Denison Daily Cresset. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 118, Ed. 1 Friday, February 16, 1877 Page: 1 of 4
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DENISON, TEXAS. FRIDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 16,
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NO. 118
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PERKY.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
DENISON,
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TEXAS,
Office over National Bank Building.
Will practice In the State and United
Staten Owns ~r< Pull Jv 14U
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Family Groceries,
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Canned Fruits*,
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Flour and Salt.
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fihoice groceries, ami selling ebe*«p.
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O. B. BEKHIT, M. I).
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
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Voice of the Preew.
rilHERE is no country more picturesque
X and richly bemutilul than that
through which the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas R’v runs, and no road in our experi-
ncehas smoother track, neater coaches,
dnore oonnm dioug sleeping care, better eat-
ing houses and better ac omodationa gener-
ally, or more courteous officers and em
al ocfe*.- Misery one coni.ected wirli the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway seems to
take particular pains to make the passen-
gers comfortable, and to point out and de-
rtribe the various points of interest. Have
you ever been to Texas, the land of sun-
beams, beautiful prairies and lovely valleys?
If not, ihtn you have missed a grand trip, j Elliott
iWe went and »e took the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas Ra lway, the Great 1‘ioneer Line
and the First. t*> enter Texas from the North.
S imtltody was wise' when they chose
the route. The ride through tte pictur-
esque Indian Territory is grand; it is one of
the most i eautiful countries we ever laid
our eyes on; in filet, the whole route frqui
Haotiihai, St. Louis or Kansas City is one
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TEXAS NEWS.
Dallas wants a small circulating
library -
Prohibition was defeated in Mc-
Lennan county by 1,377 majority,
The Louie Lord Combination
hava boon delighting the Jefferson-
A new Episcopal church has been
dedicated at Brownsville by j}jdbop
DENISON.......TEXAS.
OrvictR—IJvr Drag Store. Main street.
Kksidkxck:—S.-E. Corner Gmnly street
•fnYBnnn-t avenue. , , .
continual pleasure trip, passing thl-ough
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rich valleys teemiug’witli grain, aenstmag-
n iieent prairies, dotted here and there with
Pork is selling at 6 1 2d, corn 50c,
and wheat at 85c. in Palo Pinto
county.
The young grasshopper crop is
reported numerous from all parts of
the State.
Navigation in the streets of Dal-
GENERAL NEWS
Michigan has prohibited the mar-
riage of first cousins Se you Bee
if you’re a first coustn you must keep
away from Michigan.
Taylor, cashier of the Franklin
Bank in Indiana, who defaulted
with $175,000, returned on a freight
train a few nights ago in a dying
condition.
A dispatch states that many of the
best minds in the country are devis-
ing the best means to get rid of
tramps. Just so. But many of tho
tramps have the best minds in the
country,’and they are trying to get
rid of the other fellows.
clusters of timber and prottv farm cottages, i las is excellent, with a good stage
past enterprising chits and tywna, over watcr
TTUlWlN D; rUADH'K,
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COrrON Bf TYFH,
great Iren.bridges spanning deep rivers, and
a on down towards the pebbled shores of
the Gulf of Mexico, to the Gem of the Sea,
Galvoftton.—‘Traveler" „ f \
ENTER TEXAS AT DENISON.
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COMMISSION MERCHANT.
DENISON, TEXAS.
Liberal advances inid quick r»*t nr-— on
fdtiputt nts to eorresnoitdesiU 4- tiff n-ir
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ntn HEED THE
JAN. D. BROWN,
Gen’l rasseugor Ag’t, setlaliw. Mo
DROVERS AND PLANTERS
DENISON.
TEXAS.
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SSsWords of Advice
RES CAPITAL,
$200,000
wrrs
• pills
PI bb«
litis
TtiTT’8a«'l the thousaml* of t*-*ttmonlsl»PlLLS J. H. SLATER,
TUTT'S given of their efficacy, warrant me PILLS
Tt'TT’h w eavlnir that they will |M»ltlvely pii,|,9
fi-iiTT-S*’1'1’*111 ul-ease* that result from an), ,2
omcxKH;
Grasshoppers are appearing by
millions in Austin county a>'d the
cattle are dying.
The Sherman Register chronicles
ih.e death of the wife of Prof. J. C.
Parks at HolToy Grove.
One of Jefferson's attractions is a
During a recent tornado a couple
of Pennsylvania boys were up
in a cherry trep stealing cherries.
The tornado carried ot tho cherry
tree,-find neither the boys nor tho
treo havehetm seen since. Moral;
Never toll a lie.
Rural hospitality in Spain is high-
ly spoken ot. A stranger can’t take
j i°dgings at any country inn, they
j say, without a certainty of being
immediately waited upon bv any
baboon that buys cotton. A’ot such j nufirf)0f ot blg bug«.
a great rarity after all.
I A citizen of Dakota took a Tnrk-
Farmers are busy plowing in I wh bath in Omaha a few days
secret session in which it was agreed
to voto to-raorrow at 4 o’clock, the
commission adjourned to 10 o’clock
to morrow.
Judge Campbell concluded his ar-
gument by saying Louisiana was
more interested in the vindication
of the will ol her people than of ft
Presidential candidate. Her affairs
weie in the possession of an unprin-
cipled and usurpating oiigarOy that
could not stand by itself a single
hour.
After fifteen minutes recess the
commission remained in consulta-
tion until halftpast - o’clock -p. m..'
having adopted tfn order that a vote
should bo taken, on the admissibili-
ty of the evidence proffered, at 4
o’clock in the afternoon. The sec-
retary was directed to notify coun-
sel that the decision of the <-®nm.U-
sion would be communicated to them
at a quarter-past four. It is under-
stood that there w;as no discussion
upon the question before tho com-
mission beyond tho preliminary ar-
rangements. •
Pre«M<!$.
Vice-President.
- Cashier.
Austin county, and some of them
will tyegin planting corn this week.
San Antonio wantsjj Kindergar-
ten Better start o', beer garden.
Its the kindest garden* we know < T.
Ponies arc scarce in Bexar, and
and died within an hour.
The ver-
PACXARD SHOT-
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diet of the jury was ; “Ho hadn’t
ought to have got so much of
mud off at one time.”
the
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fjin?hjunanlty, l«il for l»v*t>i-p*l*. J»im- PILLS
TUTT’S dli-e. CounlpHtloii, Pile*. skin III*- PILLS
TtlfT'K *•**»■*, Hlllout Colic. Kh«iuii*tl<iD. PILLS
TUTT'S Plipltallun of lhi> Heart. Klowey PILLS
Tirrrs Xtfeetloini VeinaleComplaint*. Je., Pirr-*
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Samuel liaruta, C. C. 1’inkley, John NTev-
-n*. .lame* 1'cuter, J. R. Steven*, \Vm.
Hnglies, J. 11. Slater.
“You must eultivato decision of
characcor, and learn say “No,”
I cattle men are going to Oakville and | said a lather to his son. Soon afler-
thetn for the | ward, when tho lather told tho son | tempt to assassinate Packard, tho
rump governor, was essayed, at half
Desperate PHRadelpIiia
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New Orleans, Feb. 15.—An at-
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vicinity to obtain
Hjiring drive. ! to chop wood, the boy said “No”
The Herald claims that Dallas has ' with an en?I,haHis ll,at- fihowetJ a re'
more “Colonels” than any town in j mcmbr,u,t0 of ttie leM(,n'
Texas, but adds their titles are on-j ialk about cold weather killing
Exchange, Gold and Silver ly peace brevets. I grasshopper*! Here is tho ox peri -
Mrs. Cowland was accidentally ,nont ot UM it,wa ,uan: 0,,e
shot through both (highs in Oolora-!fan,K>1’ ho happy over the p.os-
do county, by a pistol which le||; P^t he wanted to anticipate the re-
from a mantel piece. ! sult’ 80 ,ie
Bought and Hold.
