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GALVESTON, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1874.
VOLUME XXXIV.—No. 75.
(Salbtstoir flctus.
Friday, April 8, 1874.
•IC TBAN«IT.
'" We have noticed it ag a remarka-
ble anil edifying circumstance," says
the New Orleans Picayune, "that new-
ly-born journals are invariably de-
scribed in the salutatory as the very
thing for which a deceived and help-
less public has been to" "We
U ... | wtung
/'^""trithuut
Vliono of the
..ave ever been
v.hlv performed! be
Mre introduced to
syrup. Families
it; children cry 1
•functions of socie
•properly and snu
fore; none of them "an ever be again,
sure by the osaistan e of the new spe-
cific. Feeling refeiunce is made to the
benighted state of the community, and
mild reproachcs are uttered against
those who have helped to bring about
so melancholy a consummation."
The amiable and disinterested phe-
nomenon here noted, is not confined,
we judge, to the immediate observa-
tion of our New Orleans contemporary.
The spirit of the age, to the utmost
confincs of civilization, is surcharged
with tha purest philanthropy; and
people o» » cw-'jun aad philosophic
>arn oi mma „ave often had occasion
to admire the conspicuous zeal with
which professional benefactors, of the
journalistic variety, hold out their lit-
tle dippers to catch invisible drippings
from this virtuous repletion, and dif-
fuse the same, in infinitesimal rivulets,
over parched and dreary wastes of so-
ciety. Even Texas, we venture to say,
is not altogether a stranger to this
style of beneficent devotion and labor.
It is to be observed also that when-
ever an enterprise, thus sublimely in-
spired. is inaugurated, things that
&rooped in apparent hopelessness, im-
mediately revive and brighten, and
problems that were before head-split-
tiug, become as easy as the school-boy's
first lesson in arithmetic. At least on
the pages of journalistic thaumaturgy
these magical changes are witnessed.
From this moment 'twere long to tell
and sad to trace each step from glory to
the pathetic catastrophe as described in
the picturesque language of our New
Orleans contemporary. "The future''—
thus the description proceeds—"is
scanned with hopeful and prophetic
eye. A restoration of mutual confi-
dence is discerned, and general happi-
ness and prosperity irradiate the pros-
pect. Everything is lovely; trouble
has ceased; the millennium dawns.
We contemplate with respectful amaze-
ment that small but devoted band of
patriots struggling against tyranny and
the skepticism of their fellow creatures;
we watch them fighting for freedom
and advertisements; we admire their
energy, and we regard with microscopic
gaze their merits and their aubcriptioii
list And then, in about two weeks
or so, the new journal folds it little
tent, and there is wailing among the
creditors."
Can such thing* be at this advanced
stkge of tlie nineteenth century.' some
incredulous persons may inquire. Is
it possible that a new broom, war-
ranted to sweep through the -whole
horizon of reform to everybody's ex-
quisite satisfaction, can sc soon
dwindle down to a stub, without
cither handle or brush, and that won't
even cast a perceptible shadow '{ Is it
possible that the noble fury, the mag-
nificent self-exaltation of this class of
professional benefactors, can come to
sn end so paltry and inconsequential ?
Yes, "tie transit gl«ria''—which
being freely translated, means, as
transitory, as illusory are all the clap-
trap inventions and snares of hum-
buggery. _
Arkansas and Texas.
Henator Moore, yesterday, introduced
a resolution in the Legislature instruct-
ing the Governor of Texas to open a
correspondence with the Governor of
Arkansas, relative to the acquisition by
the State of Texas of that part of the
county of Lafayette, State of Arkan-
sas, which lies on the right bank of
Red river.
The strip of country which it is pro-
posed to acquire is at no point more
than fifteen miles wide, extending
from some seven or eight miles below
the mouth of the Sulphur river to the
White Oak Shoals, a distance of more
than a hundred miles. By all geo-
graphical right, and all regard for the
convenience of citizens of the section,
this strip of land should form a part of
Texas and not Arkansas, as at present.
During times of high water it is im-
possible for persons residing in that
part of Lafayette county which we
speak of to reach the county scat,
which is at Lewisville, on the oppo-
site side of the river, and distant from
the northern extremity of the strip a
full hundred miles.
It is not generally known that any
part of Aikansas extends across Red
river, or that no part of Texas touches
that stream below White Oak Shoals,
which is some twenty miles above
Fulton, the point at which the Cairo
and Fulton Railroad crosses. The di-
vision now is arbitrary in the extreme,
and can only be rectified by transfer
to Texas; the wonder is that this
matter has not been agitated sooner by
the Legislature.
A year or more ago the News advo-
cated the acquisition from Louisiana
of the parishes of De Soto and Caddo,
and from Arkansas of that part of
Lafayette county which is now to be
the subject of correspondence between
the Governors of Texas and Arkaneus.
Red river is the natural boundary of
Texas as between north Louisiana and
roNFUftiox or memory.
In the excitement about the paving
contracts, there has been, apparently,
considerable confusion of memory, if
not complete oblivion, as to some im-
portant antecedent facts and details.
For a mouth or so past the News has
repeatedly published all the salient
features of the contracts, to the extent
to which they had been reduced to de-
tailed stipulations. Yet, it is not un-
i common to hear it said that, until
within a few days past, no such infor-
mation was extant or was accessible.
To illustrate this somewhat remark-
able antithesis, we subjoin sn extract
from one of the publications referred
to :
[From the News ot March S, lSM.j
The following summary of the awards
shows ubout what will have been done,
when the works are completed for which
proposals have been accepted.
Mr. Hugh I'ritchard was awarded the
contract for brick curbing along the
streets named : Strand, Mechanic, and
I'ontolllce streets, both sides, from Eigh-
teenth to Twentv-fifto street; Market,
both sides, from Eighteenth to Thirty
third street; Nineteenth, Twentieth,
Twenty-first, Tweuty-ycond, Twenty-
third and Twentv-f mrth streets, from
Strand to JPoatomee streets, both sides;
west side of Eighteenth and east side of
Twenty-fifth streets, between Strand and
PostolHce, at the rate of ninety-time
cents f»-r ibic fort, including the wooden
cap. tiolfy, «tr j'Syablr '■ bacda of the
city at par. v"
The contract awarded to D. G. Hitch
cock & Co. is for all of the filling and
grading incomplete at date of signing the
contract on Avenues B, C, D, E, F, O, H,
I and J, from Twelfth street to Thirty-
third street, on both sides ; also, on both
sides of Twelfth, Sixteenth, Twentieth,
Twenty-fourth, Twenty-eighth and Thir-
ty-third streets, from the Strand to
Broadway, at $1 35 per cnbic yard in
bonds at par, including tamping and roll-
ing. Also, all the wood curbing outside
of the fire limits, the curbing to be con-
structed of red heart cypress, three
inches thick, with posts of the same ma-
terial four by six, and eight feet apart
and three feet below the surface of the
gutter grade, at 45 cents per superficial
or square foot in bonds at par. Also, all
of the asphalt pavement that may be se-
lected by the owners of the property on
the above named streets, the pavement to
be rolled solid to a thickness of three
iuches, at $1 75 per square yard, in bonds
at par.
