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CLINTON THOMPSON, Editor and Propr.
Entered at the Post Office at McKinnev, as
Second Class mall matter.
THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1886.
We are authorized to announce
SILAS HARE,
of Grayson County, for Congress from the 5th
Congressional District.
Subject to the Democratic Convention.
Brenham has received her first
bale of cotton.
HOW CITIES ARE BUILT.
Another Meteor Yarn.
Dallas liquor dealers are as-
tonished at the vigorous enforce-
ment of the Sunday law.
On the 25th Sam Maddox ship-
ped thirty-five car loads of cattle
from Wichita Falls to Chicago.
Eastland County Alliance has
taken steps to provide for the
drought sufferers in that section.
The man who jumped from
Brooklyn bridge has been arrest-
ed for attempting to commit sui-
cide.
The public schools in Leadville
have been closed because the peo-
ple are too poor to maintain them
but there are 1100 saloons and
gambling houses in full blast.
The history of the growth of
our booming American cities, in
the southwestern section of the
country at least, is one history.
The cities that have made progress
increased population, multiplied
wealth, developed their possibili-
ties and drawn to them the com-
merce of large sections, are the
cities that have dealt liberally
with railroads, fostered manufac-
tories and aided all public enter-
prises that have sought assistance
'rom them. Kansas City is one
instance. Leavenworth had the
start of Kansas City, was a large
military post, and every way ad-
vantageously placed to become
the commercial center of Kansas
and Western Missouri. She pur-
sued a niggardly policy, and Kan-
sas City seeing her opportunity,
opened her arms to welcome what
Leavenworth thought must come
to her by force of circumstances,
and Leavenworth got left. Min-
neapolis is another case in point
Under the very shadow of St.
Paul's greatness she has challeng-
ed the capital in the race for com-
mercial honors, has overhauled
lur, and will distance her. Noth-
ing but a public spirit so broad
that it was once said "she gave
half what she was worth to induce
people to invest in the other half"
has accomplished this. The
amount that city has given to aid
railroads is fabulous. Los An-
geles, Cal., is still another instance;
Lincoln, Nebraska, another.
The above items and instances
are thrown out to show our own
real estate owners that liberal do-
Tlils Time One in Said to Have Fallen In a
Wisconsin liar ley Patch.
A Dallas Man the Victim.
... t r ,1 relation to alcoholic liquors and
nations to public enterprises oi all , . , 1 , ",
' other poisonous beverages be sub-
The Gazette intends to take
no part in the wrangle now going
on in County politics, but when
it gets onto anything that it be-
lieves to be wrong it will most
certainly "tell the truth."
A Portland, Dakota, special to
the Pioneer Press says : It is esti-
mated that the grain ruined by
Saturday's hail storm in this sec-
tion will aggregate 750,000 bush- | kinds, and especially railroads, is
els, which at present prices means : the most profitable investment
a loss of $450,000. they can possibly make. The en-
terprise of our people has made
McKinney what she is now.
More railroads are pointing this
way. Material offerings should
be held out to all railroads, and
the encouragement and courtesy
of our people toward all men of
enterprise and capital should be
given. We have only commenced
to build. We must have water-
works; we must have street lights;
we must after a while have street
car lines; we have an agricultural
Milwaukee, July 27.—People in
the vicinity of Grafton are very
much excited over the fall of a
meteor near that place. A party
of harvesters were at work in a
barley field of II. Seideriek, a mile
and a half south of the village, and
were suddenly startled by a loud,
strange sounding noise, not unlike
the roar of a long train of cars.
The noise increased in volume to
such a degree during the space of
only a few seconds as to become
almost deafening. The unusual
sound seemed to come from the
heavens, and gazing upward the
spectators beheld what appeared
to be a huge ball of smoke rapidly
descending to the earth. The
meteor struck the earth within a
few rods of where the men were
standing and buried itself deep in
the ground. The hole in the
ground is three or four feet in
circumference and its depth is un-
known, all attempts to find bottom
by inserting long poles having, it
is said, proved futile. Mr. Seideriek
is now engaged in excavating the
earth around the spot where the
meteor lies imbedded and intends
to bring the latter to the surface.
A Prohibition Proposition.
Washington, July 26.—Senator
Clair, from the committee on edu-
cation and labor, to-day submitted
a favorable report from the major-
ity of the committee on a joint
resolution proposing that an
amendment to the constitution in
Stripped of His Gold ami Garments and
Thrown into a 1J lack llole l,y a
Cranky Alcalde.
Let's have no juggling in the
race for District Judge. Let the
candidates stand on their own
merits, and if not able to win the
race without trading with the
friends of candidates for other
places, let them be beaten.
Collin County is for Pickett
for Congress, as evidenced by the
vote cast in the primaries, and he
should not be cheated out of the
vote by the manipulations of
friends of candidates for other po- association and well equipped fair
sitions. Let the delegates sit
down on the little job.
Willie Sells, the Kansas boy,
who murdered his father, mother,
sister and brother several months
since, was found guilty Monday of
murder in the first degree. It is
not known what will be his sen-
tence, but it is a certainty that he
deserves to have his neck broken.
The latest from Mexico is to
the effect that Editor Cutting is
still in prison. Great indignation
exists in this country, and es SOME ALLEGED TRADING,
pecially in Southwestern Texas in We get the substance of the fol
regard to this case; and if Mexico j lowing little business from the
don't watch out she will wake up ] Dallas News dispatch from this
some morning and find that she place and give it
has got herself into it.
grounds—we must eacourage it.
All these enterprises are now in
order. Establish the least one of
these and the others will follow in
rapid and regular order. Men
make towns. We have the men,
the disposition and the wealth.
Let the work begin. McKinney
must be a city of seven or eight
thousand inhabitants before anoth- ! sovere'Sns> uh° in
er president is elected. Let us all
constitute ourselves special con-
tractors and join in the work.
The Denison Gazetteer says
"the city council of Sherman have
adopted a rigid Sunday ordinance,
and the officials are strictly en-
forcing it. The result is that a
large number of persons come over
to Denison to spend the weekly
holiday, where the people are
more tolerant." We will bet our
old hat that Sherman can get
along very well without that class
that will go a dozen miles simply
in order to have the privilege of
doing as they please in drinking
and carousing on Sunday. We
say, enforce the Sunday law in
this matter or take it off the book
and give all an equal showing.
In a little book entitled Consti-
tution of the Farmers Alliance of
the State of Texas we find in the
declaration of purposes the follow-
ing, viz.:
"In things essential unity and in all things
charity."
8. To develop a better state mentally, mor-
ally, socially and financially.
4. To create a better understanding for sus-
taining our civil officers in maintaining law
and order.
5. To constantly strive to secure entire har-
mony and good will among all mankind, and
brotherly lore among onrselves.
6. To suppress personal, local, sectional and
national prejudices, all unhealthful rivalry and
all selfish ambitions."
We would say to the brother
who gave us the little book that
the purposes therein set forth seem
to us to be good, and assure him
that no word or act of ours will in-
tentionally thwart a good purpose
and that the Gazette shall not be
used to antagonize anything that
has for its objects the elevation
and ennobling of society. But if
we see a good and noble order
prostituted to selfish ambition and
hot-headed, inconsiderate men
striking right and left at every-
body and everything that does
not agree with them, then we
should be excused. 'In all that is
good we propose to be with you,
in all that is wrong we propose to
be against you.
to our readers
and let them be their own judges:
"Messrs. Hare and Gunter, of
Sherman, and Daugherty, of
Gainesville, visited McKinney
Monday on important business, in
fact there was an air of mystery
about them that provoked much
comment and elecited consider-
able inquiry. They had a paper,
a bill of sale, a power to trade Ike
Standifer, Tom Crooks and eleven
other prominent Denisonites and
their influence, which was sup-
posed to include the pocket-
borough, Denison, for a like con-
sideration in Collin. It was alleged
that armed with this important
implement of modern politics, Mr.
Standifer had visited Mr. Garnett
at McKinney on last Friday, the
day preceding the Democratic
Primaries, and made a contract
whereby he was to turn over the
thirteen men in buckram, including
the pocket-borough, Denison, to
Garnett on the 12th of November
next, in return on the morrow that
Mr. Garnett and his friend Bing
ham were to see to it that Hare
delegates were returned from
McKinney. It was further alleged
that an affidavit was in existence
that Hare was a party to the trade.
