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THE WEEKLY BANNER
BV RANKIN & LEVIN.
FBIIJAt ttmnUKY C 1880.
i'OR SENATOR.
Martin 11. Kenney of Austin county is
hereby announced As the Democratic can-
d'utuc for the state senate for the r ra-
ti o senatorial district to succeed W. TC
Human. resigoed.
The friends of John E. McAdoo or
"Washington county announce bim as a
difi for State Senator for the Twen-
tieth Senatorial District.
nnnary 30 1SR0.
The New Orleans lHcayune.
has opened a subscription for
the Herald Irish relief fund.
The donation of $1000000 by
the latter paper is a far greater
sum than that given by queen
Victoria who is said to have
given but $10000 of her indi-
vidual means.
Good items are sometimes
out of place. In last week's
Bellville Timet appears an item
on the injurious practice of
eating snow taken from a New
York paper. In this latitude
there is -not the least danger of
the injurious practice of snow
eating becoming prevalent
there is snow to eat
AN-effort "is being made in
St. Louis to erect a monument
to the memory of Gen. Frank
P. Blair and the parties having
the matter in charge have em-
ployed men to solict subscrip-
tions allowing them 25 per
cent of all they collect This
gives the monument move very
much the appearance ol a
speculation.
TuE-Hempstead daily Cour-
ict seems to have gone the way
of all flesh; it is dead or in a com
atose .condition. Prehaps it
may come to life again in the
fall. It has experience in dy-
ing having been dead for a
whole ycaroncebefore. The
fact is Hempstead is not big
enough to support a daily
iwper
A CORRESPONDENT of the
tJiddings Lone Star writing
frc-m Lexington urges the claims
of Seth Sheppard for congress.
A great many persons in Wash-
ington county and elsewhere in
the district believes that if Shep-
ard had been nominated instead
ol Hancock tha he and not
Jones would have been repres-
enting tis in congress.
-
The publication of the Fort
Worth daily Demooat has been
suspended the publication of
tne weekly will be continued as
usuaL Capt' Paddock the edi-
tor says the lack of advertising
patronage on the part of the
business 'men did not justify a
continuation of the daily. It
said that at least two dailies
will be started to fill its place.
Advocates of the whipping
post are becoming more numer-
ous. The Austin Statesman
boldly comes Out in favor of it
and the Waco Telephone fully
agrees with it saying that the
erection of a whipping post in
every county in Texas would
have the effect of lessening the
expense of the execution of the
criminal Jaw.
The senate
education have
committee on
agreed to re
commend the passage of Burn-
side's bill providing that the
net proceeds of sales of pub-
lic landsSmd net receipts of the
patent office shall hereafter be
devoted to the establishment of
an educational fund to be ap-
portioned among the several
states territories and the dis-
trict Columbia.
An Irish lady of Galveston
desireous of aiding her p'eople
went to a banking house and
procured a draft on Dublin for
2 which she sent to a lady
acquaintance in that city leeling
satisfied that her donation
would reach its destination
whole. It usually costs a large
percentage of donationa to get
them where they are needed
the money is "handled" too
much.
In the case of Cox who was
sentenced to life imprisonment
for the murder of Col. Alston at
Atlanta Ga. the supreme court
of that state has refused to grant
a new trial. The case will be
taken to the supreme court of
the United States. It is very
seldom that a murder case is
appealed to .the United States
supreme court and then only on
a question of law not on the
merits of the case.
A Houston man made a very
truthful observation to the
Houston Sifter" when he stat-
ed that the reason Dallas Fort
Worth and other Texas towns
go ahead while San Antonio
Gajveston Houston and Austin
are almost at a stand-still is be-
cause the merchants and lead-
ing men of the former towns are
men with small capital but
much energy while the controll-
ing men in the latter named
ciries have more money than
they know what to do with but
no energy being content to rely
on "natural advantages" and
other fictitious and unreliable
bajes.
The agents of the railroads
nadthe republican politicians
ainugcratedf and worked up
the exodus from North Caro-
linia to Indiana because they
wanted twenty thousand bucks
not women and children; they
wanted them to vote; too many
women and children came along
the coming voters were scatter-
ed around on cheap lands in
close counties. The republi-
cans have a very polite way of
alluding to their colored allies
calling them "bucks" when
every one of their votes is ful-
ly as good as that of a white
man "
KAILEOAU 1'KOSrECTS.
A railroad meeting was held
at LaGrange a few days ago
and everybody was satbfied
that with the proper effort a
railroad could soon be had.
The conditions are that $17000
be paid when thej-oad is com-
pleted half way the same am-
ount to be paid when the road
is completed to LaGrange.
