Houston Daily Mercury (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 270, Ed. 1 Friday, July 18, 1873 Page: 4 of 4
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Yis&ngtke P fe.
The follo wing is the etiquette
observed when, the Pope receives
visitors: After passing through
the ante-chambers, you are intro-
duced tothe Pope's presence. His
Holiness sits at the end of the
room, under a canopy, on a small
throne, raised one stop from the
floor, in mi arm-chair of velvet and
gold, with a writing table before
him. Yon kneel at the door, again
in the middle of the room, and a
third time just before you reach
the throne. The Pope presents
his foot, and you kiss the white
slipper where a gold eross is
placed. You remain kneeling un-
til his Holiness motions you to
rise. To men of the world the
sign is made instantly, and the
conversation takes place standing.
To religious persons, monks, and
even secondary prelates, the sign
to rise is frequently not made at
all, and they speak Krhile slill
kneeling. Some high personages
also speak with the Pope while
kneeling: M. de Merode always,
though so intimate *sth Pius IX,
There is nothing extraordinary in
this, for nuns kneel before their
confessors for a whole half hoar,
it is an Oriental usage, which is
common in the religious world at
Rome, and seems to shock nobody.
Sometimes, indeed, persons squat
down familiarly on their beds.
Cardinals and bishops kiss the
Pope's * hand, and sit on
a gilt stool. Some French bish-
ops insist on kissing his foot.
No lady is admitted to an audi'
enee except queens and princesses,
with their ladies of honor. As to
the other ladies, the Pope meets
them in the gallery or gardens,
not in the apartments. The toilet
for ladies, of whatever rank, is
black, with a veil. Men take of)'
-their gloves. The Pope remains
seated with cardinals and bishops.
He rises to receive princes and
princesses. For kings, he advances
to the middle of the room aud re
ceives them there. For emperors
he goes as far as the antechamber.
When the Pope returns the visits
ot kings or emperors, etiquette
requires them to come down to his
carriage and open the door.
It is a tradition that Popes
are charming in their audiences.
Everything is arranged to astonish
aud diseoncert the visitor. One
would say that the secretaries and
chamberlains guard the majes-
ty of God. The result is a con
trasting effect^ at the first smile
of this venerable divinity one's
heart is moved. Christina of
Sweden could not refrain from
tears in the presence of Alexan
der YH. The infamous Alexan
An AteeeiHiiiig Mail Clerk.
Hew n Shrwwd Poatmnatear and a, Unit***
States Marshal Captured Him.
Several weeks ago a clerk named
LD. Gillespie, employed in the
postoffice at Farmington, Minn.,
disappeared suddenly, no one
knowing whither he had gone.
The postmaster at the place, Mr.
L. P. Fluke, had been an intimate
Mend of the young man since they
first met, in the year 1863, at Jef-
ferson Barracks, and both he and
his wife always treated him like a
But for some time, the vigi-
lant - postmaster suspected that
the fellow was not acting the part
of an honest man towards him,
and the disappearance of money-
order blanks from the regular
book, only served to convince him
more strongly that Gillespie was
not honest. The latter, fearing
that his peculations were known,
" " Mr. Fluke, grieved
determined that he
jns-
his
absconded.
and indignant, d
would bring the offender to jus-
tice, and had five dozen of his
photographs taken and distributed
throughout the country, if onx or
five hundred printed descriptions
were also" scattered in various
directions. A conference was had
with the United States Marshal
and the special mail agents, Mid
Mr. Fluke came to St. Louis on
the | 23d ultimo, remaining for
week at the house of a young lady,
to whom Gillespie was engaged,
and who resided about twelve
miles in the country. The assist-
ance of a Deputy United States
Marahal was procured here, and
the parties proceeded to Poplar
Bluff, in this State, Postmaster
Fluke disguised in a pair of com
mon overalls and an old linen
coat. They had not been more
than ten minutes in town before
the ungrateful Gillespie was dis
covered. He was at once placed
under arrest, a passing train was
signaled, and Mr. Gillespie brought
into St Louis the next day. Here
he was turned over to the- proper
authorities, and subsequently ta-
ken to the scene of his rascally
exploits, where the full extent of
the law's punishment will proba-
bly be dealt out to him
der VI. (Borgia) was literally cap
tivating. He had a frankness
winch was most charming. He
gave a public audience eveiy
Thursday. Pius VL was very
handsome fot an old man. Greg
ory XYI., though of morose mem
r, was enchanting. As for Pius
., everybody on retiring from
the audience exclaims, 'He is an
angel P Never was thine a Pope
of more amiable disposition."
Milk as A Medicine.
The London Milk Journal says,
on the authority of Dr- Benjamin
Clarke, that in the East Indies
warm milk is used to a great ex
tent as a specific for diarrhea. A
pint every four honrs will check
the most violent diarrhea, stom-
ach-ache, incipient cholera and
dysentery. The milk should never
be boded, but only heated suffi
ciently to be agreeably warm, lot
too hot to drink. Milk which ias
been boiled is unfit for use.
writer gives several instance1 to
show the value of this substance
in arresting this disease, among
which is the following. The
writer says: i£ It has never failed
in curing in six or twelve hours,
and I have tried it, I should
think, fifty times. I have also
given it to a dying man who lad
been subject to dysentery eight
months, latterly accompanied by
one continual diarrhea, and it
acted on him like a charm. In
two days his diarrhea was gone,
in three weeks he became a hale,
fat man, and now nothing that
may hereafter occur will ever
shake his faith in hot nnlk.
A writer also communicates to the
Medical Times and Gazette a state-
ment of the value of milk in
twenty-six cases of typhoid fever,
in every one of which its great
value was apparent. It cheeks
diarrhea, and nourishes wad cools
the body. People sufiering from
disease require food quite as much
as those in health, and much more
so in certain diseases where there
is rapid waste of the system.
Frequently all ordinary food in
certain diseases is rejected by the
stomach, and even loathed by the
patient, but nature, ever benefi-
cent, has furnished a food that in
all diseases is beneficial—in some
directly curative. Such a food is
milk. The writer in the journal
last quoted, Dr. Alexander Yale,
after givipg particular observa-
tions upon the points above men-
tioned, viz: its action in checking
diarrhea, its nourishing proper-
ties, and its action in cooling the
body, says: "We believe that
milk nourishes in fever, promotes
sleep, wards off delirium, soothes
the intestines, ami, in fine, is the
sine qua nan in typhoid fever."
We have also lately tested the
value of milk in scarlet fever, and
learn that it is now recommended
by the medical faculty in all
oftyft ofteAtrerv fjifrhrfwriniT
Ai*ft<£eLe. SS
the patient will take, even during
the period of greatest fever; it
keeps np the strength of the pa-
tient, acts well upon the stomach,
and is in every way a blessed
thing in this sickness,
"Why dont you wash the bottom
of your feet, John F asked a grand-
mother of a boy when he was per-
forming the operation before re-
tiring for the night; to which he
jK&nBWS%£&
up in bed, do you F
When the season of picnics ap*
pro«ehe«, boys begin to feel gal-
ant, and "gals" buoyant.
Make Up of the Body.
jrC->•«£"
Supposing yout age be fifteen
or thereabouts, 1 can figure you to
a dot. You have 160 bones and
500 muscles ; your blood W(
25 pounds; your heart is five
inches in length, and three inches
in diameter; it beats 70 times a
minute, 4,200 times per hour,
100,800 per day, and 36,792,000
per year. At each beat a little
over two ounces of blood is thrown
out of it, and each day it receives
and discharges about seven tons
of that wonderful fluid. Your
lungs will contain a gallon of air,
and you inhale 24,000 gallons per
day. The aggregate surface of
the fur cells of your lungs, sup-
posing them to be spread out,
exceeds 20,000 ^ square inches.
The weight ot your brain is three
pounds; when you are a man it
will weigh eight ounces more.
Your nerves exceed 10,000,000 in
number. Your skin is composed
of three layers, and varies in
thickness. The area of your skin
is about 1,700 square inches, am i
you are subject to an
pressure of fifteen pounds to the
square inch. Each
your skin contains
tubes or perspiratory pores,
of which may be likened to
little drain tile, one-fourth of an
Inch long, making an aggregate
length of the entire surface of
your body ot 201,16# feet, a tile
ditch for draining the body
almost forty miles long.
i square inch of
3,500 sweating
*y pores, each
1,1.
• A question has arisen in Hew
Jersey Masonic circles •sjtawhe
ther a Masonic scarf recent! ly soM
at Morristown aa Washington's
was ever in his possession, and as
to whether he ever rose
than the " bine lodge." A Mr.
W. P. Parker, of Newark, state*
that the "cherry, red scarf* in
question is the same worn by
Royal Arch Masons No. 1, of Bew
York, a blue lodge, but
to wear chewy bw
of its age and of the anciefit cus-
tom of British troops wearing
~ tkwnry
H. D. Walker.
them during the revoiu
war. Past
of New York, is Mr. Parker's au-
thority. Hayden, a Masonic au-
thority, declares Washin
never rose above a blue
Meanwhile the searf has been
taken in and done for by County
Clerk Bedford, of Essex. He
paid his money for it and it
cruel to say it was not worn or
—
owned by
Herald.
Washington.
t worn
jr.
T.
The trial of the Modocs is closed,
and dispatches from San Fran
cisco say that the evidence was
very complete against the accused,
and that there is very little doubt
of the Mnding of the Court-mar-
tial. We presume not In point
of the fact the military trial was
hardly more than a form. It was
necessary to impress upon the
redskins in some way that justice
was to be dealt out to them in
substantially the way which wouk i
be adopted toward white combat-
ants guilty of similar atrocity.
That point was gained by a court-
martial as easily as it could be by
any other means. What is most
noteworthy in the case is, that the
fete of the Modoc murderers
become a matter «f comparative
indifference to the publie. It is
doubtful whether their
will not excite among a
certain class a kind of mild svm
pathy.
Dr. Johnson, when in the full
nesa of years and knowledge, said
"I never take up a newspaper
have deemed a*Jo<w^nert; to have
seen; nor without deriving from
it instruction and amusement."
The newspapers in Johnson's time
were meagre enottclr compared
with thoee of to-day. Bow a year*
ly newspaper volume is a pi
ency
Old and New Telegraphic Tariff Bates
from Houston tothe Following Points.
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Cairo...-
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Cincinnati, Ohio. .
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Omaha, Beb 2 50.
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AH ORDINANCE
For tho Goremmeit of the Markets of
the City of
Be it Ordained by the Manor, Aldermen
and Inhabitants of the City of Houston in
Council assembled,
Section 1. That the purchaser or lessee
of the market revenues shall not be entitled
to collect other dues than those hereinafter
mentioned, and the occupants of the stalls
and stands of the several markets of the
city, and the venders m said market are
hereby required to pay tor said stalls, stands
and privileges at the following
Sbc. 2. For butchers' stalls, 8x10 feet,
thirty dollars per month.
_ For fish, game and vegetable stalls each,
10 feet running space, twenty dollars per
month.
For coffee and refreshment stands,. fruit
stands and all other stands, open all day, for
a price to be agreed upon between the par-
ty and leasee. B leasee shall be entitled
to underlet at a premium any such meat or
vegetable stalls from year to year at public
auction to the highest bidder for first choice,
and to the next highest bidder for next
choice, and so on, the said yearly pr®
to be paid with the first month's rental, and
that all other a talis and stands may be
rented by the' lessee m such.manner and
for such purposes as aie net prohibited In
this ordinance. .u.HuhI _
Sac 3. That all occupants of stands or
stalls are required to return the same to the
lessee in aa good condition aa when received,
and all lessees of markets are required to
return the stalls, stands, fixtures, furniture
and appurtenanees of the Market and Thee
tre to the city in as good ookMob as when
received from the city, reasonable wear end
tear excepted.
Sbc. 4. That all kinds of vert, fowl,
game* fifth, yearetables, aad
of human food ami merchandise may be
bought and add is the city Market; pro-
vided that this seeboa shall not be construed
to exempt the person so engaged from pay-
ing any tax now or hereafter to be levied
upon such occupation or business. / f
Ssc. 5, That each and every person occu-
pying a stall or stand in any market in this
city shall have their name pointed on a uni-
form tin or wood sign under supervision of
the Chairman of the Market Committee, in
a plain and legible manner, and shall place
the same in a conspicuous position over the
stall occupied by them, and in ease any per
aoB<>ccus9?isga.staUir stead as aforesaid
shall not comply with this section within
days from the passage thereof, or ahull
thereafter at any time for urate than three
days consecutively, Mt bwaaofe. afea so
exposed, shall be liable to a fine oftBfi dot-
.Wti' ia jprrtjn Mi/jAjia .• nr. j
Ssc. 6. That the markets of this city shall
beopee at -ttifctodta. n, and shaB close at
10 o'clock a. m., of each day, and upon Sat-
urday from 4 o'clock p. m. to 9$ o'clock p.
m.; that this section shall only appiy to
those selling me
Sbc. 7. Thar
diately after closing of
fcnpints of stalls and
wash y"*
keep diem in the
Sbc. 8. That no person shall be
to occupy or control either dfceec%
■rectly more than four meat stalls or
in ampa market, and wfee* nay
stand shall remain unoccupied six days con-
secutivafy, Ike same ehsfl be held by the
to the de-
be the dnty of the
an exact reg-
w to whom they lot stalls
at all times opap to the in-
Chairman of the Markel
to give certificates to the
That afl persons are forb^idaoto
sit, stand or lie on any or the stands or
of said market.
S*C 11. That no pWStmTn a -state of in-
fanftatflou shall go upon the market place,
and all persons'are forbidden to nt or stand
or lounge on or about fee market place. PT
Sbc. 1*. That no person shall sell oca
pose or offer for sale in any market in this
city any unwholesome meat, or fee flesh of
any-sumat which was sick, wounded, over-
by dogs, er Otherwise
gss, *** SB
perfect
at or before the
tared, or which died
then the usual ban-
ner of si wight sring mwaafci for -food, nor
shall any person sell or expose er afer for
sale in any market of this city any putrid,
blown, raised or imsowad meat, fish,
poultry or any unwholesome or '
article of food; nor shall any person sell or
expose or offer for sale the fieeh of My dog,
cat, or any unclean anlissl, o* fee flesh of
any calf, pig, or lamb which was slaughter
ed under fee age of four weeks.
Sac. 13. That o fruits or vegetables
shall be washed in any market.
Ssc. 14. That fee city of Houston re-
serves fee right te uae fee aosss fitted up
as a Theatre at any as fee Mayor may
designate, for public fsu|i insgsr popular
free cfrent, except lighting and
tle$ same/ also reserves all
necessary rooms for the use of the officers
of fee eity; mod fee lessse shall keep fee
same with all other rooms, offices, and
cloeet8, thoroughly cleansed and orderly.
Sac. 1ft. That it shall not be lawful to
light or keep any fire within fee market,
except the burning of oQ, gas or charcoal.
Ssc. 16. That no person shall ride, lead,
>dfive«rfl)NOsngr torse, dag or other ani-
mal, into or upon any market, market p
or foot-way pertaining thereto; or '
slaughter any aaisaal in macket, or throw or
seous substance in sny markethouse, or on
market piece, or streets, or sidewalks ad
joining nid market or market piece.
tee. 11. That fee Is—ens at tho mar-
kets shall cause fee ssarissto aad the side-
walks bordering the sasae to be swept daily,
and ahell ceuqs tfce same to be well washed
three times every week; and shall cause
the ceilings, oaiumnp and stall tames at the
ssam, t be wsU swept, hsasksd and trsahed
daring the first week of feesaonthsof Jan-
uary, April, July aad October of each year.
Sac. 18. That it shall be unlawful to soil
er effSr for sale say intoxicating liquors in
any public market, except wines and malt
liquors for tsble use by the bottle.
Sac. 19. That no peddler shall be al-
lowed to traverse any of fee markets offer-
ing any Idadof foeds for sale.
Ssa N. That mo erection or structure
shall be made in fee city market not is aa-
oordaage with the plan ot fee market, and
Miscellaneous Advertisements.
Legal Advertisements.
W. B.
under tho instructions of tho Mayor, Chair-
man of Market Committee, (Alderman Col-
maa) and lessse, and all exisiUng structures
oontrery to such plans, shall be removed.
SBC. XL That tho lessees of the said
mnrVmta ghall furnish a sufficient number of
water-tight barrels or tubs, to contain tho
daily offal from fee stalls and stands of said
market, aod all occupants of stalls and
stands are required to throw such offal into
fee barrels or tubs so furnished. No offal
or refuse from any meat, fish, fruit or vege-
table stall or stand, shall be thrown on the
floor of the market nor into the gutters or
streets.
tec. 22. That no box, barrel or other
not needed to contain articles de-
fer Bale in the market, shall be al-
remain wfthin the same; and that
ali improvements in or additions to stalls,
ahull bo at the expense of tho occupants
thereof.
Sec. 23, That it shall not be lawful for
any butcher or vender of fresh meat to
bring any fresh meat into any market in the
city before the hour of two o'clock a. m.,
nor to leave any fresh meat in any market
after the closing of such market.
Sec. 24. That it shall be unlawful for
any carts or wagons laden with meats, fish,
vegetables, or other country produce, to en-
ter the market or tako a position on any
portion (3 the market-place fronting on
Travis street; and that it shall be unlawful
to hitch* or tie any horse or other animal to
the pillars of the awning of said market
Sec. 36. That it shall be unlawful for
any person or persons to curse and swear
or use any language deemed offensive in the
presence of ladies, and smoking is strictly
prohibited in said building.
Sbc. 26. That butchers and their as-
sistants ehall appear at their stalls with
clean white aprons, and renters of coffee
and other stands are prohibited from bring-
ing and keeping children in said market-
house, exoept Over the age of ten years and
as assistants.
tec. 27. That Section three of an ordi-
nance entitled, "An Ordinance for the Pro-
tection of Public Improvements and Works
in the City," passed March 11th, 1871, is
hereby declared to apply to the market-
house and grounds.
S*C. 28. That any person who shall be
found guilty before the Mayor or Recorder
of any violation or evasion of any of the
provisions of this ordinance, shall be fined
not less than five nor more than one hun-
dred dollars, and shall pay the costs of
prosecution.
Sbc. 29. That it is hereby made the
duty of the lessees, the Chairman of the
Market Committee, fee City Marshal and all
officers under him, to see that all the pro-
visions of this ordinance are strictly ob-
served and enforced.
tec. 30. That the City Council may from
time to time, with the consent of the les-
sees, establish such additional rules and
regulations as they may deem best, and it
is he eby made the duty of the lessees to
conform to the same.
Sbc. 31. That an inventory shall be
taken prior to the lessee taking possession,
of moveable fixtures, furniture spd appur-
tenances belonging to the market and thea-
tre; and the lessee shall receipt for same
in due form, and it shall not be lawful for
fee lessee to remove the same from building,
except for purposes of repair; and inspec-
tion shallb# had at least once every twelve
months to ascertain condition of the pro-
perty, and the lessee shall be required to
restore property damaged by his own neg
leet, but not from ordinary wear and tear, to
its proper condition.
tec. 32. Be it further ordained, that
all ordinances or resolutions, or parts of or-
dinances or resolutions in any wise conflict-
ing with the provisions of this ordinance,
be, and the same are hereby repealed, and
feat this ordinance take effect aad be in
force from and after its passage.
Approved: T. H. SCANLAN,
Mayor.
W. A. Daly, Secretary and Treasurer.
JOHN COLLINS,
Champion Tea Dealer.
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KAUFMAN STAR.
The Boeings* Manager of the Hoaaton Uvioa is
hereby authorised to act aa agent let the Kaufman
Star, a weekly newspaper published at
with a circulation of 850 in Kaufman, Hunt, Van
Zandt, Hendei(on. Bains, Anderson aod Dallaa
counties; and any contract nade by said
Maaagsr will bo compiled with on the part of the
paper, and any receipt executed by htan for adver-
tising or subscription or other work will be
r* pec ted.
jell-tf
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CITAHOX. 1
STATE OF TEXAS, 11« xhb Bvnrvcz Oottbt,
OocHrr or Hjuuub. j Harris County.
Til* State of Teiaa, to all persons interested la
the administration of the estate of W. N. WILSON,
ROBT. AVEBY. administrator of said eaUte. ha*
Stod an exhibit of the con dittos of eaid es-
tate, aa account of hi* adatiaMratlua, and an *P-
on for discharge, in the Diatrict Court of
oounty, which will ha aetod on at the next
term of aald Court, mwiahwin mi Mil lail Mob.
day tu Jn'r 1873, at the CoorAouae thereof, te
th* city of Houston, at which term all persona in
Vrested in the administration of safd estate may
appear and contest the aeeoaat it they tee proper
ftO do
Issued 1st day of July, 3 873.
Wltneaa. A. X. Taylor, Clerk of the District Court
la and tor said oounty aad State, and tha
j . . I aaal thereof, afltseo at office, th file city of
I I Houston, this 1st day ot July. ft. D. 1878.
A. K. TAYLOB,
jya-UwSw
Clerk D C. H. a
CITATION.
CLAEA BLANCHETT, 1
v*. V
DITBBON C. BLANCHETT. j
No. 8309
Btasb o Txxas, 1
Coowtt or Hmara f
Im Diktbiot Oonar,
To July Term, 187*.
The State of Tetot, to tkt Sheriff of llarrU county—
O retting .*
\a j HEEEAS, Clara Blanohett, on tha Sth day of
ff Jaae, 4u D. 1878, Sled her jpetttiosi la said
Court, eoteplalnlng agaiast Ditreon C. ~
aad alleging that on the 18th day c
_ _ day of Juna, 1873.
Intermarried with aald defendant, in mid
aad Btate; that soon after the aald star*
a aald defendant b*gan a system d cruel
tnetsaent, abuses aad txoee*ei toward* peU-
time during the month of June,
■peaking to bar in a octree, rough manner curs-
ing and swearing at her, and expressing himself
aa tired of her; petitioner represent* that at the
time of her marriage with attendant she had a
daughter of tender years by a former husband;
that defendant began and pursued a most cruel
coatee towards plaintiff's child, without tha
■Ughteat provocation; often cruelly whipped aad
abused said child. Petitioner further allege* that
while oonvaleacing from a severe 11 loess, defen-
dant rudely caught hold of her, and, with great
violence, threw her t> the 2oor. raying, "Go to
hell, God dam you; I hate yon and your brat,
and Intend to feaYe the dam place." Defendant
tha* cruelly abandoned plaintiff without making
any provision tor her support, with the avowed
Intention to never return.
The jvenaiaes ooualdered, petitioner pray* lot
■ervioe at-cording to law upon defendant, and
upon thedlnal hearing, for a decree of divorce dis-
aolvingdne bonds of matrimony existing between
hersajmnd defendant, for general relief, Ac. And
A. H/Masiersoo. Esq, attorney for peltkincr,
having made affidavit of the noa-reeidenoe of de-
fe-dant.
Than fore, you are hereby oommanded that
you summon the said Ditreon C, Bianchett, by
" i publication of this writ la soma aews-
published in your oounty, tot tenr weeks
successively, to be aad appear at the next term ot
the District Court aforesaid, to be held at tha
ocurUAua* of Harris oounty, on the last Monday
in Jfqr, A. D. MS, to answer the oomptaint of
th* nid Clara Blsocbitt,
Herein fall sot, under penalty of the law.
Issued June 38. A. D. )S7S.
Witness, A. K. Taylor, Clerk of the DUtrtCt.Court
ad for ■
A. D. 1873.
jSHtwIf
■aid County and
"a*
A.TT TAYL0
Clerk D. C.
CITATION".
Tie Slate of Taw. to Ike Sheriff of Hartu Cotinty-
Qreetioif.
DRUGS AND MEDICINES
i -i ;
the county of Barrls, at the .
in the city of Houston, on the last Monday in July
"fS? to •nawar the petition of F.
A. Brsitliiig, lilcd in said Oonrt iciinst I*
Joseph Efcntemann, and anegfc£?tatefl
that the *aid khretamann claim* to be a ]
ol said Breitliug by written article, 'tifi i
ten article waa procured by said Shi
through fraud aad misrepresentation Ta-lt to
Breltling by him, atd that said Ehretsmann wUI
Use aald article to Breitling-e great damage aud
Injury, aod praying tor a cancellation by the
Court of said articles and dissolution of aald co-
partnership,
Herein mi not, hut hare you than had there be-
fore aald Court this writ with joum*M)TO thai
'"issued June°*-^°1' ®xecnt®<1
3w you hav
18th, 187S.
Wltneaa. A. E. Taylor. Clerk of the SieMat
Oonrt of Harris county, Teua. Given
[L.B.i S?4? Mi *3ot mM court, tn
s f tha city of Houaton. this the 18th day
June, A. D. 1878- A. £taYLOR/
{imB.}]
By F. M. Poulhd, Deputy.
A Irue copy of the original:
ii.-
By XT. 3. Bowraa. Deputy,
A. & HALL,
"a county.
jel9~Wtt
CITATIOF.
TU State of Texq* to tt* Sheriff or any Conetable of
Harrxt County— Greeting:
TT7HBBEA8, Thomaa Ctden, of Galveston
W oounty, Texaa, has filed in jAm Btahkit
Court of Harris oounty his certain salt tor parti*
Hon againat Henry McArdle an* Anna MoArdle,
to T^, dS? "ritod!^^tSloSSB^S
owner In tea simple of aa undivided tfenbifeimha
interest in and te the following lands In Takaa,
to wit: Part of the aouthwvat half of block No. 140,
south side of BuflUe Bayou. Houston. Texas,
from ng iso feet on Lamar street and 12fi feet an
Travis street, running back same distance la
parallel line; alao one-half cf tea acre to* Mo. 34,
in J. 8. Holman's survey, aonth side of Buffalo
Bayou, Houaton; also 830 acre* of land, H. K of
Jamea Byrne, Bobertson's Land District, Leon
county, patent No. 565. and that defendants are
the owners of the other one-toarth of aald '«"*
and praying for a partition.
Therefore yon are hereby commanded that ynu
summon by publication, aa the law dire eta, the'
aald defendant to appear and answer said suit at
the next teen of tha District Court of Harris
county, Texas, to ha held at the courthouse of
said county, in Houston, on ft* hud Monday ia
July, 1873, when aad where you will hav* thia writ
of publication with your return thereon, showing
how you have executed the aame.
Herein tell not, but due service and return make'
a* the law direct*.
Witness, A. K. Taylor. Clerk of aatd
f (Court, thia 11th day of June. A. D. ISTfc
_ TATI/Ja, CWk. :
By F. M. Polasd, Deputy.
I order (hia writ published four week* in the
Houston KzacuBY. A. B. BALL,
Jel4-W«w ' Sheriff Harria oounty.
CITATION.
STATE3"OF TEXAS, j
COUKTZOrHABBtt.)
The State of Teats, to the Sheriff or any Constable
of Barris county—.QrMtistg: \ \ ■ •
tog it* domicile in Harris county. Texae, haa on
thia, the 27th June, 1873. Iliad ita petition to the-
District Court of .aald county, alleging that —
Oomstock and White, partners under tha
firm name of Oomstock * White, are lately te
deb ted to the plaintiff in the sum of $343, luAlw
interest, tar freight, charge a, storage and eaeh ad-
vanced, at their special laatanoa and
transporting four excavators from
Houston, aa appears by exhibit attached to the
reoncst, •
Galveston
affidavit having been made that aald
k White are non-residento,
you are hereby nnimaainded to anm-
Comatock k WhH
for four successive weeka, in
the next term of
be held
the last
be held at the Courthouse of Harria epuoty.
y, A D. ]
t the C -
mday ol
of the
Company.
Herein fall not, under penalty of the tew.
leased June 27,1873.
Witness. A. K. Taylor, Clerk of the Diatrict Cmm
in aad tor aald onatr and Btsth, aad th*
Jr. 8. I aaa! thereof, affixed at offioe, tome city o
1 J Houston, this 37th day of June. A. D.
-V- 1873. A. K. TAYLCK, Clerk.
By F. M. PonKD. Deputy.
I order this published tn
for four
je38-law4t
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CITATION. .s
STATE OF TEXAS, OOUNTY OF BARma.
To the Sheriff or any Constable of Harris County—
M. D. Oonkito. Peter J. Willis, R. 8. WUlis
Ooldthwaite, aied In our sald^Mn*MH
Baid petition allege a that cerB^^HSn^Be
counties of Harria, Oalreaton, Lime Stoae, Me-. _
Lennan, L alias, Hill sad Bobertaoa belSSto tte ■
estate of Sam'l X. Kcllheany, who fasO ewtilo I
which the plaintiff and the defendants. Martha t, 5
Oeorge HcHhenny and 8arsh u„ are^B^^H
that aU the debtsai teal
and aald laa
said lands are ready for
for partition o! the same lit SMordanc* with an
aereeiMiBtof the parties heretofore made and
Horetote§not,ucder the penally of the Mr^and
of this writ make due return.
Issued day of Jane, 1873.
A. K.
BTF. H.
I order the above
. 1 II Bill Mwdir i
. jsiMt Harrta Coantr. TeS*-
CITATIOX
The State of Texas, ec
er any Constable of.
^unty and^btatea/orestid^ior the
oattte of said will, and that It
tat tee aianageiansit of aaidi
Ibt th* tele of property, and
Uemant of nid estate <
tlon diaB be had ia the court te regard to the aet-
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miaiatraUoa. by jinslliifc tot tea daya
thia cfteUon at three w caore sublio ptoceoi
oounty of Harris, ode of whichafcarStiel
house door ot Mid eouaty, and no two of
ahaU be In the aame city or town; and alao by sate'
Uaalng tela Ciialion in soate aewspayer prtated
Ooart, next tn h* holfw la *«■
county, Texas, at the courthouse thereof. In the
city of Henaten, on thalaal M*ateyteJa nest,
then ud there to show cause, if any they can,
why atidwfil than not be probated aud admit-
■ Hereto fall not. and make due return cf this
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Tvtke Sheriff or any Conttalle of Ban is County—
TOHBBBAd, J. B. Whlttleav ha* died his aalt
W to tha District Court of Harris countr
against TitiWt Mitchell, Chaskn MteteeSL Joe,
Frank sndiHaiw Mllrhtll. and Nellie ftfirtV-t and
K. C. Stockton, adegtof tha ncl iHHB of
fifliRa
oounty to Fehrnary, 1878, teasing tali, ■■
axeoator* daly appointed, which axeeutara, atter
probating said will, telhd to qualify aa metis, and
that the petitioner qualified as siHntotoHnUr of
^>e at the March term ol said
1878; the said James liltcheil tearingaeheir* of
his estate LeOtta, Charles, Joe, Frank aad Hany
Ultchsll, sad Nellie Stockton, wife or B. C. Stock-
ton; and tearing no eatate cat the property spoa
which he died and occupied as a homestead j i '
that petitioner te tha owner i
duly assigned to htm tor money loan*
vaaced aald Jateea and Letitta Mitchell voder an
7th February. 1871, whloh judg-
ment wa* obtained In DtiMct Court ot Barn*
county, to salt No. 6 <88, entitled James Mil
and LeUUa MitchrU ra. D. X NewoU aad 1
Botts, and which, by tee order of said Oonrt, la a
Ilea on the said property, lota Boa, t A, fl, a, 9,10,
11 aad part of 12, to block No 80, ia city ot Hoaa-
ton, and claiming that said property should be
•old to satisfy his said Baa. which la tor a balance
or purchase money; and that a* assignee of said
judgment be is entitled to here aald property
•old; that there ia a large sum doe him, to wtt:
about |80C0, and that there It no other property
of tee estate out of which te astiaty his add debt,
and praying that said property ha sold to satiety
said lien, and that guardians ad liien be appointed
to repreaent the minors Joe, Frank and Hany
MitahalL
Therefore you are hereby commanded that you
summon by publication, as tee law directs tha
said deZendaute, Frank MltohaU and E. C. mock,
ton, to appear and answer said suit at tee next
term of th* District Court of HarTla eoaaty, Tkxaa,
to be held at the courthouse of said oounty la
Houaton, on the last Monday In July, 1878, when
aad where you will bare tela writ ot pnbHcatton
thereon, showing haw you hare
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Wltneea, A. K. T tor, Clerk of tha aald
t. . I Court, and the teal themof at office, to
l*"8, f Houaton, thia Ute day of June, ism
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