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VOL. 1, NO. 37.
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DEMOCRAT.
THE BEST SHOES
AND BOOTS,—
Ma* By
W. N. NTKHKLAXft,
Opposite Poat <>Sk ,
McKlnner, ...
McKINSEY, TEX A S, THURSDAY. OCT. 16, 1884.
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ITKIMOr INTKMENT.
Gov. McDaniel, of Georgia,
1mm been re elected.
Braddock, Pa., was recently
fired by incendiaries.
MKWH BY TKUfiUKAPH.
OtoMd by Attaohmsnt.
New Orleans, Oct., 9.—The
Times-Democrat, Monroe, spe-
oiul savs : Loon Oerson, dealer
A «10,4Mmi plainiug-uiill was in general merchandise, was to-
Lettcr Front John B. Smith.
FAHMKKNVILLK.OI. 0, '84.
Ed. Dkmocbat:—
I again take the liberty to
write an article for the Dkmo-
t'KAT iu answer to lease law ar-
Jmrned at Alexaudria, Va.
The stove moulders at Pitts-
burg, have been on a strike..
Frank Cranfrau, the actor,
I died in Jersey City, on thu 2nd.
I Blaine was hanged in effigy at
Blooinfield, Pa., last week.
day closed under attachments
aggregating $45,000. The at
tachimr creditors are principal
tides
Waxy.
in
I
the
it \k my main reason why the
lease law should ta repealed by
the next legislature, for it will
ouly take a few years for the
large cattle syudicittes to lease
it all u}> And as the gentleman
adds further "the state cannot
hiiqiMn t and impair a contract," it goes to
UCA..W uracil Urn am unm-tpa! the *"h'from > ?""" ,bJ wl
lv of this olece and New York rmquiw i oi epi. . tn.irom jmvc t |e |ft, | for tHl( y„arH at
ly or tl.i. place ^nmt New I.M., ,h„ „f Mi0„r K. F. j |uaH|, ami by 0w ,i„„ ,h.lr
Brown, u gentleman whom J | l,>aue expires, with the help of
a powerful political influence,
built up and fostered by theop-
Another Assignment.
Peoria.
Bros. & Co
111., Oct.O. Day Mffhty esteem as a citizen
Jo., dry goods, as- t hristian brother, but win
and
>ni 1
There is now in the United signed to-day to \Vm. Jack and aiu compelled to take isue
States treasury, cash, $425,031,- Leslie 1). Peterbaugh.
•W8 * ' ' V ' ' ! *1*> ism • nuaakfrta S*UI <1
with on the lease law. This
learned lawyer, raised perhaps.
oration of the lease law they
will resurrect Roberts' land pol-
icy* put all the school lauds on
Ten men wore killed at a
train run off, near Bayfield.
Minn., last week.
Henry Harrington was nomi-
nated for sheriff by the St. Lou-
is detnocrucy.
Four persons, were drowned
In a swolen creek, at Florida.
Mo., on the third.
Last week there was a snd-
Liabil
$122,000; assetts $80,000. The
« .. * , ™ .. [ assetts do not include o stock
At Beilefontaine, Pa., the of gotld(l whlrh wafl about l,,,u,,r W,B UI l,lu IM"811 the markot at a low price and
democrats and greenbackers tell ^ Charles B Pay, astute politician in the state, at olie fen #WOOpt i,lly the
rosed. |a former ]>artner in the con- makes this assertion: "A free H. iv in n.i !.«■ u t ..i..
cern. __ grasser in Collin county is u
A Discovered. jpuzsle to n e, nothing can be
gained to our county by a re-
New liaveii, Coiiu., Oct. 10. pea| 0f t|,y lease law." I will
in deiuolishihg an old building . -
on top of East Rock, workmen a gentleman > ,n''
found several underground state policy is so narrowly con- lyOU find them on their way to
es, several feet fong, Hf- traoted that it is bounded by ; the older settled portions of the
feet county lines, or will he admit j state, where they will have to
live as "hewers of wood aud
drawers of water" for their
more fortunate neighbors.
