The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 209, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 22, 1876 Page: 2 of 4
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Wednesday, NoTombor 22, 187«.
Condition of Affairs In Washington.
The excitement in the Departments
and about "Washington gcnerallj is
almost as great as at any time during
the late unpleasantness. That the Re-
publican leaders will stop at nothing
short of absolute force in order to
maintain themselves in power, has not
been questioned at any time the last
four years, and there are those who
ought to know, who predict that the
President will not hesitate in making
use of the army, if necessary, to the in-
auguration of Hayes. The annexed
dispatches and extracts from private
correspondence show that serious
cause for alarm exists at the Federal
capital. The Chicago Time$ special
from Washington, November 15, says:
Gen, Grant on yosterday, in conversation
with several of his frisnds, said that he
would personally see that Hayes was inaugu-
rated ii the returning boards of Florida, oouth
Carolina and Lousiana should declare the
States as having gone for Hayes. This flat
and determined remark foreshadows the pres-
ent hidden plans of the Republicans. Grant
says he will in person, of course as a military
commander, see that Hayes is inaugurated;
and who is there that can dosbt the capa-
bilities of the returning boards of the
states mentioned, backed as they are by the
strong arm of Federal power? One can not
be accused of being a sensationalist in predict-
ing a war when ho finds it a common subject
among a class of men who have, through
their position, the power of precipitating it.
It is one of the desperate plans of the Repub-
licans, when all else fails, if they can only suc-
ceed in gstting the Democrats to make an overt
act, so as to lay the blame of trouble upon
them. It has been said in high Republican
circles within the last twenty-four hours, that
a war would be a good thing; that it would
give the negroes military training and dis-
cipiino, »o mat they would In the future not be
in danger of intimidation. One more war is
needed to settle the negro question finally.
A dispatch te the New York Star
from the capital, November 13, says:
There is considerable excitement here to
day over a rumor that has been started, to
the efTect that the Administration, having
Inst all hope of making Hayes President, and
thus continuing Republican rule, is preparing
already for the Investigations that will be in-
■Minted by the Incoming Administration.
Hooks, vouchers and other papers are said to
have already disappeared. and many more will
be missing after a few davs, for, as one office-
holder said, "Do you tnink we are going to
leave anything behind for the Democrats to
lay hold of? " There is evidently great tribu-
lation in the Republican camp, and great
fears appeared to be entertained of the ex
posures that will follow Tiiden's accession to
office.
A gentleman writing to a friend in
New Orleans from Washington, gives
Lis judgment as follows:
My conviction is very clear that the eiocte-
ral vote of Florida, Louisiana and South Caro-
lina will l>e given to Hayes, The Republican
party never intend to give up this govern-
iiiejit. If you knew as much as I do about the
venality, corruption and villainy of those in
power here you would not and could not be
surprised at their tenacity of purpose to hold
the government. With a Democratic admin-
istration would come a thorough and com-
plete Investigation of the various de-
partments, and there would be ex-
posed corruptions and th® perpetration
of wholesale swindles and gigantic frauds,
mich as would appall and startle the nation,
and their perpetrators could not escape con-
dign punishment. To th® leaders of this Re-
publican party civil war, with all its attendant
horrors is preferable to such profound and
personal disaster as would follow the Inaugu-
ration of Tilden. Do not, therefore, d®lude
yourself with any false hope. Grant moans
war; so does Chandler. Cameron and, I firmly
believe, the Senate. The Republican leaders
are a unit upon the question.
The Hon. Samuel J. Randall, of
Pennsylvania, in his speech at Louis-
ville last Saturday night, expressed the
opinion that the presence of Northern
gentlemen of both parties who go to
New Orleans to preserve the purity of
the ballot-box will prevent any arbi-
trary partisan action by the Returning
Board, notwithstanding that it is com-
posed exclusively of Republicans. He
thinks the real remedy, however, lies in
the Congress of the United States; that
the twenty-second joint rule still gov-
erns both houses; that never since his
presence in Congress have the joint
roles been re-enacted at the beginning
of any Congress. On the contrary,
they have been considered as having
continuous existence. It is within the
province of the House to reject any
fraudulently made-up return, whether
from Louisiana, Florida or South Caro-
lina, as was done by a Republi-
can House and Senate in the
eases of Georgia and Arkansas in 1868.
There is further constitutional relief in
the power of the House of Representa-
tives which it is not necessary now to
discuss. The moral power of Mr. Til-
den, having nearly 300,000 majority on
the popular vote, should and will have
great weight with the American peo-
ple. _
The New Orleans jrfepublican, deny-
ing the authenticity of certain letters
from St. Mary's parish, purporting to
have been written by colored men, in
which it is claimed that 225 negroes
voted the Democratic ticket, and that
tbe election was quiet and peaceable,
says:
The letters have too much intelli-
gence in them to be the composition of
laborers, and information from that
parish shows that the letters are bogus,
for none of the men can read or write.
They were marched in a body to the
polls and voted as told. There were
not 22/> of them, nor forty, that voted
against the Republicans. ,
Rather ugly admissions to be made
by the leading Republican paper of the
State of Louisiana.
During the war a convention of Gov-
ernors was called to devise measures
not supposed to be within the power of
the Confederate government, but it did
not amount to much in practical results.
The late convention of Governors to
consider the grasshopper plague does
not seem to promise more, though reso-
lutions were adopted which contem-
plate a good deal, especially in the way
of adding money taxes to the contribu-
tions levied by the hoppers. They re-
commend that the States and Territo-
ries ravaged by the grasshoppers enact
a law offering a bounty per bushel for
the collection and destruction of eggs
and unfledged insects, authorize local
taxation for the purpose of systematic
efforts by ditching, burning; the enact-
ment of laws to prevent the destruction
of birds which feed on the insect; also
the prevention of prairie fires until
a suitable time for the destruc-
tion of the young grasshoppers
by firing the grass; and the
encouragement of tree culture for pro-
moting moisture and harboring birds, a
survey to be raagg in each State during
the coming winter, to ascertain those
portions of each county on which eggs
are most thickly laid. The convention
express the opinion that these insects
can be encountered and exterminated
with mach less labor and difficulty
than heretofore supposed, by united ef-
forts at the proper time. To encounter
them, where they appear in full force,
is easy enough, but to kill all that may
be found is another matter. They have
spread over half of Texas the present
fall; but so far their ravages have been
far less serious than their numbers
would indicate. Their past history
does not indicate that Texas is their
breeding ground, though they have
hatched out in numbers after each visi-
tation from the Northwest. Probably
the best work of the convention
was in allaying the apprehensions
of the total destruction of crops
by these insect hordes. Last year,
when they were worst in Minnesota,
the damage did not exceed one-tenth of
the crop. It has not been greater than
that in Nebraska or Kansas. The Kan-
sas City Journal of Commerce says:
In Missouri and Eastern Kansas their
visits are so rare as to seriously incom-
mode agriculture. They were here
about fifty years ago, but the country
was so thinly settled that they are not
remembered from any destructive en-
ergy. In 1866 they came and did some
damage to fall wheat, and to gardens in
the spring of 1867. It was only the
last time that they were either very iu-
merous or destructive. They come so
late that crops are mostly out of their
way.
They are annual visitors in Colorado,
Wyoming, Dakota and parts of Minne-
sota. A Greeley (Colorado) letter gives
an account of their origin and habits in
that State, saying that they originate in
two widely separated regions.
First, for the last four years previous
to this, they came over the snowy range,
having a southeastward course, and it
has been presumed that their hatching
grounds were in the Salt Lake basin
and on the sandy downs and ridges of
Western Colorado. They have also
hatching grounds in Montana and
Idaho; they fly eastward into the Black
Hills country and Dakota, thence into
Minnesota and Iowa, while other swarms
precipitate themselves upon Nebraska,
Missouri and Kansas. Thus they oc-
cupy, with some intermission, the
whole of the vast region between the
Sierra Nevadas and the Missouri river,
an area of 1500 miles square. The num-
ber of grasshoppers seen to pass a given
point, or which alights in a valley, is
beyond conception. While flying they
are most distinctly seen about noon.
They fill a space perhaps two hun-
dred feet deep and twenty miles
broad, and they are usually from one
hour to two hours and a half in pass-
ing; when they drop down in a valley
they do so just before noon; at first
they are what seem to be a few snow
flakes—their white wings and their
slanting descent resembling flakes of
snow; presently they come thicker and
thicker; often "they strike on one's face
or hands like rapidly falling hail, and
there have been many times in the
canons of the mountains, on roads lead-
ing to mining towns, when it was neces-
sary for teams to go into camp by the
way-side, on account of the impossi-
bility of driving the horses. The object
of alighting is, that they may rest or
obtain food. If especially weary, they
lie idly for a few hours and then go to
eating. If hungry, they go to eating at
once. The first appearance of flying
grasshoppers in Colorado is almost al-
ways in the latter part of August, but
this year they came on the first of
the month, and they were ex,
tremely hungry, more so than ever
before known. They stayed three days,
and during this time they ate the leaves
of Cottonwood trees, which usually
they do not like; they even ate some
of the box-elder leaves, which they
like still less. Apple and pear trees
were stripped, cabbages disappeared,
onions were actually dug out of the
ground, and the general run of garden
vegetables was destroyed. Peas they
never touch, neither do they squashes
until they have taken everything else,
and, usually, large patches of cueum-
bers and melons are left. Peach trees
are never eaten. But a field of green
corn is a favorite dish with them, and
sweet corn is quickly destroyed, also
every kind of yellow or Dent corn.
But the white variety, known here as
the Australian, which is an excellent
sort, and yields well, is " iron-clad,
owing probably to something in its
flavor.
The Nkws has already given a brief
history of the former appearance of
these pests in Texas, where thus far
they have done but little harm. A cor
respondent of the Cuero Bulletin fur-
nishes that paper with some extracts
from his journal, written in Southwest
em Texas, which shed some light on
their former visitations to that region,
beginning with their appearance in the
fall of 1867. They commenced hatch-
ing about the middle of February, in
large numbers, most numerous on sandy
land, eating early vegetables and delay-
ing the planting of spring gardens. The
journal continues:
February 26—Grasshoppers growing
and proving destructive to vegetables;
though, as but little has been planted,
no harm has been done.
February 29—The grasshoppers have
eaten up all tender vegetables.
March 8, 1868—Grasshoppers in great
numbers on warm sandy ground. Thev
have consumed tender vegetation; and,
though they have not increased much
in number, still sad forebodings as to
their depredations in future.
March 9—Rainy—ground quite wet.
March 10 — Heavy rains—ground
much washed—branches running freely.
March 14—Grasshoppers not near so
numerous as was predicted. The heavy
rain on the 10th seems to "have drowned
most of them. They are now about
one-fourth grown, and have not done
harm to any but the most tender vege-
tation.
March 21—Grasshoppers almost to-
tally disappeared without causing the
destruction that was anticipated.
October 15, 1868—Grasshoppers re-
ported in the country.
October 22—Grasshoppers — which
have been expected for several days-
begin to light, though not in large num-
bers, but people are generally quite ap-
prehensive that they will be a trouble-
some visitation, as they are reported
numerous in Northern Texas.
October 23—Grasshoppers have been
descending all day, and young trees and
weeds are covered with them. Tender
vegetables, as eschellots, show signs of
injury.
October 84—Grasshoppers In increased
numbers to-day. It is distressing to
see the havoc they are making on fruit
trees and vegetables.
October 26—But few grasshoppers in
the woods and prairies—they seem to
have congregated on spots where there
are tender weeds and vegetables. In
our garden the turnips, butter-beans,
etc., glistening with them in early
morning before they begin to fly. They
have taken the eschellots by rows and
eaten them into the ground.
October 27—Grasshoppers have en-
tirely eaten the leaves on garden vege-
tables.
October 28—Grasshoppers very ani-
mated, the air being filled with them,
and evidence pretty strong that they
are depositing eggs.
October 31—Grasshoppers are boring
little holes in the ground and deposit-
ing therein their eggs for a spring crop.
The surface of the ground is completely
riddled with them, and the gardens are
stripped of vegetation.
November 13, 1868.—The grasshop-
pers, after having deposited their eggs,
have mostly died or disappeared. Their
dead, upon examination, can be found
on the ground, and under brush, etc.,
where they have crawled.
February 10, 1869.—The sunshine of
the last few days has began to hatch the
grasshoppers eggs deposited last fall.
February 1^—The grasshoppers are
beginning to crawl out of their holes
and burst their little shells or covering
and hop off in gay style.
February 22 and 23—Ice; thermome-
tor at sunrise 28 degrees.
February 26—But little said about
grasshoppers, and but few seem to have
hatched or developed about here.
February 28—The grasshoppers,
which began to hatch and hop on the
14th, do not appear to have increased
and multiplied to a damaging extent.
By inspection of the ground they can
be yet found unhatched in their sacks,
and there is no telling how many a few
warm days may develop. The general
impression is that they will not bo se-
riously destructive.
March 3, I860—The grasshoppers
most unexpectedly are hatching and
multiplying rapidly, and threatening
by their numbers to do much damage.
March 8—Soaking rain all day. It is
hoped that the grasshoppers have been
all drowned.
March 13—The grasshoppers, which
have been hatching one day and disap
pearing the next, have nearly all de
parted—no one knows exactly how or
where—having done n® damage.
March 19—A few grasshoppers in the
garden. _
STATE PHI
The Bre nham Banner complains that
there is no legal provision for paying
presiding officers, judges and clerks of
election, and, as a consequence, it is
with great difficulty that men can be
induced to open the polls at all in some
places, and in others men who are no-
toriously Incompetent have held the
elections. The Banner says that, in
Washington county, the returns from
three boxes having been entirely thrown
out, as they were illegal, at four other
boxes the vote for Congressman was re
jected on the same grounds. The Ban-
ner does not say that the incompetents
were all Republicans.
The vote at Box No. 5, Chappell
Hill, white box, was all thrown
out. The votes at Box No. 8, Camp
town, was all thrown out. At Box No
12, Amthor's store, all thrown out. The
Congressional vote at Washington, Sa-
lem Church, Burton & Struvea's store,
were thrown out. At the boxes where
the Congressional vote was thrown out
Giddings received 429 votes and Jones
809.
The State Gazette begins to weary of
the pack-horse place assigned the press
in matters of public utility and amuse-
ment thus
Capital fairs, so far as the press is
concerned, are a miserable failure.
Everything is expected from the press
and not the slightest returns made.
Hereafter we may find it to our inter
est to put our columns to a more useful
purpose than publishing their proceed
ings in detail.
With regard to the laws of the last
Legislature, the Qaaette says:
Mr. Will Lambert, agent in Austin
for Shaw and Blaylock, State Printers,
informs us that over one thousand
copies of the general laws were shipped
to him from Galveston on the thir
teenth of this month, and up to noon
yesterday nothing had been heard of
them.
The Calvert Central Texan says:
The suspense of last week pro
duced by the tardy receipt of definite
news from the presidential election was
awful upon the more nervous of our
Democratic fellow-citizens.
Another journal puts the matter in
this light:
This irregular and uncertain style of
sending in election returns plays the
deuce with some people; they can't tell
whom to write a congratulatory letter
to, or what set of men to get to sign
their papers for office, or whom to
shake hands with, and say they have
done their best for the good cause (not
knowing which is the good cause until
the result is decided.) They have
changed countenance so often by smil
ing with enthusiasts and frowning with
disappointed men that they are pretty
near exhausted, and wish the whole
thing was decided one way or the other
so that they may fix their own status.
A Republican paper finds fault with
the Associated Press dispatches which
followed immediately after the the elec
and were altogether in favor of the
Democrats, and says that it knew ali
along how the thing was going, and it
is a shame to have to pay for such pre
tended news. That paper is like the
Michigan justice of the peace, who,
when waited on by a telegraphic messen
ger with a dispatch announcing his
father's death, refused to pay the charge
of one dollar for delivery. He said,
ain't agoin' to pay for that news, for
I've been expectin' the old man to die
for some time.
The South, a paper published at New
York in the interests of the Southern
States, and of people who may desire
to emigrate to them, gives some sound
advice to parties contemplating such
removal, including the following:
To gain the benefits offered in the
South people must not wait till their
last dollar is spent and then ask for em
ployment at the South as a matter of
charity. The Southern people are in
no condition to bestow that. Improvi
dent people who depend entirely upon
others hr&in-work to get money are
not the kind to prosper at the South
there brain-work with labor is particu
larly neceesary. People must think in
advance what will bring them money,
as well as labor industriously to pro-
duce it. They must not be visionary
in their undertakings. They must use
judgment in locating themselves, so
that Che expense and inconvenience of
putting their productions in market
will not destroy the profitableness of
culture. They must read the papers
constantly, so as to know what is trans-
piring in the world that affects their in-
dustries. In fact, they must become
business men, even though their busi-
ness be limited and
with the world little.
their intercourse
Gen. Acock telegraphed the Presi-
dent that Louisiana had certainly gone
Democratic. The virtuous Chandler
was sent for in haste, and that pure
patriot swore incontinently that Gen.
Augur was not the man for the place.
Hence Gen. Sheridan was telegraphed
to proceed at once to New Orleans and
take command—and
STATE NEWS.
brazoria county.
The cotton crop, which up to August
15 was of the most promising charac-
ter, was reduced by the army worm
throughout Brazoria county to one-fifth
of a crop, or about one-fifth of a bale
to the acre. Plenty of corn has been
housed, and the sugar crop is magnifi-
cent, much better than any year since
the late unpleasantness; but there is
much complaint for lack of water, the
supply failing, and compelling stop-
pages on a number of plantations,
causing great risk, it being so late in
the season.
brown countt.
The News is informed by Mr. Snel-
lings, of Spring Creek, that Mr. D. K.
Renfro, of Brown county, on the Colo-
rado river, fifteen miles from San Saba,
lost 1200 bushels of corn a few days
ago, by an incendiary fire.
burleson county.
A petition is in circulation asking a
vote on local option The Caldwell
Eagle says the election in Burleson
county passed off quietly, and that but
little more than half the strength of the
county was polled.
bastrop county.
Advertiser: The price of corn in
Bastrop county continuee at 35 and 40
cents delivered... There will be more
pork killed in Bastrop county this year
than ever before in one year The
cotton crop of Bastrop county is turn
ing out much better than was at first
expected, and many wagon loads of
fleecy staple are passing daily through
Bastrop for the railroad The grass-
hoppers have entirely disappeared, and
people are thinking about planting for
a winter pasturage. It is rather late,
but should we have mild weather for a
short time, a tolerably good pasture
might yat be secured .The Colorado
Council of Granges will meet at Oak
Hill, Bastrop county, on Tuesday, the
5th of December. .. .Dennis Watkins, a
colored preacher, while carelessly
handling a pistol on Wednesday even-
ng, accidentally shot his step daughter.
COMANCHE COUNTY.
At an election held for city officers on
Saturday last, the following gentlemen
were elected: Milton Brown, Mayor; J.
W. Hill, Recorder; A. W. Davis, A. L.
Hamilton, J. W. Green, Robert Carter,
Aldermen, and James L. Wright, Mar
shal.
caldwell county.
Lockhart Echo: Two of the men sup-
posed to be connected with the robbery
of Mannix's store a few days since,
were arrested by McNelly's Rangers in
Wilson county last week. They were
brought to this place for trial last
Wednesday, and after an examination
before Justice Goll, were discharged,
there being no evidence against them.
Their names were Frank Wingate and
George H. Keith... .Farmers are begin-
ning to prepare for the sowing of small
grains. No uneasiness seems to be felt
on account of the grasshoppers... .Mo-
vers continue to pass through... .The
contract for repairing the courthouse
has been awarded to Mr. James A.
Mealer at $1180... .C. M. Lane has the
handsomest residence in Lockhart.
Deputy Sheriff Galbreath informs us
that tfiere are over 600 delinquent tax-
payers in the county.
FANNIN COL'STY.
In Fannin county apples sail at fifty
cents a bushel.
gonzales county.
Inquirer: The order for an election
in this county on the Local Option Law,
as it is popularly termed, has been
made by the Commissioners' Court,
and the election is to be held on Satur-
day, the 16th day of December. .Cattle
hogs and sheep have been passing
through town this week for Harwood,
to be shipped to Galveston.... At the
late election a test vote was taken in
the Thompsonville Precinct, in this
county, on the local option question,
and resulted as follows: For local op
tion 26; against none. From what we
can learn the same one-sided vote will
be cast in every precinct on Saturday,
December 16th, saving in Gonzales
Several wagons loaded with immigrants
and the usual supply of furniture,
passed through town this week, going
west Mr. Wm. A. Beach, who lives
some five miles-west of town, brought
us this week a very pretty
specimen of sugar, manufactured
from the Louisiana ribbon cane.
It will compare favorably with
the medium grades of Texas sugar....
McLane & Hargraves' store at Belmont,
in this county, was robbed one night
last week of $200. No clue to the rob-
bers. .. .Our streets have again been
crowded with cotton this week, and it
has been almost impossible at times to
fet transportation for it to Harwood
large quantities, we learn, have also
gone to Cuero from the western portion
of the county The grasshoppers
still linger among us, watching the gar-
dens and oat patches, and " going for
the truck as quick as it shows itself
above the ground The election of
Tilden has created considerable uneasi
ness among the negroes in this section.
They had been told by their Radical
masters that if Tilden was elected they
would all be put back into slavery. A
colored preacher in whom they placed
implicit confidence, made a speech to
them a few nights previous to the elec
tion, and assured them that such would
be the case. They are now terribly put
out about it, and talk very seriously of
fleeing to Mexico.
grimes county.
Tablet: Dr. J. W. Terrell was electcd
by the Commissioners' Court on Tues
day last as Justice of the Peace for the
Navasota precinct, to fill a vacancy
caused by the death of Col. C. D. Harn.
... .Mr. H. F. Plasters is a candidate
for the State Senate There are about
twenty-five jail birds in the Anderson
cage, pecking at the public bread tray.
Col. J. M. Gibbs is announced as" a
candidate for the State Senate The
grand jury feund 107 bills; about 50
for criminal offenses, the remainder for
tax or license delinquencies.. ..The con-
tested election case for the sheriffalty
was decided in favor of Col. John B.
Swayne. Recorder, by four votes.
Judge Wood ruled the matter down to
a counting of legal votes cast, which
resulted as aboVe. We are informed,
however, that eight illegal votes were
discovered at Prairie Plains which, had
they been proved in the time allowed
by the ruling of the court, would have
placed Mr. Wood secure.
HAYS COUNTY.
Free Brest: Mr. Woolfolk has shown
us specimens of sugar and molassee of
his manufacture from the ribbon cane
grown by him, which appears to be of
good quality. He informs us he has
made about 130 gallons of molasses.
HOOD COUNTY.
Hood county has adopted the local
option law by a small majority.
johnson county.
Chronicle: Commissioners' Court has
been in session, and some important
business has been transacted. The
school lands have been put on the
market at per acre Farmers
have all been very busy sowing
wheat. The jcrop is pretty well in.
... .There was another sudden death
in town Thursday night. William Rob-
inson was in usual health in the even-
ing, and while in his room suddenly
started up and made some remark, and
immediately dropped dead. He had
been a man of very intemperate habits,
and alcohol was probably the fatal
cause of death....A petition has been
filed with the clerk, asking for a vote
on the local option law in the county
... .Rev. Wm. Price returns to the
Alvarado circuit. Associated with him
is a young preacher, Mr. Andrews.
KINNBY COUNTY.
The sheriff of Kinney county, L. C.
Crowell, is on his way to Huntsville
with four convicts, three negroes and
one Mexican There are now four
prisoners in the Castroville jail for safe
keeping until the next term of the Dis-
trict Court of Kinney county, when
they will be tried.
KERR COUNTY.
The following Is the official vote of
Kerr county: Tilden, 105; Hayes, 46.
For Congress—Schleicher, 106; New-
comb, 33 This region was visited
with a severe norther the first of the
week, but now the weather is again
beautiful During the past week Mr.
John D. Nelson tendered his resigna-
tion as deputy sheriff of Kerr county.
His successor is not yet known In
Commissioners' Court this week con-
siderable business was transacted. In
addition to appointing a eounty attor-
ney, it was agreed to rent the court-
house at five dollars per day if not oth-
erwise in use.
llano couhty.
Judge McFarland has shown the
frontiersman a sample of gold bearing
quartz from Llano county, which indi-
cates a probability of that being a con-
siderable mining region at no distant
day. He speaks in high terms of the
country thereabouts.
san saba county.
San Saba News: The Grangers of
this county will have a barbecue De-
cember 2d, on the San Saba river, four
miles above town, at the Harkey
school-house... .The weather since our
last report has changed materially. On
Monday last rain fell during most of
the day in small quantities. At night
the temperature fell rapidly, the ther-
mometer indicating a temperature on
Tuesday morning of 28 deg. Ice had
formed one-eighth of an inch in thick
ness There have been quite a num-
ber of " deserted soldiers" seen in
town the past week. From their de-
meanor we gVither they mean mischief.
The public and citizens living in the
suburbs of town would do well to keep
a sharp lookout on their movements....
Mr. Robert Ferrell passed through
town a few days ago with a drove of
hogs, numbering over 2300. The hogs
were gathered on Cole creek, and it is
said this is a small percentage of the
number raised in that locality. Mr.
Ferrell intends driving the whole drove
to the Brazos, for the purpose of hav
ing them fattened for market... .W. R.
Alexander, Esq., brought to the News
office, on Tuesday last, the foot of a
panther, which measured six by four
and one-half inches. The panther was
killed on Rough creek, in this county,
by Mr. James Means, and weighed 145
pounds. Mr. Means has killed within
the last two months three other pan-
thers, two small ones and a large one,
the latter measuring nine feet in length.
titus county.
Commissioners' Court will meet next
Monday to take action on the local op
tion law At a regular meeting of the
masters of the various subordinate
granges of Titus county, held at Mt
Pleasant on the first Saturday in No-
vember, 1876, W. T. Smith, Past Mas-
ter of Spring Hill Grange, was elected
as a delegace from Titus county to the
State Grange.
waller county.
Courier: The Board of Directors
have decided to open public schools for
white children the first Monday in Jan
uary... .The Central Railroad Company
have put in a new turn-table in the
south part of town, opposite the foun
dery for convenience in transporting
freight to and from the foundery.
young county.
Leader: Wheat sowing is progress-
ing finely... -Our merchants are well
stocked with every kind of goods, and
more coming Graham is a thriving
town, having already established saw-
mill, flouring-mill, cotton gin, salt
works, postofflce, telegraph office, print-
ing office, law and mercantile houses,
etc. ...A large portion of the county
has been surveyed in 320 acre tracts
which lie in large bodies and are owned
by non-residents, though they can be
generally bought at $1 50 to $3 per
acre. School land is sold at $1 50 to $2
per acre, payable in ten annual install
ments, with ten per cent, interest, or in
less time at the option of purchasers.
Other lands are offered at $1 25 to $3
per acre We publish the following
statement, which oar readers will find
interesting. The facts and figures
were given by request of Dr. V,
0. King, State Commissioner of
Insurance, Statistics and History
Population—White 3000, colored 3.
total, say, 3000. Principal industries—
General stock-raising and agriculture.
Number of acres—Forest 230,400, prai-
rie 288,000, mountain 57,600 ; total,
576,000. Average value of land per
acre—Improved $G, unimproved $2.
Assessed value of property—Real $676,-
577, personal $200,000. Stock—Cattle
11,720, horses 805, sheep 71, goats 500,
hogs 721. Agricultural products—Cot-
ton 250 bales, corn 150,000 bushels,
wheat 60,000 bushels, oats 3000 bushels,
sorghum 6000 gallons. Manufactories—
First-class saw, grist and flouring mills
1. Mineral products—Coal; others un-
developed. Natural streams and rivers
—Main Brazos and Clear Fork of Bra-
zos. Water power—considerable, but
none utilized. Commerce—Value of
imports $100,000, exports $100,000.
County debt—None. Balance on hand
Nov. 1st, 1876, $1500. Number and
character of schools—Very few and
common schools.
BAILHOAD NEWS.
The Palestine Advocate says: The
saw mill men and dealers in lumber are
complaining of the want of transporta-
tion by the railroad. One gentleman,
the owner of two mills, informed us
that he had only four cars at his dispo-
sal for two weeks and that there were
cash orders of a month old at his mills
that he could not fill because of his ina-
bility to ship the lumber.
The St. Louis Journal, speaking of
the commercial interests of that city,
says: Our true pathway to the Pacific
must be through Northern Texas. The
Texas and Pacific Railway, with its
nearly 500 miles of track east and west,
through the northern counties of the
State, shows, by its immense freight
traffic, what may be expected when the
same great highway is pushed on to El
Paso, and thence through New Mexico
and Arizona to the Pacific coast. There
is no reasonable doubt that the com-
pletion of this road to San Diego will
be worth more to St. Louis than any
line of railway now terminating in or
passing through the city.
The Cheap Transportation Associa-
tion of New York has worked indus-
triously upon the question of lowering
freights, and in its late report says that
the general condition of demoralization
which has overtaken many of the great
railway corporations is the natural re-
sult of an erroneous policy and bad
practices, long persisted in, there can
be no doubt. Unreasonable inflation of
values, various sub-organizations, such
as fast freight lines, construction com-
panies, from which a few have enriched
themselves at the expense of many,
pooling earnings, special contracts to
favored shippers and other inequitable
discriminations, are some of the fruits
of a misconception of what a railroad
should be, and have been and are still,
except as they have become modified
through organized and well directed
public effort, grievous evils against
which the mercantile interest have to
contend. Bright and clear from the
midst of this chaos shines the everlast-
ing truth that the commercial interests
of the country and the railway inter-
ests, to attain a healthful and perma-
nent prosperity, must be more identical
and prosper in unison. The advance-
ment of either towards a condition
commensurate with the present and
prospective needs and possibilities of
the country should be founded upon
perfect equity and not upon feuds. The
issues involved are too important to be
met by any superficial action, and be-
cause the railroads oftentimes seek to
patch up their weakness by means of
pools, combinations, etc., it does not
follow that a remedy, or a relief, even,
will result from a counteraction of like
nature on the part of the mercantile
community. In fact, the principle
which underlies freight unions is just
as superficial, and more impracticable
for apparent reasons, than the principle
of railway pools.
God bless the king, God bless the faith's de-
fender;
God bless—there's no harm in blessing—the
pretender,
But who that pretender is, ani who that kins,
God bless us VI la quite another thing.
COUNTING the ELECTORAL VOTE
Extract from Fuehal'a Annotated
Constitution.
[Article XII.—Amendment.
The electors shall meet in their re-
spective States, and vote by ballot for
President and Vice President, one of
whom, at least, shall not be an inhabi-
tant of the same State, with themselves;
they shall name in their ballots the per-
son voted for as President, and
in distinct ballots the person voted
for as Vice President, and they
they shall make distinct lists of all per-
sons voted for as President, and of all
persons voted for as Vice President, and
of the number of votes for each, which
lists they shall sign and certify, and
transmit sealed to the seat of
the Government of the United States,
directed to the President of the Sen-
ate; the President of the Senate shall,
in presence of the Senate and House of
Representatives, open all the certificates
and the votes shall then be counted;
the person having the greatest number
of votes for President shall be the
President, if such number be a ma-
jority of the whole number of electors
appointed; and if no person have such
majority, then from the persons having
the highest numbers not exceeding
three on the list of those voted for as
President, the House of Representatives
shall choose immediately, by ballot, the
President. But in choosing the Presi
dent the vstes shall be taken by States,
the representation from each State
having one vote; a quorum for this
purpose shall consist of a member or
members from two-thirds of the States
and a majority of all the States shall
be necessary to a choice. And if
the House of Representatives shall
not choose a President whenever
the right of choice shall devolve
upon them, before the fourth day of
March next following, then the Vice
President shall act as President, as in
the case of the death or other constitu-
tional disability of the President.
The person having the greatest num
ber of votes as Vice President shall be
the Vice President, if such number be
a majority of the whole number of elec-
tors appointed; and if no person have a
majority, then from the two highest
numbers on the list the Senate shall
choose the Vice President; a quorum
for the purpose shall consist of two-
thirds of the whole number of Sena-
tors, and a majority of the whole num-
ber shall be necessary to a choice.
But no person constitutionally ineligi
ble to the office of President shall be
eligible to that of Vice President of the
United States.]
410. "The votes shall then be counted.
The President of the Senate shall, in
the presence of the Senate and House
of Representatives, open all the certifi-
cates, and the votes shall then be
counted."
The prevalent opinion in the earlier
days of the government was that Con-
gress were the mere witnesses of the
count, but the present practice can best
be illustrated by the precedent of 12th
February, 1873. At the hour of one
o'clock, after due notice that the House
was ready, the Senate proceeded in a
body to the House. Then Mr. Sher-
man acted as teller for the Senate, and
Mr. Dawes, Mr. Beck, and others as
tellers for the House, the Vice Presi-
dent presiding and the Speaker of the
House seated at his left hand. The
counting and recording of the vote pro-
ceeded regularly until the certificate of
the vote of the electors of Georgia had
been read by the tellers, when Mr.
Hoar put in the following written ob-
jection:
"Mr. Hoar objects that the votes
reported by the tellers as having been
cast by the electors of the State of
Georgia for Horace Greeley, of New
York, can not lawfully be counted, be-
cause said Horace Greeley, for whom
they appear to have been cast, was dead
at the time said electors assembled to
cast their votes, and was not ' a per-
son ' within the meaning of the consti-
tution, this being an historic fact of
which the two Houses may properly
take notice."
Some objections also having been
stated to the vote of Mississippi, the
Senate, under the 22d joint rule, with-
drew.
In the Senate the part of the joint
rule bearing upon the determination
of the question was read as follows:
" If, upon the reading of any such
certificate by the tellers, any question
shall arise in regard to counting the
votes therein certified, the same having
been stated by the{presiding officer, the
Senate shall thereupon withdraw, and
said question shall be submitted to that
body for its decision; and the Speaker
of the House of Representatives shall in
like manner submit said question to
the House of Representatives for its
decision; and no question shall be de-
cided affirmatively, and no vote object-
ed to shall be counted, except by the
concurrent votes of the two Houses,
which being obtained, the two Houses
shall immediately reassemble, and the
presiding officer shall then announce the
decision of the question submitted, and
upon any such question there shall be
no debate in either House; and any
other question pertinent to the object
for which the two Houses are assembled
may be submitted and determined in
like manner."
After some amendments offered by
Mr. Conkling, giving the reasons for
action, and striking out the word
"not," on motion of Mr. Sherman a
resolution of Mr. Edmonds was passed
in these words:
"Resolved, That the electoral vote of
Georgia, cast for Horace Greeley be
counted."
The House retained the word " not"
in its resolution; so the two Houses
disagreed as to whether electoral votes
cast for a candidate who died after a
popular election, or, more properly,
perhaps, they disagreed as to whether
the Houses had the power to determine
the question. But the result of the dis-
agreement under the rule was that the
three votes cast for Mr. Greeley were
not counted. The Vice 'President
stated that by a precedent four years
ago it was not necessary that the resolu-
tion should be concurrent, but the de-
cisions must accord.
" Mr. Trumbull objects to counting
the votes cast for President and Vice
President by the electors in the State of
Mississippi, for the reason that it does
not appear from the certificate of said
electors that they voted by ballot.
This objection was not urged by Mr.
Trumbull, and the votes of Mississippi
were counted.
The vols of Arkansas was not count-
ed, because the certificate was not un-
der the seal of the State, but the seal of
the Secretary of State. The two Houses
failing to concur, the vote of this State
was not counted. From Louisiana
there were two sets !of returns: one
signed by the Governor and regular
upon its face, the other by a returning
board. But there had been a report
from a committee of the Senate,showing
that the Grant board certified without
returns, and the other without
a legal count. Both Houses resolved
against counting Louisiana. So it re-
sulted that three votes of Georgia were
not counted, and all the votes of Ar|
kansas and Louisiana were not counted
The precedents are—1. That under
the joint rule the two Houses may
judge as to the existence of the person
voted for, which goes to the qualifica-
tions. 2. They may reject votes for ir-
regularity of the proceedings and cer-
tificates from the States.
The result was that of the 366 electo-
ral votes, Grant and Wilson got 286
and all others 63. The Vice President
declared Grant and Wilson elected
President and Vice President.
LNots.—It is contended that the joint rules
of the two Houses are no longer m force.—
Elk]
Mr. Keating, of California, thus
wrote to a widow: "Methinks some-
times when I lay awake in the morning
and think of thee, I fancy I see the
canopy of heaven open and a bright
vista appears from it, and lo! I see thee,
my angelic girl." She weighs one hun-
dred and ninety pounds, and has sued
kim for breach of promise.
BRAZORIA COUNTY.
Effort Making to Get a Negro Mur-
derer Pardoned.
Brazoria, Nov. 16, 1876.
Eds. News—Your readers will proba-
bly remember that on the fifth day of
September, 1875, our community was
startled by one of the most outrageous
murders ever perpetrated anywhere. A
little boy, James Hammer by name, six-
teen years of age, who was employed as
clerk by Messrs. Juliff & Lang in their
store, was importuned by two negroes
in the dead hour of night to open the
store doors to trade. He at first re-
fused, but finally yielded to their en-
treaties. These two beastly cowards
dragged the boy from the store, twisted
his head until they broke his neck and
then threw the dead body into a pond
near by. They then robbed the store
and went off. They were caught the
following day "and turned over to the
law. They had a fair trial in the District
Court and were condemned to be hung.
One of them, Jobe Jackson, was
hung, and Peyton Mitchell, the princi-
pal in the murder, appealed to the Su-
preme Court, where judgment of Dis-
trict Court was affirmed. Peyton
Mitchell acknowles the murder, and,
when questioned on the subject, says
that he is not sorrv for what he has
done. He does not'even repent of the
crime, and his father and other leading
Radicals are trying to get him pardoned
on the strength of a petition signed by
a great many negroes, and we hear also,
by some of the white officeholders in
and around Brazoria. The peaceable
and law-abiding citizens of the county
wish to see the law carried out and the
criminal executed. This same Peyton
once tried to kill a respectable old
negro in this community to get some
little money he carried on his person.
We are getting up a petition to the
Governor begging that Executive clem-
ency be not extended to this fellow, and
will forward the same to him in a few
days. Juliff & Lang,
T. T. Calhoun,
B. H. Epperson & Co.
F. C. Weaver,
B. F. Caliioun,
JonN B. Hill,
and Many Others.
The Paris Temps states that the hus-
bands of the Princesses of the imperial
house of Turkey are known by " the
generic name of Damats." A Damat
is generally a young Bey of good fami-
ly, to whose appearance a Princess
takes a fancy, for these ladies have the
agreeable privilege of choosing their
lords, and it is one which not unfre-
quently is exercised greatly to the mor-
tification of the latter. " I could cite
an instance," says the writer, " where
a very handsome young man was fright-
fully disgusted at being pitched upon
by a Princes of thirty summers, whose
blear eyes had quite a diabolical
aspect." But appeal or resistance was
useless. He had to surrender. The
compensation lies in appointments and
allowances.
London ladies' dresses are called
"Bulgarian," because they are atrc
cious.
Auction Sales.
auction sale.
JgYE. A. BLAKELY, 116 and 118
Strand. Will sell THIS DAY, at 10 o'clock
a. m.—
APPLES,
TOBACCO,
FURNITURE,
STOVES,
GLASSWARE,
And other goods that may come In before
hour 9t sale.
Special Notices.
Notice—"We hersby caution all persons
from harboring or trusting any of the crev of
British brig Emily Watters, as we shall not b«
responsible for any debts contracted by them.
H. A. VAUGHAN & CO.,
no22 m&E'it Agents.
AT PRIVATE SALE.
FURNITURE of all kindes, GLASSWARE,
CUTLEEY. CARPETS, &e., &c., 25 per cent,
lower than any other house in the citr.
WANTED—10,000 lbs good Moas. no22 It
N otlce—I will not be responsible for any
debts contracted by the crew of my vessel.
the British ship J. C. ROBERTSON.
C. W. SEELY,
no22 3t
Master.
Notice to Consignees.—1The steamship
CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, Pennington, mas-
ter, from New York, is now discharging cargo
at Williams's wharf.
Consignees will please receive their goods
as landed, receipting for the same on the
wharf.
All goods remaining on the wharf after 4
o'clock p. m. (not receipted for) will be stored
at expense and risk of consignees.
All claims for damage must be adjusted be-
fore the goods leave the wharf.
J. N. SAWYER, Agent,
no50 St 54 Strand.
New Advertisements.
TRATTO,
WHOLESALE
CONFECTIONER
AND DEALER IN
FIREWORKS,
Prl£b Candles,
Chocolate,Chewing Gums,etc.
MANUFACTURER OF
STRICTLY PURE CANI>¥,
62 Strand, Galveston, Texas.
Tbe Largest and Moat Complete
Stock of
CONFECTION ERY
FOR THE HOLIDAYS,
EYER OFFBRHD IN THIS MARKET.
Send Car Catalogue.
no!2 6w una
And Momentarily Looked for,
3500 Sacks COFFEE
PER TAI RE.
Which will be seld at reduced prices from
wharf.
^-SAMPLES RECEIVED AND NOW OPEN
FOR INSPECTION AT MY OFFICE.
TO ARRIVE,
AL80,
4000 Sacks COFFEE
PER ATLANTIC.
M. KOPPERL.
Per Erna, from Bremen:
500 bbls. Vinegar,
400 bbls. Bottled Beer,
50,000 German Brick.
Arrived and Now
DISCHARGING.
Ex-Anna Elise:
3500 Sacks COFFEE
SAMPLES AT OUK OFFICE.
KAUFFMAN & RON6E.
no6 tf una
Galveston Gas Works.
32d and Market Streets.
All orders or complaints to receive prompt
attention should be left at the Secretary's of-
fice, In the
Ostermann Building1,
corner Strand and 23d street, between tile
houn of 8 and 12 o'clock a. k.
ut T(l nna It
UNDERWRITERS' SALE.
WE WILL SELL ON THURS-
DAY, 23d inst., at our salesrooms.
Strand—
FOR ACCOUNT OF INSURANCE,
BDT SLIGHTLY DAMAGED
53 half boxes assorted TOBACCO.
85 caddies assorted TOBACCO.
2 cases SMOKING TOBACCO.
2 cases PRINTS.
1 case JEANS.
BOOTS and SHOES, HATS, DRY GOODS.
PARK, LYNCH <St CO.,
no21 2t Auctioneers.
Postponed to Wednesday Night.
Fine Arts at Auction
By PARK, LYNCH & CO.
Sal© Positive.
NO RESERYE WHATEVER.
A choice collection of
OWE HUNDRED
OIL PAINTINGS!
By eminent foreign and American artists,
all elaborately and elegantly framed, now on
Free Exhibition
AT NO. 124 TREHIONT STREET,
Next door to Reybaud & Siipons, will be
sold on
Wednesday Night, Nor. 22d,
Commencing at 7 p. m., and continued
ON THURSDAY NIGHT
if all are not disposed of. The gallery will be
open to visitors Tuesday afternoon and night
and Wednesday. Ladies especially invited.
no!9 d3t<fctuE
Liniments,
One Kind for the Human Family.
The Other for Horses and Animals.
mrs. 8. m. schaffteb. mrs. m. e. dowse.
SCHAFFTER & DOWSE,
MILLINERS AND DRESS-
MAKERS,
SIT POSTOFFICE STREET 817
OalTeaton, Texas.
All orders from the interior will be promptly
and carefully attended to. se24 su we fr 3m
Boota and Shoes.
DOWN ! DOWN ! DOWN!
GOODS CHEAPER THAN EYER
S. GOLDSTEIN'S
PhiladelphiaShoe Store
GENTS1 NEW ORLEANS CUSTOM-MADE
GENUINE FRENCH CABLE-SCREW CON-
GRESS GAITERS at $3 75 per pair.
GENTS' CALF SKIN SEWED BOX-TOED
CONGRESS GAITERS at $1 75 per pair.
GENTS' NEW ORLEANS -CUSTOM-MADE
HAND-SEWED BOX-TOED CONGRESS
GAITERS at $5 50 per pair.
MI8SES' MORROCO CONGRESS GAITERS—
A good article for School wear—sizes, 11,12,
13. 1, 2, at $1 25 per pair.
MISSES' MORROCO BUTTON BOOTS—siees
11, 12. 13, 1, 2—at $1 75 per pair.
LADIES' FRENCH KID BUTTON BOOTS,
at $3 per pair.
LADIES' FOXED-SERGE BUTTON BOOTS,
16-THREAD, at $2 50 per pair.
No Trouble to Show Goods.
REMEMBER THE NUMBER,
206 Market Street 206
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The "White Liniment is for the human
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May 28, 1873. f
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The Yellow Centaur Liniment is
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mers, Livery-men, Stock-growers, Sheep-
ral^ers, and those having horses or cattle.
What a Farrier can not do for $20 the Cen-
taur Liniment will do at a trifling cost.
These Liniments are sold by all dealers
throughout the country. They are warranted
by the proprietors, and a bottle wfll be gives
to any Farrier or Physician who desires to
test them.
Laboratory of J. B. Rose & Go.,
45 Pey St., New York.
Honey.
Pitcher's Castorla is a complete sub-
stitute for Castor Oil, and is as pleasant te
take as Honey. It is particularly adapted to
Teething ana irritable children. It destroys
worms, assimilates the food, regulates tae
Stomach, and cures Wind Colic. Few reme-
dies are as efficacious for Feveriahness,
Croup, Worms and Whooping Cough. Gas.
toria is a scientific and purely vegetable pcetr
paration, more effective than Castor Oil, and
neither gags nor gripes.
Columbia, Conn., May 3, 1873.
Messrs. J. B. Rose & Co.. N. Y.:
Gents—I have a family of eight chf!dre%
and have used as much Castoria as any
family iu the United States, I think. I have
never found anything equal to it. My chil-
dren have been saved from a fever aeveral
times bv the use of Castoria. I recommend
its use for children, for many diseases they
are subject to, in preference to any medicine
I knew of. I feel it my duty to give this cer-
tificate, on account of the benefits I have de-
rived by the use of Castoria.
Very truly yours,
noil sa weW NORMAN P. LITTLE.
BOOTS
AND
SHOES
at
BOTTOM PRICES
AT LAST,
I
NEW ORLEANS
Shoe Store and Factory
219..MARKET STREET..21.
GALVESTON.
Men's Sewed Congress Gaiters
from $2 per pair.
Men's Cable Congress Gaiters
from $2 per pair.
Ladies' Serge Congress from
$1 25 per pair.
Ladies' Serge Polish from
$1 25 per pair.
Misses' School Shoes from $1
per pair.
Children's Shoes from 75c.
per pair.
Infants' Lace Shoes from 50c.
per pair.
We are enabled to sell at above prices In
consequence of always buying for CASH.
No six months credit bills bought by us. In
addition to which we have a resident buyer
always at New York, who embraces every
opportunity to purchase
BOOTS AND SHOES
LOW-DOWN FIGURES.
Lesal Advertisements.
^iDMINIOTRATOE'^l^iCB^
ESTATE OF H. C. L. ASCHOFF.
Having been appointed administrator of the
above estate, notice is hereby given to all pes-
gons holding claims against the estate must
present the same to me for allowance within
twelve months from date hereof, or the same
will be postponed until the claims presented
within that time are paid.
EDWARD RANDALL,
Administrator.
Galveston, August 19, 1876. no8 wo4t
Assignees Sale.
On and after the 18th of Ne-
Yember I shall sell, at low prices,
the Stock of
Staple and Fancy Dry
Goods, Notions, etc.,
known as Chas. Shaper'g, 171 Mar-
ket Street, for the benefit of his
Creditors.
CHAS. BAEHR,
nol8 4fc Assignee.
In addition to above, we manufacture from
40 to 50 pairs per day of Hand-Sewed, French
Screwed and Hand-Pegged BOOTS AND
SHOES, for Ladies, Gents, Misses. Boys and
Children, made up in every style, from a
White Satin Slipper to a Gent's Calf Boot, or
Heavy Pegged Brogan.
Try our Gents' Calfskin French Screwed
CONGRESS GAITERS.
Double or Single Sole, Plain Toe or Box Toe,
at £4, (Four Dollars per pair,) guaranteed to
be better made, better material and better
shape than aoy Northern made Congress sold
at a higher figure.
Our Custom Department Is now complete,
and we use better material, have better work-
men, and charge less than any house in Gal-
veston.
' Call and see for yourself.
* No trouble to show our Goods,
lar One Price and No Deviation.
M. WOOLF'S
NEW ORLEANS SHOE S10KE AND
FACTORY,
219 MARKET STREET 819
GALVESTON.
Hr Shoemakers wanted. my28 6m
New Square Grand Rosewood
Pianos for $250.
d&W
THOS. GOGGAN & BRO.,
Piano and Music Dealers,
Tremont street, Galveston. Texas
Houston Flour Mills Co.
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
Orders for Flour In any quantity promptly
filled, and quality guaranteed to equal the best,
in barrels or sacks.
Bran, Sbipstufl and Cornmeal, at bottom
price*, In large and small quantities.
•uSS 9m D. P. 8HEPHEBD, President.
TRUSTEE'S SALE.—By virtue
of the authority vested in me as trustee,
by virtue of a trust deed executed on January
2q, 1875, by R. R. Lawther and C. A Stith, re-
corded in the records of Galveston county,
book 14, pages 3-37 to 383, mad® to secure the
payment of their eertain promissory note, of
date January 3d, 1875, due at one year after
date, for the sum of $1000, with interest from
maturity at the rate of twelve per cent, per
annum, and executed by the said R. R. Law-
ther and C. A. Stith, payable to the Life Asso-
ciation of America, interest payable semi-an-
nually; and the said note being due and un-
paid, at the request of the holder of said
promissory note and deed of trust, I will
sell, on
Tuesday, the 12th day of Decem-
beh, 1876,
at 13 o'clock M., at public auction, to the high-
est bidder, for casn, in front of the court-
house of Galveston county, Texas, the follow-
ing described real property, conveyed by said
deed of trust, lying in the cifcv of Galveston,
and designated on the maps or said city as the
northeast ouarter of outlot numbered one
hundred ana eighty-five, together with all ap-
purtenances thereto belonging. And I wifl
make to the purchaser thereof suoh title as Is
vested in me as trustee.
LEON BLUM,
nol9 td Trustee.
notices, Btc.
T^ISSOLUTIONT
Theco-partnershship of F. Hftchcock's Sons
Is this day disolved by mutual consent, A-
Wakelee withdrawing from the same. F.
Hitchcock assumes all liabilities, and will col-
lect all debts due the firm. The firm name
will remain unchanged.
F. HITCHCOCK'S SON8.
F. HITCHCOCK,
A. WAKELEE.
In retiring as above I would extend my
thanks to my friends for their past patronage,
and respectfully solicit a continuance of the
same. A. WAKELEE.
Galveston, Nov. 1, 1876. nol In
(JALVESTON, HARR1SBURO
SAN ANTONIO RAILWAY,
Galyeston, Tex., Oct. 31st, 1876.
On and after November 1st, 1876, the office
of the Secretary and Assistant Treasurer of
this Company will be located at Harrlsburg,
Texas.
All communications for those Departments
should be addressed to the undersigned at ttoat
Point. JACOB E. FISHER.
Secretary and Assistant Treasurer.
T. W. PIERCE, President. oc31 lm
W ILL F. HOW E,
Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer,
Next Door to Postofflce, Galveston, Tex.,
Patentee of HOWE'S IMPROVED MOSQUITO-
BAR FRAME,
The best thing eve^jnvented for the purpose;
£f»ce in walnut, $4. Send for circular. Furni
ture repaired; mattresses renovated. Pack
"d removing furniture a specialty. Goods
of_~'kinds sold on commission. Remember,
FOPT OLUE POT," WILL F. HOWE, Oor-
porai Commanding. ap21 frl su ire Cm
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