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DAILY
Hotels and Public Houses.
Sew OrieMs
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VEILED,
At old Egyptian festals, we are told,
Was aye a guest,
W ho, through tie least aat rigid, silent, cold;
Whom eo one prest
To share the banquet, yet who still re-
song was sung, the last cup
Ta ti  last
drained.
The cup, the song, the jest, and laugh went
round,
2Jo cheek turned pale,
N j truest amazed did query e'er propound,
Or lift the Toil
one alone sat mute,
,exchanged
■ friend,
r-**
did the
i drapery did all
BR*, w ~,v.
Eive hall,
the flow oi
gfcttgtiBlytypeof wcth.
when all were gone,
out, s
of that nameless one
of wine and song,
the fleeting night
human heart
There sits'such guest,
We may not, cannot bid it thence depart,
E'en at the best,
We . but crown with roses, veil and
exists, though we conceal its
We shroud our skeletons from public gaze,
And from our own;
I snore their presence with life'B lamps
left alone
fragments,
wine-stains, lights
■ T .ft ! .•
I them with us, icy, bloodless, grim.
Our nerves would quiver to unveil the
Of fee dead past;
We lock them in our hearts, with sighs and
To keep them fast;
'Tia but in solitude we turn the key,
And dare to look upo| them as they
So as Rome Does.
I
And I, for one, claim that every
sense of this, "Do as Bome does,"
is incompatible with onr manhood
and womanhood. I don't mean
that we ahonld not, in visiting onr
friends, sink a little of onr indi-
viduality, at least to that degree
which shall accord with the family
customs and habits, but I do mean
that in onr social life, in that more
general sense,we should not stretch
oar consciences and narrow our
mstinctiVe freedom, that we may
do as Bome does, and simply for
this ahsftrd reason. Because I
am m a social circle where it is
the order of the day to drink
to a . state of beastly &-
toxicatiou, am I to sink
* and get drunk be-
cause I "km in Bome. The babble
about society this, and society
that, is mere bosh. Society is
jast what each individual act
makes it. It has none of the co-
ercive, prescriptive features of the
club, and it has no right to force
a man to live halfway up to his
standard of right, because he may
happen to be in Bome. Only hon-
est means can secure honest ends,
and the man is not only dishonest
to himself, but to his convictions
of that higher standard of rij
than man's creation who frets
his conscience into servility
customs of Bome, because
sojourns there. Nothing is
contemptible than a man
ing his honest convictions of
and whiningly assenting to
Tom, Dick or Harry may
upon any subject
There isn't the slightest iota of
onesty in such a one, and he is
far from being embarrassed by any
*■ "* in instinctive freedom.
s is an age of conflict in
, audit is more an age of
counterfeits, and men counterfeit
most when they do as Bome does.
This is a common bar-room expres-
sion, I know, but it goes out of
these dingy places, and finds a
wide application in the refined as-
sociation of the world.
The young man beginning on a
small salary, stints himself in the
provisions of the common wants
of Efe, and endangers his future
welfare that he may
an hour or two at
opera, or ' ball room,
se he is in Bome. The wife
of the poor mechanic, who toils
for the twelve or fifteen dollars
which he brings to the common
l and every Saturday night, keeps
her husband in the weary tread-
mill year after year, because she
have the luxuries of dress
living, as the Bomans.
tell you it is all wrong, and
tampering with keen edged
that one day will pierce
very souls and force away our
in the not tar distant
What we get most at the
expense of our honest convictions
we get most because we are in
ivietH, f
The embarrassing position of th
released convict, both to society
ftnri to himself,is sufficiently famil-
iar to the student of social ethics.
Victor Hugo has eloquently set
forth the suffering of the offender,
the memory of whose sin hangs
like a mill-stone about his neck
long after the fixed period of its
punishment has passed. Many
wise and philanthropic minds ham
busied themselves to devise a plan
by which the criminal, at the ex-
piration of his enforced exile from
society, may be returned to it with
the opportunity as well as the de-
sire of leading a changed afld hon-
est life. Such a scheme, however
desirable and indeed essential to
the well being of the community,
is extremely difficult of attainment,
as all who have considered the
subject very well know. And the
difficulty arises in most cases, not
so much from any unwillingness
of the criminal himself to re-
form, or from any indifference to
that end on the part of the gen-
eral public, as from a not unnatu-
ral distrust of the actual existence
of such a reform in any specified
case. Most people of average cul-
ture and kadKnees will be ready
to express the usual stereotyped
good wishes for the success ^
released convict endeavoring to
redeem himself and to earn an
honest livelihood. But ask any
of these well-wishers to lend prac
tical aid to the struggling sinner
by giving him employment or
social countenance, and he Will
commonly find it quite incompati-
ble with the decent regard for his
proper interests which every pru-
dent man must of course cherish.
This is pre-eminently the sort of
charity described by Sidney Smii
as a suggestion from A that
ought to give something to 0.
It is the distrust of the reality
of convict repentance and regen-
eration—a distrust quite intelligi-
ble, and indeed an allotted and
heavy part of the punishment of
wrong doing—which presents the
insuperable obstacle to criminal
reform. That convicts themselves
often feel it deeply, there can be
no doubt.
If men cannot get work, how
are they going to Hvef If the
world will not permit the penitent
thief to earn his bread honestly,
what resource has he but to betake
himself; to thieving 1 Yet, on the
other hand, the man who refuses
to receive the ex-convict into a
place of trust is , hardly to be
blamed. This part of the diffi-
culty will scarcely ever be reme-
died until each individual member
of the community becomes im-
bued with a sense of persona
power .and responsibility for
achievement of such reforms as
thisp and until examples of lasting
penitence in convicts shall have
become so numerous as to substi-
tute confidence for skepticism.
