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BY RANKIN & LEVIN.
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HooD's"brigade--w3FTo"mts
annual reunion at Seguin July
14th.
At San Antonio the people
turned out en masse 'to hear
Moody and Sankey.
Frederick Cecil was hang-
ed at Newton N. J. last Satur-
day for the murder of his daugh-
ter. Ik Georgia the white republi-
cans are for Blaine or Sherman
and the negroes arc solid for
Grant
The sixty-first anniversary
of Odd-fellowship was gener
ally celebrated throughout the
state.. .
Garfield of Ohio is a high
tariff man and mainly to his
action is due the retention of
the duty on paper salt and
iron.
President Hayes has par-
doned M. M. Maxwell aa ex-
officer now serving a two years
sentence in the Texas peniten-
tiary. The university lands have all
been surveyed and soon as the
surveys have been mapped the
lands will again be opened for
location.
The gold fever is spreading
in White county Georgia; the
most extravagant stories are
told regarding the richness of
the diggings.
The governor Jias refused to
pardon or commute Noftsmgcr
condemned to be hanged w
Cook county on Friday the
30th. He -will hang.
America has already for-
urded the magnifiaent sum of
51200000 for the reKefrof Ire-
land. It is estimated that
52000600 have been subscrib-
ed. The Tyler Dtmoa'at advises
the democracy of Smith
County that they will have to
throw aside personal prejudice
'and unitc.in order to be success-
ful. i
Cor Bartow late editor of
the Houston Post has received
many notices from his brother
""pencil pushers" butvery little
sympathy. He never stays in
a place for any extended
"period of time."
Rev. Johnson Hensely died
at Hempstead on the 26th Mst.
aged 73. He came to Texas ia
1830 and was in the battle of
San Jacinto. On Saturday
evening he had Just returned
from the reunion at San An-
tonio. -
A Cvclo.se struck the north
line of Adams county Ills. last
Friday evening doing consider-
able damage and going rom
Tvestto east Twenty houses
and barns are demolished and
several persons killed and
wounded.
The gigantic work of tunnel-
ing under the North river is
progressing rapidly The ob-
Ject is to obviate the interrup-
tion to railroad communication
between Jersey dry and New
York. The tunnel will cost
510000000.
The republican papers appear
to be. much rejoiced over .the
result of ihe two democratic
conventions at Syracuse New
York. They imagine that they
sec a iplit in the democratic
party that betokens success for
the third term movement
The storm of last Sunday
night extended from Macon
Miss. to Nashville Tennnessee
and Dalton Ga. In Illinois
considerable damage was done;
near Taylorsvillc houses were
demolished and their inmates
cripplee killed or carried away.
According to tax statistics
Texas has 135133 wagons. Of
all these wagons it is very
doubtful if as many as 152 of
them were made in the state.
Nearly all the wagons and oth
er vechiclcseven wheelbarrows
in use in the state arc the pro-
duct of northern factories.
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The St .Louis Republican
.Sys of its cotemporary the
GIobc-Danoctatv "There are
more lies to the square inch in
the G-D. than in any other pub-
lication except Munchansen."
These two metropolitan journ-
als do not set a good example
for rural journalists to follow.
The vote on the two-thirds
rule in the Galveston conven-
tion was 240 for iqS against
total vote 438 two-thirds of
which is 303 1-2 it will thus
be seen that the hvo-thirds men
carried the twoHhirds rule by a
majority .vote as they lacked
6$ 1-2 votes of having two-
thirds of the convention in their
favor.
Is'-St Louis the republican
politicians have a neat and easy
way of getting together the col-
ored people. They simply
send a note to every colored
preacher in town and request
Turn to" announce the political
meeting from his pulpit on Sun-
day and the business is done.
The negroes all go to church as
a sacred duty it makes no diff-
erence whether they arc relig-
iously inclined or not
Col. Lang nude a speech at
Mexia a few days ago. The
Lcdgei says the speech showed
that the colonel was a candi-
date for governor and though
objectionable in some points
advocating schools was tak-
en altogether a more liberal
and progressive one than many
thought the honorable gentle-
man would make. Be it re
membered that the Ledgei is a
red-hot Roberts organ.
Senator Thurman arrived at
Columbus Ohio on the 24th
and in'response to a serenade at
his hotel said: "Of one thing I
think we may be absolutely
certain and that is the presi-
dential election of i88o- will be
regarded as long as the history
of this country snail be read
and studied as a. crisis in the re-
public. The election this year
will go far to determine whether
substantial liberty and substan-
tial free institutions shall longer
continue in America." He is
in favor of a free government as
opposed to the republican idea
of a strong government.
