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Weekly Bajiner.
BY RANKIN &XEVIN.
bidat Jvxe 2SL 1878.
-vCox. Oun Willborn seems
' to be looming up as the coming
man to succeed "Throckmorton
vet congress.
Butler has at last met'his
match in the person of lady nam-
ed Mrs. Jenks. She is perfectly
cool and imperturbable.
- The guileless jGen. Howard is
'now on the war path against the
Indians. They are perfectly
unconcerned and supremely
happy..
' This is no time to indulge
lnpersonapreferences." That's
what all the papers say when
theywant "the other fellow" to
be elected- "
The subjectof the establish-
raent of the Avhipping 'post
""" "Seems t be attracting considers
able atteation. The sentiment
-of the press is somewhat divi-
ded. A north Texas paper says a
vagrant is defined to be a man
who is-ribt a candidate and who
does not own a dog. It says
with sorrow .there are not
many. -
The San Antonio Herald fs
making a vigorous war on the
Hon. GustavSchleicher because
of that vote on the silver bill.
It gives it to him editorially and
paragraphically.
- SexXtorMaxey was tender-
ed a reception by- the military
und citizens of Paris upon his
return home. An address of
welcome was delivered and an
appropriate response made "by
Mr.-Maxey.
The Houston Age of Mon-
day last; comes bearing at its
mast head the" names ofWest-
cott & McGary editors and
proprietors. McGary started
T&c-Agc sexto years ago. They
Inare our best wishes for the
srucess of tle new enterprise.
l&SRY Watterson publishes
an thetNew York Stat an open
"3ettertfej Hon. A. S. Hewitt in
relation" to the latter's connec-
ttiomwith the Electorial bill in
nvnich 3s: charges Hewitt of
Ifravirsg "been guilty of a dis
jgracefiil falsehood.
"A coSRESKindent of the col-
eraUo (CtiistK advocates the
election of Hancock to con-
jgress ontfee ground that har-
bor iropnysoments are needed
at Galvefcitfn and. at the mouth
xfthe Braaos and perfecting
our raawajrektionsto Mexico.
ThatJHaiOtock Is'the only man.
antfee ttistiiet'who would have
any great'itifluencc in Congress
jnay .be WSreivcd with ' many
grains -of allfe'ttance.
A. Washington special to the
Galveston News says very little
legislation of local interest to
Texas was passed during the
late session of congress. Ex-
clusive of pension and private
bills two only related directly
to Texas matters. These are
Senator Maxey's bill for con-
tinuing work on the outer bar
at Galveston and the procur-
ing of tents for the summer
encampment.
The Bellville Beacon says
the BANNER'.'is-not particularly
in favor of county nominations
anyway." This is a misappre-
hension; the Banker is in favor
of nominations but was oppos-
ed to their being made at the
county convention which re-
cently met here. Nominations
for county officers will be made
by a convention for that pur-
pose on the first Saturday in
September next. We think
a good ticket will be elected
by a fair majority.
The Bastrop Advertiser says
it will be fpund that " there--rc
a good many men " in every
county in this district ''who
will vote for Jones and with
present prospects he bids fair
to " fall into " a congressional
seat
If Jones should fall into a
congressional seat it would be a
terrible fall for this district In
congress he.wonld be equiva-
lent to a bump on a log ; that
is he would be neither "useful
nor ornamental.
DEATH OF J. D. GEDSIXGS.
The citizens of this town was
much grieved to leam that Col.
J. D. Giddings was no more.
He died on Tuesday morning at
3 o'clock from injuries received
by being thrown from his bug-
gy near his residence on Fri-
day afternoon. Col. Giddings
was one of the oldest citizens of
Brenham having resided here
since the organization of the
town. He was universally
known and respected being one
of ourjwealthiest and.most enter-
prising citizens. Hisdeithwas
almost unexpected no serious
consequences being apprehend-
ed until Monday evening. There
was an universal expression of
regret and sorrow at the loss of
a good and useful man. In all
matters of public enterprise Col.
