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THE WEEKLY BANNER.
BY RANKIN & LEVIN.
THURSDAY ACUDST 26 1880.
Special Sotlee.
Those indebted to the Week-
XT Banner for subscription will J
please call at this office and set-
lie as vc are in need of money
to meet our own obligations.
Edikcburg Pa. has lately
had a $150000 fire.
Geosgetown has organized a
Hancock and English club.
Tue census returns for the
sixth congressional district is
39.57-
Ciimp Ourav of the Utes is
reported to be dangerously ill
at the Ute agency.
The republican state execu-
tive committee meets at Heame
to-day the 25th.
... . . -
Ok Friday last Cha's. Wil-
liams and Louis A. Games were
hanged at Santa Fe N. M.
The democrats of the first
Wisconsin district have nomin-
ated ClLiton Babbitt for con-
gress St. Paul Minn. had a fire
on Monday morning destroying
half a million dollars worth of
properly.
Massachusetts greenback-
ers will hold their state conven-
tion at Worcester on the 22d
of September.
Rev..- D. S. Doggett D. D.
bishop of the Methodist church
is dangerously ill at his home
in Richmond Va.
The supreme lodge ' of the
World Knights of Pythias will
have a meeting at St. Louis on
Tuesday the 24th.
The commissioners of the
collapsed Freedmen'sbank will
on the 1st of September pay a
divident of 10 per cent
At Burlingame KaS. two
exodus negroes got into a fight
One of the fighters and"another
peaceable; darkey were killed.
Boynton and Fearne had a
swimming match -at Atjanlic
ctly the other day. Fearne won
the race and the stakes of 1000.
It- is streaked white and
black says the San Antonio-
Express Jn reference to Wash'
ington county's republican tick
et.
Miss Neilson the actress
left property valued at" about
.40000. 'She' .willed most of
it to rear-admiral Henry Carr
Glyn. '
- A fire broke cut in the rope
walk at the Charleston navy
yard destroying buildings ma-
chinery and material to value
offyO.OOO.
The Bastrop Advertiser hoists
the names of the nominees of
the Dallas convention and asks
for them the earnest support of
all good democrats.
When the next legislature
meets the people will have an
opportunity of judging how far
the pay-as-you-go system has
been carried out.
Mrs. C11A3. Kean a once cel-
ebrated actress is dead. She
was born in London in 1S05.
She made her debut on the
American stage in 1836.
The Houston Telegram has
a long leader on Houston's
prospects; rail communication
with New Orleans is expected-
to accomplish great things for
Houston.
The office of the Hallettsville
Herald and Planter is offered
for sale. The present proprie-
tor is unable to make it profit-
able enough to justify him in
continuing its publication.
According to the New Or-
leans Times the greatest effort
of Roscoe Conkling's lite was
when he was trying to get out
out of Rhode Island with Spra-
guc and a-shot gun after him.
The Lampasas Dispatch has
heard several greenbackers say
they intend to vote for Hancock
and English knowing that to
vote for Weaver and Chambers
would be to throw a vote away.
Preident Haves is about to
have a law suit on his hands.
His wife ordered a set of china
made to order and although the-
china gives entire satisfacton
tiie president refuses to pay the
bill.
Havana is trying to make ar-
rangements for running a line
of steamers to Shanghai for the
purpose of bringing Chinese
emmigrants to Cuba. They
want to try the coolie system
of labor again.
Arjlforriston.Tenn. last Fri-
.day a geciral row occurred be-
tween some (drunken men at--tending
a circus .and the town
orncers. Two town marshals
-were killed and the sheriff was
dangerously wounded.
AnoBjraons "Writers.
' It is said upon what authori-
ty we do not know that N. A.
Taylor" is the author of the
"Anti-Bloody Shirt" letters in
the Galveston News. Taylor
or rather N. A. T.. it will re-
membered travelled over a con-
siderable portion of this con-
gressional district.and wrote let-
ters to the Galveston News in
which he took especial pains to
say the people were enthusias-
tic for Hancock he was unable
to find any anti-Hancock men.
If we remember aright N. A. T.
in one of his letters represented
that Washington county was
for Hancock. Before writing
the Brenham letter he spent two
days here in which time he did
not see or converse with
half a dozen citizens. The
fact in regard to . A. 1. is
that his letters on political af-
fairs carry no more weight than
so much blank paper. In his
case his personal identity would
ruin anything he might say or
any oninion he might entertain.
Taylor is a thorough Bohemian
and a brilliant writer but his
opinions are always biased by
the side which engages him to
do the writing. A Bohemian's
principles arc always swayed by
the party that pays lor them
For this reason we maintain
that the character of the man
who writes letters to newspa-
pers has much to do with their
weight. Every town and com
munity has busy bodies and
scribblers; their opinions are
neither sought nor valued and
anything such an one might
write over his own signature
would be of less value than-the
paper upon which it was writ-
ten. 'Newspapers always de
mand the names of the writers
of communications in order that
they may know what value to
place upon the article. If a
man is known to be reliable and
his character and respectability
are good his letters are publish-
ed ; if on the other hand he is
(known to be a man without
character standing or influence
his letters carry no weight
whatever no matter whether
the ideas advanced arc good or
bad.
Terrific Storm aud Cyclone.
A Corpus Christi special of
the 20th to the News gives the
details of the great storm that'
visited the extreme southern
coast of Texas oh the 12th and
13th insts. No northern mails
had reached Corpus Christi
since the nth inst The Nue-
ces river was three miles wide
and the'eountry between there
and San Antonio was flooded
On 'the 12th inst. the most
terrible hurricane ever known
in the vicinity was experienced.
The direct center of it passed
over Brownsville and Matamo-
ros causing an immense loss of
property. The-gale commenc
ed at 8:30 A. M. on the I2th and
all day the wind blew with in
creasing violence and the rain
fell in torrents lasting till 10
o'clock next morning.
Buildings were unroofed or
completely blown down fences
demolished trees uprooted and
shipping all destroyed. Tele
graph lines arc prostrated and
all communication with the out
er world was cut off. The city
of Malamoras looks as if it had
been bombarded brick build
ings being torn out of the cen
ter of the long blocks frame
housfcs.completely wrecked and
the streets filled with torn and
twisted trees and roofs. Browns
ville is in little better condition
and at Point Isabel and Brazos
the effects have been most dis-
astrous. The garrison and bar
racks -and government buildings
were totally wrecked. About
eight lives were lost. The total
loss in property is estimated at
a round million dollars.
Eleswhere we publish a
card from Col. R. VC. Lawther
in which he declines calling a
judicial convention for the rea-
son that he is vested with no
authority to do so. As chair-
man of the democratic county
convention he has received sev-
eral protests from Lee and Bur-
leson counties in which it is urg-
ed that no convention be held
and that no judicial nominations
be made. The protests from
Lee and Burleson counties rep
resent we believe the wishes of
the people and in this county
a majority of the people taken
as awhole irrespective of party
do not desire any nomination.
Having previously expressed an
opinion on the subject of judic-
ial nominations the I) inner has
nothing to add. As matters
now stand there will be an open
race between judges Braoddus
and McFarland.
The Dallas city council has
ordered an election for mayor
to take place on the 14th of
September. Thurmond is go
ing to run again and if four or
five candidates come out he may
be re-elected byaniincnty vptc
THE LEGISLATCBE.
While the recent nominees of
the Dallas convention and the
platform are receiving a great
deal of attention at the hands
of the press the subject of
electing members of the legis-
lature is completely overlook
ed. The state ticket will be
elected beyond doubt; the offi-
cers of the state at the capital
are simply executive officers.
The legislature possesses the
law making power and upon
the character of the men elec-
ted to the legislature depends
the luturc welfare of the state.
If the state expects to prosper
live progressive energetic men
must be sent to the legislature.
Much important business will
come before the next session
prominent among which Ss the
school appropriation the bell
punch the Sunday law the ju-
diciary the sale of the public
lands the question of immjjrn
tion occupation taxes hoi
stead law. penitentiary a
convicts the advertising of tax
collectors sales and the adver-
tising of all legal sales of real
property and many other sub-
jects of importance to the peo-
ple. We think it has been demon-
strated that the people want
and will insist upon having an
appropriation of one-fourth of
the public revenue for school
purposes and an amended school
law by which the schools may
be made more efficient. The
bell punch law should be re-
pealed at once and the license
system substituted in its stead.
The old Sunday' law as it ex-
isted prior to the present amend-
ment should be re-instated and
would we believe give almost
universal satisfaction save to a
few persons of puritanical in-
clinations. The disposition of
petty criminals needs attention
the Banner and a feW other pa-
pers in the state favor the' in-
stitution of the whipping post
but until the tax-payers have
suffered in the pocket for a few
more j cut vf have little hope
of its adoption; it is only a ques-
tion of time just so sure as mor-
als can not be regulated by law
just so sUrc will the whipping
post be finally resorted to. Be-
fore the meeting of the 16th
legislature the newspapers and
the people demanded that a
law be passed requiring all le-
gal sales of real estate to be ad-
vertised but the lecislature in
its wisdom saw fit to repeal the
law requiring tax sales to be
advertised as a measure of econ-
omy and allowed the tax col-
lectors a larger fee than ever
for advertising the delinquent
lists by posting written notices.