The governor has commuted
Preston and Krebs sentenced
to be hanged at Gainsvillc on
the 30th inst to the peniten-
tiary for life. They were con-
victed of the murder of the
England family but some
doubt seems to exist as to their
guilt The commutation will
deprive the people of much
amusement as a hanging is uni-
versally regarded as a better
show than a circus. A hanging
can lie seen for nothing a cir-
cus costs money. An Austin
special to the AV:w says the
governor expects a great clam-
or to be made over this com-
mutation but he has determin-
ed to exercise his judgment.
The two men recently hang-
ed at Moberly Mo. were ne-
groes and it appears from all
the circumstances that the
lynching was wanton and with
out pretext or necessity. They
would certainly have been
hanged by legal process. A
.democratic paper remarks: "how
ever at fault our law and jurors
are sometimes when a well-
befriended white murderer is to
be dealt with they are always
equal to the task of dispensing
retributive justice to a negro."
To some extent it is the same
in Texas but occasionally a ne-
gro that needs hanging escapes
with a term in the penitentiary
and instances are not unknown
ia which they have been allow-
ed to go scot free. White men
with money are seldom convic
ted and never lynched.
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The St Louts Republican re-
ports the death and burial of
Mme. Jeanne Charlotte Billon
who had attained her ninety-
ninth year. Mme. Billon was
an old settler of St Louis. Let
us endeavor to obtain some
idea of what is embraced in the
span of this single life. The
Republican says when Mme
Billon was born Napoleon and
Wellington were playing with
tops. Burns was only twenty-
one ueorge IV. was nine
teen Walter Scott was a boy of
ten. She was five years old
when John Fitch used a steam
skiff on the Deleware river and
twenty-six when Robert Ful-
ton's steamboat stemmed the
current of the Hudson river
and so on through the entire
list of modern inventions and
achievements down to the pre-
sent day of electric lights.
The Austin Statesman ex-
presses surprise that the Ban-
ner should have published the
statement of Dr. Chesshcr of
Williamson county to the effect
that governor Roberts was the
choice of the people where he
the doctor had been travelling.
The Banner is a newspaper
and proposes publishing the
news. Dr. Chesshcr is a well
known and observing citizen
and it simply repeated what he
had said as a matter of news.
It gives all sides of a question
and all news items whether
they may be in consonance with
its views or not Persons trav-
elling with an idea that this or
that man is the favorite for a
certain position arc never at a
loss to find men of their pecul-
iar way ol thinking. Such a
course is Irequently resorted to
manufacture public opinion.
The politicians understand all
the tricks of the trade.
The Bohemian club of Hous-
ton are busy perfecting arrange-
ments for the press re-union at
that city during the coming
volksfeit.
roUtlcal Apxthjr.
One of the principal reasons
if not thcprincipal reason that
radicalism maintains its unbri-
dled sway in this country is
the apathy now prevading the
democratic people and the dis-
cord in the ranks of the demo-
cratic party. There is a want
of a leader a popular man
who is not afraid to take re-
sponsibilities and whose influ-
ence and eloquence are suffi-
cient to consolidate the strength
of the party and not fritter
away its usefulness by useless
discussions and personal dis-
sentions. There arc many
such men in the ranks of the
party and they should be
brought forward a leader select-
ed and placed in a positon to
render bis influence useful and
practicable. The people must
be aroused radicalism must be
exposed in all its enormity and
democratic principles must be
kept constantly before the peo-
ple if we want to rescue the
country from the hands of ex-
tnivigant political vultures. We
must arouse ourselves. Both
NorthandSouththe democracy
must unite and put forth all the
energy and strength they pos
sess iney must be united
in one more grand effort upon
pure principles; there must be
a common platform ol broad
and liberal views yet firm and
patriotic in construction; per-
sonal bickerings must cease
and we must have a common
unity as we have a common
cause.
We write imperatively be-
cause it is our belief that unless
something is done and that
speedily we will not only suffer
party defeat but jeopardise our
liberties at the same time. Let
us all therefore unite and go
to work earnestly for the com-
mon good.
Assaslnt'onorl)eYounj.
