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BY RANKIN & LEVIN.
hnredcy Juno 191884.
OLDIVGYISM.
St. Iiouts as is well known is
the oldest city-west of tho Ohio
livcrj itwas founded when tho
west was a wilderness. Along
about 1850 Ticforb thoro were any
railroads St Iionis was amjimpor-
tant and busy city with a popula-
tion of about C0000. At that timo
Chicago was an insignificant vil-
lage on lako ilichigan. "When tho
building of railroads was commen
ced Chicago interested horsclf and
nsrailroads increased sho became
tho great railroad contor and is to-
day tho leading city of tho coun-
try off tho Atlantic seaboard. Her
pcoplo havo boon pnbhc spirited
and enterprising and sho has so
far outstripped her rival St. Louis
as to havo perhaps ono-third more
inhabitants. ThoEailway Regis-
ter published at St. Louis says
that city has endeavored moro or
less successfully during tho last
fow years to get nd of old fogyism
that has acted as a dead weight
and allowed her rivals to outstrip
her. But for all this says tho Reg
ister thoro is a lolhargy and blind.
' ness to her own interests that will
crop out and tixcrciso a most dis-
couramnd influence. It "then cites
a number of instances in which en-
terprises of a public character
which would havo been very ad-
vantageous havo bcon retarded by
all possiblo means owing to lack
of enterprise and public spirit on
tho part of tho authorities. A
parallel is thus drawn: "Somo
cities havcpublic spirit enough to
bo liboral while at tho samo timo
insisting upon all their rights.
They offer inducements to capitol
and by their own efforts show an
cntcrpriso that brings them great
rewards. Such places grow and
flourish. Other towns fight all
improvements discourago all en
terprises and if they prosper at all
it is in spito of thomsclvcs. It
looks as though somo of its citi-
zens wcro striving to make St.
Louis Tank among the latter. The
tomncr of a town soon becomes
known and unless St. Louis chang
es in many respects it will looso
moro hereafter than it has dono
heretofore. Chicago in most re
spects has been tho opposito to bt.
Loui3 and its astonishing prospcr-
ityattcsts its wisdom."
It is mado apparent that the ago
and natural advantages possessed
by a town or city amount to noth-
ing unless backed by public spirit
and. enterprise and oven to make
them availablo a continued effort
must bo mado. It -will not do to
stop for a day becauso while one
town stops another goes ahead.
Let Iho cituens ofBronham a
'town well situated and possessing
great natural advantages consider
for momnnt. the difference be
tween tho cities ofSU Louis and
Chicago and then ask themselves
arowodoinc; anything lor tho im
provement of our town ; do wo
offer any inducements to men with
capital to comohcro and engage in
business aro wo making any effort
to secure more railway laciuuca
- nw -wo lik vonnsr mocking
birds sittincr with our mouths
open waiting to bo fed ?
TLWEN DECLINES.
Tho -papers on Thursday morn
ing published a long letter from
Samuel J. Tildcn to iJanioi jnan
Hing chairman of the Democratic
Stato Committco.ot Jxow iors
' dated Juno 10 1884 in which ho
doclincs tho nomination. Ho says
that his political rocord is closed
licver to bo reopened. Ho says:
"Havine borno faithfully my full
Bharo of labor andcaro in tho public
service and "wearing marks of its
JrardcnSjldcsiro nothing so mucn
as an honorable discharge I wish
lo lay down tho honors and toils of
oven quasi "party leadership and to
seckreposo in privato life. In ro
nouncingthorcnominationfor tho
presidency I do so with no doubt
in my mind as to tho voto ot tho
State of Hew or tho United States
but because 1 bcliovo that H is a
xennnciation of re-election to tho
Presidency."- Ho says that to all
who havo addressed him on tho
.subject his intention has been
iranklv communicated and that
Bcvcral of his most confidential
friends under tho sanction ol their
own names havo publicly stated
bis determination to bo irreversi-
ble Tho task of reforming tho
government of tho United States
is a greater ono than he cares to
assume. Ho concludes: "iint in
jny condition of advancing years
and declining strength I feel no as
euranco of my ability to accom-
plish thoso objects I am tbcro-
ioro. constrained to say definitely
that I cannot .now assume the la-
borsrof tho administration or can-
vass. I am consorcd by tho reflec-
tion that neither tho Democratic
jartynortho .Republic for whoso
future that jarty is tho best guar--antce
J4.now or ever can bo dc-
jjcndenupon any ono man forsuc-
cessful progress in tho path of na
tional dieting."
This lcttcri-may bo taken as final
and -whatever tho wishes of the
lparty tho idciof nominating 31r.
LTildcn will havo to bo abandoned.
Ifho Democratic party is possessed
labnndant material from which
"selecf a candidato for president.
Hixnr TVakd Beeciiee does not
ZCgard Elaine as a decent Bepubli-
can and says : "If wo. cannot have
a decent Republican president let
US havo a Demotrat.
JATF AKD JUSTICE.
Thcro has long been a popular
superstition that law isonofthing
and that justice is an entirety dif
ferent thing. Many very many
criminals aro legally or rather law
fully triod and acquitted for offon-
scs which thoy havo commiltod
and-for-jvhiclrliad-thcyjastico in-
stead of laV'n'dminisfcrcd they
wonld bo suroly punished. When
tho law says that a guilty man is
not guilty justico is defrauded and
tho entity man escapes. Hero is a
caso directly in point: Jerry Cro-
nan and Aland Lyons a pair of
confidence) operators in Chicago
wcro arralimcd on a cliargo of
swindling ; they waived their right
to bo tried by a jury preferring to
rely upon tho judgment of tho
court. This was adverso to them
and they moved for a now trial
alleging error in tho proceedings
attending their conviction. Tho
singular part of tho business was
that tho counsel who argued the
motion alleged that tho error con
sisted in tho assent of tho court to
tho request of tho prisoners them-
selves that a jury should bo dis
pensed with. Tho motion was
overruled and tho caso taken to
tho Appcllato cOurt whero it was
decided that the claim set up is
good law and that tho prisoners
who had been confined in tho pen-
itentiary pending tho result of the
appeal must bo released.
Iho Chicago Kcws tho paper
reporting this caso says: Wo havo
nothing to say of tho decision it-
self for it is no doubt correct. But
it is not out of place to point out
that tho law which compelled tho
judge to render it is essentially de
fective. Trial byjury is" popular-
ly understood to bo a right that
may bo claimed or waived at the
option of tho prisoner at bar and
tho public will bo apt to bolicve
and insist that in certain cases a
man shall not waivo this privilege
is to interfere unduly with individ
ual liborty.- Tho principlo involv
ed is tho samoTvhethor tho offenso
charged is a felony or a minor vio
lation of tho law. That this popu-
lar viow is founded upon an accur-
ate conception both of individual
rights and tho demands of justico
will wo think bo generally ad-
mitted. It follows then that the
law should bo altered. In tho caso
cited it has served to" sot at liberty
a pair of dangerous confidence op
erators who will doubtless rcnow
their offenses against society.
It many instances tho law very
seriously interferes with justice.
When a murder has been commit
ted justico demands that tho mur
derer bo spcodily punished but tho
law intorvonesi and for numerous
reasons tho trial of tho accused is
put off until finally when tho law
is all on thosidooftho murderer
ho is acquitted. Law and justico
should bo equalized and justico
should bo given as many advant-
ages as the law now seemingly pos-
sesses. This is a matter that is not
receiving tho attention that its im
portance demands.
LET THE PEOPLE SPEAK
Tho Port "Worth Democratic
convention which is universally
admitted to havo been tho most
representative body that has ever
assembled in Tcsas adopted tho
majority rule by' a voto of 303 to
165 and yet tho Austin Statesman
is unhappy. It indulges in a col;
umn editorial in which it plaintive
ly cries for a new ileal. It concludes
by saying: -'Above all things the
Houston convention if it would
hold tho masses of tho party true
to their colors and weir conn-
dence in tho perpetuity of tho par
ty and tho party's policy and prin
ciples it must not tamper with or
abrocato tho two-thirds rule. Tho
policy may suit tho bosses but the
msssps of tho pcoplo of tho party
will not toloraji) it." If tho stato
conventions do not rcpidSflnt tho
masses oftho pcoplo it is impossi-
ble for them U bo represented.
We predict that tho Houston con-
vention will adopt tho majority
rulo by oven a larger .majority
than tho Fort "Worth convention
and wo predict further that instead
of tho now deal tho Statesman so
earnestly pleads for that Governor
Ireland and a majority of tho pres
ent stato officers will be not only
nominated but elected. It is the
masses of tho pcoplo and not tho
bosses that aro now coming lo the
front and tho abrogation of tho
two-tiirds rulo is ono of tho most
important steps in smashing the
machine to pieces. A determined
minority has heretofore had it in
its power to ovcrrido tho will of
tho majority and virtually to con-
trol tho nominations. Tho pro
gressive Ucmocrats navo ai last
awakened from their lethargy and
mossbackism is relegated to tho
dead past. A brighter futuro may
be expected. Tho masses of the
Democrats propose beeping
abreast of tho times ; tho politicians
and party managers of thirty years
ago are-passing away and those of
tho present timo aro coming to the
front. It is tho present that we
have to (leal with and not tho past.
Tho masseis of tho pcoplo aro now
doing their own thinking pnd thoy
do not depend upon pny 0g4s
for instructions ; they aro abniK?"
antly able to tike caro of them-
solves.
TnB Hcmp'stcod Courier says
that the yarns that aro in circula
tion among the negroes in regard
to what the "white folks" aro go-
ing to do to them aro something
wonderful. The Courier says thero
is no danger; that the while peo-
plo havo dropped tho matter and it
hopes tho colored people havo
donc tho same thing. isel.
ED1T0EIAL NOTES.
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Galvmtos is being boomed as a
summer rosort. '
Judge Reagan is now rusticating
in the mountains of Virginia.
The Houston Tost last Sunday
issued a very interesting 12-pago
paper.
Terrell is said to bo fishing for
Jfaxcy's seat in tho United Stales
senate
Tne Forth Worth Gazette is
badly afflicted with tho frco-grass
malady.
Ward Taylor of tho Jefferson
Jimp is a candidato for tho office
of sheriff of Marion county.
Tue Marshall Messenger says:
"Le.t tho press of Texas erect a
monument to Gen. Sam Houston.
Cast's cartoons again appear in
Harper's Weekly. He has done
somo very nasty work on that pa-
per. Wm. Sextos tho billiardist was
thrown out of his buggy in Now
York tho other day and badly
hurt.
TnE Fort Worth Democrat is
strongly opposed to tho frco grass
doctrines of its neighbor tho Ga
zette.
nESRY G. Vekkor tho famous
weather prophet died at Montreal
on the 11th of June. He was 43
years old.
Blaine onco called Hon. Roscoo
Conkling a turkey-cock and there-
fore tho Chicago Times says ho is
a statesman.
It is .stated that John A. Logan
is tho only soldier of tho Into war
who went in as a privato and came
ont a major general.
TnE Statesman says tho election
of Mr. Robertson as mayor of Aus
tin is a signal victory for tho best
citizenship of Austin.
A Democratic club has bcon or
ganized at Indianapolis to work
for the nomination of James Mc
Donald for president
The Fort Worth Gazette urges
tho pcoplo of Tarrant county to
make tho best possiblo showing at
tho New Orleans exposition.
Hon. Barnett Gibbs will have a
good support from this county in
tho state Democratic convention
for tho lieutenant governorship.
The Statesman wants anybody
to beat Upson for congress. It
would bo satisfied with Col. J. T.
Breckcnridgo or Hon. Jo D. Sav-
ers. Gen. St. John of Kansas is an
ardent prohibitionist and he says
tho nomination ot Blaino and Lo
gan is an insult to tho prohibition
ists.
The branch lnnatic asylnm at
Terrell is progressing very well
and tho contractor says it will be
ready for the furniture by January
1 1885.
TnE Austin capital says the
Democrats if they hope to succeed
in tho coming presidential election
must nominate a man who can car
ry Now York.