This morning Mr, Ike Standifer
was in the city and in response to
inquiry stated that he did visit
McKinney; that he did have such
a paper; that he did offer to make
such a trade; that he did approach
Mr. Garnett, who replied that he
had always been a firm friend of
Judge Hare; that his friends were
so divided that even if he wanted
to trade he could do nothing, and
would do nothing; that his friend,
J. H. Bingham was a strong friend
of Judge Hare. Mr. Standifer
further said he claimed the sole
honor of this original—"Tickle
me and I'll tickle you." That
Judge Hare was not cognizant of
the matter.
Meantime McKinney has elect-
ed delegates who are not suppos-
ed to favor the Congressional as-
pirations of Judge Hare—and
there's music in the air.
mitted to the Legislatures of the
States for ratification. The amend-
ment provides that from and after
the year 1S90 the manufacture and
sale and importation of distilled
alcoholic intoxicating liquors, ex-
cept for medical purposes, mechan-
ical, chemical and scientific pur-
poses, and for use in the arts, shall
cease. The report which accom-
panied the proposed amendment
says: "The committee does not
deem it necessary to discuss the
evils of the use of alcohol, but be-
lieve the people have the right to
decide what measures shall be
taken for the regulation and ex-
piration of this traffic." "Why,"
it asks, "should they be denied an
opportunity to be heard in the on-
ly forum which can pass upon the
question ? When any considera-
ble and respectable portion of the
American people desire, and plead
their case in a great tribunal of
a free country
decide every question of funda-
mental issues in the last resort, it
is the duty of Congress to act on
such parliamentary legislation as
is proposed, so that under the
forms of the constitution they can
be heard on the question of its
own amendment. To deny this is
the very essence of despotism, and
for Congress unreasonably to re-
fuse a hearing is just cause for rev-
olution."
An
Oleomargarine Factory Blows
Up.
Chicago, July 25.—Early this
morning one of six tanks in Ar-
mour & Co's. oleomargarine facto-
ry, adjoining the company's pack-
ing house at the Stockyards, blew
up with great violence and deluged
the workmen about the place with
hot grease. Four men were scald-
ed and two were hit by the flying
debris and bricks. None of the
men are supposed to be seriously
injured. The damage will be
about $1500.
Monstrous Story.
Nashville, July 27.—A special
from Savannah, Ga., says a horri-
ble report from the lower end of
Tatnall County has just been re-
ceived in that city. A negro wo-
man engaged to prepare dinner
for a colored picnic murdered a
young child which had been left
in her charge, cooked half the re-
mains and served it to the people.
The other half of the remains were
found salted down in a barrel. The
negroes became perfectly frenzied
on making the discovery, seized
the woman and burnt her at the
stake. The report appears to be
authenticated.
Horehound not a New Discovery.
Dr. Ward states: Horehound has been
known to physicians since the beginning of the
world as the king of all remedies for diseases of
the Throat, Chest and Lungs. I believe Bal-
lard's Horehound Syrup is the best combination
known to-day for Coasumption, Coughs, Colds.
Bronchitis and all diseases having their origin
in the Throat and Chest. There are hundreds
of physicians using this plain home made rem-
edy in their practice and they all report the
same uniformly food result. Call for Free
Sample Bottle from our Agents, Smith A John-
son. 5
[Dallas News.]
Ever since Juan Nepomiceno
Cortina, with a command of Bashi
Bazouks, was permitted by the
United States to wage a four years'
irregular war on the Texas border,
an idea setms to have prevailed in
Mexico that an American citizen
in that country is a proper subject
for the unrestrained license of the
erratic, pragmatic Alcaldes. This
pretty interchange of kicks for
kisses seems to have gained
strength since the United States,
by the extension of its wealth and
energies beyond the border, gave
the Aztecs more desirable object
to kick at. Perhaps there is not a
locality of any extent in the United
States which cannot present the
history of a victim; although, for
prudential reasons, the facts are
concealed by those in the knowl-
edge of them. The irritation caus-
ed in this community by the
imprisonment of Cutting at Paso
Del Norte has brought to light the
unjust imprisonment of
a citizen of dallas
at Largas as no further back than
last May. The outraged party was
Mr. R. II. Fleming, a traveling
agent for an agricultural imple-
ment firm in this city. As Mr.
