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TRUE AMBITION.
VERY OLD SAINT.
RAILROADS.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.
attend.
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SUNSET ROUTE.
No type other than Nonpareil used in Classi-
ATLANTIC SYSTEM.
FOR ALL POINTS NORTH AND EAST.
: The Standard Gauge Short ;
: Line to the City of Mexico. :
FOUND.
FOB SALE.
CITY TAX NOTICE.
REAL ESTATE,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
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M. K. KLEBERS,
rigid,
.AN FINLAY
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•ALvaaroN and hitchcock.
• • TEXAS.
FINANCIAL.
Titles Examined and Perfected.
Of Galveston, Texas.
A General Banking Business Transacted.
ARCHITECTS.
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
SPECIALISTS.
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Lots 8 and 9, in Outlot 19,
20th and M.
A. FLAKE, Administrator
SELKIRK & SON,
REAL ESTATE AND. COLLECTING AGENTS
STOCK BROKERS
AND NOTARY PUBLIC.
Room No. 3 (upstairs) Ballinger & Jack B’lding.
No. 2207^ Avenue E, bet. 22d & 23d Sts.
FOR ELEVEN HUNDRED YEARS IRE-
LAND HAS HONORED ONE MAN.
Skirts may safely be cut much after
the manner of those in vogue for several
months past, recent importations show-
ing that elongated, perpendicular effects
are still given pre-eminence.
NUMBEB
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LINES
$ 25
35
45
55
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CAPITAL
Surplus
N.*W. Corner Twenty-second and Mechanic St.,
Galveston, Texas.
FOUR PER CENT INTEREST allowed on
Savings Deposits.
COLORADO AND
SANTA FE RAILWAY
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Dress may improve the outward show,
But adds, not e’en a grain,
To heart qr mind or depth of soul,
Or wealth that these contain.
While others strive for raiment rare,
And gems that soon decay,
We’ll wear the jewels of the heart,
Not fashion’s vain display.
—S. L. Frazier in Arkansaw Traveler.
$2 00
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3 60
4 40
5 20
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Importers and Wholesale Dealers in
STAPLE AND FANCY
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R. T. Wheeler. H. W. Rhodes. Stuart Wheelei
HEELER, RHODES & WHEELER,
REAL ESTATE AND LAND AGENTS.
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21 60
26 40
31 20
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DRY GOODS,
Dress Goods,
NOTIONS,
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GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS
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POUND—Large female mastiff; split in left ear;
1 undercrop in right.
N. G. POPE, corner 29th and N.
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Solicits General Account; Discounts Com-
mercial Paper;_Buys apd Sells Foreign and Do-
mestic Exchange; Makes Collections through-
out the United States.
K. C’y Ex
G.g South.
Arrive
10.45 a. m.
5.57 p. m.
2.20 p. mJ
8.50 a. m.
9.00 a. m.
^ HEELER & RHODES,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
pLAND CITY SAVINGS BANK,
F. CHARLES HUMS.
gUME & KLEBERG.
Law Office, 2324 Strand.
QWN YOUR OWN HOME.
Lot 12, in block 427, and ^ood seven room cot-
tage for $2,000—$300 chash and $20 monthly.
Don’t miss this opportunity to own a home.
JOHN HANNA,
2218 Mechanic Stroet.
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POR SALE—At a bargain, lot 463, with good.
T extensive improvements, in section 1 of
Galveston island. A rare chance for a dairy-
man. CHAS A. SCHROEDER,
Real Estate Agent and Notary Public.
Pullman Palace
BUFFET SLEEPERS
To All Points.
QUICK TIME AND LOW RATES.
j^OTICETO STOCKHOLDERS OF THE GAL-
vestou Cotton and Woolen Mills.—The meeting
of stockholders advertised to be held at Har-
mony Club on April 25 was adjourned, a quorum
not being present. The adjourned meeting
will be held at same place on Monday, May 2,
1S92, at 11 a. m., and stockholders are asked to
D. M. EHRLICH,
Secretary and Treasurer.
A Hero of Today.
History and poetry celebrate no sub-
limer act of devotion than that of Albert
G. Drecker, the watchman of the Pas-
saic river drawbridge, on the New York
and Newark railroad. The train was
due, and he was closing the draw, when
his little child fell into the deep water.
It would have been easy enough to res-
cue him if the father could have taken
the time, but already the thundering
train was at hand. It was a cruel agony.
His child could be saved only at the cost
of other lives committed to his care. The
brave man did his duty, but the child
was drowned.—New York Press.
A RCHITECTS—
A C. w. BULGER,
-----Successor to-----
BULGER & RAPP,
Architect and Superintendent.
2207 Postoffice Street, - - - Galveston.
FOR SALE BY J. S. MONTGOMERY A CO.-
JO One whole block between44th and 45th and
avenues O and oy2, adjoining the Denver Re-
survey; a fine speculation; price only $3500.
One-quarter block, 3% lots, northwest corner
44rh and I, only two blocks from cotton mill
tenements, for $2500.
3 lots s. s. I, bet. 39th and 40th, cheap.
1 lot next to s. e. cor. 39th-and I, $1000.
1J4 lots with large cottage ,n. s. Church, bet.
14th and 15th; owner will exchange for smaller
place and some cash.
Lot and cottage n. s. O, bet. 16th and 17th,
$1600.
Nice raised cottage and lot ss. L, bet. 11th
and 12th, $2500.
Cottage and lot next to se.cor.12th and I,cheap.
FOR RENT—Two-story houses and cottages
in good neighborhood and reasonable reut.
Call and examine our list.
J. S. MONTGOMERY & CO.,
Tremont, near Postoffice street.
MARBLE MONUMENTS, ETC.
^LBERT DIETZ,
PRACTICAL MARBLE CUTTER,
And dealer in
MARBLE AND GRANITE MONUMENTS AND
HEADSTONES.
Titles of all kinds. '1 iie setting and Ornam ental
building pieces executed in first-class work-
manship. Designs and estimates fur-
nished on application.
SB’-COR. TREMONT AND AVENUE I.“^fi
Galveston. Texas.
n ion Want Help or a Job:
If You Want to Buy Something;
If You Have Something to Sell;
If You Want a Partner;
If You Want to Borrow Money;
If You Have Money to Loan;
If Yiu Want to Rent a House;
If You Want to Sell Real Estate:
If You Want Public Attention;
If You Want to Know What is Going On—
Consult Evening Tribune’s Classified Col-
umns. Cheapest Advertising in the State.
INSURANCE.
j^UTUAL RESERVE FUND LIFE ASSOCIA-
TION OF NEW YORK, Organized Feb. 9,1891.
Life insurance at one-half usual rates.
Inusurance in force, over $200,000,000.
Death losses paid over $11,000,000.
Reserve fund, over $3,000,000.
Full information furnished by
P. 8. WREN, Local Agent,
nr R. T. BYRNE, Gen’l Agent. Galveston
^M. B. LOCKHART,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR-AT-LAW.
Office: 2326 Strand.
Practice in State, District and U. S. courts only
NOTARY PUBLIC.
2 lines...
3 lines...
4 lines...
5 lines...
6 lines...
12 lines...
TEN AND SHEET IRON WOEKEB.
QEORGB P. WERNER,
Manufacturer of
GALVANIZED IRON CORNICES,
WINDOW CAPS, SKY LIGHTS.
SHUTTERS AND ORNAMENTS.
Dealer in and contractor for
FIN, TIN SHINGLES AND SLATE ROOFING.
GUTTERING and all kinds of TIN AND
SHEET IRON WORK.
Agent for REAGAN SHINGLES.
J^**A11 Job Work promptly attended to-3®®
CORNER WINNIE AND 17TH STREETS.
Telephone 251. Galveston, Texas,
DYEING AND SCOURING.
DYE TO LIVE AND LIVE ^CO~DYE/^
_ Galveston Dye House—F. A. P.—R. G.
JAMES, Dyeing, Cleaning and Scouring. Re-
pairs and alterations of Gentlemen’s Clothing
neatly executed. 164 Center street, between
Postoffice and Market streets, Galveston, Texas.
Goods called for and delivered, Cash on de-
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Fanny Kemble at Eighty-two.
The famous actress still breathes the
breath of life, but the divine afflatus
has departed. She is still vital in the
flesh, but the spirit, the bright and viva-
cious spirit of old, has vanished into the
world of shadows. One comes to this
sorrowful conclusion with great reluc-
tance, but it is one that cannot honestly
be avoided. At her country home, The
Bower, Limpsfield, Surrey, England,
with her daughter, the wife of Canon
Leigh, the once famous actress, is spend-
ing her declining days. She now never
writes a letter with her own hands, ex-
cept to her daughter in Philadelphia,
when it is guided by Mrs. Leigh. The
letters which duty requires or inclina-
tion suggests are written by her maid,
and of literary work there is none. Mu-
sic is no longer enjoyed except as a lis-
tener, while reading is limited to the
Bible and a few religious books. Some-
times she will take the air in a brough-
am. Less frequently she is induced to
take a seat in the pretty pony carriage
while Mrs. Leigh drives with mascu-
Tine skill.—Frederick Dolman in Ladies’
Home Journal.
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23 40
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Gen’l Pass, and Tkt. Agt,
MAX NAUMANN, &
Union Tlezet Agent. Phone 132.
gOUTHERN PACIFIC CO.
For further information and sleener reserv
tion apply to
T. F. McCandless, T P A, Houston.
Max Naumann, Tkt Agt, G C & S F Ry.
J. G. Schrievee, Traffic Manager.
W. C, Watson, Gen’l Pass, and Tkt Agt.
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The silver spoon contagion has reached
the New York Woman’s club. Some of
the members are considering a club
spoon to be used at the christening of
babies in whom the club may have a
special interest.
8E0. P. FINLAY.
FINLAY & FINLAY,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Galveston, Texas.
Office: 3114 Mechanic Street.
TOHN CHARLES HARRIS,
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ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
nr ANTED—An energetic barber to shave the
VY face of the earth; also three men to buy one
lot each on the southeast corner of and
Twelfth streets, at a bargain.
JOHN HANNA,
Real Estate Agent, 2218 Mechanic Street.
pURIOSITY STORE for sale on Tremont st.
V Inquire at store. Profitable investment
gHELL—OYSTER OR REEF.
Delivered on short notice.
JOS. MAGNA, Residence, N. E. Cor. 15th and A.
pOR SALE—
Within next 30 days, to close the Schach estate,
ADVERTISING.
TF you wish to advertise anything anywhere at
JL any time write to GEO. P. ROWELL & CO.,
No. 10 Spruce St, New York.
T7VERY one in need of information on the sub-
ject of advertising will do well to obtain a
copy of “Book for Advertisers,” 368 pages, price
one dollar. Mailed, postage paid, on receipt of
price Contains a careful compilation from the
American Newspaper Directory of all the best
papers and class journals; gives the circulation
rating of every one, and a good deal of informa-
tion about rates and other matters pertaining to
the business of advertising, Address ROWELL’S
ADVERTISING BUREAU, 19 Spruce St., N. Y.
Caleb Cushing Was an Early Riser.
A Washington real estate man, wish-
ing to show Caleb Cushing a piece of
property, was told to call at 5 o’clock
in the morning. The man was not ac-
customed to such early hours, but was
advised by one who knew Mr. Cushing
to be prompt. As he drove to the door
at the appointed time Mr. Cushing was
on the steps.—Green Bag.
Lord Lome and Some American Girls.
The following pleasant and unusual
experience happened to a party of well
known American girls who were travel-
ing in Europe one summer. Its truth
of course can be vouched for. The story
is told by one of the young ladies: “On
our way to Edinburgh we stopped over
‘a train at Stirling to see the castle, and
there an adventure befell us of which I
will tell you. When we got out of the
train and were looking about for the
ways and means of reaching the castle
we were accosted by a tall, fine looking,
middle aged man, who asked if we were
pot from the ‘other side of the water.’
An Awful Thing to Remember.
When a bachelor getting out of bed
* on a cold morning decides to keep on his
night robe till the room gets warmer
and then thoughtlessly hurries away to
breakfast, where people smile slyly and
significantly, it does not add to his joy
to remember that he did not make the
change in the apparel he contemplated.
—Chicago Tribune.
The Pearl Hunters’ Superstition.
The pearl hunters of Borneo and the
adjacent islands have a peculiar super-
stition. When they open shells in search
of pearls, they take every ninth find,
whether it be large or small, and put it
into a bottle which is kept corked with
a dead man’s finger. The pearls in the
vial are known as “seed pearls” or
“breeding pearls,” and the native Bor-
neose firmly believes that they will re-
produce their kind. For every pearl
put into the vial two grains of rice are
thrown in for the pearls to “feed” upon.
Some whites in Borneo believe as
firmly in the superstition as the natives
do, and almost every hut along the coast
has its “dead finger” bottle with from
nine to fifty seed pearls and twice that
number of rice grains carefully and
evenly stowed away among them. Pro-
fessor Kimmerly says that nearly every
burial place along the coast has been
desecrated by “pearl breeders” in search
of corks for their bottles.—St. Louis Re-
public.
g S. HANSCOM,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Ballinger Building, Corner Twenty-second and
Bostoffice Streets, Galveston, Texas.
$100,090
.. 175,000
FOUR...........DAILY TRAINS...........FOUR
BETWEEN HOUSTON, NEW ORLEANS AND
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
Close and reliable connections with rail and
steamer lines at New Orleans
Mrs. Sheldon’s Curiosities.
Mrs. French Sheldon, the well known
African traveler, has received a very
pressing invitation from Mrs. Potter
Palmer, lady manager of the women’s
department in the Chicago exhibition,
to exhibit her splendid collection of Af-
rican curiosities at the coming exhibi-
tion. Mrs. Sheldon won the confidence
of the natives and especially of the
women in a way no man could ever hope
to do, and in this way she succeeded in
gaining information of much interest
and novelty and securing objects which
had never been seen out of Africa be-
fore. One woman followed her 250
miles up country before she could be in-
duced to part with a leather apron which
only married women wear, but which
they never sell or give to strangers, as
they have an idea that should they do
so, the person to whom it is given will
have some mysterious power over them
forever.—London’s Woman’s Herald.
K. C’y Ex
G’g North.
Leave
6 20 a. m.
11.00 a. m.
2.50 p, m.
8.00 p. m.
6.20p. m.
How to Tell the Ejjact of the Year.
Consulting an almanac is all that is
required. The Epact is the moon’s age
at the end of the yeaj, or the number of
days by which the last new moon has
preceded the beginning of the year.
KTOTICE TO THE STOCKHOLDERS of the
1.1 Galveston and Western Railway company.
In pursuance of a resolution of the Board of
Directors of the Galveston and Western Railway
company, passed ata meeting of said board on
the 9:h day of March, 1892, after reconsideration
of a resolutiou of the Board of Directors relat-
ing to same subject, passed at a meeting of said
Board, held on the 5th day of Ma ch, 1892, notice
to the stockholders of the said Galveston and
Western Railway company is hereby given,
that there will be a meeting ot the stockhold-
ers of said company, at the company’s office,
in the city of Galveston, State of Texas, at 12
o’clock uoon, on Tuesday, the 10th day of May,
1892, called by said Board of Directors for the
purpose of said stockholders sanctioning and
authorizing the issuance of coupon bonds of
said company in the sum of $50,000 per mile, of
its railway built and to be built, or such less
amount as said stockholders may elect aud se-
cure by mortgage on said road and its appur-
tenances and corporate property and the fran-
chises of said company, in Older to widen its
gauge and to extend aud otherwise improve the
same; also for the purpose of considering a
change of name of the said company as it is at
present, to that of the Galveston Terminal
Railway company, or such other name as
said meeting may select; and for the purpose
of transacting such other business as may
properly come before said meeting.
WM. SELKIRK, Secretary.
Galveston, Tex., March 9th, 1892.
fl. sanzmuNN.
Swiss • Watchmaker,
And Manufacturing Jeweler.
Dealer in Diamonds, Watcher. Jewelrv
Silverware, Clocks, Etc. 7’
Repairing of all kinds skillfully done at mod-
■*rate rates. Old Gold and Silver bought
2217 Postoffice Street.
New York is said to have more widows
than any other city in the world. Lon-
don ranks second in the list of the be-
reaved and Paris third.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Following are the representative houses in the
different branches of Galveston’s industries:
WHOLESALE NOTIONS, ETC.
J. ROSENFIELD & CO., 2217 Strand.___________
WHOLESALE HARDWARE.
THE J S. BROWN HARDWARE CO., 2226-2228
Strand.
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Women Working for the Actors.
It is very evident that the Actors'
Fund fair will owe a great deal of its
success to the efforts of the women’s
executive committee, and to the other
ladies of New York who have become
interested in it. Not only in New York,
but in other cities as well, are the ladies
taking a hand in the work of charity.
This is proven by what Mrs. Squire, the
wife of Senator Squire, of Washington,
said to a newspaper acquaintance the
other day: “Here is a letter I received
yesterday from Mrs. Babbitt, who is the
wife of Charles H. Babbitt, a prominent
newspaper man in Washington city.
It will speak for itself.” The letter read
as follows: “Dear Mrs. Squire—I am
making a piece of souvenir patchwork
for the cover of a large sofa cushion,
to be sent to the Actors’ Fund fair.
Pieces have been given me by Mrs.
Harrison, Mrs. Russell Harrison, Mrs.
McKee, Mrs. Morton, several ladies of
the cabinet, diplomatic and senatorial
circles. It will certainly be a brilliant
array of fabrics, and I hope that you
may have a bit of one of your own gowns
to spare me.” Mrs. Squire continued:
“This was only a small request, as favors
go, and one with which I gladly com-
plied, giving her a piece of the white
and gold brocade I wore at one of the
last White House dinners. It would be
a shame if we could not contribute a
little toward the cheer of actors in need,
when they have so often brightened our
own lives aud driven our cares away
with the mimic life of the stage.”—New
York Advertiser.
fled Advertisements.
Eight ordinary words make a line of Non-
pareil.
Call Evening Tribune Telephone, No. 83, and
a messenger will be sent for your adverTse
ments
No advertisement taken for less than 25 cents.
All advertising in Classified Columns must be
paid for in advance.
Advertisers may have their answers directed
to Evening Tribune office, where they will be
held four weeks for owner.
Advertisers desiring answers forwarded by
mail must furnish postage.
Use Tepid Water for Inflamed Eyes.
Cold water should not be used for'
bathing the eyes when inflammation is
present. Tepid water may be used
night and morning, keeping the eye care-
fully closed the while.—Hall’s Journal
of Health.
A woman who is building a home on
a bluff of the Mississippi river will have
the big chimney piece in the hall con-
structed of stones from every state in
the Union. Each has been contributed
by a friend, and as in asking the size
has been designated about that of a me-
dium cobblestone, symmetry is pre-
served. She already has one from Alas-
ka, and also several washed by the
waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The
house itself is built of stone, “but my
cobblestone mantel,” writes the woman,
“will be the pride of the place.”—New
York Times,
| We said ‘yes,’ and that we wanted to
| get to the castle. He said that he was
going there and would be glad to show
us the way and also to show us his old
family house, which was close by. We
got into a carriage, and our iiew friend
mounted the box beside the driver and
on we went.
“We finally stopped before a quaint
old house, with coats of arms carved in
stone, and he led us into the courtyard,
which was very quaint and old. He
said the place was called Argyle Lodge
and then added: ‘Perhaps I ought to
1 tell you who I am. I am Lord Lome,
I the last of the house of Argyle!’ He
then took us all over the castle, the old
Gray Friars’ church, and rushed about
so that we saw twice as much as we
could possibly have seen by ourselves,
for he knew just what was worth seeing
and could shake off the guide when he
started on his long, rambling story.
Lord Lome was perfectly lovely, and
we have all lost our hearts to him, and
have serious designs first upon the life
of the Princess Louise, his wife, and
then upon each other.”—Rochester Post-
Express.
Wliat Some Men Spend on Amusement.
Probably few persons who sit around
a pool table witnessing a clever game of
pool have any idea of the time and money
necessary to become a crack player of
either pool or billiards. New York
boasts many fine amateurs. The latter
are to be found everywhere for that
matter. I have seen men hanging about
a livery stable in a country village in
their shirt sleeves who can hole all the
balls on an opening at pool, and can run
fifties and hundreds at French carrom.
The great body of pool and billiard
players are in it for the amusement and
exercise. They spend from an hour to
four hours daily walking around a table
and punching the ivories. Two hours a
day is thought necessary to keep up
practice. A dollar an hour is not an ex-
travagant estimate of the average ex-
pense in New York. The better the
player the more he plays, and $500 a
year in walking Ground a table isn’t
much for that kind of man. Twenty to
forty years of this, however, represents
in good hard cash considerably more
than that kind of a man has on hand at
the end of his career.—New York Her-
ald.
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T O3T—A small 'black shawl at Grace church
L entertainment. Artillery hall. Binder will
please leave at Tribune office._________________
T OSl’—A lady's gold watch and chain, the
L property of Miss Theresa Schulte, on Win-
nie, between 13th and 14th sts. A reward will
be paid to the finder on leaving at Charlie
and Joe’s Bank saloon.
Asleep for Over Four Months.
Cases of prolonged sleep are by no
means so numerous that we can afford
to pass over the mention of an example
of this condition at present exercising
the minds of German physicians. The
patient is a miner by trade, his name
being Johann Latus. He is an inmate
of the hospital of Myslowitz, in Silesia,
within whose walls, it is stated, he had
been asleep for some 4% months. It
seemed impossible to rouse Latus, but a
recent bulletin mentions that he has at
last awoke. Naturally the case is re-
ferred to the records of catalepsy for its
explanation, although it is pointed out
that 4^ months is a very extended pe-
riod even for cataleptic sleep.
In this case the limbs were rigid,
which of course pointed to the exist-
ence of a cataleptic condition, but the
body itself showed no sign of being in
any unusual state. It remained still
and placid; the chest rose and fell regu-
larly, and the skin was of a natural
color, the face being described as pre-
senting a healthy appearance. In the
recent reports it was stated that Latus
had become less rigid as regards his
body itself, while slight movements
were noticed prior to his waking.
Curiously enough, while the hair oi
the head has grown largely, the beard
has not exhibited any increase. Feed-
ing was carried out by introducing milk,
to the extent of two or three liters per
day, into the stomach by means of a
tube.—Illustrated London News.
The Memory of St. Patrick Has Been
Cherished by Irishmen and Their De-
scendants with a Consistency That Has
Been Unswerving Through Many Years.
America, so far as we know, has no
patron saint. Columbus -was never can-
onized, and George Washington lived
too late for such honors. But she has
compensation for this lack in the num-
ber of saints brought with her settlers.
St. Nicholas, St. David, St. Andrew, St.
George and we know not how many
more have become dominciled, each
bringing his quota of history, legend,
poetry, song and genial association, but
they are incidental—thrown in with the
bargain, as it were—and our republic
has no one patron saint.
We would not willingly say a depre
ciatoiy word of those distinguished per-
sonages whom we mentioned, but simple,
modest, historic truth compels us to say
that no one of them is more than a “cir-
cumstance” on American soil to him
whose anniversary day, crisp, breezy
and bracing, calls out the long proces-
sion, the harp-decorated green flag and
the indestructible shamrock which re-
appears in fresh verdure every year.
For something like 1,100 years the 17th
of March has been observed as St. Pat-
rick’s Day.
And yet it is curious how entirely this
eminent saint has been overlooked in
naming places. You have saints all
through the alphabet, from St. Albans
to St. Vincent, but no St. .Patrick. The
Scotch have got in their St. Andrew, in
the cold north, to be sure, as was fit.
The Anthonys, Augustines, Bernards,
Charleses, Christophers, Clairs, Francis-
es, Johns, Josephs (run into Joes pro-
fanely), Lawrences, Louises, Marys,
’ Pauls, Peters and all the rest have their
names linked with towns, parishes oi
streams, but there is not a notable St.
Patrick’s anywhere. This can only be
explained by the modesty of those who
hold him in regard, and it is a wrong
that ought to be redressed.
It is to be lamented that so much oi
the poetry, song and drollery of a lively,
mirthful, mercurial and imaginative
people have gathered around this name
that the historical character is lost sight
of, and there stands up to the popular
eye a legendary figure, exorcising the
snakes and displaying the shamrock.
Nothing can be further from the reality
. than this picture. A great amount of
real scholarship has been expended on
the investigation of St. Patrick’s his-
tory, and while differences of opinion
exist as to details, St. Patrick, unlike
St. George, of England, is recognized by
all as a true man with a definite record
and a solid claim to the veneration of
the good.
According to history, Patrick was a
farmer’s son, either on the coast of
France or of Scotland, most of the early
church authorities representing him as
being born about 410, in the neighbor-
hood of what is now Boulogne. His
original name was Succath, which the
early writers of the Irish Christian
church stated meant “brave in heart,”
and the Latin name Patricius was later
given to him.
At sixteen he was carried captive into
Ireland and was in slavery for six years'.
While serving as a herder in compara-
tive loneliness in woods and wilds the
Christian truth of his early days came
to his mind. He prayed, meditated, be-
lieved; and when liberated returned to
his home what would now be called a
converted, actively religious man. He re-
membered with pity the heathen among
whom he lived, and returned to them as
a Christian teacher. That is supposed
to have been about the year 432. He
preached the Gospel with singular elo-
quence and such extraordinary effect
that he established Christianity so
strongly in Ireland that it could not be
overthrown.* He-baptized the kings of
Dublin and Munster and the sons of the
king of Connaught. He also established
numerous monasteries.
St. Bernard testifies that St. Patrick
fixed his metropolitan sea at Armagh.
He devoted much attention to the sup-
pression of slavery, one of the conse-
quences of the piratical expeditions of
the age.• He died in Down, Ulster, on
March 17, of either the year 493 or 495.
Here are his own words rendered into
English from the stiff Latin, tinged with
Celtic, in which his “Confessions”’ are
written:
“I am greatly a debtor to God, who
has bestowed his grace so largely
upon me, that multitudes should be
born again to God through me, and that
of these, clergy should be everywhere
ordained for a people lately coming to
the faith, whom the Lord took from the
extremities of the earth. The’ Irish,
who never had the knowledge of
God, and hitherto worshiped only idols
and unclean things, have lately become
the people of the Lord, and are called
the sons of God.”
The “Confessions” the shortest, the
genuine work, without later interpola-
■ tions—is in the “Book of Armagh,” one
of the richest literary treasures of the
Irish libraries.—Daniel D. Bidwell in
New York Ledger.
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OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS.______
AN ORDINANCE more clearly defining the
A duties of the board of commissioners oi ;
public works:
Be it ordained by the city council of the city
of Galveston:
Section 1. That there shall be and is hereby 1
created in and for the city a board called the
commissioners of public works, to consist of five I
members, one of whom shall ba the city engi-
neer and four, each of whom shall be a free-
holder and qualified voter in the city of Gal-
veston and not less than thirty years of age, to be :
appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the (
city council, who shall hold their office^ for -
the term of two years, and until their succes-
sors are duly elected and qualified.
Sec. 2. Said commissioners, except the city
engineer, who is provided for in the regui ar sal-
ary list of city officers,shall be entitled to receive
such salary as the city council may determine,
not to exceed three hundred dollars each per
annum, payable quarterly.
Sec. 3. The mayor, with the approval of the
city council, shall have the power to remove
any commissioner for cause and to fill any va-
cancy occurring in said office, “either from
death, resignation, removal from the city or
other cause.
Sec. 4. The mayor shall issue commissions
to the persons appointed as commissioners,
designating the term for which they are sev-
erally appointed.
Sec. 5. Said commissioners shall take the
oath of office required of other officers of said
city, and shall give bond for the faithful per-
formance of their duties, payable-to the city of
Galvestou, in the sum of ten thousand dollars,
to be approved by the committee on finance
aud revenue of the city council, provided that ,
the city engineer shall not be required to give
other thau his bond as city engineer. i
Sec. 6. Said commissioners, upon their ap-
pointment and qualification, shall organize by ,
the election of a president from their own num-
ber. The city clerk shall be the secretary for
said board, and shall keep a record of its pro-
ceedings, aud a majority of the commissioners
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business.
Sec. 7. No commissioner shall absent him-
self from any meeting, except for good cause,
and an excuse for non-attendance shall be en-
tered in the minute book of said board of com-
missioners, and if, at any time, more than two
commissioners shall be absent from the city,
the mayor, if he believes it to be necessary,sbal
have the. authority, with the consent of the ’
citv council, temporarily to appoint a new
member on said board until the return of one
of the absent members, who must qualify
however, in the same manner as the regularly
elected commissioners.
sec. 8. Said board shall have charge of the
execution of all public works of a permanent
character, such as filling, grading, paving, re-
pairing or otherwise improving any street,
alley, avenue or sidewalks; the abating of any
nuisance; the providing for, establishing or
building of sewers or a system of sewerage; the
erection of public buildings and garbage cre-
matories; the laying out, improving and beauti-
fying of esplanades, squares and public grounds,
; and all other improvements and works of a
public and permanent nature, except such as
. are required or authorized to be done through
tt.e board of commL-sioners of waterworks and
! the school trustees.
i Sec. 9. After the city council, upon consider-
i ation of the report of the city engineer of tne
probable cost of any certain work or improve-
ment, in accordance with section 128 of the city
. charter, has determined that any such work or
improvement shall be made, said council shall
■ thereupon designate the same and the extent
, and character thereof by a proper resolution,
, and for a better uuderstandiug of the work to
be undertaken shall require of said board of
i commissioners of public works an approxi-
■ mate estimate of the cost thereof, which esti-
mate shall give auy such information on the
work to be done as the city council, in its judg-
ment, may require.
Sec. 10. Upon the annroval of said report of the
approximate cost by the city council, and when
• the city council has finally determined upon the
exact nature and extent of the work to be un-
dertaken, it shall then be the duty of the said
board of public works to prepare plans and speci-
fications lor such work, which plans and speei-
, fications shall be submitted to the city council
i for its approval.
Sec. 11. Upon the approval by the city coun
cil of the plans and specifications adopted by
the said board, it shall be the duty of the said
board of commissioners of public works to at
: once advertise for such a period of time as may
• be decided upon by the city council for pro-
i posals for the work according to said ap-
• proved plans and specifications, aud they
s shall let the work by contract upon con-
sideration of proposals received in answer
i to said advertisement; provided, however, that
said contracts shall only be made subject to the
> approval of the city council, and that said con-
tracts shall be signed by the mayor and counter-
signed by the city clerk before the same shall
: take effect.
See. 12. The city council may, upon recom-
mendation from said board of commissioners
of public works, authorize all work to be done
bYday’s work.
sec. 13. In all contracts for public works or
improvements, of whatever kind, in which the
city is interested, labor in and about the con-
struction of such work, contracts or improve-
ments shall be rated end paid for at not less
than two dollars per day of nine hours each.
Sec. 14. In the performance of any work or
improvement undertaken by said board of com-
missioners of public works any disputes or
differences that’ may arise between the con-
tractors and said board shall be referred to the
city council for its action thereon, aud the de-
cision of the city council thereou shall be final.
Sec. 15. The board shall keep a record of its
proceedings in a well bound book kept for that
purpose, and they shall report monthly to the
city council the progress of all works under
their charge.
Sec 16. The board shall make recommenda-
tions as to what further work should or could
be undertaken.
Sec. 17. The board shall approve all claims
for work or works under their charge entitled
to payment, which said claims shall be duly
audited and approved by the finance committee
before payment.
Sec. 18. No member of said board shall have
any other employment or office under the city
government while he is a member of said board,
except as herein provided.
Sec. 19.. The said commissioners shall be
deemed and taken as officers of the city aud
shall be liable to the provisions of the city
charter appertaining to city officers, and shall
also be liable to the provisions of article 250 of
the penal code.
Sec. 20. Any member of said board of com-
missioners of public works violating the pro-
visions of this ordinance, or failing or neglect-
ing to perform any of the duties hereby re-
quired of them, shall forfeit his position on
said board, by such failure or violation vacat-
ing his office and making himself ineligible to
any office iu or under the city government.
Read first time at regular meeting of the city
council March 7. 1892.
Read second time and passed at regular
meeting April 4th, 1892,
Approved April 19th, 1892.
R. L. Fulton, Mayor.
Attest; Dan’l J. Buckley, City Clerk__
AN ORDINANCE making it the duty of the
A Board of commissioners of Public Works to
require bond of street paving contractors to
maintain paving for a period of ten years with-
out expense to the city.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City
of Galveston:
Section 1. It shall be the duty of the Com-*
missioners of Public Works to require of all
contractor s for paving streets within the corpo-
rate limits of the city of Galveston, good and
sufficient bonds with not less than three sure-
ties on each bond, the sureties to reside in the
state of Texas; said bonds to be conditioned that
the paving to be done iu pursuance with said
contracts, shall be kept by the contractors in a
good and safe condition without expense to the
city of Galveston for the period of ten years from
the completion of said paving. Said bonds to be
a part of the specifications to be made by the
Commissioners of Public Works at the time of
the advertisement by them for bids for the pav-
ing which shall have been determined upon by
the City Council.Said b~nds to be in amount not
less than 10 per cent of the contract price to be
paid for such paving; due notice of such bonds
.to be made part of the advertisement for bids.
Read first time at regular meeting April 18,
LEGAL PUBLICATIONS,
TRlfsTEErS~SALE.
Whereas, heretofore to-wit: on the 7th
day of December, 1886, Louis Falkenthal
made, executed and delivered to the uuder-
s gned, as trustee, a deed of trust conveying to
the undersigned in trust the following de-
scrib, d real estate, situated, lying and being in
the city of Galveston, county of Galvestou,
state of Texas, and.particularly described upon
the map or plan of said city of Galveston as lot
number eight (8), in block number ninety-
seven (97), together with all the improvements
thereon situated, said deed of trust having been
made for the purpose oi securing the payment
oLa certain promissory note of even date with
said deed of trust for the sum of eight
hundred dollars ($800), made, executed and de-
livered by said Falkenthal to William Werner,
payable to the order of said Werner on or before
the 7th day of December, 1888,with interest at the
rate of twelve per cent per annum from date until
paid, payable quarterly; and whereas said note
has long since become due and payable, and the
principal thereof, together with interest there-
on from the 7th day of December, 1889, to date,
and also the interest that has accrued upo'.i the
quarterly installments of interest that have
matuted upon said note, remain wholly unpaid;
and whereas the undersigned, as trustee afore-
said, has been requested by W. H. Moeller, the
present holder and owner of said indebtedness,
to proceed in accordance with the provisions of
said deed of trust and make sale of said above
described property, and apply tbe proceeds
thereof to the satisfaction and payment of said
indebtedness. Now, therefore, all persons con-
cerned will take notice that I will offer for sale
to the high ess bidder for cash, at the Court
House door of Galveston county Texas, on
Tuesday, 3d day of May, 1892, between the
hours of 10 o’clock a. m. and 4 o’clock p. m., the
above described real estate; and I will make
such title to the purchaser thereof as 1 am
authorized to make under and by the terms o.
said deed of trust.
Witness my hand, this April 9,1892.
__M. E. KLEBERG, Trustee.
MISCELLANEOUS.
flUT FLOWERS—Floral designs made to order.
V MRS. F. G. LAVERENZ, 821 Mechanic St.
