The Bonham News. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, June 30, 1899 Page: 2 of 4
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Aitbb being in session a week
tiie Democrats of Kentucky ad-
. I journed Wednesday, having nom-
BVANS.....p™Prtoh>n I mated Wm. Goebel for governor,
1J. C. W. Beckham for lieutenant
, C. Erl* Asliey Etus. governor, Breck Hill, Secretary
__ ] of State, Judge R. K. Brecken-
TOBBCRIPTION RATES: for attorney general, and
Haeger for treasurer.
thne ............25 Goebel went into the contention
payable m advancx. | with fewer instructed votes than
either of his two opponents, but
he evidently knew better how to
manipulate the wires and thus
* **_ Bonham, Term*, porto1- { to secure the nomination. It is
not known yet how the Howard
Baker factions stand on this act-
ion, and if either of them dis-
approve of it, -the convention
may Have to be called again to
fill a vacancy or two.
COUNTY NEWS.
A Newly Notes Gathered by Our
Correspondent!. ’'
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PRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1899-
Hrr
Demo-
The Kentucky State
Of*tic convention has nominated
for governor, adjourned,
rail without the loss of a life,
for Kentucky!
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The editor of an exchange
affirms that a subscriber has sent
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Kentucky Democratic con-
oLd h»“ °he|Sir “* b®<* sub“rif>,ion for
Mmerity to adopt a platform that Sfte“/TS’ together with the
la aot indorsed bj-CoL - Henri *ccr“ed '“tarest. The editor be-
Wat tern on! lieves the man has been truly
- —. m_ converted. That editor either
JFrom the way things looklouSht to furnish some proof of his
now, mobs in Texas will hereaf- statement, or else not claim to be
tffr hang eaqh other after finish- converted himself. Few of the
lng theif Victims, to prevent cr*ft can take his statement as it
fnrnishing witnesses for the state staods
from among their members.
“The big coal companies, al
The Sherman Register is agi-1 ways liberal fellows, have agreed
tating the erection of a canning to save the consumers a great
factory there. Build it, and Bon-1 deal of money by forming a coal
ham loses another big slice of trust with a capital stock of $40, •
trade, for our farmers and truck 1000,000. Of course, they loose
patch men would carry their pro-1 sight of their own interest in
duoe there to market. their intense desire to serve the
-* * ^- I consumer.
Close upon the discovery of
the fact that Kentucky sometimes I One negro, in Alabama died
makes fifteen-year-old whisky in from excess of joy Wednesday,
fifteen minutes, comes the dis-1on being liberated from prison,
oovery of feathered bull frogs in and another one in Texas died
that state, which might seem to fro® excess of lead taken into bis
prove that they have a new system on account of criminal
brand of the jhn jams there now. (assault oh a white woman. Such
th|ngs show how easily some
The papers of New England people die.
are calling upon the federal , —■ * » ^-
government to interfere and stop ^ English syndicate is to cor-
_the Kentucky fends. It would ner the cattIe market, and start
seem to one at this distance that I ^ purchasing Texas herds and
the government has no business Pastores. This may make beef
to tackle a Kentucky feud as long higher, hut it won’t be any
as it has the larger part of its I tougher than that we have now.
•rifl- th» Philippine. Thwy.ry O.** T. O..
A Careful statistician has ^ Teriiiidex.
found out that there are just Men are found who are willing
twenty-two times as many unruly to go to Africa as missionaries
hoys as there are unruly girls, who are not willing to take a
If he will keep tab on these same Croas baby from the tired wife
boys and girls, he will find in af- for half an hour.
•teakose unruly boys C - „ m ■ ;
wUl be *g m.gajf as lambs gfadl A Thruif at Gold Standard England.
very tractable in the hands of7
tiwsd ruly girls. Dallas News.
a riorum JT ' * i 7 , . Many of the governments now
in this doing business on earth am ■
county, who would be glad to
ELY.
Her. T. U. LoveU, of White Rock,
met the young people of Marvin the 4th,
inst, and after preaching a rousing ser-
mon on The Influence of Young Men
and Young Women, proceeded to or-
ganize an Epworth League. About
twenty members were enrolled and the
following officers were elected for the
ensuing term:
J. L. Dobbs, president; R. L. Ely,
vice president; Miss Elba Rob?, 2nd vice
president; I. B. Morrell, 3rd vice presi-.
dent; Miss Kate Mathews, secretary
J. J. Hamilton, treasurer. We start
out with fair prospects for a good
League.
Several of the Ely folks attended the
district conference at Ector last week.
Rey. Z. B. Pirtle announces the Mar-
vin meeting will begin the fourth Sun-
day in July.
R. L. Ely was licensed to preach at
the district conference. We join his
many friends in wishing him a long and
useful life in the ministry.
Miss Kate Mathews has 'been quite
sick for several days. We wish for her
a speedy recovery.
Miss Ellen Ely has also been on the
sick list for several days, but is im
proving at this writing.
We have a daily mail to Ely now,
which is a great convenience to the
patrons of the office.
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For Sale at Once;
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WIN DOJI.
Quite a number of our citizens have
been fruit hunting on the river the
past week. They report fruit in abun-
dance.
Rev. Burnett, of Dallas, is visiting
relatives in town this week.
Miss Carrie Cappleman, of- Sherman,
is visiting the Misses Cleveland this
week.
The Methodist and Presbyterians be-
gin their protracted meeting in the
new Presbyterian church, Thursday
night. The dedicatory sermon of the
new church will be preached Sunday
morning. k
Miss Effle Smith returned from
Leonard Saturday.
Misses Harris and Stewart, of Dodds,
were in town Monday, in the interest
of the supper to be at that place
Wednesday night. The proceeds of
which will be used about the grave-
yard.
Mr. J. Lee Tarpley, of Bonham, was
in Windom Sunday.
Miss Cecil Evans has been visiting
Miss Janie Wbitely, at Brookston, for
few days.
Mrs. McKee and daughter, Mias
Maude, of Honey Grove, were in town
Sunday afternoon.,
Hon. W. R. Evans spent Monday in
Paris, on business.
We are glad to note that Mrs.
Wright, who has been sick so long, is
able to be out hmoog her friends again.
Mr. Walter Dooalson, of Bonham, is
at home for a few days.
A crowd of the young folks attended
the Children’s exercises at Dodd City
Sunday night.
Mr. Miller Ogle, of Edhube, was In
town Monday.
Mrs. Cappleman is in Bonham at-
25 residences in Bonham.
2 residences in Ravenna.
4 business houses in Bonham. _ -
49 vacant lots in Bpnham.
25 farms in Fannin County.
I business house in Dodd City. 1
’A Paying mercantile business in Bonham.
^®veral fine ranches in Western Texas.
We have a fine lot of real estate to select from.
This property will be sold at a bargain. Come
early and get first choice. Easy terms.
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WHEELER & EVANS,
Over First National Bank, Bonham, Texas.
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the tooting of Gabriel’s horn, or after Mf. Bennett and wife, of Bonham,
tbe millennium. Selah. j attended the service here'Sunday, and
Well, the 25th was our seventy-first stopped with “Aunt Fannie.” We were
birth day. So we are pegging away on glad to see them. . '
our own responsibility, having con-1 Misses Horn and Frank, of §avom
sumed the time ailoted to the genus I were guests of Miss Mancie Coursey
homo. We nottced the retrospect of Sunday.
our old and dear friend, Old Chock, and Messrs. Walter Henson, Robt. Boyd
our conclusions differ somewhat from fend Arthur Turner left Tuesday for the
his. The same sun may be shining, but ™—L-
it is skinlng on quite a different scene.
