The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, March 16, 1894 Page: 2 of 4
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KUOBNK MOORE, : Editor and Owner.
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FRIDAY, MARCH U, ISM.
Tom Gainks hat been to Wub-
in (ton. And the capital still
stands.
The Hatch anti-option bill iJ r»«/ “Arg.»a.i. ••
being diacuaaed again by the oon- i» me nehs» «nne
greaaional committee. That bill On last (first Monday) in Btepb-
may yet become a law before the #uvin« 1 WM considerably amused
I. A. Griffith and John Lce)c-
hart are among the mayoralty pos-
sibilities.
present democratic congress ad- while listening to some T. P. fel- ' Selden'
lows trying to tell what is wrong lt«v. R. A. UiggS, of near Miasoj
An Arkansas editor argues that
no delinquent subscriber can enter
Heaven. »
April 15 is the date fixed for the
beginning of Bam Jones' ten days’
meeting at Weatherford.
Palo Pinto county democracy
will hold primary elections on
May 12. This early is all the
better. s^as=sss==s=t J
The populists are organizing as
rapidly as possible in Comanche
county. They seem to be afraid
they will lose Comanche this year.
Senator Cone has fully decided ItfSuJhetX^Th.^ gSH
that he will not under any circum-! looked U|em and u^g^y, ““ * f"-* for
stances be a candidate for re-elec- !whtt4fw#h.d Julll „uch .^J-mmuamneroprecmct No. 1, on
tionto the United Bute, senate, lu .uthofUy,wouldn’t ,ime» loosen I
but will retire to private life at the j uoU<J# evcr..thing abou, “T. B. King and Sheriff bhanda
end of his present term next theju >eemed to lndicate oB0me. went out to Corinth last Saturday
MttrCl*' ===== thing wrong somewhere,” uud i u«ht to orgamrn a popmist club at
thought of u,e P. p. fellow’s lk*t piece. There was a goodly
- I , A # .. , Mized crowd present, composed of
The railroads have made a great sPeei 1 au accoun ° " 1 ''a8 both democrats and third partyites.
cut in California rates, as the fob «,Vfn week- l“ tb* E* Hut after considerable specifying
lowing Banta Ke circular uuder 11*K’ lu OIK " 1U 80 ,mlllet 1,1111 a club of only eight uiembars was
under date of 11th inst. shows: I*1*' ,, , organized.
Th. am Colorado * **jl- 0M-. - MSA k. *
. ... to go to tb.lr ho,,,., .„d just \c'‘d ,h? ™“ tor county tnruu^r.
The major has stood high in this
county for a long time, on account
of his integrity and honesty—two
necessary qualifications for the po-
sition to which he aspires. He is
a good man, and would make
'RAWBERRIES AND CREAM.
The recent rains have made everybody happy, and now Higginbotham Company propose to make their customers happier than ever by
selling them goods at
•Santa Fc circulars, sigued by W. j
S. Keenan, general passenger)
I agent, have been received at the
Santa Fe ticket office in Fort! could locate “the wrong.’
Worth
Cyclone Davis is to speak ut
Strawn oil the night of March 2(i.
He will perhaps get to Stephenville
yet is lie don't ‘‘miss the traiu”
again, os he did uaJauuary 1.
The Pollard-Breckenridgc breach
of promise suit is absorbing a good
degl oT the public , attention just
now. Breck. is a rather old duck
to be dallying with a young girl's
affections.
watch around for some time he
As I was leaving town on the
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We have just received a big stock ot SPRING- G-OODS, and they must be sold if Rock-bottom prioes
will sell them, and WE THINK THEY WILL.
