Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 21, 1892 Page: 4 of 8
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Halietsville Herald.
SUBSCRIPTION
PER ANNUM $1.50.
Lehmann a liONOGHLtJE... .Proprietor#
C. P". Lehmann—Business Manager.
Jr ■ NOTlCB, ADVERTISERS?
DECISIVE
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Baking Powder Tests
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We Fill take no more “wood-base cute
ander any consideration.
)! The United States Official
THISPAPER
casco, Ou.; Qsori
ia kept off file at fe. C. Cake's
. Advertising Agency, San Fran-
Gootjo P. Rowoll, New York; N\ W.
; Lord <fc Thomas.
A MAN’S LIFE MYSTERY.
St. Louis.
wb^r© contracts for sdvertiain" can be mads for it.
OJJR CONGRESS DISTRICT.
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The position of Lavaca county j
L with reference to its representation
in the national congress was rela-
tively changed by the special ses-
sion of the legislature. From a
rberaberehip with the counties of
Atascosa, Caldwell, Guadalupe,
Hayes, Karnes, Lee, Live Oak,
Wharton and Wilson in the for-i
mer Eighth district, it was trans-
ferred to tho Tenth district, com-
posed of the following counties.
The figures opposite each name ---~
signify the number of inhabitants j A wej,L KNOWN CITIZEN OF SWEET
according to the census of 1890: umfr .TrV(V
a liUjLD, liliAAo*
aQSnUL 17,8o0
Brazoria..................... 11.506 -
Colorado........................19,512
Fayette..........!............. .31 481 j Ignorant of His parentage—A iScrapiof
Fort Bend..................... ..10,586 j Uue^M^rollections of New Or-
GonzaJc8°. 1 * 1!! ‘!! 11'. 1.' ■::h‘uns A Vo>'^- 'm Watei-
Lavaca .................21,887 —
Matagorda............ -.?■« fe.
Total..................... 166,308 , Sweep Home, Tex., Aoril :16.—
The political complexion of the the town of Sw.eet Home, Tex:,
new district is of course a subject byes a young mau known as !
of interest at this juncture. Prdt>- Charles W. Ordner. aged, or as
ably the most reliable index to this near he knows, between 26 and !
condition is found in the vote cast 2$ years. A mystery surrounds
in the several counties at the pres- his birth and parentage, whose so-1
idential election m 1888: lufion he wants to now fathom,1
Rep. j and concerning which he said to
595 * the News Teporter this evening:
*‘I was christened at the baD-
1625 tismal font of the Catholic church
1971 j (J. VV. Oydner. by Johu and Rieker
2178 ; Ordner, by whom I was adopted
! and kept twelve years. As well as
i I know I have lived in Texas
These figures show that the twenty-two years. I remember
Democrats cast 16,880 and the Re- ?avinS llved Orleans when
publicans 11,163, or a Democratic j1 waf? a “ero ®hlid» bnt 1 have no
majority in the district of 5.717. £e.colI®ctlon of au-v one with whom
The total vote was * 28,043,
per cent of a full vote.
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Investigation of Bdkin'g Powders, made, by authority of
Congress, in the Department of Agriculture, Washing-
ton, D. C., furnishes the highest authoritative informa-
tion as to which powder is the best. The Official Report
Shows the ROYAL to be a
cream of tartar baking pow-
der, superior to all others in
leavening power
The third party leaders expect
to po.ll 1^0,000 votes in Texas this
yea.i.' If iiiey succeed i hey - .will
.-till ieave cfie Dvmoeraiie majori-
ty « little- margin of something
. Ilk., -i-ynw. •
I. T. McDonald, of McGregor,
j McLennan county, writes to Texas,
Farmer: “ We have a fine stand
of candidates. Our county has.
one out for governor, but the Hon.
Jim Hogg will lead in this county,
I think, while at the State conven-
tion '"Gov. Hogg will salt him.
down.”
; Temple Houston was made chair-
taan of the - Clark conference,
whiqli assembled at Waco last
week. • ' ' |
Th'e.'piark.conference at Waco
last week adopted resolutions pro-
viding for a campaign committee
of five-ih each voting orecinct in
the state- 1
The White Republican state
Convention at Dallas last week
.. ■ -__________ nominated a state tioket and chose
8 inches high, tronfas <? the MinneaDoIis con-
. weighs about 140: has veut,0B; .> <»• Houston of Dallas,
The
ORGANS
Levytamky,
Leading Jeweler.
Invites you to examine liis stock of
AND
SEWING MACHINES,
Diamonds, Watches, Ets.
SUB)
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i feet 7 or
“!iThair,eeyes anTWsiache a^"fSl,m Houston, was norfi-
aml seems to be French extraction. nate? f?r/ove/nfor- Ja,?es ?• N.ew‘
He has a high foreheaS, very dark c0“° ” Sau A-“T 4°., V r 1MTTl.v
complexion, regular features and ant p°'erDor- f- Schutz of Den- ^ t-i
rather handsmne, and rtuentlyto,ll°rli?n;frpolleWoymb'u'f-
speaks the English, Genian and
Bohemiau languages.' He has
been once or twice elected bailiff
of this precinct and was for some
time deputy sheriff of Lavaca
county. He is in the drug busi-
ness aiid assistant postmaster. He
is a young man honored, and ' res-
pected by all who know him, and a.
son whom any parent might be
proqd to claim. / S r
AGENT FOR THie, CELEBRATED
Lemp’s
5ft
Beer
• NAT LETS VI LEE, TEXAS.
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Special attention .given to orders'from the country and adjoining towns*
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PBOFESS1 ON A L OARDS.
Counties
Gonzales........
Fayette.........
Austin...........
Colorado.........
Fort Bend......
Galveston......
Brazoria.........
Matagorda____
Lavaca..........
I)em.
........2035
. v......3261
........1877
........1845
........ 552
........3837
........783
........250
........2450
^Atwood Yiolett A Co.’s latest
circular on the cotlo.u situation
says: "A few figures we have al-
ready presented’ to some of our
readers we beg to give .herewith.
The census acreage in 1879-1880
of Harnsou county for commission
er of the general land office, D. C.
Colpof.Iow'a Parkifor superin-
tendent of public, education, .and
\Vaters'JS. Davis of El .Paso for.
attorney general.
M . S,. Herudoii of Tyler,amibuijci
es in an open letter that he favors
the candidacy of Jifdge Clark for
governor. •
The People s party is thorough-
ly organized in Gonzales county.
Fort Worth Gazette: The Clark
movement is formally in motion iu
Fort Worth. It has 1000 signers
to the club liste, which, as appears
by the recent voie for mayor, is
something less than one-half of
was 14,000,000 auW tlie cotton crop ; the Democratic vote of the city,
that year was 5,<50,000. The cen-; Still 1000 is a goodly number, and
5,7.17
or 84
sus acreage of 1889-1890, as; re-
cently received, "'as 19,566,600,
bu t it is only fair to assume that the
last crop represents an acreage of
if the friends of Candidate Hogg
desire to mix things in this city, it
is time for them to follow the, ;ex:
ample of their opponents.
Patton & Townsend, Vols;''ellis. • *. b.nm.
ELLIS & ALLEN, A
Attcraeys d Ocussellors at Law
pCAND READ ESTATE AGENT8. -
AGENTS & CONVEYANCERS. —
w to them an<l win practice in »Tiy of the ooorta hi
- •• • ■; " ', t the Ktate.f^'Offii'e oxer Mitchell a «tore.
B. o. ^a-ttora..
AT LAW,
Buyv sell, render and #pay.
taxes oh lands. ; Own com- _
{dete Abstract of Lavaca j Q[jj^£Y
Ilalletsville. Tent*.
Collections prompUy attenrted to. Wijl practfw
not'uTTAi. . * * * — -»
t
Si
County. Abstracts fn niished
promptly on application. * ,
HAVE FOR SALE.
?“7 acres off of PaThllve^. Black sandr latul, 65 , :Neuhat7bid!^ini!^' npatair® ht.th*
icuutttjuuou ut ttuv one wild wuom Tr^An n n ^ ul turn udijoubuis.
, writes to thb;^- '
hand our own letters point io a ! bus Citizen as follows: Governor ; .6 blocks contanpug from
acre* In cnltivation. 35 acres gra«». Sain Grant
lanil. • • -
140 acres I*. Mattcrn survey; improved farm.
$9 tier acre.
• 168 acres Matthew Caldwell league; 78. acre/ in
Cultivation, 90 acres in pasture; dwelling house six
rooms, two chimneys; ;;ood bam ami ontiiouse.
well rock-walled.
Lot and dwelling house in east end of town.
,T\venty-l«nir ano ono-half-acrea out oi John HaL
let lea^tie. 2 tuiles east of Ilalletaville: -oral well of
water, flood, house, plum orc-harrl: *17 acre cash, or
|25; one-half caisp and balance in 12 months.
• 2 acre flood land in East End with dwelling house
2 rooms and kitcheu. crib and smoke house, gikwl
W^ll v**rv php<ti»_^nnlr
Whether our next congressman here on my right wrist, as you i^acren^e' hide-bound and a religibUs “y^8t j1 ~Iark ‘ iu
It. IS Oflev fn’mato b'n Dctimnio 3„f hypOCt
D. A. 'iPAtJLUS. J. p. ELJ^IS
County Attornby. City Atyobakv.
PAULUS & ELLIS,
ATTORNEYS and COUNSELORS
-A.t '
And Real Estate Agents. '
' Collections promptly attended to
nr netner our nexi congressman ---- ------j
sHall beta Democrat or a Republi- fee> aD ^ BCar made by a .BmalI^Tflc noo, f ‘l •• . - -
can depends udou the atrpnath boy striking me with a bottle in \ ia eas> to rlla^e al1 estimate of.
that the People’s partv develops. ^ew Orleans, but I know nothing ttiat mature. But wlieu it is shown
^ of who he was or where he liv- "bat such an estimate would mean
ed . , iu a probable crop there are many
“It may b. a cb.ldish fancy, but | TOO^O rtZ ls *»»» so be ought to be
I imagine I remember the must ^rried out of office. J udge Clark.j
ho crrnurij ou 1^,000,000 acres, kt to be pu t in his place, for
ins mat in me year ^ ^14,000,000 acres prd
1869 a fall, dark gypsy looking jAuce(i 5,150,000 15,000,000 would
woman about.35 years old appear- -Droduce. 6,250,000 maximum, such
vuo u. \j\jo yCLLLJ
This partv'is thoroughly organiz-
ed in the counties of Lavaca, Gon-
zales, Fayette and Colorado, and
very possibly m others of the die- 1 ima8]
trict. Besides the 1700 Democrat- S“°,
# • • . • —- . wirtb a**'
hypocrite; he has enforced the Bun
day law in Austin and all the oth-
er cities where he could and has
thereby kuocked tfie saloon keep-
ers, out of many thousand dollars,
which is. wrong, so lie ought to be
ic majority in Galveston is an un-
certain and unreliable quantity.
If, taking no, account of the
growth ii population since 1888,
the third party movement shall
cause a defection from the Demo-
cratic ranks to the extent of 6000
votes, the consequence will be the
election of a Republican.
At all events there is a struggle
ahead for the Democrats if they j
woald carry the district
„ ve me away to John and • ,
Rieker'Ordner when I was a mere f*8 Krowlj
baby. It seems that in the year because
he will not do that injustice to the
saloon keepers and those who want
to go to saloons.on Sundays. Clark
wifi not enferfce the Sunday law
TZ:a crop Iu our’ opinion bcipg only » ^ 1-'
?G saloon friends nutl auH-^nl-
Pacific railroad: She then walked” : disaster and DOt trough reduced’
I think, to Frelsburg, Colorado acrea&°- ‘ ,,rY-r
C|°lD^’ still live Weimar correspondence Colum-
John and Rieker Ordner, to whom bus Citizen: the lodge of Her-
I was given. The tall woman re- maun g^hne,. lately organized,
matned in 1 relsburg only about j was named alter the installing of-
one hour and has not been seep or- fiCer and styled. Julius * Schutze
heaid of, so far as T w----— ' * ■ - • — ^ - ... .
that time.
“I think I remember
all saloon friends and anti-Sunday
law men attend the Clark Club.,. f;
. Farmer Shaw addressed a Dal-
las audience Friday night iu fayor
of Hogg and the commismou. Wt? particular,
tor ward a Hogg club was organ-i^j-.' /. ... p, a T TON & TOWNSENl>,
West Bud. The most desirable real- v
deuce property in the city. Will sell7'
by the lot or block. Come quick and
secure q bargain
3000. acres ou lower Mulifoow leasue. V
10 >0 acres ou the two upper Muldoqu
leagues; ,
T107 acres on Amanda Dol.aCroix '
survey. ■ >-.
. i’000 acres on Isaac Raskin’s league.
250 acres on McCrabb. survey, near
Yoakum, with 33 aerfes in cultivation, j
,^pod dweMing house, smoke house,
stable and go'od w'ell of water.
135 acres J. S. Council league in
Fayette county 5 miles north of 8chu-
ienburg. 50 acres In cultivation, So
Mcree In pasture.Good school, gin and
church in | ot mile. For sale at bar-
gain or fo^ rent.
1 i ,t O Cl Vrhepevet empidywi.' • ^p^Offire
NatioDal Bank. Haixbtsyhux,
Notary Public in offira.
M. S. Townsebd
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Attorney - at -
Halletwille, Texas.
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Office with IS. G. Patton.
Bjocks 4, 8, 10 and parts of 5 and 2
Iytf«sfer ulditioi
>h to Hal lets vi lie.
ed with more tl;au 1000 meii\beia.
Fort Worth Gazette: The Ga-
know, since.) lodge, No. 42, with the following , . r
officers fop the ensuing term: Aug.! ?fttes adv;?es- from all North
Wind in Aver o y _ nressrrl^ n f .TfieorJ' I Lnst and West lexas..
Halietsville. Texas.
with all manner of dire revenges,
and concluded that his safety lay
in resigning the pen. There is
bat one sate rale for a newspaper
reporter to pursue. Praise every-
vd o I , Mr* 1♦ 111 /-> 1» T t ^
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One of the Herald’s reporters
btfdd J f“e“^ 'Vest iexae concur ru
er of dire rovenme ““Tl? Gal,',e9'0,‘ a st>m? ' »*.*& Koeulg, president; Joseph Fietsura. 8tateme!>t that the thrrd party
...... - ^ ’ Probably with the ta I woman. I vice-president; Frank Mewes, see.;!!8 making unexpected atjd. alarm-
ned with the Orr uers.• twelve; Joseph St'rftvajroha; treas.; Fred.
T?a^sainilie£ he“ °n December < Koenig, - Ludwig Hhambero and
17, l^L of my own trccord. , ,i Frank Krupa, trustees.
1 have an mdistinct memory of 1
Friench Simpson,
body.
phaee
aud j correct I can not
was.
18.
tell where or; The cases against the supposed
varioos^nd^ODdry6 re'asXf Ini 'vheu thftt was- 1 was >amecl firebugs were continued. -A'mass
Botnetime8 without any' reason at awtt-v ^ojn.New Orleans, as well as meeting was held on Alamo plaza,
— - - I remember, dunog a yellow fever at which Colonel W illiam Fergu-
RPnnrcrP in athink T tkink m-xr fofk 1 ___ il- n.:____ ^
m^Lprat^decree11 iT'not tofa^hehi' BcoarH,e’ in which I think mv fatb. | bOd, editor of the Democrat, pre-
F^ow^ thi«^gpr“eDtTeave deHac V ^ M a“ idle-.'sided, after Mr. O. C. Guessazhad
.s P - S’o ue.rnc. fanciea which , have . taken ebape i called it to order \t this meet
^^ridi j as,1zzp
* bist tev^ days L have thought more John Newton was appointed to act tion among *h© politicians and
than ever. i iu concert with the committee se,-1 others as *to what \ffgure the third’
lOAfnrt •lr»of my rrl ’J ' L Ac. /-* » a a ^ • nn vf if in IT ah 4 « 4 U'a aa £ u .. ______ ,
iug headway in the work of organ- -5
ization. The leaders are making
the most of the -sharp contest tor
the gubernatorial nomination, and}
are using .the apguiDeuts of both
sides for their own purposes. The
defeat of the Bland bill is a sweet
morsel for them-, and they are re
ported to be successful in delud
ing mahy info the belief that there
is no hope fot an elilargemeut of
the circuletiug medium through
the Democratic party
dr. a A. LEDBETTER 1 DR. T. R.
TEDBETlER'and KNOX.
PHYSICIANS AND SURCEONS,
HALLETsVILLE, TEXAS.
Officx in X. EUrich A O^'b Drug Store.
DR, X M. RABB.
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Physician & Surgeon
. Halietsville,
Texas.
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Land and Insuidnce
AGENT.
HullettsvilTe, Texas.
I have fOi' sale the foliotring tracts
of hind : ■ ' -
Or-Office at Babb's Urns stors.-
MURCHISON LODGE, No. 80.
| STORCHISON LODGE, N®. M.-A. P A A. M
Stated meeting at tbf M aeon it hall, is the town of
HaUetorille. on theSatordav of, or preot-ediar the*
■ full mooff of each month.' AU Maator Maeona in
good standing are invited to attend.
„ _ „ W. Tauusotob. w. «.
Sam Devall. Soeretarv. , * .
Lavaca Lodge. No 17W.
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party will cut in the.race for gov
ernor, as well as to who will, be its
leader ,and candidate fty governor.
The counties worst afflicted with
Gcalaism are Henderson, Houston,
Wood, Rains, Hopkins, Bell, Lime-
stone, . Freestone and Navarro.
Herbert Spencer m “Social, “After 1 left the Ordners I went fleeted.last niglft. These two com-
otatics says: Pull to pieces a to hve with Mrs. Mary Muekteroy • mittees had a coiifereuce with the
“nffi fc^?ru 0ti. thlIJgs, and y°u.. Sweefc. ,Hojne, Lavaca • county, mayor, and tlie-result was the ap-
wtll knd it based on facts collected Texas, with whom I staid twelve poiutment of 300 special .volunteer
at the suggestion of his desires/ years. The only clew 1 have is . patrolmen, who are selected from
i i* ff . present cainpa._n. at-. these jears. - give accounts of themselves. . All less violent form. •' • ' ; .
-a kdegre® . o£ ./lt05fr1fhe ffrap and examined tram pfe atid suspicious characters • The third‘party will nominal
truth in Mr Spencers observation, it carefully. It is of linen and will be arrested and. dealt with se- Evans Jbues' s l/IStU
Else is that if yoi^ scratch a was sewed by hand .probably be- verely .by the authorities. ’ the Sub-treasury VlliS ^toW
corporation attorney you discover fore sewing machines came into • _J__ ‘ wf,?;, p® U A11,a^‘
a Clark man? general use and marked in « bold Jackson, Miss., society -circles lo,T( f.w .^rnnr”0’- *" McP"
---* *■ round band with indelible ink is are all agog over the secret mar- .7 , 7> d • ■<.
The Clark boomers, like Dudley, the name L Rebaud, Rebrud br t riage of M. J. Hart; a Jew, ’and Col. it. L. 1 arrott of W aco-ha.s
seem to think there is virtue m Reband. While there might be : Miss McArdle, a Catholic, Satur- o ,11 uPP°inted by Gen. Felix
the "blocks of five” plan of cam- some doubt as to which is the day last. The cerjmpuy was per- : bcrtsoii organizer of the Chirk
paign. At Waco they ,adopted a right name the.general* opinion of formed by Justice' McGowan out b>rce* -in the state,
plan providing for a c^fitral com- thc»se who have examined the scrap in the woods, a mile' from town.: ’ A. Haidusek, editor of theSvobo-
mittee of five, for a committee of is that the name is. JL Reband. He Hart is the only sou of I*. Hart, a da, is chairman of the Clark cam-
five iu each county, and for a com- had-never been able to obtain even /prominent ; merchant. .The Jews Pa^u committed in Fayette coun-
mittee of five in eacli/ precinct in this^slight clew toth'e. mystery Of i and.Catholics' are stirred from cen- t.y>"
the state. his childhood till a few days ago - ter to circumference:'• • Governor Hcg^ oueiis liis cam-
--!—— ----—• ; when he visited the Ordners with Zri~ iP uaifin at Wills^'Poirit toilav^
Jesus Chbwt in the Sarmon oo the avowed purpose of obtainiot 1 tf,we «?nntta*e; Cleveland for 1 - , '
the MouDt eard that no Aan could thjs precious memwto of his baby pre61llenV 1 »“■ . »f™rd - we slmU ll»f third part,; vn)]. bd ^rga.nz-
serre two masters. Tbe^odmplete years and which may fa^ to him,witbodtjtlre-ele.--. ■» IirazQi-1a^»llity,th,e, week.
mastery of th# railroads pre, the, unlock the mystery <^f his life and ^s'«ll^-f The Imliaua'-Deinocrats resolved
restore to hita his name and birth- U?rtua,;/ C°U iu convehtion uriUae,. the ,mmo „r
KNIGHTS OF HONOR
uuernu
CAPITAL-- -SCJ.OCO.
OFFICERS; '
L. H. James, Bresldent; T. T. HlH, V. Pwaidec
FRIENCH SIMPSON, Caakior.
mind amd Byrnpathiee of JudgeT* restore to hitn his name and birth-
htibiul Bemntgf jibe people Mr. C. W. Ordner is about 5
him' Whht^e colivehtiofi W,pl^de tlje name of
thought of the situation in Xew
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leagues, who asked
though I ‘
York.
200 acres, 80 acres in cultivation, j.
Jns. Kerr survey on iftoCky creek In
Lavatta eountv. •
inNrv!«,
miley south of Halietsville, Texas. D. b. Hototof,
300 acres Luke Presnell survey 3 < B* D. Zumwait Diototur.
milea east of Halletf-vllle. • . /-3
388 acres Patrick Bradley survey.
251 acres .A. Sberrifl survey.
266 acres Hujfh Curry survey.
215 acres McNair survey. *,
dfZ~SherM l6aKUe' *“ 40 |. - Texas.
; 700 acres, 400 In cultivation, O. Far-
rel league, 2 miles, east of Schulen-
burg, Fayette county.
, l'2f)0 acres Sterner survey 1 mile
West of Eagle Lake, Texas.
175 acres J. IT Cheney survey in
Gol.orado eounty,
/&3S acres Fisher and other surveys, . __ ,
3 miles west of Calvert Robertson*] DIRECTORS;
county, Texas, on H. <5t T. C. R. R. Carej- SUatv. Fncnch Siiupoon, T B Ji
75 acres out 6f Wilson.and Jones . „ v ■ _ ’, '
survey in Jackson county. 1 w
640 acres out of if. Miller survey iu * ’ ___;____ a * ,^e ^
X/^reToutoi (-. ( . <fc s. 1/ sur- ForeiSn and Domestic Exchange
ve.v in Han Saba county. • bought and sold,
27 lots in Hill A Simpsob addition]
to Halietsville.
•50 lots in Simp^on addition, situat-
ed 011 continuation of Kroscbel aven-
ue, just outside of cornoraiion of Hal-
letsville.
27.1 loot front lot and rock store on
Third street,.Halletsvillo, now occu-
p.ied by \V. K. Roger's, agfent. •' *
5 16ts, 27x110 on Texana.street, Hal-
ietsville. y r
I also own and control business and
residence lots in towns of Columbus,
Laredo aud Ellinger, Texas, and
tracts of land in various parts of ths
state, whloh will be sold si teftsoua"
ble rates.
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G. A. PANNEWHJZ.
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SCALE OF PRrCESc • r
Imperials,........$6.00 per dozen
Cabinet, .....4.00
Cards............2.60
Shiner, Texas
Gfoftd work at bivmg priceg
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Donoghue, J. M. Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 21, 1892, newspaper, April 21, 1892; Hallettsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth995496/m1/4/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Friench Simpson Memorial Library.