Fleming was sitting on a bench in
the Plaza at Largas reading a
newspaper, he was approached by
a policeman, who asked him where
he was going. Mr. Fleming re-
plied that he proposed taking the
stage next morning for San Luis
Potosi, where his business com
inanded him. "Senor," said the
policeman, "you are wanted at the
Alcalde's office." Thither they
.vent, and there the American
citizen was first divested of his
watch, chain, rings—in fact of
everything but his shirt and
pants—and then sent to the prison.
Before leaving the office he asked
to be informed of the cause of his
offending, but received 110 'other
reply than a withering stare, lie
then stood on his right as an
Americrn citizen and succeeded in
provoking a smile accompanied
with a haughty curl of the lip.
Through the streets of Largas, in
a half nude state, this American
sovereign was marched to the
great amusement of the ragged
populace. He probably had been
stripped for an exhibition. At
the prison, which was filled with
RAGS, LICE AND INFAMY,
he was put in a cell fashioned after
the Black Hole of Calcutta. Amer-
icans who had received the news
.vent to the Alcalde's office, pro-
tested against the outrage and
threatened to bring it immediately
to the attention of the American
government. The result was that
Mr. Fleming, after lying in prison
eight hours, was released, when he
again asked the reason for his ar-
rest and none was given him. For
this harsh and arbitrary act those
who know Mr. Fleming must be-
lieve there was no excuse beyond
a devilish malignity having its
foundation in an innate hatred of
everything American. The extent
of this hatred is logically inducible
from the very many cases coming
under its exercise. An engineer
on the Mexican Central, hailing
from Waxahachie, who, through
fears of retaliation, dares not con-
sent to the publication of his
name, states that in every instance
of loss of life or injury by a rail-
road accident the laws are con-
strued to the oppression of Ameri-
can citizens, however strong may
be the evidence of their innocence,
in proof of which he cites the case
of an engineer who has been 18
months in prison in Siralgo with-
out the benefit of a trial, or of
food or other aid from his friends.
The man is now
a living skeleton,
like the great American navy, that
fails to visit the nearest Mexican
port and run out the muzzle of its
guns. What was his crime ? While
running a freight train on a down
grade the train, despite the engi-
neer's efforts to hold it back, ran
over a Mexican and killed him.
For eighteen months the free
breeze of heaven has not once
fanned this man's blood, nor has
the voice of friend been permitted
to breathe through his bars !
As an Indispensable Article.
Mrs. Anna Shoemaker, Marshall, Mo.,
writes: Ballard's Snow Liniment is the best
article for Rheumatism and Neuralgia I have
ever used, and for lame back it is unsurpassed.
I recommend it as an indispensable article
which every lady should constantly have at
hand. Inclosed please find SI for wh'lch please
send two bottles. Smith & Johnson Agents. 3
Good Farm for Sale.
I have a good farm for sale; situated 2 1-3
or 3 miles southwest of McKinney; 100 acres in
cultivation, 20 in pasture, au everlasting
spring of splendid water. Good dwelling with
6 rooms, fine cistern right at house; too tenant
houses. Apply to or address, J. Lee Faibes.
McKinney, Texas.
Mexican Revolutionary Circulars.
Eagle Pass, July 26.—Revolu-
tionary circulars are being distrib-
uted throughout the States of Ta-
maulipas, Cohahuilla and Nuevo
Leon, signed by Francisco T. Caso
calling upon his friends to arm
and fight the Diaz government.
This circular calls attention to the
fact that the Diaz government is
trampling on the rights of the
press, and that a late decree has
been promulgated giving the al-
caldes throughout the various
States in Mexico unusual powers.
Caso states that he upholds the
constitution of 1857.
The Trouble at Paso Del Norte.
>'0 Change In the Cutting Case—He i*
Still in Prison :iml Troops are Being
llrouglit I p from Chihuahua.
Americans Who are Anx-
ious to Fight.
El Paso. .I lily 2-1.—There was no new
developments in the Cutting ease to-day.
lie is still in jail. The north lionnd pas-
M>n:rer trtin on the Mexican Central
brought in 125 soldiers troni Chihuahua.
They were armed wiih modern repeating
rifles, and brought 10.000 rounds of ;mi-
munition. The officials state that they
are not brought up in anticipation of any
trouble with the I'nited States, but to
prevent mob violence from this side.
They believe the reports that an armed
force will cross the river at night and
free < titling.
OXI.Y WAITING KOlt TIIK WOltD.
Colorado, .July 2 . — A. parly just iu
from El l\u,o say's the American editor
of El Paso, imprisoned by the Mexican
authorities, still languishes in jail, and
nothing has yet been done for his release.
There are plenty of volunteers read v to
go over from El Paso and give the Mexi-
cans a thrashing and take the prisoner
oui of jail, and they are only waiting loi
the I'nited States to open the ball.
A RKVOI.l'TIONARY IM'SK.
Laredo. .July 21. —Last night a special
from Laredo mentioned the concentra-
tion of live thousand Mexican troops on
the l.io Grande frontier, with New
Laredo as the principal point. To-day a
well defined report is current that the
revolution m the State of Tamaulipas is
merely a blind and that this pretended
revolution is a ruse to enable the Mexican
government to concentrate a large army
in front ot Laredo, in anticipation of an
effort on the part of the I'nited States
Government lo lake by force the body of
Cutting, the American editor imprisoned
at lfio Del Norte. Tiiis movement is
worthy of the serious notice of the United
States Government.
Winchesters, six-shooteis and saddle
horses have taken quite a raise on the
Kio Grande {lending th El l'aso trouble.
Those Outrages.
The Killing of Negroes in MisHissi|>i More
Extensive liiiin at First Supposed.
Jackson. Miss.. .Inly 24.—The outrages
perpetrated upon negroes in Newton
County. Mississipi, by a band of regula-
tors iiroye more serious than at first ex-
pected. The difficulty arose from a negro
entering government land, which was
claimed by a while man. The matter was
tried in the courts and resulted in a vic-
tory for the negro. The regulators took
up the quarrel, and in the difficulties th--1
ensued lour colored men. Manuel Thames.
Simon Thames, Abraham Dash and L.
Williams, were killed. These outrages
had such an effect upon the negroes that
hundreds ot them left the country, and
are still leaving it as fast as they can get
away. Many crops have been abandoned
in consequence of the flight of the hands,
as it is impossible to get any labor to
tike their places, i'lie best citizens of
the county an* opposed to these outrages,
but the Land of regulators have so terror-
1 i/.ed everybody that it is feared it will be
| impossible to s cure evidence to convict
| in the trials which comes up before the
! district court Monday.
About Demagogues.
The success of the demagogue
depends upon his deceiving the
people. The way this is done, is
to create a discontent, point out
an imaginary wrong, show a
wonderful evil and a great oppres-
sion. A fertile brain can draw
largely upon imagination ; a brazen
face can make many assertions;
these are used as arguments. Get
an individual to look at the dark
side of everything and get him to
thinking that probably some injury
! has been done, or some evil is
pending, or some oppression is
about to be, or already is heaped
upon him and he soon becomes
reckless, discontented, dissatisfied
and wants a change. It matters
not how well he is doing, how
bright the future may in reality be,
still it is the dark side he looks at.
The first demagogue that we
have any historical record of,
commenced by persuading Adam
and Eve that their Creator was
witholding their dues, that he re-
tained information that they were
entitled to ; and thus creating a
spirit of dissatisfaction with their
happy lot, he led them into error,
caused them to lose their pleasant
and profitable position, bringing
upon themselves and their posteri-
ty misery, pain and death.—Bon-
ham News.
Destitution in Parker County.
Weatherford, July 26.—In the
northern portion of the county,
about Whit and Poolville, the
citizens have held meetings to fix
on some plan of relieving families
in that portion of the county who
have been made destitute by the
protracted drouth. At a meeting
held at Whit 600 families were
reported who would need assist-
ance before they could make anoth-
er crop. Capt. W. C. Thompson
starts North to-night to solicit aid
for those who stand in need of
assistance. Esq. Holland, of Pool-
ville, stated to your reporter that
in the Poolville precinct 200 fam-
ilies were reported to the citizens'
meeting who would need assist-
ance before another crop could be
made.
A nice rain fell here yesterday
morning, which cooled the air very
materially.
Another of Guiteau's curses
has materialized. Col. Geo. B.
Corkhill who prosecuted him and
whom he cursed so bitterly has
died very suddenly.
Starving Fishermen.
The Inhabitants of New Foninlliiiiti ami
Labrador Uvinj; of Starvation.
Ottawa. Ont., .luly 21.—Hon. A. Wid-
dell of the Newfoundland coven*, men t,
has arrived in this city f>r the purpose of
interviewing the Dominion government
as to sending aid to the struggling fisher-
men on the coast of New Foundland and
Labrador. Widdell tells a sad tale as to
the prevalent distress, owing to there be-
ing no fishing on account of the ice not
breaking up. One hundred and lifty peo-
ple have died of starvation. Twenty-live
hundred people are now starving for lack
of food. I11 one settlement alone of forty-
two inhabitants, no less than twenty-
four died during the past month ot star-
vation. in another settlement of seventy-
two, twelve died. Winter sets in in Oc-
tober, and I he outlook for the poor peo-
ple is*terrible. it ready aid is not forth-
coming. Mr. Widdell has arranged to see
the government and lay his pitiful story
before the ministers.
Sioux Indians Ugly Again.
ISisniark, Dak.. July 24.—A report that
1500 Sioux Indians at Pine Ifidge Asreney
are about to leave the agency lias caused
some excitement throughout this section
although it is not believed the Indians
will carry oul their threat. The cause of
the trouble is (lie announcement that the
Indians are to be disarmed and rations re-
duced. I'p to this time they have been
receiving rations for 7000. hut a recent
census disclosed the fact that there were
only 4500 at the agency ■ Hearing that
their rations were to be reduced and arms
taken from them the Indians prepared to
j leave the agency and rustle for them-
selves. The news was communicated to
; Standing Ro^k, where Sitting Bull and
j his ii(X)0 followers are located, and the
; people have fears that these might be
! aroused and excited by the action ot their
elatives at Pine ifidge.
Torture in an Ice-House.
ARDINGER &G
Dry Goods J
r
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, &c!
South Xorwalk. Conn.. July 2." .—Yes-
terday Wilbur Avers, a provision dealer,
went into his large patent meat refrigcra- j
tor while his clerks were at dinner and in !
some way the door slammed behind him j
and he was locked in with the tempera-
turcat zero. Mr. Avers weighs 200 pounds
but he soon bjgan to feel sleepy and that
he was freezing to death. He threw his
body violently against the door many
times, and succeeded iu widening the
planks so as to tear out the layer ot char-
coal between, and after repeated trials
broke the outside plank, crawled out and
fell in a heap on the ll >or. where he was
found bv one of his customers. The
muscles on his right side were severed,
and Ins ribs and arms paralyzed, while his
body was one mass of bruises.
A Kaufman County Skeleton.
Kemp. July 2:t.—On the morning of the
loth insl. Mr. Joe Williams, living some
ten mil"S south of Kemp, was oi:t hunt-
ing willi several neighbors. In crossing
a ravine that ran into the Trinity I'ivcr.
halt a mile from the river, he discovered
something lie took to be the head of a
human being. On closer investigation it
proved to he the head of an individual,
and from appearances, had been dead
some twelve or eighteen months. The j
brains and one eve were still in the skull i
The belief is that it is the head of an aged
woman. The person was evidently an ]
old one, as the teeth were all gone except '
two. This individual has probably been
foully dealt with. The citizens intend
making search in a flwd ivs for the re-
mainder of the skeleton.
Bloody Fight With the Indians.
Guaymas. Mex.. July 24.—Advices from
Yaqui River report a battle between Mex-1
ican troops and Yaquis yesterday. Col.
Lorenzo Torres, with three hundred men, j
while conveying a train of provisions
from Medano to Torren, met the Indians, j
who numbered 12U0, about one and a half |
leagues from Medan. In the battle which j
ensued and lasted three hours, the Indians j
were repulsed with a loss ot forty killed j
and twenty prisoners, who were iuiuiedi- i
ately shot. The Mexican losses were I
Capt. Arros and nine men killed and 20 I
wounded.
HALLOW!
Do you want to have some fun ? If
you do go to Morgan's Pictt.re Gallery
and have some Comic Pictures taken.
ARDINGER & COMPANY
J. AHOH&BHO
DON'T MISS THE CHANG!
The Men's Suits at
are the Siggest Bargains
Ever Offered in Collin Co,
JA.OQB iLHOlT & SI&Q !
ADDITIONAL LOCAL XEU S.
The Gazette returns thanks to the
gentleman who presented (?) us with that
| luscious watermelon Saturday. It filled
•*a long felt want'11 in our oflice.
The McKinney Literary Society will
meet to-morrow, (Fiiday) night, instead
I of Saturday night, and will be addressed
by Rev. Jas. Ivy.
•
Rev. Jas. Ivy will address the Normal
School Teach >rs and the members of the
McKinney Literary Society at the latter's
Hall, Friday night. All are invited to
attend.
HE SAID HE WAS GOING
Straight to Bomar's Job Printing Oflice
and order a complete steck of Business
Stationary because the worl: was so nice
and prices so reasonable.
M. WEITZMAN,
McKINNEY, TEXAS.
From some cause unknown to us, the
Allen list of Gazktte's did not reach that
post office 011 time last week. We mailed
them here Thursday, and cannot account
for this.
Bishop Garrett, of the Episcopal
Church, availing himself of the courtesies
of the Methodist and Presbyterian
Churches, will preach at the latter church
Sunday morning. Rev. John R. Allen
will occupy the pulpit at night.
A man named Phillips was killed,
Monday, by falling into a well near New
Hope, three miles East of McKinney. It
seems that he was making some repairs
at the time and tripped up and fell back-
wards into the well, receiving injuries
from which he died in a very few min-
utes.
The picnic set for Friday, the 23rd, by
the Farmers' and Laborers' Party, was
rained out, causing a great deal of disap-
pointment among those, and especially
the ladies, who had come in expecting ta
spend a pleasant day. The rain was
welcomed by all, howeyer, as we were
beginning to need a great outpouring of
the fluid.
I11 the case of the State vs. Horton, tor
the killing of Montgomery, at Farmers-
ville, some time 6ince, the jury brought
in a verdict finding defendant guilty of
manslaughter, and sentenced hfm to two
yeais in the penitentiary.
Dealer in Woolens of all kinds for Tailors' use. Call on him it
the Dr. Smith Building West of Foote House.
fKOGKAHMG M. L. S.
SOCIETY HALL, )
McKisxky City. j
Tlie McKinney Literary Society meets at
this Ifall, iu the College lSuilding, ever}
Saturday night. Its meetings are public, ami
a cordial invitation is extended t. parties
visiting the City to attend.
President—J. It. Gough.
Vice-President—J T. Johnson.
Secretary and Treasurer—Cliut Thompson.
Editor Ketaliator—Miss Fannie Rodgers.
Editor Clique—Miss Sallie Battle.
Librarian—Miss A lite Rogers.
Executive Committee—G. 11. Smith, Miss
Marie Armstrong and Miss Luia Iliil.
Sargeant-at-Arms—II. D. Gilbert.
PKiGBAMME FOB FRIDAY NtGIIT, Jl'LY 80, '80.
Recitation, Miss Marie Arinst ong.
Select Reading, Miss Katie Cameron.
Declamation, \V. H. Hamilton,
Essa;, Darins Obenshaiu.
Select Reading, Miss Allle Rogers.
Recitation, Miss Sallie Battle.
Recess.
Mnslc, Misses Daisy Cameron and Salliu
Fitzliugh.
Select Reading, H. II. Crouch.
THE OLD MAN KICKED I1IM-
Self because he allowed a slick-tongued
drummer io seduce him into sending 4%
St. Louis for a lot ot Printing, when
Boinar could have given him better work
at the same prices,
J. R. PARKER.
GUNSMITH !
Repairing neatly done, at most
reasonable prices.
GUNS TO RENT !
Loaded Shells always on hand.
West Louisiana Street, near the
U. S. PostofHcc.
Bradley & Me Tver take the leaf!" in the
Barber business. Give them a call.
If you want a neat, nice running bugjry,
at the lowest market p/ioe. cnll on
J. O. Moobk.
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Thompson, Clinton. The McKinney Gazette. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 29, 1886, newspaper, July 29, 1886; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth192216/m1/2/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.