Denison Daily Cresset. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 139, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 6, 1876 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. II.
DENISON, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6. 1870.
NO. 139
Daily Cresset.
L\v ltlKSON »V DAY.
Pl’BLIHHKU DAILY. SlNlMY* KXCT.ITEP.
orrirtAi. rmn or thk urv
l.nrst'sl Itiiil) CtrcnlHIiim in ill** i'lljr.
Oftioi* in the Gunn Hliwk, Corner
Mnin streiCamt Austin avenue
Sevoml Story.
MUNICIPAL OFF ICUKS.
HOWES’ GREVT LONDON
CUS
era-
\V II \V1\\ . t Mai or.
1 ’ ' < Recorder, j the same place by another.
1 G. I,. PATRICK,
1 J. 11. GUY,
<). K. OA.aI.KY,
W. II. BOSS,
| \V. H. NOUI HCI TT, - Cdv Clerk.
A. B. PERSONS, - City Attorney.
COl NCI I. ME*—1ST MAUD !
Correspondence.
It is with pleasure we publish the fol-
lowin'? "lowing tribute to I ten iso us pros-
1 jierity ml enterprise:
Denison, l>ee, 10, 1S75.
Editor Albion Mikkok. (Mich.)
1 Denison is the tir»t town yon reach on
entering the State bv the Missoni i, Ksn-
; sas & Texas Railway, ami is the terminus
I of this road, which is ons of the longest
j lines operated by any one company in
! the land, li stretches from Hannibal, on
! the Mississippi river, to Parsons, in South-
j ern Kansas, by one arm, and from June- they have lieeu particularly caretul to put
| tion City, ou the Kansas Pacific Road, to ! •drill no statements <d wha t ev pr<>
. , , ... posed to dr> which they were wot ahua-
naiitly arnpip to perform to tin* iKter.
Fir© Insurance.
New
! Home insurance
Y ork City.
Co..
Acd S&ngor’s English Mentgene.
[Atlanta Daily Herald.] Manhatun Insurance Company.
Exhibited to iimucnsc and delighted New York! ity,
audience in Atlanta, yasterdav afternoon i "e.-tehe-ter IiiMirance * onipa-
’ and evening. This paper only gives ex-' ny. Ncw Yo; a t itj.
presxiou to the general verdict that this | ^ Inoir iucc tocipaiu.
is by long odds the best, most complete ' **• Loiiw, Missouri.
; and most extensive establishment ot the * ommercial lii.-mniee 1 ompa-
kind that ever bad enough ability and cn- , St. Lotus, .M,s.oui i,
terprisc to \i-it the Slate of (. orgia. This Georgia Home Insurance out-
verv excellent eowhinatiou of first-class p-my. Columbus, Georgia,
amusement* is owned and managed by Citizens Insurance < ompaiiy.
. .t..........i - ... ... .........: ... . Newark, New Je rsey.
END YOUR
gentlemen who value llicir reputation, and
Mississippi Valley insurance
Company. Mciuplds, Tcun.,
S7.50U.000
1,000.000
1.000.000
000,000
<«X),000
000,000
450.000
425.000
TO TI'.ADK AT
rad thence
' uroiects a trunk line south wul
Assessor it Collector
Treasurer
Prerident of Council : making over 1000 miles ut road-
Marshal 1 projects a trunk line southward, through | pi,r tour thousand people that eiowded
Collector! tl|v |m|iiU1 ivrritorv to Denison, Texas,! the pavilllms ot Howe's great combina
treasurer . ... , I rim. %’*-.r,*r,L,v will -ill luan* witne-- tl.n
tion vesterdnv. will all hear witness that
Col. T. R. Toole, the
JNO G.TAYLOR, J. D. WOODYAlID
eovNv'H.s. i:n—fin ward .
GEO. B LOY I Mi, L. M. JOHNSON.
covncilmax—lln wakn :
GEO. \V. WALTERS, \V. 1). KIRK.
coi'BI'ilmkn—4rn warp :
w a. boss, - w. a. rums.
Regular meeting of Council, first Thursday
i>: cacti month.
, „ , . .. .............. general director of
Denison is also the „uortheni terminus publications, has be* n wi bin bounds ill
ot the Houston A Texas Central Rail- j all that lie h is to say on the subject—in
road, stretching from this place south- i fact he could have said agieat deal more
ward.
All Policies written in Denison.
J4M1.S I). UALLACE, Agen»,
212 Main street, Denison, Texas.
[1-5-1 m.]
If tliert* is.anything you cniis
n»l Kntl elseuliere. try the
Live Drug Store; they ha»e it.
^uat State, lor mail) 4<X) miles to («.iU oneoi tin* mo»t reliable, trust worthy and ; ^ ^ Ji. 4V
I NITED STATES rOMMISHONKKS I
F. M. SHRADER,
veston or the Gulf Mexieo. Beinjr tin* busings like advance amenta that it lias ,
j terminus ot both these roads, this city is ever been our pleasure to meet.
-*»*»>" .......... <*— >* 1 j,M,n»s£ritu ysrH3is:j
way to Northern Texas, and through it | rentarkbhs tone and t ffieiencv to hi-com-
is pouring u constant tide of people, seek- pany,
ing business and the cheap lands of the I the btiikkt parade.
West and South-west. After coining The grand street pa gent of Howe’s
through the Indian Territory the most
are obliged to slop here for supplies. It
THE STAB STORE
SO GET
vorit
mtsm Bargains!
rl'Vji<l«‘ ail lln‘
incpiTY i. s. marshal,
T. M. WRIGHT.
S T. LOUI S,
i
ELS
i>(
.wd
i*l -lit.
tell p
J11 STICK OK T11K I'KAl K—PRECINCT NO, 5 I
W. I). KIRK.
J. H. CUMMINGS, - Constable
supplies of all kinds for a vast region
west ami south-west, that is rapidly fill-
ing up aad to a good degree wit It north-
ern and western men, it is also tile
market town for the same region for cot-
ton, wheat, cattle, hides, Ac.
The Government has here a depot of
Because it is the only line from Texas
running its trains in o the Grand l ni ni
Impel at St. Louis. This is an ad van-;
Creat London Circus ye-terday •dter.imm I ££• .,“Y‘unVl1'1 'AuDjel-t'^o "fti.con-
ibyiissplem or und tnagnitu.K tormpl an | ^ | ,. u (.ro%Vl|..\|. dim-. dWmal.
event Which t W have seen equalled 111 , -0 wut ri„. Um,U!.|l the tmek ;
and streets of St. Louis in a top- ,
•• e , ■ m ,, III* II I vv list » » -iiiii < ij'lilll' >1 in
is al-o the great point ot distribution for any city—it was iinmen-c. mid won the Icon*11"
wannest encomiums from every one who ^'((|llmbtls. lin.ivill,r Ht „,e Depot just |
STAR STORE
--()-
LL ARK
nunanwi)
load otter load of cotton conies pouring * . ...
western Irouticr. A telegraph line eou-
* necting these posts starts licre. so that
“Chickens Lgg*.'’ Tims reads a sign tins city is in dally
on Main street. Will that fellow swear ;,]| the west and south-west, Denison is
that some might not lie old hen-eggs. j the entrepot of tills ia-l country—its
heart, with arteries reaching to every
part; through \\lii* li pour the vital eur-
surroiittding country
The proee-s Oil was nearly a auir iu .----- , , .........
length, and was made up of mi array at- ] [nK Ku,,e O’ . ~
tractions which of tliem-elvcs were worth know how i -. "
a good price to see. ! “"ll »VU»'I ts'
It will lie impossible, ill our limited
water” on ueeount of your bag-age luiv-
" " 1 • • o— ........ Depot.-You
Go \ ia. Sedalia
TRADE
AT Til K
eggs.
The Texas Pres* Association meets to-
day at the Southern Hotel. Galveston, for
the transaction ■ f any busiMes- that may
come before the board.
Deputy C. S. Marshal. T. M. Wright
leaves for the South this 3 p. in., to be
gone some three month*.
Was ever such weather known outside
of Denison. Since the incoming of tie*
year it lias lieeu like summer. At San
I)iego, they boast of summer in 1 lecnnbcr;
space, to particularize the vaiions features
of this street page nt, Those who wit
I nessed it will hear us out in the assertion
that it was the grandest ever seen'an this
comniunleatipu with 1 P,R*
Not only the menagerie. Imt a so the
circus, i, wot tilt the patronage of our
people, as it delights, interests and enter-
tains in a manner of once proper and ele-
gant. In fact, we neither saw nor heard
anything, during the entire arenic exhibi-
ti• n. that could otl'end the 'in-s of the
most refill' d or modest i uiv. The clow ns,
three in mini her, were jolly, rollicking
fellows, wlms" wit was as liiier.il in ex-
penditure as it was I beral in it- character.