INTEREST ALLOWED ON TIME
DEPOSITS,
eu out a hole in it, and shoveled in-!
past eleven, while seated in his chair
surrounded by a halt a dozen call-
ers. An eye witness says; jjhort-
beloru the oceurrenco two men, «n«
of then), tlie wounded man, who
gave his name as Joseph lluttio, but
whose real name from papers found
in ins possession is ascertained to be
W. II. Weldon, and a slim one-arm-
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Drntls Driiu n on nil (lie Prin-
cipal ( Itlea of Puropc.
TUTT’S i THE DBMASn roB TUTT’S: PILLS
TUTT'S :PILI.S U not confin*4 to tblij PILLS
SSf? >*—i fits ,u*o hotel,
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J. g. Taylor a go., propr.
Main street, near the depot.
IEN1SON, TEXAS,
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- - - TEXAS.
The steamer A. P. Kouns, arrived | l() ,t a iut ol hoppers, and cupped it
at Jefferson alter a long absence. - Wll|, a (.|,unk ot ice. Alter twentv-
She brought a box of oysters for four bour8 be uncuvcred the hob-,
tbfi Jiiup I ecu to, and that paper is in
ecstasies.
Tho Palestine hoard of aldermen
have declared the street rfiilway for-
feited, and the road bed will be till-
ed up with gravel for the accommo-
dation ot pedestrians.
laid the hoppers in tho hiiii, and
they got up and crawled off. Now,
if packing in solid ice twenty-lour
hours won’t kill iho little pests, what
are you going to do about it ?
, Sevon j’cgrs ago Lena Crapo, a
Kiench girl took a drink from a Imb-
ed man, who gave no name, called,
at tho door of the State capital and
asked to see Mr. Packard^ A card
with.tlio name of Joseph tluillu w: s
sent in, but the one armed man de-
clined to enter. Weldon reached
tho executive office, where lie found
Mr. Packard seated ut a desk .talk-
ing to Judge Boarman, of Caddo,
who occupied a chair on Ins right.,
Weldon saj down m a Vacant chair
i immed et *ly on Packard's left, and
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DR. TUTT'S
EXPECTORANT.
F. E. Conrad, who keeps a storo ling brook, and thought she Had
room at Fort Griffin, sold 84,000 j swallowed something. • 8he thought ! an imdant, somewhat stiarply
worth of goods in one day, mostly right. And ever since that time (asked, “When can I see you?
arms, amunition, etc., for hunters on the thought ami something inside of Packard turned and found a pistol
v, , f i. i mitt I it ( rx tu ?,**.. il 11 .t l ... i.t . x _
tne ranj(u. | her hloinnen grew stronger, ihe
Only forty 1o fifty grasshoppers other day she threw up a Irog in a
to (he square foot arc reported in : ^ vomiting. All of which teacli-
Robertson county, and the farmers us that although Wo may look upon
Reorganized and Thoroughly Reuovatcd ! are anxious to have them get “wings j the wine cup and find it red, wo can
and Refitted, and under the 'Man*e- to fly like a dove.” (just, bet our bottom dollar it ain’t
Thi» unrivaled preparation. has per-
formed some of the nuftt astonishing
cures that are recorded in the annals of
history. Patients sulferins; for years from
the various diseases of the Lungs, after
trying differeftt remedies, spending thou-
sands $f dollar* in traveling and doctor-
j ing, have, by the use of a tew bottles,
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1 “WON’T 00 TO FLORID A”
New York. Au*u*t a). 1872.
- tnentof . | Marshal Purnell has sent to tho|^0tan- tn *t.
’ \xr TT. WINS. ! Solicitor ot tho Treasury at Wash-
| H» Patronage of Commercial Menb"«,on* over eight thousand dnlhrs ! PARinaaiA
Solicited 101*4 tf Tof the McCartney counterfeit hills, | L I L IJ EJ A O || | |j»
] in 850, $20 and $5, and 50 cents frac- ■ !■ Li Li VI Bl" 9 IB 8 All
tionaf currency)frym Travis county!.
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ABE REPtKTX WITU
OH. TUTTs
D#»r SirWltua In AUnn, Inst winter, I u*«d your
SspMtorsat tor my ooajh «al ra*Hi«d morn twnefit
0-om It Ujm naytblnr I ever taat;. I am bo will that
I will not r? t i Fluids non wtntor ns I Intondod.
Scad ra» oao dorou bottlao. by aiproM. for tome
friondi. lf ALFRED CUSHINO.
I«3 W»*’ Thirty-first Street.
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s Bo.toa, January ll,lS7t.
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Dr.Tutt’s Expeotorant for diKtaeo of tholanao
for the post two year*, and to my k lowled** many
bottle* hato been o*»J by my p ul/int* with the hsp-
yUa* msttlts. ta two d» »m who re , wa* thought oon-
nimifinni irr’~~»x<)tsksaalsoethe ineetorsat
oftMtSdaoar*. B. K. BCH AOUB.M.S.
- Wooan not .peak too hishly of Dr. Tutt’S Kf
ftOOtOTfint, sad for theaske of oufferm* hasMaity
hoya it nuy beoome more gsaerslly known.'-Cuai*
’l^byuVnaxIsU. PrlcNl.OO.
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FIRST CLANS MATERIAL
of jH kinds for executing
PRINTING IN Alt STYLES
Un short notics and at
Reasonable Prices.
Cresset Priting Company.
per «i*y at home. 5am-
;>k)fi worth <1 ireo Mtin-
Tbe grand annual hajl of the . La-,,
mar Rifles takes place on Thursday,
Fobuary 22d, in Dalliis, the prize
sword, awarded to tho best drilled
military company, wiIBbe presented
by the-North Texas Fait A'saoeifi*
tioh. '
Tho Galveston, News says that
one of the tableaux in tho Mardi
Gras festivities represented “Ponce
do Leottattd the Fountain oKTrath.”'
The Koontain of “Truth" ns good.
If old Pence eouldn'tttind it iit the
16th century, they need not repre-
sent. him kuuting in the ldllu.
THE GRAND COiYIRIISSION.
Dreislon so (lie AduiitusibtlHy
ol Eridence To-D«y.
Wasiunoton, D. C„ Feb. 1$.—On
the Bssemhling of tho coimtiission
Mr. fivarts resumed his argument,
which was mainly confined to the
purely legs! Aspect of. tho question.
He spoke, whi> unusual earnestness
and was listened to throughout with
the closest attention.
aimed ut his head. He imme-
diately struck it down and tho
weapon discharged, its ball
striking him in.the aight knee cap,,
only indicting a slight wound. Pack
ard immediately dealt the man. tv,
blow with his fist, sirikiitg him be-
tween the ©yes and kt ticking htiiv.
down, f-everal parties in the room
drew pistols and fired, wounding
the would-be assassin seriousA', but,
not fatally. The one arnMHi man
was arrested and Weldon kept a
close jirisotior in tite executive of-
fice. Packard was taken to (us pri-
vate apartment on tho second fioo*’
of the building, -where- - the wonmf
Judge Campbell closod hsa- argn-
owat atsfije o'clock-. short, out, very serimwlx huvL.
was examine*! by Dr. A, W.SmVthe.
It is not of u serious character.
The statement of the man who,-
trie*l to kilVPackard says his name
is William Henry Weldon, and Ids. '
hqmo is in-Philadelphia. H« says,,
hiiMboE, fie has a mother and sisters ,
living there. With regard, to Uis
attempt to kill Ptickaid,. he says*
there were four others Witb him.
who were to have assisted, him in.
the UNdertaking, hut on reaching;
the door of tkq*&tMu House they re- .
fused to go i:., j»nd Jett him to carry -
otu the pl&h alone. Weldon, iff
such be his nsme, is net, as it idruan
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Burson, J. W. Denison Daily Cresset. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 118, Ed. 1 Friday, February 16, 1877, newspaper, February 16, 1877; Denison, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth523989/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Grayson County Frontier Village.