Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 38, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 16, 1885 Page: 8 of 8
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C B R IS TI A N M E 8 8 E N » E R
THE M K&8ENGERJ items.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16, 1885.
TEXAS ITEMS.
Sullivan, tbe slugger, is traveling
! with a minstrel troupe.
Thirty-two persons were killed by an
___ | earthquake in Algeria, a few days ago.
* Kingston had a severe fire on the 28th I One hundred Mormon converts from
ult. j the southern states are on their way to
Koney Grove is building a number ofj ^ ta^‘
fine stome houses. Terrible blizzards have prevailed in
^ . . , the north-western sates for the past ten
A woman at McKinney is suemg two | , *
mem for divorce. \ a^S*
Mrs. Eusebia Fitzgerald was convict-
ed of grave-robbing at Elmira , N. Y., a
few days ago.
Gen. Grant’s diary, kept during his
tour around the world, is to be publish-
ed in the North American Review.
Democratic newspapers me comfort-
ing themselves with the fact that Hen-
dicks’ coffin was as fine as Grant’s.
The prospects for wheat in Ohio,
Michigan, Indiana, Kansas, and Mis-
souri are generally favorable. The corn
crop is better than last year, but there
is little of the old crop'remaining. *
HOW TO SAVE MONEY!
Cotton picking is about over in Tex*
Buy all your Dry Goods, Clothing,
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Gloves, Hosiery, etc.
at the Cash House of Harris Bros. They
have the best stock in Bonham and sell
at the lowest figures.
It is said the czar of Russia, when he
dines, is afraid to bite his sausage hard,
for fear it is loaded with dynamite.
NO DOUBT OF IT.
The postal card famine is explained
by the supposition that the office seek-
ers tfsed them writing to Cleveland.
At a fire in Chicago on the night of
the 7th, the water froze as it was thrown
from the hose, and the firemen’s clothes
froze on them.
The amount of revenue received from
cigars and cigarettes for the fiscal year
reached the enormous sum of 10,909,-
000.
Five persons were poisoned at Knox-
ville, Tenn., a few days since by drink-
ing coffee in which a colored cook had
placed half a pound of arsenic.
Miss Adaline Rudolph, a niece of
Mrs. Garfield, has been appointed pro-
fessor of Latin in the state university of
Kansas.
Helena, Ark., had a storm of grass-
hoppers on the night of the 18th. The
denizens of the town thought it was
raining a hard rain, out of a clear
sky.
Four presidents have died in office—
Harrison, Taylor, Lincoln and Garfield
—and three vice-presidents—King, Wil-
son and Hendricks.
“Too much absorbed in his business,”
was the comment of a newspaper on the
death of a brewer, who was drowned in
a tank of his own beer.
A Newburg woman has received $4-,
000 for a broken rib, and her husband
has figured that at this rate she is worth,
about $16,000.
During the last fiscal year the secret
service division of the treasury depart-
ment has made 444 arrests, and capt-
ured $305,58o counterfeit money.
We have not made up our minds to
“Lose Three Thousand Dollars,” but the
man who undersells us won’t make that
mmch money in a long time. We buy
our goods at very low figures and we
rae willing to sell at reasonably low
figures. Try us once and see.
Harris Bros
Prince Alexander, of Bulgaria, has
conquered Servia, and declared martial
law. Bulgaria, Servia and Roumelia
are now under his dominion, and will
perhaps be made one power.
TELL YOUR COUSINS,
as.
Sherman has had 4,000 cases of den-
gue, and Grayson county 15,000 cases.
King Taylor killed an immense cou-
gar near Cisco, a few days ago.
j
Farmers’ alliances are being organiz-
ed all over the state.
A factory and two or three residences
were destroyed by fire at Texarkana on
the 9th.
Two of Fort Worth’s prominent citi-
zens were caught stealing coal from the
railroad bin.
Five hundred baits of cotton were de-
stroyed by fire at Corsicana, a few days
ago.
Nine hundred sections of Texas
school lands were leased recently for a
term of six years.
Steve Terry, an old citizen, committed
suicide by thooting his brains out, in
the eastern part of Harrison county.
Rev. R. Dunlap, aprominent minister
of the Cumberland Presbyterian church,
. died at Ladonia last week.
The Mutual Self-Endowment and Be-
nevolent Association, with headquarters
*at Ft. Worth, has suspended payment.
The Staked Plains is the name of a
newspaper published at Midland, 300
miles west of Fort Worth.
Ralph)Brown, an old colored man, was
burned to death in his cabin at Wood-
lawn, Harrison county, a few nighte
ago.
■> •* ■■■ ■* •* ■ % ^ -
A lawyer named Fagan shot and kill-
ed a saloon keeper named Brantley, at
Blossom Prairie, one night last
week.
Donations are quite generously pour-
ing into Galveston in relief of the suffer-
ers ther$ by |the late conflagration.
This is the way it should be.
The buried money craze has broken
out in Wise county, amd they are dig-
ging the earth up in some sections of
the county.
Chas. Goodright, a cattle king of the
Panhandle, pays the state $37,000 annu-
al rent for the school lands which he
uses for grazing purposes.
Heihy Clay stabbed a man at Hen-
, derson the other day. Henry is not the at Harri« Bros. Try them for silk hand-; ‘ Price, in cloth, 50 cents: paper, 25 cts
old Whig leader, but a colored man of kerchiefs. Cheap, cheaper, cheapest. If you send postage stamps, send two
.that town. - A pelican was shot on a sandbar in cent stamPs- Address
Arkansas river, a few days ago, that BURNETT, Bonham, Texas
measured nine feet from tip to tip of its
wings, and was six feet high.
Your uncles, aunts and all who want
to buy goods cheap, that the originators
of the low prices of dry goods are still
selling at the lowest figures. The house
is north side of the square and the name
of the firim is, Harris Bros.
NOW READY!
THE
Ray - Burnet i Debate.
This discussion embraces question*
not usually discussed between Baptiste
and Christians, viz., the origin, age and
succession of the Baptist church, the
scriptural authority for the mourning-
bench, and experiences; also the rise
and progress of the reformatory move
ment of the Campbells, and whether
they set up a new church.
It is perhaps the liveliest discussion
that ever took place on the American
A terrible cyclone visited Panama a| continent. It is war to the knife, all
NOW READ Yj
“Sifting Campbellism,”
► A DEBATE
BETWEEN
THE “TEXAS METHODIST,” AND
THE “CHRISTIAN ME88ENGER.”
f
A Pamphlet of Forty Pages. Price 25c. per copy.
Five copies for $1.00 Two uoilars per doaec..
Persons ordering, and sending postage stamps, wilL
please send only 2-cent stamps. Address Thg*. B
Burnett, Bonham, Texas.
D A VID’ RHIN E
NORTH SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE*.
BONHAM,---------TEXAS.
HAS JUST OPENED I A LARGE AND CAKE.
1ULLY SELECTED STOCK OF
-O-
FALL k WINTER
GOODS!
Wfcick he is desirous to sell at the bast pries the
market affords. His old customers and the pmbli
generally are invited to call and see hira.
ADD-RAN COLLEGE,
THORP’S SPRING, ;
HOOD CO., TEX.
The Thirteenth Annual Session opens the second
Monday in Sept., 1885, arid doses the last Thursday
in May, 1886. There are ten distinct echoole with
an experienced teacher at the head of each. Not a
single day is wasted from the beginning to the clone
of the session. Every day in the week has its proper
sharo of stndy and recreation. Recitations every
ay—only the Bible stadias on Sunday. Thorp's
dpring is a prohibition village, noted for its health
lness and the simple, steady and moral kahits ©.
uta inhabitants. Send for catalogue.
A. A K. CLARK, Pner* arena.
Phillips* & Duncan,
Have movtd back to their old stamdinto
THEIR NEW STORE HOUSE,
Where they are daily receiving a new
stock of
DRY GOODS & CLQTHIN6,
options, Boots, Shoes. ClothingJHate" Trunks and.
CARPETS E;T C.
Whick they will sell as low as any honss in Texas
Call and see them and get their prices,
before buying.
few days ago, destroying much proper
ty and wrecking fifteen ships. Several
hundred lives were lost. t
tlie way through. Every word uttered
in the discussion is contained in • the
book.
Best stock of gloves, hosiery and ties j
Ben Echols, an ex-justice of the peace
* f Collin county, was shot and killed
‘ %y one Purdy, in a saloon at McKinney,
-cftift night last week. “Personal lib
, er:y.”
5Four prisoners in the jail at Texar-
,ka*ia dug a hole in the brick floor of
the jail, and tunneled under the wall,
and«escaped. Two of them were re-cap-
tured.
At Hempstead on the 30th ult. J
Burton was shot and killed by Claude
Larane, his brother-in-law, by mistake
h# tanking it was another man with
?»rhoB* jht had had a difficulty.
“Russell Corner,”
W. W. RUSSEL L& 0 0
, , | AT THE OLD
I he place to go for bargains is Har-
ris Bros. They have immense bargains
in Cloaks, Jackets, Circulars, Overcoats J
etc., etc. Try them once. They will Are 8ti11 in t,ie tra‘le with a ful1 bouse of
sell to you cheap. See their stock ofj p LL AND WINTER GOODS
Boots, nats, Etc.
The little war between England and Consisting of
KingThebaw was of short duration. The- Ory Goods, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hat*. Groceries
’ - - Hardware anil Agricultural Implements,
jj/y r.
THE PUBLIC ''
CHARLES DAVIS
Wkolial* and Retail U ealer in
STOVES, TIN AND HARDWARE,
PLANTATION IMPLEMENTS. ETC
ajwcial Ajf.t For Tk. Sal. Of Tk. Cel.kratW
Charter Oak Cook
STOVES
SIMMONS’ KEEN-CUTTER AT,
Every Ax Warranted,.
Agent For the
STL1 DEBAKER WAGON .
This wagon took the Gold Medal and First Award
world 14 ^ ^entenn^a*> a* the best wagon in the
r would respectfully inform my old patrons, friends
and the publio generally that I have the
Largest and best assortment of Stoats
Tin and Hardware in the City.
baw has already surrendered his king-
dom and his person, and has been carri-
ed to English territory, with two of his
qaa«5is.
ar# requested to call aid see us before
purchasimg elsewhere.
UNEXCELLED
In Northern Texas.
ROBT. RAGSDALE
j 6 **TeiUfit *dded to our shop one more new chnl
and other fixtures necct^ry to the torworial art. W
have the celebrated ndjustible clipper, witl
which we can cut hair a^ length, and with unex
ce.led I neatness, We keep the sharpest razors, thi
best shampoo and dye in town. With our fourteei
years experience we can not faR.te. please. On
prices are as cheap a* the cheapest** Cum Are uni
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Burnett, Thomas R. & Wilmeth, C. M. Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 38, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 16, 1885, newspaper, December 16, 1885; Bonham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth914179/m1/8/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bonham Public Library.