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HOUSTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY'; MORNING, FEBRUARY
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- BY MISS E. R. CHESSBOEOeaH. -
The rose thus (pake ante the sun,
And while site spoke her lorelj cheek
Suflosed with deepest red;
O, thou great king of yonder heaven,
What wondrous gift to time is given;
For, by thy golden chain thus led,
Ti iMl'ltag wjHi haw/ Mat-ta-^ael cocae,
And, lifting tip my heart, I y, '
I love thee, bless the© ail the while,
That thou did kisa my pallid cheek,
That thou did words of rapture speak,
And gild me with thy smile.
I might have been a sickly rosebud pale,
My beauty undeveloped, lost,
If thou, majestic gilder of the clouds,
Had not stooped o'er me with thy radiant
flush,
And called me from the darkness and the
hush
That every rosebud's life enshrouds;
And I, poor child of dully spring,
Grew warm and glad whea thy caress
Enveloped me in golden mist,
Palling, like a Wnwrfmr, on my brow;
And I, a rose so full of perfume now,
Have learned the blessedness of bong
kissed.
My king, thou regal sun of my rich life,
Understasdest thou the rose's speech
To yonder glowing sun ?
Yes, yes, Meet love, her meaning's clear;
I could interpret, if I dare,
My loving, loyal one;
But do not think me over vain,
I am only grateful, sweet,
That I did step across thy way,
And with this lore so fond and blight
Bring all thy glories to the light,
And wake to life thy poise's play-
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Kew York, Feb. 20.
The city is apparently in the
lexicon of wealth. Broadway
presents all the brilliancy and
gaiety common to war times,
when there was a plethora of
greenbacks.
We made the tour of the pala-
tial stores to-day. We saw the
changes that fashion has effected.
The panic in.monetary affairs,
apparently, has in no wise af-
fected the lasMonable anticipa-
tions of the approaching season.
ARNOLD St CONSTABLE
present many spring novelties.
We made a memoranda for
Houston society.
Percales are to be very mnch
in vogue. The designs already
in the market are exceedingly
attractive in the material, and
cannot fail to please the most
fastidious connoiseur. An ele-
gant morning robe of this favorite
stuff, attracted our attention.
We do not remember ever hav-
ing seen a more refined toilet. Its
construction was handsomely
manipulated. The skirts are cut
demi-train, and trimmed with
the same material, with a wide
ruffle, surmounted with fluting,
or several tiny ruffles, en style;
box-plaits, large pearl buttons,
with linen floss-worked button-
holes give a charming finish to
the front. Coat sleeves opened
at the wrist, and beautified by
the addition of pretty lace flut-
ings, that give a high-toned look
to the garment.
A. T. STEWART Se CO.
At this famous marble palace,
we were shown a number of dress
novelties, all joli for the spring.
On dit, that silks will be all the
rage this coming season, particu-
larly striped and black. A hand-
some striped calk, remarkable for
its beauty, was marked at the
low figure of thirty dollars, and
those selling for forty dollars are
rinh enough to wear on any
grand occasion. .
Embroidered Paris silk cos-
tumes axe selling at astonishing-
ly low figures—from seventy-five
to one hundred and twenty-five
dollars. These unique and ele-
gant suits are very attractive.
A quiet grandeur is theirs, and
one replete with style. There is
much utility and worth iu these
lovely embroidered suits. They
can be worn so extensively; they
almost constitute an entire ward-
robe, absolutely doing the work
of a dozen or more dresses.
Court dresses are not so exten-
sively wort in: America as they
are in Europe.; our elegantes
often affect something of tins ex-
travagance at grand receptions.
They are arranged in black and
white Edlk combined, and are
richly embroidered. The style is
recherche, and certainly admira-
ble, One of those Court dresses
would make a very handsome
addition to a fashionable water-
ing-place trousseau.
LOR© AND TAYLOR'S.
The d^ss-makinfe at this es-
tablishment Was a repetition of
those afore-mentioned. Japanese
silk has cdme up again for no-
tice. Tbe aged and sweet six-
Mi e«n^^reftrv^thenCw-mode
shades. Silver gray is a beauti-
ful color, and has the peculiarity
of suiting blondes, brunettes and
others. Mort anon. , — ' - i *,
Stuart.
SPIRIT OF THE I'RESS.
The Hew York Tribune has the
following to say about.: the col^
ored man and his white pretended
friends, who lose no opportunity
of swindling him:
Swift, in bitter irony, proposed
□g ago the killing and eating
oi Irish babies^ both as a way of
keeping population down and of
* rpismng food to the survivors.
re want much in these days
some Dr. Swift to - stick these
pins of sharp suggestion into the
body politic. Emancipation gave
us one ot the prettiest problems
ever presented for working out
to an intelligent people, and thus
far we have only scratched our >
heads at it, like a school-boy'
blubbering over the BuleofThree.
Nobody thought that it. would be
an easy conundrum to guess, but
everybody thought Yankee
shrewdness equal to any riddle,
and so it might have proved if
the Yankee love of the dollar had
not intervened; for though Amor
is strong, Amor peeunite is
stronger, up to this hour, not
only as respects the black
class, but as to all classes re-
quiring the care of public-caifcam
id guidance. We simp^ drift,
and leave the Lord to settle the
trouble. Matters might be sooner
mended if every voter could re-
ceive, as we do, whole sheaves of
letters from the South, setting
forth the way in which we are
deeding with a class numeri-
cally in a large majority, not by
any means likely to oblige us by
dying out, with a grip upon our
money, our peace, our comfort,
our general political and social
being—a class troublesome now,
but sure to be infinitely trouble-
some in the future, unless we
take order to prevent it—capa-
ble of being made a safe and
profitable element or of being
misguided or abandoned to some-
thing quite the opposite. Form-
erly, "D the niggers was
considered a sufficient and final
dismissal of the whole matter.
But the objurgatory process is
becoming feeble. The more hotly
we swear, the less adjustments
seem probable.
We consider the black people
in the late slave States to be the
wards of the nation. So are all
ignorant, half helpless men, wo-
menand children. We do not:
say anything about Christian
duty; we leave that to the pul-
pits;,but it is our business to
say something of political duty,
and from time to time, as occa-
sion offers, we propose to say it
plainly. Occasion does offer to-
day in this letter which we have
received from Fayette county,
Texas. It isnt a novelty, for
we get such letters sometimes a,
dozen in a day. Fayette county,
Texas, tells the old story. The
blacks there, children compara-
tively, are constantly made dupes
of by the sharp whites. One
scoundrel -has done a thriving
business by selling them "Free
Papers" at ten dollars each. An-
other speculator furnishes them
with a stake-pin with cabalistic
figures on it. With this the pur-
chaser is told that he can "pre-
empt" forty acres of his master's
land. Our correspondent esti-
mates that a million of these
stake-pins at $3 each have been
sold in the Southwestern States.
The buyer is told to keep his
purchase a secret, for if the white
man discovers it the charm will
not work, and the u forty acres"
will be nowhere. A little less
serious swindler is the traveling
tradesman who sells the negroes
" Hair Straightener" (colored
water), at $1 per bottle. This is
funny, and the story of it a little
relieves the doleful monotony of
the reports. " Freedmen's Sav-
ings Banks" are more important.
" The great trick here," says our
Texas correspondent, " is when
one deposits $10 or $50, to re-
cord it in the poor fellow's pass
book $1 or $5; and so it is en-
tered in the bank's books. The
depositor is unable to read, and,
of course, is easily cheated."
