The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 75, Ed. 1 Friday, April 3, 1874 Page: 4 of 4
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(Balteston Uetos.
Friday, April S, 1874.
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
WEATHER HEM1T.
(F.ooal Observation.)
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Barometric readings corrected for t-inper-
ature, elevation and instrumental error.
Averages taken from ofQoUl reports.
K. O'C MACINKRNE< Observer.
Galveston, April 3, 1874.
Trinity Clmrcli.
There will be services in the Trinity
Church as follows :
Good Friday—7. a. m., 11 a. m. and 5:30
p. m.
Easter Kcr—7 A. M. and 5:80 P. M.
Knitter Sunday—Fall Festal Service at
11 a. m. Easter Festival by children at
4 p. m. Evening Prayer at 7:30 p. m.
The Opera Honse.
Verdi's grand opera of " La Traviata"
was the bill at the Opera House last
night, the leading characters being sus-
tained by Mile. Molsset, MM. Uadilhe
and Lourdfe, each of which were all that
the most critically inclined could have
desired.
For the matinee the doors will open at
11 o'clock this morning, and the perforat-
ive commences at 12, so as to enable
the troupe to get the boat this afternoon.
The splendid opera of " Lucia di Lam-
mermoor," which was received with so
much enthusiasm on Tuesday night, will
be given for matinee.
The prices will be for parquette and
parquette circle, $2; dress circle, $1;
and gallery, 50c.
Accident.
Yesterday morning Mr. William Mc-
Clusky, a compositor employed in the job
office of the News, while engaged in
running the press of the Mercury, bad
two of his fingers severed from the right
hand. The other fingers, although se-
verely crushed, may be preserved.
Hotel Arrivals
At the Washington Hotel yesterday :
Win. Gibbons and wife, Palestine; H.
G. Carter, .Marlin; John Coleman, Ken-
tucky; B. C. Moore, Mexico; John II.
Watson, Houston; Tim. Donogliue, Rock-
dale; W. E. Bonner, Woodland; John
Ruckinan, Helena; E. Seeligson, K. P.
Wilkinson, Goliad; A. C. Jones, Beeville;
Dan. G. Malvern, W, H. Mitchell and
family, J. W. Breedlove and family, V.
E. Erwin, 0. L. Tiltoa aud wife, H. B.
iiussell, New Orleans; C. 8. West, Aus-
tin; F. A. McGee, Joseph H. Wilson,
Houston; Charles C. Fuller, R. M. Stad-
den, C. Lockett and wife, Illinois; C. I..
Long, Texas; D. 8. Teleter, M. D. Dooley,
Louisiana; C. C. Tateman, Tennessee; J.
<>. Oiterman and wife, W. McLaughlin,
Virginia: K. L. Tenson; R. J. Freeman,
Dallas; K. P. l'endick and family, Mrs.
Schmidt, Columbus; John M. Spence,
San Diego,
At the Washington Restaurant and
Hotel yesterday:
W. G. Cooper, East Barnard; J. B.
Good, Eajrle Lake; James Wicks, Rock-
dale; George E. Kemmon, Huntsville; B.
L. Vincent, B. Turner, J. J. Barton, New
Orleans; H. Schofield, Buffalo Bayou; W.
J. Howard, Red River; C. Calm, Long-
view; A. J. Barker, Austin; R. H. Vena-
ble, Cincinnati, Ohio; Charles Jacobs,
Henry Ash, Palestine; Dr. J. H. Bowers,
Dr. R. II. Harrison, Dr. J. R. Harris, D.
I.. Tooke, J. W. Brown. Columbus; N.
Byrnes, Liberty; H. Bartels. Jeffersou: E.
L. Burke, Warren; T. Church, Prairie
Lea; J L. Jones, Marlin; J. C. Colton,
LaGrange; T. F. Rayan, Lexington.
At the Cosmopolitan Hotel:
W. M. Hampton, Seguin; W. S. R.
Ogilby, T. L. Blackwell, Sr., New York;
I., Amef, Sr., i>. S. Lee aud wife, St.
Louis ; J. H. Smith, ("has. S. Speake, Jas.
E. Pernet, New Orleans; Geo. Clark,
City : Lee Ilutchins, T. M. Shirley and
wife, Mrs. Cowan, Houston; L. Kellett,
Shulenburg; M. Gans, Austin ; J. Nuss-
bauui, Rockdale ; F. A. Hill, E. Keiffer,
Calvert.
Our Double Sheet Weekly,
Containing eight full pages of choice
reading matter, is now ready for delivery
to patrons.
Single copies in strong wrappers, ready
for mailing, can be had at the counter
—
The Helm
Murder iCase.
Son on Trial for Slaying the
Hardercr of His Father.
Ladies should not fail to call at I. Levy
K Bhotiikh's, 101 Market street, for bar-
gains. These gentlemen are keeping a
large stock of fancy and staple dry goods,
and an- selling them off at very low prices.
They have received by last steamer : 500
children's hats, at prices to please every-
body, and 1000 large %b.e ready-made
mosquito bars, at 75c. 1. Levy & Bro.'s,
101 Marktt street, is the place to go to.
W. W. Cakue Si Co., of Houston, are
now offering their stock of dressed Yel-
low Pine and Cypress Lumbers at prices
ti suit the times, and will fill at the
shortest notice all orders for rough Pla-
te rial of any kind, size 1«n«rth.
Ad vertlaementN
To he inserted in Our Double Sheet
w ekki.y will be received up to 0 r. u.
on Fridays, at our counting room.
Kurly Delivery. * """
For the accommodation of our patrons,
Our Price Current will be delivered
on Sit in-day, at 8 o'clock, A. M., which
will afford ample time to prepare them
for the mail.
Orders left at our counting room before
6 o'clock, on Fridays, will be promptly
attended to
fromuie time of his father's death up
The surgeons from the National Sur-
gical Institute have arrived and have
taken rooms at the Exchange Hotel, aud
all persons afflicted with any manuer of
physical deformity or chronic disease
should, by all means, avail themselves
of this their only opportuuity of consult-
ing the surgeons without visiting the In-
stitute. They will he here for a few
days only.
Proi . C. H. Cleveland gives dancing
lessons to over one hundred and twenty
boys and girls each Tuesday, Thursday
and Friday afternoons, commencing at
four o'clock, at Casino Hall, Winnie
street. The Professor and his father
have lutely arrived here from Alabama,
where, for many_years, they have taught
the terpslcliorean art. This is an oppor-
tunity which should not to be lost by
those of our citizens who wish their
children taught the delightfnl accom-
plishment of dancing.
Ice! Ice!! Ice!!!—Some persons fear
that the new ice company (the People's
Lone Star Ice Company) may not be able
to keep up supplies. That these persons
may have their minds disabused of these
notions, we will give the following in
formation hearing on the subject: The
schooner " Benj. Courtney " has now dis-
charged a load of ice, which is in the
company's building; the schooner " Al-
fred B*abrook " left Bath, Me., March 9;
the schooner " M. A. Coombs " left Bos-
ton, on the fourteenth instant; the
schooner " Cyrus Hall " was also loading
at Boston on March 14—all with ice for
the People's Ix>ne Star Ice Company.
Our readers may readily see that their
supplies will bo equal to all demands.
But these are not all the vessels that
may be named as lo«ding ice for this
popular company. Others are loading
aud will ixintinue to load, and as there
will be no selling out to monopolies, all
may rely on obligations, at the reduced
rates, being fulfilled. uir2H lw
1 " ♦
The W altham Watch Company.—
the watches made by the Wnltham
« ompany have attained a popularity
never accorded to any other make, and
for th i very excellent reason that all ar-
ticles sent out from the manufactory are
as near perfection as tho very best of
material and most accurate workmanship
can produce.
The watches made by the Waltham
Company embrace every description,
siW), price aci design, from the cheapest
<o the most expensive. The cheapest
watches are accurate time-keepers, and
the works will wear as long as if a
uigher price was demanded.
wr^ I40'1*® manufactured at the
Waltham Works expressly for use of
engineers, conductors and travelers.
Theee watches are perfect in all their
details, and can be depended on in any
climate.
No other watch company makes a
complete article, and purchasers should
h I« m s a** for the Waltham Wat oh, a
'nil (-".'ply rjt which are always on hand
at the establishment of
M. W. Shaw & Bito.,
Corner Tremoiit ami Market streets.
The wift "f Attorney General Wil-
li tins is ill w ith nervous prostration.
Criminal District Court.—Before
Hon. Sam. Dodge, Judge presiding:
The State of Texas vs. John Ferguson;
indictment for murder.—The particulars
of the above cases, were minutely nar-
rated in the News of January 25, from
which the following is extracted :
The majority of the readers of the News
are doubtless familiar with the terrible
tragedy enacted -in this city on the 6th of
April, 1873. in which officer John Fergu-
son, of the City Police force, was fatally
stabbed, and Mr. Walter Bennison and
several citizens wounded by a knife in
the hands of a man named James B.
Helm, a native of Floyd county, Virginia.
The first person assaulted by Helm on
the night in question, was Mr. George N.
Clemmons, who at the time was seated
at a coffee stall in the market. Helm
then left the markethouse, and proceed-
ing across Twentieth street toward Me-
chanic, came up with Mr. Daniel Mehan,
upon whom ho inflicted a stab in the
back, a little below the left shoulder,
about an inch deep and an inch long.
Helm, after stabbing Mehan, ran up Me-
chanic street, where he met an elderly
gentleman, named Thomas Burns, whom
he stabbed in the back below the left
shoulder, inflicting a serious wound.
The madman then came back to the south
side of Mechanic street, and at Lausen's
blacksmith shep, corner of Nineteenth
street, where he stabbed John Meyers, a
driver of No. 2 engine, the blade of the
knife entering about an inch and a half
in close proximity to the spine, and nar-
rowly missing the kidneys.
After stabbing Meyers, Helm passed
down Mechanic street, and arriving at
the corner above the cotton press was
overtaken by Officer Ferguson, of the
police force. Helm instantly turned,
and, before the officer was aware of hi#
intention, stabbed him in the breast. He
then knocked him down with a blow of
his fist, and while Ferguson was down,
stooped and stabbed him twice in the
breast.
The cries of Ferguson brought Ser-
geant Finn, Officer Donovan and Mr. Ben-
ison to the spot. In the struggle that
ensued Benison was seriously stabbed,
his life having been placed in extreme
jeopardy. The bloody knife was at last
wrested from the demon's hands by Offi-
cer Donovan, who proceeded with him
to the station-house.
In a subsequent interview with a re-
porter, the assassin said that he had be-
longed to the Fifty-fourth Virginia Regi-
ment during the last six months of the
war; that he was twenty-four years of
age, and that he bad an uncle named Jacob
5. Helm, in Collin county, Texas. He
said that the policeman had been trying
to kill him for two days, and that if he
had had a good knife he would have let
it into several more of them. At the fol-
lowing session of the Criminal District
Court Helm was arraigned for murder ;
but owing to the absence of important
testimony for tue defense, by which it
was proposed to establish the insanity of
the accused, the case was continued from
term to term.
This much is required by way of intro-
ducing the reader to the second tragedy
of the series, which may be termed a se-
quel to the first. Yesterday morning the
case of the State vs. James B. Helm was
called immediately after the opening of
the Court, Major F. M. Spencer, District
Attorney, representing the State, and
Major Ed. Collier appeared for the de-
fense. After calling the witnesses, the
District Attorney announced the State
ready for trial. The counsel for the ac-
cused then arose and asked for some
further indulgence to enable the defense
to secure the presence of a material wit-
ness, who was supposed to be in the city.
In the meantime, Helm, the accused,
was seated near the north end of the at-
torneys' table, intently listening to what
was going on. He was dressed in rather
Uttered garments, and his face wore a
haggard look. At the same time, a son
of the murdered policeman, John Fergu-
son, about fifteen or sixteen years of age,
was noticed to enter tho court-room, his
face pale and his entire form quivering
with excitement. After remaining a few
moments he left the room, and subse-
quently returned and hastily seated him-
self immediately behind the prisoner.
After the conclusion of the application
for delay, on the part of the defense, and
before the will of the court could be made
known, young Ferguson drew a small-
sized pistol, and placing it near the head
of Helm, fired, the ball entering the back
of the head.
The affair, of course, created intense
excitement in the court-room. Youmj
Ferguson was promptly arrested by the
officials of the court and removed to the
adjacent jail, while an examination of
the wound of Helm, by medical men who
chanced to be present, showed that it
was a fatal one.
The Grand Jury being then in session,
found the following
indictment.
In the name and by the authority of
the State of Texas : The grand jurors,
duly and legally drawn, selected, tried,
ernpanneled, sworn and charged, in the
Criminal District Court, of the county of
Galveston and State of Texas, at the
January term thereof, in the year of our
1/ord 1874, to inquire in,and for the body
of said county and State, upon their
oaths in said court present:
That John Ferguson^late of the county
aforesaid, on the 24th day « f the month
of January, 1874, in the said county of
Galveston, in the State of Texas, with
force of arms, then and there, in and
ujion tho body of James B. Helm, a rea-
sonable creature in the peace of God
and the said State, then and there being
unlawfully, wilfully, feloniously and of
his express malice aforethought and
formed design, did make an assault; and
that the said John Ferguson, a cortain
pistol of the value of $20, then and
there charged with gunpowder and
leaden bullets, which said pistol
he, the said John Ferguson, in his right
hand, and then and there had, and held
then and them unlawfully, wilfully,
feloniously, and of his express malice
and aforethought and formed design, did
discharge aud shoot off, to, and against,
and upon him, the said James B. Helm,
aud that the said John Ferguson, with
the leaden bullet aforesaid, out of the
pistol aforesaid, then and there, by force
of the gunpowder aforesaid, by the said
John Ferguson, discharge, and
shot off as aforesaid, then and
there unlawfully, feloniously, wil-
fully, and of his express malice afore-
thought and formed design, did strike,
penetrate and wound him, the said Jas.
B. Helm, in and upon the back of the
head of him the said James B. Helm,
giving to him, the said James B. Helm,
then and there with the leaden bullet
aforesaid, to as aforesaid discharged,and
shot out of the pistol aforesaid by the
said John Ferguson in and upon the
back part of the head of him tho said
James B. Helm, one mortal wound of the
depth of six inches, and of the breadth
ot half an inch, of which said mortal
wound the said James B. Helm, on
the said 24th day of the month of
January, in the year aforesaid, in the
county aforesaid, for six hours did lan-
guish and languishing did live, on which
said 24th day of the month of January,
in the year aforesaid, the said James B.
Helm, in the county aforesaid, of the
wound aforesaid, died ; and so the jurors
aforesaid, upon their oaths aforesaid, do
say that the said John Ferguson, him
the sai l James B. Helm, in the manner
and by the means aforesaid, unlawfully,
wilfully, feloniously, and of his express
malice aforethought, and formed do-
sign, did kill and murder, contrary to
law and against the peace and dignity of
the State.
A true bill: W. II. Nichols,
toreman of the Grand Jury.
commencement ok the trial.
The case having been continued until
the next term, came up for hearing yes
torday. The State was represented by
Major Frank M. Spencer, District Attor-
ney ; the defendant by Judge R. M.
Tevis and Major M. C. McLemore.
Judge Dodge stated that by request of
the court the Hon. A. P. McCormick
would preside during the trial of the
cause now pending.
Judge McCormick thereupon assumed
the bench, the prisoner, John Ferguson,
having previously been brought into the
court-room.
the jury.
From a venire of sixty the following
jurors were qualified : J. P. Clough, H.
C. Johnson and George Donohoe.
The venire having been exhausted, an
adjournment was had until 2 o'clock P.
m., when the following additional jurors
were accepted and sworn : J. Sclby, T. J.
Muun, C. H. Cleaves, R. H. Joiner, J.
Harris, John Callahan, P. Solomons, W.
6. Cunningham and Edgar Johnson.
Tfe indictment above published
then read bp the District Attorney, i
fense relied
of witnesses
time of his father's death up
to the killing of Helm the accused wm
insane, the wreck of his mental faculties
being caused by the untimely death of
his father, it wta|fuifi|t pWven by
rs&ssa'itsKsas
thai peculiar temperament that Indicated
a lack of mental reason tinder extraor-
dinary excitement.
The accused, who Is a young man of
prepossessing appearance, waa seated at
the bar beside iilA widowed tnAther,
held in her arms a little bright-eyed girl,
while two other eons sat near her.
The audience was not as large as
might have been expected. Thp colored
element, which is usualfly well repre-
sented on such occasions, failed to put in
an appearance.
At the conclusion of the testimony, an
adjournment was had until 9 o'clock a.
m. to-day, when th#
course begin.
Good
will o|
Specifications for PaTtsrSldiwalki
In the City sfWliMtoB, j s
Houston
sharp 9<pd, and fronted with mortar; one
Portland cement and one (1) part
The Annivertary of the Crucifixion
-Observance of the Day all
Over the World.
Good Friday, anniversaryof the
crucifixion of the Savior, so-called in al-
lusion to the benefits conferred on the
worl$ by his death. The Saxons named
it "Long Friday," because of tlie pro-
tracted religions eMvioes on thai day;'
and the Germans term ii StiHer-P^eiiag,
on account of the solemn silence ob-
served in the churches, or C'har-Freitag,
from an antiquated word signifying pen-
itence. During the first two or three
centuries of Christianity it was called
the "pascli," because then Christ, the
paschal lamb, was slain. Its celebration
has been attended with peculiar rites. In
most churches a sepulchre used to be
constructed, and a crucifix was carried
thither in procession and deposited as in
a tomb. The ciboriutn, containing con-
secrated wafers, was placed with it. At
Tours, as St. Gregory of that place writes,
the watcliings were kept in darkness un-
til the third hour of the night, when a
small light appeared before the altar.
Good Friday is the only day in the
year on which mass is not celebrated in
the Roman Catholic churches. A host iB
consecrated the day before for use on
this day, aud having been placed over
night in a repository generally erected
for the purpose in a chapel or part of the
church, is carried to the main alta^md
consumed by the priest. No consecrated
wine is used, nor are the customary
lights, incense and music employed. The
ceremony of kissing the cross, sometimes
called adoration of the cross, is per-
formed by the clergy and people on their
knees. In England, this was anciently
called " creeping to the cross," as appears
by the following extract from a procla-
mation in the reign of Henry VIII: ' 'On
Good Friday it shall ba declared liowe
creepying of the. crosso siguifyeth an
humblynge of ourselfe to Christe before
the crosse, and the kyssynge of it a mem-
orie of our redemption made upon the
crosse."
In some countries an image of Judas
Iscariot was dressed up on this day and
subjected to every sort of indignity. In
the north of England it is customary to
eat on Good Friday herb puddings, in
which a principal ingredient is .the
" passion dock,"jwhich, in fructification,
produces fancied representations of the
cross, nails, hammer, etc. 9
A better known practice, however, is
that of serving " hot cross buns," which
a popular requisition holds to be preser-
vatives against fire and other disasters.
In Eeveral English counties a small loaf
of bread is baked on tho morning of this
day and put by until the next year, to be
used in morsels as a medicine.
Hard Briok—Laid flat on foundation of
mortar, composed of one (1) part Port-
land cement and five (5) parts clean
sharp <mu
(n parVP'
clean sharp sand.
Tries—Laid same as brick.
Asphalt—If In blocks, laid same as
brick.
Asphalt in bulk—There are several
patents; specifications cannot be given.
Rock, Concrete or Schillinger—Sub-
strate two and a half ladies thick, com-
posed of one (I) part Portland cement
and five (5) parts clenn sharp sand or
gravel, top layer one (1) inch thick, com-
posed of one (1) part Portland cement
and one (1) part clean sharp sand.
Curbing—Hard brick; wall to be one
(I) foot thick, laid in mortar composedt»f
eight (8) parts Portland cement, three (3)
parts quicklime and twenty-seven (27)
parts clean sham sand.
Coping—Heart pine three inches thick,
twelve inches wide, to project one and a
half inches outside of the curbing, and
fastened to the curbing by Iron bolts,
running through curbing from bottom to
top of coping ; made of three-quarter inch
round iron, with head two inches Square
and half an Inch thick ; nut two Inches
square and three-quarter of an Inch thick;
bolts to be eight feet apart; washers for
underside of curbing to be made of Iron
e ghteen inches long, three inches wide,
and, half an inch thick.
I Certify that the foregoing is a copy
ofth««pecifications.filed in this office by
the Cltv Engineer, January 17,1874
[s. a.] C. C. Allen, City Clerk.
Galveston, Feb. 9,1874.
memorandum from specifications or
MAJ. frazei.l for wood curbing.
Outside Curb—To be of three inch red
heart cypress, free from sap, with posts
of same material, 4x6, planted three feet
under the surface and eight feet apart.
Plank to be well fastened with six
inch (cut) spikeS, two spikes to each post,
and three spikes in the ends of wide
planks.
The curbing to belaid six inches below
the gutter line,'and in "ns case to be less
than 14i inches deep.
The inside curb or edging for six foot
pavement—To be of 1x6 flooring, with
stakes of 2x4, 8 feet apart and 2 feet
long, to bo well driven and fastened at
each post.
The above were the original specifica-
tions furnished me by Major Frazell, and
were canvassed by him and myself, in
the presence of Abraham Cross and Mr.
Hoxie, both acting as his assistants at
the time.
Subsequently a conversation or con-
troversy between Maj. Frazell and Mr.
Ogle occurred in regard to the distances
or depth of the plank below the gutter
line, and Maj. Frazell informed me a few
days ago that he had agreed to substitute
four inches instead of six inches below
the gutter line, and that there was no
change in any other respect.
D. G. Hitchcock,
This statement is, as I recollect, the
conversation alluded to.
Abraham Cross,
Abraham Hoxie,
G. W. Frazell,
Galveston, April 1; 1874.
Ad rert'm'nti.
SIXTH KEAND GERMAN
VOLKS-FEST,
■•liar and Tuesday, may 4th
and 5th, 1S74,
—at
The State Fair Grounds,
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
Ths festivities will oommenea on the
fourth With
A GRAND PROCESSION,
Prizes to the amount of 5500 to be awarded
to ths bfcst decorated wagons, etc., particl-
patinr im the Procession. Citizens of tlie en-
tire State are respectfully invited to attend,
as nothing will be left undone to please all. A
special programme wiJl be published shortly.
Parties wishing to participate in the Proces-
sion with Decorated Wagons, are invited to
aopi^at once to John Usener, Grand Marshal;
Z^BHmicb, President; S. Conradi, Vice Pres-
ident, or to H. Lehmann, Secretaty.
The stands at the drove will be rented on
Wednesday, April 15, at 3 p. m. apl tmai
The Evangelists.
OnrSt. Loots Friends Send urn
Word of Partluc.
The following communication should
have reached us yesterday, but is good
enough for publication to-day :
On Boabd or Tratx, April 1,1874.
Eds. News—Before leaving the depot
a vote of thanks was extended to the peo-
ple of Galveston and railroad officials for
their kindness to us, and we desire
through your paper to give expression
of our esteem, our gratitude and our love
to the people of Galveston for their uni-
versal and unqualified attention, hospi-
tality and love shown to us strangers
during our brief stay with you.
We do not wish this to be considered
as merely conventional, but as the heart-
felt response of every member of the
party ; nor would we limit this to Chris-
tians, but to all classes with whom it was
our privilege to come in contact. We
adopt the language of Mrs. Morrill:
"They are the most noble and generous-
hearted people I ever saw;" and of Mrs.
Boyle: "I'm glad I came," and would
whisper to each heart, God bless you.
Earewell! J. W. Wells,
Sec'y of the Party.
A Historic County.
welcome message from old austin.
Bellville, April 1,1874.
Eds. News,—Looking over the col-
umns of yotlr excellent paper, I notice
that they bring intelligence from every
portion of the State. Intelligence con-
veyed on the swift wings of the electric
spark, or through the orderly columns of
some country paper, fostered by the in-
dustry and energy of our enterpiising
aud thrifty farmers ; and thus all por-
tions of our great Slate meet in the col-
umns of the Galveston News to com-
municate and interchange their ideas and
the news of their various localities. Often
in this conversation of Texas counties
and Texas towns have I listed to hear the
voce of old Austin county, one so
famous in the annals of Texas history and
bearing in her name an honorable me-
mento of the memory of her glorious
father, F. Austin. But in vain have
I listened. Her contemporaries in
the early hi-<tory of Toxas are alii there
recounting thrilling incidents of early
Texas life, and telling the thousands of
thrifty immigrants seeking homes in our
State, of their natural resources, and ag
ricultural and mineral wealth. But Aus-
tin county is not represented. I do not
desire to indulge in any speculation as
to the reason why this county is not bet-
ter represented among the Texas press.
The citizens of Austin county are mostly
well supplied with worldly goods, are
thrifty and enterprising, and most of
them intelligent. Schools arc in opera-
tion all over the county, and churches
are flourishing. Bellville, the county
seat, distant about fifteen lnjles from the
Houston and Texas Central Railroad, in a
southerly direction, is situated in one of
the most picturesque portions of the
county. Among its citizens can be found
some of the most cultivated and refined
minds in the State ; and its girls are aB
pretty, and gentle, and witty, as any the
world ever saw—your informant, who is
by no means invulnerable to beauty's
smiles, can testify to this last mentioned
fact. Obsebyek.
was
after
which'
ink tefctimost.
was hpard. As the material facts have
be»-n ilieady stated iu the extract above,
it w!|' ,« unnecessary to summarize the
testimony for the State.
Tue Oh.wheks as Cottok Ship-
pers.—The Memphis Avalanche says
the Grange at Kierizi, Hws , received
last week from Liverpool- the sum of
$0000 in gold in return for cotton
shipped there on account of its mem-
bers, the result of which experiment
proves to be & serious loss. Had the
cotton been shipped to Memphis the
realization in currency would have pur-
chased over $5000 in gold. It is evi-
dent the zeal of the Grangers is lead-
ing them into serious errors, beside
which there are many of our country
friends who seem to have uo appre-
ciation of the relation of greenbacks
and gold to one another. For t*-
iimple, one of the members of the
above Grange, wishing more gold
than his proportion of the shipment
spoken of, paid another member $50
in currency for $40 in coin. In Mem-
phis he could have bought the gold for
$44 80.
Gen. Garibaldi has written a con-
gratulatory letter to M. Ledru-Itollin,
recently elected a member of the
French National Assembly, in which
he says: "I feel myself young again
in teeing you resume your glorious
poet in the van of tho Republican pha-
lanx, and I augur well for tlie cause of
humanity, now trampled inicler foot
by tyniuuv, fn!?ebfjmi nn& -vicrbnrce."
Among the mort agc3 roccntlr filed
in Cfiieago was one from Potter Pal-
mer to the Connecticut Mutual Life
Insurance Company for $1,714,000.
Educational.
ALVEsfoNFEMALE
VX SEMINARY.
Avenue I* bet. 19th and 20th tia.
This institution is now in successful opera-
tion. All branches of a liberal education
taught.
A few boarders can be accommodated in
tho family of the Principal. For particulars
address T. J. GIRARDEAU,
ootoDtf Principal, Box 921*
g CONRADI,
Watchmaker and Jeweler
63 MAIN STBKET,
Van Alstyne's Building,
HOUSTON TEXAS.
WATCHES, CLOCKS AND jewelry CAKE-
FULLY REPAIRED AND WARRANTED.
FINE GOLD JEWELRY,
SOLID SILVERWARE,
DUaiondsi Ladies and Gentlemeu'a
Cold Watclies aud Chains,
And a large supply ot SILVER WATCHES
always on hand. Also sole agent for the
celebrated
DIAMOND SPECTACLES.
de!8D&Wly
MERCHANTS'
Insurance Company,
Ho. 68 STRAND. GALVESTON.
(Organized, 1886.T
FIRE, MARINE AND MITER.
CASH CAPITAL (FULL PAID) 1360,000.
DIRECTORS:
Alfred Muckle Cotton Factor.
Robert Mills of R. & D. G. Mills.
W. L. Moody .of Moody & Jemison.
m. Koppsrl. .Preset National Bank of Tex a?
W. H. Sellers....of W. H. Sellers & Thoma .
George Sealy of Ball, Hutchings & Co.
D. Rodgers. ., .of John D. Rodgers & Co.
Mott of Ballinger, JacK & Mott.
A. Oliphtnt of Gary a Oliphint.
Leon Bl0x of Leon & H. Blum.
H. Kevpkbr of Marx, Kempner & Co.
T. W. Folts .' of Folts & Walshe.
A. W. Spaight Planter.
W. H. SELLERS. President.
JOHN D. ROGERS, Vice T
UKUKU
President.
MOTT, Attorneys,
cretary.
ipany insures against loss or dam-
yOre on Buildings, Merchandise, Pro-
duce, Hoaseh old Furniture, and other Insura
ble property in
The
age b;
BALLINGER, JACK * 1
HENRY SAMPSON See
he Company insures aga
i town and country, and is con-
ducted* on 'strlctiy conservative principles.
Bisks are assumed only at adequate rates of
premium, and losses promptly adjusted.
1an3-'7iD-WlF
JJOUSTON
FIRE AND MARINE
Insurance Companies.
PLANTERS' INSURANCE CO.,
A. J. BUBKE
C. 8. LOKGCOPE
ckbistbu schmidt.
CHMIDT & KOSSE,
LOriS k0s8b.
Sl
(Successors to E. Schmidt & Co.)
191 PORTERS OF HARDWARE.
Cutlery, Guns, Belting, Circular Saws,
Wagon Timber, etc.
No. 75 Main Street, Houston. Texas.
mr26 lm
T. J. RILEY,
67 and 69 Main Street HOUSTON, TEXAS.
Hardware, Stoves, Railroad and Mill
Supplies, Charter Oak Stores.
Gas Pipe cut and fitted to order. Gas and
Steam Fittings, Brass Goods, etc. Manufac-
turer of Tin and Sheet Iron Ware. mrll lm
ed. MELBY.
g. l. porter.
w. h. palmer
M
ILBY, PORTER & CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS
And Commission Merchants,
cohnir Main and Commerce Streets,
aug9Dly HOUSTON, TEXAS,
JAMES HUOKEK,
Houston Agent Galveston News,
GENERAL NEW8DEALE AND AD /ERTI8ING AGE*
12 main Street. Houston, Texas.
Prompt attention given to all ordors for
rertising, Subscription or Job Work.
Subscribers failing to receive their papeff
regularly, will please report promptly.
B
URGESS' BUSINESS COLLEGE.
Open Day and Eyening the Entire Year.
56 STRAND,. ■ .i.r.. Galveston, Texae
Send for Circular. jal7D& W3m
gT. PATRICK'S
Parochial School,
Corner Avenue H and Twenty-eighth Street.
The object of the Director in opening this
establishment under the able and distin-
guished Principal, is to afford the Youth of
the immediate neighborhood a facility of
acquiring a good, sound and moral education.
TERMS:
Primary Otas* per month $2 00
Intermediate Class per month 3 (JO
Senior Class per month 4 00
Languages and music, extra.
Payments to be made monthly in advance.
J. F. BYRNE, Principal.
Bev. L. GLYNN, Director,
mrllwed-fri sunlm
Medical.
JJR. CURTIS'S
ARRIVAL IN NEW ORLEANS.
Dr. e. de f. Curtis, M. D., F. R. C. 8., author
of " Manhood," Medical Essays on Marriage,
etc., takes this opportunity to announce to
the citizens of Galveston and the surround-
ing country, including those who have previ-
ously consulted him, that he has arrived in
New Orleans for the season, and may be con-
ferred with as heretofore, in person or by
letter, at his rooms,
NO. 9 RAMPART STREET,
between Canal and Customhouse, daily, from
10 a. m. to 3 P. m., and from % to 8 P. m. On
Sundays from 11 to 2 only.
JUST PUBLISHED, 200th EDITION,
44 MANHOOD*"
Corrected and Revised by he Author, E. de
f CURTIS. M. D., F. R. C. S.
A MEDICAL E>SAY on the cause aud cure
of Premature Decline in Man, blowing how
health is lost and how regained. It gives a
clear synopsis of the ImperJimentH to Mar-
ria<e, the treatme.t of Exhausted Vita.ity,
Nervous and Phys cal Debility, Abuses of the
System, etc.. and the reniedies therefor, the
results of tf) \ ears' successful practice.
* There is no member of society by whom
thi* book will not be found useful, whether
such person holds the relation of parent, pre-
ceptor or clergyman.Lon on Times.
" 4 CURTIS ON MANHOOD.—This book
should be read by the young for Instruction,
by the afflicted for relief. It will injure no
one "—London Medical Gazette.
Price 60 cents, by mail. Address the author,
DR. CURTIS,
9 Rampart street, New Orleans, La.
fegr Dr. Curtis has determined to remain in
New Orleans 'during his Southern trip, and
will positively not vlali Galveaton pro-
fc»»ionaI]y till* year. Hence those who
wish to consult him personally must call • pon
him at his address as above. mhl$ D&W2m
J^ADIES WISHING TO
Beautify Their Complexions
Should use
Barnett's Liver Inrigorator.
IT CURES
COST1VENESS, SICK HEADACHE AND
NKCHALGIA.
BARNETT'S TEXAS CHILL TONIC
Guaranteed if Directions are followed.
Fer Sale by all wholesale and retaii drug
gints, and at my laboratory, at Navasota,
Texas.
ja31 3m J. P. HARNETT, M.D.
JQR. M. PERL,
GENERAL PRACTITIONER,
Can be consulted at the Texas Hygienic In
stitute, corner Travis straet and Texas Ave-
nue. Houston, Texas. Special attention given
to chronic diseaoe * 'latD&Wtf
Personal.
J3ERS0NAL—
My Daughter, HANNAH LANDA,
Having laft my house and home against my
will and without my permission, I hereby no-
tify the public that I will iiofchold myself re-
sponsible for any debts contracted by her.
J. LANDA.
GitvEBTOs, Dec. 15,1878. jaWtj/l
JpERSONAL, ALSO.
To protect a young and noble girl from the
dishonorable .insinuations of the above no
ttce, the public are informed that Miss Han-
nah Landa has made her home under in
roof, with her sister, my son's wife, and that
I will hold myself RXgrONSIBfaE TOR AHT
debts contractep bt her. What drove the
young lady to leave her father's house and
home, without his will and permission, she
doe* not propose to lay before the pablio
She does not forget that he is her father.
Possibly he would never have advertised
her in this conspicuous manner if he had not
ound her Immovable against threat and
bribe in her resolve "to continue Christ's
faithful soldier and servant unto her IKe's
end." L. F. PRICE
3aan^ ,
LP LOAN
HOMESTEAD COMPANY,
Will hold its Annual Matting of Stockholders
for the
ELECTION OK NINE DIBECTOE8,
To serve for the ensning year, at the Ballin-
gs r and Jack Building Rooms No. 15 and 16,
on third floor, on Postofflce street, between
Treqaont and Twenty-second streets, on
TUESDAY EVENING, the seventh day of
April, 187-1.
The polls will be op*n at sit o'clock fer
Election of Directors. The meeting will be
called to order at eight o'clock, to hear the
reports of the President aud Secretary for
the past ypar, and the transaction of such
businoss as may be brought before the
meeting.
"No shareholder, whose monthly dues are
cot fully paid up, shall be entitled to vote at
sa'd election." WM. SELKIRK,
mr29 td Secretary.
Lotteries.
JJAVANA LOTTERY.
Grand Extraordinary Drawing of
APRIL 23,1874. Only i 6,00 >• tickets instead
of 20,000—with 2097 Prizes, among
One of $500,000 J One of $100,000
One of 50,000 Two of 25.000
Pour of 10,000 j Ten of 5,000
And others. One prize to every seven tick-
ets. Prices reduced. Orders promptlv
fliled and strictly confidential Plans, with
every desirable information, furnished free.
All prizes sold by us cashed at the lowest
rate'of excoange. Orders for tickets should
be sent with all poss ble anticipation to
BOKNIO & BRO., 77 (iravior * t.,
New Orleans, Louisiana.
Postoffice Drawer 91.
All that has been published in newspa-
papers, against tho Havana Lottery, it* a
series of malicious inventions and gross
falsehoods. We can prove what wo main-
tain. BORNIO & BKO.,
Commission Merchants. Established 1848,
mr£2 lm >iew Orleans, La.
...President
..Secretary
HOUSTON INSURANCE CO.,
B. A. BOTTS President
E..H. CUSHING Secretary
CHANGE OF TIME.
TO TAKE EFFECT
MONDAY, FEBR'Y O, 18T4.
ORGAN LINE.
GREAT REDUCTION
Passage to New Orleans.
THE UAlVmON,
Houston and Henderson
$12 OO
6 OO
RAILROAD.
On and after MARCH SEVENTH, the price
of passage will bs as follows, viz:
CABIN
DECK
EXCURSION TICKET, for the
Round trip co
For passage, apply at the Morgan Line Ticket
Ofltoo, Central Wharf
Leave
3ALVESTON
6100 A. M.
"\
GALVESTON I
12:30P. M. J
Leave 1
GALVESTON >
13:45 P. M. 1
ARRIVE AT HOUSTON,
At 8*40 A. M.
ARRIVE AT HOUSTON,
At 3:30 P. K.
ARRIVE AT HOUSTON,
At 5:10 P. M.
Leave
HOUSTON
6:30 A. M
a
Leave
HOUSTON
12:30 P.M.
Leave
HOUSTON
7:00 P. M.
ARRIVE AT GALVESTON,
At Iliac A. M.
I ARRIVE AT GALVESTON,
I At 3:00 P. M.
| ARRIVE AT GALVESTON,
i At 10:00 P. K.
COUNTRY RISKS,
Risks on Dwellings, merchandise,
Cotton and Warehouses,
Taken on equitable terms. Also, RIVER
AND MARINE RISKS, ON COTTON AND
MERCHANDISE DESIRED.
J. C. SMITH & CO., Agents,
de!71y Osterman Building, 131 Strand.
HOME INSURANCE
AND
BANKING COMPANY.
61....STRAND....61
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
CAPITAL STOCK, f205,000 OO
RESERVE FUND, 23,827 61
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Jons H. Burnett,
Georoz F. Alfobd,
Wm, Barnes,
Chari.es Fowler,
C. H. Kupf,
S, Heidenheixkr,
J. M. Walthew,
R. R. Lawtheii,
L. LeGierse,
T. N. Waui,
S. W. Stdkoe,
A. KoRY;
L. D. SINE'S
GIFT ENTERPRISE
(Established 1854.)
THE ONLY RELIABLE GIFT DISTRIBU-
TION IN THE COUNTRY.
$60,000
IW VALUABLE GIFTS!
TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN
L. D. SINE'S
106tli Regular monthly
GIFT ENTERPRISE
TO BE DRAWN
OS MONDAY, MAY 4. 1874.
TWO GRAND CAPITALS OK
$5,000 Each in tlreeubacks!
Two Prizes, each $10001
Five Prizes, each 5<m) In Greenbacks*
Ten Prizes, each 100 |
One HOEsE and BUGGY, with Silver-
Mounted HARNESS, worth $6t)0; one
Fine-Toned Kosewo >d PIANO,
worth $.'.50 1
Ten Family SEWIN » MACHINES, worth$100
each ! Kive Goid WATCHES and CHAINS,
worth $300 each! Five Gold American
Hunting WAaCHES, worth $125
each ! Ten Ladies1 Gold Hunt-
ing WATCHES. wortU
$100 each!
800 GOT.D AND SILVER LEVER HUNTING
WATCHES (in ail) WORTH FROM
$•20 to $300 EACH;
Gold Chains, Silverware, Jewelry, Etc.
Nfhber of Gifts 6,500.
Tickets Limited to 60,000*
Agents Wanted to Sell Tickets,
TO WHOM LIBERAL PREMIUMS
WILL BE PAID.
dingle Tickets, $1; Six Tickets, $5; Twelve
Tickets, $10; Twenty-flve Tickets, $20.
Circulars containing a full list of prizes, a
description of the manner of drawing, and
other information in reference to the Dis-
tribution. will be sent to any one ordering
them. All letters must be addressed to
L. D. SINE, Box SO,
Main Office, CINCINNATI, O.
101 W. Fifth street. ot*tilD-lr
$3005000.
Missouri State Lottery.
Legalized by State Authority and
Drawn in Public in St. Louis.
GRAND SINGLE NUMBER SCHEME
50,000 NUMBERS.
Class P, to be Drawn April 30,1874.
5880 Prize* amounting to $300,000
1 prize of SW.iKIO
1 prize of 13,450
10,000
7,500
5,000
2,500
1.000
500
250
600 prizes of.. .$ 100
9 prizes of.
9 prizes of...
9 prizes of...
9 prizes of...
36 prizes of...
36 prizes of...
180 prizes of...
5000 Drizes of...
1,000
500
300
250
200
150
100
10
1 prize of..
1 prize of
4 prizes of
4 prizes of
20 prizes of
*) prizes of....
40 prists of
Tickets $10. Half Tickets $5. Qrts. $2 50.
jy Our lotteries are chartered by the
8tate, are always drawn at the time named,
and all drawings are under the supervision of
sworn commissioners.
tW The official drawing will be published
in thaSt. Louis papers, aud a copy of Draw-
lag setat to purchasers of tickets.
We will draw a similar scheme the last
day of every month during the year 18T4.
Remit by POSTOFFICE MONEY ORDERS,
REGISTERED LETTER, DRAFT or EX-
PRESS. Send for a circular. Address
MURRAY, MILLER & CO.,
Postofflce box 2446, St. Louis, Mo.
may30D-Fri-Sun-Wed-Wlv
11
Fr.
Removals?.
EMOVAL...........REMOVAL.
'rom our ol 1 stand, Nos. 222 and 224 Tre-
mor.t street, to the new brick building No.
62 Market street, on the north sid-, between
Tremont and 24th streets, opposite Joseph
IjpabaalCs gun it-tore, where we shall be
pleased to see all our old customers and
plenty of new ones. Call and examine our
large and n • w stock of furniture just received
from the Northern, Eastern *nd Western
markets. J. McMORRIs & CO ,
Furniture Dealers. Cabinet Makers
Upholsterers and Manufacturers
of Lounges, Mattresses aud Up-
Lounges, Mattresses
bolstered Goods.
mr29 lw
EMOVAL REMOVAL
We take this method of informing our
patrons and friends that we hare moved our
stock from our old stand, No. ISO Market
street, to our new brick building, Nos. 68 and
<0, north side Market, between Tremont and
Twenty-fourth, where we shall be pleased to
«ee all our old customers and plenty new
ones. A. FLAKE & CO.
WK OFFER FOE BENT OCR OLD STORE,
And For Sale
Good Hard Brick, Cheap
175.000
mriastn
1. < I
WOOD WOOD.
The undersigned have removed their
Woodyard to the corner of Postofflce a
Twenty-e^hth streets, * hrro they are p
pared to wait oa tbelr customers. All orders
lor wood d- posited tn their Order Boxes, at
the entrance of the Moody & Jemison Build-
ing, on the Srrand, aud at J. Labadic's store,
on Market street, will receive prompt nfct.eD
tlon. W. VOW1NKLE & LOTT.
m. W. Shaw.
This Company solicits the patronage of its
Stockholders, and the public generally, in
both its
Insorance and Banking Deportments.
JOHN H. BURNETT... President
J. M. WALTHEW Vice-President
T. N. WAUL. Attorney
W. B. SOBLEF Cashier and Secretary
feblDly
rJ\EXAS MUTUAL,
LIFE INSURANCE CO.,
HOJIE OFFICE:
74 Tremont Street 74
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
On SUNDAYS", the Passenger Trains Laar
GALVESTON at lOsOO A. JL Leave
HOUSTON at 2:00 P. M.
The 6:00 A. M. Train connect* at HARBU-
BUBG Xcith the Galveston. Harriabarg
and San Antonio Railway for RICHMONB,
COLUMBUS, SCHULENBEBQ, and aU
points in Western Texas; connects at
HOUSTON with .the Houston and Texas
Central Railway.
The 12:30 P. M. Train connects at HOUS-
TON UNION DEPOT with tha Interna-
tional and Great Northern Railroad; «
nects at HOUSTON CENTRAL DEPOT
with the Houston and Texas Central
Railway.
The 12:45 P. M. Train from GALTB8TOK
and the 6:30 A. M. Train from HOUS-
TON, are Accommodation and Mixed
Trains.
Passengers for ST. LOUIS and all points
NORTH, EAST and WEST take the
19:30 P. M. Train.
Ticket Offices. ISO Tremont Street, GalTestaa,
and at the Depots.
Commutation tickets to local points, so*
tho. sand and five hundred mile tlokets, can
be purchased at the ticket offlcea of this Cos
pany or from General Ticket Office.
G. S. NICHOLS,
fe6 tf Superintendent.
CENTRAL ROUTE,
Guarantee to Policy Holders.. $320,524 65
Surplus, May 31,1873 18,813 60
Directors:
J. P. Davie, Hardware Merchant, Galveston.
Jesse Basts, of Batts & Dean, Galveston.
J. M. Brown, of Brown & Lang, and Presi-
dent of First National Bank, Galveston.
A. C. McEeen, of J. L. & A. C. MoKeen, Gal-
veston.
Henry Sampson, Secretary Merchant'3 Mu-
tual Inenr&noe Company, Galveetou.
George F. Alford, of Alford, Miller & Veal,
Galveston.
N. B. Yard, of Briggs & Yard, Galveston.
T. C. Jordan, Banker, Dallas. Texas.
Herman Mar-vita, Groeery Merchant, Gal-
veston.
Ex-Governor P. R. Lubbock, Galveston.
C. E. Richards, of Richards & Hawkins,
Galveston.
5. G. Etheridge, of Lee, MoBride & Co., Gal-
veston.
B. R. Davis, of B. B. Davis & Bro., Galveston.
Offlcers:
J. P. PAVI1C U . President.
GEO. F. ALFORD Vice President.
B. B. RICHARDSON Secretary.
6. M. W3LCH, M. D., Consulting Physician.
LIVE MEN WANTED AS SOLICITORS
Houston and. Texas Central Bali way,
AND CONNECTIONS I
Missouri, Kansas and Texair R. R<
Atlantic and Pacific R. R.
Missouri Pacific R. R.
Chicago, Burlington and Qalncy R. R.
and Missouri River, Fort Scott A Gulf B.B.
Offfer the Best Routes
FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO, vl* Bed
River City, to All Points In the
NORTH, EAST AND WEST
deol '73-Dly
FRANK FA KJ,
General Agent.
PEXASB
ss
AND 5NSUR-
companv.
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
CASH CAPITAL......... $300,000 00
THE BANKING DEPARTMENT
Will giva particular attention to collections
in the Interior of the State, and all parts of
the United States, without any charge except
customary rates of Exchange.
Will buy and sell Gold and Silver, Exchango
on Liverpool, London, New York, New Or-
leans. St. Louis, and every important point in
the State of Texas.
Will receive deposits on open account and
issue certificates of deposit, and by special
provision of its Charter, will divide pro rata
among its depositors from one-fourth to one-
half of the not profits of its business.
First-class paper discounted on application
to the Cashier.
THE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT
Will insure property against lost or damage
by Fire, Marine and Inland Transportation,
charging the lowest rates cf Insurance.
Officers:
B. S. WILLIS... President.
M. QUIN Vice President.
N. O. LAUVE .Secretary.
ALPHONSE LAUVE.... .trashier.
8. H. KIMBALL.
WILLIE & CLEVELAND
.A^st.
ND.Attt
Cashier,
ttorneys.
Board of Directors:
LGalveaton.
R S. Willis, of P. J. Willis & Bro.
D. The Ayers, of D. The Ayers & Co.
J. E. Wallis, of Wallis. Landes & Co.
M. Quin, of Quin & Hill.
I. Bernstein, of I. Bernstein & Co.
E. S. Jemison, of Moody & Jemison.
Geo. Schneider, of Geo. Schneider & Co.
T. A. Gary, of Gary & Oliphint.
J. S. Grinnan, of Grlnnan & Duval.
W. K. McAlpine, of McAlpine & Baldridsre.
C. L. Cleveland, of Willie, Cleveland & Pope
T. W. Folts, of Folts & Walsh.
J. A. Mc^ee. oc^TaDly
gTAR MUTUAL
Fire Insurance Company
OFFICE:
173 TREMONT STREET...
Galveaton, Texas.
.173
Insures property for any term not exceeding
five years.
Dwellings and Isolated Property
A SPECIALTY.
JAMES BERRY
T. A. LEMMON
felt D&Wlv
Treslden
Secretary
GOODALL'8
PLAYING_ .CABD.SL
The Best—The Cheapest.
STEAMSHIPS—Cheapest kind made.
REGATTAS—A cheap common card.
BROADWAYS—A nice common card.
VIRGINIAS—Fine calico backs.
GEN. JACKSONS—Cheap andpopular, (pat-
tern backs, various colors and designs.)
COLDMBIAS—(Euchre Deck), extra quality
GOLDEN GATES—One of tho best cards
m*de
MT. VERNONS—Extra line, two-color pat-
terns.
GREAT MOGUL8—Imported, finest made.
WAsk for the above—take no others.
To Guard Against Spurlon* Cards.
CAUTION.—Purchasers should see
that a Black U. S. Internal Firvenne
Stamp, with Monogram V E. M. on
centre of Spade, is on every pack.
This Stamp, in connection with the uooJail
Cards, is a Trade Mark.
Passengers have Choice of Routes Tia
ViaitS, Springfield, Missouri, and St. Louis,
Sedalia and St. Louis,
Hannibal and Chicago,
Fort Scott and Kansas City.
Pullman's Palace Drawlnff-Bo.si
aud Sleeping wr*
Run through FROM HOUSTON TO BT,
LOUIS AND CHICAGO WITHOUT CHAKQB.
TICKETS
CAN BE PROCURED AND BA«-
GAGE CHECKED
TO ALL PROMINENT POINTS
—in the—
UNITED STATES AND CA NAD AS,
From the following Stations on the line «f
the Houston and Texas Central Railway:
Ml earners.
stTtkTine.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, Capt. HamUn. .3000
~" Capt. Flf
mr"0AWlm
CR IS. FOWLER, Agent,
Central Wharf.
STATE OF GEORGIA, Capt. Cooper.
STATE OF NEVADATBulidii
M
ORGAN LINE
STEAMERS
TO KBV ORLEANS.
< 'la Brashear and Moryau'g Louisiana
and Texas Kail road.
DAILY MAIL.
sod splendid
folio
follo-winc new ai
ers leave Galveston
mship WHITNEY, (
Tke
Stea lers leave
Maaakship W]
day aad Wednesday, at 3:30 r. K.
Steamship JOSEPHINE, Capt. Lewis,
day and Friday, at 3:30 p. u.
Steamship CITY OF NORFOLK,
Iron
Capt. Forbes, Sun-
:30P. H.
Mon
Capt.
Tuesday and Saturday, at 3:30 p.
CLfNTON, Capt. Tripp,
connecting
I West.
every
in Nev
Thursday, at 11 a. m.
Carrying passengers,
Orleans with all routes North and
Tickets for New York, Philadelphia, Bal-
timore, St. Louis, Chicapo and all points
Uorth' and West, can be procured at the
1COBOAN LINE Ticket Office, Central Wharf.
Morgan Line for Indianola.
8teamship ST. MARY, Capt. Staples, every
Saturday, at 4:80 ?. a.
Steamship'.CLINTON, Capt. Tripp, every
Monday, at 4:30 p. u.
Steamship HARLAN, Capt. Lewis,
Tons.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, Capt. Stewart. .OaiO
NF _ ~ L" "
'J40U
saoo
2600
2a*)
ulidinit..7 2500
STATE OF FLORIUA, Building ,2300
STATE OF DAKOTA, Building 2500
Sailing Regularly Between
LIVERPOOL AND NEW ORLEANS.
Return Tickets issued available for TWELVE
MONTHS, at reduced rate% and Through
Tickets to all parts of the United Kingdom
and Europe.
A Stewardess and Surgeon are attached to
each steamer; no charge is made for attend-
ance and medioines
Money-orders granted free ot charge.
Prepaid Immigration Tickets issued here to
parties desirous of sending for their friends.
These vessels cross the bar at all times
without detention.
For freight and passage, having superior
accommodat ions, apply to
A K. MILLER & CO.,
29 Carondelet street. New Orleans
ROSS, SKOI.FIELD ft CO., 9 Chapel street
Liverpool.
LEWIS T. MURROW ft CO., 65 Great Clyd
street, Glasgow, Head Office and Managers
Through bills of lading signed to Liverpoo
and tickets issued by
CHAS. FOWLER, AoENT,
mar4-Dly Galveston.
Thursday, at 4:30 p. tt.
Carrying
; Mail, Passengers, and Freight.
connecting at Indianola with the Gulf, West-
ern Texas and Pacific Railroad.
Tickets, by this route, for San Antonid,
Gonzales, Seguin, Belmont, Yorktown, Cuero,
Sutherland Spi Inge and Lavemis, can be pro-
cored at Morgan Line Ticket Office, Central
Wharf.
W NOTICE—Consignees of Freight by all
he above steamers are notified to remove
is from Wharf before 5 P. M. on the day
of arrival. Otherwise, the same will be
stared at the risk and ezpeuse of consignees.
CHAS. FOWLER. A/«nt,
JslDAWSm Offloe on Central W^arf.
B
LACK STAR LINE.
Liverpool and Texas Steamship Com
panjr's Steamers:
SAN JACINTO, (1«W tons,) A. C. BURROWS,
Commander,
SAX ANTONIO, (1200 tons,) JOHN REA, Com
mander
SAN MAl'O IS, (8100 tons,) building.
FOR LIVERPOOL DIRECT
Will sail monthly during the season of 1S73-4.
Prepaid tickets can be procured from the
Agents for passage from the following Euro-
pean ports to Galveston, viz: Liverpool
Bardeaux, Havre, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rot
tsrdam, Hamburg, Bremen, Guttenburg, Cc
psnhagen, Christiania. Also, Sight drafts for
21 starling, and upward.
C. W. HURLEY ft CO., Agents,
Galveston.
C. GRIMSHAW ft CO., Agents, Liverpool
ianSVB-Dtf
^HE SCHOONER
W. H. J OR D0N»
SAUNDERS. .Master
FOR BOSTOX.
Having a portion of her cargo engaged,
will have quick dispatch.
For freight apply to
J. V. 8AWYJ5R, Agent,
mr31 tf No. M Strand.
pOR LIVERPOOL.
THE Al AMERICAN BARK
SABINE,
m
GILBERT WILLIAMS MASTER
Having a portion ot her oargo engaged
will have quick dispatch.
For balance freight, apply to
mrlj tf
J. N. SAWYER, Agent,
No. 34 Strand.
V. Pix.
R A. Bcrnev.
pix & burney,
M COMMISSION
Shipping Merchants,
TELL YOUR FRIENDS
They can obtain full particulars respecting
THE NEW REDUCED RATES
TO ALL POINTS,
NOBTH, EAST AND WEST,
at the
UNION TICKET OFFICE,
160 Tremont Street,
Under the Opera House.
STARR S. JONES,
mrlt Im Ticket Agent.
HocaTou,
Bit van,
Waco,
McKinset,
Hempstead,
IlEABNE,
cob8icaka,
Austin,
Calvmt,
S«ebma*.
CONDENSED
THROUGH TIME CARD
Points Nortli and East,
via the
HOUSTON & TEXAS CENTRAL B.R.
AND CONNECTIONS;
Train leaving Galveston at 12:30 r. M.. and
Housrtin at 4:90 p. m. DAILY, arrires aa
follows:
Red River City, next day at 10:45 ▲. M.
Sttddiia seeond day at...... 9:16A. ■.
Ha-riciba! second day at 6:00 p. x.
St. Louis second day at 6:40 p. m.
Indiauapolis third day at 4^22 jl m.
Cincinnati. . ..third day at 8:45 a. m'
Chicago third day at 7:45 a.m.
Hujtfafo ..fourth cfay at 4:06 a.m.
Albany fourth day at 6:20 p. m.
Pittsburg third day at 6:00 p. a.
Philadelphia. ...fourth day at 7:15 a.m.
New York fourth day at 12:80 p. m.
Louisville third day at 7:55 a.m.
Baltimore fourth day at....... 8:40 a. m.
Washington fourth day at 7:25 a. m.
Boston fourth day at.11:2) p. m.
St. Paul third day at.. |7:10 p. m.
J. DURAND.
General Superintendent.
J. Waldo, General Tioket Agent.
ja24'74D-Wlv
Q.ALVESTON, HARR1SBURG
And San Antonio Railway.
This road is now completed and
SUNNING to SCHULENBERG
SB Miles west of Columbus, and 107
miles from Harrisburg.
Trains leave Harrisburg and Schulenberg
DAILY, making connections at Harrisburg
for Houston and Galveston, and at Weimar,
by stage, FOR SAN ANTONIO, and all West-
am Texas.
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays,
PASSENGER TRAINS LEAVE
GOOD NEWS TO ALL!
The Lone Star Route
INTERNATIONAL
AND GREAT NORTHERN R. B.,
is connection with THE
Texas and Pacific, Cairo and Ful-
ton, and St. Louis and Iron
Mountain Railroads,
Is open through to St. Louis, Chicago, and
all points North, East and West.
By the Opening of this Short Route,
which is
135 Miles Shorter to St. Louis, MIssourl
98 Miles Shorter to.. ..Chicago, Illinois.
195 Miles Shorter to Indianapolis, lad.
Miles Shorter to Cincinnati, Ohio.
250 Miles Shorter to....New York, N. Y.
200 Miles Shorter to — Boston, Mass.
From Galveston than any other
All-Rail Route.
The shortening of the distance between Gal-
veston and above poiuts, alao enables this
route to give to the traveling public a HK4TY
REDUCTION IN RATES, to all principal end
intermediate points in the North, Bast and
West.
A U U U
m
c
Notice to Dealer*.—Every pack' of the
Goodall Cards sold without thia U. S. Reve-
nue Stairp properly affixed, subjects sel-
ler to a heavy penalty. inrl3 Tm
^SSESSMENT TOR 1874.
TIIE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
Are now prepared to take the assessment of
State and County Taxes of Galveston County
for 1871, at their respective offices.
Al! property is directed to be randerod for
taxation prior to the first day of April, 1871.
Where lands shall be rendered situated ill
other counties than that in which tbey are
situated, It. shall done to th# Presiding
Justice. R. l>. JOHNSON,
felltf Presiding Justioe Qalreston Co.
rJ",HE NEWS JOB OFFICE
Is the moat extensive and the only com
plote Mercantile Job Office in the State. Call
and examine specimens, learn prices, and b»
coAi-inced.
BOOM
pullman s palace dtiawito
AND SLEEPING CARS
Are run on this Line from Houston through
to Texarkana
WITHOUT CHANGE.
Passenge: sget another Sleeping Cm* at Fulton
which isonly^O miles distant from Texarkana
which will run thfou^h to St. Louis. Thi* la
tho ONLY LINK running the celebrated
PULLMAN*Drawing Room and Sleeping Cars.
Passenfior.-i holding Second-olass Tickets
wil1 not be permitted to ride in the lfirst-
oia^s Coanhes or Pullman Sleeping Cars.
This route is now open to KuLiUAbti,
thirty miles west of He .rue.
Trains will run to and from Rockdale, oa
and after February 16, 1874, as follow,:
Express will leave Rockdale dally, 3x80 r. u.
Express will arrive " " *•
Passengers from Milam, Bell, Williamson
and adjoinitig counties, will find it the sho£t
est, best and only direct ALL RAIL ROUTB
to Cairo, St. Louis, Memphis, and all points
in Arkansas. Kentucky, Tennessee, Louis-
iana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia. Florida,
North and South Carolina and Virginia
Buy your tickets by way of the Interna*
tloual and Great Northern Railroad, if you
deyire a ploaaant and comfortable journey.
Passengers taking this line at Rockdale
should procure th<*lr tlokets through, from
the agent at Rockdale, before starting cm
their journey.
PASSENGERS FROM GALVE8TO>
should procure their tickets by the wa;
the International and Great Northers
ot
road, on sale at No. ItiO Tremont Street, Gal-
veaton, Starr S. Jongs, Ageut; also, at depot
of Galveston, Houston aud Henderson. Bail-
road Express Train, leaving Galveston at
12:30 o'clock P. u,. makes close Connection at4
the Union Depot, in Houston, with the Inter-
national and Groat Northern Railroad.
II. in. HOXIE,
General Superintendent.
s m. miller, General Ticket Agent.
JaSS ly
Depot for fancy styles-
news JOB OFPICB.
SCHULENBERG
WKIKAR.
BORDEN'S
COLUMBUS
ALLKTTON
EAGLE LAKE
WEST BERNARD...
EAST BERNARD. ..
RANDON.
RICHMOND
WALKER'S
STAFFORD'S....
JUNCTION
at
6:30 a. m.
7:00 a. m.
7:20 a. m.
7:50 a. m.
8:10 a. m.
8:50 a. M.
9:85 a. m.
9:55 a. m.
at 10:35 a. m.
at 11:15 a. m.
at 18:00 m.
at 18:30 p. m.
at 1:15 p. m.
at
at
at
at
, at
at
. at
ARRIVE AT HARRISBURG at 2:00 P. 31.
Oa Alternate ;Dajs, Going East,
Soholenberg, 6:30 a. m.!Richmor.d.. .13:30 p. a.
Columbus, 8:20 a. h.
arrive at harrzsburq at four p. m.
PASSENGER TRAINS,
oorso west daily (8c.vdats exckpted) leave:
Harrisburg. .8:80 a. m.,Columbus 3:30 p. u.
Richmond, 11:15 a. m.
ARZIXTS at 8cbclenbero at 5:30 p. m.
Ticket Offices, 140 Tremont Street, Galveston,
and at the Depots.
Commutation tickets to local points, one
thousand aud fire hundred mile ticket*, can
be purchased at the ticket offices of this Com-
pany ot from General Ticket Office.
passengers taking the Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday Trains arrive at Galveston at
4:45 r. K.; arrive at Honstcn at 3:45 p. v..
mating connections with the Central Rail-
road and I. A G. N. R. R.
On alternate days, arrive at Galveston at
9:45 p. K.; arrive at Houston at 5:45 p. a.
GEO. B. NICHOLS,
feO tf Superintendent.
^j_alve8ton and new yore.
Begalnt Weekly Steamship Line.
ijiJ^
wnBaeS*
. Penningto
Kennedy,
^aridise.
Pennington.
Greenman.
Consisting of the
following named
steamers.
CITY OF SAN AKTONIO. .Cap!
CLYDE.. "
CITTOF ACSTI* "
GEO. W. CLYDE "
CITY OF WACO "
One at the above lamed steamships will
leave New York every SATURDAY, and Gal-
veston for Hew York every TUESDAY, or
sooner if fulL
tiTBAMSHIP STATE OF TEXAS,
BOLGER, Master.
WU1 sail for New York on SATURDAY,
April 4, 1874.
For freight or passage, apply to
J. N. SAWYER, Agent,
54 Strand, Galveston.
C. H. MALLORY * CO., Agents,
mhUDlv 153 Maiden Lane. New York.
c
unard STEAMSHIP LINE,
TO AND FROM EUROPE.
J. IT. LAWRENCE, OF AUSTIN,
general agent
For the Entire State of Texas.
Only flrst-olaas steamers on the line. Infor-
mation given on application to the Agent at
Austin.
flrst-clase, $130 gold; Second-olass,
from $30 to $38 cur-
]al5 3m
Tickets, flrst-clase, $1J
$80 cold; by steerage,
rency.
SCHOONER
LILLY WICKES,
PETER BRANDT ..Master
WILL MAKE
Jt
1TG.
■ STRAND
1T8
AGENTS FOR
Star Line New York & Texas Packets
W. C. ADAMS & CO., AOEjrrs.,
octl9Dly 181 Pearl Street, New lork.
jjouston
direct navigation company
Five Steamers, Twenty-two
Bargei, Tliree Tugs.
Receive and forward all freight consigned
them at GALYESTON HOUSTON
HARRISBURG and LYNCHBURG.
All COTTON and other PRODUCE covered to
GALVESTON by their OPEN POLICY
OF INSURANCE, without Ex-
pense to Shipper.
All Losses and Damages Promptly
Adjusted and Paid.
Consign to HOUSTON DIRECT NAYIGA
TION COMPANY from all points inward and
outward.
JOHN SHBARN, President.
W. J. HUTCHINS, Yice President.
jan9-l)-Wly
£jou8ton
Direct Navigation Co.'s Boats
Leave
Central Wharf
at 5 P. M. Dally, Saturday excepted,
S0NDAY at B A. M.
Making o!oso oonectlon with all passenger
trains at liouston and Harrisburg.
Fare • • ■ Cabin, £>3, Currency,
Including Metis and Berth.
Fare on Deck - - - $2, Currency.
CHARLES FOWLER, Capt. Conner.
Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.
DIANA. Capt. Christian.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
FreigLt boats with barges, dally.
Goods consigned to this Company are for-
warded promptly, free of commissioner dray-
j. ATKKN. Aarpnt.
New Orleans Advrts.
CARRET WAREHOUSE—No. 17
Chartres Street, New Orleans.
A. BHOUSSEAU, Importer and Dealer, offers
Wholesale and Recall,
Carpeting—1060 pes English and American.
Oil Cloths—Floor. Table and Enamel. Mat-
ting—1000 rolls, White, Check and Fancy.
Window Shades, Cornices, Table and Piano
Covers. Curtains—Lace and Nottingham Lace.
Brocatelle—Cotelines, Tertie
Hair Cioth—Gimp, Plusb, etc.
ngha
Terties, Keps., etc.
etc,
A. BROrSSEAU.
U1
AVING established a BRANCH
YARD AT HOUSTON, wfih a large
«tock of Louisiana Pine and Cypress Lumber
rough and dressed, supplied directly from our
mills, on Pearl river, we are enabled to fuc
nish the Texas trade, (wholesale and retail
with all kinds of Lumber, Sash, Doors, Blinda
etc. Also, the celebrated 44 Carre Cabin.1*
W. W. CARRlS & CO.,
New Orleans, and Houston, Texas,
lei flPlv
Book and Job Printing.
^~CARD.'"
Galveston, August 30th, 1873.
To the Merehants of Galveston:
We most respectfully call your attention to
the fact that we have this day connected
ourselves with
The Job Offloe of the Galveston News,
and from this date we are prepared to do al
kinds of
JOB PRINTING, RULING
—AND TBI—
Manufacture of Blank Books.
This office is the most extensive and the
Only Complete Mercantile Job Office
IN THE STATE;
where we can get you up ail kinds of
Mercantile Blanks and Books,
FROM
BUSINESS CARD CP TO A LARGE POSTER.
We invite you to examine our Specimens of
work, and obligate ourselves to suit you i>
prices.
A share of vonr patronage is most respect
fully solicited. ROBINSON A CO,
augW Dtf Tt straw J.
y.EORGE H. 8WEET & CO B.
TEXAS NEW l'OHKEH
—and—
General Advertising
AND COMMISSION HOUSE,
NO. 69 Pask Flags,
decllDtf new tore CITY.
RKCtULAB TRIPS to SABINE PASS
Signing Through Bills of Lading to
BEAUMONT, CONCORD, AND BtTNNS'
BLCPF.
Fer freight or passage. »pply to
at Sm HOBBY ft POST, 179 Strand.
HAY—300 BALES CHOICE
WESTERN TIMOTHY
For sale cheap by
mr8 3m* J. BERLOCHER Jt SONS.
^RBIVED—
PER BARK SABINE.
A Lot of Celebrated Cook, Parlor ant
Heattnx Stoves.
Also a variety of Enameled and Japanned
House Furnishing Goods, at
WM. BROWN'S,
Tremont street, oppoiite New Hotel.
jy6DIy
A BSTKACT OF PATENTED
LANDS IN TEXAS FOR BALE.
By applying soon t« the Nsws Offloe a fe*
volumes of the above #ork can be hod, em
bracing all tho lands patontod In Toxa prior
to December 1st. M69. Published br ant orlt/
of the Eighth Legislature. The corre ness
of the work is oertifled to by the Oti . mls-
sioner of the General Land Ofl|'«. It is » large
octavo volume, embracing l«0t Pr<ee
Ten Dollars per oott. deoUD-TW-V
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