The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 224, Ed. 1 Friday, December 9, 1881 Page: 2 of 4
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Friday, Decern? > r 1881.
investing school funds.
The commissioner of the general land office
propose* a sensible and practical plan for sup-
plying a safe investment for the school fund;
that of aiding the newly organized and organ-
izing countics with funds to l>uild their court-
houses and jails. The bonds of such counties,
bearing 5 or ♦> per cent., would at par perhaps be
perfectly safe and remunerative securities.
There is, however, likely to be this objection,
that the school fund from the sale of lauds, and
the purchase by the State of the bonds belong-
ing to that fund, and the county school fund of
every county selling the county school lands,
■would exceed the suppiy of county bondi of
the description designated by Captain Walsh.
But admitting the supply would be sufficient,
or that the plan be changed to include the pur-
chase of county bonds generally, certainly
then it would be a great improvement upon
the system at present attended with so much
loss to the school fund. This plan now
proposed was suggested nearly two years
ago by The News, and because the necessity
for a change could not then be discerned by
the politicians no attention was paid to the
proposition. So now the officials charged with
the duty of investing the*trust funds find them-
selves compelled to pay an average premium
of 40 per cent, for State bonds, and if they
would heed the recommendations of the land
commissioner, which is hardly anticipated,
must yet wait two years longer before the
policy proposed can be adopted, as it must be
by a vote of the people upon an amendment to
the constitution to permit the class of invest-
ments proposed. That some such change in
the organic law is necessary is now almost uni-
versally cont Jed, and it seems that the State
officers anticipating the change would serve the
State and protect the trust funds better by
■withdrawing the school lands from market
and by refusing any longer to invest the daily
accumulations of trust funds in State bonds at
the ruinous premium. If the change can be
effected in two years the lands will in that time
increase in value more than the interest of the
two years, ai.d the 40 per cent, premium will
be saved at not above the cost of two years in-
terest.
going to bring the emigrants from Europe, and the
rates will be at figures that will bring them." With
regard to the combination emigrant-wheat ears,
Mr. Crocker said ihe company was having one
built r.t Sacramento. It is their own invention,
and if it answers the purpose, as they anticipate,
several hundred will be* wanted. They are >o ar-
ranged, after being emptied of their loads of grain,
they can be converted into passenger sleeping cars
for the return trip from the Gulf to San Fraucisco.
If the emigrant fare from Liverpool to San Fran-
cisco should be fixed as low as $35 by this route, it
will be but $5 more than the existing fare from
Liverpool to New York.
The establishment of a line of steamers be-
tween Liverpool and the Gulf of Mexico
means, presumably, between Liverpool and
New Orleans. While Galveston could satis-
factorily enough accommodate the emigraut
business between the two points, the European
grain trade of the Pacific coast is too much
for her present facilities. It is in order, per-
haps, to fall back ou the adage about the
spilled milk, for no good can be accomplished
by crying over the situation. If deep water
within reasonable time can be secured here,
the grain trade of the Pacific, for economic
reasons alone, will eventually find its way to
the gulf at Galveston. The questions of dis-
tance and saving in the cost of railroad trans-
portation will settle that point. But what
about the deep wat i ?
a lost opportunity.
The adage about crying over spilled m:ik is
doubtless susceptible upon occasion of afford-
ing at least a modicum of comfort, although
the grains of comfort in special instances must
be rather diminutive. They must bo small, for
instance, to the people of Galveston when they
take into consideration the loss to the port oc-
casioned by the Southern Pacific Kailway of
California having had to seek terminal deep
water facilities at New Orleans instead of at
Galveston. The spilled milk adage will have
to be worked for all it is worth to afford satis-
factory consolation in this instance. It is quite
■well known ti.at the management of the Cali-
fornia road, even as late as a year ago, re-
garded the port of Galveston with favorable
consideration as the gulf terminus of their
enterprise. The press of California, when
speaking from time to time of the pro-
gress of the roa and calculating distance^,
invariably referred to Galveston as its gulf
tei minus. Indeed, it is known that within quite
a recent period Mr. Huntington contemplated
ou engineering survey o;i the practicability of
nfc G
mte
road
civil service reform.
The president devotes large space in his mes-
sage to the subject of civil service reform. He
grapples the problem vigorously and handles
it with consummate good sense. He holds that
u no man should be the incumbent of an office
the duties of which he is for any cause unfit to
perform, who is lacking in the ability, fidelity
or integrity which a proper administration of
such office demands." In this sentiment all
honest men will heartily concur, but the intel-
ligence of the country encounters, as Mr. Ar-
thur does, conflicting opinions as to the meth-
ods best adapted to the achievement of the end
so devoutly to be wished. Various reforma-
tive schemes have been suggested, and some of
them have been urged with zeal and forcible
argument, but it is evident the public
has settled down upon no definite measure.
The competitive system finds objection in the
danger of exalting mere educational and
abstract tests above general and practical
business capacity. On this poiut the president
says:
It scorns to me that the rules which should be
applied to the management of the public service
may properly conform in the main to such as regu-
late the conduct of successful private business.
Original a ppointments should be based on as-
ceruihied liuiess. The tenure of office should, so
far a practicable, be fitted by the promotion of
worthy and efficient officers; the investigation of
aii complaints and punishment of all official mis-
conduct should be prompt and thorough.
These views he assured the country, in terse,
strong. English words, will govern his admin-
istration of the executive office. Save for cer-
tain exceptions not stated, the message favors
the competitive plan for determining fitness in
original appointments to lower grades of the
service, and promotions alone to fill vacancies
in higher positions. This is in conformity with
the existing civil service system of Great
Britain, and its success in the country
of its birth is urged as a strong argu-
ment in favor of its adoption here.
The argument based on these general princi-
ples can not fail to impress intelligent and pa-
triotic congressmen with a profound convic-
tion of its wisdom and practicability. It shows
that Mr. Arthur has devoted earnest thought
to the subject, and that he is prepared to go to
the fullest extent of his duty and power to
meet the just expectations of the people in the
matter of reforming the civil service.
RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION.
In a pamphlet on the Cost of Transporta-
tion, Railroad Confederations or Pooling Ar-
rangements arid the Governmental Regulation
of Railroads, Mr. Joseph Nimmo, Jr., chief of
the government bureau of statistics, presents
some very interesting figures, which tend to
show that by the consolidation of great trunk
lines, and the absorption of local roads as
feeders, a steady decrease in freight rates has
been obtained, and that with the growth of
these great railway corporations a steady in-
crease in tonnage is noticeable, and a propor-
tionate decrease in rates for freight. He in-
stances the New York Central, the Erie and
the Pennsylvania roads, and gives a table of
their comparative business from 1868 to 1S80.
This table shows that in 1868 11,193,120 tons
were transported, at an average freight charge
per ton per mile of 2.153 cents. From 1868 to
1SS0 tonnage steadily increased and freight
rates decreased, and in 1880 30,363,714 tons
were transported, at an average freight charge
per ton of .866%j cents. These figures show
that whatever dangers may be apprehended
from a continuance of the consolidation move-
ment, if is plain the effect thus far has been to
lower steadily the cost of transportation be-
tween th s East and the West. The New York
Tribune, in its review of the railroad problem,
says:
' \ Nimmo discusses witheintellisrence ant can-
dor the evils of excessive competition and arbitrary
and tluc' . i ing rates, and the weakness of the
r » >!in:; system devised to remedy these evils. Ho
tei;:ks he , ail way system of the United States ha*
e:.;ere upon a sage in the course of its develop-
ment ht i • the magnitude and complexity of the
i sues in vol ved present difficulties too great to be
compas-ed by th • instrumentalities at the com-
mand of the railway companies, holding, with
s->me of the most thoughtful railway managers and
students of railway affairs, that the prop of some
external restainhig influence is necessary to insure
;he maintenance of good faith between the dif-
ferent companies an ! the observance of rules
wliii.ii - .\j •'Hence has shown to be essential to the
orderly management of the roads in their relations
to i'ach other and to the public. Governmental
r .-crulai 1 i, it is claimed, is the only available expe-
dient to i his end . Some practical reforms might
her secured by legislation, Mr. Nimmo thinks,
without waiting for any general determination ol
the question of the relations of the railroads to the
public interests. He favors a law requiring that all
rates should be made public, and should not be
changed with nit due public notice, and also re-
quiring the companies to furni-h ears to shippers
equii -inly in proportion to orders received, and for-
biddin..j them to :;ive preference in facilities to one
shi: per a< ag ' hi.-t his competitor in trade. If* this
ranch in the way of reform could be fully secured,
no argues, i- '-v hd proba >ly be a matter of very
lunch less dl:':ieu!ty to adjust, differences as to the
t -i-. ito- In! limit - of the traffic operations of com-
peting lines, the relative rates which shall prevail
ovi • eymp- i h — rail and water lines, and the rela-
tive rat- s which shall prevail with respect to the
•tmmercial hitero-ts of rivd cuies. Mr.
Nimmo favors an investigation by a gov-
ernment comm. s--ion as a preliminary
ytep > any m« isures of legislation of a rad-
ical e>.tractSuch an investigation should, he
include the two questions of chief importance
connected with the railroad problem: First, the
matter of ascertaining in the immediate inter, st of
the puhl.c by what means unjust discriminations
and <i li r practices detrimental to the interests o;
commer e a d of industry may b • defined and
prev.-ir-d; an :. secondly, the proposition of cer-
tain of the more advanced representativ s of the
railroad interests, that inasmuch as the laws of
supply and demand and competition do,not so ope-
rate as to resruhue the value of. transportation ser-
vices or. rnilroads, some sort of legislation ought
to b a lopte 1 whereby they may the belter be
enabled to protect themselves against themselves,
voluntary railroad c n.t- aerations or pooling ar-
rangements sithout any sanction of law being ad-
mittedly inadequate to this end.
Rguf.i P. Porter, special agent Census
Department, furnishes the following statistics
of tho traffic and fiscal operations of railroads
in the N w England States. The railroad
system of the United States is divided into six
groups by the census office, the New England
Sia-es forming group one. The statements
of the other groups are being tabulated, and
will be issued at an.early date:
slon, estimat-
sibie purpose of the
ate undertaking the
; own expense. It is
; of time required to
•fered with the pro
■vas building raj idly
railroad system of
:>mmodate especially
iter gaif port
Orleans was
c the facilities
was
had at once to
* the only port on
es required, and
applied to reach
a road on a through
stantial control in the
and San Antonio
sas and New Or-
obtaining deep water
ing cost, etc., with th
California railro. I sy
work of construction ;
presumed that the que
accomplish the f
joc.t. The Califor
to a connection \
Texas, and in old
the grain movem<
available deep-a
be selected. Ne
the gulf affordin
of course every eilort
that port by tb<* Cai.tori
direct connection. A su
Galveston, Harrisburg
Railroad and the T
leans Railroad was acquired by the California
syndicate, followed more recently by an agree-
ment between Gould and Huntington, which
provides for an all-rail through connection be-
tween San Francisco and New Orleans over
the respective roads of these two parties. A
great opportunity was lost to Galveston by the
lack of doep water. The News is reminded of
this by a short interview between a reporter of
the San Francisco Morning C !1 and the presi-
dent of the Southern Pacific Railroad, which
appears in the Call of the ISlh ultimo. The
following is the interview:
It was reported yesterday that Leland Stanford
had again sailed for England from New York, with
the intention of establishing a Ihn? of steamers be-
tween Liverpool and the Gulf of Mexico, to connect
with the Southern Pacific Kailroad; also, that the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company have ordered
700 combination emigrant-when cars, to carry
sn ain to the gulf and bring back passengers. Mr.
Crocker, president of the road, says mat the re-
port so far as relates to Mr. Stanford's return to
England, is not true, for the very fcood reason that
Mr Stanford had not left Europe, but is lying sick
in Pa is With regard to the remainder of ;he story
Mr Crocker says tliat there shall ue a line of steam-
ers connecting with the road, aslstated, and that if
some other party does not establish one, the com-
party will, bald Mr. Crocker, good naturtd y, " We
liever went on the oo»an of our own free will. Tile
lJac lie Ma'J Steamship Company refused lo give
us their tea to carry across the continent. We
v anted to curry the tea and we were going to
cai rv i' so we established a line of steamers of our
own across the Pacific, and now we bring it all.
So we in e -d to bring the emigrants; if some other
party does not put uu the line, we will. ' in reply
to the question as to whether It was true that tue
emigrant lare from Liverpool to San Francisco
would be placed as low as {35, as reported, Mr.
Crocker said, with a significant sinile, "We are
Kqu
Lan
Ftruction
h meat
• and real estate.
Telegraph, etc
permanent investments.
. $278/213,353 CO
.. 28.247,904 r/J
. 3,483,211 30
.. 5.6J1,4'H 07
,. 2,58^,C'41 17
3,701,050 20
5821,014,008 02
1,7:33
EQt'TPMENT.
Locomotives
Mail, baggage and express cars..
Freight curs
Other cars
miscellaneous.
Capital st .>ck paid in $190,573,801 63
-.1 303,990,200 05
v .,a :ig d-bt 143,330,724 30
'iV, nl income 52,545,127 30
xpenses 32,422,246 54
N'--. income 19,132,880 76
Na«n:-< r ot' roads operating, leased or
undei :oii~ ruction
Number of miles • » railroad operated
Kenojcr of passengers carried
Number of tons of freight carried
N uin r of persons employed in oper-
;; ing road-
Numb.'r of employes and others
killed ....
Nun. ; -v o: employes and others in-
juied
2,1 to
010
31,211
2,5a0
144
5,889.41
53,150.704
24,257,736
31,631
250
318
Thu compilation of the cotton movement,
by Mr. K. P. Salter, of tho New York Cotton
Exchange, shows that of the total crop of
1870-71, of 4,3o2,o71 bales, 1,110,106 bales were
consumed in the United States. Of the total
crop of 1S74-75, of 3,832,961 bales, 1,193,205
bales were consumed in the United States, and
of the crop of 1880-81, of 6,605,750 bales, 1,938,-
937 bales were consumed in the United States.
From these figures it will be seen that the
average increase of home consumption for the
last six years has been 126.288 bales annually.
At the same ratio American mills will require,
from the crop of 1881-82, 2.065,000 bales. Eiii
son & Co. estimate Europe's requirement for
the coming year at 4,743,0 ,0 bales, woighin
400 pounds each. American cottons average
about 485 pounds to the bale. Making this al
lowance for American weights, Europe will
require about 4,000,000 bales from this country.
There are some indications that General
Longstreet, of Georgia, is tho coming cabinet
man from the South. Grant was, and prob-
ably is bi3 friend, and Mahoue, it is said, is
giving him the benefit of his influence at
court. It may be safe to infer that these two
potent forces are fully equal to all other South-
ern influences, and that their request is most
likely to be granted. It is supposed that Gen
oral Longstreet can accomplish for Georgia
what Mahone did for Virginia. Georgia has
some sympathy for Longstreet, but sue is not
likely to accept him as a leader.
STATE PRESS.
What the Interior Papers Say.
The Waco Examiner says that in that city
the question of New Year's receptions and
calls is beginning to receive consideration,
whether to keep open house for callers on Sat-
urday or Monday. The old rule, when it is
impossible to choose between two courses, take
neither, may hold good in this case. The abuse
of the custom of New Year's calls has induced
many to believe that the best thing would be
to drop them altogether. This would be going
a little too far; but to drop the practice of
plying guests with wines and liquors, and to
inculcate the idea that callers who would be
welcome 011 other days are not exactly privi-
leged to take advantage of the day to make
unwelcome clDs aud indulge in impertinent be-
havior, might remove the main objections to
the custom. People who wind up a series of
calls in a state of intoxication reflect no credit
on the custom, themselves or their hosts.
The News has ceased to report the mutila-
tion of hands by cotton gins since the average
number of fifty to the season has been accom-
plished, but • when a man gets caught the
second time he deserver a notice. The Steph-
ensville Empire says:
Mr. John Kiker had a hand and arm terribly
mutilated by his gin saws the other day. Only
about one year ago Mr. Kiker had his right hand
amputated on account of injuries received in the
same manner.
The Dallas Times hits a Texas senator this
underhand blow:
When they go down to Galveston, get on a boat
and £ro out to look at the harbor Improvement^, it
is safe to bet that there is a candidate for United
States senator on that vessel.
The Graham Leader seems to think Senator
Coke's visit to Houston and Galveston was for
electioneering purposes, and says:
The senator said he had no doubt of success in
getting an appropriation or* money sufficient to
complete the work uow in charge of Major Mans-
field. If the senator is successful in his efforts it
will be a large feather in his cap, and may be the
means of causing the O. A. to go through the deep
waters of woe. where there will not be sufficient
strength to relieve him in his deepest distress. In
the meantime the O. A. is not idle, but seems to
have succeeded in gettiiyr one of Coke's friends at
Austin in deep water, who, if he will, can swim out
without mucji trouble. He would, however, prefer
being submerged rather than provoke the ire of
the O. A. He showed a great deal of placidity
when he yielded to the O. A.'3 mode of counting
the university election returns.
The motto of the Clarendon News is " Chris-
tianity, Temperance, Civilization—Westward."
Nothing is said about the plow with , which all
the civilization worth talking about begins and
ends.
The Texarkana Democrat says:
Nat Q. Henderson, of the Georgetown (Texas)
Record, lent us his charms for about tenjminutes
this week, and among th^ things we found out from
him was that he needed Penn and his camp-meei-
ing gospel tent to reconstrust him.
Nat is not the truly good man one would
think from the religious character of his paper.
The death of William Kirby,at San Antonio,
causes the Times to recur to some reminiscences
of the late civil war, so far as incidents on the
coast of Texas are concerned:
Kirby was one of those who took part in the cap-
ture and destruction of the Morning Light, at Sa-
bine Pass, in the spring of 1803. There has been
living here the remaining three survivors of that
episode, William Kirby, Eugene Aiken and Jack
Harris, the proprietor of the Vaudeville Theater.
The incident was as follows: Four vessels were
lilted out aud protected by cotton bales. The
largest of the fotir carried two eighteen-pounders,
another a thiriy two-pounder and the other two
one gun each. The Morning Light carried a for-
midable battery of nine guns, one of them a thirty-
pound pivot rifled gun. aud the otner
eight, thirty-two-pounders. The Confederate four
vessels were commanded by Captain Dillingham,
and the Federals by Lieutenant Hammond. On
the morning of January 21st there was almost a
complete calm. The boats first fell in with the
Velocity, and she soon gave up. Bat meanwhile
the Morning Tlight got under way and put to sea,
but she could not escape and was overtaken, and
she, finding it impossible to escape, rounded to
and delivered her fire, but the Southern boats, not
heeding this went right in and boarded iind cap-
tured her. The next morning, to keep her out of
the hands of the Federals, who name up with in-
creased strength, set lire to her aud she exploded.
On one of the small boats were the three whose
names we have given. Aiken, Kirby, and Jack
Harris—in all a crew of eight. All of them are
now gone, except Harris and Aiken, who are the
sole survivors of that exploit.
The Brenham Banner is cautious in the way
of indorsing the true inwardness of the re-
ligious editors of secular papers, but is willing
to accept good suggestions from them. It
says:
We do not know how religious the local editor of
the Ausi in Statesman is, but suppose he is as re-
ligious as the average newspaper man. He advises
the young men of Austin to organize a Young
31 n's Christian Association and establish a
library. It will be cheaper to them than spending
their evenings in a vain attempt to catch a keno."
The Brazoria Independent gives a brief re-
port of the trial of the suit of Mrs. Snowden
against Ashcom Beall, for damages:
Mrs. T. L. Snowden, with her four minor children,
sues Ashcom Beall for the alleged wrongful killing
. f her husband, W. C. Snowden. The plaintiffs
were represented by Temple Houston, T. G. & H.
Masterson and Major Joe Boone, of Hempstead.
The defendant was represemed by E. J. & E N.
Wilson. The case consumed the greater part of
four days. Mr. Masterson opened for plaintiffs.
He elaborated 011 the law of the case and dwelt
exhaustively on the facts. Hon. E. N. Wilson
followed in the clear, bold, ornate style
peculiar to him. His speech was well worthy
of the occasion, and did the speaker and the ca.se
ample justice. Sir. Houston came next. Rapidly
but effectively disposing of the facts in the case,
he touched briefly upon the law applicable to them
and then made a beautiful and pathetic appeal to
the jury which drew tears from them and others
eyes unused to weeping. His eloquent effort more
than met the high expectations of the public. Mr.
E. J. Wilson closed the defendant's side of the
case. His reputation as an advocate and lawyer
was fudy sustained by his masterly presentation of
the case. The jury reported that they could not
agree, standing eleven for plaintiff and one for de-
fendant. They were discharged on Saturday even-
ing.
The Clarksville Times, after mentioning tho
fact that the Commissioners' Court has, in
compliance with a petition presented to that
body signed by a largo number of both white
and colored voters, ordered an election to be
held in Red River county to determine whether
the sale of intoxicating liquors and medicated
bitters producing intoxication should be pro-
hibited in the county, comments at great
length on the question, pointing out the evils
resulting to the county from intemperance,
and declariug itself decidedly in favor of pro-
hibition.
The Brenham Banner says:
The licensing of gambling is simply discussed as
a natter of expediency. Opinions on the subject
differ widely. At present the feeling is undoubt-
edly against the proposition to license gambling
with cards and dice, but it may in time be changed.
Twenty years ago no exchange in the United S ates
held the remotest idea of dealing in futures. Now
all of them of any importance have call boards.
The Navasota Tablet is informed that Ma-
son, the man who tried to kill feuiteau, lived
in Grimes county before the war, and was
then known as Whitehurst. He enlisted as a
Confederate soldier, and had the reputation of
being a first-class fraud.
The following is from the San Antonio Ex-
press :
Sunday afternoon a reporter of the Express hap-
pening fo pass in the near vicinity of the Immi-
grants' Home, stopped for a few moments to chat
with the English immigrants sitting on the piazza.
They were, for the most part, hardy, well-to-do
mechanics, who had come ro Texas with about the
same ideas that the ill-fated De Soto had when he
expected to find the fountain of perpetual youth—
with this difference: they expected to find a foun-
tain. a draught of whose waters would insure
perpetual wealth, while he expected immortality.
As a natural consequence they are bitterly dis-
appointed, and lo ok upon Texas with anything
but favorable views. And yet, some of rhein have
refused cons'ant work in the Sunset machine shops
at good wages, because others employed there re-
ceive higher wages than what is offered them.
They do not seem to realize that in Texas, as any-
where els^*, hard and persistent work is indispen-
. able to success, and tna.t in all new countries a
certain amount or hardship and privation must be
gone through with.
Strange to say, this is about the usual feel-
nig of English immigrants to Texas. From
the beginning as a class they have been less
apt to be contented, or to adapt themselves
to the conditions of the country, than any
other European race.
War Widows^
|From the New York Herald]
The widows of the soldiers and sailors of the
war of 1812 are, fortunately for themselves
and unfortunately for the public treasury,
biassed with marvelous health and strength!
According to the latest official reports from
Washington, 26,000 of these interesting ladies
present themselves every three months before
the accredited agents of the government, and
draw their pensions with a precision that
shows a high condition of financial disci-
pline. Their ages, individually or collect-
ively, no one of course will bo so ungallant
as even to hint at. but the date of the last
war with Great Britain is pretty well back
in the century, and is a more trustworthy
record than even Judge Speir's family
Bible. I11 the darkness and uncertainty that
envelop the pension office at Washington re-
garding the possible claims against the govern-
ment arising out of the late war, the roll ol the
relicts <(f ihe heroes of that patriotic epoch in
our history may aff ord some ligh : and instruc-
tion. The total number of killed and wounded
in the 1812-15 campaigns was a little more than
5000. At the end of nearly seventy years the
pension list of the widows alone outnumbers
that of the casualties by five to one. If the
widows of the veterans of the rebellion stand
by the treasury as patriotically as those of
1812 the commissioner of pensions in 1050 will
have a couple of hundred thousand of them on
his books.
President And hews, of
says that more than haif
Marietta, Ohio,
the time of the
;Ci• ools of thai Stale outside oi the cities and
iargvj towns is given to arithmetic. ''More
time," says Dr. J. B. Peaslee in Education, 4'is
devoted to this one subject than to reading,
wi*it»ng, spelling, geography, and grammar
combined; none to literature and composi-
tion. And what is true of the schools
of Ohio in this respect is true of those
of most, at least, of the other States. Let
tiie teachers of these schools cut down
the time given to this subject to within the
bounds of reason; introducing composition,
letter-writing, aod business forms: let them
stop working puzzles in mathematics, which
are about as profitable as the famous fifteen
puzzle, aud turn their attention to l eading, to
improving themselves in literature, to ac-
quaiiring themselves with the lives apd writ
iugs of great authors; and let them take the-
results of tnat work into their school-rooms,
and they would revolutionize the county
schools of the United States."
Now keep 011 eye oat for the man who
speiia Christinas with an X.
political joints.
Editorial Expressions From Leading
Papers.
IRichmond State.]
What a credulous set of people those Jfinglish
Confederate bondholders are who believe they
can induce these Southern States to pay the
old Confederate debt, when we have found it
it impossible to get them to pay even their old
State debts, made before the war, and for
which they received some valuable considera-
tion.
[New York Herald.1
We trust President Arthur will interpose
firmly and intimate to Mr. Phillips that, un-
less he can use his department for some higher
purpose than bringing discredit upon officers
who are endeavoring to unearth a great public
wrong and punish its perpetrators, the sooner
he retires from the department of justice the
better.
[Boston Post.l
We are not prepared to give the Kansas plan
of dealing with derelict bank officers our full
approval, and yet if it would make defalcations
and general Rbuse of trusts as scarce here as a
similar remedy has made them in China, it
could not be said to be entirely devoid of
plausible arguments in its favor. At the same
time we think the whipping-post would be
better than the halter for offenses of such a
character.
[Cincinnati Commercial.!
The president might talk with ex-Governor
Morgan advantageously to himself and the
public service with respect to cabinet-making;
and there is one thing we trust he will be able
to ascertain before making his final decisions.
This is, that the promise of Republican party
peace will not be found in a cabinet made up
exclusively of those who were in the minority
on the third term question at Chicago.
[Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
If we are to believe the New York Sun,
Springfield Republican and other knowing
papers, the trouble with the United States
navy is not so much the lack of liberal appro-
priation, but that millions that were meant to
be spent upon the service found their way to
the pockets of Robeson & Co. And yet Robe-
son is to be leader of the Republicans on the
floor of the House. He is a mighty smart
man.
[Springfield Republican.]
The theory which invested the doings of a
caucus with an awful sanctity, and made its
decisions binding upon the consciences and bal-
lots of the voters, was exploded some years
ago. If the caucus fails to meet the reason-
able wishes of the voters, the latter are free to
make known their dissatisfac tion in a practical
and effective manner. That is one of their re-
served rights, and it should be ext rcis d often
enough to to ke< p it from getting rusty.
[New York Evening Post.]
Mr. Lamar is certainly mistaken in his asser-
tions regarding Mr. Conkling. This year Mr.
Conkling was not an "active, leading spirit"
in the canvass. His quarrel was fresh, and
the soreness of his friends over its result was
more influential than it is likely ever again to
be. Yeb notwithstanding this, and in the
face of various difficulties, the Republicans
carried the State and cut down tho Demo-
cratic figures even in this city; while in Brook-
lyn, by methods the reverse of those which go
by the name of Conklingism, they reduced an
adverse majority of 12,000 to as many hun-
dred.
[Chicago Times.]
Instead of endeavoring to discredit Mr.
Gibson's employment, and raise a question
whether or not he was properly an assist-
assistant attorney-general, the Star-Route con-
spirators would do well to address themselves
to the allegations in the report to which he has
signed Jiis name as so acting. They find much
cause for congratulation in the fi^ct that the
bumptious and self-important people now chief
in tho attorney-general's office declare that
MacVeagh's employment of Gibson was not as
an assistant. This point can hardly be thought
one of great significance. The substantial
point is whether or uot Mr. Gibson, acting in
any capacity whatever, has made a truthful
report. To that point the conspirators do not
seem desirous of addressing themselves.
HISTORY ItJEFEATING ITS£LJt\
The Great Railroad IVIanla of 1845 and
tlie Fearful Collapse—111 teresting In-
cidents and Details Taken from the
" Book of Days."
In view of the intense interest manifested at
the present day in all sections of the country
in the prosecution of vast railway enterprises,
it may not be inapropos to offer to the public
a few words of warning, of which the fodow-
ing account of '; The Great Railway Mania
Day " in England will point the moral.
Never had there occurred in the history of
joint-stock enterprises suoh another day as the
30th of November, 1845. It was the day on
which a madness for speculation arrived at its
height, to be followed by a collapse terrible to
many thousands of families. Railways had
been gradually becoming successful; aud the
old companies had in many cases bought off,
on very high terms, rival lines which threat-
ened to interfere with their profits. Both of
these circumstances tended to encourage the
concoction of new schemes.
There ls always floating capital in England
waiting for profitable employment; there are
always professional men looking out for em-
ployment in great engineering works; and
there are always scheming moneyless men
ready to trade on the folly of others. Thus
the bankers and capitalists were willing to
supply the capital; the enjrineers, surveyors,
architects, contractors, builders, solicitors,
barristers and parliamentary agents were will-
ing to supply the brains and fingers, while too
often cunning schemers pulled the strings.
This was especially the case in 18i5, when
plans for new railways were brought forward
literally by hundreds, and with a recklessness
perfectly marvelous.
By an enactment in force at that time, it was
necessary for the prosecution of any railway
scheme in Parliament that a mass of docu-
ments should be deposi vd with the Board of
Trade 011 or before November 30, in the pre-
ceding year. The multitude of these schemes
in 1845 was so great tfc ut there could not be
found surveyors enough to prepare the plans
aud sections in time. Advertisements were
inserted in the newspapers, offering enormous
gay for even a smattering of this kind of skill,
urveyors and architects from abroad were
attracted to England; young men at home
were tempted to break the articles into which
they hatl entered with their masters, and others
were seduced from various peoiessions into
that of railway engineers.
There were desperate fights in various parts
of England between xiroP®rty-owners who
were determined that their laud should not be
entered upon for the purpose of railway sur-
veying, and surveyors vho knew that the
schemes of their companies would be frus-
trated unless the surveys were made and the
plans deposited by November 30. To attain
this end, fraud, force aud bribery were freely
made use of. November 30, 1S45, fell on Sun-
day; but it was no Sunday near the office of
the board of trade. Vehicles were driving up
during the whole of the day, with agents and
clerks bringing plans and sections. In country
districts as that day approached, aud on the
morning of the day, coaches-and-four were in
greater request than even at race time, gallop-
ing at full speed to the nearest railway station.
O11 tho Great Western Railway an expi ess train
was hired by the agents of one new scheme;
the engine broke down, the train came to a
standstill and was run into by another express
hired by the agents of a rival project; the op-
posite parties barely escaped with their lives,
but contrived to reach Loudon aG the last mo-
ment. On this eventful Sunday there were 110
fewer than ten of these express trains on the
Great Western Railway, and eighteen on the
e intern counties. One railway company was
unable to deposit its papers, because another
company surreptitiously bought for a high
sum, twenty of the necessary sheets from the
1; h ographic, printer and horses were killed iu
madly running about in search or the missing
documents before the fraud was discovered.
In some cases the lithographic stones were
stolen, and printers were bribed by large sums
noV. to finish in prop r time the plans for a
rival line. One eminent house brought over
400 lithographic printers, from Belgium, and
even then ali the work ordered could not be
executed. Some of the plans wore only two-
thirds lithographed, the rest being tilled up by-
hand. However executed, the problem was to
get these documents to W hitehail before mid-
night of November 'SO. Two guineas a mile
were in some instances paid tor post-horses.
One express steamed up to London, 118 miles,
in an hour and a half. An established com-
pany having refused
promoters of a rival
employed persons to get up a inock funeral
cortege and engage an express to carry
io to London, and plans and sections caine iu
the hearse, and solicitors an^ surveyors
as mourners! Copies of many Ipf the docu-
ments had to be deposited with the clerks of
the peace of the counties to wh.ch tue schemes
severally related, as well as with the Board of
Trade; and at some of the offices of thesj
clerks strange scenes occurred 011 thai Sunday.
At some places the doors of the offices were
not opened, as the officials considered the
orders which had been issued to keep open 011
that particular Sunday, to apply oniv to the
Board of Trade; but a crowd of law agents and
surveyors assembled, broke the windows, and
threw their plans and sections into the office.
At the Board of Trade extra clerks were em-
ployed 011 that day, an-^a.11 went smoothly till
nine o'clock in the evening.
A rule was laid down lor receiving the plans
and sections, hearing a few words oi explana-
tion from tho agents, and making certain en-
tries in books. But at length the work accu-
mulated much more rapidly than the clerks
could attend to it, aud the agent3 arrived 111
greater numbers 1 ban the entrance hall could
hold. The anxiety was somewhat allayed by
the announcement that whoever was inside the
building before the clock struck should be
deemed in good time. One agent arrived w hile
the clock was striking 12, and was admitted.
Soon after a carriage with reeking horses drove
up: three agents rushed out, and finding the
door closed, rang furiously at the bell; no
sooner did a policeman open the door to say-
that tho time was past than the agents threw
their bundles of plans and sections through the
half-opened door, and the policeman threw the
document out into the street. The baffled
agents were nearly maddened with vexation,
for they had arrived iu Loudon in good time,
but they had been driven about hither and
thither by a post-boy w ho did not, or would
not, know the way to the office of the Board of
Trade.
The London Times soon after devoted three
whole pages to elaborate analysis of the va-
rious railway schemes brought forward in 1815.
They were no less than 020 in number, involv-
ing an (hypothetical) expenditure of £500,-
OoO,000; besides <54J other schemes which had
not gone further than issuing prospectuses.
More t hau 500 of the schemes went through all
the stages necessary for being brought before
Parliament; and 272 of thosa became acts of
Parliament in 1810—to the ruin of thousands
who had afterwards to find the money to ful-
fill the engagements into which they had so
rashly entered.
The Manchester Guardian says Lord Lome
will serve his fuii term as bovernoi-Gjueral
of Canada.
an express train to the
scheme, the latter
The Texts Trunk Railroad.
[To The News.]
Ckxtkevili.k, Leon county, Texas, Decem-
ber 4, 1881^—Will you allow me space to give
my reasons, founded on facts, why a rapid and
immediate%construction of the proposed branch
of the Texas Trunk Road, from Houston to
Corsicana through this county, is demanded by
the best interests of the companv, of the peo-
ple of the counties through whioh it will rhu,
and of the cities of Galveston and Houston?
Knowing the country well—having lived much
of my life along the proposed line of the road—
I speak byfcfehe card.
L It is at least twenty miles nearer from
Corsicana to Houston by the proposed route
than by the Central road.
3. Any depot in this county (the largest cot-
ton-producing coUntjr in proportion to popu-
lation in Texas) is at least twenty-five miles
nearer Galveston by the proposed road than
by the International and Great Northern Rail-
road.
3. A branch built from or near this place to
Groesbeeck, as is proposed, will not only put
the poiut of intellection with the International
and Great Northern thirty-five miles nearer
Galveston \3y the proposed road than by the
International and Great Northern, but will
put Groesbeeck nearer than by the Central.
4. Cotton from this county is now being car-
ried on an average 230 miles to get to Galves-
ton, when it is at the gin on an average only
of 170 miles from that point.
5. Waco, by the proposed branch road from
or near this point to Groesbeeck and to Waco,
will only be twenty miles further from Galves-
ton thau by the Central.
6. Galveston and Houston are nearly due
south of this point, while cotton is first carried
northeast, then at a nearly right angle south,
and some sixty miles further than it would be
carried on an air line by the Texas Trunk; and
return freights travel the same zi^fcag jour-
ney, at a dead loss to the producer and con-
sumer.
7. Over no equal distance in Texas can a
road be more cheaply built, and no road will
pierce a more fertile, nreductive or inviting
countiy. " #
8. The people need the road, they want it,
and if it were announced that the road would
be built at once, in sixty days free right of
way and depot grounds will be secured to the
company through Madison, Leon and Free-
stone counties.
9. The road will control three-fourths of the
freight traffic of this, Madison and Freestone
counties, and will besides do an enormous
business in transporting lumber, which is in
great demand here.
10. Accurate calculations show that, with
one-third the reported earnings per mile of the
International and Great Northern for 1880,
and 20 per cent, greater operating expenses,
that the road will pay 6 per cent, dividend on
a cost of 110,000 per mile. Then let the work
commence. The trade of this country belongs
to Galveston and Houston, and by means of
the Texas Trunk Railroad they will obtain
and hold it secure against all rivals. Leon.
President Arthur is to occupy the north-
west corner room at the white house. Io was
Mollie Garfield's room as long aa she was at
the executive mansion. During the Hayes
reign it was used as a guest's chamber. Miss
Harriet Lane also occupied it. Both President
Taylor and the little son of President Lincoln
died iu it. The Prince of Wales once slept in
it, as did also General Burnside the night he
was given command of the army of the Poto-
mac.
The largest Ink House in the world (Thad-
deus Davids & Co.) is at 127 William St, New
York, and Mr. Geo. W. Davids was induced
to employ St. Jacobs Oil in seeking relief
from the pangs of rheumatic gout, a disease
which he inherited, and which at times proves
very troublesome. He has used the remedy
with very great satisfaction, indeed. It re-
lieved him within twenty-four hours after
commencing to apply it of a pretty sharp at-
tack of his hereditary foe. He was therefore
disposed to think kindly of it as an extremely
efficacious liniment. Mr. Davids further stated
that St. Jacobs Oil had been used by members
of his family for neuralgia, and, in one case,
for the mumps, with the most gratifying re-
sults.
OBITUARY.
CHARLES OLFSON, a member of the Galveston
Bar, died at his residence, on Twenty-ninth street
and Avenue P)£, yesterday morning, after an ill
ness of six weeks.
He was born at Christiana, Norway, in 1843, and
came to America in 1867. He was first employed
as a clerk in the Postoffice at Galveston. After-
wards he studied law in the office of Messrs. Mills
& Tevis, and was admitted to the bar in 1870. In
1871 Governor Davis appointed him district attor-
ney of the Eighteenth Judicial District, the duties
of which office he performed vory efficiently until
1873, when he resumed the practice of his profes-
sion. Mr. Olfson was courteous and gentlemanly
in his manner, and fair and just in his practice as
a lawyer, and always faithful to his clients. He
leaves an aged mother and wife and daughter to
mourn his loss, and many sorrowing friends to
sympathize with the bereaved ones in their deep
affliction.
FUNERAL NOTICE.
OLFSON—Charles Olfson died yesterday morn
ing at 5:30 o'clock. The burial will take place to-
day (Friday), at 10 o'clock a. in., from his late resi-
dence. near corner of Avenue and 29th street.
Friends and acquaintances are invited to attend.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
To the Consumptive.—Let those who
languish under the fatal severity of our climate,
through any pulmonary complaint, or even those
who are in decided Consumption, by no means de-
spair. There is a safe and sure semedy at hand,
and one easily tried. " Wilbor's Compound of Cod-
Liver Oil and Lime," without possessing the very
nauseatina flavor of the oil as heretofore used, is
endowed by the Phosphate of Lime with a healing
property which renders the oil doubly efficacious.
Remarkable testimonials of its efficacy can be
shown. Sold by A. B. Wilbor, Chemist, Boston
and all druggists.
AUCTION SALES.
This day,
CANDY
Auction.
10 A. M.—GLASS LAMPS,
A CANDY JARS, BEER AND BAR GLAJKES
VASES, French CHINA, Silver-Plated TEJPani
TABLESPOONS, 20dozen China DOLLS, PURSES,
Pocket CUTLERY, 20 dozen Overshirts, J ob Lots
Finished Hose, La. Gloves, Men's Drawers, 100 pes.
fine DRESS GOODS, La Shawls, Nubias, Laces,
Blankets, Bed Comforts, Spreads, 30 dozen Bal.
Skirts, 20 doz. Skirts, (badlv damaged.)
S. W. SYDNOR & CO.
We ask insp< ction display Meridan Platedware.
CARRIERS1 SALE.
PTTRSUAST TO THE STATUTE IJi
such c ses made and provided, at 12 o'clock
m., on Thursday, the 22d day of December, 1881, at
ray warehouse, corner of Thirty-third and Church
streets, in the city of Galveston, I will sell at DUblic
auction, to the highest bidder for cash, for the
payment of freight and charges, 386 bars of rail-
road iron, marked E. V. Co. L. No. l.
S. HEIDENHEIMER.
Assignee's Sale Texas Lauds.
ASSETS LEE, McBRIDE & CO. AND C. H. LEE.
I WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION
at the Sales-rooms of S. W. Sydnor & Co., Tre-
niont street, Galveston, December 15th. at-10 a. m.,
the following lands, giving such titles as vest in me
by Deeds of Assignment:
Acres. County. Hd. Right or Patent.
2G8..Cherokee.. G. W. Wood—No. sur. 721.
460..Erath Hein Henry Brittle, dee'd.
k —No. pat. 365.
% tot. 5 X .Wood N. V. Sharp.
% int. 358/. .Wood R. Brown.
Vjjint. 160 Wood >i S. B. Hunter.
Hint. 173..Wood O. Hendricks.
Hint. 2G0..Wood W. Dobs m.
100.. Wood G. W. Matt hews.
100..T avi-, imp. Antonio Navara.
5?5. .Liberty. .. .Tarkenton survey.
400..Robertson..G. W. McGraw—No. pat. 90.
Also one lot ground, 157x50, Town Mineola, said
to be improved.
ACCOUNT OF C. H. LEE.
516 acres in Wi liamson county, survey of Thom-
as P. Jones, and known as Nos. 23, 24, 19, 18, 14, 16,
10, 5, 8, 3, 2. E. S. C. Robertson Sub-division.
int. 1800 acres, Hill count}', E. S. C. Robertson,
League.
For particulars or further information, apply to
S. W. SYDNOR 6i CO., Auctioneers.
S. W. Jones, A-siguee.
NOTICES.
Notice.
fJlHE ANNUAL MEETING OF "THE
S< ockholders of the
GALVESTON OAS COMPANY
Will be held at the office of the Company,|
On the 21st I>ay oi" December, 1881,
At 11 O'Clock A. M..
for the election of Directors for the ensuing year,
aud the transact:' n i f business in general.
AUG. bUTTLAR, Secretary.
Notice.
18E gaivestdTgas company.
•
VLI. ORDERS OR COMPLAINTS, TO
receive ororapt attention, should be left at
ihe office of the Company, in the Brick Building, on
Market Street, Between £4tli and 25th
Streets,
Between the hours of 8 and 12 o'clock a. m.
A Utt. BUTTLAR« Secretary.
10 ARCHITECTS.
Plans, estimates, etc., for a
Court-House for Harris County,
Texas,
Will be received within the time, and subject to
the terms, conditions, directions, etc., set forth in
the htatement adopted by r.he undersigned, copies
of which may be had on application by mail, or in
person, to either member or the committee.
By order of the Commissioners' Court:
C. .ANSON JONES, County Judge,
FRANK S. BURKE, Com'r Prect. No. 1,
Committee.
Houston, Texas, December 6, 1881.
EDUCATIONAL.
ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY,
galvj:ston, tkxas.
A LL THE BRANCHES OF A I'HAO
jlV tieal education are taught ill this well-known
insiimtipii by* full corps of experienced profes-
sors. t>articular atr**r>ti.»n V»/»ir»o- . n,^ rvm.
, O ——O"" uvu,uuuuou OIIU opttlllMI. The
students receive military instruction four times a
week. Tue discipline is strict and the terms mod-
erate. On the l^tof January, 1882, we will have
acc-mmodati • 1 for twenty-live additional board-
ers. lor caialorue. writ; to
Ri-V. A. M. TRUCHARD, President.
A FAIRY AFLOAT.
The following description of the feiTf
vessel represented on this page is from tlie
Cincinnati Commercial; The hull is of ihe
finest selected white oak, braced, bolted
and riveted in the most skillful and work-
manlike manner, and is 64 feet in length,
14 feet breadth of beam, 2J ieet depth of
hold, and draws twenty inches of water.
She carries a tubular boiler, and two beauti-
ful little engines, made expressly for her,
by the Ohio Machine Co., Middleport, O.
The dining-room is situated between the
boiler and engine Tooms, and ia artistically
grained, with frescoed ceiling. It is fur-
nished in the Queen Anne style, and the
silver, china and table linen are of the finest
character. The pilot-house, cabin, main
Salon and Captain's office are on the saloon
deck and are luxurious In their famishing
and decorations. The saloon proper is
frescoed and gilded in Eastlake style, and
the flooring is covered with Turkish carpet
The furniture, in taw silk and walnut, of
the Queen Anne pattern, like that of the
dining-hall, and rich curtains of damask
complete the impression of a veritable float-
ing palace. The four state-rooms, contain-
ing two berths each, are also carpeted with
Brussels and handsomely furnished. The
boat belongs to and was built under the
directions of Messrs A. Vogeler & Co.,
Baltimore. Md., for their own exclusive use
upon the Ohio, Mississippi and other West-
ern rivers, and is ran by a picked crew of
officers and men in their employ. The
object of this little steamer is to carry
neither freight nor passengere. She waa
built for the firm above named, to be used
exclusively by them for distributing their
printed matter in the river towns for St.
Jacobs Oil, the Great German Remedy
for rheumatism and other painful ailments.
ASSIGNMENT
OF THE
Supreme Court Docket,
AT
GALVESTON—'January Term,
1882.
It Is ordered by the court that the assignment of
the Supreme Court Docket at Galveston, January
Term, 1882, shall be as follows:
First Analsnment.—'Two weeks, com-
mencing Monday, January 2, 1882, are assigned for
hearing causes from the Twenty-third and Twen-
ty-fifth judicial districts, except the counties of
Live Oak, Karnes, McMullen and LaSalle.
Second A»«i{gnment.—Two weeks, com-
mencing Monday, January l(i, 1882, are assigned for
hearing cause* from the First, Fourth and Thirty-
first judicial districts and the county of Free-
stone.
Third Assignment.-Two weeks, com
mencing Monday, January 30. 1882, are assigned
for hearing causes from the Twenty-sixth judicial
district and the counties of Austin, Fayette, Colo-
rado and Lavaca.
Fourth Assignment.-1Tw > weeks, com
mencing Monday, February 13, 1882, are assigned
for hearing causes from the Eighteenth and Twen
ty-flrst judicial districts.
Fifth Assignment.—One week, commencing
Monday, February 27, 1882, is assigned for hearing
causes from Gonzales county and causes from
other branches made returnable to the Galveston
Term by agreement of parties.
By OaDia op Court. S. D. REEVES,
Clerk at Tyler.
ASSIGNMENT
OF THE
Court of Appeals Docket
AT
GALYEST0N—January Term,
1882.
First Assignment.-Two weeks, commenc-
ing Monday, January 2, 1882. The counties of
Aransas, Bee, Calhouu, Cameron, DeWitt, Duval,
Encinal, Fayette, Goliad, Hidalgo, Nueces, Refu-
gio, San Patricio. Starr, Victoria, Webb, Zapata.
Second Assignment.—Two weeks, com-
mencing Monday, January 16, 1882. The counties
of Angelina, Chambers, Frees* one, Grimes, Har-
din, Houston, Jasper, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty,
Madison, Newton, Orange, Polk, San Jacinto, Trin-
ity, Tyler, Walker.
Third Assignment .—Two weeks, com-
mencing Moadaj, January 30, 1882. The counties
of Austin, Colorado, Galveston, Lavaca.
Fourth Assignment.—Two weeks, com
mencing Monday, Februarv 13, 1882. The counties
of Rapzoria, Fort Bend, Harris, Jackson, Mata-
gorda, Montgomery, Waller, Wharton.
Fifth Assignment.—Cases transferred
from other branches of the court, and those sent
direct to Galveston from other counties, not em-
braced in the preceding assignments, will be taken
up at the end of the fourth assignment, unless
sooner submitted.
The above applies to all cases, except such as
may claim precedence under the law, and which
may be submitted at any time when the parties are
ready.
By Order of Court. H. A. MORSE,
Clerk.
GRAND
LOTTERIES.
AT THE
MATINEE,
MM
CHRISTMAS,
December 26, 1881,
ON WHICH OCCASION THE
WILL APPEAR.
40 FORTY
$3000 Worth $3000
Now on exhibition at M. W. Shaw's Jewelry
Store, B. R. Davis A Bo's Furniture Store, and
Singer Sewing-Machine Company.
02 TICKETS S2
The following is the list of prizes to be given
away:
1 Folding-Top SINGER MACHINE.
1 Solid Gold Gent's WATCH AND CHAIN.
1 Russian Leather Ladies' WRITING-DESK.
1 Pair Solid Gold BRACELETS.
1 Handsome Cottage Set FURNITURE, lOpcs.
1 China TEA SET, 44 pieces.
1 CLOCK AND SIDE-PIECE, very handsome.
1 Cluster Diamond RING.
1 SINGER MACHINE, plain.
1 Lady's DRESSING-CASE and contents.
1 Heavy Silver-Plate CASTER.
2 Extra Cottage Sets FURNITURE, lOpcs. each.
1 Set Black Walnut FURNITURE, 3 pieces.
2 Sets Fine Black Walnut FURNITURE, 3
pieces each.
1 Very Handsome Set Black Walnut FURNI-
TURE, 3 piece*.
1 Five-Drawer SINGER MACHINE.
1 Basket CHAMPAGNE.
1 COOK STOVE, complete.
I Lady's Solid Gold WATCH AND CHAIN.
1 Cluster Diamond RING. fine.
1 Solitaire Diamond RING.
1 Pair Solitaire Diamond EARRINGS.
1 Sold Geld Lady's NECKLACE AND LOCKET.
3 Solid Gold THIMBLES.
3 Sets Solid Gold JEWELRY.
4 Sets Solid Gold Gent.'s SLEEVE-BUTTONS.
1 Silver Tilting PITCHER AND GOBLETS.
1 Silver Lady's JEWEL-CASE.
1 TOILET SET.
1 China TEA SET, 44 pieces, fine.
83 OO TICKETS 82 OO
Now on sale at Tremont Opcra-hou^e Box Office.
M. W. Shaw's, B. R. Davis & Bro.'s, Tremont
House Cigar Store, J. D. Sawyer's, and Singer
Machine Com Dan y.
Every child upon entering the house will receive
a present.
Tickets to the Presentation 3Iatinee, §2.
HOTEL FOR LEASE
IN
SAN ANTONIO.
THE HANDSOME BUILDING ON HOUSTON
t vet, recently occupied by the United States
government as army headquarters, is offered for
rent for hotel purposes. The building is centrally
located, with all street car lines passing in front,
and in ir* construction especial attention was paid
to ventilation.
With slight changes, which the owner is willing
to make, the building can be converted into a neat
hotel, with about 24 bed rooms, the necessary par-
lors. offices, etc., and four excellent basements,
Suitable additions will also be made if required.
Good stables, contiguous to the house, may be in-
cluded in tlie lease. Wish to close the matter on
or before December 31st, 1881. Address.
GEO. M. MAVERICK,
San Autonio, Texas.
WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL—ONE
Dollar for six months. Delay not. Keep posted
as to the markets. Full and accurate reports in
each issue of the Weekly News.
L.S.L
The only Lottery of any State of the Union in-
dorsed by a vote of the people and under a late de-
cision of the United States Supreme Court at
Washington, the only Legal Lottery now in the
United States, all other charters having been re-
pealed or having: no existence.
A splendid opportunity to win a fortune. Grand
Distribution, Class M. at New Orleans, Tuesday,
December 18, 1881. 139th Monthly Drawing.
Louisiana State Lottery Co.
This institution was regularly incorporated for
the term of 25 years, by the Legislature of the
State, for Educational and Charitable purposes,
with a capital ot $1 000.000. to which it has since
added a reserve fund of #550,000. To this contract
the inviolable faiih of the State is pied^ed, which
pledge has been renewed by an overwhelming pop-
ular vote, securing its franchise in the new con-
stitution adopted December 2, 1879. lie Grand
Single Number Distribution will take place month-
ly on the Second Tuesday. It never Scales or
Fo*tpOr.e>. Look at the following distribution:
Grand Promenade Concert, during which will
take place the Extraordinary Semi-Annu-
al Drawing, under the personal supervision
and management, of General G T. Beauregard, of
Louisiana, end General Juba! A. Eearly, of Vir
inia. Capital Price, $100,000. Notice—
Hckets are $10 only. Halves $5. Fifths, $2.
Tenths, $1.
LIST OF PRIZES.
1 CAPITAL PRIZE of f100.000 $100,000
1 GRAND PRIZE of 50,000 50,W0
20,000 20.000
1 GRAND PRIZE of
2 LARGE PRIZES of
4 LARGE PRIZES of
20 PRIZES of
50
100
2-0
goo
10,0U0
10,000 20,000
5.000
1,000
500
300
200
100.
20,000
20,000
25,000
30.000
40.000
60.000
10 1UO.OOO
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
100 approximation prizes of $200 20.000
100 .. .. 100 10.000
100 .. .. 75 7,500
11,279 Prize?, amounting to $522,500
General G. T. Beaun gard, of Louisiana, Geu-
eral Jubal A. Early, of Virginia, Commissioners.
Responsible corresponding agents wanted at all
points,to whom a liberal compensation will be paid.
For further information, write clearly, giving
full address. Send orders by Express or Registered
Letter, or Money Order by mail, a :dressed only to
in. A. DAUPHIN, New Orleans, La.,
of to J. D. SAWYER, one door west of News office.
Galveston.
Regular Monthly Drawing, January 10, 1882,
Class A, Capital Prize, $30,00. Whole Tickets, $2.
Halves, $1.
•39th=
Popular Monthly Drawing of the
Commonwealth
Distribution Co.
In the City of Louisville,
On Saturday, Dec. 31st, 1881.
These drawings occur monthly (Sunday except-
ed), under provisions of an act ot the General As-
sembly of Kentucky.
The United States Circuit Court, ou March 31,
rendered the following decisions: 1st—That the
Commonwealth Distribution Company is legal. 2d
—Its drawings are fair.
N. B.—The Company has now in hand a large re-
serve fund.
Read carefully the list of prizes for the
DECEMBER DRAWING
1 Prize $30,000, 100 Piize-tS100 ea.$10.0n0
1 Prize 10,000' 200 Prizes, 50 ea. 10,000
1 Prize 5,000! 000 Prizes, 20 ea. 12,009
10 Prizes, $1000 ea. 10.000 1000 Prizes, l(/ea. 10,000
20 Prizes, 500 ea. 10,000j
9 Prizes, $300 each, Approximation Prizes..
9 Prizes, 200 each,
9 Prizes, 100 each,
$2,700
1,800
900
1,960 Prizes $112,400
Whole Tickets, Half Tickets. $1.
27 Tickets, 850; 55 Tickets, $100.
Remit Monev or B ink Draft in Lette , « r send by
Express. DON'T SEND BY REGISTERED LET
TER OR POSTOFFICE ORDER. Orders of $5 00
and upwards, by Express, can be sent at our ex-
pense. Address all orders to 11. Ml. BOARD-
MAN, Courier-Journal Building, Louisville,
Ky., or R. iH. BOARD9IAN, 309 Broadway,
New York.
For further information, call at T. J. HAW LEY'S
Cigar Stand. 134 Market street. Galveston. Texas.
COFFEE.
13 11
Dili
Ex Brig FLORA GOOD ALE,
NOW IN POET
AND DISCHARGING.
ORDGBS WILLI* BE FILLED
AT
1
MILLER & ENGLISH
ARRIVED IN PORT
CARGO OF
AA -OLU MiWSPAPKBSAl SS 00
<?<•£ V/O I'tR THOUSAND, a _ie
NEWS COUNTING ROOM.
COFFEE,
3500 BAGS,
Ex Solyeig1, from Rio. Will Discharge
in a few days.
JThis cargo contains the finest selection ever
brought to this market. Parties desiring to pur-
chase will please write for samples.
LeGIERSE & CO.
COFFEE.
Arrived and Discharging, the Bark
HEINRICH BJORN, with
W\}
H
Li Lit
Orders will he filled at
LOW PRICES
From Landing.
!, STRAT10N 4 CO.
W. L. Moody. E. S. JEOT3ON. C. M. Pearre.
(. i. PEA
HAVE
IN STORE AND TO ARRIVE
EX BRIG FLORA GOOD ALE
From Rio,
3500 BAGS
A
J. S. BROWN tS CO.,
T ; MERCHANTS,!
GALVESTON, TEXAS,
Desire to call attention of Interior purchaser, to the Important fact that their I
Onr Second Cargo per Stray having:
jusi arrived irom Rio, we are now
oil'ering: the
Best Assortment ou the Market.
5000 sacks
AND
1500 half mats
CHOICE
CORDOVA COFFEE,
KAUFFMAN A RITNCHE.
BANKS AND BANKERS.
W. W. LIPSCOMB,
11 Lit AM LAI 11A1'
Lulling, Texas.
Special attention paid to Collections. Correspond-
ence solicited.
OF
STEEL PLOW SHAPES!
HAS AEEIVED,
From which orders will he filled with nsnal promplncs. and alacrity.
Thornton iV Lockwood
BANKERS,
SAN ANTONIO, - TEXAS.
Collections solicited on All Points in the State.
Commercial paper discounted. Bills on Mexico.
TO CARPET DEALERS.
Notwithstanding the active demand for Carpets during the past twoj
months, our Stock of all grades is still complete, and we are receiving Newl
and Beautiful Patterns direct from the Looms every day. We solicit!
Orders from Merchants who desire to replenish their stocks with choicel
styles of the following Goods:
Body Brussels,
Tapestry Brussels
Three-Plys,
Extra Supers,
Medium Supers,
All-Wools,
Wool Fillings,
Double Cotton Chains,
Single Cotton Chains.
Hemps,
Cottage,
Oil Cloths, or
Straw Mattings.
In addition to the above we carry all grades of Cocoa Mattings, Lino-1
leums, Window Shades, Lace Curtains and Mosquito Bars.
In filling Orders we give our Patrons the advantage of the Latest and
Lowest Factory quotations.
Satisfaction in regard to Prices and Patterns Guaranteed.
J. KENNARD & SONS CARPET CO.,
420 and 422 North Fourth Street,
JESTER, PRENDERGAST CO.
BANKERS,
CORSICANA, TEXAS.
Prompt Attention to Collections*
Wiil Discount Corsicana Acceptances*
BRIDGEFORI) £ CO.,
MANUFACTURERS OF THE
CELEBRATE!) WOOD COOK STOVES,
IMPROVED
AND
AND WHOLESALE
DEALERS IN TINWARE, WOODENWARE, CUTLERY Al HOFSEMSHII GOODS GENERALLY.
BRIDGEFORD & CO.,
Cor. Tremont and iJIeclianic Sts., GALVESTON, TEXAS.
SANBORN & WARNER,
Manufacturers' Sole Ajent« lor tlie State of Texas for
tuiactunug Co., \\ orcesce -, Ma s., ana i. i.i'vooa 6: ueivaio, ill.,
Manufacturers and Oirni'is of all the Patents governing the mana ac are of Barb Fence Wire. Ac.
knowledgea by all to be tlif Best Barb Wire Ever Made. It is evenly twisted,
all Steel, genuinely eulvaulzed, barb* uiillormlv live indies *parl at rlaht an-
eles Willi main wire. Hereafter our prices will favorably compare with any
oilier style of Barb Wire made under license, regardless of their inleriority.
SANBORN Ac WARNER. Houston, Texas.
P. y. WILLIS & BRO.,
COTTOJST FJkCTOHS,
Importers and Wholesale Dealers in
Groceries, Dry Goods,
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Gaps and Notions,
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
Bark Rebecca from Rio now Discharging 3500 Sacks Coffee.
Galveston, Texas, August 15, 1881.
The firm of MOODY & JEMISON is this day dissolved by mutual consent. Each member is author-
ized to settle and pay the liabilities, to collect claims and to sign the firm name in liquidation.
n returning thanks to our numerous friends for their many favors, we recommend to them, for their
continued patronage and confidence, our succeeding firms of W. L. MOODY & CO., composed of W. L*.
Moody and L. F. Moody, and JEMISON, GROCE & CO., composed of E. S. Jemison and T. J. Groce.
W. L. MOODY,
E. S. JEMLSON,
W. L. MOODY & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
rnr
T. J. GROCE.
LUUlUiT UlLlll
G-ALVESTON.
JEMIS0X, GROCE & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
roc
GALVESTON.
Undisputed is the BROAD GLAIM of teuig tlis
VEEY BEST OPERATING,
QUICKEST SELLING,
HANDSOMEST AND
Ever offered to the public.
made only by
EXCELSIOR MANUFACTURING GO.
Use. 612,614,616 & 613 N. Vein St.,
ST. LOUIS, MO.
E. ENGLEKE, Sole Agent,
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
Perry & Co.'s Pens
I <?*»***»
ELASTICITY
yyllFORfifljY
Sample box,25 different styles of Perry*#
Pens sent for trial by mail on receipt of ssb cents.
Sole Agents,
Ivison, Blakeman. Taylor & Co.,
XEW YORK.
CHICAGO SCALE CO.
MITCHELL & SCRUGGS, Gen'l Agents,
Dallas. Two ton Wagon-scales
three ton 550. four ton $ti0, ?00ib. Cotton beam and
frame $45. All scales warranted. Bend for price list
TheGREATENGLISH REMEDY
7»aoh a certain cure for
NERVOUS DEBILITY-
LOST MANHOOD,
and all the evil effects of
youthful follies and ex-
cesses. The Medical Gen-
tlemen connected with
this Institution are gradu-
ates of tho best colleges
of Europe and this coun-
try. and will agree to for-
feit FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for a case of
the kind the VlTAIi
BKSTOKATIVB
(under their special advice and treatment) will not
cure. Price, a bottle: four times the quantity.
flO. Sent to any address on receipt of price, com
clentially, by ENGLISH MEDICAL INSTITUTE
738 Olive street, St. Louis, Mo. For sale in Galves
ton by *L J- SCHOTT & CO., Druggists.
J NO. A. AUGUSTINE & CO.,
manufacturer* or RAILROAD OILS,
COURTNEY'S " EUREKA" (Mil COMPOUND,
RICHMOND. VA.
This Compound we guarantee to cool any hot
r the train is fixed or in motion,
thereby saving time, and consequently money.
CttQI k I iJi Sai1" H»bil ( urwl I. IS
H"l8liW t.aoIl»r». \npa.rllll CarHL
WI I Vila ua. J. biiFiutMs. Lebaouu. Ohio.
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