The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 2, 1889 Page: 1 of 8
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ASCRIPTION PRICE I
^Copy, Ono Your §1.50
Copy, Six Months 75
I Coi y, Four Months 50
ktmil Discounts to Clubs. ,
Advertising Rates
made known on application
JOB PRINTING A SPECIALTY.
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,'OL. XII.
MINEOLA, TEXAS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1880.
NO. 18.
The Tobacco Tax.
LEGISLATIVE.
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(Courier Journal.)
few Democrats in Congress
Iterday were made a catspaw of
the Republicans, and, voting
Hi the Republicans, secured the
fcrence of a l)ill to repeal the
Matters of general interest trans-
acted in the Legislature since
our last issue.
of a misdemeanor and subject to a : The Grout ltr)bcr of Voters
fine not exceeding two hundred Goes Unpunished.
dollars. The finding of a minor I
working on any place other than : ^ r^erence to the shameless
that of the parent or guardian shall, corruption of the ballot in Indiana,
be prima facie evidence of the em- by Dudley, the chief of ltepubli-
iaeco tax
Innnittee.
■The Ways and Means Committee
Is in its bill embodied the repeal
[the tobacco tax, but has insisted
it, at the same time, other and
arc burdensome taxes shall be
jealed.
The repeal of the tobacco tax
jlll not add one dollar to the rev-
lue of the tobacco raiser, as it is
lid by the man who consumes the
led.
SThe repeal will not help our ex-
Irt trade, for no internal tax is
Lid on the tobacco we send
(Iroad.
|Because there is no tax in Amcr-
fca on tobacco exported, Germany
nposes a tax of eight cents on im-
ported tobacco.
SKNATK.
Reported unfavorably by Judi
ciary Committee No. 1 :
Senate Bill No. 01, entitled "An The lines arising from violation of
I ploy men t of such
person controlling
minor
the
by the
premises
can boodlers, anil that extraordi-
,j nary charge of Federal District
to the Appropriations t ae^() ame)1(| _,\vt. 2342, chapter 1,1
title 4U, of the Revised Civil Stat-
utes of the State of Texas, in such
manner that exempt personal prop-
erty can not be mortgaged except
for the purchase money thereof."
Also
Senate Bill No. 34, entitled "An
act to allow parties to all suits for
divorce to testify in their own be-
half."
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS.
By Senator Glasscock :
A bill to be entitled "An act to
regulate travel upon the public
roads of this State and providing
a penalty for violating the same."
[This bill seeks to'require per-
sons meeting on the public roads
to give one-half of the traveled
fn li-
lt is the tariff which is destroy- ron<l l)C(' hy turning to the right;
the value of certain grades of that persons failing to observe this
1 provision shall be liable for any
damages arising from such failure,
Jobacco, and the only relief possi-
le must come by a reduction in
fur own tariff, which would at once
|ive additional "value in exchange"
b our tobacco crop.
If the tobacco tax is to be re-
ealcd, it should be done, not by a'
emoerat, but by a Republican,,
ongress, for the results can not I
jossibly justify the expectations of!
he tobacco growers, and the ben- j
(Cfits will accrue to the protected
[classes of the North.
The Democrats have, since the I
[War, contended for the repeal of
,he taxes paid by the poor; the
^^^^—.epublicans l ave during this whole
^ ^^^^period insisted on the repeal of the
xes paid by the rich.
The Democrats have declared for
Ihcaper clothes; the Republicans
' r cheaper whisky.
The Democrats have insisted on
reduction of taxes on our homes,
usehold goods, agricultural im-
ements, mechanical tools, fuel
d clothing.
HHfrrhe Republicans have abolished
vttie income tax, the stamp taxes,
bank taxes, the taxes on sales,
id have reduced the taxes on jew-
ry and precious stones. To-day
ley arc ready to abolish the taxes
whisky and tobacco, in order
perpetuate the infamous tariff
$PI®xes on nccossa"es ^^e-
. ffiNo Democrat should join in a
lid of this kind. To repeal the
jjbacco tax and leave the tariff un-
Itered is a base betrayal of the
and to a fine not exceeding five
dollars, and that this law shall not
hold where any obstruction pre-
vents turning to the right.]
Referred to Committee on Roads
and Bridges.
A resolution from the Farmers'
Alliance of Lampasas county fa-
voring a railroad commission.
Bv Mr. Johnson :
this act are to go towards payment
of all costs and the remainder to go
into the road and bridge fund.
By Mr. Brown, of Grayson
House bill No. 379.
[Provides that any money receiv-
ed for personal injuries shall be
exempted from the payment of
debts unless by the consent of the
party or parti'es to whom the money
justly belongs.]
Read first time and
Referred to Judiciary Committee
No. 1.
The Speaker laid before the
House.
House bill No. 22. "An act to
amend article 2979, chapter 3, title
54, of the Revised statutes of the
State of Texas, in relation to usur-
ous contracts for rate of interest."
On its second reading, with the
committee substitute, as follows:
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
Legislature of the State of Texas:
That article 2979, of title 54 of the
Revise statutes of the state of Tex-
as bo so amended as to hereafter
read as follows:
Article 2979. All written con-
tracts whatsoever which may in
any way, directly or indirectly,
violate the proceeding article by
stipulating for a greater rate of in-
A resolution of .the Farmers' Al-! tcrt;st than 12 per cent per annum,
lianco of Upshur* county demand-' s!ia]1 void and of no effect for
ing railroad legislation. * itllu wllol° r!ltu of interest and void
By Mr. Townsend : j as to one-half of the principal sum,
Regulating fees of clerks of the ,lnit remaining done half of
•jify
the principal sum of money or
of the value of the .contract
may be received and recovered.
The question recurring on pas-
' sage of the bill.
J The yeas and nays being deman-
fl ded, it was passed by 74 yeas, 7
amount na.Ys 1111 d the Speaker ordered the
bill engrossed.
Bills were read and referred as
] follows:
By Mr. Clcmmens—Prohibiting
ollieers using free railroad passes
or traveling at lower rates than
other people.
By Mr. Nelson, by request—Pro-
viding for the redemption of land"
ill
jl |fjr
Celebrated Gardens.
The celebrated "Hanging Gar-
ens of Babylon " were within the
tecincts of the palace called "The
Idmirtion of Mankind." They
insisted of gardens of trees and
>wers on the topmost of a series
' arches 75 feet high and built' in
ke form of a square, each side of
Ihich measured 400 Greek feet,
■he city of Babylon, with its
pnous gardens, was razed to its
^^^Sundation, G90 B. C.
H|^|m|Two Thousand Five Hundred
id Seventy-Five years later we
id the celebrated gardens of James
Ifick in Rochester, New York. For
ascription, Catalogue of seeds, ad-
ce how to obtain free a copy of
'"k's Floral Guide and also of the
Supreme Court.
By Mr. Ambccrombie :
Providing for the hiring out of
persons convicted of violation of
city ordinances.
By Mr. Ingram :
Providing for the payment
bonds of the State to the
ot $499,000.
By Mr. Stephens:
Regulating passenger fare on
railroads.
By Mr. Cranford:
Preventing pooling and combi-
nation among incorporated corpo-
rations.
By Mr. Cranford :
Fixing punishment by impris- sold under execution,
onment in the penitentiary of any
officer who shall make a false affi-
davit to any claim against the
State.
Mr. Pope introduced a bill de-
I fining trusts and unlawful conspi-
racy and fixing punishment for the
same.
HOUSE.
Bills and resolutions introduced.
By Mr. Hayes:
House bill No. 360, a bill to be
entitled "an act to give farm labor-
ers a lien on crops produced, har-
vested, gathered or prepared for
market, in whole or in part, by
their labor, and to provide for the
enforcement of such lien."
Read first time and
Referred to Judiciary Committee
No. 1.
By Mr. Moody:
House bill No. 372.
[The bill declares all deeds
By Mr. Humphrey—Amending
the exemption law relating to rents.
Bills werc-reported favorable as
follows: Further providing for
control ot free schools in cities and
towns; legalizing endowments for
university professorships, and un-
favorably allowing the university
to charge certain law and medical
tuition fees.
Judge Woods, recently delivered
to the grand jury having the matter
under consideration, which virtu-
ally prevents the punishment of
Dubley, the Courier Journal has
this to say:
William Wade Dudley, the mon-
arch of election boodlers, will not
be indicted. That much can be
stated in positive terms.
In his little speech to the Fed-
eral grand jury to-day, Judge
Woods killed all effort in that di-
rection. It was an open, bold
.strike for Dudley, placing him se-
curely beyond the reach of the law.
The charge is remarkable, from
the fact that it is an exact reversal
of a previous opinion on the same
subject delivered to the same grand
jury by the same Judge, while con-
struing the statute. * *
Behind it all is a history which
lias not yet come to light but which
may prove a startling denouement
when it does come, if ever. Dud-
ley lie'od no longer remain a fugi-
tive, and (Jen. Harrison's faithful
friend in time of need can now be
rewarded for his services to the
party. * A mighty pull and a pull
altogether has landed him safely
ashore. The little fishes will be
caught, but the king of the tribe is
preserved untouched. The Re-
publican grand jurors, who hesi-
tated for an excuse before are sup-
plied now with a dose for the
difficulty of proving that Dudley
wrote the letter was long ago sur-
mounted. That his plan was liter-
ally adopted by the Indiana Repub-
lican campaign managers has been
established beyond peradventure.
Numerous persons have deposed
under oath that copies of the docu-
ment were shown to them by
"trusted men." They were given
to understand that Dudley was the
author of the scheme, and had
made all necessary fiscal prepara-
tion for handling the "blocks of
five" in the most approved fashion.
The further fact lias been made
apparent to the jurymen that the
traffic in votes did actually occur
according to the Dudley specifica-
tions. For such offenses they have
already returned various true bills
against both the purchased and the
purchasers. In short, on these
vital points, the testimony has been
so overwhelmingly direct and con-
clusive that the finding of an in-
Ed. MURRIE,
The leader in Quality of Groceries
and low Prices. Highest prices
paid for country produce. *
pretty lot of criminals would be re-
vealed.
The grand jury has made several
partial reports, but no information
has been given out. and the inves-
tigations are still under way. It is
probable that they will continue
until the close of next week, and
perhaps longer. Until the capiases
are issued ana the arrests arc made,
names will be concealed.
Before the grand jury took a re-
cess, until Monday, this afternoon,
thirty more indictments for election
offenses, making a total of sixty to
date, were ready to bo reported,
but as Judge Woods could not be
found the returns had to bo with-
held.
"When you have a. bad cold
cough as little as possible," says a
medical writer in a Chicago paper.
His next advice will be: ''When
you have a broken leg don't Jet it
bother you."—Detroit Free Pitess.
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Siilloh's Consumption Cure.
No. 1. This is heyoml question the
most successful Cough Medicine^we
have ever sold, a few 4pses Invariably
cure the worst cases of Cough, Croup,
and Bronchitis while it's wonderful
success in the euro of Consumption is
without, a parallel in the history of
medicine. Sinco it's tirst discovery it
has been sold on a guarantee, a test
which no other medicine can stand. If
you have a Cough we earnestly ask you
to try it. Price 10 cents, 60 cents, and
$1 00. If your lungs are sore, chest or
back lame, use Shiloh's porous plaster.
Sold l>y It. T. Smith & Co.
Passed Away.
On the evening of the 21st, inst.,
quite a number of friends and rela- j Herald,
fives gathered at the residence of I
Mr. and Mrs. IS. F. Crictzberg, in
Wood county, to witness the death
of their only daughter, Minnie,
aged eleven years, lacking one day.
Although quite young, Minnie
had conducted herself in such man-
ner as to become a great favorite
They have got. down as far as
Steve Elkins for thecabinot. This
looks as if the list were getting
pretty nearly exhausted.—Boston'-
■ail
' memnced the manufacture of a
cough remedav. believing it to be
.j the most prompt and reliable prep-
0 aration yet produced for coughs,
trust, mortgages or other liens, that | colds and croup, that the public
may herafter be made upon any appreciate true merit, and in time
work stock exempt from forced sale !t was certain to become popular,
aous new rose called " Vick's J unaer the laws of Texas, and corn Jhpir most «anKuine hopes have
address, Jamss Vick, - • - :becn more than realized. Over
dictment, in conformity with the
A Lesson in Horse Trading
For Which #« Was Paid.
The favorite trick of the travel-
ing horse trader, is to have in the
herd one "bite"—ahorse with a
broken back or some deformity or
incurable blemish that can be con-
cealed by some means until the
trade is consumatcd, when of
j advice, will be compelled to suffer C(,ursC) the unsuspecting victim
« •# j the consequences. Ihcrc is good the heartless "fake" tenor
Several years ago Chamberlain j reason to believe that they will | Hometimes twenty dollars to get
& Co., of Des Moines, Iowa, com- represent all kinds and conditions, j ,lig horse back. This game lias
from the Executive Committeeman,, hcen worked through the country
who dispensed the corruption fund, ^ until it jH surprising that victims
The Senate bill amending the, „ , . . .. , .
penal code as to carrying weapons !f,rst "^ruction, could not have
on the public highways. Passed. |been avoided unless the seven ser-
Thc senate bill amending the ; ving Republicans had resorted to
pistol law as to^ public assemblies ; an extreme in the absence of Judge
was under consideration when the i . .
hour for the special order, house ] W°od 8 °PPortu™ 1111(1 modlfied
bill No. 84 amending the ocupa-!in Pre
tion trx law as to drummers and others wiij. sun-Kit.
making some other changes, was j If, after all, Dudley goes scot
read and postponed till lhursday : free others, who acted upon his
together with a substitute of Mr. ;,i t
Martin.
in the community where she lived.
At school, no student tried harder
to please her teacher than she, and
by her kind and gentle disposition,
won the good will of all her com-
panions, while at home she was
the idol of the entire family. She
was sick only a few days, during
which time, gentle hands and lov-
ing hearts administered to all her
wants, and tried hard to stay the
hand of death, but human efforts
could not cope with the power of
Him who ruleth all. Another angel
was wanted in the Glory Land and
Minnie was chosen.
It seems hard to give her up,
yet, wo should willingly submit to
the will of Jehovah, and bo con-
soled with the thought that Min-
nie has passed away from' the
cares and trials of earth while
young, to enjoy the pleasures of
eternal happiness beyond the
grave. Therefore, weep not, fa-
ther, mother, nor brothers, for
your dear dead one, nor wish her
back on earth again, for she will
be happier in that Bright World
above than here where nono* are
free from sorrow and pain.
A FHIKNi).
Kenedy.
'h Cutturli Ueinedy, a
or Catarrh, Oiptlu-ria,
Sliiloh'ii Caliwrh
No.Shiloh's
marvelous euro to
Canker-Mouth, uud 1 lead-Ache! With
each bottle I here ia an ingenious Nuwal
Injeeter for the more HU-.-eessful treat-
ment of these complaints without extra
charge, l'rico fit) cents. Si.Id by 11. T.
Smith & Co.
Of three women living in one
house in Walker county, there arc
two wives, two mothers-in-law, two
daughters-in-law, three mothers,
two grandmothers and one great
grandmother.—Macon Telegraph. '
Answer This Question.
No.Why do so many people we
see around us seem to prefer to sutler
and ho made miserable hy. Indigestion,
Constipation, Dizziness, Loss of Appe-
tite, Coming Up of the Food, Yellow
Skin, when for 75 cents we will sell them
Shiloh's System Vitulizer, guaranteed
to cure them.—Sold by It. T. Smith ^
Co.
(aprice
Their
, , , becn more than .......v,v..
, necesgary for support of the family j three hundred thousand bottle of
to the veriest floater who received ; (,an jjC fOUI)(]
money in hand for his vote for, A Wood county farmer recently
Harrison. County Chairmen are , traded horses with one of those fel-
likely to figure prominently among lowS) ttt Mineola—the trader ad
the indicted. In the event of vig-
orous prosecutions, somebody is
edsman, Rochester, N. \ . , and such work stock, as null and ' Chamberlain's Cough Remedy arc liable to turn informer, and then : j,j8
roitly managing to get possession
of the farmer's horse before taking
i void.]
SALVE., Read first time and
now sold each year, and it is rccog- the
nizedas "the best made," wherever
it is.known. It will cure a severe . , . . . ,
cold in less time than any other this havc been developed. To
^ p()r mi]0 ^ njj jrUg_ what extent it may be carried can
n-14" " "
When the saddle
ggSgfUCKLEN'S ARNICA
S|H The best salve in the world for cuts, Referred to Judiciary Committee
f *s. 5Sv®ruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever No. 1.
; f.Ipres, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, By Mr. Lewis:
% corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi- House bill No H7ji
Mflfrely cures piles, m no pay required. It, " 'x The Itev. Geo. II. Thayer, of Bour-
Ifl guaranteed to give perfect satisuic- L11^ bill provides that any one bon, Ind., savs: ' Both myself and
■™^on or money refunded. Price 25 cente hiring a minor without consent of Wife owe our fives to Shiloh's Consump-
erbox. For sale by R. 1. Smith & Oo. ninn8a minor wimoui consent ol fion cure<„ HoW R, T. Smith A
no30:12m , parent or guardian, shall be guilty Co.
treatment,
gists.
The worst kind of a church mem-
ber is that one who is always out
of sorts with his pastor. A small
hornet can spoil a good-sized camp
meetihg. and a disgruntled church
member can overthrow the work
of a church.—Hartford Religious
Herald.
A .Safe I11 vestment.
h one which Is gimrantooil to lirtiiK yon HutU-
factory rcsultn, or In cuno of falluru 11 return of
iinrchiiHo price. On thin mifu pluti yon can buv
rrom oHi- Hdvortlseil Dru^lm u bottle or Dr.
King h Now DlHcovery for Coiiimuiiiitloii. It U
Kiiiiriiiiteu'l to bring relief In evorv enao. when
lined loruny ulloctlori ofThrunt, l.tiiiuMor Chant
mu ll tin CoiiKiunptlon. iullumutlon of Liiiiui.'
Ilroncliltlx, Asllimu, Whooping Cough, Croup
etc .etc; It Ik pleiunnt met iigrcoabfe to in te.
rlectly Hiife, itml can nlwiiyn be depended
11 nl bottlcHfreo ut It. T. Smit'.i tb Co'i Dear
Store. "
A BIG LAND SUIT.
music will be lively sure j waH romovc(j the farmer discovered
enough. Already symptoms of tliat ho had traded for ^ horse
with a broken or deformed back,
and entirely worthless to him.
not, of course, be anticipated; but The trader demanded and received
where so much rottcness exists, '1VU dollars to rue batik and went
the field for disclosure takes wide , ""{ °.f,ot,h,c.r v!cti",H-
. , , . . will venture that the trader would
lattituded.
Were the mask
entirely aside, a numerous
torn IUJt take two hundred dollars for
and I that horse.
O11 Satvrday last the talk about
the defective titles of persons own-
ing land on the McLennan survey
near Boxton took definite form in
shape of a suit by Henry Stout and
his descendants for all the land em-
braced in that survey. Stout is an
old Texas veteran and the land in
ijuestion was pattented to him as
the assignee of A. McLennan. We
are informed that no deed or deeds
from hiio#. any part of said land
are onjyird and that he claimcs
nevijp^' have transfcrcd any of it.
HtUr-it has been occupied for many
ycitrs some of it before the war,
most of it is improved and its agri-
gate value is probably not less
than 8100,000. Henry Stout and
several of tho other plaintiffs live
in Wood county and the old man
is said to be very poor. The euit
will furnish some fat pickings and
will probably be decided within
twenty years.—I'aris Times.
Ex change Saloon on Johnson
street kdeps nothing but tho finest
brands/If liquors—Lon Bhisingamc A'-.1,
proprietor. 12-4t.
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