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THE WEEKLY BANNER.
BY RASKIN & LEVIN.
THUBSDAT.ACGUST 5th 18S0.
Grayson' county under the
new apportionment has 14 votes
in the state convention which is
the largest votc'of any county
in the .state.
. 'Tanner began the 37th day
of fast on the 3d" inst He is
said to be in improved condition
. though his features are still
pinched and drawn and his' eyes
look hectic.
The Houston delegation to
the Dallas convention are to a
man pronounced anti-Roberts
men and will go to Dallas with
minds made up to fight the o. a.
to the bitter end.
The Rockdale 'Messenger
says the drummers tax is a just
one yet drummers pay it or not
just as they like. It is a good
deal like the bell punch law
sometimes it punches and some-
times it don't
Jere Black writing from Par-
is to the New York World
speaking of Gen. Hancock's
Louisiana orders says Wash-
ington would have done the
same thing had he been in
Hancock's place.
Coi Culberson met and
used up Wash Jones at Clarks-
ville. Each spoke an hour and
a half with a half hour for re-
joinder. . The crowd was all
with Culberson. Jones in his
'speeches gives taffy; Culberson
deals out facts.
Louisiana wants more labor
and a writer in the New Orleans
Times suggests that Kansas is
a good field to look for it in.
There arc a great number of
exodusters who are assumed to
be anxious to return to the
"Sunny South."
Democratic primary elec-
tions were held in McLennan
county on Saturday and there-
turns indicate that Roberts is
beat by about four to one. It
has not been long since a coun-
ty convention was so manipula-
ted as to give Roberts a major-
ity of the delegates. Have the
people changed their minds or
was the convention fixed ?.
G. W. Jones" Wash said in a
recent speech "the Democrat
of to-day was a fossilized egot-
ist and a modernized hypo-
crite." It would seem by this
expression that Jones is not
bidding for democratic votes in
this canvass. He also denies
that he is a greenbacker or a
republican. He is a political
nondescript.
A. J. Mayer a New York
man broke ten years ago ow-
ing a bank in that city 219-
000. He went into bankrupt-
cy; the estate paid but 10 cents
on the dollar. Since then he-
has been fortunate in business
and though under no legal ob-
ligation to do so has paid the
bank $20000 and if he lives he
will pay the whole of it.
A tabulated statement of
the census returns from the
twelve largest counties in the
state shows that the increase of
the population of Washington
county during the past ten
years has-been a great deal
smaller than in any other coun-
ty; Grimes county showing the
next smallest increase. The
main cause has been too much
Sencgambianismand Sencgam-
bian county administations.
New York has a population
of 5080000 an increase of 697-
248; of the total increase two-
thirds is in the city of New
York and Brooklyn ; both these
cities will gain congressmen
while the republican districts
will lose. The result of the
census will be a decrease in the
number of congressmen to
which New"York is entitled the
democrats will gain several dis-
tricts. The Georgetown Record fav-
ors A. W. Terrell of Austin
for governor taking the ground
that colonel Terrell has furnish-
ed the brains that planned the
present administration and that
in fact to colonel Terrell and
not to governor Roberts is due
the credit of all that is claimed
for him. Whatever maybe the
the merits of colonel Terrell we
do not think the suggestion of
the Record will hare any effect.
However the Record means
well.
The Paris North Texan of
Saturday last has a three col-
umn editorial on "Governor
Roberts." It says the Roberts
men have hardened their hearts
and stiffened their necks and
nothing that is said seems to
avail It has been shown that
the governor does not destrve
any credit for the balance fund
in the treasury. On the same
day the Texan published its
editorial the democracy of La-
mar county instructed for the
o.a.
our Toineu population".
For several years the. course
of the democratic party in this!
county has been marked by
apathy; one great reason for
this has been the prevalent be-
lief that the colored vote was
fully equal to if it did not ex-
ceed that of the whites. The
Banner at considerable labor
'has had the census return now
on' file in the county clerks of-
fice carefully examined name
by name and counted every man
twenty-one years of age and
over. This result shows that
there is in the- county 3150
white men and 2532 black men
of lawful age thus demonstrat-
ing that the whites have a clear
majority of 638 votes. We are
free to say that we were some-
what surprised atthc result A
tabulated statement of the vote
of each precinct is published in
the local columns.
It is now reduced to a cer-
tainty that the white population
have sufficient strength to as-
sume entire control of the coun-
ty government if they feel so
disposed; they are nor at. the
mercy of a colored majority to
be manipulated by so-called
party leaders whose only desire
is to get into office and who
heretofore have so handled or
manipulated the colored vote
as to accomplish their purpose.
A great many men have refrain-
ed from voting because they
Were led to believe it was no use;
that the republicans re-enforced
by the colored strength of the
county were practically invinci-
ble. The figures obtained as
they arc from official sources
should be sufficient to dispel
any such an idea. In order
that the white people of this
county assume control of coun-
ty affairs it is only necessary
that they effect a thorough or-
ganization and vote solid for the
county ticket. In county af-
fairs every man has a direct in-
dividual interest entirely inde-
dependent of state and national
politics. Vote for whom you
please fur national and state
candidates but let us all unite
on a county ticket and by an
unanimous action carry it
We would have the colored
voter enjoy the fullest liberty in
voting; his interests are identi-
cal with those of the whites
and by a change in the admin-
tration of county affairs he
would be equally benefitted.
Under the management and
control of the republican manip-
ulators he has been made to
vote as they willed and in reali-
ty has been made the hobby
Korse .on which'' his managers
have been able to ride into of-
fice. It is high time the color-
ed voters of this county were
discovering the use thatis be-
ing made by them.
m m
Where O! where is the
boasted influence of the Hous-
ton Age? It seemed to think
that it had the democracy of
Harris county under its wings
and that the county convention
would instruct for Roberts but
alas ! for the vanity of the Age
the democracy of Harris coun-
ty in convention assembled has
"done and gone and" elected
an anti-Roberts delegation. Mr.
Age the Banner sympathises
with you newspapers do not
pretty much always generally
have their own way. Many
years ago there was a popular
song entitled "Jordan is a hard
road to travel." Mr. Age please
sing first verse.
A teeling seems to be gain-
ing ground that there is a "screw
loose" in the jury system as
applied to the trial of murder
cases. The Austin Times sums
up tliercsult of the four week's
session of the district court just
closed. A great number of
cases were tried and one white
man and two negroes were
sent to the penitentiary they
had not says the Times a sin-
gle friend. Two murder cases
were tried one was a mistrial
the other an acquittal. The
reader is at liberty to draw his
own conclusions. The term
cost the county $1533.25 and
two negroes and a white man
all friendless have been sent
to the penitentiary.
Harris county sends an anti-
Roberts delegation to Dallas
while Bexar county which was
supposed to be anti-Roberts has
managed to elect a Roberts del-
egation. Whether the minority
will consent to be sat down
upon remains to be seen. Re-
ports from a number of counties
show this to be Hie case. In
Collin county the convention
stood 33 for Roberts to 31
against him and a Roberts
delegation is said to have
been elected. To take an im-
partial view of the situation it
looks as though the adherents
of governor Roberts were plac-
ing too much reliance in the
forcing system. A reaction may
take place.
A state election has just tak-
en place in Alabama resulting
in a democratic victory by a
majority of 50000.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Jf One of the immortal six who
voted against the Public School
through oversight ignorance or
malignity has put in circulation
a report that the present organ-
ization of. the Board of Trustees
is illegal thus seeking again to
embarrass the school as was
done a few years ago by legal
resistance to the payment of
the school tax.
Wc say that this opinion
must cmenatc from an enemy
of the public school as no friend
of the school would express
f such an opinion or give it cur
rency without first examining
the law. And a cursory exam-
ination of the law would shov
conclusively that there is "Jot
fvrn tht "inr"nr of a foUnvA-
tion for the opinion above
ferrcd to.
Art vSi Reviscu at:
provides that cities whicl:
heretofore assumed cont
the Public Free Schools
its limits and have continue.!
to exercise the same until Feb.
1S79 the date of the jwpsagc of
the Rcviscd-Stat'oteS shall have
control of such schoolr Under
Art. 37SS. R. S. cities having
control of public schools may
by ordinance provide for their
'organization etc.
By the act of April 3 " 1S79
further provision is made to en-
able cities not having control
of public schools.under previous
laws to acquire control by
means of an election ordered
upon the application of 50 elec-
tors. Upon such application
being presented these two
questions arc to be submitted
to the qualified electors.
1. Shall the city acquire the
control of any or all of the pub-
lic free schools and institutions
of learning within its limits.
2. Shall the same be under
the control of a Board of Trus-
tees or of the Council or Board
of Aldermen of such city.
