The Star News. (Nacogdoches, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, July 19, 1889 Page: 4 of 8
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THE STAR-NEWS A LESSON FROM THE FAIR.
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HALTOM & BISHOP, Lessees.
R. \Y. Haltom,
Geo. F. Bishop.
JI'UA Tht'itt Bish p,
Editors-
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The results of the recent Ilorticnl
tural Fair, at Tyler, should set all
our people to thinking, and should
inaugurate a new system of work
anil enterprise. The exhibit of
fruits was pronounced as tine as the
I,, . | best exhibits ever held in California,
(told and silver have been found , ,
. ,. . , , , „ , and it was asserted bv tUose that
in the neighborhood of Kvie. . ™ . ‘
• ! knew, that East lexas is the peer of
Send a copy of the Stak News to California in fruit culture.
a friend at your old home in the When the capacity to produce
North or East. j fruit of the finest quality and the
,, . largest size, and commanding the
Nacogdoches is one of the liveliest •• , , ■ • ,,
. ,, ... , ,, highest price, is in the soil of East
towns in East, lexas, and will do an L, , , . . , , . .,
, . . lexas, what a wonderful land it
immense business this fall.
Many a man who owns ten acres
of land and a box shanty considers
himself fortunate, and is happv and
rich. Many a man, who has thou-
sands of acres, sighs for more, and
is discontented and poor.
Ll ESITISIK!
Bowles, who was killed herein the i’ax Collector H. C. Hale had
| tight of Tuesday. | “rather be right than be President,”
the land to enable him to deal justly with
Ii any man in East Texas is in
the grasp of absolute poverty, it is
either the result of an unusual train
of misfortunes, or he is too shiftless
to
)r Ids Imlins iH
Himikm
misiorrunes, or ne is too shiftless
make a living anywhere and under De SUS Pais 3 las QaittCe ? Dies Y
any circumstances.
A county KAin in October or No-
vember would be a grand advestise
merit for Nacogdoches couuty.
Fine stock, more fruit, more hog
and hominy, less cotton, and East
Texas will blossom like the rose.
Eleven houses were washed away
iri Junction City last week, at the
continence of the North and South
Llano.
Nacogdoches is one of the best
and wealthiest in the < astern tier of
counties. Why should we not have
a county fair l1
Chop prospects were never better.
Can not our Alliance friends in
Nacogdoches county start the hall
for a county fair ?
Sawmill men are rapidly learning
that it pays to kiln dry their lumber
before shipping, and those who have
learned this lesson are making money.
Tup BOARD OF EDUCATION in J allies
t<>wti, N. Y., has decided that when
lady teachers marry they must forfeit
their positions. A very wooden
board, indeed.
might be made by simply developing
it in the direction intended by nature.
What iMiundless orchards should lie
making their appearance, even now.
With what enthusiasm our people
should work, and with what harmo-
ny and unity. If the citizens of
East Texas really understand the
lesson taught by the Fair, Indore
many years fruit will be shipped in
daily trninloads from every town, ami
money will be as plentiful in the
country as it is scarce under the
present cotton-raising, bacon-buying
condition of things.
East Texas a great fruit country!
Demonstrate your faith in that by
your works, and yon will bring in a
flood of immigrants from Eastern
States, who will take hold of these
miles of virgin forests and uuiuhab
ited country, and make them bios
som as a rose.
Some people would rather bo poor
than not, any way. We know farmers
who would stop the plows, hire hoe
hands in their place, and take a whole
day to journey up to town and sell
two buckets of peaches.
Seis Dias del files de lulio,
de Mil Gcho Ciealos
Treinta y Nueve.
