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R. B. BLAKE, .c.™
Good rains have fallen nearly
all over Texas.
P. II. Ilentiessy, of Galveston,
has been convlctod of forgery.
About twelve miles from BiiT
ininghara, Ala., at a recent sale
of lots §500,000 was invested
about two hours.
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Gladstone is still the central
figure in English politics, stand-
ing firm against, the cocrcion
WJB* *
Elizabeth Akers Allot* author
of "Rook- M® to Sleep, MotliHr."
is a handsotne woman with a
fresh face and grey hair.
It is thought that there will be
an unusually large influx of
population into the United
States this year from E a rope.
There were 4273 landed in one
day recently.
The English Parliament stands
101 majority for coercion out of
039 that voted. This majority
is considerably larger than has
been supposd.
The Interstate Commerce Com-
missioners with their secretary,
left Washington on the 25th on
their Southern tour. The hear-
ings are to be hold at Atlanta,
Mobile, New Orleans, Memphis
and Louisville.
A report is going the rounds
of tlio press to tbo effecb that
Hon. Charles Stewart favors
prohibition. This is a mistake.
Mr. Stewart is opposod to and
will voto against prohibition.—
Post..
It is stated on good authority
that through the efforts of Gov.
Ross, Texas is about to recover
her indemnity claims for fron-
tier protection. This will add
about $20,000,000 to tho State
Treasury.
Gov. Iioss vetoed the bill to
extend the time of forced collec-
tion of taxes because it was in
violation of tho federal constitu-
tion applying only to resident
citizens theteby discriminating
against non-resident property
holders.
, Tiiit; is peculiarly
byot«i(in4, pi in!in>;. There has
m-vf b'.i.-n u timi- in the hi-lpiy
of tiiaii when ft was so easy ; to
become notorious, Jfa man or
u woman commits a crime the
world soon knows it. If he per-
forms a great act, ho is at once
a man of reputation. If he has
a bargain ho has but to utilize
printers ink and every man with
money to invest is acquainted
with him. We might broadly
assert that every success is attain-
ed by advertising. In truth, in
these later days a man is judged
according to the number of times
his name appears in print, and
tho length of his advertisement,
Who ever heard of a man be-
coming great when every one
persisted in letting him severe-
ly akmc and saving not}
about him? Tho same rillo
holds good about a community
or a country. With these facts
in view, the Nkvvs-Boy fan be
counted upon as not letting Jas-
per die unhonored and unsung.
We intend to cry out her invit-
ing prospects from the high
places. Every act that tends to
develop our county's resources
shall be heralcled about in such
manner that the actor shall be*
come known.
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Prohibition Column.
Complications are likely to
arise out of the action ofCapt.A.
Russel of the schooner Nellie
Blanche. Sho was ordered by
the Underwriter of New York to
the wreck of the Norwegian bark
Brazaleria that went ashore off
Cozumel, Mexico. A Mexican
Customs officer boarded the
schooner and examined her
though she was a filibuster, and
took her marine documents
ashore. Later he returned with
the information that the Blanche
could not clear from Cozumel for
Key West but must go to Pro*
gesso 240 miles further South.
Capt. Russel started, under pro
test, but instead of going to Pro-
gesso, steered for Key West witn
the Mexican officer on board,
lie now demands redress and
damages from our government
and also tho schooner Blanche
with her captain to be returned
to Mexico.
The arrest of Mr. Schnobel,
tho French commissary, by the
German police, has created quite
a sensation along the Franco-
German frontier. This may
lead to unfortunate results, as
neither nation is in a frame of
mind to take insults.
The Anti-prohibitionists or-
ganized at Fort Worth on the
night of Apr..20th. There was
a large attendance of both Dem
ocrats and Republicans. The
colored men were also well rep'
resented! Eleven delegates were
elected, all representative men,
&nd among the best citizens.
None were engaged in the liquor
busines.
Although we conscientiously
feel it our moral duty to sup-
port the prohibition amendment,
we recognize the fact that it is
still an open question on which
many incorruptible men sincere-
ly differ, and do not exclude
anti-prohibitionists from ex-
pressing their view briefly in our
columns.
Florida and Lower California
are considered by many the gar-
den spots of tho United States,
when the fact is, they are both
comparatively poor sections.
Land is held and often sold at
fabulous prices. Why is this?
It is because they have been
widely advertised. S. E. Texas
resembles Florida in many re-
spects, but the land is much
more productive and intrinsic-
ally worth more than the lands
of either Florida or Southern
California. All the fruits and
vegetables grown at either place
can be grown here. In fact,take
it f: :n Shelby Co. to the coast,
and from tho Trinity River to
the Sabine,and there is no coun-
try on Earth with more advan-
tages and less drawbacks. All
we need is to be known and de-
veloped.
A settlement of the Afghan ques-
tion has been effected by the
government of Great Britain
and Russia. By the terms of
this settlement England assent
to the Rnssian demand for that
branch of the Ox us now ^eldr-by
the Afghans, in feichdnge 'for
which concession will be made of
territory on the northwest fron-
tier h ; t j/i'i m,*
Tho Attorney General of
Louisiana has brought suit
against the Cotton Seed Oil Trust,
asking that it be declared an il-
legal, fraudulent and invalid as-
sociation, and that a receiver be
appointed to take charge of, and
liquidate its affairs. He shows
that it was never properly incor-
porated, like any other corpora •
tion, but spiaug into life as an
association under an agreement
and by-laws kept to this day a
profound secret. Ho further
shows that it is a monopoly forc-
ing down tho price of cotton seed
about one hundred per cent to
the great.damage of the farmers
engaged in raising them.
Tin- question for the'peuf
decide at,: tho polls the 4th
August in net whether piol-
ti(Sn is Democratic or undi
erotic. That was decided b;
lastStato Democratic Convo,
"nt Galveston, when they
anyone could be a good D<
crat and voto for prohi
Senator Coko says it is the dot/
of every true Democrat to allidjj
by this decision. So say the
leading Democrats of tho Sta/e—
Reagan, Maxey, Ilearnden, etiils.
Our Dem. Gov. recommei/aed
the submission of the question
to the people of the State. Heuce
the Legislature has disusso
this election from all othei
require tho ballots to ri
.Pmj£}UH O
bitlon." The
vote agair.st prohibition vote for
whiskey.
Hero is something reliable:
"I have been twice through
Maino lately. I was in just
such towns where you would
most likely find evasions of the
prohibitory Taw—Portland,
Bangor and others. I dop't
care what the enemies of Prohi-
bition say. To my observation
and from all that I heard and
experienced, temperance 4n
Maine,—more than that, Prohi-
bition— i3 a decided succors.
Druiikeness and rowdyism, With
all their attendant disgrace, ijje
nowhere visiblo. I found this,
too, to be the case in Kansas. Io-
wa is a little different.1 In the
country, Prohibition prevails.
In the larger cities the foreign
element seems to defy the law;in
many instance. This difficulty
is being surmounted and Prohi-
bition will yet triumph.—Rev.:
Thcs. Bowman, Senior Bishop of
the M. E. Church.
It S^ems to Prohibit.
There are 800 or 900 convicts
to be hired out within the next
few months.
After a tedious a
contest between tho
the saloon-keepers, a determina-
tion was rcachod and temporary
injunctions were issued and
served to day on twenty saloons.
This is a great victory for the
Prohibitionists, who claim that
it assures activity in all branches
of business.—Ex.
The whiskey men are getting
scared. Just see how they howl:
Prohibition is proving itself a
terrible power in tliis country,
and the need of an active, mon-
eyed organization to combat it,
is being felt each day. Prohibi-
tion will not stop short of a na-
tional sucess if let alone; and
tho way state after state is drop-
ping into the net they spread,
gives indication that they mean
to make their work a short one.