J. D. Giddings took the lead
and he in connection with his
brother Hon. D. C. Giddings
and others was mainly instru-
mental in building the.Washing-
ton county railroad from Hemp-
stead to Brenham thus develop-
ihg the great agricultural re-
sources of this county. The
railroad subsequently passed in-
to the hands of the Central rail-roadand-iyas
by it constructed
to Austin and is now the well
known Western Branch of the
H. & T. C. railroad. The fol-
lowing particulars of his life are
compiled from such information
as could be hastily obtained:
Jabez D. Giddings was born
in rennsylvania. in October.
1 8 14 consequently he was in
his sixty-fourth year. He came
to Texas In 1837 stopping at
Hutersville Fayette countv.
In 1838 he removed to Inde-'
pendence where he engaged in
teaching. In 1840.be was elect
ed District Clerk which position
he held until JS44; the county
seat then being at Mount Ver-
non six" miles north of this
place. In 1842 he served in
Bogard's company in the Sum-
merville campaign. In the fall
of 1844 Brenham was laid out
and the county seat removed
here Mr. Giddings coming at
the same time. While District
Clerk he studied law and was
admitted to the bar in 1845. He
joined the Masonic Lodge at
Independence in 1843 and was
one of the most active mem-
bers the remainder of his life.
In the fall of 1844 he married
Miss Ann Tarver- daughter of
-Mr. E. D. Tarver one of the
most prominent men of the Re-
public by whom he had four
children two of whom a son
and a daughter survive.
Mrs. Giddirtgs still lives to
mourn the loss of her husband.
He came to Texas a member
of the Methodist church and
was one of its most consistent
members. It is said that he has
aone more tor the Masonic or
der and the Methodist church"
than perhaps any other two or
three men in the State. He
organized the first Sunday
School in Brenham and was
superintendent up to the time
of his death. He was ever
ready with his purse to assist
the needy and was noted for
his chairtable disposition. Dur-
ing his long career he amassed
a considerable fortune but was
never of a purse-proud orhauty
disposition. He possessed a
most equitable temper and was
noted for the sauvity of his
manners. In connection with
his brother Hon.-.'D.C. Gid-
dings he has .been engaged in
the banking-business since the
close of the war. He continu-
ed the practice of the law until
1866 when he retired his large
business requiring all his time.
A few weeks ago he returned
from the General Conference of
the M. E. Church South which
was held at Atlanta Ga. At
the meeting of the Democratic
county convention held on the
15 th inst he served as chair-
man; this last appearance at; any
public meeting. He was a loving
husband and a kind indulgent
parent
The Mayor Mr. Kerr issued
a.proclamation calling upon the
business men of the city to sus-
pend business during the funer
al which took place at 5:30
o'clock on Tuesday evening
and was largely attended. The
funeral obsequies were attend-
ed by the Masonic fraternity
and also the children of the
Sunday School. The remains
were buried in-thecitycemetry.
A gooxl man .has
;onc to his
rest
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The Road to lie Built.
We learn the following grati-
fying news from the Galveston
News of the 25th inst : Mr. G.
H. Warren into whose hands
had been intrusted the propos-
ed contract between the Eng-
lish capitalists and the G. C.
& S. F. R. R. arrived on Sun-
day. A meeting of the direc-
tors was held on Monday and
before them Mr. Warren placed
the contract clause by clause.
The meeting was held with
closed doors but it was learned
from president Sorley that the
contract provides for the loan
of $2700000 at 7 per cent and
goes into effect immediately
upon the confirmation of the'
constract by the stockholders
of the road. The contract met
with the approval of the direc-
tors with the exception of cer-
tain counts objected to by Col.
Flournoy attorney for the road
on the ground of conflict with
the State laws and certain pro-
visions of the charter. CoL
Flournoy will probably go to.
New York and arrange these
details. The negotiation of the
loan is mainly due to the indi-
vidual exertions of Mr. Kop-
perl. It is thought that . in.
less than a month work will be
in progress. Mr." Warren feels
confident that the entrerprise
will be boldly pushed forward.
The "smoke house tax" has
been for some time a fruitful
theme of discussion. . Cpmp-"
troller Darden has been blamed
in some quarters for unstructing
revenue officers to assess and
collect it The comptroller un-
der date of June 10th addressed
a letter to Attorney General
Boone asking his official opin
ion. 1 tic attorney general re
plies under date of June 19th
giving-a review of the law and
concluding as follows:
I have therefore to advise
you that in my opinion you
should adhere to the rulings
heretofore made by you. If they
are thought to be erroneous
the courts of the State have
been and still are open.
It is thus made clear that the
comptroller has no discression
in the matter.
The Missouri Greenbackers
adopted a number of resolutions
among them one favoring the
reduction of the army to ten
thousand men and another de-
manding the immediate tender
to the bond holder of enqugh
absolute paper money to pay
the national debt and if the
bond holder refuses to receive
the same in payment then that
congress make a provision of
Jaw to loan said money to the
people at the rate of two per
cent interest and thus afford
the laboring masses relief.
The absolute money business
is very obscure; it does not say
what is to become of the bonds
if the holders thereof do not
wish to receive the absolute
money.
The Lampasas Dispatch de-
precates the present system of
offering rewards for the capture
of criminals. In difficult cases
it thinks it well enough to offer
a reward. It thinks a 'great
part of the expenses of our State
government consists in paying
rewards offered for the appre-
hension of men who ought with-
out inducement to have been
captured and brought to justice.
Let officers be well paid for
forihcir work but do not let
such temptations be in .the way
of their duty. Under existing
laws arrests are not made be-
cause there is no money in it.
The Vicksburg Herald in an
article entitlced "Crime in the
North and Souths says.thereis
much less crime in the South in
proportion to population than
in the North. In the North; it
is an every day occurrence for
every crime in the calendar.
The daily papers of the North
and Wesfarc.-tccming with ac-
counts of crimes. The compar-
ison is decididly in favor of the
South.
The wicked man who edits
the Austin Statesman says:
We have been disposed to
doubt whether Lang occupied
space enough in the economy of
God's providence to become an
object of special care. God
may have shielded in the olden
time certain ''good men" to
whom the Examiner refers but
we greatly fear that Lang as an
orator and statesman and as a
ubject of God's.special care is
very small potatoes and fcr
apart and few in the lull.
Railroad Itoms.
A meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the G. C. and S. F. rail-
road has been called for July
20th at which time will be sub-
mitted to them the proposal for
the purchase of $2700000
bonds of-thc company to be is-
sued for theextension of the
road. The Galveston News
says the county commissioners
"of Galveston county will in
all probability accept Col.
Geo. Flournoy attorney of the-
road has gone to New York in
company with Mr. G. H. War-
ren to arrange the details. Mr.
Kopperl is yet in New York.
At what rate the lenders pro-
pose to take up the bonds is
kept a profound secret Should
the stockholders agree to the
proposition as it now seems al-
most certain they will work "on
the line will be vigorously pros-
ecuted. The grade of the road
will be considerably reduced
thus making it much easier op-'
crated and effecting a great sav-
ing in the wear of rolling stock.
The best steel rails are to be
used and the road and equip-
ments are to be strictly first-
class. The people of Galveston
are thoroughly aroused- at the
prospect of the road and look'
forward to it as the dawn of a
Tun Sedalia.Z?iVWizspeak-
of Britton A. Hill's absolute
money schenie says: "It is
simply a name without a mean-
ing a snare to catch fools. In
this country and indeed the
world over. " 'absolute money'
if the term is to be taken in its
logical sense means gold and
silver." The greenback crusade
has been inaugurated by politi-
cal tricksters who have utterly
lost the confidence of the two
great political parties of this
country. The promise of plen-
ty of money is one calculated to
please the idle and improvident
of the cities and manufacturing
centers. The Democratic party
ofersthe only medium through
which existing wrongs are to be
remedied. The Republican
party has been tinkering with
the finances for sixteen years.
The result is before the country.
Ward meetings were held in
Galveston on Wednesday even-
ing which were fully attended.
The News says the meetings
were harmonious. Delegates
were elected to the county con
vention. There is some dispo-
sition to abrogate party lines in
county and municipal elections
in future. A desire to abolish
the city government of Galves-
on and transfer to the county
authorities the affairs that
have heretofore been pre-
sided over by city officials was
also expressed. The News
thinks this proposition may yet
furnish a problem for the law-
givers. -
Judge Hare of Sherman
candidate for congress in that
district addressed the people of
Denison. He paid his respects
to the Greenback party saying
that in the main the Demo-
cratic party defended the same
principles and that the differ
ence between them was only in
the time and manner in which
the public debt should be paid..
He-said if according to the de-
sire of the Greenbackers the.
national debt be paid off in
-greenbacks the sudden change
from contraction to inflation
would produce untold evils.
The Galveston News' special-
"dispatch from Eagle Pass June
23d says Gen. McKenzie and
Col. bhafterarrived here "Friday
night They penetrated Mexi-v
co about forty-five miles. They
-were met by the Mexican army
drawn up in line of battle. Gen.
KcKinzie warned them to get
out of the way and they "got."
No captures were made during
the expedition.
The newspapers arc sugges-
ting that producers dry their
surplus peaches. In this con
nection we wonld call attention
to the fact the most marketable
peaches are the free-stone cut
in halves and dried; the larger
the peaches the better. Choice
halves peaches bring from twenty-five
to fifty per cent more
than those cut in small pieces
Cling-stone peaches dried arc
of little value commercially.
mi '
In Mississippi cotton on black
lands is suffering very much
with rust.
EDITORIAL BREVITIES.
The Queen of Spain died on
the 26th inst.
Senator Coke has returned
to Waco with his family and will
spend the summer there.
Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton has
been formally excommunicated
from Plymouth church.
Gen. Grant will spend the
winter in Europe returning to
'the United States via India next
spring.
It is now thought that the
European Congress- will con-
clude its work bv the 10th of
July.
Hon. R. QIills. on his re-
turn home to Corsicana was
met by a large concourse of
citizens.
The Ogden Rteetnan boldly
charges that the present Indian
war has been instigated by the
Mormons.
S. A. Chace the defaulting
treasurer of the Union Mills
New Bedford Mass. gets
.twelve years in the state prisen.
. It is estimated by a north
Texas paper that there are en-
tirely too many colleges and
not quite enough schools in this
State.
A Silver City dispatch says
Howards advance troops were
attacked by Indians. Col. Rob-
bins and two soldiers were kill-
ed Caft. June Teak having fin-
ished telling the Dallas local re-
porters what he knows about
Bass has gone back to his com-
mand. Mr. John G. Carmiciiael the
Bannsr's agent at Industry
Austin county is out as a can
didate for constable. He will
make a good one.
In consequence of an omis-
sion in the sundry civil bill "the
Hot Springs reservation will be
considered as public lands and
will be dealt with accordingly.
The Texas Veteran reunion
at Bryan was a success. A
large number of veterans were
in attendance. An interesting
address was delivered by Hon.
J.B. Russell.
The Potter investigation com-
mittee is still investigating at
Washington. Mrs." Jenks was
the center of attraction. The
Florida question will be con-
sidered next.
Lang has but two newspa-
pers supporting him the Waco
Examine and the Marlin Ball.
If he should get the nomination
the press generally will not be
to blame for it
The discovery of a rich gold
field in the Bear Paw mountain
Montana is reported. In conse-
quence of the report there is
great excitement at Fort Ben-
ton. Barnum says that Tom
Thumb "is a great big fellow
now" weighing eighty pounds
and forty-one years old. He
and his wife live in Middlebor-
ough Mass.
There will be a total eclipse
of the sun on the 29th of July.
In this part of the State the
eclipse will be only partial. It
begins about 4:15 p. si. Smok-
ed glass will be in demand.
The husband of the celebra-
ted Mrs. Jenks of Potter inves-
tigation fame has stepped for-
ward. He was United States
deputy marshal under Marshal
Pitkin inj East Felicina Louisi-
J:ana.
-The Berlin congress docs not
PSeem to be making very rapid
"progress in adjusting the Europ-
eoji troubles. England and
Austria claim more than the
other powers arc willing to al-
low.' In McLennan county there
are seventy-three candidates for
office county and precinct;
every one of these seventy-three
office-seekers are appealing to
the Democracy foraidand com-
fort. Many of them are doom-
ed to disappointment.
Collins the excursion hum-
bug made a narrow escape
from coming to grief at Sedalia
Mo. There was a proposition
to take Collins to Hannibal and
dump him in the Mississippi
river.
A New York special to the
Galveston News says there is
no hitch in the negotiation of
bonds of the G. C and S. F.
railroad with the English capi-
talists.
J he mortgage is being
-drawn.
Treasury officials say that
the large appropriation made by
Congress will prevent any reduc-
tion in the public debt during
the next fiscal year unless there
is a market increase in the re-
ceipts from customs and inter-
nal revenue.
TnE Texas Veterans were in-
troduced to Gov. Hubbard at
the A. and M. College Bryan.
The governor entertained them
with a speech eulogizing the vet-
erans and depicting the great-
ness of Texas compared with
the Texas of early times.
The Galveston Nttvs has re-
tums from conventions in 70
counties leaving 83 to be heard
from. The counties reported
are entitled to 679 votes which
are thus apportioned : Throck-
morton 146; Hubbard 164;
Lang 51: Uninstructed 321."
Nine bushels of peaches were
recently shipped from Terry to
New Orleans which netted the
owner $5 a bushel. The Vicks-
burg Ha aid suggests that it
will now be in order for some
one to tell the fruit-grower
about the enormous profits of
cotton raising.
The case of Fitzjohre Poter
who was courtmartialed for dis-
obedience of order during the
war is again up before a board
of officers at West Point The
disobedience occurred August
29 1862 onthe Potomac. Porter
was a general in the army.
Pope had command of the ar
my corps.
The Victoria Advocate has
been discussing Hon. John Ire-
land and one of the West Texas
papers accuses it of a " display
of venom. " It says if calling a
demagogue by name is to dis-
play venom it pleads guilty to
the charge and invites them to
make the most of it.
A woNDERf ul cave has been
discovered near Glasgow Ky.
It has been explored 23 miles
in one direction and 16 in an-
other. Three navigable rivers
are passed on the long route.
The new cave surpasses in gran-
deur and magnificence the far
famed Mammoth cave.
Prof. Minor of the colored
branch of the Jl. and M. college
thinks the fees ought to be re-
duced. As a genral thing the
colored people are too poor to
pay existing charges. He
thinks the attendance next year
will he largely increased.
W. H. Vakderbilt writes to
the Chicago Times that the rail
roads have a capacity for doing
four times the present amount
of business. He favors uniform
tariffs; having a summer and
winter rate. He says combina-
tions and cutting on rates is
ruinous to business.
The Age says the attendance
at Camp Houston is not as
large as was . expected. - De-
tachments -are present from
Waco Dallas Fort Worth
Brenham Oyster Creek Sandy
Point and Houston. The Island
City Rifles will be up. On
Thursday the day of general
review it is expected to see
three hundred men in line.
The Dallas Herald says neith-
er time nor space will be given
to explanations or corrections
of items in which men's names
appear in connection with breaks
ing the law. As a moral we
would add that men who be-
have themselves and keep out
of court do not get their names
published as violators of the law.
The Waco Examiner says
several counties known to be
almost unanimously for Lang
have not so instructed. It says
this is to be regretted. Yes it
ought to be regretted ; it would
stand to reason that if theyare
so unanimous for Lang that
they would not fail to so in-
struct. It was an unpardonable
oversight.
Henry A. Parr has been ar-
rested in Boston by United
States officers on a warrent for
murder committed on board the
steamer Cheapeake while on a
voyage from New York to Port-
land December 5". 1863. Pan-
was one of the seventeen pas-
sengers who took possession of
the vessel in the name of the
Confederacy shooting the sec-
ond engineer and throwing his
body overboard.
Lang made a speech at Bryan
He disclaims being a Grange
candidate. His hobby is hard
times high taxes and oppres-
sion of the farmer
STATE NEWS.
The Dallas oil mill pays
$6.60 a ton for cotton seed.
Good oats are selling at20
cents and corn at 35 cents in
Austin.
It has been decided to
hold primary elections in Mc-
Lennan county.
The Travis county Green-
backers will have a grand picnic
at Austin on the 4th of July.
Freesone county has con-
tracted for a $1000 safe in which
to keep its money and things.
Wheat on the Cibolo in
Atascosa county is threshing
out 32 1-2 bushels to the acre.
It is proposed at Dallas to
give Throckmorton a grand re-
ception and to have a torchlight
procession.
Precinct No. 2. Burleson
county instructs for Hubbard
governor and Shepard for con-
gress. B. F. Homan district clerk
of Milam county was accident-
ally shot and killed at Cameron
by Ed. Eaton.
Clarksville has had colored
Beecher scandal. The colored
Beecher like his brother says
he is not guilty.
Travis county will send a
delegation of twenty or more
students to the State Industrial
Institute at Huntsville.
The San Antonio Exfless
produces the figures to show
that Schleicher is the coming
man in the Sixth district
The warm weather is bring-
ing out the snakes. A rattle-
snake with fifteen rattles was
lately killed in Denton county.
In Houston peaches sell
at from ten to fifty cents dozen.
The Telegiam says fine large
peaches would meet with ready
sale.
A carload of lime has been
shipped from Austin to Arkan-
sas. This is the first car load
of lime ever shipped out of the
State
Brazos county held anoth-
er convention on Tuesday
The delegation selected was tor
Hubbard Throckmorton and
Lang.
Dr. Styles of Travis county
is successfully raising Italian
bees. It is said there is no bee
so profitable or equal to it as a
honey maker.
A. D. Allbright a citizen
of Leon county for thirty-five
years was shot and killed three
miles from Crockett by un-
known parties.
. In Tarrant county the
convention refused to instruct
for Throckmorton. Hubbard is
stronger than T. and Mills
stronger than either.
Colorado county sends her
delegations to the State
and congressional conventions
uninstructed except as to Mr.
McCormick for attorney general.
The Waller county Demo-
cratic convention met on Satur-
day last After much discus-
sion it instructed for Hubbard
for governor and Mills for con-
gress. At Fairfield a stock dealer
was robbed of $560 in currency
which he had in his trousers
pockets and which he had
carelessly laid on a chair by his
bed.
The Denton Monitor is re-
joiced at Col. Bartow's sever-
ance from the Dallas Herald
and reproduces a terrible send
off given to the colonel by the
Call.
The Murphy movement
has moved on Clarksville but
did not create any excitement
The Clarksville fellows adhere
to first principles and take sugar
in their'n.
It appears that wicked col-
ored ladies are not confined to
Brenham alone. In Denison
two of the same class appeared
before the Mayor on a charge
of" cussing. "
The Dallas Call and Mar
shall Herald are engaged in the
intellectual game of throwing
mud at each other. Hubbard
and Throckmorton is the bone
of contention.
In Coleman county Bill
Hayes a well digger was shot
by an unknown man and died
from his wounds. He refused
to give the name of the man
who shot him.
The first load of stone for
the new courthouse at Mason
has been hauled and dumped.
The building is to be 45 feet
square of stone two stories
high and is to cost S4500.
Four thousand blank -cartridges
have been ordered- for
the sham battle to be fought at
the Houston encampment this
week. Some of the boys wil
smell villianous gunpowder.
The Clarksville Banner
tells of a watchmaker who has
spent "the whole" of his life in
a Swiss watchmaking town and
has now come to that town and
will tinker on more watches.
John Spotswood and Joe.
Jones have been arrested at the
Spotswood's home near Pilot
Point Denton county and con-
veyed to the McKinney jail
where the notorious Joe Spots-
wood is in jail. They are sup-
posed to be implicated in the
Allen station express robbery.
A special to the Galveston"
News fro ai Mason says the In-
dians have made another raid
in Kimble county stealing
about 100 head of horse. Ran-
gers are in pursuit
Collins thegetterup of the
railroad excursion found him-
self and his excurters in trouble
at Denison. The excursion was
delayed several hours and much
dissatisfaction was expressed.
The commencment exer-
cises of the A. and M. College
are in progress at Bryan. "Hon.
B. H. Bassctt delivered an ad-
dress which is highly compli-
mented by the Galveston News'
reporter.
The Fort Worth Standard
says the knights of Pythias
who attended the meeting of
of the grand lodge at Brenham
were delighted with their recep-
tion by the members of the or-
der here.
Freestone county is to have
a hanging on Friday the 28th
inst The central figure will be
George Soloman colored who
is convicted of having murder-
ed his wife and step child about
a year ago.
Fossil remains of star ftsfi
and other inhabitants of the sea
are found in large quantities
along the banks of the Trinity
at Fort Worth proving that
that region was once the bed
of the ocean.
The Mayor of Denison in
his message to the city council
says the public free school for
the past year has been very
prosperous. They have rcciev-
ed from the Pcabody and State-
fund about $2500.
The Belton Journal pub-
lishes a call from Col. Leander
Cannon asking 5550000 addi-
tional aid for the Santa Fe rail-
road and also an address to the
-people signed by a number of
prominent citizens
The PIeasanton2w;agives
it as its deliberate opinion that
pistol practice on the streets
should be abolished. It has a
tendency to frighten women
and small children and no good
is accomplished.
The detectives at San An-
tonio have captured a man sail-
ings under the name of W. L.
Smith and who they are confi-
dent is James Leonard of Fort
Worth the cotton buyer who in
December last skipped out with
$15000 belonging to other peo-
ple. Smith county is without a
tax collector and the chances
are good tor" her to remain so
until after the election. The
people of the county are greatly-
rejoiced thereat and .doubtless
wouldn't grumble if they never
have another tax collector.
The Denton Monitor gives
an account of the skirmish with
the Bass gang in -which Johnson
was killed and the others " per-
mitted" to escape. It says:
" It looks like the white feather
was shown at the most critical
moment of the affair. " Peak
was in command.
The Houston Telegram re-
ferrering to the difTemt com-
panies in the camp ground has
this say: "The Brenham Greys
have a neat uniform and while
not many members of this fine
company are on the ground still
those representing the company-
reflect credit upon the onraniza-
tion."
A colored military "compa-
ny has been organized at
Hempstead. They have not
fully decided upon a name.
Brenhams' colored company of
"Blackguards" having allowed
their organization to tall through
they can appropriate that name
without infringing-on the name
of an organized company.
James Castellow a noted
horse thief stole a horse from a
frcedman living two miles from.
Bellville. Officers Langham
mer and Lewis followed him to
ten miles below Eagle Lake.
Colorado county where they
captured him and the stolen
horse. He was brought back
to Bellville and jugged.
The Court of Appeals has
affirmed the verdict in the case
of John Spencer convicted at
Waco for the murder of
Pledger. Speers has been in
jail three years. He has had
two trials the jury in each in-
stance assessing hispunishment
at death. His only hope now
is .executive clemencyl
The city of Marlin is deter-
mined to make obstinate 'pris-
oners work and with that view
has passed an ordinance authon-
izing the city marshal to' hang
recalcitrant prisoners by the
thumbs. Town convicts are
also to be punished for using
vulgar or obscene language.
Taken altogether Marlin is a
bad place for bad men.
The Marshall Herald re-
lates a curious case of mob vio-
lence in Cass county. Mr. Moi
ris postmaster and merchant of
Linden was robbed of giioo.
Sometime afterward Morris and
his clerk Hines were sleeping
at Morris' house. A mob rode
up and taking Hines to the
woods proceeded to hang hun
until they extorted a confession
that he Hines had committed
the robbery. Hihes is said to
be-aa honest man.
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