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VOL. YI—NO. 100.
HOUSTON, TEXAS, SUNDAY MOKNING, JANUARY 4, 1874.
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DAILY MERCURY
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WHAT OCB EXCHANGES SAY.
Taking into consideration the
energy and enterprise of South-
era cities, and reflecting there-
on, remembering that New Or-
leans is the great city of the
we are led to believe that
the following remarks by an ex-
change are good:
What has the city of New Or-
ever done to increase her
or insure her progress t
she not always, thus for,
lived, flourished and fattened
almost alone on the profits of the
large amount of cotton annually
poured into her eofiers, because
she had no competition f We
think so. Bat now that things
have changed, and many other
favored points are striving for
that same cotton, is it not time
cor moneyed men, and the citizens
generally, began to manifest some
signs of enterprise, and to show
a disposition to do something for
themselves f It looks so to us.
How, as we promised before,
we wish to show what New Or-
leans is already losing, and what
she may still lose, from a dispo-
sition to aid herself and friends!
By reference to her commercial
reports we And that on the 19th
day of December, 1873, there was
received by railroad 6848 bales
of cotton; by steamer Natchez
0511, and by other steamers 3560
'sreceeipts
the same
ipts from Sep-
tember 1st were 481,340 bales.
Now, herein lies the secret of the
proper want of enterprise by her
people, and it savors very strong-
ly of ukilling the goose for the
golden egg," because too much
good luck causes people to fail to
iook to the future.
We all know what the profits
realized by the commission mer-
chants, the brokers, insurance
companies, etc., amount to, but
to be under the mark, instead of
over, we will estimate the profits
accruing to that city from each
bale of cotton at $5. This has
already, so far this season,poured
into the hands of her people $2,-
406,700.
Besides this they are charge-
able with the samples pickings,
ete., which, last season, with a
much smaller crop than the pre-
sent, amounted to 25,000 bales,
worth $1,750,000. Thus it will
be easily seen that so long as
there was no visible competition,
and tliia large amount of cotton
flowed into New Orleans, there
was no need of exertion on the
part of her people. But this is
fast being changed, and the
fleecy staple is rapidly finding
other markets and more conven-
ient transportation furnished by
places more alive to their future
welfare.
This brings us to the point we
are aiming at, whiqh is that New
Orleans ha6 lost 100,000 bales,
from the want of transportation
in the right direction, from North-
ern Texas alone the present sea-
son. Now this 100,000 bales
would have been worth to'her
$500,000, besides the pickings.
For the same reason, if not
changed, she will lose by increase
ed immigration by another season
at least 150,000 bales again. But
her loss does not stop here. This
amount of cotton would natur-
ally have asssuted her merchants
the selling Of at least $250,000
worth of merchandise, all of
which would have paid its pro-
fits in insurance, freight, etc.
Now, in view of these facts, and
that they are facts none can
deny, is it net the interest and
duty of New Orleans to take the
proper steps to secure this hand-
some addition to her business T
An exchange, in an article
headed "Capital and Laborr" has
the following:
Are they necessarily antag-
onistical'T' We think not, and
yet by close legislation by our
Radical Congresses, urged on by
our Radical administrations of
our National Government, they
are Tapidly assuming that posi-
tion. We believe that the most
active individuals among the
trades' union organizations, who
are sounding the alarm and are
endeavoring to bring about a
hostile issue between capital and
labor, are not really working
men themselves, any more than
those in the West, who are most
clamorous for the formation and
the extension of granges, are
practical farmers. No! It is
alleged, and we think the allega-
tion true, that the would-be
leaders of the working classes
moat periodically do something
to keep Mp a show of active zeal
in the interests of the working
men, and if they cannot provide
work and wages as demanded,
can at least make fiery stump
speeches, denouncing, etc. The
New York Tim& says that itbas ..
examined into the condition of T^ow^- b^m him,
the unemployed workmen, and
finds that in the city of New York
they do not exceed, now, ten or
twelve thousand, instead of thirty
thousand, as has been confi- •
dently stated.