The particulars of the killing
of Chas. DeYoung one of the
proprietors of the San Francis-
co Chronicle are about as fol-
lows: A little before eight
o'clockin the evening DeYoung
entered the business office of
the paper and was standing at
the counter talking to severa
gentlemen when the younger
Kalloch opened the door and
walking in pistol in hand open-
ed fire on DeYoung who re-
treated behind the counter and
was in the act of taking a re-
volver from a desk when the
fatal shot was fired and he fell
to the floor dead with his pistol
in his hand. Kalloch fired four
shots at DeYoung only one of
which took effect Kalloch was
as cool as an iceberg when ar-
rested and declined making any
statement whatever regarding
the affair. It appears that C.
DeYoung had recently been
east and it was believed he had
during his absence collected a
mass of information concerning
the elder Kalloch. A pamplet
of sixty pages recounting the
details of the Kalloch scandal
and other matters of a scand-
alous nature had lately been is-
sued by an anonymous party.
Young Kalloch considered De-
Young to be responsible for the
publication and in revenge kill-
ed him. DeYoung had on one
occassion attempted to slay
Kalloch's father and hence the
bad blood existed.
The PrcsK and the Pulpit.
The Wilmington Del. Every
Evening has this to say regard
ing the press and the pulpit.
It is the duty of ministers to look
after the spiritual and moral
welfare of their flock; by the
very nature of their calling they
should be better than the aver-
age sinner but being human are
liable to err and some arc so
exceedingly -human that they
use their sacred calling to cloak
their villainy. It is such who
arc censured by the press. We
cordially endorse the following:
Every now and then some
minister complains that the
press is hostile to their cloth
and makes the most of their fail-
ings. There is no real ground
for this but the press knows
Uiey are human and expects
them to live up Co their profes-
sions just as it expects other
men to live up theirs and it is
not disposed to accept the con-
clusions they reach concerning
each other in secret caucus. Ev-
ery decent newspaper in Amer-
ica desires to sec the. Church a
bulwark a-jainst the lowering
tendencies in society and the
state and hopes ministers of the
gospel will so live that they
may allow the freest inspection
of their lives with no other ef-
fect than to serve as an incite-
ment to good on the part of all
men. Instead of gloating over
the too numerous falls of clergy-
men not only from the higher
standard of their own profes-
sions but below the standard of
honest and honorable men mak-
ing no profession to peculiar
sanctity the press prefers to
eulogize those who have lived
noble lives and freely docs so
but it does not propose to
help anybody by shutting its
eyes to the truth.
fidim; a level.
Prices of all things in daily
use arc still tending downward.
The upward start that set in
last fall and increased the prices
of all merchantable commodi-
ties as w ell as bankand railroad
stocks beyond all reasonable
bounds and without any appar-
ent cause other than speculation
has at last culminated and
prices arc settling down to a
reasonable basis. The advance
had one effect upon which that
numerous class the producers
have every reason to be con-
gratulated. In the general ad-
vance all farm products and
live stock were included and
producers were thus enabled to
sell at a greater price than such
articles had commanded for
several years previous. In the
"south the high prices realized
for cottoii.cnabl:d thousands of
farmers to pay debts that had
been pressing uporithcnvbr
years; in the west the effect
was much the same. This ad
vantage was in a great measure
counterbalanced by the arrest
of the very enterprise that had
been inaugurated by the boom
and defeated the enlarge-
ment of industries which but
for the unreasonable advances
in prices would have been
witnessed. The idea that prices
could not be made too high for
consumers was speedly explod-
ed for the reason that employ-
crs in manufactories and on
railroads did not advance wages
in proportion to the advance in
the necessaries of life. Again
those who desired to build
houses railroads and steam-
boats or to improve and embel-
lish their farms were ready to
pay any price for iron lumber
and labor; and the result as pre-
viously stated was a general
strike for higher wages. This
let the gas out of the inflated
balloon and as a natural conse-
quence a collapse followed.
Those contemplating improve-
ments found they could not af-
ford to carry them out at such
excessive cost and therefore
they abandoned them until
such time as the reduced prices
01 material would warrant in
resuming them. The country
is now full of grain with anoth-
er enormous crop coming
forward; the mills have more
lumber and the furnaces more
iron tlian the demand calls ' for;
and it is clear that the specula-
tion and artificial high prices
which attended it do not make
the stable prosperity which
some persons fancied. Now
that moderate prices have
again been reached let us hope
that the speculators have learn-
ed a lesson which will be ben-
eficial to them. A moderate
price for labor and produce is
much more conducive to gener-
al and lasting prosperity than
extremely high prices or ex-
tremely low prices.- Commerce
may be compared to a stream;
in high water there is a general
boom when the stream Is at a
medium stage commerce moves
Steadily along like a w ell regu-
lated piece of machinery and
when extreme low water is
reached everything is at a dead
lock a standstill.
