The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 12, 1884 Page: 2 of 4
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THE EDUCATIONAL. BILL.
COUNTY CCMMITTEE.
Texas.
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Jacksonville, Texas, April 12,1884.
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ASH STORE!
--DEALERS IN
G-en’l DYer-cluEum-cLise
Corner Main and Commerce Streets,
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Main Street,
TEXAS.
JACKSONVILLE,
DEALER IN
DRY GOODS
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TEXAS.
Prompt to Business and Fair Dealing is our Motto.
Hats, Boots and Shoes.
Deeds and
Family Groceries
C. DIXON.
W.
BROWN.
IIAHDWAEE,
BRffl & DIION,
CROCKERY, GLASSWARE
TOBACCO AND CIGARS,
^Successors to McKinney & Brown,
AT THEIR OLD STAND,
JACKSONVILLE, TEXAS.
DEALERS IN
General Merctandise.
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Texas.
Jacksonville, .
DEALER. IN
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DRY GOODS
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Ragsdale’s Brick, Jacksonville, Texas.
Look at the following prices and become convinced :
Crockery and Glassware,
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In Ragsdak’s Crick Store, Jacksonville,!
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Watermelons arc coming into market
at Matamoros.
W. L. Denman, of Angelina county, has
been •‘solicited by his friends” again to
represent them in the lower house of the
state legislature. lie is the standing can-
didate for that position in Angelina, and
don't need to be ‘•solicited.”
The people of Lufkin are counting on a
big boom when the K. & G. S. L. leaches
that point. What if it connects with Bre-
mond’s road at some other point? The
boom will then be on the other shoulder.
Governor Ireland and party went
down to Rusk last Saturday, and inspected
the state prison at that place. The mana-
ger of the K. & G. S. L. railroad furnished
him a special car and engine to return to
Jacksonville Sunday morning, when he
took the 9 o'clock train for Huntsville.
cord.
A dispatch from Rusk to-the Iloyston
ij» uvpnt
Post intimates that some active measure . ]T!inlin«r.
The Executive of Louisiana Triew'to
Explain Why He Insulted the
Governor and the Great
State of Texas.
And Proprietors Opera House.
Jacksonville, Texas.
HATS, BOOTS AND SHOES3
SADDLERY,
And All Kinds of Strap Goods.
HARDWARE,
prescriptions
A SPECIALTY
Best 5 Cts. Cigar in the City.
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Entered at the Jacksonville Post Office
ns Second-Glass Mail Walter.
The city officials of San Antonio, and 1
the officials'of Bexar county, have been ’
indicted by the. grand jury tor failure to
suppress the gambling hells and bawdy
houses in the city. If a similar move were
made in many other large towns in this
State, it might be productive of great good.
Morgan Cammack, one of the cotton
thieves who, after turning state’s evidence,
jumped his bond at Dallas and skipped
Hie .country, was run down by detectives,
caught on the Gulf of California, in Mex-
ico. and brought back to Dallas, where he
will be tried now as one of the criminal
parties to the big cotton steal.
To the remarks a of Texas paper that
‘•there is a Hower bloomling in the garden
for Senator Gibbs,”—meaning the lieuten-
ant-governorship—the Dallas Herald ad-
vises Gibbs to let it alone and wait for
something better. Gibbs is young in pol-
From the latest advices from Washing-
ton it seems there is a probability that the
interstate bill of Judge Reagan will be
taken up during the present session.
The Galveston News and Houston Post
are waging a bitter, unrelenting war upon
each other. The News accuses the Post
of misrepresentation. The News is get-
ting anxious about its own laurels.
Advices from Washington indicate that
the proposed appropriations for public
buildings for San Antonio and Tyler will
not be acted upon at this session of con-
gress.
The Methodist congregation at Pales-
tine have adopted a plan for a new church
building, to cost $10,000, and which will
be erected on the north side of the Avenue
leading from The new town to the public
square, and near the southwest corner of
the square.
Ed Hanson, of Anderson county, killed
Tom Chancy, near New York, in Hender-
son county, on the 6th of April. The
tragedy grew out of a dispute over a sad-
dle.
The fruit crop in north-cast Texas is
reported to be promising.
The bill appropriating $100,000 for a
public building at Waco, passed thellouse
•on the 9th.
The price of cotton still holds up in
Houston and Galveston at 10} for good
•ordinary, and 1013-16 for low middling.
The Danville riot drags its slow and
slimy length along, refusing'as yet to give
place to the Cincinnati riot.
McGregor, Texas, has a mineral well
which is gaining considerable celebrity as
a health producing fountain.
The Texas delegates in Congress voted
solidly against the bill to restore the duty
on wool.
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CLOTHING,
THE
JACKSONVILLE INTELLIGENCER,
published weekly, by
R. IL SMALL, Editor and Proprietor.
W. C_ BOLTON a Notary Public.
Mortgages Written and acknowledged.
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JUST O
Fife Beets Warranted to Last 15 Years!
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR MONEY REFUNDED.
NAILS, lOd Basis, $4 00. KELLY PLOWS, $3 00. GEORGIA STOCKS, $2 50.
AVERY CAST PLOWS, $2 75. AVERY STEEL PLOWS, $3 75 to $5 50.
And everything else in our line on tlie above basis. We also keep always in stock
A Full Line of Harness, Plows and Tools of all Kinds.
ENED!
EAST SIDE OF MAIN STREET.
FRESH / / STOCK
AND A.- 7 '
Q? /. °F
^7^0 DRUGS
~ —AND —
' Faw Gootls.
J. M. GIBSON,
( ■ailed to assemble on the 24th day of
May. Note what the chairman says:' •'
Executive Committee Rooms, 1
Democratic Party of Texas. |
Galveston. April 8,1SS41.*)
To the Democratic Party of Texas:
In accordance with the action of the
state executive committee of the party
had at the city of Waco on the 27lh <
March, 1884. the chairman of the execu-
tive committee of the various counties in
the state will call , county conventions on
Saturday, the 24th day of May, 1884, to
choose delegates to a convention to be
held at Fort'Worth. Texas, on the 11th
day of June. 1884. at 12 m.. for*ilie pur-
pose of selecting (4) four delegates and (4)
four alternates for the state at large and
(2) two delegates and (2) two alternates
for each congressional district in the state
to the national convention at Chicago on
the 8th day of July, 1884, to nominate can-
didates for the democratic party for the
presidency and vice-presidency of the
United States. Each county will be en-
titled to one delegate and one vote for
every 300 votes and one vote for every
fraction of 300 votes over IpO votes cast
for Governor Ireland at the last general
election, provided every organized county
be entitled to one vote, and one vote to
every unorganized party having a politi-
cal organization of one hundred and fifty
or more democratic voters. No county
will have more seats on the floor than she
has votes. Proxies must bfe selected in
convention and be authorized to act in
writing. All chairmen will observe the
rulesand regulation* for the government
of the party in holding the conventions.
Chairmen of all counties will report their
names to their senatorial chairmen, and
all other chairmen will report their names
to John A. McCormick, secretary, of the
state executive committee, this city.
Where there is a vacancy in any county
chairmanship report same to your sena-
torial chairman. All vacancies in district
chairmanships .will be reported to the
secretary of the state executive commit-
tee, with a recommendation of some pro-
per person to fill the same. The rulescan
be had of your senatorial chairman, or
from the sccrclary.of the state executive
committee. Jno. M. Claibokn,
Chairman State Executive Committee.
T5IE TARIFF a XI> OTHER JIATTRRS.
DHAN,
fek J
Hon. Jno. M. Claiborne, chairman of
the democratic executive.committee of the
state, we think compromised hisdignity—
or at least the dignity of the position
which he holds before the public—in an
article published over his signature in the
Galveston News of the 10th. The article
referred to is a criticism upon Bill Ster-
rett, as editor of the Dallas Times, and
seems to have been provoked by an article
in that paper criticising some of Mr. Clai-
borne’s actions as chairman of the execu-
tive committee. The only fault we have
to find with Mr. Claiborne's article is that
it is puerile and undignified, and does not
at all comport with the dignity of the po-
sition assigned him in the party. He says
Bill Sterrett is a hog, and a razor-back.at
that, which may be true, but we venture
to predict that unless this journalistic hog
has more forbearance than Claiborne has
of discretion he will lift the honorable
chairman’s literary scalp.
There are now seven railways asking
congress to pass bills giving them the
right of way through the Indian Territory.
A bill granting right of way to the Gulf,
Colorado and Santa Fe has already been
reported to congress, and this fact has
drawn out ' a vigorous protest from the
chiefs and delegates of the Cherokee and
Creek tribes, in which they claim that the
passage of such a bill would be a violation
of treaty obligations solemnly entered
into between the United States anil the
tribes, and that it would be subversive of
all law, peace and order in the territory.
Lt is more than likely, however, that con-
gress will conclude that it is possible to
grant the right of way to one or more
railroads through the terrify and still pre-
serve the peace of the country.
A fire burned the whole of the block
of buildings on the east side of the square
at Huntsville, Texas, on the 9th, involving
a loss of oyer $26,000. The Item printing
office, owned by George Robinson, was
destroyed, without insurance, but the
citizens of the place agreed to present the
old gentlemen, who had grown gray in
the service of the town, with a new office,
so that the Item will be suspended only
temporarily.
It will now be in order for the Galves-
ton News to formulate a new charge
against Governor Ireland, i. e., that he
has been in the Lunatic Asylum, and also
in the penitentiary. He inspected those
institutions last week, and a charge that
he had been an inmate of each would be
nearer the truth than the News is in the
habit of rubbing in its literature relating
to the governor.
Messrs. Burkitt & Murphy, railroad
contractois of considerable means, who
have made their head-quarters at Palestine
for several years past, have removed head-
quarters to Houston. They own consider-
able property in Palestine, among which
is the Arlington Hotel, a large three story
brick building, 75 x 100 feet, to which the
tenant recently surrendered his lease, on
, account of the hard times.
IN TE KN A TI OX A U It A 5 U R O A It.
Animal Sleeting1 at Palestine—Direc-
tors and Officers Elected.
Palestine. April 7.- Quite a gathering of
magnates of 4he International railroad
were here to-day at the annual meeting,
among them Dr. Smith, fifth vice-president
of the system; Judge Baker, general coun-
sel of Texas roads; Fred Rice, from Hous-
ton; Major Evans, president of the New
York and Texas Land company. The
stockholders at this meeting represented
nearly all the stock held ip the Interna-
tional. The usual annual reports were
very satisfactory: The management un-
der superintendent Herrin for the past
year was highly commended, showing
great improvement in the roadbed, struc-
, o —v— tures, etc., and a comparatively small
itics, but so far he has made a splendid rer outlay, because of the abscence of acci-
dents. The directors elected were Jay
Gould, -II. S. Hayes. Sam Sloan. Ira II.
Evans. James A. Baker, Fred A. Rice. A.
L. Hopkins. W. R. JNIaxwell and Russell
TLT<» •■*•14 4X4 T TV 111/1 VX I’ZJ •
would be taken to prosecutp thp youngilL & Hayes, first vice-president: A. L.
Ai’ter reading the text of the bill known
as the educational bill now pending before
congress, we are constrained to express
the hope that it will pass. The bill as it
stands at present appropriates seventy-six
million dollars to be divided to the states
and territories upon the basis of illiteracy.
The fund thus appropriated is to be ap-
plied during the period of eight years, and
under the management of state find terri-
torial authorities. AVe can see no provis-
ion in the bill which could authorize in-
terference with the authorities of states
and territories in the disbursement of the
funds or the management of their public
schools.
The federal government, in 1865, foisted
upon the Southern States, as citizens and
full-fledged suffragans, four millions of
people who were unprepared by education
for the duties and responsibilities of citi-
zenship. The burden of educating this
mass of citizens was devolved upon the
people of the south, already impoverished
by the four years of devastating war
through which they had just passed.
These millions of colored people have
never become tax-payers to any appreci-
able extent, and the support of the
schools for their benefit has been a bur-
den upon the property of the whites, who
have sustained it cheerfully and liberal’y.