The fir-t battle was fought on
west side of the Ncches, on the waters
of Kickapoo creek, some five or six
miles west of the Neelies, and was
afterward located and surveyed by
Capt. lb If. \ ail. The second fight
was about ‘•ix miles north of the first.
the eenial book agent, appealed to
Comptroller McCall for an opinion
on the subject. Under date of July
M. the Comptroller replies: “You
are instructed to collect the tax in
all cases, except from persons pod
somewhat nearer the river, in what1 dling hooks exclusively religious iu
the southeast corner of Van j character. Persons peddling books
is now
Of the fifteen thousand and more in
habitants of Nacogdoches county, hut
few have any knowledge of the events
A Dallas man has invented and
applied for a patent on a four-wheel which transpired in this swtion of
road cart, which is operated on tin
byoicle principle by one man, and
will carry three people. He says on
our great State half a century ago.
Monday and Tuesday of this week,
the loth and lftth of July, IHH'J,
j vjur. iau nny n uu —t ' i
ordinarily good roads it will make witnessed the expulsion of the Cher-
sixteen miles an hour. It will lie ou okpe Indians from this, their favorite
exhibition at the fair. hunting ground. There are yet in
the land of the living a few survivors
Nacogdoches county farmers spend of the exciting scenes of those days,
thousands of dollars annually for ami from one of these brave pioneers,
tobacco, every pound of which is
CAPTAIN A. A. NELSON,
brought from other sections of the I , , , „
u .. , . . . now an honored resident of Nacog
l mom Better tobacco can be raised' , , ,. ,, ,T ,,
„ , • i i i ii . , doches, the Stab-News has been able
ou our rich lands than Kentucky . , , , . -
, , , , , to glean some facts of interest in re
ever produced, aud at less cost. , . .. , , ,
... . , -i. 2 gard to the events of those historic
U by not try an acre in tobacco? , ,, . VT , . , ,
i days. Capt. Nelson is still hale and
Sixty four millions of people in ♦1ParD', an<l is in daily attendance
THING8 WHICH DON’T PAY.
This is undoubtedly a great conn
try, fertile, healthy, ami full of the
advantages which go to make a
country desirable. And yet, even iu
this country, thore are some things
that don’t pay.
There is little enough pay in a
cotton crop, under the best of cir
Such watermelons as can be raised
wvivu v-* vtw, iiinun i no utmt u*. cj;
in this country! And yet, instead of ^instances; ttnd whpri lho fariuer
shipping them North by the train
load, our farmers are working their
lives out, iu cotton Holds.
It is the aim of the publishers of
the Star News to have the paper
read in every family in Eastern
Texas; and from present indications
the mark will soon be reached.
the l uited States, and fourteen mill nP°n fh® duties of his office
ions of them are foreigners; and County Surveyor, and without the
more foreigners are coming in, at, ®F spectacles is able to read and
the rate of half a million yearly. It wri,p for hours at a time. Capt.
would puzzle a philosopher to predict *s prime authority on all mat
what, kind of a government this will h‘rs connected with land transactions
be in the couse of another century. “ P°rt*ou of the State, and has
— stored in his marvelous memory
A majority of the members of names and dates of long-forgotten
the South Dakota constitutional transfers of realty made in the days
convention are Prohibitionists and of long ago. In his office he trails
Zandt county; this buttle ground
was subsequently located for J. J.
Simpson. These battle grounds were
in 'the then county of Nacogdoches,
whose limits were as broad as some
of the States of the Union.
Capt. Nelson was severely wounded
by an explosion of powder ou the
day before the first battle. Among
our citizens who participated in these
stirring scenes are M. G. Whitaker,
Bennett Blake, Sr.. C. N. Bell, and
David Rusk. D. S. Kaufman and
Senator Reagan were residents here
at that time. Perhaps others are
yet living who would answer to the
call of the roll; but of tin1 brave five
hundred, Captain Nelson can call to
mind but few who have not already
answered the call to duty in another
world.
exclusively religious in character are
exempt from the occupation tax.
This is the only exemption.”
SOUTHERN SUNBEAM.
A ("urge JO-t'oliunii Literary Paper Free
For One Year.
By calling at the Drug House of
Mrs. Tyler, widow of the ex presi-
dent, has been buried by the side of
her husband.
Cheatham's Chill Tonic is aekuowl
edge 1 to be the best. Physicians tise-
and prescribe it. Cure guaranteed.
