The Sunday Gazetteer. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 39, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 31, 1886 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME IV.
I SUBSCRIPTION TWO DOLLARS A YEAR, t
I ONR DOLLAR POR SUE MONTHS. |
DENISON, TEXAS, SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 1886.
1 ENTRRRD AS SECOND CLASS MATTER I
I AT THE DENISON POSTOPPICE. I
PER, LINGO & CO.
-WHOLESALE AND RETAIL-
LOCAL CONDENSATIONS.
HARDWARE DEALERS,
WISH T8 (ALL SPECIAL ATTENTION TO TNEIN STOCK OF
0 §
Plows and Fanning Implements,
Dows tor
MONDAY.
A delightful spring-like dsy............Jim
Thompson came in from the Bend ...
Mr. Phil Pollard, who is hunting in the
territory, sent in a large installment of
game .......Top West has thawed out and
is circulating among the boys again..
W. M Mordvke of Osage Mission, Kan-
sas, was in the city.........-riln. Kimber
lain lett for Fort Worth, to'be absent sev-
eral weeks...........Frank Reed brought in
four deer and several turkeys from the
territory_________There was a large turnout
of ladies .......George Lake went out to
Pottsboro ---------Henry Childs was on our
streets.........Messrs. Cables Ac English of
the territory, purchased a $500 bill of
goods of Lee per, Lingo 8t Co —......Major
Fears stales that he fa solid over the river.
.......... Thomas, the manager of the Fort
Worth Siftings, catted
«se.«=as
_ a . Bov left a great mam
iTCHELL Wagons & HAYDOCK Buggies.
▲ FEW LEFT.
-AND-
WILL BE SOLD
VERY CHEAP.
WE WILL IFFEN DURINQ THE NEXT WEEK
SOME SPECIAL BAKAIKS
IN--
Mon’s and Boy’s Clothing
ALSO-
Ladies’ and Hisses' Cloaks and Wraps
Blankets and Comforts,
Overshoes and Riiblters.
(?i®5
or
A Large Assortment
Call Early and Take Advantage of
OUR SPECIAL BARGAIN BALE.
I3ST
—NOW—
-AND—
LOW DOWN.
THE CENTRAL HARDWARE STORE
-OS'--
HANNA, LEEPER & CO.,
HAVE A GOOD STOCK OF
Cooldw aid Hi Stoves, Panin lutaits,
ATfln habdwabe.
Yon will And it to vonr Interest to Examine
Onr Stock and Prices.
RIB Mats Si, BEHKBOK, TEXAS.
GREAT BARGAINS
-IN-
CHINA, CROCKERY, QUEEN8WARE, GLASSWARE, SILVERWARE,
F , LAMPS, ETO„ BTO.
We will offer Special Inducements in French China, English and American Porcelain Dinner Sets, Tea Sets and Cham-
ber Sets. Our new dinner set, ‘ ‘LIMOGES,” decorated with hand painted wild roses is very hand-
some. The “SEASIDE,” very fine hand painted is very pretty, and a great many
more at very low prices. A complete line of Tea Sets from $5.00
up. Chamber Sets from $3.00 and upward.
W« have In stook complete line assorted packages of Queensware a Glassware for the Wholesale Trade at Factory Prices.
3 PALiTROU
AND RETAIL DEALERS.
WHOLESALE
miEicsrisoitsr
OHirtTA
To the Building Formerly Occupied By th© Adams Exrpess Company, Main 8treet,
Dnnn & Company.
SECOND HAND FURNITURE STORE
■OUSEMOLD AHD KITCHER FURHITORE BOUGHT AND SOLD.
The best place in the city to get bargains, remember the place.
ATTENTION FARMERS AND GARDNERS!
IBIROS-
Have Am Stock a Large Aaaortmeat of
A-ZsTID 0-A.T^IDElsr SIEIBJDS OIF
8EE THEM BEFORE YOU PURCHASE.
ZKilZtsTIDS.
Morris & Alexander, Real Estate Agents
No. 801 Main Street,
Opposite Colonnade Hotel. Will be ready for Business Feb. 1st, 1886.
contemplating engaging in the drug bus-
iness in this city... .......Our streets were
alive with country people ..........A son was
born to Mr. and Mrs. Phil Johnson —......