Tor Money and Bargains Call On
UNCLE EPH
Market Street, Third Building East of Bath Ave-
nue or Twentv-Fifth Rtraat
Ballinger Building, Galveston, T®z
j^ACO L. STEWART,
LAND LAWYER, .
2126 Strand, Galveston, Texas.
Land suits litigated aud land titles examined
in all parts of the state of Texaa.
Office of City Assessor )
Galveston, March 1, ’92. J
All persons, partnerships and corporations
A owning or controlling any real or personal
property within the limits of the City of Galves-
ton on the
FIRST DAY OF JANUARY 1892,
liable to taxation, are hereby noiified to call at
this office within two months after the publica-
tion of this notice and render for assessment a
full and complete list of such property so
owned or controlled by him, her or them, on the
first day of January 1892.
The time limited for rendition of aforesaid
property will expire on the THIRTIETH DAY
OF APRIL 1892, when the rendered roll will be
Closed. JAMES D. SHERWOOD,
City Assessor.
SANTA FE ROUTE.
QULF,
Endurance of a Horse.
A horse attains his growth in five
years; he will live twenty-five years and
average sixteen years. A horse will live
twenty-five days on water without solid
food, seventeen days without eating or
drinking, but only five days on solid
food without drinking. — Humane
World.
sW
TIME CARD
In Effect April 9,1892.
STATIONS
Galveston
Brenham
Temple
. Fort Worth... Lv
. Kansas City ...Lv
IrS?^1Dian Palace Buffet Sleepers <
Kansas city Express Trains.
Galveston ahu Houston Tbaihs—Daily.
10“5 n"mf0 a'to" 2-10 pita ’ 710 p,m-
uiiu p.m.
Ar. Houston,G„ O. R v. Depot—8.30 s.m., 3 50
p.m.,8.50„p. m,, 12.05 p. m.
9i(5pt'm1:Gentfl5,1'bepOS~8,45
hv. Houston, Central Depot—7.40 a.m., 1.50 p.m
5.2o p.m., 7.48 p.m.
Lv. Houston, G„ C. A S. F, Depot-7.55 a.ra., 2j 0
p.m., 5.40 p.m., 8.03 p.m.
vr. Galveston—9.35 a.m., 3.45 p.m., 7 20 p.m,,
9.45 p.m. . ’
The above mentioned trains are scheduled in
connection with the through trains of the
Houston & Texas Central and Southern Pacific
Co.’s Railways. Connections are made in Grand
Union Depot at Houston with through sleeping
cars fromGalveston to San Antonio,Nev Orleans
Dallas, and all points north, east and west,
H. G. THOMPSON,
n-AYl’l PftGfi andTlrr a
CARPENTER AND BUILDER.
flEORGE ROBERT,
Vi CAPENTER AND BUILDER,
All Work Promptly Attended to.
Residence, M bet. 27th an 28th.
GALVESTON, TEXAr.
One Way for a Star to Brighten.
Director Keeler, of the Alleghany ob-
servatory, was one of the first to receive
the news of the recent discovery of the
new star in Auriga, but on account oi
the cloudy weather and Pittsburg smoke
shutting out all observation he has not
yet clearly seen the visitor among the
heavenly bodies. In speaking of it he
said: “The new star, I think, has been
caused by collision. That is, however,
only supposition. It is possible that it
was formerly covered with a crust that
in some disturbance was broken and flew
off into space, leaving the molten inte-
rior visible to astronomers. Such occur-
rences are common. The outside of the
body becomes chilled, and losing its
brilliancy cannot be seen.
“If then the crust is broken by any
disturbance the star can be seen and is
heralded as a new body, when in reality
it may have been occupying the same
position for thousands of years.”-—Pitts-
burg Dispatch.
STENCILS, ETC.
JOS. V. LOVE,
STENCILS, RUBBERS STAMPS,
SEALS FOR NOTARIES, LODGES, ETC.
Corner Strand and Tremont Street.
FURNITURE MOVED.
FURNITURE MOVED—Ifi you have furniture,
I pianos or organs or anything to be moved
that requires experience and skill, call on or ad-
dress R. G. JAMES, Center St., between Post-
office and Market. Packing and shipping a
specialty. Only experienced men employed.
READ THE RATES.
£
g
J)R. T. McGORK,
SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN.
Private Diseases a Specialty. Consultation Free.
Office and Drug Store southeast corner 27th
and Market street
: The direct line for ali point’s in New :
: Mexico, Arizona and California. :
IT M. TRUEHEART & CO., of Galveston offer
11. 50 acres of fine land near Clear Creek
Station, pretty grove on it and low price.
Also 15 acres selected land near that.
Good garden, tracts from 10 to 20 acres, one
and one-half mile from Alvin, on railroad.
In the city, two pretty lots on Broadway be-
tween Thirty-fifth and Thirty sixth.
Cottage and one lot fronting south, on Market
between Sixteenth and Seventeenth.
Lots on M, M^, Thirty-third to Thirty-fifth
streets, on monthly payments.
Any where in Texas farming, timber and
pasture lands.
H, M. TRUEHEART & CO.
H. Kempner, Prest. M. Ullmakm Vise Prcal
Joseph F. Campbell, Cashier.
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