Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 339, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 19, 1891 Page: 4 of 10
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a thief here and he
returned my gate
can branch, has moved to! —J. M. Sandersand fami-
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might become entangled by
the coast for health and j
Hood county, has turned up
with them in Terrapin Neck,
and the first freshet in Hog
branch will doubtless Boat
them down to the old lick.
but had better or he
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— Prof. Vu laudingham,
of near Decatur, will teach
the next term of school at
Audubon.
Friend F. tells us he has
not married. Don’t be dis
Springtown to sei.d hischil-ly, formerly of this city,
dren to school. in from their
T. Y. Taylor wishes us to
announce that the discussion MESSENGEE household.
near future ner toi the police, but when
Miss Zilpha Eads, of Den-he returned his game had
ton, who has been employed Vanished. The officers Were'
teacher of the Art depart- only about 50 feet away, and
they can’t imagine where the
ment in the Alvord college, ' ; ------o-- .......-
arrived in the citv Saturdaymule thief betook himself to.
and took up her line of duty The police are 0,1 the look-
Monday morning, out tor him. 1 he man from
‘ whom the mule was stolen
— Bunnell & MacDonald | failed to give his name.—Ft.
have had quite a rush at their Worth Gazette of Sept. 14.
art parlors the past week.
We are glad to see it so, and, „
hope the next will be the same. posed ' hotos you should go
____ _. to Bunnell & MacDonald’s.
Springtown Newsdealer Local. —Orion Proctoy, the cour-
Died, on the 5th inst., theceous head mahorthe Chron-
infant child of Mr. H. F. icle was up fi9MAurora on
Browder. Monday and honored our den
Watch the merchants whowith a visit,
advertise do the business du-
ring this fall. , —No Photograph will, ua-
Married, on the 6th inst., der any cincumstances, be al-
Mr. L. L. Byers Mrs. Mattie owed to leave the Art Par-
Gibson. lors of Bunnell & MacDonald
Mr. Geo. Frazier, of Pe- unless satisfactory.
ALVOKD BUDGET LOCALS. of thesuh-treasury by 4.
Miss Mitchum of Pringle Murray and himself ha" been
of a pice re, 11 a id ...
card up to a lite-size portrait, We have
call and see Bunnell & Mac- has
Donald, the expert artists.
badly sawed in Mead’s gin
that it had to be amputated
near the elbow. Tom Hutch
ins horse kicked him break-
ing three libs. Allen Hill’s
horse pitched him off break-
ing his arm. Lee Scroggins’
team ran away breaking his
right leg below the knee, al-
so tore up the wagon and
considerably bruised one of
the horses. S. W. Bobo’s
left aim was stove up in the
and Miss Ollie Ashlock of indefinitelv postponer.
Crafton will enter school here --------;—:——
sed through here enroute to nt an early date. 1 esterday officer Kitts and
J. J. McKinley & Sons Lightfoot were approached
have the contracts for the by a countryman. who said
wood work in the Pillers, he Was from Wise county,
his family in Hatchett, Purcell and Ma- and made a request that they
sonic Temple stone and brick accompany him to the depot
buildings. and arrest a man who had
Geo. Bass and Billy sridg- stolen a mule from him. The
es, two popular young men ofticers went with him and
of Cottondale, were in town iaid ow till the man had lo-
Monday, making arrange- cated the mule thief. He
ments to enter school in thethen stepped around the cor-
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messenger.
Publisbedaeueryrsturdst
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--WM. FORSTER.
Editor & Proprietor:____—
OXE Dollar a Year___.
Official newspaper of the Wise
County Farmers- Alliance:
SEP. 19. 1891.
A CALL
TO THE BEN MCCULLOC H
CAMP, C. s. VETERANS.
A meeting of the Camp i"
hereby called at the I aii
Grounds in the town of Al-
vord on Friday, Oct. 9, 1891,
at 10 o’clock a. m. All the
members living near Decatur
will assemble at Decatur on
Friday at 7 o’clock a. m.,
Oct. 9th, on horse back, and
march to Alvord. The Camp
will march as cavalry through
the Fair Grounds at eleven
o’clock, after which will be
speaking, and dinner for the
Camp provided by hospitable
citizens of Alvord and vicini-
ty. A good attendance is
desired, and all ex-Union
soldiers aie earnestly reques-
ted to participate in the par-
ade and dinner. Bring your
badges.
M. D. Sellars, Capt.
A. Edward-, Adj.
when you want any kind
Le We are now opening up the
Cheapest and Best Stock of Dry
Goods, Boots & Shoes, Clothing,
Millinery, etc., for Fall Trade ev-
er shown in Decatur.
SUNSET HERALDINGS.
Mr. Haley near Crafton is
in town drinking mineral wa-
ter.
Geo. Powell looked over
the city on the heights (De-
catur) Wednesday.
Miss Nora Tipton, of Craf-
ton, was the guest of her un-
cle, G. W. Tipton, in Sunset
last Sunday.
Mrs. S. C. Walker had a
very enjoyable visit with rel-
atives at Alvord the latter
part of last week.
J. N. Williams 1} miles
southeast of Sunset will plant
$700 worth of fruit trees and
vines next winter. He put
out over $100 worth last fall.
West Fork, Sept. 13.
Editor MESSENGER:
Rain, with some wind, fell
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couraged, a little more faith
and earnest talk will land you
in Paradise arm in arm with
an angel. This blissful abode
is allowed man, seek and ye
shall find it.
Reports say that Richard
Ford and family are in Mon-
tague county on their wav
back to the “heavy end,”
and now if the bees would
sting Texas Jim to action
he’d make a worse racket
coming back than the old
gray hoss tearing through
the wilderness.
Mr. B. of Salt creek is to
take a bride soon. If it per-
chance proves to be our in-
tended wont we set him tho*.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephenson,
of Rhome, are the happy re-
cipients of a fine girl.
Cotton from 7 :80 to 8 at
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Forster, William. Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 339, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 19, 1891, newspaper, September 19, 1891; Decatur, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1580952/m1/4/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .