The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 3, 1877 Page: 2 of 4
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Tuesday, April 3, 1877.
Stanley Matthews Speaks.
A public reception was given to Hod.
Stanley Matthews on his arrival at
home last week. In the speech on the
occasion he warmly eulogised Demo-
crats in Congress, who opposed the de-
lay of the presidential count. Among
prominent Democrats whom he named
were Lamar, Hill, Gordon, Brown, Wat-
terson, Fernando "Wood and Randall.
In the course of his remarks, Judge
Matthews said:
Now, my friends, independent of the ques-
tion of personal obligation to which I nave
alluded as operating as a motive on the part
of these Southern Democrats, there was
another expectation in their mimds which
greatly influenced their conduct. That was
the expectation that after all it would not be
a bad thing for the South to have Hayes Pre-
sident; that, after all, perhaps they had made
a mistake in not themselves previously assist-
ing him in the election; at any rate it was the
expectation that the inauguration of the Re-
Fublican President would be the inauguration
or them of a new era—an era when peace
should be substituted for arms; when concili-
ation should be adopted instead of words of
retaliation and hard names; when an
effort should be made to bind together
the Union not merely by bonds of law
and force, but by means of interest, kindness,
friendship and fellowship; that the dove of
peace should spread its white wings, and
with an olive branch borne from the North to
the South furnish to them the emblem and
the pledge of peace, and honest, good, local
self-government and prosperity. They found-
ed those expectations upon a letter written by
flnv«rnor Hayes when he accepted the nomi-
nation of the Republican party as its candi-
date for the presidency, and they founded it
upon the personal assurance of those who
knew him, or thought tbey knew him well,
tha he meant every werd that he had said,and
tnat he was a man who could neither be se-
duced nor terrified out of his convictions.
And upon that faith they were willing to co-
operate in the operation of that legal ma-
chinery which had been set in motion, and
which they saw was inevitably bringing about
the result by which a Republican President
and Administration were established in the
seat of power.
Peppery Correspondence.
The New York Herald was the first
to publish the annexed peppery corre-
spondence between Don Cameron, late
Secretary of War, and Gov. Vance, of
North Carolina. The letters will be
read with interest, throwing, as they
do, some light on the presidential cam-
paign in old North Carolina:
SECRETARY CAMERON TO GOV. VANCE.
War Department, )
Washington, January 26, 1877. (
To the Governor of the State of North Caro-
lina:
Sir—I respectfully request that you will fur-
nish this department with a complete set of
the reports of the Adjutant General of your
Etate tor the year3 1861-6 inclusive, for use in
connection with the official records of the
war of the rebellion for publication. Express
charges for the same will be paid by the De-
partment. I am your obedient servant,
J. D. CAMERON, Secretary of War.
«ES. VANCE TO SECRETARY CAMERON.
Executive Department, i
Raleigh, February 5, 1877. f
To the Hon. J. D. Cameron, Secretary of War:
Sir—Your letter asking me to furnish you
with a complete set of the reports of the Ad-
jutant General of this State for the years
1861-6 inclusive has been received. It would
afford me great pleasure to comply with the
request if any mutuality could be infused
into the transaction. In 1865, one month after
Gen. Sherman had issued his proclamation
announcing the cessation of hostilities and
forbidding the further seizure of property in
North Carolina, the letter books of the Exe-
cutive of this State were seized at
Greensboro and placed in the War Depart-
ment at Washington, where they now remain.
Permission has been asked again to return
them or t) obtain copies for the State ar-
chives, which has been persistently refused.
My predecessor, Gov. Worth, on one occasion
sent a special messenger to Washington with
an urgent request to be permitted to make a
copy of a letter from those books, to b'.' used
in a lawsuit pending in our courts wherein the
State was interested, which reasonable re-
quest was refused. In 1871, while I was in
Washington seeking admission to my seat in
the United States Senate, a slanderous article
appeared in the Daily Chronicle charging me
with cruelty toward Federal prisoners con-
fined at Salisbury. The refutation of this
calumny was contained in certain official let-
ters recorded m those books. I went in per-
son to the War Departmeut, stated my ob-
ject, and asked permission to copy two letters
which contained my full vindication, and
was refused on the ground, as was
assigned, that no copies would be
given without the authority of Congress
And yet last spring when I met my competi-
tor. Judge Settle, who was the Republican
candidate for Governor, I found him supplied
with an armful of garbled and mutilated
copies of these same official letters, certified
as true copies by yourself as Secretaiy of
" ar, with the great seal duly attached I ap-
plied to Congress, believing that body would
feel it beneath the dignity of a great republic
to suppress the truth in order to oppress so
humble an individual as myself. A resolution
which would have effected my object was
promptly passed by the House of Rep-
resentatives. and was as promptly laid
on the table in the Senate. Under this
state of things, therefore, I should deem
myself wanting both in self-respect and in an-
Fre2'ution of the cfflce which I have the honor
to fill, were I to comply with your request.
" ere it otherwise I should most gladly fur-
msn you the required documents; first, be-
cause it would afford me real pleasure to ex-
°l any other official courtesy, and
because I would be proud for the
ceoDle ofNo7th r°W 'aitl!ful|y and nobly the
t^hiotvo7veT8,dered lf>eir rights aVd°h?^r
servant8""' ^ resPectf ulIy. your obedient
servant, Z. B. VANCE.
The Faculty of Dartmouth College
have decided that hereafter no student
shall have the benefit of a scholarship
who will not pledge himself to spend
no money for liquors, billiards, tobacco
and dancing. There are a large num
her of scholarships at Dartmouth, most-
ly established by individuals, graduates
or friends of the college. They are
founded, usually, by placing the sum of
°i?e ^ousand dollars at the disposal of
the President, the proceeds of its in-
vestment to be devoted, in his discre-
tion, to the payment of the tuition of
some deserving student.
41, J angeis can't undexstaad why
frfy, n f°vJ 10 P2"'" broad gnugi
fare on the aario.y s,Ug6 i4iiicud.'
THE FINANCIAL PROBLEM.
Alderman Knnce>a Position
viewed.
Eds. News—I have read with much
interest the communication on city
finances published in your Sunday edi-
tion over th» signature of Mr. Runge.
I propose to review it; in no spirit of
criticism, but as a tax-payer who takes
an interest in the future growth of our
city, and in that character invited " to
assist" at his own request. Doubtless
Mr. Runge's object is to provide a reve-
nue amply sufficient to his estimate of
maturing liabilities; and there can be
no question that increased taxation is
one way by which that can be accom-
plished ; but as it is neither prudent
nor popular to resort to that means un-
til it becomes absolutely necessary, it
behooves the City Fathers to ponder
well as te whether there may not be
another and more prudent method. Let
us examine how Mr. Runge's figures of
estimated expenditures for the present
year are made up:
Interest sinking and reserve fund.... $ 206,000
Ordinary city expense 184,840
Total $389,840
This appears somewhat extraordinary
for an administration just entering on
its duties and from which so much is
expected in practical economy and re-
trenchment, contrasted, as it is, by him-
self with the expenditures of the year
1870, which Mr. R. places at $323,523
89. I presume his figures are correct,
and I accept them without personal ex-
amination. Let us examine how Mr.
R. arrives at the item of $205,000. In
Saturday's edition I find as follows:
Interest #120.000
Sinking fund 60,000
Special Reserve 25,000
Total $205,000
How can such a large amount of inter-
est and sinking fund be required?
Upon looking at the City Clerk's re-
port, as published in the Civilian, I find
total amount of outstanding legal
bonded debt $644,300. If all this debt
bears 10 per cent, interest, then the
amount necessary to meet that interest
Will be $64,430 00
Total amount of warrants in exis-
tence 263,933 81
Presuming that all of them will be
registered and funded in eight per cent,
bonds (and if they are not they bear
no interest), then the amount necessary
to meet
The interest on them will be $ 21,114 <0
Certificates of indebtedness out-
standing 80,808 60
Bills payable 29,000 00
Total $109,806 60
To meet the interest on which, at 8
per cent., will be $ 8,784 52
The result of this examination will
show the total outstanding legal indebt-
edness of the city as follows:
Bonds of various issue $ 644,300 00
Warrants, old and new ;263,933 81
Certificates of indebtedness 80.806 60
Bills payable 29,000 00
Total $1,018,040 41
Amount required to meet interest
on above $ 94,329 22
Five per cent, sinkingfund 50,902 02
Total amount required for in-
terest and sinking fund $ 145,231 24
Add special reserve 25,000 00
$ 170,231 24
This statement does not embrace the
bonds known as "Sidewalk Improve-
ment bonds " and " Hitchcock Bayou
bonds," amounting to about $186,000.
Nor can I beliave the City Council seri-
ously considers paying them by general
taxation. If they do, it would be well
for them to consider tbe language of
the present chaiter, which expressly
says that the bonds authorized to be
issued can be exchanged "only for
legal outstanding indebtedness." Any
attempt to use the general fund in pay-
ment of principal or interest, on a claim
declared by the courts invalid, will
surely be at the peril of the Auditor,
his bondsmen, and the Aldermen voting
for the appropriation.
Doubtless some few will exclaim,
" this is repudiation! " Not at all. Let
the Council lend vigorous assistance to
the holders of these bonds to collect
from the parties who justly owe it and
receive the benefit of it. Also, let the
Finance Committee ascertain how much
of this amount is properly due by the
city for building sidewalks around tbe
city property; that much let them pay
in cash, just as any private individual
can, by redeeming an equal amount of
bonds at seventy cents on the dollar—
just the value placed on them when
they were issued to the contractors,
and which can doubtless be accom-
plished by the Finance Committee by
buying the bonds in the open market as
other people do.
The city, in its hey-day of extrava-
gaace, bought a block of ground from
the City Company at $35,000, on which
sum they have been paying interest for
a number of years, probably to the ex-
tent of $25,000. I understand that this
purchase is hampered with the proviso
that it can never be used for any other
purpose than the erection of a " town
hall." From the financial exhibit pre-
sented, it is not likely that the city will
be able to indulge in that luxury for
several years to come, and it would seem
good policy to return the property and
take up the bonds issued for it. It will
save the city $2800 a year interest and
enable the City Company to render it in
for taxes, from which the city will de-
rive a revenue of $350 a yaar—provided
the City Company will esteem it of as
much value as they sold it for. An ad-
ditional reason for adopting this sugges-
tion exists in the fact that the city owns
another block adjacent to it, which will
be amply sufficient to erect thereon a
city hall whenever we are able to do so.
It will be seen that by pursuing the
policy above suggested, the debt of the
city will be brought under one million
of dollars and the estimate for interest
and sinking fund reduced about forty
thousand dollars, which will enable the
board to meet its liabilities without in-
creasing the rate of taxation. I have •
suggested the propriety of redeeming
by purchase the city's legitimate pro-
portion of the sidewalk improvement
bonds in cash at 70c. on the dollar. I
will anticipate a question which is cer-
to be asked me—" Where is the money
to come from?" In answer, I refer to
the statement of special sinking funds
on hand 1st of Marcb, $70,000. Use a
portion of that. "They are special
funds" will be said. Well, it certainly
will not be half so violent to use it in
taking up a legal debt as to appropriate
the general revenue fund in paying in-
terest on an illegal one. And the pre-
sent charter prescribes a manner and
way of setting aside the interest and
sinking fund, which does away with
the absurd and illy-devised method of
the past, and gives ample authority
for investing the sinkingfund property.
Of course it will and should be the
constant care and object of the City
Council to put all the outstanding in-
debtedness of the city into one charac-
ter of bond, and one of the most cer-
tain ways to accomplish that end will
be to give earnest assurance that the
payment of interest on the new eight
per cent, bonds will be the first and
most important object of the board (as
indeed the charter commands), even to
the exclusion of any other character of
bond in case of inability to meet all.
I urther, let it be known and under-
stood that whenever five thousand dol-
lars of sinking fund accumulates in the
treasury, some of the ten per ccnt.
bonds will be called in and the interest
stopped thereon; and let it also be un-
derstood that they will not be called in
regular order of date, but as may be de-
termined by chancc. The result will
be, that the holders of ten per cent,
bonds will not look upon them with fa-
vor as an investment on account of
their uncertain duration, but will prefer
an eight per cent, bond which has thirty
years to run and can not be called in
until maturity.
If the Council will pursue the above
course, it will be but a little while un-
til the eieht rer cent, bonds will
be at I ar, and when that lime comes
then all the ten per cent, bonds can be
retired It is strange, indeed, that a
city so poor should be so rich in unin-
vested smkiDg funds; but no blame, of
course, is intended to attach to the
present Fin^sce csrsmittcb for litre
lictioa of ethers, lor I feel assured
that the present board will take a differ-
ent course in that regard. Before
closing this communication, In justice
to myself I deem it proper to say, that
my objection to an increase of taxation
is to the jaanneiof applying it, rather
than to the tax itself. If the object to
be attained looked to useful public im-
provement of the streets, I would cheer-
fully bear my proportion of it, and I
think it likely that an investigation of
some of the real necessities of the city
would justify it; but to levy an addi-
tional tax, so that a large amount of
interest can be paid on a debt, legally
and equitably invalid, against the gen-
eral fund, will never meet the approba-
tion of _ Observer.
ll'ATK NEWS.
BASTROP COUNTY.
Advertiser: Tuesday night it rained
and it hailed; it thundered and it light-
ened, and it was exceedingly cold and
stormy weather, causing many of the
little hoppers to " go where the wood-
bine twineth." The Bastrop cotton
mills continue to do a thriving busi-
ness and the goods made at these mills
find ready sale and are in great de-
mand Bishop Gregg is to visit Bas-
trop Sunday, April 8 The County
Court, probate side, for Bastrop county
has been in session during the greater
portion of the week, having a heavy
docket before it Thursday morning
ntarly 20 men, mounted on horses and
regularly armed for a big hunt made
a raid on the free denizens of the wood.
A drove of four deer was started, three
ot which were killed... .A. short time
since our county scrip was a drag at
from 50 to 66 cents on the dollar; now
a ready sale is found for it at 95 cents.
.... A letter from that place says: El-
gin, not discouraged by grasshoppers,
fires and the like, have petitioned for
an election on prohibition for Elgin
beat, and are buoyant with the hope of
success A young man, by the name
of Byers, got on a "high lonesome " the
other day here, and in a horse race,
overbalanced by too much whisky, fell
from his horse, and for some time was
thought to be dead. But he recovered,
and is now getting some better. He
has promised himself never to drink a
drop of liquor again.
BEE COUNTY.
District Court convened in Beeville
on Monday before last, with Judge
Pleasants presiding, L. H. Brown, Dis-
trict Attorney, J. J. Swann, County
Attorney, and the following attorneys
present: L. S. Lawhon, of Helena;
Leisering, of Oakville; O'Dougherty,
of San Patricio; C. A. Russel, of St.
Marys; Carsner, of Victoria, and D. D.
Claiborne and Lane & Payne, of Goliad.
