Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 124, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 25, 1887 Page: 1 of 4
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A STRICTLY
FIRST-CLASS
LOCAL NEWSPAPER.
VOLUME VII.
IF YOU WANT TO
Borrow Money,
Buy, Sell, Trade or Exchange,
CALL AT THE
STAR LOAN OFFICE,
6 Mkt St., near Bath Ave.
Underneath the Gas Co.’s Office.
GALVESTON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1887.
NUMBER 124.
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This powder never varies. A marvel of purity,
jtrength and wholesomeness. More economical
*hin the ordinary kinds and can not he sold in com-
petition with the multitude of low test, short weight
Bi«m or phosphate powders. (Sold only in cans.)
Rotao Baking Fowdep.Co.. 106 Wall St., N. Y.
O. EMBS,
C. 0. D. Merchant Tailor,
Is Making Cloths to Order
In Suits from §20 to §15, and pants from §5
to $15 in all Woolen Goods.
Ill POSTOF SPICE STREET,
Between 22d and Tremont Streets.
Cleaning and Repairing neativ done. Work and
fit guaranteed.
H. KLEINECKE & CO.,
Dealers in
Staple and Fancy Groceries,
Also Hay, Com, Oats and Bran.
Twentieth Street, between Market and Mechanic.
HENRY’S
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Henry’s Carbolic Salve cures
Sores.
Henry’s Carbolic Salve allays
Burns.
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Bruises.
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Pimples.
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Piles;
Henry’s Carbolic Salve heals
Cuts.
Ask for Henry’s—Take No Other,
^“BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS.
JOHN F. HENRY & CO., New York.
131?”Write for Illuminated Book.
Protect lour Buildings
FROM FIRE
BY USING
Fire-Proof Hoofing
If your roofs are constructed with not over
inch to the foot pitch, I will cover them with a roof
that can not ignite from sparks or burning embers
and guarantee same ten years against leakage
caused from any defect in material or workmanship
and at less cost than shmgels, Have proof of what
I assert which will be given to those interested. P. O.
box 403, office 161 Avenue H.
-J. W. BYKNES.
P. S.—The News the only Fire Proof building in
the city covered with my roofing. J. W. B
cr. S. CASET,
CARPENTER AND BUILDER,
Also manufacturer of the
Model Step Ladder with Bucket Shelf
Attachment.
24thf Bet. Strand and Mechanic
LEON & H, BLUM.
Importers and Wholesale Dealers In
Staple and Fancy
DRY GOODS,
Rats, Boots and Shoes,
NOTIONS, ETC.,
Go;. Mechanic and 24th Sts, -
CURRENT COMMENT.
But a few weeks since a couple of free-
booters went through a Texas railway
train, robbing, aniODg others, four United
States colored soldiers, who were well
armed. The fact that four soldiers
should submit to be robbed by a couple
of toughs caused a howl of derision
throughout the country and it was sug-
gested, and not without reason, that they
should be courtmartialed for cowardice.
The wires now bring an account of a still
more flagrant piece of poltroonery on the
part of men wearing the uniform of Uncle
Sam. At an early hour .yesterday morn-
ing a train on the Texas and Pacific was
robbed near Gordon by a gang of masked
men. Sheriff Lewis, of Dallas county,
was on the train, as were four United
States colored soldiers. lie opened fire
upon the robbers and called upon the
soldiers to aid him but they flatly refused
to face the music and both express and
mail car were systematically gutted. Are
these fellows a fair sample of the men
that Uncle Sam is feeding, clothing and
paying to uphold when necessary the arm
of the civil authorities? Is it of such
material that the standing army of the
United States is made of? If so, then it
is no wonder that a redhaired, ignorant
cutthroat like Geronimo was able to defy
the general government year after year
and continue bis work of murder and
I illage. What a glorious “nucleus” for
an army of offense or defense a few thou-
sand such skulking cowards would make!
A squad of city bootblacks, armed with
nothing but their boxes, would
be far more dangerous than a
regiment of such, alleged “sol-
diers.” The fact of the matter is that
under existing conditions no man
possessed of courage and spirit cares to
enlist in the army. It is but little if any
better than becoming a servant a period
of five years with but little chance of
promotion. While there is probably some
good fighting material among the privates
in Uncle Barn’s much discussed standing
army it is probably not drawing it too
strong to say that the file is drawn
principally from a class of men too lazy
to work and to cowardly to make suc-
cessful thieves. It is only when there is
opportunity for fighting assured that men
of courage shoulder a musket and wheel
into line.
*
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The News’ Austin correspondent has
Mr. Maurice Coffey present at the state
capital, “armed with a large protest”
against the passage of the proposed char-
ter amendments. As previously stated
in these columns Mr. Coffey’s “protest” is
simply a protest against the proposed ap-
pointment of local officers by the gover-
nor. Otherwise Mr. Coffey and the gen-
tlemen he represents are heartily in favor
of the amendments. The News’ corres-
pondent also aligns Messrs. Gresham,
Piumly and Claiborne against the amend-
ments, while the fact of the matter is
that uone of these gentlemen are opposed
to the amendments in their entirety.
Even if they were they would only dig
their political graves by opposing a meas-
ure desired by an overwhelming majority
of the tax-payers of Galveston.
SPECIAL MEETING!.
There will be a called meeting of the
city council at 6:30 this evening to re-
ceive the report of the police committee
and to consider the advisability of fitting
up the ground floor of the City ball build-
ing for police headquarters and as a
prison for city offenders.
—Mr. Van Evans, a prominent mix-
ologist from Alto, Tex., is at the Wash-
ington.
—“Oh! I wouldn’t bother about all
that. Cure your neuralgia with Salva-
tion Oil. Price 25 cts.
§*§—The following interior merchants are
registered at the Washington: D. P.
Slay, Jonesville; S. Endel, Sealy, andL.
F. G-ereach, Livingston.
—Lovers of honey will be gratified to
learn that Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup is a
much sweeter article and much better for
a cough. Price 25 cents.
—T. E. Bollinger & Co., Market street,
between Nineteenth and Twentieth, have
just received a fresh consignment from
New Orleans of salad and cooking oil. *
—Mr. Jas. J. Douds, assistant advance
agent of the Myra Goodwin company,
who has been in the city for a week past,
left yesterday for Housten, much to the
regret of the host of friends he had
gathered unto himself during his brief
sojourn here. Mr. Douds is certainly
one of the most genial of gentlemen, and
his quickly acquired popularity here was
well deserved. Should he ever return to
the Island C.ty he will find a host of
friends to welcome him.
THE FIRST ROUND.
A Splendid Showing1 for Maxey for the
TJ. 3. Senate on the First Ballot.
Special to Evening Tribune.
Austin, Jan. 25, 2:21 p. m.—The first
ballot for United States senator was taken
to day and stood: Maxey 47, Ireland 26,
Terrell 25, Reagan 34 and Giddings 1.
The vote id the Senate gave Maxey 14,
Ireland 6, Terrell 6, Reagan 3 and Gid-
dings 1. There is no danger of a dead-
lock and the dark horses may return to
their pastures.
A MUSICAL TREAT.
A cultivated assembly of ladies and
gentlemen formed at the handsome resi-
dence of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Beers last
night to listen to the first musical recital
of the season. The programme was un-
der the direction of Prof. C. G. St. Clair
and was comprised almost exclusively of
his own compositions, which afforded a"
excellent opportunity of displaying his
varied powers of musical construction
and imagination. The programme was
not carried out to the letter, Mrs. Adoue
being unavoidably absent owing to a se-
vere cold which she contracted, and
Messrs. Butler and Holmes being also ab-
sent. The places of these latter gentle-
men were taken however by Misses H.
Hofmaster and Annie Keppler in a diffi-
cult instrumental duet. The entertain-
ment opened with the “Flow’ret Waltz,”
a duet for the piano, rendered by Mrs.
Beers, the charming hostess, and Mr. St.
Clair, followed by Mr. Walter Hanscom
in the ballad “Those Happy Days are
Gone,” sung with his usual good taste.
Miss Beers sweetly rendered the serenade
/‘Be Still My Heart,” and was followed
by Mr. D. Shaw in a brilliant
violin solo, “Scene de Ballet,
by DeBernott, given with perfect execu-
tion and happy effect. This concluded
the first part of the programme. Miss
Trube opened with on exceedingly dif-
ficult. and brilliant valse de concert,
“Fleeting Fancies,” rendered with great
effect. Mrs. H. Prince sang charmingly
the vocal waltz, ‘‘When the Winter Snows
are O’er.” Mrs. Chas. Fowler came next
with the gem of the evening—the “Ave
Maria,” by Mr. St. Glair. Mrs. Fowler
is the happy possessor of a voice combin-
ing purity, sweetness and strength, which
showed to perfect advantage in the se-
lection rendered. The entertainment
concluded with a duet for piano and
violin by Messrs. St. Clair and Weiss,
“Annie Laurie,” arranged in four parts, a
composition varied and delightful and
excellently rendered. Mrs. Beers has
earned the thanks of her friends for such
an agreeable evening.
MARITIME MATTERS.
The schooner L. and A. Chase, with
coal, arrived outside and is waiting for
wind and water to come in.
The bark Jones has cleared with a good
cargo.
The steamships Propitious'and Morgan
City are in the inner roads waiting for
water to get out.
The’ schooner Bibber, which was
dragged off the bar has berthed at Brick
wharf.
The Jonathan May berthed at Brick
wharf late last evening.
The schooner Sam’l McManemy berthed
at Brick wharf last evening.
The Joseph N. Hains berthed at New
wharf yesterday.
—The criminal district court adjourn-
ed yesterday until Thursday, and Dis-
trict Attorney Oliver left for New Or-
leans.
Liver Maladies in Fashion.
The kidneys have, in the way of diag-
noses, nearly had their run, which has
lasted almost half a century. The liver
is now having its turn, and ere long no
doubt most disorders will be attributed
thereto. This is moderately safe, because
its condition is hard to determine, and
theory will answer in the absence of
facts. There are eras and fashions in
maladies, as in other things, and at pres-
ent the liver may be said to be coming
in.—New York Commercial Advertiser.
Gypsum ^Plains of New Mexico.
A striking feature and resource of
Dona Ana county, New Mexico, is its
gypsum plains, forty miles long and
thirty miles wide. The mineral exists in
the form of powder, and in places is
“piled in drifts twenty to fifty feet in
height, ’ ’ and which, from a distance re-
sembles banks of snow. It is valuable as
a fertilizer for wheat fields.—Cor. Cleve-
land Leader.
College Graduates in Journalism.
The Boston press, represented by the six
leading dailies, employs forty-two jour-
nalists who are college graduates from
fourteen colleges. There are thirty col-
I lege educated men on the editorial staff of
I the New York Sun.—Cincinnati Times
| Star.
Glass mirrors were first used, spectacles
I Were invented and clocks made to strika
in tiie Thirteenth century.
THE GAMESTERS.
Two Married Men in Hiding From Their
Wives.
The case of Chas. Muller and I. W.
Hersey, charged with gaming on Sunday,
was called in the recorder’s court this
morning. A jury was impaneled and the
case started off with young Barnes on the
witness stand. Barnes is a rather know-
ing looking lad of perhaps sixteen sum-
mers and he testified that he saw Hersey,
Muller "and others in Muller’s barn on Sun-
day last, playing “seven up.” That
there were four in the party and that they
used a box for a table and upon the box
were four nickels. Here Mr. Howard
Finley, counsel for the defense, wanted
some light shed upon the character of
the.alleged nickels, a lengthy cross ex-
amination followed in which the young-
ster held his own pretty well much to the
amusement of the audience. Bar-
nes testified that he went outside
the barn and saw the blue-coated officers
of the law coming down upon the quiet
Sunday game like fours on a flush or an
able bodied Tiiomas feline upon a suc-
culent mouse, when he ran back crying,
“Here comes the peelers!-’ and that tDis
announcement caused a wild scattering
among the card manipulators. Officers
Hancock and Davis testified that Hersey
and one of his companions was dragged
out of a feed bin where they were cov-
ered up with hay, harness and other
stable furniture. As usual in such cases
the evidence was not sufficient to convict
and the prisoners were discharged. Mr.
Hersey called at Evening Trieune office
and appeared to be much hurt to think
that the statement should have gone
forth that he was gambling and especially
on the holy Sabbath day. He stated that
he had been a resident of this city for a
long time and was even now supplying
some of the best families of the East End
with fish, and that his patrons would be
simply horrified to hear that he was
gambling. That the whole matter was
a piece of spite-work, the result' of a
large stock of bitterness, accumulated by
the results of the recent municipal elec-
tion. Mr. Hersey stated that at one
period in his eventful life he was a patron
of the green cloth and squandered a regal
fortune going against faro, which
transaction had a tendency to prejudice
his wife against games of chance to that
extent that she coull not bear to see
him with a deck of cards in his hands.
That on last Sunday himself, Strickhau-
sen, Murphey and Muller, all bendicts,
had congregated in Muller's barn in pur-
suance of a time honored custom, to play
a social game of seven up for the
beer and noticing his wife com-
ing that way he jumped into
the manger in order that her feelings
might not be harrowed by the sight of
her leige lord with a pack of playing
cards in his hand. That one of his com-
panions also detected the partner of his
joys and sorrows wandering toward the
barn with blood in her eye and joined him
in his place of concealment, where they
were surprised not by their wives but by
the “peelers.”
The above is Mr. Hersey’s story and if
does seem a burning shame that two mar-
ried men, heads of families, who had
plunged headfirst into a horse-trough to
avoid a curtain lecture from their re-
spected better halves for indulging in a
social game to see which should put up
the requisite car-tickets to slake the
thirst engendered by the salt atmosphere
of Galveston, should be rudely hauled out
by unfeeliug policemen and forced to
confront a jury ou the awful charge of
gambling for nickels and street-car tick-
ets in violation of the laws made and pro-
vided.
—Professor Cheeaeman,the well-known
instructor in the terpsichorean art, an-
nounces that there will be a fancy zouave
dress rehearsal of his class at Artillery
hall on Thursday night and that his an-
nual masquerade will occur on Friday
night at the same place. The professor
knows how to do these tilings and the
masquerade under his direction cannot
fail to be a social and artistic success.
Their Business Booming.
Probably no one thing has caused such
a general revival of trade at T. W. Tar-
rant & Co.’s drug store as their giving
away to their customers of so many free
trial bottles of Dr. King’s New Discovery
for Consumption. Their trade is simply
enormous in this very valuable article
from the fact that it always cures and
never disappoints. Coughs, Colds, Asth-
ma, Bronchitis, and all throat and lung
diseases quickly cured. You can test
before buying by gettiug a trial bottle
free, large size $1. Every bottle war-
ranted. 3
Are you maae miserable by indigestion
consumption, Dizziness,Loss of Appetite,
Yellow Skin? Shiloh’s Vitalizer is a
positive; cure. Sold by T. W. Tarrant &
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—First class Cabinet Photos can be had
only at Rose & Schmedling’s for $2 50
per dozen, 170 Tremont Street. f
—Get Sargents’ grey mules to move
your safes and machinery. =»■
— Remember the Bank Saloon when in
piest of refreshments. j
—Sargent has a cottage for rent. *
—The Rev. G. H. Thayer, of Bourbon,
Ind., says: “Both myself and wife owe
our lives to Shiloh’s Consumption
Cure.” Sold by T. W. Tarrant & Co. 2
Why will you cough when Shiloh’s
Cure will give immediate relief? Price
10c, 50c, and $1. Sold by T. W. Tarrant
& Co. ’ 2
The Only Route Running Solid Through Trains
Between v
Galveston. Fort Worth, Gainesville
The Only Route to
Lampasas, Brownwood, Ballinger
and Coleman.
The Best Route, Galveston, Dallas, Honey Grove.
Two Trains Daily Between Gal-
veston and Houston.
22 Miles the shortest Route Fort Worth to Gaines-
ville, 27 Miles the Shortest Route Dallas
to Honey Grove.
