The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 28, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 23, 1886 Page: 5 of 12
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THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS, SUNDAY, MAY 23, 1886.
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AIM AND ZEAL
Is to Gain and Retain the Con-
fidence of our Patrons.
We have just received UNECTJALED
NOVELTIES in Men's, Youths', Bofs'
and Children's FINE READY-MADE
If you are not disposed to purchase
accept a cordial invitation to examine
the most complete stock of
FINE AND MEDIUM
CLOTHING
ever exhibited in this or any other
city in the Universe. Polite and
proper attention shown to Lookers or
Buyers.
YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND US
ONE PRICE.
We exchange Garments will-
ingly or refund the money,
^INTERIOR ORDERS SOLICTED.
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JJJJ
(SUCCESSORS TO LEVY & WEIS,) '
117 and 119 Market Street.
KEEP COOL.
SPECIAL.
Our Mother's Friend
Shirt Waist This Week
At STRICTLY COST.
0RTL1EB
173 Market Street.
THE CIT1T. '
COMPETITIVE DRILLS.
ORTLIEB
&
BRACH
Are offering this week the GREATEST
BARGAINS ever heard of, consisting
in:
1 LOT PONGEE SILK COACHING
PARASOLS, Bamboo Handles,
10 Rib and Paragon Frames,
at only $1 75, worth fully
$2 75.
1 LOT FINE SATIN COACHING
PARASOLS, Canopy Top, 10
Rib and Paragon Frames, at
only 81 75, sold everywhere
at $3 00.
1 LOT BLACK SATIN AND LACE-
EDGED PARASOLS, 8 Rib,
Natural Handles, at only
81 85: they would be cheap
at $3 00.
This is a Rare Chance to get a Nice
PARASOL at HALF ITS VALUE.
Marriage Licenses.
The following marriage licenses were
issued by Couuty Clerk Wren for the week
ending Saturday. May 22:
Strother E. Pierson and Josephine Mc-
Kerison.
Jno. W. Harris, Jr., and Minnie K.
Hutchings.
Special Council Meeting.
There will he a special meeting of the
city council on Monday evening, at 4
o'clock, called at the request of Aldermen
Sherwood, Goldthwaite and Rosenberg, for
the purpose of passing measures for street
paving, and also for the further consider-
ation of letting the contract for twenty firp
Wells.
Unde 'verert Packages.
The following is a list of packages re-
training in the office of the Texas Ex-
press company for the week ending Satur-
day, May 22, 1886:
R. A. Brown, M. Cline, H. Madden, P.
Muller. H. L. Russell, P. B. Hurst, V. C.
Hart. M. Kaufman, S. McKernon, George
Smith, J. A. Wiltz.
Clerks Benevolent Association.
At a meeting of the Clerks Benevolent
Association of Galveston, held at the Young
Men's Christian association rooms Friday,
May 21, the following officers were duly
elected and installed: Wm. Repp, presi-
dent; C. I). Martin, vice-president: H. W.
Siebert. recording secretary; Geo. P. Wich-
]ep, financial secretary; Max Goettinger,
treasurer: John Becker, warden; 1). A. All-
iens, chairman relief committee:
Two Companies o! Local Military Secured tor
the Lampasas Military Encampment
-Other Notes.
Colonel Henry Exall, president of the
Lampasas military encamament, was in the
city yesterday for the purpose of conferring
with the local military companies at this
point to ascertain their intentions in re-
gard to attending the encampment. The
colonel has reason to congratulate
himself on his success here in se-
curing the attendance of the Sealy
Rifles, the Artillery Light Guards
and the Washington Guards. There is also
a strong probability that the Galvestou Ar-
tillery company will participate. Colonel
Exall stated that the Lampasas committee
of arrangements would furnish the visiting
military with all the necessities, and every-
thing in this way, such as tents, beds and
supplies, and forage for horses, but that
they would have to do their own cooking in
the regular campaign style. He also stated
that he had already extended invitations to
Colonel Otis and General Stanley to attend
the encampment, and it is not unlikely that
they will do so, though it is not as yet defi-
nitely decided. A fine brass band of music
will be furnished for the occasion, and he
thought that everything would be in
thorough w drking order when the
time arrived for the encampment. Lieuten-
ant John Mallory, U. H. A., and ex-Captain
Tom Scurry, of the Houston Light Guard,
it is said, will be two of the judges, and as
they are both thoroughly competent men,
their decision will be final. The following
ing is the scale of prizes which Colonel
Exall notified the different companies of:
For infantry companies there will be three
i different prizes, the first being $200, the
second $100 and the third $r>0.
The will be a prize of $100 for the best-
drilled artillery company; the same amount
for a cavalry company, and a prize of $100
for an individual competitive drill—making
a total of $600, which, it is thought, will be
satisfactory. The colonel left yesterday
afternoon for Houston, presumably for the
same purpose that brought him to Galves-
ton, where he will no douut be as successful.
Personal.'
Henry Exall, of Lampasas, is at the Tre-
mont.
J. W. Crofton, of St. Louis, is at the Tre-
mont.
W. T. Forbes, of Atlanta, Ga., is at the
Beach.
