The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 245, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 23, 1875 Page: 2 of 4
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Galveston. t)ctober 1, 1875.
Satnrdny, Octobcr 28, 1875.
Tiiet now bavH music during dinner
hours at some of the New York hotels.
Green Lake, Colorado, has been
stocked with 60,000 mountain and silmon
trout. _
Al,I. the elevatorn alone the main line
of the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad are
full of wheat.
The total number of Parliamentary
elector* now on the registers of England
and Wales is 2,301,200.
A DierATCII from Rome announces the
death of one of the recently appointed
Cardinals, Nobile Vilelleschi.
Nearly $275,000 a month is paid out
for labor in the silver mines of Hough
ton and Keweenaw counties, Michigan
Hayes having been elected Governor
of Ohio by a scratch, is now suggested
as a Radical candidate for the Presi-
dency. _
The Chicago Times says that Iowa
with a Radical majority of forty thou
sand, has twenty-Bix thieving county
treasurers.
Iowa papers estimate their corn crop
this year at 09,000.000 bushels, about
bushel apiece for every inhabitant of the
United States.
tne Timet, of India, says that 20 000
people »re rendered homeless by floods
in the neighborhood of Abmedabad, in
the province of Luzerat.
Wolf mali's command $15 apiece in
Indiana. Some enterprising Texan might
do a good business in furnishing such
scalps for the Indiana market.
In 1839 Henry Damon was sent for
murder to the Vermont. State Prison for
life. He was recently killed by falliDg
down stairs, at the »ge of 09_
The Pope has interceded with the
Kaiser in favor of Cardinal Ledochoroski,
who resisted the Prussian ecclesiastical
law. One vear was remitted from the
term of imprisonment first ordered, and
it is likely that full pardon will follow.
A project for erecting a memorial to
Daniel O'Connell, at his birthplace, in
Carlien, Ireland, has been started. It is
proposed to raisn the means by penny
subscriptions, ami, as it is to be removed
from sectarianism, it is thought that
Irishmen of every shade of opinion will
lend their aid.
Representatives of foreign govern-
ments at Tripoli expreBB much satisfac
tion at the firm stand taken by the United
StateB in dt-manding satisfaction for the
insult offered to the Consul, and tbink
that the tendency will be to cause the
Pasha to be more particular towards all
foreign representatives.
Governor Coleman Cole, of the
Choctaw Nation, In a message delivered
to the National Council a few days sgo,
opposed the admission of white men
into the Nation either as merchants or
miners ; disapproved any concessions to
railways; recommended that children of
white parents be excluded from the pub-
lic schools, and expressed the hope that
the United States government wou^d al
low the Choctaw Nation to work out a
"civilization" in their own way.
The important land case involving
160,000 acres of land in Kansas, known
as the Osage Indian Lands, was argued
in the United States Supreme Court, oti
Wednesday, The laud is claimed by the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas, and the
Leavenworth and Galveston Railroad
Companies, against settlers, numbering
some 1500. The case was decided in fa-
vor of the settlers in the Circuit Court
but the railroad companies took an ap
peal to the Supreme Court. The land
contested is worth several million do)
lars. _
Tiikre are now 5076 miles of railway
in British India. The earnings of the
roads have not been sufficient to pay the
five percent, interest guaranteed by the
government. The Biitieh government
has advanced nearly one hundred mil
lions of dollars interest, and finding that
the policy of thus aiding the roads is not
self-supporting, has resolved to discon
tinue it, and the further construction of
railroads for commercial purposes is not
probable. The roads already built have
had, as was intended, a good deal of in
ttuenee in developing the growth of cot
ton in India, but the necessity of
thus subsidizing the cotton interests
ceased with the war in America.
Texas has yet many undeveloped re
sources—among them the utilizing of
her fruitB. There are at presen> five
prominent firms engaged in 'lie business
of cantnn"- In Kan Francisco The to al
capital invested is placed at $960A0()
and the value of the good* annually
turned out will reach abriui $1,400,000.
Employment w given during the busy
season to upwards of 1500 men, women
and children, and at no time are there
less than 900 employed The Call con-
tains some statistics of the immense
quantities of fruit purchased from the
orchardists, which without the interven-
tion of the canners would be lost, and
which are appended, together with the
average prices paid therefor i uring ib«
season:
Apricots, 250 tons at 4 cents, $20,000 ;
pears, 300 tons at 3 cents, $18,000;
Peaches, 200 tons at, A\ cents, $18,000;
cherries, 25 tons at 9 cents. $4500 ; cur-
rants, 139 tons at 31 cents, $9240. This
statement ahows that the amount paid
by the canners for these five varieties of
fruit alone is $09,740 The quantities of
other fruits and vegetables canned are
about as follows: Tomatoes, 800 tons
blackberries, 110 tons; raspberries, H4
tons ; sugar pea*,0$} tons ; string beans,
47 tons; strawberries, 50 tons ; green
corn, 50 tons, with about the same quan-
tity of nectarines and quinces. The fac-
tories also turn out over 100 tons of jams
and jellies.
The Enforcement Act In the So* |
preme Court.
The Supreme Court of the United
States, it is expected, will decide the
question of the constitutionality of the
Enforcement act, adopted by Congress in
1870. The act, as will be remembered,
was adopted as a partisan measure by
the Republicans to control elections in
the Southern States in the Presidential
contest in 1872. An effort was made in
the last Congress to supplement it by
another and more tjrannical act, but it
was defeated by a combined opposi-
tion. The case before the court is known
as the United States plaintiffs in error
vs. Cruikshanks, Irwin and lladnot, and
iB popularly known as the Grant Parish
case. The facts are briefly as follows :
Some eighty citizens of Grant parish,
in the State of Louisiana, were indicted
in the Circuit Court of the United States,
at New Orleans, funder the sixth and
seventh sections of the act alluded to,
and known as the " Act to enforce the
right of citizens of the United States to
vote in the several States of the Union,
and for other purposes." The indict-
ment charges that the accused did band
together, and the next eight that they
did combine, conspire aad confederate to-
gether to deprive certain colored persona
of African descent of certain rights guar-
anteed to them by the laws and Constitu-
tion of the United States. Six of the
accused were convicted in 1873 in the
United States Circuit Court, at New Or-
leans. They moved for a new trial,
which was refused by the Circuit Judge,
Bitting alone ; and they afterwards moved I
in arrest of judgment before a full court,
composed of Mr. Justice Bradley, of the
United States Supreme Court, and the
Judge of the Circuit Court, Mr. Judge
Woods. Justice Bradley held that the
counts did not contain criminal matter
indictable under the laws of the United
States. Circuit Judge Woods held the
reverse. The case was then appealed to
the United States Supreme Court on the
division of opinion of the lower court.
The counsel, Mr. R. H. Marr, of New Or-
leans, of the defendants, argued, among
other points, that the sixth section of the
Enforcement act is unconstitutional;
" If the theory of this indictment can
be maintained," said counsel before the
United States Supreme Court, "if the
Euforcement act, particularly the sixth
section, shall be held to be within the
constitutional power of CongreBS, then,
indeed, will the government have been
completely revolutionized by the mere
conferring of power upon Congress to
enforce the prohibitions of the recent
amendments." "The State governments,"
added the counsel, in the language of the
United States Supreme Court in the
Slaughter-house cases, will be " fettered
and degraded by subjecting them to the
control of Congress in the exercise of
powers heretofore universally conceded
to them, of the most ordinary and funda
mental character. The whole theory of
the relations of State and Federal gov-
ernments to each other, and of both these
governments to the people, will have
been radically changed. The entire do-
niai of civil rights, heretofore belong-
ing exclusively to the States, will ba
brought within the power of Congress."
New market for " Cotton Futures."
St. Louis is determined to go the
whole figure as a cotton mart. A meet-
ing of the members of the St. Louis Cot-
ton Exchange will be held Saturday next,
for the purpose of deciding upon the
proposition to have daily sales of " cotton
futures " at the Exchange. This is the
arrangement by which a man can sell or
buy a great deal of cotton without the
handling of any—an exciting game that
answers to fill up the time between the
fall and spring races. The papers favor
the adoption of this feature in the St.
Louis cotton market with so much zeal
that it is hard to think them not in ear-
nest. One of them, speaking for itself,
says :
The Times has
heretofore earnestly
iliv unlu| " /uvuivo " buif,
believing it to be of vital importance
and fruitful of great and everlasting ad-
vantages to our commercial prosperity.
St Louis can be m«de the great central
point of accumu'ation of an immense
stock of cotton for distribution to domes
ic and foreign markets in the cotton
States, and offers the opportunity of sell-
ing for future delivery rather than await
the actual delivery of the stock and risk
the fluctuations that may occur in values
during the period of transit. Planters,
when there is a prospect of a laTge crop,
can sell their growing crops for future
delivery, without risking lower prices as
the season advances.
Tii* goes ahead of Gen. Mosely Ba-
ker's old plan for a bank in Texas, to
loan the planter as much money in the
spring as his crop was likely to be worth
in the fall. If St. Louis capitalists de-
sire that kind of business they should
send their surplus funds to the cotton
States. They will find uo trouble in
obtaining takers for them. Even New
York, in opposition to which city this
movement is said to be inaugurated, will
be willing to see St. Louis try it. The
men in the former city who have been
endeavoring to make " a corner" in rot-
ton are said to be in great danger of be-
ing cornered themselves, and anxious for
others to divide the risk with them.
State Press.
The Pittsburg Magnet says:
There is general dissatisfaction
among the people of this section re-
specting the law which the convention
has adopted prescribing the qualifica-
tion of voters. The belief prevails
that this law, if nothing else, will de-
feat the constitution framed by the
convention. This law allows men to
vote whether they have paid taxes or
not. The better class of the conven-
tion contended for a law requiring a
tax receipt as a qualification for voting,
but it failed to be adopted. Any man
who is too lazy or too mean to pay a
poll-tax should be deprived of the
privilege of voting.
The Cleburne Chronicle says:
The convention has been in session
one month and a half, but have thus
far made but slight progress in per-
fecting a constitution. The members
seem not to know their own minds on
any question. One hour they adopt a
proposition, the next they reconsider
and then defeat it. The time between
is filled in with useless talking. There
is too much thought of self and too
little thought for the welfare of the
State, among the delegates at Austin.
Each member thinks he must do some-
thing, whether it has any sense or rea-
son in it or not. Each must offer
an amendment, present a resolu-
tion, or make a motion, or do
some other thing, just to have a finger
in the pie; at least it seems so to dis-
interested lookers-on. Now, Texas
wants a good constitution and will be
satisfied if the whole thing be culled
from the organic laws of other States,
only changed to suit our circumstan-
ces. That member will suit the people
the best who silently works and hastes
through with business; not the one
who presents the most propositions,
makes the most motions, or spins out
the longest speeches. So little real
work has been done since the conven
tion met that the people are growing
restless and they certainly have a right
to be dissatisfied.
The Fredericksburg Sentinel says:
They have two circuses in Austin,
the International and the convention
"Ground and lofty tumbling " is the
principal attraction in the former,
while the convention excels as a body
of clowns.
The Sherman Register has a corre-
spondent in Austin, who writes:
If any of the Grayson county folks
have the toothache, or the stock have
destroyed their crops, let them set
forth their grievances in a memorial
and present it to the convention, and
they will surely get the desired relief,
Would suggest that Sherman submit
her city charter to this convention for
ratification—it would surely be bind-
ing then. If the grasshoppers make a
raid into our county, telegraph
once, and the convention will forward
a sufficient militia force to repel the
invasion.
The Age says the city of Houston,
" though she has been tugging at the
thing 'for more than a year, has
succeeded in barely raising $20,000 to
put into the Narrow Gauge Railway.
This enterprise now languishes, and
is probably about to be sold out to pay
debts due the contractor. There is no
present prospect thatj it will be built."
The Dallas Commercial, speaking of
the chances of resuming work on the
Texas and Pacific Railway, says:
Major Bond was in Dallas a few
days ago, and we interviewed him in
regard to the building of the road
west. He said it was simply a little
matter of four hundred thousand dol-
lars cash. If the people of Fort Worth
would raise that amount the road
would be pushed on to that place. It
is but just to Major Bond to state that
he gave us to understand that he did
not think it possible for Fort Worth
to raise that amount, and the company
most surely did not have it.
No extension of the road will be
mad# until Congressional aid is ob-
tained.
tuU ouu Autoulv/ ZZwrtJfftm5>»lcO i
As a Texan we blush for the degen-
erate body of men who occupy the
places of the sages and heroes of Tex-
as, who, thirty years ago, in 1845,
framed in wisdom the organic law
which has guided and ruled us to our
present prosperous condition.
State News.
Education*!.
In Virginia, this year, the increase
of attendance in the public schools
amounts to 16,000 over last year.
In Georgia the whole appropriation
made last year for the support of the
public schools intended to educate the
school population of 400,000 was $260,-
000.
The London Saturday Review la-
ments the present style of teaching
girls of the better classes, and con-
cludes that the laborer's child in the
schoolroom gets a better and more
practical education than most of the
girls who are trained by governesses.
The School Board for London has
arranged that three hundred selected
girls shall be taught cookery by the
teachers of the National Training
School for Cookery at two centers—
one in Marylebone and the other at
Greenwich. The Society of Arts of-
fers five free teacherships of cookery
to be competed for, and the Education
Department gives an annual grant to
schools on behalf of eacli girl taught
cookery according to the code.
The following are the main features
of the provisions on the subject of
education in the new constitution of
Alabama;
The school fund is to be derived
from the following sources: Any lands,
money or other property that may be
given by any individual, or by the
State, for school purposes; all escheats
and equivalents for exemption from
military duty; a poll tax of $1 50; the
interest on the sixteenth section and
surplus revenue fund; not less than
$100,000 annually to be appropriated
l»v the General Assembly, but which
niu-t be increased from time to time,
as the condition of the Treasury and
resources of the State will permit
Separate schools are furnished for
the white and colored children, and
neither race is permitted to attend the
schools of the other.
The expenses of disbursement of the
school fund not to exceed 4 per cent.
