The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 239, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 1876 Page: 2 of 5
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Thursday, December 28, 1876.
The New Hampshire Constitutional
Convention was a model body. It met,
organized, completed its work and ad-
journed in eleven days.
Tiik New York Herald has come to
the conclusion that Chamberlain is
" eithar a Cataline or a maniac," with
the balance of probability in favor of
the latter hypothesis.
Tiie New Hampshire Constitutional
Convention abolished all religious tests.
Under the old constitution Catholics
and infidels were excluded from hold-
ing office, though required to pay their
portion of the taxes.
The inauguration of Gov. Vance, of
North Carolina, takes place on New
Year's day. It will be a glorious new
leaf for the Old North State, the retir-
ing Governor being the last of the Rad-
ical line.
AVatertown, New York, has fol-
lowed the example of Boston and
Worcester, and elected the entire Demo-
cratic ticket last week. At the presi-
dential election Watertown gave Hayes
a majority of 147.
The Memphis and Little Rock Rail-
road is advertised to be sold on Febru-
ary 27, 1877, with all its unsold lands,
franchises and depots and appurte-
nances. It will be sold by Alfred
Tully, commissioner, under a decree of
the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Arkansas.
Gen. Butler is quoted as having
said that the only compromise betwesn
the contestants for the presidency
would be a new election. The obliqui-
tous Benjamin is specially careful not
t ■ say anything looking like an indorse-
ment of the pretensions of Governor
Hayes.
Under the extradition treaty, as
agreed to between the British gov-
ernment and the United States Minis-
ter, Brent, the Louisville forger, was
rearrested in London and delivered to
the detective authorized by Mr. Pierre
pont to receive him. Winslow and
Gray, alias Dr. Collitso, made them-
selves scarce, and have not yet been
taken.
V
The News is indebted to the publish-
ers, Claxton, Remsen & Heffelginger,
Philadelphia, for copy of neatly exe-
cuted and well written book, entitled
" K. K. K. Sketches," which is made
up of humorous and didactic pieces
purporting to be descriptive of the
more important events of the Kuklux
Klan movements, by James Mellville
Beard.
Boston and Worcester, Massachu-
setts, gave Democratic majorities at
the municipal elections week before
last, for the first time in fourteen years.
Tallahassee, Florid*, did the same
thing for the first time since the war,
a week latter. The extremes of the
country seem actuated by the same
spirit, and the determination to rebuke
the dominant faction for the outrages
already committed and those that are
contemplated, is general throughout
the country.
C'WThis paper it only five cents.
Hon. L. H. Sa i.tenthali,, of Massa
ohusettB, who w«nt to Florida to ascer
tain the condition of affairs there after
the late election, in his report to a large
public meeting in Boston, on his re-
turn, said it required a residence of
three weeks and close application all
the time, to realize the infamies that
had been perpetrated by Gov. Stearns
and his associates. He denounced the
affidavits upon which whole counties
were thrown out by the returning
board as totally unreliable, and the
government as the most oppressive and
despotic on the continent. There had,
he said, been no intimidation except
such as was used by Republicans, white
and black, against negroes who desired
to vote the Democratic ticket. The
presence of soldiers after the election
was a farce, and before the election
they were only used by carpet-bag de
magogues in frightening negroes into
voting the Republican ticket. The poor
negroes are represented as worse slaves
th in before emancipation, and most of
them can do nothing without the con-
se»t of Gov. Stearns, or some of his
agents. Taxation is greater than lite re-
turns on productive industry or capital,
with small chance fo: justice before the
courts, though he indorsed Chief Jus-
lice Randall and two of his ass-cdates
a> men of strict integrity. Col. !SaJlan-
tiall, in conclusion, denounced tl*e
S'jndiu,; of troops to Florida, and coun-
seled patience and forbearance, but not
plaviah submission to usurpation.
STATE PKESS.
The Texarkana Democrat watches
with bated breath the progress of po-
litical events:
Such acts of turpitude as darken the
record of Grant's partisan action in the
States of Louisiana, South Carolina
and Florida, would make the very de-
mons in Heaven's opposite blush to
know that such things could be done
without calling into liveliest rebuke
the entire American people. But such
has not been th« response. The Radical
party, with few exceptions, do not rise
even to the dignity of protest. Tiey,
too, are lost to the rights of all others,
save the party to which they bear obli-
gation. Still, a few honorable and
leading exceptions are to be found. We
trust for a rapid multiplication of them
as the exposures become more complete.
Wait and see is all -we can do.
Grant is talking about turning his
troops on to Indiana. That is all
right. It will divert his outrages per-
haps from South Carolina and Louisi-
ana, and the gallant Hoosiers will
know how to treat such intermeddling.
It will awaken the slumbering ener-
gies of a people too long dead to the
invasion of constitutional rights. Yes,
Mr. President, try it on there, in New-
York, or elsewhere that the goads will
be fresh. Oh, won't there be a revival
of old State action along all the boun-
daries of this once free confederation
of States! Yes, hold up on the poor
Democrats of the South and try the
hand of usurpation on those of un-
broken fortunes and of vigorous man-
hood. We shall await the day of ex-
periment with intense interest.
The Delta County Herald describes
the muddle into which the presidential
question has been thrown, the appa-
rent absence of any legal remedy, and
says:
If there is any salvation for the
country at all, it must come from the
people themselves, and in the manner
prescribed by the constitution. As
stated above, several States have
availed themselves of this remedy to
meet the present emergency. We ap-
prove of the movement, and say let it
extend throughout the length and
breadth of the land, and let the people
rise up in their majesty and preserve
the institutions bequeathed to them by
their fathers. This action will save
the Union from the hands of men who
would destroy it for their own selfish
ends and the power despotism gives to
tyrants.
The Dallas Mail thus describes one
of the good effects of the provisions in
the new constitution of Texas in re-
gard to special and private legislation:
In all the long years of the past, at
each session of the Legislature, the
volumes of special and private acts,
have been twice and thrice as large as
that of the general laws. The cost in
printing has been heavy, for matter in
which the people took little or no in-
terest. The time of the Legislature at
a former cost of fully twelve hundred
dollars a day, was consumed in this
class of work to a degree that became
an outrage on the pnblic treasury.
Look now at this subject under the
new constitution, prohibiting private
and special legislation, wherever the
subject can be reached by general law.
The Legislature sat a little over four
months, yet only eighteen special laws
were passed, making a volume of only
110 pages; and Ihese pages are chiefly
consumed as follows: Dallas charter,
37; Galveston charter, 38; San An-
tonio charter, 34; leaving only eleven
pages for all the other fifteen acts.
This exhibit must satisfy every one
of the wisdom of that constitutional
provision.
The North Te.ran dryly remarks:
Whenever Chamberlain attempts the
arrest of Gov. Hampton, he had as well
"ay down his spun truck.
A correspondent of the North Texan
suggests a plan for tjie destruction of
wheat birds. He thinks that at least
10 per cent, of the crop in the county
is annually destroyed by these pests.
Ten per cent, on a crop of 300,000
bushels is 30,000 bushels, worth $30,-
000. And if the ravages are as great in
the other wheat growing counties, the
loss can not be short of 500,000
bushels in the State. The writer
thinks grits, cracked corn, wheat or
something of the kind, steeped in a
solution of strychnine ana scattered
along the public road, when they are
most numerous, would be the means of
materially reducing the number of the
pests. This suggestion happens to
come at the very time when many re
gard the multiplication rf birds as the
best means for destroying the grass
hoppers.
The Paris North Texan prints a cir-
cular, signed ty a number of citizens,
in opposition to the adoption of the
Local Option law. The following are
their arguments:
Because the law seeks to make crimi
nals of citizens who are now recognized
by law, by the church and by Masonic
and Odd Fellow societies as good citi-
zens, good Christians and brothers. The
law does not abolish the whisky trade,
but merely transfers the traffic from
dealers, who pay an annual tax of ten
thousand dollars, into the hands of
druggists, who pay no license tax. The
revenue now derived from the liquor
traffic will have to be supplied by a di-
rect ad valorem tax upon her citizens,
if local option succeeds. It will greatly
increase petty prosecutions, and conse-
quent expense to the county in order
to enforce the law. While we believe
it right to lock up the drunkard, we
think it wrong to tyrannize over the
sober. We believe that meat and drink
is a matter of conscience and judgment
with each individual citizen. We have
an abiding confidence in the power of
moral suasion to accomplish all needful
reform in the social habits of mankind,
and that it is in our humble opinion un-
safe and fanatical to resort to fines and
jails in order to compel citizens from
the use of ardent spirits.
The friends of the measure have
ready answers to all these arguments,
but as the News has already produced
them substantially it is not deemed
necessary to reproduce them here. The
discussion of the subject promises to
do some good in opening the eyes of
many to the danger of intemperance
and inducing some to abstain volunta-
rily from the use of liquor who might
otherwise do so without sbj thought of
danger.
The North Texan got off this short
sermon the day before Christmas:
Thixk of your head next Tuesday
morning.
The Gainesville Hesperian remarks
as follows on the large number of new
settlers now pouring into Texas:
Few people off from the railroad can
form any correct idea of the immense
tide of immigration pouring into this
State. Never, not even during the days
of the gold excitement in California,
was there such a mighty influx of peo-
ple into any country. Ships and steam-
ers daily arriving at our seaports bring
their crowds of men, women and chil-
dren, whilst our railroads can scarcely
accommodate the tide that continually
flows into this rising empire in the
Southwest. A gentleman who has re-
cently traveled over several linas of
railroads in this State, informs us that
he was scarcely able to find standing
room on the cars running into Texas.
He says that at Texarkana in one day
there arrived three crowded trains of
immigrants by rail, as he estimates con-
taining not less than twelve hundred
people. He was informed that two
large passenger trains are now being
ruu daily on the T. and P. Road from
Texarkana south, while the travel is
scarcely less on the Central road. We
aji'0 learn that for sometime past the
various wagon roads leading into the
State from the north sre thronged with
"movers" coming in. We do not
think that our own people know how
many persons are seeking homes in
Texas. The truth is that the State is
so large, and the immigration so well
divided to all parts of the country it is
scarcely remarked except in a few loca-
tions. True, sometimes whole counties
are densely populated in a year or two,
but these are mostly on the frontier
that once was. In a few years Texas
will be full of folks if things continue
as they now are, but by crowding a
little we have room for forty millions.
The Henderson Times is unable to
solve the political enigma, but says:
The question is, will Might or Right
prevail ? The Republicans show no
abatement in their determination to
inaugurate Hayes at all hazards.
A rural editor, who was flat broke at
a late religious festival, grumbles at
having laid up his treasures where he
may never meet them more; and thinks
the profane remarks of the Norwich
Bulletin in place:
The weather has only just become
cold enough for a man to be able to
to take a girl out to walk and pass an
ice cream saloon with a sense of secu-
rity, when they begin to hold church
festivals at the rate of six a week, and
unless ho attends them all and buys a
worsted tidy and a couple of bead lamp
mats and takes four chances in an indi-
gestible pound cake, he is generally re-
garded as a dangerous character with a
tendency towards atheism.
tWTtu Daily News is only five cents
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WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Office Hunting—How a Fellow
Keel* at It— lUatls Received Hesu-
larly—Farmers Getting; Ready lor
Work — municipal Government
Well man eed—G., O. A: s F. R.
R.—Few Harrlaeea In County-
Jail Full—I>istr<et Court.
Brenham, Dec. 23, 1876.
Eds. News—Your correspondent has
just got through the excitement inci-
dent to an election, where he was a can-
didate, and proposes to give his experi-
ence for the benefit -of the gentlemen
who will soon run the race for the mu-
nicipal offices of your city. If a candi-
date is ready to be slandered and has
plenty of cash to buy up the gentlemen
who are always ready to be invited to
take a drink, he stands some show of
being elected. For the vacant office of
City Marshal of this city there were
eight candidates. The Democrats who
worked against me charged me with
being a Radical, while the Radicals were
sure I was a Democrat, and thus got
many colored voters. The Germans
were told that I was a temperance man,
and would enforce the State laws re-
quiring beer saloons to close on Sun-
days, etc. The denizens of "Hell's
Half-Acre " voted against me because I
had broken up their den of iniquity
while city policeman, and the Banner
failed to abuse me. These were the
combinations against me, and with
eight candidates in the field, my strong-
est opponent, Mr. T. L. Swain, beat me
forty-eight votes; but he is a gentleman,
and I being already a day policeman,
law-breakers will have two of us to
conquer to rule the city.
The Galveston mail of Sunday is now
received here on the Sunday night
train, and subscribers get their papers
early on Monday. The News receives
many thanks from the public for being
instrumental in having this favorable
change made. The mails are now re-
ceived here regularly and on time, and
Mr. Hackworth, the postmaster, has
won the credit of being one of the most
prompt officers the city has ever had.
The farmers are getting their tools in
readiness to commence plowing when
the weather is favorable, directly after
New Year's. From conversations with
many your correspondent judges that
there will be a larger acreage of both
corn and cotton planted.
The municipal affairs of this city are
well managed. We have an energetic
Mayor backed by a good Board of Al-
dermen, and every one of the drafts on
the City Treasurer are cashed on pre-
sentation. All the city needs now is
manufacturing establishments, and
when the G., Ct and S. F. R. R. reaches
here these institutions will doubtless
start. The advent of this railroad, es-
tablishing direct communication with
Galveston, is eagerly looked for by
thousands of the citizens of this
county, and I have no jdoubt but that
many will subscribe liberally for its
hasty construction. Although Bren-
ham can not boast of prosperous man-
ufacturing establishments, she has two
prosperous nurseries in her suburbs.
The County Clerk informs me that
very few marriage licenses are issued.
There have been very few issued during
the summer and autumn months, and
hopes were entertained that the matri-
monial market would be brisk when
cold weather set in, but no improve-
ment is visible as yet |To tell the truth,
the marriageable people, male and
female, are wiser than they were a few
years ago and can see that it takes
money to keep up a home establishment,
and think twice ere getting tied for
life; besides, it takes a heap of money
to dress the majority ©f the female
candidates who may happen to get
elected to the matrimonial offices, and
wise young men seem to go slow in
the race.
The county jail is full of candidates
awaiting trial at the January term of
the District Court, Judge Turner pre-
siding; and the criminal dockct will be
taken up on the third and fourth weeks
of the term. Sioux.
tWThc Daily News by recent contract
is sold for five cents ofi railroads.
KARNES COCSTT.
Scarcity Jl Water and Grans—Stock
Suffering.
Kaknes County, Dcc. 16, 1876.
Eds. News—No grass, no water, and
how to get stock safely through the
winter is now the problem that stock-
men have to solve. It has not rained
in this section for reveral months—
water-courses are all dry. There is
little grass, and as a consequence the
stock is very poor. Many owners of
stock have had men engaged cutting
and roasting nopal, upon which cattle,
horses, sheep and hogs thrive well. It
grows spontaneously throughout the
entire region between here arid Mexico,
as well as all over that country, con-
tains a very large proportion of moist-
ure, and stock can go for a long time
without water when fed on it. In
many places west of here, sheep are
kept on them all winter without water.
Any description of soil will produce
them, though they grow best in dry
places, and so tenacious are they of life
that they find sustenance on the bare
rock. They make excellent fences, and
when properly placed will turn any
kind of animal. Mexican shepherds
plant them around their sheep pens to
keep out the wolves and panthers.
Stockmen are fencing in large tracts of
land in this section. On the west side
of San Antonio river, from the line of
Goliad county to that of Wilson, with
the exception of about six miles, all has
been inclosed. There are also some
large pastures on the east side of the
river, and in a few years more this
whole regioii will be under fence. The
stockmen have been forced to this by
the rapid growth of the mesquite, which
is taking possession of the country.
The growth is so rapid that in a few
years dense thickets are produced, from
which it is difficult to drive stock.
There is little improvement to notice
in this county, and but few immigrants
settling here. A large colony of Poles
have settled near Santa Maria. They
cultivate small farms in cotton and
corn, and seem to be an industrious and
thrifty people. In Helena the citizens
have erected a commodious frame
church, in which services are held by
different denominations. A large two-
story schoolhousi? of stone has been
erected, in which tire young idea is
taught how to shoot jpor ten months in
the year. An ir^n, briT»B,f>aS bem
built across the San Antonio riTer, and
new roads have been opened to Bec-
ville, Oakville and Pleasanton. The
last two places are on the most direct
route to Cuero.
The health of this county is excellent,
the only complaint comes from the doc-
tors. A vote was taken to-day on the
Local Option law, but no returns have
been received. The friends of the
measure feel confident that it has been
carried by a large majority. All the
western counties seem determined to
prohibit the sale of liquor by adopting
the Local Option law, and all appear of
the opinion that much good will result
from its general enforcement.
Report any boy charging over five
cents for the Daily News on the Galves-
ton and Houston or San Antonio roads to
J. D. Sawyer, Galveston.
STATE NEWS.
anderson county.
Advocate: Mr. Armstrong and friend
have been over to the pigeon-roost
near Maenolia, and bagged 300 pigeons
....An English boy named James
Beattie accidentally had his foot cut
nearly off with an ax last week at the
railroad wood-yard. All the bones
across the top of his foot were severed.
It is hoped, but very doubtful, that
amputation may be avoided... .Several
newly erected cottages are to be seen
in a locality two miles south of Ne-
chesville, on the line of the railroad.
These cottages were built by Mr. L. G.
Suggs for the accommodation of the
hands employed on his saw-mill and
about his farm at that place. Mr.
Suggs has planted a large orchard and
will raise fruit for shipment north-
ward. He has also brought from the
north and middle States a number of
blooded cattle and hogs, while his
poultry yard swarms with the finest
varieties of fowls, ducks, geese, tur
keys, etc.
bowie county.
Texarkana Democrat: Every day
Broad street is filled with cotton
wagons. The staple is readily sold at
good prices, the holders are promptly
paid the money and then begins the
buying of goods, which keeps every-
body busy and discards all drones
The trains pass daily filled with immi-
grants for the interior of Texas.
delta county.
Herald: Cooper has been lively this
week. The young people seem to be
enjoying themselves, from the fre-
quency of sociables, dances, etc....
Many of our farmers are busy plowing
for next year's crop... .The weather
has been extremely cold for a week.
dallas county.
Mail of Monday: "Tight" times
now a days. Fortunately the day has
passed off with few accidents When
the Dallas and Wichita road reaches
the neighborhood of Trinity or Scott's
mill, one of the liveliest small towns of
the country will doubtless grow up. It
is a beautiful and fertile section, al-
ready thickly settled by first-class farm-
ers, and about eighteen miles from
Dallas Saturday night, Officer Dunn
discovered a negro man by the name of
Norman, lying on the sidewalk, near
the cotton compress, on Lamar street.
Investigation disclosed the fact that the
man was dead. An inquest was held
and the jury returned a verdict of
death from cold and exposure. .. .Mon-
day evening, at an early hour, a gentle-
man by the name of T. P. McDavitt was
walking along the street, near the Texas
and Pacific depot, when he was set upon
by a man by the name of E. B. Cravens
and knocked down. Cravens jumped on
him and placed a knife at his throat.
While holding him down, Cravens took
from McDavitt's pocket a wallet con-
taining some ninety dollars in money, a
gold ring, two promissory notes, a rail-
road ticket and several other articles of
value. As soon as he received the wal-
let Cravens ran off. Mr. McDavitt im-
mediately informed Marshal Morton of
the occurrence, who started out in
search of the robber and finally came
up with him and lodged the gentleman
in the county jail. Cravens is the same
individual who played the role of dep-
uty sheriff a few nights since and vic-
timized a countryman out of $30. He
will no doubt now receive his just de-
serts.
eltath county.
The population of Erath county is
now estimated at 10,000, and the total
value of taxable property in the county,
$31,000.
franklin county.
This county voted on local option
last Saturday, the 11th. Prohibition
carried by five to one.
hamilton county.
About ten thousand acres of Hamil-
ton county school lands have been sold
and most of it has been settled.
lamar county.
Paris North Texan: Local option was
discussed at the courthouse last Satur-
day evening, the prohibitionists being
presented by Hon. E. L. Dohoney and
the other side of the house by Dr. M.
M. Moody, of Cotton Plant Mr.
John P. Horner, of Missouri, who sold
out a lot of fine Durham cattle in this
city last winter, is again in our midst,
and has on exhibition a large number
of the finest Durhams ever seen in this
section Mr. John Rushing was
thrown from his horse last Sunday
evening and had one of his legs broken.
He is doing well under medical treat-
ment.
live oak county.
Tribune: The "local option," though
severe on the traveling community, is
quite satisfactory to the citizens of
Oakville and Live Oak county. A
drunken man would be something new
on our streets Christmas in Oak-
ville unusually dull. Plenty of eggs,
but the other ingredient is not to be
had... .Quite a number of wild turkeys
were brought to Oakville on Monday
last and sold at 25 cents apiece... .H.
B. Rost was arrested at Yorktown on
the 7th instant, upon an affidavit charg-
ing him with the murder of Robt. Rid-
dle in May last, in the lower part of
this or the upper part of Nueces coun-
ty. Every effort was made by the
County Attorney to obtain testimony
before the day of trial, but failed to es-
tablish anything fixing the guilt on the
defendant; whereupon the court dis-
charged the prisoner, at the cost of the
party making the affidavit.
nueces county.
Gazette: Pat Quinn was killed at
Papalote on Tuesday, by a carpenter
named Bill Thomas. During the day a
number of horse races had been run
and considerable whisky drank,Thomas
getting rather boisterous. In the even-
ing Quinn mounted his horse and
started home, remarking as he did so:
"Go home, Thomas, you can't raise a
row here." In reply Thomas said: "Go
to h—1, you d——d Irish son of a
b—h." Quinn then came back and dis-
mounted, saying: "Thomas, I can't
take that from you." Suiting the ac-
tion to the word, he picked up a sec-
tion of the head of a barrel and struck
Thomas over the head. As he did so
the latter struck him in the side with
a pocket knife" the blade of which was
about three and a half inches in length,
drawing it round to his back, inflicting
a ghastly, mortal wound, from which
he soon died. Pat Quinn was proba-
bly one of the oldest settlers in this
State, and by his acts obtained an un-
enviable reputation. At one time he
was a member of the celebrated com-
pany of Mustang Gray, and with him
operated upon the Rio Grande frontier.
During the Confederate war he became
involved in a difficulty with a man by
the name of Ashworth, at the Ban-
qucte, about a beef steer, during which
he shot and killed him. This and other
criminal acts virtually made him a
refugee from justice, and for several
years he has worked studiously to
«lude the officers of the law. Indict-
ments in this county are now pending
against him, all of which, however,
will now be prosecuted before a higher
court.
rusk county.
The Cherokee Advertiser says cotton
was plentiful in Rusk last week Hog
eTplora is rasing in the northern part
of the county... .Our county olerk has
recently taken in a good deal of small
change for issuing licenses.
titus county.
Mount Pleasant Patron: A son of
Mr. Eli Milstead, living two miles east
of town, was thrown by a horse last
week and killed... .Mrs. T. H. Great-
house was bitten by a spider several
days ago, and is now lying in a critical
condition.
williamson county.
Local option is to stand the test at
Round Rock the Cth of January
One hundred immigrant wagons passed
through Stephenville, in Erath county,
Sunday before last.
walker county.
At Iluntsville, on Christmas night,
John Nixon, a pardoned ex-convict,
shot Cato Fields, a convict. Nixon is
in jail.
washington county.
Record : Nat Q. has gone to see the
curious things in Galveston. Give
him the cue to the city, but not the bil-
liard cue. A Chinese pigtail would suit
him better than that Dr. Westfall,
of our county, has sold his fine home-
place to Rev. B. A. Rogers, of Austin.
He received $15,000 in cash, and $10,-
000 in a residence at Austin. There was
1600 acres in the tract.
Z3j~Tfte Daily News is only five cents
per copy. A charge of more than that is
an extortion.
RAILROAD NEWS.
In the Supreme Court of the United
States, on the 21st inst., the cause of
N. A. Cowdrey et al., appellants, vs.
the Galveston, Houston and Hender-
son Railroad Company et al., was sub-
mitted on printed arguments by Mr.
W. P. Ballinger, of-counsel for appel-
lants, and Mr. R. T. Merrick, for the
appellees.
Dallas Mail of Monday: Four car
loads of iron arrived last night for the
Dallas and Wichita, and track-laying
was to have commenced this morning,
but for the fact that the laborers insist-
ed upon enjoying Christmas. The
work of laying track will commence
to-morrow morning, and be pushed
forward with vigor.
Marshall Herald: The railroad trains
are crowded every day with immi-
grants. If all the other roads in Texas
are bringing as many new-comers as
the Texas and Pacific, this State is fill-
ing up rapidly. This road is doing an
immense amount of business, and is
one of the best paying roads in the
State.
Washington Drawn of December 21st:
The House Committee on Pacific Rail-
roads yesterday considered the question
of the completion of the Texas Pacific
railroads; though no definite conclusion
was reached, the disposition of the com
mittee was favorable. The question
will come up again to-day, when it is
believed a bill will be agreed upon for
the completion of this trans-continental
highway. The friends of the measure
in Congress are very hopeful of action
by Congress this winter despite the im-
portant political questions which will
come up under the reports of investi-
gating committees.
Henderson Times: All the ties ne-
cessary for the completion of the H.
and O. R. R. are now ready for the
iron.
A correspondent of the Fairfield Re-
corder thinks that by all means the
Waco, Fairfield and Palestine Railroad
should be built straightway; that it can
be done for $10,000 per mile; that
Palestine should be its present ter-
minus; and if built that far, it would
soon be extended to the Eastern pine
region. The citizens of Waco, McLen-
nan, Limestone and Freestone are ur-
gently called upon to subscribe stock
in the road, and give them a direct
route for purchasing lumber. Build-
ing in the said counties is almost at a
stand-still for want of material.
Eli A. Perkins advertises a regular
weekly stage line from Lake Charles,
La., to Orange, Texas, connecting with
the railroad at Orange.
The Western Division, International
and Great Northern Road, completed
to the depot in Austin, Texas, Decem-
ber 10th, is two miles beyond the late
terminus at Austin Summit, and 178
miles southwest from the junction with
the main line at Palestine.
Washington Union. Dec. 22: The
House Committee on Pacific Railroads,
at their meeting yesterday, referred the
different Pacific railroad matters to a
sub-committee, consisting of Messrs.
Lamar, Atkins, Luttrell, Garfield and
O'Neill, to consider and report a plan
by which the different railroad inter
ests can be so harmonized and the con-
flicting views of the members of the
committee so reconciled as to secure
the best interests of the public. It is
understood that the differences between
Tom Scott and Huntington have been
amicably adjusted, and one great ob
stable in the way ot the construction of
the Texas and Pacific Railroad removed.
The friends of the measure feel encour-
aged to believe that the sub-committee
will be able at the time appointed (Jan.
4) to report a bill that will meet the
approval of the full committee.
The | " railroad settlement" is still
the subject of general discussion by the
Eastern press, both the New York and
Philadelphia journals claiming a tri
umph for their respective cities in the
discontinuance of the protracted and
costly railroad war, while the Balti
more Sun asserts that the settlement is
a compromise, and while rates are to be
uniform on all through freights for
known European shipment, as well as
coastwise, it appears the principle of
discriminatien in favor of the shorter
lines on local freights is still maintain
ed. On these, as between Chicago and
New York, Baltimore and Philadelphia,
Baltimore will have 10 per cent,, and
Philadelphia about 7| per cent, less
than New York. Oa local rates be-
tween St. Louis and New York, Balti-
more and Philadelphia, the discrimina-
tion against New York will be about 13
per cent, in favor of Baltimore and
about 10 per cent, in favor of Phila-
delphia. _
tW Passenger* on the Texas Central,
Galveston and Houston, and Galveston
and Harrisburg and San Antonio roads
should only, pay five cents per copy for the
Daily News.
CROCKETT.
Particulars ol' the Recent Cor II a-
gratlon.
Crockett, Tex., Dec. 9o, 1KG.
Eds. News—The following were
burned out in the recent fire:
N. B. Barbee, saloon; East Texas
Patron; H. & M. Grabenhammer,
store; Smith & Trymier, druggists;
Chancey & Simpson, saloon: Arledee
Woodson, grocery store; J. J. Wood
son & W., bankers; Keel & Tunstalls,
lawyers; M. Bland, saddler; J. M.
Heath, tin shop; O. Offrey, gunsmith;
Morris & Spence, law office: William
Johnson, grocery; S. Mair & Co., gen
eral store; Enos Simpson, saloon;
Dr. Webb, dentist; D. M. Murchison,
general store; Stewart & Burnett, law-
office; Collins & Douglas.general store;
A. M. Kennard, photographer; T. F.
Herring, watchmaker; W. B. Wall,
law office; Jones & Hide, builders;
Pruitt & Campbell, butchers; J. H.
Wood, saloon; E. Curril, law office.
Also the Odd Fellows Hall and a num-
ber of unoccupied stores and buildings.
The loss is estimated.at $100,000, with
about $50,000 insurance.
■ The following escaped: J, C. Motley,
J. E. Downes, G. VV. Roberts, T. J
Hail & Co., general merchants; G. W.
Roberts & Co., bakery; also both hotels,
the Hail House and the Wootley House.
The store of L. C. Hide was also saved
with great difficulty; also M. Coanell's
wagon shop.
The citizens worked heroically and
saved a large amount of property. At
one time it was feared the whole t>wn
would go. Certain colored people
worked nobly in carrying to their cabins
all they could lay hands on. This is
the third time Crocket has been burned
within the last fifteen years. Much
sympathy is felt for the sufferers, many
of whom have been burned out three
times. g. w. it. & co.
NOTES AND OPINIONS.
Charlotte Observer, Dec. 21: Mrs. Je-
mima Setzer, a grand niece of Daniel
Boone, died at her residence, near Le-
noir, Caldwell county, on Saturday of
last week. She wa3 81 years old.
Boston Globe (Ind ): The electoral
votes must be counted, and the candi-
date having the greatest number of the
votes for President, if such number be
a majority of the whole number of
electors appointed, in the language of
the constitution, "shallbe President;"
the person having the greatest number
of \otes for Vice President, if such
number be a majority of the whole
number of electors, "shall be Vice Pre-
sident." There is no discretion left in
the matter. The votes must be count-
ed, and the persons having a majority
shall be" President and Vice Presi-
dent. If no one has a majority there
is nothing left to discretion. The
House of Representatives "shall
choose immediately, by ballot, the Pre-
sident," and the Senate "shall choose
the Vice President." It is evident that
the purpose was to guard against a
lapse of the Executive power, and to
enjoin upon Congress the duty of mak-
ing good at once the failure of the peo-
ple to elect by a majority of their elec-
toral votes. It is a duty which can
not be evaded.
World : Senator Gordon is a man
who, like Lamar and Hampton, has
compelled the admiration of his politi-
cal enemies. He is one who set him-
self resolutely to build up the South
after the waves of the war receding left
it as desolate and unformed as the world
when the Deluge subsided. His de-
scription of the recent campaign in the
South is therefore worthy of careful
consideration. He shows what bad
policy violence would have been for the
Democracy, and argues that the white
people of his section put forth their
strength in peaceful and lawful methods
not merely because it was just to do so,
nor because the prosperity of their own
communities made order necessary, but
even as a matter of party expediency.
The story of the magnificent attitude
of the people of South Carolina and
their great leader is well told and it is
something that we can not hear too
often.
Carl Schurz, 1874: The thieves con
trol the negroes and it was under their
influence that they have been arrayed
against the whites. The blacks and'the
whites stand face to face as enemies—
for the negroes are under the influence
of the most villianous scoundrels that
were ever allowed to disgrace a great
and noble country. If there can be
anything worse than civil war it is the
war of races: and these scoundrels have
adopted just the means to bring about
such a war. At the head of the ne-
groes are the great thieves that rule the
South, and rely on Grant for support.
The support is given to them freely,
and every possible means has been taken
to make them blind instruments of the
powers that be. The Republican party
is responsible for the present condition
of the South. I will not be a Republi-
can to deliver the Southern people over
to the worst set of scoundrels that ever
obtained political power. We are fight-
ing lor the overthrow of a system—a
system of unconstitutional arrogance of
power, a system of contempt of law, a
system of government by force, a system
of plundering in the South and corrup-
tion in the North; such a party, when
it has come to that, does not deserve
to live.
tiie death of crantism.
It dies like a snake, one joint at a time,
Exuding its venom with virulent aim.
And compassing, even in dying, a crime,
Which surpasses its rascally record of
shame.
It dies like a snake, the accredited foe
Of the race which, by specious pretense, it
misled.
And it crawls in the dust to escape from the
blow
Which the people indignant have dealt at
its head.
The mourners are gathered, with Grant as
their chief.
And Robeson, Babe ck and Belknap, whose
eyes
Are red with a tangible, palpable grief
At the loss of the Treasury base of supplies.
No streets to be measured, no whisky to
crook,
No sutlership posts to be purchased or sold,
No credit to lend to the house of Jay Coo!,-e,
No Secors, no Cattells. no ill-gotten gold!
And up from the South come a demon like
horde,
Who have picked the white bones of a bank-
rupted State,
And scattered worse curses than famine or
sword
On the heads of unfortunate children of
fate.
And these are the vultures who sought to
prolong
The red rule of ruin, the doom of despair.
The epoch of hatred, the night-time of wrong.
By a crime to which Treason itself appeal's
fair.
Their destiny ends and their weeping is vain.
For Grantism dies, and its poisonous slime,
Corrupting the nation, shall never again
Disfigure a page in the annals of time.
It dies like a snake, degraded, accurst.
And crushed 'heath the heel of a free peo-
ple's wrath.
From the throats of the millions let jubilees
burst.
For 'tis dead, the foul monster in Liberty's
pati.
E ^"Report any boy demanding over five
cents for the Daily News on Texas Cen-
tral Railroad and its branches to James
Hucker, Houston.
MARRIED.
SHAW—HICK LIN—At Anderson. Grimes
county, on November 7, at the residence of
the bride's mother, by Rev. P. C. Archsr,
James M. Shaw, of Navasota, and Miss Alice
Hicklin.
Special Notices.
Attention, Lone star
RIFLES! — Attend an ad-
journed Meeting THIS
f Thursday) EVENING, at 7}$
o'clock. Business of import-
ance. W. B. WALLIS,
de2? It Secretary.
Auction Sales.
AUCTION SALE,
PARK, LYNCH & CO.—R. A.
PARK, Auctioneer—Will sell THIS DAY,
2Sth instant, at 10 o'clock, at their sales-
rooms. Strand—
5 HORSES; BA.CON,
10 bbls. sound ORANGES,
10 bbl* CROCKERY,
25 kegs mess HERRING,
and other Groceries and Sundries.
Goods for auction received up to hour of
sale. At private 6ale,'choice Hay, Corn, Oats
and Bran. de28 It
AUCTION SALE.
BY E. A. BLAKELY. Auctioneer,
116 and 118 Strand.—Will sell on FRI-
DAY, the 20th inst., at 11 o'clock a. m.—
The Household Furniture, in the two-story
house, corner of Avenue H and Twenty-
second streets, directly south of the pub-
lic square, consisting in part of
BED3TEADS,
MATTRESSES,
BUREAUS,
WASHSTANDS,
TABLES, CHAIR?,
CARPETS, Etc-
Sale positively without reserve. de28 It
Street Railway Sale
AT
P1LE8TIXE, TEXAS.
By order of the Board of Directors, we will
sell at PALESTINE, TEXAS, on TUESDAY,
the 2d DAY OF JANUARY, 1877, before the
Court House door, at Public Auction, on a
credit of six months, the purchaser to give
note and approved security, the -following
property to wit: Two CARS complete, one
TRUCK CAR, and about twenty-five tons
STREET RAILWAY IRON, 16 and 20 pounds
T Rails, with TURN-TABLES, LA3IPS, etc.,
etc. D. A. AKIN, President.
R. J. ROY ALL, Secretary. de22 8t
JMew Advertisements.
KIT LO W H O U S E ,
Col mbus. Texas.
THE TRAVELING PUBLIC are
respectfully informed that the under-
signed has thoroughly refitted his hotel at
Columbus, where travelers will find comforta-
ble rooms and the table will be supplied with
tiie best the market affords. A fair share of
public patronasre is re-pectfully solicited.
de28 lw " H.KULOV,". Proprietor.
DRAWING!
AND
Postponement and Change Place ol* the
Grand Juvenile Drawing!
'2 o'clock, p. m.,
NEW YEAR'S DAY.
seats to accommodate 1500.
EVERYTHING WILL BE DONE TO «4hE
Everv One Comfortable.
The Tickets for the JUVENILE llKAtTINH being EXHAUSTED, I aiu
Induced to srive a GENERAL DRAWING, Com Inning it with the
JUVENILE, so as to Give All a Chance, by Request of Many.
The Prizes sire a* follow;*, of nliicli I Add S1300
worth more in C»ood» ard .Money, 3Iakiii£
Tliis Drawing in Articles «iTeii Away
AMOTJ NTING TO S3000 :
DOLL, with Gold Watcli-Ciiain, Bracelet* ami Ear-King*,
ivortli S'iOO.
Two Sets of SHAKESPEARE, bound in Half Turkey,
value, 8125.
CHAMBERS*' fcSCl'CLOPEDIA or 10 Volumes, Hair Tur-
key. value, $100.
Three Sets of DICKENS'S COMPLETE WORKS, Half Tur-
key, value $IOO a Set'.
Oi\ E PttIZE OF $100 1\' OOliO COI\!
Five Volumes WEBSTER'S I!fABRIDGED DICTIONARY,
value, SI2, §15, SIS, SiO and £25.
Tive Fine FA fllLV BIBLES, value, 850 Eaeli.
2500 v olumes of fine books i
TEN DOLLARS worth purchased from either store will call for ONE
TICKET ia this MAMMOTH DRAWING, the value of the Prizes bein? so
much increased I can not afford to donate tickets for less than a TEN DOLLAR
PURCHASE.
REMEMBER, THERE ARE XO BLANKS; EVERY NIIM-
JBER DR/vWS A PRIZE.
PARTIES in the country can rely on a FAIR RETURN of the Drawing, as
all tickets have numbers attached, and no prize is worth less than $1 50. Tick
ets can be had at GOGGAN BROS', and SIIAW BROS'., Jewelers, and at my
BOOKSTORE, $1 50 each, or four for $5.
3T . JH . MASON.
Manner of the Drawing will be with Two Wheels, one to contain the Numbers, the
other the Prizes, and will be drawn by Two Children, under the supervision of Professors
THOMAS J. GIR \IIDEAU, E. E. CRAWFORD, H. A. LEPERMANN.
If the hour permits. Prizes will be delivered the same afternoon, if not, next day from
10 a. m. to 4 r. m. at the Book Store.
N. B.—Subscriptions will be taken for Magazines and a'l Periodicals at NEW YORK
PRICES. When amounting to $10 a Ticket for the Drawing will be given.
de3 tjal
TEXAS BANKING & INSURANCE CO
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
CASH CAPITAL,
For Sale-—For Rent.
assignee's sale
OF VALUABLE
N. O. LAI'VE, Secretary.
S. 11. K13IIIALL, Cashier.
$300,000.
«. S. WILI.IS, President.
IV. K. iVcALFIiNE, Vice Pren't.
7ti ly
]Vew Advertisements. !
$20 REWARDS
About two weeks ago a lot of orange and
peach trees were stolen from my garden. The 1
peach trees are budded on an imported plum
stock of peculiar wood and roots, and had
made but slight growth during the summer.
These trees also have a private mark on them,
corresponding to that on 300 others. As I am
able positively to identify them, I earnestly re-
quest that the purchaser will notify me at
once, so that we may make an example of
these horticultural hyenas, and put a stop to
their midnight robbery of our gardens. I will
give the trees to the present possessor, and
pay $20 on conviction of the thief. As the
season for such depredations is at hand, it
would be well for every citizen purchasing
trees or flowers from stragglers calling them-
selves gardeners, to make them give their |
names, and spot them well, for hundreds of
dollars worth of shrubbery is annually stolen
from one end of the city and sold in the other.
II. IW. STRING FALLOW.
<2e59 It*
T. E. THOMPSON
jeweler,
Cor. Market & Tremont Sts.,
GALVESTON,
JUST RECEIVED.
10J baskets CHAMPAGNE, all kinds.
40 bbls and halves SWEET CIDER.
2X) kegs Spiced PIGS F£ET.
1C0 doz 1-lb Russian CAVIAR.
200 kegs Holland HERRINGS.
100 kegs SARDELLES.
150 kegs Russian SARDINES.
100 kegs ANCHOVIES.
50 boxes Limberger CHEESE.
50 boxes Extra CREAM CHEESE.
50 half barrels Malaga GRAPES.
For sale by
G. SEELIGSON & CO.,
no2S tf 162, 164 and 166 Strand.
lies a Fine Assortment of all Goods
in His Line, Suitable for the
WHICH TILL BE SOLD
GREAT SACRIFICE
IN
FINE GOODS.
I will sell all my flee
Dress Goods,
Real Laces
Lace Goods
Before removing to No. 9 Church St.,
REGARDLESS OF COST.
Come at once and satisfy yourself that this
is the place to buy your
>"ew Year's Presents.
1>. WENAR,
de28 tf Cor. Center and Market Sts.
ALLO
Call and See -whether He is not
Aware that Goods Must be
Sold at Bottom Prices
During; These Times.
All Inspection of tiie Goods will
Convince You of This Fact.
de!7 lm
LEA & PEBRIXS'
CELEBRATED
AXD DISCHARGING,
Ex" Grace Andrews,"
3500 Sacks JfiFFEE.
II:DTT:E3H
Per 44 Theresina,"
2000 Sacks COFFEE.
&A.UFF3XAN & RINGE.
de27 una tf
pronounced by
connoisseurs
to be the
" OXLJ G001)|
SAUCE,"
And applicable to
every variety of
extract
of a letter from a
medical gentle-
man at Madras to
his brother at
"Worcester, May,
1851.
"Tell lea & per-
rins that their
Sauce is highly es-
Iteemed in India,
and is in my opin-
ion, the most pal-
atable as well as
the most whole-
13? some Sauce that
is made."
ARRIVED
4000 Sacks COFFEE
l>ER ATLANTIC.
Worcestershire Sauce.
LEA & PERKINS'
* SIGNATURE is on EVERY BOTTLE.
JOHN DUNCAN'S SONS,
jyr, thu 12m NEW YORK
AND
to arrive, COLLECTING AGENCY
4000 Sacks COFFEE
FKB ANDREA.
M. KOPPERL.
Galveston Gas Works.
32d and Market Streets.
All order,s or complaints to receive prompt
attention should be left ut the Secretary's of-
fice, in the
Ostenuann Building,
corner Strand and 22d street, between the
hours of 8 and 12 o'clock a. m.
Fine 1 Fancy Groceries
We have determined to
CLOSE OIT OUK STOCK
FANCY (;KOlERIE8
at
Reduced Prices
DURING Tlllf, HOLIDAY WET.K
Comeand see. STEIREK &
(Jro«er3 and TeVDealers.
de27 "t j-l and M Market it.
OF
ffi. E. edwards,
AISTIX, TEXAS.
Persons owning lands in Texas should re-
member that the present tax laws of this
State require the punctual payment of all
J taxes in the counties where situated, and
I those who neglect or refuse to comply will
have their lands sold for taxes and will either
; be compelled to redeem them at great trouble
and expense or lose them entirely.
I have superior facilities for having lands
properly assessed and taxes paid in any por-
tion of the State.
On the 1st of January, 1877. the assessment
of taxes will commence. Those desiring my
services will please se»d in a list of their lands
at once, together with such information re-
garding value, etc., as may be useful.
All classes of certificates will be furnished
at the lowest market price.
Locating of land certificates, selling or leas-
ing farms or lands all over the State, made a
'TH una! v j specialty.
Land business of every kind will receive
prompt snd personal attention. de21 eod-3m
DBAYAGE and STORAGE
K. P. SARGENT & €«.,
GENERAL TRANSFER AGENTS
A>D W/tlftKHOUjtEltlfcN,
are prepared to transfer or $tore all kinds of
light and heavy merchandise. Moving of
Boilers, Engines, Safes and heavy machinery
a specialty. Office and Warehouses—2f'»4, 366,
268. 270, 2J 2 East Strand, between 19th and
20th streets. Orders left with N. H. Ricker.
14 Strand, will receive prompt attention.
no9 Zw
Real!Personal Properly
TINT TEXAS.
A RARE
CHANCE FOR INVESTMENT
As assignee of tho corporation of C. R. Johns
«£ Co.. of the city of Austin, Texas, 1 hereby
•ffer for sale the splendid white stone ba.
and land agency building of C. 11. Johns & C- .
on Congress avenue, in the very heart of tl ,•
business portion < f the city of Austin, whf: <
real estate commands the highest price and is
dai'y appreciating. In all its appointmon:*
this is one of the most substantial and cor i-
plete buildings in the State. In addition
iron doors and window shutters, there a *
two large vaults, one on the first and tf »
other on the second floor. The building is . u
excellent repair.
A large number of lots, improved and unim-
proved and suitable for business or resi-
dences, in the city of Austin. Well selected,
rich, and in all respects choice tracts of land,
amounting in the aggregate to more than 12V.-
688 acres, lying in the counties of Archer
Blanco, Clay, Coleman, Collin, Colorado. Cor-
yell, Denton. Dimmit, Fannin. Fort Bend. Gil-
lespie, Hamilton, Haskell. Hill, Jack, Jack
District, Jones. Kaufman, Kimball, Lampasas,
Montague, Robertson, Rnnnels, El Paso,
Throckmorton, Williamson, Wood, Young,
Young Territory, Bandera, Ellis, Erath, Free-
stone, Falls, Hayes, Houston, Jasper. John-
son, Limestone, Red River, Tarrant, Trinity,
Wichita, Atascosa and Hunt. Some of these
tracts have irigable farms upon them in cul-
tivation, and altogether no such opportunity
has ever been offered for investment in Texas
lands, whether desired for cultivation or
stock ranchos. The immigrant who wants a
small farm or the capitalist who wants thou-
sands or tens of thousands of acres can be a<-
commodated.
Two iron safes. Hall's make, cost $800, and
Herring & Farrell's make, cost $28-50; both al-
most new and in perfect order, land certifi-
cates, 112 shares stock of $50 each, Austin
City Railroad Company. 30 shares, stock of
$100 eaoh. in Austin Bridge Company, 40
shares stock of $25 each, in Fair Ground As-
sociation. Well secured claims, bearing in-
: erest at the rate of from one to two per cent,
per month, will be sold at face value (princi-
pal and interest). Immediate and safe invest-
ments paying high rates of interest can thus
be obtained.
For t~rms and particulars address or call on
the nndersigned at the bank building of C. II.
Johns & Co., Austin, Texas.
A. J. PEELER,
de26 d&W 2w Assignee for C. R. Johns & C >
|^OK iSALiK. i'OK HAL.
aOOO B18HGL8
COTTON SEED
At $2 per Bushel, Sacked.
This cotton requires only the same cultiva-
tion, and can ba ginned on the same gin
the common cotton. It grows vigorously,
fruits well, and stands drouth apparently be'-
ter. It noas not waste oa vall. etrt- -as wii k
the common cotton—a great desideratum
with prairie and upland farmers. Tke value
is one to three cents more according to han-
dling and ginning. My cro? is shipped to K.
A. Brown & Co , Galveston. Samples can
seen at their office.
Address orders to them or myself.
J. S. JONES, Marlin, Texas.
We guarantee the above.
no23 2m K. A. BROWN £ CO.
JPOR JSALK FOK 8AJL^»
A Forty-eight-Inch
Steam Cylinder Tyler Cotton
Compress,
Complete In all of its parts and connection
In first-rate working order. Will be »o <1
cheap. For information, address
SOUTHERN COTTON PRESS & II AN'G O ».
A. P. Lufkin, Agent.
Galveston. Jan. 27. 1876. . ja48 11
JpOR SALE FOK SALE.
300 Sacks RIO COFFEE.
200 Barrels SUGAR.
200 Packages New Crop SIR 11%
As fine as ever offered in any market; an 1
also every other article usually kept in a gro-
cery house, very low, by
WALLIS, LANDES & CO.,
no!4 106. 108 and 110 Strand. GalveptO"
Notices, lite.
c. r. johvs.
Former Compt'r.
JOSEPH spsxce.
Former Com. Land Office.
JOHNS A SPK\ CK.
Austin, Texas.
Will give personal attention to business in
all the Departments of State Goyernment.
Will make collections, pay taxes, purchase
and sell land and land certificates, adjust
titles, and do a general agency business.
The unfinished business of C. R. Johns
Co. will, when desired by the parties inter-
ested. be completed by us. de26 d3m
TO THE PUBLIC.
The undersigned announc es to the pux lie
that by resolution of the corporation of C. R.
JOHNS & CO. he this day assumes.charge r.f
all the property and effects in the possessioa
and under the control of said corporation not
belonging thereto, and which did not pass to
and vest in their assignee by virtue of tl.e
terms of assignment of date December 9, 18! 6,
such as special deposits, bonds, stocks, etc ,
and other effects belonging to others and sim-
ply left on deposit with such corporation for
safe-keeping, and such property and effects
will be delivered to their proper owners, ss
soon as practicable, on demand.
He further announces that the unfinished
business of said corporation, save and except
such matters as have passed by said assign-
ment to the assignee, has been turned over lo
him for transaction and settlement, and will
T3ceive his personal attention. All parties in-
terested in such unfinished business are re-
quested to address the undersigned, who will
take pleasure in answering all inquiries ar.d
p seeing that the interests of our former pa-
trons are not neglected.
C. R. JOHNS.
ocl9 8m
CITY RAILROAD.
fare notice.
Notice is hereby given that we have
RED1CED OUR FARE
FOR
All Children Occiipjing Seats
TO
TWO AND A HALF CENTS.
Half fare tickets receivable.
H MARAWITZ
de24 lw 2t lp Pres't Galv. City R. R. Co.
o
FFICE TEXAS BANKING
AND
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Galveston, Texas. Dec. IS. 1876.
Notice is hereby given to the stockholders
of the Texas Banking and Insurance Company
that, in conformity with the charter of the
Company, an election for THIRTEEN 03)
DIRECTORS, to serve during the ensuing
year, will be held
At the Office or the Comi>anj,
ON HOSDAY, JAXl ABr 1st, 1877,
between the hours of 10 a. m. and 2 p. m.
K. S. WILLIS. Pros t.
N. O. LAUVE. Sec y- del8 Elt mtd
«ei Something New!
CHINESE
Notion Store
178 Tremont Street,
| Bet. Postofflce and Market sts.,
GALVESTOiV, Texas.
Importers of Pore Teas,
FANCY ARTICLE 3 AND NOTIONS.
Umbrellas covered anp repaired.
CHOrFIAN & HA PLOY, Proprietors.
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