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Pratt's Scgars and Tobacco cant be beat
Full line Of House Furnishing Goods, at
FAIRIES 4 Co.. 5, Glass Front.
Ladies. if you want good pair Of shoes,
60 TO 5. J. Tolsons.
Go and see the beautiful Stoves, at FAIRIES
Il Co.'S, Glass Front.
1900 yards Of Calicocs, from 10 cents
per yard, at $. J. Tolsons.
Cavcndcrs Banannas or Lemons can't be
beat, either in price or quality. Try them.
Oil Cloth. largest stock in town. AT FAIRIES
Is Co.'S, Glass Front.
Beachcd and Brown Muslins, nj S, and
10 cents per yard, at $. J. Tolson's.
Lamps in great variety, At FAIRIES & COS,
Glass Front.
Go to Jos. h. Caycnder's for your cigars
and tobacco.
5. ]. Tolson has Just received nice line
of White Goods, as we'll as Linens, Gra-s
| Cloths, &c, which he is Offering very low.
Please call and examine.
Fresh from our Factory fine lot OF
Ladies Lasting FoXed Button Caters, $500
! $22j and 500 Sold at less than whole
sale rates to reduce stock. Ladies' Custom
Shoes to order, nearly as cheap as ordinary
Eastern Shoes. No trouble to show goods
johnson Brothers.
NOTICE TO TRESPASsERs is a good thing
but Fever and Aguc, Bilious Fever, or In
termittcnt Fever cannot hCyparS on YOU
health if YOU will use the William Penn
Infalliblc Fever and Aguc Cure. Get il c
J. Wesley Dcnncy.
Mems Calf Low Cuts very cheap. OF
own make. We have a large force
workmen on Custom Work, and we sha
make this u leading specially in Middle
town and Smyrna. We are making fin
durable Hand Made Custom Shoes chcapt
than fair store goods in any market. join
: son Bros.
+ THINK FOR YoURsELF-Thousands lac
e miserable lives, suffering from dyspepsia
. dsordered stomach and liver. prOduciI
: biliousness, heartburn, costivcncss. wcal
=, ness, irregular appetite, low spirits. raisir
food after eating, and often ending in fat
d attacks of fever. They know they are sic
n yet get little sympathy. The unfailii
u remedy, which yearly restoring thousand
is DaCosta's Radical Cure, sold by j. Wcsl
Dcnney, Druggist, Smyrna. A 25 ct. bott
y will convince you of its merits. Don't del
h, another hour after reading this, but so al
n get a bottle, and your relief is as certain
" you live. viii you do it, or will you &C
10 tinue to suffer? Think for yourself!
Professor Parker's Pleasant Worm Syr
- is perfectly safe and extremely palatab
~ No physc required. Costs % cts, Try
Smyrna times., 1876-08-30
n Mc Smyrna TnCs
That Horse TrOt.

EDITOR OF SMYRNA TMES:-In looking
over the columns Of the Sentinel ! find an
article ever the name of Mr.. Nathan Cook,
charging me with not being willing to
trot my horse against his luare on a certain
Saturday, (thc 10Th inst, on Point Breeze
track. Such | say is untrue. had con
tcmplatcd being on the track on the day
named, but was preTented by the inclcm-
ency Of the weathcr-it being q rainy day
which prevented me from going; and he
ought to know that clouds do not extend
over every portion Of the universe at the
same time, hence we have rains in some
portions and not in others have never,
as he has charged me, said anything about
being the owner Of the fastest horse Of the
county. On the contrary, Mr.. Cook and
his friends have repeatedly bOastcd OF being
tho possessors Of the fastest mare Of the
county, and advertised to that effect, but
failed to substantiatc it in recent trial Of
speed on said track. | named the condi-
tions personally to Mr.. Cook under which
| would trOt, and am willing to abide by
| them at any time, namely: That will trot
, in to road wagons lor the suit Of harness
| ($l00). This will be sufficient to prove
what Mr.. Cook has published not only to
be false, but basely false. There never has
appeared in public print an article where !
claimed the laurels for my horse, "Gold
! Dust" If the famous Cook mare is entitled
to all She claims, | do now contend, aftci
three spirited trials ofspeed, to Gold Dust
Justly and honestly belongs the laurcls
Had tho Sentinel published the original
communication ccrbGt,m it would have
spared this unnecessary corrc~rondcnco
Now | hope thi, will bring his ba!dcrla,l
to a close. Respectfully yours.
JoHN +. GoIpsBoEoUGU,
Icinsic. Dclawarc.
Smyrna times., 1876-08-30

No REPUBLICAN TICKET FOR SUSsEX.-Just
as we go 10 press we hear a rumor to tho
effect that the Republicans of Sussex will
make no organized and determined op-
position 10 the Democratic county ticket
Startling as this report is, it comes to US so
we'll authenticated that we feel bound to
give it some crcdcnce. The constant
fighting between the ring and anti-ring
factions of the party, and their apparent
determination to remain irreconcilable,
have made conservative Republicans favor
total abandonment Of any effort looking
to the nomination of even Il State ticket
Brcakvatcr Light
Smyrna times., 1876-08-30

GENERAL McCLELLANs CAMPAIGN LETTER.
We print an electioneering letter by Gen
eral Mcclellan. sent us from the rooms of
the National Democratic Committee in this
city. 1t is offered to the press for publica-
ton at n period long subsequent to its date,
as if it took Mr.. Tlden's committee some
tine to make up their minds that such an
Endorsement would help his canvass.
General McClellan's indiscreet and super
s4rviceable friends have been the worst
enemies of his fame. They benefit neither
him nor the democratic party by inducing
him to write campaign letter in support
of Tilden, and exposing him anew to the
captious criticism of the republican press.
His letter tends to recall the canvass of
1864, when Mcclellan was pitted against
President Lincoln on q disgraceful peace
platform with Pendleton, of more recent
rag money notoriety, as the second name
on the ticket. This dragging of General
Mcclellan out of past which his best
friends should wish forgotten plays into the
hands of the republicans and assists them
in their attempt to revive old issues. Gene
rll McClellan's good sense would have
kept him aloof from party politics. He
has, of course, yielded to the pressure o.
New York friends in writing this letter
We do not wonder at the hesitation anC
delay of Mr.. Tilden's committee in giving
it to the press. They must feel that.tht
Tllden canvass is in pressing need of hell
when they publish the Endorsement of thu
peace candidate Of 1864 and the associate
OF Pendleton as campaign document
" J.. HcnaM
Smyrna times., 1876-08-30

METHODIST EPISCOPAL FRATERNAL UNION.
The Commissioners appointed by the two
great bodies of Methodism-the Northern
and Southern Churches-to remove all
obstacles to formal fraternity to adjust ex-
isting difficulties between them, have been
in joint session at Cape May for some days
past, and concluded their labors on We'd
nesday evening. In advance of their
report to their respective General Con-
ferences, the Commissioners have issued an
address "to the Bishops, the ministers and
the members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church
South" in which they recite the objects
of the conference and announce that, after
having given due attention to all questions
involved in the proper construction of a
platform of complete fraternity, they have
arrived at a settlement of every matter
affecting the principles of lasting and
cordial adjustment. They state that they
have agreed upon a formal declaration and
basis of fraternity, and in relation to confiic
ting claims to church property unanimous
ly adopted a series of rules for their adjust
ment. They proceed at length and with
enthusiasm toillustrate Disadvantages which
will arise from complete fraternity, presen.
ting a picture of harmony between the
sections and in the great body of MethO
dism which it may we'll be hoped may b.
fully realized.
Smyrna times., 1876-08-30

Every time the Ohio Democrats shout |
"reform they wink at each other and say,
" That means our old love, the rag baby"
Gen. Thomas Ewing makes no bones of
saying as much openly. He remarked re-
Gently to correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune: ooh, of course we shall talk about
reform a little, but then we expect to work
the canvass in Ohio on the currency issue.
1t is the paramount issue which the people
are discussing. They cannot be diverted
from it. Half the business mcn cf Ga.o,rr
on the ragged edge of bankruptcy, and
most of the other half are marching on to
it. To talk to them in this crisis of 81. IL.
istrative Reform is trifling. Io"
well talk to a man whose house Is on ire
about an improved method of ventilating
it." On the subject of Mr.. Tildens fnan
cial views, Gen. Ewing made this remarka
ble announcement: Mr. Tilden favori
Just that mode Of resumption which VIZ
Ohio Democrats have always favored, anC
his declarations as to the volume of currency
are Just those we made last year. Th
Democracy will this Fall make precisel
the issue they did with Gov. Allen at tn
head of their ticket last Fail, and will
occupy the same position precisely they di
then, and on that issue vote for TildeI
The issue can't be made anything else j
Ohio; that is the issue with the people.
Smyrna times., 1876-08-30

TIE TIMES is published every Wednesday aiter-
noon bv IoSrru II. HoFrEcKER, Editor and Propre-
tor. AZ smyrna Delaware.
FRNS-Sr-RScHIPrIoN-On year $500 in advance, or
$50 if not paid till the end of the year No paper
discontinued until all arrears psid-only at the
option of the Publisher.
ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rate OF
Seven Cents alne for the first insertion subsequent
insertions Three and a-halfcents. Aliberaldiscoun
made TO quarterly. emannual and yearly adverti-
sers
Smyrna times., 1876-08-30

The TILDEN CANVASS Thus FAR.-The
canvass on the democratic side has been,
up to this time, so fat and tame as to raise
ominous misgivings in the minds of demo
Gratis. 1t would be ridiculous to suppose
that the party in power can be dislodged
without strenuous and aggressive efforts.
They hold the citadel, and without more
energy on the part Of the assailants they
will continue to hold it. The democratic
party has been acting on the defensive
ever since the opening of the campaign.
A party out of power can accomplish moth.
ing SO long as it can be kept in defensive
attitude. Unless there is change very
soon the democratic party may as wei
make up its mind to "hang its harp on the
willows and sit down by the waters o
Babylon and weep."-N Y. Herald.
Smyrna times., 1876-08-30

Now we have it. Gov. Hayes has been
accused OF cheating q soldier out of 800
bounty money, and Gov. Tilden has not
only absorbed several railroads, but has
stolen an entire canal, water, tow-paths,
bridges and all. The great issues are now
in our midst as it were.
Smyrna times., 1876-08-30

PouTICs IN MILFoRD.--Last Saturday
night tho Republicans of Milford held
ratification meeting. Judge Fisher spoke
for nearly two hours, and we are informed
that nearly all the speech was aimed at DR..
Prettyman, and was personal in the ex-
treme. Our informent says that private
letters of the Doctors were read from the
stump by the Judge to show up his (the
Doctors) character in tho worst possible
light. The Doctor was not presenter not
until the train arrived, at late hour.
The meeting was moro of an indignation
than q ratification gathering. and its real
purpose was to give Judge Fisher an oppor.
tunity to vindicate himself, our informent
says. Maj. Lohand followed the Judge in
a few remarks, which were delivered in
better temper than the Judges yindicatior
oration. Even the anti.Prettymen faction
for the most part confessed that the meet
ing was ill-adyised and undignifed. 81
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-01-28

the event of vacancies In these
positions, which appolntees hold under
said appointment until the next gem
eral election, TO lay oil and classify
roads, regulate jails and provide for
prisoners, organlnze and inspect
schools, establish precincts, employ
teachers and apportion school funds,
and exercise general supervision
over county Affairs, with such Jnrls-
dlction as the Constitution and the
Legislature c0nfers.
The welfare of the county Is largely
dependent upon the Integrity and ELL
cheney OF these officers, and II behooyes
our citizens to select the very best men
for these positions. No better man
could be found than Mr. Darlington,
and we feel persuaded that we reflect
the sentimenuof our people in saying
so.
Captain S. j. Adams had been named
by number of our citizens for the po-
sltion, but has, we learn, declined pos
itively to run.
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Dallas, Texas, January ~, 1876.

