The Waco Daily Examiner (Waco, Texas) Vol. 6 No. 78, Friday, September 13, 1878

              VOLUME VI. WACO, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1878. ' NUMBER 78.
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PHYSICIANSIAND SURGEONS.
M." CAMPBELL,
SURGEON A\D OCULIST,
(No. 36, Austin avenue, over Fallon’s store.)
WACO, TEXAS. fblSwly
Lessing, Lyons, Solomon & Co.
DR. M. JOSEPIITIIAL,
^Formerly of Waco, and
OCULIST
Of the State Blind Asylum at Austin, has per-manently
located at Sherman, Texas, where
he is prepared to treat all diseases of the eye.
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JpOUNTAIN JONES, M. D.,
surgeon a;iioivieopathic physician
WACO, TEXAS,
Tenders his~professional services to the citi-zens
of Waco and vicinity. Special attention
paid to Obstetrics and Chronic Diseases.
Office—No. 49%, Austin avenue.
Residence—On Austin avenue, ^between
Eighth and Tenth streets.
auglSdwtf. DR. A. A. BEVILLE,
SURGEON^DENTIST,
(Office—Over Watkins’ store, Austin avenue)
WA£0, TEXAS.
Performs all operations pertaining to the
Profession, either Surgical, Operative or Me-chanical.
Teeth extracted without pain.
Diseases of the mouth a specialty.
jly8dwtf. E W. BLACK, M. IX,
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON, OBSTETRICIAN,
Offers his professional services to the citizens
of McLennan county. Residence and oflfioe
near Flat Rock crossing, on North Bosque, 10
miles north-west of Waco. novlGwly.
UlOS. C. SMITH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, NOTARY PUBLIC.
Special attention given to collections and
probate matters.
Office—Over John Sleeper’s storo, corner
of South Third street aud the Plaza.
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E. II. GRAHAM,
(Late of Flint & Graham.)
ATTORNEY aud COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Next door to the new National Bank build-ing,
at the south corner of the Square, Waco,
Tex.s. aug29dl2m
ATTORNEYS, LAND AGENTS, &c.
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PATENTS! BOUNTY!
DEEPER, JONES & KENDALL,
ATTORNEY S^A T^L A W ,
WACO, TEXAS.
Through a reliable and efficient attorney at
Washington, D. C., special attention given to
he obtaining of Patents, Pensions, Bounty
amt all other claims against the United States
Government. my3w6m. BATTLE, MAXCY & BLAIR,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
N. W. Battle, ;
J. M. Maxc.y,
T. A. Blair. '
waco,;texas.
Practice regularly in the Courts of MeLen-nan,
Coryelle, Bosque, Hill and Falls, and in
the supreme and Federal Courts.
Office—No. 9%, East Plaza.
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JAVANS & DAVIS,
ATTORNEYS tc COUNSELORS AT LAW.
A. J. Evans, - - WACO, TEXAS.
Jas. F. Davis.
“Have, in connection, again resumed the
practice of the law in all its departments.
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cLARK & DYER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
George Clark, )
John L. Dyer. $ WACO, TEXAS.
Practice regularly in the Courts of McLen-nan,
Coryell, Bosque, Hill and Falls, and in
the Supreme aud Federal Courts.
Office—Over Waco State Bank, Sturgis’
Block, corner Austin avenue and Plaza.
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T7LOURNOY & McKENNEY,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
J. M. Flournoy, )
K. A. McKenney. $ WACO, TEXAS.
Practice in the Courts of McLennan and ad-joining
counties, and in the Federal, Supreme
and Appellate Courts at Austin.
53* We have for sale Improved and Unim-proved
Lots in the city of Waco; also several
valuable tracts of Laud in McLennan county.
Lands in Hill, Bosque, Limestone and Madi-son
counties. mch2dwtf.
RENICK & CASSEDAY.
LAND AGENTS.
S. H. Renick, Att y at Law, ) * <ia my y
W. A. Casseday, Surveyor. \ ™ ago, iex.
Prompt attention given to paying taxes, re-demption
of land sold for taxes, and subdi-
Tiding and selling lands in Central Texas.
Refer to Flint & Chamberlin, Bankers, Waco.
Our Mr. Casseday, an experienced surveyor,
will give his entire time to looking after lauds
and protecting them from tresspassers.
N. B.—We have no sub-agents f r whose acts
we are responsible. oct7tfdw.
AI3CNTQWANTED to sell Ur. CHASE’S
MUC.I1 I O-2<X)0 RECIPE BOOK. New price
1st. Yon double your money. Address Ur.
Chase’s Printing House, Ann Arbor, Mich,
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BARGAINS
EXTRAORDINARY!
FOR
Dealers in
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CLOTHING,
BOOTS AND SHOES, NOTIONS, &C.,
Nos. 35 ami 37, Austin Avenue, Waco, Texas.
OUll WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT
Is now the most complete of any in the State, embracing a fuli and select line of Boots, Shoes,
Hats, Trunks, &c., and a variety of seasonable Staple and Fancy Goods.
------Also, Sole Agents for the-------
New Braunfels, Tex , Woolen Manufacturing Co.
For tlieir celebrated Cassimeres, which Will be sold at Manufacturers’ Prices.
OUR DETAIL DEPARTMENT
C»unot he surpassed, as it embraces all the latest styles of French and Parisian Novelties of
direct importation. lii the line of
You will find Mohair Armures Brocaded, Solid Mohair French Shades, Plain and Snow Flake
Pongees, Brocaded Armure C^Jgjmere, Black, Brown, Drab and Blue Cashmeres.
Rob Roy Pla’ds for Children’s aud Misses’ Suits.
LESSING, LYONS, SOLOMON & CO.
GOOD MORNING!
You are respectfully invited to visit us during the NEXT .SIXTY DAYS. You will find us
waiting to welcome you with
Bargains in Our Entire Stock of Dry Goods!
DRESS AND FANCY GOODS
AT COST! AT COST!! AT COST!!!
LADIES,' GENTS’ AND MISSES OLOVES1
Summer Corsets reduced to Fifty Cents per pair, worth One Dollar.
LADIES’ LINEN SUITS and GUAZE VESTS—LESS THAN COST.
CHEAP!
CHEAP!
CHEAP!
Latest Style Collars and Cuffs, Ties, Scarfs, Ribbons, Hosiery Buttons, &c., Ac.
BARGAINS
In Long Cloth, Sheeting, Pillow Cotton, Irish Linen, Towels, Damasks, Toilet Quilts, Ac.
IN WRITE GOODS!
Victoria Lawns, Bishop Lawns, Linen Lawns,
Striped and Plain Nainsook, Embroidery.
In Boots and Shoes we have the Best!
OUR STOCK OF
Men^s Oloth-ing:
Is Full and Complete and will please you.
We have BOYS' CLOTHING that will please you.
We have FURNISHING GOODS that are Fashionable.
We have HATS AND CAPS that are Becoming.
Call Early and Procure Bargains!
1^=- REMEMBER THE PLACE ! ^J)
t IS, 187$.
A. I. LEVINE,
No. 51 AUSTIN AVENUE.
DAYS ONLY,
y AT
B. HABER’S,
60 Austin Ave, 60
Linen Lawns,
Pacific Lawns,
Corded Muslins,
Plain and Plaid
Dress Linens,
And a complete line of
Also on ban I, a full and complete line o
WHITE GOODS,
HUGH AS
VICTORIA anil BISHOP LAWNS,
STRIPED and CHECKED
NAINSOOKS,
PLAIN and STRIPED JACONETS,
SWISS MUSLIN, CORDED
PICQUE,
aud a full assortment of
LACES AND EMBROIDERY.
also a complete stock of
BROWN AND BLEACHED
DOMESTICS,
Cheviots, Cottonades,
Cotton Checks,
Ticking*, &c.
A splendid Stock of Ladies’, Misses’ and
Children’s
SHOES AND BOOTS.
also a complete stock of Gentlemen’s
Clothing and Furnishing
Goods, Hats,&c.
And all kinds of SUMMER GOODS now in
stock.
I will sell for the next TWENTY DAYS at
GREATLY RED CED PRICES, in »rl to
make room for m Immense Stock o
Fall l Winter Goods
now in transit from the Northern and Eastern
Markets.
Come and he convinced. You can s from
15 to 25 per eent. by purenasmg you **ioas
from this House.
Respectfully.
B HABER.
60 AUSTIN avenge
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
F*r District Judge.
We are authorized to announce J. M. MAX-CY,
Esq., of this city, as a candidate for
.Judge or the District Court of this the Four-teeth
Judicial District of Texas. dwte
For G'ouuty Treasurer.
We are authorized to announce Mb. JOE
LEHMAN as a candidate for County Treas-arer,
subject to the vote of the people.
For Tax Assessor.
In announcing myself as a candidate for As-sessor,
subject to the action of the National
Greenback Convention, if one is held, I wish
to say that I am fully convinced that ourcoun-ty
officers are paid entirely too much, aud the
financial condition of the people demand that
economy be practiced as well as preached, 1
therefore pledge myself to the tax-payers of
this county that if i am elected I will assess
the taxas for one-half the money the law al-low's,
the other half to be used for public
school funds, to he divided equally among the
school communities of the countv*
GEORGE -\i. PARISH.
For C'anstablc, Precinct No. 1.
We are authorized to announce R. B. HAYES
as a candidate for the oflice of Constable of
Precinct No. 1, McLennan county, subject to
the suffrage of the people on election day.
For City Recorder.
We are authorized to announce ROBERT"
GRIRBLE, sen., as a candidate, subject to
the action of the Democratic Convention, for
theoilice of Recorder of the city of Waco.
For City Marshal.
We are authorized to announce the name of
A. Y. IIUGHSTON as an independent candi-date
for the office of City Marshal of Waco.
We are authorized to announce the name of
C. W. JURNEY as a candidate for the office
o£ Citj’ Marshal of the city of Waco, subject
to the action of the Democratic Nominating
Convention.
We are authorized to announce our fellow
townsman, LUKE MOORE, as a candidate for
City Marshal at the ensuing election, subject
to the action of the proper Democratic Nomi-nating
Convention.
Waco, Tbxas, March 21, 1878.
To the Voters of Waco:
I respectfully announce myself a candidate
for the office of City Marshal, subject to the
decision of the Democratic Convention, feel-ing
assured that if elected, I will perform the
duties of the office to the satisfaction of all
parties. A. 8. FOSTER
BOSQUE COUNTY.
For District Clerk-
We are authorized to announce John H.
Johnson, the Present incumbent, as a candi-date,
on the Democratic ticket, for the office
of District Clerk of Bosque county, at the en-suing
election.
sumption steals in and you are lost. So with
many debilitated ladies who suffer from ner-vousness
and functional derangement,
thoughtless of the fact that neglected w'eak-ness
invites the same fell destroyer. Banish
these afflictions one and all with Parker’s
Ginger Tonic, a matchless vitalizing agent
and corrective that affords the most gratifying
relief from Nervousness and Painful Periods,
establishes the healthful regularity of the fe-male
functions and prevents the development
of Consumption in the feeble. The Aged and
Infirm, the Weak and Convalescent, find in it
just the aid they need. It builds up and sus-tains
the strength, diffuses warmth aud energy
through the system, banishes melancholy,
and fortifies the powers of endurance. Buy
from your druggist, B. G. Graves, Waco, a
$1 bottle or a sample bottle at 15 cents, and
test its merits. augl8d&\vtsl
‘ ‘The heart bowed down by grief and care’ ’
too often wretched, merely because the body
is diseased. Du. Harter’s Liver Pills, aud
Dr. Harter’s Iron Tonic will, inmost cases
reinvigoratc the frame and banish gloomy
thoughts. Mpt9d&w2w
TELEGRAPHIC!
Associated Press Dispatohes.
YELLOW FEVER.
NEW ORLEANS.
New Cases 272; Deaths 57.
New Orleans, September 12.—Filed at 12:
25.—Weather clear, cool and windy. New' ca-ses,
272; deaths, 57.
Dr, Isador Lehman’s son, lion. John Ray,
R. Mitchell, late of the second New' Jersey
cavalry, are among the deaths.
The Howards report 277 new- cases.
™Dr. O. C. Thompson, of Osvack, Miss., re-ports
that there has been several cases of fe-ver
there, hut of a mild type. Since Sunday
they have had several new' cases; among them
are Dr. Jones and son, Mrs. Ellis and Thomp-son’s
wife.
The Young Men’s Christian Association re-ported
94 new cases yesterday. Among the
deaths is Geo. McClosky.
Later—The death list contains the names
of fourteen children under seven years of age.
Dr. Herndon died to-day of fever.
Among the new cases are O. II. H. Cottrell,
a well known telegrapher, and Thos. E. Gra-ham,
clerk in the W. U. T. office.
Father Charles died at Ocean Springs, Miss,
to-day. Ten new cases there, and all are do-ing
well.
Baton Rouge,
Baton Rouge, September 12.—New cases in
the past twenty-four hours, thirty-five; no
deaths.
Canton.
Canton, Miss., September 12.—There is no
abatement in the scourge. New' cases for the
past twenty-four hours, twenty ; deaths two.
Weather cold and windy.
Grenada.
Grenada, September 12.—Since yesterdey
four deaths and five new cases.
VICKSBURG.
Forty-Two Deaths for the Past 24
Hours—-Two Volunteer Physi-clans
Dead—The Fever Still
Spreading Throughout
the Country.
Vicksburg, September 12.—The w'eather is
cloudy and very cool, aud a strong north w'ind
has been blow'ing since yesterdry. The ther-moneter
stands at 84, Among the deaths to-day
is D. A. Culling, a merchant, aud Drs.
Potts aud Bichllldt, of Chattanooga, who
came to the aid of our sufferers. Two Doc-tors,
Bichfildt and Norris, with ten nurses,
came from Chattanooga; both Doctors are
dead, and nine of the nurses are sick. It is
best for physicians and nurses that have not
had the fever to keep aw'ay from Vicksburg,
they are almost certain to be attacked by the
fever, and as in the cases of Drs. Bichfildt
and Norris, may prove fatal. The fever this
season is far more malignant than that of
1853. Deaths yesterday, forty-two. It is
generally thought by druggists that the fever
is decreasing in new' cases for the w'aut of new
material. The fever is spreading throughout
Warren county. The How'ard Association (ft-timates
8000 cases aud 500 deaths since the fe-ver
first appeared.
ohio:
Another Death at Cincinnati—The
Fever Breaks Out in New Rich-mond.
Cincinnati, September 12.—H. AY. Rleitz,
of Memphis, died of yellow last evening. It
is ; stated that a very malignant type of fever
broke out at New Richmond, Ohio, a small
place twenty miles from this city, up the riv-er.
Of six or seven persons attacked up to
this time, five have died. The wife of Rev.
Dr' Lewis, and a servant girl of their next
door neighbor died Tuesday, and shortly after
the wife sister of Mike McGlane, whose ser-vant
died, were attacked and died. The
daughter of Kincaid was attacked but recov-ered.
The patients turn yellow and before
death present peculiau symptoms of black
vomit. The docters, however, pronounce the
disease billious fever.
WASHINGTON.
Bayonets Offered to Help Arrest
Illicit Distillers—S15,OOO for
Yellow Fever Sufferers—
Weather Indications.
Washington, C. C., September 12.—Acting
Commissioner of the Internal Revenue tele-graphed
to the United States .Marshal for
Georgia to-day, that if he needed assistance
to make the arrest of the three Ennis illicit
distillers of Baldwin county, lie would an-thorize
the Collector to employ a strong force
to aid him. The Marshal replied that if nec-essary
he would accept the offer.
Subscriptions to the yellow fever fund con-tinues
to increase, and $15,000 have thus far
been subscribed.
Indications for the Western and Gulf States,
elear or partly cloudy wiather; cold norther-ly
aud shifting to w'armer southerly winds,
with falling barometer.
POLITICAL.
Masshchusetts Conventions.
Boston, September 12.—At a meeting of the
Democratic Executive Committee of Massa-chusetts,
yesterday, it was voted that under a
call for a Democratic State convention, no
person known to be in favor of nominating
through a Democratic convention as a eandi-date
for Governor or for any State office a per-son
who is not a recoguized member of the
Democratic party should be entitled to sit or
vot.e in the Democratic State Convention.
Republican caucusses w'ere held in this city
and the surrounding cities and towns last even-ing
for the choice of delegates to the State and
other conventions. The State delegates gen-erally
favor the nomination of Talbot for Gov-ernor.
The Democratic State Convention nominated
Frank A. McKern for Governor.
Blaine at the Fair.
Ogdensburg, September 12.—Senator Blaine
spoke at the fair here to-day. He devoted
himself largely to financial matters, and
made no reference to the result in Maine.
Republican Nominations
Philadelphia, Pa., September 12.—The
Republican county convention made the fol-lowing
nominations: Judges of the Court of
Common Pleas—J. F. Clark, Hare aud M.
Russell Thayer. Judges of Orphans Court—
* Wm. N. Ashman and (Jloment B. Penrose.
Louisville, September 12.—Phil. Thomp-son
was renominated by the eigth district as
a Democrat.
THE INDIANS.
Gen. Miles and Excursion Party
Surroundad by Indians—27
Reported Killed.
St. Paul, Sept. 12.—The following special
from Bismarck was received by the Pioneer
Press: A terrible story, not credited here,
though the sender is a leading citizen of Bis-marck
and generally trustworthy, is that the
brother of Senator Dorsey returned from
Keogh by the Custer trail to-day and reported
that Gen. Miles and an excursion party w’ere
surrounded by the Bannocks in Yellow Stone
park, and 27 of the escort had been killed.
The Latchren Indians and two companies of
mounted infantry was sent to his relief.
Later.
Boziman, Montana, September 10, via
Helena. September 12.—By an extra courier
from Captain Browning, we learn that on
Sunday last General Miles had a battle w ith
the Bannecks on Soda Butte Creek, near
Clark’s Fork. Thirteen Indians w'ere killed
and the rest of the party, thirty-seven in all,
were cantured. Miles’ loss was Capt. An-drew
S. Bennett killed, and one soldier mor-tally
wounded.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Down in the Coal Mine—-Terrible
Disaster—Two Hundred and
Fifty Workmen Burned!
London, September 12.—The full extent of
-the terrible disaster in the coal mine at Aber-cane
is now known. At half past two o’clock
this morning the flooding of thepitcommeced.
At this hour the firo was within a short dis-tance
of the bottom of the shaft. All hope of
further rescues had to be abandoned. When
this decision was announced to the relatives of
the two hundred and fifty men still in the pit,
the scene was terrible beyond description.
Thirteen additional bodies were reoovered be-fore
the flooding began.
Ceded to Spain.
London, Septembers.—The Standard says
it is probable that a portion of the Soolo is-lands
in the Indian Ocean have been or are
about to be ceded to Spain. The British Con-sul
General at Labuan has been ordered to pro-ceed
to the Soolo islands in a man-of-war.
The Egyptian Obelisk.
London, September 12.—The Egyptian obel-isk
w'as brought into an upright position and
lowered on the pedestal this afternoon on the
Thames' embankment.
LATEST MARKETS.
NOON.
Galveston, September 12.—Monet—Gold
100%; Silver—American, at par; Mexican 90o.
New York sight, par.: New Orleans sight, par.
Hides—Weak; dry selected, 16c; pickled 14;
stack salted 12c; kips 14c, wet salted 7%e t®
7%c.
Wool!—Dull uncha'd. FineEastern, spring
20 to 22c; line Western, 18 to 20c; improved
Mexican, 12 to 15c.
Bagging—Steapy aud uucliangetL^ght 12%;
heavy 13%c per yard. «r
Ties.—Percw't., $2 50.
Cotton.—Receipts, 2013; no exports; sales,
630; stock 13,613; market weak and irregu-lar.
Middling, l6%; Low Middling, 10%;
Good Ordinary, 10.
New Y"okk, September 12.—Gold opened at
100%; stocks weak; money at 2 per eeut;
exchange—long 481%, short, 485%; State bonds
quiet; government bonds steady.
Cotton—Quiet; sales 5622; Middling Uplands
11%; Middling Orleans 11%.
Futures steady; September, 11-30; Ooto-ber,
11-04; November, 10-89; December 10-86;
January 10-87.
Liverpool, September 12—Cotton quiet;
Middling Uplands, 6%; Middling Orleans, 0% ;
sales, 7000; speculation and export, 1000;
receipts 450; American 100.
Futures quiet and steady. Uplands, low
middling clause for September delivery, 6%;
September and October, 611-32; October and
November, 6 9-32; November and December,
6 7-32; December and January, 6 3-16. New
crop, shipped October’and November, per sail,
6 3-16; November and December, 6 3-16.
2 p. m.—Middling uplands, 6%; Middling
Orleans, 65U Low Middling uplands, 6 5-16;
Good Ordinary uplands, 6.
Closing Market*.
Kansas City, September 12—Grass wintered
Texas steers $2 50@3 00; corn fed nominal at
$2 70@$3 25.
New Orleans, September 12—Gold % to %;
sight % premium; sterling bank, 484@484%;
consols 72%@73.
Cotton quiet; sales, 300 bales Good Ordi-nary
9%; Low Middling, 10%; Middling 10%;
Good Middling 11; receipts, net, 413; gross,
413; no exports; stock 6045.
New Y'ork, September 12—Cotton, receipts,
none. Futures closed steady; sale*, 44,000;
September 11-34; October 11-07 to 11-08; No-vember
10-94 to 10-95; December 10-92; Jan-uary
10-94 to 10-95; February 11-01 to 11-02;
March 11-09 to 11-11.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
The Democratic State Executive Committee
acting as a Judicial Nominating Convention,
September 11th, nominated Hon. Geo. F.
Moore, of Travis, for Chief Justice ; and on
the 178th ballot lion. M. H. Bonner, of Smith,
received the nomination for Associate, by a
vote of 12 to 6, which was afterwards made
unanimous. Twenty of the twenty-six mem-bers
were in attendance. Voting by proxy
was Dot allowed, and the Convention operat-ed
under the two-thirds rule. Among the
most prominent contestants for the second po-sition
were Walker, of Nacogdoches, Davis,
of Brazos and Willie, of Galveston. A com-mittee
of three, Murray, of Collin, Cheno-with,
of Fannin and Guinn, of Cherokee, was
appointed to draft an address to the people of
Texas. On motion of Chenowith, Senators
Coke and Maxey were requested to make a
thorough canvass of the State in behalf of the
Democratic candidates.
Big Democratic barbecue at Austin to-mor-row.
Lem Watson, of Marquez, waylaid and kill-ed.
The Independent Greenback State Conven-
Vention nominate Ben Butler with one accord.
A man lays two days on a prairie near Dal-las
without food and dies.
Holly Spring is suffering terribly; from the
fever.
Dr. Gothelf, a Jewish Rabbi, is dead of fe-ver
at Jackson.
The fever has broken out at Lake and Law-rence
stations, op the Vicksburg and Meri-dian
Railroad.
The Greenbackers and Democrats have
swept Maine for the Legislature.