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THE GALVESTON DA LY NEWS. FRIDAY. JITS'E 24, 1887.
THE HIGHER COURTS.
Synopsis of Opinions by the Supreme Court
and Court of Appeals, Austin Term 1837,
as Specially Reported for The News.
COURT OF APPEALS.
Hok, John P. White, Presiding Judge, and
Judges J. M. Hurt and Saji A. Willson;
Jas. l. White, Clerk.
W. F. Simmons vs. the State—Appsal
from Grayson county. Opinion by Hart, J.
Conviction for murder of the second de-
gree: 1. There was some evidence lu the
case tending to show a premeditated kill-
ing, hence the court's charge upon the law
of murder of the first degree was proper to
lie given. Also, without auch charge, a
complete exposition of the elements of
murder of the second degree could not ba
siveD. 2. It was in evidence that iast be-
fore the appellant stabbed deceased the
latter applied to the former the oopro-
br'ous words, "d—d son of a b—h." This i3
claimed to "constitute adequate cause,"
%vitfcin the mean ng of the statute relative
to the use of insulting word} to a female
relation. This is an expression of suudea
acger and contempt, which 110 one con-
trives to a poly to the mother of the parson
lo whom used, and hence is not eucq -'ade-
quate cause." If not so, however, the
charge of the court on manslaughter is sufli-
ciently comprehensive to cover this cause
of provocation. Judgment affirmed.
W. R. Baker and H. A. Jones vs. the
State—Appoal from U valde county. Opin-
ion by Hurt, J.
Appeal from a .iudgment final on a for-
feited bail bond. The sureties on the b ind
resisted judgment against them; on the
ground (1) that the principal in the bond
was eick and unable to attend court at the
term at which the forfeiture was taken, and
(2) that belore the entry of the final judg-
ment h'e appeared and was tried upon the
charge which he was bailed to answer.
The second ground was no sufficient rea-
son to avoid liability on the bond. But the
first ground was inadequate by the testi-
mony, it being testified that the principal
was in fact confined to his room and bed,
and the evidence to contradict it being too
uncertain to be considered. Reversed and
remanded.
Ex Parte John Hiieehan.—Appeal from
Tarrant county. Opinion by Hurt, J.
The relator, a saloon proprietor of the
city of Port Worth, was arrested under a
complaint and capias charging him with a
violation of the Sunday ordinance against
the sale of liquors, etc., on that day. The
ordinance is an exact copy, in fact a re-
enactment, of the state law on that subject.
The ground upon which the relator asks to
be discharged is that the city of Port Worth
has not the power to pass such ordinance
end enforce penalties for its violation.
Held, that the municipal corporation
(created under the general law of the state)
iad unquestioned power to pass the ordi
nance and enforce the penalties it de
Bounces. The relator is remanded to cus
tody.
Arthor McVey vs. the State.—Appeal
from Ban Saba county. Opinion by White,
P.J.
An indictment for theft is valid where the
allegation is that the owner is a person
■whose name is to the grand jurors un
known.
Appellant claimed to have bought the
horses and to have received a bill of sale
for them, but 6ince no one of his witnesses
saw it, and it was not produced upin the
trial, nor did he exhibit when called on,
these facte are damaging to his claim of
furchaee.
The fact that the "newly discovered evi-
dence" is found in a neighbor of eighteen
months's Handing, who had kept his peace
through a former trial of the case, casts
grave suspicion upon the genuineness of
the evidence, such as justified the court in
believing it probably untrue, and denying
the motion for a new trial based on that
ground. Judgment affirmed.
Jeff Cravy vs. the State—Appeal from
Ban Saba county. Opinion by White,P. J.
Application for a change of venue was
mace by the defendant (appellant), based
upon the grtund that "a dangerous com-
bination of influential persons" existed
against him. whereby his case was so preju
diced that he could not obtain a fair and
impartial trial in San Saba county. The
"ii fluential persons" were shown to be the
members of the Commissioners' Court, and
tLe "dangerous combination" turned out to
be an appropriation by that court of money
to pay counsel for prosecuting criminals in
cases nhere the district attorney was dis-
qualified by reason of previous employ-
ment. It is too plain for argument or au-
thority that "prejudice" can notbe predicat-
ed on such fact. As to the propounding of
questions to witnesses who were heard on
the application for change of venue by the
court, it was his duty to do so if it became
necessary to ascertain the facts upon which
his judgment was to depend
Tee state was permitted to prove contem-
poraneous thefts of other animals which
were louiid at the same time this animal
wa s and returne d to their owners. This tes-
timoiy was omitted, to be restricted in tne
charge to its legitimate purposes, which
omission is reversible error. Reversed
and remanded.
Ex Parte W. G. Asher—Habeas corpus
from Harris county. Opinion by White,
P.J.
The relator, being fined in a justice court
of Harris county, for pursuing the occupa-
tion of a commercial traveler without hav-
ing paid occupation tax, comes into this
court on an original application for the
writ of habeas corpus. That he is a citizen
of Louisiana, and that he has pursued the
occupation named without payment of the
tax required by law, are the admitted facts
of the case. He alleges illegal restraint in
his liberty upon the sole ground that the
law of the state which authorizes the tax is
unconstitutional and void, because in oppo-
tion to that provision of the constitution of
the United States which regulates commerce
between the states.
The act authorizing the collection of such
tax is a general law, violation of which is
declared to be a misdemeanor, punishable
by fine; ejid under another general law a
party convicted of misdemeanor may be
punished alternatively both by fine and im-
prisonment. In the case of Robbins vs.
Taxing District of Shelby county—recently
decided by the Supreme Court of the United
States—it was in substance held that "a
state statute imposing a license tax upon
diummers and others selling by samples
within a certain taxing district, is a regula-
tion of interstate commerce, and therefore
unconstitutional as applied to citizens of
other states." Prom this conclusion, Chief
Justice Waite and Associate Justices Field
and Gray dissented, in an opinion of un-
answerable power and cogency.
In cases clearly involving the constitu-
tionality and validity of state laws with re-
ference to the federal constitution, the de-
cisions of the Supreme Court of the United
States clearly, certainly and unequivocally
expressed upon the questions involved, is
binding upon the courts of the states. "But
such decisions," say the courts, "no more
than the decisions of state courts, are or
should be binding upon the latter, if in
themselves unwarranted assumptions of
constitutional authority—innovations of
federal power, where such power does not
and never was intended to apply and ope-
rate—and moreover where said' decisions
are directly in conflict with well-adjudi-
cated cases of the same court, whicii are
rot overruled, and which, in addition to
their equal authority, are based uoon fun-
damental and eternal principles of reason,
justice and right."
Those two eminent authorities on the law
sf taxation—Cooley and Desty—concur in
the proposition that a tax on property that
may be the subject of commerce under con-
gressional regulation, is not a tax on com-
merce, and that no employment is absolute-
ly exempt from the liability to bo taxed,
and that when an employment is taxed, the
carrying it on without payment of such tax
will be illegal. All the authorities, almost
Without exception, are agreed on the propo-
sition that "transient persons selling goods
within the state by wholesale or retail, on
land or on sea, are liable to pay a license
tax," and that "a state law Imposing a
license fee upon merchants who go from
place to place soliciting orders is not un
constitutional as involving a duty or itn
post on imports or a regulation of com-
merce, or unequal taxation." [The opinion
here cites an overpowering array of au-
thories from state and federal courts in
support.]
The doctrine announced in the Bobbins
case, and which is here relied on, stands
without support in previous adjudications
of the court in which it was laid down, anl
this, too, without overruling previous de-
cisions of the same court in diametrical op-
position to it. The Robbins case—decided
by a divided court—is in direct conflict
with a number of cases decided by thesame
court, and in which there was no division
of opinion on the question. "Under such
circumstances," says this court, "wa do
not leel bound by the Bobbins decision, and
not believing it to be the law of the land,
we will not consider it of binding force
upon us."
The Bobbins decision admits that to citi-
zens of Tennessee the law under consider-
ation is constitutional and may be en-
forced. That is to say, a penal law of a
fetate may be enforced as to its own citizens
but not as to citizens of other states who
voluntarily come within the state and vio-
late it. The Constitution of the United
States provides; "The citizens of each
state shall be entitled to all the privileges
and immunities of citizens in the several
states." Perfect equality of privilege is
meant to be conferred on all. But the doc-
trine of the Robbins case goes further. It
puts a premium on non-citizenship by dis-
ci iminatirg in its favor against citizenship
and conferring upon it privileges and im-
munities which are denied to citizens of the
state. Such doctrine is unjust, paradoxi-
cal, and fails to command the assent of
both reason and conscience.
The relator is remanded to the custody of
the sheriff of Harris county, to be by him
kept until payment of the fine and costs
adjudged against him, together with the
costs of the habeas corpus proceeding.
SAN AUGUSTIHE.
An Elopement and Marriage with the Usual
Romantic Details—rhe Mineral Industry.
