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DAILY MERCURY
Matter on every
SUNDAY, -
m
Too Bad.—We have been in-
formed that the Mends of J. D.
ERiot, editor of the State Journal,
;a^ jnafciniF 'application }|^{ ftis
admission to the asyltim for idiots.
"ffis^onS^^^en^^^im .to
prom^a^i^ion^ Yl Ji
hrq
(oil
matorra
|yspsec
ur com
amo
mpan
ninety
NOV. 2, 1813.
: Alma
Oapt. Ed. Cbbary^—We ajpe
pleased to notice that this brave
and courteous ggntlestsaa and the
most efficient Serg£ant-at-Arms
of the House of'E^resA tatiyes
and of Hie Tax PayeriConyention,
and the late Assistant Sergeapt-
at-Arms of'the J.3th Senate lias
been -nominated Tot, the SlBee tJf*
City Marshal at Austiu.
There is not rf. toter or more
popular man in Texas than (J apt.
Ed. Creary, and his nomination is
equivilent to ah election. i1 €k>
mote it be.
the^om-
e, rfWtttie
gationi
daring
tie the
that the sum of one million of
would enable the com-
pany to meet all their engage-
ments regularly in the future,
and in event of failure to do so,
titoAaMiteaf fcha ^nnrafrmyIttighn hnth ia his
inind not brilliairt?. and^ spiling
ime^ of hispolaS#iate§ but
and^teepia,.'? afllBfent
to f&eoa&an, Btehad
instcaiy work and left
ater- a r$e scholar,
de^ versed in the mystic lorffot'
books, and withal, a profound
knowledge of human nature, for
he had culled the flowers of world-
liness by the wayside as he .went
along. A ftewi ^years of travel,
1>e questioned. Your committee,
I 1>m ®MoOmun^g:aWof
opinion the sum asked for cannot
safety be flSraislied. Coining to
Ais conclusion, your committee
-were requested by the company to
express their recommendation of
the course to be taken under the
circumstances to enable the com-
pany to secure to creditors pay-
ment of the claims, and to prove
as1 far as poflgibleth e vast availa-
ble property in the hands of the
company. They therefore recom-
mended that the A. & W. S. Man-
ufacturing Company, and the in-
dividuals comprising the (^part-
nership, to mortgage the amount
of their property to three trustees,
who shall practically have all the
cpntrol and management of the
entire property,—these trustees to
issue their note in an amount thof
Europe, and
f *4
FROM CALVERT.
*
r-i v&fU
piping:
>v \? u\<v V
med!
us dat
obligations have three years to
tftti at/d drawing semi-anrfhally
interest at sale 3Jfper cent, per
t reserved to
nay 5 per cent, of their debt as
in shall
itors will
indebt-
trnstees have
edness, and if the trust*
lamity. to; thousands of operatives.
'To' mate'the nriflproperty val-
uable, an immense shrinkMfe of
vahies will t£f*y in
„ .fulj ,the indebtedness of the A &
Your editoria
headed "Calvert Belief rand,'
has just been read by m%; ^a4*f
must say that T w^wvigypgrei
astonished than to find;that you r
and your citizens shoolaior a mo- u
ment think that
sboaM ce®fufing yon ftp
any bf your acts. You were
first t**xfce W oar * Hef and fflpapSfewt)
and your noble merchants were
first m saying that yOU'wohld f4ot
I
atjve, G t. A. Faulknery whioit
at the tiflie tfeliave proof to show
in the way of money|co®ns, etc.,I
to prove the fact- aiiu. 1? can says
for the l&i^g of Calvert that they,
one i lO^ael grateful to BoaM
ton as being first to come to tiwrir
assistance in their darkest hoaiy
which will long be remembered^
I hope Houston will, not be com-
pelled for many a 'day to ask us to
reciprocate. If I havehutt thefeel-
ings.Qfc.yeur eitizen%in any way as
theT6pre^entative*opMii8 afflicted
people, I am sorry, and I now ask
your pardon for them and myself.
God knows that we had no sueh
intention, as we have bad afflic-
tion enough without haying
.pany,
£ts de-
^ill be
v nvert
debts
ile, as
indebt-
much
HT
SETH E. PAD]
ADLEFOBD,
Rtspus
Geo. F. Wilson,
mA^^Jssmsi
_jNew Orleans, Nov. 1.—Hon.
l|os. A. Kelson, ex-United States
Minister to Mexico and Mr. Wm.
Ba?M>fey ffieir ^fif^Tand
Cruz. A affmber of prominent
merchants called ou Mr. Nelson at
the St. Charles hotel last evening.
He gives growing accounts of the
serene climate and the mineral
wealth of MSsfco, and bretigfct An
invitation from the Merchant's
Exchange of the*CityfMexico to
the Chamber of Commerce of New
Orleans for a delegation of the
citizens of New Orleans to visit
any newspaper controversy over
our bereavement. Houston has f having been ananged by
done her duty towards us man- Mmister Thos- A- NeT"
fully and liberally. Now to facts:
The writer and the citizens of Cat-
vert only wanted to know who the
party was that represented u& as
not being in distress, and if yon
read my telegram^ over, it was all
the. information oaked for. We
have had only one representative,
in your city, and that..was Oapt.
A. Faulkner. He and hbiwrother
had any power or authority to
represent Calvert. If he informed
you that we were m need Of
no further assistance, all is right.
But no other party had any
to do so. Calvert and the
men's Charitable Association
long remember him.
The disease is very nearly endeaj, „ ,
As near as I can learn there are •
only a few sick, and they are ail
doing well. But one death to-day,^
that of Biehard Sehmeedler, ana
we trust it will be the last from
ih£ disease the present season.
To-day there was a vast change in
town. Many stores opened and
many of our country friends are
in town. "Ofre house handled and
moved 150 bales cotton to-day—
pretty good for Calvert for the
first day after the epidemic. : ~
MaIBbennan.
Cat lists Defeated. r
Madbid, Nov. 1.—A dispatch
has been received by the Ministry
of War announcing the defeat
of the Carlist forces by the
National troops. The insurgents
were scattered and fled in all di-
Teeftons. . ,
XNMp oT President MeHahon.
Pabis, Nov. 1.—A message from
President McMahon is to be read
at the opening of the approaching
session of the Assembly.
Montgomery All Bight
Washington, Nov. 1.—The
Montgomery Board of Health an-
nounces that it is safe for refugees
to Tefcmr, and those why-have
business can visit the city with
impunity.
Memphis, Nov. 1.—Five yellow
feve* deaths and one other.
New Yobie, Nov. 1.—Banks
have gained $5,000,000 currency
since yesterday. They now hold
$18,000,000. Lowest amount ever
held, $5,802,000.
, "The Sprapnes.
PaovroENCE, Nov. L—An ad-
journed meeting of bank repre-
sentatives had read to them to-day
th^, report of the committee ap-
pointed tcuAxamine the affairs of
A. & W. Sprague. The commit-
teej&y they consider the assets of
thew.*Jfe D. Sprague Manufactur-
ing Company to be $19,495,427,
and estimate their liabilities x at
$11,415,4425 surphts, $8,0?9,985.
A detailed statements? the prop-
erty of the company accompanies
the report. The committee far-
ther say, to determine whether the
mortgage proposed would be solid
and free from objections under the
bankruptcy act they were com
pelled to ascertain whether the
amount of aid asked for would in
all reasonable probability be suf-
ficient to meet its maturing obli-
gations in the regular course Of
son and John W. Foster for the
riftipgntinn tn lease hete—by~-the
first steamer of Alexander & Son's
new Mne for Vera Crnz, about the
15th of November, thence by rail
to the City of Mexico. Ex-Minis-
ter Nelson and party, after ma-
king the arrangmnts,. left by a
special train for Louisville.
Mistake.
>*£& $su&&-&u twrsrxii
BY SET 'EM UP.
s !ts atca. .aagssaK! r?l3r. •< .;;
Where the limpid Waters of the
Guada&upe wind their blue depths
along, on a.yilie-garnished bluff,
emboweretl in a grove of live-oaks
and wide-spreading elms, there
£$Qod a plain but heat white cot-
tage, ite eaves aod-portico^ trel-
lised with sweet jasamine and. the
odorous honeysuckle, and its Mr-
raced front yard covered with a
green, sward of mesquite grass,
bespangled with patches of many
colored verbenas, fuchias and the
thousand iris hued wild fleers
indigenous to that favored section
of our broad State.iBThis cottage
was^the home of " ft rare and ra-
dient maiden" nport whom the
gods smiled at her birth; and upon
whom nature lavished her sweet-
est gifts. Mabel Grinstead was
the life and light Qfh^er ho^e, wth
her sunny smile and winsoible
ways. Just /eighteen, and revel-
ling in all the joys of robust health,
surrounded with a superabund-
ance of this world!s goods, withj
fond and indulgent parents, whose
chief delight was to both antici-
pate ( and grant her every wish,
life was pleasant to her, and the
world upon whose threshold she
was just standing, opened up fhir
and joyous to her visum. She was
ft fair-haired, bine-eyed maiden,
with nature's roses mantling: her
cheeks, with lips ripe and tempt-
ing as the sonny side of summer
peaches, and a breath sweet as Che
dews that nestle in the hearts/ftf
roses. She was the syno-
nym, the impersonation of
innocence with a heart as
artless and pure as those of the
children of nature ever are. Mabel
was loved with a devotion and a
fervor rarely met with in these
latter days. - Paul Perdue was a
Eentuckian—a broad-shouldered,
heavy-limbed, muscular specimen
of young manhood, flair to look
upon, around whose heayy brow
the chestnut curls clustered^ m
wanton profusion, and in whose
hazel, steady eye, one read firm-
ness, truth and candor. Paul was
a handsome man, and wherever
he went he was the cynosure of
all eyes. He had been bred* in
' affluence, and was possessed of
.far more ot . worldly pelf
than generally tails to the lot of
man, especially a young man, just
entering apon the arena of life,
just beginning the battle with the
world and its sordidness. He had
all the advantages of a collegiate
education, and Unlike the bulk of
the young men of this day and
time, possessed of plenty, be had
ignored the dissipation and disso-
luteness of college life, and bad
applied himself—had profited by
his opportunities; and with a
.©a*~ land
the reading of
choice, books as lie loitered,
had added to his knowledge and
his strength of mind. At five-and-
twenty, we find, him with a ranche
in the Xork Creek hills, raising
horees'and mules, with a few ser-
vants and a small library of books
culled from the many he had col-
lected. Her was whiting away
time and dreaming oijt his life in
idle listidssness. Oiie day, wj^en
riding over the prairies, looking
after his bunches and herds of
horses, he had chanced to meet
Matel. Grinstead riding lieaf ;ttor-
oughbred Zacatecas barb, and be-
ing questioned by her as to the
route to a neighbor's dwelling,
had rodden with her part, of the
way to show her the trail. As they
rode along, her artless' naivete
charmed him, and, learning where
her father lived, lie obtained per-
mission and a cordial invitation to
visit at her hou^7 ^Hfef 'glorious
bine eyes that fla&hed upon him in
all. the insouciance of innocence
and the joyousness of life hatmted
his memory, and the rippling
sweetness of her v'diee^a^'bhe par-
oled forth her wxusds jn conversa-
tion, lingered lovingly in hislieart.
He grew restless, his books were
tiresome, and, hardly - before-lie
knew it, he fotuiQ himself on the
way to the river, where Mr. Grin-
stead (Mabel's father) dwelt. The
welcome he met was cordial and
full of the bon homie peculiar to
old Texans^firofflMi'. Grinstead—
^ahd Mabel's speakin g eyes beamed
the pleasure his visit gav&P-^he
day soon passed—all too happily,
in fact. . Thus if ' - was, day
after day^T,until the tendrils
of his, anid •' Mabel's heart,;
virgin and 't pure as they
were, became, interwoven and
fast bound in the silken links of
love's soft- fetters,. Ther^;?J$as
little seed of .a declaration of love
between them; their eloiJUent
8 had told, eac^i, the ^her^the
;1ihe gentle pteSsdife of fiands
had verified it, the soft sighs and
smiles of joy at greeting, had at-
tested it. Mabel's parents were
too happy in their, darling's hap-
piness to oppose the union; and
fate smiled propitious. Paul
went diligently to work to pre-,
pare a home suitable for his bird-
ling, and all went happily and
smoothly on for a few weeks^ ffhe
'marriage day had been fixed and
Mabel was deep in all the myste-
ries of bridal trousseaus, and the
thousand little necessaries to be
provided ere she stepped from
maidenhood into the sober reali-
ties of married life! ! Mabel loved
Phul with a an glen ess, a puritv,
and a wantonness, I may say, that
ever characterizes the Iove of ian
artless, guileless child of nature,
whose heart is untainted with the
coquettries of the world, and is
not of the earth, earthy, and her
firith mfaimTO as perfect^as
trusting* as undonbting as is that
oi the Hindoo widow in her God,
the oo^sl^nt dropping of water
gradtiatny weare away the stone;
and. Heel a Murion, jJjtabel'sjnaar
"neighbor and her dear friend from
her childhood's days, that she
loved as she would have loved a
sister, and that she looked up to
>as the flowers look up . to i the
stars, and clung to as the tender
morning glory clings to the rose,
had hinted at his want of fidelity
and truth, and told her tale after
tale of his faithlessness to her,—
that he had even dared to talk of
love to her, Heckla, and had
laughed lightly of Mabel's love
and fondness for him,' 'until
her little heart had begun
to aefee&ad the scalding tears to
droyn her pillow at night. Still
'she clung to her faith and her love,
as the wave-tossed mariner (dings
to the floating spar, hoping on,
hoping ever, and feeling, oh! so
glad, so happy when he came and
spoke those words of love in tones
low and soft, that thrilled her soul
with a bliss that was etherial. But
Paul was immersed in business
cares, his buildings that he was
erecting claimed much of his at-
tention, and his horses needed his
close supervision ; b/ance visits
to Mabel were less frequent than
they were formerly wont to be.
This fact scheming Heckla took
advantage of, and made a moun-
tain of the mole hill to the sorrow-
Hecklaitttinbn was an orphan,
and had been areared by; an uncle,
a near neighbor of Mr. Grinstead.
She and Mabel had been school
girls together, and as she was two
years Mabels senior she had as-
sumed the role of protector and
gnfl.rdifl.Ti- Together they gathered
flowers in the spring-time, had
rambled through the woods, had
bathed in the CHearwaters of the
Guadalupe, had angled iu the
shady nook# and had raced their
horses tm* the prairies. They
were inseparable, and Heckla
loved Mfcbet as purely and as un-
selfishly as she was capable of
loving anyone. But Heckla was
of a oold, unimpassioned, calcu-
lating nature. : She had had 'no
mother, no father, to draw out the
affections of her heart and culti-
vate its tenderness. Her uncle
and aunt treated her as an inter-
loper. as a pensioner upon their
bOuhty, showing her no love and
crushing out all the yearniugs of
her soul for love, and she
had grown up heartless, soul-
less and embittered, with ' but
one hope, and* that was to
marry rich, as she was poor, that
she might look with scorn on, all
the world and rtde Over the necks
of those She might get in her
power. She had met Paul Perdue
on one of his visits to Mabel and
learning that he was rich, and be-
ingimpressed with the graceful car-
riage, the distingue personage of
the man—she was utterly incapa-
ble of love—she determined to win
and wed him. i. She liactno scruples
as to how she did it 8(iid she had
not one single cSre or thought of
the pain i2Would cost Mabel if
she was successful.
A handsofne woman was Heckla,
aye she was * nerfect specimen of
womanhood. Her eyes were black
as the wrath of an avenging sav-
0 jind worjB radiant with ,the iu-
i|ence df her mind rare in its
She-was tall, and grace-
ful in her motions as a slender
willow swayed by the winds of a
summer eve. She hoped and be-
lieved that her peerless beauty
amt" fe^cination of manner would
tell npon the heart of Paul even-
tually if she could rid him of
,Mab$L: To. do this, she. used all
her power's of charming, as the
reptile with its bright colors and
graceful motions charms the bird.'
She talked to him with a gentle
voice' and a pathes that moved all
the tender chords of his heart;
she gazed into his eyes with hers,
with so pleasing, so gentle an ex-
pression that he was enraptured,
as with the spell of entrancement.
This much she did towards en-
gaging his sympathy and interest.
To rid him of Mabel, she resorted
* ^ttategem and What wiles
cannot an intelligent woman with
a scheming heart not resort to ?
She had a cousin Who had been
reared with her, who was but a
few years her senior, who had been
the companion of her childhood
and a brother to her, and more
too, for he loved her with a devo-
tion that was idolatrous. He, so
far as form and size and general
app&trairce, at a casual glance,
was concerned, made a near ap-
proach to Paul Perdue. She was
^engagecUto him, but had no idea
of marriage with hinrTif she could
do what she couceived to be bet-
ter, for Albert Murion was poor in
pecuniary wealth. Albert had
been absent from home some time,
but had returned unexpectedly.
The next day thereafter Heckla,
in talking to Mabel of Paul's infi-
delity to her, and which she spoke
of intiSrslij bitter terms, caressing
Mftbel as she, spoke with a tender
loviii^ness that moved her artless
* heart, told her that she would
prove his infidelity to her the next
day; for her to be at her window,
which overlooked the garden of
Heckla's home the next morning,
and she could see with her own
eyes the proofs of his treachery.
" ' When the morning came Mabel,
with a saddened, bleeding heart,
her.eyes swollen with tears she
had shed—those crystal evidences
of a love that was pure and single
—took her station at her window
to see for herself those proofs she,
poor soul, knew would crush her
forever and break her heart.
In a short 'time Heckla en-
tered the garden and took her
Seat 'neath .,the shades of a
snmmer house, but in plain view.
In a short time she was followed
by Paul Perdue, at least Mabel so
believed ifc^her eye-sight oould
not deceive her, there he was,plain
to see. She witnessed his impas-
sioned mariner in his interview,
she saw him take Heckla's hand
and imprint upon it a kiss, she saw
him enfold her in his arms, she
saw him imprint upon her lips' a
kiss fervent With the depths of
love, and then she saw no more,
for she had fainted. «.
That afternoon a messenger
speeded sWiftly from Mabel's home
to Paul Perdue's ranche. He bore
with him a missive from the tear-
less, saddened,heart-weary maiden
to Paul. He received it with rap-
ture, for he recognized the bearer,
and knew whence it came. But
mark how the blood rushed, first
to his face, and then left it pale, as
though the hues of death enman-
tled it, and see the trembling' of
every nerve. He read it and re-
read it, and then staggering into
the house, dismissed the messen-
ger without a word of answer,/
These were the words he read, anft
they engraved themselves upon
his riund and his heart, as though
they bad beeii seared with a heated
irons* * L'
Mr. P aul Perdue :
The ties that have existed be-
tween' «s ase now severed forever.
I have discovered your perfidy.
I now know $ow low, how despi-
cable a wretch you are. I
now know how unworthy
*ot even a passing notice
you are, how utterly devoid of any
semblance of honor you are.
1 have witnessed with my own
eyes your dastardly conduct—
conduct that a gentleman could
not conceive, much less be guilty
pf. No excuses, no attempts atj
explanation will be noticed or lis-*
tened to, therefore you need not
trouble yourself to either write or
utter in person any studied ex-
planations of surprise, to ask
any questions of already pre-
pared, for the one will not be re- ^
ceived, nor will you be permitted
again to pollute my father's house
with your disgraceful presence. '
Mabel Gbinstead.
To say that Paul was utterly
astounded at this letter would be
inadequately to express his feel-
ings. He was crushed, every hope
in him was dead. Life was one
dark, dreary waste before him.
He was cut off by Mabel's letter
from any attempt at explanation; he
could only submit and endure his
fate, if he had strength to do it.
He loved Mabel with so entire a
devotedness, his heart was so en-
tirely wrapt up in her, that the
blow utterly prostrated him, ut-
terly annihilated any reactive
power of his nature. He mounted
his horse the next, day, and bo wed-
in spirit, looking a decade older
than he was, he sought out his
friend Charlie Winters, who was
just preparing with a few men to
go to the head waters of the Con-
cho on a gold prospecting expedi-
tion. He found Winters, and
without explanation joined the ex-
pedition. In three days they were
off. Paul wes well mounted and
well armed, and so was his ser-
vant, Tom, who he carried with
him. The trip to the gold region
was unmarked by any occurrence
of unusual note. Arrived at their
destination, the party of ten men
Set about to examine for the pre i
cious metal, meeting with some
success. The second night after
their arrival, Paul called Charlie
Winters to one side from the group
Of men clustered together in camp,
i&r a conversation. His manner
was depressed, as it had been, on
the entire trip, and a gloom had':
settled upon Mm that was painful
to contemplate. He opened the
conversation with his friend in
these words: " Charlie, I feel
very much depressed to-night.
