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The Waco Examiner says
Grayson county is to vote on
local option at an early DAY. II
a country containing two such
towns as Sherman and Denison
can be carried by the prohibi-
tionists, then the whole state
can be wheeled into the local
option or prohibition ranks. We
shall watch the result in Gray
son county with interest.
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The Austin Statesman has
been enlarged to a nine column
paper; a new dress of type has
been put on and its general ap-
pearance greatly improved. 1t
is now very handsome and
city-like paper, one that is an
honor to Austin and should be
liberaly sustained by the bust
ness men of that city.
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Sunset Cox Abroad.
New York Special.

New York Special.
To a reporter Mr.. S. S. Cox
said yesterday he was very
thankful to reach land after
so stormy a passage. The cab
in passengers were kept below
most of the time, and the whole
steerage was in tears. During
his trip he had seen the sun
above the artic circle. After
ward he had advised a party OF
Americans ladies who he met
at Christiana not to miss the
sight. Mrs. Joseph Wright, OF
Indiana, was of the party. They
attempted the trip, but were
wrecked in an artic fog, and
were twelve hours on a barren
island in a driving storm before
being rescued. Mr.. Cox fesa
they are not as grateful to
as they might else have
He had been particularly
ested in Egypt and jug
the Norwegians he liked
as any people he "
They were simple, hoi
and brave, without d
Their government alSd
him. Ireland he consid
worst governed coui
seen, and Turkey
were both bad enousS
had redeeming feat ..,
Ireland seemed to hi
only a skeleton. &c
is thing which does
in Ireland" he said
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-01-05

SocIErY IN Washington is ex,,
cited over the social position of
the new British minister. 1t ap-
pears that the Hon. Lionel
Sackville West is importing a
job lot of children into the
country with him as to whose
origin the air is filed with har-
rowing doubts. Now that it
turns out that there was a Mrs.
Lionel SackviIle Sackville West
after all and that Lionel is mere
ly a widower it is reasonable
to suppose that although he will
sink many degrees in the public
estimation, he win at the same
time be rehabllitated socially.
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Christmas Grimes.

n. 0. Timss-Demoe5a;.
Christmas passed off very
quitely this year. Perhaps
some Of the quiet down here
may be attributed to the con
slant rain, which demoralized
everybody but the horn blow
ers. 1t did not rain everywhere
and yet there was an eXtraordi-
nary and uneXampled freedom
from crime-So say the papers
from all portions of the coun-
try. The total summing of the
day-with all the black couu-
ties heard fronts only eight
murders, OF which but four can
be traced directly to the evil ef-
feet of egg-nogg, 4 drink well
calculated to djsgusta man with
life, and suggest, either suicide
or murder to him.
We seem to have behaved
singularly well down here.
There was Of course, some
shooting and cutting~it is I'M
possible for our people to con
sumo the amount of liquor they
put away last Sunday and re-
main perfectly docile and anna
ble-but the crimes committed
were fewer than on any pre-
vIous Christmas when there
was less drunkenness aud dis
order. We think, moreover.
that we can safely say that
there was as much solid enjoy
ment, as if everybody had gone
home in a state Old intoX-
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-01-05

THE capitol board and CAPT.
tol commissioners are still hold
ing secret sessions at Austin.
Reporters are strictly excluded.
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The Washington monument
that much talked of, delay
cd. but generally desired, trib-
ute 10 the memory of the first
president of the United States
is, the country is informed, now
in such a condition that its COM
pletion viii not be long delay
ed it congress will promptly at
tend the report which will soon
be presented by the monument
commission, who will earnestly
request on appropriation OF
$500, 600 for the continuation
of the work. The monument
is now 25o feet above the base,
some Is feet having been ad-
ded during the past year. The
monument when completed will
be magnificent piece of work,
but there is a feeling prevalent
that those in charge have al.
ready expended more money
than was necessary.
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ford Loggins have been set for
trial on Friday the 9th inst.
AT Graham the remains of
the three prisoners killed while
attempting to escape from Jail
were propped up and their pho
tographs taken, Their bodies
were then placed in pine boxes
and buried in the town ceme-
terry without any religious cere-
mony whatever.
Bishop Coin OF the Metho-
dist church, colored, wants the
modest sum of $4,000 from
the Galveston, Harrisburg and
San Antonio railway, because
he was made to ride in a smok--
ing car. When Bishop Coin
gets those $4,000 he will be
the luckiest darkey in Texas.
The profession of robbery
still holds its own, and hardly a
day passes but a case is report
ed somewhere. Too many men
want to make an easy living !;
they have an indisposition to do
the requisite manuel labor to
earn an honest subsistence, con-
sequently they resort to thew
cry.
Graham, Young county,
was the scene of a terrible trag-
edy last Sunday morning, re-
sulting in the instant death of
four men and the woundIng of
two or three others, one of
them, perhaps fatally. A portion
ofthe prisoners in the jail at
tempted to escape and the three
murderers of Martin, at Bel
KNAPP, named Mcdonald are all
killed. The result was a gen.
eral and free fight in which citi-
zens took an. active part In
this row whiskey did not figure.
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Cash Balance.

