The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 211, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 24, 1877 Page: 2 of 4
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A. H. BELO & CO., Proprietors.
CIRCULATION
MORE THAN DOUBLE
that of any otheb
PAPER IN TEXAS.
TER.VS OF SUBSCRIPTION :
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Ten Copies 12
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Free of Postage to Alt. Parts of
The United States.
Remit by draft, postofflce money order, or
registered letter. Affr^sBELO & ro.,
Galveston, Texas.
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S*tn day, November 24. 1S77,
S I'ATE PttEHS.
The Austin Statesman mak^s the supposed
rivalry between Houston and Galveston a text
for the following paragraph:
Much has been said of the rivalry between
Galveston and Houston. Great advantage is
claimed for the latter because of the shipping
facilities funvshed by Morgan. This will make
Houston a Brashear City on a somewhat larger
scale It will be a good p'ace to get into, but
a better ODe to get out of. Gal vest'>n mer-
chants h ve infested in a steamship for he
coast trode. With Morgan's opposition the
steamer will soon be for sale The fact is,
while Galveston is a gr*«t loser bv its at-
tempted wharf monopoly and hostility to Mor-
gan, Houston is not corre>pondingly benefit
ed. The only salvation for Galveston is to
secure railroad communication wi h Ei Paso
and Huntington's and the Texas-Pacific road.
Th s line should be embraced in the bill pend-
ing before Congress.
The Fort Worth Standard has a short edi
tori a 1 on a subject of vital interest to beef-
eaters, and not without interest to those who
breed aid sell cattle:
The demand for stall fed beeves in all the
ci'ies in the Unite i States, and the very high
Srice th^y alwajs bring in the market from
anuary to Mty, should induce many of our
farmers to go into the business. Poor cattle
will hard y bear the cost of transportation
eas^ for be f. Great numbers are carried to
the Nor hwest and fattened. We can ra'se
food a*i cheaply in this county as it can be
done in any other locality. Corn and oats are
at times very low. The teason given by farm-
ers for planting so much cotton is that corn.
o<«t8 and hay will not bear transportation and
if a surplus is raised, they can no& seii at re-
munerative prices. Accepting the reason as
good and valia, then it proves the neoessitjr
of purchasing beef cattle and feeding the sur-
plus to them. W« are satisfied that it would
pay well, for we have livad where the business
was successfully conducted, with corn, oats
and hay more costly and difficult to raise than
in this section.
The Corpus Christi and San Antonio papers
are still wool-puliing as to which city affords
the best market for fleeces, and which is most
disposed to fleece the settler. The Corpus
Christi Times lately made the ironical remark
that it would appear from the San Antonio
papers 44 that for the natural love and affec-
tion San Antonio wool merchants bear wodi
producers, they pay out of their own pockets
from one to five cents a pound moie than any
other Texas dealer," and then expressed
•erious doubt of the fact. The Herald re"
torts:
And to think that the Times would suggest
a doubt of anything that appears in a paper
published in the city of ban Antonio! Such
wonderful temerity passes belief, and it will
at once be suspicioned thar. the editor of the
Times don't believe in the Biole.
The succeeding paragraDh accounts for the
way San Antonio merchants have grown rich
without shearing the shepherds, and how
they want to extend the field of their opera-
tions, and make what the English call cotton
wool yield more tribute than Mexican sheep:
At present the great source of revenue to
the merchants of San Amo^io is the sales
which they make to the people of Western
Texas and Mexico. T he extraordinary devel-
opment of she p culture which has taken
place during the past few years has gone a
great way to change this, by supplying wool,
which is destined long to be the principal ex-
port of the city. But, besides this, we want
to s~nd out more co ton. Our lands wJl yield
the riches crops, and we trust the time is not
far distant when the cotton trade of San An-
tonio will assume an importance almost equal
to that of wool.
The Herald would imitate the character cel-
ebrated in the old song, who not only had a
genius for drawing ale, 44 but a genius for
drinking it, too,1' and would manufacture as
well as produce the raw material:
Then, instead of shipping our cotton and wool
to Norihern factories, our own looms will pre-
pare them for ready use, and we shall retain
all the profits accruing to those who change
the raw material into ihe textile fabric. Then
our mills will send their flour abroad and re
ceive the reward of their energy. Then the
thousands of hides which are annually ship-
ped to a more enterprising people will be tan-
ned right here in our midst and turned over
to our own shoe factories. Then we shall see
thousands of energetic, hard working people
push themselves into our midst, all uniting to
m,ke West Texas the garden spot, with San
Antonio as its metropolis.
All this is bound to occur within the lifetime
of a majority of the present population of
Texas. But the public spirited press of the
now flourishing city of San Antonio looks to
the development of other interests also, and
says:
'iexas has long been known as a stock coun-
try with but few equals; but it has been grad-
ually developed that 8he likewi-e offers splen-
did inducements to the agriculturist. Upon
this fact depends the rapid increase in popu-
lation and the development of ihe varied re-
sources our Empire State possesses. Fine
horses, fine cattle and sheep are but seconoa-
ry considerations to fine farming. Iu tact,
they are not found in numbers to speak of
Bave in those States where farming has been
made a tcien e. There is a wide difference
between the system cf stock-raising now in
vogue in this fctate and what i3 likely to be
years. In the Great West there
will be more or Itss large herds for a«n indefi
nite period, but the tendency is, as ine coun-
try b
eCC^nea Sickly settled, to raise fewer
stock and p*y greater attention to their quali-
ty and breeding. Raising the cereals, how-
ever, will after ali tie the main work of the
farmer, while he wiil inuuige his fancy for a
few fine animals, as is generally the ca*e in
the great stocK states of Kentucky, Tennes-
see and New York. Wesiern Texas offers
gieat advantages to the farmer in this regard
H~ here can raise wheat, oats, rje and corn
in abundance, while the mild winters render
it an easy mat.er u> provide for his ttock. If
we read the future aright this otate will be
come as fine a field for the agriculturist as
aiiy State will average in the Union, and ic is
by the introduction of the small farmer that
this result is to be attained.
The Frontiersman begins to be somewhat
exclusive in regard to immigrants, and to tell
who is and who is not wanted in Texas. Re-
ferring to the statement of a Dallas paper
that the country along the great railroad
routes wa3 overrun with young men seeking
professional employments, clerkships and the
like, as well as professional tramps, the
Frontiersman remarks:
It is impossible for a man to experience a
more Dalpable tasce of "hard times '' than to
find himself in a new country destitute of
money and out of employment. The sort of
material which our growing young empire
needs are men with stout hearrs and horny
hands, and with means sufficient to purchase
and stock small farms, and with the will to go
to work, not mindiog the many and serious
discomforts of a frontier life. To all such the
generous soil will yield rich harvests of plenty,
and when hoary age comes on. like the pa-
triarch of old, they will lie down to rest with
happy consciousness that they have be-
queathed an honorable inheritance to their
offspring.
The Corsicana Observer prints Ihe report of
the grand jury of Navarro county, showing
that that body has gone through the entire
routine of its duties, and 4t diligently inquired
for the body of the county," extending its in
▼estigatious to the manner in which the vari"
ous county officers have discharged their du.
ties. The sheriff and jailer are credited with
(he full discharge of theirs; the jury, how-
ever, recommend that a greater number of
blankets be furnished the prisoners to secure
their comfort, and that they have warm cof"
fee furnished them once a day. The jail it-
self ?s pronounced unfit for the purposes for
which it was erected, as most Texas
jails are. The county and district
clerks are complimented. The jury ex-
amined the reports of the various road oversers
of the county, and while in general finding
them satisfactory, in some particular in-
stances there is found cause of censure. The
jury report a great looseness and dereliction
on the part of parties selling stray stock in
making prompt and accurate repoits, and
suggest that the County Treasurer take im-
mediate steps to compel a speedy settlement
of all claims ©f this character, and wherever
it is necessary institute criminal proceedings
against parties who have misapplied or em-
bezzled the proceeds of stray sales. The jury
also inquired into the reports of the various
justices of the peace of the county, of money
coming into their hands for the benefit ot the
State and county, and report a lack of system
an i want of proper check against the unlaw-
ful disposition of State and county money,
and recommend that in future the Treasurer
require of parties paying moneys into the
treasury, and giving his receipt therefor, a
statement which shall be embodied in the
same, of the number and style of case or cases
in which the moneys were collected. The
jury also recommend that the treasurer, as is
required by law, look into the dockets of the
sheriff, clerks and justices of the county, to
see that all moneys collected for the county
are paid over according to law, and that in
future all reports of county officers cf moneys
collected be under oath, as required by law.
The News has given place to these details
because they are suggestive as regards the
dut'es of public officers and the rights of the
people in all ether counties. There was one
matter, however, cn which this model grand
jury failed to report publicly, though its at-
tention was ciled especially to the subject by
a free American citizen entitled to all the
rights guaranteed by constitutional amend
ments and the Wilmot proviso—a man with
scruples against enforced labor in all shapes.
A negro wrote from the jai'>:
To you Jurvmonds of this Navarro co. Texas
the assigns is a comp-aiut
Here is my complaint.
Daniel Mitchell
I take the authority of la) ing in my complaint
to you Jury mo ds A bought, the way I have
been treated since I have b^en here in Jail
M • Jurys I Want to know if it is lawful than a
man should be made to go out and work when
he has had bo trial and no fine put apunhim I
want to know if it is lawful without that Au-
thority if it is I have uo more to say and if it
is not here is my
complaint one day I was told to go out and
work which I did not want to go neout pay
which I did not think was right but they made
me ro and because I dident want, to go 1 was
made go and wa* beat wiih pistol over tne h*-ad
and then was bucked from abought 2 o'clock
until night and I have been chained up to the
window Several timrs I thought I would write
you Jury my complaint to ^ee if it was right
So that is all I nave ro say for the Present my
name is Daniel Mitchell,
Perhaps Mr. Daniel Mitchell prefers that
other mode of brief and prompt punishment,
which is growing into favor in Texas as well
as eisewh -re, and is thus eu'ogised by the
Brenham Banner:
Inasmuch as the whipping-post is found to
work well in the class of crimes mentioned,
it wouli certainly seem but reasonable that
it would prove equally efficacious in curing
kl^ot mauia, or the habit that some have of
committing petty thefts. It has been demon-
strated bey ond the shadow of a doubt that
confinement in t'ne county jail and short
terms in the peniteniiarv do not have the de-
sired effect either upon the persons so pun-
ished or in deterring others from committing a
iike offensa.
The editor of the Brownwood Banner mark-
ed two days of last week with white stones.
On one he received a lot of ten-pound turnips»
"well shaped, sweet and juicy," a«d on the
other he had the pleasure of meeting an old
friend from Pike county, Missouri, where a
race of men has been reared who have ex-
tended the fame of old Pike to the shores of
the Pacific.
The Brownwood Banner makes a resume of
the Mexican question, and concludes:
There is noc an intelligent man in this State
who is not conscious that had such a condition
of affairs existed on the Canada border for a
few short months as has existed for years in
Western Texas, the national government
would have demauded instant reparation, and
in case of failure or refusal to make it, would
have declared war against England.
The people who make from $25 to $50 a day
out of the Great American Well Auger, are
not those who publish the advertisement.
They take it out in g^umbliDg
The Corsicana Observer copies the speech
delivered by Col. Mills, in Congress, upon the
army appropriation, and for an increase for
the protection of the frontier, as published in
the Galveston News; but coes not appear to
indorse it. Ihe Observer says it is forced to
the conclusion that the army of the United
States, at its present strength, is one the most
worthless appendages of the government:
Scattered along thousands of miles of fron-
tier, and located at such distance that when
concentration is necessary to protect any given
point, it takes so long to get a f«sw hundred
men together, that the damage has been done
and the perpetrators out of re«ch. Col. Mils,
like many other politicians of the present day.
forgets that thii gs have changed since the
days of Jefferson; and the United S:ates of
to-day is i.ot the United States of a hundred
years ago. And while it may still be true, as
well to-day as yesterday, that " the price of
liberty is eternal vigilance," it is also true
that the vigilance mu t not be confined to one
obje .t, but to a 1 points. We do think that it
Is the duty of congress to incre.se the army
and maintain it. The country demands it.
The Dallas Herald wants Texas ;to take pre-
cautions against tramp3 and able-bodied vag-
abonds, and thinks some further legislation
necessary on the sabject. It says:
Let us either force the3e foreign tramps to
go to work, or drive them out of the State by
stringent legislation rigidly and severely ap-
plied Tnis. if it were done, would settle the
evil, and would at the s-nie time be but an
act of simple justice to ot >er laboreis as well
as employers. It can not be denied that
if our negro population becomes infected with
the dangerous theory of communism and no-
madi haoits of life, the situation here wili
take on many features of evil portent un-
known at the North. Let us guard against,
the possibility.
The Waco Telephone Wdnts ti change the
new State constitution and evidently does not
subscribe to the declaration that it is the best
ever adopted. On the contrary, it says:
For about seventeen calendar .Tionths the
nt w constitution has now been on trial, but it
has not taken so many to convince us that it
is a fraud. Everybody can now see what mad-
ness it was that stuck up this fraud.
And so the Telephone goes on through a col
umn of denunciation to condemn the work of
the Constitutional Convention If one body
of the kind did so much mischief what might
be expected of another?
44 A Member of the Bar," through the Tele
phone, and '• Lex." in the Examiner, reply to
the lectures of the State press on the subject
of the code of ethics for criminal lawyers.
The foimer asks, after a brief review of our
8': stem of free government:
Is it American to accuse a man of crime,
and deny him professional assistance? This is
accorded to the common debtor, and is it hu-
mane to deny to a man whose l fe is at stake
the privilege of a common debtor? Is a man
to be adjudged a criminal before he has been
found guilty? Is he to have taken from him
the protection of the laws before it has been
proved he i3 guilty, and so long as tnere re
mains a doubt of his guilt? What more can a
lawyer do than present the law of the case to
tne court, and the facts to the jury? If it
were a case of libel, doubtless the accused
would be thought entitled to a fair trial; and
to the assistance of lawyers, without seeking
to bolster up a bad case by devising new
libels on the noble men who defend him.
The Member of the Bar then quotes as fol-
lows from a distinguished writer on legal
ethics:
There is perhaps not a more difficult ques-
tion in casuistry than that which every law-
yer has to decide in determining the extent of
hi- legal obligations. In pledging ourselves
to our clients, we do not pledge to them our
consciences. If we believe our client to be in
the wrong, we are not on that account to hesi-
tate to act for him; because we are not infal-
lible jad es of right and wrong, and perad
venture the law may turn out the other way;
or he may have justice on his side, thougu
the law be against him. If we are retained in
the defense of a criminal, and make use of no
chicanery or deception, we come out of the
+ clean hands. We are as much jus-
tified in conducting his case as the judge and
jury are for deciding it.
" Lex," in the Examiner:
Then, how is the fact ascertained that any
given individual is a notorious criminal and
lawyers should not defend him ? Th n in as-
certaining the fact of criminality, ougiit the
accused to have a fair and impattial trial*
Then, if a jddge by refusing a continuance
for good causa shown, say waut of a particu-
lar and important witness for the defense
which resulted in the conviction of an inno-
cent iran, would the general administration
of justice be more benefited than if to grant
such continuance would result in the acquit-
tal of a guilty one? 'Ihen, which is the better
tribunal before whica to try criminals? The
courts as now organized and conducted, or
Eublic opinion and feeling just after a crime
as been perpetrated ? For instance, Land
Shark Ham. Then, finally, if, after a fair and
speedy or unspeedy trial, a jury of twelve
American citizens acquit a party accused of
crime, who is to be blamedand is he guilty
nevertheless?
Mrs Annie A. Preston writes from
Northfield, Mass., that Moody's revi-
vals have made no real and lasting con-
versions in that town (ois ^mt), and
that people talk more about Moody's
new residence, servants, carriage, din-
ners and toilets, than they do about
Moody's religion.
STATE NEWS.
CALDWELL COUNTY
An old citizen writes rrom Caldwell that the
heaviest rain fell on Tuesday and'l u^sday
nigh^ he has witnessed during a residence of
twenty-eight years in Texas
CORYELL COUNTY.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Thomas Carle w, of
Waco, is to be tried in the County Court at
Gatesville on the first day of next mouth, for
alleged false arrest and imprisonment of a
citizen of Coryell county.
comanche county.
Chief: There has been a'« average crop of
all the staples usually planted in this section,
except corn, which was nipped in the bud by
the unprecedented frost on the 10th of June.
The wheat crop was unusually good in propor-
tion to the acreage, but the latter was small.
The cotton crop is by far better than in a ma-
jority of the cotton growing counties of mid-
dle and southern Texas. A small scope of
country in this section was visited by a drouth
of two or three months, while in the counties
nearer the ceast there was a superabundance
of rain. In all the w^-t district the caterpillar
and boll worm created such devastation as to
r^rtuce the average yield to one-half or one-
third of a crop. On the other hand, where the
drouth extended the above-mentioned plagues
have done no damage worth speaking of, and
the result is that, after taking into considera-
tion the increased acreage following the in-
crease of population, there still remains a
large excess over last year's crop. As for
the other products of the country, they
are to be found in the usual abundauce.
The acreage of wheat planted in the vicinity
of Hazle Dell is double that of any previous
year Cora is worth 50 cents The yield of
sweet potatoes has been good....Those who
p'anttd the goober-pea, pindar. peanut or
ground-pea, as it is variously known, have
found it a paying crop. Fifty or sixty bush
e's per acre may be calculated upon with
safety in ordinary seasons, and they sell
readily for $150 per bushel....H«zle Dell is
agitating the 6ubj ct of an Odd Fellows'
Lodge. There is quite a num*»ar of the
brethren in that viciuity — Messrs. Tune &
McLemore are running their steam ifin night
and day The municipal election at Co-
manche passed eff quietly. For Mayor, N.
Yarbrough had a majority of seven votes
over Milton Brown; J. F. Sittie was elected
Recorder, Thomas Townsend Marshal and 8.
F\ Todd, Ishara Smith, J. B. Green and A. L.
Hamilton, aldermen.
denton county.
Pilot Point Herald: Five wagons and two
buggies loaded with immigrants from Adams
county, Uliuois, passed through our town on
Wednesday; but they were not going far, as
they propose settling in this county, "here
were twenty-five or thirty souls in tne party,
and they drove flue, large horses and mules,
and haa the appearance of being well-to-do
farmers.
era.th county.
Empire: The merchants of Stephenville are
buying cotton extensively and selling goods
at a lively rate Cotton continues to roll in
without any abatement. Our streets are full
from morning till night with waaons contain-
ing from one ro five bales The sweet po-
tato crop is yielding bountifu ly, and potatoes
can be had for four bits a bushel Corn is
gradually rising in price, and is -Dor> very
plentiful on the streets Farmers generally
throughout our county are done sowing
wheat, and notwithstanding the unfavorable
season for seeding, there is a much greater
airea sown in wheat thau ever before.
freestone county.
Herald: Judge J. C. Yarb.-o oied at Buffalo
last Monday, and his remains were tne next
day interred at Mexia. He was one of the
earliest settlers in this county; fiiled many
ositions of honor and trust conferred upon
iui by his fellow-citizpns, who best knew the
sterling honesty « f the man.
harrison county.
Th'e Marshall Herald s xys a number of larsre
and elegant residences have been erected dur-
ing the year.
hays county.
San Marcos Free l*ress: We again hear talk
Of a c >tton or woolen factory to be erected by
parties from abroad on the river opposite our
town.
hood coun'ty.
Granburv Yidette: District Court convenes
next Monday This week the weather has
been fair for wheat seeding, and farmers have
be»»n quite busy The pecan crop must have
been a complete failure in this section. Last
vear the merchants bought upwards of five
hundred bushels: this season we have seen
none offered Rev. James Hiner, who for a
long time has been crippled with rheumatism,
suffered amputation of the leg last Friday. .Mr,
J*«k Powell, cf Squaw Creek, purchased his
tarm of McOullough, one of the land pirates
The recent disclosures came just in the nick of
time to Fave Mr. Powell the second payment,
which he was about to hand over Mrs.
Gregory, of Center Mills, died very suddenly
on Wednesday.
hopkins county.
Sulphur Springs Gaz tie: Our first fair was
a success beyond all pe radventure Rev.
Thomas M. Smith is appointed presiding elder
of the Sulphur Springs district for the ensuing
year. ... A house on the Kelly mill lot, belong-
ing to Mr. Kelly, took fire last Sunday about
dark and was burned.
jopnson county.
Cleburne Chronicle: The hugest frost of the
season appeared la>t Sunday morning It
nipped every green thing Farmers are still
sowirg wheat. An extens ve crop will yet be
got in, notwithstanding the much unfavor
able weather Immigration to Texas is cer-
tair ly not on the decrease. Wagon trains of
new-comers daily pass through town. A half
dozen families from Missouri passed througE
Tuesday Corn is worth forty cents per
bushel, delivered in town. Farmers are ask-
ing thirty-five at the crib "We learn that a
larger amount of pork will be killed in this
county this season than during any previous
year Mr W. F. Heard is erecting a fine
dwelling house on the upper part of Main
sireet W. F Ramsey is putting up a nice
residence on the west side Mr. Geo Lewis
who resided on the Alvarado road, s'x miles
irom town, was taken with paralysis last
Thursday, ana expired within a few hours.
kerr county.
Frontiersman: Farmers generally ar« very
busy at the present time sowing wheat. A
goodly quantity will be sown this season.
...There was less cotton planted this year
than heretofore Mr. CarltoD, who has benn
engag-'d with Prof. Atterbury at Center Point
as assistant school teacher, made a sudden
departure last week, taking the Professor's
watoh and some money. Whither he has gone
is not known Sixteen hundred h^ad of cat-
t'e, belonging to Messrs. Jones, Miller and
Weaver, from Bandera county, passed
through this section on Wednesday last, en
route for the Llanos. This makes some half
dozen herds th it have passed through here
within the past two weeks for the up country.
The grass on the Llanos is reported to be ex-
cellent, and a great many cattle are winter-
ing there The weather for the past week
has been delightful. The mornings are a lit-
tle cool, but as the dav begins to wear on the
S'leasant sur shine sheds a glow of warmth on
Iother Earth, causing the green vegetation
to spring up with renewed lifr? a;id vigor.
lavaca county.
Herald and Planter: °ne evening during the
earl- part of last week an altercation oc-
curred between Mr. Dow Willis and John Mc-
'^ee (colored), during which the latter w^s se-
verely shot. We have heard the circum-
stances as follows: Mr. Willis had gone to the
lot, where the quarrel began, with his gun.
one barrel of wnicn was loaded wiih equirrel
shot snd the other with buck&hof, and re-
turned to the hou-«e without using it. He was
followed into the dining room by the eo'ored
man and abused with insulting and profane
language. Willis (hen shoved him ou of the
house, and McGee, again cursing him ana
daring him to shoot, made some demonstra
t on a« if drawing a pistol from his pocket,
when Willis fired the load of small shot, strik
ing him in the chin, totally fracturing the
jawbone and partially destroying the tongue
The wound is a severe one, but may have no
fatal result. No complaint has yet been
made, and we understand Mr. Willis will sur
render himself as soon as required Sales
of real estate: V. & O. Ellis to M. W. Riordan,
HO acres, for $12 *; original grantee Lyons &
Ponton. J. b. Mitchell to W. H. Crain, on -
fourth interest in two tracts of land,for $4001
Mary A. Mit' hell to W. H. Crain, one quarter
interest of 2278 acres, for $4 00. S*m Devall
t** W. R. Hudgeon^, 150 acres, for $150. M. V.
Kinnison and John Woods, adminis: rators to
J W. Bennett, 95 acres, for $446 50. M. V.
Kinnison and John Woods, administrators, to
J. W. Bennett, 100 acres, for $400. V & O.
fcllig to Thomas D. Nolan and W. S. Adam-,
1-36 acres, for $300. Geo. Gray and wife to
Lewis Simpson, 10 acres, for $J>00. Lewis
Simpson to Henry Griffith, 10 acres, for $400.
S. G. McCjwn to Smith < l^se, 100 acres, for
$700.
navarro county.
A letter from Rice says: Since the arrival
of the New Jersey colonists here this place
has become the scene of busy life and activity
once more, and we have a bright pr- spect for
the future gr .wi,h and prosperity of Rice and
vicinity. S H. Sawjer, s-cietary of tneeolony,
has erected a neat and commodious office op
posite the depot, in which the business of the
association is transacted and the meetings of
t he organization are held. On Saturday last
the colonists held a meeting and, after the
transaction of business before it, was ad-
dressed by Col. Walter Gresham, of Galves-
ton, followed by Major Lewis tiaynie The
following preamble and reso ution were unan-
imously adopted: Whereas the Micigan
colony, representing some twenty good,
respectable families have manifested a
desire to unite with this colony; there-
fore ba it Resolved, that the New Jer
8ey-Texss Colony Association, located near
Rice, Texas, do hereby ex'end a cordial invi-
tation to the members of the said Michigan
Colony to unite with us. and that the lands
controlled by our body remaining unused
after December 1, 1877, be offered for sale to
the members of the Michigan Colony, at the
c jst price to our association, and on the same
terms as acquired by us.
parker county.
Weatherford Times: Two batteries passed
through Weatherford, for San Antonio, on
Wednesday. They were taken from Jacks-
boro. This looks like business.
robertson county.
Hearne Enterprise: Souie of our farmers fn
the Brazos botiom say that not more than two-
thirds of the corn crop will be gathered—
about a third of it being in a rotten state on
the ground The cotton fields in the vicinity
of Hearne look as green, with the second
growth of leaves, as tney d d before the cot-
tm wonri destroyed the first growth, and
those of the fa* mere who bave gathered all
their cotton now have a splendid pasture for
their stock.
red river county.
Rev. J. W. P McKenzie, of Clarksville, is
oue of the oldest Methodist preachers in
Texas, having preached at Bonham full forty
years ago, when that town was a mere fron-
tier trading post—The Times gives the fol-
aceount of the killiug of the colored
child by a pet bear: The bear was confined
by a chain, and was domiciled in a large hogs-
head at Col. DeGraffenreid's. Several chil-
dren were feeding the bear .with corn. An
ear was dropDed out of the reach of the bear,
and the child handed ic to him. The bear
also pulled the child near him and began play-
ing with it. A dog bounced at the bear and
attacked him. Bruin took the child up and
put it inside the hogsheads where he slept,
and came out and fought the dog. Some
darkies got pol» s and let in on the animal,
who became enraged and retreated to the
hogshead and gathered up the child. He bit
it and Also hugged it; brought ic out and laid
in down, and retreated In an opposite direc-
tion. The darkies could have taken up the
chi'd then, but kept on beating the b
rushed back Again, seized the child, biting a* d
hugiing it. He dropped it again, when Mrs.
DeGraffenreid. who had been confired to her
room by sickness, rushed out and rescued the
child, already fatally wounded.
san saba county.
Neves: Improvements in the line of build-
ings are going on pretty extensively.. .Deputy
Sheriff Thomas arrested Joseph York, on
Wilbarger, Tuesday evening, on an indictment
found by the grand jury for theft of a num-
ber of hogs. Yerk w*s require d to give bail
to the amount of $300, in default of which he
was committed Several persons from the
Hannaville settlement, including Mr. L W.
Jones and wife, went to the buffalo haunts a
week or two ago on Deep creek, a tributary
of the Clear Fork of the Brazos, with the in-
tention of hunting the buffalo. A party of
hunters are now on that happy hunting
around, where game is said to be very plenti-
ful.
trinity county.
This county claims the champion sweet po-
tato of the season, we'ghtng thirteen and a
half pounds, and had it not been broken in
getting it out of the ground and leaving a por-
tion in the soil, would perhaps have weighed
full fourteen pound*. It was raised by Mr. R.
D. Craw, about eight miles southeast of Cen-
tralia The continued heavy rains have
g-eatly injured the potato crop in this section,
souring the'n in the ground. Cotton will not
be more than one-fifth of an average crop.
Corn only tolerable. Health comparatively
good.
waller county.
Hempstead Messenger: The subscription to
the Brazos bridge is progressing slowly but
surelv, and work on the structure will almost
certainly be b°gun during December... Game
is juRt scarce enough in the vicinity to make
hunting a pleasure; and jus?; plentiful enough
to make a day's hunting pay very well.
Going: Home.
When the end comes and, like a tired ohild,
I fail beside the loDg highway of Time,
Nor strive the last, rough, upward range to
climb—
O Father, hold me not unreconciled!
Let m~ not then rememb r all the wild
And thorny ways through which my wounded
feet
So long have toiled; but rather what beguiled
My way of pain, and made it ofiimes sweet
With laughter of glad streams, and pastures
green.
And fragrant foTest pathways opening wide
As dewy meadows sparkling in th« s-un,
Like gleams of Paradise in dreaming fore-
seen !—
So sh^ll my slumber be unferrified,
And my awakening find the j urney done.
—H S. Cornwell.
HOW TO GET RICH
Tlie Problem of TndlviJiial Econo-
my and Accumulation of WeaUh.
[.From the San Francisco Call.}
It is certain that most men do not
place a proper estimate upon riches, or
there would not be so many poor peo-
ple As it is, the ordinary workman
toils perhaps for one or two dollars per
day, and then spends that money as
lavishly as if it, were not earned so
dearly. There are persons in this city
arho i ibor for a week, and then waste
their earnings in a single day's folly.
What the Gall wishes to ursre is, that
almost any young man in San Francisco,
with eight, or ten years of steady ser-
vice nnd prudent habits, may place
himself beyond the reach of want, for
in that time he may accumulate a sum
of money, which, if properly invested,
will produce a larger income than
he can obtain. Take, for instance,
the man who can earn three dollars per
day. He can, if so determined, save
two-thirds of this amount. He can
save six hundred dollars per annum. A.t
this rate, with proper investments, or
with the interest accumulations of his
money, he may have at the end of ten
years between nine and ten thousand
dollars. We do not believe that there
is any difficulty, or that there will be
any, in the next twenty years, in in
vesting that money so that it will sup-
port a famfly of moderate expectations.
Is it not worth a young man's efforts to
pUce himself above want, so that Irs
children, if he have any, will be proper-
ly educated? The difficulty in San
Francisco is, that our young men place
an improp r estimate upon wealth.
Dollars come and go with scarcely a
thought as to their value. A twenty-
dollar piece will be expended, perhaps,
by the very man who has had to ex-
nend almost his life's blood to obtain it.
He reasons with himself something in
this way: This is but a trifle; why be
miserly and hold it? Gratify the appe
tifce, live to day as extravagantly as per-
sons who have an abundance of wealth,
for why should I not appear to be as
liberal as others, and make as good an
appearance as they do? To such per-
sons the Gall would say, count the
value of your monejr; remember that a
small sum is the germ of untold wealth
if properly used. As an illustration,
bear in mind that if I permit one thou-
sand dollars to be wasted—that is, if I
spend it for what I can do without—it
is equivalent to a los^ of $14,974 forty
years hence. In other words, this
money, invested so as to pay even a
moderate interest—the legal rate in sev-
eral Stages, seven per cent.—would
amount to $14 974 Most laboring men,
and as for that, we may say nearly
everybody, estimates the amount of
money expended as so many dollars
and cents, as the case may be. For in
stance, the young man with a family
depending upon his n;onthly wages for
a support, purchases many superflui-
ties. He sees in each outlay a
small sum. He says to himself :
" This is but five or ten dollars;"
but when the aggregate is footed up, it
amounts to hundreds of dollars in a
year and in some instances to as much
in a single month. The man counts
^his outlay as so many dollars and cents.
He seldom considers how soon these
*ums, if saved and properly invested,
would render himself and family inde
pendent for life. The proper way for
a laboring man—and as for that, in this
country we are all laboring men, for we
have to startTwith nothing and work
our way up—is to consider what, a sum
of money is worth in the future. 8ay,
if we waste this month or this year one
hundred, five hundred, or one thou-
sand dollars, that money or property is
gone for life. I not, only lose the pro-
perty, but my children lose it also. But
suppose I put up with a little present in-
conveniences—suppose I live economic
ally for a few years—and it is just as
conducive to health—and invest
the money saved in good proper-
ty, what is the result? That
property works for me. Four or five
thousand dollars placed, as it can be, in
3an Francisco, will produce as much
per annum as an ordinary working man
can earn. What, then, have I lost, if I
foolighly permit four or five thousand
dollars to slip through my fingers? I
have lost the opportunity of making
myself a free man; I could have had it
in my power to have some leisure; the
income would have enabled me to edu-
cate my children. In truth, I have
most likely lost my opportunities for
success in life, for that five thousand
dollars would have been a living fund.
It was a something which if proper-
ly taken care of, was equal to " Alad
din's lamp," for if the Genii would
appear bringing large sums, the lamp
could be carried away; but the invest
ment would remain through all time,
to enrich the family to which it be-
longed. It, has been estimated that five
thousand dollars invested at six per
cent, interest is a fortune sufficient to
render independent most persons in the
United States. That is, the income of
this sum would be sufficient to procure
a comfortable support for the average
family throughout the country. It is
quite certain that not one family in
fifty possesses such a fortune, or that
men generally earn as much money as
such a sum properly inves ed will re
turn in revenue.
In order to show the full value of this
five thousand dollars, I will state the
case in still another way: Suppose I
wish to enrich my family in the future.
Suppose I have decided that another
generation shall be influential, if riches
will accomplish such a result. I take
this money—five thousand dollars—and
place it in the hands of trustees, giving
specific directions what to do, and keep
it there for one hundred years. It will
then amount to one million two hun
dred and eighty thousand dollars 1
can afford to give the trustees one-half
of the revenues of that property for
taking care of the ..balance, and .tl^en a
large fortune woujd be kfft/ Ifc is not
at all improbable th*t mpney would aC'
cumulate as rapidly as estimated in this
instance, if the income were from year
to year invested in San Francisco real
estate. In Ney York, accumulations
have been greaier than this by the
Astors and others. Even the Acamses
in Massachusetts have also done better.
ii
Special IVotices.
Atte ntion!—The officers aad members cf
Washington 8. F. Co. No. 1 are requested to
meet at the Central Market, corner of 20th
and Market streets, on SATURDAY, Nov.
24th, at 7 o'clock p. u. All members, activ#
and honorary, are expected to be present.
no34 It H. A. B»LDTNQEB, Secretary.
Auction Sales.
AUCTION SALE.
WE WILL SELL ON SA.TUR-
DAY, 24fh inst., at 10 o'cloek, at Bar-
room on Strand, between 20th and 21bt sts.—
1 Horse an<3 Buggy; 1 large Mirror; 1 large
Beer lee Client; Chairs and other Furniture;
Counter and Shelves; Bar Fixtures; Stove?.
Scale8, Pictures, Doors, Sash Doors, lot of
Lumber.
PARK, LYNCH & CO.,
no23 2fc Auctioneers.
AUCT1U3 SALE
WE WILL SELL THIS DAY,
24th Inst., at our salesrooms, Strand,
immediately after above sale—
RROCERIES, Household FURNITURE and
SUNDRIES.
1 Circular Bar or Cigar Stand COUNTER.
1 .. Plain COUNTER.
no24 PARK. LYNCH & CO., Auctioneers.
AUCTION SALE.
600 doz. Finely Dressed
GERMAN DOLLS,
Just imported from Germ iny, will be sold on
Wednesday, 28th lost,, at 10 A. M ,
in the store formerly occupied by R. F. George
as a drug store, on
Ir.mont, between tvrchanic and
market Streets.
IMMENSE STOCK
Of China and W-x Bolls of Erery
Size and Style of Dress.
We call particular attention of city ani
country dea'ers to this sal<*. Our instructions
are positively to close cod sign ment.
no23 2t* E. A. IrLAKELY, Auct'r.
New Advertisements.
Cisterns
QF PURE HEART CYPRESS,
and best manufacture at reduced ratea by
R. B. GARNETT,
106 and 1C8 Church street, opposite Tremont
Hotel. P. O. Bo* 495. no24 3m
JEWELER!*.
Our Trade Price List
AND
Jewelers' Reference Book for
1878,
CONTAINING OVitR 100 CUTS OF NEW
GOODS, IS NOW READY.
GILES BRO. & CO.
CHICAGO, ILL,
Manufacturing Jewelers,
and Agents for Elgin Watch Co., Ansonia
Clock Co., and Rogers, Smirh & Co., Silver-
Plated Goods, and general jobbers of Fine
and Cheap Jewelry, Tools, Materials, etc.
Send business card or references.
no24 sat&wedlt
Shortly to Arrive,
4000 Sacks COFFEE
Per "Norddentiche Seewarle."
Loading in Bio,
4000 Sacks COFFEE
IX STORE:
2500 Sacks COFFEE.
M. KOPPGRL.
IN STORK.
2500 Bags COFFEE
XO ARRIVE FROM RIO,
4000 Bags COFFEE
J. H. ELSWORTH & CO.
nol6 tfuna
Arrived & Selling from Wharf
At Reduced Prices
4000 Sks. Coffee.
Loading in Rk>.
3500 Sks. Coffee
To Arrive Shortly,
4000 Sacks Liverpool Salt.
500 Barrels German Vinegar.
no!4 iinatf KACFPJIAN & RONGB.
Galveston Gas Works
32d and Market Sts.
All ORDERS or complaints.
to receive prompt attention, should be
left at the Secretary's office, in the
OSTERHANN BUILDING,
Corner Strand and 3!id Street,
between the hours of 8 and 12 o'clock a. m.
NOILCE!
NOW 13 THE CHANCE TO GET
FINE GOODS!
FOR LITTLE MONEY!
BEING DETERMINED TO CLO=!E OUT OUR
ENTIRE STOCK OF IMPORTED
FANCY CHINA
AND
CUTCLASSWARE
CONSISTING OF
DECORATED CHINA,
(Dinner and Tea Sets.)
tfOBLETS, DKCANTERS, WINE
AND CHAMPAGNE GLASSES,
V ASE3S,
Of All Descriptions.
WE OFFER SUCH AT IMPOR
TATION COST, and therefore within
reach of everybody, the price being but little
morft than paid for common goods.
Pleas* call and examine our Stock.
SH WARTS & BURGOWEB,
no!8 ft v 81 Tremont Street,
PROCLAMATION—By the Gov-
ernor of the State of Texas. Whereas
oertain changes bare recently been made, in
a circular issued, to bidders for lease of
Texas State Penitentiary touching the amount
of bond to be given, escape of convicts, and
the responsibility of lessees for the same;
therefore I R. B. Hubbard, Governor of the
State of Texas; with a view to give ample
time for these changes to become generally
known to those proposing to bid, both in and
out of the State, do hereby direct that the
tim^foi1 QpeJiIng the bids for the lease be
postponed until 11 o'clofik a. m. on Saturday,
the 15th day of December next, and that up to
that time all persons deaf ring to put in bids
shall have tire tight to do no, and said bids so
put in shall be considered and entertained on
the same footing ts though filed previous to
the day or time first fixed upon. In testimo
ny whereof I hereto sign my name and cause
the seal of State to be affixed, at the city of
Austin, this the 20th day of November, A. D.
1877. K. B. HUBBARD, Governor. By the
Governor: J. G. Siarcv, Secretary of State.
BEST EVER OFFERED
most Attractive Trip of All !
GRAND EXCURSION
ESTON
and to
NEW ORLEANS
VIA GALVESTON.
TICKETS GOOD FOB 30 BAYS.
A rhe»p Trip for Everybody. A
princely visit to the gay and festive Creecent
City, a delightful tour to the land of Love,
Poetry and Romance, *nd at this, the most
delightful, ausoicious and sttractive season
of the v*>ar, when the beautiful and historic
city of New Orleans—the glittering Metropo-
lis and Queen City of the South— is at its ze-
nith of life, business and teauty, and clothed
in all its tropical glory and splendor. And
when Galveston, the beautiful Island City and
Metropolis of Texas, ard the pride of h^r peo-
ple, offers her rarest attractions to those in
searchof pleasure.
On Tuesday, December 11, 18 77,"
at 7 o'clock a. m , a Special Train, with ample
and first class accommodations, in every re-
ppect-, including Pullman Palace Sleeping
Coaches, and an elegant * nd weh kept Kef re h-
ment Ceach, will leave Pherman, Texas, on the
Houston and Texas Central Railway, and run
through to Galveston, making good connec-
tion at Galveston with Morgan's magnificent
1 ine of Ocean Steamers, which connect close
at Brashear City with Morgan's Railroad, ODe
of the finest roa^s in the South, running from
Brashear City to New Orleans, over one of
the most beautiful, fertile and productive sec-
tions of Loui iana. The features of greatest
interest to the excursionist alODg the lin» of
this road are the beautiful rice anrt vegetable
farms and extensive sugar plantations, which
lie contiguous to or on either side of the road
all the way to New Orleans.
Fare for the Bound Trip.
TO NEn ORLEANS and RETURN.
From Sherman and bet. Dallas
and slie man $24
From itallao and bet. Corsicana
and Dallas 23
From Corsicana. and bet. Bre-
mond and Corsicana 22
From Hrrmonil,and bet. Hearne
a >d Bremotid 20
From Heirne, and bet. Hryan
and Hearne 19
From Brian, and bet. Hemp-
stead and Bryan 18
From lleap.iead, and betwreu
Houston and Hempstead 16
From Houston 14
TO CAIVESTO.V AND RETURN.
From *berraan,and bet. Dallas
and *bermau ..*..$15
From Dal as and bet. Corsicana
and Dallas 11
From Corsicana, and bet. Rre-
motid and Corsicana 13
From Brrmond, rid between
Hearne and Bremond 9
From Hearne and bet. Bryan
and Hearne 8
Fri>m Bryan, and bet. Hemp-
■lead and Bryan 1
From IfempsieHd, and between
Hempstead and Hous ou 5
From Houston 3
Children umler 12 ,rs. Ui price. Under 4, free
Tickets "will be on sate at all the principal
static us and towns on the Houston and Texas
Central Railway between Sherman and Hous-
ton; also, at Austin arid Waco; and at Fort
Worth and Paris, on the Texas and Pacific
Pailway, and probably other towns In North,
Middle and Eastern Texas.
Sale of Tickets will commence Nov. 15, and
continue up to the departure of the train on
the morning of the 11th of December, and ac-
commodations will be fully ample for any
number that may be purchased.
Tickets will be good GOING on Special
Train, Dcc. 11; stood BETURNINO on anv
train or date until January 11, 1878. thus al
luwine every one to return at pleasure, and
compelling no one to remain longer than they
wish.
Excursionists for New Or'eans are allowed
to stop over in Galveston at pleasure, both go-
ing and returning.
Special arrangements have been made with
the very best hotels in New Orleans and Gal-
veston to board excursionists at greatly re-
duced ratxs while in the cities. Arrange-
ments have also been made with the leadi g
Tneaterc, Opera Houses, Omnibus and Trans
fer Lines. Pleasure Steamers, etc., at greatly
reduced rates f 'r the Benefit of this excur-
sion, thus combining economy and pleasure
throughout the entire trip.
This is a rare opportunity for business men
as well as those in search of pleasure, and a
trip in which both business and pleasure can
be easilv and pleasantly combined. The atten
tion of THE 1 jADIES in particu'ar Is also di-
rected to this, as it is certainly the most
charming and attractive trip for them that
has ever yet been gotton up.
Parties designing to make the trip are re
quested to buy their tickets at the earliest
possible day, and as an Inducement. 5 per
cent discount will be made on all purchases
made before the 6th of December.
For further information, address
U. L. COLLIN*,
General Manager of Excursion,
Either at Houston or Dallas, or Ticket A gents
of Houston and Texas Central Railway at
Houston, Hempstead, Hearne, Bremond
Corsicana, Dallas, Sherman, Waco and
Austin.
tW Arrangements hate be n made with Mr.
Waldo, Gerurai Ticket and Passenger Agent of
the II. and T. C. Railroad, to sell round trip
Tickets from Austin to Hempstead and return,
and from Waco o Bremond and return, at re-
duced rate , to connect with Ihe Excursion Train
at these points on the 11 th December. no»2
SOMERYILLE DAVIS
PATENTEES AND MANUFACTURERS,
GALVESTON, - - - TEXAS.
EVE
Hotels—Restaurants.
Hutchins House,
HOUSTON, TEXAS,
J. P. HORBACH, PROP'R.
BANK EXCHANGE
Lunch cach Day at 10.30 A. 31.
212 and 214 Market St.,
Opposite News Office.
MAGNIFICENT AND
costly fitted up
rJ>HIS
Bar and Billiard Hall
Is now Open to the Public.
The large and well ventilated Billiard Hali
is furnished with twelve of the latest style of
Novelty tables, and the Bar and Cigar Stand
are stocked with the choicest brands of
Imported Liquors and Cigars.
The proprietor* have spared ne*tber o&im
nor expense to make the BA.NK EXOjdAlNQE
one of the most beautiful and attractive estab-
lishments of the kind in the United tetates, and
will be pleased at all times to welcome their
friends and the public in general.
anl '77 6m HARLAN. DUFF1ELD A CO
Bulldir g Materials.
SANBORN & WARNER.
Manufacturers'Agents for the State of Texas.
Ulidden's Patent Sieel Btrb Fence
Wire,
Galvanized or Japanned—Prices Reduced.
The only all-steel coil
ED WIRE BARB. Fully licensed, under
all the firs* patents, to be made or used.
no20 3m* HOUSTON, TBX1S.
LUMBER.
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS
And MOULDINGS.
GOOD GOODS - - • LOW PrtlCES.
GtlSTORF & CO.,
t'HinAGO,
IVTtlla at 255, 25T & 259 20ih ft.
Banks and Hankers.
William H. Fiippen,
BANKER,
(Successor to PARKER & FLIPPEN,)
Bryan, Texas.
A GENERAL BANKING BUS1-
ness transacted. Collections made on all
accessible points, and promi
current rate of exchange.
and sold.
remitted at
bought
jel 6m
JAMES T. THORNTON,
■AN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
A General Banking Business transacted
Collections made and promptly remitted. Ex-
change bought and sold. fe!6 12m
Stoves. Tinware. Utc.
ADO. KOEMEB,
GENERAL
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Stores, Tinware and House Fur
niching Articles,
Manufacturer of Tinware and Sole Agent for
the famous Fuller, Warren & Camp Stoves,
such as the
Spirit of '70,
The Best Wood Cooking Stove In the World,
The Napoleon, tlie Southern Gem,
and all the fine Heating Shoves of the above
and other firms Wiil t*e pleased to sell at re-
duced prices to his kind patron? all they need
in the kitchen, house or tor the trade, at his
old stand,
je7 bm 318 MARKET STREET.
Referring to the above cimu ocjj icavo u> lutu/m ujo naac Ui&l we aio prepared to nil orders for the celebrated DAVIS HOOK
TIES and to contract for future delivery, which we will do at the lowest market rates. All our Ties are made from the best aualitv of
American iron, ar d we WARRANT HiV^RY TIE BOUGHT OF US or through our agents. De8t Q 7 OI
The DAVIS TIES have given universal satisfac ion and are daily growing in popular favor. All we ask is to GIVE THEM A TRIAL.
We also have on hand and are receiving from the Mills:
lOOO rolls DOUBLE AKCHORB.1QGISG, 1500 rolls EUREKA 15AGGIXG,
150© rolls TEXAS MILLS BAGGI\G, 500 bales GOURRIPORG (360 yxJs. each) BAGGIXC
All our bagBing is made from the best Jute Butts, aud we warrant it to hold out in yardage. These brands are all well known in Texas
and are deservedly popular.
We will be represented in the interior of Texas this s»ason by MB. R. VICTOR, who will call on our customers and solicit their orders.
Jei saGm PARTICULAR ATTENTION GIVEN TO OBTAINING THE LOWEST FREIGHT RA1E«.
Lotteries.
THE LAST CHAXCE ^
IX 1877!
HAVANA ROYAL LOTTERY
Grand Extraordinary
DriAWI 1ST est-
Will Take Place Dec. 31, 1877.
Only 18,000Ticket*aod 2346 Prizes
* apital Prize, ^500,000.
Total Amount of Prizes, $l,3oO,000.
We only guarantee those thickets obtained
throush us as being get ume.
Send your orders and call for plans to
BORMO & BRO.,
Oldest Agents in the South,
oc25eod2m New Orleans, T.a.
General ^Merchandise.
G. H. MUMM & CO.'S
CHAMPAGNE.
Royal Havana Lottery, IS77.
Grand ExtraordiuiTT Drawiug1,
OF
DECEMBER 31st, 1877.
CLASS NO. 1007.
1st Capital Prize, $500,000 OO J
2d " " 200,000 OO
3d '• " 50,000 OO
2346 Prizes (one to every six numbers)
None Ness ili»u $500.
This Lottery in near one hundred year* of
its existence, never has failed in any thing
promised. Send for circular?. Prizes cashed.
Prices: Whole, $ 100; Half, $!0; quarter, $25;
^ifth, $30; Tenth, $P; Twentieth, $5. Clubs
or parties purchasing rickets to the amount
< t over $100 will be allowed a discount of 15
per cent. Look to the paper's water marks
before buying, as it is said counierfeits are in
circulation This Lott»-rv has no Agents. Ad-
dress all orders to MANUEL. ORRaNTIA,
1H8 Common at,.. Npw OH^ans. f.«.
$10, $5, or $2 oO
Invested in the Drawirg of the
COMMON WEALTH
Prize Distribution Co.,
(Under act of Legislature of Kentu ky. for
the benefit of the City Schools of Frankfort,)
which takes place in thecitv of LOUISVILLE,
KY., in Public Library HalL, on DECEMBER
31, 1877, may secure, In i'asb, all orap±rtof
$50,000, $20,000, $10,000,
$5;(I00, $3,000, $-,',000,
or »ny of the 6,684 Prizes, amounting to
$320,000. Farmers' and Drovers' Bank.
Louisville, Ky., Depository.
Drawing Positively Hpceniber 31st.
OR MONEY REFUNDED.
And under the same Management that so
ably and satisfactorily conducren the SECOND
Drawine ot the Kentucky Cash Distribution
Co. Whole Tickets, $10 00: Halves, $5 00;
Quarters, $2 50. For tickets addre?s
U. W. BAR HOW & CO.,
General Manager, Courier-Journal Building,
LOUISVILLE KY.
K^~Send for Circular. ccl8d&W
Professional Cards.
GEO. P. FINLAY.
OSCAR E. FINLAY
Notary Public.
Geo. P. Finlay & Bro.,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
removed to
71 TREMONT GALVESTON, TEXAS
nol6 3m
robl v. davidson.
geo. w. pulton, jr.
Davidson & Fulton,
ATTORNEYS
and
COUNSELORS AT LAW,
Moody and Jemison Building,
GALVESTON, - - - - - TEXAS.
Joseph Franklin,
Attorney si Law and Real Estate
Agent,
Office, Ballinger & Jack building, rocm No.
2, Galveston, Texas.
Sole owner of a perfect abstract of the land
cities of Galveston county. Abstracts fur-
nished. Land titles investigated. ap21 9m
Walter Gresham,
Attorney & Couuselor at Law
No. 122 Postofflce Street,
oc22,<7 ly
GALVESTON. TEXAS.
Ballinger, Jack & Moit,
Attorneys & Counselors at Law
No. 122 Postofflce Street,
no!4 tf GALVESTON. TEXAS.
N. HOLLAXD,
Attorney at Law and Land igent,
BELLEVILLE,
ju 6m AUSTIN CO.. TEXAS.
Notices, Etc.
Notice.
M
E.
G , h. ands. A. ry., )
Houston, tex., October 1, 1s77. (
jacob e. fisher is
hereby appointed Auditor of this Company,
to take effect this date, and will have full
charge of all accounts of the Company. Ad-
dress at Houston. Texas until further notice.
OC2 Sm T. W. PEIRCE. President.
Notice.
OFFICE OF Q., H. AND S. A Ry. CO., I
Houston, October 1, 1877. J
'x'he general offices of
THE
Galveston, Harrisbnr? and San An-
tonio Railway Company
will be located at
HOUSTON, TEXAS,
on and after this date, in VAN AU3TYNE
BUILDING, corner of Main and Congress sts.
oc2 3m JACOB E. FISHIER. Secretary.
Clothing, Etc.
Mme.Paul Knoll
jjas arrived from paris,
where she has personally selected and pur-
chased for cash,
A COMPLETE STOCK
in her line, and will
Resume Bnsiness on November 1st.,
is Tea
New Glrardln Brick Bnlldlngr,
NO. 162 MARKET STREET
Next door to her former stand.
Madame Paul Knoll will continue the
millinery and Drestmiklns Busi-
ness
with a CHOICE STOCK of
FANCY ARTICLES,
FLOWER8,
LADIES' HATS,
of the latest style; JOUVIN KID GLOVE8
and a full assortment of HUMAN HAIR.
fttiSia
^KMnnnnSt^i
RElMSj^
Machinery
Manchester locomotive
Works. Established in 1853.
Manufacture all kinds of Lf conooti^es, and
h*ve recently purchased cf the Amoskeag
Manufacturing ( ompanv all the patterns,
patents, aad the grood will for the manufac ure
of their celebrated Sreacn Fire Engin* s and
Fire Apparatus, and are now prepared to re-
ceive and execute orders promptly. Send for
descriptive circular. A RET AS BLOOD,
n> 23 12m Agent, Manchester, N. H.
SEW MACHINE SHUP.
«'EST STRAND (RON WORKS,
26 and 3T Strand,
Are now ready to repair
iSteam Engines and other Machinery.
Saving placed in shop New Machinery, we
can do good work at low prices, Housesmith-
te, iron doors and window shutters, etc.
je21 fim J. A8TALL, Oalvpston, Tex.
FURST & BRADLEY.
AND
IMPORTATION IN 1S76,
34,815 Cases,
Or 13,613 cases more than any other brand
in the United States.
For sale by
ALL THE PRINCIPAL HOUSES.
ne3 eoo.'im
Ho'iday Season of'77
We have the Largest acd Most Com.lete
Stock in this city of the following goods, viz:
Pure Mick ai d Fancy Candies,
(Our cwn manufacture);
Prize Boxes and Prize Piickajjes,
Christmas Tree Ornaments k Toys,
Fireworks.
Citron, Mincemeat, Cnrraat*,
Prunes, Cranberries, !>at*s, Figs,
Raisins. Crystalized Fruits,
Cocoanuis, Almonds. Walnuts,
Filberts, Pecans Brazil Nuts,
Lemons, Applts a<>d Oranges.
In our
CONFECTIONERY, PRIZE 0001)8
AND
FIREWORKS DEPARTMENTS
we have made a reduction of from 10 to 15
per cent, compared with last year's prices.
G. Seeligson & Co.,
ocH 2m 207. 209 and ill Strand.
To Wholesale Grocers.
Having accepted the
Sole Agency for
SCHAEFFER'S
Standard Family Lard.
we will always have on hand a large stcck of
Tierces, Barrels, Kees and Pails, which we
offer at lowest market prices and liberal
terms.
J. H. ELSWOll 1H & < 0.
To Retailers.
If you want to give satisfaction to your cus-
tomers, ask your grocers for Schaeffer's Pure
Lard. no!7 2w
Plows and Cultivators
the only genuine avery
A PLOWS in this market A'I others not
having the firm name of B. F. av iiiY &. .SONS
and their trademark stamped in the b jan.g
ARE NOT AVERY PLOWb
nolS 3m
II. IIIRSCII & CO.
SHEAN & DISBROW,
Copper, Brass
And
I
Sheet Iron Workers
Manufacturers of Improved
Steam Batteries and Clariflers
For Making Sugar, and Dealers in
STEAM, WATER AND GAS PIFES,
Brass Goods, Etc.
157 and 1S9 East IVIeebanlc Street,
GALVESTON.
Special rates on large erders of Pipe and
Brass Goods. jy'Ja 4m
c.b. lbs. D. wkbsh. josh'j a miller.
LEE IRON WORKS.
3o,OUO SACKS
"ALT!
35 OO
ROSEXDALE CEMEi\T
500 bb's. Portland Cement,
2i>0 bhls. PLASTER,
Juot received and for sale by
se9 tf C. *V. AO A HIS & CO.
NOTICE.
-\TOTWITHSTANDING the loss
by fire of our factory on the 15tb, we will
commence the manufad are <"f STICK AND
Fancy CAN DIPS on the l^th with increased
facilities and new machinery. Will be pre-
pared to fill all orders as usual with prompt-
ness and at reduced pri es.
G. SEELIGSON & CO.,
nol8 2(7, 2 9, 211 Strand.
J^OTICE.
.notice.
500 sacks COFFEE;
300 bbls. SUGAR;
200 bbls. MOLASf-ES;
lOOO pkgs. TOBACCO:
CIGARS, WHISKY. BOX GOODS of every
description, at very low fignrns. by
.VALI-IS. X.ANDES St CO.,
19. 21 and 23 Strand. Galveston.
City Advertisements.
An ordinance—no. 36—to
abolish the office of City Sealer.
Section 1. Bait ordained by the City Council
of the city or Galveston that the office of City
Sealer be and the ssnl" is hereby abolished.
Section 2. That tjhis ordinance take effect
and be in force from and after its passage.
Passed November 5, 1877.
The foregoing ordinance was presented to
the Mayer lor his approval on the tith day of
November, A. P '1877, arid was not signed by
him < r fl ed in the Clerk's office to be returned
to the City Council with his objections threto.
within the time prescribed bv section 16. ar-
ticle 6. til i1 3 of the City Charter, and there-
upon became a law without his signature.
P. S. WREN, City C erk.
November 10, 3877. nol4 lOt
To City Tax-Payers.
The Taxes for 1877
Are Now Due and Payable.
jntere3t will be charged
from FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER. One per
ceut. per month penalty, In addition to the
interest, will be collected after the
30th OAT OF SEPTEMBER,
please come promptly and save interest and
penalty. F. R. LUBBOCK,
ocv - f City Tex C Hector.
1 -3 roltTA VI""
Notice to Tax-Payers.
All persons who have
failed to pay their taxe* fur 1877, are In-
formed that, in addition to the intert st and
penalty now due, one per cent, will be col-
lected, on all amounts not paid previou to No-
vember 1. F. R. LUBBOCK,
oc24 tf City Tax Collector.
C. B. L1:1: & CO.,
Iron 1 Brass Founders
AND
MAOSIKTISTS.
StANtJFACTDBBRS OT
STEAM ENGINES,
SAW MILLS,
BOILERS,
HILL AND GIN GSAKINO,
.Shafting, Pulleys, Brass and Iron
Pumps, Etc., Etc.
Particular attention given to orders for Iron
Fronts and Castings for Buildings.
Al! kind* of Job Work solicited.
SatlafacSlou guaranteed.
Corner Winnie and Slid Sts.,
(Near Railroad Depot).
g a livf-pton. texas.
CORN-SHELLER,
Shucker and Sacker
COMBINED.
HAND AND STEAM POWER
Sliellcrs and Feed-Cutters
Straub Corn-Mills, Ames Engines,
Ithaca Sulky Hay Rakes,
MEIKLE PLOWS,
Eagle Gins, Colton Presses,
Little Giant Corn and
Cob Crusliera.
E^-Send for Circulars.
W. L. CUSHING & M00BE,
Nos. 122 and 124 Strand,
seM'7712m GALVESTOM
Legal Advertisements.
\\
Trustee^ Sale.
the^eas a. h. b. living-
STON, on the 30th of January, 1S74, ex-
ecuted his dr-ed of trust conveyiDg to August
Buttlar the hereinafter described property for
the purpose of securirg the payment of his
promissory note for $1000, of same date, and
payable two years af er its date, to Heinrich
Miller, with 15 per cent, interest per annum
until paid; and whereas the s*id A. H. B. Liv-
ingston. on the 7th of June, 1875, executed his
second deed of trust, couvejing to Hu?o Bro-
si£, trustee, the same property, for the pur-
pose of securin? the payment of his promis-
sory note for $500, of same date, and parable
two years after its date, to Heinrich Miller,
wiih 15 per cent, interest per annum until
paid; and wher^a* both of said notes are due
and unp *id; and whereas August Buttlar has
refused to act as trustee, and the holder of
said promissory note for $IOCO has appointed
me as a substiture trustee; and whereas the
holder of bvh of said promissory notes has
reque^t^d me as trustee aforesaid to proc*ed
to sell the property in said deeds of trust de-
scribed; now, therefore, I shall sell to the
highest bidder for cash, in front of the Court-
house. in Galveston county, Texas, at public
auction,
On the 4th Day m December, 1877,
between the hours of 12 o'clock m. and 2
o'clock p m., the following described prop-
es ty, to wit: The north half of lot-» 5, 6 and 7,
and of the east half of lot No. 4, in the north-
east quarter of the northeast block of outlot
No. 93, in the city of Galveston. Texas, to-
gether with all the buildings and improve-
ments thereon situated I will convey to the
purchaser such title as I am authorized to do
by virtue of said de#»rt<» tr^sfc.
HUGO BROSIG, Trustee.
Qa'veston, Texas, Nov. 2", 1877- no80 td
For Sale—For Rent.
For Sale,
A 48-Ineli Tyler Gompregg,
/complete, as it now stands,
in workiiitr order, at ihe Southern Cot-
ton Press and Manufacturing Company's Fac-
tors' Press Yard. This compress u the same
as the compress at work at Waco.
ocl6 tf A. P. LUFKIN, Agent.
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