The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 73, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 1, 1874 Page: 2 of 4
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THE SPECIFICATIONS.
The News yesterday morning stated,
in reference to the new contracts for
paving, "that no specifications were
filed in the Mayor's office, or attached
to the contractu." This we believe to
be literally true. The writer of this
paragraph inquired of the City Clerk
yesterday whether such specifications
had been fifed, and he replied in the
negative. The City Engineer, how-
ever, states that the following is a copy
of specifications made by him and
furnished the contractors, and that a
copy was sent to the Mayor's office,
though there is no evidence that it
was delivered:
specifications for curbing for side-
walks, outside kihe limits.
Cnrbing to be of red cypress, clear
from sap, three inches thick, bottom
of curb plank to bo four inches below
surface of drains; posts to be of red
cypress, four by six inches, and placed
not less than three feet in the ground.
The plank to be spiked to the post
with six inch cut spike, two spikes in
cach plank at each post.
O. M. Frazeli.,
City Engineer.
Poatofnce Department Spies.
A Washington special to the Phila-
delphia Press says that a system of
moieties has been in vogue in the Post-
cffice Department somewhat similar
to that practiced by the Treasury De-
partment. It appears that for some
time past the special agents of the
Postoffice Department, in addition to
their other duties, have been acting
as spies and detcctives upon postmas-
ters and mail contractors. For every
delinquency reported these men re-
ceived a moiety, consisting of a pel
centage on the amount involved. This
was, of course, in addition to their re-
gular salaries. The matter was refer-
red to the House Committee on Post-
offices and Post Roads. Bo far as the
members have been able to ascertain,
this whole moiety business in the Post-
office Department has been conducted
without authority of law The matter
is to be fully investigated, and appro-
priate legislation will follow.
New Tei.ki.haph Arrangement.—
The Western Union Telegraph Com-
pany has adopted a new arrangement
of great importance to the interests
concerned in the Southwestern field of
its operations. It is consolidating its
Trans-Mississippi departments, and
lias placed all the lines from St.
Louis to the Rio Grande under a sin-
gle administration. Mr. L. C. Baker,
who lias heretofore had .charge of a
division, with liis headquarters at
Little Rock, Arkansas, is now as-
signed to the superintendency of
the consolidated de partment. This
involves the discontinuance of the
Texas Superintendency held by Mr. D.
P. Shepherd, who has had his head-
quarters at Houston. Mr. Baker served
the company in the Trans-Mississippi
territory during the war, and since
then has been in its .;ontinued employ-
ment. His experience has been long
and varied, au« by those who know
him he is highly esteemed for general
competency and trustworthiness. The
Texas rdblic, and other communities,
comprised in the consolidated Trans-
Miysissippi department, may be con-
gratulated on the new arrangement.
United States Attorney-General Wil-
liams has been summoned to appear
before the House Committee on the
Expenditures of the Department of
.Justice, in order to explain matters
that just now have a suspicious look.
The same committee has called on the
Secretary of the Treasury for a report
of the moneys advanced to the De-
partment of Justice for contirgent ex-
pellees, and of the character of the ex-
penditures. A Washington letter
says: '"If there has been «o tampering
with these accounts, the exhibit will
be of a very piquant character."
The directors appointed by the
Synod of Mississippi, Alabama,
I'-uisiana, Texas and Tennessee meet
r" Yenrp^'8' "May 12, for the purpose
sityTYlie'cnciov» ^out'1 western Univer-
not less than *500, (MX which 18 t0 bo
The "Peel"""" to be aobl
oi their chief pleasure^ i
York. In Ohio, the otirtr day,
applied for a policeman's plaee, saying
that he had been in more than a hun-
dred fights and had never been whipped.
He thought himself well qualified for
tie plaoe of a pfeace officer on account
of his ability to make war—which is
the peace doctrine of many govern-
ments ;—but he did not get the berth.
People begin to think, as the Sr.ltan
did of the janizaries, that it is not best
to maintain too strong a band of ready
fighters. It begins to be doubted
whether a policeman should fallowed
to shoot a man or knock him in the
head without some good reason. At
New York, the Police Commissioners
have instructed their men not to, nse
the club, except in self-defenee. The
order has gone forth that the shield is
to be taken from any officer found un-
der the influence of liquor, and he
is to be suspended until the board acts
on his case. How this last regulation
is to work, unless the fomale crusaders
have better success in New York than
they have ventured to hope thus
far, is dubious. The Irish Times says
that they do not know what to do for
night watchmen in the city of Lim-
erick. They get drunk, and tumble
into the river, or fall asleep, or abuse
town councillors, and are dismissed.-
Others are employed, but they go and
do likewise. Perhaps it is with police-
men as with Capt. Tobin's soldier,
.who was perfect in everything but
temperance, and when reminded of his
shortcomings in this respect, said that
all the virtues that adorn the human
character were not to be expected in
the common soldier. As far as New
York is concerned, the Journal of Com-
merce says that it does not expect the
new regulations will cause a percepti-
ble diminution in the brutalities so
frequently committed by the police;
that men who are slaves to liquor will
get drunk, whether they are to be sus-
pended or not, and while they are
maddened with drink will cudgel or
shoot whom they please. The Journal
of Commerce has very little hope that
sober and discreet men alone will be
placed on the police. Perhaps this is
the misfortune of the larger cities, but
in Galveston it has been a long time
since we have heard any serious com-
plaint of a policeman. Taken as a
whole, wc doubt whether an equal
number of better men are on similar
duty anywhere.
Itlunlolpal Tax In New York.
It is a fine thing to live in a_great
city, but it costs money. The great
problem among city Solons, since the
war, is to find out how much taxation
a city will boar. Political economy is
yet in its infancy as a science, and
many fine theories have been exploded
by experiment. People used to think
that the taxes cn property ought not
to be more than the usual annual in-
terest on the capital taxed, and that
one or two per cent, amounted to
pretty high taxes. This may still be
the notion of those who pay taxes;
but it is astonishing to see how much
more those who levy and expend
them can stand. The expansive
powers and resources of the payers are
almost equally as great. New York,
under the taxing abilities of the Tweed
ring, groaned with anguish, and sent
the Boss and a few of his associates to
the penitentiary, after they had robbed
the city of millions. But the people
did not get rid of the debt saddled
upon them, or obtain any mitigation
in taxes. The New York Times says
that the rate of taxation in 1871 was
two per cent.; in 1874 ths rate will be
3 40-100 per cent. As the children
suffer for the sins of the fathers in
other matters, so wc apprehend coming
generations will not call blest the
memory of those who have saddled
them with a heritage of debt which
will eat up the earning of their whole
lives, and render their property un-
productive. The Times alleges that it
now costs less to run the city govern-
ment of New York than it di$ under
Tweed, b.it that this increase in taxa-
tion is necessary to meet the debts in-
curred by years of misrule. The Times,
though a lively paper and fully up
with the times in most respects, has
.something of old fogyism in advocating
the policy of paying as you go as long
as you can, and of economy in public
matters as a means of avoiding debt
and taxation. That paper evidently
does not believe in the theory of the
financier who wanted to borrow money
enough to pay all his debts, including
the amount to be obtained for the pur-
pose.
A Native Antt-Eever Tree.
The Sanitarian, in a long article on
health and drainage, referring to the
low lands along our coast from New
.Jersey to the Rio Grande, the absence
of drainage, or a fall sufficient in the
surface to permit it, says that there
are several ways of improving this
land; but that, with the exception of
the islands, and the strip of land im-
mediately on the sea coast, 4iit is
necessary to recognize the fact that,
but for the growth of pine timber, it
is deadly malaricus; and hence it
must be insisted on tliat the people
who work it are to live in villages, in
healthy spots, protected by a growth
of pine trees. They can walk to the
fields in the morning and return in
the evening. We thus secure healthy
workmen in the first place." The
Sanitarian, continues:
There is something sstonishing in
the salubrity of the pine forests of
this region, which, by the way, are
not "barren" at all. There are im-
mense tracts of this flat land occupied
almost exclusively by pine timber. The
trees grow pretty close together, so as
to destroy the side branches as they
grow up, and thus the earth is covered
some inches deep with dead branches
and pine leaves. The ground is gen-
erally quite dry, the water disappear-
ing very rapidly after a rain. These
forests supply tar, timber and turpen-
tine for the markets of the world, but,
much more interesting to us, they are
quite healthy—quite clear of malarial
fevers. Various attempts have been
made to account for this good health.
It has been suggested that turpentine
is wholesome, and neutralizes in some
way the malarial poison. There may
be something in this notion, out there
is plenty of fever about the turpentine
stores, except in the forest. The thick
carpeting of pine leaves has been sup-
posed to prevent the malarial poison
from rising; and it doubtless has a
bcneficial influence in this way.
The Isthmus Fev er.—A
the Sanitarian says:
The land occupied by the Panama
Railroad has an abundance of marshy
writer in
places, but not at all in proportion to
the deadly character of the climate.
The lives of more than eighty thou-
sand workmen were destroyed by
malaria while building tiiig railroad;
one man died for each yard of the
track, 1700 died for each mile, and in
round numbers 81,000 lives were de-
stroyed in building these forty-six
miles of railroad. 1 fear that" five
times as muny will be destroyed in the
contemplated enterprise of building a
canal in the same regiou.
The whisky war in Ohio is damag-
ing the whisky trade of Cincinnati
about $20,000 per day.
• ..fSBeoial Correspondence of the News.]
Citt of Mexico, March 7.
I promised y6nr leaders that I woald,
ere long, give them some idea of the
City of Mexico and its inhabitants—I
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to begin and where to end may require
more'oiscteffon than I possess. Mexico
is situated in the beautiful valley of
Mexico, about eight thousand feet above
the sea, and is distant from Vera Cruz,
its sea-port town, two hundred and sixty-
seven miles, with which it is connected
by a railroad. Its connections with the
interior are by means at diligence and
trains of " burros and mtilas." Its streets
are broad enough and reasonably clean.
The sidewalks are not more than one-
half the width of those we are accus-
tomed to in Texas, consequently many
have to walk in the street. The popula-
tion of Mexico is estimated from two
hundred thousand to two hundred and
twenty thousand. Of this population a
small per cent, is rich, while the mass
are poor, and many are in abject want.
One has scores of opportunities for show-
ing how much charity he possesses, for
he is constantly meeting some of
the poorest beggars the world can
produce, some being clothed only
with pieces of coffee sacks thrown round
them. I can scarcely realize that this
place was once the home of the Monte-
zumas, such aTe the changes wrought by
time. The gorgeous palace, embellished
with silver and gold, has long since dis-
appeared ; the stately halls, that echoed
to the tread of the haughty Montezuma,
are no more. The storehouse and work-
shop occupy the place of their former
magnificence. The grand old Cathedral,
which, with its convents and monasteries,
once covered an area of near fifty acreB,
has been cut down until it now occupies
quite a modest space. The public thor-
oughfare has superseded its long and
winding corridors, and a beautiful square,
from whose delicate flowers is exhaled
the sweetest fragrance, now occupies the
place of the damp, dark cell of the fa-
natic monk, who thought by his penance
to gain a happy entrance into that world
which lies beyond. Such are some of
the changes of art. But traditions ajjd
habits, more deeply imbedded than the
foundations of palaces, have withstood
the rush of years, the influx
and influence of foreign nations,
and to-day, among the poorer class, you
may find customs as old as the days of
Montezuma.
It would have beenamusing to an Amer
ican if he could have seen us as we, for
the first time, attempted to imitate Mexi-
can manners, by bowing and conrtesy-
ing, and saying: "Si Scnor," and
"mucfias gratia*" several times, for
everything we received. But, by this
time, I am fully initiated into many of
their customs, such as shaking hands
every time I go out and come in, etc.
All the better class live up stairs—the
higher the better. The reason for this
is very evident, since during a great part
of thfo year it rains incessantly, and the
ground floors, being of brick, and having
no fires to warm them, consequently be-
come very chilly and damp.
The climate here is one unchanging
spring, rendering fire-places and stoves
for warming purposes altogether un-
necessary.
Mexicans have no idea of the value of
time; their whole object in life being to
extract as much pleasure as possible from
the fleeting hour. And of sources of
pleasure, they have many more than we
Americans have. Of all the days, Sun-
day is the day for pleasure. Young and
old, little and big, get masks, and those
who do not go to the mask ball parade
up and down the streets, playing the fool
to greater perfection than even a fertile
brain could imagine. During these
nights of revelry, the streets are lined on
either side with Mexican women, who
are cooking all sorts of things for the
reveling hosts.
The plazas are places of resort for all
classes, rich and poor. It is here that
you may find trees of many kinds and
flowers of every hue; and here, too, you
may hear the sweetest music from the
different brass-bands belonging to the
military department.
Though this nation has been blessed
with every blessing nature can bestow, it
has as yet failed to secure to its citizens
security of either person or property.
Every night a batallion of soldiers are
placed on guard in this city to assist the
city police in protecting the lives of the
people. The plagearios (kidnappers) are
fearfully bad throughout the interior.
Three were executed, the fi rst week we
got here, and four the second. The last
four whom I had the pleasure of seeing
executed, if it might be called a pleasure,
were executed in this city. They had
assaulted an old man, over seventy years
old, and after beating him almost to
death, buried him while he was yet liv-
ing. A prominent citizen was assassi-
nated in the street a few days after the
execution by parties supposed to be
friends of the executed. A few days
since six others wero executed a few
leagues from the city. But, enough of
thii! black picture. I send this by a friend
who goes direct to New York. The
mails are very uncertain, although the
postage is from twenty-five to fifty cents
for every letter sent, and the same for
those delivered. Thus your readers will
see what advantages they possess in
postal matters over their unfortunate
country men in Mexico. Hasta Luego.
N. A. B.
TEXAS PRESS.
The Fort Worth Democrat contains the
following item from Jacksboro :
Times seem to be quite lively "out
West." The killing of Shearn by (ien
try was followed by the shooting of Hen-
ry Jones by a man named Storm. Storm
had arrested Jones for robbing the mails,
and relieved him of his pistol, when
Jones started to run. Storm threw the
pistol at Jones, who picked it up and
commenced shooting, when Storm re-
turned «lie fire, killing Jones. We learn
these facts from our townsman X. H.
Wilson, who has jost returned from
Jacksboro.
The Democrat will not permit its read-
ers to forget the Indians, and publishes a
gentle reminder:
Eveiybody in Fort Worth knew Char-
ley Smith, who used to drive four in
hand of El Paso stage stock from here to
Dallas, prior to railroad times. Charley
has gone to the happy hunting grounds.
The Indians were the medium of his re-
moval—a few miles from Concho the
scene. We are sorry, for Charley was a
clever boy.
The same paper notes that the first
cattle waves of the great tide moving
North have swept by Fort Worth :
The first herd of cattle of the season
passed through this place on Tuesday
last. From Capt. M. B. Loyd, we learn
that they belonged to Messrs. McCutchen
and West, and were in charge of Mr.
Sol. West. They were gathered in La-
vaca County, ana numbered eleven hun-
dred and sixty beeves. Another herd
passed the same day, numbering eight
hundred, from Victoria. Several other
herds have passed" since, and we believe
the prospects are considered good for a
fair drive. Ten thousand head are now
between Fort Graham and this place
destined for CofTeeville, Wichita and
Ellsworth.
The Henderson Times states that the
telegram to the News of the nineteenth,
from Overton, in reference to the Times
being removed from Henderson to Husk,
was a mistake. The Times comments
on the railroad interests of its section
It does seem to us that Overton will at
once join us in procuring a charter for a
branch railroad from Henderson to that
town. A vast cotton growing country
lies south of us, that would ship their
cotton to that point, who now carry it in
other directions. Overton would be the
grand inlet and outlet of the county and
county sRe trade of about seven coun-
ties, making her the great division depot
of Galveston and Shreveport for at least
twenty thousand bales of cotton.
TheMilam Messenger expatiates upon
the growing prosperity of Rockdale.
That town is. flourishing, and expects
some day to incorporate Galveston as one
of its wards. The Messenger lets out its
intention in the following
Rockdale is still improving—new and
better houses are going up daily. Busi-
ness is not as good as it will be in the
fall, of course, but for the age of the
place we think our merchants are doing
remarkably well. We are supplying a
wagon trade of over one hundred miles,
through a rich and populous country,
from which the farmers come to purchase
lumber aud supplies for their families,
and many country merchants are pur-
chasing their stocks here instead of going
to Calvert, Bryan, Houston and Galves-
ton, as they once did. The International
aud Great Northern Railroad Company
have finished their stock yards at this
place, and are now prepared to ship cat-
tle through, without change, to all of the
principal beef markets, North and West.
Marshall. v _ j
The Herald and Planter, of Halleta-
ville, wishes the people of Texas to pa-
tronize the News, and says :
The 6ulvestq»BlftW»-fcthe pfiper eg
the State—honest, manly and conserva-
terest from all parts of the State, the
Union, and the world. A journal equal
to any and surpassed by none, is now of-
fered at a reduced cash price to all da-
siring to subscribe. No one who wishes
to be an fait with current matters can
possibly do without it.
The Gatesville Sun rejoices in the
immencement of its fifth volume.
We are pleased to receive the Weekly
Texas Star, published at Houston, Mr.
Sam W. Small is editor, and the paper is
published by the " Star Publishing Com-
pany." The Star is devoted to literature
and general intelligence, and it is the
aim of the publishers to provide in it a
a vehicle for the dissemination of the
literary productions of the best Texts
talent, and " especially to encourage and
foster the patriotism, courage and noblest
instincts of the young men and women
of our State." We wish the Star suc-
cess in its laudable effort.
The Bryan Appeal is gratified because
the House has passed a bill appropriating
$40,000 to complete the Agricultural and
Mechanical College at Bryan.
The Statesman mentions the arrival of
Hammond and other distinguished evan-
gelists at Austin. Large and interesting
meetings are being held.
The Dallas Herald announces that work
will be at once resumed on the Dallas
and Wichita Railroad.
The Dallas Commercial announces that
its local editor was violently assaulted,
and came near losing his life, for expos-
ing a bagnio.
The Commercial says that Gentry, the
man who recently murdered Shire, near
Jacksboro, has beenjhunted down by cow-
boys, captured, and lodged in jail at Fort
Worth.
The Waco Advance, in commenting on
the prospect of two more daily papers in
Galveston, says:
To secure success they must make a
better paper than the News, and #e
imagine that to reach that end they will
have use for all the money and talent
that are available.
The San Antonio Herald has informa-
tion about the survey of the Columbus
Railroad:
By letters received, we learn that the
surveyors and engineers of this road
were m camp on the Cibolo, on the twen-
ty-second. To that point the road has
already been located. They start forth-
with for San Antonio, via the Martinez,
and expect to have the line to our city
definitely settled upon in the early part
of April.
The San Antonio Express learns that a
few days ago a family in Yorktown, con-
sisting of man, wife and one four-year old
child, died of trichinae. The meat of
which they eat was brought to San An-
tonio, analyzed, and found to be full of
capsuiated trichinae.
The Burnet Bulletin compliments the
enterprise of the News, and oommends
it as " the best paper in Texas." In al-
luding to the increase in size and reduc-
tion in price of this journal, the Bulletin
says :
With a large circulation ahead, and
the additional inducements offered, this
paper will not fail to reach the remotest
part of the United States and Europe,
ALDERMAN FOWLER'S REPORT.
The undersigned, a minority of the
committee appointed by your honor-
able body, in your called session of the
twenty-second instant, to investigate
contracts on street ud sidewalk im-
provements, respectfully report, that
after diligent investigation nnon said
contracts I am not prepared to report
on the same, and respectfully request
that farther time be extended to me,
with authority to employ legal advice.
Cn.\s. Fowler.
ALDERMAN debbay's beport.
The undersigned, a minority of the
Committee of Investigation cm Street
Improvement Contracts, appointed by
resolution of the City Council at its
called meeting of March 22, 1874, re-
spectfully report that, after having
carefully inquired into the merits of
the contract entered into between His
Honor C. W. Hurley, Mayor of the
city, and the Hon. J. C. Ogle, Chair-
man of the Committee on Streets and
Alleys, on the first part, and Messrs.
D. G. Hitchcock & Co., of the second
part, have come to the following con-
clusions. viz:
1. The contract is not binding on
the corporation of the city of Galves-
ton, because the City Council have no
right to delegate their power of con-
tracting to one or several individuals.
2. The interests ©f the property
holders are not sufficiently protected
by the specifications of said contract,
inasmnch as the prices stipulated are
exorbitant, and Messrs. D. G. Hitch-
cock & Co. are bound by neither bond
nor forfeiture to a faithful perform-
ance of their contract, both in point
of workmanship and material to be
used; that the quality of the material
is not expressed; for instance, red
cypress is to be used, which allows
the contractors to make use of red
cypress of whatever quality. No part
of the amounts to be paid to the con-
tractors is withheld from them for a
certain period of time, as a guarantee
for the durability of the work.
3. That the ordinance under which
said contract was entered into is a vio-
lation, if not of the letter, at least of
the spirit of section first, article first,
title nine of the charter of the city
of Galveston, which, by restraining
permanent improvements south of
Avenue D to not more than two
thoroughfares within any period of
five years, intended, obviously, to pro-
tect property-holders against too hasty
improvements which might become
oppressive aud even ruinous for them.
4. That in point of public health
the works contemplated* in said con-
tract would expose an extensive area
of this city to be overflowed by ordi-
nary rains, and, owing to want of
drainage, converted into pools of
stagnant-water, which would seriously
imperil the sanitary condition of the
city, unless property-holders were
compelled to fill up their lots to the
grade of the sidewalk, thus incurring
an expense far beyond the means of a
great many of them.
5. That the City Council,' having
failed thus far to establish a grade and
system of sewerage and drainage, it is
impossible to the City Engineer to give
that grade either to the contractors or
to the citizens.
The undersigned therefore recom-
mends that nis Honor the Mayor be
instructed by the City Council to notify,
if necessary, by legal proceedings,
Messrs, D. G. Hitchcock & Co. to de-
sist from prosecuting their works under
said contract, which we consider null
and void. X. B. Debray.
TEXAS ITEMS.
Bowie County.—More burglars re-
ported at Texarkana. More large
and substantial buildings erected.
School interests looking up.
Tarrant County.—More brick build-
ings at Fort Worth. There has been
a fire at Fort Worth, and the fire com-
pany did good work. Immigrants
from Mississippi are arriving. District
Court has transacted a large ameunt of
business during the present term,
Rusk County.—The Times expatiates
on the beauty *f Henderson girls.
Too much rain. Tax gatherers
abroad. Money more plentiful.
Good prospects for an immense fruit
crop. Considerable improvements at
Henderson. Terrific hail storm.
Milam County. —Good rains have
fallen. Farmers rejoicing and crop
prospects good. Rockdale steadily im-
proving.
Habrison County.—Thieves arrested
School entertainments at Marshall.
New buildings going up at Mar-
shall.
Lavaca County. District Court
has closed its session. Stockmen busy
gathering herds of cattle. Ranges all
that could be desired.
Coryelle County.—Temperance or-
der steadily increasing. A Grange has
been organized at Gatesville. The
Sun says: " A fatal difficulty occurred
this week, in which one man waB
wounded and another killed. Mr. John
R. Hobdy, returning home from hunting,
stopped at the house of Mr. Weiric,
and began talking over some
former matter of quarrel which had
existed between the two. Affairs
were apparently amicably adjusted, and
Mr. Hobdy had started to ride off, when
something was said which renewed the
quarrel. Immediately the fight began.
Weiric was struck by a pistol ball in the
left side, when he drew his knife and cut
Hobdy's throat: then drawing a derrin-
ger he shot Hobdy in the left cheek, the
ball ranging upward and coming out at
the right ear. When the neighbors
reached Hobdy, he was lying on his face,
dead. Weiric is badly hurt, and it is
doubtful whether he will survive the
wound. Our informant knew nothing of
the cause of the difficulty, and he thinks
no one witnessed it. The facts as he has
given them to us were gathered from the
neighbors living near the scene,"
Giumbs County.—Too much rain, and
farming operations are retarded.-
Hogs dying from some unknown dis-
ease. Prospects fiattering for a heavy
fruit crop. Wheat looking promising.
Collin County.—Splendid flouring
mills in process of construction. J. W,
Thomas has been appointed Postmaster
at McKinney.
Waller County.—Too much rain
and farmers are looking blue. Tem
perance interests are looking up
Business good at Hempstead.
DeWitt County.—The Guadalupe is
with his " Little Emma ?"
Mrs. George H. Williams, wife of the
Attorney General of the United States,
is quite ill with nervous prostration.
The latest Knglish newspaper* contain
the prospectus for the coming season of
Italian opera at the British capital. The
list of artistes includes a few well-known
and a great many unfamiliar names.
Among tne former are Madame Tietjens,
Madame Nilsson, Trebelli, the contralto:
Campanini, Naudiu and Fancelli, the
tenors; Agnesi, the basso, and others.
These will all sing in the Drury Lane
Theater. Sir Michael Costa will conduct
the orchestra, and M. Sainton will be the
first violinist.
3500 Sacks Coffee,
Which will be gold from wharf at reduced
prises.
Samples can be inspected at ths offloe of
Id. KOPFKBL.
c
AUTION CAUTION.
high, and the people fear an overflow.-
Heavy rains have stopped farming op-
erations More good schools estab-
lished.
Tbavis County.—Quantities of cotton
and hides arriving. Religious inter-
ests wide awake and stirring. UBion
Sunday school meetings. •
McLennan County.—Business better
at Waco. Grange meetings. The
wheat crop is in a deplorable condition,
on account of the rust. Immigrants
arriving from Georgia.
Dallas Cocnty.—Counterfeit silver
in circulation. The schools of Dallas
are largely attended. Grange move-
ment going ahead with unabated inter-
est.
Ellis County.—Tax assessors on the
war path Ennis is steadily improv-
ing. The wheat prospects of the
county W3re never better.
Bexar County.—Burglars on the
rampage. The river on a bender and
overflowing its banks. Many im-
provements going on at San Antonio.—
Farming prospects are excellent, and
land is in splendid condition.
Cooke County.—More inad dogs.
Granges springing up all over the
county. New buildings going up in
in every direction.
TnE Methodists and Temperance.
—Last week, at New York, the Meth-
odist ministers in their regular weekly
meeting, took strong ground against
Rev. Dr. Crosby, regarded as a special
advocate of temperance, and adopted the
following resolution:
Besoloed, Thai we most emphatically
affirm our full belief in the principle of
total abstinence as the only personal safe-
ty, the only effective example, the only
basis for a radical and permanently suc-
cessful temperance movement.
The Methodist ministers have all
adopted resolutions favoring the suppres-
sion of tippling houses, ana weeding out
from the churches of drinking members
and landlords of liquor saloons, and offer
their hearty co-operation to the women in
anything that will drive out the demon
rum.
Mr. Carl Rosa has decided uftpn found-
ing a scholarship at the Royal Academy
of Music, London, in memory of his late
wife, Mme. Parepa-Rosa, which will bear
her name. It will be awarded by com-
petition to British-born female vocalists
between the ages of eighteen and twenty-
two years, and the successful candidate
will be entitled to two years' free educa-
tion in the Academy. In connection
with this scholarship there will also be a
prize of a gold medal, with Mme. Parepa-
Rosa's likeness, which will be awarded
to the best female vocalist in the Acad-
emy at the annual public distribution of
prizes in July.
Poor Kentucky has 1146 John Smiths.
Rumor has again packed Minister
Bancroft's Saratoga.
Mr. Henry Blackburn is art editor of a
new illustrated London journal.
Harriet Beecher Stowe has decided not
to write any more for several years.
The tomb.of Caleb Cushing's wife, who
died forty years ago, is inscribed, "To
my only wife."
Since the middle of the fourteenth cen-
tury, among the fifty-three Popes fifteen
have got beyond the age of eighty years,
England will be visited the coming
summer by the Emperor of Morocco.
At the same time it is announced that a
firm of London engineers are negotiating
to introduce railways into Morocco. It
is the story of the Shah and Renter over
again.
General Washington's private seal is
now in the possession of Mr. Buslirod
D. Washington, Illinois. It is of white
cornelian, in the form of a shield, sur-
mounted by a coronet, upon which is
perched a raven with spread wings.
On the shield is the motto," Exitns acta
probat."
A California paper says of Gov. Saf-
ford, of Arizona, that "he can go it as
long without a plug hat and a biled shirt
as any man who ever looked a grizzly
square in the face.
Madame Le Vert for the last few days
lias been the guest of Gen. Albert Pike,
the poet, formerly of Arkansas, but now
residing at Alexandria, Virginia. In a
few weeks she will give a reading in
Baltimore. She wins friends wherever
she goes.
Mrs. Hall, the widow of the Arctic ex-
plorer, is in Washington.
DIED :
CROOKSHANK—The friends and acquaint-
ances of the late W. G. Crookshank, are in-
vited to attend his funeral service at the
residence of James Hunt, oorner of Avenue
L and Twenty-second street, Wednesday
morning, at 9 j, u.
OFFICE GALVESTON CITT CO., 1
Maroh S», 1874. f
All persons are prohibited from hauling
earth or sand from any of the lots or land be-
longing to the Galveston City Company, un-
der penalty of the law.
mr29 8m J. P. COLE, Af«nt.
p ARTIES
Having JIONTHLT BILLS Against
tbe News Office
Will J please present the same 'fO-DAT,
the first instant, for approval, and are re-
quested to call on TC-MOBBOW (Thursday)
to collect the same.
RICHARDSON, BELO A CO.
Opera Troupe.
Wednesday, April ],
la favorita.
Thursday, April a.
latraviata.
Each of the Operas will be rendered by
POWERFUL CAST OF ARTISTS,
AND A
Chorus and Orchestra.
Full
PRICE OF ADMISSION..
GALLERY
...$3 00
..-Si oo
SIXTH GRAND GBR*AN
volks-fest,
Monday and Tneadajr, May 4th
and 5th, 1874,
at
The State Fair Grounds,
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
The festivities will commence on the
fourth with
A GRAND PROCESSION.
Prizes to the amount of 9500 to be awarded
to the best decorated wagons, etc., partici-
pating in the Procession. Citizens of the en-
lire State are respactfully Invited to attend,
a3 nothing will be left undone to please all. A
special programme will be published shortly.
Parties wishing to participate In the Proces-
sion with Decorated Wagons, are invited to
apply at onCeto John Usener, Grand Marshal;
Z. Kmmich, President; S. Conradi, Vice Pres-
ident, or to H. Lehmann, Secretary.
The stands at the Grave will be rented on
Wednesday, April 15, at 3 p. *. apl tm&4
STREET CARS WILL Rl"N TILL THE
CONCLUSION OF THE OPERA.
The Piano used at these Operas is a St.
Leuig Bell Treble, from F. L. Becker's
Music Store, Bellinger & Jack. Building,
Postoffice street.
Friday Evening, March 3.
Re-appearance and
BENEFIT OF
MISS AIiICE KINGSBURY,
Who will appear In the Domestic Drama
The Pearl of Savoy.
New Advertisements.
German Humboldt Lodge No. 9,
It. p.—The officers and members will attend
the regular meeting of this Lodge, at their
Castle Hall, on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, at
7)4 p. m. By order: GEO. BACH, C. C.
A. Fischer, K. B. S. aprl It
opinion op geo. mason, f.8Q.
Gen. X. B. Debray :
Dear Sir—In compliance with your
request that I should give you in writing
my opinion in regard to the validity of
the contract between Messrs. Hurley, as
Mayor, and Mr. Ogle, as Chairman of the
Street Committee, with Messrs. Hitch-
cock. & Co., for the curbing, paving, etc.,
of sidewalks ; I have to say :
The powers of the municipal govern-
ment are vested in the City Council, and
can not lawfully be delegated to any sub-
ordinate agency. Hence, even admitting
that the City Council baa tbe authority
to bind the city, by a contract, to the
payihent of such sum as it may, in the
exertise of its discretion, deem proper,
for such work as it may consider expedi-
ent to have performed; yet, in my opin-
ion, it has no authority to delegate such
power to the Mayor and the chairman of
a committee, thereby substituting their
discretion for its own.
The Council may devolve upon an
agent the performance of a ministerial
act; and in such case, the act when so
executed by the agent would bind the
city ; but a power resting upon the ex-
ercise of a discretion can not bo delega-
ted. In the present case, if I am cor-
rectly informed, the Council undertook,
by ordinance or resolution, to empower
Messrs. Hurley and Ogle to make such
contract as to them might seem proper,
with such persons as they might select,
binding the city to pay such sum as they
might determine upon for the perform-
ance of work only indicated in the most
general forms of expression ; and in pur-
suance of Such an authorization, these
gentleman have attempted to make a con-"
tract binding the city to pay probably
more than half a million of dollars when
the proposed contract was ncv. r submit-
ted to the Council for its approval—was
never acted upon by the Council
in any manner, but" was actually
signed, sealed and delivered, and in pro-
cess of execution, before a majority of
the Board of Aldermen were apprised of
its terms. To hold that such a transac-
tion is binding upon the city, would, in
my opinion, not only be a violation of
welljunderstood principles of law, but
would establish a precedent of most dan-
gerous character.