—Bonfort's (whiskey) Circular.
How strange and conflicting
are the objection to prohibition.
One says, I am in favor of it if
tho law can be executed. An-
other favors local option but op-
pose prohibition. A third favors
prohibition but opposes local
option and some say, it .takes
away my liberty. A few "Save
the courage and candor to say,
it takes away my whiskey.
Prohibition takes away the
liberty of no man but whiskey
does—of thousands.
The whiskey men have already
styled themselves "The 'True
Blues." Perhaps in anticipation
of their defeat in August.
The prohibition contest is go-
ing to be a hot one; but we hope
all will remember that it is whis-
key and not men that we are
fighting. And the man who
slings mud at his opponent may
miss him but will be sure to get
his own hands dirty.
The Hon. Barney Gibbs,cham-
pion of the whiskey cause in
Texas wants to instruct the
preachcrs of the state in the Bi-
ble. • " ':m
( you hear anybody say he is
sed to prohibition don't
him why? For his reasons
private, and ii is impolite,
tra know, to inquire into an-
ther's private business.
The great cry about prohibi-
jou being exemplary legislation
only a subterfuge to catch the
ignorant.
It is said that all the leading
merchants in Galveston except
one are in favor of prohibition.
All hail to Galveston ?
— ii— m —
Now Circuit Court Law,
Tho following important chung-
oshave been effected under the
law passed by congress regulat-
ing United States circuit courts:
1. The jurisdictional amount is
raiseq irorn $->oo tu fraooo <>«
elusive of interest and costs. 2.
A defendant can only be sued in
the district where he lives, except
where he is found and sued in
the district where the plaintiff
lives. 3. Jurisdiction is denied
over commercial paper, excebt
foreign bills of exchange and
obligations made by a corpora
tion and payable to the bearer,
unless tho previous partiesio the
paper could sue on the same in
the circuit court, if no transfer or
assignment had ever been made.
4, No case cap be removed from
a State to a circuit court unless
it could have originally been
brought in the circuit court. 5.
The right of removal is confined
to non-resident defendant, and
he must remove at tho time of
making his appearenee in the
State court, unless he base his
application upon the ground of
local prejudice. 6. Where an
affidavit of local prejudice is
made, it must cover not ou'y
the court in which tho suit is
brought, but also the court to
which, under tho laws of the
State, removal on account of lo-
dice would tlvpre bo al-
and this1 affidavit i^
traversable m the Uuited States
circuit court. 7. In case of re-
moval on account of local prej
udiee, if the case is severable a3
to the remover, only that part
of it which pertains to him is
retained in the circuit court,
and the other is remanded to the
stato court. 8. No writ of error
or appeal allowed from an order
remanding a cause from a cir-
cuit to a state court.—Post.
The County Paper*
Waco, Tex.; 21 —The
assembling of the Cotton congress
in the city of Waco May 4 will be
one of tbo moat important meet-
nigs ever held hore. Tue object
of the meeting is for tho purpose
of establishing throe cotton factor,
ies in Texas. One of thorn will be
buolt this year. Cotton seed c.il
mills' to bo run undor tho new pro
ccss, will also be established
throughout tho State. Tho congress
will bo composed of one delegate
from each Couuty Alliance in the
State, and also delegates from the
Wheel, which is the uame of the
alliance in Arkansas, and the Uuion
from Louisianaand the KuighUof
Labor. A movement is ou foot to
secure the location of one of these
factories in Waco.—Houston Post.
It is the best read paper in the
world. No other contains nows
of the marriages and deaths, to
say nothing of tue divorces and
births; no other relates the acci-
dents happening before the doors
of the villagers; no other gives
the time for the next ball, picnic
or political meeting; no other
discusses tho affairs of the town
and county, the arrival of the
new goods on tho merchants
counter or a new hat on the ed-
itor's desk. Occasionally defects
and errors are overlooked by
those who have become attached
tqit through its perusal for years.
They sometimes become dissat-
isfied with it on account of some
thing which has slipped into its
columns and may stop taking it;
but the papei* goes on all the
same, and the absence of the fa
miliar sheet at their homes and
offices for a few weeks becomes
an insurmountable privation,
they hasten to apologize for hav-
ing it stopped. No friendship
on earth is more constant than
that contracted by a journal
which makes an honest and
earnest effort to merit its contin-
ued prosperity. Hence a con-
scientiously conducted paper be-
comes a favorite with everybody
—Navasota Tablet.
The English and Haytian dif-
ficulty must be settled without
violence or the United States
will lake a hand.
J&lncatiuiml Circular
Tho following circular from
tli* State Superintendent of pub
lie instruction lias been received
by our Couuty Judge and will be
of particular interest to teacherw
and trustees of the public schools:
Sib: The school bill passed l.y
the Twentieth legislature was adop
ted under suspension of tho rules
witli the emergency clause, has
been abproved by the governer and
is now in forca. I direct your at-
tentiou to tho following provisions:
First—Trustees must bo elected
or appointed on or before the first
Saturday in June, and will enter
upon their duties on tho 1st day
of July.
Second—The requirements for
first and second grade certificates
have been changed. Applicants
for second grade certificates must
bo examined in all the subjects
pruscjibed for that grado by the
act of 1884, and in the additional
subjects of history of Texas and
theory and practice of teaching.
Applicants for first grade certifi-
cates must be examined in the ad-
ditional subject of physiology
Tho entire examination must pe
conducted in writing. You are
I eroby instructed n t to renew
any outstanding certificates, as all
the public school toachcrs holding
ccrtificatos from county hoards of
examiners in th4 btutBTaiTStg.be re-
examined to conform to the condi-
tions ot the new law. You are
required to convene tho board of
examiners at stated times, at least
oneo u month. This board is re
quired to report under oath, and
at least two of the boaid must be
present throughout the examina-
tion to validate a teachers certifi-
cate. f iveomniond that yon a point
illj last Friday and Saturday in
each mouth as the regular exami-
nation days. Teachers' certificates
aro valid only in the county in
which they arc issued, and all cer-
tificates which have been issued
horotofore by county boards of ex-
aminers expire with tho current
scholastic year or earlier. This
provision docs not cancel contracts
made and approved between trus-
tees and teachers holding certifi-
cates issued in other counties, but
it prohibits the formation of such
contracts hereafter.
Third—The office of connty su-
perintendent of public instruction
has been.created by the legislature.
The commissioners conrt of your
county may, at any meeting, enter
an order for the election of a su-
perintendent of public instruction
at tho next general election.
When this order has been entered,
it is tho duty of the commissioners
court to appoint a couuty superin-
tendent of public instruction, who
will hold tho office until his suc-
cessor shall have been clectcd and
qualified.
The tew edition of tho school law
is now in the hands of tho prin-
ters, and will be mailed to yon as
soou as posiblc. Very respectfully,
O. H. COOPER,
Superintendent Public instruction
deistood the result is tho same,
the Kansas trade being virtually
killed, Thu.lfuy. ipakea itnecca'
sarv fur u man desiring to o|>en
a drug store to havo twonty-fivo
women sjgti n petition and any
person wielnng to buy liquor
must make an affidavit stating
what lie wants to do with it St.
Joseph wholesale dealers have
in all taken fifteen men off the
road as the result of the amend-
ment of the laws * '
The Canadian fisheries con-
tinues to be a bone of contention.
Cutting off the Liquor Supply
Tho new law passed by the Kan-
sas legislature, which is intended
as backbone for the present pro-
hibitory law, is playing havoc
with the liquor trade in Kansas
The St. Joseph wholesale dealers
complain of a falling off in trade
and ono of the largest firms iu
the city has four of its men off
the road. In Kitttnd'eHy i t i ■ un-
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