The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 130, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 21, 1880 Page: 4 of 4

                                
JPOLITICAL.
R D. JOHNSON
IS A CANDIDATE FOR RE ELECTION TO THE
OFFICE OF
Justice of the Peace.
Cta(fMb£st0rL
Satnrdny, August 21, 1880.
Charged with Burglary.
Special officer Mountain arrested John
Gebhart yesterday, on a charge of burglary
and theft from the premises of Mrs. Burke, on
avenue L, between Twentieth and Twenty-
first streets.
What Has Been Done ?
The News is requested, on the part of the
Aihambra rowing club, to inquire what has
been done by the other clubs with their pub-
lished challenge, printed in these columns some
time since.
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Quite Noisy. ^
The insane man, calling himself "George,
the prodigal son," confined in the county jail,
had one of his bad spells yesterday afternoon,
and the noise made by him could be heard for
a couple of blocks.
Released from Peace Bond.
Mrs. Gunderman, who was required by re-
corder Campbell on Thursday to give a bond
to keep the peace toward Mrs. Margaret Kod-
ertson and family, was released from giving
the bond yesterday.
On to Biclimond.
Police officer Jack Pither leaves by the 6 A.
M. train over the Gulf. Colorado and Santa * e
railway to-day, for Richmond, for the purpose
of getting married, and will return with his
bride by the 8.15 train this evening.
Would Like One.
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street would be pleased if the City railway
company would place a bench there for the ac-
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cars. _
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Two negro boys named Sanford Little John-
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by officer Murphy, charged with arson. These
are the two bo3*s who are said to have set the
stable, in the rear of Sylvester's hall, on fire
yesterday morning.
Knocked in tlie Head.
A man named Frank. Sutton called at the po-
lice station last evening and lodged a complaint
against George McCubbin, who keeps a board-
ing house on Mechanic street, near Twenty-
seventh, whom he charged with striking him
in the head with a kettle of hot water.
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Finishing Up.
Mr. John Williams, superintendent of
streets, yesterday, was having the Twenty-
seventh street sluice completed. The work
appears to hare been done in a very substan-
tial manner, and Mr. Williams appears satis-
fied that it will be able to withstand any storm
visiting this coast.
Feeling Badly.
John Lippens, a sailor confined in the county
jail, complained greatly last night of inquries
he said he had received on his vessel. Deputy
marshal Dempsey went to see him at 11 o'clock,
and will notify Dr. Henry Smith, who has
charge of the" marine patients here, of the
man's condition this morning.
In ITI em or lam.
At a meeting of the Spanish benevolent
society held last evening, resolutions of respect
to the memory of the late Mr. H. Reybaud
were passed and spread upon tho minutes. Mr.
Reybaud filled the office of treasurer of the
society during the past four years, and was
held in high estimation by his associates.
Fire Alarm.
About half past 8 o'clock yesterday morn-
ing a stable "in the rear of Sylvester's hall,
owned by Mr. Heidenheimer, was discovered
to be on tire, and an alarm was sounded from
the station-house. Some of the fire depart-
ment turned out, but it was not found neces-
sary for them to go to work. The fire origin-
ated from boys playing around the place with
matches.
Board of Health.
A meeting of the board of health was called
for G o'clock yesterday afternoon, at which
there were present president Watts and Messrs.
John, fcoble, Focke, McLean and Vidor. There
not being a sufficient number on hand to con-
stitute a quorum no session was had. The
object for which the meeting was called was
for the purpose of acting on the application of
the brig Dashaway, bound from fampico to
New Orleans, which is now outside, for admis
sion to the port for the purpose of making
necessary repairs. In the absence of any ac-
tion by the board, president Watts stated that
he would direct I)r. Brown, quarantine physi-
cian, to detain the vessel for twenty days at
quarantine. Capt. Sawyer, agent of the Mai
lory line, was present and stated, informally
that the steamship Colorado was now on the
way from New York to this port, having been
to Rio Janeiro some weeks since. The vessel
had been thoroughly cleansed, scraped and
fumigated at New York, her bedding removed
and the unacclimated portion of the crew dis-
charged. It appeard to be the opinion of the
members of the board present that there would
be no objection made to admitting the steamer.
Personal.
J. S. Grinnan, of Terrell, is down for a few
da vs.
United States marshal Russell is at the Tre-
mont.
C. J. Ranlett is in the city, and is booked at
the Tremont.
J. H. Sweeney, of Louisville, and Saml. Ba-
ker, of Dallas, are at the Tremont.
Mr. D. The. Ayres and wife arrived from
New Orleans via the Morgan line yesterday.
Mr. Charles H. Hughes left Wednesday
morning for Burditt's well, near Luling.where
he will remain a couple of weeks.
W. H. Coyle ana family, of Houston, and
Capt. Sparks, of the bark Harriet F. Hussey.
were at the Girardin yesterday.
Mr. Ed. J. Byrne, recently of the United
States marshal's office, leaves this morning for
Sulphur Soring, where he goes into busidess,
J. H. Elgin, of Austin, Jno. A. Harris, of
Houston, and R. R. Wrright, of Crockett, were
in the city yesterday and were registered at
the Washington.
Mr. Martin Cnrtin, of Houston, was in the
city yesterday, and spoke as if the Santa Fe
railway was already directing cotton from
Houston to this place.
The following were among the departures
via the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railroad,
yesterday: O. H. Dorrance, Mrs. Dorrance
and family, St. Louis.
Rev. J. H. Luther, president Baylor Female
college, is in the city and may be found at the
Tremont. He will call on the friends and pa
trons of the college while here.
J. K. Street, of Waco, H. J. Labatt, M.
Strickland, Antoine Stauffacher apd Mrs. M.
E. Moore and family, of Galveston, were
among the arrivals by the 11.40 train last
night.
Miss Annie Wood, one of Galveston's society
belles, has returned from Austin much im-
proved. She went there to be cured of an
affection of the eyes, which cure has been
accomplished completely.
Mr. J. McCulloch, manager ef the Texas
Express office at Austin, was taking in the city
yesterday. He leaves for home this morning.
Mac's many friends here were glad to see him
still retain his youthful appearance and robust
health.
Visited the cotton exchange: J. W. Stew
art, R. W. Gall, United States navy; Mrs.
P. Recab, Mrs. E. A. Rountree, Miss E. Ruff.
New Orleans; Miss Randall, N. H. Potter,
city; Leo W. Ulrich, Weimar; M. G. Smith,
Hearne; J. B. LeGrand, Hearne; Waa. Speor,
Palestine; A. R. Wright, Crockett; J. K. Mc-
Daniel. W. E. Ellison, Milford; Jno. Walter,
Boston.
SIFTINGS.
IS TOBACCO^INJURTOUS?
There may be something after all in what
scientists say about smoking destroying the
memory. Grant, for instance, says he can't
remember anything about his complicity with
Gen. McDonald and the whisky ring.
conundrum solved.
" Why is it that whisky straight will make a
man walk crooked?"
It don't make a man walk crooked. He can
lie down if he wants to.
the assurance of an agent.
Insurance agent—You ought to insure your
life, on account of your family.
" I know all about that. You go on paying
money to the company for twenty-five years,
and then the company plays out."
41 Yes, but, my dear sir, you may have the
luck to drop dead the very day you pay your
first premium."
a desperate case.
" I havo just been to see poor Smith. _ He is
sick with the dropsy, you know," said one
fashionable Galveston young man to another.
i4 Is he really dangerous?"
" I should say he was. He tapped me for
ten dollars."
shocking affair.
They were talking about thunder storms, in
front of a Galveston livery stable, and ono
bald-headed old man with a yellow beard said
he was riding along during a thunder storm
with a friend, when the lightning struck the
friend and tore him into a million of pieces,
without even killing the horse the man was
riding on.
"Rowabout you?"
"Gentlemen, I never was so shocked in all
my life."
"I believe it," responded one of the listeners,
"for it shocks me right now to hear an old
bald-headedjman like you, with one foot in the
grave, lie that way."
Then they clinched.
editorial mendacity.
