The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 21, 1903 Page: 3 of 8
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The Bai:tron Advertiser
City Announcements.
POll C1TY|MAKSHAL.
We urc authorized to intv a nee
TIG JONES
ftH a candidate f< r City Marchal of Hns-
trop. Klectn njflrst Tu< -iday in Apri'.,* |
Wo are authorised t" announce
J< >HN H. < )s H< >KN,
as a candidate f<-i tl'c office of City
Marshal of 15.ii • p.J Elect i"n fir-.t Tues-
day in April, next.
We an- authorized to announce
J. F. NASH,
an' a candidate foi re-election to the
office of City Marshal of Bastrop. Elec-
tioa first Tuesday in April, next.
POll CITY SECRETARY.
We arc authorized to announce
P A. ORGAIN,
as a candidate for re-election to the office
of City Secretary. Election first Tues-
day in April.
Wc arc authorized to announce
W. M. ANDREWS,
aa a candidate for the office of City
Secretary of the city of Bastrop. Elec-
tion Tuesday, April 7ih.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY.
On last Tuesday afternoon,
March 17, the ladies of the Head* .....
r,. , ■■■ . .m..u berry, Germany, Dim*. 1st, ls l,
mi: Circle and Harmony t iuo, • ^ i . . .<
were invited by Mrs. Page anil
Mrs. Haynie to celebrate 8t.
Patrick's Buy, at the home oi'
.. . • , , Cincinnati, Hamilton c« unty,
Mrs. Haynie. At the appoint.'J •
J 11 fV.J .lata \ i r.« I 1
hour if 1 o'clock, p. m , a large
number of the members of the
two clubs, assembled at this hou-
pitable home, and realize that .......
' . ... . . . age, the seal dim, but the writing
Bastrop ladies do entertain with ... , ,
very plain, the ink an bla k as it
it had been written but a short
lime.
—On Tuendnv. Jr. Zurtw? I A V< TlfKW BA*TlfnP HOY. i
brr.i-jht t'* our '!i t •.•* original 1
baptismal certificate of his father,
Antony Zurhorg, date! Olden*
Pl'HKT.Y PKRSOVAL
\ •;i , ,, ,• I* itm uter Chat, P. ZiegeiihaU
\\ llson, soli n|
Amur, thin *eek.
and Mrs. .I« hri -i r ... . f .I n •
I .1. < I irk, of Ifitll.r. ', vi- 1
llftf
written in German, and Mgued,
F. Weh>rg, Paster. VI-". his
citizenship paper, taken out in
Ohio, bearing date April I
1^70. Both are ancient lookii.:
documents, the first, tlie Baptis-
mai certificate, shows decided
l>r. I,. Werblun, Optitian, of
a refined elegance rarely ex-
celled.
Pas-ing into the halls which
had been transformed into a
bower of living green, and tur.n- j Sun Antonio, Texas, who made a
ing to tne right, the guest enter- visit to Bastrop last January, will
ed a room beautifully decorated 1 be at Dr. Luckett s offi re again
with the Harmony Club colore, j April 2n 1 and Mrd, lfHKi. The
red and white, tastefully inter- | Doctor guarantees his Glasses to
minglad with the green so indis- j relieve headache, and all ailments
pensable to the day. Across the
hall to the left of the entrance,
caused by eyestrain. He will
visit Bastrop four times a year
the guest was ushered ir.to a and will make all necessary
room elaborately decorated with ' changes in lenses for one year
the colors of the Beading Circle, j without charge. [Examination
free at I >r. Luckott's office, on
2w.
purple ami purple, with the beau-
tiful green everywhere present.
After a short prelude of con-
versation, each lady was called
upon for a specimen of Irish wit,
and St. Patrick, himself, would
April 2nd and 3rd, 1008.
We've just pot in ourflt >< i|) THINGS 1
FOR SPRING AND SI MMER.
As a lover of good dress y u will he
interested in looking over our handsome
patterns.
We are not going to tell you that
those new suiting* include *ome of tie'
softest and prettiest weaves you evei
saw. We are poin^c to wait and see if
you won't tell us that yourself.
Wo are tickled with the prices on
these fabrics. They allow us t > com-
pete with the "ready-made" clothing
trade and the ''cheap John" sausage
machine tailoring that some f•. 1 ks gut I>y
sending a lock of their hair "to tin-
city."
Every self-respecting man likes to
have his clothes rightly made and
made for him. And he doesn't like to
wear "sweat-shop'' stuff.
Our tailoring is rraiii to satisfy our
patrons. We are proud of our work.
We enjoy the confidence of many of our
host citizens. It pays us to always
strive to do the best we know how.
We like to have youldrop in and l"ok
over our new spring line at yot'r con-
venience. It will interest you, and the
prices are bound to strike you favor-
ably.
Yours very truly,
WM. KKSSKLl'N,
"Tho Tailor."
— What about the Mai-Pest.'
—Tuesday was St. Patrick's
Pay. and "wearingof the green"
was decidedly in evidence.
— Shall we have a Mai-Pest
this year? It is time s >me one
was moving in this direction.
—Street Commissioner .1. .1.
Halmurk had his forces at work
on < >l< 1 Postoffice streft, Tuesday.
—For the first time in several
months, the south-bound Katy
passenger was on time Wednes-
day afternoon.
—The senior is indebted to
some kind California friend for
a copy of tho Mid-Winter Los
Angelos Times, a tit-page edition.
—Leo Zieten A Co., lost be-
tween 8000 and $700 worth of
loose cotton by fire, at Smithville,
Tuesday afternoon. No insur-
ance.
—Last year we had no Mai-
Pest, on account of drouth. This
year we have abundance of wa<
heve been astonished at the'ter, with fine prospects for big
bright scintillations thereof, crops. Let us work as one man
which enlivened the next half t> have the grandest Mai-Pest
hour. During the interval which 1 ever held at the Park. Make it
followed, three beautiful songs t > the interest and pleasure of the
were rendered and a recitation farmer and his family to take one
given in a most happy manner. I or two days oft for a genuine
This* over, each lady drew a good time.
shamrock of card-board, tipped
with green, upon which was writ-
ten the number of a table, and of
lady. Soon all were seated at
small tables, earnestly engaged
in answering the ingeniously
framed literary questions, that
were placed before them, for upon
successful that line depended
promotion. Thus an hour war-
passed. pleasantly and profitably.
— Prof. L. 1 leiligbiodt, is an
applicant for reappointment as
Notary Public of Bastrop county,
a position he has held for many
years, proving in every way
worthy and efficient. To our
German citizens he is indispensa-
ble, and a be'.ter or more efficient
man could not be selected as N j-
tary Public in and for Bastrop
and after the distribution oi ll'"tj.
prizes, the tables were agaii —That good roads movement
cleared and something mote sub- j ig good one> j<et ,JH have it
stantial, completed the "feast of i thPoU^hoUt Bastrop county. Now
reason, and the flow of soul. a time to begin the good
A most enjoyable in< nn was! vv ,rk The productive lands of
served, consisting of sardines, j old county bid fair to produce
crackers, salad, olives, P°tKt" j big crops this year and we should
straws, celery, salted almonds. have good rOH<]w ovor which to
followed by a course of ice cream ' |lau| 11 jese crops to market. The
good work cannot begin too soon.
and cake, that carried out the
color scheme appropriate to the
day—all followed by delicious —The Bastrop correspondent
coffee most daintily served. I of the Galveston News, has t hi-
Prof. Lorenz, of Berlin, says I to say of the Aovkutis'u. "The
"the American ladies are charm- 1 staunch old Bastrop Aovkutisii;
ing, but, they do not understand
the preparation of food.''
under the able management oi P.
C. Cain A Son. is ju-t entering
Could he have been present upon her first-first year and ha-
upon this occasion, and partaken J gotten to be counted among tin
of the viands set before the j"
guests, he would have been con-
firmed in hi* firs? statement, and
led to doubt tiis second.
The clock struck the hour of
six, before adieus were spoken,
und, the fairy-like scene with all
the pleasures of the afternoon,
became a thing of the past—but,
Memory will ever remind those
who participated in this delight-
ful entertainment, to adhere close-
ly to the motto, < nrf hi' ,, .
S. J. O.
Bastrop, March H, l'.'Hd.
—Postmaster Ziegenhals asks
for bids on mail messenger route
from postoffice to depot. See
notice elsewhere in to-day's AI >-
VKRTIHKK.
—Superintendent Bennett, of
the county poor farm, infroms a
representative of the Aovkktiskr
that work on the farm is progress-
ing nicely, and with a few more
days of good weather, the farm
will bo planted, ile confidently j well.
necessities of life' to the typi-
cal Bastropians." Thanks.
— On Tuesday afternoon the
An\ i rt'si it office was visit'."! hy
two of Bastrop's sweete-1 y Jilc
ladies, laden with "g "1 tlii: gs"
from the reception tendered the
Harmony Club and Ladies Head-
ing Cir<-le hy Mesdames || ivnie
and Page. We are sorry we were
not in, but none the less is the
remembrance appreciate I.
—Parmers report the lands
drying slowly, but wherever it is
possible, corn is being planted,
and farm work progressing a-
nicely as could be xpe -ted aider
the surrondings. The oat crop,
though somewhat nipped by the
frost of several weeks back, is
recovering and seemingly 1'ing
—J. D. Pitzwilliam and M. H.
Young, prominent farmers across
the river from Bastrop, bought a
big lot of bacon, each, from G.
Guse this week.
—The Advkrtiskr received a
renewal this week from a subscri-
ber in California who has been
reading tho old paper for fifty
years, commencing with its first
issue.
—The Advi.rtihkr has received
invitation for editor and lady, to
the 2nd Annual Street Pair and
Cattle Hoping Contest, Platonio,
v^Texns, April 1">, 1 > and 17, If'Od.
It is to be throe days of tun and
frolic.
expects a fair crop this year.
Members of tho commissioners'
court recently visited the farm
—Miss Helen Pink, of New
I lm, sends two old warrants,
signed by Kdwin Waller, first
and were profuse in their praise | Mayor Qf Austin, to City Clerk
of its management. Tho new 1 john q. Johnson, and writes that
superintendent, said a commis-1 dhe t0 dispose of them,
sioner, has entered upon his work MrHi Fink ia a nieceV.f the late
earnestly and industriously, gives Hen Thompt- n, once ( ity Mar-
careful attention to tho aged and
infirm, renuiring ftom those able
tn take care of themselves, the
utmost cleanliness, while every
ahal of Austin.
—We are requested to inform
the citizens i-i Bastr ui county
Dr. dame- !
Pax < 'ollwtoi
S. \\ who has for some I tr..p Ihe flr*t of tiie week,
tillle been a proillinent I'hysi- County Commissioner It
eiau ot Dallas, holding tin* po-,,noni4 n 'n town lue-ilay.
«iti"U of assistant city ph\ *ietan
with ore.lit to himself tor a
number of years, has recently the folks at home Sinr
visiti d
THE OLO RELIABLE
I-
l amest II t«lnr visited II ■ ihton
i.mt i- ue. Woiuler what foiV
J. W. Kennedy spent a f -vs I.e.
la-.! i ue.
with
lieell II |'pO| lit I'll 11 111' ot tile «s Harvey U. I of the we-1 111 Jill t
sistant physieitlll- at the Terrell I''u" ,l"ity, visited Hastrop js.iturJay
Insane Asylum. Dr.. .1. If.
Nichols, also a Bastrop raised
boy, U an assistant ;'t the above
institution, each of whom will
reflect i
>f i
redit upon themselves
and t li unity and people from
which I hey hail. < 'ongratlila-
ti< lis. from the Ai vi hi isi.u and
Mrs. Sc.ibey, of Austin, a form' r ejii-
*cn 'i Uastrop, is vi itinjf here this
week.
Farmer Kd Kelly, of the Cc I ir (ti,. k
neichliorhood, visited the county it
M n<lay.
Peter Yoast and wife, of C"ii ir Creek,
were visitors in Hantrop Saturday of
last week,
W. W. Price leaves te-d iy for II us-
t he eit i/etis generally from the [ton. where he takes a position with
Hradstreet.
M.-rris Hector came down ft ni Au-•
tin Thursday to spend a few days with
the home folks.
Mr. Ulrich Lan^hammer and wife, of
Urenh.im, were the «ussts of Leo Zieten
and family this week.
^AKlH^
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
THERS IS NO SUBSTITUTE:
ol I home.
AND ST I
A NOT II Kli.
.ludge Frank C llighsmith,
son of Capt. W. A. llighsmith,
of Bastrop, has been appointed
attorney for new railroad from
Mineral Wells, now controlled
by the Could system. Frank
is a native of Bartrop, and the
Auvkhtiskk notes his success
with much pleasure.
— Probably the largest gath-
ering of colored people at a
funeral was that of Ned Bobin-
son, Friday afternoon of last
week. The funeral services
weie held nt the Baptist church
111 the south-east pal't of town, r, Arthur Kohler and liruno «riesen-
Tlie church was literallv packed ! tK'''k vUi,od New braunfeis, Sunday,
. . . . . and report a gay time,
and the mound on the outside ,,... ,,
i Hilly Davis, oldest son of Jim Davis,
ctowded with tllends, many j and nephew of Sheriff «•. W. Davis
earre over from Beaumont to spend u
few days with Bastrop relatives.
Mr-. Ida Roberts, of I.'ai , visited
Ihistrop since last issue, (jue.t of h r
brother, Wm. Knowles end family. She
left Wednesday aftern >< n f• ir home.
Mr. and Mrs Chas. Steincr, of Cedar
Creek, came in Monday after a load of
corn and home supplies.
Mayor and Justice of the P<- ice, .!.
Jenkins and City Attorney Jack Jen-
Kins visited Kltfin Tuesday.
Prof. L. Heili«hrodt went over to
Lockhart Friday afternoon of |a~t week,
returning home Sunday afternoon.
County Commissioner Men P. Sim-
mons, of Cedar Creek, was among tho
visitors at the county seat, Saturday.
Miss Hell" Osborn and visiting friend,
Miss Velena Mynors, left Thur- lay on
a few days visit to Austin, returning
Sunday.
"Dr." flco. D. Brieger, Louie Hric-
MAll. CONTRACT.
I ostoffi,-e, Bastrop, Texas,
March 17th,
IncompliHnce with instructions
received from the Second Asa't.
P. M. General, I write for pro-
posals on Mail Messenger Route
No. 2691;V. , froai Depot to the
Postoffice, round trips as many
as are required daily. Bids for
said route will be received by me,
until ll' o'clock noon, March 28,
190M.
For further particulars inquire
of Cn\s. B. Ziioi mi.w.s, P. M.
Bastrop, Texas.
NINK CKNTS A POCND.
from tlie country, Ned came
to Bastrop about the year 18711.
An accident, while working
with suirarcane, eaused the loss
of a limb, and for thirty or
'e Neat's lie Welit thfOUgll
more vears tie Weill tntougll Mrs. C. N. Whitehead an J bright lit a young man wen Known ill i>a9«
life with but one leg, which did t1''tloy ChllH- l'"Wl'11. reached Hastrop. trop, wau assistant book-keeper
Wedresday, and are guests of county u < . i i . i-
not pt event him from being treasurer Mr. and Mrs, C. R. Haynie. ^ 1 . O. !-.lzner, ftnd 18 now man-
self-supporting, taking care ol Mrs. J. M. McLeo,l, Mrs. w. T. Me- "f^e American Cotton Co.
his daughter and several grand- Gaughey, of Greenville, and Mr. N. C. ,{nunu F a e ( on. lie is a good
The An\ i'ktisi k received a five
pound package from Dallas,
Thursd.iy morning by the \meri-
can Fxpress Company, the ex-
press charges being 4" oents, or
9 cents a pound. The Bailp'ad
Commission is respectfully asked
to make r note of this.
—\V. M. Andrews announces
this week as a candidate for tho
office of City Secretary. Willis
it young man well known in Bas-
il t'e u.
— hit he deal li of A If Hemp
hill, which occurred Saturday
night last, pas-es away anothei
ol Bastrop's old-time colored
citizens. Alt was an old :esi-
dent of the town ami county.
He was over seventy Vent's of
age, and had lived m tin
county more than half a cen-
tury. lb' was buiied Suudax
morning.
—There was a dense fog
Monday morning, iiiul while
the weather during the day was
warm, tliete was but little sun-
shine.
—The tine blue
by Louis Filets,
k mate owned
died last Sat-
Kdmonds, Tcxarkana, aic visiting Has- penman, a young Ulan of lino
trop, guests of Prof, and Mrs. J. C. Kd- business qualifications-, experien-
ced, and if elected would serve
niond
Prof. C. H. Capron, pianfi tuner, came
Tuesday afternoon and will remain over
to-day. If your piano is out of tune,
Prof, ( apron can put it in first class or-
der, and as he makes regular semi-year-
ly visits to Hastrop, can keep ii m tune
for you.
Leo Zieten and family intended leav-
ing Tuesday last for New Orleans, on a
vi-.ii to M's. Zieteu's sister, Mrs. A. S
i;iffy, but received a letter from her sis-
ter Monday, advi-ing them not t • come
as the high waters in the Mis^is-iippi
river was too threatening. They have
deferred their vi-it indefinitelv.
the people faithfully and
ciently.
FOB*
effi-
A fine, h.rgo Jersey cow,
thoroughbred, fine milk and but-
ter strain, booked to bring her
third calf in June. \\ ill trade for
a good family buggy horse. Ap-
ply at this office.
• 4 • •
— Buffalo, Cat, Caspergoo and
Perch, are being caught daily, in
(Uantities, from the waters of tho
II hi. W. !•", M lynard, of the firm of
Orgain Maynard, left luesday aft«-r- ( 'olorado, and sell readily on our
noon for Brenham, to assist in the pro,e. l tp ftt s am| j0(, R
cation of Ex-Shenfi Scott, of (i rimes' _
county, under charge of murder, rhe ■ —Many of our farmers finish-
case was moved from (Jrimes to Wash-
ington county, and Mr. Maynard w;
engaged by tl.e friends of th< deceased I
to assist in the prosecution. No county j increased acreage of corn and
nrdny night, it i thought, ftom I in Texas, or any other state, «-an bout grain in this county this year.
blind staggers. she was a val- lof more able prosecuting attorney tban
. . [our W. E. Maynard.
uable ;iinnal.
ed planting corn before th•
i of Thursday. There will
■ rani
e an
—• Int'dening has been t he or-
der of the day among Bastrop-
ians this week.
—Crass and vegetati >n gener-
I ally growing off nicely. In two
— To the industrious gardner, weeks more the pasturage w ill be
• 9getables will scon be plentiful. | a8 fine as it could p .ssibly be,
—A copious rain fell here j and cattle will fatten rapidly.
| Thursday morning, accompanied j _The Austin'statesman tells
weeks by a light, cool norther. The rain jof mon&ter turnjp wei^hinff ,,
fall continued all day. ; pounds Tho AI)V,;i,TIsi:k can de0
From a quart of mi!1<. Dr. —Pishing reported very good your 14 pounder and go you 3
Cunningham, with his butter pro- 'n Colorado, and from its wa- pounds better, a 20-pounder
cess, made two full pounds of tors anglers for the finny tribe, raised in this county, having
1 - ... been brought to this ollice.
—City election two
from next Tuesdav.
The Mississippi river is on a
genuine rampage and life and
fine butter, Tuesday. It took I are having very good luck.
about L!<> minutes to turn the quart! —Thanks to Mrs. S. J. < )rgain,
of milk into butter, leaving not a for a beautiful write-up of the
drop of the milk in the churn. reception tendered the Ladies'1 property in great dange al<>ng
- , K'ea11ihit Circle and Harmonv ! ^,,e- M«,«,ll'|>!* thigll-
\\ ith the crops planted and, r:nu a i.lv i , \r. stage predicted by Weatlier
growing off nicely, it id likely . 11 )H''* ' j H 1 v' ' ' /1 Bureau has been leached. On
everything will brighten and the . a^e hn 4 r^' | A rkansas side country is Hood-
future look more hopeful. We 'bijnie. _ |*m| for miles, trains hemmed in
would like to see such a crop of ■ —That princely Merchant, J. and passengers are rescued by
corn raised in Bastrop county to j M. Bolt, visited Galveston this skills. People in danger and
make it a drag at 20 and l2o cents week, returning home Wednes- glowing weaket
a busht 1.
day night. He spent two days in
. e ,u t • i.i that while all crops Mus j eat may
part of the farm is conducted . , ' . . .
... . ii • . • • bo a failure, the Pumpkin yield
with fine system. Ho is striving . .
3ABU
fine system. I to is striving
to make the farm a* near self
sustaining as possible.
■ ' ■ - ♦
— Ketiiftubi r t > .•;ir PfeifTet
gives special attenti >11 to re-
pairing of watet wotks- tixtui''s.
etc. Try him.
. - .. Island City, selecting goods
I CS M> >i Til k< a \* f0P na8tpop gtoro, all of which
1 HP .hi.VS. | will arrive in a fow days.
At
New Orleans, it is thought, tho
situation is well in hand.
WASH* SO A P.
is an assured fa t, as >ne prom-
inent farmer purchased in Bas- j
trop SIT worth of pumpkin seed. I
It'-j said to be a fact.
1 '6h'
f <r «alo from the finest
Tho young folks enjoyed a At the Ouse Restaurs'
strain's of Bar.,; 1 Plymouth Hooks delightfu! St. Patrick s hop. at Lg find a !•
to be found;-" the state, SI .501tbo ,:lzner 0J flra House, Tues- ()f Wash soap, well -Ms-.n-
MJ
I ,
It
la.
< > -nt
fix?
['t'eilTer
work*
ion.
>er setting of 15 eggs, or two sit-' ni^ht. There was a g od at- age firn
# . tendance, and joy and mirth stocked,
ings for s-.-j1 . Anyone want- rt,i^ned supreme, tho dancing' reduced
tings
in2 Pflrtr6'
postal to Cha-
' LeSueur, at Hills Prairie.
reigned supreme
continuing into the
; hours o the morn."
firm and solid P
this s'>np >
prices. It i-i
a a'l t< be the be t. < ' p
[buying,
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