If the people of LaGrange
act wisely they will abandon
the idea of building a road to
connect with the Sunset route
and will seek a connection with
the Santa Fe road at this point
and by this means open a con
nection with the great trunk
lines of the state. It may cost
a little more to do this but the
benefits to be derived therefrom
will more than compensate for
the additional expense. In ad-
dition to the Santa Fe road.
Brenham expects at no very
distant day to have an exten
sion of the Central and Mont
gomery road from Navasota to
this point The people of this
city and along the proposed
line are very anxious for its
construction and will in due
time aid liberally in building
it The short crop of last year
and the consequent scarcity of
surplus funds has for the pres-
ent put a stop to any active
work in behalf of the road. It
is now a dormant enterprise
but we confidently expect that
with the increased trade and
energy that the advent of the
Santa Fe road will give Bren-
ham that in the course of a
year or two if we have good
crops.the project will be revived
and pushed to a speedy com-
pletion. The building of thirty
miles of railroad is comparative-
ly a small matter when people
set their heads that way.
' While on the subject of rail-
roads it may not be amiss to
remind our people that within
the course of a month the
Santa Fe railroad will be com-
pleted to this point and will be
then pushed on to Caldwell.
So far as we are advised the
machine shops for the first div-
ision of the road have not been
located. Bellville and Cald-
well both want the shops at
there respective towns. Bren-
ham wants them and in fact
needs them badly. It is of
course with our citizens to
make an effort to secure the lo-
cation of the shops here or to
let them go elsewhere. It is
needless to say anything about
the advantages to accrue to the
town by having them located
here; we think that it is thor-
oughly understood. Will our
citizens make any move in the
matter?
.Assessments.
The Galveston New s in an
editorial on "The way to a low
state of taxation" says that of
the 172604160 acres of land
in the state but 83166020
acres are assessed about 45-
000000 acres a large part of
winch belongs to tne state is
not subject to taxation. It will
thus be seen that a very large
portion of the land is net as
sessed. The average value of
the land assessed is $1.67 an
acre. The News estimates that
about $75000000 worth of
land in Texas escapes taxation
entirely. All property is as-
sessed for taxation at far below
its actual value. According to
the estimates of the News it the
property m tne state was as
sessed at -its full value the rate
of taxation might be reduced to
20c cnts on the dollar. It might
be. more agreeable to look at a
tax receipt representing a great-
er amount of property and a
lower rate of taxation but the
"total" amount at the foot of
the bill would not be materially
reduced so no perceptablegood
would be accomplished at last
What is needed is a full and fair
assessment of all property al-
lowing none to escape. That
$75000000 worth of land
should escape taxation is a
gross outrage on those who do
pay taxes.
From the January circular of
the mercantile agency of Dun
Barlow & Co. we get the fol-
lowing figures regarding the
number of business failures in
Texas. There is 12394 busi-
ness houses in the state. The
following table shows the num-
ber of failures and liabilities
since 1874.
1S74 failures 142 liabilities
1875 " 250 "
1S76 " 167 "
'572 " ' "
1878 ' 22S '
1S79 " 159 "
$2201000
1455849.
1000512
1070696
'.733.725
1223895
from the
It will be noticed
above that there were fewer
failures in Texas and smaller
liabilities than at any time since
1874. It shows that the finan-
cial condition of the business
men is in a highly satisfactory.
condition; it is also a verv strong
argument against the doctrine of.
the greenbackers who cry hard
times and scarcity of money.
Throughout the whole country
the decrease in the numbei of
failures ha been marked. The
circular says the year "has been
remarkable for the extent and
rapidity of its prods result
ing from the advance in values
and an increased volume of
trade."
Trin'Itv Episcopal church
Xew York was totally destroy-
ed by fire on the 1 1 th hist.
OKGAXIZE.
Pursuant to call a democratic
state convention is to be held in
Galveston April 20th next to
select delegites to the national
democratic convention. It is a
matter of the greatest impor-
tance that Texas should be
properly represented in that
body and in order that the peo-
ple be represented in their sov-
ereign capacity it is necessary
that they interest themselves in
the election of delegates to the
state convention. In many
counties of the state the demo-
crats are without any effective
organization notably is that the
case in this county. At the
last election many men who
claim to be democrats bolted
the nominees and took an inde-
pendent shoot voting for re-
publican and greenhack candi-
dates. This is all wrong and
should be avoided in the future
the way" to avoid it is by
thoroughly organizing the par-
ty the this can only be done by
the individual members; they
must of necessity attend the
primary meetings and see to it
that the right kind of men are
sent as delegates to the various
conventions. Heretofore there
has been entirely too much
apathy; men have become in a
measure disgusted with politics
and instead of trying ty remedy
the evil by a sound practical
course they seem disposed to
encourage it by refraining from
taking an interest at the only
time anything can be accom-
plirhed. The democratc party in
Washington county should Ke
thoroughly organized and its
actual strength ascertained;
this can easily be done by the
formation of clubs. Let every
democrat in the connty appoint
himself a committee of one to
attend the primary meetings
that will appoint delegates to
the coming county conven-
tion; and by this means a
thorough organization can be
effected. In unionthere is
strength and with an organized
force an aggresive move may
be undertaken; without such
an organization nothing can be
accomplished. The republican
party in this county is comple-
tely organized and is thorough-
ly under the control of its party
managers.they are the men who
weild the party lash and whip
in the-rank and file of their party;
many of the thinking mem-
bers of the republican party are
beginning to discover this fact
and are getting ready for re-
revolt. If the democrats change
their course many republicans
would no doubt forsake their
old love and seek a party of
more liberal views. There is
but little time to lose. Demo-
crats think of these things and
govern yourselves accordingly.
vEfBETEMJEXTS.
A new daily paper has been
started at Austin by W. Y.
Leader a man who has made
more newspaper failures than
other one man in Texas. The
new paper announces that so
far as national politics are con-
cerned it will advocate the elec-
tion of the republican nominee
for the presidency. In state
affairs it proposes to have no
politics; it is to be perfectly
"independent" and will work
for the defeat of the democracy.
It seems to be a settled fact
that an independent" move-
ment is about to be made and
all the elements opposed to de-
mocracy will be invited to
"pool their issues" and organ-
ize to fight a common enemy.
The republican whether radi-
cal or conservative the green-
backer the moss-back the
bourbon and the sore-headed
will be cordially invited to join
the idependent movement The
leaders of this movement be-
long in a majority of cases
to the numerous class of outs
and they are engaged in
effecting ah organization by
which they fondly imagine they
will be enabled to step into
office. Nothing would please
these independent chaps so
much as a split in the demo-
cratic party; in this however we
think they will be doomed to
disappointment and we further
venture the prediction that
when the independent brood of
chickens is hatched the chicks
will all show signs of republi-
can parentage. In Texas there
is a large number of very hun-
gry office-seekers republicans
who have been starving since
the. downfall of Davis; these
men are shrewd politicans and
wire-workers and they think
that by dropping for the time
being their party name and
party ties and sugar-coating
themselves under the glowing
general name of independents
to capture all the paying offices
and completely oust the demo-
cratic party.
While we candidly admit
that the democratic party is far
from being immaculate we fail
to see any remedy by going
into an independent movement.
The remedy is in the party and
not out of it.
The Buffalo Expicss thinks
that New York will follow
Pennsylvania and join in in-
structing solidly for Grant and
that then the Grant boom will
have become a resistless cur-
rent in unison with which all
politicians will endeavor to
trim their sails. '
XEXT TUESDAY'S ELECTIOX.
Tueeday next next the vo-
ters of the Twentieth senatorial
district composed of the coun-
ties of Austin Washington and
Burleson will cast their votes
for senator. The canvass will
have been very short and but
little personal effort will have
been mads. As our readers
arc aware there arc three candi-
dates in the field W. K. Ho-
man and John E. McAdoo in-
dependents both of whom we
believe claim that there is no
political issue involved in the
race and both of whom depend
mainly if not altogether on the
vote cf the republicans green-'
backers and opponents of the
democratic party. Mr. Homan
har already served a term in the
senate and is well known not
only in this district but through JJay Bird is now editing
out state. While Mr. HomanJm cnterior oaoer in Texas.
entertains liberal views on some
subjects he favors of a prohibi-
tory liquor law and upon all
strictly party questions will be
found battling to the extent of
his ability against the demo-
cracy; with these facts in vieV
we do not see how any demo-
crat can conscientiously vote
for Mr. Homan when there is
a true and tried democrat in the
field Mr. John E. McAdoo
the other independent chap is
quite a young man who would
be entirely unknown but for the
fact that he is the son of Judge
McAdoo county judge he was
raised in the republican faith
and is a thorough republican
and while he is a worthy and
examplary young man in pri-
vate life he has had no exper-
ience in public affairs and if
elected would be simply a no-
vice. He would only be a tool
in the hands of the opposition
and has no claim to the votes
of any one unless it be siinplp
for the purpose of defeating of
the democratic nominee. Cap-
tain Martin M. Kenney who
was nominated by the conven-
tion is and old Texan and a
citizen cf Austin county he is
a lawyer by profession and is an
educated and accomplished
gentleman and a democrat of
liberal and progressive views.
He' is a representative man and
will work earnestly and zealous-
ly for the good of the district
and the state at large. A Uni-.
ted States senator is to be elec-
ted by the next legislature and
we want a sound democrat in
that' position. We hope that
every democrat in the district
will go to the polls on next
Tuesday and cast his ballot lor
Capt Kenney he is making
the race under the auspices of
the'party and a defeat just at
the opening of the campaign
would have a demoralizing ef-
fect oh the party in this district
The Pennsylvania republi-
cans indulge in a little bun
combe when tliey demand: "an
honest count of all votes cast
and an honest return of whoev-
er is elected free from all at-
tempts to defraud the people of
their choice through technicali
ties or by arbitrary rejection of
their votes. Ihe language is
strong terse and unmistakable
mat tne will ot tne people as
expressed at the ballot-box
ought to prevail over all tech-
nicalities and informalities and
that the 'choice of the people
ought to be invariably recog
nized. Hut -they seem to for
get" that they are impeaching
the title of the present presi-
dent of the United States and
accusing the party that put him
in power in flagrant defiance
of the will of the people. Ac
cording to the theory of the
Pennsylvania republicans Mr.
Tilden should now occupy the
White House.
Albert PietrowsSi of New
York has invented a new mo-
tor which is almost perpetual
motion and which once started
will run till it wears out The
model exhibited consists of a
pair of hollow metal wheels
four feet in diameter which re-
volve on the same axis but in
different directions. The mo-
tive power is nine metal balls
placed within the wheels so as
to bear the rim down at fist and
then gravitate towards the axis
where a wide groove runs the
ball off to a grooved radius of
the wheel revolving in the op-
posite direction. The inyentor
says that with a cast iron wheel
60 feet in diameter a motive
power of 300 horse po.vercan
be obtained that requires noth-
ing to keep it in operation.
Several engineers who examin-"
ed the machine express the
opinion that the invention is
valuable.
The Waco Examine) comes
to the rescue of a numerous and
much abused class of people
candidates it says:
"The number of Candidates
for office is made the subject of
frequent sneers. We cannot
see anything to ridicule but
rather cause for gratulation
that the race is so free and so
many think themselves worthy.
That will all pass away under a
monarchy"
Candidates are a very useful
class of people they patronize
newspapers barrooms and cigar
stores; they shake hands with
citizens and inquire after the
health of their families and in
addition to that furnish a fruit-
ful theme of conversation. No
man really knows how bid he
is until he becomes a candidate.
Candidates arc public property
and if it were not for candidates
offices would go a begging. The
candidates is a yubhc benefactor.
EDITOBUL BREVITIES.
Congressional proceedings
011 Monday were uninteresting.
Oncc-a-Week a greenback
paper is now in full blast at
Burnet.
An effort is being made in
congress to pass a new bank-
rupt law.
Tilden is not a dark horse
but he has been -pretty well
tanned.
The Mardi jfss festivities at
New Orleans were unusuall
grand. ""
The Clffcurne Avalan
the latent venture
journalist!;
The
catcs
whip;
ltonai
Ci
discovGjBBPPmT Sc
the beJWetectivcs have?
engaged in working up the
This jay bird spells his name
Byrd but he is a bird for all
that
All the Georgia members of
congress have became involved
in the contest over the confirm-
ation of Simmons as census
superior.
Several families of colorod
emigrants from North Caro-
lina recently passed through
Petersburg Va. en route to
Indiana.
Senaror Lamar so far re-
covered from his illness that in
a few days he will be able to go
to Washington and resume his
duties in the senate.
Austin now has two daily
papers and it is currently re-
ported there that a third will
soon be started in order to
supply a long felt want
Five per cent state bonds
are being sold by the state
treasurer in small amounts
mostly in sums of $500 to $1000
usually for investing trust funds.
The Paris North Texan of-
fers for sale a large new Wash-
ington hand press. It prints a
9-column paper. Increasing
business necesitates a power
press.
It is again announced that
Gen. Grant is not now nor has
he ever been a candidate for
president; but if regularly nomi-
nated by the republican con
vention he will accept.
At a cabinet meeting held
on Friday the sentence of the
court martial dismissing major
Reno from the service was ap
proved and the order of dismiss-
al will soon be issued.
A performance given at the
opera house at Houston last
week for the benefit ol the Irish
sufferers realized $600. The
total collections at Houston
amount to about $2000.
Gov. Roberts is so busy ex
amining the numerous applica-
tions for pardons and ruquisl
tions for fugitives that he wont
be able to attend the Mardi
Gras doings at Galveston.
At a cabinet metting it was
agreed not to dismiss Maj.
Reno from the army but to
allow him to resign. It is more
genteel to resign than to be dis-
missed from the service.
A number of citizens of St
Louis are anxious to have the
democratic national convention
held in that city and called a
public meeting with a view to
holding the convention here.
The surveyors of the Trans-
continental branch of the Texas
end Pacific have taken the field
to locate the line from Whites-
boro to the end of the grade of
the Dallas and Wichita road.
The Bellville Times learns
that track laying will be com-
pleted to Bellville by Wednes-
day of this week and that the
road will be prepared to ship
freight by the last of thamonth.
The Telegram says that ow-
ing to the close competition be-
tween the Sunset and theSanta
Fe railroads that the latter
deadheaded many passengers
to Galveston to the Mardi gras
show.
It appears from the Galves
ton JVews that there is organ
ized opposition at Washington
to any appropriation .for the
benefit of Galveston harbor.
The opposition is said to be ma-
licious. In the Iowa house of repre
sentatives a resolution for sub-
miting a constitutional amend-
ment to the .people making wo-
men eliglible. to the legislature
was passed by a vote of 57 to
3-
An Austin special to the
News says nothing has been
heard from Capt Arlington
who.with only fifteen men had
.atilast accounts planned to in-
tercept Indians raiding into
Texas'.
A natiosal bank is to be
started at Dallas with a capital
of $100000 and not one million
as stated in a special to the
News. The addition 'of a cipher
added" imenesly to the capital
of the bank.
John A. Logan telegraphed
to Grant at Havana the result
of the Pennsylvania convention.
Grant was not at all surprised
and replied "The compliment
is one which 1 highly appre
ciate.
A county convention is to
be held in McLennan county
to elect delegates to the state
convention at Galveston April
20. . There should be a re-or-ganization
of the party through-
out the state.
The great religious daily of
St Louis the Globc-Dcriocrat
has been sued for $25000 dam-
ages by one of Mr. Moody's
sweet singers for simply pub-
lishing the story of a female who
happened to be seized with the
hallucination that the singer
had been scaled to her in wed
lock as far back as 1S51. I
J. Madison Wells of Louis-
iana returning board infamy
has been hanging around the
White House 'begging Hayes
to rc-appotnl him to the office
of surveyor of the port of New-
Orleans. The Waco Examine) does
not seem ttf take kindly to the
term "progressive" democrat:
perhaps it prefers the mossback
variety of democratic politicians
as a few days it was advising
scrucbody to bolt
-J. Sykes colonel of
rieth infantry corn-
officer of the United
military force on the Rio
ide district died at at Fort
rown on Monday. Gen Swcit-
zer succeeds in command.
writer in last weeks
razo nut advocates the
claims of cx-governor Hubbard
for the democratic nomination
fprjjoicmor. He says Hub-
bard was slaughtered to make
-way for the present incumbent
Ellis Scott of Texas was
killed in a duel with Charles
Peck of Louisiana in the city
of Rio Janeiro. They fought
with Winchester rifles at 100
yards. It was not known what
part of Texas Scott was from.
A Denison special says that
Major Morrow again caught up
with chief Vtctoria in the lava
beds. Victoria had a strong
position on the top- of a bluff
and made a determined fight
all day. He escaped in the
darkness.
In Galveston the greenback
central club at their regular
meeting passed a resolution
fully endorsing senator Coke's
speech in opposition to the
Bayard resolut;on. First thing
Coke knows he will be claimed
as a greenbacker.
A special from Los Vegas
N. M.. says that Jim West John
Dorhey and Tom Henry cow
boys implicated in shooting
marshal Carson at a dance
were taken from jail by 75 men
who hung West and filled the
other two full of bullets.
Corsicana has at last come
to her senses and at an election
held on Monday voted by a
majority of ten to one in favor
of levying a special tax for the
support of the free schools.
There is much rejocing in Cor-
sicana over the result.
The Lockhartr News-Echo
goes for Lum Woodruff the
Texas correspondent of the
New York T)ibune without
gloves. After quoting Wood-
ruff it says "The filthy villian
knew when he penned these
lines that they were lies."
Capt. Ashley Brown of the
internal revenue office at Lex-
ington Ky. is a defaulter to
the extent of $10000; finding
that he was discovered he put
$2900 in cash in his pocket and
"eloped.". His whereabouts
are unknown.
The committee investigating
the Freedman's bank swindle
will soon make a report and
there will be a general white-
wash from Parson O. O. How-
ard the great grand fraud
down through the entire list of
gobblers who gobbled up the
negroes money.
Mr. Ben Baker of the
cremated Columbus Citizen
was in Houston on Tuesday
looking round to get new ma-
terial upon which to revive his
paper. The Citizen is an old
established paper and we hope
soon to again see it among our
exchanges.
Jay Gould is a liberal sub
scriber when distress is to be
relieved in this country as was
proved by his munificent do
nations to the yellow fever suff-
erers last year but James Gor-
don Bennett takes the lead
when the potato crop failes in
Ireland.
The senate in executive ses
sion on Wednesday rejected all
the Ohio nominations eight in
number for census supervisors.
This action resulted from a de
termination of the democrats to
enforce a more just distribution
of nominations between the two
parties. They claim that the
nominations are not fair and im-
partial. The Bastrop Advotise) pub-
lished at the home of lieuten-
ant governor Sayers favors that
gentleman as a candidate for
governor to succeed governor
Roberts. It says he "combines
those qualities that eminently
fit a man for positions of honor
and trust and we would be glad
to see him selected as the standard-bearer
of the democracy in
the next campaign.
The Marshall Hoald hits the
nail squarely on the head when
it says "of all- pursuits that of
publishing a daily newspaper is
the most laborious exhaustive
and unthankful. Mind and body
are in a constant strain day af-
ter day and week after week1-
without a moment's rest" But
eomrJaratiyeby' few of the small7
dailies pay .anything.
The question whether mayor
DeGress is elegible to hold his
office as mayor of the city of
Austin is to be legally investi
gated in that city. Lol De-
Gress is a retired United States
army officer and is drawing pay
and a pension from the govern-
ment. The question has been
raised before but has never
undergone a legal investiga-
tion. A bill is now pending in the
New York legislature to pro-
vide for the taxation of church
property. In round numbers
the value of the church proper-
ty in the United States is now
estimated at $500000000. It
is only a question of time how
soon church property will be
taxed at present the scheme
would meet with serious oppo-
sition in many of the states
but the day is certainly coming
when all the church property in
the United States will be taxed.
The Galveston News refer-
ring to the habit of carrying
shooting irons says it is quite
general and quite wrong but
that the remedy forthe evil lays
in a change of public opinion
the law seeming to be ineffec-
tive to prevent it. In a civiliz-
ed and peaceable community
there certainly seems to be no
occasion for men and boys
loading themselves down with
revolvers.
The Mardi Gras celebration
at Galveston was rather a tame
affair though the News say it
was a day of splendor and a
night of revelry. There was
fifteen cars in the procession
most of them of a comic or
burlesque character. The one
rcprcsting the "bell punch" at-
tracting general attention. The
attendance of strangers was
quite large and a general good
time was had.
Last Friday night three
burglars entered the bank
building at Knoxville Tenn.
and seized and bound the presi-
dent who sleeps in the bank;
they gagged him and afterwards
beat and burned his feet to
make him tell the combination.
They secured $3200 that had
not been locked up. " A time
lock was on the vault so they
could not open it. Robbers
escaped.
Col. Russell United States
marshal for the western district
of Texas has been interviewed
by a Galveston News reporter
at Dallas. The colonel takes a
straight republican standpoint
and -ants no fusion in his. He
wants the bell punches silenced
and occupation taxes abandon-
ed. He believes disaffected
persons will vote for reform
without regarding the party the
candidate belongs to.
An association for the pro-
tection of fish;-and)game has
been organized at Austin. Maj.
C. S. Wesf president Col
Peeler vice presidenfand state
fish commissioneVDinkens sec-
retary. The association will in-
vite similar arganizations
throughout the state. It is to
be hoped that such organiza-
tions will be formed in every
county and that the legislature
will pass stringent game laws.
The Georgetown Record man
now in Washington heard the
testimony in the contested elec-
tion case. of Donnelly vs. Wash-
burn of Minnesota. Wash-
burn is a very wealthy man and
has a large number of men
working for him nearly all of
whom he forced to work for
him under penalty of dismissal
if they did not. This sort of
bulldozing is called a free elec-
tion in the north and is exten-
sively practiced in the manu-
facturing districts.
Geo. Wm. Curtis editor of
Harpers Wiekly and a conser-
vative republican is of the op-
inion that Horatio Seymour
could be elected president on
the democratic ticket He says
nothing seems to be plainer to
republicans than that the avail-
able candidate for the demo-
crats is Horrtio Seymour if he
can be persuaded to accept a
nomination. He says further
that Seymour is a model man
in all respects and that he com-
mands the respect and confi-
dence of all parties and ..that
there are many independent re-
publicans who would vote for
him in preference to any ma-
chine candidate the republicans
may place in nomination.
The result of" the Pennsyl-
vania convention neither causes
any enthusian among the Grant
politicians nor dismay in the
Blaine ranks. The friends of
thejlatter say that it was not
so much for Grant as for Cam-
eron that the delegation was
pledged and that a majority of
the delegates are really Blaine's
friends who are ready to come
to his aid at the proper time.
Blaine has heretofore and is
still pursuing a course which
has for its aim the conciliation
of Grant men because he be
lieves that Grant's name will
not be used in the national con-
vention. On the other hand
the Grant men say Cameron
will never support Blaine.
The suspension of the Fort
Worth daily Demooat should
open ths eyes of the business
men of that town. No com-
plaint was made against the pa-
per at home or abroad but its
patronage was limited business
men as they prospered in as bus
iness ceased advertising and its
subscription list alone mil not
support a paper it was forced to
suspend. -Its publisher says that
for nearly a year it had been
published at a monthly loss the
deficit being made good from
the income of the weekly and
the job office. The Demooat
will be missed at home and
abroad and we doubt not in a
few months the merchants will
glad'enough;to garantee it at
least aUivingJpatronageto have
it continued
The Marshall Hoald says of
the whipping post "the effect
upon the victim is degrading.
