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STATE NEWS.

I57.
-Anheuser's beer depot at
Dallas was burned on Thursday
night.
-Olin Wellborne is elected
to congress from the Third dis
trict.
= Grayson county sends 81
recruits to the Huntsville peni-
tenitiary.
There is too much section
al rivalry between Sherman and
Denison.
The greenback vote of
Grayson county will not aggre-
gate 1900.
Waller county elected
two negroes for county COM
missioners.
= The Richmond For Com
Ties man says he needs money.
Strange! Strangel.
=. -Four thousand election
tickets were wasted in Mason
county on $50 votes.
-Flatonia has shipped over
5000 bales Of cotton and not
half the crop is gone.
The Mdcx man at Corsi-
Gamma is now happy-he has
seen the hippopotamus.
The divorce suit of
Mrs. Dan. E. Kennedy is the
sensation in Houston.
= Geo. B, Halyard, for forty
years a citizen of Colorado
county, died last week,
= Georgetown's greenback
paper, the Era, has gone to
sleep till the campaign of 1880.
u. Rabb was reelected
sheriff of Fayette county with
only about 900 opposing votes.
-Pecans are plenty in Fay
cite county.-Mexican dollars
are worth only Is cents in La
Grange.
Prairie chickens and wild
ducks are abundant in Dallas
county, and sportsmen are hav-
a fine time.
-Flatonia is SO intensely Dem
ocratic that a parrot belonging
to citizen, halloos "hurrah for
Hancock"
Houses Arcola sugar plan
tation is now turning out from
II to IS hogsheads of superior
sugar per day.
T. S. McDade was elected
sheriff of Waller county, over
the radical nominee, Mat Wear,
by 1854 majority.
In San Antonio German
woman named Schue, was dan
gerously burned while kindling
a fire with coal-oil.
= In the case of the negro
Taylor AXE, at Austin the jury
returned verdict of guilty,
with the death penalty.
= The Mason Meaos-Item of
last week got the election news
by telegraph Pretty good for
a frontier paper.
Austin Gasette., Hannah
& Co., greenbackers, won't get
votes enough in Western Texas
to elect town constable.
Houston has a full-grown
cooper shop which is turning
out a large quantity of barrels
and kegs for syrup and molases.
= Six car loads of iron for
the Georgetown railroad have
arrived at Round Rock and will
be put down as soon as posi-
BILE.
AT Dallas w. R. Harrison
formerly of R. G. Dunn & Cos
mercantile agency, attempted
by shooting himself in
the head.
= The Huntsville Item prin-
ed election tickets for Madison,
Grimes, Trinity and San Jacinto
counties, but not a ticket for its
nome county.
= James Bryne, died at his
nome in Victoria county aged
Y years. He was one of the
pioneers who come to Texas in
carly days.
The prisoners in the Polk
Jail made an Intellectual
attempt to escape. Crow bars,
'ledges and cold chisels were
:ried on the cage.
Lynch, who shot Binford,
1t Hockey has given bond in
he sum of $500 for his ap-
,earance before the Harris |
criminal court.
y. R. White killed a cou-
Die of beavers at the mouth of |
2atcliff's creek, just below Co.
umbus, last week. There is |
aid to be colony of them.
Swift Ogle has bought
lalf interest in the Burnet Bnk- |
etin and assumes the manage
nent. James Kibbee goes to
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THE Texas Post, of Calves
ton claims the election of Han
cock by a majority of All and
allowing Jones 1928 in this
county. 1t gives the MAORI
ties in the twenty-one counties
comprising the district.
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SINCE the election there is a
renewed interest in Maj. PENIS
religious meetings at Austin.
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THE Caldwell Eagle has chan
ged hands, Mr.. w. E. Taylor is
now editor and publisher. 1t
has under its new management
Tipped a flop" and viii be an
independent Democratic paper
IL h,s. Ier. a,ste,t<.1, y
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NEARLY every newspaper in
The State regrets the defeat Of
Hancock.
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Ornesby and Pollock. of
Johnson county were on their
way to Dallas when they quar-
relied about lady. one drew
his pistol and fired at the other
who in attempting to draw his
bulldog was thrown from his
horse and had his leg broken.
This stopped hostilities. The
broken-legged man was help
ed to a house by the shooter.
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The Boston workingmen's
party held a convention and
nominated a ticket for city Off
GERS composed entirely of work
ing men. The proceedings
were disorderly. Dennis Kear-
ney was present and several
delegates shook their fists in
his face, asking him why he
should NEEDLE with the politics
of the city.
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ScHLE1cHER was elected by
the newspapers. of which the
Express was the chiefest.-
Ansttn Statesman.
How about Jones, who didn't
have a newspaper in the district
supporting him, except one or
two greenback sheets.
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WHOLESALE Arrests have
been made in South Carolina.
At Orangsburg Is persons have
been arrested charged with OBJ
structing U. S. officers lmarsh-
alst in the discharge of their du-
ties. Three men have been ar
rested at Charleston on a SINH
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BANK robbing being in order
three men entered an Austin
faro bank on Tuesday evening
when only three persons were
present; these were bulldozed
with pistols and the safe and
drawers robbed of $500, the
capital ofthe bank, three watch
es and a pistol. They left the
three victems securely bound
and on their way out of town
robbed a constable of his pistol.
This is one of the boldest jobs
of the kind that has been done
lately.
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The Austin Statesman says
another daily newspaper is to
be put on its little legs in that
city There is another sadly
needed 1t will cost only about
$4,000 a year to run it, and
money being 50 abundant the
Statesman thinks it is bound to
be a success.
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Guy NJ. Bryan and George
P. Finlay have been elected to-
the legislature from Galveston.
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Attention Gentlemenl Just
received very fine assortment in
Mems, Youths and Boys Cloth
ing. Hand made Boots and
Shoes. Shirts, Hats. Ties, Socks.
&C. remarkably low at
d. w. BLOOMBARGHS
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TIE Bryan PlOtissucs an ex-
ira under date Of Nov. 9Th. stat
ing that Mayes, the negro is
elected by a plurality OF y
votes, We can go Brazos coun-
y one better, having elected
not only a eoIored representa-
tive but also a floater.-
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In the Kansas Legislature the
republicans viii have a majority
of SO on joint ballot.
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A party of Chicago mel-
chants are about to visit the
city of Mexico in business
way.
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The Northwestern Texas
Methodist Conference met at
Bolton. Oct. goth. A large rep
resentation was present. Mem
bers a3,32I; value of church
property, SI6o,S5o.
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In Houston a negro named
Allen Smith had betrothed him
self to six different negro wo-
men. He and the six assem-
bled at the courthouse when he
picked out the one that suited
his fancy and five irate women
departed heaping maledictions
on his head.
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al the SXelsctions

