Herald and Planter (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 10, 1874 Page: 2 of 4
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. 10,1874.
8. LEE KYLE
. .TJMTOR.
ALL PERSONS owing for Farm Wghts
to use Boyall's Cotton-Worm Destroy*
jnimt T y immediately or tW will banned
Tlii« ia the order of Royñll « /■'_ t
W. L. SARTWELLB,
Aoesit.
STATEJJONVENTION.
Tim "Statesman," e short time since,
called upon the proas for mi of iiiion on
the i'l>ji)ct of llie'mimlusr of delegates
who should be elected to ropresont the
dato in tho approaching Constitutional
Convention.
To avoid nnneocssary expense, piolix-
ity of t|.;bnto and their infallible coii-
seqnence—along session—but fow per-
sons slionld be clioner for tliii important
work. To banish from their delib-
erations crude ideas, exploded theories,
and the uncompromising persistente of
honest hard headed, honest but imprac-
ticable fools, these few should bo selec-
ted from the greatest and most experi-
enced men of our State. It • is aliio
equally essential to tho satisfaction of
overy portion of onr State, that every
section should be adequately represented
-failing in this, sectional jealousy would
bo aroused.
From these data wc must estimate the
number of delegates. Modestly we
express as our opinion, that two dele-
gates from each distiiot will be as satis-
factory as any othor number. FuWer
than this would not bo consulored as
representing tho opinions of the people
of the state— larger number would
from their multitude alone occasion ex-
tended debate, and additional expense.
SHERIFFS SALES.
Considerable comment is being mnde
in the Texas pnpers in regard to the
■present method of advertising forced
sales of property. Noarly overy other
State requires that such notices should
bo published in tho county paper, and
tho advantago to tho owner of the prop-
erty by such publication has always
been considered a* overbalancing the
expnnso.
The present Texas system of posting
in three public places was adopted when
newspapers wore few, and ina>ntnined its
Msondoncy long enough. Property,
ofton of considerable value, is frequently
sacrificed for a petty amount and becomes
tho prey of some accidental purchaser or
somo shrewd speculator. Notices stuck
up at tbi%« public placos'aro no longer
"public nortees." .
We liavj refrained from speaking
upon tho subjcSl because tho chango to
publication in the paper would be a
sourco of income to us—tint now that
members of onr contemporaries arc ngi
tating tho matter we see no renson for
further hesitation. The Legislature
should consider tho mntter, and * wo
doubt not, that they will agreo with tho
public in the estimate which tlioy cvory-
wlioro place upon tho so cnllod "Public
iioticos stuck up in throo public places."
Wo learn from the stock men from
Bee county that tho buying of cattlo tor
shipment has entirely coasod for a while
There has been such a continuous buying
going on in that county for some time it
has consumed all tho marketable beeves
Buying still goos on in Live Oak, but
most of the stock bought aro for tho
Rockport packeriea instead of shipping.
Yorktown Nov 24,''74.—The ranks of
the old Texas Veterans and Pioneerr
have again been thinned by the loss of the
fearloss old Capt. J. Tomlinson. Ho had
rocoive4 baptism only a few days previous
to his death, and met death with the
aame calmness with which he had so of-
ten faeed it in battle with the treacher-
ous ludians and Mexicans. Ha was bur-
ied to-day with Masonic honors, mourn-
ed by his family and his- many friends
to whom his aged arm Mas still a strong
protection.—Cuero Star.
t3T See Cushing's Notice. Ill has
boon appointed agent for Landrath k
Son's garden Seeds, which he wlb in
original package*.
!CW Who hMgfltjp Christinas toy* I
Is Snnta Clana,4omlng this year f The
little onos arojuking, bnt we can't tell
them, na m merchant ia advertising
bis a'iivul<4ith dolls, drums, toys Ac.
News Items.
The stupenduos work of tunnelilig
the Hudson River opposite New York
was commenced last Tuesday. Jacob
Van Riper, of Jersey city, is tho contrac-
tor, and lie expccta to complete the
labor in three yea>s. The tunnel will
extend from the foot of Fifteenth street
Jo aey City, to tho (>ot of Christopher
New York. The work is being doue by
tlie Hudson Tuuuel Company, under the
now true railroad law.
Kalakua, he ol Hawaii, has at last
struck American soil, and a few days
more will likely find him safely in Wash-
ington, ou a high old convivial bust with
hi contemporaneous majesty, the pres-
ident of the United States. It is said
Kaltik. can stand up longer under the
influeiieo of Kentucky malt than any
other man in his own dominions and it
is expected jtliat things will bo lively
around thu capital shortly. We wlib
Kalak. a good timo of it, hoping if he
does take them—well, cvon a light at-
tack of American jim-jams is no laugh-
ing matter.
The Oregon Legislature lias passed a
bill enabling any person who loses mon-
ey at a gambling gamo to recover
double the amount lost. This makes
faro and ronlette a safe game, and the
members of tho Oregon Legislature will
now all bccome gamblers.
The stealing still continues in Joo
Turner's settlement, near Brownsville.
Turner has lost three horses recently.
An armed party crossed thirty-five
beeves into Mexico, below Brownsville,
night before last.
News from tho grasshopper districts
of Nebraska confirm all previous state-
ments as to thrfextent of the suffering.
The Suite Relief Society is shippin
supplies daily to tho suffering districts.
Gen. Old has been instructed from
Washington to ascertain what amount
of men's clothing will bo needed by the
sufferers.
The women aro discussing how to
support their clothcs. Among the men
a more important question is how to
support tho womeu.—Ex.
Plain enough, tho same way the
women support their clothes; gather
them around[thc waist*—Scdalia Bazoo.
A lady, Mrs. Fitzgerald, has taken the
contract to grado twenty miles of the
railroad now being constructed to San
Antonio. She 1ms sonio sixty mules
employed on the road, and is doing the
work in a satisfactory manner. This is
an excellent example for women's rights
sh tickers.
In Rapides there is asqund of Federal
troops stationed at every precinct in the.
parish. It had a moít singular effect,
and not contemplated by Packard, Em-
ory & Co. The negroes were embolden-1
cd to vote for whom they pleased with-
out fear troni their own color. The
result was a Democratic majority of 360
in a parish with a registered negro ma-
jority of 12000. Shreveport Times.
The Spaniards atSantandar forcibly
boarded and searched a British steamer.
John Bnll has scarcely concluded conn
ting the gold rocuived from the Virgiui-
. us aflair.
Mrs. Edward Stokes has obtained n
divorco from her beloved husband, who
now frolics at Sing Sing.
Washington, Dec. 1.—A commnni-
calion from Gon. Sheridan says that
aftor a thorough examination it is found
that Big Tree has not violated his parole
and therefore must remain unmolested
in tho Indian country,
Tho new postal card that is soon to
appear will be nearly whits'. It will bo
printed with black ink, and the border
will b« narrower than that on the postal
card now in use.
John Parks, of Texas, shipped a few
days since a car load of thoroughbred
bulls from Colorado to his rancho in
Texas. This is the first shipmont of the
kind to Texas from Colorado.
Boston, Dec. 1.—To-day is the coldest
of the season throughout the East, the
thermometer registering from three de-
grees below sero to seven above.
New York, Dec. 8.—A New Orleans
special states that Jndge Durell has sent
his resignation to the President
as United States District Judge. It is
■aid Walker Fern will be his successor.
Tho same spocial says that Kellogg is
negotiating for the sale of-all his proper-
ty in the state.
The Supremo Court of Indiana doci-
ded tlmt no State Tux could bo levied on
the Stork o( tho Western Union Tele-
graph Company, as the corporation was
h foreign one. The same court also
lecided that colored children have no
rights injhe schools provided for white
•liildren, as the Fourteenth Amendment
docs not delegate to the General Govern-
ment the li^ht to interfere with the
regulation of domestic ufi'.irs. Pretty
good for Indiana.
Savannah, Ga. Nov. 29.—Ex-Senator
Yule, of Florida writes hero saying that
tho statement now going the rounds of
the press to the cffect that he is engage.!
in buying up «lavo claims with the hope
that Congress will ultimately pay for the
emancipated negroes, is absurd ly false.
He says the loss of slave property is one
of the irredeemable losses of tho war and
the idea of any possible reclamation is
too wild to be entertained by sfine men.
Albany Dec. 1.—In tho Court of
Appeals, Kvarts, counsel for Beechef,
applied for tho bill of particulars,
which would doubtless be nasty. Roger
A. Pryor, counsel for Tilton, pleaded
against the prematuro ventilation of the
nastincss. The court took the. papers.
So far five colored men liavo been
elected to the next Congress and they
are all of then) new men. Two are from
Soutfi Carolina; one from North Carolina
ono from Alabama and one from Louisi-
ana. One of the South Carolinians, Lee,
is a Democrat, and was elected by a
Democratic and bolting Republican con-
stituency, and affords the novel spectacle
of a colored man representing the Dem-
ocracy of the Palmetto State iti. Con-
gress.
Deuison Nov. 30.—Yesterday morn-
ing City Marshal McDowell was notifi-
ed that a band of thieves were supposed
to be locnted in a cave just outside the
city limits. He (McDowell) with a
posse of officers proceeded to the cave
and succccdcd in arresting a party of
nine men, some of whom are well known
as notorious outlaws. I. Callian leader
of tho band was formerly a partner of
Dan Gallagher, who was hung at Hearne
a short time since. The party are now
lodged in tho calaboose awaiting exam-
ination. Denison has suffered a long
time at the hands of these outlaws. The
cavo in which they were concealed also
contained a largo amount of stolen prop-
erty I lie most of which has been claimed.
London Dec. 3.—The cable steamer
La Plata, honco to Rio Grande del Sur,
has foundered. Sixty("peisons were lost
and fourteen wero . rescued from her
boat after twenty-four hours of exposure.
Her loss is attributed to the shifting of
her grappling apparatus. The Captain,
Surgeon, and three other officers, the
engineer, seven stewards and cooks, elev-
en stokers, fourteen seamen and the
whole of the cable staff numbering six-
teen, including Mr., Rickets Cliiof Elec-
trician, were drowned.
Tho chief Steward, who was saced,
reports that the fires wero all out by 10
o'clock on the morning of the 29th. A
heavy gea carried away two of the boats.
Tho ship gradually settled by the stern
and at 12;30 foundered, stern first. Tho
captain and doctor were on tho bridge,
having failed to clear tho patent life
rafts, and went down witb,tho crew.
The decks burst as the steamer sunk.
HOMES IN TEXAS-
Colonel Georgo H. Sweet., editor of
tho "Texas New Yorker, "delivered an
addresp. at Tyrolean Hall, in St. Louis,
last week, on the subiect of "Homes in
Texas." Col. Sweet's remarks were di-
rected to the workingmen of the West,
who are laboring there for merely the
necessaries of life. During the course
of his remarks, he introduced the fol-
lowing statistical information in rela-
tion to Texas.
"Onr population in 1835 was estima-
ted at 50,000. In 1845, dato of annex-
ation, at 150,000; in 1800, by the
United States census returns, 601,039,
and by tho census of 1870, wo showed
818,479. We have received a large
accession to our population since 1870,
and the number of the inhabitants is
now estimated at from a million and a
quarter to a million and a half.
By the censns returns of 1870 we had
included in farms 18,396,523 acras of
land, only 2,954,836 of which wore ac-
tually in a state of cultivation under
fences—the remainder representing
wood and pasture lands lying open to
the public.
Tl)e total number of farms in 1870
was 91,125, as agninst 42,891 in 1860>
and 12,108 in 1850. This shows an
increase in twenty years of over fivefold.
Tho United States Commissioner of
Agriculture, at Washington, well re-
marks: ''No State in the Union grows
so successfully snc.h a variety of crops as
Texas.
Of live stock, the census returns of
1870 showed 424,504 horses, 'about
02.090 mules, 3,494,043 cattle, ovor
1,200,000 hogs, and about 1,000,000
sheep and goats.
In 1870 we raised about 500,000
bushels of wheat. We have an area of
the very best of wheat growing land,
and in capacity equal to 20,000,000
bushels annually, with proportionate
amounts of rye and barley. In 1870
we raised over. 20,000.000 bushels of
corn;*we can raise a hundred million, or
for that matter, five hundred million if
we can be assured of a market for it.
By the census of 1870 wo gave to
commerce 350,628 bales of cotton. Last
year we gave about 500,000. This
year we expfceted over six, but the lato
drouth,•which lins been severe may re-
duce the crop to the proportion of last
year. But of this great staple, Colonel
Thomas A. Scott, ono of the shrewd-
est financial and business men in Amer-
ica, once said of Texas ; "IJer cotton
capacity is more than equal to the a-
"moupt now raised in tho whole Uni-
ted States."
In 1870 wo produced about 4,000,000
pounds of butter, 35,000 pounds of
cheese, over 2000 hogsheads of sugar
and 240,062 gallons of molasses; about
3,000,000 bushels of Irish and sweet
potatoes, and 00.000 pounds of tobacco;
but it is unnecessary to noto these items
further. Our area is about eqnal to the
Empire of Austria, and we can produce
everything equal to the supply of labor
to raise it and the facilities offered for
marketing it.
Our total state debt is about $3,590.,
000.
Onr total State and county taxes arc
about $1 on tho $100.
New York city is $3.50 on the
$100.
Koontz, f. m. c. who was con-
victed at the July term of the District
Court of stealing from a house and who
has been awaiting in our jail the result
of an appeal to the Supremo Court, has
his mind easy now. The sentence is
affirmed.
NOTICE!
A.LL PERSONS holding claims a-
gjiinst the Kstate of H. R. McLean, decVI,
will present the same for allowance within
the period of twelve months from the date
of tliii notice. If prese.ited after the expi-
ration of twelve mnnfhs, they will be post-
poned for payment until those presented and
allowed within that date are paid.
Persons indebted to said estate must
make payment immediately, and save ex-
pense of collection.
M. V. Klnnison,
John Woods,
Administ'rs of Est of H. ,R. McLean, d?o'd.
Halletsville Nov. 18th 1874.
SCHOOL.
M>S. J. E. VISER will open a pri-
vate school at her residence in Halletsville
on the 2nd Monday in January, 1875,
"TERMS A3 USUAL"
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
WE ARE OFFERING it low figures
in lots to suit purchasers, the fol-
lowing desoribedjtracts of land, viz:
1000 Acres of the Living League, in Lava-
pa County.
770 Acres of the J. O. Hoskinj league in „
1000 „ A. rf. White „ „
4428 „ The Thomas Bridges „ ,.
500 „ patented to V. & O. Ellis, Ass'e
near Flattonia.
300 Acres of tho Thrnnas G. Hanks league.
400 „ Wm. Ponton & Jas. Lyon „
400 „ Presnell league adjoin'g Hallet .,
320 „ Graves Fuleber Surrey in Lavaca
County.
040
ton.
100
125
220
2000
Aores of the David Files „ near Moul-
John Smothers' league iu L. C.
Jas. Kerr „ „
Josiah Dowliug H'dright „
in various other surveys, located in
nearly, every part of the oouuty.
Also 857 Aores of land off the John
Smothers lcrgue—well improved—known
as the Autrey plaoe.
100 Aores of Improved land, on* mile,
from Halletsville, known as the Claiborn
Moore place.
150 Aores Improved land, one mile and a
half from Halletsville, known as the Jesse
Shackelford plaoe.
One Dwelling Honse with out-houses &o
and five Aores of land in the town of Hal
letsville.
For terms apply to ELLIS & RUSSELL
Real Estate Agents
Halletsville, Oct, 20 1874. 2m
Professional Cards.
JESSE GREEN.
A ttorney-a t- Law.
HALLETSVILLE,
TEXAS."
Will practice in the District and Inte-
rior Courts of^Lavaoa and adjioning conn-
tie .'
~ law card.
A_rth.ur T?. 33agfoy
Will prsctioe law in any Court jn the
State iu which he may be employed.
Halletsville, Nov, 14. 1873.
y.
A O. ELLIS,
"* i
Attorneys-at-Law,
HALLETSVILLE,
Lavaca Cuu , Texas, '
/
Will give prompt attention to all matte
entrosted to them, and practice in all the
Oourts of the State. nl-Oin
**■
8. c patton. w. h. tevi8.
PATTON & TEVIS,
Attorn eys-at-Law,
and
Collecting and Real Estute Agents^
HALLETSVILLE,
Lavhcn County, - - - Texas.
Prompt attention given to all business en-
trusted to them, in Lavaca and
adjoining Counties. nl*6m
REAL ESTATE AGENCY.
f. & O. FLLI8
Att'ya at Law.
o. rüh8ell.
County Surveyor.
ELLIS & RUSSELL,
Halletsville Lavaca County, Texas,
WILL make Personal Examination
of Lands and Titles, pay taxes for
non-residents, make surveys, locations eto.
buy and sell lands on commission, and at-
tend to land business generally! in Lavaca
and adjoining Counties.
Office over Bennett's Brug Store.
sepl2-0m
S. LEE KYLE.
ATTORNEY at LAW
Will practice in any of the Courts of
the 20th Judicial District.
Particular attention paid to the
prompt collection of dclit*.
Halletsville, Texas, Jan. 22 1874
JAMES E. LAY, M. D.
Accoucheur an«l Surgeon,
halletsville, texas,
Respectfully tenders his professional servi-
ces to the public.
Office at J. E. Lay & Co.'s Drug Store.
nl-12m
B. W. 15RISTOW. M. D.
General Practitioner
OF MEDICINE.
HA LLETS VILLE, TEX A S.
Office at the Drug Store of Bennet &
Slielev.
K. J. rUTNK*.
Attorney—a t-—Law.
Post Oak Giro vé Lavaca county
WILL practioe in all the courts of Lavaca
and adjoining counties.
In all cases in the Distriot Court he will
have the assistance of A. P Biigby.
IF TOU WANT A GOOD DItiNK OP
Brandy, Whisky, or Lager Beer,
GO TO-
JOHN SPEARY'S^
East from the Court House Square,
H A.LLETS VILLE TBXA B
Also Tobaooo, Cigars, Sardines, Oysters,
Cakes and dinger Beer.
There is also attached to the honae n fine Jenny Lind
Table, for amusement in leisure hours. nl-6m
william KROSCHEL,
Groceries, Canned Fruits,
LIQ XT O R S, ETC.
ALSO A
IB ar Room,
AND
BILLIARDSALOON.
Murchison Lodge, No. 80,
A. F. & A. M..
gTATED Meetings at the Masonic Hall,
in the town of Halletsville, on the Sat-
urday ol, or prodding thoFull Moon of eaoh
month. All Master Masons in good stand-
ing ' are invited to attend.
T. B. FOSTER, W. M.
Sam. Dkvall' Sec.
t. heyck.
v. bblfsbich,
HEYCK 4c HELFER1CH,
(Late of Lavaca)
$ttittal (iotuntission
MERCHANTS,
216 Strand, - - - Galveston.
iuly17r
II. Runge.
E. Koitt'crt,
Wm. Frobeim.
Edw. Humee.
h. runge & co.,
"Wholesale Q-kocers.
COMMISSION AND
FORWARDING MERCHANTS
indianola, victoria, cukro,
_ TEXAS. Bept0-0m
,'ujfttcmofi urn.
Tho undersigned having accepted the
agtiicy for the Counties of LAVACA
GOKZALES, FAYETTE und COLOBADO
from
MESSRS. A. ALLEN & CO.
Galveston, Texas. -
Wholesale and Betail Dealers in
MONUMENTS, TOMBS, HEADSTONES
IRON RAILINGS & C
will visit the citizens of Baid counties, and
respectfully asks their patronage.
J. PHILLIPS,
Postoffice at Hackberry, Lavaca Co.
TO CATTTLE DROVSBS
Of 1874-1875
oo
Parties Wishing to deliver
cattle of all classes to tlie
TR^SPALACIOS RENDERING HOUSE
in Matagorda county, for cash, coin on delivery ore
notified that they <ui co m> 1he mxi ivcho
months but from lnt Dec. to 1st of June I do not
want anything but cattla in lat or good order.
Schedule of prices furnished. W. B. GPJM1-6.
BOX 2.0 Indiaiioln,
Texu*.
Attention!
Choicc Airicnltnral Lacfl forSale! I
rrtIE UNDERSIGNED offers for s le>
-L the Edwin iihiikson League of land,
and on udjoiniiiB tract of 731) Acre , ni irntcd in La-
vaca county, Texas, about ci*ht milra north *<, t
from IliilietuviUe, rif¡)u mile* wiuth went froui 11a-
tonia, eigl.t miles southeast tro in Moulton, and wv
en milts north en t troin Sweet Home, on the west
bank of the Lavuca lilvcr. Also a tract of
Eleven kc.ndiied & uiiuty-four acke
in the snme county, one mile north from Pweet
Homo, on th«« north bank of Tonton1* Cre*-k, a jmrfc
of the Anthony Brown League, and contain the*
well known Anthony Grove.
These lands in point of location, fertility and va-
riety of soil, timber, wat« r and rock, cannot be mir-
pasacd by any in the State, and will be xoM to any
desiring to purchase, in lo h to suit tbem. Titles
clear And undisputed. Those who wish to «ce the
ab ve named hinds or obtain further information
concerning the aame, are referred to H. H, Russell.
County surveyor, of Lavaca county, who ia author-
ized to sell them.
_ GEORGE "WITTINCL.
February 1 1874.—1 jr.
GEO, WITTING,
Receiving, Porwurdli^g
■ __ ASO
Commission Merchant,
Columbus, - - - - . Texjs.
Cotton on storage or in transit insured
against fire by open policy, if desired.
agents for
STRAUBS MILLS,
(Queen of the Sontli.)
PRATTS COTTON GINS,
Of all size
dlberlson <t Brooks'
Revolving Cotton Press
and
/ST Bnckcye Mowing Machines.
M Y. Kihnmon
John Woods
K
INNISON & "WOODS,
A ttorn e ys-al- Law,
Hali.etbvij,le, Lavaca Co., Texas
WILL praotice Law in the Distriot
Court of Lavaca and adjoining connties
also in the Supreme Conrt at Galveston.
WHAT 18 A WATCH WORTH THAT WONT
KEFP TIME 7
M. BERNSTEIN, (from Italy,)
WATCHMAKER é JEWELER
Has permanently loeated in Halletsville,
and can say to the citizens of Lavaca Coun-
ty that with a long experience, he feels as
sured that he will give satisfaction in every
case. Watches and Clocks repaired and
warranted for twelve months.
Shop at Rice's Barber Saloon,
H, BOCK*
J. W. BLAKENEY.
H. BOCK &CO.
Connlulti lertlat'
anddbauus w
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES.
HARDWARE
AED
GENERAL A¡ BR 7HANDISE:
WEIMAR, TEXAS. Dec. 18th. tft*
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