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THE MUTUAL
NKW YORK.
14-4 and 146 Broadway, New York.
NOVEMBER 19,1878.
To Hie Policy-Holders of this Company:
"Shall Corporations Shaoo and Ssb«39 their
own Business, or shall their Bivai& dictate .and
Manage It?"
$108 50
17,917.418 00
2,060,(549 30
30,700,092 00
5,131,977 00
43,580,028 00
57,041,941 84
6,933,428 19
Tliis Company commenced business in 1843 as a Mutual Company'
and without capital. The first money it received was in payment
of a premium
Ten years afterwards, February 1, 1853, the amount at risk was...
And its assets and accumulations
In June of that year the present administration began. Since that
time it has issued 181,000 policies, insuring 550,000,000 00
It has paid for death claims, on original policies
It has paid for death claims on additional assurance given for over
premium payments on the same, called dividends
Its entire over payments, called dividends, paid out in cash, or for
insurance, amount to
It now holds assets, consisting of bonds and mortgages on property
in New York and adjacent states, amounting to
It owns real estate, consisting of its three office buildings in Bos-
ton, Philadelphia and this city, and such as it has purchased un-
der foreclosure of its mortgages, amounting to
It has stocks—United States, State, County and City—paying in-
terest, and worth par and over, amounting to 17,766,081 38
Its gross assets, on the 1st of October, ultimo, were 86,910,363 45
The amount now insured is 289,081,295 00
l'he increase of its assets in twenty-five years is 84,849,714 15
It represents more assets than any known financial institution, and
twenty-one millions of dollars more than the combined capital of all
t'le banks in this city.
Its assets are ample for all its purposes, as its annual report will
ihortly show.
These are the principal figures which exhibit the history and condi-
tion of this Company. It has always met every honorable and just
financial claim with cheerful promptitude. No Stain, it is believed,
rightfully rests upon its record.
Of all known business, that of Life Insurance requires the most fore-
cast as to future contingencies, and the closest attention to all the dif-
erent principles and features of its management, upon which its
prosperity depends. Abundant and undoubted assets are necessary to
pay its claims on the one hand, which must be kept in absolute security
and readiness for that purpose; on the other is the equally important
duty of maintaining and keeping intact its vitality at or above the
standard mortality tables, on which its premiums are based. Some
Companies are believed to be so short-sighted as to neglect this second
great principle of the business, while they affect to bestow uncommon
attention to the other.
In view of the possible depreciation below the vital standard, by rea-
son of the unusual number of retiring members during the last three
years (for, as a rule, those who elect to retire are sounder lives than
those who decide to remain), it was incumbent upon the management
to check this decrease by such means as would be efficient to the end
sought, and the least burdensome to the existing policy-holders of the
Company.
After due consideration of all points involved, embracing equity,
economy and efficiency, it was proposed that 30 per cent, rebate on the
first two years' premiums should be allowed to entering policy-holders,
whether old members or new.
We should have been wanting in proper forecast and ability had we
not foreseen the necessity for this action and provided for it.
As the members who retired sought to sunder their connection with
the Company, of which they had agreed to remain members for life,
the just and universally admitted principle governing all business led
us to say to each of them, " If you leave us to our damage, yon must
supply the place you leave vacant by another life equr'ly acceptable
with your own." To accomplish this end, we deduct from the surren-
der value allowed these retiring members a sum sufficient to satisfy all
the claims of the Company and existing policy-holders, upon the party
withdrawing, and an additional sum to constitute a fund to replace the
loss. Not one penny of the moneys contributed by the existing mem-
bers went into that fund. It was a specific source of accumulation, the
use of which was left to the discretion of the Executive Officers in
their administrative capacity, for the purpose of obtaining new mem-
bers. Whatever remains beyond that necessity will go into the com-
mon fund. Whatever is used for the purpose explained will be like
the wheat cast into the ground and lost for a time, but to bear a ten-
fold harvest to its owner.
No measure that we know of could have been devised which is more
thoroughly just, economical or equitable to our policy-holders than
this, and none that will be so advantageous and profitable to them.
This we assert from a full knowledge of all the principles involved,
and with absolute confidence in the results which will be obtained.
The ability of the Company to lower its rates of premiums has been
demonstrated by its past experience, and we have unwillingly taken
premiums in amounts quite beyond the necessities of our business for
years past. Why should we have been compelled to take the forty-
five millions which we have returned to our policy-holders as over-pay-
ments, called dividends? The public, in its own time, will ask this
question with emphasis. We have given back from year to year to our
policy-holders all that has not Seen necessary-to guarantee our con-
tracts beyond question; but whv should the poor man, who pinches
himself to insure his life for the benefit of his family, be required from
year to year to pay a sum beyond what is necessary, the effect of which
is to involve him in unnecessary commission and loss of interest ?
There has been no year in the history of the Company when it could
not have taken premiums upon a far cheaper scale than it has done,
and even then have been able to return a respectable percentage in
over-payments at the end of the year.
But now, when this Company proposes to benefit its policy-holders
and the insuring public by a rebate for two years upon their premiums,
with na present designs beyond that time, and in a way which old
policy-holders are benefitted and not injured, are we to be maligned
and misrepresented by rival companies who club together to control
the press, and send paid emissaries to this and other cities to poison
the minds of our policy-holders by false statements ?
We have neither leisure, disposition nor funds to follow our defam-
ers; but prefer quietly to state our case, and leave it with those it
interests.
We give this history and condition of the Company as the truest
tests of its management. By these tests we are content to stand or
fall.
In conclusion, we repeat the question, " Shall corporations shape and
manage their own business, or shall their rivals dictate and manage it?"
Year Obedient Servants,
F. S. WINSTON, President.
RICHARD A. McCCRDY, Vice President.
YVM. H. C. BARTLETT, Acinar*
BYRON SHERMAN
gektehal AGENT
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FINANCIAL.
News Office. Friday, Nov. 29,1878.
Money continues plentiful, with the
bank rate on counter transactions still 1
per cent, a month, but with large transac-
tions occurring at lower rates, 10 per cent,
being deemed an outside figure. There
are indications that the banks will take
concerted action before long looking to a
permanent reduction of "their regular rates
on open accounts with customers and on
every-day commercial transactions. This
move was contemplated two years ago,
but from lack of any united effort on the
part of those most interested, the bor-
rowers, the step was not taken, and it will
probably come now rather from a realiza-
tion that it is necessary to a retention of
business than from any magnanimous de-
sire to advance the interests of the port.
The reduced values of the staple produc-
tions of the state necessitate a proportion-
ably smaller amount of money to
move than during the active business
season, and for the past two years
there has been a plethora of money in the
market at seasons when the accumulations
of the different crops were largest, and
during the dull periods of the year money
has sought investment in securities that
yielded a net income of not over 6(27 per
cent. During the current week, with a
stock of cotton in port of over 120,000
bales, half of which is in the presses, money
has been perfectly easy, and all first-class
bonds have been in demand. Sales of city
bonds have been quite large, although at
inside figures, but County, Wharf and
Press bonds have been in active request at
full figures. Sales of the ^stocks of these
corporations have also been large, and the
advances quoted last week have been read-
ily obtained.
STATE BONDS.
Bid.
101
111
110
110
101
104
Asked.
102
113
112
112
101H
10f>
Tot Missouri. Kansas, Nebraska, Arkansas,
New Mexico Colorado, Wyoming, Dakota
and Indian Territories.
N. E, Corner Fourth and Olive Streets,
ST. LOUIS, MO.
Audited debt of 1871...
Frontier Defense
Deficiency of 1870-71...
Deficiency of 1872-73...
Veteran Pension Bonds
Thirty Year Sixes
WARRANTS AND LAND CERTIFICATES.
Bid. Asked.
State (new) Treasury warrants... 93 95
Galveston City Warrants 85 8*5
Galveston (^ounty warrants 80 85
640-acre land certificates, alter-
nates G1 68
640-aere land certificates, indepen 195 200
tMO-acre land certificates. Interna-
tional R. R., free from taxation 220
STOCKS.
companies. Bid.
Galveston City Company $7000
230
32
95
15
4 50
47
25
02
80
100
70
90
290
Galveston Wharf Company 35
Galveston Gas Company 43
Southern Cotton Press and Manu-
facturing Company
Texas Cotton Press Company
Gulf City Press
(Jalveston City R. R. Conipany...
Galveston, H. and II. R. R. Co...
Unioh Marine and Fire Ins. Co...
Merchants Insurance Company..
Texas Banking and Insurance Co
First National Bank of Galveston
National Bank of Texas
Island City Savings Bank
Gulf Loan and Homes'tead Co
Galvestoit Real Estate and Loan
Company
MISCELLANEOUS EONDS.
Bid.
Railroad Bridge Bonds 95
City Park Bonds 80
Consolidated Debt Bonds 95
General B\md Bonds
Harbor Improvement Bonds
Special Debt Bonds
Street lmp't Bonds, 1st series
Street lmp't Bonds, 2d series
Street ana Breakwater Bonds
Fire Department Bonds, 1873
Fire Department Bonds, 1874-79..