Again the Major admits that
the large cattle liinn will feuce
in the land they lease, uud also
whole body iu, and then where
will the actual settler be. Ask
of the winds, which with mourn-
ful cadence sweeps the eastern
prairies. Ask of the tear stain-
ed wife of the actual settler as
teeu feet high and three ^ t
wide, which Ted to the subterra- that as a cit izen of Te.vajs lie
nean vault. Several counterfeit
den eleven foot rise in the river silver pieces and broken die ',tt* ®u J"'1 growth
at Quincy Illinois. were found. Milton J. Stewart, i ,u|o future prosperity outside
The (iecreww of th. United " ««jup .ir, Jlacluiiiis; of Collin c ounty, n tliv qcu-s
Sinu-s debt, for September, was knowledge of the mutter, turn nt issue c-oiirerns the !>•■"•
over $12,000,000. The. j.lnce hns .in unsavory re,,. „f wh , , , Wl.
1 ' ' utatiou. Murder and various 1
At Tern* Hiiute, Intl., Mitts crimen have beew committed1 w * heif^lith j very candidly admits tliut it
Emma Wagner eloped with Ja- there. 1 of selfishness to contend that wm not do to lease laud iu small
| cob Ayers, a turfman. I ^ ^ We fliV°r t,K> 1<,{We lttW siini)1>' tracts to actual settlers, for he
Nearly 5,000,UK) pounds of ' because we have scarcely any says there ure not enough small
Richmond,: Indianapolis, Oct., 9.—^\V. school laud in the county; but iattle men to take it up. 1 say
r ,T.aa , a... we who wish for the good of ilie i repeal the lease law and iu 20
suite and rising generation' yeur8 time you will tiud that
should lay aside all thtuight of actual settlers enough U> settle
i the small sum to be derived the greater portion will be there
the land
into consideration they will greatly eulu nee the
, A Mlating Official Hoard From
po—" ""
tobacco'were sold at Ki<
Va.t the last twelve months. \y Cotteral, the missing ex-au-
The United States steamer ditor of Henry county .whose dis-
Tallapoosu, recently wrecked appearance was coincident with
off the New England coast, has the discovery of a shortage of
been raised. $4,000 in his fund accouuts,
Hamilton was killed KaveLri«e to unoleasant reports, • from the operation of the lease ulufby taking up
atMorrow, O., at a Blaine de.n -1 Mkota to ^ ^ !he ^btm !lf whett r TwUl *7 ^1™% ^ t«l I
onstration, by the premature it Dr> Bfirr formerly of Ander-iV r ' 1. ' ' lt x1,1 j value of the portion unsettled,
discharge of a canon. son, this state, to get money to , tUl!na«v the ******* <« W® j and thereby increase- its valiu;
A freight train, on the Texas settle. A letter mailed en route w|,0ly state or not. 1 contend, to the school fund fi r it is fully
1 1 ~ "" miscarried and was not deliv- without fear of any proof t the demonstrated bv theui st histo-
/j "1 / L.ll 1 . . a 1 • .1 I • * «
Pacific, was wrecked near Pla-
qiiemine. La., Wednesday, by ered until yesfbrday. Cotteral , contrary,that leasing the school
running over a horse. says lie will be on hand to iai,d8 oUf to capitalists in large
The will or I'rivnte ll«iry, "^""."27 nn<1'' bodies, nt probnblv il.e l,.u „,te
•hot in the Polar regions, has I oflce#|HU1
bay1 to^s brt^ier anf1 atster.8 i j.r the taxes for school pur,,,.
ry of Texas, that on-1 section of
land in a settlement is worth 5
on the frontier outside the | al<*
of civilization. But the gen-
tleman, with most all the lease
-
thu .! to get it for nothing. Htit but nevt>r a word of disapproval
again the Major ask* "why ' did I get from any man iu Far-
don't the fr«e giass advocates mewill* precinct until 1 under-
exantitiH the lease law and |>< int took to write or tulk ainxit the
out its defeats before :hey usk working of the ringat McKinney
our citizens to endorse n policy and thi> is proof evident to my
ho fraught with eril as the free j uiiud that fret> grass is not
grus.s system." I will say are, what troubles them but free
we not to the best of our nbili- sjieech for since the interview
ty doing everything we can to between myselfaud Capt. Boyd
point out the defects in the I have been informed by sever
lease law. But under the cir al parties that several lease law
curustaiices, 1 tiud nearly all men, friends of mine,v* ere goiug
the lawyers indorsing the lease to vote against me for .Vssessor
law. and as we are mostly farm simply becuuse I advocate fi ve
ers we are not expected to be grass. But 1 well remember
ubh- to contend against the, the campaign of IH8o I took n
leaning and logic of half the back stand against ex-officio
lawyers, nearly all the pollti-; and I found Just as many oppos-
cians and 4 5 of the editors of « d to me hm there are now and
the county thrown iu. This is almost the same crowd but my
the very reason ail the really thoughts at least belong to me
obnoxious laws are forced upon and 1 shall express them politi
the people. Nearly every law- callyjust as I please for I never
yer aud a great portion of edi- could desemble in nothing and
tors champion them; aud as an I defy any man to impeach my
editor publishes only such arti- veracity or honesty of purpose,
cles as are favorable to his side Hut I will add the greater part
of the question, we hardly e'ver of the lease law men are lion
know whether to accept or re- ornble gentlemen and most of
ject until it is saddled upon us. them iu this part of the county
I am satisfied If the Dkmockat are liberal enough to allow a
was not published we would man to express his opinions
be unable to argue this ipics without falling out with liiui:
tion at all. But, if the free but 1 liud a few exemptions. I
grass system is so fraught with find men from other counties
evil it is surprising that it took dodging around through this
<M years of unexampled pros country trying to break down
perity and rapid growth to the, not only Mack and Allison but
statv before the lease law advo every other candidate who dare
Muas a Free Oi
KUITOU DKMOCKAT:—
Alien beiug overwhelmingly
YEAR.
Anything Per m Handle.
cates found it out. for if tl "y
will just think a moment tl ev
•*
will tiud that under the f ee
grass system of the past, Tex
as has grown from a few luini-
lets on Red river, Colorado and
Bra/os, to be one of the grt at' st
to take issue with the ring and
I tiud their main arguments are
mistaken facts iu regard to
free grass men in other localit
ies. Now iu soiiclusion all I
have to ask of writers in fa\or
of the 1. use law simply stale
<4nn Sheridnn was oresent at 1 Waco, October 10.—J. F. one iota, while at the same : jftW adVocates says that an ac-
I the army prize shooting at Lea Mo ill ton, of Kansas City, the time it will build up a land and tual settler will go into a cattle
venworth, last week. Three rlJ!ne a^er his cattle mmiopoly in western pasture aud take up land. But,
gold medals were delivered by 'ckle wire, did not leave town*; Texas that will crowd every ac-; j, reasonable to suppose
and back into the older setthd cii11le pasture and undertake to
counties like Collin, when- the) riliS4. a family, possibly of girls,
will have to serve the rich and with no churches, school house
Carl Schurz says 70 per cent,
lof the Oerinau vote in the uorth-
lern states will be cast for
IClevelaiid.
Rum is made from sweet po-
Itatoes iu Louisiana. Seven
(barrels of potatoes yield a bar-
lrel of rum.
When Mrs. Dr. Lozier was
iked to run with Belvn Lock-
rood she ran the other way.—
lew Orleans Picayune.
not gone either, but was con
cealed somewhere iu the city,
waiting for him to depart.
Young Thompson turned up
last night at the variety theatre 1. '
and Moulton haunted the place* absolute slavery
all night, hut the woman was
not to be seen. Those who pro-
fess to know say she has never
left the city. Moulton is get-
l ve in a condition little better |and no society except that af
I* or it forded by cattle, if we can call
cattle society. But the learned
ting to be the laughing-stock
ity, necani
is a well known fact that tht'
time to acquire a home in any
of the old counties of Texas
without money is a thing of the
Men can often learn lessons
lof prudence and forethought life out of Thompson
■from animals. A pig never i
Idles without leaving his s-will.) A Cbwardly Crime.
advocates of the lease law can
set back in their mnnsions in the
31 older settled portions of the
of the community, because ho!lMWlt' ^ earnestly ask each and Mtate, surrounded by elegance,
goes whining around for his every citizen in the county w ho and refinement anil con
wife instead of thrashing the is not blinded by prejudice, or tend that the poor man and ac-
under the infiueuce of ring rule, tuui settler would do well to go
to thuik over these things s«'ii
in large cattle pastures in west-
t n sr Tmts.ni ously, and don't lorge a chain en, Texas and raise a family
Inueita that his tooth be ex-1 Antonio,Oct., 10—A tel- around the neck of your dill-1 with no associates but cows
tracted ephone message was received dren by voting to build up a and calves. Is not this noble
I journalist as "the Cjniservative the Castroville jail a week ago, ^rass and against this inioui
volcano." A sort of lava-lory, and was captured here after a toU8 leaatJ law tllAt wil, enslave
as it were. desperate struggle with the off , , ., ,
The vnlue of the estate left h-ers. A fellcu priscner unme.l >'ou and ul"1"" wl'",lr" ""t
Iby Mr. J. W. (l ric-tt is only n •l"l!n. l;hirk eseaped with him hle to buy or lease ft whole
■matter of surmise
riously estimated
It
at
>nly
is va-
from
|$A,0(K),000 to $20,(100,000.
Mrs. Lock wood should
that Roscoe Conklin
vacant
woman
an
A correspondent
and had not been
1 To day Clark's
I found* about five miles
The large cattle syndicates, be-
ing mostly northern capitalists
and shrewd, far-seeing business
men,saw very plainly before tin
n apprehended, county of land. Major Brown u.aM,. iaw was passed, that if
dead body^was says that under free grass the something was not done to stop
stop
j Cnntmrille. in the direction™, ''o^ 'nun um! ac-tunl set- KUlemeut in west Texas the
IM'e San Antonio. He was shot waH no Pr°t<*cted while nn-1 whole body of School land would
•scoe Conkling gets the j through the head, the ball en der the lease law they were pro- 800n be settled up by farmers
place beside her on the tering behind the left ear and i tected from the large stock man.
ant place betude her on the tering behind the left ear and, tected from the large stock man.
tnan suffrage ticket. He is , coming out above the right eye- j \6 it not reasonable that if the
po o, \ , < e . brow. It is sttpnosed that the 8tate protects the settler under
L correspondent of the Mid- desperate scoundrel in his com- .. * . ...
lothian News advises farmers
to raise cotton seed instead
cotton, as there is more in it
and small cattle men, and their
business ruined: and as under
existing laws they could not
got hold on the school land by goes for m
purchase or donation, they re-
sorted to the lease law in order
.>any murdered him in order to lease law would she not do
lessen the chances of capture, the same under the free grass
and alflo to gain possession of system! The past history
The Midlothian News whacks lHXas s,lows us t,,al the, to retard emigration until they
some of the young men «f that state that when captured one! (attl<: man has been pro ; could manipulate futur legisla-
town over the knuckles for Camber of Simon's pistol was tected in lus rights western tion, and have a law pa sed sell-
chur"lf seivk'es g, empty. Texas, for 1 know of several j ir,g the whole thing in alow
The use of bitter willow iu
Iflavoring and coloring tobacco
A Strange Fact.
'♦tars in the grand galaxy of facts, aud I assure you all that
States in thiij American union. I shall not fall out with you on
But in the light of her past his account of the way you vote
tory. her resources, hei taxable for I am perfectly willing toal
wealth, her population, aud low you the privilege of voting
lastly,'hei'imniese school fund just as you please, fm ihis is
annually paid into her treasury tlmprincipul I have always ad
by actual settlers, all brought vocated a free ballot,a fair elec
about and made a reality by tion, courteous treatment to the
the free grass system of the opposition, a fair count: opposi
past -and yet the lease law ad tion to rings or cliques,let every
vocate says it is "a policy man lich or poor have unequal
fraught with evil." showing at the ballot box,and
But, Mr. hditor, iu conclusion last but not least tree speech
allow we to state that when 1 and tin-absolute right to argue
first took the stand against the questions at issue without fear
nomination of Oovernor Ireland or favor. Hoping the principal
and in favor of Oeneral; of equal rights and her demo
K< iss iu the county con cracy embede*I iu the free grass
vcutiou mi the ^nd of last principle may triumph, ami
July, if 1 mistake not, on the that the poor settler may have
ground that (tcneral Ross could an equal showing with the large
poll the full strength of the cattle king permit me to sub-
Democratic party. I did not scribe myself a free grass
think that it would raise such Democrat.
a howl of indignation among the
members of the old court house
ring, as it has done. I thought
this country was free and that
any of Iter citizens had a right
to express their opinions r< la
tive to state policy in that way
and manner that conscience
dictates bul I liud that I am
mistaken, for like unto the can
vass of iNHi when I raised my
feeble pen against ex officio,
1 find that 1 am hopped upon
from all parts of the conn
ty, and from the languuge used
I rather think some of the lease
law advocates are about as
much opposed to free speeches
as they are to free grass. First,
Col. Bradley, of the Mercury,
in gallant style, but
like a premature shell, which in
thi* case le proved to be, his
little game to damage rue. fell
to the ground without
John U. Smith.
That Poor Town Ox.
The ring masters did not fur
nisli the Waxy anything last
week but a few blank cartridges
to shoot at Clay Mack. They
did not even give him a j*d> of
whitewashing. Week before
last hew Lewis gave the Town
Ox tin* grand bounce, which
furnished him editorial stuff.
Had it not been for this the
Waxey would have been a Tail
ure. For the next issue we sug-
gest that the Town Slag pub
lish in full the interview lie and
his kids had with Hill Titus
(colored;, in his office week or
so ago. It would br rich
reading for his few remaining
readers.
Dont forget to give a full re-
port of all that interview.
The Muse men, we are inform-
ed, are going around telling it
in favor of free grass, Muse's that Mack ..occupied* the whole
friends are circulating tin* re evening with his apeech and
jtort her" that lie is in favor of this is the reason for theli£lft-
free grass and affect astonish terruption aud effort to break
n nt at any one regarding him up the speuking. They ought
as being in any wise tolerant of to remember^ that the people
the great iniquitous and injus- know the truth; and the truth^U
lice of the lease law. This is that they attempted to disturb
done to Hiiit Ihis free grass com the speaking Just us Mack was
inanity. We suppose those closing, and that, after lie had
same friends would uffect to be stated that he was . .osiug. The
just as much Mttrprisod to hear appointment was made by the
that in some other community free-grass aud anti-riug people
Muse is iu favor of free grass, for Mr. Mack, uud for the^Muse
A Philadelphia lawyer is need- | men to attempt UV dictate to a
ed to locate Muse. This flop- man at his own special appoint-
ing from side to side to suit , ment, is a rare piece* of itupu-
the particular locality, and the dence, such as a lot of ringsters
effort to occupy both sides of the alone would be guilty of. Muse
question at the same time, will will not, himself, deny that he
result as it ought to—in the was informed by Mack ls fore-
people setting him down ax a hand that it was a sj>ecial ap-
political non descript. When pointment made by his friends
a candidate comes out for office and that he did not intend ^to
on a well defined position, uud be limited, but Mr. Muse could
is consistent with that position have the stand and crowd after
we can admire the man, al lie ^ot through speaking. To
though we may ditfer with the this Musc^agreed, and it was
views lie entertains. But a his (Muse's) own proposition
Dutchman's Ilea candidate that each man speak as long
should never have the support of as he wanted to. But theac men
even those who place a low hs say it was Muse's time to speak
timatoon the value of political tirst. Yes, it would have teen
honesty. Any one with the a nice piece of business for the
least insight can see whats the free grass men to make au ap-
matter. Muse lias canvassed pointment and advertise it as
t ht* county just long enough to long as they have this and gatli
see that ho is going to be or a large crowd aud thwn turn
left on the lease platform, and it over to their enemies aud
hence the effort of his friends to give them the first speech—the
shuttle him on the free grass plat cream of the whole thing. This
form. This is too thin, i'hepeo- same crowd got mad last fall
pie understand it. Mr. Muse because their man had to make
can come over to the free grass the first speech, in the Allisou
platform if he waats to, and race at McKinney--and when
work in the ranks, but theclcv they got through they all got
entli hour has passed for him to up and left the house, ami that
run a« a fliindidate for represeii is just what they would have
tativw on that issue. The plan - done this time. Its all too thiu.