A list of thirty prominent inde
pendent and Republican papers is
published that havo or will an-
nounco their intention of not sup
porting Blaino and Logan.
The Galveston News says tho
poor old two-thirds rule did not
stand a ghost of a chance though
thcro was a fair sprinkling of
moss-backs in tho convention.
Talmaoe has been preaching at
Littlo Rock and may coma to Tex
as in which event tho Fort Worth
Gazette wants to get Major Pcnn's
gospol tent for his accommodation.
A war is going on between the
pork men in Chicago ono operator
has bought moro pork than thcro
is in existence and hp js now call
ing upon sellers to dclivpr it to
him.
The Bonham News predicts that
dark horses will havo a poor show-
ing at the Housjpn convention.
It thinks that Ireland Gibbs
Swain Lubbock Fatton and Tcm-
ploton will go lhrongh.
The Houston Journal says that
Tom Ochiltreo's friends claim that
fie has made a good Ffpprd in con-
gress and that he will come up
with a burst before tho people
Maybe so.
The Waco Examiner is now
blowing its own horn j It Is a good
paper and its patrons will find it
out without being told. Tho pat-
rons of a newspaper are the best
judges ot its merits.
Extradition papers have been
prepared for tho purpose of hav-
ing John C. Eno a high-toned
Now York defaulting bank .oflicial
brought back from Canada where
ho has sought refuge
Oyr; ono hundred and sixty
railroads have entered into a writ-
ton agreement to rcduco fmi io
New Orleans during tho Exposi-
tion to one tent per mile with spe-
cial rates for nfursions.
Tue Jlcdina county fence cutting
cases bayp b(JP3 transferred to Bex-
ar county tor trial whifh was set
forthel7$fc!t TIicip is thirty-
fivo cases and a host of witnesses.
The cases will be hotly contested.
Tut. Jjerroan Republicans of
. "SouHi 31.iiis held
.North au- - ..
ratification mectinsTr0 "
ination ot Blaine and Logan. Ui..
German opposition to Blaino and
Logan is by no means unanimous.
Quarantine has been established
between Brownsville and Mata-
moras. The reason was that Mat-
tamoros had admitted coffee from
Vera Cruz without tho requisite
twenty days nuarantino of the ves-
Bridge Beach k Co. stqvp mak
e'rs a'f St. Louis nolifiedjtheir em-
ployes that they would bo com-
pelled to rcduco it ages -15 percent.
About thrco hundred ofthem re-
fused to "stand the fall" and quit
work.
In a licrman settlement near
Duluth Minn. some trumps mur
dered a young woman lately mar
ried and after mutilating her body
put it in a hollow log. It tho
tramps are caught there will bo a
hanging.
Cleveland of Now York seem
to bo looming up as tho coming
candidato of tho Democracy for
president but so far very little at-
tention has been paid to the second
place All wo want is a man who
can win.
The Austin Capital is correct in
tho assertion that Terrell's defeat
at tho Fort Worth convention was
without any political significance
It was due to a combination of cir-
cumstances over which Terrell had
no control.
No man who writes a book can
bo president or governor thcro
after says the Fort Worth Gazette
Gov. Roberts once wrote a book
and Blaino has lately written ono
It is hoped that tho rule will hold
good in the caso of Blaine
The Fort Worth Gazctto has
been turning tho crank of a free
grass organ for months and months
and now it calls all the papers op-
posed to its free rass doctrine
organs. Tho pot ought to havo
somo respect for the kettle
TnE pastors association of Dal-
las has passed a series of rcsolu-
trons against the present lax di.
vorco laws and suggesting that
they he amended. They also plcdgo
themselves not to remarry any
guilty party who has been divorc-
cd.
The Galveston Record says that
Scth Shcpard appears to bo tho
coming man but if ho desires the
position it is a duty ho owes to the
public to saj so. The inference is
that Shcpard is tho man to run
against tho magnificent Tom Och-
iltree The Waco Day says men whose
names commence with a "C" havo
always had bad luck as presiden
tial aspirants. It probably refers
to Cass and Clay but we do not
sec thatitis any reason why Cleve
land should not bo elected if nomu
natcd.
It seems that all the Republican
pilgrims to Washington wcro orig-
inal Blaino men but they did not
make this fact known until after
tho Chicago convention. Tho con-
vention had a magical effect in
changing tho convictions of offico
holders.
It is becoming disagreeably com
mon latoly says the Tpmplo Times
to sco most ot tho timo in school
and college exhibitions taken up
and tho audience bored nearly to
death by long-winded speeches by
prominent gentlemen who have an
axe to grind.
The Bastrop Advertiser is mov
ed to remark that thp effort of two
or thrco Democratic papers to
boost Wash Jones for governor
looks very much like an attempt
to keep him outof tho congression-
al race and that it is no credit to
tho papers engaged in it
TnE Waco Examiner thinks that
Waco should bo tho leading city of
North Toxas. Dallas and Fort
Worth both olalm to bp leading
cities now andjqst how tbpro is
going to bo fiyp. or six leading
cities is n question that is much
easier asked than answered.
The Galveston News on Monday
morning issued a splendid 12-page
paper containing elaborate crop
reports. Much guess work is nec
essarily dorie in making up crop
reports as not ono reporter in a
dozon has any pppprt unity of mak
ing a personal investigation.
The Statesman says "G. Wash-
ton Jones will not bo in the con
gressional race He flics his fal
con at loftier game does G. W."
Also: "Wash Jones is surely in
the race for gubernatorial honors."
It would afford the Statesman
great pleasure to sco frcland de-
feated. TheJscw fjrlcans Times-Democrat
expresses the hopo that Gal-
veston may be able to get tho Eads
bill passed by congress. The reg-
ular appropriation for the harbor
having been ;ilowpd to lapso Gal-
veston is now dependent upon the
Eatjs or some other bill of similar
import
The San Antonio '1'iiats puts it
self on record as a prophet; it pre-
dicts that the Democrat docs not
live ttho pan carry Ohio in a pres-
dcntial epctipp- Qbio has been
solidly Republican in presidential
contests but that is no reason why
she should not reform and join the
Democratic ranks.
