Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 55, Ed. 2 Monday, January 6, 1890 Page: 2 of 4
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BUILDERS’
EQUIPMENTS.
IN
Wholesale
And Retail Dealers
IMPORTERS,
SADDLERY,
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BLACKSMITHS
AND
’ iieehvriglits’ Materials.
Saddlery Hardware.
m IMFLEMEITS,
Wagons,
Buggies and Carts,
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llwixing
STRANGE THINGS ABOUT SUICIDE.
OEEICIAE CITY JOI^KT’AE.
Agent for the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association-
Old Yannissee Rye.
Says the San Antonio Light:
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Mules and Horses for Sale.
of me.”—The Spectator.
OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS.
pY AUTHORITY OK THE CITY COUNCIL OF
JJthe City of Galveston.
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Hereafter letters mailed without a
Stamp will be sent to their address and
postage paid by the parties receiving
them.
“Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in
•the streets of Askelon, lest the daughters
of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daugh-
ters of the uncircumcised triumph,” but
it is loudly whispered that Fulton will
have the gall to run against Pat Tiernan
for sheriff.
One of the prominent Market street
physicians stated to-day that he had
found in the nasal excretions of a man an
infusorial parasite, the “asthmatos cilia-
ris,” which he considers to be the excit-
ing cause of the “grippe.” That settles
it. Much worse than was at first sup-
posed.
The father of the editor of the Courier-
Journal, Mr. Harvey Watterson, is mak-
his annual visit to Washington. He is
eighty-three years of age, but is ready at
any time to write a gossipy letter or a
tariff reform editorial for his son’s paper.
It is an interesting fact that Henry Wat-
terson was Dorn in Washington when his
father was a member of Congress, and
that his own son was born at the capital
when he was a representative. Young
Henry is a clever boy, and the three Wat-
tersons, Harvey and the two Henrys,
possess between them a large amount of
mental power.
fJgp-The patronage of everybody respectfully solicited.
OFFICE: TREMONT STREET, TREMONT HOTEL BUILDING.
Larabee’s fruit cakes at Sweeney’s
Restaurant. o
For Sale in Galveston by
HGNRY TOUJOUSE.
VW,
The statistics of the work of the Gal-
veston police for the year 1889 are such
as to confirm the good opinion enter-
tained of the organization under the ex-
isting management. An excellent idea
of the efficiency attained by the police is
afforded by the figures showing the ratio
of arrests and convictions to the number
of cases of such offences as assault, rob-
bery and attempt to rob, breaking and
entering and larceny. The fact of the
business is, Chief Lordan is an exception-
ally fine executive officer, and the police
and detectiye force of the city cannot be
surpassed by any other city in the south.
ENTERED AT THE GALVESTON POSTOFFICE AS SEC-
OND CLASS MAIL MATTER. »
No, Galveston will never surrender.
An influx of decent people will soon over-
come all objectionable elements now
holding the balance of power.
The Texas Farmer, published at Dal-
las, says: “The Dal-Gal News presents
a queer combination: being, ostensibly,
organ of the negroes and monopoly. But
when it is considered that occasion may
arise for monopoly to use the negro vote,
it may not seem so queer.”
In one short editorial in “The News”
“The News” appears thirteen times.
“The News” and “The Newses” are “The
Newses” of Texas—according to “The
News.”
Thanks to the Houston Post for the
following: “The Galveston Tribune
says that it will be ‘permanently en-
larged on or about the 15th inst. It will
also be redressed and made metropolitan
in all its departments. This is to be a
year of endeavors, and this concern pro-
poses to be in readiness—booted and
spurred—to do any work that may be
demanded of it.” Jeems is a hustler
and the Evening Tribune is deserving of
liberal treatment at the hands of the
Island City.
How the Boy Viewed It.
“Let’s get some o’ them apples.”
“1 don’t want any o’ them. They
let yer take ’em. Come on down to
Bankers’ and steal some o’ his.”—
Epoch.
Certainly the News did not “commit
itself.” It runs no risks when a fight for
“merely local interests” are at stake.
If you have not voted, go and vote.
Your vote may save Galveston from the
thraldom of Runge-Fulton-Bickler-Bal-
linger, and your children from the degra-
dation their success would foreshadow.
“The
Galveston Tribune man has lately been
engaged in the very interesting labor of
lifting himself over the jetties and into
deep water by the straps of his boots.”
The central committee declared its in-
tention of supporting strongly and unit-
edly the report and recommendations as
made by the commission of engineers,
favoring the establishment of a first-
class harbor at Galveston, but their ad-
vocacy of the report will not be to the
detriment of appropriations for any other
Texas harbor that congress may desire to
improve.
The News is in no danger of being sued
for over-zeal in advocating any cause in
which Galveston is directly interested.
Too much Galveston News has well-nigh
given this town over to the ravages of the
moss and rot, and all the old and misera-
ble things on this island tp-day are sen-
tinels that tell the story of its stupidity
and provoking inactivity. Galveston
would be pleased to present North Texas
with the last half of its faithless old Gypsy.
MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1890.
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The mayor distributed tickets with all
the enthusiasm of the lowest ward bum-
mer.
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For Rent.
The three story brick building on Mechanic,
between 20th and 21st streets, formerly used as
city hall, to September 30, 1890. Apply to M.
Ullmann, chairman of committee on public
property, or to J. W. Jockusch, purchasing
agent for city.
The bridge to the mainland should be
put in order at once. The defeated party
will desire to spend a day or two with
Mr. Stringfellow and his mainland
neighbors. ______________
lievy & Bro.
Carpet Bugs.
Some Augusta housekeepers think
they have discovered the origin of the
buffalo bu g so far as that city is con-
cerned. They claim that every carpet
under which a certain kind of patent
carpet paper has been placed has suf-
fered, while those spread over old
newspapers, straw or burlap have es-
caped. This theory will yet have to
be further tested before it is proved,
but it is worth something to have even
a theory to work on in the effort to
head off these pests.—Lewiston Jour-
nal.
Shakespeare in the Sign Language.
The chapel at the Deaf and Dumb
institute at Kendall Green was well
filled with the students of that college
and their friends to witness a perform-
ance by the Saturday Night club. The
play selected was Shakespeare’s “Com-
edy of Errors,” and its interpretation
in sign language was excellently done
by the performers.
Die stage setting was good, and the
performance was given with the
smoothness of a regular theater. Most
of the amateur actors were appropri-
ately costumed, and the signs which
they used in the rendition of the play
were intelligible to one who had no
knowledge of the mute language. The
story of the trials of the two Dromios
furnished an enjoyable evening’s en-
tertainment.—Washington Post.
Abstracts of Title to Galveston City and County Real Estate correctly prepared.
Deeds, Releases, Mortgages, Powers of Attorney, etc., written up,
and all Notarial work promptly attended to.
Electric Lighting Comparatively Safe.
As to the accidents from electric cur-
rents, the records of deaths in the city
of New York show that there were
killed by street cars during the yesy*
1883 64 persons, by omnibuses and
wagons, 55, and by illuminating gas
23, making the number killed by the
electric current (5) insignificant com-
pared with the deaths of individuals
from any of the other causes named.—
George Westinghouse in North Amer-
ican Review.
None of His Business.
I was sitting with some friends at
sunset among the ruins of Karnak
with a group of Arabs round us. One
of our party said: “Mohammed, why
does the sun rise here and set over
there?” The youth looked puzzled a
moment, and then, with acquiescent
content, answered: “That is the busi-
ness of my God, and not the business
flew IJpe of pix Italiap Statuary
By last Steamer. From $15 to $100 a pair.
Fancy China, Tea, Dinner, Fish, Salad
And Chamber Sets.
Toys, Velocipedes, Express Wagons Etc.,
BHLDINGeR BROS.,
LCor, 22d and Mechanic Streets.
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The importance at purifying the blood can-
not be overestimated, for without pure blood
you cannot enjoy good health.
At this season nearly every one needs &
good medicine to purify, vitalize, and enrich
the blood, and we ask you to try Hood’s
ilSas* Sarsaparilla. It strengthens
» Cvvmcu an(j Guilds up the system,
creates an appetite, and tones the digestion,
while it eradicates disease. The peculiar
combination, proportion, and preparation
of the vegetable remedies used give to
Hood’s Sarsaparilla pecuR •j’ — IfftAlf
iar curative powers. No * ll©wl!
other medicine has such a record of wonderful
cures. If you have made up your mind to
buy Hood’s Sarsaparilla do not be induced to
take any other instead. It is a Peculiar
Medicine, and Is worthy your confidence.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla is sold by all druggists.
