The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 136, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 13, 1874 Page: 2 of 4
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some of the Southern States in discus-
sing the Civil Rights bill would be for
the good of the South. Tbe Herald'«
suggestion is well worth considering.
But the trouble is to know how the
desired wisdom is to be developed
from sources which have never hereto-
fore displayed it.
"We find, in fact, merely an eruption
of an old madness. Negrophobia in
one section plays once more into the
purpose of negrophilism in the other.
Desperate things are threatened.
Kather than submit to amalgamation
and accept mongrelism, exclaim the
negrophobists, we will invoke military
despotism, we will take the chanees
of centralization and the one man
power,
But, bad as the Civil Bights bill
is, there is nothing in it that can com-
pel the intermarriage or sexual cohab
itation of blacks and whites. There
will be no amalgamation beyond what
is voluntary. Where tastes and
clinations tend that way, prohibitory
law has always been impotent. It is
not a question of law, but a question
of affinities.
A negrophobist paper predicts,
the Civil Rights bill becomes a law
that "a race of American heroes and
statesmen'' will be "extinguished by
amalgamation with the African." The
heroes, we imagine, could take care of
themselves: and, as for the statesman
ship that spouts such sentimental
bosh a3 this, the South would be
greatly profited by its extinction, by
Ithe amalgamation process or any other,
We have no fear that the white race
at the South will consent to be snuffed
out by an act of Congress in the di
rection of social equality and miscege
nation. The practical tendency
such legislation is to knit the pride
and tenacity of race into greater tough
ness than ever.
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office after that hour, will And the editorial
rooms on the third floor open until the paper
goes to press.
Tnt female temperance crusaders
have worked faithfully at Cincinnati
and Jeffereonville, on the banks of the
beautiful river, where Longfellow cel-
ebrated the praise of Longworth's
wine. That native wine did not es-
tablish tha theory that such drinks
JEftUlsI banish the.use of stronger and
prevent luieluperancc. i uc
nati lawyers have resisted both the
wine and the women. In reference to
E. D. Mansfield's statement that not
one out of ten of the three hundred
lawyers of the city are intemperate,
the Times quotes the proceedings of
the Bar Association Saturday night,
and says that it is admitted that Judge
Hoadly's resolution excluding wine
and cigars from their meetings made it
almost impossible to get together a
quorum of twenty-five members to do
business, when, on motion of Judge
Taft, the resolution forbidding the use
of wines at the meetings was repealed.
It is suggested that the fair crusaders,
at the next meeting of the Bar Associa-
tion, lay siege at their doors and test
the eloquence of their voices in behalf
of total abstinence.
But at Jeffersonville the evidence
that the work of reformation has not
been complete, is of a far sadder char-
acter. Drunkenness and disorder
seem to be as rampant as ever, and on
Saturday evening, John McDermott, a
saloon keeper of intemperate habits,
(who was in the habit of abusing his
wife, who had left him and had ap-
plied for a divorce,) called at his
mother-in-law's residence, where his
wife was, asking her to come back and
live with him, which she agreed to do
on Monday.
He then left the house, but returned
in ten minutes with a large navy re-
volver, and found Mrs. McDermott
nursing her baby. He raised the
weapon and deliberately fired at her.
The ball struck the baby in the fore-
head, passing dear through its head
and lodging in the right breast of its
mother, producing probably a fatal
wound. He then placed the revolver
to his head and blew his own brains
out. The baby died instantly. But
little hopes are entertained for the re-
covery of its mother.
As a temperance lecture, this inci-
dent beats a great manv fine sermons.
A subscriber to the Louisville
Courier-Journal writes to that paper
from Lexington, Texas: "On Tues
day, May 26th Four Gentlemen of this
Place went Squirling, and.left town at
one O'clock P. M., and Rode Four
miles and Killed 5-5 Squirles, and was
back home before Sun Set. not a
good day for Squirling." That sub-
scriber did not send the Courier-Jour-
nal any of the squirrels, so the squir-
reling editor treats him discourteously
and says:
We arc of course expected to ask
somebody, or four somebodies, to beat
this, even on l'a good day for squirl-
ing;" but as we disapprove of such
wholesale slaughtering of the inno-
cents, merely "to make a Roman holi-
day," so to speak, we shall do nothing
of the sort. The Four Gentlemen of
Lexington may consider the chainpiop
ship theirs.
Perhaps the Courier-Journal does
not. like the Texas way of spelling
squirrel? He need not squir at it so.
Webster gives us the^variations thus:
"Skwirrel and skwurrel;" and Wor-
cester as "skwerrel and skwurrel.
This extravagant U3e of letters ought
not to be encouraged.
Supreme Court.
Austin, June 11,1874.
The following cases were decided this
day:
Power et al, vs. Davis, Governor; ap-
peal from Travis. Affirmed.
The State vs. Blasaingame; appeal
from Grayson. Reversed and remanded.
Fuller vs. The State ; app< al from
Fannin. Reversed and dismissed.
Gurley vs. The State; appeal from
Falls. Appeal dismissed.
Ned Drongole, of Murfrcesboro, af-
ter carefully hammering out a slug to
load his pistol, is reported to have
delil>crately shot himself through the
bowels. His wound is considered
mortal.
Texas In Slices.
fort bend county—choi's—railroad
items and news—etc.
A Wan Who Has Risen.
Lives of great rulers all remind us of
good many maxims and rules which
have notable exceptions. There is an
old adage about the cobblcr sticking to
his last; but he would usually have to
stick a long time to hammer out a for-
tune with his one pair of hands. A
single pair do not amQunt to much,
even as gardners, as our first parents
proved. Under the rule, however, a
cooper should stick to his adze; but
Peter Cooper, the great New York
millionaire, did not happen to have
one of those useful instruments, neither
shoemaker's wax; so he did not stick
well at first. In a short notice of his
life it is stated that he learned carriage
making, and tried to establish himself
in the business but failed. He then
turned cabinet maker, but failed in this
business also. He next turned retail
grocer, and opened a little shop which
he stocked in a slender manner, by run-
ning in debt, and here he failed for the
third time. He next tried glue and
•tarch. He set up a glue-boiling estab-
lishment on a very humble scale, with
small kettle, and bought scraps at
the tannery and went round with his
wheelbarrow after them. He has lived
to see the time his establishment cov-
ered ten acres. To the glue business
he added the manufacture of iron, and
became one of the greatest iron mas-
ters of the day. Wealth poured upon
him, but could not make him proud.
He had gone through an experience too
severe to admit this. lie felt that his
success came from a higher power than
his own, and he determined to use it
for the benefit of mankind. The
Cooper Institute, which cost nearly a
million of dollars,, is a part of the
scheme; by thus carrying it out under
his own superintendence he has avoid-
ed that perversion which so often fol-
lows a benevolent bequest.
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[Special Correspondence of the News.1
Richmond, Texas, June 9,1874.
And now, who is to blame? In my
telegram published to-day, it says I visit-
ed Arcadia. 1 did not do any thing of the
kind, simply visited Areola. Again, did
not say that Stafford's Point shipped 700
bales of cotton this year, said seven only-
No such a station as Walker on the G.'
H. and S. A. R. R.; there is to be one
called Waelder, thirteen miles beyond
Flatonia.
Leaving Richmond, wo make a start
for the extreme southeastern portion of
the county. Owing to twenty (20) dollars
worth of repairs needed on a road leading
out from Richmond, we are compelled to
go, as it were, "around Robin Hood's
barn" to get get to Walker's Station or
Sugar Land. A few good plantations we
find well cultivated ; one, belonging to a
former hardware merchant of your city,
looks well. Driving through the vast
plantation of Kyle & Terry, one is de-
lighted with the view of the immense
sea of cotton, corn and sugar cane,
every hill and row receives the
utmost care and attention, thousands of
acres are well tilled and indicate a boun
tiful yield. An immense prairie in and
around Stafford's Point is given up to the
cattle and mosquitoes. Mr. Fowler, the
railroad agent at the Point, informed me
that last year there was shipped 733
bales of cotton ; this year 7, and the com-
ing year thejprospects are for not less
than 800—so that my predictions for an
immense crop from Fort Bend cojMity
this year are well founded. (Wthg
through the bottoms adjacent to Areola
in nr>*
to owr,
heavy rain.
Two miles from the station T. W.
House, Esq., the merchant prince of
Houston, owns a quartette of plantations.
Every portion of the land is being work-
ed up attentively, with superior pros-
pects as to supply and quality. I find the
sugar-cane growingluxuriantly on quitea
number of plantations. The day will come
when Fort Bend, Matagorda, Brazoria
and Wharton counties will produce sugar
and molasses sufficient to supply the
wants of millions in the United States ;
and, of course, the proceeds from the sale
will be a source of immense revenue to
the counties mentioned. Some concert
of action should at once be inaugurated
to procure a few thousand of the Louis
iana sufferers. With very little exertion
they could be induced to come and settle
in the coast counties.
Thus far we have heard of only two
commercial travelers from Galveston
this season, soliciting shipments to the
Queen City of the Gulf. This will not
do. Ye co ton men of Galveston, be up
and doing ; Houston and St. Louis are
not sleeping. The facilities for handling
cotton and produce generally wiil be
equal to the demand the coming season
The International Railroad running to
Columbia, and the Galveston, Houston
and San Antonio Railroad running also
through Fort Bend, can handlb
offering.
The Gulf and Santa Fe Railroad is
looked forward to with much anxiety by
those residing in the southern part of the
country. When that road is completed,
say one hundred miles, a new county will
be organized that will, in all probability
take iu that portion of Galveston county
lying on the mainland.
Owing to the scarcity of labor, two
plantations in Brazoria county are this
summer being worked by convicts from
Huntsville, about two hundred in all,
and yet there are thousands of deserving
poor persons in America that are anxious
to come to Texas and work for a living.
I met a negro in the woods. " Wei),
uncle ; 1 see you are cutting out timber
back here in the woods." " No, young
master; 1 is cutting out cord wood"" So
you see that timber is one thing and cord-
wood is another.
I am in hopes to get a Granger to tra-
vel with me this summer, and then I will
get all the proper terms, names and
phrases. If you have a copy of Horace
Oreeley's great work, " What I Know
ABout Farming," please send me a copy,
that 1 may read carefully, and attain a
better knowledge of the " green things
growing."
Mr. W. F. Kendall, of this city, has in
his possession a bell that was at the Ala
mo during the time that tried men's
souls and nerves in the early history of
Texas. It is not very large, was made of
brass beaten into proper shape in Bolivia,
in 1749. That bell could tell a tale, for
it has no doubt tolled many—times. If
Texas ever has a Historical Museum,Mr.
Kendall will present the old veteran to
the State. Money can not buy it.
Almost daily 1 hear something regard
ing the irregularities of the mails. A
screw is loose some where.
There is an old gentleman living near
Pittsville, in this county, that will be
one hundred years of age next month.
His name is Kidd ; his faculties are clear
and good, was married not until he had
attained the age of three-score years, is
the father of three children, at present
resides with his youngest daughter and
her family.
I neglected to mention in a former
letter that this county is bounded on the
southeast by Brazoria, southwest by
Wharton, northeast by Harris, and on
the northwest by Austin and Waller
counties.
Two old and popular conductors, the
Gray brothers, John and Sylvester, are
now no longer on the (ialveston, Harris-
burg and San Antonio Railroad. They
are missed by numerous friends that
they endeared themselves to by their
numerous kind acts aDd urbanity while in
discharge of their duties in the employ
of the railroad the past eight years. Mr.
Pendell, who succeeds John Gray, is an
old railroad man from New York,
formerly conductor on the N. Y. & O. M.
R. R. He will do the best he can to give
satisfaction. Other changes will soon
follow, among which is making Hardy
Eddins Superintendent, June 1.3, 1874.
In my next 1 wiil give you some items
from the adjoining county, Colorado.
Bolivar Ward.
Ladies who like peace are making
arrangements to have their dressmak-
ers' bills sent three days after they
leave town. Gentlemen who like peace
ask nobody home to dinner, and order
champagne to be sent home at thu same
date.
Genteel Bc££tiis:.
The New York Police Commission-
ers have ordered that the members of
the force must have their permission in
future before contributing to testimo-
nials for fellow-officers, or collecting
money from the citizens for charitable
or other purposes.
This is a great innovation on the
universal rights of amateur beggars.
It is about time that this whole subject
should be reduced to some sort of sys-
tem. Customs make laws, but the in
finite variety in the ways of genteel
begging is too much unwritten law for
indolent students and short memories
A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Ledjer gives some facts with regard to
"charitable begging" by the agent of
a business firm, who receives commis-
sions on sales, and collects bills with
out remuneration, which show that
business of this kind sometimes ope
rates unfavorably on what is consid
ered regular trade.
Not a week passes, he tells us, that
he is not asked, and in many cases
compelled, to contribute for various
objects. He gives these instances:
I called upon a customer for a bill of
$8 (my own profits being 40 cents.)
He paid it, saying, "Now you have
my money, I want you to buy some-
thing of me," and handed me a ticket
for a church festival, price 75 cents,
I replied that I could not afford it, but
he interrupted me with "Enough said
—that will do," and bought no more
of me. Number two I called on for
$7. He handed me $0 50 and a picnic
ticket, saying that every man he dealt
with must take one. I begged to be
excused, having previously taken one
from another party; neither did I like
the word "must." "Take your
choice," he replied, "a ticket
my enstom." "I shall en-
UCaVGl IU-' T — 1 a « ing wiwtvuv a
retorted, and bade him good morning
Number three was a gentleman (now
out of business). lie bought to the
amount of twelve dollars monthly.
Whenever he paid me a bill, his daugh
ter, a lass of ten years, would hand me
a card which stated that " Sissy Jones
(name, of course, fictitious) was au-
thorized to collect' for our mission
fund." Expostulation was useless.
Young one stuck by me; parents stood
by, elated with pride at the begging
propensities so early developed in their
offspring, and ten cents I had to pay
About every three months the mother
came out iu full force, with a radiant
countenance, and handed me a book
which stated that "Mrs. Sallie Jones
was authorized to collect for ourbuild
ing fund." Fifty cents always; twenty
five cents rarely satisfied the amiable
lady.
This is a mild statement of the case
The Philadelphia Press says:
The system, which it is not a bit too
severe to call "genteel blackmailinj
pervades every branch of society. Mcr
chants, bankers, business men of all
kinds, are daily and hourly importuned
to purchase tickets for this or that fes
tival, and if they refuse, their names
are placed upon a black list, and often
the refusal is trumpeted abroad. Gen-
tlemen who give away thousands for
charity arc denounced because, for ex-
cellent reasons of their own, they will
not buy a fair ticket at fifty cents.
Of course, there is a necessity in
many fairs and exhibitions, and so long
as this is conducted in the proper way,
no objection can be made. But the
ladies and gentlemen who do the work
should understand that a denial of
their requests can not, in every in-
stance, stamp a man or woman as
" mean and stingy." The true ladies
and gentlemen do understand this.
It is when the task is given into the
hands of ill-bred persons, that it is so
managed as to bring discredit upon all.
Sliell Uaiiks.
The heaps of marine and fresh water
shells found near the Gulf coast seldom
create a thought, yet they have been
made the subject of special investigation
at the Smithsonian Institute, where
specimens have been collected from
pretty nearly the whole of North America,
from the mound, river bank, and shell
heap deposits. A late letter from W ash-
ington says:
Quite lately the ethnology of the shell
heaps has been brought to notice, from
which large contributions have been re-
ceived. The shell heaps consisted of the
refuse shells gathered for food by those
people who lived near the places where
these deposits are found.
They occur from the Gulf of St. Law-
rence to Florida, around the Gulf of
Mexico, and on the western coast from
California to Alaska. It is but quite re-
cently that the interest of these deposits
has been appreciated. They were sup-
posed at one time, and until quite lately,
to be geological phenomena—-the gather-
ing up of shells by the ocean currents, or
shells that had grown in that condition
while that part of the country was below
the surface of the sea. We now know
that they are the refuse from the food of
these " early settlers." The reason we
know that is, in the first place, because
we find acres covered with these deposits
which are all the shells of mollusks
which may be used for food. In some
parts of the country they cousist entirely
of oysters, clams and quahaugs. Occa-
sionally, as in Florida, they consist of
fresh water univalves. In these shell
heaps we find traces of fire where tlievhave
roasted these shells, generally by wrap-
ping them in sea weed and setting fire to
it. In the next place, in these shell heaps
are also fonnd remains of quadrupeds,
birds and fishes, and they serve an im-
portant purpose to the naturalist, be-
cause among the deposits we find the re-
mains of a great many specimens of ani-
mals that are not known to exist in that
particular region, or are entirely extinct.
The great auk, an aquatic bird which was
formerly abundant on the New England
coast, but which is now entirely exterm
inated—only about fifty specimens being
preserved in the museums—are found
among these heaps.
In the shell banks which have been ex
avaled to supply the streets of Galves-
ton with paving material, stone imple-
ments and vessels have been found.
Texas Press.
The Austin Statesman writes of the
Frontier Forces, Light Literature, and
the Grangers. The State troops, it
would seem, are to be employed in sup-
pressing lawlessness among tbe citizens;
the light literature of dime novels is re-
garded as too light for the moral in-
struction of youth, but heavy in evil
consequences; and the Grangers are
regarded as "natural allies of the De-
mocracy."
"True to its charge, the Herald,'''' not
of a noisy world, but of the Baptist
denomination in Texas, reads a chapter
on "Versatility and its Claims—Truth
universally honored— Falsehood uni-
versally condemned—What constitutes
a lie—Never justifiable—Its prevalence
—Publishers of newspapers—Business
men—Parents- Preachers — Scripture
view of it." The Herald does not con-
fine its lecture wholly to the children
of the Father of Lies, but says:
Of all men, ministers of religion are
expected to be truthful. Some few
have seemed to take advantage of the
generally well-grounded confidence in
these men as a class, and speak or
write falsely becausc they do not ex-
pect their statements to be questioned.
Such men may hold tin confidence of
the ignorant and unsuspecting, but
the devil knows no mercy, and will be
very apt to lead them to exposure in
order to exhibit the strength of
his own cause and bring disgrace
upon the cause of Christ. There is
not much chance for escape, and
men given to falsehood are more
generally known to be so than they
suspect. But lying lips are an abomi-
nation to the Lord. All liars have
their part in the lake that burns with
fire and brimstone, and whosoever
loveth and maketh a lie is classed with
dogs and sorcerers, whoremongers and
murderers and idolators. Whoever by
words or signs or silence, by studied or
by careless statement, whether the
statement by itself considered is true
or false, aims to make an impression
upon the mind of another which is not
strictly true, is guilty of falsehood and
makes a lie.
Ministers of the Gospel should lay
this lesson at heart; but we fear that
with lawyers and secular editors it
will fall like water on the backs of
ducks.
The State Gazette favors the calling
of a constitutional convention by the
Legislature at its next session, though
it defends that body for refusing to do
so at the last session.
The San Saba News devotes a long
article to the inducements that region
offers to settlers, and refers to its
former development and prosperity
under the Government of Spain.
Early in the last century the rich
mineral deposits of that locality led to
its occupation by Europeans, and the
Catholics established a mission there.
Kennedy, in his History of Texas,
says that in 17-52 there was discovered
at San Saba a silver mine, which drew
to the fort quite an increase of popu-
lation, that the faithful missionary
was doing his duty—that he was en-
larging and civilizing his flock, and
that the Apaches and Comanches per-
mitted no opportunity for robbery or
murder to pass unnoticed.
In 1758, however, a tragic scene oc-
curred at the mission. The Indians in
large numbers assaulted the mission,
took it, and killed all, both pastors
and flock, including the small guard
stationed there. Tradition informs us
that none were left to bear the news of
the dreadful massacre. This mission
had been established far beyond the
then Texan frontier. We have seen
its benevolent object. Such a return
for such lore, while it calls down
blessings upon the heads of the de-
voted followers of the cross, is enough
to make one doubt whether the In-
dian forms a part of the human race.
This fearful Butchery had its effect in
cTi'ne."" A!'rJa^V^Vffty VftsvTf??.8 to de;
from the blow.
At the time of its occurrence, there
was a fort, surrounding an acre of
ground, under a twelve foot wall, en-
closing a church and other buildings.
Efforts were made to avenge this cruel
outrage. Capt. Don Diego Ortiz de
Parilla was dispatched with a body of
troops to chastise the ruthless savages;
but the latter fled to their strongholds,
and ive have no evidence that they
were ever punished.
San Saba county lies eighty-five
miles northwest of the city of Austin,
and is not yet entirely safe from Indian
depredations. At present the popula-
tion of the county is estimated between
2500 and 3000 souls, nearly all white.
The town contains about a dozen stores
and business houses, two blacksmith
shops, one livery stable, two hotels, two
saddle and harness shops, several car-
penter and wood shops, and one news-
paper- the San Saba Weelly Neivs.
Within the limits of the town is one of
the finest perpetual springs of pure
water in the State, furnishing a stream
of water sufficient to run any number
of mills, the mill above-mentioned be-
ing operated by the same.
The Dallas Herald has an article on
Nepotism in the State government,
referring to the fact that Mr. Dorn
had turned out Judge Randolph, an
honest, capable and long experienced
old citizen, out of the chief clerkship
of the treasurer's office, and appointed
his own son to fill the place. The
Herald says: "Mr. Dorn had previously
written to his son, a citizen of the
State of Nevada, to come to Texas,
that he might make him Chief Clerk
of the Treasury Department of Texas."
The Houston Aye complains that the
Great Northern Railroad is carrying
freights to Galveston from its north
ern terminus for less than is charged to
Houston. "In other words the mer-
chant saves ten cents per barrel freight
on flour from St. Louis to Houston by
letting it pass through Houston, go on
to Galveston, where it is unloaded and
reshipped to Houston, instead of hav-
ing it dropped at Houston in the first
instance."
The Nueces Valley warns its readers
against the wickedness of lotteries.
They do not deal on the square, but
keep all the big prizes themselves, ac-
cording to the Valley.
Texas Items.
San Saba County.—The News of the
6th says : " On last Sunday, Mr. Calla-
gban, who lives some six miles np the
river, went up the stream a mile or so
above his house, on a fishing excursion,
accompanied by his two children, a little
boy and girl, tbe former about ten years
old. While there a rain came up, and
the little ones started for home. Before
reaching home the little boy concluded to
return to his father, but by some means
failed to reach him. The family at home
believed the child safe with his father,
while the father thought him safe at
home. When the father returned home
the sad truth was known—the child was
missing. Diligent search that night and
all the next day proved fruitless. A
large number of our citizens turned out
in search of the missing lad, and ou Tues-
day morning he was found drowned and
already in a state of decomposition.'