A cohBKotfl VPfJ of the New
York Herald ttauls to know what
Blaino's religion is. The Herald
says it dout know ; that B. G. In-
gersoll puf ;jjm ill nomination at
Cincinnita in 1870 and ought lo
know or he may apply to Russell
Sal'o or Jav Gould who are both
worshippers of Jfip pjdcd calf.
The Boston Herald can't under
stand how Blaino could make five
millions of money in so short a
t' S salaried position which
-uttee mt!t hi toluj
over a hundred l. 'a.
Tho Herald must be a vert- n..
cent Republican paper not to know
that the JJoflicc-holdcrs of its par-
ty havo ttays of making money un-
known to the common people.
Tho best smoking
'Littlo Joker."
tabacon is
. Prominent Dcmocrats.at Dallas
boliev that tho Houston conven-
tion should fix thof basis of rcprc-
scntallon for the succeeding con -
ventiori at one delcgaio for every
five hundred totcrsfor governor
at the coming election otherwise'
the number of delegates will make
mo convention unwieldy.
The Fort Worth Gazette threat-
ens that if tho Democracy docs not
adopt a froe grass platform at tho
Houston convention that Wash
Jones will come out as a tree grass
candidate for governor and that he
will havo a very strong following.
Perhaps he will but tho Democra
cy will hardly bo dictated to bj-
tho frco grass men.
The San Antonio Express is as
mad as a wet hen ovor the Fort
Worth platform and it says that
Jo. Saycrs has politically killed
himself in signing said platform as
cuairman. ine piatlorm repre
sents the sentiment of a majority
oi the people of Texas on tho tariff
question and tho Express has a
well bow with such gracoas it can
to tho will of the majority.
The St Louis Republican wants
to havo Tilden nominatod at all
hazards. It says: "Nobody ever
heard him say that if elected he
would not serve as president"
But ho has said most positively
that ho is not a candidate and tho
party has taken his word for it.
Tho great Democratic party has
certainly come to a pretty pass if
its stability and preservation is de-
pendant upon ono man.
Here is tho Fort Worth Gazottc's
plan lor distributing the stato
offices: Tho best-balanced distri
bution of stato officers is that
which gives tho governor to South
Texas tho lieutenant-governor to
East Toxas tho comptrolcr to
Northeast Texas tho treasurer to
Southeast Texas and tho land com-
missioner to North Texas. Will
somebody name a reason why this
motion shall not prevail?
Somebody has written to inform
tho Now York Sun that Blaine's
name is composed of six letters;
that ho was nominated on tho sixth
day of tho week the sixth day of
the month and the sixth month in
the year. Tho importance of this
discovery will bo felt in its fullest
force when some old woman with
a wart on her nose looks at tho
grounds in tho bottom of her tca-
enp and tells us what it all signi
fied.
President Arthur is known as
a man who is by no means un-
grateful lie has about nine
months more of official career and
it is said that he will make the
best use of his time in rewarding
those who so faithfully stuck to
him at the Chicago convention
It is thought fhit many official
heads will tumble off among tho
Southern office holders. Malloy
and Ucbress.'ol Texas aro in
Washington advising Arthur.
The New York Times compares
Cleveland and Bayard as available
candidato for tho presidency and
of the two it thinks Cleveland tho
most available man as Clcvclands
nomination would bring out the
great issuo of honesty and reform
against impurity nnd political job
bery. It is also staled that Carl
Schurz would take the stnmn in
favor of Glovp!apd Bayard's char-
acter is above reproach but as a
reformer Gloveland is regarded as
the strongest man
The Hquston Post's Washington
special says that the impression
prevails among the members of tho
Toxas delegation that tboEadsbill
for tho improvement of Galveston
harbor docs not stand a ghost of a
chance at this session of congress.
Tho schemo is regarded by many
as visionary and several engineers
aro in Vasbington who express
the opinion that tho improvement
of the harbor should bo let by con-
traef. J.q fjo jgtvest bjddpr who
guarantees the' work.
An Austin special to tho Galves-
ton News says tho publication in
full by the News of Terrell's ad
dress is considered a piece of great
enterprise on the part of the pa-
per. Thqsp whg arp eppversant
with such great enterprises know
that tho pnbjicafipn of speeches is
paid fpr by (he partjes most inter-
ested in having io speech made
public. Of the general run of
newspapers not qnp j) ten has
cither the timo or tho inclination
to read long speeches and no one
knows thjs fiptfcr than the newspa
per puDsners.
James WiLsoN Webb a distin
guished American journalist died
a few tjays ago af ap advanced age.
82 years. Ho was a c-Rtemporary
of Thurlow Wccdj Horace Greeley
and tho elder Bennett. Mr. ebb
was born in New Yprk state in 1802
and if) JJ3J became editor and
proprietor of the Morning Courier
at which time Ucnnctt was a re
porter on that paper. In 1S4:
Webb fought a duel with Tom
Marshall of Kentucky. Ho was
mado minister to Brazil in 1861
and occupied that position lor
eight years after which ho retired
irora public inc.
-Tkij isjhe way the Wall Street
Daily News oxiireasps its business
view ot tho political situation!
Had Chester A. Arthur been
nominated jf. js just- possible he
might havo been (deptpd apd there
would have been no perceptible
Change in the working machinery
or policy of the country. Business
meff VMM kf e r9.okca uron cvcn
- -Bau3jon SS ft (avornfif c r-
his .... - -. aumjnation of
atiimctinttf Tint... "t
nut i...
Blaine makes it certain that which- ..
i i i . .i .
uvur jiunj is succu.siiii at mo iau
election thero will be a radical
change in everything and that i
what tapital dreadi."
I Judge A. B. Norton of Dallas
lis to stump Ohio for Blaino and
Logan and tt ill not rctnrn homo
until alter Iho election.-Norton
was engaged in campaign ttork in
Ohio or Indiana in the l.it presi-
dcntial election nnd it is said of
him that ho waived tho bloody
shirt to somo extent. Campaign
orators of tho Republican persua-
tion aro not very conscientious
when in distant states; they usual-
ly leave their consciences at home.
It is further stated that in tho
oi cut of Blaino's election Norton
is to bi
made goternor of Now
Mexico.