In this city control of the
public free schools was assumed
five years ago and the city con-
tinued to exercise such control
at the date of the passage of
the Revised Statutes and of
the Act of April 3 1879. It
was not only not necessary to
submit to a vote the question
as to the city assuming control
of the schools but it could not
legally be submitted. It is only
in cases where the question of
assuming control is required to
be submitted that a vote can
Le taken as to whether that
control shall be exercised by a
Board of Trustees or by the
City Council.
The remaining sections of
the Act of April 3 1S79 clear
ly and in express terms recog-
nizes the authority of the City
Council under the provisions of
the Revised Statutes above cit-
ed. No article of the Revised
Statutes relating to free schools
in incorporated cities and towns
was repealed by the Act of
April 3 1S79 but on the con-
trary one of the articles was
amended by the Act of July 9
1879 so as to render its pro-
visions more efficient.
The question of maintaining
our public free schools has been
fairly submitted to the people
at five elections. At each elec-
tion the question has been de-
cided in the affirmative by an
overwhelming vote; and the
opposition has now dwindled to
such proportions as to be depriv-
ed of its power to do harm.
But an infinite amount of mis-
chief can be done by giving car
to unfriendly criticism emenat-
ingfrom even the most contem-
plated sources.
The friends of the public
schools can be assured that no
illegal act will be done by the
city council or the board of
directors to whom its manage-
ment is confided.
Ci C. Garrett Esqr. the pres-
ident of the board is an able
lawyer who has made the
school law his special study for
years. It can be said without
disparagement of the ability of
others that no lawyer in the
state is more familiar with that
subject than he is. He is the
earnest devoted friend of the
school. For years he has de-
voted his time and talent to the
advancement of its interests
without fear or reward.
We know that our good citi-
zens who are proud of our pub-
lic schools and who are deter-
mined to sustain them but who
have not made the laws relating
thereto their study will rely
upon his judgement and trust
to his fidelity energy and zeal
which has been so signally 'dis-
played in their behalf for so
many years.
Tun London Times is satisfied
that General Burrows was en-
ticed into an ambuscade by the
enemy. It believes that the
Afghans tried to get in the rear
of the British forces. It would
seem that whatever tiie causes
Burrows was outgeneraled anil
defeated by the Afghan1.
Here Bosli.
The Houston Post is just
now amusing itself and its read-
by publishing letters from this
place under the caption. "Bren-
ham. What a citizen of Bren-
ham has to say about Shepard
and politics generally." Public
opinion here points to a certain
citizen as the author of the let-
ters and if he is the man lib
opinions are here considered to
be as worthless as last year's
'birds nests. He is a chronic
complainer and the Post is mak-
ing no friends here by giving
men 3nr known at
home and bcingXuSiblc to po-
radc their ideas in local papers
of any rcspcctibility they send
them abroad where they are
unknown. Wc have always en-
tertained a high respect lor the
Houston Post and feel confident
it would not knowingly make
any misrepresentation. Wc also
know that a newspaper is not
responsible for the utterances
of its correspondents but at the
same time such wilful misrep-
resentations on the part of cor-
respondents should not be
countenanced.
The Galveston News refer-
ring to the action of the Fourth
ward club in that city says: "A
feeling seems to prevail which
is indulged in by a goodly num-
ber of the friends of Hon. John
Hancock that Mr. Scth Shep-
ard and his friends failed to af-
ford the support to judge Han-
cock during the last canvass
that his supporters had a right
to expect. Hence the retal-
iatory measures recommended
and inaugurated by the Han-
cock club last night."
This feeling does Mr. Shep-
ard an injustice and is one that
should not be indulged in ex-
cept by those who have a de-
sire to defeat him snd elect
Wash Jones. Whatever may
have been the action of Mr.
Shepard's friends they acted
contrary to his advice and he
should not be held accountable.
It is now useless to discuss the
causes which led to the defeat
of Mr. Hancock as they would
produce recrimination and in
the end accomplish no good.
If the democrrcy of the district
will unite on Mr. Shepard he
will be elected; if not it is likely
that wc will again be misrepre
sented by Jones.
The Galveston News notes
the departure for the north of
Amos T. Bissell United States
inspector of customs at Velasco
Brazoria county who lately had
a number of citizens of that
county arrested on the charge
of "bulldozing" him. Bissell is
a radical republican and he done
everything in his power to be
bulldozed; he wanted to be
bulldozed in order that he might
start up the southern outrage
mill. He has now gone north
to tell his talc of woe and how
he barely escaped with his life
and how northern men and re-
publicans arc persecuted and
prosecuted in Brazoria county
and that it is a physical impos-
sibility for a republican to enjoy
the right of free speech. Bis-
sell will tell his talc to the stal-
wart papers and he will be be-
lieved. Doksly secretary of the re-
publican national committee
denies in the most emphatic
terms the statement that the
republican national committee
was giving money to be used
in assisting the canvass of Gen.
Weaver the greenback man for
president. He said that not an
order had been given and that
not one would be. All of which
may be taken for just what It
is worth; the republican mana-
gers are known to be wholly
unscrupulous and if their cause
can be advanced by giving
money to grccnbackcrs they
wouldn't hesitate a second
about doing it. What they
would not do to advance their
own interests is not worth do-
iug. Mr. Dorsey and the en
tire republican party to " the
contrary notwithstanding.
The Fort Worth Democrat
referring to the Banner's arti-
cle entitled "Proscription" pub-
lished some days ago says :
There is no doubt but that
much of the dissatisfaction
which exists in the party is
caused by this class of men who
arc disposed to over-ride pop-
ular will and public interests in
the advancement of their own
ideas. In their view principles
arc subordinate to men; person-
al success is paramount to the
public weal: a few men arrogate
to themselves the wisdom of
the party and presume to dic-
tate to it. Until there is a
change in this respect or these
men arc made to take a back
scat there can be no harmony
in thr- party.
publicity to these letters. Their
author reprcjgyLsej&-
ments of any Voi
complex rohjjown.
Every cojj'vnreq who
arc'onjVc entcr-
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Conntj- Politics
Mill Creek Aug. 2 lSSe.
KditoisSinn:ri
I notice in your issue of July
29th an editorial headed "coun-
ty politics" a subject which I
think should interest every citi-
zen who has the peace and pros-
perity of his section and the
county at heart prompted by
such feelings I propose to say
a few words on said subject and
will make some ideas and claus
es in your article as a basis of
my remarks. You say "It has
been determined that nomina-
tions be made" determined by
whom ? As usual by a few who
constitute themselves the guard
ian angels of the dear people's
rights and interests ostensibly
but in reality to promote indi-
vidual interests and from what
I can learn it is and has been
the wish and desire of at least
three voters in every five that
there be no nominations made
this year. Why nominate ? Be-
cause as you say it is conceded
that thire is a republican ma
jority in the county" and when
ou go into convention and
minatc as a party and Mart
out your man you virtually say
wc now propose to try our po-
litical strength and commence
with the "political lash" to whip
into the party ranks and the
other party having a more pli-
ant material to work on always
beats you as everybody knows
and this prevents every conven-
tion from doing what you say
is of the utmost importance
"that a winning ticket be nomi-
nated." You speak of securing votes
of radicals grccnbackcrs &c
by selecting men and placing
them before the people upon
their merit which you can not
do as has been frequently dem-
onstrated; when the independ-
ent thinker and voter surveys
your men hunting for merit
the first tiling he sees is a snug
fitting sparkling political dog
collar" which forces him to
snarl at every thing that is not
democratic according to his
contracted views; hence Uiosc
very meritorious candidates be-
come repulsive rather than at-
tractive and defeat follows.
Again in regard to the men
to be selected you say they
should not be taken from among
the professional politicians nor
professional office - seekers"
which is the correct principle
but unfortunately for the coun-
ty and the cause this has nev-
er been done nor never will be-
cause those classes are the head
and front of a convention and
press their claims through to
the exclusion of those whom
you say ought to be
chosen in fact under the
condition of affairs in this
Co. I do not think that the class
of men that you confine your-
self to choose from can be in-
duced to accept a collar hence
you will be forced into your
proscribed classes which makes
the thing defeat done before
it is fairly begun. Four years
ago nearly half the ticket won
two years ago one man won on
the same ratio this year you
will get 0 is my conclusion.
You have said if I remember
"that the last convention made
a mistake." Yes and it will do
it again as those who manage
it can not see farther than the
interest of a friend goes and in
that waya clog here by a clever
lellow and a weight there from
nationality or something else
all combined makes a ticket too
weighty for the few live candi-
dates and a minority carry
through successfully.
