Fort Griffin Echo (Fort Griffin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 25, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 21, 1879 Page: 2 of 3
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Last week llie F.i'iio man hi-1■aceuraey, the Indians were
a I rip to I Savior county inlud with Spciu-.-r carbines;
Sttlurduy. June li|.
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it is
Mullis.ll L railing.
1JYI-: stock .
"I; is iki',v jcstini'tirii t:':i; it
e.isi < I !i * 51.000 iw^l
i" Uill an icdian. -/-Jx.
l! ' lt -v ; uui ur h very
•itixicti-. iu im^a^i* in the Indian COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
killing /' business, ir hud best
make u cuntii
liiigtou ami
AY.M. CLAAK.
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□ EN^HAL
. . merchandise,
«*i.in| auy wiiii Flunk K. Conrad, strange no Iiidaiie were hurt, as
K«<1- Leaving,hwlVialo in the the whites had 111 • best of t
afternoon, we arrived at the res- light in everything bur ntmben. ku:iinnt< .«. that with one hun-1?1"' vunU.
idciice tif Mr. .1. -A. (liuild) Mat-j In a short time Cap'. Arritr/ 'u*(l men an
* . . ' * Kor tlie >.-ilr of Oat lie, llojr* ami SUeep. i __, „„ . _
iaet with Capt Ar- national stock vakds. BELKNAP
his hovr v\v will Sl 111 I
_• Oliwt •.-uiniuuuliuUon by telegraph In!
- - - TEXAS.1
fjropw authority.
iliews, OH Tecmmseh creek, jton with his command <>f Itan^ ;||L' w >«ld glut the market in
era, will be in that vicinity and ninety days, and take the cori-
if Mr. Indian is there and <>n : tr ®t at $1,000 per scalp.
Ms muscle, lie will have an . p-| T, , ,
portunity to exercise it. ! ,*ort )0,1,1 1 a&dock
i Stakes its reputation as a shrewd
guesser. that the Texas & Pacific
where we were yrarmly welcom-
ed and kiiiclly entertained by
■ Mr. Matthews and his accom-
plished wife. . ;
Budd owns a Unct of land'
emit (lining about six hundred
acres jriiiuh he is Improving. In
a short time lie will have over
two hundred acres of it enclosed
by ■ a suds tantial etone fence,
ie of the linn of Itey-
Mattiiews, who own
f otflf 13,000 head of
ley ranch on Cal
creeks, t wen-
North-west from
• •*.'• •>. ; '
Mr. Matthews
we proceeded on
•ney, stopping a few
t ut the £ gle Ranche
ilk lu Throckmorton
shortly af-
le largest, cattle
I, that of
rip, located
Js mouth,
Brazos
Mr.
ire or
e-'work
cattle.
40,000
eoi-
P«a.
a herd of
exicp which
, Two herds
South
|p|^':i'-iiy:ing:'u<jar
wDlchMeasrs Millitts
* " |; 2,300.
ving oil
more.
JPthft open
i
here until Wed
ng and
'ei«ot success,
foi home, pass-
tew town site of
:<m ooan«jr, on South
'.Iff spent the night
ttthews, and arrived
Ooon Thursday.
we return
l^piportanity pf
is places,
Matthews
m, for their kind
^IWOHT WITH INDIANS. '
ey, who
' ' « :
.V-iK*
ar-
.'last /direct
incoCanyon, we learn
ling particnlars of a
men had with In-
v,■ ...: ■ v :
"" nrp will remember
■ffigp the Echo stated
Charley Hens*
Kill Slaughter and
1, both stock
ing on Oat Fish
the month of Blan-
i, wffe making up a
iqcn, to follow
10 had be'sndepre-
cattle and bteal-
Ir hones. Slaughter nd
Crutchfield succeeded in gather*
}ng oply eltven men, thtjy mak-
ing thirteen, but with this small
force they followed the Indian
twli to Double Lake where they
overtpok and on the Qth inst.
rounded qp thp Indians whom
tlwy fdught about three hours.
$o far as.hearji fiom no one was
hurt, but the Indians raised a
white flag and wanted to sur-
fsnder, but t>h& cow bovs would jjury,
not have it that way, feeling |guilty,
qf bagging their game
ATTINIPT TO ROB THE iSTAOE.
The stage which left here
Wednesday, HHi inst.. was
stopped that night about 10
o'clock when passing thorugh
the mountaiuous country near
the head of Ioni creek in Palo
Pinto county, by two men. Be-
sides the driver, "Sam," there
was one lady and two gentlemen
passengers, one of the latter be-
in? special mail agent. Smith,
who was armed with a good
gnn. As Soon as the stage
was stepped, Mr. Smlthjumped
out on the opposite side of the
itage from where the two men
were, and opened ftre on them
when they "litput for tall tim-
ber." Sam says it was Mr.
Smith's gun that saved-the mail
bags.- ■ >^|V';
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MBD^OAV ASSOCIATION.
the last meeting of the
Tarrsiiu Coujtty Medical Asso-
ciation. a committee <was ap-
pointed to confer with the lead]
ing regular members of th.- pro'
fession (medical) for tkt pur-
pose of organizing a Northwest
Texas Medical Association.
Will the Northwest Texas press
notice the call, as such organi-
zation may mean much for the
public and professional weal.
Those favorable to such or-
ganization will please write to
Dr. Beall. pre«ideul of T. C. M.
A., ifo<V designate Weatherford
as first point of meeting, say
21st July pro*., should such
time and place meet their ap
probation.-r-Fort Worth Demo-
crat. ,
"Jacksboro ia improving; and
as an illustration will state that
our mechanics receives wagon*
from Fort Griffin to repair and
lots of new ones are sent out to
ihat distant land.—-Jaek County
Guide.
Two very good reasons exist
for sending one wagon to your
dead town lor repairs. The
two shops here have more work
thftt^they can do while your
mechanics have more leisure
than money; further, when a
man cannot get money on an old
debt he is willing to take any-
thing, even a little work. Your
"town n^ver manufactured one
wagon* much less "lots of new
ones," and sent them out here.
Tote fair, neighbor.
railroad will not be quilt to
Weatherford in the year 1870,
wliilw-the Weatherford Smythc
predict s 11 ia t regular trains will
ruu to. and from the latter place
on or before September first.
Between the ages of 8 and 14
there are. of Texas children
twenty iu every hundred who
cannot read or write, and, of the
colored population, sixty out of
every hundred. Of Texas white
children, between the ages men-
tioned, there are 30,000 who
cannot read —TToco Examiner.
HUNTER, EVANS & CQ.,
LIVE STOCK
COX1IUSIO.V NERCHASTS.
NATIONAL STOCK YARDS,
Bast St. &ouis. Illinois.
Casli ailvmioc* mntlo on oonslfromenti.
Coi-ivK|iontlen<v solMtctl :unl luarket re-
port* fttrnitlietl on application to
WJI. HCXXER, GeuHAKt.
P«rt Worth. - - - - - - - Texas.
COMMERCIAL HOTEL,
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STSIBLING it SPEAKS.
^ I . ' ■ > . J ly j . ,'jliAj .j- k'u I
REAL ESTATE AGENTS AN D
CONVEYANCERS.
j Ov*r ConraJ ± KjiWi btuiU'>u^. Qrltlu
! Avenue. ■
Fort Griffin, Shackelford
, Texas.
ECtM A OOOD ASS08TVNM or
APItE
ERIFS
AXO
BKECKEXKIDGE
- TEXAS.
—Some of our exchanges say
the mau King, recently killed
by Bark Burnett, was one of
Millett Bros' head men. King
was not in the employ of Millett
Bros, having been discharged
by them some time before his
death.
Mr*. GACTHKEB, Proprietor.
nouie nncl Fur
Rat Uirhmt iiihl* ir
litnre entirely new.
Nortlnvfy.t Texan.
; ' CAI.L AT- "
CHARLEY MEYER'S
a A L 0 01,
-roB-
The Best of
WHISKIES,
WINES
Charley Hensley, of Jack
county, will leave there some-
time next .month, with a bunch
of cattle, 22 brand, which he
will take to the Hensley &
Crutchfield ranche pu Cat Fish
week, near Blanco Canyon.
A married couple, residing in
Cleveland. N. C., are: iflade
cheerful by their, twenty-seven
daughters, but the old man
kicks when fifteen o? twenty of
them, expecting their beaux,
want the back parlor all to
themselves.
4CIOAB9
The Waco Sun advises the
drummers, that'if the tax on
tbefi! should not be put up to a
thousand dollars by the nsxt
legislature, they may safely
consider themselves the speical
Subjects of Divine care.
' THS EXTRA SESSION.
" The Legislature met in extra
session on the 10th inst. Very
few members were absent. The
Governor's message was pre-
sented to both houses. It is a
let.gthy document;
_; - ' i^i i i
The Cleveland. Ohio, Leader,
has,crop sports from nearly all
points North of the Ohis river
which/ .show, the wheat crop
to be about' two-thirds of the
usual crop and,com a failnre.
;;;; ' ■■ f.-
In the past thirty days, the
three banks in Fort Worth paid
but $39,815 .for wool. A large
portion of th}s wool,was ship-
ped from Fort Griffin.
A young man who was very
much given to swearing was
once taken to task by an old
Quaker, and was persuaded to
wear a suit of the old gent's
clathes in order to reform. Af-
ter being decked in the drab
suit and white hat for about on« The Echo is indebted to Sen-
week the y. m. whs met by lhe ators Davenport and Shannon,
o. q. and asked How he was and Clerk Booth, for Austin
getting along. The young man papers
answered that he "had given up
Special Attomlion Paid To Tke
Bottle IfsaiOi
Remember the place, at SkMiuej'a
original Cattle Exchanfe, < 'rifflu sveaae.
FORTjGRIFFIK,- ^: •' TEXAS
vlnStf
T.E. JACKSON
—>iuii w-
PROVISIONS.
Uave ohoice land* for Ule iu SluukeL'«rd
ami a<l joining eountie*.
InvMtlgate tlU«a,x rentier and par taxra
and mkwm thoee aold for taxe«. Heat,
Loan. Sell and protect lantit from «qiut-
DRY G00DS BOOTS, SHOES &! ten- wmenu andobtai*
T;!" 1 Patenu on School and Aajrlum lamlt.
HATS.
.'S
OIL OVEROOATS, LEATH-
ER LEGQINS, ETC.
-:Oi-
All Orders will -Necilev* Prompt
Attention.
r 1 * * *
Keep a general InformatiM
Keep on hand Uad Map* and Abatraet*
ol Patented land* of till* and turrtMiadiag
eounllc*.
THE FORT GRIF
• ' • , '
Is Published every Saturday, at
ELFORD COUNTY,TSXAS.
SUBS0BIPTI0N, 92.00 par Anrn^,
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
Albany,
Texas.
Thl* houte earrU* a well auerted *took
of
(j 0 O D 8
tuch a* tUe farmer aid toek raUer and
drover require*.
A colored woman in Missis-
sippi caught the Kansas fever
last week, but her husband
whipped it out of her.
THE ECHO bas been conducted by its
for over three years in another locality with
it has gained a reputation for truth and fisi)
larger and more pretentions Journals do not a:
We pride ourselves on being the oaly
been represented: at every meeting of the
Stock Kaisers' A ssociation, and believe we J
stock and stock marks and brands than any publisher ial
west Texas. "
Believing that the Live Stock interest
mean aZi kinds of stock raised for _ " '
down to chickens,) of this portion of Texas is
the publication of a paper in the Stock Interest;
the Range tlie proper location, the '
this point. It proposes to make the
SHACK-
a leading
ature,
aswa.
It wants all manner of news Irom every stock ranch is the
Country and has the pledge of a large number of
ing catrie, horse aim she*)p ranches, to write lea,
it, as well as to furnish all local news of a Stock
their respective localities.
owa-
Ibr
from
OF THE ECHO will be to advance the interests of, 1st Shack-
elford County; 2nd. Our neighboring Counties and State, and as
such seeks your patronage.
-:o:
swearing entirely but had a
h—1 of a time to keep from
lying-"
Certain parties in Houston
contemplate building a large
cotton seed oil mill at that place.
The GreenbacKers of Maine j
hare nominated .Tatiie« L. Smith,!
of Oldiowii. f<ir Governor.
A rich scene .occurred in the
court ro imoii Tuesday iiinniitig.
Bill Evans, foreman of a jU' v j —
()l) a civi! case,'handed in Hiej (>f Kftnsss and Missonri
following verdict: "We. the, |Vl|V,i :(sr;iin heivi deVa't itft'l by
jind the defrtitilunt " Hriiui ;in ' hail «t irma.
:l? i
th.-
■ ifi tu>
U'lited
Siitpn tis tlie yWdietj —- —•
[was read out.Bill >••<«'. >!"• "N i'1,1,
In this they were only parthvllv i take, and turning 'j 1,1
•tMSSeilJul, capttiring twelve to j members of . that l ' « }
fifteen horses', and two or three ."And wejjnd 1 j, • ' c .....,i, ,4 ovr.xwi I
Hicks containing coil'ee, tobat-ipiay.i . >• • ;wi: , lU-k ; • in cauiud..
,,■) lvi'it i /.'■ ."isicrrr'
'A large lot ef
A0BI0ULTUBAL1MFLIMENTS
u!i\ar* on hand which will be *eld at
price*.
HUNTER'S SETREAT.
The naoat popular
SALOON
—In—
F o r t O riff i n.
Keep* none but th* be*t j The ECHO is a good medium of communication between the
B n JL ar u iji {business ineii of Fort Griffin and Albany (the Capital of this
) J ' JL' IIe mm! S. count v) and the people who buy their wares; also between the
• , traders i>f Fort Worth, Deniaoii. Dallus, Weatherford find other
j cities enjoying a wholesule arid siiipping trade with dealers and
i consumers of North-west Texas. Therefore, it is to the advantage
! of Merchants to ADVERTISE IN THE ECHO,
j Because—It is published in the heart of a large aad splendid
[grazing country.
Because—It is read by the stock raiser and the cowboy.
Because—It is read by lhe merchants and businesslinen.
I B^catise— It is read by the farmer and people generally whe
I want to buy jupt the goods you have for sale. '
Jiecanii"—If not owned or controlled by any sect or party
!:< i-it' .' Vf-v « f the county in which it is
i-. aii't -its proprirtcT.
<•! ;• Ivrtisint: ar- as low as any Frontiet
:. . >i . <. utiicss auDiidiacd.
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W. ?.?B?0K, Proprietor,
l-'C UZiyf US* TEXAM.
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Fort Griffin Echo (Fort Griffin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 25, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 21, 1879, newspaper, June 21, 1879; Fort Griffin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth233071/m1/2/?q=%22~1~1~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.