Sold by Perkins Bros’.
East Texas has been given over
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less ness is more afraid to lift its
head, or more quickly frowned down
when it does appear.
It there is an honest working,
man in Nacogdoches county, really
too poor to pay $1.50 per year for
’he Star-News, the editors will take
pleasure in sending the paper to
him, free, postage paid.
“People who have witnessed tin
greatest fruit exhibits ever made in
California declare that East Texas as
a fruit region is the peer of Calif,)r
nia any day.” So says a Tyler dis
patch to the Galveston News.
they pro|wise to put in their con lutes, from the original Spanish, all
stitution a provision prohibiting the deeds and titles,mid is constantly
sah- of intoxicating liquors. A lively appealed to by all in search of in
time is anticipated when the con- formation relative to early land trans
stitution goes before the people for actions.
' Us'__ Fifty years ago this month, Vice-
If one hundred farmers in Nacog- Bumot nnd ^bert
, , . ., Sidney Johnston were sent to Nacoo
doches comity would next year plant * . . ,. ... ,. _ °
. . ., ,, ,1 y doches to confer with the Indians,
one acre each in White Burley th-!.....,
, v, , . ., . J [ and if possible, to induce them to
banco, Nacogdoches coul^ha/e a peaceful I v wltb.w, n,-,:., '
Av to sneer at the most! "to “V hands,-keep anth,*riml l>aY t he
1 thousands of dollars at home-land for t,ieir improvements, but
the Cherokees refused to entertain
keeps his children out of the public
school to gather his cotton, it cer
tainly doesn’t pay. Better no cotton
at all than a house full of iinedu
cated children.
It doesn’t pay to begin pulling
back aud stirring up strife when
some public enterpiise is in hand,
and nothing but unanimity can carry
it through. Either pull with the
it rfS Ja
public-spirited man in your com
“unify, and say that ho will not
work at all unless he can work in the
leml. You will notice that he always
leads in the right direction, and it
will pay yon much better to follow
and sustain him than to sneer.
It doesn’t pay to expend more
thought ou the morals of your hired
man than on the character and intel-
ligence of your children’s teacher.
In fact, there are a numlier of
things which don’t pay, but these
will suffice for the present.
Queen Olga of Greece can super
vise the cooking of a dinner or trim
a lionnet, with equal skill
Senator William D. Washburn, of
Minnesota, is reported as financially
embarrassed. He is said to have lost
$ 150,000 in Chicago wheat last
spring.
Perkins Bros, you can get a sample
copy of this paper and any necessary
information. This paper, published
monthly, at Terrell, Texas, on clean,
white paper and clear, readable typo
and is gotten np especialy for the
family fireside and costs yon nothing.
The bowels often require a mild
but effective stimulant, and Casca
rine is the very thing. 50c aud $*
Mr. John Schmidt is yet absent o
his Northern tour, where he went t
interview cotton buyers in the jirin
cipal markets of the manufacturing
districts. Mr. Schmidt will visit New
York. Boston. Providence. Lowell,
Fall River and other spinning cen-
tres, with the view of making such
arrangements as will enable him to
secure for the farmers of Nacogdo-
ches county the best obtainable price
for their cotton. The Star-News is
confident the trip will result favors
bly. both for Mr. Schmidt and the
cotton planters of this section.
< lieiitlmni’s Cliill Tonic is pec uliurlv
ailaped to persons in enfeebled health
and invilids. It assists digestion, and
is a perfect strengthener and appetizer.
Satisfaction or money refunded. Sold
by Perkins Bros’.
A two story building in Houston
was burned to the ground, July 5th
and it is supposed G. W. Hobson
was burned to death.
Pills and violent cathartics will
not cure constipation: they aggra-
vate the cause. Try Cascariue; it is
the only sure cure. 50c and $1,
I-X-I. I.IVKK PILLS
Cure sick headache, indigestion, costivcnesi. torpid
liver and jaundice. Sugar coated, pleaiaift and
prompt. Price, 25 cent*. Sold by all druggist*
Conklin, George & Gaines, Houston, Tea**,
R. B. Suns, an old man living iu
Van Alstyne, was struck on the head
with a plank by Homer Judd, July
5th
ll bi gins to look as if Governor
Lowry of Mississippi will teach the
Queen and Crescent railroad that
there is law for corporations as
well as individuals in the state of
which he is chief magistrate.
Wheat and oat crops iu shock are
proiifcmpced total failures in Cooke
dbunty. two thirds of* the small
grain is still in the fields.
what is more to the point, give a .......
practical illustration of the profits to SUC 1 l,rol,osifcl'0u- Three regi-
be derived from diversified farming m<‘?ts °f vohml
--—-- ”• minted-and sent
The County Farmers’ Alliance held •
reguJur meeting Friday aud Nutur '
day. Much important business was
disposed of in « very short time.
The delegates were all represents
tive farmers of the different locali
volunteers had been re
this post, and on
w heat can be profitably raised in Sloud«y> duly 15th. these troops.
Nacogdoches county, and a flouring- UDll'*r tV,lom']s Juries,,,,. i{llsk aild
mill would be placed here as soon as L“ndrnm’ aJ1 UIldpr the immediate
sufficient acreage of wheat was sown Command of «en. Douglass,
to justify the investment. Freight, charged the Indians
on a carload of flour from Northern | The Cherokees fled when the fierce
mills to this point is about $100. and charge was made, leaving eighteen
the consumer pays the freight. Raise dead on the field. The Texans sus
wheat, at home, and keep the money tained a loss of three killed and five
paid out for freight, iu circulation wounded. Among the wounded in
here.
Sometimes money aud enterprise
«re rather widely separated in a town,
mid there is no progress, because
those who can, will not. It is 0iiJv
when the moneyed m m are full Jf
enterprise that their section of the
country comes to the front,.
The immigration move has finally
settled down to a quiet endeavor on
the part of localities, and good work
is being done. Let our people make
ties of the county; men who know ?D ®ffort to 8ett,e »P the vacant la mis
the value of tiim. and su.mhL Z7"' ^ ^ h°“*
♦hey were on needles and pins to kl"g U1°n’~meu who waut
get back to their farms. Y*.ry ]itth<
Jim Sm‘th now wants Sullivan to
lick him for $I0.(KK> at some point
m Holland or Spain. Jf Sullivan
will go over there and pound ||,e
lib- out of Smith, and then fail fi,
return home, he will win the praise
of lus admiring countrymen.
Governor Lowry of Mississippi,
is after Sullivan and Kilruin. and
nothing less than the arrest of the
sluggers will satisfy him. \y,.
earnestly hope that lie' will ..........
and that the talents of these two
brutes can be utilized i„ pounding
stones.
was seen of them outside the council
room while in town. The festive
reporter was thus deprived of the
r;" rnr.............
slinking hands imd conversing with ___
♦lie numerous friends of the Star | .The Star-News is firm in the be-
News among them.
and are willing to work to secure
homes. Send the Star-News to V(,nr
friends in the Old States, and' let
them sec the regular current of events.
In this wav great good can he nc-
this charge were David Rusk and
David S. Kauiman.
On the next day. Tuesday, the Kith,
another battle was fought.'lasting mi
hour and a half, in which the Texans
suffered the loss of five killed and
twenty-seven wounded. The loss of
the Cherokees was fully bill killed j
and wounded: among the killed he
ing their leading spirit, the Chief
Bowles. In these battles the Chero
kees greatly outnumbered the Texans,
having a fighting force of over siki
men. while the troops had less than
5(M men The trail of the
“D»vV«..v nekffilier." y„„ „,.ver
“J" ,-v'al aU"w your neighbor to
'Iiffi'i Mtli hell,Tetter. Bia-worai at!-
wniiont uilvisitutbim to use ilimfs
Cure guaranteed. Sold by rkinsBne
lb'll Mange, and scratches on human
or animals mired in !io minutes bv Wool
ford’s Sanitary Lotion. This never
fail-. Sold by
Perkins Bros Itoamaut, NacoitdiM'hey,
.iruHsami, fever* sml It »C|. <■„ Die liver
“'j" ll0»'a*. "lalnng it ............... to isle any „il|*
el or nitre, niarw, and at the tame time i.Vueri
n'ic tavcinv ' ' "UU"'' 1 >• t's'rtuin ar t-
me tr> . I. n. or rntrr urv, Hut doe* ,:„,.t,i„ j, „„ u!1Ii
IS ilie i»C‘t tonic. All .IrutiiriM*, t, «• , 1
George it Gi'ines, Propricton^ ""klm.
>frs. Frances, Hodgson, Burnett,
is to be paid $7,o!H)nyear for editing
the children’s department of a syn
(ticate of English and American pa
pers.
' When the spring time comes, gentel
Annie,”
"And the chills and fever bloom
once more,"
InnSc’Sl K;.”,ly “
''From tile man who runs the near-
est drug store." Sold by Perkins Bros.'
Timely Warning
notified
the or
Queen, Victoria is suffering severe-
ly from lumbago arid rheumatism.
She can not stand any great length
of time, anil her face lias an unhealthy
flush in it.
Buchlens Arnica Halve.
The Best Salve in the world f,„- ,„ts
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, lever
"ore-, tetter chapped hands, rhilU tin-
coin-, am. di skin eruptions, and post
noli cures piles, or no pay required.
It ,-■ -a.ii.mtoed to give perfect -atisf.,,.
tloiL or money 1-el'aaded. Price
!' *: 1»'\. For sale iiy Perkins Urns.
All persons are hereby
tiiat they lntisi. eoinply with
dinanco relative to cleaning their
vtmlts and outlmildiuga. The pen-
ally is a heavy fine, aud will be en-
forced. By order of Dr. J. T. Hoya,
Healtlt Officer. F. 1). Huston,
City Marshal.
Nacogdoches, July 17. 1SSII.
Constipation produces piles. Cas
carine removes the cause and effects
a cure. .i()c and SI.
For Sale.
A V irginian, a commercial traveler,
said the other day of Eastern Texas:
l rom what I have seen of this por
tion of the State, Nacogdoches, Rusk
men ......... ,,, lul.
retreating imhans | . Ha,ln.ihal Ham!i"’ how in his
Imfthat law and order should and was followed for several ,lav - tl i y to a fnend in
wdl prevail: and it is fully confident villages were destroyed a!id ‘ I 'Jo^-’idHMvasnever
that any attempt on the part of any extensive cornfields 'cut’ down 211 t’ " f‘a" WH,k wi,h
tm:: ?;on: ^ -,,vti„. victorious a ,iav-
■ another, will During the spring of 1N8B the I ^ CbANTED FIRiST CLASS
’ x I\USK J a 1*11* ^
and Shelby county farmers should! !*' ac 11 inJ? receptmn, and end in Cherokees
-.1.* . . ■ I flip lllfni* i*, l! i it. i
cultivate tobacco.
the utter discomfitin' t m ......... ........ Delawares. Shawnees. I Forty years experience has led to
Cotton, of course, j .. . of the persons Ca.ldos, Kiekapoos. Biloxis. CreelcH. i»'‘rfecr.iou in the (Wood 1’ s St-
will always be the staple crop: but ; f"'v" ‘ " °rts' The People -Muskogees and some Seminoles, had dard Scale, v. ([,',)v <r‘ f -\ ,
of tobacco, he wouhl find the monev I ll’,<!,ng’1 (iod fpari,‘^ and '“telli- cleared land and planted evtensKe
’ * • ' ^ an‘1 an> l»w Helds of corn. l.eans,' etc.. !n
That mixed edncation question in
Atlanta is vexing the souls „f
♦ he Northern whites, who are
not happy because their children
cannot attend the colored schools.
! or our part, we believe that if any
white man prefers the society of ne
groes. he ought to have it. an<1 have
it all the time, and a great deal of it.
i ealizeil from that one acre would be
a very welcome addition to his yearly
income. Factories would spring up.
too, and factories bring money into
the country.”
tflkp its course.
J. A. I a don lias started a now
order to be well equipped to co ope
rate with the Mexicans in the war
with this countrv.
Iu October, 183U, Capt.. Thomas
contain Quinine, Ar toward gave a large party of In
ilians a severe chastisement. The
" hat is it.
U i- «d antidote to all Malarial
•> i l i> »n.
11 (lot
paid. Warrantee,! .1 years, eorre,
poinleiice solicited. }{. W. Hubbard.
MfrV Special Agent, UJil Commerce
St.. Dallas. Texas. Gins, Mills. En-
gines. Belting, Ac.
({neSteaiu Saw Mil!,complete,
ini billing.,it'horse power engine
• M lmrse power imiler, King*l:,u,i
A fergiisim make; Erie City s;m
mill with two extra saw-; Kiireka
hea.l hliH'ks, with imli.-ator; one
I Iiree liivers eilger; tour ,,k(.
......1 ^ <"'■ Mspeneheiii |„g
nuu,ms together wltli rolling
,'"'1,1'"1 chains; rant hooks]
o::iil,ei buggies, two neu lielts
uortb extra valves ami
I'lpes to the amount-of,jq00.00.
1 lie above is a complete mill
f’1;'1 'V ”• Rial " ill cut ”0,(100
1..... easily, witli atl ex-
jM-li-e ot IS1.,. I offer tile full out.
"I !or •‘Ji.S.tO; one-half cash. ;,.l(|
in " ill twelve mouths.
* also one portable hofier
aml"ngli,e,.'„wl,eel ; one goo(|
'm'' irin stand, all in
goon eomlition, for ssiirm o,)
- al-o off.-, a eoiuple saw mill
Hxin.-toii A- Ferguson N,, •; j
header patent liead-bloeks, with
two extra saws, two cant himks
L-peiiciiled log warn.,.
"Pyr"iln:g el,aim All will' be
-o! ! .or >'•'!•.0.011, delivered at \a
1 o-'loel.e-. These are great b
~“.1"s f'"' I'l-'iwus wantin',
eliniery of this kind.
oar-
111; t -
|H*rat Rusk, calleil the “Cherokoe Wr'^,a‘_ ................ .....
Herald,” the initial numlter of which j ,! '■* „ *’**"* ^j,11 ret)lpdv known.1 •v,'ar cIo8ed with a fierce battle
has been received at the Star-News I It Kas a box of niifhl n l>etwoen c’ol. Burleson’s troops and a
H bosof P"*8 frw with each party of Indians found
Heavy rains, washouts, floating I
bridges, and delayed trains are being)
reported all over the State, July 5th" !
Crops in many places seriously
damaged.
w. .ION1X
\.\coiijiochek, Texas.
office. It is a magnificent, specimen I ^‘Rle. ---------
'*'*"*" Creek, in San Saba county. In that
of islitorial and mechanical execution.
i ou Cherokee
and is a candidate well worthy of
the hearty support of the |>oop!e of
Cherokee comity.
I he Itest men iu the coountry aay * . . *
never saw anything to equal it they g R‘X
It nover never fails when er^
Indians were killeil and sev-
never never fails when properly ‘‘ral woul*‘“ children were taken
rTrkinsn<Bim’Sa!e 8D<1 WRranfed h.v priwnrrs' ‘he captives were
... Answer this Question
VVby.h. s,, many people we see round
ns seem to prefer to suffer amI l»- made
miser:.!,le by indigestion, eonstipation
dizziness, loss of appetite, ,-om nr ud of
t ll* fOOd. dr In iitk... ^ *
K. E. Mims sells
Wagons, and Stoves’
Window Sash, and
Doors, Transoms and
Casj'*W
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Haltom, R. W.; Bishop, George F. & Biship, Julia Truitt. The Star News. (Nacogdoches, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, July 19, 1889, newspaper, July 19, 1889; Nacogdoches, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth713668/m1/4/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .