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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-23

The new Seuator from Harris, Ba-
ker, is after the city fathers OF Hcuss
ton "with sharp stick" Thieves and
money changers are having hard
time OF it. History furnishes but one
paralell--that little muss in the Ten-
pies in our Saviors day.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-23

On the Goth inst. joint resolutions
were passed by the Legislature OF
this State, thanking President Grant
for his refusal to order bayonets to
the protection OF the Davis Govern
ment. We do not know how far this
refusal is referable to his respect for
The rights Of the people. We trust 1t
was the sole>moving cause. However
that may be, we are content that it
was made, and are satisfied to enjoy
the substantial results of the act,
without inquIring into the motives
debating it.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-23
WHITE RonEp PEACE.

We publish, in another place, q
resolution adopted by the House of
Representatives, at Austin, on the
Goth, ordering the removal of the
cannon which frowned down from the
Capitol grounds upon the city OF
Austin. Placed IN position by the
Kadical usurpers to overawe the
people who were likely at any time to
raise in their might and strike blow
at their oppressors. This chimera
haunted the sleep OF the Radical
power during its whole term, and the
"red artillery" was ready to shed red
blood in defense Of atyranuy odious
alike to the people it was intended to
suppress" and to the world.
How significant is the resolution
we are considering. The. government
OF the people, and by the people,
needs no artillery to defend it from
tie people. 1t is throughout in accord
with their wishes, ends, aims and oh.
jects. 1t is responsible alone TO the
people, and strong IN the conscious
ness Of the rectitude Of its inten-
tlons, the Legislature asks no defence
against the men upon whose liberties
1t meditates no wrong. The reverse
of this conclusion was true of the late
Radical State administration. thad
nothing in common with the people
over whom it had been swaying the
sceptre of power foreign to their
wishes and every best interest
and all of its energies bent upon de-
vising schemes of oppression and rob-
berry. Is it any wonder that their
first thought was of brute force to
protect them from the people, upon
whose every dearly priced privilege
they had trampled with ruthless
disregard of every right, as well as
every protest.
1t was graceful act of the
Legislature, to order the removal OF
the cannon, and we trust that meyer
again in the history of Texas, will
be seen the grim engines of war
trained upon the breasts of an un,
armed and innocent people, by any
power emanating from themselves.
The present Government asks no
other protection than the people
themselves, and Indignantly orders
out of sight the Representatives of
military power and military. governs
ment.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-23

The latest dispatches from Austin state
that Reagan and Throckmorton are the
two names ahead, as yet, in the race for
the Senate. We regard the chances Of
Reagan as infinitely better than Throck-
morton, or indeed any other in the race
We, of course, win be content with the
choice, but we will have nothing else to
desire as regards the welfare of Texas in
the national councils, when the able, feaIs
less, consistent Reagan takes his seat
there.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-23

On the Goth of December, Mr.. Glad
stone completed his sixty-fourth year,
having been born ON the twen.y,ninth Of
December, 1909, aud on the thirty first
of the same month Mr.. Disraeli mum.
bered sixty'e,ght } ears. having been born
on the thirty first of December, 1905
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-23

Our latest advices from Austin
state that the Radical State organ,
the Journal, has suspended. When
evil overtakes the root, how can the
branches thrive? He had no hold on
the affections of the peope--hc repre-
sented nothing but the government
OF Davis, aud as aoon as that had run
its course, the sickly enterprise nee
essarily dies. Eeeuat, Jimmy. ID
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-23

Young Pedro c. Armijo, the great
sheep raiser of New Mexico, and the
representative OF one OF the wealthiest
and most influential of the old Span
ish families of that territory, COM
mitted suicide two weeks ago, after a
quarrel with young Spanish lady he
was soon to marry. He was about
twenty-six years of age, intelligent,
modest and well educated. .
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-23

GOOD Heavens, we are gone up! The
Jefferson Magnet has said it. Poor, poor,
Reagan! Forty rocky mountains on his
breast and he would be but lightly hid,
compared with the weight of the Magnet
Why, there is positively more genuine
manhood under the little toe nail of Rca--
gan, than there is in the whole corpus of
the Magnet and his long list of candi.
dates. And he'll be Senator too, dye
nindthat, now.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-23

The State Gazette is out in a long
article for the State Printing.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-23

