The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 142, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 5, 1876 Page: 2 of 4
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Tuesday, September 5, 1876.
state press.
The Corsicana Observer makes some
instructive observations on the unani-
mous desire to hold oflice in this coun-
try, and closes with the remark:
Such are the perils of office-holding
from the highest to the lowest. Every
man might be President of the United
States under certain conditions, but the
conditions arrive with one in many
millions.
This looks like an attempt to dis-
courage the legions of young lawyers
who always expect to go to Congress on
the next olection, and live from one
biennial period to another on the spare
diet of hope deferred. Once, when
Thomas JelTerson wished to obtain the
entree into the best European society
for an American family, he wrote that
they were eligible to the highest posi-
tions known to our government. So
are all; but, as the Observer observes,
only one in many millions obtains the
prize. Yet people will put their trust
in lottery tickets and the hope of office.
The editor of the Observer, who has
lately visited Galveston, makes men-
ion of the steady improvement of the
city and its trade and the enterprise of
our business men, and expresses a
warm desire for the continued pros-
perity of the Island City.
The Gatesville Sun beams rather
mildly on the Legislature, and seems to
think that impossibilities were required
of it under " the best constitution ever
adopted
In every direction they were met by
impassable Jbarriers. Besides, be they
ever so earnest in their efforts to work,
the views of one hundred and ten on as
many different questions can not be
harmonized at once. They must have
time in which to work. And before
long the very same papers which have
been abusing the Legislature for not do-
ing more work, will be pitching into it
for getting up such a " mass of crude,
undigested, hasty and ill-advised legis-
lation."
The Sun discusses the duties of the
State Comptroller in connection with
the defalcation of the tax col-
lector of the county of Coryell in
tin sum of $21,000. The Comptroller
seems of the opinion that all the blame
rested on the late County Court, while
the Sun says the Comptroller in this
case has been guilty of the grossest neg-
1 ect of duty.
The law requires a settlement to be
made by him with all collecting officers
every three months, and yet he allowed
upwards of $1:500 to remain unpaid on
State taxes in 1873, upwards of $5000
in 1874, and upwards of $8000 in 1875,
while of the occupation taxes, amount
ing to about $2000 a year, not a dime
luis reached the State treasury in the
last three years. Had he insisted on a
prompt settlement every three months
as required by law, the greater part of
this $21,000 would have been saved to
the State.
There is a deficiency of $250,000 in
the yearly revenue of the State. Taxa-
tion will shortly have to be increased in
consequence. From the condition of
things here, is it not probable that at
least that amount is lost yearly through
out the State by the Comptroller's
scandalous inattention to duty. Ah,
well! Coke is looking forward to the
day when lie will place his royal num-
ber 13's under the mahogany at Wash-
ington ; the Attorney General is too
busy to answer letters addressed to
him on the subject; the Comptroller
don't seem to care so that the matter is
hushed up and he has an easy time,
neither do the thieves so that they have
a good time; taxes throughout the
State will soon have to lie increased 15
cents on the hundred dollars; those who
toil with hand and brain will Lave them
to pay, but their backs are broad and
it is to be hoped they will be able to
stand it.
The Dallas Herald says:
Wash Jones, of Bastrop, formerly
Lieutenant Governor of the State, will
run as an independent candidate against
D. C. Giddings in the Fifth Congres
sional District. He is an able man and
pronounced Democrat, and will cer-
tainly divide the vote if he persists in
running. This will let McCormick in,
and Texas will reap the reward of Han
cock'o unwarranted defeat. The Fifth
District made a fearful mistake in fail
ing to return Hancock, and may yet re
pent in sackcloth and ashes its hasty ac-
tion.
The lie raid has another chapter on
lawlessness, crime and executive ineffi
ciency, closing as follows:
The murder of J. N. Baughman, _
former Republican sheriff of Wharton
county, by assassins, followed immedi
ately upon the slaughter of eight
negroes, but aggravates the danger of
the hour. These crimes, beyond all
Sucstion, do imperil the safety of the
tate when committed in the face of a
desperate contest for party supremacy
in the national government, and it i* not
the part of wise, honest or honorable
statesmanship to tacitly acquiesce in
their commission.
The Governor claimed, before the
commencement of the session of the
Legislature just adjourned, that he was
not vested withf umcient legal authority
to suppress crime. Why did he not
outline in his message the law that
would confer this power, and then bend
his every energy to the task of forcing
its passage? Were his mighty energies
so utterly exhausting in wringing from
that boay his election to the United
States Senate, that he must needs let
that Legislature adjourn without an
effort at that legislation which the very
life and integrity of the State demanded?
The people are heart-sick and weary of
murder. They hang their heads in
very shame at the character that Texas
is obtaining abroad. They know and
feel that it does her every interest in-
finite hurt—retards immigration, drives
back capital, arrests internal improve-
ments, bankrupts and beggars our citi-
zens. And they grow restless and im-
patient for a change of executives. Will
Senator Coke recognize the will of the
people, and use some little endeavor to
conform to it, or will he persist in a
course which only works injury to him
and to the State?
The Waller County Courier curries
Brick Pomeroy, but his hide is imper-
vious to anything softer than a hand-
saw.;
The papers of the interior have re-
ported half a dozen serious accidents—
three of them fatal—to persons who
were dragged by stake-ropes attached
to mules and horses in the last month.
In most cases the parties have impru-
dently tied the ropes to their own
limbs, in order to secure the animals.
The Rockdale Messenger is not so
lenient towards the Legislature as the
Gatesville Sun. The Messenger says:
The voice of the press all over the
State has been raised in denunciation of
this body, with but few extenuating
circumstances to defend it from the
allegations made. High hopes had been
entertained by the people that this Le-
gislature would have accomplished
much toward undoing the mischief
done by its predecessors. Few of these
hopes have been realized. Wc will not
question the intentions of the Fifteenth
Legislature, but that a great lack of ca-
pacity to do the will of the people ex
isted, no one can doubt. In our opinion
the works of this Legislature can not be
taken as indicative of the wishes of the
people it represented, for it would be in
deed unfortunate that the people of any
State would sanction laws which were
not sufficiently stringent to prevent
crimes which are being daily committed
within the limits of our State. May
peace be with them, but Texas has
learned a lesson which will not be soon
forgotten.
That the duties of the Legislature
were unusually arduous and complica-
ted no one doubts. This much was ex-
pected, and the best utcn in the State
should have been sent to perform them.
But it unfortunately happens that popu-
lar men take the lead of capable men,
and the people seem more disposed to
reward individuals by bestowing offices
upon them than to select those best
qualified to perform the service re-
quired of public officers. It seems
strange, but it is nevertheless a common
occurrence, for men to seek offices for
which they are not qualified. The aver
age number of men in our State Legis
latures, or even in Congress, who com-
prehend the whole bearings of a meas
ure, or who are capable of drafting bills
in a correct and thorough manner, is
surprisingly small. The statutes are
too often a jumble, requiring all the
skill and care of the courts to give them
an intelligible interpretation.
The Waco Examiner sayB;
If Texas were only half as solicitous
to secure first-class talent in the State
Legislature as she is about lier Congres-
sional representation, it would save us
much bother and many disgraceful
scenes like that of the 31st of July.
The Mineola Reporter does not be
lieve in human perfection;
Nine times out of ten the persons
who can speak seven different lan-
gauges, fail to clean out a hair-brush
after they are done using it.
The Texarkana Democrat says:
So determined were the political man
agers in Hancock's district to signalize
their triumph over him, that they put
up the name of Seth Shepard as elector
in Giddings's place. We wonder if an-
other place can't be found for Finlay,
the other contestant of Hancock. Home
managers show no partiality; it took
the trio in masterly combination to de
feat the people's choice, let not one of
them go unrewarded. Get somebody
else out of the way by all means,- and
trot Finlay to the front. It is too J bad
that all can't find an immediate reward.
The Democrat should remember that
recrimination will only make matters
worse. Whatever mischief has been
done is now past recall, and far less has
been done than was threatened. Col.
Giddings was no more acceptable to
certain extremists than was Judge Ilan
cock; but all good Democrats should
now unite in electing their candidate
The following, from the Sherman
Patriot, does Col. Giddings injustice,
He is an outspoken and independent
but not "an extreme, man." He
thoroughly conservative, and, next to
Hancock, the best selection that could
have been made:
John Hancock was beaten at the Aus
tin convention for a renomination for
Congress. This is about as we expected
Coke and the extreme element wanted
him defeated, and they put him in his
little bed. D. C. Giddings, of Bren
ham, of extreme views and moderate
ability, is the nominee over Hancock
Giddings is the party who got $31,000
for getting back some United States
bonds stolen from Texas during the war
and sold in England. If elected he will
be a mere cipher in Congress compared
with a man of John Hancock's ability
and influence. But he is an extreme
man. and that will please many of his
constituents.
It is useless for moderate Democratic
papers to now regret the defeat of
John Hancock for renomination for
Congress in the Austin district. Ilan
cock was slaughtered by the extreme
Coke Democracy for his out-spoken
union sentiments, and no man of his
class can hope to get an office from
those " patriots " in Texas.
The Goliad Guard is rather guarded
in what it says, but seems to insinuate
something by remarking:
The Fifteenth Legislature drew
heavy draft on the gratitude of the peo-
ple of Texas by adjourning sine die on
on the 21st instant.
Lieut. Gov. Mueller, of Ohio,
makes a statement to the effect that
Carl Schurz told;him the Fifth Avenue
conference address meant either Bristow
or Tilden, and that the special intent
was to strike Hayes. Dr. Pretorious
says Schurz was offered the mission to
Berlin if he would announce for Tilden
The St. Louis Times wants to know
what inducement Hayes has offered that
caused Schurz to decline the liberal
offer of Tilden.
The new Republican convention of
Connecticut protests against fraud, in
timidation and violence by Democratic
politicians in reconstructed States
against rewarding rebellion and treason
and characterizes Tilden as a man who
withheld from the friends of the Union
his sympathy and support when the
nation's existence was in peril. The
same old bloody shirt, though sadly
tattered.
Gov. Bedle, of New Jersey, publishes
a letter in the Herald on the issues of
the presidential campaign. The Gov
ernor says that the people of the coun
try demand a change of administration
on account of the hard times, and that
he is confident of the election of Tilden
and Hendricks. He thinks Indiana will
be carried by the Democrats.
THE ROAD LAW.
CtiAl'pell Hill, Aug. 30, 1876.
Eds. News—Presuming that it is the
duty of journalists of this country to
guard the rights of the people against
legislative oppression, folly or imbe-
cility, I take the liberty to direct your
attention to some points in the Road
Law, as passed by the last Legislature.
The principal features of the law are,
that all male persons between the ages
of sixteen and forty-five years shall be
liable to work on the public roads for
not more than ten days in a year, and
that the work shall be conducted by
overseers, who are also authorized to
accept a substitute, or one dollar per
day in lieu of the person not choosing
to work. All this looks very well on
paper, and even may be some very
pleasant reading matter for some peo-
ple, but, when it comes to the practi-
cability of the matter, it loses its pleas-
ant aspects entirely.
The law as it stat ds, allows the over-
seer to call out the men of his beat all
at one time. Now, where and how is
a substitute to be had? The overseer
certainly could not accept persons as
substitutes below sixteen and above
forty-five, for the law exempts them,
and, being exempted by virtue of age
only, it follows that they are considered
unable to work on account of weakness,
either from extreme youth or advanced
age ; hence, I believe it would be not in
conformity with the law to accept per-
sons as substitutes who are disqualified
by the causes mentioned, to perform a
reasonable amount of labor per day.
Further, it appears that the law comes
in conflict with existing charters of in-
corporated townships. The charter of this
place, for instance, says that the streets
shall be worked by all male citizens
between the ages of eighteen and forty-
five, within the corporate limits, while
the road law does not exempt such citi-
zens from working ou public roads in
the country. In consequence of this
apparent defect the overseers in this
vicinity have summoned all male citi-
zens affected by the road law to work
on the roads in the country two or three
miles away from town. How is that
for high? Is it a defect in the law or
a faulty construction upon the same?
While I look upon the foregoing as
being amenable, if the law was other-
wise good, I think that the whole of it
is open to a sweeping condemnation.
Of course we all wish to have good
roads throughout the State, and some
practical law should bo devised to attain
this object, but without imposing the
burden which its operation necessarily
entails, only upon one class of people.
Just now the cry throughout this glo
rious (?) republic is for low and equal
taxation. Now I hold that this road
law is a tax indiredtly imposed upon a
certain class of citizens. Time and la-
bor is the poor man's money, and tim<
and labor being expended for the benefit
of the State at large, it follows that it is
a tax paid to the State by the unfortu-
nates of between sixteen and forty-five,
at a rate of $10 a year, irrespective of
wealth, interest, occupation, etc. To
exempt the rich man over forty-five
from the operations of this law simply
by virtue of age, while the poor day-la-
borer below that age, depending upon
his daily earnings for the support of his
family, must give to the State two con-
secutive days five times a year, is the
very superlative of "outrageous." I
have no doubt that some of our Chris-
tian nabobs will be very much pleased
at seeing the poor man toiling and
sweating along the road trying to smooth
it for them to take their immortal souls
with their fatty mortal flesh attached
on a pleasure trip, without having to
run the risk to lose the former by an
unintentional curse when the latter
should be bruised by a sudden tumble.
I think there are about 300,000 persons
throughout the State affected by this
law, which represent a sum in labor, at
$10 per head, of $3,000,000! What a
sum! In the hands of honest engineers
we could have a turnpike to every corn
crib and chicken-coop in the State in a
few years. Building roads belongs to
surveying and engineering, and is re-
duced to a science not to be practiced
by novices. Dieu et Mon Dkoit.
P. S.—Since writing the foregoing, I
learn that parties have written to the
Attorney General regarding this matter.
Tlie British Press on FIcrrpont.
[From the Liverpool Mail.]
The sooner Mr. Edwards Pierrepont.
the new American Minister, drops the
character of an oratorical buffoon, the
better it will be for himself and the
great nation he represents. Mr. Pierre
pont has been in the country a very
short time, but, perhaps, on account of
a natural tendency that way, has con-
trived to render himself very rcdiculous
on every public appearance he has made
Without questioning the good taste of
stranger endeavoring to satirize Mr.
Gladstone, or bestowing "advice" upon
the Archbishop of Canterbury, we
think that Mr. Pierrepont's perform-
ance at the ministerial banquet will
give most Americans reason to think
that they are singularly unfortunate in
their Ministers to the Court of St.
James. An ambassador who seeks to
contribute to tlie| "harmless gaiety of
nations " by such a joke as the follow-
ing has evidently mistaken his vocation
and should have sought distinction in
the circus rather than in diplomacy:
" 1 came over Jiere in an English
steamer, bccause I thought it more
courteous so to travel than in an Ameri
can steamer. Another reason why
came in a British steamer instead of
New York steamer was that we have
no New York American steamers.'
Americans are keen humorists them
selves, and we hope they will appreciate
the brilliancy of the comic efforts of
Mr. Edwards Pierrepont, and will not
fail to remember that the position
held by this too funny diplomatist was
once honored by the genius and dignity
of Mr. Charles Francis Adams.
A Drinking Vessel for Chickens.
Galveston, August 28, 187C.
Eds. News—All of us who raise poul
try have so often essayed to provide a
suitable drinking vessel for them, that
I think your chicken-raising readers
will be glad to hear of an admirable
plan suggested by a statement in a late
copy of the Poultry World. Knowing
the difficulties with the old-fashionec
dug-out log in keeping the water clean
and fresh, important requisites for
healthy fowls, as also the objectionable
pans ferns, rusting and leaking, the
broken dishes and cups, etc., let them
try this and see if the happy liens don't
cackle a " thank'e" for such a per
petual fountain of pure running water.
Take a five gallon coal oil can; solder
up all openings; on a side near the bot-
tom cut a slit say one-third of an inch
wide and two and a half inches long.
Just below the bottom of the slit solder
a semi-circular piece of tin for a cup
make it three inches deep. To fill it
lay the can over on its back and pour
into the slit; turn up and it will fill the
cup even to the top of the two and a
half inch slit. Atmospheric pressure
prevents any more running out till the
chicken drinks from the cup and lowers
the water below the top of the slit.
Precisely on the same principle as our
common atmospheric inkstands. If
there are any who do not understand it
let.lhemjgo to a stationer's and study the
construction of one. The can should
be kept on a wide plank, projecting to
the front sufficient to keep the chickens
from scratching dirt into the cup. A
large wooden box to cover the can will
help to keep the water cool; cut, of
course, for the cup a lip piece, which
should have a little shed or awning pro-
jecting over it for shade.
Fill tlie can with fresh water at least
every otlier day. Don't suppose it must
be clean and good because you don'
see the impurities as you would in
dug-out log, etc., and you will make
ye chickens happy in tlie possession of
such a drinking fountain.
The Poultry World is an admirable
periodical to which we are indebted for
the idea of such a vessel as I have
already described. Gallinabiub.
STATE NEWS.
bosque county.
At Meridian business is good for the
season and the prospect fair, though
the drouth has lessened the cotton crop.
Some of the mercants carry heavy
stocks of goods... .The thriving Nor-
wegian settlement, in Bosque county,
nestled between two mountains in a
beautiful valley, with clear running
streams plowing through the the entire
length, being from two to three miles
wide, presents a beautiful picture of
industry and thrift. The fine fields
fenced with stone fences, and the large
stone houses shows them to be a pros-
perous and happy people.
coryell couhty.
District Court opens next Monday.
There are about 90 civil cases on the
District Court docket for the term... .A
camp meeting has been in progress on
Henson Creek during the past week...
Heaberlin, the young man who killed
Harris, has not surrendered to the au-
thorities, as it was at first thought he
would do, and it is now believed he lias
left tlie country... .The people on the
south side of the county have had no
rain in ten weeks, and cotton is short
in consequence... .Water in the Leon
has gone clear down, and the sound of
the grinding is low... .The Sun has
not heard of one case in which the ca-
terpillars are eating up the cotton.
Corn crops in this part of the countiy
are tolerably good. Cotton is not so
good; in fact, will not make over half
a crop, being injured by the protracted
drouth of June and July.
collin county.
Two large two-story brick buildings
are going up on the south side of the
square, and two more on the north
side. When these are completed, Mc
Kinney will have twenty brick and
stone liou -cs—all two story, except two
or three—besides the courthouse, which
is at present tlio finest in the State.
CALDWELL county.
On list Tuesday morning Jas. Duke,
eolorcd, was found dead on the track of
the G., II. and S. A. R. W., at Seal's
creek bridge. There are various opin
ions in regard to the cause of his death.
Some suppose he was killed by a pass
ing train; others think he was mur-
dered and thrown on the track. He had
been drinking and quarreling with his
wife the night previous. It is a remarka
ble instance that his child, six months
old, was found about three feet from
him, lying between the cross-ties, un-
hurt, the train having passed over it.
The jury of inquest were divided in
their opinion as to the cause of death
cherokee county.
The Presbyterians are holding a pro-
tracted revival meeting at Rusk....
Road working commenced last Thurs-
day.
delta county.
Crops of corn in this county are very
fine. Perhaps there never have been
better corn crops raised in this county
than the one raised this year. Corn will
be cheap enough for any person. Many
say that corn will not be worth more
than 25 cents a bushel this fall Boll
worms are appearing in the Jarnigan
thicket neighborhood... .Wheat cheap
men trying to sell at 75 cents all day and
fail... .Cotton is very good and promises
to pay the farmers amply for the toil ex
pe ided.
ellis county.
Cotton picking is going on quite
rapidly in this county. The warm dry
weather has caused it to open very fast,
and a rush is rendered necessary in or
dered to save it before a great part falls
out and becomes injured. From the
best information the Enterprise can get
this 'county will average from a half to
three-fourths of a bale per acre. Lobor
in this section is scarce.
fannin county.
The body of a one-legged man was
found last Friday on the prairie about
two miles from Capt. Jack Marshall's
residence, in the northwest part of Hunt
county. The man was a stranger in
that part of the country, and had evi
dently been killed the day before by a
load of buck-shot fired into his breast
and another in his face. There were
two revolvers belted around the corpse,
two derringers in his pockets, and a
Henry rifle lying near by. At last ac
counts the name of the murdered man
and the cause of the killing remained a
mystery.
grayson county.
Tlie Sherman foundery, under charge
of those energetic gentlemen, Messrs,
Jouvenat and Gearheart, is turning out
some excellent work in iron fronts....
Grayson county sends fourteen convicts
to the penitentiary this time Mr.
W. B. Hardin, living near Fitzhugh's
Mill, had a little son bitten on the foot
last Friday evening by a ground rattle
snake, one of the most poisonous of
snakes. He immediately corded the
ankle and immersed the foot in a saucer
filled with coal oil, keeping the cord
above saturated with oil. His foot was
kept in the oil about three hours, when
he was cured.
gregg county.
The thermometer ranged from 96 to
98 nearly all last week. ...The Long
view New Era says the compress is
looming up. The commercial faith of
the merchants of Longview has crystal
lized itself in brick and mortar...
Drummers are as thick as ileas and as
hard to get rid of... .The click of the
mason's trowel, and the " hoop la " of
the dusky hod carriers are heard on
every hand.
guadalupe county.
A prisoner in the calaboose attempted
to burn his way out the other day, but
the thing wouldn't work... .Proposals
will be received during the present
week for laying the foundation of the
new Presbyterian church at Seguin...
The old Baptist church is to be torn
down in a week or two, and a new
church building will be erected on the
lot adjoining the Houston property.
The location will b-s more central.
gonzales county.
Tlios. J. Easterling, traveling cor
respondent of the San Antonio Ileralk
writes from Gozales: "Corn crop this
year is as good as ever known. Corn is
only worth 50 cents per bushel; beef two
cents per pound. The climate is mild
and pleasant. The thermometer ranges
from 1)0 to 25 degrees. Gulf breezes
makes the summer pleasant... .The
cotton crop last year was about 9500
bales. This year it will probably be
larger... The lands are of every variety
—thin sandy, red lands, black loams,
black, stiff and shell lands—and the
products are as varied as the soil. This
county is watered by the Guadalupe
river and its tributaries. This river is
made up of mountain streams, and it
flows with a bold and rapid current
through the very center of the county.
Near the geographical center of Gon
zales county the San Marcos river runs
into the Guadalupe, and are within
twelve miles of each other, where
they enter the county Upon
the eastern bank of the Guada-
lupe and about one mile below the
mouth of the San Marcos, is situated
the beautiful town of Gonzales, the
county scat. A splendid court-house
in the center of the public square,
built of gray stone, at a cost of forty
thousand dollars. There are now three
good church buildings, one of brick
and two frame, respectively owned by
the Methodist, Baptist and Presbyte
rian. There is a Union Sabbath School,
with an average of 120 pupils; about
twenty-five stores of all classes, fifteen
workshops, fifteen hotels and livery
stables, one newspaper, about twenty
lawyers, several physicians and dentists.
This city has a population of about two
thousand inhabitants, who are noted for
intelligence and refinement. It is six
teen miles to the railroad at Ilarwood
and thirty miles to Cuero. About
twenty miles of Gonzales the Galves
ton, Houston and San Antonio Railroad
runs through the northern portion of
Gonzales county, consequently it has
two depots, Harwood and Waelder, at
cither margin. This county has about
thirteen thousand inhabitants, nearly
one-half of which have been obtained
in the last five or six years. In 1870
there were only 8900, an increase of at
least fifty per cent.
grimes county.
The Tablet says: We have ma de dili -
gent inquiry as to the extent of the in-
.ury done so far by the cotton worms
in this county; and although reports are
conflicting, it is evident the damage
will be considerable. Some say one-
lialf, some one-third, some one-fourth,
and some not so much.... At Wallace's
Prairie, on last Saturday evening, two
negroes, George Merrion and George
Larkin, were engaged in playing a game
of cards for ten cents, when a dispute
took place between them. Phil. Mc-
Ginty, another negro, who was a by-
stander, took sides with Larkin. That
caused a dispute between him and Mer-
rion, when the latter seized a double-
barreled shot-gun belonging to Jack
Whiteside, which was Tying on the
ground near by, and shot Phil. Mc-
Ginty, killing him instantly. A reward
of fifty dollars is offered for George
Merrion, which seems to be rather low
for a murderer.
kendall county.
A Scliuetzen-fest will come off at
Boerne next Sunday. Prize shooting
will be had during the day, and the
occasion will be enlivened by the
Fredericksburg brass band. A grand
ball will come off at night at Phillip's
hall Last Monday a Mr. Forehauer,
livingjM;ar Boerne, while on his way
home was shot at three times. He re-
turned to Boerne and got a pistol, and
on assuming a homeward course was
re-attacked. He returned the fire and
that was the end of it. That same
night a young man left a horse standing
in town and returning to where he left
him found his steed gone. He has not
heard of the horse since. . . .Brazil, who
knocked a man in the head with a hoe
near Boernwa few weeks ago, was tried
under habeas corpus in Boerne last
Tuesday and Wednesday before Judge
Paschal. The bond was fixed at $20,-
000, which he was unable to give, and
and was recommitted to prison.
lamar county.
The Lamar County Fair will com-
mence on the 25th of October and con-
tinue four days.
limestone county.
Fine stock is being introduced. A.
C. Mercer, of Limestone county, owns
a Durham calf which weighed 282
pounds at three months old.
leon county.
Leon county has an area of over
800,000 acres, not more than one-fif-
teenth of which is in cultivation
The voting population of the county is
about 2200, of which over 1500 are
white... .Lands are very cheap, consid
ering their superior quality. Improved
lands are worth from $5 to $15, and
unimproved lands from $2 to $5. As
to terms, purchasers can get both im
proved and unimproved on one, two or
three years time... .The Trinity river
forms the eastern and the Navasota a
part of the western boundary of the
county About eight-tenths of the
county is timbered. The wood consists
of hickory, postoak, blackjack, red and
turkey-oak on the uplands, and of pin
post, red. and burr or over-cup oaks
pecan, ash, Cottonwood, elm, maple
lin, mulberry, hackberry, gum, wal
nut, locust, etc....The soils embrace
almost every variety known to Texas,
varying from a stiff or waxy black to a
loose sandy, all of which are remark
ably rich and productive... .The pro-
ducts are cotton, corn, potatoes, peas,
oats, rye, wheat, barley, the most pop
ular varieties of grass, sugar-cane,
broom-corn, melons of every descrip-
tion, peaches, apples, pairs,
quinccs, pomegranates, apricots, necta-
rines, pecans, walnuts, strawberries,
blackberries and grapes, together with
every known garden vegetable... .It is
thought that, in proportion to the acre-
age in cotton, there is annually as great
a number of bales shipped from this
county as from any other in the State.
The annual production is between
15,000 and 20,000 bales. Cotton in this
county is seldom visited by the worm,
and appears to be peculiarly exempt
from all other mishaps. The crop this
year will probably exceed 20,000 bales.
Corn is generally plentiful, and
this year there will be a large surplus.
... .The range for hogs, cattle and sheep
is excellent. The mast is unusually
heavy.
montague county.
The particulars of the fiendish mur-
der of a whole family in Montague
county were printed in the News last
week. Mrs. England has since died,
but stated before her death that Ben.
Cribs, a neighbor, was one of the mur-
derers. He has been arrested, but bit-
terly denies the charge. The excite-
ment is high, and it is thought Cribs
will be lynched.
menard county.