Again you say let the can-
vass be conducted upon the
merits of the men and without
personal feeling bitterness or
acrimony which I endorse but
the course pursued by those
democrats even now is not in
keeping with this idea as they
have begun as usual to abuse
and be little every one who
dares to differ with them by
applying approbrious terms and
epithets such as half way hash
houses etc" which always dis-
gusts rather than pursuades
and has about the same effect
that a blind man would have
dilating upon the beauties of a
painting. Now sir the opinion
of your humble servant is that
no nominations should be made;
leave the matter open and if
there be any who desire to try
their strength and standing be-
foic the people let them come
out and be tried by the Jcffer-
sonian standard of honesty
and competency and not by
political faith and if found wor-
thy we believe there yet re-
mains reasonable thinking hon-
est patriotic men in this coun-
ty enough to elect them if left
free to select for themselves.
The course of some of the would
be leaders of politics in this
county reminds mc of the ram
I have heard of that had butted
himself all away but the tail
and it was still humping and
wiggling trying to but; as they
are as determined as the rani
butting against reason and com-
mon sense. I have said enough
perhaps too much but if what
I have said is not facts and
reasonable conclusions let
somebody show it.
Rural Yorui:
About 1500 or 2000 people
attended the barbecue and dem-
ocratic mass meeting at Hallets-
ville on Monday. Scth Shep-
ard delivered an able address
his first regular speech this cam-
paign. The New Orleans Times says
it is quite clear that the future
business of that city is destined
to expand. One of New York's
largest houses is about to open
a branch in New Orleans.
.
Srxvroi: McDonald of In-
diana says his state will give
a democratic majority of 10000
in October.
EDITOBLVE OTES.
After seventy-four years of
litigation the estate of Robert
Morris has been settled.
The Houston Telegram brings
out its crowing rooster and re-
marks "This is our crow."
The Bastrop Advertiser of
last week publishes lieutenant
governor Sayers' speech in full.
Cooke Erath and Clay coun-
ties send anti-Roberts delega-
tions to the Dallas convention.
DcJarncttc the murderer of
his sister at Danville Va. made
an unsuccessful attempt at sui-
cide. Accounts from the cotton
crpps in Egypt arc favorable
although the yield will be some-
what smaller than in 1S79.
Having had considerable rain
and high watT in Texas it may
interest our readers to know
that the river Nile is also rising.
The Flatonia Argus claims to
be the only democrat paper
published in Fayette county.
What says the LaGranga Jour-
nal? The Fourth .vard ratification
meeting at Galveston which
was to have been held on Mon-
day night has been indefinately
postponed.
No less than eleven hundred
bogus doctors have been fur-
nished with bogus diplomas by
a bogus medical college in
Philadelphia.
Two burglars entered the
house of John McMahon in
Chicago and while he sat up in
bed shot and killed him. They
then escaped.
The primary election in Mc-
Lennan county settled the con-
vention's instructions. The vole
stood Hubbard Sl3 Roberts
754; Sayers 141.
The Burnet Bulletin prints
the greenback state platform in
full and remarks: "This is all of
it reader can you follow the
authors of such a tissue of dem-
agoguery and injustice?
The San Antonio Express
says it appears to be a pretty
well settled fact that western
Texas will almost unanimously
support Maxey for re-election
to the United States Senate.
The North Texan man says
he is prepared to cat crow; he
has had the iheumatism chol-
era; was a soldier four years;
was in a federal prison nine
months. He says he can stand
anything.
The Dallas Times is opposed
to any recruits from the repub-
lican party; it says they are all
hungry and want chicken-pic.
It believes in nothing but the
red-head true-blue moss-back
old bourbon democracy.
The Austin Capital a green-
back sheet extends its sympa-
thy to Shepard on his nomina-
tion as the democrat candidate
for congress. The Capital had
better reserve its sympathy for
its man Jones he will need it.
The Tyler Democrat is in
favor of the re-election of
Maxey to the United States
senate. So far as we arc able
to judge by our exchanges
there are but two or three pa-
pers in the state opposed to him.
The Flatonia Argus carries
at its masthead the name of J.
D. Sayers for governor but it
inclines to the opinion that Rob-
erts will be nominated. It is
well to remember that "there's
many a slip betwixt the cup and
lip."
G-.nekalGkiekson met Vic-
toria's band of Apaches between
Eagle Springs and Quitman
mountains. Seven Indians
were killed and many wounded.
Gen. Grierson whipped the In-
dians with colored troops losing
only one man.
The Fort Worth Democrat
says it cannot conceive of a
greater calamity to the demo-
cratic parVy than the placing of
the name of Hubbard orThrock-
morton before the slate conven-
tion. It thinks it would arouse
all the bitterness of the last can-
vass and do no good.
The Galveston News of the
4th inst. publishes .1 communi-
cation withoutdata orsignaturc
in which Scth Shepard is used
up and completely defeated and
Wash Jones duly elected to con
gress the writer being evident-
ly a Jones man or at all events
anything but a democrat.
Shepard and his friends are ac-
cused of having defeated Ilau-
cock and now it is proposed by
them to shelve Shepard in retal-
iation. Wc will see.
It seems from a San Anton-
io special to the Houston Post
thatthcclcction of a Robcrtsdcl
cgation by the county conven-
tion was the result of a shrewd
management and trickery and
that it is now not claimed that
the county will vote for Roberts.
The manner in which county
conventions have been managed
during the present canvass is
not at all calculated to inspire
confi'h'il'v in thf p- infallibility.
Seven prisoners arrested at
Jonesboro Ga. for murder ol
Millie Thompson colored have
been taken to Atlanta for safe
keeping; more are yet to be ar
rested and the indications arc
that Georgia will have a whole
sale hanging. The mobbing of
the Thompson family colored
is a gross outrage that is uni
versally condemned.
California people strongly
favor an inter-oceanic canal.
Their surplus wheat now finds
its way to Europe in sailing
ships around Cape Horn and
it is estimated that a ship canal
across the isthmus of Panama
or across Nicaragua would save
California 7000000 a year on
her wheat crop.
The Chilian transport Loa
is the steamer which was blown
up by a torpedo in Calio barber
on the 3d inst. The Peruvians
prepared a torpedo boat and
set it adrift the boat being load-
ed with fruit and fowls was
picked up by the crew of the
steamer and when unloaded
the machinery on it was released
exploding 300 pounds of dyna-
mite. Every house in callao
was shaken to its foundations
and the ships shivered as though
a perfect earthquake had spent
its fury beneath them.
The expense of moving the
silver dollars from the mints
where they arc coined to the
ttcasury vaults at Washington
is something enormous. At
the mint in San Francisco there
are at present iS.ooo.ooo silver
dollars. Accordiug to the rates
allowed by law it will cost
about giSo.ooo to remove this
vast sum to Washington. The
secretary of the treasury is de-
sirous of avoiding such heavy
expense for transportation and
has therefore concluded to ad-
vertise for proposals for the re-
moval of the dollars in order
to secure more favorable terms.
The San Antonio Express
referring to the recent vote on
the school tax says: "This
fact will attract the attention of
heads of families seeking homes
in Texas towns. The people
of Brenham very sensibly pro
pose to donate something extra
to educational purposes now
and to save trouble the amount
in court fees in the future."
The public free schools of Bren-
ham have given her notoriety
throughont the state that she
would not othenvisc have had
and the notoriety is a very de-
sirable one one that other towns
would do well to emulate.
m
Tlic Grist Tax or Italy.
The endurance of the people
of Italy and their patience un-
der the burthen of pecuh'arly
oppressive taxation has been
perhaps as severely tested by
the "grist tax" as it would be
safe to try any civilized popu-
lation by. This excise duty
has latterly yielded 100000000
lire or say 519000000 a year.
It amounts to a tax of about So
cents a head and rests emphat-
ically upon the poorest classes.
It is a tax which the millers are
compelled to collect upon the
grain brought to their mills for
grinding and as the poorer
classes in Italy characteristical-
ly live upon farinaceous food
and very seldom use meat the
tax reaches every one of them.
In the northern part of the pe-
ninsula the chief diet of the peo-
ple is polenta or corn-meal por-
ridge which in Connecticut
would be styled "hasty pud-
ding." In Naples and all other
parts of the peninsula south of
the "states of the Church"
maccaroni is the chief article
of food. The grist tax touches
both of these indispcnsablcs of
diet and touches them so
severely that it is said to have
promoted a disease which has
become national with the Ital-
ians. This is pellagra a disor-
der closely related to leprosy
and which is greatly on the in-
crease. Its cause is claimed to
be very nearly connected with
tlic wretched food of the peas-
antry and in some parts of the
country the hospitals' and alms-
houses are not able to accom-
modate the increasing number
of cases of this specific indigen-
ous malady. The Italian par-
liament after a great and long-
continued pressure has consen-
ted to remit one-fourth of the
grist tax beginning w ith the
first of September next ensuing
entire tax is to be abandoned
on January 1 1SS4. When it
is considered that the Italian
army costs' every year more
than the grist tax yields and
that the new kingdom has been
spending some 7000000 or
S.ooo.coc a year in the con-
struction of iron-clad steamers
the patience and loyalty of the
Italian people will begin to be
appreciated.
.
Setli Shepard was nominated
for congressman by acclama-
tion in tlic fifth district and Up-
son will be nominated in the
same way in the sixth. When
everybody knows just what
should be done there is no use
taking two or three days to do
what can be done in a few
minutes. S. A. Express.
"Well sambo how do you
like your new place?"
"Kerry well massa."
"What did you have or
breakfast this morning?"
'Why you sec misses bilcU
me dc brof."
.STATE SETTS.
Jack county instructs for
Pvobcrts.
Lamar
for Roberts.
county instructs
Smith county has instruct
cd for Roberts.
Robertson county in
structs for Roberts.
First bales arc
longcra curiosity.
ntw no
Sunday base ball is in
vogue at Houston.
Bcllvillc will soon have sev-
eral cotton warehouses.
On Saturday there were
heavy rains all over the stare.
Galveston has a colored
military company the Grant
Rifles.
The Roberts men had only
four majority in Bexar county
convention.
Williamson county green-
backers arc waking up in the
interest of Jones.
Business houses arc scarce
and in demand at Tyler. Rents
are going up too.
At last Sherman has voted
in favor of a special tax for
public school purposes.
Heavy rain in west Texas
last week stopped travel as the
streams were all swollen.
Guadalupe county in-
structs for Roberts. Waller
county also instructs for him. .
Col.Jno. F.Elliottof the
Dallas Herald declines to be a
candidate for the legislature.
Pat Malloy was run over
and killed by a street car in
Houston on Monday morning.
Cotton prospects are fine
in Mason county but the acre-
age is not one-tenth big enough.
San Antonio received her
first bale of cotton onThursday.
It was raised in Atascosa .coun-
ty.
The democratic convention
in Bastrop was the largest held
since 1872 and the most harmo-
nious. Burks was more than re-
joiced at his respite and now
looks for commutation and even
pardon.
Bosque county instructed
for Roberts; the instruction was
strongly opposed and barely
carried.
Roberta Vanhook aged 16
was drowned while bathing in
the bayou two miles below
Houston.
A railroad meeting was
held in Bastrop last week.
A number of committees were
appointed.
Cotton worms have made
their appearance in Liberty
county but were eaten up by
the birds.
Delegates to the county
convention at Tcxarkana arc
said to be scarce only twenty-
five were elected.
Austin county's cotton crop
will be the largest raised in a
number of years. Cotton pick-
ers will be in demand.
Country produce at Ty-
ler is exceedingly scarce on ac-
count of the increased consump-
tion by railroad hands.
A great many country
people visited Waco the other
day to see the hanging; they
were all disappointed.
The young men in Bellvillc
are trying to organize a gym-
nastic club theytiied a milita-
ry company but failed.
lohn Zoller was killed at
Eagle Pass by deputy sheriff
iJcacom. roller was imposing
upon Beacom at the time.
Masons only barber has
gone off to the campmeeting
leaving the Masonians to shave
themselves as best they can.
Bill Williams a negro
hackman went to the house of
Scott another negro and shot
him to death. Bill then eloped .
Playing dice for cigars is
the latest thing at Tyler. When
the narrow gauge gets in full
full operation lylcr will waice
up.
Joe and Angclo Battaglia
aged 16 and 8 years were
drowned at Waco on Sunday
while washing a buggy in the
river.
The Telegram rises to re
mark that there was profuse
liquidation in Houston during
the progress of the county con-
vention. Grayson county green-
backers talk about putting out a
full county ticket with a candi-
date for sheriff who has deserted
the democracy.
The Free Methodists are
holding a campmeeting at Ter-
rell. Among othingsthey do
not believe it is right to beg
money to build churches.
A Galveston News repor-
ter says horned frogs ought not
to be caught as they render the
farmers valuable assistance in
destroying noxious insects.
One thousand laborers arc
wanted in Tarrant county to
gather the growing cotton crop ;
nearly all tlic counties in north-
ern Texas are short of hands.
James Bailey one of the
oldest citizens of Houston is
dead. He came to Houston
when there were but few houses
and many people lived in tents.
Austin county's democrat-
ic convention passed resolutions
endorsing Hancock and Eng-
lish but it did not instruct its
delegates to the state conven-
tion. John Palmer was shot and
killed on Saturday last by two
brothers named Pender near
Paris. It was all about a Mus-
tang pony. The murderers es-
caped. San Antonio claims the
champion mean man of Texas ;
he lives off his wife's earnings
by sewing and took her sewing
machine and pawned it to raise
money to buy whiskey.
