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present postal system, il tho Govern
ment had. up 10 this time, left the
carrying Of mails to private parties
Even the "strict" constructionists con
cedes the constitutionality Of what is
proposed.
After the Funding bill is out Of the
way, which will DO today, the House
will Mt once so on with the appropri
atom bills The naval bill will be
passed this evening, and those not yet
before the House will be reported.
No other measures will DO allowed To
stand in their way, AZ the Funding
bill has.
The reapportionment bill was sub
mitted by Mr.. Cox on Monday. II
provides for sol members of the
House, eight more than at present.
or these the Southern States gain six,
and the Northern States two, over and
above losses. II is not now believed
that tho Republicans will make a
partisan fight on the bill, unless it
shall be necessary to do SO to force an
extra session. Dem.
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CITATION.
THE-STATE OF TEXAS,

THE-STATE OF TEXAS,
To tha Sheriff or any Constable of Hays
County Greeting:
You ore hereby commanded that you sum-
mon, by publication, Thomas Winter, whose
residence is unknown, to be and appear be-
fore the Hon. District Court to be held in
and for the County Of Hays, at the Court
House thereof in the town of San Marcos
on the I'd Monday in March, 1881, then and
there to answer the petition of Martha }.
Winter filed in said Court against the said
Thomas Winter, and alleging in substance as
follows to-wit; That plaintiff is an actual
bona fitle inhabitant Of the State Of Texas,
and has resided in Hays County, Texas, for
more than six months next preceding the
filing of this suit; that the residence of the
defendant Ii unknown; that they were mar
ried about the eth day Of June. 1877; in
Hays County, Texas. That defendant has
been guilty of outrages and cruelties to
plaint!if that renders their living together
longer as man and wife insupportable, and
has likewise abandoned plaintiff without
cause. That the issue of said marriage is
one child, George NJ. Winter, aged 2 years.
Plaintiff prays for divorce, for the custody
of said child, for costs and general relief.
given under my hand and the Seal of said
Court, January sth, 1881.
ED. j. L. GREEN,
Jsn13-4w Crk d. G. Hays Co.
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FROM ST. LOUIS.
ST.. LOUIS, Jan. Is, 1SI

| ST. LOUIS, Jan. ID, 1851.
EDITOR FREE Press Il send you 0
hurried sketch of the principal loca
events of the week.
The cold charity and selfshness Of
the world is powerfully illustrated by
the extravaganza carnival of pleasure
running riot in the midst of so much
honest penury and want.
The Sarah Bernhardt engagement
to play one week at the Grand Opera
House is the prominent dramatic
feature of the season. And herein
lies food for momlists. Tho sale OF
reserved seats reached the sum oil
ten thousand dollars in six hours
This enormous sum will bear no pro
portion to the receipts of admission to
other parts of the house, and yet all
this to see a woman homely in per
sonal appearance, almost unintelligi,
BILE and extremely foreign to her audi
ence. The principal play being found
ed on q coarse and shameless lidsQn,
q description of which would not be
tolerated by the readers of the FREE
Press.
The new Southern Hotel, just finish.
ed, will be opened to guests in few
days. This magnificent building is a
perfect wonder of architectural genius
and covers IN entire block. It is fire
proof and will be entirely secure from
the element which brought it's fright
full destruction two years ago. v
The polar frost that has prevailed
here for nearly two months is without
d parallel in the history Of the State,
and Incredible suffering is the con-
sequence.
A delegation Of prominent Texans
are sojourning with us, and are re-
ceiving the cordial entertainment
which our citizens always cheerfully
extend to the people of Texas. There
is a happy community of feeling and
business interest between us, which
time and future events will cultivate
and strengthen. CARL SMYTHE.
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FROM NORTHERN TEXAS.

DEAR FREE Press Having about
recovered from o severe attack of
malignant cold, that is prevailing all
over this section, 1 again resume my
pen with view of giving your read
ers some of the most interesting dots
of news at my command. Well, to
begin with. This is about the eleventh
SHOW and sleet of the season. Cold!
oold!l cold \! What n frigid region !!
sometimes fear that our sphere has
lost its balance, and the point known
as the North Pole, has changed to an
other point further southwark on the
Western Hemisphere. is this i'm
possible! Astronomers tell US that
there are more planets in perihelion
than ever known before in the worlds
history, hence occupying different
relations to each other, and these diff
ferent relations will cause unusual
agitations and connections on our
planet, producing violent storms,
earthquakes and pestilence, and
changing the temperature of different
localities, &c. Whether owing to the
cause assumed by these sages, or not,
we cannot tell, but the existence of
the facts as claimed as an effect n
such cause can be easily demonstrated
or at least observed by all, whether
fools or philosophers. Bat we started
out to say simply that it is very cold,
without giving some speculative theory
as to why il is so.
business is suspended. Building
fires and sitting 10y them is the order
of the day. There has beer no fall or
winter ploving done-no sowing OF
small grain. Much Of the last years
crop is ungathered Notwithstand
ing tie unusual severity Of the winter
there viii be a large surplus Of good
corn, the only demand 50 far beng to
supply new corners
There is the heaviest infiux'of emf
grants ever known, into this section
They are mostly from tie rural dis
ticts of G-argis. Alabama and Ten
nesss-ncn sDd Their families, hon
est. industrious and frugal jus; such
citizens IS Texas needs, and to such
no other State offers a more inviting
held LIT them come, We have mi
Eors Of acres Of untE-ned sod equal
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Fast ,snd Festive.

Last week man who had been work
ing for Mr.. Owens, near Stringtown, du.
RIM, the absence OF Mr.. U. decamped:with
some $50 10 money, besides other things
of value. A Seguin correspondent Of
the San Antonio Express under date Of
the 18th inst. gives the following account
Of the further proceedings" Of this man
and comrade Of his; =.
Two men came 10 yesterday from San
Marcos aud maia things quito lively tor
a while last night. One OF them dcclar.
ed he had been sired by yoke of oxen,
sucklei by n grizzly .Grar. weaned on
bowie knives aud six-shOotnrS, had rid
den half Il mile on streak OF tighten
ing. tell on locust thorn and never got
n scratch After delivering this speech
they concluded to take the town, and
started ION run. gave the six shooter
serenade in several parts Of town, wind
ing up at negro cabin, where they rails
cd a row and were arrested by the MIR
shall. In the meantime Sheriff Dunn
received dispatch from gentleman ut
Stringtown, describing one of these men
and stating he had stolen from him the
day bef,re two silver watches. clothing,
money. Winchester rife and horse.
Some of these articles were found in the
possession of the men under arrest. They
were lodged in jill, where thay await
further investigation. The gentleman
in Stringtown offered reward for the
apprehension of the thief. The names
Of the men here are II q. Romou and
A. Blevens. 1dn.. . ,..a.a
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in richness TO the best on tho con.
tinent.
There is quite stir just now about
q prospect for a new railroad, which
is TO run from Paris 10 Dallas through
this section, making Ladonia one Of
its depots. Railroad meetings are
being called at the intermediate points
and subsidies offered. Greenville Of
fers $4,000. II they succeed, they
will then have two roads crossing at
right angles
The next thing Of interest, among
the farmers, is a new kind of cotton
known MS "The Storm Proof" II is
taking the place Of ali other cottons
here. It is claimed that it natures
ten days earlier than any other cot
ton; that it holds better in the boil
after opening; that its yield per acre
is above average; that it yields more
lint TO the same amount of seed than
any other cotton, being the only kind
that will "third itself" in this section,
and also, that hands can gather one.
third more of it in day than they
can of any other kind. We have gath.
cred the above facts from men that
have no seed to sell, therefore, are
perfectly satisfied there is no hum.
buggery about it. Our farmer friends
in the Southwest may profit by the
above information.
Would You have thought that the
ribbon cane could be successfully rails
ed to maturity in latitude $40 north
Mr. r. j. Rambo informs me that he
made 934 gallons of syrup from one
acre planted, and that it is of excel,
lent quality. Now it seems reason
able that if such a fine yield can be
had here, by inexperienced hands, that
it might be made to pay IL handsome
profit on the rich alluvial soil of the
San Marcos. j. L. PYLE.
Ladonia, Jan. Goth, 1881.
q,
[Answer to privateinquiry: No.--ED.
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PUBLIC NOTICE!

NOTICE is hereby given that / will apply
to the Legislature of the State Of TeIas, al
its next regular session, in the year ISL. for
tie passage Of a special law in substance a,
follows. to-wit:
To authorize the undersigned. his heirs OF
assigns to erect dam across the S,n Marco,
r.Ecr. a; SONS point between the upper and
lower corner. on said river. Of the place
commonly known A. the Milton Watkins
Home PlSco.- in Hays County. Texas. nov
ovaed by the undersigned. and lying On the
WCsf Link q the said river. SAID dem to be
joined ON TO the eat bank Of said river At
somc point on the Thomas q. McCiehee's
bone phase. ia said Hays County. between
tn, uTTsr AID lower cOrner 81 said place on
sid T.Eer. sad dam 10 b. II sufficient
highth TO give a fan Of water q not more
than i've feet Aai providing for the
aupoiutrrens y fhe County yalse Of HAYS
counfy y 'hfse Colrsissioners. free-holders
AL citistrss q HAYS Counfy. Whose duty 4
shsl b. 20 assess Whatever damages may he
easel o. The land e SD Thoznzs @. Ne
Z bee b the erectioa q saii IS n SAD
{, Commissioner. q have a1fh1-Ify n s1rrBo1
: ifnesses. hear evideure. and decile ths
s--auut q da-na-ss. and the arna1ni - -
szsscd ~ thea D. le PNid - TIE ovufr q
III Nctsshe- Vla-e before ths srecliou a
,-ii dErn- ATTzsl f--n ths aruri q sd
C1-nrniss5al-is % t. s1o-ed D. A. Comfy
Caz-7 a Hays Coun-y. ard ths l-ss-tsr n
lisT1-e tsrueaa tbs Ts-zles o. D. rr5el n
sui- C0-s-s IS z-ly o.hs- s1v1l cnss.
y-ssH yS CRAY.
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wAsHINGTON;LETTER,


Irregular correspondence 81 the Fsrs Pnsss.l
WASHINGTON, D. G., Jan. IL, 81.
Yesterday the Senate passed the
Ben. Holiday Claim bill, which it has
80 long discussed. It will now attack
with yigor, let us hope, the real bust
ness OF the session. The Military
Committee of the same body, also re-
fused to report favorably on the bill
to put Grant on the retired List Of the
Army as General. The House Mill.
tary Committee hadpreviously report
ed against similar bill. '''
Yesterday the House, in Committee
of the WHOLE, completed its consider
alton of the Funding bill, and will
pass it to-day. As it now reads it
provides for three per cent. bond on
short time During the debate Mr..
Updegraff, Of Ohio, moved an amend
,nent to the title of the bill, 30 that it
should read as follows:
"a bill to defeat refunding; to in
crease the amount of interest on the
public debt; to contract the currency;
to injwe the public debt, and to de-
press the business and industries Of
the country" w.. .., lid.
1t is impossible to tell with certain
IT,, what the Senate will do, but it will
probably amend, SO us to provide for
three-and one-half per cent. interest.
So far this session the Congress
men who usually accomplish what they
set out to do, have not taken interest
il any measures looking to an addi-
ton of the telegraph to our postal
facilities, but they are beginning to,
since the consolidation was anpoupc-
ed of oil existing telegraph lines. The
following resolution was introduced
in the House yesterday: Resolved,
That the Committee on Post Offices
and Post Roads be instructed to in
quire into the eapediency Of establish
ing by law photographic postal system
under the Government Of the United
States, and, also, as TO cost of repro
duc.ng facilities for transmitting tele-
graphic messages equal to those now
possessed by existing corporations,
and as to the expense Of operating
the same, with power to send for per
sons and papers and to report by bill
or otherwise at any time
II is - late to accomplish muchat
this session, but Il as is promised by
friends Of the next administration,
questions Of immediate interest 10 the
people shall take The place in its policy
OF the sectional ones which have so
long taken up the time Of Congress,
and the attention Of the people there
i no doubt q accomplishing al tia:
the resolution hints at The scheme
ia great one, but not % great As
would be Che estsblIhlen; 81 the
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c7ocERIEs.


Th e very rapid incleas of my
sales for the past two years
(douh'ing in amount each YEAR,
is the hes. evidence that this is
really the foremost distributing
market for Groceries in Texas.
Such satisfactory result, in the
face of the sharpest competition,
from strong and influential rival
markets, is certainly a guarantee
that am able to offer very posi-
tive advantages.
WIN. ID. CLEVELAND,
Cotton Factor apd Wholesale Grocer
HOUSTON.
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yaxey Reelected.

Senator MA1ey was made his own
successor on Tuesday. Tho vote IN
the House stood Maxey 81, Throck'
morton "a, z. ]. Davis5. In the Sen
ate AIaxcy %, Throckmorton 8, Davisl
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HOUSTON! C0TTOy.

Those who have shipped l4o
the past season will testify that
/ have saved them money and
given general satisfaction, both
in classification and prices. By
referring TO the official quotations
of the different markets during
three of the best Cotton months
of last Writer it will be seen that
Houston quotations were equal
to and frequently higher, than
New Orleaus or Galveston.
q reater facilities this season for
st orirg and shipping Cotton, will
enable me to serve my customers
with still better results. ...-
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Bur a very few years ago. within
the recollection o. young men. Kansas
WAS a bleak and barren plain. pOpqla
ted only Ivy Indians and a few daring
frcntiersmen. Now II has seventy
two towns and cities with over 500
inllsbitants. Three Of them have
over $1,000. four between 5000 and
l0.O1a. three between 3,OO0and 5.Ub0-
fourteen between loo and 3O00 and
twenty tcuu bciEeen l-O9O and 2OOJ
inhahitants Tex1s al tins time has
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QuIrE large number of cattle buy
ers are in the market here. now, and
the COW mans fancy lightly turns to
thoughts of yearlins, stays cows,
steers, etc. There is a lively inquiry
for Young cattle, but not mach for
beeyes. As between buyers and sci
lers each think the others wild. The
supply Of young cattle is not thought
so be up to the demand even at pres
bnt prices. The rates given The TX
press yesterday were as follows; One
and two year Odds, 81 to $40; COWS
and becyes. $40 to Sl4.