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CHARLES DeMORSE,
B D MOB H PBOPBIETOB
The Redemption of the I^nblic Debt.
CLABKSVILLE.
FRIDAY, ...... JANUARY, 14,1881.
the Standard can be found at Geo. P.
Bo welVs Advertising Agency, 10 Spruce St. New
Tork or at 8. M. Pettengill & Go's., Times build-
ing, Park How, where advertising contrats may
be nade for it.
Djl S. P. 8m. of Halesbojo, is authorized
act as agent for this paper.
Lucius Dickinson, is authorized to act as
•gent for the Standard at Hagansport, Frank-
lin County.
The Old Settlers Going Rapidly,
"We recorded last week the death ot
Win. Humphries of this county, and
since then we see that three other friends
of the olden time have passed away—K.
L. Tuder in Lamar, and John A. Fitch
and George O. Dogan, in Grayson. Their
tima is nearly rpent. They will go fast
hereatter. Fitch and Dngan were known
to everybody in Grayson, as leading citi-
zens, in good circumstances. Luke Tuder
was known to everybody in Lamar as au
old time popular citizen. He was also in
comfortable . circumstances. His resi
denoe a mile from the square ot Paris.
Peace to them! We had known them
many-a dayt and used to stop with Geo.
Dugtfbj at Ids farm, when houses between
Pflpiiam and Sherman were few and far
apart.
The Legislature which met at Aus-
tin, on Tuesday, will find plenty to do, in
changing the tax laws, reforming the ju-
dicial system, and reducing the expense
of it, electing a United States Senator,
and other mattefs requiring amendment.
Somehow 1i !t*>'e a vast deal ot
Legislation, but very little that is of the
best character. There is a great deal of
tinkering and speculative work at every
session; but verv little broad, massive
Legislation. How can we expect corapve
hensive Legislation by little minds. There
is an iiapression aoroad that the present
Legislature has more than average abili-
ty, especially as there are a halt dozen
editors among the crowd. Probably,
these being practical, sensible men, whose
business it is to. know the needs ot the
people, we may look tor something well
considered and beneficial to the St?te.
We hope so.
Death of Judge Waller.
The debate in the house on the funding
bill, develops plainly enough that there is
no necessity for issuing any more long
bonds even at three per cent. By an is-
sue of $500,000,000 small bonds from ten
dollars upward, which can be used as
currency, and redeemable at intervals af-
ter two years at the pleasure t/t the
government, none of them to run more
than ten years, bearing an interest of
three or 3.65 per cent, they can \>a readi-
ly placed on the market, and the five
and six per cent bonds soon falling due,
all redeemed; and then the new bonds
can be taken up at the rate of sixty to
seventy-five millions annually, and the
interest rapidly stopped; and the country
reiieved of a large amount ot its indebted-
ness. Of course the four and four and a
half per cent bonds heretofore issued can
not be reduced until their time runs out,
except by paying a premium. In a few
years we will show the other nations of
the world once more, the proud present-
ment shown during Andrew Jaci. son's
administration, of a Sation without any
public debt, and that Nation a tree re-
public, governed by universal suffrage.
We shall never hear anymore, even now,
of the superiority ot Kingly Government.
That illusion is all dispelled now, and the
representative Journals of Foreign Mon-
archies are expressing their wonder at
the surpassing prosperity of the great lie-
public of the West.
sils and specimens, as well as valuable her-
barium, chiefly of Southern plants. There
are many other objects of interest and value
owned by the University, illustrating the
Agricultural and Mechanical Departments
casts, models, photographs, engravings,
charts, diagrams, drawings and samples, j
There is also a large number of Indian relics
and other archaeological specimens in the Mu-
seum. The Institution is tolerably well pro-
vided witli physical and chemical apparatus,
and with instruments for surveying, etc.
The Library.
The Library contains over 15,000 volumes.
It is a valuable collection of books, adapt-
ed to its purposes, and is open to the stu-
dents, free of charge.
We wish that the Agricultural college of
Texas may be furnished with as good a libra-
ry, and proper laboratories and workshop, by
appropriation of money by the Legislature.
The State isuow amply able to appropriate
money for making our Institution an emi-
nent blessing to our young men, and the Leg-
Is latu.e should do as all othsr Legislatures
have done—assist in giving to the College all
the adjuncts necessary to carry out the ob-
jects of the grant by the Federal Gsvern-
ment.
A .Heroine.
shows that she was one of the sort of
women who make suitable companions
or the Gieators of States, fearless, self-
possessed and judicious, yet womanly in
all the ennobling characteristics of wo-
mauhood. How else would she have sus-
tained herself under the conditions sur-
rounding her at Bolivar Point.
Mis Jane Long, who died on tie 30tli
ot December at her home in Richmond,
Fort Bend County, was of the class of
women who are the mates to the men ot
great heart and sound judgment and ho
roic resolution, who build nations. The
Galveston Isews epitomises her history
as follows:
Death of a Texas Heroine.
Austin, Jan. 3.—"A most venerable Texan
j udge, Hon. Edwin Waller, who fjnght at Ve-
lasco and located at Aastin, died yesterday
evening. His body was sent to the family
graveyard near Hempstead. Waller's Bat
talioa was commanded by his eon Edwin."
Our triend, when we met him last, at
San Antonio, last spring, was evidently
feeling the oppression of age, but was
eheertul as usual. He will be remember-
ed as one of the few signers of the Decla-
ration of Texas Independence, still living
at the meeting of the veterans at that
time. He participated in the battle ot
Velasco, and was active in all the early
efforts for the independence of Texas. He
was the Commissioner who laid off the
city of Austin in 1839, and erected the
double log cabins on the avenue, which
were the first (Government buildings, and
supervised we believe, the construction
of the old Capitol and the Presidents
house. We knew him in those days, and
found him a genial and liberal man, and
have known him and liked him ever
since. His wife of those days was a love-
ly specimen of womanhood, and her chil.
dren all grew up to fill honorable posi-
tions in life. Judge Waller before the
war, was wealthy, and was still running
his £razos plantation two or three years
ago. Latterly perhaps had given up bus-
iness, as infirmities increased. He was
one of those men who feel a devotion to
lrieriiis and avow it—the old style, that
we seldom see in these days, and who will
be more rare, as utilitarianism increases.
There was one attraction about Texas in
lier earliest settlement—she had as pio
lieers some noble gent'emen, who prac-
ticed the graceful courtesies of life, and
whose highest delight was to be able to
eviuce a princely hospitality, and keep
open house—to all comers. We shall see
no more like them. Judge Waller resi-
ded near Hempstead, and Waller county
was named far him.
The Jefferson Democrat of Mon-
day, discussing the Senatorial contest
says:
"The attempt to excite prejudice against
Throckmorton on account ot his having
been a railroad attorney is simply sheer
demagogueism. His railroad record is
without spot or blemish. The far seeing,
statesmanlike policy which led to the de-
velopment of Texas, was mainly the work
of the distinguished citizen of Collin, in
opposition to that of Pease which would
have bankrupted the State. Throckmor-
ton can point with pride to bis carecr in
the State Legislature from 1S50 to 1S59.
And even when he was an attorney tor
the Texas and Pacific company, he never
forgot his dnty as a citizen."
This is simple truth. Throckmorton
while representing the Pacific railroad,
readily assented to the surrender of the
money grant allowed by a previous Leg-
islature, aud accepted without an objec-
tion the land grant instead. An exam-
ple which the representatives of the In-
ternational were not willing to follow,
but attempted to force the State to pay
the money, by threats of financial opposi-
tion aud injury of its credit. Throckmor-
ton worked for the road, when every sen-
sible man in the State was anxious to see
it go on, and go to California if it could
obtain tlie means, but he never repre-
sented the interest ot the road adversely
to the interests of the people of Texas.
No man has a better record for pure pa-
triotism, and no man in the State has
proved himself more of a practical States-
man than Throckmorton. He is a true
man, every where, aud at all timet.-, n0
matter what the situation.
Corporations vs. the People.
Weare indebted to Hon. John H. Reagan,
for Congressional record containing the run -
ing commentary and questions upon his pro-
posed substitute for the inter-state Commerce
bill. It is very evident that if the substitute
is adopted it is to have serious opposition, as
will doubtless all attempts to control the
great railroads of the country. But they must
be controlled, or the citizens of the country
will to a large extent become the serfs of the
railroad kings. There is no disposition any-
where to wrong the constructors of railroads.
The roads uow in operation, in connection
with tlioso now constructing will make of the
United States the most prosperous country of
the wo-ld—incited it is thft now—but these
roads will largely enhance the prosperity of
the country and increase its population; but
they must not be suffered to become the mas
ters of the country by combination, or per-
mitted to discriminate at the will or upon the
ill will of their owners^ for or against locali-
ties or individuals—they must be compelled
to treat all people alike upon general princi
pies of business action. It must be done, and
will be done; but it will not be done without
great opposition. Politicians are purchasa-
ble—indeed considerable bodies of people in
some States seem to be purchasable, but the
right must prevail, or anarchy and mob law
will.
C/Otton Factory.
"NOTICE."
To the Supervisors of the Texas Veteran
Association-
Gn'nti.emew—In addition to the supervis-
ion of the welfare and interests of the vet-
uns in your country, you will make out a list
of the names of veterans, their place of nativ-
ity, time of immigration to Texas, age and
service, battle of battles, if any, in
which he was engaged, circnmstauces, post-
ortice, deaths, aud time of death; also, a list
of the names of the widows of deceased vet
erans, circumstances and postoffice, which
you will forware to the secretary of the asso-
ciation, Maj. M. A. Bryan Brenham, Wash
ington County, Texas. F. W. Johnson.
Jan. 1st, 1881. Pres. T. V. A.
Editors Texas papers will please copy.
The editor of this paper will receive the re-
port af any veterans o rwidows of veterans, as
above required, and report accordingly.
A noted runner of Montana, named
Cazad, recently entered into a match of
eighty yards with ;i man whom he knew
he could defeat, and on tie strength of
this knowledge he induced a friend to bet
$lS,000on him. At the same time he en-
tered into a counter plot to lose the race
t > iiis opponent by affecting to lie taken
iil at the forty va'nl post. He lost the
race, and his b taker then shot hnn dead.
There "'en-, probably, sixty or seventy
bales of (vffoii shipped from. Goliad anil
Bee counties to Galveston in the seed this
season. This cotton was ship]ted from
St. Marys by steamer, for the reason that
an accident occurred to the gin of Mr.
Tait, on ti'e iine of Goliad and Bee coun-
ties, 1> ing ilisaltied at the time ginning
should have commenced.—Goliad Guard
TIMETABLE
TEXAS & PAOIIflC RAIL EOAD
Trans-Continental Division
BOUND WEST.
iOUND iEAST.
We are pleased to see by communication
from Rosalie., which is otherwise interesting
that there are others besides ourself, who be
lieve that a cottou factory in the county is
not only desirable but practicable. There is
no reason unless it is want of enterprise, why
we should not have one central factory to
make cotton and mixed fabrics, and at least
liree others( to spin yarn. There should be
one at the east end of the county, some-
where about English's store, one near Rosa-
lie, and on,e at or near- Bennett, aud then
the largest and most central at or nearClarks
ville. Our correspondent at Rosalie is the
very man to start the thing there and can car-
ry it through, if he will try; Oliver English
can easily accomplish it in the eastern portion
of the county; somebody at Bennett who has
vim and nerve and a little money, and either
one of two or three of our merchants in Clarks-
ville. The question is, who will show him-
self a live man, who believes In doing good
to the community while serving his own in
terest3, and looking a little way into the fu-
ture, acquire reputation as a public benefac-
tor? Who is the man ? There never was a fin-
er opportunity to step upon the stage of ac-
tion and rouse the audience of the people to
enthusiasm. This thing of a few factories
would put us on the march to rapid progress,
aud cause the lilies to bloom where the weeds
grow now. Haye we some men of full growth
in our midst or only wooden imitations?
The Sherman Tribune is a new can-
didate for public favor in journalism, pub-
lished at Sherman, Grayson county. The
editorials of the first issue indicate ca-
pacity. Tlie Tribuue is Republican in
politics, and we suppose there are enough
of that persuasion near Sherman, to sup-
port a representative paper of good cali-
bre. Our old friend Darnall used to pub-
lish a very respectable journal of that
character in Sherman, which was always
readable, because always commendable in
tone.
The announcement of the death of
Mrs.Jane II. Long, at her home, near
Richmond, Fort Bend county, on the 30tU
of December, 1SS0 revives some reminis-
cences or her life that are as full of ro-
mance as most tales of fiction. She was,
:i<l had been for sixty years, the widow
of Col. James Long, a pioneer of the days
\v hen Texas was a part ot Mexico, strug-
iing for independence ot Spain. A
meeting of the citizens of Natchez, Miss.,
was held in January, 18i9, and a company
of volunteers raised to assist the patriort
in Texas in their efforts to throw oil' the
Spanish yoke. The command was given
to Dr. James Long, of Tennessee, who
had been a surgeon in the army ot Gen.
Jackson at and before the battle of New
Orleans. This little force of seventy-five
men did not reach Nacogdoches until ear-
ly in the following Novembet, when tlio
number had swelled to some three hun-
dred. On his arrival at Nacogdoches,
(3ol. Long united with the patriots there
in establishing a provistonal government,
and declared Texas a freo and independ-
ent republic. They established a print-
ing press and issued a paper,perhaps the
first ever issued in Texas.' though one
was issued about tho same time en Gal
veston Island by the Mina expedition,
au enterprise similar to that under the
command of Long. David Long, a
brother of the commander was sent on
an expedition among the friendly Indi-
ans on the Trinity. Major Smith, who
had come by the way of Galveston from
New Orleans, ,'lso proceeded to the Trin-
ity. and Capt. Johnson, with a small
force, went to the Brazos, near the site
of the old town of Washington. Col,
Long, the commander, came to Galveston
to secure the co-operation of Lafitte and
his followers,, who then had possession
of the island, but Lalitte tried to dissuade
him on account ol the desperate charac-
ter of the enterprise, and declined to join
in an expedition toward the Rio Grande.
Before autumn the Spanish forces had
dri\ eu the whole of Long's parties be-
yond the Sabine. In 1821, Long, with
the famous heio Milam, and a small body
of men, returned to the island just as La-
litt. aud his followers were taking their
final departure under the persuasive
influence of an American man of-ware
sent to break up their their piratical ren-
dezvous. Shortly after the departure,
of Lafitte and his followers, Col. Long,
with his fore, sailed down the coast to
theI'ioatii (■( lis-.5 Ssn Autf"ii- liver, and
then inorci-cd fur L:i Eaiiiu (Ut-luui),
where they to::k-{K>ssi\\si< n v.ithoat oil-
position, though in a short time they were
captured by a force of 300 Mexicans, who
were, also, at a war with Spain. The
Americans were detained as prisoners
Wo received the Prospectus of the Louisi-
ana State University and Agricultural and
Mechanical Cellege combined, of which Col.
Wm. Preston Johnston lata a Prof, in the
Washington and L<><> Colli de, is Piesideut.
We perceive that i:i the Mechanical course,
an hour each day is spent in the workshop,
and in the Agricultural course an hour a day
js spent iu the field or the workshop, accord-
ing to the weather, anil the pivspcctus says:
Our effort is to give the education contem-
plated in the Federal grant to ihe College;
that is to say, one both ••libi ial and prac-
tical." it is intended especially for those
who expect to devote themselves to the in-
dustrial arts, or to agriculture, in Louisiana;
and affords an opportunity, no .vhere else to
be had, lor a youth to learn the things which
are mos important iu fitting him iutelligently
to cultivate aud handle the staple crops of the
State; sugar, cottou and lice. With these
are joined, instruction in horticulture and
domestic arts, and a few of those branches
of general and special cul tui e which help to
make the home of the planter or mechanie
comfortable, respectable and contented.
Other institutions may excel in their own par-
ticular lines ot education; but we assume as
the special province of our college to prepare
young men for the lite of planter, or planta-
tion mechanic. Xo expensive laboratories,
or costly farms, are required to illustrate our
theoretical teaching. The neighboring cottou
fields, sugar-houses, oil-mills, gins, etc., con-
ducted practically and lor profit, are open to
the study and inspection of the student, and,
under competent direction aud instruction,
will complete the labors of the lecture room.
The Univereity possesses an extensive col-
lection of minerals, shells and geological fos-
and their commander sent to the City of
Mexico. He never returned, and it was
a long time before his fate became known.
It appear that he was liberated at the in-
stance of the American minister, and in a
few days assassinated. Col. Long had
left his young wife, Hie lady whose de-
cease is now announced, at Point Boli-
var, the peninsula just east of Galveston,
to await his return, where she remained
with the small force left to hold the place.
Hearing nothing fr-m their commander,
the little force dwindled away and finally
abandoned the post; but the heroic young
wife of Long, v. ith her infant child and
father and negro slave, refused to leave,
and remained until her friends came
from Louisiana and carried her away.
She kept the Indians at bay by firing
cannon at intervals anil creating the im-
pression that troops were still there. In
1822 she learned that her husband had
beefi murdered. She settled on the Braz-
os with Austin's colony in 1822 or '23,
ami remained in Texas ever since. Her
daughter, who was the infant at Bolivar
was afterward tlie first wife of Judge J.
S. Sullivan, now a citizen of Galveston.
lit August, IS ; :.fier quitting the na-
vy to respond to Rusk's call for men to
repel the the apprehended invasion by
land, we went (rout Quintana to the
Wharton place, and thenyj to Brazoria
with a good company comprising Austin,
John Wharton, Branch T. Archer,) Caz-
neau, Col. Collins worth and others, with
wlion we started from the Wharton
place above Quintana. The first night
after leaving Wharton's we got to Brazo-
ria and all stopped with Mrs. Long who
kept the only house ol entertainment iu
the place. Tl ere we met Gen. Lamar
and Sidney Sherman, just in from the
west. We. well recailecc Mrs. Long's ap-
pearance at that lime—we noted her espe-
cially because we knew her history. She
was tall, rather rawboned, laly like and
selt possessed, and her speech and man
n$r indicated character. She was not,
however, what w
woman. There was nothing brusque or
severe or in anyway calculated to excite
critiesm. ner manner indicated good j
but directness.. She
A New Species of Cotton.
A new kind of cotton is reported, being
raised in Arkansas. The stalk anil
leaves are said to be dark red. The
parts of the plants are said to be differ-
ently shaped from other cotton. It is
superior both in quantityaud quality of
lint to other cotton growing beside it.
The seed is said to have been brought
from Africa by a colored man who left
he States in 1871. The seed was pre-
sented to a gentleman in Hempstead
county. The farmers report that it will
make an exceedingly large amount of lint
to the acre. It is, besides, a very orna-
mental plant.
Another new c tton is becoming fa-
mous as the most prolific of the first-class
fibres of world. Dr. J. 11. Blackaby ob-
tained -100 seeds iu 187S, from the Sene-
gambia mission, in Western Africa, aud
is now making 3000 pounds of upland to
the acre. Dr. Blackaby, trom the first
-100 seeds, says lie raised a bale ot cottou
weighing 520 pounds. The seed loses
none of its original excellence, though no
doubt good cultivation will have much to
do with preserving its prime capacity.
Recently a gentleman who lives on
South Main street was awakened from an
after-dinner nap by a loud commotion
among the sparrows in the trees by his
window. Fifty or more sparrows had
gathered iu a circle over and around the
body of a dead sparrow stretched out on a
board, which had apparently fallen dead
or been accidentally killed. They were
giving voice to their grief by cries of dis-
tress utterly unlike their usually gossipy
chattering or quarrelling. Filially a
large sparrow darted down from the
group, p eked up tlie dead sparrow by
the neck with his bill, spread his wings
and Hew away over the house roofs with
the burden until ho disappeared from
sight. The relator of this incident is
truthful person, and would have thought
the story a fabrication, if he had not seen
the affair.—Hoiyoke (Mass..) Transcript.
■■Igjji O QT«—
The History of the Potato.—The
potato has a curious history. It is a na
f ive of the elevated valley of the Andes
in Peru and Chili, anil is found as far
north as Mexico. It was taken to Spain
soon after the discovery ot the American
continent and cultivated in gardens ss a
botanical discovery. The tubers being
small and not edible in its wild state. It
attracted no attention. In 1580, Sir Wal-
ter Raleigh introduced it into England,
and is credited with bringing it from
Virginia, but of this there is no evidence.
Irs cultivation in the cool, moist summer
of Ireland soon developed large tubers,
which were tounil to consist chiefly of
starch.
Hugo Grundei, a young V ienne.se shop-
man, bei ig without employment, heavily
in debt, and absolutely impecunious,
made up his mind to enjoy one meal aud
then quit the world. lie therefore be-
took himself to Zogernitz's restaurant iu
the Schottengasse, and ordered a sumpt-
uous repast. He spent nearly two hours
at table, during .uhicli time he consumed
a golasch with dumplings, a dishful ot
stewed kidneys, a huge black pudding,
an entire portion of braised beef, four
small loaves, a quart of lager beer, and
three pints of claret. When he had fin-
ished this meal, he carefully folded up
his napkin, laid it on the table beside his
empty piate, drew a revolver out of his
breastpocket, and, setting the muzzle of
the weapon against his left breast, shot
himself through the heart.
It appears by au Odessa circular that
thetoiai snick <>! wheat in that market i®
80,000 quarters, whereas to keep tho mills
going until the openingof the navigations
in March no fewer than 600,000 are re
quired. Russia, which ordinarily exports
40,000,000 quarters, will now hrve to buy
grain. The Golos gloomily points out
that there is small ground for lookiug for-
ward with any degree of confidence to a
good harvest in the future. The thous-
and insect pests which, aided by improvi-
dence and the communal system, have
brought things to their pn sent pass,
have defied the efforts made to extermi-
nate them, and lie safely hidden under
the snow uutil spring enables them to re-
sume their destructive work. The Golos
puts the expenditure of Russia this year
as 26,343,461 roubles over the revenue.
Things are altogether iu a poor plight
there.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 6.—The to-
tal population ot the State of Florida, ac-
cording to the schedule returned to the
census office by the enumerators, is 266,-
566. Of this number 135,615 females,
256,871 native and 9695 foreign born 141,-
249 white, 12,537 colored.
Denison and Sabine Pass.
Marshall Herald:
The Denison and Sabine Pass railroad
tor which a charter was granted at Anstin
a short time ago, is being urged forward
with very promising auspices. Messrs.
L. A. Bigelow, of Boston; Win. A. Fowler
Brooklyn; G. II. Waddell and Chas. G.
W heeler, New York, are making an in-
spection trip over the route. Temporary
headquarters have been established at
Terrell, aud operations are about to com-
mence on the recently located line. Ar-
rangements have been effected with the
Texas Trunk road by which the two roads
are to intersect at a point ea-tof Kauf-
man. The Trunk road will then be built
northwesterly to the Panhandle, and the
other road to Sabine Pass. The town of
Terrell has tendered $25,000 in cash and
$35,000 in land to the De:iison aud Sabine
Pass road to cross at their town. Pales-
tine has raised $25,000 for the road to run
to that place. These gentlemen have now
gone to Sabine Pass to inspect the place
and surroundings and approaches, and
upon their report will be decided the im-
mediate and rapid completion of the road.
If this road is built as contemplated to
Sabine I'ass, and the East Texas comple-
ted lroiii the Pass to Marshall, together
with the road already running from
Houston to Mew Orleans, there is :n
store for Sabine Pass the brightest pros-
! pects of any point on the gulf coast.
Short ball dresses are decidedly gain-
ing in public favor, anil young ladies who
j attend a large party or ball, with a view
i to enjoy dancing, and not merely for the
i display of a long train to be stepped upon
uld be called a frontier autl mangled in the swift mazes of the
i "racket,'' are delighted with the innova-
tion.
breeding
House-jackets are very pretty and ser-
was de-1 viceable, made of black silk, with revers,
ciiledly a fine, looking woman and her ■ CUJ*S' P°.®^ets and wide collar ot black
, . , , „ i velvet, either plain or embroidered.
ilttnn-lifer nrlm wn* .irr.ra-, Was a rath- !
young lady.
(laughter, who was grown
er tall, decidedly handsome
| Bishop Elliott, of the Episcopal church
• i,i, i- ' San Antonio, was presented by the con-
e r0 J making some camp 1 gregat.iou of St. Mark's cathedral with a
arrangements, and do not kuow that
have seen Sirs. Long since.
Four schooners are now employed iu
carrying salt from Avery's island to Gal-
veston, where Major Hurley is agent for
the Salt Mining Company. This season
6,600,000 pounds of the mineral has been
shipped to Texas.
Some ingenious man in Bliorle Island
has discovered a use for the despised milk-
weed. Its seeds yield a finer oil than lin-
seed; its gum is as good as India rubber,
aud its floss rMembles Irish poplin when
spun.
Tho manure produced by saw-dust
when used as a bedding for horses is said
to be a better fertilizer for certain garden
crops than any other. When mixed with
the soil in which celery is grown, it is
said to greatly benefit those plants.
THE
AYERY
BEATS THE
WORLD
%
^nnihsSEWINGMACHIH^
W0ID1NGGEARS.C06S.CAMS AND LEVERS;ANO
SUBSTITUTINGTHEREFOR AN ENTIRELY NEW
MECHANICAL PR1NCIPLE&M0VEMENT.A RADICAL
IMPROVEMENT SEEN ATAttjUKKKKny DESIRED MAIL
AUTOMAHC.DIRECT & PERFEGTACTKJHIH EVERY MRT
NO FR1CT10N,N0 NOISE, NO WEAR,N0"IANTRUMSr
NOR GETTING OUT OF ORDER. ALWAYS READYTO
SEW THE FINESTOR HEAVIEST GOODS, GIVING ENTIRE
SATiSWCTI0N.N010NGTAIKOff ARGUMENT REOUIRED
EVERY KACHiNETELUNS ITS OWN STORT SECURES IM-
MEDIATESALES.HENCE THE BEST MACHINE FOR ASEfttS
TO SELL. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR.
AGENTS T/WSTHrttt
WANTEDT saw"**
dealers xx staple and fancy
GROCERIES,
confectionar1es,
LIQUORS
WINES, BRANDIES,
CIGARS, TOBACCO,
G-reert Fruits, Dried Fruits.
CANNED GOODS of every kind,
and a great variety of good things
not to be found elsewhere.
New Brick row east Side Square.
Clarksville, Tex., Jan. SOths
J L REED,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
DRUGS
§
AND
BOOKS.
Headquarters for Reed's celebrated
CHILL CURE.
In the Bank Biiilding, South S ide Square
Crlaksville, Texas.
LANPRETHS'
17QJ SEEDS £ BEST
I f f|/fl Knot sold in your town, you
I I ll^T them by maiL 6rop
■ w * ns a Postal Card for C&ta- ■
logne and Prices. The Oldest and most ext
Growers in the United States.
DAVU) LAJiDIUmi * 80N8,PmLAi)A..PA.
we fine horse aiul buggy as a Christmas pre-
Her history sent. "
Important TVotice to the
Travelling- 3?ut>lic.
If you are going to Chattanooga, Knoxvi'le
Bristol, Lynchburg, to Eastern Cities, or to
Atlanta, Macon, Augusta, Savannah, Char-
lotte. Charleston, or to any other point in the
South-east, you should ask tor ticketsover the
Memphis &. Charleston Railroad, and
thus secure a first class car from Little Rock
to Chattanooga, and avoid a night change in
Memphis- Two fast trains are run from Mem-
phis, by this line, making close and reliable
connections with trains of other lines running
out of Chattanooga. If you want Maps and
Time-tables, or to know the price of tickets
to anv point, you should write to
P. R. ROGERS,
Gen'l. Western Au't.; Dallas, Tex
Freight.
>. 33.
Mail II
'and Express
Xo. 31. '
Freight
No. 81.
STATIONS.
1
LEAVE. ARJRIVE.
7.00
9 00 A. M.
t Texarkana.
C
7 25
920
5
* "
Texarkana Junction
j
12
8 25
I
10 00
Whaley'a.
K
8.50 |
10 15
22
t New Boston.
|
12 2
11.50
10 52
34 2
$ DeKalb.
10 2
10.40
1125
44 4
Douglas. -
81
11.20 |
11 0
52 5
t Annona.
85
12.05 A. m.
11 25 a.M.
61
t Clarksville.
71
12.40
12 38
68 1
Bagwell's.
61
1.14
12 55
74 2
Bennett's.
68-
1.50
150
81
t Blossom Praiiio..
2.00
10 1
300
2 10
t Paris.
91 1
85
3 50
2 45
t Brookston.
99 6
12 4
5 00
3 27
t Honey Grove
• 112
97
600
4 05
t Dodd's.
121 7
63
6 40
4 25
t Bonham.
128
11 1
750
5 05
|
t«Savoy.
139 1
25
805
515
t Bellplain.
'
141 6
48
8 35
5 32
Choctaw.
146 4
8 1
9 '50 A. m.
| C 00
t Sliern .an.
1
154 5
A RRIVE. I liA vk.
No. 33.
No. 31.
U
154 5
149 5
137 5
132 5
J203
110 i
102
j] 93 5
li •
ji 8fi -4
li •
ii 3
li
73 5 !i
* i
I
4 10
3 3.1
3 05 '
I
2 42 !
216 |
1 57 j
1 40 !
1 20 |
1230 p.m.
12 15 A. X.
II 48
10 45
1015
05
8 00
7 25
6 35
5 55
5 20
4 40
3 40
(53 4
54 9
42 5
32 8
5
15 4
12 9
8 1
1155 jj 2 SS
11 10 j
4 10
j
1 30 a.m.
10 35; i
1
11 55
2 15
1010 j
3 55
1
1 35
9 28 |
2 45
-
12 2;
9 20
2 30
12 15 r. ir.
9 00
1 45
1 11 35 a. k.
8 30
12 50
| 10 40 a. v.
So. 32.
No. 34.
Train N<>. 31 runs daily, Sundays excepted.
Train No. 32 leaves Sherman daily, Sundays excepted, and mns through to Texarkana,
arriving at 0:30 a. m. Sunday.
Train No. 34 leaves Sherman daily, Snndays excepted.
Train Xo. 33 leaves Texarkana daily, Saturdays excepted.
Conductors will register their trains, on books, kept, for that, purpose at Sherman
kana Junction and Texarkana.
Texar-
Freiglit trains Nos. 33 aud 34 will carry passengers between Texarkana and Sherman.
Do not propose to be
overrun, or undersold
by anybody in the
CALL '
at the New Store of
If you do'nt believe
to eome ami test us
TTc bave tbe groceries
to any extent that you
call lor, and will make
yon believe that we in-
tend to sell them, if
low prices • and fresh
pods will command
sale. We keep every-
thing
STAPLE
&FANCY
We aie on the South side of the
public square, in the centre of busi
ness, have plenty of clerks waiting
for you and solicit ycur examination
of our stock and prices.
We have on hand always,BACON,
SUGAR and COFFEE, LIQUORS
and FANCY LIQUORS, TOBAC-
CO of all grades,FLOUR and MEAL,
IRISH POTATOES,ONIONS. OYS
TERS, LOBSTERS, SARDINES, ] by examination oi
CANNED FRUITS, RAISINS, comparison of prices.
SPICES, BUTTER, CHEESE,
0 9
and examine thor-
oughly, the new[ and
beautiful-stock of
See the
CLOTHING,
BOOTs,
[ > i ,
HATS.
The nice furnishing goods, includ
ing a choice and excellent assortment.
The nevv Spring purchases of
LAMES GC0DS.
LAWNS,
LACES,
PTQUKS,
PERCALES,
(JlNGIIAMS,
and a great variety of
FANCY GOODS
-
forLadie-*' use, which they have open-
ed to sell at prices that no other
house in tliis town will compute with.
All our LADIES tJOODSare new
and fresh, and of tlie latest and most
tasteful sty Vs.
Our goods have lieen purchased in
NEW YORK
CASH
by a tasteful vnd experienced buyer
and we propose to sell them without
delay, at very low prices, to suit the
dull times.
Call on ujs, und convince yonroelves
ie goods, and
CRACKERS and CANDIES.
In fact anything and every thing
you want.
Come in—we are always at home
POTATOES and TURNIPS, near
ly always in store.
Nov. 21st.
SCHOOL NOTICE.
THE BAGWELL PUBLIC SCHOOL
will open for a ten months session on
1lie. 15th of November. Every effort
will be made to mulce this one of the
liest permanent schools in the comity.
The location is very healthy, quiet and free from
the distractions ai.d temptations of a town.
Parents wishing to educate their childreu away
from home and stiil secure for them good home
aud christian influences, will consult their best in-
terests by applying to the principal for rates of
tuition, board &e.
THOMAS GRIFFITH Principal,
MK.S. A. E.-PICKEXS, Assistant,
We remain yours
Very espectfully,
SILBERBiSEG BEOS.
May "tli, 1880.
%
BIG PAY-
DR. W. S. ALLEN, >
W. A. PARKER, >
W. B.BLANTON. )
Trustees.
no.l-tf.
AGENTS
WANTED.
WE WANT A LIMITED number of active, en-
ergetic canvassers to engago in a pleasant and
profitable business. Good men will find this a
rare chanee
TO "IWT A "KT~F< MONEY.
Such will please-answer this advertisement by
letter,enclosing stamp for reply, stating -what
business they have been engaged in. Nona bat
those who mean business need apply
FINLEY, HARVEY A CO.
no.3-tf. Atlanta, G .
M J.ENGLE.
FliBOOT Jtffi SHOE MAKER,
Makes the best
BOOTS AND SHOES
Out of the best material, as low as good work
can bo done. Those who know the dittareiK* be-
tween French Calf Skin, hand work, and acid
tanned leather made by machinery, are invited to
Call.
Repairing done promptly*
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DeMorse, Charles. The Standard (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, January 14, 1881, newspaper, January 14, 1881; Clarksville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth234690/m1/2/: accessed May 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.