The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-11-06
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

Uf.hlONS Of THE PRESS,
To fpiNrrus ANp NrNsrArtH Miss
MIR q ". Loughery, long known rs
promlnontand reliable new -paper pub
Usher in this state, puts up his two offices
that Of the Republican IN Marshall,
and that Of the 'rimes in Jefferson in a
lottery scheme, tho drawer Of the FORTH.
nate ticket 10 select which OF tho Offices
he will take Attention 20 both IS Eore
than Mr. l0ughory can give. and be
has selected this method Of disp0sinp OF
one OF the other The holder of the
fortunate ticket get. large valuable
house a splendid paying printing office.
the property ia n very fine and prosper
Gus portion OF the State, with m ample
stoos oi meterinl L. last six months and
perfect tile, for the sum Of five dollars
The trade Of tho section ia contested
far by New Orleans, New York It
lQgis, Chicago, Louisville, Cincinnati
Baltimore. and other cities from which
a large advertising patronage may 30
obtained Each paper has now a val
liable advertising patronage and u good
subscription list They are among the
largest and best printed papers in tho
~tsle
The drawing is advertised To take
place on the 2uth uf November but II
a sufficient number ol tickets are sold
before that tine. the drawing will take
place Immediately on tho completion of
Ito list
The only object Mr. Loughcry has IN
view in the adoption OF this plan is &. ~
he may sell for cash Tho drawing
will certainly take place and We can
,ourh that everything connected with
IL Will De managed 10 % lusincss.liko
and reliable manner We can also give
assurance that the property offered Tor
sale is very valuable Either Of the
papers will bo good paying Investment
10 any man who manages DO with indus
try aud common SENSE To any one
who wishes IA indulge IA % speculation,
or to 90 into the printing business On II
secure hasis, there is certainly q very
attractive opportunity
The Jefferson Times was suspended
ms n daily, temporarily, in consequence
of hard times, but will be resumed ia n
few weeks aud placed On a permanent
basis The Weekly has been kept up
in elegant style, and without any loss OF
it's large dimensions, ever since it was
first started
The lottery tickets are to number
Eve thousand, at 81 each, the money to
be sent ~ pustoihce drafts upon New
Orleans, or some other city, where prac-
tieable Tickets viii be sent immo
din,cly on receipt Of drafts or mcney
The books of the Texas Republican
dow that, in 1866, it derived clear
income of $4,000, and but for the dis
~ Sous tailufc Of the crops last year,
cash office would have done ~ well, "
better Next year each Office ought to
return still larger income
Both papers are leading Democratic
Conservative organs. GaieestoH Naca
&" A NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHMENT ron
FIVE DolLARs Tho Marshall Rcpuhli
cnn and Jefferson Times are two Of the
Leading journals Of Northeastern Texas,
yet there Is = chance offered now Of W..
curing,ei,hcr establishment for - They
ARE both The property OF the veteran
Loughcry, who finding their Joint care
too much for him, proposes to put them
up at lottery, allowing tho winner Of
si,c prize ticket 10 take his choic" Of
either Besides the name aud good will
of tic Journal, the winner viii he On
titled also TO the building in ~a'sh it Is
published, stock Of Raner, job and
newspaper presses, large aud complete
set OF type, and all the other furniture
appertaining To newspaper and job
ufhcer. The chances number 1000, at
s. the drawing TO take place u, Mar
shall, Nov Goth, managed by leading
citizens Although in our opiniaD Mr
Loughery needs no indorsogcnt ns to
the honorable character Il his proposal
yet large number OF most respectable
citizens in Jefferson aud Marshall aud
some Of our eity firms are named a- ref
erenccs N q Pieayqnc
"a NoynL ScnGNn II " Loughory
E.! proprietor Of the Texas kepubli-
can, published at Marshall, and the
Jefferson Times, Published at Jefferson,
Texas, wishing to dispose OF one Of his
papers, proposes TO put both Of them up
at lottery tho winner tp take his choice
Both " the papers are well established,
aud tho material with which they are
printed the best in the country Both
oilioes have power presses, job presses
and large aud well selected job Offices
The buildings in which these papers are
Published are large and well ventilated
aud centrally situated in She places Of
publication There is 30 better news
paper stock in the country The Offices
are respectively valued at s2j 900
Tickets Is each, in grccnbacks Ad'
Isess Il " iouehery, Marshall, Texas
Drawing Ia take place on the 10Th Of
November Shferepf South lpcsier,.
The South. W cstern is published a,
Shreveport, La, forty miles dIstant
from Marshall aud connected by
na,lsosa The rsoprietors and cdi
tors are fully acquainted with the