The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 5, 1895 Page: 1 of 4
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w. j, miley
Druggist.
H.tHTKOi*. TKX AS.
S/tec in I mul rurejul atleulion t/irrii
to '/.r I'lt-ncrifttttm Ih/Hirtiiii ill,
'in I /I'llrail* wintI'd mi rilktr
>/'« 1/ nr iiiifht.
A lull llnt> ...
Fatoat M9ii3in.es.
r
I' r|ipneric*.To let Article* Stationary.
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< A'alerrd ut th> PottoJH i*i ill Hii*lrv^% Vein*, m 4iv' #t<f-c/a*a wiai i tnatlrr.)
<1 l" t Ml' HUM' II IR k I. U U V i. | II M K N T I A II I! I R 1 r I II ( T R*U <m J R f f K K> U M
c. erharo & son
UAHTBOP
TKX A b
VOLUME u
HA8TKUP, HASTitOH COUNTY Tl!\ AS, JAM AllV l«U5.
NUMHKH I
IVr#cri|iuon* mrefully coui|>oijd
ili-il ut all bourn.
PATENT M;F:i> I (' I K 1
all kind*.
1—
the 3^tr03 a0vert1se3
tHhtvml i*f '1* n*« ■«l* . •'
tr* Mf-omi-' ln** muttrr.
to the front, as usual.
K TAMI MK|t t*.t
T I II M H
•UbM'llptlnit III advaio ••
I( paymeat I* defcrre-l •• «lat -
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No or «i|i a 111*. two*. tv tnuii 1 >*'i
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I'. (I. KL/iN Kli. iht* " Old Kelialile " will keep t< 1 li«* 'rout
lllollgll the lii'iiM'li's lull. The low pi!«••• of I'olloll rotnpels tin*
laihum-, aw well as 1 li«* laborer, fo buy supplies where they can
Imiv I lie cheapest thai is the best ^oods tor the leant money
Tor twenty yeuis IV o. I'.l/ner ha. furnished supplies to the
|teo|i|e of l'asti(>t> county. He be^an in a 10x1*4 room, uiul so
well has he pleased the people, that h'n luminous continued to
Increase rrom \ • •« • 1.. vmr. until now his lloor room alone reaches
K< r heavy tHiplav.T ii'lvfrUw'initttl* iwent)
|i«'| 1 t ,<l <■ 11 •• >* •' !« addft
Trilll t«..« 4 V. ..... 44 |••• r M|UNri' hlltr iim'ti
flf*t llMMi "I'll. HII't il ft'lll* l« f l'4 « tl • *! I
.j.iolit ill* riM#.
i.HHi ih.mm . I--', i" 1 7o,iMK) siitiare leet. to sav nothing of the thousands of feet of
m rtIon Hov u w«irM-umk * h inn* ( J
Ol.Unary imiich . \ ri-liii i In llmt ul Ihc
TEXAS ;TATK NKWS.
Collated from alt Parttt of the Htuto
lor Tdxhh Puople.
A l.riirrnl RninitiNry « I t • * I> • vi'iiU miiiI
la«-i«lriii* Tr«u |'lriuv Tlirnuttliuul
1 li«> l.ontt Mlur Mlftt*.
A l it 1 Ir «*lrl IturiMMl tu lii'iith.
Th« '.''VcirMild iluuiflilcr of Jin* Wil-
M n at rihi-o. Kuhtliiiul I'ounty. wan It'fl
ut homo with ln*r little brother. Il«*r
clothei omi^riit lire unci ilit* \\ i* ho *•
vnrflv biirntni llint *|ic can not llvt*.
• ••II Into ihc Kin-.
Krotn Shu*. HWIttltfo county. oomfH
thi* nt*wh of tht* burning to <lr;tlli of nit
M ycRr-old child ai tiiut i 1ri <*. HIic was
utAindlnir on a chair in front of tlio tiro
l laoc. when, Io in# her bnlani'r. xlic
fell into the llrr uuil u uh burnt tl Ui
.IciUli
rati* of • •■••ui# H lino
rill- himiv.' n.i- ill ih* ulrli'lly < airU-«l im*
111 ONI li h 11 • I f\fl \ llltlaix I
the advertiser
Job Office.
PRINTS
LEGAL BLANKS,
WKIMUNo INVITATIiiN's. |I\M 1 I'ltO
(jham^ l.t I Tl-Kill vb- vii III \hs
KN\ I l.t ri nil.I III \ l - • \KI H
ST A II Ml N I - AND
l « Hit. Kits
4HU ' I \''w IHW I I R. «• 1 1 ! KB VMI I H
MHIlTISi; I AOS. Ill « 1.1 IT- IlKIKI'M.
I'ltSTAl.' AI(I S. TI« K I I • tM S
THI t III 1 K\ Ml I IV I .ICY
TAI1-. H SKIIAI.
Nt>TIC'K
we use the best grades paper.
1 a 111.it 11 t-i> in IH9N.
shelviuu; and jjjoods hanging from ill.
o||l\ be at 11 i I >111 •
Cotton |>?tii(ift«><l liy f'lrr.
rJ, . Firo broke out in the acm! cotton
t't'lIiliLr I Ills siitfi'ss call KtorchouNr ill II. ICttn/rt'a i «* (fin at
... . , |*. - , , i'ii*: Cuoro. llcWItt county, an • vrninc «kr
In llh* lac! 111 at In* lias l>tM*|l lllu*ral Willi Ills iwn ag"o, duuiakrinff m* vera I Innnircti
. 4 , „ , , dollar* north of cotton It toi k near*
patrons, lioiifst lyjircsHiitatinn and fail ilfaiiii^ jv four hnurs to extin^ruiiih the lire
mi . • ".1 •. , .1 1 . • 11 I-riction wur the cau*e t f the contla
II"- ll'llltfelicy 01 the times the merchant sell- Kralion ,i(1Sf. coVfi,v iuhii.aDuc
in«r at ih>' smallest margiual profit . lie must do this to sell jfnods n«h >.ir n.i d i
'i'hc ktronif norih wind that lm b «en
at all I* ICl/.lh'l, I • ' i^lii/.in^ this f.ict. a i I further, tliat 11 • lilowinjr Jit \>la*co, llra/.oria county
for Revoral days pa*t cauhi'il xuch a low
has always lu*i n tin* ti it• 11 1 t f tli•* la'tn in^ classes, will, in title that thousand* of tixh of all ai/h*
were Irft strundr l aloiiir the river for
1 lit 111 • * • lliaik his St ICK still l()Wt r ilovvil, kll'M'Uill * III*4 l Ittoill fix tir xevon inilea above its Itionth. ami
( . liie colored people were out in force
ch ar tiiil ut iiii iium plict'S. ( his is not "chill Illlisic, sotin lei With cotton RacUa and xva^nins gather
... i < i ui(f up the larir«*xt
otih ttidccfivt , lti\'inlc von a ihw prices on calico, ut.iiicstics, or
A i ml) ailing lor intmaRi**.
it lilliants, t< P't th«* better opjorltlMity of • '^till^ill^" \ 'li on Mollie I ranUlin. a reaiilent of Dalian,
haa tiled suit in the diRtrict court oi
nth'*r ilfllis; t h r«,t« l*. ■ 11« * lllilk**s n-I Special prii't s, lull sells * v • •: v* that city against the l.emp lire wing
Company for $30,000 damages The
line correspondingly low. plaintiff alU-ges that «he wan run over
by one of the defendant's witLfona on
.\ I we!if \ veal's ot contllinoiiS husiness ill Hastrop, is Slllli the ilid of Oct.ilier laat.aiul waa ao acr:
oualy iujured that riic was conlini'd to
! ciellt for the petiple to jll lge of his l'c|ial>llit\; he having Spent her bed for *i* weeUa.
(••hi %\rnilirr lii I'rim.
The fold wt ti o r durluff the paRt
few day* r I \aa has cauaed a great
ileal of suffering unions the ptioror
elapses
Wli.it ti Hull til Vaunt M ii IM«I
A i K !.ri inau on Christ uma eve a crowd
of young men capture.! a young man
who had been asaixt.n.r tin* I«m-rI dopu
tv in preat rvlng nr l« r In that « ity. ami
after', ving m tow *aeli over hia heat!,
bung him np by the lega. It la Mi ;«I
that thcHlTairhas reaultod In " -ra'
arreal" of the pRrticipauiR.
Colorra Human iinilijr u •
Mary ^tevtMiaoti, OolorcA «ei-
im? anight or two ago in llrtvl .y
aet her clothing on lire. She ran
of I ho lion, screaming for help, fl
was a cold night, and aa all the n
t i ^ v c in their hoii * wiu*
door* c waa aoitit* time before her C«ma
were licartl. She was fcirfully (iTP'
anil her injuries are conaicler^i t
fatal
A stor«* ttriiI**t Isril mi *4« .*
\ ni.',rht or two ugo the atori •>' s \
Harper %v iiro at savo\. lyini. o-mib
ty. wa* fiit .ed by biM iR- 'I lie:
li.oil.drawer wi s tot*u '*11 ARd
safe Mown open. Nc#v ft con
tair i t'v. A ho! ,t% drllle iti
,' fn M>«- •
u '.*00 or .'.thi iihusof (lout
■ I around the *af« to icatin
tli -.■ mit.I Tiie door* of the r.«i• e
blow ti OlT.
A Nc'iu 1 r /i<n *o ■•«••«• li i'<f «
On tin* u'ttht of Oeceiul er '47, \ .m
I'ar 'IV *.., was iiuiimiuIIv coul o-
tlioiinoim r falling to within I-
zero l'h« foltowini morning a n<
■H<1
TEXAS NEWS IN
TEXAS NEWS IN BRIEF.
— December
Tc\aa.
Murglar
In r cheese
-- A flu a
atro.f )
11' •
OUR Will
km
.jred *•
are r
(«m u
L ^vtlte.
.it M*- 1« n. tlUt con. tv. 4r>
1 t ick i lock.
a♦ • ^jaid snap huraie<i ic iucr-
. .U S4t> \||tonu«,
i±A c >ii*umrd tic that'll*
tool toiJi'dynffs at
■i
—til at li' -nf
i It till kt/ e . . ill
All the tuft Tuc < <\v '
"••ech neer vV.,*a| u«h We getting
! u iirliii
t III- tup
was pie
in. mi
tli id
I'ai is
aide I
free
ing i
of
to
\\ ilUins was fount! ! ■ in"
in t ic road, ten u ilt*a north of
w i ,. an eiupi . whisky bottle be*
n lie hutl fr< /en to death. I >•
can soil ct inside ruble suiter-
n i at li <*uIii' . but only the one
h.is iieen reported so far.
his whole business life here, I
pie, and await their verdict w
is m< stranger, can trust the peo
.erfeci confidence.
gvw. house.
ftf.'v Cotton
A Muliy I(u4il il Alun.
The little baby of Sarah t'ppertieck.
colored, waa burned to death near I'ai
catitie a few day^ ago The inotncr
lit fan.'ut enumerate prices, because lie Would llt t give had gone tone to towu to d« some shop-
ping. but before going left the baby
S oli prices on a few tilings, without gii'iug tlieni Upon, all, and which \va* just beginning to craw, in
I charge of twooldcr children, and while
his stO'k is so tllll atl<l ' ' nip|e?t , It would take the entire tour the waa gone the children got to p a1.
ing iu the tiro au«l set the baby's do*le
pages of the Anvkki isi;i:. to fully eiiuni Mate the prices on his
•utile lilies.
His word is hi bond, hi* proinist s art not to be broken ; In
ing on tire, and it was roasted alive.
f
commission merchan:
l>tm<utl> Anoiil I'allllo*.
