The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 219, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 4, 1877 Page: 2 of 4
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S TATE PRESS.
The San Antonio Express of the 1st says;
By this time, doubtless, Qen. Ord is telling
his story to the Congressional Committee on
Military Affairs. The report will no doubt
prove an interesting one to the country, as
Gen. Ord, who has been in close communica-
tion with the frontier and kept himself posted
with every event, doubtless knows as much
about what has transpired as some of his kid-
gloved superiors in rank, whose time has been
moBtly engaged, since the war, in having their
portraits painted.
The Longview Xew Bra thinks the denizens
of Jefferson have been fortunate in being fa-
vored " with the presence of such men as
Major Penn, Bishop Gregg and Father Ryan,
all coming along in quick succession the same
week, as was the case last week with the citi-
zens of Jefferson, who will say they have
been treated to a 1 feast of reason and a flow
of soul.' "
The Beaumont Lumberman is desirous of
procuring a tri-weekly mail service between
that thriving town and Hardin and Woodville.
The Lumberman, although "edited promis
cuously," is a good paper, and deserves every
facility for dissemination.
The Seguin ( Guadalupe) Times, published at
the home of Judge Ireland, the Bupert of the
West, has donned its war paint again, and
Gov. Hubbard had better look out for his
sca'p. Apropos ;of the penitentiary matter,
the Times delivers the following broadside:
The information conveyed to the Galveston
Hews by its Austin correspondent takes no
one by surprise who is in any way familiar
with the history of the penitentiary contract.
Ward, Dewey & Co. were absolutely free and
beyond the reach of Coke. This journal in-
formed the people while Coke was yet in office,
and a clamor was going on for a change, that
Coke would never make the change. Ward,
Dewey & Co. ran too many members of the
Legislature from their seats and controlled
too many votes in that body during the
senatorial contest. The present Executive
was also a party to that operation and
when at last the country required Hubbard,
against his wishes, to get rid of Ward and
Dewe.v, it was notorious on the streets of Aus-
tin and around the hotels that either Ward
or Dewey, or both, were to be interested in
the new uuuti act. Tliat Hubbard should pri-
vately speculate out of the affair will not sur-
Srise any on* who knows the man. Any one
olding the official relation to the State he
did and draw mileage he was not entitled to,
and lobby through a bill while president of
the Senate to relieve a client of a debt justly
due the State that he was professing to serve,
will not hesitate to make the patronage be-
longing to the executive cilice subservient to
his private interests.
The News is under more obligations than i'
can find words to express for the continued
kindly notices it receives from able and dig.
criminating contemporaries. The Busk Ob-
server says:
The Galveston News has had constructed at
St. Louis a special mail car to run from Gal-
veston to Houston, so as to connect with all
t he railroad lines leading from Houston to the
interior. This will insure the prompt and re-
gular delivery of the News to its patrons in
the interior. This will be a great advantage
to the public, as the News is indispensable to
the business me» of our State.
The Marlin Moving Ball remarks:
The Galveston'NEWS, not to be baffied by the
inconvenient schedule of the railroads, has
put on a new car of its own. which leaves
Galveston at 3.30 in the mornicg loaded with
the News's immense edition for the up coun
try. This is a commendable enterprise of the
News, and but one other paper ia the country
has ever run a car of its own besides the
News, and that was the New York Herald.
The Sehulenberg Argus wants the laws
against offcial offenders strictly enforced. It
says:
Some inconsiderate person has circulated
the report, and upon Inquiry we found it
quite prevalent, that a certain dispenser of
justice in our county was seen on our streets
a few days since " in a weaving way." Why
was it no charge was made against him and
he dealt with according to law !
The Palestine Ne w Era says:
And now comes Prof. B. W. Burgess and
claims that he was the man who pulled down
the U. S. flag from the New Orleans Mint dur-
ing the war, for which act poor Mumfoi d was
hung by Bea9t Butler. Ic seems to us that
the proper time to have claimed credit for
this heroic achievement was when they were
about hanging the wrong man.
A few days ago the Brenham Banner pub-
lished a short editorial favoring the whipping
po3t as the surest, cheapest and best method
of disposing of petty criminals. The La
Grange Record copies the article, and says:
We indorse the above, and will just add
that daily observation in this locality demon-
strates the f«ct that the class that encumber
criminal dockets and fill our jails, care noth-
ing for imprisonment. The whole thing of ar-
rest, trial and imprisonment is a great big
farce; but the keeping and feeding of prison-
a good plan would be, if the county warned
to "get rid of a mean feilow, the officer could
give him a certain number of stripes down,
and promise to pay the balance at a certain
time in the future. The fellow would be sure
never to call for the rest.
Washington specials indicate that
the Democrats in the Senate will per-
mit the light between the President and
Republicans to go on, hereafter, with-
out interference on their part. That
Conkling is now master of the Repub-
lican majority in the Senate is evident,
and that he will bitterly oppose the
President is also conceded, and nothing
but the support of the Democracy can
save the administration.
Euzub Wright, of Boston, who is
acknowledged authority on life insur-
ance business, insists that policy-hold-
ers who have stopped payments are en-
titled to an equitable share of accumu-
lated reserves in cash, and proposes
opening a registry of policy-holders
who are willing to combine and try the
question before the courts.
1TATK NEWS.
ANDEKSON OOtJHTT.
Palestine New Era: Bev. J. E. Melton died
ou Wednesday night of pneumonia, after an
illness of only two davs. He was an aged and
rather infirm man. He was a laborious min-
ister and a useful citizen On Tuesday
morning last special deputy Alf Dexter inaug-
urated a raid upon the sports, and arrested
about twenty persons, against whom there
were, in the aggregate, about thirty indict
ments. It has been a fact well known In the
place for some time past that gambling was
being carried on In violation of the law; and
as the regular constabulary and police forces
were not able to break up the gambling dens,
probably because they were all known to the
gamblers. Judge Palmer put out a new force
on the sly, consisting of Alf Dexter and M. C.
Smith, who were not long in making a heavy
drag. Tuesday night the regular police of the
city made a pull and took in five sports.
atascosa county.
Pleasanton Journal: Calvin Musgrave, an
aged man and old resident of our county, is
rapidly recovering from injuries received by
being thrown from a wagon, the wheels pass-
ing over his body. For some time the life of
the old gentleman was despaired of We
are to have merry times in Pleasanton during
the holidays. Already do we bear of masque-
rade balls, suppers, etc , talked of.
bexar COUNTY.
Frost Thursday night The Express says:
Many of our business houses, and aJi the news-
papers, except the Express, observed the 29th
as a holiday At the regular annuallmeeting
of the Western Texas Medical Association,
held Thursday, the following officers were
chosen for the ensuing year: President, F.
Herff; Vice President, J. J. Gens'en; Second
Vice President, Theodore Heerman; Secre-
tary, T. R. Chew; Treasurer, W. B. Van Duvn;
Censers, Drs. Cupples, Chew and Bennett
San Antonio needs good tenament houses,
which is indicated by the daily demand fer the
sama by new-comers. Houses which would
rent for from $20 to $35 per month would not
long beg occupation Many took advantage
of the opportunity and spent Thanksgiving
Day gunning.. Great numbers of ducks and
qnail were vfetimizert San Antonio Ex-
press: The Waterworks Company are arrang-
ing to purchase four telephones to connect in-
tercourse between the pump-house at the head
of the river and the office in thia city;
also, a flre alarm telegraph, to connect
with the city hall, each engine house and po-
lice stations. This will be nut up immediate-
ly, as the telephones will be needed to commu-
nicate in constructing the works. The office
of the company will be temporarily located
in the rear of Rische's cigar store. By sur-
vey yesterday, it was discovered that the fall
from the height of the reservoir near the
head of the river to the city was about 150
feet. That is, taking Main plaza, the center
of the city, as the level. This height will en-
able a jet of water to be thrown over one hun-
dred feet high, or about twice the height of
any building in the city Mr. H. Grenet has
consummated the purchase of a portion of
the old Alamo property, on Alamo plaza. The
purchase embraced the old coavent building,
which stands outermost upon the plaza, all
the vacant land te its rear—in fact everything
except Mission church, which was reserved by
Bishop Pellicer, hoping that it may be pur-
chased by the city or State and reserved as a
monument sacred to the memories of the he-
roes who sacrificed themselves within it for
the independence of Texas Mr. H. Grenet,
we understand, contemplates the early re-
moval of the old structures on the property
he has purchased, and the erection of a large
business bouse to meet the emergencies of a
rapidly growing trade.
belt. county.
The Belton Journal is informed that the
high water in the cialado has broken nearly
all the mill dams on the stream.
colorado county.
Citizen: Largest sales of real estate since
last report: J. D. F. Williams and wife to D.
S. Hunsacker. to 320 acres out of H. Austin's
five leagues, for $4000; Mrs. R. C. Grace to
H. C., Jesse E. and S. Grace, half of 432 acres
out of home tract of Abel Grace, deceased,
and 341^£ acres of P. B. Splann league, for
$5777; T. J. Neavitt and wife to H. Newman,
to 600 acres of land out of W K. Hunt and
P. B. Splann league, for $1500; Isam Tooke
and wife to Martha Crebbs, to former home-
stead of Isam Tooke, near Columbus, $3000
Marriages: W. D. Hopkins and Violet Hawk-
ins; Joseph Hennecke and Miss Mary Weis-
man; G. W. Lowery and Miss Emma E. Young;
George Washington and Miss Mildred Burley;
Aug. Raabe and Miss Celestine Heller; Chas.
Beichard and Adelheit Brune; Lott De Bose
and Mrs. Emily Foster; Geo. Pruice and Miss
Besura Morrow; B. L. Walker and Mrs. F. A.
8fgers; W. S. Monroe and Miss Margaret Ann
Elizabeth Beeson; Louis Kichard and Vlney
Miller; James Paulding and Eliza Ann Bishop;
Wm. B. Buckner and Miss Sarah B. Simpson;
Adolph Wendell and Miss Marie Henneck; Ja-
cob Brad is and Miss Auguste Heimann; B. J.
Harris and Miss Iseah Hancock; Henry Sciba
and Phcebe Houston; Wm. Krause and Miss
Margaret Greewe; Robert Taylor and Delila
Jones; George H. McOane and Miss Elizabeth
Archer; Richard Smith and Miss Sarah Agnes;
Jerome Johnson and Miss Emma Harbert; J.
P. Anderson and Miss Eugenie Frazar.
cherokee county.
Rusk Observer: The price of pork here, we
understand, will not exceed five cents per
pound this vear. Plenty of corn can be had
at fifty cents per bushel. Hog and hominy
are cheap in old Cherokee.
fayette county.
Schulenburg Argus: McGee, who kiiled a
man at Flatonia a year or two ago, and was
indicted for murder, had his trial at LaGraage
last Tuesday. The jury returned a verdict of
acquittal. We learn that McGee was Indicted
for killing one McCarty, or McCarthy, where-
as the evidence disclosed the fact that the
man killed was named McGrath, hence the ac-
quittal The case of H. Liebler, indicted for
killing Henry G. Metzger, was continued until
May term on account of the absence of mate-
rial witnesses for the defense. Mr. L. has re-
turned home and resumed business The
judgment in the case of the State vs. Jim
Jones, rendered at the May term of our Dis-
trict Court and appealed from to the Court of
Appeals, has been affirmed, and it now re-
mains for Judge Moore to appoint a time
when Jones shall expiate his crime upon the
gallows, which, we presume, he will do during
the present term.
fannin county.
News correspondence, Nov. 28: Our town is
improving rapidly. The new bank building,
just completed, is a substantiaal brick. The
lower story will be used for a bank and the
upper for a Masonic hall. The rooms are
neatly finished, and will be supplied with first-
class furniture. The building would do credit
to a larger city. The courthouse is being
thoroughly renovated and repaired under
Messrs. Moore, contractors. With new cupo-
la, tin roof and fine porticos, new windows,
etc , it presents a neat appearance. Several
new business houses are going up on the
south side of the square. The Christian
Church is looming up, and will be completed
by January 1. Besides, several new resi-
dences are being built in different portions of
the city. Merchants seem to be doing a good
business. Cotton has been delayed on ac-
count of the wet weather. Provisions of all
kinds are cheap; plenty of corn and pork for
home consumption and to spare for all new
comers. Several weddings have occurred in
the city and surrounding county in the last
few weeks. There will be a grand festival at
the Alexander Hall on the night of the 25th of
December by the Odd Fellows. The ladies
have taken the matter in hand, and it is
bound to be a success. There will probably
be a ball the next night at the same hall. Or-
der prevails in our county, and it is attributed
to the faithful and efficient officers. Our
county is in a prosperous condition. County
scrip is at par. I think Fannin stands No. 1
as a fruit country, for apples raised in Red
river belt compare favorably with Northern
apples. Several hundred good farmers are
needed to work bands that are lying idle.
VIBUINIUS.
c.rayson county.
Coal sells by the car load at Sherman for
$6 25 per ton, and $7 50 at retail Sherman
Courier: While engaged putting up rafters to
a barn on a farm eight miles south of Sher-
man, Tuesday, two carpenters became involv-
ed in a flarht and feU forty feet to the bottom
of the cellar. They were discovered in that
condition about 7 o'clock by a hired man on
the farm, who went to ascertain why they did
not return to the house as usual after work
hours. They were both seriously hurt by the
fall Below we present an exhibit of the cot-
ton market of our city to date: Receipts for
the week, 2881 bales; shipments to spinners,
1252 bales; shipments otherwise, 484 bales;
total shipments, 1736 bales; stock, 1448 bales
Ordinary. 8; good ordinary, 896; low middling,
9%; middling, 9-V; good middling, 10. Market
firm. Freight, all rail, to New York, $1 15.
gregg county.
Longview New Era: The burnt district was
three hundred feet, and now there are brick
and stone buildings nearly completed cover-
ing one hundred and seventy-five feet of this
space. With the opening ef spring the re-
mainder of the space ( if not filied before that
time) will be occupied by substantial struc-
tures suitable for the purpose intended. The
building of the courthouse and college will
give emplovment to quite a number of me-
chanics next spring, and by this time next
year our town will bo permitted to boast of
one of the finest and most attractive court
houses In Eastern Texas; also a house for
educational purposes surpassed by few, if any,
in the State.
guadalupe county.
A hunting party of nine gentlemen left Se-
guin on a four days hunt. Besult; two coons
killed—The prisoners sentenced at the last
term of the District Court have been taken to
Huntsville The amount of taxes due the
county, as shown by the report of Judge
Henry Maney, is $1-1,530 15 The last issue
of the Times looks as if the cold weather had
its frozen grip upon the roller Times: We
understand that the hunters that left last
week and went down on the San Antonio riv-
er, have killed a great many deer. Some of
the party have returned.
grimes ool'nty.
Navasota Tablet: There is some talk among
thQ colored people of Navasota about emi-
grating to Liberia.
HARDIN COUNTY.
Correspondence Beaumont Lumberman;
People are busy making sugar and sirup. I
hear some farmers say they can make more
money by planting the "ribbon cane" than
they c*n by raising cotton. The sweet potato
crop has been damaged some by the long
continued rain. The County Commissioners
Court failed to meet at the time appointed for
the last regular term. Miles Taylor, justice
of the peace Tor beat No. 1, has resigned. Mr
Quincy Shaw, living a few miles below town!
had his house and all its contents destroyed
by flre a few days ago. A great many are
making preparations for putting timber in the
creeks for rafting to market.
jefferson county.
The shipments of lumber and other articles
from Beaumont for the week ending 29th were
as follows: Lumber, 52 cars; ties, 19 cars;
shingles, 10 cars; cotton, 9 cars; hides, 200
The Beaumont Lumberman ot the 30th says:
Messrs. Long & Co. have leased from Colonel
Crearythe Yellow Bluff Tramway for three
years, with the privilege of extending the
lease to five years. There Is now three miles
of the main line track, with one side track,
laid from Yellow Bluff into the heavy pine
timber in that region. Eight or ten freight
cars are now on the tram, drawn by horses
ana mules, and transporting logs to the river.
The horses and mules will be superseded by ft
fine new locomotive about the beginning of
the new year, built expressly for the tramway.
Messrs. Long & Co. propose not only to supply
their own mills with logs, but to furnish logs
to other mills at this point. We took a walk
yesterday among our mills, and And that some
of them are not doing near full work. The
current in the bayou is so strong that it is Im-
possible for the mill of Long & Co. to pull np
logs enough to keep it running on full time.
