Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 231, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 13, 1889 Page: 5 of 8
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DOWN WITH TRISTS.
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ALVOKD BUDGET LOCALS.
ing a new house at Chico.
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Respt., J. I. Browder.
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Commissioner’s Court.
ing drv goods merchant is in
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them in to us.
on the Fourth.
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Brownfield
our visitors
tracts of
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Mississippi.
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Advertised Letters
Advertised letters for
of Auro-
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1889,
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painful accident while out ri-
ding a few miles west of the
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Sorrels, Mrs. L.
Tucker, Mrs. Mandy
Gents' List.
Cooper, F. H.
Hodges, H. J.
Martin, John C.
Marable, James H.
Sykes, James T.
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made a
a butchery.
— Esq. J. E. Cochran,
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was a pleasant pic-
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July 5, special term.
County judge and three
I i 1 attended the Bowie
hic on the Fourth.
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Hamilton in
thanks of the
ters were among
during the week.
— W. L. Dallas,
ters at Aurora July 1, 1889:
John W . Caraway (3)
J. W. Cheatham
S. II. Dysant
Jack For row
J. K. Hendrix
A. C. Hurd
J. A. J ones
J. P. Kane
W. M. Liles
S. S. Lockie
Richard Locker
J. J. Lytle
Rocerdo Martin
coming a topic of ter at the door that st
sat1on. 1 feet and Men.+k ~..7
M. D. Sellars,
W m. Batdorff.
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The county judge is order-
ed to sell the cresting former-
ly on the court house for such
I will take your subscription,
MESSENGER office, for any leading
Will Perry
P. M. Olsson
J. B. Price
Mrs. Miller Ragsdal (2)
Rev. J. A. Smith
Coni N. A. Taylor (4)
M. D. W ilson
John G. W iley
Alves W eingahener
M. T. Chapman
W iliis Ramsay
B. B. Sanders
an absence of several weeks
—An old building on South
Trinity street is being repair-
ed and reroofed with iron for
W illow Point, July 8.
BROTHER Forster:
of Mr. Evans is
* regretted all over
Constable Morris
• ids to the conn-
west i
T week ending July 13,
at Decatur, Texas.
it of southern morals general-
ly by stating that the gover-
Examined Bridgeport iron
bridge.
all the peaches we want from
May to frost. And we have
HORROR,
--OR--
the East buying goods for 1
the fall trade. the
piper or magazine in the United States,
I at the publisher’s regular prices, and thus
c . save you the expense and trouble of send-
‘ rarvin, | ing the subscription price yourself. All
Aurora i those who suoscribe through us will also
D1 be entitled to premiums which other sub-
Khome, I scribers get. Wm FORSTER.
the Alvord country, was one
among our esteemed visitors
on Thursday.
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—J M. Bennett ou
pointment as cadet at West
Point from this congression-
al district.
this pla
: the 22d
—Go
Money Refunded
If Not Satisfied.
AI ISTLETOE I O W DE RS.
Woman’s Best Friend.—These pow-
ders are a tonic to certain organs and
give strength to them, and so render
Child-Birth nearly Painless,
and after-recovery muchquickerand bet-
ter We have hundreds of testimonials
which we can send when requested: Mrs.
C., an engineer’s wife on Frisco R R
nearly lost her own and first child’s life
did lose her 2d child’s life and nearly lost
her own; the 3d and 4th times she took
the powders and was only sick from 1 to
2 hours each time. She will willing1,
write a letter to any one asking adv Rce
through ns. Powders should be taken
from 30 to 60 days. Price by mail pre-
paid ?1.00.
Ladies’ List.
Deaton, Mrs. Georgia
Rogers, Minnie
of
bear
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nic at Wt
। Fourth.
—A list of advertised let-
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( Murray & Gose for $150 in
cash.
VALLEY OF DEATH.
Thrilling account of the awful floods
and their appalling ruin. Grapic descrip-
tion of the destruction of Houses. Facto-
ries, Churches. Towns, and Thousands of
laves; Heart-rending Scenes, .Separation
of Loved Ones; Tales of Heroic Deeds,
Narrow Escapes from Death, Havoc by
tire; Plundering the Bodies of Victims:
Dreadful Sufferings of the Survivors;
Ilie Greatest Calamity of the times. Ful-
ly illustrated. Send thirty cents in stamps
for.outit to save time. Terms liberal.
FORSHEE & MeMAkIN, Cincinnati, Ohio.
in Alabama.
Mis. Sykes, an estimable
lady of the west part of the
city, left on yesterday even-
ing to spend some weeks
Eld. J. F Young will
leave on next Monday even-
ing to visit his old charge in |
West Tennessee and friends
ra, kindly called on
We understand the trial of
Dr. J. C. Brownfield for car-
rying concealed weapons, re-
sulted in a verdict of “not
will soon have a
“Best paper in the county.”
—The commercial
at Chico has been postponec
until next Monday.
ing some of the metacarpal
bones. He was alone.
— Why n
couvention :
iject of gooc
You may tell the
people that my place
about 300 peach Trees
number,, Frank NeDon-Cottondatle"tndalsbndgBriar
.01 c°. the -aradise country, branch, be awarded to T. J. ।
feet, and drouth don’t affect
it. There are also two good
tanks in the pasture.
—Quarterly meeting of the
M. E. church begins at Chi-
co to-day.
Sam Setser and family
„ .. ng-
I arsons calling for letters!
this list will please say ad-Monday- Stat
at the! in
news-
, । vertised, giving date.
W. W. Barber, P. M.
Walter Bunnell, leading
artist of this city, met with a
— I he Baptist church at
Audubon will hold a series of
। meetings commencing on Sat-
urday before the first Sunday
in August. Bros. Head and
i W ise will be invited to assist
Eld. Ferguson in the meet-
Everybody invited.
Mistletee & Tansy Compound
_ PILLS.
For female weakness and irregularities
are reliable and harmless. Bv mail *1 00
MIS ILETOE Worm Powders.
Simple and harmless. Sure to bring
the worms. Nothing equal to them in the
market. By mail with directions 50c.
Address C. L. King & Co.,
Springteld. Mo
REMEMBER.
We always return money to parties not
entirely satisfied.
guilty. W onder if some-
body else has “been brib-
ed?”
sic for the Sunset celebration postmaste : s would only send c.
" -l - i Court opened by Deputy
Sheriff Calloway.
regaled The court as a board of
equalization raises the assess-
good lawyer.
The canning factory suc-
commissioners present. Joel
Burrow absent.
! the most
Normal at enough te
moved from Decatur to And
ubon on July 5th.
Rev. J- Ferguson preach-
led at Audubon last Saturday,
and Rev. J. J. Stamps on
Sunday.
FOR SALE.
I have a corner lot in the
northwest part of the city,
all fenced, with a house\ot
two good rooms, a good weli
of water and other conveni-
ences which I will sell for
$250. Emily Murphy.
—B. C. Evans, a drv goods T. R. Allen
merchant of Fort Worth, J, C Frazier
well known to many of our R. w. Johnson
readers, was brutally shot to | J. F. Barlow
death by J W. Davis, one ’s. P. H. Kelsey,
of his favored clerks, on last \L A Proct.,-
Saturday. The fatal event p P. Nowsom, HoonaK
seems to have been unprovo-Henry Fitzgerald, Dra0‘
ked and is regarded as a cold Fred Swift Cottind,
blooded murder. The death! Levi Portwood,
universally John H. Killough,
is country. | Ben Morris,
— W e would freely publish
monthly list of advertised
Lake Valley band, letters for any or all the post-
of this county, furnished mu- offices in the countv, if the
were tried
vs. Jim Mar-
— Sewel Brown, Jr , has1'
returned from Glenrose after
—Two cases
— Decatur improves.
—See the change in the
Bennett & Co. ad. this week
— Alf Collier visited his
mother. Mrs. Ewing, in the
city this week.
-Members of the Crafto,
We have
city on last Sunday. His-
team ran off demolishing the
buggy and in the scrape he.
received a violent kick on thelSt,-°8:,
back of his left hand break- Anderson Lewis,
J. M. Burton,
— G. F. Plaxco has the price as he can obtain,
MESSENGER that he sell the Reports of
force for a handsome treat of the Supreme Court
cabbage, cucumbers and on-
ions. Such kindness is very
Igratefully appreciated
visiting her sons andtheirigdorvecatur,
families in Vanzandt and Cui- p — ochran, Alvord.
iin counties. W e hope she ■
may have a safe and pleasant
visit.
— Mr. and Mrs. W. H. ;.......-gasu
Griffith and two pretty da ugh- argecrowds with free night-
' concerts at Aurora during ments on about 75
la>t Week it is said that he real estate,
uid not get to his best though
until a writ of arrest from
Decatur was served on him.
J -Mrs. Fay paid $9.05 on
washing for prisoners.
E. E.
M. M. W allace is build-
pie-ty seat ie
daily cor
. —T he following persons are
credited with recent payments
on our subscription list.
C. G. Taylor, Decatur.
J. R. Hobdy, Alvord,
J. P. Holt, Decatur,
H. S. Nevill, John Hop-
per and John Smith areap-
Greenwood, pointed to view out and as-
- ’ sess damages in changing
AIT. i Decatur & Alvord road at
Audubon.’ Briar branch.
Crafton ' Four members of the court!
Chico paid $15 each per diem.
Tuesday, July 9. Joel
Burrow absent.
was found guilty of slander-(Jarrell and Tom Mahfe7‘
ngyopng ladies. Was fined for the sum of $1,100. ' It is
ap- 2 With 6 months imprison- expected that the iron saved
in in county jail, and he by the removal of the bridge-)
p ead guilty to another charge (port bridge will build theoth.
of thesamekind and was fin- er two bridges.
a Iso has a sirn-1 Ordered that the contract
। lai case pending which is set to replace and repair the iron
toi to-day. bridge over Big creek,
— i he following are theof Chico, be awarded to _
grand jurors drawn for the) A. Wheeler at $300. This
!term of district court opening is a new iron bridge that was
on the 1st Monday in AuQI washed about half a mile
net icon. ‘ 5 down the creek during the
late big rains.
t have a road
nd boom the sub-
county roads toi
tin. charged with carrying a
pistol, acquitted. State vs.
i Dr. H. H. O Kelley, assault
on Miss Alice Teasdale, ac-
quited.
_ for the removal of iron bridge
E. E. Hamilton,Mississippi, at Bridgeport and the recon-
W. L. Dallas, Aurora. structionof the same, ata
r point near one-half a mite
in the county court since further down the river and!
—Chas. W. Vickers of ! our report found elsewhere in 1 th
Waurora, and Guvon Williams) this number, Frank MeDon-
of ibis city will enter the
competitive examination at
for
Theginners and farmers This is a fine season
or Cottondale in mass meet-t picnics.
on it, | ing adopted the following:
1 W hereas the Jute Bagging
trust has advanced the price
h bagging in such 3 way ceeds in spite of failur
' that there is no competition!
in.prices, therefore we. the business trip to Decatur this’
citizens and ginners of Cot- week
tondale and Paradise, Texas J Good crowds and lots of
desire, and hereby call a meet- business in town last Thrs
ng of all the cotton raisers say, Friday, and Saturday,
and ginners of W ise county Justice Spencer made two
o meet in the town of Deca-trips to thecountry thiswek
I X onday, July the bln.W! official business.
.9-, to determine whether ! Professor Copeland reports
baggingthe coming-cazot." llSa‘ esrate
questcdto poounty. papers re-.Aivordis up the
sThistheratdayofJuly,produc-thanhiyrwgoene
W I t • Baker, Chair. Denver. Couldn't miss it
• • . V ance, bee. far to say more than all the
' - towns on the Denver road.
AGENTS WANTED for the book 1
JOHNSTOWN
—John McCracken, of Chi-!
, left here on Wednesday--------5 ---.i aewspa-.
to visit i latives in Southwest per, doesnot add to the cred- IeY Miuse jute
Al issouri.
Ar Aurora correspond •y paung
ent to the News lavs on a few ! nors of.three
(sensible and timely blows forshouid.have known
goodroads. ; rural sheriff in their states
, ,, , . r would sooner lose his office
U 7? r n ansler and D. L than stop a prize light,
al, oi l aradise, were num-
r lead - be ' ed Among our esteemed
. ! visitors on Thursday.
is Avalanche,
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Forster, William. Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 231, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 13, 1889, newspaper, July 13, 1889; Decatur, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1580889/m1/5/?rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .