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IRISH POTATOES.
AN EXPERIMENTAL cRop-rHE
PRoFIr-FAcrs AND FIGURES.

As the season for preparing
the land and planting Irish po-
tatoes is near at hand, we re-
produce the following article
from the BANNER, OF June q,
1871. Its worthy OF considera-
ton:
The BANNER is indebted to
Major Sam Stone for the tollow-
ing particulars concerning his
crop of Irish potatoes Major
Stone planted 25t acres of black
sandy loan prairie land, on his
polarization four miles southwest
of town. He commenced plant
ing on the 18th day OF February,
using sixty-tive barrels of pota-
toes for seed, which cost him
$3.50 per barrel, or $3.50.
Twenty i've barrels proved to
be very Indifferent seed, not
coming up we'll end yielding
scarcely anything, being attack
ed by grasshoppsrs and "nipped
IN the bud" The hoppers also
materially injured the Others.
He sold SIS barrels at Is cents
per bushel, or say 1925 per
barrel, amounting to s1165.50.
Deducting the cost of the seed
crop brought 1908, from which
must be deducted the cost OF
cultivation and use of the land.
The crop was all marketed by
the 9th of June, and the same
land has since been planted in
cotton and peas. and will, should
the season prove favorable, pro-
duce the usual cotton crop.
Had this twenty-five acres
been cultivated in cotton only,
the probable yield would have
been about half a bale to the
acre, or say twelve or thirteen
bales in all. This, at an out
s de price OF ten cents, would
have amounted to $3.50 gross.
from which must be deducted
all the expenses incidental TO a
cotton crop. Notwithstanding
the meagre yield of tubers, ow-
ing to hoppers and bad seed.
the crop OF potatoes is much
ahead of cotton as a money
making crop, and in addition,
comes in a time when the cot
ton planter has nothing market
able. In fact. it would appear
from Maj. Stones experiment
this season, that a very proGta-
bic (even under adverse cir
cumstances-hoppers) crop can
be made without interfering
with the usual crop of cotton.
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: The funeral of Mrt anc
Mrs. c. c. Dibble, who were
recently drowned in Cedar creek
Waller county, took place Sat
Houston on Saturday last. Mn
Dibhle WAS Sc years of age and
his wife %.
The S. A. Express says
Col. Cunningham is most en-
phatically the right man in the
right place. In the future the
penitentiary will be conducted
as it should be, and there is 10
danger, under the management
of the present lessee, of it be-
coming disgrace to humanity
and decency, to the dishonor OF
the good name of the State OF
Texas, as was the case under
less favorable auspices.
= In San Saba they have
local option. The Nescs says it
is no uncommon thing to see
men reeling about acting 'Just
like" drunken men commonly
do. None have been caught in
the act OF drinking, and even
had they been caught, stomach
pump wonld have to have been
used and the "stuff" analized-
as no one would testify that it
was whiskey. This is the way
|. OPP. works in San Saba county.
= Joel Rayland passed thro'
Dallas en- route for Austin. in
charge of the deputy sheriff OF
Archer county. Rayland, some
weeks ago, cut his fathers throat
from ear to ear while asleep, and
afterwards cut the ears from the
corpse and sewed them to his
hat. He is a Cohbite, declaring
that the glory of God and the
of man depends on the
shedding OF human blood. With
this exception he is, apparently,
perfectly sane.
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The Brennan BANNER saws :
"ln Dallas a man ram down Elm
street, yelling at the top OF his
voice; he was pursued, in his
imagination, by FIVE stupendous
snakes. This is a sad commen>
tary on the quality of the Dial
las whiskey." And the same
remark may be made on about
80 per cent, of all the whiskey
now sold in Texas. 1t will turn
any mans toes up the daisies if
he will stick to it closely for a
few short months.-Housto,s
Telegram.
The Telegram man evidently
knows all about it, and is to be
congratulated that his toes and
face too, are not turned up to-
wards the daisies.
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waste themselves IN
rounding atmosphere.
this the farmer must turn cN
isl tor the moment, and see
what other ingredient will neu
tralize volatile substances and
hold them in the compost unit
they become plant food. For
tunately we have cheap and
very common substance-viz..
gypsum nd-plaster-that an
swer this purpose admirably.
Ammonia, carbonic acid. uric
acid, phosphorus and nitrogen,
all have strong affinity for the
sulpllate Of lime, or gypsum, and
will chemically unite with it Oh
all occasions, and form a new
compost of salts, that will not
evaporate in the air very readily,
and can he used as one OF the
very best fertilizers for almost
all classes of crops grown in the
temperate zone.
In order to make lard plaster
available, the manure should be
lieaped up; and whenever six or
twelve inches deep, good coat,
ing OF "land plaster" should be
scattered over it, and the pro-
cess continued during winter
or summer, as long as the com
post is being increased. 1t is
best to keep the compost heat
sheltered to preyent unnecessary
teaching; but even without
shelter, this treatment will pre-
serve the greater part OF the
strength OF the fertilizing part
OF the manures. Gypsum costs
less than any other fertilizer.
As a top dressing for clover,
corn, tobacco wheat or grasses,
and from its power of attracting
ammonia, phosphorus, etc., from
the atmosphere, it adds more to
the strength OF the soil than any
other fertilizer of equal cost.
Millions might be saved the
country each year. if our farmers
would properly preserve all the
manures that can be made on
farm, and then skillfully to use
them.
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A STRIKE is contemplated.
amoung the engineers of the
railroads to the Lehigh coal re-
geon in Pennsylvania. One Of
tie companies has issued an or
der that after the first of the
year they win employ no one
belonging TO the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers.
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TrroS TENN Record: We
have an English farmer living a
few miles from town. He has
pursued the same plan of farming
here as in the sold country
This season he has gathered six
ty bushels of corn per acre from
an old field that four years ago
would hardly sprout peas. lie
saves all the manure, placing it
in pits dug for the purpore:
never burns a cotton or cora stalk;
never sells a bushel of cotton
seed; spends the wet days haul
ing the rich earth from the
fence corners and spreading it
over the poor spots. He says he
can pay two dollars for a two
horse load of stable manure and
double his money. This is the
kind OF farming we need in this
country.
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IT is estimated that a million
tramps are roaming over the
United States at the present
time. This is sad commentary
on the stringency of the times,
as among this grand army OF
tramps. there must necessarily
be many men who are not only
able, but willing 10 work, could
they but get work to do.
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Two Galveston banks have
received 5000 each in one and
three cent pieces. 1t viii at
once be put in circulation. This
is forward movement in the
right direction.
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Eggs all the year round can
be had by giving hens reason
able share of attention; furnish
suitable accommodations; get
and keep the right breed; save
only the earliest hatehed pullets
Tor laying; furnish as great a
variety of food as possible; feed
as much as they will eat; give
green and animal food OF some
kind in winter; keep the hens
quiet and comfortable; don't
allow them to be worried or
frightened; keep clean and fresh
water at hand always. These
rules intelIigently applied, says
Prot. Corbett, will secure an
abundant supply of eggs the
year round.
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/
PiFREYL VEGETABLE,
containing those Southern Roots and
Herbs, which an aliwisa Providence
has placed ia countries where Liver
Diseases most prevail. 1t will cure all
diseases caused BY arrangement, of the
Nk1y-r and bowels
The symptoms OF Liver Complaint
are bitter or bad taste in the mouth:
;lain in the back, side or joints, often
mistaken FOR rheumatism; sour Stom-
acfi Loss Of Appetite, baweis slterna.
telyj costive AMI lax; Headache, Loss
offnrinory, with n painful sensation of
having faiitd to do sumt thing which
ought TO have been done; Debility, low
spirits, a thick yellow appearance o, the
skin and eyes, u dry cough often mis-
taken for consumption.
Sometimes many of these symJt ms
attend the disease, at others very few:
but the Liver, the largest o, gan in the
body, is generally the seat of the d.s
ease, and ifnot REQUESTED in time, grea;
suffering, wre;chedness sad death will
rnSue.
can recommend as an eficacious
remedy for disease of the Liver, Heart.
burn and Dyspepsia, Simmons Liver
Regulator.-Lewis q. Wuuder, 1925
Master Street; Assistant Post Master,
Philadelphia.
1--WE have tested it's virtues, person
ally, and know that for Dyspepsia,
Biliousness, and Thrnbbing Headache,
il is the best medicine the world ever
saw. We have tried forty other reme-
dies before simmons Liver X. gulur,
but none of them gave Us more than
Temporary relief; but TIE Regulator not
only relieved. but cured as Ed. Tel
egram and Messenger, Macon, Tia.
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CLuIFU UIIIN ~
], II Ie;Ijn G. Co.


Macon, Ga., and PilIadti PIMA.
It contains four medical e;eir,nts,
never united in the same happy proper
ton in any other preparation, viz: Il
gentle Cathar'lc, a wonderful Tonic. an
unexceptionable Alternative and cerlain
Corrective of all Impurities of the b.
dy. Such signal success has attended
lis use, that il IS nuir regarded us the
EFFECTIVE SPECIFIC Tor all discas-
es If the Liver. stomach AID spleen
Is remedy in mal=rious fevers, bow
ell complaints, Dyspepsia, mental de
preston, reStlessness. jnnndice, nausea.
SICK headache. collie, constil alton and
biliousness it has no equal
CAUTION.
AS there are number of limitations
"fftred to the public, we would caution
the community to buy no Powders OF
prepared Simmons Liver r. eulator,
unless in our engraved wrapper, with
the trade mark. stamp aud signature
unbroken. None other is genuine.
J. q. ZEiLlN & CO,
Macon, Ga., and Philndr phis.
Your valuable medicine. Simmons
Liver Regular, has sav,d me many
Doctors bills, use it for everything ii
is recommended, aud never knew it TO
fail. have used it in collie ami 2rubbs,
with my mules and horses, giving
them about half bottle at time.
have not lost one that gave it to, you
can recommend it to every one ihst has
stock as being the best medicine known
for all complaints that horse flesh is
hair fo-E IT TAXI Or Ar-.rt fnp
Changers Of Georgia. nov23w1y
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dome, Farm and Crane.

W Send two dollars Tor the
WEEKLY BANNER for 1878, the
hest and cheapest paper ever
published in the county.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-01-04

On the 18th of July, 1877. the under
signed as principal and John Manly
aod E. g. Williamson rs suri,ies, made
a note payable TO the Great Western
Well Anger Works, Bloomfield, iowa,
for SlG5, due SIX months after date.
with interest a, ten per cert from
date, and payable III Engelkt s bans.
BRENNAN, Texas No.ice is hereby
given that as TIE considerations for
which said note was given having fail
ed, l will not pay said note.
J. n. DANIEL.
Dec. 10th. 1877. wit
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BRENNAN GRANGE meets the
saturday before the first and
third Sunday in each month at
2 O'Clock P. NJ. in the Opera
House. JAMES M. PREsLER,
Master, o. II. P. GARRETT, Sec.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-01-04

The following is an extract
from letter written by Col. J.
F. Jones of Galloway county to
friend in Fulton; Gas YOU
expressed a desire to know how
my crop of corn, grown east of
my barn, would yield, | here
with send you a report from an
accurate survey by surveyors
chain, and by measurement of
the wagon-bed OF the quantity
raised on one-fourth OF an acre,
not a whit above an average of
Il acres. On the one-fourth OF
an acre, the yield was five bar
rels, three bushels and a little
over one peck, or % barrels,
three bushels and a fraction to
the acre, a little over 113 BUSH
els of shelled corn to the acre.
This shows the value of manure
and deep blowing. In break
ing, l put a trenching pillow be-
hind the common pillow and
broke to the depth of about II
inches" y Missouri Republican.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-01-04

JAKE HARNESS was executed
at Cliuton, Tennessee. for the
murder OF Isaac White IN 1863.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-01-04
Notice In Probate.

AOtiCe IN Rro5dtes
THE STATE OF TEXAS.
| To the Sheriff, or any Constable of
Washington coanty, Greeting.
You are hereby compsnded 10 cause
to BE- published at leas, once week
for three successive werks in the Bren-
ham BANNER newspaper regularly
printed in Washing couuty, the fol-
lowing notice:
TIE STATE OF TEXAS.
To all persons interested in the guar
disnship of the estate of the minor
heirs of Margaret King, deceased;
y. II. p. Garrrti, guardian of said
estate, has fled in the County Court of
Washington cnunty, an exhibit of the
condition OF the estate, final account
of his guardianship and an application
for leave to resign the guardianship of
Willie King. with a prayer for dis
charge as TO Matte, Rebecca, and Mich
ael fling, which viii be heard ut tie
next term Of the County Court OF said
county. commencing on the
Third Monday in January, 1878.
at the Courthouse thereof, in the city
of Brennan, al which time all persons
interested in said guardianship may ap-
pear and contest said application, if
they see proper to do so.
Herein fail not. under penalty of the
law, and OF this writ make due return.
Issued the cath day of Dec. 1877.
Witness. H. NJ. Lewis, Clerk of said
49, Court and the, Seal thereof.
YRS atutiice. in the city OF Brea-
ham, the 2i;h day of De-
*--* cenber. 1877
H. NJ. LEWIS BIC. C. W. C.
l hereby certify tba b ahov,- aud
foregoing is a true and Srrect copy of
the original Citation. now in my hands.
]. H. HUTcHIasoS.
dec2S s3s Sheriff
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NAsHINGToN HOTEL,
JOHN SUMMERS, Prop,

Cor. Tremont& Mechanic SITS, Galveston.
This House is centrally located, con-
venient To business, and but two
squares from Morgan's Line of
Steamers, and one block from
Union Depot.
Table unsurpassed by any House nj
the City. ssp14d&wtf
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HlHE STAMPS LIBRARY
OF BOOKS DEVOTED 70
SPIRITUAL PHILOSOPHY
NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

Over one hundred and thirty volumes
frnm the most eminent authors in this
department OF investigation have al
ready been secured, and others will be
added Ms they are issued. Works of
Owen, PEBBLES, Britain, Crowell, Davis.
Eimonds, Watson, and more than fifty
other American writers, besides many
English and French Scientists, are now
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those not citizens-price OF book depos-
tied till its return Library at the store
of J. :. NORTON.
Sept. %, '77d&w4m. BRENNAN.
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ronSiant ana
Ias.rted at $3.50 aslnsfea H.
first insertion. aud sev-nty,MS
fqasre for each insertion theres's
All quarterly aud yearly Advertise
meats must bepnid quarterly inadysnre
Marriage aad Obituary notices exceed
ing eight lines, charged as advertise
mrnts. Editorial notices of purely
business character, such as remarks M
on business houses; the r,.cen'ion Of
gods, etc. viii be charged at 20 cents
Tine, each insertion. M such notice
inserted for less than One Dollar.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
WIN be Inserted ri the following rates
State and District offices. $500;
County, $1,000; Precinct $500 The
money to accompany the announce
mest in each and every instance.
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TOB WORK DoNEsNEATLY AND
II rromptlyl 1t this office.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-26
THE COMING MAN.
Henry Poehler the Meat Congressman from
the Second District.
[Shakopee Argus.

Shakopee Argus.
AS was announced in last weeks A,gus,
Henry Poehler, of Henderson, was nominal
ed for Congress from this district. The
strength developed by Mr.. Poehler in the
convention, was surprise even to his
friends. They were confident of success,
but we're not prepared to see their candidate
obtain such an easy victory. It certainly is
remarkable that Mr.. Poehler should have re-
ceived the vote he did, without any effort on
his part. Yet it goes to prove the unbound
five years he has made Minnesota his
home; worked for her interests, and when
ever the occasion was presented, proved her
steadfast friend. Particularly has he proved
himself the Germans friend. Himself
German, he has never lost sight of his coun-
trymen's welfare, as can be verified by re-
ferring to his three terms record in the
State legislature. Above all, Mr.. Poehler is
an industrious, honest and patriotic man.
No word of reproach or condemnation can
be truthfully spoken against him. His char
acter has hitherto been spotless his name
unsullied; his honesty and integrity I'M
questioned.
When man becomes q candidate for SO
important position as Congressman, he
lays his whole past life open to the closest
scrutiny. It is in the interest of his oppo-
nent to prove that the man pitted against
him is unworthy of the position sought. We
feel confident that no charges can be prefer
red against MI. Poehler, derogatory to the
spotless character he now bears. SANDER
Gus and ibellous charges may be made
against him, but he certainly will be able to
disprove them, and nip in the bud any such
cowardly attempts upon his good name.
There was no reason why the Democrats
cannot elect their candidate next fall. He
is a popular and worthy mana better man
for the place than either of the other candi
dates who have been pitted against Strait.
Besides all, he is German from the Mime
nesota valley. We call upon every German
in the district, and more especially of the
county, Democrat or Republican, it makes
no difference, to vote for Henry Poehler.
He can and WILL be elected if you do your
duty.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-26
The Monroe Building.

In the contract of John Montgomery with
the school board for the erection of the new
Monroe building in South Minneapolis, it
was specified that the trimmings should be
of asbestine stone. With the consent of the
board this condition of the contract has
been changed and the building will be
trimmed with sandstone similar to that
now going into the Farmers and
Mechanics Savings institution build
ing. This stone is brought di-
rect, from the quarries at Amherst, Ohio,
and is to be cut on the ground here. Yester-
day four stone cutters, used to working this
variety of stone, arrived from Milwaukee,
and also several car loads of the raw mate
rial. The singular fact about the matter is,
that while this is conceded to be better than
the made stone, it is also great deal
cheaper.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-26
MORMON DUPLICITY.

a Baleftsl Influence Ererted By Their
Priests Upon the Indians.
Secretary Schurz has received the follow
ing letter, dated at Ogden City, Utah, the
10th inst:
SIR: The object of this letter is to give
you some information relative to, the traffic
in ammunition which is carried on by the
cooperative stores with the Indians. The
cooperative stores are conducted by the
Mormon priesthood. My informers, the
deputy United States marshal here and
others, tell me this traffic is carried on daily,
and, beyond doubt, by all similar institutions
all over the Territory, and in Southern Idaho
at the following places where the cooperative
stores exist: Malade City, Soda Springs,
and Paries. These places are directly on the
Indian borders. The Mormon priesthood
have constantly missionaries among the
Indians. The latter are converted to Nor
monism and taken through the endowment
house, where they the Indians) pledge
themselves to support this priesthood, and
they are called by the Mormons "Our little
battle-axes." Therefore almost every Indian
war is carried on directly or indirectly by
this priesthood, and therefore this traffic of
ammunition. The great aim of the priest
hood is to intimidate non Mormons from
getting the valleys anywhere within 500
miles of Salt Lake for the purpose of keep
ing the lands vacant until by the natural
steady, and rapid growth of Mormonism the
priesthood can colonize the unoccupied
region. The so-called masonary that binds
all tribes together, SO often referred to by
the press Of the United States, emanates from
the endowment temple at Salt Lake, where
the secret work and the endowment gar
ments are given them. The so-called friend
ly Indians are always carrying information
and ammunition to the hostiles. AS this is
as serious as costly, deem it my duty to
report the same to you, and if there is no
law to stop the sale of ammunition to the
Indians, suggest that the President issue
proclamation in which to prohibit the sale
of ammunition and firearms to the Indians
during times of hostility. If our govern
ment in this Territory would be alive to the
interests he should represent, l am certain
this traffic could not be carried on as extern
sively as it is.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-26
LettinO Contract.

The water commissioners were in session
at the Office or the city engineer yesterday
during the entire afternoon, engaged in open
ing bids for furnishing and laying the water
pipe from the west to the east side of the
river. There were large number of bid
ders, including two or three from Chicago,
and it is more thru probable that the COM
missions will be enabled to make a good
bargain for the city.
There was considerable anxiety manifested
as to the fate of r. F. Lincoln. He has not
yet been heard from, and it is feared that
Contractor Folsom has spirited him away,
confined him in dark and noisome dungeon
POSSIBLY Chute's cave) and forced him at the
cannon's mouth to assign the contract to
him Folsom). If Mr.. Lincoln has a family
or friends it would be well for them to in
terview Mr.. Folsom, as it IS sad to think
that Mr.. Lincoln was not present to bid upon
the work yesterday. His absence is really