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B Irhirilaon. Brio A < o„ I»roprlct'».
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Saturday. March 14, 1S74.
fTHCUT. ATT 01ST
WORE THAN DOUBLE
ANY OTIIKR
PAPER IN TEXAS.
TKXAS PRKSS.
The Sulphur Springs Gazette is argu-
mentative on the weighing bill, and
fully sustains the position of the News.
The Texas Observer announces that a
bill has been introduced in the Legis-
lature to incorporate the Husk Tap
Railway Company. It provides for a
tap read from a convenient point on
the- International and Great Northern
Road to the town of Rusk, with the
right of extension both northwardly
and southwardly. The Observer says
the bill will undoubtedly pass, and in-
ti mutes that citizens will go to work at
once to accomplish the construction of
the road
The Bockport Transcript is pleased
to note that the circulation of the Gal-
veston News is increasing so rapidly
that the proprietors are compelled to
add greater printing facilities. The
'Transcript says: "The News stands
pre-eminently the netespaper of Texas,
and we admire its enterprise."
The Victoria A/1 oocyte is gratified
that Representative E. D. Linn has
proposed an amendment to the Penal
Code of the State. The Advocate says
that the amendment is desired, and in-
dorses it. We have long needed such
a statute enforced in Texas. The fol-
lowing is the amendment:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend
article 400 of the Penal Code.
Skcttoh 1. l>e it enacted by the
Legislature of the State of Texas,
That article 40!) of the Penal Code be
so amended as hereafter to read as lol-
lows: ''Article 40!). If any person
shall play at any game with cards, for
money, or anything of value, tit any
house for retailing spirituous li-
quors, storehouse, tavern, inn,
or in any street?" highway, or other
public place, or in any out-house where
people resort, he shall be fined not
less than ten nor more than twenty-
five dollars; provided, that nothing in
this act shall be so construed as to
prevent the playing of cards for inno-
cent amusement without the expecta-
tion of profit.
Sec. 2. That all laws and parts of
laws in conflict with this act be and
the same are hereby repealed, and that
this act take effect and be in force
from and after its passage.
The Advocate publishes the following
item:
We understand that the man Morris
who removed the stones that marked
the site of Fannin's battle ground,
yielding to the opinion of an outraged
community, has taken the rock out of
his well and returned them to where
they belong.
The Valley is opposed to a division
of Nueces County:
Our representative, Mr. Murphy, in-
troduced a bill repealing the act which
divided Refugio and made the county
of Aransas. The act was passed by the
Twelfth Legislature. It appears that
the act was unconstitutional, in that it
created the county of Aransas with
less than nine hundred square miles,
counting in all the leagues of land and
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period.
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M'companied by the names of responsible
parties.
Nothing written on both sides of a sheet of
aper can be accepted for publication.
No manuscript, not published, to be re-
turned. or held indefinitely, subject to the
order of the person sending it.
These rules, for sufficient reasons, will bo
Inflexibly adhered to in the Nkws Office.
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PAPER AT TIME TAID TO.
To City Sul>»<-rlbrra. _ _
all the waters of the sea, and inclosed
Subscribers living in any portion of islauds within and on its borders. The
the city east of Thirty-fifth street, will j plain simple fact is that Aransas is not
confer a favor by reporting promptly I il constituted county. It exists
J 1 ° 1 . * i by sufferance ana not by law.
at our counting room any and every j To remedr tys defect, and to make
failure, on the part of the carriers, to i jt n valid county in law, is the real ob-
deliver the Daily News before 7 a. m. ject of the people in asking last year
and this the division of San Patricio
and Nueces counties. They want Cor-
pus Christi and Aransas bays and
j j pas. es, and the lands opposite, to
i make that a constitutional county.
Modest that, very. We have no ob-
jections to Aransas if i« can makeup
; its territory from its own land and
f water. But a most decided objection
J to its appropriating without consent,
and under protect, a part of our coun-
j ty—much as we should object, und for
i tlic same reason, to a neighbor taking
[ half the contents of our purse. In
! reality, the cases are parallel. We are
not at all sure but tPat Sir. Murphy's
plan out of the difficulty is the best.
At all events, don't meddle with our
county lands or waters till our citizens
consent.
Uangc of llic Cirauue.
The Oranfjers bid fair to attoin
the regulation of the affairs of the
nation generally. A Washington dis-
patch savs that the Executive Com-
mittee of the National (■ range
l'atrons of Husbandry are maturing a
plan for the formation of a statistical
liureau in connection with the National
Grange, for the collection and dis-
semination of information in regard
to the condition of crops throughout
the country Subordinate (Jrangcs
will report direct to the Statu Granges
all information of interest relating to j
the crops, and the different State
Granges will report by telegraph to j
the Statistical Rureau at Washington, |
which will compile anil summarize i
I
these reports into a monthly report of j
crops in all sections of the country,
and will simultaneously transmit a
report by telegraph monthly to ali
State Granges.
The Patent Office and the Agricul-
tural Rureau will have to look to their
laurels. They are probably safe, how-
ever, as nothing short of the national
treasury will suffice for the printing of
such matters.
Mult on a U . Innnranrc I'ollcy.
At St. Louis, on the tenth instant, |
liefore Judge Lindlay, a jury was en- I
gaged in trying the case of .1. II. j
Brower and B. Blydenberg, of New-
York, against the Mound City Life In
surance Company. The suit is on a
life policy for $.1000, issued by 4.he
company to Alexander Sessums. at the
time a citizen of Galveston. Texas, in
May, 1 872, and afterward assigned to
The Corpus Christi Gtzclte contains
I an interesting railroad item ;
A letter has been received from one
! of the executive committee of our
' railroad, which states that the pros-
j pect of the speedy building of the road
| are very flattering; and a telegram has
\ been received advising that the Vice
I President and General Manager will
! leave New York this week to put the
| work to speedy completion. Parties
who know this gentleman represent
j him to be a practical railroad man,
| one who would not come here unless
| he meant business, and could see his
way clearly.
The Goliad Guird publishes statis-
tics regarding the trade of St. Mary's,
Texas, from which we are pleased to
note the flourishing condition of that
town.
The San Antonio Herald of the ninth
i contains information about the Gal-
i ve-ton and San Antonio Railroad:
Colonel T. W. Peirce, President of
I the above road, arrived in our city last
I evening. From a friend who inter-
viewed him, we learn that he is now
1 grading within fifteen miles of the San
Marcos River; that three of his ships
pla'ntiffs by Session-. In January. > loaded with iron have arrived at Gal-
1873, Sessums died, and proof of hw : veston and are now discharging, and
death was properly made, but the
company declined to pay the policy.
Several physicians were examined as
experts in the case, the defendant
tasing the ground that the policy was
fraudulently obtained.
I.ncal Inlrrtlon.
The Iadianola Bulletin has informa-
tion of the prevalence of yellow fever
in South America and Mexico, and is
casting round for means to prevent its
reaching the coast of Texa«. It is
possible that infectious impurities may
lurk in Indianola or other Texas towns.
It has been too common to overlook
disease inducing causes at home, and
to fix the eyes on the pestilential shores
of South America, Mexico, orthe West
Indies. There has lieen too much tele-
scopic hygiene, and too little micro-
scopic. A true aod effective sanitary Cold Ki'Ui.v.8. March 7, 18<4.
policy, like charitv, is the one that be- i News On the fourth instant
. « ...i , | John S. Cleveland, Eso., of this place,
Kins at home. Where such a policy .. , . , . . . ' , i • 5
B , . died at Ins residence, and was buried
has done its perfect work in the way ,M tj„. ilistal)t- Xllis unfortunate
of local purification and regulation, occurrence baa brought sorrow to our
the community has little to fear froiv. j county. The chivalrous soldier, the
foreign infection. j orator, statesman lawyer and patiiotic
that four more are ou their way and
daily expected. The road is under con-
tract to the San Marcos and will be com-
pleted by the first of August, and in
time for the fall trtde. The road so
far as built has enhanced the value of
land in some instances forty fold, and
had he purchased the land five miles
wide on both sides for ten miles, at
former prices, he could now build the
road to San Antonio on the profits.
He believes San Antonio is destined to
be the Nice of America and the sec-
ond largest inlaud city in it. He says
the Columbus road is not bonded for a
dollar (except to Bexar County) and
has no floating debt; he is also the
owner of between three aud four hun-
dred thousand acres of Texas land,
and will shortly sustain an agent in
England to forward immigration to
this section.
The I.atc Joiiu N. Cleveland of Cold
Si»rli»jj»—Te»t moiiliil oi l lie Har.
The Wicked Flea.
citizen is no mor
I send you the
a meeting of the
Corsicana is in danger of losing her
championship. A San Francisco letter
to the New York H'm savs:
There is no place on earth flint can
excel San Francisco in fleas. They are
very large ami healthy, and they are
done up in thicker crust than in any
other section. Oneway to kill 'em is
to drill holes in their backs, blow 'em
up five or six times with nitro-glycer- I the House of Repri
ine until they become a little faint^i before tlx
resolution passed at
members of the bar
in attendance on the District Court of
San Jacinto County, at the March
term, 1871, thereof.
These resolutions were spread on the
minutes of the court by order of the
presiding judge.
( apt. Cleveland was born in Selma,
Alabama, in 18~3; served with distinc-
tion a- captain of Company II, Fifth
Texas R
£iuient, and was a member of
ntatives of Texas
war.
WlIEUEAH, John S. Cleveland has been
removed from our midst by death ; there-
fore
lltsolccd, That we deeply deplore this
dispensation of Providence, whereby we
have lost a distinguished member of the
, , ., . t bar of this countv, a patriotic citizen and
leans 7W», weakegs under this array ; 0|irIjfllt and honorable man.
then lay them on a railroad track let-
ting freight trains run over them for a
week or two. Ry that time, they are
likely to be dead, und can be used for
coal hole covers.
Even our old friend, the New Or
it meets by mildly
of facts, which
saying:
That letter writer ought to go to
Texaa; at least, he ought to have gone
there gome fourteen years ago. Per-
haps, now that there are so many rail
roads in the land, the Texas fleas have
been slaughtered in the manner above
suggested; but, in old times, thev gov-
erned the country.
The reduction of beet sugar has
proved a great success, not only in
Sacramento, but in Almeda county.
About #1,000,000 Is invested in this
enterprise, the yield of tons of beet
being 30,000, from which about 3,800,-
000 pounds of saccharine matter was
created. This yield will be greatly in-
creased during the coming year.
v. That we shall ever cherish with re-
spect and affection tint memory of the
virtues and noble character of our de
parted brother, and that we tender to his
family our condolence and sympathy in
this hour of sorrow and bereavement.
• >. That we attend the funeral services
on to morrow, and that J. N. Lee, Esq.,
be requested to present these resolutions
to the District Court now in session at
this place.
4. That a copy of these resolutions be
transmitted to the family of the de-
ceased, rikI also to the Galveston News
for publication
W. B. Djcnbon, i
G. W. Davis, j- Com.
J. G. McDonald, I
Cold Springs, March 4,1874.
heat is quoted at seventv-five cents
per bushel at Corvallis, Oregon.
"St. Louis as s Cotton market."
This is a standing head for editori-
als in the St. Louis papers. They
wrangle among themselves on almost
every other subject, but are agreed in
their efforts to write up St. Louis as a
cotton market. Figs, tobacco, grits
and garden truck are on a safe basis
already, but King Cotton takes its
triumphal march, like Sherman, to the
sea. and St. Louis, like Botts with
President Tyler, is bound to "head
him or die." Various plans have been
proposed for doing this, and an army
of drummers have marched through
the cotton fields of the South, with
well-coined stories, like those of agents
of insurance companies or heathen
sirens, warranted to put to sleep all
who can not be otherwise overcome.
But some people have had time to
wake up, like the little old woman on
the king's highway, to find themselves
half "nude"—as the poet of the Sier-
ras sings—and refuse longer to listen
to siren songs and delusive promises.
The St. Louis Times, however, strikes
a new key, which will restore harmony
for the ensuing season, if St. Louis
capitalists will only join heartily in the
concert. The Times closes a long edi-
torial in regard to the difficulty or im-
possibility of retaining the cotton
trade of that city in any other way, by
saying:
"Now, if St. Louis desires to have
the cotton trade of Arkansas and
Texas, it is certainly worth working
for, and the right kind of work, judi-
ciously applied, will be certain to se-
cure it; but it is important in the first
place to get rid of the fallacious idea
that the railroads of themselves and
unassisted will bring the trade to our
doors, whether we want it or not.
This is all nonsense. The railroads
will do the carrying at fair rates, but
it is out of their line to make advances
for the cost of production. The mer-
chants of St. Louis will have to find
the money if they want to control the
business; and there is right here in
this city, at the present time, more
idle capital than Memphis and New
Orleans, our principal rivals, ever had
in their palmiest days. The only ques-
tions, then, for the merchants to de-
cide are these: Do they want the
cream of the Southern trade? If so,
how much do they want of it, and
how much are they willing to pay for
it?"
That is business. Let St. Louis ad-
vance to planters all the money they
want for producing cotton and St.
Louis will be likely to get as much
trade of the kind as "they are willing
to pay for;" but no more wheedling
promises are wanted.
Dying on Speculation.
An old Texas legislator and wag,
known as Three-Legged Willie, once
closed a speech in opposition to a bill
to relieve the family of a public officer,
who had died a defaulter from his
liabilities, by exclaiming: "Pass this
bill, Mr. Speaker, and half the tax
collectors in Texas will die on specu-
lation. " The insurance companies be-
gin to resist payment on this ground
A St. Louis company has made the
point on the assignees of a deceased
Galvestonian, and it is now stated that
Adolpli Rammeuse, tax receiver of
Louisville, who died suddenly on the
ninth iustant, had his life insured for
about $150,000, of which amount $90,-
000 was obtained within the last eight
weeks. The insurance agents pro-
cured a post mortem examination of
the body, and the stomach was sealed
up for chemical analysis to determine
the cause of death. A rumor is cur-
rent that Rammeuse was beh.-j j.. ma
accounts with the city.
Heniember, if you are about to put
up a little job of this sort on the un-
dertakers, that a "coroner's 'quest"
will set upon you if you die with your
life insured, and the doctors will cut
you up and bring the remains into
court.
A Suecemaloii ol Hurricanes of Ex-
traordinary Violence.
Considerable anxiety existed for
some days at New York, in regard
to the safety of the steamer Graf Bis-
marck, of the Rrcmen line. She ar-
rived, however, after having encoun-
tered one of the stormiest of passages.
On Thursday, the twelfth ultimo, she
left Bremen with well-filled bunkers,
five thousand bags of malt and a large
assortment of general merchandise. In
her cabin were twelve passengers, and
in her steerage about forty.
Her coal bunkers contained between
500 and GOO tons. In the North Sea
the weather was moderate, with little
or no signs of the coming storm. On
the fifteenth the steamer touched at
Southampton, and then continued on
her course. Immediately after leaving
"The Needles," a small group of islets
a few miles west of Land's End, the
wind began to rise and the weather to
assume what is termed in sea parlance
a decidedly "dirty" look. On the
seventeenth the wind had increased to
a heavy gale from the northwest. This
was in latitude 40 north and long. 14
west. During this storm heavy
waves broke over the ship in large
numbers, flooding the decks and
doing considerable damage to the
ship's outfit and furniture. By six
o'clock in the evening of February 24,
the gale had developed into a hurri-
cane, which continued without inter-
ruption for thirty-six hours. Vast
waves running mountain high broke
over her quarter, flooding the decks
with water, and driving everything
movable, that was not secured with
life-lines, overboard. The wind, which
had gradually veered from the south
to the northwest, blew with tremen-
dous violence,and the engines built for
the West Indies service, and of 500-
horse power, hardly sufficed to
keep her head to the sea. The
ship labored heavily, and was
at times subjected to severe strains,
but passed through with all safety.
During the storm three boats were
stove, her cabins being several
times flooded with water. For a day
or two after the ship rode more easily,
but labored in a heavy sea. On Feb-
ruary 27, another hurricane overtook
her, this time accompanied with thun-
der and lightning. For ten hours the
gale continued with a force and vio-
lence which momentarily threatened
to engulf the steamer and all onboard.
During six of these hours the ship re-
fused to mind her helm, leaving her
practically at the inercy of the winds
and waves. The sea during this storm
is described by Capt. Meyer as being
more violent thin anything he had
ever seen before during the whole of
his professional service. The ship
was at times literally almost drowned
amid the billows. During the lull
which followed the storm the Bismarck
encountered large ice fields, among
them a number of icebergs, some of
them nearly 100 feet high. This was
in latitude 40 north and longitude 47i
west, in the open ocean, where ice-
bergs at this season of the year are
rarely visible. Captain Meyer thinks
that this bodes an early and unusually
large crop of icebergs on our ocean
highways, and in the path of trans-
Atlantie steamers. Ice is rarely, if
ever, seen in this part of the Atlantic
until the last of March. After parting
company with the icebergs, the Bis-
marck was enveloped in a snow storm
of fifteen hours' duration, in which it
was impossible to see the length of the
ship, and snow accumulated on her
decks to the depth of a foot and a
half. During the remainder of the
voyage, the storm-tossed passengers
and crew enjoyed a rest.
Mmk Le Vert, Grace Greenwood
and Gen. Albert Pike are running a
side-show together, under the name of
literary soirees, in Washington City.
King Oscar, of Sweden, is the in-
ventor of a fire escape apparatua. It
was lately tried in Stockholm and
proved a valuable invention.
FORT WORK AND THE TEXAS
PACIFIC.
A Town Built on Promise*.
Apprehended Collapse of Promise*
and Town.
Forth Worth, Texas, )
. March 10, 1874. (
Eds. News—In your daily of the
seventh instant I find an editorial in
the first column on the first page on
"Railroad Log-Rolling," which many
here about will fully indorse.
You perhaps are not aware that the
city came into existence quite suddenly.
I found it in October, 1873, a place of
about 500 inhabitants. Shortly be-
fore Col. Tom Scott and Forny had
visited it in the interest of the Texas
Pacific and Trans-Continental Rail-
roads and published to the world that
their junction would be made at Fort
Worth. They persuaded the people
of Tarrant County to vote them a sub-
sidy of $100,000 in bonds, and the
people of the city, cr some of them, to
donate the company 320 acres of laud
lying within the corporation. For
these donations they were to locate
the machine shops of these two great
companies upon said land, and make
the junction before named.
Mr. Forney, no doubt on the interest
of the road, wrote glowingly of the
future prospects of the young city,
which induced several thousand people
to settle in and around the city.
Every trade, profession and calling
were fully represented, and by Feb-
ruary, 1873, there were perhaps 3000
people settled in the town, and many
more in the country. As I have said,
these people were attracted by these
promises, and the fact of the charter
of the Pacific Road, requiring it to be
completed to this point by January,
1874. was au additional inducement.
Everything looked bright. The
Trans-Continental was to be completed
to its junction here by January also.
Business of every kind was active.
There being but few houses, every one
built. Most of the people invested all
their cash in this way, as lots and ma-
terial were very high. Business
houses had to be built, taking part of
the merchants' capital from his stock
in trade. This could be stood at the
time, because everything went to the
tune of the saw and hammer. But,
alas! these sounds were hushed as
suddenly as if night had thrown her
mantle over the face of day, when the
news came that the company or com-
panies—for there seem to be many in
one—had gotten through theThirteeuth
Legislature an extension of six months
on the Pacific and twelve on the Trans-
Continental.
What was the effect? What must
men do who had cast everything upon
the turning of a card! Ruin looked
us in the face! Could all these trades
and businesses live through a six
months' extension? Weil, perhaps,
One thousand people were left to find
bread; their houses untenanted, and
pledged for the necessary means to get
off at. from three to five per cent, inter-
est per month. One-half of the re-
maining population had to do the same
thing to live through this extension,
which had weakened faith in. the bright
future of the place and deterred people
from coming to invest. We lived in
doubt, yet hope; trusting to the prom-
ises of their agents that the extension
would not delay the road anyhow; that
it was only a precaution, and they
would go to work within ninety days
ou the Trrns-Continental, at Pilot
Point, and push that road both ways.
(They have completed about two miles
of the road-bed within the year.) The
other, they said, should reach us very
soon. At the same time their land
commissioner visited us and looked out
for a (suitable land office building,
which he was to open immidiately—but
it was immediately opened at Marshall!
Now, judge of our lamentable fix! We
have petitioned the Legislature, since
the company is included in the Omni-
bus bill, to insist that they build the
Pacific to this place from Dallas, only
thirty-one miles and part of that
graded, and nail of the Trinity bridge
one. Our Hclc3o!u.„ tlamanrl
our all is at stake; another extension
of twelve months is ruin to her two
thousand people. With sixty, ninety
or one hundred and fifty days, we
would have hope, provided work was
progressing, so as to bring confidence
of completion at an early day; but
t welve months, with no work, no busi-
ness, debts and interest to be met,
would be certain ruin.
Dr. IMeplieso f.
The case of E. 51. Knox, of New
York, against the Bohemian, Sonen-
berg, otherwise known as Dr. Gabor
Nephegyi, who was at one time Secre-
tary to Santa Anna* and who has been
undergoing an examination on a charge
of having swindled Mr. E. M. Knox
out of $3000, led to a pretty free ven-
tilation of the character of this adven-
turer, cnce pretty well known in
Texas:
Mr. Hill, counsel for Nephegyi, sub-
mitted an inventory of the defendant's
effects to show that the money was ob-
tained during a period of temporary
embarrassment, and that there was no
desire on the part of his client to swin-
dle Mr. Knox out of his claim. The
inventory consisted of a claim against
the United States Government for
$1,100,000, 60,000 acres of land in
Mexico, $250,000 worth of pictures,
the house and lot No. 50 East Fifty-
third street, furniture, plate, library,
horses, carriages, Cuban bonds, the
patent right to a machine to make
hemp from the banana tree, and a
quantity of other property.
Peter Mitchell submitted an authen-
ticate record of the man's career in the
past to show that he is a professional
confidence man. The following is the
record as copied from the papers: 180G,
was arrested by Capt. Washburne, of
the ninth precinct, on suspicion of
making counterfeit money on Staten
Island; was again arrested and deliv-
ered to New York officers, and confined
in Ludlow street jail, charged with
swindling. The case was settled by-
Henry P. Norton (his bondsman) pay-
ing up. R. A. Harrison, lawyer, corner
of Beekman and Nassau streets, again
had him arrested for swindling a Bos-
ton house to the amount of ^10,000.
Was arrested in 1803 in Philadelphia
by Detective William Yoke, of Beth-
lehem, Pennsylvania, and taken to
Eiston jail, on a charge of swind-
ing Hon. Asa Packer, Mr. Pardee, Dr.
Sleut, and John S. Miller. He was
bailed by II. P. Norton, and forfeited
his bail, which was paid by Norton.
He afterward swindled Alfred S. Gil-
lett, Cashier or President of the Girard
Fire Insurance Company, of Philadel-
phia, and he fled the country. He
next turned up in New York, where
the following constitute at least a por-
tion of the list of his victims. II. D.
Ostermoor, cotton dealer, No. 75 Pearl
street, $0000; Russell & Co., wine
dealers, Broad street; W. A. J. Lynch,
No. 68 Cedar street, $14,000; Mr.
Goldman, dry goods, Canal street,
$600; McGreaty, tailor, Eighth
street, near Broadway, $700; T.
Crane, Forty-eighth street and Sixth
avenue, $400; Mr. Coswell, Broad-
way and Twenty-fourth street, $503;
T. A. Godfrey, No. 420 Broadway,
$500; Elbert Nostrand, Fortieth street,
near Third avenue, $4000; the late S.
N. Pike, $8000; Mr. Lispinesse, Fort
Washington, $2000; Empire Laundry,
$300; Austin, Baldwin & Co., No. 72
Broadway; J. C. Hall's Sons, Park
Row; Breithoff & Wilson, Beaver
street; Mr. Rurrit, shoe dealer, Cort-
land street; Mr. Shugensey, coffee
broker; Mr. Christerson, tea dealer;
Mr. Darling, Broadway and Spring
street; E. M. Knox. No. 101 Fifth
avenue, $3000—which is the case
just concluded; Mr. W. Lyman, No.
89 Liberty street, $7000, for which he
is now under arrest, and the examina-
tion set for next Wednesday, and
others. In both of the above eases Mr.
Norton has gone his bail, as upon
former occasions. Tie has given checks
upon the Gallatin National Bank, in
which he had no funds, to E. M.
Knox, to Prof. Rizzo, of Broadway
and Seventeenth street, and to the
carpenters, glaziers, painters and
plumbers, who have just built a fine
billiard-room and conservatory at his
house, No. 50 East Fifty-third street.
He lives in gorgeous style, keeps
horses, carriages and servants, gives
magnificent entertainments to the New
York Geographical and Historical So-
ciety, of which bodies he claims to be
a member, and altogether has moved
in the very first literary society of this
city. He gives out that he is a wealthy
Mexican, when the fact is that he is a
fugitive from justice from that coun-
try, having swindled the City of Mex-
ico out of $600,000 by obtaining a
contract to supply that city with gas,
and then putting down old stove-pipe
and other worthless articles. Be-
sides those already mentioned, he
has victims in Pittsburg, Harrisburg
and Philadelphia, and Mr. John
G. Miller, in a letter attached to the
papers, and dated "Bethlehem, De-
cember 23, 1873," after some general
remarks, says: "I can only add that
Nephegyi is one of the most consum-
mate villains, rogues, and swindlers
that ever disgraced this part of the
country, for the truth of which I can
refer you to Messrs. A. Pardee, E. P.
Williams, and a number of other per-
sons in this section." Mr. Miller also
incloses the accounts printed in the
local papers of the doings and arrest
of Nephegyi and his colaborer in that
section, one "Major W. T. Kosinski."
As all of the papers in the case
would make a large sized volume, the
above will suffice to give an idea of
the man.
A Grange Burial.—How the Order
Put Away their Dead.
The first burial of a member of the
Patrons of Husbandry, with the hon-
ors of the order, that has come to our
notice took place on the sixth instant
in Kickapoo, when the remains of
Henry Bolin were consigned to their
iast resting place with all the pomp
aud funeral pageant of the Granger
burial service. Mr. Bolin was a prom-
inent member, and the attendance was
very large, some four hundred persons
being present. The programme of the
burial was about as follows:
On leaving the residence of tfie de-
ceased, the hearse which contained the
remains was flanked ou either side by
three pall-^earers, who walked with
uncovered heads and regalias draped
in mourning. Following the hearse
came the relatives of the deceased, and
next marched the Sisters of the Order,
clad in full regalia. The Brothers
came next, and following them the vast
concourse of people, who had come
from far and near to witness the cere-
monies. The remains were first taken
to the church, where a priest went
through a service peculiar to the Cath-
olic Church, of which the deceased was
a member. When the exercises here
had been concluded, the procession
took up its march for the cemetery,
where the Granger funeral rites were
performed. The coffin was placed on
supports directly over the open grave,
and remained there till the impressive
and interesting service was concluded.
G. B. Coffin, Master of the Franklin
Grange, conducted the ceremonies.
When the brothers and sisters of the
Grange, of which the deceased was a
member, had assembled about the
grave, the master read a selection
from the burial ritual, followed by a
second selection by the chaplain, and
then the members repeated slowly and
solemnly the Lord's Prayer, closing
with a beautiful and appropriate bvmn.
The brothers of the Order then stepped
to the grave aud threw into the open-
ing several bouquets of flowers and
evergreens. . A short but powerful ad-
dress was next delivered by the chap-
lain. While the coffin was being
lowered, a beautiful aud soul-inspiring
hymn was sung, and during the sing-
ing the sisters showered bouquets of
flowers upon the descending coffin
until it reached the wooden box at the
bottom of the grave. The master
then sprinkled a portion of dirt
thrown from the grave over the coffin,
and the service closed with the solemn
benediction of the chaplain.
Taken throughout, the ceremonies
were very beautiful and impressive.
This is the first burial of a Granger in
the county, and if we are correctly
informed, in the State—that is, with
the ceremonies of the Order.—Leaven-
worth Times.
Diamond limiting in Suiilli Ai'rlca.
A correspondent of the London
Times writes from Kimberley, South
Africa, for the purpose of correcting
a few errors which lie says, still pre-
vail "at home" regarding the diamond
fields:
The Colesberg Kopje Diamond Mine
(lie observes) is really at this moment
one of the wonders of the world; it
contains, I maintain, the largest num-
ber of workers in a small space that
has been seen in any modern work,
and I can not call to mind any enter-
prise, excepting the Egyptian Pyra-
mids, where it can have been necessary
for such a swarm of human brings to
be so closely herded together. Can
any of your correspondents cite a few
instances? The Kopje is not now so
busy as it was some time ago—I will
say in October, 1872—when there can
not have been less than 20,000 men
employed in a space occupied by 2500
claims of thirty feet square each. The
actual present value of the mine is esti-
mated at £1,000,000; three months
ago it was valued at £2,000,000, but
claims have fallen sixty per eent. It
is proposed to spend £60,000 imme-
diately in rendering the mine safe by
removing the outside dangerous reef.
Some of the claims are 130 feet deep,
and the whole mine, resembling a vast
basin, is being emptied by means of
the wire-rope tramway system, which
has cost an immense sum in erecting.
This can easily be imagined when it is
known that every pound weight of
wire, every pound weight of dead
wood and timber, has cost from 4d. to
6d. per pound for transport alone.
Diamond diggers are not now par-
ticularly "gay;" the diamond market
is down, but why it should be so per-
sistently affirmed in England that
South African diamonds are not good,
that they are only " Cape," I can not
conceive. The Cape diamonds are
fully as good as any others, the »nly
difficulty being that the bulk are often
light yellow, or "off-color" descrip-
tions, and very handsome ornaments
they make. Great numbers of the
original claim-holders in the Colesberg
Kopje Mine have made small fortunes.
I know of at least ten among iny own
personal friends who will average
£8000 each, all made, it may be said,
in two years, out of nothing.
As facts are worth any amount of
mere statements, I will tell you as
plainly as possible what effect the
news of the gold fields has produced
at the diamond fields. It will show
what is thought here of them, and will
serve to confirm all I have stated. Per-
sons in England can have no idea of
the furor. Wagons arc being brought
out, strengthened, and painted; oxen
are being bought and £12 per head
paid, in place of £7 10s. three months
ago. Wagons worth £100 a year ago
are now bringing £150 to £170. House-
hold goods are sacrificed at any cost.
Ladies, children aud men, all have the
gold fever, and look forward with the
greatest pleasure to a journey of thirty
days through a country almost unin-
habited. Diamond claims are almost
unsalable; the newspapers teem with
advertisements relative to sales of
goods belonging to parties who are off
to the gold fields. The passenger cart,
fare £18 10s., is fully engaged for
many weeks to come. In fact, there
is a regular rush, for people say, nat-
urally, if diamonds have resuscitated
South Africa, what may not be expect-
ed of gold? Among other notions is
the very prevalent one that the Chinese
will flow in, and Capt. Gabon's idea
that they should bo allowed to people
Africa, may yet come true. In fact,
your readers may expect, for some
years to come, to exclaim, as Pliny did
so long ago: "Well, there is always
something new from Africa!"
The Indian Territory.—The bill
introduced in Congress by Senator Dor-
sey for the organization of the Indian
Territory, is said to have the support
of all friends of similar measures. It
provides for organization on the same
basis as existing Territories, makes the
Indians citizens, and gives to each man,
woman and child all the land they have
improved, and if they have improved
more than one hundred and sixty
acres, not to be alienated by sale for a
period of ten years. The reat of the
land is to be sold at $1 25 per acre,
and the proceeds held in trust for the
Indians.
TEXAS ITEMS.
Bbxar County.—Ranges in splendid
condition. Three men arrested for
murder. -The Express says : " The
atrocious murder committed here last
week has brought to light another affair
of a similar character which has hap-
pened about three months ago, but
ended in a quite different way. About
five miles from town lives a German
family, consisting of husband and wife.
One day a Mexican entered the premises
of said family and asked for some corn
shucks to make some cigaritos. The
farmer was at once going to accommo
date the stranger, and was followed by
the latter to the corn-crib. Bnt scarcely
had he crawled in, when he received a
blow over the head that prostrated him,
but at the same time he uttered a fearful
cry, which at once called his wife's at-
tention to the scene of action,
and seeing what was going on,
she fired at the Mexican before he
could repeat his murderous attack, and
killed him instantly. A neighbor was
called, and, with his help, the dead man
was buried. The husband has recovered.
The reason this affair has not come to
the knowledge of the authorities, is pro-
bably the fear of those concerned, to
have to deal with the legal fraternity;
but sufficient time having elapsed, the
heroic wife has told the story herself.
Her courage is undoubtedly stronger
than her taciturnity."
Grayson County.—New Baptist
Church dedicated at Sherman.——More
Sunday schools organized at Sherman.
School exhibitions at Denison.
Crowds of immigrants arriving from
Missouri. A woman's rights meeting
has been held at Denison.
Hopkins County.—The Gazette says:
"The acreage in wheat in this county is
heavy this year, and the prospects for a
heavy yield is good. A very large flour
mill would 1* kept busy, and pay a
handsome sum on the investment. The
only flour mill we had last year was kept
busy; and thej yield will be "four
times as much this year. Farmers are
all preparing to plant a heavy grain crop,
and cotton will only be put in to fill up
the spare time. This action of our plant-
ers is certainly wise. Hard work and lit-
tle pay will break them" all—rich and
poor." Juvenile desperadoes reported
in the county. Mr. Archer, a very old
citizen, died a few days since.
Montgomery County.—The weather
is bright, and the woods and prairies
green and beautiful. The Sabbath
schools of Montgomery are well at-
tended.
Cherokee County.—County division-
ists on the rampage again, and are scour-
ing the county for division petitions.
At Rusk, Rev. Mr. Davis preached a ser-
mon for the especial benefit of three mar-
ried couple. The Rusk Observer says :
" Who will now look at our town and
deny we are a prospering and progressive
people? New buildings, new fencing,
and improvements generally, are going
on in our midst, and all around us our
streets, under the manipulation of the
corporate authorities, are being rapidly
improved ; and though ours is not a rail-
road town, it has much the appearance
of it this woek, with its noise, hammer-
ing and continual knocking and general
pervading spirit of industry manifested."
Refugio County.—Incendiaries re
ported in the country. The custom-
house officials have seized a drove of 107
head of beeves. A lady has given
birth to three boys at one time. The
mother and babies are doing well.—The
Transcript says: " We have so much
lately of big vegetables that we approach
with fear aud trembling: a description of
an immense collard, or rather collard
tree, which was hauled to our office last
Saturday. It was raised on the place of
Mr. H. B. Williamp, about two miles back
of town, and was sent to us in a two-horse
wagon. It was raised from a single
seed and was three years old. The
main stalk was five feet high aud was
nine inches in circumference its en-
tire length. The whole plant stood
six feet six inches in height, and was
thirty-s'x feet around the outside branch
es. There were one hundred and thir
teen collard heads ou it, some of which
measured two feet across. By a careful
calculation, measuring the length of the
different branches aud the main stalk,
there was two hundred and forty feet of
stalk and branches altogether. This is
not an isolated case, Mr. Williams stating
that he lias several others nearly as large.
The plant was in fine growing condition
and would have furnished collards for
the table for perhaps many years to
. *v 1—-1 he n t h'1 Jin. ,,f a ser-
pent, for upon one of the branches, near
the head of the stalk he had hung his
old coat when he vacated the premises."
Cat.houn County.—Railroad meetings
at Indianola. Business looking up at
Indianola. -Health of the county ex
cellent.
Victoria County.—Ranges in excel
lent condition. Farmers busy in their
fields, aud corn planting the order of the
day. A new temperance movement
inaugurated in the county. The new
jail is nearly completed. Mad dogs
reported in the county.
Nueces County.—Droves of beeves
passing northward.——District Court in
session, Judge Borden presiding.—
More schools at Corpus Christi. The
Gazette says : " For the past year there
was charged against our coui'ty, at Aus-
tin, as due for taxes, $20,060 66. With
the exception of a few hundred dollars
in tho way of delinquences, every dollar
of this lias been paid into the State
Treasury. This speaks well not aloue
for our taxpayers, but for the efficiency
and integrity of our sheriff, John McClane.
Evidently he understands how promptly
to make collections, and how honestly to
account for them; and the people can
bear witness, that iu doing his duty in
this respect he has never oppressed a:iy
one. We venture the assertion, that no
other county or tax collector can beat
this."
DeWitt County.—The Star of the
sixth instant says: " Our Sheriff, Mr.
Weisiger, shot a man by the name of
Campbell, near Anders' farm, on the
twenty-sixth ultimo. Campbell, after
first refusing to go with the Sheriff, who
served him with a capias, made for the
Sheriff with a knife, who shot him in
self-defense." Again : " On Tuesday
evening last the boy of Mr. Jacobs, at
Hoclilieim, was found bruised, mutilated
and dead, which calamity was occasioned
by becoming entangled in a rope and
dragged by a horse. It seems that the
boy was riding home from school, and on
the way met with his death as above."
Trade good at Cuero. Good
schools in the county. Mad dogs re-
ported in the county. Crop prospects
were never better than this spring.
An Odd Fellows' lodge is to be organ-
ized at Cuero.
Got.iad County.—Goliad is fast be-
coming exclusively an agricultural
county. Weather continues mild and
favorable to growing crops, and pros-
pects are excellent. Many schools in
the county, and all in good condition.
Cameron County.—Revenue inspect-
ors seizing stock. Amateur dramatic
and musical entertainments at Browns-
ville. New potatoes appearing in mar-
ket.———Very high winds. United
States Court in session. Quantities of
hides coming from across the river into
Texas. More schools in operation.
Travis County.—Burglaries at Austin.
A bear killed near Austin. Tax
Collector out again.
McLennan County.—Business con-
tinues at Waco. Heavy freight ship-
ments. Very fine crop prospects in
the county.
Personal.
Gen. Harney is at Corpus Christi. He
is seventy-four years old, and the old
veteran is hale and hearty.
Col. N. L. Norton has been appointed
General Supervising Deputy for the
Grange of Western and Southern Texas,
and ex-Gov. Crockett for like services in
the North and East.
The Pen and the Sword.
"Is the President's Scalp in Dan-
ger ?" Under this caption, the New
^ ork Tribune devotes a long article to
the interesting, but now unprofitable,
question as to the responsibility for
the release of the Indian murderers,
Santanta and Big Tree, and the con-
troversy on the subjsct between Gen.
Sherman and ex-Governor Davis, of
Texas. The Tribune states the facts
•f the case, and then comments on
them as follows:
Satanta and Big Tree, Kiowa chiefs,
were implicated in numberless bloody
raids in Texas, and directly concerned in
the murder of a party of teamsters on
the road between Forts Richardson and
Griffin." They were arrested, and, under
the new-fangled peace policy, sent
to the State authorities for civil trial.
They were found guilty of murder ami
sentenced to be hanged. Before this
edifviug spectacle of the judicial strang-
ling of the Kiowa chiefs could be made
to strike terror into the savage breast, a
special embassador from the President of
the United States, taking his life in
his hand, passed into the camps of
the Kiowas with an olive branch. He
promised that Santanta and Big Tree
should be released if the Indians
would behave themselves. The Kiowas
promised with fervor, and made ready a
feast for their chiefs. Bui honest Gov.
Davis was a candidate for re-election, and
to release Santanta would damage him
very much in the canvass. The Presi-
dent had becomo so much used to hav-
ing his own way that he had promised
Santanta's released in an off-hand manner,
forgetting that that red warrior was
tried, convicted, and held in duress un-
der the civil laws of the sovereign State
of Texas. Oov. Davis discreetly de-
murred, and then, for the first time, it
appears to have occurred to Gen. Grant
that he was not Governor of Texas as
well as President of the United States.
Diplomacy found a way where common
sense might have blundered. The
President urged that he had pledged his
word that Santanta should be re-
leased. Would Gov. Davis be the
means of proving to the average Kiowa
mind that the Great Father was a liar"!
Certainly not. So it was agreed that the
wbole question should be judiciously
hushed up until the Texas Republicans
had renominated Governor Davis; that
the captives should then be released:
and that the government should, in con
sideration thereof, establish a new chain
of forts, arrest, try and punish the In-
dians who had been raiding in Texas,
compel the restoration of stolen property
and captives, compel^Indians on reserva-
tions to stay there, and punish Santanta
and Big Tree if the Kiowas misbehaved.
On these conditions the prisoners were
finally released. Governor Davis was
meantime nominated. His Democratic
opponent was elected ; and the promises
of the United States Government remain
to this day unfulfilled.
This whole matter incidentally came
up in an examination into Indian affairs
by the House Military Committee, not
long since. General Sherman, who was
giving his views with that modest reti
cence which always characterizes him
said if Santanta should go on the war
path and should, as a declaration of in
tentions, scalp Governor Davis, he, Gen-
eral Sherman, would not shed a tear
ex-Governor Davis, who has, in the lan
guage of the worldly, thus far lost every
trick in the game, objects t > this mild
but military expression, and takes up the
peu in his own defense. With the
statesmanlike collectedness of a man
who has nothing left to lose, Mr.
Davis reminds General Sherman that
he has, in his intemperate allu
sion to the late Executive of Tex
as, " yielded to temptation to indulge
in a witty squib at the expense of a man
who has no equal chance of reaching the
public." Ex-Governor Davis evidently
does not enjoy being twitted after he has
found his post of honor in a private sta
trvrii. »ut no iiao uiuci ainmn tu ltio
quiver. He reminds General Sherman
that the release of Santanta was an ex
ploit exclusively creditable to the Chief
Magistrate of the nation. He says that
the President's order took him by sur
prise. His exact language is that it
" was sprung upon" him. When he de-
clined to free the captive murderers, he
was besought to " save the pledged faith
of the President and the United States
Government"—a phrase which needs
explanation, but not here. Accordingly,
Santanta was released, and five solemn
promises were made (but not kept) to
Governoi Davis.
It was not to be expected that Gen.
Sherman would remain quiet under this
somewhat troublesome statement. He
has written a letter in which he tells ex-
Gov. Davis that he (Davis) is solely re-
sponsible for the release of the captive
chiefs ; he abates not one jot of his blood-
curdling expression as to Santanta's in-
tentions toward the ex-Governor's scalp.
But he says that he put his own life in
jeopardy when he went on a tour of ob-
servation along the Texan frontier
lately, and that he will not do
it again. This is illogical ; and
Mr. Davis, in his reply, seems to
think that it serves the General right to
fright him thus. Dropping into sarcasm,
the ex-Governor says : "Santanta and Big
Tree are condemnable only because their
exploits happened to scare the General-
in-Chief of the United States Army."
Then he reminds the General that he has
not met the statement that the President
of the United States promised the Kiowas
that their chiefs should be released unto
them, and that the President aforesaid
temporarily forgot who was Governor of
Texas. On this point it must be con-
fessed the General has maintained a mas-
terly silence.
While these redoubtable chieftains
ara crossing swords aud pen in bellige-
rent but Pickwickian controversy, San-
tanta. with his Presidential pardon in
his (figurative) pocket, is whetting his
scalping-knife with ulterior designs ou
the late Republican candidate for Govern-
or of Texas. Gen. Sherman, who lacks
words in which to express his contempt
for "the humanitarians" who were the
means of liberating Santanta, hopes that
noble savage will scalp the man that re-
leased him. This is a miserable piece of
business, through and through; but cau
it be possible that tho general is indiffer-
ent to the safety of the scalp of the
President of the United States'/ Gen.
Sherman's letter revives an old question:
Who released Santanta 1
If emails.
John E. Bossieux, President of the
Dollar Savings Bank, at Richmond,
Virginia, which suspended during the
financial crisis, was to-day thrown
into bankruptcy, and arrested on a
criminal charge in connection with his
management of that institution. An
investigation has been progressing for
some time on the part of the trustees,
which brought to light facts showing
a gross mismanagement of affairs.
It is stated that the stock-holders and
directors will los« about $200,000.
Bossieux has given bail in $5000.
Other arrests in connection with the
affair will probably follow.
The grand jury recently found an in-
dictment for bribery against Paul
Reinlein, Trustee of the Cincinnati
Water Works. The indictment alleges
that Reinlein accepted and received a
percentage of money from the con-
tractor doing work for the city, iu con-
sideration for voting to give him the
contract.
The case of the United States against
F. C. Barnes, formerly collector of in-
ternal revenue for the North District
of Kentucky, was decided in the
States District Court for the plaintiff,
and a verdict brought against Barnes
and sureties for $100,000, 'he amount
due the government. Wm. E. Wilhort,
formerly deputy collector under
Barnes, and his successor, was recently
arrested bv the United States marshal.
Amusement*.
TKEMONT OPERA HOUSE.
H. ailfcENWALL...Sole Lessee and Manager
E. A. EBERLB Stagu Manager
Saturday, March 14, 187-1.
TWO GRAND PERFORMANCES.
Government Control ot Railroad*.
The Washington correspondent of
the St. Louis Globe says:
The position taken by Western Re-
publicans in general conversation on the
McCrary railroad bill may be regarded
as proof of their probable votes. It
does not seem likely now that there will
be ten votes against it among the rep-
resentatives of Illinois, Indiana, the
Northwest, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas,
Nebraska, Oregon, Nevada, California,
and probably Ohio, while the South
will be almost a unit in its favor. It is
conceded that the feeble revamping of
States Rights theories, with which the
Democratic opposition has armed it-
self, is the death of any tendency to in-
fluence to which the party may have
gained in the farmers' movement.
Shrewd politicians regard this ses-
sion as sure to commit the Republican
party in Congress to the policy of gov-
ernment supervision of railroads. This
is accepted as giving a new lease of
power. The President has recently
renewed expressions of approval of
some such measures as McCrary's bill.
Gen. Butler wants the governorship
of Massachusetts, in order, by enforc-
ing State control of railroads, that he
may thereby put himself at the head of
the national movement in that direc-
tion.
Senator Jones, of Nevada, will, it is
understood, support such a proposi-
tion, and goes even further in advo-
cating the national and State owner-
ship of road beds and tracks, so that
the roads may be used under proper
regulations by any one who can obtain
power and conveyances. The Eastern
vote will be divided.
A California farmer is killing off his
squirrels by scattering lumps of phos-
phorus iu his wheat field.
New Advertisements.
1000 Sacks Coffee,
PRI.11B AND CHOICE,
Ex-Sweilish Bark Bore,
I'OH s A LE BV
MATIKEK PERFORMANCE OF
ON HAND;
Or, True to the Last.
AT 2 P. M.
Ia the Evening, commencing at 8 p. u , rep«
tition of the Great Benefit Bill of
Or, Life ou the Plautatiou.
Performance commencing with Mr. Thomp-
son'* Petite Drama of
HANS : Or, a True Heart.
Oranze Culture.
ill. KOPPERL.
