The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 30, 1903 Page: 3 of 8
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The Bastron Advertiser
ADJUDGED 1NSANK
Within the last two weeks
.1 udPrice has had before him
two females charged with lunacy.
That t f Miss Mary Fuch, is in*
d ed a fad ne. Minn Ki/eh and
j h*r tt. ithvr have bet n living on n
■mall farm r.tar i'aige. in thi~
county, alone. They seemed to
ha\" social relations with none
of their neighbors. Of late the
daughter has I>*** n very trouble*
some t<> the neighbors by sudden*
ly appealing at their houses and i
showing strong symptoms of in-
sanity. This continued until fin-
.... . ~~ 7 . , , , ; ally they decided it best to notify
We take ; li-amirr in presenting you I ... . .
fur ikiw Inn' of Hiring and u.mci (the 11 i. ers. l'hey ci id so, and in
Woolens replete with nrtiMic .d«-o*npf! the trial she wus declared insane
and was ordered sent to the As)-
linn. The mother told a sorrow-
ful tab* of poverty and suffering.
1
Fourteenth Annual
THE OLD RELIABLE
it i
HEADY 1 K YOt K INSPECTION*.
the latest weave* ami must b«autifui|
colorings.
Our Selections; the tasty and sub-
dued cffucis mj popular with careful
dremon.
Fireman s Celebration I
Given Under the Auspices of the
Ba,strop Fire Department
AT
quality at lowest price
solicited.
WM. KKSSKLl'S,
"The Tailor."
ROYAL ARCH MASONS.
Saturday night. Jury 1903,
will be the next regular meeting
of Bastrop Chapter, No R.
A. M., at which time the election
of officers to serve for the ensu-
ing term will bo elected, livery
member <>f the Chapter is urged
to be present at this meeting, and
visiting companions cordially in-
vited. By order of the M-. K.
High I'riest.
Attest. T. C. Cain, M. K. 11. 1'.
A. C. I'-KII villi, Secretary.
—Mr. VV. A. Met rd renorted
having ronsting car- f r dinner
Sunday last.
— Meeting of Mil a Chapter of
the Fastern Star, <t M n ia\
night, dune l<t.
—The June term of the 1 Mric
Court for Bastrop <• ut ry will
convene Monday, dune
—Thank, to friend Bennett f r
a nice mess of vegetable.- pot •
toes, beans, lettuce, * i ; t' ,es
nnd onions.
—A light sprinkle of rain in
the hill*1 north-east of Bastrop,
about s o'clock, Friday morning,
of last week.
their
An early call | poverty stricken condition of the
old lady had her taken to the
'county farm, there to receive ev-
' ery attention and made as com-
1 fortable us possible. Medical at-
tention was at once given her,
but having for so long a time
ju' sisted alone on dew berries,
' her condition is considered very
'critical, and lu-r recovery is very
Joubtful.
l.a i kk—mrs. 1 l'i h iu- \d.
Mrs. Theresa Fuch died at the
county farm Tuesday afternoon.
May li'Uh, ! ">•'<, at the age of • >.")
years, .-die was the mother oi
the young woman who was de-
clared insane last week. She
FIREMAN'S PARK, BASTROP, TEXAS,
Free Barbecued Dinner
First Day, and Free Admittance into Park Each Day.
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY,
JUNE 1CH1,19Q3.
&AKIff0
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
THERE IS A'0 SUBSTITUTE
HILL
I'll!
I.KTTKK
F.i.
At>\ i
and daughter hud
lived on the!i
aige, and foi
FIRST DAY. ==
little farm near
months had been destitute of the
necessaries of life, subsisting for'
sometime on dewberries, whFh
was their >nly food. When tin
daj'. liter was br .-ht to trial an
r*
a ijudgeJ insane, .Judge i'rioe ot.,
seeing the feeble, destitute una
starved condition of the motner.
through sympathy, gave orders I
that -ue be taken to the p > >i
larn. .vhere she Coui i receive
medical and other needed atten-
tion. was deeply a fecteii
over the condition of her daugh- |
ter, taking the separ.iti.in \er\
hard.. From the moment of h i
arrivu. at the farm, as long as sh
was atd". she would stand facing
tov n. i ■ King in th * dire -tion oi 1
where she had left her unfortu-
nate daughter, and m urnfully |
cry. "Oil, my daughter! oh, mj
daughter!" The phvsici in, Dr.;
m.—Hrnud I
Band cit Sunt li\ ill-
il . Ill . I > 1st' B. I I I .
ji. 'J11d Nines.
] 1 i c lock n. Ill —' 1 < 11 -- ot \\
il« u. \Y. 11. Muroliison.
by linn. K, I' ( 'itftis.
o e|oel< ii. til. — 1 >111 beetled
tO All.
loi-k p. in.—<JviMid Mu-ienI
i dock n.
!• Liinient
'.I I o'e|( lek
Bitstroi
0
• by First
StnitIn ille
co mo
bv
I olilpie.
I bniKT,
I 'olieel !
. i o CloeK
p. Ill
p. til.
[ ubli.
-Base
r o Clock
Tnylor.
i o'clock p. in..
the ably stipjhirt•'<
Ladies from K'ed
performers.
(>: 'Id o'clock p. in.—
11 • j i aleiit.
- :. I o eh>ck p. Ill —' i rand
Spenkinir.
Ball. 15a-t i
'I' v-.
-harp.—Concert by
< M'chest ia of Yonim
liock, inchnliim 11
-several patches of • ats have hr en
! harvested thi-< week, mil strange to -<iy,
.t ha* not raine 1 j t. A r.'ce rain would
! very Crops <r * ««tj 11 .rn.w-
| in>( but every kind of tni* and worm ar<!
at work on cotton.
The cut-worm ind web-worm haw
ruined sovmal nice pieces of cot-
ten iifOT it had beun chupfied .t,
much - •, that it u is ne.-i - ary plan;
itevco And Mime -lay the twill weo i)
is just over the fence, r idy to come mu,
the fields, a« su<tn as there is anything
for them to do. I>o h^fie they will )e\
lis a!' r.e this year.
1 w:r; very sorry 1 could not take Mr.
Hrown, of N. < . up the otln-r lay on
Ir.s proposition, whun In- wanted
bales of cotton at IL' p.-r lb. I tried to
£et some of my n lends to ^ > in with rue,
I. t we could n' make it, ho I h.il u>
loouc the whole O mi:, t - iu«c 1 I I rot
r tve the cotum. < i i t«• a loss none
Iran-iftionV 1 \n i aiw.iys regret not
I n-ill^ able to a "pi Mr. brown's pro-
jiosition.
Tl e Hasc M i! i- ,
^ood many of o i
Hill's I'rairi c.
ait atrain, t y^, ur
D< 'v lerrics arc -
k was enjoyed i>y a
ipjiv, . -I .. .ally I-
■ 11 ahead. C i .i
im needs p. "ti. •.
ill Rue and n leh
Fl
oi l II lorn,
i < \
>a --
in
i •
in I'avil-
aviiioii.
lull.
Music b\- v-" o f,% in,. ()|v||. -• i
Trap Shooting Each Day.
—Farmers were busy in
crops last Saturday, hence Bas-
trop di In't have it- umial Satur-
day crowds.
—Tonsorial Arti-i W'm. Miller
raises trie finest beans in the
market. They are very large,
tender and stringless.
•—We just did miss a tr 1 I
rain Wednesday nitrht. There
was thunder and lightning, with
just enough wind to blow th«
rain off.
—While we have had no rain
this week, clouds have obscured les* bu j>' I)liloed bent'alh thl> a,,d'
the sun most of the time. If 'he
rain does not come soon, cr ps
Cunningham, at once pr oi in -ed j
her cafcvj very serious with but
slight . li ince of rec very, l ivery
attention was given the old lady,
but to no avail. 8he died Tues-
day afternoon. Superir tendeni
Bennett, in person, supervised the
preparation of her body I r the
grave, giving her a christian bur-
ill Wednesday m> rning. •> id is
il indeed. The old n.other's life-
K#k ii. in
1 '< ill 1. o
d< a. rn.
aviliou.
.i-
t\
SECOND DAY.
— I'aivi'le by
Sinit h\ ille.
• at; 1 M u>i«
First lo'tii-
a! < uncet t
.1/
f
> a s. ■
,-t I'Op v>
•clock U.
d ii
tli.
linll. Smitlivilli
L'lld Nllies.
Speaking.
to,
p. in.--
r|i M*K
.'.dock
'nylor.
I I o'clock p. Ill .—
ick p. in.—S!(
7 o'clock p. in —Fl'
" : d( I o'idock p. Ill .—
l('\'i
I illCf
'.all.
-\nsiin
I more | lentiful than rcpoited wlien thejr
first ix.it ripe.
M - Blanche Hardin is spen 1 ■ ^ th .
wet,; v/ith the - — Kormai
Mi's llii and i • n Hill arc at i ;«•<• i.:«•
' 'i ••.vii, alt "ii'tin i' '' 'lime i; -n • lit (V- ci' 1
I of South>vegtcrn ''niver,ity.
Kd. Bardi" cai: - oi ■ nice f ' >\. >
I in. to the Au ti.. t t t.
y ■ - - M ■ i1" \v f , w!e
1 ini' ",ool in Tio a , • "X| "ctc i
in i few day -, as • : •• 1. ■••! ' !•• •
j week.
-. i : il new : '■•
1 lieei ■ no iifht out i.
I busin- — wiil soon ; ' ii up
;r X'hira
■ !t and '
P.
< >■ ■ \-i
line-
uritS
tiui
baVt
h.ty
• i 11 i
< 'iithlfetl's I )nti'
"'• Mule liaco,
irodora.
' ''and Ball.
t:STl;AV NOTICE.
Reduced Rates on all Railroads Are Assured.
Taker up by W
tr,-yed before .1. T'
C , on the 2iitli
Br wn Mar., at
I' n shoulder,
bl ind, Aj | rai- ■
Ctiven under i..y
It) J.t.
P. ZIEGENHALS, Secty.
will suffer.
—The south-bound Katy Flyer
Friday moraing, « f l«Pt week,
failed to leave the mail for Bas-
trop, carrying it down to Smith-
ville to be returned on the L':l!l
p. m., passenger Friday.
— Bast week dew berries were' —a dead to 40 acres of land near
so plentiful, a candy box holding I'aige. other deeds, and a will,
about two water buckets, sold from the old country, written in
for •').") centa, while buckets full | < iertnan. The papers were de-
of the juicy fruit sold as low as '<o livercd to dudge Brice.
cents. -
SNAKi: BITTFN.
tho'
the
the daughter unconscious of
surroundings, raving within ^
lunati • department of the county
prison, awaiting to be taken to
the state asylum for the insane, ^an ^ia3 1 *ie
Til!-; ULBSMOBIL! .
CHESTER ERHARD. Chief.
nfif'd 8cott .iP'! ci-
A •' • Pt B.
; , f May, l'.ioi, oim.
i y, ai- "Id, braudod
I oih Hay colt, no
at siiO.OU.
I and, this May'JHth,
T P. BtsimP.
C. C. C. B. C.
By L. T. Gati.in,
Deputy.
Prof. John B. B >nd, formcr'y [ rin-
riinnm !■■■ m ii.m amm ; he i i
..... . . .. , , , ■ ' — .i ctcd principal of the Publw
—The \ illage Improvment So- —The cake and ice cream i p,.hooi at Smithviilc. Prof. Bond u
ciety met in calltd meeting at spread by the ladies of the Bap- \vil i ilified, possessing " in • 11i■ a it'i4
Mr. R. Hoschke. of Austin J School Building. Monday night,1 tist church, in the A. C. llrhard ' cxp'-riencc, nnd a irentlcman of the fin*
brother.in-law of Mrs. Bd Bas- with fair attendance. The meet-1 building, Wednesday afternoon, The patn-ns and .students of t.h«
honor of r.trodu .'-1 ing was an interesting one,among was a decided success. The
her reason so far dethroned she in£ the fip9t Oldsmobile in Bas-j the business transacted was, the cake and cream was all sold be-
trop. He came in it from Aus- i passing of a resolution request- fore night. The ladies were pro-
tin Sunday last, makinn the trip ing all citizens to have the weeds fuse in their praise of Mr. Guse,!
in exactly three hours and five cut from the side walks in front who famished all the ice needed, p .r-ir.- nigh* afer the M">
could not realize the death of her
mother.
Among her effects Supt. Ben-
nett found some valuabie papers
Smithviile Putilic School are indeed
f ruinate in securing hii.i as their prii'-
,cipal. _
Ileputy-shenff Sloki
of Gaudi
loupe county, came over from Segun
minute", notwithstanding the|of their property, and city au-
roughness of the road. Monday thorities to have the weeds cut -
morning, though the kindness of from the streets. The next re-1 —At section 47, north of Flgin,
Mr. Hoschke, the senior t 'k his uular meeting of the Society will I on the morning of the L'Tth, An-
first ri le in an Oldsmobile, rid-
ing over the town in a very few
minutes. The ride was delight-
ful. It is buggy shaped, run by
a gasoline engine of four horse
The cost of
meeting handed in too late for
On Monday, Buval lliggins. p .wer, ani ri ie-aj easy as a :;rst
s in of W. T lliggins, while pick- class railway coach
ing dew berries was bitten on the oil consumed is h-as
second finger of his right hand, cent a mile. Mr. Hoschke ha-) appear in next issue
by a copper-head snake. A the agency for the sale if
—At Austin, on the L'." th, Ref-
eree Franz Fiset, filed his report
on the applications of .lohn Wil-
son Kennedy, of Bastrop, and
.lohn Dyer Claiborne, "f Bastrop,
recommendinK Ihe dl8charK.- of „ co ,nak . A the ,«ncy fur th. ..le o( the.,
o | i knew in lun 'iupt^. 1 colured man was with him whu Oltl.muhile^ ,.nj, wu learn, sold
—County Judge .1. B. l'rice assisted him in washing the blood several .j i istr , par if. I'he
and wife, County Attorney Paul fr en his finger and at once tied cost of the >ne he had n Biis-
f). 1 'age and wife, and Mayor .1. ^ string tightly around the trop is >• nt free on boar lof osirs
finger, above the bite, taking him at II ust n.
home. The finger, below the
string, began swelling consider-
ably before ho reached home,
cr. a physician was sent for,
be at the same place on the second
Monday, it being the Mb day of
dune, at which time there will be
an interesting program rendered.
Bublic cordially and urgently in-
vited to attend this meeting.
The full proceedings of the last
derson Reid, colored,
than one' publication this week, but will
N. Jenkins went dewberry hunt-
ing M inday. Report has it, that
Judge Brice and wife picked a
bucket and a half, attorney Bage
and wife two hmde's and May >r
Jenkins a half l.ucket.
C. It
SIM-.' 'I AL I
•AT! s
T U N
w
I >r. ('.m1'
M
.Ki
Attorney C
• ! frmn Pri <l
K. v. T., tru
• 11 ai, i1t tl
h mith lriu
•c M t*ri II, of
I i in f >r |1
.N tl Ac,i.|.
istrop an 1 r. i
d
oing "ut, whi
<J, and it is
"lira vet
he pi OI
11 n
1 vp
••s-
at ■
The M. K. A T R
;ie'ial rates to II
i
has put >n
,'i for to-
i t roun 1
— District Clerk \V. 11. Mur-
chison has received an invitation
I to deliver a Masonic address at
I Beaukiss, on June 2L.M, but on
account of the district court be-
in^ in session at that time, can-
' pot accept, Mr. M., is a gifted
1' '•a' <r. and from the number of
' invitations he has receive i of late,
he is certainly appreciated. Re
will deliver th ■ a l lress of w
. a' the i i r 10 celobra
free of charge. 'chared with n««ault to murder. He ir
. the Mexican recently shot tiy Constable
John Sowels, of Eigm. He has about
recovered of hiJ wound. The officer
left with his prisoner on the K ity h Iyer,
was run !t];iS| Friday morning.
over and killed by the south- „ , .. . , ( „ v-,
. . To-day is a Nat ■nail: 'lay. Na-
bound Katy blyer. His home . ti„nHl Deration Pay, and will be Ob-
was at Fpton, and it is said, he served by the Fir* Nat: i: Bank an«i
was on his way to Fort Worth to the P «t OfTc The Bank wii! t*
get a job at the packery. He I closed all day, and the pon-oWce witr
went to sleep on the track with
the result above stated.
DENTAL NuTICK
l>r. R. 0. Perkins, la'e of Han Anton
i i, ha- permantly lo' it< I in Bastrop,
w h i *' i" over First N; ' m il Bank,
l r i' • eiip -d t.y Dr. tl. A Comtis.
A.I kinds i,f Dental work executed
with j jmpin-M and effi ien"V, and at
b^ "j en
after th
- Thoe. I
n!v a f'-v. noineats before anil
arrival • f e ,1; ui
Bisho: , thr a.rh hie atlor-
neys Messrs < irtr i;r.
filed -'lit in the D>'i
Mayrartl,
art for •>■>« .-
I M • I
against the H.
A. B. Pittr
s, Y -her,
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It.
filed
roa'I
airain
• *11 l H H I
1
ab
Mr
I )rgain and
church chat
!h'*r
eroiv
• ,rg« •
encing Mond
CURE A 00
R. K. Co.
hr ugli t.ij atUj'
irl \ Fisher, I
11 lf.0 re
ersonal injur. > .
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Cain, Thomas C. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 30, 1903, newspaper, May 30, 1903; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth205814/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.