The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 166, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 3, 1876 Page: 2 of 4
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STATE PIIESS.
The Brcnham Banner says Texas is
entitled to the " blue ribbon " for hav-
ing more courts and holding sessions
ofteaer than any other State in the
Union. It docs seem so; and our peo-
ple appear to lie much more disposed to-
ward litigation than one would think
consistent with a desire to do justice on
all sides. Perhaps, after a while, the
whites will find, as the frcedmen have
done, that "going to court" continu-
ally is rather more expensive than pro-
fitable. The armies of judges, justices,
sheriffs, constables, and other court offi-
cers, including lawyers, supported by
the people of Texas, if all drawn up to-
gether, would amaze the spectator.
They count by thousands, and all live
out of the spirit of litigation and the
violations of law by others. Moral re-
form is the great need of the day.
The Brcnham Banner very properly
points a moral:
Many cotton wagons go out of town
loaded with big fat sides of bacon and
barrels of flour, and just here is the
way the money realized from the cotton
crop gets away. "We suppose on an
average over one-half of the farming
population in the county is now living
on northern bacon; and as for flour,
there is none made in the county, not a
mill for grinding wheat.
The Georgetown Record asks of Round
Hock, the now flourishing railroad town
of Williamson county, " will she die
like thousands of other railroad towns
have died?" That depends entirely
on the amount of local trade, and the
extent and resources of the country
having easiest access to a railroad at
that point. The tendency of railroads
is not to build up large towns, save at
certain points having peculiar advan
tages of situation, but to distribute
trade along the route, wherever there
is a depot, say at intervals of ten miles,
from which the adjacent country is sup-
plied. Wagon transportation from
distant sections connects with railroads
at the points most easily reached by
common roads. (Jrand junctions and
great railroad centers are rather im-
aginary than real as the bases of large
citics, unless they are united with other
advantages in location as distributing
points. It would require the united
prophetic powers of the two great St.
Louis seers (Reavis and Tice) to predict
where " the future great cities " are to
Htand.
The Cresset announces that:
The present season in DeniAm pro-
mises to be an unusually gay one. Sev-
eral "hops" are contemplated. We
understand that an elaborate tableau
representing Bible scenes will be given
in one el the churches some time in
October.
This shows a better understanding
than used to exist between the church,
the stage, and the balance of the world.
The hops, however, are a little to» nu-
merous, since the arrival of the grass-
hoppers.
The Houston Age, speaking of Dr.
Blunt's reasons for establishing quaran-
tine against New Orleans, says:
He gives very satisfactory reasons
for the declaration of the blockade. It
must be admitted, even by those dis-
posed to question Dr. Blunt's motives,
that he has acted wisely. Suppose he
had not quarantined and a terrible cpi
dcmic occurred in Houston and Ual-
veston, both those cities would have
been too hot to hold him.
The Dallas Intelligencer, edited by
Judge A. B. Norton, an Old-Line Whig
and Liberal Republican, is nevertheless
filled with the intolerant utterances of
Morton, Garfield and Dix, who vie
with each other in waving the bloody
shirt. Norton, of the patriarchal beard,
should promulgate more tolerant senti-
ments. His own utterances are always
conciliatory, and he is naturally toler-
ant and humane, as many Texas prison-
ers, who experienced his kindness
during the war, have testified.
The Giddings Tribune has learned a
lesson from Lorenzo Dow, who made a
whole congregation dodge, by saying
that he was going to throw a stone at
the head of the man who treated his
wife badly. The 7riliunc asks:
What tsmperance gentleman was it
that went to bed the other night with
his boots on, under the influence of
"cold water," and crawled into bed
feet first? We've got our eye on the
gentleman; be careful, or we'll give
you away.
The Corpus Christi Times, in discuss-
ing the ugly question of a division of
the State, and the manner in which it
was treated in the San Antonio Conven-
tion, says:
We can liear witness to the truth of
the above, and to the fact that the San
Antonio Coavention did not favor di-
vision, only when every other means of
redress shall have failed. The speech-
es—and there were many exceedingly
able ones delivered—all breathed the
same sentiment. While acknowledging
the many insults and slights that had
been put upon the West, it was still
hoped that the two other geographical
divisions of Texas, seeing our protest,
would abate somewhat of their persecu-
tion—for that it is—and give us laws
s litul to our necessities. The preamble
and original resolution of separation
were submitted by us after consultation
with leading men of the West, for the
purpose of ascertaining public senti-
ment upon the matter of our griev-
ances, and what remedy could be ap-
plied. It was thought that, the manly
protest of a whole people would be suf-
ficient, without adopting the resolution
of separation. After accomplishing the
purpose in view, ascertaining that the
representative men from all parts of the
West were unfavorable to direct divis-
ion of the State, we withdrew the reso-
lution and accepted that of Judge De-
vine, which was adopted unanimously
by the convention.
The ball was not set rolling by that
body. If an appeal for justice, if a
protest againsf partial and sectional
legislacion, against having opprobrious
epithets cast upon us, against the ap-
propriation of our lands to enrich
other portions of the State, and leaving
us without the means of developing our
own section; if this be construed into a
desire for division of the State, then let
it be so. As with Northern Texfos,
Western Texas will be the gainer, and
viq can then devote to improvement of
lit own fair land what little there may
be left to us. If you will not accord to
us the simple justice we ask, then ac-
cord us separation.
The Belton Journal opposes a division
of the State, and goes so far as to dis-
regard the parliamentary rule, about
reflecting on the motives of an oppo-
nentySas to sa}': "If there were fewer
political demagogues and aspirants for
political favor, there would be scarcely
a corporal's guard in favor of dividing
the ' Lone Star,' the greatest in the
galaxy of States." The Journal re-
marks :
We have failed to see a good sound
argument advanced by any advocate of
the measure. Some contend that its
extremely large territorial proportions
cause it to be unwieldy and unman-
agable, bringing about discord in the
management of the State government,
when a less diversity of interests would
attend a State government confined to
a smaller area of country. It is true,
Texas is large enough for three or four
common sized States, but it is no less
true when we assert that our State gov-
ernment has always run as smoothly,
and under as wholesome a code of laws,
taking it " all in all," as almost any
other State in the Union. Then why
such a clamor for division?
On the same subject the Corsicana
Observer says:
We have little opinion of the value of
any scheme for ameliorating the peo-
ple's condition that never rises to view
save where it is thought its advocacy
may be made a lever for forcing some
other scheme ahead. This kind of
scheme is tbnt for dividing the State of
Texas, which certain people periodical-
ly hurl at the heads of those whom they
wish to force into advocating pet meas-
ures of theirs. We say periodically,
for we rarely ever hear much about the
subject except when the Legislature is
in session.
It is certainly not very flattering to
the integrity and intelligence of the
masses, to threaten them with division
in the event certain measures, for the
good of Northern or Western Texas
are not made realities.
We predict that this kind of bullying
will neither bring division about, nor
secure the benefits desired, and advise
those resorting to such lame devises to
abandon them at once, and spend their
energies in battling for their own sec-
tions in a more pleasant and profitable
way.
The Waco Examiner has an editorial
on the important subject of wheat cul-
ture, in which it says that it has been
proved that wheat will do well in all
Middle and Northern Texas, and it may
be safely assumed that any county in it
will, with the proper care and attention,
exceed in production the average of the
United States, which we believe is 15
bushels per acre.
But wheat raising in Texas has not
been brought to that stage of perfec-
tion, except by a very few, that it might
and ought to be. It is only of late
years that much improved machinery
has been introduced with reference to
this grain. And, too, there is not
enough attention paid to preparing the
soil—to thorough and deep breaking
up. The selecting of good seed is too
much neglected, and then in most in-
stances sufficient provision is not made
for the protection and care of the grain
after harvest.
But the chief advantages of raising
wheat in Texas, which is to make Texas
the greatest wheat-raising country on
this continent, are: First, Texas wheat
is of a superior qualitv. In weight it
will exceed the standard one or two
pounds. Second, there isjmore nutri-
ment, or more of the life sustaining
principle in our wheat than in any other.
Third, our crop can be harvested and
thrown into market from four to six
weeks sooner than any other wheat, and
lastly, either gioand or ungrotmd,
will bear transportation over the waters
without the danger of spoiling or sour-
ing, an important advantage not pos-
sessed by any other wheat raised in
America.
The Corsicana Observer tersely ob-
serves :
The Grangers are going to open a
store at Will's Point. The history of
these stores is that they break, and
thus cost the farmer more probably
than if he go into the market and pur-
chase under the usual competition.
The Grange store at Austin was a fail-
ure, and flourished, too, but a few
short months.
The Mexia Ledger contains the fol-
lowing entry to the debt of the white
man and in favor of the noble red:
If ever a set of men rendered them-
selves more supremely ridiculous than
the commissioners on our frontier, who
are trying to treat with the Indians, we
have yet to learn who they are.
After fighting these blood-thirsty de-
mons all the year, and getting complete-
ly defeated, and a large and splendid
force utterly annihilated, these wise-
acres send for the men they could not
catch or whip, and propose to treat
with them for peace.
This is a dodge the like of which no
living man has ever before heard of,
and it is to be hoped never will again.
It was when notified that his presence
was craved by the commissioners, that
Sitting Bull made his famous remark :
" It takes white man to have heap much
brains, but Indiau man to knock 'em
out."
The Dallas Herald takes the following
view of the subject:
The introduction of six or eight thou-
sand hostile and savage Sioux into the
Indian Territory, near the borders of
this State, is a menace to Texas. It in-
volves danger not only to the property
and lives of our citizens upon the north-
west frontier, but such a band of train-
ed and fearless Indians joined by others
might easily sweep down into the very
heart of North Texas. The introduc-
tion of these Indians is disastrous to our
frontier as far as immigration is con-
cerned, for no man will settle where, at
any moment, the life of himself and his
family may be taken away. These Indi-
ans arc planted near us with the flush of
victory and the remembrance of their
massacre of Custer still frpsh upon
them, and that they will settle down
within the limits of any reservation is
improbable. In event of their inroad
into Texas, there will be but one course
to pursue, and it may be just as well to
say to the United States Government
that that course will be pursued. That
is, to organize a sufficient number of
Texans to attack and exterminate the
band. If a single Texas family is mur-
dered, or Texas property can be traced
to their camps, the Herald will advocate
war upon the Sioux, and such a war as
m exans usually make upon savago
butchers.
The Brenham Banner, in an article
on tlawsame subject, says:
The government, having concluded a
treaty with a number of the tribes of
northwestern Indians with whom we
have lately been at war, now proposes
to settle them in the Indian Territory
against the wishes of the civilized and
semi-civilized Indians that now occupy
that Territory, and for whom it. was
sacredly set aside. Should the remov-
al of these wild and barbarous Indians
to the Territory be consummated, a
world of trouble will be the result, as
they are liable to make incursions into
this State on the south, Kansas on the
north and Missouri and Arkansas on
the cast.
Francis S. Hcnn, an old Pennsyl-
vanian, writes to the News that he in-
tends to remove to Texas, but as this is
the year of the presidential election,
and the result in Pennsylvania doubt-
ful, while it is certain in Texas, he
will remain in the old Keystone State
long enough to vote before starting.
He represents the Pennsylvania De-
mocracy as in good spirits in his region,
York county, while the Republicans
are discouraged. All the Democrats
seem to be actively engaged in trying to
secure the triumph of the party. The
sending of troops to South Carolina has
made the Pennsylvania Democrats
more earnest than ever in their efforts
to overthrow the party of arbitrary
power. The hard times have made
many Pennsylvania Republicans de-
sire a change, with the hope of re-
ducing the burdens of government and
shaping its financial policy in the in-
terest of the industrious masses.
"Suicides Peculiar to Paris" is
the title of an article in the New York
Times, but the cases described are not
particularly curious, while hari-kari is
by no means peculiar to Paris alone.
People of all nations '.shuffle off their
mortal coils occasionally, and none of
the romantic cases cited in the article
named surpass the one poetically de-
scribed by our American poet Saxe:
When Seth got home from mackerel-
ing he sought nis Sara Ann, and found
that she, the heartless one, had found
another man. And then most awful
tight he got, and so he went away, and
bound himself to cut live oak all down
in Florida. He pined upon the live oak
land, he murmured in the shades; his
axe grew heavy in his hand, all in the
wild-wood glades. Musquitoes bit him
everywhere, no comfort did he get, and
how terribly he'd swear whenever he
got bit. At last, despairing of relief,
and wishing himself dead, he went into
the woods a piece and chopped off his
own head. _
The letter from Major Sayers, Chair-
man Democratic State Executive Com-
mittee, to Judge Upson, notifying him
of his selection to succeed Hon. D. C.
Giddings as Elector for the Stata at
Large, together with the modest answer
of the honorable gentleman, is pub-
lished this morning. The News has
already expressed the opinion that cir-
cumstances indicated Judge Upson as
the proper person to succeed Col. Gid-
dings, and we hope that the Galveston
Democracy will have the pleasure of
hearing him before the close of the can-
vass. It is gratifying to note the alac-
rity with which Col. Adams, co-alter-
nate with Judge Upson, recognized the
claims of the latter and the grace with
which he yielded precedence to him and
the section he represents.
Nathan T. Carr, a lawyer and a cap-
tain in the Union army during the war,
has been nominated for Congress by the
Democrats of Indiana, to succeed the
late Speaker Kerr.
The health of Mr. Booker, United
States Minister to Russia, is such that
he will be obliged to resign and come
home.
NOTES AND OPINIONS.
Cincinnati Enquirer: Hon. Joseph
Pulitzer, former editor of Carl Schurz's
St. Louis paper, delivered a telling
speech in Zanesville last Saturday. He
edited his old editor in erood style. If
anybody entertained doubts of Schurz's
inconsistencies, he has only to read Mr.
Pulitzer's speech. Mr. Schurz is shown
to be a hollow mockery and a thor-
oughly dishonest politician.
rfew York Sun: The Germans
hold the balance of power be-
tween the two parties in Ohio and In-
diana. Within the last ten days espe-
cially, they have united in a manner to
surprise both Democrats and Itepubli
cans. The drift is all one way now.
Carl Schurz has completely lost his
grip on his countrymen, and he feels
the pangs of a false position and of a
ruined leadership. There is no proba
bility of a reaction before the 10th of
October, and if the current sweeps on
as it is now doing in the West, there
will be a practical end of the campaign
in a fortnight.
Judge Spalding, of Ohio, a somewhat
prominent Republican politician, lately
paid a visit to his son-in law, Gen. Pier-
son, of Winsted, Conn. The Republi-
can club of that town thought this an
excellent chance to get up a rousing
Hayes and Wheeler demonstration by
serenading the distinguished guest and
drawing a red-hot campaign speech out
of him. So everything was nicely ar-
ranged accordingly, and a committee of
one appointed to call on the judge and
prepare him for the interesting occasion.
The committee-man rung the bell. A
lady came to the door, and in reply to
the usual question, said, with the slight-
est suspicion of a smile: "Yes, Judge
Spalding is in—he is now lying down,
taking a nap—but I don't believe you'll
want to see him; Ms for Tilden.—St.
Louis Republican.
The observing reader will note that
the independent journals and those pa-
pers which, while supporting Hayes,
preserve respect for truth and decency,
agree in approbation of the complete-
ness with which the charges against
Governor Tilden's integrity in the mat-
ter of income tax returns nave been re-
futed. We have already quoted the
vigorous condemnation passed by the
Philadelphia Times upon the reckless
mendacity of the New York Times.
The Boston Herald declares that the
"exposure is as complete as the accusa
tion was contemptible." And now
comes the New York Evening Post,
which is supporting Hayes, and says:
" We do not hesitate to say that Gover-
nor Tilden's character as a citizen, long
known in professional life in this city,
entitles him to a verdict of acquittal up-
on the charges which have been brought
against him," and says "it is to be
hoped that the canvass will henceforth
be conducted with less dependence on
personal accusations."
ITIayor of Houston and the Fever.
The Mayor of Houston, it is reported,
is at present in the citJS and on Tues-
day made a general tour for the purpose
of ascertaining the facts about sickness.
He was particularly careful in his inves-
tigations of the Fourth District, and ex-
pressed the opinion that there was no
reasonable ground for apprehension. He
is likewise reported to have said that
he would not quarantine New Orleans,
so that ships may now slip up to Hous-
ton and give Galveston the "go-by."
Relative to the quarantine in Galves-
ton, Mayor Leeds yesterday sent a tele-
gram to the Mayor of tliat city corrobo-
rating the report or the Board of
Health, indorsed by leading physicians
of the city.—New Orleans Picayune,
Sept. 28.
New Orleans ought to be happy, and
Galveston correspondingly depressed.
If Houston will not quarantine New
Orleans so that ships may slip up to
the head of Buffalo Bayou, giving Gal-
veston the "go-by," the jig is about
up with the Island City! What next?
DEMOCRATIC ELECTOR FOR
THE STATE AT LARGE.
Judge Ipson to Snceeed Colonel
Olddlnss.
Letter from Major Sayers to Judge
Upson,
Bastrop, Sept. 16,1876.
Hon. Columbus Upson, Sail Antonio:
Dear Sir—I have the honor to inform
you that it is the opinion of the De-
mocratic State Executive Committee,
that the vacancy occasioned in the Elec-
toral ticket, by the resignation of Hon.
D. C. Giddings, should be supplied by
yourself.
It affords me pleasure to further in-
form you that, before a majority of the
committee had been heard from, Col.
Samuel J. Adams, of Dallas, your co-
alternate, wrote me, expressing the de-
sire that you should be appointed to fill
the vacancy.
Before concluding, I have to request
that neither you nor any one else will
attribute my action heretofore in the pre-
mises to an unworthy purpose, and
especially to any intention to do your-
self or Colonel Adams, or the sections
of the State in which you respectively
reside, an injustice, but rather in order
to secure to this district a thorough
and vigorous canvass. It is also my
duty to state that Hon. Seth Shepherd
is in no wise responsible for the late
unpleasant condition of the matter in
hand and that, if censure is to be in-
curred by any one, it is upon myself
that it should fall. Hoping that it
may be agreeable to you to take the
place of Hon. D. C. Giddings upon the
electoral ticket, and that we may have
the benefit of yovir valuable services
during the present canvass, I have the
honor to be very respectfully your obe-
dient servant, Joseph D. Sayers,
Ch'u Dem. State Executive Com.
Judge Upson's Reply.
San Antonio, Sept. 18, 1876.
Hon. Joseph D. Sayers, Chairman Democratic
State Executive Committee:
Dear Sir—In reply to your communi-
cation of the 16th inst., just at hand, in-
forming me that " it is the opinion of
the Democratic State Executive Com-
mittee that the vacancy occasioned in
the electoral ticket by the resignation
of the Hon. D. C. Giddings should be
supplied by myself," in consequence of
recent severe illness and professional
duties, which may prevent my
taking an active part in the pres-
idential canvass, I must express the
regret that Colonel Samuel J. Adams,
whom I sincerely thank for desiring
my appointment, was not designated to
fill the vacancy. Yet, in compliance
with the opinion of the committee, and
fully appreciating the high honor con-
ferred, I accept the same with grateful
acknowledgment, with the assurance
that I will discharge the duties of the
office to the best of my humble abilities.
Truly according to you the best of in-
tentions and the most honorable motives
throughout, in the discharge of your
onerous duties as Chairman of the
Democratic State Executive Committee,
I remain your most obedient servant,
C. Upson.
SOUTHERN AFFAIRS.
_ Gen. John B. Gordon has consented
to speak four or five times in Florida
during the month of October.
The Radical candidate for Governor
in Georgia ought to retire. They've
got to calling him Jonathan Jawcross.
His real name is Jonathan Norcross.
C. C. Corbin and J. W. Chase, signal
officers at New River Inlet, N. C.,
were cut off from shore fcy the storm.
They were rescued by a party of fisher-
men who found them standing in water
waist deep. They lost all they had.
The remains of Bishops McKendree
and Soule, the former of which were
interred in the family burial ground in
Sumner county, Tenn., and the latter
in the old Nashville city cemetery, are
to be taken up and reinterred in the
Yanderbilt University grounds at Nash
ville.
The Democracy of Mobile made a
grand political demonstration on the
evening of the 27th ult. The chief ora-
tors were Hon. James T. Jones, candi-
date for Congress, and Gen. John T.
Morgan, candidate for Presidential
Elector for the State at Large.
Correspondence in the latest Charles-
ton papers to hand (September 23), rela-
tive to the race conflicts in Edgefield
county, places the number of killed
in the several skirmishes at fully 25
negroes, dead in the woods between
Rouse's bridge and Ellenton, and two
whites, and states that many more
were wounded.
The position of Professor of Military
Science and Tactics in East Tennessee
University having been vacated by
reason of Lieut. Nave's ineligibility,
he being a cavalry officer, the trustees
of that institution requested the detail
of First Lieutenant Jacob E. Bloom,
of the Fourth Artillery, which request
was complied with, and the Secretary
of War has issued his order to that
effect.
Among the more notable proselytes
to the cause of Hampton from the Re-
publican camp in South Carolina, the
following, constituting a roll of honor,
are mentioned by the Charleston News
and Courier: "M. I. Browning, of
Orangeburg; A. B. Know] ton" of
Orangeburg; Judge T. H. Cooke, of
Greenville; J. P. M. Epping, of Beau-
fort; Circuit Solicitor D. D. McCall;
D. B. McLaurin, Bennettsville; Judge
C. P. Townsend; Judge T. J. Mackey,
of Chester.
Wilmington {N. C.) Star: We learn
that Lieut. Albert H. Mellen, of the
Second United States Artillery, sta-
tioned at Smithville, whose marriage
and death were recorded in yesterday's
paper, had been engaged to the lady of
his ehoice—Miss Prioleau—some time
previous to his illness, and that the
marriage was soon to have taken
place. Becoming prostrated with the
disease which terminated with his death,
and finding that his end was surely ap-
proaching, he insisted that the nuptials
should at once be solemnized. The
lady consented, and the solemn cere-
mony was performed just about one
hour before the spirit of the groom
took its everlasting flight.
Rev. Dr. Myers, who fell a victim to
the fever at Savannah, was pastor of
Trinity M. E. Church of that city.
When the fever originated he was at
Cape May as one of the commissioners
to effect a reconciliation between the
Northern and Southern branches of his
church. This labor having been suc-
cessfully accomplished, he was left in
charge of the work of publication of
the minutes of the Conference. But
when notified of the ravages of the
epidemic in our midst he at once re-
turned to his charge in Savannah and
nobly engaged in his work of charity.
He had held a number of prominent
posts during his ministry, including the
editorship of the Southern Christian Ad-
uncate and the presidency of Weslcyan
Female College at Macon.
The gubernatorial canvass in Ten-
nessee was marked by a signal episode
at Shelbyville the other day. Thomas,
independent, denounced some charge
made by Porter, the nominee, as false,
and Porter, regarding Thomas as a non-
combatant, simply resorted to the record
to prove the charge, after which he de-
nounced Thomas. The latter making a
motion as if to seize a stick, Porter
made a motion as if to draw a pistol.
This was the end of it, the audience in-
terposing, but it was enough to make a
big sensation. The papers opposing
Porter are relentlessly twitting him with
the practice of carrying concealed
weapons, but his friends claim that he
had the weapon only for this special oc-
casion, and under the stress of tlieir
urgent advice.
The hail storm in Union county, S. C.,
last week, caused considerable losses.
Forty bales of cotton were destroyed
on the plantations of D. P. Duncan and
Capt. J. T. Douglas alone. One man
who had ordered a new gin counter-
manded the order, as he did not think
he would save enough cotton to pay for
it. Wherever the hail i lru' k.i.i ruined
nine tenths of the cotton aijil one-half
the corn crofts. Mr. G-.ssttt thinks ha
lost twelve bales of cotton; Mr. Craft's
gin house was blown down, and the
roof carried forty or fifty yards; many
colored persons were made houseless
and homeless, and somriof them thought
the day of judgment had come. The
largest oak trees were uprooted; some
of the boards from Mr. Duncan's fine
stable were carried two lvuudred yards.
Fortunately no human lives were lost.
HEALTH OF NEW ORLEANS.
The New Orleans Times of Septem-
ber 28 has the following letter from
the Secretary of the Board of Public
Health:
Office Board Healtit, State La., )
New Orleans, Sept. 27, 1876. )
Dr. W. F. Blunt, Health Officer, Galveston:
Dear Sir—Your city authorities hav-
ing declared quarantine against our
city, I take the liberty of addressing
you a few lines, stating certain facts,
which I trust will prove to you that
our city is not as unhealthy as she is
said to be.
' First—Never for years past has New
Orleans been as healthy as she is now;
second, a new system of sanitary treat-
ment against vessels, and quarantine
against passengers has this year been es-
tablished which has proved to be a com-
plete success, as will be shown by the
following facts, to wit: One hundred
and two vessels have, up to date, passed
our quarantines, arrived at the city, and
landed at different points at the basins,
and at the wharves, (river) and not a
case of yellow fever has been introduced
in our midst. Three vessels came from
the following places: Cuba, Havana,
Vera Cruz, Tampico, Savanilla,
Rio de Janeiro, Aspinwall, Cardenas,
Martinique, Santiago de Cuba, La-
gula, Sanguada, Minatitlan, Grand
Cayman, Santar Guyane, in other
words, from most of the ports in the
yellow fever zone. The first vessel ar-
rived on the 21st of April, the last on
the 26th of September. I repeat, not a
case of fever has been introduced in
our midst during this summer by' any
of these one hundred and two vessels
I omit, as being too numerous to count,
and of little importance, schooners com-
ing in from Pascagoula, where two cases
of yellow fever with one death occurred.
This proves the efficiency of our sani-
tary treatment of vessels by which
these vessels are detained but a few
hours, say from two to twelve hours,
according to their sanitary condition.
Some of these vessels had yellow fever
on board while in foreign ports or on
the voyage, losing some men, and yet
no fever was introduced through them
in this city. Respectfully, s- -
Y. R. LeMonier,
Secretary Board of Health.
QUARANTINE AT SHREVEPORT.
The Reasons for Its Establishment.
[From the Shreveport Times, Sept. 29.]
On Saturday last Dr. Ford, at the re
quest of Mayor Murphy, telegraphed
to the Health Officers of New Orleans,
Galveston and Houston in reference to
yellow fever. Those of the last named
cities promptly replied, stating there
was no yWlow fever there; whereas no
reply was received from the Health
Officer of New Orleans. Dr. Ford
waited until Monday and then notified
the Health Officer of New Orleans that
unless a reply was sent Shreveport
would quarantine against that city.
Monday evening the reply came, which
we published the next day.
Again; there was a paragraph in the
press dispatches of Tuesday night well
calculated to excite suspicion. It was
to the effect that the Press Association
requested the Board of Health of New
Orleans to reopen two of the public
schools of the city, which had been
closed by order of that body. We do
not see what the Press Association had
to do with the matter, but the fact re-
mained that the schools had been closed
by order of the Board of Health, and
it was unreasonable to suppose that this
would have been done, had there been
no more cause of alarm than was re-
ported to Mr. Gregg.
In addition to this, the commissioners
were in possession of information
which fully justified them in the course
adopted.
Our business men deserve credit for
the public spirit manifested. Their
business will naturally suffer to some
extent from the quarantine, but they
favored it nevertheless. The injury to
the commerce of this city will, how-
ever, be comparatively light. The
river is falling rapidly and the rates of
freight would likely soon be so high as
to "be a virtual quarantine.
In this connection we will remark
that Shreveport is now unusually
healthy and was never in better sanitary
condition, if so good. The weather is
dry and cool, a circumstance, as every
intelligent person knows, highly favor-
able to health.
It is highly probable that if the quar-
antine had not been established against
Xew Orleans, Marshall would, within
twenty-four hours, have quarantined
against Shreveport.
The One Man Nearest the Mine.
[From the New York Sun.]
" What are you doing here, sir?" said
Gen. Newton to a reporter of the Sun
wben he returned to the Point after the
explosion. The reporter had hidden in
a house in which the dynamite had
been loaded into the copper primers,
and thus got within 300 feet of the
mine, awaiting the explosion. Heard
at that distance the explosion was not
simultaneous, but rather a prolonged,
dull, underground report, heaviest in'
the center—a crescendo to forte, then a
diminuendo. The shock was sufficient
to throw a man down, and caused a
feeling of nausea that lasted more than
an hour. The shiver of the earth,
however, had no resemblance to that of
an earthquake, but was a sudden jerk,
as though the earth was pulled quickly
under the feet and pushed back in the
sanse second. This jerk, felt before
the dull, rumbling sound was heard,
shook the russet leaves of the
trees, upset several fowls some
distance off, and made a cow close
by sink to her knees. The first effect of
the explosion at that distance was an
electric flash, instantaneously followed
by a jerking of the earth and a rumbling
sound, and thea the upheaving of all
the water over the reef to a height of
about ten feet. From that upraised
aqueous mass, not simultaneously, but
in quick succession, sprang rocket-like
jets, and then large, undetached bodies
of water, like inverted icicles shot into
the air. Then a sheet of muddy water,
seemingly almost as black as ink, cov-
ered the point, and was thrown much
higher than the disturbed masses al-
ready mentioned, and from this arose
the rock and coffer dam. One, and the
only large rock, ascended from the roof
of the heading over No. 7, and must
have weighed about sixty tons. Strange
as it may seem, even this did not make
a rapid ascent, but gently went up from
twenty-five to thirty feet, and then as
slowly descended and disappeared. The
smaller rock and the debris went to a
distance of more than seventy-five feet.
A reporter of the Sun was the first per-
son on the end of the Point, which he
reached about one minute after the ex-
plosion. The surface of the troubled
water was covered with a bright orange
tint, shaded in different colors by the
uneasy movement of the troubled waves.
The air was filled with a strong sul-
phurous stench. Around the Point, at
a radious of 400 feet, the water boiled
and bubbled, foaming in a thousand
eddies, that caught the light wood of
the coffer dam—no two pieces of which
held together—and twisted and spun
them around like straws. It was fully
a two minutes' struggle for supremacy
between the force of the explosion on
the water and the heavy tide. Then the
eddies became indistinct, and the
surface of the water calm, only dotted
with numberless air bubbles, breaking
as they rose to view, until only the
ripples of the tide disturbed the sereni-
ty of the stream, and down toward
Blackwell's Island floated together the
sulphur tint and the splinters of the
shattered coffer dam. The success of
the blast was proven by the continued
unbroken sheet of water that speeded
past. Hallett's Point. About two min-
ute.- after the explosion Mr. Arthur
Maillefert, son of Prof. Maillefert, ar-
rived at the Point, and, a few minutes
later, Mr. W. H. Reboul rowed over
the exploded reef. With the exception
of the little office over the shaft, none
of the buildiDgs were in any way dam-
aged, the window-glasses, though
strongly shaken, being uninjured. The
little office was, however, raised from
the ground about two or three inches,
and then tipped over.
FREE TRADE FOR THE FU-
TURE.
Protection As a System In the United
States Doomed.
[From the London Times, Sept. 4 ]
All through the controversy which has
lately arisen on the relative prospects of
English and American manufactures,
one conclusion was manifest—that the
future belonged to free trade rather
than to protection. Whether protec-
tion may have been useful for a time or
not may be a question for historians, or
for the builders of future nationalities,
but that in a few years the policy of pro-
tection will be abandoned by the United
States would seem to be now accepted
as one of the landmarks of the political
future. It might still remain to be
considered whether a policy of pro-
tection in certain stages of a nation's
porgress may not be a wise and politic
course, and the legislation adopted by the
United States in recent years is a very
strong test of this policy. Many con-
tributions have lately been made to the
study of the actual position of manu-
facturing industry in the United States,
and not the least interesting is the
letter of "A Manufacturer," pub-
lished on Wedesday last in our City
Article. The writer agrees with Capt.
Douglas Galton in "estimating very
highly the degree of progress made by
American manufacturers under the sys-
tem of Protection. That the American
population enjoy an extraordinary gift
of mechanical skill wc have had many
proofs, and it is not surprising that this
skill, fostered by a policy of protection,
and combined with the advantages of a
high standard of intelligence secured
by systematic education, has given
native-born Americans a great start in
manufacturing industry.
PERSONAL.
Tar is so cheap and plentiful in North
Carolina that the militia never go into
camp without first pitching their tents.
Von Bulow is recovering his health
in Europe, but it will be long, from all
accounts, before he is the man he was
ere the vulgar Americans so shocked
his sensibilities in various ways.
John Bright is yet undecided as to
whether he will visit America. If lie
comes he will lecture only in the larger
cities. His duties at home will not per
mit him to leave before 1878.
A corporation has been formed at
Washington, to be known as the " Wo-
man's National University," to afford
women a thorough knowledge of sci-
ence, divinity, medicine and law, both
in theory and practice.
"Thereis such a thing as too much
club life, after all," mused the bald
headed man. " I have my club until
11 r. m., and then her club is the first
thing I meet on getting home. It
wears on a man, this club life."
Miss Emelinc Shepherd has on exhi
bition at the Centennial a cambric hand
kerchief, valued at $500, embroidered
with a fac simile of Independence
Hall, a liberty cap and other national
emblems, the work of two years.
The new railroad in China proves a
marvel to the natives. It is said to be a
refreshing spectacle to see the cow
catcher pick up a Celestial walking on
the track and fill the air with meat and
pig-tail.
There is an unaccountable something
in the'philosophy of hair which causes a
man of special and peculiar ideas to
wear his hair long; the strong-minded
woman, unlike the weak-minded man,
feels happiest when her hair is short.
A farmer in Chenango county, New
York, who lost his voice two years ago,
recovered it the other day as suddenl
as it left him, on his attempting to ye!
at a stubborn mule which he was driv-
ing. Mem.: Persons who wish to re-
cover lost voices should become mule-
drivers.
Cardinal Donnet, Archbishop of Bor-
deaux, has known all the Popes since
the close of the last century. He is 82
years of ago, and has been considered a
champion of the Gallican Church until
lately, when he advised the Catholic
Workingvien's Association to submit to
the authority of the Holy See.
When Mr. Tilden woke up and found
himself in that strange lady's sleeping
car berth, he rubbed his eyes in wild,
innocent amazement, and said to the
conductor, "Why, bless my soul; who
could have carried me here while I was
asleep? I'll bet a thousand dollars this
is some of that blasted Bessie Turner's
work."
