The Sunday Gazetteer. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 32, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 7, 1884 Page: 4 of 6
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SUNDAY MORNING
MURRAY’S STEAM PRINTING HOUSE.
M. F. DKARING, Manage*.
WriUM tor Tb. SuoSsy Gazbttsbb.
A VAT WITH THE (JDP.
MR*. M. J. BAHLER.
Away witn the wine cup's sparkling glow
Away with t&* draught of death,
It Mights our youth, and brings us woe.
Anguish and deep disgrace.
It is a thief of meanest form.
For into many a home
It silly creeps, where comforts rare
Cheer all who thither come.
And though a mother’s weeping eyes
And anguished tones plead nay,
It takes away (he children’s clothes,
And now in rag* they play.
Yea, more thandhia this wine-cup thief
Stops not with clothes, but takes
The food from famished children’s
mouths,
While mother’s ssd heart breaks.
And even worse, it steels the heart,
Sworn to protect her life,
And now that heart, unheeding all
The claims of child or wife,
Bows down before the hateful cup,
Forsakes child, wife, and home,
To haunt the halls where , wine doth
reign
And where her votaries throng.
Yea, ’tls still worse, ,* murderer,
For see in yon poor home,
Made desolate by wine’s foul hand,
And robbed of all but gloom,
And anguish wild, and dark despair,
With famine’s bony form,
The broken hearted wife lies down
And dies alone—alone—alone.
And yonder, see, that mother pale,
Watching with bated breath
Over her babe whose fluttering pulse,
Tells her, ’tls surely death.
Aht see the anguish In her eye,
It beads upon her brow,
For famine dried the fount of life
Her babe to dying now.
And wine that stole that father’s heart,
And robbed that home of all
Its comforts rare, has murdered too—
While wild in Bacchus’ hall
With blood on Are, that father’s arm
Is raised in drunken wrath,
And to is now a murderer;
Ah, woe he surely hath.
Who quaffs and tarricth at the wine,
Tls only ww, wo*. WOE,
Then touch not, taste not, turn away,
Twovsanus it layeth low.
Then away, away, with the pois’nous
cup,
And work with heart and hand,
To banish from us the foul stuff
Which desolates our land.
Away, away with tobacco too,
Tto filthy, nasty, vile.
It soils the breath Ad nature too,
Steals many a cheering smile
From faces, watched by loving eVts,
And give instead a frown.
O, banish evermore this curse
That joy our lives mar crown.
A wav too with the much loved cup
Of coffee and of tea,
These heat the blood, unnerve the
hand,
And pave for wine the way;
Then away, away with their tempting
draught,
v And give us water pure
As It trickles from the crystal spring:
Thus will we health secure.
Not only health but happiness,
The two go hand In hand,
Then let us sign the grand «gld pledge
And send it through |he Umd.
Wine and tobacco steal the health
And give instead sad hearts.
How many a wife in anguish waits
Steps which wild heart-throbs starts,
Then come and sign our noble pledge;
Drink only water pure,
Banish forever from the land,
The** things which woe secure.
Mexico is now suffering greatly by
a stringency in her money markets.
James Wasson and William La
timer have been taken to Fort Smith
for trial.
The tax collector of McLennan
county was required to give an $So,
ooo bond.
Last Monday Gen. Diaz was
quietly inaugurated President of the
Republic of Mexico.
The last of the gambling cases
were disposed of lasf Tuesday, the
gamblers paying an aggregate oi
$6,000 as a compromise.
Last Monday the last of the three
Knesek murderers, H. M. Sharp,
was tried at La *G range and the
death penalty affixed. He appealed
his case.
Last week Alex. Thomas, a col-
ored lawyer of Washington county,
was sent to the penitentiary for steal
a yoke of oxen. He was given five
years.
In nearly every paper we pick up
we see the familiar warning, “tak#
care of your liver.” Most people
try to do^his veiy thing. They try
to keep their hepatics cool, though
they sometimes “bile" ljke a glass
of beer. _
The freedmen of Colorado are
trying to induce the legislature to re-
peal the law prohibiting the inter-
marriage of the white and black
race. The law is a good o.ie and
should be in vogue in every state and
territory.
Last Wednesday, at Neches, East-
ern Texas, L. V. Simpson and Dr.
C. Laurence disputed about the set-
tlement of an account of $i i, which
resulted in a shooting bee and both
men were killed.
A political statistician, who has
been figuring extensively, among
other things says there are five for-
eign-borp persons in the United
States senate—one Englishman, one
Scotchman and three Irishmen. In
the house there are twenty foreign-
born persons—three Englishmen,
three Scotchmen, six Irishmen,
five Germans, one Norwegian, one
Brazilian, and one Canadian.
On Monday morning last two bur-
ly negroes entered the house of a
farmer named E. P. Jones, residing
near Sulphur Springs and assaulted
him and his wife with_ a hammer.
T^ie negroes were arrested and one
of them confessed the crime and said
that it was done for the purpose of
robbery. Jones and his wife are
not expected to live. One of the
negroes was hanged by a mob.
"There to one difference between Deni- j
•on and Sherman,*’ said a prospector the
other' night at the Colonnade hotel. "If ,
you go along the business streets of-Sher-
maa you ace on every aide the greatest
number of shanties and old rambling
wooden buildings, while In Denison you
see nothing but the best character of 1
buildings. The Denison buildings are of
a substantial character and seem to have
wen erected with a view to permanency.
1 have juat completed a tour of the State
and am ready to aay, without intending
any degree of flattery to the citizens, that
Denison is the best city I have seen;”
Such to the comment of every stranger of |
observation, and we think the energy of
our city truly merits it.
\ bill has been introduced in the
United States Senate the object of
which is to give Gen. Grant an an-
nual pension of $3,000 a year dating
from his retirment from the presiden
cy. Let’s see about this: he retired
eight years ago—that would, if the
bill passes congress, give him the
snug little sum of $40,000 to begin
with! That would be a nice thing
for Gen. Grant, he could then go
around the world again and take
along a man to write up the incidents
of his travel. He is no doubt in bad
health now—since the failure of his
bank—a trip around the wqrld
would doubtless be -greatly to his ad-
vantage. _ *
The official vote of the state with
an exception of a ffW counties not
heard from which cannot materially
alter the figures, stands as follows:
Cleveland, 223,208 ; Blaine, SS,353 ;
Butler. 3,321 ; St. John, 3,511 ; Mrs.
Lockwood, a. It will be thus seen
that Cleveland’s net majority in the
state is 128,021. It is said that
there is not a difference of fifty votes
between the highest and lowest
Democratic electors, but the Re-
publican ticket was considerably
scratched. The largest Democratic
majorities were in the counties of
Collin, (4,203,) Bell, (4,009,) Dal-
las, (3,845,) Tarrant, (3.74S).
What if a man has heard of a pris-
oner’s crime, should that fact dis-
qualify him as ^tiror in the case.?
This is an enlightened age—an age
f>f easy and rapid coummunication
—an age of newspapers, and almost
every crime of any magnitude is
-published as soon af committed,
with all the manucia of circumstan-
ces, etc. These published accounts
are soon read by every intelligent
man in the country and doubtless
form the basis of certain oj^nions as
to guilt or innocence. But should
this disqualify the man as a juror?
The juror is sworn to render a ver-
dict according to the evidence ad-
duced upon the trail under the charge
of the court. And if be is an intel-
ligent and fair minded man his Ver-
dict will be based, not upon any
former opinion or hcar-sa^, but
upon the evidence—the sworn state-
ments of the witnesses before the
court.
Mrs. E. E. Latta has been quite sick for
the past four weeks, but we are glad to
learn she is much better.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Dine hurt lost their
eight week’s old infant son last Sunday
with inflammation of the bowels.
Mr. A. Zintgraff, who has been sick
during the past'few days, to able to be
out again.
Last week Miss Vina Hauck lost her
watch which was found by an old colored
woman, and returned to the loser.
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The H. & T. C. R’y to not likely to take
many passengers to New Orleans at Its
present rates. It will have to do better.
A proposition is now pending in
the Cherokee legislature to grant the
right of way of a railroad to run
from a point near Van Buren, Ark.,
to the northern boundary of the
Cherokee nation, with a branch from
Fort Gibson, via Talequah to the
eastern limits of the Cherokee coun-
try. The project is strongly opposed
by many of the Cberokees. who hold
that such a grant would be the first
step toward the destruction of all
tribal relations of the Indians. Chief
Bushyhead, however, is a man of
liberal and progressive views apd be
is strongly in favof of the grant. In
his late message to the council he
advocated the measure, believing it
would be a valuable adjunct in the
way of building up the commerce of
the Cherokees and developing their
resources.
Our Washington letter this week
is very interesting, pointing out the
combination of events which led to
the Democratic victory, and outlin-
ing a policy which, it pursued, is
likely to perpetuate Democratic
power. We believe the views ex-
pressed by our correspondent are in
at cord with those of the most accu-
rate and patriotic politicians of the
country. Cleveland has all his life
been a conservative and reformist,
and his comprehension of the status
of our government will^ie to him an
unerring guide in his work of re-
form. Custom, though an evil one»
cannot be suddenly changed without
doing some harm. Consequently,
it would seem that the incoming ad-
ministration should be conducted
with moderation and reserve. It
will take some years to thoroughly
establish a reform after the Demo-
cratic ideal of government and the
thing most appropriate for the Dem-
ocrats to do is to avoid radicalism
and extremes.
