The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 74, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 2, 1874 Page: 2 of 4
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Texan Veteraua.
The circular of Col. Moses Austin
Bryan, published by direction of Col.
Frank W. Johnson, who commanded
after the fall of Milam at the storming
of the Alamo, notifying the surviving
veterans of the Texas War of Inde-
pendence that the annual meeting of
the Veteran Association will take place
ut Houston on the twentieth of May
next. We invite the attention of the
old soldiers of Texas to this circular,
and hope that the suggestions em-
braced in it will receive due attention.
The mi'n who won this fair land from
the wilderness, who beat back the wild
Indians, and overthrew the tyrants of
Mexico, arc rapidly disappearing, and
it is of the highest interest that their
names and deeds should not go down i
to oblivion without record, or an ef-
fort to preserve their memory in the
niagniiicent and grateful country the
foundations of whose greatness they
laid amid the smoke of battle and ce-
mentcd with their blood.
<)>: the twenty-fourth of March the
iiisc of the First National Bank of
Washington against the State of Texas,
on appeal from the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia, was argued
lx-fore the Supreme Court on a rehear-
ing. The ease involves the question
of the title of the bank to certain
bonds of the State purchased by it,
whicti, an alleged by the State, had
'ki ii alienated, without the indorse-
ment of the Governor, as required by
law, by the military board which took
l»< ession of the State at the outbreak
of the war. The bank claims to have
purchased the bonds without notice,
and further relies upon au act of the
[Special Correspondence of .the
MOURNING, IDLENESS Sg$V<
Washington, kC.."JJfarch 26.'
The Washington correspondent during
the past few weeks ha» been very much
in the position of the oppressed Israel-
ites in Egypt, compelled to make bricks
Without straw. Of news there has been
almost none of any kind. For more than
a wetk respect for the memory of ex-
President Fillmore, and sorrow for th«
loss of Senator Sumner, caused Congress
to adjourn from day to day, and when
the House was in session, it was, in the
language of the Speaker, " for debate
only, no business whatever being it
order." And now that the season of
mourning has paused, neither branch of
Congress seems ready to settle down to
work ; the most frivolous excuse, a frolic
to Chester, Pennsylvania, at the expense
of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company
to witness the launching of one of their
vessels, furnishes a sufficient excuse to
rtop the business of one House altogether,
aud to so interfere with that of the other
as to almost prevent the transaction of
auy business. In such times as this the
enterprising Washington correspondent
wanders up and down the lobbies of
Congress in despair, and is too often
driven to the alternative of -«vo ving
something from his own inneifeapcious-
ness or remaining silent. I do nSTl'emem-
ber a recent session of Congress in which
so little was accomplished as is promised
during the present one.
CONGRESS AND jiailroab legislation.
Before Congress met, legislation in aid
of the Texas and Pacific Kailroad was
generally anticipated. The general op-
position to railroad legislation did not
seem to extend with its full force to this.
The great energy displayed by the com-
pany in pushing forwaid its work; the
generosity of the State of Texas in grant
ing to it land; the wonderful fertility of
the country through which the line is to
extend, and the freedom of the route
from those winter obstructions that
cause so much expense and delay upon
the present route, and are sure to be
even more troublesome along the North-
ern line; the uesire to do something to
develop the trade and commerce of the
great Southwest, and advance its indus-
trial interests—these and other consider-
ations seemed to warrant an exception in
favor of the great Southern trans-Conti-
nental line. Aud I have no doubt that
this exception would have been made
lmd it not been for Secretary Richard-
son's sudden discovery, in January last,
that the income of the Treasury for the
fiscal vear was likely to b®less than its
neres-ary expenditures. This fact, taken
in connection with another, that the Con-
gressional elections occur during tUe
present year, has caused Representatives
to be very cautious in voting appropria-
tions or involving the government in
new liabilities.
The Texas Pacific Railroad Company,
in coming to Congress for aid just at this
time, lias to encounter opposition from
many sources which it would not have
met a year or two ago, and which may
not operate twelve months from now.
In the first place, the Grange movement
has caused the people to look with dis-
trust upon railroad management in gen-
eral. 1 do not mean to say that this dis-
trust has been fostered by this great aud
growing Order, or that it will be lasting
iu its nature. It is due to the fact that
certain railroads in the West, upon which
the farmers are dependent, have been
very unjust in their charges and discrim-
inations. The oppressive course of some
of these roads gave the Grange an excuse
for growing and for wtlding together the
elements of opposition to monopoly. But
the granges have no fight with the rail-
road* pa- sc. Intelligent members of the
Order understand tiiat their prosperity
depends in very great degree upon the
facilities that are afforded them for
reaching the markets for their products.
It is only as they have been treated un-
justly aud oppressively that the farmers
are disposed to fight the railroads—to
fight against railroad extortions, and not
against their existence.
The distrust to which I have referred
extends especially to railroads that have
received government aid, and results in
a great measure from the exposure last
winter of the Credit Mobilier method of
constructing and operating railroads in
which the government has a pecuniary
interest. The inflation of the currency,
on which both Houses of Congress now
seem bent, may cause the administration
to feel richer and make aid to the South-
ern Pacific possible before the end of the
session.
il Experience of the
tltat when a special
„ _ Hp payment of
any particularTndianxlai<is, the major-
ity of th6se presented and paid are of a
very doubtful character. This remark
would not, of course, apply so much to
State claims as to those of individuals.
On the frontier, when these claims arise,
the facilities for the manufacture of
fraudulent claims are very "great and those
for detecting them very small. One of
the latest instances of this kind of swin-
dling the government Is that of the Mon-
tana war claims, an appropriation to pay
which was passed a year ago or more.
It is now asserted that the vouchers for
money and supplies furnished on that
occasion, and which, at the time the bill
passed were mostly held by New York
bankers, were some of them entirely
fraudulent—manufactured out of whole
cloth—some extravagant, and very few
of them which were not in some way
auspicious.
It is unfortunate that a question of so
much importance to the people upon our
Western and Southwestern frontiers
should have arisen during the present
session of Congress, when there is danger
that the necessary expenditures of the
government will exceed its revenues.
Under such circumstances as these the
leaders Of each, party vie with each other
as the champions of economy, aud no-
body desires to become the advocate of a
new claim, no fnatter how meritorious it
may be.
am
id«m
mentions the following
neat bit of surgery;
At Corssicana, a few days since, Mr.
Mathews had occasion to step into one
of the stalls in the livery stable,- when
he received a severe kick In tUe face
from a horse. His countenance was
badly diflfigur^S, hia cheek being cut to
the bone. He was taken home, and on
dressing the wound it was discovered
that one of his ears was missing. Dili-
gent search was immediately made for
the missing member, but without suc-
cess. Two days afterward, however, the
ear was accidentally found in the stable.
The attending physician was called. He
carefully stitched the auricular member
in its place, and strange to say, it was
soon revivified, and the wound is rapidly
healing.
The Denison Nem of the twenty-
seventh publishes"particulars of another
Indian fight:
From Lieutenant E. R. Turner, just
from Fort Griffin, vfff have been placed
in possession of the following interesting
news from the frontier:
On the fifth instant, a scout of fifty
men, under command of Lieutenant Colo-
nel Buel, left the supply camp, ninety
miles west of Fort Griffin. After march-
ing two days they reached Double Moun-
tain Ford, when their attention was at-
tracted to a smoke, evidently rising
from a camp-fire. On getting nearer, a
herd of horses was seen, and a couple of
tents in the thicket, and so"n after a man
ran into the brush. Captain Lee and
Lieutenant Turner, of the command, rode
forward and were greeted with a vol
ley of arrows and bullets from the under-
brush. They at once dismounted,
calling to the followers of the command
to come up. It being a narrow pass, they
had to approach in single file. Those in
advance arrived in time to cut off five
of the enemy, who proved to be Indians.
They were shot aB they attempted to run.
Here Lieut. Turner was wounded in the
side, though not seriously, by a spent ar-
row. The balance of the command soon
arrived on the ground and gave chase,
and coming up with the retreating sav-
ages, killed .eleven more red-skins, and
Romme's French *rrv6lu-f^Ptured °" {jST
dians were all scalped. Among those
"April Fools."
Something About the Da y We Cele-
brate-The Ureal Temperance
Crnnade on the Straud.
April, the fourth month of the year,
was with the Romans the second month.
Julius Caesar added the thirtieth day to
it. In the time of Nero it was called
Xeroneus. It is supposed to be derived
from aperire, to open, because the buds
open themselves at this period. In the
Athenian calendar the latter portion of
Elaphebolion and the greater part.of
Munycliion correspond to April. Charle-
raagnp, in his new calendar, called it
grass month, the name still given to it
by the Dutch
tionary calendar merged it into the great-
er portion of Germinal and the com-
mencement of Fioreal. On antique mon-
uments, Aprilis is represented as a danc-
ing youth with a rattle in his hand.
