The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 217, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 1, 1880 Page: 1 of 4
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Ornci or Publication: Nos. 113 attn u6 Majudct Stblst, Ualvestos, Texas. 1* riaed at thk 1'oanrrriLt at OuYasrox as Secoxb-class Mattes.
ESTABLISHED 1842.
GALVESTON, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1880-PRICfc 5 CENTS.
y ^JXXIX-NO. 217.
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AMUSEMENTS.
AT HE OPERA-
if
Oii.
WEDNESDAY Night, at 8 o'clk.
Ueserved seats can be had from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m.,
at the Ticket Office.
Help Wanted.
WA NTED -AN EXPERIENCED SHIPPING
Clerk, by a Wholesale Grocery House. Ad-
'dress Box N. News office.
Air ANTKD A WOD HOSTLER WHO ALSO
T T iHidarstaiids gardening. Apply to
M. KOPPERL, cornei* ~lih street and Broadway.
WllVTKb
T ▼ AN ELEVATOR BOY.
at TREMONT HOUSE.
"V%TANTKD- A COOK. ALSO. WOMAN TO
* ▼ wash and nonfat 4S«U East Broadway, corner
lath street.
"IVTANTED-^ Traveling- Salesmen—Must un-
t 1 derstand Whole sale Clothing business and be
Well acquainted with Texas trade. Address P. O.
Drawer®, <Jalveston.
8itii at i on s W anted.
AGHAWATE ©F Till: UNIVKB-
Kity of Virginia, who has had fifteen years
experience as teacher (part of which he ha« ac-
quired as Professor of Ancient Languages in one
of the best schools in the South), desires a situa-
tion as Professor of Ancient Languages, or as prin-
cipal of a good school.
Address " BURFORD," Burkeviile posloflfiee, Not-
toway county, Virginia.
OAK HILL NtTESERIES,
bre1vhaiti, - TEXAS.
LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
FRUIT TREES AND ORNAMENTAL SHRUBBERY
For Dealers and Nurserymen.
Careen-House and Bedding Plants in Quantity. Send for Catalogue.
tg-NO TRAVELING AGENTS. KESRI K. I.OfKITT, Proprietor.
_ Fo r^Sale.
PORTLAND AND BOSEN'DATJC CKMKNT.
.Ins; received and to arrive: 8500 bbls. tbest.
brands) ex schooners Bayliss, Sibley. Veteran and
Ibis. Twenrv-five thousand English*fire brick. For
sule low by ' GEO. H. HEX 'HMAN,
Importer and Dealer. Galveston, Texas.
Momumeiits, Headstone's Etc.
A .1LLE\ «fc CO., WHOLESALE AND KE-
• tail Dealers.
Also agents for
ENGLISH PORTLAND CEMENT,
Pure and Fresh.
Box 734. GALVESTON. TEXAS.
I. LOVENBERG,
J.
?>usiE t\ss C • arils.
MEYERS' AiCTIOSi STORE
der thaTremont Opera-house (Tremont street),
AUCTION EVERY NIGHT. Assorted Merchan-
dise at private sale. Wholesale and Retail. Highest
prices paid for SECOND-HAND FURNITURE.
7rrL?KSTO!V LIVKKV STABLKS,
VT Center and Winnie streets—Hunting1 phartons.
buggies, carriages, saddle horses, job and band
wagons. Burials attended to. Coffins always on
baud. Orders received by telephone.
H. GRESSER.
IIRHSHIystersanb FISH- ~
G. B. MARS AN, shipper.
Post-office Box 585. Galveston.
MiscellancoiisJW ants.
^JOUNTl SCRIP ISSUED TO JURORS AND
' others purchased by
. MEYER.
Lost.
LOST—On Sunday night last, a plain amethyst
earring. Finder will be rewarded by leaving
same at this office.
Xoti cesjLJ^t C
J^AND SOLD FOR TAXES Wl LL BE
redeemed upon application to
LAWRENCE & EDWARDS,
. Austin. Tessas.
Lands sold for taxes bi the
Comptroller redeemed by J. H. COL LETT,
" Austin, Texas.
fllAKE YOUR SISTERS. YOUR COUSINS AND
A your aunts to J. G. Brittingham's Gallery. 174
Tremont St.. anil secure Photos at reduced prices.
For tjie Holidays.
1.X)R THSi BWLIDAYS-I AM NOW RE-
. ceiving my Holiday supply of Toys and Fancy
Articles, and can offer the tinest selection ever pre-
sented in this-city. L C. LEVY.
Variety Store, Market street.
Between -1st and 2&L
1HK! ST JW. AS CA RDS - Finesst Selretiotiln
> the city, l or sale by CLARKE & COURTS.
Stationers and Printers. Tremont street.
PRANCS CrRRAT PRIZE-OHKtoTAfAS
and New Year's Cards from5c. up to gl. Noth-
ing everwasdiner. Call or send for them at
J. E. MASON'S Bookstore.
Christmas number of YOUNG LA WES' JOUR-
NAL. it is a beauty. Get a.copji; We,
CtS-A RK.E A eOtfRTS are receiving a line
I fine of Holiday Goods. Call and see them.
69 TREMONT STREET.
OLIDAY PRESENTS—WEEKLY PAY~-
. MENTS.—Persons wishing lo buy a G«dd or
Silver Watch, Bracelets, Neckchniti. Rings, or any
art icle in Silver or Silverplated Ware, can do so now
by making weekly payments, at the GALVKSrON
LOAN OFFICE, next the Two Brothers Saloon.
(i Fine Vnlausidricd Shirts for - $6 00
6 do. Laundried do. Tor - G 00
6 Best Keep's Unlaundried do. for 7 50
6 Fine Laumlried Shirts for - - - 7 50
6 Best Keep's do. do. for - ~ - 9 00
LARGE STOCK OF
FLANNEL UNDERWEAR
Of all kinds at very low prices,
REEFS SMK MADE 10 M 6 FOR $10.
The Latest Styles of SCARFS and SCARF PINS
■: Just Received bv
J0 WENK, the Shirt Man,
Cor. iflarkrt and Tremont Sts.
For Rent.
Ijm>r rent—1 Cottage at $8; 2 at $10, each; 1
1 land so me Cottage at $20; 2 two-story houses
at $25 aairi $15, respectively, and a choice farm on
tlie Island for rent or sate low.
H. M. TRUEHEART & CO.,
Real Estate Agents.
Iior rent—A cottage containing eight
1 rooms, a two-story house in rear, on Ave. H.
between 9th and tOch. Apply to TflOS. DJGNANi
UOK RES'I.—3 story house, ?"r<xwus, on Post-
_T office st., between Seventh and Eighth st. Ap-
ply at the store of J. F. MAG ALE, on Strand st.
Mtt RENTF CKKkP - A" desir»W»~two-
story Dwelling. Convenient to stceet cars.
B. R. A. SOOlT. £adfeu«fc£tHkud.
Dry Goods and Mijlimery.
ATEW A«D RE A ITlFfel, DESIGNS
_Lv in Winter Hats and Bonnets, are now on ex-
hibition, atMfxu. C. GAUTIER'S, Marios. street.
Iff D. tJARB ATT MAS IK ST<M «L~A
large assortment- of Bla<*k ami Colored
Brocade Silks and Satins in aft the latest shades
and designs, which are being sokl at reasonable
prices, at
163 MARKET STREET.
Bargains in bress goods,
FLANNELS, CLOAKS
and all kinds of staple and fancy dry goods at the
Cheap Store.
G. W. NORDHOLTZ.
Bargains in fine black cash-
meres, Hosiery, line Millinery, Children's
Hats. Knitted Shawls, and a full assortment of Dry
Goods and Notions.
M. SCHRAM,
Tremont street, Opera-Ilouse Building.
House Furnisliing' Goods.
Ji st landed—50 FRENCH CHINA. MOSS
Rose, 44 pieces. Tea Sets, which we offer at $0
per set. We also have in stock and on exhibition
the finest, largest and cheapest assortment of Holi-
day Goods in the city.
MEYER & BENEKE.
Fan-cy Goods—Notions.
Jl'st received—An elegant assortment
of Velvet Passepartouts, and the finest line of
Ebonj'and Gilt Easels (with frames). Photograph
Frames and Mats, which 1*11 sell for less money
t<han cam be bought elsewhere. N. S. SABEL,
phmager, Postoffice st.. between A)tb and Center.
C choicest variety and che a P-
) EST STOCK IN GALVESTON of Silver and
Silver-plated Ware, Diamonds. Watches, Clocks,
Bracelets, Rings. Neck-chains, at
JULIUS SOCHAS
New Store, next door to Opera House.
Splendid assortment OF FIVE
cent and ten cent Toys. Ladies come and see
our stock now open. LABADIE.
1UST RECEIVED—MORE THAN 200 Styles
of Baskets, in price from 10c. to $>6 each. A
beautiful assortment of Jewel Stands, Photograph.
Autograph and Scrap-book Albums. Frames in
great variety. Call, we take pleasure in showing
goods. BLESSING & BRO.. 117 Market street.
Boots and Slioes.
njlHE CASH SHOE STORE, EAST CdTH
I_ st., one door south of Pestoffice. Carefully se-
lected stock of Ladies'. Misses' Children's and Men's
Shoes at low priees. Repairing neatly done. Boots
and Shoes made to order, and satisfaction guaran-
teed as regards quality aad fit. G. PEA LEY A (-u.
Boots and shoes-THE BEST IS THE
cheapest, and the best Slioes for the least
money is what everybody wants.
You can get them at
JAEGER & STRAUSS'S.
P, O. st., bet. 20th and Centre.
Salt.
» nnn sacks Liverpool salt
' in store at Galveston, Houston and
Harrisburg; 15,000 sa<*ks now landing, which we are
offering in carload lots to our customers at t57!-^c.,
free on board. Special quotations i'or L ouisiana
salt C. w. a da MS A V* >.
Rooms and Board.
XT ICE FCRNUSHFi; ROOMS. WITH OR WITH-
^ rxit "-toard. can be liad at VliiS. MULLET VS. on
Market, Nos. Zt2 and -il4, between J8th anil 19th sts.
Miseella n eou s.
r\\<:ol r vge entjerprise by
J patronhdng J. H. FORBES for Coffee. Choco-
late and Tea. Oysters in every style. Meals at ail
hours. A varied assortment of Confectionery.
Fresh Cakes always on hand, a»id made and orna-
mented to order. Note Jiddress, 177 Market sw eet.
a n overstock of Velvet and Wall Frames
_i.V forces ROSE, at 159 Market street, to sell them
cheaper than ever offered in Galveston.
rilHE fall patterns
1 HAVE ARRIVED.
THE WELL-KNOWN BURDETTE SMITH'S
HATTERNS, W3TII HODELS,
For sale by G. T. MORRIS.
123 Poetoffice street.
spectacles and eve glasses-
To suit every comlition of sight, in Gold, Cel-
luloid (guaranteed not to fail the nose^ also,
something stylish and cheep in French Clianiber-
Sets and Bohemian Glassware and Bronze.
JULIUS SOCHA. next to < )per.t House.
Mows apple cider in barrels, half
barrels ami kegs for sale to the trade, ©r in
lots to suit, and delivered in any part of the city.
I^arge barrels 25c. per gallon. H. CORTSS & CO.,
Soda and Mineral Water Manufacturers,
Corner of Twenty-sixth and Winnie streets.
AUCTION |\
u I
J
C
Cor. Strand and Street.
A ! .rl'.
We have now in Port and ready to land
LIVERPOOL SALT
from the
Baric Newman Hall,
Bark Sarah Douglas,
Bark Orinoco.
With one more cargo to arrive, winch will close
our seasons importation.
Merchants can do well to supply themselves at a
CONSIDERABLE SAVING
Before above cargoes are stored.
MARX & KEMPNER.
JBOIrZBJLY AJ>VEMTIS1JVG.
Chas. Heidenheimer. Jacob Stern. G. W. Bird.
CHAS. HEIDENHEIMER £ CO.
Wholesale Grocers,
IMPORTERS and DEALERS
IN
Liquors, Tobacco and Cigars,
Cor- Strand and 20fh Streets,
GALVESTON.
144 Pearl Street, New York.
The attention of buyers is solicited
■in/ tUr* house to their mid
vtntireby Fresh Sf-ock of Goods, just
arrived, and jmrchased North, IfAXst
wnd Westy in person hy members oj
tlve, firm—buyers of many years expe-
rience in th£ trade, which is a, guaran-
tee of their ab ility to compete with a/ty
hoaj<e in the State. Our office m Jfew
York will be maiiit*e*fied, and one oj
''the firm will generally be there to con-
tinue the purchase of (foods for oicr
stock, and also for those of our cus-
tomers who prefer direct shipments
from the Northern markets, thereby
(fining us superior advantages in selec-
tion and prices, to \meet the wishes oj
our patrons. We are also established
in JIoiistORy for the handling/ of West-
ern .Produce, JBacon, Meats, etc., for
which that point affords greater fa-
cilities. We solicit the orders of the
trade, and will be fully prepared from
December 1 tq give same our prompt
and careful attention.
CHAS. HEIDENHEIMER & CO.
The rapid approach of the holidays, when
the good things of this world are more
universally enjoyed than during any other
season of the year, admonishes merchants
and dealers of the necessity of making
known to the purchasing public the advan-
tages afforded by them for meeting demands,
and advising their friends and customers
of the novelties provided for their delectation;
and as the advertising columns of the News
afford the cheapest and best means of mak-
ing everybody in the country acquainted
with what is to be found in the market, and
the places where they may be most advan-
tageously purchased, it has been determined
to make a rebate on regular rates, and mer-
chants and others who wish to reach the
public eye are informed that special rates
will be made to them for the month of
December. Early attention to this m&fcter
is suggested for those who are desirous of se-
curing low rates.
There are no mitigating circostances about
Sara Bernhardts four illegitimate children.
They are not even two pairs of twins.
A victorious campaign in Persia means
something. The walls of the prison at Tabreea
are ornamented with the heads of ;iO0 Kuixis,
who were taken prisoners by the Persians.
The electors for eack State in the Union
meet at the respective State capitals to-day
and vote for president and vie© president, cast-
ing their ballots separately for each of the high
officios.
Fourtsen men have been jailed^at €Vrk for
firing at the- police. The Cork policeman must
do -most of his sleeping on his beat, instead oi
at home, as is frequently the case in tfais coun-
trv.
There is seme faint hoj>e of getting rid of
the Indians yet. They have, of late, been
swapping bowses for stoves. Alter awhile tJiey
will learn what kerosene is good for, and then
there will not be need for se many soliiieis.
A Chilian steamer tired three times at an
American vessel and missed every shot. As
toe Chilian captain apologized to the American
captain for the bad shooting, the Washington
authorities will not ask for any explanation.
LeREiszo Ivy. a Virginia colored teacher of
a colored school, was hashed with knives yes-
terdt;y by two of his pupils, brothers, one of
whom he liad punished for playing with the
I girls. Be it noted that this horxibie instance
of youthful depravity did not occur in Texas.
3Ir. I>e Les&eps is chilli dent of the success of
the inter-oceanic canal project, of w hich he says
that England alone will make it a fact. A mong
the beneficent effects of the canal he promises
that the Atlantic and Pacific breezes will bless
the isthmus with the healthiest climate in the
world. That will do to tell to the marines.
J3JIO TJSSJLRD 'S
FINE CLOTHING
EQUAL TO TUBBKHTCUSTOM-MADE,
and
30 TO 40 PER C'EXT. CHEAPER.
FOR VUL L ,4 XI) IIA LF-DRESSS UIT.S Oj
Imported
UUigoruil,
must be very annoying to a blue-blooded aris-
tocrat to have the low-born rabble con-
tinually shooting, stabbing and taking other
liberties with bis person, but when the Czars
ow n family take a hand in tke proceedings, he
can hardly complain of the low social status of
liis assailants.
Hon. A. H. Stephens, in an interview with
a reporter of the National Republican, on the
23d, denied ever-having stated that as yet there
are but few factories in Georgia. Totichng
this interesting subject, Mr. Stephens says:
I have not official statistics before me. but I
feel very confident that there are over $16,000,000
of capital in Georgia vested in manufactures of
different kinds, especially cotton mills and iron
works. Tlie slock in the cotton manufactures, in
many instaiices, command a prenmnn of from
forty-five to fifty per cent. There is no eo*wiU*y in
the world wtere largo*- profits caa be realised
from the msni<"act3ure of cotton than in Georgia.
Tea-amount collected by the commissioner
of internal revenue, as gleaned from the an-
nual report of the comptroller of the currency,
during the whole fiscal* year, with the excep-
tion of $11,096,464, is shown to have been de-
rived front the tax on spirits, beer and tobacco.
The ecmptroller says in this connection:
Were the entire tax upon banks and bankers of
tlie country, including the two-cent check tax upon
patent medicines, removed, the amount of revenue
received by the Government from tax on spirits*,
beer and tobacco, would alone lie sufficient to meet
its expenses and reduce the pabkc debt at the rate
of millions anuuailv.
A somjbwhat remarkable table lias just
been submitted to the committee of Lloyds,
with reference to the insurance on sugar car-
goes from the Island of Java. From the table
it appears that of 114,4^0 baskets of sugar im-
ported from Java into thd Clyde in iron-built
ships, only 64o5 baskets, or-5^ per cent., were
damaged, while of baskets imported in
wooden and coinpowte-built ships, 29,745 bas-
kets, or 37; j per cent., were damaged, and 210
baskets entirely washed out. Clyde-built ves-
sels come much better out of the inquiry than
any others. "
From present appearances none of the regu-
lar appropriation bills will be ready for the
consideration of Congress upon its meeting
next Monday, the object evidently being to
force a caHed session to subserve party expec-
tations in the possible advantage to be gained
from the apportionment by the one party, ami
the possibility of the advantage of the other
party by a change in the complexion of certain
State elections after the next falLefections. It
is not at all gratifying to know that tlie busi-
ness interests of the country will have to suffer
for such partisan speculations.
The KoUogg case is likely to attract more
notice the coming session than ever before.
The republican members of the Senate will
probably hold that Senator KeHogg can not be
ousted by a majority vote, and that to get rid
of him the democrats must have a two-thirds
vote, which is necessary to expel a member.
Any attempt to merely declare the senatorship
from TiOuisiana vacant will be resisted, and
should a majority of senators vote for such a
resolution, Kellogg could remain in the Senate
chamber, and,upon the calling of every roll,de-
mand that his name be called.
The recent decline in coffee is said to be due
to a change in the manner of conducting the
trade. ■ Railroads, newly constructed from
Rio Janeiro, bring the coffee more speedily
from the plantations, and steamers, which have
-supplied the place of sailing ships, have greatly
shortened the trip from Brazil te the United
■States. In other words, the day f<*r great
firms buying by the shipload and carrying
great stocks has passed, and orders by cable,
shipments by steam and purchases by job lots
have taken the place of the skvwi-mt princely
methods of a few years back.
OYER THE STATE.
TRASSMITMED BY WIRE BY SPCCIAt^CORRKSPONDtNTS.
rictslr.cl
CJ 7 'Cl 1\ exxt?,
Beyer* are invited to gi-oe my STOCK " criti-
cal exantiruUion. They will jind tJw vtyle,
tC4xrkm<ut$J*ip and JU equal to JYcif York eas-
tern work.
C. K. JBROUSSARn,
HQ SfTCL.7l.(Z.
About 400 of the 500 creditors of Archbishop
Purccll held a caucus in Cincinnati last week,
and appointed a committee to push the suit
vigorously. As yet no dividends have been
declared, and there is no great danger of any-
thing of the kind happening very soon, with-
out some miraculous interposition of Provi-
dence.
The chairman of the Mersey Docks and Har-
bor Board announced, on ^November 19, that
the dock and town dues of the port of Liver-
pool will be reduced to the extent of about
i,*90,tX)0 per annum, and that the new schedule
i of rules will short!}' be ready. Economy in
port charges is everywhere becoming a leading
consideration.
The jSews special dispatch, from New Or-
leans, to the effect that agents of the Morgan
line ate refusing to take Texas freight by
steamer, for the reason that they have no
accommodation for it, is rather obscure. The
fact of the refusal creates considerable dissatis-
faction in New Orleans, and will, no doubt,
produce much the same sort of effect in Texas.
Indiana furnishes the latest specimen of re-
fined brutality in the person of William
Barres, who, under tlie influence of liquor,
shot his wife through the head while she
was sitting with a babe in her arms. It is to
be hoped that the district attorney will not Le
in the grand jury-room when the subject oi.
Barres's indictment is under consideration.
If the New Orleans DenLoorai, ■* altogether
trustworthy on the subject, th£re must be
sofnething in tlie way of mud over in that city.
The following item from the Democrat dis-
counts even a street scene in M»uc6sm:
One of the H*ost miserable Au New Orleans
oil Saturday was the driver rft »tioat ftauted with
barrels of flour, which, while being drivetMilong St.
Charles street, between Washington ajQffeiue aiic*
C'onery street, sank almost oat of sight. Every-
body knew there. ws» a th«r$ soawtrixeaei, be-
cause the flour barrels were still v-i|r"b!&umf two
disconsolate-loo king mules" rem a hi erf <rtbMr.he«( to
the pole. St. Charles street, above the is a
nice p*a*je-for a pleasant drive just now, but jww-t-e-s
bound for t 'arrotiton will save time by going up to
Vicksb;rrg by rail and coming down hy steamer.
The latter tripis more expensive, hut R is also more
'ex petti tious.
Hon". Evarts IY. Fare, member of Con-
gress from the Third District of New Hamp-
shire, who died yesterday, of pneumonia, was
•a native of the State he represented, having
been born at I^ittletou. where he died, October
10, 1840. He served four years in the Union
Army, and passed through all the grades from
private to major, in the Second and Eleventh
New Hampshire Volunteers. He afterward
studied law and was admitted to practice in
1867. lie held the office of assessor of internal
revenue for the Third District of New Hamp-
shire: was prosecuting attorney of Grafton
county: member of tlie executive council, and
was elected to the Forty-six}h Congress as a
republican.
It is rarely that a community becomes so
empowered with gratitude to one of its illus-
trious sons as is Toronto at present to its i-hami-
pion scuiler. In token of esteem for the repu-
tation he has won for Canadian muscle the
freedom of the city of his home is to be ten-
dered him. and see}>s are ordered to be taken to
release him from the obligation of sharing w ith
his fellow subjects the burdens of taxation.
This high manifestation of public es-
teem, however ridiculous it may appear to
those who see- nothing in Hanlan's accomplish-
ment but a victory of physical force, requiring
but little exercise of intelligence, indicates the
presence in Toronto, in a large degree, of that
love of home and country which helps to make
heroes and which is among the most beautiful
of the benevolent affections.
Teas, Coffee, Groceries, Etc. i
WE ARE THE ONL\ EXCLI SIVli
Tea and Coffee dealers in the city who Roast
Coffee. We carry a
LARGER STOCK AND A GREATER VARIETY
of Tea than any retailer in the city.
J .jr. ASH TON & CO.
A prosperous and reliable Tea Store;
A store that rich and poor patronize:
A store where all are treated justly and alike;
A store that-sells the best Tea aud Coffee;
A store that has the best and freshest goods:
ALEXANDRE'S' Alexandre's! Alexandre's!
"13LANT'S EXTK A FLO I R-UNRIVALED
3^ Rex, a fancy patent, ami Belle Creole Flours
ai close tigures. A fid! hue of Staple and Fancy
CruwriBS- JOHN KIRK.
24th and Market str«*ets.
Sewing Machines.
y* Genuine imported Singer machines, latest
Mimproved, warranted three years, com-
plete for $25, cash. H. Biagge, Agent, 131 P. o. st.
fok"$23 i will duplicate
tp any machine sold in this city at 2">.
A. B. CO WERT, 170 Tremont street.
Ileal Estate.
I^olts a: don nan,
i j-, . »*"w a %«ri tt\ *« l. . . .. 7 .
1 EXCHANGE DEALKRS AND GEN'L AGENTS,
Arsnx. Texas.
Special attention given to the LAND BUSINESS
in all its branches. Straight and alternate land
Certificates for sale. Collections solicited.
R~ ARE OPPORTL'N IT V - Ti > ESTABLISH
A FAOTORV. Four 1a>is next block south of
lnternatioral Freight Depot at Austin, withstory
rock building, formerly used a* a Brewery, and
arched cellar 70x23 below, outhouses and stable for
sale. Apply to EGGLESTON & BRO.
^ \ TO $7#*?SHALL BART CASH> will
*1?pJyJ\s buy fine spacious cottnges: $r> to §7
Jl
f 5 1
sacks >ow bk.l n<;
DISCHARGED Ex-JULIUS.
sacks iv store.
sacks to arrive.
10,000
TO,GOO
30,000
——.— *
HEIDENHEIMER BROS.
TOYS! TOTS!
A FULL ASSORTMENT OF
The latest new business scheme comes from
London. It consists of a proposition to insure
merchants against loss from bail debts. Its
i advocates claim that the guaranteed certainty
of payment for all goods sold at the expiration
of the term of credit would enable a merchant
to extend liis "buying and selling operations
with great confidence, and at a minimum of
profit, with a resulfcingl^eiiefit to both producer
and consumer.
Congressman* Hock, of Tennessee, is said to
have had a long conversation with Gen. Gar-
field, in Washington, a few days ago, and
urged upon him the importance of appointing
a Southern man to a Cabinet position. The
It is thought that section 24:i of the Federal
Code will stand in the way of Hon. Levi P.
Morton being made secretary of the treasury—
just as it did in the case of A. T. Stewart. The
article referred to says:
No person appointed to the office of secretary of
the treasury * * * shall, directly or indirectly.
Im com.crned or interested in carrying on the busi-
ness of trade or commerce, * * » or l»e coo
cer.icl in tlie purchase or disposal of any public
securities <»»" any Slate or of the United Stales.
Mr. Morton is head of a large banking firm,
and is not likely to abandon his business to be-
come the head of the Treasury Department.
He is a candidate for the United States sena-
torship, and promises to make the race a warm
one, as he is in opposition to Conkling, end will
have to contend against all the influence which
that astute politician can bring to bear against
him.
SA.A" ANTONIO.
House and Furniture Burned—Military
novementR.
(Special Telegrams to the News.]
San Amtokio, November 30.—About 3 o'clock this
morning a frame house belonging to Col. C. R,
Prouty, cf&ikxrtor of customs at Indiacola. and sit-
uated on South Flores street, opposite the arsenal,
was discovered to be on fire. It was occupied by
D. P. Barr, photographer, who barely escaped with
kis family. The house was vaiued at about $0000,
a®d wat insured ia the Fire Association, ef Phila-
delphia, for $1000. It was a total tons, aud Mr. Barr
lost $1009 in furniture, etc., witti no insurance. It
is befieved to have been the work of an incendiary.
Three finis have occurred in this immediate neigh-
borhood within- eight or nine months. A house be-
longing <•> A. Grenet, adjoining Prouty*s on the
south, was damaged, and Mr. M. F. Weiser, tlie oc-
cupant, lost considerable-in the removal of his fur-
niture. He was insured for $600.
Tfte Board of Comity Commissioners elected Dr.
R. Lfc Graves for county physician, with a salary of
$100 per month. Dr. Graves is a man of mature
years, ripe experience and a warm heart, and the
unfortuiiates who will fall under his administrations
will, no doubt, have cause to bless the authorities
for the appointment of such a man.
ConsiiWable change has been ordered in the dis-
posit kwvol troops in this department. Col. Shafter
goes to Fort XcKavett, which will be the head-
quarters of the District of the Bravo and of the
First Infantry, with Companies A, D, E. G and I,
which relieve Companies C, G and I, Twenty-second
Infantry, are ordered to the District of the
Nueces, to report to Gen. Stanley, at Fort Clark.
Company F, Twentieth Infantry, and Company B.
Twenty-second Infantry, are ordered to Ringgold
Barrack*, where they relieve Companies C aud F.
First Inf mtry. 51 aj. A. L. Haugh. Twenty-second
Infantry, relieves Maj. D. R. Chendeoin, Eighth
Cavalry. Jrom the command of Ringgold Barracks.
The latt<-* is ordered to field duty in the District of
the Bravo.
1)A1.ZAS.
Chicago, Texas and Mexican Railroal
—The Officers to Visit Galvwten on
BuNlnesk-Trniss W recked, Etc.
[Special Telegram to the News.l
Dallas, November 30. -The jury in the case of
W. J. Hawkins was impaneled to-night, after ex-
hausting three venires.
Tke-directory and stockholders of the Chicago,
Texas and Mexican railroad were in session to-day.
The proceedings, as far as made public, were con-
fined to the work of arranging details of the labor
before them. The company's ability to construct
the line has been demonstrated, and universal satis-
faction now prevails respecting this important mat-
ter to Dallas. Tboexit erprise seems to be in harmony
with, if not all, a part of the projected Goufd sys-
tem in %*exa6. The officers of the road are to visit
Galveston withia the next fifteen days, with a view
of conferring with the leading citizens of the Island
C*y on business connected with the road.
Two wrecks are reported to have occurred on
the Texas and Pacific last night. One, a pas^nger
train going east, at Elmo, and the. other, a freight
at Marshall. An engine and force of liands left
here this morning for Ehno-to clear the road. No
one was killed or seriously wounded, accordiag to
best information received.
A VSTIX.
Electors Arriving; — The Case of the
State Against flic International Rail-
road—Alter t£«e Surplus Fond*.
[Special Telegram-to t^e News. |
Austin, November 30.—Messrs. Lanham. of Tar
kni»t, and Jones, of Gregg, two of the electors, ar-
rived to-day, anil the others are expected on t-he
morning train. The lieutenant governor's apart
ment, back of the Senate chamber, has been pre
partjd for their meeting.
Tljc candidates at this place for messenger to
take the vote to Washington are Capt. Joselyn, L. H.
Fisher and ex-State Treasurer Dora.
The case of The State vs. Ward, Dewy & Co. was
not reached to-day.
The case of The State vs. The International Rail-
road will probably be taken up on the 15th of De-
cember.
Claimants are arriving. Evidences begin to ap-
pear ihaffchere will be various schemes and able
lobbies, to push them toward getting a distribution
of the large cash balance in the Treasury when the
legislature meets.
November has been cold and wefc throughout in
this vacinity, with not half a dozen good cotton-
picki ig dajs*.
l'A i- MSTiyjZ.
Died l'rout Excessive Drink—District
Court, Etc.
[Special Telegram to the News.l
PjtussTiifK. November 39.—This morning, abqut
4 o'clock. John Miirchinson died at his room in the
Stedinan Hotel, in this city. Deceased had been
drinking very hard for several days, and on yester-
day fell down witba fit4n a saloon. He was con-
veyed to his room and Dr. J. C. Douglass was called
to see him. Deceased was alone when he died, but
it is supposed that death resulted from excessive
drinking. He was a young man of fine promise in-
tellectually. and his family is one of wealth and
influence in the county.
The weather, which for tlie past two weeks has
been the most disagreeable ever known iu tliis sec-
tion, still continues bad, which has caused business
of all kinds to become very dull, especially the cot-
ton business, the roads being so bad that the farm-
ers will not bring their cotton to market.
Judge Reagan will leave for Washington to-mor-
row.
District Court is still hi session. Tne criminal
docket was set for December 15, instead of January,
a3 was reported heretofore.
SH KJtMA X.
Store Rurslarized—Rain and ITlud.
1 Special Telegram to the News.|
Sherman, November 30.—Last nig*it some bur-
glars entered the grocery house of J. >1. Robberson,
of this city, by bending the framing of iron pickets,
guarding the back windows, and climbing through.
Having gained entrance they unbarred the rear
door, rolled out a thousand pound safe and pro-
ceeded to gain entrance to it by means of a heavy
crowbar and wooden mallei. They evidently were
novices at the business, and were interrupted in
their procedure, for the3* left their plunder v ith
only the knob ami outer combination index demol-
ished. A simple push with the crowbar woukl have
smashed in the lock, but they would have gained
only $12, as the result of their heavy labor. No
clew to the thieves has been discovered. Nothing
else in the store was disturbed.
It is still raining and there is an almost unprece-
dented depth of mud.
Cotton is coming in slowly, but is bringing stiff
prices, lOfic. to 11J-4c.
..iiug, was concluded to-day by his acquittal. Th.s
ends a trouble which not only interested Kings-
bury. but friends and relatives, who are numer-
ous. and who stand high in business anil social-
circles.
Rain has been falling daily for more than a week.
Roads are almost impassable and business is at a
^stand-still.
'ir.
EXTRA SIGHT REPORT.
HOUSTON.
No mrnU or Baggage Car Burned cn the
Central Road.
[Special Telegram to the News.]
Houston, November 3H.—The report that a mail
and baggage car was burned on tlie Houston and
Texas Central railroad, one day last week, is false.
No car of any description was burned on tlie road
during the week. Tlie report probably originated
from the burning of the mail car on the Texas and
Pacific railroad-last Friday.
NEW YORK.
REGULAR DAILY COMMERCIAL VIS-
JPATCH.
New York. November 30.—Ten million Northern
Pacific six ]>er cent, bonds sold at about 90, with the
privilege of $30,000,000 moro, with which the road
will be completed.
Coffee flat at 13c.
Hides very steady.
Sterling very depressed; prime city bankers4.7854.
Sales of $3000 Texas Pacific and Rio Grandes
at 94.
Beef cattle dull; fifty-five carloads left over un-
sold.
Money commands *4 per cent, per day.
Cotton sold down early on large offerings, but
rallied on orders to buy. Tlie market bears marks
of maniiMilation.
A'EW ORLEANS.
Difficulty oi" Enforcing Penalties for
rHail Delays—The Horgaii Line Re-
fusing Texas Freight.
[Special Telegram to the News.")
New orheajts, November - ft.—The postal author-
ities here say it would be impossible, almost, to
enforce any penalty which might, be imposed for
delays *n the. delivery of Southern moils. These
mails are carried over ten distinct lines of railroads
for the distance of nearly 1WX> miles. A train is, of
course. Viable to run a thousand risks and dangers
throughout the entire length of this distance.
Even under the most favorable circumstances, any
cause which could hot be forseen, and consequent-
ly prevented, would releasethe road fnom all pen-
alty or blame. Among the chief eauses of delay of
a train, iu winter, are the washing of embank-
ment s-and culverts, falling of trestles, -mid slipping
of the eccentric, any or all of which troubles might
occur. If none of the-tirst causes were visible, the
last might be easily plead in excuse, and not one
man on the train would be able to disprove it.
The threats that have been made by the official
journal to take a^way the right of franchise from
the line that ends here, falls harmless now. the
Legislature not being in session, besides which it
would be necessary to prove the road guilty, which
it would not be so easy to do.
Morgan & Co. are refusing to take any more
freight for Texas per steamer, having no accommo-
dations for the same. A large quantity is offered,
aud much dissatisfaction is expressed.
WA SHIM TON.
Democratic Members to Have a Caucus
—Exciting Session of Congress Ex-
pected.
ISpecial Telegram to the News.1
Washington, November 30.—Senator Coke and
family arrived here last night. 3Iany senators, mem-
bers and friends called to-day and paid their
respects to the Texas senator.
It is understood that the democratic members of
Congress will hold a caucus on Saturday night re-
garding the business of the coming session.
Speaker Randall is here and does not think there
will be an extra session.
The House appropriation committee, which was
called to prepare some of the bills before Congrej-
meets, lias, so far, failed to get a quorum, and it
looks now as though no appropriation bills will be
ready for immediate consideration.
Crowds of people are arriving daily, and it is an
ticipated that this session will be fraught with
interest, and perhaps excitement.
NEW YORK.
The Journal of Commerce on the DIv
■sion of Texas.
ISpecial Telegram to the News.l
New York, November 30.—'The Journal of Com-
merce does not believe that the consent of the pe<
pie of Texas can be had to the scheme for a divi.
sion of the State, and adds: " Much as we dislike it,
there is a solemn compact between the United
States and Texas which can not lionorably be set
aside, without the consent of Texas."
DOMESTIC DISPATCHES
A special meeting of the New York Mari-
time Association was held on the .'£M ultimo,
to consider the best means to rectify several
abuses and to retrace certain charges connected
with the commerce of tlie port of New York.
At New York, as elsewhere, it will L»e ob-
Tennesseean urged that it would not do to liavo .served, economic reform is the order uf the
a sectional Cabinet, and that the selection of a
really representative Southern republican
A® DOMESTIC TOTS
monthly wdl rent them.
SAM MA AS.
Alternate l an d c ertifkates
for sale. FOLTS <£ DONNAN.
Brokers and Exchange Dealers. Austin, Texas.
Books and Station*-) /..
Ct HOOI, boors.—POEMS, ALBUMS. OF-
K? fiee and School Stationery, Prayer Books,
Bibles, Gold Pens, and Handsome Holiday (foods.
Diaries for 1-881, State and Countv Maps. Address
orders to w. ,T. HANCOCK, Jr.
Bookseller. Houston. Texas.
Educational.
ili WtJtotw vaniojpie. Joss ot Bciu-U.
UJ
j apanese- w a re,
BOHEMIAN GLASSWARE,
SHELL BOXES, etc.,
For the jobbing trade.
J. TIOS K X KIELD.
would do much to assist the republican paity
in tlie Soath.
Placards are said to be nightly posted up
in the most frequenfcyi parts of St. Petersburg
proclaiming the beginning of a fresh revolu-
tionary movement, and announcing that the
Czar of all the Russias must die before the
dawn ef another year. In the meantime se-
cret arrests by the police continue, and be-
tween them, the threats of the nihilists, and an
impending famine, the people of St. Peters-
burg live in constant alarm.
FOR SALEJR LEASE.
1OWW0OB SUGAR AND COTTON PLANTATION,
EighWniles below tlie Town of Brazoria.
Apply to JIOODY 4 JE.WISOS,
COTTON.
Consignments Solicited.
.wn All Shippers can draw liberally against same
SL AN D 111* RtSlNESS tOLLEUE, thrvugh their Bankers. Rate per bale agreed on.
Center and M. Bus. office. l?y Market. P. O. box . /
Trk constitutional amendment recently
adopted by Kansas prohibits the distillation,
manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors ex-
cept for medicinal, scientific and mechanical
purposes. The amendment was adopted by a
majority of 20,000, and it undoubtedly ex-
pressed the judgment of a large majoiity of the
people upon this subject. The effect of this or-
ganic remedy against one of the greatest evils
of society will be watched with interest.
It is claimed by the New Orleans Picayune
that tlie steamship ^Louisiana, of tho Cromwell
line, on her last trip out from New York to
New Orleans, made the fastest time on record,
having sailed from New York at 4 o7clock on
Saturday afternoon, the 20th ultimo, arriving
off South Pass at 6 o'clock on Thursday evening
following. The Louisiana, during the voyage,
made 360 miles in twenty-four hours. Have
any of the Mallory liners ever beaten this
record i
day. At the meeting referred to i-onuuittees
- were appointed to .consider the following sule
jeets, and to report at a suiiseQuent meeting
their conclusions as to proper action to be
taken, viz:
1. Repeal of the tonnage dues of thirty cento per
ton on vessels in the foreign trade.
'J. To arrange rates of demurrage.
3. To lix the meaning of the word "dispatch,"' as
applied to loadirtgaud discharging vessels.
4. Feasibility ot having the expense of elevating
grain borne by the shipper.
5. To determine, what constitstes a hogshead of
tobacco, sugar and other iU"ticles for which there is
no good rule. *
6. Lowering rates of wharfage.
MOODY 6c JEMISOX.
The Russian aristocracy have become very
j much exasperated at the Czar on account of
j his marital eccentricities, and there is reason to
| believe that the recent attempt at assassination
j was winked at by some of his own family. It
The annual report of the postmaster general
recommends the fostering of American lines
of steamships by moderate subsidies for mail
service. He says that the postage on mails
conveyed (the limit of compensation authorized
by law to be paid for tlie transportation of
mails to foreign ports) affords for tlve Trans-
Atlantic routes, where heavy mails are con-
veyed, an adequate compensation for the ser-
vices performed; but for the mails transported
by sea to Mexico, Central and Soufca America
and Trams-Pacific ports, the correspondence
being small in bulk, the postage thereon fur-
nishes a wholly inadequate remuneration for the
service. The postmaster general,' therefore,
thinks it would be a wise measure^ so amend
the general law on*the subject as to authorize
the payment by him of a just and , reasonable
compensation, within a prescribed! maximum
limit, $md commensurate with the importance
of the service performed, to s$ch lines of
American steamers as may be employed under
contract with the department in transporting
the mails of the United States to Mexican,
Central American, South American and Trans-
Pacjfiac portHL
There is ztotinng new under the son, except
the patch on last Winter's trowsers.
TYLER.
Jiipreinc Court Det-!*Ious.
[Special Telegram to the News.l
TvLKft; November 30.—The following opinions
were rendered in the Supreme Court to-day:
Heirs of Nat. Walter vs. Jacob Eliott et al.. ap-
peal from Navarro county, incorrectly reported to
the News of 27th instant; reversed and ren»and;*d
W. J. Wofford. administrator, vs. Mary aud PhHip
Unger, from Anderson county: reversed and re-
manded.
Williams & Bonner vs. U. Q. Thomas, from Hop-
kins county; affirmed.
Bois d* Arc Lodge vs. Heir«i of K. \V. Vessv. from
Red River county; affirmed.
ITirain W. Moss vs. Henry Berry et al.. from Rusk
county: reversed and remanded.
By Coinmissioaers of Appeals:
Haniuol et al. vs. Courtney ct al., from Falls
county; reversed ami remanded.
DEM SON.
The Upizowlie-lluiiy Horses Atllicted—
The Weather.
ISpecial Telegram to the News.]
Denisox, November 30.—The epizootic broke out
among the horses here last week, and is now pre-
vailing to an akirmu.g extent. At least a dozen
horses have died since last Friday, and a large num-
ber of others are mere or less serwusly affected.
The livery stab las are practically closed, the owners
refusing to let their horses go out during tliis
weather for several days past.
Raw east winds and misting rains have prevailed
almost constantly, day and night, and this morning
an unusually heavy thunder storm occurred.
I* LAN O.
Attempt to Rape—Suicide.
[Special Telegram to the News.]
Plaxo, .November 30.—Yesterday, Jerome Del any
was arrested here, on complaint of Mary Fromu-
lete, charging him with assault with attempt to
rape. He was tried before Justice Bo wen, and, in
default of $750 bond, was committed to jail to await
the action of the grand jury.
Charlie Kopischreclrie was found dead this morn-
ing, hanging by his neck in his smoke-house. The
verdict of the jury was suicide. He was regarded
as an honest, hard-working man, and the rash act
is supposed to have been the result of hard drink.
PILOT POINT.
Man aud Horse Killed hy Lightning.
[Special Telegram to the New* ]
Pilot Poner, November 30.—This evening John
Hayes, while riding through a storm some six
miles northeast from town, was, together with his
horse, instantly killed by lightning. Mr. Hayes's
body was frightfully burned, his clothing consumed
and saddle torn into shreds.
WACO.
Verdict of"'Acquittal—Road* Impass-
able.
[Special Telegram to the News.]
Waco, November 30. —The case of Russell Kings-
bury, in the District Court, charged with embea-
THE TURT+
[special tsxeorams to the galveston jjkws.]
The Post's Financial Article.
New York., November SO.—The Past's financial
article says: The stringency in the local money
market is showu by the rate paid, stock brokers, as
we write, bidding i-i6 and interest. The uniform
rate at tlie bank is (i per cent., but banks are. of
necessity, returning, rather than expanding, the
leans. It-is reported that large private lenders of
money, who are also speculator in stocks, have
called in more of their loans, but t hat as they are
lending at higher rates for mero*1* ile paper, the
nominal stringency of tlie local s»-oney market has
demoralized the market foreign exchange, and
bills on London are pressing at almost
any figure for the purpose of
getting money. That is to say the domestic sup-
ply- of loanable funds haviitg, for the moment at
least, been exhausted, Loneou capital is resorted to
at very high rates to borrowers. F c>*ed rates for
prime bankers sterling have b«3 m ice reduced to-
day, the last figures being 4.79?Xj and 4.81 V*.. The
actual rates are nominally 4.7854<&4.79*4 and 4.8H3.
Cables are 4.81}£Q4.81$£. Prime commer-
cial bHls are 4.7*^(^.4.17[4. Such low rates have
not been recorded for a long time.
The Verdict lit the < allan Libel Case.
London. November 3»». -Tlie verdict of the jury
in the Callan libel case was that Mr. Callan pub-
lished a libel and tliat the libel in question was uot
a fair comment. The jury also made comment ou
Mr. Sullivan's prior attack on Callan. but tlmt was
not mentioned in the final formal finding. The de-
fendant's counsel said he could shortly
hand the judge affidavits which
would have considerable effect on the sentence.
Mr. Justice nawkins defeired sentence, and bound
ver Mr. Collan to appear on the 15th of December.
He said tlie affidavits must be exchange a week
before then, but he hoped they would meanwhile
be rendered unnecessary.
Patent Office Report.
Washington, November 30.—A summary of the
o|*»rations of the Talent Office during the last fiscal
year, prepared by Commissioner Marble for il.n
forthcoming report of the secretary of the interior,
shows that in the twelve months ended June 30.
1880, the office received ^0,990 applications for
patents, and granted li,.*S4, besides 196 reissues,
aud 509 patents lor designs. The receipts of 1 •
Patent Office from fees of various kinds aggre-
gated $730,547, and the total expenses were $538.'J:>>.
showing a net revenue to the Government of
$191,021.
Eruption o( Mauyo Lea.
San Francisco, November 30. Advices from
Honolulu describes the erupti*»n of Mauno Loa,
now in progress, as one of tlie grandest ever wit-
nessed. It broke out November 5, about
six miles from the summit "the crater"
throwing out two great streams of lava, one of
which is thirty miles long, ironi 100 to 209 yards
wide, and about twenty feet deep. Terrible explo-
sion accompany its flow. Some fears are enter-
tained for the safety of Hilo, although the llow
scenes to be turning in another direction.
' Austrian Deficit.
Vienna, November 30.—The Government's finan-
cial statement, presented in the lower house ot" the
Reichstag to-day. showed a deficit for the next year
of 34.000,000 florins. The duty upon the import of
tobacco yielded the sum of 2,000,000 florins above
the estimates for last year. 1 he minister of finance
urged the adoption of a tax on petroleum, which,
he said, promised a yield of 4,000:000 florins.
International Consideration oi" the Sil-
ver Q'jfMtlon.
Berlin, November 30.— Pourparlers are passing
between the United Stales. French and German
Governments for exchanging opinions relative to
the employment of the existing silver coins.
Dedication of Pardee Hall.
Easton, Pa.. November 30.—The dedication of
Pardee Hail took place this miming, at 11 o'clock,
ui presence of an immense throng of people. Presi-
dent Hayes, Gen. Sherman, Secretary Ramsey and
Postmaster General Mayuan.1, with many others,
arrived on a special traiu frohi Philadel-
phia at 10.45 a. m., and were es-
corted to the college grounds, passuig
through crowds of people wlio gathered to welcome
them. Professor F. A. Mai"sh. of I^afayette College^
delivered an addre*s on the subject of the buildings
and apparatus of modern colleges. Governor
Hoy t and Ario Pardee were also present. President
Hoyt hekl a reception from 1 to 2 p. ni.
Vote of Colorado.
Denver, Col., November 30. — Official returns give
the Garfield electors au average majority of :«0U.
Pitkin, republican, for governor, has a majority of
5000, leading the rest of the State ticket £100. The
total vote is about 54,00*?, an increase of of 26,000
over 1878.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
POINTS OP INTEREST RY ATLANTIC
CARLE.
The Augusta Races.
AiT.rRTA. November 30.—^The fifth day's races of
the Citizens" Association, which was postponed
from Saturday, took place to-day. Tne weather
was »mkI and the attendance small. Tlie first race,
three-quaver mile heats, was won bv Mark L.;
Ben Hill, second. Time 1.22, 1JS$4.
Second Race—MBe dash for t-wo-year-old—six
starters—was won bv Mar Wilson: Belle of Meadow
second: Oak Grove Rose third. Time. 1.58.
Third Race- -hurdle race— one and a half mile—
six stalled. Santuck was the winner; Ralgasien
second. T ime, 3.02
ITEMS OP NEWS PROM DIPPER ENT
DIRECTIONS.
Annual Report of the Superintendent
of the Cen*u>*.
Washwoton, D. C., November "50.—Gen. Walker,
superintendent of the census, has submitted lu«
annual report to the secretary of the interior. H#-
savs. although the work «>f taking tlie tenth census
is substantially completed, returns having b»-en re
ceived from all but seven of a total number ot 31,2»r
enumeration districts, it will probably l>e two or
three weeks before the office will be able to present
complete statistics of the population of the coun-
try. He urges the importance of the earliest pn
bte publication of the results of the census
bureau's work. and re^pmmends, instead
of waiting for publication through the Government
printing office, that Congress authorize the printing
of census returns and statistics by special contract
under Uie direction of tlie secretary of the interior.
Gen. V, alker says special reports are to be made of
investigations iu the tollowing important depart
ments: On wealth, debt and taxation: on churches,
schools and libraries: on social aud industrial sta-
tistics; on the Indian tribes: on the population, in
<l*ij>iry and resources of Alaska: on newspapers
and periodicals and book-publishing interests; ou
tobacco culture: on chemical manufacturing in-
dustries; cn ship building and 011 quarrying inter-
ests. The accounts of 28,410 enumerators have al-
ready i>eeu settled, involving an expenditure of
nearly $2,000,000. Only about .'200 accounts remain
unadjusted.
The number of employes now engaged in the
work of the census is 1084. and a considerable pro-
portion are 011 duty at night, with a view to the
promptest possible completion of tho work in hand
Settlement of a Corn Corner.
St. Louis, November 30.—The corner in ?^pvem
ber corn, which has been in process of settlement
during Hie past week, w as dually closed to-day.
About 2,000.000 bushels were involved in the deal,
which was managed by the house of Manson. Bar
tholomew & Co., aud the pronte accruing are said
to be about $10,00u.000. Settlements were mostly
made at 45c., about two cents higher tlian auy
western market.
Election of Railroad Directors, Etc.
Nj-.w York. November 30 —The annual election cf
directors of the New York, Lake Erid and Western
railroad took place to-day. The ticket elected was
thv same as that of last year. President Jewell
cast 80O.OCO votes, representing four-fifths of the
stock of tlie company. The annual statement will
show a surplus of earnings of the road of more
than $ 1.500,001» after the payment of fixed charges
.and interest on bonds.
Lottery Drawiugs.
Louisville. Ky.. November 30. In the twenty-
sixth or Awing of the Commonwealth Distribution
to-day the capital prize of $30,000 was drawn by
No. ^9.335. The second prize of SlO.tKlO by No.
1«>,09.V. the third prize of o50ou by >.<». Jtf.SGT. The
following drew each: Nos. 1)0,005, C564, G2,ltJ7
and
latlinz to Get a Quorum.
Washington, November 30. The House com-
mittee on appropriations has thus far failed to
get together a quorum for business. Krom present
appearances none of the regular appropriation hills
wdl be ready for.the consideration of Congress
upon the reassembling of that body next Monday.
Preparing for the Celebration of the
Vorktoivn Centennial.
The committee 011 the York town centennial cele-
bration is to hold a meeting iu this city on Decem-
ber !0. to complete arrangements for the celebra-
tion. Hon. ltobt. Winthrop, of Boston, is spoken of
as orator of the occasion.
Arrtvai of the East .Hail Train.
New Ok leans, November 30.—The fast mail
which left New York at. 1 o'clock on Sunday ri ght
arrived here at 13.45 p.m., being two and one-half
hours behind time, it is stated that the delay was
caused by the ditching of a freight train near Bay
St. Louis.
National Guard Circular.
New York, November 30.—A circular from the
er. -cutive committee of the National Guard Asso-
ciation cf '-he United States directs that the third
convention of the association be held at Philadel-
phia, January 2, 1881.
Preliminary Tleetiug of Ohio Electors.
Columbus. O., November -jO.—Tlie Ohio Electoral
College held a preliminary meeting liere to-day.
After completing work to-morrow the members
will visit Uea. Garfield, at Mentor.
MARINE MATTERS.
Disaster to Russian Shipping.
St. Petersburg, November 30.—Ice in the Volga
has suddenly broken at Ninono\gorod, in conse-
quence of warm, weather. Five steamers aud thirty
barges have been destroyed, and large quantities of
grain, naptba and iish have been lost.. The damage
is immense.
Marine Disaster.
Mobile. November 30.—The schooner John M.
Attains, from Mobile lor Vera Cruz, with a cargo of
lumber and shingles, is reported a total loss thirty
miles off Vera Crufc harbor.
Drowned in Attempting to Rcscue.
Washington. D. C.,' November 30.—The signal
corps station at Highland Light. Massachusetts,
reports to the chief signal officer that Capt.
Worther. of the life saving station number eigbt.
reports having picked up this morning the body of
Capt. Atkins, of station number tlve, and the body
of one of his crew. A later report says that Capt.
Atkins, and Surfmen Taylor and Mayo, \*ere
drowned tbts morning while rescuing the crew of
the sloop C. Trombie. Capt. Ewett, of the sloop
and three of his crew were saved. The sloops has
gone adrift with two men on board.
The stranded vessel is found to be the sloop C. EL
•Trumbull, of Rockport. Massachusetts. The surf
b'jat was capsized by being struck by the main
boom of the sloop. Three of the vessel's crew had
been taken ashore, and the boat was returning for
tlie balance when it was overturned. Three of the
life-saving crew swam ashore, reaching the beach
in an exhausted condition. The sloop has since
drifted awav with the captain and pilot aboard.
Everything "was done to secure them, but unsuc-
cessfully. The sloop drifted off the bar and went
to sea. Great excitement exists here, and at the
station hundreds of people line tlie beach anxious
to view the remains of the brave men who so nobly
gave up their lives. Those of the life-saving station
w bo were rescued alive are being cared fur at the
Tbe£F-are rex> much eThaiwted.
Ritualism Dragged into Court.
London, November 30.—Rev. T. Pelham Dale, a
clergyman of the Church or England, rector of St.
Vedas. was arrested October 30, and imprisoned in
Holloway jail, tor disobeying tho orders the
Ecclesiastical Court, by carrying on ritualistic
practkrs. To-day, after a long argument on
tbe application of a writ of habeas corpus,
with a view to his release on tlie ground
of the invalidity of the proceedings against him,
1 be Queen's Bench decision, without e^ipressing an
(•pinion on the point raised, granted the writ asked
for, returnable on Monday n<*xt. and also granted
rules calling upon 1 he prosecution to prove the
validity of tno proceedings against Mr. Dale.
Articles of Agreement Signed hy the
Great Senllers.
London, November 30. At a meeting held this
evening at the Sportsznan's office, articles of agree-
ment were signed for a sculling match between
Lay cock and ILanlau over the Thames cliampwuship
course, to take place January 17, 1HH1. at 2.30
o'clock p. m.. for t:5 X) a side. I be Sportsman's chal-
lenge cup and the championship. The parties de-
posited £25<> a side, the balance to be deposited on
the 6th of January. The president of tbe American
Company j-rated as the men were able to obtain
fmids for the match, he did not consider the offer
of a prize of £1000 as necessary.
Britannia iu Another Eumm.
London. November 30.—The admiralty has re-
ceived a telegram confirming the report of the
murder of the commander and six of the crew of
her majesty's schooner. Sandfly, at the Solomon
inlands, in the South Pacific. lhe party were
attacked while some of them were bathhig. A
partv from the schooner, under a sub lieutenant,
landed and recovered the bodies, and destroyed the
village, losing one seaman killed and one w ounded.
The commander in the South Pacific station will
dispatch another man of war to the islands.
Significant Appointment.
London. November 30.—The Times says the ap-
pointineui of Mr. Shaw Le Fevre, secretary u» tiie
admiralty, to succeed Uie Right lion. William P.
Adams as first commissioner of works, is signifi-
cant. IDs views in regard to the Irish laud ques-
tion arc weH known. He has made himself the
champion of the clauses of the land act of 1*70, in-
tended to facilitate the purchase of holdings of
occupiers. In conducting Irish measures especially,
he will prove an able lieutenant to Mr. tiiadstone
and 31 r. Forster.
Confidence of the Success of His Pro-
ject.
London. November 3d.—In au interview between
tlie Paris correspondent o* the Times and M. De
Lesseps. the latter said: "* have greater confi-
dence in the Panama canal than 1 had in the Suez
canal. The Atlantic and Pacific breezes will make
it the healthiest region of the world. There are
already excavators made which w ill excavate- WU
cubic meters an hour, and everything necessary is
ready to start the work. England aioue wiil make
the canal a fact."
Communist Bravadoiwm.
London. November 30.—A dispatch to the Times,
from Pai is, says M. Rocbeford invites signatures
for application to the municipality lor the site for
a monument to the communists killed in 1S7I. This
is. of course, mere bravado, but it ^h<»as the
present temper of the extreme party.
The Panama ( anal Scheme.
London. November 30. A l*aris dLsftatch says:
Tlie promotion of the Panama canal scheme nas
been resumed with extraordinary vigor. The
movement is so universal that success, an regards
subscriptions and capital, is certain. Adhesions
are arriving from every quarter of the globe.
Erecting an Iron Hut in Ireland.
London, November 80. —Tbe removal of a police
hut to the placr of its erection, at New Pallas, has
lm en safely accomplished, the peasantry being
overawed by the overwhelming force of soldiers,
who pitched six tents in which twenty-five polk-e
wiil protect the men engaged <ti erecting the nut.
Papal Condemnation.
Londox, Noxember 30.—The Globe this evening
savs: We understand that the i>oj>e is preparing
an allocution condemning the hostile attitude of
France and other nominally Catholic powers
tow are the church.
Marines for Ireland.
London. November 30.—Two hundred of tlie
Chatham Division of Marines, w ho were recr iitly
ordered to Ireland, b«i whose departure was post-
poned, will start this week.
Ordered to C^uell a Disturbance.
London, November 30.—A hu"ge force of police,
accompanied by inf;01 try and artillery, proceeded
to New Pallas at 7 o'clock this morniug to oueli a
disturbs ace there.
A Friend of Civil Ltbertr.
Berlin. November 30.—At Berlin, the Voss
Gazette violently attacks the North Oermau Gazette
for trying to palliate the prosecution of the Jews.
Tiie Voss Gazette expressee the belief that the
articles in the North (reriuan Gazette «»u the ques-
tion are inspired- It says that tne Government Ls
playing a paltry game by merely throwing out the
card of Jewish persecution iu order to strike at
civil liberty, as they did with the social agitation.
Prince Hohenloho to Return to Paris.
Berlin, November 30.—The return of Prince Ho-
henlohe to Paris as German ambassador is fixed
for Wednesday.
The Spanish Senate.
Madrid. November 30.—In the Senate to-day,
during the debate on the estimate of the miuister
of foreign affairs, M. Barthelmy St. Reiki re said
that a naval demonstration was undertaken to set-
tic the Montenegrin, Greek and Armenian aues-
tions. It was the sagacious policy of France which
kept the demonstration within the limits in which
it had remained. A demonstration in favor of
Greece was in the region of hypothesis. The Gov-
ernment warmly sympathized with Greece, but
England first raised tho question at Berlin.
A Duke Quits Faris by Order.
Madrid. November 30.—The Duke of Parma and
Modena, a brother-in-law of Don Carlos, has com-
plied with the order to quit Paris.
Daring Advance of the Kurds.
Teheran, November 30.—A report has been re-
ceived here that Sadik, son ot Sheik Abdullah, with
several thousand Kurds, advanced close to Uru-
miah and captured two guus. The Persian com-
mander left Urumiah to engage him in battle.
Returning from His Bridal Tour.
St. Petebsbubg. November 30.—The Czar has
laft Levadia for St. Petersburg.
CRIMES AX IP CASUALTIES,
an Indiana Fiend.
Farmland, Ind., November 30.— Last nightWa
liarres. who had all day been drinking and quar-
reling with every one he met. especially with his
family, took up a double-barrel shot jrrnr. aud,
while his wife was sitting with her babe in.her
arms, shot her through the head, killing her in-
stantlv. He was arrested and taken to Winches-
ter. He says the shot w as accidental He came
near shooting her once before, when drunk, with
the same weapon.
Shooting of Lieut. Gov. Robinson Ac-
cidental.
Denver. November 30!—'That the shooting of
Lieut. Gov. Robinson was accidental is now ervi-
dent from the pust-mortern exam nation, which
shows tliat but one shot was fired. The hall, in its
course through tbe door, struck a nail, was split,
and carried pieces of the nail with it, thuscaussig
four wounds, which were supposed to have Ins'ii
caused by other shots.
a Teacher Stabbed hy hi* Pupils.
