The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 73, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 16, 1881 Page: 4 of 4
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CJjc<S(iIfaeston Htfas.
Thursday, Jnne 16, 1881.
Indications.
, Washington, June 15.—The indications for the
"West Gulf States are: Fair weather, winds mostly
southerly, stationary temperature and barometer.
[Observations taken at 1:49 p. m„ June 15.]
Locality. Bar. Ther.
Wind.
Raiu.
Weather.
Galveston 30.11 89
SE
9
.00
Hasy.
Corsicana. .. 30.08 97
S
12
.00
Clear.
Indianola 30.11 87
SE
16
.00
Fair.
Port Eads. .. 30.08 !H)
N
4
.00
Hazy.
San Antonio. 30.00 fla
SE
6
.00
Fair.
Brownsville.. 30.00 Hit
SE
10
.00
Fair.
Oonoho '>9.98 95
RE
16
.00
Clear.
Eagle Pass... 30.06 !W
SE
10
.00
Fair.
Rainfall for the past eight hours only.
The — indicates less than .01 of an inch rainfall.
Change of barometer iu the last eight hours:
Galveston, .01 rise; Corsicana. 0; Indianola, .02
rise; Port Eads, .02 fall; San Antonio. .0; Browns-
ville, .0; Concho, .0; Eagle Pass, .02 fall.
Change in thermometer during the past twenty-
four hours: Galveston, .0; Corsicana, 1 rise;
Jndianola. 1 rise: Port Kads, .0; San Antonio.
1 rise; Brownsville, 1 fall; Concho, .0; Eagle
Pass, 1 fall. _
International <V Great Northern K. It.
Daily. Thro'Timf. Card. Daily.
Leave
4.00 p.
11.
Galveston.
10.00 A. 11.
Arrive
6.00 P.
sr.
Galveston.
10.50 A. it.
9.15 p.
M.
Houston.
7.30 A. M.
a. 30 p.
M.
San Antonio.
2.00 p. M.
Arrive
7.05 p.
M.
. Austin.
8.55 A. M.
*"
1.00 A.
11.
Hearne.
2.J5 A. M.
fi.00 A.
M.
Palestine.
9.05 P. M.
1.00 A.
H.
Little Rock.
2.12 A. M.
Leave.
5.45 p.
M.
St. Louis.
9.00 A. M.
7.25 A.
M.
Chicago.
9.00 p. M.
7.00 A.
M.
Cincinnati.
7.20 p. M.
10.35 A.
X.
New York.
5.55 p. M.
THE CITY.
Trying the Alarm.
Chief Oldenberg cf the fire department was
out yesterday testing the fire alarm. Every
Ixjx now works to his perfect satisfaction, and
the alarm will soon be put into active service.
Almost an Accident.
A team attached to a large float ran away
yesterday morning on Avenue L, and ran into
a buggy in which was a young gentleman who
was thrown out and came Very near being
trodden upon by his horse. The buggy was
completely demolished, but the owner escaped
unhurt.
Marine Items.
The Mallory steamer Kio Grande, Captain
Pennington, crossed the bar and sailed for
New York yesterday morning. The steamer
Avtun (British) also crossed the bar and put to
sea, bound for New Orleans. The schooner
Jonathan May was towed out and put to sea;
also the schooner James E. Baylis.
All O. K.
Mr. Pat Shean, who has been elected by the
County Commissioners to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Mr. Hutchings as
constable of the second precinct, says that he has
consulted legal advisers and finds that in an
election of this kind he is not bound to live in
the precinct where he holds office.
Humored Drowning.
A rumor to the effect that a man employed
on the sloop No Name, which runs up to Wal-
lisville, had fallen overboard Tuesday night
and drowned on the passage to this port, was
current along Central Wharf and Elevator
Slip yesterday. A News reporter was unable
to trace the rumor to any reliable source, but
gives it for what it is worth.
The Calcasieu Fleet.
Business was never brisker between Galves-
ton and Lake Charles than it is at present.
Almost every day more or less schooners ar-
rive here from the latter port with cargoes of
lumber, shingles, bridge timber and railroad
material, and return generally well loaded
with provisions, machinery, etc. Three new
vessels for this trade are now being built at
Lake Charles, La., and will be ready for
launching pretty soon.
A Slight Difference.
A gentleman who visited the Pavilion and
beach, at the foot of Center street, on Sunday
evening, undertook to describe the scene he
beheld by the electric light to his ladylove in a
neighboring city, and spelt Pavilion with two
"l's." She wrote him back: " People who are
in the habit of going to the Pavilion on Sun-
day spell it with one '1' here, and do not fall
into the ' '11' until hereafter, where there is no
tise for an electric light."
marine movements yesterday.
The stermship Douro arrived from Middles-
borough, England, with 1700 tons of railroad
iron.
The Harlan came in from Morgan City and
went up to Clinton.
The steamship Ayton cleared for Port Eads,
in ballast.
The schooner James E. Baylis sailed for Pro-
gresso.
The schooner Jonathan May, which cleared
for Cedar Keys Tuesday, was still at New
Wharf at 6 o'clock last night, but expected to
sail during the night or early this morning.
Closing Exercises.
At the commencement exercises of the Gal-
veston Female Academy, of which Mrs. Julia
Goodwin is Principal, the following prizes
were awarded: First honor, Miss Charlotte
Dreyfus; second honor, divided between
Misses Mary Jones and Bettie Levy. The
prize for penmanship and deportment was
awarded to Miss Lottie "Ward, and the prize
for elocution to Master Willie Rogers. Miss
Minnie Fulton obtained the first honor in the
primary class. The Galveston Female Acad-
emy is one of the oldest institutions of learning
in the city, having just closed its eleventh ses-
sion.
The Concert.
The fifth of the series of Professor LSnden-
berg's concerts at the Pavilion was given
Tuesday evening, and was largely attended.
The programme embraced a number of selec-
tions from the best operas, which were admira-
bly rendered by Professor Lindenberg's orches-
tra, reinforced by Mr. H. Wilkens and Mr.
Lieberman. Miss Lizzie Miller sang with fine
effect cavatinas from Verdi's and Donizetti's
operas, and received enthusiastic encores. Mr.
I). W. Douglas gave a cornet solo, which was
highly appreciated, and altogether the pro-
gramme was admirably interpreted and the
music was greatly enjoyed. These concerts
are growing in interest, and the attendance
Increases with each concert.
A Libel Suit.
The libel case of ~VVm. H. Williams vs.
Wheeler & Rhodes and A. H. Belo & Co., pub-
lished of The Galveston News, was com-
menced in the District Court yesterday. The
case grew out of the publication of certain
articles published in The News some months
since, in relation to county school matters and
the then County Juda;e Williams. The plain-
tiff in this suit is represented by L. E. Treze-
vant, R. M. Franklin and A. R. Campbell.
For the defense, W. B. Denson and J. W. Harris
represent Wheeler & Rhodes, and Ballinger &
Mbtt represent A. H. Belo & Co. A consider-
able portion of the day was consumed in ob-
taining a jury and arranging- preliminaries,
and after the examination of two witnesses the
court took a recess until 10 o'clock this morn-
ing. t
Stray Notes.
Sanitary Inspector Kauffman reports the
sanitary condition of the city very good.
Officer Ravey's force was at work yesterday,
and for several days past, cleaning the grass
and weeds from the gutters.
Work on the artesian well is at a standstill.
It is probable that nothing more will be done
until after the meeting of the City Council on
Monday evening, when the contractor will ap-
ply for a modification of his contract to enable
him to commence sinking a six-inch pipe.
The various committees for soliciting sub-
scriptions to the Palmer-Sullivan railway en-
terprise are still at work, but very little was
seen of them about the business centers yes-
terday.
Yesterday was about the warmest day of the
season. There was a great deal of sun and not
much breeze.
DEEP WA.TXS.
A Talk With major manafield—What
is Retarding the Work Now—Some
Contracts lor Government Work.
A News reporter called on Major Mansfield
yesterday; to inquire how the harbor improve-
ments were getting along, and what progress is
being made toward securing deep water on the
bar.
"There is only one drawback," said Major
Mansfield, " and that is the scarcity of stone."
'' What is the cause of this scarcity ?" the re-
porter asked.
" It is the failure of the Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe Railroad to furnish the stone as fast
as we can use it. Ther road has a contract to
furnish us (1000 tons of stone at the rate of 3000
tons a month. We have now on hand not more
than enough to sink two mattresses, and then
we shall be compelled to stop and wait for
more stone."
"You were out of brush and cane a few days
ago, were you not?"
"We have had no trouble about brush.
There is a large supplv already in bundles
waiting on the bank, and we shall lose it if we
fail to obtain stone."
" Has the Santa Fe Road the exclusive con-
tract for furnishing stone for the jetties at this
port?"
"Yes; they own the quarries and work them
themselves. Their excuse for not furnishing
the stone more promptly is that they can not
get the men to work in the quarries.'
"Have you no other means of obtaining
stone?"
"None that I know of. I have advertised
extensively enough to have obtained proposi-
tions from other parties, if there are others
who could supply us."
"What is the distance covered by the mat-
tresses thus far? "
"Seven thousand feet."
" How long will it take you to complete the
distance to the outer edge of the bar?
" If we have the material for the construc-
tion of the ^lattresses, and the stone to sink
them, we ought to complete the south jetty
wall to the outer edge of the bar within three
months, and raise it to a height of five feet.
We put down six mattresses yesterday, and
we shall put down seven more to-day, and then
we shall be compelled to stop for want of
stone."
" Will the funds you have on hand be
sufficient to enable you to extend the south
wall beyond the bar ? "
"Yes; ample, I have not yet touched the
$250,000 appropriated by the last Congress, and
I can't use it unless I can get material to work
with. There is no trouble about getting all the
plant we want, and the only thing that holds us
back is the lack of stone. When I tell you that
we have put down 7000 feet mattresses in the last
few months, and that what we have done here-
tofore is mere play, you can guess how fast we
could work if we had everything needed at
hand. In good weather we ought to sink from
ten to twelve mattresses a day. If the stone
was supplied to us at the rate of 2000 tons a
month, as provided for in the contract with
the Santa Fe road, we could easily carry the
south jetty wall out beyond the bar
within the next three months and use up the
funds on hand. It would be folly to go before
Congress and ask for another appropriation
only to be told that we had not been able to
expend the amount we had on hand."
" After you have crossed the bar you ex-
pect some practical results from your work,
do you not?"
"There will certainly be deeper water on
the bar when the south jetty wall is com-
pleted. Deep water is within easy reach, and
it is with the Santa Fe Railroad Company to
furnish us the stone and secure it."
"You have recently awarded some contracts
for government work, have you not?"
"Yes; we have contracted with the Gulf,
Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company for
G000 tons of stone, with Shannon & Hyatt for
■1000 cords of brush and with Theodore K.
Thompson for 60,000 pounds of cordage for the
works here. In addition to these, we have
awarded other contracts as follows: To G. L.
Long, of Mobile, for improving the mouth of
Trinity river as far as Liberty for $75,000; to
Jos. E. Slaughter, of Cedar Keys, Fla., for
dredging ship channel at 13 7-10 cents a yard,
the contract amounting to $130,000. Also for
dredging the mouth of Sabine river for 37
cents a yard, amounting to about $5000. Capt.
Neyland was given the contract for removing
the snags from the Neches river for $7450."
THE
HOUSTON KEPOBTORIAL NOTES,
Galveston Female Seminary.
The commencement exercises of the Gal-
veston Female Seminary and Normal Institute,
at the Pavilion, last night, was very largely-
attended, the hall being filled almost to the
extent of its capacity. The programme of
exercises was varied and interesting, em-
bracing essays, recitations, music, calisthenics,
etc. There were* three members of
the graduating class. Miss Mary
Ann Shepherd read the valedictory, and
Miss Hettie Wells the salutatory. Miss Fannie
Hanscom read a well-written essay, which was
very much appreciated. Recitations were
given by Misses Nettie Hutches, Bessie Camp-
bell, Eleanor Beers and Louise Fowler, and the
Misses Lizzie Seaman, Ada Blagge and Alice
Campbell entertained the audience with music.
The address to the graduating class was deliv-
ered by Mr. S. Hanscom, and the diplomas
were awarded by him to the members of the
graduating class.
Miss M. A. Sheppard was awarded a medal
for merit and Miss Hettie Wells received
honorable mention.
For scholarship Miss Hettie Wells was given
the medal, and Misses Mary Ann Sheppard,
Lizzie Seaman, Ada Blagge and Lena Rosen-
field received honorable mention.
In the intermediate department Miss Ida
Liberman got the medal, and Misses Eva
Saddler, Valentine Liberman and Carry
Franklin honorable mention.
In the primary department Miss Agatha
Davis was ^warded a medal, and Misses E.
Landes, P. Wallace, E. Phelps, Tilly Lyons
and Hettie Douglass, honorable mention. For
deportment Miss Hennie Block received the
medal and Miss Fanny Hanscom honorable
mention. This medal was drawn for, as both
young ladies were perfect.
For good conduct, Miss E. Landes was
awarded a prize; for penmanship, Miss Bessie
Campbell was awarded the prize, and for
German Miss E. Beers received the medal and
Miss Hettie Wells honorable mention.
The School Election.
The vote cast on Monday on the school ques-
tion will be officially canvassed by the Board
of Aldermen at their regular meeting on Mon-
day night. Mayor Fisher says he would have
called a meeting for the jpirpose of canvassing
the vote, but his experience teaches him that
it is very difficult to get a quorum of the
Board at a called meeting, he having made un-
successful attempts to get the Board together
in special sessions. Properly, the returns
should be counted within five days after the
election is held, but according to the city char-
ter, failure to declare the vote within that
time does not invalidate the election.
Section 6, article 4 of the charter says:
After closing the polls the ballots shall by counted
in the manner required by law, and the returns,
including the ballots, shall be returned, sealed, to
the City Clerk within three days after the election,
and within five days from the election the City
Couaeil shall meet and canvass the same and de-
clare the result of the election, or, failing to meet
at the specified time, shall proceed to canvass said
returns at their next subsequent meeting.
Immediately after the announcement the
Mayor will issue his proclamation for an elec-
tion for school trustees, but it is not yet defi-
nitely decided whether the vote of the prop-
erty tax-payers on a tax levy for school pur
poses can be taken at the same time or not.
The Cedar*.
Officer Ravey informs The News that the
cedars planted some two years ago along the
beach to catch the sand and form a break-
water, have succeeded far beyond his most
sanguina expectations in accomplishing the
purpose for which they were planted. The
sand is piled up against the cedars nearly to
their tops, and the sand-wall increases in height
as the cedars grow. He says the experiment
has proved eminently successful.
A Steel Boiler.
The tugboat Ivy hauled alongside the British
barkentine Landseer, at Williams's wharf,
and unshipped her smoke-stack preparatory to
having her deck houses torn down and her old
boiler taken out, to make room for a new steel
boiler. She will have several additions made
to her houses, and the pilot house will have a
room put under it, something after the style of
the tug Cynthia.
IBE CO UJtTS.
District Court—Hon. W. H. Stewart, Judge.
9715. Arnold and Sligh vs. Frank R. and Susan
Dean. Verdict for defendant.
W. H, Williams vs. Wheeler & Rhodes and A. H.
Belo & Co. On trial.
Recorder's Court—Hon. A.M. Campbell..!took.
Ed. White, drunk and disorderly, continued until
June 18.
Benjamin Klein, tying horse on sidewalk, dis-
missed.
E. Johnson and Mary Campbell, disorderly con-
duct, continued to June 16.
Patrick Telan, drunk and disorderly; fined $3 or
ten days in prison.
ESgar .Johnston and G. T. Morris, fighting; John-
ston fined $5 and costs and Morris dismissed.
H, Hamilton, drunk and disorderly; fined $5 and
costs or ten days in prison.
Dick Farrish, drunk and unable; fined §1 or five
days in prison.
jo-. Rameros and Mary Gonzales, assaulting and
striking Francis Caroline; fined $1 each or five
days in prison.
International and Great Northern
Stage Line.
Four-horse Concord coaches, running in con-
nection with the International ana Great
Northern Railroad, leave San Antonio daily
(Sundays excepted) at 7 a. m.,' for Laredo and
way stations. The most direct route to
Monterey and City of Mexico.
J. W. Orr, Agent,
Menger Hotel, San Antonio.
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MATTERS BY KAIL.
The Cotton market.
Houston, June 15.—The cotton market closed
quiet; no sales. Quotations; Low ordi-
nary, 6J^c.; ordinary, 7%c.; good ordinary,
8^'c.; low middling, 9%c.; middling, 10%c.;
good middling, ll^c.
miscellaneous Notes.
Visited the Cotton Exchange and Board of
Trade: Major C. B. Garwood. Bastrop; John
Collett, Kansas City; Gus. Zander, Houston.
The following cases were disposed of in tjhS
Mayor's Court to-day:
Mandy Johnson, fighting; fined $3.
Littite Tullis, fighting; continued.
Jim Riess, disorderly conduct; fined $3.
Wm. Hamilton, disorderly conduct; fined $1.
Ester Hart, disorderly conduct; fined $1.
The Court-house yard is being cleaned up
and improved.
Simon Priester, Sr., an old resident of this
city, died at 12:30 a. m. to-day. The funeral
took place this afternoon from his late resi-
dence, corner Preston and Milam streets.
Mrs.|HarrietH. Wilson, relict of W. C.Wilson,
deceased, died here to-day. The funeral takes
place to-morrow morning at 9:30 from the
Presbyterian Church.
Captain B. McNeal, of the Grant Rifles,
quartermaster of the colored regiment of State
troops, is in town to-day arranging for Eman-
cipation day celebration.
Following were the stock shipments via the
Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Rail-
way yesterday: Two cars cattle, New Phila-
delphia to New Orleans; one car cattle, Har-
wood to New Orleans; four cars cattle, Ran-
dom to New Orleans.
There were 15,889 pounds of wool shipped
yesterday from San Antonio to New York and
Boston via the Sunset Route.
A skiopticon exhibition by Prof. R. A. An-
gell takes place at Shearn Methodist Church
on Friday night next.
The repairing of Long Bridge, on Preston
street, is about completed.
Senator Patton, of Lavaca county, spent
the day in the city.
Professor Cotton, who has been ill for some
time past, is reported considerably worse to-
day.
This evaning's Age contains the following:
About 2 o'clock this morning Esther Hartle,
a colored woman, came running down Travis,
from Prairie to Preston street, crying "mur-
der " at the top of her voice. Instantly men
began gathering rapidly around her to ascer-
tain the facts of the case, when she, seemingly
with the most painful effort, gasped, that a
negro, Bill Massey, had killed "Vic.," a
negress, living in a house on Louisiana, be-
tween Prairie street and Texas avenue.
The crowd at once rushed to the scene
of the bloody deed, but, on reaching it, found
the aforesaid Vic. sitting on the door-steps,
about two-thirds drunk, and swearing at the
departed Bill Massey, who had hastily fled,
about upsetting some household " truck." The
crowd was, manifestly, very much disappoint-
ed at the situation, and Deputy Marshal Glaus
vefy properly ordered the Ethiopian alarmist
to be locked up on charge of disturbing the
peace of the city, and the placid sleep of many
citizens who heard her screams resounding
through the streets.
It was reported yesterday evening that a
yellow woman named Laura Davis had
drowned herself in the bayou near the old
cotton mills. Some of her garments were dis-
covered on the bank, close to the water, and
she could not be found, and there was no way
of accounting for her absence except upon the
hypothesis that she was drowned. Search was
made for her body without avail. But this
morning she was found at home at her usual
work, and not looking in the least like a corpse
that had been fished up from the bayou.
Mr. Charles Gottscha lives in the cross tim-
bers five miles north of this city. Yesterday
morning, while he was away from home and
Mrs. Gottscha was engaged in her domestic
duties about the house, two negroes entered,
with six-shooters drawn, and demanded of
her all the money about the place.
Mrs. Gottscha did not give them any
money, but got out of the door and
ran for the nearest neighbor, Mr. Charles Kar-
cher, a half mile away. Getting assistance,
she returned home, but found the black ras-
cals had got hold of $30, all the money there
was in the house, and had decamped with it.
Mrs. Gottscha was badly scared, but she says
she would know the negroes again if she were
to see them, and it is tolerably evident that
they knew that the money was there; and just
where it was kept, and that Mr. Gottscha was
away from home.
Theory
Many a man thinks that it is his goodness
that keeps him from crime, when it is only his
full stomac. On half allowance, he would be
as ugly and knavish as anybody. Don't mis-
take potatoes for principles, or counterfeits
for blackwell's fragrant durham bull
smoking tobacco.
The Cheap Store's Bargains.
A beautiful line of parasols, at greatly re-
duced prices; cotton lawns, Union lawns and
linen lawns, cheaper than the cheapest. Gents'
furnishing goods at great bargains.
G. W. Nordholtz.
It can not be denied that Perry Davis's Pain-
killer, which has held the first place as a family
medicine for the past forty-one years, has relieved
more suffering, externally and internally, than any
other similar preparation. It should be kept in
every household.
Attention is directed to advertisement of
Hughes's Springs, which is reputed to be the
finest summer resort in the State. General
Waul and family and others of this city bear
testimony to this effect.
Personal.
Messrs. Chas. P. Reading and Alfred O.
Walthew leave this morning for San Antonio.
M. C. Hurley, Sherman; E. H. Church, Cor-
sicana; and E. L. Ranlett, New Orleans, are
registered at the Girardin.
W. L. Dennis, L. T. Noyes, Houston; R. E.
Douglas and wife and Mrs. T. F. Parrott, of
Paris; and C. B. Garwood, of Bastrop, are
registered at the Tremont.
Professor J. H. Hufford, and Master George
Deckert, who comes to enter St. Mary's Uni-
versity. arrived from Marshall yesterday.
Mr. T, Wright, connected with the harbor
improvements at this port, left last evening
for Brazoria to inspect the Government work
at that point.
Captain C. E. L. B. Davis, of' the United
States Engineer Corps, who has been for a
long while connected with the Government
harbor improvements here, will leave this
morning for Sabine Pass, to take charge of
the Government works there.
J. M. Northman and family departed last
evening for Waukesha.
Mrs. J. M. Brown and Miss Bettie Brown
left for New York yesterday.
4 Merman a. V. Pichard returned to the
city yesterday, after an absence of several
weeks.
Visited the Cotton Exchange: J. J. Levy,
Belton; W. W. Kilpatrick, Thornton; Frank
Ferris, Palestine;'R. B. Wegram, Jr., Houston;
R. E. Douglas, Paris, Texas; Wade Borden,
Tyler; Captain G. Haig, steamship Douro;
Captain George W. O'Brien. Beaumont; Mrs.
R. E. Douglas, Mrs. T. F. Parrott, Paris,
Texas.
Just Arrived:
All the latest styles of the New Braunfels
cassimeres, which I recommend for their dura-
bility and beautiful finish.
G. W. Nordholtz, Sole Agent.
That charming vocalist, Emma Abbott, the
fair Lotta, and the captivating Alice Oates use
Pozzoni's Medicated Complexion Powder.
Evidently a Man Who is " Wanted."
[To The News.]
La Grange, Texas, June 14, 15x31.—I have a
fi eedman in my jail that is wanted, I am fully
satisfied, somewhere, but I have been unable so
far to find where. If you like, you may insert
the following description, viz.: Frank Jack-
son, alias Frank Palmer, alias Andrew Jack-
son, alias Andrew Palmer, five feet,
eight or nine inches high, dark ginger-
^cake color, flat nose, walks with his toes
turned out, has a large scar on left side caused
by a knife, weighs about 180 pounds. From a
prisoner I learn that he is a county convict
in Milam county. He left Hearne with his
wife (so the prisoner informs me) and she has
never been heard of since. If any sheriff
wants a photograph of him I will send same to
him. He seems restless and his actions give
him away. N. C. RlVES,
Sheriff of Fayette County.
There are other circumstances that induce
me to believe that he is a murderer. As the
prisoner says, he will not talk in the presence
of any other prisoners. When I examined him
and found the scar, he became very excited
and trembled. Rives.
Roman Catholicism and the
of Development.
LTo The News.!
My attention was called this evening to the
discourse of Rev. J. J. Clemens, of Houston,
as published in The News of June 14. It ap
pears that the Reverend gentleman is not
pleased with the new Protestant revision of
the New Testament, and whilst trying to re-
fute the atheists and infidels of our day he has
recourse to an old ruse de guerre, and practi-
cally says that they are no better than Roman
Catholics.
We might expect to hear anything from the
lay-priests of the Anglican Establishment, ex-
cept the assertion now made by our friend J.
J. Clemens. Our enemies have over and again
repeated that the Roman Catholic Church was
an antiquated institution, good enough for the
Middle Ages, but opposed to modern progress
and science, and consequently doomed. It
was left to Dr. Clemens to state from the pul-
pit that the Roman Catholic Church teaches
the theory of development.
The reverend gentleman begins by quoting
the 18th and 19th verses of the 22d chapter of
Revelations: " If any man that heareth
the prophecy of this book and shall add
unto them, God shall add unto him the plagues
that are written in this book," etc. This is ex-
actly what the Roman Catholic Church teaches.
We believe that the Church is infallible, and
that this infallibility consists in the fact that the
Holy Ghost dwells with the Church, and guards
her from adding or abstracting one single iota
from the original Creed, or "faith one deliv-
ered to the saints." Does this resemble the
theory of development?
But I hear Dr. Clemens represent that the
Church has defined the dogma of the Immacu-
late Conception, the infallibility of the Pope,
etc., and that these are new doctrines. I will
reply by a question: Did not the Church de-
fine the Divinity of Christ tin a general coun-
cil? Did Christ begin to be God then? Did
Christians for the first time after that defini-
tion believe in the Divinity of Christ? Was
the Divinity of Christ a new doctrine?
It is true the Church has at different times
defined different points of doctrine, when these
points were denied by heretics, and such defini-
tions rendered necessary. The Church lias
upon these occasions merely asserted, with the
authority invested in her by Christ when he
said to his apostles, "Go and teach all nations.
* * * I am with you until the consumma-
tion of tlyj world"—what the belief of the
Apostles and first Christians was in those re-
spects. Is this the doctrin^of development?
Some time ago we had the pleasure of meet-
ing Dr. J. J. Clemens in Houston, and from a
short and pleasant conversation with him we
formed the opinion that he was a liberal-minded
man, free froifi the old prejudices which have
too long existed against Catholics and Catho-
licity, and we were really surprised when we
read his discourse in The News.
We would suggest to him if he wants to say
anything about Catholics or Catholic doctrine
in the future, to get his information from the
right source. By so doing, he will know what
Catholics believe, and not what they are said
to believe. A. M. Truchard,
Tuesday, June 15.
A monument at San Jacinto.
[To The News.]
We ask that you will publish the following,
as we think your readers throughout the State
will be pleased to how that a movement like
the one proposed is on foot.
The document needs no explanation. The
subscription list will be at 116 Tremont street,
Galveston. j. s. s.
a hero shall have a monument.
To Texans—Recently a party visited the ever-
memorable and glorious field of San Jacinto. A
veteran, (Mr. Oscar Farish, of Galveston,) who
shared in the perils and glory of the victor}' of the
21st of April, 1836, was among them, and recited
the stirring incidents of the day, and pointed out
the localities of each. The heart of each listener
thrilled with patriotic emotion as the story of the
day was told, with the scene of the conflict in full
view. Silence reigned over the sacred field. Yet,
in imagination, one could almost fancy that he
still heard the roar of battle and the cry, resound-
insr from all sides: " Remember the Alamo."
The recital closed—some one asked where the
Texans who fell on tjjat day were buried. Mr.
Farish pointed to the spot. Upon repairing to it,
one solitary grave could be found. There was a
sink in the ground—surrounded and overgrown by
briars and grass, in as lone.ly and neglected a spot
as can well be imagined! , A small, leaning and
rapidly crumbling stone, told the tale that there
slept the remains of "Benjamin Rice Brigham,"
who fell on the 51st of April, 1836. The graves of the
others who fell with him are doubtless near by, but
there is nothing to tell the visitor their names or
where their ashes repose. Unless something is
done to mark the spot, no one will be able, in a
little while, to tell where any of these heroes sleep.
Can it be that the people of this great and grow-
ing State will allow the sacred spot where these
martyrs rest to be thus neglected? Can it be that
the people who to-day are living upon and enjoy-
ing the very land for which the blood of these men
was so freely paid, will consent that their graves
shall longer be thus neglected? Surely not.
While on the spot—beside the grave of Brigham
—August Smith, of Galveston, said, with great ani-
mation, " What a shame! A monument ought to
be erected over this grave."' And, turning to the
writer of this, he said, " Will you join me in placing
a monument over this grave?" You and I cau
have it done." A hearty affirmative answer was
given. Thus a compact was made—a monument
was decreed to the memory of Benjamin Rice
Brigham, to be placed at his grave, on the field of
San Jacinto. Weak and humble as v> e are, we
have resolved to do this work. We feel strong,
however, backed as we are by the nobleness of the
end to be accomjjlished aud the known liberality of
Texans.
This subscription list is presented as the first step
in executing that decree. You are asked to give to
this patriotic object only what your own heart may
prompt you to contribute, voluntarily, freely and
patriotically. A monument shall be placed there-
humble or rrand-just such as your contributions
shall enable us to erect.
As subscriptions are received the money will be
deposited, from day to day, with the Texas Bank-
ing and Insurance Company, until a sufficient sum
shall be raised to indicate the proportions of the
monument and to justify the closing of the con-
tract for the work. If but $100 be raised, the best
stone that can be bought for that sum will be
placed over the grave. If §5000, or even more, be
raised, every dollar shall be invested in the monu-
ment to the memory of Benjamin Rice Brigham,
son of the late Asa Brigham, the first, and for
many years the honored, Secretary of the Treasury
of the Republic of Texas.
Here endeth the talk. Now for the Work. What
will each one give ! August Smith,
J. S. Sullivan.
Galveston, June 15,1881.
N. B.—Should any one at a distance wish to aid
in this work, they can remit by registered letter to
us. Acknowledgment will be duly made by mail
or through The News, at Galveston.
GEEASED DAILY FROM TUB
EXCHANGE ZIST.
NEWS
Railroads and Hostile** Prosperity.
(.From the New York Times.]
No rdoubt .the prudent among our business
men are looking out carefully ^>r the signs of
the storm sure to come after this long spell of
financial fair weather. The speculation in se-
curities and in railroads has reached an enor-
mous extent. Business, indeed, in this city, in
many branches, has not attained the remark-
able prosperity of last year, but taking the
country through and considering the harvests
of the last few years, it may be truly said -that
the people of the United States of all classes
were never more busy or more prosperous.
With this prosperity here there has gone on in
Continental Europe the usual levying on the
agricultural population for the immense armies
which now must be sustained by four of the
great Powers. The consequence of both these
conditions has been an unexampled emigration
from Italy, Germany and other countries
to the United States, which reached last
week the ratio, never attained be-
fore, of 3000 per day for a week. It
must be remembered, too, that these are the
bone and the sinew of the farming population
of the continent. These are men and women
accustomed to work, generally of good charac-
ter and habits, and nearly all of them carrying
a money property with them. They are "flee-
ing from military duty and oppressive taxa-
tion, and seeking a land where bread is won
easily, and liberty is for ail men. Should the
immigration reach 500,000 this year, it would
be an importation, not appearing on our credit
account, of some $500,000.000-in value. This
stream of labor flow^ to the far West to sow
wheat and corn, to plant villages, build rail-
roads, and everywhere add to the wealth of
the countrj'. It is one of the sources of our vast
and increasing prosperity. No one who looks
about in New York and observes the immense
and costly plans for buildings being carried out
can doubt the rush of business and the suc-
cess of our citizens. And yet it may be said
that the speculation which has seized upon so
many branches of business here has not yet
fully touched real estate, both in the city and
the suburbs, as it will probably do before the
flnal reaction comes. Wild speculation in lots
and buildings in New York and all the adja-
cent towns must be the last phenomenon before
the periodical crash. We believe that the turn
of the tide will begin in our railroad system,
especially in the Southwestern roads. The pe-
culiarity of railroad speculation is that it gen-
erally precedes the real demand, and to an
extent creates its own business. For a while all
goes swimmingly; the securities rise rapidly, the
current business appears to pay the interest on
the loans which have built the road, and by
sale of lands and skillful borrowing, the real
settlement of accounts is postponed until the
originators get out of the association support-
ing the project. At length some disaster in-
terrupts the "process, and discloses to the public
what the true resources of the company are; a
panic follows, aud we have the familiar results.
But, unlike many other speculations, this
makes the country richer, and though the
stockholders are ruined, the districts through
which the roads pass are prospered. When
again a returning wave of prosperity comes it
is found that these bankrupt roads are again
excellent property.
Man's a fool!
When it's hot he wants it cool;
When it's cold he wants it hot—
Ne'er contented with his lot.
When it's dry
He for showers is heard to «igh;
When—to meet his wish—it rains.
Of the wet the fool complains.
Hot or dry, cold or wet,
Nothing suits that he can get.
I consider, as a rule,
Alan's a fool.
The Coming Crasli on tile Stock Ex-
change.
[From the Pall Mall Gazette.]
But although no one can predict when the
reaction and crash will come, there can not be
a doubt that all things now tend toward this
conclusion. Week by week and month by
month the situation grows more strained. We
are told by leading dealers that the amount of
stock "floating" on the market increases at
each settlement, and that the public has for
some time been selling freely to the speculators,
who have therefore to increase their borrow-
ings fortnight by fortnight in order to
sustain quotations. The speculators have
overshot the mark, and ruin mjght
have overtaken many of them
before now but for the ease with which they
can still borrow. They pile up the stocks which
accumulate on their hands in the safes of their
bankers, who are to all appearance still inno-
cently delighted with business which yields
them 2, 3 or even 4 per cent, more for their
money than they could get in the discount mar-
ket. "What," they always exclaim, when
planted with this crop. Several buildings were
erected on the line or B street south, a steam
boiler, engine, and very expensive machinery
set up, including a mill for pressing the juice
from the stalks, boiling tanks, pumps, defeca-
tor, evaporator, mixer, centrifugal apparatus,
etc. As the work progressed the arcumula-
tion of the crushed sorghum stalks was simply
immense, and what to do with it was a serious
question. The commissioner generously of-
fered to give it away to poor persons who kept
cows and hogs, for feed. Some of it was carted
away for such purpose, but it was soon found
that the animals would not eat it. Horses
would nibble at it a little, and the happy
thought struck the commissioner that it could
be saved for horse-feed by salting and packing
away, and by excluding the air on the ensilage
plan, it could be successfully cured and used by
farmers during the winter and spring months
in place of hay or short feed. A pit some
twenty feet long by ten or twelve wide, about
eight or nine foet deep, paved and walled up
its full height with hard brick set in cement
and covered with a rough board roof to keep
the rain out, was filled with the green crushed
sorghum stalks, in close and alternate layers of
stalks and salt. They were kept through last
winter until spring, when a small quantity was
taken to the stable and put before the horses,
but after all this trouble the ungrateful brutes
rejected the stuff, much to the disgust of its in-
ventor. The horse-feed experiment, like that
of the sugar, was not a success, and the only
thing to fall back on is about fifty barrels of
the sorghum juice standing in the open lot, and
now supposed to be undergoing the process of
turning to vinegar. How this will pan out for
use on greens and cabbage is not yet known.
There is still another undeveloped project, that
of making a compost of sorghum stalks and
free lime, a large pit of which was made last
fall near by the horse-feed pit; but it appears
that the stalks remain hard, like dry chips of
wood, and refuse to be rotted. It is said by
some that the few pounds of brown sugar made
by Commissioner Le Due last season cost the
Government from $20 to $30 per pound, and
was sold by a grocer in the city for 5 cents per
pound.
THE HIGHER COURTS.
Syllabus of the Decisions of the Com-
mission of Appeals Adopted by the
Court of Appeals.
Dicks vs. Austin College; from Grayson
county. Being sued for his subscription to a gen-
eral fund raised by the citizens of S. for the
purpose of securing the location thereof the Austin
College, the appellant, defendant below, chal-
lenged the qualification of the judge to preside in
the case on the ground that he, too, was a sub-
scriber to the fund, and had not yet entirely paid
his subscription, and had. therefore, a personal in-
terest in the litigation. Held: that the objection
was properly overruled. The filing of an affidavit
of the mutilation of the instrument was not neces-
sary to let in proof that the defendant's full name,
and the amount of his subscription was originally
on the contract, which had since become so worn
that some of the letters and figures had become
obliterated. With the explanatory evidence of the
witness, the instrument (contract ) was properly ad-
mitted. Affirmed. Watts, Judge.
Erwin vs. City of Austin; from Travis
county. Motions, demurrers and dilatory pleas
must be disposed of before the trial upon the merits
is entered upon, and unless presented before that
time they are considered waived. Judgment for
$2-18 was rendered against the city in justice's court,
and case was removed to county court by certiorari.
and of a fer-
e Union. The
challenged upon their policy, " what could be
safer than stocks as security, when along with
the stocks we demand a margin of cash?"
What, indeed, if the current price of the stock
be 50, its intrinsic value 10, and the "margin"
upon it perhaps not more than 5? Nothing
better can illustrate the dangerous
position of the stock markets than the
manner in which, under this policy,
bankers' loans to stock operators
keep swelling. As "settling" days
come round the money market becomes fidgetty
and rates "stringent." Last settling day, for
instance, so severe was the pressure that the
Bank of England itself lent upward of £2,000,-
000 to the outside market. The settlement
passes, accounts are once more adjusted, and
the money finds its way back to the bank
again, only to be again wildly raced after at
the succeeding account. All this implies a sit-
uation so unwholesome, so over-strained, that
the least accident might cause it to snap; and
we are not at all sure that the top-heavy fabric
which the speculators have reared may not
tumble of its own weight before many months
are over. That at best it is a question of
months only seems nearly certain, so far at
least as many classes of stock are concerned.
A Texan's Revenue.
[San Antonio Correspondence Chicago Tribune.]
Colonel Albert C. Pelton, whose beautiful
20,000 acre ranch is out toward the Rio Grande,
near Laredo, has been the Peter the Hermit
of the Texans for years. He has believed that
he has held a Divine commission to kill Apache
Indians. Colonel Pelton came to Texas in 1844,
a common soldier. By talent and courage he
gradually arose to the rank of colonel, and
finally, in 1S56, commanded Fort Macrae.
That year he fell in love with a beautiful Span
ish girl at Abequin, New Mexico. Her parents
were wealthy, and would not consent to their
daughter's going away from all her friends to
live in a garrison. The admiration of the
young people was mutual, and parental objec-
tions only intensified the affection o£ the lovers.
The nature of the Spanish girl is such,
that once in love, she never changes.
Finally, after two years of entreaty
and devotion, Colonel Pelton won
the consent of the parents of the beautiful
Spanish girl and they were married. Then
commenced a honeymoon such as only lovers
shut up in a beautiful, flower-environed fort
can have. The lovely character of the beauti-
ful bride won the hearts of all the soldiers at
the fort, and she reigned a queen among these
rough, frontiersmen. One day, when the love
of the soldier and his lovely wife was at its
severest, the two, accompanied by the young
wife's mother and twenty soldiers, rode out to
the hot springs, six miles from the fort, to take
a bath. While in the bath, which is near the Rio
Grande, an Indian's arrow passed over their
heads. Then a shower of arrows fell around
them and a band of wild Apache Indians rushed
down upon them, whooping and yelling like a
band of demons. Several of the soldiers fell
dead, pierced with poisoned arrows. This
frightened the rest, who fled. Another shower
of arrows, and the beautiful bride and her
mother dropped in the water, pierced by the
cruel weapons of the Apaches. With his wife
dying before his eyes, Colonel Pelton leaped up
the bank, grasped his rifle, and killed the leader
of the savage fiends. But the Apaches were
too much for the Colonel. Pierced with two
poisoned arrows, he swam into the river and
hid under an overhanging rock. After the
savages had left, the Colonel swam the river
and made his way back to Macrae. Here his
wounds were dressed, and he finally recovered,
but only to live a blasted life—without love,
without hope—with a vision of his beautiful
wife, pierced with poisoned arrows, dying, per-
petually before his eyes.
After the death of his wife a change came to
Colonel Pelton. He seemed to think that he
had a sacred mission from Heaven to avenge
his young wife's death. He secured the most
unerring rifles, surrounded himself with brave
companions, and consecrated himself to the
work of revenge. He was always anxious to
lead any and all expeditions against the
Apaches. Whenever any of the other Indians
were at war with the Apaches Colonel Pelton
would soon be at the head of the former. One
day he would be at the head of his own soldiers
and the next day he would be at the head of a
band of Mexicans. Nothing gave him pleasure
but the sight of dead Apaches.
He defied Indian arrows and courted death.
Once, with a band of the wildest desperadoes,
he penetrated a hundred miles into the Apache
country. The Apaches never dreamed that
anything but an entire regiment would dare to
follow them to their camp in the mountains.
So when Colonel Pelton swooped down into
their camp with ten trusty followers, firing
their Henry rifles at the rate of twenty times
a minute, the Apaches fled in consternation,
leaving their women and children behind. It
was then that there darted out of a lodge a
white woman.
" Spar« the women !" she cried, and then she
fainted to the ground.
When the Colonel jumped from his saddle to
lift up the woman he found she was blind.
"How came you here, woman, with these
damned Apaches?" he asked.
" I was wounded" and captured," she said,
"ten years ago. Take, O, take me back
again 1"
" Have you any relatives in Texas?" asked
the Colonel.
"No. My father lives in Abequin. My hus-
band, Colonel Pelton, and my mother were
killed by the Indians."
" Great God, Bella! Is it you—my wife!"
" Oh, Albert, I knew you would come!" ex-
claimed the poor wife, blindly reaching her
hands to clasp her husband.
Of course there was joy in the old ranch
when Colonel Pelton got back with his wife.
The Apaches had carried the wounded woman
away with them. The poisoned arrow caused
inflammation, which finally destroyed her eye-
sight.
When I saw the Colonel he was reading a
newspaper to his blind wife, while in her hand
she held a bouquet of fragrant cape jessamines,
which he had gathered for her. It was a pic-
ture of absolute happiness.
Le Due's Farming:.
[From the Washington Star.]
One of Commissioner Le Duc'3 experiments,
in connection with his sugar-making from
sorghum, has never been made known. This
was the salting and packing away under
ground of the refuse stalks of sorghum, from
which the juice had been pressed by the roller
of the sugar mill, for the purpose of making
horse feed. Not only was all of the available
space allotted for experimental vegetable
growth sown with sorghum seed, but a large
farm was rented in Virginia, several miles
{ from this city, and about one hundred acres
The Northwest.
[From the Kansas City Herald.]
Eighty thousand Swedes will come to the
United States this year. Nearly all of these
will settle on the line of the Northern Pacific
Railroad. Do our people know what this
means ? Of all the races of Europe the Scan-
dinavian is the most vigorous, and it is by its
law of'habitat an industrious, hardy, frugal,
intellectual race. Next, the whole line of that
road is susceptible of settlement. The valley
of the Red River of the North is about 225
by 300 miles in extent, of the finest wheat
lands on the continent, besides better fitted for
rye, oats, barlev, flax and like crops than any
in the world. The climate is just suited to the
Norseman, and here alone he finds room for
a new Scandinavian empire. And these peo-
ple are from the home of our civilization, and
it is to-day the blood of the sea kings that dom-
inates the commerce of the globe. Then,
again, the family and the Bible are the basis
of the social life of these people. They are
honest, constant in their convictions, physical-
ly strong, and wedded to the home. In fifty
years more they will have a series of common-
wealths there that will serve as a balance
wheel to the more em^ional regions of the
South, and it would be only logical if they
were to furnish a century hence the armies
to quell another secession rebellion. This
region has had its difficulties. Jay
Cooke saw its capabilities and sought to use
them, but he was a monopolist and a public
enemy and was put aside by the howling mob.
But his labor was not lost, and to-day his road
has reached the confines of a country larger
than the whole north of Europ
tility equal to any part of tl
future of that vast region is not at all a mat-
ter of doubt. The people who go there go to
till the soil, to raise their families, to work and
grow in comforts and property. They are not
speculators, and they will plant States that
will add the wealth of bone, muscle, numbers,
intelligence and independence to the Nation.
Jay Cooke is already vindicated.
Loss of the Royal Charley.
[From the Globe-Democrat.]
The English ship Royal Charley was wrecked
on the western coast of Cuba, near Cape An
tonio, on the 12th of May. She was bound
from Havre to New Orleans, but through some
oversight she went ashore at 3 o'clock in the
morning and sank near the rocky shore at
Punta del Hollandes. All hands were saved,
but their adventures on the Island of Cuba
while trying to reach Havana would form the
basis for an interesting salt-water novel.
Twelve of the crew, including the first officer,
arrived in this citv yesterday morning by the
Havana steamer Sankin. They are on their
way to England, where an investigation will
probably be held concerning the loss of the
vessel and the charges which a part of the
crew made against Capt. Holdman, who was in
command of the ship when she struck. First
Officer Constantine was interviewed yesterday
by a Herald reporter, but he declined to give
the particulars about the loss of the ship on
the ground that he was en route to England to
contradict the statement which he said the
Captain had made before the British Consul
in Havana. He said that the majority of the
crew were with him and they could state what
occurred. In Havana he had begged the Con
sul to interrogate the sailors collectively, sepa
rately, in his presence or privately, but the
Consul would only listen to the Captain's ver-
sion as to how the ship came to be wrecked
and as to what transpired after she went
ashore. The reporter then heard what the
crew had to say, which, in substance, was as
follows: " The ship Royal Charley, originally
of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, with a crew of
eighteen, left Havre, March 31, in ballast, for
New Orleans, in search of a cargo. The
weather was fine and no extraordinary inci-
dent occurred during the passage. Captain
Holdman, who was in command, gave the men
plenty to eat, and had no quarrels with any
one. On May 11 there were slight squalls, but
at midnight the moon was shining bright^- and
a fresh breeze was blowing. The second officer
was in charge of the watch. About 3 o'clock
in the morning (on the 12th) the second officer
suddenly saw land directly in front of the
ship, and he informed the captain, who was
below. An order came back to put the
helm down, for the ship to come
around in stays. In a few moments the
Captain came on deck, and when he saw the
surf dashing upon the rocks he was very much
excited and lost his head. He ordered the
helm put up and then down. The rocks were
not more than twenty-five yards away and
the breakers were rolling high. Two anchors
were run out to the sea separately, but mean-
while the ship settled on the rocks and filled
with water. At 8 o'clock a. m. all hopes were
given up of saving the ship, and the captain
ordered the crew to put their effects ashore in
the small boat. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon
all hands were quartered on the rocks, with
stores by them and tents pitched for the night.
No houses were near, and the outlook was
most desolate. On the next day the men
were tired from their labors in the surf, and
nothing was done beyond getting a supply of
water from the ship. On the following
day the first mate was sent away with a boat
and five men to visit Sail Antonio, twenty-six
miles distant, to look for help. The crew fell in
with a disabled Spanish man-of-war. The
mate went on board aud wrote to the British
Consul at Havana for help. The mate then re-
turned to the captain, who sent him out again
to see if he could telegraph the owners about
the loss of the ship; but on his voyage he was
detained by the Spaniards, who said he could
not proceed until the captain should come.
Meanwhile an English man-of-war came down
and took the captain to Havana, where he went
bet'ofe the Englsh Consul and preferred
charges against the first mate that he had de-
serted him, and other statements were made,
the crew said, to patch up the captain's story
in regard to the los3 of the ship." The captain
is expected to reach the city in a few days.
The Electric Light In Seep Water.
[From the Baltimore American.]
Mysterious flashes of light, far-reaching and
brilliant, from the direction of the harbor,
over the city and against its most lofty build-
ings, and again down along the water in one
direction or another, excited no little com-
ment Thursday night. The startling illumina-
tions were simply the result of one of a num-
ber of proposed experiments with the electric
lig ht in a new direction. It is believed by cer-
tain scientific gentlemen in the city, chief
among whom in this matter is Mr. R. S. Jen-
nings, that eventually electric illumination
may be made most valuable in deep-water in-
vestigations. The theory has not been prac-
tically demonstrated, for the experimen-
tation is as yet in its infancy; but it is thought
that, under proper conditions, the electric light
can be so applied as tq brilliantly light up the
bottom of a body of water, even though the
depth be 100 to 200 feet. To test the question,
Brush electric light machine was mounted
upon a scow, with an eight-horse-power en-
gine to run it, and a tug was employed to tow
the scow about the harbor. The gentlemen in
tere'sted in the experiments were accompanied
hy a number of friends. The results were not
fully satisfactory, owing to the rough-
ness of the water, but the trip was a
most interesting one, and the power of
the electric light was strikingly mani-
fested. A movable parabolical reflector
was used at the back of the light, which
was again and again thrown upon vessels from
two to two and a half miles distant, bringing
them out in clear view, and enabling their
names to be read by the aid of a glass. When
the liglit was thrown upon the dome of the
city hall, it leaped out - of the darkness and
stood up against the dark sky as if suspended
in mid-air. One of the curious features of this
part of the display was that to persons in the
city the shadows of steamers and other vessels
passing at this time between the light and the
city hall dome, were distinctly portrayed
against the white background. It may well
be imagined what a sensation was created by
this panorama. If, as is believed, the idea is a
feasible one, its workings will be of great im-
portance in the search of lost treasures, for
drowned persons, the raising of wrecks, the
removal of torpedoes, etc.
garnishment was'based on the ground
that it v. as sworn to by the attorney and not the
plaintiff. Held: That the attorney was author-
ized to make the affidavit. Appellee insists that as
the justice rendered judgment in excess of his juris-
diction, the county court acquired no iusrisdiction
by reason of the certiorari, and should have dis-
missed the suit of his own motion. This court holds
that where a court has no jurisdiction of the sub-
ject-matter of the suit it should at any stage of the
proceedings when the fact is called to its attention
dismiss the suit; that if the justice had no jurisdic-
tion of the subject-matter the county court could
acquire none, but that in this cause the justice did
have jurisdiction of the subject-matter, but in
rendering judgment for S"il8 exceeded the limit of
his jurisdiction; that the county court acquired
jurisdiction, and on trial de novo' could, if the facts
warranted, render judgment for $200, but no more.
Current wages for personal service is not sub j ect
to garnishment. Whether or not the amount due
by the city for lighting street lamps, under contract,
is so subject is not so presented as to caU for notice.
Reversed and remanded. Watts, Judge.
"Consent" Cases Decided by the Com-
missioners of Appeals.
Dobbin vs. The City of San Antonio;
from Bexar county. The act of April 24, 1374. en-
titled " An Act to provide for the amendment of
town and city charters," is held constitutional, and
any amendment of the charter of the city of San
Antonio, adopted in accordance therewith, legal
and binding. The Recorder's Court is recognized
by act of incorporation, and by general statute; it
is authorized to adjudicate all matters committed
to it by charter and ordinances or by general laws
of the State; and these adjudications, within the
Recorder's jurisdiction, are flnal and conclusive
until vacated or set aside in some of the modes
prescribed by law, and are not subject to collateral
attack. No collateral examination can be had into
reasons or motives of the Recorder in discharge of
his judicial duties, so long as he does not exceed
the discretion given him by law. The City Marshal
has no interest in fines, and if he is entitled to fees
they must be collected as such from parties con-
victed. If the Recorder should refuse to tax such
fees in costs, motion to re-tax, appeal or certiorari
is the remedy. If then it could be shown that the
Recorder acted corruptly with respect to this mat-
ter of fees, and with intent to injure the Marshal,
it might be that an individual action against the
Recorder would lie. But a trust, as against the
city in behalf of the Marshal could not arise out of
wrongful or irregular adjudications of the judicial
officers of the corporation. Affirmed. Watts,
Judge.
Drane et al. vs. Gunnemere et al.; from
Navarro county. It is an established principle that
all the evidence of a right of action is merged in
the judgment rendered in the suit upon such evi-
dence of right. And such judgment is final and
conclusive on all matters thereby adjudicated.
This rule has application as well to judgments ren-
dered in a sister State as when rendered in the
State where the suit is brought which presents the
question. Judgment in any of the State or Federal
courts, being regarded a debt of record, and enti-
tled to full faith and credit, is a merger in every
part of the United States, in the same manner as
in the State in which it was rendered. If actions
are simultaneously pending upon the same cause
of action in different States, a judgment in either
will bar the further prosecution of the other. But
no judgment is to be given any greater effect else-
where than it had in the jurisdiction in which it
originated. Proceedings in the probate courts of
Louisiana to enforce the various successive and
progressive steps incident to the settlement of an
estate by an administratrix, and distribution among
the heirs of the remaining property does not
amount to a merger of a cause of action for dam-
ages. Reverse A and remanded. Walker, Pre-
siding Judge.
The Navarro Publishing Company and the
St Louis Type Foundry Company vs. Fishburne
et als.; from Navarro county. Appellants sued to
annul contract between the Navarro Publishing
Company and Fishburne, whereby the latter got
control of a paper published by the Navarro Pub-
lishing Company, with material; and for recovery
of a job press, t>-pe, etc.. delivered to Fishburne by
the Publishing Companv, that the same might be
sold for the benefit or the Type Foundry, from
whom it was purchased by Publishing Company,
and not paid for. Petition sets out contract be-
tween the Publishing Company and F. Prayer was
for judgment for $2000, if first relief asked could
not be granted. T. & M., defendants, were pur-
chasers from F. with notice. General demurrer
of defendants was sustained by the court. Held:
That the petition showed no privity of the St. Louis
Type Foundry with the contract sought to be re-
scinded and that misjoinder of the parties plaintiff
was apparent on the face of the petition and the
defect was reached by exception. The fraud
which is the ground for relief against a contract, is
fraud at the time of the execution of the instru-
ment. The petition in this case charges neither
fraud nor misrepresentation against the defendant
in making the contract, and whatever cause of
complaint alleged to exist concerning it appears to
have arisen long subsequent, and after the contract
had been mutually acted upon with apparent
mutual satisfaction, so far as shown by petition.
A contract can not ordinarily be rescinded unless
both parties can be reinstated in their original
situation with respect to the contract; and if one
party has received benefit he can not rescind wholly,
but has his action for damage, or may set up the
other's default or defense pro tanta. If it be im-
possible to reinstate the other in precisely the same
condition, it will be sufficient if he do or offer to do
all iu his power in this respect in order to entitle
him to recover damages. The petition in this case
is wanting in the statement of any substantial
ground for relief, and the judgment is affirmed.
Walker, P. J.
Young vs. Claudon; from Bexar county.
The record discloses a contract whereby Young
was to furnish press, type, etc., and Claudon was
to conduct a newspaper as editor and receive pay
at rate of $25 per week—$10 in money and §15 in
certificates of interest in the property and paper,
to be funded in stock of the concern whenever it
should attain a "paying footing." The evidence
shows that Claudon worked on the paper from
October to April, receiving more than $10 per
week in money, and then finding that he could not
live on $10 per week, he abandoned the employ-
ment without having been tendered the certifi-
cates by Young, without notice to Young and
without having made a demand on Young for the
certificates. On the ground that Young had vio-
lated his contract by not tendering the certificates
weekly, Claudon recovered judgment. Held: That
there w as no evidence to support the verdict. Re-
versed and remanded. Watts, Judge.
Fitzpatrick vs. Small; from Lamar coun-
ty. When necessary to enforce the jurisdiction of
his court, the county judge is authorized to issue
the writ of injunction. He has this authority in
cases tried before a justice and bright to the
oounty court on appeal or certiorari. And m such
cases it is only when appellate jurisdiction has at-
tached that he can issue the writ. Judgment in
justice's court was under $20, from which amount
no appeal can lie, aud no jurisdiction attached to
county court. Attorney's fees can not be recovered
as actual damages for wrongful levy of execution.
Suit should be dismissed for want of jurisdiction,
when it appears that in stating his demand the
plaintiff sought improperly to give jurisdiction.
To recover exemplary damages for wrongful seiz-
ure of property, the burden is on the plaintiff to
show that the seizure was prompted by 11! feeling
or improper motives. Reversed and remanded.
Watts. Judge.
Port vs. Cameron & Moore; from Lamar
county. A charge that assumes the very facts in
dispute is properly refused. Contract that stipu-
lates a price certain per day, not unreasonable, for
each day after the time agreed upon for the com-
pletion of the work which is the subject-matter of
the contract, to be paid to the employer alleges
liquidated damages and not penalty, and charge
that defendant was entitled to recover $10 a day.
stipulated damages for every day the house re-
mained unfinished after the time specified for its
completion. The jury are the judges of the weight
of evidence, and where there is a conflict, and evi-
dence that will support the verdict, this court will
not interfere. Cumulative is not such new evidence
as will warrant a new trial. Affirmed. Quinan,
Judge.
A God Forsaken People.
[Salt Lake Letter to the Lowell (Mass.) Mail.]
But of all the ill conditioned, God forsaken,
hapless looking people I ever saw, the women
here beat them all. Yesterday was supply day
for the Mormon fanners living outside of the
city. They bring their wives into town in
dead axle wagons, and fill in the vacant room
-with children who look fully as bad as their
mothers, if not worse. Many of them are
lame and humpbacked, and alfltok sickly and
are ill clad. Two out of every three women
on the streets yesterday had nursing infants
on their arms, and four out of five of the chil-
dren are said to be girls. One of the saints
lias thirteen wives and ninety-four children;
another has nine wives and five nursing babies,
which he exhibits with all the pride I should
take in a lot of fine horses. I never realized
the infernal nature of the institution nor its
effect upon society as I do now. The sooner
our government crushes it out the better for
humanity. It is a blot upon the face of the
earth; particularly in this lovely valley, so
green and beautiful, with apple," peach, pear
and plum trees in full blossom, grass waving
in the wind, bees humming and birds singing,
like in our July weather, while just beyond all
this, in the background, are the mountain tops
covered with snow. It is the prettiest sight I
ever saw, and one which I shall never forget.
The New York Times says the regular din-
ner hour in that city for thirty years has been
6 p. m., but recently it has "steadily grown
later, until it is now generally 6:30, often 7,
and frequently as late as 8 o'clock. At this
rate, in another half century the New Yorker
will not dine until the next day. [Norristown
Herald.
Terrible Lois of Life.
Millions of rats, mice, cats, bed bugs, roaches
lose their lives by collision with " Rough on
Rats." Sold by druggists; 15c. boxes.
A senior, as he gave a last pull at his glove
before going to the ball, remarked, "I've
sacrificed another kid to Venus." [College
Journal.
Thbre was a little boy in South Norwalk
who had watched with envious eyes his com-
rades slide down hill, while he, having no sled,
was compelled to take up with an old chair or
barrel-stave. His foster-mother finally told
him to pray for one. He took his mother's ad-
vice, and one evening prayed as follows: "Now
I lay me down to sleep, I want a sled; I pray
the Lord my soul to keep, I want a cutter."
The grandfather of the little fellow was in-
formed of the prayer, and was so pleased that
he bought a sled, and a few mornings after-
ward it was left by the boy's bed, so that he
could see it as soon as he awoke. As his eyes
first, rested upon it the good lady was both
surprised and shocked to hear him say, " Well,
now, where the devil did that come from'"
A Frenchman in business here advertises
that he has a " chasm " for an apprentice. He
had looked up the word " opening " in the dic-
tionary. [Alta California.
For sale by
ALL LEADING GROCERS.
AN OPEN
AMONG THE LADIES
The brilliant, fascinating
tints of Complexion for which
ladies strive are chiefly arti-
ficial, and all who will take the
trouble rifey seenre them.
These roseate, bewitching hues
follow the use of Hagan's Mag-
nolia Calm—a delicate, harm-
less and always reliable article.
Sold by all druggists.
The Magnolia Balm conceals
every blemish, removes Sal-
lowness, Tan, lledness, Erup-
tions, all evidences of excite-
ment and every imperfection.
Its effects are immediate and
so natural that no human being
can detect its application.
The Best and The Cheapest,
SCHOTT'S
n
L Al
ANTIDOTE.
Morgjln- City, La., May 9, 1881.
Messrs. Thompson, George &Co., Galveston. Texas:
Dear Sirs—Last September I took hold of Schott'a
Chill Tonic, and up to present writing have sold at
retail two gross. All through this country it is the
Chill Tonic, and has never failtd to cure the worst
case of Chills and Fever in this section.
To-day I can not do without it. Send me on«
gross by return steamer.
I can" send you a hundred certificates from reli-
able and responsible parties, if you wish Respect-
fully, C. S. FEASLIE,
Morgan City Drug Store.
Liberty, Texas, October 21,1s81.
Messrs. Thompson, George & Co.:
I have cured all the Chills and Fever with your
Schott's Chill Tonic, and have not had a single bot-
tle returned. Your friend, J. M. PARTLOW,
Druggist.
Jacxfonvtixe, July 20, 1880.
Your Schott's Chill Tonic is the best I ever sold.
It never fails to cure, and outsells all others com-
bined. J. H. BOLTON, Druggist.
THE POPULAR CLOTHIERS,
ARE OFFERING
GREATER BARGAINS
Than ever this week. Don't fall to call on them.
25 TO 50 PEE OEjSTT. LESS
THAN REGULAR PRICES.
SIMONS & HI I A W,
MAMMOTH FUKNTTUKE HOUSE
CARPETS,ITTING,OIL CLOTH ME FURNISHING GOODS GENERALLY
Silver-Plated Ware, Office and Mantel ( locks.
Curtains, Shades, Hollands, "Window Cornices, Etc., Eto.
120, 122 and 124 TREMONT STREET. GALTESTON.
IT.
ZENITH,
THE BEST AND PUREST WHISKY
SOLS IX THE STATE.
MEDICAL.
SIOOOREWARD
For any case of Blind, Bleed in*. Itching. Ulcerated, or
Protruding PII^ES that De Bine's rile Remedy
fails to care. Prepared by J. P. MILLER. M.D., Phila-
delphia, Pa. Rone genuine without his signature.
Startling Discovery!
A VICTIM OF YOlITHFIIIi IIHPRC-
dence, causing Premature Decay, Nervous De-
bility, Lost Manhood, etc.. having tried in vain
evei^' known remedy, has discovered a simple self-
cure. which hs will send FREE to his fellow-suf-
ferers. Address
J. H. REEVES,
43 Chatham street, N. Y.
Sir***
I"or Cbills and I'ovox?
AND ALL DISEASES
Caused by Malarial Polionlag of the Blood.
A "WARRANTED CTJKE.
Price, ^l.OO. For sale by all Druggia®
K Prepared from
fruita
tropical
and plants.
Is the best preparation in the world for Constipa>
tion. Biliousness. Headache, etc., etc. It acts
" r, effectively, and is delicious to take.
gently,
^Cleansi:
leansing the systeia^thoroughly, it imparts
vigor to mind and bod^and dispels Melancholy,
Hypochoudria, etc. One trial convinces. PRICK
ZH ds 60 cents per Box. Sold By All drr««is-r*
SMOOTHEST, SMUT,
<^S0LD BTUIJOBEERS^
1378 "^ViriNC ^ im
"Production Doubled. Agccm"Doubled..
Floreston Cologne-
a New and Fashionable Perfume, Fragrant, Refrethinfr, Last lag*
Sold by dealer* la Drug* and Faacy Goods. Hlseox A Co., S. I, '
PARKER'S GINGER TONIC
liinger, Bochn, Mandrake,Stilliu^ia and many
►of the best medicines known are combined in Par-,
►kkr's Ginger Tonic, into a medicine of such varied
Jand effective powers: as to make it the greatest^
,Blood Purifer and Liver Regulator and thfe
Best Health and Strength Bestorer ever used.
It cures Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
xl luics uyajjc fjsid, nncunisiisiH, i w
'Sleeplessness, and all diseases of the Stomach,!
Bowels, Lung*. Liver and Kidneys.
Remember!_ This Tonic never intoxicates, cures"
[drunkenness, is the Best Family Medicine ever'
►made, and is entirely different from Bitters, Ginj
Preparations, and other Tonics, None genuine wil
out^i^nature^fJIiscoxj&^Co^j^Cheniists^^^^
Parker's Hair Balsam
The best, cleanest aad
most economical kalr
restorer and dressing*
t :
: J5i
IMPERISHABLE
PERFUME.
Murray & Lanman's
FLORIDA WATER,
Best for TOILET. BATH,
and SICK ROOM.
I. X. L. SARSAPARILLA
with iodise of potash.
For the removal and permanent cure of all diseases
arising from an impure state of the blood.
The best BLOOD PURIFIER now in use. Price, $1.
i. x. l. liver pills.
Sugar-coated, pleasant, safe and reliable: useful
: Bilious Complaints, Sick Headache, Indigestion,
Costiveness, Torpid Liver, Jaundice, etc. Price, 25
cents.
i. x. l. chill cire.
The old and reliable Southern Remedy for Chills
and Fever, Ague and Bilious and Intermittent Fe-
ver. Should any one, after using a bottle of I. X. L.
CHILL CURE, return the bottle and say that it did
not benefit him the amount wai be refunded. Price,
SI. For sale bv all dru^^ists.
tho.ht'son, george & co.,
Wholesale Agents, Galveston.
m. d. conklin sc co.,
(Successors to R. Cotter),
Wholesale and Retail Drusrpists. Hou4w. Tc-ras.
We have lor twelve months been pre»cnDing
" Swift's S. Specific " for the diseases for which it
is recommended, and have not had a failure in a
single case. Physicians will sooner or later be
compelled to acknowledge it as a sine qua non.
N. L. Galloway, M. D., l of Monroe,
J. T. Robinson, M. D., f Ga.
One of our workmen was cured of a case of five
years' standing with your "Swift's S. Specific."
Wm. R. & T. W Hooper. Atlanta, Ga.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, Proprietors,
Atlanta, Ga Call for copy of ' Young Men's Friend,"
Sold bv
THOMPSON, GEORGE & CO..Galveston and Dallas.
Good news for all—prof, her-
man's world-renowned Vermin Destroyer,
which is known to be far superior to anything yet
discover*"! for killing Rats, Mice. Insects on Poul-
try, Ants, Bugs, Cockroaches, Black Beetles, Fleas
on Dogs, Blight and Insects on plants. Moths in
Furs. Tick or Scab on Sheep or Goats, also on
Cattle, etc.
This preparation has been applied with great suc-
cess against the Insects that attack Plants.
Sold in Packets, at 25 cents per Packet, or six
Packets for $1 25.
The Powder is warranted free from all bad smell,
and will keep in any climate. It may be spread
everywhere without risk, as it is quite harmless to
cats and dogs, as they will not eat it.
DIRECTIONS FOR USE ON EACH PACKET.
Manufactory : Gravel Lane, Houndsditch, City of
London. England.
The above discovery ha's gained for Prof. Her-
man a Silver Prize Medal at the Inter-Colonial Exhi-
bition of Victoria, Australia, of 1866, besides numer-
ous testimonials.
thompson, george & co.,
Galveston. Wholesale Agents for Texas.
HOTELS-SUMMER RESORTS
THE HYGEIA HOTEL,
OLD POINT COMFORT, VA.
BiSANFORD'S
FREIBERG, KLEIN & CO.,
sole agents.
INVIGQRATOR
Only Vegetable Compound that
acts directly upon the Liver, and
cures Liver Complaints, Jaun-
dice, Biliousness, Malaria, Cos-
tiveness, Headache. Itassists di-
gestion, strengthens the system,
regulates the bowels, purifies the
blood. A Book sent free. Dr.
Sanford, 162 Broadway, N. Y.
-res SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Tue Galveston News Bindery
la the
Most Complete Establishment
la the State.
SenA tar Batimatas tat Mh| ui
SITUATED 100 YARDS FROM FORT
Monroe. Open all the year. Equal to any ho*
tel in the United States as a summer resort. Send
for circular describing hygenic advantages, etc.
harri8on PHOEBUS, Proprietor,
Old SWEET SPRINGS, MONROE
Co., W. Va —This delightful Summer Rer
sort will be open for the accommodation of visitors
JUNE 15, 1831. All the appointments are first-class;
elevation 2000 feet; capacity 1000 guests. The wa-
ter is powerfully tonic, diuretic, mildly cathartic
and alterative. Mineral plunge baths: tempera-,
ture 79 deg.; also, warm and hot mineral and fresh
water steam baths. Extensive livery; excellent
baud of music; express, telegraph ana postofflcee
in tie hotel.
board:
Fer day S 2 50
Per week S15 00
Per mouth $40 00 to $50 00
according to location.
J. L GIVENS,
Superintendent
WESTMINSTER HOTEL.
American Plan.
Sixteenth Street, East of Uni%n SquaiWj
New York.
RATES AS LOW AS ANY FIRST-CLASS HOTBL.
The central location ofth^j
Westminster offers unusual inducements to.
strangers visiting the city, being situated near all.
the large retail stores, popular places of amuse-
ment, etc.
The Westminster is perfect in ail its appoint-
ments, elegantly furnished, has marble stairwaysL
elevators, etc., and is practically fireproof. Should
you favor me with your patronage, It will be mV
endeavor to make you as comfortable as is possl*
ble in any hotel. Thanking my - "lends for past
favors, and hojaing for a continuance of the same, I
am, yours very truly,
WM. G. SCHENCK, Proprietor.
Late Merchants' Hotel.
HUGHES' SPRINGS,
NORTHEAST TEXAS,
27 Miles West of Jefferson, on the East
Line and Red River Railroad.
THE COMPANY ANNOUNCE THAT THIS
Delightful Watering Place
— AND —
suitlmer resort)
Will be Opened June 1st,
For the accommodation op
visitors, wit h many additions and improvements
over last season. No musquitoes. All rail route.
No staging; daily mail aud trains; telegraphs
Hotel and cuisine ffrst-class.
All railroads in the State will sell round-trip ex-
cursion tickets to the Springs.
Reference: Former guests. For further iuiorma-
tion, address
PROPRIETOR HUGHES' SPRINGS,
Cass County, Texas.
AHF
il. J.J.J
VTRGIjNTI^.
This watering place,
c
_ „ SO
- celebrated for the cure of Dyspepsia*
and all diseases arising from the digestive or-
gans, will be open on the 1st day of June next.
Since the last season a new Bath-House for
the Ladies has been constructed, adjoining
Paradise Row, and one for Gentlemen, adjoinr
ing the Hotel. The Parlor has been enlarged
and improved. The Billiard Tables have been
removed to the former Office of the Hotel. a
new Office has been arranged on the floor
with the Parlors and Dining-room, and
other changes (which add to the comfort and
convenience of the place) have been made.
The Proprietor will be prepared to enter-
tain his friends and the public generally in a
style equal to any watering-place in Virginia,
Board, per Month $40 00
Board, Single Week 15 00
Board. Two or more Weeks 12 50
Children under 10 years of age and
Servants haif price.
Pamphlets containing a full description of
the place, with certificates of some of t*he re-
markable cures effected by the use of this
water, will be furnished on application.
c. A. colhol'N,
General Manager.
Hotel Brunswick,
AUSTIN, TEXAS.
HUNT & SMITH Proprietors*
Beg leave to say that thev
have secured the three-story
COOK BUILDING,
Corner Pecan Street ud CoBtreu
Avenue.
The rooms are large, and location right In cent*
of business. Everything hi the house is
NEW, HANDSOME AND COMFORTABLE.
The Hotel la m. necessity for the capital 1ob£
fait.
OPEN JANUARY 15. 1881.
tom sdiith, manager,
a*
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