<>f the Methodists plaeimr re The trickery of these men back-
i-ruits on probation is a good ed by their bull dozing won't
one, aud Mr. Mu*e, as a free win. Let them make their
grasser, can take his probation lease law and ring rally on any
aiy station until his siuceretv day the\ please, and they will
is established. His awakening not find the free grass and anti•
so soon to flic (lunger of thu po j ring men disturbing them If
sition he occupied, reminds us they speak all day.
of au incident that occurred in ' *
the early political history of In-. The Devil, A Preaohor or Right-
diana. In a contest between L. I oousne«a.
D. Walpole and Joe Chapman. The public will remember
the latter known under the sob t|„. rnlumuvMieapod^upon H.
reqnet of Crow Chapman Crow, r Mack in a recent Knquirer
Will pole after canvassing the (i)V a!! animal,in human rorm.bj
district for a few days, stated name White. We have been
that lie "had been a candidate ^jveu a few reminiscences; of
for nine days, and being convin : this pharisee. When first a
cod that his prospects were not candidate he heard that an old
flattering, he would withdraw gentleman by the name of
from the race. Chapman in his j (iough iu this county was op-
reply, stated that his opponent posed to hi in because he was a
after canvassing the district for | Catholic. He dropped in on
mini: days, had got his eyes idiu to stuy all night and to
opeiie(l, and that he withdrew j make the old geitfftemaii all
from it. Don't you know,says lie right he related that he had had
that it takes a puppy just nine | reason to doubt his Catholic
days to get his eyes open f religion -that lie had once
Muse has canvassed the county been sick und had reason to
long enough to get his eyes I doubt his religious faith. All
open, and instead of resigning' to get the man's vote. Again
as in the latter case lie in order while a memlter of the county
to save himself from defeat has court, for two years, lie board-
attempted to spread out over ed and lodged with W. K. H.
both platforms He should bo J Mack, the father of H. C. Mack,
aware of the fate that befel the) while the court was in session
frog iu its contest with the ox. aud never offered a cent of pay.
His contraction and expansion He was welcome but now •••
speeches to suit certain locali-' what dirty calumny he lieaos
ties will not win, for the people upon a member of the family
a< com-; T"11 w,ml J"'" Hui<l ttt th* , , ,
close of said interview about the sad predicament
see the ruse, ami cannot be oa
joled into supporting political
stool pigeoning. We syinpa
thize with Mr. Muse on account
into
that treated hii.i so kindly.
plishing it- purpose, Ifyoure-
membev, Bradley,without wait- \ jmv5nK 14 J11# of Muse whiskey
small cattlemen who wont from price when they will buy the j iug to allow mo to explain the ('" y,)m' "ffiee on the morning of 11 " mwii >y t i«
Bast Collin to w est Texas, and J whole body of land in. Taking j conversation held with Capt.' 'he election, and also the chick-
for local en pie you would have for the
la vehemently denounced foyj It certainly appears strange are to-day prospering and will the past history of Texas as a I Boyd, rolativ* to race
Prof. Deschamps, of Paris, us to the public, that the lease law continue to prosper unless the basis to calculate upon, under! representative, state 1
lusiug
Ibraln
softening of the
men are the chaps to find out lease law is perpetuated and ft-,.*, grass ami open settle-1 Mack ring won trying to force all and it will make your pa
so much about the designs of the large cattle kings lease up , meat it could not have been j the fre# grass issue into the race pw more highly readable than
the cattle men, and no one else I 'he laifds and force them to sell many years when .the cattle for Assessor. I will state that a,,y IHHI" since the campaign
man would have to look up as far as I am concerned, there j ojwned.
new territory to graze stock up-1 is not a shadow of truth in this,
Herr Sonenthnl, the famous
Itterman tragedian, leading ac- |iaa communication with jout to them and leave the coan-
theatre ha« dXnnim^ to them Week before last the try. But if our next legislature
other day, aud without murincr, cattle kings, au honor others Junction with the actual settler, the grazing land in the Indian county, and that its head exists good one.- Black Waxy.
j"
great ileal more per acre at McKinney m) its tail pre* i itively infamous by
! common case ami a common in-1 says 'it is upon us and has than Is now demanded
mr • .« a t 1 liA/iti in t<> < itkoea t l/vti lit? Inn. _ Jl a. 0 *.« t^- —
In excavating a well at York.
which he Iiiui allowed hiuis>df
convention
( f six," and the court house
clique, and think by withdraw
that the Methodist preachers. (Jive it 1 ing from the race he might yet
retrieve his fr#mor position in
the estimation of the people.
There is one thing certain the
people are going to elect the
man that has the courage to
clearly define hi* position, and
manliness to stand by it. Mack
' has done this and Mack is the
niun. Gactcs.
Allen. Tex., Oct. It).
Another.
The eleven cottbn mills of
or complaint, ate a railroa<l ( o< Ulci not «*i joy. Kindred spir ' But the Major as an argument I territory, und are willing to im the shadow of the courthouse But Bomar has "become pos
aaudwitch. Here is true patrio- ^ together some how. A ngainst repealing the lease law | pay a great deal more per acre at McKinney *Md its tail pre- i itively infamous by his course" ' Columbus, Oa., use $3,000,000
, „TI
,uirer. ! common case ami a common in-! ftayB
terest is the secret of this i b°en
the roots of neighboring j strange fact. 18*nK
reie found
and hickories were |
Imbedded in the rock forty feet
>w the surface. From either
lure or absorption they had
instances formed ojl-
in we
Si repealing me lease iaw pny a great ileal more per acre at McKinney ann its tan pre- tiiveiy inramous oy nts course vuiumuun, « ., u e -i,wjw,uw
'•It is upon us and has than is now demanded by the sides over the sanctum of the in whitewashing, boot black < J^eai^tal ami give w< rk to over
put into operation by lea- advocates of the lease law on , Mercury, in the town of Farm-1 ina. lickspittling, slandering, '' ol18'
a large amount of these the school lands. This in-iersvile. Furthermore, as far telling falsehoods, making ^ palmetto factory for the
^ _ manufacture of palmetto Into
Flatonia has a public library.
LaOrange boasts of pretty
girls.
lands, and until the
expiration stance shows conclusively that | ns I am concerned, I know per mouths at the #iwn cow,spirting Hbvr for brushes is soon to be in
" * _ * * ' " — fnrough his teeth at
ten years, the legislature can
of the lease, which may be for ] the large cattle man is in favor ; ft!CtIv WH„ miMt Hverv clti. goos^grasn
ten years, the legislature can-i0f the lease law. They had!__ , ^ ______ . L | snbscribers who quit his paper
not by any act deprive the Ies- i rather
Pemale drummers have in-j sees of their exclusive use and have no competition from
vaded Texarkaua. • (occupation.". Thl%l admit and 1 cattle men and actual settlers grass from the Sad of last July, whiskey
.l.'.'.., * . ■ ... . gas. .^#v k ' . . . *'* •
operation at Sanford, Fin.
gZT.mS* r.22- „fT^TN«1iorsz
o competition from smaU Iooni1^ kM1lr 1 fftVowl frw (colored) vote for a drink of j Key West numbers 1,000,000;
to the Went it Is near W0,00C|<
Froo Oru H nud Lease Law.
Free < Jrass men propose to
sell to the actual settler on long
time. To lease to him on long
time and give him the benefit of
free grass besides.
1 .lease law men deny him all
these. The first two, by opera-
tion of the law, and the last is
denied him absolutely.
Free <trus*f gives the poor man
a home without public roads.
The lease law keeps him out of
a home by fencing him up and
shutting oft'public roads.
Free grass gives him neigh*
bors and the lease law sur-
rounds him by cattle and cow
Iniys.
At Rockingham, N. €., a
000 spindle cotton mill is It*
ceiving its machinery.
A yarn factory with two
thousand spiaelss Is to to es-
tablished at Baton Hongs, La.
South Tredegar w
taaooga, started th
partmsnt In fnU blast
works, Ghat-
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Robertson, Orrin. The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 16, 1884, newspaper, October 16, 1884; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth191412/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.