Chapter 51 of the Royal Arch Masons was organized. Major W.M. Phillips of Rancho drove 600 steers to market in Chicago. He found no market but traded them for a load of whiskey which he brought back to Gonzales and sold for about the same amount as he expected to make from the sale of his cattle. Jim Barnett drove a herd of cattle to market and traded them for overcoats. He brought the coats back to Gonzales and made a nice profit.