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VOL. XX.
■ fS!J
NO. 46.
Caldwell News-Chronicle.
OUR AIM IB THE GREATEST BENEFIT TO THE FARMERS AND WORKING PEOPLE OF BURLESON COUNTY.
CALDWELL, BURLESON COUNTY. TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1900.
&rom Our fflurai Staff. $
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NIX.
compare with the loss and dam-
age of last year. At last ac-
counts the water was slowly re-
seen here this
I'nci.i: Bi n.
Mix. Tkxas, April H.
Kiutoh Nkwü-CIU •kici. -::
In the altercation here last; ceding.
Wednesday night between Jack Frost was
Little and Arthur Smith the hit- morning.
tcr received three severe but
not necessarily fatal wounds
from a knife, the most serious I'roviocnch. T«-x., April
being in the left side and pene- j it«Nkws-i iironici.k .
trating the lungs. He is now 1 here is not much news to
doing fairly well and is expected communicate this week.
Little was placed °n account of the heavy rains
PROVIDE NCI.
grazing on the prairie and in a
few minutes was dead. I would
like to know what disease af-
fects them in that way.
After making as close investi-
gation as I can, I conclude that
there is an increase of about ten
per cent, over last year in the
cotton crop and not more than
five per cent, increase in the
corn crop.
Almost all the voters in the
community express themselves
favorable to county nominations.
We hope this matter will be dil-
igently pushed over the county.
Jack.
BRYMER.
to recover, little was place
under bond to await the action
of the grand jury. They are
both unmarried young men and
at the time were working lor
Mrs. Hill.
As a result of the heavy rains
of the last two weeks farm work
is suspended and considerable
damage has been done. Not
more than one-half the cotton
crop has bren planted and it is
the opinion that a large part of
it will have to be re-planted;
consequently, the crop will be
three weeks late. Very little of
the corn hi* - - been plowed and it
is needing work.
I learn that the rains caused
Cedar creek to overflow bad!\
in some places. < >iie report i->
that a few miles up the reek,
in the way ot washing away and
damaging land, tins Hood equal*
and in some phues surpasses
the one last year. \iiother re-
sult of high water is that s\« re-
ceived no mail Saturday ami have
had on!\ the almanacs to read.
Mrs. J. H Hill and her chii
dren left Sunday lor i.an-e to
Hkymkk. Texas. April 11.
Kiutok Ni'.vvs-Chhonic i.h:
The heavy rains did consider-
larmers have another rest. able damage to fences and crcps.
John Scott. J. K. Little. Jack The farmers generally '.hink
New comb, J. W. Klliot, Newton, they will have to plant cotton
Klliot and your scribe are going over.
Miss Pearl Porter came home
yesterday, the school in Lexing-
ton having been suspended on
account of measles.
Measles is reviving in this
neighborhood. Three new cases
are reported.
Nearly everyone in the com-
mit nil \ has had a spell of grippe.
The white man's union is be-
ing spoken of very favorably.
Fagan's store has now on sale a new assortment of
men's Shirts and Collars that surpass any line ever seen
Caldwell.
At Fagan's store you can buy Clapp's fine shoes, Pack-
ard's S3.50 shoes and Ziegler's stylish footwear for ladies.
Clothing department upstairs.
fishing during the wet spell.
Jack Thoin.t-. killed « le . en of
the 'po**um laimlv in a hen's
nest a few nights ago. All hun-
gry candidates have an invitation
to come and have a feast.
Charies Thomas of Parker's
farm ,n the bottom was visiting
In- parents here Sunday.
We hear that Thomas Scott is
quite sick.
Alt \ Duckworth and Jack All to whom 1 have mentioned
N
wcomb were calling on their
i lends" here Sunday.
lie .'.vise ot high water our pas-
r ! id not i mi! e Su ndav.
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James Little
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tain,
. last ti> v ,tig.
¡ t1' >ii has re t u riled f r< 'ill
oint w lit ' e she went on
t ii> r mother'* illness,
arre! ^ indav night, on
al eat s' v. n inii' s !i • .it!
w i i n a tieg r.1 named
nd a m.tn fn
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Mrs. \V. I . SI.iv vv ,i • ijtiit e
Hick several days last week.
C. S. Whitni v 's i h i Id i en ha v«
measles.
C. C. Ilrinkley had the mis-
fortune to lose a good work
horse last week, its death be (lo-
calised by blind staggers.
Hill Webb ol the Smyrna com-
munity was visiting in the vicin-
ity Hundnv. He stated that In-
attended the old fiddlers' contest
at Calvert last week and won
fourth prize.
I V I I K.
Mix, Texas, April 12.
News reached here late yes-
terday evening of the death, at
< tuuse, at 2 o'clock yesterday, of
Mr*. Walker, the mother of
Mrs. J. II. Hill
name
[ with
Mon-
.i ¡ >ed.
Coll-
I fatu-
Iiot-
siderable alarm and
¡lies have mov ed out of the
torn, fearing a bad overflow.
The hea It I' ol community, 1
believe, is not .is yood ,is it w.is
a short time .ten.
the subject are in favor of it.
S. L. Tar water's baby was
taken . i ry ill again Monday.
Mi's. Moore is suffering from
lie erated sore throat. She has
been dangerously ill, but has im-
proved ,i little within the la^t
tvventv-tour hours.
Shortiv after seven o'clock
Ttii sd.iy evening, Mrs. Jane
< >id ha in, < 'lie 111 I lurlesmi coun t v 's
oldest si-ttlers. passed from this
life. She was taken several «lavs
before with ¡a grippe; that, to-
gether with a brain trouble, was
' i; ii lor h r strength. Mi's.
Oldham was seventv-niile veal's
d ..g<-•. and i aine here at a verv
ear 1 v ,ige of her liie.
As ni ai as | ha e bei u able to
di t«r m i lie t he i lie n ,e-e in t he
. otton i rop her is about tvveiitv
p i cent, ov er last year. Tin
i'orn i tup has not been , hanged
to ,.nv extent. Tim.
II00HIKVII11 .
Iti iK i k\ I i.i.i . Tex ., April 10.
r. A. King and Harry Dean Kiutok Nkws-i'iikoxici.k:
of Caldwell paid a short visit to
our community this week, stop-
ping with Jack Nagsdale.
T Vd >< >\.
KM 4.
It rained here Friday and Sat-
urday, but not like it did above
Cameron. Your scribe had an
experience with black mud that
was hard to beat.
Mrs. Tanner has been quite
Kir v. '11'N.h, Aprils, 'sick, but is some better today.
Ki n * Ni vvv-Oinonu 11 j This kind of weather makes
Plenty of rain. j folks feel patriotic and a vent is
A great deal if not all of the always found in the road ques-
cotton that has been planted will j ¿¡on. |jv tomorrow we'll have
have to be planted again.
A man from Milam county was
here recently prospecting for
good roads.
C00KIS POINI.
1'ooki:s Point. Texas, April 11,
K i 11 TOR Nl.VV S I'ilRONK I.ii:
The people in this vicinity
are willing to see it quit rain-
oil on the Fletcher lloren tract
of land. 1 understand he will
of this phne. return soon to make a more thor-
Mrs. Walker w.is very well ,tngh investigation. This uiav
and favorably known here, ami prove a bonanza to some of our ing for a while. Those who had
leaves a gnat manv friends who lu.¡K|,|,ors> crops on the creek will have to
will be grieved to hear of her I Our school closed last week replant, or most of them, at any
death. and the teacher, Miss Mae Hope, rate. The river is on a rise and
The river has been very high; j with her cousin, Frank Capps, the report is that it likes be-
thc highest point reached being has returned to her home. Miss'tween three and four feet of be-
within four feet of the high Mae has made a good reputation ing as high as it was during tin-
water mark of last year. Many as a teacher and has many warm overflow last summer.
hundred acres of land have been friends here. Miss (¡eorgia Watford has
submerged and considerable J. A. Jackson lost a fine cow been wrestling with a very se-
«lamagel done, but nothing tola few days ago. She was seen I vcre attack ol la grippe.
Mr. Hack's children have the
whooping cough.
Mrs. Young has been quite
sick.
Mrs. W. S. Jones has been on
the sick list.
John Pollock, Sr., has been on
the sick list.
Little Maggie Wallin has had
¡a light attack of scarlet fever.
Miss Nellie Hunt is visiting
Miss Bessie Jones this week.
Miss Annie Bowles left about
I a week ago for ll untsville to at-
! tend sc hool.
Miss Lillian Levi visited Misses
j Dulie and Jessie Bowles last
! week.
Miss Lizzie Runkle visited the
, family of D. J. Bowles last week.
As well as I can ascertain, the
majority of the people in this
.community are in favor of a
¡white man's ticket, and so is
Ists.
YELLOW PRAIRIE.
OfKii-SMVN. Tex.. April in.
Kill TDK N I.VV S-Cil RON I c I.I-.:
The heavy, continuous rain of
last week has stopped all farm
work for some time, damaging
crops and washing rolling lands
badly. The public roads in some
places are greatly damaged.
Miss Lucile Fraim of Milano,
after spending several days with
her cousin. Miss Carrie Thomp-
son. returned to her home Mon-
da v.
Mrs. Craig, v. ho formerly lived
here, has return 1 and will make
this her future >me. Her sis-
ter, M i s. McCar and children,
ai e with her.
Joe and M . t ti> 1 i: in s. who
have been quite :!i, are now con-
valescent.
Kufus Price of Caldwell vis-
ited friends here last week and
was taken sick with measles, but
is now about well.
Little Joe, son of Dr. and Mrs.
McLean, accidentally turned a
j cup o i boiling coffee on his right
arm. scalding it very badly.
Dave Black went to Caldwell
Tuesday to spend several days.
Dr. Neelv returned from Hub-
bard Citv Tuesday, without be-
ing perceptibly improved in
health. ' Y.
SOMLRVILIL.
Somi:rv ii.!,!•:. Tex., April 10.
Kiutok Nkws-Chhonici.k:
There was a rain fall of eight
inches last Friday and Saturday.
The Yegua rose almost as high
as it was during last June. The
water ran over some portions of
the bridge on the Washington
county road, and washing awav
the bridge across the slough ill
Burleson county. The trains
over the Navasota branch have
bee* suspended. Passengers
are being sent around by Bren-
hain and Hempstead to Nava-
sota.
The tie plant is raising the
smoke stacks to eightv-lour feet.
Tom Watson was ill a leu
days last week.
Mrs. Sullivan from Lyons was
in the city last week visiting
Mrs. Hill.
R. A. Brantley, Jr., is ceiling
and refitting the inside of hin
store.
Rev. Rhodes failed to come
last Sunday, so we had no ser-
vices. Rev. Crutchfield will fill
his regular appointment here at
3 o'clock next Sunday.
Capt. Adams of Lyons was
in the city yesterday.
Beal Myers spent Sunday af-
ternoon in Somerville.
J. S. Baker has gone to Chi-
cago on business.
Mrs. /Cinamon visited Bren-
ham last week. Ikic.
, n.r.
V0LNEY.
Voi.nkv. Tkxas. April 11.
Editor NKVVS-CH KON ICI.K:
The severe rains of the past
week have very greatly inter-
fered with all kinds of farm
work in several ways. Farms
and roads are very badly cut to
; pieces. Seed planted before the
rains will probably rot. Many
have a great deal of land not yet
broken, and farmers are gener-
ally behind with their work.
It is apparently impossible to
give any accurate idea of the
comparative acreage of corn
and cotton this year and last.
The white man's union is very
much in favor in this section.
Miss Carrie Fan* of Lyons is
closing a very satisfactory term
of school at < >ak 1 fill.
I\ Wlioi;.
( I A) .
c ; t. v. 1'i x i>, Apri! u,
Kiutok N i;vvs-i'ii komci.i- ■
The overflow has been very
serious here again this year.
The rise has not been nearly so
high, but many of the same
scenes have been witnessed—the
moving of live stock and house-
; hold goods, etc.
Nearly all the lields are in a
bad condition owing to the re-
icent heavy rains having plowed
great gullies through the fresh
plowed fields and covered the
low lands with a layer of sand.
James Thomas went to Bren-
ham Monday and returned on
Tuesday.
Mesdamcs Runnels and Dar-
nell went to Bren ham Wednes-
day.
! Two negro convicts on the
j Stone convict farm died last
week. They had been sick for
| some time.
, News reached here Thursday
! of an accidental drowning at
I Batte's ferry. A negro woman
and a small child, in attempting
¡ to land from a small boat, the
boat was capsi/ed. The woman
was rescued in an unconscious
condition but the child was not
found.
The railroad bridge gang is
with us again. L. D<mi.
Nead 'Vniii mi Tne-is .mil itmjn-ri. 1—
, bun." Price 2 cent*. ,tt
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