San Abgustine, Tex., June 23.—The
usual serenity of our town was much dis-
turbed Sunday morning by the elopement
of Miss Lucinda Muckelroy, one of Red
Land's fair daughters, with John S. Hanks,
our enterprising young miller. The people
in town had generally known that the
young lady and gentleman had determined
upon abandoning single blessedness and
assuming some of the sterner responsibili-
ties of lite, but had no idea that the mar-
riage would be consummated so soon. But
Mr. Hanks had many friends, and as usual
in such cases, not a few that were not
only willing but anxious to assist him in
securing the coveted prize, notwithstanding
the very bitter opposition of the parents of
theiyoung lady.
On Saturday evening a young friend of
Mr. Haiks succeeded in getting an inter-
view with the young lady. The agreement
was mtde that she should go to Sunday-
school next morning, which she did, aud
when near the church she was met by two
young gents, who assisted her into the car-
riage, which was hastily driven down Main
street to the residence of Mr. W. H. Crouch,
wheie Justice J. H. Broocks was in waiting
with Mr. Hanks. The news spread rapidly,
arid quite a crowd gathered to witness the
cereaoiiv. Justice Broocks explained
britfiy that the urgency of the occasion de-
manded that the ceremony should bo very
brief, and the happy couple were soon pro-
nounced man and wife, and they, together
with a lat^e crowd of our townspeople, im-
mediately started out to Ahtioch church,
about four miles north of town, to hear a
joint discussion between Rev. N. W, Ware
of the Christian church and Bav. I. Peddy
of the Baptist church, the subject of discus-
sion being Infant Baptism.
StraEgers continue to visit our section iu
starch of oil, coal and minerals generally.
Mr. R. E. Jacobs of Shreveport haa leased
about 25,000 acres of land in our county and
is new in New York for the purpose of pur-
il.asing tie necessary machinery to go to
woi k. Mr. Jacobs feels convinced that iron,
coal and limestone exist in inexhaustible
quantities, and feels very sanguine that he
will find the same kind of oil that has been
leund in Nacogdoches county.
The crops have not suffered a day this
season in tLis county for rain, and there-
fore there will be as fine crops as has ever
been seen in this section.
The weather is very warm. The ther-
mometer scored 100 in the shade here on
Monday at 2 p. m.
LAREDO L0C&L8.
Sudden Death from Heart Disease—A Beer
£ gent Mysteriously Missing.
Laredo, Tex., June 23.—This morning
Mr. W. H. Kenner, a prominent citizen and
one of the leading merchants, died sudden-
ly of heart disease. It seems that Mr. Ken-
ner got out of bed a little after i o'clock,
and, as his wife thought, to go into the hall-
way to get a drink of water, as was often
his custom. But a minute passed bafore a
heavy fall was heard in the room where
Miss Mattie, his adopted daughter, sleeps,
who, alarmed by the noise, sprang with a
scream from her bed and fell prostrate
acioBswhat proved to be lifeless body of Mr.
Kenner. His physicians attribute his death
to fatty degeneration of the heart. His
remains will be forwarded to San Marcos
to morrow to be interred beside his mother.
Mr. Kenner was a nephew of Duncan H.
Kenner of Louisiana. The District Court
adjourned to-day in respect to his memory.
Fourteen days ago Mr. A. Schwab, who
for several years has been the agent of the
Anhinser-Busch Beer association at La-
redo, left for St. Louis, as he stated, on
business connected with his beer business.
He spent the second day at San Antonio
after his departure, since which time no
word has been heard from him. The fact
that the traveling agent of this large beer
establishment has been in Laredo for a
week, and has been unable to get any in-
formation of his whereabouts, creates
alarm for his wife and many friends for hi j
safety.
The International pay-car came in to-day
and paid off the employes.
Hearne.
Hearne, Tex., June 23.—This morning
Mr. J. Grimmell discovered a colored man
lying on the ground near the Central rail-
road track, and upon examination he was
found to have been considerably bruised
about the arms and back. He was suffering
great pain at the time, stating that he had
eaten too much watermelon. Mr. Gram-
mell went for medical assistance, but be-
fore he returned the unfortunate man was
dead. The supposition is that he was at-
tempting to steal a ride on a train and fell
off, cauBing the bruises that he had. Judge
Royster impaneled a jury of inquest and a
verdict was rendered that the deceased
came to bis death from bruises caused by
en unknown source. The man's name was
Green Taylor.
Mrs. James Arbuckle and son of Dallas
are visiticg Mrs. James Bailey of thifc city.
Bain is badly needed.
Eagle Pass.
