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TOSOX CARLISLE, Gen'l Insurance Apnis, BRENHAM, TEXAS, jgr" 00 ce over S'ero Kolvrcs store. KILL0U6H Successors to Killough Rivers. NU Live Stock Doalers, Sandy St. bet. AntandSt.Charlos.

Iireiiham. Texan. gy Branch marl.et Quitman street, opposite First National Bank. Ant Traps. Thompson' I'aleot Ant Traps the a'm- plest, EUrCSl nu cneapesi, vvn Satisfaction Guaranteed.

JLtare method of cxtcrminatinc; those pestiferous insects. For further yuirticulars apply to SAM SCHLEHXE2, r. l4aiUCn urciimuji. lw iCHER WEIS. BUTOHEKS AND fefilEflS LIVE STOCK Comer of St.

Charles and Quitman Brenham. TMM, to. The hiehest market pneo paid to cash ir BKKF CATTLE. HOOS ana blUSJu: Lehmann's Saloon, Corner of St. Charles and Sanay Street.

ilrDhtm, Texas. My bar always supplied with the celebrated OLD BOSEBCD WI1ISKY. i-. h. fnll nirtrt of California.

Kruc Chain, ague. The finest braudf-ofclcarslP'heHrT WW ANN Proprietor. CasinoSaloon A. A. WOEHLEB, Proprietor.

Cornsr Ant aal Qnltman SU Brenham Bmw InsBKiAa.Mansar:inMbTlliebanjl( lmponnt anl donwtlo sanjasj of all klndsj canned rwli In emlIe- Uommxrn, t'Um. Grin and lom le SkIm chef Mi imported Muennter, IJmunrger anil nrici cm; WMtlaii Mm, Netinaujren bun; anchotlea and II illand ne rrlnj, imported unokeU lainlinrser eel, brae pound- Iiracn at all hours. Ooods dellerI free to The Onest xlnej. liquors and rtarc In Ibe dry. Fresh laier beer alwaTs on Ian LONE STAR SALOON.

HOKTHSTBEET, fin rear of Opera House) BRENHAM TEXAS. The bar is always lupplied with lie Inert and purest beer, wines liquors, and feirs. Tho lunch counter is supplied ith ah delicacies, foreign and domestic, th can tx 3iad in tho market. MEYER SCIIROEnEB, Proprietor. rohaefi BxohangB SALOON.

H. JIUBl'Iir, Proprietor. Oil Straislit WMsiy a Specialty. BILLIAKD AKD TOOL TABLES. Tho bar is alvnys supp'ied with tho best Xiquors.

Winns and cigars, fresh Eeeralnajsontap. Restaurant ani Oyster Salcon Attachefl. Bast Sido of Tublle Square, Brenham, Texas TRISTKAM. duxxb nr and TOILET ASTICLES, (South ido of public iqaare,) BRENHAM TEXAS A roll supply of all tbe populsr paten Toilet articles and fine pcrnimeiva in end- lev variety. Pursi-ians prescriptions carerallj ana accurately compounded at all hours, day or md.

UaSdtt Fall of 1886. Dont pnes us. You mil find bargains in all lines of (roods. Wo keep the best, and at hard pan prices. STAPLES, DltESS GOODS, NOTIONS.

ilEN AND B0a CLOTHING. iADiESASD ssEsVRArs. THE BEST 75c HIRT YOU EVER SAW. Groceries sold dose, and delivered to any part of the city. HARRISON STUCKERT.

apute L0B.1BA im. FOSTER CHSPHAK, Ooe of the landmarks of the drus; bade, now of Orlnnun, lonua, wracs -an hardlx a sinpU cue or thomanvto whom I have sold Ginnf Pioneer Blood Kccewir, but whatliava been satisfied, and I find it is tho best remedy for all Skin Diseases I have -ever sold, and a Fine Florida Tonic "POSTER S. CHAPMAN. "Orlando, Fla." Certain Cure For Catarrh. i jsggit flesl Praincer ani Tonic, PGninn's Pioneer Blood Kenewer WiH BfoodTand Skm Diseases, Rheuma- riA nH Kwt.

A nerfect bpnnc rJIedlcino. If not in jour jnarket, it will be 1 forwarded on receipt of pn-jr. Small bottles. 51; Large, SI 75. Easay on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed Macon Medicine Company, Macon, Ga.

"ij Eflatu msiMSMEia? For sale by CARLETON TEED. AHKSKTBSCS, CZ1XXB Ilf Staple and Panoy Groceries, Tobacco and Citrars, IN'ext door to R. Hoflman, Mam Street, 3HZmLt.il, TEXAS. tgy Highest market pnee paid in cash for all kinds of Coontry Produce. Goods dehv-cred to all parts of the aty fi te of charge.

JAKE NEU, Commission Merchant, and Dealer in GROCERIES, BEER, CIGARS and TOBACCO. Quitman Street, Brenham, Texas. Solicits public patronage. Honest weights t1 rw ABlinfF ii Mi molto. Wason yard hcaibr BEN trust cusioia Mfl Ssy rTOLUME XXI.

mm MM Absolutely Pure. TbltttonrtlerneTi of nnHtr. Ihsnthennllnary llnds.jffd cannot be sold in eflrapHtlonwltbirmoltKude of low testation vrlghr, alnm orri'OM: Ve (powders Sold only In cant Jlnval Baking Powder Co IOC Wall 'reujnnaan udoji iutjrr Knaomitiu riT lurk Unfailing Specific for Liver Disease. CVMBTfltUQi Bitter or bad tate In OUllr IUITIOi mouth; tongue coated whtteorcoTeredvItbabruwnfur. pilnln the back, aldet, or joint often mhtukrii for Itbenmatism; bout ftomach; Iom nf Pltlte; sometimes naunea and watcr-tiruh, or Indirection flntnlency and nrld eructations; oowcls alternately ctth end lax beadaebe loss or inemory.

wit apntnral nenatlonof having Jailed to do ftomot bine trblcb ought to have lefn done debility low spirits; a thick, yrllow np-lirarance of the skin and eyes; a dr roujh; fever; rertlewineM; th urine li ncantyand high colored, and. If allowed to cfaod, deposlu a sediment. SIMMONS IMR REGULATOR (PURELY VEGETABLE) Is generally used in the touth to aroune tbe Torpid Liver to a beat thy action. II acts with xlraordiHsry efficacy on lhs Iiver, Sidneys, and Bowels. AN OTICTOM.

IPtOFIC FOR SZalarla, Bowel Complaint Dyspepsia. Sick Headache, Constipation, Biliousness, Kidney Affections, Janndlee, Mental Depression, Colle Eodoned by the use of 7 SllllJons of Bottles, as THE BEST FAMILY MEDICINE for Children, for Adults, and for the Aged, ONLY GENUINE has our Stamp in red on front of Wrapper A H. Zet'fin Philadelphia, sot rxorxisToas Price, 81.00. HUMPHREYS' HOMEOPATHIC VSnanTAEY SPECIFICS For Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Dogs, Hogs, Poultry, TJSED EV TJ. S.

GOYJTT. Cfcmri EaUm, ul BaoL Srat Tm. ctbeb Ferers, Concesilona. IntTninmatlon. A.

bplnal Meulnsltbt, MUtt 1 evrr. II. II Strain, Lamene, It henmaalam. Itlitcmper. raifl Ulieliari.s.

P. Hois or Grubs, ornt. K. Cointh. llrares.Pnenmonta or (rlpo.

Ecliinrhe, Mlcarrlatr, 1 1. 1 1. t'rlnaryand Kinney I)icass, I. hrnpllTODiswnsfn Mance U. lllscaecs of Digestion.

.75 Stable CMse.mtb Marntl, (30) ree with Witch lUxel Oil sad Uod.CAtor, gS.OO Sent Free on Receipt of Price, Humphreys' Med. Co 109 Fulton SL, N. EUKPEBHTS' HOKEOPATIHO SPECIFIC Ko.i In dm SO reari Th rmlr raccowfiil mmndT for rienrous ueuiMy, vital weaKness, Zl per TteL or 5 ria and Ur Tial powder, for as Sold nTDKroaisTs. or on receipt of 1 nltM Ek, A. t.

For SlbyN.A-1VIUlms Brenham A. HARRISON -lAnctioneer i G-iisral Commission MERCHANT. East Side of Public SjJire, BREXUAJI Consigmnonto Solicited F. LANGE, Manufacturer of jtoorcfc, uuTTnnixG, TIN RonnEBtci Iron Cornice fort, Cooking and Healing Stoics OF ALL KINDS. Quitman Strcot.

Brenham. Toxa. City Lots for Sals! nflW fur sale peTi-n i ph ce resi dent lo'. a rti'in of the liniirts Uiler bomcitttid. at mifitiin'il pnif-i anu on stus- factrrrtcnnstoiarli nppinm is.

Apply to .10 BORERS LAND FO SALE. Tlip nndpr. irned orers for i lie lltU fullow rowing described tracts of land and town lots: 90 acres south sido of II. i. T.

C. It and north of L. Lehmann's. Section house oil tract in three tracts or ore. 66 acres, Jajiwa Sfhncr league, thro miles west of Brenham.

50 acres James Scbiw leagua, Car miles south wet of lirennam, weK oi iqe ln. trartunA ttnitth of the Petty dace 168 2-3 "acres In lyco county out of J. F. Innrtin Ipflp-ueonsau's crceK. 08 acres James Goochu uagie, eight miles north of liurton.

souiusme et uurns creek part or; tho N. Atkinson place. Lot on Main street Brtnham, 85x90 feet enrt of Mrs. Lot on Church street Brenham, 80x100 feet, turfirnffn 'Mrs. Xo-rfi1 residincc and AYood Low's brick building half interest owned Dy airs.

jupDctop. Lot No 2, 25, Wilkins' addmon to Brenham. Also oter desirable tracts and lot. For particulars apply to J.T. BWEARINOISN GARRETT, Bkenhah Thus.

FOft SALE. A number of flr-t-class milch cows an work oifm. P. U.BAKNUILL, Urenham.Ter. WLLLIA1M ZEISS, OITT BAKER, AND CONFECTIONER, Dealer In Staple and Fancy Groceries Fresh Cakes and Ties on hand at all times.

Main btrect, Bkekiixu. Tzxas Vienna Bakery -AND- CONFECTIONERY! Frank Tux, Proprietor, Is prepared to bake cakes and furnish con- feclionenes 'or parties halls and 'rend ijl Cnkcs always on hind. pXmBE BRENHAM BRENHAM, ltc gfrcultam gmwci'. Published Dally and Weekly. RANKING LEVIS', Publishers Proprietors' Orrxcx.

