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lively, and be C
mo railroad train one Va '.S
most important members OF his Doo!
the other day at Ennis
Capt. ]. ]. Hill, late of kaufman,
and now of Tyler, has been irohcking
around in his old beat. he moved 10
Tvler to attend to large business De-
fore the Supreme Court
1t was discovered the other day AZ
Ennis that the city government was
s,,II alive. A cart load or more OF art
Vas thrown into a mud-puddle, ana
the taxpayers are appeased.
Col. w. NJ. shafter has been inter
viewed at Houston, and he declares
that the American citizens on tue Mo
Grande border have no desire ior war
s All they ask is protection.
Major Wiley Jones, chief oil tue
Waco fire department, has been pre-
sented with a silver service, and no"
verv MANY chiefs are casting anxious
looks at 'iadmirlng friends"
Dave ouarles furnished the prisoner
in the Madison county jail with knive
to work their way cut, and conse
l. ouently he has worked his way Int
the penitentiary for four years.
is The Brenhan Ne,cs says it has bee
Alseriously proposed in North Texas !
ls hang Schleicher in effigy. To nan
him in reality without the stronge'
ships cable would be an impossloiilt.
M should the postmaster su--Trede
;cksburg be removed, there is no pro
nd ability of the position being left "
cant. A score of patriots have pape
,a,t in washington urging their fitness
the place.
A Denison merchant, disciple
Murray. was led to believe that spir
were entertaining his goods until
cen W afoul ofa lot of material" thie'
,ba. .aad been using him to their 1
The, santage.
The Stephensyille Empire says N
est was lately killed by drunken ran,
jim. Coleman county: that the ma
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tea-tsble.
At Jerry McCsuley's Mission poor
Dutchman argued better for Christian
ity than all the rationalists in the
world can argue against it. He said I:
81 vas q poor lost sinners und 1 didn't
know we're to 60, so / had to go to
Yesus, und den 1 vas all right. Amen"
That which makes man sail right
must be true. If Christians would pay
their billsatle. more promptly. and
NOT. sal|r Int their ability to
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'n9 '~ VEN" tiS'Dsllas, failed,
H. n ceiities.
VI" 90, ID OranAe county turns out
=, o ,at 40, 900 shingles Par day.
upper, the colored West Pointer,
1-sbw in Texas with his regiment.
Il is now proposed that the Dallas
and Wichita Railway touch Denton.
The Washington county commits
sloners decline to invest in poor farm.
Houston Is discussing a new opera
house. William Brady should be con-
suited.
Timothy Sullivan was pursued by
snakes at Houston until he took refuge
in eternity.
Col. Shafter and Lieut.. Bulls hav,
gone to Washington to testify o;
border affairs.
Tom Bee, the colored body servant
of General Bee, died at Corpus Christ
the other day.
Since his promotion to the penitn-
tiary the Brenham Banner calls him
Judge Mccullough"
]. G. Tracy has put on the worling
mans harness, and pulls Justify IN the
party traces at Houston.
Not single Indictment for felony
was found ct the last term of district
court of Rockwall county.
The military telegraph line is COM
pleted to Fort Davis. The distance
from Davis to FL Paso is 210 miles.
Fern Leaf" the accomplished cor
respondent Of the Chicago Tribune,
writes charming letters from Texas.
Mr.. Lucien Whitehead, an old citi-
zen of Western Texas, was drowned q
few days ago in the Lavaca river.
The mayor Of Palestine was knocked
down Christmas with grand upright,
seven octave, brass tongued jewsharp.
Shooting scrapes are not a novelty
at Corpus Christi. There were two
reported in the last issue of the Ga
zette.
The prisoners in the Kaufman Jail
converted razor into a saw aud came
near raising themselves out of the con-
Germ.
The next session of the Texas State
Grange Will convene at Bryan. Texas,
on the second Tuesday in January,
1878.
F. L. Kirkwood, of New York, sui
cided at Dallas the other day. He had
money and the undertaken was made
happy.
The Bolton Telegraph Company has
been organized, and q line will be at
once constructed from Round Rock to
Bolton.
The Express says the border troubles
can be settled by a railroad from San
Antonio to the Rio Grande, eide
Barnes.
Military headquarters at Chicago are
now informed that only about a dozen
Mexican citizens took part in the Ell
Paso troubles.
On Saturday evening, at Hearne, q.
brakeman on the Central was crushed
to death between two cars. His name
was Douglass.
Tom Ochiltree denies the charge that
he had connected himself with the
Lerdist party. Tom never swIms alonf
with the small fry. Il
The dramatic club of Seguin has dis
tinguished itself in the rendition of a
great dramatic piece with Hon. w. NJ.
Rust as the Toodles.
The court house of McCulloch ooun
ty is nearly completed, and when it Is
finished tie great Austin boarding
house will lose custom.
Heavy rains have lately fallen in
San Saba county, and 1t is mostly from
this quarter that the Colorado were
lately placed on q bender.
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Thieves are inIeating Bonham.
DR.. Day, of Lullng, is no more.
San Antonio il to have street rail-
way.
The msSvI market at Ennis Is
dull. -,
Dallas has a coffee and spice mills
factory.
Waco is to lave two cotton COM
presses. ,...a
Grimes county has money on; hsha
and no debts. -,
Van Zandt county ships enough SAT-
produced at home.
A county grange has been organ
lied in Bell county.
Tom Ochiltree, as might have oeer
kexpected, has the govt. -,
Millions of Wild pigeons are IN "
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lsl1ett Hayes. Inbuppot-
ing the President, Gordon ha, Simply
performed sacred duty to the Souh,
which straight as well as indepndent
Democrats should acknowledge.
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p. DoNAN, formerly Of the Caucas-
ian, an original essayist and political
Iwriter, is now conducting newspaper
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~, but 81. aey at.
The sas soon

I.I,,om son and made hight. a
Ha was knocked down and severely I
beaten, but he saved his money. Ii
Goliad county is about to get into a
w-opo,e, over a court house matter:
The county commissioners claim tnaI
he town of Goliad owes the county, 10
consideration of four leagues oil iane,
| $4,000. for building a court house tns
ones,ion is about to produce oau
SSIood and the Guard advises modera-
ton.
The grave of Bessie Moore, the muir
dered victim Of Abe Rothschlld, Is Vls-
;,eS nv nearly every traveller who stops
OF J,fferson. The people gave l9e
Wondered girl Christian sepulcnre,
nice metallic coffin being used ana no
axnanse spared in the funeral. At the
nod NJ the grave is marble SLAB WIN
the simple inscription bessie.
The flood in San Saba river the other
a,nundsted the lowlands and drove
= neople from their homes one iauiiIy
That had taken refuge n tree WIN
s their household goods positively re-
: fused to quit it when boa, Was
o hroupht to them. They remained there
during the night, and next morning
IN they descended and went to housekeeP'
to ing again.
,g The delegates from the T,xas Cop
st farence To the General Conference o
y. the M. E. Church South to be held IL
r. Atlanta, next May are:
h Clerical-R. Alexander, OF Chape
a. Hin; H. V. Philpott, of AUSTIN D. u
,rs John, of Galveston.
for LAY VI. d. Gliding, OF BRENNAN
d. Thomas, of Bryan; Z. u WHICH
it,, ?, Of r n"s;; E.s.
he acted most Unexpectedly at a row
YES supper Of their own the other nigh
ad- They properly teetotaled, but unle
their gastronomic powers are wOnderf
,an they never will get over that supper.
was admirable in all respects, an
ger there was no wonder that even tIha de
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q. u. Lamar, JOHn ID. 0OruOuj
Ellis. Randal Gibson, E. A. Burke and'
John Young Brown, had agreed that
tho count should not be broken up in
the House and that Hayes should be
counted in, that Louisiana and South
Carolina should be instantly liberated.
Hayes, we are told by Chandler, was
made president by the heroism and de-
Yotion of Packard and Chamberlain,
and these two worthless were instantly
sacrificed by him. Though the dull
moral perceptions of MIR. Chandler
could not have contemplated the facts
in their proper aspects, yet nothing is
truer than that Hayes should have de-
stroyed two governors base enough to
make president by unlawful and cor
=rupt practices as asserted by Chandler,
and if all that Chandler divulges in
this behalf were literal truth, the Pres
ident should be lauded for his conduct
towards two dishonest men pretending
to be chief magistrates of Southern
States. 1t Is none the less true
that the vices OF these two gov
ernors in no wise affect the honesty
of Mr.. Hayes. He was made presi-
dent by Congress and the Electoral
Commission, and had no right to go
behind their action.
Mr.. Chandler inveighs against Keys
appointment with much bitterness and
assails Fiizsin.mons, the new Demo-
cratic Marshal of Georgia, and the
Irish gentleman and Democrat, Wal
dron, of Tennessee, also made Mar
shall. In truth, Chandeliers letter is q
terrible bill of indictment against the
mode of election and policy of Mr..
Hayes. 1t will provoke much discus
sion. Already Watterson and Mr..
Secretary Sherman have pronounced
Chandler's assertions false, and the
man, Burke, who is said to hold the
written contract between Stanley
Matthews acd the Southern Congress
men above named, should at once pro-
duce the paper or deny its existence.
The fierce and implacable Mr.. Chand-
Ter closes his remarkable paper with
the assertion that
1t is the duty of true Republicans to
take prompt and courageous action. 81
lence is q crime; acquiescence and in
action are political death. Can the
Republican party of heroic achieve
| ments be bound to an administration
ASyhlch is not free agent, but is bound
"a bargain to Gen. Gordon, L. Q. c.
r, Wade Hampton and otAel
Democrats now in high Office
the blood of murdered
MOT every voter il
Hayes and Pack,
simultaneously anC
sme title, and that whel
pned and trampled dowi
& an lrremovable stall
The Republican part,
I'd survived many az
IONS, only becaus
led upon higl
= sentiment
aablo< =
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4 LONDON company of great wealth
<takeSso build underground rail-
~ Hifu
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.erylsfge c!sS
..,Iss SsSSo,s.Ss
intensely Az
the Nescs of F>S &
deavor to pro-. SScos
two countrisN%e 4
wholly in vaN-A%
bat peacs. white-wlnl
a recognition of Dia7
the construction OF
| tablishing of steamsi
we would soon hna
not only peaceful ~
tions with the weak
that would forever
4 OF hopes 81 war.
pertinent, ard let u
|. Congress aid in sec
inviting war, By SO
ures now in progrS
rocal relations vii
the Rio Grande
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will soon be gone.
nIisl officer of the city
y is mysteri-
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referred 10 the course of the secre,.rv of III.
interior in regard TO timber matter and
said it would stop all industrie, in m,nv
western states and territories. He had M
objection to giving to the public in the usual
document form; anything the secretary
might desire to say in defence of his cour,.
but he did not recognize the righ. of c.bi.
net minister to come upon the floor of the
senate, aud make speech, or have printed
IN the record defense Of his course.
Mr.. Matthews said that he desired TO re.
ply TO Mr. Sargent, and called for the read.
Ing Of the communication as part of his
speech, that it might appear In the Record
After debate upon the points of order
Mr., Sargent objected 10 the present cons i'd
eration ofthe motion to refer the documcp,
and It was laid over till tomorrow.
HOUSE.
After the explanation by Mr.. Sou,hard
disc'aiming the authorship of the joint res
olution, In regard to the plural executiv,
head. the house went into committee of III,
whole, on the diplomatic consular appropri
alton bill.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-03-12
WASHINGTON.
CAPITAL NOTES

Washington, March 12.-Professor John
Brainerd, formerly Of Cleveland. died last
night, aged 70. He came here during the
late war to take position in the patent
Office.
The senate finance committee Tuesdsy
next will consider the house bill for the re-
peal Of the specie resumption act.
The president nominated Robert II.
Reynolds. Ala, first auditor Of the treasury
of the naval construction Jno. w. Eastby
chief of the bureau of construction and
repairs, aud chief constructor, with the re.
'ative rank Of commodore pay director
Geo. F Cutter, to bc chief of the bureau OF
provisions and clothing. aud paymaster gen
cral with the relative rank Of commodore
The senate committee on military affairs
.! the request Of the members who wished "a
make further inquiry, laid over the nomi
nation Of Thomas c. H. Smith, now appoint
ment clerk Of the treasury department. to b,
paymasier in the army.
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CRIME.
LYNCHED.

LfNCHED.
New York, March IA supplementary
telegram from Harrisburg, Va, where
Charlotte Harris, colored, was hanged, the
other night, on black jack tree, by masked
men, says: 1t took five men to bend the
sappling down, which being accomplished,
the rope suspended from the tree was fasten-
ed to the woman's neck, and the tree then
allowed to 60 up again. The woman was
tossed into the air, and landed on the op.
posite side Of the tree, which was proped up
with fence rail, and there LEFT hanging
This occurred Wednesday night last. The
body was not cut down until the following
Friday afternoon.
ARSON.
New Haven, Conn, March l2.-The
American brush Cos factory was burned BY
incendiary. Loss s25, ,oOo; no insurance
ARRESTED.
Cincinnati, March PA. N. Robinson
who was treasurer TO the time Of the robbery
Of the Clermont county treasury, in Balavia
some months since, was yesterday arrested
for the crime.
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POLITICAL.
CITY EI.ECTION

CITY ELECTION.
San Francisco, March l2.-At the city
election at Oakland yesterday, large vote
was cast. The workingmen elect all their
candidates except the superintendent Of
echools and city marshal by small majorities.
The fight was between the workingmen and
republicans, the democrats fusing to some
extent with the latter party.
At the municipal election at Dalinas. the
citizens party elected their whole ticket, e1
cept one councilman, workingman.
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FOREIGN.

ENGLAND.
Paris, March 1.-THE Republique Fran
caise states that Lord Derby told Count
Schouvaloff, Russian ambassador at Lon
don, that England would not attend the
congress, unless the entire tresty Of San
Stefano was admitted, and that Schouvaloff
after consulting Gortschakof. replied that
Russia would consent
London, March 12.-In the house Of com.
mons this afternoon, Sir Stafford North
cote says that the government has not heard
tha, the Russians we're entrenchlng lines
on the peninsula of Gsllipoli.
AUSTRIA.
Count Andrassv yesterday told the Hun.
garian delegation what he understood BY
Austrian Interests, and what ought to be
examined.
REDUCTION OF WAGES.
London, March 1.-THE coal owner s
association of north Yorkshire and south
Dcrbyshire, have determined to reduce
wages seven and half per cent. This deter
mination affects between twenty-five thous.
and and thirty thousand miners.
The manufacturers in North England iron
trade are demanding reduction Of wages
from ten to seventeen per cent. 1t is believ-
ed they intend general strike.
THE TINES SAYS:
They entered on large gamble, in hope
that the country will rush into war, and
the past fortnight's rise proved too much fol
them. Should the rise continue. more col
lapses are probable.
ENGLAND AND AUSTRIA.
London. March IA disrxtch from
Pesth says: Count Andrassy assured som,
members of the delegation that upon Ger
tain points, and in certain eventualties, 4
convention between England and Austris
was ready.
THE HUNGARIAN DELEGATION.
Vienna, March 11.-Thc subcommittee
Of the Hungarian delegations to-day unan'
mously adopted the motion to grant acredi
OF sixty million forms asked for bv Coun
Andrassy.
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NEW YORK.
AxEnlcANs ruREATEXED.

AMERICANS THREATENED.
New York, Nah IA Norfolk dispatch
s,stes that the u. 8. steamer Plymouth, now
undergoing repairs. has orders to put 10 sea
=. eoon as out Of the ,nachlnists hands. de.
ferrpg all other repairs. The Plymouth
GOES TO San Domingo; disturbances there
having caused the American representation
there to he imprisoned, and threatened the
safety Of all other American residents.
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FIRES.
FATALLY INJURED.

New York, March. l2.-The fire which
started last evening in Provost ST., Jersey
City, burned FIVE houses, and made abou,
one hundred persons homeless. The break
ing Of ladder probably caused Jane.
Killon and Jno. McGinnis, fremen, to be
fatally injured.
IN NEW YORK.
New York, March l2.-The loss by fire
this morning, at 174 Fulton ST., 1000
mostly covered by insurance.
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Chiids,a~n. arrives Fridays al sr y. and dc.
ras1s saturdays NJ "a. -.
rr~neh.aun. Seh.. arrives Tur&dass and Fri
aays NJ 10 A. -. and departs .; sAfne dsss st
r. -,
,.~si. Ass.e. r,esAs,s ~ - X and Acra,ss
WssAapsstsvsAt r, y.
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WALL STREET.
New York, March 12.
Gold--l.0OIc.
stocks-higher.
NEW YORK MARKET.
New York, March IL.
WnEAr-1@2c better.
RYE-quietand unchanged; state, 75c.
CoRN-shade better; prices unchanged.
BARLEx-dull and declining; No. ],
Canada, 9Oc.
oArs-quiet; 33@37c for mixed western
34@4lc for white.
PoRK-quiet; lo.00@1025.
LARD-without material change 7.2O.
WHlsKY-1.064c.
Chicago, March IL.
WHEAT-etronger and higher; l.O63
@l.06sc for cash, March l.055c for April;
l.oesc for May.
CoRN-firm and shade higher; 42sc for
42lc for April and May.
OATs-frmer; 235c for cash; 24c for
April; 26ac for May.
RYE-543c
BAR1EY-45!@47sc.
PoRK-fairly active and frmer; 9.32!
@9.35c for cash, April; 9.373@9.5Oc 70,
May.
LARD-steady; 700 for cash; 6.e7lc 70,
April; 705 for May.
WHIsKY-1.04c.
| MILWAUKEE,.
Milwaukee, March IL.
WHEAr-advanced l@2!c closing firm
hard, LA for No. l; 1.l2!c for No. 2
l.Oslc for cash; 1.04c March; l.07ic 70
April; l.ossc for May; No. 8, l.o2lc.
CoRN-dull; 4lc.
OATs-dull; 24c. ...
RYE-53lc.
BARLEY-55!c.
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SUSPENSION.

Cincinnati, March l2.-Thc Farmers and
Traders bank. Lexington, suspended pay
ment yesterday. 1t is stated that the loans
discounts aggregate to two hundred thous-
and dollars. The deposits do not exceed
$4,000.
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ACCIDENTS.
EXPLOSION.

Harrisburg, March 1.-TWO children
named Wood were fatally. and two others
seriously burned by the explosion Of coal
oil with which the Oldest, aged IL.
was lighting fire.
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rELEG GR A PHIc.
o,CLOC x p. NJ.
GENERAL.
A War Vessel Ordered 10 Sea.
:. , nouingo Assumes 4 Belligerent
%" Attitude.
Municipal Election. h California

.,eh,ng Of. Woman at H.rr,.burx.
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HLowS UP.
two men

Marlboro, Mass, March l2.-The Acton
Powder mill blew up again ta-day, killing
two men.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
FOR coSsrAxr1NopLE,

FOX CONSTANTlNOPLE.
New Haven, March. l2.-The steamer
Remus sailed for Constantinople with q
cargo Of cartridges and cartridges machin.
cry.
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FOREIGN.
Hungary Favor. Large Loan for War Purpose

Russia I. No, Fn,renchios a. Gnllipoli.
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A full line of Watches. Clocks and Jewelry Of
the finest and best patterns constantly OH hand
Repairing done under the personal supervision
Of MIR. Peterson, who has given y years to the
business.
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MARKETS sY TELEGRAPH

WALL STREET.
New York, March IL.
Gold--l.0OIc.
stocks-higher.
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ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES OF MAIL

ARRIVE DEPART
Eastern. n..,,,......,...~, s:ibr.A. $50 a. u
ny srAak,
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Tattooing il Bnrman.

At the mention Of tattooing, the English
reader will be disposed to lower the Bur
man in his estimation to the level of the
Red Indian or South Sea Islander, or
other Wild offshoot Of humanity. Yet 1t
is no mark Of any such want of culture,
From the educated native Judge who sits
on the bench to administer the law of
England, who speaks and writes the Eng
lish language, drives in his barouche, and
attends the social gatherings OF, English
ladies and gentleman, to the humbiesl
.laborer in the field, every man of the popu-
lation is tattooed, not at pleasure and with
in the limits he himself may draw, but by
! rioid custom which devotes TO the tat
tooers 5 art the body Of every man from the
waist t. below the knee. Within this area
every Burman is branded with close
tapestry Of lions, grifins, and other fabu-
lous monsters, in deep blue pigment,
forced under the skin BY q painful process.
Red tattooing is confined to the upper
part of the body. This necessary deeora-
ton is begun at an early age, aud the pre-
scribed surface is only gradually covered,
but theseyerity of the treatment IN the
case Of very young boys is the cause q no
qttle illness, and sometimes even Of death.
have myself met only one Burman who
was not thus decorated, ana he was kind
of privileged mountebank to whom The
license of clown was allowed, and who
was the good natured butt Of his com
panions. The tattooer is proud to exc
cute his most artistic designs which he
viii display on scroll ike tailor's pat
terms on the arms Of English officers, and
among those who have served u Burman
the samples of this art are among the
commonest relics shown to admirlns
friends at home. Whatever may have
been the origin of this strange custom, i
is considered an essential mark Of manil'
ness, and the Burmese youth who shrank
from tho ordeal would be regarded and
treated as "miIksop; and, however IN.
n..,,r.l,tba custom NAV by, it unloubted-
Il has the effect Of attaching wholesome
dignity to hardship, and the fearless e.l,
8nrance Of phgsicsl pain, to which may be
partially due the remarkable freedom
from etfeminaey which j. popplar eaar.
acteristsr Of the Burmese. frazer : iaetas'
zine.