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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-08
on PYTHIAs,
ruru..ru LOpor No. s. Meet

TWvEssEH LoDoK No 5-Meets NJ
lat and3d n ednesdays each month at
$50 Second rreet, Vincent Block. OPP. Court
S0uars, Joe Locke &C; W.L.Pa rker, v.g.;
W. Klostemeyer, P.iG.W vi. Croek,h OF E,i
John Wilson, n. Of T.; W. II. Moyston' h
Of R. and s.
MrNPErs LopeE No. 6.-Meets for drill on
Art Thursday Of each month. Regular meet
inT second, third and fourth Thursday. X
z CreiVhton, CC;F W Moews, G; Jos s
Leon. c; John Wood. P; BP Smith, 81 f;
TWVigus, NJ &; Z P Bath, KRIS.
CuuR Oh LION Lopez No. lS-Meets I'd and
lth Wednesdays every month, at 200 Second
street, Vincent block, opposite Court sqgsrs.
Wilson, p; G.. A. Burr. N. Of g.: j. 7.
Tomlipssn, NJ. Of r.; D. W. Schafer, 4.
Of r. s.; j. Q. Walston, P. 0.
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seized as in an iron grasp, betoken-
ing rude health, a warm heart, and
distance from the metropoliDbut
producing . sense Of relief when
YOUR hand is released with the fin
garS nnhroken.
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Trustees Sale.

PURSUANT TO, AND BY THE AUTHOR
i ity of a deed of trust made by W. P.
Dsadrick and Matte 5. Deadrick, his wife,
on the 3lst of December, 1872. to me, A. M.
Britton, as trustee, to secure the payment Of
certain notes therein described, which deed is
of record in Book 81, page 5l4. Of the office Of
the Register Of Shelby county, Tenn, and Of
the request Of the holder Of the unpaid notes
thereby secured, | will, on
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Trustees Sale.

.TTNDER A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED
u to ne BY Wallace b. Seurr and John W.
Scurr on the 18th day Of October. 1874, re-
corded IN the Registers Office Of Shelby
county, Tenn, on May q, 1915, in Book No.
s. page al, 1 win sell to tho highest bidder,
for cash, at tho court house door, on Main
street. in tho city Of Memphis, on
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o. 0. z. DIRECTORY.
odd Fellows. Hall. corner Main and North
court stroetsS

odd Fellows. Hall. corner Main and North
Court streetss
Mrv7ars Lopez, No. 6-meets every Tues
dar. @. Il. Plischke, n. g.; s.. S. Garrett,
V, d.; L. s. Burr, Secretary; Is. n. kisk'
CsIcKIslw LoDeE. No. s-meets eysry Mon
day night. R.. J. Black. \. 81 I. N
Hearn. V. g.; A y. Gibson. NJ yonn o.
SoErLLER Lopez, No. 140-meets every Wed
rssdav night. John Spang, N. g.; Frank
Dries, y. e.; Chas. Borner. Secretary John
Linkhauer, Treasurer.
HAMMER Lopez, No. Al-meets ever fr1aay
niSht. g. Il. Neid sick, N: G.;,J;Ws Ander-
WIFE h CRY Lopez, No. lS7-meets every
rnssday evening at $50 Second street. p. 7.
Porter. N. G.. ;R. D.. Speed. V. g.; w. IL.
Moyston, Secretary; d. N. Kenneday. Treas.
HEcANPHrSTs.
atvoso FHnlNPuEEr, No. S-meets on The
lat and "a Thursday nights Of each month
John A. Holt. opt Charles NJ; Oarroll. ~
p; d. Y GoodYear, 5. W.; mos bac9n
scribe; B. Bingham. Treasurer W. n
fT SaSPTis EscANrHxSr. No. s9-msets Cd and
t.b Tbursdsy nights Of each month, JOG
Iooke.O P; A W NeWsom, II p: w L
Crook, 8 W; s 8 Garrett, ] W. HB Cullen
Scribe; CHI Plischke, Treasurer.
DEeREE LODGE,
MrNpHrs DEeREE LOPEZ No. Sheets hrsI
Saturday Of each month. G. NJ. Carroll, D.
NJ: Ben Bingham, D. D. NJ; A. &. kenns'
day, A. D. M; 7, P. Holland. Sec'y; 4. W.
Smith, Treas.
GENERAL RELIEF COMMITTEE Ill. wilkins
Chairman, go Main street; John W. MayHes,
burg. Secretary and Treasurer, 2l0 From
street; A. d. Gibson, 8 West Court street. y
q. Schmidt, ~ Msnroe street; u. Porter
Runion street.
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EEv YoRE. May 8. 1874 p~.m.-Ootton is
quiet. with futures steadier. Sales for future
daIivarv y og0 baIaa

NV ORLEANS. May 5. sl2:SO ~p.m.-Cotton
is quiet. Middling, 2c. Sales, 90 bales;
receipts, 3T02 bales.
LIVERPOOL. May 6 1880 PEN. - Cotton is
quiet. UplArds. 6 3-l6d: Orleans, SD. Sales,
500 bales. Of which: 1000 we're for export and
speculation. Receipts, 500 bales, Of which
800 were American. ArriYals are l.32d lower.
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nEUTsCHER BRUDER.BUND.

DEurscHKR BKuDER-BUxD meets LIST Sunday
in each month at2 o'clock Pm. at Cochran
Pres't; w. Glaentzer, sec'y; II. W. Schultze.
Treas'r; George Gator and Phi. Dohm, Sick
COMMITTEES for Northern Division; G.. G. MerI
and J. W. Renders. Sick Committee for
Eoutheyn Division.
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FINANCIAL AND OoMMER0IAL
N0EHI
PUBLIC LEDGER 0FFIcK.
MEMPHIS. TENN NAYS 1g76.

40nLA0 Anb1nA OEIAOhs
MEMPHIS, TRsN.. May s. 1876. ! 81
During the past week business in
financial was quiet, with the exception
that local checking and depositing was
somewhat brisk, caused by the closing
up of moAthly accounts. To-day there
is very little doing, money continuing
easy and plentiful, the banks freely dis
counting all 6rst-class paper offering
at lO@l2 p cent. D annumi street rates
on short loans rule at l3@23 q cent .
month. Exchange is growing scareer
aud is in fair demand, as follows:
Buying on New York and Eastern points
at sc discount and selling at fc premium
on New Orleans, buying at fc discount
and selling at par. Brokers are paying
NlA@llla for gold, with little offering.
There was nothing doing in scrips aud
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OF HONOR.

day night at Hall, No. 298 Second street. up
stairs. D. z. Goodyear, Dictator; Charles l..
pullen. RepOrter.
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GR, 22sl.l
OHANOERY SALE
Furniture, Tableware, ETC., Being
Used at Peabody Hotel,
Memphis, Tenn.

In tho Chanoory Court Of Shelby County
Miller, Stewart OF al. vs.. o'BannOn & Nor
ris OF al,
10y VIRTUE OF AN INTERLOCUT0RY
ID decree for sale, entered In the above cause
on the ed day Of April, 1876, | will sell
al public auction, to the highest bidder, at the
Peabody Hotel, Main street, Memphis, Tenn,
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Trustees sale.

DY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
Helen M. Potter, his wife, on the 2lst day oil
January, 1867, and Of record June 10. 1867, IN
Record Book 4, pages $40 and S4S, OF the
Records of Deeds Of Tunica county, Missis.
sippi, at the request Of the benehoiaries Of
said deed OF trust, i will. on
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EAroNA TEMPLE OF H. AND 7. EKAAH
SO, l-meets every Friday even ~u
ing al s O'Clock at Temperance M-M
Hail. No, &3 Second street.
A. ]. MeGaryey, W, c. T.; Z. 0. Milton. W.
v. T.: c. A. s. Richardson, W. r.; Q. +.
Shepherd, W. A. R.; Jos. s. Leon, ". Z. T.;
Run p. Price, W. Tr. A. Hum. W. o.; III.
II. Hampson, W. D. wv. A. Hill; irs W.
g.; Geo. B. Elliott, w. s.; Rev. Il. G. Coul-
CartsE1 TEMPLE OF H. AND 7. No. 2-meots
every Tuesday evening at 8 O'Clock, at their
hall, Brick Church, Chelsea. G.R Dawson,
VIC T.; j. MeH. Holmes. W. V T.; C.G.
Sender, W. B.; Robt. Kendall. W. A. R.;
J.F. Chandler, W. F. R.; W M. Carr, w.
T.; W. S. Rodgers. W. u; s.. z. Eoyes, w.
D: y; 7. B. Rawlings. W. g.; K. I. White.
MosreoMEEY CoUxoL No. l. 7. A. AIDS
T.-meets first Monday in each month, 10
Masonic Hall, Gayoso Block, at u o'olosk
pm. John W. Graham, O. Of c.; john W.
Brush, r.
THALEs TEMPLE OF II. AMI. 7. No. 4-meets
every Monday evening al II O'Clock at their
hall, corner Second and Adams streets, over
Engine-house. d. g. Reahard. W. @. T.. j.
Wood, W. v. T.; John W. Brush, W. r; I.
Z. Davis, W. A. R.; W. H. Atkinson, W. Il.
r.; Chas. II. McDougsl,- W. Tt George w.
Ramsey, W. u; 7. j. Walker, W, D. u; z.
y. Risk, Jr., W. g.; W. j. Lowry, W. s..
Dan A. Johnson. W. Chaplain.
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LEGAL.
Trustees Sale.

