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DAILY MERCURY
EUSDAY, - - -
NOT. 9, 1873.
HISTORY.
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The organ of Ashe and Weat-
eott, a paper lately edited by
the forcible and spicy
Dan MeGary—but now e«ii
not, since its transfer, had a
word to say in the interest of
Coke, Hubbard and the "State
and District ticket. But has been
run solely in the interest of Ashe
and Westcott.
Its issue last evening was de-
voted exclusively to the abuse
of Sheriff Hall, having seven
separate attempts to grind out
the-same tune upon the Ashey
of gate.
The attacks upon Sheriff Hall
tirSllie wasp bites, of Interested
politicans, the expressions of
partisans, and not the personal
opinions., of any disinterested
editor. As theAge is now run
it would be "fools service to
defend one who siaml* above
attack"
Sheriff Hall has beeu a resi-
dent in Harris county for seven
long years. He came here pos-
sessed of large real estate and a
surplus bank account, and one of
his first acts was the loan to two
prominent Democrats of Hous-
ton the sum of $10,000: so much
' "'rtrfiifnV
for the man who came
pauper.
A CHALLENGE*
We defy <he Age to pjoduee
Q e single man, woman or child,,
whom Sheriff Hall in sevm ycmr*
residence, Juu swindled.
We defy them to shom'Sie
man, woman or child, whoni
Sheriff Hall has injured. „
We defy them to show one
many woman or ehiWT
Sheriff HalL
We defy them to produce one
man, woman or child, whom
Sheriff Hall has oppressed.
We defy them to produce one
man, woman or child, whom
Sheriff Hall has, in his official
position, crowded, harrassed or
pushed one iota further than the
the duties of his office absolutely
compelled kim .to do.
' On the other hand, we call
* > *r
upon hundreds of Demot
citizens to bear witness to the
leniency wifclfwhich he has treat-
ed those with whom he has been
compelled to have official deal-
ings. iMsM
We call upon the priests and
clergy to bear witness to the
promptness with which he has
responded to their appeals for
aid. .'■;.r •• u* ■■ 'ft !/
We call upon the poor and thp
needy to bear witness to the
thousands of acts of kindness
performed by 8heriff HalL With
this record, known and admitted
by all, Sheriff Hall stands abeve
the reach of the puerile efforts to
traduce hnd slander, which are
aow daily seen in the sheet which
drifts rudderless in the politi-
cal sea.
' He is above defense to attacks
eminating from such a source.
He needs nodefenseat onr hands.
From a personal, political, parti-
san, interested sheet, we a]
to. the reason, judgment,
and hearts of all who have
known Captain Hall since the
ffav fte came to Texas.
SB, J. F. PELLS.
white
,t Groesbeck it!
tone county, the verdict of
the jury being imprisonment in
penitentiary for life. Every-
body who read these accounts,
liflpwi in way iii m jxmmt-
tiary, f|ch is not#th<f«ase.
The facts briefly stated, as given
by himself, are these: He ~was
Marshal of Grqiesbeck when Mr.
Applewhite wis murdered. He
was charged With complicity in
the foul and hloody deed. He
was tried in limestone on the
charge a short tilne ago, Mr.
Herring, JudgeCoke's law part-
ner, being his Counsel. There
were seventeen witnesses in the
case, /eight tor the State, and
nine for the defence. None of
the State's witnesses said they
saw him do the deed or take
part in it further than that some
of them said, they saw him near
as
is
Mr. Vincent Colyer, one of the
truest philanthropists of this
age and this country, has just
returned from Columbus, where
he has been devoting his time
and his labor in behalf of the
sufferers there. He tells us that
Mayor Miller and Mr. Middle-
brook were indefatigable in their
efforts and labor to alleviate the!
suffering and distress of the
stricken city, as well as the land-
lord of the hotel, Mr.- Kulow .
The-«m!y assistance given Co-
lumbus was. he says,1* from Gal-
veston nurses, and medicine
furnished by that city to the
amount of $1300. Doctors Bow-
ers, of Columbus, and Briggs, of
Galveston, were untiring in their
labors and attentions, going day
and night. Mr. Colyer acknowl-
edges with great pleasure the
kindness received by him while
at Columbus, and will ever re-
member it There are yet sev-
enty persons sick with the dis-
ease. Judge Doty was buried
yesterday, his last request being
to his servant to wrap his body
in the American flag, which was
complied with. Day before yes-
terday there were two deaths,
one of them Mrs. Brown, wife of
Dr. Brown, who has never de-
serted his post, but has worn
himself out in the cause. Mr.
Colyer is deserving of all praise,
and his name will Jive among
the philanthropists of this coun-
try when time is no more.
The rebuilding of the grand
column Vendome in Paris iB rap-
idly progressing.