MIR. Henderson Howard, OF Lincoln
county, N. c., is seventy-two years
old; has been married fifty years; has
one hundred grandchildren; has lived
on farm all this time, and has never
had TO buy bushel of corn or a
pound of bacon since he went to house
keeping. He is an old fashioned
Democrat, and owes no man nickel.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-23
Are prepared TO do everything alpcr'an'ug To arr,
class LIVERY, FEED, aud ALE

cluht iIN hh1, FEED, ahd " LIZ
Stable buslnes-.
VIII furnish Carriages at tho shortest notice 70
fuuelals parties, balls, sc.
Buggirs and saddle horses to hire. IIurrts boarded
on the mosi reasonable tcrms In the care nf The
most attentive groon- the pIost comfortable rialir
&C., &c fHsscs and baggage wagap3 IN aticudaI,..
on the arrival AMI departure OF trLad uihiH Gtily
The proprictOrs having large experience IN III
livery business well a. the raising uf LpTsc stnt
are prepared to treat slrk horses IN the most s,rnt
tic manner,
The stable building is made ni brick, two siorie
high, aud the aren of the stable room cOmprire,
40 by 100 feet.
IE-CUSrOM SOLICITED. a.I
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-23

The Legislature OF the state of New
York has pm iis foot on the "Certifed
Check business in n very effective way.
IL makes the issuance of these checks Il
misdcmeanor in all cases where the
amount in gold is not actually in sight for
their redemption, 1t is thought this step
will effectually restrain the speculations
in gold, out of which has grown so much
evil to commerce of late years.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-23

The Church Union styles "hotter and
hotter the fact that the Presbyterian
Church of Baltimore has had for its pas
tors, in the order named the Rev. Messrs
Burnis', Bellows, Sparks, Blazop and
Barnop
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-05-21

to,ZoS "a
MarcR i It' ISIS. Cubic yts.
ArcR-cuIvert No. z IA
Pavement at arch-culvert
Retaining aSi wall, arch-oulvsrt NV
Retaining aSi wall, arch-culvsrt i.'''
Pi Pe; No. /, -
Pipe-culvert No. 8, IS
Pipe-culvert No. 4, se.3
Pipe-culyert No. 3, 2s.s
ma u, e4,asl 40
Nine thousand nine hundred bricks, at
One hundred and seventeen feet ls-iueh
For Is cents per loot or 90 cents per yard ls2 20
One thousand and siIty-hve cubic yards
gravel should not be creditedto him as
hard-surface excavation, because II was
taken from surface OF road where Ill:
ing was required, but might be allowed
q price equal to the worth OF gravel in
GraTeinE S,lsr square yards at IA cents, Us -
Masonry LOSS cubic yards, at 10 cents, ~ %
Sewer-pipe, furnished and laid, tl,e2, l26 80
Cutters on east side Of road, 707 cubic
yards st % cents, EOS 60
Allowed July !, 1917, $5,sIl 81
September l3-Masonry, at 81 per cubic
yard, l52 cubic yards $l.oot 90
Brick, 81 per NJ = ls2 90
-----. l,lee @
-
October 6.-Masonry; 42s.ss cubic yards e s9s eS
ofeA' WV AZ oO
ss2ls 90
-
December o.-Mssonry, 62l cubic yards,
atG -&,S5 90
Sewer.pipe. ls-nch, tl.52- III 81
BricSs, Z. sO0. 40 per II al SO
asst, "A
A.-Bladensburg road
Cut No. i. ,,
1919 ruosS S1'4'4'ion sTfS 'uO1' 'HfuS'
Vapde1burg's S'si3
Clay at 90 cents, haul ss.5o=S96 s2,osl 70
Cemst.rv HILL
Total excavation 4sss cubic wards
Crowley 2,7so
Nandenburg l,5se
Haul l,2oo yards eeSaoe:S cents, $5gs %
Ont i5c. no maui 81 60
Al. os7 10
Cuts 8 and L-Excavation 2es7 cubic
yards, haul 900, 1913 yards clay, alto
cents=Soi YARDS SAND 81 20 cents LIVo d
Oc cioS a, AZ csrts CrnEIav %, I ssrs
danburp. $500: haul $o2 yards. $50
feet, at 63S-l, 500 yards, $50 at 625 2.a9s q
Cut e-Excsvation J, ei7, clay haul 500
%; Cro"leE' o4s' Nanoenourg, %Iso 4."I.oo
by Mr. Wilson: @. Is that all you havei A.
That is all have written out.
By Mr.. Stanton: Q. Ishould like TO INQUIRE
at whose request this statement was prepared?
A. have been working on this ever since the
first day the board was created. had some
of 1t when was up here the last time; pretty
nearly all of it was In q rough state.
O. At whose request was It put into fits
prC sent shape? A. determined to do II my
self / had no idea Of coming before the com
mittee when started with this thing.
Mr.. Christy. He had the memoranda at
home, and the committee requested that he
should produce them. They did 90 long since.
The Chairman. presume, Mr.. Msttingly,
that you desire to wait until the statement
presented by the witness is printed, before you
proceed with your Characterization.
Governor Shepherd. We should like to have
oil of Mr.. Rives' statement before we are called
upon 10 answer or reply to what is stated. III
we find there are errors we will cheerfully ac-
knowledge them; otherwise we want TO answer
them.
The Chairman Do you propose, Mr.. Riyes,
to bring in anything furtheri
The Witness do not propose TO write out
any more, but have good many here In a
rough state.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-05-21
rt2ggUTI

the United States Governmez3 the area Of the
avenue and streets and parks Is charged 10 the
United States Government they owning then
in fee-simple- .r-.
Mr.. Tharsaan. Are an Of the old sewers,
built before the present District government
went into existence, In this paper. 80
Governor Shepherd No, sir; they are al
ready paid for, and the property owners IN
these various sections got the beneht In the re-
daced tax, as you will see by reference to my
Testimony. gave the value in each district,
50 tAat the private property owner gets the
benefit of the expenditure already made. 1t
doesn't go into the bill against the United
States. ..
Mr., Thurman. Go on with your testimony.
The Witness. am willing to let my expla-
nation of that go to the committee. In refer
ence to the Bladensburg road, took away the
paper marked A, but have returned IT ana
copied It. 1t Is an exact copy Of the one read
in my testimony, but It did not 60 into the tes-
timony would like for it to go in. think
II n important.
The Chairman. Let It be incorporated INTO
the testimony. .--s
The Witness. It is as follows:
Cubic yds.
Excavating arch ], east
side, 40 I6xG %
Excavating arch, right
wall, 30 X4xS 35.S
Excayating arch 2, east
side, 20 x7x4 IA
Excavating arch 2, west
side, 40 Ibx4 29o
Ret. wall, 90 x4xlo ln
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-05-21

THE following is the diagram exhibited by
Senator Stewart:
| went to the record offce and louho tne
following: sH
Cat !, excavation ssl, haul lie feet
claw at II cents 4H OIL
cat q excavation SIS yards,
clay haul, !, IT'S cents 500 80
CsSt 0, excavation, $50 yards,
sanu' i'iOO 7ae rs
1l,Os2 50
Cut 10, excavation, 4lo yards clay, haul
900 feet. at "a cents go q
Cut IL. excavation, 400 yards clay, maui -
800 feet, at s. cents ' VI
Excavation 277 yards clay, ct
Ola 90 cents haul
Cut "a Haul 200 yards, $50 teet; "
yards 200 feet ie4 -
DItching, lose yards, at 90 cents
Total excavation, cubic yards l0,7es, 1854 81
Gravel:
spread per square yard spread,
10 ,O64 at S3.79 Asst haul taeo4 =
2, SIS, at t5.IS, S,557 1''ioo oo
s., ss2 spare yards. h'S'S 70
CROWLEY.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-07-18
The RIVER FRONT.
l WALK ALONG THE MHARvF

A WALK ALONG THE WHARVES.
The phrase GAN quiet along the Potomac"
was never more applicable than at the present
time, and to those who have business on the
river front the fact is clearly demonstrated.
Yesterday representative Of TIE NATIONAL
REPUBLICAN, being at the foot of Seventh
street, concluded while in that vicinity TO take
look around, and accordingly walked along
the river shore fromthe arsenal to Georgetown,
and conyersed with the business men along the
route, from whom the following facts were
CLEANED:
During the past month business has been al
most at q stand-still, and since Monday last not
over forty boats have arrived, the cargoes be-
ing pine wood, coal, and about thirteen hun
dred tons Of ice. The wood met with poor sale,
and not ready at that, 1t only realizing 1915
per cord. The coal and ice were consigned to
firms, and Of course were not in the market.
During yesterday eight or ten boats arrived at
the different wharves, laden with wood, mapv
| q which are anchored outside of the Wharyes.
aia,,-S .SI1Hrhasers of the cargoes. At the
tS as Laiss piles Of wood and coal are
stored awaiting sale. Those who nave courrs.ot.
for furnishing the Government have better luck
IMAM others, ana can haul their coal and wood
| to their destinations.
| The merchants are looking forward an xiouslv
for business to spring up, and during the in.
| IeTIh are making repairs 10 their wharyes 80
as to be ready for the busy season, whenever h
arrives. The Richmond, Fredericksburg and
Potomac Steamboat Company have made con.
siderable improvement to their wharyes. IS
also have the Potomac Ferry Company, WHO
have lately built a new slip at their wharf.
To person overlooking the river from the
points above mentioned, ct low tide, the SHIT
is sickening, the fats opposite the channel be-
ing nlLed with green Stun which slnost
speaks volumes Of disease.
The question Of deepening the channel has
become an old story, but yet of so much i'm
portance TO the citizens of the District al Colum-
bia they never become tired Of hearing The
question agttated; and now that the COMMITS.
sion for the government of The DISTINCT have
gotten fairly under way, good word from
them In this direction would be Of nod effect
As is well known, 50 long as the Channel -
mains in its present condition large vessels VIII
not be able 10 come 10 washington. and AZ ne
same time the merchants WILDE compelIsd 10
sustain serious losses in paying ouf demurraee.
some of whom haYe 70 pay for FIVE and six
days delay, waiting foThigh water, which cost
them about S25 per day A Mr.. Smith, of
Alexandria, has in contemplation the building
OF large saw-mfll at the foot of Ninth street,
which will afford the business men an oppor-
tuRity OF purchasing lumber at much lower
figure than they are now paying, as under this
arrangement there will only be one hauling to
the mill -..-.-- - -
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-07-18
NOISY NIGHT DOGS
THREE AFFLICTED CITIZENS APPLY TO
JUDGE SMELL FOR RELIEF.


THREE AFFLICTED CITIZENS APPLY TO
JUDGE SMELL FOR RELIEF.
Stevens Owens lives on o street, between
Ninth and Tenth. He owns a very large bull
dog. with little back yard in it. Yesterday
Messrs. Blasland, Sullivan and O'Neil, approx
mated neighbors of the aforesaid Owens, ap-
peared before Judge Smell and wanted to Know
if they had any rights which John Owens dog
is bound to respect, A dog in back yard,
about midnight, tied with chain to post, and
with regiment of dogs in the other yards near
by ready and willing to play the accompani-
ment, is sight that has made many man
get up from refreshing sleep. to see. These
three citizens have done this until it has be-
come monotonous. Night after night they
have set in then open windows, because they
couldn't sleep, and listened to the mournful
walls Of Owens snuff-colored pup, in hopes that
they might see him struck by lightning, or re-
moved by some other special providence. All
of the old boots and bottles their premises had
been feed to the breast, and still he howled for
more, and would not be cOmforted because
there were none. They urged Owens TO rusti-
cate the dog. They offered to buy him with
the privilege of killing him on the spot.
They were willing to let the dog remain
where he was, provided Owens would
remove the howl. The howl that's
the pinch, not the dog. A midnight howl
from a deep bass bulldog, taken up and re-
peated by q thousand and one ours, each with
different toned voice and opinion of how it
ought to be done, presents to the ear Of the
restless sleeper sounds which tend to draw
him to the window with a brace of seven
shooters IN his hands, bowie-knife in his
clenched teeth, chest swelling with wrath
and Indignation, and o wife on the back side of
the bed yelling, "For mercy's sake, John, are
you communicating Or are you drunk % His
honor, the Judge, considered carefully all these
little details, and then remarked to Mr.. Owens
that the nuisance must be abated before the
expiration of forty-eight hours, or he must pay
fine of twenty-five dollars and shuttle OF the
canine's mortal coil. As soon as this import
ant decision of the Judges is generally known
there is no doubt bat that five sixths of the
city's population will be seen hOcking to the
Police Court for relief.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-07-18
BOARD OF HEALTH.
SEVERAL SHANTIEs CONDEMNED AS
NUISANCES,


