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Thursday, April 26, 1877.
The Republican-Whig Party.
The "Washington Nation renounces its
independent character and announces
itself the organ of a new party, which
it styles the Republican-Whig party.
The Nation asserts that this new or-
ganization is the result of a necessity,
and that while statesmen of the old
style are wrangling over dead issues,
or endeavoring to perpetuate bitter
memories of the past, the leaders of the
new party will be perfecting plans by
which the material prosperity of the
country will be assured. The platform
of the Republican-Whig party, as fore-
shadowed by the Nation, is, briefly:
1. A national currency founded on a bi-
metallic standard, and sufficient for the
wants of healthy trade.
2. A system of internal improvements, such
as private capital is powerless to construct,
but which is essential to the development of
the county's resources.
3. A tariff sufficient to keep employed such
manufacturing establishments as are already
in operation, and put in operation such new
industries as will tend to develop the natural
wealth of the country, and create a balance of
trade in our favor.
These principles already number their ad-
vocates bv tens of thousands. They are un-
organized. But the time has come when
something more than mere belief is required.
It is these principles which have induced us
to give up our hitherto independent position
and step forth as an humble champion of the
proposed new party.
Tbe Northwest and tbe Texas Vege-
table and Fruit Trade.
The Chicago Times complains that
while that city is within three days of
Texas, where every description »f vege-
table and many of the fruits are to be
had in March and April, nothing but
oranges reach that market before May.
The condemnation which the Times in-
dulges in of Chicago marketmen is, no
doubt, just; but what shall be said of
the want of enterprise on the part of
Texas producers, who fail to forward
supplies which they have in abundance
to the markets opened up to them by
the railroads ? The Times says:
Strawberries, cucumbers, green corn, can-
taloupes, string-beans, peas and cauliflower
have been in tbe Texas market for some
days. There are a half-dozen direct means
of communication, yet Chicago hasn't as yet
seen a vestige of these wholesome and
plentiful provisions of summer and spring.
Texas papers speak of asparagus, new pota-
toes. radishes, cherries, and the common
class of vegetables as substantially perpetual
in the produce of the State. Yet Chicago,
which is in direct communication with all
the chief cities, sees none of these desirable
luxuries.
Which one of our island gardeners
will be the first to open the trade that
is invited by Chicago 1
Hon. Henhy M. Spoffobd, who has
just been elected by the Legislature of
of Louisiana United States Senator for
the long term, is a native of Massachu-
setts, but has been a resident of Louisi-
ana for about thirty years. He was a
member of the old Whig party, and did
good service in its cause. Settling in
Shreveport, he rapidly acquired a large
practice and high position as a lawyer,
and in 1854 was elected to the Supreme
Bench, when he took rank as one of the
ablest jurists of the day. His decisions
are quoted now as models of sound law
and apt illustration. In the days of the
late war he identified himself with the
South and filled several positions of re
sponsibility. During the late canvass
he made made many speeches in sup-
port of Tilden and Nicholls. He was
selected as bearer of the electoral vote
of Louisiena to Washington, and in the
critical period which ended with the
removal of the troops from the St. Louis
Hotel, did the State good service. He
will take position in the United States
Senate with the ablest men in that body.
The New York Tribune has the fol-
lowing good word for Texas in its issue
of the 21st instant:
A large part of the business of some
ol the Western railroads this dull year
has been the transportation of emi-
grants to Texas. The movement to
this future empire of the Lone Star is
very great. Hundreds of families are
going down to occupy the rich lands
and pastures of the State. This is bet-
ter than going to Australia. May the
work prosper.;
The New York Tribune says that
though there may be some doubt as to
the identity of the next Speaker of the
House of Representatives, there can be
none as to his politics—the Democrats
being sure to elect their man. The de-
feat of Gen. Garfield, says the Tribune,
" will only put him in command on the
floor, and there is ample consolation in
that reflection."
Col. Bottdinot estimates the number
of Indians in the Indian Territory, in-
cluding the five civilized tribes, at
76,700. Of these 58,700 are full bloods
and all but 18,000 speak English.
The New York papers are, except the
Herald, Times and Sun, said to be hard
pressed to meet their running exDenses.
The pressure on the World is said to be
jprrtioularly severe.
IXAXB 1CEWS.
AC8TIN COUNTY.
The Brenham Banner says: Crops
are looking very fine in Austin county;
corn is knee high, and farmers are busi-
ly engaged in chopping out their cot-
ton.
bandera county.
The prospects for crops are cheering.
Wheat looks well and a good stand of
cor* ia reported Bandera county is
progressing slowly but surely A
train of emigrants passed up this coun-
try this week, with a large drove of
cattle, bound for Wallace's creek. Still
room for more.
hastrop county.
The District Court was in session
last week. The Advertiser says, there
being no direct causes demanding a
jury, the petit jury summoned for this
week were, by order of the court, dis-
charged from further attendance during
the week The grand jury have re-
turned eleven indictments, ten of which
are felony cases, seven of the parties
now in jail. The appearance docket was
gone through with. Judgment was
rendered for plaintiffs with foreclosures
of lien on land in some 11 or 12 causes.
Only one case occupied the court
more than a few minutes, which was
Walters and wife vs. Wood et al., in
which the contest was over a quan-
tity of land. The scira facias docket
was also passed over, rendering judg-
ment final in several causes. The
court is still in session... .The exhibi-
tion of fine stock In Bastrop on
Wednesday last, exceeded our expecta-
tions. Wednesday morning, cattle,
horses, hogs, etc., could be seen diiven
in from every direction, and the lot
selected for the exhibition was, in a
few hours, found to be too small to
hold one-half the stock on the ground,
which caused exhibitors to scatter their
stock around promiscuously. The list
of exhibitors and stock is too long for
the crowded columns of the News. It
includes throughbred cattle, horses and
other animals We are told the
mast is very heavy, while the growing
crop, barring the grasshoppers, beats
any year within the memory of the old-
est inhabitant.
BEE COUNTY.
At the recent sale of school lands in
this county, 15,667 acres were sold.
One tract of 640 acres to comply with
an old contract, and the remainder at
an average of about $1 80 per acre.
These lands being sold on ten years
credit at eight per cent, interest, gives
a revenue for school purposes of $2145
annually, to be apportioned among
about 400 children of scholastic age.
BEXAR COUNTY.
San Antonio Herald: The grasshop-
pers have not entirely left this region,
and although they have not done as
much damage as was expected, yet in
certain localities they have eaten wheat,
rye, oats and corn. The grass has not
been disturbed by them, and while in-
dividuals will in some cases sustain
serious loss—the aggregate loss will
prove in all probability comparatively
slight The Express says: The long
expected excursion to Galveston is a
fixed fact for Monday next. A com-
mittee of thirty citizens has been ap-
pointed to invite the guests for the
occasion, each member of the com-
mittee to invile ten persons, mak-
ing three hundred in all
Madison Herrod, a young man who
works for Mr. Cox at Nat Lewis's
rancho, on the Leon, Sunday evening
was out in the mesquite brush looking
after the stock, and was bitten in the
leg by a rattle-snake. Madison killed
the snake and carried it to the house
After measuring the snake and finding
that it was over six feet in length, Mr.
Cox and Madison started for the city
on horseback, for medical attendance,
traveling the eight miles in half an
hour. They stopped at Wise's and
Madison drank a big glass of whisky.
They stopped at Kalteyer's and took
about a pint more, and then proceeded
to Huppert's drug store, where about a
pint more of the raw material was
forced down the throat of Herrod.
Drs. Chew, Cupples and others were
summoned, and concluded that the boy
would die of the whisky, to say nothing
of the snake bite, but the usual anti-
dotes were administered, and last night
the victim of the serpent's fangs was
doing pretty well.
CAMERON COUNTY.
Brownaville Sentinel: The spring
clip of wool is about coming in and
the quantity will be largely in excess
of last year. Flocks are on the in-
crease, as a number of persons along
this frontier have embarked in the
sheep raising business on large and
small scale, according to their means.
COMANCHE COUNTY.
Chief: The Sunday School is mak-
ing preparations for a May day celebra-
tion and picnic... .Seventeen thousand
pounds of buffalo hides were bought in
one lot, by Mr. W. H. Wilson last week.
... .Many valuable enterprises have
been started in Comanche within the
past year or two, all contributing great-
ly to the improvement of the town and
the convenience of the people generally
throughout the county. Not least among
these is the recent establishment of a
planing mill and furniture factory, by
Messrs. Harris & Sedden. These works
are now fully under headway, and are
turning out some excellent specimens
of workmanship. There is not a county
in the State filled with a better or more
enterprising class of citizens taken as a
whole, than those of Comanche county.
It was ordered by the County Court
that the order passed at a former term,
calling upon the Governor to declare in
force, in this county, the law prohibit-
ingjthe bearing of deadly weapons, be
revoked.
ERATH COUNTY.
Stephensyille Empire: The boys are
out working the roads again.... A good
deal of thunder and lightning this
week From all accounts there will
be three times as much cotton planted
this season as there was last.
GOLIAD COUNTY.
Guard: Mrs. Adelaide Yon Dohlen,
consort of Geo. Von Dohlen, died in
Goliad April 5, 1877, at eight o'clock p.
m. She was the eldest daughter of Mr.
Michael Seeligson, an old and promi-
nent merchant of Galveston and Go
liad, who died in the latter place in
1867, and of his wife Adelaide, who
died in Goliud in 1870. She was mar-
ried to Geo. Von Dohlen September 5
1867. Her brothers are Henry and
George, of Galveston, Lewis, of Cuero,
and E. Seeligson, of this city, and her
sister Miss Henrietta Seeligson.
nAYS COUNTY.
Free Press: Visitors from other States
are becoming more and more frequent.
We have not met less than half a dozen
Indianans alone during the past month.
.... Dr. Erhard, in a letter to the Press.
states that the first settlers of this coun-
ty were mostly from Georgia and Ar-
kansas. The United States census of
1870 shows the following interesting
facts: Of the 3881 native-born inhabit-
ants of the county at that time, 2138
were born in Texas, 200 in. Alabama,
250 in Tennessee, 250 in Mississippi,
138 in Georgia, 146 in Louisiana. There
were 207 foreign-born, viz: in British
America 2, England and Wales 2, Ire-
land 5, Scotland 1, Germany 45, France
6, Sweden and Norway 1. Tennesseeans
and Missourians, we think, now lead
among immigrants from other States.
hamilton county.
llerald: Crop prospects throughout
this county are said to be splendid—
never better... .The site for the court
house was staked off last Wednesday.. .
The foundations for the jail are being
laid There was a heavy rain and
hail storm eight miles south of town
last Tuesday afternoon. We hear of no
damage by it... .Last Monday night a
house cat, which had been bitten by a
skunk a week previously, belonging to
Mr. N. C. Howard, our District Clerk,
exhibited unmistakable signs of hydro-
phobia. Mr. Howard's wife and child-
ren were in the room, and he succeeded
in getting the children upon the beds,
and, armed with a club, made the at-
tack, and, after an exciting battle, suc-
ceeded in dispatching the mad feline,
....The country around Hico is im-
proving more rapidly than any other
portion of the county. The merchants
are doing remarkably well, and the
farmers are busily engaged on their
farms, and crop prospects are more en-
couraging than for several years.
JASPER COUNTY.
News-Boy : The Jasper High School
has increased lintil it is the leading
school of Southeast Texas The
steamers Laura and Flora both arrived
at Bevilport laden with freight a few
days ago. They expect to make one or
two more trips J. L. C. White and
J. H. Trott have gone to Galveston for
eoods Our town magistrate, Mr. T.
Gilbreath, is in an exceedingly critical
condition. He has been more or less
indisposed all the past winter.
johnson county.
Cleburne Chronicle: The farmers
are becoming alarmed at the grasshop-
per plague. Fields of wheat are being
destroyed. Corn continues to be eaten
off as fast as it grows out. We have
received information from some sec-
tions of the county to the effect that
the hoppers are leaving Mr. A. A.
Frierson has been in the county some
time, engaged in the sale of patent
churns. He had been on a trip to
Grand View, and was returning to Cle-
burne in a wagon. On the way he was
attacked with apoplexy. In anticipa-
tion of the attack, he had directed the
wagoner, in case he became insensible,
to take him to the Cleburne House.
Accordingly he was brought in about
sundown. Drs. Greenwell and Wood-
ward administered all possible remedial
agents, but without effect. The man
died. Colonel Frierson was a promi-
nent citizen of East Mississippi, and
his death will be mourned by many who
know his sterling qualities.
KIMBLE county.
Lieut. Moore, with his company of
rangers, are making it warm for cattle-
thieves in Kimble and adjoining coun-
ties. Three young men were arrested a
few days ago charged with theft of cat-
tle, and the Sheriff of Kimble county
was also arrested on the charge of being
accessory to the theft by giving the
parties certificates of inspection by
which they might evade arrest. It is
but just to say that they all claim to be
innocent parties, imposed upon by others
who are not yet arrested. They all had
a preliminary examination before Jus-
tice Splitzgerber at Menardville, and
were bound over to await the action of
the grand jury Kimble county cov-
ers all the headwaters of east Llano
river. This county has fine water and
plenty of good land, and the grass is as
good as can be found on the frontier,
well suited to cattle and sheep-raising.
lampasas county.
Dispatch: The death of W. Watt
Smith, one of our oldest and most
prominent citizens, took place Wednes-
day morning, April 18th, of con-
sumption The farmers are complain-
ing of the ravages of the grasshop-
pers. They have destroyed all the
garden vegetables, and are now injuring
the wheat. We hear more complaints
from farmers on Sulphur Fork than
from those of other portions of the
county Bill Woodruff, alias Wes.
Hardin, alias Bill Taylor, who was ar-
rested a month ago in Burnett county,
by Deputy Sheriff McKeever, was con-
victed last week in that county for the
theft of two horses in Brown county.
He was taken to Austin, supposed to be
Bill Taylor, and there thought to be
one of the Goliad bank robbers. While
he was in the Austin jail, the owner
of the stolen horses came to this place
and proved the property and swore out
warrants for his arrest. When the
time for trial came, he pleaded guilty
and was sent to the penitentiary for
fifteen years. We are well satisfied
that he had been guilty of other and
more serious violations of the law, or
he would have made a harder fight for
his liberty.
maverick county.
San Antonio Herald: Sergeant Arm-
strong, the non-commissioned officer of
that command at Eagle Pass, commends
in the most explicit manner the action
of the Mexicans in delivering up stolen
property belonging to Americans on
the 9th of this (April) month. Sergeant
Arrington, of Hall's command, cap-
tured eleven work oxen and four horses.
One was found to be a Texas horse.
These animals were turned over to the
sheriff of Maverick county. Also, six
oxen delivered to owners in Mexico,
and which were crossed over the river.
m'lennan county.
Waco Examiner: The Ot'd Fellows
will celebrate the fifty-eighth anniver-
sary of the Order on Tuesday, the 26th
instant. Rev. Mr. Carroll will deliver
an anniversary address Waco is mak-
ing extensive preparations for the Mai
Fest... .The survivors of Hood's Texas
brigade of the Army of North Virginia
will hold their annual reunion in this
city on Wednesday, the 27th of June.
nueces county.
Corpus Christi Oazette: To Mr. M.
S. Culver we are indebted for the fol
lowing list of cattle to be driven from
the Frio and vicinity: Smith & Cul-
ver, 5100 head of straight steers; Lytel
& Macdonnel, 6000 mixed cattle; Wm.
Waugh & Stevens, 4000 mixed cattle;
Wm. Slaughter, 3500 mixed cattle; J.
J. Ellis, 22,000 mixed cattle. Most of
this stock is intended to be driven to
Dodge City, Kansas, on the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, from
whence they will be driven to different
points as may best suit the ideas of
those directly concerned. The drive
this season, to a great extent, will be
changed, many cattle taking the western
trail by Camp Colorado, Fort Griffin
and on to the place above mentioned.
This route is preferred on account of
the superior grass and water to be
found thereon, as also the absence of
settlements and the immunity from
trouble in consequence Solomon
Eschberg, who was arrested on last
Thursday by Deputy United States
Marshal Clayton for violation of the
internal revenue law, having failed to
give bond for his appearance in court,
was placed on board the mail boat
bound for Indianola, from which port
he was taken to Galveston.
Corpus Christi Free Press: A train of
ten wagons, loaded with hides from
Chihuahua, to Doddridge, Davis & Ca-
den, arrived here the latter part of last
week This week corn has been sold
in this city, in quantity, at 80 cents;
oats 50 cents. Capt. Fly, of the
schooner Ripple, who has been dis-
charging a load of lumber from Calca-
sieu, will start immediately to Galves-
ton for a load of corn, believing he can
make a good thing. This is a reduc-
tion and a good harbinger of future
operations in articles that have a steady
demand.
newton county.
New* Boy : The steamer Era passed
up last week with a full load of freight.
Our Burkville merchants have returned
from Qalveston, and the goods are roll-
ing into town at a rapid rate
Farming operations have suspended
until the rain stops.
nacogdoches county.
News: Too much rain has fallen
within the last few days for farming
purposes... .At a meeting of the Nacog-
doches council of the Patrons of Hus-
bandry the following officers were
elected- H. C. Hale, Worthy Master;
E. F. Coon, Worthy Overseer; A. D.
Parks, Stewart; M. L. Patton, Treasu-
rer; A. I. Simpson, Secretary; J. L.
Thrift, Gate-keeper. A meeting of said
body was appointed to take place on
the first Friday in June next at the
town of Nacogdoches.
polk county.
Moscow Hemew: Planting generally
has been much retarded by wet weather
and wintry winds. But for the unfa-
vorable season, the entire crop of this
county would probably have been plant-
ed last week The grand jury in at-
tendance at the District Court was dis-
charged on Thursday, having been only
four days in session.
panola county.
More corn and cotton will be planted
this year than ever before Proauce
of every kind plenty for man and beast.
The morals of the people are, as
usual, good; no disruptions or grocery
fights in our community The gene-
ral health of the people extremely good.
We have two good literary schools in
southwest Panola The trustees of
the Mount Zion College have now in
daily erection a magnificent building at
Clayton, Texas. In the old academy
building there is now a splendid school
in progress of some fifty students. No
little town and vicinity in all Texas is
surrounded by a more enterprising peo-
ple than Clayton. The people are buoy-
ant with the prospect of the extension
of the Henderson and Overton Rail-
road.
■ PALO PINTO COUNTY.
A Palo Pinto Creek correspondent of
the Western Star writes to say that
when Texas counties are described
nearly all are represented to strangers
abroad in such a light that a compari-
son is immediately drawn in the mind
of the reader with the most favored
spots in their own localities. Lofty
trees, extensive forests, undulating
woodlands, velvety lawns, flowing
rivers and soils as rich as the Mississippi
river valley, and as varied and prolific
in production as imagination can paint
it, are the visions that float
before their eyes, and when they
are assured that all this is only
worth from $1 50 to $5 per acre,
alas! poor man, when he views our
scrubby post oaks from 10 to 30 feet
high, and our mesquite flats, and our
undulating mountains, as rocky and as
hard to get over as the road to heaven,
and nearly famishep for water in the
bed of a river, and discovers as much
difficulty in getting hold of a piece of
good land as he would in trying to find
the man that "struck Billy Patterson,"
he feels sadly disappointed. The reality
is so different from the mind-picture
that they will not understand what ad-
vantages we do possess. There is plenty
of good land here—and it is cheap—but
is no better than good land anywhere
else. There is plenty of timber here
for all necessary purposes—but it does
not grow as it does in the Eastern
States. There are plenty of water and
water courses here, but scarcely any
run all the time. They stand in holes,
and have plenty of fish in them. The
best stock range in the west is right
here, and that will do to swear by. It is
healthier here than in the Eastern coun-
ties and States, but we are not totally
exempt from sickness. It does not rain
as much nor as often here as in those
States on the sea-board, and those coun-
ties due north from the Gulf, but still
we have a sufficiency to produce on
good land from I to f bale of cotton
per acre, 20 to 60 bushels corn per
acre, 9 to 25 of wheat, etc. And
when the settlements can afford it,
there will be all the appliances of civili-
zation here—but just now the egg is
hardly pipped. These are the plain
facts," or a part of them, which are too
often colored too highly, and God sure-
ly will not hold them guiltless, who,
in this way, "take sugar in them."
Corn is about all planted—garden-
ing about through with—grasshoppers
very numerous, but not doing much
damage yet Some chills ana croup
on the Valley.
RED IUVER COUNTY.
Times : The wheat crop is very pro-
mising. .. .Corn is large enough to plow.
. .We have lauds in our county of as
good quality as those in the border
counties and equally as cheap. The
time for high prices in lands here has
passed by. Persons in the older States
cultivate lands which they can sell at
from forty to fifty dollars per acre, and
raise less on them than they would on
lands that cost them but five.
RUSK COUNTY.
The yeung folks have been enjoying
some gay and pleasant parties during
the present vacation of Henderson
College It is estimated by the data
of county officials that there are about
3000 children in Rusk county between
the ages of 8 and 14 On last Tues-
day four negroes were arrested near
Overton for stealing ribbon cane out of
the field after it had been planted
Australia has a representative in Hen-
derson, who is now in jail for getting
drunk.
SAN SABA COUNTY.
News: Among the events of the past
week we notice bountiful rains, a very
changeable temperature, and the fact
that court has been in session....A
seven year old child got lost recently
on Steep creek, and remained in the
woods one night and nearly two days,
but was found going off in an opposite
direction from home the second day by
a party of hunters Wagons loaded
with lumber en route to Fort Concho,
parsed through town on Tuesday.
TARRANT COUNTY.
Fort Worth Democrat : Reports from
the country are very encouraging. The
crops are in good condition, and the
grass is growing very rapidly. There
is already enough of it to be of per-
ceptible benefit to stock FortWorth
Standard : A drove of seven hundred
horses are on their way to Minnesota,
from this place It is astonishing the
great number of buffalo hides that are
brought to this market. Yesterday six
mule teams, loaded to their utmost
capacity, arrived at Gurley & Co.'s hide
and wool house. They were from Camp
Hawes, one hundred and seventy-five
miles West of Fort Griffin From
Drs. Burt and Fields, we learn, that
during the storm yesterday evening,the
hjuse of Willis Asberry, four miles out
on the Alvarado road, was entirely
blown down. Mrs. Asberry was in the
house with a child in her arms, and
strange to say escaped uninjured.
About one mile and a half north of
Asberry'8, a box house occupied by
Mr. Daniels, and his wife was entirely
demolished, and the contents scat
tered far and wide. Mr. Daniels
is an old man some sixty years
old and is seriously injured, having
several ribs broken and otherwise badly
bruised. Mrs. Daniels is severely cut
about the face, neck and head, and is
suffering from bruises in her back. She
is terribly bruised, but it is thought not
as seriously injured as her husband. In
town the Weaver school-house was
blown askew some three feet, but will
soon be all right and straight as the
carpenters are at work on it. Mr.
Brown's house, in the eastern part of
the city, which was under construction
was blown down. Several tents and a
few little shanties were victims to the
elements; also, some fences and lumber
piles. Although it was one of the most
violent storms that has visited this part
of the country for a long time, we are
happy to record but little damage done,
so far as has been learned, and what is
better, no lives have been lost....Dr.
Ruby shot and kiiled T. W. Townsend
on Bear Creek, about 11 miles from
Austin. The difficulty originated about
a mustang pony.
UVALDE COUNTY.
C'astroville Era : Lieut. Pat Dolan,
commanding the rangers, followed the
Indians to the head of Devil's river,
where he surprised them in camp and
got all the horses from them, besides
any amount of Indian artillery and
other plunder. The horses were
brought back and turned over to the
proper owners from whom they, were
stolen Local option in Uvalde, to
say nothing of real estate, among other
things, adds to the value of kegs and
demijohns at least fifty per cent
Grass—fat cattle—peace"and plenty.
VICTORIA COUNTY.
Advocate: A number of improvements
are going up in this city, and several
tasty dwellings have just been com-
pleted. The members of the Baptist
congregation of this city are repairing
the liouse used some years since as the
Advocate office, and will convert the
same into a house of worship... .Ar-
rangements are being made by the Epis-
copal Sunday schools of Victoria and
Cuero for a grand union picnic at or
near Thomaston, on the 5th of May....
Rev. Father Gardett, of this city, leaves
to day for Lyons, France, to be absent
until the month of October next.
WISE COUNTY.
Fort Worth Democrat : From Capt.
Booth we learn the particulars or a
most brutal murder, which took place
near Decatur, on Wednesday last. Bill
Arp, the son of the noted humoiist,
John Richards and William Cook,
while under the influence of liquor,
went into the field of Mr. F. H. War-
ren, where a man by the name of Dot
Malone was plowing, and shot him
down without cause or provocation.
Mr. Malone is represented as being a
fery quiet, inoffensive, hard-working
man, and no cause can be assigned for
the brutal deed. Arp and Richards
made their escape, but Cook was ar-
rested, examined, and committed to jail
without bond.
washington county.
Brenham Banner : San Jacinto day
passed off quietly in town, and a large
number of our young men and ladies
went out to enjoy the picnic at Rocky,
a few miles from town, where they en-
joyed themselves hugely. The banks
here all closed Many of our farmers
are plowing over their corn the second
time. Some of them hare corn knee
high. On the plantation of Mr. A. J.
Robertson, near this city, there is some
of this height, not an isolated stalk or
two, but acres and fields. Mr. R. has
conducted his farming operations just
as if there were no such pests as grass-
hoppers, and thus far he has suffered
no material damage from their presence.
They are dying on his plantation by
quantities, not numbers.
waller county.
Courier: Hempstead Lodge I. O. O.
F. will commemorate the founding of
the Order in the United States with a
grand picnic on Clear Creek Mr. R.
W. Crawford refused $7500 for his
racer Geo. Quinan m Houston The
Pattersonites are wild on the subject of
a city since the Narrow Gauge was
finished to that place Mr. Gee in-
forms us that the brick work of the
new court-house will be completed by
May first, and that it will be completed
in time for the July term of the District
Court The brick work on Messrs.
Z. H. Hammond and E. P. Kemper's
stores is progressing rapidly, and in
about a month the buildings will be
completed Wheeler and Bryan broke
ground on Punt's new brick building
last Thursday. The work on the build-
ing will be pushed vigorously Farm-
ers say the crop prospect was never bet-
ter. Cotton and corn in all portions of
the county are excellent The grass-
hoppers are disappearing fast and larm-
ers are in strong hopes that the crops
will not be injured by them.
wharton county.
The new settlement at West Bernard,
on the Galveston and San Aatonio road,
in this county, begins to show signs of
life and progress. President Peirce, of
the road, owns 20,000 acres of land on
the road, and has laid off a tract a mile
square, to be called New Philadelphia,
with town and outlets, which is being
settled by immigrants from Pennsyl-
vania, twelve or fifteen families being
already on the ground. Forty-acre
lots on the town tract are sold to actual
settlers at two dollars an acre, one half
cash and the balance on one and two
years time, with a discount of ten per
cent, for all cash in hand. Mr. E. black-
pole, long a citizen of Galveston, is
agent for the proprietor, and the new
settlement is already showing signs of
life that promise a rapid development
of the resources of this fine region,
which have been allowed to languish
since the war. Wharton, before the
war, was regarded as one of the finest
and wealthiest counties of the State,
but the overthrow of its labor syst em
gave it a check from which it is just
beginning to recover The crops are
reported more promising than " since
freedom come." No grasshoppers.
There is said to be a good deal of in-
quiry now about its Bernard lands,
which are rich prairie, while its bottom
lands on Caney, Peach creek and Colo-
rado, the richest in the State, are neg-
lected and almost unsalable.
youno county.
The Fort Worth Democrat makes the
following extract from a private letter
received from Graham City: Have had
fine rains, with more in prospect soon;
crops look fine, the whole country most
charming. Have no grasshoppers.
Everybody is at work, hopeful and
happy. Emigrants continue to move
into Young county and Graham too; a
healthful, beautiful town, and so ad-
mired by travelers that many return
and locate, or send their friends. We
will soon have two good sized churches
under way—one Methodist, the other
Presbyterian. Have good prospect,
too, of another large flouring mill, also
a college building.
Illinois and Texas Contrasted.
Paradise, III., April 16, 1877.
Eds. News—Having spent a portion
of my time for the last three years in
Texas, and having formed many very
pleasant acquaintances, permit me to
give your many readers a passing
sketch, and contrast Illinois with your
State.
I left Lavaca county on the 23d of
March. The farmers, many of them,
were plowing corn. Vegetables and
gardens were fine, where they were not
destroyed by grasshoppers, range was
fine and stock doing well. Your peo-
ple complain of hard times. They
know nothing about hard times and
scarcity of money, compared with Illi-
nois. Just think, this, the 9th day of
April, the trees look dead like winter,
scarcely a plow started, weather cold
and wet, roads muddy. There is no
telling when our farmers can commence
farming. Many of them have not grain
to make their crop with, nor provision
for their families, and notning to buy
with. Our people have, it seems, lost
confidence in each other, and it is al-
most impossible to get credit here.
Many in this State are upon the charity
of the counties. Land here, that eight
years ago could have been sold for §40
per acre, now can not be sold for $25.
