The Age. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 286, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 30, 1876 Page: 1 of 4
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s L. GOHLMAN & CO.
THE FINEST
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Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Bar in Houston,
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NEXT TO THE POSTOFFICP
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ESTAB’D IN 1871.
HOUSTON, TEXAS, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 30, 1876.
VOL. V No. 286.
The Staked Plains not a Dnsort.
Opinions and Personals.
A New Railroad.
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
A JOURNALIST
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Dallas, Texas.
E. C. STOCKTON,
BEAL STA’TE EBEOIEE,
Van Alstyne’s Building, Main St..
TEXAS.
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the bar.
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WOOD - WOOD-WOOD.
Ho iiston.
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WACO BAR MEETING.
The Crescent Saloon,
Opposite the Postoffice,
ED. MAHONEY,
Proprietor.
What Shall We Drink?
What the Ladies Thought.
defeating the
NO MORE
Fractional Currency!
LAWYERS-
No 6'. Preston Street.
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Austin, Texas-
J. C. CONLTH’H,
DRUGGIST & APOTHECARY,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Opposite the Courthouse,
Agency System Exposed!
HOUSTON.
TEXAS.
Staple & Fancy
Manufacturer of
GROGERT E8
C—AND—
LIQUORS, ETC.,
Chill and Fever Tonic.
MAIN STREET, Corner of Commerce,
HOUSTON,
TEXAS
nomination of Mr.
Merchants' Creuit Protection Society,
a butter dealer.
Alas' poor Tilden,
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The finest Saloon in Houston, where none
but pure liquors are dispensed to customer
Polite and attentive bar-keepers always at
Texas
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HOUSTON,
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Writer. Address,
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Specie Payment
RESUMED
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The prairies around Sherman are
said to be bright with ripe strawber-
ries, that grow wild in that favored
section.
Are hereby notified that they can get spe-
cie in exchange for bills, besides *
THE GREATEST BARGAINS
Price Reduced Thirty-Three and
Third Per Cent.
VISITORS TO THE STATE
FAIR
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General Hardware,
CUTLERY, GUNS,
Every Business Man Reads
THE COMMERCIAL
The Worfd is too Much - Gorerned.77
Dancing Academy
AT GRAY’S HALL.
Or a Benefit?
BY THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGHER.
—IN—
Shoes, Boots Clothing
Hats, and
Furnishing Goods,
And will not be troubled with dilapidated
fractional currency by calling at
LOEB & SCHOENMANN,
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It is generally understood that Mr.
Belmont has purchased Mr. Marble’s
shares, and that the World will
The Woodhull is lecturing in Phil-
adelphia, and the Times of that city
expresses this opinion about her :
She is a fearless disputant, able
and entertaining as a speaker, and
would be pretty useful in her way if
she did not assume that all creation
is upside down morally, socially,
politically and pretty much every
other way.
IMPERIAL SALOON,
C. C. GEHRING, Prop.,
AER’S BUILDING, OPPOSITE THE MARKET
The furniture and lease of the Shaw House,
in Austin, is for sale. The house contains
sixteen bed rooms, offices, dining room and
kitchen and all conveniences necessary. This
house is well and favorably known, being but
a half block from the city market and one
block from the railroad depot. Will take part
cash and the balance in cows, ponies or un-
improved land. Address,
Brady Pollack,
This question is most pertinent. We all
know that alcoholie liquors are destructive
to mind and tody. To supply the commu-
nity with a much reeded desideratum D
Rosenfield has purchased, at a cost of
$3500, Soda Water Fountein, which will
enable him to dispense, at all times, the
Purest, Best and Coldest Soda in the state.
Also, Mead, Root Brier, Ginger Ale, Sara-
toga Spring Water, Vichy, Kisseng.cn, etc.;
also always on hand a fine stuck OE con-
fectionery. mavlitt
The Sherman Register states that
a Mr. Fitch, “near Sherman, has an
hundred acre field of volunteer oats,
which has yielded one hundred oush-
cls per acre. This is better than cot-
ton.
I will for the next two months deliver in
art of the city of Houston
Oak Wood at $3.75 Per Cord
—AND—■
Pine at $3.25 Per Cord.
I have on hand some five hundred cords
and am prepared to deliver without delay.
Of course at the above reduced rates, I shall
expect to receive the cash upon delivery.
Orders can be left at Mike Harrington’s
Store, 5th Ward, or at the County Clerk’s
office, in the city of Houston.
maylstf HAMPTON WESTCOTT.
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richest theatrical manager, worth
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IS THE
Secret Inquisition a
y
A Chance
—FOR—
SOME ENTERPRISING PERSON.
Convention. They claim to have
assurances of support from Wiscon-
sin, Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana,
Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa and
Michigan.
Mr. William Henry Hurlbert pub-
lishes the following card in the Now
York World of yesterday: “ After
the New York Democratic State
Convention at Utica had adopted a
ptatform reaffirming the Syracuse
platforms of 1874 and 1875, and had
presented the name of Governor Til-
der for President to the National
Democratic Convention, soon to meet
in St. Louis, Mr. Marble accepted an
offer from the undersigned, which
had been open several months, for the
purchase of all the shares of the
stock of 1 The World Company,’ and
the transfer was effected last month.”
ingly reprehensible as <
speedy execution of
Of-
The remark is proverbial that when ladies
pass one another on the street they turn
round to ook at one another, but the rule is
not so universal in the case of ge tiemen, A
tew days since we noticed on Main street a
couple of pretty girls tripping alog light as
air; they were evidently girls who apprecia-
ted the beautirul. Presently a young gen-
tleman passed them arrayed in anew suit of
spring clothi g ot exquisite fit. The temp-
tation was irresistable; the girls turned
round and one of them involuntarily ex-
claimed, “Oh, what a beautiful suit!”
“And how perfect a it." said the other,
“ they must have been made by Bernstein &
Cohei.,” remarked the iormer; “th y keep
on Congress street, near Main, and are no-
ted all over town for their elegant and well
tilting garments for gentlemen. I wouldn’t
mind being a man myself to wear sueh
clothes.” ' avr1stf
Senate : Petition from citizens of
Liberty county presented asking for
a law making it a penal offence to
kill unbranded stock.
Bills introduced : To more effect-
ually provide for registration of
mortgages. To organise an armed
force for the suppression of crime,
and to arrest offenders, An amend-
ment regulating attachments. An
act, by Mr. Brady, authorizing the
city of Houston to improve and pro-
tect the navigation of Buffalo Bayou ;
also a protest against same by citi-
zens of Harris county.
Bills passed : An act to pay Appel-
late Court judges. For publication
of the general laws. To suspend
collection of road tax, for 1876. To
transfer cases from late Criminal
Courts to District Courts. Regula
ting civil juries. To make penal,
words or gestures to provoke assault.
Fixing salaries of special judges.
House : Adverse report made and
adopted on bill for sale of school
lands. Bill for-pensions to Mexican
War Veterans passed to engrossment.
A resolution was adopted enquiring
into the manner in which the Public
Printing is done.
strangely ignorant of human nature
who supposes a conviction possible
__ ! under such circumstances. It is to
Sheridan Shook is said to be the j lift the profession above tricks such
■ - ■ • 1 as these, that the Examiner is labor _________ ____ .
ing, and, by the blessing of God,we ll advocate the ______________ _____
not abandon the fight until th? victo- Bayard, who is known to be Mr. Bel-
ry is won. .. mont’s favorite.
PROF. H. L. COTTON and LADY in-
forms the citizens of Houston that they will
give instructions in all the Latest and most
if ashionable styles of Dancing, Ballroom and
Parlor Etiqnette, commencing Friday and
Saturday, the 2nd and 3rd of June, 187G.
Misses and Masters class at 5 o’clock p. m.
on F ridays and Saturdays, and Gentlemen’s
class on Mondays and Thursdays at 8 o’clock
p. m. Instruction will be given il the Ger-
man Dance if a private class is made up of
sixteen or thirty-two— one half of either
number to be ladies. Terms reasonable.
For full particulars and terms of tuition ap- .
ply to PROF. COTTON.
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G. W. K A FFENBER GER,
assured that a railroad from that i .
, , ; Daily or Weekly as Paragraphist, or Leader
city to Palestine, and possibly be- 1
yond,-will be bgilt. It will penetrate
a fine grain and timber country and
would be of great advantage to Dal-
las and to the section through which
The Waco Examiner is making
some strong points in its war upon
the criminal practice of attorneys,
who it holds responsible for the
escape of many bad men from the
toils of the law. The Examiner
mentions the following incident in
this connection, and we approve its
conclusion :
Scarcely twelve months since a
party was on trial in a neighboring
county, charged with poisoning a
man, under circumstances of pecu-
liar enormity. Circumstances point-
ed very strongly to the guilt of the
accused. Able counsel was procurred.
Judge, jury and a deeply interested
crowd of spectators were present.
The examination of witnesses pro-
ceeded, technical difficulties in testi-
mony and an eloquent advocate
brought the accused off in triumph.
While the lawyer was addressing
the jury, it was so arranged that
at the moment when the dramatic
interest in the speech was at its
highest pitch, a little child of the ac-
cused came toddling from its mother’s
knee toward the lawyer, he took it
in his arms, and with streaming eyes
turned to the judge and jury. He is
Special attention given to coastguments
of all kinde ol Couuiry Produce. mays
Has the Purest Whiskies aid Brandies to
be found in any bar room in the city. The
best Imported Wines and Cigars Western
-ager, of all makes, constantly on draft.
Give us a trial. ‘ 1.ch2‘tf
the laws,
in order
MILLS-
ONE PRICECOD CLOTH-"
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8. L. GOHLMAN. | H. J. HARBY.
RAILROAD, MILL SUPPLIES
§2,000,000. In former years he was
second edition just published, cotains 200
pages, beautifully bound in cloth. Send for
it -at once and see the Secret Black List
of Houston, with eighty other cities Price, I
$3. Mailed free to any address.
prtnSATt, Also constantly on hand Perfumery. Hair
! Pl section boolcty, Brushes, Janey Articles, etc. Physicians
58 Liberty St., New York- prescriptions earefully compounded, nov26tf
The Dallas Herald states that it is ; Desires a position on some Metropolitan
JNO. SHEARN. W. H. LLOYD.
SHEARN & LLOYD,
Cotton and Produce Factors,
HOUSTON, - - - TEXAS
Liberal cash advances made on Cotton
Wool. Hides and Western Produce.
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The Waco Examiner contains the
proceedings of a bar meeting in that
city, which comprised the report of
Dr. Stonebreaker, setting forth his
reasons for certain charges made by
him against certain members of the
legal fraternity of Waco in the mat-
ter of securing contiuances in the
trial of criminals, and the remarks
of several lawyers upon said report.
The resume of Dr. Stonebraker
is very damaging to Judge Battle in
his capacity as judge and reflects
upon attorney Anderson. But the
latter possibly did nothing but what
criminal lawyers arc doing every
day, in securing the postponement of
the trial of causes on account of the
alleged absence of important?) wit-
nesses, albeit the practice is exceed-
The meeting adjournd
E. P. HAMBLEN,
ATTORNEY at LAw,
Office over Peter Floeck’s Bank, Congress
Street,
Jefferson Davis and family have
gone to Europe.
Commodore Vanderbilt will be 82
next Saturday. His health improves
slowly.
The poet Longfellow, now in
Philadelphia, takes position with
Archbishop Wood in favor of open-
ing the Centennial buildings on Sun-
day afternoons.
Gen. Jubal A. Early has been
chosen a delegate to the Conservative
State Convention of Virginia.
General D. H. Hill is spoken of in
the North Carolina papers for the
position of Superintendent of Public
Instruction in that State.
The New York Tribune now con-
cludes that the selection of William
M. Evarts as the Republican candi-
didate for the Presidency is not an
improbable contingency.
Although strong for Tilden the
Louisville Courier-Journal gives no-
tice that if Governor Allen is nomi-
nated at St. Louis ho will support
him.
Ira D. Sankey now sings in the
choir of the M. E. Church atNewcas
tie. It is said this gentleman be-
longed to Christy’s Minstrels, under
the name of Frank Lesley, years
ago.
The New York'Sun is confident
that Gov. Hayes will receive the
Cincinnati nomination, and notifies
those intending to vote the Republi-
can ticket to be prepared to cast
their suffrages for him.
The Buffalo Express (Rep.) per-
sists in saying that Mr. Conkling is
not the first choice of the Republican
party in the State of New York, and
that outside of it he has no support
worth speaking of.
The Richmond Enquirer says:
What the people want is Reconcilia-
tion, Retrenchment and Reform, and
demand of either Convention. can-
didates firmly planted on this plat-
form.
The Pittsburg Post puts it in this
way : The bugle call for the St. Louis
Convention will be, “No forced con-
traction, no forced expansion, no
forced resumption.” Candidates who
are not prepared to stand upon this
had better take a back seat, or prepare
for a first class funeral.
Suppose, for instance, the Repub-
lican candidate should turn out to be
Conkling and the Democratic candi-
date William Allen, would it be very
hard work to stavt a third party?
Wouldn’t it start itself ? That’s the
way the New York Tribune looks
at it.
The Louisville Courier Journal
thinks the action of the Methodist
Conference in the rejection of all
ministerial candidates who use tobac-
co will, in a measure, put a stop to
the curious priestly custom of pray-
ing in the pulpit with a "sweet morsel
of “fine cut” rolling beneath the
tongue.
Estimating the strength of the
Republican candidates for the Presi-
dency, the Cincinnati Commercial
says : “ We think it settled that Bris-
tow will have the largest vote on the
first ballot, and that he will be rapid
ly reinforced from Tennessee, Ohio
and New York, acquiring a prepon-
derance and momentum that will
give him the nomination.”
The New York Times learns from
Washington that the friends of Sena-
tor Cameron, of Wisconsin, will pre-
sent his name to the Cincinnati
The Weatherford Times says :
The surveying party of the Texas
& Pacific railway company, which
left here last November in charge of
Gen. J. J. Byrne, have completed
their labors and returned. The
General has not yet reached the city,
having been detained for a few days
at Fort Griffin. From Mr. Wm. B.
Champlin, who had charge of one of
the parties, we glean the following
facts concerning their trip. The ex-
pedition was sent out to sectionize
the lands lying within the railroad
reservation, as far as the Pecos river.
The mild weather of last winter
made their expedition far more
pleasant than expected. From the
Brazos river io the edge of the
staked plains Mr. Champlin reports
the country as of the best class of
lands, the soil being of that black
alluvia character so well adapted
to the growing of wheat, while the
water exists in abundance in living
streams, or it can be had almost any-
where | at a depth of ten to thirty
feet, the entire country, as far west
as the 103d or 104th parallel, being
capablb of supporting a dense agri-
cultural population. The vast ex-'
tent of what is known as the
“Staked Plains” is of an excellent
quality of land, with the exception
of a /sand belt on the western edge
nearthe New Mexico boundary line,
which belt eutends some ninety miles
in length, with an average width of
twenty miles—where the land is
valueless. Water was to be had in
abundance, contrary to their expec
tations, and -the entire “ Staked
Plain ” country will favorably com-
pare with any portion of equal ex-
tent in Kansas or Colorado, the gen-
eral character of the soil being black
alluvial. No indications of min
erals were found after leaving Palo
Pinto county, and no hostile Indians
were encountered or heard of. Large
salt deposits exist near the Pecos,
but in general the character of the
entire country surveyed, is decidedly
a rich wheat growing section only
awaiting the advance ot railroads to
develop it into one of the richest and
most productive sections of our
State. Mr. Champlin is a man of
excellent judgment and his obser-
vations and impressions regard-
ing the country pass over, are full
confirmation of the fact that the
railroads in delaying the extension
of their lines westward, are only re-
tarding a country where their own
landed interests are immense, and
whose settlement would so vastly in-
crease the wealth and importance of
the State as well as of their own cor-
porations. What a future is before
this section should the roads be ex-
tended. With coal to be had in
abundance in this and adjoining coun-
ties, and west of us this vast wheat
growing country, to be peopled some-
time by a population whose wants
will create large manufacturing in
dustries, we would be placed as pro-
ducers far ahead of Illinois.
Certain members of the .Legisla-
ture seem to hesitate at providing
strong means for suppressing law-
lessness, and one of them has stated
that such measures are in their nature
“undemocratic.” To all hesitating
gentlemen we Commend the follow-
ing from the Weatherford Times,
which is typical of the now all-per-
vading feeling of the people of Tex-
as :
This horse stealing has been a cry-
ing evil in the State, and some ex-
treme and severe method must be
resorted to to abate it. As it now
is, all stock owners are in danger of
losing their stock at any time by
raids trom these outlaws. We trust
our legislators will pass some law
that will be severe enough to intimi-
date the scoundrels, and that the law
may be enforced upon them and jus-
tice meted out. If our law makers
do not take some action in the mat-
ter, other people will be compelled,
in self defense, to be their own judges
and check this nefarious and fast
growing evil.
ETC., ETC., ETC.,
76...........Main Street..
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
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to give Col. Anderson an opportunity
to reply, he being absent. Judge
Battle’s defence is not given by-tho
Examiner, although delivered in this
meeting, and the Doctor’s report
leaves him in an unfortunate attitude
before the general public of Texas.
Dr. Stonebraker has raised a ques-
tion of great pith and moment, and
it would be well for the State if we
had a great many more Dr. Stone-
breakers panoplied like him with
nerve and brain to attack and por-
tray what all must confess to be a
very great evil. The Examiner de
serves credit for standing up to its
correspondent.
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The Bastrop Advertiser states that
the corn crop prospects are so flat-
tering in that section that farmers
will be content with a profit of ton
cents on the bushel above the cost of
production. Corn “futures”- now rate
there at fifty cents per bushel.
Best Lunch, Finest Imported Wine
the Best Western Beer and the Purest oi
Liquors constantly at the bar. mayl5tf
it passed. The line from Dallas to
Palestine would be ninety-five miles
in length and its construction .would
give the former city a choice of two i
roads to the Gulf of Mexico. The
Herald concludes as follows :
Push the road out on the prolonged
line Southeast and it would go
through Houston, Trinity, Polk,
Tyler and Hardin to Orange county,
there to connect with an air line to
New Orleans. In going through the
counties last named this road would
penetrate the very heart of one of
the finest and grandest pine forests
in the United States. Long leaf
yellow pine in inexhaustible quanti-
ties would be opened to supply the
great lumber trade of the mighty
Northwest. Ourflour would be sent
to them in exchange. But even if
the road be not prolonged, beyond
Palestine, the building of the ninety
five miles between Dallas and that
point would make us the Indianapo-
lis of Texas and forever establish us
as the metropolis of North Texas.
This road, we assured, will be built.
curse Conliff’s Indian Physic
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