The Beeville Bee (Beeville, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, May 21, 1897 Page: 1 of 2
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of civilized warfare to apare
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8ION R. BOSTICK PLAYED AN IMPORT-
LANT PART IN THE TEXAS REVO-,
f ——ttTION.
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OLDEST PAP* rancem
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The chicago firm, that buncoe wome
20,000 each month of theme world be
drummem would be very much surprisqd
indeed if one of his viotimus Mould
and the Mexigans were ruuning away,
hotly purnued by bth infantry and
cavalry."
I mMmM'Ii attract-
en -county in the
and threw themselxe mgaiust Santa
Amua’s 8000 veteraus, on the list of
ruler of Mexico, He had the power to
make a tresty of peuce with the Texans
and order the Mexican arnles U> retrent
NATIONS HOTEL,
Anna beame an terror utrickeu at the
threatening looks of the Teguns who
crowded around him that lie throw
troope who’wor xtationed just on the
other kideof the river, under en. Gains.
The offiner ami the rank aud tile ims
from the country, AU this he did.
Santa Anna alive was worth a great
deal; dead. be waa worth nothing."
Mr. Bowtick lves at Ban Haba,Texan,
where he 1mm reared a large family,
ffthe six er nevem veteran shrvivor of
.Lows,
ping Cars.
sick Um,
PromolesTligestion Cheerful-
ness and RAcontains neither
Opum Morpbinenor Mineral.
NOrNARCRTIC.
tains an opiniom diff erect from many
other veterans. He think* that General
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Alamo,"" replied General Houstom.
mu Anna’s manner changed. He
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of robbinu a Sonthern Pacifie
I came through old
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EAD MArTABS 4
Mr. Verdant may have the
Kbosh county and will be
ON THE
WRAPPER
OF EVERY
diabrm.impomible.
hi* belt, thoinevitabYh
JE LINE RUNNING
IS TO CITY OF
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CALowELL, Texas May 14,— Every one
on the train wanted to shake hand* with
•Mtoi. oomtaa lambUrk
weald meem that she hap
NEW MANAGEMENT.
QUEEN HOTEL.
Jitka He
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My have been in Iba houses of severat peopl
You ran easily uscertain whetber the 4
m consiened class or not, by simpiy olferin
WITHOUT SIONING NOTES.. Consiguq
• iustallments, not only iron clad contrneti
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county are practically inaxhaust -
sas
ace of fertilizer of any kind,
mnetively the poor mans country
a better return for his labor and
e cheaper than anywhere in the
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of the department, the extent, prompt h
num Mid accuracy of letter delivery, anph
well aa in thie number of pont omes,h
the United Btatew atands at the head of J
till othee natipun,,Germany followiugM
mecond. Great Britain third and Auatria,
Their Muniuem Theroughiy-*10,000 or
More seeured and nehhera Nsenpe to
Mextce: L -
Hax Axton i<>, Texan, May 14,—The
west bound Southeru Pacite train No. _
20, waa held up aud. rubbed by three
masked men between 1 and 1 o'clock
this morning about one mile went of .
Lozier, a etation abont 20 mikes west of
Han Antonio. The placpnelegtedtr the
robbery ia au ideul raw for a hold-np
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omeuonguncnu Osaatri as mat
April, 1836, only six or seveu are Uvit
today Durinf the celebratio _
Houston * few daysago Mr. Bostick was
the hero of the hour, and great crowds
He asked for a few yrains of opium,
which wss given to him After swal-
lowing the drug he peemned to regnin his
for they were never made to veil,
were espocjally built to work this
wantod racket.
Mexico, and one of them waa seon in
this city about ten 'lay* ngo. An in-
former kept the oflicer here posted on
the movement* and plans of thie robbers
thing from the infonrmer, aud it is feared
that therobber dimpoverc--i —a-z
to them and kiiled him. The.omicer
claim to know the name and all about
who the robber* nre. Mid are confident
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smddkdretrememusnesetbbof the rangen
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S----am-ethe darkeyed,
•e border, and
ometal Organ of Bee Cout i M Mate* v of honou , r
Tim explosion of the dynamite mm
ntelv wrecked the express car, the top
ru off and the mide and foor
young Bostick becameh solaier, and waa
familiar with camp hfe aud battlos loug
beforo he wus a man. In 1835 he en.
cournge:
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murderer, aud
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to attend a reunion of the old veterans,
and gaze once more upon the field of
Hun Jacinto. Of the 6 gallant soldiers
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lingtou xnonmnen ~
Cpsorthe Mia o tdooumpu
a of the defunct comIN,
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hide, but they easilz found him, and
took him primoner. The man waa attired
in the uniform of a private woldier, but
they noticed that he wore a very Sue
shirt, with sparkling buttona. They
suspectod the man was an offioer, but it
never occurred to them that they had
their hands on Haute Anna. They made
him mount behind one of them, and on
the road tocamptiie, prisoner comaplained
of somethinu, and one of the ioldiema
Mp4
earr," " Might and
BLUE FRONT -STABLE,
O. E.,DuBose, Prop.
inest Outfits in Town,
d on Corpus Christi street and has the largest number
iclesand.the best horses of any stable in the south
Passengers sent to any point in the county at reason-
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rue cxnvavn comrawv, ncw von evrv.
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'After dumping thecontentaof the two
safes into three bag the robbor ordered
of men, women and children gathered
about him to know the man who cup-
tured Santa Anna sixty-one ’years ago.
The gentleman ia now in his 78th year,
but he is in perfect health, and walk*
with a firn step. He came to Texas in
1828, and settled in Austin county. At
that time there wa» constant war onthe
border between the settlers and the
The moldiers naked mi omioer of high
rank to inform Gen: Tonston that they
would follow him uo further."'' *0iu
memsege evidently aroused the spirit of
the old voteran. The two armis were
now in sight of ehh other, and General
Honston sprang into the suldle ami
gallopnd along the line ahouting, "If
nothing will do you but a tight. I will
leud you into action. ’' The engngement
Aj
th engineer, fireriau and express meu
Songer to get omto the engine aud the
engneer was given instructioras to back
tho Hala ae»wt bullet aauga of khajafe.
^i^.***?*! ^Tr***" plended wma.wha 6hon tnaunta thcianoroxa
The lulled male. Among Xatlova la Me-
west to Curtespomdenee.
Vrom th* Mow tonsun.
There are 200,000 pogt offloc in all the
oountrie of the world enjoying organ-
inod fucilities of correspondence, and of "
this number 70,000 are in the United
States. In rospeot lo the number of
letters and petal cards written and
Simon Record Boatick, and the good-
natnred, fine old gentleman waa )
lm»y for several hours on the
betwc Housteu and Breuham answer,
ing questiotis and telling the story of the
struggle that completed the overthrow
of the dictator of Mexico, and established
the independence of the republic of
Texas. Mr. Bostick had been to Homuston
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109 a i. sak i xu co.N2wyox*""NMnuStonewa
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of America, nine tenth* of them ~ed cowu to Stone, t. u. En
want to carry a sample ease. Wgehet tho wk"0w. * 4
reply err the veedant one's hotteadoour - ------96
ann agaru to nuerehantn. WAhi,o, ... ,4m
have to do i« tn show the goods, they q f
hell themanelve smmt A--eHEe
or Travelers.
The daring and skill of the robbery
have mH beien exceeded iu the hintory of
modern railroad robbery. The method:
were bold and unique and ahoy all .
mnogemaful. That the rubbers undoUMood
their business is shown by the fact that
yiolqd the trmaof.surendermade AbeutvesaransnadistonkaihAnioarni lookautfor th- robl
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Gm oHofsevnrrpatioa ncroma the “f,‘ Santa Anna Wl“ the wupreme PIPOI. rotaur.
khakoMresostick n^toinU mier " eh. — *“ Tho."obbem”
__________-___-_______ whether. .
he wimUl rather have a salary of $70 a
month and expennes, or work on nfty
per cent, commindon. He is also told tn
remit 414 to be held as socuvity for the
tine lot of samples to be sent him, Now
if verdant stops rightaeere he will only
be out two rente, bun he proceeds he
will loose <14. If he remits be geta a
fow horrible ciuar that will neither
smoke nor sell. If he has preferred to
___2____' 1 « a commis-
siou he is sent a contract to sign, wherein
As the west bound train pulled out of
Loxierthiwamoruinx.atcrmoslorka gulrylintuuon an hing
anaomwtonp 48 Muete t write and
on the engine. When the train was
about a mle west of the town the three
men crawled over th- tender and at the
polut of pistols comapelled the ensineer
bi bring the train to a stop at a wild and
mountiinous spot. .
The freman and engineer were ordered
to get down out of the engine and with
+.lml.ehunh.
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opened in the afternoqu, when many of
the Mexicans were taking their sdenta,
kent Mr. Bostiok does mH attempt todemoribe
trill tke battle. "There were a few shots
fim the 'Twin Sistm,' a shout that
shook the earth, ingled with the rattle
of muketry Miff the crack of pistols.
Iu Eve or ten minutes it worn all over
away toward the north. ...
21. "I-"'-." Hr"n"waxoFm2in The tmin was stoppod at oelook
i.w-o.M amdoid X^-th^m1^
The robbans cut the telegraph wires so
that no alarm could be given until the
train renched th* next statiiiu, aud dhen
only in one dtrcetion. „ ’
The robbery was not wholly unex.
pocted, as the United Statee otneera mid
the rliroad omelals have been ou the
‘pokout for th- robbers for wome time.
* ' ago the officer re-,
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uitod tnte sells in a year 4,000,000,000 dal
two cent stamps, which is euivalent toko
1,000,000,000 letters sent through the M
mails in a year. In addition to thia the
United Status sells in a year 000,000*one P
ent wtampm, wome of which are need for #
letter, though a larger number for news-
thefant that he
IPowgnork afeppashomdn "hrm ink* ehonafw
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man's life. Ab they rode into eamp, the 86 "".",401.
Mexican prisonen began to shout "KI » coulpickwo Torondto helrthe Toh
Prerdent I" Honta Anna looked fright-
quartens. He M0smue-" ew Aw y __
the commander of the Texans than he _ ne
seemed somewhat to regain his scir -Thesdoor.ote
ponsesnion. Approaching General Hous-
Um, who was lying iu the shade of a
tree, he stood erect, and rather boldly
“I sin Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa
Anna. The man who has comquered uF-
the Napoleon of the went in a pdtched ant.t. ToD., m
buttle is born to uo "ommon desttny" tentsaan o vulnal
and it becomes you io begeneroun to the wunblowsopeuwit
AY068 should hav, thought of that at
ESTABLISHED MA Y13, 18M.
se ven year*. Rates <2 per day.
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by the execution tit wome of the most
masterly military maneu vers ever planed
by the general of an army, he muceeded
in inducing Santa Anna • ________
marhe, from which
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A perfect Remedy oronstipa-
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Eacsimile Signature of
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NEW VOHK.
Cm Pombng .Weare offering special inducements for nettlement
I gRiMMs of farmers on the Wangeman ranch, n splendid laxly
Iyv--Ereddsaadzp can-be.nedthe -
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The next dav Mr. Bostiek. in companv ---u,— — --
with two other young num, was MCou ofthe.Wol-Fargo,
-RomembeftheAlinopliugoverthe countrz, abgut eight miles onhetrosaatt.
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ing iu the highjrass. "There su Mexican."
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CASTORIA
AVegetable Preparation for As-
he only Hotel in UmvIIM that ha* !>«• unde r one conttouous management for
loker grave, and made many exenses PWWIe
forthemurderorprimonenwofwar,and heingblaw
declared that he would have Urea shot pttrdi..
if he ever got his hande ou him, claim- EtNNiin
ing that that general had lied to him. "Atoaomo
bers open the door of the express car, wtTalarinutcaa
wle one of the robb-n. kepe up a fuml- workonunssalarziustoad
lade of shota along the sides of the pas- E8
aaugor coaches to intimidate thopamen- •°
Msmcasexpreracar was finally
opened and one of the robber elimbed
into the cur mid dynamited th- safe.
The through safe waa difiqult to open
mid three attempts were neeeaaary to
effect eutrance, but it Anally gave way
the robber* secured nil of its com. manun r
i, ".2
__blown opeu with one charge of dy-
namite, and about $3000 in money e-
The Oli V etaraa's Memary in sum Gena-
U-uuols—MM of san Jaetut,— Hountom*-
Masterly netreut-How Iha Maalaea
Ditalar was Caugnt.
oonrol mep who had hat friends nr nd
stives at the Alamo or Goliad. Hants
Ihited in the Texas army, aud partici-
pated in that-bloody siege which ended
iu the fall of the Alamo and the capture
* of Caw nnd hie ia—»>y Um Heutiel
was in the-rauka of the company headed
by brave Ben Milam. Milam fell meet
ally wounded, but the Texans carried
a block at adobe building facing the
Alamo, ad from this position they
The. contents of both nufew wefy M.
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ho adthe thronuzoungn.menat bezpcmhixs"tmtrdtiottt,pbux‛ffomrI tulqhowe
rontwmashePatwhete% Abimourgergitislearnedthatthe amount todd.dvmkat
.. will not fall below $10,000 and may be
AN ANTONIO &
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bavaabomptuthomimanydlreetidnwilhone
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BEST STOCK OF LIQUORS IN. TOWN.
Ha AtteoUon and Satistaction Guaanteed: Jug Trade Solicited Bill-
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He stampu, 20,000,000 4c stamps, and bo,- un
000,000 he stomps, moutiy uned tar letters t
went from this ountry for foreign deliv- ‛w l
ery. More than 1,060,000/ ism letters a —
year, therefore, paying full pontage, and
exelusve at postal carda, are written to g...—:
to. United skates. ? r thirty
The buminem at the German aud of for "go
the English pout office departmenta to ipen
irSp.r22.57 arquyagamcdamaye —
ahead <if England in respect at th- emi
nmount of correspondence done. The % f.
number of pontomees In Great Britain f
by I be last ofedal statement, made on Mo
January 1. 1807, waa. 20,270, exelusive tuamp “I
at what la ofleidiy called in England enloon
w se. Ilie ro ul and pillar lettor tax" There . -
and ny onepmag ino,o00ren
Hvo Kw tenth HAv. mohNBpBda
Inna thel in “ AMe
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nhe will be 4 HAkasumo He
bwitot antumi teeth, reM
wvbnwoalmnsunfeettuate omoua
REFURNISHED 5 RENOVATED.
L-Taules Supplied with the Best the Market Afford*: Cuisine the Best.-aa
___________ Special Attention paid to t lie trade of traveling mon. ..
J. W. CAMPBELL PROPRIETOR.
gassaamassesssassasssanesssessassmassassas
4 DUGAT 85 MIMS.
Attorneys and Counsellors at Lav,
j AD 2
General Real We and Land Agents. 7
1 Ofice West side Pullie Square opposite Court hoese, BEEVILLE, TEXAS.
IK It AAn Arae of fine farming lands within from 2 to 8 miles 2
wij.uw MUI ua ofleeville, .-Can »n in any qanntity on easy 21
H termsanJ at low rate of interest. FM
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Fi6a. ".Mlanconia
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rai noil bulleta into the door an Arpindowa
of the old church so thk. The kast that
a Mexican dare aen’anueen head—
little ureaming that this battle Woyld be
fought over again in the near future
with the position at the combnatenta
changed.
The next year Haute Auna, at the
head of a large army invaded Texas, and
young Bostick, then 18 years old, in-
stantly left the home of his parents and
jolned- Genernl Sam Hountom’ army.
At that time the dispirited Texans were
ret reeling in thedireionof the Bruxos,
with the Mexican army iu hot pursuit.
The rank and Ale knew that the Alamo
had fallen, and that not a man' had
cscaped the mamaacre. They had ex-
pected that Fanniu, with his well:
equiped and valorous little army, would
• j a iair wonder. - #ourfy theyhopet
to hear that Fannin had checked the
advance of their mercilees fix. Houston
had ordered Fanniu to. deetroy Goljad
and join the maiu army: With such a
reezitorcemnent the moldien felt that
they w oul be able to make a stand and
defeat the Mexicans in a pitched battle.
Too soon the new* reached th- Texans
that Fannin'* whole commpand had aur-
rendered, ami before they had time to
renlze the magnitude of the awful
misfortape, memsengera came bearing
the newk that Santa Anna hail basely
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BEEVILLE, BEE eOUNTT, TEXAS. FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1997
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OLDEST pJpeB IN TUB COUNTY
lkoalog of n.awtad.ta.
t‛Shennddle for two H JLl a
MAX BRAUER,
DRY GOODS Alb GROCERIES,
UaSITE NATQNS.HOIEL- .
AS PASS RAILWAY
Houston, Galveston, tort Worth, Dallas, New
_____ Orlaans, KansaCity, St. Louis and
ALL POINTS NORTH' AND EAST-
Leavessdeville, dong Nonth \ • y——1000 a.m
Leaves neevilleuomg south.......-3 620. m
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