Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 790, Ed. 1 Friday, May 29, 1896 Page: 4 of 10
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ability, uprightness and economy in basis by September 1 st. of this
year, minal facilities,” answered the
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MESSENGER.
Paul Morphy, the great chess player,
enough to stop
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Attornoy-at-Tanw,
Texas.
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defeat before the people of Texas.
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Democratic = Nominees.
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Some of the delegates to the county candidate for county attorney.
LONG WINDED TALKERS.
Sent by express or wail,
ing Has Caused to be Made.
about 150 feet below and nearly all length.
the occupants were drowned.
What do you think of our preach-
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i which went on special invitation,
preacher, thinking he might not
swept
Illinois
Regarding mob violence Governor
Culberson, in his Greenville speech,
county offices, should, vote for J.
Johnson for county judge.
On receipt of price.
TO MOTHERS”
Geo. W. Bradford —representative.
G. H. Seivers—county judge.
H. Bucklin—county clerk.
Joe Beyett—district clerk.
T. J. McCrary—treasurer.
Frank Coller—sheriff.
J. H. Squires—assessor.
John Sharp—collector.
A. Carr—surveyor.
The
again
FOR COUNTY JUDGE,
J. T. Johnson.
FOR DISTRICT CLERK.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR,
C. B. Gunn.
FOR CONSTABIE OF PRECINCT 1,
Walter S. Harding.
FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRE. No. 1,
J. A. Tankersley.
FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY,
J. T. Buckaloo.
FOR COMMISSIONER PRECINCTS I and 6
W. R. Hart.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER,
J. C. Caldwell.
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FOR PUBLIC WEIGHER AT NEWARK,
J. W. DEWEES.
FOR SHERIFF,
John W. Moore.
FOR COUNTY CLERK,
M. L. Hamilton.
men who will not abide the action of boat was
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" My wife used only two botlles. Sle
was easily and qyuickly relieved; is now
doing splendidly.—
.1. S. Mouton. Harlow, N. C
Published every Friday at
Decatur, Texas.
Entered at the postoffice at Decatur as
Second class mail matter.
HALCOMB BROS.,
Editors and Propritors.
one Dollar a YEAE.
an expert in
GOLD CROWN and BRIDGE-WC KK
Teeth extracted with little or no pain
Bey Office over Wise County Bank
MAP or
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BOCK ISLAND
AND TEXAS
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COUNTY OFFICIAL
DIRECTORY.
B. F. SPENCER, COUNTY JUDGE.
C. V. TERRELL, COUNTY ATTORNEY.
J. W. MOORE, SHERIFF.
M. L. HAMILTON, county clerk.
j. C. Casey, district clerk.
J. C. CALDWELL, treasurer,
C. B. GUNN, tax collector.
Wm. SPEAR, tax assessor.
J. G. BROWN, COUNTY SURVEYOR.
j. H. Wallace, com. PRE’s 1 & 6
J. W. BOONE, com. pre’s 2 & 3,
A. B. RUSSELL, com. pre’s 4 & 5,
S.A. KEEN, com. pre’s 7 & 8.
Mothers’ Friend
ROBS COHFINEMENr OF ITS PAIN.
HORROR AND RISK.
THE
complaint.
A gentleman and a lady came out
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important and most responsible of all destroying much property.
who hadn't sense
prac-.
TIME TABLE.
Fort Worth & Denver City R. R
NORTH ROUND.
No. 2 Mail & Express leaves Ft. Worth
11:15 a. m., arrives at Decatur 12:23 p. in
*Ni. II 1’c’l fr’t ar. Decatur 11:30 a. in
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 1 Mail & Express ar. Decatur 3:58
p. m. ar. Ft. Worth 5:45 p. m.
*No. 13 1’c’l fr’t ar. Decatur 2:00 p. m.
•Daily except on Sunday.
O. L. Thomas, Ag‘t
Morgan Iones, Receiver,
Ft. Worth, Tex .
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! was an ice wagon in getting home,”
I the ball player answered__New York
commissioner precinct Herald.
the administration oi county affairs That is good news for the teachers,
that made him perhaps the most pop. _
BHADFIEL MEtiUlaroL co., ATLANTA, US.
SOLD BY ALT DRUGGISTS.
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bishop.”
Dr. Elisha Kane, on returning from
, his great arctic exploration, was invi.
not favorably received, one delegate Some of the Clever Remarks Their Fail-
is a pity that the old man yields o
republican convention Saturday wanted
the delegates to agree to vote for the |
nominees, but this proposition was
A presidential nomination
ic executive committee, intends to pre-
vent tree silver delegates from taking
seats in the national convention at
EoR PHOTOGRAPHS
CAr.T. On=-
Mrs. M. Strickland,
West Main Street.
Decatur, Texas.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
What is needed to restore perfect di.
gestion is a dose or two of Ayer’s Pills.
They never fail to relieve.
It is a great mistake to suppose that
a simple tonic gives strength ; it only
stimulates the stomach to renewed
action. To impart real strength, the
blood must be purified and enriched,
and this can only be done by such a
standard alterative as Ayer’s Sarsa-
parilla.
specialty. Never to my knowl-
edge lost a case from castrating,
replied J. W. Poulter, Boonsville, Tex.
Chicago on the ground that they have sons and injuring a much larger num.
avowed their determination to bolt the ber.
convention if they do not secure what .... z
defeat, with its attendant worries, of a resolution to put out a full repub. swered the explorer.
killed that grand old patriot, Horace lican ticket for all the county offices, “What do you mean by that?”
Greeley. A lot of party disruption- the vote on this proposition standing "Bright and interesting, but
ists, for selfish purposes, are placing 30 to I2‘ John Sharp was elected vokingly long in operation.”
the Old Alcalde in a position to suffer temporary chairman and Joe Beyett the doctor.
when he had nothing left but a
Later:—The Old Alcalde has had
his eyes opened and is evidently not
ready to be made a cat’s paw to rake
out chesnuts for ambitious migchief-
makers who call themselves democrats.
He withdraws from the gubernatorial
race.
Tuesday at Victoria, B. C., a street
car filled with passengers, was pre.
cipitated from a bridge into the water
Monday afternoon the Union depot
and adjoining buildings at Fort Worth
were destroyed by fire. Loss about
$40,000. with $23,000 insurance. It
is likely the Fort will now get its long-
talked-of depot.
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think the convention itself, and not the
committee, has the right to determine
who shall be admitted to seats. Mr.
Harrity seems to realize that the con-
vention is irretrievably pro-silver, but
he will kick up a terrible rumpus if he
attempts to secure control of it for the
gold faction by any such high handed
usurpation of authority as that indica-
ted above.
DESTRUCTIVE cyclone
I his map shows a modern "up-to.
date railroad.” and how it has its own
er?” asked Erastus as they left the J'
church.
“He is very fine, but has poor ter. I i
made a speech that ran into an
Veterinary Surgeon.
I have had 35 years experience
as a veterinary surgeon.
Castrating all kinds of stock at
all ages, especially originals, a
Food, when it sours on the stomach,
becomes innutritive and unwholesome.
It poisons the blood, and both mind
and body suffer in consequence.
be glad to see such laws passed and strenuously opposed by the majority in (6
enforced. the convention and did not carry.
------------------- They failed, however, to nominate
YOUNG
WE OFFER A REPSEDY WHICH line to the principal large cities of the
IHSURES SRFETY TO LIFE West.
OF MOTHES AM CHILD. It is the •Great Rock Island Route-
79 and has double daily fast express tran
; service from Texas as follows:
( No. 4 Lv. Fort Worth. . . . 10:40 a.»m.
Lv. Bowie......... p. m.
Lv. Ringgold......2:09 p. m.
of a Madison avenue church at an
hour later than usual.
“That was a finished sermon,” she
said.
“Yes, at last,” he answered.
John Corning, when superintendent
of the Central Pacific railway, on the
occasion of a visit to his brother Eras,
tus in .Albano was taken to church and
heard a sermon remarkable for its
$1.00 per bottie. Book
mailed free.
declaring that he would vote for Luther
Hamilton and John Moore in spite of. „
. , , . 1 1 he following is a collection of say.
the whole republican partv. We can • . , , ,
, , • ings more or less witty, provoked by
recommend a number of other good ... , , , .
, b the long windedness of tiresome speak.
democrats worthy of the support of c . , • ■ .
, , 1 ' ers, a fault which too often provokes
this gentleman and of all other good I ... , ,
, 5 something worse than a humorous
republicans.
their scheming solicitations,
might well pray to be delivered
the hands of his professed friends.
elaborate oration.
“He didn't want me to have the
cane until I really needed it,” said the
Sugar bounty claims are to be paid , preacher to an intimate friend who
to the amount of about $5,237 000-commented on the length of the
It is currently reported that Chair. “ That's the Way the money goes” out j speech.
man Harrity, of the national democrat- of Uncle Sam's treasury.
J. A. Penn
recommends that laws be “passed re- 1 and 6.
quiring the removal from office of any H. J. Markrum—commissioner pre-
sheriff or constable who permits the cinct 2 and 3- -e
execution of any person by a mob in During the nominating of the ticket | II
his county or precinct, and any county several attempts were made by differ-:
ular judge Wise county ever had. Re-
gardless of party affiliations, every vo-
ter who desires the able and faithful through Kansas, Iowa and --------- nors
discharge of the duties of this most Monday killing over forty persons and
subject of a cane presentation and'
once attended church in New Orleans,
A TERRIFIC cyclone visited Michigan when the bishop of a foreign diocese in the left of the stairway.
Monday night, killing at least 42 per-
they want for silver. We do not think On Tuesday at Cairo, Ill
the convention should enter it, but we at least fourteen lives were lost.
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REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
The republicans of Wise county met' ted to a banquet in New York, where
in convention at Decatur Saturday, an after dinner speaker talked an hour.
May 23rd, according to the call of “Doctor, what did you think of the
County Chairman, J. B. Outler. The speaker?” asked a friend.
and first order of business was the passing ! It was like an arctic sunset,” an.
61 P. NASH,
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He mittee.
from The convention then proceeded
nominate the following ticket.
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in which such shall occur and in which ent men to disregard the resolution to
any of its citizens shall participate put out a full republican ticket, and to
should be made liable to the state in endorse some particular candidate of
the sum of $ 10,000.” We should be one of the other parties. This was
An unusually large number of casu-
alties from storms are reported these
days.
Ar. Kansas City 8:20 next a. m
No. 2 Ev. Fort Worth.....8:10 p m.
Lv. Bowie.......10:40 p. m.
Lv. Ringgold.....11:19 p. m.
Ar. Kansas City. .. .5:25 p. m.
Ar. Chicago.......9:55 a. In
Ar. Denver............ a. m
Don’t overlook the fact that train
No. 2 saves you a whole business day
enroute to Colorado.
Pullman Sleepers and Free Reelin,
ing Chair Cars on all trains.
Your local ticket agent will proba.
bly want to sell you a ticket via the
Rock Island, but if he don’t—insist
until he does.
J. C. McCan , G. p. A..
Fort Worth, Texas.
We are pleased to call the attention
of our readers to the name of Judge J.
T. Johnson, which appears in our an-
) nouncement columns this week
Judge Johnson is the democratic
nominee for county judge and is so
well and favorably known throughout
the county that it would seem super,
fluous for us to attempt to say any.
1 thing in behalf of his candidacy. We
It secretary. I. L. Ball was elected Spike Brady, who was a well known
chairman of the county executive com., baseball player in the Mississippi val. . - ,
ley a few years ago, once attended i 282
to church in Dubuque, la., with his club. I g A(Ha76gri
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get a hearing from the boys, made a j
special effort that consumed much
time.
Spike was asked what he thought
of the preacher.
“Got round to third all right, but
cannot, however, lorbear to add that In his Greenville speach Governor
during his former incumbency of Culberson states that the schools of
the office he made a record for the state will be placed on a cash
> was present The young rector had j------——---------------------—
prepared a seraion in honor of his p R D g PAYXF
distinguished visitor, in the delivery of | E Nr J S T * ‛
which he tired every one except the ' ’
bishop, who paid close attention. I specialist IN
sunk during the storm and Part of the congregation left the j GlLD CROWN AND E R.-ECE WORK,
i church. I Office over Beville’s Harness shop.
“Well,” said the chess player, “that1 Decatur, Texas.
2cmc-azna
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FORT womrw—-00ua,
-EAwne
preacher is the first man I ever met1
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/ 29, 1896.
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Halcomb, N. W. Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 790, Ed. 1 Friday, May 29, 1896, newspaper, May 29, 1896; Decatur, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1581183/m1/4/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .