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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-03-06
Notice For Stockholders Meet
ing. %
OTYICE OF TIE INTERNATIONAL AND
GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD
COMPANY.

PALESTINE. TEXAS, Dec. 8, 1879
Notice is hereby given that a special
meeting of the Stockholders oil this Com.
pany, will be held at the Office of the
Company at Palestine, Texas, on the 9th
day Of March, 1880, at ID O'Clock a. m.
Pursuant to resolution of the Board of
Directors adopted December 9Th, 1879,
for the purpose of authorizing, approving,
ratiiying and confirming a mortgage exc
cuted in the name of the Company on
November l, 1879, to secure the payment
Of Five million, six hundred and twenty
four thousand (S5, 624 .000) dollars, and q
further sum Of $4,000 per mile Of new
road, and second mortgage executed in
the name Of the Company on the same
day, to secure the payment Of Four NIL
lion, seven hundred and twenty-four
thousand ga, 724 ,OOO) dollars. and q fur
ther sum of $4,000 per mile If new
road, and also for the purpose of ratifying
or rejecting the action of the Board Of
Directors, at q meeting held ut Palestine,
on October %, 1879, and also for the pur-
pose Of ratifylng or rejecting the action
of meeting of Stockholders of the
Company held at Palestine on November
3rd, 1879, and another meeting OF said
Stockholders, held November IL, 1879,
and also for the purpose of authorizing,
ratifying and confirming the acceptance
by this Company of a decd Of certain
Railroads pnd other property, from
Mesrs. John 5. Kennedy and, Samuel
Sloan Trustees, to this Company, execut-
ed November /, 1879, and also for the
purpose Of authorizing, ratliying and
confirming the acceptance by this Com
pany, from the Receiver Of the property
Of this Company. of oil the property re-
naming in his hands ON November I,
1879. and the assumption by this Com.
pany Of ali bis liabilities on thpt day, and
the execution to him by this Company Of
a bond Of indemnity against all such lin
bilities, and also for the transaction OF
such ether business az may como before
the meeting. .'.-
The polls will opcn at 1890 o'clock in
the forenoon and cloee at l2 O'Clock, noon.
Of sid day.
By order OF the BOARD Of Directors.
(Sgd. IRA III. EVANS,
Dec. 10 to Mar. s. Secretary.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-03-06

Sur was entered in the district cour
Of the District Of Columbia yesterday
by Miss Jesse Raymond against senator
Hill. Of Georgia, charging him with SO.
ductiou. and claiming $4,000 damages,
The oaense is charged to have been
committed at Atlanta 10 1877.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-03-06

READ the scathing exposure Of
Of Master Lapse Of the gross perver.
sion Of the A, 4 NJ. College from its
original and proper purpose. 1. will
be found on our srst page. Our next
legislature should not fail to make
the irstitHtieu what it vas intended
be.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-03-06

THE man yith courage enough to
take the position Of COuuissisDer Of
Isdisn Af,irs is Ro.laed +. Trov.
bsidse. Of Michis,p. NJ. TTovbridee
is highly spoken Of Ifhs is confirmed
he viii have . great opportunity to
Dhov What N honest and energetic
man can do With the Indian Office.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-03-06

IT is not probable that congress will
adjourn before the middle Of June, al
though speaker Randall thinks the
session might Be concluded = mouth
earlier. So il probably might II the
legislation tbstis necessary to be doae
were done quickly.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-03-06

CONGRESS fastened the necessary
appropriation, SO the dreaded interreg.
PUN in our daily mail service did
not take place. The Post Office de.
partmeut had before ample provision
but had squandered it 10 sxindliug
mail contracts, which are being ipves.
tigated.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-03-06

At the last session OF Commissioners
Court, the change in the Austin road
around Mrs. Worsham's place, was
accepted. allowing, however, access to
the old crossing of tho Blanco.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-03-06

The action Of the house committee
on ways and means in virtually deciding
against any revision Of the tariff at the
present session Of congress, will allow
onr wool growers freer respiration for
4 time at least.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-03-06

On the 18th ult., conventions were
held ip the several congressional dis.
tricts Of Indiana for the choice Of dele
gates to the Chicago convention. As q
general thing 20 instructions were
RiYen.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-03-06
lSpecisl 70 the News.

Austin. February 25.-Mr. Hays, Of
tho International railroad, was here to.
day and visited the governor. The
extension west will begin Immediately
and be vigorously pushed ahead.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-03-06

We caution all persons not to buy
the extra large packs Of dust and .she.
now put up By certain parties and call
ed eosditios powders They are utterly
worthless. Ray Sheridsn's Cavalry
COodition Powders it you buy ,uy.
thew ,re ,hsOlately pure and immense
" valuable.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-03-06

The New York Republican conven-
ton instructed for Grant but il was a
tolerably close call. A majority Of
thiisy seven is not much to brsg on,
but it SAVES the machine.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-03-06
Notice for Regular Annual Meet
ings Of the Directors and
Stockholders of the In
ternational and Great Northern
Railroad Company. - =
OrrrcE OF THE INTERNATIONAL AND
,.,i. GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD. ~
COMPANY. 200

OFFICE OF TuE INTERNATIONAL AND
.,.,i GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD ~
COMPANY. l,
PALESTINE, TEXAS, Feb. 10, 1880,
Notice'is hereby given that the Regular
Annual Meeting Of the Board OF Dircc-
tors Of this Company will be held at the
Office of tho Company, in Palestine, Tex
us, on Monday, April 5th, 1880, at 10 o.
clock A. NJ. pursuant to tho by laws Of
the Company, for the transaction Of such
business as may come before the meeting.
Notice is also hereby given that the
Regular Annual Meeting Of the StockhOld
era OF this Company will be held at the
Office OF thd Company, in Palestine, Tex.
as, on Monday, April 5th, 1880, at II
o'clock A. NJ, pursuant to the bylaws Of
the Company, for the purpose Of electing
a Board of Directors to serve for the en-
suing year, and for tho Transaction Of
such other business as may come before
the meeting. .'e A.t
''' IRA II. EVANS, 4
Roh 90 - ,,rsl JOS. Soorofo -,
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-03-06
TO THE DEMOCRATIC VO-
TIERS OF HAYS COUNTY.
OF NEW YORK


The State Central Committee Of the
Democratic party having issued call
for . convention to meet 10 Galveston
on the 10th day Of April. 1880, for the
purpose Of selecting delegates for the
National Convention. whose duty II
will be to nominate candidates for
President and Vice President Of the
United States. therefore I, as Chair
nan Of the Committee Of Hays coun-
~, respectfully call upon YOU to meet
Il Tho Court House on Saturday, the
9Th day Of March. 1880, at one o.
clock. ID order to select delegates to
represent your county in said Calves
ton Convention.
The basis Of representation as fixed
by tho .Austin Convention is as fol-
lows: One delegate tor every three
hundred votes and one for . fraction
ovor ons hundred and fifty votes.
II. B. CorFIELD,
Chm'n Of Dem. Elk. Com. Of Hays
County. 4
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-03-06

John james Pia,t, the Ohio poet, is
preparing a volume to be entitled
The Poetry Of the Ohio Valley
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-03-06

AGENTS WANTED to send for Paytieyln.f
our New Book, 5000 CUKIOSITlgSG.
THE BIBLE, also for the Handicapped N
CHEAPEST BIBLES E E,s. t TsS: =: . L:
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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-03-06

HIGHEST MEDAL AT VIENNA AND PHILA
DELPIIIA.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-07-08
Winning a Wife.

About twenty-four years ago,
says the Troy Times, two young
ladies were rowing in a small
skiff above the dam, a short dis
lance from the west shore, when
one Of them perceiving an OBJ
ject floating by, and attempting
to secure it, lost her balance
and fell into the water. Her
companions presence of mind
deserted her, and she was utter
ly unable to render her any help.
Captain Cooley, then a boy Of
seventeen years Of age, was STAN
ding on the river bank at the
time and witnessed the accident.
Cooley caught her by the hair,
and, by almost superhuman eff
forts, reached the shore with his
insensible burden. Had he been
obliged to swim fifty feet further
both would have been drowned,
as our hero was completely ex-
haustcd. The young lady was
carried to a house in the yicini-
ty, and brought back to con-
seriousness in about an hour. A
year aitcrward the rescued girl
testified her appreciation of the
brave act by giving her hand IN
marriage to the ferry boy who
saved her life, thus fittingly con-
Guiding an episode which would
furnish an excellent romance for
a skillful novelist.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-07-08
Alive After Burial.

The following extraordinary
story is published in Charlotte,
North Carolina, from Frank
lington, over the signature of
Mr.. j. w. Weaver,of that town.
He says that Mrs. Martha Smith,
of Chatham, reports Il remarka-
bio case of suspended animation,
burial and resurrection in the
person Of a married lady in that
county, who possessed a gold
watch aud finger rings which
she often expressed 4 desire 10
have buried with her whenever
sec should die. Finally she was
i'll and her life seemed to grad
ually cbb away until her attend
ing physician pronounced it en-
tinct.
AT her burial her previously
expressed desire was complied
with, and the second night after
the intermcnt n white man and
Il negro went TO the grave and
exhumed her for the purpose of
obtaining the buried jewelry.
AS they took the lid off the cof-
fin and the negro began pulling
off a ring from her finger she
raised mp. AT this both men
took fright and ran away. FL
aally the negro went back and
she asked him what he wanted.
He told her he wanted her ring
and the white man her watch.
She. requested 10 see the white
man, whom the other soon found
and brought to her. She re-
questcd him to go home with
her. lie did so, and when she
reached the door she Knocked.
Her husband opened the door,
bat tainted when he saw her,
thinking it was his dead wifc's
ghost. Mrs. Smith says the
lady is now living, and bids fair
to attain a good old age, and
that she visits and is visited by
her frequently.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-07-08

a correspOndent writes: "Tca-
drinkers nowadays viii do, well
to apply the following simply
test to the tea purchased Of their
groeers. Turn out the infused
leaves, and, if they are found a
good brown color, with fair sub
stance, the tea will be whole
some, but, if the leaves are black
of a rotten texture, with an oily
appearance, the tea will not be
fit to drink. The purer the tea,
the more the distinctiyely brown
color of the leaf strikes the at
tention. | am sorry to say that
the mixing that is frequently a.
dopted by the trade to reduce
prices, results in the two kinds
of leaves being supplied togeth-
er. ] need hardly add that it is
important to see that the leaves
have the seIrated or saw-like
edges, without which no tea is
genuine"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-07-08

An Enquirer reporter said to
the si!yer-tongued Ellis, of Lou
isiana, last night: at is being
used against Hancock that he is
a Catholic, and was a member
of the Commission that tried and
executed Mrs. Surratt." "Well,"
said Mr.. Ellis, "thcre is no ac-|
counting for the Ignorance Of
men and the ways Of politicians.
1t would be no discredit to Han
cock If he were a Catholic, but
the truth is, he is a communicate
of the Protestant Episcopal
Church. Everybody knows that
Hancock was not a member If
the Commission that tried Mrs
Surratt. At the time of he
murder he was commanding the
MilitaryDivision in whichWahs-
ington was included. General
Augur commanded the Depart
ment. The Military Commission
that tried Mrs. Surratt appointed
its own hangman, who was Gen.
Hartl'anft, Ex-Governor of Penn
sylvania. No, no, Gen. Hancock
did all he could to save Mrs.
Surratt. He obeycd the writ of
habeas corpus issued in her be-
half by Judge Wylie, and left
the court only by permission of
the Judge, after exhibiting the
peremptory order of Andrew
johnson suspending the writ of
habeas corpus in the District of
Columbia. He tried to obtain
an interview for Mrs. Surratt
with President johnson, anu
when the day Of execution came
Gen. Hancock stationed a line
of couliers from the Executive
Mansion to the place of eXecu-
ton, in order that the hoped-for
reprieve might be instantly COM
municated. | would be asham-
ed to defend Gen. Hancock from
the charge Of completely with
Mrs. Surratt's murder.
"Such charges only show to
what desperate resorts his oppo-
nents are driven to tarnish his
Iillustrious record no man Of
truth and ordinary intelligence
could make the charge"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-07-08

"Goods at half price," said
the sign. elbow much is that
teapot" asked the old lady who
had been attracted by the an
nounccment. Fifty cents,
num-" 81 guess I'll take ii
them" she said, throwing down
a quarter. The dealer let her
have he teapot, but took in his
sign before another customer
came in.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-07-08

A young woman at'igAlden,
Iowa, said she sswished TO heav-
en- that she might die that day."
A terrific storm arose immedi-
ately, with thunder and light
ming, and she imagined that it
bore some relation TO her case.
fastening to church, she knelt
and prayed: "Oh, Lord, | didn't
mean it when | said ] wanted to
die. Please don't let the light
ming hit me"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-07-08
PENSIONS.

All Offfcers,SOIdie and sailors wounded
ruptured, or injured IN the late war. however
slightly, can abtaiA pension by addressing GIL
MORE q %.
Gases prosecuted by GILMORE a CO., be-
fore the supreme Court of the United States the
court Of Claims, aud the Southern Claims Com.
mission.
Zach department OF orr b sineSs Is conducted =
a separate bureau. under Charge Of the same ex-
periencsd parties employed By the oil firm
Prompt attention to all business entrusted 70
GILMORE x CO. is thus secured We sIesiTJ
~ wta success by deserving il. GILMORE co.
CAV Street w Arlington. ID. e.. TAB. 10
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-07-08

The Manchester Union scores
Mr.. Garfield because he "voted
to hang Mrs. Surratt for the I'M
heard-of crime of keeping a
clearinghouse" BY Joye, Mr..
Union, may be you don't know
how some boarding houses are
kept, or you wouldn't be so sure
the keepers shouldn't be hanged.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-07-08
Sponge Underclothing.

A New York contemporary
states that a Berlin inventor has
patented a new kind OF cloth,
which consists principally or en-
tirely of sponge. The sponges
are first thoroughly beaten with
heavy hammer, in order TO
crush all the mineral and vcge-
table impurities SO that they
can be easily washed out. They
are then dried and pared, like Il
potato, with a sharp knife, the
parings being scwed together.
The fabric thus obtained is free
from all the danger which some
times arises from the absorption
of poisonous dyes into the sys-
tenn; it absorbs without check
ing the perspiration, so as to
diminish the danger of taking
cold; it is Il bad conductor, and
therefore helps TO maintain Il
uniform surface temperature; it
can be more readily cleansed
than the ordinary WOODEN gar
ments; its feasibility diminiahes
the liability Of chatting; the case
with which it can be employed
in shoes, stockings, underwear,
hat Innings, and other articles
of clothing, seem likely to make
it especially useful as Ii prolec-
ton against rheumatic and pull
monary attacks.-HdtterS ia
zctte.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-07-08
The Maiden's PRAYER.

A romantic young man asked
his sweetheart to take a walk
with him by moonlight on the
river bluff at East Dubuque,
Iowa. She went gladly. When
half way up the extension they
halted TO admire the prospect.
Suddenly a stone slipped be-
meath the young mans feet and
he went down like a curtain
stick. He caught hold of some
vines which hung TO the rocks
and hung on for dear life, ex-
pccting to fall a hundred feet
and to be dashed to pieces on
the rocks below. The young
woman could not pull him up,
so she fell Oh her knees and
prayed for him. The young
man united with her after this
fashion: "lIclp! Murder! Oh,
Lord! / know I'll be all broke
up. Now | lay me. Confound
it all, | forget. Oh, Jerusalem!
I've got to let go pretty quick.
Give us some daily bread. 0 Oh,
that amt right! Oh, Lord!
Send somebody to help me out
of this scrape. Help! Thunder!"
Az this point he could hold OF
longer, but went down. But
not one hundred feet. Only a
few feet, for he landed on a
ledge which neither he nor she
had seen in their excitement. A
small fragmcn. of cuticle rub
bed off his knee was the sole
injury.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-07-08
Owen Buck of Occanica. Md.

had a vicious, kicking horse,
which he was anxions 10 sell.
While trying to make a bargain
with probable purchaser, he re-
marked: sThat horse is so gem
lie that my little girl conld go
up behind him and twist his
tail, and he wouldn't raise a
hoof." The girl, overheard this
lie, took it for the truth, tried
the experiment on being left
alone with the horse, and was
killed by Kick. .dfe
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-07-08
WHO MURDERED NOR
CAMP
Thurlow weed Tells all About It.

Pioneer Press.
81 know how Morgan was
killed." said Mr.. Weed, "when
and where he was killed, and who
killed him. II was Il dreadful
murder"
"llow do | knowp" he asked,
repeating my question. 81 know
because the criminals themselves
confessed il to me before they
died"
''Is il possible?" | said. "Will
you tell the public about it?"
Eyes. / have told it partially
before. 1t was in 1884, about
five years after the sudden dis
appearance of Morgan, that on
my trial for libeling the Masons,
two men volunteered to be my
witnesses. One Of them was
John Whitney"
81 Think" said Mr.. Weed,
''the other was the man who had
charge of the old fort where
Morgan was confined"
lie went on:
81 invited them to eat some
oysters with me after the trial,
and while we were at the table
John Whitney consented, in reply
to our urgency, to make a clean
breast Of it about the murder Of
Morgan. lie declared the terri
bic secret had been a burden on
him day and night, and then he
told who the men were who left
the Lodge one dark night to put
Morgan out of the way, lest he
might reveal the secrets of the
Order. He said he was one of
the men. The others were Col
William King, Garside, Howard
and Chubbock. They went to
the fort, bound the prisoner hant
and foot, laid him III a boat, car.
ried him to about the middle par
Of the Niagara river, where il
was two miles to either shore
and there. tyino weights to his
head and heels, they flung hin
overheard. When he had told
the story, Whitney said he fell
relieved. The other witness turn.
ed to him and said, John, Weed
can hang you now Yes sale
Whitney, but he won't | tho
much about my duty to the pub.
lie, but it was obviously impos-
sible to convict him unless he
would say solemnly in Court
what he had said to me.
at was nearly thirty years af
terward when | met John Whit.
ney in Chicago, when | was
there at the Convention in 1860
He came to me and SAID he wan
ted to make q careful confession
for me to write down, to be pub
lished after his death. There
was nobody else he dared trust
it to, he said. / agreed to com.
nit his dreadful secret to paper
as soon as the Convention ad.
journed. The hour it adjourned
he was waiting for me at my no.
tel. / was in the depths Of dis
appointment, and was busy Will
a hundred things, and | told
Whitney that ] should come back
to Chicago shortly and would
then attend to it. We exchang.
ed letters after that, but he died
suddenly, and / never saw him
again." tig2 " "
'eThe Chicago papers" ] said
sought to look up his relatives
or friends there, and see if he left
any document or told his secret. D
"Yes,'' he replied, sit would
be well. 1t is strange, by the
way, that every one of those five
murderers are dead, and all but
one died violent deaths. Colonel
King committed suicide, and
Garside was kicked to death by
a horse. +"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-07-08
ENDORSE IT.

The Recorder, Americas, Ca, says:
''Clerks, Senators, Representatives, Doctors,
Lawyers, Citizens, in public and private
life, are testifying by the thousands, and
over their own signatures, that remedy
has been found for Bright's Disease of The
Kidneys and for Diabetes; these are res
pectively known as Warmers Safe Kidney
and Lii, er Cure and Warmers Safe Diabetes
Cures may l3-3m
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-07-08

elias Window got the Presi-
dental fever bad?" somebody
asked Bill King, of Minnesota.
'Bad!" responded William, with
infinite scorn, 81 should think
SO; he is already engaged in pre-
pairing his second inaugural"