Now, when there is tremendous cash bal-
ance in the treasury of the United States,
the proposition to expend a liberal portion
of it in aid of state education, it seems to
us should commend itself to the people. So
far as it affects the South, we think it is
but tardy justice not only to the late slave
states, but especially to the colored peo-
ple upon whom the rights of citizenship
were devolved without the educational
qualifications for the proper appreciation
and discharge of the duties of citizenship.
Editor Intelligencer :
Nearly, if not all East Texans who keep
pace with political readings of the day. are
free traders, or •■taritf for revenue only” in
sentiment. But we are safe in saying that
at least one half of our voters have-no
opinion of their own on this subject.
Many of them can n6t tell the difference
between tariff and internal revenue, and
others know absolutely nothing about
either. Like the old Georgian, they could
not tell the difference between the tariff
and the narrow’gauge railroad. Not that
they are natural born simpletons, but be-
cause they have never made such tilings
their study—as every man who can read
understandingly should do. Their read-
ing is confined to their county and relig-
ious papers. And, alas, not half ot our cit-
izens read their comity papers. If the
Morrison bill now pending before con-
gress, is successfully passed by that body,
and the democracy draw the line then,and
make an issue theron in the.coming cam-
paign, it will b’e simply the ignorance ot
our voters that will cause defeat to rest
upon her banner. If our citizens could
only see this matter in its true light, sec it
for themselves—not through another’s
eye; see it as it affects them m their every
interest, Joe McDonald or any other good
man could walk into the white house next
March backed by a bigger ’majority than
any of those who had preceded him.
God grant that he may. but we have grave
doubts about it. The old craft has found-
ered and stranded so often. And once
when she rode safely into the haven of
success her captain was not allowed to
land—buttbat will hardly happen again;
there are greater fears than that. The
journey across the political sea is a long
and dangerous one, and even with a brave
and trusty pilot therg are many dangers.
First of all there is that great rock protec-
tionist money, on which many noble crafts
have split and gone down to rise no more.
Then we have the ••bloody shirt” raised
high, under which many political mariners
rally around, eagerly listening to the
bloody prattings of its bearers. Then we
have the ignorance of the masses who
know nothing about politics, who know-
nothing of our laws, who know nothing
absolutely nothing about our grand old
constitution, under which we should be
governed. Then we have the mistakes,
the stupidity of our leaders, who have ;
often selected the wrong pilot for the old
ship, who have often giyen wrong instruc-
tions to the engineers of the oft ill used old
vessel. But now we think we are well
officered. With Carlisle and Morrison as
directors, with any good man at the helm,
and Randal & Co. securely 1astened.down
in the hold, with •‘tariff for revenue” in-
scribed on ourbanner, steamingclear of all
the dangers mentioned above, we think
there is a chance for the old Democratic
boat to enter port ainid the rejoicing of a
tax burdened nation. Stuckie.
5000 yards Spring Calico at 4.1c. per yd.
6000 yards Fancy Lawns at 4.1c. per’yd.
3500 yards 4-1 Brown Domestic at 6.1c. per
yard.
2750 yards 4-4 Brown Domestic at 71c. per
yard.
2000 yards 4-4 Bleaclipd Domestic at Sc.
per yard.
2500 yards 4-4 Bleached Domestic at 10c.
per yard.
j 100 Fine Ladies' Hats, from 75c. to $4.
100 Fine Misses’ Hats from 35c. to SI 50.
300 Men's and Boys’ Straw Hats from 10c.
to $0
I also dflfei^Tny entire stock of Men’s, Youths’ and Boys’
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! rnerous to mention, at cbri’espondingly low prices. The people
n ” ” 1 ^T^crdiallv invited to inspect’my
20.000 yards Laces from 2c. to 50c. per yd.
15000 yards Embroidery from 5c. to $1 per
yard.
300 pairs Ladies’ Walking Shoes from $1
to $4 per pair.
200 pairs Slippers and Sandals from 75c. to
$2 per pair.
150 pairs Full Stock Men’s Brogans from
$1 20 to $1 65 per pair.
300 pairs Misses’and Children’s Shoes from
40c. to $1 50.
4000 pairs ot Ladies’ Fancy Hose TO BE
GI VEN A W A Y ! One pair free of Sost
to every person buying a pair echoes
from me.
Successors to Bolton Bros.,
DfilfrsiiGfiirilMmtafc
South' Side of Commerce Street,
JACKSONVILLE,
WF And Manufacturers of All Kinds of
Tinware, Sheet Iron and Copper Ware
And All Work Guaranteed.
Hoofing And Gut taring A Specialty.
CLOTHING,
AETEST REDUCTION
--IN THE TRICES OF--
DRY GOODS !
OLOTHI-tST G-,
Notions, Hats, Boots anck Shoes,
Ever known in the history of Cherokee County, at
AT M. FREEDMAN’S,
Corner of Bolton and Commerce Streets.
Jacksonville, «...
DEALERS IN GENERAL
W. C. BOLTON & CO.,
. STOYES,
Tinware, Table and Pocket Cutlery, per yarn.
York. Ohio.' Iowa.*New I t „ . Yn„, 4000 yards Cotton Checks at 9_c. per yard.
.....felAPLE ANL) FA^iCA. | L T o/iw.o ir.ita nvxm /rv. trt Q_L
me'other States, all of which "instances | —. _ ~ j
quire proof that the party is demanded gX u sf 1 H. I |Hj
r public justice, and that the requision ,
MILBURN AND TENNESSEE
WAGONS, FARM IMPLEMENS, Etc. Clothing, Gents^SEurnishing Goods, and other goods too
Dissolution of Copartnership. . >>-----------1:—i— i~——
of thc surrounding country ar?
S.3,% S'IS : goods and prices,
fisrneil is alonr* authorized to settle the
Rates of Subscription:
Single copy one year SI -’’6
six months 1 60
“ “ three .months; 50
Liberal discount to clubs of ten or more.
THE CASH must accompany all orders.
Advertising rates will be given on appli-
cation either by letter or at the office.
The Palestine correspondent of the
Neu's says that at the recent annual meet-
ing of the directors of the I. & G. N. rail-,
road at that place, the management of the
road during the past year was -highly
commended” on account, among other
tilings, of the absence of accidents. Talk
:»bout economizing the truth !
Marshall. Texas, is considering the
advisability of abandoning her city char-
ter. We know of some other towns
which had better abandoned their charters
a long time ago. But now that they have
mountains of debt piled up. the abandon-
ment dodge won't work.
An incendiary lire destroyed ten store
houses on the north side of the public
square at Athens, Texas, on the morning
of April Sth. The aggregate loss amount-
ed to $79,000; the aggregate of insurance
was $33,200. Dr. John Collins,, senior,
one of the oldest merchants of the place,
was the heaviest loser.
Washington, April 7.—Senate.—After
the transaction of unimportant business
the Senate resumed consideration of the
educational bill.
Air. Hoar's first amendment was then
taken np, providing the amount to be dis-
tributed the first year to be $7,000,000;
.... second year, $10,000,900; third, $15,000,-
•f 000; and' then diminish at the rate of $2,-
0Q0.000 yearly, until t he expiration of the : a£
eighth year, when the appropriation shall
cease. 'The amendment was agreed to—
38 yetis, 12 nays.
Another amendment of Mr. Hoar was
agreed to. providing that an equal oppor-
tunity of edii'-atiou be given all the chil-
dren of the State.
An amendment was offered by Mr.Sher-
man providing that the money shall be
used only for common schools, not secta-
rian in character.
The amendment was agreed to—32 yeas,
10 nays.
The first of the amendments, heretofore
offered by Mr. Harrison, was taken up. It
provides no State shall receive any bene-
fits of this act until ihe government of the
■ State shall file with the secretary of the in-
terior an annual statement showing atten-
dance at the schools and the expenditures
for them. Several attempts were imide to
amend this amendment but were voted
down and the amendment was agreed to.
The motion of Mr.Logan was agreed to.
striking out one section permitting states
having less than five per cent ot illiteracy
to use the money for normal schools or
industrial education. A number of amend-
ments offered by Mr. Harrison were agteed
to. 'Die bill being completed as in com-
mittee of the whole it. was reported to the
Senate, read three times, and passed by
the following vole.