These are straws which show
which way the simoom of swind-
ling is blowing. Our corres-
pondent wants us to send a
good, honest, wide-awake, work-
ing man to Texas to start a
newspaper of the right sort, and
promises him 100,000 cash sub-
scribers. As the people princi-
pally interested cannot read, this
suggestion is not so forcible as it
otherwise would be. Why not
try Washington ? Why not
write to Gen. Grant about the
"Free Papers?"—to the Secre-
tary of State about the "Hair-
Straightener ?"—to the Secretary
of the Treasury about the Texas
Banking?—to the Secretary of
the Interior about the "Pre-emp-
tion Stake f" Why not ap-
ply to the Vice President t—to
certain Senators ?—to certain
representatives—B. F. B. for in-
stance ? We have no reason to
believe that he is in either the
Free Paper, the Pre-emption
Stake, or the Hair Straightener
speculation, and if early applica-
tion be made to him we think
that he may be kept out of them;
and, Should he be kept out of
them, he will be very eloquent
in their denunciation." We do
not know that he ever promised
to straighten the h&r of the en-
tire colored population of the
South, but we do know that
something very like that was
promised to fhem by the Admin-
istration party during the last
Presidential election; and it
tiwes a dfebt to its sable support-
ers which it ought to piay, unless
it means to repudiate all debts
whatsoever.
The Chicago Tribune thns
speaks of Congress and the Rail-
roads': '
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; > -GChere are but two modes by
which Congress can exercise con-
trol over the freight charges of
railroads. These are, first, to
Construct new railroads, or pur-
chase the existing railroads, and
administer them as part of the
business of the Government;
and, secondly, to pass laws es-
tablishing maximum rates to be
charged for the transportation of
passengers and freight. The
House has declared that Congress
has the power to do the latter
under the authority to "regulate"
commerce. The most serious ob-
jection to the assumption of these
powers by Congress lies in the
fact that it will compel the rail-
way companies to go to Wash-
ington, to. maintain a lobby
there, and . to spend money for
purposes of corruption. They will
look upon this species of legis-
lation, as a matter of life and
death, and will leave no stone
unturned, no appliance untried,
to shape such legislation to their
own ends. Localities and inter-
ests unfavorably affected will do
-the same timg. Congress will
become either $ fng9jki<j_ bear-
garden Qi ah auctionsnop—the
latter most likely. The miseries
of the protective tariff will, be
multiplied a thousand fold, for
every railroad bill constructed
upon equitable principles will
inure to the benefit of certain
States, localities, and industries
at the.expense of all others. In
the Babel of confused tongues
thatsuph legislation will produce,
any Congressman can find ex-
cuse for selling his vote to the
highest and best bidder for cash.
A more fruitful source of discord
and corruption could not be de-
vised by the evil one himself.
Removal of the Capital of
Virginia.—-A very interesting
discussion is in progress in Vir-
ginia. The old Capitol building
at Richmond has become very
shaky, and the Senate is contem-
plating. a proposition to build a
new one. The project, though
pronounced by the press to be
inexpedient in the present condi-
tion of the State finances, has
started another controversy con-
cerning the location of the capi-
tal. Many of the newspapers
declare that the present location
is too far from the center of the
State. One plea is for its re-
moval to Staunton, and in de-
fense of it an interesting revela-
tion is. made. It is asserted that
the people of West Virginia,
wearied almost to disgust with
their political wranglings, are
tired of the experiment of gov-
erning themselves, and are anxi-
ous to return to the old govern-
ment. If the capital be removed
to Staunton, it is urged, the
movement for a union will be
easily accomplished.
The Wife of a Bandit.—
The wife of one of the masked
bandits in Kew York called at
the prison to see her husband the
other day. She kissed him
through the bars, and after wip-
ing a tear from her eye, she hand-
ed him a box of cigars, a large
paper of chewing tobacco and
some clothing. She wore four
sparkling diamond rings, a pair
of superb diamond ear-rings, and
an elegant solid gold square-
barred pin, which nestled in a
white lace collar. She wore a
black silk dress, trimmed with
real lace, over which was a fine
blue velvet cloak, also trimmed
with black lace. She was accom-
panied by a young girl, a wait-
ing-maid, whom she called Mary
Ann. She carried a Russian
leather reticule and a camel's hair
shawl belonging to her mistress.
A certain Elder Gordon in
Kentucky states in the news-
papers that he has labored as a
minister of the Gospel for thir-
teen years—has traveled over
several mountain counties, has
baptized over 1000 persons, and
has, during all this period of
hard service, received only $10—
"given me by Greasy Greek
Church."
Immigration.
Immigration from European
countries to America has giown
to such vast proportions withip
the last few years that it has be-
come an important fixe tor in de-
termining the relative position
occupied by those countries in
the commercial world. Tbe with-
drawal of labor from one in eft-
cess of the ordinary proportion
must to a greater or less extent
raise the wages of remaining'
workmen, and, combined with"
loss of capital, must increase the
cost of production. With evefy
increase of means of communica-
tion between separate parts of
the world the cost of living is
more nearly equalized, and trade
approaches nearer and nearer to
equal competition between
workers of the several na
Immigration has a tendency
assist this equalization by dr:
ing chiefly those countries where
an excess of labor has redui
wages.
But particular causes may 1
to immigration from coun
where skilled workmen alj(
scarce, as in the cases where im;
migration societies are organiz
because their members are
nied political privileges
home." It is such immigrai
schemes as these that
important factors in determi
commercial success or failu:
and in England and Germa
the causes that lead to them ha
become questions of national p6fc
itics. Their importance may be
shown by the fact that all causes
combined led to the emigra
from Germany of about 215,
persons in 1872, who took
them, it is estimated, not li
than $37,500,000. The d
money losses are those which
may be most easily understood,
but they are of much less impor-
tance than the losses of labor,
which cannot be. expressed in
terms of dollars.
attempted Assassination
of a College President.^-
Last Friday evening about
o'clock, while President Fair-
child and family were occupying ,
their sitting room, which has
opposite outside windows, the
shades at the time being partly
raised, three pistol shots were
fired into one of the windows^
two of them passing out of the
window opposite, ranging a little
above the head of the President
and that of his son, who hap-
pened to be sitting in nearly the
same line. Examination the
next morning showed that
the person was on foot and
about five reds from the house, in
an adjoining field. His tracks
were followed for some distance.
No one here at thn pres^pt
writing appears to know or even
surmise who the would-be assas-
sin was.—Cor. Richmond, Reg-
ister.
Governor Moses, of South Car-
olina, is a most unfortunate man.
Owing to some defect in his men-
tal construction, whenever he
sits down to write he is full as
likely to use the exact language
of some one else as he is to in-
vent any of his own. He sent a
message to the Legislature re-
cently, and a striking passage
from Macaulay slipped into it in
the most unaccountable way.
The other day he put the unre-
generate among his constituents
to shame by delivering an elo-
quent lecture on religion, but its
beneficial effect has been a good
deal weakened by the discovery
that it was an almost literal
transcript from a sermon by the
Rev. Robert Hall, of London, on
"Modern Infidelity."
Congressman R. B. Elliott (col-
ored), of South Carolina, made a
speech to his countrymen at
Columbia recently, and improved
the occasion by giving them
some excellent advice. He told
them that they were responsible
for the thieves who had plun-
dered the State into bankruptcy,
since they had elected them to
office. Their only safety, he
said, was in immediate and thor-
ough efforts of reform. To en-
force his warning he said: "The
National Republican party to-
day is ready to cut aloof upon
the slightest provocation from
the corruption now existing in
the South, and unless you do
something, and that speedily,
they will be compelled to cut off
the rotten branches." Mr. El-
liott had evidently heard of the
determination to unload.
Lawyers—Physicians.
S
AM W. SMALL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
Prompt attention given to all business-
intrusted to his care.* " feb21-tf ,
Absolute; divorces obtained from
Courts ot different- State* for desertion Ac.
No publicity required.' Ho charge irntll divorce
granted. K.'j V t IdiOtl 1
Address, * ' •
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decio 6m Attorney, 194 Broadway, N. Y.
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CRANK a? WEBB, j
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
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J. WARREN BELL,
COUNSELLOR AT LAW;
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Washington, District of Columbia.
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Congre*a Street, >Hoast «4 {,
' We glte speotalatttntfam to the tmyiM
adttqg ot jtlAXi ESTATE In all parti of Ter
LOANS effected. MONET LOANED and
LECTIONS MADE. Taxes paid and Titi#«
■mined and Abstract* furnished.
Eefer to Hart National Bank, Honrton.
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The subscriber tenders his aertficeS as
Dentist to old friends and neWi as w^11'
to all others"deSiring first-class Vutk
their teeth. -'' The preservation
natural tepth £ specialty. Teeth .clt
Diseases of the mo
teeth inserted upon gold or rubber plates.
Old work repaired and satisfaction guaran-
teed in every department of his profession.
Entrance to office between Rosenfield's
aad Levy's dry good stores, Main street,
Houston. E. GEISWOLD,
jan 4 tf
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The Willimantic, Conn., Jour-
nal relates the masculine deeds
of a married woman, who, dur-
ing her husband's absence, found
a swarm of bees in a hollow tree,
smoked them out, chopped the
tree down and secured the honey;
and on her way home found a
skunk in strong conflict with her
dog, and shot the offensive ani-
mal's head off, blowing it to
pieces.
A man in South Hero, Vt.,
who had a gun which scattered
shot badly, saw an advertise-
ment in a city paper offering to
send information of a method of
preventing such scattering for
50 cents. He forwarded the
money, and received instruction
"to put in only one shot."
The first really startling ex-
perience of a newly married man
is probably as a rule when he
sees his bride combing her hair,
one end of the hair being held in
her hand and the other attached
to a hook on the bureau.
It is not a little singular that
Adam was married on his wed-
ding Eve?
General Practitioner'
Special Attention to CHROHIC DISEASES,
OPKCI AKD Rkdzkoi :
Oor. Travis Street & T<
Avenue.
H
OWARD & RUTHERFORD,
PHYSICIANS,
Office—Congress street; next door to Waglej
& Lockart, np stairs. sep21-y
St. Louis Advertisements.
STEAM LUBRICATING OIL WORKS
GEO. PARTRIDGE & CO.,
XASUZjLOTtmZBg ABB BMUM IS
RAILWAY OILS AND CAE GREASE,
Lard and Neatsfoot Oils, XSX Be fined Tallow
Oil, Diamond Illuminator, Ooal Oil, Axle
Grease, Etc. Western Agents lor the
Averill Chemical Paint Co.,
Office 713 N. Main Street. F ctory 911 N. Levee.
iepl3-dly SAINT LOUIS, MO.
C. BBUCKHBltf 8. KAHLKB.
BRUCKNER & MAHLER,
WHOLKSALZ DEALERS IX
IMPORTED AM> NATIVE WINES,
LIQUOBS AND FANCY GROCERIES,
215 Market Street,
ST. LOUIS, MO.
St. Louis Lager Beer guaranteed to keep in
any climate. septS-dly
I. O. FORD. HKXBT SMITH. HBWTOH H. FORD.
J. O. FORD & CO.,
SADDLERY
—AHP—
Saddlery Hardware,
No. 418 Main St.,
sept2-8m
St. Lonis.
LACLEDE HOTEL,
SAINT LOUIS
Chesnut Street from Fifth to Sixth.
Tbe New addition known as the Bircher Hotel
Is now complete, and iB newly furnished through-
out, improved passenger elevator, bath rooms en
snite, and every modern convenience. Table will
compare with any in the West and First Class
in every respect. The LACLEDE has capacity
(or eight hundred.
J. W. HALIN & fcON,
septiMSm Proprietors.
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OOD YARD i WOOD YABD !!
COR. CONGRESS & LOUISIANA STS.
We will sell, from TO-DAY,
Seasoned Oak Wood, Sawed and Split,
an $7 per Cord,
and lonp; Four Feet Wood at $6 per
Cord, delivered to any part of the city:
TERMS INVARIABLY CASH.
Leave orders at Mr. F. SCHWKIK-
ART'S, Market Square, or at our Wood
Yard, corner Congress and Louisiana Sts.
jan!3-tf PHIPPS A CO.
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COUNTRY
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MERCHANTS.
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n: Olferihe best routes feitt fee €hitf of
isd >Utexfeo; via R«dld#er<i
«ml Siil/gt" pointeisii* lltus*
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' Paawngars have choice of route, vift:
Vitota, Springfield, Mo., and St.
vy.niritffc; •;<£ I.% ,v £ I j t
SedaMa and tfLlxmu. j > j ;
£• Stumibgi and Chicago. . j
Fort mm and Kansas City.
Pnllman's Palace Sleeping Cars
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COMMISSIOK n 1 MERdHA^T,
• ' and wholesale dealer la j
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Tieketo.can^be procured and
Bagjfa Checked
; . . Points in the United
V' i ;u .'f&fl. Canada^
From the IoD wing
of th Houatoo and Texas
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FOREIGN WIN16 AMD LIQUOBS,;
jRmznu xx r;. J li"n o
ton as follows: ,
'.*0 I? ACCOjqcoijAtwk/ -
02 iiomm bar. Mlum ju
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HOUSTON,
jan20-6m
•TEXAS.
G
EOROE DtrMBLE
asest for
0habteb oak cook stoves,
ahebican oieoular saws,
bdbbeb belting and packing,
genSbal haedvab
KAILS, CUTLERY,
mltf
AND IU WARE,
•S Mala StrM*.
JOHN J. LONG, ;
B-A.-Z-OTJ .Ol'L'y '>]
[Flour, Feed & Grist Mfll.S
Corner Folk and Bwrnet Streets,
(Near San Felipe Road,)
HOUSTON ......TEXAS.
Flour and Graham Meal; Meal and
Grits; Gr in, Chapped Com and Crushed
Feed. . . , .
Highest price paid for Grain and Corn
in the Ear. jan23 3m
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ARD, DEWEY, k CO.
5000 New Mattras&es
ALL SIZES—ALL QUALITIES!
Filled with •Tiryvariety sf isurta
suitable tor Battraw wark.
AT PRICM8 HMKKTOrORM UNBMAMD Ot
WARD, DEWEY & CO.,
Pealtentlarjr Lessees, Wanhwrn.
my6-tf
fosters,
Lodgers, Hand Bills, Circulars, and
every hind of Printing executed at the
shortest notice, m Ae best style, at the
most liberal prices, at On Houston Mer-
cury Steam Printing Establishment, over
the Postofiee. l
• m
Railroads.
I
INTERNATIONAL
-AND-
OREAT N0RTHE3RN
RAILROAD CO.
COLUMBIA D I VISION.
ON AND AFTER MONDAY, FEBRU-
ARY 23d, 1874,
and until lurther notice, trains wiU run
dailv (Sundays excepted) between HOUS-
TON and SANDY POINT, carrying
freight and passengers.
Leave Houston 8:15 A. it.
Arrive at Sandy Point 11:30 A. h.
Leave Sandy Point 12:30 p. x.
Arrive at Houston 3-45 p. h.
Freight must be delivered at Union
Depot, Houston, before 3 o'clock p. m.,
and must be prepaid to all stations on this
Division.
Tickets can be obtained at Ticket Office,
Union Depot.
ALLEN McCOY, .
General Freight Agent.
S. M. MILLER,
General Ticket Agent.
H. M. HOXIE,
General Superiniendent.
Houston, Feb. Z0, 1874. ieb21-tf
®*; 'iy teg opening of this SH0RT"R0UTE,
which is til Ueq GJ l' ribL {
135 Miias. aifrtor to «T. LOUIS,- Mo.
V8 Milei FHort^r to fHTCAGO. IH.
186 Miles Shorter DIANAPQLIS,
Ind. * • r
221 Mfles Shorter to CINCINNATI, O.
250- Miles Shorter to NEW-YOSE, N. Y.
^0Q Miles Shortej'to BoStonv
j. lo v([03 £ m iaoa ritinii ca.I
'ineitti'T.n
• 5CARD
andE^st^via the
•ragj
etcrpt
Urtii') .voD
Rod:RJsrttiaty,aOxt>dsy-«t-^10^46& I.,
L
"" 00 P! £
_ «dli:ii- *4tipi M.
Chicago, third day atii. Jyii JC |C
f
-7A5 A M-
...12^59 noon.
' k
ty.at... 1r.25A,M.
. ..3-.Ml.S0Pj M.
iEulNrtutftif H-
om Hor|s-
fmm,
9.60 Ad
I 6-4frj&
Leaves 4.00 P. M.
Arrives 12.00 M.
J. DURAND,
General Superintendent.
-J.WALDO,
' General Ticket Agent. jan22
G
RANGE OF TIME.
GALVESTON, HOUSTON,
and
HENDERSON RAILROAD.
to taee bffict m0ndat, FEB. 9, 1874.
Leave GALYESTON.6.00 A. M.
" " !'■< .12.30 P. |L
t 44 -i 41 k ]9i(> p. if*
Leave" HOUSTON:.',.*.'.'* 6.30 A M.
«« " .1 1.15 P. M.
"s. " " .......7.00 P.M.
Arrive at HOUSTON.... 8.40 A. M.
iM. jt " j i t 3.30 P. M.
« « 5 ^0 P, M.
Arrive at GALYESTOn"***11.25 A*. M.
" ' r • « ' ' ;... 4.15 P. M.
■" " 10.00 P. M.
On Sundays Passenger Trains leave
Galveston at 10 A. M. Leave Houston at
2 P. M.
The 6.60 A. M. Train connects at Har-
risburg with the Galveston, Harrisbnrg and
San Antonio Railway for Richmond,
Columbus, Schulenberg, and all points in
Western Texas; connects at Houston with
the Houston and Texas Central Railway.
TCe 12.30 P. M. Train connects at
Houston Union Depot with the Interna-
tional and Great Northern Railroad; con-
nects at Houston Central Depot with the
Hoaston sad Texas Central railway.
The 12.45 P. M. Train from Galveston,
and the 6.30 A. Ml Train from Houston,
are Accommodation and Mixed Trains.
Passengers for St Louis and all points
North, East and'West, take the 12.30 P.
M. Train.
Ticket Offices, 160 Tremont Street, Gal-
veston, and at the Depots.
GEO. B. NICHOLS,
febl3dtf Superintendent. .
J1ASTEST TIME ON RECORD.
WABASH LINE!
By special arrangement, a
Lightning Express Train
now runs between the Mississippi River,
New York and Boston, via the Wabash &
Lake Shore Route, leaving daily except
Saturday, stopping only at principal sta-
tions, and arriving at
Fort Wayne, 7 hours,"
Toledo, 7i "
Detroit, 3 " In advauce
Cleveland, 7 "'
Buffalo, 7
Rochester, 7 " of all
Albany, - 7 "
New York, \ 6, „
(via Buffalo,) \ 1 competing lines.
Boston, 6| " J
"With corresponding fast time to other
points. The only fast line landing passen-
gers in Grand Central Depot, New York
City. Thereby avoiding all ferry transfer.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars from St.
Louis and Hannibal to Toledo and Cleve-
land, connecting wit* Drawing Room and
Sleeping Car lines for Rochester and New
York without change.
The Day Trains have recently been
equipped with new passenger cars, fitted
up with every improvement for comfort
and safety, and stand unrivalled for style
and elegance. Miller's couplers and the
patent air brake are used on all fast trains.
Ask for your TicketB via the Wabash
Route.
W. L. MALOOLM, >
Gtnl Pas'ger Agt., J. S. LAZARUS,
Toledo. Western Agt,
febl2dtf. ~;-t Kansas City
J^ONE STAR ROUTE.
INTERNATIONAL
GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD.
,{IS THE <a
SHORTEST, BEST AND [QUICKEST
XTtLR HiB}( SO 3Y7li
CHI£A£0,
nn:h ot
mm,
ALL POINTS
Mm*-, aid West.
TSA2f
ROUTE.
The shortening of fte disteafc* 'Wtwfeen
lie a «
Urawing-Roas *mI
are rui^oB ■PBi Cleeping Oars will
.be run through toSfxmlmm uT
i-
Passengers Vfll" get' another sleeping
car at' Fjlfeen, -^lich will rtm through to
St Louis. ,-7 n.' „t-r£.r,
THIS IS THE ONLY LINE
funning the_oelebfrated ^Pullman Drawing
Boom and
j-.IPaesehgers hoUing! :r si 'i >
W©6 N^- 0*\AS8 TijMtET S
Wiff not petTtfitted (o ride in the FiRsr-
Ci^ss £kuckaB, ar PulLsuia Sleeping Oars.
THIS LINEMft NOW OPEN TO
Rtb^lirE!
>C.! ( Thirty sulei west of Heane.
On,aBd after February 16, 1474, trains
will rtm as folloiiDij v
Maa sad Rxpress leave Rockdale,
- dafty~,at.-vtj..'i...j i..... .3:20p.m.
Mail and Express arrive at Bock-
dale at...v.. 12:15 "
Passengers from Y^ani Bell, Wifli&m-
counties wfll find it tbe
^oniuitl
shortest, best anil only direct aHtafl route
to.Cturo,, St. Loins, Mtajghia, and ail points
in Arkansas, Kentncky, Tenm
ana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Flor-
ida, North and South Carolina aod Yir-
ginh^ S' ' ' i
- Wf panaengers going to tho
Southern States avoid a long ^nd weari-
some ride by water across the Gulf of
Mexico.
Passengers from Galveston, Houston
and Southern Texas should alse take this
route, aq it is the only direct all nil roate
to above points and the Southern States.
Buy your tickets via International and
Great Northern Railroad, if you desire a
pleasant and comfortable journey.
Express tfrain Leaves Houston at 4 r.
h. Daily. Arrives at 12 Noon.
H. M. HOXIE,
i , - General Superintendent
S. X. MILLER, General-Ticket Aft
jan28dtf
Q.ALYEST05, HARRISBURti,
and San Antonio Raflway.
This road is now completed a^id
RUNNING to SCHULENBER,
23 miles west of Columbus, and 107
miles from Harrisburg.
Trains leave Harrisburg andSchalenberg
DAILY, making connections at Harris-
burg for Houston and Galveston, and at
Weimar, by stage, for San Antonio, and all
Western Texas.
Taesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays,
PASSENGER TRAINS LEAVE
Sehulenberg.,........at 6:30 A.M.
Weimar..............at 7:00A.M.
Borden's ..at 7:20AM.
Columbus at 7:50 A M.
AHeyton at 8:10A. M.
Eagle Lake. .at 8:50 A. M.
West Bernard at 9:25 A M.
East Bernard at 9:55 A M.
Randon..............at 16c35 A M.
Richmond .....at 11:15 A. M.
Walker's at 12:00 ,-M.
Stafford's at 12:30>. M.
Junction .at 1:15 P. M.
Arrive at Harrisburg. .at 2:00 P. M.
On Alternate Days, Going East,
LEAVE
Schulenberg, &30 a. U.; Richmond 12:50
p. m.; Columbus, 8:20 a. u.
arrive at harrisburg at focr p. h.
PASSENGER TRAINS,
Going West Daily, (Sundays excepted
leave Hamburg 8:30 a. x.; Columbus
3:30 p. v.; Richmond 11:16 a. K.;
arrivk at schulrsbero at 5:50 p. m-
Passengers taking the Tuesday, Thurs-
day, and Saturday Trains, arrive at Galvee-
ton at 4:45 p. H.: arrive at Houston at 3:45
p. v., making connections with the Central
Railroad ana L 4 G. N. R. R.
On alternate days, arrive at Galveston at
0:45 p. M.; arrive at Houston at 5:45 p. m.
GEO. B. NICHOLS,
febldtf Superintendent.
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.
The estate- at Dr. J. F. Durgin, (deceas-
ed,) located on Spring Creek, fifteen miles
from Cypress, and twenty-eight miles from-
Houston, Is /Harris county, consisting of
nearly sixteen, hundred acres of timber'
land, and saw mill, will bo sold this sea-
son. Persona wishing to obtain such
property will do well to examine this be-
fore purchasing elsewhere. Postoffice
address, Houston, Texas.
jan 4rSul2t* M. DURGIN.
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Baker, J. H. & Wilson, J. H. The Daily Mercury (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 147, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 28, 1874, newspaper, February 28, 1874; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth232986/m1/1/: accessed April 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.