The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 295, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 21, 1875 Page: 2 of 4

                                
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Galveston, October 1, 1875.
Tuesday, December 81, 1875.
Mrs. Nancy Dimsdale, of Fayette
county, Ga., who died on tlie 18:h of No-
vember, was 104 years old. She remem-
bered tbe red coats a century ago. She
retained her reason to the last, and at the
tiw* of her death weighed about two
hundred pounds.
Senator Clayton, of Arkansas, has
not asked for an investigation, and yet
he needs whitewashing as badly as
Spencer, of Alabama. All of that ilk had
better make hay while the sun shines.
It is not likely that the Senate will al-
ways remain Republican.
The Picayune, speaking of the outlook
for the spring races at New Orleans, sajs
the Texas stable, comprising Sam and
Ella Harper and Coriander, will winter
at New Orleans and train for the spring
meeting. This stable will be recruittd
with some younger stock from Texas,
and will then be organized for a graiid
Northern campaign the coming year.
The Washington negroes are becorn
ing dissatisfied with the way they are
treated by the Republicans. All promise
with no performance is making them re-
bellious; and they now clamor for recog-
nition and demand as an earnest of the
good will of Republican Senators that
either Fred Douglasa or Professor Lang,
ston be provided with positions of some
kind in Congress, and that Pinchbeck be
immediately admitted as Senator from
Louisiana.
The United Status District Court for
Indiana, recently rendered a decision that
is causing some uneasiness in railroad
circles. Tho court held that the State
could revoke a right of eminent domain
which had been granted to ono railroad
company and bestow it on an opposition
corporation ; that" land condemned from
motives of public policy and bestowed
upon a railway may be given to another
if public interest requires it." Tho case
will be taken to the Supreme Court.
GALVESTON is far from being the mofct
expensive seaport of the country. A
shipmaster sends the New Orleans lie-
publican a statement of the expenses of
a 1172 ton ship, that came to New Or-
leans in ballast, and left with a cargo of
3300 bales of cotton, amounting in all to
$11,900, and including the following
items: Towage, §1043 ; compressing cot-
ton, $2700 75; stevedore, discharging
and loading, $3000; commissions for pro-
curing freight, $23,051 77—at five per
cent., $1152 58; at 15J premium,
$1332 C7 ; pilotage, $141 75 ; levee dues,
$223 63.
SrEClAL Washington dispatches of
late date say that another grand jury for
the United States Court has been ordered
to meet at St. Louis on the third Monday
in January, for tbe purpose of consider-
ing new and startling testimony in the
whisky fraud cases, which has come to
the knowledge of District Attorney Dyer
since the adjournment of the late grand
jury. The utmost secrecy is maintained
as to the character of the testimony to be
introduced, but it is of such a nature as
to greatly excite the government counsel
and put General Henderson and his
friends in excellent humor.
Tbe same telegrams say that com-
ments of the most uncomplimentary kind
co*tinue to be made in public on the dis-
missal of Gen. Henderson as counsel in
the whisky fraud cases. Hib removal is
regarded as a direct insult to Judge
Treat, who would have checked Hender-
son had he made use of language unjus-
tified by the facts of the case, and the
action of the administration is regarded
as an attempt to browbeat and instruct
the judiciary in its duties. The further
point is made that J udge Krum, counsel
for Avery, would have interfered had
Henderson's remarks been what they are
claimed to have been by the partisans of
tbe sensitive President.
" TnE future great city of America,"
according to the predictions of Reavis
and Tice, has taken a step or two back-
ward. According to a statement re-
cently made iu the St. Louis Tirade Jour-
nal, the receipts of flour as compaied
with last year show a decrease of 300,000
barrels, of wheat 000,000 bushels, corn
1,000,000 Ibushels, and cattle 28,000
head, while these, it is stated, are but a
few items. Out of nineteen leading ar-
ticles, thirteen show a marked decrease.
A writer in the Timea, descanting on
the exactions in freights and terminal
charges which have driven trade from
St. Louis, says that at Hannibal, which
is the principal route of shipment from
New York to points in Northern Texas,
the rate of transfer charged is one cent,
per 100 pounds, at Cairo two cents, while
at St. Louis it is six cents. The writer
observes the cotton trade which St.
Louis endeavored to create, is going
east by way of Cairo. He asserts
that the existence of the Union Railway
and Transit Company is inimical in every
way to the prosperity of St. Louis ; that
it is the design of the concern named to
force the entire commerce of St. Louis
to pay tribute to this unnecessary ap-
pendage of the bridge company, and that
its success will necessarily result in fur-
ther destroying the business of the city.
Then shall the days cotno predicted, not
by Ileavia or Tice, but by.Jeremiah the
prophet: '* O thou that dwellest upon
many waters, abundant in treasure, thine
end is come and the measure of thy
C jvetousatss."
Sontlierii Notes and Gleanings
Atlanta is compressing cotton and
i hipping it direct to Europe.
A dead negro was lately found packed
iu a bale of cotton in Fairfield county,
South Carolina.
Meade C. Kemper, son of the Gover
nor, will, it is said,'soon lead to the altar
one of Ricmond's fairest daughters.
Vanderbilt University, at Nashville,
Tennessee, now has 200 students in its
medical department, 150 in the literary
department, 30 in the theological depart-
ment, and 20 in the law department.
The Grange of Carroll county, Geor-
gia, adopted the following : " llesolved,
That we get back in the old paths of
economy, by wearing home-spun clothes
and home-made shoes, with less leather
on the heels."
A beautiful girl of fifteen, named Jane
Serez, was killed by an engine on the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Road, near
Moberly, Mo , a short time ago. Her
clothing was caught by the locomotive
and she was dragged and bruised to
death.
A deer was recently killed in Bladen
county, N. C., by W. E. Atkinson, of such
proportions that Mr. Atkinson intends to
exhibit the horns at the Centennial.
The horns are twenty-eight inches long
and have ten snags on one and seventeen
on the other.
On Monday night, tbe 5th inst., in
Murray county, Ga., Mrs. Parrott, a re-
spertable lady was victimized by a negro
man named Jno. Smith. The brutal per-
petrator was captured and identified and
confessed the crime. He was lodged in
jail, but was taken out by a mob the fol-
lowing night and hanged.
Iu Fayetteville, Ark., Wm. Mcllroy
lias instituted suit against D. D. Stark
for $15,000, and made affidavit that the
defendant is fraudulently moving his
• ffects from the State, and is about to
depart himself. Stark was arrested, and
his counsel have applied for a writ of
habeas corpus. The suit grows out of
the settlement of the affairs of the late
bank jfcrtnership.
The dwelling of J. M. Cherry, near
Macon, Ga., was the scene of a rousing
domestic sensation a few nights ago,
when a keg of powder stowed away in a
closet suddenly exploded with a terrific
report, shattering nearly all the win-
dows. The keg contained three pounds
of powder. The cause of ignition was a
mystery, till it was recollected that there
were matches in the closet, to which rats
had access. No harm was done to the
family beyond the effects of violent sur-
prise, owing to the utter unexpectedness
of the thing.
