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q creditor OF the assoclatlou Iol
100000 lease money.
A QUARTER of an acre in extent
and twelve feet deep is the size Of
the great Treasury vault at Wash
ington. As there's nothing in ii
now, says the Philadelphia Times,
those curious in the matter may
confirm these measurements.
AT the last reunion the three
brigades, Ross, Grandburrys and
Fctor's. consolidated at Marshall,
Fort Worth was selected as the next
place of meeting, on the second
Tuesday and Wednesday I'll and
18TH of August. All the old sol
diers of these brigades are requested
to attend. Half rates over all rail-
roads will be extended.
Vol. 1, No. 1, of the Collin Coun-
ty News, published at Farmersville,
Collin county, by Albert G. Stewart,
has been received at this office. 1t
is handsomely printed paper, pro
fusely illustrated with pictures OF
the leading business men and bust
ness houses and is printed on splen-
did book paper. Its subscription
price is only 81 per aDnum.
GEORGE francis TRAIN arrived at
New York Wednesday forenoon on
his trip around the world, 81 days
out. He will likely reach his start
ing point on Tuesday next, which
will fix the new round-the-world re-
cord at about 81 and one-half days, a
little less than two days better than
his first trip, and ten days faster
than the time made by Nellie Bly,.
WANAMAkER, the innocent, now
claims to know nothing of the 5000
shares of stock to his credit in the
keystone bank. Don't blame him;
it's not very becoming in cabinet
officer to be a stakeholder in a
s'National bank" But, then yon
know-people will falkland it is
this constant talk that is dis
turbing Wanny's peace of mind just
at this time.
TAK New York Sun suggests that
the best plan for Tammany to de-
eide upon its choice for '92 is to
weigh the candidates, those exceed
ing a certain heft to be barred. in
this way," says the Sun, ''the Dem
ocracy could ascertain the dead
weight OF the various aspirants.
But in the opinion of the Sun is
there a dead weight" in the list
except one? Wherefore then the
bother of weighing?
IT will do no harm to watch the
bushwhackers, says the Rockdale
Messenger, who are epidemic just
now, gong about abusing the dem
ocratic party, and telling that it is
responsible for the present condition
Of affairs. In nine cases out of ten,
if you inquire, you will find that they
themselves have been instrumental
in bringing about this condition by
helping the republican party to keep
out democratic government.
Miss PHGBE COUSINS, ex-Secretary
of tbs board of lady managers Of
the Worlds fair has lost her iniunc-
ton suit to restrain the defendants
from ousting her. Judge Blodgett,
of Chicago, held that the power of
the board of lady managers extend
ed to the executive committee and
had full power to act. The persis-
tence with which Miss Phoebe held
on like grim death to sick mig
ger" deserved better reward than
to get finally ousted.
A WELL known business man re-
ferring to the success of his firm
said: 1--WE attend to our own bust
ness and nothing else. You never
hear of any of us negIecting our
business. We do not go to the
theatre. We have no outside bust
ness-no ventures or speculations in
oils, wild lands, patents or stocks.
What money we have we have put
into our house. We take care of our
business and our business takes care
of us. We keep abreast of the
times" and keep our advertisement
in the paper from one years end to
another.
A CYNICAL newspaper man who,
perhaps, speaks from experience.
says: "A newspaper can say nice
and pleasant things about a man
and his whole family for two long
years, and then incur their lifetime
enmity in one short week by a SEEM /
ing slight Yes its the fact; and /
you can hurrah for candidate. back ,
his friends, cuss his enemies and .
make q darned fool Of yourself all |
the way through, without a thank in