The San Saba river, a stream from
two to four feet in depth, and from
fifty to one hundred in width, flows
from west to east for a distance of
about forty miles through this county,
and is fed by a large number of local
tributaries. The valley of the river is
from one-half to two miles wide, all of
it of the finest agricultural lands, the
bank of the stream being fringed by the
largest and finest of pecan and burr oak
timber. The bluffs bordering the val-
ley are of limestone, from 75 to 150 feet
high; on top, the surface is undulating,
with a general rise from the river, until
at a distance of say two miles the hills
are from three to four hundred feet
above the river. The surface for the most
part is rocky, loose rock being scattered
generally over it; yet in many places in
the vaUeys which head in the hills, hun-
dreds of acres are to be found free from
rock and suitable for cultivation. The
valleys on the hills are covered with a
dense carpet of the curly mesquit grass,
the most nutritious of all grasses. At
the present the valleys are covered with
this grass from three to six inches high,
capable of feeding ten times the amount
of stock which is now on it. At pres-
ent the county is very sparsely popula-
ted, and farming is carried on on a very
limited scale. An irrigating company
is constructing a canal on the south side
of the river from a point four miles
above Menardville, which is designed
to irrigate all the valleys as far as the
east line of the county, a distance of
about twenty miles. They have built a
substantial dam across the river, and
have completed something like four
miles of the canal, which is now capa-
ble of pouring over the valley on which
Menardville is situated, a stream of
water 0x21 feet, with a velocity of five
or six miles per hour. By another year
not less than five thousand acres ean be
watered by this canal.
milam county.
The Rockdale Messenger says: Cotton
is making its appearance daily on our
streets, and business is gradually im-
proving. .. .On Wednesday night Mr.
Nat Smith and a young man named
Petit, camped near the railroad. Late
at night a train came along frightening
the horses and causing them to run off.
Mr. Smith told Petit to await his
return while he went in search of the
horses. Not finding his companion at
the camp on his Jreturn, Smith started
again in pursuit of the horses. After
going over a mile from the camp he met
Petit returning with the horses, but in
a terribly lacerated condition. Petit, in
order to secure his horse, had tied one
end of the stake rope to his leg, and
when his horse ran off he was dragged
with it. When met by Mr. Smith he
was almost stripped of his clothing and
the flesh on his back worn almost to the
bone. With considerable difficulty Mr.
Smith got him to the house of a Mr.
Kritser, where he now is. Though seri-
ously and painfully hurt, he will proba-
bly recover... .Mr. Copeland, minister
of the Cumberland Presbyterian church,
has been holding a protracted meeting
at Rockdale, assisted by Mr. Morrison,
for the last three weeks. A number of
accessions have been made to the
church.
navarro conuty.
The Observer says the boll worm has
made its appearance in the cotton, and
will materially cut off the late crop.
Our farmers are all busy picking, and
are, better still, selling and not waiting
for higher prices. Another good rain
is needed. Wheat will be given a fair
trial this year as well as other grains...
The new Baptist Church in Corsicana
is going up rapidly. By the middle of
next week the window "frames will be
set. When completed it will be a fine
building... .New cotton is coming in-
and the receipts this week will be cons
siderable.
NUECES COUNTY.
A party of men from the Nueces river
attending a theater at Brackett last
Thursday night, became disorderly, and
commenced talking in loud and insult-
ing language to all the ladies in the
house, when a Mr. Robinson, a citizen
of Brackett, remonstrated. One of the
intruders pulled his pistol and fired at
Robinson. The ball missed him, but
the powder from the cartridge burned
his eye severely, the pistol being close
to his face. Robinson knocked the
man down before he could fire again,
when all the party commenced firing at
Robinson, who then pulled bis revolver,
returned the fire, and drove the party
off. One of the party is supposed to
be badly wounded.
smith county.
Road work under the new law has al-
ready commenced in these parts....
Some of our farmers complain that the
boll worms are damaging cotton con-
siderably; nevertheless the prospect is
still good for a fair crop in Smith
county.
tarrant county.
The railroad has waked the echoes
in this region Thirty two story brick
and stone business houses are under
way at Fort Worth.
A new postoffice building is in course
of erection at Fort Worth. Mrs. Stelly,
lately from Marshall, will shortly have
completed a very commodious hotel on
Houston street depot. The amount of
building now going on in Fort Worth
is at least four or five times as great as
it was when the railroad was completed
four weeks ago... .We are informed
that a lady named Gallimore, residing
on Deer creek, about fifteen miles south
of Fort Woith, met with a sad accident
a few days since, which is likely to
prove fatal. Being alone, she had led a
mule to water, and afterward taking off
the bridle, a lariat which was tied to
the neck of the mule and dragging on
the ground, caught her by the foot.
The mule ran away and she was dragged
at a rapid rate for a considerable dis-
tance before her foot was loosed from
s#he rope. She was terribly mangled,
and all except herself are sure that she
will die. She says that while dragging
on the ground such was her suffering
she tried to hold her head down, in
order to permit the hard knocks to kill
her, but she was disappointed, and now
thinks she will get well.
williamson county.
The cotton crop will be rather short
this season, on account of dry weather
... .The weather continues dry in tbis
section, and rain is needed very much
The corn prospects are very good.
Many of our farmers are now gather-
ing. .. .On Thursday last Geo. Adams,
who killed Charles Turner near Round
Rock about two weeks ago, came in
town and surrendered himself for trial.
An examination of the case was had
before Judge Chesslier, which lasted all
day and a portion of the night. Adams
was required to give a $1500 bond for
his appearance at the District Court,
which was given... .Round Rock con-
tinues to grow in population, buildings
and business, but not in grace.
waller county.
This county has a Tilden and Hen-
dricks club. A. J. Harvey was elected
President, J. W. Shephenson.Yice Presi-
dent, and J. H. Farr, Secretary... .Mr.
Tell Tuftly, of Hempstead, has been se-
riously ill for several days, but is now
rapidly recovering... .The Courier
mentions the serious illness of that old
citizens G. H. Wheeler. At last ac
counts he was convalescing Cotton
is coming in quite freely. Shindler is
running two 80 saw and one 60 saw gins
constantly. Ahrenbeck's gin has a
good run of custom New brick
houses are going up in Hempstead, and
the prospect for the fall trade is good.
washington county.
New cotton comes in at the rate of
150 bales a day. At Brenham the
streets present a very lively appear-
ance; a large number of wagons are
coming in daily loaded with cotton.
PERSONAL.
Tlie La Paz says that Cortina has
broken up camp and gone towards San
Fernando.
A rudely carved stone pipe was lately
discovered in a mound at Maysville,
Ky. It weighs about 11 pounds, and
was made from a semi-hard rock.
A tramp in the Cumberland station
house, Maryland, made a small bonfire
of his clothing in the midst of his cell,
and when the flames, after great exer-
tions, had been extinguished, he kindly
offered to stay where he was all sum-
mer, or to depart as soon as the authori-
ties would provide him a new suit of
clothing.
Olive Logan warns the fashionable
women of New York that they must
be more temperate in their drinking,
and points to a certain " beautiful and
captivating woman," who is now forced
to pass her life in a sequestered "re-
treat," because of her disposition to get
on what is vulgarly termed " a bender."
At a recent performance in a Dublin
circus Lulu, the well-known gymnast,
met with a terrible accident. She is
propel led from a spring platform about
sixty feet into the air, and then catches
a trapeze. On this occasion she missed
the catch, and did not fall perpendicu-
larly on the net intended to receive her,
but sideways against the gallery mail-
ings, and thence rebounded into the
arena. Her injuries are most fearful,
and the doctors entertain no hope of
her recovery.
Charles Iieade has written a long
letter to the Scotsman, defending him-
self and James Lambert, his "Hero
and Martyr," from the Glasgow Herald,
which had intimated pretty plumply
that Jamie Lambert was a good deal of
a fraud, and that Mr. Reade had either
been imposed upon by him, or had aided
him in his imposture.
A convict who escaped from a North
Carolina jail stopped at a farm house
and told the inmates that he was an
officer in pursuit of a fugitive, and had
put on the prison dress in order to de-
ceive him. He asked for a revolver,
and got it. At another place, by telling
the same lie, he borrowed a horse. Sev-
eral bloodhounds overtook him, but he
shot them. Yet, after all his good luck,
he was captured.
The Chicago Journal isn't a particu-
larly bright newspaper ordinarily, but
it shall have all credit for the follow-
ing: "What is my bill?" anxiously
asked a man who had stayed over night
at a Philadelphia hotel lately. " Your
bill? " was the calm reply, "how much
money have you along? " "Twenty-nine
dollars," gasped the innocent and re-
tired guest. "Well, that's it—that's
your bill," remarked the considerate
proprietor. And as the Centennial
visitor started out on foot for his home
in Indiana, he muttered thoughtfully
to himself: " So this is the way that
'tramps' are made."
Care of Steam Boiler*.
A recent report of the Hartford
(Conn.) Steam Boiler Inspection Com-
pany calls attention to some defects and
dangers which are often overlooked:
There are defects in boilers which can
only be discovered by careful inspec-
tion. Hydraulic pressure can not do it.
Internal inspection reveals defects like
the following: Corrosion of plates;
grooving along the edge of the inner
lap of the sheet; crack or fracture run-
ning from rivet to rivet; accumulation
of sediment or hard lime scale over the
fire surfaces, causing the plates to be
overheated and their strength greatly
reduced; braces and stays, broken or
corroded so badly as to have little
strength left. Then there are the ques-
tions of feed, blowout, safety-valve ca-
pacity, steam-gauge, quality of feed-
water, etc., which have a direct and im-
portant bearing upon the safety of
boilers.
G. F. Spearman, a prominent citizen
of Caddo parish, La., died a few days
ago.
_ Special Notices.
The Officers and members of Star
State Steam Fire Engine Company No. 3 are
notified to attend monthly meeting THIS
(Tuesday) EVENING, Sept. 5, at 8 o'clock.
By oraer of the Foreman.
se5 It W. H. MOELLER, Sec'y-
fVotice to Consignees.—'The steamship
CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, Pennington, mas-
ter, from New York, is now discharging cargo
at Williams's wharf.
Consignees will please receive their goods
as landed, receipting for the same on the
wharf.
All goods remaining on the wharf after 4
o'clock p. m. (not receipted for) will be stored
at expense and risk of consignees.
All claims for damage must be adjusted be-
fore the goods leave the wharf.
J. N. SAWYER, Agent,
se5 St 54 Strand.
Auction Sales.
AUCTION SALE.
PARK, LYNCH & CO.—E. A.
PARK. Auctioneer—Will sell THIS DAY,
5th inst., at 10 a. m., at their salesrooms,
Strand—
20 bbls. POTATOES, 12 half barrels new
MACKEREL.
15 bbls. imported ALE, CAN GOODS,
FLOUR,
TOBACCO and other GROCERIES.
1 Hair-cloth LOUNGE and EASY CHAIR
Also, other Merchandise, and any goods that
may come In before hour of sale. sea
Educational.
GALVESTON
FEMALE SEMINARY,
Avenue I, bet. 19tli and 20tli Sts.
T. J. GIltARDEAU, Principal.
Miss E. H. NORTON, 1st Assistant.
This old and well-known institution will be
re-opened on Monday, tlie 4tli of Sep-
tember, with a competent corps of teachers.
TERMS:
Primary Department $3 50
Preparatory 5 03
Intermediate e 00
Collegiate 7 00
No extra charge will be made for French,
German, Latin or Greek.
For particulars apply |to Prof. Girardeau,
corner Winnie and 18th streets, or to the un-
dersigned, Ave. K, bet. 24th and 25th streets.
REV. A. BLUM,
se3 su tu th lm Secretary F. S.
New Advertisements.
ITNITED STATES INTERNAL
J REVENUE,
Dep'y Collector's Office, 1st Dist., Texas, I
Galveston, Sept. 1. ISTtf. )
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a cer-
tain Warrant of Distraint to me directed, and in
hands placed by Win. H. Sinclair, Collector of
Internal Revenue. First District, Texas, I have
this day levied upon the following described
property, belonging to John S. Jones, and
shall proceed to sell the same at public auc-
tion, on the 30th day of September, 1876, be-
tween the hours of 10 a. m. and 4 v. m. at the
Courthouse door of Galveston county, Texas,
to satisfy certain debts due to the United
States by Jno. S. Jones, as administrator of the
estate of J. II. Jones, of Brazoria county,
Texas, viz: Lot No 8, in block No. 269, ac
cording to the map and plans of the city of
Galveston, with all the improvements thereon,
situated in the city and county of Galveston,
State of Texas. WM. H. GRIFFIN,
Dep'y Col. U. S. Int. Rev., 1st Dist.. Texas.
FOR SEASONABLE
AND LATEST STYLES OF
OIL. O THING
CALL ON
H. JACOBS,
TIIE LEADING TAILOR,
s«3 lm* Cor. Postoffice and 22d sts.
TO ARRIVE,
Per Margarethe, from Rio,
3500 Sacks COFFEE
IN STORE,
2000 Rolls BAGGING
Ex Kronprinz von Preussen,
1500 Sacks COFFEE
Due per Messina,
5000 SACKS SALT.
KAUFFITIAN & UUNGE.
au25 tf una
3600 Sacks COFFEE
TO ARRIVE FROM RIO,
EX-ADONIS.
aul '70 ly una
M. KOPPERL.
DISCHARGING,
4000SACKSCOFFEE
Per "Dido," from Rio.
IN STORE,
2000 ROLLS BAGGING.
TO ARRIVE,
40,000 Sacks Salt.
J. H. ELSW0RT1I & CO.
au8 tf una
Galveston Gas Works.
32d and Market Streets.
All orders or complaints to receive prompt
attention should be left at the Secretary's of-
fice, in the
Ostermann Building,
corner Strand and 22d street, between the
hours of 8 and 12 o'clock a. m.
ap9 '76 una ly
A Card.
Galveston, Texas, Sept. 1,1876.
I take this method of informing my friends
and the public that the firm of B. W. Brown
& Co. is dissolved, and that I have made a
connection with the firm of
ETHERIDGE & WHITE.
Thanking my patrons for their kind favors
extended to me in the past, I earnestly solicit
a continuance of the same in my new relations,
assuring them and the country at large that,
with greatly increased capital and business
facilities, we are able to protect and promote
their interests and satisfactorily to conduct
all business that may be intrusted to us.
se3 3t B. W. BROWN.
New Square Grand Rosewood
Pianos for $250.
THOS. GOGGAN & BRO„
Piano and Musib Dealers,
sel lm Tremont street, Galveston
Wines, Liquors. Etc.
UDOLPHO WOLFE'S
AROMATIC
Schiedam Schnapps.
ESTABLISHED IN 1828.
This celebrated Beverage, now in exist-
ence over 4© years, and so well and favora-
bly known and used all over the world, in-
dorsed fby the whole MEDICAL FACULTY as
a superlative
Tonic, Diurctic, Anti-Dyspcp
tic & Invigorating Cordial,
Is offered to the public with confidence and
assurance of its
PURITY and REI.IA1SIL.ITY.
We CAUTION the public against all
COUNTERFEITS and IMITATIONS, being vile
and poisonous compounds. Ours are the
Original and Only (Pennine
AROMATIC
SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS.
GUARANTEED and PROTECTED by our
TRADE MARK upon every BOTTLE, LABEL,
WRAPPER AND STAMP.
Sold by all DRUGGISTS and GROCERS.
UDOLPHO WOLFE & CO.,
18 Beaver Street, New York.
fe23 eod 6m
HOLLINS INSTITUTE.
Botetourt Spring*, Va.
TIIE 31TII ANNUAL SESSION WILL OPEN
ON THE 15TII OF SEPTEMBER.
Pupils received for a single session or for
the entire period of scholastic training.
For circulars, apply to Waul & Walker, W.
Bk Sorley* Kindred & Vineyard, Galveston;
Gen. T. B. Howard, D. W. C. Dunn, Houston;
Dr. J. B. Shepherd, Austin^ or to the Superin-
tendent. CHAS. L. COCKE,
sel 5t Sup't.
GERMAN-AMERICAN
Ladies' Collogo,
AUSTIN, TEXAS.
The Sixth Annual Session of this Institute
will commence Sept. 4th, 1876.
CORPS OF TEACHERS:
MISS NATALIE VON SCIIENCK, Teacher of
Literature, Histoiw, Qerman, etc.
MISS ALICE NOHL, Teacher of Spanish,
Drawing and Elocution.
MISS TINA GOERRES, Teacher of Music,
French. Geographv, etc.
MISS TONY VON SCHENCK, Teacher of Vo-
cal and Instrumental Music.
Mr. A. C. LAWSON, Professor of Ancient
Languages, Mathematics, etc.
MISS VIRGINIA ROSSY, Teacher of the Pri
mary Departments.
For further information apply to the Princi
pals. Misses NATALIE VON SCHENCK and
ALICE NOHL. aut» lm*
Educational.
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^LBERT LYON'S ACADEMY.—A SCHOOL
FOR BOYS.
Ave. H and 22d street, Galveston, Texas.
Tlie fourth annual session will commence on
MONDAY, September 4th. Sirs. N. Stevens,
assisting in the Primary Department, will re-
ceive also a few little girls. au27 lm*
UIASONIC FEITIALIK INS TIT! TIC,
MARSHALL. TEXAS.
A school of long standing, thorough schol-
arship andeligible location. The Fall Term will
open on the 18th of Sept., with ample arrange-
mentsfor instruction and boarding. Terms for
5 months: Board, §75; Tuition from $15to$"iO.
For catalogues containing particulars, address
aul9 lm* CHAS. B. STUART, Principal.
Bellevue Hiali School,
BEDFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
On Va. & Tenn. R. It., 15 miles west of Lynch-
burg. Full corps of Teachers. High and
healthy location. Pupils members of the
family. Session begins Sept. 15. For cata-
logues or detailed information, apply to
WILLIAM R. ABBOT, Principal,
jy!3 gmeod Dellevue P. O.
]y£RS. R. S. RE ID
Will Reopcu Iicr School
Corner of Broadway and Twenty-eighth
streets, on MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4. Mrs.
Reid trusts that parents intending to place
their children under her carc for the
winter will enter them early in the term,
that they may not lose the first steps in
their classes. German and French will be
taught, if desired. au^T St
Galveston Female Academy.
MRS. J. S. GOODWIN desires to say to her
patrons that she will resume her school on the
first Monday in October. She will be assisted
by a corps of competent teachers, and her
rates of tuition will be as usual. au25 tf
Entertainments.
SEVENTH GRAND FAIR
OF TIIE
Agricultural, Stockraising
Industrial Association
OF
WESTERN TEXAS,
TO COMMENCE ON
Tuesday, Octobcr 24, 1S7G,
At the Fair Grounds Near
San Antonio,
AND
TO CONTINUE FOUR DAYS.
The List of Premiums lias been En-
larged, and will be found most
Liberal.
S. C. BENNETT, President.
N. J. PETRicn, Secretary. au20 d&W toc20
General Merchandise.
rpo ARRIVE AND IN STORE.
2,500 bbls best No. 1 Rosendale Hydraulic
CEMENT.
500 bbls Alabama LIME.
9ft0 bbls Phcenix PLASTER PARIS.
15,000 lbs Extra Plastering HAIR.
10,000 Best No. 1 A FIRE BRICKS.
300,000 LATHS.
500 bbls Saylor's Portland CEMENT.
200 bales ftorthern HAY.
Also, Fire Clay, Fire Tiles, White Sand, Mar-
ble Dust, Drain Pipe, Crocks for Stoves, Gar-
den Curbing, Blue Stone Coloring, coarse and
fine Salt, Potatoes, etc.
Fresh stocks always on hand. For sale at
lowest market rates by
GEO. II. HENCHIVAN,
fel3 '76 9m Cor. Strand and Bath avenue.
JOS. LABADIE
HAS A NICE STOCK OF
Tackle-Blocks, Rope, Mast-Hoops, Cleats, An-
chors, Barrel-Hoops, Hanks, Paints, Harpoons,
Scrapers, Canvas, Caulking - Irons, Shears,
Rowlocks, Hooks and Thimbles, Gromnets,
Boat-Hooks, Needles, Sail Twine, Tar, Oars,
Ice Cream Freezers, Ice Chisels, Picks, Water
Coolers, Fly Traps, Mouse and Rat Traps,
Cake, Pudding, Fry, Baking, Milk and Wash
Pans; Tin Buckets, Sifters, Dippers, Spoons,
Knives and Forks, Toilet Sets, Clay Furnaces,
Kettles, Pocket Cutlery, Tubs, Pails, Clothes,
Pins, Wash-Boards, Ironing do., Well Buckets,
Carts, Wheelbarrows, Baskets, Flour Boxes,
Knife do., Step-Ladders, Ax-Helves, Chopping
Trays, Brooms, Blacking and Brushes, Sal So-
da, Bluing, Chalk, Whiting, Glue, Green, Red,
White, Yellow and Copper Paints; all kinds
Oils, Terpentine, Rosin and Varnish, Builders'
Hardware, Carpenters' Tools, Shovels, Rakes
and Spades. The cheapest place. Give us a
call. apl5 6m
Paints! Paints! Paints I
PRESERVE YOUR HOUSES BY PROTECT-
ING THEM FROM THE WEATHER.
TO DO THIS USE
BAXTER, BELL & CO'S
PURE LIQUID PAINTS.
ready for use on opening the package. Our
Paints contain no chemicals or water. Can be
used by any one. Are of great body, or cover-
ing capacity. Are the most durable paints
made, and are much superior, in all qualities,
that go to make a good paint, to anv of the
numerous chemical paints offering. We make
a pure white, and numerous beautiful tints,
(all of permanent colors.)
A sample card, with prices and directions,
furnished by the manufacturer's agents.
RICE & BAULARD,
77 Tremont St., Galveston.
au2t thur sat tues 3m
Stoves, Tinware, Etc.
P. H. HENNESSY & CO..
Manufacturers of
Japanned, Pressed and Planished
Ware.
Roolins, Guttering and Jobbing in
Our Line Promptly Attended
to and Fully Warranted.
AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
STOVES,
Tinners' Tools and Machines,
AND
TINNERS' STOCK
Of Every Variety.
Agents for the celebrated
Buck's Brilliant
AND
AM SSXIIO AK
COOKING STOVE8.
sel tf Strand, Galveston.
Public Resorts.
BANK EXCHANGE,
Nob. 112 and 114 Market Street,
(Opposite Nrws Omci.)
This magnificent and costly fitted up BAR
and BILLIARD HALL is now opened to the
public. The large and well ventilated Billiard
Hall is furnished with twelve of the latest
style of Novelty tables, and the Bar and Cigar
Stand are stocked with the choicest brands of
imported liquors and cigars.
The proprietors have spared neither labor
nor expense to make the
RANK EXCHANGE
one of the most beautiful and attractive es
tablishments of the kind in the United Bfcateo,
and will be pleased at aU times to welcome
their friends and the public In general.
a>hao"K 6m HART.AN DCFFIKLD * OO.
TRINITY HALL, BEVEltLY, ti. J.
An Elegant Home School for Girls.
THE BISHOP OF NEW JERSEY, VISITOR.
Fall Term Begins Sept. 21.
For Circular, address the Principal,
Miss RACHELLE GIBBONS HUNT.
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St. Louis Law School,
(Law Department of Washington University.)
The regular annual term of this Law School
will open on WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11,
1876. Full course, two terms, six months
each. Students admitted to the Senior Class,
on examination, by application on or before
October 10th. Tuition, $50 per term, including
use of library. For particulars, address
G. M. STEWART, Dean of Law Faculty,
jy22 3meod* N. Third St., St. Louis. Mo.
UNIVERSITY of VIRGINIA
Opens October 1; continues through nine
months. It is organized in schools on the
elective system, with full coursos in Classic*.,
Literature, Science (with practice in Chemi-
cal and Physical Laboratories), in Law. Medi-
cine. Engineering, ""
Apply for Catalog
cine, Engineering, Teaching and Agriculture.
\pply for Catalogues to JAMES F. HARRI-
SON, Chairman. P. O. University of Virginia,
Albemarle Co., Va.
au'22 lmeod
MISS
M. B. CLOTHIER TAKES
this method of informing her friends and the
citizens of Galveston that she has secured the
large, airy building known as the German
Methodist Church, situated corner of Nine-
teenth street and Avenue H, where she will
open a school on September 4th. Terms mod-
erate; Instruction thorough. Refers to Messrs.
Leander Cannon, C. W. Ilurley and Major L.
C. Fisher. aula lm
GALVESTON ACADEMY
Postoffice st.9 between Fourteenth
and Fifteenth streets.
The Fall Term of this Institute will com-
mence
MONDAY, SEPTETIIIEK 4,
under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. G. D.
BRIGGS. The course of study will embrace
the usual English branches, from Primary to
Collegiate, together with Ancient aud Modern
Languages, \ ocal Music and Drawing.
Terms of Tuition from to $'l, according
to classification.
For further particulars, apply at the School
Building. au^'3 lm
WACO UNIVERSITY
WILL COMMENCE
Fall Session
on tiie
First Monday in September Next.
Our facilities for Instruction and Boarding
are unsurpassed.
TWELVE PROFESSORS and TEACHERS
are employed daily, and we matriculate annu-
ally about 300 students.
RUFUS C. BURLESON, D. D.,
au!2 3m Prosi(lent.
^"OTRE DAME (Maryland)
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE
fob young ladies,
near Govanstown, Baltimore Co., Maryland,
S. S., of Notre Dame.
This institution is most desirably located,
three miles north of Baltimore, and is provided
with every necessary for health and comfort.
The system of education pursued is de-
signed to develop the mental, moral and
physical powers of the pupils, to make them
rennod, accomplished and useful members of
society.
In the Regular Course, which includes the
German aud French languages, number of
pimils limited to one hundred and forty.
Parlor Boarders, or young ladies who desire
private apartments, number limited to four-
teen.
Young Ladies, whose health requires special
privileges, can be accommodated at a first
class country residence, provided iifteen posi-
tive applications are made before the 25th of
August.
Educational advantages are the same for
all. For particulars send for catalogue.
jyl3 lOw
COLUMBIA FEMALE INSTITUTE,
MAUEY COUNTY, TENN.
Rct. Geo. Beckett, S. T. D., Rector.
Assisted by a full Corps of Experienced Teach-
ers. The Forty-first Year will begin Sept. 4,
1876. The entire charge for Board and Tuition
in all the studies of a Thorough English
Course is $275 a Scholastic Year, with no ex-
tras. References—The Bishop of Texas, the
Rev. S. M. Bird and the Rev. J. Ward, Gal-
veston; the Rev. J. J. Clemens, Houston. For
Circulars, giving full particulars, address
REV. GEORGE BECKETT,
aula lm Columbia. Tenn.
SAINT MARY'S
ACADEMY!
Austin, Texas,
—Uudcr the Direction of—
THE SISTERS
of
HOLY CROSS.
This Institution is situated in thei most
healthy and delightful part of the city of Aus-
tin, and affords every advantage to young
ladies who desire to receive a finisliod and
solid education. The course of Instruction is
thorough' and complete, comprising all tho
English branches, Modern Languages, I*atin,
Vocal and Instrumental Music, Drawing,
Painting, Plain Sewing, and every variety of
Fancy Work.
Great attention is paid to the health of the
pupils. The boarders are not confined within
a limited enclosure; they are required to take
long walks and daily exercise in tlie open air
accompanied by their teachers. .
The Scholastic Year opens on Monday
September 4th, 1876, and closes J ano
27til9 187T. Those wishing to enter shorn*
make early application.
Parties from a distance applying for admis-
sion must present first-class references.
For terms and further particulars,
address—
SISTER DIRECTRESS,
Saint Mary's Academy,
au!5 d&Wlm Box 143, AUSTIN, TEXAS
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