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THE Napa Journal states that
so far this season over 500 car
loads of potatoes have been ship-
ped by rail from Stockton, Cali
fornia, to Eastern and Southern
cities. About 900 sacks consti-
tute a carload, which would make
the shipment so far 10000
sacks. These shipments will con-
tinue for three months yet. In
addition to this about 800 car
loads, or $1,000 sacks, of onions
have been shipped to Eastern
cities this season from the CEN
trail part of the State. Southern
California ships annually much
larger quantity of vegetables to
the east thansdoes Central Cali
fornia.
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Monroe Williams Captured.

Last December Monroe VIII
liams, Washington county ne
gro, ran away while under in.
dictment for theft of cattle from.
Alfred Nichols. a negro living
out about Caney. Sheriff Palm
sent out description of VIII
liams to the sheriffs of the State
and few days ago he received
word from Sheriff McCue, of En-
lis county, stating that his man
was in Jail at Waxahachie.
Sheriff Palm went to Waxa-
haehie Friday, returning with
Williams Sunday. He was put
in jail and will be tried next
month.
About three months ago VII
iams committed the crime of at
tempted outrage on a colored
girl near Waxahachie. Before
he was arrested half dozen men
of his own color got hold of him
one night and nearly killed him
They took him to the woods
where they hung him repeatedly,
but would let him down each.
time before life was extinct. Be-
tween hangings they burnt his
back with hickory switches, and
when they turned him loose after
about an hours fun, Williams
was more dead than alive. But
he is one of those peculiar citi-
zens that it takes an ak to kin
them, and in few days he man
aged to get arrested and jailed
and was in pretty good spirits
when Sheriff Palm found him
He at first strongly denied that
be was Monroe Williams, but az
ter the sheriff had him outside
and snugly clad in handsome
handouts, the negro weakened
md said: eyes, boss, I'm de
nan, and you got me sure.
8ellville Times.
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A Timely Suggestion.

In the Galveston News DR..
Fisher, health officer of the
Island city, suggests that the
first dry cold spell of weather
should be taken advantage of by
the residents of the city to prop
erly air their rooms, bedding and
clothing. He advises all persons
to open their houses and let the
cold dry air circulate freely in
them, and to put their bedding,
clothing and all articles of that
character out where they will be
thoroughly aired. Commenting
on the suggestions of the health
officer the News make some re-
marks which apply with equal
force to Brennan and are here
with given: cit is well known
that during the epidemic of
dengue fever which prevailed
here during the past summer and
fall there was sickness in nearly
every family in Galveston. A
similar epidemic or an epidemic
of more malignant form may be
prevented next summer by fol-
lowing the advice given by the
city health officer. The News
wishes to impress upon its read
ers that this suggestion is no
mere whim of the doctors or of
the News. 1t should be acted
upon seriously by every citizen
of Galveston. 1t is well known
fact that disease germs will live
a long time in closed houses,
clothes, presses, trunks and
boxes. AS the opportunity is
afforded open your doors and
windows. Air your rooms, clear
out your clothes presses and
trunks. Such a course can do
no harm and may be the means
of preventing sickness next
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Hall,s silsat D;scoYerI.

One small bottle of Halls Gresi
Discovery cures all Kidney and
Bladder Troubles, removes gravel,
cures Diabetes, Seminal Emmissions,
Weak and Lame Backs, and all ir-
Irregularities of the Kidneys and
Bladder in both men aud women.
Regulates Bladder Troubles in
children. If not sod by your
druggist, will be sent by mail on
receipt of 81. One small bottle is
two months treatment and will
cure any case above mentioned.
E. w. HALL, Sole Manufacturer.
Sold by r. E. Luhn,
Brennan, Texas.
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EsTRAY NOTICE.

Taken up by H. ]. Neinast,
Long Point, Texas, one brown
stag, II or 10 years old, brand
blotched, marked crop off left
ear, and overbit in right ear, ap-
praised at $40. Estrayed before
w. R. Ewing, justice of the
peace, precinct No. 3, Washing
ton county.
o. A. SEWARD,
County Clerk.
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In an interesting and instruc-
tive lecture. on Switzerland be-
fore the Commercial club of Kan
sas City, Judge Peak set forth an
attractive picture, of a govern
ment dominated by integrity and
patriotism, says the Star. The
utter absence of venality among
the public men of the Swissre-
public, as described by Judge
Peak, raises the question of how
far the character of a people may
be influenced by soil, climate and
other natural conditions. In the
little republic among the Alps the
fruits of the earth come grudg-
ingly from the narrow valleys
and the rough mountain side.
There is no incentive to profligacy
Economy is essential to the main
tenance of existence and frugality
has been associated with honesty,
time out of mind. Would the
hardy Swiss, with their primitive
notions of public virtue, become
corrupted if transported to land
of ease and abundance, or would
an environment of rocks and
snow and lofty mountains and
peaceful lakes and meager soil
convert the average American
statesman to higher standard
of morality?
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FROM the nature of the report
of Secretary Gageit appears that
but few American ships have
been engaged in the fillibuster-
ing business between the United
States and Cuba, the assertion of
Spain to the contrary notwith-
standing.
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University of Texas.
81 instructors. Isl Studbnts.
Wom. admitted to all D .partments-
TUI7IoS FIRE. TOTAL EXPENSES,
SEQ to $3.50

ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT: Session
begins September 20; Entrance Fxamina--
tons September p; MasricuIation lee SIo-
1l6 courses of study; University system oS
instruction and discipline; well eanippesa
scientific laboratories; Library Of IS QUO vel
unes; Y. N c. s.; Y. W. Z. A.; H,nin.-
stun; Athletic Field.
Teachers Courses I eda to Permanent
Teachers Certificates. Engineering De-
partmeut conisrs Degree Ct Civil En-
ginesr.
Law DEPARTMENT: Session becins
September p; Entrance Examinations Sep
TENDER ~; Naturalization fee, payable oniv
once, $50. Atwo years course leads to de-
gree of Bachelor Laws and entities Iclder to
practice in any court in Texas Law stu
dents may pursue Academic courses without
further charge.
MEDICAL, DEPARTMENT Located
at Galveston. -Four years course; Faculty
OF twenty trained specialists; School AZ
Pharmacy; School Of Nursing (for wamenl.
Masriculation fee; payable once, $50. Com
plete equipment in all schools Session be-
gins October l; Entrance Examinations the
preceding week.
For Catalogues OF any Department, or foas
address
PRESIDENT WINSTON:
AUSTIN, Texas
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THE sort of home rule that
Spain has offered to Cuba is not
calculated to appeal very strong
iy to men who think they have
more than a fighting chance to
be absolutely independent; there
are too many strings tied to it.
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The following from the, Nash
vile Christian Advocate is the
whole truth: t'The judgments
that you form and express con-
corning other people are an in
fallible revelation of your heart.
Isaac Taylor has beautifully said
that the object glass of a teles-
cope may or may not bring back
a correct report of the star at
which it is appointed, but that it
never fails to disclose specks or
flaws upon its own surface. The
man who makes habit of pull
ing out the notes from his
brothers eye is most likely to
have a rather large beam stick
ing in his own eye. Who sneers
at truthfulness except the liar, or
at purity except the debauche?
Who proclaims his belief in the
doctrine that. every man has his
price except the dishonest fellow
who is himself for sale? Be
careful, friend, that in speaking
harshly about your friend or ac-
you do not uncover
The nakedness of your own /
,ouI."
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ACCORDING to the San Antonit

ACCORDING to the San Antonio
Light the Republic of Mexico
has population variously esti-
mated at from nine to twelve
millions of people, of which only
about half million constitute
the governing and landlord class,
the balance are homeless and
1andless.
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EITHER the average of intelli-
gence must be very low in Cum
berland, Md, or only ignorant
persons are sought for jury duty
1t was brought out the other day
that in a bunch of twenty sum-
moned for jury duty not one was
a subscriber to a newspaper.
This country spends many mill
Hons every year to send mission
aries to the foreign heather.
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THE Galveston Opera Glass
remarks: "Hon- Geo. T. Jester
says he does not believe in an
early campaign, but goes right
on making speeches. He intend
ed the remark for the other fell
low"
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Brenham. Thursday. Dee. 10. 1897

is a generally admitted fact
that the Dingley bill is not
bowling success as a revenue
producer.
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TIE estimates for 1899, pre-
scented by Secretary Gage,
amount to s462, SAT, 1856, being an
excess over the present year,
closing June 1898, of about $780,
600, 900.
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BRENNAN, Texas, Sept. 7, '9G.
After suffering several years with
kidney trouble and pain in the back,
and trying other remedies, Halls
Great Discovery was the first and
only medicine that gave me relief.
Yours &c,
W. WILKINS.
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THE Conchos are full of pearls
which are not sparsely gathered,
but that's nothing to the ungath-
cred jewels right here in San
Angelo with bachelors galore
who ought to take'the treasures
home.-San Angelo Enterprise.
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Hon. JOS. D. SAVERS does not
believe that Congress will do
more than pass the appropriation
bill and bankruptcy bill at this
session.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-16

JOHN SULLlvAN's mayoralty
aspirations appear to have been
about as serious as his periodical
announcement of good inten-
lions.
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MOTHERS FRIEND

= @-7-T4A p : 4>44F1N0
viii overcome all ills peculiar to the
period preceding childbirth, and will pre-
pare the delicate organism directly in
volved for the final ordeal. Mothers
Friend Is not an internal cure-all, but a
scientific liniment approved by medical
authority and established by years of
successful use.
Sold by druggists for 81. Valuable
book, " Before Baby is Born" sent free
on application.
The sRaDFlELO REGULATOR CO.. Atlanta. &c.
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RESTRICTED acreage for 1898
seems the only remedy for the
low prices now prevailing in the
cotton market.
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TWO LIVES.

Upon the
strength aud
condition of an
expectant moth
er depend not
only her own
life but the life
and perfection
of her child.
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AT a general meeting of the
Cotton Manufacturers Associa-
ton of Fall River, Massachusetts,,
on the 9Th inst, twas agreed that
a reduction of ten per cent be made
in the wages of employees in the
mills in that city, which will af-
feet 10000 operatives. The cut
is to take effect January 1st 1898.
MRS. TERESA SERDoz, who died
in San Francisco last weekly was
remarkable woman on account
of her size, her weight being $50
pounds, says the Napa Journal.
Mrs. Serdoz was about five feet
nine inches tall, and was not of
particularly large frame. Her
arms were the size of the average
mans body, and her body was
almost inconceivably large. The
casket built for her was six feet
six inches long, three feet six
inches in breadth and two feet
ten inches in depth, and it re-
quired eight strong men to carry
it,
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cured by
him. He,
vnluabIa.
work on
this dis
ease, which
he sends;
with n
larrn br
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-24
DEATH BY PRACTICE
A Young Married Woman
Passes Away in a
Doctors Cffice.
The Coroner Stops the Funeral and
Unearths Very Serious
Crime.

The body of Mrs. Ida Coakley of irving
ton, Alameda County, was stopped at the
ferry at the foot OF Market slree. yester.
day afternoon while being taken on board
the ferry boat by Undertaken Hagan oil
Valencia street, preparatory 10 being
buried in the Irvington Cemetery. The
order was tele ephoned to the Harbor Po-
lice by Deputy Coroner Mccormack from
the office of the Chief of Police.
IRE undertaken was acting under au-
thority of death certificate issued by DR..
Samuel II. Hall of Ia McAIl ster street.
and countersigned by Assistant Civ
Physician McMurdo. 1t gave the cause
OF death as cardiac tneurism. The au-
topsy held in the afternoon at the Morgue
discovered the fact that there was no heart
caused by malpractice.
Th" husband, J. Coakley, a farmer, told
the Deputy Coroner that he brought his
wife 10 DR.. Hal s Office for treatment for
heart trouble. He had lett her alone with
the doctor for while last Monday night.
and when he returned, which was at s
P. M, the woman was dead. ALI inquest
will be held. The matter has been placed
in the hands of the police.
DR.. McMurdo states that the facts were
misre presented 10 HIM.
An autopsy was held by DR.. Gallagher
last evening, and from his examination
he found tnat death had resulted from
biocd poisoning following an attempted
criminal operation.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-24
FIGURING ON A
GOOD REFEREE
Billy Delaney and Eddie
Graney Will Select a
Man Monday Night.
Oaklanders Will Back Jefries
to Whip Choynski, Who
Will Be a Favorite.
If JeGries Should Win he Will Be
Matched to Fight Tom
Sharkey.

The managers of the pugilists Joe
Choynski and Jim Jeffries will select a
referee on Monday evening, and for the
good of the sport it is hoped that man
who thoroughly understands the game
and who is reliable will be selected.
Choynski said yesterday that he ex-
poets to leave this city on Wednesday
next for New Orleans, as he is sched uled
by the Tulane Club of New Orleans to tight
Alexander Greggains ten rounds on the
evening Of Dece Der 16.
Greggains is daily looking for a letter
from the secretary of the Tulane Club,
which he expects will contain first ella IS
passengers ticket to the East. He has an
idea, however. that the club will not for
ward him his travelling expenses until 1t
hears the result of Choynski's dispute
with Jeffries. In case the Los Angeles
vy-weight should win on Tuesday
evening next, the proposed match be-
tween Choynski and Gregeains may be de-
clared off.
The Oakland sports are very sweet on
Jeffrles and they will back him strongly
to whip Choynski. Billy Delaney, who is
managing JeffrIes, is very con- tident that
his charge will surprise many of the
knowing one.. Dslaney is authority for
the statement that Jeffries is very much
improved man since be fought Ruhling in
the Mechanics Pavilion, and can now use
both left and right to good advantage.
Should the powerful heavy-weigh h from
Los Angeles defeat Choynski he will be
offered good inducements TO fight Tom
Sharkey. A contest between the sailor
and Jeffries on merits should prove to be a
very exciting event.
L =
ing Billy Gallagher and Frank McCoH-
nell. The last-named pugilist is pupil
of Alex Greggains and according to all
accounts he is pretty tough customer.
Gallagher is matched to fight Danny
Needham in Vallejo some time in the lat
Ter part of this month, and Mcconnell is
booked by the Acme CLUB of Oakland to
fight Lon Agnew on the 10Th of De-
Gem Der.
The San Francisco Athletic Club held
is monthly entertainment last evening
at Its clutrCom on Sixth street, and alter
the members witnessed several interest
ing wrestling and toxing bouts between
local talent the sport terminated with a
rattiing six-round contest between the
lightweights Granite Id and King.
Peter Jackson is still living In hopes of
signing articles for a fight with any of the
tirsi-ciass pugilists. He expects to see
ChoynsKi declared a winner over Jeffries,
and then a match between Peter the Great
ard California Ice will be in order
Tom Sharkey said a few evenings ago
that il Jackson was looking Tor big game
he would accommodate him. Sharkey
has now swell bank account and can al
ford 10 make a side bet of say $1,000 In case
Jackson will take him on. There are a
large number of sports in this city who
would like to see Sharkey and Jackson at
war, as the famous colored champion can
b relied upon TO give good account of
himself in any club so far as fighting is
COQce rued
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-24

sion benefits to firemen as well as police
men.
This was more than Troy had calculated
on and in fit of anger he moved that all
hod- carriers whose spinal columns had
become crooked after twenty-five years
labor be also pensoned. A hearty laugh
greeted this humor of a defeated recon
sideration mover.
The consideration of the report of the
committee on executive department was
then taken up.
The first section which dealt with the
Mayor. was Shorthand easily disposed of.
1t read as follows:
SECTION l. The chief executive officer of the
city and county of San Francisco shall be
designated the Mayor. He shall be elected
and hold his Office for the period of two years.
He may appoint a secretary, who shall hold
his position at the pleasure of The Mayor.
This was passed, but Major b. Nc
Kline objected that there was no legal
qualification for this officer. This discov-
cry was the cause of one houy's discus
sion and it was finally agreed to insert
the words: ''An elector of the city and
County of San Francisco"
Section 3, which dealt with contracts
and franchises. had this amendment
added
He (the Mayor shall have power to postpone
final action upGn any franchise which N ay
be passed by the Board of supervisors until
such proposed franchise shall be ratified or
rejected by maj jority of the voters at the
next general election.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-24
One Man Fatally Wounded
and Another Painfully
Injured.
QUARREL OVER A STACK OF
HAY.
- Are Drawn and the Quicker
Man Is Victor in the
Combat.
special Dispatch to THE CALL

FRESNO, Nov. 23.-Three ranchers IiY-
ing on the oast Range foothills had a
fight in the barroom of Joseph Moran's
hotel Huron yesterday, Frank Dutra
was fatally wounded and Joaquin Antoine
received a painful injury. Gilbert Braden
was the farmer VINO DID the shooting. and
he was lodged in the County Jail to-day
by Constable Kerr. That officer happened
10 be in the dIning-room OF the hotel at
the time of the aftray, and had he not
rushed out and stoppea the fight more
blood would have been shed.
Braden and the two Portuguese had
been having trouble over The possession
Of slack OF hay. On Sunday Braden
went after a load Of feed, but Antoine and
Dutra and three others drove him off with
clubs. They followed This by swearing to
q complaint before Justice kilby charging
HIM with Disturbing their peace.
Braden, Antoine and Dutra happened to
meet at Moran's saloon yesterday. Bra
den remarked in forcible language that
they were two OF the men who ran him
away from the haystack with clubs.
He and Antoine both reached for their
six-shooters. Each claims that the other
drew first. At any rate Braden was the
quicker and ne fired at Antoine, the bullet
passing through the side OF the abdomen.
Antoine forgot 10 shoot, although n
Fad drawn his pistol, and, turning, he ran
out trough the rear exit of the balroom.
Braden followed, and Dutra, who was uu-
ta-med. gave pursuit to try to avert fur
H. shooting.
I br4den feared that Dutra won Id shoot
y. moving that he was anarmed and
--ed around TO fire n him. Dutra then
wanted TO retreat, and he too reversed
MIN se4f aud started to run. He received
tile bullet in the back, il finding lodgment
in lhe spine. Inc wound Will undoubtedly
prove fatal.
Braden then took up the pursuit of An
tone again and chased him around the
hou g. Constable Kerr, who nad been at
tract i by the snoo ung, came running out
ai this point and drew his pistol, ready for
combat il necessary.
NO more of thi-," commanded the
doughty officer as he ieveled his pistol at
Er1deu, VINO was holding his revolver IN
his hand.
The rancher stopped when he saw the
constable.
Give me that gum" ordered the con-
stable, and Braden obeyed. Kerr took
A.s prisoner into custody and brought
him 10 the county seat on this mornings s
train.
Braden has been living on the ranch for
merry farTed by Leon Hill, who was re-
Gently senJup for life for the murder of
Lloyd Duke near Huron. THE CALL cor
re pondent learned nom Huron Tonight
by telephone that Dutra was sill alive,
but no hope was entertained for his re-
cOveTy.