Pat Anderson a well-known sporting man,
of Abilene, was In the city—............What
was the matter with the gun?------- Rhys
M. Thomas, formerly of this city, and
postoffice Inspector, has located in Louis-
iana......_..R. M. Brennan of Fort Worth,
was in the city...........Leeper, Lingo & Co.
disposed at a large bill of goods at Au-
brey, near Denton........Mr. Ed. H. Zelin,
who has a cattle ranch in Palo Pinto
county, was in the city...............Mr. R. P.
Kreider, who has a tract of land south-
west of the city, had a tame deer killed by
dogs...........A party of gentlemen from
Sherman, who have been hunting in the
territory, passed through the city en-route
for home...........Mr. Holt of the Morning
News, called at the Gazetteer office.
......Hon. R. M. Reems, a member of
the Texas Legislature from Live Oak
county, was in the city....... ...“Ready and
willing.”...........Steve Boland has gone to
Gainesville, to enfiage in the hide busi-
ness...............Mr. Tom Cutler put a hand-
some new sign in front of his saloon .......
The foundation for the new ice works is
being laid, and a well dug..............There
was a meeting of the Knights of Labor.
............Mr. Tom McCarthy had a house
warming ...........T. J. Head came up from
the Fort..........Sam Waller left for Sul-
phur Springs..........Mr. Henry Waterman
and wife of Gainesville, who have been
visiting in the city, left for home—.........
M. Welsh lett for Dallas to attend the
trial of Hanson..........The Raynal build-
ing is for rent......... The marshal put the
chain gang at work on the -streets....,—.......
Mose Harris got back from Galveston.
.......... Mr. Hannefield, the tailor, wilj
leave Denison for some other point..........
G. L. Pasco came over from Sherman.
.............The bricks and material for the
new business house on west Main street,
were being put on the grounds..........Har-
vey & Fox received an order for a $6oo
monument to be placed over the remains
of a well-known citizen of the territory.
............The colored boys had a game of
base ball................A party by the name of
Bone died with consumption..............The
rink was well patronized; quite a number
of ladies and gentlemen were present
We heard a party say that he will bet $50
that he can take a nail and pick his way
out of the new jait in two hours...........A
large amount of wild game arrived in the
city..........Dick Chamberlain, the circula-
tor of the Fort Worth Gazette, went over
to Sherman....... Col. Yocom has joined
the blue ribbon crowd ...i......Dr. Gardner
was called to the territory on professional
business...........R. M. Sill, a well-known
citizen of Alexandria, La., was in the
city and has some notion of locating here-
............Mr. Wilkinson, sr., has opened a
watch repairing department in the Wells,
Fargo building............U. S. Deputy Mar-
shal Witt, was in the city..........The room
of the Y. M. C. A. is well patronized.
.......... Major J. J. Heiser came in from
the west......... Sheriff Douglass was in the
city for a short period..............Mr. Alec
Thomas of Fort Reviere, was in the city.
..............J. W. Stewart, County Assessor,
was in the city.
TUESDAY.
Delightful in the forenoon, but turned
cold and windy towards evening..........Mr.
Harbin got back from Georgia........Don’t
cat any pork, just at present ..........Mr H.
D. Mirick of Athens, Ohio, arrived in the
city...........Judge Porter of Preston Bend,
was in the city...............A wagon load of
pecans arrived in the city from the terri-
tory ..........R. L. Knox came back from
a visit to Tennessee...........Charley Scholl,
the foreman of the News job department,
went out after quails—nix.............Mr. J.
P. Leaverton lett tor the north ... .........
Peck’s Bad Boy was on the streets behind
the goat which plavs so much mischief
on the stage..........Booz Cox and wife and
others, went east of the city, to pass the
day in the woods with their lunch baskets.
...........There was a great throng of ladies
on the streets in the forenoon...........Col.
Russell savs that George McLagin will
make a bright lawyer.......... Enoch Hughes
was out after quails...........Mr. A. D. Hill
of New Orleans, was in the city. He is
the owner of several very fast turf horses.
....... A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Hart, on Woodard street...........Will Simp-
son left for Gainesville and other neigh-
boring cities..........John Hanna shoulder-
ed his grip and started for the nation.
.....Jim Simpson started out in the in-
terest ot Leeper, Lingo St Co.............Mr.
L M. Hill of Castrovilie, was in the city
on a visit to his sister, Mrs. Hillard........
Peck’s Bad Boy was at the opera house.
........Luther Benton, the eloquent tem-
perance lecturer, it is said, will visit Den-
ison next month----------The O. O. ot H.
initiated several candidates...............This
fine, bright, genial sunshine brings all
the ladies to the front again, and their
re-appearance on the streets gives a cheer-
ful aspect to life once more...........Louis
Libbe is able to sit up in bed, and his
friends are confident of speedv recovery.
_______Jerry Nolan was in Sherman..........
Col. Russell left for Dallas, as counsel
for Hanson .........Frank Ellsworth, a clar-
inet plaver, has arrived in the city from
Johnstown, Pa., and has become a mem-
ber of the Philharmonic band.........Mr.
A. G. Moseley went to Pottsboro ............
Dr. Williamson is making arrangements
to go to Japan in the soring; should he
go, he will have a professorship in one of
the colleges.......—.The Journal states that
a young lady got freightened when the
circulator road up to the gate to deliver
the paper. We don’t blame her...............
Frank Robinson is putting up a cottage
in the southeast part of town, near the
street car line —.....The small pox has ar-
rived at Dallas. As a large delegation
will leave here for that city, the news is
not very cheering.......— Mrs. Dr. Deason
is expecting some relatives soon_____________
Dr. Deason fell down the other evening
and received painful bruises on his hands.
_________Mr. LaRue, residing in the western
suburb of the city, has a family of twelve
children.......— Has Miss Emily seen the
fortune-teller lately? Prof. Haishaw
will not permit his young lady pupils to
walk along the streets with their beaus go-
make improper proposals to a lady placed
under his protection, and then go and
boast about it, fa a scoundrel. Such a
case was called to the attention of our re-
porter, and it is only for the lady’s sake
and the disgrace of connecting her name
with the villain, that we let the matter
pass_________Mr. James McAlester ot Me-
Alester, offers for sale nearly all of hfa
property in the territory, and we learn
will soon move to this city, as soon as the
sale can be consumated. Mr. McAlester
owns considerable property here.......
Col. Streepei has put a number at men at
work getting the preliminaries readv for
the new opera house .............Mr. W. B.
Munson left for Washington...............Mr.
Sam Star made a flying trip to Kingston.
..........Mrs. E. Eppstein of Sher-
man, was in the city visiting her daughter
Mrs. Sam Star...........I. M. Standifer got
back from Gainesville.
WEDNESDAY
The day opened up a little cloudy,
and quite cooi.Y............Miss Caddie
Lingo returned from a pleasant visit to
friends in Sherman...........Judge Dills of
Sherman was in the city ..........Our chief
and reporter lett for Dallas .............City
Secretary Edward Radeleff and Dr. R. P.
Wright left for Dallas...........The North
Methodist Church held a sociable at the
Hanson’s trial at Dallas
........Beck’s Bad
Boy left a great many chums in Denison.
..............A negro by the name of Aaron
Hudson was arrested for breaking into
the Crescent saloon...........The two Ger-
mans, Seford Miller and Edwa:d Sears,
who were arrested last week and fined for
carrying concealed weapons, had their
fines remitted...........A1 Reviere publishes
a card in the News...........Murray’s Steam
Printing House received a large consign-
ment ot stationery..........Miss Nina Far-
thing went to Sherman on a visit to
friends...........W. S. Perkins, a hotel man
of Bonham, was in the cityEpp-
stein Si Westheimer sold a bill of goods to
a Bonham firm..........Mr. Sam Star got
back from Kingston..........A boy in cross-
ing Main street near Austin avenue came
near being run over ..... . James Young
of Preston Bend, was in the city with four
bales of cotton......... Ten full-blood In-
dians were in the city looking for stolen
stock...............The weather is moderating.
Startling rumors of a serious na-
ture regarding a married couple were
floating around.
THE FEDERAL 00UKT.
Memorial tram the Okiokaeew lotion.
Hon. y. Randolph Tucker, Chair-
man of the yudiciary of the
House of Representatives.
Honorable Sir:—We, the un-
dersigned, the duly accredited Dele-
gates of the Chickesaw Nation of the
Indian Territory, would most re-
spectfully beg leave to say, that
among the other duties with which
we are charged by our people, and
which is embodied in our special in-
structions, received from the Gov-
ernment of our Nation, is that of
using our best endeavors to secure
the passage of an act, known as the
Culberson bill, which passed the
last House by practically a unanim-
ous vote, and which provided for
attaching the Chickesaw, and a part
of the Choctaw Nations "to the Fed-
eral Judicial system of Texas, with
holdings ot the Courts thereunder at
Denison, and Paris, Texas, respec-
tively.
In accordance therewith we beg
leave to submit that tl.c reasons for
this change are manifold and cogent.
In this connection we would urge
that our country has for a great many
vears been a place of refuge for the
THURSDAY.
The weather cool and uncertain.,...........
Mr. Walterhouse, the owner of the street
car line, who has been absent several
months in Arkansas, arrived in the city.
................Ed. Radeleff and the city edi-
tor of the Gazetteer got back from Dal-
las.........Mrs. Libbie Tarleton called at
the Gazetteer office and renewed her
subscription...........New cornice work was
being put on the Daugherty building ......
Tom Dollerhide and Tom Ellis were out
after quails..........Thos. Waitman, who
was charged with stealing a pistol ire the
territory, was tried before Judge Adams
and discharged........ Major Byrne of the
Morning News left for Dallas.........— Col.
Stillwell H. Russell, who is counsel in
the Hanson case, got back from Dallas.
..........Mr. Harben, the 5 and 10c. man,
was receiving a large stock of goods; by
the way Mr. Harben will open a branch
house in Sherman in a short time.............
Bill Hardwick left for Dallas..........A large
number of wild turkeys were displayed in
front of the butcher shop of Bob Bunn.
...........Miss Sadie Dunkln, a bewitching
book agent, was canvassing the city...........
Sheriff Chiles of Freestone county, was in
the city, and took into custody a prisoner
that was captured by Deputy Marshal
Stoneman...........Drop in and see us. Major
Cohen, you are always welcome........—Al-
He A. is queen ot the dasies—..........Dr.
Wright got back from Dallas, and states
that he made n hig mash on the train
Mrs. I. M. Standifer is visiting in Sher-
man ...........There are a number of cases of
chicken-pox in the city...........Does any-
one seriously suppose that the postoffice
will be changed to Houston avenue...........
A. S. Bouchard, manager ot the McDou-
gall hotel, lett for St. Louis...............Mr.
Lucian Hunter of Gainesville, was in the
city.....«.. . Col. Streeper and T. J. Crooks
discussed the removal of the postoffice in
a very emphatic manner...............Deputy
Constable Gardner arrested a party who
resides near Preston Bend, on the chaige
ot stealing hogs...............The O. O. of H.
held a drill meeting in full regalia..............
R. M. Sims ot Leadville, Col., was in the
city and will locate here________________
Mr. J. D. Hull who resides near Savoy,
was in the city looking for a stolen horse.
..............Wm. Mitchell of the Star Store,
left for eastern Texas on business.........—
Mrs. R. H. Harris, who has been visiting
in the city for several days, left tor home
at Waco...............J. H. Hughes, live stock
agent for the San Antonio railway, was
in the city .........Bear in mind that no
anonymous communications will be pub-
lished in the Gazetteer.......The Sher-
man Democrat states that J. H. Hanne-
field of this city is dead. No he isn’t, it
is all a mistake, Mr. Hannefield is alive
and kicking and is the enjoyer ot good
health...............U. S. Deputy’Marshal Van
Hall, was in the city on business...........A
stiff norther commenced to blow about
10 p. m...........The bewitching little blonde
C. A. has completely captivated J. M. D.
...........We understand that Major Daugh-
erty will put up a handsome two-story
residence in the southwest part of the
city in the spring...........The family of Mr.
Day were all taken very sick from eating
canned tomatoes.
NUMBER 39
out of our country. It is not our
policy or desire to make our country
a place of refuge for criminals, or
dishonest debtors.
In conclusion we most srdenth
pray, that your most dignified UK
honorable body will bring into die
House of Representatives, at the
earliest day possible, a report favor
able to the Culberson bill, as it
passed the last Congress, with courts
at Denison and Pans. And that you
will frown down the attempt to vio-
late the law, and the sanctity of our
treaties, by attaching civil jurisdiction
thereto, and thus relieve our people
from a load of care and apprehen-
sion.
All of which is respectfully sub-
mitted.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 15, "S6.
Geo. W. Harkins,
H. F. Murray,
Delegates Chickasaw Nation.
DBNISON
Smppties at wdefaa
looters at Ass Aftsreery out i
mart A of Maim street on
Ferry read, «iU tie aafar-
fru/ts,T^Tu£s*L£ Sit A DM
TREES, efwkieA Rohm am immaass
stock. GRAM Woes, REACH.
PLUM. APPLE, PEAR,
Trees,
, ROSES, Ac.
