The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 249, Ed. 1 Friday, December 31, 1886 Page: 3 of 8
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THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 31,188&
[; THE BAYOU CITY'S BUDGET.
NEGROES HAVE A SHOOTING SCRAPE.
Hew Church Organized—Tax-collector at
Work"-Found Dead—City Council
—Town Notes.
Eocstow, £ex., December 30.—Tie cot-
ton market closed dull and unchanged.
JSales, 852. Quotations: Low ordi-
nary, fi 15-16c; ordinary, 6 15-16c; good
ordinary, 7 15 16c; low middling, 8 9-lfic;
* middling, 8,'ic; good middling, OU'c; mid-
■dling lair. 9 ll-16o.
Visited the Cotton exchange and board
of trade: Mrs. R. T. Flewellen, Miss Bessie
•Clark, Houston; Miss Coriune Muldrow,
Mrs. J. D. Flewellen, Hempstead; James
ti. Roxburgh, Dallas; J. B. Hasten, Cold
Springs; J. H. Holliman, Livingston; F. E.
Sibley. Victoria.
shot on A public thoroughfare.
Great sensation was created about 11
o'clock to day by the rapid reports of a
pistol in front of J. R. SeHgman's store,
•on Preston street, corner of Main. Three
shots were fired. A large erorrd gathered
And found Dick Williams, a colored man,
on the ground, wounded. His explanations
were incoherent at the tinio. He was
placcd in a hack and sent to his house, No.
|'l 421, coiner of Walker and Broadway. The
man who did the shooting is also colored,
and is named Van Smith. He was arrested
' by Deputy Chief Jack White, who sent him
_/to the station-house. He was at once locked
op in a cell by Day Clerk Fitzgerald. In an
interview, that followed closa upon the
shooting, Van Smith stated that he put his
torse on the Fair ground track against one
■owned by Diok Williams and another party;
that Williams had been the cause of the
-defeat of hie animal by making a distance
measurement that was false as to the agree-
ment mad# by both parties; that this morn-
ing, while driving on Preston street, he met
Williams and spoke to him on the subjeot
mentioned; that Williams became excited,
; called him bad names and drew his hand
from his hip pocket in a threatening man-
ner; and that he thought Williams was
1 about to fire on him.
The News correspondent oalled at the
n house of Dick Williams, a little white cot-
tage, located as stated above. Dick was in
bed in a neat room and seemed to be suffer-
ing considerable pain. One ball from a 45-
caliber Colt's pistol was still in him, hav-
ing entered from the rear of his thigh. He
made the following statement;
"When Van Smith drove up on Preston
street I went to him and placed my hand on
iiis wagon. We entered into a conversa-
tion about a horse race that we had at the
Fair ,grouDds last Friday. I beat him in
the race. He wanted to run me again. I
told him that my horse was lame, but I
would see him in a few days. He said,
*You d—d thief, 1 am robbed.' I asked
him if he meant to call me a thief. He
said,'Yes.' X then told Mai that he was
, anything but a gentleman. He then jerked
^out his pistol and commenced firing. The
first bell did not bit me. I do not know
how often he shot. In an attempt to get
awp.y I flipped and fell on my face. He
jumped from the wagon and shot me in the
thigh. My wife is dead. I am the father
of four children, who live with me here,
and make my living in the employ of an
employe of this city. I had no weapons on
my person, believing that I did not have an
enemy in the city."
The ball had been probed for by a colored
doctor, but he failed to extract it. Smith,
the man who did the shooting, is in the em-
ploy of Joe Settegi'.ft, 'he butcher. Both
kmen are about 28 ye»r3 old. Xt appears that
smith tired the first shoe from the wagon.
He then jumped down and fired luto Wil-
liams while he was lying on his face. After
this, it is stated, he pointed the pistol be-
tween Williams's shoulders, when Deputy
Chief Jack White caught hi= arm and put
him under arrest. Williams is badly
wounded, and may die. After receiving
the shot he bled profusely. The authorities,
on learning the nature of Williams's wound,
removed the prisoner to the county jail. It
is probable that his examination wilt take
glace tomorrow (Friday) morning. Van
mith's pistol is now in the hands of Chief
Shaugbijessey, and is a formidable looking
weapon. One of the bullets passed through
a pile of apples on the stand of the Italian
on the Seligman corner.
olivet baptist church.
Sixty-eight members ot the First Baptist
church of this city have recently withdrawn
and ontof these has been formed the Olivet
Baptist church, the name chosen being me-
morable in gospel history as marking the
scene of Christ's ascension, and adjacent
to the garden of Gethsemane and Bethany,
the home of Martha and Mary and Lazarus,
■where the last was raised from the dead.
The new church la said to comprise a large
proportion of the best-working element
«f the old church, and is thoroughly
united and devoted to the cause of
Christianity. They havo chosen for their
pastor liev. J. M. Breaker, D. D., who for
I' nearly ten years has been the pastor of the
j'First church, and who closes nis pastoral
connection with that church to-morrow.
He will enter at once upon the duties of his
new charge, and will preach every Sunday
morning and evening, for the present, In the
hall nt-atiy fitted up for the purpose in the
Brewster building, over Conradi's store.
An attractive Sunday-school entertainment,
including the Fourth Ward Mission Sun-
day-school. will be given in the hall to-
I morrow (Friday) evening, of which a
fc .Christmas tree will be one of the pleasing
featuies.
tax-collecting work.
^On the 4th day of January, 1837, Tax-col-
ctor 8. S. Ashe will make his annual busi-
ps trip to the rural districts in the iuter-
E of the office he now holds. He will visit
the precincts of the county of Harris
Jl meet the tax-payers by appointment.
Iring these annual business 1 rips Captain
|he generally spends a full month. On
1 return, laden with tax returns of good
citizens, his office becomes a perfect bee-
hive ol industry. He has not yet deter-
mined where he will commence or leave off.
found deac.
About 1 o'clock this morning Maggie Mas-
eie, a colored woman, discovered that her
infant child was dead. Justice Itailey was
informed of the fact, and summoned a jury
^of inquest. Through the evidence of the
toiher it was learned that the child had
ieen ill for some time, having fever
Ithrcngh cutting its teeth, and other ail-
fments. The only mediciue given by the
mother to the child was assafcedita, and
occasionally a little whisky toddy. The
mother believed that teething and fever
killed the child. The jury reudjred a ver-
dict that the deceased came to her death
from teething combined with fever.
GETTING well.
W. T. Clayton, who received painful in-
juries from a hack a few nights ago while
returning from Pillot's Opera-house, will
soon te on the streets ag*ia. He had a,
close rail from death, the hoofs of the
horses barely missing his face and body.
CAJIP HUNTKfl.-;.
The following well-known frentlemen are
out on a hunt: Messrs. Joo P. a>i3sev. D.
D. Feldcr, J. F. Mitchell, ft. M. Adam-,
Gilbert W. McKlnney, Jr., and A. W. Mc-
Kinriey. The camp is near Crosby, in th j
San Jacinto timber, on the and New
|> Orleans railway. Albert W. McKianey was
^ with the party for a time. He returned to-
day.
died to-15ay.
To-day the infant daughter of W. J, nnd
Sellie Hancock died at their residence, No.
9 McKinney street, in the Fourth ward
puth. The funeral will tafco place to-
prrow (Friday) at 3.30 p. m.
real estate transfer.
pht. B. Peet and wife to Z. T. Ho»iu,
lx5ai;d Gin block No. "G iu the Nobles
^ton, north side Buffalo bayou; $153.
i ostoffice information.
* Robert Bums, postmaster of Hous-
fces the following announcement in
[ to postal matters in his department
Vsw Year dav:
1 tofflce will be closed Saturday,
January 1—New Year day—except as fol-
lows : The general delivery and stamp win-
dows will be open from 8 until 10 o'clock a.
m. The carriers in the business di tricts
will make the early trip, and also one after
the arrival of the New Orleans mail, if it
arrives on time. The residence carriers
will make the morning trip only. No mall
should be deposited In street letter-boxes
after 8 o'clock a. 111., January 1, until Mon-
day, January 3, if prompt dispatch is de-
sired. Robt. Burns, P. M.
city council.
The city council met this evening in ad-
journed session, for the purpose of review-
ing the newly-printed ordinances and char-
ter. It was decided to meet to morrow
(Friday) night, when the business men-
tioned will be taken in hand.
church celebration.
The First Presbyterian Sunday-school
held its Christmas celebration to-night at
Turner hall. There was a Christmas tree
end a programme that consisted of songs,
recitations, addresses, etc. Presents were
distributed from the tree.
■htstice railey's court.
Dick Richards, obscene language; $1 and
costs.
Fred Gerdes. rudely displaying a pistol;
$1 Rnd costs.
justice breeding's court.
Charles Jacob, John Carter and George
Hopkins, vagrancy; eaoh given a half hour
to leave the city.
mayor smith's court.
James O'Brian, drunk; dismissed with a
reprimand from Mayor Smith.
personals.
C. C. Allen, formerly of Galveston, but
now of Fort Worth, was in the city to-day
and visited the branch office.
Mrs. T. K. Thompson and ber daughters,
Misses Nora J. and Lucy F., are in the city,
the guests of Captain T. K. Thompson, of
the Hutchlns. Mrs. Thompson and daugh-
ters will remain until after New Year.
Rev. Timmons, who sucoeeds Rev. H. M.
Du Bose as pastor of Shearn church, ar-
rived this morning from Georgia and will
occupy Shearn pulpit Sunday. The rever-
end gentleman visited The News branch
office.
W. D. Briggs and wife, of Palestine, have
apartments at the Hutchins.
Dr. J. R. Williamson, of Brenham, is in
town, quartered at the Hutchlns.
R. E. Jacobs, of Shreveport, La., is
booked at the Hutchlns.
C. H. Waterhouse, of Wharton, Is among
the Hutchins arrivals.
John Teckaberry, a prominent young
lawyer of Livingston, is now in the city.
He is accompanied by his wife and child-
ren.
Daniel Brown. Spanish Camp; Wolf
Hecht and wife,Cuero; P. A. Vahey, San
Antonio; C. Hutson, Savannah,Tenn.- J.
W.Crawford, Richmond, Tex.; R. S. Sim-
mons, Flatonia; J. H. Smith, Philadelphia;
T. IC. Maners, Indianapolis; E. Gulflor, Na-
cogdoches; Charles Cobb, Jr., Marshall; L.
M. Jones, Columbus; C. D. Robinson,
Hempstead: M. H. Townsend, Columbus:
James H. Holt, Brenham; J. B. Campbell
Gay Hill; W. C. Galloway, Dallas; H. C.
Ferguson, Denton; F. J. Trigg, Ferris,Tex.;
Frank B. Meyers, Cincinnati; George E.
Cooper, Rutland, Vt.; C. C. Allen, Fort
Worth; W. B. Jones, Texas, are at the
Hutchins.
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New Express Offices.
The Texas Express company have estab-
lished agencies at the following stations on
the northeast extension of the Gulf, Colo-
rudo and SantaFe railroad viz.: Farmers-
viilc, Embree, Wylie and f,opeville.
JEFFERSOH.
The Recent Discovery of Coal-Boring Still Pro-
gressing—Bound Over?*
Jeffkbson, Tex., December 30.—Our peo-
ple are all jubilant to-day oyer the coal
prospects. Last night the borers, at the
depth of C20 feet, struck a vein of lignite
of a good quality, which proved to be about
five feet thick. They are now
boring through hard sandstone, which
17ii tits say overlies tue genuine article we
nie seeking. The sandstone forms the
roofing for the bed of coal which is thought
to exist lower down. About 050 feet has
been reached up to this writing, 6 p. m.,
and operations will be continued day and
Dight. Specimens of the coal were sent to
I'rofessor Everhart, of Austin, for examina-
tion. The discovery of a good article of
anthracite coal in this county, a3 reported to
you soma days ago is a reality. Parties
here have purchased the secret and the
land where the coal is found insuch abund-
ance. A distinguished scientist said to
The News reporter: "The coal discovered
last night is semi-bituminous. A good
article tor different purposes."
Before Commissioner W. E. Singleton,
Ed. Lancaster, colored, of Mar-
shall, was to-day arraigned on the
charreof passing counterfeit United States
treasury notes. Hon. J. E. McComb repre-
sented the government. The proof was
very strong against the defendant, and he
was held over in the sum of $500 to the
February term of the United States court,
and was committed to the Harrison county
jaiJ, at Marshall.
GAINESVILLE,
Variety Actors in a Bad Fix—Will Bo Tried
for Lunacy.
Gainesville, Tex., December 30.—Charlie
Knight, who has been running the Apollo
vniiety theater, left here last Sunday for
Dallas for the ostensible purpose of secur-
ing new actors and actresses for his thea-
ter. Nothing was thought of the matter
until late to-day, when 'his wife be-
came uneasy about his protracted ab-
sence. She telegraphed to Dallas to find
out what he was doing, and to her horror
found iliat ho had ju3t left Dallas, anil a
pretty blonde actress^ who at one. time was
one of the performers at the Apollo thea-
ter. left at the tame time. Upon the re-
ceipt of this intelligence confusion reigned
thtoughout the theater, a3 all salaries for
the past season remain unpaid. None of
them h*ve means sufficient to leave the
city, end sinc^ the announcement of the
manager's unexpected departure for parts
unknown, it is with difficulty that auv of
ttiefe unfortunates can obtain a meal of
victuals. Knight's wife is left behind In a
destitute condition. The theater lias been
closed.
Mrs. Reedy, from-uear Whitesboro, will
be on trial to-morrow for lunacy. She
lately threw a box of concentrated lye into
her husband's face, and is reported as be-
ing very violent.
BUSKE.
Particulars of the Kecent Shooting-Ike Vic-
tim's Ante-mortem Statement.
Eur.ke, Tex., December 30. — Charles
Green, who wasi shot yesterday, is still
alive, but in a critical condition. His depo-
sition before a notary public was to the
effect that one Straks, a saw-filer, did the
shooting; that Straks was drunk, and
that be (Greet!) was trying to in-
duce him to go into the house; that
he followed bim a short distauce and
insisted; that Straks turned short around
and shot him, the ball entering two inches
below the left nipple, ranging downwards.
A Mr. l'olk, who was present, deposed that
as he was attempting to raise the fallen
mar. Straks stepped up and shot him in the
back', the ball going between his (Polk's)
aim and body. Green is represented as a
hard working and sober man and a good
< tiizc-11. Toe shooting occurred at Ctiam-
beie, just across the Nechos river, and in
Folk county. The sheriff of thut county
has been notified.
A Drummer Acquitted.
Elna, Tex., December 30.—E. C. Ger-
rsrde, a commercial traveler for the drug
hcuto of Finlay & Co. of New Orleans,
La., was arrested t.y J..E. Biilups, sheriff,
for faitut-s to exhibit his tax receipt from
the i nniptroller. aud was brought before
Jusfii e Fayson for trial, a jury bringing in
a verdict of not guilty.
Women, subject to constitutional weakness,
are greatly benefited by the use of L»r, J. II.
McLean's Liver nnd KMnev Balm. It Is agree-
able to take and gentle in its offccts.
KILLED THEM BOTH.
Two Negroes Murdered at Brenham—One of
Their Color Does the Work with
a Double-barreled Gun.
Brenham, Tex., December 30.—About 4.30
o'clock this afternoon two negro boys were
assassinated at the Santa Fe freight depot
by another negro, named Dan Nelson. Os-
car Hopkins, aged, 20, and Tom Hopkins,
nged 22, were walking on the platform In
front of the depot, and between it and the
track, on which were standing box-cars.
The Hopkinses were accompanied by au-
other negro. Nelson saw the three approach
from the north as he was sitting on the plat-
form. He got up and went into the build-
ing. When the three men were about half
the length of the depot Nelson stepped to
the door, armed with a bran-new muzzle-
loading shotgun of the largest oallber, and
having barrels 38 inches long—a regular
old-fashioned deer gun—loaded heavily
with buckshot. He
took deliberate aim
and shot one of the boys in the back, the
load entering just below the shoulder
blade and coming out in front. This boy
ran, jumped off the platform and crawled
under #car, after whioh he got up and ran
about twenty steps and fell near the water-
tank. The other boy, hearing the shot,
looked back, when Nelson fired the other
barrel, the load taking effect—one ball In
the left eyo and the other three iu the top
of the head about where the hair comes
down on the forehead. He fell on the plat-
form and
DIED IN A FEW MINUTES.
The man who was shot in the back is also
dead. Statements are conflicting as to which
one was shot first. A jury of inquest has
been Impaneled and testimony will be
taken to morrow. The negro that was shot
in the head had a pistol on his person; the
other is said to have been unarmed The
murder was theresutof an old feud. About
three years ago we had a large brass band
composed of negroes. They had a split-up,
and two bands were formed, Nelson being
at the head of one and the Hopkins boys at
the head of the other. Last fall at an owl
nieeticg'in tbis city
a FIGHT TOOK PLACE,
in which the Hopkins negroes and Dan Nel-
son were Involved. Last night there was a
dance six miles in the country, at which
Nefton furnished the music. About 10
o'clock one or two shots were fired from the
window into the ball-room at Nelson. He
believed that the two Hopkins boys had
tried to assassinate him, and this morning
Oscar and Tom Hopkins were arrested and
placed under bond. Their friends claim
that an alibi can be proved. The assassin
was arrested and jailed.
england is called John Bull; but there is no
sobriquet for Dr. Bull's (lough Syrup.
Salvation Oil is tlie result of years of study
to produce a perfect liniment at a small cost.
A man in London has published a pam-
phlet entitled Twenty Doctors. In it he
tells how from 1868 to 1885 he was a cripple
from rheumatic gout. Nineteen doctors,
whom he successively tried, left him just a
little worse than ho was at first. The twen-
tieth doctor put him on a tricycle and told
him " to stick." He " stuck," and is now
well.
FIlOM
MALARIA.
So numerous are the
developments" from Ma
laria that people continu-
ally saffc from this uox-
Inns poisou when they
least imagine it is lurkiug
in their system.
'Chills and Fever,Intermittent Fever, Bilious
Fever, Typhoid Fever, Headache, General De-
bility, Lassitude, Nausea are tlio painful off-
springs ol.Mai aria,mid have their origin in 11 dis-
ordered Liver, which, if not regulated in time,
(mat suffering, wretchedness and dentil will
ensue. Simmons Liver Kegulator (purely
vegttable) is absolutely certain in its renm
dial effects and acts more promptly in curing
all foims ol malarial diseases than calomel or
quinine, without any of the injurious conse
qnences which follow their use. If taken occa-
sionally by persons exposed to Malaria, it will
expel the poison undnrotectthemfroma'.taek.
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AUCTION SALES.
S. M. PENLAND &
300 tail 304 Strand,
"TRUSTEE'S SALE~
"X\J IIELEA.S, W. F. Burkett and A. G. Dillard,
n ol Uvalde county,".in the state of Texas, on
the 16tli day of September A. D ,1884, executed
and delivered their certain deocl ot trust of
thet date, which ia duly of record,In Volnmo
number two (2), on pages number JM to 107 in-
clusive of records of deeds of trust and liens
on real estate of said Uvalde county, to which
jfcferencels here made for greater certainty
and particularity, and therein and thereby
conveyed to J. W. Edmundson and Henry
Sayles, trustees, both of Galveston county,
state of Texas, those certain lots, pieces and
parcels of land lying and being situated in the
town of Uvalde, in the county of Uvalde, in the
state of Texas, known and designated on the
map of said town as lots number
H73,374 and 375, said lots being part of survey
No. 71, in the name of Antonio Gomez, and be-
ing also the same lots conveyed by dee<l from
N. L. Stratton and P. Jane Bates, executors of
K. W. Black, deceased, to John K. Shook. Da
cember 28,1880, recorded in Book II, pages 313,
314 and 315 of the records of Uvalde county,
and to which said deed reference is heie
made, and also to the deed from W. H. Robin-
son to said Burkett and Dillard, also recorded
m the Uvalde county records for greater cer-
tainty of descriptor. The said deed of trust
was given for the purpose of securing and en-
forcing the payment of certain indebtedness
mentioned In said deed of trust, and in par-
ticular a promissory note dated September 13,
1S8J, for the sum of $400, and bear-
ing interest from its date until paid
at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum, due and
payable '24 months after its date. And,
wLereas, said deed of trust authorized and re
quiied the said trustees and either of thorn,
theii titles, rights, powers and duties therein
and thereunder being joint and several, on the
lequest of the holder of said promissory note,
at any time after default made in the payment
thereof, to execute and enforce said trust by
advertisement and saieof said property In ac-
cordance with the provisions of said trust
detd. And, wbereas,default has been made in
the payment of said promissory note, and tho
whole tmm thereof, principal and Interest, re-
mains due and unpaid; and II. Kempner, who
is the legal owner and holder thereof,
has requested me, J. W. Edmundson, one of
the said trustees named in said deed of
trust, to execute said trust, and sell all said
property hereinbefore described, and distri-
bute the proceeds thereof as provided by said
tiufctdeed; now, therefore, I, J. \V. Elm Hud-
son, trustee, under said deed of trust, will sell
all the above described property, on Saturday.
January 8, A. D. 1887* between tne hours of lo
o'clock' a. m. and 4 o'clock p. m. of said day,
at public auction, to the highest bidder, for
cash, before the courthouse door of tho
county of Galveston, Texas; and I will make
such title to the purchaser of said property as
I am authorized to make by the terms of sai l
deed of trust. J. \\\ EDMUXi' BOX,
Trustee.
PROPOSALS.
r. S. Tki vtr oev.vutmi;nt, )
cm ick making honi «tat. si uvick,
galveston, Tex., December 27, 1336.)
QEALED PROPOSALS v ill be received at this
k? office, until noon of VUESDAY, .January 4,
lbfe7, for IH 1L1VTMI a K< »AUD PAUTITION* for
the use of the Marino Hospital Service, at Gal
vestor.Tex. Schedules and further informa-
tion will be furnished upon application to the
undersigned. Tho department reserves the
right to waive informalities, and to reject a ay
or all proposal*; u. W. YEII INS,
Surgeon in Charge,
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I suffered for years from chronic
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I felt lnisenilily. None of the 'remedies I
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which I have now taken live bottles.
The catarrh has disappeared, and X ani
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as returned, and my health is fully re>
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JSoslou Highlands, Mass. , ,
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Notice.
Tin stockholders of the Texas Banking aud
Insurance Company are hereby notified that
the ANNUAL ELECTION for THIRTEEN DI-
B&TOna, to serve for the ensuing year, will
take place at the Banking House
ON MONDAY, the Dl> DAY OF JANUARY, 1337.
Polls will be open from 10 o'clock a. iu. to 1
o'cloik p. in. N. B. SLIGH, Cashlor.
Notlcc—The Stockholders of the Galveston
Wharf Company are hereby notified that tho
ANNUAL ELECTION ©F DIRECTORS
will take place at the company's ofilce
MONDAY, JANUARY 3,1S37,
at 11 o'clock a. In,
JOSEPH AIKEN,
9eci etary,
General OSice of the Gulf, Houston
aud Hio Grande Railway Company, Houston,
Tex., December 4,1886.—Notice 13 hereby given
to all stockholders of tho Gulf, Houston and
RloGiande Hallway Company that a meeting
of such stockholders has been called by the
Directors of the corporation, to be held at tho
office ot the company, in tho city of Houston,
Tqx., on TUESDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF
JANUARY, 1887, at 11 o'clock a. m., for -.lie pur-
pose of considering aud authorizing, if thought
advisable, the borrowing of such sums oi
money us may be necessary for constructing,
completing or operating its railway, and the
Issuing and disposing of lt3 bonds for nny
ninount so borrowed, and the mortgaging Its
corporate property aud franchises to secure
payment of any debt contracted by It for the
purposes aforesaid. JNO. W. SMITH, Sec'y.
NOTICE TO^ONTRACrORS.
OEAI.ED PROPOSALS WILL Iiii RECEIVED
f? at tlie ofiico of the receivers ot the Hous-
ton nnd Texas Central Railway Company, at
Houston, Tex., until 1-J o'clock m., SAft'R
DAY, the 15tii OF JANUARY, 1377, for the
building of a Railway Passenger Depot at
Houston, according to plans andlspecltl cations
. -iio seen at the oiilce of Dickey and Heimlich,
Arclirteetp, at Galveston and itouston.
Proposals will be received separately, as
follows:
For carpenter work; for brick work; lor cast
(■lid wroglit iron work; for galvanized Iron
and tin woik; for plaster nnd cement work;
for slating; for plumbing and steam heating;
for painting. All bids must be addressed to
tlie Deceivers ot the Houston and Texas Cen-
tral Ry. Co., at Houston, Tex.
The Receivers reserve the right to reject any
or all bids. For further Information apply to
tlie cilice of DICKEY &IIELMICH, Architects,
Room No. 1, Ileldcnhelmer building, at Gal-
veston, or at tlielrotiice in Houston.
^OTZG113.
The Galveston Gas Company
AU orders or complaints, to receive prompt
attention, should be left at the oftlce ol tlie
company, In tho brick building on
Market Street, Between 2£tk and 25th Streets,
between the hours of 8 and 12 o'clock a. m,
AUG. BUTTLAR, Secretary.
LABADIE
Marks down bis entire stock on
and after this date. Want-
ing to make some
changes,
IBS.
ESTABLISHED 1SS3.
THOS. GOGG&N & BRO.
!H PIANO, ORGAN and MUSIC-HOUSE!
or TEXAS.5,
Best Inslruments,Lowest Prices, Eas'est Term
Wrlto for Prices of Piaaos, Organ*,
aud Catalogue oi Musio to
TKG3, GUGSAN ^ BRO.,
Coraier Msrkat aid 22d 8treeto Oiives'ca.
TO PEEVJEET DENGUE. MALARIA,
and ad diseases caused by drinking
Impure water use the celebrated
iliiipJi
Sold at Factory Prices by
EEEK, -5PSCHT,
159 Strand, Geaeral Agent.
E. O. Lynch. Albert Behresds.
LYNCH & CO.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
AND
General Grain Dealers,
207 ard 2C9 Slrand, Galveston, Texas.
I have® posit;vo remody f.-r ths *bo^6 di£?a.<o; brtw
030 ttwu-yiuida <»( c&ies of tb9 worrt kind fttid of lonjj
have boon cured. ImMwd, go strong is nay faJto
i:j IU clSc.icy, llint I Will son ' TWO WTTLE3 MiKR,
t..« titer wtili aVAI.rARLB TREATISE n tills diMl&i
tu au'' aulioror. Give ex (tree 4 au«l P. G. IUldtt»*fi- .
DB. 1'. a. SWCUU. n; J'T Y'lr*
0 OTTO If rAOTOM.
WALLIS, LANDES & CO.,
Wholesale Grocers, Importers
AND
COTTON FACTOBS,
GALVESTON.
JHi>. IS. IIOOEKB,
J. A. KOBBSTIOM
JNO. D. ROGERS & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
GALVESTON. TEX.
LAMMERS & FLINT,
COTTON FACTOBS
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
STRAND GALVESTON.
£, 8, JBMI80K,
New York.
t. j. Grogs,
G&lveiton.
JEMISON, GROCE & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
GALVESTON. TEX.
ATTORNEYS.
CRAWFORD & CRAWFORD, "
Attorneys at Law
723 MAIS STREET,
DALLAS. »■■■■■• « ■ • TEXAS.
BALLINGER, MOTT & TERRY,
Attorneys ani Coamta at law,
S25 Po3to!fica Street,
GALVESTON, TEXAS
HOUSTON ADVERTISEMENTS,
DR. M. PERL,
General Practitioner,
HOUSTON, TEXAS,
E. P. TURNER,
Attorney and Counselor atlas,
So. 30 Congress Street, Houston, Tex.
Practices In tlie State Courts at Houston:
Supreme, Appellate and District Courts at Gal
veston.
BUY THE BESX
THEY
ARE THE MOST DURABLE, THE
LEAST COMPLICATED. HAVE
GREATER FACILITIES, CONSUME
THE LEAST FUEL.
Will BAKE, COOK, ROAST and
BROIL Quicker'and more Even-
ly than any other Stove made
THEY
HAVE NO EQUAL
MANUFACTURED BY
BUCK'S STOVE AND RANGE CO
ST. XQUIS, MO,
SOLI> by
I. P. HENNESSY,
GALVESTON.
EXTRACT
A NATURAL TONIC
f Acid Iron Earth.
TKADB
ALCOflOL
Klark.
PLEASAHT TO THE TASTE.
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For D7*prp.«ta,all derangement*
•( the niscstive Urgani and the
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Scalds and Bruises, AClli IBOX
EARTB is a specific.
Rheumatism, malarial Dim.
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f ield without fail to Its wonder*
ill curative power.
C. W. Herod.of Thornton,lJraestonecounty,
T<-x., wiites tliiit lmlf a' bottie of Acid Iron
Earth cured him perlcctly of nervous debility.
Bl. IS. Long, of Thornton, Lii -cstone county,
Tex., certifies tMt ho was cured of neuralgia
and eczema by the use of Acid iron Earth.
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The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 249, Ed. 1 Friday, December 31, 1886, newspaper, December 31, 1886; Galveston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth464984/m1/3/: accessed May 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.