The Age. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 81, Ed. 1 Monday, September 20, 1875 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL V. No. 81.
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STATE NEWS.
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FANCY ARTICLES,
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TRUNKS, VALISES,
Houston,
J. H. Nicolay, for some time Presi-
The venerable Dr. Lovick Pierce
service as a
SCHOOLS.
Comer McKinney and Crawford Streets,
HOUSTON,
TEXAS.
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SHAVING & BATHS!
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Belmont’s whiskey, and hobnobbed
with Vanderbilt and
Houston,
word is as good as his kans
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Texas,
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Texas.
Aug2 1m
Texas.
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MeCloskey’s Mead at Miss M. Klein’s lev
(ET Cotton and Hides on account solicited.
aug2B 6m
Belfast dinger Ale at Miss M. Klein’
Cream Parlor.
P. & E. P. HAMBLEN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Houston, Texas.
Wood Dealer. Fifth Ward.
Has always on hand a good assortment of
Wood.
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Turko Russian baths—D. M. Perl, corner
Travis street and Texas avenue.
Paints, oils, varnishes, etc.—James Bute,
corner Main and Preston streets.
A miscreant has been arrested in
Detroit for keeping a gambling room
for small boys. He used to intro-
duce his young patrons in the games
of hazard, and win from them their
pocket money, making a comfortable
living out of the aggregate of small
sums thus obtained.
Bank—City Bank of Houston, north corner
Main and Franklin streets.
Manufactured Gvods— Houston City Mills,
sales room, 45 Main street.
YOUN LADIES’
BOARDING AND RAY scHdoL
Miss de Vergas, of Calcutta—a
young lady of noble family, well ed-
ucated, clever, and a brilliant beauty
—has devised a grand lottery scheme
and put her own sweet self up for
the capital prize. She expects to ne,
100,000 rupees, and to divide equally
with the lucky man in case matrimony
is not agreeable to either party.
Gould, and cousequenly feels called
upon to have in a word now and then
for the Money Kings,
Bakery—Lone Star Bakery, by Chas. Wich-
man, Preston street, qpposite Market.
Clothing house—Sigle & Bro., manufatur-
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.
Iron, carriage goods, etc.—Jos. F. Meyer,
corner Travis and Prairie streets.
The out door gatherings among
the Virginia Patrons are large and
beneficial upon those still outside the
gate.
Ralston, during his life-time, used
to entertain journalists in handsome
style. He paid special attention to
all journalists from the East.
A. T. Stewart’s mansion, with the
ground, on Fifth Avenue and Thirty-
fourth street. New York, which cost
over a million, is taxed at $18,000.
The Wisconsin Grangers have al-
ready established 41 co-operative
associations, all flourishing and rep-
resenting capital to the amount of
84,000,000.
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Pie-niesarethe order of the day
among the New York Grangers.
The Patrons in Michigan have
had a great many large pic-nic gath-
erings this season, as well, as our
own State.
Nice Cool Soda Water at Mius M. Klein’s Ice
Cream Parlor.
Drugs, medieines, etc.—E. F. Schmidt 09
Travis street.
Flour—Houston Mills, Commerce street,
near Main.
R. H. Barrett’s Parlor Grocery, opposite
TRl-MIN
CLOTHING,
HATS,
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HOUSTON, TEXAS, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1875
RAKER & BOTTS,
M. MYERSTON,
Wholesale Dealer In
Foreign and Domestic Fruits,
Opposite Exchange Hotel.
Houston, Texas,
Apples and Peaches a Specialty .
Julys 5a
THE BIGGEST Snake Story YET.--
Some time ago Mr. Rohort Williams
hoard one of his wife’s ducks
making a noise as if something was
after it; he got out of bed and went
to where she was, but could not see
B. O‘Malley,Attorney-at-Law, HeomNo
4, Gray’s Building.
Gandies, confectionery, etc.—B. Tuffly &
Co., 10 Congress street.
Demorest’s Patterns at Mme. Kauche’s
Elegant Bazar, Masonic Temple, Main St. "
Hardware, stoves, etc.—T. J. Riley, Mer-
is building, Main street.
Dr. C. D. Ludwig, dentist, Main stteet, op-
posite Masonic Templar. sep20tt
Dry goods, notions, ladies’ underwear, etc.
--A. S. Fox. Main street.
L0pDBD 109)
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HLu DagefKAh
of the Southern Methodist Episcopal
Churh, who is nearly 100 years old, is
Office: Up Stains, Gray1 a Building.
aug17 1m
(EO. GOLDTHWAITE,
ATTORN HiY AT LAW.
Houston, Texas.
The Swell Editor.—The Courier-
Journal people are very much stuck
up, put on airs, and call their breth-
ren of the country press rural roos-
ters. This is, however, to be ex-
pected from a paper whose chief edi-
tor has been all the way to London,
and paid ten prices in order to occu-
“About tbis time” expect to see a
revival of the agricultural maxims
once attributed to Horace Greeley
—now about to be credited to Mr. J.
Davis.
Kirby Smith, oncea general in the
C. S. army, has been elected Profes-
sor of Mathematics in the University
of the South, at Sewanee, Tenn.
Mr. John Postgate, who accompa-
nied the St. Louis duelists as a
“friend,” defies the Governor, be-
cause he can prove that at the time
of the firing he was not on the
ground—he was up a tree.
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.
fraternal delegate to the General
Conference of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church, North, which meets next
year.
There is a colored disciple of Es-
culapius in the city. Some one
asked him how he was getting along
in his profession. “Well sir,” he
said, “I’ve got sich a bad case that
I had to call in Dr. Black with me ;
in my sympathy of the dognostics of
the case.”
terribly spoiled by the attentions
shown him by a New York million-
aire. He has once or twice drank
HENRY HENRIGKS- . A B. HALL.
EENRY HENRIGKS & CO .
GROCERS, ■
C < ) M MISSIO N MERCHANTS.
And agents for several of the most
Popular Brands of Family Flour,
No. 20 Main & No. 23 Commerce St.,
C LoTHIN6 -CLOTHING.
Onhand a large and varied assortnent of
Clothing of the best material and manufac-
ture and atprices to suit the times. Suits of
all descriptons. Call and see for yourselves.
. SIGLE & BRO.. Clothiers,
July30 1m Cor. of Main & Congress Sts.
SIAUNTON FEMALE SEMINARY.
Rev. - 1. MLLLEE, A. M., PurNErrAI..
Prof. E. Louis Ide, pale 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; locution the best in
Staunton.
0M Send for Catologue, with cut of build,
ings and terms to J. I, MILLER,
aug121m Staunton, Va.
39" Office—In Pillot’s new building,
on Main street, opposite T. W. House’s.
Sept21m
F. W. HENDERSON. D. C. RUBY.
RENDERSON & RUBY,
Attorneys and Counsellors at LaW,
SELCET SCHOOL
For Boys and Giris.
Miss CARRIE TOVEL informs her friends
and patrons that her school, on Milani street,
between ©lay and Bell, will reopen on Mon-
day, September eth. . aug25td
What will you give us if we re-
frain from saying that the long win-
ter evenings are upon us, and from
going on to puf the lecture courses? able to do occasional
or hear anything. He went the
second time, but with the same re
suit. He told his wife he guessed
the ducks had, gone crazy. Next
morning he .went to where the old
duck was setting on her eggs under
a brush pile, and imagine his aston-
ishment, he saw a large black snake
coiled up under the duck. His
snakeship having swallowed twelve
eggs, Mr. Williams cut his head off,............
cut it open, took the eggs, and placed occasionally
them under the duck, and eleven of.....
that dozen hatched. Mr. Williams’
VIRGINIA FEMALE INSTITUTE,
Staunton, la,
Rev. R. H. PHILLIPS, A. M., Principal.
Miss E. Florence Phillips, 1 in charge of
Miss Annie S. FARRAN, j the family.
The 31st Annuel Session will commence
Sept. 1st, 1875
The Principal will be assisted by a full
corps of officers suitable for a first-class
school.
0 Terms reduced to Cash Basis and ve ry
moderate.
GE For Catalogue address the Principal.
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The Brooklyn Union has enlarged
to thirty-two columns, uses, larger
type than formerly, and prints more
matter. The price remains at two
cents. The Onion says it has tried
the experiment of small type and
found it a failure.— Chicago Inter-
Office—Pillot’s old building, Con-
gress street. Practices in the State and
United States Courts. augo 1m
Bank—Houston Savings Bank, west corner
Main and Pranklin streets.
A. Whitaker, Seed Dealer and Commission
Merchant, 113 Main Street.
Dry goods, clothing, notions, eto.—S. • M.
Rosenfield, 49-51 Main street.
Newspapers, periodicals, magazines, etc.—
James Hucker, 42 Main street.
Broker, dealer in stocks, bonds and scrip—
S. L. Hohenthal, 46 Main street.
py a room which the enterprising
landlord said had once been the lodg-
ing-place of a Duke, but which, in
fact, had only been occupied for a
short time by the footman of a poor
Scotch Lord. Watterson has been
Dry Goods, Clothing, Eto., Etc.
V)R. mcdonell,
Office: Fannin Street.
Secend deer from Texas Avenue, opposite
Episcopal Church.
Office hours : trom 8 to 9 A. M., from 4 to
5 l’. M, aug16
WTOWIICE—In Koehler’s Building, oppo-
site the Courthouse. aug6 Im
A. C. ROGERS,
ATTORNEY
AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Houston, Texas.
8. K. MCILHENNY. W. J. HUTCHINS.
MoILHENNY & HUTCHINS,
Wholesale Dealers in
Domestic and Imported Dry Goods,
Notions, Boots and Shoes.
K6/2p5edH
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I have also removed my Barber Shop to
the office lately occupied by Wagley &
Lockart, on Congress street. My old custo-
mers and the public generally are ini ited to
call.
In connection with rhaving will be run a
first-class Hot and Cold -Bathing House at
prices to suit the times. T. J. BROWN,
july 6 2m Proprietor.
lobrreqzl-size,
gidagea
thazgs:
Pratt’s Insurance and Kerosene Oil sold
by E. Meyer, Binz’s Building, No. 115 Main
street.
Pianos, muscal instruments, etc.—Renzo
Qrunewald, Travis street; opposite Opera-
house.
Grocer and commission merchant—W. D.
Cleveland, south corner Main and Franklin
streets.___
Grocers and comini ssion merchants—Mil by.
Porter & Co., Travis street, near Congress
street.
Books, ptationery, pianos, etc.—E. 11.
Cushing, Franklin street, opposite Hutchins
House.'
Mechinery—Enginesand agricultural im-
plements—Henry $cherffius$ 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, Engelko & Co., corner Preston and
Fannin streets.
Grocer cotton factor and commission, mer-
chant—C. S. Longcope, corner Main and
Commerce streets.
MASON & BLACK,
Manufacturers of
CARlilAGES AND BUGGIES
—AMD—
B LA C K S M J T H s ,
Nos. 14 & 15 Commeree St.,
Houston, - Texas.
ALL WORK GUARANTEED.
aug12 1m
The Sixteenth (16h) Scholastic Tenn com-
mences D. V. September 1, 1875.
For term, etc., please apply at the Lusti-
tute. M. B. BBOWNE,
aug28 1m Directress.
[Waco Examiner.]
The “Infant Wonder" crows over
the receipt of three bales of cotton
on the 13th. Wonderfully easy to be
pleased. The-Denison News doesn’t
know a difference between a meteor
and an illuminated kite.
The. Denison boys are fond of see-
ing Sherman by gas light. It is all
owing to what part they see of it,
whether the seeing is meritorious or
not.
Some fiend made an attempt to
burn a railroad bridge near Ellis last
week. He ought to have been taken
safely over that bridge and have his
head chopped off on th other side.
The Democracy of Navarro county
are to meet in convention on the 16th
of October to nominate candidates
for the Legislature, and for general
purposes. A good move.
Whenever a boy’s sweetheart gives
him the mitetn, he “goes West,” and
joins Maj. Jones’ frontier battalion.
Sensible, but hard on the girls.
The editor of the Burnet Bulletin
is glad, heart-glad, in fact, that the
jail is being worked upon. Does he
expect to confine delinquents subscri-
her, jugged or ^et himself. Which?
A history of Gillespie county is
one of the probabilities of the near
future. May the Lord pity the Sen-
, tinel.
The people [of Rockwall are edit-
eating melons, to the delight of still
tors.
The sheriff of Rockwall country
the other day, carried a prisoner his
breakfast, and was astonished that
he fellow was not there to enjoy it,
but a letter which he was thoughtful
enough ro leave behind conveyed the
pleasing intelligence that the priso-
ner would come back in October and
stand his trial. That sheriff don’t
bite.
Hood county makes this year 75,
000 bushels of grain, seven-eights of
which is wheat. Good for Hood.
Send in your orders to Bell’s store, or to. Ocean.
Z. Emmicn’s, Main street. • augt 2w
H HEIDINGSFELDER,
Dealer Ii)
DRY GOODS.
BETTER THAN ANY IMPORTED.
—FRESH-
1 R O M T H E L O (, M .
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(g Full lines to be found at Houston Gity
Mills. Sales Room 43 Main Street , Houston.
Aug! 1m JAS. F. DUMBLE, Agent.
HENKE, .
Wholesale and Retail
LIQUOR DEALER,
The Patrons’ warehouse at Flor-
ence, Kansas, has a capacity of
12,000 bushels of grain, and is re-
ported a great success. It was
established on the stock plan of 250
shares at 85 each.
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The Members of Pine Ridge
Grange, Adams Co., Miss., are about
to establish a cotton factory at
Matches. They propose to establish
a par value of 825 each which will
give a cash capital, when paid up, of
860,000.
It is announced that all the State
Purchasing agents and State Execu-
tive Committees as far as possible,
will meet with the National Execu-
tive Committee, at Louisville on the
1st of October next, to perfect the
business plans of the Order.
And the finest stock of
Gaiters, Slippers, Boots, Shoes, Ete,
Travis St., opposite the Market,
25a
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J.B. FRIEDHEIN. | H. A. MAYDOLE
FRIEDHEIM & MAYDOLE,
ATTORNEYS
AND COUNSELLORS AT LA W
Houston, Texas.
—o—
(Ce Office—No. 5 Gray’s Building, 2nd
floor. German spoken. Bept2 1m
Cotton and Commission MMerchaut
Congress Street, opposite Market. dent Lincoln’s private secretary, is
Cottonwool and hides sold on commission, writing that man’s history.
Consignments solicted. aug16 1m.
$5 Cable Coil Carfures and 81 Curts at
Mrs. Labuzan’s Ladies’ Hair and Stationery
ore, Mosonic Temple. s9
Indian Physic— Great alterative medicine
oppositcout druggist, Congress street,
. Navigation company—Houston Direct Nav-
igation Company, office Commerce street,
corner Fannin, up stairs.
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HOUSTON, ■
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93 Main Street,
HOUSTON, - - - TEXAS.
ADVERTISERS’ DIRECTORY.
Millinery— Mrs. A. Bentley, tn Main street
jewelry, watches, etc.—S. Conmd, 16 j
Main street.
8. O. COTTON. J J. I. (COTTON.
S O. COTTON & BRO.,
(Buccessers to Reichman & Ra msey)
I N S URANCE AG E N T s ,
No. 63 Main St., 2d floor, Van Al.styne’s
Building,
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The Age. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 81, Ed. 1 Monday, September 20, 1875, newspaper, September 20, 1875; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1427394/m1/1/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.