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VOL. Y-NO. 270,
DAILY MERCURY
J. IT B-AKER,
PBOFBDETOR. , ;j. \
EDITORS:
J. K. BUtSK J- H. WU-SON.
HOUSTON, TEXAS. FRIDAY MORNING. JULY 18. 1873.
K. R. CHKKSBOROUGH,
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etJE INDIAN PRISONERS.
Tree OMdret
Hututa i
is the
Huhtsyille, July 16, 1813.
j
|he avidity with which
etfery., detail connected with oar
Indian prisoners will be read, I
viated the penitentiary and eli-
cited the following facts, which
ww possess more than ordinary
interest to your readers:
SANTAXTA AXD BIS TUBE.
Santantais about 53 years of
above the average height,
compactly built. His face
, a thoughtful rather than a
treacherous look, and his large,
keen eye has nothing of the devil-
ish nT it except when angered,
it flashes and burns into
(•living cod&ff«&Kltl , „ ^
Big Tree, who is only a sort sff wanted,
second lieutenant to Santanta,
and has no influence with the
tribes, is a short, thick-set, wirey,
treacherous-looking savage, in
whose coal-black eye gleams
the desire to do deeds that
chill his blood to think
Strange to say, he is the most hi-
dustrious of the two, and has ac-
«*
OM Saves the Um
Bios. YeLfe and wife, with afiimily
of «nan children, settled in this
county something more than a
year ago, and being poor, they,
after many hardships, erected a
small dwelling and cleared a few
acres of land, but they were in the
wilderness ten miles from neigh-
bors. A few weeks ago the ffether
aad mother left their family, con-
sisting of •girl, aged 12 years, one
aged 9 years, and two other
children; aged respectively 3 years
and 13 months, on a trip to the
settlement to get a cow and bring
in some potatoes to plant After
the parents had been gone a few
hours the house took fire, and the
oldest girl immediately rushed to
the roof with water, but not being
able to remove the shingles she
could do nothing to stay the
flames, which gained rapidly,
spreading on the inside of the
roof, until bursting through they
drove hear from her work. The
heroic girl bow tamed her atten-
tion to saving her brothers and
sisters. Coming to the door of
the boildihg, she feund that the
child next to her own age had got
out of the house bringing the
baby with her, bat the little three
year dd had crouched under a
shaving home in the further cor-
ner of the room. There being: no
efcaahe? doer, the Are was dropp-
ing from the burning roof between
the child and the door, and when
asked to come out refused to do
so, saying: "I am safe here; the
fire dont drop here:
Our little heroine hesitated only
a moment, bat rushing through
the falling embers brought the
little one to asafeplace, both hav-
ing their clothes somewhat burnt.
But now comes the hardest part
of the taqk before her. Scantily
clothed and with no food she took
other children started upon the
trail for the settlement. After
going a-few miles she encountered
a rapid stream, swollen by the
spring rains, so that in fording it
the water came up to her arm-pits.
She first carried the babe across,
and then the little three-year old,
and lastly half led, half carried
the older sister through the water
to the other bank. Three times
during the remainder of the day
She struggled across the swollen
streams in her way until night set
in, the deep forest surrounding
her. Cold, wet, and hungry, she
ht a place to camp, and by
chews tobacco, of which
he is a passionate lover. At night
in person and
by the osiaal prison
and they are industrious by
.pspapsoeess. Big Tree, according
to this rule, works all the time.
He is employed in a shop in the
thhrd story, and it is carious to stefc
him look out of the window every
match
tiea; enrieua^t
the emotions of his heart, r~
in his free, as he pears into
woodland bordering the town.
~ thing, these ""
with those
with them,
* ^ ' ~ PL—
in the habits of the white man,
they have learned seme of his
ways. i fi
do things on the
ddes all he does
do open and above board, and
when reprimanded, plays igno-
rance, aad ef course escape® g He
often scolds Big Tree, in rigerotts
Kiowa, and sometimes he whips
hfauin rcal earnest The Indian
nation gives Big Tree no chance
1 back*, and he takes! it
By are both in good
thoagh Satanta is less Hie
refcast Indian he was when fi*st
incarcerated.
The friends of the Indian need
have no fears about their condi-
tion. Beit. - >
for fluting ba
mutely., Thej
LETTERS rmom THE
COUNTRY.
X — MT0Zj
Rn> Rites Station, Montague Co., k
July 13, 1873. £
Four men were hung four miles
north of this place, a few d%a
ago. for horse-stealing, and at-
tempting to stampede cattle. Sev
end large herds crossed the riyer
here, today. E. 8. Hughes.
Kacf*ax, July 14, IMS.
Editors Mercury:
The prospect here is good !o*
both corn aad cotton, and tfce
health of the neighborhood excel-
lent. * W.H,Pyle.
No mm jrould willingly lis
stretched ouyin one of those
ghastly of vuman institutions, a
"HerguSp ftnd if one were to
wakeilp and find himself there
withwWock under his head and a
wet abth over his face, he cannot
be blamed for walking off without
thanking the officers for their hos-
pitality. That's what a man did
in Milwaukee the other day when
he found himself in that disagree*
aide predicament, and the coroner
is indignant, and wants his fees.
found an old camp,
left by the Indians, upon which,
aboat one-half of the roof still re-
Under this she placed
her little flock mid then collected
pine boughs and made a rude bed.
Placing the little one in the mid-
dle. the heroic girl stripped off
her dress and spread it over the
children, then covered them with
boughs to keep them from the
chilly night air, and sat down be-
side them, to watch through that
, cold night, comforting the
little one when it cried, and
words of cheer to the
older one. The long, dreary hoars
ef night dragged slowly by, and;
at the first peep of day she re-
sumed her toilsome march, ftgdf
bid nearly reached the first set-
tler when she met her parents re-
turning. An older and a wiser
head might have found an easier
way oat of the dilemma, bat ire
feel certain that no one could have
acted braver or have endured
more than the little daughter of
Tfeonms Velfe .
Decision «f tlie International Railroad
Case. ^ • •<
We failed to note last week, as
we should have doae, the late de-
cision of the District Court of
Travis coaaty on the International
Saifcbad subsidy . The case was
a mandamus requiring Comptroller
Bledsoe to sign the bonds claimed
by this road. Judge Richardson
presided, and the case went before
a jury. Attorney-General
ander represented the State
of tie points plead was, that
charter and subsidy had been pro
cured by fraud and corruption
The pleas were not sustained be-
fore the jury, and the court grant
ed the mandamus. Appeal has
been taken to the Supreme Court.
The case cannot come up now be-
fore next spring.
The refusal of Comptroller Bled-
soe to sign these bonds has kept
the State of Texas out of more
Hum one hundred miles of rail-
road, delayed connection between
Jefferson and Cairo a year, and
when he comes before the court
foils to sustain a single point. Our
late Legislature, to aid him in the
mischief, endorsed his coarse, and
assumed to itself judiciary powers.
If Mr. Bledsoe had promptly
signed the bonds, as was his busi-
ness to do, Texas would now have
the benefit of the railroad, and the
case would still go before the courts,
where it-must be settled finally.
If the courts should decide ad-
versely to the railroad, the State
would have the road built and
in splendid running order anyway,
and at the expense of the Company.
Bat now, if it is so dasided, we
have nothing but a few miles of
road not very useful without more
to it. Bat if the courts now dej
cide in favor of the railroad, we
have the money to pay and wait
years longer before we get the
road. But our late Legislature
were asked to pass a general iaw,
said to be very much
tie State, but because the law
would have benefitted the Interna-
tional by forwarding its case in the
courts, it was not passed, and
other people also are made to saf-
fer. By all this the State and
people are not benefitted, and
never can be, bat they have been
damaged isKBMnsely, both in ma-
terial wealth and credit* no matter
how the case is finally decided.
And as the question, we suppose,
most finally turn simply upon the
constitutionality of the Legisla-
ture's granted the
ito right to make contracts
ing ttpon the State, tfe does not re-
quire much of a lawyer to I see
iWhafc the end is likely to be. We
do not know what special or gen-
eral law there may be* if any, gov-
ring such eases, but common
ne teaches that if a man or
State employe agents to do busi-
ness, the employer is responsible
for what is deaa If -
eats are employed, the
sioility is not changed.
State does net wish to be
ble for corrupt ^
eople must not employ carrapti-
le legislators. There may ibe
other remedies, but we know of
none consistent with the honor
and Credit of the State.-*2fercw
Baptist Herald, r, .-j,-. - ! ...
Baaks and Iafruraace.
J Wi "HOU S E,
BANKE^
No. 41 Mala Street, Hoeitoa, Texas
nsAUEam
Foreign ft Domestic Exchange.
EtCHANGU ON
LOHDOS,
r" HAMBUBO, "
LIVKBPOOL,
, HEW 70BK.
NEW 0BLKAH8.
Aad other cities, for sale In rats to ealt.
PepoetUfissiwd soda general BankingbneJ.
nese done tn aB UaJwaashee.
Bpeelal atteattao wfll be gtTen toeaUecUoas oo
this and all seoestfbla points. .; awiStf
THE CITY BANK OF HOIMTOX.
('.apitei
Bouerrom,
BBMJ. A. BOTT8,
m -
COLLECTIONS
..... -
"rti
Belied Mhe.
Washoe
•jwhic^iwill
of the hotel and springs." I®br the
following particulars in regard to
the affair, we are indebted to Br*
C. C. Green, of thia dty, who was
summoned by telegraph to the as-
sistance of the scalded man: Mr.
Cuflen was engaged in erecting a
new hath-hoose over a large
of boiling water for use in
mm*""
ation of the steociare had
bdd acrosstheboilhig jjooI, which is
four or five feet in depth, and Mr,;
Callen had wtdked out on oaeiof
these for the purpose of
a cross-timber, when he
aad fell into the scalding water,
The water was so deep that fit
reached nearly to his breast-
bone, and was so hot that
aa egg was cooked in it in two
minutes. When he fell in it he
was ^tfcer so frightened or i^lt
such pain that for a time he
in a manner paralysed, and did
hardly anything toward getf"
oat. It is said that he was in
spring folly half a minute bef<
lie get oat, which he did at last
through his own exertions and tbe
help of a man who came to his as-
sistance. He was taken to the
hotel and stripped, when the
greater part of his skin slipped
off of his body from near the
breast-bone downward. C. A.
Putnam, State Printer, James
Gray, of this city, and o&ers, who
happened to be visiting at the
springs, did all that ooukf be done
for the suffering man pending the
arrival of the physician. They
get a large quantity of floor
packed the man in it, and kept
him in this condition till the doc
tor arrived. Br. Green rays the
man may be stud to be literally
cooked dive. As to /whether he
wiS live or not he cannot say, but
appears to think his recovery
wonld be little short of a miracle.
CuHen was in snch agony that the
doctor was obliged to give him
very heavy doses of opium to keep
him at all quiet.
Kar*er of a CW*M^,,S
A correspondent of the Elxnira
Advertiser gives an account of an
atrocious outrage committed upon
named Bridget Mc-
iloskey,eight years old, at the Fall
Creek coal mines, Bradford conn
Pennsylvania,on Saturday ev<
last, The supposed perpetrator is
a Welsh miner named Jones, who
accused of taking her from
firpet
, her body was found,
a long search, lying in the
shallow waters of ,a
runs through, a
a quarter of> mile
house. The suspected
arrested, and, alter an informal
examination, was ordered to be
taken to Towanda jail. The cor-
respondent continues : " It was
now dark... JJSwp or three hundred
men surrounded the house in
which the prisoner was guarded.
At the suggestion of some one a
vote was taken whether, upon the
evidence given, and bearing in
mind the iacts in relation to the
prisoner's previous behavior, he
vote was almost unanimi
in the affirmative. With
unanimity of feeling a rush was
made for the door, the guards
were thrust aside and the
seized. A rope wasp:
his neck and he was brought
forth. By some it was thought
advisable to cast him upon a burn-
ing log-heap near by. Finally,
under the muzzles of scores
of revolvers and guns he was
marched to the spot where the
murdered girt was found, mid
there told to repent and confess.'
Upon an improvised scaffold, with
feet and hands pinioned, the black
cap drawn and rope aroond his
neick, he averred his innocence.
Unbelieving, they were about to
lynch him, when the stillness of
the night was broken by the voice
of one of them, who said: ' My
countrymen, no doubt in our
minds the wretch is guilty, but we
have no sworn proof -T oar evidence
is only circumstantial; let the law
take its course.' Whereupon the
prisoner, so suddenly snatched
from toe opening grave, was
transferred to the proper c
and at midnight conveyed to the
Towanda jail, where he awaits
trial Rumors are afloat that
some other person is suspected."
•t • ■■ 1
It is
new poem, "Satan," will be a
iUsh good thing
TBXAB,
B. F. WKSMB,
Oashter.
Offers Its sank** to the public, aad satuttathe
aoooants of Merohanta, Bankers, and others
throagfcoatUM State.
Deposits received subject to check, sod In-
vest at rats made on tavozsMe terms.
WB1 give special attention to aoBeettons oa aU
ciflntolopciinfti. v. ... - ^ .
Bankers or merchants can remit money ot
drafts on this city and Galveston, sad have the
prooeeds transferred to their Northern, Western
aad Soatheia oorrespoadeats tree of charge, ex-
ceptfor Exchange.
IDlarootoars:
BKM. A. BOTTB ..PrsMdsat.
W. i. HUTCHENB, P. W. OBAY.
A. 1. BUBKS, OOB. BBB1B.
W. M. EIOB. B. B. OUSHIHQ.
Exchakos on Condon, Paris,rrankfort, Bremen
* *—- ^ ms to salt. -
W. 3. HtJTOHINS. T. L. BLAKTOB.
President Csahler,
ATIONAL EXCHANGE BASH
NJ
P3" OTJ3TON", ,TEXA.S.
MADS THBOUQBOOT
8TATE.
THB
WILL BUT JUTB SELL EXCHANGK .
Oa Ike principal cities la the United States and
solicited.
g IL, 8. E., B. & S. A.
S A YING8 BANK.
OORHER uT MAIN ABB HUBBUB STBEBX8,
■W A. HiOE,.........
UKSJ A. iJOTTS...
}•
...Vtee
Hi per omrI. interest paid « dsjuslts of tsn
dollars sad over left tor alxtr days.
Sams (Tom one Mar to one Oumumi. dettars
reosfved oa deposit, sol >eot to sight ehsek.
•eld, SBrar sad Oaneney beaght sad eoid.
; B. BAFHABL, Ageat.
J JOL'SVON INSURANCE COMPANY
HOUSTON, Mi'At,
Will tsk< Mrs aad Barias Bisks
Will
(itTKLL
■aa flu I ■
s?*s ■' j
8TO REBO U8Jk
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MERCHANDISE
la any pari et 4he State, ma
seat by aaail erhen requested.
W- i. B
B. A.
P. I.
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potcjjrw
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W. OBAT,
St j Cf^ 0,8. LOKOOOP*.
BOBT. BBBWBTBB.
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XiseeJhuiesBs AdrertlseBieBts.
yf J. HUTCHIN8,
OOTTTOlSr PAOTOR
OOBBlltlOa BBHCB A
nonrtntlT o
" napilt
U* EDWABB w. BRYAH,
SURGEON DENTIST
HODHTOI, TKXAB.
Kspertsl stssaassi glvea to ell teaachss o? 8ni
^idaad Mechanical Dentistry, astistoedon gasa
Omen Mafs THifW^t, sgpastts the Boa
More of 0. C. Beavsas. iSttMf
mSE BEST MUSIC BOOK,
* ill fiion,
9r
v.
rnss si aw.
gCBKE, TUBNEB ft CO.,
WBOUBUB BUUU IB
READY MADS CLOTHING,\
Gents' ParsUhlai Oesei, Hsta, fce.
i ffseaklla Street, aader Batehiaa Bsssfs,
sa^4r
H. G. $t R. P. PANNE1L,
► " s ... i
; UNDERTAKERS, j
haad a taivre snj>p!y at Battel
sod white, ef sUk. satin, asrtae sad brca 1
■ ar lsd*es sad reatiemen. We have also
•ve. elngsa* Btasese, with Masonic, Odd feBov
aad OathsHe Biahlsais. Metalle Oases. BBvSr
Moaaled Csskets. Mahogany. WNM||
PraSrle street, Uooston.Texse. Orders
mod Blotto as promptly attended toB
Si.'SIS*
irders tram Baft-
; tasstpt ot
Jaiyo*m
QE0B6E H. SLAU6BTEB,
ATTORNEY AT LAV,
- VBXA8
Jet* tf
oma n Oovaaaotjsa.
f!
HnBtsTlIle Adrertisement.
^ABD, HEW ET ft CO.
L.K8SKKB OF TUM
STATE - PE NIT
f" £... . v.;3 Xiti ifi ?
"Elxxritts-v-llle.rroatsfcs *
OPFttB AMD SAL. KM ROOMS
•. 20 Hsstss Str.et, t toast on.
. / . ' ' rxVt f
: .>«.♦ i ..
Bavtacaddec tooar vsrlons f actories aad Shops
thekteet Improve ents in machinery, we ere sow
prepared sad beg ave to offer to the public;
WBITB ABB OOLOBKD WOOlJIB KBB8BT8,
.V^SBABUBQB,
SABTABTA IBBBM8,
BIS TBBX tiEBBTOtOe,
OOTTOBADBS.
WOOUEB ABD I j
-c -- V-' *)■ J ,
OOTTOB YABB. BN. Izo,
BE A D TMADE CL 0THIN H
OF OOB OWB FACTUBED MATBBtAL.
'* ' . ' ^ ' . 4 ,g: •
BEDSTEAD ii,
'.' y,: UBAUta -M f./tu: j
BOCKINU jU'.IBh i
TASbA.
WKBAUt,
* - •" , \ (i.., .
WAMU viands.
BAFK8,
MATTEB8SBS,
PILLOWS,
WAOONS,
;'i OABi'a.
W H KifLU A HBO WS,
- ■ - w :
DEAIfB. sro., arc.
HAND MADE SHOES AND BOOTS
' j *'±. ' V:,. it. • 4 (
All madeo/ the amy bad material ead war-
ranted to give satisfaction.
PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
anglo-DAWiv
WJUtfi. UKWBV dt CO,
AB1 , DEWEY, & CO.
W
5000 NEW MATTRASSHE
; ALL SIZES—ALL QUALITIES!
Fitted with every variety of materia
suitable for Battrsis work.
AT PUICSS HERETOFORE VXBMABD OF.
ft
WARD, BE WE Y & CO.
Psatuitiary Uwtt,
MIseellBBeons AdrertimBirats.
1 ( RE LAtiEB.
ht
HAVANA CIGA88. .r
_Wag|Mf t Herman, proprietors of tfc* oOeet
Brewery in the ci^, are brewing some of the ptt-
fiaeet Lsger in Mm, aad heve
0OSFECTIOSEB
The undersigned begs leave t
public that he hae bought the entire
OONPBO TIONEH^;
Comer of Mela street A
DeUcate Ice Cream. Ice Oocl Soda Water, Home-
made Candy, Oakae, etc., eta, m gwat variety,and
always fresh on hand. i -y
! JalS-9m < 8C8TAY OOMMKBTZ.
Ce EYAH8, • ' S
ti-' «, > )
SCBNIO ARTIST
Orders for public sad private Theatrical Seen,
ery. Church, Theatrical and PabHc Hall Oeoora.
tions presaptiy sttsoded to.
Address, OatvsstsB aad Bwshs. jyt-tj
JJOCSTOS CEMENT, PIPE AND
ARTIFICIAL STONE WORKS, r ' *
ete^MoaePavemeata, Yasssat strni
rtety <rf pettsra tor Oardeas, Lawns sad Csma.
tsrlsai Ohlmasy Flaea; sad sB sorts af aaelbl sad
ornazaetiial work la Artiflcisl Stone.
:<•. a.'! • «
AO work warranted to 0va srttsfsottnst. or SH-
poy DvseM. , "• V'' >n r
JAMBS A. UBPBI'W,
■'>M* ■> k
OOce sad Factory—Montgomery
Postodke Address—Lock Box
tvr
S.^
Exduutge Bed CoUeetteB
LOANS NEGOTIATED.
BOOIROB, - - r. - . m
. ;• -v nflf
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Q.ALVEST05,
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HOUSTON AND HENDERSON
BAHdUMB.
JOLT 7 US (
jeaasad
J Ballwey
S:lt A. M.
I Bailwsyisioppiag ealyatl
"***• *
) AOLOMMODATIOB. stopptag at
isU
with S. A TOxss Cen-
Loais sad pet cm
from H. AX
at Bsrristarg
& A. B. B. fsr
8:00 A.M.
OALVmOB
Srf© P. M.
BOOMTOB
«:80 A X.
T .01 P. M.
: P. M.
TB4JBS LBA7B EABBI0BUB6 fsr OOLBM
BUS DAILY (T*oept Snadays), at ISO P. K.
«. B. SIOBOU,
JsKrDtf. toperiatesdeat.
w
HAND MADE
A.J.MORPISSON
HAND MADE
SoarMashWhi^cejr
AJ.MORRISSON
, handmade ,
' SoiT MashWhisby
AJ.MORRISSON
, hand made ,
Sonrlfe^WMske/
AJ.MORRISSON
The above Brszids for sals by the foUowing houses In Houston:
QARKP<L & HILLEB, XiOne Star Saloon, Preston Street.
(UiABD A 3TBAUS, Grocers, corner Prairie and Travis streets.
8T1
KAFFKT
inOm
1-1*
r T formerly Ktfenbecger A Zimmerman, Texas Avenue and Milam.
V Qroo«. Preston, near Washington Avenue.
Bxchangeflalocn, corner Congress and Travis.
rfftlTi. Grocer. Preston, near Washington Avenue.
JSBuriMLD MKYEB, Grocer, over White Oak Bayou. .f'> . i. •
a Saloon, ramer of Preston nod Fannin. ] ,
^^^ss, near Great Northern Depot.
JOHN J. KAULE, Montgomery Boad.
JACK DONNELLY. Corner Vine and Kennedy.
JOHN JBABB. Montgomery Avenue. tt;. T^ntTr
SOLE AGKKT FOB BTATJB OK T1 "
Miscellaneous Advertisements.
rpO TRADERS AND l; * it*i
COUNTRY *ERCHANT8.
The reoent Ore In Boston having eaased a ms
tsstala^paeaiai
BOOTS AND SHOES,
.TTftl lKtt_
I herewith oOsr my BBTIBB 8TOOK of same
A t Oost.
I have also some
. . f.C
$40,000 Worth of Dry Goods,
. [4 • ' {
Including FLANNELS and other Woolen Ooods
(which have adfsasad from SO to M per cent.) ss
wsUas
A Geaersl Assortment t r Notions,
Which I will asll atLOWXB VZSVBBS than d
be pumhssed la say oity la the Union.
It Is my earnest destre to retire from the abova
mswtlimsd branches ef business, sad devote my
sMsbBdb exclusively to
3-ROa"E3RIEJS.
Merchants will therefore And It to their later,
eat to "*~
CALL ABD BXAMXip MY STOCK,
As liberal ooncsssloos will certainly be made,
noao V. W. HOUSE.
*CT H. vthjson,
jyjig af iU'i '
33 MAIN * 2 FRANKLIN STS.,
u
100 Berreis OpQJTS FLOCB.
300 Barrels FABOT FLOJfB
100 Barrels XX FLOUB.
10 OsslM CLEAR SIDES.
10 Tiercee BAM3. '
! * Brsi'a ttssd.i
10
10 Xlesaas LABD.
100 Kegs LABD.
3 Boxes BBEF TOBODBS.
.a
Kr)
lfl
w fifhbmal cmqwk am] .
viWMovi hm i-MM ;
60 Barrels WaiSKY—Uood to finest.
f U J
altt 1
M
400 Sasks OOSX- / git
-. > tdi tmist 9003
«^ ins Irnin; it itm ? smh
OB CBOICBST UtALlTY
With a large assorted stock of itsaa lLi'-
n - uiU. '. nmU. '>4, MUp
jaSMka .' 'h SS Mtia A s B**ila8ts.
: i.r. «•: !••) •.•>;,. ;,t, j, -: '—
si | i'. tfllrf .,
ft '>Aam > 3 irtrtt&M'ifi
«!f1 I
l'W
; (VAB" ALBT*BS'S BCl&nxn
.am uH&i -it
HOUSTON, ^ , "vtbjKfw
miff .n uitttvi *ri ttiita
WATCR3&8. CL0OKB, J*W*IdBif,^
Carefally repiir^S&d warrsniea.
Jttll ;;<fl I
-•Btte' MB Jewelry, .Wnsesadi,
Ware, Ladtee' eadfli; Ihmsia's Goto
Chem, m AfM|| ai|tf*;of Ww.
h j o bi uai i
V
E*'
4*
i(-:s
CABS OF ALL KINDS
MABB7ACTDBBD BBOK THBBS^T
Aad pot tbgstter wtth baits iaeds IMm tL. .
oSSS3Sff3m j
.itruT
iil
7\ J>R. J. HARRIS BLA£E| .x<
itli 1o itijp' M n- feaui 1 vi
Aiipw^$ty>
No. 31*Pa3Ca« -As
■ <WBh Br. B. B. Blaxx)
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Hi
ii'inr. fi
aj r-t«! klNMr MtM1
nitf «ri{ s Of-iU
; )tlMaiki*:Stsmaisa
.vi:-. ■< A-re&Tii#f
«*WB BHLT1BS AffOPAOSnM. JU,
•fr t&hmjd,' rnAki^mm
r j ,J w
nun, ti#iur/jh <t,a m
- tint
'-4—H-
■T. "it.
ilf.'U
.sniistfi'tfiti
r*
KfWl S3
Nowapnym AiTvertising "
"n frJU 1<j* v,.,/• 7+pj,
Ht
CINCINNATI TYPE FOUNDRY.
1: ^|faiiiiii|t.r{bitji> 1 " T
1' In
•OUB, JH , S SKWIPKimilB 1MKB
i it: -tit l*K ill " |
^ •ep-rtbr to ^ i,k
vie
a i
Caioa.
Ba. IS risiW OTtel PISMse,
Dally aad w eekly
£)B. W. A. BOHMEB, '
OCCItZ8T
w «o.
tiw old PostotKce.)
Hotels sad Public Houses.
"yyASHINfclTON HOTEL.
The Proprietor of the WASHINQTON HOTEL
in Houston, formerly of the weH kaawn Wash lag-
ton Restaurant and Hotel ia Galveston, informs
the pubUc in general that he Is now prepared to
receive also, -'O tUOijfiO 'Jil "
REGULAR BOARDS:ECS,
st mod erste prices. The Table will be sapplied
with the best the market affords.
Rooms aawi.T vubnibhxs, cool aad airy.
Meals furnished at all honrs. "Ti . ..: . •
jc23-Sm
I. BLUBBHBBOR,
Proprietor.
WASHINGTON HOTEL,
GALVESTON, TEXAS.'
J"OIdC3Sr SX7M3ytEI Jrl©.
(Late of Exchange,),(
I3 r o id jc i e t o T .
f
crY
B.
HOTKh, •;?- .7 if.
S. MOBSE, Proprietor,
Oomer aTOamp and Oommoh streets,
.. . i| *{tf, tf ; "• «•<« a ,s
BBW OBLBITTH. L*..
HOUSE,
Hobsxox, Tnsa, Wo'jn j
N. P. TURNER, Proprietor, .
BO ABD BY THE PAY WXBX OB MONTH, WITH
OB WITHOUT LODOIBG. '•
Board by the day Cnltsd States oorrmcy, >s V>.
) >.
—
Q C. WILL ABB,
EBBITT HOUSE,
|S" i>ivu)}>;iu'l, lll. .- ", -t r-,- "T.
Am
Washington,
--5-K^fS: tif
D. C..
Oentrsl position, and within two or three sooares
af aUBapertm^k - -
QAPITOL HOTEL,
(latb bbtbbpbibe hoube,') j
E. L. Bbbmond, - — Proprietob
(■ . - \
■ Homstan. Texas. ootl-ly
gKILTON HOUSE.
MBS. T. J. PEARSON Manager.
STEPHEN SKILTOB............Reward.
HKARNE, TEXAS.
BOard by day, waok or month.
wHAtn one
it—
square of the
no^B-dy
Sssigation.
m
}AN LINE STEAMERS
i^Te-w- Orleans, j *"
Via Braihearand Korgsa't Leslilsea
aad Texas Bailread.
The taUawiag new aad splendid ben Steamers
loare Galveston as follows: , J*i . J-
STEAMSHIP NORFOLK,
Every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 2:30 r. x.
2 AKlBSmF HOTCHISSO.I, i *V
Every Thursday at 10:30 a. u.
si- U MB^BHSIP BABliABi
,5 ...j / Every Tuesday at 10;30 a. *.
Ij,,•{■>«'.. HB«B«BIP HORGAK,
Trippe, master, leaves every Moadiy at 10:!
nh
leans with all routes North aad West. ? }-
jei'-Y "? * -tnfAW. FOWLBR, Ageat
ri ?
JJODSTON WIBECT ^
if ATlQATTON COMPAlTSf.
FIVE STEAMERS, TWENT7-TW0 BARGES,
;t ai . 'ti- Mm mm-' ^rTj -iii
SSCKirg jLND PdR WARD ALL FREIGHT
costteim to $bxjt at OALris.
r, («- ^ j?lnjF, BOU3TOA\ MAMMISWnttf ] mm
-i.. f
AMD LTHCHBURG.
AH OOTTOHend other BBODBOBoovsred to SAL,.
V TBBIOBhff theirOPBBPOUOT OFDpB- k
BANCE, wUhout Expense to Bhlpper. j
#BA i^n a .jas>id Baasgss Prompt!)
Adjusted aad Paid.
M -*j
!• HOUSTON DtRBOT NAVIGATION
ANY from aU points Inward and outderd.
+>- JfOHB SHEAR!*, j «
-mm
f JanL-DAWiy
%:%ML **
t&
a. c.
.Tf"
•^4 )ui
BE A SB AND IRON ITOUN
iftrw bitl Nri^eeefretemB •
STEAM BNGINW, B0ILEB8,
SHAFTIBG.SAW MlLLB, PCULBYS,
MILL GKARIN0. PUMP^ rc^
Preston Street, Near lAtag f "
HfWTrtPONj TSXAS*
All kintb or Jeb WorfdOne at the fewest
"ONCE MORB TO THE
in-Avmi-
I
One
ri <- '
5>A.1?.« 1NT roLTEHL
To
hundred
■i that is datmed for it. I
iliars will not induoe some thst
tbs
t induoe aome .thai
to abeades th«a t
It% sis sDd s ehsmetoo," what
old
typhoid, semi-soupy compound ceiled Wal
dally need at all «as Motels aad many reetdet
Houston and .Galveston.
Ic« better elean out your Otsteroe, thai be
cleaned out by cholera, levers or filth Stoi op
the creeks, keep edt the surfeoe water, put hp e
Filter, and you'll he hspny. !
DireottoM given gmfishow to effectually repair,
renovate and seoare Cisterns 1 t .J,} |
J. AUSTIN NYE,
Boom 4, Studs Buildiag.
jy«lf
July 4th, Urt.
0OSFBCTIONKRV.
now prepared to suj
t
foil
No. 1|
'!y the trade wlto a
Oeady, trs -
to, whol '
J. A. UKBDEBSOK,
t JBarkc' sqns>-«.
"T E. PAIBPAX GBAT, "
CITTL ENGINEER AND LAND AGENT.
In Gray's Building, Boom S, Fannin
street, opposite Conrt House. P. O. Box 191.
Jjl-K
Ballreads.
HOUSTON & TEXAS
CENTRAL RAILWAY.
CHANGE OF TIME!
CONNECTING "WITH THK
M„ K. Sc T. Railway
-A.T
RED RIVER CITY!
Giving an, ALL EAIL LINE to BALTIMOBE, BOS-
TON, CHIDAOO. CINCINNATI, NEW YORK.
PHILADELPHIA, ST. LOUIS, WASHING-
TON Cfn, and aU prominent
North. Eut aad Wort.
Time—GALVESTON to NEW YORK, hoars
HOUSTON to NEW YORK, 90 hoars.
GALVESTON to ST. LOUIS, 31 home.
HOUSTON to 8T. LOUIS. 4 « hours.
ON AND AFTER
SUNDAY, JULY 6th, 1873,
Passenger Trains will
l as foiiaws t
EXPRESS,
LEAVES HOUSTON
^ DAILY,
-*r ../ ^v
(Saturday Excepted)
Aocommodation.
LEAVE 3 HOUSTON
: iji njULY,
(Sunday Excepted)
:00 A. M.
Arriving ** Austin 7:00 a.
Wsee, 8:60 a. ol; Bed
River City ,11:40 a.m.; St.
Louis, 6rt.0 p. m.; Chkego,
7:30a.m.; LouisvlDe, 7:9s
a. m.: Indianapolis, 8:26 a.
m.; Oolumbus, O., 10:26 a.
5->,K*£wrgete:C0 p. as.;
Kdlsdelptda, 7:M a. m.;
Washington aty. 7.-S5 a.
m.; Balttmore, 8:40 a m.;
New York, 10:25 a. m.
„Bsternttg, iesres Bed
JUver City, a :90 a. m.jWsco.
1:30p.m.; Austin, 7«0 p.
m.; solving ia Houston.
5 30 s. m., andTGalveeton,
8:80 a m.
Arriving st JAustln, 4:13
P.^m.; Red River City,
Returning, leaves Bed
River City st 4* p. m.
[Saturday excepted]. Aus-
tin, 9:90a. m.;arriving ia
Houston, 6:45 p. m., and
Galveston, 9:44p. m.
Pmllnum's Palace Sleeping Cats
Are attached to Expreas Trains between Bens -
ton and Austin, aad Houston and Corsicsna.
Passengers tor Waco mast take Express Train
leavlag Houston at 8:00 p. m.
CONNECTIONS.
At Hearoe with Internstioosl Bsfiroad dally (8wa-
days exoeted.)
_AtDaltsand Bhenaan with Texas and Pacific
Rafiwar, and El Paso Stages for all points of note
in p- " ■ J -
At Waco, with daUj atagoa to all point! West.
At Mexia. with line ofSacks for Fairfield end
Butler, on Bondaya and WOdnosdays.
At tadbettar, with daily mage for ZaGraage.
At McDade, with daily stage tor Bastrop.
At Austin, with dslly stsge tor Sen Msroos, New
Branufels, Ban Anto xto and El Psso.
THROUGH TICKETS
8°'d at Houston, Austin, Hempstead, Bryan, Oal-
I,6^Jfeco, Oorataana, Dallas sod Shsutsa. via
Bed River City sad Galveston, to all points of note
between.the Atlantic and PaoiBs Owens, within
the limits of the United States and Amwi. ii ,
vtostage linee to Sen Antonio, Weefoertord,Fort
Bonham, Paris and OiarksviBe.
Bates apply to Stattoa Agents, sr
J. WALDO
G. F. aad T. A.
t. DUBANB,
Oea, I
spt.
!yd-tf
Internationa! & Gt. Northern R. R.
9M MHee Completed, ^and ia Opersdss.
THE ONLY ALL BAIL BOOTH
FltOM THE GULF
TO
MARSHALL, JEFFERSON A SHBEVEPOBT
On and after Monday, Jaly 14,1873,
AN EXPRESS TRAIN
WU1
CNWH DHPOT,
Houetoa, Daily,
Saturday excepted
AT S 45 P. M.
Bprl
Hnntsvili*.
Trinity, Li velaSy. Crockett.
Pilaillns, Bechee,
le,Tr npe,Overtoc.
and Bhreveport
Beiiway for
at Longvlew
Marshall, Jeff
Through from Hosts ton to
ia IT Boars.
Thrower* from Honitos to
us mb Rossra.
Tiiroegh frost Uonstoa to Sferewe-
porl ta BO Hoars;
Marshall
Jrficr
Connecting at Pi
Oahwoods. Keschi, Jewett, Iforquex, lake,
wood and Hearne.
at HSARNE with Hons-
Baitroad tor all jtolats
■•ad Texas
Berth snd Northeast.
PASSENGERS
FROM NEW OBLKANS
GALVESTON
ABB
Going by this Boots chaugs esrs st ths
BIIIO* D K POT. lODITOI
i PiimntiiU tor Nsecgda-
I chee, at Paleetlae for Atfa.
j ens, st Jacksonvflfe tor
\ Bask, at OvertGcj for Beu-
| dereon, at Jewett forOsa*
STAaHS
Connect st
AN ACOOWWOUATTOS TRAIN
WH1 leave Union Depot. Houston, deity (Sudsy
excepted), at 6:4£ A BE., tor Willie, Phelps sad
HtstsffiM.
Freights received st Houston from eonaecMng
lines forwarded promptly.
Clalme for ieee, damage or evmcharge adjusted
ro^greseotettoo of proper pap«rs to toe General
For ratun or farther la formation apply to-.
f 7 h.:*. hoxik,
i • fisa'itap't.
ALLKN HeCOV,
General Freight Agent.
J. B. VICTOB,
Traveilcg Ageot.
Hoc.ro x. My 8dt, 18TS. iyd-tf
jg MATHER'S
Maw ft re-Proof Brlrlt BaUdiag,
Or. ifato aad Commerce '■
NMM ^
B, MATMBB.
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