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several bills were rgad second tinle
and ordered . b. eHgruS-ed under 4 U.s.
pension oi the rules. amouE them tne on
iof which Mr.. HerringLs the patronl 70 ~
loE the Washington Cincinnati and -
Louis Railruad Company, % change rom
narrow 10 4 standard g1uee.
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Mr.. Newberry moved 10 iaend the eiu
by striking out sl8- Tor executing a
deed, and insertIn- ---"-
Mr.. Martin Ready -sterl .a.u -. A. lIie
xSnn;e xrarn; h. .aw no reason for making any
eaarge e = 1t an for executing deeds. lie
moved % .trike our the provision alto
Wr. yewberry accepted the amendment
% his amendment
Mr.. Wilcox. having sseureo sas noof
spoke af great lensth u Llsor o. .ae sui
also, explaining h.s ssS'as ~ 49,. ..',sn-a
IA s~..y.,-s,S ,I,.,f = Democracy as hssd Al
u NJ 'sI- yewSsrrr, -nT "a aalsndnnent a,s modified
by the .urrestiou Of Mr. Martini wa
agreed to.
FIXES LIMITED I'd rHEzE IaoesAsD ~. Do-Lx1s
| ON motion Of Mr.. yewoerF! 'As eomnis
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The rosAcco EssPxrTIOs BILL

House hiIl 10 revise the hws relating %
rhs. =aruplfng and weighing of rohaeeo, 70
ursscribe warehouse eharge<, and Insure
the proper delivery 0f t0baerO 70 che coh-
-izrees. came up.
The H0us. pFossedsd % amend The SUB
stirIts which va offered BY Ar. Hizie-
wood several dIy: since
>tx amendments offered By Ar. Nun
ford were agreed 70.
Mr.. Moon offered n Imendmenf n rei-i-
ton % the appointment OF inspectors,
which Wa Agreed to-
Mr.. Young also offered the following t'
an Iuseusadeut section, which v1s agreed
to-.
Provided. that noas of the ruiss and
rs,,,Ilsrjor- urssscriheG IN this aec N rvg1rr
| n .au11liur and inspecting r0baern, giving
I rsceicts or certificates fnf the saizir- -nau
/ .nnlv 10 suy warehouse where bose to-
bafel, rr u .old exclusively in the presence Of
/ tn. buyer 1ad setter.
/ The question being on a-rrsfn- 70 M
suhsrirrr. Zoe the biL Mr. -potswooc
moved % postpone the further eoA-iti'r ~ :
tiou 0s the matter Until to-day. Pc .aid
wa A question N wbi,h arge nnnnnsr y
hf- constituents were Interested, al-d %
/ wxnfed time % look more fuliy INTO ~.
The House refused 70 posfpnne. and 'h'
substitute VIZ adopted and ordered % en-
grD~smenr. x,,e.,,
Uuder the provisions Of she oli The t'oH
srrar 1. authorized 10 appoint ave sain
nIsr. Al tobaseo for the ely u aiehmnnd
shrss Cor Petsrshurg. two for faTus Alls
mi one Ear each 0f the elliss % DanSli'
.,d T.v,.hburz. The duties and fees o
xanaplsrs corresponding Heariy wisn lns ~
haero inspectors of former yea. III 20 80
hseee .,Ii Nv s1raple must bs arss .aapsr'
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Mr.. Bailey offered 4 resolution that the
General Assembly proceed on ApTl l0rh
20 elect A eorporxti0n Judge for the city oi
AIexlndril- According % the Read
iusrer theory Judge Sat- B. Meade vas
elected % I'll the Enexpired tern oi Judge
Chnfon-l Lie~ over one day.
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The report Of the Committee for Courts
q Justice au the right q Mr.. Farr, super
latendeur Of Public Instruction, % re-
tain his seat in the House coming up IN
regular order. on motion 0f Nr. J. g. Tay-
l0r. Il Was passed BY.
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Other interesting State News.
NIineola.

Mineola
Special TO the Herald
MlNEoLA, November lon yesterday
our town was thrown into state of excite
ment by the report that two men had sullo.
Gated while digging well. Upon inyesti.
gatlon IT was found that Charles DYER.
white, and Tom Hardeman, colored, had
been overcome in the well by carbon and
gas. A, NJ, Reed volunteered to 20 down
ana 'asten ropes around them, but when
part the way down had to be drawn back,
as he, TOO, was being overcome by the gas.
They threw several buckets of water
down on the men an the wall
which revived Mr.. Dyer, who fastened
the rope around Hardeman, who was
then drawn out also. Hardeman was per.
iectly llieless, but by this time DIR. Patton
was on the ground with galvanc battery
with sponges attached. This, with other
restoratives, were freely applied, which
soon resusctated him. The fresh air soon
restored Mr.. Dyer.
Tn oughout this section there is a strongly
expressed desire in favor OF the election Of
tinlay, OF Galveston, and Hancock, and
the surprise is general that any number Of
the good people of Galveston should favor
sendinga black sheep to democratic con
gress. Ihe democrats are encouraged by
the recent elections and are rallying to the
support. ofJndge ireland, whose majority
1t Is believed, will reach nearly 100 900.
Mr.. Robert Graham, the vel. known cot
ton welgher and buyer, also celebrated as q
rival oil Peter Pinder, the great story teller
~ 10 enter the realms OF happiness and blis.
by taking unto himself q partner on the l5tl
proximo, the beautiful, gifted and accom-
plished Miss Mary Spartman. This engage
ment has created great Excitement and hn
been the chief topic of conversation anon,
al classes for some time past, more particu
larly among the ladies', with whom Mr.
uraham is "A great favorite and considered
q good catch.
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HERE AND THERE.
Parliament.
THE COMMONS.

LONDON, November lin the house ol
anmOns, to-day, Sir Charles Dixie, under
Telgn secretary, said, in answer to certain
le'lions, that in last October the govern
henl OF Great Britain had advised the khe'
1--WE oil EsyptN conduct the trial of Arab
fasha openly. Since that time nothing
aiiher had been officially heard as to the
'eclson Of 1.-THE khediye.
OH nllired Lawson, liberal, urged the
.as'hlnent to insist upon the admission oi
spNea'allyeS Of the press to the trial, to
NY eau mat reliable reports may be re.
SNeu, and that the proceedings should not
Rhion. f'''eeN ~ /" ''"' ''''''' W.
~ CharleS Dixie replied that the
sSsnment s..a,t had already made rep
ttssaaIlons n. to the Egyptian author,
y. ~ ~ favor of publicity, and
~ me government did not consider
Ssulaed ss. to further urge its views on the
N.Y.. xm.' lie hoped also it would be unne-
Moa'e resulted on the amendment oI
IL vohserVatlve, which is that two
.SS@aloflty shall be necessary to carry
SoIure on any occasion.
swnmittee authorized by the house
!, w,ulIlhons aIpl to investigate the imprison.
n. N. r., +, pwyer Grey, of which commit
No N. uisadstone is chairman and which
~S s niteen of the most prominent
ysls s,Sa,,o o. the house, have decided that
S%s.aoerations vel. the press representative.
snaeld today, '' ''
~ewmnittee appointed by the house o
snpusl nsslo 70 investigate the Imprisonment
5,p Grey held their first session
s,,,v S Mr, Grey read long line of docu
|Misy evidence supporting the charge o
Jury at the trial, and also that tn,
,f.e urunk the night before the yer
Msexton asked that Justice Lawson
IN lS,slued nued ut the trial, be summoned Il
an W ~e eommittal of Mr.. Grey for con
M NM court The attorney. general sal,
~ tawsoncould only be asked to stat
!, VI contempt of court. Mr.. Glad
upes euiinded the committee Of tn
,ts,, Oh Justice Holt declining
SSea1 a1 the house of lords whel
nSSasu nSssu TO give evidence in defense @
yment, After further debate tn
non Ne =, decided against calling Justic
W uelend the committal of MI
M s"svihg II to his discretion whethe
'~iorward or not.
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Marshall.

opeclhl 10 inc Herald.
MARSHALL, November 1 e. ]. Fry, who
has Seen conducting a banking business
here for long time, has sold out his BUSH
ness to Messrs Garrett e. Key, and will en-
gage in other pursuits.
Messrs. w. b. Heard & Co. claim that
they have an indefinite unexpired lease on
the ground lately occupied by the Pacific
hotel and where the Texas IL Pacific COM
pany arc preparing to rebuild, and have
placed lot of men on the ground to grade,
preparatory TO their building II is to be
hoped that the difficulty between Heard 4
Go. aud the Texas II Pacific may be speedi.
ly settled. We are sadly in need OF a de.
pot. The company have been in temporary
quarters since the burning of their depot in
January last.
The weather continues extremely warm
for the season.
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bra sporting theatre, West Twenty.seventh
street, burned down tonight There
had been no performance, the theatre
being closed on account of the
death of William II. Barst, one
of the proprietors, which occurred We'd
nesday night. Edward Mallahan, his part
ner, resided on the third floor, and his wife
was in delicate health, but she managed TO
escape. The interior of the building was
like Undertook. The flames
spreading with great rapidity and
bursting through the roof threatened dan
ger to adjoing buildings and their inmates
were removed by the police, The flames
were confined to the theatre. The fire
started on the stage, the cause being n
mystery, no one having been
in the building during the
day except bartender. The building
was owned by Madame Sanches and was
damaged $4,000 insured for $4,000. Bart
Il Malahan lost So ,000 insurance not
known. The theatre was formed from
three private houses, and was originally
opened as the Buckingham Palace, u low
concert and dance-house.
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Waco.
Special TO the Herald.

WACO, November l,--Judge Rimes came
mp to hear argument on motion to dissolve
injunction to thy Texas & ST. Louis railway
forbidding the city council from interfering
with laying their track on Mary street. To
the surprise pt the court and lawyers the
attorney for the road movedto dissolve the
injunction, thus admitting the right of the
cttyto control the street. The third track
has been laid pending the injunction and
the ELEPHANTS bigger than II was at the
outset.
To-day, ten head Of cattle sold here some
time ago, were proven to be part OF 100 head
stolen from Erath county. The owner was
under suspicion and most Of the purchase
money had been withheld. The thieves
have escaped.
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III I'asu.
Special TO the Herald.

Special TO the Herald.
Ell PAso, November 1.-Sheriif Slaughter
and Deputy Chiffon, of Erath county, ar
rived here to-day from Springer, New
Mexico, with John llennings, charged with
killing one Lewis in February last, near
Stephensyille. Immediately after the
killing Hennings fled aud was not arrested
until few weeks ago.
The case of the state against DR., Man.
ning, brother Of the Manning charged with
the murder ofDallas Stoudenmier, Is being,
tried to-day.
The grand jury made scathing report
to-day against Sheriff Gonzales and County
Clerk Manuel Flores, candidate for re.
election, They were indicted for mplfeas.
ance by the former grand jury.
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Fires.
NEAR PORT HURON.

liz NEAR PORT HURON.
''i' November IA fire at Fort
Just above Port Huron, this morn.
'@',Oyed Baer's store, the Ontario
,ss,aW' Ross grocery, Fuller's clothing
NoIu several small places. Loss,
lsp, AT ROCHESTER,.
n, hass, n. Y, November 1.-The
|Ssdivuse Of the New York Central
sN an On On hre. This afternoon fire
h bs,'eS,piosion among tar and petro.
s,iels snils on the platform at the
n,d ~ ~ o. the New York Central
hi ,bs b'sht house, Kent street. In on
dl. e sn, locality was flooded with burn
shinn,u, section Of the freight house
ant KY depot, In flames. A large
Nm WI y, lfeight there, consigned Il
n eou merchants 10y the Merchants Dis
hbsS.psany, ten freight cars, some o
nded y were destroyed. The flame,
6&k "a y, .ne receiving warehouse, ON III,
aO So' SsS the railroad track, where
Nh. 'v,,n .ss Of freight was stored. tn,
Vsnns,insd ns,nd doors we're burned, but III,
Na ~ was only slightly damaged
xN Va. Ar NEW YoRx.
wax November 1.-The Alham
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Salado.
Special to the Herald.

SALADc, November lon Saturday
evening last, near Prairie Dell, about six
miles from this place, a difficulty arose be-
tween three Mexicans, in which one was
wounded by one named Raced, who fled.
Up to this time he has not been captured.
The principal cause Of the difficulty was
too much "red.eye." The Mexicans are
strangers, stopping In the county to pick
cotton.
Ihe weather is fine, and farmers are very
busy.
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Special " the Herald.
HoSrY GnovE, November LA few days
ago, while MFR. Bond, who lives twelve
miles north of here, was away from home,
o party went to his house and shot his door
full Of bullets Yesterday au officer with
posse went 70 arrest the party. He ran
from them, and was shot. 40 further par.
ticulars why be was shot. =
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ISonliain,
bohhhfn,
Special 10 the Herald.

BoEHAM, November 1.-Yesterday even
ing about sundown, about ten miles south.
east fhere, a most unfortunate shooting
occurred in which Henry Gibson was killed
by Doc Gillian. Gibson had been tried
aud convicted in the Justices court of an
assault upon Gillian, and as the parties
were returning home the quarrel was re-
newed, when Gillian fired three shots ut
Gibson with pistol, two Of which took
effect In the body with the above results.
Gibson fired one shot at Gillian, but with.
out effect. This morning Gillian came to
town and gave himself up to the author
tiles.
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1t was answered at once by a
yogley noun the soldiers. The balls
pierce the boiler and the escaping steam
completely disabled the mob. Ry this
time great crowd had gathered on the
banks aud in the houses The soldiers fired
withous proyocation. Here the mischief
was done, Only three We're wounded on
the ferry boat, while all the Others In
the casualty list were OF peaceable people
on shore; killed George kecner, James
McDonald, Colonel Pepper and an infant in
its mothers arms, name unknown. Seri.
ouSiy wounded; John Baugh, Charles
Balinger Willie Gerry, VIII Springer,
MIS-. seery, Graham, Randall, Robert
pritchard. Slightly wounded Martin
Dunlap, Alexander Harris, John Gal
lagher, julius Sommers, Thomas Bird
Mrs. j. b. After, A. Dickson,
Thomas nemarara, n. L. Ball, DR. Hills
Martin Gear, Robert Lowther, and J. w.
Souse. Colonel Pepper was a highly re-.
specled citizen 20 years old. Mrs. Butler
was quarter OF mile away attending u
meeting to organize public reading room.
The cltl2ens regard the firing on the ferry.
boat justtiable, but have no words to ey.
press their Indignation at the firing on
peaeeabie citizens.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
CiNoINEArl, November ! -0ne account
sent TO the Gazette SAYS that the ferry
boat slgnalled the Granite State to
land. When she came alongside
the ferry-boat then the Astol was
fired ON the feIry.boat. After that the sol
diers on the Granite State fred only one
voiley, into the terry-boat then
turned and fired on the people
on the shore, and kept il up
whle III range. The story Of the soldiers
Imam -. "
baby Killed, was Mrs. Mart Dunlap's child.
/ :, TitEsEGUIN HORROR.
New YoRK, November lit required
Two patroimen to keep the sidewalk clear IN
'front.' OF pr, Il. Z. Seguin's house this morn
ing. Hardly did the blue coats turn theii
backs cach time, however, than the crowd
approached the building again and stared
up at the windows of the fourth story front
room in which Mrs. Seguin killed her tbre,
cnildren and herself yesterday after
noon. Sorrowing friends and rela
tves began arriving at the hous,
at an early hour, but few entered
They merely inquired after Dr. Seguin'
condition, left cards and drovA OIL. DR.
Amldon, brother of the dead woman. sal,
Dr: Seguln passed very bad night, onl,
quieted by the administration Of stroni
anmsthetics. DR.. Amidon expressed fea
that the widowers mind would becom
disordered through grief He had been
most ailectionate husband and father DI
Amidon repelled the idea that there wa
any. hereditary taint of insanity in tn
Amidon family.
The jury of inquest in the case discoy
cred the fact that Mrs Seguin was very mel
ancholy and before committing the act sen
the nurse and hall-boy out of the house o.
errands. She shot the children in the LEI
temple and herself in the right. The iur
returned verdict that she murdered he
, children and killed herself while sulterin
from temporary alteration Of the mind.
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NEWS BY SPECIALS.
hineola: Two Men Overcome BY
Gas in Well, are Rescued
at Last With Great
Difficulty.

~ taNe WIN NttNt
Difficulty.
Austin: Important Rulings, Covering
sHbject-Natter of Universal Inter-
est - Reagan Speaks.
Houston: Hon. Olin Wcllborn Addresses
Large and Appreciatiye Audi
ence - Cotton Market.
III PasO: The Grand Jury Handle
Two of the Officials With
out Gloves.
Saiado: Two Mcxicans Killed In n
Drunken Quarrel.
Bonllam: A Fatal Shooting ARRAY In
the Vicinity.
Tyler: Decisions Of the Higher Courts
Yesterday.
Honey Grove: A Mysterious Affair and
its Outcome.
Other Interesting State News,
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Sporting.
FLEETWOOD PARK.


New YORK, November IA large crowd
gathered to-day at Fleetwood park to wit
ness the $1,000 trot between Helen, owned
by lsadore Cornfeld, and the Gala horse
Overman, owned by o. A. llickok. The
mare had n record of 2:2l ana the horse OF
2;22l, and the first heat Helen won in 2;93,
Overman won the second in 2;2l, the third
in 2;22l and the fourth heat and the race
in 22ii. Considerable money changed
hands.
BRIGHTON BEACH.
BRtGHroY BEACH, November Mile
Racer. Monee first, Charley kcmplar
second, Ada h. third Time l:5l.
Mile and Eighth-Mina first, George Nc
Colloueh second, Governor Hampton third.
Time 2:0S.
Three quarters Mile-Skylark first, Bus
ter second, Gaily third. Time: l:23.
Seven.eighths Milc--Baron Fauerot first,
Harry Mann second, Little Phil third.
Time: 1884.
At MYSTIC rARK,
MYsric PARK, November LIN the 2.SC
class Vision took three heats, Robert ii
one Best time, 2:2Dl.
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Dick Iiddell

coNvICTEp-A PECULIAR VERDICT.
The Times.D Democrats Huntsville, Ala
bama, special says: Dick Liddell, on trial
several days for conspiracy connected
with tho robbery Of Alexander Smith. at
Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in lsSl was found
guilty to-day. Liddell had proven he was
In Kentucky at the time Of the robbery.
which he says was committed
by Frank and Jesse James and Bill Ryan,
who were hiding from the officers that he
did not know OF the intention to commit
robbery. He admitted he at other times
and places had run and robbed with the
ranrS The verdict Is peculiar one. II re.
cites n belief In accordance with what
Liddell testified, but says he Is guilty
Of conspiracy nevertheless , wi which ,,.s'. con. !.
chapce which said actual par.
ticipstion In or knowledge y was intended
was sufficient proof Of conspiracy,,of which
the prisoner was q guilty participant. The
jury signed petition for executive clem'
enCy.
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Peruvian aud Chiiian News.

LIMA, November 1.-The German war
sloop Moltke arrived at Valparaiso on the
10Th.
CoxscRIPrfN0.
The complete organization Of the ma
national guards Is ordered, the Chilian re-
public obliging all citizens to enlist.
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Galveston.
Special 10 the Herald.

Special 10 the Herald
GALVESTON, November l.--Gcneral Coke
was expected to speak here tonight, but no
such announcement had been dc6nitelv
made. General Coke speaks here before
election day.
For some time past q number of Office.
on the strand have sustained slishs
losses In an unnccountable manner. snd
10 few days since Il was
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discovered that the safe Of Messrs. Huhuer
" Neill, cotton buyers, had been robbed OF
about $50. As was natural under the cir
cumstances, more than one young man in
the employ Of burglariEed firms has been
compelled to bear the weight of unjust sns-
picion, but to-day their yindication was
made complete when Officer Mountain.
who had been especially detailed
70 work up the mystery, arrested negro
man named Edward Fillican, who was em-
ployed US janitor for the various cotton
oinces on the Strand, and lodged him in
all. A portion OF the money was found on
ms person, and proof positive is in the
hands OF the police.
The Galveston market for spot cotton
closed weak, lower; middling, l0l; re-
ceipts, 4,l7i; exports, 9,l75.
Futures opened weak and closed easy;
January. n@9 9i; February, 10 0e; March,
10 i2(llO lSi April, 10 sl@i0 10 May, 10 500
~ 80, November, 99l@9 92; December, 9 p0(il
09l. Sales, 2,l00,
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SANGER BROTHERS
||LOIHIBRS On 2BXASl

Our aim is to please in every particular, and we
study to attain our aim. We recognize that but one
thing is really necessary for us to do in order to
hold the continued confidence of the consumer and
that is to continue
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Houston.
Special to the Herald.


HOUSTON, November l.--IIon. Ohm Well.
born spoke at PILOTS opera-house tonight
to very large and enthusiastic audience.
lie made a very favorable impression upon
MS audience, many Of whom are inde.
pendents.
The cotton market closed weak. 4 Off all
around middling spot, l0l; sales, iSO
receipts, G,0i0 gross 1000, net.
The address of Hon, Olin Wollborp tonight
gathered together one of the most select
and largest political audiences ever assem-.
6led IN Houston. His address was the DO.
litical and intellectual treat of the cam.
paign, aad will long be remembered by
those who were fortunate enough 10 have
heard him. His address was eloquent and
impressed his audience with the E,ct TINT Il
emanatcd from true statesman and mn
orator. The text Of his remarks were no.
litical independentism In Texas, and were
substantially the same as delivered nj I;al.
weston on Saturday night luAt. Mr.. Weil.
born Is remarkable for the clearness with
which he makes himself and his nrrnmen,
understood and appreciated by even the
most illitcrate ofhearers. With few sncl,
iorciblc speakers as Mr.. Wcllborn in ths
field TO unmask the batteries OF radicalisn,
and greenbackism, the great demoora,is
battle would be fought and victory won
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Q, Austin.
Special to the Herald.

AUSTIN, November 1.-The comptroller.
IN answer to the collector of Dallas county,
writes that firm considered as following
the occupation Of cotton broker, factor or
commission merchants a single annual tax is
levied on the firm OF S3j IN n CITY of mora
than 1900 inhabitants. lf,he firm is com.
posed OF two or ihore persons, each of
Whoh personally buy cotton, though in the
name ~ the firm, IL may be classad as n
firm Of cotton buyers aud each memner or
said firm considered pursuing the occupa-
ton of cotton buyer is subject to an annual
YAK OF 80 Cotton buyers which have paid
the state tax in any county are
not compelled to pay it in any other
county where they may visit, but must pay
their county taxi
The attorney. general rules that resi-.
dence OF twelve months in the,state entitlas
a person TO vote for state officers in n
county regardless of the.time of residence
IN the county, or for district officers il he
mas @ resided IN the district six, ponths.
inc contract for carrying prisoners TO the
Pen,tehtlary was awarded to-day TO Boles
N.,narils,e, OF Bell.couhty, for $3.50 per
capita. NO BIDS were received for leasing
The pententiary..
Reagan is speaking TO a large crowd to-
night at the courthouse.
a report reached here this evening that
q shooting, scrape occurred at Pleas.
anton to-day, wherein Charley Me
kinney, state ranger, and Joe Tom.
linson, sheriff OF Dewitt county. were
mortally wounded. No details. Al the
recent session Of court here Mckinney and
Iomlinson fell out, and the former struck
ne latter. The trouble was about evidence
Mckinney had given against one of Tom.
linsons friends The report caused n sen.
sation, and other killings may follow.