This statement, we think, is
probably correct, or approxi-
mately so, and we are glad that
it is no worse. - ■
In periods of panic and mer-
cantile disaster at the North, the
evil of the system which allows
vast power to be concentrated in
the hands of small bodies of men,
is felt in full force. It has been
said that when the Titans fall
they drag down with them hun-
dreds of smaller dealers, and it*
may be safely said that the fail-
ure of scores of ordinary mer-
chants would not have conse-
quences as disastrous as those
which grow out of the embar-.
rassments of men like Yander-
biltand Jay Gould.
In manufactures, the course is
the same. Small spinners, doihg
in the aggregate a large busi-.
ness, go to protest, and little is
thought of it; but when a huge
concern like that of the Spragues,
of Bhode Island, breaks down,
the evil then, indeed, becomes
wide-spread. Is the South free
from these evils and these re-
sults ! We know our journalists,
some of them, have congratulat-
ed the South that she possesses
no monster capitalists, who use
their wealth mercilessly when
they prosper, and beggar thou-
sands when they fail. This is
true. It is also true that
the South is free from
the perils which attend
wild speculation, miscalled
activity and enterprise; hence,
her laboring population is not
exposed to the vicissitudes which
periodically menace the working
classes in the North. But bound
as we are, and against our will,
with the North, as members of
the same government, whatever
militates to the injury of the
North affects the South, though
more tardily, not the less cer-
tainly. Even the legislation of
the government, always intended
for the benefit of the North, dis-
criminates directly, as a general
rule, against the interests of the
Sonth. Nor is its general legis-
lation, where no special injury is
deemed necessary to the South,
the less ruinous to the South.
To illustrate, we will take the
wages of the laboring man at the
South, and engaged in its most
productive staple—cotton: For-
merly, in specie times, and when
slave labor obtained, ten cents
per pound for cotton was deemed
a remunerative price, and a for-
tune was insured to any planter
that obtained that sum per pound
for his cotton.
Since the war and the preva-
lence of the greenback currency,
the price of cotton has been nom-
inally much enhanced, command-
ing from 15 to 20 cents per pound,
but the wages of the laborer
have more than correspondingly
been enhanced. The cost of
supplies, to the laborer have also
been materially increased, result-
ing in a positive and large loss
to the grower of cotton, while to
thd laborer his wag6s prove ac-
tually unremunerative, both
plan ter and laborer being brought
into debt; and this condition
obtains in the Southern the ab-
.sence of panic. But when there
is a decline in the price of cotton,-
which is her leading staple, the
South suffers terribly. It is not
less true that iu every financial
stringency at the North, the
South is hurt, both directly and.
indirectly, in various ways. It
is true when things come to the
worsts our laboring people will
suffer t. less that in any
other section of the coun-
try, because our wants are
few ^and simple. Though
cotton go dowii and provisions
rise, we can, in the South, keep
body and .soul together, though
we cannot pay our debts; nor, as
long as we have greenbacks, can
we sell cotton in Europe for
specie, and realize anything but
a Iq&s- tJnder the use of green-
backs bankruptcy and poverty
must attend the South. ; It* is
said that there are eight millions
of working men in the United
States, Which, at a dollar a day,
and allowing but three hundred
working days in the year, would
make their wages amount to
$2,400,000,000. But increased as
their wages have been by the in*
flation of greenbacks, to three,
four and five dollars a day, the
reader has but to' multiply by
either of the respective multi-
pliers named, as each may pre-
fer, to obtain a result carrying
the amount paid for wages far
beyond any sum that ran be
realized for our exports. In a
word, as long as our government
legislates greenback currency :for
us, capital and labor must of
necessity be hostile, and will. re-
sult in outbreaks sooner later.—
San Antonio HeraUL
We copy from an exchange the
following most excellent temper-
ance sermon and words of sound-
est council:
So poor Dick Yates-is gone.
The snare is broken at last and
the sorely bruised and wounded
soul is escaped. A dozen yeluts
since, Dick Yates was one of the
rising men of the West. A
thoroughly good fellow, kindly
in heart and manner, well stock-
ed with ' brain, possessed also of
a good voice, a:. keen sense of
humor and no little personal
magnetism, there seemed every
reason to predict for him an ex-
ceptionally successful and bril-
liant career. There was every
reason but one'. Like so many fel-
IMck Yates
" drank"—at first moderately,
then oftener and more, then to
stupefaction or delirium. ~ He
made more than one desperate
struggle to free himself, but the
net of fate—to borrow from
iEschylus —was around him.
Whether it was hereditary taint
or disease, or merely a weak*mll
and a strong appetite, he drank
on. Men began to speak of him
as " drunken Dick Yates " His
infirmity became a matter of
public gossip and scandal. A
fond hosband, a kind father, his
thirst for whisky proved stronger
than his love for wife and the Tit-
tle children she had borne him.
He went from bad to worse, un-
til the war Governor of Illinois,
the popular Senatorf the man for
whom his friehds had cherished
hopes ot even higher preferment,
was dismissed in disgrace from
the servhSe of the people whose
confidence he had abused, whose
patience he had exhausted. Of
his life since then we know too lit-
tle to speak; it is possible, though
hardly probable, we fear—that at
the last he reformed and retrieved
himself. _Jhe pity of it, the pity
of it! God forbid that we should
say a harsh word beside this open
grave—still assume to judge or
condemn. We have not recited
this painful history wantonly, but
from a motive, and with a hope,
and for an end. The Mail is very
widely read by the young men of
Jefferson and elsewhere. It was
thinking of them that we began
this article; it is thinking of them
that we close it. Here was a man
who seemed to have everything
in his favor—eloquence, popular-
ity, proved honesty and patriot-
isin, the momentum of past
achievement and service, the
prestige of high office, troops of
-friends. This is the end he has
made. This is what he has done
with his. career. It seems to us
that there is something rather
sobering in the spectacle.—Texas
Mail. t
A boy who has been arrested
for burglary at Grass Lake,
Mich., tells a queer story about a
"Brotherhood of Robbers," of
which he is a member. They
are regularly organized, with
grips and passwords, and with
three places of rendezvous be-
tween Detroit and Chicago. The
"Brotherhood" number 65, and
operate mostly on the line of the
Michigan Central Railroad.
Mourning in the South Pa cific
is carried on in a manner which
to us would seem very curious.
A widow will lay aside her bon-
net and wear the hat of her hus-
band ; sometimes a widower will
' go about in a loose gown of his
deceased wife, worn over his own
proper dress. Instead of a shawl
a mother will place on her back
a pair of trousers belonging to a
little boy just laid in his grave.
An actress at Troy, N. Y., re-
cently resented an insult from a
young man in the front seats by
kicking out one Of his front
teeth.
Groeers.
WILLIAM D. CLEVELAND.
^.I\I=l.A-VX3SrC3-:
WOO Cam Pratt's K<nmm OH .
6<W Rolls Buffalo Bagging. .
80© Boxes all Ondti IMmm
*50 H. all Oradu Cigars.
.850 Bags Co ■ . fV
BOO Rselu Texas Fioar.
<59 Barrols New Backwhta
Together with a esmpleia stock of
Jli '*
Staple, Itaaily and Fancy Groceries
«nd wry variety oi Waod tsd Willow Ware,
J :
TEXAS SUGIR AND SYRUP
iliff" rVfr'* '*££-..' " ;;*H -SjxS
from tea (10) plaoutlona will begin to antra In
a few dajs and be aolfi at Hew Orlaaos prices.
PUS ONAL ATTENTION
GIVES ^ TO SALS AHD SHIPMKHT OT
OOTTOH.
I DO NOT BUY COTTON,
hut handle strictly on
mis time, and during the Bsaaoo,
all; on eonelgbiBaatB.
and wilt at
Hber-
WM. D. CLEVELAND,
Wholesale Grooer A Gen. Oonunlastoa
k,' .i«
eedft-tf
JOHN COLLINS,
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AND
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HOUSTON
- TEXAS.
H. HENKE,
NEW ORLEANS GROCERY STOKE.
CHEAPEST QBOOSBT IK HOUSTON. T
.. .+ .. .. ;k...T .' ' . . ■
Opposite Market, am Congress Street
NEW SHIPMENTS STSST DAT.
Finest Articles—Cheapest Frlote la flts
City'.
jJWOowe and see as and be persuaded.
dedO-lrn
Miscellaneous Advertisements.
SCALES,
of jsvt5ry description,
J. R. ALCEE GAUTHBEAUX,
General Southern leant, Hew Orleans, La.
W. JOCKUSCH * COh
Agents, Gatrestos.
!>KCHAUMES * DUNS,
Agenta,
first premiam over TfeirbanJ
Btate Fair, XOT. tab*
Q CONRAD1,
Watchmaker & Jeweler,
61 MAIN STREET,
(V AH ALSTT^X'8 BUILD IUG,)
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
WATCRBS, CLOCKS, JBWBLRT,
OarefnUy repaired and warranted. '
rise Gold Jewelry, Diamond a,; Solid ffTTfc
Ware. Ladles' and Gentlemen's Gold WsMhS
and Chains, and a large supply at SOW
Watches alwaya on hand.
49*Also sole agent for the celebrated DIA-
MOND SPECTACLES JeST-tf
BINDING.
Music,
Famoblets ail Periodicals
BOUND nr ANT STYLE
At the Shortest Notice.
Terms Reasonable.
HOUSTON
book Biisro:
not| tf
Miscellaneous Adrertisements.
Q.E0RGE BUMBLE
AGENT FOR
CHABTBB OA* COOK STOVES,
AMEBICAH ontCJULAB SAWB,
BCBBEB BELTING AHD PAOEISa,
GBHEBAL HABDWAB
HAILS, OUTLBBr.
mitt
AHD TIH W4BK
>8 Hala Sir< - .
NOTICE. '
Orncnt Stocx Ass. or Tnu, 1
.' l . ~ Housios. July , 18T8. J
rhe following action was had and psirart by
theBoard of Directors July 8, 1873 :
Beeotved, That the Stock Aaeociatlon oi Texas
will pay $350 for the detection and oonTiotlon
of any party for tUe tlioft of stock from any of
this Association.
8. W. ALLEN, President.
T. D. LUBBOCK, Secretary. Jnlr« dfrwtt.
JLLIG & GOHLMAS,
"pveaters in Furniture, Carpets, Oil Cloth, Mat-
AJ ting. Window Shades, and general House
Famishing Goods; Picture Frames, Cornice*.
Moss and Hair MatUeeaoe made to order.
MOBfilfl' BUILDING, 67 and 00 Uain St.,
aogU-ly. HOUSTON, TEXAS
JJ0USTON CEMENT, PIPE AND
ARTIFICIAL STONE WOEK.%
Pipes for Sewers, Drain Pipes far Gardens,
Oathousea, etc.; Stone Pavements, Vases of
every variety of pattern tor Gardens, lawns and
Cemeteries; Chimney Fines; and all sorts of use-
ful and ornamental work in Artificial Stone.
Aft work wair ant id to give aattsfactlosi. or no
pay expected.
JAKES A. COUBTNET,
Proprietor.
Offlcr and Factory—Montgomery Boad.