He is no longer fit for society.
As a citizen a voter a jurior
and every other respect he is
irrevocably lost and more than
a mere profitless outcast." The
Banner is inclines to the opin-
ion that the Herald 'in the good-
ness of its heart has rather over-
draw the picture of the evil ef-
fects of the whipping post For
our own part we are willing to
risk the demoralization in order
to see it tried so firmly have
we become convinced of its
efficacy that nothing short of a
practical test will convince us
that it won't do. As to degrad-
ing offenders we think the
chances are all in favor of ele-
vating by effecting a reforma-
tion. The grand lodge of the
Knights Templar is now in ses-
sion at Palestine. The atten-
dance is quite large.
STATE SETTS.
Money is getting scarce
in Bell county.
Burnet is soon to have a
telegraph line to Austin.
Whitney the new railroad
town has three schools in oper-
ation. Five stone buildings are
to be erected in Flantonio this
spring.
Candidates for municipal
offices are "announcing" in Dal-
las. James H. Simpson bank-
er ot Columbus died at his
home on Monday.
The Swanson house at
Piano was burned on the 9th
inst; accidental fire.
Property in the town of
Flatonia is assessed at a total
valuation of $275000.
There was twenty-eight
felony convictions in the
Robertson county district court
Farmers of Milam county
arc going to work with a vim
that betokens heavy crops next
fall.
Austin has shipped 12000
bales of cotton the present sea-
son 1500 more than what was
expected.
One hundred and thirty
car loads of corn cave been re
ceived and sold at Round Rock
sincr November 1st
The senatorial contest in
the sixteenth senatorial district
is in full blast; there arc three
candidates in the field.
Bell county has a female
sanctificationist and the Waco
Examiner local takes a column
to tell that she is crazy.
Rockdale has had quite a
number of accessions to her
population; they are all from
Barbour county Alabama.
Receipts from the bell
punch are gradually falling off
in Lee county; there has been
a steady decrease since Octo-
ber. Harry Shafer a negro for
the murder ot Henry Head a
negro at Longview has been
sentenced to be handed May
14.
railroad man name un-
known suicided at East Ber-
nard on Monday by shooting
himself through the head with
a gun.
The last number of the
Paris North Texan is devoted
mainly to the Clement attach-
ment a large cut of which is
published.
Miles Vernon a Tennes-
sian suicided at Hende'rson the
other day by shooting himself
through the heart. Cause; dis-
pendency. A brick hotel is one of the
fcRure "booms" of Denison.
Capitalists from Dallas are look-
ing for a location for a hotel
building.
At Navasota last week
just because they had nothing
else to do two peace officers
"leu out and ht" They should
contribute to the city treasury.
Jim Britton a notorious
thief and desperado of west
Texas has been captured in
Atascosa county. He will be.
sent to Huntsville as there is
several clear cases against him.
At San Antonio an impu-
dent negro went into a Mexican
restaurant attended by a woman
and after eating his. fill refused
to pay; he wound up by slap-
ping the woman for wanting
her money.
Another gas well has been
discovered near Mount Sylvan
Smith county. It is said a vil-
lage in New York and another
in Pennsylvania have their
streets lighted with gas from
such a source.
McLennan county with 37
bell punches paid forthe month
of October $631.88; for Novem-
ber $418.67; for December
$347.63 and for January $163.-
28. It wont be long before zero
is reached at that rate.
Four wagon loads of ex-
odusters who had started for
Kansas got as far as Dallas and
concluded to halt After due
consideration they resolved to
settle in Dallas county and went
six miles north of town.
We will do no more job
printing fortheatricalssocieties
festivals.etc.without cash in ad-
vance before the work is com-
menced. So says the Coman-
che Chief. He has been swin-
dled and now has his eyes-
open. The county commissioners
of Dallas county haue resolved
on rebuilding the old court-
house and will make it three
stories high with a mansard
roof. It is estimated that the
repairs will cost from $15000
to 20000. Proposals have been
advertised for.
A German servant girl in
San Antonio received a letter
from a memberof her family in
the west who was at the time
of writing'sick with small-pox.
Shortly after receiving ttic let-
ter the girl was taken with the
small-pox. Her physicians are
confident that the disease was
communicated by the letter.
The Comanohe Chief has
reduced its subscription list to
a cash basis and now put down
no mans name unless
the money is forthcoming. In
consequence of this Chief is
now happy cash in advance is
the only legitimate way in
which a newspaper can be pub-
lished. A young man named R.
E. Smith has been arrested at
Comanche on the charge of
theft Some hides were missed
and were traced to Smith's
possession; his premises were
searched and at least a wagon
load of goods stolen from mer-
chants were discovered. Smith
had borne a good character and
was just about getting married.
His wedding was postponed
and he will now go on an excur-
ion to Huntsville.
Within the lasthro weeks.
two swords have bees stolen
from Armory hall at Houston.
W. C. Miller a Waco sa-
loonist was fined $25 for selling
liquor to minors. He was tried
by a jury who failed to agree
and subsequently plead guilty.'
The law ought to bestrktly en-
forced. At Waco the other right
a negro and a white man enter-
ed a house by the window and
finding the lady alone presen-
ted pistols at her and demand-
ed roooey. She said she had
none when they tied her to the
bed chloroformed' her and pro-
ceeded to make a personal ex-
amination of the premises. They
fmmd $9 and left
San Antonio Expressr Dn.
Wheatley. an English gentle-
man has located on Martinez
creek fifteen miles east of town
and is making preparations for
an extensive farm. He has
bought 350 acres of land and
has 60 acres ready for planting.
He will devote his attention to.
culture of onions and the pro-
duction of opium; he feels con-
fident that the poppy which
produces opium will do well.
The naturalist who does
the locals in the San Antonio
Herald gives a learned disserta-
tion on ground hog day. Every-
body knows what a ground
hog is and has heard of a
ground-hog case and we are in-
clined to the opinion it was a
ground-hog. case for an item
when that. local reporter had
recourse to the ground-hog. The
second day of Feburary is
ground-hog day and the an-
imal comes out of his liole foe
the first time after taking iis.
winter nap if he discovers Tiis
shadow on the ground he re-
turns and goes to sleep again
as winter is not over but ifi$
is cloudy and no shadow is vis-
ible winter is over and the
ground hog is happy.
Matagorda Const.
Cany P. O. Feb. 3.
Editors Banner:
On the route from Bellville to
this place we came via. Sealy
on the Santa Fe road we follow
the general course of the road
leaving it near one of the
Benards we crossed the Sunset
road near East Bernard station
and spent the night at'the resi-
dence of Mrs. Hudgins this
being our second night put
Soon after starting we' passed
Quinan a settlement of farmers
and stockraisers situated be-
tween. East Bernard and Peach
creek after crossing the latter
we enter upon a long bottom
through which we travel 12 or
15 miles; there are many large
plantations in a high state of
cultivation; active preparations-
are being made for the next
crop; thence we passed through
the old town of Wharton we
noticed some'improvements on
the farms but none in the town.
Next we reach Bay prairie fol-
lowed the meanderings of old
Cany river in which the water
is as clear as cistern water and
as it nears the gulf its banks
become steep and it has the
apperance of an old nver. Bay-
prairie is formed by the Colora-
do river on the west and Cany-
on the east it is about 40 miles-
long by 10 to 15 miles wide.
The last day or our travel we
arrived at the house of our
friend Mr. Matthews whose
hospitality no man can cxceL
On Mr. Matthews' farm it
Cany bottom we saw oats 6-or
8 inches high. Farms are
nearly all broken and ready to
plant; here we have vegetables-
up such as beans Irish pota-
toes cabbage etc. all kinds of
fruits and berries can be raised
here. There is some prospects
of a railroad throughtthe upper
portion of this county front
Columbia to Wharton and also
a change of county seat from
Matagorda to a more central
party of the county.
VOLENTINEi
Layr on lions Bacin;.
Section 1. Be it passed'by
the Legislature of the State of
Texas; That all laws and parts
of laws which impose a tax oa
the privilege of running a horse
race over a distance of four
hundred and fifty yards be and
the same are hereby repealed.
Sec 2. The fact that the ex-
isting law tends to discourage
the trial of speed horses at the
approaching fairs and agricul-
tural associations creates an
emergency and an imperative
public necessity that the rule
should be suspended which re-
quires bills to be read on three
several days and that this act
take effect and be in force from
and after its passage
Approved July 8 A. D. 1879.
Takes effect ninety days after
adjournment
General Laws of Texas chap-
ter 32.
Prof. Riley of the United
States entomological commis-siorjj-has
recently returned to
Washington from the South
where he' has been making a
thoroughstudy of insects which
injuriously effect the "cetti3trt"
plant He has visited during-
this year every cotton growing;
district and section in the South
and has watched the develop-
ment and studied the habits of
the cotton worm from the time
it-is hatched in the spring until
killed by the early frost He
reports that the results of the
year's work are very valuable
and satisfactory and will be pub
lished at an early day.
An exchange furnishes the
following remedy for a kicking;
horse: "Fill an old sack with
hay and suspend it from the
loft by means of a rope in such
a manner that the horse will be
able to kick it every time it
swings against .him. Let him
kick it until he stops of his own
accord and you will have no
more trouble with him in that
way."
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