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THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS. FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1889.
THE HALF NOT YET TOLD.
A RETURNING PILGRIM IS INTER-
VIEWED REGARDING OKLAHOMA.
Pallas News tlio Ploncer-Tlie Interviewed
Gives a Vivid Description of the Coun-
try — The Kxcltement Has
Only Commenced.
TnE Dallas Morning News was the first
newspaper to arrive at all points along the
Santa Fe railroad through the new territory
of Oklahoma.
The Dallas News was cheered to the
echo by the 10,000 or 12,000 people who got
to Oklahoma on the afternoon of the Bret
day (Monday) on which the territory was
opened.
Subsequently The Dallas News rustler,
who was specially dispatched to carry The
Morning News as usual into new channels
and new fields, nnd to look'afterTnE News'
special reports, fell in with a number of
newspaper men, correspondents and others,
of whom there is a strong brigade in the
territory.
The News is here to get into all places
where people go, and on this account it got
to Oklahoma first.
On last Saturday night the general rustler
of The News who looks after its circulation
and agents throughout north Texas, was
dispatched to the territory. He arrived at
Purcell on Sunday last with several hun-
dreds of pounds of Sunday's News, nnd on
the next dav took the train that carried the
boomers into the territory. Ever since that
time great bundles of the paper have been
forwarded and placed on sale at Guthrie,
Oklahoma City and Purcell.
This missionary of The News in the new
territory returned yesterday from the ex-
citing fields of his operations during the
last Few days, and although he was greatly
fatigued, sleepy, hungry and generally
broken up as the result of his experience,
he has been induced to relate something of
what ho saw
"Well, well, sir, the most accomplished
writer could not describe the scenes of that
grand rush.
"And there has not yet been the slightest
relaxation of the intense excitement.
"At Guthrie there is one grand mob with-
out food or Bhelter.
"There are over 300 newspaper men in the
territory.'1
"Where do they all eat and sleep?" was
askod
"They don't eat and they don't sleep. Yon
can't get food of any Bort at Guthrie for
Jove or money. A cup of coffeo of tho vilest
kind is considered cheap at SO cents.
"But thoso newspaper chaps are about as
gwift society as it is safo to fall in with.
There is a big, heavy fellow there for the
Globe-Democrat and a goggle-eyed party for
the Republic who have eyes that just take
in tho whole territory, and who would pry
the earth out of its socket rather than get
Bcooped.
"But with all their sharpness and deter-
mination they can't create edibles out of
ether or bunks without bedquilts.
"Last night when 1 left Purcell I stole a
car and fired them into it. They were over-
joyed.
"But there are some 15,000people in Okla-
homa City and Guthrie each, and as the
beds are very few, unless you are a capitalist
or a millionaire and carry all your wealth
In your pocket ready to pay out in hard
cash, you can't get a placo to sleep. Neither
money, marbles nor chalk will avail. The
studded canopy of heaven is the only shelter
for most of the miserable beings when
night comes to interrupt the brawling of
the day.
"One of tho earliest boomers to secure a
homestead was Miss Nauitta Davis, The
News' correspondent at Guthrio. That en-
ergetic specimen of animated femininity
traveled with me into Oklahoma on tho
first train that went north into the territory
after tho opening. The train was running
about twenty or twenty-live miles an hour
all along, but when we came to an up grade,
where the speed was somewhnt slackened,
my sharp-eyed companion, taking a liking
for tho section of land through which we
were passing, jumped off the platform near_
the head of tho train, ran across tho ditch'
into the property she coveted, stuck up a
pole over which she threw a cloak, fired a
couple of shots into the air, and hustling
back caught the rear end of the train. I
helped her off, went with her and helped
her back on to the train.
"What do you think of that for nerve?
"But there were many similar incid«nts.
All along tho routeof that train, even when
it was going at the limit of its speed,
anxious homo seekers could be seen drop-
ping off at various points. Wherever they
espied a tract of land thev thought would
suit them, thero they would drop off, first
throwing off their bundlesand tools, if they
had any, and then making the desperate
leap thomselves. regardless of consequences.
Accidents? Well, I should say so. Ono
poor fellow I noticed foil against a tie and
cut a horrible gash in his head. But he
never stopped. Ho picked up his bundle,
dragged himself over till he reached the
piece of land he wanted and fainted dead
away. He had to be carried to tho railway
station, and was moro dead than alive
when he got there, poor fellow.
"I know of one old man over 70 years of
ago who ran fivo miles without a stop in or-
der to reach a section lie had staked out
long previously, and which he was deter-
mined to secure if physical endurance
would doit.
"When we got to Guthrio tho scene was
indescribable. There was the prairie at 12
o'clock as green and lonely as you can im-
agine. At 3 o'clock the whole country was
covered to the depth of almost a foot with
dust, and there was not a sprig of grass or
a sign of a green thing within a radius of
two miles. The whole face of the country
was covered with a seething, tumultuous
mass of humanity of all conditions and
grades just tearing things up in their mad
rush for town lots, but packed and wedged
together like sardines in a box."
"I suppose the excitement is about over,"
ventured one of the listeners to the narra-
tive.
"The excitement has not fairly com-
menced. When the people first went into
Oklahoma everybody had pleasant antici-
pations. There was the promised land
thrown open and all that remained was to
go and take possession—just a mere matter
of formality. That is the way the immi-
frants looked at it. The old boomers, who
ad spent long years of their lives in
working to this end, saw the fulfillment
of their long developing aims and
were the lightest hearted duffers you
ever saw as they drove their rickety
wagons over the fertile soil they thought
they owned. But when they reached the
claims which they had long before staked
off they found themselves forestalled by in-
terloping cowboys or land sharks who had
evaded the law in such manner as to be on
the spot long before they could have ar-
rived if they liad waited the limit fixed by
law. These actual settlersare no fools, and
before they will permit themselves to be
driven off by a lot of speculators they will
wade in gore. Wait till starvation has
brought to them a realization of their pre-
dicament, and I predict you will
see such excitemont as will put
past events in that country far in
the shade. They are growing desperate
now. On each of the town lots in Guthrio
there are at least three claimants. They
are facing each other with drawn revolvers
and any moment is likely to bring the first
shot, which will be the signal for a general
melee. The first man that shoots in Guthrie
will be responsible for over a thousand
lives. There are thousands of desperate
men there who will surrender only to death,
and there are not soldiers enough there to
quell tho anticipated insurrection."
"I expect there are very few women in all
this mob," interpolated an interested
listener.
"Weil, you are mistaken. Thero are all
kinds of women here—tiiedainty, high step-
ping lady of gentle breeding as well as the
abandoned wretches from northern slums,
who run hither and thither among the men,
fibing and jeering them in ribald jokes.
here ia a dance hall in full operation, with
tho usual female appurtenances. Oh, yes,
the fair sex is represented.
"When I left Guthrie there was a con-
signment of whisky just arrived, and the
eager throngs crowded around the owners
anxious for the opening, which the owners
said would take place soon, though the offi-
cials said they would not permit it. As
soon as tho whisky is opened there will be
a regular carnival of debauchery, and there
will be at least fifty souls who will never re-
cover from the seance.
"The representatives of the press who
are holding down tho Oklahoma excite-
ment are as pleasant a lot of fellows as one
could meet- When it comes to rustling
news each one is a steam motor on his own
behalf, but after the matter has all been
handed in to the operator at the clone
of tho day, they metamorphose themselves
into as jolly a crew as you would want,
passing away the time with anecdote, joke
and song as they 'carry the banner' through
the long hours of the night. The telegraph
operators up there are hustlers, too. They
have got to be, for thoy have heavy masses
of matter to handle, and I saw one light-
ning slingor named Booth fire matter over
the wire at Purcell for two solid houiB
without a single break.
"The first train that ran into Oklahoma
consisted of twenty-four coaches. The par-
ties who handled that train are likely to
Sass down into history—go thundering
own the corridors,|etc. Thero were D. C.
Mac, engineer on engine 205; Rosetler, in
chargo of engine 163; Conductor Jeff Trent,
who has been with tho company for nine
yearj, who was assisted by Frank Conway.
"Such scenes will never be repeated. Be-
fore I started for Oklahoma I was so anx-
ious for the trip I would not have taken $50
for my chanco of going. When X got there
I would have given ¥50 to get away; and
now that I have returned, I would not take
$500 for my experience." [Dallas News,
April 25.
THE STATE PRESS.
What the Tapers Throughout Texas Are
Talking About.
The Crockett Economist says:
William Crano, in speaking of the high
estimation in which the hero of San Jacinto
was held, says "tho belief became general
that Houston was the only man in the
world that could have kept the army in
subjection, or achieved the independence of
Texas, or preserved it after it was won."
Doubtless this is true. The frontier life ho
had led, his broad, generous nature, and
his natural abilities as a statesman, all
fitted him peculiarly for the position ho
occupied.
The Economist says:
A northern paper says two towns in
Kansas have elected "mayoresses and alder-
ladies." Webster wouldn't know how to
talk the "United States" of the present
day.
In another paragraph the Economist fur-
nishes a specimon of its own "United
States" when it tries that style:
Amolie Rives' new story, The Witness of
the Sun, is admitted to possess less of the
objectionable features found In her former
works, but is still pronounced hysterical.
This young writer possesses undeniable
force and originality, and should she suc-
cessfully pass the gush, swusli and swirl,
swish and blissfully kissful stage Of her
career, she will doubtlessly earn some sub-
stantial literary fame for herself.
The following is a specimen of English as
she is written by the Nacogdoches Sun:
Don't never let a young man learn any-
thing good, but show him every path of
error that is in your power.
The Baptist News, lately printed at
Honey Grove, has been moved to Dallas.
The Liberty Vindicator thinks it all bosh
about Galveston lacking enterprise. Bosh
means empty talk and folly, according to
the Turks; the Scotch call it empty, vain
and hollow; the Germans call it trifling.
Boom is the word with the Vindicator. It
says:
If Galveston is not on a boom then we
don't know what a boom is, nor do we un-
derstand what wo read. No city in the
state has made more rapid, permanent
strides in the true line of enterprise than
Galveston in the last twelve months.