Singleton, who murdered Dyer in Bee
county last year, received his death
sentence last Monday. He is to be
hanged on the 27th of April. On Tues-
day a correspondent of the Ouard was
admitted inside the prisoner's cell, and
found him on the floor, writing a letter
to his fellow prisoner Sharp, of Karnes,
both of whom were in the Galveston
jail. The prisoner was asked if he had
anything to say to the public. He an-
swered laughingly, that he had nothing
to say; that if he had it would not
amount to anything anyway, therefore
declined. Then the sheriff and
the prisoner commenced a conver-
sation relative to their trip up
from Galveston, and joked as though
he was as free as the wind. The pris-
oner's mother is in Beeville, and has
visited him. She is endeavoring to get
up a petition to have his sentence com-
muted to imprisonment for life. The
reporter learned that many of Bee coun-
ty's best citizens have expressed them-
selves as unwilling to sign any petition
looking to the commuting of his sen-
tence The Guard says Hon. L. F.
Roberts, of the firm of Smith Taylor &
Co., gave us some ideas as to the sheep
interests of Bee county. He says there
are over one hundred thousand head in
the county, four-fifths of which are
well improved. Bee county has be-
come one of the largest in the interest
of sheep in the State, and will ship
more wool in value than any other
county in the State. There are'yet sev-
eral large cattle and horse raisers in, the
county, but they are few to what the
sheep interest is at present. As for a
farming county, we know of several
farms that are doing well. Those that
go to work at farming as a business
and prepare their lands well always
make it a success.
BRAZOS COUNTY.
Bryan 'Pilot: Mr. H. G. Hudson, an
old and well-known citizen of Brazos
county, died at his residence near .Bry-
an on Friday," the 23d instant... .Five
box cars, belonging to the Central Rail-
road Company, were levied on a few
days since to satisfy a judgment ob-
tained against the company at the last
term of the District Court. In order
to avoid the painful necessity of re-
moving the cars, the plaintiff also
levied on two hundred feet of side
track... .C. W. Crozier, for three days
on preliminary trial before Judge Ford,
for killing S. M. Hunter, with a view
to determining whether it was a bail
able case or not, and, if so, in what
amount, was admitted to bail in the
sum of $3000 for his appearance vat the
next term of the District Court." The
following names are those of the gen
tlemen who became his bondsmen: J.
G. Horner, Dr. J. L. Fountain, J. W.
Johnson, T. P. Hamilton, Robert So
journer, L. D. Stockton. At the time
of the commission of the deed there was
much adverse excitement against Cro-
zier, but at the time of the trial this
had all died away, and, if
anything, there was some inter-
est manifested in his behalf
The Presbyterian Church at Bryan has
no minister at present, but the Sunday
school and Bible classes are kept up
with other extemporized services....
The Catholic Church, Father Claire,
since its lo3S by fire, holds services in
private building, where its membership
enjoys religious ministrations The
Christian Church has no church build-
ing, but services are held every Lord's-
day in the court-house—Rev. Dr. C.
Kendrick officiating The Methodist
pulpit was filled as usual by Rev. E. S.
Smith, to a very fair congregalion. This
gentleman succeeded the Rev. Mr. Lit-
tlepage, and is greatly liked by his
church, and much admired by miscella
neous attendants for his ability as e
speaker and his excellence and liber-
ality as a divine... .The Rev. Mr. Mur-
phy, of the Baptist Church, preached
to a full congregation in the morning,
and at the college in the afternoon, with
an appointment at the church at night,
which he did not meet in consequeece
of indisposition The Episcopal
Church has recently called Mr. Dore
mus, a young man who has just taken
deacon's orders.
BOSQUE COUNTY.
Waco Examiner: Bosque county cor-
respondents inform us that the grass-
hoppers have done a great deal of dam-
age to small grain in different sections
of that county, but farmers are not get-
ting despondent yet. Com planting is
over, and cotton will be planted to a
considerable extent.
BUIlLESON COUNTY.
The Burleson county grand jury ad
journed after finding only five true
bills Several cscaped convicts are
prowling about in Burleson county,
and have on two or three occasions
waylaid and robbed people passing
along the roads.
BEXAR COUNTY.
A doublc-decked car of choicc fine
wool sheep passed over the M., K. and
T. road on Monday from West Virginia
to Texas. They will be sent to the vi
cinity of San Antonio, with the view of
crossing with the long-wooled Mexican
to improve the stock.
bowie county.
The freedmen of Texarkana have or
ganized a Good Templar's lodge.
DE WITT COUNTY.
Cuero Bulletin: The grasshoppers are
numerous and troublesome, eating out
the fields and stripping the plants and
shrubbery in the gardens. The pros-
pect of their speedy departure is dis
couraging, and the farmers are gloomy
and dppiehecsive of thc-ir nut leaving
, before the latter part of April or the
middle of May... .The machine shops
of the. Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific
Railway at Cuero are replete with erery-
thing requisite for the use and utility
of the road Two teams from the
west arrived in town last Saturday
loaded with Buffalo hides for shipment
to Indianola. Twelve wagons loaded
with Buffalo robes arrived last? Mon-
They are from Fort Concho..
A ?ew years back Buffalo ranged on the
prairies as far down as the coast An
epidemic of improvements is certainly
apparent to all lookers-on in Cuero.
Sidewalks in all the principal streets
are now being made, which is quite a
luxury to the pedestrians along our
wide and pretty thoroughfares. The
town proprietors showed their good
sense in laying off wide streets
and broad avenues all over the
town site that adds much to
the beauty of the location....
Mr. A. Hamilton left town last Tues-
day on the Indianola train for Galves-
ton, to purchase a stock of dry goods to
replenish his spring and summer stock
of staple and fancy goods Episcopal
services will be held in Gface Church,
in this city, on Friday 6th, Saturday 7th
of April, athight, and on Sunday morn-
ing and night, the 8th of April, also on
Tuesday night, 10th of April—Rev. F. R.
Starr, officiating Rev. J. W.Brown,
of the Methodist Church, will preach
in the Grace church every Wednesday
night after the third Sunday of each
month Rev. Otto Riebe will preach
in the German language Ejster Sunday,
April 1st, at the Episcopal Church
The ladies of the Protestant Episcopal
Church have on Monday night, the 2d
of April, a pound party to aid in paying
for the organ in Grace church.
DALLAS COUNTY.
The Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias
convenes in Dallas on the 2d of April.
EASTLAND COUNTY.
Judge Gerald has decided upon in-
vfcsting the money realized from the
sale of Eastland county school lands in
Pension bonds. He has $2000 on hand
to invest.
GONZALES COUNTY.
The Tablet learns: We learn from
Mr. Womack, Deputy Tax Collector,
that the delinquent taxes due Grimes
county amount to $30,000 Last
Monday morning the editor of the Ta-
blet Aade a visit to Wallace Prairie. All
along the road the general appearance of
farms gave unmistakable signs that
farmers wers up with the advanced
season. This spring has been a favora-
ble one for the farmers, and they have
taken advantage of it. Wallace Prairie
village, situated on the side of a hill,
has three or four stores, a grocery,
steam grist mill, and blacksmith and
wood shop. Wallace Prairie, 10,000
acres, is all under one fence, and in a
high state of cultivation—cotton being
about all planted, and corn looking
well at four to nine inches in height—
and is without doubt as fine a body of
land as can be found anywhere. White
Hall was recently made a postofflce,
and is soon to have a daily mail; is
pleasantly situated in the open prairie,
and promises to become a thrifty town
at no very distant day.
goliad county.
ou-ird: District Court commences in
Goliad the second Monday in April
A detachment of Lieut. Hall's com-
mand has been in town several days.
Fish and turtle abound Mr. E.
N. Cassels, and every member of his
family, except one, were stricken down
with the measles last week, and have
been quite ill since. They are now con-
valescent The census, as recently
taken, shows over 1200 children within
the scholastic age in the county A
heavy rain fell Monday night, accompa-
nied with vivid lightning and tremen-
dous peals of thunder. It was not par-
ticularly needed, yet crops and growing
vegetation will be greatly benefited,
and we think it will be the means of
drowning out the young grasshoppers.
... .Freddie Remick, last Sunday, was
carelessly handling a derringer pistol,
when it discharged itself, the ball pass-
ing through the fleshy part of his hand
and entering his leg, where it still re-
mains. The wound is not dangerous....
The weather is beautiful, vegetation
rapidly growing, and our farmers'
usually serene and happy countenances
undisturbed, except by an occasional
shadow, light as summer clouds and as
rapidly passing away (occasioned by
fear of the hopper), leaving them calm
and beautiful as before Stockmen
are now actively engaged in the dis-
charge of the arduous duties that this
season of the year brings with it to
them. A gentleman remarked in our
presence one day this week that he had
been out to look at the two tremendous
herds of cattle being started for the
trail by Mr. D. R. Fant. They were,
he said, the largest herds he had ever
seen, consisting almost entirely of large
beef steers, all of which were in fine or-
der, for this season. A great deal of
improvement is going on, building,
fencing, repairing, etc., in fact every-
thing is lovely.
hays county.
It is stated that a criminal was tried
before the District Court of Hays coun-
ty, convicted and, during his absence,
sentenced to two years in the peniten-
tiary—he having walked off unobserved
while the court had adjourned for sup
per.
jack county.
Mr. Pennington, of the firm of
Brooks & Pennington, of Fort Worth,
while coming from Henrietta to Jacks-
boro, March 28, was robbed of his
money and a fine gold watch by a high-
wayman. The sheriff, with a posse,
started out and came up with the rob-
ber two miles from town. Several shots
were fired at hipi, but he made a good
run, as he was riding a very fast horse.
One of the party has returned. The
sheriff and the rest of the posse are still
in pursuit.
sl'lennan county.
Waco Examiner: Mr. W. C. Ed
wards, living on White Bock, seven
miles from town, says the grasshoppers
have ruined his wheat fields. Captain
Claibaugh, who lives seven miles be-
yond, informs us that the hoppers have
as yet done no injury to crops of any
kind in his neighborhood.... Last Fri-
day a man named John Cox, who is
quite a prominent S'ock dealer of Falls
county, sold seventeen head of cattle to
Mr. Sanford Johnson, of this city. Nine
head of cattle, which aparently are
branded B. B. (Cox's brand), are claimed
by parties who came here yesterday
from Falls county. An inspection of
the brand revealed the fact that it had
been changed from B 3 to B B, by sim-
ply shaving with a knife the necessary
bar to make the/3 a B. Mr. Cox, evi-
dently, is placed in quite an unpleasant
attitude, and he wilt have some tall ex-
plaining to do to get out of it. The
officers are after him, and it is probable
that he will be under arrest by the time
this notice is read.
nueces county.
Corpus Christi Gazette: The Society
of Good Templars, recently organized
in this city, under the auspices of the
Rev. Mr. Siartin, of Galveston, is an en-
terprise which deserves the cordial
sympathy and support of our entire
community, and we hope and believe
that here as elswhere, it will be produc-
tive of a vast amount of good....On
Friday night last the house of Mr. Jno.
S. McCampbell, who resides near the
city, was shocked by a thunderbolt,
which, it is supposed, passed down the
lightning rod into the ground. The
house was shaken to its foundation and
many panes of glass broken, but further
than this no damage was done, either
to the house or any of its inmates.
nacogdoches county.
Nacogdoches County Council, P. of
H , will hold a meeting at the town of
Nacogdoches, on the first Monday in
April, to transact important business.
navarbo county.
Corsicana Index: We are informed
that a great many cattle have died on
the prairies in this county within the
last few days. We have had an unu-
sual hard winter and the cattle rupning
out arc in a worse condition than usua
in the spring. The heavy rains and cold
nights recently have had a bad effect
upon poor stock Farmers report
corn planting progressing and much I
time... .The evangelists, Messrs. Wal-
lace and Hewitt arrived in the city on
Wednesday of last week, and at once
began a series of meetings at the Metho-
dist church.
ROBERTSON COUNTY.
Calvert Texan: Grasshoppers are be-
coming alarmingly numerous On
Sunday morning last the coroner was
notified that the body of a negro woman
was lying in a shanty in the northern
part of the city, and upon summoning
a jury and repairing to the house the
corpse was; discovered to be that of
Hulda Calvert, and inquiry elicited the
fact that she came to her death in a
scuffle with her husband, John Calvert,
a negro man well known in the city.
The man and wife, it appears, were
members of different denominations,
and during the whole of the night of
Saturday the relative sanctity of their
several churches was under discussion.
Evidently they were fanatical in their
creeds, for neither would concede any-
thing, and both held out resolutely for
everything that seemed Godly for the
one, and everything except religion in
the other. Matters, from what we can
learn, stood in this wise at 3 o'clock on
Sunday morning. At this time the
woman approached her husband with
the evident intention of making war
on his devoted person, when he gave
battle in return, and in the struggle that
followed Hulda was thrown across a
trunk,' and, striking her chin ^against
the bed railing, her neck was broken,
and of course she was a "dead nigger."
The fury found to the effect that she
died at the hands of her husband, and
John Calvert was arrested and commit-
ted to jail. A hearing before the magis-
trate, however, placed nim under a
light bond, the evidence in the case
only developing "negligent homicide."
SMITH COUNTY.
This caunty is highly productive
W. B. Funderberg, sixty-nine years of
age, is rejoicing over the birth of his
nineteenth child.
WALLER COUNTY.
The Navasota Tablet learns that a
prminent citizen of Hempstead, lost
$1050 " fighting the tiger," one night
last week.
WOOD COUNTY.
G. H. Hunt, Master of Woodbury
Grange, No. 156, writes to the Waco
Examiner, the organ of the State
Grange: "I am ordered by Woodbury
Grange, No. 156, at a regular meeting
held to day (March 10) to forward to
you for publication the names of five
members ..expelled from said Grange,
also the causes for their expulsion—A.
S. Watkins, expelled for "saying the
Grange was humbug, and that he would
pay no more dues, or have anything
more to do with it; T. L. Lewellen, W.
C. Richardson, C. Richardson and Ro
sanna Richardson, expelled for non-
payment of dues." _
The New Orleans Republican says a
petition will be presented to the House
of Representatives when Congress
meets, asking for the impeachment of
Judge Billings, of the United States
District Court. The offense commit-
ted by Judge BilKngs appears to be in
having prevented a Republican United
States Commissioner from collecting
certain enormous fees for issuing war
rants and hearing cases of pretended
violation of the elective franchise. It
will be remembered that these cases
were brought into court by means of
the circulation of the " sewing machine,
letter." The judge held that the ser-
vices of the United States Commis-
sioner were not performed in the inter-
est of right and justice, but for politi-
cal purposes, and with a view to a
pecuniary benefit to be derived there-
from.
OBITUARY.
Died—On Johnson's Bayou, Cameron parish.
Louisiana, on tbe 15th of Starch, 1877, JOHN
V. WOODS, aged 31 years.
He was born in Morgan county, Georgia,
and came to Texas in 1S66. He leaves a wife
and two children to mourn his loss.
It having pleased the Grand Architect of
the Universe to call from labor to refreshment
our worthy Brother, John V. Woods, whose
eyes were closed with the seal of death on the
15th day of March, 187i, in Cameron parish,
Louisiana, your committee appointed to pre-
sent proper resolutions respectfully present
the following, and ask their adoption:
Resolved, That in the death of Brother John
V. Woods this Lodge has lost an exemplary
member, the community a good and trusted
citizen, his family a devoted husband and
father.
Resolved. That our sincere condolence is
hereby tendered to the estimable relict and
family of our deceased Brother.
Resolved, That the usual badge of mourn-
ing be worn by the members of this Lodge for
the space of thirty days, and this room be
draped for the same time.
