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I
J. H. DKOWN', PreHjtfenfc
E. C. WILI IAMS, Vice I'resident.
T. R. BONNER, Treasurer.
T. JAMiUS, Secretary.
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
TIL £ K. TEXAS.
CASH CAPITAL, V
- $131,840 60
THE NEWS
For 1878.
The proprietors of the News, in re-
cognition of the generous patronage
extended from every section of the
Stata, have determined to add, by
every attainable means, to the attract-
ive features of the different editions of
the paper, and to afford subscribers
and readers not euly a greater quantity
of miscellaneous news and reading
matter than can be obtained for the
same price through any other medium,
but to lay before them a greater variety
in telegraphic dispatches, special cor-
respondence, editorials, commercial re-
ports and matters of local and general
interest than the resources and facilities
of any other establishment in the South
west will permit.
The momentous issues presented in
the Congress of the United States—
which possess peculiar interest to the
citizsns of Texas in the present condi-
tion of affairs on the western border
and in relation to works of internal im
provement—will be treated by corre-
spondents of acknowledged ability, and
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of Texns are interested, will be permit-
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and its prompt delivery, nothing has
been or will be spared, whether in ex-
penditure of money or labor, and every
department will be as complete as
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make it.
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which are so liberal that competition
is defied. In arranging rates for 1878
for the Weekly News it has been the
purpose of the proprietors not only to
place it within the reach of every fam-
ily In the State, but to so enlarge and
improve it as to leave Texas readers no
occasion for sending abroad for a news-
paper, whether their purpose is to
keep abreast of the current news of
the daj, or to furnish themselves with
a glimpse of general and miscellaneous
intelligence and interesting litorary
productions. The Weekly News will
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to make up an attractive family paper
that the tastes of all will find some-
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In order that full advantage may be
taken of the low rates proposed for the
coming >ear, subscribers sending their
names in between this and the first of
January will receive the Weekly News
on the same terms as have been ar-
ranged for 1878, which are as follows,
including postage prepaid:
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Advance.
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Daily.
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Per month 1 OO
ITrub op Postagk to ai.t. Parts of the United
States and Canadas.
GEN. GRANT IN PARI?.
Tlie Astoiiltiliins Eloquence of (Sen.
Nojch at the American Banquet.
[From the Paris Gaulois.]
It is not every day one has a chance
to attend an American love feast in
busy Paris, but we can understand the
eagerness with which sensation seekers
rushed to purchase tickets for this one,
it thirty francs apiece. Three hundred
tnd fifty persons were present at the
Grand Hotel last night. The American
colony was out in force, commanded
by Dr. Evans, its dentist in-chief, and
leinforced by a crowd of Parisians and
strangers.
The dinner was far from being worth
thirty francs; the spectacle was cheap
at double that sum.
At half-past 7 o'clock the excellent
band of II. Desgr&nge announced the
entrance of Gen. Grant with " Hail
Columbia," executed slambang. The
guests, who had been cooling their
heels and nursing their appetites in an
ante-room, filed slowly down the steps
of the spiral staircase leading to the
great banqueting hall.
There were pretty American women
in toilets perhaps the least bit eccentric,
but redeeming this defect by the beauty
of their bare arms and the gorgeous-
ness of their diamonds. If I live one
hundred years I never shall forget the
spirituelle appearance of Mme. Mackey
(net income five millions a month), nor
the enjoyable grace of lllle. Hutchin-
son.
We were all seated at the tables in
this immense hall, decorated with
French and American flags interblend-
ed. We were impatiently awaiting the
soup and the Madeira of 1825, when
Gen. Noves, who presided, got up and
signified"by an impressive gesture that
he wished to make a spcecb.
" Gentlemen and ladies." said he, " I
call upon the lleverend Father Hitch-
cock to pronounce a blessing on these
viands."
These unlucky words hid hardly es-
caped the general's lips, when the Rev.
Father Hitchcock in question popped
up on to his legs, as if impelled by a
powerful spring. With closed eyes and
forefingers pressed together, hi| im-
plored the Divine blessing for a quar-
ter of an hour, discoursing during th»t
time upon progress, upon civilization,
upon the brotherhood of nations, upon
education, upon the Turco-Russian
war—in short, upon everything except
the viands which he had been requested
to bless.
The Americans could not conceal
their astonishment at such extraordi-
nary eloquence from the Rev. Father
Hitchcock. The soup, the fish were
cold; the meats, blessed at such great
length, consisted of one solitary boiled
dish, and the butler did not bring on
one-half the wines announced on the
carte. Several hungry people, who
had bought tickets very dear at an
agency, had the bad taste to demand
their money back.
Having nothing to eat or to drink, I
had plenty of leisure to inspect Gen.
Grant and his companions.
The ex-President of the United Stales
was conspicuously perched on a plat
form. Gen. Noyes, the new United
States Minister, had Gen. Grant on his
right, and on his left, Mme. Grant, a
good, domestic loooking woman, scarce
ly aristocratic in appearance.
On each side were placed lovely
women and the gentlemen of the com-
mittee. These ladies, appareled in all
the colors of the rainbow, resembled
nothing so much as the barmaids who
are seen behind the counters in English
eating houses.
Over the table of honor was placed
the portrait of Gen. Grant, decked out
with garlands of flowers. The por-
trait was not flattering.
The General has the air of a true sol-
dier. His uniform of blue cloth, trim-
med with gold buttons, is of heroic
simplicity.
Well on in the middle of the banquet
we were favored with a characteristic
ally American surprise by the introduc
tion of two male and two female voctl-
ists, who took a place upon a raised
platform opposite the table of honor.
Strauss waltzes and polkas ceased
and Gen. Noyes again arose. He stood
for a moment in statuesque silence and
then exclaimed in trumpet tones;
*' Lidies and gentlemen, we are going
to listen to these young persons. They
propose to sing, tor our entertainment,
s >me airs celebrated for tUeir beauty.
I beg you not to make a clatter with
your knives and forks. a clatter, it is
unnecessary to tell you, destroys the ef-
fect Of artistic music."
This said, and all the Americans pre-
sent having translated the words ef
Gen. Noyes to their French neighbors,
one of the two young lady vocalists
came forward, and, accompanied by a
piano, sang the " Star Spangled Ban-
ner " (I'Etandard Etoile), a well-known
American national air. She was ap
plauded with great vigor, and was call-
ed out again and again.
Gen. Noyes was ravished with admi-
ration. He demanded another song,
and he made another speech, couched
in the following language:
"You gentlemen who are waiting on
the table here! i believe i interpret the
desire of all those who do us the honor
to participate in this dinner when i beg
of you not to rattle the plates, and
when you move about to be careful to
move about on tiptoe."
Great sensation among the waiters,
who are embarrassed and blush.
After having listened to a gem from
" Lucretia Borgia," sung by m. Novelli,
Gea. Noyes made another speech, in
which he spoke briefly of the war of se-
cession, of the brilliant career of Gen.
Grant of the pleasure which he found
in welcoming him to Paris.
" This silent general," said he, " has
commanded eleven hundred thousand
men. This great statesman has been
elected by forty-four millions of his
fellow-citizens, and he has now come
to this beautiful capital to repose him-
self, after a life of devouring activity.
Gentlemen, let us drink the health of
General Grant 1'
Everybody raised his empty wine-
glass to his lips, attempting a feeble
hurrah, and then sat, down again.
The butlers had been driven out by the
singers.
General Grant majestically arose,
and in the midst of profound silcnce
uttered the following words, which we
reproduce verb atim:
"Ladii s and gentlemen—I am very
pleased to see you. i am really very
happy to find myself among you. _ 1
hope that all the strangers who are in
Paris at this moment are entertained as
I am. Since I have been here I have
met several illustrious French person-
ages, and I am able to announce that
their cordial words were addressed
quite as much to the nation to which I
belong as to the statesman of whom
you have heard Gen. Noyes speak."
So saying, the general sat down and
called for a cigar.
Gen. Noyes then arose, and flourish-
ing a big roll of paper, upon which
were written the names of the numer-
ous orators who were expected to make
speeches, he beat the measure while the
Italian vocalists sang a comic song
which made everybody laugh, and for
an instant brought a smile to the im-
passive features of the silent general.
It was midnight when I left the table.
The American orators were still speak-
ing.
The banquet hall was half empty,
and the general was smoking an enor-
mous cigar and casting glances of en-
treaty at a young blonde orator who
was mouthing his sentences with despe-
rate energy.
I left the banquet hall asking myself
what honor these people did the brave
Yankee by forcing him to eat a wretch-
ed dinner in the presence of three hun-
dred persons and three Italian vocalists.
COMMERCIAL.
NEW8 OFFICE, 1
Tuesday Evenins. Dec. 4. 1877.1
Trade continues to improve, and grocers re-
port a fu" flle of orders. Other departments
have als3 shown more animation, and whole-
salers generally acknowledge doing a better
business.
In values a decline in bacon is quoted, and
sugars are marked down agaio. Coffee is
quiet and unchanged. In the grain ma-kjt
there is very little doing. Corn is firmer and
oats steady. No wheat offering. Bran is in
demand. Fiour continues dull, but without
change in prices.
. In the hide market the weakness of jester-
d»y has given place to a better feeling and
prices are firmer but not quotably higher.
Nothing was dene in wool. The offerings
are vii tually off the market, being held so
far above the views of buyers. Northern mar-
kets preserve a quiet, steady tone, and holders
ol Texas wool according to New York advices
are not Dressing sales. Manufacturers ar>
not eccouras«d to operate largely owing to
the mildness of the \raather, and the limited
demand for woolen goods. The Shipping List
says of the New York market lor Texas wool:
The receipts are large, but holders show no
disposition to meet buyers at anything under
current rates. The transactions embrace
2000 tha. fall Eastern at 23c.; 3500 lbs. choict>
do., 30c.; 10,000 lbs. fine Western, 23}£e ; 10,000
If. j. medium do., 22^jc., and 22,000 lbs. do. and
10,000 lbs. Eastern, on terms not made public.
This has been a big day in the cotton mar-
kec. Sales have exceeded four thousand bales,
and prices have advanced %c. on all grades.
The strength of the position is gradually forc-
ing icself upon the leading markets, and the
bear side is being gradually abandoned as
tenable only upon the basis of lower prices
for cotton goods, a v»ry|palpable improba-
bility.
RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE, DEC. 4.
ReceiotB—Hides, dry, bales, 32; hides, w. s.i
bales, 57; apples, bbls., 75; beer, kegs, 180;
broom corn, bales, 2: cabbage, crates, 25;
oats, cars, 1; sauerkraut, bbls., 5; cattle,
cars, 1.
■hear, 2201; Liverpool, 1326; France,'....
Boston, ....; Bremen, ....; total, 5483.
NET RECEIPTS AT ALL U. 8. TORTS.
This
Pay.
UalveHton. 27!»0
New Orleans b03ti
Mobile *580
Savannah 4509
Charleston 3511
Wilmington 4010
Norfolk 6^0
Baltimore
New York 14H
Boston 1349
Philadelphia 70
Providence
Port Royal
Indianola
City Point
Total this year...
Last season
This
Week.
10587
25310
12250
15110
11582
5107
aria
258
8376
252S
429
Sail.
13-32d
15 16c.
and 70c
and 75c
and 80c
and 80c
.. 27179 89-69 1592698
... 310444 95557 1911296
TOTALS THUS FAK THIS WSEK.
Receipts—This week 89269 bales; last week
90873; this week last year 95557.
Exports—Great Britain, 34310 bales; France,
8299; Continent 8462; channel norts—; to-
tal, 61071.
Stock—This day, 699985 bales; yesterday,
674661; this day last year 921873.
EXCHANGE. GOLD AND SILVER.
Commercial. Bank.
Sterling, 60 days 487 495
New York sight )*> dis. par
New Orleans sight % dis. par
Gold 102 103
American silver 99 100
Mexican silver nom'l nom'l
This day. Yesterday,
dosing gold rate in N.Y. lP2?g 10294
Closing gold rate in N.O. 1089J 103
Com'cl sterling in N. Y. 479
Com'cl sterling in N. O. 488>6
Silver in London 51 54
FREIGHTS.
No arrivals during the' day. Rates were re-
vised. and Liverpool steam direct and via
New York were marked down 1-ltiJ., and sail
to Havre 116c.
Cotton to: Steam.
Liverpool, direct 9-16d.
Liverpool via NewYork 9-lUd.
Havre ....
Bremen
Other continental p'rts
New York
Boston
Provideace
Fall River
Philadelphia
LIVE STOCK.
IReported for the News by Jones & Vineyard,
Live Stock Commission Merchants.]
Beeves Yearl'gs Sheep. Hogs,
and and
Receipts— Cows. Calves.
This day 33 29
This week.... 121 217
This season.. 3701 2027 2110 689
Stock in pens.. 69 39 90 45
Grass Cattle.—Choice 2c.; common 34@Xc
lower.
Y EARLINOS—$6 to $9.
Calves—$5 to $8.
Sheep—3 to 4c.
Hobs—4% to 5c.
THE GENERAL MARKET.
(.Quotations represent cash prices for large
lots, and are not applicable to small orders
unless so stated.]
Apples—In demand at $4®4 50 per barrel
for medium to choice. Ordinary, $3@3 50.
Bagging and Ties—Dull and weak.
Standard brands 13c.; light 12J^c. Ties $2 50
per bundle. Baling twine, 12)^@13J4c.
Bacon—The demand has been fair, but
prices are weak. Short clear 10c; long clear
9c: clear rib 994c; shoulders, none; breakfast
bacon. 10@10}£c.; hams, ordinary to choice
10© 14c.
Bran—Is dull, and quoted by carload at
$1 10 per cwt.
Coffee—Is quiet and unchanged. Quo-
tations in gold to the traae are as
follows: Prime, 20c.; good, 19c.; fair 18c.;
ordinary 17c.; extreme range 16@20}£c., all
gold. Afloat, 4000 sacks. Stock in first hands
8100 sacks.
Butler—Market active, prices steady. OUt
edge Goshen, 29(§>31c; choice Northern, 25(&
28c.; choice Western 18@22c.
Corn—Quiet and unchanged. Quotations
steady at 51 @,52c.
Corn M^al— Is in .moderate supply and
firm at $3 15@3 25 per bbl. for kiln-dried; fresh
ground $3 00 per bbl.
l>ry Salt Meats—Shoulders, boxed,
® 6%e.; clear rib, 7J4<&7 }^c.; bellies 9@9^[c.
—In brisk demand and .limited sup
?ly at 25(g^6c. for country, and 3l@35e. for
Day and island.
PJonr—There is a good demand, st
unchanged prices: Double extra $6 C0®6 25,
triple extra $6 90, choice family $7 35, fancy
75.
Hay—In full supply and steady; Primp
Western $16&17 p«r con; strict prime $18
©19; choio.fl $20®21.
Hides—Market firm, but quotations un-
changed. Dry selected, 15>£e.; light salted.
13J.£'j; stack salted, 12^a damaged half
pace; kips 13^;.; damaged kips and glue
stock, 5c.: wet salceo, as they run, 8^£c
selected, 9^; butchers' green, 7^.; 2c. off ior
grubs.
(Tlolasses—Dull, with sales from landing
of Louisiana prime at 35(&88j.
Oat*—The supply is ample. Western on
the spot by carload steady at 41@42c.; Texas
43@44c.
Onions—Have been in fair demand at
$2 50@|2 75 .per barret
Oranges—In light supply at $5 50@6 50 per
barrel.
Pecans—Prices weak and unchanged,
Small 3c. per pound; medium to large
4@5c.
Petroleum — Is in fair demand and
full supply at 20c. per gallon in barrels and
22@23c. for favorite brands in cases.
fonltry-'?hicKena $2 50@3 00 per dozen;
Turkeys, $12® 15 per dozen; Geese, $6 00
@7 00 per doz.; Ducks, $3 OC.
Potatoes —Are] in fair supply and steady
at $2 75®2 90 per barrel from store. Round
lots from landing easy at $2 60@2 70.
Salt — Firm. Importers are supplying
the trade at $1 00 for round lots of coarse.
Fine, $1 50. Stocks ample.
Sagar-The market is quiet and weak.
Quotations for round lots from landing,
or to arrive from plartation, deliverable
in hogsheads on wnarf, are as follows :
Pure white, 9@9}r6e. ; off white, ;
yellow clarified, 8®8>^c.; centrifugals. 7J4®
7^c.; seconds, 7@7jtfc. Open kettle: Fair to
fully fair, 6V£@7c.; prime to choice, 7f^@ 8c.
From store in barrels higher.
Northern refined sugars dull and unchanged.
Prices for round lots from landing are as
follows: Cut loaf 11c; crushed, 11c;
granulated and powdered, 10%; standard A
10}4c: off A's9l6<&9%.
Tallow—Offerings light; prices firm at
7@7*4C.
Wool—The market continues quiet but
firm for desirable parcels Low grades dull and
neglected. Prices unchanged: 3Iedium to fine
light and free of burs, 22®25c.; coarse and
heavy 15© 10c.; Western and Mexican, ll@14c.
POUT OF GALVESTON.
NEWS OFFICE, December 4. 1877.
movements of Steamers.
TO ARRIVE.
Name. From. Date.
City of Norfolk Indianola Dec
Morgan Clinton Dec
Hutchinson Morgan City Dec
State of Texas .New York Dee 10
Lizzie Houston Dec
Diana. Houston Dec
TO DEPART.
Name. For. Dale,
City of Norfolk Indianola Dec
Mmwit'i Afnwyon ( 'i
COTTON.
The Liverpool spot market ruled firmer
but not quotably higher, with sales of 12,000
bale?, including 0950 bales American and 1000
for export and sDPCulation. The Imports
were 8100 bales, of which 4800 were from
America. The market for arrivals opened
l-16d. higher and close strong at a further ad-
vance of l-32d.
The New York spot market opened quiet
but firm, and held 1 16c. higher, and closed
firm at 116o. advance, with sales of 383 bales
to exporters, 481 to spinners and 59 to specu-
1 itors. making the cay's total 923 bales. Fu-
tures ruled Arm on the first call, easy at quo
tations on the second, quiet but firm on the
third call, as.d closed strong with sales of
82,200 bales, including 7200 taken last evening.
A sharp advance as compared with yester-
day's closing prices is quoted on all months.|
The New Orleans market opened strong and
closed stronger, but not quotably higher, with
sales of 6800 bales.
The Manchester market for yarns and fab-
rics is reported as quiet and unchanged.
The net receipts at all United States ports
for the day aggregated 27,179 bales, against
25,061 last Tuesday, and 31,048 for the corre-
sponding day last season.
The net receipts at this port for the day
as made up by the Exchange footed up 2790
bales, against 2657 last Tuesday, and 296'i for
the corresponding day lass year. The ex-
ports were 1161 bales, all to Morgan City.
[Since the Exchange report was closed the
barges Otter and Lee arrlvrd from Houston
with 1065 bales, which wiJ be included in
Wednesday's rece'pts.]
In this market the demand was general and
the sales aggregated 4140 >ales. The Exchange
marked prices up % on HI grades and bulle-
tined the market as closing strong at the im-
provement.
OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS.
Class. This Day. Yesterday.
Low Ordinary 816 8
Ordinary 9
Good Ordinary SJjj »•%
Low Middling VHH
Middling 10% 1094
Good Middling 1% HM
[aandy and dirty cottons He. lower.]
STOCK STATEMENT.
This This Day
On shipboard— Day Last Yr.
Morgan Morgan City Dec
Hutchinson' Clinton Dec
Rio Grande NewYork Dec
Lizzie Houston Dec
Diana Houston Dec
ARRIVED.
Steamship Josephine, Reynaud, Morgan City
CLEARED.
Schooner Impulse, Adams, Belize, Honduras,
for New York, (having repaired)
towed dowa
For Liverpool 19849
For other .foreign ports 5526
For coastwise ports 2934
In Compresses 49452
17921
4962
5108
7650*>
104797
This Last
Season Season
Total stock in port 77761
GALVESTON STATEMENT.
This
Day.
Net receipts 2790
Reoeipts from outports ...
Gross receipts 2790
Expt. to,Great Britain.;
To France
To Continent
To Channel ports
Total Foreism exports
Exports to New York
To Morgan City 1103
To other U. 8. ports
Total Coastwise 1103
Total Exports 1103
77761
Gross receipts thus far this week, 2790; net
2790 bales. Exports thus far this week, chan-
nel ports, .... bales; to NewJYork. 1953; Bra-
191744
1146
192890
35-39
74:8
1401
864
44932
27237
42418
6310
74965
119897
258765
22SS
261051
57843
6541
6445
7392
78221
33333
425S8
7487
83378
161599
101797
Barkentine Geo W Sweeney eld Nov 14
Schooner Henry R Tilton eld Nov 14
BOSTON.
Bark Julia C Smith, Jone3 eld Nov 16
DUNDEE
Bark Harmonie, Forsele eld Oct 31
City Advertisements.
Railroads.
City Attorney's Report.
Jpon a Protest or Remonstrance presented
to the City Council by a committee, styied
s Tax
Upon
"A Committee of the 'Tax-payers' Astsicia-
tion."
Officii of Citt Attorney, I
-7. f
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH, I
Galveston, Texas. Dec. 4, 1877. (
NOTICE—Lots 12, 13 and 14, in
Block No. 623, having been declared a
nuisance by the Board of Health of Galves
ton, and the owner thereof having been duly
notified, by publication, to fill up the same,
aad said lots still remaining unsanitary, no-
tice is hereby given that bids will be received
at this office for the Ailing of the above men-
tioned lots; the work to be done as provided
for in section 122 of the City Charter.
By order of the Board of Health.
W. D. KELLEY, M. D., Pres't.
C. H. Wilkinson, M. D.,
de5 146 Health Physician.
SAILED.
Steamship Josephine, Reynaud, Clinton
TOWBOATS.
Lizzie, from Buffalo Bayou,
four cotton laden barges
READY FOR SEA.
The British schooner Impulse, which was
dismasted during a gale last September, while
bound from Belize, Honduras, for New York,
and put into this port for repairs, has been
thoroughly refitted, and to-day cleared for
New York. The vejjsel will go to sea the first
opportunity
MEMORANDA.
Philadelphia, Nov 28—Arrived—Schooner
Carrie Nelson, French, from Galveston
New York, Nov 28.—Cleared—Schooner
Washington, for Galveston
Galveston, November 22,18T
To the honorable the City Council:
I am at a loss to apprehend th» purpose of
the reference to me by your h»norabfe body
of a certain paper, purport ins to be a " pro-
test," signed by several gentlemen styling
themselves " Committee Tax-payers' Asso-
ciation.'' .
The reference indorsed on the paper indi-
cates that some " opinion" is ezpeoted of me
in relation thereto.
From inspection of tle instrument I would
soppo. e its main purpose 4o be the communi-
cation to your honorable body of the '* com-
mittee's" legal opinion of the nature and ex-
tent of your powers and duties, and of their
general disapprobation of the manner in
which you hare exeicised both.
If designed for your instruction, It would
ill-become me to imply, by comments of my
own, that it lacks any element of
completeness: if intended to coerce your
official action, and dictate the manner
in which you shall di.-charge the trust
reposed in you by the people, no sug-
gestion of mice could relieve you from the
duty of deciding for yourselves whether you
will hold that trust subiect to such dictation,
or exercise it agreeably to your own views of
duty.
Should it, however, really be the object of
the Tax-Payers (?) Association to protect its
members, or the people, from the burden of
taxation necessary to provide for bonds al-
leged to be invalid, it may be suggested mat
the process of injunction—a remedy not un-
familiar to that body—i« available, and can
be expeditiously invoked for the preservation
of the lawful rights of injured citizens.
As respects the penalty authorized by ordi-
nance to be collected of delinquent tax-pay-
ers, I will observe that this burden is not im-
posed upon, nor demanded of, any citizen
who pays his taxes when due.
Only those who disobey the law can ever be
afTectad by a provision designed to assure a
uniform compliance with its terms. The con-
stitution of the State contemp'ates the Impo-
sition of penalties upon those who fail to pay
taxes assessed against them. The ordinance
in question was adopted by the late Council,
after being drafted by a skillful lawyer—my
immediate predecessor—and you are only
soaking to enforce it as you find it. If it be
without authority of law, the path to relief is
open to all whose interests may suffer by its
enforcement. I will not undertake to affirm
its Invalidity. Very respectfully vonr obe-
dient servant, .F. CHARLES HUME,
City Attorney.
An ordinance prohibit-
ing the Keeping of Pigeons.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the
City of Galveston:
Section 1. That no person shall hereafter
erect, keep, or suffer to be erected or kept
withiu the city limits, any pigeon-house, coop
or box, for the purpose of raising or keeping
pigeons.
Section 2. That any owner of any such
pigeon-house, coop or box, shall immediately
remove or destroy the same, and shall cause
any, and every pigeon, inhabiting his or her
premises, to be destroyed or sent away.
8ection 3. 1 hat it shall be the duty of the
police to destroy, by any proper or safe means,
all such pigeons as are found within the city
limits.
Section 4. A breach of this ordinance shall
be punished by a fine of not less than five
dollars, nor more than twenty-five.
Section 5. That this ordinance take effect
and be in force from and after its passage and
due publication.
Approved June 5,1877.
D. C. STONE, Mayor.
Attest: P. S. Wren, City Clerk. no29 tf
An ordinance—nO. 12—to
amend section 1, article 1, chapter
XXXIX, of the Revised Ordinances of the city
of Galveston relative to taxes.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the City Coun-
cil of the city of Galvesto^ that cection 1,
article 1, chapter XXXIX, of the Revised Or-
dinances of the city of Galveston, be and the
same is hereby amended so it shall hereafter
be as follows:
Section 1. That there shall be annually
levied and collected a tax of not exceeding
one and a half (1)^) per centum upon all real
and pergonal estate and property in the city
of Galveston, not exempt from taxation by
the constitution of the State; and a poll tax
not to exceed one dollar of every male inhabi-
tant of said city over the age of twenty-ore
years and under sixty years, who has resided
therein six (61 months previous to the assess-
ment of said tax. The City Council shall, on
or before the first Monday of April in each
municipal year, or as soon thereafter as prac-
ticable, fix the rate per centum of ad valorem
taxes, and the rate of poll tax and other taxes
to be assessed and collected for such year.
Section 2. That this ordinance take effect
and be in force from and after its passage.
Approved May 11,1877.
D. C. STONE, Mayor.
Attest: P. S. Wren, City Clerk. no29 tf
AN ORDINANCE—NO. 13.—TO
amend Section 1 of an ordinance (No. 5)
to organize the City Hospital and the Board
of Health, passed April 3, 1877.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the City Coun-
cil of the city of Galveston that section 1 of an
ordinance, No. 5, to organize the City Hospi-
tal and Board of Health, passed April 3,1877,
be amended to read as follows:
Section 1. The City Hospital shall be under
the care and management of the Board of
Health. The medical staff for the City Hos-
pital shall consist of a resident physician,
whose salary shall be $1800 per annum; a
house surgeon, whose salary shall be $600 per
annum; and a hospital steward, whose salary
shall be $600 per annum; and such other em-
jloyes as the Board of Health may appoint,
i;heir salaries to be subject to the approval of
the City Council. All officers and employes in
the Health DeDartment shall be removable at
the pleasure of the Board of Health.
Section 2. That this ordinance take effect
and be in force from and alter its passage.
Approved May 22,1877.
D. C. STONE, Mayor.
Attest: P. 8. Wren, City Clerk. no29 tf
To City Tax-Payers.
The Taxes for 1877
Are Now Due and Payable.
jnterest will be charged
from FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER. One per
cent, per month penalty, In addition to the
interest, will be collected after the
30th DAV OF SEPTEMBER.
Please come promptly and save Interest and
penalty. F. R. LUBBOCK,
oc25 ',t City Tax Collector.
IMPORTANT
Notice to Tax-Payers.
All persons who have
failed to pay their taxes for 1877, are in-
formed that, in addition to the interest and
penalty now due, one per cent, will be col-
lected on all amounts not paid previous to No-
vember 1. F. R. LUBBOCK,
oc34 tf City Tax Collector.
IMPORTS—COASTWISE.
MORGAN CITY—Per steamship Josephine—
12 hhds sugar, 36 barrels molasses. Balance
of cargo lor Clinton
Receipts from the Interior.
GALVESTON, HOUSTON & HENDERSON
R Ft—1553 bales cotton, 1 car stock, 21 bales
42 bundles w s hides, 1 car corn, 7 mules, 1
wagon, 1 car cattle, 75 barrels apples. 5 barrels
kraut, 25 crates cabbage, 180 pkgs beer, 1 car
oats, 2 bundles broomcorn, 4 half barrels of
sirup, 12 sacks potatoes, 1 box clothing;, 1 bale
bedding. 8 barrels mol»«ses and sundries
HOUSTON—Per barge Otter—537 bales of
cotton, 7 bales bides, 11 bdls w s hides
HOUSTON—Per barge Lee—528 bales cotton
Ll>t of Vessels
Up, Cleared and Sailed for Galveston.
NEW YORK.
Schooner Franklin, Davis eld Vov 17
Schooner H T Potter eld No»
Schooner Jefferson sailed Nov li
Schooner P C Schultz c'd Nov 15
Schooner Washington eld Nov 28
Steamship State of Texas ...cidDec 1
Schooner Charlie H Dow loading Nov 4
LIVERPOOL.
Bark Winona, Hirsch BaUe4 9ct }?
Bark Zetland, Clauser sailed Oct 18
Bark Ed McDoweP., Thorndyke sid Nov J
Rark Norwegian eld ( ct 10
Bark John S^eppar3, Burgess sld Nov 15
Bark Daphne, Olsen .{£« £ ov J®
Steamship Australian, Peter sailed Nov
BALTIMORE.
Schooner Edith. Fuller eld Nov 9
Bark Vineland, Resebrook eld Nov il
*io dc janeiro.
Brig Nord Deutsche Seewarte eld Oct 9
Bark Cornish Girl. sailed Oct 25
glasgow.
Bark Henrik Isben, Rasmussen sld Nov 5
BRISTOL.
BrigrMira sld Nov 1
SANTANDER.
Bark Lufra, Lorentzen eld Oct 1
philadelphia.
Barkentine Jennie 8weeney eld Nov 12
G.H.&H.R.R.
ON AND AFTER
Sunday, Nov. 25, 1877,
Trains leave Galveston dally, Sundays ex-
cepted. 9.20 a. if. 7.15 p. M. and 12.06 a., u.
TRAINS LEAVE HOUSTON dally, Sundays
excepted, 6.40 ▲. H , 9.25 a. M. and 8.15 p. u.
ON SUNDAYS
Train leaves Houston at 6.40 a. m. and 9.45
a. u.: Leaves Galveston at 9.20 a. m. and 12.1>5
A. M.
For G., H. & S. A. Railway and H.
and V. C. Railway take the 12.05
|A. n. Trail Rally.
For Colombia and Points on tlie
Rrazos River take tl»e 9.20 A. IB.
Train on Mondays, Wednes-
days and Fridays.
For Int. and Rreat Nortbern Take
9.20 A. M. Train.
II. M. HOXIB, Wanacer.
O. G. MURRAY, Gen. Pas. Ast.
J. R. < U»O LKV,
mh25'75tf Matter Transportation.
Grand Firemen's Ball,
GIVEN BY
ISLAND CITT STEAM FIRE
COMPANY NO. 2,
on
SATURDAY, DEC. 15
TURNER HALL,
8 O'CLOCK.
^"Tickets $1, to be had of Arrangement
Committee.
J. A.^HOMKR, Chairman; 1
C. WESTERLiGE,
J. DEA.1V
de2 12t
'-Committee.
MRS. S, DIXON
No. ITS Market Street, Galveston,
(adjoining Aschoff's Drugstore,)
Will remain in new
YORK to purchase the latest imported
FALL NOVELTIES in Ladies' and Hisses'
Trimmed Hats and Bonnets, which will on
exhibition October 22d, 23d and 24th. A ho &
very choice selection of Novelties for Lad^s
Fancy Work.
While thanking the ladies of Galveston fo»
their former patronage, Mrs. Dixon assures
th*m that the display of Autumnal Novelties
on tie above dates will be such as to make
her establishment well worth a visit.
Pining and Stamping, Hats Dyed and re-
Pr^Pie?* ^ew stykh Hats, $4 and $5: real
Ostrich "5jps, 50c.; large Wings. 25c.; hand-
some Ribbing. 50c. per yard. jelO'TTsu we frly
w a. isr tei
e<iOD, SOUND
COTTON SEED
IN AfH QUANTITIES.
Highest Market Price paid, and Backs fur
nighed to responsble parties.
^ash P*d on Delivery.
3,i6m U. M. JEBLETT & CO.
Sunset Route
OPES TO SAW AWTOSIO.
Galveston, Harrisbiirg& San An-
tonio Railway Co.
The Only All Rail Route
From and after November 25 trains will
run as follows:
THROUGH EXPRESS WEST
Leaves HOUSTON daily, except
Sundays 7.00 A.. M.
Arriving at SAN ANTONIO 6.30 P. M.
Trains leave San Antonio daily, except Sun-
day, at 7.00 A. M.; arrives at Houston at
6.30 P. M.
Cheapest, Shortest, Quickest
ami Best Route to
All Points WEST.
Elegant NEW COACHES equipped
■with Westinghouse Air Brafee and
Miller Platform attached to all trains.
Tlie Only Line in Texas Run-
ning Parlor Cars.
TICKETS FOR SALE
at all principal Railroad Ticket Offices North,
South and East.
H. B. ANDREWS, Gen Manager.
A. W. DICKINSON. Sup't.
oclOtf C. C. GIBBS, G. F. and Ticket Agt.
I.&6.N.R.R.
Lone Star Route.
CLOSE! 00NNBC3T10N8
AND
GiXTIOS; TIME
First-Class Equipment!
Shortest and Quickest Boute to the
North, Last, West & Southern States
Elegant Passenger Coaches,
PULLMAN PALACE CARS
and the only road in Texas running
DINING CARS!
where passenger* can procure first-class meals
at their leisure, or a lunch at the Lunch Stand,
at regular rates.
Meals In Dining Car Only SO Cents.
THE EXPRESS TRAIN
LEAVES
Galveston daily 9.20 A. in.
Houston, dally 12.05 P, M.
Austin, dally 7 50 A. m.
Hearne, daily 1.40 I*. M.
Close Connections at Little Rock
and St. Louis with All
Diverging Lines.
For Tickets or information apply to
J. H. MILLER. Ticket Agent,
UNION TICKET OFFICE,
116 Tremont street, or
FNION DEPOT OFFICE,
Foot of Tremont street, Galveston, Texas.
[. M. HOXIE,
General Superintendent.
J. H. PAGE,
General Passenger and Ticl.et Agent.
Janl'77 ly
CENTRAL ROUTE.
The Connecting Link Between the
Trunk Lines ot the
on
the
EAST,
Soutli.
NORTH AND
AND THK
Gulf ot Mexico
FORMS THK
GREAT THROUGH ROUTE
and
Main Artery of Commerce and Trade
TO Alili POINTS,
and offers the best route, on quick time, with
more; comforts, better accommodations
and greater security than any other Line.
BUY YOUR TICKETS AND 8HIF YOUB
FREIGHT BY THE
HOUSTON AND TEXAS CEN-
TRAL. RAILWAY.
Pullman Palace Drawing-Room
and Sleeping Cars Run Through
ntoH
Houston to St. Louis and Chicago
WITHOUT CHANCE.
and \>nt ONE CHANGE to|all prominent points
NORTH AND EAST!
Trains Leave as Follows:
No. 3 St. Louis and Chicago Express Leaves
Houston daily at 5.30 p. u.; Arrives at St.
Louis daily at 6.05 p. M.; arrives a*
Chicago daily at 6.55 A. M.
No. 1 Leaves Houston daily (except Sunday) at
7.00 A. M., and arrives as follows:
No. 4 Leaving St. Louis daily at 8.47 A. M.,
" " Chicago " " 10.00 p. M.,
Arrives at Houston " " 9.00 a. m.,
No. 2 " " " daily (except Sunday)
at 8.05 p. m.
F L. MANCHESTER,
Eastern Passenger Agent,
417 Broadway, N. Y.
QEN. J. B. ROBERTSON,
Passenger and Immigration Agent,
4 North Fourth street, St. Louis, Mo.
A. ALLEE,
Northern Passenger Agent,
101 Clark street, Chicago.
J. WALDO, A. H. SWANSON,
General Ticket Agent, Gen'l Sup't.
Houston, Texas. my25d&W12m
'5
FOR HOUSTON
AND CONNECTION WITH
H. and T. ۥ R. R.
On and after
MON'JAY. December 3d,
the Elegant rASSKNGER
81'EAIHEB
WILL LEAVE GALVESTON EVERY EVEN-
ING AT 7 O'CLOCK,
Making connection at Houston with the 7 a.
u. trains of the
Houston and Texas Central It. K.,
6., H. and S. A. R. R,
and Texas and New Orleans R. R.
Fare to Houston, $1 50.
CHAS. FOWLER, President.
J. J. ATKINSON, Supt.
J. R. Pettit, Agent. de2 lm
Medical.
THE BEST-THE CHEAPEST.
THE AMERICAN SOFT CAPSULE COM'
PANY'S PURE CAPSULATED MEDICINES,
In Metallic boxes, with full directions for use.
Castor Oil—Codliver Oil 25 cts.
Oil of Turpentine—Balsam Copaiba 25
Oil of Cubebs with Balsam Copaiba 50
Oil of Male Fern with Kamala 75
Finest Oil of Sandalwood 1 00
for the American " &.TA.R" Trade
Mark, and see you get it.
For sa'e by all Druggists. no30 3m
JjR. M. perl,
General Practitioner,'
can be consulted at the Texas Hygienic Insti-
tute, corner Travis street and Texas avenue,
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
Special attention given to chronic diseases.
TURCO-RUS8IAN BATHS open at all hours.
Single Bath, $1 50; 12 Baths, $12. ia20 d&Wtf
por corpus christi and
brazos santiago.
steamship
Western Texas,'
GEO. E TRIPP, Master,
Will leave for the above named ports on
Dr. ricobd's essence ob
LIFE restores manhood and the vigor
youth to the most shattered constitution
four weeks, from whatever cause arising
Failure impossible. Beware of advertisers
who offer so-called free prescriptions that are
useless and finally prove ruinously expensive.
Whatever has merit must cost a fair price
Three dollars per case. Sent by express any
where. Sole Agent, DR. JOSEPH JACQUES,
7 University Place, New York. Druggists
supplied. nol8 d&W 3m
Ml. willemet, midwife,
_ • Graduate of ih* Female Faculty of
Medicine, Paris, 1868, has reinoved to south
side Avenue H, between 25th and 26th streets.
Thanking the ladies of Galveston for their
former patronage, she respectfully solicits a
continuance of the same.
Children vaccinated; also, ladies nursed
through confinement. Consultation daily.
8AGE-FEMME—Diplomee par l'Universite
de France, Academie de Paris. nol7 lm*
A PHYSIOLOGICAL
Vw of Marriage!
A confidential Treatise on Marriage and
the Physical Life of Woman, for the mar-
ried and those contemplating marriage,
pageSf_lllugtrated. price 50 cts. A Pl__
VATE MEDICAL ADVISEE on Vouth and Manhood,
their (liseaies, and the bert means of cure, 224 pages, illus-
trated, pric« 60 cts. A CLINICAL LECTURE on the
above, and Chronic Diseases, p'rice 10 cts. All three
books, over 500 page«. mailed on receipt of 75 cti, hf
DR. BUTTS, No. 12 N. 6th St. St. Louis, Mo.
Shipping.
Galveston Whart Go.
Lighterage at risk and expense of con-
signees.
For freight or passage te Corpus Chrlsti or
to Brownsville crer the Rio Grande Railroad
only, apply to
ocai'77 ly S. N. SAWYER, Agent.
Liverpool Line ° Packets
The following
First-Class vessels are now
on the berth:
FOR LIVERPOOL.
!. VATTGHAN, PORTER 940 tons.
LIZZIE FENNKLL, SMITH..1010 ..
AUSTIN, DAVIS 438 ..
The latter will take her cargo at the wha rf.
For further particulars apply to
se20 tf WALTHEW & CO.
LINE OF STEAMERS
TO
'New Orleans'*
71a Morgan City and Morgan's Loui-
siana and Texas Kailroad.
Leave Galveston with
Mails, Passengers and Freight
as follows, viz:
EVERT DAY AT 12.30 P. M.
Steamship WHITNEY, Capt. Hopkins.
" JOSEPHINE, Capt. Reynaud.
" HARLAN. Capt. Lewis.
" CLINTON, Capt. Staples.
" HUTCHINSON, Capt. Talbot.
Steamship CITY OF NORFOLK will leave
tor Indianola every Monday, Wednes-
day, and Friday, at 4 p. m. Freight re-
ceived on above days ONLY at 1 p. u. for In-
dianola, Victoria, Cuero, Gonzales, Leesburg,
Hallettsville.
Carrying Hall, Fanentni and
Frelgbt.
NOTICE—Consignees of Freight by ah
«f the above steamers are notified to remove
aume from wharf before 5 p. u. on the day of
arrival. Otherwise the same will:be stored at
toe risk and expense of consignees.
N. B.—Duplicate Receipts MADE IN INK
must accompany all freight for shipment by
this Linel
CHAS. FOWLER, Agent,
Office on Central Wharf.
S. S. JONES, Ticket Agent,
Tremont Home,
Ja! '77 d&Wly GALVESTON.
qunakd line.
Eoyal Mail Steamships
bitvekn
I1TERPOOL, BOSTON AND NEW
YORK.
Proposed Sulinos frok Nkw York:
•Russia Wednesday, August 29. .8.00 A. M
Algeria Wednesday, Sept. 5 3.00 p. m.
Bothnia Wednesday, Sept. 12 .. .8 00 a. m.
Abyssinia Wednesday, Sept. 19 2.00 p. m.
Sbythia Wednesday, Sept. 26 7.00 a. m.
•Russia Wednesday, Oct. 3 1.30 p. it.
Algeria Wednesday, Oct. 10—7.00 a. m.
Bothnia Wednesday, Oct, 17... 1.00 p. m.
Abyssinia Wednesday, Oct. 24 — 7.00 a. m.
Scythia Wednesday, Oct. 31.. .12.30 p. m.
And every following Wednesday. With a
view of diminishing the chances of collision,
taese steamers take a specified course at all
seasons of the year.
Rates of Saloon passage, $80 and $100 gold
according to accommodations.
Steerage Passage to and from Galveston by
il Ml or steamer to New York and to and
ftom Liverpool, Queens town, Glasgow, Bel-
fist, Bristol, Hamburg, Havre, Antwerp. Am
gterdam, Bremen, Gothenburg, Christiania,
Copenhagen, Paris, or all other parts of Eu-
rope, at very low rates.
J. N. SAWYEK, Agent, 54 Strand.
ap51y
CHAS. G. FRANCKLYN, Esq., Ag't,
4 Bowling Green. New York,
GalvestonandNew York
KliGlL VK WEEKLY
Steamship Line.
Constating of tha
following named,
steamers:
state of TEXAS Capt. Nickeraon
CITY OF SAN ANTONIO... " Pennington.
BIO GRANDE " Bolger.
CITY OF HOUSTON. " Stevens.
Freight and Insurance at Lowest
Rates.
One of the above named steamships will
leave New York every SATURDAY and Gal-
veston for New York every WEDNESDAY and
oi Saturday when the trade requires.
Steamship RIO GRANDE,!
BOLGER, Master,
Will Sail for New York on
Saturday, December 8, 18TT,
For freight or passage apply to
J. N. SAWYER, Agent,
54 Strand, Galveston.
G. H. MALLORY & CO., Agents,
mhl4'771y 153 Maiden Lane, N. \.
NOTICE!
NOW IS THE CHANCE TO GET
FINE GOODS!
FOR LITTLE MONET!
J^ATK OF WHAIUTAGK OF THE
HALYESTON WHABF COMPANY,
Jane 1, 18TT.
%
WHARFAGE ON ALL GOODS LANDED BY
VESSELS, WILL BE COLLECTED FROM
THE VESSELS.
FT ouston direct naviga-
TION COMPANY'S
Line of Steamers, Tugs and Barges
FOR HOUSTON.
Will receive freight for ALL,
Soints in the interior every
ay except Sundays.
STEAMBOAT UZZIE Capt. Connor,
EVERY
TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY,
5 p. M.
TUGS AND BARGES EVERY MONDAY,
WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY.
ALL GOODS Insured at expense of this
Company and forwarded WITHOUT DELAY,
and ail losses promptly adjusted.
CHAS. FOWLER, President.
J. J. ATKINSON, Superintendent.
J. R. PETTIT, Agent. se:i0 6m
Anchors and chains, per 100 lbs 5
Barrels, wet 6
Barrels, dry 5
Barrels, empty, wet 3
Barrels, empty, dry 2
Barrel staves, per M *0
Bacon, per cask 25
Bacon, per case 15
Bags or sacks In bales, per cubic foot.... 1
Bagging, par cubic foot 1
Bagging, per 100 yard rolls, each 10
Baggging, per 50 yard rolls, each 6
Baskets, per nest 2
Ballast, per ton SB
Bales over cubic feet, per foot 1
Bedsteads, common, each 10
Bedsteads, boxed, per cubic foot 1
Bellows, per bubic root x
Bananas and plantains, ber bunch S
Breakfast bacon, per box B
Boxes, liquor, cheese, soap, candles, etc. S
Boxes, extracts, coffee, ink, bluing, etc. 2
Brooms, per dox 3
Broom-handles, per M 50
Broom-corn, per bale 5
Bi**, fire, per M 80
Brick, common, per M 50
Bran, per sack 4
Bran, per ton of 2000 lbs 50
Blinds, doors and sash, per cubic foot... 1
Boilers steam, per 100 lbs 5
Bones and horns, per ton 50
Bone-dust, per ton 50
Bone-black or bone-meal, per sack of 100
lbs S
Bolts and spikes, rivets, nuts and wash-
ers. per aeg 6
Buckets, per doz 6
Buckets, well, per dox 8
Butter, per keg S
Butter, per firkin 4
Building stone, rough, per ton 50
Buggies, each 50
Buggies, boxed, per cubic foot 1
Carboys, each, full 10
Carboys, empty 5
Casks, wine 20
Casks, hardware, per 100 lbs 5
Casks, merchandise, per cubic foot
Carriages, eacn 75
Carriages, boxed, per cubic foot 1
Carts, each 25
Castings, hollow or solid, per 100 lbs 5
Cattle, grown, each 30
Cattle, two year olds, each 20
Cattle, yearlings, each 10
Cattle, calves, each 10
Champagne, In baskets 5
Chairs, per bundle (2 each) 5
Charcoal, per sack S
Cotton, per bale, landed 10
Cotton, per bale, shipped 10
Cotton, per sack 10
Coal, dumped in carts, per ton 30
Coal, dumped on wharf, per ton 50
Coaches, stage, each 1 00
Corn, per sack 3
Corn in shuck, per bbl 3
Cotton seed, per ton of 2000 lbs 50
Cotton gins, per cubic foot 1
Cotton planters, each 10
Corn planters, each 10
Corn Sheliers *
Corn Mills, per cubic foot 1
Coffee, per sack 4
Codfish, per drum 15
Cordage, per 100 lbs 5
Cotton Ties, per 100 lbs 5
Copper, per 100 lbs 5
Copper, pig, per 100 lbs 5
Canned Beef, per case 2
Coal Oil, per case 2
Cocoanuts, per 100 25
Collars, Horse, per dox 5
Crates, Crockery or Merchandise, per
cubic foot 1
Cultivators, each 30
Drays, each 25
Doors, each 3
Demijohns, full 2
Demijohns, empty I
Dry Goods, in case, per 100 lbs 5
Filters, boxed or otherwise, per cubio
foot
Flshbars, Plates and Chairs, per 100 fcs. 5
Flour, per sack 8
Flour, per half sack 2
Fustic and other Dye Woods, per ton.... 0
Fertilizer or Guano, per ton 50
Furniture, boxed, per cubic foot 1
Groceries, dry, boxed, per 100 lbs 5
Grain, in bulk or sacked, for export, per
bushel
Grind and Mill stones, per 100 lbs.
Gunny Bags, in bales, per cubic foot..... 1
Hardware, per 100 Bis 5
Hames, per dozen 4
Hams, per cask 25
Hay, per bale ...... 1Q
Hogsheads, empty 5
Hogshead Staves, per M 50
Hay Cutters.... 6
Half Barrels, wot 3
dry 2
empty 1
Herrings, per box 1
Hoop Poles, per 1000 25
Horses and Mules, each 50
Hogs
Horse shoes, per keg
Household goods, per 100 lbs
Hides, loose, each
In bales, per 100 lbs 5
green, in bundles of two each 3
Ice, In hogsheads 30
Ice, as per invoice, less 30 per cent, for
BEING DETERMINED TO CLOSE OUT OUB
ENTIRE 8TOCK OF IMPORTED
FANCY CHINA
AND
GUTGLASSWARE
CONSISTING OF
DECORATED CHIXA,
(Dinner and Tea Sets.)
GOBLETS, DECANTEBS, WINE
AND CHAMPAGNE GLASSES,
V
Turnley & Bro.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
GALVESTON.
All consignments of Cotton, Wool, Hides,
etc., stored In their own warehouse.
Liberal advances made on consignments.
Of All Descriptions.
We offer such AT IMPOR-
TATION COST, and therefore within
reach of everybody, the price being but little
more than paid for common goods,
par- piease call and examine our Stock.
SHWARTS & BURGOWER,
nolKlif 81 Tremont Street.
10
50
waste, per ton
Iron, boiler plate, bar, hoop, wrought,
sheet and galvanized, per 100 lbs....
Iren, railroad, per ton
Iron, pipe, gas and water, per 100 I>s
Iron, shutters and wrought fittings, per
100 lbs
Iron, junk and scrap, per ton
Iron, pig, per ton
Iron safes, per 100 lbs
Junk, in bales
Kegs, merchandise,
Kegs, empty
Laths, per thousand
Lemons, per box
Lead, per 100 lbs
Lumber, per thousand
Leather, per roll
Malt, per sack
Marble, per 100 lbs
Marble dust, per bbl
Machinery, per 100 lbs
Mineral ores, per ton
Mowing machines, each
Moss, per bale
Matting, per roll
Nails, per keg
Oakum, per bale
Oats, per sack
Oil Cake, per sack
Oranges, per box
Ordnance stores, per 100 lbs
Oysters, per bbl
Paint, per 100 Sis.
Pails, per dozen
.. Flour, per nest
Paper, printing, per bundle
.. wrapping, per ream
Pecans, per sack
Pianos, boxed, per cubic foot
Pine Apples, per 100 25
Plows, each
.. sulky
Potash, per 100 fl>s
Post, fencing, each.
Powder, kegs
half kegs
quarter kegs
Raisins, per box
per half box
per quarter box
Rags, per bale— 10
Refrigerators, per cubic foot.. *
Rubber belting, per 100 lbs
Roofing slate, pt>r ton
Rope, per 100 lbs
Salt, per sack
Sand or soil, per dray load
Sewing machines, each
Sewing K. D., per 100 lbs
8ieves, per package. 2 dozen...
Sawdust, per dray load
Shot, per 100 los
Shingles, per thousand
Sheep, each
•a,
Galveston Cards.
C. W. Adams & Co.,
COTTON FACTOES
AND
Commission Merchants.
Liberal Cash Advances
made on consignments of Cotton, Wool,
Hides, and other produce.
Ample Warehouses
of OUR OWN for the STORAGE of COTTON
and all other articles.
Bagging and Ties Supplied.
Jy24 12m tc
T. W. FOLTS.
G. WALSHE
FOLTS & WALSHE,
Cotton Factors
AND GENERAL
Commission Merchants
Jyl 6m 88 Strand, C»lves«on, Tax.
Galveston Cards.
Galveston Bone Works,
Corner Forty-First aud Winnie.
Highest prices paid for
HORNS, HOOFS, BONES, Etc.
EDM. E. LIDKNTHAL,
Manager.
Address P. O. Box 596. ncS 3m*
Fruit & Produce Commission Merchant
168 Center St., Galveston, Texas,
o.ives his exclusive at-
VJ tention to all consignments received.
As he makes the business a specialty, consig-
nees may feel assured that their consignments
receive the necessary attention they demand.
?rs and consignments solicited. Business
conducted on a strictly cash basig. ocl4 3m*
CHA8. M. WATERS. C. M. DESEI*
Chas. M. Waters & Co.,
GRAIN, HAIT AND
Agents for
Massey's Excelsior Cotton Gin
sel '77 12m 10 STRAND.
w
k. m'alpine,
James Arbuckle & Co.,
(Successors to Arbuckle & Haynle,)
Cotton Factors and Com-
mission Merchants,
63 STRAND, GALVESTON.
Liberal cash advances on Cotton, Hides,
Wool, etc. Bagging and Ties furnished to pa-
trons at lowest cash prices. au30 T?d6m
Adoue & Lobit,
Bankers and Commission Merchants
Buy and sell Exchange on
PARIS, LONDON and LIVERPOOL
aul3'771y STRAND, GALVESTON, TEX.
JOHN n. rogers.
J. a. ROBERTSON.
8hooks, box, per car load $6 00
Shell, per dray load, 5 bbls 5
Shovels and spades, per dozen S
Slices, per sack 8
Stoves, por cubic foot I
Sugar, per hogshead. 25
per bbl. 5
In boxes, Havana IS
Smokestacks, per 100 5>s 6
Sulkies 25
Tierces beef 10
lard 10
rice 10
*a hams 10
tallow, etc 10
with bbls. inside 10
empty 4
Tin plate, per 100 lbs 5
Tin pig, per 100 ®s— 5
Tobacco, in boxes 5
Tobacco, half boxes S
Tobacco, quarter boxes 8
Tfles, per lOCXW GO
Trunks, flllecrwithmdse., or nests 8
Tubs, per nest 8
Trucks, railroad, per 100 lbs 5
Wagons, each 80
Wagons, spring or cane 75
Washing machines, each 10
Washboards, per doz 4
Watermelons, each 1
Water coolers 2
Wire, per 100 lbs 8
Wheelbarrows 8
Wheels and axles, railroad, per 100 lbs.. 8
Wheels and axles, log carrier 78
Wood, per cord SB
Wool, per sack 10
White lead, per 100 lbs 8
Zinc, in rolls, per 100 lbs 8
Goods not in above list, will be charged In
proportion, say: Less than forty pounds to
the cubic foot will be classed as measure-
ment and charged^one cent per foot; forty
pounds and over to the cubic foot will be
classed as weight and charged five cents per
hundred pounds.
*11 goods to be removed from the wharf the
same day they are landed, or they will be
liable to an additional wharfage for every
day or part of a day they remain on the
wharf. Same wharfage to be charged on all
goods delivered from one vessel to another,
provided either of such vessels are fast to
the wharf, or to any vessel fast to the wharf.
Vessels landing without cargo will be
charged wharfage at the rate of ten cents per
register ton for each landing, and after forty-
elgnt hours five cents per ton for each subse-
quent day.
Vessels discharging In the stream will not
he permitted to occupy a berth at one of the
company's wharves without the permission
of the agent of said company. Vessels to
leave the wharf or change their berths as
soon as requested so to do by the wharfinger,
or they win be liable to be charged twenty-
Ive cents per ton per day for evefy day, or
part of a day, they remain.
Vessels loading cotton, or ether cargo, oat-
ward must pay wharfage on same, unless no-
tified by the wharfinger that the wharfage has
been paid by the shipper. Wharfage tol»
Mid as aooa as the vests' completes her load-
bit, aril li*
John D. Rogers & Co.,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
Gen'l Commission Merchants,
INSURANCE BUILDING,
NO. 61 STRAND,
aplO'77 ly GALVESTON, TEXAS.
c. c. dibrell*.
john c. hodges, jr.
Dibrell & Hodges,
Cotton Factors and Commis-
sion merchants,
COR. STRAND AND CENTER STREETS,
feli'77 ly GALVESTON.
G. H. Mensing & Bro.,
Cotton Factors and General Com-
mission Merchants,
Office, Cor. Strand tc Center Sts.,
au19'77 ly GALVESTON, TEXAS.
Wolston, Wells & Vidor,
COTTON FACTORS,
Commission & Forwarding Xerch'ts
73 Strand, League's Rulldlng,
au4'77 ly GALVESTON, TEXAS.
William C. Dibrell,
COTTON FACTOR
AND
Commission Merchant,
an22 6m CALVESTOW, TEXAS.
F. LAMMERS.
THEO. C. VOGEL.
Lammers & Vogel,
Cotton Factors and Conr
mission Merchant*,
GALVESTON.
au29 T7 6m
B. N. BO REN.
S. H. BOREN.
Boren, McKellar & Co.,
COTTON FACTORS
and
General Commission Merch'ts
312 Strand, Galveston, Texas*
Future contracts for cotton bought and sold
on commission in New York. sel 12m
VAYID WARELEE,
Slilp Olianciler,
dealer in
Manila, Russia and American Cordage, Faints
and Oils, Flags and Bunting, Anchors,
Chains and Wire Rope, Oakum, Pine ant
Coal Tar, Fitch, Boats and Oars, Blocks and
Sheeves for Ferries, Presses, etc. Canvas
and Duck for Sails, Tents, Tarpaulins and
Awnings, etc. [ap8 13m] 808 STRAND.
albert somerv1li.e.
waters s. davis.
Somerville & Davis,
PATENTEES OF TIIE
DAVIS HOOK TIES
The best and easiest adjusted Tie now in use
and Importers and Dealers in all kiDds of
COTTON TIES & DOMESTIC Jl'TK
BAKGING.
fe94'7? 12m STRAND, GALVESTON. TEX.
(Sucoessor to McAlpine £ BaldriJge),
cotton factor
AUD
connissioN merchant,
HENDLEY RU1LDING, STRAND,
Galveston. Texas.
no33
W. G. Nelson,
iaATK of nxlson St sadlbr,
FRUIT AXD PRODUCE
COMMISSION MERCHANT
and Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Live Fish. Fresli iiyslers and Game.
Solicits orders from the country.
BRICK WHARF. GALVESTON, TEXAS.
sepl4 12m
J. 8. GRINNAN.
R. G. DUVAL
Grinnan & Duval,
Cotton Factors and Commission
Merchants,
te:
are .
kinds
all
sp3fi
R. A. BROWTN.
e. s. flint.
R. A. BROWff & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
commission merchants,
sel 3m
113 Strand,
GALVESTON TEXAS.
Marble!_Marble!
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS' WORTH OF
FINE
mojst ume nts,
Italian and American Marble,
THE FINEST IN THE SOUTH;
Also, all Sizes of
GRAVE STONES,
from Ten Dollars up, from two to six Inches
thick at about half the old price, at least at
the cost of marble and work.
All other work to continue at about cost for
September, October and November for cash
or approved acceptance here in Galveston.
my£r 13m A. ALLEN & CO.
ISAAC JALON1CK. J. M. NORTHMAN.
GEO. W. JALONICK.
Isaac Jalonick & Co.
COTTON FACTORS
AND
Commission Merchants.
Hendley Building, Strand. Galves-
ton, Texas.
LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES made on con-
signments of Cotton, Wool, Hides, etc. Bag-
ging and ties furnished at lowest quotations.
Orders for " Future Contracts " received and
promptly executed through our New York cor-
respondents. Messrs. LEHMAN BROS. 6m
J. S. GRINNAN. B. O. DCVAL. ALPH0N6K LAUTB.
Grinnan, Duval & Co.
Commission Merchants,
118 Pearl St., New York
P. O. Box 5386. d&W
Drayage and Storage.
H. P. SABGENT & CO.,
General Transfer Agents and
Warehousemen,
Noi. 268, «70, 272, 274, 276, 278
and 27U, bet. 19tk and 20th
streets, B. Strand,
ared to TRANSFER or STORE all
out of buildings a specialty.
Superior Facilities for the Storage
ol all Kinds of Oils.
Orders left at CUSHING & MOORE'S Ma-
chinery Depot, iat and 13# Strand, will receive
prompt attention. nolO 9m
OYSTERS AND FISH.
G. B. MAKSAN,
Wholesale Dealer In
Fresh Oysters and Fisli.
W Solicits orders from the country..jSJ
CENTRAL WHARF, GALVESTON, TEXAS
Address P. O. Box 535. sel 3m
Lee, McBride & Co.,
Cotton and Wool Factors
AND
General Commission Merchants,
214 STRAND,
au29 3m Galveston.
CHAS. KELLNER. W. J. FREDERICH.
J. Frederich & Kellner,
Cotton Factors
and
Commission Merchants,
Galveston, Texas.
Office: Strand. 107.
aul5ly
Jas. Hickey & Co.
commission merchants,
Dealers in
FLOUR, GRAIN
And
DTJCE,
Opposite Passenger Depot,
no203m Nob. 5 and 6 WATER ST.
AUG. ROEMEK,
GENERAL
commission merchant,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Stores, Tinware and House Fur
nisliing: Articles,
Manufacturer of Tinware and Sole Agent for
the famous Fuller, Warren & Camp Stoves,
such as the
Spirit of '76,
The Best Wood Cooking Stove in the World,
Tlie Napoleon, tlie Southern Gem,
and all the fine Heating Stoves of the above
and other firms. Will be pleased to sell at re-
duced prices to his kind patrons all they need
in the kitchen, house or for the trade, at his
old stand,
je7 6m 218 JIARKBT STREET,
Sadler & Meunier,
Wholesale Dealers In
Fresh Fish & Oysters,
Central Wliarf.
l^ish kept alive and de-
J livered free to regular customers in the
city.
Orders from the country will receive
prompt and careful attention. je-3 V? 6m
FOR THE HOLIDAYS!
TOYS! TOYS!
A large assortment, too
numerous to mention.
CHINA WARE,
Plain, Gilt and Decorated, viz: TEA SETS.
TETE-A-TETES, MOTTO TEA and COFFEE
CUPS, FANCY FRUIT PLATES, VASES, Etc.
MAJOLICA & GLASSWARE,
viz: I
Sets,
Bohemian and Crystal Cologne Sets,Liquor
i, Vases, etc. Call and see, at
a. baldinger & son's,
Cor. 22d and mechanic Sts.
Mme. Paul Knoll
H
as arrived from paris,
where she has personally selected and pur-
chased for cash,
A complete stock
in her line, and wUl
Resume Business on November 1st.,
n> th*
New Girardln Brick Building,
WO. 162 MARKET STREET
Next door to her former stand.
Madame Paul Knoll will continue the
Millinery and Dressmaking Busi-
ness
with a CHOICE STOCK of
FANCY ARTICLES,
FLOWERS,
LADIES' HATS,
of the latest style; JOUVIN KID GLOVES
and a full assortment of HUMAN HAIR.
J
OLIVER STEELE
Successor to
STEELE, WOOD & CO.,
Dealer in
HARDWARE, CUTLERY,
guns, pistois,
Stoves, Woodware, Etc.
Manufacturer of
Plain and Japanned Tinware.
Agent for HOWE'S
STANDARD SCALES.
A full assortment now on hand and for gale
at the lowest market rates.
The patronage of the friends of the old firm
and the public generally is respectfully so-
licited at the old stand.
68 and 70 Tremont Street.
Hotels—Restaurants.
Hutchins House,
HOUSTON, TEXAS,
J. P. HORBACH, PROP'R.
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