Agencies of this description,
however, are essentially slow in
their workings, and in the mean-
time the question is one of the
most pressing kind. Therefore,
whatever alleviation of the diffi
culty can be produced quickly
assumes increased importance.
Such is the plan adopted in
some European prisons—notably
in those of Holland—of making
to the prisoner a certain small
allowance for his daily labor, the
aggregate of which, at the end o '
his term, may be used to start
him again in honest business
perhaps in the very trade which
he has learned within the prison
walls. Of course, the application
of this sum must be regulated by
circumstances and the behavior of
the convict, whom it would not
be safe, perhaps, in some instances
to trust with its absolute disposal.
Appropriations from it, however,
might be made, where necessary,
during the term of his imprison-
ment, to the support of his family;
or after his release it might be
applied, in sucessive installments
at the expiration of suitable in-
tervals of probation, to his estab-
lishment in reputable business.
The knowledge that he was thus
working for himself and his
brighter future would stimulate
the convict's industry, while
it would help materially to
soften the vengeful sense of op-
pression and isolation which the
outlaw'is apt to feel, and which is
£a itoelf One of the strongest ob-
stacles to genuine reform. Prison
discipline wonld thus be strength-
ened at once, and softened without
losing anything of its efficacy, so
at the end of his time the convict
would leave his prison not, as we
fear, is. too often now the case,
with a spirit hardened into incor-
rigible depravity or crashed into
hopeless abasement, but, it may
fairly be hoped with repentance
for tiie past and ambition for the
''the Regulation and Governmenirof
Police Force of the City of Bobs-
ten, Texas.  
Be it ordained by Ok. Mayor, Aldermen and
MxMtukbof tfie City of Wtu&n, in Council
assembled.
manual of the houston police force—
qualifications.
bule 1. That no person will be appoint-
ed policeman, of this "force, unless he is a
citizen of the United States.
Rulb 3. - He has been a resident of this
State and' City during a term of one year
next prior to his application for appoint-
ment
Bule 3. He has never been convicted
of crime. -   
Bule 4. He is of good health and sound
body and mind. —•
Bulb 6. He is of good moral character
and habits, uo....
Rule 6. The prevention of crime being
the most important object in view, the po-
liceman's exertions must be constantly used
to accomplish that end; $e must examine
and make himself perfectly acquainted with
every part of his postjjwJrvigilantly watch
every description "person passing his way,
and he must, at 'the utmost of his power,
prevent the commission of assaults, breach-
es of the peace, and all other crimes about
to be committed ^
Bulb 1. He shall take particular notice
of aO hacks, cabs, or any other vehicles at
night which, under any circumstances, ex-
cite suspicions, and shall report to the Mar-
shal all gas lamps that may not be lit
at the proper time, unclean, or in any way
out'oi oriar, rataa of fare not in sight, etc.
bnlb -ft. He must constantly patrol his
post, unless otherwise directed by the com-
manding officer, and must, by his vigilance,
render it extremely difficult, if not impossi-
ble, for any one to commit crime on his post
The absence of crime wSJ be considered the
best proof of the/efiicie^y of the police,
and when offesees frequently occur there
will be good reason to suppose that there is
negligence or went of ability on the part of
the perM&in*harge o£ that post
Bulb 9. He shall frequently during the
tour ot patrol doty, carefully examine (in
the night time) aH doors and windows of
business houses to see if they are properly
secured.
Bulb 10. He shall strictly watch, the
conduct of all persona of suspected, or of
kndwn bad character, and in such manner
that h will be evidence to such persons
that they are watched, and that certain de-
tection must follow the attempt to commit
crime. •
Bulb IL When any person charges
anotherwith the commission 'of crime, and
insists that the person charged shall be
taken into custody the policeman shall re-
quire the accuser, if unknown to him, to ac-
company him as a witness along with the
accural to the station-house, and plaintiff's
name be placed on the blotter as such, and
must appear against defendant; the police-
'man shall then, with as little delay as possi-
ble, return to his post,
Bulb It.' He shall not leave his post,
unless otherwise directed by the rules and
regulations.
Bulb 13. He shall" be civil and polite to
all Btrangers; give such information as may
be required politely, but shall not leave his
post for that purpose, and if necessary shall
assist females, children, and aged or de-
crepid persons across crowded streets.
Bulb 14. He must prevent all crowds
from obstructing the sidewalk, especially at
crossings; also keep the Bidewalks clear
from boxes or merchandise, excepting the
thirty inches on the inside of the walk,
which the law allows merchants to use for
the that purpose.
- Bule 15. He must recollect in making
an arrest he is not justified in doing more
than is absolutely necessary for the safe
custody of the prisoners, until he conveys
them to their proper destination. Police-
men must not Rae such language as would
be calculated to provoke or exasperate
them, for such conduct tends to create re-
sistance in the prisoners and a hostile feel-
ing among the bystanders toward the
policeman.
Bulb 16. He must not use his baton
except in urgent cases, and in self-defence,
nor consider himself interfered with in the
performance of his duty unless the inter-
ference is active.  ' '
Bulb 11. Policemen assigned to duty on
Main, Fannin or Travis streets, are not al-
lowed to walk or talk together while on
duty, except in regard to matters concerning
the immediate discharge of their duty.
Bulb 18. He must not leave his post ex
cept in discharge of police duty; nor ahall
he enter any house except in the execution
of his duty, unless specially permitted.
Bulb 19. He must pay particular atten
tion to all public houses and drinking places
those that are noisy
Bulb 20. Policemen should not become
offended at any. harsh or abusive language
that may be applied to them.
Bulb 21. Whenever a prisoner is ar-
rested, the policeman making such arrest
most convey the prisoner to the station
house. The policeman wQl then search
prisoner, and turn over to the clerk of the
station house, the prisoner and effects. The
clerk must enter the same# on the blotter.
bulb 22. No officer AaBflfred to take
any security for a prisonewixcept the Mar-
shal or his Deputy, and the Deputy Mar
shal is only allowed to take bond in simple
cases; and, whenever bond is taken, it must
be entered on the blotter opposite the pris-
oner's name fc fcB, securities name and
amount of bond, ahd in case the bond be
worthless and the accused fail to appear,
the Marshal or his Deputy, as the case may
be, ahall be holden for full amount of said
bon£ '
Bulb 23. It is the duty of the Deputy
Marshal to -take charge of the night force,
8 o'clock !
call the roll at 8 o'c
:p. m., when the
future—a sense, however faint and
Bome, and, like stolen goods, it will j tegfc J*#* yet shut out
proveteoubleeome by andbV- fvom l^tageof human
In the might of inborn strength,
ry man should stand upon his
convictions, and give no heed
what he feels will comprise his
t of Bight, even though he be
ni Bome.
Mkbctt&ial Poisoning in
Dentistby.—Some statements
having become current, asserting
the objectionablenem of using the
red sulphide of mercury for artifi-
gums, on acco
ng salivation,
on account of its pro-
an experienced
writes to The American
in refutation of such an
idea. He sayB that not only is
the sulphide of mercury very in-
soluble even in concentrated acids,
and not attacked by alkaline fluids,
bnt, in the case of gums, each par-
ticle is, as it were, surrounded by
a film of India-rubber, which helps
to protect it from being acted
upon—if such protection were
necessary. The writer states that
he has made very large quantities
of vermillion, and always taken
care to protect the workmen from
the effects of the mercury itself,
but without being able to prevent
tnein from handling the vermillion
rather carelessly, or from inhaling
some of the dust—and yet without
•the first case of mercurial poison-
ing having made its appearance,
the same workmen having been
employed for years, andall enjoy-
ing good health.
kindliness, and, it may be, a de-
termination inspired by the means
to: regain a position of esteem
among his fellow-men.
iitinia ahanlii tiavai* ka Inaf
AUv wAlUUX DllvUnx UvTvA Uv Ivot
eight of th8* tn :tbe treatment of
criminals with an eye to the public
good? reform, generally speaking,
is quite as important as punish-
ment. The latter enter off the un-
sound members to pftsvent the
disease from spreading j the for-
mer converts disease into health.
And if the theory of our laws be
correct, while we have a right to
sequester the law-breaker for a
time judged adequate to his
offense, we have no right, nor is it
expedient^ to prolong his punish-
ment indirectly beyond this ad-
judged period of expiration, nor to
impose upon him conditions which
virtually reject him from the com-
munion of honest men, and banish
him to a life-long fellowship with
crime. What society in cases like
this omits to do, it really refuses
to do, and the released convict
whom we fail to help to a better
life may fairly cast upon our laws
and usages, potent to chastise,
but feeble to reclaim, some of the
responsibility for Ins miserable
WL . .<->• - Ay U i- • i
A Wabash (Ind.) editor returns
thanks for a centipede sent him
by mail from Texas, being the first
cent of any kind he had seen for a
month. a
night force will relieve the day force; then
again at 5 O'clock A. it, when the day force
will reHeve the night It is also the Depu-
ty Marshal's duty to constantly watch, and
see that the night policemen do their duty,
and to visit every policeman on duty at least
twice during toe night, and one of those
tkaea to be between 1 and 4 a. if.
Bulb 24. Each member of the police
force shall devote his whole time and atten-
tion to the business of the department Al-
though certain hours are allotted to the res-
pective members of the force for the per-
formance of duty on ordinary occasions, yet
at all times they must be prepared to act
immediately on notice that their Bervice is
required.
Bulb 25. Punctual attention, prompt
obedience and conformity to the rules of the
department wQl be rigidly enforced.
Bulb 26. Bach member in his conduct
and deportment must be quite civil and or-
derly in performance of his duty. He must
maintain aeoorum and attention, command
of temper and patience, and must be dis-
creet He must, at all times, refrain from
harsh, violent coarse, profane or insulting
language, and, whan required, act with
firmness and sufficient energy to perform
his duty.'^ '"S3S-
Bulb 27.^ No member of this force shall,
while on duty, (except in the immediate per-
formance of his dutyj enter any place in
which any kind of intoxicating drinks may
be sold or furnished.'
*•: Bulb 28. No policeman shall be allowed
to enter, while on duty, any public place or
gambling house, except in the immediate
performance of his duty or ordered by the
Chief or his Deputy.
Bulb 29. Any member of this force
violating any of the above rules will be sus-
pended (without pay) by the City Marshal,
whose duty it will be to report the same
immediately to the Police Committee, who
will, upon investigating said case, suspend,
dismiss or reinstate.
Bulb 30. Any member of this force who
shall miss three roll calls, without being ex-
cused by the Marshal, shall, upon first
offence, forfeit three days pay; second
offence, forfeit ten days pay; and third
offence, dismissed.
BuiJ 31. That the City Marshal and all
police officers now on duty, or who may
hereafter be appointed, shall, before enter-
ing upon the discharge of their duties, enter
into a bend with the city of Houston the
City Marshal in five thousand dollars, and
the appointed officers in five hundred dol-
lars, lawful money, with two or more good
and sufficient sureties, who shall, before a
Notary Public or Justice of Peace, make
oath that each is worth and owns property
double the amount of bond, over and above
all debts or exemptions by law; and the said
sureties shall be held responsible for all
fines imposed upon said officers for any
violation of law not done by authority, non-
performance of duty, or for violation of any
regulation of the Police Department.
fail to comply with this ordinance within
ten days after its passage, shall be consid-
ered as discharged, and the Police Com-
mittee are instructed to immediately nomi-
nate to fill such vacancy.
Bule 32. That the Police Committee
through its Chairman, are hereby empower-
ed to remove any officer upon the force
whenever, in their judgment it may be
necessary, or the efficiency of the force re-
quire it; and any officer so removed shall
ceaso to be an officer, and draw no pay from
date of such removal.
Bule 33. That all ordinances or resolu-
tions, or parts of ordinances or resolutions,
in anywise conflicting with the provisions of
this ordinance, be, and the same are hereby
repealed, and that this ordinance take effect
and be in force from and after its passage.
Approved, August 18, 1873.
T. H. Scanlan,
w. A. Daly, Mayor.
Sec"y and Treasurer.
Organization of Election Precincts.
The County Court has organ-
ized the following election pre-
cincts.
Precinct No. 1.—John W.
McDonald, J. P., Houston. This
is divided into five election pre-
cints, answering to the five wards.
No. 1. Election ground Maca-
tee's warehouse, presiding officer
W. A. Daly.
No. 2. Election ground at Allen
Station, presiding officer G. H.
Bringhurst.
No. 3. Election ground at the
courthouse, presiding officer Henry
S. Fox. ,
No. 4. Election ground market-
house, presiding officer B.C. Simp-
son. •*: : v.v..
No. 5. Election ground Texas
and New Orleans Bailroad depot,
presiding officer J. J. Gillespie.
• Precinct No. 2. John Dunn, J.
P. This precinct constitutes a
single election precinct, election
ground at Harrisburg, presiding
officer T. Prandy.
PreoinctNo.3. S. S. Ashe, J. P.
No. 1. Election ground at Tomp-
kins' store, Lynchburg; presiding
officer, A. P. Tompkins,
No. 2. Election ground at II-
frey's store, Cedar Bayou j presid-
ing officer, E. P. Laurence.
No. 3. Election ground at the
old Lodge Building, San Jacinto;
presiding officer, W. Thompson.
No. 4. Election ground fit T. L.
Mathews' store, Green's Bayou;
presiding officer, T. L. Mathews.
Precinct No. 4. Buckley, J. P.
No. 1. Election ground at Da-
vid Hoffman's house; presiding
officer, D. Hoffman.
No. 2. Election ground at J.
Dunn's gchool-house; presiding
officer, —McDonald.
No. 3. Election ground at Tan
ternhahn's store; presiding officer,
John Singleton.
Precinct No. 5. Jacob Scherer,
J.P.,
No. 1. Election ground at Mil-
ler's store, Cypress City; presid-
ing officer, E. L. Boeder.
No. 2. Election ground at Duel's
store, Hockley; presiding officer,
B. B. Swann.
No. 3. Election ground at Rose
Hill postoffice; presiding officer,
D. H. Hackney.
• No. 4. Election ground at Zim-
merman's old store, Lower Cy-
press; presiding officer, Ellison
McDougald.
registration notice.
All persons entitled to register
as voters of Harris county are
hereby notified that I will attend
in person or by deputy at the fol-
lowing named times and places,
for the purpose of registering the
names of all those entitled to vote
in said county, viz:
first justice's precinct.
Election Precinct No. 5. From
Monday, August 25. 1873, to Fri-
day, August 29, 1873. Register-
ing place at Texas and New Or-
leans depot, in the city of Hous-
ton. J*'
sEcoifD jogHcate vamMor-
Mectim Preemet- No. lr From
Monday, September 1, 1873, to
Friday, September 5,1873. Beg
istering. plaeejtown of Harrisburg
at office of Jolrn Dunn, Justice o
the Peace.
thibd justice's peecjkct. ;
Election Precinct No. 1. From
Tuesday, September 2, 1873. to
SatnrdayfSeptember 6,1873. Reg-
istration place at Tompkins' store,
in the toWn of Lynchburg. "Y T11
Election Precinct No. 2. From
Monday, September 3, 1873, to
Friday, September 12,1873. Reg-
istering place at Charles Jefrey's
store, Cedar Bayou.
Election Precinct No. S. From
Saturday September 13, 1873, to
September 19, 1873. Registering
place at Old Lodge building, town
of San Jacinto. ■/ J.!/- tiv\
Election Precinct No. 4. From
Monday September 8, 1873. to
Friday September 12,1873. B<
istering place at T. L. Mathews'
store, Green's Bayou.
fourth justice's precinct,
Election Precinct No. 1. From
Tuesday September 23, 1873, to
Saturday September 27, 1873.
Registering, place at David Huff-
man's house. ,_v ...
Election Precinct No. 2. From
Monday, September 29, 1873, to
Friday, October 3, 1873. Regis-
tering place, Joe Dunman's School
House, Dunman's Prairie.
Election Precinct No. S. From
Saturday, October 4, 1873, to
Thursday, October 9, (Sunday ex-
cepted). Registering place, H.
Tauternhahn'S' Store.
fifth justice's precinct.
Election Precinct No. 1. From
Tuesday, September 16, 1873, to
Saturday, September 20, 1873.
Registering place, Miller's Store,
in the town of Cypress. ,,
Election Precinct No. 2. From
Monday, September 22, 1873, to
Friday, September, 26,1873. Reg-
istering place, Due^s Store, in
the town of Hockley.
Election Precinct No. 8. From
Saturday, September .27,1873, to
Thursday, October 2,1873. Reg-
istering place, Rose Hill Post-
office. ,
Election Precinct No. 4. From
Friday, October 3,1873, to Wed-
nesday, October 8, 1873. Begis-
tering place, Limmerman's Old
Store, on Lower Cypress. >.
v In testimony whereof I
t i hereunto set my hand and
{ L. s. f the seal of the District
Court of Harris county,
at the office in the city of Hous-
ton, this 17th day of July, a. D.
1873. a. k. Taylor,
Clerk D. C. H. C.
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Board by theday Uniua Btateaodiranay, •  6u.
qap1tol hotel,* / - • '
(late enterprise hou8b,) < .
e. l. Brrmond, - - Proprietor
Houston, Texas. ootl-ly
7^ freeman houbk, <; ~
i 3NTavasota, Texas.
ISA M. FREEMAN,
ant, tf Proprietor.
Skjlton house.
|mbs. t. j. pearson.....
stephen bkilton......
HEAHNB, TBXAS.
Board by day, week or month.
Central portttow. wUhln o&e square «f the
DW* r noras-ly ,
Manager.
MARKET
This Arm
: .: I iO f j
being large
owners of Uv«
stock, ana raising their own Cattle, are enabled
to select
| ' ''    •'
, . 1 V:   ' ! . 1 J-. . • 3 ••
THE FINEST AM) FATTEST BEEVES
For slaughter. 1 heir fctail at all times contains
tho CHOICEST MEATS of the MMD.
MKW MARKKT HOME.
jy!6 ly   ■ f-v.lsK o:J vrf T
THE
MERCURY WILL " „
Also contain
CORREBPONDENGE --'
from all portions {of the State, and will as wci
contain the best
Poetry,
Stories
—and—
GENERAL LITERARY MATTER
that pen and scissors can procore or capital com-
mand. "
Our Fashion Department
Will b« under the direction of one of the best
fashion
Editors In the City of New York, and
will ever be found the latest and most reliable
THE HOUSTON MERCURY
Possesses the entire circulation of the HOUSTON
UNION, to which has "been added hundreds of
subscribers who, through prejudice,well founded'
refused to subscribe for that paper.
iH I-
THE MERCURY
Offers to Merchants at home and abroad the best
Mmns op Advebtibinq to be *0ti#d in the State
As it goea to the
Office,
Workshop,
Store and
Home of the peoplo
Terms of tho MERCURY, ...
CASH IN ADVANCE.
DAILY EDITION. ■
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS.
One year...... .     . ....$10 00
Six months.....     5 25
Three months     2 75
One month..   100
WKKKLT KDIXIOH. ' - '
Yearly   $3 00
Six months....    175
Three months    1 00
! SINGLE COPIES, FIVK CENTS.
pURE LAGER.
HAVANA CIGARS.
Wagner A Herman, proprietor* of the oldest
Brewery In the eity, are brewing some of the pu-
rest and finest Lager in Texas, and have the
■sine on draft, with the finest cigars In the city.
This firm are alsoprepared io dellvc Bottled La*
gar, freehand pure, at the homes of onr oitisene.
Wsgnnr A Herman, Brewers, at (label's Brewery
Preston street. oem-tf
JLLIG & (JOHLMAN,
TAealers sn Furniture, Carpets, Oil Oloth, Mau
1/ ting, Window Shades, and general Hoose
rumishlog Goods; Picture Frames, Cornices,
Moss and Hair Mattresses made to order.
MORRIS' BUILDING, 67 and 69 Main St.,
aogia-ly. HOUSTON, TEXAS.
0onfection bklf.
i supply 1
lanu/actu
id the o]
1 am now prepared to supply the tr de with a
full variety of Home Manufactured Oandy, war-
ranted pure and will stand the climate, wholesale
and retail. Orders promptly filled; satisfaction
guaranteed.  V
J. A. HKDDICKBU«,
No. IS Congress street, near Harks' square,
Houiton, t'cxias.
Mayl-dmo
SCHMIDT & K0SSE,
VVBOLEHALE AND RETAIL
HARDWARE MERCHANTS,
Mou-Bion. T«3tafe3.
JOHN ACHENBACH
•
MANUFACTURER OF
BOOTS SHOES
OF EVBRT DESCRIPTION.
Preston Street, next to (Msaen House,
hov8tun, TKXA8.
Cy All Orders Promptly Filled. JEk
y4-tf
fjih
E REST MUSIC ROOK,
THE (j LORY,
By w«org« c. Kiioi, Price |l 50.
For sale by all Book-sellers.
K. H. ODBHING,
feb3-U WtioteeaJe Agent, Hooston.
________
Importer and Dealer iu
PAINTS, OM,Nt OUHC8. VAHKIIMIlfCH,
WALL PAPER, AO. -, PTtROUNB FLUID.
Uuucta's Portable Oa« I.amps.
UQUXTOff, TAX AS.
'no**-* V ,
FOUND.
ONE of a let of shirt studs.
Apply at ^is
anglt-ti
w
ARD, DEWEY, & CO.
5000 NEW MATTRASSES
ALL SIZES—ALL QUALITIES!
j J'M >!!<•?:. 1
Fined, with evsry variety of materia
'"•* I .■(('' '?<> '-rM! IsiJj, 'Vfitliinni
suitable Iter Mattraw* «r rns. .: , /
I i\ :• yilX .u.
AT PRICKS nSRKTOFORS UNHEARD OF.
WARD, DEWEY & CO.,
f ir
■a
Penitentiary I.easeea,
my6-tf
Warrhontie.
Victor
tWiiiUl
s'iinwwrt
Ti if;-;
01 C. WILLARD^
EBB ITT HOUSE, f
Washington, D. C.,
! . ' ., . • i •, - u
Central position, Btidwithln two or three aonares
at all Department*.
h
OUSTON DIRECT -c?- -ii
"  i-• - .*• r. ;;fa :
NAVIGATION COMPANY.
FIVE
STEAMERS, TWEBW-TWO
THREE TUGS.
RBCE1VJS AND FORWARD ALL fRMIOBT
CONSIGNED tO TBKX AT GALVES-
TON. no USTOX, HAMjfilSh URG, . ■ . .
AND &WNOMtHrmO. >1 ; tu
All COTTON and otherPRODUCE covered to GAlr
TE8TON by their OPEN fOUOE OF INBD-
All losh* and Damages Promptly
AdJa^tsd aM Paid. . :'
Consign to HOUSTON DIRECT NAVIGATION
COMPANY from all pointa Inward and outward.
JOHN r--"
W. J. HBTCBBI^ . .
•Viujo
janl-DAWly
t?:. i ' c. olfson, ;:
A.TTO EN3EJ Y A T LA W,
dbuxcilell ADVOCATE.
GALVESTON, TEXAS
Office, Opposite Poetoffioe. P. O. Box No. 1452.
ahgS-Sm n- ;rro;
? OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, U
! M' ,!>!'") ;li;Iioi.  fh'i
J. R. ALCEE GAUTHREAUX,
| "ii -Si. 'Jtl t =...
General Sonfhern Agent, New Orleans, La. .[
! -iiiih/fy ~-uu S ft
W. JUCKUSCII A UO.,
.it >. Agents,Galveston.
i DECHAUMS & DUNN, i,:
all Hi
first premium over Pair^a^lcs' Scales, Texas
State Fair, 1878. " iuly9 diwtsm
Legal
wax.
TRUSTEE'S BALE.'
TT7BEREA8, May 30th. 18lW*HboU A Eeesie
TT made, executed an# delivered to.Henry
Henricks A Co. their pertain promissory note for
eight btadred 94100 gold dollars, with twe>v«
Bfitt
said Dlboll A Keatflar Osscnted sud deUVAed to
,,i*tter Box 00. Office is
thOjOld. Postoffloe.) '
inch stroke, rack shaft connection between
eccentric and slide valve, tabular heater, Gard-
ner's governor, lltt and feed  .-j —
cast iron, known as the 1
wheels 8 feet In diameter, 12
iron crank abaft, now on a ti
to J. D. Andrews, near the   
Harris county, and being the bdlv and engine in
the saw mill known as Dibell A Plnmmer's MUL
To secure the payment of said' note5 when due,
which trust deed is reoorded in Rook; V?l. 9,
pages 767 and 768, Re>x>rd of Mortgages, Harris
county. ■: rjufl /. i
Now, therefore, at the reqaast of the lecal
holder of said note, I will, under the provision of
said trust deed ON MONI 
FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST, _
at the door of the Ooorthoweof Harrts ooanty]
sell the said property at pnbUe auction, for cash
in gold coin, to the highest bidder, and wfll make
tz\
! I! J'.C.o. WINCH, Trustee;
Houston, August4,1878, .-.]ang5-td
: xbusibfs sale;
per annual; payable  C. C. Mlllioan or order;
toe first pafabla isth of Decsmber. agM.
forty-six hundred and three dollars and nineteen
cents in gold, the aeoohd psykbte 16th of 
186S,for forty<evan hundred and three, dollar*
and twenty cants ih'goia, fof Jrtittehase money of
tho land .hereinafter mentioned, in which last
mentioned note the sum of fifteen hundred and
fifty dollars Wan jifld on the 38th of Pebraarr,
Jaly, 187S, the date oi
* six hut
of Uu legal holder,
due thereon on the
ot said request.
said
iou-.
undred and nin«ty-four dollars and
firty eente—will af li tor cash !u *t^a, ON THB
at of
sand
fifty <
poblUauction, within the
the Goarthoaee door la '
county, Texan, the following property, situated in
Wharton county, Texas, vix; fflsven lsundted and
nioety-flye acraa of land, with *11 tits lmprova-
by O. O/Mfilieaa and Louisa J. MilUsai* by deed
dnly i ■ss$isanash** *■
huch title w« wlU make to tt  purchassr as iw« ::
are authorised to makp by said triUt deed-
ly90-lawfl
M t. MoOORMiCE^: r
CITATION.
4
n.iiu;
No. 84-i?.
1 LOUISA HECKLE
vs.
LEWIS HECKLE.
The State of Team* toOu Sheriff of HamU County—
(,;1*p -..mvoUol Olis St
YOU ARB HEREBY commanded thai yon sum-
monby makiiie :|slbiication of thW writ in
S S^«SSlS1,S*£EWf^K
whose rssidenon is unknown,'to;be.aad to
appear before the District Court to bo holden
in and for the county of Harris, 'at'fee
Courthouse thereof; in the city or Hooston, on
the last Monday in October, A. D. 1873, then and
there to answer the petition of Louisa Heckle,
the said Lewis Heckle,
- That
at 
Orleans on or about the 4th day of December, A.
D. 1862, and lived together *s husband and wife;
that on or abont the —day ot April, A. D. 1848.
the defendant abandoned plaintiff with the inten-
tion of abandonment, and has continued each
abandonment for more than three yaera prior to
the institution Of this suit, and praying for a
Judgment dissolving said bonds of matrimony.
Herein fail not. but have yon then and there
return
filed in sald Ooart against the said Lewis Hi
and alleging in substance as IbUdws. to wit:
plaintiff and defendant weie married at
before said Court, this writ, with your
thereon, showing how yon have executed
same.
< ——., Witness, A. K. Taylor, Olsrk of the Dls-
| l. b. > trlot Court of Harris County. Gltsn on-
—' der nay hand and seal oi said Court, this
the 8d day of August, A. D. 1878.
A. E. TAYLOR,
sugl9-4tw. Clerk D. a C. H.
•he
KAUFMAN STAR.
The Buineas Manager of ths Houston Unon Is
hereby authorized to act as agent for the Kaufman
Star, a weekly newspaper published at Kattftnan,
wtthadreulatlonof 860 In Kaufman, Hunt, Vsn
Zandt, Henderson, Bains Anderson and Dalla*
counties; and say contract made by said
Manager will be complied with on the part of
paps*, and any reoeljpt executed by klm for *
Jell-tf
or other work
GREEN 1. O
cieo. ooldthwutk. ' xdm'd p. tcbjtm.
(iOLDTHWAITE & TURNER,
ATTOEHEYS 4 CODmiM ii UW.
HOUSTON
TBXAS
A!
J. C. C. WINCH,
ATTORNEY ^ jUW ,
■,, j •'* - v Mk. - • TnTr.; vj
Ilnutes, vr+AIPmmW'/sl *>r'Siiai
ifitt i'ij.j-.-iirijC v
.if
;-tr i
ii?i
J. B. LIKENS, ;:
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
;<; r<U ■■■:■' -iOli Kill iliO .ISlfJ:/.
HOUSTON. •  TICK AS.
Omcx—In Rice's BnlldiBc, Oongree* street,
ecoild door from First National Bank.; jy4-Af
BOSTICE, SEYKOUB k COHEN,
LatoBMBit SEYMOUR.
hak6wa&b, MET All, IMOB PIPES
" UD PC* I, ^
Steamboat, Railroad sad Maehtne SnppOea.
BT0VE8, TINWARE. TINNERS1 STOCK AXD
> sK.ln - .Ui TOOLS.
ThemoMoomplete Stock m the Sootb.
Goods Bold at Bew York Prtoeo.
Iran Pipe and Fittings for Steam, Water or Oaa,
Bra** Valrse, Oocka, oft Globe*, Steam and
   Nuts, Hot
l, Rivets.
.  Bod, Sheet and
ssr ■ssmr'nst tanusff.
Babbit Metal, Sheet Copper, Pig Lead and Lead
Pipe, CMen, Wen sad Foroe Pnmpa, Braes aad
Iron Wire ao h, Bice Oloth, Rubber. Labstoartag
and Hetnn Pssking.Rabber Hose, Belting, Lubricat-
ing, Lard. Signal, Sperm, Headlight, Linseed acd
Boiled ouTWhlte Lend, Paints, dotton Wssto,
Cotton Packing, Gaa&ttwra sad Msohtatsf Stocks
and Dies, Pipe Cutters' Tongs, Wrenehea, Jack
Screws, Letsk, and a oomplete assortasent ot
----- eel Fine Bruatae*, frosn 4 to 16
Fine Bcnpen, Lamp*, Las-
sss^ssrsaa^hLsssi
aad Tinware.
hg: ... . . ABMtu
For GRAAF A
Blacksmiths' Bellows, Vaaea, Bar, Bod, £
OO.'s 8TEEL
Boiler Floes, aad Oleanlfig
^ ^BRUSHES, tor
H. WESTON'S iSnfum'^LiGBTNING
For J.
j BODS.
For POWELL'S PATENT BeU-Grindlng GLOBE
VALVES.
For New Knglsnd ManuCsctnrlng Oo.'* UN1K
. | HOSE. *•/ . 
For! RUMSEY'S PUMPS aad WELL POINTS.
FogABHOBOFTB ft BLAKE'S 8TRAM  ACOB .
For DOWNER'S aad Globe LUBRICATING 0O6.
Iron Pipe cut and fitted to any Length or Shape.
Bole Agent* for MINERAL SPERM OIL tor
Uabama. Mls*halpyl, Texas and
i advertisement of this OIL la aooUi-
4od tor-oae of ow Price Usts.
J BOBTICK, SEYMOUR & COHES,
Ho*. 45 ant *T Front, and 4« and 48 Fni
ton streets, New Orleans. anglS ly.
t EdoeaUenal
N*I ' "" • :  " '  .
P. MITCHELL,
' J. W. BLACKMAN'S
NEW ORLEANS
COMMEROlAJj "COLLEGE,
Established in 1861.
78 Oamp Street, Entrance tf
Open Day aad Ev suing the satire year, fromti.
■J ! k. to 9 f. x.
Bo Vacation 1
daring Lite I
EXCELLENT SUMMEB ARRANGEMENT.
'with "onr
OUR PRESENT CHARGES:
eoazae, - ao oo
Ocmmsrcial law,Smith A Dean,full oonrse, IS 09
full supply, • • IS Oi
Total, • . . . -m "~
OUR FORMER CHARGES:
full umisa, .
 y.lttBi
. V) 00
Smith A Dean, -
j Total, ....
NO' EXTRA CHARGES! NO
,-j, 1 aslifiiiiJifrn
$170 00
torafuB
in above
EORGE H. SLAUttflTEB,
.fjh f..'j to «9
... ; ATTORNEY ^ LAW,
HOUSTON,
ur j
Jel4 tf
Omn a Cocnxaouen.
/lit inn>3-.-: if-ti;!:'? fi;
OitT
Parents, Guardians, Patrons sad Friend* (
Members of every Heaaehn&St Edacate your
lh d-ni-t ■?'***
"Teach them that which liiey will practice
when they will become men."
Invest a small enm of money fcs the parehaee ef
a life schoiarBhtp in J. W. BLAOUUN'S NEW
ORl.EANB OOMMEBCTAL COLLBGE, tor a fa
oommerclal or business course. Moaey invoste
in f heed stock,** is money that 1s hourly com
,i; ponadteg sad whose lamest te * '
D
r. w. ai dohwm, !<> ****
to;
m v   srit
.• •,'tkxas.