At Moody, Mel.t'iinuil county, lletn
^ebaatiRU received a severe cut ill the
iiiuacle of the left Mrm a fiuv or two
li. ^ j-, jtioltllSfS you all lilies III* g-nnls, including dry goods, dress goods. Ago. Thedifliculty was brought on by
a contest between i aptain .1 W Hum-
I clothing, boois, shoes, hats, family and fancy groceries, farmer-* i contesting tin-eb i tiou of a. Mmr
i Read tpi. as juatice < f the peacr of tu-
"iipplie^ furniture, carpets, wagons, plows, carriages, buggies. Moody preen-, t •* i t t an ia a atun< t
democrat ami the party who did tin
undeitaker s supplies, etc. at l'iw*r prices than ever belol'e J cutting an out-ami otit populist
olli red in this section.
Collections a hi eetnlt\ , Willi fin il;
Having long liroven voiir friend, lie asks %%"nt tr..i .M,^OHri....,,„...,.
Mary l agnad. w low of \ I ngnatl
a colli iillialice t if V < t|l patloliage iu till* future, with the positive ( of Austin. Who lied on He. ember 10.
tics fur making tlicm, til all "oiitit i ... supposetlly from injuriea received while
in iiiixswur an.l HieSiMiiiiwcHt. u|.«i | you cannot purchase supplies ol any kind, qual- uiightim' fr..m «n . iri. eurloOmt
the most libeial terms. |lu\ antl hci
K\ctiniige "in nil points.
CorresjMin b nee solicited, am
prompt attention given to same.
( onMi-niuetils of cotton, wool am
In 1« .s sobcili t|, uiel liitt-ral advance,
made ot« a attic.
M MAIN KTKKKT,
hoiiston. • • • - Texas
01. tichenor's antiseptic,
S II us I'AI Ns UK M.s \V( II Nl s,
itv considered
iliau al
anvwhere in ihis section, at lower liirui.
|inrn«. Urul-« •. semo-. t'olle. Cramp
and Mux. and for < ollc. fl< tl^aml I • t
li\ II iu ll« r-« - nid Mub -
i: sn: . t r / v
A guaranteed cure foi
.r;./ )• o$m
A-i > our tiruggl"! for Fn
ami t Ireular.
eityon November 1! '-M has through
her attorney, tiled suit iu Austin fin ,
fto.OOO ilRiuages uguinst the Austin
' rapid transit companv . w.'j,ooo for iicr- \
p. o elzner s corner store.
Clltcd \\ li h lllril allot,
Frank Met islin. sc/ed I was hunt-
ing on the Anderson wharf at Corpus
( liristl on New S ear's day. liruest Uur*
gesa, n voiinr man about years old,
picked up I nuk'* gun and asked the
boy if he would give him leave Frank
said yes ami llurgess bla/od away, lill
ing the box's neck, back and legs with
bird shot P.urgess tliouv.rht the boy
was out of roach of tSie shot ami hat
no idea of it striking hi in I ho wounds
are painful hut not fatal
atiot in ill" .triii.
A few days ago, while Mr. Olennon
and Mr Kobertson, both of San Anto-
nio. were on t heir w a\ home from Llano
with a camping outfit, and while about
. . I eight miles from Uoivne. Itobertsoii uc
• I IM I I'llOIIJl- r* dentally shot hims« f in ;t:«- arm.
Tlie shot tore awa\ the !*. shy parts of
the arm and arteriea. smashing the
btines Kobertson. from lu.*s of blood
ami shock, was almost deed when he
reached llocrnc. where his wounds
were dressed, after w hich he waa con
\eyed by rail to h homo
MIl.MMillY kmi'lllill m.
M \ IN STWIMrr II. VST hop. tk\.vs
dill' sturk i-. more icplelt' tliiiu ever. Wrlutvi
m'leclt'il «i?ir u'ihmis in |i(.,im ii. ii'« t tin* l«'s| at llir lowcsl
liji'lirrs. ami will sell low. We have the h
est stiH'k of Millincn u in I Dress (iimmIs ever oll'eretl
S:.ll(|.|.' j,, |{j|s||U|l.
WC Itav.ii hoicc Dfe-s Silks, ami the latest si vies ol
sold lltld gil l Iallleetl b\
i Fun \i(t« v Son.
vn l. Mom. \\ t m )|t111 l';il M irks. \|m . N('\\ CiiVtTt ( l< tli. lil'tUKlPM
Druggist. Hastrop. , . ...... ... ,,
>ilittile's, hailte- Cloth. Chaiejf.aMe lallelas. (ilmias. I on-
I
(alas, in delicate shades. \ 11 kinds ol' Ti iiiitniiiirs. Don-
dr. hatk&w2y & go.
^.SPECIALISTS^
i Urgul*r nrmliiulri. i
nets. Mats. ( iii ,c|1m'.side hiilidl
ei|s ot
•I' ooiii i
that
TV the l**S.tlRtf Mll't * < •« WUCI
.1 uIv•• jroii hele-
nHfiilnpf i Idllvfa «ti t
Ynuiltf anit mid-
dle aged mm.
ltmiArti«bt.> r«*
niiti l" \ •• f. i .xr
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Mnii > •• •■ . .f
\ HI o ! III).I • : . >I-
f-.1 r% |irrli>hi ••
In %hr • ..
I V 111- Oo !,(,• '
* • MlnNr • «r..!
have to lie .cen to he i'|i|U'eeiaied.
miss f. chambers & co.,
Mli.l.lNKin WD DHKSS M.VKIilJS.
Tim Hank k\itiam;k
^ "'ii li mi'l t are •
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f' • n l nt.'l « im
i.fte • ipmt* i
i. iritaniMle* ' nil t '' ■ #
l i r*lto . I, oni- nitii .%«■ l«i«.l «.«•. Ml || "H|
*■ III mflora •• t ••••.
\V'IM|M ! .;•' 'I I . rf. • " I'-rc.-t
H lllit<<'*« u I 11 'I II it iV . | \ i • •• i I
I .. V '1 i1 11 ■ ' 'ii* I.• t t If V> ..'ill • ful Ileal
1 j; • t bu«* omeil o her v\ fij rot you t Ttyft
« i f % It I'll, ' i dH tin l.kln, iiiomii.
I! . I . .• i ■ I Kbtln J *.
I ' ■ M. «l fl ' ' -nfP il'i 1 • ft- > t|V.«
I ore (Jiirtrutit. imI.
.I. <! .\r iK>r. Pi.'opi.'iiTon.
hve3?0:r,tti] d •• liquobi
An %•*• ol ui it StoioOftff.
Frank Moure ami < ct r^i Uugby.two
little bov* ah <ut PJ yerirs old. went ut
hiinling a day or *>o ii^o about a mile
froui ' oirksville i..«orge w is carryiti«•
tin- git ii • oeked A rabbit jumped up
ami ran aenvss their path. licorgc
awung the gun Hround and in his ev
citoinent pulled the '. r. just as it
came even :111 I rani., ami the whole
load of *hot entered the boy s left side
just under the arm maklu^ a horrible
wiiuml. i t 'in late aecounts the doc-
tors have no hope of Ins recovery
A farmer 11 i • i i p ami iioiiimoi
A night or two ngo, about . oY'oek,
F. I < tdlins. a prosperous faruiet liv-
ing four mile west of i.atesvdie. • ory-
ell county. t.\.is held up ami robhed of
*|il by e lone highwavnan one mile
froin hi* home. < oluic w.i beat over
the head with u s,\ shootei anil \;ts
left in a precRrious eomlition ishas.
.1 Kirk was arrested and jailed about
W o'clock the Mime night ehRrgcd w-itli
the crime 'vtrk has always borne a
good reputation lie i> a c'tinen of
Oateavi Icand a tra h i hy i r« f« -.ton
mi rni* f
hK t \ •
KIIKSII l.AMKH always on lap KINK CIOAKH
.iar..'li served al all hours
X 1.1 ill |.! !• Plirril - r
In I I
t \ I * \ I. Illst II % ItOl M I j Ol
t,tti fk, lift' Min! •*!«•. Oil*
, |, , o i n | i • r •
fpt IM AMI PACTS.
\\ | , rili ' «l * "f ' r-i l t< ' t"e« tti.lt
( l i,. ti-11 h* • 'i hi the liantU.if other . mi
f pt
el I
l| I Ml XI II III 'V.t then. f. f f
i n.iijr v ■ !«• . ulna
•ui •ramiiK'nt *i o;ic.
lie>«• ! . of !• I. ' ' "I! trrmmrtili V If' I'
.. | ||| '"t leattfb tf^.oni. lit ui III II" if.
. , i t- jjfi I*. .|i.|i. |..i «t. mn| Pl.'i fil
I'lll I riiti«tillntt*in it ttt«* • ill*'* •*
i ,i .-ti . . >i ti ie :*ii \ • .ireful iIihk
, \ oil. It l' •III ■ 11 III I . |- • II Iu M III dtlt lt
•ut f r ' vniot.i'.i HIni k N«t I f1 r M« a
N \\ S.. i f .r Rklu p -.■■• . « Nl« rr.
.1 r l*i , t • '
^^7 t I • ' >•• 11. i* ie- at •. ii' i • |>-.ii < ■ t \ i
;. i i tu.'Uf |.*tlruirt, t>*aki *u4 l.uiln. lis"
Addiewaor call i*u
hathaway & co.,
I .oMMr Ml .. N«n % aioaio.Tr*
Ao'iloit* In 1% • •' ll.tllltt
......... , . . .. i At tfovd, on the Uock Island rail
BKAMUKs. W1IISK IKS, WINKS. (UN. 1'OKIKK and Al.l* . ...o. ,.r
Wiae eoiinty. a youn : man named Hugh
Dacu* was runti II r h S horse, and
where the roads em •. I another horse
; man eoinin/ at an i minoderate speed
ran airainst him. Dacu** was dismount
ed. his in • it broken and . e.ith resulted
in a f.-w moments
a young man named Oeorge llurnes.
, in the same nn.• 'ihorle'.id, was almost
i willetl by his h..r e running aganet a
tree with him. Itarucs sknil was hiu
ken.
iDIP: baxter,
•- ii8 n t st.
austin. texas.
AII op. i >ii..i, I'iIiiI."-, \II KIml" .•( i ruwn iui.I ttrlilji Mi.ik.
M.I. VMHIK \l<lt \N I Kli.
OKFH K : i"'li ( MMiUKss .\VKM K. At s||N IK\.\s.
i iv ki: a a ii n .1 kwki to shuck.
•liiu.y of Warn'* mil. nil* HoilaeoU.
'I he « • eouncil "f Waco recently
pa * ed ai. ortiinaneo ilxing salaries and
. tiupcusalion of oi.i -ersiiud appointees
to j' . into elle. t after the election in
A) ri 1 tu-vt The changes from the or-
ilin.iiu <• now iu cM -et nn u follow*
i . ef of pol ercdu t • I troin $l..>'id to
w . ass.Mant city v. rotary, from
f-sao to <•••>ui The coiupennation of the
ta\ collector was placed at three
fourth* ot 1 percent on the li: t U'lO.Ooo
collected. I per cent on the balance
• •oliected above s , • t , • ;in,t . jn r cent
on occupation taxis, 'inis is a reduc-
tion in tne cotnpi naatioii of the tax
collector amountin;> to about Soon a
jiear.
X Irimip Ituruoil in ll' iith. %
Nlr. Pink N .e'ioN, a farm", residing
six miles from NNaeo, on the old Waco (
ami Helton road, stored a vacaut house i
wit'i baled ha.. A day or two ago the 1
bouse ami hav were tlextoyed b\ fire. |
It was aAaay from the road Hud no one |
vi .t i1 tlie ru as u o i a mornitio* or1
or so afte. the Hre. when Mr Niehob J
went to th • ruinsan I fountl the charred j
remains of a man in the ushe*. The
le; and aruiR were hurued oft' and the
trunk was charred past identification. !
The bodv lay back up near where the
door of I he h oil si- stood, can • : ng t he pre- ]
sumption that the man attempted to
crawl out. it i* the theory that a t ramp |
entered to escape li.e m>rtiier and lit a
mutch to smoke, with the result stated.
\ Vuniiii t .lii Sri'lii.i*!.* Itnriiml.
.1 ii 1 ia Wright, a young girl juat en-
tering her teens and daughter of
Mr II. Wright of Palestine waiting
after the hour of midnight a night or
two ago for the return of an older sis j
ter from n dance she was standing
with her back to a led stove, when her
clothing caught lire, and before it
could be put out he was severely
burned on her bauds, right side ami (
legs The fact of her not burning up j
is attributed to her not losing her 1
senses and the return of her sister iu
a few moincn's lifter -he canifht lire,
the other members of the family being
asleep at the time The physician pro-
nounced the burns deep and painful but
not dangerous. '1 he young lady is do-
in if finely.
Mnrr A |M>..in I in.-lit*.
From reports from \ustiti it seems to
be pretty well understood that liovern-
or Koas' successor as president of the j
Agricultural and Mechann ai t ollcge j
will be either his son-in-law, Prof.
Harrington. .1 I!, lidtuuiison. mayor '
of Sherman.
so far aa the insane asylum: are • on-
corned it may be considered certain 1
that steward Torbett of \u*tin ami
Stewar«l •leiinisou of San Antonio will
hold their olliees. but will t vehunge:
a«\ luiii*. the former going to San An
ttmio and the latter going to Austin
Or. Kerens of l a\etto county is a
probability for as*i*tutit superintend-
ent of the san Autouiti aayliim. ami
Or. Maxwell for. a sim lar position at
Austin.
Or Turner of Hood count \ ami Or.
tiilhard of Oreenvillc are mentioned
in connection with tin assistants at
Terrell, but no definite eonciusion will
be arrived at in regard to the asylum
for a w eek or more
liiiillirr 1 niton I In- ui llannr.
a mifht or twiiR|{oas theej^st bound
train was leaving M.u or, I ravis one
ty, parties on the train shot Koman
candies into ears of cotton on the s'ulo
track, igniting three flat ears The
thr -e flats and 11'.i bales of cotton were
i n* ■ •'\ oonaamacl bj Mm ti *• • a eot.
ton seetl house caught fnen the Imrii-
iiUf Mats ami was arso burnt I It eou-
tuitied about fourteen ton-* of seed.
There was not enough water in Manor
to extiligusli the burning cotton ind
the tire company d roc let I their atten*
lion to saving other proper! . At oue
time the de|>ot was ttiroairnel, and
the high wind swept p i . es .f burning
i otton in many directions 'I'hc rail-
i ■ id agent telegratdied to \u*tin for a
uirload • f water, ami when it arrived
the firemen were enable I to check the
flames. 'I'hc tire was caused by pure
ens ediic*s. as the parties who were on
the train Rini who o:.l the shooting
mt riifht into the cot tM. I his make*
t i< > • tt-Mi tires in thai town during
the fall of IVJ4.
• 11 t .y for — I < ouarrei al Clarland, Will Wll
for i< auii killetl Jim llaker.
v aa skippers ( ' .ret* a tlefective Hue destroyed
lh ranch . ore of It- lireedlove at
!• slur
—r .uaton ia i cauditlate for the aes-
Rk n of tb oand k.otC e I. O. O. F. in
H it eltv In. ItiVie.
j It has.i t ralaeo luKu' x county for
over ms . inooth* rini toe fall sowing
. 7'" , oi ." • .. th 4llr. • lit
1"-f p>lu of R s. Creech, near Kn-
als. i-ii • mm waa recently b..r*ed,
caiialuf a w •'..uihi,
'The Motlstouand Texas Central rau
er an ' killetl a man in th. Overton
cutlv.* miles south of Oallas.
I ire has destroyed the iron gin
Ii.iii*i* on the flyun farm and pasture
„u4 ..i-,. .. —
\ Imwii « .< r. i.sly A t.o\ .'ur loail.'.l willi ootton >vm
dmlroy.'.l l.\ lire hi Hill's t'r.iriv, Hum-
trop county, a day or two ago
In a quarrel about sooie work at
Pittsburg. .1 It. Oarrett shot and in-
atautly killed .lakt* Walters, col.
The store of S. A. hownsat Itancho,
Oon/ale* county, was recently burglar
i/ed of about i.'OO worth of goods.
In the local option election reoont-
ly held in Hunger, Kastlaud county,
prohibition carried by :? majority
'I he Oriskill hotel at Austin has
been leased to .1. Iv Alexander, form-
erly of the llraeh hotel. Oalveston
six persons oacapetl from the jail
at Anderson. Orime* enmity, a nitrlit or
so ago. ami ah were rccaptiiretl but
two
At (ireenville a voting man named
Julian Wood accidentally shot himself
while removing cartridges from u re-
volver
The safe ai the Houston and Tcxaa
Central ra.lrnaU oft ice at Midlothian
was blow n open recently ami robbed
of sr. .0
< t Hill, who was on a recent
visit at Ha 1 letsvilb*. dropped from his
pocket s . jo, which has not been found
up to date.
Hy tin explosion of a giant Hre
crac'ter at Corpus Cl ri*t i on Christ mat
Pat I . , hail the side of his fare ter-
ribly lacerated
I'he cnmuiisMionei < of .loll ii son
count' have ortlereti a local option elec-
tion f- !• that county, to take place
.lauiiai s 17, is'i.V
Oovarnor i lowif of New York has
In a 'c ' :■ t a negro frolic nt I title- peremptorily refused to grant the re-
pendence. isl.n -Ian county, one no- .jui-t t ou of t-ovcruur Hog^ for tne
R-ro had au < .• kn< ■ >etl .>ut b\ a bottle ttandard Oil ofticers
thrown b.r noM«r nafrvo. Kulllvsn. John PhllUpn m*|
\\ ^t lei e*i. v ■ U l ied u few di.' V* I,.(in ird have been ilulicted by the
-I*1 at Wruw^ury t n Chrt%t*
% jmintjf matt maie \Mi.t ven .
^,ut
fVs>rri>n Id. .. tone
Alston hh serbmsly
cut e tU|t a i -fe-
a al ' a s • *1 sail A u
guai o ( A Uo'do *m dangerously
Rf>ot .lamat utt
M i; nrr<f$^ • u igton county, the
* r of \\ A Ai I lace was recently
h. i-gijiriy.ed < f ..
1 i iteenrtl i . the name of a
1st led lit i ucro. I le Witt
♦ jai hj cod A Wright
. •• .tlx burned the store of
1 v P.< .it i "i ii v Pal us county,
t auaing a be • of about v . o.hi
Otto P .edek. r whiio going from
v'briesiiiHii to I a Id well, wus thrown
from bis hor ••«. breaking hi* leg.
t hri' tmn wa generally observed
iu nearly all the cities ami towns in
leva* ami t'vecialiy the churehes. j
Fire tlestroyed several business
hoices iu Waco a day or two a ... cans*
ii• vr a loss )Mt0,000 . insurance **10,000
W I. Latham, who hod Ills leg
broken while firing anvils on I'hri t-
mas at Uoscoe. Nolan county, has since
.! led
a ' s. und ' of tl 'puty sherifTa made
a raitl on the gnui' in.1 tieiis in Otili t-.
one uight recently, and made fifteen
arrests
si. wagons loaticd with imtni*
grants •• entlv pa e'l through Tvier.
each wa^fi be w .ng a placard "To
Texas or lie t
.Inclcoio Mir. Cherokee county, bus
just ilt • ded b\ a . .'e of I h. for to ....
against to have nine mouths consti-
tute a sob'iol t rm
ago between Temple ami Helton He
wie riding a f t tious horse, which
stutubletl and fell on him
At Hiownsvdlt . Onlores astro, an
a god woman, fell into the lire, one
night recent I v. iu a Jit and was fatally
burned, dying the next day.
„ I wl Worth.
Frank fv i ^"r" •.r V iV/ta i\ a ii wa1
Held 'i■ by * wo strangoi :it the point
of a pistol and relic veil of *10.
At Yotii in a negro entered the
residence of Mrs |. Meiiowii, a mil-
liner. and sto e in . ui rcecy. whit h
she btid concealed in a bureau,
\t Man-to ! I i arrant county, a
difficulty oieitrred between a man
mi nod Pierce ami bis son, in which
t.ie father was badly curved up.
T he sumiuv law was strictly en-
fur'f.t in Wat- • on 1 iceoniber *10. Not
n saloon was open. .n front or rear.
I he uui aga.nst gambling is on also.
' driiflyi er-nc materially aided
he it's t.t .-jo-ti ti Texas Central do-
ii.it b at ^l Kinney, from which they
took • m m money a night or two ago
'I he nine head of horse** belonging
to lleiir. /.a11del m ar Hrenham. which
weji reported a tew days ago as hav
ing glander.ot farcy, have been killed
by tiie sheriff.
I .i little daughter of Charles II.
t.re/orv at Ueevjllc. lice county, while
playing in t ie yard fell into the lire
where ii woman was washing, ami was
fatally burned.
T wo safes belonging to two differ-
ent linns at New Host on, Howie coun-
ty wore recently blown open by bur
glars and vV twop dols ami a pocket-
knife composed the boot \
"Alice Kclio the name of rt new
paper just born into the newspaper
world at Alice. Nueces county. I' is
printed in lingo « ami Spanish, ami
ehuparoned by 0 s liooth
While Walford Hale was returning
to tireenville a da\ or two ago from a
hunt he dropped bis yun ami it was
discharge I. the loatl taking efToet in
ins heel which may cause amputation.
.1 K Archer, a young man. was
robbed by two negroes in (Met ha, Line
stone eonnt> one night recently while
on his way to his hotel. The robbers
tool. fU.'i. his revolver and other valu-
ables.
The recent cold weather has made
fish in t-ie bay st < orpns Christi iibuml-
ant Two immense hauls were recent-
ly made at the reef. \t one haul the
fishermen set-ured t'• oihi pounds uud at
the other in.ooo pounds of tish
Mintv Lvatis. wife of William Fv-
ans a color, t farmer near Waco, while
cooking dinner at her home a
dax or two ago, her husbninl liein-.f
awav at work, esupiit Hie ami roastetl
to death hi the presence of iter two lit-
tle children
John and lih/abcth Hess of I niton
county. Pa . have Hied suit in the it -
trict court at san \ntonlo against the
Southetn Paeitic Uailwav Compaii> f- r
^10.00(1 damage- for tin- killing of tli r|
son Marion Hess, who was ti freight
comluctor ami was killed in a wreck.
.1 iK* Law son. a well known Alpine
cowboy, was killed at Fl Paso an even-
ing or two ago w hile trying to rope a
steer on a wager with Pump Jones.
II s horse wrr thrown on dim. g'viiig
him internal injuries fr -tn wh.c . lie
died after thirty hours of Intense sut-
ferine
Win II smith a well known voting
attorney • f Atlanta and Home tia,
who reoont ly went to Fort Worth and
eugaged ot newspam r work, has • ntist
the I nitetl states arms. with a
GENT fl AL NEWS ITEMS IN BRIEF.
Thev now have al* Inches of snow at
Columbus. Ml*>
'I'he riots at lU-ll/^s, llritish llomlu-
ras. sre at an end.
In the Nebraska drouth district tioo
homes an destitute.
Thay have twelve inches of snow at
Arkansas i'ity. Ark
'I'he Turkuh garrisons in Armenia
are be ing reinforced.
The town of Langs ton, Tonquln, has
been destroyed by Hre.
Co!.! v*• ij11 i*r Mn,t I'vo-rlea of snow
have just vislteti I ItUtlRiioogR, Teuu
ftenewad eurthquaks sliockt have oc-
curred at Kcgirio di Calabria and Mes-
sinu. Italy.
The temperature was down to 10®
below zero on the J 'th of December at
ilalei'.fh, N. C.
Kuiuors from Uio de Janeiro. Urazil.
state that cx-Pre*dent Pei*oto has
been poisoned.
At Newi astle. Pa August Permcn-
ter sfiot his lamllady ami a boarder and
then shot himself.
An incendiary lire, a night or two
Rgo, dc'troyetl the court house at Still-
water. Pavne county. Ok.
The fii t hoa\ 4 now of the winter
greeted t lie cit'./.eiis of Nashville un the
morning of Deccinhci v.
Iu west Alabama the inhabitants .ire
kickin r because i. ere i* *ix inches of
snow on the gnuiml there.
In t; «lrunUen row ai McUae, Da.,
John Know .-water was shot and killed
by his brother, Was wig ton.
I.cmie 'l'liomp*uii was accidentally
shot and ata'lt w umled bis cousin.
Alex Darner, at Ki wa. I T
< mint shouveioff, late Uussiau min-
isti-1 o Herl n. ha l.een appointed
military governor of Warsaw.
In t tike ii frol i lieu mi, Ark..
Major M or was a* idetitally shot and
killed by his Uncle, l ink Miller.
'I'.tree nu n enter. i the fiome of Or
lturdg near N\o.alvi ie, I. I'., ami robbeil
him tif s. ,M ami other valuable.'*.
Al 'IVlltiritle. Col Nicholas Derrons
at.il .lames Ituru miners, wort- killetl
by falling m.%0 feet in the In ion shaft
John t .issiot Austin, wine and spirit
merchant of Ui Dreat Tower street.
London. iOug., has failed for over
J i oo. ooo.
The recent Mlmny iV V.) hotel fire
has proven to be m ire horrible than at
first reported Seventeen people are
missing.
The Oelavan house at Albany. N. Y..
one of the most famous in the country,
has boon destroyed by fire, causing a
loss of S",00.000,
Die Anderson, while hunting in the
f herokee atrip recently, shot at acovey
of tpiaiJ and senotr ty wounded a farm-
er named \ ounkle.
A I Holt, ex-post master at Valdos-
ta. tia . ha been rested in New Or-
died t.r' i.O city a morning or ,,,;ni "m "'/. i •• * • . while posf-
after a hr ef illness. | master in the former town.
l ortv-one bodic have been taken
from the ruin-ot the burned building
at "ilver Lai e tne. in which a festival
is.i belli.- heiil i ii stmas evening
The i uiciuuRti > Mithern tlepot at
llarriinan. Tean lut been destroyetl
by llrr It was .in-* do red one of the
neatest structure , of the kind on that
road,
At Logaiisport, La
through the treat li-
the Sabine river, a
i ran t iurv Ht l-. rt Worth for the lien-
nro r.ki I way robbc ry •
\t I do-. Ilill county, Rill Sides
and a man named Kodgors got into a
row in which Itodgcrs was killetl and
sjd mortally . o-tntb-d
Mr* H F* II u ' wife of Mr Hen
H«'ivies of ! h.if ioral land oM.ee at
Austin
t Wo tl g
Major I <• Uandall has boon grunt-
od bail tit Dallas in the sum of Shi uoo.
II. was eonvicted of killing Ld Pan-
tile. but the case was reversed.
l ii. iii|i.-rintt ndency of the state
penitentiaries bus been tendered by
Don ' ii sleet ( ul itrsos t • '. H I a-
teau < f Pittab <>. Hunt cuunlv.
Dovernor Hogg has issue l a proc-
1am.it on tleeiaring the adoption of t:ie
constitutional amendment* voted on
• urried in the late slate election.
Pw rt ie* from <oi U< ton bunting in
Fort I 'end county one Sunday re. entlv
shot a negro boy and took him w ith
them on their return to Duiveston.
Hrtikemau \\ h; b-n *p i at ' n.-ro,
OoWitt count . aj'aiu'.t the southern
Pacific la'lioad uotiuy, has been
com prom i**ed for v • eomptiiiy pay-
ing all enst .
Two ears of cotton on a freight
train unwed in V nclder a day or two
ago all Rbla/o wb en were soon a total
loss It eiiM/'it from burn ng rubbish
near the track.
A few miles from MeDregor. Mi^s
Mattle 'Put11 • • wa accidentally snob
with a target gun in the hands of her
ohler brother, an e euing or so ago,
and died n few hours later
Win O'Neal,.i prominent citizen of
Ha/ette. Navarro county, while on in*
wav to the residt-neo of a friend m Unit
town one u'.gut re. entlv. was knocked
senseless by a negro and robbed ••!
•#1. i?'i.
The safe in the store of Wade,
Uoo bo A t <• at Ion i uc s ,„n,y county,
was blown open b burg lars a couple
of nights ago an ' • t'sf ructeiL als.
a cheek given by t'.e lirm . f Mct utch-
en's bank ol Shreveport, La.
I.ec Mar wlm wa- reported to have
boon kiIl«*«l in a purachitic leap in an
Illinois town not long since, returned
to his home In N an Alslvne a day t.r
two age Ho fell a distance of i'>0 feet,
landing hi th*- Missouri river
The grand urvof T'otn ' Ireen coun-
ty have returned ten indictment!
against parties in that county, cliarg*
I ing them with imbibing ami giving
away liquor at the polls, s.-vrral *.f
which are against clerks of the election.
The rcsidi-cce of Win lline*at Dal-
las wasburne l ti day or so ago. causing
a |os* ^afl'i I he Ire was .-a i > d by
fireerae erh ami the mayor immetl •
Riely -'Med a prodRiuRtion ordering
st #if everybody caught oxplod-
. W ( Mullin fel
near the hunk of
■ .stance of forty
the ari
ing lii eeraoUera.
i hnstma morning at Loruots,
lien re Tucker and P • la- leson s son
were shoot iti:'off anvils, wnen the now-
dor in the hands . f Master Jackson be-
came ignited burning bis hands, fa o
and log to a blister and t< army the
skin off badly in places.
Iturg irs entereti the room of I s,
District A11< i Bev llauna\ and \ssist-
mt Xtfornr
nor hous
imI re: r
taming '«
t he y bad
Ta lia fi-
'ii Par.
I them
. dtir
tf tl
n. tl
ir
at the Muck-
ng the night,
eir grips con-
e xcopt w hat,
•ats and other
S 1
A f.-i
.rim.* c
trying f,
*o home
*1.
jew tostriv.ng for ti coinmi^lnn. lie
is assign.-i to company c, d in-
auti . • rving at Fort Mclut sh.
"I have been a sufferer for o\. t lit. • n
\ •' ii * \fler nsing < oint t pi It |{t tin d\
do not hesitate to .(.lie thai it it tb.
ne t known it im"i\ for Plb *. I eon-id*
r tnv iitones tpenl for it in*• i* th ni w I!
I invented.' I I . IIytl* . t mli t nt \ . I T.
J snbl 'i\ W. .1 Mibyand t l ihat I a
Sou, |iium(i<*ts
I It 1 I steptM lis t . ltdu aft
li I VCf« Wster atid Mslve iir
lesl of over sixty \. n •' I til, iml
li> tine the standard I \>at.
salve of Atnerba. It ml
tlioll*.lllil-. l he> I lite.
For sale by \\ J Mlb \ ami t
liartl tt Son. Druggist*, lli-ir-'p.
ago at Vmleraoti.
Hr vn Kenaard was
ii.s broth,-r IIiratu to
p stol dropped fro tu
| lirow n * po.'set a I was discharged,
I the ball stril.'.ng Hiram in the hip,
Old. raturitig upward, severed the spi-
nal c< d ii in n. causing instant death.
tlllC I b\
v II
mut v.
induce
when a
t.
feet, im t iking his <•., | r bone ami scv
oral ribs
Allot hot'severe t a «-tlt<|URke shock iu
the t ity of Mexii'n on the 1st inst.,
caused a big stampede among the dti-
1 o .-m in theatre ami resiliences of
that city
Mr Hell Armstrong, a wealthy lady,
i jump-d from a moving train at Al
im.ut out snd hroKt her tieck. Her
father witneascd the uccitlent and the
sluKik tlrovc him cra/.\
News from man . points inLouisiana,
N| ssissiippi ami southwest Texas re-
port the coldest weather for ye*«ra. At
Nrkans t - • ' v \rk . Deecinlier t#7. tba
mercur; fell to l i - below zero.
t ol s, J Palmer, one of the oldest
• . ,-raphers in the onntry. recently
• lied in st Louis. ||e was 74 years
ild and wa- 'Jo oldest telegrapher
west of the Alleghany mountains.
The French cabin- t have decided to
i dismiss M Lannesin. i ivcrnor of
French I mio China, ow ing to the fact
, that it has been pro-©n tha* he bus d
vnlgetl the i on ten ts of official tloco
j ments ami reports.
The t*ru-atle ft>r eiieup bread in Cin-
i cinmiti, <> r. Ctetl n tweiii . v«
ba er• :n that i t r.-.lu • ng the
>..iii . to : cents per loaf Some re*
• meed to i -eiits iml hilt few are now
able to maintain the cent rate.
I(cporta from llfty-one orange dis-
tricts in Florida indicate that t.SOO.oOU
it '.xes of nnp eked oranges are solid
globes of ice. nod more than :i00,iK)U
boxes of oranges In warehouses in balk,
ore im rat ory tit packing, are frozen.
Mis* I'm Hat tie t lay. a 14-y earmold
g rl at Hot spring-., \ru , while sitting
i in-ar u tire in a room reading, suddenly
found her dress on Hre and wa*quick-
. euveio; el n flames Ho fore the tire
s\ as tfueuciied *lie wits burned to a crisp
ami died a few hours later
Chits II siiepard ha.x begun suit in
CI. a/o i. i 11 ->• r senator John <• Mat lev
for V u.0MM damagt-M. Shepard is the
young ■ iMilan who was -.not by O'Mal-
le\ on en et ion dav i:t Chicago ami was
made a . ripple for life. An indict*
rnent is now pending against DM alley
for the shooting.
Pollard-lireckinridge recently deliv-
ered a lecture in Cincinnati, O., antl be-
fure the lecture began a constable se-
rod sii.) of the box money on an a!-
• 'e. -.aim of an attorney for fee-* in
i th. taking of tlepo turns of witnesses
ii' n i ii tint i for his defense iu the suit
of Miss Pollard against him.
F.x• Senator I nomas C. Piatt has for-
silken the Ma I < son Avenue IVesl.
in -hur -h - N. xv Vork city • * *^rcly
pt a v •• tiie marble i. -* eted to die.
M In m I
tood till I
id have
iml i
tiy
Kr-
Mrs. I
I t-nu . -as -
M ^ LII I. '
etlv foi i dt
I o'l (in , • I
II e
Mil
• • 11 A >\ It t • . I Tlf III" • . I.
rttiltob - \ t iti/. r HA\ r.D
I eoti^nb t il the In -t rem
'iIIIalt .| *v 11 ill I e\•• r u-. d.
i Ix m- x inuiliii
. Sold i \
P
Koine p. \l tl y an I c
• i iu^^i^l-. Ua-trop.
Lr-
( ..met Pile Hciucdy has entirely
1 un <d a troublesome ca e of Piles,
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n.. pain since I la-gun using lint
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Cain, Thomas C. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 5, 1895, newspaper, January 5, 1895; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth205235/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.