Our people are nearly all in debt, and I
believe one-third of the land in Illinois
is mortgaged to Eastern capitalists, and
will have to change hands. Central
Illinois for the last two years has not
made more than half crops. Our peo-
ple are falling back instead of advanc-
ing. Our people are bankrupt; our
business men are failing almost daily.
A general gloom hangs over our people.
Thousands of them would leave for
Texas, but they can not get away; they
can not sell their lands nor pay their
debts.
People ask me if a man is safe travel-
ing in Texas. I tell them I have trav-
eled in portions of Texas that have a
hard name abroad, and have there
found as kind and hospitable a people
as I ever found. I could not ask kind-
er treatment nor more honorable men
to deal with than I find in Texas. You
have a fine State by nature, and when
its resources are developed, more inter-
est in agriculture and improvement in
stock, then your State will take rank
among the first in the nation.
Your people must try all species of
grass; there is surely something adapt-
ed to that climate. Your people are
imposed upon in the line of agricul-
tural implements, many of their imple-
ments being the refuse of other States.
I find no man who has visited your
State and partaken of the hospitality of
your people who is not pleased. The
long-existing prejudice is fast fading
away; our interests are inseparably
connected; we must be one people, and
no longer listen to demagogues and be
led by Radicals. Equal justice should
be done to all States, and they must be
freed from carpet baggers. We must
have a settled government before our
nation can prosper or confidence be re-
stored. H. B. Worley.
A New England watch manufactory
is about making a new style of watches.
The new watch contains fewer works
than the ordinary one, and these are set
around the center and driven by a
mainspring beneath them. By means
of a toothed rim around the watch, in-
side, all the works are made to perform
a complete rotation around the center
of the watch—aside from their own
proper motions—completing the per-
formance once every two hours. Any
irregularity from difference of weight
of parts of the machinery is thus whol-
ly compensated, no matter what may
be the position in which the watch is
carried, since in any and all positions
tbe center of gravity for tbe machinery,
for any two hours as a whole, will be
1 uniform.
Excursion Aver tbe Or art on and
Henderson KaUroad.
Overton, Rusk Co., Texas, )
April 23, 1877. f
Ed*. Newt—The following is a brief
account of the grand opening excursion
over the Henderson and Overton Rail-
road. The train, embracing the new
and elegant coach and one flat car, pre-
pared for the occasion left Overton at
8.55 a. m. Sunday, 22d inst., and reach-
ed Henderson at 1025 a. m., stopping
thirty minutes for wood and water,
thus making the run of fifteen miles in
fifty-five minutes running time. We
found the road in fine condition, con-
sidering it is yet unfinished. There are
but very few bad places on the entire
line, and they will be put in perfect
order within the next tea days, and
when that is done, Henderson can
boast of having as good a piece of
track and as good equipments as any
road in Texas,except the International.
The excursion party from here con-
sisted of some of the most prominent
business men and their families, young
gallants and their sweethearts, the
Mayor, Col. J. C. Spinks, and many
ladies and children, as well as a goodly
number of the colored population. The
train was drawn by the engine " Gov.
Flanagan," with the favorite Engineer
Ross at the throttle, while the train was
under the management of Mr. W. R.
Daniel as conductor, and Mr. Jim-
my Glenn at the breaks.
On our arrival at Henderson, Mayor
Spinks, after the cheering of the as-
sembled multitude had ceased, an-
nounced that the programme was for
everybody to go to church, and after
dinner the train would make a trip to
Bunker Hill and return, for the bene-
fit of all who wished to take a ride, and
after a few other appropriate remarks
we were welcomed by the Hon. W. W.
Morris, president of the road.
The sound of the Flanagan's whistle,
at 1.30, was the signal for the Bunker
Hill excursion, and 2 p. m. the coach
and flat, being filled to their utmost
capacity, moved off. Bunker Hill is
about nine miles from Henderson, but
on account of the late hour of starting
we went only half way to Overton, ana
after a short rest, returned to Hender-
son, everybody highly delighted with
their first ride over the new road.
And now for home. Left Henderson
at 4 p. m., with all on board for Over-
ton, and after a fine run of one hour
and thirty minutes (stopping thirty
minutes for wood and water), reached
home at 5.30, thus making the home
run in one hour's running time. And
as a whole, the little excursion was one
of the most enjoyable trips we have
ever had in our county, ana one long
to be remembered as the first trip over
the H. and O. R. R.
J^EPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, AT
GALVESTON, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS,
AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS, ON THE
FOURTEENTH DAY OF APRIL, 1877.
RESOURCES :
Loans and discounts $111,403 8J
Overdrafts 9,370 45
U. 8. bonds to secure circulation... 200,000 00
U. S. bonds to secure deposits 75,000 00
Other stocks, bonds and mortgages 4.879 66
Suspended debt in process of col-
lection 47,258 97
Due from other National Banks... 29,076 38
Due from State banks and bankers 6,499 62
Real estate, furniture and fixtures. 72,629 20
Current expenses and taxes paid.. 5,918 09
Protest fee account 159 22
Checks and other cash items 871 82
Bills of other banks 34,086 00
Fractional currency,including nick-
els 1,809 50
Specie, including gold treasury cer-
tificates 11,303 79
Legal tender notes 65,000 00
Redemption fund with U. S. Treas-
urer, 5 per cent, of circulation... 9,000 00
Due from U. S. Treasurer other
than 5 per cent redemption fund 2.688 87
DIKA.
BEIRNE—On Spy Wednesday, at 26, Upper
Gloucester street. Dublin, Ireland, Mr. Henry
O. Beirne.
Special Notices.
Insurance Notice.—Department of In-
surance. Statistics and History, Austin, Texas,
April 28f1877—Notice is he>-joy given to the
public mat I have this day revoked the certifi-
cate of authority heretofore granted to the
"LOUI8IANA EQUITABLE LIFE INSUR-
ANCE COMPANY," of New Orleans; and that
from and after the date hereof the entire busi-
ness ot the said Company is suspended in this
State. V. O. KINO,
ap22 d2tWlt Commissioner.
Auction Sales.
AUCTION SALE.
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
KITCHEN FURNITURE,
DINING EXTENSION TABLES,
SOFAS,
MIRROR?,
WHATNOTS,
OIL PAINTINGS
and other articles of Household Furniture.
T> Y E. A. BLAKELY. Auctioneer,
J_> will sell on FRIDAY, 27th inst., at lfcU
o'clock—
ENTIRE CONTENTS OF RESIDENCE ON
BROADWAY,
near Tremont stroet, consisting in part of
the above mentioned household effects. 2t
AUCTION SALE.
DAMAGED GOODS.
WE WILL SELL THIS DAY,
26th instant, at 11 o'clock, at our sales
rooms, Strand-
Slightly damaged by the storm: 25 barrels
Pearl HOMINY; 50 Racks Cotton Seed MEAL
a fine fertilizer and feed for cows; Bran, Coin
and other Groceries and Sundries.
Also—Household Furniture.
And for account of insurance—1 small lot of
Fine CIGARS.
On Saturday sale of unredeemed pledges of
Kauffman's Loan Office
PARK, LYNCH i CO.,
ap26 Auctioneers.
New Advertisements.
The War of the Creams.
The Olympian Cream is the outgrowth of a
legal controversy between Dr. T. Felix Gou-
raud. proprietor of the Oriental Cream% and
his three sons, respecting the right of the
sons to their business designation as such in
connection with their former article, 44 Crerne
Orien'ale." A tedious litigation resulted in
a cnange of the name of the article to that
of " Olympian Cream," also a change of the
firm name to "A. H. Gouraud," the eldest of
the sons of Dr. Gouraud, parties defendant
to the aforesaid suit. The new Is put up in
handsomer form than the old presaratioh,
and its price reduced to one dollar. With the
view of giving this really good article a wider
popularity, it is now offered in trial bottles at
only 25 cents. No lady can now forego a trial
of a preparation that she can use only to re-
commend and to confirm every virtue that is
claimed in its behalf.
Does not rub, but readily washes off.„a4M
A. H. GOURAUD,
98 Greenwich street, N. Y.
Sold by D. E. SCHOOLFIELD.
ap26th satu3m
Carry tbe 2NTews
To the Farmer* and Gardeners of
Southern Texas.
It affords me pleasure to be able to inform
you that I have perfected arrangements for
the shipment of your early products to North
ern markets, in Car Load Lots.
I shall be happy to furnish you with full in-
formation as to system of handling, packing,
etc., on application.
I am prepared to advance on shipments, or
to purchase. Very respectfully,
A. WHI TAKER,
Wholesale Fruit and Produce Dealer,
ap26 d2tWlt* Houston.
ARRIVED,
and selling at reduced prices, from wharf,
4200 Sacks COFFEE
PER FLEET WING.
Samples open for inspection at my
office.
IN STORE
1000 Sacks COFFEE
EX ANDREA,
which will be sold at reduced prices also, to
make room for the new cargo.
H. KOPPERL.
ARRIVED
AND
SELLING FROM WEARF,
3840 Sacks Coffee.
Ex ' Thomas Keillor."
IN STORE,
2500 Sacks COFFEF.
tnn KAUFFMAN * R(JNOK*
mh22 una tf
IN STORE.
3000 sacks COFFEE
For sale by
J. H. ELS WORTH & CO.
mhUuutt
New Advertisements.
Total $686,955 40
LIABILITIES :
Capital stock paid in
Surplus fund
Undivided profits
Premium rale of gold
National bank notes outstanding...
Individual deposits subject to check
Demand certificates of deposit
United States deposits
Deposits of U. S. disbursing officers
Due to approved reserve agents...
$300,000 00
40,000 00.
12,340 00
278 S4
169,800 00
198 385 80
4,032 23
32,096 07
28,293 21
1,729 23
$686,955 40
STATE OF TEXAS, I
County of Galveston, s s. )
I, Thomas Reed, Cashier of above-named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above state-
ment is true, to the best of my knowledge and
belief.
THOS. REED, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
twenty-fifth day of April, 1877.
WM. R. JOHNSON,
Notary Public, Galveston County.
Correct—Attest:
J. M. BROWN, )
R. A. BROWN, i-Directors.
PETER H. ERHARD, *
ie2S E&mlt
Galveston Gas Works.
32(1 and Market Streets.
All orders or complaints, to receive prompt
attention, should be left at the Secretary's of
flee, in the
Ostermann Building,
corner Strand and 22d street, between the
hour* of 8 and 12 o'clock A. u.
ap9 '76 una ly
For Sale—-For Kent.
2>EA01I BASKETS, \ Bushel.
PEACH BOXES, H Bushel.
BERRY BOXES, Quarts and Pints.
GRAPE BOXES, contain three pounds.
PATENT EGG CASES, of three different
factories, one with patent cover fastenings.
P. A. LANG,
Wholesale Produce Dealer,
apl3 lm Central Wharf.
I WILL SELL
400 Head HORSE STOCK
RAISED NEAR NEW BRAUNFELS,
AT SEVEN DOLLARS PER HEAD.
apl2 2m
DANIEL PFEUFFER,
New Braunfels, Texas.
Machinery.
JjVDR RAT.1C FOR SALE.
A Forty-eighUnch
Steam Cylinder Tyler Cottoa
„ Compress,
Complete In all of its parts and connection*
In first-rate working order. Will be sold
cheap. For Information, address
SOUTHERN COTTON PRE88 A MAN'G CO.
Galveston. Jan. 27.1876.
A. P. Lunn, Agent.
lat»tf
OF IMPROVED
Plantation Machinery!
No. 53 Strand, Galveston.
PRICES REDUCED!
THE GULLETT IMPROVED GIN will in
future be sold at $4 per Saw.
THE GULLETT IMPROVED GIN FEEDER
at (1 25 per Saw.
8ETT OF IRONS FOR BROOKS'S IM-
PROVED COTTON PRESS, $ft5.
SETT OF IRON8 FOR BROOKS'S IM-
PROVED COTTON PRESS AND COTl'ON
BOX, $200.
All Machinery Sold at Manufac-
turer*' Prices.
fell dftW3m JNO. W. WICK8 ft SON.
TAKE MTICE.
That the following resolution was adopted
by the City Council, at a meeting held by
them April 16,1877:
Resolved, 1st. That registered scrip and
certificates of indebtedness, not presented for
conversion into Qalveston 30 years Limited
Debt Bonds, shall cease to bear iktebest on
May 1st, 1877.
2d. That the Treasurer is authorized to ad-
vertise the foregoing resolution tor 10 days In
the Galveston News.
J. M. O. MENARD,
ap25 lOd City Treasurer.
THE STURGIS HOUSE
w aoo, Te:
This well known hotel is now for rent. The
entire house having recently been thoroughly
renovated makes it one of the mo6t desirable
hotels in the city.
The house contains about twenty-seven
well ventilated rooms, and being the nearest
hotel to the depot makes it very desirable for
travelers. Apply to
JNO. REVERE or E. A. STURGIS,
apis lm
Waco Texas.
TresPalacios Rancho
Packing and Canning Works
STOCK OF CATTLE that has been accumu-
lating for thirty years, and now numbering
about 18,000 head, partly in pasture, together
with
SADDLE HORSES, TEAMS,
Etc., to run the rancho.
BEEF PACKING AND CANNING HOUSE,
with a team works and machinery complete
for putting up canned beef. Engines, Power
Presses. Dies and Tools complete for the man-
ufacture of beef cans.
UWKLLING-HOLXE,
Boarding House (for laborers). Supply Store,
Out-bulldings, Cattle Pens, Pastures, Fields,
Lands, etc., etc.
The works are located on a navigable stream,
with plenty of timber on the land to run the
works.
The stock range In good condition to fur-
nish cattle at fair prices for canning or other
purposes.
Would sell the property for cash, or In ex-
change for cattle delivered, suitable for the
Kansas market. WM. B. GRIMES.
Tres Palacioe, Matagorda county, Texas
Feb. IS. 1HW mh2 ajvW
Hotels—Restaurants.
SOIJR LAKE.
The Hotel at this Celebrated Watering
Place is now open for the reception of guests.
J. C. Baldwin, proprietor of the Houston €ity
Livery Stables, will run a line of hacks from
the T. and N.O. R. R. station (making close'con-
nection with trains) to and from the Lake.
Terms of board, including water privileges,
eer month, $40; per week, $12; per day, $2.
or regular guests commutation tickets will
be issued by the Railroad Company.
ap24 3m J. A. MERCHANT, Proprietor.
BLennodLy Hotel
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
C. B. SANDERS, Proprietor.
Refitted and newly furnished, conveniently
located in the business center. Street cars
from all directions center at the Hotel. AC-
COMMODATIONS FIR8T-CLA8S, CHARGES
MODERATE. Specially recommended to fam-
ilies and the traveling pnblic generally.
N. B.—First-class restaurant at the hotel,
open at all hours. apl5 lm
BANK EXCHANGE
Nos. 112 and 114 Market Street,
Opposite News Office.
Tliis magnificent and costly fitted up
Bar and Billiard Hall
is now opened to the pnblic. The large and
well ventilated Billiard Hall Is furnished with
twelve of the latest style of Novelty tables,
and the Bar and Cigar Stand are stocked with
the choicest brands of
Imported Lienors and Cigars
The proprietors have spared neither pains
nor expense to make BANK EXCHANGE one
of the most beautiful and attractive estab-
lishments of the kind in the United States, and
will be pleased at all times to welcome their
friends and the public in general.
mh36 '77 3m HARLAN, DUFFIELD A CO.
Clothing—Boots—Shoes
entlemen are cordial-
Inrited to call and examine the
New Styles°'Spring Goods
Just received by
Gr1
THE LEADING TAILOR, corner 2Sd and Post-
office streets. Competition defied and saUs-
faction guaranteed. W 3™
jyjilitaky clothing.
ESTABLISHED \824.
The oldest Military Clothing House In the
United States. Long and favorably known in
the Southern Trade.
JACOB REED,
301,
Military Companies, Bands and Colleges uni-
formed at the shortest notice. Satisfaction
guaranteed in Out, Style and Trimming. Prices
reasonable.
Lithographs and directions for measure-
ment, with samples of goods, etc., furnished
Ie8th«atu8m
H. HIRSCH & CO.,
GALVESTON,
Agents for the
Baxter, Hoadley, Payne & Sons and
Qodwln
STEAM ENGINES
FAUGHT'S PATENT
Straub's and Nonpareil Mills,
Corn and Cob Crushers,
Sugar Mills and Evaporators,
Blake's Patent Steam Pumps.
RICE'S "LITTLE GIANT" STEAM INJEC-
TOR: BRINLY UNIVERSAL PLOWS;
BLACK HAWK CULTIVATORS;
COKNAND COTON PLANT-
ERS, McNEALE <fc
URBAN
FIRE-PROOF SAFES;
Mil burn Wagons, Iron Railing, Belting, etc.
WSEND FOR CATALOGUE, ^
jyft 12m th a* to
joshua miller.
LEE IRON WORKS.
C. B. LEE & CO.,
Iron i Brass Founders
AND
MANrrACTrRKR8 OF
STEAM ENGINES,
SAW MILLS,
BOILERS,
MILL AND GIN GLARING,
Shafting, Pulleys, Brass and Iron
Pumps, Etc., Etc.
Particular attention given to orders for Iron
Fronts and Castings for Buildings.
All kinds of Job Work solicited
Satisfaction guaranteed.
Corner Winnie and 32d Sts,
(Near Railroad Depot),
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
City Advertisements.
By virtue of the tax
Rolls of t he city of Galveston' for the
rear 1876, and the powers vested in me as Tax
Collector under the laws of the State of
Texas and the charter of tbe city of Galves-
ton, I have this dv levied upon, and will pro-
ceed to sell, at the Court-house door of the
county of Galveston, on TUE8DAY, the first
day of May. 1877, (that being a legal sale day)
the following Parcels of Land or Town Lots,
or so much thereof as will satisfy the taxes
due and unpaid for the year 1S7S, by the sev-
eral parties and properties respectively, to the
highest bidder, for cash, including all penal-
ties and accruing costs:
Armstrong, Kate, north H of 6, block 505.1150 00
Bennison, H., lot 9, block #20 309 78
Brandon. J. M., lots 5, 6 and 7, block 368 133 60
Collett, J. H , 9 feet west side ot 9, block
621 429 15
Cronican, estate of John, lots 13 and 14,
block 558 90 00
Frosh, Mrs. Jane, lot 13, block 682 768 00
Fox, estate of C., lot 14, block 735 845 00
Fletcher, E. S , lota 8 an* 9, blook 437.. 9g 00
HeiskeU, J. M , S. W. H ol S. W. block
of outlot 115 98 SO
Hurlbut minors, lot 6, block 617 300 00
Joseph, T M., lot 7, block 817 1S7 00
La Croix, improvements on lot 1, block
440 »1 06
Nash, estate of J. P., lots 2 and 3, block
8T 154 00
Reed, Jobnson, lots 5, 6 and 7 in 8. E.
block of outlot 91 . 134 SO
Searcy, Mrs. Julia, lota 4 and 7, block £27 70 0*
Seeling, E. H., lot 9, block 504 842 15
Sinclair, W. H„ lota 10 to 14, block 186 . 390 50
Shatter. H, lot 13, block 147 73 50
Tevig, R M„ W. K of N. W. block of
outlot 136 *9 30
Trube, J. C., W. % of 4, block 502 254 SS
Trube, Mrs. 8.. E % of 4, block 502 214 50
Van Buren, Evelyn, lots 5, t and 7,
block 204 90 00
Rosenbaum & Levlne. lots 2 and 3,
block 223 74 76
Sullivan, Mrs. J. S„ lota 4 to 12, block
214 141 00
Shields. Wm., lots 5, 6 and 7, block 258. 116 00
Jockusch, J. W., lots 1, 2, 3 and Mot *,
block 259 126 00
Mann, estate of W. L., E. >4 el 5 to E. H
of ll,}>lock311 145 00
Coughlin, Jones & Beath, E. K of 4, all
5, 6 and 7, block 446 550 00
Owner unknown, assessed in name Jno.
Berlocher, lota 2, 3, 4 and 5, block 563 . 990 00
Owner unknown, assessed In name Jno.
Berlocher, lot 2, block 622 807 50
Doswell, R. B., all of S. E. block of out-
lot 17 153 50
Tucker, P. C., all of outlot 86 228 30
Galveston Agricultural. H. and L Asso-
ciation, all of outlot 104 500 00
Miller. Robert, all of N. E. block of out-
lot 115 86 00
Haselmeyer, C., jr., all of outlot 130 161 00
The Galveston City Company, 277Ji
acres ground between 57th street and
the League line 568 75
F. R. LUBBOCK, Collector,
City of Galveston.
April 9, 1877. aplO tmyl
SUGAR & SORGO MILLS
COOK KV iPERATORS,
EAGLE COTTON «INS,
HART'S AND OTHER IMPROVED
COTTON PRESSES!
8traub Corn and Flouring Mills,
AMES PORTABLE ENGINES
Asbestos Boiler Covering,
Complete Cotton Cleaner.
and all kinds Farm and Factory Machinery
and Fittings, Belting, Brass Work, etc., etc.
Send in early orders and get advantage ot
present low rates of freight.
W. L. dJSHTVG * MOORE.
Nos. lSSaad 194 Strand,
smtlfm 12m »AT.V KwTOH
Lotteries.
A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY
TO WIN A FORTUNE 1
Fifth Grand drawing, 1877. At New Orleans,
TUESDAY, MAY 1.
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY CO.
This institution was regularly incorporated
by the Legislature of the State for educational
and charitable purposes in 1868, with a capi-
tal of $1,000,000,to which it has since added a
reserve fund of $350,000. ITS GRAND SIN-
GLE NUMBER DRAWINGS will take place
monthly. It never scales or postpones. Look
at the following soheme: CAPITAL PRIZE,
$30,000. 100.000 Tickets at Two Dollars each
Half Tickets, One Dollar.
LIST OF PRIZES:
1 CAPITAL PRIZE $30,000
1 do. do 10,000
1 do. do 5.000
2 PRIZES OF $8500 5,000
5 do 1000 5,000
20 do 500 10,000
100 do 100 10,000
300 do 50 10,000
500 do 80 10.000
1000 do 10 10,000
APPROXIMATION PRIZE8.
9 Approximation Prizes ot $300 2,700
9 do do 200 1.8T0
9 do do 100 <00
1857 Prises, amounting to $110,400
Write for Circulars or send orders to M. A.
DAUPHIN, P. O. Box 692, New Orleans, La.
EXTRAORDINARY SEMI-ANNUAL
DRAWING,
Under the personal supervision of
GEN. G. T. BEAUREGARD, of Louisiana, and
GEN. JURAL A. EARLY, of Virginia.
Tuesday, June 5.
Caeltal Prise. $109,000. Tickets $10 only.
ap4 d&W 4w
Royal Havana tottery, 1877.
Grand Extraordinary Drawing,
of
April 18tll, 1877.
CLAB8 NO. »9S.
1st Capital Prize, #500,000 OO
2d •' " 200,000 OO
3d " " 50,000 OO
3346 Prize (one to eveir six numbers)
None Leaa than S500.
This Lottery, in near one hundred years of
its existence, never has failed in any thing
promised. Send for circulars. Prizes cashed.
Prices: Whole, $100; Half, *50: quarter, $25;
Tenth $10; Twentieth, $5. Club® or parties
purchasing tickets to the amount of over »iou
will be allowed a discount of 15 per cent.
Look to the paper's water marks before buy-
ing, as it is said counterfeits are in circula-
tion Address all orders to
won. Address au maNUKL ORRANTIA,
168 Common street. New Orleans, La.
delfltf tai th
A General Accident Policy
FOR
WITH $25 WEEKLY INDEMNITY
IN THE
TRAVELERS'
Accident Insurance Co.,
Or HARTFORD, CONN ,
Costs a Merchant, Professional Man, and
similar occupation,
ONLY OO A TEAR.
J A. DAVIS, Agent,
ape lm 11S Strand.
Harbor Improvement Bonds.
OmcE City Tmsruit, i
Galveston, April 4,1S77.)
In accordance with the following resolution
adopted by the City Council, April 3, 18TT, I
am prepared to redeem Harbor Improvement
Bonds at par, with accrued interest:
Re*olrtd. That the City Treasurer is hereby
authorized to advertise for four weeks, two
insertions weekly, in the Oalveston News, that
all harbor improvement bonds from No. 1 to
200, inclusive, will be redeemed, on presenta-
tion, at face value and interest accrued to
date of presentation. Bonds not presented
for redemption shall cease to bear interest on
May 1, 1877.
J. M. O. MENARD,
ap5thsulm City Treasurer.
Parties who are in Arrears
For Taxes on Property
and who owe for paving, shelling, or sidewalk
improvements, and who are canning on busi-
ness without having paid their liosnsas to tha
CITY TREASUREROR COLLECTOR are now
notified for the last time that the lavying upon
and selling of property will be commenced ia
a few days, and that a sale of Real Estate will
take place on Tuesday, the 1st day of May.
F. R. LUBBOCK,
City Tax Collector.
Qalveston. March 25. mh# tf
Legal Advertisement*.
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.—
On the First Tuesday in May, 1877,
being the first day of the month, tha under-
signed will sell, in front of the Court-Houae
door of Galveston county, the following de-
soribed real estate, situate in the city of ;Oal-
veston, Texas:
Seventy-five feet on Mechanic street by
sixty feet on Tremont street, being the south-
east corner of Block No. (23, and including
the elegantthree-story iron-front brick build-
ing known as the McDonnell Building.
Also Lots Nos. IS, 13 and 14, in said Blook
No 623.
Also Lot No. 11, In said Block No. 523.
Also so much of Lots Nos. 9 and 10, In said
Block No. 623, as is included in the following
lines, viz: Beginning at a point on Mechanic
street seventy-five feet west of Tremont, and
on the sooth line of said block; thence west
along said south line to the dividing line of
Lota 10 and 11 in said block; thence north
along said dividing line sixty feet; thenca
east and parallel with the south Una of said
block fifty-three feet six inches; thence south
at right angles to the place of beginning. In-
cluding the one story brick store now.occu-
pied by Schwarts A Burgower.
Each of the above pieces of property will
te sold, under orders of court, to satisfy
mortgage liens existing upon them respec-
tively.
One-fourth of the purchase money will be
required in cash upon confirmation of tha
sale; one-half of whatever balance may b«
necessary to satisfy the mortgage lien on tha
particular property at one year, and the other
half at two years from confirmation of sale
—said two deferred payments to bear 19 per
cent, interest. Any balance after satisfying
the mortgages will be at twelve months credit.
The title is believed to be first-class, and the
property is as eligible as any In the business
portion of the city. B. McDONNELL,
Administrator of Estate of Frank McDonnell,
deceased. ap94 7t
[No. 409.1
UNITED STATES MARSHAL'S
sale.
Louis Solon et aL vg. Brig "Cnda," her tackle,
apparel and furniture.
In Admiralty.
In obedience te an order of sale issued out
nf the United States Court for the Eastern
District of Texas and to me directed and de-
livered, I will sell the Brig" Unda," her tackle,
apparel and furniture, for cash, to the hlghast
and best bidder, before the court-house door
of said court, in the city of Oalveston, State
of Texas,
On Thursday, the 26th Day of April,
A. D. 1877,
at 12 o'clock M.
WM. J. PHILLIPS. U. 8. Marshal.
By ED. H. CALLOWAY, Chief Deputy.
ap22&26 It
u.
S. GOVERNMENT SALE.
CrsTon-Horsx, Oalveston, Texas, i
Collector's Office, Apr.l 1», 1877. f
I will sell at Public Auction, to the highest
bidder, for cash, at 11 a. n., on
THURSDAY, MAY 3. 1877,
at Ihe Storehouse of the United States Ap-
praiser of Customs, Hendley Building, 8trand
street, Galveston, Texas, the following de-
scribed Merchandise, seized and forfeited for
violation of the Customs Revenue Laws,
viz:
LOT No. 1—173 CIGARS.
LOT No. 2—37# CIGARS.
LOT No. 3—425 CIOARS.
LOT No. 4—300 CIGARS.
LOT No. 5-550 CIGARS.
apl9 th3t B. G. SHIELDS, Collector.
[No. 573.1
In the district court of
the United States, for the Eastern District
of Texas.—In Bankruptcy.
In the matter of GEORGE DUMbLE, Bank-
rupt.
This is to give notice that on the 21st day of
March, A. D., 1877, a petition was filed by
said bankrupt, praring for a discharge from
all his debts provable under the bankrupt act.
and that an order was made thereon by said
court, requiring the same to be heard on the
3d Day of May, A. D., 1877,
at 10 o'clock, a. m., at the city of Galveston.
Wherefore, all creditors who have proved
their debts against the estate ot said Bank-
rupt, and other persons in interest, are hereby
notified to appear at said time and place, and
show cause, if any they have, why the prayer
of said petitioner should not be granted.
WM. J. PHILUP8, U. 8. Marshal.
By Ed. H. Callawat, Chief Deputy.
ap!8 th3t
tW Report any boy demanding over Ave
cents for the Daily News on Texas Central
Railroad and its branches to Jams* Hooker,
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