The general magrnietlt of the entire es-
tablishment is systematic and bll«ineas-
like. From tlie manager down to tin*
lowest subordinate there is a quiet, gentle-
manly demeanor utterly at variance with
our preconceived ideas of circus men. No
drunkenness, nor swearing, nor bolster
-FKEK-
IK YOt' A HE
DOING TO TKXAS
star
&*I?©]eL3B
rents ot commerce and soeia' life—the
metropolis of a great region, new and un-
developed, but with a g eat future, social-
ly and commercially.
The city is said to contain G.00J people,
but this is probably a little exaggerated, a
thousand or so. L is rapidly grow ing, and
iu the two months I have been le re over a
hundred house- have been erected. .Stand-
Hie, i«i™»n, i ing at one point you can count over fifty......................................... .
but here in Denison we Imve it in Janua- ‘ hew houses, most of them ate small strue- on- eondnt or l.ngu'geis heard from any
, , , , , of the attaches, lake it ail in all. it is
tines and cheaply made, althougu die euy
going to k ynsas
Send your nam and address on a poatr.l'
card, in1 lir letter, a"d P'ceive hv return [
mail a l’.eautilul Pamp.det illustrating
and (Icseriliing tin* Great South-VV e-t. her
cities, towns, rivers, railroads, schools,
minerals, slock, liniiiutactoiies, farms,
lands, etc. Full information, with large
county and sectional maps, newspapers
illustrations, rates of tare and height, and
other valuable iiilornmtion interesting to
every man. woman and eiiilJ, maned
free ot charge.
Address.generaltk kkt agent.
Missiu'ki. Kansas a Tlx.v- R'y.
Mo.
lK9
rsTic
WINDOW
S' h?t <!<
You t AN KtND AT
=STAR STORE!
Jsi.DAI.IA.
ry, the middle of winter.
On tin* 3d of January James Williams
became one o' the firm of Dave William*
A, Sen. Jim is thoroughly learned in his
business as a tonsorial artist, and for a
good * shave, shampoo, or anything
desired i i that line get him to wait oil
you if yi u can, lor lie lias no superior,
north, south, east or west
,1 * 9
contains some good hoit-es.
high. A house with two or three rooms j
brings wadi y $15 to i25 per month, and
olten more Two or three (amities are j
often found in one house which, most
I families in Albion would regard too small
for one alone.
The trade of the city is very great; an
immense region comes here to sell pro- ,
Gkokgl W ii.ieks,o! tlu- Nels hi House. (iu,;e hihI buy supplies. The busines sip-eis
are very wide, and yet nearly every day
are so chunked with teams, that it is very
difficult to pass through them. I have
saveral times counted over two hundred
bales of cotton ou w agons, within a dis-
oiii* of the finest and most complete af-
Rent i, vary fairs of it< kind we ever witnessed.
Read the letter headed ••Correspond-
ence” published in the Albion, Midi. Mir-
ror. Hines his advent is in our midst,
there lias probably been no more faithful
worker tor the adv neem* tit of Denison's
material interests than the Rev. M. A.
Daugherty.
Chimne-vs. all styles and sizes,
at Me Knight A' Co.'s, Druggists, dptyR I HhS
next to Post-office.
TO SUIT EVKYBODY
.1,000 Men's, Una's ant!
Vonth’s Suits, o>i exhibition
at the Star Si ore.
is one of those hosts that know how to
quietly care for their patrons; tin: conse-
quence is. that his house is always fill!.
His tables ate provided with nil tin-mar-
ket affords, am! the attendants are pronq t
and agreeable. Al. does the areeahle at
the dcsl and tranger.- coining to Denison
are sure of receiving t he right kind of treat-
ment ex) ted iu a well conducted hotel.
Liver Iiivico*
rntnr. only loiiii’.l al th^ l.ive
I w«‘ Nantlforil's
ntor. only
Drug Store.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION J \ SXOltK
Will tin- local of the ( rks-f.t ph ase
give the public an account of just a few
of tliose wonderful surgical operations
t men of a quarter of a ...tic, and live him- | f’el',orm‘,<l uf "J^rs.1"
< ivrl hill*- 11 :i Yf • !h>i)li 111‘I I'Lol <•. 1 in nmi .....
Of thk Fihst National Rank at Duv
wojf. in tub Statu of Texas, at the
Globe or Business, Deo, 17. 1875.
RKSOL'IU KS.
died bales have been marketed herein one
(lav. At $50 per hale this would make
$25,000 paid for this staph* alone. The av-
erage, I am told, is over* bundled bides a
day. Wheat, hi !es and cattle are also
•is.
Is the ordinance proidliiting the erection
of wooden beddings within certain limits
°* Denison still in Ibree? It -o, what are marketed Here in vast quantities,
the limits, and wha; are the requirement* ? ,, , , ,
Has a* man a right to erect a frame ad.ll-! iK""‘-v 111 PT":,t ‘"“I moni-
tion toa wooden strneutre within the lint- rnamis readily two and a half per cent,
its specified? As si veral parties are iu- , per month and it is said
hearfroilt'^-lnuc'oueVho knows 'o'l^thc’ ! ila" lliU,i j public would readily compreh nd,
subject.—Denison News.
While we shall al wav* cheerfully give
“the public" any and all information that j
lies within our power. Y et should we
speak of the Plastic operations by Prof. *
Paiieo.ist. ot Jefferson! Village, or go into
tiie details of the session of one clinical j
Vet ure, we
$04,344 09
1.279 72
(50.000 00
Loan* and discounts...............
Overdrafts.............................
U. S. Bonus to secure circula-
tion.......................................
Other stocks, bonds and mort-
gages..................................... 10.472 30
Due from other National Banks 3 113 7i7
line froinStutc Banks and hank-
ers.......................................... 35,3. 5 21
Real estate, furniture and fix-
tear that the paucity of news j turcs.............
OF
■ ALL SIZES
Can ite I taintt nf
the
In our morning eoteinporarv would lie ! ( urtentexpensesand taxes paid
more apparient than ever for, what the i Premiums paid........................
Cheek* and other cash item- ...
Bibs ot other Na i uial Banks...
17.007 51
5,105 00
5.825 00 !
150 70 1
STAR STO
i; !■’
alia'*
-o —
lin.ial
itti-nd
)I the
, al It)
teti ill
To the parti'"* interested we cheerfully
give the Ordiuitncc d fining the l ire Lim-
its of the City of Denison:
Sec. I. That the tire limits of the City
of Deni .on he, and are hereby declared to
tie included in the iollowing boundaries,
to-wit, v.z: on the south by Morgan street,
on the west, by Fannin avenue, ou the ,,
north bv ' ootlard street, on the east by ; '* •'« present year is one of unuuial
tin-track of tin Missouri. Kansas tsTexas prosperity. Tim season ha* been wet.
Railway. AH properly fronting.....he j Drouth i* Hu* drawback to this country
above fttpfis nmi uvt*uuen mn» ii id'-rstood ,, ,, . *
to bo iiK*lii(b‘il in ttie >*rrI Use limit**. | ii^noulturally. Ilu* summe rs art* lon^,
mvast m cotton, i here is teo little ; n,.ws would lose time in trying to study- ! FracthiiiaVciirreiicy (ineiuding
money here to liandlc Lite produce that • out, so could not fill-up its meagr- col- ! nickels) .................................
tlii. market. Capital is afraid ofj Uinn of news with liypere.ritical comments ^l»**ei«*(ireliidiiip g<-Ul Treasury
' upon It. ...or, .-.it. r|.il»lnsr wlglibor. ]‘^Z^'mZZ\ZZZ'.
sKSnTSi- MTar^r;' r»*" _
Ht the Lil t* Drug Store. ! $22*.
Insurance.
Attention is called to tin* advertisement .
headed "Fire Insurance.” Persons de- Ci<,’,,!l1 S'°Ck P!,hl in"
seeks
Texas, and yet it would see n that there
could not be a miter place to operate, as
money secures high rates ot interest and
the best security—consignments of cot-
ton. Iiiili s and cattle.
9.019 U0
2.498 17
[
0-9 14 I
15,550 (10 '
2.250 00 ,
47 03 ;
11! YYiiAT
Stock Of Goods
Can he Siin
AT THK
LIABILITIES.
STAR STORE
^ ersoris de- Surplus fund .......................
string to insure their st res, factories or Other undivided profits...........
dwellings would <io well to examine the Nati mil Bank notes out*tand-
$100,000 00
. l i.oi 3 50 I
. 7.980 35
Sec. 2. 'In it tin re shall not lien after be !•he earth becomes dry and parched i iia ,, . ! inis
erec t'd in tin* limit* .move iWrihcl a..v even tl.omri, ,.t,........ ...on ,i...............a 1 " ‘ ( 0,u',n",,s ^PicsciiU-d by Mr. da-.
tires made, kindled or kept within any
tent or house having a vinva n * f 'n this
b ve de in d lin its.
State Bank* and bank-
44.500 00
47 9)3 98
8 750 05
1,8'iU 17
$49 23
limits ill,nve described any even though often wet with showers, and ! , Z *.....'........('^rT " """ ....... i InVlividual deposits ..............
tent or house with canvas roof. con. and the late crops, except perhaps , ] ' 1 h,'-v 1,11 «•»«»»>« ! Demand certificates of deposit
Sue. 3. i h-f liereattvr tneresiiidl be no . ...... 1 ... *’ aml o( "'♦'11 known standing, md not Cashier’s elieeks outstanding...
: lm >t f'ttn,‘rall*v *ail‘ " 0i,u- the least of the mivmitn«>« to be eaiued 1)11 «• other National Banks.
*........ “r|r' ................ a, | br ,lr. iV.,r,,,. ■, ,7a;1 ■»
.lire. .. »ell „ .in., .null; pon,.........
fiuit* on proper soils, and fortunes can. , --- * i~ , cmv*-,'
Just the tlung; lusts twice hb lc a................................. *~8.<4.
y
Green
lie as*
gains.
;ow|sr.
elVeil.,
ry 1st, |
ill lie
20:11
iTtieli
Jquor
,2:tf
city within t ie
SBC. 4. Thai a*l ecilhig*, partitions,
floors aad roofs e,*tis r iried ot' combust-
bh* material, t irottgi; wiiieh any tuve-
plpe passes. slnil b** protected hv a tire-
prool fine surrounding raid pipe.
Sue. 5. Any person, firm or itssoein-
a.810 45
ES
-0---
EMl'MRKR
EYIKW.OD \
»* fb
•’vJ
be made iu producing them.
3 lie weather is uelighlftt! ; no lire need- , long U8 UliV othtfit'; (1()P8 tile 1. ^dw an/ 19 rryV retlng ''colder' «f the j
e<l except night and morning. Y'ester- ' Tllll}) lop Chimney, at Me- above named link, do solemnly swiar
ti.mofiM-rKuis ................ r‘“'jKni*ht*J£‘- ' “"'!
..............., to., |
fbereof, shall b- lined a sUm not less than ; i ivonid tike ,o -peak of the e.itv In other I!v thu undersigned, on Ttiesdav even- 4tli day ol January. 1870.
vciollarx nor more than twenty livedo1 ; regards, inorally, socially,and "prospect* in*’ 'Gimary 4rh, a note of hand, payable , •'■ ‘U <'"«k. Notary Public, j
Approved March 31st, 1873. ivciy, a d nt the country at large. !t0 L. M. Rnmscy <St Co., of St Louis, tor < nXi^Edwln v' Cnaihek*'Dir Zr', A’ ,l-1
AtUcst: __ L. S. OtYINGS. Mayor. “,u>t ^tutr lor the present. With a S-33. Ti sgur I byiut **elf tnd six other p ir- i.y:t, ' ‘ ’ ’ icr,"»-
W. I). Kike, City Clerk. ‘ hearty greeting lor all my friends, a tics- A11 R:,r,ies arc warned against nc-
W hen tin* News wants facts or desires to Merry Cliridma* aud a Happy New Year KotilltinJf ,or tllt‘ A liliertil reward
five valuable iuforumtio;i to its patrons, to all, I am
ir tiie public, it urns, come to the Cues kt.
Yours truly,
M. A. Daugherty.”
will lie paid for its delivery at the office of rcilithU* n mr Iv'fiir *r ita^rli
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