If independents, greenback-
ers and radicals could lay hold
on that cash balance" IN the
state treasury, how rapidly it
would melt away, says the JEFF
ferson Democrat. OF course it
would, and if some OF the demo-
Gratis of this state could get
"their" hands on it, it would
melt away too. As a general
thing democratic administration
have been honest the present
state administration is honest,
and in that particular it has had
its greatest strength; to be
honest is to be Just, and unless
a state administration is both
honest and just it should be
promptly displaced. No one,
no matter what his political
views may be has ever charged
Governor Roberts or any under
him. in the administration Of our
state government, with dishon-
esty; the difficulty has been
wide difference of opinion as
to the policy to be pursued by
the state government. The
useless accumulation of the
cash balance" does not meet
the approval of respectable
number of the people of the
state; the management OF the
public free schools and the dis
position OF the public domain
of the state are all questions of
policy that every man in the
state is interested in, it matter
ing not what his political OPP
inions may be. The want, at
the present time is, not abuse
of Independents, greenbackers
and radicals. but reformation
inside of the democratic ranks.
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Notwithstanding
ton of Jackson}
been greatly ino
the past month by
hundreds of wish
death-rate is de-
the week ended
were but two deE
one white and Of
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STATE NEWS.

Vaccination is now in order
at Navasota.
Marshal had quite an eX-
tensive fire on Monday morn
ing.
Ten thousand carp are now
en- route from Washington to
Texas.
-Bastrop has Just been
through the pangs of city
election.
-Greenville, Hunt county
has just had a fifty thousand
dollar fire.
"A shooting affray is report
ed to have occurred at Buck
horne the other day.
-Navasota congratulates
herself that the holidays passed
off without any killing or fight
ing.
Mains of the water pipe
are now being laid in Palestine
and soon the town will have
water works.
AN ex-convict named Nc
PhailzS killed at Austin
Tues HSht by an officer
MILO is quite a
snday morning
knty-four peni-
mayors court.
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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-04-22

Middleton Netrs: "We have had several
frosts during the past week. No damage TO
fruit or gardens"
Franklin Reviao: "a sharp frost fell last
Sunday morning. Beans suffered much by
this and subsequent vsi.ations OF Jack, the
bean killer. We can hear of no other dit-
asier produced by the cold snap"
Chattanooga Times: "The highly fatter-
tering reports OF the condition of wheat in
this locality are ceasing, and already we are
hearing loud complaints of rust. In Sc
quatchie valley it has appeared to no great
extent, but in Chattanooga and Lookout val
leys several fields are perfectly yellow, and
some farmers fear they will not raise five
bushels to the acre. These fears may be
premature"
Jackson: There were light frosts on the
nights of the 18th, 18th and 10th, but no
damage has been done to vegetation except
checking its growth. Wheat prospects were
never better. Strange it may appear,
most of the wheat in this part of the State
was in head in March, and it is quite proba-
BILE the crop will be harvested by the middle
or Goth of May. In all probability the
acreage of wheat is greater in West Tennes-
see than was ever known. Oats have been
behind for want Of rain, but fall last night
has made decided change. The farmers
are beginning to realize that it is bad policy
to depend on Northern markets for bread
and meat
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ESTABLISHED 1910.

waited Plants; or, the Principles of Variation.
Inheritance, Reversien, Crossing, Inter
breeding, and Selection, under Domestica-
ton" in 1867. In 1871 he published the
"Dsscent Of Man and Selection in Relation
to Sex" two volumes. In this work the
author infers that "man is descended from a
hairy quadruped, furnished with tail and
pointed ears, probably arboreal in its habits"
Mr.. Darwin, who was elected member
of all the leading foreign and English scien-
tiic bodies, received from the Royal
Society of LoEdon, the Royal and
Cop'ey medals for his various scientific
works, and from the Geological Society Of
London, the Wollaston Palladian medal, and
was created a knight of the order Pour Ia Herite
by the Prussian government. To the last
he continued to labor, and in spite of feeble
constitution, to which it was feared he would
succumb before he had reached middle life,
he crowded into his latter days the results not
Of speculation or theory but of an exact
knowledge OF which the farmer as we'll as
explorer in natures recesses may forever
continue TO profit. He made the world bet
ter for his coming and lays it under tribute
Of profound sorrow for his going away.
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ST. LOUIS.
business Satisfactory = Money Eas,
Gag Per Cent.

business Satisfactory Money Easy,
6@7 Per Cent.
ST. LOUIS, April 21--Nothing worthy of
special note has occurred in trade circles
during the past week. General business has
been more than fair, and in some branches
there has been considerable activity, notably
in dry goods and groceries The sales of
dry goods exceeded those of any week this
season, which is taken to mean that country
merchants have settled down to the belief
that the coming crops will be coed
and abundant, and that times will
be easy with farmer. Collections
have been unusually prompt, and the
feeling is one of satisfaction. Groceries were
in good demand. Sugars were firmer and
come grades of refined a fraction higher
Molasses and syrups are also a shade better
Other jobbing trades show satisfactory con-
dition, the volume OF business being good
and prices steady. Money has been easy and
loans not over abundant. The chief borrow
ers were regular merchants and manufac-
lures who obtained all the money they
wanted at 6 and per cent on call and and
s per cent. on time for 6rst-class paper
Shipments of grain and other pro-
ducts have been quite mesger, and large
to make exchange, which rules at 90c prem
ium. Leaf tobacco shows no material
change. Grain opened strong and higher on
Monday, with active speculation for June
and July options, and continued so until yes
terday, when prices broke, and to-day the
market is a good deal demoralized, with
very little disposition to trade. Wheat closed
to-day fu ly &c below the highest price of the
week, and corn 2922c off. Provisions also
declined, with no speculative feeling, and a
diminished consumptive demand.
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THE EMERALD ISLE.
Skirmish Between Moonlight ers and the
POIiee-More Troops for Ireland.

DUBLIN, April 21.-The arrests under the
Coercion act up TO Tuesday last were 91S.
The police patrol surprised a large body
of msonlighters at Ballybunnion, near the
house of farmer recently shot. The police
fred upon the party. Several were wounded.
The descent of the police was a surprise to
the moonlighters. Fourteen We're captured,
the most OF them wounded, and taken to
Listowal.
Annie Kirk, member of The Ladies Land
League of this city, has been arrested at
Tulla by order of Clifford Lloyd.
Sixty families were evicted on the estate
OF the Marquis of Sligo.
A battalion of Connaught Rangers, on their
way from Natal, will disembark in Ireland
A battery OF horse artillery arrived to-day.
These additions will bring up the forces in
Ireland to seven regiments of cavalry, twelve
batteries of artillery, three companies of en-
gineers and thirty-two bsttalions of infantry
A dispatch from Rome says: Cardinal
McCabe is trying to obtain from the pope
documentary statement which will have the
effect of establishing an agreement between
the members of the Irish Episcopal bench
on the land question, thereby facilitating
the action OF the British government. Many
Irish bishops support Cardinal McCabe."
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mUsDEROUs sAvAGEs.
Indians Again ON the Warpnth-Mep,
Women and Children Massscred.

Tucson, April 21.-Runners from Eagle
Creek say that McMaster and six Mexicans
were killed there, and that large force of In
dams were remaining on Eagle Creek. Fears
are entertained for the safety of Tom New
land and wife, McMunen and son, Lamb and
son, and some other parties. A party from
Stafford says that at Eagle Creek this morn
ing, there were three prospectors killed on
the Apache road. The bodies were warm
when the troops came up with them. The
indians destroyed the freight, shot some
horses and carried the others off whit them !;
they also tried to set fire 10 the wagons.
Later news says there were ten Mexicans
killed at Eagle Creek, including. McMasters,
wife and children. He also states that one
of his Indian herders, who was taken prison.
er by the Nate and Juh, escaped, and says
that Newland, McMunen and party are all
killed.
A special from San Carlos say the Chi
huahuas made raid in there after the Locos
band, and scooped everything before them.
They killed twenty people as far as heard
from. There are not sufficient troops to pro-
tect the place.
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HANGED.
VIM s1NnRAM At NEW Yo

WIN. sINDRAM, AT NEW YORK.
NEW York. April 2l.-William Sindram
was hanged this morning in the yard of the
city prison for the murder OF his landlady,
Mrs. Margaret Crane, in January, 1881.
GEORGE BoHANNoN, AT RoLLA, MO.
ST.. LOUIS, April 2l.-A Post Dispatck
special from Rnlla, Mo, says that George
Bohannon vas executed there to-day, in the
presence of several thousand people, who
came 90 town from all the surrounding
county. The saloons and public schools
we're closed by proclamation of the mayor.
BobAnnon shot and killed VIM. Hote in a
drunken row on August 5, 1881. He was
only twenty years old, and his victim twenty
three.
LUTHER B. TAYLOR, AT CORNING, ARK.
LITTLE Rock, April 21.-Luther 3. Tsy-
lor, white, man was hanged at l o'clock at
Corning, Ark, for the murder of Riley Black.
A Gazette special says he this morning de-
MED the killing of Black. He also denied
killing Esquire Eli Cunningham and Nathan
Hale
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CHICAGO.
Finances I'm q Satisfactory Condition
General Business Healthy.

General business Healthy.
CHICAGO, April 21.-Finances are in a
satisfactory condition SO far as solIdity is
concerned, but there is shortage in the
crop of borrowers and money goes begging
at 5(97 per cent Clearances for the week,
exchange 75c premium. Currency is not
going into the country rapidly; securities of
nearly every kind are advancing; the
Wholesale mercantile trade is healthy, but
not unusually active; the slight drop in
some articles is more than couDterbalanced
by the general stiffness; collections are
rather easy; coffee and some articles are a
little of, butter is declining heavily, nails
and some other hardware weak, but
dry goods, clothing, millinery and
most groceries are firm. On Change the
week has been busy and feverish one, with
prices at what some consider dizzy and an al
most daily advancing market. The statis-
tics of the situation is anxiously watched.
1t is an undenied fact that the receipts at
this time of the year have rarely been so
small, when prices are relatively so high.
Wheat receipts were merely nominal, and
corn, although nearly twice as high as this
time last year, is coming In very moderately.
Stocks in store are getting lower, and it is
now reported that the clique intend to chip
out all wheat on hand. To-day's record gives
some color to the story, as the shipments ex-
coed the receipts by $4,000 bushels. Corn is
getting low in the bins. Grain in sight on
April 18th was 100000 bushels, against
SO, 900, 900 bushels at the same time last year.
A year ago to-day wheat sold at 81 055,
corn, 44c; oats, SO &c; pork ST. so; lard, IL 20
oil 25c. Wheat, as compared with that day,
shows an advance of 32c; corn, 3lc; oats
l3c; pork, SOC; lard, 23c
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NEW ORLEANS.
Money quiet and Easy-GeneraI Busf-
GOOD.

Money Quiet and Easy-GeneraI Busf-
ness Good.
NEW ORLEANS April 2I.-The feature OF
the week has been the break in city premium
bonds under the decision of the Supreme
Court of the United States. The market
was utterly demoraliz I'd for time, prices de-
clining % points, There was a steadier
feeling since, and prices reacted 5 points,
Money continues quiet and easy for lesiti-
mate trade purposes. Cotton spots for
the week hrs witnessed very good de-
mand from day to day, and full
prices have been realized. thoigh quotations
remain unchanged. Weeks sales, 10000
bales. The statistical position, far as the
American crop is concerned, continues favor
able to holders. The spot market closes
strong. Business in futures has not been
brisk; nevertheless, the aggregate sales foot
up $4,000 bales. Prices on down grades,
for months after June show a decline of u
to 81 points. Total sales of futures since
September LIST, II, 100000 bales. The sugar
market during the early part Of the week
was buoyant in consequence of favorable adj
vices from New York. Considerable specu-
la i've transactions occurred, and the market
closes quiet and firm with fair demand.
Molasses-no receipts from the interior and
supplies of plantation are almost wholly ex-
hausted; business is confined to refining and
reboiled goods. Rice-an active business
has prevailed all the week, with an unusual
ly heavy local demand, prices closing sG94c
higher than last week.
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DIsGRACEFUL SCENE
In the Kentucky Legislature Befween
Two Senators.

LOUISVILLE, April 21.-A Couie, Journal
special from Frankfort says: "The most
shameful affair that ever disgraced the Ken
lucky Legislature occurred this afts rnoon
in the Senate. The question under consid-
eratiod was bill to remit $500 to Jones &
Co., penitentiary lessees, and Senator George
was making a very earnest and effective
speech against it. In the course of his remarks
he took occasion 10 reflect very seriously
upon Jones's integrity. Senator Hayes, who
was irresponsible, through intoxication, re-
sented Georges statements, and retorted in
very fierce personal abuse. He called Sena-
tor George liar and a son OF a
on the floor of the Senate, and made
a break for him as il 10 ass-dit
upon the nt-st.arms, ,.| AXE Hayes
out of the chamber, but eenator CarPenter
stood at the door and sept 1t shns.~piher
senators rushed e the rescue aud the eonfa-
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TRAIN DITCHED
On the Santa Fe Road for the Purpose
OF R9bbe,y.

ST. LOUIS, April PA di patch from
Kansas City says that passenger from the
West reports that the ast-bound passenger
train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
road was ditcifed last Sunday ght near
Rencop, n. NJ, and that five heavily armed
men attempted TO rob the express, but got
into the baggage instead Of the express car,
and before they could rectify their mistake
and get into the right car the trainmen and
passengers appeared in such numbers that
the robbers fl.d. The engine and baggage
and express cars were thrown from the track.
The fireman was killed and the engineer
and Wells, Fargo & Co.'s messenger
were badly wounded. The express is sup
posed TO have had 100000 in silver from
the Arizona mines, bound for New York,
and it is thought the would-be robbers were
inforEed of the fact by telegraph at Rencon.
They belong 10 band of desperadoes who
have been committing all kind of depreda-
tons in Mexico and Arizona for months
past.
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TRADE AND TRAFFIC.
The General BusIress OF the Country,
as Indicated in fhe Reports Be-
low, Fully Up
TO fhe Average, with No Marked or
Special Features-finances Easy
and Money Abundant.

New YORK, April 2l.-While some de-
partments OF trade show an increase Of
activity others are slow and disappointing,
holding its own. Imports have increased
astonishipgly, while exports, in consequence of
prevailing high prices, are far in the year
S59,0O0,0G0 below the exports, showing a
large falling off compared with last year.
Notwithstanding all tbs the aggregate move
ment of rchandise TO consumers has been
large and The volume of business keeps fully
up to the mark, though without any very
important features.
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THE CROPS.


Little Rock Gazette: "The fruit crops are
safe and plentiful"
Pine Bluff Commercial: "The cold spell
harmed nothing; fruit is safe and promises
to be an immense CROP. Near Fort Smith
there was a slight frost; damage unimpor-
tant. 49,. .Texarkana: The fruit and crops
have passed unscathed, and promise the larg-
est yield this country has been blest with in
many year. Farmers are very much
buoyed with hope since the weather has be-
come warm again, and are stirring every foot
OF land possible for heavy crops of corn and
cotton ......... Everything looks promising for
a big fruit crop in Crawford county"
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GRIMES AND CRIMINALS.
FoReERs CONVICTED.

CHICAGO, April 21.-In the Criminal
Court Today John Bush alias Hatfield, John
Miller alias Morton, and William Lawr ence
alias Vaughn atias Livingston, were ar
raigned ON charges of forgery and conspiracy.
Palmer turned States evidence and the case
against him was dismissed. To-day the
other three plead guilty of conspiracy, the
forgery case being dismissed, and were
sentenced 10 three years in the penitentiary
Immediately after Palmer's release he was
rearested and will be taken back to New
York to answer criminal charges.