Resolved, That a page in our minute book
be set aside for the record of the usual me-
mcriam, and that the Secretary be asked to
use such design as his taste may suggest for
the respectful record.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions
be furnished the wife of our deceased Brother.
J. SWINFORD, 1
J. M. WILSON, - Committee.
F. A. DAVIS, t
Attest:
P. B. Cvrry, Secretary Madison Lodge. No.
136, A. F. and A. M.
Orange, Texas, March 28, 1877.
Special Notices.
Special Notices.
Attention, Lone Star Hi
fles I—You are hereby ordered to t s
semble at Armory THIS (Tuesday.)
EVENING, at one (1) o'clock sharp
to participate in battalion parade.
Every member expected to report.
By cAmmand N. WEEKES,
Captain.
ED. J. BYRNE, O. S. ap3 It
M. Welsh. O. S.
Island City Rifles !—
ATTENTION!—You are here-
by commanded to assemble
at yeur Armory, in fuU uni-
form, puBctuallv at 1 o'clock
p. M., THIS TUESDAY, 3d
instant, to participate with
First Battalion in their pa
rade and picnic. Fines will
be strictly enforced for non
attendance. By order.
J. S. MOORE, Maj. Com
ap3 It
Headquarters Galveston
Artillery, April 1, 1877.—Members
°re hereby ordered to assemble at
the Armory, in full uniform, on
TUESDAY, the 3d inst. at ?
o'clock p. M., to participate in pic-
nic of First Battalion Texas Vol-
unteers, and also for target prac-
tice. By order of
M. F. MOTT, Captain.
J. M. Kixo, O, S. apl Sit
Waslilnaton Guards, Attention!—
Assemble at your Armory THIS (Tuesday)
AFTERNOON, at 1 o'clock sharp, in full
dress uniform. By order of
w. m. STAFFORD, Captain.
O. G. B.. Secretary. ap3 It
The First
COR H tSPONDEN CE.
Headquarters,
First Battalion Texas Volunteers,
Galveston, March 39, 1877.
Major J. S. Moore, Commanding Island City
Rifles:
Battalion Texas Volunteers,
through me, its commander,
extend to you and company
a cordial invitation to partici-
ttMf Pate with them in an enter-
' ! wair tainment to be given by them
at Camp Hurley, on the Nar
row Gauge Railroad, on April
3d, 1677. They trust you may
And it agreeable to honor
them with your presence on the occasion.
Respectfully, W. M. JERDONE,
Major Commanding 1st Bat'n Tex. Vols.
Headquarters,
Island City Rifles,
Galveston, Texas. April 2, 1877.
Major W. M. Jerdone, Commanding First Bat
talion Texas Volunteers:
In answer to your invitation of the 29th ult
I would state, on my own part and that of the
Island City Rifles, that we will take pleasure
in adding our small quota to the success of
the Battalion Picnic, and will attend in uni
form. With best wishes for the ends de
signed, knowing them to be welt snd long de
served, and trusting the public will take this
occasion to show their appreciation of tbe
Galveston Military, which has nerer^et failed
to respond to any calls of either duty or char
ity, I ayi. very respectfully,
JNO. 8. MOORE.
Major Commanding Island City Rifles,
Becotd Regiment N. G. S. T.
HEADQUARTERS FIRST BATTALION )
TEXAS VOLUNTEER8, V
Galveston. April 8, 1877. )
General Order No. 31:
L The companies composing this organiza-
tion will assemble for parade TO-DAY, tbe 3d
instant, on Bath avenue, the right resting on
Strand street at o»e o'clock p. v. sharp.
n. All men on special detail are expected
to parade with their companies.
By order
(Signed) W. M. DEBDONE,
Major Commanding.
J. W. EDMON8QN, Adjutant, ap3 It
Star State Steam Firs ______
Company, No. X. attend your monthly meet-
ing THIS (Tuesday) EVENING, April S, at 7.30
oxlock. By order of the foreman.
ap3 It W. H. MOELLER, Bec'y.
Galveston Wharf Company.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.
There will be a meeting of the Stockhold-
ers of the Galveston Wharf Company, at
their office, on WEDNESDAY, April 11, at 11
o'clock A. M.
On business of importance.
By order of tbe Board of Directors.
THOMAS C. SHEARER,
ap3 td Acting Secretary.
Notice to Consignees.—1The steamship
CITY OF HOUSTONTEldridge, master, from
New York, is now discharging cargo at Wil-
liams' wharf
Consignees will please receive their goods
i landed, receipting for the same on the
wharf.
All goods remaining on the wharf after 4
o'clock p. m. (not receipted for) will be stored
at expense and risk of cooatenees.
All claims for damage must be adjusted be-
fore the goods leave the wharf.
3. N. SAWYER. Ajrent.
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Auction Sales.
AUCTION SALE.
PARK, LYNCH & CO.—R. A.
PARK, Auctioneer—Will sell THIS DAY,
3d inst., at 10 o'clock, at their salesrooms.
Strand—
1 Walnut Standing OFFICE DESK.
1 Oak SCHOOL DESK.
2 COPY PRESSES.
An assoatment of Groceries and Sundries.
An invoice of seasonable CLOTHING.
20 cartoons of RIBBON, and other Merchan
dise.
On Saturday we will sell an invoice of Phila-
delphia made SHOES, just received, suitable
for city trade. ap3 It
AUCTION SALE.
~p^Y E. A. BLAKELY, Auctioneer,
Will sell on WEDNESDAY, April 4, 18T7, at
10 o'clock, at 116 and 118 Strand—
HOU8EHOLD FUBNITURE, CROCKERY,
GLASSWARE, DRY GOODS, NOTIONS,
ETC.
At Private Sale.
Just received, ex steamship, and for sale
low to the trade:
200 boxes ORANGES;
200 boxes LEMONS:
100 boxes LAYER RAISINS.
Fine Victoria Bedsteads, Armeires, Bureaus,
Marble-top Wash stands, Sideboards, etc,,
which we are instructed to close out regard-
less of cost. ap3 It
FOR SALE AT AUCTION.
BY VIRTUE OF THE POWERS VESTED
in me by a decree of the District Court of
the County of Galveston, (unless the same be
sold at private sale previously,) I will.
On Wednesday, tbe 18Uh Day of
April,
between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock, in
front of the premises, sell to the highest bid-
der for cash on the spot,
Lot No. 10, and Improvements
Thereon,
in Block 387, situated on Winnie, near Twenty-
seventh Btreet.
Title believed to be perfect; I, however,
making such title as authorized by the decree.
F. R. LUBBOCK,
mh29 tds Commissioner.
New Advertisements.
3sr o tp i o'ia
WM. WINDMEYER,
Anction and Commission Merchant.
I have rented the old stand of LIDSTONE &
WINDMEYER, and shall carry on the Auction
and Commission business, where I shall be
glad to see my old friends as before. Due no-
tice will be given of the first safe.
ap2 E&m It* WM. WINDMEYER, Auct.
COO PE RAGE.
PHILIP HIRSCII,
58 - - N. Peter Street 58
NEW ORLEANS, LA.,
Keeps constantly on hand a large and selected
stock ot BARRELS. HALF-BARRELS and
KEGS, all sizes. Also Hoop Poles. Prices
moderate. Satisfaction guaranteed. at>3 6m
COMMERCIAL
INSURANCE 00
OF ST. LOUIS
ORGANIZED IN 18 5 5
ASSETS,
$610,137 51
Mew Advertisements.
Military Excursion
FIRST BATTALION
Texas volunteers,
VIA NARROW-GAUGE B. R. TO
i«.vir»p Hurley,
Ob TUESDAY, April 3, 1S7T,
Under tbe auspices of the
WASHINGTON GUARDS sad LONE
8TAK RIFLES.
Aided by the
Galveston Artillery Co. and
Island City Rifles.
Companies will move from their Armories
at 1 30 o'clock p. v. to Strand, corner of Tre-
mont. thence out Tremont street to Avenue
N, to take the ears.
BECEPTION COniMTTEE.
(AT GROUNDS )
Got. F. R. Lubbock, Chairman.
G. Ranger, Esq., Col. A. C. McKeen.
H. Seeligson, Eaq., Major O. M. Watkins,
j. 8. Grinnan, , B. Ad*je, Esq.,
Col. A. H. Bale, J. C. Hodges, Jr.,
Gen. T. N. Waul, Col. T. M. Jack,
Col. D. C. Stone, John Bealy,
Major F. C. Hume, Julius Runge, Esq ,
Capt J. May rant Smith, Hon. M. Kopperi,
Cot Gen. Ftourney, Jas. Arbuckte. Esq ,
CoL W. L. Moody, J. M. Brown, Bsq ,
Dr. W. F. Blunt, Leon Blum, Esq.
Dr. B. F. Bunting, Chaplain.
A Committee of Ladles have kindly volun-
teered to take charge ot the refreshment
tables.
EXBCI TIVE COMMITTEE.
Major W. M. JERDONE. Chairman.
Capt. N. WEEKES.
Capt. W. M. 8TAFFORD.
Lieut. J. W. EDMUNBON,
Private s. a. KITTRELL, and
Capt. M. MABX, A. Q. M. and C. 8.
Extensive and complete preparations have
been made for the comfort and pleasure of
visitors. The grounds will be in thorough or-
der. handsomely and brilliantly illuminated.
A platform for dancine, provided especially
for this occasion, is inclosed and covered.
REFRESHMENTS
of every description, will be bountifully pro-
vided: VlaNDS, OYSTER 8TEW. CHOW-
DEB, TERRAPINS from Delmonico's. ICE
CBEAM, LEMONADE. COFFEE, Etc., Etc.,
(BEER AND CIGAR8.)
Various AMUSEMENTS provided to please
both old and young.
Target practice by the Galveston Artillery
Company.
Pigeon Shooting, Bussian Billiards, " Devil
Among the Tailors," Swings for Children,
etc., etc.
A FLAG for the Battalion from the Ladiee
of Galveston will be presented. After which
Dress Parade,
by tbe entire military.
Departure of Trains from Center and Ave-
nue N at 13 o'clock v., for the accommodation
of Committee of Ladies.
Regular Trains for the military and excur-
sionists leaving corner 9th street and East
Winnie, thence along Avenue N, stopping at
Center, Tremont and 39th streets, as follows:
2.30 o'clock p. n., 4 o'clock, 6 o'clock, 8 o'clock,
and > o'clock, returning every alternate hour
from the grounds.
There will be ample accommodation for all
the passengers, ana the trains will be attend-
ed by detail of the military.
TICKETS for the round trip and admission
to the grounds 50 cents, can be obtained
from the conductors. apl 2t
POR
500 bbla. FLOUR.
low
Attention — attention.—
In order to supply the increased and
growing demand fer our pure Stick and Fancy
Candies, we have enlarged our manufacturing
capacity; consequently there will be no delay
in future in filling orders, and. as usual, a
guarantee given as to purity and fine flavor of
our confectionary.
G. SEELIGSON 4 CO.
N. B. We earry the largest line in the State
of Prize B ixes, Fire Worka, Fruits, Nuts, etc.
JOSEPH BOGY,
President.
Johs B. McDowell, Sec'y.
Claims for outstanding losses $7,015 87.
JOHLV C. HALL & CO.,
AGENTS, GALVESTON.
ap3 tu<fcfri 5w
TO THE TRADE:
INDIGO SOAP, 2000 Boxes.
500 bbls. "BAIN S CHOICE," the equal of
of any FLOUR made.
ICOObbls. GALVESTON MILLS FLOUR, as-
sorted grades and packages.
100 pkgs. BOLLMAN S IMPORTED VINEGAH
1060 cases two-pound TOMATOES (very low).
1000 cases CHAMPION OIL.
1000 pkgs. FOREIGN and DOMESTIC WINES
AND LIQUORS.
LeGIERSE & CO.
Wholesale Grocer* and sole agents for
INDIGO SOA?.
jan34 TT 12m
PROPOSAL?.
In pursuance of an order of the County
Commissioners' Court of Liberty County,
Bealed proposals will be received by the un-
dersigned committee until 3 o'clock P. M.,
April 25th, 1877, for building a brick Court-
house for Liberty county, in accordance with
specifications on file iir the County Clerk's
office, of Harris, Galveston, and Liberty
counties. The contract will be awarded to
the lowest and best bidder. The committee
reserves the right to reject all bids. The con-
tractor will be required to enter into bond,
with approved security, in a sum equal to the
amount of his bid. The building to be com-
pleted by the 10th day of September, 1877.
TERMS OP PAYMENT.
One thousand dollars in cash when the
building has been csvered. The balance to
be paid when the building has been complteed
and received, in special warrants bearing
10 per cent, interest per annum, on the court-
house fund of Liberty county, for the years
1877 and 1878 Proposals to be addressed to
W. W. PERRYMAN, County Judge. Liberty
County, Texas.
W. W. PERRYMAN, )
JOS. RICHARDSON, ^Committee.
B. F. CAMEBON. |
PROPOSALS POR SUBSISTENCE
STORES.
Headql-arters Department or Texas.
Office Chief Commissary ofSvbsistekce.
San Antosio, Texas, April 3, 1877.
SEALED PROPOSALS in triplicate, with a
copy of this advertisoment attached, will
be received at this office until 12 o'clock, noon,
Thursday, May 17, 1877, for delivery at the
Subsistence Storehouse in this city of articles
and quantities, and more or less, as may be
required at that time, as follows:
7300 pounds Rice, 4#,000 lb* Rio Coffee.
77,000 lbs. Brown Sugar, equal to Standard
"C." 19,600 lbs. Salt.
Bids will be received for Rice and Sugar,
both in barrels and sacks, barrels to be head-
lined and round-hooped. 8amples of all the
articles must be forwarded in time, and all
exprsss and other charges must be prepaid.
For blank forms of proposal conditions, etc.,
apply at this office.
C. B. PENBOSE, Capt. and C. S., U. 8. A.
ap3 *t
Galveston Gas Works.
33d and Market Streets.
All orders or complaints to receive prompt
attention should be left at the Secretary's of
Bee, In the
OB'snueBB Building,
cornet atr&ud and ded Btreet, between the
hours of 8 and li o'clock A. M.
ap» *71 una It
MONEY!
In Large or Small Quantities.
CAN RE HAD OP JVL1C8 SOCHA
GALVESTON LOAN OFFICE,
Opposite Opera House,
ON TERMS TO SUIT THE TIMES,
ap3 3m
£N STORE.
3000 sacks COFFEE
For gale bj
j. h. elsworth & co
mhll una tf
IN STORE,
2500 Sacks COFFEF
TO ARRIVE,
Per ''Thomas Keillor,"
3840 Sacks Coffee
Sa«i pies Open for Inspection at
Onr once.
KAUPPMAN * Rl'NGE,
mh22 una tf
ARRIVED,
and selling at reduced prices, from wharf,
4200 Sacks COFFEE
PER PIBETWINC.
Samples open for inspection at my
office.
fieaeral Merchandise.
SALE FOR SALE.
Whhds. SUGAR.
200 bbls. Celebrated Harlem SIRUP.
Also a full line of FANCY GROCERIES at
apl
WALUS, LANDE8 & CO.,
10#, 108 and 110 Strand Galveston.
Miscellaneous.
ESTABLISHED 1812.
CeXkSJ^
New goods, comprising a
fine stoak of Hatchets for 50c; Saws for
fl; Bits, Braces. Axes, Levels, Planes, Nails.
Screws, Brads, Locks, Hinges, Hasps and Sta-
ges, Door and DiDner Bells, Brick and Plas-
ering Trowels, Paint, Whitewash and Plaster
Brushes, Glue, Whiting, Chalk, Botten Stone,
Toasters, Dust Pans, Wash, Dish, Pudding
and Sauce Pans, cheap; Jelly Molds, Knives.
Forks, Spoons, Rat and Mouse Traps. Kitchen
Forks, Large Spoons, Muffin and Pie Pans,
Scoops, Spades, Bakes. Hoes, Potato Diggers,
Forks, Scoops, Lightning Buck Saws, Kero-
sene Lamps and Chimneys, Lanterns, Boiled
and Baw Oil. Black, Green, Copper, White,
Blue, Lead Paint; Varnish, in bottles, 25c.;
Litharge, Bed Lead, Canvas. Bunting, Oakum,
Rope, Blocks, Shears, Hooks and Thimbles,
Mast Hoops, Anchors, Needles, Chains, Wax,
Twine, Tar, Pitch, Bosin, Turpentine. 50c. per
gallon. Nine Lines Goods, for sale by
apl JOS. LABADIE.
in store
1000 Sacks COFFEE
EX ANDREA,
which will be sold at reduced prices also, to
make room for the new cargo.
M. KOPPERL.
t:
3E3
May Fest Committee
desire to make this year's
proces sioic
as interesting as possible to the many guests
expected from the country, and calls upon the
public to assist them in this eifort.
Parties wishiag to participate in the proces-
sion will please submit their plans as early as
practicable to the undersigned.
H. GRESSER,
apl tapis Office of G. C. R. R Oo.
NOTICE.
'J'O WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
AH persens having claims against the
schooner LYDIA are hereby notified to pre-
sent the same to the undersigned at Lake
Charles for consideration and payment within
thirty days from date, or said claims will not
be recognized. MARTHA A. NIX.
Per H. D. NIX, Agent.
Lake Charles. La.. March 8 1877. apl lw*
Oils, Paints, Class, Ctc.
JOS. W. KICK.
VICTOR J. BJLUULRD.
OILS AND GLASS,
Varnishes and Artists' Colors,
WALL PAPEB AND WINDOW SHADES,
BT
RICE & BAULARD,
TT TRKMONT STREET,
JaatTD MtmtD 12m GALVESTON. TEXAS
h. hirsch & co.,
GALVESTON,
Agents for the
Baxter, Hoadlej, Payne k Sons and
ttodwln
STEAM ENGINES
FAUGHT'S PATENT
Sorae Powers
Straub's and Nonpareil Mills,
Corn and Cob Crashers,
Sugar Kills and Evaporators,
Blake's Patent Steam Pumps.
RICE'S "LITTLE GIANT" STEAM INJEC-
TOR; BR1NLY UNIVERSAL PLOWS;
BLACK HAWK CULTTVATOR8;
CORN AND COTON PLANT-
ERS, McNEALE &
URBAN
FIBE-FBOOF SAFES;
Milburn Wagons, Iron Railing, Belting, etc.
»-SEND FOB CATALOGUE.
Jyttaathnta
A. Baldinger & Son,
Dealers in
t.n a
Plain, Gilt and Decorated.
Pi ?8sed, Cut, Engraved and Bohemian,
mm
earth en ware,
White Granite, Semi-Porcelaine.
LAMPS, BRACKETS, CHANDELIERS, WOOD
AND WILLOW-WARE TOYS, CHIL-
DREN'S CARRIAGES. VELO-
CIPEDES, CROQUETS, etc.
Cor. of Mechanic and 22d Streets,
GALVESTON. fell ly
NOW _0PEN!
Something Entirely New
Ihe Like Never Before in the City.
COME AND SEE.
No Tronble to Show Them.
EASTER EGGS
OF BEAUTIFUL DESIGN.
COSTUME MOTTOES,
OF EVERY KIND.
ALSO,
FRENCH BON BONS, CARAMELS,
CBTSTALIZED FBUIT,
and many other things too numerous to men-
tion.
t . n a t t o .
Wholesale and Retail Confectioner,
54 and 56 Market,
between Tremont and 24th Stmeets.
mh8 lm
1877 1877
MAR K
[WOCND ON WHITE SPOOLS.l
GEORGE A. CLARK, Sole Age fit,
A full assortment of this celebrated brand
of SPOOL COTTON can be had in Galveston
as under:
A. & S. LEVY.
SINGER SEWING MACHINE CO.
J.al0 3m
THE EXCHANGE
WAREHOUSES & YARDS
One Entire Block of Ground.
Brick Warehoa»e«, Slate Roof and
Brick I u cloned, Belns the W liar I
Freea Yarda, Tnirty-Fonrth
and Mechanic Streets.
Having leased the above property, am now
ready to receive, store, weigh, gauge, mark
and ship
Wool, Hides, Grain, Salt, Sugar,
Molasses, Flour,
or anything or in any quantity, except cotton.
Ample room, close proximity to the depot,
and low rate of IMS per cent. Fire Insurant o
fill a void long felt in this community, for
this purpese.
Special arrangements made with large re-
ceivers of Cotton Seed, Cotton Cake and Cot-
ton Seed Oil. Can Meats stored here in transit
for shipment: also Salt, which can be placed
on the cars at a nominal rate.
A track will be shortly laid into the yards,
which will obviate drayage on freight coming
in or going out by raiL Sampling of Wool,
Sugar or Molasses, or anything stored will be
done if desired.
Your business is respectfully solicited.
S. W. SYDNOR.
ARTHUR McMURTRY.
Warehouse Keeper and Dep'ty Public Weigher.
Office at the Produce Exchange, where or-
ders will be received and rates agreed upon.
MINERAL WATER
carter & bro.
No. T7 Mechanic at., GALVESTON
General Agents for Galveston, Houston,
New Orleans and Coast Towns for
Cardwell's Sonr Mineral Springs
and Well Water,
From Lnllne, Caldwell Co., Texas.
The above celebrated Sour Mineral Water is
transported by express, in sealed packages,
and is warranted genuine.
For sale by the demijohn, keg, half barrel,
or barrel, by
CARTER sc BRO.,
77 Mechanic street, GALVESTON
and E. JT. HART &. CO.,
fell) 2m NKW ORLEANS.
For Nale—-For Rent.
JT0R
SALE FOR SALE.
ONE SAW AND SHINGLE MILL,
In good running order: situated in the town
of Beaumont, on line T. & N. O. R R Mill is
furnished with a switch from said road. Our
shingles have a reputation throughout the
State. Call on or address.
POTTER & WARD,
mchl5 lm Beaumont.
po:
|R SALE— FOR SALE
AT A BARGAIN,
1 PAIR BLACK IT1ATCil HORSES,
WITH DOUBLE HARNESS AND AN OPE>
CARRIAGE IN GOOD CONDITION.
Will sell together or separately. All can be
seen at Gregory & Bartlett's Stable, on Tre-
mont street, between P. O. and Church.
mh3 tf J. P. KINDRED. 134 Strand.
Tres Palacios Rancho
Packing and Canning Works
STOCK OF CATTLE that has been accumu-
lating for thirty years, and now numbering
about 18,000 head, partly in pasture, together
with
8ADDLE HORSES, TEAMS,
Etc.. to run the rancho.
BEEF PACKING AND CANNING HOUSE,
with steam works and machinery complete
for putting up canned beef. Engines, Power
Presses. Lies and Tools complete for the man-
ufacture ef beef cans.
SWELLING-HOUSE,
Boarding House (f^r laborers), Supply Store,
Out buildings, Cattle Pens, Pastures, Fields,
Lands, etc., etc.
The worts are located on a navigable stream,
with plenty of timber on the land to run the
works.
The stock range ia good condition to fur-
nish cattle at fair prices for canning or other
purposes.
Would sell the property for cash, or in ex-
change for cattle delivered, suitable for the
Kansas market. WM. B. GRIMES.
Tres Palacios, Matagorda county, Texas,
Feb. IB. 1877. mh2 d£w «>rt
Professional Cards.
B. h. epperson. t. j. campbell.
EPPERSON & CAMPBELL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
JEFFERSON, TEXAS.
Will practice in Marion and neighboring
counties, and in the Federal and Supreme
Courts at Tyler. Special attention to lands
and collections. mhlO lm*
w
ALTER UREBtLAM
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
•a. IE* Eaet FoxtoClse Street,
OC22TS 1r
Galveston, Texas.
gALLINOER, JACK & MOTT,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Lsk,
Ro. 1SS Postofflce Street,
■oHtf
GALVESTON. TEXAS.
jyj O. McLEMORE,
Attorney at l»Tr,
(Moody a lemlwa'i Buildtnc.i
City Advertisements.
Parties who are in Arrears
For Taxes on Property
and who owe for paving, shelling, or sidewalk
improvements, and who are carrying on busi-
ness without having paid their licenses te the
CITY TREASURER OB COLLECTOR are now
■otifled for the last time that the levying upon
and selling of property will be commenced in
a few days, end that a sale of Beal Estate will
take place on Tuesday, the 1st day of May.
iBOCK.
L'i'/' a week in your own town. Terms and
v'"' $5 outflt free. H. HALLETT & CO.,
Portland, Maine.
Galveston, March 35.
F. It LUBI
City Tax Collector.
mh-o tf
82500 on our Grand Combination Pros-
pectus, representing
150 DISTINCT BOOKS,
wanted everywhere. The Biggest xhing
Ever Tried. Sales made from this when
all single books fail. Also, Agents wanted on
our MAGNIFICENT FAMILY BIBLES, Supe-
rior to all others. With invaluable 111 u*tra-
ted Aids and Superb Binding*. These
Books beat the World. Full particulars free.
Address JOHN E. POTTER & CO.,
Pnbltslier*, PHILADELPHIA.
A HOME and FAR* of YOUR OWN
On the line of a GREAT RAILROAD, with
good markets both EAST and WEST.
NOW IS THE TIBE TO SECURE IT
Mild Climate. Fertile Soil, Best Country for
Stock Raising in the United States.
Books, Slaps, Full Information, also "THE
PIOXEEH" sent free to aU parts of the
world. Address O. V. DAVIS,
Land Com. U. P. R. R.. OMAHA, N r. 15.
eek to Agents. $10 Outfit
P. O. YICKF.RY,
$55 § S ( 7 FREi^
Augusta, Maine.
jkina day at home. Ajrents wanted. Out-
and terms free. TRUE & CO., Au-
gusta, Maine.
A LICIMTIVB BUSINESS.
We want SOOmore Flr»t-Cla*»
Sewing Machine Agents, and 500
men of enersy and ability to learn
tlie buslnesN of selling Sewltfg
cbines. Compensation liberal, bnt
varying according to ability, char-
acter and qualifications of tbe
Agent. For particulars, address
Wilson Sewing Machine Co., Cliieago
827 and 8*29 Broadway, N.Y., or New Orl'ns. La.
OX Extra Fine Mixed Cards, with
name, lO cta., post paid. L. JONES &
CO., Nassau. N. Y.
CEORCE PACE & CO.
Ho. 5 H. S:SS0I2Z3 Sr., Bil7IS!C2S, 12.
Patent Portable A Stationary Engines
Patent Circular Saw Hills,
(innc. Mnley A' Mills,
Krist A Flonr Mills, Watei
Wlieels, Shingle. Barrel i&
„ Woodworking Machinery,
Ci' Tnnite Emery "Wheels and
Grinders. Sans, Mill Supplies. Ac.. Ac
«E.\D FOB CATALOGUE PKICE*
VIT" \ i ■/> B "hnien to travel and sell
»» J JBTj ■ "our Lamp Goods, to
DEALERS. $85 a month, hotel and traveling
expenses paid. No peddling. Address
TIOMTOR I,AMP CO., Cincinnati, O.
f A flfcOAperaaysttiome. Samples
I" worth $5 free. Stikson &
Co., Portland Maine.
Wonderful Sueceas ! 25,000 of the
< ENTKNNIAL exposition
DESCRIBED and ILLOTRATED
Sold in 60 dafs. It being the only com-
plete loic-price icork (770 pages, only
Ji.iO) treating of the (ntirt history,
grand buildings, wonderful exhib-
its, curlosittes, great days, etc.: il-
lustrated, and SI cheaperthan any other;
everybody icants it. (hie r-ew a'^eiit cltar'ti
8350 in 4 weeits. 3,OOO agents wanted.
Send quietly for proof of above, opinions of
officials, clergy and press, sample pages, full
description, and extra terms. HUBBARD
BROS., PrBS . 733 Sacsom St., Philadelphia.
CAUTION Beware of falsely claimed^offl-
for proof.
cial and worthless books. Seed
"W A WTS
Men to travel and establish agencies in ev-
ery town for our new and perfectly fire-proof
Glass Chimneys and Lamp. Business perma-
nent; sells easy; no peddling. FlKESIDE
M'F'G CO., Pittsburgh, Pa
DRUNKARD STOP S
C. C. SEEKS. 1*1. I>. (formerly of Bos-
ton) has a harmless cure for INTK^IPER-
ANTE, which can be given without the
knowleoge of the patient. Also ore for the
Opium I'la"bit.
Per i.anent cures guaranteed ia both. Send
stamp for evidence. Ask druggists for it.
Address BEE It* 6c CO » Birmingham. Ct.
■ESmrSOEGMssiCAMili
IMPROVED—SCBETIIIXG XEK FOH 1S77.
The strong-est and most
cconomi« al mill ever
m£tie. It has
TTmgi t Iras Sisfts,
Iitised Gearbs,
G«:s serrate ir:a
Tznsi E:U::3 ad
Bsarlass,
Inrrcrel liizziz cf
Lzcrlcatizg,
Intrrrsi lesi Gaiia
The 4'Kentucky*'
is both a right and
left band mill.and
lias many splen-
did features, too
many to enumer-
ate here- Send for
descriptive cata-
logue. Also
RAMEY'S SELF-SXiiURIKC EVAPORATOR,
Which saves half the labpr in making Sugar and
Syrup, and produces a better and more unlfoi ni
article than is possible bv any other process.
tor prices and information ask your nearest
iintwiiicnt dealer, or write
DEERE, MANSUR Sl CO.,
Alanufiicturers and Agents, Farm Machinery,
st. Louis. Mo-
Pssblic Resort?,
BANK EXCHANGE,
tfos. 112 aad 111 Sarict Stroe?,
<-L?rpes!ie K3nr» On:cs.'
Tills magnificent a«d coaUy fitted up BAB
and BILLIARD HALL is now opened to Use
public. The large and well Tentilaied lUl:i»r<J
Hall ig furnished with twelve of the UU*t
style of Novelty tables, and tbe Per Cltar
e-And are Etorked with the choicest bf?cda of
Imported liquors acd cigpra
The proprl-i-rs have apeivl ce- ul-.-i
nor expense to zuafee
BAN & I '13 A \ i-. £-■;
one of the m*3St ~*i! ?«
tabUsSiaieats cf tto Ia. tlie UniLei
end wii be cleaied at all time? to
their f Hec** the In rrAncril
mch'Ai 77 Cm HATJL£.y, LULI IELD a CO
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