George Lafon is quite happy, as George
Lafon, Jr., ha* appeared in his house
hold, weighing eleven and a half pounds
—.....- a-—
Jerry Notan to said to be a'candidate tor
city marshal. Still they come, and Wyatt
Cutler will soon be out.
Wednesday morning a Mr. Bigger
brought 108 squirrels to the city, which
he sold at ten cents a /lece. He spent
two days in killing them.
Cot. S. S. Fear* has removed hi* office
from the Muller block to the upper story
of Haven’s grocery, where he will be glad
to have his friends call.
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There was a little concert on Sears
street the other evening, in which "Is
Champagne: a Wine,” was graphically
presented.'Surely, Denison has some fine
theatrical talent 1
Dr. Gisxard, late of Sherman, is now in
co-partner-ship with Dr. Nagel in the
practice of medicine in this city. We
suppose Dr. Gizzard desired to live in a
real live city. We wish the new firm
much success.
J oho Berner was recently hung at Paris,
Mo., for the commission of rape. He was
well known here, especially in Railroad
circles. For quite a while he was fireman
on a Mo. Pac. train. But he is gone, and
all rapists should be sent on after him.
A great many of the Denison ladies
have signified their willingness to keep
open house New YeaWs day. This is
exactly right. Let's inaugurate the New
Year with a grand old handshaking and a
hearty Godspeed for the New Year.
|ec
A few days ago a crank of a fel-
low went into the little town of
Athens, Smith county, and created
a great deal of trouble. He defied
the officers who tried to arrest him.
He was finally forced out of town
after having several shots fired at
him. That night he drew up at the
camp of three hunters. He was in-
vited to take suppers and was oth-
erwise treated in a civil and sociable
manner. After the hunters unloaded
and put their guns jn the wagon the
fellow drew a revolver and robbed
all three of them, getting several
dollars and a gold watch. He then1*
ordered one of the men to get out
the finest gun in the wagon. This
he took, with a lot of ammunition.
Next, he inarched the three men
away from the wagon and leaving
them disappeared in the woods. He
took the address of the owner of the
gun, and told him that he would re-
turn it; said he had painted Athens
red; that the sheriff was after him
and he needed the gun.-
There is a negro woman living in the
vicinity of Woodard street and Houston
genue, who has been making somebody’s
old lumber and boxes suffer. Every
morning, just about day, she has been
seen with arih loads, taking them to her
cabin. Strange, too, this woman hfis a
man for a husband.
J. J. Collins, a former Deaisonite, but
now living in Wyandott, Kansas, was *!n
the city a few days last week mingling
with his many old friends and acquaint-
ances. While here, John called to pay
his respects to the Gazetteer, and leave
wherewith sufficient for another jtears’
subscription.
Mr. L. C. Raff, who has, until recent-
ly, been in the hotel and restaurant busi-
ness in Denison, is now running a hotel
ia Kansas City. Mr. Raff still retains a
home in Denison, and may yet return to
make this his permanent* abiding place—
when he makes his stake. Success to
you, friend Raff.
We ewe an apology to our eftremed
California correspondent, Mr*. M. J.
Bahler, for omitting to credit to her pen
the beautiful temperance poem, entitled,
“The Work of Beer," which appeared in
the Gazetteer on the 16th ultimo. The
poem was written expressly for this paper.
Mrs. Bahler furnishes us with another of
her poefns this week, entitled, **Xway
with the Cup.”
The other day a young fellow naked
Cyl Hoffman how they measure gas.
“Meashur mit a meter,* said Carl. “Ifcit
how?” continued theyoung man. "Yell,”
said Carl, "der gas passes through der
metre and the der metre guesses at der
amount.” "Oh, yes, J see,” said the sat-
isfied young man, and he went jon up the
street wondering at the remarkable intel-
ligence of the meter.
Mr. E. Littel, a popular hotel
man at McAJester, I. T , and a pa-
tron of the Cazstt$£r, has just
completed a new hotel building and ! assembling enjoyed quite a pleasant eve-
, nine, music being fumishad by the Misses
grand Huf; -
D. B. Rftebuck, a prominent hotel man
4>i Tuskahomma, I. T., was in the cityen
Wednesday. He is now a reader of the
Gazetteer and he desires us to say that
he i* one of the old time Indians but. that
he knows exactly howto feed a white man.
He is a right jolly old fellow and we would
recommend him to our friends who may
visit Tuskahomma. We think he would
much rather give a fellow a good supper
and a dean bed to sleep in than to scalp
him.
Last Thursday night Mrs. J. M. Hill
was 55 years old, and her friends gave
her a surprise. At an early hour in the
eWning a large number of her admiring
friends marched in upon her, taking with
them numerous valuable presents as to-
kens of friendship and esteem. Those
will formally open it with a
balj *n a few days.
Hudnall and others. W’e hope Mrs. Hill
may live to enjoy many such surprises.
A HEW ENTERPRISE.
A Ohanofl for Deniso* to Hmndk Moot
of the Cotton of Snym Oounty.
The fact that Denison to now one at
the lending cities of the rich and produc-
tive region of North Texas to alone mU
tributable to the enterprise and business
tact and judgment of her people. She
does not owe her growth and present
prosperity to chance, or a phcnominal
combination of lucky coincidences, but
to the wisdom ol her people with the
strong arm of industry as a necessary
auxiliary. Their devices are always well
laid and are executed with the same ac-
curate precision. Enterprise follows en-
terprise, and success always as assuredly
follows. Our people know nothing of
rest, but keep the ball of improvement
continually rolling.
Just now a new enterprise to being agi-
tated. The Texas Construction and
Manufacturing Com^gy, represented by
the following officers: Ex-Governor John
C. Brown, of Tennessee, president;
Frank Fit* Hugh, of Paris, Texas, vice-
president; J. R. Martin, of Denison,
secretary and treasurer, and C. H. Merry,
of Louisiana, superintendent, to through
the taro last named gentlemen presenting
to the business men of our qlty, a new
and highly recommended method of
handling, ginning and baling cotton.
By the uqe of improved machinery the
manual labor required to reduced to a
minimum. To illustrate: Under the
present system of ginning, the average
output to not more than one bale per day
for each hand employed; while, by the
new method, six and often as high as
seven bates per day to the hand .are turned
out. Besides this saving in expenses, a
better yield of lint is obtained which is ot
a higher grade or quality than can be ob-
tained from the same seed by the gins
now in general use. Plants, under this
new s^fctem, can be furnished, having a
capacity of from fifty to one thousand
bales per day. The bales are of the usual
size and weight. At first sight this Im-
proved machinery seems expensive. But
a careful examination proves it to be
vastly cheaper than any now in use.
To prove this, we will assume that In
Grayson county there are 200 ditton gins
(the actual number is greater) that cost
an average of $2,500.00 each. Here we
have an investmentof $500,000.00 in gins
alone. Now, to run these 200 gins one
day will require the services of 1,200 men,
and the output of the whole will not be
more than oqe thousand bales. Placing
the crop ot Grayson county at ’ bo,ooo
bales, the interest and insurance on this
plant will amount to one dollar and fifty
cents per bale. The improved plant can
be built here, that will not cost more than
ten per cent, of the present investment
which will, with the help of forty men,
gin all the cotton that Grayson county
produces, and the crop when so ginned
will sell for $200,000 more than it now
brings.
The ginning of 60,000 bales would give
Denison 30,000 tons of seed. This would
justify the building-of an oil mill; this
would lead to other things; say, a batting
factory to work up the "1 inters,” and the
erection of suitable stables where the
hulls from the teed and the meal, after the
oil had been extracted, could be used to
fatten cattle instead of shipping the
"frames,” as we now do, to Missouri and
Illinois to be turned into beef. This to a
branch of manufacturing and induafty
that is strictly cash, and one that can be
successfully and profitably carried on
here.
There to a time for everything, a time
to “go in” and a time to “stay out."
This to the time to "go in." -Texas has a
full average crop of cotton. Hat more
grain and stock than at any previous
time in her history. AI1 of these, except
stock, are selling at high prices—they all
command cash. New York city has ovej
$40,000,000 in excess of legal reserve. Un-
less we are badly mistaken, swapping will
soon be pin.
So tar as we are able to iearn, our busi- .
ness men are favorably Impressed with the
"new plan,” and were_ It adopted here
Denison would most likely soon control
the cotton interests of the entire county.
That would be an advantage of no mean
significance. It would be « boom for the
city that would roar much louder and
reach further than the winds can blow the
du»t from a court house. It would be a
great saving to the farming community,
who deserve to reap the benefit of every
possible improvement. Again, as stated
above, it would be the beginning of other
industries of importance. What the
country demands and to in need of to
that which will bring in the .most and
send our the least money. We commend
the new thing to the consideration of our
people, believing It worthy of thought.
It is said that a confidence game was
{Hayed at the depot last Sunday. A fel-
low spproadfced a stranger and represent-
ed that he needed $150 to pay a freight
bill with. He offered to deposit with the
stranger a check (bogus, of coarse! for
$1,500. The money was obtained and
the stranger left. T
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The Sunday Gazetteer. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 32, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 7, 1884, newspaper, December 7, 1884; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth571052/m1/4/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Grayson County Frontier Village.