The Sunday Gazetteer. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 1, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 14, 1907 Page: 3 of 4
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Early Days in Denison.
"How do wo
Condensed Home News.
•—if we’re dead?"
Mkw* BUI. "We nay be goln’ down
all the time we're <fream!n’ we’re go
In’ up.”
"But we ain’t dead!" eald Pete,
angrily, tor somehow anger seemed to
lessen his own unsteadiness. >.
“Then there’s a bell on earth, like
folks has said,” announced Bill. “But1
It don’t seem right to me. I Agger
that I died yesterday afternoon when
1 was reelin' so mean, an' now we're
In the vestibule. Say! but it's goln'
'to be awful when the devil opens the
door. Can't we go hack?”
"Now, see here, BUI!" exclaimed
Pete, "you pretty near got me so’s
I wouldn’t dare pick * Af’mond ring
off the floor, an' If some feller said
'Boo!' I’d bump my head on a star.
I’d be lookin' to see a red than with
horns an’ a tall. If it wasn’t for one
thing."
“Whafs that?” asked Bill.
“There ain’t no chance for wood
floors down to his place.”
Bill took a knife from his pocket,
cut a piece from one of the steps of
the basement stairs, and gave'a deep
sigh of reliet
“It’s real wood, Pete,” he said.
“Let’s make another try at the flrst
floor.”
Again they opened the door to the
Bill The Sneaks
Getaway
•-----,—
Jim Pool, one of the oldest col.
ored citieens of Denison, dug the
hole and planted the first street
Ii wss in 1876 or
Upstnirs
By BlUott Flower
(Copyright, by Jcseph B. Bowles.)
The house certainly seemed to be
vacant. One human family had moved
out and no other human family had
yet moved in. Naturally, “Bill the
Sneak” took no account of families
that were not human. BUI had ac-
quired the latter par*, of hla name
through his ability to sneak into houses
and purloin such articles as might be
within easy reach. He did not rank
well with thieves, and he certainly
did not rank well with honest people.
The thieves considered his operations
too petty to reflect any credit on him,
and the honest people considered his
operations of a nature to reflect dis-
credit on anyone.
But Bill saw the oM tenants moving
out of the house and no new tenants j
moving in. True, a few boxes and j
crates were left there, and a man and
a woman followed them and remained j
In the house for an hour or so, but it j
was evident that they had no Intention |
of occupying it that night Indeed, Bill j
heard the woman say, disdainfully: j
“It will be two days before that house j
Is lit for human habitation.” Bill J
didn't speculate as to what might un-
derlie this remark; he didn't ipuch
care. The only, point that Impressed '
him was that the house would be ten-
antless for at least one night
Now, houses have plumbing, wand
Junk dealers buy plumbing. A vacant
house has been known to have most
of its water pipes ripped out la a
single night, in addition to which the
gas range was carted away, various
detachable parts of the furnace re-
moved. and numerous fixtures taken.
It would- not be fair to accuse Bill of
such extensive vandalism as this, be-
cause BIB had not the nerve to re-
main long enough at work, but any-
thing that could be removed inside of
an hour would be right in Bill’s line.
And there were crates and boxes that
might contain many things of value.
Bill straightway went In search of
“Gum-Shoe Pete,” who favored the
same line of work and was just about
as much of a coward. Pete Baw at
once that there were splendid oppor-
tunities in the vacant house, so it was
agreed that there should be “some-
thing doing" that night. But, at the
very moment that BUI and Pete were
discussing the vacant house, the wom-
an who had been there in the after-
noon was complaining to the man be-
cause it was tenanted.
“You can’t fool me!” she declared.
I've lived in flats long enough to know
the signs, and' the very conditions
show that the old tenants were a slov-
enly crowd. There are bugs in that
house.”
“There won't be to-morrow,” said
the man with conviction. ”1 was
pretty nearly overcome myself while
I was lighting that last sulphur can-!
die.” 1
"I'm taking no chances,” asserted
the woman. “I would not move Into
the house until it has been thorough-1
ly fumigated. Of course, we are run-
ning a risk in leaving the crates and
boxes there, but it can't be helped. If
anyone breaks in—"
“Heaven help him!” interjected the
man.
