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THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS, SUNDAY. JULY 12, 188.")
THE LATE ENCAMPMENT.
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JM\ II\TE»1I>T1MJ l.KlTltU KKOM THE
Cll\ (IK HIlOlHKHLt LO\ K.
'Ilie lnnlde Hl.lory of (lie Encampment— Wliy
It \\nn a Kniinre—Hie Keamin Why
the !Mlllad.l|>lilaii. Old \ot
hl'ri'nd I hem-
HffllPH.
[Occasional Correspondence of The News.1
} mi.AnKi.rHiA, July (i, 1885.—If is ba true,
en a certain wise man once remarked, thit
"fbfcl if l aved with good intentions," then
"Youis Tmlj " baa added not a little to the
LifthwRyg of old Cloven Foot, for he has dona
r.olhing but make and break good resolutions
ivtry da} for a week past.
When it was announced that a cainpiny of
blight yourg Texan soldi.ra would eu^imp in
Faiitnoui.t park, ho ot once resolved to bo with
tbfm every day, hut his good (oteutlon was
i ot consummated unti' this, the last day of the
. rcnmj li-t'i)z He v» ho works seven days in
I he we. k on a newspaper in a city where mur-
I'llt atid suicides occur tri weekly, elopements
i aily and divorces every blessed hour of the
to»sty four, has sufficient excuse for n;g-
Itctiug any duty, no matter how irn-
j. 11 stive. But I did it at last, and
'mind the brothers Ashe and a host
• I other rid Houston friends all robust and
b6| py except Joe Birnett, who is a "little
jet kto " and not well enough to go Into the
) tize, whir-h makes him feel worse than would
the loss ot a rosy cheeked sweetheart. You
kww of old that Yeurs Truly" has an awk-
viairi way of blurting out the truth, tjolmjy
«>e will cell jou at once that the national en-
< fcuipment was a dreadful failure. The boys
Jiavo con;e, and they have shown these Q lakar
. itj soldiers such precision in military drill as
ibey Lever dreamed of seeing.
'I l.e three southern companies have carriei
r ft the prizes, and what.pleases me mo3t is that
the Houston Light Guard are number one. To
Hum belongs the noble pre-eminence ot being
I he t est drilled company iu the United (States,
''his is " big glory," aud they are justly enti-
tled to it.
lie boys have not been treated as they
tught to have been, and the people of Paila-
I'tlphia are mightily asbatned of it. But the
fault is not altogether theirs, and as we must
yive old Cloven Foot his due, we will endeavor
to explain the reason.
Hie encampment was Governor Under-
-noi'n's affair. He came here and asked for tne
pel k. He got it. When it was found fiat he
prcjioted to charge an admission fee, the Paila-
•ielj hia soldiers refused to go iuto the eirter-
Xnite. Encampments held here are paid for
t<y the State. The men are considered in ac
lual service. The Pniladelpblans did not un-
tierhtaud the principle of the display and they
timply refused to have anything to do with it.
Ibi-y are now convinced of their mi-stake,
and would lrctify it if there was an opportu-
nity. They had not invited the soldiers to
ceiue. They did not know who was coming,
and I hey made no provision for their enter
tainreent. This, too, they regret, and the
Ktate Fencibles did a iittle yesterday to mike
ununds. Governor Underwood did not under-
stand the people ot Philadelphia. He approach-
ed them iu the w rong way and he made a failure
ut what might have been a brilliant success.
The display was not patronized as it would
have been under other auspices, and at the
prtfi nt writing is in a financial strait. The
bojt- have not received those social honors to
which they are accustomed, and " Yours
Tiuly" don't blame them for feeling a little
soie. Among tne causes of failure is the fict
that at this season ot the year everybody wh)
cen get out ot tosvn is away at the sea'hore.
ILccampbas, however, done no little good.
Tbe soldiers of this city have learned that there
ait soldiers away oil: down on the gulf who
'■sii leach them a thing or two, and they will
be benefited by the kuowlelge Other camps
will be held andthoy will not be failures
ALOtber cause of complaint is th it one of
the [ b[ cr.» has omitted no opportunity for ill-
iiaiuied flings. This paper sets itself up for
mi intensely Republican sheet, but it doei not
jepiesent the sentimeutof the city. It isscrr-
silcms at the best, aud with all its preteDsion
< I being the leading paper of the city, is sur-
} fused iu circulation and influence by the Item,
n n uch better bred and more ably editei j )ur-
i aj i;f Republican politics.
I'oioLel Underwood is not lesseniog the
l lsme that attaches to him by endeavoring to
i Lilt it on other shoulders. Iu an interview
jesterilay he said: "The encampment was 4
stupendous failure; I admit it freely. Thalo'S
•wiil come in the neighborhood of $30 000. I
van not say whether the money prized will be
}.tid. but there may besomedelay. Ttii»people
• ;f I hiadelphia would rather go without sneiag
unylhing in their lives than pay a quarter
< r 50 cents. If they pay a quarter they want
to fee a gold dollar come rolling back to them,
»i d they are not satisfied with what they get
ifcm." This is untrue. If Philadelphia had
invited the soldiers here the prizes would have
been raised by subscription and the drilling
•would have been public. There was not a
tingle distinguished general, either northern or
southern, on the ground.
The boys have gone to Brooklyn and West
Point, whtre they will be made much of.
They will be home on the 20th, and trust that
Ibey will get a bully reception. They deserve
it, for they are the best drilled company in the
United States, and probably in'the world.
" Yours Truly "regrets that when be visited the
■ snip, the gallant captain and all bis com
missioned officers were absent; he did not have
) be pleasure of seeing them. Nor did he have
opportunity to shake hands with his brother
jminali6ts from Texas, who wear the uniform.
He topee for better luck next time.
Yours Truly.
1HE « OOOLKOODUttlt PAPISM!*.