A Virginia paper says: "The valu-
able farm known as ' Clifton,' the prop-
erty of B. P. Green, of Fauquier county,
was sold privately on Tuesday last for
$15,000, cash. This farm at one time
was considered the finest in the county,
aud now ranks among tbe best. It is
situated about five miles from Warren-
ton, and contains four hundred acres,
with a large and elegant dwelling. The
purchaser was a Mr. Cochran, of Texas,
formerly of Virginia. The same gentle-
rum purchased the ' Warren Green Ho-
tel ' properly in Warrenton.
A short time ago, at night, Geo. Ilol-
comb, living near Springdale, Ark., was
murdered in big own house. Holcomb's
wife says they had retired to bi d, when
two men pushed open the door and de-
manded the old man's money. He told
tliem he had but little and they couldn't
have it. One of them struck him on the
head with a stick, upon which he jumped
out of bed, when they repeated the blows
until he fell senseless to the floor, when
tiey finished their work with the stick.
She also says she gave them the money,
which amounted to about seventeen dol-
lars. A coroner's inquest was held next
day, and the verdict was that the death
was caused by parties unknown. Since
then circumstances caused the arrest of
the wife on suspicion of complicity.
William Spencer was shot and dan-
gerously wouudod on the evening of the
2d, in Lincoln county, Mo., by John
Swanson. Swanson and Ben Dyer be-
came involved in a rough-and-tumble
fight, and Bome of the spectators propos-
ed to separate them. Spencer, who is a
cousin to Dyer, said: " No, let one or the
other halloo." Swanson was smartly
punished. After the fight he procured a
revolver, and meeting Spencer attacked
him for preventing an interference and
«! owing him to be beaten so badly.
" Why didn't you halloo sooner?" said
Spencer. Hot words then ensued, and
Spencer said that he was not armed, and
if Swanson would wait until he could
get a pistol he would fight him. He then
turned to leave, and Swanson shot him
in the back of the head, the ball coming
out at the left cheek.
The Georgia and South Carolina plant-
ers are still attempting to circumvent a
propensity of the colored people. They
want to make it unlawful for any coun-
try store, or any known secret partner
thereof, or any trading person or post
whatever, in any case, directly or indi-
rectly, to procure, by purchase, trade or
exchange, any cotton in the seed,
grain, forage, or other agricultural pro-
ducts, between the hours of sunset and
sunrise, and that for all such articles pro-
cured between the hours of sunrise and
sunset a book shall be kept open to pub-
lic inspection, in which shall be re-
corded the kind, quality, condition and
value of such article, the date of trans-
action, and the party thereto; that the
burden of proof shall rest on the parties
so procuring that the articles are not
stolen goods, and that the parties so pro-
curing shall be held to be j'articeps crirn-
inui in all cases of theft.
Coweta county,Ga.,has under sentence
of death a wife murderer named Brink-
lev, whose execution has been stayed
from time to time in various ways, until
the public mind lias become thoroughly
aroused about the case. Repeated dis-
appointment regarding a promised spec-
tacle of an unusually interesting charac-
ter always has that effect. A local paper
ha<< smoothed the whole matter over,
however, by perpetrating the following :
" Some of the friends of Brinkley in-
duced Trof. Smith, who isa skillful phre-
nologist, to go to the jail and examine
Brinkley's head. After examining it
thoroughly, the Professor decided he was
sane. Whereupon Brinkley requested
the Trofessor to let him examine his
head, to which the Professor frankly as-
sented, and Brinkley, in a very few min-
u es, decided that the Professor was as
crazy as a yellow jacket, ard ought not
lie permitted to run at large."
The Rome Commercial gives the facts
of a recent murder in Murray county,
Ga. The victim, whose name was Cros-
s n, was a poor, one-legged man : " The
troible originated through a lawsuit,
which was to have been finally settled on
the Saturday following, by which Said
Crusaen would regain some property,
which it is thought his murderers want-
ed. The murderers have not been dis-
covered. Three men, disguised, visited
the house of Mr. Crossen and told him if
he was not gone by the following Sunday
night, that they would kill him. He did
not go, and on the night of the 5th inst.,
abcut 1" o'clock, they returned, broke the
door down and threw a fireball, saturated
with kerosene, into tbe house, which died
out, Then the second was thrown. Tbe
thr"o men then entered, one of them
held the one legged man tip in the bed
r.nd pointed out the spot for the other to
ehcot him. His mother and sisters wit-
necsed the whole scene. lie was shot
through the heart and died instantane-
ously.
State News.
anderson county.
A Democratic M'8 meeting was held
at.Palestine on Wednesday, and the fol-
lowing delegates to the State Convention
selected: H. J. Hunter, T. T. Gammage,
R. 11. Small, N. W. Hunter, H. B. Wil-
der, W. H. lucker, Jno. H. McClanahan,
Wm. Wylie, Ira Millican, Col. Zick
Home, A. T. Rainey, Benj. Parker, W.
R. Anglin, C. M. Quarles, A. G. Dupuy,
W. R. CI an ah an, James Eastland, J. S.
Hanks, John II. Gaston, R. W. Calhoun,
II. M. Jackson, J. II. Gee, D. I). Ilauks, J.'
It. Biackirby, James Ilamlett, S. C. Van-
devender, J. J. Word, J. F. Weidemeyer,
J. W.Moore, J. M. Swanson, F.Kemp,
I. M. Hughes, Jacob Crist, U. W. WhiP
ley, W. A. llagood, Marsh Glenn, John
Lively, J. L. Pool, R. C, Parks, G. A.
("ubiey, I. R. Emerson, P. L. Bradford,
P. W. Ezell, Sam Avers, D. A. Akin, J.
J. Quarles, F. H. Oldham, J. J. Smith,
Geo. P. Wallace, Wm. Reader. The del-
egates were instructed to vote for the
nomination of Gov. Coke. The conven-
tion recommends to the people of this
J udicial District the name of Hon. T. J.
Word as our choice forjudge.
BURNET COUNTY.
The Democratic County Convention
meets on the 27th.... Wm. A. Blackburn
is a candidate for District Judge One
of the county officers says that at least
two-thirds of the patented lands in this
county is not rendered for taxes, either
in this county or at the Comptroller's
office. .. .The Bulletin says that persons
from the upper portion of the county, re-
port the wheat crops in that section look-
ing well, " some of it tall enough to hide
a rabbit."... .Immigrants are passing
through Burnet daily, bound for the west
ern part of this county, and other points
west.
BEXAR COUNTY.
The epizootic has reached San Antonio
and the immediate surrounding coun-
try. . . .On Monday night Harry McCor-
mack, United States Commissioner here,
died unexpectedly at the residence of
Captain W. H. Houston, in Alamo City.
Up to the moment of his death tbe de-
ceased was apparently in good health.
He was taking chloral, and immediately
after taking a dose was seized with vom-
iting, when he fell and almost instantly
expired, his death being caused prob-
ably by his inadvertently taking too large
a dose. During the late war he servad
as adjutant of the Third Texas Infantry,
and afterward on the staff of General
Luckett.f of Waterhouse's brigade,
and saw active services in the va-
rious campaigns on this Bide of
the Mississippi river. He held at
the time of his death the position
of second lieutenant of theJAlamo Rifles.
. —The recently arrived recruits for the
Tenth Infantry, one hundred in number,
have left for McKavett, in charge of
Major Barrett.... J. L. Trueheart, F. M.
Newton and S. S. Smith are candidates
for County Clerk ; Henry Weir, P. Shar-
dein and T. P. McCall for Sheriff; A.
Gugger, L. P. Beck and J. B. Sweeny for
Assessor ; J. B. Lacoste for Treasurer ;
W. R. Wallace and M. G. Anderson for
County Attorney ; F. G. Smith for County
Judge. Hon. Geo. H. Noonan, A. W.
Houston aud D. Y. Portis, Esq , are can-
didates for the judgeship of the Twenty-
Second Judicial District, composed of
the counties of Atascosa, Bexar and
Comal, Bubject to the action of the Demo-
cratic convention Goods £,et alorg
slowly by the Morgan line. The Herald
says : The large train of Ssnor Tala-
mantes has just got in, fifteen days out
from Cuero, with goods for our mer-
chants.
CORY-ELL COUNTY.
The temperance cause flourishes at
Gatesville... .The Gatesville Brags Baud
Association will give a concert on the
night of the 23d... .Cotton, Christmas
toys and candidates are plentiful ; among
the latter J. B. Harrison,T. B. Owens, II.
D. Ashby, H. S. Perryman, A. P. Kelly,
J. T. Cook, S. W. Bigham, M. J. Strick-
land, F. Lanham, and J. H. Christopher
for Assessor, with several others not yet
announced ; Peyton Werner, W. H. Bel
cher and J. C. Hearn for Sheriff ; R. H.
Wells,County Clerk; M. R. Hood, District
Clerk ; A. L Jarnigan, County Attorney ;
and F. W. Fountleroy, Countv J udge.
COMANCHE COUNTY.
Hon. John D. Stephens, of Comanche,
is a candidate for the State Senate.
COLLIN COUNTY.
McKinney is to have a grand New
Year's ball in the new court-house....
W. L. Frost, of Sherman, has obtained a
patent on cotton presses.
COMAL COUNTY.
Jim Conley, the stage driver, who had
his leg broken at the hip, at New Braun-
fels, is getting well.
COLORADO COUNTY.
L J. Logue is a candidate for County
Attorney ; C. D. Barnett and T. J. Grace
candidates for Sb sriff ; Geo. W. Breed-
ing and J. L. Seyendecker for County
Clerk; Alex. Dunbarry for Assessor;
Chas. Riley for District Clerk....
Weather fine... .A negro named Perry
was killed by another negro, on Monday
last, about five miles west of Columbus.
They quarreled, Perry hit the other one
(name not remembered) a heavy blow on
the head with a large rock, whereupon
he pursued Perry, and inflicted such
wounds with his knife that Perry died.
... .The annual festival of St. John's
day, on the 27th of December, will be ap-
propriately celebrated by the Masonic
fra'.ernity. .. .A party of surveyors, in
charge of Capt. Wm. F. Clarke, are lo-
cating the vacant prairie lands of this
county for the International and Great
Northern Railroad.
DALLAS COUNTY.
Three hundred immigrants came over
the Texas and Pacific road one day last
week Sam Johnson, a noted cattle
thief of Medina county, was arrested at
Dallas ou Wednesday la3t... .Colonel
Lockwood, President of the Dallas Gas
Company, has made two or three trips
into the Nation, and has effected leases
for two of the best located coal mines
there, one about one-half mile and the
other one hundred and fifty feet from
the main track of the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas Railroad, while the Osage
Company mines are some three miles off.
It is proposed to organize a Dallas coal
company upon a mutual plan, offering to
those who desire to take stock certain
advantages, and there will only be $50,-
000 open for subscription.
FANNIN COUNTY.
It is said that the Grangers of Fannin
county have privately fixed up a ticket
for all county offices....A man named
Smithson, lately from Missouri, was
stricken with apoplexy a few days ago
while pulling corn, and died in a few
hours... .Pork sells in Fannin county at
from seven and a half to eight cents per
pound. .. .Eighteen wagon loads of im-
migrants from Arkansas passed throngh
Bonham on the 10th instant... .Fannin
county has only three prisoners in her
jail at thia time Bonham has, up to
this date, shipped one thousand more
bales of cotton than she did up to the
same time last year.
FAYETTE COUNTY.
Pork sells at five cents a pound 
The weather has been fine all the fall.
... .La Grange must be a fine place for
pigs. The editor of the Citir.cn says he
has raised about 1200 lbs. of pork right
in town and has it now salted down....
Robt. T. Bradshaw is a candidate for re-
election to the office of County Treasurer;
R. A. Doss for the office of Tax Collector;
G. L. Siabrecht for County Clerk : H.
Studemann for Assessor ; Ulysses Rabb
and P. D. Turner for; Sheriff; Jo M.
Kirk and J. R. Scates for Collector of
Taxes ; Homer B. Hill for County Sur-
veyor ; R. II. Phelps for County Attor-
ney ; A. B. F. Kerr and Robt. j. Goode
for Assessor; J. C. Steihl for County
J udge.
FRTWSTONE COUNTY.
Last Sabbath night Ike Foster, f. m. c.,
living near Cotton Gin, reported to Con-
stable J. B. Buchanan that two white
men were then at hi3 house killing his
family, etc. Mr. Buchanan at once went
to the scene of the reported outrage, and
found Ike's house iu the possession of
Tom Varnon and Tom Miles, and that
Yarnon had committed an unmentionable
offense upon the person of a mulatto
girl named Ellen Edwards. Miles waB
under the influence of liquor and asleep.
Constable Buchanan secured him and
demanded the surrender of Varnon: he
refused, with pistol in hand, and at-
tempted to fire upon Mr. Buchanan, but
the latter was prepared for emergencies,
and fired first, wounding Varnon in the
breast. V. returned the constable's fire,
but happily missed his aim. V. then ran
out of the house, followed by the consta-
ble, who fired at him again as he ran off.
After running about forty yards, Varnon
fell, was secured and brought to Cotton
Gin, and immediately received the atten-
tion of Drs. Johnson and Harper. He is
now confined by both his wounds and
pneumonia, and his recovery is doubtful.
Miles was tried before Justice Cobb as
accessory to tho crime committed by
Varnon, and, in default of a $500 bond,
was committed to the Fairfield jail to
await the action of the grand jnry.
GONZALES COUNTY.
Theirost has not yet hurt the cotton
in (iomales CO u Dty. The weed is eli 11
growing, bolls opening, and the staple
being picked. .. .Conzales county is rais-
ing wheat this year. Everywhere planted
it is looking finely and is growing rapid-
lv. At Waelderlast week a man named
Hopkins and two brothers named Adair
had a fight, in which one of the Adairs
was mortally and the other dangerously
wounded with a knife.
I! RIMES COUNTY.
E. C. Davis, arrested on suspicion of
having murdered Tom Cotton, near Kel-
lum's Springs, in Grimes county, a short
time since, has had a preliminary exami-
nation and been released, there being no
evidence against him.
nrLL COUNTY.
C. W. Riley [rise up, William,] and F.
T. Wier are candidates for Assessor.
Whether William will rise to the occa-
sion or F. T. will Wier in remains to be
seen W. L. Turner asks to be made
District Clerk; J. A. Martin, A. P. Mc-
Kinnon and J. M. Abbott all ask to be
made County Attorney, while Doctor A.