THE HANSON GAfiE.
AMD THE PUTT
Cold and clear..
.Mr Z. P. Rich-
ards of Plano, was in the city...............Mr.
Tilden, the agent for the White Bronze
Co., called at the Gazetteer office and
stated that he had received an order to
place a $900 monument over the remains
of Simon Jones, who died several months
ago...........Marshal Cutler went to Green-
ville The editor of the Gazetteer
returned from Dallas...........French Davis
passed through the city en-routy for Dal-
las ...........City Attorney D. O Hause left
for Fort Worth on legal business.............
The Evening Journal is really a good pa-
par.............George Lake returned from
Dallas............Major Fears was in Sherman
on business..........Ed Radeleff was sum-
moned to attend the Federal court at
Dallas, in a civil case.............^.Postmaster
Daugherty, who has been attending the
Hanson case at Dallas, came home ...
There was a meeting of the Gate City
Literary club ...........Mr. Milt Saufly has
given up his position at the Bank Ex-
change on account of poor health, and
will go south in a few days, which is ad-
vised by the Doctors...............Mrs. Trum-
baugh/the wife of Samuel Trumbaugh
living near Carpenter’s Bluff ferry, died.
...........U. S. Commissioner Adams was
occupied with several cases in the territo-
ry ...........The boycott declared against the
Mallory line, Galveston, was the subject
of considerable comment.........Mr. Doran,
who resides southwest of I 'enison, states
that a party of hunters shot and killed a
valuable horse.................T. J. Crooks will
leave for Bonham in a short time, to en-
gage in the newspaper business.......—Mrs
I. M. r
Standifer, who has been visiting in
Sherman, returned home with her hus-
band ...........Judge Gregg came over from
Sherman ... ___ Charley Scholl is on the
sick list, and has symptoms of pneumo-
nia __________The market is glutted with veni-
son Mr. McCarthy, the father of
Owen and Tom, is in very poor health
and will be sent to the Sister’s hospital at
Galveston.........Col. Yocom contemplates
engaging in the grocery business with
R. N. Culver & Son------------Capt. Tom
Wright returned from Dallas...........Work
is progressing at a lively rate on the new
ice works.......A team belonging to Jim
Moreland ran awav, scattering rock pro-
miscuously —......George Knight has in
his possessson a spinning jenny, which is
nearly one hundred years old. It was the
property of his great grand-mother, who
was one of the early settlers of Roanoke
i county, Virginia...........Burrill Carter, the
agent for Anheuser-Busch Brewing Asso-
ciation, states that the work on their ice
house will commence in March........-.Mr.
Louis Libbe is able to sit up in bed
Henry Wilson, a former well-known citi-
zen of Denison, is in Leadville, Col., and
is a very wealthy man...........A brutal dog
outlaws, and refugees from Justice
from almost every state in the Union.
That they have been a scourge to us,
endangering our lives and property,
and giving to our country in no
small degree a character for lawless-
ness, and rapine, that of right, judg-
ing our people by our own acts,
should not attach to us. That by
reason of the remoteness and inac-
cessibility of the present Federal
Court that alone has criminal juris-
diction over our country, and the
enormous costs, attending arrests
and trials, arising from the great
distance from this court, these out-
laws and desperadoes can practically
defy the United States authorities.
They are further enabled to evade
punishment from the f^ct that our
people are to a great degree detered
from giving information of violations
ot law that come under their obser-
vation, from two reasons; first, be-
cause, to be a witness at Fort Smith
involves such a loss of time and
money because of the great distance,
and the over-crowded docket of said
court, which makes many contin-
uances and postponements neces-
sary, that but few of our people are
able to be a witness, except at an
outlay and loss of time that involves
almost their ruin ; and secondly, be-
cause when one of our people ap-
pears there as a witness in a case of
any importance, he is required to
give a bond for his appearance to
testify, this but the fewest of our
people are able to do, from the fact
that they are hundreds of miles from
their homes, among a strange peo-
ple, with whom they have no inter-
course, commercial or otherwise,
the result is that they arc thrown
into an unhealthy prison and held
until death, or the trial of the crim-
inal brings them relief, the latter fre-
uently not occurring for years,
'hese penalties which apply fully as
strongly as we put them we submit
are strong enough to break down the
resolution of the best citizens of any
country, however stoutly they might
desire the laws enforced and its vio-
ators punished, but with financial
ruin and incarceration both staring
them in the face, what wonder is it
that they, as a rule, quietly submit
to outrages, spoliations and wrongs,
rather than brave the dangers that
environ those who seek the punish
merit of the guilty.
Then as to the location of the
courts under this bill. The legisla-
ture of our people have repeatedly
spoken by resolutions, and our Gov-
ernor by memorials, and our people
by petitions, all respectfully but
earnestly urging the location of the
court having jurisdiction over the
Chickesaws at Denison, Texas. This
would put us among a people with
whom we are well acquainted, near
whom we have lived since our re-
moval west of the Mississippi River,
among whom many of our sons and
daughters are educated, with whom
we have always maintained the clos-
est and most friendly relations, com-
mercially and otherwise, we feel as-
surance that we but voice the almost
unanimous wish of our whole peo-
jle when we say that Denison is for
all reasons the best locality to meet
in the largest possible degree the
wishes and conveniences of our
whole people, and would remove at-
once all the ills we suffer from, be-
ing attached to the state of Arkansas
for judicial purposes. We submit
that the location of such courts
would enable the Government to
more speedily, thoroughly, and ef-
ficiently execute the laws, preserve
order, and repress crime, and to save
the Government many thousands of
dollars annually.
We feel that we would be derelict
in our duty to our people, if we
failed to take advantage of this oc-
casion to protest in the most earnest
and energetic manner against the
proposition to carry the civil juris-
diction of the United States courts
into our country. We believe it to
be unwise, inexpedient, unnecessary,
and fraught with evil to our people,
and country, so believing we in the
name, and in behalf of our people,
humbly and meakly appeal to you,the
representatives of a brave, strong
nation, not to subject us to this trial.
We submit that such action would,
without our consent, be in violation
ot law, and subversive ot our treaty
stipulations. At least such are the
opinions of some able jurists here
who have been consulted on the sub-
ject, and we submit the suggestions
to your candid judgment, as a weak
people praying the benefit of every
dpubt. We would beg further to
urge that the ills we now suffer from
the present judicial arrangement, are
much too serious, and our hope of
relief too ardent, to see the chances
put in peril, by bringing in this new
and disturbing element. And then
it is unnecessary, in this, that our
laws and regulations afford adequate
relief for the difficulties sought to be
cured by carrying civil jurisdiction
into our country, our laws are suffi-
cient as to citizens of our country,
and if a non-citizen living in oar
Mr. W. S. Howard, editor of the
Hunt County Chronicle, published
at Kingston, was visited in his office
on the night of January nth by •
mob of five men and unmercifully
beaten. The cause of this most out-
rageous affair was about an article
which appeared in the paper in re-
gard to the Marshall of Kingston al-
lowing the sale of whisky and gam-
bling to be carried on in Kingston,
contrary to the laws of the city and
state, in consequence ot which Mr.
Howard had to miss an issue of his
paper, owing to the fact that the
printers were driven away from the
office. But he comes to the front
this week and deals the ruffians some
hard licks. From an article of nearly
three columns, we make the follow-
ing extract:
To the cowardly, drunken mob
who raided our office Monday night
of last week we will simply say, mat
the course you so definitely marked
out for us, will he totally ignored,
and that the abusive language and
hard names you applied to us are
far more applicable to yourselves
than us. As you took every possible
advantage of us you can not but
know your brutality and cowardise.
As to your character, the public al-
ready knows enough, and it is too
dark to put in print; in other words
you only go to make up the hinged
edge of society, and in the end you
will be registered among the tatter-
demalians of the white race, and
our black souls will float in bust
ead whisky to the lowest regions of
hell, and there pine away in eternity.
i
The Presbyterian 8ooial.
Probably the most agreeable social
event of the season occurred at the ele-
gant and spacious residence of Dr. Ache-
son, on West Woodard street, Tuesday
evening, under the auspices ot die Pres-
byterian Ladies’ Aid Society.
The house presented a vary attractive
appearance as we approached it, being
brilliantly lighted from basement to ob-
servatory.
There were between seventy-five and
one hundred guests present, and right
royally were they welcomed by the Dr
and his accomplished wife. The amuse-
ments presented to them of “sight,*’
“sound” and “taste” were enjoyed to the
fullest extent.
Some very attractive “Tableaux Vlv-
ants” were exquisitely arranged by Mrs.
and Miss Mittie Venable, and the beauty
of Denison, from the silver-haired old
gentleman to the exquisitely dainty page
was shown in gorgeous colors, and artis-
tic groupings.
The “Sleeping Beauty” was very beau-
tifully arranged, and the “Vestal Virgins”
made some gallant gentlemen hope their
vows were only tp be made in tableaux.
The scene between “Richies and Love”
was admirably depicted, and the second
scene, in which “Love” came off victor,
was loudly applauded.
The musical part of the entertainment
consisted of some piano dueta, by Mrs.
J. M. Clarkson and Miss Little; vocal
duet, Mrs. Acheson and Miss Little;
some very enjoyable quartette singing by
Messrs. Smith, Platter and Menetee, and
after the tableaux some music by Miss
Venable.
The refreshments were very tastefully
dispensed by Mesdames Giersa and Par-
ker, while Mrs. Bingham’s coffee was so
delightful that no other nectar was de-
sired. Mrs. Coffin distributed the ticketa
for refreshments, and Mrs. Hibbard 1
ceived the money.
We rather tear, from the receipts, that
‘sight” and “sound” were more attrac-
tive than “taste,” still we hope the su
is creditable for a private social, and
that it may be our good fortune to attend
another very soon.
Mrs. Acheson is a charming hostess as
well as vocalist, and we but echo the sen-
timents, we are sure, of all who w«
present in wishing her and the Doctor a
long and happy life and many a pleasant
“walk around” in their beautiful home.
The case of John Henry 1
ed with embeazling a letter
office in this city last
called in the Federal court at Deltas teal
Wednesday. Testimony eras all intro-
duced, and the attorneys had argued the
case, when the judge ruled that the In-
dictment wae faulty ia not
defendant with an oleea
laws of the United States. The 1
ing attorney then withdrew the
ment and at
of money, aad Mr.
The tan
M. Welsh 1------^ -1*1
It appeared from the <
ed in the case, that I
looked upon Haaeon, who waa
ployed as clerk In toe office, an <
and for the purpoee at
placed a decoy letter in which hat
ed a $1 bill, in tot general delivery, that
subsequently Daugherty look oof thte
letter, opened it, ead in toe presence of
George Lake, gave tt te a negro unsealed,
with instructions to cany tt to toe poet-
office, hand it to Hanson, aad toil him it
was not for him, as tome was
it* This ha did, aad Ha
threw it down on the table, where he waa
engaged in making out some slips for a
debating society. Soon after Daugherty
informed him it wae tone to rinse ton
office, nod Hanson gathered up hie slips
and went directly to hfa room on Gandy
street, closely shadowed by Daugherty.
Daugherty says attar Hanson left he
could not find the letter. He then gat
officer Tom Wright and the two went to
Hanson’s room and accused Hanson of
taking the letter, which he stoutly de-
nied. They then searched the room and
Hanson’s person aad finally found the
letter in Hanson’s pocket with the slips
above alluded to. They also found n
$1 bill in Hanson’s vest pocket. Hanson
insisted he knew nothing of the letter,
and that he must have picked it up with
the slips. There was no money ia it
when discovered. Hanson also proead
by Howe, the assistant postmaster, tost ha
got a one dollar bill of him shortly be-
fore leaving the office. Daugherty testi-
fied on the trial that he recognised toe
bill found in Hanson’s pocket as the on*
enclosed In the letter, but subsequently
qualified this statement when confronted
by letters he had written Hanson while a
prisoner at Dallas. In one at these letters
he said:
“Simply to
will jrou not tell 1
with the $1.00 bill I put inthe <
mM
M
satisfy my own curiosity,
11 me frankly, what you did
blU I put In too decoy let-
ter? The bill we found In your veto was
probably the one Howe paid you the
night before, as he says he gave you a
$ 1 -oo bill. Ths Mil 1 put in the letter you
took, we did not find.1*
| He furthermore promised to say noth-'"
ing about it if ha “fessed regarding the
dollar, but advised Hanson to own hie
guilt, as the proof was positive, aad ask
the court for mercy. Hanson refused to
act upon this suggestion, and than Dough-
erty wrote another letter to him nip res
sing astonishment at toe stubbornness he
had manifested in ignoring hie advice,
and said, he should now lay the caw be-
fore the government and hold back noth-
ing. Daugherty testified that Haneon
confessed to have taken the letter, when
they found it on hfa person, but this
Wright, in hfa testimony, flatly denied.
These letters break down Daugherty's tes-
timony, and it is generally understood to
Dallas that the jury were unanimous that
Hanson is an innocent man
There is no probability of hie convic-
tion if there is another trial The caw
will go before the grand .jury la a couple
of weeks, and that will bis the ead at it.
Col. S til well H. Russell, Is Mr. Han-
son attorney, assisted by Engine Mar-
shall, Esq., of Dallas, who are entitled to
a great deal ot credit for the able man-
ner in which they
Col. Russell’s speech 1
impression upon the jury, and they evi-
dently adopted the theory which ha pre-
sented, and which placed Hanson to the
position ot a victim of persecution, or
something worse.
The young ladies _ _
Wt Welsh’s Sunday-school class, m
their teacher a delightful “surprise”
Friday evening at her
street. The young
gant refreshments,
most enjoyable eva
Rev. and Mrs. W. S. Fi
and Mrs. C. H
_ were ________
make the occasion one of great
At a late hour the company
leaving Mrs. Welsh more firmly
ever fixed in her opinion that her
are the best and dearest Inthe world.
si
-
A Splendid Opportunity.
.Mr. W. M. Lea has purchased the
interest of J. D. Yocum in the fur-
niture business. Mr. Lea has one
of the largest and finest stocks in the
city, and challenges competition as
to prices. The stock was bought
under circumstances that justify Mr.
Lea in selling at manufacturers'
prices and then leaving a fair mar-
gin for profit. If you want furniture
call at W. “
street.
M. Lea’s, on West Main
ing to and from school---------The “old re- i fight took place on Woodard street; one
liable," Phil Slutzky, says it is not good ; dog was actually chawed to pieces--------
for the health to sit up ai) night . ________I Robert Wevland, one ot the leadiug phy-
Clare Rachliffe left on a short trip
There was nearly bloodshed in the north-
west part of the city. It was a family at-
tair, but the neighbors were called in to
adjust matters........._A man who will
sicians of Greenville," was in the city.
When a man is down, give him a kick.
That is illustrated in the case of Jim
Leaverton, but he will come out all
right.
country contracts obligations with
non-citizen, residing in any of the
states, and refuses to settle such ob-
ligations at maturity, upon a proper
application, the resident non-citizen’s
license is revoked, and he ia required
to remove his property and effects
Mr. Porter, a former resident of Deni-
son, but now of Mississippi, and whose
wife died here in August last, arrived in
this city a few days since. He had the
remains of his wife disinterred and con-
veyed them back with him to hare them
buried at his old home in Mississippi.
Dunn St Co., in order to be in the
thickly settled part ot the city, and to
take advantage of the moving of the
postoffice—in case it fa moved—com-
menced moving their stock of second-
hand goods, etc., to the building form-
erly occupied by the Adsms Exress Co.,
Saturday.
Horticultural Moating.
A Meeting of the North Texas HotticnHnral
Society will he held at the office of A R. Coittns
a Co., OB Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock, February
sth. A full attendance of members is sxpoctsd.
S. PERRY, President.
J. J. Fat an ansa. Secretary.
K* K. Legget and John Br]
Abilene, Texas, were to tea city
day on their way as tilingstes to tot i
Fellows’ convention at Paris, Texas,
dropped in to see us. Mr. Leggett w
resident ot Denison in 187-1-3, ths
mere lad. He la now a prominent ai
ney in Abilene. Mr. Bryan is engagei
the stock .business in toe vicinity
Abilene.
Last Friday, the undersigned
electrotype advertisement of the
mental Bronze Company, somewhere be-
tween hfa residence on Morgen street and
this office. The finder will be doing us n
greet favor by leaving it at the G AXETTxaa
office* B. C. Murray.
Dunn Sc Co. dealers te new ead
ond-hand goods, have moved their stock to
the large and commodious
ly occupied by the Adams
pany, next door to the O. K.
where they will be pleased to
many friends end customers.
ieeting night for Post No.
5. Grand Army of the Republic, bee"
fixed for the first aad third Thui
nights of each month.
The Post will 1
133 Main street, Thuradaynight, F<
^Dan. Wesstes, Idijt. (
The state and county tax-books for city
property only, will be at the office of
Coffin ft Zintgraff, for fifteen days, from
Feb. 1 st, 1886. The penalty will he add-
ed promptly on March 1st, it your taxes
are not paid.
las, tost white.
Married, Jan. 28, 1886, by the
O. Cook, Mr. C. W
Louise Wells, both of this city.
Ex-Marshal Hardwick
past week, on important
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