Prepared by C. I. Hood & Oo., Lowell, Mass.
SOO Doses One Dollar
The Decorative Art store, 211Postoffice
street, has the largest assortment of
knitting yarns, zephyrs, silks, plushes,
satins, and all material for art embroi-
deries, at lowest prices. Give us a call
before purchasing, Best and cheapest
stamping in the city. Lessons $1 a
month. Mrs. Hy. Myers and Mrs. M.
Budchner. ___________ 0
No one can afford to neglect a cold;
catarrh, chronic bronchitis and consump-
tion are caused by neglecting common
colds. Take Chamberlain’s Cough Rem-
edy and cure it while you can. J. J.
Schott sells it. o
If your horse is out of condition and
needs toning up, use Raven’s food. For
sale by Hanna, Waters & Co. o
“Pour Le Roi De Prusse.”
In the beginning of the Eighteenth
century the now so powerful Ger-
man empire was nothing more than
the little kingdom of Prussia, having
just dropped its title of Duchy of
Brandenburg. Die country was very
poor and the military discipline very
hard. Frederick Wilhelm I was very
harsh, cross and stingy, and did not
even know, perhaps, what it was to
make a present. And his reputation
was so well grounded and so widely
spread that it became a byword to say
that a man had worked for the king
of Prussia when he had done some un-
profitable job.—Notes and Queries.
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U pon the table small between ;
The window and the painted screen,
You’ll find the volume full in view—
’Tis clasped with gold and bound In blue.
Come, sit beside me here, I pray. ;
And see me turn the years away,
With every pictured page, and call j
Them back to me, my lovers all.
This was a young divine, whose eyes
Saw nothing lower than the sides,
Whose every tone and look and pace
Was full of light and saintly grace.
When at the church 1 saw the light
From windows stained with colors bright,
In rainbow glory round him fall,
I thought I loved him best of all
This was a youth whoso eagle glance
Had swept the prairies’ wide expanse;
Whose arm had nlied from shore to shore
In waters wild the fearless oar.
When first I happened to behold
His bright dark eye and bearing bold,
His graceful figure straight and tall,
I said: “I loved him best of all!”
Here is a face in which the pride
Of ancient blood is soon descried;
And yet on Mount Olympus trod
In days of old no Grecian god
More beautiful, and when above
My chair he leans, and breathes of love,
In summer, soft and musical,
I knew I loved him best of all
The light is growing very dim,
And we will close the book with him.
Tears on my cheek, you say? Ah, no!
’Tis but the fire’s too ardent glow.
One—’tis the young divine—is wed;
And one—the dark eyed youth—is dead;
One, in far lands beyond my call.
And yet I think I loved them all.
—Bert Ford in Brooklyn Eagla
An Ocean of Buffaloes.
My brother and cousin were on their way
homeward. They were just mounting one
of the long, low swells into which the prairie
was broken when they heard a low, mutter-
ing rumbling noise, like far off thunder. It
grew steadily louder, and, not knowing what
it meant, they hurried forward to the top of
the rise. As they reached it, they stopped
short in terror and amazement, for before
them the whole prairie was black with madly
rushing buffaloes.
The surprised hunters were far away from
any broken ground or other place of refuge,
while the vast herd of huge, plunging, mad-
dened beasts was charging straight down on
them not a quarter of a mile distant. Down
they came!—thousands upon thousands—
their front extending a mile in breadth,
while the earth shook beneath their thunder-
ous gallop, and as they came closer their.
shaggy frontlets loomed dimly through the
columns of dust thrown up from the dry soil.
The two hunters knew that their only hope
for life was to split the herd, which, though
it had so broad a front, was not very deep.
If they failed they would inevitably be tram-
pled to death.
Waiting until the beasts were in close range,
they opened a rapid fire from their heavy
breech loading rifles, yelling at the top of
their voices. For a moment the result seemed
doubtful. The line thundered steadily down
on them; then it swayed violently, as two or
three of the brutes immediately in their front
fell beneath the' bullets, while the neighbors
made violent efforts to press off sideways.
Then a narrow, wedge-shaped rift appeared
in the line, and widened as it came up closer,
and the buffaloes, shrinking from their foes
in front, strove desperately to edge away
from the dangerous neighborhood; the shouts
and shots were redoubled; the hunters were
almost choked by the cloud of dust through
which they could see the stream of dark huge
bodies passing within rifle length on either
side; and in a moment the peril was over, and
the two men were left alone on the plain, un-
harmed, though with their nerves terribly
shaken. The herd careered on toward the
horizon, save five individuals who had been
killed or disabled by the shots.—Theodore
Roosevelt in St. Nicholas.
Epoch.
The transition from long,lingering and
painful sickness to robust health marks
an epoch in the life of the individual.
Such a remarkable event is treasured in
the memory and the agency whereby the
good health has been attained is grate-
fully blessed. Hence it is that so much
is heard in praise of Electric Bitters. So
many feel they owe their restoration to
health to the use of the great alterative
and tonic.If you are troubled with any dis-
ease of the kidneys, liver or stomach, of
long or short standing, you will surely
find relief by use of Electric Bitters.
Sold at 50c and $1 per bottle at J. J.
Schott’s. 3
Pianos, Pianos, Pianos.
We have in stock, and to arrive before
Christmas, over 200 piano’s from the fac-
tories of Steinway, Chickering, Weber,
Emerson, genuine Mathushek, Chase
Bros, and Hale. These embrace the lead-
ing instruments, and those who desire
better cannot be gratified any more than
the child who cried for the moon, for no
better can be found on the planet. Thos.
Goggan & Bro., corner Market and 22 Sts.
A Prudent Courtier.
Frederick the Great, of Prussia, who
had a violent temper, was in the
habit of playing at dice with one of his
adjutants, using a cup and two dice of
solid silver.
One day Frederick complained that
the game was rather dull when there
was not money at stake, and proposed
that they throw for a penny a throw.
“Not much,” replied the adjutant,
who was a plain spoken sort of a man,
“I think we had better not risk any
money. As it is now, without any
moneyed, inducements, when your
majesty loses you throw the cup and
dice at me. What will become of me
if there should be money on the game
’ and your majesty should lose?” —Texas
Siftings.
Tli® Reasons That Are Sometimes Assigned
for the Bash Deed.
“Curiosities of suicide? Bless you,
my dear boy, they’re innumerable,”
said the coroner.
Chicago produces an average of
about ten suicides per. week, or 500, in
round numbers, per year.
“It sounds almost incredible, ” said
a deputy coroner, “but the slightest
troubles often suffice to bring persons
to the point of self destruction. Some
doctors claim that only demented per-
sons take their own. lives, but this is
denied. A storekeeper on Blue
Island avenue killed himself and
left a long letter to his wife. In
it he explained, in a very ration-
al and logical manner, why it was
best for him to leave this world.
'Sickly and suffering, unable to earn
enough to support my family, my
death will be a relief and a blessing
to all I love. That’s as far as you are
concerned. As for me, the burden I
carry is heavy. Life has been nothing
but torment for me since long ago. It
is easy for me to part with it. One
moment’s suffering and I shall have
ceased to feel pain, worry and fear of
the future. My death will leave you,
dear wife, quite a large sum, enough
to start anew and under better auspi-
ces. Farewell, and think kindly of
me.’ That’s about the way it ran.
Wasn’t that a sound argument? Must
that man, when lie wrote it, five min-
utes before death, not have been pos-
sessed of bis full faculties of reason-
ing?
“In the case of a poor seamstress on
Milwaukee avenue, near Noble street,
w’ho asphyxiated herself with char-
coal and who left a half dozen notes
explaining the exact state of her feel-
ings, saying, ‘Now I’ll soon be hap-
py I’ doesn’t that case show she had her
senses and her will power about her
till the last?”
“So much for reasonable suicides,”
said the reporter. “And now for the
unreasonable ones.”
“Well, they’re the majority, I think.
Old Lewis Koenig, up on West Chi-
cago avenue, was perhaps the boss
crank I know of. He had been suf-
fering from rheumatism for quite a
while, but not severely. He was out
of employment, it is true, but he had
considerable property and quite a bit
of ready cash. His relations with his
aged wife were pleasant. One day his
wife had to go to the store on the next
corner. She fell to chatting with the
owner, as women will, forgetting that
she had promised her husband to be
back within five minutes. She thus
spent a half hour at the store, and
then, remembering her husband, has-
tily went home. As she tried to open
the kitchen door, something heavy
struck against the sash inside. She
forced her way in, though, and there
was her husband — dead — hanging
from a stout nail he had driven into
the door. On the floor was a bit of
paper, a chunk of coal on it as a
weight, in which he had said: ‘I see
you want to be rid of me. Ten min-
utes past the time. Good-by.’’ That
was all. He had become so disgusted
at ten minutes’ delay as to drive him
to death. Queer, wasn’t it?”
“Yes, rather. Remember any cases
of great persistence on the part of
people who wanted to die?”
“Yes, many. In fact, persistence is
a characteristic feature of many sui-
cides. Tn e most recent and prominent
case of this kind was that of a wealthy
retired manufacturer on West Harri-
son street. The man had no earthly
reason whatever for committing sui-
cide. The fact that he had paid too
high a price for some real estate, and
that he had to sell it at a loss, made
him brood on this fact during his
hours of leisure every day. His actual
loss had been less than $100 and his
remaining fortune was considerably
over $100,000, all in real estate, and
papers netting good interest, while his
expenses were greatly below his in-
come, and his personal tastes were
very simple. Still, there he sat and
sat day after day, and far into the
night, worrying himself to a shadow
over the loss of that $100. Finally he
got to believe that real estate was go-
ing down in this city, and that his ul-
timate would be penury and starva-
tion, and then he shot himself. His
aim was sure enough. The bullet
crashed into his brain. His wife
found him lying on his bed on her re-
turn home. But the wound was such
a one that she did not guess its origin,
and the unconscious man woke to life
again—with the bullet in his head—
stuffed the ear where the bullet had
entered with cotton, and told his wife
a plausible story about an accident.
She, poor soul, believed it, and nursed
him faithfully and tenderly. But
while she was out of the room—several
days after—the man rose from bed,
got out his gun, and put a few more
leaden globules into himself, this time
finishing the job.—Chicago Herald.
Carriages, Buggies, Oyster Roast and Picnic Wagons
for Hire. Mules and Horses for Sale.
Asleep in a Country Churchyard.
An old man who sleeps by the road-
side yonder, and upon whose tomb are
the familiar lines beginning, “Remem-
ber me as you pass by,” spent the
greater portion of the last ten years of
his life by his -wife’s grave. He came
in the early morning, and after remov-
ing any microscopic weed that might
have showed itself since the previous
evening, would light his pipe and sol-
emnly contemplate the stones in his
vicinity. He went away regularly to
his meals, and as regularly took his
afternoon nap on the grass by the
graveside. Shortly before his last vis-
it to the cherished spot he requested
me to decipher for him the dates upon
several of the gravestones; and we
conversed about many we had known
in life, and who had passed away. 1
remarked that the churchyard was a
very pretty place, and his face lighted
up as he rejoined: “Ah, wester, I’ve
always thought I should like to be
buried here, for, ” looking around,
“you see, there’s such a splendid view
from here.” This was uttered in good
faith, and the old man seemed con-
vinced that neither coffin lid nor
churchyard clods would obstruct his
view. Perhaps they don’t 1 In a few
weeks he came to his favorite haunt
to stay. “Poor old William,”, the
flowers upon your grave have run
wild long ago, and no one seems to re-
member you as they pass by.—Cham-
bers’ Journal.
THE COQUETTE’S ALBUM.
Scientific Information.
Professor—Have any of you expe-
rienced an electric shock?
Impressionable Pupil (diffidently)—
Yes, sir; I have. A touching of hands
—you know. And (impulsively) she
felt it, too.
Professor (severely)—Young man,
that was not electncitv. That was
gal-vanism.—Pittsburg bulletin.
NOTARY PUBLIC and CONVEYANCE.
P. S. WREjM,
You may depend upon being served
with the finest goods when you call at
the Tremont bar. o
Croup, whooping cough and bronchitis
immediately relieved by Shiloh’s cure.
For sale by J. J. Schott. 8
Fish chowder every morning served
free at Wm. Buscher’s. Make a note of
this. o
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Kinds of HARD and SOFT COALS
Promptly Delivered.
Office--Corner 20th and STRAND.
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Imported and Domestic Table and Pocket Cutlery
J. M. BROWN, President. J. S. Brown, Vice-President.
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Phil J. Mitchel, graduate in EMBALM-
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