nemember We are Headquarters l’or^—
Clothing,. Groceries and Furniture,
-And in fttot, anything to be found in a-
linal limit ol that ticket. i j dly k what- nauseated mv Iot lh® Peace **“■ year' C- C' Wood'
a.: h.* .r;, -t-*—* »*-*.■ .«■
,,li,d ... -nr inUTa.ediHte gtm ‘“J" ”Th«>.|‘7!. LumT “> *
the main line of the Atchison, To- i * * gentlemen, and go to work to win,
pek. & Santa Fe or Atlantic & l’a-; 'V . . and you will ‘ git thar.” But you
cilic railroad to which regular traf- "The demand of the laboring
tic rates are higher. j »,0or °f tbi* COUntry is JU8t4C\n0t
■-------- | charity. It is an insult to Aniert-
Tiic Fool Killer Nersird. can manhood and womanhood that
It is now expected that the tariff
bill will be laid before the senate
on the 2tith. A republican senator
is quoted as saying his side of the
will have to not only bo united but
busy. We shall watch that precinct
with much interest.
In the announceiufent column to-
day, will be found the name of T.
Dos Angeles, Oal . March 13—The here »i * free country, among free
Etssrss.* z:. izs'zz £ .it-
Over bOO unemployed organized a bread of charity, instead of being
regiment sc’vcral weeks ago and ex granted the privilege of earning an
senate realizes the bill will • pe,t to join thoir comrade8 fl0m honest living.
hence they do not propose to in-
terfere with it.
Blanp for president and Wilson
for vice-president in 1M!h; is the
way our Belden correspondent p' *s
it this week. This would make a
strong ticket, and it is not impos-
sible that it may be just that way,
in part, if not entirely.
throughout the western states to “This gold-plated charity, which,
march to Washington. They sent' to a large extent, comes from those
a delegation to the city council last plunder society with the right
night to obtain transportation for hand while tjie left is awkwardly
the Los Angeles regiment to Wash-1 dosing out a portion of their ill-
iugton. Gen. Frye, commander of gotten gains to some widely adver-
thc army, to-day sent notice to Sec- Used charity scheme, is a curse to
rotary of War Lamont of the mov the poor and a disgrace to that
ing army and inclosed its eonstitu- j sympathy which ‘lets not its left
lion and by laws. A demand is |,and know what its right hand
made that Lamont order rntious is 'doeth.’ ”
sued to the army from various posts \ow is this not a jolt on the iii-
Fii-st-Ola-sis ]VIei*oIia,rLciiwp> House.
We Mean Business. We Have the Goods and They Must Be Sold.
^"GETODRPRICES
IGGINBOTHAM COMPANY.
Ntei»lienviiI6,
Dublin;
DeLeon.
The City Elzctiun. v
To the Editor of the Empire :
The city election is fast approach-
ing, and our citizens can congratu-
late themselves upon the fact that,
whoever may be elected, the city's
affairs in the future cannot possibly
be managed worse than they have
been in the past.
...... . . ,, ,. The assessment roll has been
well at the bar, Mid ,8 wel quah- Bwelled to lbal extent that each in.
lied for the position to which he diyiduai owner, from tbe value plac.
aspires. -t ed upon bia little block of dirt, might
In the announcement column to- reasonably suppose that by Borne
day will be found the announcement mag;c its location had been changed
of J. J. Bennett, who eeoks the nom- from this country cross roads to the
inatiou for districtclork at the hands vicinity of Broadway, N. Y., and
of the democratic party. Mr. Ben-' then the rate of taxation on these
nett is well known to all Erath coun- „nhanced values baa been placed as
tion of county judge, subject to the
third party. Mr. King has been a
resident of this county for more
than twenty years, and is weil
known to all old residenters and
many of the new ones. He stands
Mas. I.e.vsk may yet rejili/.e her
senatorial ambition. Sbe bus re- ( _____ ___________ ___________ ...
cent!y inherited n fortune, and the 1 »ud provide transportation. Gen. *titution 0f charity? You just no- ly Peol>le who haTe business about bigh as it was in the power of our
populist executive . ommittce of Frye significantly states that the tice a third party fellow When he the court bouse, he huvmg served in city fathers to make it, and all this
Kansas lias decided to elect the army will number :t,000,000 by tbe goe» to make a trade with a man— tLe capacity of district clerk for the we are told has been done “probono
next senator under tbe old caucus time it reaches Washington and iu- harrow him for wages and see then , , publico.’ Perhaps some of our
rule.—8t. Louis Republic. timatea that it will be juat as well,low lheir dot.trine wjl, work olectiou Mr Bennett ran far ahead spiritualistic friends will call up the
--—- to accede to its requests. Don't they squeeze him down (o ! of the beket, and received the prizo spirit of the immortal Tweed that
A new people s party paper is to ^ ~ .....the verv Imvest nntrb nr rl<> (1k.it as the most popular man in the race, we may learn a little of the inner
COWAN & HARDIN,
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--Dealers in-
SMijm&MS, SasmBoons* Etc.