Campbell is a candidate for County
Judge The Hillsboro temperance or-
ganization and Sunday School are mak-
ing arrangements to have a concert and
supper Christmas night Hillsboro is
improving rapidly One of the boys
of town killed a large wildcat a few
days ago Crowds of immigrants have
been passing through this week. Most
of them wish to rent land. They are
not able to buy and improve. Though
poor, they are bright, intelligent people
and would be desirable citizens A
mass meeting of citizens of Hill county
was held at Hillsboro, Tuesday, the 14th
instant, for the appointment of delegates
to the Democratic'State convention at Gal-
veston, and also delegates to the nominat-
ing convention of the Thirteenth Judicial
District, to be held at Corsicana the 12th
of January. Five delegates were ap-
pointed to the Galveston convention,
among whom were Joe Abbott, Captain
Wilton and J. W. Stevens. The delega-
tion was instructed to support Richard
Coke for Governor—not instructed as to
other State officers. Delegates to the
Corsicana convention were also appointed,
and instructed to support D. M. Prender-
gast forjudge of the Thirteenth District.
JACK COUNTY.
At the annual election of Fort Rich-
ardson Lodge No. 320 A. F. and A. M.,
on Saturday evening last, the following
officers were elected to serve for the en-
suing Masonic year : D. C. Brown, W. M.;
R. L. McClure, S. W.; J. C. Bartel, J. W.;
J. W. Knox, Treasurer; H. H. McCon-
nell, Secretary; C. L. Dutcher, Tiler....
Jacksboro Council 335, Friends of Tem-
perance, elected the following officers:
H. Horton, W. P.; Dan Conway, D. G. W.
P.; P. Merrea, R. S.; Pat. O. Sulivan, F.
S.; T. J. Glakeler, T.; J. Conlay, C. D ;
G. Latimer, I. S ; G. Mounts, O. S ; L. P.
Adamson, C.
KENDALL COUNTY.
Hon. W. V. Henderson, of Kendall
county is a candidate for judge of the
24th judicial district, composed of the
counties of Kendall, Kerr, Bandera, Me-
dina, Uvalde, Frio, Kinney, Maverick,
Zavalla, Dimmitt, Lasalle, Edwards and
Dawson.
KAUFMAN COUNTY.
Lands have been selling under execu-
tion at fifteen cents an acre.
LIMESTONE COUNTY.
The Democratic County Convention
hava selected twenty-fire delegates to
the State Convention at Galveston, con-
sisting of the following named gentle-
men, viz : T. W. Wade, John R. Henry,
M. N. Miller, R. A. Davis, Judge Conoly,
T. J. Oliver, J. W. Fiehburn, J. D Brown,
W. P. Brown, G. B. Duncan, B. W. Jack-
son, J. B. Shead, W. H. Richardson, Wil-
liam Cleveland, R. P. Ward,L. J. Farrar,
J. W. Rucker, A. G. Camp, J. W. Steele,
Floyd Gilbert, J. C. Blackburn, W. J.
Mosely, J. L-. Sansom, D. McD. Barkley,
J. M. Rambo. Resolutions instructing
delegates to vote for Col. John R. Henry
for State Treasurer, and R. A. Reeves
and R. S. Gould for members of the Su-
preme Court, were unimously carried.
LAVACA COUNTY.
The Herald reports the burning of No-
len's gin and saw mill. Mr. Nolen loses
about thirty bales of cotton, and the
house was full of seed cottoa... .A. J.
Castellow has already gathered 2,290
pounds of cotton raised from bis particu-
lar setd, from one acre of land. He pro-
poses to call it " Granger Cotton."
MARION COUNTY.
Pork in Jefferson sells at from seven
to ten cents per pound.
M'LENNAN COUNTY.
Cotton received at Waco on Tuesday—
175 bales were weighed in East Waco,
and 400 bales shipped .Some interest-
ing fossil remains have been exhumed at
the confluence of the bayou with the Bra-
zos. The professor says they are the
phalanges of a Tetterapin Megasau-
horse. .. .Col. Flint, through irrigation of
his grounds, he ha3 tomatoes, cabbages,
and other vegetables all of the largest
and best and fresh from his garden
every day of the year.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
A mass meeting has been called for
Tuesday, 21st inst., at Willis, to take into
consideration nominations for county
offices.
POLK COUNTY.
The farmers in the county are about
through gathering their crops, and cot-
ton has turned out heavier than it has
for a series of years. Although a con-
siderable amount of cotton has already
gone off, the larger portion of it by far
is still to be ginned and forwarded 
The Moscow Masonic high school is flour-
ishing. Board here for school children
is generally from $8 to $10 per month,
everything furnished. As for health,
good water, good society, and good order
kept in the town, there is none better.
MONTAOUE COUNTY.
Several of die citizens of our county
have gone on a buffalo hunt. This is an
easy way they have of getting a supply
of meat. Last Monday, the 6th inst., a
wagon passed through Montague in
charge of an officer from Henrietta car-
rying two prisoners. The prisoners were
Joe Porter, white man, to be tried on the
charge of assault with inrent to kill, and
a negro then already sentenced to be
hung for murder. The white man
was necked and chained to the
negro under sentence of death....
I. N. Roach, of Weatherford, Parker
county, Texas, as a candidate for the
office of Judge of the Tenth Judicial
District ; A. L. Matlock as a candidate
for the office of County Attorney ; Capt.
P. S. Hagy as a Democratic candidate for
the Legislature from the Fifty-second
Representative District; Lewis C.
Knight, W. A. Morris and J. M. Loving
are candidates for Sheriff for Mantsgue
county. .. .Farmers in Mantague county
have lost heavily by recent prairie fires.
ROBERTSON COUNTY.
At the Robertson county convention a
resolution was introduced and unani-
mously paps'd instructing the delega-
tion to cast their first ballot in the State
Convention for Coke.
TARRANT COUNTY.
The ladies of the Episcopal Church of
Fort Worth, raffled off a mule at a re-
cent festival, of course for church pur-
poses.
TITUS COUNTY.
The Mount Pleasant Patron says: Mr.
B. Bickerstaff has sent us a specimen of
his sugar cane having twenty joints ma-
tured. He says he has six, acres that
would average ten feet, and yield four
hundred gallons to the acre. This dis-
tances cotton so bad there is no use mak-
ing a comparison.
WALLER COUNTT. /
District Court commenced Monday,
Judge I. B. McFarland presiding, and
Jesse M. Goss acting District Attorney.
The docket is unusuaily large, and it is
thought that very few civil cases will be
tried. —There will be a supper given at
Hammond's Hall on the 21st instant, for
the purpose of building a public school-
honse... .R. R. McDade was the largest
sufferer by the late flood of any one in
the county, having lost over 1700 panels
of fence, fomething over 17,000 rails, be-
sides other serious damages to his plan-
tation. .. .The Hon. Jacob Freeman, ex-
member of the Legislature from this
county, Secretary of the Colored Baptist
Church in Hempstead, we are informed,
has been getting away with fifty dollars
of church money... .There is to be a
< 'hristinas tree at McDado'a school-house
for tlie benefit of the school.
WITJ.IAMSON COUNTY.
Grange No. 933, of Williamson coun-
ty, on Saturday, December 11, at their
regular meeting, elected for the follow-
ing year: J. J. Elliott, W. M.; S. E.
■ Montgomery, W. O ; J.N. McFadin, W.
L; W. J. Jameyson, W. S; Thomas
Paxton, W. A. S ;   Reed, W. C; A.
Young, W. T.; John Elliott, W. 8 ; I. A.
McFadin, W. G ; Mihs Hattie Hurt,
Ceres ; Mrs. L. Gardner, Pomona ; Mrs.
Reel, Flora ; Mies Lucy 1'axton, L. A. S.
.-.. .At a regu'ar meeting of Georgetown
Grange, No. 592, the following officers
for the ensuing year were elected, to wit:
J. N. Lemmond, W. M ; D. J. Whitley,
W. O.; J. T. Coffee, W. L; G. W. Hall,
W. S ; J. W. Moore, W. A. S; H. G.
Gunn, W. C ; L. D Puekette, W. T ; A.
C. Beaver, W. S ; J. N Weir, W. G. R ;
Mrs. A. T. Coffee, Ceres ; Mrs   Lem-
mond, Pomona ; Mits L. Dillingham, L.
A. S.
DXKD:
ENGLISH—At the resident of hor mother,
Mrs. Annie West, Shirluy English, at 2)4 v. m.,
Monday, Dec. 20, aged 3 years.
The friends of the family are invited to at-
tend her funeral, from the residence on Broad-
way, between 32th and 13th streets, at 10
o'clock This (TuesdajO Morning.
LANG—In Denver,on Monday.December 20,
at 7 a. m., in tho fourth year of his ago, John
W. Lang, Jr., only chi d of J. W. and Clara
Lang, after an illness of only twenty hours.
Special i wtSceB.
Office of Galveston Heal Estate 1
and Loan Company, v
Galveston, Dec. 20, 1875.)
Sealed bids will be received for the
EIGHTEENTH LOAN
for Homestead purposes, of an amount not
exceeding $2500, for the term of six years or
less. All bids must sta^e what amount is
wanted, and on what time, and must bo
handed in by THURSDAY, Dec. 23d, up to six
o'clock p. m., at which time the Directory will
meet, open bids and award loan to the highest
bidder, payable January 8. 1876. Applicants
are requested to be present. Bids must be
made on the company's blanks, which the Sec-
retary will furnish.
By order of tho Finance Committee.
de20E&mlt I. i.OVENBERG, Sec'y-
New Advertisements.
LOOK WHAT Y00 GET
AT THE
BIG BONANZA TOY HOUSE
AS A PREMIUM.
A Fine Bound Copy of either CHATTESBOX, 18 7 5.
PEEP-SHOW, with 330 Pictures, or a Copy
of LITTLE WIDE-AWAKE, or a
Copy of the Great Boys'
and Girls' Favorite,
the Nursery,
All of which are worth $1 50, and a copy of which you will get when five dollars
and upwards worth of Toys is purchased; and rememoer the price remains the
same, except the Hobby Horses and Boys' Wagons, which I have put down 25 per
cent, cheaper. You can look around and compare prices, and you will find the
BONANZA the cheapest, even with the fine premiums given. So call at the
BONANZA.
del9 su tu th J. E. MASON, Proprietor.
Notice to Con*lx<tce«.—The schooner
JEFFERSON, from .New York, is now dis-
charging carijo at Lufkin's Wharf. Con-
signees will please attard to rec«iyt of the
goods as landed. All goods remaining on
the wharf after 4 o'cIock, will be stored at
their expense and risk
del9 4t M. QtJIN & CO., Agents.
IN STORE,
3000 Sacks COFFEE
EX "ANDREA."
TO ARRIVE,
4000 Sacks COFFEE
EX BARK *VFKIEDE,»
sailed from Rio 1st December.
ITI. ROPPERL.
Notice*—The stockholders of the Agricul-
tural, Horticultural and Industrial Associa-
tion are requested to meet at the office of C.
W. Hurley & Co., on MO>.DaY, January 12th,
1876, at noon, for tho purpose of electing Di-
rectors. C. L. BEISSNER, Jr.,
dels td Secretary.
Notice—The death of our Mr. Dargan will
make no change in our business, which wItl
oontinne as heretofore.
DARGAN & TOBYN, Wholesale Grocers,
del5 dlwfrWlt Strand, Galveston.
Office of Clitef Knglueer, Galves-
ton, December 17, 1875.—lhe annual election
for Chief Engineer, Fiist Assistant Engineer,
Second Assistant EnginHer and Third Assist-
ant Engineer, will take place at the nail of
Galveston Hook and Ladder Company No. 1,
on Mechanic street, th9 third Monday in
January, 1S76. By order.
MARTIN7 A. DAYEY,
F. A. Smith, Sec'y- Chief Engineer.
Call for Delegates.
By and with the advi e of the County De-
mocratic Executive Committee, and the Pres-
idents of the different Ward clubs, the follow-
ing call is made:
1. The Presidents of the different Wards or
Precinct clubs will hold an election at their
respective club rooms, on tho TWENTY-
EIGHTH DAY of this mouth, for (25) twenty-
five delegates to the Democratic State Con-
vention, to be held in this city on tne Fifth
Day of January, 187d, the apportionment be-
ing the same as heretofore.
First Ward will Bend t*even Delegates.
Second Ward will send five Delegates.
Third Ward will send six Delegates.
Fourth Ward and Island will send five Dele-
gates.
Clear Creek and Virginia Point will send one
Delegate.
Bolivar Point will send one Doiegate.
2. The delegates so elected will bo delegates
to the District Convention, to bo held in this
city on the Seventh of January, 1876, and
called by Hon. C. L. Cleveland, to nominate a
Senator and Representative from this Sena
torial District, and upon the adjournment of
the District Convention tho said delegates
from this'county, as a convention, proceed to
nominate two representatives from this coun-
ty in the next Legislature, and also a Judge
for the County and District Courts.
3. The Presidents of rbe different clubffwill
make returns on the election of delegates to
to the undersigned.
D. C. STONE,
ClTman Ccunty Dem. Ex. Cbtn.
Galveston, Deo. 17, lb75. del8 4fe
Texas Banking and Insurance Company, [
Galveston, Dec. 16,1873. \
The annual meeting of the Stockholders of
the Texas Banking and Insurance Company
will take place at tlie office of the company on
MONDAY the 3d day of .January, 1876, when
an election will be held for directors to nerve
during the ensuing year. The polls will be
open at 10 a. m. and closed at 3 p. m.
N. O. LAUViS, H. S. WILLIS,
Secretary. President.
del6 Elt&d td
Preparations for ilic convention.
The hotels may net be able to furnish all the
rooms required for the seven or eight hun-
dred delegates to the State Democratic Con-
vention, to meet in this city on the 5th of
January proximo, and for the hundreds of
other visitors on that occasion. Such of cur
citizens as have spare rooms are, therefore,
urged to offer them, with or withoat board,
for the use of the delegates.
Address, stating number and terms,
A. W. SPAIGHT,
Chairman Executive Committee, 72Strand.
de7 m&E tf
First National Bink ot GalveMton.
The annual meeting of the Shareholders of
this.Bank will take place at their Bmking
Houst, on TUESDAY, the 11th January next,
when an election will bo h *ld for Directors for
the ensuing year.
THO*. KEED, Cashier.
Galve»ton Dec, 11, 1875. del2 dtd
Office Home Ins, and Bank'o Co. op Tcxas, \
Galveston, Dec. 10, 1875. j"
The Annnal Eleotion for Seven Directors,
to serve the ensuing year, will take place at
the Company's Offloe, No. 67 Strand, on
MONDAY, tne 3d day of January, 187G, be-
tween the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and 2
o'clock p. m.
By order J. II. BURNETT,
Attest: H. Tendleton, President.
delO td Secretary.
Xew Advcrsif ctnenls.
y^QST LOST LOST.
Five Dollar* Reward.
Lost—a red morocco pocket-book contain-
ing a small amount of M\on*y. a recsiptfor a
registered letter and a olmrter party made
between Ranger A Co. aud ownors of bark
4vIbi8." The above reward will be paid and
no questions askod on tbe return of the pocket
boo* and contents to M. '^UIN & CO.
de21 It*
^LFRED C. GAT! SI A. & CO.,
Respectfully invite atten ion to the following
consignments, .lust received:
SOObbls. Extra Family and Brokers' FIiOUI!
100 bbls. CORNMEAL.
300 sacks CORNMEAL.
200 bbls. POTATOES.
1000 lbs. Fresh KANSAS BUTTER, in rolls.
500 doz EGGS.
An examination of our stock i ? reppectfully
solicited.
ALFRED C. GARSIA & CO.,
Froduco Commission Merchants. 114 and 116
Strand. de213t
rrHUSTEE'S SALE—State of Texas,
I county of Galveston.
By virtue of deed of trust executed by
Ernest and Mina Ruenbuhl, husband and wife,
on the 2d day of December A. D. 187-1, of re-
cord in said county, Book 14. pages 254, 255, to
secure the payment of their joint and several
promissory note, dated December 2d, A. D.
1874, for the sum of five hundred dollars, pay-
able to the order of Robert Sclieidtinann,
with interest at the rate of 12 per cent, per
annum from date, said deed of trust convey-
ing to George Plitt and Joseph Franklin,
(either being empowered to act) fcho following
describod property:
Lot No. 3, in block No. 92. city of Halves
ton, together with all improvements thereon
situated. Said note being wholly duo and un-
paid, at the request of the legal holder there-
of I, Joseph Franklin, ono of said trustees,
will sell the said property t > tho highest bid-
der, for cash, in front of the Court-house door,
in the county of Galveston. v t a1 e of Texas, at,
12 o'clock m., on SATljKD \ V, «ho ir»tbdayof
.January, A. D. 187G, ooiiv« \ t ^ such title to
the said property as by said tlm-d of trust J
am authorized to make; special reference be-
ing here had to said deed of trust audits
terms and provisions.
de21 td JOSEPH FRANKLIN, Trustee.
-A- r rived
And now discharging,
EX BARK "JH AUG ARETHA,"
4000 Sacks GOFFEE
Samples at Onr Office.
KAUFFMAN & RUNGE.
ap23 una tf
["N STORE—
1000 Sacks COFFEE
TO ARRIVE FROM RIO DE JANEIRO,
4000 Sacks Coffee.
TO ARRIVE FROM LIVERPOOL,
4000 Sacks Salt.
J. H. EI.S\*OHT3FI & CO.
Something About Oils.
Pratt's Astral Oil
is the result of long experience and careful
study of the best mothods of preparing pe-
troleum. Its
firs: test
far exceeds that of ordinary oils, and all dan
ger in its use is obviated, It is
WATER WHITE
ia appearance, and has no disagreeable
ODOR.
It burns in the ordinary kerosene lamp, has
been thoroughly tested by long and constant
uge, and pronounced to be the
BEST OIL IN T1IK WOKL».
de7 lm
ELEGANT NEW
7-0ct. Kosewooil Pianos
FOR 5250, CURRENCY, for sale by
TifOS. (iOGGAN & BRO.,
Piano & Mueic Dealers, Tremont St.,
del9 tt Galveston.
Come One, Come All !
and get your good things for
CHRISTMAS
Atmore's Mince Meat, California Jellies,
Fruits, Butter, all kinds. Dried
Figs, drums and boxes; Raisins
and Almonds, Currants and
Citron, French Prunes
in boxes. Preserves,
and ass'td Jellies,
Honey, Syrup,
and
DELICACIES OF ALL KINDS.
Come and see for yourself. Cheap for Cash,
at the
Galveston ( asli Grocery
17S and 1 SO Twentieth St.
del9 lw J. P. BOONE, Manager.
25 Per Cent. Below Cost.
THE OLD AND WELL-KNOWN
GREAT
DOLLAR STORE
No. 1G9 Market St.,
OFFERS
Toys and Holiday Goods
At lower prices than ever sold in this city, on
account of sailing this liue out. Call and be
convinced.
no22 3m Lewis & RotliscliSld
Christmas Candies.
I have just received a large stock of
FANCY CANDIES
And
SUITABLE FOR CHRISTMAS.
Have also on hand a flue stock of
Imported & Domestic Cigars,
TOBACCO and PIPES,
Which I offer Very Low for the Holidays.
in. S3. SIYOBI,
aei9iw* 155 Market Street.
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT IN THE CITY,
HEADQUARTERS FOR
CHRISTMAS TREES AND ORNAMENTS
de 19 su tu th fri u n a
s
APOLIO SAPOLIO
is TOO WELL OOWJf
To require a special recommendation.
Cleans all kinds of metals and painted work.
For sale by
STEELE, WOOD & CO.,
68 and 70 Tremont st.
yyTE OFFER TO THE TRADE,
AT LOW FIGURES,
2000 Kegs Nails,
In lots to suit.
de21 una tf
H. HIRSCH & CO.
JNFORMATION WANTED.
IF WM. PHBLAN,
formerly of Detroit, will write to James Pho-
lan, 184 Lacrosse street, Detroit, Michigan,
ho wiil hear of something to his advantage.
delO lm fri&tu*
1 A DAY at home. Agents wanted.
Jl & Outfit and terms free, TRUE & CO.,
Augusta, Maine. 
Tf PER WEEK guaranteed to Agents*
j / Male and Female, in their own lo_
/ # cality. Terms amd OUTFIT FREE*
Address P. O. vICKERY & CO.. Augusta, lie>
Mind reading, psycho man ct, fas-
cination, soul charming, mesme-
rism, and marriage guide, showing how
either sex may fascinate and gain the love
and affection of any person they choose in-
stantly. 4f0 pages. By mall 50c. hunt A
co., 130 S. 7th St., Philadelphia. 
per day at home. Samples
worth ©1 free. 8TINSON
$5 20
CO., Portland, Maine.
AGENTS, th« jfreat^st chance of the age.
Address, with stamp, National Copying
Co., Atlanta, Ga.  
4^ _ I Per day. Business
* vf honorable and lu-
crative. Agents wanted. Ad-
dress Marion Supply Co., M»v
rioc, O.
ADVERTISING IN
Religious and Agricultural
WEEKLIES,
HALF-PRICE
SEND FOR OUR CATALOGUE
OX THE EI ST PLAX.
For information, address
GEO. P. HOWELL Ss CO., 41 Park How,
NEW YORK.
THE
Slate Democratic
CONVENTION.
Proposals for furnishing a banquet at Ar-
mory Hall on the 5th January, proximo, are
invited. Proposals must bo accompanied by
ISXLL OF FARE*
not to Include wines or cigars, whieh will be
separately furnished.
Full particulars will be given on applica-
tion.
A. W. SPAIGHT,
de8 tfuna Chairman Executive Committee.
TRUSTEE'S SALE-State of Texas,
County of Galveston.
By virtue of a deed of trust executed by
Gustavo and Mary Blucher. his wife, on the
7th day of March, A. D. 1874, and of record in
said county, book 12, pages 167, 168, to socure
the payment of their promissory note, dated
February 20, 187*1, for the sum of lour hundred
and llfty dollars, and payable to the order of
Emma Lambert, with interest at the rate of
12 por cent, per annum, payable quarterly,
said deed of trust convoyii g to mo lot No. 1)
and the e*st half of lot No. 10, of
the southeast quarter of the southwest
block of out lot No. 70, city of Galveston,
the whole of said note, according to the
terms of *aid deed of trust, being now due
»nd unpaid.at t he request of the legal holder of
said note. I will sell the above described prop-
erty at public auction, for cash, to the highest
bidder, at the courthouse door of said connt;,
between tho hours of 10 o'clock a. n and four
o'clock r. m. on WEDNESDAY, tho 5th day of
January, A. D. 1ST6, eonv*yins such title
thereto as I am authorized to make by virtue
of said deed of trust, special reference to the
said instrument and its terras and conditions
being here made. R. T. WHEELER,
de21 td Trustee.
€fty Advertisements.
A
N ORDINANCE.
ADVERTISING IN
CANADIAN NEWSPAPERS
$1 for 25 cts.
SKND FOR OUR CATAI-OGUK
OX THE 1.1ST l»EA\,
For information, address
GEO. P. LOWELL Sa CO., 41 Park How,
NEW \OI«K.
[No. 5.1
Prohibiting tho removal of sand or earth
from the gulf beach between First and
Fiftieth streets.
Section 1. Be it ordained by tho City Coun-
cil of the city of Galveston, that any and all
persons bo and they aro hereby prohibited
from taking or removing sand or earth from
tho Gulf beach between First and Fiftieth
streets.
Section 2. That It shall bo tho duty of tho
Chief of Police, and ho is he'oby directed to
detail two mounted policemen for the pur-
pose of guardiug the Gulf beach aud prevent-
ing any and al. persons from taking and re-
moving sand nr earth from the same.
Section 3. That any and all persons infring-
ing the provisions of this ordinance shall be
fined iu the sum of twenty-five dollars for
each and every offense.
Section 4 That sections 21, 25 and 2f», of
Article 1, Chapter 38, of Revised Ordinances,
be and tho same aro hereby repealed.
Section 5. That this ordinance take effect
aud be in force after its passage and due pub-
lication.
Passed Dei^mher (J; 1S75.
Three daysnntntig elapsed since tho pass-
age of this ordinance without action on the
part of the Mayor, it Iihs, under Article t».
Section 1, Title h of the City i barter, become
tvlaw without his approval.
December 9, 1s75.
K. O'C. MacInkuney, City Clerk.
Papsed December 0, 1875.
delO 11. L. FULTON, Mayor.
A.msiscments.
Tremont Opera House!
Anmtucc ment Extraordinary.
TO-MORROW, MONDAY, DEC. 20, AND EV-
ERY NIGH L' and SATURDAY MATINEE,
AU USTIM DALY'S
FAMOUS
Fifth Ave. Theater Co.
FROM NEW YORK,
which for the r ast seven years have been the
exponents of all tbat is novel and ele-
gant in drama and comedy.
ITIoiiday and Every Evening Until
Further Noilce
the great sensation of the day,
The Big Bonanza
which enj >yed a run of 400 niphts in New York
city, to tie presented with new scenes, su-
perb dresses and garniture and a cast con-
taining ail the favorites of the Fifth Avenue
Theater.
Saturday STatinee.
Clirlg'itiag-* Cirand Presentation
Performance.
See programmes and posters.
Adelphi Theater.
GRAND
MASQUERADE BALL,
Christinas Eve,
FRIDAY, DEC. 24, 1875.
To tie Uiven by tlie
ADEl/1' III COMPANY.
TICKE rs, 82.
Carriage* Ordered at 12 O'Cloclt M.
del9 5t
B
.Inetiuai Sales.
AUCTION S'.Lt.
Y PARK, LYNCH & CO.—R. A.
PARK, Auc(i)'e«r.—Will sell THIS DAY,
21st inst., at 10 o'clock, at their sales room,
Strand—
Assorted Groceries,
Furniture.
Fancy Candies,
Toys,
Dry Goods and Notions.
AT PRIVATE SALE.
Fine Overcoats, Dress Coats and other
Clothing, at lifty cents on the dollar. tde21
UNDERWRITERS' SALE.
Tuesday, D«*c. *21, lS7o,at 10 A. IT*
24 Cast s Jeans, Plaids, Prints
Il.VltIi\V SHOES, BOOTS,
Dry Gor.CiS, Drugs, Etc.,
Damaged ex Steamship 41 State of Texas."
Terms Oanfi.
del92t HSIDENHE1MER BROS.
R
Mot i 5 *1* *• --^ciiaurania.
AYJIOS D HOUSE,
AlfsTIJf, TEXAS.
NOW OPEN.
CAPT. .1. H. ST KIISETT, Proprietor.
(Latw Supt. H. D. N. Co.)
WM. HAR Y HAYS and JOHN DARRAGH
in the ©dee de7 3m
THE MH YUDIN HOUSE
— AND —
CommorcU? 1 Restaurant,
Ularket St., corner Twenty-fourtla,
Will be Opr-ned for Business
DECT li SI E it 1 9 1 8 7 5 .
L. Roma net and Jules Girardin having en-
tered into copartnership, under the firm name
of Romanet i Girnrdin, will open the above
Hotel as sxa'ed, and solicit a share of the
public patronage, promising: that the well
established reputation of the "Old Commer-
cial Restaurant" will be fully sustained.
Until December 1. the business of the Com-
mercial Hotel and Hestauraut wiil be con-
tinued at the ol i location, aud on that date
removed as above s ated.
L. ROMANET.
noli 3m JULES GIRARDIN.
TREMONT HOTEL
AND
RESTAURANT.
THE PROPRIETOR of the above
Hotel informs the public that he is pre-
pared, from th* 1st of December, 1875, to set
meals, the best the market affords,
At 75 cent* a Single ZVIcaV, or \12
lUeil t ickets for $6.
Don't fail to call on the well known
no261m I. BLUMENKRON, Proprietor.
XJUTCIIINS HOUSE,
IIOU*TON, TEXAS.
HORBACI1 & HARK ELL, Proprietors
JAMES CHRISTIE, Clerk.
no4 3m C. R. RIGGS, Book-keeper.
MacK -Casting's.
JgRINLY PLOWS,
South Clipper Plows,
Biack Hawk Cultivators,
At reduced prices.
H. HIRSCH & CO.,
del5 lm Vialveston.
mEm
We have constantly on hand Ames's, Water-
town and Stedman Engines and Boilers, Saw
Mills, Horso»Powcra, Saws, Mandrels, etc.;
Belting, Whang Leather, etc.: Eagle Cotton
Gin?, Emery Cotton Gins, at 53 50 per saw,
and Condensers, Victor Sugar Mills and
Evaporators; Hart's, Brooks's, Newell and
Ingersoll's Cotton Presses; Knowles's Steam
Pumps, Lift and Force Pumps, Woodworking
Machinery, Cotton Soed Hullers, Straub's
Corn and Wh )at Mills, Bolting Cloth and
Bolts, Mowers, Reapers and Cultivators;
Burt's Shingle Machines; Piping, Brass Work,
Valves, etc. ; vVhistles, Gauges, Shafting,
Hangers and Pulleys, etc.
Letters of Liquiry will be promptly and
carefully answered, and circulars forwarded
on application.
W.. L. & MOORE,
sets ly Nos. ii"4 t*.S4 Strand, Galveston.
Jencsfrs-SlnarraTcrs.
SCON HA 1» I,
WATCH SS A K Kit itiid JEWELER,
(Pir.i.ot ; nf.w Ikon Front,)
11 MAIN ST lib V.l\ HOUSTON, TEXAS.
Watcfreg* K ■» t. iiti Jewelry Care-
Iteprirvd aud Warranted.
General Merchandise.
PECANS WANTED;
I will pay the highest market price for
de!5
CHAS. NICHOLS,
4 and 6 Strand.
yyE HAVE JUST RECEIVED
A FRESH LOT OF SPLENDID
COUNTRY BUTTER
Excellent for the table as well as for cakcs
and pastry, for only twenty-five cents per
pound. Also on hand
A FINE3STOCK OF TINWARE, TABLE
KNIVES,
And all kinds of things for the household.
GOOD STOCK OF GENERAL HARDWARE,
which will be sold low, by
apl5 9m JOS. LABADIE.
LAMPS AND OILS,
Lamp Trimmings, Portable Ckh
«oods, Tim and Japanned
Ware, Etc.
<3 I
Septoline, Solar, Crystal, Insurance, Head
Light, Pratt's Astral and Radiant, Devoe's
Brilliant and Nonpareil.
Purollne, (iasoline, Boozino, Naptiia, *ua
the various products of Petroleum, wholesale
and retail, by
J. A. LABARTHE,
Manager Island City Lamp & Oil Co.,
174 and 176 Twenty-second street, between
Market and Postoffic.e.
Halls and Dwellings lighted for special oc-
casions at short notice. octi 3m
Something About Oils
Since the " ASTRAL" was first introduced
our sales have steadily and rapidly increased.
It is now almost universally used on Railroad
Cars, Steamboats, in factories and private
families, because of its
ABSOLUTE SAFETY,
fine clear light, and freedom from all objec-
tionable features. The foreign demand has
also n^jldly increased, and the
ASTRAL OIL
has won a reputation as 44 The Best" Illumi-
nating Oil in all Foreign Markets, simply be-
cause it is divested of the terrors which usu-
ally attend the use of Kerosene Oil. dto lm
JER VET, PETTIT & CO.,
/ 7
WHOLESALE DEALERS IS
Kerosene or Coal Oil,
GASOLINE FOB GAS MACHINES,
Benzine, Naptha, Heai-Liglil Oil,
PUROLiINE FLUID,
CARBON OIL OR PETROPHEM E,
And all tho Illuminating and Lubricating
Petroleum Oils.
OFFICE, 25 STRAND,
Warehouse, Thirtieth st., bet. Mechanic, at.
and Strand, GALVESTON, TEa a s.
P. O. Box 997. je3 '75 9m
Something About 0 is
NO DANGER FROM LEAKING OIL
PACKAGES.
WM. HENDLEY & 'CO.,
Commission Merchants,
GALVESTON, Tf,X VS.
[ESTABLISHED 1S40.]
It is now six years since we commence ! the
sale of
Pratt's Astral Oil,
During which tim® thousands of gallons have
been sold, while
NO ACCIDENT,
Directly or indirectly, has ever occurred from
its use. This proves what we have always
claimed, that the ''Astral" is a perfectly , afe
illuminating oil. dc3 lm
rjT»0 ARRIVE FROM NEW YORK—
500 bbls choice POTATOES.
20,000 No. 1 FIRE BRICKS.
5,000 bbls. best Hydraulic Rosen dale CE-
MENT.
Jnit Received and In Store.
2,000 bbls. best Hydraulic Rosendale CE-
MENT.
250 bbls. No. 1 PLASTER PARIS.
200 boxes American Lye Co.'s LYE.
50 cases of Sparkling CIDER CHAM-
PAGNE.
100 nests TUBS, eight in a nest.
85 nests TUBS, three in a nest.
CLOTHES-PINS, MEASURES, Etc.
50 bbls. pure CIDER VINEGAR.
100,000 LATHS.
300 bbls. best PORTLAND CEMENT.
10,000 sacks coarse LIVERPOOL SALT.
1,000 sacks fine LIVERPOOL SALT.
800,000 best quality NORTH RIVER BRICKS.
PLASTERER'S HAIR, FIRE CLAY, MAR-
BLE DUST, NORTHERN HAY, etc., which wo
offer to the trade at the
Lowest Market JPrlce*!
C. tt . AJDAITIS & CO.,
ap25'75 lv Oor. Avenue C and 24th st.
For Sale—For riess;.
S'
TOCK FOR SALE.
30 Head Fine Large Kentucky
Mules,
For sale by
BICKER WILDER,
aul '75 dly 68 Strand.
JpOR BALE ..FOR SAWS.
Ail Upright
FLUE BOILER,
Large enough tor a Twelva-Horsa Fowur Krs-
gine. It will be sold cheap, and a«,v be soeo
AT
C. B. Lee & Co,'a Fo^s f!' . .
fe21 D&Wtl
'JVEXAS LANDS FOK SALE
CHEAP FOR CASH.
640 acres in Comal county, 25 miles from
county seat, New Braunfels.
553>£ acres in Galveston and Brazoria coun-
ties, 8 miles from railroad.
376 acres, more or less, in Madison County,
near Willowhale prairie.
200 acnes in Grimes countv.
300 acres in Grimes county.
160 acres in Chambers county, on Bay front.
160 acres in Chambers county, on Ridge.
102 acres in Comal county, a valuable tract
of land, with farm on it, wood, water, timber,
close to county seat. D. RICHARDSOIv
jel2 D&Wtf Galveston.
JP*OR SALE FOR SALE.
Tho place kn#wn as
THE "JKILL8" RESIDENCE,
Containing Five Acres, situated between tho
Convent and Mr. J. H. Hutchings's
renidonce.
This place has the largest and finest groves
Of LIVE OAKS and other trees on this island.
Could be divided into several Country Seats
for Residences, or make the most
Eligible Place for a Public Gardor,
and, taken altogether, is tho most desirable
place in this city.
Price low and terms liberal.
WM. HENDLEY & C<>.
Galveston, Sept. \ 1875. oc22 fr tu J r
FIOR SALE - SOME COPIES OF THE i'l:o
ceedings ot the Graud Masonic L»»iS'*v < r
Texas, from it* organization at Honnl.tii, A.
D. 1837. to the close of tho Communicat o n • • i
Palestine, Jauuary, A. D. 1857, by A. S. Ru«
ven. Grand Secretary and Past Grand Ma i
In two volumes. Apply at tho News otlice,
Galveston. no26 lWkWtf