The first of April is called, in the Eng-
lish language, April fool's day; but the
custom of sending people on empty er-
rands and laughing at them is common
in every eountry of Europe, and wliere-
uver the European races have settled on
this continent. Two accounts are given
of its origin. The oriental scholars say
that it is derived from the hnli feast
among the Hindoos, where a similar cus-
tom prevails. The older opinion is that
it comes from a celebration of Christ's
being sent about to and fro between
Herod, Pilate and Caiaphas. In France
the fooled man is called poissoh <Xarril,
meaning a silly fish, like a macker> 1—
easily caught. In Scotland he is
called gowk, which means a cuckoo,
The custom of " April fooling " has
always been ft popular one in Galveston,
and hence our inhabitants have become
somewhat wary in believing reports of
anything of a remarkable character on
that day. The recent excitement attend-
ing the crusade of the anti-liquor folks
suggested to some of our local wags the
possibility of doing a little " fooling " in
that line. Hence a reporter of the N bws
was gravely informed that a party of
(.Crusaders were en route for Galveston,
and it had been arranged that they
should appear at a certain saloon on the
Strand yesterday.
Long before the hour mentioned the
sidewalks in vicinity of the spot designa-
ted were thronged, and when the hands
of Thompson's clock indicated 10 A. x,
there was a general rush to see the
heroic feminises who were to brave old
King Alcohol in his <len.
But the Crusaders were not there, and
it was only then the crowd became con-
scious of the practical joke that had been
played upon them.
INDEMNITY FOR INDIAN INCURSIONS.
The several Representatives in Con-
gress from Texas havqjueen earnest, in
eason,
tl
hi
gisiattire repealing the law requiring
e indorsement of the Governor to
-•> title to the bonds. The decision
■> not yet been rendered.
I'iiK Boston 1'ont
giuristn.
ped
and
of
ereot
.pers
juilty of gross
Tired of seeing so many
Texas cattle kings in the
anxious to encourage the
swine, the Post puts it
A Texas gentleman four years ago
bought a sow and four pigs for live
dollars, branded them, ami turned
in loose. He now enjoys the proud
tinction of being the "hog king''
Texas.
This is another sad case of "might
ive been." The Fifteenth Amend-
jiits gobbled all the pigs, and the
mpion pig grower now mourns like
tli
,f
cha
Rii
iacl, because they are not.
The United States House of Repre-
sentatives has passed the bill to regu-
late inter-State commerce. It provides
f'ir a commission of nine members,
who shall be appointed by the Presi-
dent, with the consent of the Senate,
tn regulate the freights and fares of all
railroads pa*gin<; through more than
one State. It is said that the Senate
will not pass the bill.
We are in receipt of the Fredericks-
burg Sentinel, published at Fredericks-
burg. Messrs. Farrles and SeveTling are
■ ditorsand proprietors. We are also in
receipt of the Piano New*, published at
Piano, Collin county. Messrs. J. E. Son
anl E. K. Rudolph, are announced as
editors and proprietors of tliu Ncits. We
wi-h both papers a successful journal-
Tn Congress, on Friday, Mr. Ingalls,
of Kansas, introduced a hill to enable
the people of New Mexico to form a
constitution and State government, and
providing ft.r the admission of the State
into the I niou. It was referred to tlu:
Committee on Teritories.
The St. Luiii- UcmtKra.t says; ~il Ik is
not a good thing to have a man in the
City (Xiuncil who is contractor on the
public works, or who furnishes sup-
plies to the department." VPiat does
the DeinoertU know about such things?
| dctnnity to the State and citizens of
Texas for expenses and damages sus-
tained by reason of the incursion of
hostile Indians. The House committee
reported unfavorably upon the general
subject, and your representatives at
once prepared a bill, in the preamble of
which they set forth the arguments and
precedents in favor of such indemnity.
But. I fear that the sentiment of the
House is against the payment of what
seem to me these eminently just claims.
In the Senate the case is no better.
There the question was directly submit-
ted to the committee, and in a recent re-
port they have unanimously pronounced
against the obligation of the government.
The committee say that when a State is
admitted into the Union, no such obli-
gation is assumed, no matter how much
the people may have suffered from pre-
vious depredations of Indians; and they
are unable to see that any such obliga-
tion necessarily results from the rela-
tions of the States to the Union after
they have entered it. The only case in
which the committee recognize an obli-
gation to reimburse expenses incurred
by a State or private individuals for de-
fense, would lie when they were incurred
in resisting an invasion of the public
enemy, and they were duly called upon,
under circumstances justifying such call,
for aid.
"It is scarcely to be presumed," the
Committee continue, "that the public
safety would become so largely involved
by the incursion of marauding parties of
Indians as to render it necessary for the
State to appeal to the United States gov-
ernment for aid to defend its soil, or the
property or persons of its citizens. And if
rot, certainly no such obligation as is
suggested would be imposed."'
This decision raises some very im-
portant questions, in which the citizens
of all the frontier States and Territories
are greatly interested. The first of these
is whether the citizens of the States are
to look to the State or the United States
government for the protection of person
and property against hostile Indians.
Take the State of Texas, for instance
The frontier settlements would many of
them lie uninhabitable were it not for
the United States military posts estab-
lished to keep back the savages, and to-
day it is proposed, in order to make the
protec ion afforded by these posts more
effective, to construct a military tele
graph line from Red river to the Rio
Grande. Now, there is no doubt that the
State of Texas has the physical
power to sustain a similar line of
posts, should the United States with
draw its soldiera, aud to protect its own
citizens, not only from Indians who live
within its border*, but also from incur-
sions from the adjoining Territories. To
uw> tlin language of the repoit, " It is
scarcely to be presumed that the public
safety wouid become so largely involved
by the incursion of marauding parties of
Indians as to render it necessary for the
State to appeal to the United States Gov-
ernuient for aid to defend its soil, or the
property or person of its citizens." And
yet the State of Texas is uot required by
the General Government to assume such
defense of its soil, or the persA or prop
erty of its citizens. The responsibility
of this defense has been undertaken by
the L nited States Government, aud
should the small portion of the army
now stationed at the points referred to
be withdrawn, public opinion would be
outraged. The truth is that the United
States is under obligation to defend the
people of Texas, anil it would be criminal
for the, General Government to wait, be-
fore begiuuing such defense, until the
power of the State had been exhausted."
The theory of this report is therefore
false.
If, then, the United States is bound fej
defend the State, aud by its practice afl
mits this obligation, is it not respousi hie
for the consequences of any failure to
perform what it has undertakenI hold
that it is. If the United States did not
Sanitary Polite,
Cities
inves-
Street-
Tlic Assembly Committee on
met at New York on Saturday,
tigating into the work of the
Cleaning Bureau. A large amount of
information was elicited, but whether
any decided improvement in the man-
ner of cleaning the city will ensue is
doubtful.
Thomas C\ Acton testified that his
plan would be to clean the streets at
uight, and use all the machinery pos-
sible for the, purpose; he would pur-
chase dirt of all viho chose to bring it
to the dumps; there is now a market
for bone*, rags and paper in the city,
and he would also make a market for
dirt: he would buy the dirt and ashes
and make it an object to sell them to
him; the tenameut houses should be
cleaned twice a day, and the streets iu
proportion : he would have the work
done tinder the supervision of the
Police Department, and hold the su-
perintendent and captains responsible;
the Board of Health could not perform
the work without the aid of the police;
the latter could carry out any plan de-
termined upon, enforce the ordinances,
and punish all delinquents.
Jackson S. Schnltz testified that the
principal difficulty with the present
department arose from political con-
siderations : the police were placing on
the streets incompetent men, and as
long as this was done the board would
be extravagant and wasteful in its
operations; it was necessary that the
streets of the city should be paved in
a proper manner; he was in favor of
the Belgian pavement; he was in favor
of purchasing 100 or 200 sweeping
machines, such as are used in Paris,
and do all the sweeping by night; he
believed the Police Board" could do
this work more effectually than the
Board of Health : he would be in favor
of competent commissioners, appoiuted
by the Governor, who should be
hampered by no political considera-
tions, and should be free to appoint
their own agents and hold them re-
sponsible; under the present system
there was less danger from dirty streets
than from the miserably demoralized
condition of the Police force.
Prof. Ralph Walsh, lately address-
ing the medical graduates of George-
town College, gave this picture of a
health officer, while addressing his
young hearers, to make close and spe-
cial study of sanitary and hygienic
measures in preparation for such
office:
Uufortunately the' sciahtific studfint
too ofteu waits lor the position to
seek him, while that hungry specimen
of the profession, a political doctor—
I know no better term—stands with
outstretched !winds begging the drip-
pings from the party tub. lie knows
and cares but little about sanitary
measures, but he has been a good
wire-puller at primary meetings, and
an effective worker in the lobby. He
may be ignored, for good reasons, by
all" respectable members of the pro-
fession, but this does not affect the
appointing power. He has done a
great deal of dirty work, is ready to do
more if called upon, and must be kept
in the family. So this mongrel watch-
dog, made up of politics and medi-
cine, stands guard over cholera, small-
pox and other epidemics, coesumiug
two-thirds of his time iu slumber at
his post, and the other third in bay-
ing at shadows.
do this work, i* is fair to presume that
the States would, and that the measures
they would adopt would be wholly i
. effective. Under these circumstances !
Hie United States House of Repre* , neither the State ncr the citizen ought to
seutatives has passed the bill for the
rctnvypl of the K'.ekapoo and other
fndiau tribes from the borders of Texas
and New Mexico to the Tudiuu Terri-
suffer for the fault of the General Gov-
A Siiabp Crusader. —At Richmond,
Indiana, the other day, the Woman's
League, by watching the doors of the
saloons aud taking the names and evi-
dence of those who entered, made six
cases against the keepers for illegal
j dealings, aud nearly two hundred dol-
T - t tueuenerai «ov- . iurs gai;s W(;re assessed in the Mayor's
ernmeat. I might go further and show and ,WWa < tv,. i^L
MinUVKl'OHT
of
received seventy
:otton since Scp-
that the United States has, bv several
solemn acts, recogn zed thii/ responsi
bility, and that the precedents, instead ot
sustaining the report to which I have re-
ferred, have been the other way.
But I presume that the committee who
have made these reports have been influ-
enced more by the anticipated result of
admitting the obligation of the United
and Justice's Court. As the ladie;
were about to commence their prayers
before one saloon, the proprietor asked ;
one of them to settle a bill of four '
dollars for forty drinks which her son
got there. She took the receipted
bill, paid for the same, and said:
'•Now, my son being a minor, I have
forty indictments against you."
were .
killed was a young squaw, about eigh-
teen years of age, who. was shot off her
horse. Her scalp is among the trophies,
and was on exhibition Thursday at Bears
& Co.'s store, where it was eagerly
scrutinized by the curious. Attached to
the scalp is an ear, with a rude silver ear
drop pendant. The hair is coal black,
almost a foot long, and trimmed square
at the ends.
The Colorado Citizen commends the
Galveston News, sayiDg:
It is by for the best paper in Texas,
Its able "editorials, its efficient corps of
correspondents, and its facilities for ob-
taining the latest and most reliable news
from all quarters enables it to take front
rank among the newspapers of the South.
The energy displayed in the make-up of
the News entitles it to the first considera-
tion with the reading public. The paper
has recently been enlarged and its sub-
scription reduced, placing it within the
reach of all. Its large circulation and
success evidences its merits and useful-
ness.
The Quitman JYeics gives the details of
the most horrible death from hydro-
phobia. of a young Mr. Jones, at Haw
kins, Wood county, on the eighth instant.
The young man was bitten by a mad dog
on tie thirtieth of January, and, after
resorting to every remedy for relief, was
seized with convulsions, "which continued
for more than a day and night before he
died. Another gentleman near Quitman
was, at last accounts, having convulsions,
and has perhaps ere this fallen into the
arms of death.
Our Dallas exchanges continue to urge
the erection of manufactories in that
thriving city.
The Comanche Chief of the twenty-
eighth ult. gives particulars of the de-
mise of another Indian:
From Mr. Riley Cross, of Brown
county, wo learn . that, on the second in-
stant, an Indian was killed at the ranch
of the Delong brothers, who live on the
head of the South Concho. The circum-
stances are as follows: It seems that
the brothers, two in number, were living
on the ranch alone; that on the morning
of the second, one of them went out into
the limber to work, and the other to
drive up a horse that was not far from
the house. On his return, on going into
the house, he passed near the fire-place
where an Indian was couched down, as
if to hide himself. As he passed by, the
Indian grabbed at him with one
hand, while he held in the other a
large knife. Delong sprang backward
out of the door, followed by the Indian ;
but Delong was too fast for the red devil,
and succeeded in putting a ball through
his body as he sprang from the bouse.
The Indian lived but a short time, but
long enough for Delong's brother to ar-
rive and learn from the Indian, who
spoke in Spanish, that there were three
of them in company—the other two were
just across the river—and that he had
entered the house for the purpose of se-
curing something to eat. The fellow
then departed for the "happy hunting
grounds, where all poor Indians ought
to go."
The Chief learns that Indians were in
the upper portion of Brown county re-
cently, and stole a number of horses
from citizens.
The Gonzales Inquirer speaks of the
Galveston News as an "excellent paper,"
and recommends it to the people of
Texas. We extract from the Inquirer,
with thanks for its expressions of appre-
ciation :
If success is the test of merit, then the
News is one of thi most meritorious
journals in the South. It is conducted
with signal ability, and the proprietors
have stopped at no expense to furnish
their readers with a paper, not only
filled with choice reading matter, but
with the very latest dispatches from
every portion of the world. The News
is emphatically a live paper—the lead-
ing newspaper in the State. It is also a
family paper, containing a great va-
riety of literary matter, which can
not fail to interest the general reader.
Indeed, as a commer<#al, political, agri-
cultural, literary and reliable newspaper,
the Galveston News ranks among the
flrst-class journals of the South. Its
printing material is all new and of the
latest style, while its corps of editors em-
brace the l>est talent that money can se-
cure. Nor can few journals show a bet-
ter troop of correspondents. We take
great pleasure, therefore, in recommend-
ing it to those who desire a reliable and
enterprising journal.
The Waco Advance has information
from Eastland and Palo Pinto counties,
that many improvements are going on,
and that a eood many Indians have been
depredating in Palo Pinto county recent-
ly, but have mt been seen in Erath for
several months.
Spontaneous Cotton FIrea.
Many of the fires in cotton gins are
wholly unaccounted for, though such
tires have been so common as to excite
mispicions of a general system of in-
cendiarism, without apparent cause or
object. It may be that the real cause
has seldom been suspected.
Experiments have recently been
made upon the spontaneous combus-
tion of -cotton when saturated with
fatty oils. Cotton was saturated with
boiled linseed oil, inclosed in a box
and submitted to a his»h temperature;
this was gradually raised to 350 de-
grees Fahrenheit before any effect was
observed. At this temperature smoke
was seen issuing from the box, and, on
exposure to the air, the cotton burst
iuto flames. In a second experiment it
was made to burn at 280 degrees. Raw
linseed oil and olive oil were slower in
their action. Saturated with castor
oil the cotton only charred in two days.
Seal aud lard oils were brought to com-
bustion in a short time, while sperm
oil did not act at all, aud coal and
shale oils were found, when mixed
with other oils, to completely check
their combustion.
A sheep-raiser near Carlin, says the
Winnemucca, Nevada, BegUter, of
March (ith, was the owner of 6000
head of sheep last fall. His sheep
commenced dying about the first of
January. Last week over 1000 bead
died iu one night, which was the last
of'the entire flock. Twenty thousand
dollars will not cover his loss.
YM county.—A gresit deal of
the coming of "Coma#."—»Evan-
i revival progressing. The city
:&s works are being rapidly completed
Hides and cotton continue to arrive.
McLennan County.—Successful en
tertainment by the young ladies of Waco
University. —Cotton shipments up
to tbi twenty-eighth ultimo amounted to
28,474 bales.- Trains 6f immigrant
wagens passing through.
Brown Cottnty.—Grain looking well.
—An abundance of fruit will be made.
Cattle men busy fitting out for their
yearly drives.
Gonzales County.—The Guadalupe
river is on a regular bender. Droves
of cattle en route for Kansas. 1 °°
much rain, and farming operations
stopped. ■ ■ A few bales of cotton yet
going forward. Five Granges organ-
ized in the county. Fifteen thousand
head of cattle have been driven out of
Gonzales county this spring.
Ellis County.—Palmer is flourish-
ing. Business good at Palmer, Enuis
and Waxahachie. A large wheat crop
will be made.
Guadalupe Counuy.—Many of the
farmers have corn up and plowing.
Decidedly too much rain.
Comanche County.—Wheat crop re-
markably promising. A bale of cotton
to the acre has been raised on new land
in this county. Good land can be
bought at from one to three dollars.
Splendid building stone in the county,
varying from marble and soft magnesia
to the hard blue limestone. Large
quantities of fine gypsum or land plaster
are abundant in the county. Fine rains
and delightful weather. The farmers
are planting but little cotton, but increas-
ing the acreage of grain. A man, name
unknown, hung by a mob for committing
a rape.
Burnet County.—Prospects are flat-
tering for fruit crops, and it is .supposed
that the county will raise abundance of
everything.-^—^-Everything quiet, and
the cpunty In prosperous condition.
More agricultural implements and im-
proved farming machinery arriving in
the county.
Bell County.—Fruit prospects were
never better than now. Good, reliable
labor is in demand in the county.
Heavy docket at the present term of the
District Court. .-C.. .
Victoria County.—Too much rain.
More burglaries. A good many des-
peradoes reported in the county,
Smith County-—More improvements
at Tyler. Religions entertainments
for church benefits. An epidemic of
marriages. The steam saw-mill, grist-
mill and cotton-gin of Mr. G. B. Epper-
son were burned a few days ago. The
fire was the work of an incendiary.
Dallas County.— More substantial
improvements at Dallas. The papers
of Dallas are urging the erection of man-
ufactories. The city and county are
prosperous, with splendid crop prospects
and everybody cheerful.
Cameron County. —Revenue men on
the war path. Cattle and horse-thiev-
ing operations enlarging.
Marion County.—Immense amounts
of freight passing through. More tax
collectors abroad. Business dull in
consequence of too much rain. Muni-
cipal election interest growing warmer
at Jefferson.
Grayson County.—Heavy cattle ship-
ments North from Denison. -More
buildings at Denison. Amateur music
entertainments at Whitesboro. The
Patriot says : "The weather is fi> vora
ble for farming aud the farmers are ac
tively pushing their work. A large crop
of oats has been sown in this section, and
the prospect for a large yield of wheat
was never better at this stage of the
crop. The acreage has been large and
the indications are favorable for har-
vesting one of the largest crops of wheat
ever grown in North Texas. Corn plant-
ing has begun, and the bulk of the crop
will be planted in the next tan days.
From conversations with several of our
farmers, we conclude that the amount of
cotton planted this spring will not be so
large as last, but much larger crops ol
corn and smali grain will be put in."
Colorado County. — Entertaining
school exercises. Temperance lecture.
Crops in a fine state of forwardness.
The Citizen says: "On Wednesday
last three box cars on the passenger
train ran off the track near Weimar aud
were smashed into small fragments. A
negro brakesman on one of the boxes
was thrown about thirty feet in the air,
tarned thirteen somersaults, aud lit upon
a car wheel with that invulnerable part,
his head. The negro, of course, was
not seriously injured, though a new
wheel may be necessary. The verdict is,
'Nobody hurt.'"
International Agricultural Gift
Enterprise.
The News has received, with a re-
quest to "Please notice," a circular
setting forth the claims of the "Inter-
ternational Agricultural Exhibition, to
be held at Bremen in the year 1874,
frcm the thirteenth to the twenty-first
of June inclusively." A lottery ap-
pears to be connected with, if not
the main feature in, the enterprise, and
the circular says: "The plan of the
lottery, as well as the conditions of
the auction, will '^e published in due
time." For aught we know this may
be a very good scheme, but for aught
we can see there may be a very good
sized cat under the meal tub. We
have lotteries enough nearer home
without sending money to Brsmen to
pay for blanks.
Circular.
I am directed by Col. Frank W. John-
son, President of the " Texas Veteran
Association," iu his name to give notice
that the annual meeting of the associa-
tion will take place at the city of Hous-
ton, on the twentieth day of May next,
the second day of the State Fair. It is
hoped and believed that there will be a
full attendance of the Old Veterans, aud
that they will bring with them the docu-
mentary evidence of their services and
identity, within the period of time from
1820 up to annexation to the United
States in 1845. It is suggested to those
who have served Texas within the period
mentioned, and from any cause have not
been able to make the necessary proof,
that they will probably meet with old
fellow-soldiers, by whom the necessary
proof may be made to entitle them to
membership in the association, and securc
to them any benefits that may be given
them in the future by the great State of
Texas, which they helped to -redeem
from savage barharism, and from Mexi-
can intolerance, tyranny and misrulev
Certificates signed by the Secretary
have been sent to several places in the
State to Old Veterans, to be dist ributed to
those who have a right to claim the priv-
ilege of a free passage to Houston and
back to their homes, so generously and
courteously extended to them by the dif-
ferent railway companies of the State.
It is expected lhat a true list of the
names, place of nativity, age, date of im-
migration to Texas, of each one of the
survivors of the Old Veterans, may be
made out at the meeting in Houston on
the twentieth of May next. Also, a list
of the names of the many old veterans
who have passed off the stage of action
since the organization of the association
in May, 1873, their place of birth, date of
immigration, services and date of demise.
Moses Austin Bryan, 8
Recording Secretary T. V. A.,
Independence, Texas.
The different newspapers of the State
will please republish the above notice,
and much oblige all Old Texas Veterans.
m. a. n.
Funeral Services.
Stafford have
Reporter, leading
charge.
Mr. W. J. Barker, connected in an im-
portant business capacity with the Austin
Statesman, is visiting this city in the in-
terest of that paper. . Qfel^s^n, mer-
chants who wish to cultivate or enlarge
business relations with Austin, are com-
mended to Mr. Barker as a very accepta-
ble representative of an eligible adver.
tising medium.
C. R. Gibson, Esq., of the EM* County
News, is at the Washington Hotel. The
Nem is published in the thriving town
of Waxahachie, in one of the best coun-
ties of the State, and will be found an
excellent medium for merchants wishing
to communicate with the people of that
section. » .
Mr. Santley has lately been singing at
Manchester in Concerts with Joachim,
the violinist, and Charles Hall, the
pianist.
The Empress Eugenie and the Prince
Imperial have both sent letters of thanks
to M. Ollivier for his kindly mention of
them in his Academy speech.
Mr. Thomas Nast was in Beloit, Wis-
consin, recently, when some officious
citizens tendered him a public reception
on his arrival. A local newspaper gives
a funny account of the result: " After
listening to the speech of the Chairman
of the Reception Committee, Mr. Nast
took in the salient points of the spokes-
man at a rapid glance—measured him
for a picture—and, with an expression
of countenance which seemed to indicate
his intense disgust for countrymen, the
great artist gave the chairman to under-
stand that himself and his committee
could 'go further.' So tho committee
countermarched tor home, feeling put
out and sad over their humiliating en-
counter with the presiding genius of
Harper's Weekly, while Nast got into an
omnibus and managed to reach his hotel
in safety without any help."
Miss Kellogg has realized more than
twice as much as she ever did in a sin
gle season before from her operatic en-
gagements during the last winter. Her
share of tl^; r^qjpff the first week after
her engagement in Boston' was $3500—
almost as much as Hilsson has aver-
aged.
" Our {national tomboy" is what his
Honor the Mayor of St. Louis calls Miss
Anna E. Dickinson.
Mark Twain has given up lecturing.
Father Druon, a Roman Catholic priest,
at St. Albans, Vermont, is a competitor
for the $100,000 piize for steam canal
navigation.
Professor Blackie thinks that " For-
tune wiil never favor a man wno flings
away the, dice box because the first throw
brings a low number."
Mrs. Van Tassell, who died, aged 80
years, at Maumee City, Ohio, is said to
have been the first woman admitted to
medical lectures in this country. These
she attended in New York in 184S, and
afterward practiced for six years iu Mem-
phis. In early life she, with her hus-
band, was a missionary among the Ot-
tawa Indians.
'O^YRRIYE -
a- few from Bio d* Janeiro,
German schooner " Primus,"
3500 Sacks Coffee,
Wlilch will be sold from wharf at raducsd
prices.
Samples can be inspected at the office of
M. KOPPSBL.
QAt-TION CAUTION.
OFFICE GALVESTON CITY CO., I
March 39, 1874. f
All persons are prohibited from baulimg
earth or sand from any of the lots or land be-
longing to the Galveston City Company, un-
der penalty of the law.
mr29 3m J. P. COLE, Agant.
AN
ATTRACTIVE AUCTION
Will take place THIS DAY, at 10 A. M., bj
O. PETITPAIIf & CO.,
At the Texas Eipre.»n Company'* Office, cor-
ner of Tremont and Mechanic streets, of
The Unclaimed Goods 4c Packages.
Sold for charges, therefore without reserve
to the highest bidder.
Terms cash on the spot.
See Posters. N. XJDSTONE,
apr* lc Auctioneer.
Iver&isemeiits.
^TTTT... NOTICE
*0 property holders.
All parties owning properly en the streets
on which,
Sidewalks are to be Made,
in accordance with Ordinances Numbers
86 and «
Have the right to make the same themselves,
at any time before the contractors come upon
the ground with material to do the work.
On application to the City Engineer, at his
office opposite the Public Square, the pro-
per grades and lines will bo furnished to par-
ties desiring them—free of charge.
C. W. HURLEY, Mayor.
J. C. Oole, Chr. Com. Streets and Alleys.
mr2S lOtuna
RUCTION AUCTION
O. PKTITPAIN * CO.
Will sell THIS DAT, at 18:30 r. H., the BOOKS
and ACCOUNTS ot thA "Bulletin Publish-
ing Company." Sale to take place in front
ot ihe U. 3. Courthouse. Terms, etc., at
time of sale. C. DART, Assignee.
x, lidstone, Auctioneer. apr2 It
Legal Advertisements.
rJ,RU8T^E'S SALE.
By virtue of authority in me vested in a
certain deed or trust, made and executed by
M. V. McMahan. on the second day of Janu-
ary, 1867, which is of record in the office of
the Clerk of the District Court of the County
of Galveston, in the S'ate of Texes, in book
V, pages 214 and *18, and at the request of
the ho:der of the note described in said deed
of trust, and which said deed of trust was
giveu to secure—I will sell the property
therein conveyed, to-wit: All and singular,
the northwest quarter of bloclf number one
hundred and liftv-three, in the city ami
Connty of Ualveston, Texas, together with
all and singular the imprpvemeuts thereon,
at public auction, before the Courthouse
door, In the County of Galves'on. to the
highest bidder, for cash in gold coin, on
MONDAY, the thirteenth day of April, 1874
Said sale is made to satisfy and pay saii
note, which is for the sum of five thousand
I [old dollars, with interest at the rate of
twelve per cent, per annum, front tli-; first
day of January, 1068.
•pi td EDWARD T. AUSTIN, Trustee.
Houston Local Items.
ruction sale.
By PARK, LYNCH * CO.,
R* '*P PARK ArorxoKWr.
We will nell THIS DAT, (td inat.,) at 10 a.
m., at our Salesroom, Strand,
15 bbls Texas Reboiled Molasses, and other
Groceries.
Also—One Large Young Mule, Dray and Har-
ness. apr2 It
N
J GTICE..
NOTICE
The Arm of Petitpaiu & Fedder la this
day dissolved by mutual consent. Mr. Fed«
der is authorized to sign in liquidation, and
wilt continue the business at the old stand
for bis own account under the name and styla
of ISAaC FEDDER & CO.
O. PETITPAIN.
apl Si ISAAC FEDDJCR.
Gen. Washington's private seal is
now in tbe possession ol Mr. Bushrod
V. Washington, ol Illinois. It is of
white cornelian in the form of a
sliidlii, surmounted by a coronet. up»n
which is perched a raven with spread
wings.
fHouston Report.orial and Business office
of the News, 42 Main street, near the corner
of Franklin.!
Norther.—The blue norther of yester-
day was evidently one of Old Winter's
expiring efforts, aHd we may expect but
few repetitions of the same kind of thing
between now and tlio fifteenth instant,
the well-known limit of the northers.
Yesterday the wind blew shrill and
sharp, and in 8 way to suggest the possi-
bility of a frost, and then good bye
peaches 1
All Fool'* Day.—Yesterday being; the
day dedicated to all fools, of whatsoever
degree or description, city wags amused
themselves by many a joke, at the ex-
pense, in numerous instances, of sober-
sided citizens. Numerous sensations
were reported during the day, which,
upon being investigated, proved to be
genuine hoaxes. At the corner of a
business street was observed a peculiar
and most attractive package, apparently
inviting the passer by to stop and ex-
amine : and in the vicinity might have
been also noticed a sly-lOoking wag,
watching the bundle and laughing at the
" dupes."
Not a few notes passed through the
postoffice which resulted in considerable
"April fool" fun. One of these was ad-
dressed to a gentleman of a well known
weakness for the softer sex; it was in-
dited in an apparently delicate feminine
band, requesting t-lie recipient to appear
on a prominent and fashionable corner at
a certain hour and minute by the clock
on the City Hall. The dupe appeared
dressed in his best, and at the same time
his tormentor watching his victim
from a neighboring door.
San Jacinto Anniccrmry.—It is evi-
dently the desire ot citizens to celebrate
the tweuty-first of April this year with
at least some degree of eclat. Among
the plans proposed is that of a mouster
picnic and excursion to the battle field
near Lynchburg, or at the beautiful pic-
nic ground?, at Morse Neck, San Felipe
road, five miles north of the city. The
city may very well afford to celebrate
San Jacinto this year, for, since the last
return of the day, one of the veterans, a
soldier in the Texas War of Indepen-
dence, has been placed in the chair of
her mayoralty.
Religious Matters.—Rev. Dr. Hammond
was advertised to preach in the Presby-
terian church at 11 a. m., but failed to
appear at that hour. Rev. Mr. Roberto,
however, was present and occupied the
pulpit, being a Sunday school missionary.
Row in the Recorder's Court—Three
men, B. Franks, George Miller and Felix
Bates, having been arrested for fighting
and brought before the Recorder, ap-
peared willing to repeat their quarrel be-
fore His Honor yesterday morning. They
were just getting into a severe row when
the police interfered and stopped it.
Each was fined $2 50, and, being impe-
cunious, were locked up to work on the
streets.
Street Fracas.—C. E. Gregory and J.
II. Knowling engaged in a street fracxs
and row, disturbing the neighborhood.
Each was consequently arrested a>.d
brought before the Recorder. Knowling
got off with the infliction of a 50 line,
but Gregory was charged with $5 and
costs for the bit of fun-enjoyed.
District Court.—There was no session
of the court yesterday, the tribunal hav-
ing adjourned over till ten o'clock to-day.
A number of additional cases have been
set.
Odds and Ends.—Yesterday morning
the temperature went down to something
like the January figures, and overcoats
felt quite agreeable.
C. Welch was fined in the Recorder's
Court yesterday for sleeping in the
streets.
Last evening the Hebrews of this city
began the observance of the festival of
the Pesach, or Passover. Rev. Dr. Meyer
officiated at the Hebrew Temple on
Crawford street, which was brilliantly
lighted for the occasion.
Jonathan Harris, Esq., having taken
the contract for building the street rail-
way, began the wort yesterday, and will
complete the line from Market square to
the Fair Grounds before the Fair.
Nickel coin3 to the value of ten and
twenty cents are now used in Germany.
Large and attractive sale
THIS DAY, by the New Firm,
ISAAC FEDDEB & CO.,
At 807 Strand, consisting of a large and well
selected ntock of Spring and Summer
Clothfae, 2 cas s of Fine Dress Goods, No-
ti' ns. Platedware, Hardware, <i lass ware.
Also—Fbr whom it may coacern: 100 cases
California Ancelica, 10 cases Extrait d'Ab-
"5? sintbe No. 1. 5 cases McLean's Bitters, 10
ca es Peach ►Brandy, 10 cas* s Apple
Brandy, 10 cas^s Old Port, 10 cases Cha: ry
Brandy, 10 cases Newfoundland Bitters,
10 eases Sweet Catawba. 10baskets Cham-
pagne, 5 casks of Tennant's Ale, 26 tacks
Corn, 5 cases Codfish.
Also—Flour, Potatoes, Pepper Sauca, Pica
feet, Molasses, Shoo Fly and Stick Candy,
and a large lot of Furniture.
£W Terms ('ash.
apr2 it ISAAC FEDDER, Auctioneer.
^rustees' sale.
At the request of the legal holders of
three promis*-ory notes executed by H. N
Dnble, bearing date May in. 1872, each for the
■um of eight thousand dol ars gold coin, with
interest at the rate of twelve per centner an
nun after maturity, and all of said notes
being now due, by \irtue of the authori y in
me rested by a deed of trust dated the six-
teenth day of May, 1872, executed bv said H.
N. Duble and recorded in Falls County, State
of Texas, in volume 1, pages 8 and 9 of the
records of mortgages, in said coUntr. t#
cure the payment of said t hree promissory
notes, I will sell >.t public auction, in front
of the Courthouse door, of the County of Gal-
veston, in the bounty of Ualveston, State of
Texas, to the highest bidder, for cash n gold
coin, on TUESDAY, the twenty-eighth day of
April, 1874, between the hours of 10 o'clock.
▲. v. and $ R. m.. the following described
tract of land in Falls County, Texas, it b-ing
part of the flv© front leagues in said county,
granted to T. J. Chambers, and bounded as
follows: Beginning at the N. E corner of
survey for Samuel Parker, on W. W. Lang's
south line; thence N. 55 E. 3037 varas
to a corner on the roa-i leading from
Marlin to Waco, and in W. W. Lang's
soutn liae; thence S. E. 1S60 varas t o
a corner in the line of a small survey made
for Saml. Parsons; thence S. 23 W. 1380 varas
to a corner on an oak tree marked 11 A," near
the two mile po~t on the road leading from
Marlin to Belton; thence S. 50.ff W. 700 varas
to the corner of 150 acre survey for w. o
Smith; thence N. 45 W. 1314 vara's to Smith's
N. E. corner; thence S. 45 W. 670 varas t
Smith's N. W. corner; thence S. 45 E. 1U64
raras to Smith's S. W. corner; thence S. 47^
W. 550 varas to N. W. corner of the w. W.
Woralow survey; thence S. 46 E. 211 varas to
a corner of a small survey for Karker Bros,
thence S. 44>£ W. 177 varas fo the corner of W
T. Kettles' pace; thence N. 44^5 w. 1320
varas to a corner in south line of said Saml,
Parker's survey; thence N. 45 E. 270 varas to
theB. E. corner of said Saml. Parker's sur-
vey; thence N. 45 W. 1150 varas with said
Pake t '8 east line to the pi «ce of beginning—
containing 1103 3-10 acres.
Said sale is made to pay off full amount of
said three promissory notes and interest
thereon, in accordance with said Deed of
Trust.
WM, SELKIRK,
aprl tda Trustee.
Legal Advertisement*.
gIDEWALK PAVEMENTS.
The following paptr* were ordered by the
City Council to be publlsked for the Inform*,
tion ot the public:
Tbe toUowlof BUtjoiity report o( the Com-
mittee was adopted:
Galvmto*, TlJiS, March 28,1874.
To the City CouncU ot the City of Salveston:
Gentles EX—-Your committee, created and
empowered, by a resolution p»ssed by your
honorable body on the twenty-fourth In-
stant. "to inquire generally concerning all
recent and • justing contracts for public im-
provements in the ei y of Galventqn,' having
completed tLeir labore, begs leave torejlort re-
specting the same as fouows, to ivit: ^ The
contract recently made *ith D. G Hitchcock
& Co. was. in some particulars, in the opinion
of your committee, improvidantlv entered
into by the contracting parties on the part of
the city. We refer more particularly to the
fact that the property-owne s ^rfere__5?t.
lowed some particular time within which 90
make the contemplated improvements.
Your comtn ttee have, however—after an in-
terview with Mr. Hitchcock—arranged ylfh
that gentleman to make auch changes and re-
ductions in his contract as will obviate and
remove all objections to the same. The pro-
posed changes are as follows, to wit:
1—To reduce the prioe allowed him for
curbing from forty five cents to thirty cents,
payment to be made as originally contracted
i!or—that is to say, in the bonds of the city,
taken at par.
2—To reduce the price allowed him for the
edging around the pavement from nine cents
to six cents, payment to be made as above.
3—To apportion the cost of filling the side-
walks u*> to grade in such ma ner as to
assess the same equitably against the re-
spective pieces of property to be improved.
4—To give the owners of property, situated
within the district to be improved, thirty
days within which to comply with the ordi-
nance directing the said improvements to be
made. Your committee respectfully recom-
mend that those changes be adopted,
aud, in order to properly execute and carry
out the spirit of the same, your committee
also recommend the passags by your honora-
ble body of the accompanying amendment
of the ordinance entitled ilAn Ordinance to
provide for the filling up, grading, ourbing
and pavmg of certain sidewalks, approved
Feb. 3, 1874."
They further recommend that a committee
of two or more aldermen, to be assisted by
the City Engineer, be appointed, whose t'uty
it shal b? to examine ail questions relating
to or concerning the grade of the city and the
surveys gov mine th« streets and sidewalks.
With regard to tbe other contracts submit-
ted to us for examination, your committee
would ask further time to repo t upon them.
P. H. Henxessy, Chairman.
Geoboe Skaly.
F. C. MosKBAcn.
RUCTION SALE.
IS. A. BL4KELY Sc CO.,
116 and 118 Strand,
Will sell THIS DAY, April 2, at 10 a.
Potatoes, Flour, Pocket Salt, Bam, Crackars,
Tea, Cigars, Tobacco. Soap, WeevilyCorn,
Rice, Brandy, Whisky, Schnapps, Blttors,
Champagne, Vinegar, Pickled Tongues.
Also-Bedsteads, Mattresses, Chairs, Lounges,
Window Glass, Clothing, Piece Goods,
Hats, Caps, Shoes, Towels, Handkerchiefs,
Hosiery. Cutlery, etc., eto.
E. A. BLAEELEY,
apr2 it Auctioneer.
j^"OTICE notice
In consequence of not having completed
the sale of Texas Lands, the same will be
offered for sale at our mart at 11 o'clock a. m.
THIS (second; TAT of April.
Titles to tbese Lands KairtaUMI
Perfect or No Sale.
Deeds ».t expensa of purchaser.
We would also call special attention te our
SALE OF ISLAND PROPERTY,
Improved and unimproved, to take place
on Tl'ESDAY, April 7, 1874, at 11 a. at
same place.
A RARE AND SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY
FOR INVESTMENT-TITLES PERFECT.
ap2 It C. F. WHITE A CO.
j)OBERT
g. street,
LAWYER,
Brenham, March 30,1874.
Eds. News—The funeral services of
Mr. August Seelhorst took place to-day at
ten o'clock; (he was one of our bc.it citizens
and hardware merchants), and was at-
tended by the Masons and Odd Fellows,
also tlie city authorities and citizens in
general, forming one of the largest pro-
cessions that ever assembled in this city
on so sad an occasion.
On returning from the funeral, we
found the citizens all running to the
depot to hear the Bev. Dr. Hammond
and other divines, who spoke to a large
and mixed audience, who were held
spell-bound for half an hour by the elo-
quent and logical reasoning of the speak-
ers, all regretting when the whistle sig-
naled the leaving of the train. What a
contrast between them and the effects
produced on the community by politi-
cians on similar occasions. Not a man,
woman or child, white or black, old or
young, but seemed to be in full accord
with everything that was said, and all
wishing that they could stop and spend
a few days in our midst. A Listener.
The report Rtarted by the London
Daily Neics that the Fenian convicts
will soon be released by the British
government is generally discredited.
Office Removed to OSTERMAN BUILDING,
STRAND,
(Corner of Twenty-second street and Strand).
mrSo M&Elm-una
J II. ROBINSON,
BITCHBR,
St nil* 37 and 28 C'lty Market.
Office and Day Market, corner Strand and
Twentieth street.
SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO SUPPLY-
ING VESSELS WITH THE CHOICEST OF
MEATS. mr6 3mana
Amusements.
TREMONT OPEKA HOUSE.
LAST NIGHT OF THE CELEBRATED
NEW ORLEANS
French Opera Troupe.
Thursday, April 2.
LA TRAVIATA.
rjwstee's sale.
At the request of the legal holders of a
Sromissory note executed by H. N. Duble,
earing date May 16, 1872, for the sum of
fifteen thousand dollars gold coin, with in-
terest at the rate of twelve per cent, per an-
num after maturity, payab e on the first d y
of February, 1878, and by virtue of authority
in me rested by the appointment of the legal
holders of said notes, and by deed of irust
dated sixteenth May, 1872, executed by said
H. N. Duble, recorded in the county records
of Navarro County, State of Texas, in book
Wf pages 561, 562 and 563, conveying 253
acre« of land in Navarro County, State of
Texaa, to secure the payment of said promis-
sory note, I will sell at public auction, in
front of the Courthouse dcor, in the city aud
County of Galveston, Texas, to the highest
bidder, for cash in gold coin, on the twenty
aecoi d day of April, 1874, between the houre
of 10 A. M. ami 2 p. m., said 2536 acres of land
in Navarro Cou.- ty. State of Texas, being
part of the T. J. (Chamber's eight leagues in
said county, and bounded as follows: Begin-
ning at the west corner of A. C. King's sur
vey, thence west 3390 varas to a stake, from
which a mesquire eight inches in diameter
beare N, 56 E. distant about 100 varas; thence
S. 15 W. 4 0 varas to the N. E corner of a
survey for R. Hodge; continuing^»me course
at 1275 varas A. Alford N. W. corner
thence S. 80 AC. with his north line 1738 varas
to his N E. corner; thence S. 10 W. 1000 va-
ras to his 8. E. corner: thence N 80 W. at
1900 varas, pass Alford's S. W corner at 2340
varas to B. Hodge's S. E. corner, on the
Chambersand Lewis division line; thence S.
45 W. 765 varas to the S. W. corner of t 'ham-
ber's five leagues; thence S 52 E., magneti-
cally, 500 varas, to the S. "W. corner of r he
eight leagues: thence N. 8 E., magnetically,
3WJ0 varas, to Cummincr's wesr. line: thenco Ni
30 W. 132 varas to Cummina's w. corner;
thence N. 40 E. with his west line 793 varas to
his N. corner on Evan's m uth line; thence N.
57 W. with his south line 1480 varas to his S.
W. corner; thence N. 33 E. with his west line
885 varas to N. W. corner; thence S. 57 E. 1011
varas to McMullen's S. W. corner, in Evhii's
N. E line; thenee N. 60 E. 1113 > arns to ZVIo-
Mullen's N. E. corner on J. A. Clayton's line;
thence N. 30 W. with Clayton's S. W. line
at 567 varas; pass his N. W. corner continuing
same course with A. C. King's S. W. line, at
2467 varas to place of beginning. **aidsalc
is made to pay off the full amount of said
promissory note, and interest due thereon,
in accordance with the terms of said deed of
trust.
mr29 td
(No. 3.)
n ordinance.
Amending sections one and two of an
ordinance entitled ;t An Ordinance to pro-
vide for the filling up, grading, curbi g and
paving of certain sidewalks," approved
February 3, 1874. March 28, 1874, read first
time.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the City Coun
cil of the City of Galveston, That section 1
of an ordinance entitled ** An Ordinance to
provide for the ftlliu* up. grading, onrbing
and paving of certain sidewalks, approved
Februarv 3, 1871, be, and the same is, hereby
amended so as to read as follows to-wit:
Section 1. That the sidewalks on both sines
of the hereinafter to bs named streets * hall
be filled up, giaded, curbed and paved in the
following manner, |that is to say; the said
sidewalks shall be filled up or raised to the
grade established by the City Engineer, and
curbed with the best red-heart cypress wood
three inches in thickuess, stone or brick, and
a pavement six feet in width, laid iu the cen-
ter of the same; the s*id pavement to be
composed of either asphalt, hard brick laid
in Portland cement and grouted, (foncr^te
made of Portland cement and other proper
materials, tile , or stone. That the owners
of property fronting and abutting unon the
sidewalks hereinafter to be named, shall have
thirty days from and after the passage of
this ordinance, within which to make the im-
provements herein provided f3r; provided,
however, that they execute and complete the
same und r the supervision of the City En-
gineer, and in accordance with the specifica-
tions of s tid Engineer, on file in the Mayor's
office. Any person doing any of the said
work, or causing the same to be done, and
fails, refuses or neglects to comply with the
said specifications of the City Engineer, dij
recting how the same shall be done and exe-
cuted, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars
nor m< re than one hundred. And it is hereby
made ihe special duty of the City Engineer to
inspect each piece of work as it is being done
or executed, and unless it is being performed
in accordance with the said specifications, he
shall cause the said work or improvement to
he stopped, and the person or persons so of-
fending to be arrested.
Section 2. That the second section of the
said ordinance, hereby amended, sha'l read
as follows, to wit:
Section 2. That the sidewalks so to be im-
proved t-hall be those on both sides of Ave-
nues B, CandE. east from Eighteenth street
to Twelfth street, and west from Twenty-fifth
street to T.iirty-third. And on both srdes of
Avenue D from Eighteenth street to Twelfth
street. And on both sides of Avenues F, G,
H, I and J from Twelfth street to Thirty-third
street. And on both sides of Twelfth. Six-
teenth,Twenty-eighth and Thirty-third streets
from Broadway to the Strand. And on both
sides of Twentieth and Twenty-ft urth streets
each between Postoffice street and Broadway.
Section 3. That the said specifications of
the City Engineer be published in the official
journal of the city _for the full period;of|forty
days.
Section 4. That this ordinance go into effect
and be of force from and after its passage
and due publication.
s1
A. R. CAMPBELL,
Substitute Trustee.
Assignee's NOTICE-IN THE
United States District Court, Eastern
District of Texas. In the matter of the Bul-
letin Publishing Company. Bankrupt.
SALE OF ACCOUNTS.—In obedience to the
order of tbe Judge of the United States Dis-
trict Court for the Eastern District of Texas,
I will sell at public auction, in front of the
Courthouse door of sa d Court, in the City of
Qalveston, on THURSDAY, April 2, 1874,
between the hours of ten a. m. and three p. m.,
to the highest bidder for cash, all the iiook
Accounts of the Bulletin Publishing Com-
pany-, Bankrupt, as they stand on the books
of said company.
C. DART, Assignee,
mrl9td* Bulletin Pub. Co., Bankrupt.
N
otice of bankrupt sale.
In pursuance of an order of the U. S.
trict &
Dis-
PBICE O?
GALLERY.
ADMISSION
..S3 00
..<1 00
New Advertisements.
t he best and cheapest
X CROQUET.
PIERCE & TERRY, Stationers and Printers,
Corner Strand and Center Streets.
Friday, at 12 Precisely,
EXTRA OPERATIC MATINEE,
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR.
Prices ot Admission:
Pari^utttk asd Pak<jcktte Circle 3 00
Dres» Circle $1 00
Gallery 50
STREET CARS WILL RUN TILL THE
CONCLUSION OF THE OPERA.
The Piano used at these Operas is a St.
Louis Bell Treble, from F. L. Becker's
Music Store, Balling?r & Jack Building,
Postofflce street.
Friday Evening, fflareh 3.
Re-appearance and
BENEFIT OF
MISS AL.ICE KINGSBURY,
Who will appear in the Domestic Drama
The Pearl of Savoy.
FOR sale—a Handsome Cottage,
on Church street, between Twelfth and
Thirteenth; has four rooms, kitchen and
large brick cistern. County scrip bought and
sold. H. M. TRIJEHEART a CO.
ost.
lost
Night before last, on Market street,
while going from tbe Opera to Eleventh
street, a LADY'S HONITON LACE HAND-
KERCHIEF. The finder thereof will be suit-
ably rewarded oh leaving the same at Kel-
lam's Drug Store, corner Twenty-fourth and
Market streets. DR* UAMAHL.
apr2 It
N
otice notice
All porsons are hereby notified not to
credit any of the crew of the Norwegian bark
FRKY. as no debts of their contracting will
be paid by master or agents.
H. A. HALVOR6EN, Master,
apl E&Dtf WALKER * VAUGHN, Agents.
wtotice...
.notice
XT
X* All persons are notified not to t rade for
SIX PROMISSORY NOTES, drawn by A. M.
Hobby in favor of G. W. Cuttingham tor $500
each, dated June 17,1873, payable three, four,
five, six, seven and eight mouths af'er date,
bearing ten per cent, interest, the c -nsidera-
tion thereof having failed. Also SIX N0TE5,
similar in all other respects sixne 1 hv O. M.
Brazelt. A. M. HOBBY.
G. M. FRAZEU,.
April 1, 1874. apl Dim
^ otice
THE THIRD
..NOTICE
ANNUAL MAY-FEST
Will be held iu the CITY OF GALVESTON,
—on the
First and Second of May,
Like heretolore, aud Prizes amounting to
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, will be awarded
for the linest an l most appropriate displays
in t' e procession of wagons on the first day
of the Fest.
Applications must be handed In by the
TENTH OF APRIL to the President, who
will give further information as to rules and
regulations of the Arrangement Committee
H WILKENB,
President.
John Fotb, Secretary. mrtlD&Wtf
ti alveston gift ENTERPRISE
T ASSOCIATION.
ALL TICKETS SOLD ENTITLE!* TO A
GIFT.
Drawn Numbers, Aprli|l, 1ST*. |
DISTRIBUTION NUMBER
12-13-21-28-20-30-33-42-46-57-61-78
DISTRIBUTION NUMBER 89.
13-15-17-n>-22—33-34-38-39-67-77-80
I do certify that the above distribution is
correct. F. L. HANDLE, Superintendent.
I^IKST-CLASS POSTERS—
AT NEWS JOB QFFiCI.
ouit for the Eastern Disirict of Texas,
made on the 21st day of February, A. D. 1874.
I will sell, belore the courthouse door of Wal-
ler County, in the city of Hempstead, on
TUESDAY, the Seventh hay of Apiil, 1874,
within the legal nours f sale, at public auc-
tion for cash'
170 ACRES OF LAND,
belonging to the bankrupt estate of W.n. G.
Chapman, situated in said county of Waller,
about six miles northwest from Hempsread,
the same being a part of tho J. C. bartleit
survey and a pait of the tract heretofore
o^nnd and occupied by said Chapman. The
said land witl be sole in three separate lots
or parcels, all adjoining the homestead of
said W, G. Chapman.
1st. 88 acres on the northwest of said home-
stead. 2 . 25 acres on the southwest of said
homestead. 3d. 63 acres on the southea-i of
said homestead.
Also, at the same time and place, and on the
same terms, I will sell the Notes and Book
Aeoouute belonging to said estate.
B. F. ELLIOTT,
marl4 20t Assignee.
Assignee's sale.—in the
District Court nf the United >tates for
the Eastern District of Texas. In the matter
of J. W. Jockusch and Selim Rinker, Bank-
rupts.
By virtue of aa ard- r made by the District
Court of the United States for the Eastern
District of Texas, on the second day otMarcb,
lb74, we. the undersigned, assignees of the
•state of said bankrupts, will sell at the
Auction and Real Estate House of C. F.
White ft Co., in the ci v of Galveston, on
TUESDAY, the SEVENTH OF APK1L. 1874,
at public auction, to the highest bidder, for
casn in United States currency commencing
at 11 o'clock a. *., the following property, b»-
longiiig to the estate of Selim Rinker, bank-
rupt, viz:
The east half of Lot 13. Block 621, in the
ci y of Galveston. This sale is maae to sat-
isfy a deed of tiust in favor of J. L. Darragh.
We will sell at the same time and place,
and upon the same terms, the following prop-
erty, situated in the city of Galve ton, viz:
1st. 85 feet 10 inches off east side of Lot 13,
and 11 feet 2 inches off west side Lot >2, in
Block 259, with house and improvements.
Sd. J8 feet 8 Inches off east side Lot 12. and
91 feet & inches off west side of Lot 11, in
BlockJ259, with house and improvements.
3d. All of Block »4.
4th. Lots 1, 2, 3 and west half 4 and Lot 12
and west half 11. in Block 316.
Bth. LotfT, in Block 687.
We will also sell at the same time and
place, and upon the same terms, the following
lots in the oity of Galveston, two-thirds in-
terest of whioh belongs to the estate of said
bankrupts and one-third to Sam. Maas. By
ag; eement Mr. Sam. Maas will join in tbe ex-
ecution of proper deods to the purchasers,
viz:
Lots 3 and 4 in block 6.
Lots 8.! , 10,11 and 12 in block 7.
Lots 5, S and 7 in block 63.
Lots J5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. % of 4 and X of 11 in
block 182. _
Lots 3 to 14 Inclusive in block 244.
Lots 1 to 14 inclusive in block 243.
Lots 3 and Jtf of 4 in block 217.
L,ots 1 to 7 fncl sire in block 94V
Lots 8 to 14 Inclusive in block 246.
Lots 1 to 14 inclusive i block 303.
Lots 1 to 14 Inclusive in block 364.
Lots K and 7 in block 607
Lots 3 and X of 4 io N. W. qr. out-lot 21.
Lots 1, 2, 8 and X of 4 In S. W qr. out-lot 46.
Lots H ot 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 in S. W. qr.
out lot .1.
Lots 10 and X of 11 in N. W. qr. out-lot 116.
Iiots 8, 9,10 and a ot 11 in N. w. qr. out-lot
Lots 6, 6,7. 8, 9. 10, « of 4 and X of 11 in S.
W. qr. out-lot 35.
i»ot«l, 2, 3 and W. % of 4 in N. E. qr. out-
'. jt !3.
The sals at the ai>ove property will continue
frdto day to day until completed.
Conveyances and notary fees at the ex-
pense of tbe purchaser.
GEORGE P. FINLAY ai:d
ALBERT BALL,
Assignees.
^Galveet^JlarcU^LJSJ^^^^itirlit^s
(Original Contract with Messrs. D.
G. Hltrurock & Co. for Sidewalk
Impro i ements:
tate of texas, county of
Galveston—Know all men, That this
contract made and entered into this the
tw* nty-eighth dav of February. A. D. 1874. by
and between the Mayor of the City of Galves-
ton and the Chairman of the Committee on
Streets and Alleys, as parties of the first part,
and D. G. Hitehcock & Co., as parties of the
second part,
Witkesskth:
That the said parties of the flr3t r art, in ac
ror<tance with the authority vested in them
by the City Council of the Citj' of Galveston,
bind the corporation of the City of alveston
to pay to the said D. G. Hitchcock & Co., in
the lponds ot the City of Galveston, styled
" Galveston City Bonds for Sidewalk Im-
provement, ** to be taken at par. the sum of
on« dollar and seventy-five cents ($1 T5) for
each and every square yard of pavemen laid
down by them upoa the hereinafter >o be de-
signated tide walks; the s*id pavement to bo
composed of asphalt in bulk, rolled solid to
the thickness of three incnes, and laid down
upon the sidewalks on both sides of the fol-
lowing named streets, that is to say: On both
sid-s of the Strand, Mechanic and Postoffice
streets, each between i ighteenth and Twen-
\y-fifth streets; on both sides of Market
street, from Eighteenth to Thirty third
streets; on both sides of Nineteen h, Twenti-
eth, Twenty-T<r»t, Twenty-second, Twenty-
third and Twentv-fourth streets, each be-
tw en :*trand and rosto/fice str ets; and also
on the west side of Eighteenth street and on
the «-ast side of Twenty fifth street. Also
the same price to be paid in the same manner
for each and every square yard of the said
pavement laid down dv them (the said D. G.
Hitchcock & Co. j, in the following manner and
opon the following sidewalks—that is to say,
the said pavement to be only six feet in width
and laid in the center of the sidewalks on
both sides: Of Avenues B, C and E. east from
Eighteenth street to Twelfth street, and west
from iwenty-tlfth street to Thirty-third
street; and o"n both sides of Avenue D, from
Eighteenth street to Twelfth street; and on
boih sides of Avenues F, G, H, I and .1, from
Twelfth .-ureet to Thirty-third stree ; and on
both side3 of Twelfth, Sixteenth, Twentieth,
Twenty-fourth, Twenty-eighth and Thirty-
third streets—from Avenue J (or Broadway)
to the Strand (or Avenue B )
Provided, however, that the said D. G.
Hitchcock & Co. obtain the written consent
of the owners of the property fronting or
abutting upon the said sidewalks to the lay-
ing down ot tbe said pavement, whioh written
consent or selection of the said pavement
shall be filed in the Mayors Office with the
City Clerk.
The said parties of the first part also bind
the corporation of the cily of Galveston to
p*y to the said D. G. Hitchcock & Co., in the
said bonds, to be taken at par. the sum of one
dollar and twenty-five cen's ($1 25) for each
aad every cubic yard of filling necessary and
needed to be done unon any and all of the
said sidewalks preparatory to the laying of
any pavement thereon. The above price is
to include and cover not only the filling, but
the grading, tamping, ana rolling. The
said parties of the first vart, also
bind tne corporation of the city of Gal-
veston to pay to the said D. G. Hitchcock
& Co., in the said bonds, to be taken at par,
the sum of forty-five (45) cents for each and
every square foot of woodem curbing to be
composed or made of thr^k-imch reo
cyphkss. that may be needed or used infilling
up and grading the said sidewalks prepara-
tory to the putting'down of the said pave-
ment or any other.
The said parties of the first part also bind
the corporation of the c ty of Galveston to
pay to the said D. G Hitcncock & Co., in the
said bonds to be taken at par the swm of
nine (9) cents for each and every lineal foot
of wooden curbing of one by six-inch flooring
that may be needed and used in putting down
the said six-foo pavement—tLat isjto
say. that may be used in putting any
pavement upon the said sidewalks, the
pavement of which is to be only six
feet in width Ail of the above work is to
be dune and executed in accordance with the
specificati ns of the City Engineer, now on
file in the Mayor's office, and the said E gi-
leer shall make wceWly estimates of the work
as it progresses, and when the amount or
q antiry finished and completed, shall, at
tne above p: ice, amount to the sum of five
thousau 1 dollars then that amount in tbe
said bonds at par shall be paid over to the
said D. G Hitchcock & Co.
^Jn consideration of all the foregoing the
sai i I>. G. Hitchcock &Co bind themselves to
lav down snd fabiicate the said pavement in
the manner and style above set forth and
stipulated; and the? also bind themselves to
fill, grade, tamp, roll and curb the said side-
walks, as above set forth and stipulated, and
to receive in payment for all the said work,
the respective prices above stated, and iu
th^ bonds of tne city of Galveston styled
4i Galveston City Bonds for Sidewalk Im-
provements," at par.
They further bind themselves to commence
the said work within twer.ty days from the
date hereof, and to finish the same without
unnecessary delay.
(Signed in duplicate.)
In testimony of all which the said parties
have hereunto signed their names aad affixed
their seals, (using scrolls for seals,) this, the
dav and date above written, and the Mayor of
the city of Galveston has caused the corporate
seal of the city of Galveston to be hereunto
attached.
C. W. HURLEY, Mayor,
J. C OGLE,
Chairman Com. Streets and Alleys;
D. G. HITCHCOCK * CO.
BILLS-LADD^
IK THE be*t st TLI
AT NEWS JOB OFFICE.
1 K AAA CEDAR POSTS
FOB SALE.
HOUSE BLOCKS,
Hitching Posts, Curbing, Fence|Poats of all
sizes and leugths, Cord Wood, oontraeted for
at low prices. Bills for any kind of Timber
filled. Apply at residence, corner of avenue
O and Tremout street.
mrlO lm* J- M. HEISKELL.
s
ELLliTG OUf AT COST—
GREiT BARGAINS.
Large Stock of Wines and Liquors, consist-
ing of pure Rye and Bourbon Whiskies, Fine
Brandies ferries, Port, etc. Also, Case
Goods, included in which there are some fine
Rhine NV lnes. Will sell at wholesale and retail,
mrlb lm F. MoDONNELL. No. 58 Strand.
JOB PRINTING
OF ANT AND EVKRY KIND
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