Then the Vindicator names many of the
important works lately accomplished or
now in progress. The papers and places
that disparage the progress of Galveston
should remember the fellow who could sot
get into the ark and told Noah to go to
thunder; he did not believe there was going
*o be much of a shower after all. That fel-
low got left. .
The Vindicator was always opposed to
appeals being made, outside of Texas, in
behalf of our dependent ex-confederatea,
and says Major Joe Stewart should never
have been sent north for that purpose. Each
state should take care of its own unfortu-
nates who are dependent—Georgia, North
Carolina and other states are doing so—and
God knows Texas is able, if she would, to
take care of hers.
The Laredo Times says of the organi-
zation of the Galveston and Western rail-
road:
And that it is their intention to build a
direct lino to connect at San Diego with the
Texas Mexican, which would give Laredo
an almost air line route to Galveston. In
any event this citv will soon have a direct
railroad route to Gatveston and the mouth
of the Brazos; that is a foregone conclusion.
And the matter which concerns Laredo now
in the railroad line more than anything clso
is the securing of direct rail connection with
Brownsville, thereby giving all the lower
Rio Grande country a railroad outlet,
in addition to their present imperfect water
outlet, aud at tho samo time greatly benefit
Laredo in the increased freight and passen-
ger traffic. Such a line would enter the
confines of four county seuts and control
the trade of the lower Rio Grande on both
sides of the river. It would pass through
the county seats of Zapata, Stair and Hidal-
go and thereby control the trade of tho en-
tire country between Laredo and Browns-
ville. Besides, those counties are scarcely
settled at all except along tho river. Laredo,
Brownsville, Matamoros and the entire inter-
mediate country have everything to gain and
nothing to loso by such a road, the country
along the river from Laredo to the mouth
would soon team with prosperous inhab-
itants, the lands would become very valu-
able and productivo aud blossom as the rose,
and the trade of the lower Rio Grande cities
and towns, from Laredo down, would be
greatly augmented.
The Fagle Lake Canoe paddles right on
like a noble red man in pursuit of fish and
game, working its way like tho passenger
who led the horses of the canal boat. It
keeps stroke with the music like the Cana-
dian voyageurs in Moore's poem.
The Austin Statesman remarks:
The Galveston News, in its local col-
umns, gives a summary of the money
pledged, much of which ha3 been paid in,
lor manufacturing and other purposes in
that city during the last sixty days. The
total foots up $681,000. That is a record of
which to be justly proud. About $510,000
wero contributed to two purposes—$309,000
to a cotton mill and $210,000 to the Galves-
ton and Western raiiroad. Such enterprise
will win, and wo congratulate the old lady
by tho sea on her awakening. Couldn't
Austin, with profit, emulate her example?
The old lady by the sea has been awake
all the time. Like some of the old kings
she prepares quietly for aggressive move-
ments and provides the sinews of war be-
fore the work begins.
The Ballinger Leader says:
The Mexican arrested in Galvestom by
Sheriff Formwalt last week has been identi-
fied as the murderer of a Mr. Merrill and
his family on the Rio Grande, El Paso coun-
ty, two years ago. The murdered man's
brother, who lives in Fort Worth, offered a
reward of $1200 for the arrest and conviction
of the fugitive. Fred Nairn saw the Mexi-
can at Houston about a week before
the arrest, and knowing that he
was warned here for passing a forged
check on Jim Rose, informed Sheriff Form
wait of the fact. After staying up two
nights in Galveston tho sheriff arrested tho
Mexican in a low negro dive and brought
him to Ballinger and ho is now held here
on tho charge of forgery. A ranger who
knows the Mexican and followed him
through a part of Mexico, was hero this
week and positively identified him as the
murderer of the Merrill family. Our sheriff
says he has lost the reward that he should
have had on two criminals, but he will keep
this ono in hand until he gets the money.
The Vernon Guard delivers an impressive
sermon in a few words:
No day leaves ns just where and as it
found us. We are with each departing day
older in timo and nearer to the gravo. Some
addition for good or ill is made to-the
record of life. We are made better or
worse. Habit becomes a little stronger.
Orir opportunities in life lessen. The need
of dispatch in tho work of life increases.
We have less time to waste. The danger of
delay augments.
This is almost equal to the poem which
says:
Let us then be up and doing
v With a heart for any. fate.
The San Antonio Light is unlike some
other papers in regard to editorials. When
it has nothing to say it says it without the
use of words.
Tho Austin County Times says:
Henceforth, in Texas, persons charged
with crime will be heard before the courts
to testify in their own behalf. Heretofore,
they were permitted to make a"ny statement,
not under oath, they deemed of benefit to
their cause, and the juries were instructed
to take it for what it was worth.
It all amounts to about the same thing;
rise right up and deny it, instead of the
young fellow's answer whether he plead
guilty or not guilty: "I am guilty, but I
want them to prove it."
The Brenham Banner says:
The strawberry festival has begun to
take the place of the oyster festival for the
benefit of the church.
The Waco Trade Review remarks:
Innocent amusement afforded the young
of both sexes are safeguards against dis-
sipation and vice.
The Tribuno is the name a new republi-
can paper, started at Houston by tho
Tribune Publishing company, D. M. Angle,
president, J. W. Temby, secretary, and W.
M. Bamberge, manager.
Some people and the bible are against
swearing, but it appears from o communi-
cation in the Fort McKavett Breeze that
profanity may be useful. The writer says:
In the year 1886, on tho north bank of the
river, opposite McKavett, lived Mr. 'S.
Smith. He had in his corral about 100
mavericks. Mr. Smith was in tlio pen at
the time the Indians passed down. They
tried to bluff him out of his yearlings, but
with the assistance of his splendid rifle and
his vocabulary of cuss words he stood them
off. I was informed a few days afterward.
by a couple of young men, who were pass-
ing down through the mesquite, and who
heard the delectable conversation, that the
atmosphere was blue with the profane
language at that time uttered. Smith was
cursing the Indians in his bost style. As
he was an old sailor you can-imagine that he
wns perfectly aware what terms to use in
order to make his ideas expressive, the In-
dians replying with the choicest selections
of profanity in the Spanish language.
The Spanish vocabulary is notoriously no
match for the Anglo-Saxon in cuss words,
and the simple sons of the forest retired
without the yearlings. A similar event oc-
curred at Bryant's station, Kentucky, in
the days of Undo Daniel's grandfather.
The Indians were investing tho fort when
a young white man, noted for his use of
strong language, was put forward to hurl
defiance at them and curse them out, which
he did in his most artistic way.
Denies the charge. The Overton Sharp-
shooter says:
That devil of ours, who told the culinary
manager of the bridge gang that the junior
editor of this paper had his turkey, was
wrong and knew it.
The Eagle Pass Times Bays:
The Galveston exhibition, fixed for June
4 to 15 inclusive, promises to be the
frandest and most extensive affair of the
ind ever given in this state. As there will
be very low round trip rates offered, thoso
who have loisure timecan not do bottorthan
visit the metropolis on the coast on the oc-
casion of its semi-centennial.
The Jefferson News says:
The steamer Marco has tied up at Shreve-
port for the season. She made ten trips to
Jeffersop since tho resumption of naviga-
tion. The Marco is little but loud, and
played havoc with tho railroads every trip
she made The steamer Dacotah leaves
New Orleans on May 4 and. connects with
tho Jefferson and New Orleans Navigation
company's steamer Friendly at Shreveport.
By using the riverway, as has been again
inaugurated, if Jefferson merchants save
but one-half the rail rates, that would be a
saving in freights of $100,000.
The Kerrville Paper is in favor of tak-
ing in Btrangers after the old hospitable
way, not Yankee fashion. It prints an arti-
cle which says:
How should wo treat strangers coming
among us? Probably some one would say
treat them as strangers, and have nothing
to do with strangers until you know some-
thing about them. But how is a stranger
to become acquainted? Should he give a
history of hitoself, or should he hasten
to tell about liimseif when he or she
comes into your town? If the party did
Eossibly the "home folks" would not
elieve the report. -If strangers attend your
religious meetings they are possibly only
stared at instead of being cordially invited
to take a part. People should be kind and
friendly, especially to strangers. Suoh is
the teaching of Christianity. We may not
think much about these matters so long as
we remain home with our friends, but if wo
ever happen to be a stranger in a strange lo-
cality we will have reason to realize how a
stranger ought to bo treated.
True; but remember that strangers take
in the old citizens about as often as the lat-
ter take in strangers, particularly when the
latter aro tramps.
Bridges of the Luling Signal has neither
music nor poetry in his soul. Ho says:
"Flowers, moonlight and pretty girls!
Can any one ask for more?" is tho latest
exclamation of tho Victoria Review. This
diet may answer in Victoria, but the atmos-
phere of Luling makes beefsteak, butter
and potatoos necessary to complete tho pic-
ture of happiness and contentment A
party of serenaders were out Thursday
night, and ground several dismal airs out
of a hand organ for our benefit. Otir six-
year-old remarked that sombody was play-
ing a tune on the shovel and branding iron.
Call again, boys, when we are not at home.
The Caldwell Chronicle says:
We are in receipt of & pamphlet and map
descriptive of Rockport as a deep water
port. The speculators who have taken hold
of the enterprise have a splendid scheme-
on paper. Galveston, in the opinion of a
big majority, is the best place for deep
water on the gulf coast.
The Henderson Times asks:
Does a man perjure himself when he ren-
ders his property to the assessor at $2000
that is worth $10,0(10? We are informed
that in every county in the state there are
men who render their property at less than
one-half its value.
Thero is no occasion for perjury in tho
case. The man is only sworn to render a
fair description of his taxable property. If
ho and the assessor do not agree upon the
value, or if they agree to one that is too
small, it is the duty of the board of equali-
zation to set the matter right.
Tho Uvaldo News says:
The slovenly appearance of the rough,
unpainted telegraph poles is painful to the
eye of people who like tidiness and beauty
In a city.
The interior papers keep on puffing Tnr
Dallas News and saying it is ahead of all
other Texas papers. Tub Galveston News
claims to bo the parent of the Dallas jour-
nal; but has not the vlrtuo of the Spartan
mother who, when her son was praised,
said that Sparta had many still worthier.
Tho fond old mother by the sea can not tell
a lie, even through excess of modesty for
tho family. That Dallas bantling beats all;
and it is nip and tuck between tho two
cities. The Dallas branch of Sunday says:
The prosent season i# one of marked pros-
perity for Dallas. The News gives a review
of some of the important features that go
to make up the commercial importance of
Dallas, including the following: 46,533 in-
habitants, 21,855 Increase since 1883; eight
bankB, four of them national, with aggro-
gated capital of $2,200,000: thirty-four church
buildings: fourteen public and fourteen
private schools; ninety one lodges and social
organizations: nineteen miles of street
railway; cotton and woolen mills, capital
$500,000; Texas state fair and Dallas exposi-
tion, plant worth $250,000; public library
and free reading rooms; throe waterworks,
worth $375,000; thirty-one miles of paved
streets; State Fanners' alliance exchange
building, capital $500,000; Merchonta' ex-
change property, coating $75,000; cotton
compress plant of large capacity; six build-
ing and loan associations, with an aggre-
gate capital of $1,500,000; five daily news-
papers, seven monthlies, sixteen weeklies
and two semi-monthlies; eleven loan, mort-
gage and investment companies, with an
aggregate capital of $2,500,000; railroads in
twelve different directions; tho Dallas club-
house property, costing $85,000; city taxable
values nearly $16,000,000; real estate values
recorded in the county clerk's office, 18S7,
$9,878,184; an $85,000 city hall; a $55,000
opera-house; capital invested in manufac-
turing enterprises $3,410,700, hands em-
ployed 2273, value of output $7,859,500; num-
ber of buildings that were put up the year
ending October 1, 1888, 750, cost of same,
$2,988,780; flour mills that have an aggre-
gate capital of $225,000; foundry works;
grain elevator, 1,000,000 bushels capacity,
$175,000, etc., etc.
The little town of San Diego, in Duval
county, soems remote and quiet to Galves-
tonians. Tho name is seldom heard in
business circles or anywhere in this city,
yet the Corpus Christi Caller reports a
moderate-sized boom in that border town
and county. The editor of tho Caller made
a tour of inspection there last week and
reports:
New buildings in different portions of
town, others in course of construction.
Twelvo new residences have been erected In
tho past six months, besides a handsome
hotel, tho Martinet house, a list of which is
given. Other improvements are on tho
tapis, among them a new postofflce.
The Parkmans, who have had all they
could do ginning cotton and grinding corn
for the past six months, are expecting an
eighty-saw gin; house for it already built.
Another gin to cost $6000 is soon to bo put
up in San Diego, it is said; Perez & Co.,
managers. Emilo Cadena is building a
grist mill and eighty-saw gin (capacity
twelve bales a day) at Concepcion, where 600
acres have been planted in cotton. Within
fifteen miles of San Diego nearly 3000 acres
have been planted in cotton this year; 1000
bales of trie staple it ie expected will be
picked not many miles from tho county
seat. Last year was the first cotton year
for Duval. The freight on cotton from San
Diego to Galveston is, on account of water
transportation at Corpus Christi, only $2 a
bale, which, says Mr. Otto Buchel, is $1 25
cheaper than from Cuero. Tho spring clip
of wool is already arriving, and it is in ex-
cellent condition. A small colony of Ger-
mans from New Braunfels settled in the
county last year. Plenty of them are ex-
pected this year.
The Caller continues the task of trying to
wake up the business men and citizens of
Corpus generally, like the boy who flred
peas at the bald-headed men in church. It
says thero are but two real live business
men in the place, and one of them is a wo-
man.
Speaking of the manufacture of sugar
from sorghum, the San Antonio Express
says:
Sorghum grows in Kansas, with proper
cultivation. In Texas, once planted, it will
grow, if no strenuous efforts are made to
eradicate it. Two crops can be made here
In one year, and it is regarded as a cheap
and excellent food for cattle now, while the
valuable properties to be developed by ex-
periment are not to be underestimated. The
juice of the immature sorghum is to the
taste as water; so is that of the sugar cane.
As both mature greater saccharine value is
gathered. In the warmer climate of Texas
sorghum reaches more perfect maturity and
gathers more saccharine matter than is
possible in Kansas.
San Augustine Notes.
San Augustine, Tex., April 25.—The sur-
veying corps of the R. R. S. and Western
Railway company finished their final sur-
vey to this place and located their depot
grounds and returned to Nacogdoches.
The depot grounds are situated about 400
yards south from the court-house on a beau-
tiful Diece of land donated to tho railroad
company by H. K., I. D. and Mrs. V. Polk.
The citizens now feel that the building of
the road at a very early day is an assured
fact.
Fine weather has prevai led for farming
and crops are looking well. Farmers are
well up with their work.
Cattle and Crops About Uvalde.
UVALDE, Tex., April 25.—Many train
loads of cattle are daily shipped from this
depot to the Indian Territory.
Crop prospects this year in this county
may be classed as splendid.
Head This.
In the opinion of the most eminent medi-
cal men Hathorn Water is nature's great-
est spring medicine. It is strictly a medicin-
al water and not to be confounded with
aerated waters. Send your orders to Frei-
berg, Klein & Co., wholesale agents, Galves-
ton, Tex.
Bring on your incurable cases of catarrh,
Cacterine will cure them every time. Sold
by J. J. Schott.
The brightness of her cheek, down'd by
Samostz Pure Face Powder, would shame
those stars as daylight doth a lamp. O,
that I were Samostz Pure Face Powder on
that hand that I might touch that cheek.
Gov. Ross's father found relief for catarrh
by using Cacterine. Sold by J. J. Schott.
Mother.
If the little darling is sleepless nights, slowly
and pitifully wasting away from the effect of
teething, give Dr. BigBors' Hucklcberry Cordial
and a cure will result.
Pond's Extract. Large sums of money are
spent by the afflicted to find relief from Piles.
Pond's Exthact cures Piles.
Mrs. Langtry will no doubt use Cacterine.
When Baby was sick, wo gave her Castoria,
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gavo them Castoria,
F
PLANTS—SEED3^
OR FIFTY CENTS in atampB or silver
we will mail to any address in the United
States, as a sample oitmr plants,
8 Geraniums, all different, or
8 Chrysanthemums, all different, *c
8 Colons, all different, or
8 Carnations, all different, or
8 Verbenas, all different.
Write for special price list.
BAKER BROS.,
Fort Worth, Tex.
PIANOS.
C. janke.
Bes
Ef
EST PIANOS,
C, J. Groenwalix
Easiest Terms and Lowest Prices only at
C. JANKE & CO..
Galveston.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. A marvel of purity,
strength and wholesomeness. More economical than
the ordinary kinds, and can not be sold in competi-
tion with the multitude of low-test, short weight alum
or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans. ROYAL
BAKING POWDER CO., 106 Wall street.: ~
. New York.
CARTERS
ITTLE
PilLS.
Sick ITeadache and relieve all the troubles inci-
dent to a bilious state of the system, such as
Dizziness, Nausea. Drowsiness, Distress after
eating, Pain in the Side, &c. While their most
remarkable success has been shown in curing
SICK
Headache, yet Carter's Little Liver Pills
are equally valuable in Constipation, curing
and preventing this annoying complaint, while
they also correct all disorders of the stomach,
stimulate the liver and regulate tha bowels.
Even if they only cured
HEAP
Ache they would be almost priceless to those
who Sillier from this distressing complaint;
but fortunately their goodness does not end
here, and those who once try them will find
these little pills valuable in so many ways that
they will not be willing to do without thero.
But after all sick head
ACHE
Is the bane of so many lives that here is whero
we make our great boast. Our pills cure it
while others do not.
Carter's Little Liveh Pills are very small
and very easy to take. One or two pills make
a dose. They are strictly vegetable and do
not gripe or purge, but by their gentle action
Elease alt who use them. In vials at 25 cents;
ve for $1. Sold everywhere, or sent by mail.
CAETES HSB1CISB CO., How York.
HELP WANTED-MALB.
WKCUBE YOUR HEADACHE for twenty-
five cents while you wait. "Headaches"
25 cents per bottle, guarantee J.
O.V. PRESTON & CO.,
Druggists and Soda Water Specialists,
Market and 22d streets, Oalvcston.
AT YESTERDAY'S drawing of M. SICHEL
WATCH CLUB CO. Lee Riley drew the
watch.
WANTED—A first-class white (nan) cook.
Apply to TOM DIBSEN,
Dissen House, Houston.
COATMAKERS WANTED — Gibbons of
Houston pays up to $10 Ml for line "sacks,"
$13 50 for "cutaways" and $16 60 for "prince al-
herts." Will refnnd railroad fare from any
point in the 6tate to first-class hands and guar-
antee steady work.
Southeast cor. 2fith and Market.
HELP WANTED-PEMALE. ^
ANTED— ,, ,
At Reach Hotel, one Chambormaid and ono
additional Laundry woman.
SITUATIONS WANTED.
NO CIIARQE for sending help; information
given work throughout U. 9. Tex. Employ-
ment Co., 11" Market. Servants engaged; 3 p. m.
dally. Headquarters U. 9. Base Ball Exchange.
AGENTS WANTED.
GENTS wanted on salary. $75 per month &
expenses paid any active man or woman to
soli our goods l>y sample & live at home. Salary
raid promptly & expen3es in advanco. Particu-
lars and sample case freo. Address STAND-
ARD SILVERWARE CO.. Boston, Mass.
MISCELLANEOUS WANTS.
A GENTLEMAN desires a nicely-furnished
room, with full or partial board, in small
private family; desirable neighborhood. Ad-
dress, with particulars, VENLOH, this office.
ANTED—By sinslo gentleman, a nicely
furnished south room with mo lern conven-
iences. Address P. O. Box 4'JS. GalveBton, Tex.
IGHEST CASH PRICE paid for OLD GOLD
and SILVER and mutilated coin. M. W.
SHAW, corner Tromont and Market streets.
NOTICES. ETO.
JUNE FI£H for sale at t!ie schooner Let Me
Go, on Center Street Wharf, from 1 to 100
pounds.
.."TIES wishing (o buy Corn, Oats, ctc.,
from first hands will do well to ask for prices.
m. WEISS, Round Rock, Tox.
T)AR'
-I froi
STOVES! STOVES-
I have reduced the price on all cook stoves
10 PER CENT,
and other good in proportion, as I intend to
"restock.
close out the entire
A. 9. EXLINE.
ALLEN'S Pure Dairy Butter from Hitchcock
received daily aud sold at 40c per pound.
Private Stock Claret in cases, quarts, $6 50 per
dozen; Finis, $7 60 twodozen. Guaranteed supe-
rior to any Claret in the city.
C'HAS. ROBERTS, £2(1 and Church ste.
■heap Ladies' Un-
New lot of boys' Knee Pants
ONLY a small lot of those
derwear left. New lot c.
in. JOE BONART, Market and 20tli.
PLEASURE YACHT MARYETTA, will
commodate sailing or fishing partios on ■
sonablo terms1 Apply on_ hoard, foot of Tre-
mont street. L. C. aRLEDUE, master.
END ?:t DO to Homo Clothing Factory, 20th
andMarket ats.,Galveston, nnd get on elegant
summer suit, coat, pant3 and vest, made to or-
der, guaranteed to tit; or send 2.ic for samples
and deduct from money sent with order. Base-
ball snits and military uniforms mado to order.
MADAME MONTROSE, Clairvoyant—Tells
past, pr<
cthors fail.
past, present and future; succceds when
" ' Church st, bet. 20th and 21st.
MILLINERY.
■yjARIAN LALOR—
WHOLESALE AND~RETAIL MILLINERY.
Spring Stock is now completo. Country Orders
Solicited.
INSTRUCTION.
T"iIE~
CONYNGTON BUSINESS COLLEGE
Will give your boys and girls an education
they can use; one that will enahlo them to make
their way in the world. Send for catalogue.
FISH OYSTERS, ETO.
J B1AGINI, Wholesale Fish and Oyster dealer,
. Hotelsand families fully supplied. Country
orders solicited and promptly executed. Box 120.
B. MARSAN <£ CO.. Wholesale Dealers in
Vjr. F ISH AND OYSTERS.
Orders solicited from the country.
BUSINESS CARDS.
Base ball and sporting goods-
e. t. dodds. sole agent for a. j. reach
& co. Market street, tjetween 23th and 2Btq
c
streets. Catalogues furnished free.
1>AUL GRtJETZMACHER^ *
1 JOB PRINTER,
Strand, near Center St.,
Solicits your orders for printing. Estimate*
cheerfully given. Telephone 84.
Y PRESS, CYPRESS, CYPRESS—.4 bi^
stock of tine and well selected cypress lum«
ber constantly on hand and arriving. Cisterrn
lumber a specialty. Henry Beissner, Office cor*
ner Twenty-ninth and Market streots.
I- OUIS E. BUN-!*. 8. Market, bet. Tremon*
J & 5Mth sts.,has now completed his stock ancl
otters for sale at low figures Wood and CoalCook-*
iDg and Oil and Gasoline Stoves, Glass and
Earthen and ChinaWare, Lamps, etc. Special at-
tention is called to his 5c, 10,13 & 23c counters.
17REDE. HAUN & CO., dealers in Cutlery,
Stoves, Tinware and Housoturniahing Goods*
Grand Charter Oak, Buck's Brilliant and Pride*
of Texas Cooking Stoves. Cornice work, coppew
smithing and tin roofing a specialty. Job wortei
solicited. Market, bet. Zlst A- 22d sts., Galvestoq
AVE YOUR WATCHES, CLOCKS AN1*
Jewelry repaired at
DANIEL P. SHAW'S,
Corner Market and Twenty-secoud sts.
Old Gold and Silver Bought.
B
C
BLUM & CO., Galveston—Acrents fotf:
• South Bend Chilled Plows and dealers i.-%
General Heavy Hardware, Bar, Sheet and Hoop
Iron: Wagon Material. Barbed Wire and Nails*'
Blacksmith coal in car lotB a specialty. ^
MI AS. S. OTT,
Dealer in
Marble, Granite, Tiles and Vaults,
Galveston, Tel.
IJROTEOTION OIL COMPANY-No. 153
Market street, Galveston, Tex. All kind3
of Oils, Lamps, Lanterns, Lamp Chimneys and
Burners.
IT J. KIRK—
• PLUMBER AND GASFITTER,
PostoJV.ee, bet. 21st & 22d sts. Telephone 31.
D WEINBERGER, Merchant Tailor, Market,
• bet. 21 and 22, ha; just received French and
English Spring Suitings. Reasonable prices.
REAL ESTATE.
51800. A largo raised cottage and ono lot of!
ground. Gas throughout. Situated on east*
avenue K. Terms one-third or one-quarter
cash; balance to suit buyer.
A neat raised five-room cottage and ono
lot of ground on northwest corner of M'*
$13.7).
28th streets.
MJtf ana
Several choice building lots well located in
the east end, at very reasonable prices.
To be removed from Schmidt's garden, a
large two-story houso* in good condition, at a
low price.
H. M. TRUEHEART & CO.
PINE AND PASTURE LANDS FOR SALE—«
1690 acres Liberty Co. and other pine lands;
3325 acres Wharton Co.: good pasture near Colo-
rado river. Ap. to JAMES B. (i OFF, Austin,Tex.
FOR SALE.
IpOR SALE-An Emerson Upright Piano?
1 good as now; will be sold chcap on account
of owner leaving the city.
Address n. C., News ofllce.
BRIDGES and FERR'IES for sale cheap, on®
heavy Pilo Driver, ono Wire Cable anil
Ferry Boat. Address Box 131, La Grange, Tex.
I7U)R SALE—One 2-horse power ^
1 Boiler, $65; 1 b-horse power Baxter h-nglna
and Boiler, $400; both in good running order.
CLARKE & COURTS*
Nos. C6 and 08 Tremont street,
Galveston, Tex.
P ifft
health cause for selling.
Address J. T„ Galveston News.
FOR SALE—Cheap, Railroad Ticket to Chi-
cago; good until June 1,18S9. Address
BOX I, News office;
I?OR SALE—Jron Pipe, Fittings, Brass Valves,
Steam and Hand Pumps and Injectors, Vises,
Belting, Pa
supplies at bottom figures.
West Strand Iron Works.
rpo ARRIVE IN A FEW DAYS, IK9TAN-
1 TANEOL'S WATER HEATERS; every bath
room should have one: no family should b#
without it.
THE J. 3. BROWN HARDWARE CO. f
T
HE MODEL MARKET-
On Center, botween Markot and Mechanic,
has the beat CORN-FED AT " '
filled any time during the day.
'ED MEATS. OrdeM
CALL PHONE 3S8.
MEDAL BRAND Prepared Pir.proof KooHnt^,
J2 20 per square completo, for flat or steep
Champion Law** IVfnmaH urori*a nioil
roofs.
FAMILY COWS FOR SALE-A few fino Jer.
eey and Holstein cows, at Glen Ruther stock:
Farm. Office, 7:33 Main street. Dallas.
FOR RENT]
IpOR RENT—The 4-story Sauter building ou
1 Tremont street, lately occupied by almond
& Shaw, the repairs on which are now QO'm-
pleted; possession given immediately. Apply
to II. ROSENBERG.
STORE, with dwelling and boarding-houee,
location southeast corner Church & 24th sts.,
separate or together. J. C. TRUBE. \
T7*OR RENT—I'wo-story dwelling northeast
. corner Church and Center.
%HOSr(iO<>OAN & BRO.
FOR RENT- Two-story house on Centre, ba-
tween Postofllce and Church streets.
THOS. GOGGAN ife BRO.
Gi ROUNDS—V artous dimensions; with op
f without dwellings, in different parts of oitv»
at low selling or long leasing rates. Sam Matu*4
ROOMS AND BOARD.
npHREE Elegantly Furnished South Rooms
A with board at reasonable rates at No. Dtt
vacnuo I, between 22d and Tremont.
TWO Large, well furnished south rooms for
JL rent. Mrs. E. HORN, 51 Church street, bc«
tween 21st and 23d, second door of Center.
______
^J AMES B. & CHARLES J. STUBES]
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
22d street, between Strand and Mechanic,
Galveston, Tenas.
Walteu Giiesham,
QRESHAM So JONES.
Sam'l W. Jontm*
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
Galveston, Texas.
W
M. B. LOCKHART,
Attorney and Conneclor at Law,
f Columbia Colleire Law S"
York City, Claoa of '84.
Graduate of C'tnumbia Colleir® Law School, Nerf
York City, Claoa of '81.
GALVESTON TSX.
■yyiLLIE, MOTT & BALLINGER,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
Corner Postofflco and 22d Streets.
GALVESTON - ■ - TEXAS.
CRAWFORD * CRAWFORD.
Attorneys at Law,
C
113 Mom Street.
DALLAS
TEXAS.
FINANCIAL.
ONEY (TO LEND
M
On improved or unimproved Real EstatS, any
whero in Texas. Prompt attention, light ex-
penses, current raten, and timo of payment to
suit borrower. This is a home institution, and
negotiations are closed without unnecessary de-
lay. Address TEXAS LAND & LOAN CO.,
Galveston, lex.
II. KEMPNER. President,
J. H. HUTCH1NGS, ^ ice-President,
LEO N. LEVI, General Manager.
ROWN BROS., Austin. Tex. Established
1KS3. Loaub ou Land and Lien Notes. Any
amount from S1000 to $100,000 without delay.
Lowest rates current. Time to suit borrower.
TRUNKS, Etc. _
I rpRUNKS—Fine Trunks and Traveling Bags
X at the Galveston Trunk Factory, 110 and 118
■ Market et., near Tremont st.
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