The Board Of Health held regular meeting
at their rooms last evening. In the absence Of
the president, Professor j. NJ. Langston was
called to the chair.
Mr.. Marbury, from the finance committee,
reported bills amounting to S24, which were
approved and ordered paid.
Professor Langston, from the committee on
ordinance, reported adversely on the applica-
ton of Messrs. Buckley & Fitzpatrick, to be
released as bondsmen on the contract Of Peter
Murray & Co. The report was adopted.
Joseph Josephs applied for the position Of
meat and vegetable inspector.
Inspector W. II. Craig was granted leave of
absence for twelve days from August 5.
The following were declared nuisanees and
were ordered to be abated: The frame shan
ties and premises situated on street, between
Tenth and Eleventh streets northwest, the
property Of J. W. Fieheld, having filthy yards,
insufficient priYy accommodations, no water
supply or fire protection, being below grade,
overcrowded, unveHtilated, in bad sanitary
condition generally, and unfit for human hGbi-
tation; the brick house and premises situated
in alley between Vermont avenue and L and
Fourteenth streets northwest, the property Of
Mrs. G. Gwinn, having no drainage, water
supply or fire protection; the two frame houses
and premises Nos. 1924 and 1928 Z street
northwest, the property of Z. Young, having
no drainage, leaky roofs, rendering the walls
damp, filthy and dilapidated privies, no water
supply or fire protection, and being below
grade; the frame houses and premises situated
in alley in square No. ISL, between B and c
and Second and Third streets northeast, the
property of Mrs. Rose Herman, having no
drainage, filthy yards and priyies, no fire pro-
lection, and being Overcrowded.
The frame building and premises situated on
the southeast corner Of Sixteenth and NJ
streets northwest, the property Of the Nc
Donald estate, having no drainage, leaky roof,
rendering the walls damp and the rooms un-
healthy, filthy priVy, no fire protection, and
stagnant water underneath the floors.
Several complaints Of citizens were received
and referred to the health officer.
The bill Of Mr.. Forsyth, for surveying GER
tain lots, was referred to the health officer for
examination.
A communication was received from the
District Commissioners, declining to make an
exceptional case of the application of Peter
Murray & Co., in depositing S25 for the protec-
| ton OF streets opened by them.
Also, from the same source, in regard to the
| garbage service.
Also another, declining to loan furniture be.
longing to the District for the use Of the bureau
| Of vital statistics.
The board then adjourned.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-07-18
OUR ANNAPOLIS LETTER.


NEWsA .SDGossIP-ITEMs oFNTEREsT.
tspeci a Correspondence National Republican,
ANNAPOLIS, July II, 1874.
d y6ring the quarter ending March 81, 1874,
a. 6eTaging the mail as letter postage, 1850 let
tiers were received daily at the Annapolis post
office, and 2,Oz5 were dispatched from the
same daily. During the quarter ending June
80, 1874, counting by the above postage and
average, $50 letters were received daily at this
office, and ATS we're dispatched from the same.
The heavy mailof the first quarter is owing to
the session Of the Legislature during that Pc
Rod, and the light business Of the last is due,
| in measure, to the absence of the officers,
professors and students of the Naval Academy
on vacation. The average issue of money-or-
ders in this Office for the last quarter amount
| ed to 1925 week amount paid out, SI25 per
week. The following is the force in the office :
W. o. Bigelow, postmaster; Grafton Munroe,
assistant postmaster and money-order clerk /;
D. s. Capron, register clerk Chas. A. Prindle,
mailing clerk. The Office does the most busi-
ness Of any in the State outside the city Of Bal
timore.
| Rear Admiral Worden left here on Wednes-
day with his family, to spend his vacation at
Quaker Rill, Duchess county, N. Y, which
place he claims as his home. Rear Admiral
| Rodgers did not take command Of the Academy
| on LQaL Qay, as MAJ Dt6H puOLshSN1 DutI .
stated in this correspondence before, he Will
not probably assume the superintendent OF
the institution until some time in September.
All official papers are referred TO Admiral
WorleD, in Duchess county.
The schooner Merchant, Captain VIM. I.
Moore, from Philadelphia, arrived here yes
terday, with 9S tons Of white ash coal, con-
signed to Solomon Phillips, esq. The three
mRsted schooner Virginia z us-iey, captain
| Georae w LLS0r1, nom Havre-de-Grace, ar
| rived here yesterday, with 195 tons Of anthra-
cite coal, consigned to Jos. s. NJ. Basil, esq.
/ The sloop Mamie Merryman, Captain Lemuel
| being overhauled here, preparatory to COM
mencing the.fall campaign against the viola
tors of the Maryland oyster law.
The Rev. J. W. Hedges, of this place, has
succeeded in securing a very neat pulpit made
and donated here for the Monterey Methodist
Episcopal church, of Highland county, Vir-
| ginis. This church was used by both armies
| as a hospital in the late war, and was left, at
its close with roof and walls only. Congrega-
lions belonging to the two leading bodies of
Methodism worship on alternate Sundays in
this church. The Adams Express Company
shipped the pulpit on to Staunton free.
Only ninety-two CANNES in the city Of Annap-
oils are thought 90 far to be worthy Of the 81
tax imposed by the corporation, which will
save them from the reyOlVers of the Annapolis
police.
About sixty persons, carrying ten tents, have
signified their intention of going from this place
to Washington grove camP-meeting. Last
year there were six tents from here to that
camp. - ~ ~ -sSt'
The name OF Hon. John Lee Carroll Is men,
toned as 4 Democratic candidate for Governor
of this State next wear.