Danville. Va.. November 30.- Lorenzo Ivy. a
colored teacber of a colored free sehool here, was
attacked this morning by two of bis boy pupils,
brothers, aged fifteen and eighteen respectively,
and was repeatedly stabbed with knives. His in-
juries are probably mortal, lie had punished the
younger of the boys for playing with the girls, and
in revenge was attacked by the brothers.
W oolen Ulills Burued.
Weston. Out.. November -*10.—The woolen mills
owned by Oliver. Wilby & Co., of this place, were
burned this morning. The fire is supposed to ltavo
started from a belt becoming lieaied. Loss and in-
surance are not known. Three hundred employe?*
are thrown out of employment.
Found Guilty of Librl.
London, November 30.—The jury iu the case^>f
Mr. Philips, eliarged with libeling Mr. A. M. SuEi-
vau. after half an hour's deliberation to-day, re-
turned a verdict of guilty.
Scath from ZTIorphiuc.
Yicksbtrg. Miss. November 30. -W. T. Beane^a
pr-uiinent lawyer of Green wood Miss., died here
C;is evening from the effects of an oveidoseof
morphine.
111* lira nee on the Burned ITIills.
Weston. Out.. November30. Tbe total insurance
on Wilby "s v.ooleu mills, which were burned tins
morning, is $59,800.
Toronto's Appreciation of Ilanla 11.
Toronto, Out.. November 30.—At a meeting of
the City Council last night a deputation appeared
to advocate Hie claims of Hanlau to be pce»«ented
with lite freedom of rl>e city. a?s a mark of appre-
ciation of the citizens of what he lias done for Can- .
;uki. and especially for Toronto. A n»r '
tiou to relieve the champion of all
rent or taxes in respect to Ills
Island Hotel during his ^fe was freely discussed.
While all were favorable to tiie motion, several '
questioned tie- legality ^f the proceeding. In coin-
seqtience *>f this feeling, the mayor adrttui a clause
firov hiing for special legislation in case tbe city au-
iekor shall be of opinion that tlie Council had not
pc .ver to do what-they so much desired.
TIIE KILLING OP ITCTOSlOm
A Texas Ranger on the A ntecedents-oi
_ the Gallant Indian and His Baud.
[To tiie News.1
Ysleta, November 17, 18S0.—Many ac-
counts having gone the rounds of the papers in
regard to the killing of Yictorio and a portion
of his band, and many criticising unjustly tike
United States troops, I send you an account of ]
the affair as gathered from several parties who
were in the tight. They all agree in one in-
spect—that the Indians were very much d«*-
moralized when they saw th*v were entirely
surrounded in an open plain, there lieing only
the one small mountain they were on in which
to take cover, and where they l^egau to 11m
short of ammunition. Victorro had certainty
become emboldened by his succession of victo-
ries, ami certainly displayed little generalship
in sendiug off thirty of Ins best warriors when
encamped within fifty or sixty miles of Gen.
Tarasas, with at least :>50 men, sixty-five
Apache scouts, under Parker and Lieut, Maney,
twenty-three- United States cavalry, under
Lieut. Sliafer, and fourteen Texas Hangers, all -
thirsting for his blood.
His band thought him immortal, but he has
proved himself to bo mortal, by having his
name sjielled wrong in the jmpers after death,
as many a poor soldier lias L**fv»re him, and be-
ing told after death ^vhat be ought to have done
in order to have been successful. He would
turn over in his grave, or rather wriggle on
the plains, if he knew he was called a woman—
a term of reproach among Indians—though.
Queen Victoria, God bless her, represents all
that is good, pure and womanly in the name of
queen, wile and mother. His name is Yictorio,
and. it is claimed, was stolen from this pueblo
when seven years old by the Apaches, but tho
Parker scouts say he was a pure Apache.
The Indian pointed out after the fight asYic-
torio by the captive Mexicans in his camp was
thin-visaged. tall and slender, bad a scar from
a wound or kick from ahorse (or more likely by
a Government mule) 011 his cheek and had a
tooth out in front: had a goodly array of silver
ornaments on his person, was armed with a
Centennial "Winchester, and fought desperately
until his death. From what I have heard, the
Pueblo Indians bore the brunt of tbe battle,
having lought Yictorio single-handed—there
were sixty-five of them—the evening before
the capture, and being the principal sufferers
in the small number of killed, three, «ur1
wounded, some say eight and others twelve
men.
It is hard to reconcile the small amount of
damage done by Yictorio and his warriors,
with their former achievements, except on
the theory that they were very short of
am munition, their chosen warriors having
take/i off tbe bulk of what they had in camp,
and as a continual tire was kept up on them all
night, they wasted a great deal ol' ammunition,
and when the final charge on them next morn-
ing was made they were out of ammunition,
or nearly so. and relied on hiding more than
fighting. But the Mexicans had a bloody
balance to settle, and closed in on, them anil
killed every male from old man down to boy
that looked big enough to fight: so thaC really
the force of sixty-nine warriors kiHed Tneanc
hoys and men. But it was a gallant tight, and
Gen. Tarasas deserves great credit for it. The
writer was with the Mexicans some time before
the order for us to return to American soil
came, a«d had the pleasure of forming ^ the
acquaintance of the general, who is every inch
a soldier: and often heard him say he did not
intend to fight Vic. at long range, but if ho
foiuid him even behind his rock parapets, which
he built at every camping-place, he would
form his men in line and go over there, and
this he would have ilone even if the thirty
warriors had been with Yie., but the battle
would have l»een a bloody one.
\Ve are rid of Victorio, himself and the pres-
tige and power of liis band are gone; but let mo
warn the j»eople tliat not less than sixty four
of his principal fighting men are still in tho
field, and full of the deviL There were thirty
warriors on a scout at the time of tbe fighx.
and fourteen more left during the light with
one-half of the herd of tbe liest horses, and
there are some twenty warriors that were
driven into tlie Guadalupe and Sacramento
nets by Gen. Grierson larft August, and have
not been able to get back to Vk-torio-'s hnnd.
If the troops are withdrawn from all ont}«*sts,
«i*l go into winter quarters at Da vtsand Stock-
ton, you may expect to hear of some wholesale
massacre l»etween here a: id Fort Davis before
spring. They are in Mexico at either the Pino*
or Be radio nets, between the Chihuahua and
San Antonio roads, and can raid on either. It
is rather late to give advice, but if Vie. had just
kept on running ho would have been alive to-
day. Kangek.
RA i /. ROA D NE WS.
Cleburne Bulletin: The contractors of the
Cuff. Colorado and Santa He have let out
twenty-seven miles contracts, and the first dirt
was shoveled on the road between this place
and Fort Worth Wednesday morning of last
week. We are reliably informed that it is the
purpose of the company to complete the road
to Cleburne by the first of March next.
Corpus Cbristi Free Press: On and after
Wednesday tbe railroad company will be pre-
]»ared to sign through bills of lading to Laredo
at fixed ami uniform rates.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch, an independent pa-
per, says: If the Constitution of the United
States be amended u • provide for ex-presi-
dents and ex-vice presidents by making them
-life senators, tlie persons who would lie affected
by it are U. S. Grant. Hannibal Hamlin, Schuv-
ler Colfax. Tbos. W. Ferry. Rutherford b.
Hayes and "William A. Wheeler. In view of
the"uncomfortable "closeness" of the Senate
many republicans will regret that this list of
eminent names cannot be added to the present
body. It would l>e a nice thing to have al-
ways six republicans to count certainly on in
making estimates of the complexiou of the
Senate, and Mr. Garfield and Mr. Arthur
would swell the number to eight. In the
course of a few years, by electing young and
robust men to the offices of president and vice-
president, t«e republicans would liavo the
Senate thoroughly in hand. We would sug-
gest that members of the Cabinet be made life
representatives at large, that the good work
may go on in tliat quarter.
Buffalo Courier: It is true that the electoral
system may often lead to the choice of a
minority president, and siay sometimes be
preverted to the purposes of fraud; but the
system of voting directly for candidates, if free
from the former objection, would, we think, be
doubly open to tbe latter. However that inay
be, the proposed reform is hardly possible. If
the democratic party should favor this scheme
the republicans would be certain to oppose it.
The present arrangsmeut is to their advantage,
as the election of 2 $76 and the recent presi-
dential election show-. Four years ago, as in
the last election, each party earned one-half
of the states, but in 1876 the renublieansjby
stealing Louisiana and Florida, secured a ma-
jority °of the number—twenty-one states
against the seventeen left to tlie democrats.
Nevertheless tbe latter retained a decided ma-
jority of the popular vote in the Union.
W hether hancock obtained a popular majority
in the country at large is still a matter of dis-
pute. But if "the official figures should give
v rartieki a small popular majority it would
stand in no proportion to the electoral ma-
jority.
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