Fonr Contentions.
Four
session
conventions were in
on Wednesday viz:
Pennsylvania Ohio Connect!
cut and South Carolina. The
South Carolina convention was
composed of So negroes and
40 whites and almost unani-
mously instructed lor Grant
though Blaine was supposed to
have an equal chance. The Con-
necticut convention call for a
man who can unite the demo-
cratic party they don't think
Tilden is the man to do that
thing.
The Ohio republicans have
enthusiastically declared and
instructed for John Sherman.
Ohio is bound to have anOhio
man whenever any office in in
sight.
The Pennsylvania convention
is divided into two factions
Tilden and Hancock the for-
mer faction is under the manag-
ment of speaker Randall while
senator Wallac of the same
state is doing a like service for
Gen. Hancock. It is difficult
to forsee the result but the
chances are in favor of Tilden
as his man Randall is decidedly
the shrewdest politician ol the
two and may be able to mani-
pulate the convention his own
way. In the south the nomina-
tion of Tilden would create no
enthusism whatever and in
some states would have a de-
moralizing effect upon the
democracy in the state elec-
tions. It is to be hoped that
wise counsels will prevail in the
Cincinnati convention and that
the entire democratic party of
the United States will not be
sacrificed to the politicians.
The nomination of Tilden means
defeat for the democracy and
victory for the republicans.
FEABLESSMS.
FcarlessncssUn thc assertion
and stainenanccof principle and
mffie'dcvdlion 15 right though
sometimes powerless is often
the cause ofjsucccss in the bat-
tles of life.--Bravery and de-
termination v.will accomplish
much when guided by prudence
and wisdom. .One bold fear-
less man may save a ship
from sinking at sea or a Na-
tion from pcrishinjr in the
phrenzy ol a politiSjlTcvalut!
msioiy as inn.
this!
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statlVat
P'
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every
:sman in tne
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dutv it is to sit
about designingways and means
'for the purification of te politi-
cal atmosphere of the country.
Fearlessness in the discharge
of this important duty is the
one thing needful.
Delegates to the democratic
national convention should be
guided in their deliberation by
wisdom and forbearance; but
in no instance should the nomi-
nation of any man not a tine
blue democrat be consummated.
We have se6n enough of the
sacrifice of principle for the
sake of expedience in such mat-
ters and it is to be hoped that
such repetitions may never
again occur in the democratic
fold.
What is the use of platforms
tenets and principles of party if
they be'not adhered to? Fear-
lessness in the discharge of
every political duty imposed is
what is wanted in the democrat-
ic party. We have had a super
abundance of truckling and
sacrifice of principle in our
ranks during the past ten years
resulting only in defeat and dis-
aster and we are now for its
total abolition. The democracy
want no more temporizing no
compromising of principle for
the sake of so-call expediency
but a bold fearless opposition
to tyranny and Wrong. This is
what will prove successful and
save the country from the im-
pending danger of imperialism.
Impersonal JouniaIhm.
The Marshall JJciahl copies
an article from the Bnner on
impersonal journalism and takes
exactly the oppisite view and in
support of its theory cites the
journals of twenty-five or thir-
ty years ago. If seems to ig-
nore the iact that the newspa-
pers in those days were conduc-
ted an entirely different plan
from those of the present day.
Times have changed and news-
papers have changed with them.
A metropolitan journal of the
present day contains in many
instances more orignal matter
than a rapid penman could
write in a week. While the
managing editor has the gener-
al supervision of the paper he
does but comparatively little
writing upon it. Men who
write for such paper are em-
ployed to do sq because of their
known ability and they are paid
for it accordingly. A newspa-
per makes its own name and
character according to the abil-
ity displayed in its manage-
ment The Haald complains
that the impersonal journals are
not reliable politically may be
not but in a political way it is
impossible to please everybody
this is particularly the' case
when the views presented differ
from those of the reader. In
.this respect theindependent im
personal paper differs entirely
from the strict party or political
new-spaper. While a large ma-
jority of newspaper readers
want the general and local news
a considerable portion of them
want to keep posted on politi-
cal events they can only do this
by reading all sides of a ques-
tion. There is in Texas a num-
ber of impersonal newspapers
and also a large number which
give the names of the "editor
and proprietor"cmbIazoncd in
"caps" at the masthead. Our
friend of the Haald is as famil-
iar with them as any one and
we respectfully submit that the
impersonal papers referred to
have much the largest circula-
tion and make their proprietors
much m&re money than the
strictly personal papers. This
may seem a mercenary view to
take; but after all new papers
are conducted hke any other
business for the purpose of
making money. .Papers that
are run for glory are short lived
and wield no influence or at all
events very little.