Asbetk Buildinc, Market Street Rates of Subscription Daily, per annum, in advance, SGOO Wee" ekiy. per annum, in advance. 200f Rates of Transient an 1 Ipal advertisement Inerted VA.A iIaIUb Ihli llHff sertlon, and fifty ceuts jer rquare lor each snl- Bpqueni insenrn Marriage ana uuinmrt no. tlces, exceeding eight lines, halfprirr rillto-rial notices of a i turpi business character, ten cents a Una each Insertion Enteral at the Brsnbam PoFtniTre i ffon Class mall mairer Parties from New Orleans have fcocn in Houston prospecting with a view to building a flour mill. Brenham would bo an admirable location for a flour mill of rcasona bio size.

A syndicate is in process of lor-mation in Xew York for tho pur-poso of building a canal across Florida from the month of St. river, on Iho Atlantic coast, througn tho Okecfcnokec swamp and to tho gnlf ol Mexico. Tho importance of tho proposed cnnnl as a national work was urged by President Grant in two messages to congress. Tdk strike of tho tanners at Sa lem, has resulted dastcr- ously to them. It has been dtclur-ed off by tho Knights of Labor, but a largo number of men havo lost their situations and 'will have to look elsewhere for employment.

It Is said that much distress exists among some of tho strikers who are in deMituto circumstances. It may bo put donr. as a rulo that strikes seldom benefit any one. The Chicago Knights ot L.ibor seem to bo in sympatln- with the prelates Cleburne on Us pros-poor men can not get justice in tbo peets fnr tIl(J and say, it. al- oouris oi.no copniry.

iney "o- claro tho sentenco to be rago upon common justico assault on frcospccch of the pcoplo to peace bio for a discussion ances. his is ju arclnsts havo cl The San ingin favor tho cent. to introdrj have failij good rca'j not bo great I oonven can bl conts, sold i more Tn issued a call for Ko held in Cinciu 1887. Ecprcsc I appoint- cd lo rep as organ-Ihat the izalions. It is Knights of Labor, trades unions, Greenback and Labor party, Farmers alliance, Grangers and Patrons of Husbandry, Antimonopoly Lea gue, Pcoplo's party, Farmers and Laborers co-operation union, Agri cultural wheel, Soldicis orgamza lions and all others which endorse Ihe new party will be reprcscmed The Hunlsvillo Item thinks that tbo Republican party in Walker county, so fnr as county politics aro concerned is dead, bo wo thought in this county two years mrO.

but it proved a mistake. Tho white Radicals reorganized and acrain deeieved the neuroes, but wero defeated. Incendiary speech cs wero made: a good white citizen was murdered In and three negroes have been hanged by a mob for implication in tho murder. Th condi ion of affairs is to bo much regretted, but the blamo for it must rest whoro it properly belongs; upon tho shoulders of tho white Republicans. The Waco Day seems to think that it would have been better for Reagan if ho declined to run for congress and announced Inm-solf as a candidate for senator.

It is very likely that Reagan saw no prospect of being made senator on tbp ppjitical board when ho be- cimo a tandldalp nr re-election. So far there has been po good reason shown why Maxey should bU own successor. Tho Day can seo no differencp between Maxey and Iroland for the senafe It says bas made a faithful, respectable, serviceable United States senator. Ho will do so sgain if elected. Ireland would prove about as valuable as Maxey in tho eonolp, If this bo so there is no occasion for a change.

Tub Galveston Kows of tho 2d 'nst. says that Mr, S. A. Hackwortb, of Brenham, submits a communication in reply to ono PUD-lishcd in tho Noifs from Mr. W.

G. Ford, touching statements made by Hackworth in a former communication, roviewing tho lato political and raco troubles in Washington county, from his standpoint as a focal Republican leader. Tho News says that both sides havo had 'a hearing and that henceforth its columns aro closed to any further discussion of tho matter. The raco troubles culminated Wednesday night in tho hanging of thrco ne groes who wero implicated in the murder of Bolton, and who wero in cited by white Republicans, of Whom i leader. ckworth claims to bo a nn amj i -'HBWan HilHBkV ind dBL SBBBBBBBBBBBHk! ASBBBBBBBBBBBBBJKa 'bllilK.

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President Cieveland ha been confined to his room scrcral laj I by an attack of rheumatism. I The Belton Journal pa tho puli lie roads should be worked at tho oxpenso ol property and not of labor. TnE Examiner and Day, of Waco, are now quarreling. It is impossible for tho Day to pleac its' neighbor. Lake navigation above Detroit is closed.

The straits arc filled) with ico and no more vescl can go north. The Waco Examiner thinks that1 calling a politician a demagogue is equivalent to calling him a hoiso thief or worse. 1. c.nH,l'ul,u,Bl for United Slates senator, Iho Aus tin Call says: It would bo better, even, to keep JIaxey. Senator Harrison cxpressos tho bolicf that IJe.igans interstate com.

mcrce bill will becomo a law at the coming session of congress. The weather in the north is extremely cold at St. Paul on Wed nesday morning tho tcmpcratnro was 10 degrees Tjolow zero. Tiie jury in the case of tho Mil waukee anarchists brought in a verdict ofguilt' against thrco of tho Icadors and acquitted tho re mainder. TnE secretary oltbo interior has allowed Elizabeth Harper of Wiso county, Texas, 8200 damages tor depredations committed by tho Kiowa Indians in 1S72.

The Foit Worth Gazette oon- WBvs reioiccs in tlienrosneritv and pincss of its neighbors i in Charleston who aro worth ids oi thousands of dollars ilicd to tho aid committee kstanco. Tho major llireat- ilish their nnmes. en un- they a high News has at last discovcied that in addition to a fine agricultuial country and scv- oral railroads, it alco requires manufactoring industries to build up large cities. Buck Hunter. a negro, was taken out of jail at Monticollo, Dicw county, by a mob and banged to a limb, lie was chanrcd with assault v.i tli intent to kill two rc-speclablo utizci.s.

The Austin Statesman sajsthat the law of supply and demand will alwajs regiilalo capital and labor, in other woids Mr. l'owdcrly, who proposes to wage a ir on capital, will fail ii. his atti mpt. William L. Nzwtoii, a clerk in tho dead letter office at Washington has been removed.

He had been in the scrvico sinco July 1. 1S56 and had becomo incapacitated from old age to perform clerical dul)-. T. S. Mize, a Chicago bookkeep er, cashier and confidential clerk, has beon robbing his employers.

foi fomteen years. His "short-aso'' is supposed to amount to S100.000. Wjqo OPrl wpmen wreck C(J him. TllB snjtchmen on the Louis ville, New Orlpins and Chicago railioad strnck at Now Albany on Wednesday lor an advanco of 50 cents a day. They got it and aie entitled to score one for a success ful strike Indications are favorable for a gdicial strike among tbo coal Illin ois in tbo Mahoning valley in Ohio.

They demanded an advancOj but tho operators refused to accede it claiming they could not afford to, pay flip pripo and ccep tbp mipes in operation. fc Speaker Carlisle, who has just arrived in Washington, ridicules the idea that fflutesj jn to his seat will develop anything but a desire on the part of bis enemies to embarrass him in the next house. He thinks tho real object is to force him out of the line for tho speakership. 'Jhji lopa assemblies of glass blowers in Uiptotrns contiguous Philadelphia held meetings and de- cldod POt to ttrlU.o. as ordered by tho executivo board of District Assembly No.

149, Knights of La lmr. would surrender thclr charter rather than "0 EO. Tho ihiiif i'ts nl RIT llcpmhlififi i tyrn e. it in. adverse criticism on Dixon Wil- hams, the so-called ovangelist, it now gives him tho benefit of a fa- vorablo notico from one of his con- verts, no other than tho distm- guishcd Nat Q.

Henderson: Ho is one of the most talented and eloquent of vounc ministers, and hundreds have oagerly listen lu uv ,,3 labored earnestly and incessintiv rnr mmnmnii nf 1 rr. i efforts havo been crowned with great success. EEKLY BANNER. Sfntor John Suermav is in f.xor oi repealing tho duty on IIo eays tho protective I tiriff Ims not increased tbo produc- wnt tn ro- duco tho cost of it to tho consumer. Accordij.0 to tho babrango fine(, (m.

RoIlnj, on Sunil-iy it clear from tho dross of melan-Journal lirothcr Nat. Q. Ilcnder-i liholy; stop it down with tho cork son was convened some jrr hyilnjoi Ponn, but tho coin crsion1 Lined to noid waier aau wu uas been reconverted by cvnogclisl Dixon Tho Journal hopes that this conversion will stick. The Houston Post savs that one ol the fjirsat Dallas advertised I itentiary since August ISth liberally, the other tried to savol Belton wants more railroads, expense's by advertising very spar-i especially a connection with the ISt. Ijouis, Arkanois and Texas iniy tno resuii was, iuu uuici- ticd fair ias a grand success, tli other was a irraiid failure.

Moral: pays. TnE Austin Statesman says the question begins to loom up on the what is tho legis I ntnr 4n nw li.int nrill it iiluii; iiiiiul: iv mw, attempt to do, and what oughtit to do' Wait and see, if it does octter than its predecessors let us givo it all tho credit it doscrves, but it is far better not to oxpect loo much in the beginning. According to the Houston Age thorc is nothing at all remarkable about an editor getting religion. That may be all truo enough, every editor is naturally religious, but tlicy seldom raaKo any public display of getting religion a truly modest editor nevor desires any public notice, no is content to let bis work speak for itself. Two Germans named Rosenstock who keep a country storo in Wash ington county, Mississippi, have bad an experience, which as tho Vicksburg Herald relates it, is all they will need of its kind for a lifo time.

Unc of tbem quarrelled with a negro who was too strong for him. lie called his brother, and bctwoon them the negro was killed. I bey wero arrested and taken before a negro justico of tho peace, who, after hearing the evi dence, tound them guilty and sen fenced them to bo hung immediate ly. A crowd oi negroes in attena-anco began to make preparations lor tho execution, whilo a white man who happened to hear of the rococdingsran to tho nearest tclc- station. A dispatch to illo brought Sheriff Hunt mod posso on an engine, imo to save tho necks of frightened Germans.

Tho roes wero disgusted at what they considered tbe defiance of law and defeat of justico, and mado such threats as to cause great un easiness to the white population of tho county. In portions ol Western Mississippi tho negroes aro almost barbarians, having littlo association with wbito people, and in some instances retaining the native African dialects. Iho Kosonstock incident is nn unusual ono, but it is not surprising to those who are familiar with tho locality in which it occurred "tho Black Belt" of Mississippi "It is probable that a great change will soon be mado in tho way of dressing tho hair, rrench hairdressers aro gradually taking the hair off the forehead, which will abolish crimps, curls, sajs tho Now York Times. "As this fashion is dineront from any thing ladies have been accustomed to seeing for some years, it will naturally take a short time for tho style to become general." The Lancet advise great caution as respects tho hot bath. It says the peril of faintness, by the mero determination of blood to tho surface of the body, thus quickly depriving the heart of us usual normal support and stimulus, is very ureal.

In eases of muscular weakness of the hcirt, this dangor must bo imminent, whenever "hot or even the "warm" bath is used. Five brides and as many bridegrooms left Washington on tho same sleeping car a night or two ago, and the conductor swore that hp tJSteij epgar in. thp air. The combination nn" ItUngly however, as nono of tho couples Know that the wero not the only happy couplo on tho oai-. tm If you wint to bo successful in raising chickens and other fowls.

feed them once or twice a week on dough mado up with btronir pepper-tea. A little sulphur will not huitjthcy lovo it, and you will imsn nenrlv I nl hnm. If. is proventivo'fortholora and other diseases. Tho Baltimoro American wisely says: "Never mind a man who talks aboivt bad times arp assured bo docs all ho can to bring about good times.

The person who loafs around wailing for circumstances to makp him a millipnairc is not the prip.o qf h(s poani Mrs. Langtry says tho hand, somest man she ever saw in Amor ica is named Smith. Mrs. Lang-try ir evalently learning some ol the ways of advertising and has an oyo to pleasing tbe car of 5 largp uouy ti our popmaiipn a very small expense. Chicago jfews.

Jud.p "Wliy dpn't go, tp. work, instead of loafing around TiMtmn iftlK ihirnid i mils hnri. 1 or ts 8m hnv tho lirsulnnt'B m. junction to retrain from 'pernicious "tivity," Lowell Citizen. When a woman gives you her lotc.

don lay it away on ice for Better keep it in tic warmest porncr of your bearp, so if she calls for it at any time you can return it in the condition she gave it to you. Dld cver think what you An ifmn had md tho Duko of Wwstminstm's income?" Village pastor- 'No hut 1 havo often wondered what tho duke would do ho had mine." An underground railway system is being juojcctcil in Philadelphia, STATE NEWS. -The Bcrtcllo comedy eomp-iny "did LnGranijo last week. Whc.it in Mi Tjcnnon county is now looking well for tho season. rtnniimn in it-no cotlon wcrp on nv iiuiiuii-u u-ii Kiui iiiiiui.ij,r i in llt Sili.

Ituill be calico tho lioc.il Krieght Tho Hiiiitillo Item sa 8 there lias been no death in the pen road Chicken thieves bac no con science. At liidclingi wiry cmpncii tho chicken cooji tbe Grange store A watermelon was exhibited for salo at a grocery storo in Wai last week. It seemed to be out of season. A Fair association has been organized at Coisicana and arrinij-ments hac been mado for a lair noxt fall. Fayclto county owns number of scrapers but tho LaGrango Journal is unable to discocr where any grading has been done.

Tho Bclhillo Times says for the past week cotton has been com mg in at the rate ot IUU lies a day Rcciepls so tar tiavo Decn bales. 5000 Dallas is overrun with burglars and tho citrons talk ororgin-izing a volunteer patrol tn aid the police in catching the burglars and thcives. Copt Frank Hawkins, of Waxahn'-bie, has been county clerk of his, Ellis county, lor thirty nine years. lie is an old man at the business A. T.

Bedell, of llempstcd. has made an assignment. A irrniige sloro has been started in Hemp stead and is said tn be dolnga good business. W. C.

Hill, of the Bellvillc Timos, accompanied by his wife, has gone to Washington, to resume his duties as clerk of the House committco on banking and currency. The Bellvillc Standard is making a livclt war over tho construction of tho now courthouse, which it claims is not being built in ac cordance with tho plans and specifications. An Austin dispatch to the Nows says that Gmernor Ireland is absent, but that neither his private secretary nor tho secretary of stato know anything about the withdrawal ol tho resignation of Jmlgo Gustavo Cook. At camp, 13 miles from Kenedy Junction on tho San Antonio and Aransas Pass railway, aro idu Isomers composed ol Arabs, Pob Irish, Mexicans, Italians. English, Chinisc and Mclican men.

A nice a-sortment of nationalities. The Sin Antonio Light warns tho small boys not to play marbles on the street nr on tbo plaza be- causo they may be mn over by vehicles. but grim death cjn deter the small boj from placing marbles, when and where he pleases. A mob of scventj-fivc men went to tho jail at Wednesday night for the purpose of taking out and hanging W. Roo, charged with poisoning his wile atHuntstillo last spiir.g.

The sheriff and strong guard persuaded tho mob net to 1 neb Koo. United States Marshall in- kin has appointed Shariff Bell, of bastiop county, to bo his first deputy. Mr. Bell who was reelected, has resigned his position as sheriff and tho commissioners couit appointed Mr. Bell's brother to succeed him.

A young man named White, of highly ie-pcctablo connection, was convicted of murder in tho second degree at Victoria and given fivo years in tho cnitcntiary. Whilo drunk in tho tnunofEduu he wilfplly mmileicd on old negro man. Ills fiicnils mado every effort to dear linn. Bellvillo Times: Two swell sportimcn from Brenham were duck bunting on Big Sandy last Saturday. One of them located himsi-ll on tho limb of a ticothat overhung Iho water; tho limb broke bnntci, gnu anil game bag strnck the walpr tpniiliier.

The wa3 Eajc'J. hut the gun aud game bag were abandoned. The Giddings Advoeato pub- lisbcsa letter from Mr. F. Wtje, McDadp, who.

sends a very jtood samplo of brown sugar mado from ribbon cano raised on creek bot tom land. Mr Wade says he has been cultivating ribop canp suc-pcssfiilly foil sigttion yeais and that jtnas, yipldpd as pinch as 12 barrels of molasses to tho aero. Evon at a very low price, say 20 cents a gallon, quito a largo return would bo had from an aero of land. contagious olf theso littlo things pvory onco in a while," said Smith ajter ho had perpetrated an "tJoutagtous. an't it J' remarked it." "Well, I notice jour friends generally off too whpp you begin.

Good morning." San Antonion Express: Tho old alrnldn' nttnndoH fhn nallna fn. and tboy say ho was as chippy and ana hen reuuni. as wucn no waiKCd off with tbo honprs of tho convention thei In 18SQ. This announce: mont will stand for t(io initial lot-tor-word of tho "boom." To harden cast iion, mix one- half pint of oil of vitriol and two ounces of sallpetro in tbe three gal Ions of clean water. Heat the iron i to a cherry red, and dip as usual, I I I Iho diamonds ot tho lato Mrs.

Rtownrl nrn vnlnprl nt S7Sfl flflf) Somo of them wore so largo that. 'she never ventured to wear them, A CURE FOR 10VE Take agrjinofscnseihalfagrain of patience; ono drachmoof undor- stinding; ono ounce ot disdain; a pound ol resolution and a handtul ol ilislikp. Mix them 1n(olhpr Mi tlem llp in tn0 0f j-onr tlf Hfl Cff Wfnlr.lnnr Iinil TR fifmiTl days in tho water of cold af fection. This rightly made is the i.i Von mav obtain it in tho house of understanding, in Content street. going up tho hill ot isclt-donial, county of in tbe state of Peaco and ifthisisnotan olfectual euro tako a small pieco of assaroelida and put it in your pocket, nicely wrapped up, and every timo you think of her put it in your nasal organ and let it remain thcro until you begin to think of old beet or soap lactones.

It rightly carried out according to directions wo guarantco a speedy cure. The Governor of Montana Territory makes an interesting annua report to tho Secretary of tho In tcrior. Tho Governor says that, owing to drouth, agriculturo and natural grassos have almost entirely failed. Tho following is an ox-tract from an account of tho report: On the basis of an cstimato mado last year, counting tho largo natur al incrcaso of last spring and tho largo importation before drought began, our cattlo must now number 1,500,000 head: horses, 100,000 head, and shcop, 2,000,000." The governor estimates the permanent population of tho torritory at UUU, nn incrcaso ot nbout during the year. On tbo subject of transportation, tho governor says: "This question underlies all others in tbo development of Montana.

Railroads aro moro important to us and our interests than any other portion of tho United Slates." The products of tho mines of tho territory for tho last year aro ostimated as follows: Uross value gold, 83,450.000 silver, copper, $8,000,000 lead, $1,250,000: total, 822,300,000. Tho governor discusses tho subject of silver legislation at some length, and says tho necessity for a free coinage of silver with gold is growing daily rnoro evident. "What do women lovo best in mon?" was asked a quizzical an alyst ot human naturo tho other day. "Sir," said she, ''thoy liko torco I liivo mo a man with cour tesy and polish, without force, and ho is liko a linen colnr without starch. Tho leMurc may bo firm.

but it needs stiffening. Women tiro of forceless mon. and would prefer a vigorous, hearty yoeman lo a scentod, nervous dudo ot a drawing-room." "Don't you liko to seo a man dancer I queried. "I would rather seo him d'gging a trench, or howinga tree, or driving a team," said she. "To mc a dancing man, a lion lapping milk oran elephant playing a guitar aro alike.

Men, lions and elephants aro meant to bo strone and masterful. When they fail of their destiny thoy bocomo caricatures'' Tho long rows of bob tailed horses at our llorso Show called forth a vigorous protest from Mr. Henry Bergh. Tho practico of docking tho tails of horses is as senseless as it is cruel. Mr.

Bergh well says: "Thl3 cruol mutilha-tion of tho noblest animal given to mankind by a bonntuul and all-wise Providoncc, whoso wisdom is thus wantonly insulted, is not tho result of necessity, but is a pure and simple freak of thoughtless fashion." Wo join with Mr. Bergh In urging tho managers of tbo National llorso Show to disoonntonanco this practice Tboy can drivo it out of fashion if they wish to do so. Rural Now Yorker. Warm baths will ottcn prevent the most virulent diseases. A person who may bo in fear of having received infection of any kind should tako a warm bath, suffer perspiration to onsue, and then ruo dry.

JDress warmly to guard against taking cold. If tho sys-scm has imbibed any infectious matter, it will bo removed by resorting to this process, if done foe lore top lnteptiQn has had time to spread over the system and, even if somo time has claused, tho drenching porspiration that may bo induoed by hot water will bo very certain to remoTo it. "What have you been doing up in tho Justice's office?" asked a man of a serious looking individual who camo down tho stairs, (tAic you married, ray inendr" interrogated tbe serious-looking individual. "1'es, replied tho other." "Is your mother-in-law living?" "Well, then, you wj fully What I havo been doing. 1 havo been taking an oalh a solemn oalh that if my wife died and I should marry again my second nifo will bo an orphan ifl have tO Wnit till nhn a Iinnrlt.ir1 years "Ya as," said an Indiana citizen.

whoso homo lies in tho fertilo val-loy ol tho "Waybosh," "I happened tcr bo in Charlcslown when the lust yearthquko cqra, did you do when jou felt tho trlmbling?" "I luk thirty grains o' quinine, b'gosh." Tbe sfceep. is the only animal on l(io Jarm that feeds and clothes tbo farmer, and if, perchance, death overtakes it boforo thp fftimer calls tor Us carcass, it upvpr dies in dobt Tho pelt will pay foi tho feed oaton since its last fleoco was laken. The New York Times say that if tho owner of a hundrod-acro farm, worth twenty thousand dollars, were to sell 1 is properly fqrpas.h, ho could not possibly invpst his monpy nearly s6 well as it was on tho farm, for tho interest at fivo per cent, on the capital would n.ot, ucgin 10 provmp flin w-iw a houso, provisions, camforts and luxuries which hoonjoyedon Iho farm, but never took any account of it in his uook-icccping. It is siid that, a Chicago man has nntu en vnA tlint mii.n t. h)s oyes slowly in the morning ho imagines he sees the sun rising.

NTOIBER 47 Thoro is not a living man who would bo ablo to count tho dogs in Mississippi. From tho number wo see hereabouts, we should say that ir: 1..1 uup ut iuiaaisaippi numumucr tho human familv in thn Stutn also the beasts of tho fiold and tho birds of tbo air, tho telegraph poles, milp boards, cross ties, hous- e-s, iiguming-roo agents, cotton bales, captians. colonels etr. nt- Tho fact is, tho dogs own tho country, and tho pcoplo hero aro thoir wiiungsiaves, and aro toiling themselves to death in tho offorttofecd them. Wo raise and buy thousands of busnels of corn and wheat to feed them; wo raise thousands of pounds ot hog meat to food them; we raiso thousands of chicken, and luinujsuiiu uucks ano guineas and geeso, to feed them, and theso chickens and turkeys and dneks and guineas and geese, lay tons of mousanos ol eggs to feed them and raiso a large number ot shcop for tho same purpose.

Tha dogs live on tho fat of tho land. Thoy aro truly tho lords of creation hereabouts. "They toil not, neither do thoy spin," but Solomon in all his glory novor saw dogs, so many many colors, and sizes and aires, and so fnt anil slook and so tenderly cared for. It speaks volumsfortho intellect and wisdom of our legislators that wc havo so many doirs. and thnt this is wholly oxompt from taxation.

If a partial famine shnnM im. i this Stato and tho dogs wero to bo piaceu noccssarily upon "short rations," thore is danger that they might in their mnllilndinona strength repel tho insult by devour ing uiuciiiiro numan population in one singlo night. Thoy could do it. Southern Livo Stock Journal. you know how city folks no fa "No; how?" "Well, they rig np in thoir best.

with long trailin' dresses an' diamond buzzum-pins an' year-rings' an' bracelets rlear to thoir elbows, iiu oituiM iu inoir arcsscs, an they're all finified from head to foot till thoyro a sight to sec. Then they go an' ring door-bells, an tho folks they visit ain't nnrlitn enough to como to tha door thoir- soivcs. Jo, they send a servant to open tho door, -an' you go into the spare room an' sot awhilo an' tho folks finally como in an' then they bow an' scrnpo an' Dut on airs for fivo minutes, an' that's all they is ot it." "An' they don't slay for dinner?" "They don't oven tako off their things." "Well, sich visitin' as that is. now "I say as much. I'd rnthnr sfnv to homo an' sow carpet-rags." Ono day Boaurecard.

wiih inr. al lesser lights, camo upon a sonti-nel who had taken his gun entirely lo pieces and was greasing lock, stock and barrel. The great general looked liko thunder cloud, but noither his flashing uniform nor tho scowl on his face had any effect on the sentinel, who quietly proccedod to rub a pieco of his gun. remarked an officer, thats Beurecard Ihcrih hn's sort of a general All right," said tho unnhnshed sentinel, "if he'll wait 'till I get this gun togothcr I'll mvn him sort of a salute," Citizens of Arizona say that there is no reason why tho Indians now on the San Carlos reservation should not bo disarmed. They are fed, clothed, and sheltered by the government, and their arms are not necessary lo securo fiamo.

They say if thoy must havo firearms let thorn be shotguns or small sporting arms, with which thoy can take Kuiu, ui oannomre at long range if tho should fool disposed to go on tho warpath. Lately a redwood tree was cut on tho south fork of Elk Humboldt county, whioh was sawed into twenty-one cuts, four of which wore sixteon feet long, twelve were twenty feet long, and fivo wero twenty -four feet long making the total length: 424 feet! An accurate tally at tho mill showed that tho twenty-one loos furnished 79,736 pot of lumber. Apple, peach, pear, plum and cherry trees set alona tho boundary lines of farms Interfero very littlo with cultivation and their fruit is produced almost wiihnnt cost after the trees aro established, white at the same time they may servo a useful nurooso as semr.n to mitigate tho force ei drivinir storms, Be suro you pay what yon owe your merchant and pay it early this tall, but don't buy any moro goods on a credit. If you will ro salvo not to buy on a credit, then wo say that in thrco years yon will bo in easy circumstances you will havo money ahead or you will havo somo valuabjo property. j-jicr vnner.

Senor Terry, probably tho rich est man in uuba, who died rocently leaving $30,000,000. began his business life as a peddler, became rich, married a wealthy lady and kept d4uiiij iu ma loriuno. There are about 200,000 men interested In brass bands, either as players or of instruments. Thero are 80,000 brass bands in this country at the present time, and the number is rapidly increasing. Any honorably discharged sol-dieror sailor in tho lato war is en titled to burial in a National Cemetery, and tho Government bears the cost of interment.

"Papa." said a litllo five-year old, pointing to a turkey gobbler strutting around in a neighbor's yard, "ain't thnt old Vpd-nosed chicken got ap awful big bustlo?" Chicago William and Empress Augusta havo decided to confer medals of distinction upon couples oolebrating golden or diamond weddings after an exemplary lifo. Tho throne of which Qneon Victoria sat at the openinz of tho Liverpool Exhibition is offerod for salo at ten times its actual valuo California has carthrtna-ro insn. raneo companies. i OERmIreheI For Pain. Curtf RhtuniatJiai.

Ntendt, pmiuskbi wviw ftsunn PHit e. rirrr ckt I AT DRLtMIITn DlllJia-t toe cniBlxs s.ToGtua an ReoJStai! (. TRAPS Vot MARK. AbxoluMu Trt from Vptatei, X.mttic and I'otton SAFE. iSURE.

PROMPT. BMIL18! nothing wtttwt Fort the crnis of COUCHS, COLDS, DIFFICULT BREATHING AND ALL AFFECTIONS OF THE THROAT, BRONCHIAL TUBES AND LUHCS, LEADING TO CONSUMPTION. SAYE IMPERILED LUNGS. ggM fty druggists generally. MN SuEphurSoap Ike Famois EHa Beauty and BoauUitr.

FOR USE IK THE TOILET AHD BATH. EST TO GIT A EZAinr A33 TSA217 SUS. A lot of people (iafftnta amf adults) ra troubled with lmjpors which develop lato nn-slcbUr blemtdhn on tho sldn. Tho Talne of nUpJtur as a cleansing and porlfjlnff ajrent Is everywhere recognized, and there fi nothinrr that irill equal CLENWS SULPHUR SOAP. as an external application.

TJsed In tho bath and tho toilet resularlj. It Trill won free tho kln from ail Impurities, lithe, firm flesh, and a skin as clear and smooth as sitin. 23 rent cube three cabeg for 73 cents or sect br cia-I on receipt of prica and 5 cents extra tor each cake. Beware of Imitations. Obaerre.

the name, C- X. Crittenton, Sole Prop'r, 1 15 Ftaten Street, Ntrw- York, i printed en ecfc paelcet rontainlna the 9pt ami for rrtle by 2nyyUt9 everjfirherc 25CJ- JafiK Ally.lS 2f PIKE'S TOOTHACHE DROPS- CTmZ Cf CHE 2UNUT.Z. Hill's WiiiskerDyeg (nrsTAXTirxsTC) iu i. uaqr eUfc GERM COM WNmSftSSZ Ions. Beware of the many poor Imitations.

Ash for German Corn Remover wl talce no other. It has no eqnal Tbe best and rarest Ewnedy for Caro of all diseases caused by aay derangement tae LiYfTf Kidneys, Stomach and Bowels. Pyipepsia, Sick Headache, Constipation, Billow Complain ts and Malxrlaof all kinds yield readily to the beneficent Influence of It la pleasant to the taste, tones np the system, restores and preserrea health. It Is purely Vegetable, and cannot faQ to proTe beneficial, both Xo old and yoBsg. As a Blood Purifier It Is superior to all others.

Sold everywhere at C1.00 a bottle. tltn iiom wilt ti out sain. BoLtt of nm Sailco; xm FltEIC SiAtUnla. tin, OOicn street. TRASH'S T-THTrilE SHORE CHEAPEST I Ask Tour crocerTartnem.

TRASH'S" ARE THE ORICIHAL ana UNIT GENUINE! Tako no other BranoV TBiSS. TOSH CO- ST. lOOTg. KO. SMITHS -VURE Biliousness sick Keadaeha In Foar tours.

Vg) One doss ralletes Noorslgla. Ther cure and prevent Chills Fever. Soar Stomach Bad Breath. Clearths Skln.Tonatha Nerves. and aire) Ulo Yljor to the system.

Dose i ONE BKAN. them eneeand von will riVBr be without them. Fries, 25 cents per bottle. Sold by Druggists aad Medicine Dealers generally. Serf on receipt ol price la (tamps, postpaid.

(a any address, j.r.sraru&co., and Solo ST. LOWS. UO. TO ADVERTISERS. Tor a check (be.

Stf will print a ten-Has r.dYrt.Bement in One Million tones of lrndfne American newspapers I life iat toe rate of only iwivpniirntrn. wiit placet DeroreUne MlUIoM Swi it-it iiue win acconunoiiate abnil iiPi ii lys Et? CBEA7ZST EATING OH EABXH. BEANS Kvm. co.

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