afeh6s figured out; Inc DEM
ocrats lose one senator from
Connecticut, but viii gain one
from Alabama, one from Arkan-
sas, one from Florida and one
South Carolina, the gain will be
three which if they do net gain
another one in other states will
give them a majority of two.
In the lower house the follow
ing figures have been made:
Republican gains in New Hamp-
shire /, Massachusetts I, New
York-5, New Jersey ?, Connec-
ticut 2, Pennsylvania 3, Mary
land 2, Illinois 3, Michigan 1,
Wisconsin I; total, FL. While
the Democrats are credited with
a gain in South Carolina of :.
Louisiana I, North Carolina I,
and 10 at the October elections,
making a total of IS.
The present Democratic ma
jority is Ie, to which add IS
and then deduct 81. This will
leave IS. The prospect, says
the Houston Tekeg,am, does
not look favorable, when it is
considered that the figures may
reduce the majorities still more
and give the few greenbackers
elected some influence in shap-
ing affairs. 1t is hardly posi-
Bile they can hold the balance
of power, and a reduced major
ity will teach the Democrats
the value of discipline and thor
ough harmony in their organi-
cation.
AS the matter now stands the
Democratic loss may be attrib-
uted solely to the influence of
the greenback element. who
though they have been unable
to accomplish any good for
themselves have been success
full in defeating Democrotic
nominees for congress in more
states than one. If it is not al
ready clear to them that they
are working in the interest of
the Republicans, that is such of
the greenbackers as have de-
serted the Democracy and gone
into the enemy's camp. the day
is certainly not far distant when
they will find it out, and it is to
be hoped will come to their SEN
ses. If the Democrats main
tain their supremacy in congress
the greenbackers will not be
responsible for it.
AN Austin special to the Gal
weston Meas says it is reported
the vote of a large precinct in
Washington county will be
thrown out, the ballot box hav-
ing been broken open, and the
tickets scattered around.
1t is almost unnecessary to
say That the ABOVE Is COCK and
bull story. The boxes from all
the precincts are in and locked
up in the safe in the county
clerks office and the county
judge has received all the re-
turns duly sealed as the law di-
reefs. Not even so much as
complaint has been made.
BANK robbing being in order
three men entered an Austin
faro bank on Tuesday evening
when only three persons were
present; these were bulldozed
with pistols and the safe and
drawers robbed of $500, the
capital of the bank. three watch |
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Fr1DAY, s: Nov. Is, 1878.

THE latest returns place
Schleicher's majority at 1882.
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THE Dallas Herald says there
should be a change made by
the next legislature concerning
the publication of legal sales
by sheriffs, administrators, trus-
tees etc. They are now adver-
tised by posting three written
notices in the county. There
is hardly another state in the
union where such proceedings
are allowed, and they ought not
to be tolerated in Texas any
longer.
AT New Orleans on the 18th
there were two ,ieaths from yell
low fever, Hundreds of old
cases are daily reported by
physicians. The total number
of cases is I6,So2. At Vicks-
burg there was a white frost;
one death and three new cases
are reported. Jackson, one
death but no new cases. 1t is
safe for refugees to return.
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Headlight: Next week our
readers will be furnished one of
the largest, newsiest, spiciest
newspapers puhlishedin Central
Texas. Wen show you the
boss paper of Williamson or
any other county.
Just SO. Talk is cheap-but,i
it takes money to run a news
paper,
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THE Austin Statesman warns
merchants bankers and others
to be on their guard for armed
robbers. The experience of
the faro bank may be repeated
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THE Dallas Herald attributes
the defeat of Hancock to the
Galveston Meas. This is very
unkind. A deficiency of votes
is the true cause. Jones was
elected by the republicans and
greenbackers. But few Demo-
Gratis took any Jones sin theirn."
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ALExANDEs SMITH was cleo
ted on the fifth instant to con-
gress in the Workers, N. Y, dis
trict, and died within ten min
utes after his success was made
known to him.
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An Austin special to the
Mrz0s says Hancock's friends
claim that he is elected beyond
question ifWahsington county's
majority for tones is reduced
to 1900.
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IFyou want to buy, ezahR
or rent land, or Rfe7
E s E:; !:
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= Bolton lou,ual: During
the late session of the confer
ence poultry suffered very ma
terially. After the preachers
had left the surviving chickens
held meeting to celebrate
their preservation.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-12
George'Henry Lewes.

George Henry Lewes. the Eng
lish writer, is dead. His name is
doubly great as the author of great
literary works and as the husband
of a great literary woman. His
marriage with the remarkable
woman who is better known by her
literary name of George Eliot than
by her real name of Marian Evans
was not SO much in addition to
his note or to her note as the happy
Joining together of two already
great regulations. The marriage
seems to have been rather a literary
partnership than what the world
calls a love-match, and it is said
hat from the beginning of their
association together the writings of
George Eliot showed plainly the
impress of Lewes's opinions in
philosophy. Strange things have
been said of this marriage, but
they had better remain unwritten.
We have to do with their public
and not with their private lives.
Lewes began life as a merchants
clerk, but soon abandoned mercan-
tile business for the pursuit of let
tiers. His writings / mainly
philosophic, although he wrote a
novel, "a tragedy and several works
of biography. But his "Story of
Goethe's Life" stands out from all
his writings as his greatest achieve
ment. Not only has this book
been read with the deepest interest
IN England, IN America, and IN
many other parts of the world, but
the critics of Goethe's own land
pronounce it the best life of the
great German that has ever been
written.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-12

Tobacco and Teeth.

The dentists Of New York have
been interviewed OF late IN regard
to the effect of tobacco on the
teeth, and a very singular coincl-
dence IN their views developed by
the mtervlewers (nee reporters
VIZ that the injury for the most
part TO the teeth and gums is oc-
casloned by lnyeterate smoking.
The most important fact developed.
however, is the opinion expressed
by DIR. Rich. one Of the most pop
ular and eminent of his class. VIZ
Some cut damp tobaccos have a
bad effect on the teeth. In add
ton to that, they cause swelling of
the mucous membrane of the soft
palate. This is usually accompa-
MED by a slight catarrh of those
parts, which, however, will disap-
pear on relinquishing the use of the
tobacco which caused it.
Unadulterated tobaccos are not
olly not niurious. but tc I'd to
preserve the teeth: ittends, further.
to destroy the phosphates in the
tartar which accumulates on the
teeth, leaving nothing but a harm
less calcareous deposit. Teeth.
which otherwise would decay rapid
ly, are preserved by the use of to-
bacco, and teeth with cavatics,
promoted by decay, VIII remain
intact for years and be free from
sensltiveness.
Therefore, the conclusion reached
by these interviews is that damp
l%ong-cut tobaccos are injurious,
whilst the pure, unadulterated sun
cured are undoubtedly beneficial.
As North Carolina raises the
best class of tobaccos people who
value their teeth should buy of us.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-12
INION FACTORY.
RANDOLPH COUNTY.
Dec. 2nd, 1878.


10 HE Farmer and Nechaufc.
received the premium At our
county Fair on making the largest
yield OF turnips. | hereby give YOU
a correct statement Of the amount
made and if any man ID this coun-
", or even IN the State, has beat it
hope he will let it be known
through the columns of your pa
per, and | will allow him to draw
the premium money instead of
drawing 1t myself. | raised on :
Of an acre of land eleven two horse
loads of turnips, measuring 335
bushels.
| also planted last Syringe gall
Ions of the Spanish chufa on about
acre of sandy land. Sometime in
September | cut the grass, max
ing > n horse loads good hay. In
October | sowed Is bushels of the
chufa for seed; it being somewhat
tedious to save them. l gave the
job of saving the remainder to my
10 fattening hogs, they seem to be
very busy in their undertaking, and
that kind of work must agree with
them, for they improve every day,
and unless they should get help
there will be chufas plenty left to
keep my stock hogs through the
winter. Yours, truly,
w. A. WoOLLEN.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-12
A Stock Law Man.

One who knows, writes as fol-
lows in the st. Louis .1gricu7turist.
The subject is awakening attention
all over the land
In advocating a law to prevent
stoc k from running at large there
is nothing said, contemplated or
implied, which will in any wise
hinder or prevent him to make rs
many fences on his land as he
pleases, no more than there is an
intention of hindering any one
from building as many houses or
barns as he may please.
2. If any one drives oxen to mar
ket it is his business to keep them
IN the highway, and he ought not
in justice to insist that A b and &
shall fence their lands unless they
SO elect simply to relieve him from
the responsibility to keep his oxen
in the road. The law says that he
may pass over the road, but it is
mine, A b or C's property still,
because the law compels us to pay
taxes on the land, Notwithstanding
it is a public highway. 1t is
enough that we must give the land
for that purpose without being by
law compelled to fence it to &C.
commOdate, not ourselves, but
those that travel.
If A has no water on his farm
that is his misfortune. | may
have no timber on my prairie falm,
and yet he would compel me to
buy posts and lumber to build a
fence, SO that he may have no
trouble IN driving his stock to wa
ter or to market.
AS conclusion that such a law
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-12

would deprive nine-tenths q the
small farmers 70 quit raising stock
Is not based on sound reason. If
farmer has only 10 or - acres OF
land. and = few head Of cattle or
horses, which is easier to fence the
whole farm or a suitable pasture 20
accommodate his stock : Which +:
Finally. If everybody were dis
posed to DO right and deal justly.
and DO as they would wish to BE
done bv. there would be very little
trouble TO enforce the law. At
any rate not n more In North
Carolina than there is in New
York, Illinois or Kansas, where
they have such a law and bless the
day when it was enacted.
Shall be glad to hear from 9TH
ers on this subject 1t will do no
harm to state objections, and may
tend to open the eyes of III legis-
latOrs.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-12
The South Going Ahea5

There is a great deal of rascality
in the political course of the New
York Herald, but it has OF late
shown a moderate Willingness to
help the South build up. Sundays
issue contains letters from all the
Southern States, the almost unani-
NOUS tone OF which speaks of re
cuperation, advancement and com
ing prosperity. These statements
will do much good. Here Is the
letter from North Carolina
RALEIGH, Dec. 1873.
The year now drawing to a close
has been, on the whole, ii prosper
u one with the farmers of this
State generally, particularly so
with those living IN the cotton
growing counties. The wal and
It's results entirely reyolutlonized
the system of farming IN North
Carolina. as indeed they did In
every Southern State, and the
planters consumed several years
after the war in changing from the
old system and experimenting IN
rev ones. While this process was
going on many serious errors were
and farming generally became very
Improbable. The mistake which
has bankrupted many planters was
the one of attempting 10 cultivate
the large number of acres which it
was their custom to DO IN ante
bellum days. The result of this
for the most part was the planter
not being able to work so much
land as thoroughly as it should
have been !; scattering and inferior
crops were harvested, all OF the
proceeds from which, or too large
aportion thereof, went to pay for
labor. Another woful error, which
Tor a number of years proved very
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-12
The Velvet Plant.

The allusion to the velvet plant
a few weeks ago was made to teach
our people a lesson. We have
since had several applications for
the seed, and we doubt not had we
inserted an advertisement charging
a good price per package we could
have made money by the operation.
Now, the velvet plant IS moth
ing but the common mullen with
which our readers have been famil-
lar all their lives : anu many Of
these n0reltics with high-sounding
names often advertised IN the pa
pers, are frequently the merest
weeds no better than the mullen.
Don't be caught by them. A little
knowledge of botany would some
times save you money and no little
vexation at the thought of being
sold. "-Rurul Messenger.
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Religious News.

Mr. Spurgeon viii not accept for
MS personal use his congregations
gift of SO, 600, but Will turn it
into Il charitable fund.
The Holston Conference, VI. +.
Church South, reported It the re-
cent session a total membership Of
40, an increase during the past
year of 1920.
The net increase in the member
ship of the Virginia NJ. +. Confer
ence, for the year just closed, IS
2,4O1, and the number of members
now in society in this Conference
IS 54,269.
A new synagogue, said to be one
OF the finest IN the world, has been
opened in Warsaw. 1t has cost,
the Jewish World SAYS. $40, 600,
exclusive of the cost of site. which
was about s56, 600.
A very pleasant statement was
made at the recent meeting OF
Methodist Bishops. 1t appears
that out of 10000 appointments
made IN 1878, no preacher de-
cllned to 90 where he was sent and
no society refused to receive the
man appointed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-12
Southern Items.

Graft Brown has fallen heir to
all English estate worth So, 600.
Addison Waddell, son of DR..
Waddell, of Staunton, was found
dead in bed last Thursday morn
ing.
The Norfolk papers announce
the death of Captain John r..
Langley, for many years an es-
teemed citizen and prominent mer-
chant o. that city.
Rev. Geo. III. Kinsolving. rector
Of st. Marks Episcopal Church,
Baltimore, and a native Of Loundon
county, Va, has accepted a call to
the rectorship of ST. Johns Epis-
copal Church, Cincinnati.
Governor McCrea.y, of Ken
lucky, has caused to be delivered
to the Breckenridge Monumental
Association at Lexington, KY,
$4,000, appropriated by the Legis-
lature for a monument to the mem
orv Of John G.. Breckenridge.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-12

Lumberton Ro6es0ni0n We re-
greet to learn that Mrs. Mary Dan
lei, an aged lady, living IN the
Ashpole country, met with a very
painful accident on Wednesday
last. 1t seems she went out to call
a servant girl to do some chore
about the yard, when she slipped
and fell down, breaking her right
arm just above the wrist and dis
locating her right hip. The physi-
clans, we understand, have great
hopes Of her entire recovery. She
is nearly 81 1e rs I'D Mr.. ID. j.
Mckenzie, who went from this
section to Alabama about SIX years
ago, moved back last week. He
thinks his native State the best
place to live IN after all The
remains Of the late Rev. A. Baker
was disintered last week, and sent
to Charleston, 5. c., the present
home Of his widow.