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A New Albany dispatch
sv.ys Henry Long who was un-
dergoing an examination for
murder before a justice in Har-
ris county Indiana was at-
tacked by a mob of about 100
masked lynchers. He shot the
head center of the lynchers but
was himself killed in the at-
tempt to escape..
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EDITORIAL DOTES.
TiiESpofibrd-Kcllogg case
was reopened in the senate on
Monday.
A Mat mokas merchant ad-
vertises in the Brownville Dem-
ocrat. He has English ducks
and drills for sale.
The Gonzales Inquirci wants
a printer who can put every
man'vlocatjjoticc at the head
of Jthe""first column.
Tiie dailprcss of the state
disposed of the 15-puz-weckly
papers are hav-
big bonanza of it.
The Arkansas republican con
vention met at Little Rock on
thc2Sthand consumed the af-
ternoon in organizing.
Tun Deleware state demo-
cratic convention meets at
TJovcr May 25 to elect dele-
gates tothe Cincinnati.
The Marlin Ball published at
the home of CoLJLang is using
all the ability it possesses in the
interest of Gov. Roberts.
In the senate house bill to-
authorize and equip a scientific
expedition to the Arctic sea
was taken up and passed.
The Waco Examiner says
two lines for the G. C. and S.
F. railway were run into Belton
by the engineer corps last
week.
The Belton foutnal reports
that the Santa Fe-rcad has
been surveyed to that town and
that a practicable route has been
found.
The Frontier Telegraph com-
pany expect to have their line
completed from Lampasas to
Buffalo Gap and Coleman City
bMay 31.
.The International railway en-
gineers have completed the sur-
vey from San Antonio to Lare-
do and will return to San An-
tonio next Friday.
The committee on public
buildings and grounds on the
28th reported the bills making
appropriations for buildings at
Jefferson Tyler and Dallas.
In the house on Monday the
appropriation bill for the Dis-
trict of Columbia was taken up
but not disposcd'of. The am-
ount appropriated 1553423690.
The petition asking the com-
mutation of the sentences of
Preston and Kerbs was signed
by the. judge of the. district
court and all the prominent
lawyers of Gainsvillc.
The Rock Island 111. conven-
htion elected Blaine delegates to
the republican state convention.
Rock Island is not a gfeat dis
tance from the home of Gen.
Grant at Galena.
The Mason Ncivs Item thinks
the clerical force in the depart-
ments at Austin who are en-
gaged in getting up itemized re-
ports to boost certain parties
into office might be given the
grand bounce.
Navarro county seems bent
on having an open field and a
free race for county officers.
The Obseivei -Index contains
the announcements of twenty-
one patriots and yet there is
six months to go on.
The Hockdale Messenger
earnestly protests against geo-
graphical divisions in Texas
politics. It should make no
difference what part of the state
officers come from so that they
be honest and capable.
On last Sunday night a
heavy storm passed over Ma-
con Miss. blowing away 22
houses including the M. and O.
maci.ine shops round house
telegraph office etc. Seven-
teen persons were killed and
twenty-two wounded-
At Hartford Conn. a big
negro named Bazy who had
been recommended by promi-
nent citizens fur appointment
on the police force was rejec-
ted by the board. He is highly
indignent and says the reason
for his rejection was avcrson to
his race.
The Austin Statesman thinks
the Galveston convention settled
the question of who will be
nominated for governor and
Roberts is the man; a lieutenant
governor will it says be elect-
ed from western Texas. It i
very handy to have a slate and
pencil in the house.
Lst Thursday the surveying
party of the C. & M. railway
headed by chief engineer Walk-
er commenced a survey of the
extension of the line to the In-
ternational. It is supposed the
line will intcsect the Interna-
tional at or near New Waverly
in Walker county.
"Jim Crow snake juice" is
the name they give bug juice or
benzine of a certain quality at
Dallas. It contains more devil-
ishment and fighting qualities to
the fluid ounce than anything of
the kind ever invented and
judging by the way the Dallas
Tunes refers to it it is "built"
expressely for consumption in
the Dalhs dpg'rcric'i.
The Missouri colored repub-
licans want recognition. They
would be satisfied if senator
Bruce Fred. Douglas or some
other prominent negro was nom-
inated for the vice presidency.
Their demand at least has the
appearance of being reasonable.
The Houston Posthas started
up a personal intelligence col-
umn just like the New York
Ho aid. It will be some days
before a Texas newspaper can
issue an edition with 144 col-
umns of matter like that issued
by the Haald a few days ago.
The Oregon republicans late-
ly held a state convention at
Portland passed resolutions-
condemning the democratic par-
ty and accusing them of under-
taking to revive sectional ani-
mosity. They declared Blaine
to be their first choice and elec-
ted delegates to the Chicago
convention.
The Whitney Expiess having
fully supplied the want that ex-
isted for a second paper has
suspended. The want did not
last more than three months.
Some men never know when
they have supplied the want
existing for paper time Tiow-
everhas its effect on them as
well as on everything else.
The recent falling of a girl
from a trapeze in Philadelphia
has raised the question of
whether such performances
should not be prevented bylaw.
The only merit of a flying
trapeze act is the great danger
to life and limb attending it and
the belief that such performan-
ces should be forbidden is grow-
ing very great
A disgraceful scene occur-
red in the Kentucky legislature
a day or two ago the speaker
calling a member Mr. White a
liar. Immediately alter ad-
journment there was a rough
and tumble-fight which though
not exactly the thing was per-
haps better than resorting to
festive pistols and deadly shot
guns.
The Houston Post says from
the 1st to the 23d of April 14-
748 tons of grain were shipped
over the H. and T. C. railway
and an increase of the ship-
ment during the same time
last year of 1399s tons. The
quanty of corn represented in
14748 tons is nearly 530000
bushels and every bushel of
this corn has taken cash out of
the state.
The Gainesville Register
counted its chickens before
they were hatched. Last week
it advertised that ic .would pub-
lish a full account of the triple
execution which was to have
taken place on the 30th inst.
Two of the men have been com-
muted and the Regislei will
have to content itself with a sin-
gle execution that of Noftsin-
ger. An amendment was offered
in the senate authorizing the
president to appoint each year
two colored cadets at large to
West Point acadmy. A long
discussion followed on the
rights of colored men to parti-
cipate in the benefits of West
Point academyand the relations
of the two races when compell-
ed to associate in the institu
tion. No action taken.
It is charged that the Tilden
state convention at Syracuse
N. Y. was run on the strictest
machine methods. The ma-
chine was put in operation to
elect machine delegates and the
convention was run on strict
machine principles. Had it not
been for the machine politicians
in New York that state would
to-day have a democratic in-
stead of a republican governor.
The Bonham News proposes
catechising every man who runs
for office. It says ask him il he
is in favor of approprating one-
fourth cf the state revenue for
the support of public free
schools and insist upon a direct
explicitand unequivocal answer.
The future of Texas depends
upon an crhcient system ol
public free schools; an enlight-
ened population and prosper-
ous people can not be where
there is no education. Ignorance
and want of thrift are twin sis-
ters. The secretary of the navy is
reported as saying that he will
be obliged to abandon the idea
of recruiting on the western
rivers. He -has no difficulty in
enlisting all the boys he wants
but finds that western appren-
tices do not take to salt water
as freely as was expected and
he is now constantly besieged
by their friends to procure their
discharge pricipally on the
ground of home-sickness. It
was sometime ago charged by I
a St. Louis paper that the
duties required of the bovs arc
too severe and the diet allowed
by the regulations is too rough
to agree with a western stom-
ach. The secretary thinks he
wilLhave to rely upon the At-
lantic seaboard cities to furnish
the young recruits who shall
man our future narics.
STATE SEWS.
The wheat fpro$pcct
Coleman eounty isfumisuaJiy
nromisW . . Kf Bfa
promising.
The farmers oT Uvalde
county are in need of cotton
seed to plant.
The wheat crop in Erath
county prescnts'a promisingap4
MW fir
The crops of all sorts arc
in a prosperous condition in
Hays county.
Robertson county has paid
over 536000 for Kansas com
this season.
The price o? stock cattle
and wool in San Saba county is
on the increase. -
The chinch bug has made
its appearance in the wheat Tn
northern Texas.
Nolan spring near Belton
is said to possess valuable
medicinal qualities.
It is estimated that $10-
000000 haT been sent out of
Texas this spring for corn.
City convicts In George-
town arc put to work breaking
rocks on the courthouse square.
Keno is correct in "Austin
when Ben Thompson is out
of town. So reports the btates-
man. Wheat in Mason county
has been seriously injured if
not wholly destroyed by the
drouth.
Small grain in Williamson
county needs rain and in some
localities the Hessian fly has at-
tacked wheat.
Mechanics looking- for
work are advised to stay away
from Austin; there are too many
hands there now.
J. A. Feddeman;latc post-
master at Belton has been re-
leased he having paid the am-
ount he was "short"
The grand jury of Menard
county have found it is said
over two hundred indictments
for cow crookedness.
Rockdale has received 175
car loads of corn or 70000-
bushels all of which has been
consumed in the vicinity.
The Henderson Times hrs
a corrcspodent who it endear-
ingly calls the "Bull of the
Woods." The Bui discourses
on economy.
Aecordingito the Austin
Statesman Ben Thompson has
a charter right to take the
town at will. The officers will
not arrest him.
The steamer Wren was
sunk on Saturday last at Sud-
deth's bluff on the Sabine river
by striking a snag. Boat and
cargo a total loss.
The onion crop is being
gathered at Victoria; they are
large and offajr quality. Farm-
ers who planted largely have
struck a bonanza this year.
Adam Thompson is on
trial at Dallas charged with the
murder of Adam Schumaker a
storekeeeer in 1876. The evi-
dence is said to be direct
The law prohibiting the
"toting" of deadly weapons
goes into effect in Mason coun-
ty and the sheriff notifies the
boys to leave their pets at home.
The Statesman says there
is very little building going on
in Austin; and from present in-
dications there 'will notbe much
of a revival for some time to
come.
A great many wild bees
mad dogs and rattlesnakes are
being found in San Augustine
and the editor of the local paper
is a candidate for the legisla-
ture. Denison had a fire last
Saturday night destroying al-
most an entire block of frame
buildings ten in number. Loss
estimated at" 510000; no in-
surance. In Waco the boys have
thrown away kites topsf mar-
bles and nigger shooters and
taken to firing rocks and break-
ing window glass in vacant
houses. -
Grissom who nearly three
years ago murdered Dr. Brown
at Houston has at last gone to
the penitentiary for life. His
case has been in court all the
time.
It is said thatD. W. Heard
convicted of land crookedness
at Austin was not gnilty ofany
intentional crjme An effort
will no doubt be made to secure
his pardon.
Corn in Cameron county is
now shoulder lu'gh to a man.
Mr. Jos. Hynes has a field of
300 acres of com on the Rio
Grande river which will average
sixty bushels to the acre.
Hon. B.J. Chambers has
bought the Cleburne Avalanche
heretofore a democratic paper
and will in all probability run it
as a greenback paper. Cham-
bers is'thfrgreenback candidate
for vice president
-The editor of the Rusk
Observer is a candidate for
justice of the peace and the
Marshall Herald man is as-
tonished at him calls him a
mercenary wretch and says he
should run for congress.
The Mexia Ledger relates
how an abandoned woman ap-
peared in that town dressed in
male attire and hired out to a
farmer as a hand. Her voice
and feet revealed her sex and
she didn't go to the country.
She was induced to take a
walk.
Deputy sheriff Swan and a
man named West went into the
country from Gonzales to ar-
rest two escaped convicts. The
convicts escaped; while the offi-
cer and West were at supper
the convicts attacked them. A
night or two afterwards the
convicts were captured as well
as the man who had given them
shelter.
A big black negro escap-
W convict was captured at
abcklcy white disguised as a.
w&man. His name was Wrigkt
ifc was taken to Houston.
Mr Cook4unkoadsr-
vf4.ni ivc Ktfa utImIp mmar
I Belton by a bifet wd ejjWf
- (j - a(ji
pedeon theJnnoV Jriis.awu5.
swolIefTaBd' -diseowwr'
Thirty-four candidates
have already announced i the
Greenville Herald and all tlte
newspapers over in 'that 'eriU
Texas arc beside themselves
with jealousy of the Greenville
man.
O. W. Sweet a school
teacher from Vcrmonfiwhohas
been teaching school ia DH3
county took a dose of opium
with suicidal Intent He tdokT
the dose in Dallas on Wcdncs-
day.
It seems from the Tykr
Courier that the spot cotton be-
ing about exhausted the cotten
men and others have tafc to
speculating in futures aad. farth-
er that futures have consider-
able the best of them.