DY VIRTUE OF THE POWER AND AU-
ID thority conferred upon me IN Q certain
deed Of conveyance recorded in the Registers
Office Of Shelby county, IN BOOK 70, page 4O3,
the notes therein mentioned being due and
unpaid, / will, on the
eth Day Of May, 1876,
at II o'clock m, on the northwest corner Of
Main and Poplar streets, In the city Of Mem
phis, offer for sale at public cutlery, to the
highest bidder. for cash, the following de.
seribed real estate, to-wit: Three certain
lots Of land. situated In the county OF Shelby
and state Oh Tennessee, at Haysville. on the
Memphis and Ohio railroad, ul the south half
of lots Nos. so and 81; ~ one lot twenty five
feet front by sixtv-two feet deep, being part Of
lot No. So on the plan Of Haysyille. Also
north half Of lot No. 80 as laid down on the
plan Of Haysyille, and recorded in Book SO.
page 58l.
The title Of this property Is believed 70 DO
perfect. G67 76I W. II. GUTHRIE,
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MIsCELLAHEOUs

Blue Monday.
Little doing on the landing.
Freights at all points are scarce.
The City Of Vicksburg for St. Louis
left Vicksburg yesterday.
The City of Alton and Grand Lake
and barges left New Orleans Saturday
evening for St. Louis.
The james D. Parker, for Memphis,
and Robert Mitchell, for New Orleans,
left Cincinnati Saturday evening.
The Thomas Sherlock passed down
yesterday for New Orleans we'll laden
She added here 1000 sacks of oil meal
The St. Genevieve passed up las.
evening for St. Louis with q moderat,
trip Of freight and people.
The A. ]. White, Captain Marsh Mil
Ter, is the regular packet leaving thil
evening for Napoleon and the bends
paying strict attention to all way bust
ness. The White has unsurpassed pas
senger Accommodations. Captain Lee
Cummins, a worthy gentleman, hold
forth in the Office and is ably assisted
by Billy Smithers and John Briggs.
The Andy Baum, Captain Vinton
from Cincinnati had 300 tons o. miscel
l%aueous freight. She returns to the Obi,
river to. morrow evening. The Baum i
a good boat and in charge Of careful
officers. Mr.. Deems is her head-center
The sever storm Saturday night don
no damage along the river.
The Belle Of Texas, Captain j..
3 Darragh, is the regular Tuesday Aarkar
sas river mail packet. She will be foun
In port this evening ready to receive.
The George W. Cheek, Captain Ns
! Green, is the regular packet leaving thi
. eveningIfor Friars Point and the BEND
doing all way business. Messrs. D. I
Davis and John Langlois are her gentl,
. manly clerks.
The 0sceola Belle, Captain Andrew
!. leaves promptly this evening for AshpoI
! and all way landings on the upper coas
attending to all way business. Captai
0. X Joplin presides at the desk.
!, The splendid steamer Illinois, in con
mand of that popular officer Caplai
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sTEAMBoArs
Hnr %s,rIennN

For new Orieans,
For Nav Orleans aud the Bends Tho exoel-
lent steamer
SUSIE SILVRR~-.-.~~~s~ II Silver master
WILL LRAVE AS ABOVE IN .
w THIS DAY, Sh inst' At
SPIN y. aIHNN, AsOnt. on wharfboat.
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FER Cairo and So Louis
Momnh,s and n Louis Packet Company u.
IS. NaN-For OsceolA, New Madrid, HEX
man. Cairo and St Louis
CITY OF VICKSBUR0~ o.ca,e,N Riley master
r RAVRS AS AROvH TuES. n.h
~ DAY, May 3, at 5 pm
For freight or passage apply Dwe,WopN
Sup,t Mississippi River Elevater 90,
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EAToNA TEMPLE OF H. AND 7.
SO, l-meets every Friday even
ing IL 5 O'clock at Iemperance
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-28

st. Charles Hotel.
RIVERS l. LONSDALE, Proprietors.
81. Charles Street, Betwee. Common q.
Gravier.
This Hotel has since 1852 been the leading Hota
In the South and is now Setter prepared to enterah
guests than at any period since its opening.
The proprietors have spared no expense in attns
up the House. and both as to furniture and the q,
rangements Of the culinary department it Il u,
rivaled.
Transient visitors will find the st. Charles tn
most delightful ~ well ~ the most central Hotel
the city. ~s'7tf
4 DvERTIsE IN THE
HandsbOrO (Miss.) Democrat.
1t is THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM in
Southeast Mississippi.
Merchants and business men can have Advertise
ments inserted in the DEMOCRAT, by the year or
for shorter period, at liberal rates.
Address PIX MAYERS,
Editor and Proprietor,
% Handsboro Mississippi
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Balance to be divided on net premiums
OF 1915 and unearnei OF 1874. Sill 1876 90
The COMPANY HAVE THE FOLLOWING ASSETS TC.WIT
Cash on hand. 1894 463 Is
Accounts in course of col
lection 5O32sH
Bills receivable for loans on
pledge OF stocks and
bonds -.-....---.....-. 5saes3 o.
Bills receivable at short
dates 3s,o11 As
Bank and other stocks. 2lS, 103 So
Stocks ofCity Railroads. 1888 66
City and other bOnds---... nO.6o1 Sc
Bonds of Masonic Grand
Lodge of Louisiana 5000
Bonds OF Odd Fellows Hall
Association. 5000 90
Bonds of Association for
Relief of Jewish Wild.
Real Ps sst aae op1an.: Gss 60 IS
LIABILITIES
Capital stock. 100000 90
Risks ss74s 90
ing interest and pre-
MUM dividends April
30, 1879 .--... 17655 o
Contingent Fund surplus) 1883 65-$1 4e6 215 6s
The foregoing is true and correct transcript from
Eb. a. PALFREY, President
THos. T. WALKER, Secretary.
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Parish Of Orleans. City of New Orleans.
Sworn to and subscribed before lae this Sd day Of
May, 1875.
EDWARD IVY. Notary Public.
At special meeting Of the Board of Trus sees held
On the twentieth inst it was resoyed to pay on De
FIVE PER CENT to Both April, 1875 making ten
per cent per annum on the CAPITAL STOCK Of the
Company, 81, ion, OO0,) and CASH DIVIDEND of
TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT, to Stockholders on
the amount s47l 769 ss) Of their net participating
premiums for the year ending 30th April, 1875, and
Of their unearned participating premiums for the
year ending 30th April 1874.
ED. A. PALFREY, President.
THos. F. WALKER Secretary
MOSES GREENWOOD, Vice-rreside1t
TRUSTEES.
Moses Greenwood r. M. Walmsley,
w. A. johnson, A. BrittiD,
John !. Noble, A. II. May,
John Chafc, S. II. Snowden,
Richard Milliken, T. Lytt. Lyon,
Samuel 4. Moore VIM. c. Raymond,
j. /. Warren, James S. Pr.stidge,
r. T. Buckner, Samuel F.. Boyd,
Sam1 Friedlander. Joseph McE1roy,
A. A. Yates, K. B. Wheelock,
John I. Adams Cyrus Bussey,
Isaac Scherck, VIM. j. BehaR,
B. +. Eshleman. my23 N
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SHOOTING ARRAY.