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be launched at Stephenville right
away. The atmosphere over there
hasjiitherto been too democratic
for populist literature to thrive in.
—Dublin Telephone.
The atmosphere of .Stephenville
is just us democratic us ever, Bro.
Crews. History often repeats it-
self.
Conventions orji*rtmarie. XVhlcb? i'b« ' no,di, do % He is a pleasant, courteous gentle- circle that manages and controls the
Tbe matter of whether tbe demo- ° ^ ( cause man, and a conservative, puinstak- workings of our city corporations.
.................... ...... *.......-I- 'S l,0°r' Ask "1C "'a^' la,)UrL'r ilnd ino office Tbe lax payers are like laiube, dumb
cratic nomiimtioua shall be made
this year by tbe convention system
or by primal ies is receiving some at-
tention just now. Wo understand
some members of the central com-
mit^p.
^ rn:k. will be sntistied with couven-
A M'MliKK of tbe precinct chair- lions if the democracy want couveu bow they would do were they in
men of Palo Pinto county have rc- cions, but wo believe that a large l,ower I would just say look at
quested the chairman of the county mnjoiity of the democrats of ihe them now where they have power,
democratic central committee to j county who have given the matter H°w about that precedence of
call a primary election .it as early any thought prefer the primary ays- those third party fellows who did
1 see that they now iutend to
have a people’s dollar; and just
j what they won’t have is perhaps
f« favor conventions. The Km unk,\own- Their obje( t reform
or ruin. I f a man wants to know
a date as may seem practicable to
him, for tbe purjiose of nominating
a democratic ticket. Primaries arc
by tar the best way to get a full
and free expression of the people.
Primaries have far less machine
politics than conventions. -
In her speech to the unemployed
tern. Wo lmvo tuken paius to ask Ilot regard the voice of the majority
n great many from all parts of the , °f petitioners to the name of the
county, and wo tinCl tbe primary wanted justice at Dulliui, but put
system very much iu tbe majority— out a little of their per capita to
in fact, find the fewest number fa defeat it? This is a fair sample of
voting conventions. their work. Also what about the
The Emi'Hie fiivois piiiuaries bo appointment of ydtir constable, a
cause it is by far the most demo- third (tarty fellow over one who
cratic. It is the best way to get a had more signers than both the
in Boston last week, Mrs. Lease j real true expression of the masses, others? They had the power,
advocated ‘ woman suffrage, but | »ud every • man’s vote counts. The therefore they used it as they
thanked God that women had not nominee of tbe primary elections— pleased—for their fellow,of course,
voted for the past twenty-live I while be may not be the choice of There are some good men in the
years, because ifthev bad the men j ^be majority is the strongest men third party, and many of them our
ing officer.
W. J. Oxford lias all the time before their shearers. They are not
declared that lie would not be a supposed Jto open their mouths. If
candidate for any office this year. ; they find out how the money they
But his friends continue to urge are forced to.disgorge annually is
him to enter the race for distriet
attorney, The pressure is very
strong in that direction, and he
has cither to refuse them flatly or
enter the race. They are friends
who have stood by him during all
spent they will have to place , them-
selves in communication with the
spirit world, for they have begged
and pleaded iu vain with every liv
ing human beiug that would be sup-
posed to possess any knowledge on
If You Want Anything in this Line Call on Them Before You Buy.
Yard on Graham street opposite the new Christian church, Stephenville.
would turn around and say that
“the present condition of affairs
was owing to those confounded
women meddling in politics.’’ She
told the unemployed that it they
would only stay at home and mind
the babies tbe woflicii would- soon
find a road out of this terrible
business depression.
BPEAkiNoof tbe sentiment cx-
tlie years of bis official career, and the subject. That each and every
the Empire does not think Mr. Ox- 0De of our cit-v fibers, as well
ford can afford to refuse them. Ho our m#y°r' city •ttorney, marshal,
is eminently qualified for the po- MCavenKor’ and evely individual in
sition, and would make an excel- jthe emPloy of the ciky- has attended
lent district attorney. Just what1 ko thei,r dutic" fai'hf,ll|y and
j II j • l a j 11 ; ly, bo far aa drawing tbeir aalancs
lie will deride to do we are unable I J b
. i are concerned, no one of our citizenq
as ye o say. ^ moment doubt, but if any-
County Clerk Cody announces tUing elso hftg beon done to benefU
himself tins week as a candidate either the town or its inhabitants by
for re-election to the position he tbe. wise body of our citizen8 wbo
has filled for the past two year*. are elnpowere(i to iegaily rob us, the
Mr. Cody is well known either most Powerful search light has failed
to disclose it. We are too charita-
ble to believe that any intentional
wrong has been done, or fbat any
large omount of our hard earned
tush has been diverted iuto improper
channels, but until we get a full and
complete statement of the receipts
personally or by reputation to
tlir race, and that is what is friends, but 1 do think that before 111081 of thc v°lers of Kratb county,
wanted. The vote for each candi- they accuse the democracy 0f He was elected in ’92 by only a
date in each precinct is brought to everything wrong that exists they !,nia** majority, and his election
gather aud the candidate receiving |,Hd better show us a better thing,!conte8ted bis third party op-
tic largest vote in the cntiiik If they would spend less time run-1 l,0»ent- T1»e contest was urged
• ol mv is declared the nominee, im llillg to evcry t)lin, ))afty gpeaking till attorneys were employed and
he should he. Thus every vote |md ln(dcad of studying how to' cvery "tber preparation made for and disbursements of our city the
counts. In a convention delegates beal (be „ielcjlant out ,,f last ^ lriab When it was dropped, past two years, we must certainlj h®
are elected to a county convention, year's »Uj»plie«, ,'et down to strict but not until lie had been to cun- pardoned for keeping up an awful
and they are instructed to vote for bu3||ieag and Hti’(I to u lh would sidorabl* expense and annoyance, thinking.
jand'date A Candidate A. may get do UUer hBC ])fln „t an Mr. Cody declares that no ope
can show otherwise than that he
has made hs good clerk as the *«i"r»-
, , , ...I in ,i • <1 want to reach out and take Mr.
countv ever had. All things con-;„...... _
, , Skippers baud and say, “I <am
sidered he sees no reason whatever ! . ‘r .... , ,, .
pressed in the Empire about “court t1 majority of the d< ligates, jet not gatiu.rings with his run-down sock
Ing olliec are not candidates for rcl
election. The same condition or
affairs as to the men filling the
county offices exists in nearly ev-
ery county where we are acquaint-
ed. Sensible voters should give a
black eye to the demagogue who
begins whining about towjn rings.”
The DeLeon Free Press says:
, The speaker at the populist rally
last Saturday startled his auditors
by declaring that he was seeking’
no office, but was n third party man
from purely patriotic nuttives; and
with uplifted arm and pro-
trading eyeballs lie glared fiercely
at the crowd, demanding if there
were those in the third party for
pie wly, And not from the senti-
ments that tlirilled every fiber of
George Washington’s manly frame
tvlieii he crossed over tbe Delaware
on a chunk of frozen ice, that they
immediately leave the j.arty and
Jiunt some other more congenial to
Ib^ir longing desires.
In another place the Free Press
says that J.J. Eager, of Dublin,
waa the orator of the day on the oc-
cfidon above referred,to. Mr. Ea-
,vviij Iks remembered, is a
.'.wJ Ltef-/ a^'r/}'a«»u one ot
i wards of Dublin. W> «*ipp>*c
m not cjilJ Uin‘ an ofHiv-
| have a majorilv of the popular vote , , ,
11,6 I by a large number. Then be is ,le u,'d »m,,U on lhat, when hw 8,18
clarc,I tbe nominee, altbougb candi- 1h*I“tJ,4 “Ut ^P08’
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votes 1.1 tbe precinct conventions. 1 Jufl think anyone can sec what’s
the matter.
instructed for candidate A than any 1 do bclie' o that the production
other man Yot, iu tbe county con of “mught by the stir of P. P. fob |
house rings” two weeks ago,
Granbury News says
“It [the KmpihvJ shows that , ’_ ,, " ing to dictate what’s the matter,
about all the men holding office in daU< »• «'aJ have received lOumore , f], ,
Erath county came from the coun-
try. that none of them had lived in I Again, more of the delegates may be
tbe town a great while, and that
the only two town men now bold-
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Kor Better itoada,
why he should not have the office wkitb y0“ for beUer \11 !* a
, , , , shame for any community to have
again, and so asks the democrats ,_____. » _ ._________
for it. .
Our esteemed friends and bache-
lors, T. N. Bhapard and Pat Ewers,
of Ibis copimupity, have sold cattle
as follows: T. N. Bhapard. 180
bead: l’al Ewers, 50 bead; at iU for
2 year olds, and $f.5U for cows and
5
■uoh roads as I see in some portions
of the county. It speaks well of a
community to have good roads.
You can form something like a cor-
rect opinion of the element or socie-
ty of any community by tbe roads
thereof. There is just as much dif-
ference in the roads of different lo-
calities as there is difference in so-,
ci ty, and generally the roads, as'
well as other public enterprises, oor:
The law
From Skipprr Gap
vontiou they fiud it impossible to th® best thing yet to enrage , to Editor or in« Empire
nominate him, and Mr. D. is cen- the minds of men who have no-
tered upon to defeat those favor: thing (and are trying to have less)
ing candidate B. D. may he a “dark »“>•> "V have secured
horse," nnd not have been known some of the Comforts of this life by
iu tbe race at all before the pre honest, hard work and close ecotl-
ciuct conventions. This is often omy. Before they set up such a
done. There is little to be said howl let them try the smile plan
against the preemet mass oonven- and stick to it, and sec if times
lion, but the delegation of power will not get better with them,
to make up a county convention is Ui’STLEH.
where the undemocratic work may —.....— *'*■---
be done, and Ihe will of the major- 1>rof Johnson Walker's school at
ity defeated. Valley Grove closed laet Tuosday,
The central truth of democracy is, * T*"7 •uoooaafol four months'
briefly stated, “the people rulo.” lo form. 'I he enrollment reached 00, fo slid nausea,
the opinion of tho Karras this can-1 Hie most ever enrolled at a school ]iros’.
not be done so well in »ny other way •«> that community. The average \, Km.^KTeTumTuiaiiks
aa by tho primary election aystem:! attendance was good during the . ' . ' ^. much power in men. Let ua get
where every man's vote counts as **re term, The last day closed with .. ' .....^ . . 1 men who will look after tho roads as
year olds,
\Mr. Bhapard has 20{J 2 and 3 yearl respond with the society,
olds which he will probably get #121 provides that we abould have good
and $1 o for at the rising of grass. / roads, and if we don’t have them it
Other peoplo are selling in
lots a*, about tho same figures.
J. H. F.
Dick’s Mul-en-ol for cramps, col-
For sale at Murphy
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much as any other, aud where be * publio. entertainment »n,l aom# kl k k • . . * * 11888 | well as all other business, and see
can express his 'cquuion freely and exercises, including an ai* 1,1 ,K‘I ‘^ul tt (AU oc'• w ,l0,‘ that the overaetra keep the roads in
fully.
We believe that twenty-five per KreM
drees from tha professor, on pr» kake
A number of visitors werS March 2<
cent more democraU would register present, several liaviug gone down
their votes iu a primary election from town.
than in a convention. Tlio columns . _ .
.... Corn. Hajr and Ilran.
of the Empirs are open for the die-; J ---
cuss,ou of this as well as all other The Erath Grocery House will __________
jiaity qiicatiiuis,aiTi1iuch discussions j keep a supply of corn, hay andf Joseph N. Boos
' brau at all times. 31-2t ..... *“ * *
««»> lequcsUtd.
Modern Hallway Travel.
Attention is called to the adver-
tisements of tbe Memphis A Charles-
ton and East Tennessee, Virginia &
Georgia railways in this paper.
This system is one of the only two
routes in the southeast running din-
ing cars and vestibuled trains, and
its through car service and ached-,
uled between Memphis and Wash-
ington. Baltimore, Philadelphia,
New York and all points in the east
in connection with the Norfolk &
Western railway from Bristol, tbe
B. A Q. railway from Shenandoah
Junction and tbe “lloyal Blue Line"
, „___________ at Washington affords its patrons
She has taught a very Even if the people of tho commu- tho latest modoru comforts in rail-
ia our own fault.
Now, let us, as voters, in the se-
lection of men for office, not be for-
gotful of the importance of good,
suitable men at commissioners. I
regard this office as a very responsi-
ble one, indeed—one that invests so
place on Tuesday idght,
2,. She has taught a Very *.____„ llw. ..
successful four months’ school in jnily tbrougb wbjcb wcb wrrj roada
‘That community and has an inter-' run it i# an inju.tioe to
eating program arranged for the lh# t^ing publia The traveling
closing. Everybody invited to at- pubUc ia Mlir.iy he)pieM deeding
tcnd‘ ^__>. ionue. ,,
waa over frond; When the proper men are elected
men appointed as road overseers,
then every man can subject himself
to the “powers that be,” and we will
have good roade.
A man who suffers his bauds on
the road to hack along with no other
object than to pass away the tijLe is
not a fit man for overseer.
Let every overseer see to it that
his section of road is put in good
condition at once. Try this year to
stimulate a pride for good roads.
Yours for good roads,
Ousekvkb.
The Rock lslaud Railway company
is noted for the persistence with
which its officials try to induce emi-
gration anil build up the country
through which its lines run. This
company has a thoroughly organized
department for this business and
has, for tho past few months, been
working for Texas, the result of
which is that several hundred sub-
stantial farmers from Iowa, Kansas
and Nebraska have become citizens
of the Lone Star state. The last is-
sue of the Western Trail, a newspa-
per published in Chicago by the
Rock lslaud, is almost entirely de-
voted to Texas, and contains much
information as well as numerous
cuts engraved from actual photo-
graphs, taken by its editor while re
cently here. If you desire a copy of
this paper mail a postal card to J. C.
McCabe, G. V. A, Fort Worth,
Texas, giving yoqr address or any.
of your friends yau think would like
a copy.
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J. If. Cage has gone to Fori
Worth to attend the cattle conven-
tion. I
Elder W. VV. Spradling was over
from Dublin this we^k. He had a
good word for the Empire.
"Railroad Agent Hawkins has beon
detained in Fort Worth this week
as a witness in a railroad trial there.
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Miss Willingham left Tuesday
to visit the millinery trimminJ
rooms, where she will remaiij
about two weeks.
Business Change!
T beg leave to announce to the people of Steph-
} cnville and Erath county that I have pur-
chased the Book and Stationery stock of Mrs.
Ellen Bledso, and will continue the business
under the management of W. H. Fooshee, an
ojd and experienced, book and stationery man.
will always treat you right. Give him a call.
1 have also bought out the stock of goods known as the
Leader stock consisting of
GENTS’FURNISHING GOODSr ...
OUEENSWARE, GLASSWARE, .
LAMPS, TOYS, NOTIONS, ETC., .
Which I bought at a bargain and am selling at remarkably low prices.
LEE YOUNG)
Attention, Alliance Men,
Owing to unavoidable circum-
stances the Erath county, alliance
will meet at Lingleville, April 4, in-
stead of at Barton’s creek. The
meeting will of necessity be self-
‘sustaining, anil the brethren wrll
govern themselves accordingly.
L. Bkawnkb, Pres.
I. Pipss, Sec.
Dublin Wednesday.
jaa commissioners, and the proper
way travel.
Connections are made at Chatta-
nooga with vestibuled trains for
Rome, Atlanta, Macon, Brunswick,
.Savannah, and all Florida pointa
and other southeastern states end
aud the Carolina*. Q
When in need of corn, hay orkrau
onll on the Erath grocery house. .11
The Empire has received an invi-
tation to the commencement exer-
cises of the Nashville (Penn.) Medi-
cal College through tho courtesy of
W. E. Wright, of this oounty, who
is attending the school. The en-
graving ia a fine work of art, and,
the school ono of the best in the'
United States.
FRESH BREAD constantly on
band at Bennett A Co.’s. 31-tf
k The entertainment for benefit of
the Episcopal and Christian churches
at the opera house last Friday night
was quite a success. The play,
“Loan of a Lover,” was well ren-
dered in every respect, while “Ia the
Editor In?” was as natural as life,
giving tho large audience an insight
into tbe troubles and trials of an ed-
itor's life. The recitation^of Misa
Alma Itiisaoll was well received.
Sho recites beautifully for one of
her yoara. So great was the appre-
ciation of the au lienee that she was
enoored. The recitation of Mias
Annie Mcllhany and the duet by
Misa Mary Hyman and W. M Leon
arfl wore also greatly apprec
The receipts of the evening netl
tbe churches about 9K-
' ShorifP* Kale.
STATE OF TEXAS,)
county or iRATH. ) By virtue of sa
slias execution Issued out of tbe honora-
ble county court of Erath county, on the
8th day of March, 1894, by the clerk
thereof, in the ease of H. T. Hume versus
Blankenship & Blake Co. and R. B. Mc-
Alpln, No. 107, and to me, as sheriff,
directed and delivered, I will proceed to
aell, within the hours prescribed by lew
for sheriff's sales, on the first TuesdeyIn
April, A. D., 1894, it being the third day
of said month, before tbe oourt house
door of raid Erath county, in the town ef
.Stephenville, the following described
property, to-wit: Two hundred nnd for-
ly acres of land out of the T. J. Sbapard
survey, on Armstrong creek, in bath
oounty, Texas, bounded as follows; Be-
ginning st 8. W. corner of W. A. Lock-
hart survey, thence 8. Ill W. 1436 yens: Y'
‘hence 8. 71 E 900 varas; thence N. Its
1438 varas; thence N. 71 W. 160 yarns. I
Ihe beginning.
Ley led on as the property of B. Blank-
enship of the firm ol Blankenship A Blake
Co., to satisfy a judgment amounting to
*ai5.40 in favor of R. T. Hume, andcost
of suit.
‘ Given under my hand, this 9th day Ot
March, 1894. N. J. BRANDS,
81’« Sheriff.
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Uusrsnteea Ore.
We authorise onr advertised druggist
to sell Dr. King's New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and OoMs, upon
this condition, If yon nre sflHcted with a
Cough, Cold or any .Lung, Throat or
Chest trouble, and will use this remedy
as dlreotert, giving it a fair trial, nnd ex-
perience no benefit, yon may return tbe
bottle and have your money refunded.
We eould not make this offer did we not
know that Dr. King's New Discovery
could be relied on. It never disappoints-
Trial bottles free at tbe drag stores of
Collier* Keith, Stephenville, and R. T.
Campbell, Unglevllle, Texas. Larfeslso
60c and ffl.OO. - *0
For clothing, shoes and hata Hig-
ginbotham Go. are the lenders. Tttf
/ LOST!
One pocket surgiea) ens« Will\
pay one dollar reward for delivery of \
name to a. T. Allison, M. D.,
K Uucknby. T*sw.
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Moore, Eugene. The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, March 16, 1894, newspaper, March 16, 1894; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth857363/m1/2/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stephenville Public Library.