The Central Methodist says: " Dr. Wheeler,
of the New York Methodist, writes his editori-
als on his back, lying on a sofa."
Dr. Wheeler ought to rise and show his back
record.
preservation of the scalp.
An advertisement says: " Save your hair
while you have got it."
^ Travelers on the Indian frontier should cut
the advertisement out and paste it in their
hats.
a good head for business.
The son of a Galveston merchant has recent-
ly returned from his studies at a New York
business college. A friend of the merchant
was asking the old man if the boy had im-
proved his opportunities.
" 1 should say he had," wa3 the reply. " He
can imitate anybody's handwriting, and is so
expert at figures that I am afraid to let him
touch the books.
nothing personal at all.
It wasn't a first-class Galveston saloon by
any means, and the proprietor knew it. When
a stranger looked around and said, " You don't
have any big looking.glass in here," the pro-
prietor responded in a surly tone: "Don't need
any; have enough reflections cast at me in this
saloon as it is."
singular results of too much gas.
One of the most peculiar suicides on record
occurred recently in Magdeburg, Germany. A
laboring man unscrewed a gas-burner, and
placing the pipe in his mouth inhaled gas
enough to kill him. After death his face as-
sumed a bright red appearance. In this cli-
mate when a man wants to commit political
suicide, he proceeds to emit vast quantities of
gas, instead of inhaling any, but he gets red in
the face all the same.
change of base.
Yesterday, Gilhooly told his landlady that
he was going to withdraw from the canvass,
and put up at some other boarding-house.
"Why. Mr. Gilhooly, what can be the mat-
ter? Isn't the hash the best the market af-
fords?"
It isn't that, but the young lawver in the
room next to mine is the cause of it all. He
makes speeches all day to an imaginary
jury."
" I see: he disturbs you?"
On the contrary, he puts me to sleep, so
that I am late in getting down to the office."
" I don't know what to do," said the land-
ladv, (she is of Irish extraction), " unless you
were to change rooms wid him."
official correspondence.
To the Siftings Man of the News—Your man Gil-
hooly was nominated at the Dallas convention for
comptroller. It was the speech made which the
reporters characterized as a nomination of An-
drew Jackson and made divers other remarks
about. There was so much disorder that the re-
porters could not hear, but I was by and heard the
burlesque and saw the pantomime, and it was
really rich. He was compared to Andrew Jackson,
and that is how the latter name got in as b°ing
nominated. Said he had fought and bled with Gil-
hooly where musquitoes were thickest and grub was
scarce, etc. As Gilhooly is particularly and pe-
culiarly your man, the creation of your own genius,
I thought it best to advise you of the honors paid
him. Yours truly, a Delegate.
August 19,1880.
the roberts boom in san antonio.
At last authentic information has been re-
ceived of the grand Roberts ratification meet-
ing at San Antonio. The following is from the
columns of the Surprise:
Hereafter when we speak of dead things we shall
cite tlie "grand dem. ratification meeting."
We sympathize deeply with they. m. d. c.; their
efforts were worthy of a better cause.
The meerschaum pipe didn't draw well. Bad
they advertised that a box of Havana cigars would
be given away to every voter present, they might
have secured a crowd. Try cigars next time and
tap a keg of beer.
The crowd was thin, but not near so gauzy as the
oratory.
Charley Seabaugh was the only success we have
noted in connection with this affair.
Charley added 2700 to the crowd. Chawles must
have counted himself. The boy has talent. He
ought to be sent north to help count the dems. in.
Columbus Upson was the first heavy gun brought
to bear on the assembled enemy.
The line of bootblacks who occupied the front
rank of the audience, gave way for a moment be-
fore his fire, but they rallied in gallant style and
remained unbroken during the remainder of the
engagement.
We hope Columbus won't attempt to make an-
other speech, and wo commend his caution in sup-
pressing publication until it is revised and thor-
oughly overhauled; it won't read well.
His remarks about the " silent soldier," we think
we have heard before, although w« may do him an
injustice in doubting its originality.
Col. Baker followed Columbus. Baker was, fig-
urative sDeaking, the sky-rocket of the occasion.
He went off with a whiz, and came down like a
qtick.
His style, when speaking of Hancock, was of the
" grin and bear it" order. You thought he was
smiling, but when he turned the other side of his
handsome face you saw he was gritting his teeth.
Then came Billy Burges.
To the gallant major was allotted the task of
breaking the ice for the old alcalde.
But Billy buckled down to his work like a plucky
little Mexican mule with a whole Chihuahua train
behind him. stuck in the mud.
And he was true to his text: "the old alcalde.
Billy don't believe in inviting immigrants to
Texas.
He says the immigrant who first asks what kind of
JfEW YORK. LETTER.
Sterling, Stocks ana Bonds — Cotton,
Coffee, Itc.
[Special Correspondence of the News.]
New York, August 16.—Some of the large
operators came in from their Saturday and
Sunday recreations, and marked the prices of
stocks almost immediately upward. The talk
of manipulated bank statements, or even of an
actual demand for currency to move the crops,
appears to have no weight with them, as they
are satisfied the heavy earnings of the roads
and telegraphs will suffice to keep prices sharp,
and on this basis they are willing to try the
upward tack a while longer.
Business did not open until 11 (and the adop-
tion of this rule for Mondays during the sum-
mer is now regretted by many who agreed to
it), but it opened with liberal buying of Ohios,
St. Joes, Iron Mountain, Wabash, the Coals,
Central Michigan, Erie and Manhattan, all of
which were higher than on Saturday—the St.
Joes, Eries, Ohios and Manhattan especially
so. Omahas were also higher, but the advance
does not have a healthy look. Rock Island
rose again to 114, after dropping to 112K last
rose again to n*, alter dropping lu ix«;j iasu
week. Shore. Western Union, St. Paul, North-
west and New York Central were strong and
held apparently with a grip. Homestake mine
sold at .!3, Standard at 28 % and Central Ari-
zona at 9 Just before the close prices
were marked off on part of the list, in-
cluding St. Paul and Northwest, but the mar-
ket was by no means weak.
Money closed at 2 per cent. The movement
in bonds was a good one and prices upward.
Alabama (C'»), 75; Missouris of '87, 107; South
Carolina non-fundables, 4; Rio Grande con-
sols, 96; Central Jersey consols, 108%; do.
first mortgage, 116^; Lehighs, 95; Erie
fourths, 100; International firsts, 102)^';-Texas
TEXAS NEWS ITEMS.
ANGELINA.
News-Boy: We are having plenty of rain in
this vicinity and crops are good About a
week ago a negro woman was converted and
regenerated, and joined the church, and after-
ward so far apostatized as to have a case now
pending in the justice's court for theft. The
darkies are very much enraged against an-
other negro who turned state's evidence.
AUSTIN.
The Times says the lumber business is brisk
at Bellville.
BAYLOR.
Cresset: The late census showed the popula-
tion of Baylor to be 732.
CHEROKEE.
Rusk Observer: Last Monday evening we
made a visit to the East Texas Penitentiary,
and found the work progressing rapidly. The
work has been greatly retarded, until recently,
by rain. Col. Cunningham told us that he had
lost three-fourths of his brick during July. A
planing machine has just been put into opera-
tion. This machine is one of the best in tho
state,'and has the capacity to plane 12,000 feet
of lumber per day. The wall is completed,
with the exception of capping, and the stone
for that purpose is on the ground. The found-
ation of the wall is four feet wide and two and
one-half feet above grade, and twenty-one feet
high. It is to be capped with a hard blue
stone, making the top three feet with an iron
railing on the out-edge. On each cor-
ner of the wall is a guard-house.
Major Larraour, the architect, has
laid off the yard, and located the shops—seven
in number. When these buildings are erected,
the penitentiary will have the appearance of a
small city. The first shop to be built is a cot-
ton factory, which is now go"iag up. This
building is 200 feet long by 55 feet wide, and
two stories high, each one being 11 feet from
wounds dressed. Leinhan was immediately
arrested and placed in jail. Public opinion is |
at war as to who was to blame, some claiming
that the killing was done in self-defense, and
others that it was an unjustifiable and brutal
murder. Deputy sheriff Farnsworth came
from Austin, Texas, and has been a resident of
Colorado for the past seven years. He has
held the office of deputy for eight months,
during which time he has been at constant
war with the gang of desperadoes who infest-
ed and heretofore ran the town. Before that
he was employed as bookkeeper in a local
store. He was a tall, finely-built man, about
30 years of age, and his face wore a look of in-
domitable courage and determination. The
barroom in which the shooting was done was a
small place, and several shots fired indis-
criminately could scarcely fail to hit some-
body. Leinhan will probably be taken to
Leadville for safekeeping.
iuuhus, iw, iiiwiuouuum 2 < —- i two stories mgn, eacu one oeing ii ieet irom
and Pacific incomes, 09@69}£; Kansas-Texas j floor to the ceiling. There will be partitions
seconds, 67; East Tenness»ee, V irginia and j dividing the house into different rooms neces-
Georgia firsts, 110: Texas and Pacific construc-
tion, S3; C., C. and I. C. firsts, 86
Governments were firm and higher on the
new bonds.
Sterling was called steady, but the market
ruled dull. Business rate for GO's, 4.813*1(9
4.81%, and demand 4.S3}£@4.83%; prime docu-
mentary commercial sold 4.80.
The Texas Pacific's earnings the first week
in August were £43,837 66, against $41,144 53
last year.
The 14 corner" agitation frightened the
August shorts in cotton considerably to-day,
and the price for that month was rushed up
accordingly to 11.68, an advance of 20 points
compared with sales on Saturday. The other
months were affected but slightly in compari-
son; Septembers selling at 11.01(210.97: Octo-
bers at 10.66(^10.63, and Novembers at 10.54.
At present the " corner " for this month is
still a matter of supposition, and the rise to-
day has been more a scaring of the shorts than
any positive knowledge that a corner will be
made. Toward the close Liverpool came over
easy, and prices fell to 11.60 for August, 10.96
for September, and 10.52 for November.
The amount of gold now afloat for this port,
from Europe, is believed to be not less than
$5,000,000—of which a special cable to the
Bank of Montreal reports £150,000 as having
left Hamburg on Saturday, and £130,000 Lon-
don on the same day.
Coffee still marks 15J^c and firm.
Later sales of International firsts at 103, or
}4 advance: Mobile and Ohio firsts debentures
do. first mortgage 103: Erie and Western
incomes 62>^, and St. Louis and San Francisco
(C's) 78.   
S.1.Y ANTONIO.
Tlie Late Rain*—Cotton—Politics.
[Special Correspondence of the News.]
San Antonio, August IS, 1S80.—The man
who said it never rained in west Texas is
wanted. Everybody is wanting him. The
stage agents and mail contractors, and the
weather-bound travelers are all clamorous in
their desire to make his acquaintance. They
have consulted the most eminent scientists in
the land as to the slowest and most horrible
mode of sending him to Chicago or some other
disreputable portion of the lower regions.
For nearly a month they have had
to contend with mud and high waters,
and the last storm has proved the last straw to
the camel's back of their patience. They
won't stand any more fooling, and
are ready to take on their road and
its attending horrors any man from the bayou
ity or other locality of questionabe respecta-
bility, who ever dared to hint as to the drouthy
peculiarities of the west ?
Such rain and such high rivers have not been
known for years. The streams everywhere
have been overflowing, arid some damage is
reported, but the benefits greatly outbalance
them. The reports from the farming sections
are that the rain has generally benefited the
cotton, instead of injuring it, as was at first
feared that it would do. It has washed off the
eggs of the cotton worm,and only in certain lo-
calities the plant has grown to such great size
that it has shut out the sun from the lower
branches on which the bolls are somewhat af-
fected with the rot. The indications now are
that, owing to the increased acreage and the
prosperous condition of the plant, the crop of
west Texas will be at least fifty per cent, ih ex-
cess of any previous year. If this thing con
tinues for a few years a cotton exchange will
be one of the coming institutions of this city.
The rains have made grass the finest it has
been for years, and stock of every description
lr. Mn'lin. V, M.      . _ 
"Washington,
gulf •states are:
Indications.
August 20.—Indications for the
Stationary or lower barometer,
nearly stationary temperature, winds mostly east
to south, and partly cloudy weather.
[Observations taken at 1.49 p. m.. Aug. 20.]
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The rainfall i3 for tne past 8 hours only.
In rain column — denotes less than .01 of an inch.
Change in barometer in last eicrht hours—Gal-
veston. .00 fall; Corsicana, .09 fall; Indianola .07
fall.
Change of thermometer in last twenty-four hours.
Galveston, ....; C'orsicana ; Indianola, 1
fall: San Antonio, 1 rise; Denison, 1 fall; Eagle
Pass, 4 fall; Griffin, 2 fall; Mason, ; Sill, ....
International and Great Northern R. B
Daily. Thro" Tim* Ca*i>. Dailt.
Laavs 11.00 a.
u.
Galveston.
5.00 A. u.
Arrive
1.46 P.
M.
Houatoa.
1.59 a. a.
9.45 A.
U.
Austin.
3.45 a. u.
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Arrive 110 p.
u.
Hearne.
10.43 p. a.
9.36 p.
u.
Padestiae.
5.11 p. M.
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7.36 a.
H.
Tezarkana.
7.30 a. a.
Leave.
2.85 P.
u.
Little Rock.
1.29 a. a.
-• 11.90 p.
a.
Mesa phis.
4.89 p. a.
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6 65 a.
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SI. Louis.
9.09 a. a.
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8.00 p.
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Chieace.
8.30 p. a.
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5.50 p.
M.
Cincinnati.
6.50 p. a.
9.39 P.
M.
New Terk.
5.55 p. a.
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THE CITY.
local Travel.
Fifty-eight passengers left via the G., C. and
S. F. railroad for points on the G., H. and S.
A., H. and T. C. and I. and G. N. railroads.
Heavy Dntiei*
The import duties on the cargo of railroad
iron brought bv the steamship Cosmo, from
Cardiff, amount*to the snug little sum of $25,-
059 80.
At Work on Broadway.
Officer James Ravey had his brigade out on
cast Broadway, yesterdav, cutting the grass,
which had begun to get aalittle too luxuriant
on the esplanade.
Enjoyable.
A very enjoyable party was given last night
at the residence of Mrs. J. B. Banks, corner of
avenue A and Tenth street, in honor of Miss
L. Wlikens, of Brenham. by her young friends
oi this city.
An Old Sailor's VoyagM.
The New York Herald has been furnished
with the yarn of an old salt, who may be re-
membered by some old Galvestonians—Capt.
Neynaber—who came on one of the first Ger-
man vessels that ever visited this port. Capt.
H. A. F. Neynaber has completed his one
hundredth round voyage across the Atlantic in
the service of the North German Lloyd com-
pany. He was born in Barsinghausen, Han-
over, in 1822. His first sea voyage was made
in 183S from Bremen, on the Bremen bark Re-
public. At the end of the year 1844 he entered
the United States navy as seaman, having
been induced to do so by the impending war
with Mexico. In February, 1845, he was or-
dered to join the United States corvette St.
Marys, and sailed with her to the gulf of
Mexico. He assisted at the landing of the first
United States troops under Gen. Taylor. He
was in Texas, on the Rio Grande," and was
present at the ceremony of the hoisting of the
United States flag in Galveston. He took part
in 1846 oh the attack on Tampico. and in 1847
in the bombardment of Vera Cruz. After the
war he returned to Bremen, entered the
German navy as an officer. The vessel on
which he was making the passage to Bremen
from Baltimore was taken in the Ger-
man ocean by the Danes, in the Danish-Ger-
man war, but he was landed on the Elbe
lightship on giving the assurance that he was
only a passenger, and he at once hastened to
Germany. Op May 14, 1849, he received his
commission as ensign in the German navy,
and was ordered to the frigate Barbarossa.
He participated in the fight at Heligoland, in
which the Danish corvette Walkyren was
badly damaged. He resigned his position in
the navy July S, 1851, and returned to the
mercantile service, serving in Bremen vessels
as mate. In 1852 two of the largest side-
wheel steamers belonging to the German
navy were sold by the government and bought
by the firm of W. A. Fritze & Co., of Bremen.
Nevnaber entered as chief officer on one of
these vessels, the Hansa, in April, 1853, and in
1854 be was given command of the Germania.
He made several voyages between Bremen and
New York with the Germania, until both
vessels were chartered by the British govern-
ment in March, 1855, as transports to the
Crimea. In May, 1858, Neynaber took com-
mand of a sailing vessel for the above named
firm, and sailed until the end of the year 1865
between Trinidad de Cuba, North America
and Germany. On the first of January, 1866,
he entered the service of the North-German
Lloyd as captain of the Bremen, and has since
commanded the Deutschland, Donau and
MoseL ^
THE COURTS.
District Gonrt.
Leon & H. Blum vs. J. M. Ball & Bro. Suit on
note. Judgment for $1239 35, to bear interest at
the rate of 12 per cent, per annum and costs of
suit.
Recorder's Court.
Tom McAvoy and Ed. Kennedy. Dismissed as
to Kennedy. McAvoy fined $10 or ten days in
prison.
John Campora, disorderly conduct. Campora
being of unsound mind, he is transferred to Hon.
W. H. Williams, county judge, for examination.
Ed. Rigney, assaulting and striking F. Wiehlep.
Continued until August 21. ,
Jas. McMullen, drunk and disorderly. Fined $5
and costs or five days in prison.
schools have you in Texas, is a dead-beat, and we
don't want him here.
If the o. a. had prompted Billy he couldn't have
done better.
Billy was particularly felicitous in his remarks
about the influence of the Texas press, which he
expected to be sat down on by the o. a.
He was down on progress, and in favor of old
fogies.
In fact, the major pulled the Roberts boat as far
up stream as he could, and then got out and blow-
ed. the perspiration trickling down his face and
running out his boot-tops, lie goes to Seguin to
recuperate.
Poor McLeary, he had to indorse Roberfs. but af-
ter doing it he apologized to the audience the best
way he could. Like old dog Tray, McL. feele
ashamed of his company in presence of a San An
tonio audience. Mac, you know, is a natural born
orator.
When we left, the unfortunate Miller was smiling
his sickly smile over the American tta? and making
melancholy sounds that died away upon the night
air like a wail over a lost cause.
The question of ratification was not put to the
crowd, which was wise, as it would have been voted
down; therefore, there was no ratification.
Tlie Florence Nightingale of tlie Nur-
sery.
The following is an extract from a letter written
to the German Reformed Messenger, at Chambers-
burgh, Penn.:
A BENEFACTRESS.
Just open the door for her. and Mrs. Winslow will
prove the American Florence Nightingale of the
Nursery, Of this we are so sure, that we will teach
our "Susy" to say, "A blessing on Mrs. Winslow
for helping her to survive and escape to griping,
colicking, and teething siege. MRS. WINSL.OW S
SOOTHING SYRUP relieves the child from prin,
and cures dysentery and diarrhoea. It softens the
gums, reduces inflammation, cures wind colic, and
carries the infant safely through the teething pe-
riod. It performs precisely what it professes to
perform, everv part of it—nothing less. We hare
never seen 3^rs. Winslow—know her only through
the preparation of her '* Soothing Syrup for Chil-
dren Teething." If we had the power we would
make her, as she is, a physical saviour to the infant
race. Sold by all druggists. 25 cents a bottle.
New Iberia Salt Works.
These important works, it is understood, are
now being pressed for all they are worth, and
will soon take leading rank among southern
productive industries. Under control of the
American Salt Company, an organization of
unlimited capital, (Gustave Ranger president)
the salt mines at New Iberia are being rapidly
developed. New and powerful machinery has
been placed in the works for mining and
crushing purposes, and labor is being imported
from Wales to work the mines. The fruit of
this industry will be felt throughout the
south, as this New Iberia salt may shortly be
expected to largely take the place of the im-
ported article, adding, consequently, to the
wealth of the people. Mr. Samson Heiden-
heimer, of Heidenheiraer Bros., of this
city, while recently in New York,
arranged with the American Salt Com-
pany for handling their salt throughout the
state of Texas. The company could not have
placed the trust in more capable or competent
hands.
Purest sirups, soda and the best mineral
waters, ice cold, at Schott's drug store.
The Grand Central Hotel, 671 Broadway,
New York, has been almost transformed in the
able hands of its new proprietors, Messrs.
Keefer, McKinnie & Co. Every department
of this immense hotel has been overhauled, the
character of the table made second to none.
Being so centrally located makes it the most
desirable hotel to stop at, and the reputation of
its proprietors as original managers of that
famous Manhattan Beach hotel is a guarantee
that it will be conducted to the satisfaction of
its patrons.
That charming vocalist, Emma Abbot, the
fair Lotta, and the captivating Alice Oates use
Pozzoni's Medicated Complexion Powder.
is rolling fat. With no more rain the winter
feed is assured.
political.
Polly Ticks" has ruled this town for the
past few days. First came the political circus
in Krisch hall, on July 31, where the old and
young democracy locked horns and made a
nice little fight, which afforded much amuse
ment to the " lookers-on in Venice." The old
political autocrats stood aghast with astonish
ment at the temerity of the young upstarts
who dared to question their authority and
rebel against their tyranny. The old guard
won through superior generalship and the
weakening of some of the rebels, but they were
badly frightened, and fear the growing popu-
larity of the heresy of free-schools, welcome to
immigrants, religious toleration, and all other
'4dangerous" tenets of the "young democra-
cy." Their failing to instruct for the old alcalde
showed their feeling of uneasiness, and having
a bare majority ot three votes, they took the
equivocal plan of putting a large majority of
Roberts men on the delegation, and instruct-
ing it to vote as a unit, a time-honored cus-
tom for Bexar county—thus, in a cowardly
manner, tying the hands of the minority.
This is the history of the county convention.
Our delegation at Dallas worked" hard for the
o. a., ami had the satisfaction of seeing him
triumphantly nominated, but they had to con
cede to the "hopeless but respectable
minority " the truth of the heretical" princi-
ples they had been advocating, and incorpor-
ated just enough of them to mislead the people
as to their real sentiments. Your correspon-
dent has heard some of the most prominent
an<jl zealous of Roberts's friends say that the
only thing that they did not like in him was
fcis weakening in his opposition to free schools.
W hat honest and intelligent man believes that if
many of the old alcalde's mo»t prominent sup-
porters be:ieved their leader to be sincere in
lis late conversion to the free school doctrine
and not a time-server, that they would not
.support him? It is a gratification for the
young democracy of Texas to know that, al
though they could not get their man. they
made their opponents adopt their principles,
and that the day of triumph for the men who
are honest in the advocacy of those principles
is near at hand. The coming term will expo>e
the hypocrisy of the men who sail under fal&e
colors.
So much for state politics. Yesterday the
congressional convention met and nominated
the Hon. C. Upson for re-election. On its sur-
face it appeared a very decorous and harmo
nious affair, but to the practical oye of the
professional pol.tician there was discovered an
undertow that senouslythreatened its harmony.
There were only two counties kuuwn to be
instructed against Upson—Gonzales for Miller
and Caldwell for Stephen F. Darden—and it
was generally thought that the nomination of
Upson would bo by acclamation, but in the
morning the floater convention nominated Col.
N. O. Green. This did not please the delegates
from Comal county. By courtesy Cornal has
had the member for some ten or twelve years
in succe^ion, but this time Bexar county
wanted it, and took it, as it coald have done
every time. The Comal delegates joined the
opposition and DeWitt county was brought in,
which gave Darden, who had not been men-
tioned in open convention, fifty-one votes. It
was evidently the object of the schemers to get
seventy-six or more votes, which would
have locked the convention, and then
a dark horse would have been in
demand. Their little scheme failed, to the sat-
isfaction of all men who wish a representative
full of life and energy, and who recognized the
fact that the world moves forward and not
backward. The sixth congressional district is
all right for the next two years.
County politics have not yet taken definite
shape, but are working themselves about so
that the wise men claim that they can "call
the turn." Although there is no lack of aspi-
rants, yet the prevailing opinion is that
not many changes will be made in the demo-
cratic nominations, who, at the present time,
have control of the county. The nomination
of the o. a., who has many democratic oppo-
nents here who refuse to eat crow, will, no
doubt, embolden the opposition to the county
ticket put forth by the democracy to hazard
one of their own, and, ;taking the years gone
by as a criterion, they will probably succeed
in putting some of their men in office. The
democracy can not afford a split in their
ranks, and the state ticket has caused one that
will tax the utmost abiiity of our politicians to
heal. Haxs Micklje.
How it Strikes a'Strangcr.
LTo the News.l
Galveston, August 20.—Before coming here
I was given to understand that I was coming
to a piscatorial paradise where I could sit down
on the wharf all da
sary for a well arranged cotton factory. This
building will contain 85 large windows. There
is a street 50 feet wide, and then the wool fac-
tory. This building will be on the same plan
of the cotton factory, differing a little in size,
it being 200x45. Another street of 50 feet, and
then tho furniture and wagon-shop. This
building is the same size of the wool factory,
200x45, but its construction being suited to the
manufacture of furniture and wagons. This
completes the first row of buildings, which
commences 100 feet from the prison, with a
street of fifty feet between them and the wall.
CONCIIO.
Concho was the only organized county not
represented in the democratic state conven-
tion.
falls.
A few days ago a little ten year old daugh-
ter of Mr. Heron^ is. Falls county, took a dose
of strychnine for quiniho, and died from the
effects.
fort hend.
W. M. Burton, colored, has been nominated
for re-election to the state senate in the Fort
Bend county district.
FANNIN.
Oscar, the 12-year old son of R. M. Jones, of
Bonham, was whittling out a little wagon
with a pocket-knife, when the knife slipped
and penetrated his thigh, cutting an artery,
from which he would have bled to death in a
few minutes but for prompt surgical atten-
tion.
fayette.
Taxable property in the county for 1880:
Railroads and telegraph, $306,392; 455,809 acres
of Jand, $2,531,Too ; value of city proper-
ty, $446,782; 2029 vehicles, $9S,4S9; tools
and machinerv. etc.. $72,115; 11,502 horses and
mules, $267,471; 32,S71 cattle, $168,445 ; 63
jacks and jennets, $2565 ; 6501 sheep, $12,972,
103 goats, $108; 14,629 hogs. $29,298; merchan-
dise, $300,326; money on hand, $424,821; mis-
cellaneous, $106,139. Non-resident roll—Land,
$226,210; city property, $27,177; 58 horses val-
ued at $1350; 138 cattle, $730: miscellaneous,
$11,268; total, $4,727,901.
jasper.
News-Bov: Cattle are fat—beef good....
New corn in market The logging business
seems to be a little dull on the Neches and An-
gelina rivers. Mr. G. W. Norswortby has
a out 1500 sticks of pine in the water at his log
rancho, on the Aisbe bayou. The recent con-
t nued rains have kept the ground too soft for
hauling, and has retarded the timber business
c msiaerably... Bevilport boasts of brisk busi-
ness, good crops and a recent run of 2000 sticks
o? pine timber, by Mr. J. G. Smith, who has
gone to Beaumont, and intends visiting Gal
veston before returning home.
morris.
Rev. E. M. Sweet, late of Jasper, is at
Daingerfield, in Morris county, where he takes
the presidency of the northeast Texas confer
ence high school.
m'lennan.
Waco Examiner: Eight bales of new cotton
yesterday. It brought from 9c to 9Vgc Corn
is selling ia Waco at 25c per bushel .. .Whoop
ing cough prevails in and around Canton 
Too much rain has destroyed the fodder crop
in portions of the county A protracted
meeting will commence to-morrow night at
Oak Grove, five miles from Wills point.
newton.
News-Boy: Mrs. Nations, wife of Mr. Jesse
B. Nations, near Burkeville, Newton county,
died recently The darkies of Newton coun-
ty held what they call a college meeting, near
Burkeville, last Saturday, and combined their
capital to the tune of $5o0. They intend build
ing a college The baptists are to have a
grand old meeting at Stringtown, Newton
county. Parties are expected to attend from
Montgomery county to Red river, and what is
to be will be The baptist meeting is in pro-
gress at Burkeville. Elder J. Rountree, of
Hemphill, assisted by elder Burton, and proba
bly by elder Joseph Mitchell, of Orange, con-
duct the meeting.
palo pinto.
Sore eyes are prevailing in some portions of
Palo Pinto county Palo Pinto county wants
cotton-pickers, and can give work to at least
five hundred There is more sickness in the
town and county of Palo Pinto now than has
been there before in some months Precinct
No. 1 of Palo Pinto county has petitioned for
an eleciion on local option.
smith.
Capt. Willis, of Troup,is the greenback nomi-
nee for the legislature in Smith county.
shackelford.
Joe Howell, alias Ed. Forrest, charged with
the murder of C. W. Abel at Fort Griffin, on
the night of June 30, has been denied bail.
stephens.
There will be a grand democratic barbecue
at Breckenridge, on the 24th of September,
when distinguished speakers from all over the
state are expected to be present Fine crops
in this county—beef cattle fat. and everything
lovely. Business good. Our county is almost
solid for Roberts for governor.
van zandt.
The boll worms are at work, but cotton-pick-
ing is going bravely on Last Sunday night
a revival meeting closed at Wesley chapel, in
Van Zandt county, at which sixty persons pro-
fessed religion, forty of whom joined the
methodist church They have had a tourna
ment on Woodhouse prairie, in Van Zandt
county. It came off last Saturday. As soon
as it was announced that there was to be
tournament the price of cotton velvet and
brass tinsel went up in Van Zandt county. The
knight of the blue raven was promiscuous, only
he took few rings.
WILLIAMSON.
Georgetown Record: Hon. G. W. Jones an
nounces that he will speak in Georgetown on
the 6th of October, and at Florence on the 7th.
He invites Hon. Seth Shepard to meet him.
STANDS TO-DAY WITHOUT A RIVAL IN THE WORLD.
For the cure of all kinds of Ague and Chills it has 
no equal; having stood the test of universal us< for thirty years in the most malarial,districts.
It never fails to cure, not merely removing for a time the symptoms, but eradicating the cause of
the disease, thereby making a permanent cure. fRICE ONLY 75 CENTS.
Manafaotnved by The I>r. VYnrter TWedlef ne Co., *fo. 21S !f. 5Ialn Street. St. Loafs.
Rev. F. Hackestftbr, Supt. German Protestant Orphans' Home. St Charles Rock Road, St. Louis
wruing: April 30th, 18/says; ' Dr. Hartei's Fever and Ague Specific is a positive cure for
Chills and Fever; has never failed with us."
Mr.Jvo. C. Weleorn of Key*port, 111., savs- "I cured a little girl of Ague of three years*
Btauding, with Dr. Hartc?s Fever and Ague Specif c, after the best physicians failed to benfit her."
, I*r- YOTTXttftT/)OD of Little York. Mo., says: "I have used Dr. Ilartei's Fever and Ague Specific
In my practice, and can heartily recommend it to the public."
HOUSTON HAPPENINGS.
A real need.
Houston, August 20.—This place is no doubt
on the highway to prosperity commercially
speaking, and it is no doubt equally
on the ^highroad to the acme of fil-
thiness from a sanitarian standpoint,
if such a position can be observed. True
enough, there are fifteen or twenty men potter-
ing away somewhere in the third ward, dig-
ging trenches which are miscalled gutters, and
n which water*stands from one rainfall to an-
other. In fact, so little difference can be per-
ceived between the new hollowed-out places
and the old grass-grown-over ones, that, bar-
ring tho charming grace and general air of
tidiness which a clean-cut ditch always gives to
that portion of nature 'gainst which it borders,
the miasma-burdened people would nearly
as soon be cursed with the old as blessed wit h
the new. People have been declaring: "Oh,
yes, the town is as healthy as it generally is in
the summer." This is not true, and tho medi
cos are now forced either to be silent, or ad-
mit, however reluctantly, that a good deal of
malarial sickness exists. And the great won-
der is that with tho air impregnated as it is
with well-nigh a thousard poisonous vapors,
constantly i-suing from the earth, there is not
ten fold more calls for tho doctor than there
are. The ground is fairy rotten.
Twenty out of twenty-five gutters
the residence part of town are
literally choked with weeds and grass and
filled with pools of stagnant water. Even in
the cases where they have been dug out the
mud, trash, etc., have been loosely thrown to
one side without disinfection and allowed to
give forth their poisonous properties at the
ready beck of the heating sunrays. Whether
any improvement will be made remains to be
seen. If nothing is done before the summer
roes by doctors' bills in abundance will have to
3e paid, and six feet holes in tho ground will
be uncomfortably plentiful. j
he stands pat.
The Telegram, this morning, takes your
correspondent to task for asserting that the
local railroad officials here knew nothing of
the troubles charged to have arisen between
the G., H. and H. and the G., C. and S. F., re-
lative to the taking of cars from the yard of
the former by employes of the latter, and for
his saying that if such a thing occurred it
must have been elsewhere than here.
This morning Capt. J. S. Sherwood,
master of transportation of the Ga,
H. and H., was in the city, and your
correspondent proceed-d at < ncs to in-
terview him. Capt. S. stated that the taking
of the cars occurred in Galveston, and not
here, as the Telegram's article stated. So the
report in the Happenings is good enough for
the Houston reporter to stand pat upon. In
this same connection the captain asked that a
correction be made of a paragraph in a letter
from Galveston to the Post In this city, where-
in the charge was made that a drunken en-
gineer on the G., H. and H. had on Sunday
morning backed his engine into a passenger
coach and damaged it. He says the injury was
caused by an ignorant negro fireman on the
dummy engine, and that no one in the employ
of the G., H. and H. had ought to do with it.
brevities.
Conductor Jack Kingsley, of tho Gulf,
Colorado and Santa Fe railway, yester-
day brought up fifty cars of freight, and re-
turning, took down twenty-nine cars and two
new engines for that road. His yesterday's
train was composed of thirty cars of freight.
Six more new engines are expected daily for
the line.
Hon. E. R. Lane, of Goliad, was in the city
to-day, on his way home from the Dallas con-
vention.
John Valentino, for violating the Sunday
law by selling liquors between 9 a.m. and 4 p. |
m. last Sunday, was fined $10 and costs in
mayor Baker's court this morning.
Justice Sherwin has had no cases for two
days past.
Messrs. O. H. Dorrance, formerly of the
Santa Fe. and J. R. Merryfield, of the O. and
M., were in town to-day.
Mr. E. W. Sewalt went out on the I. and G.
N. this afternoon.
Two hundred and ninety-three bales of cot-
ton—183 for Galveston and 110 for Houston.
One car of cattle from Weimar, two cars from
New Philadelphia, and eight from Randon, all
to New Orleans, were the Sunset shipments to-
day.
The wreck on the Texas Western Narrow
Gauge has been fully repaired, and trains are
once more running on time.
The man Van Dyne, of whose illness and
destitution I wrote you yesterday, died this
morning.
The funeral of Mr. Henry Gohlflian took
place this morning.
Collector N. T. Davis has received a large
number of certificates of redemption from the
collector, and now awaits the calls of their
owners for them.
The News branch office is complimented by
regular receipt of the following papers: Dallas
Daily Herala, Castroville Quill, Flatonia Ar-
gus and Navasota Tablet.
Private dispatches received here confirm the
reports of the ravages by the boll worm around
Dallas.
Mr. C. H. Bering, of this city, with a force
of twenty-five carpenters, is at Orange, work-
ing on the new T. and N. O. buildings, which
are being hurried to completion as rapidly as
possible.
The H. and T. C. receipts of cotton to-day
were 200 bales; 57 for Galveston, 42 for New
Orleans and 101 for Houston.
Tho gap on the Louisiana Western this morn-
ing was three miles and a half. The first
through train, it is said, -viH positively go over
the line on the first of September.
THERM ALINE
The only 25 cent
ACUE REMEDY
IBT THE WOStliD.
MS, IS, CUSS.
T.VRMSHES, ALL E«'ES.
ML PIPER k WINDOW SHADES
REABY-31IXED FAINTS.
DEVOE'S
THE VERY BEST nTKnCTICIDE.
RICH tc Bll'L'-RB,
T7 Trjmont St.. GALYE8TOS.
17J Cum and nevor Siuppolita
» vorld't great Fua-RelUrw
SC&a uil Qeasi. Clioap, quid:
I reliable.
PITCHER'S CASTORIAisnot
Narcotic. Children prow fat
upon, Mothers like, and Physi-
cians recommend CASTORIA.
It regulates the Bowels, curea
Wind Colic, allays Fcverishness,
and destroys Worms.
CiLTESTOS.
IS
CURES:
Bii/iousnesk,
lyDlGESTIOX
costivexh89,
Sleeplessness
Torpid liver.
Jaundice.
Diabetes.
J. & C. HAGl lRE'S
Cundmraniro.
Flas cured me of Dyspep-
sia, which 1 havo had for
twenty years; also of a
severe attack of Liver
Cough, E.D.EATON,
410 X. 5th St., St. Louis.
J. A C. MAGI IRE'S
CunduranRo cured me ot
liver com plaint of eleven
yeRrs standing.
JOHN T1MONY,
Polk St., Cnicago.
CONFECTIONER Y.
PRIZE BOXES - - CHEWING
Having itioke roo^i since olr
removal, we are increasing our Manufacturing
Facilities, and intend irivme more attention our
CONFCTIOXERY DEPARTMENT. Our stock in
this line will be increased to an extent as justified
by the large drmand already upon us, and we in-
tend to keep pace with the "wants of our Trada^
Our stock consists in part of, vLt:
10.000 fr>s. A B and Hard GUM DROPS.
8.000 ** Almond CANDIES.
5.000 •* Chocolate CANDIES and CI.FAM3.
5.000 *• Assorted CARAMELS.
10.CK0 *• Assorted LOZENGES.
10,000 *• Assorted MIXED CANDIES,
and an endless variety of other Fancy Candies, too
numerous to mention. Our stock of Prize Boxe4
and Chewing Gums is very largre and complete, and
we offer them at prices that defy competition.
g. seei.igson «fc co.
w. l. moody.
e. s. jemiso*.
C. M. PEAK HE & CO.
Wholesale Grocers
asd
Liquor Dealers>
In Store and to Arrives
1,000 Sacks COFFEE.
300 Hogsheads SUGAR.
500 Barrels SUGAR, all prades, etc., eta#
300 Barrels SYRUPS and MOLASSES.
500 Packajz-es assorted TEAS.
100 Barrels RICE.
500 Cases assorted SOAPS.
50.o00 Pounds ROPE, all sizes.
3,000 Cases assorted CANNED GOODS.
300 Barrels WHISKY, favorite brands.
l.OOO Packages TOBACCO.
300.000 CIGARS, of our standard brands.
All of which we offer to the trade at bottom
figures. All orders will receive prompt attention,
and goods examined beforo-shipment.
C. M.PF.ARKEACO, Galrenton.
H. MARW1TZ & CO.,
SMp Chandlers,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS
347 w.
From one of the oldest
steamboat agents In tho
west:
ST. Louis, Nov. S, 1878.
Since I commenced
using J. A C. Maguire's
Cundurangoinmy fami-
ly in 1872, I have "had no
doctors' bills to pay.
R. F. SAS9.
From George A. Sweet,
Editor of the Texas
Journal or Commsrcb.
J. AC. Maguire's Cun-
dnranao squeezes tho
Liver Letter than Calo-
mel. Thousands for need
of such a Medicine sink
into Dyspeptic graves. It
should be at the com-
mand of the whole world
and would prove a last-
ing blessing to the hu-
man family.
GEORGE A. SWEET.
I From C. C. Gentry, a
20 years compositor ia
the Mo. Republican Of-
fice, St. Louis.
The healing virtue® of
J. A C. Maguire's Cundu-
rango are truly wonder-
ful. Feeling broken-
down and miserable
from liver derangement,
one bottle of Cunduran-
go restored me to perfect
health.
C. O. GENTRY.
From C. W. Couldock,
the distinguished actor.
A few doses of J. «fc C.
Maguire's Cundurango
made a new man of me.
C. W. COULDOCK.
rS" STORE:
500 bbls. EXTRA PACKET BEEF.
250 y2 bbls. EXTRA PACKET BEEF.
75 bbls. FULTON MARKET BEEB\
75 Hbbls. FULTON MARKET BEEF.
75 kegs FULTON MARKET BEEF (50 !bs. each.)
100 bbls. MESS and FAMILY MES3 PORK.
A complete assortment of
MANILA, HfeMP, SISAL and WIRE ROPE, an<J
COTTON DUCK.
TO ARRIVE :
Per Schooner Zenobia,
50 bbls. PINE TAR. 100 ^ bbls. PINE TAR.
50 bbls. PITCH.
To correct all abnormal action and restore
the liver to its healttiy work, jndiciou.-ly use
Hamburg Erops, the best liver regulator in
the world.
Sale
ALL DRUGGISTS
Wood Medicine Co.
«<rC Sole Propria tors. nr^f
 8T.L0U1S.M0U>-
   gi»i.uuia. MU. ■
(jiticura
Hamilton Female College, Lexington,
Ky. Building lighted by gas, and warmed by
steam. Terms reasonable. Se« advertisement.
** Rough om Bats."
The thing desired found at last. Ask drug-
gists for Rough en Rata. It clears out rats,
mice, roaches, water-bugs, bed bugs, etc. 15c.
boxes. Galveston depot, Thompson, Sch.tt &
Co. [
" There iz no good substitute for wisdom,"
says Josh Billings, " but silence iz the best that
haz been discovered yet." So with Black-
well's Fragraxt Durham Bux.l Smoking
Tobaoco—it is the best that has been discover-
ed yet.
In old times, it was the custom of country
papers to put the word " Poetry " over spring
verses sent in for publication. [New Orleans
Picayune.] And they used to call the editor
of that department the Poets' Scorner. [Phila-
delphia Bulletin.  
An exchange says: "Thunder worship is
practiced by certain of the natives near tho
British settlements on the west coast of Africa."
In this country they worship lightning—that
, ana a few other brands.
RESOLVENT.
Cuticnra^ a Medicinal Jelley,
Cuticura Medicinal
Soaps,
Are the only known remedies that will permanent-
ly cure Humors of the Blood and St n Affections
of the Scalp with Loss of Hair, and La ver. Kidney
and Urinary Disorders caused by impure blood.
Cuticcra Resolvent is the greatest blood purifier
is, Jersey,
Press.
£Corry
ay and pull in junefish and
redfish enough to pay for my board and whis-
ky, that I should have fine fresh redfish for
my breakfast every morning, and that if I
went bathing in tbe gulf I would have to keep
my mouth shut if I did not wish to run the
risk of having a mullet or a flyingfish jumping
into it. Now, I have been here two weeks, sit-
ting often on the wharf without getting a bite,
except from a crab, which seemed to delight
in holding on to my hand, bathed in the gulf
every day without seeing a flyingfish, and
what is the greatest disappointment of ail, I
have waited patiently to see a nice piece of
fresh redfish served up to breakfast, but alas,
although this is Friday, I am told that we
shall have no fresh fish at all, even if I am a
catholic and ought to eat it on Friday. Now,
is there no remedy for this sort of thing? Can
a boarding-boss take five dollars a week from
a man and give him no fish on Friday or Sun-
day? Can the boarder not sue the boarding-
house for damages? I hear somebody got
damages from the News for publishing public
records. Is it not a far greater offense to take
five dollars from a man and give him no fish
in a town abounding in them and surrounded
with them? If it is contended that they are
too dear, why does not Galveston organize a
joint stock fish company and set every loafer
and bummer in the town to fishing tall fish are
down to two cents a pound, and every one can
bay a fish.2 Strahgkb.
WEATHER AND CROPS.
Jasper News-Boy: This year's cotton crop
is the best raised in the county since the war.
The same may be said of nearly all southeast
Texas —Mr. L. B. Clark, of Newton county,
says crops are very good on sandy lands, but
too much rain has injured the crops on black
lands; yet, above an average crop will be
made... .Mx. D. E. Dunlap, has lately travel-
ed over the counties of Hardin, Tyler, Polk,
Angelina and Jasper, and reports excellent
cr<ips. especially that of cotton, in every locali-
ty which he has visited except in the vicinity
of Moscow, where heavy rains have done some
damage. He says there was scarcely any talk
of caterpillars anywhere within the range of
his travels.
Henrietta Shield: Prof. Hopkins, of Wichita,
reports everything booming: in his section.
with fine crop prospects Those who question
the producing capaoity of Clay county should
tako a trip throughout the couuty and take a
peep at our promising cotton crop. In every
direction tho prospects appear flattering in the
extreme.
San Antonio Express: This season western
Texas will take rather a prominent position as
a cotton-producing country. We have been
visited, it is true, by too much rain, but cotton
was far advanced when the very wet weather
prevailed, and hence the damago is insignifi-
cant to what it would have been had the rains
come a few weeks earlier. Our reporter dur-
ing the past week has conversed with farmers
and prominent citizens in the counties of Atas-
cosa, Wilson, Medina, Kendall,^Kerr. and from
different parts of this county, Bexar, and the
informatiou received regarding the cotton crop
in these counties is most cheering, and parti-
cularly when placed in contrast with reports
which are being received from many other
portions of tbe state.
Flatonia Argus: The recent rains have dam-
aged the cotton crop considerably; many far-
mers say that their cotton is rotting in the
boll. It is to be hoped that it will cea^e for a
while, at least until the cotton that is open can
be picked. The indications at this time are fa-
vorable to a realization of such hopes. The
Colorado and streams of less magnitude have
been booming during the week,"but we have
heard of no damage being done to crops along
their banks.
» A Leadville, (Col.) dispatch to the Kansas
City Times, dated the loth inst. says:
The deputy sheriff of Buena Vista, M. J
Farnsworth, was shot and killed Friday night
by a man named Daniel Leinhan. Versions of
the affair, as gleaned from those present, are
somewhat contradictory. Leinhan keeps what
is known as the Kentucky Whisky Depot, in
Buena Vista. The saloon has noc borne the
best of reputation, and has long been the ren-
dezvous of a desperate element—thieves, gam-
blers and adventurers. About 11 o'clock, the
deputy sheriff and special officer Rath East-
man entered the place. Leinnan claims that
both were nnder the influence of liquor, and
at all events, a quarrel arose, in which? East^
man jumped to his feet, and started for the
saloon keeper. Leinhan rushed behind the
barr presumably for a weapon, and at this
Farnsworth drew his revolver and fired a shot
at him. The concussion of the shot instantly
extinguished the lamps, and in the darkness of
the night the fight took place. Leinhan had
reached his revolver and blindly fired six
shot3 in quick succession. Farnsworth fired
two, both shots flying wide of tbe mark, but
before he could again discharge his pistol a
bullet struck him squarely in the heart, and he
fell a bleeding corpse to the floor. Eastman
emptied his revolver, five shots in all, none of
them taking effect. One of Leinhan's bullets
struck him in the fleshy part of the shoulder,
inflicting a serious and painful wound. When
light was at last obtained Farnsworth was
found lying dead upon the floor, and
the body was carried to his home. Fa«ttman
was then taken In charge, and his
in medicine. It acts through the bowels, liver, kid-
neys and skin. It absorbed poisons that float in the
blood and purges them from the system. Ccti-
c"ra, a Medicinal Jelley, arrests external disease,
eats away lifeless flesh and skin, allays inflamma-
tion. itching and irritation, and heals. It is a
natural reprotkicer and beamifler of the Hair.
Cuticura. Soap cleanses, heals, sof-ens, whitena
and beautifies the skin. It. and the Cuticcra
Shaving Soap, the only medicinal shaving soap, are
prepared from Cuticura.
IMPETIGO AND ECZEMA
With Loss of Hnfr Cared by tlie
Cuticura Remedies.
Messrs. "Weeks & Potter—Gentlemen: It affords
me pleasure to send you the following report of a
lemarkable cure by your CuTiorirA Remedies For
two years the patient had suffered with Impetigo
on the face and scalp, and Eczema in its worst form
on the back and snouldera. For eighteen months
he was under medical treatment, sometimes better
and sometimes worse, but uever cured. As the
Impetigo increased in severity his hair beajan to
fall off rapidlv, and he was fearful that he would
lose it all. Eight months lie began the use of
the Cuticcra Remedies. a:»Jbv perseverance and
tho regular application of tb«Mm-*Jies he is now
not; only cured of every phase or tne disease, but
has a better head of hair tlian ever before I am
therefore enabled, by p'.'rsongl observation, to cer-
tify to the great ci:rative pr^p^rties of the Cuti-
cura Remedies jn the treatment of Skin and Scalp
diseases Trulr yours, H. F. HOWELL.
Sarnia, Canada, Oct. 14, l&il.
BRIGHT^DISEASE
Of tlie • Klndeyn Successfully Treated
with Cuticura Resolvent.
Messrs Wttsks St Potter—Gentlemen: In tho
year 1868 I was taken with a severe attack of Kid-
ney Disease, and entered Bellerue hospital for
treatment. Dr. Johnson pronounced my trouble
though constantly using some remedies. When I
began taking the Cuticura Resolvent my sym-
toms were severe pain in the back, great accumu-
lations of water, legs swollen and painful so that
I could scarcely walk, presenting every appearance
of dropsy. It may seem miraculous, but in ten
days' use of the Refolvekt all these distressing
symtoms disappeared, and in less than a month!
was completely cured. DANIEL McMAHON,
210 W. Eighth St., So. Boston, May 16, li7J.
TETTER
Treated by Half a Dozen Pliysiclaas
without Cure,
Messrs. "Weeks & Potter—Gentlemen: Mr.
Robert Stewart has been a great sufferer for years
with Tetter of a very aggravated form. He has
received treatment from half a dozen of the best
physicians in thi3 locality with but litt^j relief.
Sometime ago he began the use of the Cuticura
Remedies, which have helped him beyond expecta-
tion. Also relieved a rheumatic affection of the
hip, for which he is very thankful. There are
other cases in this town that can give similar testi-
monials. Respectfully yours,
W. V. BYARD, Druggists.
Sharon, Pa., June 10,1879.
CUTICURAllEMEDIES,
For Blood9 Shin and Scalp Humors,
Are prepared by Weeks & Potter, Chem-
ists and Druggists, 360 Washington street,
Boston; 21 Front street, Toronto, Ont.; and 8
Snow Hill, London, and are for sale by all drug-
gists. Price of Cuticura, small boxes. 50 cents;
large boxes, containing two and one-half times tho
quantity of small, $1. Resolvent, $1 per bottle.
Cuticura Medicinal Toilet Soap, 25 cents: Cuti-
cura Medicinal Shaving Soap, 15 cents per cake;
In bars for Barbers' use, 50 cents.
18 the best made.
We claim as follows;
Material, Pit, "Workmanship
AND DVRACILITT
EQI'AT/FD BT NO OTHER BRAND.
Every Garment TVarranted, Patent But"
ton Inside Sleeve* Epaulette Shoulder
Protector, and in Every Respect Fin-
ished to Kfeed Rain and Give Ease to
the Wearer. Experienced Capo Ann
Workmen OML1T are Employed In tne
Manufacture of tlie UanJaattan OU
Clothlne.
P. J. WILLIS & BR0.
GALVESTON,
sole AND EXCLUSIVE AGENTS for texa*
NEW GOODS!
We beg to inform our customers and the trad<
generally that
Our ISTew Goods
Are now arriving, and we shall con«
tinue to receive
Fresh Goods
By every Steamer.
our stock purchased
Is unusually large, and c irefully selected
by our air. R. in person.
Merchants visiting the city are particularly r®
quested to call and
INSPECT OUR STOCK.
T. RATTO & CO.,
Wholesale Confectioners,
and Dealers in
Fancy Groceries, Tobacco, Cigars, Etc*
MOORE, mm k CO.,
"Wholesale Grocers
Liquor Dealers,
Have one of the Largest and most CompktU
Stocks of
GROCERIES
U tfca South, to WU& tho ittendoB of Biqranlf
holicited.
Orders Filled with Care at
168, 170, 172, 174 Strand.
MI79TOH.
CHICAGO SCALE CO.
300 Different Varieties of Best Quality.
COLLINS VOLTAIC PLASTERS
Instantly relieve Pain. Soreness and Weakness.
Tlie
Galveston News Bindery
Xa the
Most Complete Establishment
In the State.
6end for Estimates for Ruling and Binding.
2-Ton Wagon Seai.e*», $41); 3-"S"«n, $aO;
4-Ton, $60; including Beam Box.
^AA-lb BRASS COTTON BS.131 AND
i \Jy 7 FRAMZ, $-15. Used for 15 years by
■Weightmristers of the largest transfer depot® in
the world for inspecting provisions and products
of the soil, and pronounced the most convenient,
accurate and durable of any Scaies made. Im-
mense sales, low expenses, universal satisfaction
the reason for I<ow Prices, which the com-
bined capital of old monopolies can not change.
Full Price List Free. Wholesale and Retail Orders
promptly filled by MITCHELL &. SCRUG0&,
" General Agents, Dallas. Texas.
SEWIIG TIA( HINES.
THE GENUINE IIYIPOKTKD SINGER
Sewing Machine, with new style of stand and
castors in lesrs, at greatly reduced price. Written
warranty with each machine from the company fotf
3 years. Dealers wanted in every place in Tt»xae.
Also General Agents for tlie White and Crown Ma-
c-nines for Southern and Central Texas, which aro
some of ' he most popular machines ever placed on
the market. Wholesale dealers in Oil, Attach-
ments, Parts and Needles. Send for circulars.
OTIS SMITH & CO.. 72 Main street, Houston.
Houston— Cotton.
Those icho shipped me the past sect
son will testify that I have saved
them money and given general satis'
faction, both in classification and
prices. Greater facilities this season
for storing and shipping Cotton, will
enable me to serve my customers with
still better results. Your shipments
will have my best personal attention
and prompt returns.
Great Southwestern and Pioneer
Vertical Cane Mills,
Gold Basis Horizontal Mills,
(Capacity equal to Upright Mills of double the
weight and price.)
Cook's Evaporators, Improved.
(Solid bottoms, no soldered seams over the fire.)
MANNY & CO., Manufacturers,
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.
Circulars and Colored Posters, Free.
Blank Books
Of every Quality and Description
made to an* pattern
At the News Bindery.
WITHIN THE REACH OP JlI.L—ox*
Dollar for six months. Delay not. Keep
, posted as to the marks**. Full and accurate r»-
i ptnc In each issue of the Wkxxlt Xiyb,
GROCERIES.
The very rapid increase of my sales
for the past two years (doubling in
amount each year) is the best evidence
that this is really the foremost dis-
tributing market for Groceries in
Texas. Such a satisfactory result, in
the face of the sharpest competition,
from strong and influential rival
markets, is certainly a guarantee that
I am able to offer very positive ad
vantages.
WM. D. CLEVELAND,
Cotton Factor and Wholesale Grocert
jiouston:
I'LLMAl, LEWIS k CO.,
wholesale grocers,
Cotton Factors,
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS/
Liquors, Cigars andTobacco,
KENNEDY BUILDING,
IIO 1ST ON TEXAS
We solicit consignments of
COTTON, WOOL AND HIDES*
which department is under the charge of Mr,
JAMES HOWIE, late with Oust. Heye <fc Co.
orders for grocerie3
promptly filled at lowest market rats*
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