Dallas, Texas, January q, 1876.
The evening before the bail of Stone
was reduced, General Shelley called on
h. C. Bower at the office of Eblen &
Sterrett and requested him to agree to
a reduction of the bond in the case of
the State of Texas vs.. j. w. Stone.
Mr.. Bower stated that he would not
agree or consent to such reduction, and
left Shelley aud myself talking togeth-
er. When the case was called next
morning on the question of reduction
of bail, Mr.. Bower again objected to
the court to such reduction.
W. q. STERRErT.
As one of the attorneys for j. w.
Stone %made the motion to reduce the
bail in The case of j. w. Stone, charged
with an assault with intent to murder
James Obenchain, and the District
Attorney, Il. G.. Bower, protested
against the reduction of bail, and stated
to the Court that the circumstances of
the case showed 1t to be an outrageous
one, and that the bail ought not TO be
reduced. A. IL. FIELD.
Dallas, June q, 1876.
Dallas, Texas, January q, 1876.
!, j. G.. Eblin, an attorney, was
present on the day and ut the time
that application was made to the Hon.
Silas Hare, Judge of the Criminal Dis
trict Court of Dallas city, to reduce the
bail in the case of the State vs.. John
w. Stone for shooting Obenchain, and
Ikalo,o that the District Attorney, Il.
G. Bower, did resist the application at
the time, and on the next day heard
Hon. Silas Hare, in speaking of his ac-
ton, say TO Captain Bower and Others
that he had perhaps placed his bond
too low, and If any blame attached to
1t, he Judge Hare) alone was response
BILE, and, In conversation with Captain
Bower, said that he Captain Bower
had protested against it all the way
through. J. @. EBLIN.
/, G. B. Wellborn was in Sheriff
Barkley's Office on last Sunday morn.
ing, and heard Judge Hare say in con.
versatiOn that he was responsible for
the reduction of bail in the case of the
State VS.. j. w. Stone, charged with an
assault with intent to murder James
Obenchain. He also stated that when
the case came up the District Attor-
ney, L. G. Bower, protested against
any reduction of bail, and denounced
the case as an outrageous one, and
that he, Judge Hare, was willing TO
make statement to that effect at any
time. G. b. wELLBoRN.
Dallas, January q, 1876.
Dallas. Texas, January "a, 1876.
l was present in the Courthouse
when the motion to reduce bail was |
made by General Shelly and Colonel |
Fields in the case of the State vs.. Stone,
aud heard the District Attorney L. G. |
Bower, vigorously protest against the
reduction of stones bail and denounce
the case as being an outrageous one,
and one In which reduction of bail
was not warranted by the facts.
JAMES NJ. HUNT.
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Announcement.

The HERALD takes pleasure in di.
recting attention to the announcement
OF M. d. Darlington, Esq, as a candi.
date for County Commissioner for this
District. We consider this Office one
OF the most important positions created
under the new Constitution and 1t is
q good indication to see one of our best
citizens Offering for the position. Un.
der the new organic law there are four
commissioner Districts, for each Of
which Commissioner Is TO be elected
ior two years. With the County judge
these officers constitute County Com.
missloners' Court with power to sell
'ne county school lands, to appoint
= County Judge, Justices Of the
Peace and a County Clerk in
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The Stone Case,

Below we publish q communication
from Captain Ed. Bower, District At
torney, and also several ailldavits from
various well known attorneys OF this
city in reference to the Stone case. We
have published the communication of
Mr.. Obenohain, and are therefore
bound by justice to give Captain Bower
chance for explanation and vindlca-
ton, although Mt the time of publish
ing the communication, an editorial
vindication of Captain Bower was
made on account of having received
a aversion of the affair from his own lips.
Local Editor Herald
| learn that report is being circula-
ted that ] was present In court and
without objection heard the bail of }.
w. Stone charged with an assault to
murder NJ. James w. Obenchaln re.
duced from one thousand to Ave hun
dred dollars. This report is unfounded
In fact, and does me injustice.
Thinking that the parties who are
circulating it may be doing so through
mistaken information here give the
explanation and the truth. Fit be done
simply to injure me / have only pity
and contempt and no explanation for
the authors.
When the motion to reduce the bail
was made, protested with what little
vigor and vehemence possessed against
it, and denounced tho case rs being
one of the most outrageous ever perpet-
rated here.
| may add that since the publication
of Mr.. w. A. Obenchaln's article on
last Sunday morning, Judge
Hare, In conversation with
several gentlemen, stated that he
alone was responsible for the
reduction OF bail, and that | had pro-
tested against it. This conversation
occurred I'm the presence of Captain ].
G. Eblen, and Mr.. w. l.. Gracey and
James Il. Barkley, Iappend the state
ments of some well-known members
Of the Dallas bar in regard to my ac-
ton. Very respectfully.
Il. G. BOWER.
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roads, aud all county improvements,
and the far more important duty, with
w, OF reducing tho expenses Of the
county to u cash and living basis,
Economy should he our watohword,
The business Of Dallas county will be
Immense, and should be confined TO
none but the business men otthe c0un-
~, and hoping that other districts In
the county will follow the example, !
beg to nominate NJ, y. Darlington for
this district Mr.. Darlington IL u
thorough business man-practlcal and
methodical, familiar with business,
and n clever thinker But he IL too
well known in this city and county to
require further mention. A VOTER,
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LOCAL BREVITIES.

Sheriff Barkley will return to the
city tomorrow.
Old Dan Rice, the king of the arena,
will soon visit Dallas with his circus.
Judge Burford is slightly unwell,
but will in all probably be all right to-
day.
Mr.. G. w. r. Sidney, advance
agent of the Wallace Sisters Combina-
ton, is in the city, a guest of the
Lamar.
The Wallace Sisters will commence
an engagement here next Thursday
night, and will appear at Fields The
alter for three successive nights.
The Troubadours who played a
most successful engagement here few
weeks since will return and give one
performance here in few weeks.
-lfyou want to go to Europe 20 to
johnson & Manget, LeGrand Hotel,
and buy your tickets by the State line.
They also sell Railroad tickets.-Ad.
The lady members Of the "Great
Expectation Club" are earnestly re-
quested to meet at the residence of
Miss Nelly Barry tomorrow afternoon
at three o'clock.
Dallas Commandery No. 9, of
knights Templars, John ]. Good, f.
O., are ordered to meet tonight at 7
O'Clock. Every member is requested
to be in attendance.
Remember Dan. Townsends bepe.
fit next Saturday night. Let every.
body turn out and give old Dan. a
rousing reception, and put money in
the purse Of a deserving old citizen
and actor.
The ball next Monday night given
by the ladies of the Hebrew Ladies'
Benevolent Association of this city
VIII be most magnificent success,
judging from the gentlemen and ladies
who have charge of the management
Of this affair.
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Mayors Court,

Colonel Il. &. Mcclure acting Mayor.
John Stewart, using loud and pro-
fame language, plead guilty and was
fined two dollars and costs
Tom Garrett and A. freeman plead
guilty to similar offence and were
fined two dollars and costs.
=. Hubbard, accused ofgamlng, plead
guilty and was fined ten dollars and
costs.
Three lone, lore females We're fined
five dollars each for being public pros
titutes.
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County Commissioner.
To the Editor of the Herald:

To the Editor of the Herald:
There is no office within the gift Of
the people so important, especially to
the Taxpayers Of Dallas county, and
carrying with 1t for the incum bent
greater responsibility and honor than
that OF the County Commissioner.
The Board Of County Commissioners,
provided for by the new Constitution,
are to De the guardians Of the county
upon them will devolve the duty OF
shaping the internal policy of the
county, building bridges, working
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Why pay twenty or thirty dollars
for lirst-class set of teeth ? Snyder
Il Adams are making full upper or
lower sets of Whites best Gum teeth,
for the next thirty days, for ten dol
lars. Filling at reduced rates-all work
guaranteed hrst.class, Oflce at San
Jacinto Hotel. Best of city refer
ence, I'D.
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A Card 10 Physicians.

Having permanently established myself
in Dallas, will keep constantly on hand n
small, and, by this means, n constantly re-
newed and fresh assortment Of medicines,
with which to MI Physicians prescriptions.
Will use only the preparations of those well
known and reliable chemists, Powers and
WeightMan, lnd sqpibbs, Twin subject my
medicines to constant chemical tests, but M
the laboratory of the Chemist and that OF the
stomach so often differ, will be more than
thankful to any Physician who, upon find
ing any ofmy medicines inert or lacking In
proper strength, will notify me in order that
may avoid their future use.
ARTHUR COFFIN,
Druggist and Dispenser, No. 737 Elm street,
Dallas, Texas. tapl5dlm
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Personal.

Hon. Hiram Cassiday, late member
of the Senate of Mississippi, andJ. A.
Hoskins, OF Brookhaven, mississippi,
IRE in the city with the intention OF
locating.
w. g. Richards, Clerk of the United
States Court for the Eastern District OF
Texas, was in the city yesterday, aud
honored THIS HERALD Office with a
visit.
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DALLAS, TEX AS
FRIDAY MORNING :;::;::J JAN. 2S
PREFERRED SPECIALS.

A Bran Now Rosewood Bradbury Plano,
Used only one week. for sale at great dis
count. Apply 10
CHAS, FRED. TUCKER,
jan2od2t over City Bank.
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Charles Deppe

Respectfully informs the citizens Of Dallas
that he hns taken charge of hia Barber shop,
east side OF Public Square, where cleannoss
and promptness will be his motto. lilo IL
also prepared to give Baths of pure rain
winter, jan7-d3t