Shepard
club was organized at Giddings
with sixty-four members. S.
Bazard was elected president
and B. L. Zander secretary.
The club will grow rapidly.
The Dallas Times says judge
Hurt the nominee for judge of
the court of appeals will not
only sustain himself but make a
reputation for learning and abil-
ity never exceeded by any
man in the state.
Chicago is talking of a direct
line railroad to Dallas to retain
her Kansas and Texas trade;
this move is rendered necessary
by the Jay Gould combination
which has New Orleans as its
cbjective point.
The Denison Herald hoists
the names of the democratic
nominees for county officers
with the exception of the candi-
date for county attorney who is
charged with having bolted a
convention six years ago.
Now it is .1 Yankee Mr. Sam-
uel Bromley of Mystic river in
the state of Connecticut who
announces his ability to live for
ten hours with his nose and
mouth hermetically scaled.
Where is this thing to stop?
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BBr ILMbT null
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The greenbackers are bad in
in Lamar county. The North
Texan publishes a three col-
column expose of the "Green
Back" party showing it in its
true light for the benefit of the
greenbackers.
The Dallas Times went to a
campmceting and says it was
reminded not so much of a re-
ligious gathering as of an old-
time picnic. There was lunch
lemonade and confectionery
stands in profusion.
All attempts to get the new
one cent pieces in circulation in
California have proved failures
the people will not have them.
A large amount of the coin has
been distributed among the
banks and there it remains.
On Tuesday evening the city
council of Dallas deposed and
dismissed from office mayor J.
M. Thurmond for malfeasance
in office. He gave notice of ap-
peal. The people of Dallas are
jubilant at getting rid of Thur
mond.
W. II. Burkhart was unani-
mously nominated for judge
and R. E. Hannay was unani-
mously nominated for district
attorney of the iSth judicial dis-
trict by the republican judicial
convention at Richmond on
Tuesday.
The Central and Montgom-
ery railroad is doing .1 good
business; the Navasota Tablet
says it brings in from 10 to 12
flats of lumber every day and
takes out several loads of freight.
It should be extended to Bren-
ham. Mr. R. G. Wallace a depu-
ty sheriff of Anderson county
Texas went to Oswego Kan-
sas and arrested a negro who
was wanted in Anderson coun-
ty for an assault with intent to
murder. The authorities at Os-
wego turned the negro loose.
Tin: people at Austin seem
to be hard to please; there is
some dissatistaction at the re-
sult and rumors arc afloat of a
contest; the grounds of contest
arc purely of a legal character
and are not based upon the re-
sult of the election for mayor.
Gen. Bvrne of Fort Worth
died recently at Santa Fe from
a wound inflicted by Indians in
a recent attack on the mail
coach between Quitman and
Eagle springs. He was in the
employ of the Texas and Pacific
railroad and was on business
for the company when wounded.
It is stated at Dallas that the
Dallas Cleburne and Rio
Grande railroad which has re
cently passed into the hands of
a Chicago company will be ex-
tended and that contracts for the
construction of 150 miles will
be let as soon as the engineers
locate the line.
L. M. Crooker a democrat
has been elected mayor of Aus-
tin by a majority of twelve over
the next highest candidate.
There was seven candidates in
the field and the total number
of votes polled was 1708. Crook-
er received 494 votes and Camp-
bell 4S2 the other candidates
receiving smaller numbers.
It is said that artificial ice can
be made in New York at much
less cost than cutting and stor-
ing natural ice. It is also said
that an ice company at Louis-
ville Ky. is making ice at a
cost of only $2 per ton and is
selling it at S3 while m New-
York natural ice is sold at Sio
a ton.
Mr. Halstead say that the
preacher at Chatauqua lake
Sunday didn't mention hell in
the presense of Garfield and no
reference was made to the char-
acter of the paving material
used on the road leading to
that popnlar resort. Since Mr.
Halstead became a professional
politician he has lost his sense
of humor.
Retrenchment and reform is
the watch -word yet the Austin
county Times is of the opinion
that the fees and and emolu-
ments of county officers have
been retrenched and reformed
until in many counties the offi-
ces are not worth having. Re-
trenchment and reform is the
cry of the demagogue. Inade-
quate pay is always sure to pro-
cure inadequate service.
The completion of the Texas
and New Orleans railroad says
the Houston Telegram is now
near at hand and the effect it will
work in our commerce is a mat-
ter of no small importance to
all of our people. It thinks the
freight traffic over the Morgan
line will not be interfered with
as there will be as much as the
steamers and the railroad can
both handle.
Thomas N. Norwood ex-United
States senator at the re-
quest of a number of delegates
to the late Georgia convention
and of a large number of citi-
zens throughout the state has
consented to make the race lor
governor. It will be remember-
ed that the convention came to
a dead lock and being unable
to make a nomination the ma-
jority reccommended the pres-
ent governor Colquitt.
The BonhamNews says Rob--crts
papers arc boasting that
the present school fund will be
S3 per capita for children within
the scholastic age. Under Hub-
bard's administration the dis-
tributive share of each child
was 4.50.
A Paris dispatch says the
American objections to DeLcs-
sep's Panama canal have been
waived. DeLesseps wishes to
issue the total amount of six
hundred million francs (gl 30'
ooo.oco) in shares in Paris Lon
don Frankfort and New York.
The use of Gen. J. B.Robert-
son's name as an independent
candidate seems to have been
unauthorized by that gentleman;
the Waco papers say nothing
about him and the Telephone
expresses the opinion that the
independent movement will end
as it began in talk.
Some time ago the Banner
published an item to the effect
that a German daily paper was
to be started in Brenham. The
item went the rounds and now
the Victoria Advocate says that
Brcnham has a German daily
paper which is a piece ol news
that no one here knew.
A ward orator in Cincinnati
is making a strong point against
Hancock. He says Hancock
mustn't be promoted to the
presidency until Sherman and
Sheridan who outrank him
have been served with a term
in the white house. The orator
seems to have completely over-
looked the fact that he outranks
Garfield.
Col. J. D. Williams has dis-
covered that there has been a
long felt want in Kansas City
for another evening paper and
he proposes supplying the ach-
ing void by the publication of
the Evening Express. Refer-
ring to this a contemporary re-
marks that it will probably be
found that the Mail is filling the
field completely.
A Hancock man writes to the
Galveston News from Lexing-
ton taking issue with the "Anti-
Bloody Shirt" man in which he
argues that Shepard is not re-
sponsible for the action of the
democrats who voted against
Hancock
cock men
polls and
He advises all Han-
to walk up to the
vote like men for
Shepard.
Col. John A. Joyce former-
ly an ornament of the St. Louis
whiskey ring; in reality the man
who furnished the brains to run
it and who graduated in the
Missouri penitentiary is now
spending his liesure time in writ-
ing campaign songs for the re-
publican paity. His latest pro-
duction is a ballad for the ex-
clusive use of Garfield clubs.
The republican convention at
Richmond nominated Burton
colored for the state senate
and Thompkins white of Wal-
ler county and Dock Lewis a
negro of Wharton county for
representatives from the 37th
district. Hon. W. H. Burkhart
was renominated for district
judge and R. E. Hanney for
district attorney.
A writer in the Corsicana
Observer-Index says some farm
crs in Navarro county dre talk-
ing about paying one dollar a
hundred for picking cotton; he
gives the figures to show that
at that rate a bale of cotton
weighing 500 pounds will cost
the producer S45. At that rate
those who raise cotton would
save money by giving their cot-
ten crop away in the field.
The triennial conclave ol the
Knights Templar is now going
on at Chicago. The Houston
Telegram publishes a special of
three and a half columns giving
full particulars. Two hundred
and eighty icmnunderics arc
represented and the city is more
crowded than it was during the
republican convention. The
hotels are crowded lwing in
many cases about double the
number of guests they are in-
tended to accomodate.
HoN.TnoMasi A. Hendricks
made a speech at Indianapolis
in which he says Garfield's nom-
nation means the endorsemeut
and approval in the most posi-
tive manner possible of the
presidential fraud of 1876-7.
He had more to do with it than
any other man and was the only
man who occupied toward it a
double relation. Garfield visi-
ted New- Orleans at Grant's
request as a partisan and with-
out any authority of law.
The Galveston News publish-
es another letter from "Anti-
Bloody Shirt" in which he
again insist that the bloody-
shirt defeated Hancock and that
Shepard is running on the
same issue consequently he
should receive the treatment
as Hancock and be defeat-
ed. Well every one is en-
titled to his own opinion
and we presume the "Anti-
Bloody Shirt" man has the priv-
ilege of bringing out the ensan-
guined garment if he sees fit
though it would be better if it
could forever be buried.
STATE SEWSt
Fannin county has a locor
"iwuvc uncoiling niacuiuc.
Jackson county gets Si 125
from the state school fund.
An immigrant aid society
has been organized at Mexia. '
Thirty bales of new cotton
have b'een shipped from Bell-
villc. At Concho the Pecos river
is a mile wide; cause heavy
rains.
The total assessment of the
property in Mason county is
5806347.
The shipment of cotton by
rail has been commenced at
Caldwell.
Whitney is now a city ; a
full set of city officers were elec-
ted the other day.
New cotton has been ar-
riving at Flatonio at the rate of
from 30 to 50 bales a day.
A special to the News
from Hempstead says the cot-
ton crop is damaged by rust.
Hays county instructs her
delegates to the congressional
convention to vote for Upson.
A surveying party has
started Irom ban Antonio on
the extension of the Pierce road.
J. L. Taylor an old and
respected citizen of Columbus
died in that town on Sunday of
old age.
The rains at San Antonio
and in the west have been very
heavy and did immense dam-
age. Rents are going up in Nav-
asota; all the business houses
are occupied and more are
building.
At Austin on Monday Red
Ryan was severely cut by G. L.
Watts. It was all about a ne-
gro woman.
What to do with the sur-
plus corn is the question that
now bothers the farmers in
Walker county.
A Dallas man. Col. George
W. Hynson tried a small ex-
periment in fasting going fifteen
days without food.
Tcxana has a merchant
named Egg G.Egg which we
suppose means that this partic
ular Egg is a good egg.
A town lot in the city ol
Houston together with a house
of four rooms is offered for sale
for S250 cheap enough.
In San Saba county and
vicinity the screw worms are
worse upon cattle than they
have been for many years.
In Brown county the dem
ocrats and grenbackers pass
their leisure time in duscussing
the political issues of the day.
The real estate business
seems to be brisk in Dallas; it
takes a column in the Herald to
print the transfers for two weeks.
- Fall fights have opened at
Hempstead. W. D. Whisen-
hunt and J. W. Stephenson a
pair of white rads "fell out and
fit."
-A banking house has been
opened in Bellyille and the
Times is banking on Bellville
shipping many thousand bales
of cotton.
Jim Odell horse-thief and
desperado who escaped from
the Houston jail a few days ago
has been recaptured in Liberty
county.
About 12 o'clock the oth-
er night a monster bat measur-
ing at least twenty inches from
tip to tip sailed into the Phoe-
nix saloon at Waco.
On Saturday at 2 o'clock
the ten prisoners confined in
the Gonzales jail overpowered
the jailer and made their escape.
All were re-captured but one.
A considerable number of
guns have been placed in vari-
ous stores around Huntsville
to be used in case of an out-
break at the penitentiary.
- A German farmer in Gray-
son county has determined upon
experimenting with the cin-
chona tree. This tree yields a
wsll known and valuable medi-
cinal bark.
Arrangements are being
made at Mexia for a grand bas-
ket dinner;democrats and green-
backers will join hands and
democratic and greenback ora-
tors will speak
It seems that the old and
good town of Jasper is having
improvement boom a store
is having a new awning put up
and an addition is being built
to the hotel.
San Antonio had a 30-
hours rain during which 7.83
inches of water fell. At Cas-
troville there was heavy rains
raising the Medina river and
washing away mills.
A Hancock and English
ratification meeting was held at
Corsicana .on Monday night. A
Club will be started and every-
thing will be done to carry the
county for the democracy.
Corpus Christi was visited
by a cyclone on the 12th and
13th; the lower part of the
town was inundated to a depth
of three or four feet ; all the
vessels in the harbor were blown
ashore.
Huntsville Item: John Wes-
ley Hardin and several other
convicts were detected in work-
ing up a plan of escape from
the penitentiary; they were giv-
en the usual treatment in such
cases.
On the 2d inst. Holland's
store in Lavaca county was
robbed by a band of armed men.
While the matinca was in pro-
gress a Mr. Nelson was shot
and wounded in the arm. The
robbers are known.
Mr. Charles Keller says
the Mason News Item is a can-
didate for the office of hide and
animal inspector. He was the
first white boy born on this of
the Liana in Mason county
and for that reason should be
elected.
The third Swil
of the grand lodge of
of Honor of Texas conve
Waco on the 17th. TwoJlWj
dred delegates are preteat
resenting no.-Iadge.- j
A negro "rrian natiieif-Ai
tin while crossing the -iwerat
Concho with a load of water-
melons upset the wagoa and
lost every melon ; three of his
horses were drowned and the
negro made a narrow escape.
Mrs. Pfiila W. Johnson
and mother of Mr. Gail B.
Johnson of the Houston Post
died in Houston on Tuesday.
She was the daughter of the late
Gail Borden and was a native
of Texas. "
H- Roberts another -of the
independent convention notm.
nces at Houston comes to the
front for the purpose of saying
that the use of his name was unau
thorized and that he is not and
will not be a candidate. He
wants no independent in his'n.
At Flatonio last week two
young men. Forister and Burke
quarreled and went beyond the
city limits to fight it out. They
used a pistol and a razor one of
them was shot a time or two and
the other was badly carved and
slashed. Both men are in a.
critical condition.
An enthusiastic mass meet-
ing of the republicans was held
at Hempstead on Thursday.
Everything had been cut and
dried and the leaders elected ev-
ery delegate they wanted to the
senatorial and judical conven-
tion. A young man at San Au-
gustine was fined for carrying a
bulldozer (pistol). The baxon
thinks it wzs hard on the young
man as he is poor and hard-
working. It docs not appear
what business he had with the;
implement of war or that it was
necessary in ins business-;
Johnson and Oda
ers living sevenmitej
sonville quarKtedJ
on their way home i
day. They used krj
of pistols. Johns
the material fori
Odom isjE.cttirj
--At Waco the
negro woman
child which is
its face and bacU
with hairand")
with one nostril
resembled a new fouadland
dog. The woman says the
father of the child is her own
father
The Ball-Heacock casc.-
which has been on trial at Wills
Point for the past month was
closed on Saturday night and
resulted in the commitment of
the defendants -without bait
Heacock was poisoned some
time ago and a doctor Ball and
Mrs. Heacock are charged with
having administered the poison.
Mr. W. E. Butterworth; of
Colorado county has shown the
Citizen a" few bolls of ifevcd
cotton one of which measures
six inches in circumference.
Some of the locks have as many .
as seven bolls of cotton. This
result has been attained by
picking the seed always select-
ing the largest bolls.
-The prisoners in the GicT-
dings jail escaped about dark
Sunday by cutting through the
iron cage and digging through'
the wall. The following are the
names and crimes with which
they are charged: Eugene
Glasscock theft of cattle; Jessie
Ballard.theft of horse and Fleteh
er Harris alias John Johnson
held for a Frio county murder.
Sheriff Brown offers 25 reward
for the arrest of each of them j
The Houston Telegram has
information that a horrible mur-
der was committed a Thomasfe
Snow's store ten miles north or
Cold Springs San Jacinto coun-
ty. Mr. Murrow a young man
clerking in the store was shot
with a pistol in the face and in
the breast with a shot gun. It
seems that parties had entered
the store and demanded that
the safe be opened and upon
his refusal to do so they murder-
ed him. Up to Thursday no
arrests had been made though
certain parties are suspected.
A special to' the Galves- ""
ton News from Indianola gives'
full particulars of the cyclone
on Wednesday and Thursday.
The wind reached a velocity of
75 miles; an vnour. At night on
Thursday the water was three
feet high on Main street. The
railroad track from Morgan's
wharf to the depot in town was
washed aA'ay. It 'will take the
Morgan road about a week to
repair damages. No lives were
lost The dispatch says that. all
those who can "git up and git"
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