Yeas—Blair, Brown. Call, Cemeron
(Wis.). Colquitt, Conger. Cullom, Dawes.
IDlph. Edmunds, Frye. Garland. George.
Hamption,Harrison, Hoar, Jackson, Jonas,
Jones (Fla.'). Kenna. Logan. McMillan,
Manderson. Miller (N. Y.). Morrill. Pike.
Platt. Pugh. Ransom, Rlddleberger, Saw-
yer. Williams, Wilson—33.
Nays —Bayard, Butler, Coke, Groome.
Harris. Hawley Maxey. Miller (Cala.).
Morgan, Pendleton. Satilsburg.
School Lamb Leased at very High
Prices its Tom Green Comity.
San Angela. Tex.. April 7.—About one
hundred and fifty sections of school lands,
all save .three or four cdntain’ng 610 acres,
were leased by the County Surveyor Sat-
urday. The majority went at the mini-
mum figures set by the board, but compe-
tition elicited some very high figures, from
25 to 40 cents being given tor watered and
10 to 20 for dry lands. The firm of
Schame & Crey. sheep men. reached the
top price, bidding 42J cents for watered
sections and 25} cents for a dry one. The
Surveyor received the bids of several who
had no files on record, against the protest
of parties interested.
The room of D. A. Lewis, in town, was
opened yesterday evening by a negro boy
named Birohan, and search made lor mon-
ey. He was found under the bed. arrested
and committed to answer the grand jury.
TILLEY & SETTLES,
PLOWS AIW FARM IMPLEMENTS,
And. in fact, everything usually kept in a
Stock of General Merchandise.
DON’T FORGET
That I was burned out in the late fire, and
that those who are indebted to me for
goods furnished them can confer a lasting
favor by settling their accounts.
J. M, GIBSON.
J. ?. WALKER,!
Corner Main & Commerce Sts.,
ill
New Orleans, La.. April 7.—In an inter-
view Governor McEnery, in speaking of
the Carrol and Clarke extradition matter,
defends his action in refusing to honor
Governor Ireland’s requisition tor Carroll,
which action furnished the foundation for
the position taken by Governor Ireland
on the-requisition on Governor McEnery
tor one Clarke, wanted for murder. Gov-
ernor McEnery said that the Governor of
Texas issued a requisition for one Carroll,
charged with moving mortgaged proper-
ty out of the State of Texas; tliatthis is no
crime and he (Governor McEnery) declin-
ed to issue a warrant because the law of
Louisiana, Revised Statutes, Section 1617,
says: that he will require such evidence
before issuing the warrant, as would jus-
tify the committal of the fugitive in this
State. The charge against Carroll being
unknown to the laws of Louisiana, no evi-
dence would justify his committal. Gov-
ernor McEnery further indorsed on the
requisition as a reason for declining that
. there was no evidence accompany the
• requisition showing that the party was
demanded for substantial justice or not to
i be made liable to a civil action. In this
he followed the rules adopted by the I
■ States pf New York, Ohio, Iowa. New
i Hampshire, Nebraska. West Virginia, and |
■ some other States, all of which instances |
; i’p-'i " . ' . .
■ tor public justice, and that the requision
- is not made tor the purp se of eollectinga
[ debt or subjecting the party when surren-
- dered to civil process. The Governor of
■ Texas has written a very rcinarkalile letter
. to Governor McEnery received this mor-
, ning. to which the Governor immediately
s, W. R. Maxwell amt misseil replied. The letters have not yet been
Officers: Jay Gould jiresident; • made public.
„u„, h-by.a,rough‘whow-j^ii^-oti» wiili"i!
convicts recently escaped Irom the husk j> Maxwell, assistant secretary; II. B. I prevent many alarming diseases from en- ' ‘ ,j ]>. worley
prison. Hensen, assistant treasurer. suing. Sold by J. B. Ruth. Jacksonville, Texas, Afareh .’l, issl. 11-3
Small doses of Smith's Bile Beans tone
,r diseases from en-
suing. Sold by J. B. Ruth.
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