Hunt CountyJ—The Greenville Her-
ald says: "Our farmers are now busily
engaged in harvesting their wheat, and
we are glad to learn that the yield will
be much greater than was anticipated.
The Grangers, from every Lodge, met at
the Masonic Hall in this place, on last
Monday, for the purpose of organizing a
County Council of the Patrons of Hus-
bandry."
Navarro County.—The Corsicana
Observer says: "While we hear of copi-
ous rains in almost every part of the
State, the gods seem to have abandoned
us to our fate. For the last seven or
eight weeks we have not had a sufficient
quantity of one of heaven's richest bless-
ings to moisten the parched earth. Cot-
ton presents a sickly appearance, and the
long drouth begins to tell seriously on
our corn prospects. Hardens are almost
played out, and fruit trees are beginning
to present a withered appearance for the
want of rain."
Titus County.— The editor of tho
Mount Pleasant Patriot is in doubt as to
whether fleas or candidates for office in
Camp county are most numeious.
Saturday, the 20tli instant, is the day of
election, and the voters have only twen-
ty-nine candidates to select from
Crops throughout the county are in fine
growing condition, ant^the prospects are
flattering for an nbuiAiant harvest.
On the night of the 5th instant, a small
house in the vicinity of Mount Pleasant
caught on fire during the absence of its
inmates, a colored family, and was burned
to the ground.
Montgomery County. — The Mont-
gomery Press says : " As long as Mont-
gomery county has to buy bacon from
Ohio at lG@22c. per pound, and corn at
$1 80 per bushel, her citizens are bound
to grow poorer by trying to raise cotton
to purchase these necessaries. Manu-
factories of various kinds and diversified
crops are what Texas need. Married,
on the evening of the 3d instant, at the
residence of the bride's father, in Mont-
gomery county, by Rev. J. F. Harris,
Miss Josie Smith and Mr. Edwin C. Mor-
ris. The investigation in our District
Court as to the charges of incompetency,
extortion, etc., against our District Clerk,
closed Thursday. Judge Masterson has
not yet given his opinion. Some rich
specimens of orthography were devel-
oped in the course of the examination."
Live Oak County.—The Oakville
Tribune of the 4tli supplies the follow-
ing items : " Everything has begun to
wither for want of rain. Gardens are
suffering intensely, and the grass on the
prairie is completely burnt up. Oak-
ville was lively this week. Two min-
strel shows, danciug school and preach-
ing at intervals." Notwithstanding
which, the Tribune says: "Money mat-
ters are worse now than they ever were
known to be in our towu before. We
have seen different binds of property
change hands at a great deal less than
half price, more especially horses. Very
good horses have been offered at the low
price of ten dollars per head. Prospects
are very favorable that things will ease
up in a short time. Considerable cattle
have have been driven from this point,
and when the finances therefor arrive,
we are of opinion that all will be well.
Marion County.—The Jefferson Dem-
ocrat of the 10th says : " Plenty of water
for steamers, and t everal are expected.
The weather is very warm, with indica
tions of rain ; let it come it is needed
Reports from the upper Red river are
that the river is rising fast."
Houston County.—The East Texas
Herald of the 10th says: " Accounts
from all parts of the county give satis-
factory reports of the corn and the cot-
ton. Rain is needed, and as we write,
there is every appearance of a supply.'
The prisoners in the Crockett jail
cut a hole large in the floor large enough
to make their escape through, but it was
through it.
Goliad County.—A correspondent
writing from Flatonia, in Lavaca county
about seventy miles from Goliad, says":
" We were surprised to find crops along
the route needing rain so badly. Although
they have had a sufficiency of rain to
keep them growing, there has been
nothing like as much as we expected to
find from reports we had heard before
leaving. Corn crops are looking moder-
ately well, but cotton is in splendid con
dition, seeming to be just suited by the
seasons. The grass on the prairie
" The Indians have not given us any
trouble this spring. Wheat crops are good
in our county; oats and corn are very
promising; cotton prospects good. The
weather has been rather dry for the last
three weeks, but was relieved in this
immediate section by a fine rain on Sun-
day morning last."— The Dallas Herald
says of its own vicinity : " The weather,
for harvesting wheat, unlike the two
last seasons, is charming, warm and
clear. Should it so continue for a week,
not a grain will be lost in consequence of
unpropitious weather, and though the
growth may be less, the actual yield will
be greater than last season." A letter
from the Attorney General of the State
to the Sheriff of Dallas county says :
" Each lawyer is liable to occupation tax.
So also each livery stable keeper. A
livery stable is ' a stable whose horses
are kept for hire, or whose stabling is
kept for hire.' Occupation taxes are as-
sessed in like manner as other taxes, and
back taxes are in like manner collected."
Travis County.—The Austin Demo-
cratic Statesman chronicles the receipt of
nice Galwston watermelons in thatjeity.
Freight rates from Austin to St.
Louis have recently been reduced from
$160 to $140 per car load. The fol-
Nfiw Advertisements.
Notice to Consignees.—The steamship
SAN ANTONIO, from Liverpool, will, this
day, SA/TtTRDAY, June 13, commence dis-
charging at Kuhn's Wharf, under general
order.
Consignees will please send their Custom-
house permits to this office, pay freight bills,
and receive delivery orders for their goods.
All permitted goods remaining on the wharf
(not receipted for) after 4 p. M., will be left
there at consignee's risk and expense, and
will not be stored without special instructions
to that effect.
All claims for damages must be adjusted
on the wharf.
C. W. HURLEY & CO., Agents,
jel3 3t 117 Strand.
Galveston Cards.
Stowe & Wilmerding
COTTON FACTORS
And Commission Merchants,
GALVESTON.
Liberal oaan advances on consignments of
Cotton to our address, to Duncan, Sherman
& Co., New York, or MESSES. BARING BROS.
& CO., LIVERPOOL. Telegraphic transfers
of money to New York. Exchange for sale
on all points in Great Britain or on the Con-
tinent. ja5-'74D&Wly
Oleander Lodiie No. 5, Knights of
Pythias—The Officers and Members of this
Lodge will attend a Regular Meeting, at their
Castle Hall, THIS (Saturday) EVENING, at
7:30 o'clock.
Sojourning brethren are invited to attend.
By Order: J. B. STUBBS, C. C.
L. M. Waters, K. R. S. pro tern. oc!5 Satf
The New York Times, speaking of
the President's new financial depart-
ure, says: "The views of the Presi-
dent have been matured slowly. Had
he reached his conclusions a few years
sooner, and been able to throw his in
fluence into the scale in favor of a
sound currency, by the recommenda-
tion of the precise measures he now
suggests, at the commencement of his
first term, doubtless the country would
have been the gainer."
This is rather a sardonic compliment.
It virtually asserts that he was a finan-
cial simpleton, when he might have
conferred an inestimable benefit on the
country had he possessed the financial
sagacity now evinced in the Grant-
Jones memorandum. On the whole, it
is hardly more reassuring than it is
laudatory.
An Infant Shot.
The Shreveport Times of the lltli
says that as a negro woman, named
Vena Simms, was in her yard hanging
out clothes, she heard the report of a,
pistol in the house and ran in, when
she witnessed the horrible spectacle of
her infant, about eight mouths old,
literally weltering in its blood. She
ascertained that a sister of the infant,
herself only seven years old, had got
hold of her father's six-shooter and ac-
cidentally shot her baby, the ball en-
tering near the right nipple and com
ing out at the left side neat the hip.
Strange to say, the child was not killed
dead, though no doubt the poor little
creaturc died some time last night.
rather green, and cattle in first-rate con-
dition."
Aransas County.—The Transcript
says: "The dry weather has opened up
another branch of business in the vi
cinity of Rockport. Mr. Reynolds Pe
ters is doing a very lively business in
gathering salt in one of the flats making
out in the bay in the Mathis pasture.
Rev. Carey Carry tells us of an egg
laid by a hen at his ranclie, which, when
broken open, disclosed two yolks, and
beside a perfect egg inside of the larger
One, the small egg also containing the
usual yolk and white. A gentleman
at Rockport from San Antonio, reports
the fall of heavy showers of rain in por-
tions of Bee and Live Oak counties."
Grayson County.—The Denison New
South of the 10th says : " Information
is wanted of the whereabouts of T. \V.
Ham, late associate editor and publisher
of the Denison New South, who, on the
8tli day of April last, deserted his family
after having stripped them of every
article of household goods, furniture
bedding and clothing, except the little
the wife and children wore away on
short visit, to raise money to go -with.
He left Denison ostensibly for Sherman
on the 7 a. m. train, but did not stop at
that place."
Nueces County.— Duft Hale, who was
reported murdered last week, it is now
stated by the Nueces Valley was not
killed, and the story was a hoax. The
perpetrators are of that class who find
pleasure in telling stupid lies. From
the Corpus Christi Gazette : Collector of
Customs Nelson Plato, accompanied bv
Mr. C. G. Brewster, who goes to Laredo
to take the position of Deputy Collector
at that point, Mounted Inspectors John
Farrel and Sheldon, left on his tour of
inspection last Thursday morning. The
Colonel will be supplied witli an escort
to make his grand rounds. A number
of Tuxpan pilgrims left for that land of
" milk and honey" on last Monday. If
they seek a land of ease and plenty with
out labor they must still continue their
voyage ; but if they desire to locate in a
land where industry and honest labor are
to be given in exchange for a liberal com
petency.they need seek no better country
than Texas. Capt. M. Kenedy made
our city a flying visit during the week
The Captain is devoting the greater por
tion of his time to perfecting arrange-
ments for supplying an unlimited quan
tity of water to liis iapidiy increasing
cattle and horse stock. Dry seasons like
the present prove very destructive to
stock interests generally, unless ample
means for watering purposes are sup
plied.
Dallas County. — Locals in and
about Dallas do not appear to be very
brisk, and the Herald man makes up his
column with "glittering generalities"
somewhat in this fashion: "A young
gentleman of this city, desiring to unde-
ceive the anxiety of his absent mother as
to the character of his reading, concluded
the other day to send her a religious
paper, as a testification to the whole-
some character of his mental pabulum.
He discovered about an hour after the
mail had left that he had got his litera-
ture mixed and sent a Day's Doinys, but
on reflecting that he had written on the
corner "Suffer little children to come
unto me," thought it a sufficient compen-
sation, and at once took eleven straight
drinks and went home on the arm of a
friend." The editor of the Herald has
received a call from Mr. S. II.
Clement, one of the owners of the
fine little schooner Lottie Mayo,
engaged in the fruit trade between Gal-
veston and Tuxpan, Mexico. He visits
Dallas to effect direct arrangements for
the sale of fruits, and we hope some of
our business men may meet his wishes.
During a considerable part of the year
here a liberal supply of tropical fruits
would be a great luxury, and, by proper
arrangements, they can be furnished
much cheaper than heretofore. Mr.
Clement represents the American settlers
at Tuxpan as in a prosperous condition,
and the production of sugar as very pro-
fitable and steadily increasing." A
letter in the Herald of the 10th, and
from Decatur, dated the 2d instant, says :
lowing is gleaned from the same paper:
"Thirteen car loads of beeves were
shipped from Austin last Sunday; ten to
the refrigerating company ac Denison,
and the other three t> St. Louis. Five
hundred head of beeves are to be shipped
to-day, and it is expected that the ship
ments will average five hundred head a
week during the summer.—Merchan
dise freights have materially fallen off of
late, though there is considerable ilour
arriving from St. Louis via the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas and the Texas Central
railroads. There are on an average 700
cedar ties shipped from Austin daily, the
same netting $75 per 100, or £525 a day
for the whole number shipped. Allow-
ing that there are 000 shipping or work-
ing days in a year, the revenue to Austin
and vicinity from the tie business alone
amounts annually to $157,500. Add to this
the immense amount of revenue which
this corner of creation receives from its
rock and lime shipments, and we almost
become convinced that Austin would
grow and prosper, even should the crops
fail. Galveston consumes little else than
Austin lime in building. The Brazos
river rose nine feet at Waco last Thurs-
day, 4th instant, and the Cokrado three
feetat Austin, on the 5th and (itli instant.
Among the mountains of the upper
Brazos and Colorado the rains descended,
and the floods are rolling on to the gulf.
The Statesman of the 9th instant
says : " Another of those horrible out-
rages has occurred which is so shocking
to human sensibilities, and which causes
mothers' hearts to burn with fear and
trembling, and the blood of men
to boil with rage. i\ little more
than a week ago, a negro com-
mitted a most shocking and beastly out-
rage upon the person of a little white
girl, the daughter of a Major Burnett,
deceased, about twenty miles from San
Antonio, and after the brute with human
form had perpetrated his hellish design,
he nearly crushed the head of the help
less victim with a rock and then left her
for dead, making his way to this city,
where he was arrested yesterday evening
by parties who followed him from about
San Antonio. For those capable of such
deeds death at the stake is far too good
miscellaneous.
Tho Waco Examiner says: Number of
acres, and kind of crop grown, on thirty
one farms in White Hall neighborhood
Davis county, as shown by the Grange
crop report for 1874: Corn, 1050 acres
wheat,710acres; cotton, 689 acres; oats
301 acres ; liay, 716 acres.
The Oranges of Robertson county have
arranged with one firm in Bremond to
supply them with all staple groceries at
ten per cent, above costs and charges on
original invoices, with one per cent, in
terest per month for time ; also, with
another firm, to furnish all goods kept by
them at seven and a half per cent, above
cost, invoices rated as coin ; ten per cent
per annum added for time.
The Waco Examiner says that " not
least among the many features of the
Grange, is that of providing for statis-
tical crop reports, first of the acreage of
the different crops, and then of the aver
age yield." And when this has been
done, will not the information have been
anticipated by exchanges and journals
whose crop reports are the main feature
or by the National Department of Agri
culture, which costs the country such an
immense sum of money yearly. The
five Granges of Hill and McLennan coun
ties, represented in convention at Aquilla
have adopted the lollowing resolution :
Resolved, That the Secretary of each
Grange here represented is hereby re-
quested to make a full statistical report
0c.ce every month of all produce for sale,
I'iwsA'Stevei nature, amonsr the members
oi Ifte wruer auu, sb iter as ne can, ascm
tain among persons not Patrons ; also, of
all produce that tbe members of his
Orange may wish to purchase, and com-
municate the same to the Secretaries of
sister Granges here represented, and any
others wishing to co-operate with us ; it
was further
Resolved, That the Secretaries' ad
dresses be inserted herein as follows
W. L. Robinson, Lookout Grange, Bos-
queville, McLennan county; J. A. Horner
White Rock Grange, Waco, McLennan
county; S. E. Wright, Shackleford
Grange, Waco, McLennan county ; G. H.
Brinklev, Aquilla Grange, Waco, McLen-
nan county ; N. E. McGraw, Lebanon
Grange, Oak Valley, Hill county.
The Regular Monthly Meeting ol
the Galveston Artillery Company takes place
at the Armory on SATURDAY, June 13,1874,
at 7:30 p. m. Punctual attendance required.
Members will please return to the Armory
the belts (white or black) now in their posses
siou. By order : M. P. MOTT,
C®ptain Commanding.
F. K. Stdbgis, Acting O. S. j9l2 E2tDlt
c
CAUTION CAUTION.
OFFICE GALVESTON CITY CO.,
March 29, 1874.
AH persons are prohibited from hauling
earth or sand from any of the lots or land be
longing to the Galveston City Company, un
der penalty of the law.
mr29 3m J. P. COLE, Agent.
t
LET
The Merchants and Business Men of Gal
veston will be untrue to the interests of their
city if they do not at once attempt to build
up tho large and reciprocal trade that can be
SECURED BETWEEN GALVESTON AND
ARKANSAS,
If they are enterprising it is possible that
in the early future Galveston will be to Little
Rock, (the C«mmercial Center of Arkansas,)
What New Orleans Once Was.
Galveeton Merchants can find no better
MEDIUM FOR MAKING THEIR BUSINESS
AND THE ADVANTAGES OF THEIR
CITY KNOWN THAN THE
DAILY OK WEEKLY
ARKANSAS GAZETTE,
Published at LITTLE ROCK,
FOR MOKE THAN HALF A CENTURY.
Terms of Advertisement made known on
.pplication to
WM. E. WOOURI FF, Jr.,
jel3 1m Editor and. Publisher.
IIE TRADE OF ARKANSAS
—TO BE—
HAD FOR THE ASKING.
REACH
GALVESTON MERCHANTS
OUT AND TAKE IT.
TURNLEY & CO.,
(general Commission Merchants,
Cor. Strand and Twenty-second St., up stairs.
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
Special attention given
Hides, etc.
to
Cotton, V.'ool,
je6 D&*V3m
j. c all roll smith, a. j. bu11ke,
Galveston. Houston.
#kank S. buttkk, Houston.
J 0. SMITH & CO.,
Cotton and AVool Factors and
Commission Merchauii,
131 STRAND, GALVESTON 131
julylB '73-D&Wly
Professional Car<i«.
J^ALLENGEK, JACK & mott,
Attorneys nn«l founsi>,liors
Law,
n,t
No. 129 Postoflice Street,
ncvliDtf
GALVESTON. TEXAS.
wm. harry hays.
w. g. irwin,
Late of Jtfferson, Texas.
JRWIN & HAYS,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW,
No. 129 Postoffice street, (Ballinger & Jack's
Building,) Galveston, Texas.
Will practice in tbe State and Federal courts.
Special attention paid to the collection busi-
ness. mybD&W3m
J. S. Grinnan, B. g. Dl val,
late of Grinnan & Wayland | late of Tyicr,
Jefferson Texas. Texas
Q.RINNAN & DUVAL,
Cotton Factors,
—AND—
(fcneral Commission Merchants,
OFFICE
Over Texas Banking and Insurance Company
STRAND. GALVESTON. 1 E2A3.
Robert o. street, attorney
AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Osterman Building, cor. 33d St. and Strand
Galveston, Texas. Practice in State ano
Federal Courts at Galveston, and m tbe hi
preme Court of the State. fon3D-Wiv
tohn t. harcourt,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
(Ballinger* Jack Building,)
aprll 3m
Calvcstoii, Teiai.
Liberal cash advances made on cotton, hides
wool, and other produce. Bagging and ties
furnished to customers, on application, at the
lowest cash prices. jlyl2D&Wly
chas. h. lee,
Fayette Co.
J. j. m'bride,
Leon Co.
J^EE, McBRIDE & CO.,
COTTOX FACTORS,
And General Commission Merchants,
Hendley Building,
STRAND, GALVESTON, TEXAS.
aug"3D-Wly
w. e.. m'alpink,
Galveston.
jas. baldridge,
Washington Co
f.
CHARLES HUME,
Attorney and Solicitor.
felO ly BALLINGER & JACK'S BUILDING.
T A. AND L. THOMPSON, JR., &
* McKINSTRY,
Attorneys at Law,
ROOM 2, BALLINGER & JACK BUILDING.
nov26Dtf Galveston.
m'
cALPINE & EALDRIDGE,
9. a. buckholts. w. g. taliaferro.
BUCKHOLTS & TALIAFERRO,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
GENERAL LAND AND CLAIM AGENTS,
Bryan, Brazos County, Texas.
mr28 3m Collections a Specialty.
COTTON FACTORS
—and—
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
HENDLEY BUILDINGS, STRAND,
myl2'74D-Wly Galveston, Texas.
Mackenzie's Ride.
Later information from Fort Clark,
Western Texas, the headquarters of Oen.
Mackenzie, give some necessary details
to explain his late ride into Mexico. A
letter from the fort to the San Antonio
Herald says :
On the 23d of May, a party of Mex-
icans crossed the Kio Orande in open
daylight, and in sight of the owners car-
ried into Mexico about 250 head of cattle.
The principal part of the cattle belonged
to Mr. A. O. Strickland, who, as I said,
was eye-witness to the theft, but had not
sufficient force with him to resist the
thieves.
Gen. Mackenzie was informed of the
matter, and at about 2 a. M. he started
with nearly 100 men in pursuit. He fol-
lowed the trail to the Santa Rosa moun-
tains, where, without overtaking the
thieves, he was obliged to turn back, his
rations being exhausted and his horses
tired down. Mr. Strickland is still in
Mexico, trying to get his cattle.
Tlie Herald of the Gth says :
A man who arrived on the stage from
that point, states that Gen. Mackenzie
followed the thieves until they entered a
large Mexican town, where he was un-
able to attack them with his small force.
At headquarters we were unable to ob
tain any information whatever in refer-
ence to General Mackenzie or his oper-
ations.
CUappell Hill Female Commence-
ment.
The following is the programme for
the commencement exercises of Chappell
Hill Female College :
Friday, June 19tli, 8 P. M.—Juvenile
entertainment.
Sunday, June 21st, 10:30 a. m.—Annual
sermon, by Rev H. S. Thrall, Brenham,
Texas. 4 p. m.—Children's meeting.
Several short addresses.
Tuesday, June 23d, 8 I*. M.—Vocal and
instrumental concert, by music class;
Mrs. S. J. Pitts, teacher.
Wednesday, June 24th, 10:30 A. M.—
Composition reading, by members of
Philomath,-pan Society. 11:30 A. M.—
Addresses to the Philomathjean Society,
by Rev. Frank T. Mitchell, Honston,
Texas. 8 r. M.—Annual social reunion.
The exercises of the Male Institute of
Soule University are assigned to Mon-
day 8 P. II. and Tuesday 10:30 A. M.
Capt. John W. McNeely, Principal.
Literary addresses on Tuesday, by R. M.
Swearingen, M. D.
All are invited. Visitors are promised
a welcome. These schools belong to the
Texas Conference. The ministers and
members of the church within the con-
ference are urged to attend their annual
examination exercises. Such attendance
will evince interest and give encourage-
ment.
A law-suit with ninety-three parties
to it, is raging in Pittsylvania, Va.
Geo. Fowlkes, Sr., bequeathed his pro-
perty to his former slaves, and bis
heirs-at law contest the testament.
Plain English.
There is no good reason why an'English
speaking people should be doctored in Latin.
If we shcmld describe the properties of Hos-
tetter's Stomach Bitters in the jargon of the
profession, not one reader in twenty would
understand what it is good for. We prefer to
say in simple words that it possesses strength-
ening, regulating and purifying qualities of
the highest order; that the vegetable ingredi-
ents of which it is composed are eminently
wholesome and salutary, and that the stimu-
lant which is combined with them is the
purest that can be manufactured. We pre-
sc» ibe it, not ill garbled Latin, but in the good
old mother tongue, as a remedy fo»- languor,
debility, nervousness, indigestion, liver com-
plaint, fever and ague, constipation, rheuma-
tism and low spirits, and as a preventive of
every dissase produced by foul air, whether
it stagnates ill crowded work rooms, or im-
perils life and health iu swampy districts and
new clearings. So the masses eav, and so
they have been saying for the last twenty
years. jell-th sat tu&Wlw
o
FFICE STATIONERY—
A VERT fine ASSORTMENT.
PIERCE & TERRY,
Stationers and Printers,
Cor. Strand and Center sts., Galveston.
r
tew corn sheller.
jy£OODY & JEMISON,
FACTORS FOR THE SALE OF
Cotton, Wool, Hides, Ac.
Galveston, Texas
july3D&Wly
J s. McLkndon. A. Proctor. G. McLendoh.
J S. McLENDON & CO.,
Bankers and Dealers in Exchanse,
CALYERT. TEXAS.
Prompt attention to collections. tnr21 3m
f<
r. l. foard. wells thompson. geo m'cormick
OARD, THOMPSON & McCOK-
MICK,
Attorneys at Law,
Columbus, Texas.
Will practice in all tho Courts of the State o
Texas. je29Dly
The prospect for a large corn crop in
Texas is excellent; for this reasou we call the
attention of merchants to a new
Corn Sheller.
the best in the market for the money.
STEELE. WOOD A CO.,
je!3 68 Tremont street.
f:
OR RENT — SEVERAL DESIR-
able DWELLING HOUSES, convenient
to business.
H. M. TRUEHEART & CO.,
Real Estate Agents.
t(
O RENT TO RENT
Two Comfortable South Rooms (furnish-
ed) in a private residence. Apply on premises.
MRS. W. CHERRY,
jel3D3t N. W.Cor. Church and 16th sts.
A. Flake & Co.,
DEALERS IN GROCERIES
—AND—
LAXDRETH'S
Philadelphia Garden, Field & Flower
Seeds.
Onion Sets, Buttons, Seed Potatoes, and
Ornamental Shrubberry to order,
The New Crop of 1873.
RUCTION SALE
Of Household and Kitchen
Furniture,
On Account of Departure from the City,
By BLARELY,] HARDING Ac CO.,
At 10 o'clock a. m.. at the old grocery stand of
A. FLAKE & CO., 1G6 Market
Street, up-stairs.
Bedroom Sets, Black Walnut Bedsteads,
Curled Hair Mattresses, 3doz. Chairs, 8 Black
Wain'it Saloon Tables, Bureaus, Washstands,
Rocking Chairs, Mirrors, 1 Eight-Day Clock, 1
Charter Oak Cooking Stove and fixtures.Crock-
eryware, Glassware* Cutlery, etc. Just receiv-
ed, a fresh invoice of Eight o'Clock Coffee,
30c. <0 lb. This coffee costs less labor in its
preparation for use, ami gives better saiisfac-
tion than any other. Also, " hea Nectar ana
tiiu *r—<. Pnwder, warranted to
give perfect satisfaction. jeitfDlt
RUCTION SALE.
By PARK, LYNCH «fc CO.
We will sell on SATURDAY. 13th instant, at
10 o'clock a. m., at our Salesroom, Strand:
1 Zentmeir's MICROSCOPE—finest made;
1 BAROMETER and THERMOMETER;
1 THERMOMETER, centre grade and Fah-
renheit;
1 Preparation <"»f HUMAN SUBJECT;
1 Natural SKELETON;
1 SKULL:
1 OPERATING CHAIR:
1 set of PLASTER OF PARIS MODELS, in-
cluding Eye, Ear, Lungs, Brain and all parts
of the body;
Various MEDICAL BOOKS and SURGICAL
INSTRUMKNTS, Apothecary Boxes,
Bottles, Scales, Files and other
jell tf Fixtures.
s
OUR LAKE WATER-
JUST RECEIVED
And for sale
STORE, by
jel2 E&Dlt*
the OPERA HOUSE DRUG
R. H. BAYLOR.
Jj^OR IlENT FOR RENT.
A large,
DESIRABLE DWELLING-HOUSE,
Convenient to business, will be rented for the
summer at a low rate to a good tenant.
Apply to JAMES SORLEY.
je'iutf una.
VIIINT TO THE WISE IS SUF-
FICIENT.
REGULAR CUSTOMERS
get wood sawed, split and delivered the
year round at §10 per cord, from
JEWELL & CO.,
corner 27th and Mechanic sts.
jeTDlm una
c
COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
The undersigned have this day formed a
copartnership under the firm name and style
of
LAMMERS & VOGEL,
For the transaction ot a
FACTORAGE AND GENERAL COMMISSION
BUSINESS.
Office nest door to Brown & Lang, Strand.
F. HAMMERS,
THEO. O. VOGEL.
Galveston, June 1, 1874. je2Dlm una*
Gr'
AL VESTON GIFT ENTERPRISE
ASSOCIATION.
Office—No. 175 Center Street.
ALL TICKETS SOLD ENTITLED TO A
GIFT.
Drawn Numbers, June 12, 1874.
DISTRIBUTION NUMBER 212.
:{3-3-o 4-77-16-19-45-01-10-75-72
DISTRIBUTION NUMBER 21 3.
6D-33-14-72-7C-34-02-58-3&—54-5-74
Distributions witnessed and attested by
William R. Johnson, Notary Public.
BOYD & STONE,
niyS 3m* Managers.
1000 Sacks Coffee,
EX » PRIMUS,"
For sale by
M. KOPPEHl.
JOB PRINTING.
EVERY VARIETY AND STYLE.
Executed with Neatness and Dispatch, at the
GALVESTON NEWS OFFICE.
MIE FACILITIES
OF TJO NEWS JOB OF!
ICE
for tLo execution of Foster Work are unsur-
passed in the United States
o
UR FACILITIES FOR THE
Having now our new crop in store, which ia
larse and complete, we are prepared to fill
orders at Philadelphia prices.
nov!6D&W ly
j. kauffman. julius runge.
chas. f. hohorst.
AUFFMAN & RUNGE,
Commission Merchants & Cotton
Factors,
DEALERS IN GROCERIES,
Importers of Coffee3 Wines & Liquors,
aprl'74 D&Wly Galveston, Texas.
RUCTION SALE.
By PARK, L1NCH2& CO.,
R. A. Park Auctioneer.
We will sell THIS DAY, 13tli inst., at 10
o'clock, at our salesrooms, Strand:
FURNITURE, GROCERIES, ASSORTED
MERCHANDISE,
Lot of Medical Books, C Operating Chairs,
(See Advertisement Elsewhere.)
—at eleven o'clock—
At Store of Steele, Wood & Co.,
Lot of Shelving:, Ceiling, Stairs, Etc., Etc.
^LFRED MUCKLE.
Cotton Factor,
AND RECEIVING AND FOIiW ARDING
Commission Merchant,
STRAND GALVESTON TEXAS.
.V. ao6'74-D&Wly
j. d. braman. w. t. purviance. chas. mitchell
BRAMAN, PURYI1NCE & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
and
oouviccinv Ari^HCHAN^^
Gr
EO. M. MAVERICK,
(Formerly of San Antonio, Texas.)
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Sedalia., Pettis County, Missouri,
Will practice in Pettis and adjoining Circuit
Courts. AI30 in the Supreme Court of Mis-
souri and the U. S. Courts at Jefferson City.
Commissioner of Deeds for Texas in Missouri.
mrl4 6m*
54.
.. .Strand. CS»1 veston, Texas.
je3'74 D&Wly
54
joct d. rogers. 4 robertsok.
TOHN D. ROGERS & CO.,
o
COTTON FACTORS
And General Commission Merchants,
No. 61
(Insurance Building,)
STRAND. GALVESTON, TEXAS.
EXECUTION OF BOOK WORK
are unsurpassed by any office in the Stato.
V Agents for GRAY'S COTTON PRESS.
aplO'TiD&Wly
n. h. ricker.
H. RICKER
N.
E. P. SAKSENT
^DOUE & LORIT,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Office Over First National Bank,
a'lgl.'lDly
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
"YyC^STON, WELLS & VIDOR,
COTTOX FACTORS,
Commission & Forwarding Merchants,
73 Strand, League's cuil.m.vg,
au«4 GALVESTON, TEXAS. Dly
j. c. borden r. l. foard d. V. frazell.
J C. BORDEN & CO.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
For the Sale of
LIVE STOCK,
STOCK LANDING,
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
Our business will be confined strictly to sale
of Live Stock. No Stock bought under any
circumstances. Special reference made toR.
L. Foard & Co., Bankers, Columbus, Texas.
myl8 D3m
p LEVINE & CO.,
General Commission Merchants,
Corner Twenty-Eightn and Market Streets.
Highest prices paid in cash for Iron, Cop-
per, Brass, and metals of all kinds; also Corn
and Oats Sacks. Horns and Bones, aprl 3m*
J^LOCK, MASSIE & CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
And General Commission Merchants,
50 Strand, under Ball, Ilutchiagfc & Co.,
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
All Consignments entrusted to our care wil
have our personal attention.
augSDly
SPORLEDER,
Commission Merchant,
— and—
MANUFACTURERS' AGENT,
No. 70 Tremont St., L. M. Wood'*
Iron Front Building.
—agent for the—
Standard American Billiard Tables,
PIGEON HOLE & JENNY LIND,
With celebrated
PHELAN & COLLENDER'S COMBINATION
CUSHIONS and BILLIARD MATERIAL.
—state agent fop.—
Cincinnati Eager Beer,
RED, WHITE AND BLUE.
—depository for—
H- C. Wolfe & Co.'s Bell Schnapps.
WOLFE & CO.'S LIQUORS.
sept!4-'73-Dly
HLEGER, FROM PARIS,
• FRENCH STEAM SCOURER,
Removed to Market Street, between Twenty-
fourth and Twenty-fith, to enlarge business.
Importer of a new Steam Proems, far sur-
passing anything yet offered to the public for
cleansing Gentlemen's and Ladies* Clothing,
whether made of silk, velvet, or wool,, plain or
embroidered, without being taken to pieces.
Hats, Parasols and Kid Gloves cleaned.
Feathers cleaned aud curled equal to new;
also shawls and lace curtains.—Galveston,
aprll 3m*
& CO.,
WAREHOUSEMEN. AND
FORWARDING AGE\T£.
All Freight consigned to us, destined for
the interior of Texas, forwarded by way of
G., H. and H. R. R., free of all forwarding
charges.
Iron Safes and Heavy Machinery removed.
Hoisting horses and mules always on hand,
and furnished at rhort notice. P" O. Box 717
Office, HURLEY'S BUILDING,
Between Nineteenth and Twentieth Streets,
East STRAND, Galveston, Texas.
janl4 '74 ly*
CHER WIN & OVERMIRE,
Ai^liitects. Building Surveyors and
Superintendents.
A series of entirely new designs for Villa
and Cottage Ornee Residences. All kinds of
Builders' Work measured up and Measure
Bills promptly rendered. We submit to all
our clients a perspective view of their pro-
posed buildings. Office: 173 Center street,
over Mason's Book Store. je7 3m
N.,
J. CLAYTON, ARCHITECT.
Designs, Plans, Specifications and Esti-
mates furnished for every description of
building, public or private. Ecclesiastical
architecture a specialty.
N. B.—Also, general Draughtsman and.De-
signer. drawings of machinery and models
made for the Patent Office. Best Galveston
and Houston references. P. O. Box 113.
129 Strand, corner 22d street, GALVESTON,
my31D&Wly Texas.
Galveston Cards.
a. n. lewis. john howard. a. q. m* m ah an.
LLEN LEWIS & CO.,
A
COTTON FACTORS,
and
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Strand Galveston Texas
myl3 6m
f. hitchcock .. .a. wakelee... j. g. hitchcock.
HITCHCOCK'S SONS,
SHIP CHANDLERS.
Canvas and Duck for Sails, Tents and Tar-
r*ulino» Naval Stores. Paints and Oils, Boats,
Oars and Spars, Manilla, Wire and Hemp
Rope, all sizes; Blocks and Sheeves for Fer-
ries, Presses, etc., etc., 67 and t>y Strand,
Galveston. ap5'74 ly
j. j. lewis, j. l. conoly, r d. swain,
Kossse. Tehuacana. Late with
J. H. Littlefield & Co., Corsicana
J^EWIS, CONOLY & SWAIN,
Cotton factors and Commission Mer-
chants,
Moody & Jemison's New Building,
GALVESTON, - TEXAS.
fe28 '746m
W. C. Howard. D. T. Iqlehart,
late of late of Iglehart & Leonard,
Calvert. H. & T. C. Railroad.
JJOWARD & IGLEHART,
COTTON FACTORS,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Strand, Galveston.
Over Wallis, Landes & Co., Nos. 106, 108 and
lets '74 6m 110 East Strand.
c. c. dibrell. w. c. dibrell.
john c. hodges, jr.
J^IBRELLS & IIODGES,
COTTON FACTORS & COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
Corner Strand and Centre Streets
febta '74 ly GALVESTON.
W. B. Nohris.
ORRIS &
J. G. JONES.
N
JONES.
COTTON FACTORS,
Shipping1 & Commission Merchants
117 STRAND, GALVESTON. TEXAS.
Liberal cash advances on Cotton, Wool and
other Produce, in hand or for shipment.
janl4'74 ly
fenelon cannon. geo. williams.
Brazoria Co*
GANNON & WILLL1MS,
C
COTTON AND WOOL FACTORS
And General Commission Merchants,
STRAND, GALVESTON, TEXAS.
Libeial cash advances made on all consign-
ments of Cotton, Wool, or other produce for
sale or shipment. oc26 '73 Dly
Q.US McKERNON,
DEALER IN
FAMILY GROCERIES,
Foreign and Domestic Fruits,
Also received by every steamer,
NUTS, FIGS, Etc.
Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars and
Tobacco.
ISP1— Promct attention given to orders from
the Country.
Corner Church ancl Treuiont Streets,
apr25
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
74 ly
17
Sew Orleans Advrts.
CAUP.ET WAREHOUSE—No.
Chartres Street, New Orleans.
A. BROUSSEAU, Importer and Dealer, offers
Wholesale and Retail,
Carpeting—1000 pes English and American.
Oil Cloths—Floor. Table and Enamel. Mat-
ting—1000 rolls, White, Check and Fancy.
Window Shades, Cornices, Table and Piano
Covers. Curtains—Lace and Nottingham Lace.
Broeatelle—Cotelines, Terties, Reps., etc.
Hair Cloth—Gimp, Plush, etc.
ja6 6m A. BROUSSEAU.
HAVING established a BRANCH
YARD AT HOUSTON, with a large
stock of Louisiana Pino and Cypress Lumber
rough and dressed, supplied directly from our
mills, on Pearl river, we are enabled to fur
nish the Texas trade, (wholesale and retail,)
with al! kinds of Lumber, Sash, Doors, Blinds
etc. Also, the celebrated " Carre Cabin."
W. V7. CARRE & CO.,
New Orleans, and Houston, Texas
jel9Dly
Kew York Advert isem'ts
^_jj.EORGE H. SWEET & CO'8.
TEXAS NEW YORKER
—and—
General Advertislne
AND COMMISSION HOUSE.
No. 53 Park Place,
decllDtf NEW TORK CITY.
J^LANK BOOKS,
MERCANTILE BLANKS.
BILLS OF LADING,
BALL TICKETS,
DRAY RECEIPTS,
Trinted at Panic Prices by the
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