The Age. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 7, 1875 Page: 1 of 4
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HOUSTON, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 7,1875
ESTAB'D 1871.
STATE NEWS.
Last night
Mr. Jos. Field, but the servant girl
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Real Estate Drawing—Foster’s Second,
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near Congress, up stairs.
not strictly harmonious.
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No one can really feel for the poor
without feeling in his pocket.
Run if you like, but keep your
breath; Work like a man, but don’t
be worked to death.—Oliver Wendell
Holmes.
The History of Lady Franklin.
[Boston Post.]
captured.
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Drugs, medicines, etc.—E. F. Schmidt, 66
Travis street. _______________
Millinery—Mrs. A. Bentley, 91 Main street
Bank—Houston Savings Bank, west corner
Main and Franklin streets.
Bank—City Bank of Houston, north corner
Main and Franklin streets.
Billiard parlor,bar and cigar stand—Holmes
& Brindle, corner Main and Preston streets.
Iron, carriage goods, etc.—Jos. F. Meyer,
corner Travis and Prairie streets.
and got up, and if he had not made
of at once would probably have been
Grocer and commission merchant— W D.
Cleveland, south corner Main and Franklin
Machinery—Engines and agricultural im-
plements—Henry Scherflius, Main street, near
Franklin.
Navigation company—Houston Direct Nav-
igation Company, office Commerce street,
corner Fannin, up stairs.
penetrating his heart. Dr. Manning-
then immediately have himself up,
was tried and discharged by the ex-
amining justice.
wooing, and she wanted to make him
“frisky,” as she calls it.
Paints, oils, varnishes, wall paper, etc.-
Pereira, Engelke & Co., corner Preston and
an attempt was made
A Michigan farmer’s daughter
almost killeda young fellow last week
by putting a dose of condition pow-
’ der in his cider. He was slow in his
Dr. Ashbel Smith has discovered,
and publishes the discovery through
the News,, that contrary to the re-
ceived opinion’, Irish potatoes may be
grown in this State from home grown
seed. We most respectfully submit
to the Dr. that he is doing far more
good for himself and State by push-
ing his investigation in this direction
than by holding himself continually
primed and in readiness to spout
Democracy at Democratic meetings.
[Dallas Commercial.]
This morning a man attempted to
trade a fine mule for a silver watch
to one of Mr. Sanger’s employees, but
his actions created suspicion, and
efforts were made for his arrest. See-
ing that he was discovered the fellow
ran out of the store, across the street,
and through the book store of
Messrs. Jackson & Co. A high wall
here presented itself, cutting off his
retreat. He then ran up a pair of
outside stairs into the upper story of
Connor & Walker’s, from thence he
ran down stairs and out of the back
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Fannin streets.
Engines, boilers, castings, etc.—Phoenix
Iron Works, Wiggins & Simpson, Preston
street, near long bridge,
Railway—Texas Central, Houston to Aus-
tin and Denison; offices, corner Main and
Franklin streets.
Newspapers, periodicals, magazines, etc.-
James Hucker, 42 Main street.
his deputies were in hot pursuit, but
the thief escaped. The officers are
on the look-out for him, and will
probably get him before he gets away
from the city. The mule, a large,
fine bay, was taken possession of by
the officers.
[Giddings Tribune.]
A serious difficulty occurred at
Sorbin about eleven o’clock on last
' Monday night between Drs. Manning
and Molett, in which the 1 after was
, instantly killed. Molett went to the
house where Manning was boarding,
■ and inquired if he—Manning—was
1 there, whereupon Manning arose
from his bed and advanced toward
. the door, and had not more than
streets.
Engines, boilers, castings, etc.—Bayou
City Iron Works—A. McGowan, near Cen-
tral depot. ______________
Dry goods, clothing, notions, etc.—S. & M.
Rosenfield, 49-51 Main street.
Hardware, stoves, etc.—T. J. Riley, Mor-
ris building, Main street.
Clothing house—Sigle & Bro., manufatur-
ers, corner Main and Congress streets.
Jewelry, watches, etc.—S. Conradi, 61
Main street. _________________
Dry goods, notions, ladies’ underwear, etc.
—A. S. Fox, Main street.
ADVERTISERS’ DIRECTORY.