Direct and Sure Connections for Austin, Sau An-
tonio, Waco. Gainesville, St. Louis, and all
points North and East., Kansas City
and the West.
Through Mail and Express, daily.
Leave Galveston .........................6:00 a. m,
Arrive Galveston...........11:45 p. m., 11:00 a. m.
Houston Express, leave..... 8:40 a, m., 5:00 p. m.
Houston Exp., arv.10:30 a.m , 7:20 p.m., 11:45 p.m.
JAMES S. CARK, H. 0. ARCHER,
Generrl Passenger Agent Union Ticket Ageet,
ap!28-tf
TEXAS-MEXICAN R. R.
WEEK DAYS:
(On Wednesday’s only.)
Trains leave Center aud N at............1:00 p. m.
SUNDAYS:
Leave Center and N at..................... 2 p.m.
Leave Lafhte at..........................4:00 p.m.
Island Sand $3.50, Soil $4.50 per Car
of 8 Cubic Yards.
W. R. CHISHOLM, Ass’t Supt.
Tremont Opera House.
The Sunbeam of Texas!
Second Tour of America’s Greatest Comedian**
Introducing her
New Songs, Da.nces, Irish. Jigs, Drum
and Banjo Solos.
In E. E. Kidder’s Masterpiece Comedy,
“ SIB ”
Rearranged, Reconstructed, stronger and
Funnier than Ever. See ~ \
Old Hickory 'itfawltins,
Ti:e ISve-s Parade,
rl‘3ae Ci. eus
W3I. WITHER15, Jr.,
Will, between the first and second acts, entertal*
the audience with his successful Violin Solo,
“OLB FOLKS AT HOME.”
Friday and Saturday and Saturday Matinee,
LITTLE NUGGET.
Tuesday, Feb. 1.—BIJOU OPERA Company
C F.CHEESM AN’S
Panging /^cademy,
ARTILLERY HALL,
Ladies and Gentlemens Class, Wednesday Evening*
Residence—N. W. Cor. Broadway and 22d.
Hitchcock’s
Steam laundry!
Po. & 26th Sts.
Telephone No. 325
Cleanliness,
Accuracy,
Despatch.
LEE IRON WORKS
C. B. LEE & Co., Proprietors,
Manufacturers of all kind of
BRASS & IRON CASTINGS
And makers and repairers of
32d and Winnie Sts!. Ga iveston. Tex.
±3 Ounces to tine Pound.
SUG AR—Standard A, i4 pounds for.........$1 00 I FLOUR—Sea Fairy, per sack
LARD best, 13 pounds for...................” 1 00 | ‘ Tidal Wave, “ .....
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Mince Meat, Fruit Butters, Jellies, Preserves and all delicacies o the season,
MY STOCK OF
BOOTS AND SHOES
At the Following Unprecedented Prices:
Infants’ Kid and Goat Worked Button-hole Shoes at..................60c per pair.
Children’s Goat-tipped Button School Shoes at......................$1.10.per r,air.
200 Pair Sample of Boots at.........................................$3.00 pev pair.
200 Pair Ladies’ Kid Button Shoes at..............................$1.50 per pair.
Ladies’ Scolloped House Slippers at..................................85-.; per pair.
Men’s Best Box-toe Brogans at.....................................$2^00 pe,r pair.
CTTAyS. it. bakkii.
Remember the Place,
No. 18 W est Market Street, Between 25t,flancl 26th Sts
COAL
ANTlrlHAeiTU,
Red Ash and White Ash—Egg and Chestnut Sizes.
ALL GRADES OF
PITUMIN0US t SOFT COAL
For Steam aud Household purposes, such as
Pittsburgh, Alabama, English, Scotch and Welsh Coals,
--ALSO-
Cumberland Blacksmith Coal.
We solicit orders, city and interior, which will have careful
attention and be dulv appreciated.
C.J.MCRAE&CO.
Wholesale and Retail Goal Dealers, *
Tjj/iiou'j N.. LI? 20th and Strand St;., Galveston, Tex-’?
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Burson, J. W. Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 124, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 25, 1887, newspaper, January 25, 1887; Galveston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1136343/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rosenberg Library.