About quarter to 10 O'Clock Monday morn
ing, as Mr. William Baker, First Assistant of
Fire Company No. -, was riding 10 the fire
on Freret street. and wien ct the corner of
Clio and Howard streets, he was fire at by Mr.
Charles Cellos, two of the bullets taking
effect in the right side of his horse.
The horse fell the moment he was shot, and
died shortly afterward, throwing Mr.. Baker
into the street. A police officer ran up at
this time and placed Mr.. Cellos, who was in
the act of firing again at MI. Baker, under
arrest in the Second Precinct Station.
1t appears that Csllos met Baker few days
ago, when they had misunderstanding about
private matters. Cellos.left him and told him
that he would kill him on sight unless the
smatt6t was settled that day. The matter was
not settled, and Cellos fred on him, as above
stated.
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Buy your buggy and carriage Of L. T. Maddu1,
IS Carondelet street, New Orleans.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-28

Wants and 10 Rent ,asersed in tho BULLETIN for
esfty cents.
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Fruits for balloonists- Currents in the air.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-11

QUAoo WALKER, aged one hundred
and thirty-four years, died at the resi-
dence OF his former master, DR.. II. W..
Walker, in Marion county, Texas, on
the 9th instant. He was born in the
year TAP, and it is claimed by the Jim
JlecHe that he was the Oldest man in
the Dorid. He was the body servant of
Major Walker In the Revolutionary
war. The Tmpiecute thus feelingly al
ludes to the faithful old servant:
"Old Daddyn is gone He has crossed
the dreaded Jordan, and joined hands
with the loved ones of long ago. A
goodly circle of mourning friends stood
around his bedside and wept bitter
tears of grief, but were cheered by his
shouts of gladness that he had lived
long enough, and was only "waiting
for his white robe" which he con-
stantly repeated he was sure to get
While Mother Walker stood by his
bedside and sang for him, he prayed
audibly for all the young masters ant
mistresses, and every friend whose
name he could remember, and whel
memory failed he closed with, "bes'
'em all.n He was buried on Tuesday
in the City Cemetery, by the side o
his daughter and other members of hi
family who have gone before, and wa
followed by Dr. Walker, his lady ant
the children of the family, whit
watered the old mans grave with low
ing and sorrowful tears.
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Eone Dentisls.

New York Correspondent Troy Iimesl
Among the great dentists OF this city,
living and dead, are such names ns Dr.
W. iii. Atkinson, DR.. II. j. Downing,
DR.. Parmly DR.. w. II. Dwinnel, Dr.
DIR, Cunning and Others. DR., Down
inn has been able 10 attain an income
which report has fixed at $4,000 n
year. Atkinson has not done 10 well,
but his business has been worth Sl5, 900
n year. DR.. DwInnel has frequently
earned 500, 600 Il year, which ought to
satisfy IA reasonable man. DR.. Wads-
worth, Of whom have spoken charged
81, 500 for filling seven teeth last sum
mer, and have never heard thht inc
patient considered II more than u rea-
sonable bill. can now refer TO lazy
living In Utica that paid $500 Tor
similar service, aud " IL no nncolh'
mon thing for people Of wealth TO eX-
pend $1,000 year IN taking care OF their
teeth. DIR. Dwinnel has probably re-
celved higher fees than any other prac'
titloner. His opulent patients, indeed,
are ready to pay him almost any price
that he may choose to charge. HIS
terms for filling tooth IRE from S2O
TO $3.50, and he has been pad S2,OO0 ior
cleaning and filling set. He has also
been paid 5000 for performing the
same service for two persons, These
prices are really enormous, ana yet
there are many people in large city
to whom they are hut triiles.
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JUSTICES Of the neace in Texarkano

JUSTICES of the peace in Texarkana
are growing very belligerent. On
Wednesday last Judge Bancroft in ar
guing his case before Squire Bush in.
dulged In some hard words. The Jus.
tice upon hearing them promptly step
ped from his desk saying, al adjourn
this court to give you licking" at the
some time knocking Bancroft down.
After he got up he repeated the blow,
knocking him over a bench this time.
Bancroft then drew a knife and cut
Bush twice--once in the face, from
forehead to chin, the other time in the
stomach. 1t is thought he can not re-
cover. Both parties have families in
that city.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-11

WE noted the murder of an old
physician near Sulphur Springs, Hop.
kins county, by Jim Payne and
Mooney, some weeks since, and the
arrest Of these young and bloody assas-
sins. On Friday night the Sd instant,
five armed men seized upon the jai!or
at Sulphur Springs, required him to
surrender the keys, proceeded to the
Jail and released Payne and Mooney
who are now at large. We are
Informed by q private letter
from Sulphur Springs that the
citizens of that place are highly
indignant at Weaver, the Sheriff, for
employing, against the protests of the
people, rascally jailor, whom 1t is
believed connived at the escape Of
these noted desperadoes. Express
sions are openly made that he
should be "drummed" out of the
country. These young men were guilty
of a dastardly murder, and no effort
should be wanting to re-arrest them
and to punish severely the partie. who
permitted their negligent escape.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-11
WISE PEOPLE AND FOOLS.

