The Post Mirror. (Pilot Point, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, August 14, 1896 Page: 1 of 10
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fij. MOFflTT, P,„p„et01
OLD SERIES,
i1 vui- wii
M1KHOH VOL. I \
fl pedal
A bargains in
Efldies Shirt
Waists,
Dress Goods
and
Slippers.
Also
Big Discounts
on jtll
Siftfimer Goods.
They must
be soid at
ome Price
o make
pom for
n <i
!«n vjwuuS.
AUOtJST 14, 1896.
Hore About The Panhandle
— * frittndfl nnd witnAnHlng t|je f.
Since our leturn Iron, the Panhandle j Cow B«y« riding broncoe. and ropin’*
11 mked mi' and tying do *n wild me, , . .. .. ..
TERMS—$i.oo per Annum.
NEW SERIES—VOL,
LX. NO. 29
........ ‘UB t an handle
<1 illte a number af friends have asked me
"iy opinion In regard to the Panhandle
a* a /arming country. I do not believe
ihe necessary conditions exist there to
aver make it poslble to farm that coun-
try successfully. Take the altitude of
the country, the atmospheric conditions
the porous nature of the soil, as well as
he hundreds of fortunes wasted In vain
oris to make this a successful agri-
cultural oountry. proves, I think, my
position. The Southern portion of the
country Is the worse drouth stricken
country I ever saw In life; hundreds of
acres will n,*t .....i.......
« viivuca nua ropinir
and lying do.vn wild steers, we board
ed the troiu for home.
Yours cordially,
■I- W. CHALK.
1 Positively Guarantee
every pair of Boots or Shoes that leave my
......■ „ j, % buy'ng from me you cannot
i°tL’you cail onlygain-
rft©. C all on iifivr/yti»-_. B B
EMIL MARKUS.
The bool and shoe maker and dealer.
£r?t i'vf' !,,'v" 'ho opportunity to
«(......
j—.. iiiwun ana aadre.M
PILOT POINT, TEXA3.
acres will not tuake even a grain oflKITj tt” i> aif~rt......
com to the acre. From Tongue river *___•*- Peel s Drugstore. 4
S'""f Questions About Money
longue river
our line of travel la over an uninhabited
waste through that portion of Dicken. v
county lying and running parelloi with 7 rk lV"rl,)-
'!<« river. A long stretch of twelve tlon '':°r™P°“<«‘>D‘ «*« us some ques-
miles over the famous Sand H ills wlib 7 ,,riut bp"’- with a reply
O'H « road brings u. over into King /^ v „
' oumy. Guthrie Is the county town . VV«» *‘lver a legal tender for any
and is located on the hank of nor„* £°"Publ" •>' private,from
folk of the Wichita river. We cross >s~n’ & "* ,ke Oovernmeut until
the river on an i.on bridge. The town ^
ha, a population, J would guess, for.y ., u ,
or tlfty inhabitants. The only house 18 8‘ver ^ * legal tender to the
lU Ibo i-». » substantial lookfng ,wo T ck W?
i,ory f>'ck building. The town hsJ The sliver dollars are full legal
j neither court bouse nor church. , 2r'r,“y"'“,1UUI’ The aubeldUr,
earned that the jail has never had an "’ ^ P',rpo"e|y made Ugh, I
I word ......- if J C ‘ **™*>~P change In the I
written over any door |n the villa*- L >ual,y> h*v'e been W,j !eDdcr only to
*ge‘ I tbe amount of $;> since 18S3
i'i o Id *1 'i mt rue to r!' FTeo '^fw "j*'' FOR LADfFQ
=ri^v«££rr! LADIBS °nlt.
JK YOU APE ENGAGED IIERE 18 SOMETHING CURIOUS.
IF YOU ARE MARRI,EDOfth0fO,,OW,ne,,n“ W1" • you, but
Aral, th"rV,'an«i,"o,*oBIlBY0B with the
laaj skip the others. °U Mre hrohsbly buoy, lul<.
V
•’ w‘UC viiiage.
h ‘ .°°°r lo K|og county wilh her one
xr& harvey ■“'j-Vsr.r...........
A 'ew ,"H«a north of Guthrie a Mr
Met.inty g,Ve me some nice specimens
of copper ore which he obtained
aide square,
TEXAS
"BARBER SHOP,
nlpspper & Elmore Props.
It’you want a neut
hair cy^t op a clean
„shave, call on ui
bath boohs attached.
^iasrlrsi Stair/ Unntlry Ilalinrills
IHDENBORR, --
^ he Old Timer
and Reliable
ot *55 Shoe Maker
*?■*/•**> me and let us renew
JS^Msfatlons. All work up-io
and guaianleed llrstu-laas. Mom
«cors north of Posted),je. r,2i)tf
t’T*" coun,y:7“ ^r0g
“‘r°^ 8 flne '««d whicu he thins,
would pay richly If pr0perly workt.d
0 '‘•awn.ry we pass the
, C*"*P. This consists „f
fourteen dugouts. A SMe town of du*-
oats and was the b«U^.r,fr, of
' " ' "'en' wb** “ few years ago
butchered the Buff.!* hy tbe thl>a*ands
fo. their hides, and brought the hides
here and traded them for cheap whisky
-nd goods. These Dugouis have, no
d0Ub‘’,* i"'it,"-vr of tragedies that will
never he written nor printed upon can
van. Our civilisation would stand ap-
a lod could they wUnes, ,heawful fceDef
o this Old camp reproduced on canvas,
'hese belonged lo the period In the
history of the Panhandle when the
3- Im,8|Ivi'' certificate only a legal
tender to the amount of $5.
A sliver certificate Is not legal tender
'“all. It Is merely, warehouse recelrt
ft certifies that so many silver dollais
have been deposited In the Lreasury
payable lo bearer on demand. The
certificate Is not money and not « legal
tender. Bni ft, MoMer can exchange H
' ,ul1 M*»Mend-r sllv-r dollars when i
liver he pleases.
*■ what amount Is . national-hank
note legal ttndarf ,
*t Is not legal tM&rr *t Bij_ u ,
merely a hank’s promise, gosraniccd by
the Government, to pay ko many doi
ars in greenbacks I: passes current In
‘he payment of debts, precisely as th,
silver ceitlfleates do, became it Is Cx-
' hang,.able on demand for legal-tender
nioney.
«. To what extent ,s a greenback le-
:r »«««..
.......your money„„ U7
ssz
reliable kitchen utensils and ■ - ** ,our6e|I " iih thoroughly
good household requisites selected^ “Pf>IUnce*’ You should buy
newly-married hnbbv I, '’ .,, ! ! nr Up‘ «»ock. Th,
""•als which are "prepared ' hi'" \ l" l"H '"0kin>f-
»re likely ,o prove the most sa.Isfactory bin,
are easiest in o-> .....a. . • “'h'- 1 hey certainly
I agree with o, r viewg'on'th”ls « T6 tl,nsi(leri*"i-* worry It you
would like ,o iLpcct nn 'V: “ y°° ,hlnlt ,h»‘
we can recommend visi,,'‘ to’" ou’r'T.or™ A* "'‘"“'T'"
we shall he deliehted , A ,inv ,,n>®
feel confident that wc have much lo T t°W t^011 °Ur Blo,:k’ Mn(1
to explain the merit. 'nterestyou .Should you wish „s
Please favor , . w h * n *° y°" '‘nd l° yol’r '-''ends.
You should remember that our adirel ley°°r ^
EA8T 8IDK SyUAHK. J B-PONDROM,
-—*«0-^ >™X Afl'
IS??
franklin college
I8£8
PILOT POlT'r; TSXA_e.
Art, Literary,
These belonged to the period’in"The ,eod«* ’ I 1 Tie school jH noil Sectfiriun r ~
history of the Panhandle when the Jt I. a legal tender for any amount. | The Faculty 1H -..... ‘ fl,fit,netly religions.
h"K and Mexican greasers traversed * °rdln,*ry ‘""’"•cUons of life no „ J ( °>nP°Sed of men and women of experience
this country at will and every man dl,,,nc‘,0“* •« made between the nine Fall term betriue Wednc«d*v o , „ . P ence.
was a law untohi^.-w „ , Dior‘>-n different km,i, or -............ Wednesday beat. 2nd.
Offers superior advantages in Music
Scientific and Classical Departments.
Course of «„dy thoroughly revised and up to date.
16 8Cl“'''i but dtatiuctly religion.
‘Ills couniry Hl win (ln,| every maD Ior~t",“~d|g“° ,I,sa® “etween the
1 B i irn in in., t..___ 'rrericy thnl
was a law unto hlttsej,. Whether |, ] -------------u.cy
was good economy, and to the ,jest in. j K°, ° "P our criiZy-,,„i|t of a
terest of the people or even humane ,bul“ll,,g ,“«'B|,m. But this Is
for those in authoiity lo suffer thl, >t'‘‘'l"*e ,}'e K«verr.i„onl has thus
waate an<f dUtructlon
~ i ijicii ana worn
f'hll term begins Wednesday Sept. 2nd.
rtf lull ..
------------- of tbiA Buffalo
are problems ! am not prepared to solve
Benjamin is the couniy rIte „f Knox
connty avery neat village of three bun
nren inh«',hne». r»
1, • —.o. Mas a nice rock court
*1oi,t ot u,!r,y ,w° *ho„-
do *r8’ ,,as » substantial jail
*nd four church bouse,, two of them
very handsome houses. The oounty
k.-.s a voting population of 3ft0 An
evening drive brings u. over the Wlcb-
The road Is rough
"“•eye wearies looking over these
r"Kged scenes where desolation and
-Hence reign, profound’’, and will uu.
*" ,h,' flrCi "r ,h« I«» d.y shall send
t 'Will astonish you to see
loWt Hard times
68 made for your win :i(
oat money—too multitu- ,h p (I"'H "f i,“‘ i»»‘ f«y shall send
^ them with the flat of God hack to an-
llfil_ flnrl fn/\ . ... i it I t'lPDt t’hurts
hi 8eymore with
a “"'out una
succeeded In ”mainlalnlng the
of our sever il kinds of money by
lr:g every comer his choice of the
rency be would be paid in, -yeE
*““• cuoice lies by law with the
ury.
But the banks In paying out
naturally pay out by preference
forms of currency which cannot be
counted as „ part of tbeir ntervea
I h< y bold on to gold and silve- coin’
«o!d certificate, and greenbacks, and
pay out I he other forms w herever tbev
can. J
money
those
"a'es of tuition per month payable on demand
1 rim ary, any grade
Intermediate, any grade
Preparatory any year
Coliegiate ,,
Music V’ocal or Instrumental
A-ft, any branch
Stringed Instruments
Elocution
Incidental fee
Send for handsome catalogue.
$2 00
8 00
4.00
0.00
t- 00
2.60
us, and too much out of
lino of prices, you are
'iar with, to mention in
space, or to lie remem-
d by you,
ies cail for those form *
matrisera; they are fac-
and the only per-
GIG Gi ni yi’t" in dri’HH
urs to faithfully serve, j
'■lent chaos.
A few days spent
A warded
Highest Honors World’* Fair
Da
Free—w IUUiUU
T®**b Fij-nr a, ,l Ranch, Christian Ad. ________
J......SfLWki gStsI—
£,”3?.s;?h/'8I”“
» —Colorado have
--- “nl circular, to policy holders statin*
if months subscription to either i , l,r.van be elected their poll
sa »<irt%5 ...... ««•••■■.
following state
'l'"' ' ’ * !>• e'en ,
escaped death, l«s. Saturday night week
by swallowing a dose of bl-.njphlde of
mercury, which be mistook for medi-
cine.
New. .Johnson.
CREAM
BARING
POHMR
Vn )CT nr.LM i........
sssa?I!
!rsU:a^:!ii,,T!.,,,r-,';l-«1''' Sheath
nT „rir,b„:
tste...............
worth only half the a-
----------face. The stale In,,,,-. Jerome Kearby of Dallas.
ance Commissioner Is now after those , 1 ®""nt Kovernor-Il. 8. P. Ashby
companies and proposes to cancel their 0,Al’*rr“nl-
onTr,rey*,ner*,“w-M- <>f
free pi lls: Compiroler-K. O. Meltzen of Lavaca
Cn'rl .V°ur Hd.Irr.HH to ue B„cklln *| '*7'"'' ^ °- I»aws of Limestone
of ASmS Nedw*L,?ef|?r,,r,n^,etrbr^ Hood ‘’‘""“'•sloner-Orunberry of
pll J it a re eitay11 n°actlo? and^are^r i „ a“P*rl"*«n«e»‘ Public Instruction
larly effective in the cute of (C pu > I?"® “W °f Qalve«ton.
tlon anil -i-b i--------- .. 11 Pa itallroad commissioner.
------... xr T-i,e.y |i]
larly effective in the cure of Constinu
tlon and sick headache. For malarli
Su.ejiru^"tbpvh'iv*....... p*ov,rd
perfectly Vie T^roui'^ »“
nnd »c> «.
-**v« w i;o
........... c-AAiiiuiiKdioner.
Ballruad Commissioners Evan Jones
A>*(««nu’eu to do 01 ^rnlh, U. W. XelniH of wiiii
every cloleterioiia E. F. Al«h„....... • * ,ll,MlliH0D-
purely vegetable. I . —^ ^
N l JI IK T.’l Ilf'«» tivv.f ,o I f ■ ” ’ * ■ ’ : J iinuiN
u.......
Senator Hill It I. ..id tvltl .... 0_l-r or ” <»enyou ootbin.. °t'rU.o“o
Senator Hill it J* etld Will
the election of Bryan.
work for
No use running around asking Smith
|r|!rnrmnd e°r"'H H l'at to do for your
.«! rnrSl/S
Marshall F,man. formerly of Denton,
has been nominated for Congress In the
San Antonio (12) District, on the dent,,
m-HUc Tie to 1) ticket. Judge Kelso hnv
'"K declined to stand on the platform
adopted.
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Moffitt, D. J. The Post Mirror. (Pilot Point, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, August 14, 1896, newspaper, August 14, 1896; Pilot Point, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth982917/m1/1/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .