Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, May 25, 1900 Page: 1 of 8
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WISECOUN’ I Y M ESSENG ER
$ 4d
Whole No. 995.
DECATUR, TEXAS, FRIDAY, HAY 25, 1900.
lone Man saved
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Golden
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neither alcohol
narcotics.
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Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
ALBERT WALKER.
FRANKJ. FORD.
JONES DRY GOODS CO.
Grocer
Texas.
hospital ships
fresh beef and
TEXAS.
DECATUR.
CHICAGO
time;
From there we
went to
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at about 10 a m., and started to Lipa,
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manto to Tannau, but when we got
there he had “hiked out” and left us
And the balance ran off.
company formed the point
I Discov-
the one
medicine which
offers certain help,
and almost certain
citizens.
The 70,000
3$d
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Ford & Walker.
Attorneys at Law,
Office in Court House, - Decatur, Tex.
are always welcome, be-
$
S. P. NASH,
DENTIST,
Expert in
GOLD CROWN and BRIDGE-WORK.
Teeth extracted with little or aojpain
the very frequen-
cy with which the
" Discovery ” saves
life, robs the fact
of general inter-
est. For obstinate
Yours for business,
a
and we charged rooo yards : I fired 88
shots, and my rifle got so warm that
the wood was charred around the bar-
Yours, etc.,
RoE’r C. SHEPHERD,
Serg't Co. D., 38th V. S. \ . Inf.
----—•-e----
AUSTIN.
in all the
cause they bring us
M#T
1"
one being completed about the last of
January. After the well wits tinished
they made a circular tank about thirty
feet in diameter and about six feet :
D. H. PAYNE,
Dentist,
GOLD CROWN AND BRIDGE EXPERT
the empty town. Jan 14th a brigade
was formed at Tannau. and left there
American fighting men
so- Office over Smith’s
Store.
Decatur,
fight to speak of. Jan. 5 . 10 p m..
we left Zapote bridge and reached
ing in and around these.
They are constantly enlarging the
buildings to make room for the appli-
hurry order came for us to go to I aal,
17 miles distant, stating that the 46th
were trying to take that town and
plimented for bravery, and every man
present at the fight was mentioned in
Otis’ report to the war depart-
it all sounded very nice three
erv ” is
spection of our goods and prices.
are doing garrison duty
thfustiuhasseveral places of inter- couglis,bronchitis
est and attraction: chief among which dungses of
is the Lunatic Asylum and grounds otheresdisetsor
belonging to same There has been a esPira ,-, _
great deal of improvement on the
grounds during the past year. They
have iwo tine artesian wells, the last
town and let the 46th come in; then
THE
Milano Route
ro
Jlustin, San Jin tonic,
Southwest texas & Mexico.
SANTA I ToHlLANO,
I. & 6. I. B. R. Te 8 an Antonio ■
-Wide Vestbuled Pullman Bleepers and Reclin-
/ < h IFCara through without change.
1 A rents >K11 tell you all g
' ne and Katt'S. -A
W. c . KEENAN, 6. P. A
acres within the Asylum grounds. ,
There are two or three artiticial lakes
in the grounds, and all kinds of beau-
tiful water lilies and flowers are grow-
picture on a
screen, it would
From a wreck will attract the world’s
attention to the life-saver. Yet let the
life-saving be continued every day, and
very soon it attracts no public attention.
| If the scene of the saving of one life
The University of Texas. Austin by that life-saving remedy. Dr. Pierce’s
Texas. May 1!», 1900. —(TotheMessen- Golden Medical
ger {s l ain greatly interested in Discovery, could
the welfare of the Messenger and be made to stand
those who read it, I will give you a out alone, like a
few words from Austin and the I ni-
versity.
Since the breaking of the dam on
April 17th, Austin has been in a very
bad condition. She is without lights
and cars and has b en practically with
out water, except the numerous rain-
storms since the dam disaster. Mule
cars are run on some of the lines, but
when one is in a hurry he always pre-
fers to walk, as he > an eave time by
both send our regards to the gang.
Both of us in fine health.
Imus at 5 a. m., where we were in ----- „
the reserve at that fight. That was ' had “got stuck !” Ine guguS had
the first time I ever heard the artillery 1 them on three sides. We reached there
and infantry hard at work at the same at 5 p. m., Jan 20, and scrapped till
it was too dark to scrap—but we just
kept it up. Every time I would see a
Peres Das Marinas (brigade flash I would give it the contents of
my magazine. Next morning they
all "vamoosed” and we occupied the
went and took Talsay, a small town
on Lagwa de Taal. That was the we
first time I ever heard a real bullet
flying around my cranium. We left
there next day and pursued Gen. Her-! Gen.
ab,
headquarters) and to Beuna ista.
and on the morning of Jan. 1 ith we
take to the mountains when they see
us. Once in awhile we get them
"dead to rights.” The war would
not have lasted as long as it has it it
hadn’t have been for the blamed
"anti-imperialists” who kept talking,
and every remark, that reached
a newspaper was made into a
proclamation and given to the
natives by the insurgent leaders—so,
you see, the talk of the people at home
cost us the lives of many a good sol-
dier here. This is the plain truth too,
because I have seen, and have in my
possession such paper, with the very
identical words credited to American
returned. Our battalion was com-
where ‘feuds’ grow on the trees, and
the bullets from the rifles buzz through
the air like bees; where the instru-
ments they play on, when they give a
dance or hop, are their musical revol-
vers, and they ‘call off’ with a pop.
"I have heard that old Kentucky is
a fine old commonweelth, that the wo-
men all are noted for their beauty and
and their health; but I’ll stay in Uli-
nois, where the women cut less fig-
ure, and the men are not so hasty nor
so quick to pull a trigger.”
attract the notice
of the whole na-
tion. By a curi-
ous contradiction
We sell our 8
lowest margins.
deep, which holds 150,000 gallons of nor
Tow Mi" ।
pumzpoumgpunssub"buthuniua Ehramrvalxnamaregjndsyg.xosmuma
twenty-five feet in the well and by the 1 eI had asthma so bad I could not sleep and was
use oi this the tank is filled in twelve I compelled to give up work. Itsafesen
hours. The electrical machinery sit- funFnsntnatr.cpnighadaldhugntihaacm
uated near the new well is saidto be the sumption. My wife insisted on my tryin
in anv eleemosvnary institution I 'Golden Medical Discovery ' I have taken tour
Hirst 111 any e, 2 bottles and an. now a well man. weighing 1S5
in the soutn. There are about sixty pounds "thaiks to Dr. Pierce."
The People’s Common Sense Medical
Adviser in paper covers, is sent free on
receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to pay the
cost of mailing only. Address Dr. R. V.
cure. It contains
GREAT CUT PRICE SALE
Dv reasons of having bought very largely this spring and the
D unprecedented dull trade we are convinced that we cannot
unload this immense stock of goods unless we can get more than
our share of the Decatur trade as well as attract the trade from
the our neighboring towns. Therefore we have decided to in-
augurate a cut price sale on our entire stock.
dose or two of bullets, instead of giv. 2"
ing pills.
“He was shot in old Kentucky,.
oods for Cash Only and can figure on the very
We invite the public generally to a close in-
merit.
Well, I guess I have written enough
to give you an idea of things in this
place, or where I have been.
Our people think we will be mus-
tered out some time in the coming
This Sale does not mean a cut price on a few leaders,
but shall embrace all our Clothing, fiats, Shoes, ITlen s
Underwear, Ladies’ Slippers and our immense line of Dress
Goods, hosiery and notions.
Aur stock consists of first class goods in every line and we offer
U you a chance to buy them for a less price than the medium
and low class goods that are offered in the town. II you want
to save money do not make your purchases until you have look-
ed at our goods and get our prices. We are preparing to put in
the largest stock of fall goods ever brought to Decatur, and in
order to pay cash for them we are determined to close out our
summer goods. We do not want a single article of summer goods
left unsold, and we believe that a low cash price will move them.
gans, "
Medical
them would express my opinion very once a month; then the nurses on
well. They have some good officers. 1 them come ashore, • and every boy in
they can dig good trenches, and they the whole garrison turns out to see
know how to "run !” As a rule, one them. . When they came here for the
American is equal to six insurrectos. fKSt time I came near "fainting,” for
They are armed with Mauser and1 they were the first American girls I
Remington rifles, presumably stolen had seen for four oi five months—
from the Spanish at Cavite arsenal, (bless their sweet souls !)
aWhen they run short of ammunition Now, I will try to tell you about my
they reload old shells and make powder trip across the island, or my campaign,
out of match heads, and for artillery you may say. About 7 p. m., Jan. 1.
theyhave some Nordenfe’dt guns,taken I we were issued 150 rounds of shell
from a gun-boat, and some small brass
cannon—but they make pretty good
rel We occupied Lipa, and were
there two days, and Col. Anderson,
38th U. S. V., decided that he wanted
Batangas. Companies A. B. C. and
D. were sent out, and we reached
here about 10 a. m.; fought hard about
two hours and took the place and cap.
tured a quantity of ordnance stores
and some brass and bamboo cannons.
But I found that we had done more
than we were supposed to, because
there were about 1200 negroes in
town, and our battalion got here ear-
lier than we were supposed to, and
when we got through fighting and in
town the 40 th infantry, 11th and 4th
cavalry ad some artillery. that were
sent to help us, arrived. But, as it
happened, we didn’t need help .
Since then, we have been doing
garrison duty here, and every few day’s
we hike out into the mountains and
try to scrape up a fight After we
had been here three or four days a
I am not a Lawyer nor Land Agent.
1 write INSUARANCE, exactly as
it should be written. in the best,
old companies. G. W. CLARK,
Southwest Cor. Square.
22 miles distant. We covered 21
miles by 6 p. m., and camped. and
next morning we found the negroes.
They entrenched themselves wherever
they wanted to, and we "didn't do
a thing’ but KILL about half of them 1
apiece and marched to Baccor. 17
miles distant, reaching there at 3 a. m.
but had no fight Our regiment was a
part of Gen. Swaine’s column. Gen.
Wheaton's brigade. Then we marcheo
to Zapote River bridge, but still nd
six months. I am always glad to bear
from home, and papers are always
welcome. Chas. Evans, of Company
G., Lipa, was here last night, and
of course, we had letters to exchange.
of attack, papers to read, etc. Charles and I
FROM THE PHILIPPINES. [ principal towns of any importance,
, . _ .noi whose commanders look after a cer-
From Cliff Shepherd, Sergt. Go. D. 00 tain portion of surrounding country
U. S. V. Infty.) Small gunboats constantly patrol the
,,, , . , coast and look after the lighthouses
(Concluded from last week.) and marines along the coast. The
Now then, about the negroes we
have to fight; they are not drilled, and _
to say they are Indians and fight like soft bread ; but they only come about
He Was Shot in Old Kentucky.
An Illinois editor penned 'he fol-
lowing:
"He was shotin old Kentucky,
where they make the metntain . dew,
and the mother feeds the babie on
hot revolver stew: where you wakt ip
in the morning shot full of bullet holes,
and find your sole companions are
disembodied souls.
• He was shot in old Kentucky,
where their aim is always true, and their
principal amusement is shooting peo-
pie through; where doctors use as
medicine, lor all the human ills, a
wear any regular uniform, and one
minute they will be "shooting like the
very deuce,” and the next you will see
them • hiking” (walking) toward you
carrying a white flag. I have heard
some of the boys say that they (the
negroes) would fire a rifle at you with ; —
a white flag tied to it! T here is no miles out of the way.
organized lighting now at all—simply
bands of robbers or Ladrones ’hat
nail and glass shooting cannon from
bamboo.
They are great in working the
"amigo” dodge on us. They do not
cants that can’t find entrance now, as
the rooms are all full. This, howev-
er. doesn’t speak well for our beauti-
ful Tex as land.
The patients and attendants are giv-
en a ball every Friday night. All of
them that are able are encouraged to
take part in this. It is very amusing
to see a lot of lunatics trying todance.
Some of them, however, are fine
dancers and seem to like it very much.
Our capitol is one of which Texas is
and by right ought, to be, very proud.
A confederate monument is in the
course of erection to the right of the
south entrance to the capitol grounds,
just opposite to the fireman s monu-
ment.
As you all know, the Austin dam is
a thing that was. It was one in which
the Austinites could justly feel proud.
It is thought by some that it will be
rebuilt; but that is very uncertain.
No city in Texas has ever witnessed
such a disaster as Austin has in the
loss of life and property caused by
this disaster. The new waterworks
are now furnishing the city with water
and it is to be hoped that no more
trouble will be caused along this line;
There is much more that I could tell
you. but fearing that this will not find
a place in your valued paper, I will
quit. ,
I hope to be with home folks and the
good people of Wise county by the
time that the big reunion at Decatur
comes off, for I am sure that it will
be a success in every particular.
If this comes through all right, I
will give you some university notes
soon. With best wishes for the Mes-
senger and its readers, I am,
A SUBSCRIBER.
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Halcomb, N. W. & Crabb, C. J. Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, May 25, 1900, newspaper, May 25, 1900; Decatur, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1581605/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .