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ATLANTA, Ga, is now what is
technically known as q dry
town." Prohibition prevails. On
every train coming IN there is q
large consignment of jugs filled
with whlskcy. Thes jugs are car.
ried off by prohIbItionists and
anti-prohibitionist alike. One train
brought fifty One-gallon jugs. Poor
people, who are unable to buy jugs,
buy alcohol at the drug stores and
dilute it with water. 1t is safe to
say that prohibition will not be
long-Iived in the city of Atlanta.
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EDITORIAL NOTES,

EVERYBODY vote tho Peoples
ticket.
THE brakemcn's strike at Louis
VILE has been amicably adjusted.
GERONIMO and his warriors and
squaws have arrived q Pensacola.
SENATOR MAxBY is to make a
speech in Galveston to-day, the
9th inst.
SUNSET Cox has sent his reslgna-
ton rs minister TO Turkey TO the
secretary of state.
THE present administration have
served the people faithfully and
should be re-clected.
KATE FIELD says tho drug stores
of Iowa nro nothing but grogshops.
How does Kate know
THE total receipts of the Beau
mont relief Committee up TO the
23d INST, were S19, 5SO.1S.
COUNTY WARRANTS arc cash on
presentation to the treasurer. The
present administration did it.
Mr.. JOE HOFFMAN failed to assess
his particular friend, Mr.. Carl
Schutze. for the years 1881, 1882,
1883, 1883.
THE aggregate taxable values of
the State Of Texas have increased
$S,OO0,OO0, with SIX counties to
hear from.
THE Hackworth-Schutze candi-
dates encourage the colored speak
ers who represent them to preach
social equality.
SAM JONES has been snubbod by
the Boston preachers. Sam has
| the cheek of n government mule
and don't mind being snubbed.
TIE Fort Worth Gazette says
that only $4,000 more is needed
to insure the building of a railroad
from Fort Worth to Brentwood.
REPUBLICAN orators IN the North
insist that tho negroes and white
Republicans in the South arc dis
franchlscd by tho Democrats.
SLIGHT shocks of earthquake were
felt at Fort Morgan, the entrance
to Mobile bay, on Saturday morn
ing last.
GOVERNOR IRELAND wants to be
elected United States senator, but
ho is not stumping the state in his
own behalf. He Is in tho hands
of his fricnus.
PRINCE h1oMAJON and suite, OF
Japan, arrived IN San Francisco
on the 10th. On the 23d they
started for New York.
CARTER HARRISON, mayor of
Chicago, has boon nominated tor
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l.
Sunday. charged with cheating q
farmer out of $1,000 at three card
monte.
F. NJ. Wilcox suieided near Bur.
lington, Iowa, the other day by
exploding q dynamite cartridge
under his arm. His body was
blown to atoms.
The Houston Herald is nomi.
nally a Democratic paper. 1t sup.
ports Ross and the state ticket, but
it opposes tho Democratic nomi-
nees for county offices,
Mr.. PowDERLy's recent new de,
parture on the negro question is
nuts for jim Blaine. Neither Pow,
derby or Blaine know anything
about the southern negro.
The Bastrop Advertlses prints n
communication Q column and q hall
long on Jim Newcomb and his
politics. II seems like wasting a
great deal of ammunition on very
small game.
Ex-Governor ROBERTS delivered
the opening address at the Texas
State Fair at Dallas on Monday.
Dallas has two fairs and thoro is
every reason to belieFo that both
will be successful.
Mr.. J. P. BRIDGES, editor of the
Luling Signal, hos been elected
Major of the 9rd regiment OF Tex
as Volunteer Guards. Accept our
congratulations, Majah! May you
live long and prosper.
TIE Chicago anarchists have
had the speeches OF the oight con-
demned men printed and put on
sale in all parts of tho country.
They expect TO realize a good deal
OF money from the sale of the
book.
NEAR Keene. N. H., on Saturday
some parties set fro to a hollow
tree to smoke out q coon. The fire
spread rapidly and about 1000
acres of timber was burned. 1t is
NOT stated what success the party
had in catching the coon.
JUDGE TERRELL made a three
hours speech at Terrell on We'd.
nesday evening, and according to
the Galveston News correspond,
ent's report, he succeeded in con.
vincing 4 good many of his au.
dience that he is not demagogue
DALLAS two fairs are now in full
operation. Both fairs are highly
creditable, but the Dallas people
made sad mistake In not pooling
their lssues and uniting on one fair
The species of rivalry that bogets
two fairs docs the town no good; il
shows lack of harmony.
THE bucket shop question is
again up in Chicago. Cooperation
Counsel Hoffman officially says he
does not think the bucket shops
ought to be licensed. Tho mayor
believes the spirit of tho law to be
against them and he intends to in.
auguratc warfare looking to their
determination IN the near future.
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Tue Galveston News publishes