My whole soul is bathed iri a sad-
ness thajris terrible to me. 1 hav e
a presentiment that trouble is soon
to befall me, and probably all of
us. I am as sure that we will be
attacked ere a great while, possi-
bly before morning, as I am that I
now talk to you,-and that I will
fall. I can't tell how I know if.
but I know it. Death has no ter-
rors for me. On the contrary, it
will be welcome, for it will be a
surcease from an agony that .1;
cannot long endure. If I could
see my mother, that mother who
loves me so well, who prays for
her boy day and night and whose
loVipg; he^ jwill^welt nigh be.
cnished when "she knows my "fate 1
Ah, Charlie, how I love my moth-
er but few can appreciate, and her-
name brings tears to me now, the
first I've shed in these many days.
If I could see my mother and one
other, who shall be nameless ever-
more, I would die with pleasure.
If you survive me, Charlie, send
my mother this lock of my hair,
my friend, and tell her that
I died willihgiy; and that other
one, that is nameless, you
know* her Charlie, tell her that
my latest thought, my last heart
throb was of ana for her1, that a
terrible, a fatal mistake has been
committed that has killed me;
and to meet me in the great here*-,
after, where all is truth, and np.
misunderstandings occur. . Do
not say anything, my friend, I
know your heart is true; that
you love me, and that you would
cheer me if you could, but it is in
vain to try, I know that 1 speak
prophetically, and that ere many
houis I, if not others of us, will
have gone to the better land." So
saying he returned to the camps.
That night, just before the day;,
dawned, the Indians ran in on the
camp in great numbers. The little
band made a desperate fight.
Paul Perdue was foremost of aU,;>
ever exposing himself with a dar-
ing that was reckless. > They
fought in vain; the little band was
soon annihilated, and Paul Perdue
fell fighting nobly, riddled with
arrows and balls. Charlie Win-
ters alone escaped, and capturing
a splendid steed from a chief, he,
true to his friend, bpre off his,
dead body' and made his escape.
The next day he buried Pa#l
on a green bluff, above the waters
of the Concho, where the win^s
would sing his eternal requiem
and the blue waters below murmur
a lullaby. ' „ **'-;*..
Charlie Winters reached his
home after many perils and
delivered to Mabel the
Jast message * ■ of Paul.—!
per , heart, already - stricken,
and showing its bleeding wounds
in the hollow depths of her eyes,
could not stand the fjjfther shock,
and she soon sank rapidly in a
decline, having but one hope, to
soon wing her flight to those hap-
py shores of the far off, 'where an-
gels are, arid the light of the
Father's throne ever dwells, to
meet the one idol of her soul, who
she knew now, was true andjhad
loved her faithfully; for the ruse,
the cruel artifice of Heckla, had
been discovered to her, with all
her wiles, and she knew the fatal
error she had made. But a few
weary- weeks elapsed before she
too slept by the waters of her own
dear Guadalupe, and her soul had
gone to better realms where her
Paul was.
4
9
A GREAT BHEEZE.
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MAKE YOURSELVES LOOK CHEERFUL.
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OUR dailyoAm Ann fljuwa phwmip
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The Ladies art? Ooliglite«l, when'they' see those NOltf*. V BUS
• —. i • • ;< -<>T- ■
Cfe
OfcHTi'Lif
qrvfri
S suits, from-
aim
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THECHAMPION
;!*;•> flit rj
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; *awmu;i
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FIRST-CLASS BUSINESS SLUTS AT. $12, $15,;$i8 AND
ill-- •- K rjiU j tT l
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JlK Nr-*U
fkiK xrf? .tM r>5
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<3--A.M:iva:oN.
PRATT'S ASTRAL OIL
Absolutely safe. Perfectly odorless. Always
uniform. IllfimtneHng qnslities nipoHor to
eat Barns la any lsnp without dsnger of ex-
ploding or taking fire. Manufactured expressly
to displ&ce the use of volatile and dangerous
oils. Itss&fety under erery pos-ible test, aud
lis perfcct burning qualities, are proved by Its
continued Bse h 'over SOO.OOO fimllies. _
Millions of gsllpna have been sold and no ac-
cident—directly or Indirectly—has evtr oc-
curred from burning, storing or handling it.
The immsnso'yearly loss to ltfe and property,
resulting from the use of cheap and dangerous
oils la the Utaited SUtes, is appalling.
The Insurance Companies and Fire Comnjia-
Bicmers Uitoaghout ths country recommend the
A-TBAXi as the best safeguard when lamps are
used.' Snnd for dreulaf. *
For sale at retail by the trade genrraUy, and at
wholeaaki by the proprietors, OHaS. PBATT A
CO., lOS Fu ton Street. New York. ang2B Cm
"the NEW LOUISIANA KFttEDY
Throat and Lung Complaints,
]s a vegetable prodnct of the Swamps of Louis-
iana, and bas created, Wherever introduced, an
extraordinary interest by its brilliant triumph's
in the cure of these maladies. The proprietors
give six solid pages of names of Homk refer-
ences, and they are steadily increasing.
The Life Tonic for Poop Appetite, I>y«-
pepsia, Chills and Fever, etc.,
Ts peerless. Sold by Druggists and others.
General Depot 106 Camp street, New Orleans.
sept33-2m
ISAAC BERNSTEIN k CO.,
Wholesale Clothiers,
! •. At thkir Old Stand,
<jor. Strand and Tremont Sts.,
(3--A-3Li^7"ElST?02Sr.
/r ; •- 4 * ; 'iJ .-'j.ii- -i rY> i
Are prepared to exhibit and will be please t lo
, show to Uieir friends the largest and most com-
plete Fall Stock of
RE A I>¥ 3IADE CLOTHING AND OEST8
' ' ; ?1 I 1*1 ' v ,4i?t _ tti
L"U i FURNISHING GOODS
' : cii i ' . >' ; •
To be found this side of New fork City.-
The attention of Interior merchants la <? pe
cUUy directed to this establishment, as being
deidedly to their advantage to avail themselves
of the indacemcnts offered.
f>1"-- K**' I'i- n ij
When yon visit QaiVeston to boy Ooods, don't
fall to call npon then. octlS—eSCm
W. R. ROBERTSON. A. J. SIIEPH1UD
KOW OPEBIIIIG!
•-1M
it.i
UDIES MERIMO UKDEfiVLSTS
■ •-:( ! . .-'*>11 J.t't j
NK'l'K BMOUT ;u'i i "
o; ;i •• !
LADIES' MEAMO UNDERVESTjS
. ii'AV ifOh-}
HfJH NECK AND UkN.^ SI.EKVfU.
i. lIlliTiOlf
Ladle* Wool/Hose.
*) •! i t
Ladles Merino
EI ill
f' «u i
xifilU
Men's, ;Woq1 Slilrts,
Men's Stiperflne^hlrt^ |
Si! f ff >
50, Worth $^ 6^.
!'<■*'<Jjl'J hiii i
* :*
H<J- 1
Men's Lit^TTool SSlifi-
$2! 50, WortbMH 56L J
ii ji!<! ;,.n: ;;'K>jiiab Jttfei •'
CART!
TWRIGHT & TTARNKR S i
Hid TC Hi j
Woolen Half
$?& CENTS,
WORTH $1."
4ii- :ji
if t
- C ARTWRIQfP, jt WARJTRR'S
lie! i Jl
Medicated Red Wool Hose.
75 CENTS, WORTH $1 50.
Men's Wool Overshiris.
TH0S. R. FRANKLIN. I
v ooti2-dtf r;ff!;
r, T,^,rJBtIIJEY,
•f-- •
ur
HARDWARE, STOVES,
BKLTIHG. PACKING. BOSK Kro..
e . ..^ WJ*I>% UUD flP£.
Miorr AND US« LMJcL'.
••ftftPnift-ttot dm4 mivCU Or^t-r.
t «. ' uJi .U .A t' >i«
l 'K n .a iu. S if fiik;
STKAM.HASAND WATBK ^ITTIHOf*.
.« .i 'JO.L umriwn*it • W-At-
C>* fitting *it«l fHin.ttu... *
CiiuJ-kni. Litvka * oi. -
Yasb back isu. MiU SUtt a
it: Him
* !• . Irsn ans i' w •.
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t. L. MUTT ICW WOKKh. me w.uu tar
tbe ad* of "SoaUiam Home" aud utter uwrm.
ISAAC ELSASSER,
65 ....MAIR S1BKKT,.
. Hou. ton., Texas,
Ofl'ejs superior lndacements to pgiliiiin im
OIjOTECUSTG-.
Havinc a large and varied assortment, mad* lo
order from the Ust material ;
. ? : *tih if. ;rv '•
•Uo.
Gent's Fnrntehi g€K>od«, Hat«,
CtPS, At-.
A iarg^j stock of
m avitRTK, r KmOJKaU .
LADIES' «001)V, RIBBONS, .SHOES,
ilfl
if:, *c ,
'j -- !n . To be closed Ont at OOKI, as
Clothrng, Hals, ami Kent's¥VirnlNhi«K
GOODS,
AKt A 8P: ClAl.tr WITS MK
octl8mly •;
J? «
f'iMOV .
TUB AVfcBHX
CHEMICAL PAINT DEPOT.
Mixed for In
the brnah. Beqnirea
Sold by the gallon "*
B
or drier
a- r o oh: n.gT,
—asp— ~
aqtanWtV^rng
Commission Merchants,
Nos.13,15 & 17 OongHsA St, oor. or Travis,
HOUSTON, TEXAS. ,
Liberal adyanoes made on Ootton and Hides.
Dealers is Cowtry Produce Oensrslly.
.. We will o^ly SXLti Cotton lot the beet ad-
vsnsge of Shippers. Our Ootton bnslhesaez-
'clusively on Commission. sngl7-des4w
00D! WOOD! WOOD!
MERCHANTS.
Prorlde for the Cold Weather!
/? v i i 1 t
PLENTY OF OAK WOOD
Sawed and Split, is always to be had at oor
i Yard, corner Looislana and Congress streets, f ■
Leave orders at Mr. V. Schweikart's, Market
8qoare, or at our Grocery Store, corner Louisi-
ana and Congress streets.
prapp & CO.,
nov2-lm
Pood Dealers.
Affply to
ed booms ia
of the St.
^Slza of sach story, 23x80
P. A, TARGARONA.
„
A iM&f of many years experience in teaching,
North and Sonth, and a graduate of one of onr
best Bartikstin Seminaries desires a position in
a Pnplie School or Seminary. Satisfactory tes-
timohUfcahfea.^
14c.,
e. l. ir.
Houston, Texas.
REM0YAL.
Mm
Having removed my Studio to tbe
COBKEB OF CAPITOL AND MILAM STBEET,
i"ui; '*"•! JaTiii? ;ln (J
I am prepared to execute the most superior
Portraits in Oil on Canvass.
Also qnallded to make my own negatives for
that purpose.
Refers to the leading Galleries In Texas,
Blessing & Co., Galzeaton, H. B. Hillyer,
AMUnr/ fT-fl
\ 010! VAVREXCi4 U COHBN, SR.,
noj3-3m - S Artist
The Academic
orm
CKITTEXBEX BUSINESS COLLEGE.
This institntlon proposes.to iwptrt to yonths
from 12 to 1G years of age (who alone are eligible
as pupils) suoh an educttion as befits the man
of business and the gentleman. In addition to
History sod the Classics and tbe other breeches
generally induced in a high school course, onr
curriculum embraces the practice ot Donbls
Entry t ook-keeplng, Commercial Calculations
an t Phonography or short Hand.
Tibms—Per month in advance, fS.
Bo extras except f.>r blank books and its.
tlonery.
Honrs from 9 a. m. to 12 m., and frcm 3 to 4
f. it.
fcoom No 6, 3d iloor, Perkins' Bulldicg.
nov2-lw
AUCTION SALE.
KETCBNED! -i
S. O
The well knewn Clothier has returned, and
permanently located at P«uot's Build*
(Maesey's Old Stand,) where he will keep
an elegant and well selected stock of English,
French .and American Clotfcs, Cassimeres, Vest-
ing* sad everything connected with the Mer-
chant Tailoring business. Also-, Gent's ready-
made Clothing and Furnishing Goods, which he
will sell as low as they can be sold this side or
New York,
■f Special attention will be pald to
r. CUSTOM WORK,
which wfll- be made up in the most Aanions-
ble style, and satisfaction guaranteed at all
times.
Give him* call and judge foT yourself.
oct8d-3m.
Machinists <amd Blaeksmiths Daios
Ho. 1,-or .Texas, meets first and third Wed-
nesday at 7>i o'clock at Temperance Hall. All
''members in good standing of other Unions are
lkt^ted to attend.
*By order at the President.
P. M. PASTOBJZA. President.
apllS-DeSnn L. BOTH MAN. Secretary.
As I am anxious to retire from active bast
ziess, I offer for SALS or LKA8K my well known
' Grits Mill, Bakery and Planing Mill,
all connected. Also my well located GBOCERY
8TOBE. now doing a profitable business.
JOHST KESWETDY.
novl-im ' - 1'
FR. LUBBOCK & SON sell on MON-
• DAY at 10 o'clcck: '
IS Barrels Choice Russet Potatoes.
5 Kegs Philadelphia Butter.
Liqoors. Breakfast Bacon,
Vluegar and GMeirtl Groceries.
Underwear for Gentlemen.
Linen Bosom Shirts.
Cutler r, Hats. Boots, Shoes,
furniture and fcundrles.
novS-lt
MO.tlC V TO LOAB in a«ms to suit, if 's
not less than S00. oh good seenrtty; i
real estate preferred] Terms per cent, per
month. Aodress, bta'Jng stonrity,
A. B. C.,
nov2-tf BOX MS, Olty.
STOLE*—810 — From premises
^piU on taring Creek, near Hooktey,Sun-
day evening, Oot 26th, a large GBAY HOUSE,
« handa high, 16 years old; no brand; spongy
~ back of shoulder; hair off bcth sides tH
Any information sent me which wUl lead
>very of the horse will receive the above
by ADAM SCHTTTZ.V
cct2C~lw* ""
NOTICE.
Tbe business of the late John Arto, Sr., wfll
be continued by Mrs, SUSAN ARTO.
JOHN ABTO, Jr.,
Oct 23-d tf
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Omo* Cut Assnuon asd Collector, l
September 23,18TS. I
Notice lis hereby given that Coupons due on
Vy a est dsy of Jail nary, 1874, will be received
atthis office" in paymsnt of taxes now due.
JAOOB BINZ,
scpt23 tf Assessor and Collector.
aoncu.
OmoB Stock Ass. or Tlx as. I
* • ^ Houstom, July 8. 1878. I
t he following autkm was had and passed by
theBoard of Dinotors Jnly 8, 1873 :
Resolved, That tbe Stock AssociaUon ot Texas
will pay $3W tor the detection and conviction
of any party for the theft ot stock from any of
this Association.
8. W. ALLEN, President.
T. 0. LUBBOCK. Secretary July# diwtf.
LOST.
A artificate tf deposit from Savings Bank of
HouGb n. Bo UO, dated 19th Jnly, 1873. for forty
dollars In silver, t ayable to my order. Applies
tlon will be made for duplicate. Tbe finder
will phase return to
. J. H. MOORE.
o3t28-eod-lm
F
Prairie
IK MIGHT. —Two Honses on
streit, also two Frame Oottages. Enquire cf
J. C. C. WINCH,
oct29-B*M4t *8 Main street.
ivi
RETURN OF THE FAVORITES.
J>:«j'>4-: Wiat F>.>[«! "■<?''« j
J-.-'f. • GREEN WALL'S j
DRAMATIC COjtPjtffif,
FromlheTren^out Open ?Aase, Galvs^i.
Monday Evening, November 3d,
Win be ptofeeitteA the spark'ing Comady of
STiix Waters KO BEEV,
with the following splendid cast: • ''
John Mildmsy .- .i......... ;*r. Jss. P. Bartlett.
Oapt. Ha ksl«y.i..^.....<>)te. J.a MOrrisoo.
Potter... V. n. LytolL
DOObllka. • .'aasiaiaVeei* ssa s«lfts Ms 8 '
Mrs. Wsmbrtdy.^.^;.....
Mrs. Mildmay......... Miss
"i"i• "j'Vuti'; t i*mi soiwfiK mi i-
Oporatic SelecUosisbj ti <> Orchestra.
To conclude vritbjtlie laufihabid Farce of ;
BABW «niE ITABOiis,
I.-.-. - •>7LaT?r;{ i
Barney O'Toole. a linker.....Mr, W. H. Lyteil.
Monday Evening, Nov. 10th,
Duprez . and 'j Benedict's
aovl-tf
Minstrels.
■7A/
E. F. SCHMIDT, v.:;
DRUGGIST iiiPOTHECAET,
No. 66 flfrsvW Street So. ««.
r: ) fff f *>l
Tex**,'
Houston, ;
ifftp constantly on of
FRK8U DRt'GS, XtttMCIKICS, TATBNT
aBSoJ fliit ! '
PBRFUjUERT, SPOKGHES, &C., &c.
.'i tUii(' I ! s '>A~<ku ?Hll *;11T ,'<i ;
Orders j
est price.'
or night
NOTICE TO THE Pt Bljt j -
PASSKXfiKR TRAINS ON THE
CENTRAL I
ALL
will rosusaa their regniar trlpn cm m
datS' ' j
ocOO-t Assistant Snpetti^ilMAt.
■ i' ll'.i V";i > 1
WANTED.
One Thousand Bushels Pecans.
cctaoti
GASH WILL BS PAID Aff
X: eONKELL'S.
:—is
hi. i
i H. HENKE,
Sm ORLEANS GROCERY STORE.
0HXAPE8T GBOOKKr IB HOUSTON.
Opposits Market, Ma Ct
Street
Ooue aud see at and be
octSC-lm
Commeroial Hotel
AND RESTAUR A*T, (
■ i- ■ *:
Commebc* Steket, OrrofiT* Ipos Depot,
4« . hTi ^fTOri , ;•
4 HOUSTON, WUiH
a- Oysters and ltads served In eyy atyle
1 at all hours. Famtliee supplied with Oyste-s
i is tbs most twwltat
«"
and
at reasonable rates. Ibis
"* *"*—•ssasfflsRj.,
■ i ; Mainfftr
srs Uksn.
octltf-3m
ALLEN ^ HESKLE,
MANOFACTCBSB# DBdMBB IN
an<l o,l Tffrvm Lumber,
: .'• ! . —A D—
- SiiINa-L(E3-
J •
;' JLtl« * ^>RLCAK, '
yawi:
WAOLE1 & LOCK ART,
Real EJfe3tsk^«> Ageate.
Oeafrsss Street, lltonsisa* Teiss.
"We give specb
selling of BBAli
LOANS effected.
LECTIONS MAO
amlned and A1
Hefor to First
'iyTif
be buying and
parts of Tens.
LOANEB and COL-
paid and Titlea ex-
OFFICK Of THE HotKTOB 8*AS Li&HT CO WAS V I
Honston, Texas, dictober, 1Kb, 187a. 1
On tha 10 th day ef May.l^. tfae Btoekhoiders
M>d Directors of tbe HMWf S«t Usht Oo -
pany roade an Assessment at W pee cent on tbe
Ospifc! Stock of the Company, payable aa fal-
lows, viz:
Five pel
sndSpar t
St. on the is c-f Jane, 1873,
.on tbs
was paid In. One nottne
hi the 'Honatoo Dotty
1ST3, and daily cootinaed
ofthe<
postte their respective i
J.T.Ttostey, aU
tttcato No. SB, for two
an lnsttllmetats tmpaid
lj i >7abarMf;sJi iMiX
pa* cent, each ob oertideate. Bo. , for twenty
aharee.
P. MoOrecor, 3d,
6per cent each, on
i i
J. W.! Henderson, al< i
certificate Sib. 58, for i
Henderson, all instatlir
cataa Bo. 27 and SO. for fifty
Price Henderaon, all tntttlhttanta alUplHNactr-
tatcates Boe. 28 snddl, «B My abaras.
By antbority of toe Charter s d By Laws ef
the Cempany, and by Baaotetkn of the Beard
of Directors made October 1Mb, 1873,1 am di-
rected to eell at pnbHc Miction so the Mghaat
bidder, la front ol tbe ooortbonee door of Hams
comsty, in tbe city of Hooetca, an toe 17th day
ofBovember, being tbe third Monday of said
toonih, sit 19 o'clock x, te aisay of eaoh de-
Una^nfssbs e* of stock sssrilltsey tbe store-
said aetessmeit on sU ef toe stock stsndtng to
tbslr ltopee tve name on the books of tbs
Onega#, snd te oevsr toe neoeaaary st|iaw
of advertising and fMag mm-
"f.-f. WHITE,
ts light Oo.
eotiyftd* •; i j,;;. : *';,!•
s. Tirrror
B. TUFFLT * CO.,
Mannfactnrersof abS Dealers in
8T1CK ANBFASCfC INDIES
... .....
•I •▼saj QflP™\pUOG.
dries
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