Eagle Pass, Tex., June 23.—Two new
engines arrived this evening for use on the
Mexican International railroad. Tan new
ones have been bought and will arrive
shortly. Also t tvo sets of passenger coaches.
Every preparation is being made for the
traffic that will'ensue on connection with
the Central. Chief Engineer Gorsuch and
the right of way agent have gone to Sallillo.
Vice-president Plumb is in Piedras Negras.
A mass meeting of citizens is taking
place this evening to devise ways and
means of celebrating the Fourth of July. A
base ball match, a banquet and ball will
be among the attractions.
Pbicxlv ash Bitters Is an unfailing cura
for all diseases originating In biliary derange-
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countries. No other medicine now on sale
will so effectually remove the disturbing ele-
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system. It is sure and safe In Its action.
BREEDERS AND SHIPPERS
Of Illinois Combat Weight Rates and fMa-
inorialize Against the Importation of
Diseased Cattle Through Cauada.
Chicago, 111., June 23.—A special to the
Daily News from Springaeld, 111., says:
Many of the leading breeders and shippers
of cattle of the central portion of the state
held a meeting to-day and effected a formal
organization for the purpose of combattiag
the proposed change in rates for shipment
of cattle from the car-lot plan to the plan of
shipments by weight.
A memorial was adopted for transmission
to the secretary of the treasury, setting
forth that contagious pleuro pneumonia
exists to an alarming extent in Saotlaud;
that cattle from infected districts are al-
lowed to land m Canadian ports aud that,
ss the treasury department of the United
States scheduled against the importation of
! uch cattle from Scotland, they request that
tie shipment of cattle from Canada to the
Units d States bo prohibited until the do-
minion authorities take such action in re-
gi.rd to shipments of cattle from Scotland
fs shall insure certain immunity to the
Units d States from their importation
through Canadian territory.
Whitesboro.
Whitesboro, Tex., June 23.—The pros-
pect for cotton, corn and hay is simply
splendid. Wheat and oats are being
threshed rapidly and put on the market,
oats at 20 cents, and wheat at 70 cents. The
quality is fine and the quantity great. We
have had a fine season, and everything
seems to be inflated with new buoyancy.
The summer session of the Whitesboro
normal school begins July 2. A large at-
tendance Is anticipated. Professor Car-
lisle has obtained a fare of 4 cents par
mile, good for return till August 15, for ail
wishing to attend.
Embree.
Embrrk, Tex., June 23.—The receipts of
giain Tuesday were something over 1000
bushels. As that was opening day for the
market here, it is fair to calculate on this
town shipping a large amount of grain this
season. The merchants are determined to
hardle all the wheat that may be brought to
this market, and as there are two railroads,
the facilities for shipping are of the best.
The wheat crops in this section are turning
out beyond all expectation, the yield being
all the way from twenty to thirty-five bush-
els per acre.
Gause. •
Gausk, Tex., June 23.—In reply to many
inquiries regarding the boy found mur-
dered near this place on the 17th, it may be
said that the boy has been identified by his
father, Mr. Jas. Leonard of Bryan, as
his son Willie. The supposed murderer, a
negro who gave his name as Chas. McGill,
has been arrested and is now in jail at
Cameron awaiting the action of the next
grand jury. The evidence against him,
although circumstantial, is strong.
Sherman.
Sherman, Tex., June 23.—The contract
for building the Lamar street passenger
dei ot of the 8*. Louis, Arkansas and Tex-w
railway was awarded to day.
Ttssie Lanham, a small boy, had his fia
gers on the right hand mashed badly to day
about 0 p. m. while trying to lift rails in the
scrapyard of the Houston and Texas Cen-
tral railway.
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Bags or Sacks In bales, per cubic foot 1
Bagging, per cubic foot 1
Bagging, per 100 yard roll, each 6
Bagging, per 50 yard roll, each 5
Baskets, per nest 2
Ballast, per ton 28
Bales, over 5 cubic feet, per foot 1
Bedsteads, each 10
Bedsteads, common, each 5
Bedsteads, boxed, per cubic foot I
Bellows, per cubic foot 1
Bananas and Plalntalns, per bunch 2
Breakfast Bacon, per box 5
Boxes, liquors, cheese, soap, candles, etc.. S
Boxes, extract, coffee, ink. bluing, etc.
(small) 3
Brooms, per dozen 3
Broom Handles, per M SO
Broomcorn, per bale 6
Brick, fire, per M 80
Brick, common, per M 50
Bran, 10 sks and under, per sack i
Blinds Doors aud Sash, per cubic foot 1
Boilers, steam, per 100 lbs 6
Bor.es and Horns, per ton of 2000 lbs 30
Bone dust, per ton of 2000 lbs 50
BonebiacK or Bonemeai. t>er sacs of 100 !ba 3
Boits ana Snikes. Rivets. Nuts and Wasn-
evs, per keg 5
Buckets, per dozen 6
Buckets, well, per dozen 8
Butter, per kes: 3
Butter, per firkin 4
Building stone, rough, per ton of 2240 lbs.. BO
Buggies, each 50
Baggies, boxen, per cubic foot 1
Carboys, each, full 10
Carboys, empty 6
Casks, wine '20
Casks, hardware, per 100 lbs 5
Casks, merchandise, per cubic foot 1
Carriages, boxed, per cubic foot I
Carriages, each 7!5
Carts, each 2*
Castings, hollow or solid per 100 14.3 ft
Cattle, grown, each 30
Cattle, two year-olds, cacn 20
Cattle, yearlings, each 10
Cattle, calves, eaen .. 10
Champagne. In baskets 5
Chairs, per oundlo (2 each) 5
Charcoal, per sack 3
Cotton, per bale, landed 10
Cotton, per bale, shipped 10
Cotton, per sack 10
Co il, dumped In carta or cars, per ton ot
2?40 tbs 20
Coal, dumped on wharf, per ton of 2240 !bs. 50
Coal, in casks 25
Coaches, stages and omnibuses, each I 00
Corn, 10 sks and under, per sack
Corn, in shuck, per bbl 8
Cotton iSeed, per ton of 2000 tbs, cargo 25
Cotton Seed Meal, per ton of 2000 lbs 1G
Cotton Gins, per cubic foot. I
Cotton Planters, each 10
Coin Planters, each 10
ComS hollers 8
Corn Mills, per cubic foot 1
Coffee, per sack of 135 lbs 4
Codfish, per drum of 500 as....: 16
Cordage, per 100 tha f
Cotton Ties, per 100 lbs f Inward) lu
Cotton Ties, per 100 lbs (outward) f
Copper, per 100 lbs 6
Copper, pig, per 100 lbs |
Coal Oil, per case 2
Cocoamits, per 100 25
Collars, horse, per dor 0
Orates Ciockerv or Merchandise. V cu. ft, i
Cultivators, each. 30
Drays, each.. 25
Doors, cacn 3
Demijohns, full 2
Deinijojms, empty 1
Dry goods, in ease, per 100 lbs 5
Filters, boxed or otherwise, per cubic fool 1
Flour, per sack of 100 tbs.. 2%
Floor, per sack of 50 lbs 1M
Fustic and other Dye-woods, per ton o;
2000 tbs ftt)
Fertilizer or Guano, per ton of 2000 lbs.— B0
Furniture, boxed, per cubic foot l
Groceries, diy, boxed, per 100 lbs C
Grain,"for export,Including Bran,per 100 Uss 3
Grind and Millstones, por 100 tbs... 5
Gunny Bags, in bales, per cubic foot 1
Hardware, per 100 lbs C
Homes, per dozen 4
Hams, par cask 25
Hay, per bale 10
Hp.y, per bait bale .. 6
Hogsheads, empty 5
Hogshead Staves, per 51 50
Hay Cutters 6
Half barrels, wet S
Half barrels, dry $
Hal f barrels, empty 1
Herring, per box 1
Hoop Poles, per M 25
Horses aud Aiules. each 50
&og« 5
Horseshoes, per keg S
Household Goods, per 100 lbs f
tildes, loose, each 1
Hides, In bales, per 100 tbs C
aides, green, In bundles of 2 each 9
Ice, In hogsheads 2&
ice, per ton of 2000 lbs, net delivery.... .» 25
Ice Cream Fi ee2ers. eacli 2
Iron, boiler, plate, bar, hoop, wrought,
sheet and galvanized, per 100 lbs 5
Iron Pipe, Water, per ton of 2000 tbs 50
Iron bhutters and WrouKnt Fittings, pei
100 tbs &
Iron, Junk and .Scrap, per ton of 2240 ib&... 50
Iron, pig, per ton of 2240 lbs 50
Iron Safes, over 3000 lbs, per 100 lbs 10
lion Safes, under 3000 B>s, per 100 lbs. . 5
Iron Wire, telegraph aud feuce, per 100 as, 2*
Junk, In bales (except Iron) 10
Kegs merchandise.. I
Kegs, empty 1
Kits Fish 2
Laths, per M 10
Lemons,per box 4
Lead, per 100 tbs 5
Lumber, per M 80
Leather, per 100 5
Marble, per 100 9 j, dressed . 5
Marble, per to* of 2000 lbs, rough 50
M arble clust, per barrel • • • • 5
Machinery, per 100 tbs 5
Mineral ores, per ton of 2000 ibs...* 50
Mowing Machines, each 50
Moss, per bale 5
M ats, dressed, per 100 tbs 2X
.flatting, per roll 6
Naiis, per keg I
Nails, per half keg 2
Oakum,per bale Q
Oats, 10 sks and under, per sack 4
Oil cake, per ton of 2000 tbs is
Oranges, per box 3
Ordnance Stores, per 10C tbs 4
Oysters, por bbl 5
Paint, per 100 lbs
Pails, flour,per nest 3
I'aper, printing, per bundle 3
Paper, wrapping, per ream...* 1
Pecans, per sack I
Pianos, boxed, per cubic foot - 1
Pineapples, per 100 2&
Plow s, each &
Plows, Sulky . 2E
Plow material, k. d., per 100 lbs fi
Posts, fencing, each 1
Powder, kegs, 4c; >£, 2c; X— i
R li. Material for construction and opera*
tion:
R. Ii. Iron and Steel Ralls, per ton 26
R. R. Fish Bars, Plates & Chairs ) Per ton
R. K. Frogs,Spikeb,BoJts&Nuts j of 2240 tbs
K It. li on Bridges, Locomo-) Per ton >
tives > of > l
£. R. Tracks,'Wheels,Axles.etc; '2240 tbs )
B. R. Iron, for street railroad, V ton2240 lbs ^
H, R. Passenger Cars, each 15 0C
R. It. Passenger Cars, Narrow Gauge 10 Oft
11, R. Platform Cars d 0C
B. R. Platform Cars. Narrow Gauge 5 0C
R. Ii. Lumber, per M feet. F0
R. R. Ties, eight feet long, hewn, each 1
Kaisms, per box. 3c; X, ?c; % 1
oa.yrs, per bale U
Refrigerators, per cubic foot 3
Rubber Belting, per loo tbs 6
Roofing Slate, per ton of 2000 tbs . SC
Uope, per 100 tbs I
*a!t, per sack I
*alt, per sack (cargoes imported). 2
Sand or soil, per dravload ?
Sowing machines, each it
Sewing. K. D.. per loo lbs £
Selves per package, 2 dozen. t
3i. w d u st, per dray load 1C
Hnot, per 100 lbs S
Shingles, per M It
Sheep, each f
Shooks, box, per carload 5 oc
S jooks, box, less than carload, p rlOO !bs. 55
Sac 11, per drayload, o bbls 5
S >da,Potash, in casks and drums, per 100 lb# a
8 novels and Spades, per dozen I
Slices, per sack I
Svoves, per cubic foot 1
Sugar, per hogshead
Sugar, per bbl £
Sugar, Havana, in coxes— 16
Stoves aud Trimmings, per 100 lbs f
SulKies 2t
Tierces Beef, Lard, Rice, Ham, Tallow, etc, If
Tierces with bbls inside •• It
Tierces, empty 4
Timber, Walnut, etc., per ton of 50 cubic ft", V.
Tin Plate, per 100 tho 6
Tin, pig, per 100 lbs ... fi
Tobacco, chewing, per 100 lbs fi
Tobacco, smoking, per cubic foot 1
Tiles, per ton of 2000 lbs 5C
Trunks, filled with merchandise or nests, 8
Tubs, per nest 5
Trackage, per loaded freight car..... 1 00
Locomotives, passenger trains and empty
cars. free.
Wxbtous. 6u
W&gons. Spring or Cane. 75
Wagon Material, K. D., per 100 lis I
Waqbinsr Machines, each II
Washboards, per dozen I
Watermelons, each %
Water Coolers 3
Wire, per 100 f
Wheelbarrows K
Wheels and Axles, railroad, per 100 tbs.... S
Wheels and Axles, log carrier 7fi
Wrood, per cord 28
Wool, per sack 10
White Lead, per 100 lbs 6
Zinc, in rolls, per 100 tbs 5
Goods not In above list will charged In pro
portion, say: Less than forty pounds to the
cubic foot will be classed as measurement and
Charged 1 cent per foot; forty pounds and
over to the cubic foot will be classed as
weight, and charged 5 cents per 100 pounds.
All goods and articles of every kind, landed
or received upon any of the wharves are
thereafter at the risk of the owners, and not
oi the company, and must be removed tbe
same day, or at furthest, tho next day. After
which time, any of said goods and articles re
mainlng on the wharves, the owners and con-
signees'thereof will be responsible for, and
will be charged an additional wharfage of one-
third tne rates specified In the preceding
schedule for every day they so remain, ana
may be removed by the Wharf company with-
out further notice (at tl e risk and expense oi
the goods and the owners and con3lgneei
thereof) to any part of the premises, con
tinuing the charge for additional wharfage
each day they remain on said premises. Oi
the Wharf company may have the same re-
moved and stored elsewhere than on its own
premises without further notice (at the rlsli
and expense of the goods and the owners and
consignees thereof,) and the same will be held
until all charges are paid. Same wharfage to
be charged on all goods or articles delivered
from one vessel to another, provided either ol
such vessels is fast to the wharf, or to any vei«
sel fast to the wharf.
The company hereby gives notice that It will
ot be liable for losses If caused by excessive"
not
and unusual weights, or by piling up heavy ar-
ticles, such as salt, more than three sacks high,
and railroad Iron more than three tiers high,
on the wharves; or by landing articles of ex-
traordinary weight, such as locomotives, with-
out special permission (in writing) from the
company's agent; but that !t will hold all per-
sons liable for such damages as may be occa-
sioned by overloading the wharves without
special permission
On all shipments from the Interior which are
to be delivered to a vessel or agent, whether
on through bill of lading or not, the carrier
placing or landing produce, goods, etc., on tbe
wharf, also tho owner thereof and the shipper,
are cacli and all responsible for the wharfage.
lit it vo cotton or other cargo will be permitted £e
be lorded from the wharves on to vessels or lighten
without prepayment of the zonarfags or satifactorw
provision therefor by the vessel, except as to veusew
with general cargo for gulf ports.
The owners an<i consignees of all goods de
Hvered on a wharf or levee of the company
thereby become bound to the company for th«
wharfage thereon.
All vessels of n tty tons and ovor not ongaged
!n receiving or discharging cargo, or seized by
legal process, and lying at the wharf after euca
seizure, will be charged wharfage at the rate ol
5 cents per registered ton for each day or pari
o/adav. •
The company also gives notice that !t dcei
not undertake storage, and will not be respon-
sible for losses or damage, from any cause, tc.
goods or articles landed or received on 1U
wharves.
All wharfage 13 contracted to be paid, and If
due and payable to the company, at ltd oUSc«
lu Galveston.
Vessels of less than fifty tons will be charged
wharfage at the rate of $2 per day or part of t
day. JOS. AIKEN Sccr«t«u"*.
AT ONE-THIRD
THE CDSTOMSRT HOST
The Mews "Premium "
high-ARM
SEVUfi MACHINE.
HALF-CABISET FIVg-DB&WBB
Slxty-Doiiar Machine
r<5B
$22 75,
WITH A COPT Or THB
weekly news
FOR ONE TEAS.
Tne manntactnrera claim lor XHS "FBS
M1UM" thut It lias been Improved and simpli-
fied in all Its details by the best mechanlMi
talent In America, wlio, with unlimited t»
sources at their command, have comblnM
only thatwhlch is practicable and dispensed
with all complicated surroundings generally
found In other machines. It is tho slmplaw
Machine, having the Fewest Parts, all Strong,
and with case-haidened Bearings. Being tra*
horn complications, it Is easily cared lot,
never gets out of order, and Is always read,
for use. The most Inexperienced can readllj
manage It. It has all the modern appilanoac
and conveniences that go to make up the ann
of excellences, successfully combining Sim-
plicity, Durability, Reliability, SpMd,
Strength and Beauty, producing a machine «ue-
equaled tot ease of management and oapaeSff
for wide ranire of work,
Tackling, Ruffling, Gathering, Embrolder'ug
Hem stitching, Quilting, otc. It la adapte.1 *0
every variety of sewing, from the lightest
TJHE PREMIUM" J1IQH-AR*
is light running ana no seiess, uses I
STRAIGHT 8ELF-S1ITTING NKEDLB. SRC
uialies the double-thread " Lock Stitch." Ill 9
the perfection of mechanism for Heminli,
Felilt,g, Binding, Cording, Braiding, Seamlii
~ chiing, Ruffling, Gathering, EuiDr'"
la]
—,, — „. — lign»
musflns to the heaviest cloth, and will <Mt
greater range of work than any other machln*.-
The Woodwork Is unique aud attractive
style, and substantially made from well Ben.
soiled and carefully selected material. Its el*
gant finish and rich trimmings are In good
taste, and harmonize with tho excellent work-
manshlp of tho machine. Far niorehandsom*
and ornamental than the ordinary style fit
woodwork, it Is at tho same time ot equal d»
lability, utility and good finish.
WARRANTEE-The usual five-year
rantce Is given to us by the manufacturers, anC
we in turn guarantee every machine to glvt
fall and entire satisfaction, and agiee wit*
every purchaser to duplicate any part IbM
proves defective In Ave years FuEK OI
UHARC-IB < Shuttles, Needle* and Bobbin* u
cooteel),
WO RISK WHATEVER.
So great Is our confidence and knowledgt Ol
the superiority of the "Premium" High-Aral
that we further agree with every purchaser to
REFUND THE MONEY In easeful! satisfaction
la not given by the machinc ka every partlan
lar after a month's trial.
Tailors, Dressmakers, Seamstresses, Mans
Cacturers of Clothing, Shirts, Skirts, OorseM
Umbrellas, etc.,will find one of its best recots
raendatlcns is Its special adaptation to thai;
■s ants and range of work.
THE AUTOMATIC XEH3IOB
when once properly regulated, will rarelj
need to be changed, and, as a general rul«
the whole range of family sewing can be dong
without any change of tfension whatever. TM*
result is obtained by nicely adjusted spring*
that will accommodate themselves to the alzt
ot the thread used.
Uur Claims lor Superiority are n JTollowt t
A DEVICE whereby the bobbin can be wotta*
without running the machine saves nnnooa®
aary wear of the machine, and the trouble OS
unthreading and removing work and attach
ments while the bobbin Is being filled,
A SCALE FOR REGULATING tho length OS
stitch, which enables the operatoi to readily
ascertain the length of stitch without testtai
previous to commencing work.
A SPRING-TENSION CYLINDER SHUTTUR,
holding a bobbin that carries a iar«e amount
of thread. There is but one hole to threw?
through, making It the most easily threaded
shuttle In use. The tension may be changs£
without removing the shuttle from the ai
chine.
THE DOUBLE FEUD extends oe both sid«I>
of the needle, nnd permits a greater variety
of work tlian any other. It has great power,
and never falls to perform Its duty—will featf
the lightest und heaviest goods with equal
precision, and will cross seems and klKlr
places without changing length of stltnh Of
missing stitches.
LIGHT RUNNING—On account of the stmpM
mechanical devices employed In Its constnm-
tlon, runs lighter and with greater speed ih*K
any other machine and is almost nolseiew,
IT IS THE SIMPLEST, easiest operated. b«ct
made and most elegantly ornamented ma-
chine in the world, combining every requMM
to produce perfect work.
Invltlnf a practical test of this machine, w»
distinctly claim for It a great superiority la
... . Vhip, " * "
iquestlon
populai machine now in the market.
plan, material, workmanship, and" in its per-
formance. It is unquestionably the moat
THE OUTFIT.
lach Machine is supplied with the foliowuu
outfit: One Hemmer and Feller (one piece), 19
Needles, 6 Bobbins,1 Wrench, 1 Quilting Qaujm,
1 Screw driver, Oil Can filled with oil, 01MS
Gauge, and Thumb screw, aud a Book of Di-
rections. The following extra attachment#
are also furnished free: RutHer, Tucker,
Binder, Set of Wide Hemuiers, ana Shlrrlnn
Plate.
The Boob of Instructions Is profusely lilt*
trated, and answers tho purpose of a compe-
te nt teacher.
Machines are shipped as fast freight nulem
otherwise ordered; purchasers paying freight
a^e.
Sowing Machine Agents Sel! this Machine lot
556 and $60. $22 75 buy one from us, with »
year's subscription to THE WEEKLY NEWfli
or a month's subscription to THK DAILT
NEWS.
EXTRA OFFERS.
For 5S22 76 we wlii send the HIGH-ARM SB W-
INu MACHINE, with all the attachments as-
scribed above, and THE WEEKLY NEWS Ok#
year to any address.
For $24 50 we will send the HIGH-ARM SEW
ING MACHINE, as above described, with THB
DAILY NEWS three months, oostage paid, H
any address.
For $27 ""
I 00 we will send THE DAILY NRW3*
postage paid, six months, and the HI6H-ABW
SEWING MACHINE.
For $31 60 we will send the HIGH-ARM SEW-
ING MACHINE, with ail the attachments, and
THE DAILY NEWS twelve months to MM
address.
Make remittances to and remit by postoffe*
order, registered letter, or draft on Ga!v*»te»
Dallas or New York,
Ju H. BELO & CO.,
PoblUhert, Oalmton, Inu
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