Weekly Visitor. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, July 21, 1899 Page: 1 of 4
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BAY CITY, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1899.
NO. 7.
VOL,
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A CONFLAGRATION.
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WEEKLY VISITOR.
PATENTS GRANTED.
List of patents granted to Texas in-
ventors this week. Reported by C.
A. Snow & Co., Patent Attorneys,
Washington, D. C.
E. L. Arnold, Conroe, Cattle-guard.
W. W. Bennett, Mesquite, Telephone
system. FL Broer, Galveston, Nail-
less horseshoe. M. Butler, Dallas,
Pole or climbing spur. M. F. Cor-
nett, San Antonio, Desk-ruler. C.
Harrington, Bartlett, Baling-press*
H. C. Holcombe, Austin, Metal fast-
ener for envelopes &c. J. W. John-
son, Houston, Book typewriter. L.
Vining, Gainesville, Covering machine
For copy of any of the above pat-
ents send roc in postage stamps with
date of this paper to C. A. Snow &
I Co., Washington, D. C.
I will sell you groceries as cheap as
cotton and guarantee good weight and
‘ good quality.
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El Campo in ashes, twenty-one business houses burned
to the ground and not a dimes worth of insurance, is the
news brought in Thursday night by L. W. Brown. He came
from Rosenberg to Pierce on the train with T. D. Fisher,
who lost several buildings and who he received his informa-
tion from. Mr. Fisher was away from home at the time and
did not know how the fire started, but had received a tele-
giam that the entire business portion of the town north of
the railroad was burned to the ground. It will be impossible
to get any particulars until tonight.
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chant of Beeville, is visiting liissister. ; night.
I There is some little sickness now.
The Doctor says he thinks, and hopes
that there will be more.
Widower.
BOWIEVILLE SIFTINGS.
Not a great deal has happened in
our vicinity this week. We have had
but a few visitors and everything is
quiet generally.
Owing to the serious illness of Mrs.
C. H. Williams, Mrs. H. W. Bowie
and Miss E. A. Thompson left Friday
to spend a few days with her.
Messrs. R. T. M. Chinn and John
Le Tulle were very much in evidence
last week,
Mrs. G. C. Duncan and son, H. B.
Duncan, are visiting relatives in
Bowieville.
Crops are looking fine since the
rain and the mosquitoes still reign
supreme.
Mrs. Keeling.
The Hawley sporting club is going
to haye a panther and cat hunt next
Friday night. All requested to meet
at the bridge at sundown.
Mr. Vineyard, of Wharton, is down
trying to buy beeves of J. E. Pierce,.
Judge Barber, of Bay City, was in
our city one day this week.
,1. E. Fcareson, the rustler, went to
EL Campo and back the same day af-
ter a load of freight for II. E. Moore.
,1. E. Pierce went to El Campo Wed-
nesday for a plumber to repair the
pipe works of his residence.
F. Cornelias has just returned from
Kansas City where he took a bunch
beeves which brought him a hand -
some price.
Mrs. Lee Bronaugh and Misses Jes-
sie, Odell and Loll Logan are visiting
Mrs. II. E. Moore this week.
Tom Biair, of Caranchua. was over
shopping this week.
The families of .Messrs. Nolan Kel-
ler and T. J. Poole, Miss Julia Corne-
lius and otli-ers, boarded the Empress
last week for a few days outing on the
bay.
Mrs. Will Bell and Miss May Wheel-
er have returned from Colorado coun-
ty, where they have been visiting Mr.
Bell’s father.
Jeff and Oce Bundick were over
'Wednesday trading.
Messrs. Hughes, White and Downer
of Cash’s Creek, went to Bay City on
Monday for the purpose of organizing
a new.school in their ueiglibornood.
Messrs. Will Wheeler and Ernest
Dawdy have bought out Jhe store and
gin of T. J. Poole.
J. I*. Pierce is having the steamer
Vaquero remodeled and fitted out to
ply regularly between Hawley and
Port Lavaca.
Hawley is soon to have a handsome
Masonic hall and modern college
building.
An exclusive hardware store is
contemplated starting here soon.
(Too late for last week.)
The farmers are plowing out their
crops and some are cutting and shock-
ing their old corn that was blown
down, in order to save it from rotting.
The mosquitoes are quite bad now,
tormenting the farmers who have to
work in their fields and the stock ter-
ribly.
There was quite a large attendance
out at the Baptist church Sunday.
The Baptists are.going to hold a pro-
tracted meeting at the church, begin-
ning Saturday before the first Sunday
in August.
John Gibson, the popular artist is
with us again stopping at J. E. Pierces.
Quite a number of couples of young
people, from Caranchua and Green’s
Branch, were over to church Sunday.
J. E. Pierce and J. L. Logan left a
few days ago for Beaumont, and on
account of the Brazos River flood
couldn’t get there and had to return
Sunday. They stated that the river
was 18 miles wide at Richmond.
Jimmie Bruce and Johnnie Whee1-
er, of Matagorda, are over visiting
friends and relatives.
The first mail far nearly a
from the east, came in Monday,
en one was eager to get their papers
to learn the news.
J. P. Pierce and, machinist Garrod
of Houston, were up ftom Johnson
City Sunday.
Mrs. C. D. Bruce came up from
Cash’s Creek Monday, where she
has been in attendance upon her fath-
er, Grandpa Teamans, who has been
quite sick. She spent the night with
Dr. and Mrs. E. E. Scott leaving
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Ed Wadsworth, of the firm of Wads-
worth & Berkley, passed through here
Monday on his way to Mr. Holt’s.
J. H. Rainey, the big fat man, was
pressing mud here Tuesday.
Robt. Bishop, employed by Mr.
Davis, left Monday for Bay City to
spend a few days for his health.
Capt. W. C. White lost his favorite
hatchet the other day and eyery one
is trying to consol him.
T. H. Brown is turning out some
very fine shingles at his saw mill.
Jno. Serrill and Alex Benge paid
Hardeman a flying visit Saturday
Say, Mr. Editor! What has be-
come of the ‘‘Diamond Cutter”?
Probably you don’t know him by
that title ; he is that ex-soldier you
have over there. [He is still here
and doing business at the same old
stand.—Ed.]
G. M. Magill and wife visited Mr.
and Mrs. Gregory Monday.
The colored children of the Free
System School are preparing for a
grand turn out on the 28th. The
principal of this school has given gen-
eral satisfaction.
Mr. Pinton, the rustling seed man
of D. M. Ferry, was doing business
with the Hardeman merchants Wed-
nesday.
Ramus Brown, of Pledger, spent
Tuesday night in the burg.
Juniper.
I will sell Tidal
.25 a sack, or $4.90
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, CANEY CLATTER.
A. D. Hensley came over from Bay
City again Sunday and played an im-
portant part in the election of Sunday
school officers. Mr. Hensley’s efforts
in behalf of our Sunday school deserve
the praise of the entire community.
W. W. Young is reported very sick
at his home on the Barnett plantation.
E. L. Lawson paid Wharton a visit
last week..
Contractor Hatchett, of Bay City,
was on Caney Saturday last.
Jas. H. Rainey, of Hardeman, pas-
sed through the burg Sunday en route
home from the Bernard country and
reports the water falling slowly.
Mrs. Annie Treaclaway is visiting
relatives in Bay City this week.
Simon Johnson and Peter McHugh
of Bay Chy, and Buck Johnson, of
Cook’s Island, spent Sunday in our
neighborhood.
Cotton is opening right along and
in another week some of our farmers
will have to begin picking. We have
a few boll weevil yet but they seem to
be doing no serious damage at present
C. C. Gresham was attending to
business in the county capitol Tues-
day.
Sewing machine agent McDougald
was in the vicinity this week.
Our enterprising young stockmen,
M. and D. O’Connell, have com-
pleted the lane through iheir pasture
on the Bay City road, and will let the
road overseer and hands do the rest.
H. J. Labatt representing a Galves-
ton grocery house, lodged in the burg
Monday night.
Ed Moore, one of Wharton’s swells,
has been spending the week in Caney
and Bay City visiting relatives and—
and—who?
Mrs. J, F. Holt accompanied her
daughter, Mrs. Mayfield of Galveston
home, the past week and willspend a
few weeks in the Island City visiting.
Andrew Westall, of Brazoria, was
on Caney Monday.
Messrs. John Serrill, Jesse Wallace,
John Thompson and Will Baxter, all
of Bay City, were mingling with the
Caneyites the past week.
I. G. Lords, who was reported
last week to be surrounded
by high water, between the Brazos
and Bernard Rivers, was on Caney
Saturday delivering some bath cabin-
ets which he sold here some time
since.
Misses Vasser White and Lasta
Doubek accompanied by P.M. Bowie
of Bowieville, passed through town
Sunday en route to Bay City.
We regret to note that Mrs. Cris-
well is on the sick list this week.
The Caney Sunday school elected
John Matthews Supt., W. A. Mat-
thews, Secty. and Mesdaraes Jesse
and R. V. Matthews, Teachers,
Dr. W. W. Bouldin, of Bay City, I
was called Tuesday to attend Mr. M. I
O'Connell Sr, who is reported quite ill
Uncle Jack
which was lying off the bayou at her
anchorage. There seventy five peo-1
pie present and all had a lovely time. ;
Schooner Essay cleared for Port
Lavaca Sunday with Fleury Baxter as
Master, her captain, Ed Baker, being
unable to go as the chills and fever
had his company for a few days.
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HARDEMAN WIT.
It rains in this section nearly every
day and sometimes twice.
Hardeman is strictly in it for mos-
quitoes and weeds.
John Elmore returned last Friday
from a trip around the world. Our
friend Walter Brown who left with
him hasn’t quite got around yet.
Alex Elmore returned last Friday
from Waverly, where he has been
visiting his mother. Mr. Ross ac-
companied him home.