The Galveston News publishes q
d,srotcb from Alvin. Brazorii
county, saying: There ~'D DO 8Vl
armed men in Brazoria Wednesday
morning. Couriers have visited
all parts of the county calling out
citizens. Tho color line is about
to be drawn and serious results
may follow. There is no occasion
for drawing color lines If good
sense and reason prevail. 1t is to
be hoped that the dispatch is q
false alarm.
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THE anti-monopoIy, prohibition,
greenback, labor candidate for
congress claims that every labor
ing farmer is losing S33 per year.
Inasmuch as the average laboring
farmer has no property of any
kind subject to either levy OF taxa
ton, it is evident that If this be the
case the capitalists or the mer-
chant must be put under contribu-
ton to support the laborer. Who
is going to make the loss good.
This candidate would by legislation
reduce the freight on cotton from
an interior point in Texas to As,
cents q bale to Galveston, the
present tariff being $3.50. He
would soon bankrupt, every rail
road in the state.
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THE United States Supreme
Court has just decided the case Of
the Wabash, st. Louis aud Pacific
Railroad company against the state
of Illinois, brought up on writ Of
error from the Supreme Court Of
Illinois. The case was ono of un,
just discrimination, IN violation Of
the state law of 1871. The decision
is, in substance, that the state law,
designed to regulate charges, can
not apply to interstate traffic, as
application would trench upon the
constitutional powers of congress
and be q damaging restriction to
the freedom OF traffic. The ruling
of the Supreme Court of Illinois
is reversed.
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c.
gro WON king
in Round RccH, 49, 4sll.1d IN n wa.
ter hole, milo from the town with
her throat cut and a rope around
her neck. A brutal murder has
been committed.
H. C. Still is a candidate for
the State senate and is supported,
the Houston Age says, by tho
knights of Labor. This same II.
G. Still carries on shop in tho
penitentiary at Huntsville and has
| all his work done by convict labor.
The Knights of Labor are opposed
to convict labor.
Dallas is not only a moral but
a religious city. a we'll known
minstrel company advertised to
give performance last Sunday
night, both the city and county
authorities informed the show mon
that If they showed the whole show
would BIO arrested. They did not
show.
"A boy named McCreary placed
Il spike on the rails of the Dallas
and GrecnviIle branch near Fate.
Rockwell county. The coHstruc-
ton train was thrown off and J. J.
Barstell was killed, The boy
owned up, but says tho engineer OF
the train threw hot water on him ;
this story is not believed.
Col. c. B. Kilgore, Democrat
ic candidate for congress and W. E.
Farmer, the Knights of Labor
candidate tor the same position had
u joint discussion at GIlmer on
Saturday. Farmer has made a
good many speeches through the
state and on every occasion has
proved himself to be q crank and
an agitator. There is no danger
of his being elected to congress.
The Galveston News learns
GulOuSu private SOuICcS Iudt Oh
Friday night last the north bound
passenger train on the Information
al railway was attacked near
QEerton, by parties along the
track with stones, bricks and the
like and a number of windows
were broken 4 shot was fired and
Mr.. Havcland, a Galveston drum
mer was shot in the thigh. No
cause was assigned for the devil
try.
Tho case of Tom Varnell for
the murder of old man Land
in Hill county several years
ago, is set for trial at Hillsboro this
week. Varnell who is out on bond
is now living in Waco and the pro-
liability is that he will apply for n
change of venue. If there is any
truth in the published reports Var
nell is guilty of a foul murder, but
several years have elapsed since
its committal the defendant is out
on bail and the witnesses are scat
tered. It's almost safe to predict
that Yarnell will be acquitted.
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The present administration has
paid the county out of debt, and
there is money IN every fund TO
pay the scrip OF the county.
THE political funeral of S. A.
Hackworth & Co. will take place
at the ballot box Tuesday evening
next at 6 o'clock. Tho public are
invited.
EVERY voter. in Washington
county, regardless of politics,
should 90 10 the polls on election
day and cast his vote for the
present administration.
TIE policy of the candidates OF
the Hackworth convention is to
misrcprcscnt the present admins
tratlon, and they resort to all sorts
of campaign lies to accomplish
their purpose.
The average opponent of the
Democratic party is satisfied with
making all kinds of accusation
against it, but not one of them ever
Suggests any remedy for the evils
of which he complains.
DICKINSON college. Pa, has dc.
clinod to receive colored grad
uate of the high schools of Phila,
delphia into the institute. In the
North the Republicans howl about
race prejudices IN the South.
THE Baltimore Manufacturers
Record publishes weekly list OF
every new manuiacturngindustry
and additions 10 old ones IN the
south. In last weeks issue Texas
makes very handsome showing.
WILL the voters of Washington
county turn this county over to S.
A. HackwCrth & Go. to be run in
the interest of tho cold Rcpub-
lican Ring" who plundered the
treasury and run the county in
debt7
The Hampstead Ledger has been
discontinued and the Courier is
now the only paper published in
Hampstead. Somehow Hemp
stead has bad luck with her papers,
or the papers have bad luck In
Hampstead.
THE Fort Worth Gazette is max
ing a splendid fight against the
dark lantern movement in Tarrant
county. The dark lanternites en-
poet to win by exciting class pre-
judice and arraying the people one
against the other.
IT is stated that some of the
leading state politicians at Austin
are working the local'contest with
out any regard whatever 'for for
mer party afiIlation. There is
evidently a growing disposition to
do away with party politics in
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FOR SALE.

