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M WILL IRON MY OWN MAKE OF
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Every Saturday, Free of Charge.
THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY PUR
CHASKD ARE REQUESTED TO BRING
THEM IN. THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SUP-
PLIED THEMSELVES FOR " NEW YEAR "
WILL PLEASK. CALL AND LEAVE THEIR
MEASURES IN TIME.
Fine Silk (lata at $5, $0, $7 and $8,
All Made to Order at
L. M. WATEBS'S,
120 Tremont Street, UALVESIOX.
fcltocston llttos.
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mlimton
ESTABLISHED—1842.
GALVESTON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1876.-PRICE-5 CENTS.
VOL. XXXV-NO. 239.
The Dally News at Five Cent* a
Copy.
The dally News is sold at fire cents a copy
by all dealers In G&lveston, and by the follow*
Ins dealers outside of the city:
ON R AII. RODS.
James Hucker, on all passenger trains of
the Houston and Texas Central Railroad and
all of its branches, and on the trains of the
New Orleans itnd Texas Railroad
J. D. Hawyer, on all passenger trains of the
Galreston, Houston and Henderson Railroad,
and the Galveston, Harrisburg and San An-
tonio Railroad and stations.
Information of any attempt by newsboys to
charge more than five cents per copy will be
gladly received by either Messrs. Sawyer or
Mucker, who hare control of the boys on rail-
roads.
HOUSTON.
Bur-
HorarroN.
James Hucker, P. E. Freeman, A. H.
rell, Tony Arto and all newsboys.
austin.
Austin Book and News Company, J. S.
Penn & Co., Jos. A. Nagle, Latbrop's News
Depot.
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Letters and communications should bs
addressed to ,lA. H. Belo & Co." or "Galves-
ton News"—not to any Individual member of
the firm or employe.
Adjustment by a New Election.
The proposition to settle the disputed
succession to the presidency by a new
election, however it may accord with
the spirit of fair play, has little more
color of constitutionality than there
would be in a proposition to refer the
question to a supreme canvassing board
consisting of Chandler, Cameron and a
few other notorious and unscrupulous
prejudger* of the issues. The constitu-
tion of the United States contains no
provieion for a case in which there
should be no election of a President by
the House of Representatives after a
failure of the electors to elect. If that
instrument contains any provision for
a special election by electors, it is to be
found in the following clause:
In ca»e of the removal of the President
from cilice, or of bis death, resignation or in-
ability to discharge the powers and duties of
the said office, the same shall devolve on the
Vice President, and Congress may by law-
provide for the case of removal, death, resig-
nation or inability both of the President and
Vice President, declaring what officer shall
then act as president, and such officer shall
act accordingly, until the disability be re-
al >ved or a President be elected.
The case now under consideration is
e?sentially different from any contin-
gency contemplated in the above clause.
It is not a case of vacancy of the presi-
dency, in consequence of the removal,
death, resignation, or inability, both of
the President and Vice President. If
Congress should declare the late No-
vember election void by reason of irreg-
ularities and frauds committed in sev-
eral States, and send back the dis-
puted result to all the States for adjust-
ment at a new election, it would have
to do so without any express
warrant in the constitution.
Xor is it certain that a new election
would not be followed by another dis-
pute over the returns, after the popular
vote in Louisiana, South Carolina and
Florida had been sifted through the
flngero of canvassing boards which are
known to be intensely partisan, and be-
lieved to be desperately corrupt.
Trouble to ba apprehended from the
unhappy condition of things in these
States could only be avoided by secur-
ing a majority of the votes for either
Tilden or Hayes without counting the
votes of these States, and there is no
assurance that this could be done.
Assuredly, if the two houses of Con-
gress have in them a majority of pru-
dent and patriotic men capable of
uniting in an effort to settle the presi-
dential question by holding a new elec
tion, they can not be incapable of unit-
ing in a direct settlement of the ques-
tion by the two houses in the exercise
of a power over the matter formerly
held to be complete and decisive. In
approaching a solution by joint action,
each house should regard itself as
the peer of the oiher, and
every member of each house
should dismiss partisanship and bring
to the high business equally hVgh senti-
ments as patriot, statesman and judge.
The people will be prepared to accept a
result arrived at by concurrent pro-
ceedings of the Senate and House of
Representatives, whether It awards the
presidency to Ilayes or Tilden. But t
conflict between the two houses, at-
tended by the assumption of exclusive
decision by the Senate, and end-
ing in the employment of the
executive machinery of the gov-
ernment as a partisan engine
■ for putting Ilayes into the presidency,
.would be in every respect a political
disaster to the country. It would have
ah the characteristics of a usurpation,
though the people might ulti-
mately resent it, their confidence in the
integrity of their republican system of
government would have been deeply
shaken, and could not be easily re-
stored.
The News publishes in another col
umn this morning a letter from Judge
Terrtll, of Austin, to a prominent gen-
tleman in Galveston, calling attention
to tha' clause of the Texas and Pacific
Railroad bill which gives to Congress
the right of regulating freights and pas-
senger fare over the road when com-
pleted. Judge Terrell is not alone in ap-
prehending injurious consequences to
the prosperity of Texas cities, and es-
pecially Galveston, if this bill be
comes a law without material
alteration or amendment. That such
apprehensions are entertained by
many intelligent citizens of Texas
ought to be sufficient to excite
our delegation in Congress to extreme
caution in dealing with the questions
presented, so as to secure for Texas
full benefits from a highway towards
the construction of which she has con-
tributed so munificently. While we
conceive that Col. Scott and his asso-
ciates could not attempt to throw off
the jurisdiction of the State of Texas,
and free the road from the supervision
contemplated in the State constitution,
without exhibiting bad faith and
flagrant ingratitude, and without for-
protecting the rights and substantial
interests of Texas, without prejudice to
the legitimate claims of any city, State
or section interested in the road as a
great national highway. Texas has
been prodigal in her bounties to this
road, and any attempt to deprive her of
a full measure of benefits to be de-
rived from it should le met with
prompt resistance.
A special, from Washington to the
New York World says that a bit of In
diun policy, not before made public,
was laid before the Cabinet on the 19th,
in the shape of a dispatch sent by Gen.
Sheridan, dated December 0, 1807. A
small bind of Apaches, numbering
near five hundred, occupying an unex-
plored part of New Mexico, made ap-
plication t» the commandant at Fort
Sill for permission to remove to the
Mescalero Agency. They were in want,
had committed no depredations, and
wanted, in return for their submission,
to procure some government rations.
The commandant at Fort Sill tele-
graphed Gen. Sheridan for instructions,
and received, in reply: "Issue no
rations; attack the tribe." The Indian
Commissioners obtained the dispatch
and laid it before the President, who
expressed his dissent from the order of
Gen. Sheridan, and directed it to be
laid before the Cabinet, where peace-
ful counsels prevailed.
ny demand above five cent* for
the Daily News is unauthorized.
Messrs. Coe, Withehei.l & Co., of
Piiilatliilphia, send the News a copy of
their "American Journalist and Ad-
vertising Index," which, the title page
says, is devoted to the interests of jour-
nilists and advertisers. It gives a list
of the towns in the different States in
which newspapers are printed, with,
what purports to be, their population.
Galveston, we notiee, is credited with
a population of 13,819, which, being
considerably less than half the number
of inhabitants of Galveston when the
census was taken three years ago, not
only goes to show the liberality of Coe,
Witherell & Co., but may be taken as
an indication of the general accuracy of
the work.
The arrival of another new steam-
ship of the Mallory line is an event of
no ordinary significance, showing as it
does on the part of Mr. Mallory a faith
in this port which no temporary draw-
backs of close competition and unre-
munerative freights can discourage or
dishearten. That Mr. Mallory has been
duly appreciated for kis substaatial
services to the commercial interests of
Galveston can not be doubted, and this
will be enhanced by the merit of his
latest achievement in furnishing a new
steamship which is recognized as a
masterpiece in ship building.
TnE National Republican has discov-
ered that Tilden can never be Presi-
dent, for the reason that he " was not
born in the United States nor under
any of the couditions which the consti-
tution recognizes as equivalent as being
born on the soil." In making this an-
nouncement the Jiepnblican becomes
grandiloquent, concluding its article
with: "Once more the country can con-
gratulate itself,once more the clouds of
war are dispelled and white-robed peace
appears in all her reassuring presence."
Next.
The father of Gov. Wade Hampton
was one of the wealthiest men of Ms
day. In his will he left $100,00® 'to
each of his daughters and the balance
of his property to his son. After the
funeral, the will was produced and
handed to the present Uoveinor i
South Carolina, who read it througii
very carefully and then threw it into
the fire, saying, "I'll never consent to
take a larger share of the estate than
the others. Let the property be divided
equally among the three."
CWDon't i«iy
Daily News.
over five cents for the
COURSE OF THE CRISIS.
. ♦ —
A Recall vass in Florida by One
Member of tlie Board—The
Other* in Contempt.
Am Appeal to Congress for Har-
mony by the Business Men
of New York.
The President of the Western
Union Telegraph Co. Again
Summoned to New Orleans.
♦
Testimony Before the Committees
Yesterday—The Old Story
Continued.
A special newspaper train was put
on the road from Cincinnati to Indian-
apolis on Christmas morning, and is in-
tended to be a permanency. The news-
paper train connects at Indianapolis
with all trains leaving that city at 7 and
7.30 a. m., so that Cincinnati papers
will be delivered along the line of road
from five to ten hours ahead of the re-
gular trains. It is exclusively a news-
paper enterprise, and no fears arc felt
by the projectors of its permanency.
The New York Herald is of the
opinion that if such men as Cockling.
Sherman, Frelinghuysen, Dawes, An
thony and Burnside permit the policy
of the Republican paity to be control
led by the Chandlers, Camerons, Logans
and Chamberlains, the result cannot be
different with us from what it was
when France was given up to Marat
Danton and Robespierre.
Theatrical Scenery may be render
ed fire proof by the application of tung-
state of soda and silicate of soda, which
cin be used without destroying the
effect of the painting. The scenery at
Wallack's Theater, New York, has
been so treated with great success, and
ought to be used in every place of
amusement in the country.
How to Get Possession of the Tel-
egraph's Secrets the Ques-
tion of tlic Hour.
Tlie Mew Yorlt Movement.
New York, Dec. 27.—The commit-
tee appointed at the late meeting of
merchants, bankers, etc., have pre-
pared the following address:
To Honorable Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in Congress assembled:
Your memorialists, representing a
large portion of the financial interests
of New York, respectfully express
their great satisfaction at the action of
your honorable bodies in appointing
committees of conference to consider a
proper mode of counting the ballots for
President and Vice President of the
United States. They hail this action
as an indication that the two Houses of
Congress are desirous of settling this
question in a spirit ot moderation and
conciliation, and they beg leave to say
you have the cordial sympathy of the
American people. They most respect-
fully, but most earnestly, pray that all
mere party considerations be thrown
aside in this crisis, and that the spirit
of pure and unselfish patriotism which
inspired the founders of tlie republic
may guide you and the country in its
preservation.
Louisiana Investigation*.
house committee.
New Orleans, Dec. 27.—The House
sub-committee, of which Morrison is
chairman, met at 11.50. Sam. Bovd,
jroprfctor of four cotton presses in
!Jew Orleans, testified that he had seen
Backer's testimony relative to dis-
charge of negroes from the Pelican
press; did not discharge any one from
the Pelican press; employed a large
number of negroes, many of whom
voted the Republican ticket; had not
discharged one since the election on ac-
count of voting; discharged one man
from the press for being careless.
Freeman Bell, colored, of Ascension
parish, testified that he was shot at be-
cause he voted the Democratic ticket.
Wm. Wallace, colored, of Orleans
parish, testified as to intimidation and
threats by colored Republicans.
Edward Lefrance, colored, of Orleans
parish, testified that he was turned out
of Morehouse church because he voted
the Democratic ticket.
Geo. Jackson and S. Jones, colored,
testified that they voted the Demo-
cratic ticket; were threatened and as-
saulted by colored Republicans, who
accused them of " selling their race."
Rev. Thomas Brown, colored, presi-
dent of a Democrat ic colored club, had
a similar experience. He was knocked
down three weeks ago. His people
won't allow him to preach, because he
is a Democrat ; lost $1400 by a Freed-
inan's bank: used that argument in his
speeches. United Slates soldiers rob-
bed hfflb of $500 and a watch in Texas.
Witness says Gov. Kellogg had plenty
of thieves around him.
Mr. Townscnd—Will you name some
of them?
Mr. Morrison—Give your opinion,
say as to Gov. Welis, for instanee?
Witness—Oh! Lord, don't ask me
about him. He robbed me of $50
once, wheat he was Mayor.
Joe Craig, Louis Henderson, Wm.' II.
Baylor an«t Arthur Thomas, colored
Democrat,Oilcans, testified that
they voteJfHK^Democratic ticket, and
have siuc«"W^(.jBBRaulted for it and
had their Iiwfer threatened.
R. T. Canfib} DeSoto parish: Was
nominated ftfF sheriff by the Uepubli-
cans; declined, but was voted for and
understand that I was returned elected.
My opponent received 239 more fbtes
than I, consequently I wrote a letter
declining.. Am tax-collector; was ap-
pointed by Gov. Kellogg. There was
nft intimidation.'
