The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 346, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 2, 1884 Page: 4 of 4
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Pop .Re-election.
We are authorized to announce, for aljermnn of
tlia First ward, the name of
IRANK HARLOW,
sa a candidate at the onsuinp election.
THE FAmiiir
At the request of many voters, •
P. MULLER
announces himself a candidate for alderman of the
Third ward.
John Orothg-ar
Is a candidate for alderman of the Fifth ward, and
respstfully solicits your support.
We are authorized to announce
A. J. MLSGROVE,
as a candidate fer alderman Third ward. Election
Marrh 10. lift).
E. D. GARRATT.
II. OARBADE.
DRY B90DS
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Fishing Tackle
Guns and IsMiin.
AGENTS
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Sunday, March 2. 1884.
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Galvesror:. .09 fall; Iudianola. .10 fall; Palestine, .02
full: Shrevepor;. .01 rise; Elliot. .07 rise; Stockton,
.01 rise; Little Bock. .06 rise; I>oclga City, .10 rise:
Leavenworth, .27 rise; North Piatt", . Ji riso; Isis-
marck, .11 fall; New Orleans, .17 fail.
Ctoanew of fiiermome'.er in fi;e last ?1 hours:
Galveston. 10 rise; Indiaao'a, 17 rise; Palestine,
Si rise; bhreveport ; Elliott, 3 rise; Stockton,
35 rise; Little Rock, 4 rise: I)odge Citv. G fall;
Leavenworth. !S fall: North Platte, 111 ia.II; Uis-
niHiek, !» fail; New Oiieaus, 3 rise.
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ELEC5ANT PULLMAN BTJFKET CARS
DAILV BETWEEN
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LiU 1 Uii
For Berths. Tickets or any information apply to
S. S. ElacWASSASA,
Ticket Agent.
Oulf, Colorado and Santa Fs I.1.
TEXAS MIDLAND.
The popular route through Texn:-. to New Or-
leans. San Antonio. East. Southeast ami North.
The only route to Lanipas**. The new route to
Navasota aud Montgomery. Dining cars attached
te ail through trains. NO LL.'S TRANSFER AT
HOUSTON.
WSovement of Trains*
fort wobth a:;i> intermediate points.
Leave daily, d a. in. Arrive daily, 6:45 p. m.
oalviestoy TO HOUSTON—TWO TRAILS DAILY LV.C.l WAY
Lee ve Galveston 9:30 a in. ":S d. m,
Arrive Houston .. .. 11:45 a. m. 5:35 p. ni.
Arrive T.AN. O. Depot 5:50 p. m.
houston to galykstox.
Leave T. dt N. O. Depot.. ' .15 a. m. (':!5 p. m.
Leave Houston 7:5 > a. m. ('..'JO p.m.
Arrive Galveston 9:30 a. m. 8.45 u. in.
Passengers for New Orleans and points Last and
flCortli take the 3:35 p. to. train.
For further information, connections, etc., call
on or address
OSCAR G. MURRAY, J. IT. MILLER,
Gen. Passenger Agent. Ticket Agent.
THE_CITY.
Underwriters.
The local board of underwriters will meet to-
morrow for the purpose of considering the resig-
nation of Captain Ed. McCormick as inspector for
the hoard, and of electing his successor. There are
said to be about thirty applicants for the place.
Teachers' Institute-
A teachers' institute for the third class will be
held by the superintendent on the 13th instant. Sub-
ject*: How to teach pupils to thintc by means of
original exercises. How to secure home co-opera-
tion. A lecture by the superintendent on charac-
ter, the basis of the teacher's ultimate success.
Bulls and Bears-
Mr. P. H. Rose has sent to The News a '.veil-
executed photographic vie w of the interior of the
Cotton exchange. taken on the lltli of February.
The picture shows the bulls and bears as they sur-
round the pen In the exchange. The features of
nearly all or' the operators who were ©resent at the
time, and in tact almost if uot every face shown is
ready recognizable. The picture can be well con-
sidered a«? a fine^ouvenir and is a credit to Mr.
Rose's skill.
X&arriage Licenses.
During' the past week County Clerk Wren has
made the following parties happy by issuing to
them permits so mai ry:
H<*n v - mith and Mary Witmeyer.
W. II. Noble and Mrs. M L. Jones.
.1 A. Murchand and Mary Fivel Demoret.
PI ilip Garngain and Lizzie Hodgins.
Sauiso.i Nwberns and Mattie Fay.
Joseph Kessler and Kate Bonofaes.
List of "Unclaimed Packages
Remaining in the office of the Texas Express
company and Wells, Fargo & Co.'a iA:pres.-: office,
corner of avenue A and Tremont street, for the
week ending March 1, !S*4-
R. B«ye, E>. Brown. W. i{. Brooks, A. Bauer, J.
B. Lester, W. J. Moore. P. B. Radford. George A.
Clark, R. G. Crozittr, S. J. Ciute, S. Fugel (C -d ir
Bayou). Tom Hawkins, R Nelson. A. C. Ross, H.
M. Smith, Turniey Bros. & Co.. L. Wilson. C. Jenke,
Virginia Patterson. Turnley Bros. & Co., W. A.
Echolberger, H. Focke, A. Zeimer.
Anniversary Celebration.
Forty-eight years ago to-day, Texas declared her
independence of the Mexican domination, and in a
little while aft. .•.'•ward continue! the declaration
and established her position by the decisive b .tt!e
of San Jacinto. Of the small handful who figured
in the struggles of these times, and of the uumi.er
who forty or forty five years ago sought the shores
of th«» then voting republic, few are left to celebrate
the day. It Iihs almost come to be a poetic
story, remembered only in tbe songs
that we sing and the stories that are
told us of the early days of Texas. In this city
within the last year more than one veteran and
;'oneer has crossed to the other side, andonevery
de they aro dropping rapidly away. The few
tarho remain, however, remember and cherish tha
history of the trying times that are commemorated
by the day, and as this anniversary fails on bun-
day, the veteran association will 'to-morrow after-
noon at 4 o'clock, la the City hall, hold their an-
nual meeting in honor of the occasion. Every
veteran who can possibly be present is looked for.
JWortuary SSeport.
Dr. William Penny, health physician, reports the
following deaths tor the week ending Friday,
February 2U:
February 22—Infant of Mr. Leutsch, male, still-
be rn.
February 23—Ann Eliza Brown, 2 years, 7 months,
colored, measles.
February 24 John Julia. 41 years, heart disease;
Frank Craft, 43 years, tetanus; infant of Henry
Moses, male, still-born.
February 25--Adolpn Friedman, 31 years, con-
sumption.
February 28—L. C. Loveland, f>0 years, male,
ronic alcoholism: Bessie Pressler, 7 years, 0
onths, cardiac dropsy.
February 27—Joseph Swickle, 28 years, heart
>gease.
February 28—Infant of Th-?o. Anderson, male.
Kill-born; infant of Theo Uanaker, male, still-
born.
February 29—Mrs. E. Beman, 73 years, apo-
tlexy.
fire Yesteraay-
About 12:30, yesterday, an alarm was sounded
from box 23, corner of Sixteenth street and avenue
K. Engines 5, 2 and 1, and the truck, rolled out in
response, and did excellent service in quelling the
flames, which were in a cottage-house on the north
side of K, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth. The
work of the flreboys prevented the destruction of
the house, and perhaps of others around, as a
lively wind was blowing at the time. The
feouffe is owned by an old gentleman named Henry
Schmidt, who with his da.i^bter,was at the time of
th* Bt» occupying it. From ail that could be
learned it appears that the inmates of the house
iere engaged iu boiling a pot of tar, which over-
owod. ignited and communicated fire to the floor
lag and wails of the room. In his efforts to ex-
tinguish the blaze Mr. Schmidt was severely and i:
was feared j'esterday rerionsly burned about the
f*ce and head. He was taken to the residence
of a friend, where he was given attention. He ap-
peared to be exceed ir.g loth to leave the house,
even after it was in flames, and Officer Painter and
others were compelled to actually pull him out of
the burning room, and even then he wanted to go
back again. The total logs by the fire is estimated
ftt about $400; insurance nothing.
BURN
3UKN
E. a. rOBDTSAM.
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Wltt. B. KINO.
KING & FORDTRAN,
WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEAL]
Corner Strand and Tremont. Galveston, Texas.
In tho Churches-
Services w ill be held in the following churches
to-day
Tn. ity Church—First Sunday in Lent—First
celebration hoiy eomunion at 7 o'clock. Morniag
prayer and second celebration at 11 o'clock. Even-
song and sermon at 7:30 o'clock. Confirmation
cl ;> s meets at 4 p. m.
Durin i lent, services in St. Patrick's church will
be as follows: Sundays—First mass" at 7 o'clock;
high mass* at 10 o'clock; catechism at 3 o'clock;
evening service and sermon at 7:3.» o'clock. Wednes-
days aud Fridays—Evening services at 7:30 o'clock.
St. James M. E. Church—Corner Postofflce and
Fourteenth streets—-Rev. H. M". Seal's, pastor. Ser-
vices to-day: At 9:30a. m„ Sunday-school, 8. L.
Finley, superintendent. At T1 a. m., regular com-
munion service, couducted by the pastor. At 8
p. m., service of song and lecture by the pastor.
Board of stewards meets at 4 p. m. Seats free.
Ail persons invited to attend.
First Baptist Church—Corner avenue I and
Twenty-second street. A. T. Spalding, pastor.
Services at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. in. Baptism at
night. Sunday-school at 9:30 a. m. Scandinavian
service at 3 p. m.
Broad war M. E. Church and Seamen's Bethel,
corner Twenty-second street and Broadway—To-
day's services: Public worship and sermon at 11 a.
m.* by Rev. A. Johnson, presiding elder: holy com-
munion at this time. Sunday-school at 3 p. m., Mr.
Louis jones, superintendent. Conference for
church business will be held at 4 p. in. Preaching
at 7:30 p. m., to be followed by a gospel meeting.
Lecture Wednesday night at 7:30. Prayer meeting
Thursday night at 7:30. All are invited. Seats
free.
St. John M. E. Church South—Corner Broadway
and Bath avenue. Rev.W. J. Young, pastor. Sunday-
school at 9:15 a ni. G. E. Clothier, superintend-
ent. Regular services conducted by the pastor at
Ua m. and 7:45 p. rn. Morning subject: Why
do Some men Accept. Christ, and Others, with the
Same Evidence, Reject Him? Evening subject:
The Atheistic Fool. All are invited. Ushers at the
door to give you a seat.
Galveston Christian Church—Avenue K, between
Tenth and Eleventh streets. Sunday-school at 9
a m., followed by prayer-meeting every Sunday
mornincr.
St. Marv Cathedral—First mass at G:30 a. ra.;
second mass. 8 a. m ; hign mass and sermon,
10 a. m.: Sundav-schooi. 3 d. m.; vespers, 7:15
p. m.
St. Paul German Presbyterian Church—Service
at ll a. m.: sermon by the pastor, Rev. Mr. Young.
Sab bath-school at 9 a. w
Evangelical Association Church, corner Nine-
teenth street and avenue H—German —Rev. J. M.
Gomer, pastor. Services at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30
p. rn. Sunday-school at 9:15 a. m. Prayer-meeting
Thursday at 7:30
The West Point Free Mission Baptist Church, on
avenue R and Twenty-ninth street. Rev. G. R
Cushenberry, pastor in charge. Services at 3 and
8 o'clock p.m. Sunday-school at 9 a.m. Prayer-
meeting Tuesday ns^ht at 8 o'clock. Geueral ser-
vices Wednesday night at S o'clock, conducted by
the pastor. Invitation extended to all.
Services at the First Missionary Baptist Church,
on avenue L, between Twenty-sixth and Twenty
seventh streets. Sabbath-school, at 9 a. in., J. H.
Washington, superintendent. Preaching at 3 and
7:30 p.m. by the pastor. Rev. I. S. Campbell.
West Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church,
corner Thirty-sixth and avenue I—Sabbath-school
at 9 a. m. Deacon M. Turner, superintendent.
( oveuant meeting at 2:30 p. m. Preaching at 7:30
n. in. by the pastor. The publlic cordially invited,
ilev. E. M. Wright, pastor.
First Union Free Mission Baptist Church, avenue
K, between Eleventh and Twelfth streets—Rev. B.
J. Hall, pastor. Sunday morning prayer-meeting
at 6 o'clock. Sabbath-school at 9 o'clock,
Levi Johnson, superintendent. Covenant ^meeting
at 11 a. m. Preaching at 8 p. m.
T2S2! COUNTS.
Court of Apn©al3—Hon. John P. White, pre
siding judge,* and Judges Sam A. Willson and
James M. Hurt. Horace A. Morse, clerk.
Laird vs. Freiberg, Klein <£: Co., from Galveston
county: reversed and remanded.
Leediker et al. vs. Ratto & Co., from Galveston
county; motion for rehearing submitted.
Farciola vs. Batchelor & Bro., from Galveston
county; motion for rehearing submitted.
Custello vs. the State, from Lavaca county; re-
versed and remanded.
Davis vs. the State, from Lavaca county; reversed
and remanded.
Shipworth vs. the State, from Lavaca county;
affirmed.
Mathena vs. the State, from Matagorda ceunty;
reversed and dismissed.
Iiill etal. vs. the State, from Fort Bend county;
affirmed.
Dixon Ve, the State, from Dallas county; reversed
and remanded.
Mason vs. the St.ite, from Llano county: affirmed.
ColUirou et al. vs. the Stat", from Erath county;
reversed and applicants admitted to $500J bail.
Texas and Pacific railway vs Martin, motion for
leave to file transcript submitted.
2>i ti-ict Court-
Ferdinand Habild vs. Emily T. Habild; plaintiff
dismisses at his oost.
; n-iug. stra.iton & Co. vs. J. B. Langham; set-
tied an1 dismissed.
Mensing, Stratton & Co.vs. Lancashire Insurance
company, garnishee; plaintiffs dismiss.
A. C. Gursia Sc. Co. vs. Henry Seeligson & Co.,
garnishees: plaintiffs dismiss.
J j. & 11. Blum vs. J. Epbraim; plaintiffs dismiss.
P. J. Willis & Bro. vs. C. J. Guiach & Bro; plain-
tiffs dismiss.
P. J.-Willis & Bro. vs. Sawyer & Soa. J. M.
Bunce and James Fowler, garnishees; plaintiffs
dismiss.
Recorder's Court*
Charles Melhnott, vagrancy; continued.
Sandy Middle ton, disorderly conduct; fined $25
or fifty days.
James Langford, vagrancy, fined $10 or thirty
days.
Eva Scott, theft; dismissed.
C'iaudie Western, vagrancy: fined $10.
Fied Redding, assault with intent to murder;
hold in SltfO tc appear before the Criminal Court.
3\T^ritiir;e Flatters.
Tire schooner S. W. Perry arrived from Mobile
yesterday u.. rning with 50,000 feet of lumber.
The British steamship Cain Brea was chared for
New Orleans \ e-ierd::v morning in water ballast.
The Unit" i Mates coast survey steamer Gedney
arrived curly yesterday morning, and came to
anchor in tha strr-. n abreast of Williams wharf.
The steamship Whitney, which is expected to ar-
rive to day from Morgan City, en route for Vera
Cruz, takes out 300 bales of cotton from this port.
The steamship Guadalupe, for New York, left
her wharf yesterday afternoon, and proceeded to
Bolivar roads, where she was anchored at sunset.
The steamship 1. O. Harris, from Morgan City,
arrived yesterday afternoon, and after landing a
few packages of freight proceeded on her way to
Brazos Santiago.
The British steamship Barnesmoe was cleared for
Liverpool yesterday morning with a cargo of 3918
bales of cotton, weighing 1,986,426 pounds and
valued at $199,425.
The steamship City of Norfolk arrived from In-
dian' la yesterday morning, and after landing a fow
bales of cotton, and taking on thirty bales of jnnk,
proceeded on her way to Morgan City.
The Houston Direct Navigation company's
steamer Louise came down from Clinton yesterday
morning with a tow consisting of the barges Dixie
and Waldo, laden with 1580 bales of cotton.
The bark Immanuel was towed from Kuhn's
wharf by the steamer Estelle yesterday morning to
Bolivar roads and anchored. When the tide serves,
the vessel will proceed to the outer roadstead to
complete her cargo of oil cake.
The hull of the schooner John Albert, which wis
capsiz tl off the whistling buoy during a sauall,
on the 27th, is lying in the slip at Labadie wharf,
where the lumber will be taken out. The vessel is
very badly damaged, and the hull will probably be
solt! as it lies.
Taking advantage of the strong westerly wind
prevailing yesterday afternoon, the barks Progress,
Amii * I'orrey. Jacob Rauers and Otus. boun i for
the Baltic, made sail and proceeded to sea fromt ie
outer roadstead. This leaves only the steamsbio
Bernard Hall, ship Cashmere aud bark Mentor, all
loading for Liverpool, at anchor outside.
Quite a fleet of cotton laden vessels cleared .for
naval. Russia, yesterday, and comprise the feliow-
i i!4 craft: Barks Jacob Rauers, with 1679 bales of
eottf n. weighing 839,650 pounds, and value 1 at $88,-
163: Annie Tor rev, with 23 JO bales of cotton, weigh-
ing 1,115,76V pounds, and valued at §123.455; Otus,
1 SI I bales of coir oil. weighing 9.23,513 pounds, and
valued at $90,698; and Progress, with 1335 bales of
cotton, weighing 691,258 pounds, and valued at $72,-
Pabiic 2j: glits.
Superintendent Hipp yesterday completed his
n of seven aud a half miles for the public
e!-' !.ric lights, contracted for by the City Council
for the out skirts of the city. Last night the lights
were turned on lor the first time, and with a single
exception gave satisfaction from the outset. The
unruly light was speedily corrected and in a little
while thirty bi iliiaut electric lamps were shedding
their rays over the suburbs of the city.
Tiie following are the locations of the lights, by
wards and streets:
] irst Ward—One light on Strand and Thirteenth,
one light on Strand and Tenth, one light on Market
and Ninth, oue light on Church and Ninth.
Second Ward—One light on Strand and Fifteenth
Sixth Wiird—One light on Winuie and Tnirty
third, one light on avenue H and Thirty-seventh,
one light, on Broadway and Thirty-eighth, one light
on Bro::.iway and Forty-first.
S -verch Ward—One light on MV£ and Thirty-
third. iighton O and Thirty-fourth, one light
on o and ThirJy-serMitb, one light on Q and Thirty-
ninth, oce ii£ht ou O and Thirty-first.
Eighth Ward—One light on Twenty-fifth and Q.
one light on Twenty-seventh and Pj^, one light on
Twenty-' izhth and M.
Ninth Ward—One li^ht on Tremont and N. one
light on Tremont and PV^, or.e light on Twenty-
first and O.
Tenth Ward -One light on Twenty-first and N,
one lizht on Nineteenth and Ok»> oue light on
eighteenth and L.
Eleventh Ward—One light on I. and Fifteenth,
on ; light on N and Fifteenth, oue light on M and
Fourteenth.
Twelfth Ward—One light on L and Ninth, one
light, on II an i Ninth, one light on H and Twelfth,
on • light vn Eleventh and Broadway.
The lig'nts will be burned regulacly hereafter un-
til 1 oTclo«:k a. m.. according to what is known as
the moon-light schedule.
Heal ZSstate Transfers.
The following deeds of transfer of real estate
were filed for record in the county clerk's office
last week:
Mrs. F. Parkar et al. to F. A. Park, lot 10. block
736, £2500.
A. IF Casteel and wife to G. Martinelli and Peter
Lera. ona-third of north half of northwest block of
outlot 9'3, $2250.
Chas. C. Sweeny to Thomas L. Cross, south half
of east half of southeast quarter of outlot 116,
5510.
Thomas Haman to Thomas Byrne, one-half in-
terest, in lot u in southeast block of outlot 18, $550.
<S. Fabj to 31ason Driscoe, lot 262, section 3,
'6k
<;. A Lewis to John W. Bell, west half of block
336. $4D00.
W. S. Cunningham to M. L. Scott, lots 1, 5, 4, 6, 7
and 22. in section 3. $417 3J.
J. C. League to B. L. E iward Eisenbach, lot 4 in
southeast ouanev >f outlot 19, §700.
Heirs of Pryor Bryan, deceased, to Albert S. El-
lin-. 125 acres of land, fl65.
Ed > ;n H. Dietzel and Johanna Dietzel to David
Fa hey, parts of outlot 41. $3000.
N. A. John to W. H. John, lots 4, 5 and east half
of 3, in bio< k 32S, $500.
C. R. Beifel aud Sarah Reifel to A. Strasburger,
Jr.. lot 1 in southwest block of outlot 1 i5. $750.
A Lynn Walker, guardian, to Walter F. Breath,
undivided fifth of lot 5. block 495, $320.
A. Lynn W.-:Jker et al. to Walter F. Breath, undi-
divided four-fifth < of lot 5, block 194, §1280.
A. P. Lufkin to John McCauley, 30x120 feet off
northeas- corner of block 335, S700.
Louis Romance and wife to John F. Smith, lot 3,
block 142, $2600.
J. T. Huh master to John F. Smith, west 37 feet
10 Aches of lot 4. block 142, $4000.
♦
The Galvaston Bicycle Club.
This club which on ? nai-.h as day gave a clever
exhibition of advanced bicycling, was organized in
December iast. and now numbers among its mem-
bers some of the be.-t knights of the wheel in the
South. While ic as yet oulv forms a small part of
the- league of American wheelman, the club is
neverltieiemaking rapid strides toward popular-
izing this r-'riii of re-.-reation and healthful exer-
cis.-. and oids fair ere long to make bicycling one
of vh ' fashionable accomplishments. The follow-
ing is the personnel of the officers of the Galveston
club, who led in toe Mardi iiras procession: Presi-
dent. S. H. t'.iwfi!: vice-president, J. B. Sturm an;
secretary and treasurer. E. L. Beck with; captain
J. G. Allison; first lieutenant, F, A. Prior; second
lieutenant, E. A. Baldinger.
That SlreletonB in the XUIethodist
Closet.
ITo The News.!
In reply to the strictures of mv good friend, H.
S. T., permit an observation or two:
1. Tne " word-palnfing " which troubles him did
not grow out of the writer's M sanguine tempera-
ment," but out of what he has actually seen and
known of the general condition of the superan-
nuates of the Methodist church.
2. The West Texas conference may take care of
its superannuates; so does the Baltimore confer-
ence. Neither of which facts affect the geueral
question.
3. If the superannuates of the West Tex^s and
Baltimore conferences are saved from penury, it is
because they happen to be so few that, the small
annual collections support them, or (as is the case
in the Baltimore) they are the beneficiaries of just
such a fund as the "highly-painted" discourse was
delivered to aid.
4. The statement that " some one may give them
a tract of land or a town lot," or that " collections
for deserving and needy ministers are most cheer-
fully responded to by our people," does not seem
to me quite so cheerful a legacy as $25,000 at in-
terest
5. That "men of all callings who in the vigor of
manhood were engaged in lucrative business, when
are and infirmity creeps on them are sometimes
left in penury and want," proves nothing in rela-
tion to the man who never was in a lucrative busi-
ness.
6. That the Methodist preacher is not engaged in
a lucrative business is about agreed.
7. That this fact has largely its explanation in
something that will not chime very well with the
centennial jubilate is the opinion of others besides
the writer.
A member of the North Mississippi conference
who has distinguished himself in Southern Metho-
dist literature under the nom de plume of Gllderoy,
has just written to one of our papers as follows:
We have many churches and many charges that
increase largely every year iu numbers and names,
but in nothing else. Year after year it is marching
up th* hill iust to march down again. The mem-
bership is doubled, but this increase divides the
financial strength of the charge or church. The
stewards are glad to get in what they call good
material, paying members, but the church and
charge pay no more. The stewards and tha few
members who do pay manage to secure for them-
selves all the financial advantages of the increase.
A harvest of souls for the preacher means a har-
vest of ca=?h for the members. They save money
by the paying converts, hence there is great joy
over the conversion of good material, paying men
and women. The preacher may do the
work, sow the seed amid toil and tears, but
a parsimonious membership manages to muzzle
him so he can not lick up a wisp of the wheat as
he treads out the corn. They say to him in ac-
tions, if not iu words: " Pastor, you may have the
souls and we will take the cash. This increase
will lessen the amount each of us have to pay." I
know some churches that are from $50,000 to $100,-
000 stronger now than they were four yea's ago,
and yet they pay just the same and have harder
work to do it. The stewards and the members
have made merchandise of all the souis converted
aud added to the church. The increase in numbers
and wealth has decreased the liberality of those
who were doing none too much before. Instead of
raising Ihe standard of liberality, it has been low-
ered. As men increase in wealth they generally
grow in stinginess, and the same is often true
of churches. Every revival of religion
and increase in membership ought to bring a cor-
responding increase in the assessments and in the
payments. When preachers sow spiritual things
they ought to reap carnal things, but the church in
many places has taken the spiritual things and
then gathered to herself her carnal things. This
has been a great curse to the church. They have
muzzled God's oxen, and then whipped them onto
treading out the corn. Doth God care for oxen?
Hath he nocare for men?
8. If the above is a true picture lets put a little
more vermilion cn the brush and retouch the skele-
ton. o. W. B.
Personal.
E. D. Garrett leaves to-day for New York.
A. Groesbeeck, of Houston, is at the Tremont.
S. S. Sloane, of St. Louis, is at the Washington.
C. A. Anderson, England, is stopping at the Beach
hotel.
D. L. Hard wick, of Dal ton, Ga., is at the Wash-
ington.
Henry Jackson, of Atlanta, Ga., can be found at
the Bach.
Mrs D D. Evans, of Danville. 111., is a guest of
the Beach.
Colonel W. B. Botts, of Houston, was in the city
yesterday.
Mr. J. Forbes Stewart returned from New Or-
leans yesterday.
C. H. Jaman and wife, of New Haven, are guests
of the Tremont.
C. D. Pickett and bride, of Waxahachie, are
guests of the Tremont.
C. L. Threlkeld and wife. Miss Lou Lane and S.
F. Grimes, of Cuero, are at the Tremont
Will Bruneaugh and Charles L. Martin, of St.
Louis, are registered at the Tremont House.
Miss Susie Graves, of San Antonio, arrived last
night, and is a guest of the Washington hotel.
Mr. Alex. Cockrell and bride, Miss R. Fulkerson,
an 1 MiS3 Hour, of Dallas, are stopping at the Tre-
mont.
Governor John C. Brown and wife, of St. Louis,
arrived in the city yesterday and are stopping at
the Beach.
Major A. P. DeLeou returned yesterday, after an
absence of several years, and is stopping at the
Washington.
Mrs. Fancher and Miss Floy Meredith, of Calvert,
after spending several days in the city, left for
home yesterday afternoon.
Joseph D'Arcy, of Brazoria county, and B.
Wygal, of Wharton, are among yesterday's ar-
rivals at the Washington hotel.
Mr. James A. Mann, of the Kansas City Journal,
is in the city, a guest of the Tremont. Mr. Mann
gave The News a pleasant call last night.
Mrs. John S. Bessey and Miss Ida Doyle, accom-
panied by Master Ed. 1 hoqjpson, left for Hnntsville
yesterday afternoon, alter spending a few days in
the city with friends.
Dr. Henry B. Fitts, assistant surgeon United
States navy, attached to coast survey steamer Ged-
n^y. is stopping in the city, and is a guest of his
uncle. Rev. S. M. Bird.
'lfc# ?olI">wirg were among the departures hy the
Santu. Fe ye tor ay: A. B. Ingram and wife. St.
Louis; L. Marcosson. Memphis: George Woods,
Louisville: J. II. Elwards. Uolumbus, Ga.: T.
Tabaco. H. Marcel, Mrs. Marcel, 31. Troffet, New
Orleans; F, A. Carter, San Francisco; A. Charles,
Cincinnat ; Joe Bu nphries, Corinth. Miss.; C. P.
Oakley, Savannah. Ga.
A.ii jng the departures by the Missouri-Pacific
yesterday were: David Pierson, New York; F. M.
Pierce and wife, Philadelphia; H. Elliott. M. C.
Lewis, New York; Jarae3 Watson, Chicago; Nathan
Thorndale, Cincinnati: E. C. Goodwin, Cleveland:
K. R. Adams, Pittsburgh; T. O. Callahan Louisville;
II. Kirk, P. Latce. C. Henderson, James Deuie, E.
E. E. Foster, New Orleans.
Tremont Opera House.
Another brilliant audience greeted Madame Min-
nie Hauk and her excellent company last night.
The Tremont was nearly, if not quite as well filled
as on the previous evening, and went away de-
lighted with the performance throughout. The
programme was entirely changed. Montegriffo
and de Pasqualis opened with a duet
from Donizetti's Belisario, following which Miss
Sali sang with charming grace the O Mio Fernan-
do, from Favorita. Mr. Sternberg gave another
instrumental number, displaying to good effect his
particular style and method. Angels Ever Bright
was Madame Hauk's selection for her first appear-
ance in the evening, and in response to a hearty
recall s^ng The Swanee River. Signor Montegriffo
sang Quita o' Quella and won strong applause.
Madame Hauk for her second number gave Mo-
zart's Birthdav song and Eckert's Swiss
Echo, both of which were warmly ap-
plauded. The quartette from Rigoletto" with
via dame Hauk, Mile. Sali, Signor Montegriffo and
D» Pasqualis, was highly appreciated, as was also
Mr Sternberg's second instrumental number In
the second part, the second act and a chorus
from the third act of Carmen were given
with Minnie Hauk as Carrneu, De Pasqualis as the
Toireador. Montegriffo as Don Jose, and Mile. Sali
as Mercedes. The Torreador song by Pasqualis
was sup3rbly rendered, as was also the Mondcli-
nato, the Spanish dance and the final duet.
Madame Hauk as Carmen scored here what the
press has accorded her elsewhere in the role, a pro-
nounced success. As was said yesterday the com-
pany is composed of artists who know their business
and who do it well. Another performance will be
giv#n to-night, the full programme of which is pub-
lished in The News this morning. Those w ho love
good music have lost nothiug by attending the
Hauk concerts.
Tomorrow night A Bunch of Keys will be jingled
at Tremont Opera-house, and the promise is that
their jingle will afford fun and laughter for all who
attend. Bunch of Keys, as it is termed for short,
is a laughable absurdity that has odd situations.
eri«p dialogue, and mirth permeating it through-
out. The company that is to present it is pro-
nounced a good one, and some good laughing at
genuine comedy may be expected.
Political.
The following is a copy of a circular which was
sent around to a number of leading business men
yesterday:
Galveston, March 1, 1884.—Dear Sir: You are
earnestly urged to be present this (Saturday) even-
ing. March 1. at a meeting of representative citi-
zens, to be held in the reading-room of the Tremont
hotel, at 8 o'clock.
The meeting is with a view to unity of action
looking to reform iu our municipal government,
and the nomination and support of suitable men
for aldermen at the election to be held march 10.
In response there were present at the hotel last
night a number of gentlemen, among them being
Messrs. R. S. Willis,H. A. Landes. Max Maas. C. D.
Holmes, C. M. Mason. T. W. English, John D.
Rogers, Daniels, J. D. Sherwood. F. La miners, W.
K. Hall, N.W. Cuney, I). May, and A. H.Wainright.
No formal meeting was held, but a good deal of
private discussion and informal caucusing was in-
dulged, aud finally it was pretty generally agreed
that on Monday auother conference should be held
and a definite plan of action determined.
The political coffee-boiler has begun to steam a
bit, and this morning there appear in the columns
of The News announcements and commendatory
resolutions of men who are or are to be iu the field.
For the week following, the newspapers will be in-
teresting to the ward strikers.
Stray Notes.
Protection Rowing club holds a meeting this af-
ternoon for the purpose of electing officers.
The Lash, in its current issue, cartoons upon the
federal judgship and the international furor over
the Lasker resolution.
A. J. Musgrove comes out this morning as a can-
didate to represent the Third ward in the next City
Council. •
Monday, under the State law, is a legal holiday—
Independence day falling on Sunday. Justice Bra-
man will, in consequence, call nis docket on Tues-
dav.
The parties recently arrested in this city for the
counterfeiting of the street railroad tickets, at
Houston, were tried yesterday and sentenced to
three years in the penitentiary.
A negro named Jeff McNeal was thrown from his
dray at the Galveston, Houston and Henderson
freight depot, yesterday, and. striking on the track,
his l«fg was broken above the knee.
A gentleman writing from Minneapolis, after a
re out visit to Galveston, speaks as follows: " I have
now visited nearly every State in the Union, aud
for a winter home I believe your State to be the
best."
The Santa Fe railroad sent out 187 passengers on
Mardi-Gras excursion tickets, and the day uefore
sent out about 240. In all. since Tuesday night, they
have sent out fifty-seven coaches crowded with the
visitors.
The Texas Law Heview
Publishes weekly all civil opinions, Ccourt Ap-
peals and all important opinions of Higher
Courts. Indorsed by Higher Courts and Texas
Bar association. Exhaustive index to each
volume. $;> per year. Box 304 Galveston.
All the New Styles
of Writing Paper that will be out this spring
will be here by Tuesday's steamer at
J. E. Mason's.
Fifth Ward ^Meeting.
At a meeting of the citizens of the Fifth
ward, held last evening at No. 3 engine-house,
the following resolutions were adopted:
Be it resolved,* that we, as citizens of the
Fifth ward, hereby express our approbation in
our present representative, Mr. Barry, and re-
quest that lie again become a candidate for
alderman of this ward, in the event of which
we pledge him our mutual and undivided sup-
port.
Be it resolved, that our secretary be ordered
to publish a copy of these resolutions in The
Galveston -News. John Niland, Sec'y.
Acadomy of Music, New Orleans.
The Academy was filled from top to bottom
la9t evening, on the occasion of the first pro-
duction or •• Bunch of Keys," and the audience
was kept in a state of hilarity bordering ou
hysterics, from the beginning to the end of the
performance. If there is anything funnier
tflan " BuncU of Keys," on the stage to-day, it
would be wise te keep it dark; for there is a
limit to human endurance, even where fun is
concerned, and 4•'Bunch of Keys" takes the
audience clear to the end of that endurance.
There is a plot to the piece, but this is so
cleverly hidden under the fun and the jollity
of the Keys family that one forgets all about
the story, and is lost in wildest laughter over
tbe antics and absurdities of Grimes, Teddy
and Snaggs. There are nine people in the
and principal of these aro Miss Flora
Teddy K
THE REBELS ROUTES.
COMPLxITa IBETAIIS OP
BXQ BATT1>£.
T3U!
company
a very pretty face and a most powerful voice,
aud as tbe master (or mistress) Key of the
bunch she makes the fun. fast and furious.
Everything she did last night was received
with unlimited approval, which was carried te
the degree of interrupting the play at times.
Mr. Booker is a fearful and wonderful brake-
man, and both in make up aud action ably
seconded Miss Moore. Mr. Crosbie's perform-
ance of fcnaggs was a choice niece of low come-
dy; and Misses Leigh, Ella Moore and Norman
were pretty and pleasiug in everything. Un-
less we mistake the temper of the people,
" Bunch of Keys " will have an enormous run
throughout the week.
" Front!"
All the Ageny
in Box Papers and Visiting Cards that are
now out East "will bo here Tuesday at
J. 12. Mason's.
" Tire."
The agent of the Harden Haud-Grenade
Fire Extiuguisher will give a test this (Sun-
day) evening, at 5 o'clock, in front of the
Beach hotel.
All the New Styles
of "Writing Paper that will be out this spring
will be here by Tuesday's steamer at
J. E. Mason's.
Carl Conrad, the Origiual Budweiser Beer
proprietor, is stopping at the Beach hotel, and
is taking the city as general representative of
the celebrated Anheuser-Busch Brewing Asso-
ciation, St. Louis.
All the Agony
in Box Papers and Visiting Cards that are
now out East will be here Tuesday at
J. E. Mason's.
X&ullein vs. Cod Liver Oil.
Dr. Quillan, the leading authority of Great Britain
on lung diseases, says, while one of his patients
gained only seven pounds by the use ot Cod Liver
Oil, she gained over thirteen bjr the use of Mullein.
The old field Mullein made into a tea and combined
with Sweet Gum presents in Taylor's Cherokee Re-
medy of Sweet Gum aud Mullein a pleasant and
effective cure for Croup, Whooping Cou;h, Colds
and Consumption. Price 25c. aud 51. This, with
Dr. Bigger's Southern Remedy, an equally effica-
cious remedv for Cramp, colic, Diarrhea. Dysen-
tery, and children suffering from the effects of
teething, presents u. little Medicine Chest no house-
hold should be without, for the speedy relief of
sudden aud dangerous attacks of the lungs and
bowels. Ask your druggist for them. Mauufac-
tred by Walter A. Taylor, Atlanta, Ga.. proprietor
of Taylor's Premium Cologne.
F«r sale by Thompsou Sc Ohmstede, wholesale
dealers, Galveston, Texas, and retail at 25c. and $1
per bottle by J. J. Schott &. Co., Galveston, Texas.
All the New Styles
of Writing Paper that will be out this spring
will be here by Tuesday's steamer at
J. E. Mason's.
Shades at Cost.
Visitors should not fail to call ou Mr. N. S.
Sabell, 09 Market street, the acknowledged
picture house of the city, who has a very hand-
some assortment of everything that is" useful
and necessarj- to the make-up of a pleasant
home, which can be had at remarkably low
figures. Pictures, Frames, Albums, Parlor
Easels; Cabinets, Fancy Goods, Birthday «nd
W©ddmg Presents in great variety—(i'J Market
street.
All tho A»ony
in Box Papers and Visiting Cards that are
now out East will be here Tuesday at
J. E. Mason's.
Pianos from $15 to $<h)0. Organs from $20
to $150. Read & Thompson,
22d and Postoffice streets.
Houston (Tex.) Flour Mills Co.—Patent, fancy &
family flour, unsurpassed, from first hands. Cheap.
Meal invariably fresh, of thoroughly cleaned corn.
Great advantage iu freights. D. P. Shepherd, Pres't
All tho Now Styles
of Writing Paper that will be out this spring
will be here by Tuesday's steamer at
_ J. E. Mason's.
Pianos and organs sold on monthly pay-
ments Read & Thompson,
22d and Postoffice streets.
Sr. Cr. j?. Sail,
Oculist & Aurist. Office hours—9 to 12 a. m.;
2 to 4 j). m. Office—Tremont hotel, Galveston.
If you want a genuine article of pure, un-
adulterated apple cider made of sweet apples,
call at C. D. Holmes <fe Co s.
One of the celebrated Behning Pianos on ex-
hibition at Read & Thompson's.
Pure apple eider at C. D. rfolmes & Co's.
Remember.
M. Strickland Co., Lithographers, Print-
ers and Blank Book Manufacturers, Strand,
Galveston, established their high reputation by
employing skillful workmen, and using only
the best material, doing first-class work and
having low prices. Parties in want of any-
thing iu their liue will do well to communicate
with them. Estimates and samples furnished
cheerfully.
Sweet apple cider at C. D. Holmes & Co's.
All tho Agony
iu Box Papers and Visiting Cards that are
now out East will be here Tuesday at
_ J. E. Mason's.
Advice to ££others.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should always
be used when children are cutting teeth. It re-
lieves the little sufferer at once; it produces
natural, quiet sleep by relieving the child from
pain. It Is very pleasant to taste. It soothes the
child, softens the gums: allays all pain, relieves
wind, regulates the bowels, and Is the best known
remedy for diarrhea, whether arising from teeth-
ing or other causes. Twenty-five cents a bottle.
Angostura iSitJer* were prepared by Dr. J.
G. B. Siegertfor his private us®. Their reputation
is such to-day that they have become generally
known as Jhs best appetizing tonic Beware of
counterfeits. Ask your grocer or druggist for the
genuine article, manufactured by Dr. J. G. B. Sie-
gert & Sons.
Sryant 8c Stratton Business College,
St. Louis, qualities young men for business and
as telegraph operators. We aro agents for
teaching the Shorthand Machine and supply-
ing stenographers. Send for circulars.
Starch grows sticky, and common powders
have a vulgar glare. Pozzoni's is the only
powder fit for ladies' use. Sold by druggists.
XC. 3?- Sionnessy-
Sole agent for the Charter Oak, Buck's Brilliant,
Buck's Patent and Pride of Texas Cook Stoves.
A CURIOUS CASE.
A Judge who Addressed a Sunday-
school aud then Played Poker for
Money.
Wrshington, March 1.—Ex-Chief Justice Shan-
non was before the Springer committee to-day. He
said he had investigated the charge against Judge
Conger. The testimony from two counties in
Conger's district bad been in favor of
him, while that from two other counties
were against him. Judge Shannon testified
in regard to the charge of gambling, that he found
Conger, while holding a terra of court at Miles
Citv, M. T.. playing poker for money, one Sunday
afternoon, while during the morning of the same
dav he had delivered an address before a Sunday-
school. On another occasion, witness said, he
found Judge Conger playing stud poker and faro
for money, cigars aud drinks.
In relation to the charge of having disreputable
associates, Judge Shannon said Judge Conger ha*d
been seen in Miles City iu June, 1882, at a dance
given by a colored woman of bad repute. As to
drunkenness, witness testified Judge Conger had
been seen on the bench, ou several occasions, when
under the influence of liquor and unfit to be there.
After the arrival of Judge Conger's family iu the
Territory (Montana) nearly three years after his
appointment as jugde, there was a change in his
conduct. _
Prohibition in Iowa.
DesMoinks, March 1.—The Kennedy prohibition
bills and the Donnan bill, with the exception of one
word, passed the House by 52 to 41. All Republi-
cans and Johnson, Democrat, voted for it—Demo-
crats and Greenbackers against it.
The bill is for an amendment to the liquor chap-
ter of the State Code. Its etsentiai part is as fol-
lows: Wherever the words " intoxicating liquors "
occur "in this chapter, tne s&ine shall be construed
to mean alcohol, ale, wine, beer, spiritous, vinous
and malt liquors, aud ail intoxicating liquors
whatever, and no person shall manufacture
for sale, er sell, or keep for sale as a beverage, any
intoxicating liquors whatever, including ale, wine
aud l>eer, and the same provisions and penalties
of law in force relating to intoxicating liquors
snail, in like manner, be held and construed to ap-
ply to violations of this act, and the manufacture
and saie or keeping with intent to sell, or keeping
or establishing a place for sale of ale, wine aud
beer and all other intoxicating liquors whatever.
ihe bill will be brought up iu the Senate Tues-
day, where ibere is a prohibition majority of 24,
and it will doubtless be passed.
Arrested for tho Crouch Killing.
Jackson, Mich., March 1.—Judd Crouch, the
youngest son ot Jacob D. Crouch, who, with Mr.
and >lrs. White and Moses Polly, was murdered in
his house, seven miles southwest of this city, on
the night of November 21 last, and DanS. Holcomb,
Mr. Crouch's son-ia-law, were arrested this evening,
on complaint of Sheriff Winney, on a charge of
committing the murder.
They were arraigned before Justice Hunt, who
committed them to jail to await examination next
Friday. It. is not known what evidence the officers
have against them, but it is claimed they are iu
possession of very important circumstantial facts.
Returning from XYlardi G-ras.
Chicago, March 1.—Company D, of the Detroit
Light Infantry, arrived here this morning from
New Orleans and were welcomed by a detachment
of the First Illinois regiment, by whom they were
entertained during the day and eveniug, and left
to-night for Detroit.
The Divorce Business.
Chicago, March 1.—For some months the courts
of this city empowered to grant divorces have been
crowded with applicants for such severances.
General Graham's Porce Victorious-
One Thousand of the 23:iemy
Slain mm*• Baker Pasha
"Wounded—Perfect
Discipline IVIain-
tained.
Trinkitit, March 1.—On Thursday night. General
Graham's expedition encamped near Fort Baker.
The troops were all assembled before sunset, ex-
cept the Sixty-fifth regiment, which arrived at 8
Friday morning.
Aft«r breakfast was over, the forces, about 4000
strong, formed in an oblong square, the front and
rear being larger than the sides owing to the differ-
ent strength of the regiments.
The Gordon highlanders formed the advance,
with twe Gatling gun# and one Gardiner in the
right oorner, aud two Gardiner and Galling guns in
the lefl corner.
The Eighty-ninth formed the right hand side of
the square, and the Slack Watch regiment in the
rear. The length in front was 350 yards.
The hussars actedfas scents, advancing in a semi-
cirole 1000 yards ahead, covering the front and
flanks of the main force.
The troops advanced over the sand knolls and
scrub for a mile from Fort Baker along the Teb
road, when the rebels opened fire with Remington
rifles, but the raage was so long that the shots
proved ineffective.
The rebels in swarms occupied the high ground
in front and on the flanks of the British army.
They retired slowly as the English advanced, keep-
ipg about 1200 yards from the main body of the
English force.
The British cavalry followed, covering the rear
upon the left, and formed In three lines, distant 900
yards from the main army.
At 9:30 o'clock the gunboat fired from Trinkitat,
but the shells bursted a mile short of the enemy's
position.
The cavalry and mounted infantry advanced on
the left to touch the rebels, who moved obstinately,
though not indisposed i o fight. The infantry con-
tinued to advance steadily.
Two or three rimes a bait was made, to allow the
sailors and artillerymen, who were dragging the
guns, to rest.
The road toward Teb was studded with hundreds
of corpses of Baker Pasha's fugitives, filling the
air with pollution, and around which swarms of
carrion-flies hovered.
After advancing three miles, the earthworks of
the rebels came in sight. Their guns were mounted,
and their standards were flying.
The rebels' fire had now almost ceased, except on
the extreme right and left. The British stepped
forth as if on a holiday parade, the bagpipes play-
ing, and t-he Highlanders footing if cheerily. They
advanced till within 800 yards of the rebels'posi-
tion, where an old sugar-mill, surrounded bv a
number of huts, and forthwith two guus were situ-
ated. Here a halt was ordered, and the scouts re-
joined the cavalry. Neither force seemed disposed
to op-n fire.
At last attention was called, whereupon tne rebels
seeing the British forces move, began the battle
with a shell from a Krtipp gun. which passed wide
over the square. The uext shots w«re "aimed with
greater accuracy, and shells burst close to the
British, wounding several. The rebels maintained
a rattling fusilade with small arms. As the shots
incr-ased the ambulance surgeons were fully oc-
cupied.
The English, however, advanced steadiiv in a
square without answering th«* rebel fire, till they
passed the uortli face of tne rebel works. At this
point a piece of shell wounded Baker Pasha, ;tn»i
twenty men were hit. After an echelon of 1000
yards a hait was ordered, and the men directed to
lie down.
It was now noonday and clear and the wind dis-
persed the smoke of the rebel fire, thereby disclos-
ing the rebeis' movements.
The British opened /ire with guns and Martini
rifles causing the rebel tire rapidly to slacken aud
almost to cease. At this the bugles again sounded
the advance. The troops rose, wheeled on the cen-
ter cf the square and approached the rebel works.
The rebels were in no military order, but were
scattered right aud left, so as to take advantage
ihe abundant, cover which the ground afforded.
They clung to their position with desperate tenaci-
ty. There were 2000 rebels, barely, iu front, while
many hundreds hung around the two sides of the
square.
As the British moved forward the rebels ad-
vanced, armed with spears and huge cross-hilted
swords, rose within 200 yards of the advancing
lines, and rushed against the British at breakneck
speed, heedless and fearless of death. The rebels
fell right and left, though some of the brave fellows
reached within five paces of the square. None of
them bolted. They only fell back sullenly when
they were forced. Having cleared the crround in
front with their Martini rifles, the British
attacked tbe fort. Colonel Burnaby was the
first to mount the parapet, firing a double
barreled shot-gun iuto the enemy. Around the
works tue rebels fought with furious energy, and a
frightful melee of bayonets and spears took place.
At last the British gained . possession of the fort
They captured two Krupp guus and at once turned
them against the enemy, but the rebels still con-
tested every inch. They would not submit to be
driven off. They could only bo kille I.
The British next directed their attention to the
old sugar-mill brick building containing an iron
boiler. This they stormed, and succeeded in dis-
lodging 200 rebels, who leaped forth and charged
from every opening. At 10 o'clock, after an hour
of intense fighting, the rebels gave way and bolted
outright. The Gatlin guns and Martini rides had
caused great havoc there. The British pursued the
rebels as they fell back, and advanced as far
as the fresh water wells of i eb. where the
rebels made their last stand. The sheiks, who ad-
vanced empty-handed to show they bore charmed
lives, were stricken down with bayonet thrusts.
The Highlanders carried the next earthworks, cap-
turing three guns. At tne eud of four hours ardu-
ous fighting the British "gained possession or the
rebel camps, of their huts'and of the wells. The
cavalry on the right flank charged the retreating
rebels, who did not bolt, but met the troopers who
rode alongside of them, giving blow for blow.
lhere was a splendid display of heroism by three
mounted rebels. They resolutely maintained their
ground against the shock of two cavalry charges.
In the third charge they were cut down, but not
before they had killed several men and wounded
Colonel Barrow with their spears.
The enemy retired sullenly, and in consequence
the British kept up their thing for a long time after
the fortunes of the day had been decided. It was
determined to wait at the wells of Teb for day-
light. The intention was to continue the advance
to Kaar till Sunday morning. More fighting is in
anticipation. The spoils taken from Baker Pasha
were in a large measure recovered.
Ferocity of the Conflict.
London, March 1,—Unofficial dispatches *rom
Trinkitat says that a battle raged all dav yesterday.
The rebels "fought desperately and an" immense
number of them were shot down. The British
fought in an oblong square, and the rebels were
beaten at every point. Special dispatches to Ihe
Daily Telegraph confirm the report that the British
were everywhere victorious in yesterday's battle.
Report of the Battle at London.
London. March 1.—Later advices from Trinkitat
give the following information: The rebels were
found in force, with two guns mounted at an old
fort three miles from Fort Baker. Firing opened
on both sides aud lasted a long time. The rebels
were finally repulsed, after 1000 of their men had
been killed. The British loss was ten killed and
forty wounded.
Loss of the British.
London, March 1.—The war office received a tele-
gram stating that the lo*s of the British in the
fight near Trinkitat was 24 killed and 142 wounded.
The British captured four Krupp guns, two how-
itzers and one machine gun.
Situation at ££hartoum.
London, March 1.—Tne English government has
giveu its sanction to the dispatching of two British
battalions to Assouan. Popular enthusiasm, so
strongly aroused when General Gordon's mission
was announced, is subsiding.
At Khartoum h ss c mfldenc? s felt in the situa-
tion. It is feared cue tribes br.yj .«! Khartoum will
ridicule Geueral Gordon's somewhat pompous pro-
clamation.
Colonel Stewart will go again up the White Nile,
taking with hiin 2000 Bashi Bazouks in order to
overawe the natives.
THE DYNAMITE -StfDTJST^lT.
"\JVhat tho Police Learned.
London, March 1.—The police aro in possession of
evidence that one of the valises seized in London
was deposited in the depot at Southampton by two
passengers from New York, who landed at that
port.
TnTiII Search thi* Vessels.
London, March 1,—The statement is published
that the French government has given assurances
that it will assist iu the discovery of the men engaged
iu the dynamire business, and all vessels hereafter
arriving at French ports from America will be
thoroughly searched."
Tho Dangerous Bag.
London, March 1.—The bag found at Ludgate
Hill station was deposited Monday. It contained
thirty or fortv cakes of whitish yellow powder.
Each packet was inclosed iu paper, and all were
packed around a small alarm clock, to which a
pistol was attached, so arranged that when ran
down it would fire the contents of the pistol among
the packets.
Bag of Dynamite Found.
London, March 1.—A black bag, made of Ameri-
can cloth, has been found hi the cloak room of the
Ludgate Hill station, containing forty packages of
dynamite and a portion of an American alarm
clock.
HASKELL'S SUCCESSOR.
Congressional Election in Kansas.
Lawrence, Kas,, March 1.—An election was held
to-day in the old second congressional district to
fill the vacancy caused bv the death of Dudley C.
HaskelL The candidates were E. II. Funston, Re-
publican, and Samuel A. Biggs, Democrat and
Greenbacker. The vote in this city gives Funston
a majority of 268, an increase over last year of
twenty-two. This county will probably give Funs-
ton 600 majority.
At Parsons.
Parsons, Ks., March 1.—In the congressional
election to-day Funston, Republican, received 2^5
majority over Riggs, Democrat and Greenbacker.
Funston's majorityjin this (La Belle) county will be
fully 600.
At Gerard.
Gerard. Ks., March 1.—This citv gives Funston
174 majority in 83 townships, and in the county 338
majority.
At Garlett.
Garlett, Ks., March i.—This city gives Fun-
ston 191 majority. It is estimated his majority in
the county wiil be 335,
At Ottawa.
Ottawa, Ks., March 1.—Ottawa gives Funston
125 majority, and the county will give him not less
than 200.
At La Coygne.
La Coygne,, Kas., March 1.—This place gives
Funston 47 majority. Eight precincts in Johnson
county give Funston 350 majority. Other precincts
will increase it to 500 majority.
Popular Railroad 3/Xan.
[Special to The News.]
Round Rock, March 1.—Mr. J. K. Painter, who
has been for years past connected with the Interna
tional road as trainmaster, tendered his resigna-
tion, and to-day passed through on his final trip, in
troducing Mr. Thos. Hume, his successor.
Many sincere regrets were expressed by em-
ployes at Mr. Painter's leaving, it is understood
that, although he is noncommittal, he tukes a su-
perior position ou a Texas road.
Relief for tha Sufferers.
Philadelphia, March 1.—'The citizen's flood re-
lief committee will send a load of clothing to
Wyandotte, Va. ! ney will consider the matter of
sending money at their next meeting Chairman
Bailey said that he had communicated with the
chairman of the several relief committees request
ing them to urge upon the congressmen of their
district the necessity of having Congress to make
an additional appropriation of $500,000.
The Irish Catholic Benevolent union forwarded
$500 to Jeti'ersonvilie, led.
KEIFER AMP BOYHTOH.
FURTHER VENTILATION OF
THE SCANDAL.
Iffore Testimony from the "Witness
Eider—General Boynton's Own
Statement—K^ifer and
the Tariff.
Washington, March I.—The Keifer-Boynton com-
mittee resumed its sittings to day.
General Boynton introduced to the committee
W. M. Ramsey, attorney of the Cincinnati Com-
mercial Gazette, who he said would, with the per-
mission of the committee, nor cs bis counsel (luring
the remainder of the investigation. He said the
Commercial Gazette desired that he should be re-
presented hy their attorney, and that, owing to his
deafness, it might be a relief to the committee that
he should be represented by counsel.
J. W. Elder. th& first witness, testified that about
the 1st of March, 1^S£. he, in company with Charles
Garfield, met General Boynton iu the hall of the
capitol. and spoke concerning a small »J1I. saying
he (witness) wouid lii<e to get the speaker fKeifer)
to rececnixo some one bill. General Br-ynton told
him he had a bill himself—the MoGnrrahan—which
he could not secure recognition for. and he could
not expect to secure recognition for smaller bills,
and added that the speaker would leave the chair
without money or friends. Wirnoss on being asked
what, if any tiling. General Bovnton had said about
the McGarrahan bill, said he did not remember that
he had said any thing.
Upon cross-examination by Mr. Ramsey, witness
said he bad uot attempted to secure General Boyn-
ton's intervention in behalf of his bill.
Mr. Ramsey then asked witness if he was a de-
fendant in a certain divorce case in tbe courts of
the District?
Mr. Coleman objected and ?4r. Ramsey stated he
desired to show the character of the witness, and
that such tesrirnony could n«t»t be credited. He
said he wanted to show by tL$ affidavit of witness
himself that he was a frequenter of disreputable
places.
Mr. Coleman opposed the admission of the state-
ment in the records, and his protest allowed to be
recorded.
Witness said he had been employed, on a certain
occasion, to secure testimony for persons before
investigation committees. He said he had gone to
Ohio to s-r-e Charles Garfield, and had spoken to
him about crxnimcte thia oitv to testify ou behalf
of Kelfer. His expenses on this occasion were paid
by Mr. Coleman. K-ifer's counsel. He had received
further consideration fer his services. His princi-
pal interest in seeing Garfield was to cousult him
iu relation to a private matter, and the Keifer mat-
ter was secondary.
Mr. Ramsey desired to submit in evidence a por-
tion of the testimony in the Kellogg-Spofford case,
in which Lider had acknowledged he wrote these
slat ments, but it was ruled out.
Wituess said he had no reason to believe Boynton
was aiding in the passage of the bills. Boynton had
said nothing to c uvey the impression that he had
made a corrupt proposition to Speaker Keifer.
W. B. Greer, clerk of the sub-cornmIttee of the
hou3* committee o:i accounts, testified as to a con-
versation which took place between himself and
Boynton, in which the latter stated that he had
spoken to Speaker Keifer about the McGarrahan
bill.
Mr. Coleman, Keifer's counsel, said this was the
last wituess he desired to call, but reserved the
right to present further evidence, if necessary or
desirable.
The prosecution here closed their case.
Mr. Dunnell, member of the Forty-seventh Con-
gress, the fir-t witness for the defense, said McGar-
rahan, during the last, few days of the session,
a«*ked him to make a motion to take up his bill,
'■'his it was finally agreed to do, and Mr. Keifer
pr miised to recoguize ni.n (witness) for that pur-
pose. Mr. Keifer, h wever, did not recognize him,
and afterward explained that he thought it useless
to call the bill up. as it could scarcely pass at that
lafe date. Witness had never spoken to General
Boynton: in fact, was unacquainted with him.
General Boynton was placed upon the stand.
He said lie i ad been correspondent about
eighteen years and had had no otiier employment
whatever during tftat period. He said h!s firsf.
knowledge of the McGarrahan claim was derived
from reading the report on claims, and he had at
that time written a letter to his paper reporting
the claim. This was long before be met McGarra-
h.'.n. McG:>rrahan came to him during the last
session of Co pgr ess and said: "I wish, since you
are a friend of ihe speakers, you would ask him to
recognize some one to introduce my bill. He
(witness) said that Keifer came into his office
to repeat to him the request. He said Keifer was
in the habit of coming to his office frequently, but
after McGarrahan's request of the speaker witness
did not see him for two or three days, so he wrote
the nor© previously suoken of in tbe testimony and
sent it n to the speaksr of the House. In relation
to his visit to Keiier, he said he went to the
speaker's room t j speak to him about a matter
which had been pending between him (witness) and
Ke;fer from December previous. He then referred
to his note relating to the McGarrahan claim, say-
ing he had taken the liberty to speak ro him on the
sub] ct, but he had no interest- in the matter, ex-
cept that he had promised McGarrahan to do so.
Keifer replied: " Oh, that is all righL I have al-
ready promised to recognize some one in the mat-
ter " Witness said that the matter he called on
Keifer to speak about related to the appointment
of another in the p ace of Mr. Reid as government
agent at Wala Walla. His further conversation re-
1 ieJ entirely to this matter, and the McGarrahan
claim was not again referred to. When he left he
took his departure in the usual way. He did not
leave the room in a dead run. [Laughter! He
said he had always been on good terms with Keifer
until trouble arose concerning tha opening of the
press gallery. He said the McGarrahan claim had
no connection with the rupture between himself
and Keifer.
General Boynton testified further that on the
night of the day upon which Keifer says be ap-
proached him corruptly, Keifer was in his (Boyn-
ton's) office and bad a long and friendly talk con-
cerning the tariff bill. He would call fifty other
witnesses to corroborate his statemeut.
Witness continued: In my office, that night Gen-
era! Keifer called m3' attention to the fact that he
might be obliged to so rule, if certain
points ware made, as to defeat the tariff
bill. That is the thing that fixed my at-
temfon more rarticulariy to tho occasion.
Witness ti-i-tified he r ever had a conversation with
Eider iu the corridor of the capitol; never knew
Elder had a bill of auy kind: never said a word to
him about the McGarrahan bill.
Ques ion by Mr. Ramsey—Did you ever say any-
thing to Charles Garfield about the McGarrahan
bill.
Boynton—No, sir. I could make a statement in
reference to various details that are given in that
testimony or General Keifer's in regard to the
secret interview. For instance, he says I brought
the McGarrahan bill to him. I never handed the
McGarrahan bill to him. I never had the Mc-
Garrahan bill in my possession or in my hand until
after thi3 controversy arose and it became public
in tho papers, and I have never read it. I never
took that bill to him at any time, that bill or any
other, so far as I know.
Iu answer to Chairman Hopkins, General Boyn-
ton said he never met Elder and Garfield in the
lobby, and that the conversation described by them
ne^er took place.
The cross-examination was conducted by Mr.
Coleman, with whom General Keifer was in
whispered consultation during its progress.
It was long, sharp and searching.
Much :of the direct testimony was repeated with
some elaboration, but it was not shaken in any
respect. In the course of the cross-examination
General Boynton detailed the occurrence in
Speaker Keifer's room, and the questioniug pro-
ceeded as follows:
Mr. Coleman—While you were talking to the
speaker you leaned over the table and told him in
a low voice.
General Boynton—No, sir, I did not.
Mr. Adams inquired whether witness had ever
to d Kei' r lie had some friends interested with
nim m tiie McGarrahan bill, and that there was
enough iu it to make them all rioh?
Witness denied emphatically Ut bad done so. He
ha; never told Keifer he was a fool, and would
leave the chair without money or friends.
In relation t> the statement in regard
to Colfax and Blaine, he wished to say,
o ith the gr-atest emphasis, he had never
s -.id anything of the kind to Keifer under any cir-
cumstances whatsoever. General Boynton said he
id not have in his hand a paper or bill
w en mlkiug to Genera! Keifer, and did not
giv him <m that occasion a copy of the McGarra-
i.an lili
M. L Wood testified that General Boynton had
ne . er i ad any interest in the McGarrahan bill.
.'. Wynne, <5ne of General Boynton's asso-
cia e in the Commercial Gazette office, testified to
the . e-ence of General Keifer at the office on the
nig r. of M. rcb 1, 1883. The subject of the conver-
sation was the work of the conference committee
on the tariff bid. The dfcte of the conversation
was fixed ou his mind by dispatches which
he sent out and by a rem rk made to him in a low
tone by Charles A. Boynton, who came from the
inner office to his room. Witness said that Charles
Boynton's remark was: "Isn't it ad d queer
thing for the speaker of the House to
b- indicating how he might defeat the tariff bill?
Witness replied that Keifer and Boynton were good
friends, and the former knew he was perfectly safe
in that office.
Charles A. Boynton, General Boynton's brother,
and Washington agent of the Western Associated
Press, testified to meeting Keifer in his brother's
odiee about 1 o'clock in the morning.
Keifer came in ai:d his brother and Keifer
entered into conversation upon the subject of the
tariff bill, General Keifer spoke about the influ-
ence it would have in Ohio, and especially in re
gard to the duty on wool. Keifer asked for a copy
of the House rules. He opened a book and, noint-
ing to some rule, said: "If 1 am called upon to
make a certain ruling.it may defeat the bill."
Witness went into another room and made the re-
mar^ to Wynne. He was able to fix the date as
being the night of tbe first by the dispatches he
sent out that night in regard to the tariff. There
was emphatically no doubt whatever about the
date.
Adjourned until Tuesday morning.
ADULTERATED FOOD.
Investigation Under the Auspicos of
the Legislature of New York.
New York, J larch 1.—The state senate commit-
tee inquiring into the adulteration of food products,
examined seven dealers to-day.
Georga Hildebrand saii the largest part of oleo-
margarine and butterine received in this city came
from Chicago. His firm marked tubs " oleomar-
garine," but never branded them " butterine.''
They sold butterine at a higher price than oleo-
margarine. Witness declined to give the commit-
tee the name of a single consumer. Being threat-
ened with arrest he mentioned the names of con-
sumers in this city, and said the largest orders in
the State came from Albany and Saratoga. It was
difficult as first to uistiuguiah butterine from genu-
ine butter.
Other dealers related that customers seldom
ashed for oleomargarine, but would not pay the
price of good butter. Nobody would buy a poor
grade of bu.ter, but oleomargarine found a ready
saie. Cheap saloops aud boarding-houses were the
btsi customers.
Mr. C. F. Draste, of the butter committee of the
Western exchange, spoke of the adulteration of
butter, and said if this was discovered in foreign
countries it would almost entirely destroy the ex-
port trade ot every dairy in this country. Dairy-
men all over tiie country are complaining of the
deception, and great damage has been done the
butter industry in the last few years. Consumers
did uot loaae a gaiu at ah by the manufacture of
cheap articles.
Mr. B. F Rolke, superintendent of the Mercan-
tile exchange, testified the receipts of butter in
New York from December 1 last were 104,633 pack-
ages, of which 12,731 came from Chicago; in Janu-
ary, 87,4*i5 pouuus, of which 15,480 were from Chi-
cago. Ho had heard it said that from one-half to
three-fourths of these receipts, all of which were
billed as butter, were butterine.
Iron and Steel Production.
Philadelphia, March 1.—The total production of
iron and steel rails in this country last year was
1,330,694 net tons, a falling off of twenty per cent,
compared with the production of lb82.
The Indians.
Tucson, March 1.—The Indiaus reported as ac-
companying Lieutenant Davis to San Carlos ves-
terday are believed to bo the same as those Com-
mitting murders lately in Sonora.
Delegates to Denvor*
Salt Lake, Utah, March 1.—At the convention of
the wool-growers to-day. Major Silva aud G. M.
Weiler were appointed delegates to the Denver
convention.
NOTICE.
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LANTIC CABLE.
Liberal Re-elected.
London, March 1—William Thackeray Mariotte,
Liberal member of the Commons from Brighton,
has been re-elected by a majority of 1877. It will
be remembered that during the debate on Sir Staf-
ford Northcote's resolution censuring the govern-
ment for its Egyptian policy, Mariotte violently at-
tacked the government, which, he said, had lost the
confidence of the country. He offered to prove his
assertion by voting for Northcote's proposition, re-
signing and appealing to his constituents for re-
election.- His majority at the previous election
over the Conservative candidate having the largest
number of votes was 174.
The Italian Cabinet.
Rouz, March 1.—The announcement that the
Italian cabinet bad resigned was premature. The
trouble in tbe ministry is still unsettled. It arises
from the fact that the deputies by a vote of 106 to
135. passed the university bill. The smallness of
the majority caused a sensation and provoked
Signor Bacceli, minister of public instruction, to
tender his resignation immediately. Signor De-
preis, prime miuister, received Uie support of
Signor Bacceli. Signor Sella is mentioned as the
man most likely to succeed Signor Bacceli.
The Hunt Obsequies.
St. Petersburg, March 1.—Funeral services for
the late Minister Hunt will be held Tuesday next at
the American chapel iu this city, where the bodv
will be di posited until arrangements are made to
convey it to America.
Anarchist Arrested.
Pesth, March l.-^-The editor of an anarchist jour-
nal, radioal in politics, was arrested, and securities
found at his house which were stolen when Eisert.
the Vienna money lender, was murdered.
Removed to Paris.
Paris, March 1.—Prince Krapotkine has been re-
moved from Ciairvaux prison to this city.
Western Africa.
London, March 1.--During January disorders oc-
curred at Little Popo. West Africa, ^he German
corvette Sophie landed a force which cnastised the
natives aud restored order.
-slovoments of the Chilians.
Lima, March 1.—The Chilians eutered Trajello
and imposed a compulsory tax of 100.000 soles.
Congress opened to-day. It is reported the Chilian
troops in the interior received orders to concentrate
at Chosica.
Newspaper Sqnelchcd.
Madrid, March i.—El Progreso newspaper has
been confiscated, and the management will be pro-
secuted for publishing articles insulting to Alfonso.
Trains Collide.
London, March 1.—A collision between two trains
occurred this morning, a few miles from Dundee,
on the Caledonian railway.
CRI2&BS AND CASUALTIES.
SXexican Criminalities.
Chicago, 3Iarch 1.—The Daily News Matamoros
(Mexico) special saj's Rosalea.the murderer of Law-
yer Bolado, was executed yesterday at the City of
Mexico.
At Merida, yesterday, Isaac Morton, hackman,
murdered Signora Manzamilla in his hack for re-
pelling his advances. In the same place. Tobain
Hernandez was murdered by his wife and her para-
mour, and his body thrown into the river.
Freight Trains Wrecked.
Chicago, March 1.—A Journal special from Otta-
wa (lil.) says two freight trains on the Burlington
and Quincy collided this morning between Milling-
ton aud Millbrook. Both were wrecked. One engi-
neer and a fireman were fatally injured.
Collision on the Panhandle.
Pittsbvroh, March 1.—Two freight trains on the
Panhandle road collided near Bowerstown, O., last
night, wrecking both engiues, a number of cars,
and killing about seventy-live sheep. The trainmen
escaped uninjured.
Nog-roes Killed.
Jacksonville, Fla.4 March 1.—Two negroes on
Thursday camped near tha depot at New Brad-
ford. Yesterdky morning both were discovered
dead in oamp. One was shot through the head
and the other was terribly mutilated, half of his
head being chopped off with an ax. No clew.
Blown to Atoms.
Harrisburg, Pa.. March 1.—Fifteen pounds of
dynamite, In a small shanty in the lower part of
the city, exploded this morning, damaging sixteen
buildings on Eleventh street. Tbe dynamite was
in cartridges, which had been placed on a shelf to
dry by the raeu employed in McCormick's quarry.
During toe absence of the men the shanty caught
fire. It is supposed the shelf burned away and the
dynamite fell and exploded. Not a vestiee of the
house remained. The houses of Isaac Pearson, C.
S. Brown, J. C. Laney and O. G. Eckert were
shaken apart. Of sixteen houses near, not a whole
pane of glass was left. The wife and two children
of Brown were cut by flying glass.
Held to Answer.
Philadelphia, Maroh 1.—Six persons, accused of
selling pistols to boys in the public schools, have
been held for trial.
A Drummer on tho Weakness of the
Drumming System.
LTo The News.l
The distracted condition of the mercantile interests
demands as much consideration as fence-cutting,for
the general prosperity of the country. Any debtor
who is attached, assigns or makes a deed of trust,
should be required to render a sworn schedule of
all his assets: then each creditor to share his pro
rata of the effects, and any creditor who buys the
stock or effects of a debtor to secure his claim
against other creditors, or any person purchasing
a stock from another without the consent of tne
creditors should be liable for tbe entire indebted-
ness of the party from whom he purchased the
stock. Every merchant in the country should stop
buying goods from traveling salesmen for several
reasons.
If a drummer is sent out to sell goods and ho con-
fines his sales to the best solvent trade, his sales
are so light that he is not considered a valuable
man and is discharged, but if he sells large amounts
of goods, even to irresponsible men, who break not
only themselves, but their neighbors, also, in the
end, he is considered a valuable mau. The drum-
mer must send iu plenty of orders, or he is called in.
The interior merchant who buys goods on time
should not buy any goods from drummers for
several reasons.
The drummers are generally a very shrewd class
of fine talkers, and can persuade a large class of the
interior merchants that they know better what they
need than they do themselves, and the result is they
are soon overstocked and owe everybody in the
United States, and their busiuess is not worth any-
thing to anybody. The loss of interest and damage
ro stock amount to more than the profit. Besides,
the creditors press their claims as soou as they are
due, for fear some other creditor will get his claim
in first, and the result is very soon a failure or
doubtful. The judicious merchant, who has his
regular houses to deal with and orders his goods as
he needs them, in small quantities that are in im-
mediate demand in his stock, and are opened and
offered for sale on arrival, would never fail if he
were not ruined by his neighbors who dealt with
drummers, as is the reckless custom at present. A
great many say the wholesale merchants should
stop sending out drummers. The interior mer-
chants are the only parlies able to stop the drum-
ming system, and it is to the interest of the mer-
cantile world to do it at once. When a drummer's
traveling expenses and salary amount to $15
per day you had better ask your merchant to
allow you thai per cent, and buy your goods direct,
for you know you have to pay those drum-
mers' salaries and expenses. They are not put
in your bills, but they are there all the same.
If a large per cent, of the interior merchants, who
are buying goods by thousands from drummers,
had to go to Galveston, Houston, New Orleans. St.
Louis and other cities and tell their stories in tbe
offices to the old heads, they would conclude mer-
chandising was not exactly the thing they thought
it was; but as it is, if he has uo money to do any-
thing else, he can put on a nice suit of clothes, rent
him a store, and he does no*: have to wait long be-
fore some drummer w ill come along and sell him
$500; then, in a few days, here comes another and
sells him $500. Everybody says he is a clever fel-
low: buys goods from everybody and sells at cost
until the cotton sea.son comes ou, aud by this time
has made a reputation for being the cheapest store
in town, buys a large fall stock, sells at cost, as
usual, buys all the cotton at a half cent more than
it is worth, and draws a half cent more than ue
paid for it from his commission merchant, gets in a
little tight, borrows a little more money and gets a
little more extension until he can sell off the best
part of the second purchase, then he is ready to
fail and compromise at 25 cents ou the dollar, and
now he is in a fine condition to go into business, and
the good, honest merchant who pays 100 cents
on the dollar i6 bound to fail aud go
at something else. The present system
of selling goods by drummers and compromising,
is a premium on rascality and should not be con-
sidered dishonorable for an honest merchant to
aaopt the situation forced upon him. If the inte-
rior merchants would adopt a rule and carry it
out, that they would not buy goods from auy house
th-u sent out drummers, that would soou put an
en I to it and they coi 1J sell goods only to irre-
sponsible parties. Then any good merchant's
trade in the interior would be worth so much to his
i egular line of creditors that they could not afford
to let them fail.
If these few ideas are duly considered and
adopted, we will soon see comparatively a fine,
healthy trade and all these failures and swindles,
as well honest failures, will be but few. These are
the honest convictions of many drummers now
traveling. By the time their salaries, traveling ex-
penses and losses are deducted from their sales,
if the firm they are at work for have not lost
money, they are in luck, with all the extra price
put on for drumming expenses. You know the ad-
ditional profit is immense when some commission
salesmen get from 2 to 15 per cent., and on some
lines perhaps twice that—sewing machines, music
and various lines of like character, notions, jewel-
ry, etc. A Drummer.
P. S.—Those smart credit men must break some
one occasionally, or they will lose their places.
Buy your goods by order, and have nothing to do
with the drummer or credit man. Then you will
have no use for commercial agencies.
To Fix Rates-
Pittsburgh, March 1.—The Railroad Coal Trades
Tribunal meets Monday, at !0 o'clock, to fix rates
for mining for the summer run, or from April to
October. The miners' representatives met this
afternoon, and decided to demand 4^4 eents per
bushel—an advance of 1 cent over preseut rates.
The operators, it is said, will insist on a reductiou.
Sent to Louisville.
San Francisco, March 1.—This morning Mayor
Bartlett forwarded $3100 to Mayor Jacobs, Louis-
ville, Ky., for distribution to the tiood sufferers.
Globe-Democrat: The other night a conductor
on a suburban train, who had just ejected a rough-
looking person from the rear car, was asked by a
reporter what the fellow had doue. ** Doue? " said
tbe excited conductor. ** He's dena enough. He
has ridden out with me for about a mouth every
night, and hasn't paid his fare more than once or
twice. You see, ne lives a few miles out, and he
takes pains to get on the very end car: and wheu
he sees me coming he sneakes out on tho rear
platform where 1 can't see him. Very often I don't
get way through the cars, if anything detains me,
before we reacn his destination, and it makes me
mad to s-*e him scooting off as though he had doue
a good thing. But I've had my eyes ou him, aud
to-nignt 1 taought I'd settle the matter. You saw
how guilty he looked and how he sneaked off? He
saw that i meant business."
A Salt Lake dispatch to the Globe-Democrat says:
A Union Pacific official said that the travel to the
Qeur d'Alene country was enormous, and gave the
following figures in substantiation: Ou Friday 153
passengers left c*-»r the Utah and Northern; on
Saturday, 25; < n Sunday, 103. and on the day fol-
lowiug over 100.
AMOIIG THE PHOPHETS.
Raphael's Voice of the Heavons for
Karch, 1884.
The positions of the heavenly bodies at the luna-
tion on the 25th of February are not very favorable.
The planet Uranus is rising, and he Indicates that
the mind of the people will be unsettled, restless,
and that much traveling wiil occur. The position
of Saturn in the ninth heavens, in square to the
lights, is an argument of much distress in the land,
and that many deaths will occur through want or
starvation, and that pauperism wiil much increase.
There will be shocks of earthquakes in some parts.
This will be an unfavorable month for government,
and also for royalty, both abroad and at home.
Trade will be bad. and the returns for the month
will be below the average.
Tbe transits of the month are very similar to
those for February. Mars will be stationary in the
middle of the montb.and will cause serious troubles
in Ireland, Spain and Italy; and the transits of Sa
turn through Gemini will bring much woe to the in-
habitants of the big cities, and also the States of
America. The middle of the month Is unfavorable
for Turkey, and the Holy lands. France will bene-
fit the latter part of the month.
The Spring' Quarter.
Sol in Arie.s March 20, 18S4. The Sun enters the
equinoctial sign Aries 4:45 in the morning. The
chief positions in the map are: Saturn on the cusp
of the fourth and Mars not far from the cusp of the
seventh. The latter I do not like. There will be
danger of war and of tumult in the colonies and
bloodshed abroad. This position of Mars will also
cause explosions in coal pits, the bursting of guns,
powder explosions and damage bv lighting.
Saturn on the cusp of the fourth is not altogether
frood for the agricultural interest, and we are ilke-
v to have a cold spring, with an average rainfall,
not favorable for fruits of the earth, and the season
will be backward, and the temperature of the quar-
ter below the average.
The position of Venus in Taurus on the cusp of
of the third bouse is favorable for postal and rail
wiy affairs. Mercury rising will make the public
mind excitable, changeable, and drunkenness will
be ou the increase. Jupiter in the fifth, in sextile
to Uranus, will render the quarter healthy, and not
much sickness. Legislation relating to the public
health will be prominent during the quarter.
At Washington, the ingress occurs on the 19th,
iust before midnight, and the early degrees of tbe
Celestial sign Sagittary will be rising, and Saturn
will just be setting; the latter is a very unfavorable
position, implying great mishaps, sad accidents,
colliery explosions, and a sad and grievous quarter
generally, with heavy calamities. Uranus will be
in the mid heavens. This will give trouble to
the ruling powers and unpopularity. The Sun and
Mercury will be in the fourth house, which denote
a stormy, unsettled spring, with a good deal of wet,
and an unfavorable time for agriculture. Mars
will be located in the eighth house; this foreshows
many terribly sudden deaths, and a very unsatis-
factory state of the public health.
Zadkiel'sVoice of the Stars for ££archs
13S*.
The chief phenomena of this month are the sta-
tionary positions of Mars and Jupiter, and the en-
try of the Sun into Aries. Mars is stationary in
the third degree of the sign L°o on the 12th inst..
and this is evil for those born on or about the 25tli
of July, and for those at whose birth the Moon held
either the third degree of Leo or of Aquarius. Such
persons should keep out of quarrel- and legal pro-
ceedings. an ! safeguard their health as far as pos-
sible. France and Italy will be in a state of fever-
ish excitement. Shipwrecks will be numerous on
our coasts. Those persons born on or near the 17th
of July, and for those whose birth the Moon held
the twenty-fifth degree of Cancer, will benefit by
the position of Jupiter.
The spring quarter commences Maroh 20th. The
positions of the planets make a fortunate figure,
were it not for the proximity of Saturn to the cusp
of the seventh house, which presignifles,
says Ramesey, "many great and high west-
ern winds: the birds of the air shall
suffer detriment; also, men shall be afflicted
with diseases; there shall be earthquakes in the
western parts. In the fourth house and iu Gemini,
there shall be many controversies about rule and
government; (having south latitude) a hot and dry
air, little rain and great mortality." These effects
of Saturn may be expected about the middle of
May. when he arrives at Gemini, and about the be-
ginning of June when the Sun conjoins with Saturn,
Saturn is in opposition, and trouble wiil fall upon
the ruling powers of Spain. About the beginning
of April and June e.irihquakes will be felt (pro-
bably fatal to life) to the west of Madrid.
At Earis the position of Mars can not fail to be
quickly followed by an ebullition of French war
fever, and an emeute is to be apprehended about
the middle of May and the beginning of June. A
very serious effort will be made to change the
form of government.
At Berlin, the position of the planets will bring
trouble on Germany, stormy debates in the Reichs-
rath, and danger of a sudden quarrel with a neigh-
boring nation. These troubles, liltely, will be sur-
mounted, tfce people wiU be prosperous, and the
soil fruitful.
The Austrlans will have some trouble on their
bands, and their foreign policy will be bristling
with difficulties. Yet, on the whole, affairs will
proceed well until Uranus enters Libra. Crops of
all kinds will be abundant.
At Constantinople the Turkish revenue will be in
woeful pl'ght. Mars, lord of the figure and in Leo,
presignifles, "wars, contention and discord: ascarci-
ty of provisions and of the fruits of tbe earth, espe-
cially in the eastern parts; also death among mec,
chiefly youths, and—having north latitude—a scar-
city of water."
At St. Petersburg. Venus in the ascendant, pre-
signifies "prosperity, ^specially in the southern
parts, plenty of provisions and of fruits of the
earth, pleasant air and moderate showers."
At Washington the s-ason wiil be propitious and
fruitful. Troubles will come in the shape of for-
eign questions, home politics, and disputes about
the law of marriage and divorce. As Mars is the
eighth house there will be " many terrible and sud-
den deaths " this quarter, yet the general death-rate
may not be above the average, but rather below It.
Orion's Prophetic Observations for
I£arch, 1834:.
During this month we observe Uranus retrograde
in Virgo, and Mars stationary in Leo. These are in-
dications of a very untoward progre-s in the affairs
of Great Britain, which, coupled with the ingress
of Saturn into Gemini, the ruling sign of London,
denote the most direful results ere another solar
revolution he completed. The city of London es-
pecially feels the malign influences. I forbear to
attempt a detail of all the evils resulting therefrom
during 1884 and 1885. Tradesmen and merchants
l>egin to feel the consequences of speculation; dis-
cussions in the bank parlor during the last and
present month tend to raise the interest demanded
on loans and discounts: the list of insolvents and
bankrupts Increases, and banks failing. Beware,
ye American merchants! the United States feel the
influence of Saturn's transit in their ruling sign.
The influences are good for the people of Scotland
anil Holland; as also for the good town of Man-
chester. From the stationary position of some of
tbe superior planets, we judge some fearful storms
and shocks of earthquake.
Professor Tice's Weather Forecasts
for IVIarch, 1884.
Probable Weather—1st to 4th, cloudv and gen-
erally stormy; 5th to 6th, clear or fair; 7th to 10th,
commencing to cloud up. with heavy storms about
the 9th; 10th to 11th, clear or fair: 13th to 16th,
threatening weather, with heavy storms about the
15th; 17th and 18th. clear or fair; 19th to 21st, end-
ing in cloudy weather and heavy storms; 22d to
23d, fair; 24th to 25th. falling weather; 26th to 27th,
fair; 2?th to 81st, generally cloudy and heavy storms
about the 28th.
The warmer spells will be about the 2d, 7th, 14th,
21st and 2Sth.
The cooler spells will be about the 8th, 10th,
loth. 22d and 29th.
The earthquake days wiil be abont the 3d, 8th,
11th, 14th. 21st and 27th.
A small partial eclipse of the sun, March 27; in-
visible. Visible to northern Europe and a portion
of the North Polar sea.
SHOT THROUGH THE BRAIN.
Tragedy at "Wheeling"—Result of a
Quarrel over Cards.
Wheeling, W. Va, March 1.—This evening at 9
o'clock, excitement was raised in North Wheeling
by the report of a murder in a saloon kept by one
Miller, which has long been known to the police
as a gambling resort.
The facts in the case are as follows: A party
were playing cards. A quarrel ensued, when
George H. Boetter drew a revolver on being as"
saulted by Charles Dick. He fired, the shot taking
effect in Dick's brain, resulting in almost instant
death. Both were glass-blowers and partners in
the game and warm friends heretofore. The
shooting was the result of heat of passion and in-
toxication.
Boettner was aged twenty-seven, and has a wife
and three children, and Dicic was aged twenty-
eight and leaves a wife. The murderer was cap-
tured shortly after the occurrence by Chief of Po-
lice Beunett, at his home, and was taken before a
justice, who committed him without bail.
FIRS RECORD.
Eaavy Lcsses in Connecticut.
Hartford, March 1.—This evening the extensive
works of the United States Stamping company at
Portland, in this State, are burning. They were
filled with machinery for stamping, and employed
about 500 bands, turning out and shipping six or
eight carloaas of goods per day. The buildings will
be wholly destroyed.
The loss is reported very large. One report says
$2,500,000. Ihe works of T. R. Pickering & Co..
adjoining the stamping works, will be saved. Tho
amount of insurance is not learned.
Wagonworks Destroyed.
South Bexd, Ind.. March 1.—The South Bend
wagon worKs, at Mishaweka, were totally destroyed
by fire yesterday. They were owned by A. C.
Baker & Sons. Loss. §25,003; insurance, 514,000.
Flouring SSili Destroyed.
Detroit. Mich.. March 1.—Nickerson & Collister's
flouring mill, atPentwater, burned last night. Loss,
$25,000; insurance, $7000. _
The Strategy of Tiger Tom.
[New York Sun.]
Thomas Ochiltree, the Texan,
Ycungest born and dearest darling
Of the auburn-tressed Aurora;
He, the terror of the Brazos,
Tiger Tom of the Nueces,
Glory of the Rio Grande,
Wonder of the present Congress;
Who, alene ana quite unaided,
Set tbe Labker ball to rolling;
When he heard how Otto Bismarck
Scorned, and flouted, and defied him,
Striking at him through the Congress;
Thomas Ochiltree, the Texan,
Roared, a> d flamed, and spoke in fury;
*' Order out tbe old Dictator,
And the ancient Amphitrite,
With the Puritan to help them,
And the wild Miantonomoh!
Let the fearful Roach-clad navy
Guard the mouth of the Potomac—
Filled with stones, and slyly sunt there'.
"Give me, then, the Tallapoosa,
Well supplied with fresh provisions.
With the choicest wines and liquors,
While I cross the raging ocean,
And proceed to pluck the feathers
From the double-headed eagle.
" I will mix a drink fj;r Otto,
With the whisky of Kentucky,
With the mint of old Virginia.
With the sugar of the tropics.
Such as gently shall allure him
From the thorny path of warfare.
Then the double-headed eagle
And the schwein Amerikaner
Sweetly shall lie down together.
Never thinking more of Lasker
Or the fear of trichinosis
Aye, and Tiger Tom sbjtfHead
I^clls' Health Rene we r for dyspepsia.
Against tho I&orrison Bill.
Philadelphia, 3Iarch 1.—The protection and
steel manufacturers and iron ore producers have
got up a petition against the Morrison tariff bill»
signed by 322 firms and companies, and represent-
ing twenty-one States, which i-as been sent to everr
senator and representative in Congress.
Disfiguring
HUMORS,
Itching and
Burning Tor-
tures, Humil-
iating Erup-
tions, such as
SALT RHEUM or Eczema, Psoriasis, Scald HeaA
Infantile or Birth Humors and every form oi
~ Pil
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cured by the C'.rriouRA Ruaaorgs.
Cuttcura Ifiesol veut, theaew blood pufiifer,
cleanses the blood and perspiratioQ of impurities
and poisonous elements, and thus removes ths
cause.
Cti tic ura, the great Skin Cure, instantly allay$
Itchmg and Inflammation,olears tile Skin and Scalp,
heals Ulcers and Sores and restores the Hair.
Catlctira Soa p, au exquisite
and Toilet Requisite, prepared from
indispensabl* in treating Qkiu Diseases,
mors, Skin Blemishes. Rough. Chapped or Oily Skin.
C ulicura Remedies are absolutely pure and
the only real Bloed Purifiers and Skin Beautifiers;
free from mercury, arsenic, lead, zinc, or any othe*
mineral or vegetable poisoo whatsoever.
It wo nld require this entire paper :o do justice
to a description of the cures performed bv the Cfrt*
cura Resolvent internally, and Cuticura and Ccrf
cura Soap externally.
Ecveiua of the palms of the hands and of the
ends ot the fingers, very difficult to treat and ausual*
ly considered incurable; small patches cf tetter and
salt rheum on the ears, nose and sides of the face.
Scalled Heads, with loss of hair without nun}*
It c li I »i ff, burning a ad scaly tortures that baffled
even relief from ordinary remedies, soothed and
heal ad as by magic.
Pso riasis, lepro»y natf other frightful forms of
skin diseases, scrofulous ulcers, old sores end dis?
charging wouuds, each and all of which have been
speedily, permanently and economically cured by
the Cuticura Remedies.
Sold everywhere. Price; Cuticura, 50 cents:
Resolvent, $1: Soap, 25 cents. Potter Drug an»
Chemical Co.. Boston, Mass.
■Send for " Ho w to Cure Skin Diseases.'?
LADIES,
READ!
CURED!
Burton, Texas, February 15, 1894.
We have sold several kind3 of female tonics and
bitters, but believe that
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Or BLACK HAW BITTERS,
is better than any other kind of tonic or bitter*
put up for Female Complaints. We know of
three cases where BERLINER TONIC effected %
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failed; and we know of one case where a lady has
been suffering for two years, employing the best
doctors, but without any relief even. After she
had used the first bottle of BERLINER TONIC a
marked change for the better was noticed. Sho
has now used three bottles, and is in a fair way of
recovery.
We believe that BERLINER TONIC is the best
preparation of its kind for all kinds of
Complaints in the world, and we can nnf ea,4'e
^ reco- L
mend it too highly to the suffering fema^ .
We make this statement, unsolicited, for tne ben-
\
efit ot suffering humanity.
^ ours very truly,
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or sale oy all Druggists and by
THOMPSON & OHMSTEDE,
Galveston, Texas.
Strengthening
iuea:n£
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known remedy for Debility Dyspepsia. Indiges-
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Beef Foods and Tonics. Sold by leading who^salj
druggists, and retailers generally, at $1 per bfottlfl
6 for $5. C. N. Crittenden, general agt.. New froi^
3XT
WRY WILL ANY ONE SUFFER FROM (
when they can get a bottle of the GRRMAN
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Corns aud Bunions—of any druggist for s
There are worthless Imitations—similar in'
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street, New York.
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AND
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Ag-ents for tho well known
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niecced HERE IN GALVESTON the manufacture
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