The Watchman (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 30, 1870 Page: 7 of 8
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Tardrew & Co., Advertising Agents
for Newspapers in the Southern States,
No 41 Park Row, New York, are our
authorized agents for that eity.
All contracts made with the "Austin
Record" for subscription or advertising
(that have not been liquidated by the
refunding of monev) will be completed ! lMPe'' * atcontii
, ® _ J' 1 terests.—Austin
by the watchman.
James A. Foster.
Our Paper.
The Georgetown Watchman has
changed its dress and now comes out very
much improved in its appearance. The
editor and proprietor displays an energy
in the management of his paper that is
almost without precedent.
We wish him every success and con-
gratulate our neighbors in Williamson
county on their good fortune in having a
ibutes so much to their in-
Gazette.
The following is a compliment paid us
Preston Nichols, a young man recently
from Missouri, and a nephew of Mrs.
Margaret Harper,^was thrown from his
horse on Sunday last and injured so as to
leave doubts of recovery.
before receiving our new material and en-
larging :
O O
The District Court room is now receiv-
ing a thorough painting, from the hands of
Arch Hart and brother. The grass grow-
ing so beautifully within the Court House
enclosure and fresh green blinds 011 the
outside of the building, together with the
new coating of white wash to be given the
fence will add wonderfully to the appear- Also, in this place, on the night of the
anceof our public square and reflect the j 25th of April, Eddie, only son of J. M.
enterprise of our citizens. i an<^ Helen Page.
~ 1 One more of earth's fair flowers laid in
1, °"e, <k'S"'"'g,a" ,!nll'rov«l the silent tamb; a pure and gentle el.ild
At her residence, near Rouud Rock,
Mrs. Margaret IIall, wife -of W111
E. Hall.
Texas.
provement of Willamson Co.—Jasper
News Boy.
Our jail is being iron cased over-head, j Bio. Ivellie, 0111 whole soul is en-
rendering it impossible for inmates to es- i 'j8*"1 for the the improvement of Wil-
j liamson county in particular and adjoin-
cape. ! . . .J 1 , , , _ J
^ 1 ing counties 111 general; and the advance-
Capt. Posey has a new graveled side- j ment made within the past year has only
walk, in front of his premises, and his ■, strengthened our determination to move
are referred to an advertisement 111 our
columns headed " For Sale." This place
Ths Georgetown Watchman is one of i's situated within 3 miles of Georgetown,
the neatest and liveliest papers printed in j has a good two story stone building with
four rooms, and (50 acres in good state of
cultivation, together with an irrigable gar-
den. The place can be had for $2000 or
will be traded for stock cattle at reasona-
It goes its whole soul for the 1111-
b!e figures.
neighbor. J. L. Brittain is following suit.
Others might find it profitable in doing
likewise.
— m m m ——i
Progressive.—The heading of G. W.
Davis & CVs. advertisement says "Rail
Road from New York to Round Rock,"
and goes on to state that their large stock
of Dry Goods and Groceries, direct from
New York have arrived. It is stated al-
so, that they have the largest stock of j
011 in this prosperous direction until it
will be said of Williamson, that " it is
the Banner county."
The editors duties in the office has ren-
dered it impossible for him to attend to col-
lecting dues, and accounts have been
drooped and faded from our sight, leav-
ing devoted parents pleading for strength
to bear the blow. Why, Oh! God,
pluckest thou the freshest flowers of earth
and leave parents, kindred and friends
weeping in anguish? Weep not, for lit-
tle Eddie is an angel, happily relieved
from the world's troublesome trials, and
the flowers that will bloom above the lit-
tle mound which marks his resting place
speak, though absent, not forgotten.
On the evening- of the 27th inst., at
placed in the hands of an agent. A\ e the residence of D. Love, in Georgetown,
hope all will pay promptly,as our expenses
are heavy and we cannot work on time.
Miss M. A. Cluck, Her remains were
carried to the Round Rock Cemetery for
Crops.—The prospect for a large crop
was never better in this section. The
cotton lands are in fine condition and the
staple largely above ground in many
places. It will be a lively time for sin-
ners this fall, and many bales
for e
will be
Let advertisers make a note of the fact; '"tcrinent.
that this paper is now weekly addressed j TIRIXG^^YO^
to over two hundred names 111 Austin. j Jj Carding Machine at Round Rock,
I Williamson county, Texas. My Carding
The Educational Gazette, for April,! Machine has been repaired this Spring
_ _ _ _ , . i numbered from this county over the yield
Gents and Boys clothing ever brought to , ^ j ^
that market. The personal attention of
Mr. Davis having been given to the pur-
chase of the above he guarantees his abil-
ity to supply the trade at the very lowest
rates; and cordially invites all to call and
examine. What Wash says can be relied
upon, as he has no reputation for blowing.
————ii
County Clerks.—The law requires
that each County Clerk shall close up his
business completely before retiring from
year.
Continuous
this
to
Kaus
lines of cattle still
comes to our table laden with an unusu-
ally rich store of good things for young
and old. The articles are sensible, high-
toned, full of life and zest, and teach 110-
I ble lessons, such as persons of all classes
pass 1
1 1 n 4.1 ii. will be likely to learn, remember, and
is way, and we hear of thousands yet j „ , ' '
m 1 v • 1 profit by. We think every school boy
come. The grand rush is mostly for l. , . J
r>
James
>tlj
II. Williams left with !
his drove 011 Wednesday.
service, and we will suggest that the Es- | better posted in regard to general school
tray Lists be made out for publication at j systems than Mr. T. and we believe his
the earliest day possible. Many of our appointment will give genera! satisfaction
readers are interested in this matter of es- j aside from any political objection.
trays, and for their sake we ask for the!
closing lists of Williamson, Burnet,Lam- | The machinery for the Steam Saw Mill
pasas and San Saba counties. The re- which is to be established in the post
should read the story " The Real Tell-
Tale," which appears in this number of
^le Gazette. We cannot too highly
t , w m iw r ,1 • .1 commend this publication to our readers.
Joseph W. lalbot, of this county has I _ . , 1 . , ,
. -i . 1 .4. 4. n c • 4. i i It is truly a good paper, cheap, valuable
received the appointment 01 Superintend-! , . .J tP ....
, r. o 1 1 n 4U e* * -r« j and instructive—a flitting companion for
ent of Schools for the State, x1 ew are . 0 , l,
j every teacher, parent and child. It
j should be read at every fireside in the
land.
Messrs C. II. Turner & Co., (507 Chest-
nut Street, Philadelphia, are the publish-
ers. Send for a specimen copy,—not
forgetting to enclose One Dollar, a year's
quirements of the Estray Law is not com- j oaks above town, is to be in Brenham by j su >scnption. ^ ^
plied with until publications are duly j the 1st of May. When this much need- | Hon. Don Campbell, of Marion coun-
lhade. We will have more to say upon j ed addition to our industrial list is in ope- j ty, has been elected to the Presidency of
this subject after a while. | ration, many improvements will be made i the Senate, made vacant by the election
W. Flanagan to the Senate of the
and is now in good running order. Some
new cards have been added and it makes
beautiful rools out of medium wool. I
have employed an experienced white man
who thoroughly understands the business,
to attend the machine. I want one thou-
sand pounds American Wool, washed,
burred and sticks picked out, for which
I will pay twenty-five cents per pound,
in goods, at cash prices. Terms for card-
ing: Twelve and a-half cents y ft for
the nett rolls, in money or marketable pro-
duce, or one-third of the wool. I keep
dry goods and groceries for sale or ex-
change for produce. L. M. MAYS.
KAIL BOAD FKOM
4 , . . 1, and the cry for lumber cease. The nub-1 of J.
The Academy scholars, joined by those ; J . _ . .1 1 .
„ Al 1 1 1 i 11 . lie will be notified when the proprietors unite
of our other schools had a merry basket
dinner in the woods on yesterday.
Dr. Beall has removed his office to that
occupied by Col. Coffee as a law office.
The flux has become ver
within the past week. Persons should
be very particular in their diet these heavy
damp days.
are ready for orders.
d States,
unanimous.
The vote was nearly
Habeas Corpus.—In the ease State of
Texas v.s. William S. Mullen, upon writ
, , ! of Habeas Corpus, before Judge Thorn-
rv oreva lent;
1 ton, at this place on Monday last, His
Honor, after due hearing and investiga-
c o
tion of the evidence, (the case being for
the killing of Gordon Welcher, last fall,)
Bring ox Your Wool.-So says L. M. | decided to admit the defendant to bail in
Mays, whose Carding Machine at Round j the sum of five thousand dollars, which
Rock has been newly repaired and put in j was promptly given with several good
running order. With the aid of an expe- sureties, and the defendant relieved of
riencedman to run the machine, beautiful j custody. The bond provides for his ap-
rolls are made out of medium wool. He pearance to answer the indictment at the J
Whitehead, the accomplice of Olive
in the killing of Dr. Frame in the lower
edge of this county some months since,
was turned over to the civil authorities
from the military and lodged in our coun-
ty jail for safe keeping until the next
term of Court.
We hear of an ugly fracas,
at the country place of D. Love, between
two of his tenants, in which one was cut
with a knife, but we believe not
oils
lv.
danger-
NEW YORK TO ROUND ROCK!!
P are now receiving our large stock
V? of DRY GOODS AND GROCE-
RIES direct from New York. We have
the largest stock of Gents and Boys
Clothing ever brought to this market, be-
sides a choice stock of Fancy and Staple
Goods, Boots Shoes, Hats, Saddles, Bri-
dles, and all articles usually kept in a
house of our kind. Having given our
personal attention to the purchase of our
New Goods, we flatter ourselves that we
shall be able to supply the wants of the
country trade at the very lowest terms for
cash. We cordially invite our friends
and customers to call and examine our
stock before purchasing elsewhere. No
trouble to show our goods. Country pro-
duce taken for merchandise. We confi-
dently solicit a liberal share of patron-
age Very respectfully,
G. W. DAVIS & CO.
Round Rock, April 30,1870.
wants 1000 lbs American Wool, washed,
burred and sticks picked out, for which he
will pay twenty-five cents pound, in goods
at cash prices. See his advertisement for
terms of carding.
next term of the District Court of this
county.
I11 the case of John Cook, charged
with the murder of John By bee, and not
yet admitted to bail, was not brought be-
fore the Judge, and as he departed on
Em. Taylor has received four loads of
his Spring Stock and is in readiness to, . . ... , . . .
1 0 .. . whether any action will be taken in this
serve his customers according to promises , .
111 his advertisement. You that use the
weed go and try a plug of his best-
will make you squirt lusciously.
We have just received from Messrs.
Coe, Wctherill Co., Philadelphia, who
have, during the past two years, obtained
the head rank amongst our advertising
c' o
houses, a new publication entitled " The
Advertisers' 'Index.' It is neatly gotten
Monday afternoon, we are not informed |llP *n duodecimo form, and contains not
only a complete record of the Newspa-
Brittain
Uood
latter case
-it
" Truth crushed to earth will rise again,"
So will industry always win. As an ev-
idence, go to J. L. Brittan's and see the
The store room of D. Love has been
neatly plastered by that rusher, B. Faliner.
and counters, shelves &c., will be put in
readiness for Harris & Bro's new Goods
which are to be here in a short time. They
The recent heavy rains caused a con-
siderable rise in the streams above, pre-
venting mail connections and depriving
us of any news whatever from beyond
per press of the Southern States, but in-
formation interesting and important to
all advertisers and business men. This | piles of Goods, up stairs and down, all ©f-
house, 011 account of their large contracts, j fcred comparatively low. Go and see
are prepared to offer the
ments to business men to advertise, cs-
greatest induee-
tliem.
Salado. The rise in the Gabriel knocked j pecially in the best journals of the South, flour just received by
A fresh supply of XXXX St. Louis
about tw nty feet out of our friend Geo. Messrs Coe, Wctherill & Co. furnish the
W. Glasscock's mill dam. He will soon "Index" 011 application, gratuitously,
propose doing a lively business in the j patch her up and go it again. George is and we advise the business public to em-
Auction line. not-easily balked. brace the opportunity.
J. L. BRITTAIN.
Hides W anted.—For which the high-
est price will be paid by
J. L. Brittain.
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Foster, W. K. The Watchman (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 30, 1870, newspaper, April 30, 1870; Georgetown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth235844/m1/7/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.