The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 9, 1899 Page: 1 of 4
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PLAIN ANO FANCY
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AT POPULAR RATES-
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J. L. Ladd, Editor.
_^OHR COUNTY, OUR WHOLE COUNT’Y, <MO EVERT SE( i iON OF OU» COUNTY
<E Towell, Proprietor.
TO OUR I'RIl>1 IN IIS l»ASI AND OUR HOPE FOR IIS FUTURE, ADD VIGOROUS WORK IN THE LIVING PRESENT.
prairie chickens, but not
very
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lands and town lots assessed on the tax rolls of said county
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far Hie faxes of 1808, in DUCafaflorda Co, '75exas,
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Orighinl G/antris
Interesting Items from Our Ad-
joining Counties.
— ..... T I> 9. S. Moore, Tax Collector
cf said County, do hereby certify that tKe within (above)
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Geo. Austin, Clerk Co. Ct.
Matagorda Co. Tex.
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HATCHETT & LARGE.
CONTRAGTOHH AND L.U1LDEIM ,
Estimates Furnished on Short Notice
•plans and specifications submitted.
BAY CITY TEXA?.
h month "Shot^h
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In Commissioners Court
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port of lands and town lots assessed on the tax rollsofMata-
MOORE.
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The Scliulcnbcrg Sticker, one of our-
neatest and best exchanges, is now print-
ed by steam.
J. E. Pettus bought of P. R. Austin,
of Victoria, this week at private terms,
ton fine Hereford bulls that were raised
in the Indian Territory.—Goliad Guard
The Galveston Tribune’s annual trade
cd.itisn is a "plfndid specimen of journ-
alistic enterprise. Aly the way The tri-
bune is one of the cleanest and brightest
dailies that reaches our exchange table.
uirantinc station
k Mi a . Jessie
were knock-
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on fire, but the flame was
guished.
1 bought. Gome and see us.
Yours to please,
! A. LEE & CO.,
G. C. Rowold
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Charlott Lacy
J. D. Nilson
Richadson, Nancy Lots 2, 5, block 3.
The Eagle Lake Advertiser has doub-
led its size and is otherwise improved.
taxes of 1898, and find the same correct, and that S. S. Moore.
Tax Collector, is entitled to cr dit for the taxes as shown
thereon. Given in open Court this 17th day of April, 1899.
T. J. Hamilton, County Judge
A. C. Burkhart, Commissioner Precinct No. 1.
P. M. Bowie,
G. R. Brown,
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55 bales of cotton up to date.
Soma of our sportmen are baggiag j again.
:e< that he w-ll
in hisCgV
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Texas ,
Market in Hoa
go steady.
1 O. I). Faiibion is back from 1
c 1 woods of East Texas and gives
1 ing account of the great
I rush of business in tlufl
fc.1 He say., that every
^k-;rdcr ..nd 1 liable ryraj
BBb 'acksnn
Fal.^-. ' •
I JO receive in.liviilnal instruction.
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PEACOCK'S SCHOOL
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GOYS,
WEST TLM>.
San<^
Antonio
Frcpares boj s
and young nun
for college or f< r
business. Thr<e
miles from city
on a street car
line. Any col-
lege or universi-
ty in this state
admits our stu-
dents without ex
aiiiiiirtii- <i. V/c
have discipline
and we have | ro
gross. The study
nail nt night en-
ables the boys
---in——iMi --- We do not
take cigarette smokers aw boarilcis. Three
story btlek building now going up to accommo-
date 150 boys this year. Last year we enrolled
boys horn 50 towns. Most of the pupils
are boys from the ranches and Rtnail towns.
Who are behind in their stiklfas. Send for il-
lustrated catalogue and sec whn patronise the
school. Wksi fy Pra'.cx’K. ph, 11.,
(Univ. Ga.)
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THh NEV 4.
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J zz H. J. BOLTON____ffl
The Old Reliable Straight-up Wharton Dealer in
iGenep’l Merchandise!
/Which mean. Dry-Gomli, Notions, Boots,Shdes, Hat,A
\ t aps, < cnt\ Furnishing Goods and Groceries. / j
\ 4 Solicits a Continuance of Matagorda Co, Patronage, m
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B. J. DANTZLER,
General Manager.
Ban Ci I u Lumber Co,
--—W DEALERS IN -w—--
Rough and Dressed Long Leaf Yellow Pine
CLUMBER*'
Sash, Doors, Blinds, Laths, Shingles, and
Builder's Hardware.
Estimates burnished bice. Let us Figure on Your Bill.
BAY CITY. TEXAS.
5LX. Smalley
44 R. H. Wiliams
2 E- Hall
18 Peter De MoiJ
30 '1. M. Duke
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7 P. M. Pruitt
Xfcr. W. Nixon
37 J. H. Scott
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4! . . ■!.. De Moss
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--DEALER IN---
Pine # Cunress Lumber,
Sash, Doors, Blinds, Pickets. Cisterns,
Shinales. Lath, Barb Wire, Lime, Etc.
Exclusive Agents Matagorda and Wharton counties of the famous Aurmoto
Wind Mills. Estimates furnished. Your trade solicited.
Wharton Texas.
J says the new
bv, on to Port
with chills
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If you have a farm, keep it; if not, get
one; for the time may come when this
country will be largely divided into mo-
nopolists, dependents, and farmers, and
ihc farmer will be the most independ-
ent of all men and the saving puwei of
our institutions.
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My Goods are Bought to Sell
In a t. wn where there is < lose competition; therefore the selection
is right, the quality right, the variety right, and die piles right to make
them move olf easily and rapidly to make room for the new goods con-
slantly ariiving to keep the shelves full. Othei merchants coine and go
but Bolton sta; . 1 ght there year after year, doing a steadily increasing
bu .ine,,. wli ch shows that he is liberal and squdte with his patrons.
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seaport
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year. Some say they arc double what
they were last year. It is quite evident
that it will take something more than a
flood to kill Angleton.
Several patches of ribbon cane on l‘
prairie near Angleton have made a mpsfl n(,
remarkable growth during the presetffi kc'i
summer. This is the first '"*■
grow cane on the prairie and from nlipiim of 75 cents, all the money
accounts it is equal to any grown un th '
bottom land.
With 23 feet of w s er on the bar, with
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; <>i- PEOPLE!
I We think we have told it before, but C
> if you don't think so, all we ask is that
! you call and ; a
' SEE OUR STOCK
j of goods. We can supply you with any t
) thing that is made of straps and buck- i
I les, and when you want anything made
| if you don't think our kl,Eliok‘' can make
Lit you aru badly left, Our machinery
he you the
i*Ki ever
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Lots 2, 5. block 3, tier 1, m f,
Lot 2, block 3, tier 4, c f. 1
. Lot 4 & half of 5, block 72.
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Lot 4, block 8. tier 1, m f,
All of block 3, tier 4, m f,
Lot 10, block 65..In thi town of Bay City.
Lot I, block 2, in the town of Bay City.
Lot r, block 13, tier 2, —,
Lot 2, block 8. tier 1, c f,
Lot 5. block 12, tier 1, c f.
Lots 1, 2, 4. 5. 6, bik 3, tier 4, swf cf,
All of block 1, lier-i, swf cf, ‘
Out lot No 22 in the town of
Tax Collector’s Certificate.
Tt/E STATE OF TEXAS’.
COUNTY OF MATAGORDA.
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the cook,
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Geo. Atnboree
Clay Harrison
Miss M.G.Dantzler
Rcifieit Jones Est.
Mary Navarro
Otto Sheppard
Chas. Wyche
Eliza Wyche
Brewster Annie R.
Hrs.t “ ■
Hutchinson Mrs.L
Mason, India Y.
Traylor, J. C.
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The Latest General
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Pry.m will stump liliio for M. ,..J|
The revolution in San lJoinii>i;<.',
mccessful. iiirl
Dewey and Mark Hanna arc horn? t
ward bound. 1
A fanner near Sherman was killed by
his Jersy bull.
Wind and rain storms damaged cot-
ton in central Texas.
Negroes continue to die in large num-
bers in the Brazos bottoms.
Congressman Hawley has bought a
big sugar plantation in Cuba.
Nearly three and a half million dol-
lars arc in the Texas treasury.
Two negroes have applied for licenses
to practice law at Hallettsville.
Star Pointer paced a mile in two min-
utes—the fastest time on record.
Wv"i-dlggC"3 cn Lookom Mountain
struck a rich vein ot gold-bearing quartz.
The 33d annual encampment of the
G. A. R. was held in Philadelphia this
week.
Starkey Collins killed Joe Munson in
Houston by cutting his throat. Both
colored.
Cut ro three candidates for con-
gress besides the present incumbent,
Kleberg.
The number of national pensioner!
Brazoria County.
FROM THE ANGLETON TIMES.
Randolph Cox was over to (Quintana
from Hardscrabble recently.
Dr. Joseph Greer will plant not less,
than too acres of rice next spring.
A section which can recover from a
flood in sixty 'lays will do to tie to. ,
A petition is being circulated to h.ue
A. G. hollet. Jr., appointed justice of the
peace at Velasco.
11. A. Smith presented The Times
with some very ffne rice, grown ou his
place east of town. akiSBM!
There are 5070 . lb1'I ,l1
Bruoria county, which indicSftM<
l uion of more than 25,1^^^, C
The prospect. of a bount fid Ihl.
were never better Anfl^Wr^ircoe• 1 asThst'rict attorney.'
be shipping truck by the car load. 1 ....
Angleton is all right, thank you. Sud,] |)lks ;uv) i( is ,ul (e.|lt,a th#t it
has already recovered from the tint. ' _... . ,. . ....
and is in a more prosperous condition
than ever before.
Farmer Joe Dttflf, an experienced bor- \
ticulturist, atd a watermelon specialist,
.will tend a paper on melon culture at
the meeting of the Horticultural society
tomorrow afternoon..
From present indications Angleton
will have between 400 and 500 acres i..,
cantaloupes, which will insure the shine ...
mentofa train load a day. which would’none of which,
be a source of much wealth to all con-, anything setio
cerncd.
3 05
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az, 3 75
3 -!4p2 65 jj 33
has snap and butter bei ns, sorghum am
other vegetables coming up. He b
preparing tuolant a considerable amoum
el land in colfee next year Jackson is
enthusiastic over the success he has
made in cotlee growrng.
Geo. B. Lang, proprietor of the Rosen-
berg X-Ray was intown yesterday en
rqutc home from the beach and favored
the World with a call. Mr. l ang is still
enthusiastic over the Rosenberg X Da-
.'mon Mound railroad and expects soon
1 to have information for the public. Hr
m ijrls the prairie farmers in Fort Bend
county as being prosperous, and that
those who left for the north after and
''during the overflow arc returning, hav-
ing been discouraged by the North Tex-
as drouths.
Fort Berni County.
FROM THE RICHMOND COASTER.
fl Despite the short cotton > rop the st.i-
flpic has been pouring into town during
rfl the past two weeks.
c.L County Judge J. S. McEin hin w ill be
1 candidate to succeed John M. I'inck-
* 1 ncy as district attorney.
I Scarlet fever has now attacked the col-
f) f Uirmnn. lim-rm. J
(4 //r. TLTJGELEY, Cashier. 5
• BAY CITY BANK,
G0 Bay City, Tex.|
0^ar3, (
V) Transacts a general banking business. 2
Solicits Accounts of Farmers, Merchants fl Stockmen, j
. y) Collections promptly made and remitted. .. f
bl (w Domestic and Foreign Exchange Bought and Sold.
7*^ CORRESPONDENTS: \ ■
attention given to small as to la^e accounts^
hir notes
this bank. • w
town of Matagorda
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iv law.
ntOM THE LOUISE LEADER.
I Public weigher Chromac has weighed
W • . n4 r*z>t lAM ssrx In
. Wm. Rah6
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17 I. E. lUibertson
26 <,. |. VVllliams
i $ L. Ramey *
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8 P. W. Grayson
9 G. W. Nexon ’ •
.. . IGco. Payne
.... John Lowery
.... INathaniel Reed
542' M an'- Johnson
141 S. v z.ubbock
d/'-.-Ylewell
rfr1 attic Berry Wms.1
/ a\ M. Pruitt I
W. Nixon • . . . .
Thomas William;.
E. P. Crosby
1 1 ,(l Montez & Duran
. . Ed. L. Holmes
. . jw. Lang
ISusan Pe.kins
.... iVr|N.Rccd.
.... 31 Freeman George
Three-fourths of lot 2. blk 2. tier 1, c f, Matagorda
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Tliv Mntrlraontnl
Vftnt ubout t,ot«
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Cheapest and Best Harness
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ttle. Market strong for
on f<*r i boicc fat stuff very
furnish individual qvot
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matlr.4g”y-
Jucky wonuiis^ift
ig 'o take"
r ' -’beader,
and receive __
Now the IniAwp^.,,.,
be.m>:; anmnsy,, am
With tl,e Vue/
th: wad
ng .cpLoje .A
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P»**Llsl of Lands and WS DdlTiw^^e^ on March 3,. ]899;
reported under
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A San Francisco syndicate is being
formed to cnnlrnl the tr.-ide of Chinn
and it is said to be favored by the Chi-
nese government who would then look I W. D. Cleeland & Co., of Houston, have
to the II. S. to keep European nations settled. I^”?»sir creditors at 50 cents
from dividing Chinese territory oiitn-l' — on h,m '>.
tnong themselves.
Alvin’s new paper, H'+riTtYm'
is on our desk, and our scissl
given it the appearance of havinlik bodiea
struck by lightning. The veteranWi “
Hon. Alf. H. IL Polar, has not bcena
gaged in journalism during the Jast<
en yearbut his pen has forgotten none
of Its cunning. The Commoner is a
model county weekly and it begins with
a liberal advertising patronage that is
as sure to grow and increase as that
merit will win suer------
In job printing,
alt competitiou.
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» portmen
acreage to o^--
commissioner inebargeof the roads and
road too'.s.of his precinct, and provides
Jacob Rottnatzauch, the oldest m<j- d'al delinquent poll taxes may be wort -
chant in Ve'asco, died rather suddenly, i cd out on *''c roads, and that any road
.JI hand may be excused from road work
the | entire year by paying $3 cash.
ploa*>.. u hi
RIHTOR 0 F
MATAGORDA COVNTY'fen , ?
j C7XDIMC
CASH DBX-GOODS HOUSE,
7 old. sheriff of pg
Earnestly Urgeh of the’«|' Attention his Sweeping
warmKB
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111 be seen m
] ’wider! with the R B S ® 38 ’S.
........... 'he "shone l..„.” ...... T
The weather is hot, eT5E''"T L’"’.ter!“g •'
for some time yet, .two months;
will need, during that time, the goods we'oiier you
'At Sacrifice Prices ! |
Must have room, you know, for our fall and winter stock.
See our Ladies’ Shirt Waists; also Ladis’ and Miss's Shoes that we are offering at Half Price. X
BAY CITY.TeX.’Wa S
is increasing.
The New England Bimetalic Leagues
arc holding revival meetings in the in-
terest ot silver.
Gen. Jp». Wheeler complains that
Gen. Otis given him i.othing to do in
the Philippines.
f.z.lvi slim received ’B':. two and a
quarter mdii.m bales of col on in the
year ending Sept. 1st.
Th* Port Arthur H
■
Ailhur is an gsiured?
r.x-i .iv. 1 log ..B I
•1'31 I
prairie chickens, but not many
few and lar between are tiny.
We learn with regret, from a private
letter, that Mrs. IL F. Brown ami »on
l.md have been very sick m Illinoisevei
since leaving Texas. Miss l.cule.. how-
ever, is improving and has kit al! trace
of malaria far behind.
Jackson County.
FROM THE PROGRESS.
No rush with the cotton gins here
this season.
The merchants ate doing a very limit-
ed business.
A majority of our farmers are making
their own supplies of molasses.
Much more corn was made and saved
here than the tanners expected.
The new Episcopal church la complet-
ed and is a lumlsome little structure."
A. A. Dooley has resigned as county
surveyor to accept a position with a cap-
italist w ho will build a railioad in Florida
Jackson county tax rolls have Men
approved by the commissioners. Total
value of county a little over three mil-
lions—an increase of 136.300 over last
year. The total taxes are $36,103.46.
On Tuesday evening at 3 o’clock an.
important meeting is to be held at the
court house in Edna. The object of
this meeting is to discuss the question
and make an earnest effort in the direc-
tion of establishing .1 ere ttnery and can-
ning factory, together with an ice plant.
Several of our leading citizens have al-
ready been working lor some lime in a
quiet way in the interest of these pro-
jects.
A very perceptible change has all at
once taken place in the prospects tor the
outcome of the cotton crop. Monday
we met farmers in town from almost
every portion of the county, and from
them we leurn that the hot, dry weather
has been having a good effect in killing
out the boll weevil and boll worms. As
a result the plant is blooming n'cely and
becoming loaded with bolls, and if the
cold weather does not come too soon
we will yet record a good cotton crop.
Calhoun County.
FROM THE LAVACAEN.
Next to Galveston Port Lavaca will
become the. leading excursion point on
the Texas const.
J. C. Strong will go into the hay busi-
ness on a big scale and proposes to
erect a shed 40x120.
Big movements on the checker board
I lool.iii.. to Port Lavai a's advancement
!ue lc'’ " .bated. This is no idle
drea'.i but a fact. rww““
an.1 watch.
FROM
Spanish mackerel
Cavallo.
II. C. Clark has’contracted for an ar-
tesian well in his pasture.
A thief visited H. Sanders’s poult y
yard and stole a dozen tine partridge
cochin chickens.
Rev. T. 41. l.'q’ett baptised iScraneih
in San Antonio bay at the close of his
Seadrift meeting.
Both of the large wholesale houses
here started the oyster season Friday by
shipping large quantities.
Commissioner court let a road grad-
ing contract at $84.13 a mile and order-
ed an election for Oct. 28 to vote on
issuing $5000 bonds to bear 5 per cent
interest for road improvement.
Prof. II. M. Brown mourns the loss of
his pet wild goose, which was killed by
lightning one day lately. He had in-
tended to use the lowl as a decoy for
hunting wild geese next winter.
C.ipt. John Rozina, of the Josephine,
came to market Wednesday evening
collection of salt water
kg 4 large Jew fish
50 to 275 pounds each.
along the coast an.
igbt the new license
' 1 to cut the seiiH of
■cnses. Coinmission-
k Chi'llcc the law .it
government, and with $85,000 soon
im that all Velasco needs is a little?
and mercy to sooii become a
SUV * iiiiwo o pi v.isCCfTO State t ” i. 1 !1 IT.
large number of families who left no* '
section for north Texas soon after the
flood, are already returning. They Havfl
found out that even north Texas ha,
worse drawbacks than n flood. It cost
them something to ascertain this fact,
ing made the trip.
F. K. Leech, one of Angleton's best 1
farmers, returned last week with hi'I
family from north Texas. He states that
north and central Texas are literally!
burned up. He also reports that mosll
quitoes imcLllies - Ijg. i|iat ..ytion an J
o.ur they ,m,<. beeq^yr*
time thi. year'.Tfe says Brazoria couiiTv
people don't know what a good country
and pleasant climate they have.
W. W. VYeyant states that the farmers
aie well pleased with their experience
in-broom corn. It averages from 25 to
■40 bushc . of seed to the acre, which is
equal to corn for feed, besides which
the brush proved to be a reasonably
good crop, notwithstanding the dry
weather, and will sell for from $60 to $80
a ton. The acreage in broom corn will
be largely increased in that section next
year.
town of Matagorda
“ “ Bay City
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! Njtill hay is jocts. a ton lower than a year
I 'asjW.J Ina’s rip'll t wire trust, skin the
. . “*• born to be
Wharton County.
I I'OM Tin: slT.l 'l ATOK.
\Vc regret to learn that G. A. Harr:-
__.T— sen is confined to his room '•
they will be better satisfied for hav4k lin<| fever.
S Edgar Rugeley came in from Bay
[t'ity Thursday and reports everything
•.flourishing down there.
I We regret to learn that G. C. Duncan
ilLis badly hurt last week by a horse kick-
liibr atid chi: it.
■Bfe*AflW:*.-«^F-..-vpl. -as ii:
city Tuesoity en ronte to Ashville, N. C.,
where he floes to attend school.
Mrs. Jussi' Matthews, from lower Ca-
ney, pai.xpd through the city Monday,
going tfltaH ouston to visit friends.
J. and\rthur Gordon, sons of County
Judge Gmdlon, left for < loud Chief, Ok.,
Monday, whXc they will reside in the
future. \
Mrs. John M.\i->sky, accompanied by
M: ■ . Clifford AbeX took the tram lor
Hot Springs. Ark., $Monday. where they
will spend some time\l'ir their health.
Miss Tenie Hardem.^G cf Matagorda
county, visited friends relatives in
the city this week, and t<iWk het' leave
for Brackett Tuesday "heWcd^^^’I
reside in the future. ” "\
Rev. John Mara tendered his resig-
nation as pastor of the Baptist church
Wednesday night and it was accepted
to take effect November 1st. We re-
gret to lose Bro. Marc from our midst
but wish him success in newer fields.
FROM THE REALITY.
The lound bale gins are receiving
large amounts of cotton. The Wharton
Gin & Milling Co. (Lowery system) have
gained 1,201 bales and the American
Co. 1,087 bales, up to Aug. 31.
FROM THE EL CAMl’O EAGLE. I
Thera is not an idle mechanic intown. 1
There is a marked, improvement in
the general health of this section.
Col. Ed. Partain was in town from
Deming’s Bridge ou Wednesday trans-
acting business and mingling with !
friends.
Such information as is obtainable in-
dicates the location of the Swedish
Lutheran college in El Campo. A lib-
eral bonus has been offered for this ed-
ucational enterprise.
Alvin Madden’s infant died in Hous-
ton Wednesday, where i,t had been tak-
en to be treated by a Christian scient-
ist. This is not the first victim in this
vicinity to this so called Christian
science bumbuggcry.
Prominent farmers from the Hahn
ranch neighborhood report crop condi-
tions as materially improving. Cotton
is now putting on and holding its fruit,
and the corn yield is proving much
heavies' than was anticipated.
The El Campo Gun Club is arranging
to give an interesting shoot on the day
of the Home l oruin celebration at Con-
cordia park, Sept. 20. It is expected
that a team from the Wharton club will
be over, and the contest will be lively
anil Interc .ting.
Wharton county’s superintendent of
schools and commissioners court are at]
loggerheads. The Supt. agreed to serve
for $900 a year: but at the end of the
year he put in bills for $300 more and
the Slate Supt. '.cd that he was enti- . , , . , ,
tied to it, and it was paid; and now the . uecre - ing but the amount paid them
commissioners court talK of abolishing 1!l ,nrrc is'nv’-
the office.
Wharton county’s special road law
is now in force. It places each county
market Wednesday evening
with a choice
weighing fi'r(”<
Ti..li<T'mci) all"
raisin;; a fund to
law. They threat/\
.my >vl;o take out liA
ci ! b!i ■ says lie v 1 N
all hazards. ’
Tim Pass < '.ivalhi qiV
was struck by lightning. |
Me I arland and Lola Clai
ed down by the shock as
R. A. ARMSTRONG, .
ALVIN COMMONER.
L. C. Howard has grown some ver;,
fine apples on Iris farm.
Col. Henry Sampson is preparing to
put in a large cabbage crop for fall and
winter market.
Atvin college is nearing completion
and will be furnished arid ready for the
opening Sept. 15th.
J. J. Borskey has ten acres in Velvet
beans which he will follow with ten acre.-
in lettuce 111 the fall
A mattress factory opened up for busi-
ness in our city this week, and a broom
factory is soon to follow,
Mr. Parkhurst has on exhibition or
our streets yesterday, a Keitfer pear that
weighed, on King Bros, scales, 28 ounces
Capt. Orr has his 20 acres in line con-
ditioh and quite a crop of peas, pump-
kins. melons and dewberries already
growing nicely.
Capt. P. N. Harris has exchanged bis
property in Galveston for the fine ie>i-
dence of Wm. Skurn, at Alto Luma, and
has moved in.
Rev. Haywood, who purchased a ten
acre block in Nelson Dolson addition, is
has ing same put in fine condition for
planting to figs and dewberries.
W. A. Rogers, the discoverer of the
celebrated Rogers dewberry, informs
ns that he has sold this season 75.000
plants, and has orders booked for 100,-
000 more.
Mr. Wagerman the manager of the
American pear company’s mammoth
orchard at Mam el, commenced late in
the season but succeeded in getting in
about 15.000 trees, and this fall will
finish up the 640 acres which when com-
pleted will perhaps be the largest pear
orchard in the world.
There is now being organized, with
headquarters nt Alvin a stock company
who propose to purchase at least 4<x>
acres of land and plant commercial ot-
cjMsrik fruits on the entire tract. They
expect to put in artesian wells, and
grow large quantities of blackbernel,
dewberries, strawberries and vegetables
between the rows.
Alvin Nursery Co. closed a contract
last week for planting to fruit trees 2,-
500 acres ol land in Galveston county,
in the vicinity of North Galveston. The
orchard is contracted far by a.Chicajo
syndicate. We hear of a number of
large orchards in contemplation this fa|l,
besides large increase of ------- - -L
chards already planted.
FROM THE VELASCO WORLD.
W. F. BOX, -TB# turif- A.C. BELL,
BOX-BELL-SAUNDERS
LIVE STOCK COMMISSION COMPANY,
Houston, TWtgWT Texas.
I’.olJox 1,’ Ji Trlrphon” «»'J I .. Mnhi at lloiis-laH.
' T\x WttS/’ Mtnvk Vnrda adjacent <•
(Lus Unload Into i Mathen, on mi..
Our Pens.
Con gnments Solii it- (’. o..
». r.._- -?« S- *_*»• nefrrto A. H Fl<rrr. PI'"
ed. Aduioe ., cc, 04 r. w. H<.n.r, h»i»i<> A
Il ’I’ ... i"l ’I'l' < .„„.| x«t'l Bank.t*
f:. \\ 1 make a specialty of selling' on commission range cattle, beeves, h « “
\ on may reserve the right to sell, an.I pay us no com. unless we find ’llU O
Following are Market Quotations for the Past jjafS.
Beeves, ' " - “ “
Choice,., j.25 to 3.40
Common 3.00 to 3.25 I
Corns,
Choice., i
Common 1.50(02.50
T'earln’s ; . .
Choice 3.00 to 3.2; ( 3.2$ Io 3.50:
Common a.75 to 3.00; 2.7$ to 3.00
Caines,
< hoice .. 3-75 to 4-0o 4 00 to 4.25
Common 3.50 to 3 751 3.50 fo 3.75
Above are average prices r
Oil'-au-,at f.-:s ' '
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More Late General News.
May Boyle, of Atlanta, Te ras^ebot
and killed his brother-in-iaw, Albert
Culberson, a relative of ex-Gov. Culber-
son.
Yellow fever has appeared at Key
West. Florida, and at New Orleans, but
it scenrs to be under control in both
places.
Mexican papers accuse McKinley of
plotting to remove Diaz from the presi-
dency of Mexico and then gobble up the
country
The new lax law for Texas will be
finished in Nov. and the legislature will
meet in extra session in Jan. to pass on
the same.
The last cotton year ended Aug. 31st,
and the total crop of the world was
eleven and a quarter million bales—the
largest on record.
—A mass meeting of merchants,
bankers, and planters nr LaGrange, Ga.,
resolved that they would not sell cotton
than 8 cents.
The old grocery and cotton house of
on
vox, 01_____
creditors at
‘.•SLresume business,
le*
ins driving
for her
gon off of
her two
FROM THE ROSENBERG X-RAY.
872 bales of cotton were shipped from
the works and harbor in the hands of Rosenberg last night.
\ government, and with $85,000 soon * year ago bay ties were 66 cents
V pe expended on the jetties, *‘wholesale arid retailed at $1.20; now
*Lm4 *x 11 \ < .1 n or-zx r,n*<lc ic ra liltlfVi 111 11
hthey arc Si.29 wholesale in Houston.
1 G" * 11 lx h z>< a r. f/s.s Im ’*
i 1 lint’s
skinned.
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Certificate of Commissioners Court.
THE STATE OF TEXAS.
COUNTY OF MATAGORDA.
We certify that we have examined the within (above)
foi the year 1898, are delinquent for the taxes of 1.198, and g(>rda County for the year 1898, which are delinquent forthe
that I am entitled to credit for the taxes as shown thereon. '
S. S. Moorf, Tax Collector.
• By J. I’. Keller, Deputy.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17th day of
April, 1899.
<ill soon spread till over the county.
A number of telephone workmen ar-
livcd in town Monday and at once be-
gan work on erecting a telephone line
from town to John M. Moore s ranch at
Dyer, a distance of about cigh miles.
The hot weather last week caused six
citizens to become overheated in one
in| day and they cooled themselves oft by
matching and pulling off three fights,
' ‘ , however, amounted to
serious.
The anti-cigarette law went into effect
Angleton merchants all report Aug4 ‘Saturday, but it G noticed that there
cash sales tar a head of those of ’last ,ieemstobe no diminution in the number
• '4 of youthful cigarette suckers. The
it grand jury, it is hinted, will have its at-
A Vention called to the matter.
I > A farmer named Ketchum, from the
l',e< IDamon Mound neighborhood, was lund-
a load of cotton to Houston when
• »•••’ was "Hacked by two negroes who
attempt trvj iheat him into insensibility and robbed
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BAY CITY, TEXAS, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 1899.
New Series, First Year. No. 45.
lid Series, 53d Year. No. 52.
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