The skin of a rattlesnake
six feet long and having twelve
rattles was shown the Houston
Telegram on Monday. The
venimous reptile was killed near
Houston.
A correspondent of the
Mason News Item describes a
native bird -called the scissor
tail. He is.uot musical; he ar-
rives about the. middle of April
and goes south in September.
The city of Sherman fail-
ed to pay its gas" Bills and the
gas company removed all the
burners from the lamps. An
effort will be made to make a
new contract with the gas com-
pany. The 67th representative
district convention met at Lib-
erty Hill Williamson county
endorsed the Sunday law re-
commended Maxey for re-election
and balloted 100 times
without choosing a legislative
candidate.
Four convicts were lately
sent from Galveston to the pen-
itentiary and two more will be
forwarded to a convict farm
all are negroes. A delegation
of darkies assembled at the
depot in Galveston to sec their
friends off.
J. M. Tryon went before
the Harris county convention as
a candidate for county tax col
lector- He failed ; get the
nomination and is going to
try-on the independent dodge.
The sheriff ofattiadalape
county appeared
of begum anni
gun and swe;
atrainsf a citizl
divided a$-to"thi
sheriff.
The couri
Grayson couri
crts admimstl
instruct for hie
tion at Beaus
county instructed for Rob
Aunt Suckey Hunt color
ed said to be 140 years old died
at McKinncy on Monday. She
suckled while nursing her six-
teenth child Mrs. Hunt of
Wcatherford who is said to be
in her 78th year.
Paris has a. commercial
"college." After a young
man graduates from the average
commercial college and goes
into a business office he has to
unlearn and learn all over again.
His college learning isn't prac-
tical. George Gihvrcath and
Scott Harman attended Major
Pcnn's campmeeting at Round
Rock but instead of getting re-
ligion got to quarreling. They
started home and fought with
knives both getting pretty well
carved up.
The Montague county
convention instructed for Rob-
erts notwithstanding an earnest
effort was made to defeat this
point butit was carried thus
showing that the Roberts men
were determined to' sit down
upon all opposition.
On Sunday morning five
prisoners confined in the county
jail at Eagle pass overpowered
the jailer and escaped. The
sheriff summoned a posse and
gave chase; one prisoner waa
killed one recaptured and one
of the posse was killed.
In Mason county county
candidates are coming promi-
nently to the front The News
Item has announcement from
Mason. Menard Llano Mc-
Cullough and Kimble counties.
They want office in the west as
in the older parts of the state.
At Houston Mary Powell
was treated to a glass of drug-
ged beer by Mary Clark at the
barrel house. Powell was taken
violently sick'soon after drinking
the beer. The parties are. both
colored; Clark was arrested and
jailed. It was a case of jeal-
ousy. Dan Garman a negro im-
plicated in the murder of Rags-
dale in Fayette county some
weeks aeo. was examined by a
justice of the peace atSchulen-
burg and admitted to bail m the
sum of S5000. The strange
part of the affair is the negro
promptly gave bond. .Vanham
& Dickson of Lavaca county
becoming bondsmen.
Judge John H Duncan
was nominated for county clerk
in Harris county. He was a
dark horse thirty four ballots
having been had before he was
nut on the track. W. C Oliver
was nominated for county aU
torney ; James Harrrington as-
sessor of taxes; Sam S. Ashe
collector of taxes ; H. Scherffius4
county treasurer; E. Alstellan
county surveyor.
A grand ratification meet-
ing and barbecue was held at
Biyan on Tuesday nearly .3000
people being present Captain ""
Bcall Hon. John H. Reagan
and Hon. Roger Q. Mills made
speeches. Judge Reagan said
that greenback orators were
either ignorant of the plain facts
shown by the political history
of the country or that said ora-
tors were lying and wilfully de-
ceiving the people.
On Sunday morning dep-
uty sheriff W. V. Taylor of
Montague count' shot and kill-
ed Martin Mynotte at his ho use
near Red River. Mynotte had
surrendered to Taylor when
Mynotte's wife handed him a
pistol with which he fired at" '
Taylor who returned the fire
killing Mynotte instantly. My-
notte was a desperado and was
wanted for murder and cattle
stealing.
1 1
Passengers are now carried
from New Orleans to St Louis
for $3 and to Chicago for 4.
So much for a railroad war.
See the reduction in prices
in New hour Bros mammoth
ad. Many articles have been
very materially reduced.
V-i
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