The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-02-03
OUR GALVESTON LETTER.
Spring Trade-The cotton statement.
Court.
Especial Correspondence Of the iIeraldl

GALVESTON, February |,
The past week has seen al still further
falling on IN the cotton receipts, ANA
saturdays statement showed an excess
of less than four thousand bales oyer
the same time last year. This weeks
receipts VIII cut the excess of entirely,
There IL no longer any doubt that the
crop Ii smaller than last year by many
thousand bales, Mr.. Stove, OF the firm
OF Stowe n Wllmerdlng, who IL uni
versally admitted TO he one OF the best
judges OF the future In all matters ,per-
talnlng 10 cotton, says that three
fourths of the crop In In, and that those
who are waiting for the interior roads
90 dry up IN expectation of seeing u
large influx Of cotton viii be dlsap-
pointed His advlces are from all sec
lions of the state, ARE carefully collect
ed, and may be relied ON.
Galveston II Just now busy making
preparations for the celebration of
Mardi Gras, which takes place here on
the 9th instant, The display will far
surpass that Of previous years, There
will be grand street parade during
the day, in which all civil aud military
organizations will participate. Be
sides, IN the afternoon, there will be II
regatta, IN which the muscle and skill
Of the Gulf City will contest for superb
GRITTY. The city will DO brilliantly H.
Illuminated ut night and the festivities
viii terminate with grand ball
The railroads and steamboat lines
have made reduction offers for the oc-
caslon and people will flock In from all
portions of the state to do honorto his
most gracious majesty, King Menus.
The question of the mayoralty is be-
ginning TO grow, aud as the election
is ordered for the first of March, we
shall soon sea good batch of candi-
dates in the field. tits said that'there
are IN unusually large number Of any
ious aspirants. Mr.. G. w. Hurley,
the present incumbent, refuses re-
election. This is unfortunate for the
city, for he is one of its most public
spirited citizens, and has made zeal.
Gus, untiring and unblcmished official.
During his term Galveston has been
transformed from u, mud hole into a
neat and healthy city. The grade has
been raised, and sidewalks built along
the principal streets. Mr.. Hurley was
the first to practically demonstrate the
fact that the city could be exempted
from the ravages of yellow fever 10y
simple cleanliness. 5 aR @s VI
There has been no yellow fever here
since Hurley has been mayor, and
there never will be If Galveston con-
fldes her welfare in hands as equally
capable as his. 1t was during the pres
ent municipal administration that
Brick Pomery was here, and he went
out Of bis way to mention the fact in his
paper, that Galveston, Texas, was the
cleanest city in the unton. There is
some talk Of making Recorder Lewis,
mayor. He would make an excellent
officer, but then the city court would
he deprived of all its pathos. 1t WAS
once during the absence of the recorder
when the mayor was dispensing jus
tice, that two sentimental Irishmen,
who had been used to shedding an oc-
casional tear in this great sanctuary,
stepped in and We're quietly disposed of
bp the practical, atter-of-fact Hurley.
"Well, Pat said oneto the other as
they were marched Off to the rock
pile, "Fhat do we think o. that roos-
ter ?n "Och! the DID old Asphal-
peen," said the other, "he don't put
any folin' in his sintinces. Fhats the
good O goin' to the rock pile, unlase
one is told somethin affecting about
hisself?p
The judges of the supreme court, now
sitting here, were rendered a compli-
mentary dinner by the Galveston bar,
which took place at the Cosmopolitan
hotel Saturday afternoon. The hill
of fare gotten up by Mons. Biron, the
proprietor ofthis excellent hotel, was
universally admitted to be the finest
ever spread in Galveston. The party,
consisting of about eighty persons, was
at the table from four o'clock until
half past ten, aud in that time enough
was said, no doubt, to I'll several vol
umes as large as Blackstof e. IN
After tie unusually long and Sc!
we're spell ofdisagreeahle weather, we
are having sunshine aud south winds
again, and business, taking its cue
from the barometer, In looking up
brlskly, and the spring trade promises
to be unusually heavy. a
The widespread attention which Gal
weston, as trade center, has attracted
during the past year, is not without its
fruits. The drawback of railroad dis.
ordinations no longer exists / am
now informed that the Gal
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