People of Austin have looked on
and admired and lauded without stint
the enterprise and pluck and energy
of Dallas. When the Texas and Pa
cific road was moved forward to Fort
Worth, and all the Western trade of
Dallas was about to be transferred to
Fort Worth, the railroad meeting it at
that point, the vigorous city of Dallas
paid a foreign corporation sos, 900 to
get out of the way that the people
might help themselves and defeat ru-
inous results, hopelessly unavoidably
II no device could be employed to
counteract the natural effects of the
extension of the Texas and Pacific to
Fort Worth. There was never an ex-
ample given by one community wor-
thier of adoption by another than this
of Dallas by Austin. If Dallas had
done less, all western trade would have
been cut off forever, and once lost there
was no power to recover 1t. Property
would have declined fifty to one hum
dred per cent. in value and the owners
bankrupted would forever be impotent.
They did not await the coming of an
evil confessedly and palpably and
fatally disastrous. Despite hard times,
they gathered money and credits
enough to build a narrow gauge along
the general route of the Texas and
Pacific, and not only is the Texas and
Pacific forced by competition to hurl
trade into Dallas, but to Tut down to
narrow gauge prices rates of freight
charges, and Dallas Ia thus doubly en-
riched. Evil Is converted into splen-
did good fortune, and Dallas forces
magnificent luck out of terrible threat
ened disaster. The International Rail-
road stopping twenty-five miles from
Austin will be more ruinous to us than
the extension of the Texas and Pacific
to Fort Worth, and every good citizen
who will save Austin from ruin will
furnish his pro rata share of the sum
required to build the narrow gauge, If
necessary, even to Lampasas. Let
there be no unselfish, unworthy lag
CARDS. Come to the front ana do your
duty.-Austin statesman.
While we feel complimented when
the terms enterprise, pluck and
energy" are applied Dallas we are
at loss to imagine from what source
the Statesman derived iis information
that a narrow gauge road has been
built along the general route of the
Texas and Pacific road, aud that road
thereby forced to put down its prices to
correspond with those of narrow
guages. We, also, confess that we do
not exactly understand this sentence;
"When the Texas and Pacific road
was moved forward to Fort Worth,
aud all the Western trade of Dallas
was about to be transferred to Fort
Worth, the railroad meeting 1t at that
point" &c. The statesman has mat.
ters somewhat confused.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-11
noklur Colonel Hubbard Governor

making Colonel Hubbard Governor
for two full years from April, 1877. IL
IL also u question OF much
doubt In our mind as 10
whether the Fifteenth Legislature can
or caunot assemble after its coming
April session. II II cannot, we VIII
have no legislation (unless under u
special call from the Governor until
the Sixteenth Legislature assemblies
In 1870. The Constitution declares
that "The Legislature shall meet every
two years, at such times MS may DO
provided by law, and at other times
when convened by the Governor"
Now ifthe Fifteenth Legislature were
10 assemble on the 18th day Of April
1878 would that assemblage be In con-
trayentlon OF the Constltutlon?k 1Wben
the Constitution declares that the Leg
islature "shall meet every two years"
does 1t thereby implicitly inhibit Its
more frequent assemblage? If the
proper construction be that the Legls-
lature may only meet once In two
years, why may not the Fifteenth Leg
islature after the expiration of two
years meet again? The Sixteenth
Legislature cannot assemble until
1879, and If we are only
to have the present April session In
the coming three years, the body TO
meet during next month should UNI
derstand that fact. The Statesman IL
laboring under great error when II
in.imates that the Sixteenth Legisla-
ture will meet In April, 1878, just eight
months before II can be elected by law.
The mistake of the Statesman arises
from the fact that 1t has forgotten that
there Is no election until November,
1878.