"At any rate.” said the woman, “we
are doing what we can to discourage
any objectionable occupants that it
may have.”
This campaign for health and com-
fort, which every true housewife In-
variably undertakes when she follows
in the wake of an unknown family,
was something beyond the ken of
Bill and Pete; it never even occur-
' red to them, when they were forcing
' a basement window, that such things
. were done. But, when Bill finally put
, his head in at the opened window,
there was something that troubled
! him greatly. The candles were burn-
r ing on the upper floors, but sulphur
, is penetrating.
“Pete,” said Bill, “that don’t smell
1 right to me.”
“Aw, g’wan!” ordered Pete, giving
Bill a push that sent him into the
basement. Then Pete put his own
5 head, through the window, and lmme-
I diately thereafter tried to withdraw
it; but Bill, having regained his feet,
caught him by the shoulders and
‘ yanked him in.
“There's goin’ to be two of us when
announced
lamp in the city.
1877, when Major Maugh’s gas
work* were put in operation. That
tamp poat is still standing on the
corner of the Red Fiont Clothing
store.
Lightning struck the house of Mr.
Avery in the southwest portion of
the city last Thursday, doing seme
damage.
Farmers who were in the city the
past week state the storm of last
Thursday evening did considerable
damageno the berry crop, strawber-
ries suffering the most.
W. B. KM AUK. H. O HOW*
KNAUR k HOWE,
Denison Foundry k Machine Shops.
Execute all work pertaining to the buet-
*tj to 4IT W. Caestwvt St--
VVK.RK ENDING APRIL I9, l87Q.
Saturday the Denison compress
squeezed tqur hundred bales of cot
ton, 1 upped here from Corsicana.
From here it went to Liverpool-
Mrs. £ D. E. N. Southworth, the
celebrated novelist, passed through
Denison Saturday on her way to
Galveiton___ A boy was born in
Wsco to Mr. and Mrs. Pete Wood-
ieif, formerly of Denison_____ J. E.
Streeper disposed of his stock of
groce les to a Mr. Allen of Rock
Island, III., and rented another
building m which to open up with
another stock___John Hoerr in-
vented and patented a method ot
cooling beer in the keg It was
pronounced a success by several who
gave it a good test, but it soon pass-
ed oujt of use________Weil sold his sa-
loon to Justin Raynal______Satur-
day evening while Thomas White,
colored, was at the bottom of a well
which he was cleaning Robert Jones,
The Grayson County Abstract Co
A. P. WOOD, Proprietor
Notary Public.
Denison, Texas. t
JUE BRUTSCHE,
Thousands
of peaches were knocked off by the
bail. Young corn was also injured.
Jim Williams, the negro who was
lynched at Sterrett last Sunday night
for the crime of criminally assault-
ing Miss Maud Mtsner, south of
Colbert last Saturday afternoon, was
wanted at Morrillton, Ark. It is
at a tec1 that the t^egro was guilty ot a
like offense in Arkansas. There
INSURANCE
Office: 122 Main Street.
PHYSICIAN.
Office at Hanna & Son's Drug So
Residence, No. 715 West Day Street.
tore.
HOLD BN,
BLACKSMITHTNG
o j Gxnkral
•tv. I Repairing
Passenger Service
TWO THROUCH TRAINS EACH WAY DAILY
between North and Sooth Texas
Four Trains Each Way Dally Between Denison * Dalian
Pulman Sleeper Service
between Houston and Fdrt Worth
CALVESTON, HOUSTON, DALLAS, and DENISON.
STRICTLY UP-TO DATE EQUIPMENT
SERVICE UNEXCELLED
For information relative to rates, connections, etc., see ticket ..gent, or
address.
C. K. DUNLAP,
Traffic Manager.
Houston. Texas,
“On Time”
Attorne'/-at-Law and Notary Public,
COLLECTIONS^ v - DEPOSITIONS.
Local Attorney Dun Mercantile Agency
Rooms 1-3, west stairwaf^Mulier Block.
Phone 162-4.. \
from Texas had commenced___
The Jhlig brick building on Austin
avenue was completed. Jake
Schnauffer dtd the wood work_____
Thve is the way the Daily News ex-
posed a city official: “We hope
the next mayor of Denison will pay
bis subscription, something the pres-
ent incumbent has not done for sev-
eral months’’ __w__Owen McCarthy
ordered a piano fronVDallas tor tm
daughters_____The arrival of a car-
load of bock beer was noted by the
daily press-.____Dr. Alexander Mor-
rison purchased one 1 f the lots on
A MAN WITH MONEY
I* the man we are looking for. We
pon’t want his money, however, but
we do want him to see what excel-
lent opportunities we can show him
tor putting it where it will do the
most good to himself in first-class
real estate, which is universally rec-
ognized as offering the best and
saiest investment.
Real Estate Loans made at lowest
rate*.
HllSl,"1
N, H. L. DECKER
ATTORNEY
Fell Over Each Other and Rolled
Down Stairs.
M. L. ROBfCNS,
Gen. I’-as. Agt.
206 MAIN STREET,
main hall, and this time they ventured I
to pass through it, sniffing. The fumes I
were stronger, thit they had not yet I
reached the roomB where the candies 1
were burning.
“We’re havin’ the ijevil of a time. I
Pete,” complained Bill. “I ain't feel-j
In’ right about it yet. Mebbe we only I
dreamed it was wood, an' it was asbes-1
tos all the time." “ I
“It ain't hot. is it?” demanded Pete. I
“I'm sweatin' pretty hard." replied I
Bill.
“So 'm I,” admitted Pete, “but it I
ain’t heat You got me nervous."
“An’ my eyes is smartin',” added I
BUI. “I bet you, we're dead, an' we I
ain’t got the sense to know it. There
ain't no such place as this on earth.” I
“Shut up!” ordered Pete, “if we I
was where you think we are, we'd be I
scorchin' hot—real scorchin' an' blis-
terin'.”
“But the suffocatin' smell, Pete, an'
the chokin', an’ the smartin' eyes. I
tell you, we’re dead an' bein' trained
easy for the big show. We got to
be worked up bo's we can stand It.
Even the devil wouldn't give a feller
the thirty-third degree right off.”
Pete wavered. His own eyes were
smarting, his own throat was hot and
dry, bis own breathing was difficult
and painful, and his own mind was
unequal to the task of deciding the
cause of this choking, sulphurous at-
mosphere. But he remembered the
crates and boxes.
“We got to see what there is.”
he said. “We’ll make a run to the
second floor, smash in the boxes an’
then git out.”
•It’s brimstone,” complained Bill.
“They don’t need nothin’ else in this
place. I tell you, Pete, we're dead,
an' the devil’s maktn' us rehearse our
old tricks. Think of havin’ to rob
hell of sulphur!”
Thus Bill whined, but he followed
Pete, because he was afraid to do
anything else. They rushed up the
stairs and burst open a bedroom door.
"The inside furnace!” yelled Bill.
"He’s got us now.”
They gasped, choked, closed their
smarting eyes, backed out, fell over
each other, and rolled down the stairs.
Still half crazed, they got to the door
to the "basement stairs and rolled down
them also. At the window by which
they had entered two policemen were
waiting.
“We’ve got yon!
men.
“Thank Heaven for that!" ex-
claimed Bill.
"Take us,” said Pete, as he permit-
ted himself to be pulled out of the
window.
“You didn’t make your getaway,”
laughed one of the policemen.
“That’s Just what we're doinirtlow!"
cried Bill and Pete, “an’ no other fel-
lers ever got so close an’ come Back.”
To the great surprise of the police-
men, these two malefactors seemed to
derive great comfort and satisfaction
from temporary association with the
representatives of human law.
“It came near bein’ worse," they
said.
We Do Not Weai
the Trust Collar
Dr. D. D. CRAWFORD
Osteopathic Physician
Office 22S Main St., over
Peck’s Jewelry Store. Located
in Dinison since January, 190'.
Chronic Deceases a specialty
Office Phone 46, residence
phone 46 2.
If you buy lumber, shingles,
doors, posts, windows, etc., ot
me, I will save you many dol-
lars. Try me and see.
Everything clean, sweet
wholesome. The best meat
only the best.
HUMPHREYS
S. Armstrong Ave,
Near Railway. m
john Brownbridge
200 Block, Chestnut St.
sideration was $1.000_
day evening, April 15, Denii
vistttfd by a hail and rain
Veterinary Spoof Acs on re diseasea
of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Dogs, Hogs and
Poultry by acting directly on the sicx pasts
without lose of time.
A. A.) FEVERS. CmmtWm., TnBaanaa.
CCSajtioB,. Lust Peter. Milk Peter.
B. R. ISPXAlSS, I.amenr.a Injurte,,
CCBSS j RkeumallMB.
C. C.1SORE THROAT, UuId.v, Kirtmtie.
ecus i Distemper.
WORMS. Beta, Orolm,
R. R.) COrOHA. CoM*. Infltienu, liflusel
coles) Lanes, Plraro-Pneumonis.
I. F.irOLir. Bell ymrhe. W lo4-Blowa.
(Stub S Diarrhea* Dyarsirry.
G.tt. Prevent. Ml HR I VI. F.
i KIDVKY A BLADDER DISORDERS.
I. I. ( AKIN DIHE AMEK. Mai«e. ErapOeaa.
Ccib (lleert, Grssw, Farcy.
J. K. >B\n CONDITION, fiurlsi Toot.
CURES ) 1 adicraiton. hlonork Hta«cers.
•Oe. each ; Stable Case, Ten Specific*. Book. kc.. *7.
At druarloui. <tr Rent prepaid on receipt of prfcvs.
Humphrey*' Medicine Co., Cor. William and Joha
Streets, New York.
tr BOOR MULED FREE.
INSURANCE
I am the
HARNESS and SADDLE
MAN
REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE
RENTS COLLECTED
NOTARY PUBLIC
106 N. Rusk Ave.
ACCIDENT
G. F. FRENCH & SON
a 12j W. Main St.
See me and save money.
Repairing a specialty.
Watch for my new line ot buggiea
coming soon.
Chas. E. Fritcli
206 W. Main St.
the rather singular charge of -Seal-
ing another man's wife and the
household furniture. The case wit
contoured__Jre Koehler leit
Monday to seek a fortune in Lead-
viile Co!-^__ Jake Schnaufftr
and Steve H :rtwick formed a part
nersilip and opened a carpenter and
cabi let makers’ shop on Austin ave-
____Dan Groman of Musko-
puicbased twenty lots in the
iweit part of town, adjoining
OOOOOQOOOOOOitOOU OOOOOOJUtM'
coy Quiyy r
» ——» - %, c——— *-» -1
Diamonds, Watches and Jewelry
Bought and Sold
200 W. Main St.
H. H. CUMMINS
LAWYER
218 W. Main Street
k Journal of Free thought and Reform.
At S3 per Year.
Published weekly by
THE TRUTH SEEKER CO.
62 VESEY ST., NEW YORK.
Publishers, Booksellers, and
Importers ot Freethought Works
cue..
iseoo
W. J. MATHIS
Attorney at L
McDougal! Building
Denison, - Tex:
This is just what you
want. We carry the
best selections, We
have also seed potatoes.
And that is not all.
We have just secured a
fine line of fresh deli-
cacies, something that
is suitable for your
spring aopetite.
MBaaoaoooooaooooaoooooaooM
IMPERIAL HOTEL
CAFE
DALLAS TEXAS
PW9ILC v/. r*icn\ wm
WASHINGTON D 0.
the devil calls the roll,'
Bill.
Sitting on the floor, where they had
fallen, they sniffed, and then looked at
each other as well as they could in
the gloom. Bill sounded the floor with
the heel of his boot and finally put
his nose to a crack. He naturally took
it for granted that the fumes came
from below.
“Wisht we’d broke in higher up,”
he whispered huskily. “This is too
near.”
“Crust must be mighty thin,” sug-
gested Pete. “If it busts, we're gon-
ers. Let’s git out!”
“8-s-sh!” cautioned Bill, rising and
peeping out of the window. “There'»
H. A JOHNSON, Prop’r
Formerly ot the Metropolitan Cafe
Denison, Texas. *
I I 4 T. TULL CARD.
MAIN LINK.
.12: top. m
- 3:35
4:10 p. m
♦ ^35 P-»
apering
cried the poliee-
J. Whitehurst, Prop’r
Both Phones.
We are pleasing the public
because we try.
Come and see the big new
stock of wall paper. You
will then know why so many
people buy wall paper of us.
Pictures and
Picture Frames
Olive Oil
WALDRON Drug Store
S:« P-»
“Where Medicine is Purity
425 W. Main Street
lowed; but they staggered back when
they opened the door to the main halL
“We’re there!” groaned BUI.
“No, we ain’t,” asserted Pet*. “It
don’t work right for that.”
“Oh, we’re there!” insisted Bill, dis-
mally. "I wonder when we died. I
don’t remember dyln’, Pete, do you?
But we sure died or we wouldn’t be
“Shut up!" commanded Pete. “It
we was dead we’d be failin’ Into It
12:10 p.
9:00 a.
Phone 127
Ed. Luethcke
TAILOR
Suits to order. All kinds of fancy dying
leaning and repairing. Kid glove*
leaned. Guarantee first-class work.
116 Main Street.
Phone 106.
unsurpassed for jnayonaise, salads,
table and
MEDICINAL USE
SEA & NOE
“We save Your Life.”
Haute. It was not so, however,
when Mr. Carver took bold. The
Star was in the vantage ground.
The Tribune is
paper up to the
standard of the Dallas News and it
recognized as a great force through-
out Indiana
No. 203.
Carver went
among the merchants and turned
the current in the direction of his
paper. He has made a tremendous
hit and is probably the most popular
newspaper man in “Terre Haute.
How well his services are appre-
SHERMAN BRV NCH.
Make Yoar Home
More Attractive
Have You
Seen us
Consumption is less deadly than it used to be.
Certain relief and usually complete recovery
will result from the following treatment:
Hope, rest, fresh air, and—Scott’J
Emulsion. xS
ALL DRUGGISTS! SOo. AND SI.OO. j]
No. as 1
10:30 a. a
.ms p. a
No. as
with a few of the beautiful
pictures we are showing.
In our New
quarters. . The larg-
est grocery house
North of Dallas. Ev
erything fresh and
new. Only the high
grade groceries
earned at
DENISON. BONHAM AND NEW
ORLEANS
save--?ioc % a
mm----iiSPw
and bis trotter, “Keno,
celebrity in this section.
The Gazetteer received a call
Mpnday from Mr. L. E. Lefebvre,
who is canvassing the city for a new
directory, which is to be issued by
R, L. Polk & Co., the well known
directory publishers. Tbit will be
excluiively a Denison directory, not
in combination with Sherman. The
publishers think Denison has a pop-
DENISON TRANS FEB LINE
E. * T. 0, TDCE OAJLD.
TIM MUBPHEY. Proprietor,
W.H. HALTON & GO.
»:({ p. a
-10:45 a. a
buys and sells
Real Estate. Collects Rente
and pays taxes for real estate
owners.
228 Main Street
MOVES Safes, Pianos and Houae-
hold Furniture with special care
and safety. Order* given prompt
attention. Baggage transferred to
all parts of the city. Phone 42
Office. 106 W. Mein St.
Undertakers
5(0 Main St.
6:10 S I
11-45 a. 1
S'*of. 1
1150 |si
Corner Main Street
and Burnett Ave.
ulation sufficient to go it alone,
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