Fire Department Bonds, 1874-89..
Fire Department, 1875
Sanitary (Hitchcock bayou) Bonds
Sidewalk Improvement Bonds...
Special Debt (of 1874) Bonds
Galveston Fair Grounds Bonds...
Grading; and Paving Bonds
Limited Debt 8s
Galveston County Bonds..
Galveston County Bonds in aid of
Santa Fe R. R
Galveston County Supreme Court
Library Bonds
Galveston Wharf Co. 10s short
Galveston Wharf Co. 10s long.
Southern Cotton Press Co. 10s,
short
Southern Cootton P e;s Co. 10s,
long
Galveston Cotton Exchange, 10s
Texas Cotton Press, Ss •..
Galveston City Railroad, 8s
Galveston Compress. 12s
Asked.
$8000
m
44
34
97
97
5 50
10
4H
30
65
85
105
100
U3
92
88
80
80
80
80
80
50
50
92
100
101
' 101
102
105
102
105
100
100
99
102
Asked.
90
85
90
100
101
95
95
90
82
82
55
60
93
76
85
75
101
103
103
106
106
101
101
100
104
EXCHANGE, GOLD AND SILVER
Commercial. Bank.
Sterling, 60 days 475
New York sight J^dis
New Orleans sight y& dis
Gold 100
American silver 9j^
Mexici n silver nom.
This day.
Gold closed in New York 10;'^
Gold closed in New Orleans..
Com1! sterling in New York.
Com'l sterling in New Orleans
Silver at London
. 100
, 4b0:
41
50
m.
11-16
485
par
Vi prem
100V£
300
nom.
Yesday
10'>£
100*
4 1%
479-Vi
50%
"WEEKLY REVIEW.
This
Last
Week
Week.
Friday.
Previo's
7X
\Vi
H 5-16
8 7-16
8 7-16
8*6
9Vi
m
9 1-16
9 1-16
m
m
i
m
9#
ket for yarns and fabrics is dull and tending
down.
This Last
Week. Week.
Ordinary Uplands 4% 5
Good Ordinary Uplands 5
Low Middling Uplands 5 3-16 5 15-16
Middling .Uplands 5^
Middling Orleans 5 13-16 5 15-16
Anivals opened fiimer early in the w<ec.
but have since ruled weak and irregular and
close lower with a downward tendency.
cl08xn0 pricks of cbuvkrim and shipments
This Last
Deliveries: Day. Friday.
January-February ...., ?> 5-32 5 11-32
February-March 5 3-16 5 11-32
March .April 596
April-May 5)4 f> 13—5 2
May-June 5 5-18 5 13-32
June-July —
November December 5 11-22
December-January ....
Shipments:
November-December 5 3-16 5%
LIVERPOOL WEEKLY
STATEMENT.
This This w"k
week. Last yr.
Sales-Total 44.000 65.000
To exporters 5.1'QO 7,000
To speculators 2.000 5,000
To the trade 37.000 53,000
Of American 33.000 36,000
Of oilier sorts 11,000 29,000
Forwarded from ships'side 10,000 7.000
Imports—Total 1 >4.000 55.000
American 90,000 41,000
Other sorts 14,000 14,000
Total since August 31.... 472.000 473.000
American 315,000 231,000
Other sorts 157,000 212,000
Actual exports 6.000 7,000
Stock-Total 301,000 301.000
American 1716.000 171,000
Other sorts 12'5,000 190.000
Afloat—Total 291,000 193.000
American 223,000 173.000
East India OS,000 20,000
SOURCES OF GALVESTON RECEIPTS.
This
Received from— week.
Other delivery ports... 302
Clinton
G.. H. <51 H. R. R 15,645
G.. C. &. S. f. R. R
G.. B. & C. N. G. R. R
Buffalo Bayou 6.2.H
Trinity River 27
Brazos River 41
West Coast 07
East Coast
Bay Shore 9
Tliis
year.
2,897
36.285
182,204
' 68
98,544
108
189
201
91
125
Last
year.
1,100
80,505
80.783
41
361
317
301
47
Total to date..
In transit
. 22,295 200.112 182,257
. 5,290 74.593 51,687
News Office, Friday, Nov. 29,1878.
The week has ^shown a fair degree of an-
imation in all branches of trade, with per-
haps the falling off due to the closing week
of the month, and the raising of quaran-
tine against New Orleans.
The movement in sugars has been large,
and liberal receipts of Louisiana direct
from the plantations in the Teche county
have been marketed at satisfactory prices.
Meats have ruled dull and lower, with
stocks sufficient.
Coffees have sold to a considerable ex-
tent at reduced prices for the low grades.
Salt has advanced to $1 20 for coarse,
and the stock is small and concentrated.
In the grain market corn has been in
light supply and good demand. Large
shipments of red rust proof oats to New
Orleans have relieved this market but will
be promptly taken up there for seed pur-
poses. Wheat has been in demand but the
receipts have been small and the sales
light.
Hides are steady and in demand, but
wool has been neglected and with receipts
small the business has been triv'al.
Cotton declined c. on Wednesday, but
closed steady in the face of adverse reports
from abroad.
COTTON.
The week has been a fairly active one,
and considering that there has been one
holiday to break the even tenor of the
movement, the sales have held well up to
the average of the preceding portion of the
month. The nature of|the news, too, dur-
ing the past few days has been of a charac-
ter to warrant anticipations of a reduced
demand, but instead, the inquiry has been
generally well sustained, and at the reduc-
tion of yHc. made on Wednesday, buyers
have been willing to go on, and sales
since that date amount to 4021 bale-!,
which includes some business done on
thanksgiving day. The market closes
steady at the before-mentioned decline.
The local stock is large, but it does not ap-
pear burdensome to holders, and factors
are not urging business at the expense of
values. The weather for a couple of days
was cold, wet and unpropitious for the
handling or shipment of cotton in port.
The rains extended into the interior of the
state, but can not have more than a trivial
effect upon the movement of the crop to
market.
_ Appended are the cotton exchange
official quotations.
This Last Week
day. Friday, previous
Low Ordinary. Nom. Nora. Nom.
Ordinary 7% 7^ 7%
Good Ordinary 7% 8 8
Low Middling 8ȣ 8)4 8H
Middling 8*1 9 9
Good Middling 9% 9%
GALVESTON STATEMENT.
This This Last
Week. Season. Season.
Net receipts 21,993 263,215 181,107
Receipts from o. ports 302 2,897 1,100
Gross receipts 22,295 260,112 182,257
Expt. to Great Britain 43,588 33.913
To France 12.392 7,488
To Continent 14,227 1,401
To Channel ports 1.827 864
Total foreign exports 71.984 43,606
Exports to New York. 775 69,S07 2">,284
To Morgan City - .... 40.214
To other U. S ports 6,299 5.310
Total coastwise 775 70,106 70,808
Total exports 775 148,090 114,414
STOCK STATEMENT
This This Day
Day. Last Yr.
On shipboard—for Great Britain 33,472 17,550
For France 15,713 —
For other foreign ports 10,371 3.912
For coastwise ports 4.604 2,629
In compresses 57,690 48,520
Total stock 121,850 72,611
THE NEW YORK MARKET.
The movement in spot tliis week has been
monopolized by spinners, although early in
the week exporters took some cotton.
Annexed tables show the movement and re-
vised prices at the close
c., __ This Last Week
fcALE3 Week. Week. Prev s.
Exporters 1.460 2.301 1,736
Spinners 2,5!i5 3,571 5.110
Speculators 200 400 168
In transit — 1,790
4,195 6,272 8,801
closing quotations for spot in new york.*
Class.
Ordinary
Good Ordinary
Low Middling
•Middling Alabama is no longer quoted by
the New York cotton exchange.
Futures ruled dull and declining throughout
the week, but close steady. Sales for the
week, 327,500; last week,>248,200.
closing quotations for futures.
This
Months.
November
December
January (1879) 9.25
February 9.37
March " ~
April
May
June
July
Last Week
Week. Week, prev's.
9.15
9 17
9.49
9.61
... 9.73
... 10.83
... 10.92
9.32
9.33
9.45
9.57
9.69
9.81
9.92
10.02
10.11
Gal v. consignments.. 17,005 171,519 K7,">70
official record of the market.
Day. Sales. Market.
Saturday, Nov. 23 4,091. Steady.
Monday. 25 2,105. Very Arm.
Tuesday. •• 26... 1.750.Steady.
Wednesday, • • 27 — 2,217 Quiet, ^ lower:
Thursday, • 28 Thanksgiving Dav
Friday, •• 29 — 4.021 Steady.
Total this week 14,184 Last week ..15,914
NET RECEIPTS AT ALL U. S. PORTS.
This This
Week. Season
Galveston 21.9J3 263.215
New Orleans
Mobile
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
Baltimore ^.
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Providence
Port Royal
Indianola
City Point
Other ports
Total this year—
Last year
Difference
exports.
Exports for the week—To Great Britain,
60,222: France, 8.76!; continent. 48,916; chan-
nel ports, none.
STOCK AT ALL U. S. PORTS.
This day, 614,497; last Friday, 597,670; this
day last year, 689,135.
.. 3,714
50.878
257,716
-'ir-
lS,695
105,535
21.588
379,667
20,899
28o, 113
.. 1.082
67,772
17:
8.101
44,737
37.9'52
9.245
1.440
50.311
. 5.228
1.v09
1,909
18,969
183,719 1,722,415
172.865 1.508,429
.... 31,325
542 10,851 218,986
Ud
17-32d
Sail.
9£u.
%d."
17-ied
FREIGHTS.
Rites have ruled easy.
Cotton To: Steam.
Liverpool,direct 7 !6d
Liverpool, via New York
Havre
Bremen
Other Continental Ports
New York 60c ^ 100 ft>s
Boston 73c # 109 lbs
Providence 73c 100 lbs
Fall River 73c ff 100 lbs
Philadelphia 76c v 100 lbs
LIVE STOCK.
[Reported for the News by Borden Borden,
'successors to Jones & Borden) Live Stock
Commission Merchants, i
Beeves Yearlings
Receipts. and
Cows.
This day 40
This week 204
This season.. 29«0
Stock in pens. 102
and
Calves.
15
119
1878
54
Sheep. Hogs.
105
203 156
2015 ?050
141 116
Beeves--Choice. gross.
Cows—Choice. l?i<?&2e. gross.
common Catile—sjow sale at $9 00© 10 00.
Two- year-Olds—At $9 00(2,10 00.
Yearlings—oc@9 00.
Calves—At §5 006L7 00.
Mutton—Market full of common, worth $1 50
@2: choice. 3(&8)£c. gros-i.
Hogs—Demand improving,selling at 3<&3%c.
gross.
Remarks—Few choice cattle on market,worth
full quotations.
THE GENERAL MARKET.
[Quotations represent cash prices for large
lots, and are not applicable to small orders
unless so stated.]
Apples—There is a slightly better demand,
and supplies are much smaller. Prices are
higher at $3 0G&4 00 per barrel for choice and
sound in shipping order, and £2 50® i oj per
barrel for nieuium. Tnese figures are for car-
load lots.
Bacon—The wtek has been a quiet one.
w in nri •»< -idin- in buyers' favor. Short
clear, 5U c.; long clear, SVj'c.; shoulders, c. in
ec»s.!>: breakias. l>acon, 8J4@QWc., for choice
s. c.; hams—choice s. c. lO^^li V£c.
Bran—Is held at 80c. per ewt. in large lots
from tlie mills. Shipments to New Orleans
have relieve 1 the marker.
Bagging and Tics Bagging is weak: lierht
12i-.; h -avy, !2»^^K' i'4u. Ties, §2 50 per bundle,
with usual discount on large orders. Baling
twine. l2J4c. per pound.
Butter—Supplies of medium and low
gr<td« < : i rc-f. Choice western is scarce, at
2~c.; gilt edge Goshen. 25({£.26c.: choice north-
ern. (ay: c.: Kansas, 1 -(&■£' c. for choice; com-
mon and medium, f (&12c.
Corn—Saiesoccurred this week in car-load
lots at 50@.52c. for sacked from track: yellow
mixed 48(q,49c. Supplies light. Market firmer
at quotations.
Corn Meal—Quiet but steady. State, kiln-
dried. $2 0 from the mills, in lrrge lots on
cash orders; small orders 15fT(20<\ higher;
cream, $-1 35 per bbl. Grits, $4 50®4 75 per
barrel.
Cheese—Is ouiet and the supply is abund-
ant excep: of the fancv grades. Receipts to-
day 200 boxes. Prime factory is quoted at 9(&
9K»c.; low grades 5@,7c.
Cofl'ee—'The market has ruled dull and
declining, with t:ie low grades r.e elected at a
a sharp reduction in prices. Choice I8e.;
prime. 17V4c.; good, IHL^c.; fair, l">Lrc.: ordina
ry. llJi<5»l*Kc.; extreme range, l'@lSc. Java.
2 27c. Peauerry Rio, 21 stock of
Rio in full hands 16.200 sacks.
Candy—Is in good surp'yand better di
mand. Assorted stick 12^c.; rock, 10&17c.;
fancy mixed, 15c.; gum drops, 80@25c.
Cement—In abundant supply and easy at
$2 00 ner bbl.
Canned Goods—The demand continues
good. Two-lb goods are selling on small or-
ders at annexed prices; job lots are lower.
StrawDerries, $1 40; pineapples, $1 6u; pears,
peeled, $1 75; pears, unpeelea, $1 65; peaches,
$1 90; (do. 3 Ihg. §2 65); blackberries, $1 60;
red cherries, $1 50; gooseberries, $1 40; peas,
marrowfat, $1 50; Lima beans. $1 50; string
beans. $1 25; corn, $1 50; tomatoes,"$1 10; (do.
3 lbs. jl 45.) Oysters, 1 lb. 1. w. 62>^c. per do2.:
2 A"-. $1 15 per tiozen.
Drugs—Business has again been very ac-
tive.
Acid—Benzoic, oz. 30c; acid Carbolic Crys-
tals. 75c lb; acid Carbolic Solution, 50@55c
gallon; acid Citric, 75c fl Jb; acid Sulphuric,
3c lb; acid Tartaric, 55c f* !b. Alum, 4(5,6c
^ lb. Ammonia—Carbonate. 22c $3 tt>: Arsenic
(powder) 4U(g,5c lb: Assalcetida. 25c $>lb;
Balsam Copaiva, 40c lb; Borax, 10^ 12c ^ lb;
Blue Vitriol, 10c lb; Calomel, »0c lb; Calo-
mel (English) $1 35 ^ lb; Camphor, refined. 34c
lb; C nchooidia, 85 ^9 lb; Chloroform,
88c ir>: Chloral Hyarat, $180 ^ lb;
Cream Tartar, powder, 32@34f $ lb;
Gum Opium, $5 26 ^ !b; Gum Snellac, 25c
W lb: Morphine, f3 75 # oz. OiL Bergamot,
»3 75 $9 lb: Oil. Lemon, §3 50 lb: Bromide
Potass. 75c lb, ('P&W); Iodide Potass, $4 25
lb, (P&W). Quinine Sulp., $3 7f> V ounce.
Seed—Caraway. 16c ^ tt>; Senna, Alex., 25c f.
lt>. Strychnine, Crystals. $2 $ oz. Sugar
Lead. 25c ^ tt>. Flour Sulphur, 5@7c lb.
Salts. Epsom, 3{§,5 ^ lb. Paris Green, pure,
35c: strictly pure. 40c.
Eggs—Country have been in demand at22c.;
bay. 2 c.; island, 30c.
Flour—The demand has been limited, at
easy prices but shipments to New Orleans have
relieved the market. Double extra $4 50; triple
extra $5 00: choice family $5 ."0y^ 5 60; fancy
$•"> 75(?c5 85. Small orders 25c. higher.
Hides—The market h^s been firm, at
quoiatH'Ji-J. l'r«* sel^r-refl i-ic; pickled. 12c;
stack salted, 11c: damaged half price: kips
13^£c; damaged kips, calf skins and glue stock,
5c; green salted as they run, 40<&50 lbs. aver-
age. 8<&8)tfc.
Hay—Price" easv. Prime western, $17 £0@
18 00; choice, $18 50®19 00.
Lard—Is weak at 6%@,7c. for barrels and
tierces; small lots lc. higher.
Molasses—Continues in excessive sup-
ply and limited demand at 20@36c., accord-
ing to quality; fair to fully fair Louisiana sold
at 23@25c.. in job lots from landing. Northern
sirups abundant at 23@45c.
Oats—Are in light supply and firmer. Large
exports to ^ ew Orleans ot red rust-proof have
been made during the week. Western 37<&38c.
sacked. Rust proof state on track would bring
41 ft 42c.
Oranges—Are in full supply at $4 50(^5 50
per barrel, according to quality.
Oils—Castor, $1 25; linseed, 70c.; boiled oil
75c; neatsfoot, $1 00; train, 65c.; lard. 75c. for
best winter strained; West Virginia lubricat-
ing. 30c.
Onions—Are in fair supply at $2 25(^
$2 3J per barrel, in job lots.
Potatoes—Receipts large. Prices easy,
at $2 l'Mfoa vSo per barrel from track, in car-
loa t lots : sweet 4o(ft,50c. per bushel.
Pecans—Receipt-; have been free, and
price.-; are lower at 4@6c.; for medium fancy,
30'" 35 to the pound. «e.
Poultry—Chickens are firmer at $2 00®
2 5J per dozen. Turkeys, §10. Ducks $3 50
per dozen.
Petroleum—Is easy at 16V£c. ^ gallon in
barrels, and 13H(&.l9c. in cases.
Rice— L in good supply and weak. Rangoon,
none; Carolina, 7££@b££c. Louisiana, good to
choice, 6^(®.T>4C-
Salt—The stocks are light and prices have
been advanced. Coarse. $1 20 per sack, in
round lots, and fine si 75 $ sack.
Sugar—Prices are repeated. Pure whites,
yellow clarified and seconds have been in de-
mand by the trade. Receipts of Louisiana
direct from th'i Louisiana ptaniations on
Bayou Teche 118 hogsheads. Sales 110
hogsheads at following_ quotations: Pure
9.36
9.41
9.53
9.66
9.77
9.90
50.00
10.09
10.18
THE LIVERPOOL MARKET.
Spot has ruled weak with offerings free and
iha The Manchester inar-
white, 8%c.; white, 8J4@S4vc.: off whites,
7^<a8V4c.; choice yellow clarified, 7?lc. Open
kettle sugars are held by jobbers at the follow-
PORT OF GALYESTON.
NEWS OFFICE, Nov. 29.1878.
Movements of Steamers.
TO ARRIVE.
NAME. fro*. date.
Rio Grande New York Nov 83
Hutchinson Morgan City Nov 30
Whitney Clinton Nov 30
Day Dream (U. S.M.)Indianola Dec 1
TO DEPART.
Algiers New York. Nov 2°
Carondelet New York Nov:'0
Whitney Morgan City Nov 80
Hutchinson Clinton Nov 30
Clinton Clinton Nov 30
Day Dream Indianola Dec 2
ARRIVED.
Steamship Clinton. Staples, Morgan City
Steamship St Mary. Benson, Clinton
Steamship Day Dream, Gilpatrick, Indianola
Bark A E Bottsfoi d, Atkinson, Liverpool
ENTERED.
None.
CLEARED.
Steamship Ganges. C H J Baker, Liverpool, by
H A Vaughan & Co
Br. bark Aretas, Roberts. Liverpool, by Wal-
thew & (v»
Nor bark Elinor, Thorsen, Havre, by C W Hur-
ley A Co
Steamship Algiers, J W Hawthorne, New
York, by Chas Fowler
SAILED.
Steamship Day Dream, Gilpatrick, Indianola
Steamship;City of Norfolk. Theissen, Indianola
Steamship Aransas, Henry, Corpus Christi
Steamship Ss Mary, Benson, Morgan City
Heceipts from tlie Interior.
GALVESTON. HOUSTON AND HENDER
SON RAILROAD—3079 bales cotton, 7 baies
3 sacks wool 29 bundles g s hides 61 barrels of
apples SO barrels onions 10D barrels potatoes 215
barrels Hour 200 boxes cheese 23 barrels grits
and corn meal 50 tubs butter 125 boxes crackers
20 barrels crackers 10 boxes macaroni 30 bar-
rels whisky 1 car wheat 440 sacks o:' oil cake 2
barrels pecans 4 cars cotton seed 2 cars cattle
25 barrels pork 1 car hogs 400 packages miscel-
laneous merchandise
HOUSTON—Per H D N Co barges-Per barge
Houston—880 sacks oil cake 50 oarrels cotton
seed oil 35 bales cotton 37 bundles g s hides 1
bundle skins 3 bales l|ides 100 sacks flour 212
half sacks flour 300 packages sundries
Per barge Galveston—467 bales cotton, 1
bale hides
Per barge Howard—513 bales cotton, 1 bale
hides 1 barrel pecans
coastwise.
BRAZOS SANTIAGO, CORPUS CHRTSTI
AND INDIANOLA—Per steamship Aransas—
1 > sacks wool 70 packages pecans
TRINITY RIVER—Per schooner Liliie Lau-
rie—13 bales cotton
Exports—Foreign.
LlVERl*OOL—Per British steamship Gansres
—4723 bales cotton
LIVERPOOL—Per brig Aretas—1232 bales of
*o'ton
HAVRE—Per brig Elinor—1325 bales cotton
Exports—Coastwise.
NEW Y'ORK—Per steamship Algiers—3100
bales cotton 970 sacks wool 1581 sacks hair 59
bales skins 7 barrels pecans
Port Items.
The barkentine LaBelle was towed down to
the inner roads.
The tug Index towed in the Norwegian bark
Nora ana anchored her in the stream
The schooner E. L. Cottingham was towed
down, bound for New Orleans, loaded with
oats, etc.
The steamships Carondelet and Prometheus
grounded on the inner bar, but will be off with
the next tide.
The bark India was berthed at the New
wharf.
The brigs Agur and the B. H. Steenken came
to the Brick wharf for cargo.
Three Morgan steamers—the Aransas, St.
Marys and City of Norfolk, were at tlie Cen-
tral wharf at the same time yesterday.
Arrl\ed Out.
Arrived at Liverpool, Nov. 28, the steamship
Alice, from Galveston.
List of Vessels in Port.
steamships
Prometheus, Parsons, ldg. Hull 1622
Uanges. Baker, eld, Liverpool 1903
Carondelet, New York, disg
Lizzie. Thompson, wtg 1455
Yorkshire. (Br) Langlev. ldg. Liverpool 1771
Hampton, Preston, ldg. Liverpool 1850
Indus, Tyson, ldg, Liverpool 1906
Cairnsmuir, < Br) ldg, Liverpool 1707
Tunis. Towns, ldg. Liverpool 1374
Red Star. Roseberry, ldg. Liverpool 1547
Travancore. Harrison, ldg. Havre 1764
SHIPS.
Lancaster, Leyland, ldg Liverpool 1566
Northumbria. J W Forbes, ldg. Liverpool.. 1292
A E Bottsford. Atkinson, from Liverpool.
Robert Kerr, Pitt, ldg. Havre 1190
Stamboul, Seeley, ldg, Liverpool 1268
Savannah, Tobelman. ldg. Bremen 1428
City of Liverpool. Whiteford, ldg. L'pool ,144«>
Lydia. McHenry, ldg, Liverpool 1201
Algoma, Groves. id>r. IJvert*>ol ia»
barks. '
Veranda, (Nor)jChristsphersen. Folck, Bar-
celona, i.i La last 404
Nora, (Nor.) Jacobsen. Gloucester, disg 4o6
India, (Gtri Dirksen. Liverpool. 974
Agur. 01t.en, ldg. Liverpool. < 446
Dux. (Nor) Henricksen, idg. Havre 309
La Belle, (Nor) Olsen, sri
Wetterhorn, Seilling. in ballast, wtg t>99
Dictator. Thomson, Plymouth, wtg 554
B M Width. Moller. Lisbon 266
Lufra. Lorentzen, ldg. Bremen 423
Veteran, Tucker. New York, disg, 612
Ruth. (Nod Einersen. Havre 355
Tarpeian. (Br) Doran. Liverpool, disg 1096
Majrgie Miller, Cook, Liverpool 893
Christine Elizabeth. Rio de Janeiro, dis 307
C W Cochrane. Given, ldg. Havre 1110
Inveresk, Getson. Liverpool, ldg
Angelique, Burei, ldg, Havre
Warrior, McNutt. ldg. Havre
Hampton Court <Ger), ldg. Bremen
H D Brookman. ldg:. Havre
Walle. Lorensen, ldg. Liverpool
John C Smith. Jones, ehtd. Havre
Wilhelm Foss, Josephson. ldg
Twee Zusters. Harding. Liverpool
Anna. Taarvig, Cadiz
Magnus Huss, Forsell, ldg. for orders....
Hazard. Somme, chtd. Havre 35
brigs.
Hans Gude. Neergaard, ehtd. Mediterr'an. 30:
Aretas, Roberts, ldg. Liverpool 35i
Little Harry, Janasen. ldg, Liverpool 3#
Nicolene. Berg,Rio de Janeiro, disg 20»
Minerva, Uffen,"ldg. Havre 32J
Adeone, Gromberg. ldg. Bremen 20i
Rana, Larson, ldg. Liverpool, 25.
B H Steenken. Haghagan 21
em refined grades are quiet and weak:
Cut loaf. 11c; crushed 105£c.: powdered. 10^c.:
granulated, 10^c.: standard A, lO^lO^c.; off
A s. 9^(^9^c.: yellows, common to standard
yellow C, 8(&8&4c.
Wheat—'Thi demand is good. 011 a basis
of 95c. for No. 2 red winter, with salts of 1000
bushels of Mediterranean during the week on
pi iva e terms.
Wool—The movement has been restricted
by light receipts. Through shipments have
been Targe. Sales for the week 12,000 pounds.
QLOtations easy and unchanged: Eastern
fine and medium, 17{ai9c. lb.: western fine
to medium, 16® 18c. 98 lb.: improved Mexican,
l?<311c.; Burry, 3®4c. lower.
FOR SALE.
Q HEAP I CHEAP! CHEAP!
FOR THIRTY DAYS ONLY.
Having purchased at auction most of the
stock of the late Steele, Wood & Co.. Iam pre-
1 >ared to sell the same at exceedingly low prices,
at my store on Market street, bet. 20th and 21st.
nol7*w AUG. ROEMER.
IJ^OR SALE—An A No. 1 Bull, half Devon
and Shorthorn Durham, 2j^ years old,
weight 1600 pounds, pedigree fully given.
For further particulars apply to
TOM COLLINS O:- GREGORY & HILL,
nol9 lm Galveston.
F
OR SALE OR RENT—THE TWO-STORY
Frame Dwelling and lots—residence of the
late John W. Lang, cor. Ave. P and 22d st.
Apply to
no!7 tf THEO. O. VOGEL.
I7*GR SALE OR EXCHANGE for Galveston
. property—Fine Farm. 347 acres, good
dwelling and barn, on Great Northern rail-
road. Farm value $1800. Apply to
uo6 tf SYDNOR & DINKELAKER.
I?OR SALE—Choice Fresh Milch Cows and
fine Durham Calves. Call at stable corner
O and 19tli streets, or address A. M. SHAN-
NON, Galveston. ocSO ddfcWtf
FORSALE—The Guilbeau Building. No. 222
East Strand. Galveston: Lot 10, Block 6S0.
Apply to ED. T. AUSTIN. 71 Tremont street.
FOB RENT.
TX)RRENT FOR RENT.
X1 TWO STORES
on Market street, and one on Tremont street,
Under the Opera House.
Possession given October 1, 1878.
sel9 tf J. P. EVANS.
tX)R RENT—Brick Store, two stories, 30x110,
on Ave. A. bet. 23d and 24th sts. Cars will de-
liver freight at the door,saving §20 per carload
over drayage. This store very cheap, also two-
story house on 19th st. and K, 7 rooms, for §18
per month. [n!5tf] VINEYARD & KINDRED.
Ij^OR RENT—From Dec. 1, a Parlor and Bed-
a room, or latter aud Kitchen (furnished), in
private family. Terras low. Apply at south-
east corner 17th and Avenue K. References
required. nol7 tf
FOR RENT—-The four-story iron front store,
Nos. 66 and 68 Tremont st. Inquire of
nol tf OLIVER STEELE.
Tj^OR RENT—Three nice large Cottages. T
-T rooms each, 19th st., between Avenues NJ4
and O. Apply on premises. oc24 tf
IjX>R RENT—Four large COTTON OFFICES,
in the Dargan & Tobyn Building. Apply to
oci9 tf JAMES HICKEY.
JT'OR RENT—The Three-Story Store-House
on Tremont street now occupied by Shwarts
& Burgower. [tf| JOHN T. HARCOURT.
f COTTAGE FOR RENT-On Avenue L, near
22d *
seltf
o 22d street; fronts south. Apply t
J. M. ROGERS. Market st.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The wheeler & wilsojTmanufac-
TURING COMPANY received at the Paris
Exhibition the only grand prize given for Sew-
ing Machines. Their lately improved No. 8 is
the best family machine in the world. It is
so light that a cotton thread can be used as a
belt to rim the machine. Agents wanted in
unoccupied territory. Address WHEELER &
WILSON MANUFACTURING CO.,Austin, Tex.
PURE MICHIGAN CIDER,
AN EXCELLENT ARTICLE,
in quantities to suit purchasers. ORANGES
received now with every steamer from Louisi-
ana. P. A. LANG,
no28 Produce Depot.
MRS. S. DIXON,
FASHIONABLE MILLINER,
178 Market street.
Stylish Goods at Low Figures.
Country orders cai efuliy selected and prompt-
ly attended to. no5 lra*
NEW GOODS-JUST RECEIVED FROM
Frank D. Shaw, now purchasing in New
York, a line of FINE JEWELRY, CLOCKS.
PLATED-WARE, CANES, Etc. Call at once
at M. W. SHAW & BRO S,
no3 Corner Market and Tremont sts.
Floral. jtloral.
A. WHITAKFR,
Nurseryman and Florist.
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
New wholesale catalogue now ready. Send for
it. Prices as low as any in America, ocll 2m*
UNS. PISTOLS, POWDER; SHOT,
Shells, Caps, Metallic Cartridges, Ten Pin
Balls, Pine Tar. LABADIE.
WATCHES. Clocks. Jewelry, Spectacles.
Repairing carefully done by a Practical
Watchmaker. l. E. CURTIS, 165 Tremont st.
-VTOTARIAL SEALS for $5, Lodge Seals,
i.^1 Stencils, Stamps, etc., to order. FRED A.
SMITH. 114 Tremont street.
nol9
Ladies
Do you want a pure, bloom-
irnt Complexion I If so, a
few applications of Hagan's
MAGNOLIA BALM will grat-
ify you to your heart's eon-
tent. It does away with Sal-
lowness, Redness. Pimples,
Blotches, and all diseases and
imperfections of the skin. It
overcomes the flushed appear-
ance of heat, fatigue and ex-
citement. It makes a lady of
THIRTY appear but TWEN-
TY; and so natural, gradual,
and perfect are its effects,
that it is impossible to detect
its application.
SHIPPING.
La. and Texas R. R.
AND
Steamship Co.
RAILROADS.
CENTR AL ROUTE;
The Connecting Link Between the Trunk
Lines of the
NORTH and EAST,
, axd tub
; GULF OF MEXICO ON THE SOUTH.
FORMS THE
Great Through Route
Main Artery of Commerce and Trade
TO
»ALL POINTS,
1 and offers the best route, on quick time, with
more comforts, lH.*ttei- accommodations and
greater security than any other line.
Through Kxpress Trains
(Each Way; Between
HOUSTON & ST. LOUIS.
Buy Your Tickets and Ship Your
Freight by the
HOUSTON andTEX&S GENTR&LR.W.
Pullman Palace
DRAWING-ROOM t SLEEPING CARS 1
Run Through from
HOUSTON TO ST. LOUIS
WITHOUT CHANGE,
and but ONE change to all prominent points
KTortli and East
TRAINS LEAVh! a.Nu AKKIN K AS FOLLOWS
No. 1 St. Louis Express leaves Hous-
ton daily, except bmiuay. at 715 a v
Arriving at St. Louis at 6 45 a m
Arriving at Chicago at " 7';^ p M"
No. 3 M. Loms and Chicago Express
leaves Houston daily at r*.?0 p m
Arriving at St. Louis daily at e'oT p m
Arriving at Chicago daily, except
Mondav. at 6.55 a. m.
No. 2. St. Louis Experss leaves St.
Louis daily at 9.07 p M
Chicago daily, except Sunday, at. 10 30 a m
Arriving at Houston daily, except
Sunday, at 9.30 p. m.
No. 4. St. Louis and Chicago Express
leaves St. Louis daily at 8.17 a. m.
Chicago dailv. except Saturday, at 9.(0 i>. u
Arriving at Houston daily at i> 3 » a w
REAMERS WILL LEAVE GALVESTON
every day for New Orleans via Morgan City at
12 3J p. m., on the ar. ival of G.. H. and H. R. R
train with mails, freight and passengers.
STEAMSHIP CITY OF \OKFOLK
will lenve for INDIANOLA on MONDAY
WEDNESDAY aud FRIDAY. 4 p. m., with
freight and passengers lor Victoria. Cuero,
Gen-Ales, Hallettsville, etc.
For Brazos St. Iag3 & Gcrpus Christi
a ship will leave eveiy week.
All goods by above steamer? must Ihj re-
ceived by consignees on day of arrival, or they
will be stored at their ri*k and expense.
CHAS. FOWLER,
nog7 d&W Agent.
Eastern
F. L. MANCHESTEB.
Passenger Agent. 417 Broadway, N Y
E. E. SCOTT,
Ticket Agent. Central Depot, Houston.
J. WAI.DO,
General Ticket Agent. Houston, Texas.
A. H. SU A\SO.\,
my25d&Wl2m General Superintendent.
HOUSTOW
Direct Navigation Company's
LINE OF STEAMERS f
TUGS AXD BARGES
FOR HOUSTON
^7ILL RECEIVE A*D FORWARD FREIGHT
promptly for all points on the H. and T.
C., Texas Pacific, and Texas and New Orleans
railways daily, Sundays excepted.
All claims for loss or damages promptly ad-
justed.
All goods insured by this company while in
transit on their steamers and barges. After
landing same the insurance risk of this com-
pany ceases.
CHAS. FOWM5R, Preset.
J. J. ATKINSON, Sup't.
J. O. KISHPAT tH, Agent. sel5 6m
Texas Mail S. S. Line
IKTDIAKTOLA.
THE STEAMERS
ESTELLE
AXD
DAY DREAM.
ONE OF THE ABOVE STEAMERS WILL
leave GALVESTON for the above port, on
Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
at 4 P. Jfl. '
Leave INDIANOLA or. TUESDAYS. THURS-
DAYS and SATURDAYS at 3pm
During the continuance of quarantine, mail
to Morgan City will be discontinued.
T FJ£ freight and Passage apply at office on
T.i'fb-in'a jyllOm
China Combination Dinner,Break-
fast and Tea Sets.—IOO pieces, $14.
Fine Engraved Goblets, $1 25 doz.
Ivory-handled Table Knives, £6 doz.
Silverware, China, Cntlery, Crock-
ery and Glass, Table, Chamber and
Household Wares at equally low
Price*. Goods skillfully packed and
shipped by steamer to Texas weekl y.
Ten times freight charges saved on
every order. Fifty-page Price Iiist
free. Satisfactory.references to cus-
tomers supplied.
E. D. BASSFORD, House Furnish-
ing Complete, IVos. 1, 2, 3, 13, 14,
15, 16, 17 Cooper Institute, New
York City. no!6 4wd&W
Galveston and New York
BEGl'LAR WEEKLY
STSAMSHIP LINE
Consisting of the
following named'
steamers:
STATE OF TEXAS CapL Nickerson.
CITY OF SAN ANTONIO... Pennington.
RIO GRANDE •• Bolger
CARONDELET •• Burrows.
Freight and Insurance at Lowest
Rates.
One of the above named steamships will
leave New York every SATURDAY and Gal-
veston for New York every WEDNESDAY and
on Saturday when tlie trade requires.
Steamship CARONDELET
Will sail for New York on
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 27, 1878,
VIA KEY WEST.
For freight or passage apply to
J. N. SAWYER, Agent,
„ 54 Strand, Galveston.
C. H. MALLORY & CO.. Agents.
m!4T8 ly Pier 20, East river. New York.
CUNAUD LINE
Royal Mail Steamships,
bktwekn"
LIVERPOOL, BOSTON
and NEW YORK.
proposed sailings from new york:
Bothnia Wednesday, Nov. 6.. 2.00 p. m.
Algeria Wednesday, Nov. 13.. 6.30 a.m.
•Russia Wednesday, Nov. 20 . 1.00 p'm.
♦Scythia Wednesday, Nov. 27.. T.uO a. m
Abyssinia Wednesday, Dec. 4.. Noon
Bothnia Wednesday, Dec. 11 . 8.00 a. m
Algeria Wednesday. Dec, 18.. 11.30 a. ii!
and every following Wednesday. With a view
of diminishing the chances of collision, these
steamers take a specified course at all seasons
of the year.
Rates of saloon passage. $80 and $100 gold,
according to accommodations. Steerage pas-
sage to and from Galveston by all rail or
steamer to New York and to and from Liver-
pool. Queenstown, Glasgow, Belfast, Bristol,
Hamburg, Havre, Antwerp. Amsterdam. Bre-
men, Gothenburg, Christiania, Copenhagen
Paris, or all other parts of Europe, at very low-
rates. Steamers marked * do not carry steer-
age passengers
J. n. SAWYER, Agent, 54 Strand.
CHAS. G. FRANCKLYN, Esq., Agent,
ap5T8 ly 4 Bowling Green. New York.
United States and Brazil
MAIL STEAMSHIP LINE.
Sailing monthly from New York.
the steamship
City of Para,
3500 Tons,
Will sail for Rio de Janeiro
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1878,
touching at St. Thomas, Para and Pernambuco.
The City of Rio Janeiro wdl follow Jan. 5, 1S79
For freight or passage, having elegant ac-
commodations. applj' to
C. H. MALLORY & CO.,
Pier 20. East river. New York,
ap3 ly or to J. N. SAWYER. Galveston.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Ballinger, Jack 8 Mott,
Attorneys and Counselors at Lavt,
No. 122 Postoffice Street,
nol4 tf Galveston, Texas.
ROBT.V. DAVIDSON. GEO.W FULTON,J r
Davidson & Fulton,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
Moody 4c JTemlson Building,
Galveston. Texas.
Walter Gresham,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
No. 122 Postoffice Street,
oc22"T7 ly Galveston. Texas.
~ B. H. GARDNER.
6..H.&H.R.R.
ON AND AFTER SUNDAY. NOV. 10, 1*7$,
Trains will be run as follows:
leave galveston. arrive at hopgtox.
4. » a. x. daily (except Sunday) 7.10 a. m.
2.00 p. m. daily 4.50 p m.
leave houston. arrive at galveston.
9.35 a. m. dally < . o p. m.
9.35 p. m. daily ^except Sunday* 12.35 p. m.
The 4.2<l a. m. train from Galveston and
9.35 p. m. train from Houston connects with
the H. and T. C.. :indG., H. and S. A. Railways.
The 2.00 p. m. train from Galveston and the
9.35 a. m. trom Houston connect with the L
and G. N. Railway.
The 4.20 a. m. train connects with trains on
the Columbia Tap on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays.
OSCA R O. ^1I RR VY, Genl Pass. Agt.
J. M. DULLER, Ticket Agent.
THE FAST TRAIN
OF THE
I.&6.N.R.R.
(LONE STAR ROUTE.)
AND CONNECTIONS,
LEAVES
Galveston 1.58 P. IT.
Sail Antonio 6.20 A. 91.
Houston 5.00 P. rnr.
Austin A 1.00 P.M.
51 earnc 6.15 P. "W.
Palestine... 11.50 P. 31.
ARRIVES
Tcxarkana 8.15 Next Morning.
Malvern 1.10 Next Evening.
Hoi Spring;* 2.40
Little Rock 3.25
MempliiM 11.40
LouiMville 3.25 Second Eve'g.
St. Louis 0.35 Second Mor'g.
ONLY
O Hours 37 Min. from Galveston.
48 Hours 5 Mill, from San Antonio
37 Hours 35 Miu. from Houston.
41 Hours 35 Min. from Austiu.
36 Hours 20 Min. from Hearne.
TO ST. LOUIS.
And a still greater Saving in Time to ail Points
in the Southeastern States.
CLOSE CONNECTION
At Little Rock with Sleeping Car Lines for
Memphis, Louisville, Chattanooga, etc.
Wcstingliouse Air Brake.
Miller's Safety Platform.
See that your Tickets read via Palestine. For
Tickets and full information, apply at Compa-
ny 'sTicket Offices, Austin, Houston and Hearne,
and at
116 Tremont St., Galveston.
H. M. HOXIE,
General Superintendent.
J. H. PAGE,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
ja '<8 ly
Sunset Route
OPEX TO SAN ANTONIO.
Galveston, Harrisburg S San Antonio
Only &II Rail Route to San Antonio.
ON AND AFTER NOV. 17, 1878,
Trains will run as follows, commencing at 9
o'clock a. :
Leave GALVESTON dally (except
Sunday) at 4.20 a. m.
THROUGH EXPRESS WEST
Leaves HOUSTON daily (except
Sunday) 9.55 a. m.
Arriving at SAN ANTONIO 9.25 p. m.
Trains leave SAN ANTONIO daily
(except Sunday) at 6.00 a. m.
Arrives at HOUSTON at 4.50 p. m.
Arrives at GALVESTON at 12.35 a. m.
Cheapest. Shortest, Quickest & Best Route
TO ALL POINTS WEST.
Elegant new Coaches equipped with Westing-
house Air Brake and Miller Platform
attached to all Trains.
Only Li no i n Texas Running Parlor Cars
TICKETS FOR SALE
At all principal Railroad Ticket Offices North.
South and East.
H. R. ANDREWS, Gen. Manager.
J AS. CONVERSE, Superintendent.
C. C. GI BBS, G. F. and Ticket Agent.
T. W. PEIRCE, Jr., Asst.G. P. & T. Agt.
GENERAL OFFICES—HOUSTON, TEXAS,
j air 7b tta
GALVESTON WHARF JCO.
RATE OF WHARFAGE
or t*«
GALVESTON WHARF COMPANY,
June 1, 1877.
Wea&faoe on all Goods Landed bt vkssbus
wiu. mm collected from the Vessel#.
Anchors and chains, per 100 lbs.. .
Rarrels, wet g
Parrels, dry .....! 1! 5
Barrels, empty, wet .... 3
Barrels, empty, dry * \>
Barrel staves, per m.. \ 3o
Bacon, per cask 25
Bacon, per ca?»e 15
Bags or sacks in bales, per cubic foot . 1
Basrging. per cubic foot i
Bagging, per 100 yard rolls, each '!! jo
Bagging, per 30 yard rolls, each 5
Baskets, per nest a
Ballast, per ton 25
Bale* over 5 cubic feet, per foot. l
Bedsteads, common, each 10
Bedsteads, boxed, per cubic foot 1
Bellows, per cubic foot 1
Bananas and plantains, per bunch 2
Breakfast bacon, per box 5
Boxes, liquor, cheese, soap, candles, etc. 3
Boxes, extracts, coffee, ink. bluing, etc.. 2
Brooms, ptr dozen 3
Broom-handles, per M 50
Broom-corn, per bale 5
Brick, fire, per M . . . . . . . . . 60
Brick, common, per M 50
Bran, per sack 4
Bran, per ton of 2000 fcs. ~ 50
Blinds, doors and sash, per cubic foot . . 1
Boilers, steam. t>er 100 lbs 5
Bones and horns, per ton 50
Bone-dust, per ton 50
Bone-black or bcne meal. per sack of i06
lbs. 3
Bolts and spikes, rivets, nuts and wash-
ers, per i--0 lit.-!. 5
Buckets, per doz. * *" 1 5
Buckets, well, per doz !! I 8
Butter, per keg . . **** 3
Butter, per firkin I 4
Building stone, rough, per ton ! * 50
Buggies, each 50
Buggies, boxed, per cubic foot ! 1
Carboys, each, full jy
Carboys, empty 5
Casks, wine no
Casks, hardware, per 100 lbs ] *'* 5
Casks, merchandise, per cubic foot 1
Carriages, each 75
Carriages, boxed, per cubic foot !* 1
Carts, each 535
Castings, hollow or solid, per 100 lbs.". "I 5
Cattle, grown each 30
Cattle, two-year-olds, each . . . . .*. 20
Cattle, yearlings, each. "" I jo
Cattle, calves, each 10
Champagne, in baskets .* 5
Chairs, per bundle (2 each) .* 5
Charcoal, per sack 3
Cotton, per bale, landed * 10
Cotton, per bale, shipped . . . . . 10
.Cotton, per sack jq
Coal, dumped in carts, per ton .....30
Coal, dumped on wharf, per ton !. 50
Coaches, stage, each "" j qq
Corn, per sack * 3
Corn in shuck, per bbl 3
Cotton seed, per ton of 2000 lbs . 150
Cotton gins, per cubic foot 1
Cotton planters, each !!.!! J. 10
Corn planters, each *. jo
Corn shellers r.
Com mills, per cubic foot
Coffee, per sack .*!!!.
Codfish, per drum .!!!*.!"
Cordage, per 100 lbs .1
Cotton ties, per 100 lbs
Copper, per 100 lbs I*"
Copper, pig. per 100 lbs
Canned beef, per case
Coal oil. per case "
Cocoanuts, per 100 *.
Collars, horse, per doz
Crates, crockery or merchandise, per
cubic foot.
Cultivators, each
Drays, each
Doors, each
Demijohns, full
Demijohns, empty
Dry goods, in case, per 100 lbs
Filters, boxed or otherwise, per cubic
foot
Fishbars. plates and chairs, per 100 lbs..
Flour, per sack
Flour, per half sack
Fustic and other dye goods, per ton
Fertilizer or guano, per ton
Furniture, boxed, per cubic foot
Groceries, dry. boxed, per 100 lbs
Grain, in bulk or sacked, for export, per
bushel
Grind and mill stones, per 100 lbs
Gunny bags, in bales, per cubic foot
Hardware, per 100 lbs
Hames, per dozen
Hams, per cask
Hay. ber bale
Hogsheads, empty
Hogshead staves, per M
Hay cutters.
Half barrels, wet
Half barrels, dry
Half barrels, empty
Herrings, per box
Hoop poles, per 100
Horses and mules, each
Hogs
Horse shoes, per keg
Household goods, per 100 lbs
Hides, loose, each
Hides, in bait s, per 100 lbs
Hides, green, in bundles of two each
Ice, in hogsheads
Ice. as per invoice, less 30 per cent, for
waste, per ton
Iron, boiler, plate, bar, hoop, wrought,
sheet and galvanized, per lu) lbs
Iron, railroad, per ton
Iron, pipe, gas and water, per 100 lbs
Iron, shutters and wrought flttimrs, per
100 lbs.,
Iron, junk and scrap, per ton
Iron. pig. per ton
Iron, sales per 100 pounds ..
Junk, in bales.
Kegs, merchandise
Kegu. empty
Laths, per thousand
Lemons, per box
Lead, per 100 tt>s
Lumber, per thousand
Leather, per l<k> los
Malt, per sack
Marble, per 100 lbs
Marble dust, per bbl
Machinery, per 100 lbs
Mineral ores, per ton
Mowing machines, each
Moss, per bale
Matting, per roll
Nails, per keg
Oakum, per bale
Oats, per sack
Oil cake, per sack.
Oranges, per box
Ordnance stores, per 100 Bis
Oysters, per bbl
Paints, per 100 lbs
Pails, per dozen
Flour, per nest
Paper, printing, per bundle
wrapping, per ream
Pecans, per sack
Pianos, boxed, per cubic foot
Pine apples, per 100.
Plows, each
sulky
Potash, per 100 Bis
Post, fencing, each
Powder, kegs
half kegs
quarter kegs.
Raisins, per box
per half box
per quarter box
Rags. Per bale
Refrigerators, per cubic foot
Rubber belting, per 100 lbs
Roofing slate, per ton
Rope, per 100 lbs
Salt, per sack
Sand or soil, per dray load
Sewing machmes, each
Sewing K. D., per 100 lbs
Sieves per package 2 dozen
Sawdust, per drayload
>r 100 tt>s.
_ GALVESTON CARES. _
GEO. W. JALQNICK,
(Successor te Isaac Jalottiek k. Co.,)
COTTON aud WOOL FACTOR
iW
General Commission Merchant
204 Strand,
au2idAW8m Galveston. Texas.
C. C. DIBRELL. WM. C. DIRRELtT
C. & W. DIBRELL,
COTTON FACTORS
AND GENERAL
COMMISSION MERCHANTS-
• Hend ley Building),
d GALVESTON, TEXAS. ^
R. A. BROWN. E. S. FLINT
R. L BROWN & CO..
Cotton Factors
axd
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
113 STRAND, Galveston, Texas.
Represented by a. ii. l»ij£ssson.
sel 4m
Jas. Hickey & Co.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
dealers xx
FLOUR, GRAIN and PRODUCE,
Opposite Passenger Depot,
no20 9m No*. 5 arid 6 Water Street.
JOHN D. ROGERS.
J. A. ROBERTSON
ST. LOUIS,
IRON MOUNTAIN
AND
SouthernRailway
IF YOU ARE GOING FROM
TEXAS to St. LOUIS
Or Any Point North or £aat,
Get Your Tickets, Burgage Checks and
Sleeping Car Berths
Over the International and Great Northern,
Texas and Pacific and St. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern Railways.
THE GREAT
TEXAS AND ST. LOUIS
SHORT LINE.
It is 140 Miles the Shortest and 12
Honrs the Quickest Route!
PULL3IAN SLEEPERS, HOl'STON
TO ST. LOUS (819 ITIIL.ES)
WITHOUT CHANGE.
For porticular information call upon or ad-
dress R. W. GILLESPIE,
Southwestern Passenger Agent, S. L., I. M. and
S. R. Wy., Houston, Texas. myiJltf
JNO. A. BCCKHOLTS.
Buckholts & Gardner,
Attorneys at Law and Land Agents,
BRYAN, BRAZOS CO., TEXAS.
SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO COLLEC-
tions. Lands bought and sold. Taxes paid
and records examined. • my 16 tf
G.,C. and Santa FeR'y
on and after
MONDAY, OCT. 28 th.
This company will run a train
carrying Passengers and Freight, TRI-
WEEKLY, from GALVESTON to
Areola Junction, Clear Lake
and Brazos River,
connecting with train on Columbia Division of
the L and G. N. R. R., for
Columbia and Intermediate Stations
Train will leave Galveston MONDAYS, WED-
NEmiaY- and FRIDAYS, at 7.30 a. m.
Returning—Leave Clear Lake and Areola
Junction TUESDAYS • h CP^ i ».a ^ > and SAT
URDAYS, on arrival of I. and G. N. train from
Columbia.
Train leaves from depot corner 38th and Me-
chanic streets.
F II 23 I O XI T
Received at the REPOT Rally
For Columbia and all points on Columbia Di-
vision I. and G. N. R. R.
GEO. R. NICHOLS,
mh3 tf fcuperintendent.
WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL —ONE
Dollar for six months. Delay not. Keep
posted as to the markets. Full and accurate
reports in each issue of the Weekly News.
FOR SALE—TO RENT.
Hotel for Rent.
THE well-known 8TURGI9 HOUSE is now
for rent. It contains about thirty well-
ventilated Rooms, not furnished: is well
located, being in a central part of the city and
very near the depot. This is a rare chance to
secure a first-class house, Apply to
E. A. 8TURGIS,
no8 Iro Waco, Texas.
New Orleans Railway
TRAINS RUN DAILY,
(Except Sundays. >
Leave Houston 2*22
Arrive at Orange 7.30 P. jf.
I,cave Oralis* ■ JJ £• TJ-
Arrive at Houston a.10 1*. M.
Equipments First-Class.
Tius road taps the "Long-leaf Pine" region
at Beaumont and Orange, where the best lum-
ber and heart cypres;; shingles are manufcc-
i lured. C. A. BURTON,Supt.
J. F. CROSBY,
i Vice Presi. and Gen'l Manager
John D. Rogers & Co.
COTTON F -4;C TORS
a3fd
GETL COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
(Insurance Buildingi.
NO. 61 STRAND. GATVESTON, TEXAS.
aplOTHly
ADOUE & LOBIT, .
BANK.EH.Sl
axd ~
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
Buy and Sell Exchange on ®
PARIS, LONDON and LIVERPOOL.
au!3'7S ly Strand, Galveston, Texas.
Shot, pel
Shingles, per thousand
Sheep, each o
Shoot, box, per carload C 00
Shells, per dray load, 5 bbls 5
Shovels and spades, per dozen. 6
Spices, per sack 5
Stoves, per cubic foot 1
Sugar, per hogshead 25
per barrel 5
m boxes. Havana 15
Smokestacks, per 100 IDs 5
Sulkies 25
Tierces beef 10
lard. 10
rice 10
hams 10
tallow, etc 10
with bbls inside 10
empty 4
Tin, plate, per 100 B>s 5
Tin. pig, per 100 lbs 5
Tobacco, in boxes 5
Tobacco, in half boxes 3
Tobacco, in ouarter boxes 2
Tiles, per 1000 50
Trunks, filled with mdse., or nests 6
Tubs, per nest 5
Trucks, railroad, per 100 lbs 5
Wagons, each. 50
Wagons, spring or cane 75
Washing machines, each 10
Washboards, per dozen 4
Watermelons, each l
Water coolers 2
Wire, per 100 lbs 5
Wheelbarrows 5
Wheels and axles, railroad, per 100 lbs 5
Wheels and axles, log carrier 75
Wood, per cord 25
Wool, per sack 10
White lead, per 100 lbs 5
Zinc, in rolls, per 100 lbs 5
Liuods not in ar<ove li t will I e charged in
proportion to ai alogous articles, at our own
opt'ov
All goods to be removed from the wharf the
same day they are landed, or they will be lia-
ble for additional wharfage as per tariff above
j for every day or part of a day they remain on
the wharf. Same wharfage to be charged on all
goods delivered from one vessel to another,
provided either of such vessels are fast to the
wharf.
Vessels landing without cargo will be charged
wharfage at the rate of ten cents per register
ton for each landing, and after forty-eight
hours five cents per ton for each subsequent
aay.
Vessels discharging in the stream will not be
permitted to occupy a berth at one of the com-
pany's wharves without permission of the
agent of said company. Vessels to leave the
wharf or change their berths as soon as re-
quested to do so by the wharfinger, or they will
be liable to be charged twenty-five cents per
ton per day for every day, or part of a day,
they remain.
Vessels loading cotton, or other cargo, out-
ward must pay wharfage on same, unless no-
tified by the wharfinger that the wharfage nas
been oaid by the shipper. Wharfage to be
paid as soon as the vessel completes her load-
ing. my31'7812m
Commis'sionF Merchant
For the Sale of All Kinds of
PRODUCE,
Flour, Meal. Bacon, Butter, Lard, Potatoes
Fruits, etc. In Store: Hay, Grain and Feed
Stuffs. Agent for Excelsior Cotton Gin, man*
ufactured at Macon, Ga.
10 STRAND. Galveston. Texas.
DAVID WABBLEEr
Sliip Clianaior,
dealer in
Manila. Russia and American Cordage, Paints
and Oils, Flags and Bunting, Anchors, Chains
ire Rope. Oakum P.ne and Coal Tar,
Fitch. Boats and Oars. Blocks and Slieeves
ror 1* ernes. Presses, etc.: Canvas and Duck
for bads. Tents, Tarpaulins, Awnings etc
1*>*" 208 STRAND.
ap8 12m
CHAS. KELLNER
w. j. frederick
— ". «. « IH-KUUI. II.
J. Frederich & Kellner,
COTTON FACTORS
am)
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Galveston, Texas.
Office cor. Mechanic and 2.' sts. aul5 ly
^ - E. McALPINE Galveston.
JAS. R. BALDRIDGE. Washington. Texas.
JOb. BALDRIDGE, Washington, Texas.
McALPINE, BALDRIDOE & CO..
Cotton Factors
and
CO^I^IISSION MERCHANTS,
Heudley Rulldiug:,
jyl 6m Strand. Galveston, Texas.
Lee, McBride & Co.,
Cotton and Wool Factors
axd
General Commission Merchants,
214 STRAND,
au29 3m Galveston.
G. H. Mensrng & Bro.,
Cotton Factors and General Commis-
sion Merchants,
Office, cor. Strand and Center Sts.,
au!9 78 ly Galveston. Texas.
Wolston, Wells & Vitior,
COTTON* FACTORS,
Commission Sc Forwarding Mpri-li'ts
73 Strand, League'. Building,
au4'78 ly Galveston, Texas.
C. M. PEARRE,
Cotton Factor
AND
GOMMISSIGH MERCHANT,
NO. 244 STHAXD, GALVESTON.
sel4 3m
G. B. MARSAN,
Wholesal Dealer in
Fresh Oysters, Fish and Fruit.
SOLICITS ORDERS FROM THE COUNTRY.
P. O. Box 535 ] CENTRAL WHARF.
se!56m GALVESTON, TEXAS.
Sadler&Meunier
Wholesale Dealers in
Fresh Fish and Oysters.
TURTLES. CRABS, SHRIMP
AND GAME,
Central Wharf, Galrr«ton.
Only dealer#in the state who keep Live Fish
an«l Turtle. ' sel 4m
N. N. JOHN.
H. H. SEARS.
Wm, Hendley & Co.
GENERAL
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
AND
COTTON AND WOOL FACTORS!
(Hendley Building>,
Galveston, Texas.
(Lock Box No. 3L)
Liberal advances made on con
signments. Agents for Upion, Astral,
Brilliant and Radiant Oil. Keep for sale in bar-
rels and cases. West Virginia Lubricating Lard
and fine Engine Oils. Also. Victor's Axlo
Grease. We have always furnished our cus-
tomers with BAGGING AND TIES Free of
Commission or Interest. se4 4m
BUSINESS CARDS.
Cooperage.
PHILIP HIRSCH,
SO, 54, SS, 58 4 60 N. Peter* St.,
new orleans, la..
Keeps constantly on hand a laroe
and well-selected stock of
BarrelN, Hair-Barrels and Ke;s,
all sizes. Also HOOP POLES. Prices mod-
erate. Satisfaction guaranteed. nov'l 6m
Murphy & Brockelman,
dealers in
STOVES AND TINWARE,
I Gas Fixtures. Plumbing Material, Iron Pips
Fittings, Brass Goods, and
all kinds of
ENGINEER SUPPLIES.
Practical Gas Fitters and Plumbers, Copper
Smiths, Tinners and Sheet Iron Workers.
Special attention paid to the manufacture of
IRON FENCES
for Residences and Gravps. Office and Balcony
Railings, and all kinds of
Ornamental Iron Work.
lUca I3iaj
WN. ADAMS & CO.,
ESTABLISHED 1846,
Liverpool Salt Agency.
We have arranged for a FULL SUPPLY OF
SALT on consignment, and are offering
10,000 SACKS,
Now landing and in store, AT THE LOWEST
PRICES. Orders solicited.
t. w. folts. john k. donnan.
FOX.TS &. SONNAN.
"05 Congress At., Austin, Tex.
Dealers in State, Countv and City Securities,
and I^and Certificates. Business with the State
Departments and collections against residents
ana non-residents solicited and prompt report
LIME--LIME- -U1MXL
P. C. TAYLOR, Austin, Texas,
Manufacturer of best austin lime,
dealer in CEMENT. PLASTER and other
builders' MATERIAL. All shipments guar-
anteed. Prices low as any. Quality equal to
any in the world. Orders promptly filled.
Responsible agents wanted at every Texas
town. fel9 12m
oc20 tf
C. W. ADAJIS Sc CO.
UNPARALLELED OFFER.
We offer to private parties, at factorv prices,
LESS DEALERS' DISCOUNT, full lines of
strictly first-class
PIANOS
of the celebrated manufacture of Messrs,
HORACE WATERS 4c SONS,
ATBER, SCHrnrANN A-WAGNER.
Also Waters s unequaled line of Cabinet
ORGANS.
These instruments received at the recent
Texas State Fair ALL THE PRIZES AWARD-
ED. consisting of DIPLOMAS. GOLD MEDAL
and THREE SILVER MEDALS, as well as the
Highest Awards at the innumerable exhibits
made throughout the world during the last
forty years.
SHEET MUSIC at Publishers' Prices,
Local and Traveling Agent* Wan ted
Lock BoxiS. I VALENTINE £ CO.,
San Antonio. I General State Agent*.
HEADQUARTERS, No. CO Commerce strett,
San Antonio, Texas,
Galveston Agency—Hamilton Blagge, Man-
ager, No. lwl PosloiSco sfacet Galveston.
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