The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-09-09
GAIN ESTON.
no,ch Of Inte testing Hens Of the
GuIG cry.


IL +, has been decided 10y the great le-
,oI minds Of this city that the new
.borter for the city of Galveston,
n which passed at the late session OF the
LEGISLATURE, became II law from and
altar IFS passage, and the following re.
dpction in salaries will necessarily
take place; The Mayor, who formerly
received - 900 per annuNl, for simply
IL travelling and exhibiting himself all
aver the country, and neglecting the
IL ,utips Of his office, suffered reduc-
tion of s. 600 per annum; the City
IN Clerk suffers reduction from $1,000
IN Il 500, the Assessor from between
SjUlO and $4,000 to S2,OUO, the Treas
4 urpr from 5000 to -, 600 to $1,000; the
N hief Of Police from $500 to 5000
and A. city wHrraL Is are going begging
n nm the market at sixty cents on the
III dollar, the above reduction causes the
In look Of grim ana ghaStly despair to
IA mantle IN CUuntenanCes Of the above
greatly underworked and heretofore
oyrrpnid officials The suicidal policy
M heretofore pursued 10y the city council,
IN paying out nearly two dollars in
city warrants for every dollars worth
Of ma.prial purchased Tor the use OF the
city, has sad.Ied such All enormous
debt Oh ii, that unless n change sud-
dpnLy takes place, the city of Calves
ton will become hOpelpssiy bankrupt
IA. l,I.
present existing between Mayor Full
ton and Joseph Atkins, Chief Of Police,
ON account Of both being rivals for the
Office of Mayor next year. The know
Il Ing ones loudly proclaim, and are will.
Ing To stake huge sums OF duCats, that
"A neither one Of the above detachable
gentry could be elected to the import
mt bat pleban Office of dog poisOner.
vi Mr.. d, MCCaleb, eX-editOr Of the
M Texas Catholic, and eX-assistaut editor
4 Of the Civilian, it Is rumOred and gem
orally believed, has been appointed by |
Mayor Fulton AS his confidential ad.
Yiser
The wholesale houses on the strand |
are doing a rushing business, but the |
general trade throughout the city is
very full,
Since the city of Galveston WA first
Incorporated as city, there never has
been II time when so many men We're
out Of employment AS at present.
The hearts of our citizens have been
made glad, on account of the arrival Of
several cargoes of fine, fat, oysters,
and they rejoice with exceeding great
JOY when discussing the merits Of
dozen Of tie luscious biValyes.
& New buildings are springing up all
over the city Rhrewd men are taking
advantage Of the low rate of the labor
market, and are rushing up magniii-
cent residences with great rapidly.
Our colofed citizens are MS happy as
ciam Mt high water. An academy OF
imusiG with troupe Of white variety
performers has been opened for their
especial benefit
The street commissioner ana eX
smoky.row politician Bernard Lang
hery, better and more generally known
In Galveston, as Count Bernard, Duke
of Skibbureen, will have his head de-
capitated at the next meeting OF the
Board of Alderman, on account of the
new city charter, abolishing the useless
Office of street commissioners.
The office of auditor having been
created 10y the new charter, there are
only one hundred and ninety-tw0 in
dviduals, as far as known, who are
willing to make sacrifices OF them
selves by accepting the Office at sala-
ry of eighteen hundred dollars per
annum, for about three hours, work per
week
"a There is considerable ilutter OF eX-
element among several insurance
companies located in this city, conse-
quent Oh the arrival OF Mr.. V. q. King |
who has been lately appointed by
Governor Coke, chief of the depart
ment of insurance, statistics ana his
tory, who will critically examine
into the affairs of said companies, AS !
to their DlOduS OperuHdi OF conducting |
business.
The fire. acknowledgment which was
put up amid such flourish of trump
s u, il proving quite an elephant ON
he hands of our city fathers. The
h PROTECTOR Uf the scheme, simply wants
the city to pay him fifteen thousand
dOllars--w hen the same can le put up
in better manner for six thousand
dOllars-hut nevertheless several0t the
Gity fathers recommend the payment
~ of the first named sum.
Hon. Moritz Kopperl, the enterpris-
Ing banker and importer of coffee, is
prominently spoken of as the successor
of r. l.. Fulton, for Mayor of Calves
ton.
"a Hon. Richard Nelson, eX-justice OF
Z the peace, notary public, etc, and late
editor Of the Spectator, the RepuhIi-
can organ of this county, intends To re-
sumo its publication at an early d!tr'
8 Richard is remarkable editor, AMI ah
poet he eXcels.
81 The Justices of the peace of thisc1un-
~ have happy way OF putting money
IN their purses. A person Is arrested
no matter II for horse stealing, arson
a swlndling, etc, and If there II no eVi'
dence TO substantiate the charge, Is
nevertheless placed under bonds TO
Y Keep the peace, which compels him 10
H pay the costs or go to Jail. That's the
way the little joker IL worked.
The lovers of the palate tickling
sherry cobbler, the soul inspiring mint
Jniep and the exhilirating brandy
smash are respondent, and wear very
Il long faces on account of there being no
N Ice in the market wherewith to cool
& their respective beverages.
Colonel Daniel l.. Russell, the well
known and highly popular attorney at
law, has removed from Galveston anu
located at Bolton, Bell county, Texas
The bar Of Galveston lost one of Its
brightest ornaments on his retirement,
The County Court has adjourned I'M
III the third Monday IN September
"A The new judge does not give satisfac
non to the practitioners AT said court.
"A IL Is confidently expected tina. the
trade OF Galveston this fall will be
over fifty per cent. in excess of last
year, The merchants have all made
extensive preparations and are deter
mined to sell goods ut New YORK prices.
a Tllden's stock Is going down in this
market, and the people all blame Gov.
efnOr Coke for II II g. GiuuIupA will