Postofflo* Addrrse—Lock Box 151. Houston,
• •• 1 febis-tf
r: CORRECT TIME
BE TRANSIT OBSEBVAT.OSS,
Houston k Texas Central R. R. Tbae.
C. $T. PESCAY & CO.,
Watchmakers and Jewell ."g,
81 EAU STBEET.
Watches and Jewelry carefully repaired,
pt S9tf
yy J. HUTCHIJJS,
OOTWON PAOTOR
COMMISSI O W EIHCII AIT,
■Tenma.
to me at Botistos or Satree-
toe wfll meet prompt ttentios,
A foils took of BAGGING and TIS8 eonstantly
aeptttf
W. L. MACATEE,
OOTTOM fAOTOR;
I AND-—
General Commission and For-
warding Merchant,
AT MAGNOUl FIBE-PitOOP WAREHOUSE
Bear Central Ballrcaut Dep t,
HOUSTON. TEXAS.
Porlicular attention given to the SALE and
Storage of COTTON, WOOL, HIDES, COBN,
OATS, HAT, Ac., and to the execution at all
orders entrusted to my care. novlS-am
B. lUlfti
B. TUFFLY & CO.,
Xannfaetnrars of and Dealers In
STICK ANDFANCf CANDIES
of erory deasription.
Oonfeotioneries
WHOLESALE AND BET AIL
Restaorant.lce Cream I Oyster Saloon
NO. 10 CONGRESS STREET,
Houston, Taxas.
oct28-my
rOCKEY CLUB RAbOOll, Ha. •
Franklin Street Hon* bat the meat
Liquors. The finest Billiard TsMae to
tela. . 1
the State
P. WQUama,
JOHN ACHENBACH,
HANUFACTUBEB OF
SOOTS and SHCf.^EJS
OF EVEBT DE8CBIPTIOH.
Preatoa street, next to Dlnsa Liaae,
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
B" All Order* Promptly Filled. JH
jidyt-tf
ho! fob si n antonio i
I am now running regularly an aocommoda-
iion line of STAGES from Austin to Ban Anto-
nio, can^ipg paaeeogere three dollars cheaper
Particular attention given
__ and freight, and solicit a
patronage.
J AS. FIHNCANE, Propr.
to all
' & HTNKLE,
MANUFACTUBEB8 AHD DEALEBS IN
Pine and Cypress Lumber,
—AND—
SHING-IjBS.
yTt-tf
G-AS! O-^S! <3--A-S I
DECHAUMES & DUNN,
49 Main Street.
ALL KINDS OF PLUMBING AND
novJB-tf
OAS FITTING DONE.
ED. L0KENZEN,
Travis St, opposite Hutching House,
OABIUET ^/L A ~FT~F31F\.
All kin da Furniture and Pianos repaired and
varnished. French Polish-used.
Good work, prompt attention and low price.
deel4—<m*
P. T. T. JB.
PEINDLE'S TEXAS TONIC BITTERS,
Compounded from the BEST VEGETABLE DBUG3 and the PUREST BOUBBON WHISEIE8,
ting the beat preventive of Oh ilia and Fever ever pat upon the Market
A GREAT APPETIZER,
* ■-■ ••
Strengthening and Invigorating the system, toning the stomsch and aiding digestion—a most
pleasant and agreeable beverage.
At Wholesale and-Retail, and Cwdatnatly ea Draught, at
THE GEM SALOON,
CONGRESS STREET, NEAR THE POST OFFICE,
Where the Proprietor will always ba found by his friends.
The Best Supplied Bar in Texas. S. 0. P. Brandy and Old Crow Whisky,
Alwaja on Hand.
nov25dtf T. j. pmndle, Proprietor.
Railroads.
WH. CHRISTIAN & CO
LOOKOUT
TOB TBI
SJ GN
OP THS
NOO. St
AXD if
MAJ1T ST,
Ferston.
No. 28 and 30 MAIN STREET, HOUSTON, TFXAS.