Mr. Nat fj. IIfndfrson of the
Georgetown Record has been a
candidate lor office and K we be-
lieve a candidato now. He has
had experience and he speaks from
the uttermost depths of his heart
if ho has ono in tho following
complaint: "We dispiso this eter-
nal fault-finding with somo of our
editors. As soon as a man puts
himself forward for office somo one
begins to pick flaws in his personal
and privato character." When a
man "puts himself forward for
office all the bad points in his char-
acter arc full- developed and ex-
posed to public viow.
Maj. J. II. Littlcfield of Whit-
ney is being urged for comptroller
by his man- frionds throughout
me state xne major lias a largo
acquaintance all over the state and
thero aro none who will for a mo
ment doubt his conpctcncy and fit
ness for tho high position. Ho is
a inorougn accountant and a gen
tleman oi tno nigncst integrity and
nonor. iiillsuoro V isitor.
Major Jim Littlcfield was for-
mally a citizen of this county and
has scores of warm personal
friends hero who would delight to
honor him. It is safe to say that
his claims for the comptrollcrship
will receive the earnest attention
oi our delegates in the stato con
vention.
The Dallas Herald has a few
words to say about offico-secking.
Largo numbers of men aro contin-
ually in search of office No mat
ter how small tho position the
number of applicants is always ex-
cessive Day laborers can make
moro than is paid to somo officers
yet there is a charm about office-
holding that seemingly makes an
offico desirable As n general
thing men in official position do
not havo manual labor to perfom
and as tho avcrago man is lazy ho
prefers light work and small pay
to hard work and Jajr wages. The
great trouble is thcro is not offices
enough to go round.
In making political nominations
candidates are not infrequently
put forward for tho purpose of
catching the German voto and the
lrisn vote This is all wrong in
theory and practice When an
Irishman or a German comes to
this country and becomes a citizen
ho becomes to all intents and pur
poses an American ho takes out
naturalization papers and renoun-
ces allcgianco lo the government
ment of tho land of his birth. The
nationality of an American citizen
should cut no figure in making
nominations for offices. Thcro
should be no foreign olement all
should bo Americans together.
The Bonham News is now eigh-
teen years pld ad js in prosper
ous circumstances. Unlike somo
of tho new papers a year or two
old it has been in business long
enough Q know about what influ
ence a paper is likely to exert and
it says it does not assume to con
trol tho destinies of nations nor of
States jioji of counties. Tho young
fresh and tender nowspaper is suro
that ho has tho world by tho tail
but tho longer ho is in tho business
tho surer ho is that'tho world
knows very littlo about him. Tho
Nows is a sound conservative
newspaper and by attending strict-
ly to its own business it makes
friends and helps its town county
and State
The New York Tribune a paper
that has always been super-loyal
says that no estimate of the result
of Blaine's nomination has any val-
uo that docs not start with tho fact
that the PCRpIp and thp pcoplo
alone nqnin.iled him. Siiicp the
days of Andrew Jackson no other
candidate of cither party has been
so cicarly the choice of the masses.
Blaine had no palroagc to help
him and flic organization ol the
party was wholly opposed to him.
All of this is very nice but many
of tho leaders of tho Republican
part- aro by no means carried
away yiti Mr. Blaino and a con-
siderable number of very respec
table Republican papers will not
upport him.
The Chicago News a Republican
paper that hits no Iqvo lor Blaine
says that it is within the potter pf
tho Democratic party to namo a
man and adopt a platform which
will secure tho support of the best
people of tho country. It is with-
in the raugo of possibilities to de-
feat the Republican tickpt now in
tho field After refcring tp sever-
al possiblo candidates it concludes
that Cleveland is unquestionably
the man lor tho hour. He has prov-
ed an intelligent earnest conser
vative and
1 fiUogsttafxapaUcjilib- " -Uaeastle lor many:
. . i 4i . rrTefKS-Cannectcd with tho proa.oi
lie officer
the News he would unquestionably
poll a t cry large Republican voto
which could be secured for no oth
er democrat now mentioned
John D. Ktheridcc. whose
ranch is on Middle Concho about
3! Hes west of San Angela was
strnck'by t w.iiei: ?pout and hail
b'OJW; felJIi'iS Jrojynliig two
" "'-Os iisPl) IP ?j.
not'ivs
AVoman i- the crime of man.
She hear traces ot si th'ii.auil
3 oai of injustice
SIATEJiElVS.-
mZ. tf 9
Lib'ortyJHillia
have
axol-
Z'l
l'F- Z i -'
Peaches arc plentiful in north
Acxas.
Tyler is soon to have a mili-
tary company.
Llano jaunty is to have a $25-
000 chourthouse.
Fence cutting is now of very
raro occurrence
McKinncy has only one de-
linquent tax-payer.
Gainesville claims a popula
tion oi six tnousana.
Fine blackberries arc grown
near tho town of Comanche
There aro yet 85000000 acres
of public school lands in Texas.
Tcmplo celebrates her third
birth day .on Friday tho 27th inst
There is talk of building a
$40000 Wcslcyn collcgo at Fort
Worth.
Tho Citizen reports tho crop
prospects of Colorado county as
favorable.
Tho city assessor and collec-
tor of Laredo is a defaulter to tho
tunc of $600.
James Calloway an old and
esteemed citizen of Courtnoy died
on Saturday last
A now town is being laid off
in Greer county and lots aro said
to be in activo demand.
Tho editor of the Hill Coun-
ty Visitor is a ram-pant frco grass
advocate Toor follow!
Two patients wcro discharged
from the lunatic asylum at Austin
on Monday fully restored.
Tho oat crop of Smith county
is reported as being tho largest and
ocst raised lor many years.
There aro upwards of sixty
divorce cases on tho docket of tho
district court of Bexar county.
After going through a soigo of
me measles the whooping cough
naa now oroken out in ilcmpstcud
Col. Joo Dunham a citb.cn of
Grimes county sinco 1842. died at
his homo near Courtney tho other
nay.
Tho Gainosville Register
wants a rourin oi jury celebration
and says tho pcoplo must havo
one.