Near Tyler a few daysao
a negro was drowned jwhde
seining. The- DeatbcraT ps-
marks that inasmuch as .seis-
ing is against the law at this
season of the year people who
follow it may get into trouble
besides drowning negroes.
Jefferson Jimp: Jno. Bru-
ner a well-to-do farmer Kviae
in Marion county comstktea
suicide by shooting Wweetf is
the head with a shot gun. Twe
mad dogs were killed in Jeffer-
son the other day after bitia a
number of dogs and hogs.
For some time a number of
burglaries have been cowmitW
in Houston. Henry WitKaMs
a negro was-arrested aadjiiliJ.
He "squaled" and two nefwjcfc
keepers of a saloon wag.aenc-
ted and some of the stofe
property recovered
Frank Hunter ag ed I i and
Walter Jones aged 14 went
hunting near Reagan' FaS
county. Jones it seems earned:
thelfgunaa4 'Hunter' reeefred
its entire contents ktBing him
instantly. The shooting was
accidental and goes to .skew
the danger of allowing swatt
boys'toTUse fire armST"
Lucian M Nottsiager
writcsa somewhat teftgtfty so-
municattonr to 'the GaiaeavUht
Register in which Ive eowfWetf'
of an article published ia the
Galveston News relative to cer-
tain favors shown him 'ad the
other two men who were tmder
sentence ot death ..Noftajager
seemslolKmtneJfewslJpSP
ter should'bV hungaVtheJsaie
time he is.
' i r.2 M' ti t
A wild Mexican Bon is
loose in the woods about ten
miles from Dallas committing
depredations on stock and fight-
ing citizens. It attacked aed
severely wounded a young lady
in the arm ond shoulder who
had strayed away from a pleasure-
party? ''Her ifieiJfe appear-
ed in time to save her life. A
farmer was also attacked ad;
would'have-beenlciHed bnf ' tk .
his bull-dog which wasjkilled
in the fight
Saturday morning a Mrs.
Kellum living near the city
cemetery Austk died fyom the
effects of an overdce f awf-
phine. A'tfourdacVsbe'wM
takeiyiut for burial the cower
was! temeved fram jthe.' cofltt
and signs of life bUscovereeV"'.
-she waf hardly deadeaougfcfe
bury. The coffin and come
was stored in an oM wooden
tool house at the cemetery un-
til Sunday morning when 'the
woman was pronounced to be
thoroughly dead and was fow-
led. A Webb county .Miwariy
out ofdebiaiid;aifcr Ueolkc-
tionof theyear's taxes there w81
be a. cash. balance in. the .treas-
ury.1 Thetcity'ofLWecWAJes
not tax its inbabitaBts and the
office of assessor and cetteetor
of taxes has not 'existed Mce.
its incorporation 3? years ago
the revenue derived faonr other
sources being sufficient t carry
on the government 'The local
paper says that they had a
well be without 'pouee as row
dies taEirthe 'town at "wS a
"-?A' tembfe trieed ixxAt-
ed a few'miles below Austin oa
Tuesday Mrs. Houston wife
of a prosperous farmer; has
shown symptoms ot insanity
for some months. X)n Monday
evening she attempted to poa-
on her entire fam8y of j
children by putting stryclwine.
in the. milk sugar andteffee
It tasted bitter and none of
them used it During the night
she got up and murdered her
two year old son by strangling
him. She then tried to drive a
knitting needle into the ears of
the other children; she also
made an unsuccessful attempt
to murder her five carold
daughter. She exhibited? some
method in her madness. Her
husband has sent her to the
lunatic asylum at tAustijUj J
The San Antonia Express
gives the details of the kiHing
of two horse thrives in Wilson
county. It seems that two
Mexicans and a negro sold a
lot of stolen horses atJFaitview
subsequently they drove anoth-
er lot to Mitchell & Pressnall'a
rancb and ) offered them for
sale. Aeputy sheriff was sent
for and a bargain 'was struck
the trio was coaxed away from
their guns and horses andwhen
a demand was. made for them
to surrender theMexican drew
a revolver but was shot dead
the second Mexican jumped at
Mitchell and snatched his re-
volver when the sheriff shot the
Mexican. -As the Mexican fell
he shot Mitchell In thebreast
wounding him dangerously.
Pressnall was shot in-the leg.
The" negro escaped when the
matinee commenced. AUorthis
occurred in Mitchell's honse.
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