W. P. Graff, of Philadelphia, is booked at
the Beach.
E. J. Goldman, of Austin, is visiting
friends in the city.
E. Wolf, Jr., of Louisville, is in the city,
stopping at the Tremont.
Mr. Oscar H. Cooper, of Houston, is in
the city and stopping at the Beach.
Mr. H. Benson, of Dickinson, was in the
city yesterday and paid The News a call.
M. P. Hennessy leaves this evening for
an extended trip to the North and Europe.
Mrs. Sue J. Fink left yesterday morning
on a visit to friends in the interior of the
State.
M. Sheets, of Pittsburgh, and Chas. Katz-
man, of New York, are booked at the Tre-
mont.
H. C. MacDonald, of Austin, and Geo.
Goldthwaite, of Houston, are at the Tre-
mont.
H. F. MacGregor and wife came down
from Houston yesterday and are guests at
tLe Beach.
S. F. Wood and J. M. Ward, of Palestine,
and Geo. Buck, of Denison, are registered
at the Tremont.
Mr. S. W. Rankin arrived yesterday by
steamer from Corpus Christi, and is a guest
at the Washington hotel.
James H. Shelburn, a well-known attor-
ney of Beilville, is in town on business, and
patronizes the Washington hotel.
G. M. Vaughn, of P unt Rock, and John
J. Haggerty, of Beilville, Tex., are among
yesterday's arrivals at the Beach,
J. C. Iler, the popular commercial tourist
hailing from Omaha, is in the city and
makes his headquarters at the Beach.
Colonel Henry Exall, president of the
Lampasas Encampment association, paid
The News a pleasant visit yesterday.
Mrs. G. W. Smyth, of Beaumont, accom-
panied by her daughter, Miss J. S. Smyth,
are in the city, stopping at the Washington
hotel.
H. C. Camp, T. S. Farrel and E. E. Sum-
mons, of Boston, and N. Schoecke, of Balti-
more, are among yesterday's arrivals at
the Tremont.
Messrs. Wm. M. Cromwell, Geo. S. L.
Sullivan and John A. Davenport, of New
York, arrived in the city yesterday and
have taken rooms at the Beach.
Church Services.
Services will be held at the leading
churches throughout the city to-day as fol-
lows:
St. Patrick Church — First mass at 7
o'clock; high mass and sermon at 10
o'clock; evening service and sermon at4
o'clock.
St. Mary Cathedral—First mass at 0.30 a.
m.; second mass at S a. m.; high mass and
sermon at 10 a. m. Sunday-school at 3.30
p. m.; vespers at 4.30 o'clock.
Evangelical Association Church of North
America—Rev. J. M. Gomer, pastor. Ser-
vices at 10.45 a. m. and 7.30 p. m. Sunday-
school at 0.15 a. m. PrayeiMneeting on
Thursday evening at 7 o'clock.
Grace Church—Corner avenue L and Thir-
ty-sixth street. Morning prayer and ser-
mon at 11 o'clock. Evening prayer and
sermon at 8 o'clock. Sunday-school at 9.30
a. m. Holy communion first Sunday in the
month. Holy communion on all great fes-
tival days at 10)£ a. m.; lesser holy days at
7 a. m. Jos. L. Berne, rector.
The Mount Pilgrim Free Mission Bap-
tist Church, corner of avenue I and Thir-
tieth street. Sabbath-school at 0 o'clock a.
m. Preaching at 3 p. m. and 8 p. in. Rev.
J. Hall, pastor in charge.
Services at the First Missionary Baptist
church on avenue L, between Twenty-sixth
and Twenty-seventh streets. Sabbath-
school at 0 a. m. Preaching at 3 and 8 p.
in. by the pastor, Rev. J. S. Campbell.
West End Mission, M. E. Church South—
Thirty-ninth street, between H and I. Sun-
day-school at 3.30 p. m. N. B. Sligh, super-
intendent. Evening service at 8 o'clock,
conducted by Rev. G. E. Clothier.
St. John M. E. Church South, corner
of Bath avenue and Broadway. Rev. E. S
Smith, pastor. Services at 11 a. in., con-
ducted by Rev. Geo. E. Clothier. Sunday-
school at 9 a. m. There will be no night
serviced
Democratic Doings.
A Democratic rally and congress of
clubs has been arranged to be held at the
Turners hall, on Wednesday evening next,
at 8 p.m. The following gentlemen have
been requested and are expected to address
the meeting on organization, its necessity
and advantage to the county Democracy:
Messrs. Geo. Mason, R. G. Street, Loo N.
Levi, W. Gresham, Geo. P. Finlay, W. A.
Shaw, C. L. Cleveland, M. E. Kleiberg, J.
McDonald, J. B. Stubbs and others. This
will be the opening of the campaign, and
the local Democracy will probably be out
in full force.
The Twelfth Ward club organized last
evening at the corner of Eleventh and K,
electing as president Captain Joe Bodde-
ker; vice-president, Frank Solomon, and
secretary, C. J. Allen, with a committee on
credentials composed of T. Clark, A. Bal-
four, T. Dean and J. Mealy.
The Fifth Ward club will go into an elec-
tion of officers on Tuesday evening next, at
8 p. in., at the corner of Market and Bath
avenue.
Musical Recital.
Mr. Frank M. Ball gave a musical recital
yesterday evening at 5 o'clock at the Ball
High school. It was given for the benefit
of the children and was quite a musical
treat. A number were present with
their parents, and the large hall was pretty
well filled. Eighteen different pieces were
played by Mr. Ball entirely from memory,
and elicited much hearty applause. At the
close of the recital Miss Leonora Blum sang
one of her exquisite songs.
The Interstate Drill.
The project of inaugurating an interstate
drill and encampment, to be held in Galves-
ton immediately preceding the State con-
vention to be Held here on August 10, is
meeting with much encouragement, and
.+€000 has already been promised for the en-
terprise. This practically insures the suc-
cess of (lie undertaking if interest is not
peimitted to lag. At the meeting of promi-
nent citizens and the local military, to be
held at the Beach hotel to-morrow evening,
the matter will be given definite shape.
Hotel Arrivals.
At (lie lieach—W. T. Forbes, Atlanta,Ga.;
John J. Haggerty, Beilville; E. D. Palfrey,
New Orleans: G. W. Gary. New York: T. It.
Hockett, Texas; Mrs. P. W. Yandemark
and child, Clyde, Kansas; H. B. Edwards
and lady, New Orleans; Chas. F. Prehu,
Galveston; Wm. M. Cromwell, George S.
L. Sullivan, John A. Davenport, New York;
C. E. Angell, Galveston; William V. Graff,
Philadelphia; N. B. Techenor, Indianapo-
lis ; C. Kelleter,St. Louis; J. C. Her, Omaha;
Oscar H. Cooper, Houston; S. M. Vaughn,
Paint Rock; H. F. MacGregor and wife,
Houston.
At the Girardin—II. B. Edwards, New
Orleans; G. 11. Decs, Lake Charles; L. A.
Trasher, lola, K».; J. M. Johnson, Dayton;
J.T. llcKee. Dayton; E. C. Genarde, Now
Orleans; J. N. Terry, Philadelphia; Bailey
W hippie, Louisville.
At the Tremont—II. C. Macdonald, Aus
tin; Geo. Goldthwaite, Houston; E. Wolf,
Jr., Louisville; M. Sheets, Pittsburgh;
Chas. Katznian, New York; Henry Exall,
Lampasas; Rev. Fred Leigh, Richmond;
Rush H. Barnes, C. and A. railway; John
C. Frazer, Chicago: H. C. Camp, Boston; C.
.1. Battle, Wharton; J. W. Crofton, St.
Louis; 8. F. Wood, J. 11. Ward, J.McComb,
Palestine: Geo. Buck, Denison; T. S. Far-
rel], Boston; H. Schocke, Baltimore; W. H.
Cannon, Philadelphia; E. E. Summons,
Boston; Chas. Harris, New York; LaddM.
Waters, city.
At the Washington—James H. Shelbame,
Beilville; Ben Campbell, Waco; S. W.
Rankin,Corpus Christi; Mrs. R. Rice, New
Orleans; Mrs. G. W. Smith, Miss J. S.
Smith. Beaumont: C. W. Hays, Galveston;
G. J. Greenough, Texas.
The Houston Excursion.
Quite a large number are expected to ar-
rive from Houston at noon to-day by the
excursion of locomotive engineers. This
will be the first excursion of the season
from Houston. The Beach band will leave
on the early train and meet the excursion
at Alvin, escorting them to the city.
Married at New Orleans.
Mr. P. 11. Mayer, a resident of this city
for many years past, was married in New
Orleans ou May 20 to Miss Bertha Block.
Mr. and Mrs. Mayer have returned to Gal-
veston and will make this city their future
heme.
Flotsam and Jetsam.
There will be a meeting of the ex-volun-
teer firemen this afternoon at 3 o'clock, at
the Washington Guards armory, for the
tiansaction of important business.
11. Schram offers $100 in cash to the Gal-
veston military company that wins the
first prize at the Lampassas drill.
THE COURTS.
County Court.
Judge Austin, Presiding.
Heidenlieimer & Co.vs. R. S. Cox, account:
judgment by default and damages assessed
at $639 50, with interest at 8 per cent.
Focke, Wilkens & Lange vs. Dunlap &
Graves, note; judgment by default and
clerk to assess the damage.;.
Thompson Drug company vs. E. P.James,
note; judgment by default and clerk to as-
sess the damages.
King & Fordtran vs. 11. II. Elliott et al.,
note; judgment by default and damages as-
sessed at $767 14, with interest at 10 per cent
probate docket.
State vs. Hortense Waif, uon compos:
jury verdict that defendant is of unsound
mind and requires restraint, and judgment
accordingly.
District Court.
Judge Stewart, Presiding.
City of Galveston vs. Virginia Patterson,
trespass to try title; case settled and dis-
missed.
Galveston Wharf company vs. the city of
Galveston and J. A. McCormick, city tax-
collector, debt and injunction; dismissed
for want of execution.
llensing, Stratton & Co. vs. John E. Tur-
ney and E. J. Turney, suit on note; dis-
missed by plaintiff.
Recorder's Court.
Judge Fontaine, Presiding.
11 rs. O'Toole, drunk and down; continued.
Nora Lyle, abusing and insulting; con-
tinued until May 24.
Cliris Jensen', Herman Wald, Matt Neil
and M. Jensen, disorderly conduct; $10 or
twenty-Bye days each.
state cases.
Cliris Jensen, Herman Wald, Matt Neil
and M. Jensen, malicious mischief; each
placed under $50 peace bond.
Warren Hinton, aggravated assault and
battery upon Fannie Hinton; placed under
$50 peace bond.
Manuel Gonzales, assault with interirto
murder Mrs. Gonzales; continued.
Removal.
We will remove our stock of Dry Goods,
Shoes, Fancy Goods, Notions, Hats and
Gents' and Ladies' Furnishing Goods
TO 101 MARKET STREET,
next door to Sweeney's restaurant, during
the next week. We solicit our friends to call
and see us there, where we will give tliem,
at all times, Bargains. In the meantime,
we will sell the balance of our stock at the
old stand at a great sacrifice.
The Bargain Store,
Southeast corner Market and 22d sts.
Read
Ortlieb & Braeh's card in to-day's paper.
Notice.
Full band of music at Lafitte's Grove to-
day. Trains will leave as follows: 9 a. m.,
1 p". m., 3.80 p. m. and 8 p. m. Everybody
invited. Matt Larson, Proprietor.
Excursions to Dickinson.
This delightful picnic ground has been
opened to the public. Arrangements have
been made for very low rates for parties of
fifteen people or more in number. Call on
II. C. Archer, Ticket Agent.
G. H. Campbell, Commercial Agent.
IF YOU WANT
a new set of nerves,
NERVAID.
IF YOU WANT
a pair of new lungs in exchange for
your old ones,
LUNG VIGOR.
IF YOU WANT
a good, healthy liver,
LIVER IN VIGOR ATOR.
IF YOU WANT
healthy kidneys,
BUCHUllSl.
Any one interested ill the above remedies
may look out for a reliable medical work,
which will be distributed gratuitously this
week.
Eat Him With a Spoon.
All the go at J. J. Schott & Co.'s Big Drug
Store, Market street, near the market.
As Yon Like It,
so do all like it and praise it, Schott's
Chill and Fever Antidote, the cheapest,
best, safest and surest Chill ami Fever
Remedy ever offered to the afflicted. Cures
Biliousness, Sour Stomach, Ague Cake and
all Miasmatic Poisons.
A Specialty
in parasols this week at Ortlieb & Braeh's.
Save the Chickens
By using Bass' Chicken Cholera Cure.
For sale," wholesale, by Thompson Drug
Company, Galveston, Tex.
Weus. FABGcTfit Co.'s Ixfrkss having
commenced service on the Houston ana
Texas Central railroad and its branches,
are receiving and forwarding by swiftest
trains in charge of special messengers,
money, valuables and freight, and solicit
the generous support of the public, promis-
ing satisfaction as to time, rates and the
adjustment of claims. Ofiloe corner Tre-
mont and avenue A.
Deane'b Photos are pronounced the finest
made. Cabinets only per dozen, Corner
Market and Center streets.
LIST OF LETTEHS
Hmhainino Undei.i\ khkd in this I'ostofkiok
at (iai vj'.ston, Tli.vah, i oli the WEliK kni)
lNii Saturday May ft! Jdtsii,
1. Persons calling for letters iu the following
lbt will please say advertised.
2. Head letters with your full address, street
ami number; write your name and address on
• el till' envelope, *o that In e ■ your eer-
ie pendent Is not found the letter can be re-
turned to you direct.
As ;,(io'n as you elumj*e your address notify
tlie postmaster, which you can do by dropping
u eaid to him In the nearer-1 letter box.
T. A. Gary Postmaster,
ladies list.
Aivia Annette Aigrette II nil's
Butter nirs
Heidi M A airs
(.'ook liainey nirs
Huncuti Kerdatila miss
Doeniliii'j Theresa airs
Davlelson A nil's
Fruzier W I, nil's
Ferguson Dora mi's
' iraves Same miss
Herd Mary miss
Jlensoti ('harldy miss
Jones Nam y
Jones lUina nirs
Kane Aliee
Logan Amelie f nil's
Lyons Blanche miss
Milby A s nirs
Moor Kate nil's
I'arr Lontellla miss
Parker Ilester
liitzler K nil's
Heady -James nil's
smith I, nirs
Toreeeer miss
Ai j ed Martha nirs
Mai'tt-eh Emille nil's
Plonks A K mis
(i.utrel T nirs
Ultzel A nirs
MiKs \\ II nil's
Filw arils Mary
1'imuni Mary nil's
1-1 uliaut Edward
tireen Susan
Haze Corean miss.
Hall Mai v nirs
■ ' tii cs Annie miss
,l;u kson Mary
lici.nct Louise li lnr
Knton Mary nil's
I elisor M mi's
Mix Lou nil's
Maze l.iieiniJa
Mi < ullah Dora iniss
l'mlier Mahalia
l'i ice Annie Miss
liose Annie nil's
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snell Florence miss
Sinis Mary miss
Thomas Annie nil's (eol)Toi'r Nellie mis-
Tninni Dora Verene L s mi's
\ anile Mark Aildie mis Williams Anita miss
Watts Cora miss Wade F H mrs
Woodward 1 M miss Walworth mrs
Well Jeannette mrs William Arsliield nil's
gentlemen's list.
Anderson P Adams Clias
liluck Victor M Butler J
llcivuii ,liio Brucker J W
Drown K Butler C It
lleall Harper Baker l'
Clifford G Callaglian John
( al ter J Q A Charles J
i < hh A Conollv Witter 2
( a.«ey C Cady C M
Crit■/.( r Bert Caldwell S J
t.'enait TE J Duiel George
Palmer Louis Davis C 11
Hern (iconic Emanuel C
Kvai.s Albion F '2 Ferguson It II
l ry Henry 'French Frank
Ft y .John
i.arrott Jack Gruel Henry
(liven Billy Guyot Paul E
Guy Tlios Harris Win
llagene Philip Hauls C a
Jliii ms Chas Huffman It Co
llolnistrong A Haley l'iios
living John Jones Cornelius 2
.Johannsen Severin Joseph J U
Johnsc n Sand Klatt Otto
Klein A I.aborde A
Lemon Gilbert Lander James
l.owel G I( I.ogre Leopold
Morris C Mays F L
Mill tin D S ill MeFarlnnd T K
M:utin Horla S Moor Henry
Mcliols W J Xicolaisen <)
N< vill Cliarlie OttWmF
Oberg Peter Price Current editor
Palm C G riiillniore A
Purcell P Parker L
Poi tear Richard Plekln Peter
Huberts Allen Kagsdale F 2
Ileeves M (; md lteagan P 11
sparks Charley A Sclilrmer F A
Smith D A Selnilz Charles
smith Gus SwarkleWm
shaw J SI-nrpVL
sturtevant Thomas stoneliam Seabron
Scott Mac Schubert Robert
shannon John J
Todd Elmer F Taylor Wm
Torrey D lv Tapper Henry
Vernon Henry V'alz Charlie
Whittier Bradley Washington Albert
Wheeler Ceo Wood Geo IS
\\ allis J K Warn Thomas
Young C II
foreign letters.
Gilbert Richard Gudman Matilda
Gaugliian John Holzmann J
Hodgson Wm Liplzcr Joe
Morini Giovanni Mucke Julius
Nelson John Osborne Mary mrs
Pilling A l'crilli Antonio 2
stelner E
Boucher Eugene Carrcan mdme
sine letters.
Brig Charlotte Selir Deuiony Gray
packages.
Hark: maun Chas Darling John
Peck ,j C mrs Jtogcrs Tlios
Weiss w l, rev.
Washington Hotel—only two blocks
from depot and steamer landings—having
been thoroughly renovated by paint and
calsomine, offers first-class accommodation
at reasonable rates. Special rates by week
or month. Haskins & Carstkns, Proprs.
All-night Cars,
Regular all-night cars commence running
on Center and Beach from this date for the
summer season.
A New Chicago Amusement.
Chicago News.
The latest society novelty is what is
known as the rainbow party. Already it
lins assumed the proportions of an epi-
demic, although it made its first appear-
ance in this city only a few weeks ago. All
tlie young ladies iii attendance wear neat
little aprons of such design and color as
the taste of the wearer may suggest. The
bottoms are all carefully left uuhemmed.
Every young lady has a number, and dupli-
cate numbers are kept in a box, which
is generally placed in the neighbor-
hood of the gentlemen's cloak-room iu
charge of two young ladies. The gentle-
men buy tickets which entitle them to a
draw from a box. The purchaser, having
drawn a number, at once sets out to find
the young lady wearing the duplicate num-
ber on her apron. The tickets are generally
$1 each, but at a south side party given a
few nights ago they brought $5 each. After
all the young men have found their aprons,
or rather their young ladies wearing the
proper aprons, the master of ceremonies
announces the conditions. The young
men are to hem the aprons, and the
one doing the neatest, quickest and
most careful piece of work is to receive a
prize. Tlie young ladies supply their es-
corts with needle and thread, and at the call
of time the fun begins with the efforts of
the contestants to thread their needles.
Young ladies are strictly forbidden to
thread the needles of their escorts, and a
violation of the rule compels the recipient
of the favor to forfeit all claims on
the prize. After the needles are thread-
ed and the young men are at work
the scene is none the less inspiring.
At last time is called and a committee
judges on the work. The prizes are some
times quite valuable. At a west side party
recently the young man who was most
handy with the needle and thread carried
home' an elegant French mantel clock. The
aprons are raffled off after the prizes are
awarded, and when a jealous young man
attempts, as is often the case, to outbid a
rival for the possession of a pretty girl's
apron, the prices brought by the innocent
little aprons are amazingly large. At one
rainbow party the sales amounted to $72.
Her Frankness Saved Her.
Some years ago, it is related, a young
pianist was about to give a concert in one
of the European capitals. Although she
had never seen the great Hungarian com-
poser, she was tempted to insert in the pro-
grammes tlie sent out the alluring notice,
" pupil of Liszt," deeming herself perfectly
safe from detection, as the musician was
faraway. Just before the day of the con-
cert she'took up a" newspaper, and, to her
horror, among the names of the arrivals
at a certain hotel in the city, she read
that of "the Abbe Liszt." 'What was
she to do? To confess her fraud
openly at the onset of her musical
career would be to crush it at once. A
straightforward plan suggested itself. Act-
ing tipon it she went to the hotel, asked to
see the abbe, and threw herself on his
mercy. Liszt asked her a few questions,
and then requested her to play one of the
pieces she intended to perform at the con-
cert. While she did so he stood over her,
suggesting a pause here or correcting a
forte there. At tlie conclusion of tlie piece
Liszt said: " Now, mademoiselle, you can
truthfully say that you are a pupil of Liszt,
for you have had your first lesson. You
may also put oil your programmes that you
will he assisted by your master, who will
play two pieces at your concert." Liszt
kept his promise, and by his disinterested
kindness saved the girl's iequitation.
At Steven's fishery, Denton, Md., on
Tuesday last, a rock fisli was caught that
weighed twenty-seven pounds and mea-
sured thirty-six inches in length.
SPARKS CAUGHT AND SIFTED.
ECHOES (ROM THL IRON HIGHWAYS.
Latest Happenings on the Rail Gathered
bv The News over the Wires and
Through the Mails.
< ai sum apprehension.
El Paro. May 22. -(Special]—The actiou
of the Denver Railroad convention, which
has just adjourned, causes apprehension
among the merchants of this city, and it is
feared that high freight rates will be rigidly
maintained by the action of this convention.
All of the general agents of the trunk lines
at this point will be removed, and the busi-
ih'.-s left in tlie hands of pool commissioners
and local agi ills. All goods will also here-
after be billed to El Paso and rebate al-
lowed only on shipments actually made to
the City of Mexico. This is intended to pre-
vent tlie merchants of El Paso from enjoy-
ing the benefits of the cheap rates given to
tlie City ot Mexico iu order to compete with
the steamship lines running to Vera Cruz.
The merchants heretofore ordered goods
directed through, and subsequently re-
moved them from the trains at this point.
enthusiastic RAILROAD meeting.
Pittsburg, May 22.—[Special]—An en-
thusiastic railroad meeting was held at the
court-house to-day looking to an extension
of the Sabine railroad from Longview to
this place. Hon. H. J. Singletary, I). H.
Abcrnathy and J. C. Hopkins woro ap-
pointed a committee to represent the peo-
ple of Pittsburg and Camp county to confer
with the proper parties before looking to
an extension. Our people are anxious for
the road and will use every effort to obtain
it. The Longview people "are also anxious
for a connection with the railroads at this
place.
railroad men at el i'aso.
El Paso, May 22.—[Special]—Pool Com-
missioner Waldo, of the Texas Traffic asso-
ciation, A. H. Swanson, general transpor-
tation agent of the Houston and Texas Cen-
tral, and General Passenger and Ticket
Agent Faulkner, of the same road, arrived
here to-day. A number of prominent rail-
road men who attended the Denver conven-
tion, also arrived.
to nUILD a new road.
Chicago, May 22.—James Black, of Lou-
don, England, who has been in the city
since Thursday, returned to New York to-
day, expecting to be back in Chicago with-
in ten days. His mission here, he says, was
to agitate a plan for the construction of a
new short line of railroad from Chicago to
New York, with branches from Cincinnati
to New York and from Chicago and Cincin-
nati to Baltimore. The name for the pro-
posed system is to be the Midland
railway. A charter has already been se-
cured. The capital stock is to be $100,000,-
COO. A line of new steamers is to be built
for the railway company. The scheme, as
outlined by Mr. Black, is thus far a system
extending from Chicago to London, prac-
tically under one management. The capi-
tal is in England. Mr. Black started the
project and others in the East and in this
city have pledged financial aid.
SCISSORS AND SHEARS.
the trunk link quarrel.
'llie quarrel that has broken out among
the eastern trunk lines over the question of
percentages, now that the allotment has
been made, is indicative of the result of
such action on awards when taken among
the sub-pools of the west. The dispute is
fiercest on the part of the Erie, which gets
IS per cent., and the Lackawanna, which,
with equal terminal facilities, and as good
service, is put off with a beggarly 1'A per
cent. It is natural that the Lackawanna
should ask why this discrimination against
it had been made. At the same time the Erie
is aggrieved because it was cut down at all.
Then the Grand Trunk is not feeling very
pleasant over a reduction from '•> to s
per cent, and its officials are wondering if
this is to be the outcome of all the sacri-
fices that it has been making in the interest
of peace and harmony. However, as the
Pennsylvania and the Vanderbilts get (JD
per cent they are satisfied, whether the
others are or not, and as the pool is run for
their particular benefit just why the others
should grumble does not appear. As the
Erie canal has not carried its percentage
since the pool was formed, it is difficult to
see what ground it has for complaint. But
the situation is anything but plea-
sant for its western connections. One
of the head officials of the latter voiced
his feelings on the subject lately as fol-
lows; "Itis all very well for President
King. He sits back in his office and gets a
handsome check every month from Com-
missioner Fink for the amount the Erie is
shoi t in the pool, and covers it into the
treasury, without having to support a corps
of expensive freight solicitors or worry
about traffic. The connections suffer from
this policy. They do not get any of the
money, and, of course, the more the Erie is
short the less tonnage for them and the
less earnings." The complaint would be a
just one hail the official not forgotten that
the present policy is to run the western con-
nections for the sole benefit of the trunk
lines. [Chicago Times, May 1!).
george gould at st. louis.
George Gould, son of Jay Gould, and se-
cond in authority to his father, who is pre-
sident of the Missouri-Pacific system, ar-
rived in St. Louis yesterday morning un-
announced, and, after visiting the general
offices and inspecting the Missouri-Pacific
property at this point, departed on a spe-
cial train, accompanied by G»neral Super-
intendent Kerrigan, for a tour of inspec-
tion of the system. The trip will be a thor-
ough one, and it is not known when Mr.
Gould will return to St. Louis or whether
he will pass through here on his return to
New York. Those in authority are very re-
ticent as to the object of Mr. Gould's visit,
but it is generally understood that he has
been sent west by the president
ot the company to' personally ascer-
tain the results of the recent
great strike on the system and to pass upon
any change or improvements tender con-
sideration. It is not generally kuown, but
it is a fact nevertheless, that when Jay
Gould departed from New York on his
yachting voyape he left his sou, George
Gould, as his representative, with full
power to act in any matter demanding im-
mediate attention. When the stri!:.: broke
out and during the greater part of its exist-
ence, H. 11. Hoxie, first vic-president and
general manager of the system, was in
close commuication with George Gould, who
was thus given an opportunity to show the
soit of mettle in him. which he did to his
own credit, displaying unusual tact, abili-
ty, discretion and foresight, and gaining a
reputation for coolness and prompt de-
cisive action in settling important ques-
tions which- would have been flattering to
any man of more mature years and riper
experience. [Thursday's Globe-Democrat.
atchison's chicago links.
Judging from the tenor of articles which
have appeared in the Boston papers since
fbe return of President Strong to Boston,
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe people
are fully determined to build to Chicago.
Not only does .this talked-of extension, but
the position which the Atchison, T>peka
and Santa Fe occupies iu the transconti-
nental rate war, invest its movements with
peculiar interest at this time. Its acquisi-
tion of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe is
of importance to San Francisco and the
State at large, as it will eventually be made
a second Sunset. There is but ,i compara-
tively small mileage of track to be built
to complete the through line via Albu
querquo to the gulf of Mexico, and
ttlien this is done the Atchison will have an
independenl route from the Pacific coast to
the Atlantic >eabonrd. This will be an ad
vantage, the need of which is now sorely
it It 1 , (he Atchison. The expansion of the
Atchison's lines is one of the most remark-
able instances of the kind in railroad his-
toiy. In Is'O the company had only about
thirty miles of completed'road, but in 1874
the mileage had risen to "p().s, and to-day it
embraces, with the Sonora system, Atlantic
and Pacific, Catifornia Southern, Gulf,
Colorado and Santa Fe, and other lines,
about 4000 miles. This statement is correct
as far as the control of the line.-, is concern-
ed. Their ownership, as in the similar
case of the Southern Pacific company, is
an entirely different affair.
cinders.
Concerning the publication of the weekly
statement of through business from Chicago
and common points to the East, which has
been cut off here and appears in the New
York papers, the rather lame excuse is
made that a copy is furnished the managers
for their information only, and that one of
them leaked to bis Wall street broker and
thus spread the figures abroad. In other
words, the speculator has a source of know-
ledge supplied, while the public is denied
figures.
The long-deferred resumption of Califor-
nia freight business by the Atchison, Tope-
ka luul Santa Fe i - a matter of general com-
ment in railway circles. The cause of the
suspension, the company lias held, is the
blockade near Mojave. A month has
elapsed since this statement was first made,
and shippers are beginning to speculate on
the magnitude of the blockade. Speculation
is turning in another direction for a reason,
and it is now thought that the true inward-
ness is down deeper than a surface block-
ade. The inability of the Atchison and the
Southern Pacific to agree upon arbitraries
is cited as being at the root of the trouble.
The earnings of the Chicago and Eastern
Illinois the first week in May fell $2101 be-
hind those of the corresponding week in
1S85. The earnings of the Evansville and
'i'erre Haute show a decrease #f $1303.
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and In-
dianapolis stock, which is now quoted at 4S
cents on the dollar, sold at 07 in the corre-
sponding period 1885, 00 in 1 ssl and 84 in
leSS.
The statement is published here that
Thomas J. Potter, general manager of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad,
has been offered the presidency of the Bee
Line, and is now in Boston conferring with
the officials of his road iu reference to the
matter.
Mexican Items.
The Cosmopolitan says: Rev. Leaudro
Garza y Mora, the Presbyterian minister at
Montemorelos, Tamaulipas, it would ap-
pear from late letters received from there,
is having an extremely lively time, indeed.
Recently some Catholics got at his father
in-law and gave him a beating, and when
the assailant was arrested he was let off
with a light fine, which he did not pay. It
is said the feeling against Mora is very
strong among the people, who threaten to
abduct him and force him to renounce his
Protestantism, and others say they will
hunt him down and kill hiui-
Tlie Mexican Financier has the following:
Senator Coke, of Texas, very truthfully
states, in the preamble to a bill that ho has
introduced into the United States Senate,
that cattle aie no respecters of international
boundaries. With a view of counterpoising
this detect in the bovine character, his bill
proposes the opening of negotiations be-
tween Mexico and the United States look-
ing to an agreement under which the citi-
zens of both-may be protected in making
reclamation of their property which may
have crossed the boundary line. While
the English of Senator Coke's bill is
open to criticism, its purport is entirely
praiseworthy. As a matter of fact, a
good deal of cattle stealing is effected
- in both directions—across the boundary
line under cloak of reclaiming stray cattle;
and what is still worse, the raids of stock-
mtn, even when made with honest motives,
usually end in a tight producing a constant
irritation upon the frontier that is not
wholesome for either country, and that is
discreditable to both. Therefore it is to bo
hoped that Senator Coke's queerly worded
little bill will receive the respectful con-
sideration and the prompt affirmative ac-
tion that, because of its intrinsic merits, it
heartily deserves.
'The financier says: American manufac-
tures can be sold iu Mexico, but the Ameri-
can drummer is not the person to sell them.
A Mexican merchant buying goods, or a,
Mexican farmer buying agricultural ma-
chine! v, desires to deal with some one hav-
ing a permanent abiding place; some one
to whom complaint can be made if the ar-
ticles purchased prove unsatisfactory;
some one with a recognized, responsible po-
sition in a particular city or town. The
great mercantile houses of Germany long
ago recognized these business requirements
and their entire reasonableness and to
meet them established permanent agencies
in the chief cities of the republic,
as well as in many of the more
important towns. The result was a de-
crease in profits on sales,but the great point
was gained that sales were made. And by
adopting this method, and by holding to it
persistently, the bulk of trade in Mexico
gradually lias been brought into German
bands. Now in certain lines—notably in
that of agricultural machinery—the manu-
factures of the United States are better
adapted to Mexican needs than are the
manufactures of Germany. But unless
American manufactures adopt German
methods their goods will be sent to Mexico
in vain. The simple fact for them to keep
in mind is, that to sell goods in Mexico—or
anywhere else for that matter—the seller
must conforn to the customs of the couutry.
For some days past forest fires have been
sweeping over the mountains in the dis-
tricts of Tezcoco and Chalco. They are
said to cover a belt of six or eight leagues
wide.
The Indians in the district of Pochutla,
Oaxaea, have reduced sugar-raising to a
science, even with their primitive imple-
ments. So rich is the soil that they are now
producing light brown sugar at a cost of
only a cent a pound.
A sad picture is presented in the planta-
tions of Piclitialeo, Chiapas. The loss of
the crops, it is said, will be general, and the
yield will scarcely cover the living necessi-
ties oi the people, it is all due to the grass-
hoppers, which have commenced to invado
the plantation.
The cacao crop on the Trinidad, Soledad,
San Felipe, Santa Cruz, Carmen and Cande-
lario estates ha been almost totally de-
stroyed.
The fire at Ameeameca is twelve miles
broad and is traveling rapidly. The damage
so far is incalculable. Great forests have
disappeared which were worth at least $2,-
000,000 to the people of the valley and its
surroundings on account of their effect oa
the climate and the rains. Five Indians
perished in one day by being burned to
death. Huts and hovels have gone down
like straw, and it is as yet impossible to as-
leitain how many lives are lost. An army
ot about 4fHi0 men, including Indians and
soldiers, is tenaciously fighting the fire and
trying to head it off.
Women Physicians Abroad.
Medical and Surgical Reporter.
The Journal de Geneve lately announced
that among the 8(jl students iu the Uui-
\ trsitv of Berne there are twenty women
pursuing the regular course for the degree
of doctor of medicine. This university has
just conferi'd the degree of Ph. D. upon
Mire. Lina Berger, ot the grand duchy of
Baden, who pa.: "d an exceedingly brilliant
examination, r "O ofhei ladies, one an
American and the other an Nustrian, took
the degree of 11. D. at the saw-? time. But
even iu places where we least expect it
arc the women slowly gniningin honor and
power. The University of Helsingford, in
Finland, for example, has conferred the de-
gree of 11. D., after a very rigid examina-
tion, upon Mille. Heykel. This is tlie first
Finn .-li woman so honored, and the oooa-
... .. \. a.- duly noted. A grand ovation was
given to the graduate by her fellow-stu-
dents who, at the same time, opened a sub-
sci ij tion among the people of Helsingford
for a fund to establish a scholarship iu the
university for young Finnish women who
Of ;-ire to become physicians or surgeons.
The '• Rosina Heykel" fund thus far is iu a
flourishing coudltiou.
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