The railroad track on French
Prairie three miles west of Liber
ty is being raised abovo highwatcr
mark.
Aloxandcr .Canoy a French
man suicided at Dallas by drown-
ng nimscil in the Trinity river
last week.
In Ncuccs county pasture lands
are assessed at two dollars per
acre and stock at twelve dollars
per head.
Mexicans in San Antonio ro-
gardlhc newly arrived Italians as
formidable rivals in the labor
market
Col. Plato collector of cus
toms at Corpus Christi lately ar-
rested has given bond in the sum
ot szuou
Dallas will havo cheap sausatre
for a day or two. Twccnty-four
wortnicss uogs wcro shot at the
pound on Monday
Cropirospccts in Waller coun-
ty aro not near as bad as at first
supposed and farmers have gono
to work witn a will
QuiJpR number of white and
colored tenants in Smith county
have abandoned their crops since
ino late heavy rains.
Charley Geo Hop a heathen
Chinese was fined $10 in tho re-
corder's court a.t Port Worth for
seeping an opium den.
ncmpstcad has organized a
base ball club and soon Novasota.
Brcnham and Bc11yU1o will havo
to IqqIc to their laurels.
Thcro was a fine rain at Paigo
on Monday which assures a good
corn crop. 5r03Pcc'3 ff All aver
age cotton crop are lar
Thoro has boen planted in
Fannin county this year 75000
acres of cotton 40000 acres of
wheat and 75000 of corn.
Pupils residing outside of Fort
Worth aro admitted to tho high
school of that city upon payment
of $2.50 per month tuition.
Six thousand fivo hundred
dollars was subscribed at Fort
Worth on Sunday tqward huilding
a S35.00Q Methodist. church.
Local option was carried in
Llano county by a very small ma
jority some weeks ago; but tho sa
loons have not yet found it out.
The Comanche county farmers
wcro so pushed for time last wppjj
that thoy foijnd Itntjccssary to'furi
their mowing machines on Sunday.
Botter crops of grain than aro
now being harvested in the vicini
ty of Temple were never known jn
fjne.
A Hill county man who was
bitten by a water moccasin while
bathing hurried home took a largo
quantity ot "snako medicino and
was cured.
in iort north had somo family
troublcs and to end them took a
doso of morphine Medical aid
saved him.
Tho Honstpn Evening Jour-
nal has been awarded the contract
for tho city printinS "ts b' being
lower than that of tho PpsJ. f h
Age did flqt put i any hW.
Tho iep factqry at Nayasqta js
about completed and will soon bo
turning out ice Tne po(cs (or tho
telephone arp being put up be
tween Aavasoja and pdersqn
A HCiirQ Woman y0 years QlU cWtfantOltlltoIJnl. In wines ne keep a
....i:.l fH. 1 !.':. sl TViV? "" stoct or UUtomla Ivellej'sHlanU.Knig
apjlllcil IpC a(Imid31flu p thp 4Hr:ciiamisne. Tlie llne.1 UranUs or cigars In thl
rant comity poor lipusc. $hc aya'ots.
she was brought irqmorthUaro-i
lina "bcib do wah by a mggar
traJah."'
B. F. Hardcastle for many
Uouston fcllTrTTnTjwrtUtsBRICK AHD STONS WORK
of tlio cpanty hpspital and hnrti
Inmfclt severely ixo naa uecn on
a drunk.
A shpptinff scrane peenrre
at Llano a few days ago hPMvpp
C. S. Stondcmiro and Billy Swan
son deputy sheriff. Both emptic
their pet pistols and Stoudcmirc
was wounded.
tffy'irMi5 C DERS IH LIVESTOCK
ttr ilnllnni In
watch and t . .
inomn .
" ash Jones has turned lo a
cowboy and at last accounts was
engaged in driving a herd of cattle
to his ranch in Coryell county. Ho
passed through Bastrop mounted
uu a musiang pony.
Anderson Grimes conntv. is
soon to havo a nowspaper and gen-
cihi jiniHiiig omcc. unmesconn-
ty now has an excellent newspaper
tho Navasota Tablet which is
about all it is able lo snnnnrL
When a man wants lo start a paper
..n.: i... ...
Homing uui experience win con-
tintc him that it is hard to mako
one a paying institution.
The great dancer Tagiioni has
left memoirs said to contain cu
rious revelations of tho Iifo of the
Berlin icnna and Paris aristocra-
cy of 40 years ago and concerning
the Belgian court.
W AllRK-dtKCK
II. AlIKR-iniCK.
It. I.: IIOTJ-C...
VV.J. Uiu.ru....
PrrftMent
... .. . .. l-rrf slittnl
... serrvtarr
AM'tSVcan.lTrM.
Art.Srr. Ilrnhia
J. T t Ex.nLX. .
Ahrenbeck Oil Co.
Mannfoctnrfn of-
COTTON SEED OIL OIL CAKE
AND X.1NTXILS.
Operatins Mills at Hempstead & Brenliai
We takt plra diirr Id irff rritiff the public lo th
mr rani ami Informlnathtm that trr ar nr
abort rani ami larornunRthfRt that we ar pi
nairri to All all nnlera In our line at Imlh twin
larrd to All all nnlera In our line at bmh pohita
ami that ire will at ali;tlmM par the hljctiest
market pnre Tor Cotton f1 at ail point on the
1IT. C. amlU.C.t S. r. Railway. 1W
will aim hare In mnnertioa with the mills l
the alwtre pninU COTTON GI.N3 with a raparl-
tyofFirty Bale per Dy where we will at-
cummotUle oar customer to (he bet of onr
Atmirr. we will keep all cotton in the eeed
ent to our Gin- Inllr euTered by Insurance free
brio
sible
of chiller and will I
lara of Are an Ion? a It remains tmbalerlla
reMc
xmdible for lu value
ottrrare. We will be prepared tofurnUti Bajr-
King anr Tie to our enstoroers at the lowest
raien.
liarlna been in tne lHialne slnee l"Gi. we
feel aattxfled that we ran please oar customers.
We nhall make It onr aim to make no enemies
and an tne frlemU we can.
S3" All bills paid on the 31 of earn month.
O. A. BSOSS BE. 3M
CSHDX1HHD
Office over Clddlngs JcGlddlags' Bank
BKBXIIAM TEXAS
rirTenders hU profeselonal trice to the
ciiueni ot urrnnara anu eurnramunff Tin nines.
PAIHTIHQ ART.
A colored gentleman from New Orleans U
now pieivireu totio
House PaMns.Grainiiis Paper Hamun
AND SIGN 1VIUTIXQ.
At-o Cleaning Old Furniture and and nuking 11
new with tho bet ol polish. AddreM me
thmustbr. O. I will come to aorpart of tne
country uy giving me io days notice
JI. J. 11ECYES.
W. H. VINSON
ATTORMTEY AT XAW
REAL ESTATE.
Fire and Life Insurance Agent
JtRENHAM.
Office over Glddings & Giddinss Bank.
Will insure vour houses household and
kitchen furniture gootL wares and mer-
chandise in the best companies against loss
by fire on very reasonable terms.
AI.S.E.&B.A.OFA.
W.H.VINS02)
"Will forward your applications to tho 31. S.
E. & B. A. of A. for a beneficiary certificate
upon your life that will pay you 1-5 the
amount at stipulated periods vnile you are
unng or mo run amount w your xamuy
ancr tout uoain
THE IT. S. E. & B. A. OF A.
Will pay before you die therefore you dont
have to "die to beat it. It will loan money
to its members who hold an endowment cer-
tificate before maturity of coupons of same
at a low rate of interest thereby keeping the
profits of its business in the hands of its
members. Now is the time while In good
uezuui. w nKvuns a uvufut coruncsie
W. II. VINSON
Will rent houses and collect rents In the
atrtfora reasonable commission and can
sell you a residence in the pty or a farm in
anTDortion of thecountr atbotlam mrlr
prices. haTD tho following and many
C C Hcmmmz's Central Hotel. 4-iinrr
brick ccn.tr&lly located in business port of
ttooity.nowpayin" over 12 percent per.
annum ana annually increasing
all'
ling in value.
now oerca at itswu.
Lumberyard lot and improTotnents thcre-
md improi
iy P. W.
occupied by W. Wood about
oil about
at$3M0.
Hemming
M2 acres Unu paying property; at $3400.
About 8 acres land on the oli
homestead 1 mile from the court house on
Clinton street for $2000.
Any or all of this property will ho sold
on caay terms.
L IL KantlaU's 5 ftwa lok on Main street
south c Cg1 Alleorn't) residence a banram
at $1000.
u. it. Jiakers residence and lots adjoining
now on tire market at reasonable prices on
casv terms.
T. Harris lot and house with fiva rooms.
adjoining and cast of Jlrs. Spencer's com-
lunaum roiucjicc very enenp .wu.
R. T. Flewellen's 715 1-2 acres about 15
miles cast of Prcnham 375 acres in cultiva
tion 100 acres in pasture 50 acres of cedar
timber a good and comfortable dwelling
servants and 12 tenant houses barn ana
stables store-house and a 25-horse power en
gine aou ouiiur cuuuu gin saw aim ET
mill; $17 50 per acre.
T.J. Evans 500 acres abflut 4 miles south
ofWtuhhttwit &w acres in Brazos bottom
farm. In good state of cultivation $15 per
acre.
Many other houses and lots and vacant
lots in Brenham. and other tracts of land
in different sections too numerous for this
space
Valuable City Property for Sale
uu jyiHjf 4riw
1 lol.ronttn'? 100 fL 6 inches on San dv nnd
running bacL 248 ft. to Peabody street'This
is vim vi iiiu luuab uusiraum nniucucc 1UU in
tbi-t citv.
10 G-10 acre part of AllcGrn addition to
Brenham cottar? vUh a roomi stable corn
crib nnyifaod wel of water on place will
cu; in an size wis ue&ircu.
8 hits in Wilkins' addition to Brenham
Known as Hutchinson grove Ul c.fc this to
suit purcn.t-crb:
Titles all perfect. For particulars nppl)
to 1C A. Haeylv. at Lotkett's stable.
J. C. HARRIS. I. M. PRESSLE1
HARRIS 4 PRESLER
(Successors to Kavanaoeh A lressler.')
RECEIVIN6. FORWARDtrta ARO
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
BRENHAM TEYAS.
Tfaewelchlnz anl saviDllii? of cotton a fa
cility. VI e are prepared lo offer IndooBRteats
b our friends and the farming public in reaeral
advantage esinat to any oouon eUbtuhment
Intheeltr We are arer-U for the cebr&Jl
I
tmrroTedTenaes WaOQ equaled by few and
Borpaift'l by none ; alo agent for Improved
union urns i rvfsc joru alii is oiesra sa.
nfu tic anu ueaiers in uaroeu ana rene
Ire and An lculnirai ImnlemenUi
Letimann's Saloon
rner of St. Charles and Sandy Btrco
Brenham Texas.
r bar Is always supplied with the nnrst
i tt. mi.Viii ... wit. ir.rr.v. ir
l'atronae solicllM.
n. IAIIMANS rroprietor.
J. H. WILKINSON & CO.
CQNTIUCTORS F0K
r lmmti
m n sir-!.- rrlVan t rttiw aTiJIPnh t-ll
prorflnt'y attended to for cither HoustQn or
Other Drickf and quarantpc fa gja
IJNTn?E SATlSrAOTIUJ
P O. lox J3q TtEXIIA5I.TEXA3
FISCHER & WEIS
BUTCHEES AND
!!aT1ic IJlievt iiwrkot price paid in cash
'- Itua" V-ii"WiE 9?H nnl fIIKKr.
W. RJAH2CKE
MaooXietarer ftftd Dealer la
Saddlery .and Harness
(Sdraicnberg'A nr BalMlos)
ftaBdrbtnct.
riRKJtltAJt TEXAS.
Keeps on hind complete stock or
Saddled and Harness
ol hu own make. Abo UacIei.Sasi's Ilir-
nessOil.
REPAIRIMK P9HRPTLY 0U
Rnni imr wjw
Miser actuu or
sx.AjEx.23:xjxara-
SODA WATEH
8arMmrUlft4 Qlasvr At.
tU3od Fountain charged tX low Esures-
W.H.MURPHV rxorarrox.
M. JRUSSI
Contractor and Builder
BRENHAM TEXAS.
Is prtoired to contract lor haildrnn nf all
kinds complete. F.ans and spcahcalkms
tarnished upon application. Am ao pre-
pared to "maanfactare moaldtngs brackets
door and window frames to order. Scroll-
uwingaipeciilTy. Lumber of all dimensions
pUaed'tromoDe-stxteenthofaninch to six
inches thick. Shop on North Market Strce
Notice to Contractors.
BldswUlbreelTedbrtrMiniMlnlrnJ ttnit
lini.ontheSfthof Jnne. law. for- n nwftAt.
ofa frame baUdlaa;)x;feet( and II fret fclih.
rum Ynaln.al tbali vmuntf 1 mil unth r
Barton. Lumber ami material all furalsJiMlfw
the ground. Hans can be eeea at Burton trr call-
log on or applying to m. lUtrzx
XnoO WJLTMMT.
X. Scmxuxo.
Notice to Creditors.
EatalroT
Boot. T. Cuxmr.
lhcinfd. )
Letters of admlnlrtntloa TrtTrrotJ lit m-
dtMjronl n !! comity coon of Washinztua
coanlj ontlK daror Slur. A. I. 1H. All
persons hoMlajr claims aisfast said Mats are
requlre-l tc prmrat It. sann within u Umr
prescribed !y law.
Jly Teshlene. Is near Independence awl my
piumcealdreMjs Independent. Ustnul'lt
wlthmratmmej.i;. C.Uatrett. Ejq.. will re-
ceive attention. II.O. Ronumxre.
Administrator.
Notico to Creditors.
Estato of I
E. F. Auctkoxo V
Dcccased.J
letters of administration were cr&nCed
the undersigned by the County Court of
Washington county on the 7th Jy of 3Iy
A. D. 18St. All persons holding claims'
against said estate ore required to present the
some within tbe time prescribed b v law.
My residence is at TaIor. ami mr tret.
office address Is Taylor. Claims left with my
attornry C C. Garrett Esq wTO receive at-
tention. Jons E. Axxctkoso.
Administrators.
?STKAr MITICE. -Taken np br VT. J. Ilan--A-inah.onlhelfthdarorsrarrir
Ijms tt -
rrare.1 beCre I II. Ilowers. J. f. pnctnel.
I na.hlnirtoii ominty. on the SSI ilar or April.
Isal oneuart bay mareVnmll hands bUh
aooutSnrSTear.nlfl.iw. lirit. wiik. n.
olt dnn color. Appraised by Joe Uoffmar.
mi Auraminuf aiau
aiww ; ii. ai ucwis C C C. w. C.
ESTKr jnmcE-Tsler. npby Knoch Ca-
lon.onthehdayor:Uarch. la! ami en.
rari
I tt
Yashlnaton Count
1381. one bay mare with Spanish brand (rreraib-
ntr. on me ltth ilav
l-ajt a crescent J ) on left fttomfilrr ater In &
hwl.wilpoii ). roar white ft( lojrvamoMl
tlbairt4hljrh.ODe roan hor blotcheil brantl.
on left shovhUr ttar in forehat. tbrw whltw
ret. 13 yean old 13 H baiyU hfh. AMiraLs
Aeli HM.lJMrwC.C.C'W C
Old CoarthoH.se for Sale
By order of the Commission Court fhe old
Court-boose wiB be sold on Jane XkCU iS3.
Sale at public auction on the pahU c square
forcash.
rnrchaser to remove the same within Co
days ait.r sale
CR.BXU10TC
Co. Judge W. a
M. A. HEALY
DEALT LN;
General Hardware
Cutlery Edre Tools CasttinK Fannins:
Imnlunents. Hoes. Chains. VW-- Tmn.
Steel Cooling and HcaUnff Stoves Stove
Trimmings and Tinware of all land Paints
Oils VarnUhcs and window Glass Buggy
and 'Wagon material Robber Belting from
11-2 to 18 inches wide. PacUng of all
tind-s and all articles appertaining to the
Hardware business. Main street.
Janl 1 78 Brenham. Texas.
WZLLIAM ZEISS
CITY BAKEH.
AND tNFECTIONEK
Main Strret...BKE(HAM Tlxjus
Dealer in Staple and Fancy Groceries
Wines liquors Lager "Beer. Hot Bread
Fresh Cokes and Res on hand at oil times.
y.Baer&Cranzl
Wholesale
GROCERS
CSTTM FACTMS -HOUSTON
TEXAS.
-
Ml . M4M 'M H II
T TtrHT-t n ftill ciAflr nf
GKROCERIES. I
in al) its branches e ear f
ry a hnc-of goods especial i
adapted for f
GERMAN Axr J
BOHEMIAN Tram t
1 more complete tlian can. f
uc ivunu eievnerw in ine I
T State. $Wt!itis to handle f
COTTON
1 consigned torn are lutein--
f passed. This dortPicnt f"
I is in chars f i
I MR W. CORNIT1USL f
formerlr of B&kctiax
--! lll.
Sir BsBjamin BroHi&'s
For the cure of Diarrhoea or Loosness of the
imwcis. uysenterr utoltra .Moibui Gup.
ingrains in the BoweiiunmerComplW
FtatjCohc Pain in the Stomach Cramps
Restlessness at night. Sick Stomach Fret-w
Ung of Infants and all affections or the
Bowels.
SOU KOPmETOH 4 WHOUSAIFDRIIB81ST.
Nw Orlemna
O-SoMbj- WALKER A CO.
FAUSTINO KIBEK.
.&fQticja3?
Scaler la an Ktnils or
ForeipauaBfiiestieMtu.Eic.
HOilE-JIADE C.VXDY FRESH
ERV DAY.
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JACOB NUE - Proprietor.-
Qnltman Street Kt of Arteek tmllfllnj.
nUENHAM. . TEVASL
C.KOCEKIES BEER CiCARS and
TORACCO
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