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TON aud Mr. E. LEVAN are from this date
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News office in the State.
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and correspondent, is also authorized to act
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RICHARDSON, |BELO a co.
flabvesto*, Augnst 7, 1871.
rrlvste Friendship* and Public
Dnt)r. Tk*
The Brenham Con yention to nomi-
nate a candidate lor Congress in the
Fifth District ended, as such things
always do, in the disappointment of
many who had personal favorites, for
whom they hoped to secure the honor;
but in its main feature the work ot
that convention was a grand success.
It nominated the man who is almost
universally admitted to be capable of
accomplishing most for the benefit of
the people of the district and State.
People who urge the claims of candi-
dates] for public oflice more on the
score of personal preference than y»e
qualifications of aspirants to render ef-
ficient public service, are lacking in
one of the higher elements of patriot-
ism. The country requires the ser-
vices of those who can best subserve
the public Interests without regard to
the claims of private friendship. Ca-
pacity, honesty and votion to the
public welfare, without regard to pri-
vate benefit to individuals or associa-
tions of men in the form of joint stock
compaiies, should be the tests. Such
compaiies, or associations of private
indivituals for the purpose of effecting
objecti of public utility which are too
heavy for individual accomplishment,
have do claims for public aid in excess
of the service they may render the
public. They are entitled to fair re-
turns for wl^tever capital and labor
they may employ *m such works, but
not to be enriched at the public ex-
pense, without due equivalent.
While men are almost invariably in
fluenced more or less by their personal
feelings toward candidates for public
office, all will admit, in theory at least,
that the public interests demand the
selection of the man who can discharge
the duties of the office to the best ad-
vantage of his constiuents, without
violating the principles of political
morality or undue detriment to the in-
terests of other portions of the country.
Frequently, no doubt, in the selection
of county and municipal officers, the
amiable character and personal popu
larity of one aspirant outweigh equal
or superior qualifications in another of
less pleasing address and less geniality
in social habits. Doubtless, the stand
ing of a man in his own neighborhood
is one of the best criterions of his fitness
to be trusted, as upon tho verdict of his
immediate associates and those brought
into closest contact with him depends,
in a great degree, his reputation for
integrity and morality, as well as his
reputation for industry and the proper
attention to the duties devolving upon
him.
To all these tests and to the closest
scrutiny of his private and public acts
during a residence in Texas since the
overthrow of tho rule of Mexico, Judge
Hancock may be submitted, with the
utmost confidence that no flaw will be
found in his record. Frank, bold, and
it may be even aggressive in the ex
pression of his opinion on public ques
tions, he is ever ready to hear patiently
and canvass fairly the opinions of
others, and never allows private feel
ing to warp the strict impartiality of
his judgments. lie held judicial of-
fice for a long period, the fairness of
his decisions was never questioned
and it may be confidently asserted that
his political conclusions and conduct
have been as fair and conscientious
his judicial decisions.
[For the GaJveston News.
KllKBof.
BY SANS Q. LOTT.
Uuhkaand and Curbing.
There is one fact which citizens and
workmen engaged in filling up and
curbing sidewalks in Galveston seem
slow to learn, though it is made mani
fest by every rain that falls. That is,
that the tine beach sand used in filling
becomes quicksand whenever it is su
pcrsaturatcd, and will pass through
any opening large enough for the pas-
sage of water. In constructing curb-
ing, no opening should be left in the
joints, but they should be made
literally water-tight. Already many
of the fine new pavements have de-
pressions in them, caused by the es-
cape of the sand through the loosely
constructed curbing, and unless greater
care is used in such work, our line new
walks will soon become a system of
hills, hollows and pools of water, or
property-owners will be put to the
trouble aud expense of endless repairs
Missouri Politics are apparently
about to be reduced to the state de-
scribed by Three-legged Willie, in the
phrase that ended with "atoms."
A large and enthusiastic meeting of
the Third or Independent party advo-
cates is reported to have been held at
Sedalia, and the movement is repre-
sented to be spreading. The Grangers
are working like beavers for the suc-
cess of the objects which called them
into existence, but some say that they
arc working like mules for political
purposes. There arc shades of division
in the Republican party, as Liberals
and Radicals, and in the Democratic
ranks as Conservatives and Ultras.
IIow many candidates for Governor
there may be, and with what platforms,
is jet undetermined.
The mil County Krj,onitvr uses re-
markably, vigorous language: "Would
see the International Road torn up
and every stockholder in the concern
damned before it would ever pay them
a .dollar! We doubt whether there is
an editor on any of the New York
dailies who has learned to express him-
self so forcibly.
Brazoria county will make full
crops this year. The corn crop is
made, and lias yielded lrom forty to
sixty bushels per acre. Cotton has
suffered no injury from the want of
rain, and oives every assurance of a
full crop. Sugar cane was somewhat
checked by the late drouth, but was still
promising, and has doubtless received
a fresh start from the late rains.
The following plan to raise water-
melons without seed is given by an
exchange. Those who do not like seed
in water-melons may try it on:
After the vine is about two feet
Ion,', cover the vine at a point inter
me liate between the root. After it
hai taken root where it is covered, di-
vide the vine between the old and'the
new root, and the result will be that
the melons will be seedless, without
impairing their quality.
Focr Pottawatamie Indians, who
disappeared eleven years ago, and
whose estates had gone into the hands
of an administrator, lately returned to
Kansas and received their money,
which had accumulated in the bank.
ENuLAiHD, France and Austria have
recognized the Spanish Republic, and
the Pope is said to be nearly ready to
acknowledge that Marshal Serrano is
President.
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe Railroad shipped 12,27:5 cattle for
the six months ending July 30th,
against 3395 for corresponding period
of last year.
a good many newspapers in Texas
spend more than half their time in
proving that the Galveston News is
bankrupt in credit, character and repu
tation, and the other part of their time
;u cullin ' news from its columns.
Deatb of Another Old Texan.
Major Henry W. Augustin, an old
citizen, patriot and public servant of
Texas, died on the sixth instant, at his
residence in Polk county, Texas.
He wa3 born in Fairfield District,
South Carolina, in the spring of 1805.
He grew up and was married in that
State. He came to Texas in the fall
of 1829, and immediately took a lead-
ing placc in the society and councils
of the country. He represented the
municipality of San Augustine in the
Consultation which assembled at San
Felipe in 1835, and participated in the
movement which inaugurated the revo-
lution which resulted in the independ-
ence of Texas in 1836.
He was offered the place of Secretary
of War in the young republic, but
declined the honor. He held the office
of capt&in in the army of Texas.
In the Cherokee war of 1839, he held
the office of .Mayor. In the bloody
battle, in which the Cherokees were
defeated and expelled from Texas, he
received a wound which crippled him
for life, the amputation of the leg hav-
ing been necessary to prevent a fatal
issue. He enjoyed the high confidence,
respect and esteem of all who knew
him, and his influence was always ex-
erted for the best interests of the
community in which he lived.
It is a remarkable fact, not generally
known, that the biting dog always bites
the wrong party—some child, or invalid,
or elderl/ lady given to visiting at un-
usual hours.
He is trained for the business by being
tied to a post, when a puppy, and fed ir-
regularly on raw meat. This treatment
renders him at first melancholy and
afterwards misanthropic.
The recent burglaries reported in the
News determined Mr. Hannick, of East
Broadway, to purchase one, which he
did from a bullet-headed man with a
game leg and a calico shirt. The chris-
tian name of the animal was Jowler, and,
as it turned out, that was the only part of
him that was christian.
His chest was full, his neck short, and
the general expression of his counte-
nance geometrically square and esthetic-
ally evil.
The bullet-headed man brought him
home and, after tying him to an oleander
in the back yard, instructed the hired girl
to feed him regularly and turn him loose
at night.
She gave Jowler his dinner and sup
jer, but neglected to mention to the fam
ily that he preferred to have his victuals
handed to him with a pitchfork. Other-
wise he showed an unmistakable disposi
tion to make a meal off of her.
At 9 p. m. Mr. Hannick told her to turn
Jowler loose. She said that she was
afraid.
" Afraid of what t" asked Mr. H.
" Of the dog, to be shure," said she.
" Why, there's no danger in him, Nora.
Turn him loose."
I'd sooner lose my place than lay
hand on him."
" Nonsense! I'll turn him loose my-
self," said Mr. Hannick.
He started out promptly, leaving his
wife and Nora on the back Bteps, but the
latter's hesitation had rendered him nerv-
ous. He proceeded, however, with some
boldness until he reached the circumfer-
ence of the circle radiused by Jowler's
tether, and then he paused and remarked
to his wife that the evening was fine.
Jowler did not seem to like the tone of
this remark, or else the evening was not,
to his mind. At any rate, he showed his
teeth which, considered simply as teeth,
and disconnected from any ultimate pur-
pose to which they might be applied,
were certainly fine. They were a full
set—long, sound, well-pointed and reg-
ular enough to be artificial, though Mr.
H. swears they are not.
Poor doggie," said Mr. II., " master's
come to turn him loose."
Jowler received this communication as
contemptuously as if he were the pub-
lisher of a popular magazine, and had
juBt opened a registered letter to find
that it contained " Lines to a Rose," in-
stead of the customary $4 from a new
subscriber.
He lay down in Buch a way as to make
both ends meet—a consummation which
can be more readily brought about by an
impecunious dog than by an impecunious
Granger.
The quietness of his attitude embold-
ened Mr. Hannick to walk up and take
hold of the rope.
It would have been better for him if
he had taken hold of a red hot poker.
Without any preliminary notice of ac
tion Jowler sprang to his feet and mark
ed a pair of calves with a smooth crop
and underbit in less time than it was
ever done in by any cattle man in Texas
The hired girl put her apron to her
face and screamed "fire."
Mrs. Hannick shouted: "Lord have
mercy
Mr. Hannick said "damnation," and
rolled out of the circle.
By the time the services of a doctor
could be secured, Mr. Hannick had ar-
rived at the conclusion that the dog had
hydrophobia, and insisted that the poison
should be sucked out of his wounds.
But there was no mouth in the ward
large enough to cover the smallest of
them; and as the market was closed,
was impossible to procure a catfish.
The doctor used morphine and caustic,
and finally got his patient to sleep.
The bullet-headed man called next
morning to inquire if Jowler had given
satisfaction.
It was very straining to Mr. Hannick
to reply with any degree of moderation.
Still he managed to do it.
Through lips that were white with
srppressed passion he said he was satis-
fied with the dog. So well satisfied that
he wouldn't need him any longer. He
would give the bullet-headed man five
dollars to take him off and kill him.
The money was pocketed and the dog
was led off. But we do not think he is
dead. In the absence of positive inform
ation on the subject, we would say of
him, in words that are historical—he still
lives.
And without any intention of being
sensational, we would like to bet—say
four to one—that Jowler will be for sale
again in Itss than a week.
[For the Galveston News.
In the Llght-Honae.
by mrs. h. s. j-hbson.
Night after night I hear the angry breakers
Dash on the rocky shore;
Night after night bats, gray as gray-robed
Quakers,
Traverse the Light-House o'er.
Night after night, in solitary sadness,
I muse and dream of thee;
Watching the stars, that twinkle in their glad-
ness,
Above the lonely sea.
And it's, oh, aweary, my heart has grown,
In the Light-House by the sea;
Steer clear of reef and shoal, my love,
Bet sail for home and me.
Mora after morn I bind my long brown
tressss
With ribbons bonnle blue;
Horn after morn my anxious heart con-
lesses
Its love and doubts anew.
Lone is the night, all gray the sea and dreary;
My hair is damp with dew;
Come soon, my brave, brave captain, I am
weary
Of gazing out for you.
For it's, oh,>weary, my heart has grown,
In the Light-House by the sea;
Steer clear of reef and shoal, my love.
Set sail for home and me.
Houston, August 13, 1874.
[For the Galveston Niws.
First Glimpses of Texas.
by sans q. lott.
Kansas.
The latest returns have been re-
ceived of the election of 156 Republican
delegates to the nominating State Con-
vention. Of these 91 arc certain and
avowedly for Thomas A. Osborn, the
present incumbent, for Governor. Of
the remaining 65, Horton has 40 and
Smallwood 25. These returns are cor-
rect, and verified by letters and tele-
grams.
onto.
The returns from the election on the
new constitution iu Ohio come in
slowly, as the election seems to have
produced but little interest. The
figures are still meagre, though they
will probably soon be complete. There
are several distinct votes besides that
on confirming or rejecting the main
body of the constitntion, one of them
being on minority representation,
another on railroad aid, and another
on the liquor license question.
The recent decree ordering a draft
of citizens for military service con-
tmned a clause exempting any con-
script on payment of $1000. Great
numbers have availed themselves of
tha privilege, and consequently pro-
gress in filling up contingents lor dif-
ferent corps is very slow, and men are
not coming in sufficient numbers to
meet the requirements of the war. The
Cup tain-General has issued another
■ Ircree, requiring persons drafted
for cavalry and colored militia seeking
exemption not only to pay $1000, but
to procure able-bodied substitutes.
Tennessee.
Judge Porter, of Henry county, who
is reported by telegraph to have been
n< ininated as a candidate for Governor
of Tennessee, is the candidate of the
convention which assembled at Nash-
ville on the 18th instant, under the
name of the Democratic Conservative
Convention. Among the prominent
names before the convention were
those of Judge Caruthers, of Wilson;
H>n. M. Burns, of Davidson; Chan-
cellor Marks, of Rutherford; General
Mtrcus J. Wright, Hon. John S Kerr,
Chancellor Morgan and Enoch Ensley,
of Shelby county. Hon. Dorsey B.
Thomas, of Humphreys, and Judge
Porter, of Henry, are mentioned as fa-
vorites of the Patrons of Husbandry.
The selection of Judge Porter gives
assu ranee that the Order named will
co-operate with the Democrats in the
election.
The Scott* of Abbotsford.
The author of Waverley has entirely
died out in the male line. As with many
other celebrities of the world whose
memories we should delight to honor in
their children, Sir Walter Scott is only
represented lineally by one fair girl. Of
all who bore his name, and there were
not wanting braw bonnie lads, who rose
to fair distinction in the army, the grand-
daughter of that favorite of his who
married Lockhart is the only living soul
who can claim descent from the master
of Abbotsford. John G. Lockhart's only
daughter married Mr. Hope Scott, who
died last year, and the issue of that mar
riage is to marry a member of the old
Maxwell Herries family, who, to conform
to legal provisions connected with the
lady, will assume his wife's name and
become Hope Scott of Abbotsford.
Both are members of the Church
of Rome, and the marriage will
take place shortly with some pomp
and circumstance. If the lady had died
unmarried, or if she dies childless, the
estates and mansion of Abbotsford to
which she succeeded will pass to the suc-
cession" of Major Thomas Scott, a brother
of " The Great Unknown," who came to
Canada and died there in 1823, and whose
Bon is supposed to have settled many
years ago in Vermont or Maine. Thus
we see the Scotts of Abbotsford hold
through the female line for three gene-
rations, having in each instance only one
life between possession and a forced re
linquishment to a collateral branch. In
the event of male issue in this coming
union, it would be a graceful act on the
part of the queen, or whoever comes
after her, to restore the baronetcy.
There is a good hearty ring of border
gramarye about the title of Walter Scott
of the Abbot's ford that goes linked de-
lightfully in our romances with the
staunch knight Marmion and Roderick
Dliu, and it ought to be perpetuated.
A Little Termagant.
The admirers of French opera in this
country a dozen years ago will remember
the brilliant and fascinating Mecena Ma-
rie. After two seasons of successful
opera in the United States, especially
conspicuous in New Orleans, she re-
turned to France. Of her subsequent
career, the subjoined clipping from a
Paris curreBoondent will disclose :
Probably no family in French threat-
rical annals, says a Paris correspondent,
are fonder of squabbles and quarrels
than are the Marie Sisters, one of whom,
the beautiful and talented Irma, will
long be remembered by theater goers.
Her no less lovely sister, Paoli Marie, haB
been distinguished for tho number of
broken contracts and canceled engage-
ments which have marked her theatrical
career. The only one who seems to have
led a tranquil life is M'lle Galli Marie,
the creatrix of Mignon. Yet, even of
this artiste it is said that she was once
devotedly attached to Offenbach, and on
being supplanted in his fickle affec-
tions by another prima donna of
the opera comique, M'lle C ,
her wrath knew no bounds. She
had been forced to relinquish her dress-
ing-room, which was the best In the the-
ater, to her rival, who caused the hang-
ings and furniture coverings to be re-
placed with others of snow white silk
brocade. M'lle Marie said nothing, but
arrived at the theater one night, pro-
vided with bottles of the strongest claret,
and slipping into her former dressing-
room, deluged its draperies with the wine
and departed. One of the sisters, M'lle
Mecena Marie, espoused her cousin, M.
Marie de l'Isle, and her conjugal misfor-
tunes are now exciting sympathy. Her
husband treated her cruelly, and a short
ttme ago she separated from him, which
rendered him furious, and meeting ber
one day he pursued her for some dis-
tance, declaring that he would kill her.
He aimed a blow at her with a dagger,
but was seized by the police. Recently
his trial took place, and his wife begged
that he might be released, declaring that
she forgave him. The culprit declared
that he adored hia wife, but this had no
effect on the stern judge, who sentenced
this husband to fifteen months' imprison-
ment.
I started to Texas with financial long-,
ings in me, and put far behind me all
thought of the modest competency which
had so long been my ungratified ambi-
tion in the East.
There was no such word as fail in the
pocket lexicon which I forgot to put
in my trunk — an oversight, which I
regret the less, as I was informed soon
after my arrival that in this country we
spell and pronounce words just as we
damn please.
This information was furnished me
gratis by an old Texan, on seeing the
mild look of wonder with which I re-
garded him as he spoke of the ravages
of the epizootic.
I embarked at New Orleans, in com-
pany with a rather hungry looking lot of
emigrants, on the Morgue en Line — so
called from the number of dead beats it
transports to Texas. The passage was a
stormy one, and I spent most of the time
on my knees, with my head over the bul-
warks, like a second Maury, studying the
geography of the sea.
In this position a feeling of pity for the
fishes, doomed to spend all their lives in
the salt water, sprang up into my bosom,
and I divided my dinner with them.
Experiencing, after this, something of
that exhilaration which always accom-
panies a noble action, I looked around for
the applause of my fellow-passengers.
But they, too, all seemed to be on the
lookout for the Gulf Stream, and in deep
sympathy with its finny inhabitants.
" One elderly gentleman in particular
caught my eye and excited my emula-
tion. After contributing his entire din-
ner, in a spasm of generosity, he made
an unreserved tender of his breakfast.
I saw him promptly and raised him by
restoring to their native element two
dozen oysters swallowed at 12 o'clock the
night before in New Orleans. He tried
hard to call me, but couldn't raise the
needful.
The wind blew all night and the pas-
sengers generally looked anxious next
morning. Even the ancient mariner
who commanded the vessel seemed to be
nervous. I remembered Julius Csesar
and endeavored to reassure him by men-
tioning that although my fortunes were
aboard I hardly thought there was
weight enough in them to sink the ship.
" Sinking be blowed," he said, " the
wind's lying, and I'm afeard this crowd
will have stomach enough to eat break-
fast."
He was right. The wind abated, and
that crowd swallowed everything con-
nected with the provision department,
except the gong.
I mistook Galveston at first sight for a
stone fence out of repair. On landing I
was invited to ride to a hotel in a free
omnibus, which reminded me that a
seedy-looking individual had sold me a
'bus ticket on the steamer for fifty cents.
I looked around for him, but couldn't
see him. And I wanted to see him bad.
When he sold me that ticket I nu a
harmless product of civilization. When
he sees me again I shall have my boots
in my spurs and my breeches in my
boots.
I didn't see anybody I knew in Galves-
ton, but I met a well dressed man who
knew me. He called me Colonel, but
didn't know my other name. He had
seen me gallantly leading my regiment
at Gettysburg, and never could forget
my face.
I thanked him kindly, but neglected to
mention that I had never commanded a
regiment at Gettysburg or anywhere else.
He was a banker and broker, and
would give me gold for greenbacks at a
discount of 5 per cent. Other men would
charge 10, but he couldn't be hard on an
old comrade, and would discount my
currency at 5 per cent. He gave me a
warm welcome to Texas at par.
I told him I had no greenbacks to ex-
change for gold, but I would be obliged
if he would discount a draft on my fu-
ture in Texas, at, say, 15 per cent. Yes,
15 per cent, and my colonel's commission
thrown in.
He left me as my ancestor left Sodom,
in a hurry, and never looked back.
The scenery on the road to Houston is
monotonous, being made up mostly of
prairies, cattle and grass. We passed a
triangular garden, fenced with pickets.
I learned from a Texian on the next neat,
that this shape was adopted in order to
split up the northers, and thereby prevent
them from tearing up the turnips.
This gentleman gave me much in-
formation of a like useful character, and
in return for his good offices I here record
the difference between a Texan and a
Texian.
I only regret that I can not furnish his
photograph also.
After a man lives here twenty-one
years he ceases to be a Texan and be-
comes an old Texian.
There is but one way of getting over
this rule, and that is to be born here.
But as the party chiefly interested
does not know this, it happens that a
large per centage of the immigrants to
Texas are born before they get here.
To be an old Texian is about equiva-
lent to having a patent of nobility. He
rides a mustang without difficulty, and
in such matters as bootlegs, spurs and
saddle strings he surpasses the wildest
dreams of Oriental romance.
I am oppressed with a sense of my dis-
abilities in not being an old Texian my-
self, but I try to bear up. If I can only
Jive twenty years and six months longer,
I'll make the eddy, and almost anybody
would be willing to live that long to get
a really good thing. When the good
time comes, I shall be moved far beyond
the necessity of wearing a biled shirt,
and be, at the same time, independent of
the barber, the soap factor and the washer-
woman.
There isn't much water along this road,
but what they have got is strong.
So strong that it has to be diluted with
whisky to render it palatable.
About a quart of whisky to a gill of
water is the proportion used by old set-
tlers.
I remarked to the native who gave me
the formula, together with a drink, that
this might possibly make the water too
weak ; but, like every suggestion that I
have made in this benighted land, it was
received with indifference bordering on
contempt.
At Houston, I stopped at a hotel, which
was the best institution for a man of
sedentary habits that I had ever found.
You might be in bed four-fifths of your
time andjget all the exercise you needed
in cutting up your beef.
After getting as much as I wanted out
of a steak, I put the waiter to work on it
and made him earn his wages. He never
seemed to understand me, but when I
left he gave me a smile that meant quite
as much as if he had thrown a whole
shoe store after me.
I here struck the Texas Central Kail-
road, which earns enough money to pay
the interest on the national debt if it
wanted to—but it don't.
It is an expensive road to travel on.
It coet the Radical Superintendent of
Public Instruction twobits a mile to ride
on it with a free pass.
Although I was unencumbered with
any official weight, it cost me more than
I could well afford to pay.
Ther<) were several members of the
Legislature on the train, en route to
Austin. Though differing widely on all
questions of State policy, they were
unanimous in assuring me that the pres-
ent Legislature was the ablest body of
men ever convened in the great State of
Texas.'
1 told them that that was the sort of
fovernment I was hunting for; took a
rink out of all their bottles ; and when
we parted at Hempstead I gave them my
blessing.
I was not quite sure that Buch an able
body of men needed it, but it struck me
as being the polite thing to do, and—I
did it.
Foreign Gossip.
Prayers for Prince Leopold's recovery
were offered in some of the London
churches on Sunday.
The Earl of Craven has forwarded
from Newbury to London a trout weigh-
ing twenty pounds. It is said to be the
largest of the kind " ever known."
It is expected that the Bessemer saloon
steamer will be floated at Hull before the
end of next month.
A middle-aged female beggar, arrest-
| ed at RusBellwood, county Kildare, was
found to have £91 concealed on her per-
son.
Mr. Haselden's ransom paid to the
Spanish brigands is said to have been
39,500 piastres in gold. The brigands
have since captured five Spaniards, and
are being hotly pursued.
The National Zeitung is advised that
there is a treaty planned between the
Austrian and German railway companies
to have a general tariff for both countries,
so as to facilitate the carriage of goods
through Germany.
Some newspaper correspondents ven-
ture the guess that the anonymous donor
who scatters about thousand-pound do-
nations.to London charities is her Majesty
the Queen, who is said to have spent one
[ hundred thousand pounds in this r
I ner.
The largest room in the world under a
single roof, unbroken by pillars or othei
obstructions, is at St. Petersburg, in Rub-
sia, and is 650 feet long and 150 feet
wide. It is used for military displays in
rough weather, and can be converted into
a ball room at night.
It is reported that an Indian banker is
ready to advance the Nizam of Hyderabad
nine crores of rupees (£9,000,000) to repay
the advance by the British Government. ,
and enable him to resume the Berars.
A new mitrailleuse has just been tried
at Coire, in Grisons. The barrels, instead
of clustering around a centre, are placed
horizontally, thus delivering the balls
like a platoon of infantry instead of in a
cluster. Twenty rounds were fired in a
minute, but the inventor. Col. Albertine,
of the Austrian army, maintains that
forty-five rounds can be fired each minute,
and that bis mitrailleuse will cost one-
sixth less than the one actually in use.
Talking of members of " the Hebrew
persuasion," they seem to be making
their way in the American press as we. ,
as in the English. Mr. Montague Marki,
who failed in an attempt to found a <Sat-
urday Review in America, is now assis
ant editor on the New York Herald, aol
his brother, Mr. Henry Marks, fills the
same post on the New York Worli.
They are the sons of Professor Markj
the well-known Jewish Rabbi, ot London,
At Stafford Assizes, Mrs. Emma Smif
Jones, a lady of position, and widow #f
a Staffordshire magistrate, was charg«d
with having libelled an auctioneer, nam«d
Gillard, at Stafford. The libel con-
plained of consisted of a letter she wrote
stating that G illard concocted a will of
her late husband, whereby she was de
prived of certain property. The judfe
said the letter was as foul and offensive a
libel as the pen of a woman could posii
bly write, and he sentenced her to three
months' imprisonment.
The regiments standing first for lie-
land after the removal there of the td
Battalion 4th and the 50th Regimems
will be the 4th Battalion 60th Rifles at
Portland the 99th Regiment at Fort
George, the 90th Light Infantry at Do-
ver, the 1st Battalion 23d Fusiliers at
Aldershot, the 82d Regiment at Chatham
and the 93d Highlanders at Woolwitb
These, or the majority of them, will
probably cross St. George's Channel next
year, acting as reliefs to the regimeats
proceeding on foreign service.
The Chancellor of the Province ol
York has held a sitting to decide upoi
complaint made by a parishioner agaisst
the Rev. Benjamin C. Kennicott, vicar of
All Saints', Monkswearmouth, to the ef-
fect that, for two years past, he has given
himself up to drinking, and had neglect-
ed to perform service at his church.
Several witnesses were examined as
the conduct of the defendant, who did
not appear. The court, after hearing the
evidence, suspended the defendant for
three years, and condemned him in costs.
The suspension will not be relaxed at the
end of the term unless evidence is pro-
duced to thb satisfaction of the court,
and a certificate Bigned by three beneficed
clergy of the Diocese of Durham, of the
defendant's good behavior.
The principal coal-owning firms in the
Manchester and neighboring districts
have resolved to make a definite reduc-
tion in the price of coal, the reduced
rates to come into force on the first of
August. For delivery in Manchester the
reductions will range as follows : Hous*
coal will be reduced from Is 8d to 2s 81
per ton, according to quality ; furnae
coal, 8d per ton ; engine coal and slacl,
Is 8d per ton. The prices for deliveiy
will average, for house coal, 14s 2d a
17s 6d and 18s per ton; furnace cml
about 14s ; eugine coal 10s 6d to lis 4d,
and slack about 8s to 9s per ton, accord-
ing to quality. In outside districts in
Lancashire reductions to a similar extint
are also being made, and in some cates
2s 6d per ton is being taken off the puce
of coke, for which there has of late b®n
a very poor demand.
The attention of the Ceylon Gove*n-
ment has been drawn to the loathsome
ravages of a disease known as paraogi,
which is stated to be too repulsive to
allow of description, disfiguring its vic-
tims with a malice peculiar to no oilier
affection known to dermatology. It has
succeeded in depopulating the once p-os-
perous plains in the northwest of Cejlon,
but none can say whence it came, seeing
that it is mentioned as being existert in
bosks written during the last incarnttion
of Buddha. Whatever may have keen
its origin.it is now too mournfully cer-
tain that it is "capable of being genera-
ted to an extent which leaves some vil-
lages without the voice of a child and
consumes the whole populatioi of
others." The predisposing causes to pa-
rangi are said to be consanguineous mar-
riages, insufficient and unwholesome
food, impure water, and habitations not
proof against the weather.
Even on the second day after the it-
tempt on his life Bismarck received
anonymous threatening letters which h-
ment the failure, and speak of renewed
attempts. A letter of this kind, (says tie
Freischutz, a Hamburg daily of July a,)
with the postmark " Salzburg, 15, 7, 71,"
is communicated by the N. A. Zeitutg,
which runB thus, but with horrible nis-
spolling in the German : " Bismarct
We Catholics have just read that you ire
said to have been struck with a bullet,
but have unfortunately received no injury
from it, for which the entire Catholic
clergy are very sorry, for as much is said
(we will tell you it beforehand) that if a
war should come to pass you would be
the first for whom a bullet would be
cast, for you are the one whom we have
to thank that every other yeai war
breaks out among the people. You are
not worthy to hold the high position in
the Reichstag. Prepare yourself accord-
ingly, for you are hated by both high and
low.—One kok all Roman Catholic
Christians."
The natives living on the northern lit-
toral of New Guinea are said to be
a most pleasant race of savages—canni-
bals, no doubt, in a small way, but they
do not appear to have acquired a taste for
white men. H.M.S. BasiliBk was lately
cruising there, and the " ferocious " in-
habitants were delighted to have "Jack"
on shore with them. They are a light-
made, copper-colored race, deojntly
clothed with a palm leaf cloth ; many be-
ing handsome, intelligenVlooking men,
superior to the naked natives of Torres
Straits. They are evidently of Malay de-
scent. But how it comes about that the
Black Papuan and the copper-colored Ma-
lay should be on the same island, in such
close proximity to each other, it is impos-
sible to say. Their houses are constructed
of clear, interwoven cane, with high ga-
ble peaks and a saddle-shaped roof, built
among groves of cocoanut, bread fruit
and banana trees. No man need go a
stone's throw beyond his owndoortofind
all the necessaries of life,
Ice sweetened and flavored—" an ice,'
in short, the luxury introduced by Tor-
toni in 1815—costs one halfpenny more
in Paris than it does in London. It cost
1 franc up to 1867, at which period the
ice-dealers in the French metropolis met
and decided that it should be sold at 1
franc 25 centimes—a price which has
since been steadily maintained. The au-
thor of the rise is said to have perished
in a strictly appropriate manner—from
the effects of a chill. The price might
appear considerable if the local supplies
were supplemented by cool blocks from
Wenham Lake. A French journal,
which gives some particulars of the ice
trade in Paris, states that much of the
primary material is produced by chemi-
cal and mechanical processes, the rest be-
ing natural ice taken from the Seine and
stored in ice-houses at Passy, the Bois de
Boulogne, and Vincennes. The supply
of ice to Paris often fails toward eve-
ning, for the consumption is enormous,
and although the day's provision is kept
in the cafes in zinc troughs, having lids
which close hermetically, 25 per cent, of
it is lost by melting during the day.
Literary.
Primeval Life in Switzerland," by
Dr. Oswald Heer, will be translated and
published in London.
George Eliot is reported to be engaged
upon a new novel, for which £10,000
have been offered to her.
We have noticed lately, in several of
the literary journals, graceful fugitive
poems of Mr. Farle Marble, the Boston
art critic.
Lord Russell's volume of reminiscences
of his political life is now in the hands
of the printers, and will be published in
about three months.
Englishmen will never have done with
writing histories of India. The last ope
is Sir Henry Elliott's " History of India,
told by its own historians."
Mr. Charles Lamport has written a
book on the " Working Classes," which
treats of co-operation, wages and other
matters connected with the great labor
question.
A Frenchman named Edward Les
Childe has published a new biography
of the Confederate chieftain, entitled,
Le General Lee, sa Vie et ses Cam-
pagnes."
The Rev. Henry W. Foote, pastor of
King's Chapel, in Boston, and brother-in-
law of President Eliot, of Harvard Col-
lege, will continue to conduct the XJnita-
rian Review.
A new book on "The Philosophy of
History in France and Germany," by
Prof. Flint, is an important contribution
to the history of civilization for the past
two centuries.
Messrs. D. Appleton & Co. are to pub-
lish early in the autumn "Personal
Reminiscenses, Anecdotes and Letters of
General Robert E. Lee," by the Rev. J.
William Jones.
Two hundred and forty thousand Bi-
bles and Testaments, and nearly half a
million Books of Common Prayer were
issued last year by the Society for Pro-
moting Christian Knowledge.
A collected edition of the dramatic
works of Dr. Westland Marston will
shortly be published. Some of the earlier
plays have long been unattainable. A
few poems will be included in the
volume.
As evidence of the tranquil way in
which life passes in a provincial town in
England, we ere told that the Secretary
of the Manningtree Book Society, of
Manningtree, in EeBex, has not missed
single one of its hilf-yearly meetings in
fifty years.
We have just received a copy of the
China News, a journal excellently printed
in the Chinese language in the city of
San Francisco. In appearance the China
News suggests a magnified photographic
likeness of a section of a swarm of Min
nesota grasshoppers, taken in full flight.
"The Life of Chief Justice Chase,'
written by Mr. J. W. Shuckers, Mr,
Chase's private secritary for ten years, is
shortly to appear from the Appleton
press. Among the specially interesting
portions of the work is a chapter relating
the secret history of the revision of the
legal tender decision, and another giving
for the first time various details in the
Jefferson Davis case.
One of the most anusing of all the late
humoroUB books is that called " Out of
the Hurley Burley," by Max Adeler, of
the Philadelphia rewspapers. It is
collection of all his test jokes and ridicu
lous descriptive paragraphs woven into a
sort of story. Moit of 'em were ac-
quaintances, but the acquaintance is de-
lightful to renew, aid the new ones are
as funny as any Mirk Twain ever told,
The London Publishers' Circular,
criticising the recent literary pensions
bestowed by Mr. Disraeli's government,
says;
" The two nations who owe most to
their authors are the most dignified in
their freedom from acknowledging any
obligation to them. America has nobly
surpassed us. In that great country
they give their writers no State aid at all,
and we have so far emulated their ex-
ample that we give ours as little as we
can."
The centenary edition of the poetical
works of Tannahill went out of print
within a day or two after its publication.
The editor has the material for a second
edition well in hand. In the course of
his investigations he has made some in-
teresting discoveries. He has found that
most of Tannahill's songs and pieces
were founded on real persons and in-
cidents, and the elucidation of these will
form an interesting feature in the new
edition.
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Geometry and Epistolary Compofition.
Classes are formed in English and German,
combined with translation as well by word a*
by letter. Training in morals and manners,
as well as strict attention to discipline, is en-
forced as the only pathway of euccess in life.
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The following epigram is said to be
founded on an assertion made by Mr.
Froude, at Edinburg, that clerical writers
are not truthful, and to another, by Canon
Kingsley, that there.is no truth to be found
in historians:
" Froude informs the Scottish youth,
That parsons hare no care for truth:
While Canon Kingsley loudly cries
That history is a pack of lies.
" What cause for judgment so malign?
A brief reflection solves the mystery;
For Frcude thinks Kingsley a dirin9.
And Kingsley goes to Froude for history."
All that is known of the authorship is
that it is of Cambridge.
Messrs. Little, Brown & Co. will add,
during September, two notable books to
their already brilliant catalogue of his-
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concluding volume of Bancroft's History
of the United States, and Francis Park-
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The latter is likely to prove the most
popular of Mr. Parkman's books. It is a
picture of Canada, two centuries ago, un-
der the dominion of Louis XIV., of singu-
lar vividness and fidelity. The author
lias had access to a vast number of letters
and documents in the archives of the
French Government, and has wrought
into a fabric of remarkable interest the
materials so derived. His revelation as
to the early history of Canada under the
joint rule of monarchy and Jesuitism
may possibly wound the pride of Cana-
dians ; but every candid reader will ad-
mire the honesty and skill with which he
has performed a difficult and delicate
task. No more valuable contribution has
lately been made to American history
than Mr. Parkman's new took.
¥r. Evelyn Jerrold writes to the Lon-
don Athtnaum, of a somewhat curious
grievance of his own against London So-
ciety. He says: " There appears in the
current number of London Society a Pa-
risian sketch, ' At a Man Milliner's,' to
which my name is appended. The same
paper was published in the Illustrated
Review of the 24th of June. As attention
has been called in the public press to this
simultaneous appearance of one and the
same article in two different publications,
I trust you will give publicity to the
following facts. The sketch, ' At a Man
Milliner's,' was sent to London Society in
the beginning of September, 1873. Since
then, in spite of two applications
for information concerning the paper, I
have heard nothing of it. A month ago
there remained in my mind a slight
doubt as to the courtesy of the managers
of London Society, but none whatever as
to my right to dispose of my paper as I
might find convenient. The article was
sent to the Illustrated Review and pub-
lished. The same week, without having
received any proof or notification of ac-
ceptance, I perceived that the paper was
advertised as forming part of the July
number of London Society. I should
add that I have been informed that
proofs were sent to me. Had they been
forwarded to the address whence the ar-
ticle was dispatched they must have
reached me. I am convinced that who-
ever has any experience of periodical
literature will see where the fault lies.'"
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Ws have tested the Pianos of fifty different
makes, and know those that are
Suitable for Galveston.
We are selling Pianos on Monthly or Quar-
terly Installments, and cheap for cash.
For further particulars, call on, or address,
THOMAS GOGGAN & BRO.,
aug23 D&Wlt Galveston.
Two front OFFICES on second floor, occu-
pied by Messrs. Stowe & Wilmerding; one
front OFFICE on third fioor. occupied by
Messrs, Campbell & Clough, in Merchants1
Insurance Buildings, 63 Strand, with sample
rooms, water closets and wash basins. Pos-
session given September 1. Apply to
au23 3t HENRY SAMPSON, Secretary.
WANTED WANTED.
SITUATION AS BOOK-KEEPER.
A young man, who has had several years'
experience in New Orleans in the wholesale
grocery and cotton factorage business, wants
a situation as BOOK-KEEPER. Is an A No.
1 accountant, and writes a rapid hand. Can
furnish best of recommendations as to in-
tegrity and capacity from New Orleans, and
from leading men here in Galveston. Apply
to or address B. X., Galveston News office.
au23 tf
ARGET-SHOOTING PISTOLS,
Noiseless Rifles, Iron Targets,
Hnmmocks, Hemp Dusters; all kinds Rope,
Hooks, Fishing Lines, jointed Rods,
Poles, Lead, Powder. Shot, Caps,
Solder, Pistols, muzzle-load-
ing Guns, fine Breech-
loaders, Sporting-
Boats, Camping-tents, and Stores.
In fac), everything a Sportsman neods, can
be round at tiie store oi
jy29t8epl7 una JOS. LABADIE.
AMD
Houston City Property.
1 4© © gifts;
OTICE NOTICE
F
OR RENT OR LEASE.
Office Board of School Director*,
Galveston County,
Galveston, Aug. 8,1874.
Messrc. ROBINSON A CO.
are hereby appointed Depositaries at Galves-
ton, Texas, to receive and sell the
SCHOOL BOOKS
adopted by the Board of School Directors for
use in the Public Free Schools in this county.
This appointment will remain in force
until the 1st September, 1875, and until revoked
by order sf the Board. T. N. WAUL,
President Board of School Directors
and County Superintendent.
au23 lm
FURNITURE, TRUNKS, COOKING STOVES,
MATTRESSES,MACKEREL, GROCERIES,
LIQUORS, VINEGAR, CLOTHING,
Etc., at Auction.
BY BLAKELY, HARDING & CO.,
Auctioneers, 116 snd 118 Strand—Will sell
at auction, MONDAY, August 24th, at 10 a. m.—
5 Extension Post Bsadsteads; 11 Mattresses;
20 Trunks (various sizes) all new and in
Sood order; Half-Barrels and Kits of
[ackerel; Brandy Peaches; 40 Dozen
Oysters; 5 Cases Russes' Bitters: Barrels
Flour; Corn Meal 20 Barrels Potatoes;
Pocket Cutlery; Butcher Knives; Cloth-
ing; Hosiery; Towels; Handkerchiefs;
Notions, etc., etc.
Western Oats, Corn, Bran, Hay, Corn Meal,
Good Sound Potatoes and Flour at private
sale cheap.
aug23 It
QALL AT THE
BAZAR JEWELRY HOUSE
—OF—
J*K. W. SHAW & BRO.,
And see the fine stock of Jewelry that has
been received, such as
FINE SOLITARE AND CLUSTER DIAMOND
RINGS, TOPAZ, AMETHYST, PEARL
AND GARNET RINGS. ODD FEL-
LOWS' AND MASONIC EM-
BLEMS, STONE CAMEO,
CORAL, AMETHYST
And—-
Diamond Sleeve Buttons.
Give us a call, and we guarantee satisfac-
tion. M. W. SHAW A BRO.'S,
Corner of Market and Tremont streets.
au23 tilldec7D AW-3dp
ARGAINS! BARGAINS!
THREE NEW
ST. LOUIS BELL TREBLE PIANOS
for sale, at a discount of 25 psr cent, from
The premises situated at the corner of
Avenue A and Eighteenth street, can be rent-
ed or leased on or after the 1st of October,
1874. They are eligibly situated for business,
and suitable for a foundry or any other man-
facturine purpose. m.l. PARRY.
au9 su3t una*
T?OR SALE—A LOT on Strand, next to cor-
A. ner of Bath avenue, with fine Warehouse,
paying a good rent. Terms easy.
H. m. TRUEHEART& CO.,
au23 Real Estate Agents.
OTICE TO CITY TAX-PAYERS.
City Collector's Office, |
Galveston. August 22,1874. \
City tax-payers are hereby notified that on
and after the first day of beptember next the
payment of taxes for the present year will be
strictly enforced.
A rebate of ONE PER CENT, will be allowed
on taxes paid during the present month of
Auguust.
All persons indebted to the city for filling
lots, sidewalks, or street improvements, are
also requested to come forward and make
payments, and thereby save interest and costs
of court.
CHAS. H. LEONARD,
au22 lw City Collector.
For Sale—To Rent.
David wakelee has a good family
Horse. Rockaway and Harness for sale.
Inquire at the District Clerk's Office.
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JPOR SALE FOR SALE
A quantity of the Best
BLUE FIRE BRICK,
SUPERIOR SCOTCH FIRE BRICK
PRESSED SCOTCH BRICK,
ridge tiles,
SLATE SLABS.
Younger <c Jeffreys'
CELEBRATED SCOTCH ALE, IN PTS.
McEv&n & Jeffrey's PORTER, In pints.
Apply to WALTHEW ft CO.,
Wft are now erecting a new Building, into
which we will move about the
15th of September, Next.
Not wishing to move the very largo stock
we now have on hand, we will sell, for the
NEXT FORTY DAYS,
At such VERY LOW FIGURES, and on such
easy terms, that
Country Dealers Should not
Fail
To take advantage of the opportunity thus
offered them.
Wo havo now od banil upward o£
Three Thousand Stoves,
All of tho best patterns, and of every size.
Capital Gift, - $18,000.
NO GIFT LESS THAN
FORTY ACRES of LAND
OR
ONE CITY LOT.
Ja21tl
120 Strand.
B
price list, on terms of $25 per month, balanca
payable January 1, 1875.
Please call early at Ballinger Sa Jack's
Building, Posteffice street. F. L. BECKER,
au231t* Agent St. Louis P. M. Co.
Jj^OR RENT—THE NEW COTTAGE
BUILDING, with all conveniences for a small
family, on corner of Nineteenth street and
ATenae O, fronting south, with a constant sea
breeze, and convenient to the city cars. Ap-
ply at this office. aul3 tf
PRICE OF TICKETS, $3.
JOS. SHERWIN,
ARCHITECT,
BUILDING SIKVEVOR
and
SUPERINTENDED r.
Office—173 Center street. aug2 3m
F
OR RENT..
..FOR RENT.
F
A'
gents..
wanted
In every County in the State to Canvass for
subscriptions to gen. joseph e. john-
ston's
"Narrative of Military Operations."
For terms, etc., address, with reference,
philip stockton,
General Agent for Texas,
aug23 It Corner Strand and 22d streets.
^NVILS....... a. ANVILS
Assorted patterns and sizes.
For sale by
bering & mcneil,
Wholesale dealers in hardware, stoves,
agricultural implements, etc.
au23 3m
J ust received—
850 bbla. choice flour,
300 bbls. middling xxx flour,
as bbls. choice apples,
25 bbls. onions, 100 bbls. meal,
100 bales hay, 500 sacks corn,
250 saoks choice oats.
au231t* Rtcker ft Wilder.
Sweet virginia peanuts. — this is
to iaform the public that i have opened
aa establishment where i will seH Sweet Vir-
ginia Peanuts at utr-puo. wholesale or
retail. marco athanasius.
aug23 It* Center St., bet. Market a Postofflce.
a small Office, at a low rate of rent, on the
first floor over the & ews office counting room,
on Market street. Also a larger office on
second floor, ovv the News office counting
room. Apply at this office. aall
'or rent for rent
a store and dweluns house,
Between 26th and 27th streets, on the Strand.
aul8 lw Inquire at 64 West Strand.
Rooms for rent. .. .rooms for rent
a few fine large south ro<«ns for rent at
the northeast corner of Winnie and Twenty-
second streets, with or without board.
aal8 lw*
W anim—Lost—Found.
Wanted—an active partner in a
Restaurant now doing a large cash
business, having forty permanent cash board-
ers at present. Address box 908,
au21 3t* Galveston, Texas.
new york journalist
wants a position as manager or edi-
torial writer upon a Texas daily paper.
Experience in the different branches of the
profession, acquaintance with the affairs of
this State, besides the purpose of making his
permanent home here, may commend the un-
dersigned to the owners of newspapers. Best
of references given. Address
" gardner,"
Care of s. s. Nichols,
aul8 6t* Houston, Texas.
CLUBS ordering ten OR MORE tick
kts direct FROM us, WILL BE
allowed a discount OF
ten per cent.
ALSO A FULL STOCK OF
TIN
PLATE,
SHEET IRON,
BLOCK TIN,
ZINC,
And everything pertaining to Tinners' Fur-
nishing Goods, etc.
Send for Catalogues and Price Lists.
P. II. HENNESSY A BRO.,
Nos. 19, 21, 23 and 25 Strand,
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
COTTON WORM.
We are now manufacturing, in large num-
bers,
Sprinklers lor tlie Destruction ol
tlie Cotton Worm,
Which we supply at low rates.
FRUIT CANS.
Wo are also manufacturing, in largo quanti-
ties,
FRUIT CANS,
Of every size and description, at the LOWEST
POSSIBLE PRICES. As we make a specialty
of this business, we can not be undersold in
this market.
jy£8 E4t-Dlm una Sat & Sun
jos. w. rice...- tictorj. bacla.rd
OILS AND GLASS,
VARNISHES and ARTISTS'COLORS,
Wall Paper andWindow Shade*,
Br
KICE &BAULARD.
77 TREOTONT STREET,
ja36D-Ss&Wly galveston, TEXAS.
Send for Circular and Descriptive List.
Titles all Good, with Warrantee Deeds._®|
w
anted....
..WANTED
An a. m. of a Virginia College, with five
years experience at the head of a large school,
desires a situation as teacher, or a good
location to establish a school of high graae.
References—Faculty of "Emory and Hen-
ry College, Va.; Rev. w. a. Harris, Wesleyan
Female Institute, Staunton, Via.; Rev. j. b.
Stratton, Natchez, Miss. For particulars, ad-
dress 44 NEWS" OFFICE,
aull lm* Galveston.
Rooms and Board.
WANT GOOD
uno, at panio prio« . _
large, new "Private Boarding House,
southeast corner of Seventeenth and Ctrarch
streets, kept by j£rs. f. c. Momand.f Board
by the day, weelc and month. a'so furnished
and unfurnished rooms to 1st. For tweir.
table boarders—club rates—$35 eaeh This
house is situated in the central and business
part of Galveston, within three blocks of Cen-
ter street care and two of Market street oars.
augl9 lm
Boabd and rooms can bb
the corner of —
BAD AT
Postofflce and Church
an23 2t
aug23 It*
\\t anted—A situ ATT OB" TO OO house
>' work or nurse children. Address
uu23 It* E. B., News omce
B
oard wanted
the Daily Transactions in Real Estate.
aug23 it* john caplen a co.
C1an be bought, if applied to,tk
> Ave days, Five Hundred and Sixty Acres
of Land in Gonzales County, for Five Hun-
dred Dollars, on line of the g. h. a s. r. r.
aug*3 It* john caplen * co.
By a Younje Gentleman and Wife,
In some strictly private family, where there
are no other boarders. Address
an23 It* g. w., p. o. Box 717,
Partial wishing tickets can obtain them
from onr agents, or by remittances direct to
us, by Draft, Postoffice money Order,
Expreaa or Registered Letter, when
it can be done.
IF YOU WANT GOOD BOARD
and lodging, at panio prloes, go to the
Mrs v. westlake has rented the
commodious and pleasantly situated
dwelling on the northwest corner of Twenty-
second and Church streets. Boarders received
by the day, week and month, on reasonable
terms. 8mo
We refer to baa Ye, bankers and busi-
mess men of Houston or Texas, where we are
known.
innusa:
WAQLEY & LOCK ART,
MANAGERS,
aull SuAWtin Houston, Texa«#
j3ublic convenience.
For the benefit of our friends and cus-
tomers we have placed a BOX at Mason's Cor-
ner. All orders dropped therein, from our
friends or persons whom we know to be good,
shall have prompt attention for WOOD.
JEWELL &CO.,
augl9 3m-una Mechanic street, cor. 27th.
HOME INSURANCE CO.
SEW YORK.
CASH ASSETS JULY 1, 187 I,
$5,212,381 40.
Galveston Agency—This Company will in-
sure
Gin Houses and Contents,
Operated by animal or water power.
For blank applications and further informa-
tion, address _
JAMES SOELEY, Agent,
aullDlmunaW2m Galveston, Texas.
(jr.?
H. & H. R. R.
Galveston, August 19, 1874.
Notice to merchants and Oilier* !
Storage will be charged on all freight arriv-
ing at Galveston Depot after one day s notice
to consignees. oEo R NICHOLS.
au90 tf Superintendent.
Galveston gift enterprise
association.
Ofllce-No. 115 Center Street.
all tickets sold entitled to a
gift.
Drawn Numbers, Anguat 22, 18T4.
distribution number 334.
30-31-89-80-29-18-73-17-15-33-50
DISTRIBUTION NUMBER 335.
1-67-5-50-14-24-16-39-4-65-«8-25-3_
by
Distributions witnessed and attested
"William R. Johnson, Notajg
au8 lm*
Managers.
I7HJR RENT—TWO VERY
FINE
.•ay, b<
streets.
To
Tremont and Twenty second _
good tenants the above can be 'ea. ed »"
rorable terms. Apply- to F. SOLYITH •
Twentj-secoud aud J3waaff».v. <«WV
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