Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 12, 1899 Page: 4 of 8
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______PROPRIETOR.
Go Subscribers.
1-1 I j San Antonio is now wrestling
Craiu. wjtjj a steeet car strike, of bnge
proportions. The men want the
day's work reduced to nine hours,
with the same scale of wages . It
; is to be hoped the matter will be
arranged before the opening of the
| fair in that city.
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. The object of this is to
make a direct bat courteous
appeal to the many snbscrioers
•f the The Hikalp for finahci-
assi stance. The Hebald
strives to be an ideal family
local paper, and to do this
' funds ore required - The date
stamped opposite your name on
your paper shows the time paid
to. Calculate the amount due.
and bring or send the
MONEY.
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Editor Baillio, of the Johnson
County Review, has recently .se-
cured the services of Mr. H. D.
! McMsster. a writer of experience
j and all-around newspaper man. as
j city editor of the Review. The
' . Review is already one of the best
i weekly papers in the state, and
—“Some men are born great
some achieve greatness, while!
some have greatness thrust upon
them.” The latter appears to be
the case with 0. F. Lehmann, pro-
prietor of the Herald, who has
just received official notification
from Adjutant General Scurry
that Gov. Sayers has appointed
him Aid de-Camp on his staff,
with the rank of Lieutenant
Colonel This may be the means
of enabling him to achieve further
Silver Wedding.
- Friday, Oct. G. 1899, was the
24th anniversary of the marriage
of Mr. and Mrs, A. F. Groeber, -
and the event was commemorated
by a supper tendered by the hap-
py couple to a few of their friends,
at the Groeber residence.
On the 6th day of Oetober. 1*74.
A. F. Groeber and Miss
presents received by Mr. and Mrs. I —Edgar Merrem, the
Groeber on the occasion: Ison of Mr. Ernst Merrem,
Si ver Tray. Silver Cornet Band and friends. j Grange, WES bitteO by S
“'l | recently, and was taken to
Silver Mounted harness. H, J Heye and familv.
Silver Water Pitcher. Mrs. Baessler and son.
Silver'Bread Tray, Mr. and Mis. A.
York town.
1 Silver Berry set. Mr. and Mrs. A. Arnirn.
Sugar bow!. Mr. and Mrs. L. Eeiehman.
Calks basket. Mr. and Mrs HiPje.
Nut bowl, Mr. and Mrs. I.iehekneeht.
Card receiver, Mr. and Mrs. Guegan
■Cnero.
I Silver Butter knife, Mr. and Mrs. L. Kroscbel.
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greatness.
ferred.
—Imitation
is a
£4
Parties living at » distance
should remit by money eider.
It may not be much to you,,
but remember that a thousand
•ach accounts amount to a
great deal. Kindly give this
matter your immediate atten
tion and thereby greatly oblige -
the pablisher,r>f the
herald.
criterion of
( witn the addition of M*\ McMas- j goodness. Lots of other Jeans
i ter to the reportorial staff we fear J Bants are said to be as good, or
it will be so ranch improved that j nearly as orood as the BUCKSKIN
i Bro. Baillio will become so proud
. he won't speak to his old friends.
rARD Kipling has written a
on the Transvaal situation,
help the Transvaal now.
^Austin Statesman claims to
Added 639 new subscribers to
daring September. Char-
iwefl did it, if it was done.
►Hi Dewey, an uncle of the
lL died at Sheffield, III.,
ik, and it is said excite-
■ over the honors heaped up-
Admiral hastened his death.
p; Harrigel has bought the
jeJournal.' He has had
>al leased for some time
course has been the leading
in the conduct of the same,
J&erewili be no change in
'Wrf wish Mr. Harigel
The LaGran^e News gives its
readers the following advice:
“Try Max Otto when you want a
drink of whiskey. You will be.
pleased.” The News neglects to
state whether its readers will be
pleased with the whiskey. Mr.
Otto furnishes, or with the ease
and facility with which that geutle-
man can be “stootkoff.” If the
man who wants the whiskey is
going to pay cash he won't have
to “try” Mr. Ott, he can just call
for the stuff and pay for it.
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Meat fork, Mr. anU Mrs. Cornelius.
Hermine PurWinjg dish, Mr. and Mr-. Wm. Rosen
~ 0 ... , Heinrich were united in marriage [ Berry bowi. Mr. ami Mrs. e. h. Mitcbei.
Gov. bayer will please j at Victoria. Rev. Krapff perform-’ •* R«'enb«rg.
accept our thanks for honor con- j inff the ceremony. The young’ Card r®*?1 m? S’ “rTcrae.net,
couple staited on the joillbev of i silver Cake stand and smoking set Mr. and
life with little of this world's 1 ^58 r pra<TT v,°ffkH)A,n' ..
goods. but With warm. loving ! A. Mever, Range.
hearts, clear consciences, ami a! 1WL I,r am! Mr‘Hir,'hf‘u'
determination to' be to. each other! Silver Soup Laddie. Little Her'oert Haverloh.
, , . . j .. Snip Toereen, Mr. and Mrs Haverlob.
true helpmeets, as man and woman snk and Linen drawn w<,rk. o:to»;r<*ber, moc-
were intended to be when the holy j ^^“andie Povket knife, Hans Herbs-,
ordinance of matrimony was or-1on
darned and established
stone belonging" to a Mr.
Krlege. a farmer living near La
The mad stone was applied 1
wound and adhered for two
The wound is now healing nicely^
and it is thought the boy is oil'or
danger. The boy is a grandson ofL
Mr. F. Cl big, of this city. %
BREECHES. There's as much
difference betweea the original
and the pretty - nearly - as - good-
pants, as between a dollar and a
counterfeit.
—Miss Virginia Buchanan,
daughter of County Clerk John
Buchanan, who has been suffering
for two months with typhoid fev-
er, is improving rapidly. She
was on the road to recovery a
short time ago,* but suffered a re-,
lapse shortly after the services of
the nurse who had been in charge
of the case were dispensed with.
It is thought now that she will
soon be able to be up. which
will be glad tidings to the numer-
ous friends of her father and the
Man- 1
1
Preserves
a - Asm ,*> -
^ —fruit«. Jet Use, pickles or catsup ars
M more easily, more quickly, mors
healthfully sealed with Be fined
Vf Paraffine wax than by any ether
vml method. Dozens of other uses will be
W found for .
X Refined
® Paraffine Wax
[ In 'every household. It is des*
Of. ________
is said that the distilleries in
tar will make 9,000,000 gal-
biskey this season. With
whiskey in the state, is it
Wider that the political cara-
fe a warm one, and that
new feuds breaking out
very day?-
~ -mem ——
announced that three men
Hi jail at Pleasanton, At-
rr who are thought to
srs of the Barber
horrible trinple
which occurred' Septem-
recalls a similar one
ime county in 1858 or
wnkb Mrs. Hobdy, a
i&d her two daughters
The slayers of
"family were never found.
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ncan people are a na-
; worshippers. JThe
jre have noticed of
Ho run Schley
it' on the Demo-
Irf- Scbtey wouldn’t
ny more than Dewey will
pnasidfm^al nomination.
ig of the kind
Schley it should be
f. His achievements
were greater than
lit Manila.
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hot had many wars
wholly injustifiable—
aggression and oppression
‘she declares war on the
it will be the beginning
roust day’s business the
-Britishers” ever under-
{Oome to think of it, how-
American could criticise
itly, and at the same
iorse our unholy war in
ines.
of the return of the
Terry Texes Hangers
Moont of Indiana, at
other day, nearly every
have noticed speaks of
having been captured
X%xans by the Indiana
TlSThLs is not the case,
who commanded the In-
troops who bad the flag in
possession distinctly stated
(address at tbe reunion of
irs at Victoria last June,
command had found the
tbe road where it bad been
Neither this flag, nor any
t that we ever heffrd of, was
ptured from .the Terry
ian Hawley has re-
fromCuba, where he has
the interest of a syndicate
has been purchasing sugar
the island. „ He says tbe
. resolution which prohib-
tibi granting of franchises in
Juha, U a great drawback to the
‘ “ of the - country.
But it is more than
[that the granting of such
would benefit no one
i trusts and syndicates who
them* Besides, if the
tokeepfsith
and taro their
how can such
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—Miss Tbula Cole, of Burnet,
a sister of Mrs. T. Y. Hill, and a . , .,
most charming and accomplished a°11
young lady, has been in the city. v.UST Received Choice dried
several days. She came to visit fruits, of all kinds, extra tine Hol-
her sister and to assist in caring j herrings. Choice and fresh
for tbe little bov of Mr. and Mrs. | staple and fancy groceries always
Hill. Mrs. James Cole, Mrs. | m stock. Mrs. Eva Silber.
Hill’s mother, was here, also, but j —Dr. C. A. Pfaender, the yeter-
was called home to Burnet Mon inary who makes monthly visits to
day by a telegram announcing the
L . , --I will do rodding on houses*
In then journey thus fai along and barns at lowest prices with the
life s highway we presume thert i latest improved material recoin-j
haye been clouds to obscure the j mended by tbe United States goy-1
sunshine occasionally : that the: ernment weather bureau,
trials and vicissitudes incident to i p j Rinter
eyery one have been encountered | -_I_ j
by them in common with the rest! -We hear constant complaint,!
of their friends and acquaintances; j for which there is good cause, by !
but now, when they have reached j tbe way. of the way the railroad
the 25th mile-stone on their jour-! people keep a box car —sometimes i
ney, they find themselves comforta-! several of them—standing on the!
bly situated. hapDV m the love of t siding just east of the depot build- j
tne children who have blessed their ; ing. which limits the space for!
union, and enjoying the respect; passengers to get on and off the ,
tasteless and odorless—air.
and acid proof. G^t a pound cake Of
it with a list of its many
from roar druggist or grocer.
Sold everywhere. Made by
8TANBAMB OIL CO.
£•
! s$fc\.
serious illness of an adopter! child.
The hand of affliction has been laid
heavily on this family of late, and
they have the sympathy of the en-
tire community.
—Bill Price is still “crippling”
atpund ' with the rheumatism,
though he is improving. He says
if he had not been a man of iron
constitution he would have been
dead. He has suffered recently
from a seyere summer cold, then
a bilious attack, and finally rheu-
matism caught him, But he says
you can't keep a good man down,
and while be is slightly disfigured,
he is till in the ring.
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—The many friends of Judge
P. H. Green, of Yoakum, will be
pleased to learn that be is much
improved in health. He has had
quite a severe attack of slow fever,
and at times his condition has been
deemed critical, but now he is
thought to be on the road to re-
covery, and the Herald hopes
soon to see his genial lace among
us again. . (
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—Mr. Torn Judd, of Williams-
burg spent several hours in tbe
city yesterday. Mr. Judd in-
forms the Herald That Rev. J-
N. Strode will begin a protracted
meeting at Williamsburg next
Wednesday October istb.
—Bichafd Loika. a prosperous
young farmer of Moravia paid us
a very pleasant call yesterday.
His figures were set into 1900.
—Mrs. A. Senf ten berg, accom-
panied by her two children, came
in yesterday. Tbe children will
attend school here.
--F. W. Jaroszewski, of Bur-
ton, has our thanks for a remit-
tance for the Herald for another
year.
— Mrs. George Ligon, who has
been visiting friends in the city,
returned to her home in Yoakum
yesterday.
— Hon. John Wood and his
sister. Mrs--F. A. Farley, went to
San Antonio yesterday.
—Mrs. Sam Hopkins, returned
to her home in Gonzales yesterday.
CHEAP GLASSES COST
So little that maaufacta: ere cannot
afford to put time enough on each pair
to make them at ail reliable or safe to
wear. But Ledbetter A Knox, our lead-
ing druggists, are selling the fine glasses
manufactured by Kellam & Moore, At-
lanta. Ga. Call on them and have your
eyea fltted.
Bellville, successfully performed
several difficult surgical operations
on animals Wednesday. He took
out a tumor from the Teg of a mule
belonging to Mr. Ed Wilson, w hich
was as large as a goose egg.—Bell-
j ville Times.
—Our old friend John Becka
paid this office a very pleasant and
profitable call one day last week.
Jodn is an old friend of the Her-
ald and we are always glad to see
him.
and esteem of a large circle of
neighbors and friends. Many
friends who lived at
came on this oceassioD
bv their presence the e>teem in j
which Mr. and Mrs. Groeber were!
held by them: Among those w-ho
were present from a distance were
Mr. Ben Sass, Galveston: Mr. and t
Mrs. A. Kraege, Mi's. F. Kraege
and son, Mr, F. Braunig and fam-
ily Yorktown; Mr. A. Meyer and!
family, Runge: Dr. Li Hirschfeld i
and wife, Mr. Hans Herbst. Mari- i
on; Mr. Joe Guegan, Cnero: and!
Mr. Otto Groeber, Monterey, f
Mexico.
Mr. Groeber says that while he j
and his wife deeply appreciate the j
kindness of their friends, who pre- j
sented them with tokens of re-!
memberance and esteem an the oc-
casion, the entertainment was not
given with that end in yiew. but
reunion
west-bound train to a very narrow
passage, occasioning much incon-
a , distance ! venience to the traveling public,
to testify especially when there is a crowd.
There is certainly room for this
car to -tand somewhere else.
A
-—Henry Criswell, Alex May.
Tom Pulliam and Tom McGrew
w'ere among the Yoakumites who
came up Monday on District court
business.
-W. A. Mair passed through
here Tuesday enroute to Houston., as a
where he experts to organize an (of famj,lv and frlen,|s.
o er C. K. of A. lodge. : The evening was pleasantly
—Earl Middlebrooks, a promi- spent with conversation, music
nent young attorney from Cclum- ’and dancing, which was kept up
bus, came in Tuesday on business, j until a late hour,
returning the same day. I The following is a li>t of the
EGGS! EGGS!
Spot Cash.
2*. cents per dozon, more than market
price paid for
EGGS.—
Having made arrangement with the gov-
ernment to furnish eggs to Cuba. I can
aDd do pay more than any other buyer.
10,000 doz. wanted.
Price i2 i“2 cents.
Watch change in price every week.
Sam Reichmann.
But There are Two
Three Left.
Come quick, it you wi
One!"
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Having purchased
property known
Deitz place I have a
vided the same into
43x50 varas, which
be sold cheap. Now
your chance.
129} acres John Sm
ers survey, known as
Lee place, two
west of Halletsville.
These are only a few
the good things,
plenty more if you
to buy.
What you don't see
for. I can accom
you if anybody can. v
FRIENCH SIMPSO*
Halletsville, Texas. |||
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Wist
Austin. Texas. October if.—The fol-
lowing ol interest to applicants for Con-
federate pensions was giyeu out this
morniDg from.tbe office of the comptrol-
ler:
Tbe publication each dav of Confed-
erate pension claims' approved bv this
department has caused a perfect flood of
letters from tbe applicants making in-
quiries as to when payments will be
made and also inquiries from those
whose names do not appear as approv-
ed.
Such letters are so numerous that it is
impossible to write to all of then\ at
once, therefore notice is hereby given
that as soon as all approved claims can
be entered-on the roll warrants will be
Issued as feat as possible and mailed or
delivered in accordance tyith tbe order of
the applicant. I hope to begin issuing
warrants by tbe l&th,
To those whose applications have not
shall write individual-
been approved I
1 explain folly in
0. rejection.
the
[ SIMPSON BROS.
£ Every article in this establishment is a
I GENUINE BARGAIN,
£ made so by sweeping reduction in prices, to clean up the stock. Lots and lots of goods
g to close out at and below cost. We no longer count the real value of these goods. We
sE have determined to dispose of them regardless of what they should bring. This makes
shopping here very profitable to our customers. We can only mention a few as time,
5E and space is limited. Come and se^fol* your selves. We are bound to make room
SE for our fall stock and now is your chance to secure bargains in
H Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps,
H Gents Furnishing, Etc.
-a
Gents Department.
1 Mne of Gents shirts, real val-
ue 50c closing out at 2oc
1 line of $1.00 shirts closing
out'at 5Uc
50 doz pair of mens half host,
regular price I Sets, closing out
at . , 5c
Full line of gents underwear
regular price $1.00 per suit, f
closing out at 50c suit.
I>ot3 of mens working pants,
regular price $1.00 must be sold
out, all ar{| joe suit.
Ladies’ Department.
400 yds Lawn worth oc per
yd, this sale 10yds for :10c
1000 yds Lawn worth 11 »c per
yd, this sale 10 yds for 5oc
do yds domestic 1 yd wide for $1.00
30 yds calico Tor $1.00
2000 of shirting worth yd.
this sale 20 yds for - $] .oo
We can save you
MONEY
in anything in the line of
Ladies and Gents furnisiyng.
goods. Be sure and visit this
department this week as
every article here is below
prices and cannot be bought
again at prices offered now.
Also a few do/., off
ladies parasols leit
closing <>nt from
-'d
We can underse..
any merchant in
town in mens and
ladies- loot wear,
prices ranging
from
and up.
UP TO
25CTS
$1.00.
a
‘ af» r '
! YOURS FOR BARGAINS,
A st"t«!?berg SIMPSONBR
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Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 12, 1899, newspaper, October 12, 1899; Hallettsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth995792/m1/4/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Friench Simpson Memorial Library.