Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1899 Page: 2 of 8
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Sent lip for Life.
F. A. Gafford was tried for the
second time at Greenville, Ala.,
on the charge of killing F. B.
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United States,transport Logan
with six troops x>f the tenth cav-
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substitute carried, but did not)
^■t necessary two-thirds vote to i
amend a bill on third reading. - -
• Pending consideration of
House ' non-eoncurred in the
senate amendments to general ap-
propriation bill and Henderson
of Lamar, Stewart, Shropshire,
Collins and Willacy appointed as
conferrces.
Jahart’s Busy Pen.
-1- i Most of the California editors
prC disobeying the funny new law
which requires newspaper ar-
ticles to be signed, but Jeromet
— A. -Hart, of the A I'guuau t, -is a
«L_ .taji__ Hizen Ho “ pany^enacreu nxo ueiegaies zvvv
, ... . . ception and musicale were held
at the Oriental hotel.
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Hard at itork.
Wednesday senate refusal to
concui In house' amendments to-
anti-trust bill and asked free con-
ference. •
Both houses passed bill prohib-
tt+ng-’-strles -of cigarettes aiid to- gytrentty secure things are riot safe,
bacco to persons under 16 years I
of. age.
Joint resolution relative to irri-
gation districts passed senate.
Davidson, Dibrcll, Turney, At-
iee and Yantis were
’senate conferrces
bill. 1
Garner, Cecil Smith, Wooten and [
Murray. Schluter was chosen I
chairman.
.world as .“linfus.Sanders.” On
the first trial Gafford was given
In August, 1897, the kill-
Gafford claimed
effects of the well known remedy,
illustrale
plid laxa-
>wn to be
lax*-
ually,
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The general assembly of South-
Presbyterian church at its . —- ,
Richmond, Va., session elected all>' *«ft Galveston for Cabanus,
Rev. Dr. Cannon of Missouri as
Bjoderator, while the northern
assembly, at Minneapolis, chose
Dr. Sample of New York.
The Cumberland Presbyterian
generaj assembly at its Denver
.'■"."^Texas-EfHttrrs. >—---—
The twentieth annual conven-
tion of the Texas Press associa-
tion met on the I8th at Dallas.
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Christian Advocate offered pray-
er. ‘ Mayor Traylor welcomed the
delegates- nnd—President Rankin
responded. The death of tho
wife of First Vice President W.
H. Mayes of the Brownwood Bui- ■
letin was announced and a tele-,
igramof sympathy sent Mr.Mayos.
Membership fee was reduced to
$5. Presidetit Rankin’s address
was listened to^with great inter-
est, as was also” Rev. G. C. Ran-
kin’s oration and Editor Harris’
essay. The poem by Editor M.
J. Cox was loudly applauded. The
k Consolidated Street Railway com-
- pany^tendered tho delegates .2000
trial.
ing occurrad.
Lloyd was criminally intimate
with the former’s widowed sister.
'Wilson Visited Legislature.
- Secretary of* Agriculture Wit-
sorj visited both senate and house
Friday, and in the honse; he made
a brief address.
Senate concurred in the house
-—■■ amendments +e -bill -autkowa+ng-
issuance of patents to lands that
under recent decisions belong to
the public school fund, but have
been sold Us public domain.
Resolution to print and bind
250 volumes of the senate jour-
nal for distribution among mem-,
bers of both houses passed..
Prairie dog bill was killed.
Bill was engrossed amending
present anti-trust statute by pre-
scribing penalties in new law.
Bill taxing incomes exceeding
$2000: passed im house, amended
from 2 per cent to 1.
Senate bill allowing counties
to invest their permanent school
fuml in their on n bonds went over
to June 3.
Burglary and illegal marriage
b'Us passed. ’
Report-of conference commit-
tee ou anti-trust bill was adopted.
Bill providing for’ ^creation of a
sinking fund to retire state bonds
maturing this year 190-fcnsrd 1909'
passed..
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Louis Gpdchaux, a rich New
Orleans citizen, is dead.
fee
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A Guthrie, Ok..special savs the
cattlemen of western Oklahoma)
Arc.organizing a boycott-on Kan-
sas City, and threaten to ship their
cattle to Chicago and South. Qma-
ha because of the Kansas quuran-
tine board requiring Oklahoma
.cattle to be inspected before en-
tering tTiat state. Nlissoun’s board
a ppro v es the rule, ma king s11 ip-
ment to Kansas City difficult and
expensive; —
A.-Hart, of the Argonaut, is
"P^y'g .AiJ^
articles which he has “dictated,
,written, suggested, inspired, or
(Whatever it may be called,” and
in fulfilment of this promise every
Item in'tffie Argonhut is followed
by the wor<Tn]ahart” in the very
smallest type in the font.
The Yankee in Paris,
“Yes, monsieur, these are tin*
shoes worn by Louis XVI. when
led to execution." ».
t'He must1 have limped pain-
fully.”
“On the contrary, monsieur, lie
walked boldly upright and with
“He .must havb been a marvel
Of stoicism. Both these shoes
are ‘righto.’ Cleveland Plain
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his scholars three whose
.were, respectively, 72, 64 and
years.
“You don’t mean to say,” said
an astonished visitor;, “that those
. old men are going to school for
the first time in their lives?”
“That’s right,” replied the
■'schoolmaster; ‘‘they haan’t had
Itime till now!*An’ they wouldn’t
be at it now,'only they've1*made
* • tap their minds to git married;
fth’ as the^ais th.-v air WHfewy y “p "‘T‘
, . • • • dead bodies passed.
pir all good readers an' writers,
.they don’t want to_ ’pear ignorant
iwhen they settles'down fer life!”
Cuba, ou the 17th.
Hom.Jamee Wilson, secretary
of agriculture, visited Galveston
on the 17th and was elegantly en-
tertained. He expressed himself
as delighted with his trip so far.
A brick schoolhouse ^n^ar Al-
, was wrecked by a
passed Several.
Grubbs industrial school bill
cagne up in senate Thursday. An
effort to,recommit it failed and it
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went over.
Galveston charter bill passed.
Senate concurred in the house
amendments to permanent school
fund investment bill. •
Chair appointed Dibrell, i’at-
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Mesdames Mattox and Edwards wj
and Miy Bragdon waylaid auft
beat Mr^. Covington with clubs at
Union City, Tenn. Mrs. CovingS efn
ton retaliated by stabbing Mrau ]
Mattox through the hodrt arid
Mrs. Edwarils in the lungs. Chil-
dren caused ths trouble.
Brotherhood of Railway Train-
men in session at New Orleans re-
electrid Grand Master Morfissey
and chose Milwaukee for the next gCrsion elected Rev. Dr. Halsell '
meeting place. Resolutions pro-
» testing against ago limit and 8un-
1 day work were adopted.
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d Both the Dental and the Phar-
maceutical associations meet next aurgjnts wefpdriycq to theaortl>
year at Dallas. W!ir([.'
Power Neoibd at Paris.
The total power estimated nec-
(essariy for the Paris exposition is
wer. of-wirtrh-i 5.- •
000 is allotted for lighting and
6000 for machinery. Upon this
.assumption there is allowed a
consumption of 500,000 pounds of
steam per hour. For 200 days'
of seven hours each more than
- 60,000,000 pdunds <>f st<'am~w-ffl
- . )t>f> consumed. More than 200
' tons of coal will be shoveled into
boilers Overy day, or in all 80,-
000,000 pounds. More thdn 280
(cubic feet'of 'water will-be utiliz-
ed for*recondensing the steam.
Tljc IN STATE AND OUT.
G. T. SPEAftB, Publisher. ----—■
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wills point, ■ - - - - texa^. Mitjer.s of Interest Happening io
’ - 2 ! Many Localities
MSfrB KuUU ” in the Nile.'
. For the first time in fifteen
years steamers manned by Euio ^OllECIED AND WIRED Olli,
peans have penetrated the.'inte-
rior of the Mahdists. In the
meantime the strange water weed j
called “sudd” has increased at
its will, undisturbed by passing
boats. , ■
Some .distance above Fashodd
the sudd makOs thq river impassa-
ble, and it so remains for hun-
dreds of miles along the Bahr-el-
(Ghazel arid Ba-hr-el-Jehel, which
unite to form’the White Nile.
' ' . (Sometimes the weed isjooted in
the bed of the river; sometinma
floats in patches upon the sur-
face. The only vyay to get
through it is to cut a* passage ■ , * r
, , , , , terson, James, lurney and Atlee
from below.with bill hooks and - —
push the patches down stream.
The sudd is not a
as free conference committee on
appropriation bill.
new thing. - prce confercnce committee ro-
hen Nero sent envoys to the I pOrf allowing certificates of de*
Nile they were plagued by it. Gesi po9jt to 'adopted as cash by
Pasha with 500 soldiers was I county commissioners iu count-
caught in it in 1880 and ii, took - ng money iu county treasuries
him three months to get dtlt by passed.---
the aid of an Egyptian party that Senath refused t& concur in tho
cut away the weeds from below, house amendment to bill .making
—---- mortgages, deeds of trust., etc.,
Never teq_Late to Mend. on land subject to taxation, Grin-
LR,. tk.y? whose ages and Yett were appointed confer^
AmTreeiL "____
| House passed bill authorizing
coupties to invest their perma-
nent school fund in their own
bonds and apply proceeds to gen-
eral county purposes.
Bill to validate acknowledge-
ments to all instruments consti-
tuting links in chain of title was
killed.
\ Bill providing for distribution
to medical schools of - unclaimed
and security for debt subject to I
the. legislature is held, when the) -1 "-kJ |
committee is to act us it thinks)
best. • '*
The Caliphs'parade, given in
honor of the editors, was greatly
enjoyed. -
At the fairgrounds the editors
were banqueted by the Fair asso-
ciation.
At night, at the opera house,
they attended a performance of
“-The Rivals#’ J
yVork of Editors.
At the second day’s1 session of
the fexiiri Editorial association
the reports of tho legislative ami
libel cominittees Were adopted]
special libel jjqinmittcy, COlisist-
j-r‘T? z. c - ii- ...
F. I’. Holland, C. IV. Onsloy and I
B. W. Martin,'was appointed to
draft a suitable libel law and rec-
port same to next year's conveu--
1 * - uiiu ovcurivj iwr twin nuuivvi lv
!i°n:."n.r.S.!! . S^S!On.,°fi taxes and sold when said taxes
are delinquent*passed.
Senate bill relative to irrigating
canals, reservoirs, etc., passed, | m wUh brldM and brldegmald8.
Bill m regard to investment of ,
I school funds in county bonds w as Best »nd.goes fnrtbwt, give* stiffness and
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body used it. IQo a pcbckage. -;r
A successful dentist, must have. aja-_.
exceedingly strong pull..,;'
Do Toor Fool Ao^o aod BoraT
Shake irffo your shoes, Allen's Foot-
Ease, a powder for tho feet. It makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. ■ Cures ,
Corns. Bunions, Swollen. Hot and
Sweat Ing.Beet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. •
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.
— An otherwise- lovely -toilette can- 4»w--------
ruined by a freak parasol.^ -
No Cure N®
, Is the way L’iSTdi-et's* tri SAI.T1I1.....
• tejoM^^jChronie and Granulated lids
cured in 30 days; common sore eyes —
in 3 days, or money back for the ask-' ’ '
“Mother St. Paul,” bm?ther.su- ini’; «old by all druggists, or by 1
• perior of the Ursuline academy, mai1, . , ,-
DaHas, died in’ that city on tho =
17th, aged 59 years. She hud re- ' |
sided in Dallas twenty-five yeurs
and is said to have been the first
white child born at Galveston.
Some Chicago parties claim to
have discovered an elixir, taken
from young goats, which injected
into the aged wifl caupe_them -to
, , ■. feel like young people and prolong
legislature, known to the literary ljfe inj6finiteiy.
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Mrs: tr cmg’nn^fPMW'*
City in December last, was run
J— i---
The beginning of a letter is harder
to Write than, Rs ending.
.A laborious entertainer makes any
entertainment a burden. '' .1
The Pitwar of storm. - *
The' Cayman Islands were nearly
overwhelmed by he recent storm. Ap-.
Even if you have health be on your
ghard. Disea^eworkseteaHhiiy. AOr——
occasional dose of HostetteFS StomacK.... >
Bitters will keep the bowels regular
I arid disease at bay! If you have indl-
> gestion and constipation try it.
I All work and no pay makes Jack a
. ... i mad boy.
appointed as ------ ■
> conferrces on anti-trust (('TL' f. f
House appointed Schluter, [ A
But Work On.
If your blood is impure you
Grubbs industrial school bill may "‘work on" but you
came up. Linn offered an amend- cannot even ‘ ‘ think>of ease.”
meat-to locate school at Brazoria The blood is the greatest sus- -
and 1’atterson offered a substi- uiner of fhe body ^d vfken
trite locating it at Lampasas. 1 he by taki -
L' I I I 1. t I I I 1 t II ZI *1 »**»• 1 Z-I . I lilt! zl I Z-l »>rtl 1 jr w wg *11 - e •
- Hood s Sarsaparilla you have
fn which "1
even hardswork becomes ease.
point of order orf amendment by {MWuI
Terrell locating it as an adjunct i
to the agricultural and mechanu ——.—,------r~
. .. M . . !• liood t FllJq ear* Ilyr Ilia; the tatlf MW®1
cal college, senate amended the j
appropriation bill and passed it. [*- ■■■ —■- ■■ ..-J
Gfubbs’ industrial school bid /Haziness is said to be rather elus-
, I,. ' - | ive, but you can catch it if you but use
came up again, the pending reso- j thd right bait. '—-t—A
littion being by Terrell to correct I ’ A oa»r»Bt«»d car*
the journal so us to make the ag- ; mom dineiit^i—<vn^ip«tioa. Te*
. , , , . 1 C*orarwH C «<1y Uathartle fU'Mlwt to cur®
ricu 11uxab and mechanical college j.“t asau_
amendment effective. Adopted. ; Find fault wlih yourself, but never
Bill relating to boards of ex- 1 wlth yoar wife. ....-----------
aminers and teachers passed; also t We will forfeit si,ooo if any of oar pub-
------- ....... .... . iV .■. —hawes i0 .weliMatasti uwwtae icudisiwuw
ingofE. G. SentcrAV . A. K.haw, honiCstca(|> on w(lich -I8 locatcj for youthful lovers,
tho San Jacinto battle ground. | Th« Pywrlpttaa for Chllla
■ iiiif i • i . and Fever Is ft hot tip of G rotis Tastklms
l>lil' making mortgages, deeds .cbiixTosig. Jt is simply Iron aud qulnide
of trust, etc., situated in state Uai^ieufona
| Moral courage is requisite to keep* ; .1
; our troubles to ourself.
Ilull'a Catarrh Caro J
Is a oonetitutiqnal cure. Price, 73a ....
Lillee of the valley are In high fav-"' ]
•«
' great dignity;"
. Gomez’ Nlanffesfo.
1^8 Tnfig-TX|5'dcTbd 71 ianTfCTttnfff ~
Gen- Maximo Gomez has been is- -
sued. It reviews his part in^the
negotiations with Gov. (jen.
Editor G. (’.Rankin of the Texas' Brooke and speaks of his love for
Cuba and his sufferings in her be-
half. He says that it has been a
hard, matter to kei.'pof6»:.'ri.
ors and also to .spot those de-
manding pay who have not served
in the Cuban army. The general
is firm in tho belief that Cuba
shopld have a standing army.
Numerous Items and General News that
Will Find Favor With Readers of
Newspaper Literature.
Is thri w*ay“Ti7fcEiiV*lrrsIvrB"
nwi TiTsb days; common sore eyes
I druggists, or by
J. P. Haytrk, Decatur, Toxas.
tive principles of plants kn<
medicinally lagstive and I
them in the form moat ref res!
is the one
tive, clean:
The pleasant method, and beneficial
over and killed by a train in Eng- ^XoknJ Fm^up“^
the value of obtaining the
tive principles of pla-*- ’
medicinally laxative
taste and acceptable to the system,
tect strengthening
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per-
—. .. -‘-fiaa
, , and sub-
on the kidneys,
----------------, jt weaUennir.
or. irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing firs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, hut the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from senna and
other aromatic plants, by. a method
known to the California Fig Syrup
Co. only. In order to 'get Its beneficial
effects and to avoid imitations, please
remember the full name of the Company »
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP <CO.
SAN mANCISCO, OAX.
LOUISVTLLB. KY. NJTW TORK, SL Y.
For Mie by all Druggists—Price 50c. per bottle
mancntly. Its perfect freedom
every objectionable quality and
stance, and Ito. acting on “ ’ '*
Hver and bowels, withoul
laxative.
7 - .
are used, — —
taste, but the meuiouui ^uuhlicsui *uv
remedy are obtained from senna and
known to the Calivorxia Fio Syrup
effects and to^avold imitations, please
printed on the front of every package.
' of Houston, Tex., moderator. ‘ SL
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San Isidro, the second inaurg windstorm and several of the pu-
ent capita), has been captured by pils hurt.’
Gon. Lawton’s forces and the in-
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Spears, George T. Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1899, newspaper, May 25, 1899; Wills Point, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1284601/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Van Zandt County Library.