The sen, moon and stars may not vary,
West. They will g0 as far as Wiibar-1
ger. We predict a short stay. ' V ,
Since our last report Mr. Collin Mc-
but the son of man has about revolu- Duffy, who lives south of here, and
tionized this Epluribus Unum of your : Miss Stella Truitt, of Dallas, haye' been
Uncle Samy, made a howling wilder. | married. They are well -known here
ness, blossom as the rose of Sharon, or and are nice young people,- Their many
the lllly of the valley. Why, Old : friends join us .in wishing, then* a,long
Chock, if you had been gone fifty years I and happy life.
and never heard any thing from this j Mr. Reed, editor ot the Savoy Ban-
country and then been suddenly set j ner, attended, conference here, and
down amid the multitudious surround-! called to see us. We are always glad
ings, you would swear by the gods that j to welcome him.
you had never been here at all. Oh! how Mrs. Sallie Scott has moved into our
1 long for those good old days of “Auld town. She is welcomed here.
Angsyne,” when Christmas had its ; Miss Zenobia Yarbrough fmd brother,
Christmas rights, and the ladies Cecil, are here now from Grand Saline
God bless’em) didn’t die from lacing I where they have been visiting pela-
tigbt, or the boys (gol durn ’em) didn’thves since they left Georgetown, where
break into the cooler for getting drunk Miss Zenobia attended school.
And having a fight. Miss Mary Brown, of Whitesboro, is
By tbe way, we notice, with a great here visiting relatives and friends. We
deal of pleasure, that one man who j are glad to see her.
wears the ermine has struck the key j Stanley Adams and Pearl ItfcGrady,
note to the situation. Now if other former student^fet this place, were here
; udges will follow suit, we will have j Sunday. V Aunt Fannie
fhvpp muni apppa and tbiovoa fnwnod :
S; B. ALLEN, President.
A. B. SCARBOROUGH, Cashier.
GEO. A. PRESTON, Yloe-fcresiden
D. W. SWEENEY, Asst. Cashier. j
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BONHAM.
Capital and Surplus $225,000.00
All business pertaining to legitimate and conservative
banking solicited. r-
PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO COLLECTIONS. ~~
Jones, pastor of the Baptist
church, will commence his pro-
tracted meeting the fourth Sun-
day-in July.
Rev. B. H. Webster, wife and
little son jare visiting in and near
Pilot Grove this week.
Occasional.
Town or country property -for
sale or trade—C. E. Easterwoqd,
the real estate man of Honey
Grove, Texas.
There is to be a big picnic at
G<?ber on July 15.
* If you want a bargain *in real
estate, see Wheeler & Evans.
A Card of Thanks.
We desire to thank our friends
for their kind Attention towards
our husband and, brother in his
recent illness. •<t.
MrsLcIias. Majors.
Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Majors.
We will pay the highest mar-
ket price for oats. Also have
plenty of oat and; wheat sacks for
'sale. Mbore <fc Stone.
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fewer murderers and thieves turned
loose an society anefe fewer lynchings.
Bully for Judge Thompson! No won-
der that the little shyBterg stand aghast
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LEONARD.
Rev. B. H. Webster closed a
at his ruling. If his ruling should be- meeting last Wednesday night at
come universal, it would relieve the , the Methodist church that had
situation wonderfully. A lawyer is been in progress for eighteen
ustified in defending his client, but
when he is proven guilty and so judged
by the court and jury, that should end
days. Results, four conversions
and two additions to the cjhurch.'
Jevs- J- H. Morelapd, of Bailey]
••e tbe Democratic party go to
ptoeee forever, are urging it to
make the tariff question the is-
«• in 1900. The tariff will not I
^t^rl,’W80,theirownmaki°g-
lej’s gold standard will come in
ly giant trusts. In their efforts tending the bedside of Mr. Olive
to boycott other nations, monop- Mr. Will Snit and family, of Fort
oliae trade, to take the earth, Wo,lth>are visiting Mr. Snit’s mother
they are, after both method and thls week‘
pwpj.se, giant treats operatieg Ln^^*™ b»thelr
for a full share of notice.
Asaaasinated.
A SLEDGE RIDGE.
, Wheat harvesting is over and the
White- I grain is in good condition; now for
Jones Reinhardt, of
Sons one sends us a marked I wright, was shot to death Mon-1 threshing. The farmers are aff pretty
copy of the Boston Journal, con- last in Houston county, near I,re11 up with their work> 4nd ready for
tabling a six colump aftTcle j where he lived on his big ranch | th®Pro^Mted meetings..
A J5S brrs zrssr.
to read it. Now, that’s too much, neighbor had been involved in a The Primitive Baptists had foot-wash-
8ix columns of the Boston Jour- suit concerning some cattle. Sunday at the Ridee.
hal is enough of itself to give any j Reinhardt won the suit. The I - Mis6 Mattie Stone visited on the
X)k him on the
^ L ■ . 1 8bot him to I Moore is very ill. It’s grandmother,
jsaay out of the question, j death with a shotgun. The as- Aunt Jane Moore, is at it’s bedside.
Life is sweet yet, and sanity is! sassin then shot his companion in T®rPl®y is very sick,
dear to us. I the buggy with him, and escaped. , Mr; charley M®j°« died at his home
Some of the drummers of this I ^u^JT^nd1 tolTwhTldTh' ?ur8day at *e Arkd^iT*
county Who were so' bitter j J af10usne8a^nd _ toJd who did the |yard. Funeral services were conducted
a party, and then see it foster the hJ diggmg Tells* He of Mrs. Whitt, of Savoy
also the
power that takes the hI------------mfney and a R W- Tarpley conducted the funeral
mil^nnt ofVTe “d fth°rt time a^ bought
Twh ^ °f oue s 1 ranch in Leon county, where he The bereaved ^ave the
drumniers^did whoWh8aupp^ted W“ at th6 time °f hiS death look‘ 13 ? °f ^in-
McKinley. ' --•-*
Aunt LizzieT
A STHICT MMOr,hip ,he| Conferred I ^ ^
bo* heeo ordered bjOen. Gree.rllto Bonner. |d*Jlt
Gorbiwr of the war department, RoV c t LWe had no Sunday, Bro.
and no news from the Philippines nf k “ S,aCed Hu"gin8 at Eclor’ att«ding the
or from tbe war department It , r6Sbytery' re‘ “Dference- Edgar Manass
Really, now, affairs in the Phil- i „ u:_ tllg,,,L « |ch‘Mren’s Day services, at Binkley
Ippines must be . ores. defd 7. g , ! “ >be college has Obnpel. E,eryl»a, mm. ?
worse than we know with nmw rSt °°nferre<i the title Of Doctor Mrs. Allred and Mrs. Robert Noe, of
tW ,*T 0f ttTiLlV «■ **'■ A. W. Wii. Trenun., mother snd .Ister of Mrs.
y g wing I gQQ jg t^e evangeijst 0f tjjjs Burr Wright, are visiting here
preebytery. Dr. Wilson is well | v^Itli^1^eLaughlin’ of Windom. *
known in this city having Miss Clifford Gough, of White wright,
supplied the pnlpit of the First visiting here. - t
Presbyterian church here for a t Holiness people will begin a
couple of years before Mr. Ga d-1meetin^ at thls Place Thursday night,
well came. He was then a pro-1 Ju“e 29‘
fessor in Austin college and is a , henslee s ravot
learned and pious man certa.nly | *■-
worthy of the degree Everything moving on smoothly,
d coferrtdl ,he 'T
Gen. Chas. King has returned
from the Philippines, iand gives
it as his opinion that Gen. Otis
will need from 50,000 to 60,000
men to crush out the rebellion.
He thinks that after all organ-
ised forces are routed, a guerrilla
warfare will be kept up for a
long time. He furthermore gives
it as his oonviction that the Fil-
ipinos are capable of self-govern-
ment. He praises the volunteer
soldiers, and says they have
proved themselves to be the best
in the world. Now after all these
which strike the ad-
in the face like a
blow, somebody had better en-
foreacensorship over Gen. King’s
mouth for a season.
it, unless some violence has been done Z. B. Pirtle, of Trenton, and J*
the defendant. When a lawyer tries F. Alderson, ’of Whitewright
to thwart justice through a mere tec- were in attendance and did some
nicality and to turn a murderer or able preaching. Some of Bro
thief loose on society, he ought to be Alderson’s sermons were simpiy
indicted as an accessory and convicted, j grand, and we predict it Will be
No law, humane or divine, requires a a long time before Leonard has
lawyer to do more than see that his seek another intellectual treat
client is not wrongfully punis^t] * and Mrs. W. F. Gray and
Now it is a notorious fact that a crimi-j Joe Gray and wife have moved
nal, with plenty of money, is rarely j from Celeste back to Leonard
punished. He is either acquitted in However, Mrs. Joe Gray has not
the lower court, or his case reversed in »yet arrived, being on a visit to
the higher tribunal If any rerder of, the Iodian Territory,
the News knows of any criminal worth i_ The District Grand Lecturer of
a hundred thousand dollars being pun- the Masonic fraternity, com-
ished, I would like to have bis name, menced a series of lectures last
I have in my mind several cold blooded week to the Chapter lodge~and
murderers, who the law never punished. | is continuing up to the present *
Ifclso have in mind a notorious acces- The First National bank is
sory to both murder and arson and back at the old Stand Since the
while neither a prophet nor son of one, fire, and ready for business V
I will wager my old coon skin cap | Wi>rk on the new oil inill is
against a glass of beer, that he is never progressing finely. The main
punished by law, though the evidence building is being built of stone,
is clear and conclusive to a looker on and will be a credit to our town
in Venice. Oh! Almighty dollar, at when Completed. ’ • -
whose shrine, kings, princes’ potetats j Prof. Wilson, of Paris, will be-
and presidents worship! Thy reign is gin a business school here in the
omnipotent, there are none to molest, early part of July,
or make thee afraid, thousayest to this j J. A, Thomas and wife, of the
ruler, come and he cometh; to that' Leonard Graphic, have just’ re-
legislator, or diplomat, go and he goeth1 turned from a trip to Mineral
— J things fiptir
beside me there are none other. Thou 1 ing in that quarter.
art Satan’s vicegerent. Whither so Wheat thrashing is t)ie order1
ever he goeth thou foiloweth. of the day in these Darts Tt
!yielding from fifteen to'thirty
bushels per acre. A great deal
of wheat is being put on the mrar-
ket. Another good rain; will,
, T , make as good a corn croD as vcp
count of being so busy preparing for have ha/in a jQ tjme P
the district conference of the M. E. We learn that Rev
church that convened at this place last
week. It has certainly been a profit- j ~
able and enjoyable occasion. The j 5
charges all over the district were rep-
resented by the ministers snd delegates j
except Dodd. There were many visit-
ing members, also. We had some of 1
the best semons we ever beard, and .
wish we had space to comment on all j
the discourses individually. Dr. Ran-
kin, editor of the Christian Advocate,
published at Dallas, gave us a grand
sermofl. Bro. Threadgill preached the
opening and closing sermons. Bro.
Pierce, our presiding elder, preached I
at 11 o'clock Sunday. Some of former
pastors out of the district visited us, #1
-and we were truly glad t© see, therp.f 2!
Brp’s Gober and Brown, of Whitesboro, t
and Wages, of Sherman, were also here. |
It was a sweet and sacred occasion, a ;■
benediction to our little town, and will
long be remembered by all. All the
business was gotten through with j
smoothly and promptly;everything was
harmonious and religious throughout,
and, was pronounced by all as very
good.
Our little village continues to im-
prove. Dr. Gunn, Mr. John Lee and
Mr. Fray have all added improvements
to their houses, and Mr. Henry New- i
RAGSDALE & pCKLEY
£ FANCY GROCERIES. 3
Makln* a Football.
A football requires a vast amount of
work before it is ready for kicking over
tbe gridiron.
The balls are covered with cowhide
which must have remained in the tan
pita a year or more. The hides are from
7 to 8 feet long, 6 to 7 feet wide and
before splitting weigh from 35 to SO
pounds. The skin has to be split into
two layeta Ths part to be uaed la
soaked for a few days in a cleansing
preparation. It is ‘'sleeked” out to
make it firm. It is fed and cut into
shape. The stripe are stitched, always
by hand The bladder is or abonld be of
tbe finest. Para rubber, and undergoes
perhaps more processes than tbe cow-
hide. It is as neceesary to the football as
pneumatic tires are to the cycle; in fact,
even more so, since no effective •nbett-
tute for an air-bladder has yet been dis-
covered The Madder is of immense
strength, and is fitted with a neaxle
through which the air is injected.
These bladders are an expensive Item
and represent a considerable portion of
the coet of manufacture Tbe bladder
is inserted through tbe unlaced slit,
and the next process is to blow it up,
The rubber noule fits over a metal
tube on the machine. A few turns of
the hand wheel and the ball is inflated
It is now laced 'up and handed over to
the shapar, who pata down any un-
evenness in the seams.
SOLICIT YOUR TRADE.
West Side Square, Bonham, Tex.
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Chase & S&nborne’s Roasted Coffee.
Th| teachers of tbe Methodist
Suodiy School went • oat to
Steger’s ranch Tuesday, and
spent the day most pleasantly
picnicing. They did some fish-
ing, but tfieir catch was not rei-
ported. 9 -
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Now is the time to buy a home.
See Wheeler & Evans.
Several parties from here have
&one out fishing and picnicing
this week.
The Jr. O. U. A. M. met Tues
day night and elected the follow-
ing officers: W. W.'Hornb*ck,
C.; S.' T. Marion, V. C.; W. A.
Loftin, R. S.; Geo. Stevenson,
A. R. S.; J. A. Goodman, F. S.;
L. M. Myers, Treas.; J, Kersh-
ner, Con.; W. C^McRea, W.;
G. W. Grider, T.. sT; Wjley Pat-
terson, O. S. ; G* W.; Shelton,
Trustee. * ’mb V
Tk« fratkfal garkaata.
An extraordinary shooting adventure
is recorded by A. L. Butler of the Stole
museum, Selangor, Malay a. One day
in last July a Malay woodcutter went
out into the jungle to cut fuel taking
Vith him an old single barreled, mux-
ale loading gun loaded with tbe rather -
unscientific charge of a ballet and four
buckshot Moving quietly through tbe
jungle, he suddenly came upon a tiger *
feeding on the carcass of a aambbor.
and with -touching confidence in his
weapon fired at a distance of 30 paces
The tiger rolled over, and when tbe
Malay cautiously approached be found
not one deed tiger, but two, tbe eeooad
having been hidden from tbe sporta.
man, t sough only a few feet distant
from the animal be fired at «
Mr. Butler, who made a poet mortem
examination of tbe tigers after they
had been skinned, found that in each
case a single buckshot bad gooe to tbe
heart. One had also sn insignificant
wound on the head from another pellet
“For a really appalling fluke, ” as Mr.
Butler says this achievement of tbe
Malay woodcutter will be hard to beet
It certainly is not n performancenny
sane white man will try to parallel,
much leas to eclipse.
Sell your land^*
Wheeler <fc Evans. V
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PURITY,
ACCURACY
AND SKILL
Are The Three Essentials in
COMPOUNDING PRESCRIPTIONS.
these you get by
tg your-work done at
v
Stored
NORTH-EAST CORNER SQUARE.
Workmen are at .work onfthe
addition to thejaiL
'.•{tny kind of property put in___________ m ^ ^
my hinds for sale will be adver- leState" man, irioc^ted^lf you
tieed free. If there is no sale,----- -- • ■ '
Pierce-Wood building, office
room 5, second floor, Honey
Grove, Texas, is where C. E.
Easter wood, the hustling* rea
pay me nothing. C. E.
Eastgrwood, Hopey Grove, Tex,
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.If you want to buy’or sell real
efetate, see Wheeler & Evans.
Q'ver First National bank.
want to buy, trade, sell or lease
any kind of property, see him or
write to him. .1
If a home in North Texas ..
what you want, writaor see C. E
Easterwood, Honey Grove, Tex*.
Nick Biddle.
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ECTOR.
We did not write last week on ae-
H. F.
ijks. HEL8ING & PEMBER, •
. Physicians and Surgeons,
All calls will rrcelTe^pmmpt attentio^ day
%
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• office Russell A Arledgs. building North-
RESIDENCE: Bussell Hifbta. telephone S8.
etorl*” ™aT alS° ^ left W' peeler's Dr®*
, Having equipped our office with the necessary
Instruments, we are now prepared to flt Specta-
cles and Eye-glasses according to the latest ap-
proved methods. *
014 Love aa4 Sew HeysrtM.
People are smiling at ths little pas-
sage at arms which took place between’
two young women at a luncheon the*
,, • , other day. One of the woman ia a beau-
through tiful blond, a bride, and sba comes from
tbe sonth. She met tbe other woman
flxet at the aforesaid luncheon and, shak-
ing bands in htr characteristic, cordial
way, said;
“I'm so glad to meet yon I You have
afforded me eo much amusement M
“Amusement»” said the other
“Oh, yes!" went on the bride. ‘Tve
been through my husband’s desk, and
I’vs read all hia old love lettere. I found
several very warm and affectionate let-
ters from yon, and I enjoyed reading
them ever so much. ”
“I’m eo glad yon enjoyed them!’
purred the other. “But do come to ess
me verysoom *1 hare the answers to all
those letters, and tuu ,, f9m^
them. Mr. Xj’s letters are ever so mock
warmer and more affectionate than
those I wrote him, I know you’ll enjoy
reading them ever eo much more than
you did mina '—New York World.
A Nat aval Hlataka.
"I went to Pari*,” says an Engliab-
man, “staying at tbe Hotel de t.iiu
sd’Albion. Never having bean before, I
lost my way and oould not find my be-
tel again, because I neither spoke nor '
understood French. Thinking some of
tbe people I met might understand
written English, I went into a station-
er*s shop and bought a large card, oa
which I wrote, ‘Please tell me the way
to the Hotel de Lille et d’Albion. ’
“Again I sallied out, showing my
card to several but still to no purpose
At last a man read it and silently beck-
oned me to follow him. which I did as
silently for a mile or more. Ten be
pointed, still silently, to tbe sign ot tbe
hotel, and when I raw it I broke tbe
silence by exclaiming. 'Thank you.'
“ ‘What,’ he replied in amaxenss.^
‘are yon an Englishman? So am I, but
I took yon to be deaf and dumb"
antes a,t^ur ability and quaUScttoe
I am now handling a full line of all kinds of
FARMING implements,
' CONSISTING OF
The Success Sulkey Plows,
The Canton Disc Plows,
The Canton Middle Busters, and
| The Canton Clipper, Steeled and
Chilled Walking Plows,
Double Shovels,
Georgia Stocks, Steel Shapes an<
The CELEBRATED. CANTON No 1
m
RATED, CANTON No. 1J
Cotton and Corn Planters,!*-
GUARANTEED against breakage!
and wear out for 3 years, also|:
The Volunteer and Clipper^springjl
Walking Cultivators which arc
ton is erecting x neat residence at pres-
ent, which will soon be completed.
There are three thrashers near here, ■
QUEENS OF THE FIELD. *
, aQd oats harvested in good shape. We
degree is a Presbyterian Institn- think a third less cotton was planted
tion and one of the oldest in'the between here “d Ladonia this year
country having been organized in Ithan last’e8pecisIly in thia nelKhbor-
the last century. It has graduat-
ed a host of men who have become
eminent in all lines of life.
Geo. Evans and Miss Mollie
Moore were married in the coun
ty clerk’s office yesterday, Judge
Evans officiating. The parties
live near Dodd city.
hopd. Old Hayseed has planted less
cotton and politics and more of the
cereals. ‘
The immortal Bill, of the bouse of
Also the VICTOR and DISC Riding Cultivators, Stalk Cutters J
■Disc and Smoothing Harrows. Also the
BAIN and CAirT0N AjSgSIf• phaetons, sureeys.
another good rain will insure a large f ROAD WAGONS and HARNESS. ^ *
corn crop. •’ ! tjj)
Some sickness in our little town at w
present. J. M. Coursej was quite sick
a few days, but at this writing is-better.
Mr. John Henson and family left for
the West last week. They will be gone
several weeks. Mrs. Henson Is in feeble 1
f armer, tried to stir up the monkeys, in j health, and we hope the trip will help
the Popolistic menagerie, but made a 1 her.
signal failure. His Socialistic ideas, Mrs. J. B. Gober and children are n
are an exotic plant that will never visiting-here this week. They came ^
flourish in t^is latitude, until the “nig. down to attend conference. Bro. Gober
ger” and foreign element predominate, returned to Whitesboro Sunday. We
which we think will be subsequent to are glad to have them with us.
I sell, for CASH: pr on CREDIT. Come and see me
v. A.
East Side Square, j ,!
EWING,
Bonham, Texas.
Th« Power of Moser.
“What,” said the visitor to tbe vil-
lage of his childhood, “what's become
of the one toy I hated—Willie Hawker,
the sneak T In prison, no dofibt He tore-
that fate on Lie face."
“Hnah, * said the old inhabitant
He is now Mr. Hawker, the famous
millionaire ’’
“What!” qried tbe visitor. “Mydear
schoolfellow a millionaire T I mast call
upon him and revive old friendship. ”
1 A Wise Cstrss.
Blimbns—Yee I always make it a
le €0 be prepared for the worst
Hamby—If I were in yonr place, I'd
do the same thing. There’s no tiling
when that stupid office boy of yonrs
may go to sleep and let some collector
crowd h« way in.—Chicago News
There are 2fl pencil works In Bavaria,
bf^'wbich 38 art in Nuremberg, tbe
gTeat ^European center of the lead pen-
cil trade. These factories employ lrom
8.000 to 10.00S .workers and produce
4.300.000 lead and colored chalk pencils
every week. . j
The habit of reading at tbe dining
table is strongly condemned by L’Hy-
giene Moderne, though it thinks looking
over the paper at breakfast is compara-
tively harmless
t • m | :
A Texas Wonder.
Hall s Great Discovery.
One small bottle of Hall’s Great Dis-
covery cures a! 1 kidney and bladder
troubleSj removes gravel, cures diabe-
tes, seminal emissions, weak and lame
back, rheumatism and all irregularities
of the kidneys and bladder iil'FQih men
and women, regulates bladder trouWo--
,m children. If not sold by your drug-
gist, wfil be sent by mail on* receipt- of
31. One small bottle is one months’
treatment, and will cure any case above
mentioned. E. W. Hall,
Sole Manufacturer, P. O. Box 218. Waco
D ,Tex?f ^ Sold by J. W.
Peeler, Bonham, Texas.
bead this. . .
We, the undersign, b*ve used Hall’s
Great Discovery, and can cheerfully
recommend it to persons suffering from
kidney and bladder trouble.
42 lyr
>ung,
N. C. Bradford,
J. M. Lowry.
i T- r• > V • "f *' '■ ■' J
Immense coal fflfelds have been
discovered inZtriiHand, the seams
b^ing up to forty-five feet in
thickness, and of good quality for
locomotives and other purposes.
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Evans, J. C. & Evans, Ashley. The Bonham News. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, June 30, 1899, newspaper, June 30, 1899; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth913244/m1/2/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bonham Public Library.