It was a pungent answer given bv a
free kirk member who had deserted nis
colors and returned to his old faith,
when the minister bluntly accosted
him: "Ay, man, John, an' ye've left
us; what micht be your reason for that?
Did ye think it was na a guid road we
was .gawn?" "Oh, I dawsay it was a
guid enough road and abrawroad; but,
O, minister, the tolls were unco high."
Niemann had to sing during the first
act of " Die Walkuere" near a fire
which emitted dense smoke, and during
a rehearsal one day the singer com-
plained to Wagner. "I can not sing
in that smoke," he observed; "I shall be
suffocated." "But you must," said
Wagner; " I can't put the fire out. The
smoking and singing must occur at the
same time." " Well," replied the artist,
" make the chimney sing and I will
smoke."
Many of our citizens remember the
litle girl Mary Miller, who has, until
recently, been almost daily on our
streets seeking alms, for the past year.
She left the city about two weeks ago,
and her mother, not knowing where
she had gone, was greatly distressed on
account of her absence. It seems she
went from here to Louisville, thence to
St. Louis, and from there worked her
way to Houston, Texas, where she now
is. She is only about thirteen years
old, and how she managed to make
the circuit of the country and get to
Texas, is a little marvelous.—Padutah
Tribune.
Special Notices.
Notice.—The Officers and Members ot Star
State Steam Fire Engine Company No. 3 are
hereby notified to .attend their regular
monthly meeting THIS (Tuesday) EVENING,
at 8 o'clock. By order of the Foreman.
oc3 W. H. MOELLER, Sec'y.
The annexed particulars of the loss of
the steamship Arbitrator, from New
Orleans to Liverpool have been re-
ceived at the latter town: On the 23d of
August, at 1:20 a. m., the lookout re-
ported "Something right ahead," but
almost instantly, and before any orders
could be given, or the engines stopped,
the ship struck on a ledge of ice, and
ran upon it as far as the foremast. The
captain ordered the forward compart-
ment to be sounded, and six feet of
water was discovered in that por-
tion of the ship, the engineer also
reporting water washing in the stock-
hole. There being no hopes of
saving the vessel, the starboard boats
were orderod to be got out, the ship
then listing to starboard and surging
heavily, and the foremast falling right
through the ship. She, however, sud-
denly heeled to port, and the boats were
got out on that side, the vessel at the
time settling down so rapidly that noth-
ing could be saved but two bags of bis-
cuits and a compass. Owing to the
mass of floating cotton great difficulty
was experienced in getting in the boats.
Soon after leaving the ship She went
down stern foremost, the ice holding
her up forward. The estimated posi-
tion at the time of the disaster was lat.
45 deg. 40 min. W.
Tiie New York Times, which has
daity been charging Mr. Tilden with
perjury and swindling, without the
least proof, says that proof of the charge
was promised from authorities in which
that journal had "confidence, but in
its absence the charge must be with-
drawn.
It is now estimated that the total
number of visitors to the Centennial
Exhibition will reach 7,000,000, and
that the commission will be able to pay
stockholders 50 per cent, of their sub-
scriptions.
Special Notice.—Meceanic Fire Co. No,
u.—Regular monthly meeting WEDNESDAY,
October 4. Important business.
oc3 It JOS. PUPPY, Secretary.
Notice to Consignees.—The steamship
CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, Pennington, mas-
ter, 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. m. (not receipted for) will be stored
at expense and risk of consignees.
All claims for damage must be adjusted be-
fore the goods leave tne wharf.
J. N. SAWYER, Agent,
oc3 St 54 Strand.
AnctionSales.
AUCTION SALE.
PARK, LYNCH & CO.— R. A.
PARK. Auctioneer—Will sell THIS DAY,
3d inst., at 10 o'clock, at their salesrooms.
Strand—
An assortment of
Groceries and Other Merchan-
dise.
Goods for auction received up to hour of
oc3 It
ew Advertisements.
%
J. H. ELSWORTH & Co.
MERCHANTS AND IMPORTERS
of
TIN" PLATE
SHEET IRON,
Pi? Iron, Pig Lead, Solder,
Zinc, Galvanized Sheet
Iron, Etc.
200 BUNDLES DAMAGED SHEET
IRON.
And now Discharging ex Margaretha,
3500 Sacks COFFEE
TO ARRIVE.
Per Erna, from Bremen:
500 bbls. Bellman's Vinegar,
400 bbls. Dcetjen's Bottled Beer,
10 casV.a fclierry Wine,
116 casks Apollfnarls n'asser,
1500 Demijohns.
50,000 German Brick,
KAUFFMAN & RCJNGE.
se22 tf una
NOW DUE
DAILY LOOKED FOR
3600 Sacks COFFEE
EX-BRIGANTINE ADONIS.
"Samples" just received and
opened for inspection at my office
M. KOPPERL.
aul '7ft ly una
Galveston Gas Works.
32d and Market Streets.
All orders or complaints to receive prompt
attention should be left at the Secretary's of
flee, in the
Ostermann Building,
corner Strand and 23d street, between the
hours of 8 and 12 o'clock ▲. m.
ap9 *76 nna ly
Oils, Paints, Glass, Etc.
JERVEY, PETTIT & CO.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Kerosene or Coal Oil,
HEADLIGHT OIL, CROWN OIL,
GASOLINE for Gas Machines,
PUROLINE for Gas Lamps,
INSURANCE OIL for Family Use
in Ordinary Lamps,
And all kinds of LAMPS, LANTERNS, CHAN-
DELIEHS, LAMP BURNERS, CHIMNEYS,
SHADES, Etc.
No. 176 TWENTY-SECOND ST.,
oc6 '75 12m GALVESTON.
jos. w. RICE.
victor j. baulard.
OILS AND GLASS,
Varnishes and Artists' Colors,
WALL PAPER AND WINDOW SHADE8,
by
RICE & BAULARD,
77 TREMONT STREET,
ja26'76 sat su tu 12m GALVESTON, TKXA8
Paints! Paints! Paints!
PRESERVE YOUR HOUSES BY PROTECT-
ING THEM FROM THE WEATHER.
TO DO THIS USE
BAXTER, BELL & CCS
PURE LIQUID PAINTS.
ready for use on opening the package. Our
Paints contain no chemicals or water. Can be
used by any one. Are of great body, or cover-
ing capacity. Are the most durable paints
made, and are much superior, in all qualities,
that go to make a good paint, to anv of the
numerous chemical paints offering. We make
a pure white, and numerous beautiful tints,
)all of permanent colors.)
A sample card, with prices and directions,
furnished by the manufacturer s agents.
RICE & BAULARD,
77 Tremont st., Galveston.
au24 thur sat tues 3m
Special Notices.
. C. P
EYERT LADY WANTS IT.
se21 thu su tu lm*
Attention, Republicans of the
Fifth Congressional District of Texas!—The
Republicans of the Fifth Congressional Dis-
trict will meet in Convention at Brenham on
THURSDAY", October 5, 1876, for the purpose
of consultation as to what action, if any,
should bo taken by Republicans as a party in
the approaching canvass for Congres1*. The
ratio of representation will be the same as
that of the last Republican State Convention
held at Houston.
T. J. LOCKETT, Chairman.
S. A. Hackwobth, Sec'y. se24 d&Wlt
• Notice to Consignee#,—The schooner
JEFFERSON is now discharging cargo at Luf-
kin's Wharf. Consignees will please attend to
receipt of the goods as landed. All goods re-
maining on the wharf after four o'clock will be
stored at the expense and risk of consignee.
se30 3t M. QUIN & CO., Acents.
GIRARDIN HOUSE
market St., comer Twcnty-fo«rtl«,
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
Romanet & Girardin,
Proprietors.
First-Cla^s Accommodations,
REASONABLE TRICES.
Suitable sample rooms for commercial tra-
velers. noli 12m
Insurance.
MERCHANTS'
Insurance Company,
No. 63 8TRAND, GALVESTON,
(Organized, 1866.)
FIRE, MARINE AND RIVER.
CASH CAPITAL (FULL PAID) $350,000.
LEON BLUM, President:
GEORGE SEALY, Vice President;
BALLINGER, JACK & MOTT, Attorneys;
C. M. GUINARD, Secretary.
DIRECTOR8:
John D. Rogers of John D. Rogers & Co.
Leon Blum ..of Leon & H. Blum
Georoe Sealy of Ball, Hutchings & Co.
M. F. Mott of Balltnger, Jack & Mott.
H. Kempnbr of Marx & Kempner
M. Kopperl—Pres't National Bank of Texas.
T. W. Folts of Folts & Wal&he.
B. G. Duval of Grinnan & Duval.
Henry Sampson Commission Merchant
F. Halff of Halff, Weis& Co
A. W. Spaight Attorney at Law.
W. K. McAlpine of McAlpine & Bald ridge.
C. H. Lee of Lee, McBride & Co.
The Company insures against loss or dam-
age by fire on Buildings. Merchandise, Pro-
duce, Household Furniture, and other insura-
ble property in town and country, and is con-
ducted on strlctlv conservative principles.
Risks are assumed only at adequate rates of
premium, and losses promptly adjusted.
Ja8 *76 d&Wly
Building Materials.
rpO ARRIVE AND IN STORE.
2,500 bbls best No. 1 Rosendale Hydraulic
CEMENT.
500 bbls Alabama LIME.
250 bbls Phoenix PLASTER PARIS.
15,000 lbs Extra Plastering HAIR.
10,000 Best No. 1A FIRE BRICKS.
300,000 LATHS.
500 bbls Saylor's Portland CEMENT.
200 bales Northern HAY.
Also, Fire Clay, Ffre Tiles, White Sand, Mar-
ble Dust, Drain Pipe, Crocks for Stoves, Gar-
den Curbing, Blue Stone Coloring, coarse and
fine Salt, Potatoes, etc.
Fresh stocks always on hand. For sale at
lowest market rates by
GEO. H. HENCHMAN,
fel3 '76 9m Cor. Strand and Bath avenue.
IN STORE^
Portland and Rosendale Cement.
Austin and Alabama Lime.
Plaster Paris, Hair, Laths,
Marble Dust, Fire Clay,
Fire Bricks, White Sand, Etc.
30,000 Sacks sparse and Fine Liv-
erpool Salt, Soo.ooo North River
Bricks, 500^8^*8 Northern Hay,
FOB SALE t_
e. & CO.
Iron Fonnderies.
o. b lee. d. weber. joshua miller.
LEE IRON WORKS.
C. B. LEE & CO.,
Iron & Brass Founders
AND
MACHINISTS,
linuhctniw ot
Steam Engines, Saw Kills, Boilers,
Hill and Gin Gearing,
Shafting, Pulleys, Bra., and Iron
Fuip., Etc., Etc.
Particular attention glren to order, for Iron
Fronts and Casting, for buildings.
All Kind, ot Job Work Solicited.
SATISFACTION GUABANTEED.
Cor. Winnie and 8ad sts., near Railroad Depot,
1*1 If GALVESTON. TEXAS.
Stoves, Tinware, Etc.
P. H. HENNESSY & CO.,
Manufacturer, of
Japanned, Pressed and Planished
Ware.
Rooflnir, Guttering and Jobbing In
" r Line Promptly Attended
to and Fully Warranted.
Our Line Prom
to and Fully'
AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
STOVES,
Tinners' Tools and Machines,
AND
TINNERS' STOCK
Of Every Variety.
Agents for the celebrated
Buck's Brilliant
AND
A M EHIO AN
COOKING STOVES.
sel tf Strand, Galveston.
Tobacco, Cigars, Etc.
iii CIGARS!!!
THE
Only Cheap Manufactory
IN NEW ORLEANS
Has just been established by the undersigned.
Goods can be obtained from ten to fifteen
dollars cheaper per thousand than from other
manufacturers; Address your orders to
MATEO HOB DAS,
se!7 lm Box 1407, New Orleans, La.
Lotteries.
HAVANA
ROYAL LOTTERY!
Number of Tickets Reduced to 25,000*
nATES of DRAWING.
October 2d, 1876. February 15th, 1877.
October 16th, 1876. March 1st, 1877.
November 2d, 1876. March 15th, 1877.
November 15th, 1876. April 2d, 1877.
December 1st, 1876. May 1st, 1877.
January 2d, 1877. May 15th, 1877.
January 15th, 1877. June 1st, 1877.
February 1st, 1877. June 15th, 1877.
$750,000 Distributed in Prizes!!!
a8 follows:
One of
One of.
one of.
One of
One of
Two of $5,OOO
Thirty of 1,000
..$200,000
.. 100,000
50,000
25.000
10,000
OO
10,001
01 i,uw 30,000
642 of $500 321,000
Six Approximation Prize.. 4,000
Prices of Tickets inU. 8. Currency:
Whole $40, Halve. $20, Quarter.
$10, Tenth. $4, Twentieth., $».
fp- Remember the Capital Prize is
9200,0001! !
Send your orders to
BORNIO & BKO.,
Importers of Havana Cigars,
sel0 3m 77 GravierSt., New Orleans.
Royal Havana Lottery, 1876.
ORDINARY DRAWING DAYS.
Class No. 979 on the 2d of October.
Class No. 980 on the 16th of October.
Class No. 981 on the 2d of November.
Class No. 982 on the 15th of November.
The number of tickets has been reduced to
25,000, and the capital prize increased to $200,-
000, and the second prize to $100,000.
This lottery never postpone the drawing or
fail in anytning promised. Official list of
prizes sent to every purchaser of tickets. Send
money by postomce order, registered letter,
express or draft. Send for circular. All
prizes cashed at the rate of exchange.
Price of whole tickets, $40; half tickets, $20;
quarter tickets, $10; fifth ticket, $8; tenth tick-
et, $4; twentieth ticket, $2, (according to the
new plan). Parties or clubs buving over $50
worth, 10 per cent, discount. Address all or
ders for tickets to
MANUKI. OUTIANTIA.
168 Common street. New Orleans, l.a.
jal3 thu sat&tues
Educational.
Galveston Female Academy.
MRS. J. S. GOODWIN desires to Fay to her
patrons that she will resume her school on the
first Monday in October. She wilJ be assisted
by a corps of competent teachers, and her
rates of tuition will be as usual. au25 tf
ITIISS L. A. KOVCE
Will open
A SCHOOL FOR GIRLS AND BOYS
On the
FIRST ITIONDAlf IN OCTOBER.
On the
CORNER OF TWELFTH AND AVENUE K,
(East End, Baptist Mission.)
St. Louis Law School,
Department of Washington University.)
The regular annual term of this Law School
°P™ ou WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11,
lo«b. Full course, two terms, six months
each. Students admitted to the Senior Class,
on examination, by application on or before
October 10th. Tuition, $50 per term, including
use of library. For particulars, address
G. M. STiCWART, Dean of Law Faculty,
jy22 3meod* 203 N. Third St., St. Louis, Mo.
A
CARD A CAllD.
I beg leave to announce
TQ MY PATRONS AND FRIENDS
that I am not going to the country, as falsely
reported in some papers, but
Will Resume Teaching October 2d.
All orders left with J. E. M*son will be
promptly attended to. G. GARTNER,
Teacher of Languages and Mathematics.
se29 lm*
WACO UNIVERSITY
WILL COMMENCE
Fall Session
ON THE
First Monday in September Next.
Our facilities for Instruction and Boarding
are unsurpassed.
TWELVE PROFESSORS and TEACHERS
are employed daily, and we matriculate annu-
ally about 300 students.
RUFUS C. BURLESON, D. D.,
aul2 3m President.
Notices, Etc.
0N AND AFTER OCTOBER 1st
ME. ALFRED KARAFIAT
will be the only person authorized to act for
us in Galveston, where he will sign our firm
name per procuration. CLASON & CO.
New Orleans, Sept. 29, 1876.
[Copied from the New Orleans Times and
Picayune.]
o
UR SENIOR, MR. N. CLASON,
has retired from our firm here and abroad;
the business will continue under the same
style. CLASON & CO.
Now Orleans, Aug. 16, 1876. ocl 3t
N
OTICE NOTICE.
Office of the Texas Express Company, )
Galveston, Sept. 29, 1876. f
Until further notice, matter to and from
New Orleans and Polnta Eant
will be forwarded via Memphis and Texar-
kana. J. C. STUART,
Be30 lw Agent.
OTICE JN OTICE.
N
The undersigned announces to his old cus-
tomers and the public generally, that he will,
from this date, resume the General Grocery
Business at the old stand, corner of Church
and Twenty-second streets, under the firm
name of
H. MARWITZ & CO.
Galveston, Sept. 30, 1876.
We tender our s'neere thanks to our former
patrons for the liberal support they have
given our firm, and beg to recommend to
them for a continuance of their patronage,
Messrs. II. MARWITZ & CO., our successors.
Very Respectfully,
ocl lm H. SCflULTE & CO.
Notice to Stockholders.
Office of tiie Gulf, Colorado and )
Santa Fe Railway, V
Galveston, Texas, Sept. 19, 1876. )
The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of
the GULF, COLORADO AND SANTA FE
RAILWAY C03IPANY, for the purpose of
electing Directors for the ensuing year, wilt
take place at the Company's office, in this
oity, on
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1S<('»,
at 12 o'clock M.
seSOtd C. C. ALLEN, Secretary.
Crrocerics—Provisions.
A NEW ATTRACTION!
A. DREYFUS,
FAMILY GROCER
AND
Toa Dealer,
having removed from his old stand to No. 64
Market street, between Tremont and 24th sts.,
with an entire NEW STOCK of the choicest
GROCERIES, WINES AND
IMPORTED LIQUORS,
and trust, by strict attention to business, to
merit a continuance of that patronage already
extended to him. Observe the address,
ocl lm 64 Market Street.
IN STORE A.ND CONSTANTLY
RECEIVING:
100 pkgs. Vinegar PICKLES, bbls. and kegs.
50 Pearl BARLEY and OAT MEAL.
400 boxes JELLIES and PRESERVES.
26 bbls. GREEN PEAS. 20 bbls. SPLIT PEAS.
300 pks. New MACKEREL, half bbls. and kits.
50 COD FISH. 20 kits TONGUES AND
SOUNDS. 100 boxes LEMONS.
For sale at lowest possible prices by
G. SEEUGSON & CO.,
ocl tf 162, 164 and 166 Strand.
TICE NOTICE.
N°'
500 bbls. and U bbls. FRESH FLOUR.
300 bbls ASSORTED LIQUORS,
500 pkgs. MOLASSES.
200 pkgs pte. and qts. LAGER BEER.
1000 boxes TOBACCO.
100 M ASSORTED BRANDS CIGARS.
500 boxes CHEESE en route.
For sale low by
WALLIS, LANDES & CO.,
nol4 12m 106, 108 and 110 Strand, Galveston.
Houston Flour Mills Co.
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
Orders for Flour in any quantity promptly
filled, and quality guaranteed to equal the best,
in barrels or sacks.
Bran, Shipstuff and Cornmeal, at bottom
prices, in large and small quantities.
au23 3m D. P. SHEPHERD, President.
General Merchandise.
JOS. LAB AD IE
SELLS AT LOW FIGURES
Nails, Hinges, Locks, Screws, Bolts, Faucets,
Hammers, Hatchets, Saws, Axes, Scales,
Hasps and Staples, Files, Chisels, Drills, Base
Knobs, Mallets, Bung Starts, Handles, Rollins
Pins, Steak Pounders, Potato Mashers, Dog
t^ 1 i'ltVollr i s,
Collars, Hand Bells, Mincing Knives, Trowels
Tap Borers,^ Rules, Transplanters, Garder
Trowels, Mattress and Sail Needles, Lead Pen
* auu oau nccuieo, licau x
c * Thimbles, Scissors, Can Open-
ers, Cutlery. Lanterns, Coal Hods, Shovel and
Tongs, Teapots, Wire Strainers, Egg Beaters,
Saucepans, Buckets, Jelly Moulds, Nursery
Lamps, .lJaint and Dusting Brushes, Carpet
Tacks, Dumb-Bells, Canvas, Rope, Oakum,
Tar, Pitch, Boiled Oil, Turpentine. Signal Oil,
Lard Oil, Varnish, fine stock of Tinware and
Cooking Stoves, cheap.
Give us a call. aplS 6m
To Arrive from Liverpool
14,000 Sacks Salt, by Bark Herbert
6,000 Socks Salt, by Bark Brazos.
5,000 Sacks Salt, by Bark Sabine.
.These cargoes are all due In Galveston be-
tween this time and tenth October, and are
offered to the trade, together with the large
stock we hold in store, at lowest market
prices.
i\ W. ADAMS & CO.
FOR SEASONABLE
AND IjATEST STYLES OF
CALL ON
II. JACOBS,
TIIE LEADIMi TAILOR,
se3 lm* Cor. Postoffice and 22d sts.
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The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 166, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 3, 1876, newspaper, October 3, 1876; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth463282/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.