From the partial list of im-
portant business to come be-
fore the legislature it is plain
that it it will require a high or-
der of talent and this being the
case the people should select
ojily the best material for mem-
bers. A United Statc3 senator
is also to be elected and the
people should see to it that he
is the man who will obey their
wishes in the premises and not
those of the politicians be elect-
ed. Wc take it that the ma-
jority of the people are in favor
of retainining Sam Bell Maxjy
and not in favor of sending to
Hie senate any one of the half
dozei or more aspirants for that
honorable position.
The New Orleans Times has
the following in regard to a
bankrupt law and we think it
is right :
The demand for a national
bankrupt law is increasing. At
the Banker'r convention at Sar-
atoga a resolution was adopted
favoring such a law. The reso-
lution recites the necessity of a
bankrupt law "of such a char-
acter as to discourage fraud and
afford ready and efficient relief
to honest debtors and place all
creditors wherever located up-
on an equal footing with a
uniformity of administration
throughout the country and to
secure a prompt and equitable
distribution of assets of insol-
vent estates at the lowest pos-
sible cost; also to include a
judiciary system of composition
whereby the settlement may be
effected in proper cases upon
terms satisfactory to a majority
of the creditors without the de-
lay and expense incidental to
full bankruptcy proceedings."
A bankrupt law containing the
above features is what the coun-
try needs. No doubt a strong
pressure will be brought to bear
upon congress at its next ses-
sion to secure the kind of bank-
rupt law wanted.
The San Antonio Hxpress
says it knows that certain gen-
tlemen assume to own the dem-
ocratic parly in Texas and act
very much in a proprietory
manner. We would add that
this very thing isuhat causes
dissatisfaction in the ranks ; the
fact is there is now and has for
a lUil L1U1V. U..ll tUU I1JUI.11 U1U-
.tation on the part of so-called
party icaucrs. nil: tuuipjainr
is general in all political parties.
riM
CENTRALIZATION.
The Boston Herald an inde-
pendent paper with republican
proclivities declines to support
Garfield and gives as a reason
that it desires civil service re-
form a revision of the tariff the
adoption of a sound financial
policy a change in the law re-
gardiug the counting of the
electoral vote and the greatest
amount of local self government
compatible with the orderly ex-
istence of the national govern-i
ment. It asks: "Willarepub1
lican victory bring about theab
desired results? The part
its platform Has delicti
that the ta
ed; the c;
accep:ar
vice red
wnHWfs are
orgaiiiziiiMpWuin an is-
sue which implies if it m&ans
anything tlfnt the principle tf
me rule accorded to the
by the constitution is a
rmicious doctrine."
This shows clearly that the
republican party is one of cen-
tralization they would little by
little abridge the liberties of
the states until at last state
governments ould amount" to
nothing direct taxes for the
support of the government
might be levied 4s they arc now
in counties for the support of
the general government and fin-
ally the state govern mentstheni-
selves would be abandoned and
instead of state officers we
would have legions of federal
officers. The republican party
opposes any change in the man-
ner of counting the electoral
vote for the reason that under
the existing system Hayes was
counted in and it may be they
think similar 'strategy' will count
in Garfield. On the tariff ques-
tion the republican party is di-
rectly at variance with the mass
of the people of the south and
the west They want a high
protective tariff in order that the
manufacturers of New England
may grow richer they are al-
ready rich. The west and south
aie their best customers and are
constantly kept under contribu-
tion. Hundreds and perhaps
thousands of articles in almost
every day use are made in the
east and protected by a high
rate of tariff and a vast majority
of the consumers of these
goods' live in the west and the
south and have to pay the
bills. The republican party
does not want civil service
reform; it favors the levying of
contribution on all government
employes from the highest to
the lowest by this means the
party is enabled to keep its em-
ployes under absolute control;
they hold their offices by virtue
of their fealty to Jhe party
They alio want to control ail
federal elections or rather the
election of congressmen by
placing United States deputy
marshals at all the polls in the
country.
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The superintendent of the
census has established a tulc
which is of considerable public
interest. The rule is that in
any district where forty fraudu-
lent names arc found in the re-
turns a new count will be or-
dered. It is hinted that this
rule was made in order to afford
a plea for a recount in several
of the southern states where
there been a very considerable
gain in population. The cen-
sus return of the south surprise
the leaders of the republican
party. They expected that the
south would lose influence in
congress. Instead of that she
will gain. It will not be diffi-
cult to find forty alledged fraud-
ulent names in a district which
comprises two congressional
districts if a recount is deter-
mined upon.
W. B. Bonner the man' who
went a gunning and on the
street in Paris shot and killed
Wheeler the editor of the Ban-
ner has had his bond reduced
to 52000. He is at liberty and
has resumed his law practice.
At the time Wheeler was shot
and killed it was considered to
have been a cold-blooded as-
sassination. What mitigating
circumstances have since been
developed we do not know but
judging from the amount of
bond wc take it Bonner will
be tried and acquitted. This
is a case in which the value of
continuances to the defendant
is fully shown. I fad Bonner
been tried soon after the occur-
ance he would have been lucky
to have escaped with a sound
neck.
The Post publishes a special
from Bryan in which it is stated
on the authority of a gentleman
who attended the Waco con-
vention and who saw and talked
with Gen. Robertson that the
general said he disclaimed any
connection with the independ-
ent movement and would be
the last man to pursue such a
course. The democracy can
settle its differences inside the
party.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Last week's issue of the Gon-
zales Inquirer is illustrated a la
Puck but not quite so artistic-
ally. The Hancock and English
club at Austin has perfected its
organization. Five colored men
have joined.
Two many filibustering expe-
ditions have been tolerated in
Texas against Mexico says the
Two Laud os.
ft 1rtir ili'rir'irin was held
nd Ennis by
ckmorton and
liman.
.OTM disn.itrlies rrnnrt
-rfAvoob Kahn has moved
'""oppose Gen. Robert at
rrison.
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traveller
7orlieGicrse&-(5
Jb. of
Galvcs-
i'ton. 'dt'ed'at Navasota after an
filhiess-of ihree weeks.
Chicago has 716 miles of
sidewalks which is probably as
much sidewalk as there is in
the entire state of Texas.
Tim Georgetown Record
hoists the names of the Dallas
nominees and proposes working
manfully for their election.
Simon Zimmerman a Chica
go mechanic got up the other
morning and murdered his wife;
he then shot himself producing
death.
The Arkansas negroes who
went to Liberia last spring write
back that they are delighted
with the change they have
made.
A dispatch from Cairo says
it is believed the Egyption cot
ton crop will be about half a
million American bales less than
that of 1879.
First bales are still arriving.
Texas towns are getting some
of them while Arkansas Ten-
nessee and North Carolina are
not neglected.
The coroner's jury in the
May's landing N. J. railway ac
cident returned a verdict charg
ing the engineer and conductor
of the train with negligence.
The report that Dr. John
Buchanan of bogus medical col-
lege fame committed suicide at
Philadelphia and is now'suppos-
cd to be a stupenduous hoax.
It seems from a paragraph in
the Waco Telephone that Gen.
J. B. Roberson has not yet ;aid
whether he would head the talk-ed-of
independent movement or
not.
The bark Ferguson from the
Phillipine islands arrrved at
Boston last Friday with the
captain down with yellow fever.
The vessel was detained at
quarantine.
A verv pretty girl aged two
and twenty very intelligent and
of pleasing manners is an in-
mate of the Virginia peniten-
tiary serving a long term for
horse stealing.
The Columbus Times seems
to have progressive ideas; it
says it has but one fault to find
with the democratic platform
and that is its immigration
plank.
It is said there are now 2126
convicts hired out to peniten-
tiary lessees. The" convicts
should all be confined within
the walls at the earliest practi-
cable moment.
The Galveston Journal of
Commerce writes up Milam and
Bell counties in first-class style.
The building of the Santa Fe
railway will do much toward
developing both counties.
At the last election Jones
had two hundred majority in
Lampasas count'. The green-
backers are weakening and the
democrats now claim that Shep-
ard will carry the county.
The Belton Journal says the
democracy of Texas has ap-
proved the pay-you-go policy
of the old alcalde and that
while it does not fully endorse
all his acts it is well satisfied
with the nomination.
The Galveston county demo-
cratic executive committee are
going to hold another meeting
if a quorum can be .got tor
gether and decide upon having
a county convention or not hav-
ing a county convention.
Jno. Farley and wife poor
people living near Lowell
Ohio drowned their twin chil-
dren in a tub of water. The
children were only a month old
and Farley said that his wife
drowned them.
A duel between J. B. Hope
ol the Landmark and Wm.
Lamb mayor of Norfolk Va.
was prevented by the arrest of
Lamb just as he was leaving for
the meeting place. He was
put under a bond of $20000.
Every Texas delegate in the
lowor branch of congress will be
re-elected this fall with the ex-
ception of G. W. Jones who
will be beat by Mr. Seth Shep-
ard. Jones depends upon get-
ting every vote in the Scncgam-
bian portion of the district or
rather he expects every Senc-
gambian to vote for him.
Ben Butler is indefatigable;
he has been defeated for the gov
ernorship of Massachusetts sev
eral times; he is now out again
as a candidate and is likely to
be defeated again.
Judgement was rendered in
the United States court at Gal-
veston against the Houston and
Texas Central railway company
for $So220 13 for internal rev-
enue taxes. The case goes to
the United States supreme
court on a writ of error.
Dan Rice entered the relig-
ious field but failing to make a
success in that line of business
soon retired and has gone back
to his first love lie is fitting
up a floating circus for the Mis-
sissippi river and its tributaries.
It has been definitely decid-
ed that the first passenger train
will run through from Houston
ton New Orleans a distance of
362 miles on next Monday. An
excursion ovci the road will
probably be given at an early
day.
When a newspaper reporter
uses the wires in making special
reports he should not give vent
to his personal spleen by inuen-
does. It is unbecoming and
not calculated to inspire confi-
dence in his future reports.
Tin: Poughkeepsic peace so-
ciety had a large meeting last
Sunday about three thousand
person attended. Resolutions
against war at any time or un-
der any circumstances were
adopted. Resolutions will not
prevent war.
The Belton Journal asks what
will be the make up of the next
legislature? Will it be prepar-
ed to endorse the old alcalde's
methods or will it antagonize
him? It is with .the people to
say what kind of a legislature
theywant.
Texas has twenty-eight daily
one tri-weekly four semi-weekly
and one hundred and ninety-
nine weekly papers some of the
latter are very light weight
though taken as a whole the
press of Texas is fully equal to
that of any other in the union
population considered.
The city of Austin assumes
control of the public free schools
under the direction of a board
of trustees. The proposition
to do so was submitted to a vote
and carried by a large majority
notwithstanding the opposition
of the Statesman. The citizens
of Austin are waking up to their
own interests.
The Belton Journal thinks an
independent ticket composed of
a fusion of the greenbackers
and republicans and reinforced
by the sore-headed democrats
would be quite formidable and
at the same time would rid the
democramitic party of many
chronic grumblers. It is cer-
tain however of a democratic
triumph.
The Montgomery county
greenbackers held a county con-
vention at Willis last Saturday
and had a jovial time; it was
found that the old radical party
had a majority in the conven-
tion and wanted to nominate all
the old county officers. A com-
promise was finally made and a
ticket put in the field composed
almost wholly of the old radical
officials. Suchisgrecnbackisui
in Montgomery county.
Last Friday a riot occurred
at Coffeyvillc Miss. A special
election was soon to come off
and ratification meetings were
in progress by the democrats
and greenbacker. A proces-
sion was going on uhen a diffi-
culty occurred between a negro
named Sherman who was in the
democratic procession and Fear-
son greenback candidate for
sheriff. Pearson shot Sherman
killing him instantly. A gener-
al melee ensued Pearson was
shot three times and killed.
Two of Pearson's friend's were
wounded.
Richmond Va. has had a
small scnsaton. It seems that
Dr Geo. Ben. Johnston son of
United States senator Johnston
and nephew of Gen. Jos. E.
Johnston and Capt. Jno. S.
Wise son of the late Henry A.
Wise had agreed to fight a
duel. The affair originated over
Jos. E. Johnston's race for con-
gress. Dr. Johnston was arres-
ted and gave bail. It is claim-
ed by the friends of the parties
that everything has been ami-
cably adjusted.
The Brenham reporter of the
Galvesion News In his report of
the railroad meeting held here
on Saturday says: "The rail-
road company had no represen-
tative present. Speeches were
made by citizens of Independ-
ence and Washington but they
could not convince our people
that the salvation of the city
depended upon railway com-
munication with the pineries of
eastern Texas." We desire to
add that while the above may
be true the citizens of Brenham
almost to a man want the C.
and M. road and will do what
is right to secure it.
MATE SETTS.
Dr. R. E. Hill an old citi-
zen of Bastrop died last week.
Corpus Christi was dam-
aged $75000 by the late storm.
In west Texas the heavy-
freight wagons arc called steam-
boats. Lampasas has organized a
Hancock and English club of
80 members.
Cameron Milam county
is improving rapidly the rail-
road is coming.
A wagon load of fine peach-
es sold in Bartrop last week at
75 cents a bushel.
Commence planting your
fall advertisements early says
the Belton Journal.
A telegraph line will at
once be erected between Fort
Worth and Cleburn.
Cotton worms have re-
duced the estimates in Lamar
county to half a crop.
" The republicans of San
Antonio will put forth a city and
county ticket this fall.
In Lamar county 3600
votes were polled at the primary
election last Saturday.
At Matagorda three hous-
es were injured by the cyclone
of the 1 2th and 13th inst.
The Coleman county grand
jury found nearly thirty-one in-
dictments for gambling.
On Saturday Belton made
her first shipment of cotton via
International ro id to Galveston.
The PIcasanton Monitor
man is having a time of it-
keeping loafers out of his office
Sugar cane is in market at
Victoria and the darkies are
nearly as happy as if they had
watermelons.
The screw worm in cattle
and stock generally arc numer
ous and doing much damage in
Bastrop county.
The Jackson Clarion com-
plains of heavy rains and winds.
Jackson county was on the edge
of the recent cyclone.
Bee county is experiment-
ing in cotton raising and is said
to be equal to Atascosa county
and is a grand success.
The flouring mills at Paris
are running on full time and
have no difficulty in getting
a full supply of wheat.
Complaint is made at San
Antonio that the sick and poor
from other places are sent there
because they are cared for.
A German storekeeper
living ten miles below Austin
was shot by a negro on Sunday
and is not expected to live.
Rev. Y. S. Hamilton of
Hill county while driving home
on a wagon fell off in a fit and
died soon after being found.
Gonzales county is free of
worms and it is generally eon-
ceded that more cotton will be
made than can be gathered.
Lemp's beerhouse at Fort
Wort was burned the other day.
The beer was all saved and the
Fort Worth people are happy.
A corps of men with teams
have began grading the Interna-
tional road half a mile above
the San Pedro springs at "San-
tone." The crop of grass in the
vicinity of Rockport has been
greatly improved by the late
rains; cattle arc in excellent
condition.
The boll worm in Dallas
county is dying out; cotton is
still making and with a late fall
new bolls will repair much of
the damge.
Several car loads of fine
Merino sheep imported from
the north passed through Hous-
tan on Tuesday en route for
western Texas.
In the Lampases county
court Seb Sneed was fined $25
for whipping his mother. An
easy get-off for such fun says
the Dispatch.
A large quantity of walnut
logs have lately been shipped
to Galveston for export. Wal-
nut timber is abundant in some
parts of Texar.
John Menly a Schwitzer
an extensive sheep owner in La
Salle county.was drowned while
endeavoring to cross a creek
near Fort Ewell.
Frank Smith a negro fell
from a building in Georgetown
a distance of thirty feet. He
landed on his head and is not
dangerously hurt
Brazoria is infested with
mad dogs; several have been
killed. They have bitten a num-
ber of cattle and four cows haye
alrcady been killed.
" A convention of planters
has been held in McLennan
county and steps have been
taken against the unjust de-
mands of cotton pickers U
Horse thieves have been
doing a land office business in
the Fort Worth neighborhood
for the past week. About twen-
ty head of horses are missing.
- The colored people are
leaving San Antonio by the
wagon load going to a camp-
meeting on the Salado where a
great religious revival is going
on.
The third of the Little-
field's is dead. The prelimina-r
ry triaj of the Martins causes
considerable excitement Able
counsel is engaged on both
sides.
The San Antonio Express
says it is known that Neason
who murdered Bean and Mc-
Mahon near Lavernia is still
in Western Texas He was
seen on the Cibolo and after-
wards lying under an oak tree
in the sand hills. Why no ef-
forts are made to arrest him is
not stated.
A man has been arrested
at Green's bayou in the Dunn-
man settlement on the charge
ol murdering his wife and child.
He was a moyer from Liberty
county.
A gentleman just from the
sugar mills of the cane belt in-
forms the Telegram that grow-
ers are making extensive pre-
parations to grind the coming
crop.
A Victoria . darkey the
other day swallowc d twenty-
six raw eggs in less than five
minutes and would have swal-
lowed more but there was none
in sight
The Waco city council it
seems licensed a bawdy house
they then held a special session
of the council and resolved to
reconsider the license at the
next regular meeting.
Two men named Reed
and Moore while camped in the
Navasota bottom were fired
upon and killed by one o! a
party of fire-hunters. The kill-
ing was purely accidental.
Hon. G. W. Jones returned
to his home at Bastrop on Fri-
day last It is presumed that
Mr. Jones will now rest and re-
cuperate preparatory to tack-
ling Hon. Seth Shepard.
At Decatur town Marshal
Cargill had a fight with Glenn
and Kcach Halsell. Pistols and
shot guns were used; "Cargill
was shot in the side and one ol
the Halsclls is supposed to be
mortally wounded.
Verdy Yale a frail female;
was shot through the abdomen
by a man named Fuller who
was in her room reloading his
pistol. The shooting was pure-
ly accidental.
Large quantities of hay
will be gathered on the prairies
in the vicinity cf Hockley. The
grass is magnificent and the
quality good. It is said the.
grass will yield from 16 to 48
bales to the acre.
AX The colored citizens at
Waco held a conclave for the'
purpose of determining a price
to be charged for cotton pick-
ing. A farmers convention
was also held and it will be seen
which side wins. f
Jack Pope while riding in a
hack in San Antonio fell over-
board and had one of his ears cut
off. Jack and his ear were both
picked up and taken to a doctor
who tacked the ear back where
it belonged.
The anniversary celebra-
tion at Demson will be partici-
pated in by all three of tie po-
litical parties on the 23d ol Sep-
tember. Invitations have been
extended to prominent speak-
ers of all parties.
Rimes? the nominee for
district judge in the Waco dis-
trict was a dark horse. Each
of the three counties comprising
the district had a favorite and as
neither could win.thc dark horse
was put on the track.
Major Penn has an immense-
campmeeting at Cotton-
wood springs Bell county. The
attendance last Sunday is esti-
mated at all the way from 4000
to 8opo. Twenty-four converts
were made the hrst day.
It cost Dick Bracken $25
to flip a few grains' of corn
across the floor of a church in'
Lampasas county while servi-
ces were going on. If he had
waited until the congregation
had dispersed it wouldn't have
cost him a cent.
August Knetsch.who keeps
a store 6 miles cast of Austin
was called up at 3 o'clock on
Sunday morning by a negro
who wanted a bottle of whiskey'
and because Knetsch would not
credit him he shot and mortally
wounded Knetsch.
' Four of the Pegleg mail
robbers Mack and Bill Porter
Ball Dublin and Jim Wilkins
plead guilty to stage robbeiy in
the" United States court at Aus-
tin and took ten years each.
Had they went to trial they
would have got from twenty to
thirty years each.
Mr. L. G. Collins who is
farming near Benton has fur-
nished the Fleasanton Monitor
with samples of syrup and sugar
made from the juice of amber
cane both were excellent and
coffee sweetened with amber
sugar was as good as that sweet-
ened from other sugar.
Mr. A. A. Porter of Bur-
net left that town for Austin
some days ago taking $600 to
be delivered to a banking house
tin Austin. Instead of handing
the money over to the bank
Porter went to gambling in Aus-
tin and lost $400. He has now
left for parts unknown.
James Muel bar-keeper
for Lewis Dreyfoos in San An'-
tonib had been telling tales to
Mme. Dreyfoos about her hus-
band. The madama and two
lady friends repaired to Mud's
room before he had got up and
treated him to a cowhidingthat
in commercial parlance would
rank as A A 1.
Andrew J. Clark a prom-
inent citizen Sving near Weal-
der was a day or two ago mur-
dered in the woods by Bob
Carpenter his brother-in-law
near the house of Carpenter sr.
his father-in-law. Clark's wife
was at her father's house. Fam-
ily troubles were the cause of
the murder. The murderer at
last accounts had not been ar-
rested though officers were on
his track.
The Houston Telegram ha3
put on a new dress and is much
improved in appearance. It
Tiow sets its dispatches in bre
vier instead of long primer thus
enabling It to give a much full-
er report than heretofore. We
are pleased to note this evidence
of prosperity on the part ol our
contemporary.
The Telegram
letter from Hanvc
account of the fichtatLe
twenty-five miles from Gonzales
on Saturday last anarhich re-
sulted in the killing of Houston
Willie and Phipp LittlctwM by
Orvay and Jimmy Martin. The
Littleficlds cre extensively
known throughout western Tex-
as; they were large stock specu-
lators and exceedinglywealthy;
An old family feud is said to
hare been thecause orthfht;
various causes are assignedr all
trivial. The fight was a lonjf
and bitterly coatdsted oe.
Each party fought with a cer-"11
tain amonnt of desperation
which evinced a knowledge that
it was a matter of life and death.
The Littleficlds had the worst
of the battle and were shot
down by the Martins. Hoa.
John Ireland and J. H Burgess
of Seguin wilj prosecute; the
defence will be conducted by
Messrs. Jas. F. Miller and V
B. Sayers of Gonzales.
The Albany Argus gives this
cheering account of democratic
movements in New York : "The
reports from all parjs ol New
Tr ork state arc- most favorable
lo'lhe democracy.- ThepeepJc
are forming Hancock and ag.-"
lish clubs in large numbers. Tle
work of organizing is active ev-
erywhere. It starts and contin
ues spontaneously among lite
citizens and has needed
itiative from the politicians
democrats are united
many republicans arej
over. The young
ing democratic clubs
tudes. The soldier-;
Hancock will exceed i
tation. Ever? dMiocE
izes victory to te'ce.-J
people are revived '
needless delavs-or Ac
alities should ihtcrtereSl
full measure of democratic ea-
ergy-
Eoisotf the electrician issat-
isffed that his electric engine
will serve every purpose- for'
which locomotives argnow used
In reply to someaBicisws'of
Stephen Dudly Field Who has
also patented an electric mo-
tor to the effectthat he can
not work hisenginevat a high
rate of speed with wheels har-
ing papier manchc cores .Edi-
son disposes of the objecttion
by the statement that his erf- "
giae does work with them. "and
will continue to do so. The
practical test seems to diapocc
prefty ef&ctaally of FieWs t-
NAit'Q. .Henderson has form-
ally announced himself ass can-
didate for the legislature from
Williamson and Lampasas coun-
ties. The gentleman says some-
of his opponents have fafeeV "
wilfully and maliciously started
a report that he has jumped
the track: He advises them to
stop lying because- if that is
their gamehe will take a hand
and beat them two to be. The
last assertion has the merit of
truthfulness- every man lias his
strong as well as his weak points.
A (1X9B.
Mr. Carleton lias iw conn-c(on iih
Sinlcr Daii; J. Co lu. appeal? by Uie
following tclfrain. - -
ImlianaijolUJnlT is iSSol
To C.G Banks ErenWi:
Wc lo not know Carleton; yoa are oar
agent llierer
" SikkeiuDatcSCo &
IamlheauUioruetiaentfcrihcsaleof
lieir steam engines boUers lom inilU aad
other machinery 'at Erenliatn.
July 14 I 3m. CO Banks-
Wm. CUUUENBtJKU
Blacksmith &
'ndmjumfftctaxer 0!
AURliuLTOKlL MPLBttfiJiTS
Brenham Tela.
EST Special attention Riren to Hobm
Bhoeiko general job work and reeli-
ng. Terms liberal. Shop above GWdtcgj
bank on Sand y. street. Jane rS '74.
Baylor (Uollege
For the HJsber EdoeaUan oT TTumew.
The thirty-fourth abnnal session -win
commence JIoxuav Smrsttiut 6. The
music anil art 'departments are under ihe-
drrection .of Gentlemen widely blown as
taunent teachers. Lectures and exercises!
in die normal school departiuent through
tie year. or catalogue; address tic pres-
ident. ' J. llfXUTUEK
Aug. 7. 'o. Independence Texas.
Tiie Golf CoM & tot ft
RAILWAY
OPEN FOR. BUSINESS !
Rtguiar Passtuga Itehts
Between Galmtoi aid Breifea
Through without chaneof tars.
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AS. A.. (urStrabet Railway) fur KznAntOB
In MarioD Sequin LnUng. Schnlrnber?
tt elraar. Colambns and oihw pnluts MTlng
totaMCjtgersl7Uiiroute20iuI. uLtfaiic.
i Jti law and evrensrs of Omnibus tTamfcr
and !. OTr 'night ax Houston. Slerpltue
Caw on tialnaoru. II. AS. A. Hallway.
Am av Pnlglit Line
Offer adrantaiM fqual t any other in time
ami rot? both fir Mpmota from orto point'
within or wlthoat ttw Slate by rail ateam ox .
taU-
QnlekeatTltue to& from GalvetM.
tj-QulrVest time shortest dfotonn and
lowrat ratra to and (rem San Antonio and all
other point on Ualrfctton. Houston and xa
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PATRONAGE SOLICITED
rornteorJnKtrniaiton.calIoao; address.
Ffc tlmox Aent at Breufeanu
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