:fla rUtt T/ru -
%
DeHATEN, MATTHEWS & COi
AGENTB, AUCTIONEERS,
COHMISSJOS^MEECHA^
' ' OfllO OS
MENDENHALL'S OARKUGE REPOSITORY,
.51 ! Congress St., Homstsa, TrVs V'' ~
' dSrOoaajgnmente aollcMed. i myJOtf
i f . HOTEI^ ' J *nJ 1
. j ■■■!■' hi 'IT id
<4 Fare, Cards, Bid Heads, Ledgers,
Recount Books, and aU kinds of Job Prin t-
ittg done with neatness and dispatch, atihe ;
Mercury Steam Fritting Establishment.
j J jAlfcUJ '.Uli USst-i ill li {jiOr' Si r-f'o,
> • tcj/er Poetqffiee. ' a !} ii
tl—Vrftgrtaa on ths 4th day of
A.O. 1872, John * Whitfield mad*, eneon-
BTBUSTEE 8ALK.—1
rTnly, A.
ted And dieUvered to i. Baldwin
| isSory note of that date, due
date, with interest, payable : ■
of thirty per cent per annum from!
hundred dollars, and to secure the
Mid note when due, also made, exec
and: delivered - to the undersigned s^|
with power to sue the land aad property hseeta'
imvSBzgmt
7, therefore, at the request of the legal hold-
■■^U^unpaM^tlWdMthe proves
MAI, CORN, OATS, BRAN,
" f toe a. BA&hKT, oi V E.
tembefr, A. D. 1818, at a
OOufatj.sAr
day. tbe first day Srp-
Oonrtbotw* of HsrriS-
..rtWo'otockM'.atwdiaeAwj^teifcs
pnrtensnoes, being the and promlt
ed by the Sheriff of Harris County, to
field on the first day of September, 1888, by deed
recorded in vol. Vni, pages 73 and 76, Land'Bee-
ord of. Harris Oonnty,
anth<
of
r.
at said trust-'
n I wxm ft
August 11,:
ui-j :
trust deed.
MB
1872,
^ i lT tUlf* as I am
to do fcy the
" *. a tt v
Ui) 1
ii
p.o. WTeont.
HCENIX
0.«.
piKENIX IRON WORKS.
if; Wiggin, 8mitJi A Simpson,
SB A S S AND I BON vooediim
r,:1i u.-hia
Hj') vilf Hi Iti-.l
>ii iihuiri -i-.ii i
SHAFTING, SAW MILLS, PULLBTB, :
MILL GEARING, PUMPS, E«V,
Proston Street, Near lobe Bride*,
! Horsrojr.TiaeAE. '
• . .- i.ini . j . .Jf'xr 9 ■: -.rmasti
a« .ytf.sic
justify small profits
f Hi, •.- ?/ « >. -■■: "T7TT ■'!
THE GREAT
.{*15'
bit#
BOOK,8TATI( mCKY A J1VB1C HOtWK
«•; -" ..OF THE BOU^THWEST, i 'r M \
,. | - •- ■ ■a.ji'j \it
Challenge* comparison of prices with those ot
Nsw Orleans, Cincinastiana Bt. Louis, la every-
thin* •,r"'
-.-. ^nagt^Kt.' J I'ili a ll ir,
piaassI Plaaosl
HALLETT, DAVIS A 00 
 N BROS  
 ALL A WENDELL......
We undertake to sell a
ata lower prtesi,
than any other house in the trade.
strictly First
fttorraaotor
tar the
Cabinet Organs. ~
_ Sbeet Eask.
Over 80,000 pieces, embracing all that is new
id; good. Also all tee Operas, Music Books, Sa.
JwedandBecnlar, Instraotion Booka, etc. A full
Uae of Violins, Guitars, Aooorde««.jnoto Stellas,
Tens. 1873.
g L. HOHENTHAL,
* Exchange sad Collection OSes.
L0AN8 NEGOTIATED.
BOUSTON, - -
TEXAS.
oetl7-tf
Dlstruction by the month from >3 to 54.
and Young Men can enter fat any of the
- by the month at the abev* rates,
a scholarship tor alt with privilege to
five months.
ClSS
member this faot: By attei
to an
JStore, Steamboat or Baftroad^) or*
8*W^have
which we
pertiee. guaranteeing onr gwdmstes la I
a sparse, iww three
Oompsre ''our present i
former charass."
Wa respectfully solicit a
of qnrtacittttes and routine of
andtomasd byaieanlMM of 1
« ooptpaii**!a of tbe ssia* with that af
mercial Oolleaes in this
FW circulars, oontai:
ftmnaUoo, please enB. or
HOTEL, , .
B. & MORSE, Prtiprieto;,
EEW ORLEANS U,
I JOM2ST CALDER,
OCRS MEAL. ROCK SALT,
iWestera. Proci-uoo.
No. 07 Petesa St., (late New Lm*,) aad SI Fnt.
. ! totinfc,eor. Iateyette, New Orleans.
r. l. bruce,
sauutaiB „
Haj, Corn, Oats, Bras, Cow Feed,
: FLOUR, HA1(B, POTATOES, Ac.,
Green Turtle Sotip. Roast
Soop, Ox Tail Soap,
• pounds. ^
asglS-lm.
H01T 4t WILCOX,
03 ax f
Commissioii
Z]. i,
KO
Dealers in
nankwmebn
i- PBOBUCE, ■
.niuils -J ;o ff loo;
SWTERiCHEEIS, LAJU>, CARDIU1C*,
', VOEE. '▼INEiAk, *e.,
ga Tc^Mdtoullc Mmi ■ Xev oriM&s
JOHN C.
{ - IE# OWIEtin, lam
commxbdtok merchant,
Salter in .. ^
HAT,
BiaDrSZS. BARLEY sad WHEAT
WAGLEY & LOCKAST,
S^ieetl Estate Agenfb,
tog ot REAL
LOANS
LECTIONS MADE.
ir*u
IB the buying sad
tin all partest Tasae
' aad CDL-
 paid aad Tt^essnm-