Hon (he Worthy Coupli! Dive Into a Political
Dtat'ut.lon—%\hy Coodledodger Uoti
ftlit Dander I'p, and Takes Hia
Turn In Raising a Little
Backet.
'For the News.]
Everything was serenely quiet and calm
within the walls of the Coodledodger mansion
last night. Young Brickbat snoozed peace-
fully in his little trundle bed; Mrs. Coodle-
dodger was calmly enjoying the contents of a
Lcwspaper, while Coodledodger himself was
placidly inhaling the fragrant fumes ot a
choice cigar, that an admiring friend had
graciously bestowed upon him in charity.
"Mr. Coodledodger," broke forth Mrs.
Coodledodger, suddenly, " I see the papers
sre talking about Barney Gibbs being run
for governor next year. Is Barney Gibbs
going to be governor, dear?"
"ijunnol" gruffly retorts Coolled jdger, as
be shot a coil of smoke from liis mouti into the
air.
" Isn't John Ireland going to be governor
any more?"
••Knuck!"
" What's he going to do after he quits being
governor"
" Duuno! There is some talk of ruaniog
him for the United States Senate. Just think
of it, pigeon, a man ot John Ireland's caliber
heiding in with a bunch of senatorial steers!
Isn't it a confounded shame? I pity Join, in
deed I do. 1 pity him from the bottom of my
heart.''
" Is Barney Gibbs as smart a man as John
Ireland, dear?"
At this question Coodledodger cast a side
glance at his side partner, and the corners of
his mouth began to twitch and his eye-i to
twinkle, and after sending another cloud of
emcke toward the ceiling, and expectorating
in the wood box, he replied:
" Don't come so hard at me, Roxey, ask me
somethitg easy."
"Well, do you think Barney will be our
rest governor?"
"Now, look here, pigeon, it is entirely too
soon in the campaign for me to commit myself
by expressing an opinion. I can't do it. Be-
sides, 1 might be called on to run for governor
myself, and if I am. then my opinion mignt
hurt me and boost Gibbs, or else, hurt Gibbs
and boost me; so I cau't come out till I see
which way the cat jumps."
"You would make a nice governor, now,
■wouldn't jou. Coodledodger?"
" W ouldn't I! " exclaimed Coodledodger, as
he itiicB his right thumb in the armhole of his
vest, tLd sent up another whiff in offering; to
the Greet Spirit.
' There are lota of other people that ara go
irg to 1 un for governor, ain't there, dear?"
" Oh yes, there is Pfter Bmtth, there is L
L. Foster, there is Anthony W. Dillard,
Engine Clay Ferguson, Dr. J. B Cranfill—"
"Look here!" broke in Mrs. Coodledodger,
"jou don't nieau to tell me that Dr. J. B.
Ciaiifill will want to run lor governor, do
you'i"
" Dunno; can't tell what kind of a break a
roan is liable to make when his brain gets rat-
tled. The doctor is after notoriety, ani he
wij] 1 un a foot race with the devil himseli to
get it."
"But soy, dear, Barney Gibbs will get to be
governor, won't he '"
" Oh, give us a rest; you make me tired!'1
"Is Barney married, dear;''
"What do I know about it? if he aiu't ho
ought to be."
" Is Barney a nice man, dear?"
"Say, you Reem to be stuck ou Barney.
Tirhaps you would like to throw your ofles at
him, or smile on his manly couutenancs, eh J
Be gosh, you seem to be mighty anxious about
Barl ey's future welfare."
"0, Coodledodger," replied Mrs. Coodle-
dodger, bb she smiled bashfully and nervously
bit on the end of her apron, " IJ^iuk Barney
GiLbs is too cute for anything "
Coodledodger bounded out of his chair like
a rocket, aDd let out a regular Apache war-
toop while he began to perform a genuine
bionx wsrdance. Brickbat arose from his
slumbers and lent his music to the scene.
Cliaiis began to tumble and turn simmer
s&ults, while the tables seemed to be undsr
Ihe mysterious influence of a spiritualistic me-
dium, but when the esteemed snuff bottle hit
the wall and went into fragments, Mrs.
Coodledodger tben lost her nerve aud
urabled Brickbac aud vanished into the
darkness without. Coodledodger stool in
the middle of the room a minute or so after
bis spouse's disappearance, and then donnud
his hat and proceeded to procure something
strot g to St. ady bis nerves As be journeyed
toward the drug store (?) he muttered to bin
self: " It is my turn for once to raise a Utile
bade?, and if that galoot Barney Gibbs ever
conies within range of that old woman I wou't
leave enough of him to ornament a small-sized
coffin, let alone the governor's mansion."
A NATION *L MILITI1.
of
("III/, an
Hie Superiority mid Economy
Army.
BY* GKNKRAL DAUNKV MAUIIY,
The benignity of England's colonial policy is
in strong contrast with the vigor of her impe-
rial rule, and the loyalty of her colonial sub-
jects is a staunch as that of her people at home.
The whole royal family would be as safe from
injury or insult in Montreal or Melbourne as if
they were in London
In the dominion of Canada the sovereignty
of England has been intrusted to the keeping
of the native-born volunteers of the colony.
All of the British regular regiments have been
withdrawn, Canadiau volunteers and militia
ha^e been enrolled, aud the military interests
of that great country are now subserved b/ a
native militia of over 4^,000 men, maintaioel
at an expenditure of but little over io'J0,0M
per annum.
In view of these facts we may well ask, why
should the United States expend $")!),0)0 0))
annually on our little standing army? Hiw
can we best profit by the example of Gotland
in this matter? Not only has she withdrawn
her regular regiments from her American pos-
fessions, but she has for years beeu building up
a volunteer army at home, on which sliecjnfl
dently relies for tfce defense of Great Britain
figainst any invasion.
These volunteers aud militia actually under
ai irs. well equipped and disciplined, number
over 400,000 men. Some of these regiments are
in a very excellent coudition. Many of them
are in great part officered by retired officers of
the Blitisb army, and are considered quite
equal in drill to the British regulars.
The reglar army kept at home rarely, if
ever, equals 30,000 men, and it is chiefly and
us-i fully occupied in establishing camps of in-
stiuclion, in which the volunteers ara drilled;
erd thus has been created an inexpensive, but
.fficient force, adequate to an emergency, aai
wbii h, with the navy and the torpedoes, saeoi
to guarantee the safety of England, though all
Em ope should combine against har.
Tfce expenditures of the United States army
lave Leeome a great tax upon the peopla. It
rests more to maintain it per capita than auy
Mini has ever cost in the whole history ot
a'mies. And the expenditure has increase!
moie since the peace and the power of this
government have been the most firmly estab-
liihed; so that our regular army oosts uo v. ia
diiect expenditure, thirty fold as much as it
did eighty years ago.
'Ibe increasing burden is a legacy of the late
war. At its close the military district) had
to be occupied aud kept in order, while the en-
franchise d slaves were being put in political
power over th.ir late rebellious masters
The citizens had to be carried for the " right
candidates," and " the men who had saved tna
Union " had to be provided for. Sothatiuona
way and another the party which plunged us
ii to war to gain power has loaded us with a
debt we can never pay, and saddled us with the
most coBtly military skeleton that exists in the
world.
The retired list of the United States army
costs 15,COO,000, three times what our whole
military establishment cost at the beginning
of I he century.
A young graduate of West Point costs <10,-
(00, ai d a private soldier of the United States
army is almost as expensive a luxury.
The proportion of officers to men in our re
guler service is quite remarkable. On a re-
cent expedition against hostile Indians it has
been stated that of one regiment there were
present for duty less than three of the rank
ai d file for every commissioned officer on the
rolls of that regiment! It is, therefore, not
iiirprising that it has cost as much to kill an
lLolan as would found a university.
Piior to tbe Mexican war there were no se-
rious troubles with the Indians of the plains.
The funds for the several Indian tribes were
disbursed to them under the surveillance of
tbe United States army, and while the whole
disbursement was then twenty-fold less than
now, and though the Indians then were more
tkan twice as numerous as they are now, we
maintained peaceful relations with them.
After the Mexican war we acquired a vast
public domain, over which many great tribes
of "plain Indians" roamed. The discovery
of gold in California caused adventurous and
reckless men to penetrate all of those vast re-
gions whose claimants and only denizens were
these, tbe most warlike of all of the aborigines
of this continent. The regular army was in-
creased four regiments, to puuish the preda-
tory bands which soon made all attompts at
setiliment of the new territory hazardous and
cften impossible.
An Indian bureau was created in a vatn ef-
fort to meet the increasing necessity for a re-
straining power over these Indians. From the
very outset it has been corrupt and inefficient.
The Indians, wronged and irritated by its fla-
grant frauds upon them, have only mistrusted
and despised and deceived it, and the practical
result of it all has been that for twenty-five
3 ears we have never been without an Indian
wer with one tribe or another, while the dis-
bursements on account of maintaining peace-
ful relations with the tribes have s vailed,
under the Influences of the Indian
bureau, from half a million a year
to eight millions per year iu direct dis-
bursements. The "consequential damages,"
iu the blood of peaceful emigrants and hrava
soldiers, and the cost and waste of military
operations against the hostiles have bo«n sim-
ply incalculable. But now it really seems as
if tbe end of all these Indian trouoles is at
band. There are very few ho3tiles left to oc-
cupy our rigular army. The doomel race his
aimost exhausted its capacity to avert its
di cm, and the Indian bureau can not provoka
many more Indian wars for the array to quail.
What then will become of the Indian b'ireiu?
Red what shall we flo with tbe army ? are na-
tural questions now in order. With no Indians
west of the Miesitsippi. and no kuklux east of
tbe Mississippi; with bayonets abolishod from
the polls, our gallant little army begins to
realize its occupation gone.
But there are functions still left it higher
than the hunting down of tbe wretched, starv-
ing red man, and England has illustrated to
us how we may still maintain our standing
army at its present strength, and kaep it useful
all tbe time, by making it a school of practice
for our volunteers and militia.
During tbe past four years a movameut
looking to the efficient organization of the
militia of this country has been quietly goina;
on. Conventions of volunteer and militia
1 fficers have been called at various times and
places, and have reported a plan for establish-
ing a basis of organization for our militia
which ia worthy of the careful consideration
uf those who are responsible for tha military
condition of tbe country I'hey hava recoin-
mended in increase of the nnnual appropria-
titn for aiming and equipping tha tn'lUH
from #200.000—what it 1ms neeri since 1 TH!I,
when we bad 4,000,000 of people— to $0,000,000,
new that we are over 40,000 000 of people.
They have nlso provided for the organlz itiou
ord training of tharp shooters, and for placing
the military power of each State under cou-
ti til and authority ot the Stale.
Tbe most important part of the work of
these conventions related to the education of
officers. The report of the committee 01 that
subject recommended that the appoiutman; of
cadets to the Uuited States Military academy
shall be made according to merit, as eitab-
lisbed by juadustion iu their state schools;
also the advancement of the course at the
Unitfd States Military academy to a grade
proper for tbe more advanced young men who
will tben enter it; and* the establishment ot
camps of instruction of regular troops 111 the
several States, about which the state forces
may be assembled at stated times for drill
ard discipline; and that the volunteer
artillery companies shall be permitted to serve
in tbe artillery garrisons, aud be there in-
structed in ordnance and gunnery, etc., under
such limitations as tbe secretary of war may
fix. These are some of tho prominent mea-
sures advised by this convention.
The rpsult of this association of the standing
ertny with the people will be not only to edu-
cate tbe vast-militia power of this country, but
to familiarize and harmonize the people with
tbe regular army, and make them feel it an
indispensable part of themselves, and it will
placothat branch of our public service upon a
footing it has never before enjoyed.
