Denison Daily News. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 280, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 20, 1880 Page: 4 of 4
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DKNI SON.
TUESDAY..........JANUARY 20,1880.
Denison Hose Company, No. 1.
You are hereby ordered to meet at the
Truck House, this evening at 8 o’clock,
sharp, for business of importance. Every
member is urgently requested to be pres-
ent. By order
Forest Pecor,
Foreman.
Lets all go and take supper this
evening with the Baptist ladies.
The churches were well attended
Sunday morning and evening.
E. E. Latta has moved into the
brick building second door east of
Louie Lebrecht.
Councilman Michael Sweeney is
confined to his bed with an attack of
intermittent fever.
There is a family living in a tent
in the northern portion ot the city,
who are objects of charitv.
Furnished rooms to let. Enquire
at Buckey’s Restaurant. 1 iStf
Exodusters are arriving in our city
nearly everyday from Kansas. Some
on foot, and many by rail and
wagon.
The livery stable keepers did a
rushing business Sunday, as early as
9 o’clock, eyery vehicle was spoken
tor.
Tne first instanceotthe kind inour
city. A colored man has applied for
a divoce. Cause, incompatibility of
temper and adultery.
George B. James, a prominent
citzen of the Chickasaw Nation, re-
siding at Tishomingo, is not expect-
ed to live.
It is reported that a parsy of sur-
veyors will start from Denison to
run a preliminary line over the D. &
S. E. in the direction of Palestine.
On Thursday night the firemen’s
ball will take place at the Alamo. It
will be the most notable social event
of the season. A large delegation
will be present from Sherman.
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Genuine all Havana,
Key West cigars,
just received
at
Yeidel’s. 1 iStf
Reliable intelligence was received
in the city Monday, that Gov. Ben
Burney, of the Chicksaw Nation,
was lying at the point of death. The
Governor’s friends have been sum-
moned to attend his bedside.
The Weather.
The present winter is certainly a
very remarkable one and may be
considered phenoininal. We have
had an uninterrupted spell of warm
and delightful weather with a few
exceptions the entire winter. Fires
are uncomfortable, and many
of our citizens go around in their
shirt-sleeves. People from the coun-
try say that the prairies are clothed
with green, the grass being in many
places two and three inches in
height. The fruit trees show signs
of budding, and the birds not only
sing as in early spring, but some
twitter about nest-building.
The winter of xS42-’43 was the
most remarkable, as will be shown
from the fallowing: “In the mid-
dle of January the first shoots of
several kinds of shrubbery and
bushes seemed disposed to go into
leaves. In Canada and England the
weather was of exceptional mild-
ness ; flies made their appearance in
January, and deluded birds sat pre-
maturely on eggs. At Edinburgh,
Scotland, many of the fruit trees
were in full bloom. On January 4
an earthquarke was felt in Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Tennes-
see, Mississippi, South Carolina and
Georgia, causing the greatest de-
struction to Nashville. There was
also great destruction to life and
property in the West Indies. By
the end of March the weather
changed. Extreme cold weather set
in, with heavy falls of snow, its
severity extending as far south as
Louisiana.
In 1S7S a somewhat anulagous oc-
currence took place in January,
Shocks of earthquakes were felt at
Iquiqui, Arica, Calloa, and other
places 011 the South American coast,
on January 24 and 25. At Pay!a,
where the inhabitants are supplied
with water from the condensation of
steatr., there was a heavy rain storm,
which astonished the oldest inhabi-
tants.
Similar shocks were felt three days
afterward at Load 11 and other cities j
in England.
A BRUTAL MURDER.
Two Men Killed, Charged With
Being Witches.
Wesley Parker, who has just re-
tured from a trip through the Indian
Territory, furnishes the News with
the particular of a most brutal mur
der that was committed last Friday
evening, on Mill Creek, two miles
east of ex-Gov. Harris’ place.
The victims were Creek Tom and
a boy who worked for him at a mill.
Creek Tom and the boy were sup-
posed to be in league with the devil,
and were known throughout the
surrounding country as witches. It
is said that they held midnight ca-
rousel with his Satanic Majesty, and
that mysterious lights were some-
times seen at the mill at all hours of
the night.
On Saturday morning, Creek
Tom and the boy were found in the
wagon road leading to the mill.
The man’s throat was cut from ear
to ear, and his tongue torn out. The
boy was lying near Tom with his
head crushed in. The same night
the horrible murder was committed,
the fiends visited a house near Gov.
Harris’ and endeavored to steal a
horse, but were foiled by the watch-
fulness of a dog.