At the f6rty-ninth annual meeting
of the Pennsylvania Colonization Soci
ety, Moid on Tuesday, it was stated
that the next expedition to Liberia
will consist mainly of excellent emi-
grants from North Carolina and Louisi-
ana. Among them are two preachers,
Rev. Andrew Cartwright, of Washing-
ton county, N. C., and Rev. Charles
W. Bryant, of New Orleans. Many
others desire to go, but the contribu-
tions come in slowly, owing to the nu-
merous calls for aid in the education
of the freedmen in this country.
t A lawsuit has been in progress in
Carthage, Illinois, for some time, hav-
ing been carried from a Justice's Court
to the Supreme Court of the State,
The claim is for $1, the balance al-
lege* to be due on the price of a pig.
So far the costs are $160 and the law-
yers fees more than $100 on etch side.
bexar county.
At San Antonio Monterey oranges are
for sale on the streets by the cart load..
The fall clip of wool is coming to town
in large quantities The military tele
graph is at work, and headquarters are
in communication with Fort Concho, via
Denison and Fort Griffin . .Three par-
ties are under arrest for passing counter-
feit money, one of them for passing a
$20 counterfeit, knowing the same to be
counterfeit. The bill is tolerably exe-
cuted, and is known as the " Pete Mc-
Cartney " counterfeit.
burnet county.
Mr. Fox, proprietor of the Tiger Mills,
in Burnet couuty, was forced to kill
negro a few days since who was trying
;o kill him.
bell county.
The third annual exhibition of the
Central Texas Fair Association will com-
mence at Salado on Tuesday, the 26'h,
and continue four days .Bell county
has a splendid mast.
bastrop county.
Swarms of grasshoppers have passed
over Bastrop but did not alight.
cherokee county.
An infant daughter of Mr. Adolphus
McKee, living near Larirsa, in Cherokee
county, was burned to death last week.
cooke county.
A large party of immigrants are on
their way to seek homes in the Pan
Handle.
benton county.
There is but one vacant dwelling
house in the city of Denton Crops
have been better in Denton county the
past year than ever before. Some farms
produced a bale of cotton to the acre on
Long Prairie, in Denton county.
dallas county.
Since July 1st the Texas and Pacific
has shipped to St. Louie over three hun
dred car loads of wheat from Dallas,
much of which went to flour manufac
turing points in Illinois, Indiana and
Ohio. .. .The yield of cotton In Northern
and Western Texas has surpassed the
expectations of the most sanguine, and
it is expected, and confidently asserted
by many, that 60,000 bales will be han
died at Dallas th s season... .Two small
Texas leopards were sold to the Interna
ticnal show at Dallas for $100 On
Tuesday a sale of horses was held at
Enoe's stables. M. A. Hibbler sold the
stock to the following purchasers
Chesnut stallion Echo, 5 years old, \o
Mr. James Bfnrley, for $750; bay mare
Bettv, 7 years old, to Capt. Adams, for
$225 ; sorrel colt Horace Greeley, 3 years
old, to Wm. Tennison, for $135 ; bay
gelding Lancer, 6 years old, to Captain
Adams, for $100; sorrel running mare.
Altoona, 7 years old, to Capt Adams, for
$250.
ellis county.
The eighth annual fair of the Ellis
Couuty Agricultural and Mechanical As
sociation commenced on the 21st of Oc-
tober.
erath county.
Stephensville has been visited by
number of land hunters who want new
homes... .The corn crop is about gath-
ered. The yield has been better than an
ticipated Social cuckle-bur cuttings
Me now frequent in our county... .This
has been one of the finest seasons ever
known for cotton picking. The crop
bids fair to be a large one... .The young
est son of Judge H. Jesse, a youth of
eleven, picked one hundred poundB of
cotton one day last week John M.
Keith, son of Mr. J. J, Keith, on Arm-
strong, raised this year 544 bushels of corn
•o fifteen acres of post-oak upland. He
has five acres in cotton, and will make
nearly three bales. The Empire don't
mention this as being such a big crop,
but to show what boys can do when they
will work.
GRAYSON COUNTY.
Over 2000 bales of cotton were com
pressed by the Denison Compress Com-
pany during the month of September,
and the amount for October will be still
larger... .Forty thousand balea of cotton
will be produced this year in the eight
counties surrounding Grayson and that
portion of the Indian Territory adjoining
Texas on the north... .Wheat in Sher-
man commands $1 10 par bushel for the
beet.... Grayson county will bare no fair
this year... .Within the past two days
not leas than one handled immigrant
wagons have pissed through Denison,
and fully a thousand are reported be-
tween MuBkogee, in the Indian Nation,
and Denison... .There is now consider-
able inquiry for cotton pickers. One
man was in Denison Tuesday wanting to
engage twenty hands.
henderson county.
The Union camp meeting at New
York, Henderson county, has been largely
attended. Up to last Wednesday even-
ing there had been about twenty-five
professions and twenty-five additions to
the Uethodist church.
houston county.
Colquit Parker, the marshal of Crock-
ett, who killed Malajah Worham a short
time since, has been admitted to bail in
the sum of $10,000, but as yet he has
been unable to furnish bail. . . .The storm
injured the cotton crop in Houston coun-
ty at least 25 per cent.
harrison county.
Horace Welch has been appointed post-
master for Marshall.
hood county.
A large train of immigrants from Ar-
kansas, to Burnett county, passed throuth
on Saturday... .Two fine droves of cattle
and sheep passed through on Thursday,
going to ranchos west. . . .Several fam-
ilies from East Tennessee have recently
settled on Bucker's Creek... .The Kicka-
poo region is fast settling up with a
thrifty and industrious class of people.
hunt county.
Hunt county has now a population of
fifteen thousand James H. Glass, the
murderer of Robert F. Hagood, formerly
deputy sheriff of this county, reached
town last Friday evening, in the hands
of his captors He was ironed and put
in the dungeon, and a guard consisting of
W. R. Whitmore, J. E. Edmonds, John
Allen and John Smith, our jailor, were
put on duty. About half-past eleven
o'clock that night an armed mob of thir-
ty or forty men compelled the guard to
deliver up the prisoner. They carried
him a mile and hung him. Glass was
about twenty-four years of age, was
raised in Williamson county. He was a
notorious hoise thief, and killed the
deputy sheriff, when under arrest for
thefts, in order to effect his escape.
jack county.
A young man named Jasper Thompson
a brother of John Thompson, near
Jacksboro, was on a raid with some Indi
anB near Fort McKavitt, and it seems that
he had been left at camp with only one
Indian. Jasper, seeing that his chances
for escape were pretty good, cut this In-
dian's throat and decamped, after having
been a captive for thirteen years. He
made his way to Jones's rancho and
made himself known by signs, as he had
entirely forgotten the English language,
johnson county.
A train of fourteen wagons, immigrants
from Missouri, passed through Cleburne
Tuesday morning.. .Cleburne is organiz
ing a fire company... .Johnson county is
unsurpassed by any in the State for the
purposes of grape culture and wine mak
ing. Grapes grow luxuriously and make
a splendid yield of juice, both as to
quantity and quality... Cleburne h
an election last Monday for Mayor; B.
D. Simpson was elected.... A boy on the
Alvarado league, eleven years old, picks
three hundred pounds of cotton in a day.
We put him up as the champian cotton
picker of the State... .The Chronicle
says there are immense quantities of
sumac in Johnson county, and thousands
of pounds of berrie3 might be gathered
and prove of considerable value to the
county. Hides are cheap and abundant
Would it not pay to establish a tannery
at Cleburne 1
marion county.
At the Jefferson fair a $300 cash pre
mium is offered for the best bale of Texas
cotton. There is to be a red fox turned
loose on the grounds the last day of the
Jefferson fair, and a premium given to
the dog that catches it.
m'lennan county.
Thirty-three families have iust arrived
from Kentucky and settled on the
Bosque, in McLennan county... .The
cotton " clog" at the Waco depot still
continues; there are more bales there
than can be shipped in two days. One
firm of buyers alone have over 300 bales
on hand awaiting shipment.
parker county.
On Saturday the teachers and students
of Weatherford High School, and a num-
ber of the citizens of the county, assem-
bled at the Methodist church for the pur-
pose of marching thence in grand proces-
sion to the dedication exercises of the
High School building. The business
uuuses cloned aim w«.&ctford turned
out. The exercises consisted of prayer,
music—both vocal and instrumental—ad-
dresses by Rev. Aaron Grig^by, Col. S.
W. T. Lanham and Col. W.'R. Shannon.
The capital stock of the association not
all being taken, an opportunity was given
to any one wishing to take stock to do so,
and, notwithstanding the lateness of the
hour and the length of the exercises,
stock to the amount of $125 was taken
on the spot.
rusk county.
Large droves of horses and cattle are
yet passing through Henderson to a mar-
ket.
robertson county.
The President has appointed George
Burck Postmaster for Calvert.
shackelford county.
XAdvertisements.
AUCTION SALE.
BY JfARK, LYNCH & CO.— R. A.
PARK, Auctioneer. — Will pell THIS
DAY, 23d inst., at 10 o'clock, at their sales-
room, Strand, for account of insurance—
36 barrels "Coffee A" Sugar, very slightly
damaged: also, an assortment of House-
hold Furniture; also, 30 sacks Corn and an
assortment of Liquors, Groceries and Sun-
dries ; also, 2 Anchors, 1 120-feet 5 inch
Hawser, 1 Diamond Screw, Wheel and Gear,
1 Windlass Gear, 1 Wench, 1 Rudder * ap,
3 Spars, etc.; spars will be sold at wharf,
just before sale at store. Alt*o, 2 case3—
jn»t received from New York—of Ladies1
Undergarments, Infants' Robes, 1000 yards
Embroidery, Edgings, Insertings, etc.
oc23 It
UNDERWRITERS' SALE
SUNDRY 3IERCHANDISE,
Damaged ex-steam*hip City of Waco, City of
San Antonio, and bark A. C. McAdams, con-
sisting of
Tobaccos, Cigar*, Sugar, Coffee,
Dry Goods, Etc.
Sale at our store SATURDAY, October 23,
at 11 o'clock, a. m.
IIEIDEiMIELTIER BROS.
Terms—Cash. oc23 It
^PPLES!
POTATOES !!
ONIONS!!!
JUST RGCEirCO,
For sale low to the trade, by
EVANS 4c CO.,
oc23 3t una* 54 and 56 Market street.
Arautienicnl§.
Tremont Opera House
Katin e Tc-Day at 2 o'clwfc.
Matinee To-Day at 2 o'clock.
ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
UHAi\D DOUBLE BILL.
To-Night (Saturday), October 23,
Mr. Oliver Doud Byron
will appear for the la?t. time as FJ2RRETT
and BEN McCULLOUGH.
GRAND DOUBLE BILL TO-NIGHT.
Across the Continent
AND
BEN McCOLLOUGH!
Don't fail to go TO NIGHT to see O. D.
BY 11JN in two pieces. Your last chance.
For Sa!e—For Slent,
FOR SALE.
At Jteduved Price*,
International Knilrnad Land Certifi-
cates, Free from Taxation for
Twenty-five Tears.
Alternate Land Certificates,
Independent DHch Certificates, with
Hcadright Privilege.--;
ALSO
MAPS OF ORIGINAL SURVEYS of the
following counties: Galveston, Travis, Llano,
Raines, Karnes, Kendall,Wilson, Mason, Rob-
ertson, and will shortly be in receipt of the
other connties. Price, $1 each.
FORSTER, LUDLOW & CO..
se9 th sat tu 2m Austin, Texas.
MONDAY, October
1 DONALD McKAY."
25—Historical Drama
THE FIRST
Annual Exhibition
"j^AGIO LANTERNS.
McAllister's Patent Artoptlcoii.
The most powerful Magic Lantern ever
made; with a brilliant Oil Lamp; for Home,
Sunday Schools and Lectures, Stereopticons,
etc. Slides at reduce prices.
A Profitable Business for a man with small
capital. Catalogues sent an application.
WM. Y. McALLlSTKR.
oc23 sat&wed 2m 728 Chestnut st., Phila., Pa.
JJ ARD WARE HARDWARE
Our stock of HARDWARE, suitable for the
RETAIL TRADE,
is as complete as any in the city, aad at as
low prices. Call and see up.
STEELE. WOOD & CO.,
68 and 70 Tremont fctreet.
-OF THE —
T. C. THOMPSON & CO.,
Wholesale Druggists
Have Removed to
Nos. 15» and 161 STRAND.
Patent Mod cines,
Chemicals* Leads,
Oils, Tarnishes. Etc.,
Always ia Stock.
Sole State Agrents for St. Louis Lead
and Oil Company's Strictly
Pure Leads. [oc3 lm
Capital State Fair
ASSOCIATION
WILL BE HELD AT THE
FAIR GROUNDS,
P"OR SALE OR EXCHANGE
Houston City Property for Galveston Proper-
ty. Three Lots, Two Cottages and Stable,
etc., corner Franklin and St. Emanuel sts.,
near the Great Northern Railroad Depot.
For particulars addiess
Dr. C. R. NUTT,
oc2 lm Houston. Texas.
gtock for sale.
30 Head Fine Large Kentucky
Mules,
For sale by
KICKER & WILDER,
aul '75 dlv 68 Strand.
JpOR RENT FOR RENT
McINTYRE HOTEL,
A three-story brick, situated ija the center of
business; thirty-four sleeping rooms, ele-
gantly furnished, with two acres of land for
gardening purposes. Apply to
H. c. McINTYRE,
ocl6 2m Brenham, Texas.
jP LECTION NOTICE.
Pursuant to the election proclamation of His
Excellency Richard Coke, Governor of
the State of Texas, issued on the 13th
day of October, A. D. 1875:
I, Robert D. Johnson, Presiding Justice of
the County of Galveston, by virtue of the au-
thority vested in me by the laws of the State
of Texas, do hereby order an election to be
held, on
Saturday, the 23d day of October,
A. I>. 1875,
at the polling places of the respective election
precincts of Galveston County, for the elec
tion of one delegate from the Twelfth Sena
torial District, composed of the counties of
Galveston, Brazoria and Matagorda to the
Constitutional Convention now in session, to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation
of Hon. Edward S. Rugely, of Matagorda
county—said election to be held and returns
wiade in accordanco with the laws of the
State of Texas regulating general elections
The following persons have been appointed
Presiding Officers of Election at the respect-
ive precincts, to wit:
D. D. Waters, Clear Creek Precinct.
Wm. J. Jones, Higiland Station.
G. W. Strother, Crow's School-house.
Fltzhugh Ward, at George Plitt's Market
corner.
P. H. He^nessy, at Mike Kimly's Market
corner.
J. M. Rogers, at c^urt.house<
Preston Perry, at Fi^t Ward Market.
George J. Griscom, at A. i Johnson's house.
Presiding officers will mak* returns to me
within the time prescribed by la%.
Given under my hand, at Galveston .October
18,1875. ROBERT D. JOHNSON,
Presid:ng Justice,
ocl8 Elt&dtd Galveston Ccunty.
On the 5th inBtant a Bquad of nine In-
dians ran three men into Griffin. No one
was hurt. They were supposed to be
Tonkawas. .. .Col. Shafter's camp was
charged a few weeks ago by- about thirty
Indians. Some shooting. No one hurt.
... .Col. Shafter has seven companies of
the Tenth Cavalry with him, on the
plains, where he will remain the greater
part of the winter. A train of fifty or
sixty wagons left Fort Griffin on the 6th,
for Shafter's outfit.
travis county.
One hundred and ninety-four bales of
cotton were shipped from Austin on
Tuesday. Nearly two hundred bales
were brought to the city... .The attend-
ance at the camp meeting of the Southern
Methodist Church was very large. Be-
sides a very large delegation from Austin,
five counties were represented.
van zandt county.
Business very lively at Wells's Point.
Cotton shipments up to October 20, 1128
bales; 448 for the week ending Friday,
with about 150 ready for shipment
Farmers made large crops of cotton in
this and adjoining counties this year.
They can not get hands enough to pick it
out Weather cool and dry. We
need rain very much... .The country is
healthy.
• i m»
MARRIED s
PIERCE —JAMES—October 21st, at the resi-
dence of the bride's mother, Mrs. A F. James,
by Rev. S. M. Bird, A. H. Pierce, of Indiano-
la, *o Miss Hattie James.
Special Notices.
Notice.—The officers and members of the
Galveston Firemen's Relief Fund Association
are Hereby notified to attend the funeral of
G. Salter, of Star State No. 3, late member of
this Association, from hall of Star State No. 3,
on SATURDAY, 23d inst., at 9 o'clock, A. ii.
By order, D. WAKELEE, Pres't.
H. C. Johnston, Sec'y. oc22 E&d
ft olice.—The officers and members of Star
State Steam Fire Engine Company No. 3 are
ordered to meet at their Hali, SATURDAY,
Oct. 23, at 9 o'clock a. m.. to attend the fune-
ral of our late member, G. W. Salter.
C. W. KOESTER, Foreman.
W. H. Mokller, Secretary.
The officers and members of the Fire De-
partment are respectfully invited to attend.
oc22 E&dlt
Notice »o Consignees.—The bark GAL-
YEoTON, Sawyer, master, from New York, is
now discharging cargo at New Wharf.
All goods remaining on the wharf after
o'clock p. m., (not receipted for), will be
stored at risk and expense of consignees.
All claims for damages must be adjusted be-
fore the goods leave the wharf.
J. N. SAWYER, Agent,
oc23 tf No. 54 Strand.
PI otlee— The Eighth Installment (fifteen
per cent.) on tne capital stock of the Gulf,
Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company is
called In, by order of the Board of Directors,
payable at the office of the Secretary on the
first of October, 1875.
M. ROPPERL, )
R. S. WILLIS, >■ Finance Committee.
N.N.JOHN, \
i\few Advertisements.
JUST RECEIVED-50 bbls. EARLY
Rose, Peach Blow and Peerless Potatoes,
i5 bbls. Oysters, 10 bbls. Red Onions. Swiss
and Edam Cheese, Herrings, Salt Sardells
Ollres, and an assortment of the best quali-
ties of TEAS. Twin Brothers' Yeast Cakec.
Robinson's Patent Barley, for Infants' Food.
Bnelish Oatmeal.
oc23 FRED. C. MEYER.
YY"e are PREPARED TO MAKE
LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES
On Consignments to our friends,
K. GRIMSHiV t CO., Liverpool.
Also to our correspondents in New York,
Boston and Providence.
OCS3 lm JOS. H. METCALF A CO., Strand.
The news job office was
Tn Unw amjw aw Tin.
=IN ST0RE=
2500 Sacks Coffee
Ex Edmond Richardson.
e=T0 ARRIY£=
FROM RIO,
4000 Sacks Coffee
Ex Norwegian Bark Andres.
1TI. KOPPERL.
=IN STOHE=
4000 Sacks Coffee.
TO ARRIVE PER SHEFFIELD,
6000 Sacks Salt.
KAIIFFDUN St IVNGE.
ap23 una tf
FIRST CARGO
4000 Sacks COFFEE
Per Bark ALMA, frcm Rio.
Will be sold at reduced |rices from the
wharf.
jy2
Jm H* ELS1VOKTH d CO.
75 22muna
Lost lost
Certificate of Deposit No. 3272, drawn by
Messrs. Ball, Hutchings & C#., June 12, 3875,
for $858 93-100, payable to the order of L. S.
McMicken, and by him indorsed to the un-
dersigned. Said certificate is supposed to be
lost through the mails, and tie public is cau-
tioned not to negotiate for it, as the payment
has been stopped.
oc9 lm L. C. FISHER.
Iron Fotinderies.
EST-STRAND IRON WORKS.
Manufacturer of Bridge Bolts: Railroad Frogs
out of railroad iron bars, (samples to be seen
on Wharf Railroad:)and every description of
Smith Work for Railroads. Iron Doors and
Shutters. Sky-lights, Boiler Iron, Casings for
Bank Vaults, and House Smithing in general,
Threads cut on pipe and fitted to order.
For estimates, address J. ASTALL,
ap9 ly Galveston.
—NEAR THE—
CITY OF AUSTIN
ON THE—
9th, 10th, 1 ltli, 12th and 13th
Days of November, 1875.
rpEXAS LANDS FOR SALE
CHEAP FOtfc CASH.
640 acres in Coma! county, 25 miles from
county seat, New Braunfels.
553X acres in Galveston and Bracoria coun-
ties, 8 miles from railroad.
3?6 acres, more or less, in M adiaoa county,
near Willowhale prairie.
200 acres in Grimes county.
200 acres in Grimes county.
160 acres In Chambers county, on Bay front.
160 acres in Chambers county, on Ridge,
102 acres in Comal county, a valuable tract
of land, with farm on it, wood, water, timber,
close to county seat. D. RICHARDSON,
jel2 D&Wtf Galveston.
Inaugural addresses will be delivered by
GEN. JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON,
EX-GOV. J. W. THROCKMORTON, and
MAJ0R C.
Association.
S. WEST, President of the
Races and Trotting Matches by
llorses and Mules Every Afternoon
During the Exhibition.
Firemen's Parade and Drill oa the
Afternoon of the Second l>oy.
New Iron Works
AND
MACHINE SHOP,
WEST MECHANIC STREET, NEAR BATH
AVENUE.
We are prepared to furnish material, and
to manufacture any and ali kinds of &TEAM
BOILERS and HEATERS, IRON CISTERNS,
DOORS and SHUTTERS.
Will attend to putting up and taking down
machinery and
STEAM ENGINES,
Fitting and Setting the same, upon the latest
and most approved principles.
Also, are prepared to do Iron Work for
Bridges, Wharves, Railroads, and do general
Blacksmithing Work.
Are about to fit up our Shop with
STEAM MACHINERY,
which will greatly facilitate us to meet the
want* of the public.
Military l'arade and Drill on the
Afternoon of the Fourth Day.
Closing the Fifth Day With a (irand
Tournament.
For particulars see Premium List,
which will be furnished upon application to
the Secretary.
C. S. WEST, PrefcH.
BEN. HONNEX, Secretary.
se3P> t no
Educational.
THE J I'USO N FEMALE
JL INSTITUTE.
This long established and deservedly popular
School for Young Ladies, located in the beau-
tiful and healthy town of MARION, ALA.,
opened its Thirty-eighth session on the 4th of
Octooer, with an unusually large complement
of pupils
The Faculty, consisting of ten experienced
and talented teachers, are prepared to fur-
nish iDstruction in all the branches of a libe-
ral and thorough education.
A rare opportunity is afforded to scholars
in Instrumental Music and Vocalization by
the able and accomplished Director of this
Department, PROF. OTiO A. SCHMIDT,
late of St.-Lonis, Mo.
Vocalization of the whole school. Elocution
and Calisthenics, are furnished to the pupils
Free of Charge.
The Boarding Department of the Institute
is under the direction of the President and
his wife.
For further information address
oc20tf REV. M. T. SUMNEK, President.
Y°UNG LADLES'
Boarding & Day School,
Cor. McKinney and Crawford Sts.,
HOUSTON, TEXAS,
The Sixteenth Scholastic Term commences
D. V. SEPTEMBER 1, 1&15.
For terms, etc., please apply at the Insti-
tute.
se7 3m M. B. BROWNE, Directress.
Seeds, Plants, Etc.
LANDRETH'S
New Turnip Seed.
(Growth of 1875,)
KIRK & RIDDELL,
Corner Market and 21th Sts.
ja 13 12m
BOTHMAN, HIESE1
■el 8m
tc. OO.
C. D. HOLMES,
Nos. 10 and 12 Market street,
Between 24th and 25th streets,
GALVESTON,
SEEDS,
STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES,
SHIP STORES, ETC.
J est recelyed and for rale a full as-
sortment of
Fresh Fall Garden Seeds.
Alsa, Soar Lake "Water.
jy!6 12m
Land Agencies.
W. C. WALSE.
THOS. PILGRIM.
WALSH & PILGRIM,
gsneraij
LAND AND COLLECTION AGENTS,
AUSTIN, TEXAS,
Perfect Titles,' p&j Taxes and collect
jy30 dftW3m*
Claims against the State.
We mean business
^7"AL B. KINS & CO.,
REAL ESTATE AU£NTS,
Stock, Bend & Exchange brokers,
JP«OR SALE ..FOR BALE.
An Uprifchi
FLUE BOILER,
Large enough for a Tvrelve-Horse Power En
gine. It will be sold cheap, and i»w be sees
AT
C. B. Lee & Co.'s Fotmcwy.
fs31 D&Wtf
Insurance.
NINTlf ANNUAL STATEMENT '
OF TnE
MERCHANTS'
Insurance Company
OF GALVESTON,
For tlie Year ending September 30,
1875.
PROFIT?.
Fire premiums 550,576 21
Marine premiums 5,773 64
River premiums 1,953 79
Interest 6,283 19
Rents 4,780 10
Premium on gold 885 30— Sv0,257 23
LOSSES.
Fire losses $40,623 S3
Marine losses c82 33
Return premiums and
commissions 9,001 2o
Expenses, re-insurance,
and taxes 14,963 73— $64,971 15
RESOURCES.
Real estate $73,-294 20
Stocks and bonds 83,091 95
Bills receivable.. 41,9«8 55
Premiums in course of
collection 8,946 17
Furniture 2,833 36
Due from individuals... 2,464 67
In suspense 267 C2
Cash, currency 8,181 43
Cash, coin 1,431 28
Profit and loss 32,272 85— |253,774 48
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock $250,000 CO
Scrip outstanding 350 00
Due individuals 3,424 48— $253,774 48
Fire, Tlarlne, and Inland Louse s
Paid by Merchants' Insurance Company, from
September, 1866, to September £0, 1875.
186 7 $18,866 63
1868 21,133 72
1869 33,992 14
187 0 160,944 02
187 1 103.089 63
1872 92,754 07
1873 35,052 97
1874 41 ,927 46
1875 41,006 16
Cotton Presses.
TARIFF OF CHARGES
For sale—some copies of the pro
cee^ings of the Grand Masonic Lodge of
Texas, from its organization at Houston, A.
D. 1887. to the close of the Communication at
Palestine, January, A. D. 1857, by A. S. Ruth-
ven. Grand Secretary and Past Grand Master.
In two volumes. Apply at the News office,
Galveston. no26 D&Wtf
Oc8 lmt
STB AN A' GALVLSTON.
jyjILCII COWS FOR SALE.
TO ARRIVE IN A FEW DAYc*,
SOME CHOICE TJ ILK Kit*.
Inquire at Poole & Co.'s.,
ocl6 lOt
A. J. McLOUTH.
Professiocai Cards.
Q_EO. M. MAVERICK,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
Northwest corner Fifth and Market street
ST. LOUIS, MO.
oc21 3m*
^ ALTER GRESHAM,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
No. 139 HAST POSTOFF1CE Street,
oc22'74 1y <»aivextoij, Ten*,
gALLMGJSH,
JACK & MOTT.
Attorney*
anit ( imiMi llori
Law.
5*o. 129 Postoffice Street-
novl4Dtf
•4ALVR8TON, TEXAS.
d. c. giddings. t. w. morrisfl.
Q_IDDINGS & MORRISS,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law
— AND —
General Land Agents,
Brenham, Washington Co., Texas.
Will practice in he District, Supreme and
Federal Courts. my23 6m
j^OBERT Y. DAVIDSON,
^ ATTORNKV-AT LAW,
Ballinger & Jack s Building,
GALVESTON TEXAS,
Prompt attention given to collection ol
claims.
Anv business intrusted to him will receiye
careful attention. ia30 tf
jyj C. McLEMORE,
Alloriicv-at-Lai«r,
MOODY & JEMISQK'S BUILDING,
oc28 12m
Sthand, Galveston.
Legal Advertisements,
rpRUSTEE'S SALE.
In pursuance of the terms of a mortgage,
with power of sale, executed by T. T. Smoth
ers to Alford, Miller & Veal, on the 9th day of
December, A. D. 1872, and recorded in book A
of mortgages, page S£46 of the records of Lib
eity county, to secure an indebtedness of
$2560 80-100, and authorizing therein said Al-
ford, Miller & Veal to advertise and sell the
land hereinafter mentioned in the event said
indebtedness and interest were not paid on
or by October 1, 1873 ; and wnereas, said in
debtedness is due and wholly unpaid, and de-
fault has thereby been made, now. therefore,
on FRIDAY, the 12th day of November, A. D.
1875, at 11 o'clock, between the hours pre-
scribed by law, I will sell to the highest bid-
der for cash, before the Court-house door of
Galveston county, 853 6-10 acres of land, an
undivided interest in the two' leagues of land
originally granted to Pedro Bermeo, situated
about five miles westward of Wolf Point,
on the south side of Pine Island Bayou, in
said Liberty county.
ALFOKD, MILLER & VEAL,
In liquidation by
oc-21 td GEO. F. ALFORD.
TRUSTEE'S SALE.—By virtue of
authority in me vested as substitue trus-
tee, appointed for the purpose of executing a
trust deed made on the 2Jth day of March,
1873, by F. R. Jones and S. F. Jones, his wife,
of Bastrop county. Texas, to secure the pay-
ment of two certain promissory notes, bear-
ing date Jan'y 1, 1873, each for the sum of one
thousand dollars in gold, due respectively in
one or two years after date, payable to the or-
der of Martha W. Holman, and bearing inter-
est at the rate of ten per cent., I will sell at
public auction to the highest bidder, for cash,
in front of the front door of the Court-house
in Galveston county, on
MONDAY, NOVEMBER, 1, 1875,
the land conveyed in said trust deed, to wit:
Two hundred and forty acres of land in Bas-
trop county, Texas, on the waters of Sandy
Creek, east of the Colorado river, between
McDade and Elgin, on the Houston and Texas
Central Railroad. For metes and bounds of
property reference is made to the deed of
trust, which is of record in said couoty of Bas-
trop. in book S, page 248. Said sale is made
to satisfy said notes and interest. Fift;
acres of this land is in cultivation. A peae!
- . I
orchard and apple trees on the place; also
good well-wacer, dwelling with four rooms,
smoke-house, cribs and stables.
D. B. SHERWOOD.
oc20 td Substitute Trustee.
rpRUSTEE'S SALE.
By virtne of the authority in me vested by
a certain deed of trust executed on the 30th
day of May 1871, by Marie Calloway, and re-
corded in book 4, pages 384 and 386, Galves-
ton County Records, in order to secure the
payment of her promissory note for the sum
of $1063 12, of even date with said deed of
trust, said note bearing interest at the rate
of 12 per cent per annum from its date until
paid, and said note being payable six months
from its date, and being now wholly unpaid,
principal and interest, though payment has
often been demanded; "and at the request
of Thomas Baker, the legal holder and owner
of said promissory note," I ehall sell at pub-
lic auction, for cash, in front of the Court-
house door of the county of Galveston, Texas,
on the TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY OF OCTO-
BER, 1875, at 12 o'clock m., the followirg de-
scribed property, to wit:
Lot No. 5 in Block No. 444, in the city of
Galveston, Texas, according to the map df
said city, together with all the buildings and
improvements situated thereon.
I will convey to the purchaser such title to
said property as I am authorized to do by
said deed of trust. C. OLFSON,
Trustee.
GcUvcstOff, Ttxas, Oct. 15, 1875. oclQ 10t*
$548,766 80
The above Statement is a true and correct
transcript from the books of the Company.
JNO. D. ROGERS, President.
Henry Sampson, Secretary.
Sworn to and subscribed by Henry Sampson,
whom I know, at Galveston, this 14th Oc
tober, 1875, before me
EDWARD T. AUSTIN,
Notary Public for Galveston County.
ocl7 d7tW2t2dp
-OF THE-
SOUTHERN
COTTON PRESS
COMPANY'S PRESSES.
WHARF PRESS,
Office Cor. Mechanic and 34tli St*.
SHIPPERS' PRESS,
Office Cor. lUecbanic and 30lh Sts.
FACTORS' PRESS,
Office Cor. Church and 30th Sts.
MERCHANTS' PRESS,
Office Cor. Strand and 10th Sts.
SEPTEMBER 1, 1875.
40
MERCHANTS'
Insurance Company,
NO. 68 STRAND* GALVESTON
{Organised, 1883«)
FtfiE, MARINE AMD BIYSK.
CASH CAPITAL (FULL PAID) 8350,000
JOHN D. ROGERS, President;
LEON BLUM, Vice President;
BALLINGER, JACK & MOTT, Attorney!;
HENRY SAMPSON Secretary.
DIRECTORS:
Joan D. Rogsrs of John D. Rogers & Co.
L&on Blum of Lson &H. Blum.
IcoitGS Ssaly of Ball. Hutchings & Co.
W. A. Cliphint of Gary Oliphint.
M. F. Mott...—of Eallingor, -Jack & Mott.
H. Kjehfnsr cf Marx & Eempner.
H. Kcfpkrl. .Pres't National Bank of Texas.
El. A. Brown of R. A. Brown A (Jo.
T. W. PoLTa ....of Folts & Waishe.
3. G. Duval ..of Grinnan & Duval.
Henry Sampson Sec'y. Merchants' Ins. Co.
E. S. Jemison of Moody & Jemison.
P. Halff of Halff, Woiss&Co.
. The Company insures against loss or dam-
age by fire on Buildings. Merchandise, Pro-
duct?, Household Furniture, and otner inour«.
ble property in town and co\intry, and is con-
ducted on strictly conservative principles.
Risks are assumed only at adequate rates of
premium, and losses promntly adiaaterf,
jan3-'75-d&Wlv
1843. "We Hold Tiiee Safe!" 1875.
ROYAL
Insurant^ <£»., of fikrpol,
ENGLAND.
Manager, JOHN McLAREN, Esq.,
At LIVERPOOL.
Total Assets $16,278,054 85
Total Assets Inl the
United States 2,138,510 36
Net Fire Surplus, af-
ter Deducting Lia-
bilities of Every
Kind 5,540,583 86
Losses Paid Since
Organization 39,988,546 89
R.J. H ughes, Agent
GALVESTON, TEXAfi.
'pEXAS MUTUAL,
LIFE INSURANCE CO.,
HOME OFFICE l
T4 Tremont Street. 74
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
Guarantee to Policy Holders. $3(S4,753 46
Surplus, May 31, 1874 17,08 5 53
Directors:
J. P. Davie, Hardware Merchant, Galveston.
Bernard Tiernan.
A. C. McKeen, Cotton Factor, Galveston.
Henry Sampson, Secretary Merchant's In
surance Company, Gaivo3toxi.
George F. Alford, of Alford & Miller, Gal
veston.
N. B. Yard, of Yard & Sullivan, Galveston
Herman M.ar*vitz, Grocery Merchant, Ga-
veston.
Ex-Governor F. R. Lubboci, Galveston.
C. E. Richards, of Richards & Haw&in^.
Galveston.
S. G. Etheridge, of Etheridge & Co., Galvea
ton.
R R. Davis, cf B. K. Davis & Bro., Galveston.
S. M. Welch, M. D.
Thomas Ke&d, Cashier First National Bank
Galveston.
Officers*
P. DAVIE President.
N. B. YARD Vice President.
B. B. RICHARDSON Secretary.
8. M. WELCH, M. D., Cor suiting Physician
Li\K MEN WANTED AS SOLICITORS.
£ecl3'74-iJi
Medical.
jQR. M. PERL,
SENEGAL PKAUTITIONBS,
Can be consulted at the Texas Hygienic In-
stitute, corner Travis street and Texas Ave
nue, Houston, Texas. Special attention given
to chronic diseases i*2QD&Wtf
PITSCHKE, M. D.,
Physician, Surgeon ami Accoucher,
Office cor. Center and Market sts.
Can be Consulted by Ladies at his resi-
dence. Postoffice and Thirteenth streets,
oc2t lm*
D. E. SCHOOLFIELD,
Druggist and Pharmaceutist,
109 MARKET STREET 109
Prescriptions Carefully Compounded
at All Hour?.
Also a fine assortment of
Perfumeries,Foreign and Domestic,
—and—
TOILET ARTICLES OF EVERY DESCRIP-
oclO lm TION.
^RTHUR S. WOLFF, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN,
SURGEON AND ACCOUCHEUR,
GRAND SOUTHERN HOTEL.
Office—Corner Market and 22d at.,
OrriCB Hours—9 to 11 a. m„ and 2 to 4 p. k.
ocU lm*
Consignees' Cliarge®.
Per bale.
Drayage to press on all cotton received.. 15
Storage for 5rst month or part of month,
(including sampling,)
Storage for each additional month or part
of month w
On all rejections for extra labor 15
On all cotton turned out for classing or
re sampling for account of factor and re-
stored 15
Cotton transferred from one account to
i other 10
NO ALLOWANCE TO BE MADE TO FAC-
TORS SAMPLING THEIR OWN COTTON.
Repairs.
Half Covers 60
Whole Covers, without Ties 1 20
Whole Covers, with Ties 2 50
Assorting, re-baling and covering dry cot-
ton 3 50
Drying, re-baling and eevering wet pick-^
ings 5C0
Examining or picking mixpacked or dam-
aged cotton 1 00
Supplying missing Ties, each 15
Cotton banded with Wire, (not considered
Merchantable.) will be charged for banding
with proper Ties.
Material for Repairs to be Furnished by
the Press, -
THE PRESS WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR CONCEALED COUNTRY
DAMAGE.
Charges lo Shippers.
Per bale.
Shippers' charges, including drayage to
vessel, whether transferred from origi-
" nal owner or not 30
Cotton shipped uncompressed to vessel.. 40
Covering sample holes, covers furnished
by shippers 5
Covering sample holes, covers furnished
by press, (not branded) 15
Ship marking 5
Arranging for re-classing er re-marking,
after being class marked 15
Cotton transferred from one account to
another 10
Cotton class marked and net moved with-
in three days after classification shall be
charged storage per month or fraction-
al part of month 25
Compressing Charges—In Currency.
coastwise.
At % and under % 50c. per bale
At* .. % 60c.
At % .. lc 70c.
Atlc. .. 75c.
At 1% .. IX 80c.
At 1% and over 85c.
to great britain—payable in gold.
At %d. and under 7-16d 55c. per bale.
At 7-16d. and under >£(? 65c. per bale.
At %d. and under 9-16d 75c. per bale.
At 9-16d. and under %d.... 80c. per bale.
At %6. and under ll-16d 85c. per bale.
At ll-16d. and under %d 90«. per bale..
At Xd- and under Id 95c. per bale.
At Id. ....100 perbale.
And every 1-16 above Id. an advance of 5c.
per bale.
to havre and all continental ports—paya-
ble in gold.
At K and under % 56c. per"bale.
At % and under 3c 65c. perbale.
At lc. and under 1>» 75c. per bale.
At 1% and under 13^ 80c. perbale.
At and under \K— 86c. per bale.
At Ifi "-"J under 1 9Sc. per bale.
At IX and under 1% .95c. per bale.
At IX to 2 1 00 per bale.
And every ^of a cent over two cents an
advance of 5c. per bale.
The charge for compressing shall be deter-
mined by the Charter Papers or by the rate
of freight, as quoted by the Galveston Cot-
ton Exchange.
When additional ties are ordered (over six)
by ship, fifteen cents will be charged for each
tie.
No cotton delivered to vessel or lighter
without a written order from master or agent
of same. On all cotton sent on such orders
not received, and ordered back to press,
drayages made and paid by press will be
charged to vessel.
[Official 1
au31 t oc27
P. LIFKLV,
Superintendent.
Houston Cotton Press Co.
propose to do a
Receiving, Forwarding and Storage
Business.
Consignments of Cotton Solicited.
T. W. HOUSE, A. J. BURKE, A. A. SZABO,
President. Seeretary. Superin't.
All cotton consigned to our care by the
Houston aod Tex*s Central Railway will be
received free of drayage. Shipments to any
foreign or domestic port, via Honston direct,
or any other line, according to instructions,
will be forwarded free of charge, furnishing
Bills of Lading to shipper and consignee. All
we desire is to obtain the compressing, which
is^aid by the vessel.
business will be conducted on the prin-
ciples of strict economy and honesty, with a
view to facilitate the forwarding of crops
with the^nallest possible expense.
Shippeflssending us consignments are re-
quested to be explicit in their instructions,
giving ma'ks and weights of their cotton, and
it will receive prompt attention.
Planters desiring to sell their own cotton
can forward their consignments to our care;
will pay freights for, say ten days, free of
charge; will insure the cotton if instructed
to do so; all charges will be only for storage
and public weighing, which is sixty cents, and
whatever the insurance may be, say about
eighty-five cents per bale; and, if ordered,
will make sales for planters at the usual com-
mission. Consign to Housion Cotton Press
Company. se7 2m
Hardware—Cutlery, Etc.
E. G. BOWZEK.
D. C. WRIGHT.
Bowzer & Wright
IMPORTERS OP AND WHOLESALE
D UUM at
POCKET & TABLE CUTLERY
RAZORS, SCISSORS, SHEARS, Etc.,
Keep the most comDrehensive assortment of
goods In their line ever seen in this section of
country. Dealers from the Interior should
call and see for themselves.
Particular attention given fco orders by
mail.
10T Strang 10T
ja31 9m Galveston.
y.ua
sue & Lufkin
Have for sale a large assortment of
Heating and Cooking
AT LESS THAN COST.
Also a fine assortment of
SHOT-GUNS.
Tinware Ten Per Cent. CUeaper
tban manufacturers' Price List.
Single and Double-wheel
CORN-SHELLERS, HAY-CUTTERS,
And a large assortment of heavy and shelf
y HARDWARE
TOS. LABADIE
Has just opened a large and well selected
stock of
DOMESTIC HARDWARE,
WOODENWARE,
HOUSEHOLD TRICKS,
CARPENTER'S TOOLS,
KALSOMING BRUSHES,
TROWELS, SHOVELS, SPADE5,
RAKES, HOES, LOCKS, SCREWS,
WHEEL-BARROWS, HINGES,
Etc , ROPE and TWINES.
We are offering $6000 worth of Guns at
really less than they cost, to make room for
oth«r goods. Come »ud see us. ap!5 'Jm
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