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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-12-04

December, eth, is;o
NOTICE Is hereby given that the folio ing
~ named settler has fled notice Of his intention
to make Anal proof in support Of his claim and
hnal entry thereof Al the expiration of 81 days
from the date of this notice, viz
W n. Amos. Homestead App ication Ma. I5sSa
fer tho Wet half. southeast quarter Section 70.
Tovsship Is Rang. I West and nnmcs the follow
Ing - his Witnesses viz: ID. 4. lockwood and J
&. McMctluary all Of Saline Couatv. Kansas.
st-sw. T. L. BOND Register
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-12-04
December ID

John Rankine ct al to f. F.. Swan.
son, swt 3 y, I Is, r w-SSSO.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-12-04
Notice for Publication.

LAND OFFICE At SALiSA, KaSsAs,
December, eth, is;o.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-12-04

Indian can be led to abandon the hab-
its Of savage life and to develop ca
pacity for useful and civilized occupa-
lions. What they have already accom-
plished in the pursuit Of agricultural
and mechanical work, and the remark
able success which has attended the
experiment Of employing n freighters
q class Of Indians heretofore counted
among thev&itdest and most intracta-
Bile, and the general and urgent desire
| expressed by them for the education Of
their children, may he taken As suffi-
cient proof that they will be found
capable Of accomplishing much more
il they continue to be wisely and fairly
treated.
Discussing the recent invasion ofthe
Indian Territory. he states:
1t is my purpose To protect the
| rights Of the Indian inhabitants of the
Territory To the full extent of the Ex-
ecutive power. But il would lie UNI
/ wise To ignore the fact that "A Territory
SO large and fertile, with - population
sd sparse and with so great wealth of
unused resources, will lie found more
exposed To the repetition of such at
tempts as happened this year, when
the surrounding States are more dense
ly settled, aud the westward move
Inent IF our population looks still more
eagerly forfresh lands 10 occupy. Tn
der such circumstances the difficulty
Of maintaining the Indian Territory
i'm its present state will greatly increase,
and the Indian tribes inhabiting il
would do we'll To prepare for such a
contingency. 1, therefore, fully APP
prove of the advice given To them by
the Secretary nj the Interior On re-
cent occ-,sion, To divide an,eny them
selves s-cverally as large \ quantity of
their lands rs they can cultivate, to
acquire individual title in fee, instead
Of their present tribal ownership in
common. and Ia consider i'm what man
ner the balance Of their lands NAV be-
disposed If by the Government for
their benefit. BY adopting sucl, pol
ley they would more certainly secure
for themselves the value of their pos-
sessions, and At the same time promote
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-12-04

MRs. w. MINNIE TRnsegx.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

Gov. ROBERTS has commu-
ted the punishment of Abner
Walker from death to imprison-
ment for life. Walker was con-
victed in Falls county of the
murder of Geo Heaton. Wal
ker's friends claim that he did
not kill Heaton. With what
Justice this claim is made we
are not prepared to say. Wal
ker's case was taken to the ap-
pellate court and affirmed. Col.
Lang and thirty other citizens
and leading men had petitioned
against communication, while
some two or three hundred Pc
titioned for pardon or commu-
tation. The governor assigns
insuficiency of evidence as to
the identity of the prisoner
with the man who committed
the murder, as a reason for
clemency, The court of ap-
peals did not look upon it in
this light, or new evidence has
been furnished the governor.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

A. S. MERRIwEATHRR, the
leader of the greenback party
in Cooke county, was tried be-
fore a justice of the peace on a
charge of vagrancy. Merriwea-
ther is no doubt one of the men
who stands around on the cor
ners and inveighs against the
bondholders; tells how the ma
tionA debt is sapping the life
blood of the people; how it
should be paid in fiat money;
how times would improve if it
was done and how abundant
money would be. In the mean
time he does not work himself
is constitutionally opposed to
manual labor-but lives on the
labor of others, and is not smart
enough to avoid being arrested
for vagrancy.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

The A. and M. college at
Bryan opened on Monday last
with over one hundred students.
While southern farmers
cultivate cotton and sugar es-
tates for commission merchants
and not for themselves they
can never grow rich. Borrow
ing money and paying interest
cats up the profits of a crop, so
says the Austin Statesman
The cash system is undoubtedly
the best.
The Gainesville Register
calls attention to the fact that
the president of a prominent
female college in north Texas
has just sent his own son to En-
DRY college, Oxford, Ga. He
is trying to induce Texas pa.
rents to encourage a home
school and sets an example by
sending his son out of the stste.
Consistency is jewel.
- The Flatonio Argus gives
the particulars of the killing of
Samuel Merkel by Searcy Sc
crist. The trouble originated
about a trivial matter in a ball
room-both parties had pistols.
Merkel followed..Secrist up pis-
tol in hand and Secrist shot
him in self defense. Merken
was drinking. In this instance
the carrying of a pistol cost
Merkel his life.
- Six or seven years ago a
Mexican was killed near San
Marcos. J. B. Hester was con-
demned to death by a jury for
the murder; his sentence was
committed to life Imprisonment.
A man has been found who
heard another man confess to
having murdered the Mexican,
and now Hester's friends are en-
deavoring to secure his release
on the ground that he has been
unjustly convicted.
- The Mason News-Item
man has been thinking and this
is what he thought: eff people
would spend more time study
ing the correct theory of sue
cessful farming in Texas, and
less time talking about the
good farming country lover
there" we would soon have
more money and more bread
in Texas than ordinary green
hackers ever dreamed Of"
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

THE Richmond Refeeto, is
now in total eclipse; It's taking
a rest; just waiting for the man
to come along who knows ex-
actly how to run a newspaper.
He will certainly find his way
to Richmond. The man who
knows how to run a newspaper
is an ubiquitous individual, he
is here, there and everywhere,
but there is one serious obstacle
in his way, he hardly ever has
any money; should he be pos
sessed of that very desirable
commodity he hardly eyer goes
into the newspaper business on
his own account; he prefers
criticising other papers and has
never been known to find one
that came exactly up to his idea
of a model newspaper. Hap
PLY for the newspaper fraterni-
ty majority of the people are
satisfied with the papers as they
find them.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

A CORRESPONDENT of the Den
ison Meas, who is in attendance
at the fair at Muskogee, l. T..
says Indian fairs are IN many
respects very different institu-
tons from what they are in the
states. The assemblage was
motley-whites, blacks, wild and
tame Indians, officers and SOL
diers. Most of the crowd camp
out. A large delegation of In
dian chiefs in full dress are pre-
sent; a display of vivid colors,
paint and feathers is their ruling
passion. Carl Schurz, secreta-
ry of the interior, was present;
he was serenaded and called
upon for a speech, but being
tired did not respond. The dis
play at the fair was in no respect
notable.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

THE San Antonio Herald
very truthfully remarks that one
railroad is better than none,
and while it favors another road
is thinks that unjust aspersions
have been cast on the one that
San Antonio already has, Cor
porations have, it is said, no
souls and the Sunset route is
no exception to the rule. That
it, as has other roads having a
monopoly, charged cxhorbitant
rates is also true, and it cannot
be reasonably expected that
the people will be pleased with
such couisc. While grumbling
may accomplish to tangible
good, it acts as a safety valve
in relieving the mind. Conse-
Iucnt!y the people grumblc.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

The return of the exiled Com
munists to France furnishes the
last chapter oil that wild and
bloody outbreak in 1871 which
destroyed the Hotel de Vile,
and the Tuileries, and overthrow
the Column Vendouc. and
would have given Paris to the
flames, but for the timely en-
trance of the government army.
The exiics have had a bitter
time Of it IN the penal colonies,
and it is said they they return
home sick Of the communism
that brought them 10 such 4
fate, and they return to find
France itself disguised with if.
Blanqi, the. Communist, whose
election a few months ago was
ainulled by the legislative
chamber, has been defeated in
a new election in bordeaux, al
though that city is, next to Ly-
ons, the chief stronghold Of
socialist theories. The repub-
lie has felt itself SO strong as to
warrant it in being lenient, and
this is the explanation OF the
permission it grants for the re-
turn of the exiles-the amnesty
not including the leaders, who
are living in obscurty in Eng
land, Belgium and Switzerland;
and it is not probable that there
will be another Communist eX-
pertinent in France in this gen.
Grafton.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

The Mckinney Adpocatl
takes strong groungs in favor
of the unity of the democratic
party in Texas. 1t inveighs
against sectional strife in state
politics and says that some Of
the politicians of eastern Texas
have evinced too much of the
rule or ruin disposition.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

A NEW PAPER has been start
at Austin and strange to say
the press of the state that hasno-
ticed it so far have failed to say
a work of encouragement. The
Telegram in referring to it says
the tombstone men have resum-
sumed work. Most of the
newspapers buried in Austin
occupy graves unmarked by
tombstones. As a general
thing when newspaper "goes
dead" its worldly effects are not
of sufficient value to buy it a
tombstone.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10
The Waco Daily E.raN

THE Waco Daily E-ramiNs,
has been enlarged to an eight
column paper and shows other
evidences of thrift. The mer-
chants of Waco understand the
value of printers ink and extend
their press liberal patronage in
advertising and subscriptions.
The Examine, is really good
newspaper and this fact seems
to be fully appreciated. The
BANNER is pleased to note this
evidence of prosperity on the
part of its contemporary and
hopes that it may continue to
increase in size and usefulness
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

AFTER a five days trial at
Platte City, Mo-, Wiley Stall
lard, indicted for the murder
of one Spencer, a dentist charg-
ed with dragging and attempt
ing to outrage Stallard's wife,
the jury, after a minutes abb
sence, returned a verdict not
guilty. The verdict is endors
ed by the entire community.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

THE Jefersonian democrats
they call themselves-held a
state convention in New York
city, October 18th, when John
Kelley was nominated for gov
ernor. The remainder of the
ticket was supplied from the
Jefersonians. These men are
the Tammany boilers from the
regular convention and are now
working in the interest of Cor
nell, the republican nominee
They have not the slightest pos
sible chance of electing Kelley,
while they may possibly defeat
Robinson. If this be Jefferson
ian democracy, it has sadly de-
generated.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

THE chairman of the state
democratic executive commit
tee says the Austin report that
Dallas had been selected as the
place of the next state demo-
cratic convention is absurd. He
says he is not in favor of the
next convention being held in
Dallas.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

KING CETEwAYo accompan-
led by four of his wives have
arrived at Cape Town. He
asks that ten more of his wives
be sent for. He is very amiable
and expressed regret at having
fought the British. He says he
is no longer a king and hopes
the queen will pardon him and
allow him to return home.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

THE recent Indian outbreak
in the Ute country is assuming
some Importance. Dispatches
from Cheyenne report the In
dams so close to the mines that
miners are leaving for the settle
ments. Iii is believed that the
Utes are obtaining their sup
plies from the Mormons. Troops
are being concentrated at Raw
Inns, Wy, and Gen. Crooks is
expected to make forward
movement at once.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

The Utes, in proportion to
their number, have the largest
as well as the most valuable
reservation of any of the Indian
tribes. 1t embraces over one
third of the arabic land and al
most the entire western portion
of Colorado.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

INGALLS,, one of the Kansas
United States Senators, is being
Investigated at Topeka, Kansas.
1t has not been definitely shown
that Ingalls, used corrupt means
to effect his election. Such
things as using corrupt means
to go TO the United States Sen
ate have been done in Kansas.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

"PAY as you go" is a capital
motto, and the Waco Telephone
reads its farming friends an ex-
ccllent lecture on the evil of go
ing into debt. Many farmers
contract debts in hope of paying
them out of the coming crop,
the consequence is, a failure or
even partial failure of crop i'll
wolves them in a multitude Of
trouble.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

The Flatonio A,gm learns
that the prospects of Lagrange
tor a railroad are Frightening
and that on or about the goth
inst. corps of surveyors will
take the field and run a line to
Columbus and one to Alleyton
the cheapest and best to be
adopted.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

The following is the fever
report for Thursday: Morgan
City, no new cases; one death.
Berwick, no new cases no
deaths. Bayou Boeuf, three
new cases two deaths. Mem
phis, ten new cases in all. There
is one case at Wycthe station.
AT Harrison station, Miss, three
of one family are dead and an
other sick with yellow. fever
symptoms. Harrison is 26
miles from Memphis; a train
sent with doctors and nurses
was not permitted to cross the
state line and had to return.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

The body of stranger sup
posed to be J. S. Reid, of Spring
creek, Bosque county, was found
in a secluded spot in a fashion
able residence quarter in Dallas.
He had been murdered by blows
on the head. Three men were
arrested on suspicion.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

THE yellow fever seems TO
have nearly run its race in
Memphis, there being only two
new cases on Tuesday. AT
Morgan City and Berwick City
it is abating. At Concordia,
Miss, it has about exhausted
its material.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

The. BANNER learns from a
gentleman who came up from
Hampstead on Wednesday that
a detachment of about ten ran
gers are now stationed in that
town and were doing guard
duty at the jail.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

BoNaAM has a new paper, the
Greenback AdO0eate. The Meas
gives tia very hadsome free
notice in which it calls atten-
ton to some of the fallacies OF
the salgtatory of the organ.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

QUITE number of our north
Texas exchanges of last week
come handsomely illustrated
with circus cuts and huge adj
vertisements. Bailey, Cooper
& Co.'S great show is on the
road. 1t will be in Brenham in
due time.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

REV. GEO. Long, a Baptist
preacher, met Frank Goddy on
the road near Springfield, Mo
and quarrcled with him about
the right of way. Long settled
it and Goddy too, by killing him
with a knife.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

MAJ. THoRNBuRGH, lately kill
ed by the Ute Indians, was the
youngest officer of his rank in
the army, as well as one Of the
handsomest and brightest. He
graduated at West Point in the
class of 1867.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

SOME greenback organs have
claimed the Mckinney Aduo-
cate as belonging to them. 1t
says this is all a mistake as
those that exchange with it
should know better. The id
0ocate is a staunch democratic
paper.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

THE governor has written a
lengthy letter to the Galveston
board Of health on the subject
of raising the New Oslcans
quarantine. He thinks the
regulations should have some
flexibility.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

THE Round Rock Headlight
a small patent inside newspaper
has an associate editor and that
associate editor addresses "our
readers" in three-quarters of a
column. 1t is to be presumed
that "our readers" are happy.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

"A thief visited the cotton
house Of Charles Miller, near
Victoria, and hauled off a load
of seed cotton; he then set the
house on fire to cover up the
robbery. y timely discovery
prevented much damage.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

The editor of the "greenback
end of the Falls county Mde.r
has thrown up the sponge and
quit. He has discovered that
he can't afford to work for moth
ing.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

THE Houston Telegram says
arrangements are almost"
completed in New York, by
which the Houston, East and
West Texas narrow guage rail-
way will be extended to La
Grange. That little word cal
most" almost destroys the I'M
mediate prospect of the early
building of the road. Lagrange
had better join Brennan in the
extension OF the Central and
Montgomery
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

HoUsToN newspaper men are
models of temperance. We
have the assurance of the 7ele-
gam and the Age that there is
not a newspaper man in that city
who ever drinks beer or any in
toxicating liquor.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

THE late editor Of the San
Saba Meas says "the editor who
writes plain facts all the time
for his paperis not appreciated
He should use little discretion
in selecting his facts-some
facts, even if plain, are exceed
ly disagreeable, consequently
some ~ his readers were dis
pleased.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

The supreme court met at
Tyler on Monday; all the judg-
es present. The court of ap-
peals met on Tuesday. The
dockets of both courts are
crowded.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

DENNIS KEARNEY announces
that he will have a presidential
ticket Of his own in the field
next year. Kearney and Kcl-
ley or Kelley and Kcarncy
would make a nice team with
Beast Butler as chief jchu.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

A MAN Rochester, New York,
on wager. ate a watermelon
weighing twenty-five and a half
pounds in thirteen minutes. He
is entitled to a place in the
niche of fame along with the
walkists.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10
THE Houston Tcleqyum de-

The Houston Telegram de-
livers itself of the following
ciaste and elegant mo,ecaM:
"The high-cock-alorums and
swash bucklers of the Santa Fe
assert it will reach Bolton in
time for hauling the crop OF
1880"
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

The Houston Neaos says the
Bonham Meas is the organ of
the greenbackers. The Bon
ham MeaOs says: MAY the
Lord forgive you've never
can"
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

MILTON & HEYw 9TH who
have managed the destinies of
the San Saba Neaos for the past
three years, having amassed an
independent fortune have retir-
ed. Mr.. Lilburn Peyton be-
comes the owner and he too, in
due time, will grow rich. The
Meas has long been a highly
crcdiable county paper.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

The Indians that have been
depredating on the miners in
New Mexico have been severely
punished by the troops under
command of Col. Patch.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

as Charley a good boy p
said the new minister, as he
stroked the golden locks Of a
bright ten-year-old boy. "Oh.
yesp' said the fond father, pat
ronizingly, hes very good.
indeed. / know he will grow
up a credit to his father"
K'rect, old man. You are a
solid Muldoon," said the boy.
81 was afraid you would give
me dead away!"
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

A NEWSPAPER that is disposed
to be a little bit sarcastic, sug-
gests that Brigadier General
Double-O Howard be put on the
war path after the Utes.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10
Waco Telephone calls

The Waco Telephone calls
attention to the pcrnicious prac-
tice of Jumping off cotton; in
almost every instance the lump
ing is in favor of the buyer. 1t
advises farmers to sell their cot
ton by actual weight, as they
will then know exactly what
they arc getting.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-10

NEAR Brownsville, Mo-, thieves
went to a farmers potato patch,
dug up and carried away fifty
bushels of potatoes. Heavy
stealing, that.