The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 87, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 2, 1876 Page: 4 of 4
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A. H. BELO & CO., Proprietors.
Sunday, July 2, 1876.
The Weather.
The probabilities to-day for the South At
1 antic and Gulf States are: Continues warm
east to southerly winds, local rains, and
stationary, slowly falling barometer.
GalveHton—Temperature yesterday 91; wind
southeast, 8 miles; weather cloudy.
Tkleoraphic Report up to 3.24 p. m.
Yesterday. — Corsicana — Temperature 76;
wind south, 17 miles; rainfall 1.27; weather light
rain. Indianola—Temperature 79; wind south,
15 miles; rainfall .10; weather fair. Denison—
Temperature 74; wind northwest, 10 mi'es;
rainfall .81; weather light rain. Jacksboro—
Temperature 72; wind west, 10 miles; rainfall
.05; weather cloudy. Brownsville—Tempera-
ture 84; wind southeast, 10 miles; rainfall
1.00; weather cloudy. Brackettsville—Tem-
perature 90; wind south, 8 miles; weather
fair. Eagle Pass-—'Temperature 96; wind
southeast, 12 miles; weather fair. San An-
tonio—Temperature 82; wind south, 4 miles;
rainfall 1.38; weather cloudy.
THE CITY.
Local Peraonals.
M. C. Wessells and A. F. Bufiflngton, U. S. A.,
are registered at the Southern.
Judge James Masterson, of Houston, is iu
the city, to preside over the July term of the
Criminal District Court.
Mr. Ed. Braden, one of the government con-
tractors engaged iu putting up the mammoth
warehouse at San Antonio, is in the city and
quartered at the Girardin. He comes to this
market to see what he can do in the way of
obtaining materials for his work.
Traill Inspector.
The Galveston Chamber of Commerce yes-
terday appointed Mr. Win. Crooks Grain In-
spector for this port.
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Court Day.
To-morrow is court day In the Second Pre
cinet, and Justice Johnson will call his civil
docket at 10 a. m. sharp.
Aquatic lCxIilhitlou.
Captain J. C. Howard, in the Boyton dress,
amused a fair number of spectators yester-
day. His exhibition, which consisted of sw im-
ming. eating, iloating, etc., took place off
Kuhn's Wharf.
\en Hall.
On Avenue M, between Twenty-ninth and
Thirtieth streets, the Union Guiding Star As-
sociation (colored) is erecting a very neat
frame building to be used as a hall. It is be-
ing built in plain style, large enough for its
purposes, and will be finished in a short time.
Criminal DUtrict Court.
The July term of the Criminal District Court
will commence to-morrow morning at 10
o'clock, when the Grand Jury will be impan-
Bftod and elUUTgod and the business of the
term mapped out. After this has been done
the court will probably adjourn Over to the
tatter part of the week.
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<*rtln Notes.
Two sacks of bran and two of oats, Texas
raised, were shipped yesterday to Liverpool as
samples—to see what can be done in this line.
The result of the reception of the lot is looked
for with interest.
Two car loads of wheat were sold yesterday.
Itrlliglou* Note* and Notices.
Services will be held In the chapel of the
First Presbyterian Church at 11 o'clock to-
day, by the pastor, Rev. Dr. Bunting. No ser-
vice at night.
Dr. Bunting will preach at St. John's Church
at night.
Service, sermon and holy communion at
Trinity and Grace churches to-day at 11
o'clock.
Y. Iff C. A. Service*.
At the hospital at 2.30 p. m. ; jail 3 p. m. Bi-
ble reading at the rooms at 4 p. m. Open air
meeting at Kuhn's Whaf at 5.30 p. m. Open
air services at corner of Tremont and Market
streets Monday at hp. m.
The Y. M. C. A. of this city send three dele-
gates, Mr. S. A. Scarborough. J. B. Gilmer
and Rev. F. Hchlumbach, to the National Con-
vention, held at Toronto, Ont., the 12th Inst.
Episcopal Cemetery.
A move is being made to erect a new. much-
needed fence around the Episcopal Cemetery.
No one who has been out to the grave yards
lately but will fetl that some of the abodes of
the dead are too much neglected.
Those who take an interest in the improve-
ment can leave their contributions withCapt.
W. H. Nichols, who is a committee for that
purpose Plans are also invited, with terms,
for putting up the required fence.
The Inner Itar.
Since the last chart of the inner bar was
made by the United States Engineer Bureau,
in the latter part of March, favorable changes
have taken placc. Then, 16 feet was the
greatest depth, with a width of about 800 feet,
between 18 feet of water and over. Now,
there .s nearly 17 feet on the shallowest part
of the bar and but 100 feet of a barrier remains
to be cut away to secure deep water connec-
tion.
Catholic Calendar.
To-day is the fourth Sunday after Pentecost.
Visitation of the B. V. M. Monday—Most Pre-
cious Blood of Our Lord (July 2). Tuesday—
St. Francis Caracciolo, Confessor (June 4). Bp.
o'Gorman, Omaha, died. 1874. Wednesday—
St. Boniface. Apostle of <i«rmany (June 5>.
Thursday—Octave of SS. Peter and Paul. Fri-
day—St. Leo, Pope and Confessor. Abp. Ken-
rick, Baltimore, died, 1865. Bp. Whelan,
Wheeling, died, 1874. Saturday—St. Elizabeth,
(^ueen of Portugal, Widow.
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EJst ol Unclaimed Packages
Remaining in the office of the Texas Express
Company for the weet ending July 1, 1876.
Office hours Sunday 9 to 10 a. m. :
Mrs. Carroll, J. C. Branvo, Orange; Mrs.
Hardy Eddins; D. K. Faut, Goliad; L. Fab re,
J. W. Harmon. Helena; J. J. Jones, Miss Mil-
lie Pauline, George M. Patton, D. Heed, Indi-
anola; T. C. Thompson, Geo. C. Tisdall (2\ G.
M. Woods, M. Williamson, John King, Win.
Holden, Mrs. G. A. Levi, Victoria; R. E. Walsh,
(\ Tienneman. J. Bergheim, A. W. Souclion,
M. Marks, D. F. Holland.
THE FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH.
Full Description of the Apparatus.
Memorial Services,
Commemorative of the late John Howard,
Esq., so long a time the Superintendent of St.
John's Methodist Sunday School and for over
twenty-ffvs years a prominent worker in the
cause of Sunday Schools iu Texas, will be held
at the church, corner Bath avenue and Broad-
way, at 11 o'clock this morning. Rev. W. Sha-
pard and Rev. I. G. John will preside, and
the latter will deliver the memorial address.
There will be no services at St. James's
< 'hurch. The exercises will be interspersed
with Sunday School hymns, led by the chil-
dren and choir. The Sabbath Schools of the
Prssbytertsn, Baptist and both Methodist
churches will be in attendance.
Weekly Mortuary Report.
The following is the list of deaths reported
by Health Physician Blunt for the week end-
ing Saturday, July 1. 1876;
June 23— Mrs. Magdaline Lancier, 37 years,
apoplexy.
June 26— Rilda Canne. 3 months, malarial
toxieina. John Howard, 52 years, organic
heart disease.
June 27—Lena Pohlman, 4 days, convul-
sions.
June 28—Chas. Frohue, 48 years, abcess of
liver.
W. F. BLUNT, M. D., Health Physician.
The above report speaks eloquently for
itself upon the health of the city. Only five
deaths, not one a day for the week, and two
of those infants.
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Out of the Farth.
A News reporter was shown yesterday by
Mr. Herbert., Secretary of the Galveston His-
t -rical Society, specimens neatly done up and
presented to the society by C. B. Lee <£
Co., of earth borings from an arte-
sian well sunk by that firm on lot
9, block 392, for use at their foundery.
The News mentioned the well at the time
it was finished and dencribed some of the spe-
cimens of borings. At fifty feet a very hard
yellow clay was encountered. This is the first
specimen. Next petrified wood, found at 108
feet, then blue clay, found at 194 feet, then
shell at 199 feet, and still harder clay found at
210 feet, the greatest depth attained. The
specimens are valuable acquisitions to the
geological collection of the society.
Mechanics 6's Picnic.
July Fourth, Mechanics' Fire No. 6 give
their grand centennial picnic at Schmidt's
Garden, in aid of tne orphans of Green's
Bayou Asylum. This is the first fire company
which has come to the help of the above insti-
tution.
Among the features of the picnic arc: Read-
ing of the Declaration of Independence by D.
McCaleb, Esq.
Oration by Col. Geo. Flournoy.
Amusements, embracing races, voting, fire-
works, etc., and prizes will bo distributed in
the evening.
The military will also participate and add
to the interest of the occasiod. They will pa-
rade at 5 p. m.
Donations for tables on the grounds should
be sent to Mrs. Cunningham's/Fremont street,
between Church and Winnie.
Local Paragraphs.
There are thirty-three prisoners confined in
the county jail.
The City Council meets in regular session
Monday afternoon.
There was but one divorce granted in the
District Court last week.
What would people do this weather without
the magnificent sea breezes?
There have been 1014 caws disposed of in
the Recorder's Court since the first of last
January.
Yesterday was wash day at the Central
Market and police station, and the old rookery-
looks much more respectable now.
Peter Loiselle, President, entertained the
" Batchelors' Club" at his rooms in Pix's
building last night with a collation and inusic.
The County Clerk is now ready to receive
cases for filing in the County Court. The
first term of the court will commence on the
third Monday in this month.
By error In the types Miss P. Windmeyer's
name, which appears several times in the
prize distribution report in yesterday's i^sue,
appears differently In nearly every case she
is the only pupil of that name in Ursuline
Academy.
Location of Boxes, Gongs and Bells.
Official Directions for the Guidance
of Citizens In Giving Alarms.
What steam is to the fire engine as a means
of the extinguishment of fire, the Fre Alarm
Telegraph is to the fireman in giving him
prompt and reliable notice as to the location
of the incipient conflagration. Stean and
electricity, which in this century have done
so much to revolutionize business, connecting
the most distant parts of the world and
uniting all nations in a bond of union, the out-
growth of familiarity and community of in-
terest. have also now been brought to lend
their aid in the preservation of life and pro-
perty in the subduing of conflagrations which
would otherwise wipe out with their lurid
tongues all that benefit which has accrued
from our advanced stage of civilization.
As in the steam engine, there has been
marked improvement iu the fire alarm tele-
graph, and now an automatic telegraph has
been invented which not only greatly reduces
the cost of operating it. but .also renders a
mistake almost impossible.
Efllry city of any pretensions to commer-
cial prosperity, not only in this country but
throughout the civilized world, has its system
of electric fire alarms, and in ne place where
such a system has been introduced has it ever
been abandoned. The first few minutes of a
fire are the most valuable to the firemen, and
promptness in giving the alarm has many
times saved double and treble the cost of the
fire alarm telegraph which had been erected.
For several years the subject of a Fire
Alarm Telegraph has been mooted in this city,
but the City Council has taken no definite ac-
tion in the matter. Mr. L. E. Curtis, with the
assistance of subscribers of every class of citi-
zens,;.secured a contract with Gamewell & Co.'s
Fire Alarm Telegraph Company, and com-
menced the erection of a Fire Alarm Tele-
graph in this city.
galveston fire alarm telegraph.
The automatic system of -'Gamewe'J &
Co.'s" Fire Alarm Telegraph is now about
completed in this city. There are two inde-
pendent circuits extending from the Central
station, at No. 1 Engine-house, one east as
far as Tenth street, extending south to Ave-
nue K, out Avenee O, near the beach, return-
ing to Broadway, with another line to Avenue
K, on Center street; returning to the Court
house, down Twentieth to Postofflce; over the
buildings to its starting point at the Central
Station. The other circuit runs west as far
as Thirty-third street to the Railroad depot,
south to Avenue K and OJ4, returning to Post-
office, over the buildings on Market, Mechanic
and Strand straets to the Central Station. The
lines over the buildings have been placed on
strong supports, and outside of the business
center on stout cedar poles with cross arms,
well bolted and good glass insulators.
The western circuit connects with the boxes
on Strand, Market and Twenty-fourth streets,
the bell at St. John's Methoaist Church, also
with all gongs and boxes located west of
Twenty second street.
The eastern circuit connects with the Cen-
tral Market bell, and all the boxes and gongs
east of Twenty-seoond street. There are ten
boxes east and ten boxes west of the Central
station.
description of the apparatus.
The new automatic signal box attached to
this system is a beautiful and ingenious piece
of mechanism; as the door of the box is open-
ed by any one holding a key, all that is neces-
sary is to pull the hook- down once and let go.
The machinery strikes the number of its box.
This number is repeated over four times, on
all the gongs and bells in the city.
The automatic box does away with any op-
portunity for giving false alarms or having
the numbers struck wrong. When a box is
opened and the hook pulled down no one can
pull another box near the fire until the first
one has finished striking. A separate key and
call bell are attached to every box for the use
of the chief engineers and officers of the Fire
and Police departments.
The wires entering the boxes from the main
lines are insulated with rubber and inclosed in
gas pipe twelv« feet above the box, to pro-
tect them from being broken. At every box a
ground wire is attached for testing, also a
lightning arrester to protect the instruments
from lightning. The boxes are placed on
buildings in the business portion of the city,
and fastened to the poles at other points where
located.
The bell strikers and machinery attached to
the bells are placed upon solid platforms con-
structed for the purpose. The weights at-
tached weigh 800 pounds, and are held by-
stout chains wound over awheel attached to
the apparatus. When a box is pulled, the
current is broken at the magnet attached.
The arm drops, throwing the hammer for-
ward, striking the full tone of the bell at every
stroke.
The engine house gongs, of which there are
nine, are inclosed in handsome walnut frames,
and placed on the walls of the different en-
gine houses. A gong has also been placed at
the First Ward Market, corner of Eleventh
and Mechanic streets. 1 he gongs are fifteen
inches in diameter, and when struck from a
box can be heard two squares away from the
engine houses.
THE centrau station.
At the Central Station, No. 1 Hook and Lad-
der House, the automatic repeaters with gal-
vanometers and other instruments are placed
up a table. The wires from the batteries on
the third floor and outside circuits, all con-
nect her« with the instruments.
The baiteries are on the third floor. Seven-
ty-five cells of large size Colland battery is in
readiness for use on the circuits. Battery
stands, pump for water and waste pipe are
provided; also sink for cleaning the bat-
teries.
The automatic system introduced in Galves-
ton is suocesHfully working in many Northern
and Eastern cities, and in a number of cities
with not one-half the number of inhabitants
Galveston contains. The simple manner of
giving an alarm should be understood by
every member of a household. The printed
instructions, which are intended to reach
every one, show at a glance how the alarm is
given from any box. Citizens residing at a
distance from the business center of the city,
when a fire occurs at night, only need glance
at the card, which shows the location of every
box in the city. The bells strike the number
of the box-from which the alarm is being
given—nearest to the fire. This will save
many trips to their places of business when
there is no occasion for it.
the keys.
There are five keys provided for every box.
which will be numbered and furnished to the
Chief of Police for distribution on the police
force, also to the citizens residing near each
box. The keys are all numbered, and the
names of the parties holding them will be ta
ken in a book lcept at the fire alarm office. It
is exf ected the system will be ready for ser
vice m this city on Monday, the 3d instant, as
the boxes, gongs and apparatus are now nearly
all connected with the batteries and instru-
ments at the Central Station.
L. B. Firman, h sq., General Western Agent
of the American District Fire Alarm Telegraph
Coinpsnv, from Chicago, has been in the city
several days, and is now finishing up the work,
testing and connecting the boxes, instruments,
etc. The citizens of Galveston can now con-
gratulate themselves upon having secured a
first-class fire alarm system, one which will
prove durable and permanent, with all the
latest and most valuable attachments and im-
provements.
interesting notes.
To further explain the magnitude of this
enterprise it is only necessary to give the fol-
lowing facts :
The circuit over which the wire passes is
twelve miles in extent.;
One hundred and ninety-five telegraph poles
have been used,on which to run the wire where
there were no buildings suitable for that pur-
pose.
There are two public bells upon which each
alarm will be struck—the bell of St. John's
(Methodist) Church, on Broadway, and the bell
in tower of the Second Ward Market.
There are nine gongs in the different engine-
houses, one private gong in Chief Engineer
Davey's residence, on Avenue O, and one in
his saloon on the strand.
The district protected by the Fire Alarm
Tele-graph extends from Tenth street east to
Thirty-third street west, and from the Strand
on the north to Avenue 0% on the south.
Within this district there are now twenty
working boxes with ample provision made for
the erection of as many additional boxes as
may be needed.
The smaller numbers and those easiest and
quickest struck, are placed in the business
portion of the city, while the larger numbers
are placed in the less thickly settled portion
of tne city.
The erection of the wires has been under
the personal supervision of Mr. L. E. Curtis,
the boxes and machinery have been tested by
Mr. Firman, the General Western Agent of
the American District Telegraph Company,
and carpentry work and the erection of the
poles has been done by Mr. J. Lee Burton.
The directions issued by the Chief Engineer
of the Fire Department in regard to the use of
the fire alarm, location of boxes and general
regulations are as follows:
special notice.
The fact that an alarm box is located near
their residence, and where the key is kept,
should be known to all persons, both male
and female, and the simple manner of giving
an alarm in case of fire, should be a matter of
common education. The Boa^d of Fire Com-
missioners recommend to all persons who may
see this notice, that they make the necessary
inquiries to enable them in case of need, either
to get the key and pull the box, or to direct
others to do so. Time saved in this way may
sometimes prevent a conflagration.
In case of fire, follow these
directions.
Get the key to the nearest box to the fire.
Open the box—pull the hook all the way
down once, and let go.
Wait one full minute for the sound of the
bells.
If you hear no sonnd pull again, and the
third time, if you get no sound.
If you fail the third time, go to the next
nearest box and do the same there—but do
not touch any other box if the nearest one
gives the alarm.
After giving the alarm remain a while, if
possible, by the box, so as to direct the fire-
men to the fire.
The police, upon hearing the bells, will
spring their rattles and call the number of the
box.
Second Alarms.—No person will give alarms
for the same fire (after the first alarm has
been given) without an order from an engi-
neer, and the person so ordered will be sure to
go to the same box from which the first alarm
was given, and report the same to the Chief
Engineer. If, however, a fire breaks out while
another is burning in a different section of the
city, a second alarm can be giv^n by a police
officer without waiting for an order from an
engineer.
location of boxes.
Box 4. co ner Strand and Twenty-fourth
street; box 5, corner Strand and Twenty-
second streets: box 6, corner Tremont and
Market; box 7, Market, near Center; box 13,
corn r Avenue H and Twentieth street—Court-
house; box 14 corner Tenth and Winnie-
Alderman Hill's residence; box 15, corner
Postofflce and Nineteeth streets; box 17, cor-
ner Sixte^th and Mechanic streets; box 21,
corner Niueteeth and Avenue O; box 23, cor-
ner Twenty-eighth and Mechanic streets; box
25, corner i'wenty-first and Avenue K; box 27,
corner Nineteenth and Broadway; box 32, cor-
ner Avenue M and Twenty-seventh streets-
Alderman Kennessy'sresidence; box 31. cor-
ner Avenue I and Bath Avenue—Alderman
Dyer's residence; box 36, Avenue K, between
Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets; box 37,
corner Broadway and Thirty-second street—
Alderman Carville's residence; box 41, corner
Postofflce and Fourteenth streets; box 43, cor-
Market and Thirty-third streets—Railroad
Depot; box 45, corner O^aud Twenty-seventh
street—Chief Engineer's residence: box 46,
corner Winnie and Thirtieth streets—Public
Square.
cautions to persons holding signal keys.
1. Never open the box or touch the appara-
tus except in case of fire.
2. Never sound the alarm for a fire seen at a
distance.
3. Be reasonably sure there is a fire before
sounding the alarm.
4. Be sure your box is locked before leaving
5. Never let the key go out of your posses-
sion, except to some responsible person to
give an alarm of fire, and be sure the key is
returned.
6. If you remove from your house or place
of business, return the key to the Fire Alarm
Office without delay.
regulations concerjwng fire alarms.
First alarm to be given by striking three or
more rounds.
Second alarm to be given by striking ten
blows.
Third alarm to be given by striking twelve
blows twice, thus: 12—12.
In cases where the entire department Is re-
quired, signal to be given by striking twelve
blows three times, thus: 12—12—12.
In cases where Hook and Ladder Companies
only are wanted, signal to be given by striking
ten blows once, with the No. of the Company
struck twice, thus: H. & L. No. 1, 10—1—1; II.
H. & L. No. 2, 10—2—2, etc.
SANITARY MATTERS.
Complaints of Infractions of Sani-
tary Laws—Filling Under Build-
lug*—Decaying: Vegetable matter.
The public would do well to note that when
they find reason to complain of the manner in
which night soil is deposited, or of the way in
which dead dogs, or any kind of carrion or
filth, are made way with, the plan for them to
pursue to secure attention to these important
matters, is to proceed to the office of the
Health Physician, in City Hall, and leave their
complaints in writing, or with the office at-
tendant. Complaints communicated to the
News will also be brought to the notice of the
proper authorities.
The Health Physician has. in accordance
with the ordinances, given public notice to the
following effect:
44 All persons are notified that the removing
of floors, or the exposure of timbers and
foundations of any old buildings, or the filling
under the same, until after the first day of
October next, is contrary to law, and all in-
fractions of the same will subject the parties
to prosecution."
The recent order of the Chief of Police di-
recting persons to dig up weeds on their side-
walks has brought about another difficulty,
which needs to be settled without delay. Nu-
merous piles of this decaying matter are emit-
ting, under the influence of a broiling sun,
odors not only repulsive in smell, but product-
ive of sickly influences. It seems to
be thought that the removal of
this kind of trash has not been provided for,
or that it is not included in the street and
premise cleaning contracts. But such an im-
pression can hardly be well founded. It is as
much the duty of the Street Superintendent
to haul away this grass as to do any kind of
filling, if he is properly notified. But suppos-
ing there is conflict of opinion among authori-
ties on this point, the Board of Aldermen, who
will doubtless see the necessity for taking
some speedy action in this emergency, can
not give their attention to a more important
matter to-morrow evening. Can not the Com-
mittee on Hospital and Health or Streets and
Alleys act ?
WEATHER RECORD OF JUNE.
Report of the Galveston Signal Sta-
tion.
Signal Officer Smith's weather report for
the month of June shows the following inter-
esting summary:
Highest barometer, 30.197 (on 23d); lowest
barometer, 29.822 (on 15th; monthly range of
barometer, .375; highest temperature, 94 (26th,
28th and 29th); lowest temperature,- 70 (18th);
monthly range of temperature, 24; greatest
daily range of temperature, 17 (20th); mean of
maximum temperature, 89.8; mean of mini-
mum temperature, 76.5; mean daily range of
temperature, 13.3; total rainfall, 2.63 inches:
prevailing wind, southeast; total number of
milts traveled, 6137-, maximum velocity of
wind, 30miles (18th); number of days on which
rain fell, 11.
St. Mary's Cathedral—July 4th.
On the 4th of July, at 10 a. m.. a solemn high
mass of Thanksgiving will be celebrated at
St. Mary's Cathedral.
The cnoir, under the direction of Rev. Fath-
er Parmantier, will render with full orchestra
accompaniment the well known Lambillotte's
Paschal Mass, which will be followed by the
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, and
the Te Deum, by Lambillotte. Before the
sermon will be sung, by Mrs. Delimage, the
" Veni Creator,' from Mozart's 12th Mass. At
the offertory, "O Holy Virgin," by Stradella,
will be given by Miss L. Johnson. The choir
is composed of the following ladies and gen-
tlemen : Sopranos—Mrs. Flood, Mrs. Delimage.
Miss L. Reybaud, Miss M. Summers, Miss L,
Johnson, Miss M. Johnson; Altos—Miss E.
Mensman, Miss A. Bentley, Miss M. Cum-
minges, Mr. J. Crozier, Mr. C. Demurger, Mr.
J. Shafter: Tenors—Mr. J. F. Michels, Mr. L.
Schneider, Mr. Stratton; Bassos—Mr. T. Os-
wald, and other gentlemen.
Real Estate Transfers.
The following transfers of real estate have
been left for record in the office of Charles T.
McMahan, Esq., County Clerk, during the past
week:
William J. Jones to Stephen Campbell, 5
acres land in Galveston county, for $30.
Max Maas to John Hammer, lot No. 1 south-
east block of outlot No. 70, for $400 and other
considerations.
H. Mabus, by Robert M. Tevis, trustee, to C.
Olfson, land in section No. 1, lot No. 49, for
$400.
Robert Doyle to Annie D. Talmadge, lot No.
113 in section No. 1, for $12,900 and of other
property to him paid.
Galveston City Company to James Sorley
and others,trustees First Presbyterian Church,
lots Nos. 6 and 7 in block No. 3T9, for $100.
Charles Dalian, trustee, to Conrad Robald,
lot No. 14 in block No. 71, for $325.
C. W. Wrhitehur8t to Theodore Olmstede. 2^£
acres of land in section 1; also lot No. 162 of
section No. 1, containing 10 acres: also lots
Nos. 10 and 11 in block No. 19, for $1320.
The Germans and the Fourth.
German citizens of Galveston have arrang-
ed a very entertaining programme for the
celebration of the Fourth of July, embracing
a procession of the various German societies
at 9 a. m., followed by the reading of the De-
claration of Independence, in German, by
Hugo Brosig, Esq.. to be followed in its turn
by a dinner, after which patriotic speeches
will be in order.
In the evening there is to be a grand Cen-
tennial entertainment at Turners' Hall, con-
sisting of music and a series of beautiful tab-
leaux vivants of Centennial subjects of all
nations.
These tableaux will be shown by the aid of
chemical lights, colors, etc. The scenery has
all been painted especially for this occasion
and the fact that the affair has been in prepa-
ration for a long time gives promise that it
will prove a great treat.
The News acknowledges the receipt of com-
plimentary tickets.
Prosecutions in Justices' Courts.
In another place is given a communication
signed 44 Fair Play." He takes the ground
that the Criminal District Attorney can not be
represented by proxy in Justices' Courts and
that his representatives are not entitled to
fees. 44Fair Play" probably mistakes the
case in reference to Mr. Olfson. At the time
referred to, the objection made was not to the
payment of fees, but to having them paid by
the County Court instead of the State. That
the law authorizes fees in certain cases there
is no doubt in the opinion of sound lawyers.
The law, however, does not provide for repre-
sentation by proxy, though tnere are eminent
examples. Attorney-General Clark was repre-
sented in the Supreme Court here last winter
by N. G. Kittrell, Esq.; Attorney Gresham has
been represented at Brazoria courts, and W.
H. Stewart, Esq., prosecuted for Major Spen-
cer during one term of the Jfemiual Court
last Summer.
If, as 44 Fair Play "* thinks, there ig need of a
little law on the subject, in the interest of jus-
tice, the question should be speedily adjusted.
List of Telegrams
Remaining undelivered and uncalled for at
the office of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, corner of Strand and Tremont, for
week ending Saturday, July 1, 1876. Office
hours on Sunday from 8 to 10 a. m., and from 7
to 9 p. m. :
W. J. Morphy, Galveston City Railroad Co.,
E. Hobart & Co., Park, Lynch & Co., Jos. H.
Eetcalf & Co., Richards & Hawkins, Mills &
Tevis, F. A. Glass, W P. Ferguson, T. C.
Thompson & Co., Nelson & Sadler, H. B. Ad-
ams, J.JH. Els worth & Co., H. Hirsch & Co.,
Frank Dalmo, M. Marx. Schwarts & Burgower,
Thof. Carson, A. P. Morrill, LeGierse & Co..
E. E. Parker, E. S. Blizzard, P. G. Nichols, Biff
Reading.
Matrimonial.
The following licenses to marry have been
issued by Charles T. McMahan, Esq., District
Clerk, during the past week:
James Windlock and Rose Baker.
Harvey Frazer and Lula Thompson.
John Cocodage and Alexdrine Barrere.
Henry Samuel Hughes and Emeline Hei-
man.
J. C. Franz and Lizzie Poothoff.
S. G. Gillespie and Annie Harrison.
Charles Dryer and Christina Volk.
Henry Martens and Minna Buscher.
THE COURTS.
District Court.
The court met yesterday morning at 9
o'clock, pursuant to adjournment.
The minutes of Friday were read and ap-
proved.
6661. Texas Banking and Insurance Compa-
ny vs. W. A. Saylor. Suit on note. Defend-
ant has leave to amend. Cause continued on
affidavit of the defendant.
6989. Gideon W. Cottingham vs. G. W. Fra-
zell Suit on notes. Agreement filed, by par-
ties, that this case is to abide the decision in
case No. 6988, and be governed thereby.
7961. John G. Rost & Co. vs. Riley & Jordan.
Suit on an account. Case below tne jurisdic-
tion of this court, to be transferred to the
County Court for trial.
The court then adjourned to Monday morn-
ing at 10 o'clock.
set cases.
The following cases are on the trial calendar
for Monday:
7707. E. S. Jemison vg. T. S. Dodson, H. T. &
E. D. Craddock and John Scarborough, gar-
nishees.
77C8. E. S. Jemisni vs. Dodson & Clark, H.
T. & E. D. Ctfi'lilcc.. and J; ftn Scarborough,
garnishees.
7749. Edward T. Austin, Executor, vs. W. J.
Jones. Suit to foreclose lien.
7750. Edward T. Austin, Executor, vs. W. J.
Jones et al. Suit for partition of land.
Justices' Courts.
In the First Precinct, yesterday. Justice
Brosig tried the case of the State vs. Osburn
Wiggins, for assault and battery on Sarah
WTiggins, and resulted in Osburn being fined
$1 and costs, in default of the payment of
which he was committed to the county jail.
State vs. Arthur Leotard, for threats against
Mary Marrilly, was required to enter into a
bond in the sum of $200 to keep the peace for
twelve months.
In the Second and Third Precincts only civil
business w-as transacted.
In the Fourth Precinct it was court day, and
Justice Gilbert called his civil docket with the
usual results.
Recorder's Court.
Levy Weeks, charged with violation of sani-
tary regulations, was discharged.
Harry Henderson, charged with violation
of sanitary regulations, was discharged.
Betsy Fields, charged with disorderly con-
duct by cursing and abusing Eliza Sterns, had
her case continued to Monday.
Wm. Ahrlie. charged with removing sand
from the public streets, was discharged.
Wm. Hermon, charged with disorderly con
duct, and threatening and cursing J. H. Gaia-
gher, had his case continued.
Daniel Gillis, charged with keeping a bar-
room without a license, discharged, not
guilty.
Daniel Gillis, charged with disorderly con-
duct, and abusing, assaulting, striking and
threatening Charles Adams, was tried, found
guilty, and fined $10 and costs, or fifteen days
in the city jail and to labor on the streets.
Martin Van Liew, for disorderly conduct,
was fined $5 and costs, or seven days in the
city jail and to labor on the streets of the
city.
Another Large Underwriting Cor-
poration Well Represented in Gal-
veston.
The Royal Canadian Insurance Com-
pany, of Montreal, Canada, is one of
the strongest and best managed insur-
ance corporations in the world. It has
first-class assets of over three-quarters
of a million dollars in the United States
alone. This company is now repre-
sented in Galveston by that most able
underwriter, Mr. N. O. Lauve, Secre-
tary of the Texas Banking and Insur-
ance Company, who will issue poli-
cies in the Ro}Tal Canadian. The Com-
pany has secured a most efficient agent
in Mr. Lauve, a gentleman in whose in-
tegrity and character this community
has learned to place great confidence.
Insurance Oil.—This justly celebra-
ted illuminating oil enables conscien-
tious and honorable dealers to bu}r and
sell a pure, safe and cheap oil for fam-
ily use in ordinary wick and chimney
lamps, and gives to parents an assur-
ance against accidents from lamp fire3
and explosions. Insurance agents do
not object to insuring premises where
the insurance oil is used.
The Talk All Over the City.
Wherever the reporter of the News
goes to, no matter if outside of the
city, he hears the remark made by eve-
rybody, 44 How is it that A. «fc S. Levy
are selling so much goods? These gen-
tlemen must be making a fortune." In
answer to this another party says,
"Yes, tliey are selling more goods than
the three largest dry goods houses put
together, but their profit is very small,
and on account of their selling so much
goods is because they are well satisfied
with a very small profit. This way they
have built up the large trade which
they now control."
Mr. S. Levy told the reporter that he
is determined to sell this week even at
and below cost.
Teeth! Teeth! Tectli!
Artificial Tcetli from 12 to 15, at Dr.
Hamner's, corner 19tli and Church sts.
New On leans Box-Toed Gaiters at
$4, sold heretofore for $0. Other first-
class goods in proportion.
I. Keiffeb, 173 Market street.
Notice.
Be sure and buy a Centennial Travel
ing Hat before you leave, from
L. M. Waters,
129 Tremont street 129.
Something Useful.
Business men should not be without
one of Iiobt. Clarke's Combined Calen-
dar and Diary for 1876 and 1877. The
most complete and practical calendar
ever gotten up in Galveston. Free to all.
Y. M. C. A.—The regular devotional
exercises of the Young Men's Christian
Association, will bo held this evening
as usual, at four o'clock, at their rooms,
No. 177 Market street, next to the cor-
ner of Center street. A full attendance
is requested, and a cordial invitation
extended to strangers.
A Grand Celebration op the 4th
of July will take place on Tuesday
next at Turners' Hall. In the morning
at 10 o'clock the members of social
Turn Yerein will have a grand turn-out
and march through the principal
streets. At 8 o'clock sharp, at night,
a performance, consisting of tableaux
of the History of the United States,
will commence. For particulars see
posters.
Dyspepsia.
Americans are particularly subject to
this disease and its effects; such as sour
stomach, sick headache, habitual cos-
tiveness, heart-burn, water brash, com
ing up of food, coated tongue, disagree-
able taste in the mouth, palpitation of
the heart, and all diseases of the stom-
ach and liver. Two doses of Green
August Flower will relieve you at
once, and there positively is not a case
in the United States it will not cure. If
rou doubt this go to the drug store of
D. E. Schoolfield and get a sample bot-
tle for 10 cents and try it. Regular size
75 cents. T. C. Thompson, wholesale
agent for Texas.
Notice.—The copartnership hereto-
fore existing under the name and style
of "Vinton & Illuis " is this day dis-
solved by my withdrawal from said
firm. H. B. Illuis.
Galveston, June 28, 1876.
Notice.—In consequence of the with-
drawal of the undersigned from the
firm of " Vinton & Illuis," he heieby
gives notice that he will no longer be re-
sponsible for any debts contracted un-
der said firm name.
Henry B. Illuis.
Referring to above notice of Henry
B. Illius, all concerned are informed
that, by articles of copartnership, the
firm of Vinton & Illius continues to
tne expiration of one year f'om next
December, and Mr. Illius can not re-
lease himself from his responsibility as
a partner, and I do not consent to his
withdrawal. The business will be
continued as usual. G. A. Vinton,
of the the firm of Vinton & Illius.
Galveston, June 28.
Representation by Proxy.
Galveston, Texas, July 1, 1875.
Eds. News—It will be remembered
that five or six years ago, when Mr.
Olfson was District Attorney of the
Eighteenth Judicial District, war was
made by the News and other journals of
the city, against him and the Justices of
the Peace who then held office, because
he prosecuted in person every case of
felony tried before them and charged
the State a fee of ten dollars in every
instance. ******
The District Attorney has appointed
three young gentlemen, members of the
bar, to represent him and the State be-
fore Justices Gilbert, Johnson and Bro-
sig in criminal causes.
The law nowhere authorizes the Dis-
trict Attorney to appear by proxy.
These young gentlemen, after prose-
cuting a felony before a Justice, demand
of him a certificate that the State of
Texas is indebted to F. M. Spencer,
Esq., in the sum of ten dollars for
prosecuting in person a felony case de-
scribed in the certificate.
If they represent the State in misde-
meanors over which the justice has
final jurisdiction, and the defendant is
convicted, then they modestly request
that the justice shall tax in their behalf
a fee of ten dollars, to be collected with
the fine and costs. If the accused re-
fuses to pay the same, then in jail he
goes.
These proceedings were wrong five or
six years ago, when a Radical held of-
fice; and the News very properly con-
demned the practice, although the ser-
vices were rendered by the District At-
torney; the law being unchanged, the
evil complained of should be exposed
snd dpnonnrgd until it is discontinued.
Fair Play.
Wharves and Dock.—Available
Space.
Eds. News—" One Who Knows," in
an article in your paper of 30th ult.
seems willing to discuss the question as
to the propriety of placing docks and
wharves on the north side of the chan-
nel, but makes light of the position I
took that enough land and wharf privi-
lege could be had on the city side of
the channel outside of that owned by
the Wharf Company. For his informa-
tion, as well as that of the public, I
have taken the trouble to ascertain from
parties interested, that the Wharf Com-
pany own from Tenth street to Forty-
first street, making thirty-one blocks in
all, and that from First to Tenth, and
from Forty-first to Fifty sixth street,
say twenty-five blocks, are still owned
by the Galveston City Company, and I
learn a part, or the whole, are for sale
at reasonable prices. I have not gone
so far as to get the exact figure de-
manded for these wharf privileges, as I
have not had the means of purchasing,
but any one wishing to make the purchase
can no doubt get all necessary informa-
tion from the agent of the Galveston
City Company. I have, however, made
inquiry, and have ascertained the fact
that there is no better location along the
bay front for wharf purposes than be-
tween First and Tenth streets. This
point has beea looked upon by far-see-
ing business men as being the proper
location for the terminus of all the rail-
roads coming into our city. If this
property should be purchased for wharf
purposes, there could be no objection to
it on account of distance, as the drav-
age on all local business would certainly
be no more than to the depot of the
Galveston, Houston and Henderson
Riilroad. All that is called through
freight could be taken from the eastern
wharves, the same as it is now taken
from those of the Wharf Company, by
loading cars direct from Vessels, using
the old Wharf Company railroad for
that purpose. I presume " One Who
Knows " is aware that the railroad char-
ter of the old Wharf Company compels
their company to extend their line of
road to all connecting wharves, or aban-
don that portion of their charter, and it
will be readily admitted that the exten-
sion of the wharf railroad further east
would be of great service by having the
frontage filled up and thereby afford
protection to the city.
I will admit that in the West End,
from Forty-first to Fifty-sixth street,
the channel runs further north from
the main land and it would require a
much longer traveling way to reach the
wharf, and then at a less depth of wa-
ter. But this could easily be remedied
by dredging, (which would have to be
constantly done if docks or wharves
were placed on the north side of the
channel,) and the sand could be used in
refilling or reclaiming all the land south
of the channel. Of course, the ques-
tion of drayage on local business only
would be a serious one, but I would
like to know how " One Who Knows "
proposes to transact a local business from
docks on the north sale of the channel.
Free Wharfage.
For the News.l
Insurance and Arson.
It seems to be difficult for the best in-
formed to understand the exact rela-
tions which these subjects bear to each
other. From statements well authenti-
cated it appears to be an accredited fact
that the average estimate of incendiary
fires occurring from over-insurance is
32 per cent. This is, indeed, appalling.
Surely a remedy for this terrible and
growing evil can be devised; for, if not,
it were better for the public at large
that fire insurance be altogether abol-
ished. Prosecutions for supposed in-
cendiarism are of rare occurrence. In-
deed, this remedy is impracticable. Ar-
son can be perpetrated with more secre-
cy than can any other offense known to
the law. There are ordinarily no wit-
nesses to the deed. The successful
burning destroys as surely the evidence
against the perpetrator, as it does the pro-
perty. It leaves no trace through which
the culprit can be certainly tracked.
The subject of fire insurance ought so
to be regulated as that every burning
should be the result of inevitable acci-
dent, never by design, for the sake of in-
surance money. This result can be
attained only through legislative enact-
ment by defining clearly the limit of re-
covery upon insurance contracts,
whether made by local or foreign com-
panies doing business within the State.
The right to recover should be so
limited as that every policy holder
should be compelled to assume a part
of the risk, excepting, however, goods
in transit by ship or sail, as in that case
the custody and liability of the common
carrier are guarantees against willful
destruction. For example: If A takes
a policy of tire insurance on his house—
no matter for what amount—let the as-
sured, in case of loss, recover indemnity
to the extent of, say two-tliirds of the
actual value of the property destroyed,
and no more. Thus would be cut oS
all motive to destructions by the act of
the insured—all motive to over-in-
surance, because the recovery being lim-
ited in this way, there could be no
profit or speculation in willful burning.
j For the accident, the misfortune against
1 which the insurance is indemnify, the
payment of two-tliirds the value of the
loss would be giving the assured quite
as much compensation as is consistent
with a sound system of insurance, es-
pecially when we look at the public in-
terests involved. This course would
be protective, too, of the citizen who
takes his own risk, und in harmony
with the best interests of those who in-
sure with honest intent. The subject of
insurance should be so regulated as
that it shall at all times be the interest
of the policy holder that the property
shall be preserved—not destroyed, and
at the same time to permit indemnity
to such amount or proportion of the
loss as will nearly compensate for
the accident. The misfortune
should be borne to some extent
by the insured, but only to such extent
as would furnish a guarantee against
what might otherwise be a temptation
not easily resisted by the unconscien-
tious. If insurance laws werj> framed
on this idea it would greatly cheapen
the price of insurance. If one-third
of the fires occurring under the pres-
ent system is to be attributed to over
insurance, then by adopting, through
legislative enactment, the rule above
given in adjusting the loss, underwri-
ters would be enabled to reduce their
rates to one-third less than now. These
results may be accomplished by judi-
cious legislation, but only in that way
can uniformity of obligation and duty
be reciprocally imposed and en-
forced both upon insurer and in-
sured. It would be well also
for all interested, that a policy
of uniform tenor in all respects should
be prescribed by law, to which all com-
panies issuing fire policies should be
required to conform. Massachusetts
has such a law. The stipulations in
fire policies are as variant as the compa-
nies are numerous. With such enforced
uniformity the obligations and duties
of the policy holder, as well as those
of the underwriter, would be better un-
derstood and observed. The decisions
of our highest tribunals, once given
upon the construction or interpretation
of the contract of insurance, if need be,
would be generally applicable to all
policies, and consequently lawsuits
less frequent.
These views are intended as sugges-
tive only. Legislation may utilize or
improve upon them. * Insured.
A young gentleman undertook to r e
late a circumstance, one Sunday even
ing, in the presence of some youug la
dies. He commenced as follows:
"A lady friend and myself, last Sun-
day evening, went to Bed—"
With a sudden spring the old lady
bounced him out of the house. The
next day the old gentleman met him in
the street and asked him for an apol-
ogy.
"I was about to say," commenced the
young man, "that a lady friend and
myself went to Bed—"
When a thrust from the old man's
cane started him back several feet, upon
which he exclaimed at the top of his
voice—
' A lady friend and myself went to
Bedford Street Church, you old fool!"
PORTRAIT OF GEN. TOM GREEN
An Acceptable Present to the State.
In the Senate on Friday, June 30th,
Mr. McLeary presented the following
concurrent resolution, accepting the
portrait of Gen. Tom Green as a gift
from his comrades in arms to the State
of Texas:
1. That the portrait of Gen. Tom
Green, presented to the State of Texas
by the members of the division whieh
he commanded in the late civil war, be
accepted by the State, and placed in
the Senate Chamber or some other ap-
propriate hall, as a remembrance of the
great soldier.
2. That Hon. R. B. Hubbard be
chosen to accept the portrait on behalf
of the State, and that the Fourth of
July next be designated as a proper
time for the formal presentation and
reception of the same.
Mr. McLeary accompanied the pre-
sentation of the resolution with the fol-
lowing:
Mr. President—In presenting this concurrent
resolution, it is not my prorince to pronounce
a eulogy on the character of Oen. Tom Green.
That agreeable duty will be performed far
more ably than I could hope to do it by one
who was a trusted and trustworthy officer of
the General. But as I was an humble private
in the regiment commanded by Col. Green in
1861,1 may say a few words on this occasion.
It was my fortune to know him only as a pri-
vate soldier knows Ilia commander, but I have
seen him in the camp, where he held no stately
court, surrounded by minions to make up the
pomp and pageantry of war, but fared as
plainly as the rudest soldier that followed his
banner. I have seen him on the field of bat-
tle. with the iron and leaden storm raging
around him, his features lighted up by the ex-
citement of the contest, and his eye gleaming
with the fire of heroism. His noble heart
kGew not the meaning of the word fear, but
dared to offer up on the altar of the cause he
had espoused a life which had become doubly
dear to his countrymen. As a Texan he is the
fittest and noblest type of the age and country
which produced him. and his character is one
which might well be cherished in remembrance
as an example for posterity.
Mr. President, I hope that the acceptance of
this portrait by Texas may be taken as an in-
dication that the time has come when the
smoke of the late civil conflict has cleared
away, and that all men can see and approve
t ue greatness in their countrymen, no mat-
ter on which side they cast their lots in that
unfortunate struggle. I do not deem it
proper, nor do I feel at all disposed, here or
elsewhere, to refer in terms of regret to the
lost cause. That power which presides over
the destinies of nations, the god of battles, to
whom both sides appealed, has decided: and
for my part. I accept the decrees of that au-
thority as final. And had that hero survived
the contest, I believe lie would have been here
working shoulder to shoulder with his coun-
trymen, trying to build anew the prosperity
of our great empire State. As a patriot of
the Texas Revolution, as a leader in the recent
contest, as a soldier and a hero, the name of
Tom Green must ever be dear to eve ry Texan.
NOTES AND OPINIONS.
Ex-Senator Fenton says the Cincin-
nati platform is meaningless and the
ticket about fourth-rate, yet he will cor-
dially support both!
The fact that Gen. Grant has made an
unusual number of speeches of late,
leaves the inference that he is practicing
for the Senate and has serious notions
of succeeding Logan.
The Chicago Times expresses the
opinion that Gov. Hayes should not be
held responsible for Ben. Butler's pre-
sence at the Washington ratification
meeting. It adds that Job wasn't re-
sponsible for the fact that, at a famous
ratification meeting in liis day, " Satan
was there in the midst."
The Utiea Observer, published at
Conkling's home, says: " It is conceded
on ail sides that Mr. Hayes is an exceed-
ingly nice sort of a man. Ben Butler
certifies to his honesty and Schuyler
Colfax to his piety. But if he waits for
Utica to 'enthuse'him into the White
House he will be the senior to Methu-
selah by several centuries before he eets
there."
Of Governor Hayes' speech, deliver-
ed at Fremont, Ohio, on Saturday last,
the World says: "On the whole, the
speech may be pronounced rambling,
emotional, pleasant, without certainty
of grasp or reach of thought. It reads
as if a heart were talking and not a
head. The man who delivered it is
undoubtedly a very good neighbor and
a praiseworthy citizen, and can fulfill
the mere clerical duties intrusted to a
Governor of Ohio well enough; but he
hardly seems made of the proper stuff
for grappling with the responsibilities
of the great office ol Freslilem, to
which the executive ability and stern
determination of Grant were unequal."
Governor Hendricks is a man of very
charming personal manners, and has
always been a leader and favorite in so-
cial life. His policy is one of concilia-
tion, and while he has had many a hard
fought political battle with his greatest
antagonist, Gov. Morton, the personal
relations between the two have always
been of the kindest. While he is not
a great orator, he is always a pleasant
one, and before a mixed audience he
appears at his best. No man ever held
his political friends more closely, and
none ever held them by stronger ties,
for he is always true to his promises. It
is difficult to see where a stronger man
could have been found, or a better
nomination made than the selection of
Thomas Andrews Hendricks for the
second place in the nation's gift.—New
Orleans Bulletin.
The news has just reached us of the
unanimous nomination of Governor
Hendricks to the second place on the
Democratic presidential ticket. We
have neither space nor time to allude
just now at length to the strength and
popularity of this nomination. It is
enough, perhaps, to say that Hendricks
is a worthy second to Tilden. He had
many warm friends in the convention,
and there are few men in the country,
if any, who are more personally es-
teemed by the members of both par-
ties. The fact that, with his record
and abilities, he has consented to take
the second place on the ticket is in it-
self a proof of his patriotism and his
fidelity to the best interests of his coun-
try. Governor Hendricks was a war
Democrat, and no shade of suspicion
has ever darkened his reputation as an
honest man and a friend of the Union.
He has had long experience in public
life, and is in every respect amply qual-
ified to discharge the duties of the po-
sition to which he is nominated.—N. O.
Picayune.
PERSONAL. *
Newport sports have started up fash-
ionable gambling so soon this year.
They call it "casino receptions."
A man had a lot of powder explode
in his face the other day at Amsterdam,
N. Y. His name is Going, and his eye-
sight is gone.
When a man loses a relative as rich
as Stewart, without getting anything
by it, he is justified in selling his char-
coal wagon and striking a blow for hu-
man rights.
A gentleman from Boston who lost
heavily in the recent Jerome Park races
explained that he only wanted the mo-
ney, anyway, to build a Methodist
Church with.
Blind Tom, the musical idiot, never
plays Sunday school music. His friends
regard this as good ground for the be-
lief that he may yet recover his reason.
Miss Anna Dickinson has finished a
new play, in five acts, each of which
illustrates the fortunes and persecutions
of a Jewess in a different country—
England, France, Germany, Russia and
the United States.
A Scotchman asked an Irishman
"Why were half farthings coined in
England?" Pat's reply was, " To give
Scotchmen an opportunity of subscrib-
ing to charitable institutions."
■As you pass along the streets these
sultry nights, how suggestive of the
penance which extreme thermal condi-
tions impose upon the ardent young na-
ture, to hear a soft voice propelling
through the half-closed Venetian blinds
such words as: " O! Charley, don't; it's
too awful hot."
One of the Supreme Court Judges in
South Carolina suggests the following
plan for preventing drunkenness: Allow
every person to sell as much liquor as
he wishes without tax or license, but
require those who drink to apply for a
license, and to give notice of such appli-
cation by publishing it for one month
in the official newspaper of the city or
county, and then, if there be no objec-
tion, to enter into a bond for good be-
havior before the authority to arink is
granted,
A correspondent of the New York
Times writes: " Texas responds cor-
dially and fully to the nomination of
Gov. Hayes. The Republican part}'- of
the Lone Star State will be a unit in the
support of the ticket." Just a unit-
nothing more.
The New York Sun declines with
thanks the invitation of a Western
Young Men's Christian Association to
send that paper to their reading room
free. It sensibly remarks that "they
might as well ask us to pay their boara
bills or their tailor bills as to pay for
their newspapers." This is very true,
but it is just what most people never
think of. The tailor who is making
clothes can as well afford to give away
a suit as newspaper publishers can to
give rway tlieir products. Indeed, he
can perhaps even better afford it, for to
give away one newspaper, especially to
give it to a reading room, may stop the
sale of a dozen or a hundred copies, but
one suit of clothes is not sufficient for
more than one person. The frequent
notion that newspapers cost nothing
can be thoroughly eradicated by the
simple experience of publishing one for
a little while.—Hartford Courant.
HOUSTON LOCAL ITEMS.
Hon. J. G. Tracy, Secretary of the Texas
Western Railway, has written a sketch of that
enterprise for the Fourth of July, and Judge
C. Anson Jones a sketch of Harris county.
Alderman Adolph Harris is at the Centen-
nial.
t ;At the last meeting of the City Council that
body sustained the Mayor's veto of the meas-
ure to appropriate $25 for the celebration of
the Fourth.
Rev. W. Franklin Kone, of Missouri, is to
preach in the First Baptist Church to da}-, at
11 a. m. and 7 p. m.
The crossings on Congress are much com-
plained of as productive of much annoyance
in wet and rainy weather.
At 11 a. m. Saturday a heavy rain deluged
the streets, but cooling off the atmosphere.
The Finance Committee of the City Council
are taking steps in a movement to inaugurate
a system of water works in the city.
It is reported track-laying on the T. & N. O.
Railway lias reached the Trinity.
"T. N." was in the city a day or two ago,
but left for Marshall and East Texas,
The counterfeiting of street car tickets is
noAV reported.
Murder —Two weeks ago a negro named
Ed. Brooks, becoming involved in a difficulty
in a disreputable locality north of Buffalo
Bayou, was struck on the head by a heavy
glass bottle. He recovered from the blow, and
was up again as usual, and after being in his
apparent health, died rather suddenly in
Second Ward, Saturday morning. A jury of
inquest was held, and the opinion of medical
gentlemen had in the testimony. The jury
returned a verdict that deceased came to his
death from injuries received at the hands of
persons to the jury unknown. As soon as the
facts were reported to the authorities, Henry
Cloud, colored, was arrested and lodged in
jail upon suspicion of having committed the
crime.
Marriage Licenses.—The following certifi-
cates were issued last week: Clem Johnson to
Rosetta Johnson, E. C. Marston to Miss Carrie
Tovell, M. Bahr to Miss Dora Welchstruck, J.
C. Harrington to Miss Rachel Johnson.
Shooting.—Messrs. Carl Artouzzi and John
Arto, having a misunderstanding, such is the
information from the police, the parties met,
an altercation ensued, during which Mr. Ar-
to's pistol went off, accidentally, according to
his own version of the affair. A hatchet
thrown by Artouzzi also figured in an affair
that luckily had no serious consequences.
Both gentlemen were arrested and Mr. Arto
fined $5 and Artouzzi double that amount by
the City Recorder,
Real Estate.—The demand for city prop
erty is slack.
The following are among the recorded
transfers of the week: Norin to Griffin, 2 lots,
block 420, $100; Harris to Texas Transporta-
tion Company, one block in Rozol's addition.
Dechaumes to same, one lot, block 14,
8120; Baker to Burke. 3 acres, block 48, $45;
Burtnn to II. & T. C. R. R. Co., lots 7 and 8,
block 4. $700; Agar to Messrs. Settegast, part
of block 84, Reynold's Addition. $10; Long to
Wellborne, six lots in block 8, $650.
Poison lurks in the air of low lying,
marshy localities, new clearings, in the
vicinity of sunken lots, on the outskirts
okcities, and in the atmosphere of
tropical regions. Its name is Miasma,
anrl it produces fever and ague, typhus,
yellow fever, bilious remittent and in-
termittent fever. Dwellers in such un-
healthy localities, emigrants and trav-
elers, should remember this and pro-
cure that most reliable preventive and
remedy for mrlarial diseases, Udolpho
Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps.
Hotel Arrivals.
GRAND SOUTHERN HOTEL.
John T Mason. R P Jnnea « H Till for. H c
Ripley, Galveston: M C Wessells, K B Sinthe,
US A;DW Barker, Mass; Louis Gendry, New
York: J L A Dinnerwith, Houston; E liealy,
Galveston; Frank Worth, Philadelphia; Sam
Jones, Baltimore: T H Surnley, city; Alonso
Colinenares. Havana, Cuba; Solferino Garcia,
Mobile: J B Seward, J Cristie, J A Van Bus-
kirk, Texas; Ramon Echaverria and wife, Bil-
boa; J L Arto, Texas.
WASHINGTON HOTEL.
A Kent, Houston; W W Jones, Taxas; Thos
P Holloway, Victoria: H G Roberts, city; J
F Burnett, L G Morey, New Orleans; Miss G
Belle, Memphis: W Snyder, Pennsylvania; J
F Burnett, New Orleans.
GIRARDIN HOUSE.
W M Waters, city; N B Sligh, do; II C
Yeatman, New Orleans: S Phiske, do; E Bra-
den. Texas: J A Woolfolk. New Orleans; H J
Small, city; J E Wilson, Texas; J O Bennett,
Pennsylvania; D F Frasell, Texas.
GRAND FIREMEN'S
MILITARY and CIVIC
PICNIC,
Under the auspices of
MECHANICS' FIRE CO. No. G,
—AT—
SCHMIDT'S GARDEN,
For the benefit of the
Orphans, Green's Bayou
tuesday,
JULY FOURTH.
TICKETS,
FIFTY CENTS.
PROGRAMME.
Reading the Declaration of Independence,
by D. McCaleb, Esq.
Oration, by Colonel George Flournoy.
Prizes will be offered for the following
amusements:
A beautiful wreath, in a frame, to be con-
tested for at the Garden by votes, to the most
popular Military man.
Prize to the best drilled man in the Manual
of Arms.
Donkey Race, Foot Race, Jumping Match,
Fat Man's Race.
Wheelbarrow Race, blindfolded.
Greesed Pig—catch him and keep him.
Prize to be offered for the best dish from
the Restaurants.
ARRANGEMENT COMMITTEE.
P. Barry, Chairman,
Jos. P. Duddy, Henry Devlin,
J. E. Gallagher, W. H. Boyd.
N. B.—The procession will be formed at Me-
chanics No 6's House, at two o'clock sharp;
thence down Tremont to Market; to Twenty-
first street; to Strand; to Tremont; and then
to the Garden.
Other organizations wishing to participate
in the procession will please take notice.
Displaj of Fire-works at Niglit.
THE MILITARY WILL PARTICIPATE.
Hall of Mechanics' Fire Co. No. 6,)
Secretary's Office, ►
Galveston, June 18,187$. )
To Major W. M. JerdoDe, Commander First
Battalion Texas Volunleers, Galveston,
Texas:
Dear Sir—I am instructed by this Company
to extend an invitation to your Command to
participate in Parade and Picnic to be given
by this Company, at Schmidt's Garden, for
the benefit or the Orphans at Green's Bayou.
Many prominent lawyers and gentlemen of
this city have kindly consented to deliver ora-
tions at the Garden on that day.
The ladies have assigned their willingness to
assist us in this charitabie object.
Hoping to have the honor of your Command
on that day, I remain your obedient servant,
JOSEPH P. DUDDY,
Secretary M. F. Co. No. G.
REPLY TO ABOVE.
H'dq'rs First Batt'n Texas Volunteers.
Galveston, June 28, 1876. I
Joseph P. Duddy, Esq , Secretary Meceanics*
Fire Company No. 5:
Dear Sir—I am instructed by Major W. M.
Jerdone to say that your invitation to partici-
pate in Picnic given by your Company on the
4th prox., in aid of the Orphans of Green's
Bayou, has been accepted, and will take great
pleasure in joining with you in such a noble
and well-deserved cause. Very respectfully,
JAMES HICKEY,
jyS It Adjutant First Bat. Texas Vols.
Kew Advertisements.
pTrfuIery !
A Choice Lot or
IMPORTED ESSENCES,
SOAPS, ETC.,
At Half the Cost of Importation.
POCKET BOOKS, PORTEUION-
NAIES, Etc.,
An elegant lot at 50 Cents on the Dollar.
ROOM MUST BE MADE
for new stock, and our goods will be sold at
customers' prices for the next fifteen days.
LEWIS & ROTHSCHILD.
GREAT DOLLAR STORE,
169 ITIarket Street,
(Rosenberg's Brick Building),
Remember the Big Sign. my22 3m
Galveston Cards.
j. s. grinnan, b. o dttval,
Late of Grinnan & Wayland | Late of Tyler,
Jefferson, Texas. Texas.
Galveston Cards.
albert somerville. waters s. davis.
SOMERYILLE & DAYIS,
Commission Merchants,
Strand, Galveston, Texas.
Importers of Iron Ties and Gunnj- Cloth, and
Agents for the sale of Domestic Jute, Hemp
and Flax Bagging, and all kinds of Cordage,
f «24 76 fim
. allen, l. allen, jos. aiken.
A. ALLEN & CO.,
dealers in
Italian and
American
MARBLE,
Wholesale and Retail,
Qalveston, Texas.
Drawer 48. P. O
alfred c. garsia.
o. p. hurford.
Alfred C. Garsia & Co.
PRODUCE
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Nos. 112,114 and 116 Strand.
Liberal cash advances made on consignments
of
CORN »»* WHEAT,
OATS, HAY. BRAN, BACON, SUGAR
and all Texas and Western Products. Corre
spondence and consignments solicited.
jy2 12m
J. €. GORHAM,
Manufacturer of
SADDLES and HARNESS
And dealer in
BUSIES, CARRIAGES
Saddlery, Saddlery Hardware
Whips, Eeullier, Planta-
tion and Spring Wagons
79,81 and 83 Mechanic Street,
And 83 and 85 Tremont Street,
Jel0d&\V3m GALVESTON, TEXAS.
Professional Cards.
■yy B. DENSON, '
'attorney at law.
Office in Moody & Jemison'g building.
STRAND, - - - - GALVESTON.
Will practice in all the courts of Galveston,
and district courts of San Jacinto and Liberty
counties. my24 3m*
P P. HAMBLEN.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HOUSTON, - - - TEXAS.
Office—Over Floeck's Bank. my12 3m
Q.EO. M. MAVERICK,
(Formerly of San Antonio, Texas.)
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Rooms 36 &. 37, Mctcau Rufldlng,
oc21 9m* ST. LOUIS, MO.
"yy ALTER GRESHAM,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
No. 129 East Postofflce Street,
oc32'75 ly Galveston, Texas.
J^ALLINGER, JACK & MOTT,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
No. 122 Postofflce Street,
nol4 tf GALVESTON, TEXA8.
jyj O. McLEMORE,
Attorney at Law,
(Moody & Jem:son's Building,)
oc9? T5 8m Strand. Galveston.
Groceries—Provision j.
200 Barrels Flour
all grades,
Forty Boxes Bacon, 100 case. Cele-
brated Cincinnati Beer,
and every other article usually kept in a gro-
cery house. For sale low by
WALLIS, LANDES & CO.,
jell tf 105, 108 and 110. Galveston.
500 BALES
NORTHERN HAY!
IN STORE AND FOR SALE BY
C. W. ADAMS & CO.
Sacks Liverpool Salt
JUST LANDED.
Ex-Bark Herbert,
Ex-Bark Ed. HcDowell,
Ex-Bark Sabine,
Ex-Bark Braxos,
Ship Missouri,
And tor sale by
C. W. ADAMS & CO.
LAWYERS' BRIEFS
AT $1 OO A I' M. I'.
AT THE NEWS OFFICE
G
RINNAN & DUVAL,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
General Commission Merchants,
OFFICE
Over Texas Banking and Insurance Company
STRAND, GALVESTON, TEXAS.
liberal cash advances made on cotton, hide1?,
wool and other produce. Bafitring and ti■
furnished to customers, on application, at the
lowest cash prices. jlyl2 '75 d&Wly
james arbuckle, hugh h. haynifc,
Late of Jefferson. Texas. Of Austin. Texas.
flrbuckle & Haynie,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
63 STRAND, GALVESTON. Liberal cash a I-
vances on Cotton, Hides, Wool, etc. RaKKiI;g
and Ties furnished to patrons at lowest cash
prices. *au30 '75 d&Wlam
chas. h. lee,
Fayette Co.
j. j. m bkl'jr,
Leon Co.
^EE, McBRIDE & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
General Commission Merchants,
(Hendley Building,)
STRAND, GALVESTON, TEXAS.
au3 '75 d&Wly
JAS. BALnElDGE,
Washington Co.
TcALPINE & BALDRIDGE,
w. k. m alpine,
Galveston.
COTTON FACTORS
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
HENDLEY BUILDING, STRAND,
myl2 '76 d&W6m Galveston, Texas.
William C. Dibrel
J
WHOLESALE GROCER,
56 STRAND,
GALVESTON, TEXAS
seld&W12m
GUST. HEYE,
J. HEYE, JR.
(Late of Focke. Wilkens & Co.)
GUST. IIEYE & CO.,
Cotton Factors
add
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
113 STRAND, .GALVESTON.
IS^Liberal cash advances made on consign-
ments of Cotton, Wool, Hides, etc. jelti 3m
F. A. GLASS,
(Late of D. The. Ayers & Co.)
WHOLESALE GliOCEIl,
160, 162 and 1G4 Strand.
au2'7512m
G. H. Mensing & Bro.,
Cotton Factors
and
General Commission Merchants,
Ojulce: Cor. Strand and 21st street,
aultf T5 ly GALVESTON, TEXAS.
M. QUIN. W. L. THOMAS.
jyj QUIN & CO.,
(Successors to W. H. Sellers & Thomas,)
General Commission Merchants,
and
INSURANCE AGENTS
aul '75 12m
N.
H. KICKER,
STORAGE an«l COMMISSION MER-
CHANT
and
Dealer in Western Produco,
6S STRAND,
(NEXT DOOlt TO B. R. DAVIS & BRO.)
aul '75 ly
c. c. dibrell.
JOHN C. HODGES, OX.
Dibreil & Hodges,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Corner Strand and Center Streets,
fe!2'T6 ly GALVESTON.
OLSTON, WELLS & VIDOli.
Cotton Factors,
COMMISSION AND FORWARDING
Mercliaixts,
73 Strand, League's Ruilding,
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
au4 '75 ly
Adoue & Lobit.
Bankers and Commission Merchants
Buy and Sell Exchange on
•PARIS, LONDON & LIVERPOOL.
STRAND, GALVESTON, TEXAS.
aul3'75 ly
a. M. CAMPBELL.
J. P. CLOUurH.
CAMPBELL I CLOUGH.
FACTOHS
For the sale of
Cotton, Wool and Hides,
AND
General Commission Merchants,
aull 12m 63 Strand, Galveston.
john d. rogers.
j. a. robertson.
John D. Rogers & Co.,
COTTON FACTORS!
and
General Commission Merchants,
Insurance Building,
No. 61 Strand, Oalvestoji, Texas.
aplO'76 ly
pen&lon cannon. geo. williams,
Brazoria Co.
Cannon & Williams,
COTTON & WOOL FACTORS
And General Commission Merchants
Srand, Galveston, Texas.
Liberal cash advances made on all consign-
ments of Cotton, Wool or other produce for
sale or shipment. ocsJ6'75 ly
J. C. borden.
r. l. foard.
D. F. FRAZEJLL
j C. BORDEN & CO.,
Commission Merchant*,
For the Sale and Shipment of
live stock,:
at
Galveston, Texas,
and
Pearce's Junction.
Our business will be confined strictly to sale
of Live Stock. No stock bought under any cir-
cumstances. Special reference made to R. L.
Foard & Co., Bankers, Columbus, Texas.
se6 '7512m
w. g. nelson.
A. D. SADLER,
Fruit and Produce
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
NELSON & SADLER
Dealers in
Oysters, Fresh Fish,
Turtle and Game,
CENTRAL WHARF, Ci A I, VI2STON.
Refers by permission to H. Seeligson & Co,
Bankers, and A. Flake & Co., Grocers.
ocl3 9m
LeGierse & Co.,
Cor. Strand and 22d Street,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
Importers of Flue Wines and
Liquors,
And Agents for Libby, McNeill Jt Libby's
COOKED TORN BEEF,
te21 Xlpa Co*U|>resg6<! < iiu*.
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