As well might the Council authorize
one of its members, or even a stranger,
to contract according to his own discre-
tion for the improvement of the harbor,
the supplying the city with water, or any
other enterprise, no matter of what mag-
nitude, and issue bonds of the city to pay
whatever amount should be determined
upon by such agent, with further power
to levy and collect a tax to pay the prin-
cipal and interest of such bonds.
I regret that I have not had time to
examine this matter thoroughly, as I be-
lieve there are also other considerations
fatal to the validity of the contract.
Yours truly, George Mason.
Galveston, March 28,1874.
F
RUIT AT AUCTION:
Br PARK, IiYNCH A CO.,
R. A. PARK Auctioneer.
We will sell THIS DAY, (1st inst.,) at 10)i
o'clock, on Williams' Wharf, for cash,
ORANGES, BANANAS AND COCOANUTS,
All in fine order, ex schooner E. S. Tiler from
Jamaica. Terms cash.
PARK, LYNCH & CO.,
Auctioneers.
A
UCTIOTf
AUCTION
Paying for Bonfires.
It seems to be pretty well fettled
now-a-davs that a city is bound to ap-
propriate money for public amuse-
ments; but some cities are behind the
times, and allow themselves to be sued
before" they will foot the bills. The
New York Sun reports a case in point:
On election night, November, 1873,
while the Brooltlyn boys were warming
their patriotic shins around a small fire
at Hudson avenue and Fleet street,
somebody proposed that they pull
down Lee's carpenter shop and burn it
in honor of the occasion. The residents
took a hand, and in half an hour there
remained of the structure the cellar
and tin roof only. The next morning,
Mr. Lee w»s more astonished than .the
candidate who polled the smallest vote
in his ward. He sued the city, on the
ground that the police did not protect
his property. Judge Reynolds charged
that the city was responsible, and the
jury found in his favor.
It is a very common impression that
a number of houses have been burnt in
Galveston just for fun, and it may be
curious to inquire how far the decision
of Judge Reynolds may be regarded as
an expression of the law applicable to
such cases.
The way in which the liquor law is
enforced in Boston is thus told bv the
Traveller of tbe nineteenth: " During
the twenty-four hours ending at eight
o'clock this morning, there were 160
arrests by the police, 131 of which
were for drunkenness. There were
243 lodgers at the station-houses dur-
ing that period." Something more
than prohibitory laws is necessary to
check the vice of intemperance. It is
hard to control men's appetites without
controlling their reason and strength-
ening their moral nature.
Spence Pettus, convicted of forgerv,
was sentenced in Boston to one day
solitary confinement, and ten years in
the State Prison.
E. A. BLAKKLY k CO.,
lit and 118 Strand,
Will sell THIS DAY, April 1, at 10 A. M„
Furniture, Mattresses, Chairs, Lounges, Pota-
toes, Flour, Hams, Rice, Butter, Tobacco,
Cigars, Crackers, Whisky. Brandy, Tea,
Pocket Salt, 2bbls. Pickled Beef, Tongues,
Soap, Champaaae, 100 suits Clothing, Un-
dershirts and Drawers, Overshirts, Men's
and Women's Hosiery, Hats, Towels,
Handkerchiefs, Ladies' Cloaks, Lace
Shawls, Embroideries, Jewelry, etc.
E. A. BLAKELEY,
aprl It Auctioneer.
J. KAUFFMAN. JULIUS 3UKGE.
CHAS. F. BOHOKST.
K
AUFFMAN & RUNGE,
Commission Merchants Jk Cotton
Factors,
DEALERS IN GROCERIES,
Importers of Coffee* Wines & Liquors,
aprl'74 tf Galveston, Texas.
N
OTICE .NOTICE.
The interest of the late Henry Runge,
Esq., in our Arm has ceased by his death.
Messrs. Chas. P. Hohoist, of Hohorst &
Co., and Julius Runge, being admitted part-
ners, our business, with assumed assets and
liabilities, will be continued as heretofore.
AprU.1, 18T4. KAUFFMAN A RUNGE.
aprl lw
T^TOTICE NOTICE
OFFICE CHIEF POLICE,
Galveston, Texas, April 1, 18T4.
In conformity with Artiela Seven, Revised
Code of City Ordinances, relative to the Im-
pounding and Selling of Animals fonad run-
ning at large within certain limits ot the
City of Galveston, Texas,
I Will Sell, at Public Auction,
AT THE PUBLIC POUWD,
COR. BATH AVENUE AND CHURCH ST.,
ON FRIDAY,
The Third day of April, 18T4, at 10:80
o'clock a. m., for cash, to the highest bid
der, in United States ourrency, (if not
claimed before):
ONE BLACK AND WHITE COW, AY.
ONE WHITE COW, (S)7T.
ONE RED COW, two triangles.
ONE BLACil COW, a®.
ONE RED TWO-YEAR OLD, JPC.
ONE DUN COW, blotted.
ONE BR1NDLE COW, blotted.
ONE B\Y HORSE, no brand.
The above described animals can be seen at
any time previous to the sale, at the Publio
Pound, corner of Bath Avenue and Church
Streets, in the city of Galveston.
JOHN H. WESTERLAGE,
apl 2t Chief Police.
N
OTICE.—'THE FIRM OF HO-
HORST & CO. expires to-day by limit-
ation. Mr. C. J. Hohorst is alone authorized
to sign in liquidation. HOHORST & CO.
^Galveston, April 1, 1874. aprl lw
p LEVINE & CO.,
General Commission Merchants,
Corner Twenty-Eightti and Market Streets.
Highest prices paid in cash for Iron, Cop-
per, Brass, and metals of all kinds; also Corn
and Oats Sacks, Horns and Bones, aprl 3m*
D
EI'S
LIVERY AND SALE
STABLE AND
UNDERTAKING ESTABLISHMENT,
Corner Congress Avenue and Ash Street,
AUSTIN, TEXAS.
Finest Carriages, Bnggiei, Harness
and Saddle Horses for Sale
or Hire.
Transportation to all parts of the State.
THE FINEST HEARSE IN THE STATE.
All Styles and Sizes ot Coffins,
Orders promptly attended to. aprl 3m
FOR SALE—A two-story House,
with five rooms and kitchen, on the cor-
ner of Avenue M and Ninth Street. County
scrip bought and sold.
H. M. TRUEHEART & CO.
J^OR SALE FOR SALE.
Any party desiring a New; Double Seated,
Shirting Top
FAMILY CARRIAGE,
with shafts and poles, suitable fcr either sin-
gle or double harness, being very light.
Can get a bargain by applying at c rner of
Thirty-seventh and L streets. aprl 5t
J^OAT FOR SALE.
The sloop-yacht NELLIE 8WEEN1E* owned
by B. Sweenie, suitable for a passenger,
freight, mail or pleasure boat, will be sold at
a great bargain. The boat is new and in good
order, and must be sold immediately. Can
be seen at Labadie's Wharf. Apply to
mr28 unatf PARK, LYNCH & CO.
N
OTICE NOTICE
TO PROPERTT HOLDERS.
Ail parties owning property an the streets
08 which.
Sidewalks are to be Made,
In accordance with Ordinances Numbers
21, 26 and 37
Have the right to make tbe same themselves,
at any time before the contractors come upon
the ground with material to do the work.
On application to the City Engineer, at his
office opposite the Public Square, the pro-
per grades ^nd lines will be furnished to par-
ties desiring them—free of^harg§.
C. W. HURLEY, Mayor.
J. C. Oole, Chr. Com. Streets and Alleys.
rar22 lOtuna
job office has
The Latest Sttlss or Typs.
THE NEW£8
C
AUTION
.caution
A shipment of
COUNTERFEIT GREEN ORB
Flour from New Orleans has arrived In Gal-
veston. The public are cautioned against
buying it for
Stanard's Popular " Green On*
EAGLE STEAM EXTRA FAMILY FLOUR,
The FRAUD can be easily detected by
close examination of the brand.
aprl It* C. C. KAUFFMAN.
s
PEC1AL
NOTICE TO
KEEPERS.
HOUSE-
To-day bMng the First of ths Month, now
is the time to
Lay in Your Supply of Groceries,
And the placo to get them is at the GALVES-
NON CHEAP GROCERY, corner of Twenti
eth and Market Streets.
We sell Fancy Family Flour at $10 50 per
barrel; Good Family Flour at $10 per barrel
Cheap and Good Teas from 60c. per lb.; and
our Hams, Breakfast Baoon and Sugar can
not be equaled at our prices.
aprl It* GEO. SMITH.
N
otice NOTICE
THE THIRD
ANNUAL MAY-FEST
Will be held in the CITY OF GALVESTON,
on the
First and Second of May,
Like heretofore, and Prizes amounting to
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, will be awarded
for the finest and most appropriate displays
in tbe procession of wagons on the first day
of the Fest.
Applications must be handed in by the
TENTH OF APRIL to the President, who
will give further information as to rules and
regulations of the Arrangement Committee
, j H WILKENS,
President.
John Foth,. Secretary. mr24D&Wtf
Legal Advertisements.
gidewalk pavements,
The following paptrs were ordered by the
City Council to be publleked for the Inform
tion of the public:
The following majority report ot the Com.
mittee was adopted:
Galveston, Texas, March 88, 1874.
To th^.City ConngU of the City ot Galveston;
GBNTLKSBar^Your eommitteey created aad
empowered, by a resolution passed by your
honorable body on the twenty-fourth in-
recent and Tont™«?8 ferpubtiif im-
provements in the ci y of Galveston," having
completed their labors, begs leave to reportre-
specting the same as follotrs, to wit: The
contract recently made with D. G. Hitchcock
& Co. was. in some particulars, in the opinion
of your committee, improvident!* entered
into by the contracting parties on the part of
the city. We refer more particularly to the
fact that the property-owner* were not al-
lowed some particular time within which to
make the contemplated improvements.
Your committee have, however—after as in-
terview with Mr. Hitchcock—arranged with
that gentleman to make such changes and re-
ductions in his contract as will obviate and
remove all objections to the same. The pro-
posed changes are as follows, to wit:
1—To reduce the price allowed him for
curbing from forty-flve cents to thirty cents,
payment to be made as originally contracted
for—that is to say. in the bonds of the city,
taken at par.
2—To reduce the price allowed him for the
edging around the pavement from nine oents
('*n*s' payment to be made as above.
3—To apportion the cost of filling the side-
walks up to grade in «uch manner as to
assess tne same equitably against the re-
spective pieces of pruperty to be improved.
• ®lve *he owners of property, situated
within the district to be improved, thirty
days within which to comply with the ordi-
nance directing the said improvements to be
made. Your committee respectfully reoom-
niend that those changes be adopted,
and, in order to properly crecute and carry
out the spirit of the same, your committee
also recommend the paRsaga by your honora-
ble body of the accompanying amendment
of the ordinance entitled "An Ordinance to
provide for the Ailing up, grading, curbing
and paving of certain sidewalks, approved
Feb. 8, 1K74."
They further recommend that a committee
of two or more aldermen, to be 'assisted by
the City Engineer, be appointed, whose duty
it shall be to examine all questions relating
to or concerning the grade of the city and the
surveys governing th» streets and sidewalks.
With regard to the other contracts submit-
ted to us for examination, your committee
would ask further time to repot t upon them.
P. H. Hkxnessv, Chairman.
George Sealy.
F. C. Mosebaci*.
* - r#.
(No. 3.)
^N ORDINANCE.
Amending sections one and two of an
ordinance entitled ' An Ordinance to pro-
vide for the filling up, grading, curbing and
paving of certain sidewalks," approved
February 3, 1871. March 2S, 1674, read flrst
time.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the CityCoun
cil of the City of Galveston, That section 1
of an ordinance entitled " An Ordinance to
GP
rpHE BEST AND CHEAPEST
Blank Books and Stationery.
PIERCE & TERRY, Stationers and Printers,
corner Strand and Center Streets.
s
ITUATION WANTED
By Two German Girls, to do General
Housework. Have the best of recommenda-
tions. Address L., News Office. apl 2t
rpRUSTEE'S SALE.
By virtue of authority in me vested in a
certain deed or trust, made and executed by
M. V. McMahan. on the second day of Janu-
ary, 18G7, which is of record in the office of
the Clerk of the District Court of the County
of Galveston, in the State of Texas, in book
Y, pages 214 and >115, and at the request of
the holder of the note described in said deed
of trust, and which said deed of trust was
given to secure—I will sell the property
therein conveyed, to-wit: All and singular,
the northwest quarter of block number one
hi^ndred and fifty-three, in the city and
Countv of Galveston, Texas, together with
all and singular the improvements tfifcraon,
at public auction, before the Courthouse
door, in the County of Galveston, to the
highest bidder, for cash in gold coin, on
MONDAY, the thirteenth day of April, 1874.
Said sale is made to satisfy and pay said
note, which is for the sum of five thousand
gold dollars, with interest at the rate of
twelve per cent, per annum, from the flrst
day of January, 1868.
apl td EDWARD T. AUSTIN, Trustee.
rpRUSTEES' SALE.
At the request of the legal holders of
three promissory notes executed by H. N.
Duble, bearing date May 16,1872, each for the
sum of eight thousand dollars gold coin, with
interest at the rate of twelve per cent per an-
num after maturity, and all of said notes
being now due. by virtue of the authority in
me vested by a deed of trust dated the six-
teenth day of May, 1872, executed by said H.
N. Duble and recorded in Falls County, State
of Texas, in volume 1, pages 8 and 9 of the
records 9f mortgages, ia said county, to se-
cure the'payment of said three promissory
notes, I will sell at public auction, in front
of the Courthouse door, of the County of Gal-
veston, in the uounty of Galveston, State of
Texas, to the highest bidder, for cash in gold
coin, on TUESDAY, the twenty-eighth 4ay of
April, 1874, between the hours of 10 o'clock,
a. m. and 2 p. m., the following described
tract of land in Falls County, Texas, it being
part of the five front leagues in said county,
granted to T. J. Chambers, and bounded as
follows: Beginning at the N. EL corner of a
survey for Samuel Parker, on W. W. Lang's
south line; thence N. 65 E. 3037 varas
to a corner on the road leading from
Marlin to Waco, and in W. W. Lang's
south line; thence S. E. 1860 varas to
a corner in the line of a small surver made
for Saml. Parsons; thence S. 23 W. 1380 varas
to a corner on an oak tree marked 44 A," near
the two mile post on the road leading from
Marlin to Belton; thence S. 50# W. 700 varas
to the corner of 150 acre survey for W. O
Smith; thence N. 45 W. 1314 varas to Smith's
N. E. corner: thence S. 45 W. S70 varas to
Smith's N. W. corner; thence S. 45 K. 1264
varas to Smith's S. W. corner; thence S. 47^rf
W. 550 varas to N. W. corner of the W. W.
Woralow surrey; thence S. 46 E. 211 varas to
a corner of a small survey for Parker Bros.,
thence S. 44 *4 W. 177 varas fo the corner of W.
T. Nettles' p ace: thence N. 44)4 W. 1320
varas to a corner in south line of said Saml.
Parker's su»vey; thence N. 45 K. 270 varas to
the S. E. corner of said Saml. Parker's sur-
vey: thence N. 45 W. 1150 varas with said
Pa. kei's east line to the pUoe of beginning—
containing 1103 3-10 acres.
Said sale is made to pay off full amount of
said three promissory uotes and interest
thereon, in accordance with said Deed of
Trust.
WM. SELKIRK,
aprl tds
Trustee.
T H. ROBINSON,
f ' * BUTCHER,
Stalls 27 and 28 City Market.
Office and Day Market, corner Strsod and
Twentieth street.
SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO SUPPLY-
ING VESSELS WITH THE CHOICEST OiF
MEATS. mr6 Sxnone
J^OBERT G. STREET,
LAWTBR,
Office Removed to OSTERMAN BUILDING,
STRAND,
(Corner of Twenty-second street ar.d Strand).
mrio M&Elm-una
ALVESTON GIFT ENTERPRISE
ASSOCIATION.
ALL TICKETS SOLD ENTITLED TO A
GIFT.
Numbers, march 31, 1874.
DISTRIBUTION NUMBER 86.
25-37-28-33-34-35-O5-50-5U-61-G6-74
DISTRIBUTION NUMBER 87.
1-4-6-12-23-24-30-38-39-50-0:5-77
and paving of certain sidewalks,"approved
February a, 1S71, be, and the same is, hereby
I do certify that the above distribution is
correct. F. L. RANPLE. Superintendent.
Legal Advertisements.
^•RUSTEE'S SALE.
At the request of the legal holders of a
promissory note executed by H. N. Duble,
bearing date May 16, 1872, for the sum of
fifteefc thousand dollars, gold coin, with in-
terest at the rate of twelve per cent, per an-
num after maturity, payab e on the first d^y
of February, 1873, and by virtue of authority
in me vested by the appointment of the legal
holders of said notes, and by deed of trust
dated sixteenth May, 1872, executed by said
H. N. Duble, recorded in the county records
of Navarro County, State of Texas, in book
W, pages 561, 562 and 563, conveying 253
acre a of land in Nwarro County, State of
Texas, to secure the payment of said promis-
sory note, I will sell at public auction, in
front of the Courthouse door, in the city and
County of Galveston, Texas, to the highest
bidder, for cash in gold coin, on the twenty
second day of April, 1874, between the hours
of 10 a. m. and 2 p. m., said 2536 acres of land
in Navarro County, State of Texas, being
part of tbe T. J. (Chamber's eight leagues in
said county, and bounded as follows: Begin-
ning at the west corner of A. C. King's sur
vey, thence west 3390 varas to a stake,' from
which a mesqui'e eight inches in diameter
bears N. 56 E. distant about 100 varas: thence
S. 15 W. 4 0 varas to the N. E. corner of a
survey for R. Hodge; continuing^*me course
at 12<5 varas A. N. Alford N. W. corner
thence S. 80 E. with his north line 1738 varas
to his N. B. corner; thence S. 10 w. 1900 va-
ras to his S. E. corner; thence N. 80 W. at
1000 varas, pass Alford's S. W corner at 2340
▼eras to R. Hodge's S. E. corner, on the
Chambers and Lewis division line; thence S.
45 W. 765 varas to the S. \Y. corner of Cham-
ber's five leagues; thence S 52 E., magneti-
cally, 500 varas, to the S. W. corner of t. he
eight leagues; thence N. 8.^ E., magnetically,
3900 varas, to Cumminsr's west line; thence N.
30 W. 132 varas to Cummlng's W. corner;
thence N. 40 E. with his west line 795 varas to
his N. corner on Evan's sr.uth line; tlience N.
57 W. with his south line 1480 varas to his S.
W. corner; thence N. 33 E. with his west line
825 varas to N. W. corner; thence S. 57 E. 1011
varas to McMullen's S. W. corner, in Evan's
N. K. line; thence N. 60 E. 1413 varas to mw-
Mullen's N. E. corner on J. A. Clayton's line;
thence N. .'30 W. with Clayton's *S. W. line
at 567 varas; pass his N. W. corner continuing
same course with A. C. King's S. W. line, at
2467 varas to place of beginning, ^aidsale
is made to pay off the full amount of said
promissory note, and interest due thereon,
in accordance with the terms of said deed of
provide for the filling up, grading, curbing
sidt
,ry <
amended so as to read as follows, to-wit:
Section 1. That the sidewalks on both siaes
of the hereinafter to be named streets shall
be filled up, graded, curbed and paved in the
followiug manner, |that is to sav; the said
sidewalks shall be filled up or raised to the
grade established by the City Engineer, and
curbed with the best red-heart cypress wood,
three inches in thickness, stone or brick, and
a pavement six feet in width, laid in the cen-
ter of the same; the said pavement to be
composed of either asphalt, hard brick laid
in Portland cement ^and grouted, concrete
made of Portland cement and other proper
materials, tilej, or stone. That the {owners
of property fronting and abutting upon the
sidewalks hereinafter to be named, shall have
thirty days from and after the passage of
this ordinance, within which to make the im-
Erovements herein provided for; provided,
owever, that they execute and complete the
same und! r the supervision of the City En-
gineer, and in accordance with the specifica-
tions of said Engineer, on file in the Mayor's
office. Any person doing any of the said
work, or causing the same to be done, and
fails, refuses or neglects to comply with the
said specifications of the City Engineer, dij
rectiog bow the same shall be done and exe-
cuted, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars
nor more than one hundred. And it is hereby
made the special duty of the Citv Engineer to
inspect each piece of work as it is being done
or executed, and unless it is being performed
in accordance with the said specifications, he
shall cause the said work or improvement to
be stopped, and the person or persons so of-
fending to be arrested.
Section 2. That the second sestion of the
said ordinance, hereby amended, shall read
as follows, to wit:
Section 2. That the sidewalks so to be im-
proved *hall be those cn both sides of Ave-
uues B, C and E, east from Eight eenth street
to Twelfth street, and. west from Twenty-fifth
street to Thirty-third. And on both sides of
Avenue D from Eighteenth street to Twelfth
street. And on both sides of Avenues F, G,
H, I and J from Twelfth street to Thirtv-third
street. And on both sides of Twelfth. Six-
teenth,Twenty-eighth and Thirty-third streets
from Broadway to the Strand. And on both
sides of Twentieth and Twenty-fc urth streets
each between Postoffice street and Broadway.
Section 3. That the said specifications of
the City Engineer be published in the official
journal of the city kfor the full periodJof|forty
davg.
Section 4. That this ordinance go into effect
and r>e of force from and after its passage
and due publication.
trust.
mr29 td
A. R. CAMPBELL,
Substitute Trustee.
ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE—IN THE
United States District Court, Eastern
District of Texas. In the matter of the Bul-
letin Publishing Company, Bankrupt.
8ALE OF ACCOUNTS.—In obedience to the
order of the Judge of the United States Dis-
trict Court for the Eastern District of Texas,
I wiil sell at public auction, in front of the
Courthouse door of said Court, in the City of
Galveston, on THURSDAY, April 2, 1874,
between tne hours of ten a. m. and three p. m.,
to the highest bidder, for cash, all the Book
Accounts of the Bulletin' Publishing Com-
pany, Bankrupt, as they stand on the books
of said company.
C. DART, Assignee,
mrl9tds Bulletin Pub. Co., Bankrupt.
N
OTICE OF BANKRUPT SALE.
In pursuance of an order of the U. S. Dis-
trict.uourt for the Eastern District of Texas,
made on the 21st day of February, A. D. 1874.
I will sell, before the courthouse door of Wal-
ler County, in the city of Hempstead, on
TUESDAY, the Seventh Day of April, 1874,
within the legal nours i f sale, at publio auc-
tion for cash*
1TO ACRES OF LAND,
belonging to the bankrupt estate of Wm. G.
Chapman, situated in said county of Waller,
about six miles northwest from Hempstead,
the same being a part of the J. C. Bartleit
survey and a part of the tract heretofore
ovned and occupied by said Chapman. The
said land will be sole in three separate lots
or parcels, all adjoining the homestead of
said W.G. Chapman.
1st. 82 acres on the northwest of said home-
stead. 2i. 25 acres on the southwest of said
homestead. 3d. 63 acres on the southeast of
said homestead.
Also, at the same time and place, and on the
same terms, I will sell the Notes and Book
Aecounts belonging to said estate.
B. F. ELLIOTT,
marl4 20t Assignee.
ASSIGNEE'S SALE. IN THE
District Court of the United states for
the Eastern District of Texas. In the matter
ofl&J. W. Jockusch and Selim Rinker, Bank-
rupts.
By virtue of an orA^r made by the District
Court of the United States for the Eastern
District of Texas, on the second day of Marcb,
1874, we. the undersigned, assignees of the
•state of said bankrupts, will sell at the
courthouse door, in the ci y of Galveston, on
TUE8DAY, the SEVENTH OF APRIL. 1874,
at publio auction, to the highest bidder, for
cash in United States currency, commencing
at 11 o'slock a. m., the following property, be-
longing to the estate of Selim Rinker, bank-
rupt, viz:
The east half of Lofc 13, Block 621, in the
ci*y of Galveston. This sale is made to sat-
isfy a deed of tiust in favor of J. L. Darragh.
We will sell at the same time and place,
and upon the same terms, the following prop-
erty, situated in the city of Galveston, viz:
1st. 35 feet 10 inches off east side of Lot 18,
and 14 feet 2 inches off west side Lot 12, in
Block 259, with house and improvements.
2d. 28 feet 8 inches off east side Lot 12, and
2! feet 5 inches off west side of Lot 11, in
Blockt259, with house and improvements.
3d. All of Block 94.
4th. Lots 1, 2, 3 and west half 4 and Lot 12
and west half 11. in Block 216.
5th. LotfT, in Block 687.
We will »lso sell at the same time and
place, and upon the same terms, the fol^wing
lots in the city of Galveston, two-thirWs in-
terest of which belongs to the e&tate of said
bankrupts and one-third to Sam. Maas. By
agteftment Mr. Sam. Maas will join in the ex-
ecution of proper deeds to the purchasers,
▼i*:
Lots 3 and 4 in block 6.
Lota 8, f, 10, 11 and 12 in block 7.
Lots 5, 6 and 7 in block 65.
Lots L5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, % of 4 and of 11 in
block 162.
Lots 3 to 14 inclusive in block 244.
LotB 1 to 14 inclusive in block 243.
Lots 3 and ^ of 4 in block 217.
Uots 1 to 7 inclusive in block 245.
Lots 8 to 14 inclusive in block 246.
Lots 1 to 14 inclusive i . block 303.
Lots 1 to 14 iiivlueive in block 364.
Lots * and 7 in block 607
Lots S and X of 4 in N. W. qr. out-lot 24.
Lots 1, 2, 3 nnd % of 4 In S. W. qr. out-lot 4U.
Lots W of 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 in S. W.
out tot 91.
qr.
Lots 10 and X of 11 in N. W. nr. out-lot 116.
Lots 8, 9,10 and X of 11 in N. W. qr. out-lot
9. 10, a of 4 and X of 11 in S.
ML
Lots 5, 6,7.«
W. qr. out-lot
Lots 1, 2, 3 and V?. % of 4 in N. E. qr. ont-
lot 28.
The sale of the above property will continue
from day to day until completed.
Conveyances and notary fees at the ex-
pense of the purohaser.
GEORGE P. FINLAY and
ALBERT BALL,
Galveston, March 11. 1874. ^ mrt^t^fa
15,00Qo
cedar POSTS
OtTSE BLOCKS, FOR SALE"
Hitching Posts, Curbing, Fenee|Posts of all
sizes and leugtha, Cord Wood, contracted for
at low prices. Bills for any kind of Timber
fUted- Apply at residence, corner of avenue
O and Tremont street.
mrlO lm* J. M. HEISKELL.
|^|RAY-RECEIPT3
\J Printed on reasonable teinw,
S
ELLING OUT AT COST—
GREAT BARGAINS.
(Original Contract with JUesara. D.
G. Hitcucock A: Co. for Sidewalk
Improvements:)
O TATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF
Galveston—Know all men. That this
contract made and entered into this the
twunty-eighth day of February. A. D. 1874, by
and between the Mayor of the City of Galves-
ton and the Chairman of the Committee on
Streets and Alleys, as parties of the flrst part,
andD. G. Hitchcock & Co., as parties of the
second part,
witnesseth:
That the said parties of the flrst part, in ac
cordanee with 1 he authority vested in them
by the City Council of the City of Galveston,
bind the corporation of the City of alveston
to pay to the said D. G. Hitchcock & Co., in
the bonds of the City of Galveston, styled
" Galveston City Bonds for Sidewalk Im-
provement," to be taken at par. the sum of
on* dollar and serenty-flve cents ($1 T5) for
each and every square yard of pavement laid
down by them upon the hereinafter to be de-
signated sidewalks; the said pavement to be
composed of asphalt in bulk, rolled solid to
the thickness of three inches, and laid down
upon the sidewalks on both sides of the fol-
lowing named streets, that is to say: On both
sides of the Strand, Mechanic and Postoffice
streets, each between Eighteenth and Twen-
ty-fifth streets; on both sides of Market
street, from Eighteenth to Thirtv-third
streets; on both sides of Nineteenth, Twenti-
eth, Twenty-rixat, Twenty-eocoud, Twenty-
third and Twenty-fourth streets, each be-
tw en Strand and Postoffice streets; and also
on the west side of Eighteenth street and on
the east side of Twenty fifth street. Also
the same price to be paid in the same manner
for each and every square yard of the said
Savement laid down by them £the said D. G.
[itchcock& Co.), in the following manner and
upon the following sidewalks—that is to say,
the said pavement to be only six feet in width
and laid in the center of the sidewalks on
both sides: Of Avenues B, C asd E, east from
Eighteenth street to Twelfth street, and west
from Twenty-fifth street to Thirty-third
street; and on both sidss ef Avenue D, from
Eighteenth street to Twelfth street; and on
both sides of Avenues F, G, H, I and J, from
Twelfth street to Thirty-third street; and on
both sides of Twelfth, Sixteenth, Twentieth,
Twenty-fourth, Twenty-eighth and Thirty-
third streets—from Avenue J (or Broadway)
to the Strand (or Avenue B )
Provided, however, that the said D. G.
Hitchcock & Co. obtain the written consent
of the owners of the property fronting or
abutting upon the said sidewalxs to the lay-
ing down of the said pavement, which written
consent or selection of the said pavement
shall be filed in the Mayor's Office with the
City Clerk.
The said parties of the first part also bind
the corporation of the city of Galveston to
pay to the said D. G. Hitchcock & Co., in the
said bonds, to be taken at par, the sum of one
dollar aud twenty-five cents ($1 *5) for each
and every cubic yard of filling necessary and
needed to be done unon any and all of the
said sidewalks preparatory to the laying of
reon. The above price is
but
The
also
any pavement thereon
to include and cover not only the filling,
the grading, tamping, and rolling.
said parties of tne first part,
bind the corporation of the city of Gal-
veston to pay to the said D. G. Hitchtock
& Co., in the said bonds, to be taken at par,
the sum of forty-five (45) cents for each and
every square foot of wooden curbing to be
composed or made of thr&e-inch red
cypress, that mav txs needed or used infilling
up and grading the said sidewalks prepara-
tory to the putting down of the said pave-
ment or any other.
The said parties of the flrst part also bind
the corporation of the c ty of Galveston to
pay to the said D. G Hitchcock & Co., in the
said bonds to be taken at par the sum of
nine (9) cents for«ach and every lineal foot
of wooden curbing of one by six-inch flooring
that may be needed and used in pntting down
the said six-fooc pavement—tbat is^ to
say. that may be used in putting any
pavement upon the said sidewalks, the
pavement of which is to be only six
feet in width. All of the above work is to
be done and executed In accordance with the
specifications of the City Engineer, now on
file in the Mayor's office, and the said Eogi-
•leer shall make weekly estimates of the work
as it progresses, and when the amount or
q antity finished and completed, shall, at
the above p; ice, amount to the sum of five
thousand dollars, then that amount in the
said bonds at par shall be paid over to the
said D. G. Hitchcock ft Co.
In consideration of all the foregoing the
sai l D. G. Hitchcock A Co. bind themselves to
lay down «nd fabticate the said pavement in
the manner and style above set forth and
stipulated; and they also bind themselves to
fill, grade, tamp, roll and curb the said side-
walks, as iibove set forth and stipulated, and
to receive in payment for all the said work
the respective prices above stated, and in
th-i bonds of tne city of Galveston styled
44 Galveston City Bonds for Sidewalk Im-
provements," at par.
They further bind themselves to commence
the said work within twenty days from the
date hereof, and to finish the same without
unnecessary delay.
(Signed In duplicate.)
In testimony of all which the said parties
have hereunto signed their names and affixed
their seals, (using scrolls for seals,) this, the
day and date above written, and the Mayor of
the city of Galveston has caused the corporate
seal of the city of Galveston to be hereunto
attached.
C. W. HURLEY, Mayor,
J. C. OGLE,
Chairman Com. Streets and Ai:eys;
P. G. HITCHCOCK A CO.
^OTICE NOTICE
"The Galveaton Jockey Club"
Is now fully organized and ready to receive
applications for member'hip, preparatory to
holdiog its first meeting in May next. Gen-
tlemen desirous of joining can procure all
neces-ary information on the subject from
the Secretary, at 158 Mechanic street.
By order of the Board of Directors.
THEO. K. THOMPSON.
mr!9 3t Secretary.
Large Stock of Wines and Liquors, conslst-
ig of pure Rye and Bourbon Whiskies, Fine
Brandies. Sherries, Port, etc. AWo, Case
Goods, included in which there are some fine
Rhine W ines. Will sell at wholesale aad retail.
mrl8 lm F. HoDQNHgLL, No. 03 Strand.
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