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(Mteton Uctos.
Hlchardsoi
Belo Sc Co., Propriety.
1874.
Thursday, Au^n-t 13,
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TON and Mr. E. LEVAN are from this date
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News office in the State.
RICHARDSON, BELO A CO.
Galveston, August 7, 1874.
llBta Pnre Democracy.
With all the clamor for uuiveraal I
gnffrage and the talk about popular
a gorwament where the direct will of
the majority could control either
elections or legislation. As is well
known, a President may be, and has
been, elected by electors representing
a minority of the popular vote.
The constitution never intended to
give the election of President to the
people, and the plan of selecting elec-
tors who are in favor of particular can-
didates is an innovation of the spirit
and intention of that instrument. The
Senate of the United States was in-
tended to be above the influence of the
popular will; but it was hardly antici-
pated by the framers of the constitu-
tion that it should be chosen with
such utter disregard to the distribu-
tion of population as it now is. Each
State has two Senators, regardless of
population
The following table shows how up-
wards of nineteen millions of inhabi-
tants have but sixteen Senators, while
less than nineteen millions of the re-
maining population have fifty-eight
Senators:
Massachusetts 1,407,351
New York 4,382,759
Pennsylvania 3,521,951
Ohio. 2,685,260
Illinois 2,639,891
Indiana 1,680,637
Missouri 1,721,295
Kentucky 1,331,011
Total 19,290,155
The whole of these 19,290,155 peo-
ple have but sixteen Senators.
Tennessee
Virginia
Iowa
Georgia
Michigan
North Carolina..
Wisconsin
Alabama
New Jersey
Mississippi
Texas
Maryland
Louisiana
South Carolina..
Maine
California
Connecticut... .
Arkansas
West Virginia..
1,258,520
1,225,163
1,194,030
1,184,109
1,184,059
1,071,361
1,054,670
996,992
906,096
827,992
818,579
780,894
726,915
705,606
626,915
260,247
537,454
484,471
442,014
Minnesota 439,706
Kansas 364,399
Vermont
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Florida 187,748
Delaware 125,015
Nebraska
Oregon
Nevada
Tub average American, without
money, and thrown upon his own ex
ertions for a support, would starve in
Switzerland; yet, by intelligence and
skill in labor, the inhabitants of that
country not only supply the home de
mand, but produce for exportation
large amounts of valuable goods. Last
year they sent to the United States
silk goods to the value of five and
half millions of dollars; cotton and
woolen goods worth half a million
embroideries worth two millions; straw
and horse-hair goods to the value of
half a million; clocks and watches
worth two and a half millions; cheesc
worth half a million, and other arti-
cles to the value of a million. The in-
dustrious and economical habits of the
people, anil not the natural resources
of the country, arc entitled to the
credit of having created most of these
values.
Tiik Secretary of the Treasury has
notified Inspector General Smith, of
the Bureau of Steamboat Inspection
Service, that his resignation would be
accepted. The cause of this step was
on account of expenditures for experi-
ments on boilers at Sandy Hook, N.Y.,
and Pittsburg, Pa., the Secretary hold-
ing that no good lias been accomplish-
ed by such experiments, and besides,
four other members of the board to
examine into the causes of boiler ex-
plosions disagreed with Gen. Smith as
to tho manner of making experiments.
The appropriation for these experi-
ments was $100,000, of which $00,000
have been expended. Supervising In-
spector General Smith has resigned
that position, to take effect on the 1st
of September.
Tiik New York papers say that the
two committees of the Cotton Ex'
change, to whom the matter was re-
ferred, hope soon to have secured sites
for cotton warehouses proposed to be
established in the harbor. They have
invited proposals for warehouses of a
capacity sufficient to admit the store-
age of one or two hundred bales, and
also for two cotton presses, with yards
large enough to give full room for
sampling and mending. The ware-
houses are to be fire-proof, and prop
erly partitioned, so as to effectually
guard against an extensive confiagra
tion. These improvements, it is esti-
mated, will cost some $500,000.
Tiik limbs of the law are not verv
sound at Carthage, Mo. On Saturday
au attorney was arrested and lodged
in jail for spiriting away three very
important witnesses in a case that was
set for the following day, in which he
and his partner were attorneys; and
i x Constable Malloy, who was arrested
while in the act of robbing Siglcr &
Co.'s store, plead guilty, and was sen-
tenced to three years in the peniten-
tiary.
There was a serious riot in Ports-
mouth, England, on Saturday, in con-
sequence of the pier authorities clos-
ing a thoroughfare. A mob of several
thousand persons destroyed the ob-
struction, when the police charged
upon them repeatedly, and many of the
policemen and rioters were severely in-
jured. A renewal of the rioting is
feared.
The St. Louis Radical papers have
improved on the term "Backwoods!
Democrats." They call the Missouri
Democrats bushwhackers. One of
them says:
This party went into the brush in
1800. It devoted its energies to the
honorable work of assassination during
the war. Its best living representa-
tives, it the Dujtatch is right, are the
outlaws who still live by assaseination
and robbery. Is that "the Demo-
cratic party ?" If so, we venture to
?ay that the people of this State will
compel it to take to the brush again,
and stay there."
330,551
318,300
217,353
122,993
90,923
42,491
or City Improvement!—Are Thajr
Encouraged by Oar L*W11
We are glad to notice among the
many improvements now taking place /o'ereignty this is not, and never was,
in all part* of the city, thftt Mr. Har-
lan is now removing the wooden build-
ings opposite the N«ws office for the
purpose of erecting a fine four-story
fire proof building in their place. It is
worthy of note that the wooden build-
ings now being torn down are far bet-
ter than many othen that have been
repaired and improved even beyond
what the fire ordinances allow, so as to
avoid the expense of putting up fire-
proof buildings. Indeed, those wood-
en buildings are torn down while they
were bringing a handsome rent, and
would have continued to bring this
rent for years. It has been owing to
the reluctance of property owners to
expend the money necessary to make
fire-proof improvements that so many
old dilapidated wooden structures
have been kept in existence, to the great
damage of the city, by such temporary
repairs as would keep them from fall-
ing down, and enable them to bring an
annual rent of several times their en-
tire value. This evasion of the true
intent and meaning of the fire ordi-
nances has operated to prevent valua-
ble improvements that would have been
creditable to the city, and at the same
time has greatly added to the general
fire risk, thereby compelling fire-proof
buildings and the stocks of goods in
them to pay large additional insurance
on account of their contiguity to those
wooden rat-traps which endanger the
whole neighborhood in their vicinity
We consider this enterprise of Mr.
Harlan more worthy of notice from the
fact that it is so seldom we have known
property owners to voluntarily incur
the expense of removing old buildings
to give place to costly structures, and
thereby beautifying the city and add-
ing to the general security, as well as
giving additional value to all the prop
erty in the neighborhood. Those who
make such improvements ought to be
considered among the greatest bene-
factors of the city; and it would seem
to be a wise as well as just policy for
our laws to give encouragement
such improvements. But we think
this is far from being the case at pres
ent. On the contrary, some of our
laws have a direct tendency to dis-
courage our citizens from making in-
vestments in large and extensive fire-
proof buildings. There are few who
are able to construct such buildings
without having to borrow money to en-
able them to do so; and when they are'
once completed, the owner is taxed for
the full value, while at the same time
he has to pay at least 12 per cent, per
annum as interest on the whole or a
great part of the cost. And, at the
same time, the holder of the notes
given for the cost is required to pay a
tax on their amounts, so that, in fact,
most of the money invested in our
most valuable and necessary improve-
ments is made to pay a double tax. In
fact, the borrower is made to pay a
tax on his indebtedness.
It is within our knowledge, and we
presume also within the knowledge of
most of our citizens, that the present
heavy taxes by the city, by the county
and the State, have thus prevented
many valuable improvements that
would otherwise have been made.
This taxing of our citizens on their in-
debtedness for such improvements, is
in effect adding so much to the pres-
ent high rate of interest they have to
pay for the money required. If the
improvement costs $50,000, the owner
has to pay both the interest and tax
on that amount, both of which he
may avoid by evading the fire ordin-
ance, and cobbling up his wooden
structure at a cost of only a few dol-
lars. As long as our laws throw this
heavy burden on all improvements, we
can hardly blame our citizens for try-
ing to evade them by making the old
shanties last as long as possible, and
more especially are those excusable
who put up good buildings without
borrowing money, on which they would
be made to pay heavy taxes in addition
to the interest.
In this connection we may also here
remark that, although rents are now
perhaps quite as high as are compatible
with the best interests of our city, and
as high as most lessors arc able to pay,
yet we think it will be found, upon
careful examination, that there is now
very little property in this city, the
rent of which pays the usual interest
on its value, together with the in-
surance, taxes, and usual cost of repairs
to keep it in a tenantable condition.
If this is admitted to be true, as we
think it is, it follows that there can be
no inducement for any man to improve
property for rent, especially if he has
to pay interest on the cost, in addition
to the insurance, the taxes, and the
usual current improvements. The in-
quiry will naturally arise: How, then,
is it that so many improvements are
going on all around us? Why is it
that several millions of dollars are be-
ing invested in such improvements
annually, if they do not pay the inter-
est. taxes, etc.? The answer is, that
real estate is constantly advancing in
value, while the universal confidence
in the great future of our city leads
thousands to make investments, not for
the present, but solely in view of the
prospective increase in value of real
estate, and in view of the immense
trade that must speedily concentrate at
this seaport. Our present prosperity
is, in fact, due mainly to the natural
-advantages aud prestige of our city,
and not to the wise policy of our city
ordinances or our State laws.
Texas Press.
A False Iteport About " The Texas
Cattle Fever."
The St. Louis Globe, of Sunday,
says a prominent cattle buyer in that
market reports that he has recently
lost fifty head of cattle by the Texas
cattle fever, in the vicinity of Jackson-
ville, Illinois. On the other hand, the
Globe'* Jacksonville correspondent,
who was instructed to make inquiry
about the prevalence of the disease,
writes as follows:
The disease that appeared among
cattle in a limited district northeast of
this city, turning them blind and kill-
ing some, has about disappeared. Less
than a dozen cattle in all, so far as re-
ported, have died. The disease is alto-
gether new, and is gaid to be the result
of some poisonous weed eaten by the
cattle. Several cows have gone blind,
and others have regained their sight
and their eyes have healed a* good as
before the attack. There is no Texas
cattle fever in this part of the country
that has been brought to light.
This bugaboo about the " Texaa
Cattle Fever " is started every year aa
a means of excluding Texas cattle from
the markets of other Hut*». The
pieereat part of it is, that, the cattle
from Texas are out of being
diseased themtelvM, but lr<eMljr of im-
parting disea** to otb«is ■ b'xxjoolnj
them aa it wer«.
A fcT. Lot in Radical paper speaks
of "Mr. Tandy, the well known col-
ored orator," who is making stump
speeches to the darkeys. After the
election it will be, "That
Tandy,"
nigger,
Total 18,825,486
These 18,825,486 inhabitants, being
less, by 464,659, than the preceding
list, have fifty-eight Senators. Nevada
has two Senators for 42,491 inhabit-
ants, and New York has but two for
a population of 4,382,759. It seems
curious that those who clamor so
loudly for the rule of national majori-
ties, and the obliteration of State
Rights, have spared this matter so
long.
A Disappointed Immigrant.
L. A. Baker writes from St. Charles
county, Missouri, to the Cincinnati
Commercial as follows, concerning the
Lawrence (Texas) Colony Association:
It is very seldom that I squeal if I
get bit at another man's game, and I
would have nothing to say in this in-
stance, only there are too many of our
farmers, mechanics and laboring class
who will get fooled the same as I have
been if some one does not speak out;
and as I am a printer and a newspaper
man, just returning from this town of
Lawrence, Texas, I will take it upon
myself to let the truth be known; and
knowing that the columns of your val
uable paper are open to the ventilation
of corruption, humbug and swindling
schemes, I take this opportunity of ex
posing the doings of John A. Francis,
"Trustee of the Lawrence (Texas)
Colony Association.^)"
Through the advertising, circulars,
maps, etc., sent broadcast over the
States by this said John A. Francis,
trustee, I was induced to leave my
home last June, and go to this much
advertised town of Lawrence, Texas,
and what did I find there? Instead of
the "magnificent courthouse," "the
palatial hotel, churches, schoolRouses,
depot, a living stream of water run-
ning through the thriving town," as
all were led to infer by reading his va-
rious advertising dodges, I found just
sixteen less than second-rate houses, a
population, all told, of seventy-five in-
habitants, and not one of the grand
projects represented by this swindling
association and its various agenU
throughout the country, who are only
working for the five dollars commis-
sion offered by the association on each
person who pays fifteen dollars for a
lot and becomes a member. The asso-
ciation promises a warranty deed, but
gives you a quit claim deed. Nor can
"the town plat of Lawrence be found
among the records at the Recorder's
office for Kaufmanjcounty.
In fact, everything that this Texas
colony association advertise! is on
paper—and no where else. The stream
of water represented on their maps as
running through the town, is a dry
run, and only has water in it during
the spring and fall, or wet season, af-
ter which it runs off. They have dug
and bored some fifteen wells, a depth
of from twenty-five to one lKndred
and fifty feet, and found no wSer fit
for a mule to drink, being of a soapy
or very salty taste. The water that
was being used while I was there was
hauled from a lake (they call it,) but
we here at the North call it a pond
hole, about a mile from town.
The association advertise that plenty
of work of all kinds can be had, almost
for tho asking, and big wages paid,
which is a bold-faced lie on the face of
it. I tried to get work of any kind to
do for my board, and was refused in
every instance. There is no work to
be had; the supply is greater than the
demand, and hundreds of men in that
section, and in other portions of Texas,
are without work to-day. There is no
work for mechanics of any kind.
I finally succeeded in getting work
on a cattle train through to St. Louis,
or God only knows how I would have
got through.
Since coming back ^ortli, I have
seen the maps and circulars of this
humbugging colony association, and,
lest others be victimized \y glittering
promises, I feel imp^ed flp earnestly
warn all against tjjm gigant\ frauds.
I advise all wjro are not sMisfied of
the correctness of my statements to
first addrea^ letter of inquirAto Mr.
B. J. Norton or Henry Angel\Law-
rence, or to the editor of the Kaufman
Stat^^K.aufman, Texas, before ghwg
the:
Interior Merchants and tlie Wharf
Company.
The Nbws is in receipt of a letter
from Walter Tips & Co., prominent
merchants of Austin, Texas, inclosing
New York bills of lading, showing
freight and wharf charges upon con-
signments of iron and J nails. The
freight bill from New York to Gal-
veston per schooner Mary D. Ireland
on a total weight of some sixty-seven
thousand pounds, including wharfage
and primage at New York, amounted
to $127 91. The Galveston wharfage
charged was $42 29. We append the
letter of Messrs. Walter Tips & Co.:
Austin, Texas, August 6, 1874.
Eds. Nbws—Noticing that you de-
sire evidences of excessive charges f Jr
wharfage by the Galveston Wharf
Company, and wishing to aid in your
aotjlt combat against this monopoly,
w« beg to band you herein two freight
bills, showing that on nails we paid
about one-fourth, and on iron a Trac-
tion over one-third of the cost of trans-
portation from New York to Galves-
ton|(a distance of about 2000_miles) for
the privilege of passing these goods
over the wharf.
Yours very respectfully,
Walter Tips & Co.
The Grime* County Journal says that
the Galveston Wharf Company " Sits
at the gateway not only of the com-
merce of Galveston, bat of the State,
and levies heavy tribute upon every-
thing coming in and going out, and apt-
ly illustrates the devil-fish in sucking
the life-blood of its victims." Con-
tinues the Journal :
In place of reducing their charges
to a point which would insure only the
protection of their property and a rea-
sonable per centum upon their invest-
ment, they seem to have adopted the
idea that all goods intended for Texas
must of necessity land at their
wharves, and they were free to burden
commerce as they pleased. It may be,
when too late, that these gentlemen
will find that they have wrought an
irreparable injury, not only to their
own interests as owners of the wharves,
but to the interests of the trading pub-
lic of Galveston as well. Commerce
can not be hampered in this way.
The Nueces Valley says:
Galveston is cursed with a wharf
monopoly, which will crush the life
out of her if it can not be overcame.
The man who, according to ^Esop,
killed his goose for her golden eggs,
has imitators in our day.
Major Oliphint, of the firm of Gary
& Oliphint, cotton factors and com-
mission merchants, Galveston, Texas,
one of a committee of gentlemen ap-
pointed by the Board of Trade of
Galveston, to confer with the managers
of the Houston and Texas Central
Road, and the Houston and Galveston
Road, with a view of getting such
rate of freight tariffs as will insure a
better trade with Galveston and North-
ern Texas, was at Sherman at last
accounts, and informs the editor of
the Courier that the committee's inter-
view with Vice-President Baker, of
the Central Road, on the subject, was
the most satisfactory, and that they
have succeeded in getting a reduction
on bagging and ties from Galveston to
Sherman, of nearly one-half the cost
per car on that of last year. The
Courier hopes to see more intimate and
more extensive business relations be-
tween Galveston and Northern Texas,
and says with reasonable freight tariffs
Galveston will lie able to compete
with St. Louis in buying or selling.
The Denison Daily Timet truly says:
The panic of the past eight months
bears on the whole country; but on
nothing harder than on railroads. A
set of miserable demagogues, all over
the country as well as in Texas, have
tried, and are trying, to make capital
by making an indiscriminate war on
railroads. That war was made in this
Congressional district for the purpose
of defeating the nomination of Mr.
Throckmorton for Congroee. Hap-
pily it failed, and we trust that it is
but the beginning of a reaction that
will show capitalists that Texas at
least will foster, bwproper legislation,
all enterprises that tend to build up
her interests. People must understand,
and the sooner the better, that one in-
terest can not be crushed withour hurt-
ing every other.
The Radicals have taught us how to
draw tight the party lines, and consol-
idate every element of strength. If
we fail to use the lesson aright, de-
served defeat and political ruin will be
the result. Feelings of friendship and
sympathy for individual members of
the Radical party we can indeed par-
don when displayed in sociul life,
(though we confess such tastes in a
Democrat seem rather strange when we
remember the material of the great
Radical, carpet-bagger party of this
State.)—State Gazette.
We presume the "feelings of friend-
ship and sympathy for individual mem-
bers of the Radical party" means the
Gazette editor's old partners of the
State Journal, as also his once warm
friend, Gov. Davis, who appointed
Col. Elliott one of the members of the
Lunatic Asylum Board.—Statesman.
Mr. Wm. J. Booth has assigned his
interest in the Decatur Advance Guard
to B. H. Pendergast, and retired from
that paper. Mr. Pendergast says it is
his ambition not to retire from the pa-
per till he has made it a welcome vis-
itor to every fireside.
Every county in Texas has certain
advantages over most others. The
Comanche Chief says:
One of the greatest advantages of
this section for the farmer is in the
fact that the weevils do not prey on
the grain. Corn and wheat may be
kept for five years, sound aud free from
weevil. Another important item is
that the cotton worm, the great bane
of cotton-raising, never troubles us.
It is attributable to the latitude and
distance from the coast. Nor does
crab grass grow in the fields. There
are farms here twelve or fourteen years
old that have never been troubled with
this grass. About one-half the labor
is usually bestowed in the cultivation
of a crop here that is in the older
States. No guano or manure is used,
the land being sufficiently rich. These
advantages, coupled with the health
of the country and cheap price of
lands, certainly present great induce-
ments to the immigrant.
The Comanche Chief continues to
deprecate mob law. The Chief does not
know that our Texas poet was far
wrong when, in reply to one of Bcech-
cr's political sermons, he said:
Vile, brutal man, how darest thou
In God's annointed place to preach,
With impious tongue and brazen brow
The lessons Hell would scorn to teach.
The Stephensville Empire says:
Great credit is due the News in its
manly attempt to fight the enormous
extortion of the wharf monopoly—this
great cuttle-fish, whose suction appar-
atus is preying upon the very life blood
of not only Galveston, but the entire
country. We are loth to see the trade
of the garden spot of Texas diverted to
enrich the pockets of Northern and
Western capitalists. But the day has
passed when the extortion of wharfage,
commission, etc., will be tolerated by
the people. And if Galveston would
guard her laurels, she must sever the
cord that binds her to this commercial
monstrosity.
The Houston Age opposes the pro-
posal to authorize the authorities of
that city to subscribe for $100,000 of
the capital stock of the Western Nar-
row Gauge Railroad. The Age says as
soon as the proposed bonds are issued
the company may take possession of
them, put them on the market, get
the money for them, and appropriate
it as they see fit.
The Texas Odd Fellow applauds the
enterprise, and rejoices in the pros-
perity and future prospects of Galves-
ton, and says;
A glance at the map of the country
discloses the fact that the natural out-
let of Texas, New Mexico, portions of
Arkansas and Missouri, the Indian
Territory, and all that vast and fertile
region east of the Rocky Mountains,
is the Mexican Gulf coast, and Gal-
veston being the most available point,
all the products of this vast and fer-
tile soil must eventually find its way
to her ports.
We should reach this conclusion if
for no other reason than that Galves-
ton is the most convenient port of en-
try on the eastern coast of the United
States, to all of the South American
trade, and Galveston is the most ac-
cessible point for this vast region, the
West, to secure the tropical fruits,
woods, dye-stuffs and other important
American products, which it is com-
pelled to have in exchange for its
grain.
In hoisting the name of Governor
Throckmorton for Congress from the
Third District, the Hill County Record
says:
The objection urged by some old
ox-team loving fogies, bounded on by
demagogues, thftt he is a "railroad
man," is to us his highest recommenda-
tion. A real live railroad man is what
is needed to represent this district.
We want a few more railroads to de-
velop this great Western country. Of
course, we want them properly re-
stricted in their charters as to fare and
freight, that they may have no power
to oppress the people by exorbitant
charges. We believe in railroads. We
have seen too mftny evidences of their
utility. They are the great harbingers
of progress, wealth and general improve-
ment. What would the State of Texas
be to-day had we no railroads ? The
steam engine and the printing press
within the last ten years have done
more for the civilization, enlighten-
ment and progress of the State than
all other influences combined. We
are heartily disgusted with hearing
railroads abused and cried down by
men who will not take the trouble to
think for themselves, nor open their
ayes and see the - wonders wrought by
the railways of the country, and all
because one or two roads succeeded in
buying (perhaps at too high a figure)
the immaculate representatives of the
people and thereby obtained their
present enormous subsidies.
Texas Railroads.
Texas Items.
Runnels County.—The Comanche
Chief has the following particulars of an
Indian fight near Table Mountain, on the
24th, between a detachment from Com-
pany E and some untutored red men
from Fort Sill: "On Friday, the 24th
ultimo, Captain W. J. Maltby ordered
Lieutenant Best, with twenty-one men,
to proceed to Table Mountain, which is
situated in the northeast corner of Run-
nels county, to watch for the Indians
that were on the war-path. The weather
waa extremely hot, and when the party
got as far as Pecan Springs Lieutenant
Best ordered a halt, as the trail they had
been following appeared too old to
be doing much in the way of
catching up with the Indians
that had gone out with their booty. Ser-
geant Israel proposed to take ten men
and follow on this trail. Upon a call for
volunteers the ten men were soon made
up, and the sergeant and his gallant
boys were soon upon the prairies again.
After traveling all night, and their horses
becoming quite fagged from a ride of
full sixty miles in twenty houre, a halt
was ordered and the men took a rest.
At daylight they saddled up, and Cor-
poral Sackett and Private Scott, being
ready first, rode up on a ridge near by
for a lookout, when Scott discovered six
moving figure., not far off, and, calling
Sackett's attention to them, they were
soon discovered to be Indians. The two
rangers were soon back among tlieir fel-
lows, who were leisurely preparing for
the ride; but in a moment there was hot
haste and quick throwing on of saddles.
Soon all was ready, and the Indians
came in sight, when one of the Company
E boys said: " Boys, they are going to
charge us!" but the Indians did not like
the looks of things ahead of them as they
came charging on, so they turned short
off to the right, took up a gulch, and,
for a few minutes, they were lost sight
of, but a hard race was now about to be-
gin, and at it both went in swift, earnest
work. After a run of five miles, the
Indians were brought to bay. Sackett
was on ft splendid animal,and waa in the
lead, and opeaed fire on the redskins at a
distance of about seventy five yards,
which was immediately returned by two
of the Indians. Sackett checked up
and, cooly turning round to one of the
men who had that moment came up, and
asked him " if he had seen them d—d
things shoot at at me 1" and the reply
was: " Yea ;.go for 'em ;" and they did.
Sackett then turned loose and Jrun up to
within thirty yards of them, and reached
back for his gun to give them another
shot, when his horse received a shot in
her side, and fell and rose and bolted.
The saddle turned at the same time,
throwing Sackett to the ground. He rose
up, with gun in hand, and saw an Indian
aiming his Spencer at him. But Sackett
was too quick for him, as his ball knocked
the lock off the Indian's gun, and sent it
whizzing past Lo's head, cutting his
cheek, and sent the ball into his face,
shearing off his nose as clear as if done
with a knife. This was more than the
warrior bargained for, and he threw
down his gun and with a strong gut-
teral " ugh," broke away, but was
afterward captured and died of his
wounds. Another one was killed in
the fight and the others finally
got away with two mortally wounded, as
there were evident signs of the same.
The horses of the party were so tired
that pursuit could not be thought of.
There was one Indian in this party that
did not take a part in the fight, and, from
circumstances, was supposed to be
squaw, as she rode so easily and gracefully
and stood aloof during the fight, but
while on the run was constantly in the
lead. When the rangers rode up to the
wounded Indian, *they spoke rather
roughly, and asked him where he was
going. The Indian answered ' Down in
Texas for horses and scalps.' ' Where
are you from 1' ' Fort Sill.' * How long
since you left there V 'Four days.' ""
Comanche County.—From the Co-
manche Ctnef: " Mr. G. C. Davenport
has shown us a specimen of copper ore,
picked up in Callahan county, which is
pronounced to be at least 40 per cent. He
says the croppings out indicate a very
rich mine, as it is on the same belt with
the copper mines of the Wichita Moun-
tains, there is no room to doubt its exist-
ence in large quantities. Copper, we be-
lieve, is more .profitable to work than sil-
ver, and the chain of mountains which
ran through this tier of counties contains
not only copper, but silver and coal. The
copper and coal, at least, we expect, will
b» worked profitably.
Erath County.—The corn on Green's
Cieek is burnt up by the drouth, it is
thought, because the farmers had not
followed the injunction to " plow deep."
The Stephensville Western Empire
is iaformed that Messrs. Bassel & Qnine,
proprietors of the Stephensville Flour
Mills, shipped by wagons 7000 pounds of
flour recently to Waco, for which they
received $4 50 per hundred weight.
The Apothecary's Oath.
The Medical and Surgical Reporter has
unearthed a singular bit of medieval
cursing architecture. Says that
journal: Who is the guardian saint of
the apothecaries we do not know, but
somebody has disinterred an ancient
oath, which formerly had to be taken
by every French pharmaceutist. It
runs thus;
"1 take to witness, before all, God,
the Creator of the universe, in three
persons, that during the whole of my
life I will observe that which follows;
"I will live and die in the Christian
faith. I will honor my parents. I
will honor the physicians and masters
under whom I have studied. I will
never say anything that shall be inju
rioua to the seniors of our order, or to
others. I will adorn with my best the
dignity of the art, and I will not re-
veal its secrets. I will do nothing im-
prudently nor through hope of gain. In
acute sickness I will not give purga-
tives without the order of the physi-
cian. I will keep the secrets of the
patients. I will administer no poison,
neither will I allow it to be adminis-
tered, even to my enemies. I will not
alter the prescriptions of physicians.
I will never substitute one remedy for
another without their knowledge. I
will discourage the fatal practice of
empirics. I will refuse to no person
my legitimate assistance. I will not
keep in my pharmacy stale and or bad-
ly prepared medicaments.
"In making and observing these
rules, may God assist me. Ainsi soit-
il!"
This is not such an antiquated oath
but that we should like to see it revived
and respected.
Fictitious Capital.
The Boston Traveller tells this:
About a month ago a director in an
out-of-town bank procured from the
cashier of that bank a check on a Bos-
ton bank where it transacted its busi-
ness, for $40,000, the director at that
time having no funds in the bank. This
check was not used for cash purposes,
but to enable the director to furnish a
certificate of deposit for the purpose of
admission as a special partner in a large
concern in Boston. The check was
duly returned to the bank, but the oper-
ation was none the less illegal. There
is much anxious inquiry as to what
bank it was. The Bank Examiner has
taken no steps as yet. Such a trans-
action involves the public safety, and
if left without proper means being tak-
en to punish the cashier, the public
faith in our banks of deposit will na-
turally be much shaken.
m.xico.
The band of robbers who infested
tb« Bute of Guanajuato have been dis-
persed, and their celebrated chief, Ig-
nacio Urbana, has been killed.
The Galvez band of robbers in Tepic
has also been dispersed, and six of their
number killed and one taken prisoner.
The Diario, the official organ, says
that the Legislature of Guerrero, in
conceding to the Governor of that
State authority to expel objectionable
foreigners, exceeded their functions,
that privilege being the exclusive right
of the President of tho Republic.
The Railroad Gazette, published si-
mulUneously at New York and Chi-
cago, devotes a whole page to the
subject of Texas railroads. The Ga-
zette sets out by saying:
Texas is an empire in itself, it is
common to say, and often this is taken
as sufficient ground for the assumption
that it offers an extraordinary field for
enterprise and wealth. But mere ex-
tent of territory; of course, helps not a
whit. It is the use yre can put it to
which is the important thing, and
money and labor can be buried use-
lessly in a large as easily as a small
field. When we speak of Texas, there-
fore, we should only bear in mind that
it is a more extensive term than Kan-
sas or Nebraska, and compares more
fitly with less definite terms like "the
Northwest," "the Ohio Valley," or
"the Lake Basin." Its extent, how-
ever, has considerable importance in
studping it as a field for transportation
enterprises, as it evidently of itself
gives abundant room for long
lines, and a large part of it can only
find a market by the use of such lines.
The natural outlets of Texas are,
first and chiefly, the Gulf coast, which
stretches in a southwesterly direction
from the mouth of the Sabine to the
Rio Grande and the Mexican border,
some four hundred miles. And this
coast is of more value to it than an
ocean outlet would be to most of our
States, because a very large part of
the produce for export seeks a foreign
market, and must cross the sea some-
where. It has not many harbors, and
no good ones, and Galveston is the
only one which makes considerable
shipments, though, perhaps, the others,
such as Corpus Christi and Indianola,
would do more if they had any con-
siderable connections with the interior.
In Texas, as in most agricultural dis-
tricts which produce their own food,
the exports greatly exceed the imports
in bulk, and so determine the loutes
of transportation. Now Texas sends
its produce not in one direction, like
most States, but in no less than three.
These products (for export from the
State) are chiefly cattle and cotton.
Now the cotton nearest the coast seeks
the Gulf harbors for transportation to
the manufacturer's market either in
Europe or the Eastern United States,
or to a secondary market at New Or-
leans, while that of the north before
the days of the railroads was taken to
the Red River for shipment to New
Orleans. The cattle find their chief
market in the Northeastern States,
which they have reached by going first
northward (on foot) across the Indian
Territory to the Kansas railroads,
though shipments by vessels are also
made to New Orleans and West Indian
markets. Thus we have the products
of the State flowing in three great
channels, southward to the Gulf, east-
ward to New Orleans and the other
Southern States, and northward or
northeastward to the consuming dis
tricts of the Northern States.
In Texas, therefore, there is demand
for at least two kinds of railroads, one
north and south, for carrying produce
in both these directions, and the other
east and west, for eastern outlets.
The Gazette then gives an exhaustive
account of all the railroads at present
in operation in Texas, and their con-
nections, and then proceeds as follows:
All present calculations as to traffic
regard Texas as a border State. Its
railroads look for support solely to the
traffic of the State itself, expecting
none or very little from the country
west of it. Directly west of it lie the
wilderness of Northern Mexico and
New Mexico, which have few inhabit-
tnts and less traffic, and are not
likely to have much more. North is
the Indian Territory, not open to de-
velopment. It is not right, however,
to assume that no traffic will ever
cross Texas, for though the country
immediately adjoining it on the west
in Mexico is comparatively barren and
unpeopled, at not a very great dis-
tance to the southwest is a productive
and thickly peopled district, with nu-
merous large cities and towns—
the heart of the Republic of Mexico.
It is true that there has been
heretofore so little communication be-
tween Mexico and Texas that we hardly
think of them as neighbors, but this
infrequency of cemmunication is
doubtless due to • considerable extent
to the former isolation of Texas itself,
and further to the lack of a railroad
between the two countries. Texas is
now so connected with the rest of the
country that whatever we have to sell
the Mexicans may be brought almost
to their doors, and whatever they have
to sell us may be received there. With
the International or other Texas road
extended to the Rio Grande, amd a
Mexican railroad from the center of
population to meet it there, we may
see the beginning of a movement in
traffic which will do much toward sup-
porting some, at least, of the Texas
railroads.
The traffic of the State now is likely
to be distributed somewhat as follows;
The cotton, doubtless, will continue
for the most part to take the cheapest
route to cotton ports, and will go to
Galveston. Some now moves north-
ward, and a direct rail route to New
York and New England is open to all
of it, but this necessarily is long and
costly. The grain of North Texas,
where wheat as well as corn is said to
be grown as plentifully and cheaply as
in the Northwest, has not hitherto
sufficed for the consumption of the
State, probably, but then until recent*
ly most of the State has been inacces-
sible to it. For some time, doubtless,
this will find a good market in the
State, and will be carried southward
by the railroads, or will reach another
southern market.at New Orleans, and
will move eastward by rail to Red
river.
The cattle, which must largely ex-
ceed in bulk any other exported pro-
duct of the State, still go for the most
part a large part of their way to mar-
ket on their own hoofs, being driven
to Kansas for shipment, and it is doubt-
ful how far this practice will be
changed by the approach of railroads
near to or into the cattle district of
West Texas, as the journey to Kansas
affords pasture, and to cattle not al-
ready fat gives new feeding grounds
at a time when Texas pastures are apt
to be pretty well dried up. But ic is
reasonable to expect that the fat cattle
will take one of the two railroad routes
to the North. To reach these, a va-
riety of routes are open. The lines
which approach the chief cattle district
nearest are the Austin Branch of the
Houston and Texas Central, the Inter-
national, which will probably reach
Austin by the close of the year,
and the Galveston, Harrisburg and San
Antonio, which is completed to a point
about as far west as Austin, but about
a hundred miles further south. The
two last named are to be extended to
San Antonio eventually. Of these the
International offers much the shortest
route, it with its connections forming
a line almost straight from Cairo to
Austin. It has a break of gauge at
the Arkansa", line, but this does not
matter much in cattle transportation,
as the animals must be unloaded for
rest and feeding more than once before
reaching the market. As the rates
will of course be about the same by all
routes, this may not prevent the other
roads from obtaining their full share
of the traffic. The interests of the
Texas Central will incline it to carry
its stock to the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas, and this will be the only rail
route for that large amount of stock
which is taken to Kansas or. further
north to be wintered or pastured for
some months. The Galveston, Harris-
burg and San Antonio will have to de-
pend upon either the Texas Central or
the International and Great Northern
for its outlet, the former being the
shortest.
Although there has been a large in-
crease in the railroads of Texas within
two or three years, they are still by no
means crowded. You may now travel
over many rates three or four hun-
dred miles long, through generally fer-
tile disiricts in that State, without
crossing a railroad. Traffic is light as
yet, but the nature of the country and
the character of its productions and its
progress heretofore render it probable
that it will in time afford a larger
amount of products per squire mile
for transportation than any other part
of tho South. It is fortunate in being
productive in grain as well as cattle,
and it is thrice fortunate and
distinguished above nil other cot-
ton-growing districts in being
rich in grass, and consequently able to
raise Uto stock profitably, and renew
the waste of soil incident to constant
cropping, which in almost every other
Southern State has changed vast ex-
tents of fertile fields into barrenness,
Moreover, it has what no other South-
ern State has—a large and constant in-
flux of immigrants. Its political con-
dition is more stable and satisfactory
to its people than that of almost any
other Southern State. It has a very
small public debt, an immense estate
in fertile public lands, and better
credit than most of its neighbors.
Doubtless it offers still a promising
field for railroad enterprises, though,
of course, it will be easy to waste
money there as elsewhere by building
railroads before their time. But the
nearness of seaports to the whole
State make it reasonably certain that
its distance from market will never be
an obstacle to profitable cotton-grow-
ing in any part of the State where the
soil is suitable and a railroad is acces-
sible. All or nearly all of the roads
which it has are well placed, and
though some of them may be poorly
supported now, all the longer ones
must before long be decidedly profi-
table.
The Gazette closes with the remark:
There is almost sure to be a great
development of railroads in Texas here-
after, and if they are planned reason-
ably and not constructed too soon,
they may be made to the profit of the
investors as well as to the immense ad-
vantage of Texas.
New Advertisements.
Special Notices.
rp>
ARRIVE
From Rio de Janeiro,
Buckeye
| for Piles.
For Sale by
jyl5 D-W 2m
4000 Sacks Coffee,
Ex British Brig 11 BROCKLE3BY."
IV. KOPPERL,
Strand.
Different Modes of Opening
mouth or ute miRiiiiippis
tlie
Notice to Con»l«nee».-The brig WM.
MASON, from Boston, is now discharging
cargo at Kuhn's Wharf.
Consignees will please attend to the receipt
of their goods as landed, as all goods re- 1
maining on the wharf after 4 o'clock p.
will b* At the risk and expense of the owners,
if not signed for.
All damages must be adjusted on the
wharf before the goods are removed, as no
reclamations will r>e allowed afterward.
MULLER & CO., Agents.
angl2 E<£D1 I Strand.
Galfetton Artillery Company, At-
tention!—You are hereby ordered to as-
semble at the Armory on THURSDAY, the
18th Instant, at 4 o'clock p. m., sharp, in fa-
tigue uniform and hats, for target shooting,
to contest for the prize offered by Lieutenant
R. J. Hughes. The company will leave the
Armory at a quarter past four.
By order of M. F. MOTT, Capt.
THEO. K. THOMPSON, Act. O. S.
augl2M&E2t
Salve.—The Great Remed
r. f. george,
Galveston.
Locate Your Certificates.—I have
some fine locations, good lands, water and
timber: also fine grazing lands in the coun-
ties west of San Antonio. I will locate all
land certificateslintrusted to me for one-third
of the land, and pay all the expenses of prov-
ing the patents ;for the same. Twenty-five
years residence in this section of country
enables me to'know it well. Also fine Sheep
Ranches. Reference—All the principal citi-
zens of Bexar county. Address
LORENZO CASTRO,
jy25 lmo P. O. Box 196, San Antonio.
For Sale—To Rent.
David wakelee has a good family
Horse, Rockaway and Harness for sale.
Inquire at the District Clerk'* Office.
jy38tf
^OR SALE FOR SALE
The Fine Two-story Residence
Of L. C. Roundtree, on the corner of Tre*
mont street and Broadway.
For particulars apply to
jy24 tf jno. d. rogers & co.
JPOR 3ALE FOR SALE
A quantity of the Best
BLUE FIRE BRICK,
SUPERIOR SCOTCH FIRE BRICK
PRESSED SCOTCH BRICK,
RIDGE TILES,
SLATE SLABS.
Notice to Consignees.—The steamship
San Jacinto, from Liverpool, commences dis-
charging cargo this davat Kuhn's Wharf, un-
der general <£ders. Consignees will please
send their customhouse permits to this office,
pay freight bills, and receive delivery orders
for their goods.
Younger & Jeffreys'
CELEBRATED SCOTCH ALE, IN
PTS.
Papers of Tennessee, New Orleans
and St. Louis have discussed three
modes of opening the mouth of the
Mississippi.
Eads, the bridge builder, proposes
to construct jetties, walling in the
mouth of the river—thus giving force
to its current, now diffused, and thus
rendering New Orleans accessible from
the sea. Since the quantity of mud
ejected from the river against The
transverse gulf stream is not lessened,
it is objected that the process of
dredging must be perpetual, and the
jetties or walls forever extended into
the Gulf.
The second plan is that known as
the tug-boat scheme, almost approved
by the last Congress. If this be
executed, there will be a canal from
from Fort St. Philip east into deep
water only nine miles distant. This
canal, at the Mississippi terminus, will
be closed by locks, and, therefore,
comparatively free from the alluvial
deposits made so rapidly by the cur-
rent of the river. It is objected to this
scheme that sailing and even other
vessels entering the river at Fort St.
Philip must still be subjected to the
tender mercies of the tug-boats, draw-
ing them ninety miles against the river
current to New Orleans, at the cost of
one dollar per ton in both directions,
or of $20,000 for each vessel of 10,000
tons.
The third scheme, now becoming
popular, and that in which Galveston is
interested, is known as Capt. John
Cowdon's Barrataria Bay Canal, to con-
nect New Orleans directly with deep
water at the mouth of Barrataria Bay.
This canal would be forty miles long,
and closed with locks at New Orleans,
like the shorter canal at Fort St. Phil-
ip. Cowdon's argument is that it
would lessen the distance to Galvest.n
150 miles, and that the tugboat tax
will be annihilated forever.
If such a canal be constructed it is
claimed that twenty certs will be saved
on each bushel ot corn shipped by way
of the Mississippi river to Europe, and
a proportionate percentage on wheat,
cotton and other products of the Mis
sissippi Valley exported by the same
route.
These three measures are now con
sidered by Congressional committees,
and a board of civil engineers is at
present engaged, under directions of
the War Department, in examining the
facts affecting each scheme, to report
to the next session of Congress.
It is needless to say that intelligent
merchants of Galveston feel an inter-
est in the solution of the problem in-
volved. The trade of this city with
the Mississippi Valley would be greatly
augmented if a short water way, as
proposod by Captain Cowdon, were
opened through Barrataria Bay to the
Mississippi river.
In Virginia City a male Indian,
dressed as a squaw, is frequently seen.
He is forced to wear female attire as a |
punishment for cowardice.
All permitted goods remaining on the wharf
(not receipted for) after 4 o'clock p. m. will be
left at consignee's risk and expense, and will
not be stored without special instructions to
that effect.
All claims for damage must be adjusted on
the wharf.
C. w. HURLEY & CO., Agents,
aull D&E3t 117 Strand.
ALU ABLE
HOUSE AND LOT
AX AUCTION,
On THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, instant, at our |
office doer, Strand, if not aolt^beforo
that time at Private Sale.
We will sell to the highest bidder, for cash,
LOT No. 12, in BLOCK No. 448. ou Church,
between Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth
streets, with large two-story Ho ase, rentable
at $60 to |70 a month, worth $5000, and which
we propose to start at $3200. currency; and
guarantee that the HIGHEST BIDDER ovei
that sum shall have the property, and that
there shall be no bogus bidders.
All taxes shall be paid to 1874, inclusive,
and TITLE PERFECT BEYOND A DOUBT.
Ten per cent of tha price to be paid at time
of sale, and balance as soon as buyer can
examine and is satisfied with the title.
This sale is made to satisfy two mortgages,
and hence the necessity to sell without re-
serve.
McEwan & Jeffrey's PORTER, in pints.
Apply to WALTHE W A CO.,
ja21tf 120 Strand.
JPOR SALE OR RENT—
Tlie Property of W. L. ITIoodv,
situated corner Winnie and Nineteenth sts.,
with all the furniture, bedding, carpets, etc.
Parties wishing to purchase or rent will call
at the office of Moody & Jemison, or on
au6 tf L. F. MOODY.
JpOR RENT.
. FOR RENT.
aul3 tds
H. M. TRUEHEART & CO.,
Agents.
A small Office, at a low rate of rent, on the
first floor over the b ews office couuting room,
on Market street. Also a larger office on
second floor, over the News office counting
room. Apply at this office. aull
"*OR RENT FOR RENT
The large two-story bulding situated on
southwest corner Avenue H and Eighteenth
street, known as the Island City High School.
The building contains eleven rooms, six of
which front south.
Apply on the premises fer particulars.
au4 2w
17*OR RENT-HOUSE CORNER OF STRAND
and Seventeenth streets; suitable for a
I boarding house, 13 rooms. Possession given
1st of September. THOS. M. JOSEPH.
au9 lOt
J^OTICE NOTICE
From and after SATURDAY, the 15th of ]
August, the
RAYMOND HOUSE, AUSTIN,
Will be closed for repairs, NOT TO EXCEED
THIRTY DAYS, for which time I respectfully
ask the indulgence of my regular guests and
the traveling public, after which time I will
RE-OPEN IN FIRST-ClfASS STYLE in every
respect, and will then be pleased to again
meet any and all who may give me their
patronage. B. M. ODOM,
aul3 3t Proprietor.
J^HE LONE STAlt BAND—
Known to be the
BEST STRING AND BRASS BAND
In the city, solicits engagements for Balls,
Parties, Paraded, etc. WM. PETERSEN.
Office—Thos. Goggan & Bros. aul3 3t*
JQANIEL GOOS, ~~
(Saccessor to Moeling & Co.,)
Dealer in All Kinds of ROUGH and DRESSED
LUMBE R,
Pickets, Laths, etc. BILLS SAWED TO OR-
DER at short notice and lowest rates.
W. F. STEWART is my duly authorized
agent in Galveston. DANIEL GOOS.
au 18*74 ly
JJUNT'S AXES.
We have just received a large shipment ef
Hunt's Justly Celebrated Axes
We also keep the COLLINS and AMOSKEAG
brands, ail of which we can recommend. We
can, therefore, suit all parties.
STEELE, WOOD, & CO.,
aul3 It 68 and 70 Tremont street.
Rooms and Board.
Mrs. v. westlake has rented the
commodious and pleasantly situated
dwelling on the northwest corner of Twenty-
second and Church streets. Boarders received
by the day, week and month, on reasonable
terms. jy25 lmo*
ENGRAVING.
W
ANTED WANTED
A SITUATION
By a man of experience, as accountant or cor-
respondent. Is caDable of corresponding in
both Dutch (Holland) and English. Can fur-
nidi good reference. Address W. A. Lots-
peich, care J. H. BURNETT & CO.,
augl3 lw* Strand, Galveston.
w
ANTED WANTED
A PARTNER,
Either active or silent, with a cash capital of
from $1000 to $2000, to invest in a safe
and profitable manufacturing business, well
established. Address
GOOD INVESTMENT,
augl3 4t News Office.
D
is60luti0n notice.
Travelers' Testimony.
Thousands of travelers by land and sea
have vouched for the efficacy of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters as a preventive of the physi-
cal disturbances which ordinarily arise from
change of climate and the changes of diet,
water, etc., incident to a wandering life. Upon
systems toned, Invigorated and regulated by
this genial vegetable antidote the external
causes of debility and disease seem to pro-
duce little or no effect. Forearmed with
Hostetter's Bitters, the voyager may
bid defiance to sea-sickness and encounter
the chilling fogs of the British Isles, the
ceast winds of the Antilles, the Icy tempera-
ture of northern Alaska, or the burning beat
of the tropics, with equal impunitv. The
effect of this admirable medicated stimulant
is greatly to increase the vital energy of the
system, thereby enabling it to resist and repel
the exciting causes of disease.
aul3 th sat tu&WIw
The oo-partnerRhip heretofore existing in
the GALVESTON BOTTLERY, between the
| undersigned, under the firm name of GREMP-
| CZYNSKI A GROSSMANN, is this day dis-
solved by mutual consent by the withdrawal
of Albert Grossman. The business will be
continued by Geo. Grempczynski, who alone
will collect the assets and pay the liabilities
of the old firm. GEO. GREMPCZ
of the
augl2 Elt&D3t*
zynski,
albert grossman.
HOME INSURANCE CO.
JfEW YORK.
CASH ASSETS JULY 1, 1874,
►,212,381 40.
Galveston Agency—Tliis Company will in-
sure
Gin Houses and Contents,
Operated by animal or water power.
For blank applications and further informa-
tion, address
HIED:
BROWN—In this city, on August 12, sud-
denly of congestion, William Brown, a native
of Edinburgh, Scotland, aged 47 years.
His funeral will take place from his late 1
residence, 218 Tremont street, at 5 p. m. To- j
Day. Friends and acquaintances are respect-
fully invited to attend.
NOTICE.—'The Officers and Mem-
bers of Galveston Hook and Ladder Company
No. 1 will meet at 218 Tremont street THURS-
DAY, at 5 p.m., to attend the funeral of Wm.
Brown, late member of this company. Mem-
bers of other companies are invited to attend j
without further invitation,
By order of the Foreman.
FRED A. SMITH,
aug!3 It Secretary.
New Advertisements.
HAY, STOVE, FURNITURE AND GROCER- |
IE8 AT AUCTION.
By park, lynch & co.—r. a.
PARK, Auctioneer.—We will sell THIS |
DAY, the 13th instant, at 10 o'clock, at our
Salesroom, Strand—
25bales Northern Hay; 1 Kitchen Stove and
fixtures, nearly new; 1 Walnut Safe, Bu-
reau, Bedstead, Tables, Chairs, Wash-
stands, Mattresses, Crockery, etc.
Also—Groceries and other articles that may |
come in before hour of sale. aul3 It
aullDlmunaW2m
JAMES SORLEY, Agent,
Galveston, Texas
Target-siiooting pistols,
Noiseless Rifles, Iron Targets,
Hnmmocks, Hemp Dusters, all kinds Rope,
Hooks, Fishing Lines, jointed Rods,
Poles, Lead, Powder. Shot, Caps,
Solder, Pistols, muzzle-load-
ing Guns, fine Breech-
loaders, Sporting-
Boats, Camping-tents, and Stores.
In faci, everything a Sportsman needs, can
be found at the store of
jy29t8epl7 una JOS. LABAD1E.
The NEWS, having long felt the necessity
of having
An Engraver Attached to Its Estab-
lishment,
And feeling that the growing wants of the
City of Galveston and the State at large
would justify the employment of an artist in
this line, has secured the services of a gen-
tleman
UNSURPASSED IN HIS
PROFESSION,
Who will henceforth make engraving a
SPECIAL FEATURE
Of tho Galveston News Printing Estab-
lishment.
This is^the only office in the State where
Engraving on Wood
Can be accomplished, and it is with satisfac-
tion that we announce that there is no longer
a necessity to send work of this description
abroad to have it done.
Advertisers Requiring Special
Designs,
Have but to intimate their wishes aud the
NEWS OFFICE is prepared to accommodate
them.
Merchants and others, in need of
FANCY JOB WORK,
Can have the latest advancements in the EN-
GRAVER'S ART to aid them in their pur-
poses.
ENGRAVING ON WOOD,
—such as—
map and seal work, monograms and
labels, signatures. dislay lines
for advertisements
Galveston gift enterprise
ASSOCIATION.
Ofllce—No. 175 Center Street.
ALL TICKETS SOLD ENTITLED TO A
GIFT.
Drawn Humbert, August 12, 1874
DISTRIBUTION NUMBER 316.
3-7&-o4-t>4-2&-34-15-56-76-65-53-11-74
DISTRIBUTION NUMBER 317.
38-21-41-37-51-24-28-63-25—64-66
Distributions witnessed and attested by
■William R. Johnson, Notary Public.
BOYD & STONE,
an8 lm* Managers.
HAY FURNITURE AND MERCHANDISE AT
AUCTION.
PETITPAIN
BY O.
PETITPAIN, Auctioneer-
& CO.—o.
. THURSDAY,
nth instant, at 10 oVlook, at their Salesroom,
53 Strand—
35JBALES HAY.
Also—The usual assortment of Furniture ana
General Merchandise. au!3 It
W ants—Lost—Found.
jjouse wanted.
TWO-STORY HOUSE or RAISED COT-
TAGE, in good condition, with five or six
rooms, and some southern exposure, by
prompt paying tenant. Would prefer west of
Seventeenth street and north of Avenue L.
Would lease, or purchase after awhile, if
satisfactory. Address P. O. BOX 933,
auglS lw Galveston
w
ANTED WANTED
F
or rent fob rent.
A Commodious
TWO-STORY DWKLLING-HOUSE,
Situated on Avenue I, between Seventeenth
and Eighteenth streets.
Apply on the premises, or corner Avenue I
and Eighteenth street. aulS 3t
p<or rent—the new cottage
BUILDING, with all conveniences (or ft small
family, on corner of Nineteenth street and
Avenue O, fronting south, with a constant aaa
breeze, and convenient to the eity cars! Ap-
ply at tbia office. anl8 tf
A Good. Cook, Washer and Ironer.
Apply at the corner of Twenty-fourth and
Broadway.
augl2 St MRS. J. M. BROWN.
WANKD— BY a first-class COOK (white
man) a situation as Cook in a hotel, res
taurant, private boarding houFC. or on }■
steamer. Address IIARRY.
aul2 3t* News office.
w
ANTED ....WANTED
sale—an
For sale—an elegant new rbsi-
denee, with two lots, near terminua of
West Broadway Railroad. House oontains
every modern improvement. Terms easy.
H. M. TRUEHEART A co., Real Estate Agts.
Mercantile printing of every de-
scription promptly executed at cheap
rates. PIERCE A TERRY,
Stationers and Printers,
aul# It Strand, Galveston.
An A. M. of a Virginia College, with five
years experience at the nead of a large school,
deairea a situation as TEACHER, or a good
location to establish a school of high grade.
HBrBftSHOKs-^Faculty of "Emory and Hen
ry College, Va.; Rev. W. A. Harris, Wesley an
Female institute, Staunton, Va.; Rev. J. B.
Stratton, Natchez, Miss. For particulars, ap-
ply at the "NEW&" OFFICE,
aull lm* Galveston.
WANTED—A wet nurse FOR A CHILD
about a year old. Apply to Dr. 8. M
WELCH, at his office or residence. auU 4t*
WANTED-BOARD AND LODGING FOR
gentleman and wife, in a quiet, private
family, where few or no other hoarders are
kept. Address Lock Box 606. aug8 lw
PLAIN
AND FANCY
CARDS,
BUSINESS
CUTS OF BUILDINGS AND MACHINERY,
Full Sbeet Letters and Poster Work
or any Size and Pattern.
Special attention given to
Colored Work,
Headings,
Railroad
Etc,
The NEWS would be pleased to have par-
ties call and examine specimens.
The establishment, in all essentials, is now
one of the
Most Complete iu the South-
west,
And satisfaction is guaranteed, both ae re-
gards workmanship and charges.
Boston Advertisements.
^yM. H. BOWDLEAR,
COMMISSION MERCHANT.
Liberal advances made on ail consignments
of HIDES, BEESWAX, and other
SOUTHERN PRODUCE.
No. 198 State Street, Boston, Mass.
References, by permission, MESSRS. S. G.
BOWDLEAR A CO., and N. BOYNTON ft CO.
Boston. novlS d-Tu-Thu-Saf.ftWly
New York Advertlsem'tii
/ "1 eorcre h. sweet & co's.
TEXAS SKW IOKKEH
General"" Advertising
AND COMMISSION HOISK,
No. 53 Park Place,
decllDtf NEW YORK CITY.
Ball-tickets
or th* late BT8TYLK fl
pftTNTjgD at news job office
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