Their sbingle machine is only cutting about
100,000 per day. They expect tooh to have
two new drag saws, when they wld be able to
cut from 140,000 to 150,000 shingles per day.
The drag-saws which they are now using are
old, and do not cut blocks fait enough to keep
the shingle machine running.
lkok county.
Plalndealer: Hogs are getting fat on the
mast. Pork will be cheap NormonG. Kit-
treli, of Galveston, called on us last Menday.
He informs us that he will be on hand at our
District Court Mr. E. M. Jackson, one of
our thrifty farmeis has, after saving what he
wanted to plant, made between eighty and
ninety gallons of very superior sirup from
half an acre of ribbon cane grown on Willow
Hole prairie land Hogs are getting Jin fine
ysayi
thousand pounds of pork for sale.
order on the range In the vicini' y of Willow
Hole. Mr. A. J. Searcy says he will hare five
LiEE county.
Giddings Lone Star: flogs fat—Hog killing
weather Ducks plentiful In Yegua bottom.
... .The heavy rise of the Yegua has Impeded
travel.
MARION COUNTY.
The Rothschild case, at Jefferson, has been
set for the 17th of December. A venire of 60
jurors will be ordered. The counsel for the
defense say that they expect to be ready for
trial.
MORRIS COUNTY.
Business at Dangerfleld continues to im-
prove, and 1571 bales of cotton have been re-
ceived at that point during the season. The
average reoeipts are now about 50 or 60 bales
per day and are increasing. The ruling prices
are from 8 to 9J^ cents $ lb. Henry Mclntyre,
aged seventy six years, died at his home five
miles east of Dangerfleld on the 23d Inst. The
deceased was a highly respected citizen, and
had resided in Texas for twenty-six years.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Tribune: A negro boy had his thumb and
one finger cut off by an edger at Moore &
Co.'s mill Thursday The government owns
6000 logs in the Sabine river Cotton coming
in every day from the upper country One
McBride, an industrious freedman. of Newton
county, came in this week with fifteen bales
of cotton, ten of his own and the balance be-
longing to other colored citizens. He sold to
Mr. Gilmer for 10c More goods sold in
Orange this week than during any month al-
most since spring. All our merchants are
well stocked Moore & 8wlnford's mill
manufactured 86,000 shingles Monday and 88,-
000 Tuesday, and we suppose equally as many
each day slrce Judge wingate has nearly
completed the foundation to his new mill —
McKinnon, Jackson & Co. boueht the last raft
of logs brought down John Francis shipped
last month 260 000 split shingles by schooners.
Lumber, first class, per thousand, $12;
second class, $9 to $10 8hingles—8tar "S,"
sap, $2: Moore & Co , IXL, $3 25; do. No. 1,
$3; split, 1 5 sap, $2 75. " Excelsiuicy-
press, first class, $3; second class, $2 50.
red river county.
Clarksville Banner: On Wednesday evening
Mr. Nat. Bagwell, in company with one or tvo
of his neighborhood were out in the woods
two miles north of Robinsonville, hunting for
wild hogs. They came upon a dead nog,
which was just killed and half devoured by
some w/ld animal, and looking around they
saw lying a few yards off In the bushes what
at first appeared to be a huge hog, but which
afterwards proved to be a very large bear.
One of the party proceeded to a neighbor's
house to get a lot of dogs to make the attack,
while the others remained to watch the wild
beast. The dogs soon came and then the fight
began. Some fifteen or twenty shots were
fired during the encounter and when the
chase ended all the dogs were killed and the
bear;was two miles from where the fight be-
gan. " The carcass was brought into Clarks
ville last Thursday.
smith county.
Tyler Democrat: Bishop Gregg will hold ser-
vice at the Episcopal Church Sunday, Dec.
9th Last Thursday and Friday were big
cotton days again. The receipts on Thursday
reached two hundred and fifty bales—Mr.
James Burks has handed us a list ot hogs
kUled by him on the 29th inst., which, consid
ering that they were only sixteen months old
and common stock, are worthy of considera-
tion and emulation. There were five of them,
and they weighed respactively, 340, 312, 280,
253 and 240 pounds—in ail 1425... .The receipts
of cotton up to and including Nov. 29th here
are 4368 bales. It is believed that 500 or 1000
bales more than this have been bought and
shipped without going through the hands of
the weighers. Messrs. Douglas and Duke, and
we think it would be fair to put the total re-
ceipts at 5000 bales. This is perhaps 500 or
1000 bales short of the receipts to this time last
year.
tyler county.
Woodville correspondence Beaumont Lum-
berman: District Court dispatched its busi-
ness, with the exception of a few civil cases
tried by the court. In seven days, and dis-
charged the petit jury. Not a single convic-
tion on the State docket. Quite a number of
civil suits were disposed of. But the grand
jury are still in session; they adjourned on
Monday of the third week to meet again on
Thursday, 27th. No bills have yet been re-
ported into court. There are many conjec-
tures as to what is the cause of delay; one is
that they have indicted the County Court for
misapplying funds, and that the county attor-
ney refused to write up the bills of indict-
ment, and they have sent for the district
attorney, who is not in attendance on court.
travis county.
Beal estate has participated in the general
tall in prices. A year ago a lot was sold in
Austin for $10,000, upon the terms $1000 cash
and $9000 or forfeit in twelve months. The
purchaser has decided to let his $1000 go. The
owner can not get $6000 for the property
now State Gazette: Five carloads of blood-
ed stock, horses, cattle and sheep, were ship-
ped to Austin Wednesday by O. A. Sargent, a
gentleman lately arrived in this State from
Windsor, Illinois. We understand Mr. Sargent
intends to open a stock rancho in Travis
county, not far from Austin.
tom g3een county.
Correspondence News-Item: District Court
is still in Bession here. Judge Blacker has
shown himself quicic and prompt, and Mr. T.
A. Falvey, the prosecuting attorney, has, al-
though worked almost night and day prepar
ing indictments and attending court, made
himself a terror to criminals and a friend to
the citizens of this county Weather beau-
tiful and grass growing finely—To show you
that In this county buffalo killing Is business,
we will mention the fact that Mr. W. S. Veck
has brought on, for the buffalo trade, and to
provision the numerous rifles that will be in
use—ten tons of lead and two tons of rifle
powder. We do not know the supply of these
articles bought bv Frary & Bro., DeMoss, or
Millspaugh, but Frary & Bro. we will venture
to say, are not far behind. These men,
stretched as they are for 150 miles northwest
from this place, form a more effective barrier
against the band of marauding Indians from
the reservation than all the military posts on
the frontier; and we fear that they will also
prove a barrier to the buffalo, which will de
prive us of our sport near home. Cayote.
uvalde county.
There was a jail delivery at Uvalde a few
days ago, at which time the notorious Pink
Burns, with two other prisoners, successfully
escaped The delivery was abetted by out-
side parties.
van zandt county.
Van Zandt county is manufacturing and
shipping salt.
washington county,
Brenham Banner: Corn is slow sale at 30
cents per bushel We are informed that
pork will be plentiful in this market at from
2!4 to 3 cents per pound. The mast in Burle-
son county is very heavy and hogs are fat and
plentiful Mr W. K. Lewis furnishes the
Banner with the following cotton statement
for the week ending Thursday, the 30th in-
stant: Net receipts, 1456; shipments, 1162;
stoc k on hand, 2169. Freight to New York, $6
per bale, water route.
Stiver Bullion Not Receivable.
The following proposition was sub
mitted to the Secretary of the Treasury
and, as will be seen, rejected by the
Department:
Nbw York, Nov. 20,1877.
Hon. John Sherman, Secretary of the
Treasury:
Dear Sir—We will purchase $100,000
to $150,000 United States four percent,
bonds, principal and interest payable in
silver dollars of 412i grains each, stand-
ard fineness of the United States at
par. To pay for the same we will de-
posit in the United States assay office
here an amount of silver which will
produce the sum required to be paid in
said silver dollars at par.
Please answer by return mail if you
accept. Respectfully yours,
James R. Colgate & Co.
secretary sherman's reply.
Treasury Department, (
Washington, Dec. 1, 1875. f
To Messrs. James R. Colgate & Co. ,
New York:
Gentlemen—Your letter of the 20th
was duly received, but was not an-
swered sooner because ef other more
pressing official engagements, nor did I
think you expected an answer until I
saw your letter in the public print,
with some comments upon it, indicat-
ing that so favorable an offer ought to
have received more prompt attention.
You offer to purchase $150,000 of 4 per
cent, bonds if I will receive in pay-
ment silver bullion to an amount suf-
ficient to coin 150,000 silver dollars, con-
taining in each 412} grains of stand-
and silver. I am authorized to issue
these bonds only at par for coin, and
as gold coin only is authorized by law,
I can only receive gold coin. This de-
partment has within six months sold
over $75,000,000 of these bonds at par
for gold coin; with $150,000 bonds or
gold cein I can how buy silver enough
to coin $163,830 of the silver dollars.
You offer, or to state it differently, you
can buy with $137,337 gold coin enough
silver dollars to pay, as you propose,
for $150,000 four per cent, bonds, and
thus, as an experienced broker, can
make the handsome profit of $12,663.
It is true that you offer to take silver
dollars for your interest, but I do not
see how these help the government un-
less it makes the protest to pay silver
dollars t» those vthp paid gold for their
bonds; but you would hardly think
this fair or honest. The government
might find thU expedient to pay »
cheaper dollar so convenient that it
rate of fifteen and one-hS?of silver to
one of gold, and coin a dollar of 400
grains with which to pay yon. You
would not think this fair or honest
Or it might think a subsidiary dollar,
containing 385 grains, good enough to
pay bondholders. This, I am sure,
you would not think fair or honest. I
must, therefore, respectfully decline
your offer, and ask you to pay gold
coin as others have done. With the
confident hope that the United States
will never pay you a coin of less value
than it exacts of yeu, I am, very re-
spectfully, John Sherman, Sec'y.
NOTES AND OPINIONS.
Louisville Courier-Journal: The De-
mocratic party is historically the party
of free trade. It should no longer waste
its strength over dead issues, or in en-
deavoring to change the laws for which
they are not responsible, and the repeal
of which they can not secure. If a part
of the time devoted in Congress to use-
less discussion and personal wrangling*
should be devoted to the reform of the
tariff, the Democratic party could draw
to itself such an intelligent and enthu-
siastic support as to make it for many
years unassailable. Simply as a party
question, it has now become a necessity.
Boston Traveller: (Rep ) To use plain
terms, the so-much-talked-of civil ser-
vice reform—the patented, copyrighted
article—is a fraud, a mere trap to cr-tch
gull; and it is high time that the good
sense and sober second-thought of 4he
people were brought to bear against it.
It has no other significance than that of
a deep-laid experiment upon popular
credulity. The prayer of a wearied
public is, that we may hear no more ol"
civil service reform, except through
the practical application of its true
principles in cleansing the Augean sta-
ble of sycophants, and parasites, and
adventurers, and in such appointments
to places of trust as by unquestioned
capacity and well-tried honesty and
faithfulness, will do honor and credit
to the Dublic service.
New York Tribune: Republican su-
premacy in the Senate has vanished.
There will be many a hot struggle, and
the Republicans will retain, for some
time at least, their organization, the
control of committees, and a bare ma-
jority upon many partisan questions.
But they have been rudely awakened
to the fact that their unquestioned and
complete mastery has departed. The
fact is not pleasing to any Republican,
and it must be particularly galling to
those who formed the well-known Sena-
torial group, who dominated so long
in caucus, and whose .dictation in the
Senate was for many years nearly
equivalent to an ownership of the Re-
publican organization.
Springfield Republican: Now, Mr.
Hewitt is the exact opposite of Mr.
Cox in almost everything. He is sol-
emn as an owl; dyspeptic; his argu-
ments are unrelieved by a gleam of
humor, but he is a man of character
and good sense, and could be trusted
in any position. The House IfSes Mr.
Cox, and is fond of his fun, but doesn't
respect nor trust him. It is not partial
to Mr. Hewitt, but it respects and trusts
him. The Sayler and Blackburn crowd
sympathize with Cox; the more sober
and conservative Democrats are with
Hewitt There is a bitter feeling among
the extreme Democrats—those who
voted last spring to break up the elec-
toral count—against both Hewitt and
Tilden. They think if Tilden had ex-
hibited pluck he could have forced his
way into the White House. These men
in the Democratic party are numerous
and strong enough to prevent Mr.
Tilden's renomination in 1880. Not
even that famous "barrel of money"
will accomplish that end, for the aver-
age Democrat is afraid he couldn't be
trusted to carry out the ideas of that
party—that he would be too cautious,
and too fair to his political opponents.
No prominent Democrat here talks as
if he ever expected again to support
Mr. Tilden for President. It is possi-
ble that Mr. Hewitt has a faint hope of
a renomination of his friend, but if so
he is almost alone in that respect.
Globe-Democrat: The biblical injunc
tion to turn the other cheek to the ene-
my who has already smitten you on
one cheek, has been a dead letter so
long that the world may be pardoned
for expressing amazement at finding it
revived and put in application by so
unbiblical a body of men as the Repub-
lican Senators. Never was there a
party smitten on the right cheek with
a sounder slap than the one which Pre-
sident Hayes has given to the Republi-
can party; never was a smitten cheek
more humble before the smiter than
are the Senators, who seem to have lost
sight of all their manhood before the
prospect of losing their Senatorial ma-
jority. Instead of standing up boldly
and openly telling the people what are
the differences which keep the Repub-
lican party aloof from the President,
these timid time-servers send an aver-
he had of finishing the cruise in the
vessel. Thin is a matter of record, on
file in the Nayy Department, and though
such a line or defense was laughed at
when made, the fate of the Huron will
cause many superstitious people to
think that Mr. Fletcher's preadmoni-
tion was fully proven to be a true one
by the wreck of Kitty Hawk, North
Cara. i na.
Negotiations are said to be going on
between Germany and the United States
looking to a mutual naturalization
tFMky, which will supersede all existing
treaties with individual States of the
Empire.
And the winds blew upon the woman
and whirled her hat over the fence, and
tugged enthusiastically with her over-
skirt, and when she held the front down
the back flew up, and when she held
the back down the front flew up. And
straightway the fiery spirit of her sex
arose within her, and she backed up
against the fence, shut her knees to2
gether on the front breadth of every-
thing, poked the hair away from her
eyes and smiled sweetly, while the
wind howled and shrieked around her;
and moaned, and sobbed, and darted
between her ankles; and found naught
that it could wiggle except the loose
end of a shoe-string.—Burlington Hawk-
eye.
Mullet says that as a swearer he will
take off his hat to but one man in the
country, and that man is Zach Chan-
dler.
Special Notices.
Notice to Consignees.—The steamship
RIO GRANDE. Bolger. Master, from New
York, is now discharging cargo at Williams's
Wharf.
Consignees will please receive their goods
as landed, receipting for the same on the
wharf. All goods remaining on the wharf after
4 o'clock p. K (not receipted for) may, at op-
tion of steamer's agent, be placed in ware-
houses or covered with tarpaulins on the
wharf, but they are entirely at risk of con-
signee or owner. All claims for damage must
be adjusted before the goods leave the wharf.
de 4 3t J. N. SAWYER. Agent.
Sehenclt'a mandrake Pills
Will be found to possess those qualities neces
sary to the total eradication of all blllious at-
tacks, prompt to start the secretions of the
liver, and give a healthy tone to the entire
system. Indeed, it is no ordinary discovery in
medical science to have invented a remedy for
these stubborn complaints, which develop aU
the results produced by » heretofore free use
of calomel, a mineral justly dreaded by man-
kind, and acknowledged to be destructive in
the extreme to the human system. That the
properties of certain vegetables comprise all
the virtues of calomel without its injurious
tendencies, Is now an admitted fact, rendered
indisputable by scientific researches; and
those who use the Mandrake Pills will be fully
satisfied that the best medicines are those
provided by nature in the common herbs and
roots of the fields.
These pills open the bowels and correct all
billious derangements without salivation or
any of the injurious effects of calomel or other
poisons. The secretion of bile Is promoted by
these pills, as wiU be seen by the altered color
of the stools and disappearance of the sallow
complexion and cleansing of the tongue.
Ample directions for use accompany each
box of the pills. Prepared only by J. H.
Schenck A Son, at their principal office, cor-
ner Sixth and Arch streets, Philadelphia, and
for sale by all druggists and dealers.
Price, 25 cents per box. de 4th sa tu
age of two delegations a day to the
President, to assure him of the pro-
fundity of the veneration with which
they regard him, and to request him to
bring about a reconciliation or to ad-
just their differences.
Philadelphia Record: The character
of the carpet-bag adventurers who for
a decade ruled and robbed the South is
pretty well illustrated by Patterson and
Conover, whose voting witu the Demo-
crats on Thursday has brought them
temporarily into national prominence.
Conover having exhausted all the pos-
sibilities in his favor in Florida, as a
Republican, is now ready to accept
whatever he can gain from the Demo-
crats. He is not troubled with any
such hampering incumbrances as con-
science or principle, and he can wheel
about and turn about with all the fa-
cility that marked that lissom vocalist
long ago known as Jim Crow. The
people of his native State of New Jer-
sey, as well as those of Florida, who
know him best, are not in the least sur-
prised at Conover's conduct on Thurs-
day; and there is no reason why
the Republicans of any part of the
country should be surprised at his ac-
tion. As to Patterson, the peril of his
present situation, as well as his general
want of principle, serves to explain his
course. The penitentiary portals are
yawning for Patterson, and as self-pre-
servation is the first law of nature, we
need not wonder if he has so bargained
with the ruling spirits of the new South
Carolina government as to save his ba
con. Liberty is quite as sweet as the
Fourth of July orators represent it to
be, and Patterson appreciates its im-
portance to human happiness. Then
he has something of a grudge against
the administration, owing to its with-
drawal of the troops from his adopted
State, and the consequent falling out of
the bottom of the tub in which he and
his confederates had been so pleasantly
and profitably sailing on the political
sea of South Carolina.
A Remarkable Presentiment.
In March last, while the ill-fated
United States steamer Huron was lying
in the harbor of Port Royal, South
Carolina, Lieut. Arthur H. Fletcher,
her executive officer, left the vessel on
a twenty-four hours leave of absence,
and, failing to return at the expiration
of that time, the ship sailed for another
port without him. A few days after
Mr. Fletcher returned to Port Royal,
reported to Commodore J. H. B. Clitz,
senior naval officer present, and stated
to him that for some time past he had
had a presentiment that if he went to sea-
in the Huron for the purpose of finish-
ing the cruise (two years) he would be
wreckei. This feeling took complete
possession of his mind, and he used
every means to get detached, but the
Navy Department refused to order it
without a better reason. When he
found that all his efforts had failed he
left the Huron in the manner stated,
with the intention not to return. For
this he was placed under arrest and
tried by court-martial at the Washing-
ton Navy Yard in August last. In de-
fense he made a statement in substance
as above, and called Commodore Clli z.
Commander George P. Ryan, of the
Huron, and other officers, to prove
that before leaving the ship he had told
them of the dread—in fact, horror—
Auction Sales.
AUCTION SALE.
WE WILL SELL THIS DAY,
4th inst., at 10 o'clock, at our sales-
rooms, Strand—
ASSORTED GROCERIES,
1 Set COTTAGE FURNITURE.
and SUNDRIE3.
PARK, LYNCH & CO.,
dec! It Auctioneers.
BOOK AUCTION.
(XWING TO THE INCLEMENCY
of the weather, the unreserved
Sale of Books,
advertised to take place on Monday, was post-
poned to Tills (Tuesday) Evening, Decem-
ber 4. E. A. BLAKELY, Auctioneer,
de4 It* 153 Tremont street.
Cotton at Auction.
we will sell at
PUBLIC AUCTION
For account of whom it may concern,
On SATURDAY, Dee. 8,1877,
At the
TEXAS COTTON PRESS,
In Galveston, at 12 o'clock noon,
200 Bale*
SOUND REPACKED COTTON
20 Bale*
ASSORTED COTTON PICKINGS,
And
Pickings Unbaled to the Amount
of About 100 Bales,
The cotton will be sold in lots to suit pur-
chasers.
Terms Cash,
Samples of the baled cotton will be exhibit-
ed at the office of KAUFFMAN & RUNGE,
and the bales may be examined at the Texas
Press for three days prior to sale.
dec2 td
LYNCH & CO.,
Auctioneers.
New Advertisements.
Dissolution.
The firm of mendez & mo-
rales,
CIGAR MANUFACTURERS,
in this day dissolved by mutual consent, Mr.
M. A. MORALES continuing the business) at
the same place. He will also settle the liabili-
ties and collect all outstanding a -counts due
the old firm. J. MEN DEZ,
M. A. MORALES.
Galveston, Dec. 1, 1877.
Ma. morales, manufac-
• TURER OF FINE CIGARS, requests a
continuation of past favors from the friends
of the late firm and the public in general at
the old stand, 123 Tremont t>t., near Market.
N. B.—Will close out a lot of Pines and
Smoker's articles very cheap. de4 lm
GRAND OPENING
HOLIDAY GOODS
AT THE
Great Dollar Store
171 MARKET STREET.
LEWIS & ROTHSCHILD,
PROPRIETORS.
Call and See the Toy
TRAIN OF STEAM CARS
IN ACTUAL MOTION.
Grand Firemen's Ball,
GIVEN BY
ISLAND CITY STEAM FIRE
COMPANY NO. 2,
ON
SATURDAY, DEC. 13,
AT
TURNER HALL,
8 O'CLOCK.
t®- Tickets $1, to be had of Arrangement
Cammittee.
J. A. HOMER, Chairman; 1
C. WESTERLAGE, Committee.
J. DEAN, J
de? 12t
Hay I Hay I Hay!
350 Bales CHOICE NORTHEN
151 Bales CHOICE WESTERN
IS STORE AND FOR SALE AT LOWEST
MARKET FIGURES.
J. BERLOCHEB,
no2 Stitw lm* 7? Mechanic St.
New Advertisements.
Galveston Gas Works
32d and Market Sts.
A LL ORDERS or COMPLAINTS,
XI to naeeive prompt attention, should be
left at the Secretary's office, in the
0STERMANN BUILDING,
Corner Strand and 39d Street,
between the hours of 8 and 12 o'clock a. k.
SPECIAL.
Until further notice, COKE will be sold at
the following rates:
SO barrels and over, at SO cents per barrel.
1 barrel to 50 barrels, At. .CO cents per barrel.
Orders to be had at this office.
. de3 ilmuna PETER H. ERHARD, Sec'y.
Shortly to Arrive,
4000 Sacks COFFEE
Per • ' Norddeatscbe Seewtrle,"
Loading in Bio,
4000 Sacks COFFEE
XJNT STOREs
2500 Sacks COFFEE.
M. KOPPERL.
IN STORK.
2500 Bags COFFEE
TO ARRIVE FROM RIO,
4000 Bags COFFEE
J. H. ELSWORTH & CO.
nol6 tfuna
Arrived & Selling from Wharf
At Reduced Prices
4000 Sks. Coffee.
Loading in Rio.
3500 Sks. Coffee
To Arrive Shortly,
4000 Sacfcs Liverpool Salt.
500 Barrels German Vinegar.
nol4 unatf KAIIFPKIAN <fc RUNGE.
BEST EVER OFFERED
moat Attractive Trip of All!
GRAND EXCURSION
LVESTON
AND TO
NEW ORLEANS
VIA GALVESTON.
TICKETS GOOD FOR 30 DAYS.
A Cheap Trip for Everybody. A
princely visit to the gay and festive Crescent
City, a delightful tour to the land of Love,
Poetry and Romance, and at this, the most
delightful, auspicious and attractive season
of the year, when the beautiful and historic
city of New Orleans—the glittering Metropo-
lis and Queen City of the South—is at its ze-
nith of life, business and fceauty, and clothed
in all its tropical glory and splendor. And
when Galveston, the beautiful Island City and
Metropolis of Texas, aid the pride of her peo-
ple, offers her rarest attractions to those in
search of pleasure.
On Tuesday, December 11, 1877,
at 7 o'clock a. m , a Special Train, with ample
and first class accommodations, in every re-
spect, including Pullman Palace Sleeping
Coaches, and an elegant and well kept Refresh-
ment Ceach, will leave Sherman. Texas, on the
Houston and lexas Central Railway, and run
through to Galveston, making good connec-
tion at Galveston with Morgan's magnificent
Line of Ocean Steamers, which connect close
at Brashear City with Morgan's Railroad, one
ot the finest roads in the Sonth, running from
Brashear City to New Orleans, over one of
the most beautiful, fertile and productive sec-
tions of Loui-iana. The features of greatest
interest to the excursionist along the line of
this road are the beautifid rice and vegetable
farms and extensive sugar plantations, which
lie contiguous to or on either side of the road
all the way to New Orleans.
Fare for the Round Trip.
TO NEW ORLEANS and RETURN.
From Sherman and bet. Dallas
and Sherman $24
From Dallas and bet. Corilcana
and Dallas 23
From Corslcana. and bet. Bre>
mond and Oorslcana 22
From Kremond,and bet. Hearne
and Bremoud 20
From Hearne, and bet. Bryan
and Hearne 19
From Bryan, and bet. Hemp-
stead and Bryan 18
From Hempstead, and between
Houston and Hempstead 16
From Houston 14
TO GALVESTON AND RETURN.
From Sherman, and bet. Dallas
and Sberman $15
From Dal as and bet. Corslcana
and Dallas 14
From Corslcana, and bet. Bre-
mond and Corslcana 13
From Bremond, and between
Hearne and Bremond 9
From Hearne and bet. Bryan
and Hearne s
From Brynn, and bet. Hemp-
stead and Bryan 7
From Hempstead, and between
Hempstead and Houston 5
From Houston 3
Children under 12 yrs. W price. Under 4, free.
Tickets will be on sale at aU the principal
stations and towns on the Houston and Texas
Central Railway between Sherman and Hous-
ton; also, at Austin and Waco; and at Fort
Worth and Paris, on the Texis and Pacific
Railway, and probably other towns in North,
Middle and Eastern Texas.
Sale of Tickets will commence Nor 15, and
continue up to the departure of the train on
the morning of the 11th of December, and svo-
commodationg will be fully ample for any
number that may be purchased.
Tickets will be good GOING on Special
Train, Dcc. 11; good RETURNING on any
train or date until January 11, 1878, thus al-
lowing every one to return at pleasure, and
compelling no one to remain longer than they
Excursionists for New Or'eans are allowed
to stop over in Galveston at pleasure, both go-
ing and returning.
Special arrangements have been made with
the very best hotels in New Orleans and Gal-
veston to board excursionists at greatly re-
duced rates while in the cities. Arrange-
ments have also been made with the leading
Theaters, Opera Houses, Omnibus and Trans-
fer Lines, Pleasure Steamers, etc., at greatly
reduced rates for the benefit of this excur-
sion, thus combining economy and pleasure
throughout the entire trip.
This is a rare opportunity for business men,
as well as those in search of pleasure, and a
trip in which both business and pleasure can
be easily and pleasantly combined. The atten-
tion of THE LADIES in particular is also di-
rected to this, as it is certainly the most
charming and attractive trip for them that
has ever yet been gotton up.
Parties designing to make the trip are re-
quested to buy their tickets at the earliest
possible day, and as an inducement. 5 per
cent, discount will be made on all purchases
made before the 6th of December.
For further information, address
17. L. COLLINS,
General Manager of Excursion,
Either at Houston or Dallas, or Ticket Ajents
of Houston and Texas Central Railway at
Houston, Hempstead, Hearne, Bremond,
Corslcana, Dallas, Sherman, Waco and
Austin.
las, Sherman, Waco and
_ _ Arrangements hare been made vrttA Mr.
Waldo, General Ticket and Passenger Agent of
the H. and T. C. Railroad, to seu round trip
Tickets from Austin to Hempstead and return,
and from Waco to Bremond and return, at re-
duced rate, to connect with Ihe Excursion Train
at these points on the 11th December. novS
JOHN C. LLOYD,
Commission merchant and mer-
chandise Broker,
101 Wall Street, New York City.
CONSIGNMENTS Solicited and advances
made. Orders carefully and promptly
Orders carefully and prom]
hases made of Groceries,
visions and all articles in Eastern and North-
ern markets. References:
Sheldon, Banks & Co.;
Wright, Qillies & Bro
Dymond & Gardes,
3f
New York city.
oc26 fri tu 12m
Notices, Etc.
Notice.
MB-
G., H. AND S. A. R*^, 1
Houston, Tex., October 1, 1877. (
JACOB E. FISHER IS
hereby appointed Auditor of this Company,
to take effect this date, and will hare full
charge of all accounts of the Company. Ad-
dress at Houston. Texas until further notice.
002 3m T. W. PEIRCE. President.
Notice.
OFFICE OF G„ H. AND 8. A. Rt. CO., 1
Houston", October 1,1877. f
rpHE GENERAL OFFICES OF
THE
Galveston, Harrisbarg and San An-
tonio Railway Company
will be located at
HOUSTON, TEXAS,
on and after this date, in VAN AL8TYNE
BUILDING, corner of Main and Congress sts.
oc2 3m JACOB E. FISHER. Secretary.
Take Notice.
The undersigned having
resolved to discontinue mercantile pur-
suits, has deolded to
Close Out His Entire Stock at a
Bargain.
Cheap WALL PAPER, 9c. per roll.
WHITE BLANKS, 12J*c.; SATIN, 30c.; GOLD,
35c. per roll.
1500 WINDOW-SHADES, of all sizes and
colors.
Plain HOLL \ND SHADES, with Fixture", 80c.
GOLD BAND, 3x8 feet, with Fixtures, $1.
Also a large assortment of Wall-Brackets
and Willow-ware, Pictures and Frames, Look-
ing Glasses, Picture-frame Mouldings and
Window Cornices, at J. W. BEBERT'S,
Nos. 339 and 331 Postoffice Street,
oc28 su tu 3m Galveston, Texas.
PROCLAMATION—By the Gov-
ernor of the State of Texas. Whereas
certain changes bare recently been made, in
a circular issued, to bidders for lease of
Texas State Penitentiary touching the amount
of bond to be given, escape of convicts, and
the responsibility of les&ees for the same;
therefore I. R. B. Hubbard, Governor of the
State of Texas, with a view to give ample
time for these changes to become generally
known to those proposing to bid, both in and
out of the State, do hereby direct that the
time for opening the bids for the lease be
postponed untii 11 o'clock a. m. on Saturday,
the 15th day of December next, and that up to
that time all persons desiring to put in bids
shall have the right to do so, and said bids so
put in shall be considered and entertained on
the same footing 8 s though filed previous to
the day or time first fixed upon. In testimo
ny whereof I hereto sign my name and cause
the seal of State to be affixed, at the city of
Austin, this the 20th day of November, A. D.
1877. K. B. HUBBARD, Governor. By the
Governor: J. G. Searcy, Secretary of State.
Professional Cards.
Albert N. Mills,
ATTORNEY AT LiW.
(Osterman Building)
Galveston, Texas.
GEO. P. FINLAY.
OSCAR E. FINLAY
Notary Public.
Geo. P. Finlay & Bro.,
ATTORNEYS AX LiW,
removed to
71 TREMONT GALVESTON, TEXAS
nol6 3m
rob! v. davidson.
geo. w. fclton, jr.
Davidson & Fulton,
ATTORNEYS
and
COUNSELORS AT LAW,
Moody and Jemiaon Building,
CALVESTON, ..... TEXAS.
Joseph Franklin,
Attorney at Law and Beal Estate
Agent,
Office, Balllnger £ Jack building, room No.
2, Galveston, Texas.
Bole owner of a perfect abstract of tha land
titles of Galveston county. Abstracts fur-
nished. Land titles investigated. ap21 0m
Walter Gresham,
Attorney & Counselor at law
No. 122 Postoffice Street,
oc22n7 ly
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
Ballinger, Jack & Mott,
Attorneys & Counselors at Law
No. 122 Postoffice Street,
nol4 tf GALVESTON. TEXAS.
\. HOLLAND,
Attorney at Law and Land Agent,
BELLEVILLE,
ju 6m AUSTIN CO., TEXAS.
Educational.
COMMERCIAL COLLEGE
And Institute of Penmanship, Telegraphy,
Surveying and Drafting.
COOK BUILDING, AUSTIN, TEXAS.
Conducted by a graduate of Eastman College
PoughBeepsie, New York.
Life Scholarship for Business Course $40
Telegraphy 25
COOPERAGE.
PHILIP HIRSCH,
SO, 52, 54, 56, 58 J 60 N. Peters St*
NEW ORLEANS, LA.,
Keei i constantly on hand a large and selected
stock ol BARRELS. HALF-BARRELS and
KEGH, all sizes. Also Hoop Poles. Price*
moderate, Satiafactionfguaranteed, ap313m
Prof. Cneesman's
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OPEN EVERY DAY from 3 till 5.30 p. v.
For particulars, please ask for Circular at
Messrs. Uogoan's Mcsic Store, or call at the
HALL, any day from 3 to 4 p. m.
Very respectfully,
selB 3m O. F. OHKE8MAN,
Partnership-Dissolution
Dissolution.
Galveston, Tbxas, Dec. 1, 1877.
THHE FIRM, HAKLAN, DUF
I FIELD & CO., of the Bank Exchange
Saloon and Billiard Hall, is this day dissolved
by mutual consent.
HARLAN, DUFFIELD & CO.
Having purchased the interests of my late
copartners in the
BANK EXCHANGE
and assuming all indebtedness of the old firm
I beg to inform my friends, and the public
?:enerally, that I will continue tha business
or my own account.
Lanch Daily at 10.30 A. M.
This large and well-ventilated Hall, recently
refitted, is furnished with twelve of the latest
style of Novelty tables, and the Bar and Cigar
Stand are stocked'with the choicest brands of
Imported Liquors and Cigars.
No pains will be spared to make this one of
the most attractive establishments of its kind
in the United States SAM. D. HARLAN.
Building; Materials.
SANBORN & WARNER,
Manufacturers' Agents for the State of Texas.
SUdden's Patent Steel Barb Fence
Wire,
Galvanized or Japanned—Prices Reduced.
The only all-steel coil-
ed wire barb. Fully licensed, under
all the first patents, to be made or used.
no20 3m» HOT:ST©N, TEXAS.
Legal Advertisements.
Trustees Sale.
t*7hebeas, on the 14th day
T I of August, A. D. 18t6, the " galves-
ton MILLS COMPANY," composed of Oliver
P. Hurford, Alfred C. Garsia, H. M. Hale,
Henry White, and Luther Becker, made, exe-
cuted and delivered to James M. Brown, their
certain promissory note for ten thousand dol-
lars, payable to James M. Brown or his order,
bearing interest at the rate of twelve per cen-
tum per annum, payable quarter yearly from
date; and at the same time executed their
certain deed of tru»t, securing the payment
of said note on all their right, title and in-
terest in and to the northeast quarter of blcck
five hundred and seventy-two, (572,) in the
city of Galveston, held by them under a con-
tract for lease or purchase with C. b. Adams
and N. B. Yard, dated the 21th of January,
1876, being a lease for ten years from the first
of March, 1878, for a piece of land In said
northeast quarter of said block, measuring
one hundred and forty feet on Mechanic
in said block, and all other improvements
thereonralso the machinery, all and singular,
in said building or on said lot, which are now
particularly described, as follows:
property in engine house.
One steam engine. 20x24 inch cylinder: one
fly wheel, 7500 pounds; one band wheel, S feet
in diamter, weight 4000 pounds; one heater
and condenser; one Knowles cold water pump;
one steam doctor, or hot water supply pump;
three locomotive boilers, 14 feet long, 48 inch
diameter; one steam gauge; three water
gauges; one steam dome; one mud drum; full
set of steam and water pipes for making all
necessary connections; one main belt 100 feet
long, 24 inches wide.
property 12? basement story of mill.
One main drive pulley, 7 feet in diameter
and 26 inch face; one main shaft, 86 feet long,
6 inch diameter, running through husk frame;
one husk frame; six 52 inch wheels to drive
burrs; six pinions on spindles; six spindles
8 feet long; six inks for same; six sets lighter
ba s, tram pots, bridge trees, lighter bars and
screws complete to fit up six run of bnra.
property on stone floor of mill.
Six run of 3X feet, French burrs complete
with bed stones and runners curbs, and silent
feed, as manufactured by Straub Mills Co,
one flour packing machine, one proof staff,
one red staff.
property on second floor.
Five stock hoppers, two wheat bins, one
bran chest, one flour chest, four bolting
chests, complete with reels, conveyors, cloths,
and gearings to operate same, one middling
purifier.
property on third floor.
One bran duster, one middling purifier, one
wheat separator, two wheat smutters, one
Barnard's and Lee's brush scourer, one bolt-
ing chest, one bran separator, fourteen sets
of elevators complete, with belts, cups and
pulleys, full supply of main shafting, pulleys,
counter shaftenings and bevel wheels to run
same.
miscellaneous property.
One Howe track scales, one flour scale dor-
mant, one Fairbanks lever scale on wheels,
one smokestack.
The whole ai above specified completing
the "mills" as it now stands, all said property
in the city of Galveston, which said deed of
trust is of record in the office of the Clerk of the
County Court of Galveston county, in book 31,
pages 472, 473, 474 and 475; and whereas on
the 15th day of May, A. d. 1877, said James
M. Brown, for a valuable consideration, sold,
transferred and assigned said deed of trust
to G. B. Miller and company, with all the
rights, powers and privileges held by said
James M. Brown, and which said transfer is
recorded in book 22, pages 462 and 463; and
whereas it is provided in said deed of trust,
that if the said note be not paid at maturity
to the holder thereof upon demand being
made therefor, the trustee named therein,
Thomas Reed, shall become immediately en-
titled to the possession of said property,
and at the request of said James M. Brown or
of the holders of said note, he shall sell
said property, as hereinbefore described; and
whereas the said note matured on the 14th day
of AuguBt, a. d. 1877, and payment has been
many times demanded and still remains un
paid, I, Thomas Reed, as said trustee, at the
request of the legal owners and holders of
said promissory note and deed of trust, and
by virtue of the power vested in me by said
deed of trust, will proceed to sell the above
described property at public auotion, in front
of said premises, on Mechanic street, in the
city of Galveston, during the legal hours of
sale, to the highest and best bidder, for cash
At or about 12 o'clock m., Saturday]
December the 15th, A. D. 1877,
to satisfy said note and interest due thereon,
and after sale thereof I will make such title to
said property as I am authorized to do by
said deed of trust, " ~
de2 td
THOS. HEED.
Trustee.
Trustee's Sale.
On the 12th day of de
cember, 1877, at 12 M , on Baid day. I
shall offer for sale, and sell in front of the
Cotton Exchange, in the city of Galveston, at
public auction, to the highest bidder for cash,
the following described property in said city,
viz:
Lot No. 8, in block number seven hundred
and thirty-three (733); also all the right
and interest of John A. Caplen in and to lott
numbers two hundred and sixty-nine (269) and
two hundred and seventy-six (276), in section
number two (2) of Trimble & Lindsay's sur-
vey, on Galveston Island, in the county of
Galveston; also a frame cottage situated on
lot number fourteen (14), in block number
seven hundred and thirty-four (?34), in the
city ef Galveston, with the lease of the lot for
its unexpired time.
The sale is made by me as trustee in a trust
deed dated the 12th of April, 1877, recorded
May 3d, 1877, In Beok 22, pages 365, 366 and
367, Galveston County Records (to which re-
ference is hereby made for particulars), to en-
force payment of a note for the sum of Five
Hundred and Fifty Dollars, of date April 12,
1870, and due three months from that date;
with It per cent, interest from date—said
note being past due and unpaid—at the re
quest of the holder and rpayee of said note,
and such tide will be made to the purchaser
as I am authorized to make by said trust
deed, subject to a prior mortgage on Lot 8,
Block 733, for $400, recorded in Book 12, pagi
536, 537 and 538. EDWARD T. AU8TIN,
deel td Trustee.
LUMBER.
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS
And MOULDINGS.
GOOD GOODS. • - - LOW PBICES.
GUST OR F & CO.,
CHICAGO,
mm* at 255, 257 & 259 20U» fct.
Trustees Sale.
\\7hereas a. h. b. living-
t t ston, on the 30th of January, 1674, ex-
ecuted his deed of trust conveying to August
Buttlar the hereinafter described property for
the purpose of securing the payment of his
promissory note for $1000, of same date, and
payable two years after its date, to Heinrich
Miller, with 15 per cent, interest per annum
until paid; and whereas the said A. H. B. Liv-
ingston, on the 7th of June, 1875, executed his
second deed of trust, conveying to Hugo Bre-
sig, trustee, the same property, for the pur-
pose of securing the payment of his promis-
sory note for $508, of same date, and payable
two years after its date, to Heinrich Miller,
with 15 per cent, interest per annum until
paid; and whereas both of said notes are due
and unpaid; and whereas August Buttlar has
refused to act as trustee, and the holder of
said promissory note for $1000 has appointed
me as a substitute trustee; and whereas the
holder of both of said promissory notes has
requested me as trustee aforesaid to proceed
to sell the property In said deeds of trust de-
scribed; now, therefore, i shall sell to the
highest bidder for cash, in front of the Court-
house. in Galveston oounty, Texas, at public
auction,
On the 4th Day in December, 1877,
between the hours of 12 o'clock M. and 2
o'clock p. m„ the following described prop-
erty, to wit: The north half of lots 5, 6 and 7,
and of the east half of lot No. 4, in the north-
east quarter of the northeast block of outlot
No. S3, In the city of Galveston. Texas, to-
gether with all the buildings and improve-
ments thereon situated. I will convey to the
purchaser such title as I am authorized to do
by virtue of said deeds of trust.
HUGO BROSIG, Trustee.
Galveston, Texas, Nov. 30.1877. no30 td
Machinery.
Trustees Sale.
ttsthereas, on the 26th day
TT of July, A. D. 1876, JA8. T. HUFFMA8-
TER made, executed and delivered to me as
Trustee his certain Deed of Trust to secure
his certain promissory note of even date
therewith, due and payable to the order of A.
P. Luckett, President, which said note, so
made and executed is for the sura of Twenty-
two Hundred and Fifty Dollars, and is payable
by the terms thereof two years after date,
and bears interest at the rate of twelve per
cent, per annum from date, interest payable
quarter yearly; and whereas it is provided by
the terms of said deed of trust, which con-
veys to me as trustee for the security of said
note, the northwest and northeast quarters
of the northwest block of outlot No. Ill, and
the northwest and southwest quarters of the
northwest block of outlot No. 162, in the city
of Galveston, that in the event the said
James T. Huffmaster shall fail to pay the
uarter yeaily interest on his said note,
hat his said note and the interest due there-
on shall thereby mature ; and whereas
the said James T. Huffmaster has failed and
made default in the payment of the interest
due on his said note for the quarter ending
October 26th, 1877, I Henry w. Rhodes, the
Trustee named in said Deed of Trust, which
is of record in the office of the Clerk of the
Countj Court of Galveston County, in Book 21
pages 419 and 420, at the request of the legal
holder of said note, hereby give public notice
that I will on
Thussday, the 13th Day of Decem-
ber, 1877,
between the hours of 12 o'clock a. and 1
o'clock p. M., at the Court-house door, in the
city of Galveston, sell to the highest and best
bidder for cash, the following described prop-
erty, being the property conveyed to me by
said deed of trust, viz: The northwest and
northeast quarters of the northwest block
of outlot No. Ill, and the northwest and south-
west quarters of the northwest block of outlot
No. 162, in the city ot Galveston, and that I
will eonvey to the purchaser such title as I am
authorized to make by the terms of said deed
HENRY W. RHODES,
"VT an chester locomotive
XTA Works, Established In 1853.
ManiiraMiiM all _m t ai — j
- "Vino, MtttUIlflUCU iU lOOO.
Manufacture all kinds of Locomotives, and
have recently purchased of the Amoskeag
Manufacturing Company all the patterns,
patents, and the good wfllfor the manufacture
their celebrated Steam Fire Engines and
rA A nnoro hiL' anH AM 'a __
of
-- — rim tuKiurH auu
Fire Apparatus, and are now prepared to re-
ceive and execute orders promptly. Send for
descriptive circular. ARETAS BLOOD,
no23 12m Agent, Manchester, N. H.
NEW MACHINE SHOP.
WEST STRAND IRON WORKS,
its and 2T Strand,
can de good work at low prices, Housesmlth-
Ing, iron doors and window shutters, etc.
je21 6m J. AST ALL, Galveston, Tex.
FURST & BRADLEY.
AND
Plows and Cultivators
The only genuine a very
PLOWS in this market. AU others cot
having the Arm name of B. F. AVERY & SONS
and their trademark stamped In the baaixB
ARE NOT AVERY PLOWS.
nol8 3m
D. IlIRSCH & CO.
SHEAN & DISBROW,
Copper, Brass
And
Sheet Iron Workers,
Manufacturers of Improved
Steam Batteries and Clariflers
For Making Sugar, and Dealers in
STEAM, WATER AND GAS PIPES,
Brass Goods, Etc.
1ST and 159 East mechanic Street,
GALVESTON.
Special rates on large erders of Pipe and
Brass Goods. jy2S 5m
O.B. LIB.
jo8kb 1m1i.i.sr.
LEE IRON WORKS.
C. B. LEE & CO.,
Iron i Brass Founders
AND
kanotactcrers oy
STEAM ENGINES,
SAW MILLS,
BOILERS,
Kill.I. AND OIN GEARING,
Shafting, Pulleys, Brass and Iron
Pumps, Etc., Ete.
Particular attention given to erders for Iron
Fronts and Castings for Buildings.
All kind* ol Job Work solicited.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
Corner Winnie and 33d Sts.,
(Near Railroad Depot),
GALVESTON. TEXA8.
CORN-SHELLER,
Shucker and Sacker
COMBINED.
HAND AND STEAM POWER
Shelters and Feed-Cutters
Straab Corn-Hills, Ames Engines,
Ithaca Sulky Hay Rakes,
MEIKLE PLOWS,
Eagle Gins, Cotton Presses,
Little Giant Corn and
Cob Crushers.
^"Ssnd fer Circulars.
W. L. CUSHING & MOORE,
Nos. 123 and 124 Strand,
sel6*7712m GALVESTON
lotteries.
0° THE LAST CHANCE
IX 1877!
HAVANA ROYAL LOTTERY
Grand Extraordinary
Will Take Place Dec. 31, 1877.
Only 18,OOOTIcketsand2346 Prizes
Capital Prize, 800,0<)0.
Total Amount of Prizes, $1,350,000.
only guarantee those thickets obtained
through us as being genuine.
Send your orders and call for plans to
BORNIO & BRO.,
Oldest Agents in the South,
oc25 eod 2m New Orleans. La.
of trust.
ncSO lOt
Trustee.
Hotels—Restaurants.
Hutchins House,
HOUSTON, TEXAS,
J. P. HORBACH, PROP'R.
LAST CHANCE!!
BIT YOIK TICKETS NOW !
the dat appoaching for the
Second (jrana Drawing of the
COMMON WEALTH
Prize Distribution Co..
(Under act of Legislature of Kentucky.^
Drawing Positively December 31
or Money Returned in foil to the buyers
$320,000 CASH IN PHIZES.
$50,000, $20,000, $10,000,
$5,000, §3.000, $2,000,
and Seven Thousand Others
FABJIERN' & 1IROVEHV BANK,
LooitTllIc, Depository.
Tickets only $10: Halves, J5; Quarters, $2 50
Official list of drawing will be published in
New Yore. Herald and Lot'i vills
Cockier-Journal, and mailed gratis to all
buyers. Address
S. W. BARROW 6l CO.,
General Hanager, Courier-Journal Build-
ing, Louisville, Ky.
lay Send for Clrcnlar. oclSitw
Royal Havana Lottery, 1877.
Grand Extraordinary Drawing,
OF
DECEMBER 31st, 1877.
CLA88 NO. 1007.
1st Capital Prize. $500,000 OO
3d " " '200,000 OO
3d '• " 50,000 OO
2346 Prizes (one to every sir numbera)
None Ness than §500.
This Lottery, in near one hundred years of
its existence, never has failed in any thing
promised. Send for circulars. Prizes cashed.
Price*: Whole, $100; Half, $E0; quarter, $25;
Fifth, $20; Tentk, $10; Twentieth, $5. Clubs
•r parties purchasing tickets to the amount
of over $100 will be allowed a discount of 15
Agents. —.
dress all orders to MAJSUEL ORRANTIA,
168 Common st.% New Orleans, I. a.
WANTED,
fiOOD, SOUND
COTTON SEED
IN ANY QUANTITIES.
Highest Market Price paid, and Backs for
nlshed to responsible parties.
Cash Paid on Delireir.
jyi 6m P. M. WKBLETT & CO.
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