The silk industry of Switzer-
land is enormous, and rapidly
on the increase, the exports of
manufactured silks annually
amounting to 215,000,000 francs,
or $43,000,000.
theyj.wsfjd'at sayt^hat.- Their
evidence was conflicting on sev-
eral points, mrimportant and im-
material. The evidence for the
trajj AAnplu&ivA ill Li&
troKTHrTv' ™ *T~ V""-'*"*-'* • ■*
feVor, two witnesses swearing
positively th^he was not armed
at the tim^tiBfl therefore could
not have had anything to do
ney, granted new trial, on the
ground, as h& said himself,
that^fflP^kfict was "Contrary
to the law, and the evidence
remarking that he had watched
the case closely, 'had studied it
thorquffl^-Mhtf law and the
evidencfe—and ; thjit the vfefdict
was contrary to both and must
have been rendered because of
prejudice; Uml that Ire could hot
in honor, nor in justice to the
State or the defendant do other-
wise than give a new trial.
Judge Banton was the judge
winy ffiwil AflfiTft «l n/I
TTHv Cl IVvV l/Ilv vfltjvi Cv
lawyer;"juThenest, jusirfljun; and
a goum Dfepb^ty BO Ihflt ft is
evedent that Mr. Pell was un-
ftiriy dealt with. He is now
under a $5,060 boud for his ap-
pea^agce at the nest term of the
court, ifis apparent ffiat Mr.
Pell had no more to do with the
murder of Applewhite than you,
Applewhite was the victim
and ought to be discharged,
of Davis and bis iniquit-
ous Police law, bqjfc J: P.
Pell is notreponsible for it. Da-
via W tfidlcted as ac-
cessory before the fact. Heh&d
the law made, he carried it out,
lift4u$ ^iciou^, lawtesS men ap-
pomted as ofate polidemeh and
all the blood they she^ m their
brutishness is chargeabte to him.
!LU
«h the
*1(1
ageous gentleman has purchased the old
Epoch office, and proposes to start another
paper in Jefferson The Rads have sud-
denly discovered that the line as known
between. Marion and Harrison counties is
incorrectly shown oh tho map, and they
intend to have it re-snryeyed, thereby
gaining considerable strength in the way
of colored, voters. Any sort of rascality
to win. ,'f) / j 4 ' I vf J JI
Fayette Cocstv.—A aon of A. R.
Jones was'stabbed last week and killed
by a negro... .The dwelling of Mr. Jack
Atpero WBs^ar^ittied by «ir« on the night
ofthe 3rd inst.—aeciaenf... .Wro. Smith
with a wagon apjU tirq Jiorses, las wife'
and childreft- in tri6 Whgon, drove'into
Jordan Creek, which waa swimming, was
washed down stream, had his horses
drowned, lost all his clothing and money
ar^dcawtcjij- lbsfeig:lSi«Belf and family.
He is in a dilapidated condition now and
says *cold water is as damaging to him
as spirits over could have been and not
hard road
same day
drove into another creek with his vehicle
and team, which being swimming, washed
everything down stream and hung up the
shebang on Mr. Homuth's gate-post, there-
fore no lives wero -lost.
Chebokee County. — Potatoes only
worth fifty ccnts a bushel Rusk too,
quiet, orderly and healthy to bo interest-
ing to a newspaper man Cora worth
seventy-five cents Heavy rains Mr.
CaL Henderson shot a gray eagle tho other
day seven feet two inches in measurement
from tip to tip of its wings, andj tho claw
extended was eight inches long..'. .Mr. R
C. White on the 28th ult., married Miss P.
M. Hatchott. Wo cannot tell lie—ho
did it with his little ha tenet.
BYTELE
SPECIALS TO HOUSTON JUfftCl
FROM HARKISBI RG.
Two Cases of Yellow Feyer!
Great Fears of its Spreading!
' a J H E1L . lr w
A Stitch in Time Saves Nine!
Precautionary Measures
t Part of Wisdom !
the
Harrisburg, Nov. 8.
be have twtfi&ses of yellow
fever here, one taken yesterday,
Prentice Davidson, and one to-
day, A. L. Autrey, conductor.
Weather very warm and unfa-
vorable, and great fears enter-
tained of the fever spreading.
K.
half aa livfly, w^ile Jordan is a
to traVffl." Mr. Munni on the
The newest Swiss musical
boxes are made to play the mu-
sic of one celebrated composer
exclusively. They are known as
Mozart, Wagner, Beethoven,
etc., boxes. The winding up is
done by crank instead of a
key.
It h&tf bUii iband out by sad
experience that fame is not an
article that can be ifelied on.
There is, in fact, nothing certain
iiLJhis world to! death, taxes
and the newspapers.
, i3OQ It .
An apple tree #n ^laysville,
Ky., which 'is, k^owm to have
borne a full crop as long ago as
173o,i was also -fruitful this year,
and still looks green and floi
ishing.
Mir-
The students at the Barre
Academy, in Massachusetts, have
started a newspaper called The
Robin. A free use of the scissors
its nam&ffBd propensity.
The servant who takes found-
lings out to ride in a baby car-
riage from an asylum is ralUnl a
waif-airer.
Cutting off and splicing on a
dog's tail result in the same
thing. Both actions curtail the
canine.
clearing house committee of
banks of this citv, to whom was
entrusted the issuing of clearing
house certificates, have asked to
be discharged, as the certificates
have all been returned and; J?y
the committee cancelled and de-
stroyed, and securities received
and returned to parties deposit-
ing fhein. This closes up the
arrangement by which the banks
hffve m*de a common canse to
chock the pdnic. In evei# w i\
the management of affairs has
been a success, riot -a bank here
having failed, and only some
$550,000 of clearing -cer-
tificates having been necessary
to. tide oyer the period of the
panic. v
New York City Espcanis'. '
New York, Nov. S.—Estimates
for county and city expenses for
1874 top the expenditures of 1873
eight and a half millions.
4i t steamer Over^tfe. , J}
London, Nov. 8.—The City of
Richmond from New York for
Liverpool, October 25tli, is sev-
bral aays ovferdrifc. ^
Dan Sickles in a Closet.
Madrid, Nov. 8.—Castellar
and Sickles wet-c closeted yester-
day. fT
Government. Buyn Sllver.
Berlin, Nov 8.—Germany
sells twenty million thalers dis-
used silver to the tXnited States.
•lOO.OOO Fire.
St^.Louis, Nov. 8.-r=James H.
Thornton's livery stables burned.
Loss $100,000. All the horses
were saved. Insurance $6,850.
Workmen Discharged.
New York, Nov. 8.—Two
hundred and thirty men were
discharged this week ironi the
lumber yards in Greenpoint;
100 laborers discharged at Long
Island City; 100 cabinet mak-
crs discharged in same city;
430 men from Brooklyn City
works, and 300 inen from Pros-
pect Park, at work on improve-
ments there. vTho ribbe? comb
factory at College Point, L. I.,
have reduced their time to 4
days per week, employing 600
men.
Railroad Company Organized. *
Corpus Chri^ti, Tex.|]?0^8.
' —Ccspus Ohrietiun(|Ri(i
Bail road I Dbmp^ny -
here. COl.Thos; H. Rttbtr, M-
merly Collector of Customs at
Savannah, is President.
Robbed.
Salt Lake, Nov. 8.—Evans
Rogers and wife discovered upon
their arrival here from the East
that they had been robbed of
$7,700 in gold.*5* M
Specie Coming.
London,i Nov. 8.—The with-
drawal of three-quarter of a mil-
lion dollars -in specie from tile
Liverpool branch of, the Bank of
England for shipment to New
York, caused an advance in the
rate yesterday.
Pittsburg, JSTov. fWChas
G. Henry, Clerk* frf" th(£ Post-
office, was arrested, charged
with robbing the mails.
Memphis, Nor. 8.—Three yel-
low fever deaths up to noon to
day: two deaths from other
eanses.
Trustee*.
Providence, Nov. 8.—All the
gentlemen designated on the
Board of Trustees at the late
meeting of the Sprague credi-
tors, have consents! to act. It
it particularly requested, that
every one holding obligations of
said corporation of A. W.
Sprague, of whatever name or
nature, will forward at once
his address to Rufus Waterman,
of Providence, Chairman of said
Board.
New York, Nov. 8.— Gold
closed at 107§. Total specie ship-
ments for the week, $299,360,
principally silver bars. Total
imports for the week, $5,022,754,
of which £4,013,527 was mer-
chandise, and $1,009,229 was dry
goods. The sub-Treasurer paid
out $235,000 in gold coin to-day
on account of the November in-
terest, and $63,000 for called
bonds.
A. D. Williams & Co. suspend-
ed from tho Stock Exchange, on
aCconnt of being overdrawn.
Gea. Hardee's Remains.
selma, Ala., Nov. 8.—The
remains of Gen. W. J. Hardee
reached the city this morning,
and were met at the depot by a
vast concourse of citizens. The
stores were closed and business
was suspended, and our whole
people united in honoring the
illustrious dead. The remains
were escorted by a long proces-
sion to his late residence. At
3 this evening, the funeral ser-
vices took place, and another
immense procession escorted the
body to the church, which was
packed and with hundreds in the
street who could'nt get in. After
the services at the church ended,
the procession reformed and
marched to the cemetery, when
the body was consigned' to the
tomb. People of all classes and
conditions united to honor the
remains of Gen. Hardee, and the
funeral, with the exception of
Gen. Lee's, wag the largest that
ever took place in Seima. Thou-
sands were at the cemetery, for
the people loved Gen. Hardee.
Selnia to-day is in mourning.
Candidate for Office.
Washington, Nov. 8.—It is
understood that Gov. Sam Bard,
of the Atlanta Ncic Era, is a
pSmimeiSt 'Candidate for the of-
fice of postmaster of the House
of Representatives. He has assu-
rances of support from the South-
ern members, who claim the po-
sition for that section, and he is
favored by many Northern Re-
publicans.
Civil Service Examinations.
The Civil Service Board have
fixed the 17th of December, at
Savannah, for competitive exam-
inations for the Southern Dis-
trict. Applications for this com-
petition will be received at the
proper departments np to Dec.
5tli. Forms and information
may be obtained by addressing
E. O. Graves, Chief Examiner,
Washington.
Amicably Settled.
New York, Nov. 8. —Tho
bankruptcy of Henry Cox & Co.
has been amicably settled. Drew
was a member of the firm.
Over Dne.
The steamship City of Rich-
mond, which a London dispatch
announces as overdue, is one of
the largest vessels entering this
port, and is one of the latest ad-
ded to the* Inman line. She is
remarkable for size and the com-
pleteness of her internal arrange-
ments. Agents of the Inman
line in this city hope that no anx-
iety will be felt concerning the
safety of the vessel, as the delay
in her arrival is pyobably due to
some accident to her machinery.
Cotton Demand.
New York, Nov. 8.—In the
market for cotton on spot there
has been no relief from a general
depression which has prevailed
for some time past. The demand
from the spinning interest* has
been limited owing to the dull-
ness of trade and the financial
difficulties, consequently their
purchases have been exceeding-
ly limited. The receipts have
have been large, and as a matter
of course, added greatly to the
depression yesterday. There was
a little better feeling in trade,
occasioned by an upward tend-
ency of gold premium. The mar-
ket closed steadier but was not
considered as a permanent im-
provement in the forward de-
livery. Dealings have been very
liberal, but rates continued to
decline until yesterday, when %
steadiness in spots caused a
slight, reaction, and rates closed
with an advance.
Stocks, just before the close,
rallied to the present figures of
the day, but at the final leaving
off yielded a fraction, though the
market keeps strong. Erie is
the weakest lot, and down three
per cent, to 37J for private.
Insurgent Chiefs Shot.
Santiago de Cura, Nov. 4.—
His Excellency, the Governor
General, received a dispatch, in-
forming him that, at 6 o'clock this
morning, there were shot, for be-
ing traitors to their country, the
following persons, styling them-
selves Insurgent Chiefs and Pa-
triot Generals: Beersaba Yarona,
alias Bembela, General of Divi-
sion ; Pedro Cespedes alias Lem-
bero, General of Division; Pedro
Caspedes, Commanding General
of Cienfuegos.
The executions took place in
Washington Yard, in the Gov-
ernment Place, in the presence
of the entire corps of volunteers
and the array jaf regular infantry
and sailors from the fleet. An
immense concourse of people
were also present, and the best
of order prevailed. The prisoners
met .their fatd with composure,
and were assigned burial.
| "i Weather Probabilities.
Washington, Nov. 8.—For
the northwest and upper lakes
northwesterly winds, low temper-
ature and partially cloudy
weather'; for the lower lakes
northwesterly winds, falling tem-
perature and cloudy weather; for
the Ohio valley and thence over
Tennessee, northwesterly winds
and generally clear weather.
Financial.
New York, Nov. 8.—The di-
rectors of the Union Trust Com-
pany had a two hours consulta-
tion without result.
Customs receipts to-day $29,-
000: for the week, $1,356,000.
Money Lively.
Advices from London late in
the day were less favorable.
Monday was reported very ac-
tive in the open market at 9 per
cent., and*some houses had dis-
patches from their London cor
respondents that the bank rate
would be advanced to another
cent next week and banks ac
counts suspended.
Strike—Workmen Discharged.
The strike of brick-layers and
laborers continues, but without
much success. There are a suffi
cient number of non-society men
who work at reduced rates to
meet the demand of builders.
Ttaree hundred and filty labor-
ers were to-day discharged from
the public works, owing to the
appropriation being exhausted
Others are to be discharged next
week.
Cuban IndignatiAn.
General Quesada and several
other prominent Cubans, it is
said, will take prominent steps
to hold a meeting in this city to
express their indignation at the
recent execution of their friends
in Havana. It is also said that
Gen. Aurilleas will soon have
in readiness 600 men to lead into
active service in Cuba.
French Aflkirs.
Paris, Nov. 8.—The three
bureaus of the Assembly, which
deferred naming their members|of
the committee on the prolonga-
tion of President MacMahon's
powers until to-day, re-assem-
bled this a. m., and elected
Count De Demasat, M. Leon
Say, and M. Lacoulayle, candi-
dates of the Left. This will give
the ♦ Republicans n majority of
one in the committee. The re-
sult has given rise to the most
intense excitement. It is said
that^he Right, which on the
opening of the Assembly on
Wednesday last, . submitted a
motion prolonging Marshal Mac-
Mahon's power for ten years, has
offered as a compromise, to make
the term five years. M. Leon
Say, at the request of the Gov-
ernment, has consented to the
postponement of the debate ofi
his negligence for failure to or-
der elections to fill vacancies in
the Assembly.
MY RECREATION DAY.
BY TOM CAXTON.
I had been couped up in the
city so long that I'd almost for-
gotten there was such a place as
the country, almost forgotten the
first duty of the agriculturist—
milking—and when my leisure
day did come, a few days since, I
resolved to have a ride, and, like
all first-class people, go up the
Central, rflly Baker said it
wasn't a trunk line, and I replied
that I didn't want any trunk,
and was all right. He said I'd
pass easier without a trunk, and
lie gave me a small one.
I wanted to take my "guhl"
along, but she told me she'd
strained her ankle, trying to
kick a duck's head off. Her
tow-headed brother followed me
out in the yard, and said that "it
was a derned lie. Sis was a ridin'
down the banisters, and fell and
skinned her knee; that's all that
ails Mariar." It makes me shud-
der to think that I'm destined to
be that boy's brother in-law. I
suppose I am, as my mind is con-
cerned about Maria. Maria sent
a note after me,.which reads:..™.
'•'Dear Caxtan—I'd like to gey but
I'm afraitl people would think we wero en-
gaged.'^ . iLUUA*
Sweet girl! then I murmered a
little, commending her for her
wisdom, and to that brother I
walked over to the depot. I went
to the back car, so that if there
was an accident, I wouldn't be
asked to quit abruptly, and was
about to step in, when a young
map, whose cap was labelled
"Brake," kind of headed me off,
and said that I couldn't go in
there—"that was a Pullman Car."
I looked at him in a dumb-found-
ed sort of a way for a minute be-
fore I asked' -him what it was
going to pull. He got a good
deal of unnecessary vim and re-
frigerative action in his speech
and said: < "It is a Pullman
Palace Car." I studied a minute
or two and thought it strange
that 1 hadn't heard before, but I
was anxious for items, so I asked
"Braky" when old Pull come
over. There was enough insult-
ed dignity written on the man's
Harrard brow, to make a grand
duchess of a .Navasota stone
statue, as he turned away from
me to let in another man and
wife in the car. I had a notion
to make another paragraph to
that man, but when he turned his
back to me, I saw that he had the
Tom Allen build, and I was on
the Coburn plan, so I remember-
ed the discretion and climbed into
another car. T tned HEo"keep a
whole seat by putting a piece of
print paper beside me, but an-
other Allen came alongj picked
it up, sat down, and with the
most unutterable unconcern im-
aginable, asked me if it was
mine. I was making short-hand
notes, and after he had watched
me some time, he asked:
"Stranger, what be you a doin ?"
"I replied that I was Young
Probabilities, and that I was get-
ting the front vortex of the neit
hurricane, and intended to tell
the Chinese when to cover their
tea."
He looked anxious for a; few
minutes, then wanted to know if
I could tell him when the next
storm would visit Jac£ county.
I turned my paper over and
told him it was there then, and
blowing the feathers off chick-
ens and parting the back hair of
cats. "Gemima AmeSfca! you
don't tell me!" he exclaimed;
and then he went bobbing up the
cars to tell the news to his
friends. I was a little afraid that
he'd come back to ask me
whether his mother-in-law had
blown away, and being extremely
sensitive on that point I went
into the smoking car to enjoy a
Connecticut wrapper that Bald-
win had stuck in my vest that
morning for ten cents. There
were four fellows there playing
some kind of a game on a piece
of oil-cloth that had big yellow
l's and 2's, and so on, pasted on
it. One kept singing out, "make
your game, gentlemen!" He
said that better than Joe Jeffer-
son ever said "did you" to the
burgomaster. I expect he'd got
it by heart, for his eyes were
sore and he had eruptions on his
nose, and some other signs of the
gambler, such as a paste dia-
mond and frilled shirt front. I
hung with one leg over a seat
and watched the other three
make game and lose fifteen-six-
teenths ofthe time, and I be-
came so interested iir the their
fortunes that I asked the man
who was doing the choir busi-
ness, "make your game, gentle-
men !" if he wouldn't make the
game a little more square. He
said something about a mill,
down where his father lived, and
added, "none of my business."
I told him I expected so too, and
then he shoved one of his coat-
tails aside and asked me if I was
"fixed." I blushed, and said
Maria hadn't got her "trusaw"
yet, and I wasn't right sure but
she'd go back on me. He seemed
puzzled, and then wanted to
know if I was ready to " pass in
my checks." I told him that I
didn't have any baggage, and
that my Sissen beer check wasn't
good in his game.
He gave it up, and I agreed,
and sat down by an old gentle-
man whom I took for a preacher.
I asked him how his flock and
lamblings were getting along.
He squared round and says he,
"Young man, I'm not a shepherd,
I'm a brewer. "Well," says I,
"its all the same; how's you3f bar-
ley." Then we talked "over the
various modes of beer making,
and %hen we got through we
agreed on one thing, "beer was
good when it was made good.'7
Just then we passed a warehouse
with "cotton" painted on one
side. He remarked that he was
a painter, and the O's in that
sign were good. I said damfino.
He seemed a good deal shocked
for a brewer, and to this day X .
believe lie was a preacher in dis-v
guise.
I went back into my regular
car and took a seat just, in front,
of an elderly lady, and waited for
a chance to make her acquaint-
ance. While I waited, a shuck-
bottom boy came in yelling, "Pa-
pers and Baker's Mercnry-V I
held him by his coat pocket
for a minute, and says I, "boy,
ain't you got that yell mixed a
little; ain't the' Mercury a paper,
too." He studied a minute be-
fore he said, "Yes, its something
everybody needs and wants first*
so I call it a specialty, and make
it last." The old lady was so
tickled that she bought a paper
and then that boy asked if I
didn't want to ask him some more.
I was so affected that I put my face
in my hands* and pictured that
boy's future—Far in the future
I see a stately pile, a building of
magnificence^—men far-famed for
the great deeds of life come and
go at its portals, carriage after
carriage, rolls to 'its doors
with [fair occupants, all eh*
ganee and grandeur, and I go in
to see what it means and there,
in one of those grand rooms I
see that boy—now a man—light-
ing the gas.
The old lady puts a hand on
my shoulder and asks me if that
is Navasota, pointing to the
right ell of a place, ahead. I
told her that it was a grave sub-
ject, pointing to a few fresh tomb-
stones we were just passing, and
it scared her so, that she turned
to a man beside her, and asked
him who was responsible for
such people being loose. She
was looking at a man in black
across the car, and I asked her
when he went crazy, and what
his forte was. She flared np
quicker than any woman I ever
did see, and she says to me,
"what do you mean P "why
that deacon Slowdally f I had
put my foot in it and I thought
the best way was to make her
beleive that I was so to, so I
says does he dally with the lamb-
lings. '
Nava-so-ta, screamed Braky,
and some fellow away back in
the car yelled " ten minutes for
yellow fever," and then there was
a rush. Two master mechanics
in the peddling trade tried to
take out two packs, made up of
table cloths and clothes more
useful to little children than
tables, and they stalled between
the slow-daily legs, the seats, and
a herd-master's clerk. Slow-daily
tried to keep his temper and
equilibrium, the two pedlars
gummed each other with high,
low, square and triangular lan-
guage, and it took a brakeman
a good while to unravel them,
and get waiting mortals oht.
When I reached the platform,
second Doctor Weiner asked lire
if 1 was ticketed for the feveled.
I replied that Weiner had quar-
antined me with juniper juice be-
fore I left town, and I was all
right.
I went across to the hotel and
sat down to have a quiet dinner,
and a talk with quiet Smith. I
got partly across a steak, when
a whistle blew. "What's that
Smith,"says I. "TheHouston
train," says he. I tried to do
four or five things atoneetheh.
I searched for ahalf to pay Smith;
couldn't make it; tried to swal
low a hat sweet potatoe, some
bread and a bit of apple-dump-
ling; choked a little; between
the chokes told Smith the panic
had broke me, and with my
eyes weeping with choke, made
the train, and started homeward
at forty miles an hour. After
the train was well under way, it
occurred to me that, perhaps
that fellow who asked me if I
was "fixed," wanted to duel
with me, when he said that, and
shoved round his coat. It made
me so angry, that I had a no-
tion to have the conductor stop
the train and let me go back and
hunt him up, and I would have
made the request, only I was
afraid the passengers would ob-
ject. Then I got to thinking of
my coming wedding, and other
things, and finally went to sleep,
and I did'nt wake until the
" stop her" man yelled, " Hous-
ton."
The first person I saw on the
platform was Maria, dressed to
kill, with white veil, white gloves,
and orange blossoms in her hair,
and leaning lovingly on a young
man's arm. I approached, and
says I, "Maria, ain't you lost."
"No, Caxton," she said, "I'm
found, and that man did it with
his little"—I didn't hear what it
was, but I strode up the street
like a man determined to do or
die, found Panuell, and asked
him the price of a second-class
grave and funeral, without
plumes on the steeds. His price
didn't suit a man determined to
suicide, so I changed my mind,
to living to spite Maria. One
think certain, I am done going
to the country, or trusting the
other sex.
DIED
At Huntsville, Texas, at 12 o'clock
Friday, Samuel Walix> Noves. aged 39
rears.
He was the brother of L. T. Noyes, of
Houston, nis disease was an apoplectic
stroke, while walking from the depot to
the hotel. Deceased had just returned
from Calvert, where he had been all sum-
mer, and had escaped the yellow fever.
He had been appointed the agent of the
International and Great Northerp Railroad,
and had just arrived to take charge of his
station. He leaves his mother, who has
not yet returned 'homo from a trip to the
North, to mourn him as only a mother
can. His brother arrived yesUrday from
New York, but too late to attend his
funeral. They have our sympsthy in their
sad bereavement
'A'
American
Our liuwr I laving purchased during the
\"
Crisis, at low figures, a large lot of
GENTS' AND * LADIES'
SARATOGA TRUNKS.
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Not having the roams to atore theae Tracks, I
offer them for font dajs at a
Discount of 33 1-5 Per 0e t.
On the Market Rates.
IFIINSMADE & CO.,
The One Price
CLOTHIERS.
Are otferii'g at.very low price*
(iftntleiuMi
and
YAuun
SHIRTS &
Yuitlis Clothing.
WEAR. g
IX' l dj • - -1* **
COL L A R S> ^
Handkerchief^ Suspenders,
HOSIERY, O-XjO-VTEJS
HATS & GAPS, Etc.,
ALL OF THE LATEST STYLES. ?
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THOS. It. FRANKLIN*
110V9 i-dtf
73 MAIN STREET.
N'
OTICK.
FURNISHED ROOMS
f f • i , .
BY DAY OR WEfeK,
13.
ST. CHARLES STREET 13
Convenient to offices, Railroadsand
• ^ Restaurants.
CARS SUN-TO AXD FROM JACKSON
Ii. R AND STOP IN FRONT >
OF TEE DOOR.
Texas Travelers Cordia'Iy Entertained.
HovJ-am
MRS. Wv,H. SLACK,
. ,.:r■:..
J. E. OWENS. , ;,,T. W. KXGUSH.
OWENS & ENGLISH,
r: • ii JKti;- ..'-"-.r.-. ..1 i
Successors !p Sorter & Owens,
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Gen'l. Commission Merchants,
:#•! ! 'ft'**"! {ii t . '• J : •
122 & 124 STRAND.
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GALVESTON,
- TKX-A3.
Manufacturer)' Ag«Bta tot all k'trlft cf mill
and plantation machinery. •
Constantly on hand • full stock of
Amss* Hoadiey Watcrtown acd TTtfca portable
thii
A'ax
and stationary Steam Engines.
Iron pipe and Steam fittings.
Steam Boilers, all kinds,
Shalting and Puliies, t Ku?;-
Portalile Circular Saw Mills,
Hoe & Co's. Saws and Mandrels,
Btranb'a Corn and Wheat Mills,
Smuttera and Separators,
Coleman's Corn and Wheat Milts.
" Eagle " Cotton Gins,
Balaton Gin Feeders,
Cotton 8eed Hollers.
Victor Bugar Mills,
j..
COOK'S sugar evaporators.
Squire's Cane Machinery,
Lever and Screw Cotton Presses.
Simmons Belt Geared Press, t
Sampson Horaa Powers,
Wood Working and Agricultural Machinery
Generally.
ity Bend f jr Catalogues. no
AUCTION SALE.
FR. LUBBOCK A SON sell on Mon-
• day the 10th inst.. at It) o'clock A- M.
10 Tierces a No. 1 Sugar Cured Bams, Fiour,
Bacon, Tobacco, Boots, Shoes, Hats and Son-
dries. ' HOT*-It
SHIN a
J0HS KEITH,
State Agent and Wholesale Dealer in
.Od.'S
XjOJNTO-
1 : •
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Celebrated 0. K. Shingles,
OFFICE ABD TABD: „ i _
Near Galveston. Houston & Hendarson Bail-
road Freight Depot.
Houston, Nov. lit, 1873. n0v8-8s '
69 llnin Street, He
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HARDWARE, STOVES,
BELTING, FACKXHB, HQ££, XTCV. ;
PtrK*f,4 aB fIPE, '
«HBST AND BAA LiAt",
pijow®;
M
tins Five Cat an4 Fitted to Order.