Mr. F. Darcy, of Buena Vista, Fla.,
writes the Department of Agiiculture
on this subject as follows, and the hints
may be valuable to those who are going
to set out orange orchards in Califor-
nia:
A very common error of beginners
in orange culture consists in burying
the tree too deeply in the ground, cov-
ering up from four to eight inches of
the collar of the stock, which should
be above ground. In this condition
the trees may live, but will grow very
slowly, making very little new wood
for years. When the buried collar has
thrown out artificial roots the trees
may revive, and in the meantime will
continue to throw out vigorous sprouts,
but they will die back each season,
much to the disappointment of the im-
patient cultivator. This is termed
"damping off." When this is the case
it is easily remedied by lifting the tree,
or by bringing the natural roofs to the
surface. Drainage is all-important for
orange trees. They will not flourish
when the roots remain in stagnant
water.
Tub Great Central Drinker.—
A New York paper is investigating the
liquor traffic in the metropolis, and
reaches the conclusion that it does
about one-eighth the drinking of the
entire United States. The detailed
showing is startling, if trne. The re-
tail business employs more men than
would popidate many of the large
cities of the State. The real estate de-
voted to the trade is worth more than
all the estate real and personal of any
county in the State, one out of five be-
ing excepted, and the yearly business
would buy out the poorest counties
twenty times over. The liquor drank
in the city yearly would supply the
Croton pipes for at least two days as a
substitute for water.
Georgia Legislators contemplate es-
tablishing an inebriate asylum, and a
local newspaper suggests that they are
preparing a comfortable retreat for
themselves.
Oleander Lod^e No. 5, Enlshtti of
Pytliias—'The Officers and Members of this
Lodge will attend a Regular Meetiag, at their
Castle Hall, THIS (Saturday) EVENING, at
7:30 o'elock.
Sojourning brethren are Invited to attend.
By Order: j. B. STUBBS, C. C.
H. C. Johnston, K. R. S. octl5 Satf
NOTICE.—The Member* of the
Galveston Bar are requested to meet at the
Library Room of Messrs. Ballinger & Jack, at
12 o'clock a. this day, for the purpose of set-
ting oases on the District Court Docket.
T. N. WAUL, Chairman.
Robt. G. Stuket, Sec'y.
IN REHEARSAL:
K4TZ; OR, PACE TO FACE.
"THE NEW ORLEANS
French Opera Troupe.
I take pleasure in announcing that I have se-
cured this splendid oompany for
FIVE NIGHTS, INSTEAD OF FOl'R
As at first announced.
The season will commence on MONDAY,
>n will commence on
March *), 1374.
Season Ticket, (good for five nights).
Single Ticket
$13 50
. 3 00
Box-office now open for the sale of SEASO {
or ttlNGLE Tiokets.
The List must be closed before the 25th inst.
H. GREENWALL,
mr6 td
Tremont Opera House.
Galveston Artillery Company, At-
tention! There will bo a Regular Meeting
of the Company held at the Armory, THIS
(Saturday) EVENING, at half-past seven
o'clock. Punctual attendance require *.
mrl4D&Elt JAS. B. STUBBS, Sec'y.
f ^ ALVESTON GIFT ENTERPRISE
VJT ASSOCIATION.
ALL TICKETS SOLD ENTITLED TO A
GIFT.
Drawn Number., March 13, 1S74.
LilsiKlliUTlON NUMBER 56.
10-17-18-29-36-46-50-55-63-64-67-78
DISTKIBUTION NUMBER ST.
3-11-13-15-18-19-29-55-56-64-70-74
RUCTION SALE.
E. A. BLAKELY Sc CO.,
llfi and 118 Strand,
Will sell THIS DAY. March 14. at 10 A. M„
BEDSTEADS, CHAIRS,
1 Counter. Mattrnsses, Boxed Cigars, Tobao-
eo, 10.000 Cigars, 1 bbl. Vineear, Rice, 5
I hests Tea, Molasses, 1 Office Railing,
Matting, Carpets, Clothing, H^ts, T.wels,
Hosiery, Notions, etc.
E. A. BLAKELEY,
iurl4 It
Auctioneer.
<r
1EO. M. M AYE KICK,
(Formerly of San Antonio, Texas )
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Szdalia, Pettis County, Missouri
Will practice in Pettis and adjoining Circuit
Courts. Also in the Supreme Court of Mis-
souri and the U. S Courts at Jefferson City.
° tJa ' '"* 'P/**■«*" •" Ifioatnri
mrl4 6m
N
OTICE...
.NOTICE
To tlie Physicians of Gaheston
Couuiy—Those desirous of organizing a
Medical Association, are requested to meet
us in convention, at office of Dr. T. J. Heard,
en Market street, at two p. m., SATURDAY,
March 14, 1874.
Doctors G. W. Peete, T. J. Heard, C. H.
Wilkiusou, McK. Johnson. W. J. Rogers, s. M.
Welch, E. Watts, N. B. Butler, Chas. Ganahl,
andochers. mrl3E&D It*
N
OTICE OF BANKRUPT SALE.
In pursuance of an order of the V. S. Dis-
trict Couit for the Eastern District of Texas,
made on the 21st day of February, A. D. 1874.
I will sell, before the courthouse door of Wal-
ler Couuty, in the city oT Hempstead, on
TUESDAY, the Seventh Day of April, 1874,
within the legal nours f sale, at public auc-
tion, for cash,
170 ACRES OF LAND,
belonging to the bankrupt estate of Win. G.
Chapman, situated in said county of Waller,
abont six miles northwest from Hempstead,
the same being a part of the J. C. Bartlett
survey and a part of the tract heretofore
owned and occupied by said Chapman. The
said land will be sold in three separate lots
or parcels, all adjoining the homestead of
said Wk G. Chi pman.
1st. 82 acres on the northwest of said home-
stead. 2j. 23 acres on the southwest of said
homestead. 3d. 63 acres on the southeast of
said homestead.
Also, at the same time and place, and on the
same terms, I will sell the Notes and Book
Accounts belonging to said estate.
B. F. ELLIOTT,
marl4 20t Assignee.
RE-OPENING!
The Public are respectfully informed that
it
Barney's House,'
Opposite the Central Market, having "STOOD
THE RAISE," and been thoroughly
I do certify that the above distribution is
correct. F.'L. RANDLE^upeijj^tendent^
Lcgnl Advertigemcirtfe.
ASSIGNEE'S SALE. IN THE
District Court of the United states for
the Eastern District of Texas. In the matter
of J. W. Jockusch and Seiim Rinker, Bank-
rupts.
By virtue of a a order made by the District
Court of the United States for the Eastern
District of Texas, on the second day of March,
1874, we. the undersigued, assignees of the
estate of said bankrupts, will sell at the
courthouse door, in tht> ci y of Galveston, on
TUESDAY, the SEVENTH OF APRIL. 1874,
at public auction, to the highest bidder, for
casb iu United States currency, commencing
at 11 o'clock a. m., the following property, be-
longing to the estate of Selim Riuker, bank-
rupt, viz:
The east half of Lot 13, Block t&l, in the
ci y of Galveston. This sale is made to sat-
isfy a deed of tiust in favor of J. L. Darragh.
We will sell at the same time and place,
and upon the same terms, the following prop-
erty, situated in the city of Galve»ton, viz:
1st. '13 feet 10 inches off east side of Lot 18,
and 14 feet 2 inches off west side Lot 12, in
Block 259. with house and improvements.
2d. 28 feel 8 inches off east side Lot 12, and
21 feet 5 inches off west side of Lot 11, In
Block^S, with house and improvements.
3d. All of Block 94.
! 4th. Lots 1, 2, 3 and west half 4 and Lot 12
and west half 11. In Block 21o.
5th. Lot.7, in Block 687.
We will also sell at the satiie time and
place, and upon the same terms, the following
lots in the city of Galveston, two-thirds in-
terest of which belongs to the e&tate of said
—-I-*- or,H o,... Maas. Br
agreement Mr. bam. Maas will join in tne ex-
ecution of proper doeds to the purchasers,
viz:
Lots 3 and 4 in block 6.
Lots 8, V, 10, 11 and 12 in block 7.
Lots 5, H and 7 in block t>5.
Lots |S, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, )4 of 4 and ^ of 11 iu
block 162.
Lots 3 to 14 inclusive in block 244.
Lots 1 to 14 inclusive in block 243.
Lots 3 and ^ of 4 in block 217.
i^ots 1 to 7 inclusive in hlock 345.
Lots 8 to 14 inclusive in block 24t>.
Lots 1 to 14 inclusive ia block 303.
Lots 1 to 14 inclusive in block 3fr4.
Lots « and 7 in block 607
Lots 3 and X of 4 in N. W. qr. out-lot 24.
Lots 1, 2, 3 and X °f 4 In S. W. qr. out-lot 46.
Lots X of 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 in S. W. qr.
out lot 91.
Lots 10 and X of 11 in N. W. ur. out-lot 116.
_Lots 8, 9, 10 and X °f 11 in N. W. qr. out-lot
25.
Lots 5. 6, 7, 8. 9, 10, X of 4 and of 11 in S.
W. qr. out-lot 25.
Lots 1, 2, 3 and W. % of 4 in N. E. qr. out-
lot 25.
The sale of the above property will continue
from day to day until completed.
Conveyances and notary fees at the ex-
pense of the purchaser.
GEORGE P. FINLAT aud
ALBERT BALL,
Assignees.
Galveston. March 11, 1874. mrl2 tds
MARSHAL's SALE.—In obedience
to an order of the Distriot Court of the
United States for tho Eastern District of
Texas, made on the Nineteenth day of Feb-
ruary, A. D. 1874, I will sell at publio vendue,
iu front of the door of the courtrooms of said
court, is the city of Galveston, to the highest
and best biader, for cash, between the hours
of 10 o'clock a. m. and 3 o'clock p. m., on TUES-
DAY, the Seventh day of April, A. D. 1R74,
the following described property, to-wit: One
League of Land, or four thousand four hun-
dred and five acres, situated in Dallas Coun-
ty, State of Texas, being the samejgrant pat-
ented to Mathew Cartwright, as assignee of
Daniel Tanner, excepting out of the said sale
Two Hundred Acres, as specified in the decree
of said court.
TOM. P. OCHILTREE,
fe28 3tSat U S. Marshal E. D. T.
Refitted and Repaired,
will RE-OPEN THIS MORNING,
o'clock, sharp.
at four
A Magnificent HOT LUNCH will be spread
at ten o'clock a. m., over which CAPT. MUNN
will preside, while ED GARRETT anil TOM.
DONNELLY wi'l do the honors behind the
bar.
Old friends are invited to renew their visits,
and new custom is respectfully solicited.
MUNN & GARRETT,
mrl4 It Proprietors.
TELL YOUR FRIENDS
They can obtain full particulars respecting
THE NEW REDUCED RATES
TO ALL POINTS,
NORTH, EAST A N I» WEST,
at thk
UNION TICKET OFFICE,
160 Tremont Street,
Under tfae Opera Hou=e.
STAUR S. JONES,
mr!4 lin Ticket Agent.
17or sale—a new
* 0
COTTAGE
on 27th street, between avenue 3A and N ;
ha3 eight rooms, with hiifh ceilings, kitchen
and servants' rooms. County scrip b.uglit
and sold. H. M. TRUEHEABT * CO.
ost...
. lost
A CORAL BAR-RING,
for which a reward will be paid at the office of
T. J. League. nirl-4
INVERT DESCRIPTION OF STA-
li TIONERY CHEAP.
PIERCE A. TERRY, Stationers and Printers,
Corner Strand and Center streets.
LOST—On Friday, a Small Memo-
randum Book, with sheepskin cover,
containing prices, etc. No use to any one but
the owner. The finder will greatly oblige by
leaving it with clerk at Washington Hotel.
mrl4 It*
OTICE NOTICE
In accordance with an order of the
County Court of Wharton County,
At a Call Term. JANUARY NINTH, 18T4. I
hereby notify all persons
Holding Claims Acalnat the Said
canntr
To bring them forward and hare the same
Registered before tba Thirtieth Day of
March, 1OT4. w ,, GODSKY>
ja80P*W-td Treagnrer Wharton County
[ OB PRINTING
OP ANY AND EVERY KIMP
M
ONITION.
IN THE U. S. DISTRICT COURT. I
For the Eastern District of Texas, f
Julius Frostman, Assignee of H. G. Janssen,
versus the Schooner Katy Ryan, her taokle,
apparel and furniture.
This is to give notice to all persons claim-
ing the said schooner Eaty Ryan, her talkie,
apparel and lurniture, or knowing or having
anything to say why the same should not be
condemned and forfeited, and the proceeds
thereof distributed according to the prayer
of the Libel, that they be and appear Defore
the said court, to be neld in and for the East-
ern District of Texas, at the United State*
Courtrooms, in the City of Galveston, ou
the TWENTY-SIXTH Dav of MARCH, A. D.
1874, at ten o'clock on the forenoon of that
day, if the same shall be a day of jurisdic-
tion; otherwise, on the next day of juris-
diction thereafter, then and there te inter-
pose a claim for the same, and to make their
allegations in that behalf.
TOM P. OCHILTREE,
United States Marshal.
mrl2 ThurSat&Tues-tds
Ltnited states internal
Revenue Collector's Office, Ffrst Dis-
trict, Texas, Galveston, March 11, 1874.—By
virtue of a warrant to me issued by Wm. H.
Sinclali, Collector of Internal Revenue. First
District, Texas, bearing date March 11, 1«74,
ommanding me to Qiscrain upon so much of
the goods, chattels aud effects of the Texas
Banking snd Insurance Company as may be
necessary for the payment of the taxes and
Eenalt'es due the United States, and owing
y the said Texas Banking and Insurance
Company, amounting to the sum of three
hundred and eighty-eight dollars and thirty-
seven cents ($388 87). and also for the payment
of all necessary and reasonable fees and ex
pensesof said distraint with the commission
chargeable bv law, 1 have this day distrained
upon the following described property be-
long!' g to said Texas Banking and Insurance
Company, viz: One McNeale & Urban Safe,
No. itt: one Diebold & Kicnzle Safe, and will
offer the same for sale at public auction, at
the c rner of Tremont and Strand, city of
Galveston, at 12 o'clock if. on the twenty-third
~ J. H. C. WHITE,
day of Mai eh,
mrl2 lOt
1874.
Dep. Col. Int. Rev.
rprustee's sale.
By virtue of authority iu me vested, by a
Deed of Trust executed by H. N. Duble, dated
at Galveston, Texas, on the Nineteenth Day
of January, 1872, recorded in Galveston
County Records, in Book 7, in page* 91, 99 and
{*3, to secure the payment of certain notes,
more fully described therein, for which refer-
ence is hereby made to said Deed of Trust;
I, the undersigned, Trustee, will, at the re
quest of the legal holder of one of said
notes—it being for the sum of two thousand
dollars current money, dated Galveston,
Texas, January 19, 1872, payable twelve
months afterdate, to order of Martha J. Cur-
tis, at Galveston, with interest at tha rate of
twelve per centum per annum from and after
maturity; said note and part of the fmtereat
being due and unpaid—sell on
TUESBAY, THE 17TH DAY OF MARCH, 1874,
in front of the courthouse door of the county
of Galveston, to the highest bidder for cash,
those two certain lots or parcels of ground,
lying and being iu the city of Galveston,
Texas, and known on the City Company's
map of said city as lots numbers eight (8) and
nine (9), in block number five hundred and
fifty-two (552), rogether with the buildings
and improvements thereon and thereto be-
I will convey such title to said property as
authorised by said Deed of Trust.
H. M. TRUEHEABT,
fe22 tds Trustee.
rpHE NEWS JOB OFFICE
Is the most extensire and the only eom
plete Mercantile Job Office In the State. Call
and examine specimens, learn prices, and be
convinced.
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