Jos. Hazel, eolored, testified: Voted
the Democratic ticket; knew several
colored men who were assaulted for
voting the Democratic ticket. Changed
his politics because he thought if the
Democrats got in power commerce
would revive and there would be plenty
of work.
senate committee.
that a saving clause is incorpo-
rated in any congressional subsidy Mil
which they may support—a clause fully
The New York World pronounces
Tennyson's new drama a failure. •' The
characters all speak the same language
and each one of them is Alfred Tenny
son thinly disguised in a different crown
cowl or mantle, and all speak the affect
ed dialect in which, of late years, he has
been accustomed to disguise his oracu
lar ulterances,"
Republicans are being called on to
reconsider some few of their contra-
dictory positions, among them how
they manage to hold that in Louisiana
the State authority is supreme in deal
ing with election returns, while in
South Carolina the interference of
Federal Judge was warranted.
O.v the 18th inst. Mr. Mills, of Texas
introduced in the House of Representa
tives a bill to reduce, reorganize and
felting their land reservation, we rep^ti^der more efficient the navy of the
that the Texas delegation should see UnHed States; which was read a irst
and ifcond time, referred to the Com
mlttec on Naval Affairs and ordered
printed.
that he had seen an armed body of men
styled "Bull-dozers," or "Regulators,"
riding at night, and they visited the
cabins of colored people. He then de-
scribed several acts of violence, which
produced terror amongst colored people.
house sub-committee.
New Orleans. Dec. 27.—The sub-
committee, of which Mr. Blackburn is
chairman, continued to take testimony
relative to the election in Lafourche.
Minor irregularities were disclosed.
The committee adjourned till to mor-
row, after hearing a number of wit-
nesses.
The Contest In Florida.
Tallahassee, Dec. 27.—Notice from
the Secretary of State was opened upon
the members of the Canvassing Board
to meet this morning and recanvass the
returns. McLinn and Cowgill refuse
to obey, but Cocke will obey the man-
date of the court by making a canvass
and filing the same in the Clerk's office
this afternoon, as directed by the court.
The Attorney General has arrived, and
it is understood Judge Wood will bo
here to-morrow.
An luusnal Proceeding;.
Vidalia, Dec. 27.— Th3 District
Attorney read the following message
in court and entered a nolle prosequi
in the case of the State vs. David
Young et al., for embezzling $31,000
of the parish school fund;
New Orleans, Dec. 25.
Hon. S. T. Austin, Dist. Attorney, Yidalia:
From representations made to me, I
am led to believe that the charges
against Young are groundless. If con-
sistent, I hope yoiT will release him.
Answer. W. Pitt Kellogg.
Dave Young, colored, is one of the
holding over Senators.
c«ng»c»»-Proceedins» »I
House.
tlie
New Orleans, Dec. 27.—Before the
Senate Committee Sam. D. McEuery
was recalled and testified as to affairs
in OisMHta. He said one of the efforts
was aHfceak down "color line"
by negroes that if they would
join thFytmocrats their general con-
dition would be improved by tbeir
joining whites in an attempt to secure
good government. In order to do this
leading colored men in various wards
were first enlisted and arguments and
reasons were used to ixiuce colored
men to join by both colored and white
speakers. The efforts were generally
successful. Witness then narrated a
gpeaking at Logtown, where a love-feast
was held and seventy five colored men
joined under exhortation of Rev. Mr.
Oann. Colored men and whites em-
braced each other. During the canvass
nearly every colored man in Logtown
Ward joined. In addition to mixed
clubs there were two club? entirely
composed of negroes. Large numbers
of colored people of that parish volun
tarily and without compulsion or in
timidation, joined the Democrats and
voted with them. Had known Capt
Theobald many years; served with him
in the Confederate army; he is uni-
versally respected.
McEnery's testimony lasted during
the remainder of the session, the prin
cipal points being that he had never in-
structed anybody to tell James R. Hull
that he must join the rifle clubs and
that the organization of the rifle clubs
was simply for the purpose of protect-
ing colored Democrats and preserving
the peace. He believed they were es-
sential for the latter purpose, and gave
two instances where negro riots were
averted by prompt action of whites. He
said that neither Fred Bynum nor James
Jackson was killed because of political
affiliation. Witaess was subjected to a
severe cross-examination by Chairman
Howe, but maintained that the Demo-
crats had constantly urged upon the
men of their party the importance of a
peaceable election, and every act of
theirs had this in view. Without con-
cluding the examination, the coiamittce
adjourned till 7.30.
senate sub-committee.
New Orleans, Dec. 27.—The sub-
committee, consisting of Senators
Wadleigh, McMillan, and McDonald,
intt at 11 a. jf. an-1 took up EaH Baton
Rouge. Alex. S. (iilbcr,colored,testified
THE STATE CAPITAL.
Washington, Dec. 27.—Gen. Hun-
ton, Chairman of the Joint Committee
to form a government for the District
of Columbia reported bill, which was
made special order for January 4th,
providing for three commissioners, one
to be appointed by the President, one
elected by the House and one by the
Senate.
The Speaker laid before the House a
petition from certain citizens of Cin-
cinnati, relating to counting the electo-
ral vote.j,Thi.s gave rise to a discussion
on the general subject of Southern
affairs.
Mr. Barning, (Dem. O.) had read at the
Clerk's desk copies of correspondence,
in regard to the ejection of Governor
Wells from the governorship in 18G7,
in which General Sheridan refers to
him as a "trickster and a dishonest
man."
Mr. Garfield, (Rep. O.) defended Gov-
ernor Well3.
Washington Notes.
Washington', Dec. 27.—At the re-
quest of Senator Kelly, of Oregon, the
Democrats on the ticket with Cronin,
the person who voted with Cronin in
the electoral college, have been sum-
moned as witnesses by the Committee
on Privileges and Elections of the Sen-
ate.
A new subpiena was issued to-day
against President Orton to appear forth-
with before .Morrison's Committee at
New Orleans, with the required tele-
grams.
Mitchell, oi Oregon, had resigned
from the Committee of Privileges and
Elections; he was replaced yesterday.
The amount assessed on banks and
bankers during the month, as tax on
capital, is about .$2,000,000.
Cronin deposited with Ferry the
electoral vote of Oregon. Ferry gave
him no receipt.
Treasury detectives hp.ve recently dis-
covered a new counterfeit $1000 green-
back.
THE ISTHMUS PROJECT.
ICcport of U. S. Commissioners.
Washington, Dec. 27.—The report
of the commissioners appointed by the
President to examine the several re-
ports, which have been made at the ex-
pense of the United States to ascertain
the practicability of an inter-oceanic
canal across the Isthmus, favors the
Nicarauga route and fixes its cost at
$15,000,000. Its construction will con-
sume ten years. In response to the
circular to the proper powers as to the
route, replies have been received from
several governments, in which they ex-
press themselves favorable to the early
beginning of the work.
NORTH CAROLINA FINANCES.
At a meeting held of North Carolina
bond-holders, at which about $2,500,-
000 worth of stock was represented, it
was stated that of the $38,000,000 owed
by the State, only $21,000,000 was re-
cognized. The bond-holders were will-
ing to accept fifty percent., and it was
the opinion of the meeting that bonds
should be issued paying this recognized
debt, and these coupons be received for
taxes and State dues. A committee of
five was appointed, of which J. L. Bon-
ner is chairman, to represent the bond-
holders.
GENERAL MARINE NEWS.
New York, Dec. 27.—The brigantine
Lillian Cameron, from Cliarlestown, P.
E. I., went ashore on the beach yester-
day. She is not much injured and
prospect for getting her off good; leak-
ing slightly.
New York, Dec. 27. — Arrived:
State of Pennsylvania. Arrived out;
Northampton, Columbia, Maggie Hor-
ton.
New York, Dec. 27.—Arrived: Hat-
teras.
Philadelphia — A Sensational Sui-
cide.
Philadelphia, December 27.—Major
General John. P. Bankson, Secretary
and Treasurer of the Harrisville dis-
tillery, and commanding officer of the
First Division, First Brigade National
Guards of Pennsylvania, committed
suicide this evening. The only cause
as.-igned for the act is that he had some
slight personal financiil embarrass-
ments. His accounts with tke distillery
company are said to be correct. The
suicide caused considerable excitement
in business circles here.
Contentions In Pratce— A lieverse
lor Gambetta.
Versailles, Dec. 27.—M. Gambetta
met with defeat to-day in the Budget
Committee, which rejected by a vote of
12 to 11 his motion that the Chamber of
Deputies should declare that the Senate
had exceeded its powers in restoring
grants} which were stricken out of the
Budget by the deputies. The Siecle,
semi-official, states that the government
intends to adopt a policy of non-inter-
ference in the controversy over the
rights of the Senate.
The International Road in Opera-
tion to the City — Gov. Hubbard's
Financial Policy and Hope—Ser-
vices of iTIcXelly's Men to the
Courts.
[Special Telegram to the Galveston News. ]
Austin, Dec. 27,1870.
The International train ran into the
city to day, and Northern and Eastern
mails will hereafter come by that line.
This will probably necessitate a distri-
bution office at this point. Messrs.
Iloxie and Hayes, of the International,
are in the city.
Bishop Gregg left to-day after a few
days sojourn.
Gov. Hubbard is in his office to-day,
fully recovered. He is confident that
he will be able to restore State warrants
to par and place the treasury upon a
permanent cash basis within the next
few weeks. About $125,000 of the
conditional appropriation will not be
used. Tha appropriation for an East-
ern Penitentiary and others of the same
kind are referred to as conditional.
Convict labor will be used for the con-
struction of that prison. Tbis policy
must reduce the deficiency in revenue
within manageable bounds, and will
show that the present Governor com-
prehends tlie necessity for retrench-
ment and the way to begin Ft.
Lieutenant Hall, cf McNelly's com-
pany, has arrested six of the seven
persons who committed the Brazell
murder in De Witt county. It is in-
tended to send them to Galveston for
safe keeping. In the meantime, an at-
tempt at rescue being apprehended,
Gen. Steele has ordered reinforce-
ments for Hall. There is constant
need of State troops in that section un-
til the trial is over, to protect witnesses
and the courts, and they will be fur-
nished.
State warrants are quoted at 86.
GONZALES.
Robbery from the Person—Daring
Act of Highwaymen Near Har-
wuod.
[Special Telegram to the Galveston News. ]
Gonzales, Dec. 27, 1876.
Monday night a man named C. C.
Tams, with a friend, camped near Har-
wood and was aroused during the
night by four armed men, who de-
manded their money. As resistance was
useless, they forked over their pile,
amounting to $600. Tams had been to
Austin and disposed of some horses,
for which he had received the above
amount. It seems he had been watched
and followed from Austin, as he recog-
nized two men, whom he had seen in
the yards before leaving, but he does
not know their names.
SLAUGHTER OF INDIANS.
A Fort TVorlh Plan's Encounter
with Comanches.
[Special Telegram to the Galveston News.]
Fort Worth, Dec. 27, 187G.
31. M. Brannan, of this place, has
just arrived from a frontier trip and
brought with him an Indian's outfit.
He says that he and three buffalo hunt-
ers surprised a thieving band of five
Comanches on the Colorado, about 70
miles from Concho, and killed them
all. They slipped up on them while
cooking and killed all but one the first
round and finished him with a second
volley.
GIDDIX6S.
Temperance Rail—Snow.
Quebec — The Convent Holocaust.
Joliet, Quebec, Dec. 27.—The in-
mates of the convent were in bed. The
nuns and children escaped in their
night clothes. Fourteen are missing,
all of whom, it is feared, perished.
Eight bodies have been taken out,
burned to a crisp. Parents are endeav-
oring to identify the bodies by frag-
ments of linen adhering to the remains.
The Fire Record.
Hi dson, N. Y., Deo. 27.—The cotton
mill atBrainerd, Rensselaer county, be
longing to the Clinton Manufacturing
Company, was burned this morning.
[Special Telegram to the Galveston News.]
Giddings, Dec. 27, 1876.
Last evening the Giddings Council
of United Friends of Temperance gave
a grand ball, which proved a splendid
success, at Nisbet's Hall. The ladies
of the council spread a sumptuous ban-
quet for the numerous membership.
A heavy snow fell this morning,
which bleached the earth for the day.
Cotton receipts continue large; about
15,000 bales will be shipped the present
season. Business is fair. Rain has
been greatly needed.
Improvements at Fort Worth.
[Special Telegram to the Galveston iVeirs.']
Fort AYorth, Dec. 27, 1876.
Capt. Ilanna, assisted by the Masons
of Fort Worth and the county, laid the
corner stone of the jew courthouse
this afternoon with appropriate Ma-
sonic coremonies. The city railroad is
completed, and the cars made the first
trip this afternoon.
Political Strife In Denmark.
A special from Copenhagen to the
Pall Mall Gazette says the Folkething,
the lower chamber of Parliament, has
been prorogued until January 9th,
when the final struggle between the
co-ordinate powers of the government
will begin. _
An Engineers* Strl&e Averted.
Portland, Dec. 27.—A threatened
strike of locomotive engineers on ihe
Grand Trunk railroad is reported set-
tled on the basis of all three grades of
engineers, accepting a proposition of
the company to pay $2 75 r<?r day.
Paris, like London and Birmingham,
has just been blessed with that ecstacy
of modern civilization, a murder no
less mysterious than atrocious. The
b >dy of a young woman has been
f >und which, according to the medical
experts, had been cut to pieces while
alive, the deed having been done by
some one with a keen knife, a sure and
deliberate hand, and at least a slight
knowledge of anatomy. The pieces
were thrown into the Seine, whence
some of them were recovered. Those
forming the head and bust were put
together and a cast was taken, from
waich 31. Talrich made a wax bust of
the victim. This cheerful image, the
eyes having been painted in and hair of
tae color and length of that of the
corpse affixed, was exposed for identifl-
eation at the Morgue. Over 150,000
persons—two-thirds of them women-
nave visited it, and the police have re-
corded 124 partial identifications,
which, however, were proved errone
ous on investigation. The detectives
have followed up several likely trails,
but found all of them ending in " no
thoroughfare," and as this has natural-
ly redoubled their earnestness and the
public excitement, a literally tremen-
dous "sensation" has been created.
What does this mean? The National
Veteran Reform Association of Illinois
recently promulgated the following
circular:
Will you please furnish to these
headquarters the name and address of
any prominent ex-Union soldiers with
whom you are acquainted who were or
arc in sympathy with the principles
represented by Tilden and Hendricks?
This association deem it of importance
to secure the co-operation of every
man who ever carried a musket or
wielded a sword in defense of the
American flag.
You are therefore solicited to give
this your earliest attention.
By request of the committee.
Jno. M. Corse, Chairman.
TIIE EASTERN QUESTION.
Gloomy Anticipations as to the
Saltan's Reply — Rumblings of
War.
London, Dec. 27.—The Russian tele-
graph agency reports that tha general
temper of the Mussulmans induces
doubt whether the Sultan's reply to-
day can be favorable.
The Times's Berlin dispatch say»
Austria's military preparation has
modified Russian pretension and em-
boldened the Porte.
This afternoon's Globe asserts that
Russia has ordered her whole fleet to
rendezvous at Otschakeff, as apprehen-
sions are entertained of active meas-
ures by the Turkish fleet.
A dispatch from Constantinople to
Reuter's Telegram Company says the
decree of October 6, 1875, reducing the
interest on the Turkish debt one half
during five years, has been officially
annulled.
St. Petersburg Dec. 27. —An offi-
cial bulletin, signed by five physicians,
announces that the Grand Duke Nicho-
las was taken with abdominal com-
plaint, caused by a bad cold, on Decem-
ber 10th. There was no improvement
in his condition up to December 24th.
later.
Constantinople, Dec. 27.—It ap-
pears certain that the Porte will not
reject all the proposals of the Powers,
but only make objections to several
points. Although the Turkish party is
strong, a peaceful solution is possible.
The Grand Vizier seems personally to
favor peace. It is believed in diplo-
matic circles that there is ground for
hope. The rupture between the Mar-
quis of Saulsbury and the Sultan on
Tuesday appears to have really pro-
duced a favorable result.
London, Dec. 27.—The Pall Mall Ga-
zette, in a leading article, says the tele-
grams on the Eastern question are emi-
nently misleading, and warns its read-
ers not to heed the dispatch as to the
Marquis of Salisbury'8 ultimatum and
the departure of the English fleet from
Turkish waters, etc. It says Sir Henry
Elliot will leave Constantinople when
the conference is ended. The talk of
an agreement between Russia and Eng-
land goes a great deal too far, if held
to signify that England will oppose
Russia's demands on the Porte for the
sake of peace. We may wish to see
their proposals accepted. If they are
refused we shall not quarrel with the
Porte, but watch the outcome of its
refusal with a steady view to the pro-
tection of our own possessions.
Paris, Dec. 27.—The Russian ambas-
sador to England has come to Paris to
interview the Due de Cazes.
PERSONAL.
"The smallest hair," says an ex-
change, " casts a shadow." So it does,
and especially over a boarding house
breakfast table, when one is found in
the butter dish.
In Porto Rico the ignorant people
believe the storms are caused by the un-
muzzled dog of St. Michaei, and in se-
vere storms it is not uncommon for
them to pray: "St. Michael, tie up
your dog.
The only sure cure for sneezing is to
hold the patient upside down.—N. Y.
Herald. Now when a young man is
out walking with his girl, and she is
seized with a sudaen fit of sneezing, he
will know what to do—but he had bet-
ter not do it.
Joaquin Miller wails thusly: " But
I, I am as lone, alas! as yon white moon
when white clouds pass; as lonely and
unloved, alas! as clouds that weep and
drop and pass." Why doesn't he go
home to his wife?—Boston Post.
" Why in the world don't you go to
work?" inquired a citizen of a lazy
fellow, who was trying to borrow some
money of him. " Go to work ?" echoed
the man; *' how can I do anything till
I know for certain who is going to be
the next. President?"
"Dar's gwine to be wall," remarked
a colored citizen, "an'all ye niggahs
mout jes well get ready for active busi-
ness." "Which side shall we take?"
asked one of his hearers. "You nig-
gahs can take jes' what side yer please;
1'se gwine to take the Canada side!"
An iron stage curtain, it seems, is
not an entirely novel idea. At the
opening of the New Federal Theater in
Boston, in 1798, a dedicatory address,
written by Robert Treat Paine, Ji., was
read, which contained these lines:
From fire and water your escape is certain;
Your shield of safety is—our iron curtain.
The failure to discover any love let-
ters in Tweed's trunk is said to have
been a great disappointment to the la-
dies of the court at Washington. Wil-
liam's exposure to the blandishments of
the Iberian beauties was too brief to
enable him to take much sweetening in
his exile.
The new United States Senator to
succeed Goldthwaite of Alabama, Gen.
John T. Morgan, of Selma, is in the
prime of life and an earnest Democrat.
He is a lawyer of high standing and ex-
tensive practice, and is conceded to be
one of the ablest lawyers in Alabama.
He served in the Confederate army with
distinction.
" The Mad Mangier, or the Terror of
Murderei's Gulch," is the latest dime
sensation. The hero kills twenty In-
dians at one shot and rescues fourteen
beautiful Mormon girls, all of whom he
marries in the Endowment House at
one clip. Now let the centennial youth
of America take courage.
Scribner's Bric-a-brac has the follow-
ing lines about a proud young female:
Her small eyes flashed—she swe'.led until
She looked almost a frog;
'• How dare you call me, sir," she asked,
" Your precious Polly Wog?''
" Why, one would think your life was spent
In some low muddy bog;
I'd hare you know, to strange young toads
My name's Miss Mary Wog."
Dr. Dio Lewis has been heard from
again. He says no man should eat
more than two cold mince pies just be-
fore going to bed, and that it is injuri-
ous for young men to sit in a cold
room with nothing on but a night
chemiloon, reading dime novels until
after midnight. These remarks have
the merit of containing more sound
sense to the square inch than much of
the Doctor's advice.
Some persons seem utterly incapable
of appreciating a generous act. Merely
because a young man calls on a young
lady half a dozen evenings during the
week, and occasionally drops in be-
tween meals, there are people mean
enough to insinuate that it means
something besides anxiety about the
health of her sick mother.
Herman Ott, of Omaha, could not
get a living as a carpenter, and conse-
quently became a gravedigger. This
employment made him melancholy,
and he says that he was unable to repel
the idea that he ought to bury himself.
S) he dug a grave, shot himself at the
brink of it, and fell in. He had ar-
ringed several bushels of dirt to fall
oa him when his body knocked out a
p-op, but the contrivance did not work,
nor did the bullet kill him. His physi-
cian advises a change of employment.
Miss Kate Claxton's cardinal red pet-
ticoat has been immortalized in verse
by the local editor of the Sedalia Bazoo.
The first stanza is as follows:
The crowd with excitement was raving,
And hundreds were dying and hurt:
But safe in her garments so saving.
She clung to that " dear woollen skirt."
That thick woolen skirt.
That dark woollen skirt.
That "near woollen skirt,"
That hung in the well.
A wealthy San Franciscan sent a fine
turkey to his married daughter for a
Thinibgivicg dinner, and placed in
side of it a eertifioatc of 100 shares of
Consolidated Virginia Mining Stock,
inclosed in a morocco pocket book. He
joined the young couple at dinner with
a merry twinkle in his eye; but when
the turkey was carved it was found
that the smell of the pocket-book had
very disagreeably permeated the stuf-
fing, and the crisp certificate was re-
duced to a worthless pulp. What was
worse the fond father had forgotten to
take the number of the certificate.
THE TEXAS ANB PACIFIC RILL.
Letter from Judge A. \V. Terrell.
Austin, Dec. 22, 1876.
Permit me to call your attention to
dispatch from Washington in the News
of yesterday, referring to the Texas
and Pacific Railroad, in which the
proposition is made that Congress shall
regulate the rates for freight and pas-
sengers. I predicted that Congress
would assume the right to fix a tariff of
rates if they ever indorsed the bonds of
the company. Let that bill pass, with ,
the sectional majorities of the North and
Northwest, and what chance will there
ever be for Texas to build up a seaport
city, with rates established by Congress
that would deposit a bale of merchan-
dise in New York from California as
cheap as it could be landed on the same
road in Galveston? Our vast domain
of 20,000,000 acres will have been
worse than wasted to create a monster
to ruin us. Ought not Galveston and
its press to sound the keynote of warn-
ing to the South over this fraud before
it is too late? The road when con-
structed will be owned by Northern
capital, and if its representatives in
Congress shall alone give the law to
regulate its operation through Texas,
will it ever benefit you city or our
State? Truly your friend,
A. W. Terrell.
The Sarins Crop of Locusts.
On Friday night, at St. Louis, Prof.
Riley entertained the academy with a
few remarks about the anticipated
locust crop next summer. The soil in
a large portion of Minnesota, Iowa,
Colorado, Nebraska, Idaho, and in six-
teen counties of the State of Missouri
was so thickly planted, he said, with
locust eggs, that a man could scarcely
take a step anywhere without tramping
upon whole nests of eggs a week
after their arrival here, and from this
the Professor inferred that a week's
warm weather next spring would be
sufficient to hatch them all out, pro-
viding they were not killed beforehand
by the weather. The only kind of
weather that would be at all likely to
kill them was changing weather, alter-
nating suddenly between very mild and
very cold weather. The crop hatched
next summer throughout the West
will be much larger than the crop of
1875. The ten thousand pamplets con-
taining the directions of Prof. Riley
for destroying the locusts in their in-
fancy, that were ordered published by
the Convention of Governors at Omaha
a few weeks ago, have been distributed
among the farmers of Missouri, Iowa,
Colorado and Nebraska, so that every
preparation will be made for the antici-
pated field ravages.
In order to prevent the introduction
of the Colorado potato beetle among
potatoes imported from the United
States or Canada, instructions have
been issued to the Collectors of Cus-
toms of the various ports of the Uni-
ted Kingdom that custom-house officers
are to look out for the beetle on board
vessels, wharves, quays, sheds, or pack-
ages landed from vessels, and instantly
destroy it. To aid them in identifying
the beetle a lithograph sketch and a de-
scription of it have been forwarded.
The color of tl?e insect is officially
stated to be yellow, with black spots on
the fore part and ten black stripes, five
on each of the wing covers. It is some-
what like a large ladybird, but is rather
longer in shape and is also striped, a
peculiarity which is absent in sal spe-
cies of ladybirds. i
OTATRIHOSr AMONG THE MILI-
TARV.
Social Scandals in Army Life-A
Singular Case at a Texas Post.
Washington, Dec. 19.—A somewhat
singular and interesting case has been
before the House Committee on Military
Affairs. Lieut. Spencer, of the Tenth
Cavalry, was stationed at Fort Richard-
son, Texas, in 1874. On returning to
the Fort, after a month's campaign
against hostile Indians, he was informed
that sundry scandalous reports affect-
ing the honor of his wife had been set
afloat by two other ladies of the garri-
son. As the offenders were women, he
had no personal means of redress, and
he applied to the commander of the
Fort, Col. Wood, to interfere. The
Colonel promised to attend to the mat-
ter, but neglected to do it, and finally,
on Spencer's importuning him, told him
"to shut up and leave him at once."
Spencer, in a condition of great excite-
ment, returned to his quarters and ad-,
dressed the following letter to his com-
manding officer:
Sunday. July 19, 1874—Cel. Wood—Sir: Any
officer who refuses to shield the honor of the
wife of a brother officer, when clothed with
the power to do so, and appealed to dispas-
sionately, is a coward, or worse. This "has
been your action in my case, and i denounce
you as a moral coward. To the Secretary of
War and the civil authorities I propose to sub-
mit my case. T. J. SPiSNCER,
f irst Lieut, and Brevet Capt., U. S. A.
For writing this letter Spencer was
tried by court-martial and dismissed
from the service. He has now appealed
to Congress to be reinstated, and tbe
committee look favorably upon his ap-
plication. They say "that military
discipline imperatively demands subor-
dination and a proper respect for supe-
rior officers, but in this case allowance
should be made for the nature of the
provocation and the condition of the
mind under which the offense was com-
mitted. The families of officers at our
Indian frontier posts are peculiarly
situated. During the campaigns of
their natural protectors, left dependent
upon the care and consideration of
others, they naturally look to the rank-
ing officer present for the maintenance
of social peace, and especially for pro-
tectien from scandalous attacks upon
female reputation, which, unfortu-
nately for the real or fancied inequali-
ties of social condition in garrison life,
are of but too frequent occurrence."
The New Y'ork Journal of Commerce,
in auswer to a correspondent, makes
up the annexed tabulated statement,
showing the relative proportions of
whites and negroes in the Southern
States:
Alabama
Florida.......
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi ...
South Carolina
White.
... 521,384
.... 96.057
.. ,.638,8-Jt)
.... 362,065
382,896
239,667
Colored.
475.510
91,689
545,142
364,210
4-14,291
415,814
Total
995,992
188,228
1,184,109
726,915
827 922
T05,686
The total includes a few Chinese and
Indians not classed as colored.
The following will show the male
white and colored population over
twenty-one years of age by the last
census:
White.
10M74
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Since the» census
Colored
97. *23
18,842
107,962
86,913
89,926
85,475
.... 129,665
.... 87,066
.... 81,?S4
.... 62,547
of 1870 the whites
bare increased much more rapidly than
the blacks, especially the number of
white voters, the places of those killed
in the war having been supplied largely
by children now grown to maturity.
The St. Louis Times is belligerent.
Hear its latest utterance: For fear
somebody will accuse the Times of
weakening, we desire to repeat, with
all the emphasis of our largest type,
that we are still in favor of a fair count
or a free fight. That was our position
one month ago, and we do not intend
to depart from it.
GEORGE GOULET & CO.,
RHEIMS. '
Champagne! Champagne! Champagne!
Dry Yerzenay, Extra Dry and Private Stock.
This justly celebrated WINE, after but a short trial in the Texas market, has obtained
a notoriety excelled by no other brands of Champagne. For sale by LeGierse & Co., Willis &
Bro., Seeligson & Co., Schneider & Co., Magale & Burnham, P Devoti, and E. E. Rice & Co.
PAUL GELPI & BRO., Agents,
Now Orleans.
Have, from the encouragement received thus far, every reason to believe that within
short time these wines will become THE WINE of the country.
de2lp lm NONE SHOULD FAIL TO 1BY IT.
Cheap Advertisement Column,
NOTICE.
AD YER T1SBMENT8 UNDER THE HEAL
Lost, Found, For Sals, To Bent, Wanted, etc^
not more than three lines, six words to a line, on*
insertion, 50 cents; each subsequent insertion 25
cents, payable in advance.
REAL ESTATE.
SAM MAAS OFFERS INVESTMENT IN
Galveston and Country Realty. Prospect-
ively to double outlay when reaction sets in.
FOR SALE.
_'R SALE—100 buckets choice Kansas But-
ter at low prices by
de28 It* SEELIGSON & CO.
I7VDR SALE—A DECKER BRO.'S PIANO
1 Forte, new and in splendid order. H.
Seeligson&Co. de28 3t*
FDR SALE—TWO FIRE AND BURGLAJS
PROOF SAFES. Suitable for Bank or In-
surance companies. Warranted. One a Her-
ring make. Also, a fine Jeweler's Safe, and
two small safes. For half price.
G. A. VINTON,
ge28tf 107 and 109 Tremont St.. Galveston.
FOR RENT.
I7*OR RENT—COMFORTABLE TWO-STORY
1 dwelling, cor. 13th and Broadway. N^ce
cottage on 19th, between I and Broadway;
small two-story, cor. 18th and L, and other
houses in various localities.
H. M. TRUEHEART & CO.,
de28 3fc Real Estate Agents.
IX) RENT—HOUcE AND COTTAGES AT
. very low prices. Apply to BURNETT &
KILPATRICK. 127 Strand. de2« lm
STORE NO. 68, STRAND, FOR RENT, 110
feet deep, 30 feet front. Apply to FOLTS
& WALSH, next door. de5tf
Fjk rent—A nice two-story dwelling-
house, corner of Avenue H and Sixteenth
street. Apply to A. L. Pfannsteil. oclO 3m*
HELP WANTED. _
-117-ANTED—A GOOD DINING-ROOM SER-
YV vant: must bring reference. Apply to
Mrs. E S. Howard, 22i Church st. de2S 3t
"\T7"ANTED—A GOOD COOK—APPLY ON
Vt south side Avenue I, near corner of Sev-
enteenth street. de27 3t
Wanted—a .nurse ( white), compe-
tent and of good character, to take care
of a baby. Apply at Mrs. Gareia's, corner of
24th and Broadway. de27 3t
WJANTED I MMEDlAi'EiiY—A woman to
? t do general housework for a small family
in the country. Apply at av. o, bet. 18th and
19th. de27 3t* MRS. McD. K. PRICE.
LOST.
Lost—on christmas eve, a gray
Fur Boa. The finder will please send it to
the News office. de27 tf
in a responsible partner wjl
$5000 capital. Address;
address,
del7 tf
h be
Toe JBOots;
Market street.
HATS! HATS!
Grand Opening
OF LATEST STYLES IN
HATS for the HOLIDAYS.
ON TUESDAY, 19tli Inst.,
AT
129 - IBES9NT STSEET - 129
- u-u.il. l
Amusements.
Tremont Opera House.
G5iE.iT SUCCESS.
FURBISH'S
Fifth Ave. Combination
THURSDAY EYF.'G. DEC. 28,
iP'x'oui. - Frou.
TO-MORROW ^FRIDAY), DEC. 29,
The GREAT DIV0R E CASE
known in New York as FORT5IDPEN FRUIT,
and in Paris as "La Proces V'earra Dieux/'
Saturday Last Grand Matinee,
when every child will receive a pres-
ent, at which Furbish's Fifth Avenue Com-
bination will appear for the last time but on».
Monday, New "^lar's Day.
N. O. Varieties Theater Company,
In the latest success in New York and Phila-
delphia, oral BOYS. de28 tf
NOT1CSU5,
■^wric£—juiT BY J. JL
ROGERS, 203 JIarfcet street, Galveston, a
large assortment of gold and silver trim-
mings, stare, spangles, etc. delO
BISHEST iBlSCES.
* n establihh^Ixoommiksios'house,
J.Y. desiring to e^teffcl the business, Will take
from $3000 to
" name and
Tex.
GRAND PRESENTATION
MATINEE.
TREMONT OPERA. HOUSE.
NEW YEAR'S I)AY. 1S77
§3000 Worth of Presents.
The Drawing to tak« place on the Stag®
under the sole supervision of the following
committee:
C. M. TODD. O. O. MUftRxVT.
RUSS. C. JENNETT, J. M. KINO,
W. M. ROBINSON.
Dr. T. D. MANNING* ^ Vj|
Oculist and Aubist,
Formerly of Waco, is now alone !n practice,
and is permanently located at Austin, Texas.
t±?"*Office over "robin's drug store.
de21 d&W3m
Greensville do well, m. d. — office
and residence, Washington Hotel, Gal-
veston.
Office hours 7 to 8 A. M., and 12 M. to
2 P. M. Can always be found home at
night. de5d<£:w lm
EDU CATION A L, ^ _
MRS. H. MAIRONI, Professor of Music and
Languages, No. 165 Postofflce, bet. 22d and
21st streets. Will give lessons in Spanish,
French, Italian and Music, going to families
during the day and to gentlemen in the even-
ing at home. no22 2m
BOOM8 AN O JOA RBi
Furnished rooms—with or without
Board, by the day, week or month. Mrs.
v. a. westlake's, cor. Church and 22d.
B
GENERAL ITIEHCHANDI8E.
ONE BLACK FERTILIZER—For sale by
WENK BROS.,
de29 dlw 165 Market street.
WOOD-
THE CHEAPEST HARDWARE,
ware, Tinware, Paints and Oil, at
no30tf J-ABADIE'S.
MA ILK HELP W ANTED.
Boy wanted—with fair English
education and recommendations. Address
P. O. box 42, or apply to E. E. Sexias, corner
Tremont and Winnio sts. de27 St*
^> ^AA A MONTH to Active Men selling
our Letter Copying Book. No press
or water used. Sample copy worth $3 free.
Send stamp for circular. EXCELSIOR MANU-
FACTURING CO., 99 Madison and 132 Dear-
born street, Chicago. de8 lm
Local agents wantedthroughout
Texas to sell a staple article of groceries.
Address, with stamp. Box 608, Galveston.
BOARD WANTED.
AYOUNGMAN DESIRES BOARD WITH A
private family not over six blocks from
Opera House. Address * B.," News office.
iUISCELL ANEOIjS*
DANCING—Prof. Cheesman opens his Danc-
ing Academy at Sylvester Hall, Wednes-
day, Jan. 3. For particulars see circular. 2w*
LIVE FISH,10c. per pound, FRESH OYS-
TERS, GAME and FEATHERS. NEL
SON & SADLER, Central Wharf. de2! tf
-VfAME STENCILS—COMPLETE OUTFIT
Xl only 50, 60 and 7oc. Everybody needs one.
Buy from Fred A. Smith. 114 Tremont st. lm
DIVORCES legally quietly obtained for in-
compatibility. etc. Residence unnecessa
ry. Fee after decree. 12 yrs. experience. A.
Goodrich. Att'y. 124 Dearborn St.. Chicago, III.
NEW ORLEANS
Variety Theater Comp'y.
Tickets for sale at the BOX OFFICE, at
JACK SAWYER'S, GOGGAN'S or KAUF
MAN'S Jewelry Store; Singer Sewing Machiii®
Company's office; also, at
B. K. DAYIS & BROS'., Strand,
Where the prizes are on exhibition.
Tickets f»r the Drawing Limited to
20«0.
P \RTICIPATIVG TICKET $1 OO
REGULAR ADMISSION TICKET iO
[de24 lw]
SALT. SUGARS,
MOLASSES
AND
DIVORCES for
incompatibility, etc. Residence not material.
Fee after deere?.
Address G. II. Sni«. 57 Ashland T21ock, Chi-
cago, 111. oclT 12m
SEED POTATOES.
In addition to our large stock of COARSE
and FINE LIVERPOOL SALT on hand and
afloat, we also beg to call attention to a full
line of Louisiana and Texas SUGARS and
MOLASSES—latter in assorted packages.
Also, a full assortment of PLANTING POTA-
TOES, favorite brands, and due p?r " Tliere-
sina/' from Rio.
4000 bags Rio COFFEE
Prices low and satisfaction guaranteed.
HEIDEXH EIMER BROS.
de2i lmlp
Cheap! Cheap! Ci eap!
JIlLLIitl 15RO*?.
21 ARK DOWN
CLOTHING
A T
BEFORE THE WAR PRICES
Having determined to reduce our HEAVY
STOCK, we now make the following an-
nouncement ;
We will sell you a Cheap $25 SUIT for $22; or
you can buy a S~4 SUIT for $20.
You can get an $18 SUIT for $15. Other SUITS
as low as $8, $10. J12 and $14.
All Wool Cass. PANTS from $2 75 to $4. Finer
Grades of PANTS from $-1 50 to $7.
Fine Black Cloth DRESS SUITS from S16 to
$25.
OUR OWN MAKE Stjlish Cut JEANS PANTS
at $1 50 to $2 50.
Black DOESKIN PANTS at $4 to ?7 50.
A Good Linen-Bosom WHITE SHIRT at $1 50.
COLORED SHIRTS, in endless variety, at 75
cents to $1 50
Best Shaker FLANNEL UNDERSHIRTS and
DRAWERS at $1 75 to $2 50.
KNIT and CANToN FLANNFL UNDER-
SHIRTS and DRAWERS from 35 cts. op.
Also, a Special Line of
CLOTHS and CASMMfll! H
for those who wish to have their CloMnn#
made, at-, equally LOW PRICES. An EXPE-
RIENCED CUTTER to take your measure.
We are the ONLY ESTABLISHMFNT IN
THE STATE that makes a Specialty of
HOME-MADE GOODS,
Large, Roomy and Weil Sewed.
SOLE AGENTS FOR TIIE CELEBRATED
CAPE ANN OIL-CLOTHING,
(Fish Brand.)
Always cn hand a Full Sfock of
Seamen's Outfitting Gcods,
MILLER BROS. ,
204 Market Street. 2«4
dcSS lmlp (Sign of the Big Oil 1'anls.^
F. STEWAKT & CO.,
Dealers la
fiMn^les, I<«thm, Sa«Ii, IV>or*,
Blinds, Etc.
BiUiS.>M.wed to order at short notice and
lowesVTfttes. Office cor. 213th and Mechanic
sts., 6&£V£STON. TEXAS. ceO 6m 1 p
MOODY & JEMISGN,
Commission Merchants,
BANKEES,
123 Pearl St..
dW NEW YORK. '
FALTCRS.
128 StraMl,
GALVESTON.TKXAS
Wall Paper, Window Shades. Etc.
CLOTH SI fADES, with fixtures complete,
all ready to put up, AT $ I Ou a piece. Also
a fresh assortment of Shades of alJ eizes-
some very fin®; and PICTURE FRAMES i i
novel and beautiful styles, just received. Also
FANCY WILLOW-WARE in great variety. A
NEW STYLE ROCKI.\G-HORSE. j<« t th^
thing for the holidays. Call and examine tha
assortment of gooda suitable for these :son,
at 231 Postulflce Street, n<»ar Twentieth.
delO lmlp J. \V. HK£B]f£2£T.
BUY YOUR SHOES
AT THE FACTORY.
WOOLF ' S
NEW OflLEANS SHOE STOKE AND
FACTORY,
219 Market SSreet 21'.'
OALVeSTOX.
miLLINERY-DRESSMARIMi.
TRIMMED HATS from Si to Ohri tmas
hats sent to ths country C. O. T). Wint r
stock at cost. E. JOHNSTON. delO In.*
MIW. E. MOOKK, JliUiner and Drt -nnker
oor. Broadway and Center sts. I ir"ri ■-
orders promptly and carefully attpuded iu. *
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