THE "«KA^D" HOTEL OF LOVDOV
The Crack London Hotel Is Called the " Grand"
— Humbug Hbould Be Added —It la the
Mot! Pretentious Take-In
In that Huge Clly.
A New York gentleman who stopped there
writes to tbe New York times: I was induced
by an American friend to stop at the Grand
hotel in London. I had hardly registered my
name before I had placed in my hands a print-
ed sheet giving a list of permissions and pro-
hibitions; in other words, I was warned of
things I might and might not do. There was
not the slightest civility o( the voluntary or-
der to be bad or to be expected from any per-
son connected with the house. All inquiries
were answered in a balf-surly but business-
like manner, which clearly made one under-
stand that for each question answered so
many pence would be expected upon de-
parture.
The shortcomings of the cui9ine wore sim-
ply beyond ordinary powers of description.
Certain names cf dishes appeared upon the
bill of fare which were old acquaintances so
far as tbe printer's art was concerned, but
when they were placed before me I failed com-
pletely to recognize anything I had over seen
befoie. There was a great display of china,
glass and cutlery, but nothing else. All the
dishes were served with infinitesimal mites,
peculiarly and overseasoned, fit for none other
than a British copper-fastened stomach. My
first meal was a dinner iu every particular as
execrable as possible, but the wine I ordered
that day wus worse than the dinner.
It purported to ba a table claret at
four shillings a bottle; it turned out to
be a very thick dark purple coucoction, which
must have been manufactured in the
cellar of tfce hotel. The next day I order# 1 no
wine, and an attempt, which I successfully re
sisted, was made to charge sixpence for a glass
of ice-water. The second day, owing to the
cold and dampness which pervaded the atmos-
pheie of the whole establishment, my wife, be-
iug delicate, was taken ill, and we were com-
pelled to remain for ten days longer. During
tbe v> hole period of her illness, which was
quite serious, she never had au ounce of hot
food served, the attendance was neglectful in
tbe e.Uidue, and her illness was prolonged on
acci unt of not receiving reasonably proper
food of a nourishing nature. It was impossi
ble to get so simple a thing as a hot biiledegg.
Their system of ventilation was through uu
alwejs wide-oreu large front door, where the
wind from early in ihe morning to late at
nigl t rushed through with great violence.
IA bile I was there 1 knew of four or five per-
sons liikiig cold from pussing in aud out
through this draught; ouo, a delicate lady
frem Bicollyu, never recovered from the ef-
fects if it.
1 would say to an individual about to com-
n.it an cflVnee which could be punished by im-
prisonment, go to this hotel, and the foretaste
he would there receive of prison discomforts
would certainly prevent the commission of the
contemplated crime.
Tbe proposition that " English do not like
Americans " is true, and it is not true. Soma
Englishmen like some Americans and treat
I bem civilly in England, but many Eoglisb-
men will accept home hospitalities and club
favors in New Yoik which they do not intend
to leturn in London. The secret of it is sim-
ply this: The higher classes in England whose
society is worth enjoying regard us as a pure
ly commercial people, with the instincts of c jm ■
meree, and no matter how much we may affect
English sports, part our hair in the middle, iu-
tone and mince our words, aa our would-ba
New York swells now do, we are for tha most
part regarded by tbe nobility and gentry of
Engluna as traders, with peculiar manners and
want of breeding. Of our general intelligence
aud smartness tbey have no doa it, but tha
best circles in England demand other qualities
than these as a passport for crowing their
thresholds. it H c
the english dislike them, and tnh reason.
New York Sun: We learn that letters have
reacted tbis country complaining that Ameri-
cans are insulted and discriminated against
in certain of the great hotels in London, and
one bouse in particular, the Grand, is men-
tioned, from which they are driven away for
no other reason than that they are Ameri-
cans.
The excuse made by tha manager of that
hotel, according to one of thesa letters, is that
Americans buy too little wine to ba profitable
customers. He Bays that he kept a record of
102 Americans who had stopped at the Itousa
previous to 3882, and that of this number less
than a dozen had bought wine, while his other
patrons are liberal in their use of the bever-
ages on which a hotel keeper gets his best pro-
fits. Therefore, in tbe London season especial-
ly, when the metropolis ia crowded with people
frcm all parts of Eugland, he turns a cold
shoulder on our countrymen and reserves his
room for the more bibacious Englishmen,
The vast majority of the travelers found in
our hotels never thluk of drinking wine atdin-
ner, though many of them may have the bad
habit of tippling at bars. Besides, compara-
tively few American womeu, except those of
German descent, drink any sort ot alcoholic
beverage, while English women generally con-
sume wine, beer, and spirits, and often iu
quantities scatcely less than those to which
their husbands and brothers have accustomed
themselves.
But it can not be denied that Englishmen
generally dislike the average American, and
have anything but a friendly feeling for this
country. Our prosperity does not make them
l'appy. They do not enj iy the thought that
the United States is bound to stand at the
head of English civilization and t > distance the
old country iu the race for commercial su-
premacy. Besides, there are peculiarities in
the Ameiic-an speech and manner which are
very iffensive to many Englishman, and even
the snots who try hard to ape English ways
are ensily detected, aud especially detested be-
cause of their silly attempts to hide their
nationality.
Still, after all, Englishmen love us as much
as we love them, and as much as they are
loved by other peoples generally, Tha deep
American effeciion and cordial Americausym-
patby for England of which Mr. Phelps gmhes
at London dinners have, in fact, no existence
beie outside of a very small circle. It is true
that the anin osity against the old country
w bich was so bitter for many years after the
revolution has passed away in large part, and
that Ibe sensitiveness to English criticism aud
ridicule which was so tender fifty years ago
has been succeeded by the indifference of self-
sufficiency. Yet Americans pretty generally
are convinced that if we were in a vory tight
piece the great mass of Englishmen, of the up-
per classes especially, would chuckle over our
misfortunes and try to play the same gama
they did during our civil war. Therefore,
when Russia was bullying Engleud the other
day, people here were not disposed to shed
teai s.
Thirty six persons died iu Loudon lastyear
froiu starvation.
LIST OK LKTTKHW
rkmainino UNniOl.lVKKKt) in t7ik postomoS AT
Galvkstox. Tkxas. for thb (Vitus Ending Sat-
urday, jri.t 11. 188b:
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flense soy they are advertised; otherwise they may
nut receive tlieni.
Free delivery of letters by carriers at the ri'sl-
dence of owners may be secured by observiua the
foPowing rules:
First- .Direct letters plainly to the street and
number of the house.
Second—Head letters with the writer's full ad-
dress, including street and number, and request
answer to he directed accordingly.
Third—Letters to strangers or transient visitors
in the town or city, whose special address may be
unknown, ehonld'be marked In the left-hand corner
with the word "Transient."
Fourth—Place the postage stamp on the upper
right-hand corner and leave space between the
stamp and direction for postmarking without in-
terferiug w ith the writing.
W. H. Griffin, Postmaster.
lturke E P mrs
I!i n ni l i Eliza
llarnes I. M mrs
Hats Fanny miss
Campbell K miss
Davis Sallie mrs
LADIES' I.I8T.
Bowie Alice miss
Bahr Augusta miss
liranch Eliza mrs
Buck Anuie miss
Craig Alice mrs
Dean Win miss
Granger > lizabetb mrs Geilich Johanna miss
Iloren Katie miss Hollle Nettie miss
Henry MEnirs Harvey Ida miss
Hudson linckannie miss Hau ls Tenipe
(l*.r:maii M miss Johnson M itiida miss
care nirKruse Jackson Eliza miss
Johnson ltelle miss
Lew is Johanna Moore tiussle mlsj
Marlon Itosy miss Perry Emma r.trs
Price Blattie miss Pratey Mary Jane miss
' rice Lucinda mrs Kamia VI :toria
Sang Emma mlss'-i Stevenson Fannie miss
S mmons E miss (c) Starr Hattie miss 3
Teale Lizzie miss 7 Taylor E \V mrs
Vint JTittie Wlnfleld Sallie mrs
Williamson Sal ie Wheeler Annie uirj
Vi ifiineei Madame
GENTLEMEN'S L'ST.
AuIterK Allen colonel
Aneur E L captain Bell Frank T
liaxterWH Ilium A Co
BondurantOS Burroiuh Chas
Bcpg Dunstan Bostwiok D E v
Hiren Henry Boll Jonn
Bailey R A Bates T captain
Ponner Samuel 2 Beldlng W G
lirow nWJ Cope Thomas
t roi k Gustres Stave Cubans J C!;!
CadittJasR Cluflf M
Caldwell 8 J Clayton Walt T
Dill Frank DorsettJohn
Davidson J M Davis R Hdr
I aventierWm Evans D J. col
Fmerson J, col Elliott IV W 4
EnDis T A colonel Fields Sam
Foortan Fred Grant A
Gipson John Grinnan J S major
(iormley John A
Hanna Flatten & Lines Hinton C
Herbert Dozier G Hews T M
Harris W Bev Hamelins Bernhard
Joelsohn David Jones Reuben
.loneBWW(L') KyesThos
LigbieElia Letlieren Lewis
l.edhetter Albert Loring Fred
Leland Frank A Lieger L L
Lemmerman JelT Laycart W H
Lester W A Luols Wm
Mills mr Moore Charlie
Mitchell Frank Mathews Gus
Morris J J B Miller John (2)
Maconochle J Stilton J H
Mercer O H Mathlssich Nickola
Montemolloe Liodoso Nevvi Battiste
I imeria Eugene O'Dowd Jas
1'earl Eddie Perry David
Quinlan T C
Koach P Russotta Vlncenzo
Scbmidt A E Sprigsby B P
Schubert A Smith E E (c)
Schott Gustave Shaw Hines
Scliott Geo and John Smith J Mayrant
Kmith J J & co Stream Nicholes
Shapely M A Snezir M
Salasar Pedro Speridoro Theodore
Tanm rEdward Thomas Jessie
Wyley Amos Wilson If W rev
Wheeler George Wit'rockGH
W illiatns John Warren J P 5
\\ illiams W II Wattigney Wm
W illson Bros
FOREIGN LETTERS.
Asken Wm Brendler Edw
BornetJean Carlson C J
Dubois Frederick Dieterich Herman
Gilbert C GuilTre Fartunate
Ganter Karl Hewson Cornelius
Harris Henry 2 Mangold Geo
Milbas Pierce MizioGiitto
Nlendller Charles Plines A
Shirley J R Suss Bernard
Singer Dora Wendt R
PACKAGES.
MiKown G W
THE OLD TBLKMK.ltNIKK'g V1K.V.
A Uiimn who Knew a I l):n„- or Two Outside
Her Own Sphere in Life.
[Chicago Herald.]
" Yi u can talk all you please about a woman
not bavirg wit for affairs outside of hsr own
sphere iu life," remarked an old telegraph
operate r, as be put bis feet upon the table and
juffed lazily at his pipe, " but I've got a little
story to tell, which may change your opinion.
Several years ago I had a station on a railroad
wny out enjjip plains. There had never basn
any tiain rreberies near us, though there was
much talk about 'em. One time the engineer
of a passenger train stopped his engine in a
hurry at the 401 mile post and then backed up.
He declared train robbers had placed ob-
stiuctions on the track and were lying in am-
bush. Investigation showed that what he had
thought obstructions was nothing but some of
the big rolling weeds which had blown across
the prairie and gathered on the track. Of
tourse the engineer was laughed at for his
error, and after that when tratn-robbjrs were
mentioned, somebody would inquire if they
were the fame kind that William Hobarts saw
at the 401st mile post
" One night I was alone in my office, waiting
fcr No. 3, She was an hour or more late. 1
was drzing over my pipe when, on looking up,
I saw revolvers pointed at me Iron both tick-
et windows. Of course I threw up my hinds.
Tbey were train robbers, sure enough. Thara
were only three of them, but such desperate
fellows I never saw. They told me what they
wanted me to do. I was to write a dispatch
for the conductor of No. 3, signing the supar-
iEteudent's name to it, ordering him to leave
bis train at my station, ia my care, and take
the engine and several a>med men and go on
toward Plum creek, moving cautiously and
prepared to attack train-robbers. This dis-
patch I was to hand the conductor
through the window when he came up
for orders as usual, two of the men hiding
in the office ready to shoot me if I at-
tempted to give the alarm. Tbe scoundrels
expected by this means to have the train left
at their mercy. I told them that No. 3 was
four hours late, and tried to scare them ouU
tbat way. Tben I tried to delay matters so
that No. 3 would come before I got the tele-
gram ready. But they meant business, and in
ten minutes the dispatch was writteu as they
dictated. I cudgeled my brain for soma
means to defeat the robbers, but I could not
think of anything for a long time. Suidenly
1 remembered my wife and the te'ephooa I
bad put up connecting our residence wita the
station. I made that telephone myself, and,
though crude, it answered very well I told
the robbers that I wanted to telephone my
wife tbat the train was late, and that she
thould go to bed.
"'If I don't let her know,' I added, 'she
will be down here—you know how queer wo-
rnen sie—and you'll have trouble.'
" Tfcen 1 was given permission to talk to h^r,
but was cautioned that auy attempt on my
jart to give the alarm would send a bullet
through my head. So I simply called to my
wife atd said:
"'Number tbrse late: trouble at 401st mile-
post ; go to bed, as I shan't be home tiil late.
Good nigbt'
" Tbat was all, but I was satisfied it was
enough. I felt sure that my wife woull de-
tect in my tone tbat there was trouble, and
rever be satisfied to retire until she had sent
down to see. Besides, I had mentioned t"ia
401st mile post, to which my captors had no
objections, as they knew nothing of the care
I bat Roberts had had there, and I hoped this
w ould alarm her. The minutes that follows I
seemed like hours. The robbers were befool-
ing impatient aud vicious, and they more thin
once threatened to kill me if I tricked them.
In about fifteen minutes we heard the tramp
of feet upon the platform, and in walked my
wife with four men, all armed, whom she had
aroused in the village. The two robbers were
captured, but they afterward escaped. My
wife said she knew I was in trouble, and it
was her duty to come to me with assistance,
as if I bad told her so in plain words I tell
you, I've had pretty high respect for woman's
intuition and sense sinco tbat night."
The pneumatic postal service in Paris,
lately completed, cost over $^00,000, and the
length of tbe pipes is over thirty four miles.
Tbe charge for transmitting a letter to any
rlere within the fortifications is 3 cents. The
eervice covets extreme points about seven
miles apait.
SOUTHERN
(ATLMTIC
" SUNSET AND STAR A
HOUHS
TEXAS to HE
ARRIVING HOURS IN AD
2Daily
Between San Antonio, Denison,
Making close and reliable connections In the
EAST and NORTH. Tim Dlrm-t Una for ALL
ZONA and CALIFORNIA.
Pullnn>n Palace Buffet Kleeperi Ou all
QUICK TIMfC, LOW KATKM.
For NEW ORLEANS, 5:45 p. m.
A. C. HUTCUIKBON,
General Manager, New Orleans, La.
66
BLUE SHIE
Chamoiop of
P J. WILLIS &
RATES AND REGULATIONS
OF
WHARFAGE
OF THE
GALVESTON WHARF CO.
APRIL 1, 1881.
All Teasels and their owners landing goods on the
wharves thereby contract to pay, ana are respon-
sible for, the wharfage on the same, according to
he following rates to be collected from the vessels
or their agents: S cts.
Anchors and chains per 100 lbs S
Barrels, wet . 6
Barrefoarr -, » —. 5
Barrels, empty, wet 3
Barrels, empty, dry 2
Barrel Staves, per M 30
Bacon, per caslc 25
Bacon, per case 15
Bags or Sacks in bales, per cubic foot 1
Bagging, per cubic foot 1
Bagging, per 100 yard roll, each 6
Bagging, per 50 yard roll, each 3
Baskets, per nest 2
Ballast, per ton 35
Bales, over 5 cubic feet, per foot 1
Bedsteads, each ... 10
Bedsteads, common, each 5
Bedsteads, boxed, per cubic foot 1
Bellows, per cubic foot 1
Bananas and Plantains, per bunch. 2
Breakfast Bacon, per box 5
Boxes, liquors, cheese, soap, candles, etc 3
Boxes, extract, coffee, ink, bluing, etc. (small). 2
Brooms, per dozen 3
Broom Handles, per M 50
Broomcorn, per bale 5
Brick, fire, per M 80
Brick, common, per M 50
Bran, per sack 4
Bran, per ton of 2000 lbs 50
Blinds, Doors and Sash, per cubic foot 1
Boilers, steam, Der 100 ros 5
Bones and Horns, per ton of 2000 lbs 30
Bone-dust, per ton of 2000 lbs 50
Boneblack or Bonemeal. Der sack o* 109 lbs ... S
Bolts and SpiKes, Rivets, Nuts and Washers.
per keg 5
Buckets, per dozen 5
Buckets, well, per dozen 8
Butter, per keg 3
Butter, per firkin 4
Building stone, rough, per ton of 2*^40 lbs 50
Buggies, each 50
Buggies, boxed, per cubic foot 1
Camoys. eacn. full 10
Carboys, empty 5
Casks, wine 20
Casks, hardware, per 100 lbs 5
Casks, merchandise, per cubic foot 1
Carriages, boxed per cubic foot 1
Carriages, each 75
Carts, each 25
Castings, hollow or solid, per 100 lbs 5
Cattle, grown, each 30
Cattle, two-year-olds, each 20
Cattle, yearlings, each 10
Cattle, calves, each 10
Champagne, in baskets 5
Chairs, per bundle (2 each) 5
Charcoal, p» r sack 3
Cotton, per hale, landed 10
Cotton, per bale, shipped 10
Cotton, per sack 10
Coal, dumped in c arts or cars, per ton of 2240 lbs 20
Coal, dumped on wharf, per ton of 2240 lbs 50
Coal, in casks 25
Coaches, Stage and omnibusses, each 1 00
Corn, per sack 3
Corn, m snuck, per bbl 3
Cotton Seed, per ton of 2000 lbs, cargo 25
Cotton Seed Meal, per ton of 2000 lbs 15
Cotton Gins, per cubic foot 1
Cotton Planters, each 10
Corn Planrers, each 10
Corn Shellers 5
Corn Mills, per cubic foot 1
Coffee, per sack of 135 lbs 4
Codfish; per drum of 500 lbs 15
Cordage, per 100 lbs 5
Cotton Ties, per 100 lbs (inward) 2)4
Cotton Ties, per 100 lbs (outward) o
Copper, per 100 lbs 5
Copper, pig, per 100 lbs 5
Coal Oil, per case 2
Cocoanuts, per 100 25
Collars, horse, per dozen 5
Crates, Crockerv or Merchandise, per cubic ft.. 1
Cultivators, each 30
Drays, eacn 25
Doors, each 3
Demijohns, full 2
Demijohns, empty 1
Dry Goods, in case, per 100 lbs 5
Filters, ooxed or otherwist. per cubic foot 1
Flour, per sack of 100 lbs 2)4
Flour, per sack of 50 tos Vfi.
Fustic and other Dye-woods, per ton of 2000 lbs 50
Fertilizer or Guano, per ton of 2000 B>s 50
Furniture, boxed, per cubic foot 1
Groceries, dry, boxed, per 100 lbs 5
Grain, for export, including Bran, per 100 lbs.. 1
Grind ana Millstones, per 100 lbs 5
Gunny Bags, in bales, per cubic foot 1
Hardware, per 100 lbs 5
Hames. per dozen 4
Hams, per 25
Hay, per bale 10
Hay, per half bale 5
Hogsheads, empty 5
Hogshead Staves, per M 50
Hay Cutters £
Half barrels, wet 3
Half barrels, dry 3
Half barrels, empty }
Herring, per box 1
Hoop Poles, per M 2o
Horses and Mules, each 50
Hogs 5
Horseshoes, per keg 5
Household Goods, per 100 lbs 5
H ides, loose, each 1
Hides, in bales, per 100 lbs 5
Hides, green, in bundles of 2 each 3
Ice, in hogsheads 25
Ice, as per invoice, less 30 per cent, for waste,
per ton 50
Ice Cream Freezers, each 2
Iron, boiler, plate, bar, hoop, wrought, sheet
and galvanized, per 100 lbs 5
Iron Pipe, Water, per ton of 2000 lbs 50
Iron Shutters and Wrought Fittings, per 100 lbs 5
Iron, Junk and scrap, per ton of 2240 lbs 50
Iron, pig, per ton of 2240 lbs 50
Iron Safes, over 3000 lbs, per 100 lbs 10
Iron Safes, under 3000 lbs, per 100 lbs 5
Iron wire, telegraph and fence, per 100 lbs 2m
Junk, in bales (except iron) 10
Kegs, merchandise 3
Kegs, empty 1
Kits Fish 2
Laths, perM 10
Lemons, per box 4
Lead, per 100 lbs 5
Lumber, per M 30
Leather, per 100 lbs 5
Malt, per sack - 5
Marble, per 100 lbs, dressed 5
Marble, per ton of 2000 lbs. rough 50
Marble dust, per barrel 5
Machinery, per 100 lbs 5
Mineral Ores, per ton of 2000 lbs 50
Mowine Machines, each 50
Moss, per bale 5
Matting, per roll 5
Nails, per keg 3
Nails, per half keg
Oakum, per bale 5
Oats and Bran, per sack (undor 5000 lbs) 4
Oil Cake, per ton of 2000 lbs 15
Oranges, per box 4
PACIFIC CO.
SYSTEM.)
my CIttSCENT KOUTE." '
FROM
W YORK CITY
VANCE OF RIVAL LIN EH.
66
rams Q
Houston and NEW ORI.KAN8. M
Crescent City with linei diverging for *.1! point*
POINTS in Old) MEXICO, NEW MEXICO, ABI*
PaMHtMiKfir Train*.
TItAIAfe LKlYE HOUfcTO*:
For the WEST, California Express, 9:40 a.m.
T. W. Jfr ,
O. P. A., Houston, Tex.
SIOR!
LD NAVY,
the World.
BRO .SoleAe'ts
Ordnance Stores, per 100 lbs 5
Oysters, per bbl 5
Paint, per 100 fl>s 5
Pails, per dozen 5
Pails, flour, per nest 3
Paper, printing, per bundle 3
Paper, wrapping, per ream 1
Pecans, per sack 3
Pianos, boxed, per cubir foot 1
Pineapples, per 100 . 26
Plows, each 5
Plows, Sulky 25
Plow Material, k. d., per 100 lbs 5
Posts, fencing, each 1
Powder, kegs 4
Powder, half kegs 2
Powder, quarter-kegs 1
Prunes, per cask 30
Railroaa Material for construction and opera
tion:
Railroad ties, 8 feet long, hewn, each 2
Railroad Iron and Steel Halls I Per ton [
R R. Fish Bars, Plates and Chairs > of ;
R. R. Frogs, Spikes, Bolts and Nuts) 2240 lbs
R. R. Iron Bridges, Locomotives. I Per ton of |
R. R. Trucks, Wheels, Axles, etc. f 2240 lbs j
R. li. Iron, for street railroad, per ton 2240 lbs.. 50
R. R. Passenger Cars, each 15 00
R. R. Passenger Cars, Narrow Gauge 10 00
Railroad Platform Cars - 8 00
R. R. Platform Cars, Narrow Gauge 5 00
R. R. dumber, per M feet 30
R. K. T ies, eight feet long, each ... 2
Raisins, per box S
Raisiim, Der half box 2
Raisins, per quarter box 1
Rags, per bale *. 10
Refrigerators, per cubic foot 1
Rubber Belting, per 100 lbs 5
Roofing Slate, per ton of 2000 lbs 30
Rope, per 100 lbs 5
Salt, per sack 3
Salt, per sack (cargoes Imported) 2
Sand or soil, per dray load
i
30
1 00
Sewing Machines, each..
Sewing, K. D., per 100 lbs
Sieves, per package, 2 dozen
Sawdust, per dray load
Shot, per 100 lbs.
perl
Shingles, per M 10*
Sheep, earh 5
Shocks, box, per carload 5 00
Shooks, box. less than carload, per 100 lbs I
Shell, per dray load, 5 bbl 5
Soda, Potash, in casks and drums, per 100 lbg.. 2i
Shovels and Spadns, per dozen 8
Spices, per sack 5
Stoves, per cubic foot 1
Sugar, per hogshead 25
8ngar, per b!»i 5
Sugar, Havana, iu boxes 15
Smoke-stacks, per J00 ibs 5
Stoves and Trihinitegs, per 100 lbs 5
Sulkies 95
Tierces Beef 10
Tierces Lard 10
Tierces Rice 10
Tierces Hams 10
Tierces Tallow, etc 10
Tierces with bbls inside - . •• 10
Tierces, empty 4
Timber, Walnut, etc., per ton of 50 cubic feet.. 25
Tin Plate, per 100 lbs 5
Tin, pig, per 100 lbs 5
Tobacco, chewing, per 100 lbs 5
Tobacco, smoking, per cubic foot 1
Tiles, per ton of 2000 lbs 50
Trunks, filled with merchandise or nests •
Tubs, per ne~ 5
Trackage, per loaded freight car 1 00
(Locomotives, passenger trains and empty
cars, free.)
Wagons, each 50
Wagons, Spring or Cane
Wragon Material, K. D., per 100 lbs 5
Washing Machines, each 10
Washboards, per dozen 4
Watermelons, each 1
Water Coolers 2
Wire, per 100 lbs.. , 5
W'heelbarrowsi - . 5
Wheels and Axles, railroad, per 100 lbs i
Wheels and Axles, log carrier /5
Wood, per cord 25
Wool, per sack 10
White Lead, per 100 lbs 5
Zinc, in rolls, per 100 lbs 5
Goods not in above list will be charged m pro-
portion, say: Less than forty pounds to the cubic
foot will be classed as measurement and charged 1
cent per foot; forty pounds and over to the cubto
foot will be classed as weight, and charged 5 cents
per 100 pounds.
All goods and articles of every kind, landed or
received upon any of the wharves are thereafter
at the risk of tbe owners, and not of the company,
and must be removed the same day, or, at fur-
thest, the next day. After which time, any of said
goods and articles remaining on tne wharvee,
tne owners and consignees thereof will be respon-
sible for, and will be charged an additional wharf-
age of one-third the rates specified in the preced-
ing schedule for overv day they so remain, and
may be removed by the Wharf company without
further notice (at the risk and expense of the
goods and the owners and consignees thereof) to
any part of the premises, continuing the charge for
additional wharfage eacn day they remain on said
premises. Or the WTharf company may have the
same removed and stored elsewhere than on its
own premises without further notice (at the risk
and expense of the Broods and the owners and con-
signees thereof), and the same will be hald until
all charges are paid. Same wharfage to be
charged on all goods or articles delivered from one
vessel to another, provided either of such vessel is
fast to the wharf, or to any vessel fast to the wharf,
The company hereby drives notice that it will not
be liable for losses if caused bv excessive and un-
usual weights, or by piling up heavy articles, sucli^
as salt, more than four sacks high, and railroad
iron more than three tiers high, on the wharves.
Or by landing articles of extraordinary weight,
such as locomotives, without special permission (in
writing) from the company's agent; but that It
will hold all persons liable for such damages ai
may be occasioned by overloading the wharves,
without special permission.
On all shipments from the Interior which are to be
delivered to a vessel or agent, whether on through
bill of lading or not, the carrier placing or landing
produce, goods, etc., on the wharf, also the owner
thereof and the shipper, are each and all respon-
sible for the wharfage.
The owners and consignees of all goods delivered
on a wharf or levee of the company thereby be-
for " ~
thereon.
come bound to the company for the wharfage
"lereon. ,
All wharfage is contracted to be paid, and is due
and payable to the compauy, at its office inGalvee-
The company also gives notice that It does not
underlain? storage, and will not be responsible for
losses or damage, from any cause, to goods or ar-
ticles landed or received on its wharves, |
All vessels of fifty tons and over not engaged Inl
receiving or discharging cargo, or seized by lega|l
process, and lying at the wharf after such seizurt
will be charged wr.arfage at the rate of 5 cents {
registered ton for each day or part of a day.
Vessels of less than fifty tons will be charge |
whartage^t the rate of feperdfl °r aday.
DU G RO S
ALIMENTARY EUX1
Its principle ingredient,J'imv Meat, is scientifically
fommlHted with medical remedies, frivin* it w
derfully stimulating properties; inviR-oratinjr % maj
Vital forces without i'atiyuiiw "he digestive or.nl
In Typhoid,Yellow and Mai arial fevers.it i^
V:iluable, privin«r strength to ovtrconie these msm
nnnt. diseises. Highly recommended by leadimrTl
su'iji 118 ot' Parts as a tonic for Convalescents and W«1
persons,also for lun* diseases. K. Fon«era o: t l
Amenta, N. V. SOLD BY ALL DKIIGG1STS-1
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