COTTON AND WOOL FACTORS
AND
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
Hake Liberal Cash Advances on all Produce on Hand.
Special attention given to the sale and shipment of Cotton and WooL Keep constantly.on hand
a large stock of Staple Groceries. Agents for the sale of Odell'a Gotten Creek, Waliia *
Beard'slmproved Iron Ties, Grav's Ingeraol'a Ootton Presses, Eagle Gotten Gins and Coleman's
Mills.
SO-We call special attention to oar SfTGAH and STBUP.
E. MILBY.
G. L. PORTER.
W. H. PALM EL
MILBY, PORTER & CO.
WHOLESALE GROCERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS
Corner of Main and Commerce Streets^
Houston, -
I3ST STORE! ^HXTID TO ARRIVE:
BACON, LARD, HAMS,
FLOUR, WHISKY, TOBACCO,
POTATOES, ONIONS, PRUNES,
CURRANTS, - RAISINS, KROUT,
SUGAR, COFFEE.
ALSO A FULL VARIETY OF BOXED AND CANNED GOODS
For Sale to the Trade at Jobbing prises.
Examine our Goods and Prices.
Liberal Advances made on consignments of Cotton.
5 ly
J.
The public aie respectfully informed that the Proprietor has in-
creased his facilities for all kinds of
BOOK AND JOB PRINTING.
He has this month added to his already large establishment,
AN ENTIRELY NEW BOOK BINDERY,
And a new and improved
STBAM RUTsTKTG MAOHHTH.
Aiso—Four Thousand Pounds of
New and Beautiful Type of the latest styles,
and we are now prepared to fill all orders promptly tor .
Books, Pamphlets, Business Mid Show Cards,
Mammoth Posters, Hand Bills, Dodgers, dsc.,
Account Book Headings, Boll Tickets,
Blank Notices, Bonds and Coupon Hooks,
Billheads, Bilk of Lading, Bills of Fare,
Blank Books. Business Cards, Checks,
Certificates of Deposit, Commutation Tickets,
Deposit Tickets, Drafts and Notes,
Dray Receipt Books, Envelops (tinted, <fec..)
Election ekets, Festivel Tickets, Fancy Billheads,
Freight and Fare Tickets, Handbills,
Hotel Registers, Labels, Law Blanks, .-
Law Cases, Leaflets, Letter Circulars,
Letter Headings, Memorandum Billheads,
Manifests or Waybills, Money Receipts in Books,
Monthly Statements, Newspapers, Note Circulars,
Note Headings, Order Books, Orders of Dancing,
Pamphlets, Prices Current Circulars, Programmes,
Policies, (Fire and Life Insurance,)
Posters (all sues and colors,) Railroad Blanks,
Restaurant Tickets, Press Work Executed, Ac.
AT PRICES DEFYING COMPETITION.
TERMS CASH,
J. H. BAKER, Proprietor
HOUSTON CITY LIBRARY.
3Dst«.t>l±e3aeca. 1870.
OVER 120<TVOLUMES.
Ttrma 75 Cents per Heath,
GHAHGXABL1 AT PLCABUBI.
See the new addltiona:
MI88 or UBS T—By Wllkle Oolllne.
A SIMPLETON—By Oi
ISHOOENT—-By krs. OUphant.
IBELAND AJcD THS IRISH—By Father Burke.
PASOABKL—By Onida.
LIFE IN DANBUBT—By Danbnry Sews Kan.
A PASSION IN TAT^BBS—By Annl
STBABGBBS and PILOBUCS—By Miss Brad-
doflu
TOO bOON—By Misc Macqnoid
Kcwa. Books. *t tIo erjr <k Varieties.
BALDWIN * CO.,
JAMES BUTE,
Importer and Dealer In
Paints, Oils, Colors, Varnishes,
WALL PAPKH, fcc.;PUBOLUt* rLUlD,
Oeaeb's Pertabie Oai Laatpi
HOUSTON, TMXAB.
soil ly
JOB WORK.
Circulars, BUI Heads, Receipts, Drafts,
Letter Heads, and Job Work of aX lands
executed «*> the moot artistic manner, •
with the greatest dispatch, and at the
lowest living.ratio, at the Mervwry Steam
Printing Estai>'*hmsnt, over the Poet-
offis'.
QALYESTOJT,
HOUSTON & HENDERSON
RAILROAD.
on axb imi
AUGUST 4th (Saadaya Exesptsd)
Leave
! Connecting at H&rrUbara via
O , H. A S. a. B. B. for Ooiam.
boa and the Wert, connecting at
QALYJBTON ) Houaton with International Oj4
} G. Northern and.Honaton Texas
idl A. K. ) Antral Jtailways..
r
) t;i
Leave
GALTESTOS
1:03 A. M.
AOCOMJtODATION, stopping
at;aU Stations.
Leave 1 Connecting with F. k Texas
GALVESTON J Central tor St, Louis and points
1:00 "P. M. } North.
1 Taking passengers from H. :k
Leaves } X. C., boenetting at H rri«.
HOUSTON 1 bnrgwith Q., H. A 8..A. P.
8:30 A. K. I U. for Celmnbn*. r
Leaves ) EXPBFS8, oonnecticg with Cen-
HOUSTON J tral, and with G.. H. A 8--A. K.
too P. M.) K. at Earrlsbun?.
u? ilhe A-jnjs;
eves ) i
8TON } 1
IP. Iff.) 1
Leaves ) Taking paeaensers Oram'H, A 1.
HOUSTON | Central, International,>and.Gt«at
«.4S P. M. } Northern.
> Accommodation, isavts Oatvea.
SUNDA78 5 ton at 1.0 A.M. Beturning leaves
) Hong ton 8. Uepot at 2:20 P. fit.
TRAINS LEAVE HAKKI8BCBG/or COLCM
BUS LAILT (except Snndayt), at 8.-00 P. M.
o. i. KICBOU.
Jeas-Dtf.
i- T
Tour Route
> -tiiiti" TO THE '
NOKTH, EAST & WEST
Luns Houston
DAILY,
— ■ - - - ' «
aKirtuj JuoeptM
4:00 F. M.
Accoiamodat'n
Lnavxs Hocbtok
daily,
Exoepted)
9:00 A. M.
Honston ait TMCeitrai Eailwa
CHANG-E OF TIME.
00NNBCTING WETB THS
X., K. & T. Rail-way
^.T
RBD BiriJJEt GITT!
■ ml 50-sfc ■- --•« • * #
Giving an ALL BAH, LIKE to BALTIMORK
BOSTON, CHICAGO, CINCINNATI, NEW
YOBS, PHILADELPHIA, ST. LOUHS, ."--CI
■ WASaiHGTON CITY, and all ..
i prominent points North,
East and Wert.
OK AND AFTER
Sunday, November 16, 1873,
PastcB(«r Trains willraBatteUowi
EXPRESS.l Arriving at Austin 7«0
a. m.; Bed Bive; City,
'IS^O a. m-i 8t-' Lontv
6:<C p. m.; Chicago, 0:30
a. m.; Lonieviiie,
a.n.:lndianapoUa, 8;2Sa„
m.; Columbus, O., 10: n.
m.; Ptttsbnrg at 6:00 p. m. ;
.Philadelphia, T:lfi a. m:;
New York, 13^S p m.
Betorning, leaves Bei
RlvarCity. 6:00 p. An*-
tin, 10:S0 p. m.; arming
W-"4
Arriving at AnsUn, 6:50
p. m.; Wsofc 9-M p. av.
Bed Biver City, 7:46 a. m.
Beturning. leaves Bed
Elver City st 7:16 p. m.
[Saturday esaepUdi, Waco,
7:00 a. m.; Aortfn JiAOa.
m.; arriving in Eoastcc
6:31 p. m., and Galveston,
9:30, p. m.
Pullman's Palace Sleeping Cars.
Are attached to Express Trains between EoJ .
too and Austin, and Honston and Coreicaoa.
Passengers for Waoo must take Accommoda-
tion Train leaving Houston at 9U a. m.
CONNECTIONS.
At Heerne with International BaBroad dady
{Sundays excepted.)
At Dallas and Sherman with Texas, and Pa*
dflc Bail way and £1 Paso Stages foraU prtnts rt
note in Northern lexaa.,
At Waeb with daily stages to all pctnta
At Rexia with Bne of hacks for. mrfiftM and
Butler, on Mondays and Th«Hda>e.
At Ledbetter with daily stage for "
At KcDade with daily ttage for D
At Austin with daily stage for Sac 1
Sew Braunfels, San Antonio and £1 Paso.
THROUGH TICKETS
Sold at Houston, Austin, Hempstead, Bryan, 6a-
vert,- Waeo. Corsieana, Dallaa, McSlncey, and
Sherman, via Bed Biver City and Galvee.on, to
ail points of Bote between the A&sV&and Pa
ciftc Ooeani, within the limits, of. the United
States and Canada, Also vis stage linM 8 n
Antonio end Weatherford,
Paris and OtsrksvBla.
For Through Bates apply testation -.grate, or
J. DURASD,
Ceal Sspt
J. WALDO
8. ami T. a. an«f3-«
THE
LOSE STIR ROUTE!
International & Great Northern
RAILROAD.
390 Miles Cesvletei and in Pptrtllas.
THE ONLY ALL BAIJi BOUTS
FROM THE GULF
TO
MARSHALL. JBBTERSOS, BHKEVFPORT,
sad aB points in Sorth^asteHi Texts.
On and after Sunday, December 7th. 1873,
■AIT EXPRESS TBAIS
Will leave
UNION DEPOT,
Daily.
AT
P.M.
For Willie, W avert v. Phein.
HuntsrillB, Dodge, KlTersic
Trinity, Lovctady, Crockett
GrapeSami, PalSine,. X ec b e
Kiigore, Lcagview, Tylar
sno Mineola.
K*turnicg: AnireiatBtna-
ton at 12:15 A. M.
Making connection at Long-
view with Texas and Pacific
Railway for Marshall, Jef-
ferson, and Shxeveport
and at Mitieola
for Dallas.
TrainsNoe. 3and 4 will haveaee #rlattaehe
for the accommodation of way travel on Houston
Dlvteion. Train So. 8 leaves Houston 7:00 a.
Train No. i arrives Houston 7 :S6 p-m.
Connecting at Palestine westward tor Ln.ig
lss*. Oakwoods, Seechi, Jewett, Marques, Lake
Englewood and Hearne.
Making close connections at HEABNX with
Houston and Texas Central BaOrosa for all
points Dorth and Northeast.
PASBKKGEBS FBOM NEW OKLfe KS A f
GALViBTON
Going by this rtoute chants cam at
UNION DirOT, HOCfeTt
1 Crockett for Snoog-SP
cbes, at Fslestoe for Ath
st«oe IssAasesws:
j deraoc^ai Jewett forOeu-
Connect at f treviUft rt Oakwocdefor
J Butler and Fairfield.
Freights received at Houston
ing lines forwarded promptly.
Claims for loss, damage or overdosage ad-
ustedon preeeatation of proper papers to U
General Freight Agent.
For rotes « furtter inta matkai appl; te
H. JR. H0X1E, Genl Sup't
ALLIEN MeCOT, 8. M. MILLER.
Genl Freight Agt. Gen'i Ticket A«V
October SLUTS.
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Baker, J. H. & Wilson, J. H. Houston Daily Mercury (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 100, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 4, 1874, newspaper, January 4, 1874; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth232949/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.