STEAM. GAS ANDWATWR OTrTTSTOS.
v,-;;
• ■ui'fit 'ft ■
Gas Fitting and Plumbing, j
Ofcaadeiiefra, Bracket*, etc.,
Wash Baatas. Bath Tats and att s
-U ' UanoSMtarar oi
Tin. fthrct iron ajsd Copper War*.
I. L. MOTT I HON WORKS, sola agents for
the sale of "Southern Home" and other Stoves.
Bayou City Iron Works.
isi c C3-Q-W 1ST,
Manufacturer of
Steam Engines, Bolivar's Haw Mills,
;-=. v .,;?•! : i > . !
<3- i aa O eayin s '
A. McGOWES'S.
PATENT COTTON TBESS.
Each one is tested, and guaranteed not to break.
Near Cektral Railway Depot,
HOUSTON, - - - - - TEXAS.
noY7-6m m
PRATT'8 ASTRAL OLL
. Absolutely safe. Perfectly odorless. Always
uniform, Illuminating qualities superior to
gas. Burns in any lamp without danger of ex-
ploding or taking fire. Manufactured expressly,
to displace the use of volatile and dangerous
oils. Its&afety under every pos>lble test, and
its perfect burning qualities, are proved by Its
continued use in over 800,000 families.
Millions of gallons have been sold and no ac.
otdent—directly or indirectly—feas ever oc-
curred from burning, storing or handling it.
The immense yearly loes to life and property,
resulting from the use of cheap and dangerous
oils in the United States, is appalling
The Insurance Companies and Fire Commis-
sioners throughout the country recommend the
A-<TBAL as the best safeguard when lamps are
used. Send tor circular.
For sale at retail by the trade centrally, and at
wholesale by the proprietors, CHaS. PRATT A
OO., 108 Fulton Street. New Ton. aug98 8m
THE *EW LOUISIANA REMEDY
fob
Throat and Long Complaints,
Ts a vegetable product of the Bwampa of Louis-
iana, and has created, wherever introduced, an
extraordinary interest by lta brilliant triumphs
in the cure of these maladies. The proprietors
givs six solid pages of names of Bonn refer-
ences, and they are steadily Increasing.
The Lifts Torilc for Poor Appetite, Dy«-
pepsla, thills sad Fsm, etc.,
Is peerless, gold by Druggists and others.
General Depot 106 Camp Street, Sew Orleans.
sept88-2m 7 T'C'
And
rnr Tiff tin i Tan a.
nnlnnaxlnv WC
€0.,
52.......
0Ctl9-tf
...Main Street....
WILLIAM D. CLEVELAND.
-'vtn j.*v-r3sra- r
.~-v tSy-'-,
\£-i •£ js >■£•
•VHHi t a«r, i rati
m KrroHiw Oil
AOIl noils BalBatn ITsgglsg.
H;>0 Boxes all Grades Tiimrn
IK ail Oradet Tlgsn.
ISO asf« Coffee.
SOO aaeks Texas flour.
SO Basrrols New Bsrkwliial
Together with a complete stock of
Staple, Family and Fnne.v Uroeerle s
—«a°S wamtwanr ware.
TEXAS SUGAR AKD STBUP
from ten (10) plantations will hegia to arrive la
a few days and be rold at New Orleans prices. .
PRSOffAL ATTENTION
GIVEN TO SALE AND SHIPMKRT
"■ OOTTON.
of
I 1M> SOT BUT COTTON.
bat handle strictly en commission,ssiW/;<(
fkU time, and during the seaeoa, advance Hl*r-
aKj on consignmeifl*.
Vo WM. B. CLEVELAND,
iole le Grocer Gen Commission Merchant,
37 Main ltreet, Houston, Texas.
—
T. W. HOUSE,
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£
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No. 41 Vain Street,
Houston,
Texas,
ac
dealer nr
Foreign & Domestic Exchange.
EXCHANGE ON
LONDOX,
hamburg,
liverpool
• *
new york.
• new orleans,
A „'I other Oitiet.for safe in mans to suit.
D-posits received, sad a General Banking
Business done in all ita branches.
Special attention will be given to CotLBC-
tkws on this and allaccjsribie points.
augtttf
JOHN COLLINS,
The Grocer and
Dealer
Jl Sr ABKIYKD AND {ON THE WAT,
BEST STOCK OF GOODS
RYEtt BBOCGST TO BuDSTON.
MO OLD WOOD* AT JOHN OOtLI**'.
MILK, BOA*, FLOUR, SABOLIO..
Fresh from the lfinafcrtia j cheap for CASH
CASH ONLY!
JOHN ( OLLINN.
a
£
%
:S
£
JOHN ACHENBACH,
MANDFAOTUBKB OF
BOOTS BK.xx.c3i SHOES
OF EVESY DESCRIPTION
Pratsa Itrast, ant to Dltasa asm,
BOtTKteRJTBU*.
All Orders Promptly Pilled.
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