The contract awarded to T. A. Wash-
ington is for New York or Philadelphia
brick, at the rate of $1 97 per cubic
yard ; concrete stone, made ct Portland
cement, gravel and sharp sand, inches
thick, at the rate of $2 50 per cubic yard.
The streets along which the sidewalks
sre to be paved have already been men-
tioned.
A contract was also let for paving with
Kuglish tiles. [To Mr. Lucas, at the rate
of $2 50 per square yard.]
The ordinance under which these con-
tracts were made gives to property own-
ers the privilege of designating the de-
scription of material they desire to be
used in their banquettes ; but in case of
neglect or refusal of proprietors to make
selections, the Committee on Streets and
Alleys will designate to the contractor
the quality of pavement to be put down.
THE LEGISLATURE.
The Civilian
To*
on ihe Meeting
nigh 1.
The Civilian of yesterday is opposed
to the public meeting called this even-
ing upon the ground that it can do no
good, and may do harm. The Chilian
does not think public assemblages are
favorable to dispassionate investiga-
tion, and that if a wrong has been
done by these street contracts this is
not the proper time to correct the
wrong. It s»yi the contracts, as first
made, were objectionable iD several
respects—that the price was too high,
and too little time allowed.. But it
adds:
This has been nobly and manfully ac-
knowledged by Mayor Hurley and Al-
derman Ogle. They confessed that they
failed In doing their whole duty in this
behalf, and have publicly assumed all
the blame for wuich they are responsible.
For this we respect them.
The Civilian contends that the pro
posed improvements are very import-
ant and necessary to the welfare of
the city. It says:
In the Bret place let us observe that
the work to be done is necessary to the
health and prosperity of our city. Intel-
ligent physicians, who have the confi-
dence of our citizens, fearlessly and
boldly assert that it is practicable to dis-
pense with epidemics by filling, paving
and similar improvements. They be-
lieve that these improvements would go
a long way toward securing our ex-
emption from fever, and if fully com-
pleted would render an epidemic impos-
sible. Think for one moment of the cost
of the enidemicof 1867, and then tell us
if the whole cost of these contracts does
not sink into insignificance, beside the
social and financial loss of that period of
death and gloom. We therefore hoid
that the work to be done was necessary,
and the Board of Aldermen did right in
providing for its execution.
The same paper further says tbat
the meeting is not called to censure
the Council because they are dis-
honest, but because they have made a
grave mistake in supposing the pro-
posed work is necessary for the city.
It says the gentlemen who now pro-
pose the new contract are intelligent
and themselves tax-payers, ana ought
not to be denounced because they differ
in opinion on this subject with other
tax-payers.
Mexican Wak Veterans.—The
veterans of the Mexican war, residing
in and around Austin, held a meeting
yesterday, and organized by electing
Col. John 9. Ford President, and a
full complement of other officers,
whose names will be found in the tele-
graphic columns.
Capt. Robert Josselyn, who was an
officer of the immortal First Mississippi
Rifles, of which Jeff. Davis was
Colonel, Alexander K. McClung Lieu-
tenant Colonel, and Bradford, Major,
was chosen to deliver the annual ad-
dress.
The anniversary of the veterans is
fixed for the 8th day of May next.
Fun at Ai ms.—Messengers from
their Majesties, "Comtts Rex" and
"Queen Mab," made formal demand
for allegiance from the members of
the Legislature and State Government
yesterday, the 10th day of April being
; selected for the entrance of their Ma-
. jestics iuto the capital. On motion of
the whole of Arkansas, and wc hope ^ Senator Flanagan, allegiance was ac-
the transfer will lie speedily consum-
mated.
In early timasArkansas claimed a large
territory on the west side of Red river,
Miller county embracing almost the
whole scope of country now known m
Jforthern Texas; the boundary line of
Arkansas and the Indian Territory was
then the Kionieche river, instead of
the line from Lanbsport and Fort
Smith, a» »t present.
The Texas line approaches to within
thirty miles of Shrevcport, yet it is two
htredred milei and more by way of
R«d river to" where Texas touches that
Htream. A reconstruction of boundary
lines is an absolute nocesaitv.
knowledged, and the invitation to be
present at their Majesties' levee ac-
cepted.
Govebnob'8 Message.—Gov. Coke
submitted a message to the Legisla-
ture yesterday, recommending a repeal
of the law authorizing the Comptrol-
ler t« compromise with defaulting
county officials. The suggestions of
the Governor will probably be carried
out.
Fine Bananas.—The Captain of
the schooner St. Oeorge will pleaae
accept thanks for a bunch of the
finest bananas we have seen in many
a dav.
r .jMspatches to the Cotton Exchange
State tbat there was a heavy frost in
Northeastern Texas and a light frost
nt Waco on Wednesday night. The
] tei
extent of the damage done to the crop ; fhey can learn of the arts which
is not stated. | to delight their grandfathers.
The survivors of a past generation
will, says the London Tiines, be sur-
prised to hear that Mine. Taglioni,
whose grace nnd eletrance they used to
rave iiltoiit, is still among us, and
teaches the coming race as much as
used
[SpccUd to tho Galcextun Nctc$. \
Austin, April 2,1874.
Senate—Morning Session.
The Senate met pursuant to adjourn-
ment. Quorum present.
iiwyer introduced an act defining the
tenure of office of certain county officers.
A message was received from the
(iovernor suggesting the repeal of the
act which authorizes the Comptroller to
compromise with defaulting officers, giv
ing good and sufficient reasons why it
should be repealed.
Senator Bail, from the Free Confer-
ence Committee on the frontier bill, pre-
sented the report which I telegraphed
yon tiiey had agreed upon yesterday, and
under suspension of the rules the Senate
adopted the report.
Moore introduced a joint resolution au
tliorizing the Governor to open corre-
spondence with, the Governor of Arkan
■as, with a view of negotiating for La
fayeltf county, that belongs to Arkansas,
so that the Bed river may become the
boundary line. Adopted.
Westfall introduced a bill making an
appropriation to pay the contingent ex-
penses of the Fourteenth Legislature.
Ireland introduced resolution that the
Committee on Contingent Expenses ascer-
tain whether some of the employes of
the Senate ea* not b«" dispensed with,
and to report which. Adopted.
UNFINISHED BUSINES6 TAKEN VP.
Senatfiibill, an act to create a fund for
the payment of jurors, with an adverse
report from the Judiciary Committee.
The report was adopted, which kills the
bill.
Senate bill, an aefmaking an appropri
ation to pay certain per diem certificates.
This act was to pay ex-Senator A. J.
Fountain $650 for vouchers issued to him
in 1871. Bill was engrossed, but lost on
final vote.
Senate bill fm«nding an act to regulate
the proceedings in district courts, with
an adverse report, which was adopted.
Senate bill, an act regulating public
carriers, etc., with an adverse report,
which was adopted.
Senate bill, an net amending an act au-
thorizing the cancellation of patents in
certain cases, that is, when a person
finds his location has been patented pre-
viously. Was engrossed, but went no
further.
Senate bill, an act 10 fix the compensa-
tion of :he members of the Legislature,
with an adverse report. It changes the
present compensation. licport adopted.
Senate bill, au act to protect and en-
courage the agricultural interests of the
State, with an adverse report. Adopted.
Senate bill, an act to further regulate
the acknowledgment of deeds and other
instruments of writing, with substitute
recomiucnaed by the Judiciary Commit-
tee, which requires district clerks and
other officers permitted bylaw to take
acknowledgment and proof of deeds and
other written instruments, to keep a
record of the same. Substitute adopted
and passed.
Senate bill, an act to regulate pawn-
brokerage, requires that they shall pay-
one hundred dollars annually to the
State, beside what other taxes counties
and cities may require. It requires the
broker to keep record and give receipts,
also a good bond of one thousand dollars,
to comply with the laws. Passed.
Senate bill, in act for the protection of
t.llft W/Vl) I— * < -■» wiaa,
It makes it a misdemeanor for driving on
the pubiic roads or grazing on open land
any {sheep that have the scab ;J placet
the fine at not less than one dollar for
each sheep so affected. The bill was
engrossed.
Substitute to Senate bill authorizing a
complete alphabetical and classified ab-
stract of all the patented and titled lands
in the State to be made; it requires the
Commissioner to have a full statement
made, giving the number of acres and
to whom patented, and by what au-
thority.
Senator Wood offered an amendment
that the Commissioner shall procure from
Mr. S. A. Reaves a sufficient number of
his copyrighted forms for this purpose,
which Senator Wood stated were exactly
the thing. This amendment was adopted
and the bill passed.
The Senate bill, an act prescribing
the time of holding the annual sessions
of the Legislature requires that the Leg-
islature begin on the first Tuesday in
May, 1875, instead of January, with an
adverse report, which report was re-
jected.
Senator Wood moved to strike out
May and insert April, which was adopted,
and the bill passed.
The Senate bill, an act defining and
regulating legal publications in certain
cases, with an adverse reporr, was
adopted.
The Senate bill, a:i act authorizing
the change of county seats, with an ad-
verse report, was adopted.
The Senate bill, an act making an
appropriation of $t>00 for the purchase
of Winchester rifles for certain purposes,
as per act of the Thirteenth Legislature.
The Seuate refused to engross, thereby-
killing it.
Senate bill, an act for the relief of G.
W. Brooks, with adverse report, which
was adopted.
Senate bi]£ *11 act amending an act
concerning private corporations, with
substitute recommended by the commit-
tee, which is a copy of the act passed by
the. Twelfth Legislature, and is on the
statute book of the general laws except
section 10, which is thonglit necessary
under the amended constitution. Sub-
stitute adopted and passed.
Senate bill, an act to regulate the
quarantine of towns and villages in the
interior of the State was amended so as
to authorize the county courts to have
the same authority over unincorporated
towns as is delegated to the municipal
authorities in incorporated towns.
Passed.
Senate joint resolution to pay the
extra clerks employed by the Superin-
tendent of Education to get his office in
proper order, as he claims, though he
had no authoriiy by law to employ them,
caused considerable discussion.
Several Senators expressed their de-
termination to vote ngainst making any
appropriation to pay any bill which has
been or is hereafter made that had no1
been authorized by a previously enacted
law. Others favor it, saying that from
now onward, but not to go back on what
has been done. The Seriate refused to
engross the bill by—yea>, 8 ; nays, 17.
During the sessicn of the Senate to-
day, the Sergeant-at-Arms announced to
tlio President a messenger from her
Royai Highness, Queen Mab, and his
Highness, Comus Rex, whereupon, four
of their messengers, in regal costume,
advanced and read an order to the Sen-
ate commanding the President and mem-
bers to be present and aid iu the recep-
tion of their high nesseg, on the evening
of the 10th proximo, under pains and
penalties wuich were to severe that I
doubt (joue will dare disobey ; beside,
judging from the appearance of the mes-
H-inpeis, every ore? will find so much en-
joyment, that all the Senators will avail
themselves of the invitations they found
upon their desks.
The principal messenger, who
read the order to the Senate,
must have been the noted chief who
has charge of the camels, and must have
ridden a wild Arabian steed, since they
only arrived in Halifax yesterday ; and
from the yell he gave on departing,
•reminded several of the Senators who
had seen frontier service, of the genuine
Comanche war-whoop.
Several Senators thought, on the first
appearance of these messengers, that
they were a deputation from the Indian
tribes, who have committed such depre-
dations on our frontier, to defeat the
frontier bill; and, If the bill had then
been nnder consideration, would doubt-
less have passed quick'v.
Senator Flanagan introduced the fol-
lowing resolution:
Whereas, The Senate has this day
been invaded by a band of unknown
men, ordering the President to obey their
edicts, aad thereby causing much con-
sternation in this honorable body; and
recognising as we do their highnesses
right to command and our duty to obey ;
therefore,
Be it rexoboed, That the Senate accept
the invitation oI Queen Mab's luerrymen.
and, after the passage of the frontier bill,
formally call on thorn cn the evening of
April 10, in a body.
The resolution caused considerable dis-
cussion as to where they sprung from,
The resolution was unanimously adopted.
('* Old Rip,") President; J. J.Nicholson
and A. J. Dorn, Vice Presidents ; E. W.
Shands, Secretary, and L. P. DeNormadie,
Treasurer. Their first annual meeting
will take place in Austin on the 8th of
May. Capt. Robert Josselyn has been
selected to deliver their inaugural ad-
dress.
It was reported that W. II. Green, late
Steward of the Lunatic Asylum, was
going to leave the city last evening, and
his bondsmen turned him over to the
Sheriff to-day. There has been several
new charges preferred 0gai.1t him. He
should now criminate ail who have re-
ceived benefits through these Asylum
frauds, if there are any, as it has been
asserted there were. He is in charge of
an officer.
The Gas Company are busy laying
their main pipes on the Avenue to sup-
ply this city with gas.
FROM MARSHALL.
Burglary and Robbery.
■«HM»noralB( *e»«ton.
Tha House met pursuant to adjourn-
ment. Quornm present.
regular order.
The business on the Speaker's table
was taken up.
A number of Senate bills were taken
up on first reading, and appropriately re-
ferred.
Senate bill authorizing several county
courts of the State to build courthouses
and jails, and to make repairs, and pro-
vide funds for the same. This is the one
that was passed by both Houses, and was
vetoed by the Governor and returned to
the Senate, where the objectionable por-
tions were stricken ont and then passed
under suspension of the rules.
Senate bill to regulate the right of suf-
frage in incorporated towns and cities.
It gives the power to aldermanic boards
to remove the restrictions to suffrage now
existing in certain incorporated towns
and cities, whereby voters are restrained
from voting for the lack of proper quali-
fications. or for unpaid taxes. Passed
under suspension of the rules.
House concurrent resolution to raise an
investigating committee to examine into
the cases of bribery, fraud and corrup-
tion in the State since 1868. Returned
from the Senate amended by making it a
joint resolution.
Mr. Epperson opposed it, and could not
see how any good could result from it.
Storey, Rainey, Dennian and others sup-
ported it.
Triplett and Galvan opposed it.
After considerable debate, Hayes
moved the previous question. The maiu
question was then put, and the resolution
was adopted by, ayes, 60 ; navs, 1;}.
The Senate bill to further regulate the
proceedings of the Supreme Court was
passed under a suspension of the rules.
The landlord and tenant bill, under its
amended caption, " ren'.s and advances,"
was read a third time and passed, by 38
to 37.
The Seuate bill, to provide for a change
of venue in civil cases, was passed.
The bill t-o create the county of Camn
rtnn passed.
By Lea, introducing a bill to annex a
portion of Liberty county to San Jacinto
county, and presenting a memorial on the
same subject; and a memorial from the
citizens of Harrison, asking to be annexed
to Marion county.
Mr. Barzi/.a introduced bill to incor-
porate the Texas Tea Company. Re-
ferred.
The House refused to recede from its
amendments to the Senate bill reappor-
tioning the State into congressional dis-
tricts, and appointed a Committee of Con-
ference.
The House refused to concur in JSen-
ate amendments to House bill to punish
the taking of farm or garden produce.
The Senate amendments exempted boys
under sixteen years of age from such
punishment for stealing melons and
fruit.
The House also refused to recede from
its amendments to Senate bill for the dis-
position and sale of University lands.
Queen Mab's messengers were here
announced with their orders, and in re-
sponse Speaker Byran said the Repre-
sentatives of the people of Texas, through
the Speaker, hereby acknowledge the re
ceipt of the order and will obey its man-
dates, and also thanked her Majesty for
the invitations extended.
Representative Rainey informs me that
the House Committee on Education have
reported a general law on the subject of
issuing liquor licenses. This report is
on the Speaker's desk awaiting its turn.
Home—Evening Session.
House met pursuant to adjournment.
Quorum present.
bills and resolutions introduced.
McLeary reported from the Committee
of Conference on the frontier bill. Re-
port adopted.
Epperson, by leave,introduced a resolu-
tiou requiring the Chief Clerk to prepare
and spread upon the journals an alpha-
betical list of the members, their post-
offices, county and districts. Adopted.
Business on the Speaker's table was
resumed.
BILLS PASSED.
The following House bills passed :
Bill to aid In the recovery of stolen
property.
Bill to repeal act authorizing counties,
cities and towns to aid in the construction
of railroads, and other works of internal
improvement.
Bill dedicating to ihe use of Travis
county certain lands in the city of Aus-
tin, on which to erect courthouse and
jail.
Bill providing pensions to the surviv-
ing Veterans of tho Revolution that
separated Texas from Mexico, including
Santa Fe and Mier prisoners ; also eur-
vivors of Capt. Dawson's company, mas-
sacred near San Antonio in 1812; f.lso
those confined in the Castle of Perote in
1842, and survivors of Deaf Smith's Spy
Company.
Bill changing the western boundary of
San Petricio county.
Bill defining boundary line between
Walker and San Jacinto counties.
Bill adding Angelina and Houston
counties to the Fourth Judicial District
for judicial purposes. This only leaves
one county in Judge Cooper's district.
Bill to reorganize Young county,
; Bill to create the county of Lea.
The Committee on Conference on the
| Senate bill, providing for the disposition
1 and sale of University lands, reported in
; favor of the House receding from its
, amendment making the minimum price
per acre three dollars, and restoring it to
1 the origlnol price fixed in the bill—#1 50,
1 and the Senate would concur in all other
: amendments. Report adopted.
Brown, of Gregg, by leave, introduced
i a bill providing for appointment of slier-
| iffs in certain cases. Referred.
i The veterans of the Mexican war met
[this evening and effected a permanent
organization, and elected John S. Ford,
Recovery of the Property
4
[ Special to the Galveston 2feivs. |
Marshall, April 2,1874.
On Monday night some unknown per-
sons entered the lio»se of Dr. Dial, of
this city, going to the room in which
Conductor Simms nnd wife were sleep,
ing. They carried Simms's trunk out of
the house without waking either. The
trunk contained $500 in coin and cur-
rency, together with diamonds, gold
watch and other valuables. The author-
ities have been on the alert since Mon-
day. Up to this morning no discovery
was made, when Detective Hale arrived,
and, after obtaining the facts, ferreted
out the mystery in a few hours, lie ar-
;ested a negro named John Collins, and,
in companv with Chic-f of Police Jen-
nings, searched Collins's house, fikding
everything stolen from Simms sewed up
in feather pillows. Tlioy also found a
largo amount of other stolen goods. Col-
lins's mother and sister are now locked
up. Hale deserves great credit for the
skill displayed in unraveling this piece
of villainy.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, April 3.—Wadleigh suc-
ceeds Sumner on the Committee of Priv-
ileges and Election.
Washington, April 2.—In the Senate,
Thurman moved non-concurrence in the
Louisville and Portland Caral bill,
and asked for a committee on conference ;
but there was an objection to it, and it
went over by a vote of 23 yeas to 19 noes.
The adopted substitute of Merriman
provides for the issuance of $16,000,000
additional national bank currency.
An amendment submitted by Thurman
for the payment of a portion of the cus-
toms duties in legal tenders, after Jure
30, 1874, was rejected.
In the House the Alaska fur question
occupied the first part of tho day. The
bill to appoint n civilian commissioner
to investigate the matter failed by 103
to 111 ; the amendment prevailing that a
an officer of the Navy shall accompany
the special agent of the Treasury to in-
vestigate the matter.
The banking and currency question
occupied tho balance of the day.
Nominations—E. Hobbs, postmaster
at Newbern.
Confirmations—Metson, appraiser of
merchandise : McLaws, collector of First
Georgia District ; Snyder, Second Tax
District; Hubbs, postmaster.nt_Newberry
because the President was to attend
to the delegation to oppose the prayer
of the South Carolina tax-payers, and
tho Judiciary Committee of the House
promised to take up the case to morrow.
probabilities.
Gulf and Tennessee, weather generally
clear and fresh; winds mostly from the
northwest.
FROM HOUSTON.
RAILROAD STRIKE.
New York, April 2.—A dispatch from
Vice Presideut Clarke, of the Erie Rail-
road, who is now at Susquehanna Depot,
says that no trouble on the line is now
anticipated. All things are working
well.
Philadelphia, April 2.—The First
Regiment has returned from the Susque-
hanna war.
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
San Francisco, April 2.—A dispatch
from Austin, Nevada, to-night," gives the
particulars of a horrible tragedy in
Smoky Valley, Nevada. It appears
that Chris. Reickstein had been for a
long time jealous of his wife, in conse-
quence of attentions to her by a young
man named Norton, and they had fre-
quent quarrels about him. Yesterday a
man named Osterhaua went to Reick-
stein's house, and receiving no response
to his demands for admission, broke
open the door. On the floor lay the
naked body of Mrs. R. cut into pieces,
and head split open. At her feet were
the bodies of thair two little girls, their
heads nearly severed from their bodies,
and near by was tho dead bodies of
Reickstein and young Norton, grappled
as in a death struggle. Reickstein
grasped in his right hand a large bowie
knife covered with blood, and in Nor-
ton's hands was a dragoon pistol, two
chambers of which were discharged.
There is no living witness to the terrible
affair.
The Hall Investigation.
[Special to the Galveston. A>m]
Rev. Dr. Hammond and party left for
St. Louis and Chicago and the North
this evening at four o'clock on the Great
Northern cars.
Dr. Hammond preached his farewell
sermon at the Presbvterian Church at
8 p. m.
Major Petheridge, of the Poatoffice
Department, began the investigation this
even ng of the charges of defalcation
against Sheriff Hall, the candidate for the
Galveston Postoiflce. The county au-
thorities gave Petheridge little satisfac-
tion, intimating that the investigation
was now a matter for the District Court:
but they told him that Ilall had virtually
admitted he owed the county at least
$8000. Major Petheridge, with the
County Attorney, is now examining the
various accounts ou the charges prefer-
red.
STATISTICAL.
Washington, April 2.—Among the
statistical investigations reported in the
current monthly of the Department of
Agriculture are the following: An in-
quiry concerning the most profitable
crops in each State and its relative cost
and profit in comparison with other crops,
showing the effect of soil, climate and
other circumstances in popularizing a
particular branch; of a rotation, and the
encouragement ot local specialties ; the
tendency of agricultural improvements ;
indicating the progressive and non-pro-
gressive local ills, and illustrating the
prevalent activity of the rural mind.
The main points in this progress relate
to the economy and efficiency of labor,
and a systematic and rational process for
its employment and advanced skill in its
decision.
Another series of returns from abont
300 cotton-growing counties relate to the
quality of the present cotton crop, the
local causes of the injury, and the com-
parative prominence of each, especially
those due to insect ravages, showing the
rate of progress of caterpillar areas vis-
ited and the character of the injury, with
other colli ctions of fact beariug on the
crop.
Another investigation may be consid-
ered a virtual census of a large portion
of tobacco area, being a direct estimate,
with the aid of county assessors, of the
number of pounds, number of acres, and
the value in the planters' hands in 140
counties, which aggregate a production
of 818,000,000 pounds on 320.000 acres in
the same counties in 1869.
They returned through the census
176,000,000. The same rate for unre-
verted area would make the total pro-
duction 370,000,000. The apparent in-
crease is forty-one per cent, the real dif-
ference very little. The census is not
returning the full amount.
THE TURF.
Selma, Ala., April 2.—In the Selma
Exposition Jockey Club, first day, the
first hurdle race, one and a half miles,
Chief Engineer won in ; Fireball
second, Joe Johnson third, and Nashville
Harry fourth. In the second race, one-
half mile dash, Lucretia won in 1:44;
Fardaleit second, and Belle of Australia
third. In the third race, mile heats,best
two in three, Bessie Lee won in ionr
heats ; time, 1:53J. 1:53}, 1:58J.
ELECTION.
Providence, R. I., April 2.—Election
yesterday: light vote; no Democratic
nominees; several Prohibitionists badly
for
THE BRYAN TRAGEDY.
STEAMER SUNK.
New York, April 2.—A dispatch from
Portsmouth, Va., says the steamer Com-
merce, of Baltimore, loaded with mer-
chandise, struck on a snag in Albermarle
Sound, near Plymouth, yesterday, and
sunk. Wreckers have gone from this
city to her aid.
MARKETS.
BILBOA.
London, April 2.—The Times says it
has authentic advices from the scene of
war before Bilboa, to April 1, which
shows that the Republican troops have
taken no position since March 25. Three
days armistice, in which Bilboa was not
included, was agreed upon for the burial
of the dead. In the meantime the bom-
bardment of the city continues.
Gen. Caballoro De Rhodas with 5000
men, is advancing by forced marches to
aid Marshal Serrano.
MISCELLANEOUS.
suspension.
New York, April 3.—J. H. Elliott,
cotton broker, has suspended.
bill signed.
Philadelphia, April 2.—The Mayor
has sigued the one million centennial
bill, which passed the City Council to-
day. A certified copy has been trans
initted to Washington to night.
heavy frost.
Memphis, April 2.—Heavy frost here
last night, and some ice formed. It is
believed the fruit crop is eeriously in
jured.
the fisheries.
Ottawa, April 2.—A. J. Smith, Master
Warden of Fisheries, leaves for Wash-
ington to-day to take part in the negotia-
tions on the'fishery and reciprocity treaty
between Canada and the 1 uited States.
Fort Soott, April 2.—In the District
Court, yesterday, a verdict^ of £100,000
was rendered in favor of tort Scott vs.
Kansas and Texas Railroad.
New York, April 2.—The Hudson is
free from ice.
Columbus, 0., March 2.—The coal
miners of Ilerekin \ alley have struck.
Police have been sent to keep order.
Domestic.
New ¥ork, April 2 — Noon.—Gold
opened 113i.
Stocks active. Money 4. Gold 113J.
Exchange—long $4 85$: short $4 88|.
Cotton dull: sales 971 bales; Uplands
17c; Orleans 17fc.
New York, April 2.—Evening.—Cot-
ton, net receipts 143 bales, gross receipts
1442 bales.
The market for cotton for future deliv-
ery closed steady; sales 13,700 bales, at the
following quotations :
April 16 7-32c.; May 10|<a,lti 25-32c.:
Juno 17 3-32c.; Julyl7+c.
Cotton dull and declining ; sales 1793
bales at 17@17|c.
Money is easy at 4@o. Sterling Ex-
change dull at $4 85J. Gold strong
at 1134@113f. Government bonds dull
but strong. State bonds quiet and nom-
inal.
New Obleanb, April 2.—Flour dull
and has declined 25c.; treble extra $5 75
lcL7 50: family $7 75-Corn firm; mixed
76c.; white 77(®80c. yellow 80@82c. Oats
weaker at 63c. Bran—100 sacks received
and sold at $1 40. Sugar in fair demand;
common Cjc.; fair to fully fair 7@7Jc.;
prime 8A<38}c. Whisky dull; St Louis
rectified 90c.; Louisiana 95;<t90c. Corn
meal firmer at $3 40.
Other quotations unchanged.
Cotton quiet; sales 4100 bales, as
follows; Good Ordinary to strict Good
Ordinary 13f@14Jc.; Low Middling to
strict Low Middling 15f@15fe.; Mid-
dling to strict Middling 16i@16fc.; Good
Middling 17i(uil7ic.
Receipts to-day, 1007 bales, exports
to tho Continent 2144 bales, ex-
ports coastwise 9 bales, exports to
Great Britain 3684 bales; stock 238,-
510 bales, stock unsold 134,800 bales.
Gold 113. Sight par. Sterling Ex-
change *5 444<35 48J-•
Foreien.
London, April 2—Noon—Consols 92@
92£. Erie 34J."
Liverpool, April 2.—Noon.—Cotton
dull and unchanged ; sales 8000 bales
tncluding 1000 bales for speculation and
export.
Sales since last report 51,000 bales;
of which 8000 were for export and 5000
for speculation: stock 751,000, including
382,(WO balos American; receipts since last
report 98,000 bales including 59,000 bales
American; actual exports 11,000; sules
include 5300 bales of American: stock
afloat 490,0(H) bales, including 304,000
bales American.
The market for cotton for future de
liverv opened at the following quotations:
Sales of Uplands not below Good Ordi
nary delivery in June and July 8|d.; Up-
lands not below Low Middling delivery
in April 8Jd.
London, April 2—Evening.—Bullion
Increased £500.000
Pap.is, April 2.—Rentes 59f. 75c.
FOREIGN.
London, April 3.—A dispatch from
Melbourne says Rocbefurt and his party
started for London via California.
The ship Ariel, from Pensacola to Liv-
erpool, got aground on the coast of
Pembroke, Wales, and will break up if
bad weather eontinues.
London, April 2.—Tho Marquis of
Devonshire is doad.
QuEENSTOWN, April 3.—The bark
Live Oak, which arrived here to-day
from New Vork, lost several men over-
board on her passage.
Additional Particulars.
Railway Consolidation •
The St. Louis Times says the various
interests in the Iron Mountain and
Cairo and Fulton roads, embracing 700
>nules, from St. Louis to Fulton, on
the frontier of Arkansas, where the
line connccts by bridge over the Red
river with the Texas roads, are about
to be consolidated. The stock of the
Iron Mountain proper, $10,000,000 in
amount, is taken in at 115 per cent.,
and the stock of the Cairo' and Arkan-
sas connections, $16,000,000 in
amount, at 60 per cent. And there is
to be a reserve of $5,000,000 of the
consolidated stock of the " St. Louis,
Iron Mountain and Southern Railway,"
(the newly formed corporation), for
future contingenciet-in equipping the
whole line, and for such other ita-
provcm juts as may be needful for its
efficiency and growing business.
Since Queen Victoria took her place
on the English throne, thirty six years
ago, every other throne in Europe,
from the least unto tho greatest, has
changed its occupant.
Galveston Cards.
winter viun.
j. h. ve:;mckrbolz.
[Sptciiti to the Galveston
Bryan, April 2,1874.
It is confirmed that three of the black-
hearted villains were hung iu the Brazos
bottom yesterday, and two more last
niglit, making seven in all, with the two
who were hung here. There is a proba-
bility of Mr. Leak's recovery. Mrs.
Leak is very weak and slowly re-
covering. These negroes that were hung
are probably all that had a hand in the
outrage.
FROM HEMPSTEAD.
[Special to the Galveston Neicx. J
Hemi-stead, April 2,1874. *
A sharp frost hew and all tender vege-
tation wilted. Fruit is not materially in-
jured. Weather beautiful after five
weeks of rain.
The District Court is hard at work.
A deputation of house-breakers and
car robbers are en rou.c for Huntsville
this morning. One fellow guts fourteen
years. He robbed four houses in one
night.
nUGBLLlNEftl'S.
The total indebtedness of Cleveland
is $4,372,300, and her tax rate $2 40.
The flrstcolored student in the theo-
logical school at Yale will graduate
this year.
A saloon keeper in Des Moines has
put over his door the following: "But
when thou prayest, enter into thy
closet—not into somebody else's rum
shop."
It is announced that the trustees in
bankruptcy of Jay Cooke & Co. will
pay a first dividend some time next
month.
The London Spectator thinks the
Ohio women's anti-whisky war is a
marvellous mixture of deep piety and
reliance on lynch law.
The Baptists of Boston have volun-
tarily decided to urge upon the Legis-
lature of the Bay State tho justice of
taxing church property.
Artemus Ward once observed that
he approved of temperance hotels,
although be thought as a rule they
sold worse liquor than the other kind".
It will take at least twenty years
more to build the spires of Cologne
Cathedral to the required altitude of
600 feet.
Brick Pomerov, once a millionaire, is
now possessed of only about $13,000,
it is said.
The Richmond Enquirer thinks Vir-
ginia is recovering more rapidly from
her prostration and desolation by the
war than the most sanguine of her
sons at first expected.
The Nashville Board of Aldermen,
at their last meeting, passed a bill pro-
viding for the levying of a two mill
tax to pay for the erection of a ftre
alarm telegraph, to cost $23,500.
The Appeal states that the streets
and alleys of Memphis are now cleaner
than they have been for years.
The people living near the Upper
Potomac are petitioning the Maryland
Legislature to construct fish ways over
the falls and dams in the lower part of
the river, so as to allow the shad and
salmon to come up.
The waters of the following naviga-
ble streams in Virginia are being im-
proved by the intervention of the
Unite;! states, viz: Accotinck creek,
below Fredericksburg, Nomini creek,
James river, Appomattox river below
Petersburg, southern branch of the
Elizabeth river, and Nanscmond river.
The compulsory education bill,
which has been before the Illinois
Legislature for some time, was killed
in the Senate.
Father Drunou. a Roman Catholic
priest, at St. Albans, Vermont, is a
competitor for the $100,000 prize for
team canal navigation.
Five of the most famous brewers in
the British Kingdom arc members of
the new British Parliament—the two
Basses, Guineas, Allsop and Coope.
These names are familiar in this coun-
try, and their ales will now be more
than ever sought after. There is
something in a name after all.
The forthcoming annual report of
the New York Chamber of Commerce
will show that the increase in the for-
eign commerce of the port of New
York, which was $139,225,849 for the
fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1871, was
only ^54,332,768 in 1873, while the in-
crease at all other United States ports
during the same period rose from $1.-
349,520 to $74,238,220.
The Washington Chronicle says :
President of the Union Pacific, Dil-
lon, and of the Kausas Pacific, Carr,
were before the Pacific Railroad Com-
mittee of the House on Friday, rela-
tive to the charge of discrimination
by the former against the latter road.
The charge was not denied, and some
feeling is erhibitcd by committeemen
for such illegal discrimination.
The Washington Chronic e says the
Committee on Public Lands are dis-
posed to favor such legislation as will
induce the Russian Mennonites to emi-
grate hither. A resolution was passed
yesterday in committee to this effect.
About 1000 of these people are com-
ing this season, and 10,000 will come
next year if such legislation is had as
will enable them to settle in a body.
The widow of Capt. Hall, of Arctic
exploration fame, is before Congress
praying for aid. She recounts the ex-
ploits of her husband in behalf of the
government, aud recites her own des-
titute condition.
Lamartine was asked by a friend if
he did not spend too much in adver-
tising. "No," was the reply, "ad-
vertisements are absolutely necessary.
Even Divine worship needs to be ad-
vertised. Else what is the meaning of
church bellsi"
A Nebraska journal invitingly says:
"Who says farmers can not get rich
in this State? Fifteen years ago a
young man cime to the State without
a dollar in the world. Last week he
went out of the State, carrying with
him the sum of one hundred and
thirty-tight cents, the savings of fifteen
years of frugal life. Come West, young
man; come West."
Mr. Vincent, in his book on "The
Land of-the White Elephant," says
that the Burmese men are all tattooed,
from the hips to the knees, with a
blackish-blue pigment., and some have
punctured spots upon the upper part
of the body, stained a Vermillion color.
Gentlemen also paint their legs over
with representations of cats, dogs,
tigers and other animals.
An extremely sharp nnd intelligent
American gentleman from the West
once walked into the office of Di. C.
T. Jackson, the chemist. "Dr. Jack-
son, I presume?" said he. "YTes, sir,
"Are you alone?" "Yes, sir." "May
I lock the door J" And he did so; _then
looked behind the sofa, and satisfied
himself that no one else was in the
room, he placed a large bundle, done
up in a yellow handkerchief, ou the
table, and opened it. "There, doctor,
look at that!" "Well," said the doc
tor, "I see it." "What do you call
that doctor?" "I call it iron pyrites."
"What!" said the man; "isn't that stuff
gold?" "No," said the doctor, "it's
good for nothing; it's pyrites." And
putting some over the fire in a shovel,
it soon evaporated up the chimney.
"Well," said the gentlemanly man,
with a woe begone look, " there's
widow up in our towu has a whole hill
of that, and I've been and married
her."
■yyINTER WALKER & CO.,
HIDES, WOOL, ETC
So. 8 Sthand, GALVESTON TEXAS.
mhOD-Wly too
Stowe&Wilmerding
COTTON FACTORS
And Commission Merchants.
GALVESTON.
Liberal eaau advances on consignments of
Cotton to our address, to Duncan, Sherman
£ c£x N?y,X°,r£-,Xr?OSS,raS- BAHI&O Bit<*5.
& CO., LIVERPOOL. Telegraphic transfers
of money to New York. Exchange foarsalo
on ail points in Great Britain or ou the Con-
tinent. JaD-'riD&VlT
J. CARROLL SMITH, A.. J. BCllES,
Oalreston. Honeton.
flUSK 8. BURKE, Houston.
J C. SMITH & CO.,
Cotton and Wool Factors and
Commission Jlercliantk,
131 STKAND. GALVESTON 131
July IS TS-D&Wly V
. a. BRAXDON, J. D. ERAUAK W. T. rCHVIASC*.
BRANDON, BRAM^N & €0.,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
GENERAL COMMISSION it ii'RC HANTS.
S4 Strand, OalVRstou, Texas.
Successors to Brandos & Vardell and 1. D.
Braman A Co. JeSD-TW-Wly
J. 8. GRJKXAN, B. G. Di VAL.
late of Grinnan A WaylAnd | late of Tyter,
Jefferson Tela®. Texas
RINNAN & DUVAL,
Cotton Factors,
—and
General Commission Merchants,
OFFICE
Orer Texas Banking and Insurance Company
STRAND. GALVESTON. TEXAS.
Liberal cash advanced made on cotton, hides
wool, and other produce. Baling and ties
furnished to customers, on application, at the
lowest cash prices. jly 1-iDA W ly
chas. h. lkk.
Fayette Co.
J. J. m Bains,
Leon Co.
J^EE, McBRIDE & CO.,
cottox factors.
And General Commission Merchants.
Hendley Building,
STRAND, GALVESTON, TEXAS.
aug3D-Wly
w. x. m alpine,
Galveston.
J AS. BAL.DRIDOS,
Washington Co
jyjToALPINE & BALDUIDGE,
COTTON FACTORS
—AND—
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
HENDLEr BUILDINGS, STRAND,
myl2'73D-Wiy Galveston, Texas.
;yj~OOI)Y & JEMISON,
FACTORS FOR THE SALE OF
Cotton, Wool, Hides, &c.
Galveston. Texas
julySD-TW-Wly
A. Flake & Co.,
DEALERS O GROCERIES
—AND—
LANDRETB'S
Philadelphia Garden,Field & Flower
Seeds-
Onion Sets, Buttons, Seed Potatoes, and
Ornamental Shrubberry to order,
The New Crop ot 1873.
orders at Philadelphia prices.
nOYieD-TW&Wly
J B. TURNLEY,
General Commission Merchant,
Cor. Strand and Twenty-secoud St., up-ttairs.
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
Special attention given to Cotton,JWool,
Hides, etc.
n rli D&7?3m
^LFRED MUCKLE.
Cotton Factor,
AND RECEIVING AND FORWARDING
Commission Merchant,
STRAND GALVESTON. ...TEXAS.
aD6'73 TWWly
j. (acrrjtax. jclius scnos.
CHAS. F. HOHOR8T.
AUFFMAN & RUNGE,
Commission Merchants dc Cotton
Factors,
DKALERS IN GROCERIES,
Importers of Coffee, Wines & Liquors,
aprl'74 tf Galveston. Texas.
f. hitchcock
j. a. hitchcoct
F,
hitchcock's sons,
SHIP CHANDLERS.
Canvas and Duck for Sails, Tents and Tar
pauline, Naval Stores, Paints and Oils
Boats, Oars and Spars, Manilla and
Hemp Rope, all sizes; Blocks and
Sheeves for Ferries, Presses,
etc., etc.,
ap5'73 67 and 69 Strand. GLllvkston. Dly
fknelon cannon.
geo. williams,
Brazoria Co
0ANNON & WILLIAMS.
COTTON AND WOOL FACTORS
And General Commission Merchants,
STRAND, GALVESTON, TEXAS.
Libeial cash advances made on all consign-
ments of Cotton, Wool, or other produce foj
sale or shipment. oc^6 '73 Dly
W. B. Nosris. J. C. JONKB.
JyJ"ORRIS & .TONES.
COTTON FACTORS,
Shipping & Commission Merchants
117 STRAND, GALVESTON. TEXAS.
Liberal oash advances on Cotton, Wool and
other Produce, iB hand or lor shipment.
janH'71 ly
JUST RECEIVED,
AND NOW LANDINQ,
8,000 sacks Coarse Liverpool SALT.
For sale low troir wharf.
In Store and Bond.
10,000 sacks Coarse Liverpool SALT.
3,000 sacks Fine Liverpool SALT.
2,000 bbls. Hydraulic Roaendale CEMENT.
00 bbls. MARl ^E DP8T.
400 bbls. best PLASTER PARIS.
5,000 FIRE BRICKS.
5,000 pounds PLASTERING HAIR.
50 bbls. Finishing LIME.
Also—FIRE CLAY, SHARP SAND, etc.
Fob Sale Lot By
C. W. ADAMS & CO.
ap3-73-Dly Cor. Mechanic and 24th Stt
Professional Car*!*.
J>ALLENGER, JACK & MOTT,
Attorneys and rairaW||an at
Law,
So. 129 P&stoffice Street,
novJlD-TWtf GAIjVESTON. TKXAK.
H
F
prrsciiKE, m. ix,
• Surgeon, Oculist A Dentist,
SCHULENB0RO,
mrll 3m Fayette Co., Texas.
b. l. foard.' wells thompson. geo m'corkics
OARD, THOJIPSON & McCOH-
MICK,
Attorneys at Law,
Columbus, Texas.
Will practice In all the Courts of the Sl*t e o
fexaa. je29DIy
w.
J. MONTH OMWV
ATTOHNEY AT LAV,
AUSTIN, TEXAS.
Will practice in the Federal, Supreme and
District Courts, at Austin.
Will collect claims against the State and
individual*, and remit proceeds promptly.
jalO D&Wikn
Robert o. street, attorney
AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
Osterman Building, cor. SSd St and Strand,
~ — £a
a 1
feNSD-Wlv
Galveston, Texas. Practice in State and
Federal Courts ai Galveston, and m the 8a-
preme Court of the State.
J^OBERT S. GOULD,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
Balljnger & Jack Bn*.t)i3ia,
Postofflce Street,
fel5 ly Galveston, Texas.
wm. r. oaine8, robt. b. wam>.
Q.AINES & WARD,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
AUSTIN, TEXAS.
Will practice In the Supreme and federal
Courts, and In the District Courts of Travis
and adjoining counties. Prompt attention
given to land business in all of iu branches,
fell 3m
jp charles hume,
Attorney and Solicitor.
OFrics:
felO ly BALL1NG2H JACK'S BUILDING.
C. McLEMORE,
Attorney at Law.
office:
felO ly BALL1NGER A JACK'S BUILD1K*.
A. AND L. THOMPSON, JR., &
McKINSTRT,
Attorneys at
ROOM 2, BALLINGER & JACK BUILDING.
nov30Dtf Galveston.
TBOS, M. JOSEPH, NORMA* 8. trTTRBU.
TOSEPH & KITTRELL, ATTOR-
tt NKYS-AT-LAW,
galveston texa j
Office—Corner Poetofflce snd Aid Street.
mayl9Dly
n. p. garrett . e. l. antony
f^ARRETT & ANTONY,
*1?. - ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND LAND
AGKNTS, Cameron, Milam County, Texas.
mr7 3m
QFFICE CITY ENGINEER,
Corner Twenty-flrst Street and
Avennc G,
A BItAM CROSS.
_myl4Dly.
J. LEWIS, J. L. CCNOLY, R D. SWAIN,
Kosse. Tehuaeana. Late with
•1. H. Littlefleld & Co.. Corsicana
J^EWIS, CONOLY & SWAIN,
Cotton Factors nnil Commission Mer-
chants.
iloody & Jemisoa's Sew Building,
GALVESTON. .... TEXAS.
feSS '7-ItSm
W. C. Howard. D. T. Iqlehaht,
late of late of Iglehurt & Leonard.
Calvert. H. & T. C. Railroad.
JJOWARD & IGLEIIART,
COTTON FACTORS,
GENERAL COMilltsifS" MERCHANTS.
Strand. Galveston.
(In Moody & Jeuisok's Bvildio.n)
fe8 '74 Gm
n. h. rick br.
N.
H. RICKER & CO.,
R. P. SAROENT
WAREHOUSEMEN', AND
FORWARDING AOJEXTF.
All Frnight consigned to us, destine'! for
the interior of Texas, forwarded by way of
G., H. and H. R. R., free of aJl fot warding
charges.
Iron Safes and Heavy Machinery removed.
Hoisting horses and mules always on haad,
and furnished at short notice. P* O. Bo* 717.
Office, HURLEY'S BUILDING,
Between Nineteenth and Twentieth street*,
East »TRAN1>, Galveston, Texas.
janl4 *74 ly*
c. c. dibrell. w. g. dibbelu
john c. hodges, jr.
J^IBRELLS & HODGES,
MERCHANTS,
Corner Strand and Centre Streets
feblS '74 ly GALVESTON.
8PORLEDER,
Commission Merchant,
—AND—
MANUFACTURERS' AGENT,
No. TO Tremont St., L. II. Wood**
Iron Front Huildlng.
JOHN D. ROOiCHS. J. k. R0UZRT80K.
JOHN D. ROGERS Jfc CO.,
COTTON PACrOKS
And General Commission Merchants,
(Insurance Building,)
No. 61 STRAND. GALVESTON. TEXAS.
mr~ Agents for GRAY'S COTTON PRESS.
aplO'TSDly
JgLOCK, MASSIE & CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
And General Commission Merchants,
60 Strand, under Ball, Uutchingsft Co.,
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
AU Consignments entrusted to our care wil
have our personal attention.
aug8Dly
w
OL8TON, WELLS & VIDOR,
COTTON FACTORS,
Commission & Forwarding Merchants,
73 STRAND, LKJGUB'S Bciidiko,
au«4 GALVESTON, TEXAS. Dly
^DOUE & LOBIT,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Office Over First National Bank,
auglSDly
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
—AGENT FOB THE—
Standard American Billiard Tables,
PIGEON HOLE A JENNY LIND,
With celebrated
PHELAN A COLLENDER S COMBINATION
CUSHIONS AND BILLIARD MATERIAL.
—BTATS ASXKI FOB—
Cincinnati Lager Boer,
USD, WHITS AND BLUE.
'1',^. I —-DEPOSITORY SOB—
H. C. Wolfe A Co.'s Bell Schuapps.
WOLFE A CO.'S LIQCOSS.
«eptl4-'73-Dly
^HE NEWS' FACILITIES
FOR JOB PRINTING
Are not surpaaied in thc South or West.
rp O. MILLIS & CO.,
CARPENTERS. BUILDERS. AND MANU-
FACTURERS OF
CISTERNS.
10« & 108 CHURCH ST.
apS9Dly
B. L. MANN WM. SAND ALU
"^M. SAND ALL & CO.,
Dealers in
Hides, Wool, Tallow, I'eltries, Furs
Beeswax, etc., for Cash Only.
FOOT Qy NINETEENTH ST.,
j&ir Um Qalreaton, T©xa«.
N
OTICE.
NOTICE
AU pcrsopn are hereby notified not to
credit any ot tha orew oi the Norwegian bark
FREY, as no debts of their contracting xrlli
be paid by master or ag -nt*.
H. A. HALVORSEN, Master,
spl EADtf WALKER & VAUGHN. Ageatr.
ALL-TICKETS
OF TSS LATK8TKTYI.IS
PRINTED AT NEWS JOB OFFICE
. II
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