The murdered man and boy were
highly esteemed by intelligent citi-
zens. It is the prevailing opinion
that they met their fate at the hands
of the superstitious full-bloods, who
regarded them with awe as witches.
The man and boy had been warned
to leave the county some months
ago. Creek Tom was a hard-work-
ing Indian, who by his industry ac-
comulated enough money to build a
mill.
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Personal.
SNEAK THIEVES
At Work in Our Uity-The Trio
Gobbled.
Briefs.
The sheriff of Van Zandt
was in the city Sunday —
master Murphy is
county
-Road-
convalesing-
Dr. E. Poe Harris, of McAlister,
I. T., was in the city Monday.
John Scullin arrived from St.
Louis Sunday.
II. D. Mirrick left for the north
{ Monday.
| Max Epp'tcui, Emil Jacobs and
j Lome Goklsoll, visited Sherman
Sunday.
Cash Webb, of Cedar Mills, is in
the city.
Mrs. Ike Waples and family will
spend the winter and spring in Sher-
I man, as the guest of Mrs. D. YV. C.
1 Davis. The lady is in pjor health.
C. II. Campbell, the irrepressible
Quite a number of our young people
spent the Sabbath in Sherman-
The latest attraction is a lady Keno-
roller-The M. K. & T pay car
arrives to morrow Isadore Cas- , ^00j. an,j sj10e man, arrived from St.
per is to be married, in the spring
-Dusty and
in
disagreeable-
-Dr.
Sunday was one of the most beau-
tiful days that has ever visited our
sunny clime. The air was soft and
warm as early spring. Such a long
spell of warm weather in midwinter
is something unusual.
H. S. D. Berry, M. D., physician and
surgeon, office and residence corner Bur-
net avenue and Main street, Denison,
Texas 30 tf
The ladies of the Baptist church
will give an oyster supper this even-
ing in Dunn Hall. Their supper
several weeks ago was one of the
most successful affairs of the season,
and the one this evening will be
equally so.
Just received
a car load of
“Cool Smoke’’
The best 5 cent cigar in the world.
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Mathews is sixty-Joseph Mulhali,
of the firm of Mulhali & Scaling, had
a very exciting case with the M. K.
& T. at Sedalia. After some delib-
eration, the jury returned a verdict j
for Mr. Mulhali of $2S,ooo--The
Goldens are in Houston-A gym-
nasium will be opened in Denison
in March-It is no longer a se-
cret that Joe Linz will marry a j
young lady in St. Louis, in the spring & T ? wi(h headquarters at Musko-
-George B. Loving is very sick, 1
at Weatherford-The Sherman
Courier and Chronicle are giving
Louis Sunday.
Hugh Tarkington was in the city
Sunday.
Yeidel came in trom Gainesviile
Sunday.
Herman Kuehn arrived from the
west Sunday morning.
E. II. Lingo has returned from
Hot Springs.
H. II. Fulty came overfrom Slier-
mau Monday.
P. D. Miller, stock age it M., K.
Saturday night and Sunday morn-
ing/several robberies were commit-
ted in the city. The first instance
was at Bennett’s dry goods establish-
ment, two pairs of pants being taken
from the rack on the outside of the
store.
Sherburne’s boot and shoe store
was entered from the rear sometime
Sunday morning. The window
was secured by a stick placed in an
upright position on the sill. Some
how or other the thieves managed to
remove the slick, causing it to fall,
perhaps, by jarring the sash. After
entering the store, they commenced
to rummaged things generally, over-
hauling a number of boxes contain-
ing boots and shoes. No light was
in the store and they felt their way
to the money drawer, breaking it
open with a sharp inslrument^Tbey
confiscated the contents, amounting
to something over $4„^wh'idh'was
left in the drawer to make change
with on Monday morning. When
leaving they carried away'two pairs
of hoots.
vTwo other persons living on
Woodard street, states that just be-
fore daylight Sunday morning, some
party or parties endeavored to force
open their front door, but they were
j frightened off.
"Sunday Mr. Sherburne set about
to see if he could not obtain some
j clue as to who bioke into his store.
He suspicioned seveial strangers
who have been in our city for some
1 time, without any visible means of
suppoit. He approached a young
! mail Jiarned Brenham, and engaged
him in conversation ; in a few mo- .
inents Ibeuham “gave himself dead
away,” so to speak making a clean
breast of the robbery. Mi. Slier-j
burne assured him that he would not
be troubled for the information fur- ’
nished.