Fine Millinery and Bonnets—Mrs. G. A.
Fauche. Masonic Temple.
Groceries and family supplies—Mrs. F.
Cordier, corner Congress and Chartres sts.
Books, seutionery, pianos, etc.—E. H.
Cushing, Franklin street, opposite Hutchins
House.
Grocers and commission merchants—Milby,
Porter & Co., Travis street, near Congress
street.
being awake, gave the alarm, and the
design was frustrated. The neigh-
bors next door also heard the noise
VOL, V. No 17.
Broker, dealer in stocks, bonds and scrip-
S. L. Hohenthal, 46 Main street.
Candies, confectionery, etc.—B. Tufiy &
Co., 10 Congress street.
Turko Russian baths—D. M. Perl, corner
Travis street and Texas avenue.
Oil—Pratt’s Astral—Sold by Arthur Cor-
nell, corner Main street and Texas avenue *
Vinegar Manufactory—S. Meyers, near
Central depot.
Bar Room—The Houston Gem—J. S. Gu-
vens & Co., Congress street, near the Post
Office.
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Manufactured Goods—Houston City Mills,
sales room, 45 Main street.
Planing Mill - Henry House, Travis street,
between Texas avenue and Capitol streets.
Grocer cotton factor and commission, mer-
chant—C. S. Longcope, corner Main and
Commerce streets. — . . •
Hotel—Hutchins House—N. P. Turner,
corner Franklin and Travis streets.
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reached said place before he heard
something which he mistook at that
office, Van Alstyne building, Main street, time to be the cocking of a pistol,
immediately after which he drew his
revolver and shot Molett, the ball
tables, stools, chairs, &e., finally clean-
ing out the preacher’s room, and tak-
ing his bed, bedding, clothes, furni-
ture, and everything belonging to
him. The preacher himself got into
the settlement with his wife and child
safely about 9 p. m. A few days
afterward several of the vagabonds
were arrested and received a severe
thrashing.”
Murder, Remorse and Suicide.—
We copy from the Pointe Coupee Re-
publican, of the 26th ult.:
We are informed that on Wednes-
day, the 9th of June. Mr. David Gay,
Jr., living near Hoge Pointe, becom-
ing engaged in an altercation with
one of the colored hands, in defiance
of his authority, drew his revolver
and shot the man dead, and immedi-
ately afterwards, as if actuated by re-
morse for having taken the life of a
fellow being, he placed the weapon
to his own head and shot himself ;
but the first shot having failed to ex-
tinguish life, he fired a second shot,
which took effect in his brain, and he
fell a lifeless victim by his own hand,
within a few feet of the man he had
just slain.
Chaucer could’nt spell. Shake-
speare couldn’t spell. Milton couldn’t
spell. Lord Bacon couldn’t spell, or
rather, they were luxuriant spellers,
they spelled their words as apple
trees blossom. The vigor of their
spiritual and intellectual life, proved
itself by their spelling. Happy men I
There were no dictionaries in those
days. People supposed that the idea
was importent then, and loved the
notions that came by words—not the
letters with which the words were
made. And when the writers were
in a hurry they wrote words short,
and when they had plenty of time
they wrote them long. They would
spell the same word three or four dif-
ferent ways on the same page.
the sure bereavement as she had
borne up nobly while there was still
hope. Franklin must indeed have
been a noble man to have inspired
such a devotion in the hearts of two
self sacrificing wives. His first wife,
Eleanor Porden, lay mortally ill when ,
he set out on his second Arctic expe-
dition, in 1825. He offered to remain
till she was well; but she begged him
to proceed on his voyage, and placed
in his hands a silk flag, which she
asked him to hoist in the Polar Sea.
He sailed; and the day after his gen-
tle yeungwife died. He returned in
three years to wed Jane Griffin, the
lady who is 'now known as Lady
Franklin. The story of her devotion
is household words in both countries.
What she has suffered none can tell.
Mullet may be weak on custom
houses, remarks a Chicagopaper, but
his architectural genius in the con-
struction of artistic profanity must be
conceded. He swears in the renais-
sance style, introducing “the most sa-
lient and pronounced features of an- |
ci ent and modern imprecation,with an In Paris the ladies have a new
effect which is novel and striking, if handkerchiof of brown linen, edged.
■ ’ ■ ! with lace.
Hair Store—Mrs. Labuzan, Masonic
Temple, Main street.
Boots, shoes, etc.— w. P. Massey, Congress
street, three doors from Main.
Plastering — Glass & Hahn, addressed
through the post office.
Engines, boilers, castings, etc.—Eagle Iron
Works, Richardson Bros., Central Depot.
Indian Physic—Great alterative medicine, by some one to enter the house of
by J. C. Conliff, druggist, Preston street, near Mr. Jos. Field, but the servant girl
yain. ____________ being awake, gave the alarm, and the
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dimhultyonstavingitspositioniietiTheresis something!......touching
erence to the' Grangers understood. ! and appropriate in the petition of
it is because the Telegraph’s position i Lady Franklin, lyingin dangerous
contains so many nice qualifications I and perhaps mortal illness, for the
and distinctions. I prayers of the American people it
Iwas an American expedition which
The Dallas Intelligencer is publish- brought to an end her terrible and
ing a very interesting history of the long lingering suspense. From Mc-
Texas Press as furnished the Texas Clintock and his brave comrades she
.. Press Association by Gen. Norton, al last learned the not to be doubted
iklin the editor of the Intelligencer. ) news that her gallant and heroic hus-
band had perished amid the icy mys-
teries of the farther North. Lady
Franklin did not need this proof of
American interest in her life purpose
and heart’s work; her sufferings, her
noble heroism, her unselfish devotion,
her untiring energy, her uncowed
spirits, have always received our
warmest sympathies. Surely her ap-
peal will be answered, if not in the
churches — where, perhaps, it will
be—at least in thousands of hearts
impressed with the beauty of her de-
votion throughaut the land. The old
' classic tales of wifely fidelity and sac-
rifice almost pale before her heroic
search for her husban’s fate for more
than thirty years. Left alone at an
age when it is proper to be joyous
and excusable to be giddy and for-
getful, she has passed early and later
youth, womanly prime and oncoming
age in this constant, heart-wringing,
yet undismayed pursuit. The pleas-
ures, the ambitions of life were afar
from her ; her soul dwelt in the grim
solitudes of ice deserts; her spirit
was in the vague regions where there
is nothing of vegetation, where an
awful and eternal silence reigns, but
. where, also, she believed that her
hero husband, dead or alive, must be.
We may guess that for long years
, there was a hope in her heart that Sir
John was yet alive; that he had some
how escaped, perhaps, from the vast
ice-prison: that he had passed, by
perilous wanderings, and it might be
by shipwreck, far beyond the frozen
North, and been thrown upon some
remote but hospitable land, where
the grass grew and men could live.
Then came the truth, that the ves-
tiges of Franklin and his men had
been found. Vestiges that left no
doubt of their identity, or of the long-
ago accomplished fate of the voyag-
ers. Certainty, even the saddest, is
better than harrowing suspense ; and
Lady Franklin was as heroic under
Chinese Superstition
The Hong Kong Press, of May 15,
has the following: “On May 1, after
preaching and schools were over,
about 4 p. m., a man who lives next
door to the Methodist Episcopal
Chapel in Kingkiang, looked into the
chapel-keeper’s room and asked if
his son was there. ‘No,’ replied the
chapel keeper, ‘he is not here, neither
have I seen him.’ The man was not
satisfied, but persisted in saying that
his son was there, and he knew they
had him, and that the foreigners
wanted to take the boy’s heart and
eyes out to make medicine. This
seems to have roused the chapcl-
keeper’s ire, for he replied with indig-
nation that foreigners did nothing of
the sort, and wondered that the man
could be such a fool as to think so.
While the two were arguing the mat-
ter, a large crowd gathered in the
narrow street, the man shouting at
the top of his voice that his son was
in the foreign chappel, and that they
wanted the boy’s heart and eyes for
medicine. At the same time two
men fought in the narrow street in
front of the chapel, and the crowd
began throwing stones at the doors
and windows, finally smashing in
both, and then poured into the chapel,
where, in a very short time, stools,
benches, pulpit, railing and chairs
were reduced to firewood; from
thence into the schoolrooms, one af-
ter the other, then into the classroom
making a clean sweep of desks,
door. Sheriff Barkley and one of
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