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HOUSTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 11,1875
ESTABLISHED IN 1871.
VOL V. No. 74,
H’KOFESSIONAL
foreman of a printing office
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BAKER & BOTTS,
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red ; their use is, in the hands of vil-
the circle of the influence?
F. W. HENDERSON,
D. C. RUBY.
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HOUSTON.
TEXAS.
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SCHOOLS.
day. September 6th.
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to the Vir-
DISCOVERY OF A Cave.—The Romo
Corner McKinney and Crawford Streets,
HOUSTON,
TEXAS.
the person of Mrs. Horn, avsady liv-
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There are forty-two churches in
are more
to 90 cents, by December 15.
currenc
I have noticed that somehow this
promise of nations as valuable pri
vates.
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. A Romantic INCIDENT at Sea.—A
romantic / incident occurred on the
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YOUNG LADIES’
MSOARDING AND WAV SCHOOL
Bank—City Bank of Houston, north corner
Main and Franklin streets.
Manufactured Guuds— Houston City Mills,
sales room. 45 Main street.
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cock fights there on Sunday than
any other city in the State.
Six hundred and fifty-four bales of
new cotton were shipped from Hemp-
stead up to the 10th of September.
A crazy man who threw stones at
a train on the Boston Railroad, has
explained his motive. ‘All the trains/
he said, ‘carry the globes. These
Mrs. Horn thinks she would recog-
nize the wretch were she confronted
by him.
of as fine, cool water as was ever
drank. He says there are many curi-
osities to be seen in the cave.
written an account of the impeach-
ment trial.
ey, any rag baby in theirs; yet they
suffer from business depression and
have financial disasters just as we do
V1RGINIA FEMALE INSTITUTE,
Staunton, Va.
ing in a ...........- ...............
It seems that Mr. Horn is absent, and
Rape.—On Tuesday night a negro
man attempted to. commit rape upon
$5 Cable Coil Carfures and $1 Curls at
Mrs. Labuzan’s Ladies’ Hair and Stationery
Store, Mosonic Temple. s9
Indian Physic—Great alterative medicine
by J. C. Conlif, druggist, Congress street
opposite Courthouse.
Navigation company—Houston Direct Nav-
igation Company, office Commerce street,
corner Fannin, up stairs.
j )R McDonell,
Office: Fannin Street.
Sgcond dour from Texas Avenue, opposite
Episcopal Church.
Office hours; from 8 to 9 A. M., from 4 to
Madame MacMahon is proving
successful in collecting subscriptions
for the sufferers by the French inun
datious. She has received already
about $2,500,000. The viceroy of
Egypt sent $2,000, and Prince Henry,
brother of the King of Holland,
$500.
Sept. 1st, 1875
The Principal will be assisted by a full
corps of officers suitable for a first-class
school.
Qg Terms reduced to Cash Basis and very
moderate.
I
y, and say that the only way .
ie payments is to make the
Ex-Senator Ross, one of the Repub-
lican Senators who voted against im-
Alexander H. Stephens is again a
candidate. This time as the sueces
sor of United States Senator Nor-
wood.
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tion can make it. The certainty :
that Governor Coleman, of Missouri,
age, shipping as a cabin buy on
board a vessel bound for the West
Indies. He revisited a native place
after a lapse of five years, but find-
ing that his father had died during
the interval, and that his mother had
married again, he shipped once more
and did not return until about two
months ago, when he was unable to
find any trace of his mother. During
President in 1876. A State Central
Committee has been appointed and
a’platform and resolutions adopted.
A Northern paper says that no
I never place much reliance on a
man who is always telling what he
Mr. Blanton Duncan gives, in the
Louisville Commercial, an interesting
account of the Confederate currency.
He says the total issue never reached
$250,000,000, and its depreciation was
less than is popularly believed. He
says the paper dollar was worth 85
cents in gold in November, 1861; 60
cents in May, 1862; 45 or 50 cents in
A Saratoga belle writes home: “It
is horrid here, not a man in town
cave is subdivided into large rooms,
sayfrom twelve to twenty feet wide
and .about ten feet high. He also
Office: Up Stairs, Gray’s Building.
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G EO. GOLDTHWAITE,
ATTORNEY at law,
Houston, Texas.
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(H/’OFFICE—In Pillot’s new' building,
i on Main street, opposite T. W. House’s.
Sept2lm
Tmem"SEOeE
STATE NEWS.
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during the niogz a-o,
noise in the kitchen,,started to see
SELCET SCHOOL
For Boys and Giris.
Miss CARRIE TOVEL informs her friends
and patrons that her school, on Milam street,
between Clay and Bell, will reopen on Mon-
took part in the proceedings. The
resolutions pronounce the -Repub-
lican and Democratic partisan or-
ganizations dangerous and call for a
new party of peace. They oppose
A copy of the New England Couz
ant, of the date of February 11.
1723, issued by Benjamin Franklin,
from an office on Queen street, Bos-
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November; 1862; 16 cents in July,
1563; 8 cents in November, 1863 ; 5
a visit to Rotterdam he met Miss
Router, and au attachment at once
sprang up between them, which re-__- , _____ ___g- ______
spited in an engagement. In talking globes are of glass, the inside painted
about their early days, they accident- red; their use is, in the hands of vil-
ally discovered their relationship to Iains, to discover the thoughts of
each other. It has been arranged those who may happen to get within
that Miss Reuter shall return on the the circle of the influence?
IENDERSON & RUBY,
Attorneys and Counsellors at LaW,
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93 Main Street,
what it meant, and was met by the
black fiend, who threw her down
several limos, but. failed to accom- wuuwccuu ... .... -g-.
plish his base purpose. The lady’s- states the discovery of three very fine
■ cries soon brought her neighbors to springs in these subterranean vaults
her assistance, when the negro ran off, - - ’
leaving, however, a part of his skirt
■ in the hands of his intended victim.
STAUNTON FEMALE SEMINARY,
REv. J. 1. MILLER, A. M., FRINCIPAI.
Prof. E. Louis Ide, (late of Virginia Fe-
male Institute,) Principal Musical Depart-
ment, with twelve additional teachers and
officers. Expenses very reasonable; extrav-
agance in dress prohibited; first-class board;
instruction thorough; location the best in
Staunton.
GE Send for Catologue, with cut of build-
ings and terms to J. I. MILLER,
augl2 Im Staunton, Va.
Florida State scrip is’ selling at
‘58 1-2. The scrip is said to be worth . . . . ... .
70 cents, and a faithful collection of prominent Democrats or Republicans
the taxes will advance its value x 1
tuated, going up once to 6 cents, and
oly failing entirely as a medium in
W. P. & E. P. HAMBLEN,
* ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Houston, Texas.
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IETOHFICI—In Koehler’s Building, oppo-
site the Courthouse. aug61m
Bank—Houston Savings Bank, west corner
Mam and Franklin streets.
A. Whitaker, Seed Dealer and Commission
Merchant, 113 Main Street.
Dry goods, clothing, notions, etc.—S. & M.
Rosenfield, 49-51 Main street.
Newspapers, periodicals. magazines, cte.—
James Hucker, 42 Main street.
Broker, dealer in stocks, bonds and scrip—
S. L. Hohenthal, 46 Main street. <
iron, carriage goods. etc.—Jos. F.2Meyer,
corner Travis and Prairie streets.
will be as perfect as the great expe-
rience of the officers of the Associa-
the day fixed for I lie wedding it trans- peaching President Andrew Johnson,
wired that the young lady was the —------ -m-i
young man’s, half sister. It appeared Lawrence, Kansas. Hehasrecently
from e xplanations given to the passon- " " " "
gers, that Van Seiler left his home in
Amstevdom when only ten years of
and on Tuesday he rode over to
Miller’s farm, and finding the Mexi-
can sitting down renewed his accusa-
tion, which was denied, when he
raised a shotgun and fired. One
shot took effect in.the thigh, two in
the side, one wrist was broken, and
two or three fingers shot off. Dr.
Cummings was called to administer
to the sufferings of the patient.
The cost of the Constitutional Con-
vention for a sixty day’s .session will
be $60,000.
In one of the negro churches of
Tennessee a revival has been going
on for ten years, and most of the dar-
kies in the region round about have
been revived. Yet the work goes on
The preachers have been changed,
but the new ones begin where their
predecessors left off, and continue to
“hold the fort” and to fire away with
wonderful effect at Satan and his le-
next steamer, The brother being
rich will provide for her.
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here in the East. It is due to Judge
Kelley to say that more than a
month ago, in the Leader office, he
predicted this very crash as then imi-
Kent in California, and said that
would finally puncture the theory
that all we wanted was specie resum-
ption to bring about a financial mil-
lenium.
all parts of I be State, and from other
States also, all goes to indicate the
presence on that occasion of an un-
usualy large number of people.
thelast t Wo months prior to the ca-
isc. pitulations, when every one saw that
defeat was inevitable.
(Ga.) Courier says that Gen. Tilton’s
Corps of Government hands have dis-
qovered a wonderful cave on the
j , Coosawatte River, not far from Hield’s
house near the old brewery: Mills, in Gordon county. One of the
l-hands was in the city a few days ago
light the lady hearing a rand stated that he had penetrated the
ihatomstaad ’ jave to the distance of a mile. The
last trip of the steamer Rotterdam, worth over $15,000.
from Rotterdam to New York. Among
rthe cabin passongors were a Mr. Van
rSllet and Miss Maria Reuter, who
wera engaged to be married. To
give theeventan air of romance they
had decided to have the ceremony
performed on board the ship in mid
ocean. On the evening preceding
" kind of I get there
The Galveston News saysconcern-
ing the working of the. now grain
elevator: "PheIschooner David H.
Tolck took in about 6000 bushels, of
wheat in bulk this evening. The
elevator worked admirably, and
transferred during a single hour,
3500 bushels from the bins to. the
vessel’s hold. This included the
elevating and carrying it the length
of the building twice, them forcingit
across the roadway in frontofthe
elevator into the chute. The schen-
er had been thoroughly ceiled, in
conformity with the requirements of
of the National Board of Marine
Underwriters,and those who have
had much experience in the business
say that it was excellently done.
This being the first. shipment, of
wheat in bulk over made from this
port, a number of prominent busi-
ness men were present, and they
were uniform in their congratulations
to the gentlemen who had brought
about,the happy result.
“The Tolck will take the remain-
ing 6000 bushels of her bulk cargo
in the morning, and will then begin
to load the balance of her cargo of
grain in sacks. The entire ship-
ment, including sack and bulked,
larger than a common sheet of letter
paper in two columns, without rules-
I; contains a prospectus; “ His
Majesty’s most gracious speech to
b 5th houses of Parliament” on
Thursday, October 11, 1722; a para-
graph in regard to twelve Episcopa-
lians who were imprisoned for refus-
ing to pay rates to a Presbyterian
minister at Bristol, and two or three
paragraphs of marine news.
A new party movement has been
made in Boston. Their organization
is called the National Union party
and said to favor the nomination of
Representative Banks for President,
and Representative Lamar for Vice
will amount to 22,000 bushels. The
balance of her freight will consist of
miscellaneous State products.”
Austin Statesman.] TV . T , ,
... . 1 AT 1 . Here is the Pitsburg leaders’s
A Mexican namedMack, whowas comment on the California smash:
engagedin making fence o1 -ohn. -The Bank of California goes down
Millers farm, three miles below the ... . 1,11.8/1 110
., 1 2 m , 1 with a grand smash, and the whole
city, was sho Tuesday by a.white Pacifil Slope is on the ragged edge
man employed as a cotton poker on 1 that even
Mr. Thompson’s farm, adjoining Mr. 2 F , :11 . AM1:
Miller’s. A few days precious to the hard money will not save.business
shooting the white man had accused from misfortune.. They use nothing
the Mexican of stealing his pistol,
A C. ROGERS,
ATTORNEY
AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Houston, Texas.
Office—Billot’s old building, Con-
gress street. Practices iu the State and
United States Courts. aug5 1m
ginia State Library by Dr. James
Beale, of Richmond, Virginia. It is
printed on a single sheet a little
f Waco Examiner.
. mi i- . previous year.
F AIR.—The preparation toy our M£unAI M++A,
Fair are already in a very graifying
state of forwardness. Everything
The New York Express says that cents inMay, 1864;from which period
August shows a considerable falling to the termination of the war it flue-
of in the imports of foreign dry
goods at that port compared with t he
’ Of the manufactures
Colonel Hancock, one of the men
who fought in the war that gave , . .. x -g,
Texas its freedom, died recently at sudden inflation or contraction of the
. . . . , Louisville, Kentucky. He was a currency, aad 0, hwu
would have done had lie been there, brother-in-law of General Albert Sid- tb specie payments is
T hnie *hni emahe thi ney Johnson, who. tell at the battle " " "
of Pittsburg Landing.
Rev. Ft. H. PHILLIPS, A. M., Principal. Troy, N. Y and yet there
Miss E. FLORRNCE Phillips, ) in charge of " " ’
MISS Annie S. FARAN, { the family.
The 31st Annuel Session will commence
but gold and silver ont there; they gions. The colored brethren of this
don’t want any irredeemable curren- church think Moody and Sankey are
e, anv c LAhv in theirs: vet thev ‛nowhar.‛
of wool, cotton, silk, flax and misccl
lancous dry goods, the latter, inclu-
ding trimmings, kid gloves, etc., en-
tered for warehousing and consump-
tion the present month, the total value
is $11,410,002. For August, 1374, it
, . .-g- was $14,167,208, and in 1873, $15,- .1 . , -
will address the Association, has 345,539,‛showinga falling off this year ton, has been presented
added greatly to public expectation, of nearly $3,000,000 below the corre- »’“’** Tihra"v h
indeed. The correspondenee from spending figyres of last year, and SI, -
"" -....... af the Stnte ad fvom nthen 000,000 below those of 1873.
The Sixteenth (16th) Scholastic Term com-
mences D. V. September 1, 1875.
For term, etc., please apply at the Insti-
tute. M. B.BBOWNE,
aug23 Im Directress.
ADVERTISERS’ DIRECTORY.
Millinery—Mrs. A. Bentley, 91 Main street.
Jewelry, watelies, etc.—S. Conradi, 16
Main street.
Belfast Ginger Ale at Miss M. Klein's Iec
Cream Parlor.
McCloskey's Mead at Miss M. Klein’s lec
Cream Parlor.
Turko Russian baths— D. M. Perl, corner
Travis street and Texas avenue.
Paints, oils, varnishes, etc.—James Bute,
corner Main and Preston streets.
Bakery—Lone Star Bakery, by Chas. W ich-
man, Preston street, opposite Market.
Clothing house—Sigle & Bro., manufattil-
ers, corner Main and Congress streets.
Engines, boilers, castings, etc.—Eagle Iron
Works, Richardson Bros.. Central Depot.
Groceries and family supplies—Mrs. F
Cordier, corner Congress and Chartres sts. ‘
Planing Mill - Henry House, Travis street,
between Texas avenue and Capitol streets.
Boots, shoes, etc.—W. P. Massey, Congress
street, at his residence, near Crawford street.
Oil—Pratt’s Astral—Sold by Arthur Cor-
nell, corner Main street and Texas avenue.
Billiard parlor,bar and cigar stand—Holmes
& Prindle, corner Main and Preston streets.
Pratt’s Insurance and Kerosene Oil sold
by E. Meyer, Binz's Building, No. 115 Main
street.
Pianos, musical instruments, etc.—Renzo
Grunewald, Travis street, opposite Opera-
house.
Grocer and commission merchant—W. D.
Cleveland, south corner Main and Franklin
streets.
Grocers and commission merchants—Milby;
.Porter & Co., Travis street, near Congress
street.
Books, -cutionery, pianos, etc.—E. H.
Cushing, Franklin street, opposite Hutchins
House/
Machinery -Engines and agricultural im-
plements— Henry Scherftius, Main street, near
Franklin.
Engines, boilers, castings, etc.—Bayou
City Iron Works- A. McGowan, near Cen-
tral depot.
Paints, oils, varnishes, wall paper, etc.-
Pereira, Engelkc & Co., corner Preston and
Fannin streets.
Grocer cotton factor and commission, mer-
chant—C. S. Longcope, corner Main and
Commerce streets.
Nice Coo soda Water at Miss M. Klein’s Lee
Cream Parlor.
Drugs, medicines, etc.—.E. F. Schmidt, 6s
Travis street.
Flour—Houston Mil, Commerce street,
near Main.
R. H. Barrett’s Parlor Grocery, opposite
Masonic Temple. $9
B. OMalley, Attorney-at-Law, Room No
4, Gray’s Building.
Gaudies, confectionery, ete.—B. l'uflly &
Co., 10 Congress street.
Demorest’s Patterns at Mme. Fauche's
Elegant Bazar, MasonicTemple, Main St
Hardware, stoves, etc.—T. J. Kiley, Mor-
ris buildIng,'Main street.
Dentist—Dr. C. D. Ludwig?Main street
opposite Masonic Temple.
Dry goods, notions, ladies’ underwear, ete.
--A. s. Fox. Main street.
J.B.FRIEDHEIM. | H. A. MAYDOLE.
HEIEDIIEIM & MAYDOLE,
ATTORNEYS
AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
’ Houston, Texas.
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U Office—No. 5 Gray’s Building, 2nd
floor. German spoken. Sept2 1m
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