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DAILY MERCURY
JIUT.SDAY
JULY IOi 1873
To C®rr«p BaeBt«.
ih« K. {w *er w-< u'd respectfully inform curre-
or other communications
Uvlt-J is* peU r^foa nut bo signed by Uia
is fn'5 lame, ud bis reji'Vcce mu*t
i,.. Hivtm Auonjmocs l.'tterSj lio-arpver merltori-
.■*i« will receive no attention. .
CANDIDATES.
Far Commissioner of the General Land
-A' Office. ' '
We are authorized to announce Ofn* J* W.
WHIlFlJfLD, of Ltrtc* ooanty, u a candidate
•or <v.eimission«ro/ q*>n«r i Land Office, sab.
ject to the nomination of the Democratic Conven-
tion. _
1'or Jllderaian of Fourth Ward. .
at a meeting of the citizens of the Fourth Ward
h.il. on the 3d tost., I was placed in nomination
.for ->Mc-man of mU Ward, which nomination I,
hereby accept, and, if electe I, will perform the
itiitiea of Mid offics to the bast of my abi ity.
D. 0. 8MITH,
Of Plitenlx'iroa Works.
I for Alderman
Are respectfully informed that no notice
of their intention to become candidates wil
bo made is the mebcury untii the fee of Ten
Dollars is received by our Business Man
ftger.
The Cheapen
And best Pianos at Renzo Granewald's
Music Store, 93 Main street, sole agent for
Stein way Pianos. Brass instruments, ac-
cordeons, violins, banjos, strings, etc., can
be bought cheaper than from any other
house in the trade.
(food ©
H.G. k Pannell are prepared to
perform the last sad rites for the
dead in a becoming manner. Their place o*
business is 57 Prairie street, where orders
left will meet with prompt attention.
Conrteatea.
■We have received two tickets of admis-
sion to children's entertainments for the
y benefit of Bayland Orphans, to take place
July 11. at the corner of Main and Lamar
streets, for whi^h our acknowledgements
afre tendered.
Want* to Work.
We refer tojoqoeat of a New Orleans
man for work. Can keep books or drive
a dray, or any intermediate position with
equal facility. Employment and a living is
all that will be desired for the present. Is
able to push forward afterwards.
A action Sale This Day.
*Capt DeHave will offer to-day at 10 a.
m., through Mr. W. B. Ochiltree, auctioneer,
at his large mart on Congress street, a large
lot of kitchen and other household furniture,
groceries, one large piano, clothing, etc.,
and a general assortment of hoots, shoes
and hats. Bargains can be had, and the
actioaeer has winning ways of telling
yon so-
Filed ioT
t Transfers
for- record the District Clerk's
Office: .
Houston & Great Northern Railroad Com*
pany to David Allen, lots 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10,
in block No. 14, in the town of Spring,
Harris county, for $50.
M. D. White and wife to John Kaule, lots
8, 9 agsd 10, in fractional block No. 17, in
Porbush's addition to the city of Houston,
for $800.
Victor Standard Scales.
Our friend J. R. Alcee Gauthreanx,
now ftffirnl HrinfTin n Agent of the Victor
Scale Co. of Moline, HI., favored us by
'•dropping in" on us last evening. Already
a few day3 ago, the New Orleans papers
noticed hi3 trip to Texas in the most flatter-
ing terms. Mr. G. has now sole control of
twelve States in the sale of Yictor Scales,
and is prepared to offer the greatest induce-
ments to the trade in his line. He will visit
the leading cities of Texas, and we have no
doubt that tho success he lias met with
thus far will attend him on his tour.
fit * #•
m
When I Ca i Read My Titles Clear
A lo%d will be lifted off my
mind. The annoyance in holding
property with a dubious title is
very great. Wagley, & Lockart
have had too much experience in
real estate, to offer any property
not -"all right" on that score.
Cheap ami desirable homes may
be had by attending their sale of
23 bteeks, subsided into half
which tates place at Auc-
tion on the land, on July 15. Free
accommodation furnished
who wish to invest,
^is one quarter of a mile
le Fair Grounds, near
and in a rapidly im-
section of the city, and
will daily enhance in value.
1111811'
~ " lis la Texas.
At the store of W. D. Cleveland,
Esq., on Main street, we met the
tallest man in Texas. His exact
measurement in his stocking feet
is six feet eight and a half inches.
He is a resident of San Felipe.
Ye Ancient Mariner.—He looked
like a sailor, and said he had pens
for sale; and then he winked. He
looked cautiously around the office*
and then whispered, "I've just
landed," and pressed a bundle un-
der his coat. He had a silk dress
there, which he had given a few tin
kettles for in China, and he wanted
to sell it "for anything almost"
before he went back to ship. He
just wanted to get a little grog
money. He twisted the dress
around his arm like a rope, and
showed how the camel's hair in it
made it come all right again with-
out a crease. He would take $75
for it. He said that it was worth
that wholesale. Didn't want to
pawn it-; sooner throw it over-
board ; would take $50for it; $40;
he would sell for $25, and sooner
than go short of his grog, for $18.
He made a sale, and the purchaser
took it heme and surprised his
wife with a real China silk, mixed
with camel's hair to make it more
enduring. "How much P said
she. "Guess," said the delighted
husband. "Well, it would cost in
the Bowery about $14. "If that
feller eoraes!"—New York Star.
S c-P TUJS BATH-HOUSE.
THIEF!
C i Money In his Fes-
ion.
august ililia.-, who has for the
past eighteen months, been em-
p'oyed in JE>. Perl's Batli-honse,
ru, -• ■. , lays ago, having
h^&.ii mat lie v. . s wanted by the
police.
Suspicion had been aroused, as
Sfv.-r-' 1 who visited the
ttp inxii uatiuzs, v ere minus money
they knew they possessed when
entering that esfciblislsnent. #
I'-.'-' < ■ V ving been victim-
ised out ox an amount of mojiey
while bathing, quietly determined
to catch the thief. He set his
wit.H to work, an! soon hit upon a
suit v„..: "' g to the bank of
T. W. Hous^, he checked
oat a certain sum, and had
tho paying teller to mark
the notes. Wi'h these on his
p*T5.,.u, ] the bath-house
arj ut'jGr drtstiLi.,; he counted his
m dollar bill was
m .. it once accused
3d.... ••• . nt, who waited
ui citp, ot tb-. theft. f
- vledged it, but
Ix. • '' r ie Major, in his
kinftutao vfa licn-i'tj did not pursue
him, though he informed Doctor
Perl. The whole matter was at
the time hushed up. Other gen-
tlemen, however, were robbed in a
similar manner, until the baths
became notorious and whispers
We*.5 - u - v t bv t ie air and carried
to the ears oi Hundreds. Compar-
ing notes the peculations of Miller
in the aggregate footed up quite a
large sum, though he was only in
the habit of purloining $5, $10 or
$20 from each other, and it was:
determined to arrest the thief and
bring him to justice. Getting an
inkling of this intention he disap-
peared, and Special Detective
Price, who had been put on his
trail only succeeded in tracking
and arresting him yesterday, which
was done in a house five miles from
tie city, where he was concealed.
He was at once secured, and is
now locked up in the County Jail.
Miller of course could not deny
his crime, the evidenee against
him being conclusive.
Officer Price deserves great
oredit for the skill with which he
manipulated the arrest. He was
accompanied at the time it was
made by Deputy Sheriff Shaunon^v
Better than Hoarding.
Biches take wings and fly-
away. Such were our thoughts in
learning that twenty-five blocks
of Houston city property would
be sold by Wagley & Lockart, on
Tuesday July 15th. -The terms,
one-half cash and balance at 12
months, with 10 per cent, interest,
make it within the reach of the
many, as the blodfJj^wilTbe dmded
in halves, and so sold. With
commendable consideration for
the comfort of those desiring to
purchase, a free ride and free
lunch have been provided. The
property is only one quarter of a
mile west of the Fair Grounds
near Main street. Such chances
rarely offer, and may not again
occur in years.
BTOCKMEN MOVIXtJ.
The last Legislature made it a
penal offence for auy person to
shoot a head of Iwe stock without
regard to its value. Thi^ was an
act rendered imperative by the
enormous losses of §J ck by
thieves. We were yesterday pres-
ent at a meeting qf the Live Stock
Association, and are pleased to
announce that by a unanimous
vote they adopted a resolution of-
fering a standing reward of $250
for the conviction of every thief
under the new law. This will
make cattle-stealing a risky busi-
ness, and will make convictions
lively.
Recreation, Refreshment and Business.
Those three things can be
enjoyed in concert by any pru-
dent man, who seeks to secure for
himself and heirs, a permanent
lucrative investment. Twenty-
five blocks of ground wiH be offer-
ed by Wagley & Lockart, loca-
ted in this city, on Tuesday, July
15th, at four o'clock p. m., on the
ground, which is one-quarter of a
mile west of the Fair Grounds,
near Main strait. The property
will be sold in half blocks, and the
terms are one-half cash in cur-
rency, balance twelve months, with
ten per cent interest. This is a
fine chance for investment, and
from the well known character ot
the gentlemen selling, and then-
long experience in the real estate
business, an indisputable title may
be relied on—a very important
item, indeed, in the purchase of
property. • i.
0 ^ t jP
HAD DOGS.
Two of Them Killed.
We see that Proctor & .Gamble's
Extra Oiive Soap is becoming very
popular in our city; its quality we
know is superior, and being nicely
perfumed, we are not surprised
that consumers prefer it, and that
it has a large-sale.
A rabid dog was killdtl yesterday on Pres-
ton street, near Market Square. It was for-
tunate that nobody was bit by the Animal
A child passing at the time had a mirac-
ulous escape.
Another dog, also mad, was killed at
Freedmantown. During the hot weather,
the city ordinance against dogs running at
large unmuzzled should be strictly enforced.
A Westport, Conn., cat that had her tail
and ears frozen off last winter, is said to
have since given birth to tailless and earless
kittens. ~
R' turn of the Editor of the Age.
Dan McGary, Esq., the able
editor of the Age, has returned to
his post after having made a suc-
cessful appearance as leading
counsel in a most important ease
in Brazoria county.
"oath i.r C, T. Bennet.
We were pained to learn of the
demise of Mr. C. T. Bennet, which
occurred at his residence early
yesterday morning. His remains
were conveyed to their last resting
place yesterday evening about six
o'clock by the Fire Department
and Benights of Pythias, headed
by Smith's brass band, as well as
by a number of other mourners.
The deceased was beloved by all
who knew him, and leaves a void
in our community. His surviving
relatives have our sincere sympa-
thy at their heavy loss.
A gentleman who could not
waltz offered ayoung lady $400at a
a recent re-union, if she would
allow him to hug her just as
much as the man did who had
just waltzed With her. They put
him out of the house so hard that
his eyes were quite black.
Torpidity.
Tqfpidity of the liver is a great soyee
of disease. Stimulants and pleasant djpkg
may stave off -for a whHe sickness, mt so
long as the* liver remains inactive, (mease
will remain. In &ueh cases, Dr. William
Brazier's liver Medicine will be found a
sovereign specific. This great South Caro-
lina remedy has been used for twenty years
for diseases ofthe liver with unvarying
,ucra"'
Rozelle k Go., at O. ELTLanding, Missis-
sippi river, state their customers axa^tfji^y
delighted with the specific effecta^Dr. Wm.
Brazier's Liver Medicine. Tha^claim this
remedy has fully answered^nthe purposes
of blue mass, calomd, and^tlior alteratives,
by its prompt actionVj^fte liver, regulating
the flow of bile, and neutralizing miasmatic
influence. Chills and fever, jaundice, torpid
liver, and all those diseases originating from
miasma, are promptly cured by the use of
this great liver medicine. They further
state their sales are enormous and constantly
increasing. ... .
A fRIVAL1!—mv 8, 1873.
HTJTc55r8 house.
Sj P. Gidding*, Toxm 2£. 0. McLemore, Gal
J. J. Bjrne, <3*1 G. B. Zimplemin, Austin
Wm. HUiard, Aostln V. M. Cain, Dallas
H. C. Brown, Dallas 3. J. Barlatt. N, a
His. P. 8. Colby, X. O. Mrs. A. A. Willi*ms,K.O.
K. A. Harper,Hantavllle W. Wynne, Huntsville
8. B. Ashby, Austin W. H. Backer, Gal.
H. H. Dally. Gal. Mrs. Cameron & daughter
Independence
M. A. Briyan.'ndepend- W. H. Harmon, Bryan
enea
H. 0. Garrett, Austin, W. P. Qaigg, Gal.
E. Handle, Hanterilla B. A. Weston, Austin
H. B. Montgomery.
Auction Sales.
IKJUSEHHOLD A3D ~
Furniture
T>Y DE HAVE
Dtionaar. Will be
Ane-
_ Mart Con-
gress Street, THIS ~
A large lot of Houseflbld and Kltclien Furniture.
Floor, Baoon, Molasses, one Grand Piano, Cloth-
ing, and a general assortment of Boots, Shoes,
Hats, -%tc. * July 9 it
WILLIAM D, CLEVELAND,
Wholesale Grocer,
■AHD ■
COMMISSION MERCHANT
37 Main Street.
how
700
>W lX^kilOCSK
BanflBt"Flour—-all j
ASD ABRIVING:
grades.
I.
140 Barrels Whisky—all prices and qual-
50 Casks Brandy, from |2 50 to #12 00
per gallon.
100 Hogsheads Sugar, Texas and Louisi
ana, from 7£ to 12
100 Barrels Syrup, Texas and Louisiana
ail grades. ''r* '
500 Boxes Soap fipom Colgate's Factory,
6$ to 10 cents.
100 Bands Crush and Coffee Sngar.
ALWAYS OJf HAND A FCXI STOCK OF
BACON,
HAMS, MACKEREL,
MEAL, CRACKERS, RICE,
yeast powdxbs, dried ap-
ples, TOBACCO, CIGARS, and MATCHES
And a fnll stock of
VAN FRUITS, VBOK'IABLBS,
WINKS. UiSS, SCHNAPPS,
WOOD * WILLOW
? WARS.
Are offered at lowest market price. Orders solie
ited and prompt attention given.
c0tt05, wool jjnd hides
Handled only on Commission.
Consignments solicited, and aperial attention
iron to sals and shipment o' same, je8-tf •
Victor
ALES
. OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
j. b. alcee gauthreaux
General Southern Agent, Hew Orleans, La.
J. W. JOOKDSOH, ft Co. Agents Galve ston
First premium over Fairbanks' Scales, Tens
State Fair, 18TI. jnly9 d&wtun
h. 6. & fe. l. pannell,
UNDERTAKERS,
Have on hand
black and white,
Burial Botes,
merino and broad
We hare also
lc. Odd Fellow
) Cases, Silver
Walnut, Bosewood
on tend, at No. 67
jTesas. Orders ftom Bail-
i promptly attended to on reoelpt of
july9 3m
blue (xbajss,
BSD TOP, 0B0HABD QBAS8, BED CLOVEB,
Timothy, Byeejats, and Barley,
POSTAL.
the postal 8ebvicb.
Au official statement prepared July 2 a
the Post Office Department shows the num
ber oi post offices in the United States on
June 30, 1873, to be 33,244, an increase
during the year of 1,351. The number of
miles of railroad service on the same date
was 63,514, an increase during the year of
5,603 miles. The following is an official
statement of the condition oT the postal card
contract to June 30:—Requisitions on the
contractor to date, from 1,686 offices,
33,645,000 cards; orders suspended at the
Department, from 5,015 offices, 9,484,000
cards; total number ordered by 6,706 post-
masters to date, 43,129,000; number issued
to June 30, inclusive, 20,480,000 ;
balance unfilled, 22,649.000 postal cards.
eecisiox ix regard to postal cards.
The Postmaster General has decided that
twe postal cards containing a written commu-
nication and sealed together, so as to cancel
said writing, must be treated as a letter, and
held for postage. Should they reach the
office of delivery through inadvertance, they
should be treated as wholly unpaid, and
rated up at double letter rates. After postal
cards have reached their destination, they
may be forwarded to another office, at the
request of the party addressed, without
additional charge for postage.
POSTAL TREATY WITH CANADA.
The Postmaster General to-day signed ad-
ditional articles to tho postal treaty with
Canada, providing for an interchange of the
postal cards of the united States and the
Dominion at a prepaid rate of two cents in
full to its destination in either country, the
prepayment to bo effected by affixing to the
card an ordinary one cent postage"stamp.
Postal eards not so additionally prepaid are
not to be forwarded. Correspond§pce has
been in progress with the Canadian authori-
ties for some time on this subjcct, and it is
known that these additional articles will bo
promptly signed on the part of the Domin-
ion. If thus concluded the arrangement will
go into effect July 1.
The new postal law providing for the
prepayment of postage upon exchanges will
go into force on the first of July. The post-
office authorities are now engaged in per-
fecting their plan for the collection of this
new revenue. Their arrangements have not
yet been completed, but in all probability
they will adopt the same system now in use
with the advertising agents.
POSTAL CHANGES TO TAKE EFFECT JCLY 1.
1. Franking privilege abolished.
2. Postmasters supplied with official
stamps..
3. Official stamps not to be used except
for official business.
4. Stamp |of one department can not be
used for correspondence of another.
5. No matter can pass throngh the mails
free.
6. Postage must be collected on newspa-
pers published in the county where deliv-
ered.
7. Exchanges not free. Publishers must
Ly postage on each exchange'received.
8. Postal cards uncalled for are not sent to
dead letter office. **
9. Postal cards can not be used a second
time.
10. Ordinary cards can bo transmitted
through the mails by affixing one cent stamp,
provided the entire message is printed. The
address may be written
Five cents per quarter are to be charged
for the transmission of each copy of the
newspapers in the different exchange lists.
On the 1st of July, if the proposed plan be
adopted, and for the following six days, the
number of copies forwarded by each news-
paper establishment will be counted, and
the total number received by the postoffice
during the week will be accepted as an av-
erage of the number likely to be sent each
week lor the next three months, and the
publication officfe will bo charged to pay ac-
cording to that average. Afresh count will
be made during the hrst week of each suc-
cessive quarter. .
The same law will be applied to tho
weekly papers, which have hitherto been
delivered within the limits of the county
where published free sf expense. , .
The postoffice authorities expect that the
new law will greatly increase the revenue,
without materially affecting the newspapers
as they believe that what tho latter have to
pay in postage, they will gain by reducing
the number of their exchanges.
POSTAGE.
Letters—Three cents for each half ounce
or fraction thereof.
Drop Letters—Where delivered by car-
riers, two cents for each half ounce or frac-
tion thereof. At other offices, one cent for
each half ounce or fraction thereof.
Printed Matter—One cent for each two
ounces or fraction thereof. Seeds, bulbs,
cuttings, roots, scions, chromos and en-
gravings are classed with printed matter.
Merchandise—Two cent? for each two
ounces or fraction thereof, limited to twelvo
ounces.
' "Wlien any of the above matter is mailed
wholly unpaid, and by inadvertence reaches
its destination, double rates shonl-.l bo
charged and collected.
8. X. MCILBEITNT.
b. j. hdtchihs.
MclLHENNV & HUTCHINS,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Domestic and
ForeignDry Goods,
Boots and Shoes,
and Notions,
AHD AGENTS FOB
Houston Gity and Eureka Mills.
C«aslgamenta ot I OTTOS on
aceonnt solicited.
Jyl-lm
SPECIAL XOTICES.
#-
• MAVOB'8 OFFICE, I
Cm at Houston, June SOtb, 1673. f
The interact Ooupona of Olty of Houaton Bonds,
dne July lat. 1873, and payable In the city of
Houaton, win be paid at the Banking House of T.
W. House in Houston, and thoso payable in New
York, at the Ninth National and National City
Bank, as atatod in the Ooupona.
Jyl-tf T. H. BCANLAy, Mayor.
Seeds
mothj, Bya^fi^Lani
new arriving, til Turalp
Oebqr. OnKflofer, etc, e
inlyfl 3m
seed, Cabbage
, etc., etc.
Court-bouse Square,
HOUSTON.
J. B. LIKENS,
ATTOBNEY AT LAW,
HOUSTON TJCXAS.
Oman—In Biee's Building, Congress street,
ecotti docr.from Tint K&tUoaa Baa*, jyl-tf
s
NOTICE.
t a x^p ayers.
to
THE CITY ASSESSOR AHD COLLECT OB
has this day notified me that all accounts for City
Taxes, dne for the years 1871 and 1873, were ready
for salts, end that the taxes tot 1873 are now dne,
and unless paid on or before the 1st of September
next, would be placed la my hands for collection
Suits will b^brought immediately for the taxes
dne for 1871 and 1873. To save expense, I take
this opportunity to ask the tax-payers to come for"
ward and settle. Respectfully,
A. B. MA8TEBS0N,
jySDIOt City Attorne
J. C. C. IWIKCH,
attobney at jlaw,
Houston, • m Texas.
jwmtf
MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL,
OFFICE OF THE DAILY MERCURY. I
July 9,1873. j
- •
"We have nothing special to 'r.
money matters to-day. ,
Business is gradually but surely improv-
ing.
W. D. Cleveland, Esq., our popular me-
chant on Main street, has just returned
from a trip to Austin and TH'iVS?-.
counties. He reports the worm as having
made its appearance in those counties, and
a great drouth is existing. Unless rain falls
withiu the next five or ten days, the
crop will be a total loss, and tli3
there will not make one balo of cotton 10
ten acres.
We give below a few dippings which "ill
possess iuterest to the commercir) -- J -
mutilated cfrrexcy.
Everybody knows that the national bank
nete currency is jn a fearfully mutilated and
dangerously, filthy condition, and, indeed,
the greenback currency is little bettor, "fca
whole batch needs renewal, /
ferences between the Treasury and the
banks as to which should bj at the expense,
would have been more generally renewed
long ago. The better class of national
banks have been renewing as fast &e
la tod bills of their own issue weri :..
to them; but, scattered over the whole
Union as these bills are, the progress 5 - *>
newal is slow. Preparations for tv - '•>
however, as authorized by Cong •
been commenced, and we may now -
bly hope for some good results visible. •
appropriation by Congress of $601" "
be likely to keep the purpose in nj*- ■
accomplished. Of the national fe
the bills of the smaller denominations—fives,
tens and twenties—will be first printed, and
will probably occupy some three months of
time in tho preparation.
plethora op money ijf seaboahd
The period of time covered by the month
of June, and so far in the month of July,
has been marked in financial circles by a
notable increase in the demand for safe and
profitable means of investing unenpl;, I
funds, which have become abundant by
reason of numerous dividend and interest
payments, and currency movements centre-
ing cash in the cities, usual at this season of
the year. All the large cities are now ple-
thoric of money means. In consequence.^
there is at all the several large seaboard
cities an active inquiry for good 6 and 7 per
cent bonds as a means of making surplus
capital productive beyond the low rates
allowed for temporary street loans.
customs receipts.
The Customs receipts for the fiscal year
ending June 30, amounted to $188,000,000.
dry goods importations.
The imports of dry goods this week at
New York are $859,925, and the amount
marketed, $866,182. The general merchant
dise returns thus far are much under last
week's figurees.
new orleans cattle ma^jfet.
From C- Mehle 4 Co.'s circular we have a
report of the condition of the cattle market
for the week ending Friday, July 4: Ar-
rived durinjjtho week, Texas beeves, 1847 i
soldt 1828; stock on hand, 993. Prices—
Texas beeves, choice, per head $50; Is.
quality, $35 to $45; 2d do, $20 to $28;' 3d
do, $12 to $15 ;'s61d dnring the weekt 805
Low Ordinary....
Ordinary
Good Ordinary...
Low Middling....
Middling
Cotton.
Financial.
c @8
11*@12
18X@14
w m*fc
nominal.
-Buying 115 ; Selling 115*.
Gold—]
sn/tee. _
buying and selling for gold 5 to 6 per c. discount"*
Exchange—Firm at figures as below :
Commercial N. Orleans Sight, Car. yar.
Commercial N. Orleans Signt,Qold — par.
Banker's Check on N. Orleans, Cur. prem.
Banker's Checks on N.Orleans,Gold— }( prem.
Commercial New York 60 days.Cur @ nom'L
Commercial NewYork 30 days.Cur.— @ nom'L
Commercial N. York Sight, Cur., par®
Commercial N. York Sight, Gold, Jtfprem.
Banker's Checks on New York, Our. Jfprem.
Bankers Checks on N. Y.. Gold. 1 per c.prem.
Commercial Sterling, Sixty Days ..nominal
Bankers' Sterling. Sight. ....$5 per £
WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT,
Onr quotations are for fob lots only
smaller quantities wirf be charced a sUcbt
advance on pricc quoted.
Groceries, Provision?, &c.
Beeswax—per lb
Baking Powders
Bitters—per case-
Lone Star
Hos tetters
Drains.
O. K. Plantation
Wampoo .'
Home
Walket's Tonic
Candy—par lb—
Houston Assorted Stick
New Orleans
St. Louis
Fancy .................a.......*
Candles—per lb-
Star, full weight
Adamantine....................
Can Goods—per doa cans-
Peaches, 3 lb
do 3 lb
Strawberries, 3 lb
do 3 lb................ a
Pineapples, 3 lb
Plums
Oysters 1 lb
Oysters, S lb..
Condensed Milk^Eajge, per case
Coffee—per lb-
Bio, common, (gold).....
Good.
Prime a..aa..aa..a....a..a......
CllOiCe.........aa..aa..aa..^...a
Havana.....
JaVa. aM..a..aaaaa. ..........aa
Flour-
Superfine, perbbl..
BxtraTrr..TT.
Double Extra
Fancy Brands
Corn Meal—'Western............
35®
160® 9
18 (
3nx
3 40®
3 50®
i 13 50
Cod Fish, per box..............
do in drums, per lb...
Herrings, per box
do Holland, per kit.... •
Salmon, per lb
Mackerel No. 1, kits
do No. 3,'hits
do No, 1; half bbls
do No. 3, half bbls.
do No. 3, quarter bbls....
Molasses—per-gaiion—
Louisiana, bbls
Common
Choice
Texas
SyrUp ...aa............
Golden Syrup
8 00 ® 8 85
8 50 ® 9 00
12 60 ® 13 75
4 35® 4 50
3 25 ® 3 50
60
do Ground
liverpooi, coarse [gold]
Saa —per lb—
Texas .............
Northern.....................a.
Southern-
<^«*tile. aaa..aa.a«...........a..a
Western Olive
Tallow—per lb—
Country .............j
City rendered
Tobaceo—per lb—
Virginia........................
Smoking.........
Western
Cut Chewing in foil per gr
do do Bulk, per lb..
Snuff—Garretts, per doa 4
•' Ralph . 177.
Vinegar—per gal.—
Cider
White Wine
JUoa—per lb—
Or*o!e
Carolina
India
2 26 ® 2 40
Whisky—^oer gal-
Choice Western
Louisiana Low Proof..
Bourbon.
1 05® 10
1% 3
Straw Paper per Beam.
14x18..
18x24.
Nuts—per id—
Almonds, soft shcL '£i ©
Filberts 16®
Pecans 8% @
Walnuts 18®
Glass Goods—perdozen in case-
Brandy Cherries 4 35®
do Peaches 4 00®
Pickles per gallon, per doz. ®
ao pernalgallon.......... 4 50®
per quarts 3 00®
do perpints ..a............ 3 00®
Worcester Sauce, pints ........ 3 50®
Porter aad Ale—
London Porter, per doa pints... 3 40 ®
do do do quarts... 3 (0®
Scotch Ale, per dos pints 3 35 @
do do quarts 3 <0 ®
Provisions—
Pork, Mess, bbl 30 00 ®
Bacon, Breakfast, per lb....*... 14®
Hams, canvassed 16X ®
" Ordinary, plain 13# a
Clear Bides llvia
Clear Bibbed Sides
Shoulders
Lard, refined, in tierces.....
do in kegs
Lard OiLWinter Strained
Butter, Western, per lb
do Goehen..
Cheese, Western, a... «,.••• •••
do Choice. Northern
do English Dairy
Potatoes, per bbl
Onions.............a...........
Sourkrout, perbbl
8X@
Fully fair
do Choice Louisiana..
8*
.$i sr
do Yellow Clarified... ... 13® 13*
~ — 13X# 14
do
do White
Raisins—
Whole boxes 3 60
Half boxes a 00
Quarter boxes 1 10
Starch—per id.—
Pure. ........................... Y® 7 W
Corn, 1 lb papers IftX ® ft
Soda—per lb— SX ® jo
Spices—per lb-
Pepper
Pimento
Cassia
Mace
' Cloves
Nutmegs
Allspice
Ginger, Itau-..
1 70®
30x30
11x15
Cigars. -
| art—
^aitnoznra, per M.
La Fineaa.
El Tejano
Seroidora ,
Cupdio
El Amaranto
La Belleza
:E
40 00®
80 00®
SO 00®
65 00 ®
75 00 @
00®
(0 00®
La Estrella 50 00®
A, DeVUlar 60 60 @
l.a Favorite 40 00 ® 7600
laoss Rose 75 00 ® — —
El Jacinto 83 00®
LaPrecioso 80 00®
LaConqu'.sta TO 00®
liio Grande .. 110 00 ® — —
- MpTnan 25 00® 66 00
- ndeza 70 00 ®
i ., * er Grades from .17 00® 36 00
, * ; <K*oda—
°rjiits Merrimac, W liX ®
t . i y do D liK ®
Sprsgue's UK® *
jj
do
do
do
Lowell.
Wamsutta
Hope
Asbury 1
Pinks and Purple*
do Shirting..
Domestics Brown, 4-4
do Bleached, 4-4
do do 7-8....
do do 3-4..a..
Sheeting 10-4, Bleach'd A Brown
Ticking
Hickory
Denims Blue St Brown
Cottonade ...
Apron Checks.
fi.iignams, Domestic
do Imported
Cotton Plaids and Stripes^. 9 ® 33
Striped Osnaburgs 10® 33
Cambrics 9 A 10
Cotton Jeans 13 ® 19
Kentucky Jeans 14® 7*
All-Wool Tweeds 35® 76
Sterling Thread ® 66
Coats do ® 70
Hats—
Wool, per dz 8 00 ® 14 00
Nutria ' 9 00 ®15 00
Plush 18 00 ® 46 00
Silk . 00 90 ® 76 00
4 60® 700
8 IS
1 60®80 00
8 00015
00
Bine Check ...
Wool....
do Negligee
Choice Extra. 10 00 ® 10 60
Family 11 00 ® 13 00
Kuli Bosomed White J.... 16 00®33 00
Fancy do do 12 00 ® 16 Ot
Linen do do 15 00® 36 00
Calico 6 00® 7 00
Merino Undershirts 7 00 ® 20 00
Drawers—per aoi—
Heavy Brown Drill 6 00® 8 60
Bleached C. F. 7 00 ® 9 00
linen. 15 00® 18 00
Hulls, C. P. and V.—
Brown Velveteen
New Brannfels Cass.
All Wool Silk Mixed
FancyDiaoonal ....
Blue do Fine 18 a«® 94 SO
Fancy Cassimere 11 00 ® 16 00
iS
>©]
7. 13 80® 18 00
ass 10 00® 16 38
xed 13 10 ® 18 60
18 so® 17 00
EUREKA AND CITY MILLS GOODS.
>89 00
4-4 Brown Sheetings 13® 18 X
7-8 do do 13® 12K
X do do 11® UJ"
Ticking
Hickories
Denims*.....................
J eans......... •...............a.
Tweeds
Plain "Knitting Cotton c. per lb.
' 3 ply do do " "
Boots and Shoes.
E 4 AH Batcheller IstKlpBrog. 20 00®
do do id do do 17 36 ® 18 qO
do do fed do do 16 60 ~
do do 1st do Boots 44 00
j ;; do do 3d do do 98 SO
do do 3rd do do 87 00
do do Boys A Youths 16 00
0th"KipBrogans U W
CO JSOOtfl SO 00
Calf Pegged Brogans 18 00
Calf Lined do .... 33 00
Ladies Pegged Lace Boots. 1160
_ do Sewed do do ....... 16 00
Hardware.
Hardware •
Sad Irons 1%
Axes ..... 13 SO
OxOhaines..: 10 X
Tbacss, 6)4 light, No. 3 75
do do No3 86
do do Nol 100
Babbett Metal 36
Brass Kettles 70
Ax Handles.....; 1 76
Iron Wood Screws 30 pet off new
; list.
Castings. American 7
Iron Axels 10K
Liad, per 100 lbs—Pig... 9 75
Bar, per lb... 11
Sheet...a.B.*...a....aaaa....a.. . 18
Pipe ISM
SfiOt...a..a 8 10
Nails, American, per lb-
Four Penny (
Six Penny
Eight Penny
Ten to Sixty Fenny
Wrought, German
do American 10
do Boat Sjpikes. I9 60
Cotton Ties—
Arrow 8 cents cold.
Bsoisi-Currency, per yard.... 16® 17X
_. lh ^
Dry, Selected
do Salted
Wet Salted Kips .....
Green Butchers'
Wool, bury
Wool, free of burs
Sheep Skins, with wool
leather—per lb—
, Skirting
HarnSSS aa a a .... a a ...........
Bridle Sides, per doa
Kip, per doz................ a
Lumber.
18® 18
® 90
43® S5
46 A SO
68 00 ® 76 00
70 00 ® 84 00
00 00 ®73 00
... 30^00 0 32 g0
... 38 00 ( i 35 00
Texas, by car load, rough .
Dressed Ceilini?l7..... „.
do Flooriag 33 00® 35 00
do Weather Boards 2800 A 33 (0
Yellow Pine, Rough Lumber.... 36 00 ( 132 00
do Dressed Ceiling ... 33 00 ® 35 00
do - do Flooring.. 040 00
do do W. Boards 28T00 O 66 00
40 00 ® 42 60
Sabine SpUt 4 50 ® 5 50
Sawed,. .....a ..... a r aa aa . . a a a a aa 4 50 ® —
Long & Son, and Black Star 6 00®
Coin will be rocelved for the abovefiexcept shin-
gles which are sold.
Buildinsr Material.
Lime 3 60® 3 76
Cement A S 76 ® 4 00
Bricks, Fire 86 00® WOO
Bricks, Common 10 0001400
Laths 4 50®
Plaster Paris 5 00®
Plastering Hair per lb .Sc.
C*j>per Biveta 90® 86
Fifes, new list. 7 5O0&
Crow-cot Saws, Lightning, per foot. 75 1 00
Rubber Belting, 10 to 16 per cant, ofi
New York list,
Hemp Packing, per pound 38 0 40
Shovels and Spades, Ames' 18 60 018 60
Bowland's 13 00 014 00
DISSOLUTION.
thb copartnership heretofore erislUng be-
X tween the undersiansd, under the flm nan
of COLLINS & OO., Ts^uS day dissolved by
limitation. Ths ltook of said firm, scksowMced
by all judges to be the best aelsetad in ths Slste,
amounting to mate than $51,000, together with all
the notes, dne bills sad other papera as—Beted
with the bnsineaa, win be sold atPnbMs AaoUoa,
Mte oommendng on July 21—or at jaivote sale,
at cost.
JOHN COLLINS.
MARSHALL O. WELLBC&N.
Q.EOROE II. SLAUGHTER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Houston, ------ rax as
Ornca xh coubtbouu.
Jsl4 tf
JiaESSOTB, 'O
Impcrteraad Dealer In
PAINTS, OILS. OOUIU, VARMISHSS,
wall pins, ha.s nmoun fluid,
Seaeh'i Pertafele Oai Laaa|i.
SOST8TON, TEZAE.
nov8-ly '
I. X. KAILT.
a.x.kai
MASLY * XASTEBSOK,
Attorneys a,t Ua,-w
HOU8TOH, TEXAS.
wiu practice in the Supreme, Federal and aQ
Inferior Courts In the State,
Cmcs-Oray'a Eoildiag. jyt-tf
Thos. R. Franklin, 73 Main St,
E WILL OFFER
W
FRmAT, JtJNB OOtH,
SIXTY PIKCBS OK
WHITE VICTORIA LAWNS,
AT 30 CENTS A YARD,
By the piece. These Qoode are well worth
*9 Cents.
BLACK SILKS,
* v -
at 81 35 AMD oo pee yard
Q-onoral&roc i
. Champion Tea Dealer.
one hundred dozen
Gents' Lisle Thread & Balbiig-
gan Half Hose,
at (6 0) feb dozen, ubdal pbice $19 00
one hdhdbed and s1pty pieces op
I. X. L. MOSQUITO NETTING,
at ti 50 a bar.
60 Pieces WMte Piques,
AT K5 CKSTS.
anotbeb lot of those eleqant
ORIENTAL SUITINGS!
The handsomest and cheapest drees ft* ordinsry
street weai.
3e30-tf
T. R. FRANKLIN.
Wants—For Rent—For Sale.
FOR SALE.
• THE LONE STAB SALOON,
With License, Fsrnitnre aad Fixtures, will be
sold at a bargain. For further information apply
to WM. dissen & son.
!j8Dtf ^
JpOR SALE LOW-
THE YEEANDA HOTEL BUILDINGS,
On Corner of Franklin aad Fannin etraeta,
Said bnOdinga to be removed, Apply to
je38-tf
wm. DISSBN A CO.
JJORSE FOR SALE.
A GENTLE HARNESS HORSE,
Suitable for a Family, wiU be aold low; the okb££.
having no aae for him. Apply at the Hoosteo
city mils. JeS6-tf.
F°
R RENT.
FRONT OFFICE,
Mather's Building,
Corner Congress sod Bain Streets,
ApB-tf e. bathes.
KAUFMAN STAR.
The Business Bwager ofthe Ho
lUaioa is
Henderson, Bains, Anderson sad DaBaa
! aad any eantcact madaby sstfl Business
wOl be complied with aa the part of the
1 any^reoeipt executed by bim for adver-
jell-tf
ao or other work win be
qeeen i. clabk.
PARADISE GARDEN,
On Washington Road, opposite Central Ma-
* : Chine Shop,
Where loe Cream, t.emoBada. lager Beer, Cigara
Tobaooo, etc., eaabehad ataUhouraofthe aaj
ia opened for os reosptiest at visitors daily, an
oa Saadsy from 4 to 10 f. b-. dariag which tim
a Bead discourses fine musts. a. h5388,
iro-lw Fropsletor.
HoBtsrllle Adrertasement.
W
ABO, DEW.EI * CO.
I.KSSBBS OF TBXAS
STATE PENITENTIARY,
"EJu n ts^rllle. Tex^s
OmCB ABO BALKS BOOHS
Is. 86 Hals Street, Hoastos.
sddsd to oar various ;
ths latest improvs eatsiai
prepared and beg issve to oCsr to the public:
COLOEED WOOLEN KEB8ET8,
SAXTAXTA BHESTINaS,
WOOLEN ASS
OOTTON EABH, Sxo. Etc,
READY MADE CLOTHING
or ODE OWN FA0TVBBD WITWH,
BEDSTEADS,
UHAIB&
SOOKUS CHAIBS,
BUBEACS,
PILLOWS,
WAOONS,
WiifcETiBAEEQWEs
HAND MADE SHOES AMD BOOTS.
VABB, OBWBT * OO.
W.,J
COTTON OR
OOMI1SSIOI h.ebo HAST
JUST ABBITC
TH
! Was
F
"PROVISIONS, GROCERIES & SFICES
Ever Brougiit to llsusi tit.
TmytTwmri
TT TTX XX
t ttt 1
ITT
TTI'ITIT
nu'iriuTT
floub,
QOBHTr- '
t,
..abb,
LABD,
condensed bile.
qabkett8 and balfh's snuff,
ooLoxa,
^■'"Na SXSONand
PICKLES,
ENGLISH i
And thousands
mention.
tar Goods de
city.
Jy4-tf
5 WHEAT,
,-artof ths
jjin.
J^OTICE.
TO HOLDERS OF TKKli PASSES !
ALL fbke passes oteb the
G., H. & H. RAILROAD,
and the btsabebs of the
BflMonDW Comply.
Except those Issued througn courtssy to railroad
aad steamer oonnectlona, tin prses or for charity
Are Revoked on and alter July 1st, '73,
and win be taken up by Conductors and Clerks of
Oar lines wUl issue no Psssss, except for oonr-
tesy, Sis press or charity, as abora Mated.
Ha b. ANDBEWS.
Gen'l Passenger Agent g„ H. A H. b. b.
-c . JOHN sheabn,
President H. D. N. Co.
Houston, Jane 24th, 1873. je2T-Dlm
1 une i
MAYOB'E OFFICE, i
Oer or Hoossox, July 6th, 1878. f
By virtus of a Besolntionof the City Oouscil,
passed at s special meeting held on Wednesday,
July 2d, 1873,1 win proceed to offer at public auc-
tion at the Market House of aaid city, on the lift
day of August, 1873, at 13 o'clock noon, the lease
of ths New Market House, with aU the privileges
and appurtenances thereto belonging, together
with an other market privileges of the city, for a
term of five years, commencing September 1st,
1873, and ending August slat, 1878.
Said lease is aubject to an rules aad regulattoas
t the city then in force ia regard to the govern-
ment of the Market Hoose and City Haii.
That an rooma in portion of City Hall required
for ase of the city are not leased or surrendered.
That the lessee shall pay into the ttty Treasury
on the first day of each month, in advance, tie
monthly rental.
That he shaU give good and sufficient bond in
the som of gat.OWfcr ths faithful performance of
his contract, to be be approved of by the Mayor
apd Council.
reserves the right to i
bids. T. H. BCANXAN,
Jy*-t£
tyr'
TOR'S OFFICE,
cm of houston, Juns 36,1878.
NOTICE OF ELECTION"
Of one Alderman to fill the vacancy caascct
by the resignation of J. E. Whittelsey.
Notice is hereby given that oa the 17th day of
July,A.D.1873, an election is hereby:
of one Alderman to represent the 1
Ward of the city of Hooston, vice J. S. Wiuttoi-
reelgned, to be held in the Hew Market
Hease of said eity. Frank 8. Tull is hereby ap-
pointed the presiding officer at said election.
J«a5^f T. H. SCANLAK, Mayor
m
AYOR'S OFFICE,
CITY OF HOUSTON, Jaae 30,187A
Bids wUl be received at this office until July
ISth, at 13 o'clock ic, for the deepening and
widening of SUugtxter Pen Ditch, according tc Uk
specifications on Sis at the office o< the
City Engineer.
Payments to be made in U.S. Currency or Bonds
of the eity of Houston, at the option of tho dty.
The c iiy reaerree the right to reject any and alt
T. H. SCANLAK,
jell-td Mayor.
H™'
,T HESRICES& CO.,
WHOLESALE QROCKBS
t
oottos and wool faotobs,
COSSIS SIOH H1KCB1ST
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
'ONCE MORE TO THE BREACH, SEAR
FRIENDS."
One Hundred Dollars Reward
* For any isilure of the
accomplish aU that is claimed tot it. Five
adred dollars win not induce scone that have
used than ths last year to abandon thca for 4be
"iTu'a sic aad a shame too," what wigEtetsii,
typhoid. eemi-souDv compound Wfciex. is
^tf^sad at tbe^otela and many reaideBoaB tn
Houston and Galveston. •
Tea better dean out -yonr tSaterns, than Ik
cdssnAdoat by'ofcnlera, fovsrscr filth. Stov as>
the cracks, kMS "But the surface water, pat up a
Filter, aad jgMIPbe hsppr.
Direobons cflfen gratia bow to eifoctaally repair.
July 4th, 1873.
E. FAIRFAX GRAY,
CIYIL ENGINEER AND LAND AGENT
Offise ia Gray's Building, Boon 3, Fatnin
■treat, opposite Court House, f. o. Box ISA.
iie-tf
W
AR1), DEWEY, A CO.
5000 NEW MATTRASSSE
ALL. SIZES—ALL QUALH5M
VUM witk every variety ef mate ria
sail table sw Battrass w<jrk
AT PJUCES HERETOFORE VSWUMD OT,
WARD, DEWEY &
Penitentiary Leasees, wsitbsutt.
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