L. E. Beadle and J. D. Feather-
stone passed through here Tuesday
en route to Galveston. Mr. Beadle
is the gentleman v ho surveyed the
line thorough here about two years
ago for the Galveston, Brazos &
Southwestern Ry. Co.
Dr. Brown and Mr. Payne went
over last Sunday to examine the Ber-
nard bridge and found it in very
bad condition.
MATAGORDA MACAROONS.
Remembering that the main thing
in jouanalism is to get subscribers his
Satanic Majesty has burnt all letters,
scratched all correspondents and gone
to rustling.
A party composed of Geo, Culver
and Arthur Stewart, of our city, V. L.
LeTulle, Messrs. Vaughn, Ike Towell
and his nephew, Air. Boyd, went out
on the bays on a pleasure trip. They
went on the sloop IXL, Chas. Cook-
enboo, Master.
Quite a large party went sailing on
the Sloop Coquette Saturday night.
All report having had a nice time.
Capt. Robt. Phillips always makes ev-
ery body enjoy themselves when on
his boat.
Sloop Wm. Dunbar, Capt. Wm.
Sterling Master, will leave port Satur-
day for Port Lavaca, where she will
meet Senator John E. Linn and a
party from Wharton. The Capt. will
take them to his pleasure resort on
Tiger Island where they will spend a
while enjoying the sea breeze.
Dr. Gober, our street overseer,
worked a crowd of hands on the
streets Saturday and Monday putting
the side walks and streets in very
good condition.
Everybody come to the ice cream
supper and ball Thursday night.
John Phillips reported about 200
sheep lost off the beach in the storm
out of 2000 head.
Schooner Golden Arrow arrived in
port Wednesday with a general cargo.
Will Foster and Will Clements, from
Port Lavaca, were in our city several
day last week. t
John Duffy has built a new picket
fence around his residence and paint-
ed his place up in style.
John F. McNabb is repairing and
blocking up his house.
Schooner arrived from Port Lavaca
Friday with a general cargo and sev-
eral passenger, the most distinguished
among them was everybody’s friend,
Ernest Zach, to whom we extend a
hearty welcome.
Henry Baxter, of our city paid Port
Lavaca a visit last week.
So far we havn’t heard of any of the
oysters being dead as a result of the
muddy.fresh water from the river dur-
ing the recent rises. The storm and
high gulf tides coming when the river
was at its highest saved them as the
bay was rushed full of salt water and
it helped to run the fresh water out of
the bay quicker.
Chas. Pope Jr. went to Port Lava-
ca on the Essay, Sunday, on business.
Possibly court may be in session
down there now, though we havn’t
heard anything.to that effect.
Schooner Mamie, Wm. Gove, Mas-
ter, returned from Rockport and Long
Mott Wednesday. Mr. Gove’s family
have been visiting at Leng Mott.
Schooner Jerome Kearby, Louie
Dietrich, Master, returned from Rock-
port Thursday with John Berg and
family on board.
Capt. Frank Nolte gave a fine sail
on his schooner, Golden Arrow, Mon-
day night, leaving the bayou at 9
o’clock. It took two flat boats to car-
ry the people out to the schooner, I
Twin Sisters
PENNED HIM?
Conrad Franz tells us the following
fish story and is therefore responsible
for its truthfulness:
“During the recent overflow from
the Colorado river, when everything
was under water south of town and
fish were plentiful everywhere, he
was pasing Johnnie Thompson’s place
when his attention was- attracted by
the waving of John’s hand, who was
sitting on the cow pen fence, and
upon investigalion found that he
(John) had succeeded in penning an
enormous cat fish. After viewing the
situation, thoroughly, Air. Franz de-
cided that the best way to capture
the monster fish, was to wait until the
water receded and then go in the pen
and pick him up, but John thought
that would be too long to wait, so he
undertook to worry him down and
then rope him, very much against the
wish of Mr. Franz. So he started in
to capture.the fish, when, to his great
surprise, the fish made one big
flounce and over the fence he went,
knocking off the top rail. Mr. Franz
contends if John had listened to him
they would have had fish enough to
supplied the whole of Bay City. He
further states if there is any one who
does not believe this story he can
prove it by Steve Hill.”
STOPPED THE ABSTRACTERS.
Yesterday the Commissioners’ Court
passed an order, on the complaint of
xAugust Klein, County Clerk, giving
Fred James and his force of abstract-
ers, six in number, notice to vacate
the county clerk’s office This morn-
ing John T. Duncan, who is a member
of the abstract company, went before
the Commissioners’ Court and the
matter was referred to the clerk and
•the abstract people to make such
terms with each other as they saw fit.
This afternoon has been consumed
in trying to reach an understanding
.with the clerk, and it is likely some
settlement will be reached.—Victoria
Advocate.
Tuesday morning for her home in
Matagorda.
Hawley has organized a
meeting to preceed the Baptist
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Gartrell, L. J. Weekly Visitor. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, July 21, 1899, newspaper, July 21, 1899; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1329953/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.