About a week ago a young man
a opeared at the News office claim-
ing 10 be u printer. He has slept in
the office at nights. It now appears j
that ilie fellow was a thief, and no I
printer at all. Tne goods stolen!
from Bennett’s and Sin rbu; lie’s were
concealed in the News oilier by the
bogus typo. Monday morning Mar-
shal Hardwick arrested Edwards,
Brenham and A. Cairns, the latter
who claims to be an attorney-at-law,
practicing at the bar in Lawrence,
Kansas. Edwards was released, but
subsequently re-arrested and locked
up.
Brenham claims that Caiins was
the one who broke into Sherburn’s
boot and shoe store and was
master spirit in the robbers Bren-
ham and Cairns aie also in jail and
the three will probably have an ex-
amination trial to-day. The stolen
property, with the exception of the
money, was resiorec^ to the owners.
“Big Feet."
_ •
The editor of the Denison (Tex.,)
News is in distress about the size of
Moses YV. Cairns’ feet, and claims
that he leads his cousin, (the cattle
kirg,) by an inch in foot measure.
Well, suppose he does, what of it?
Ohio can lead Texas in anything.
We have higher lulls, deeper hol-
lows, crookeder lightning, louder
thunder, prettier girls, and more of
them, than ever Texas had. True,
Moses’ feet have always been a great
fete witn him. As the poet truely
remarks, “He has feet like the
mountains, and legs t» all eterni-
ty,” but this is no fault of Moses’,
he was born in the dark of the moon
when the sign was in the feet, which
was the first start of the thing, then
when he was about six years old he
stood too close to the fire and the
calves of his legs melted and run
down into his boots. Now this ex-
plains the whole matter. Moses
never intended these facts to be
placed before the public, but since
Tex.is seems so worked up over the
matter, he lias consented to let them
he made known. Muse stands high
in the community in which he re-
sides, and it is his feet lie stands on.
therefore, we want it distinctly un-
derstood that Mose is no object ol
pity. — Bowcrston (Ohio) Banner.
Ohio is all light for an Eastern
outfit, but it is two small f r West-
ern men, who want more room for
their heads as well as their feet.,
Mose told 11s confidentially, that lie
never had a chance to spread him-
self in Ohio and so followed his cousin
L. G. to Texas where there is room.
The “Score,” tor January, is a live
number, and can be classed as one
of our best musical monthlies. The
music, as heretofore, is a leading
feature. This issue contains many
gems, among which may be found,
“Blue Alsatian Mountains,” by
Stephen Adams, which is having a
very deserved popularity; “Marche
(In Scacre,” by Meyerbeer; “Belle
Ilelene,” Galop, by Godfrey ; “Stars
ot Heaven,” Ballad, by Henry Tuck-
er, and “Bear the Gross to YVear the
sacred Qtte, by Violetta.
The literary part of this issue, by
Louis C. Elson, who has assumed
the editorship, is of a high standard,
and gives much information to the
musical public. Send for sample,
only 10 cents, and examine. Ad-
dress John F. Perry & Co., 13 YVest
St., Boston, Mass.
Railroad Jottings
G. YYr. French, general fuel agent
of the M., K. & P., is in the city,
lie intends purchasing a large quan-
tity of wood on the line of the
D. & P.
Crnductors Ed Vinyard, from the
Sedalia division, and Ben Blythe
from the Mo. division of tin M., K.
& T., came d >wn yesterday with
full trains ol fieigbt and will take
Choctaw division until
rush of business sub-
A Moral City.
If the docket in the police court
can be considered a criterion, Deni-
son, is without a shadow of doubt
the most moral city in Texas. Just
think of it, not a single prostitute in
a city of about seven thousand in-
habitants! The docket also show*
but few violations »f the gaming or-
dinance, and the other cases are
mostly of little insignificance. Some
railroad hands, who, after working
hard for a month or so, conclude to
have a holiday and come to town.
They imbibe a little too freely, be-
come noisy and the consequences is
they stay that n;ght in the cooler and
next morning their names are in-
scribed on the docket; or some deni-
zen of the Indian Territory comes to
the city. As no whisky can be had
in the Territory, he concludes to lay
in a supply to last him till he again
visits the metropolis of Northern
Texas, but instead of putting the
whisky in a |ug and taking it home,
he pours it down his throat. He then
soon commences to consider himself
a great warrim, “peace troubles his
mind,” and lie just plays the devil for a
while, until he is nabbed, placed in
the cooler and his name appears next
morning on the docket.
Of our citizens however, but few
have contibuted lately to the revenue
ot the city, and these cases were
mostly of a trivial nature. As before
said, Denison is certainly the most
moral city in Texas.
Ballou’s Magazine.
their readers installments of “Satur-
day Night” articles, in imitation 01
Brick Pomeroy-The young ladies
of Sherman have a Leap Year ball
Friday evening——John Nevins will
open his dry goods establishment, in
February--Mr Cleburne, a prom-
inent merchant of Stringtown, 1. T.,
was in the city Monday, he purchas-
ed a large bill of goods at the Star
Store-Herman Keuhn made a
trip to Bells Monday.
in the
Louis. Mr.
gee, is in the city.
w-Michajl Dumpiiy airived
city Sunday, from St.
Dumphy will be the new superin- ;
tendent of the Gas YY'orks. He has j
had twenty-five years experience in
the business, understanding it in all
its details. We may now look tor a
forward movement all along the line in
that important branch of industry.
Arrived.
When in want of pure Kentucky whis-
kies call at Hanna’s Diug Store ami ask
for the welt known brand, “Seal of Ken-
tucky.' 12 20tf
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Federal Court at Denison.
We received a pleased call yester-
day from Mr. Wesley Parker, who
has been making a tour of the Indian
Territory iu the interest of R. G.
Hall & Co., of Sherman. Mr. Par-
ker is one of the most valuable and
energetic commissioners in the
southwest.
Second-Hand Furniture.
Parties having second-hand furni-
ture to sell, should call on G.
Barnes, Austin avenue. i-20-6t
We are indebted to Mr. Louie
Lebrecht for a copy of the New
York Tribune, containing a very in-
teresting article em Prof. Adler and
his society for Ethical culture. YVe re-
gret that we cannot give space to the
entire article, as it is certainly inter-
esting and instructive reading.
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Laundry.
C. H. Campbell lias arrived from
St. Louis with one of the largest
stocks of boots and shoes ever
brought to Denison. He invites the
ladies and gentlemen to cail at his
establishment on Majn street, the
second door west of the Muller
block. 1 18 tf
Mayer Goldsoll, of St. Louis, ar-
rived in the city yesterday from the
north. It is reported that Mr. Gold-
soll in connection with Mr. Slutzky,
will open a mammoth jewelry store,
in this city which will eclipse any-
thing of the kind in the State.
Coal I Coal 11
We sell coal at $4 15 per ton delivered.
KniFFIN Bros.
12 19 tf 118 Main Street.
Mr. S. B. Blackwell will open a
laundry Monday on Morton street
near Rusk avenue. He has em-
ployed the services of Mrs. Davis.
Orders can be left at Ben YVhite’s
barbershop. 16 iw
A few days ago some one appar-
ently, maliciously cut the bark more
or less off of fifteen China umbrella
trees along the edge of the wain east
o) Andrew Moore’s residence. Mr.
I Moore authorizes us to offer five dol-
! lars reward for the apprehension of
the party or parties that did the
I damage.
The liveliest bout that Denison lias
witnessed for many a day, took place
yesterday forenoon on Main street,
between A. T. Budlong and J. YYr.
Blassingame. Budlong is the “out-
side man” for E. E. Latta, buying
hides; Blassingame is connected with
the hide and fur establishment of
YVilbur & Co. The two men be-
came involved in a dispute over some
deer hides, which ended in a fight.
They pummeled each other in the
most fearful manner for at least ten
minutes, when Judge Riddle inter- _
fered and the combatants seperated. A two story house on west Main
Their faces were scarred and batter- 1 street, lot 50 x 120; cheap tor cash,
ed up considerably, j lIouse comains three rooms and
1 __ j kitchen on first floor. Good cistern,
Pictures enlarged to any size by 1 fruit trees, etc., on the premises,
the new artist, Mr. T. J. Hendricks, ' Enquire of 1 ionor & Mosse.
on Rusk avenue. ' 12 3tf i 1-13-tt
Thereporter ot the News was told
yesterday by a prominent legal gen-
tleman of Sherman, that influential
men of that city had succeeded in
defeating the passage of the hilt in
congress giving our city a branch
court for the Chickasaw*, Choctaws,
and other Indian tribes in the Terri-
ry. If this is true, and we do not
doubt it, it is certainly disgraceful,
but in perfect keeping with the spirit
which moves the average Sherman-
ite.
Such an act should be held up to
public scorn by our citizens, and all
good citizens ot the county. YVe
pay taxes on more than a million of
property to support the countv. It
we are to he treated as strangers,
witnout any rights, by I be lest ol the
county, the sooner we know it the
better. Our citizens should look in-
to the matter, and it Maxey, or YY el-
borne are playing into the hands of
a few Sherman schemers, why, let
us know that also.
For Sale
a run on the
the present
sides.
P. D. Miller, stock agent of the
M., K tV T., came down from Bar-
sons on Saturday to vi-it his clients.
T. C. Seats and John M01 tgonv. -
ry, jr., of the M., K. & T. law de-
partment, passed through the city
yesterday en route for Dallas.
The M., K. & T. intend to build
depots this spi’ng at Durant, Savan-
na and Checotah in the B. I. T., in j
order to increase the number of tele- 1
graph statio s on die line to facili-I
tate the movement of trains. The j
agents at these points will have an |
apporturuty to study the pleasures of
solitude and its influence upon the
stomach.
Dr. Hanna lias stuck out his shin- 1
gle at his drug store as a practicing
physician and surgeon, and will lure-
atter respond to ail calls tor profes-
sional services. 1 2otf
The February number of this
charming magazine—the best and
most popular of all the serials in the
country—is issued, and can be called
a model number. There is not a
dull ai tide in it. There are roman-
ces, stories, adventures, travels,
poetry, wit and humor, excellent il-
lustrations, nice engravings, and a
fine view of Nassau, N. P., and a
very readable article about the same
place by the author of “Running
the Blockade." YVith its improved
appearance, enlarged form, new
type, and so forth, Ballou’s Maga-
zine is gaining thousands of new
subset ibers, and we are glad of it,
for it is worthy of support. Pub-
lished by Thomas & Talbot, 23
How ley street, Boston, Mass., at
$1.50 per annum, postpaid, and for
sale at all the news depots.
The Tay biidge disaster has natu-
i rally been a subject of great interest
j in this community since its occur-
j rence, and foreigners are rather fond
of airing their knowledge of that
| celebrated structure and the Tay
i river. A school teacher relating his
i trawls the other day, said that he had
often fislud in the Tay, which was
the boundary river between England
land Scotland! Every school boy
should known that the lay flows be-
tween Fife shire and Forfar shire
and is as distant from England as
Red i i>er is fr in Kansas. The Tay
has its source in Perth shire, which
is ore of the Highland counties of
auid Scotia.
The Celebrated Stubbs
the best
10 cent Cigar
in Texas. 1
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Stiiul ty evening two gentlemen sat
down to supper at Tobin’s ustaurant.
J din B dan 1, who was under the in-
fluence of liquor approached the
table and very unceremoniously
thi ust In* fi ,.gt r-. into their piates.
O ic of th, g .tl in 11, a well kn w
cattle mu 1. tm* >v t cup and then a
pi it , >t ikmg B Jaud on the head.
11 tin 11 cuiim. 1
la 1 d s trout -p1 ec
fives, building a
laiin's right eve.
had been armed,
edly have had a
h 01
ed a tattoo o
• witn nis bun
M i sard ovet B -
If the cattle mail
we should uu tout t-
tmt c'us obmi.uy
notice to write up.
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Which is uneapest.
A package ot Duke’s Durham, contain-
ing twenty pipe-lulls 01 the best smoking
tobacco made, or on* commcxi cigar ?
q ty d&w
1 Each costs ten cent.0
I 19
*- A young man was trying to play
ghost in the north part of the
city Sunday •evening. A pistol shot
was fired at him, and he took to his
heels leading behind a sheet.
Bya special act of the Chicka-
saw legislature, John McDougail,
of this city, has been endowed with
citizenship. John’s Indian name is
Ili-U-Muckey-Muck..
45 Years Before the Public.
THE GENUINE
Dr. C. MoLANE’S
LIVER PILLS
are not recommended as a remedy “for all the
ills that fle.h is heir to,” but in affections of
the Liver, and in all Bilious Complaints, Dys-
pepsia, and Sick Headache, or diseases of
that character, they stand without a rival.
AGUE AND FEVER.
No better cathartic can be used prepara-
tory to, or after taking quinine.
As a simple purgative they are unequaled.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.
The genuine are never sugar-coated.
Each box his a red-ivax seal on the lid with
the impression, McLANE’S LIVER PILL.
Each wrapper bears the signatures of
C. McLaxe and Firming Eros.
SS?” Insist upon having the genuine Hr.
C. McLANE'S LIVER PILLS, prepared by
FLEMING BKOS., Pittsburgh, Pa.,
the market being full of imitations of the
name McLaner spelled differently but
same pronunciation.
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Denison Daily News. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 280, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 20, 1880, newspaper, January 20, 1880; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth525038/m1/4/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Grayson County Frontier Village.