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The Abilene Reporter.
PUBLISH ED AT
ABILENE - - - TEXAS.
THURSDAY AUGUST 30 1888.
JOHN l0ENYrjiEl)lTOk.
" 'Subscription Batts
One year ............... .
.$1.50
75
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nix monins. ...
Three months.....
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Office In llonlcr llulldlng on Second Street.
Entered nt tho Abilene! . Tcxa toftofflce m
Boconcl-CIiiM Msll Mutter.
HNNOUNCemeNTS.
(VndMntw. announcement for county ofrtecA
will to imbllf lied In tho UcrouTKn nt tlio.rnle of
MM Caen's precinct onice $2.30 ench.
FOit DISTRICT JUDGE.
Wo nfo niithorlxotl to announce. JihIko T II.
Conner of Kn.itlanil. nn1 n candidate for rc-olcS
tlon to tlio offlro of District JmlRO of this district
at the ensuing November election.
FOR DISTRICT ATTOJINKY.
We Ate nutliorlzed to aiinnnnco It. I). Shrop-.
fthlre hs a c-amllilnle for tho olllco of DWtlcl At-
torney of thin district nttbo coming November
election.
KOlt TJtKA8tTRKR.
Wa nrA ntil'hnrlvPfT tn nnnniinroT. f). AnilcrfOIl
ax a cmidldato for re-election to th6 omco of
Countv -Treasurer of Taylor coUnty. nt tho cn
unlng November election -
roil SIIKRIFP.
Wo arc nuthorltcd to mtnounco 3lr. J. V. Cuii-
nlnchnm its n cnndlduto fur rc-clcctlon to tho'
oraceof Sheriff of Taylor county at the ensuing
November election.
We are authorized tn announce. lien F Janet
of Ilun'nlo Onp n it candldnto for Sheriff of
Taylor county at the coming November election.
KOH DISTHICT AND COVNTYCI.ERK
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Wo arc antliorlzcd to announce David. .1. Ited
as a candidate for reelection to the ofllce of
District and County.C'lork of Taylor county at
thc'ComlngNovctubcr election.
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FORCOUNTY JDDOK
Vo nro authorized to nnnnunco T. W. Dnugh-
crty as a candidate for tho olllco of County
Judge of Taylor county at the ensuing Novem-
ber election.
FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY.
Wo are authorized to announce T. A. Henry a
as a candldnto for County Attorney of Taylor
county at tho ensuing November election." .
The National Democratic Ticket.
For President'
GROVER CLEVELAND
For Vice President:
ALLEN G. THURMAN.
The -State Ticket.
For Governor
;L. S?:ROSS. .
. For Lieutenant-Governor.
T.B. WHEELER.
For Atlorjiey-General .
JAMES S. HOGG. '
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For Comptroller.
JOHN D McCALL.
".. For Treasurer
F. R. LUBBOCK.
-For Gommis'r of General Zand Office
: " R.JM.HALL. ' '
For Superintendent Public Instruction
OSGAH H. COOPER.
For Chief Justice Supreme Court
' J. W. STAYTON
For Associate Justices Supreme Court
JOHN L. HENRY
. R. R. GAINES.
For Judges Court of Appeals ;
J. M. HURT
S. A. WJLLSON
-J; P. WHITE.
For State Setiatdr ayth Sen District.
H. C. SIMS.
American' patriots? to . the senate :
"Break away." '
Forest fires are doing great damage
in Michigan. .
I The alliance rightly says "all 'Texas
is proud of Dallas."
T- mr-tTtyfti
Complaints come" from sections of
Eastern Texas of too much rain.
The Ohio centennial exposition
opens at Columbus Ohio Sept. 4th.
Gov? Ross will be here to address
'the visitor On the opening day of the
fair Oct'. 3.
L.. . I
' The republican state committee is
session this week at Austin nomi-
nating a ticket for state Offices.
New York and Chicago commercial
interests are said to be working
against the deep harbor on. the Texas
coast.
The wheat crop for next year m
the Abilene country is almost assured
with the splendid season wonow have
in the ground.
Great damage to crops rnilrbad
property and public roads fo reported
from many; points east on account of
the recent hevy rains.
XatifAan Milling Oa. vi the Alliance1
Hie Kfttifman Milling company lifts
brought suit against the alliance
exchange for $393 the exchange
through its secretary J. 1J. Riclly
having executed its note to them for
$3232 securing it with Joint notes
sccUrcd by crop mortgages amounting
to $3970. The exchange note was
not paid at maturity and went td
protest The contract under which
the lodn was made provides ('lhat in
the event .of the non-payment of this
note (for $3232.25) at maturity the
holders hereof Are hereby .vested
with full authority to use transfer
hypothecate' sell or convey the said
property (notes) or any part thereof
or to cause the same to be done at:
public or private sale with or; without
notice or demand of any sort at such
place and on such terms a's the holders
hereof may deem best and the holders
of this note arc authorized to purchase
said collateral when sold for their own
protection and the proceeds of such
sale transfer or hypothecation shall
be applied to the payment of this note
together with all protests charges
etc" The milling company's petition
shows that the. note went to pro-
test and charges fees of $4.50 for
same.
Under the above contract- the col
lateral1 notes amounting to $3970 were
sold and bought in by the Kauffman
Milling' Company' for $25.00 and
that amount has been credited on the
exchange note;' By this operation
and under this contract arid sale "the
alliance exchange has only realized
$25.00 for their $3970 in joint notes
and is still in debt to the KaufTmari
Milling Company to the amount of
$330725. The alliance men claim
they have been defrauded but while
theJcolateral notes were sold for a
ridiculously low price we can not see
how the charge of fraud is to be sus-
tained under the contract. The
exchange was notified when the 11016
went to protest but the managers to
secure themselves against this sly kind
of a disposition made- of the notes
I should have provided in the contract
for the sale of the. collateral only after
the same had been advertised in some
newspaper of general circulation or
notice in some other way calculated
to bring about competition' of bidders
had been given. These contracts
providing for the sale of . ''property or
any partfthereofj or tocause the same
to be done at public or private
sale with or without notice of auy
sort at such place and. On such terms
as the said holders hereof may deem
Lbest'' are written solely in the interest
of the "holder" and should never oe
signed by conservative business men.
Twenty-Ninth Senatorial Convention
The. democratic convention of the
twenty-ninth senatorial district con-
vened at Baird last Thursday and
nominated H. C. Sims of Coleman
The candidates were Hons. J. N.
Rushing of Baird J D. Martin and
J. H. Burrtey of Colorado City H. L.
Bentley of Abilene J. O. Hamilton of
Comanche and H. C- Sims of Cole-
man. Twenty-four and two-thirds
votes were necessary to" a choice.
On the first ballot' Sims received .13
votes; Hamilton p the otherfc candi-
dates getting from' two-thirds of a vote
to four votes. 'Up to trie twenty-first
ballot there was1 very little change in
the votes when the convention
adjourned for supper. Prcinip.tly at
7?3o 4be convention was called to
prtlcr and the ' balloting resumed.
Col. Hi L. Bentley receded sixteen
and two-thirds votes and had his name
withdrawn. All through the balloting
Sims received the thirteen votes given
him up to fortieth ballot when Ham-
ilton having been temporarily with-
drawn Sims received .18 2-3 and
Martin 18 1-3 votes. -Upon com-
menqernent of fprtytfirst ballot Col.
Martin had his name withdrawn
thanking the convention for the sup-
port given him alid recommending
.the.nortunationofHon IU C- Sims
of Coleman. This move on the part
of Col. Martin was like t( bomb thrown
into the camp of the 'Hamilton men
and when a motitin to make Mr.
Sims1 nomination unanimous was
made the Hamilton men asked for
v. " t
time before the motion be put this
granted after a moment's consulta-'
titm they .said they desired to second
the motion to make Sims' nomination
unanimous. The imnion was then
put and Mr Sims wasinade the unani
mous choice of the convention without
a dissenting voice except that of soma
fellow vho had voted for Burney all
through the convention and had got in
such ft habit of answering Htmey
that he couldn't help it He how-
ever withdrew the vote and cast it for
Sims.
Mr. Sims was called for .and res-
ponded in a nd.it little talk pledging
himself to canvass the entire district
as thoroughly as possible. All the
defeated candidates made speeches
and pledged their support to the nomi-
nee. Mr. Sims has cause to. be
proud of Ins nomination for it was a
close rncc and against good men.
Either of the aspirants would have
made good representatives and the
selection of Mr; Sims over such men
as Hons. J. N. Rushing H. L: Dfint-
ey J. D Martin J. H. Bumcy and
J. O. Hamilton is a compliment to
him and to the city and county in
which he resides. Resolutions were
adopted endorsing the present demo-
cratic administration.' Many beautiful
tributes were paid Grover Cleveland
and his cabinet and the Tiexas dele-
gations in the senate and in congress.
The Situation in Illinois and Indiana.
Last week we wrote to a few old
friends and acquaintances in Illinois
and Indiana asking them to give us
their views on the political! situation fn
those states .The replies received up
to this time are very favorable to the
democracy.. Mr. Owen Scott editor
of the Daily Bulletin Bloomington 111.
writes : 't
I think Indiana is all right for Cleveland
and Thurman. Gov. Porter declined to be a
candidate because he foresaw defeat. Or-
ganized labor is opposed to Chinese Harri-
son. Theprintera and' Knights of Labor
have so declared. GoV. Gray is a rising man
and will be anxious. to show the country liis
Strength by carrying Indiana. Illinois 'is
moving in good shape and there is strong be-
lief that' Palmer will be elected. The labor
vote and a large element of the negro vote
and ome other influences are helping the
democratic ticket. Things look bright. Yours
truly Owen Scott.
Mr. Summerville editor of the Mat-
toon (111.) Commercial writes :
There is hardly a doubt but that Indiana
will cast her vote for the democratic ticket.
Palmer will be elected governor of Illinois
and there is some hopes of the state going
democratic otherwise. The outlook so-far as
Ilinois and Indiana is concerned is most en-
couraging and the rank. and fdo of IKe de-
mocracy are most enthusiastic. Respectfully
L. Summerville.
The Senate Squirming.
President Cleveland's retaliation
messagelftiwhe republicans with about
the same force with which the locomo-1'
rive hit the bull and it was with the
greatest difficulty that a stampede of
the republican's in the senate was pre-
vented. The Post-Dispatch of Sun-
day says:
The wriggling and squirming of the republi-
can leaders under the president's retaliation
message is simply a pitiable and humiliating
exhibition. They pretend to tie pleased with
it as a concession to their views and at the
.same time they are seeking to dodge the is-
issue it presents and to evade the responsibili-
ty it imposes upon them. It would even seem
from the talk of some of them that they still in-
tend to refuse the president' the authority he
asks for and to keep his hands Ued with their
bogus retaliation actof March' 1887.
They know well thai the house l)ill of 1887
conferring the authority asked by the president
was emasculated y- the; senate so as to com-
pel him to resort to other means Of securing
better treatment for our fishermen. After
Edmunds had asked why the business of re
taliation had not been inaugurated under that
act Senator Morgan forced him to admit that
the authority it Yonferred related tp future
Canadian operations which the president had
found other means of preventing. They had
confined his power of retaliation to a s;nall
tit-for-tat gahie in the fishing business alone.
They had left him bound by the act jn regard
to transportation in bond which was not re-
ferred to or modified by their so-called retalia-
tion act anil which rendered the latter "futile.
If their claim that the. act of 1887 confers am-
pi? power means' that they are going to defeat
Wilson's house hill' as they defeated the for-
mer house bill on the ground that il might
mean war no amount of squibblinB cqrtpi;
vent the country frprn seeing which party is.
trifling with thjs. International controversy and
luckling "to" Jlrjiish intert"?nrrritTyK5Wer. If
lliey pass the Wilson bill this simple question
will confront them : Why they diil not pass
such a hill in March 1887?
The race between the ocean steam-
ers from New York toQueenstown
was won by the Cunard steamer
Umbria.
Judge Thurman's trip-irom -Port
Huron to Chicago was one constant
ovation large crowds of people greet-
ing him at every station.
Sheriff Ferguson of Sulphur
Springs( Texas had his breeches sto-
len Saturday night. It is getting
pretty tough when they rob thelsheriff.
Seep Water Convention at Denver.
The deep water convention at Den-
ver called to order Tuesday elected
General John M Thayer of Nebraska
permanent chairman. General Thayer
was put irt nomination by Hon Bar-
nclt Gibbs and his nomination was
seconded by Mrv Anderson of Mis
souri.
The following is the report of
the committee on permanent
organization which was adopted with
the exception of permanent chairman :
For the permanent chairman Hon.
P. G 'Noel of Kansas. Vice-presi-
dent Colorado Hon. Alva. Adams;
Texas John Hancock Missouri D.
H. Armstrong ; Kansas; James L. Hill;
Nebraska A. D.; Yoacum ; Iowa W:
A. Culp ; Arkansas v T F. Howell ;
New Mexico Jefferson Reynolds;
Wyoming A. D. Kelly ; Arizona L.
Volfey. Secretary F. D. Dana
Assistant Secretaries (Messrs. Bever-
ly of Iowa and F. M. Spaulding of
Tcxas. .
Look After tho Pecan Crop.
Editor Reporter s There is now
growing one of the finest crops of.
pecans it has ever been our pleasure
to witness in this section and many
thousands of dollars can be thrown
into circulation by a careful gathering
of this crop. Brownwood last season
shipped some fifty-eight thousand
bushels while Cisco probably did as
much which at a price of one dollar
and' fifty cents would bring the hand
some sum of eighty-seven thousand
dollars to eacli of these respective
places. Now suppose we could do
only one half as well; would it help us?
We think it would be well for some of
our people to think" over this matter
as the crop will certainly be here. S.
Sheriff Scarborough of Jones county
passed through the city this morning
en route to Fort Worth. Sheriff
Scarborough was indicted by the
grand jury at jts recent session for
misappropriating public money and
was tried Wednesday and. acquitted.
He says that the court instructed . the
jury to return A verdict of not guilty.
He was feeling good over his acquittal
and says all this trouble is an elec-
tioneering scheme of some one to
defeat him in the race for sheriff at
the November election.
The advertisement of the Texas
state fair and T)allas exposidon will be
found elsewhere in this paper; The
attractions at the fair this year will be
greater in number and granduer than
ever before. No expense is being
spared to make the Texas state fair
.(rival the great fair at St. Louis. The
decorations in the city of Dallas alone
during the fair season will well repay
any citizen of Texas for the time and
expense incurred in going. Read the
advertisement and make your arrange-
ments to go.
We this week publish in full the
able speech of Hon. Allen G. ThUr-
man delivered at Port Huron Mich.
It is a lengthy argument covering
ably and in -the plainest language all
the points on the tariff. Every labor-
ing man every democrat every citizen
of this country should read it and
preserve it. We publish an extra
number of papers containing the
address and if our subscribers will
take pains to call the attention of their
neighbors to this address' .and send
them to this office we will furnisti
theni copies of the paper without
charge
The noble Roman aroused great
enthusiasm at Cheltenham Beach 111.
last Saturday. At least 40600 people
from the country assembled to hear
Judge Thurman and nothing in his
remarks caused greater enthusiasm
and cheering than his references to
tariff reform. Illinois is an agricul-
tural state and although heretofore a
great republican stronghold wjll this
year elect a democratic governor.
The state farmers alliance execu-
tive committee will -authorize no
changefin the management of- the
Southern Mercury and Dr. -McCune
will be re-elected business manager
and J. B. Riley secretary. The new
directors are E. Newton of Tarrant R.
J Sledge of Hays T P. Rush of Lee
J.' D Fields of Travis J B. Riley of
Limestone C. J. Crawford of Tom
Green and Col. Miller of Bastrop.
r Railroad building will take on new
life! in the southwest next month.
Many lines now in Texas will build
extensions and new roads will be
constructed. Before - the snow flies
another road will be building to Abilene
For the Next 30 Days
We will sell our
Dry Goods Millinery Boots Shoes
and Clothing
AT PRICES WHICH DEFY COMPETITION!
We do this to make room for our
immense Fall Stock which TWr
Rollins is now purchasing.
ROLLINS & YOUNG.
gov. i. s. BOSS.
Ho Hoi Accepted Onr Invitation Aud Will
ViU U Soring the Fair.
Gov. Ross has accepted the invita-
tion forwarded him a few days ago and
will address the visitors to the Abilene
district fair on Wednesday Oct. 3 the
opening day of the fair. The follow-
ing is his letter accepting the invitation :
Executive OtFJCE Austin Aug 27 '88'
Messrs. Saylcs & Sayes O. J. Slcffcns J.
G. Lowdon J. Iloeny Jr. W. J Herry
Will Stith E. S. Hughes and others Abi-
lene Texas:
Dear Sirs In answer to yours ot the 23d
inviting me to be at yodr fair In October and
to-'address our fellow' citfcens I wpuld say
that I will be in Abilene and -at your disposal
on Wednesday Oct. 3 when my greatest
pleasure will be to see my fellow citizens en-
joying the benefits of their energy and jndus-
try in wresting from barbarism that great and
prosperous section of our country which but
a few years ago was the hunting ground of
the Commanche but which by their progres-
sive enterprise has changed to a land where
the farmer reaps his crop in peace where the
herdsman can follow his cattle unmolested by
the ambushed foe and where as further evi-
dence of the forward strides of the people
keeping step and time with the progress of our
conntry the school-house and church stands
side by side in all your numerous - towns - and
villiages. 1 am truly yours L. S. Ross.
It might here be said that while
perhaps no man in Texas js better
posted than Gov. Ross on the' advan-
tages and possibilities of every section
of thestate we predict a genuine sur-
prise to the governor on his visit here.
He will see such a display of wheat
oats corn cotton fruits vegetables
and etc. as would do credit to any
section of the United. States. In the
live stock department will be shown
thoroughbred horses catde and
sheep from the best families and of
the purest breeding ahd grades that
will compare favorably with those of
any section of the state. The success
of the fair is an an assured fact and
the benefits to be derived from it to
the Abilene country are inestimable.
Congressional Convention.
General F. W. James chairman of
the democratic" executive committee of
of the Eleventh congressional district
has issued the following call for a con-
vention to assemble at Weathefford
on Thursday Sept.1 27 :
I hereby call a convention of the democracy
of the Eleventh congressional district to asstjjn-.
bleat Weatherford' Tex. nt n'ocloclc'a m.
on Thursday Sept. 27 i888for the purpose
of nominating a candidate for congress' and
the election of a chairman of- jhe executive
committee andfor suclr other business as may
be properly transacted.' F. W. James
Chairman Executive Committee.
Baird Tex. Aug. 24 1888'.'
The following delegates have been
appointed from this county: G.. A.
kirklandJohnBowyer T.. 0. Ander-;
son S."P. Hardwick J. M. Wagstaff
J. L. Stephenson Henry Saylesj B;. A.
Cox P. W. Brewer; alternates (J. B.
Webb D. G.HillTheo. Taylor Fred
Cockrell B. F Jones T. R. Leggett
J. A.Williamsj- GV"W. JenniganM;
E. R. Griffith.
The republicans do not endorse
President Cleveland's retaliation mes-
sage. Neither do the English nor
the Canadians.
MEDICAL DKl'AUTilKNT.
Xulnno University of Louisiana i
Iik iuUiUimie for irnitlcnl liutructlon In U- I
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Heoiire It iirAlUMi!nnt innlerlala from tho
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lMtale tupay MM iilal luMnttlluii lifblvoiM bucimtlitlml ! IIiuk IIitik. who nmuiiio all
attmk iKiiiuKon tuk HICK iw In no(lu'rln- HulilllUi'. unci will rtMtlVd nil idoiiev due till) old
rtltutlon. PorratnloEutHirliironptitloiiftiltlreiMi-' tfriu. 'ruothil9ticllU I'h'ino euino forward
J'nil. . h UUAJI.I.K.M. l).Ueii. iindsott ( once. ' IIAS8 IlltOsV
jSriVO.Uruwer&il New Orleans U. j SJS ASA UOi.Tr
entire atofck of
$300 REWARD.
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THE undersigned ranching cattle on
'Spring Cccek Shackelford county"
Texas will pay the. above reward for the.
detection and conviction of any person
STEALING or ILLEGALLY handling
their cattle branded O on left hip with va-
rious old brands. Tenons notifying us
of the whereabouts of our cattle strayed from
pasture will be liberally paid.
STEBRETT & SONS
Abilene Toxas.
L. A. GR1ZZARD '
Physician and Surgeon.
.Office: Over Bass Bros'. Drag Store.
Dr. F. N. Brown
ESTABLISHED - 1884
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ABILENE TEXA.
Office: .North vSecond Street over-the Abline
Reporter. ' ' "
M. A. SP0ONTS;
Attorney-at-Law
Abilene Taylor County Tex.
Complete abstract . of all lands and town lots
in Taylorcounty including San Antonio and
Austin records.
Office on Fine Street Abilene;
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Abilene Sbaving Parlor
JAKE CAMPBELLPROP.
Shaving Shampooing Haircutting Etc.f
Done in the Best style. Keen Razors
Sharp Scissors Clean Towels; Prompt and
Good Work Always puaranteed.
Ice Water Free at Any and
All Times.
J. S. Taylor Building West ide" Pine St
W? H. TRIPP
Contractor and Builder.
Shop on Cypress Street 'rear
of Montgomery Hall
Abilene
Texas.
Estimates on .work cheerfully furnished on
application.
G. A KIRKLAND
Attorney-at-Law.
Offlcq: Over First National Bank.
D. W. WRISTEtf
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