Nv farm and market garden, situated one
mile northeast from courthouse in the city of
Rrenham and containing about los acres.
This place is well watered, there being two
running springs, one large enough to supply
stock in the pasture, the other supplying
three fish ponds, besides affording an abund-
ance for irrleating purposes. There is also a
fine well in the yard. Upon the place is a
fine vineyard, q splendid peach orchard, and
one of the finest plum orchards in the State.
The fish ponds are fully stocked with carp,
perch and cat fish, Owing to the unequaled
facilities for irrigation, l have the best market
garden in the vicinity. The dwelling is one
and half stories high, and contains six
rooms, has north and south galleries. There
is q good kitchen and servants room in the
ward, two potato houses, two corn cribs, a
Smoke-house, and all outbuildings complete
\ large lot adjoining dooyard, with good
stable and carriage house There is also,
west of my residence, a tenement house. con-
tanning three rooms.
VIII sell the above property CHEAP for
one-third cash and the balance in interest
bearing notes.
A. LAURAINE.
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The old town of Pennington
Me-, was nearly wiped out of exis
tence by a fire on Friday last
Thirty-three dwellings, nineteen
stores, three churches, three hotels
two newspaper Offices, two insur
ance offices, county Jail, courthouse
postofice, savings bank, plow fac
tory, city hall and blacksmith
shop. The total loss is estimated
at s25O,OOO with only light in
surance.
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THE Democratic party is the
party of the people. The million
ARES of the country arc for the
most part Republicans and are ar
rayed against the Democracy,
which is the party of the people,
and which should have tho unquali,
fed support of the workingmen.
The Republican party is the party
that is responsible for all the
moncpolIes.
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A young lawyer of EllaviIle, Ga.
Gantered young woman at q So
cial gathering TO marry him. TIC
his evident surprise she told him
to get the license. He wouldn't
be bluifed; and got the license al
once, while others of the party sent
for clergyman. He knew moth
ing of the joke, and when the pail
entered tho parlor arm in arm he
thought it strange that the spec
tators laughed. But he began sol,
emily, while the party wondered
which of the two would weaken
first, and tho contracting parties
each wished that the other would
ask the minister to stop. When
the first question was asked the
young man concluded that the at,
fair had gone far enough, and he
broke ranks and fed, much to the
young woman's relief.
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STATE NEWS.
Tho coal mInes in Montague
county are being deyelopcd.

Tho coal mlnos in Montague
county are being developed.
Tho big Park hotel at Lam
pasas has been closed for the sea-
son.
Hon. John IL. Reagan spoke
to large audience at Fort Worth
on Saturday night.
Tho relief coOmmittees for the
Sabine Pass and Johnson's bayou
sufferers are still hard at work.
Real estate dealers in San An
tonic report an active demand for
property and an increase in price.
Tho county scat question in
RunnclIs county will not be settled
until passed upon by the Supreme
court.
Work has been commenced on
the Laredo smelling works and in
80 days they are expected to be in
operation.
Several parties have been ar.
rested at McGregor and Crawford,
McLcnnen county, for violating the
local option law.
Corpus Christi has raised and
forwarded two hundred and sixty
ono dollars to the Sabine Pass and
johnson bayou sufferers.
Tho Ward.FIy murder case
was begun at Bandcra last Monday.
Ward murdered Fly in Castro
Vile while he, Ward, was on big
drunk.
j. J. Moss, an old citizen OF
GraysOn county, residing near
Bells, suiclded by taking morphine.
he had boon partially dcrangcd
for several years.
"A Sherman special says the
work of grading on the Sherman
and Mount Pleasant railway has
commenced and a large force OF
men are now at work.
-Chas. Rayschnledcr and J.
Monhcim, two Germans engaged
in peddling tlnware IN McLennan
county were arrested for trying to
pass spurious money.
DR.. Cochran, the Republican
candidate for governor, addressed
about 800 negroes and so white
men in Marshall on Saturday. His
eloquonce was n dead loss.
Last Sunday all tho barrooms
in Waco were closed as tight as
wax and but very few cigar deal
ers sold tobacco or cigars. Waco
enjoyed regular puritanical Sun
day.
Tho ladies of Bolton arranged
themselves into committee and
have collected and shipped to
Orange and Beaumont four boxes
of clothing for the SABINE Pass
sufferers.
Il, L. Bender, a crank printer,
was arrested in Galveston Satur-
Gay ISght for sending u threaten
ing note TO II. Buchanan, the pro-
prietOrspfaP gambling house. Ben.
der waseolgdscd on Sunday.
Sid Evans, a son ofA. J. Evans,
formerly United States district at
TOR as arrested last Friday
= :" y il:
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:::'.: 4! ]! :

4 men, Sar Il ~
number of IA
bled IN the court ROOM = 1..t. tht
docket read and to say "no motion
your honor" Mr.. CALVIN GrIgg,
has been indicted for assault witt
intent to kill. He says he is unable
to employ counsel, and l shall have
to appoint one of you TO defend
him, Mr., Blukens l will appoint
YOU"
Judge, l would much rather
some ono else be appointed"
"Why, are you busy"
"NO, sir"
"What then, is your excuse"
81 eonnot consciontiousIy doiond
him."
"Why, sir"
Shortly after 1 got a divorce
from my vito he married her."
"That should not concern you
at does, judge. 1t made mo mad
to sec that anyone else was as big
q fool as 1 had boon. l don't mind
working for thief, but l cannot
work for a tool. No, l cannot &c
fend him."
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THE shake at SummerviIle, s. c.,
Friday afternoon was heavier than
at first supposed. About seventy
five chimneys will haveto be taken
down and rebuilt. A number OF
geysers have been discovered
where an oily water spouts up con-
tlnuousIy. Tho water has an odor
similar TO kerosine oil and is &C
complained by fine sand of different
eolors.
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There is but one way out OF pow
erty for the generality ofmankind,
and that is by hard work, economy
and selfdonial. Emerson calls
good fortune the ability to decide
between present indulgence and
future necessity. A few rich men
owe their possessions 20 accident,
or have ,nheritod wealth which
represents tho labor of their KIN
dred or ancestors. Tho greater
number have accumulated by work
ing diligently and saving a part OF
their earnings. Such men have
experienced all the discomiorts
and privations of poverty, and
they know likewise that violence
and tyranny, individual or organ
lied, only react upon those who
resort to such measures.
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TIE Tyler Courier says "the
farmers ofSmith county are oppos.
ed to the ohattel mortgage system
as now practiced." 1t ought to- be
opposed by the farmers through
out the state. The practice Of
mortgaging crops to get credit has
boon the ruination of the producing
classes of this state,
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NOTICE IN PROBATE.
THE STATE OF TEXAS


To the Sheriff or any Constable of Washing
ton COMMUNICATING:
You ara hereby commanded TO cause to be
published for twenty days in some newspa-
per published in your county, the following
notice:
THE STATE OF TEXAS.
To all persons interested in the estate of G.
H. Lawrence, deceased:
w. 4. Lawrence has filed in the County
Court of Washington county an application
for final discharge as administrator Of the es-
tate of Q. II. Lawrence, which will be heard
ut the next term of the County Court of said
county, commencing on the Third Monday
in November, 1886. at the courthouse in the
city of Brenham, ut which time all persons
interested in said estate may appear and con-
test said application, if they see proper
Herein tail not, under penalty of tho law,
and of this writ make due return. Issued the
9Th day of October, 1886.
II. NJ. LEWIS
Clerk Of County Court, Washington Co
By ~ M. kRUG. Deputy.
| hereby certify that the above and fore
going is u true and correct copy of .he origi-
nal Citation, now in my hands.
w. E DEVER, Sheriff.
BY r. S. NEBLErr, Deputy. 4
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THE Bellvllle Times is q good
Democratic paper. 1t opposed the
nomination of Judge Moore fol
congress, but the judge proved to
be the almost unanimous choice Of
the people, and the Times now
gives him its hearty support. This
is as it should be.
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~ RANKIN 8 LEVIN.
Thursday, October IS, 1856.

THE Austin Statesman is work.
ing with might and main for Ter.
rell for the United States senate,
Il evidently thinks that Terrell is
the greatest man in American to-
day.
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HORRIBLE EXPERIMENTS.

A CHASTITY pantomime, recalling
to mind Poe's narrative of the gal.
vanizing of a mummy, was enacted
on Monday at the Practical School
of Surgery, where the bodies Of
Frey and RIviere were placed al
the disposal of surgeons to expert.
ment on. A number of expert,
ments were made, among them the
following to re-establish cireula,
ton in the severed heads: The
veins were injected with blood
taken from q living animal. The
skin of the face, previously lived,
became charged with color. The
lips recovered their natural red
and the checks filled out. Irregu.
lar movements agitatedaiNssrSllig
and Tho -
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Fl. J. LANDERs, an indianapolis
broker, who occupied high com
merclal and social position has
gone to Canada without the cere
mony of bidding his friends good
bye. He forged warehouse re
ceipts and secured about $4,000
IN Doodle. Specializing in pork is
said to have caused his downfall.
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Hon. NJ. A. Foran, OF Ohio, nom.
Der of the House of Representa-.
tivcs, writes that st. Jacobs Oil re.
lieved him of acute bodily pains.
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A bottle of Red Star Cough Cure
made a thorough and permanent
cure of y cold so severe that |
could not talk says Mr.. J. P. Roach,
assistant superintendent Ne York
Central Sleeping Car Company.
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A big eagle that measured nino
feet from tip to tip, captured last
spring near Ringhamton, N. Y,
was released the other day. On
ITS leg is 8 brass tag given the date
of It's liberation, and offering cash
prizes for the return OF the bird.
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THE Greenville Herald last week
issued a special edition printed on
book paper. Barring the por'
traits, 1t is the handsomest special
editions ever issued by the coun.
try prSs in Texas. The paper is
credit to GreenviIle and to the en-.
terprising proprietor of the Her
old
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lowing desctd tractss of land and town
lots:
90 acres south side of H. 6 T. c. r. and
north of L. Lehmannis. Section house
on this tract-in three tracts or one.
60 acres, James Sehrier league, thre miles
west of Brennan.
so acres james Sehrier league, four miles
south west of BRENNAN, west Of the Cid
dings tract and south of the Petty place
100 % acres in Lee county out Of j. f.
Moncha league on Nails creek.
SO acres james Goochu league, eight miles
north of Burton, south side Of Burns
creek-part of the N. Atkinson place.
Lot on Main street Brenharh, S5x9O feet
cast of Mrs. .Shropshrire's.
Lot on Church street Prenham, 3Ox1OO feet,
between Mrs. Norris residence and
Wood & Lows brick building-half
interest owned by Mrs. Ripuetoe.
Lot No. z, Block rs, Wilkins addition to
Brcnham. Also other desirable tracts
and lots.
For particulars apply TO
J. T. SWEARINGEN s. @. @. GARRETT,
BRENNAN TEXAS.
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A NEW YORK commercial DIS
patch says: "There Is excellent
authority in regard to 6,50O,OOO
bales being already made" With
this estimate in view there is but
little probability of anything like
a material advance in the price OF
cotton during the present season.
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There are now upward of 100000
registered American patents.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-10-28

are nj haintainingTt. The col
ored people have exactly the same
benefit from the free schools that
the whites have. They ought to
feel under obligations to the Demo
cracy of Texas for the free school
privileges they enjoy. The Demo
Gratis are the only true friends the
colored people have.
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FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL.

We have concluded to clsQn -
our entire stock for thar@
the year STR1C1
including our 81