The Sunday Gazetteer. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 52, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 15, 1900 Page: 3 of 4
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Strawberries were arriving from
Houston_____Dr. Peild laid the
foundation for his brick business
house on Main street__W. B.
Boss was in St. Louis purchasing
wheat for the Denison Lone Star
mill-_D. H. Venable and L.
Cherry were appointed to take the
U. S. census in precinct No. a---
There was to be a city election in
Eureka Springs in Mar and Dred
Parks left for the new health resort.
-Be bee and George Waiters
killed 10a plover Friday, near the
city on the nth__Ed Harding
was appointed superintendent of
the compress, J. R. Rockwell re-
tiring. Pat Tobin, the engineer,
took charge of an engine on the
Choctaw.
of years ago and passed a whole
season in the mountains, stated tbat
he actually found the speckled
trout. This was questioned by
Eastern papers, but the major stuck
to the original proposition and
wanted to conduct a party to the
mountain streams____The rainfall
Mrs. Holmes and her mother,
Mrs. Angelina Dickerson, were ihe
only survivors of tbat heroic and
martyred garrison, all the rest of
whom perished in the massacre that
followed the capitulation of the
place.
Mrs. Dickerson, the wife of Lent.
Dickerson, who was ameng the de-
fenders, and their infant child, then
but a few bouts old, were spared.
tion of the work doae for (he ad-
vancement of the town by tbs
Holmes should be given in the
name, and to Halms was decided
apon as a part of the town's name.
was Mist Nettie Helms, who was
often called “Etta,” and H' was
decided that the should be honored,
too. Hence the name Helmetta.
Mias Helms is now Mrs. fobs W.
Herbert, wife of the vies president
of the company and mayor of the
town.
The original snuff plant urea atart-
Mrs. Holmes was born in the Ala-
mo during this seige, and tbeftce re-
ceived the name of the “Child of
the Alamo," by which the was
known until her death.
Mrs. Dickerson, the sridow of the
lieutenant, married soma years after
the heroic death of her gallant hus-
band, her second husband’s name
being Hanning. Alter her death
her second husband came into pos-
session of bar property, having ac-
quired the same by purchase.
“The Child of the Alamo” mar-
ried Dr. Griffith, and at his death
she married Mr. Holmes, and it was
while they Ware residing in this city
Dr. Feild was elect-
ed delegate to the meeting of the
American Medical association by
the State Medical Board_There
was a heavy frost in the vicinity of
j Dalles Thursday night, April 8--
; Con Campbell was thrown from a
buggy in Gainesville and had a leg
broken_The Damson Cornet
band was giving free Sunday night
concerts in the park--T. V. Mun-
son left on Sunday tor St. Louis as
ad there in 18*5 by a Mr.
and later became a part
possess ion* of Leonard A
grandfather of George A.
STANFORD. Agent
and Mrs John W. Herbert. In 188a
the George W. Halms company
on at night-_Mr. P. O'Donnell,
who has been troubled with tore
feet, is much better_____The late rain
knockedout many Ashing parties that
were oa the eve of leaving for the
Territory-.Major Waddell is re-
ported quite ill with kidney com-
plaint at his home on Nelson street.
—Parties from the Territory report
that the recent beevy rains filled the
streams bank full. There wes a
was added. The plant was origi-
nally started with fifty hands, and
now has as mauy traveling agents,
with from 300 to 400 employees.
The company turned out last year
over three million pounds at snuff,
nearly one fifth of the entire output
of the Un'tad Status, which is figured
at 16 million pounds last year.—New
York journal.
delegate from the North Texas Po*
mofogical Society to die meeting in
that city of the Mississippi Valley
Horticultural Society ob the tath.
__Frank Andrews entered Super's
confectionary store as salesman--
“John D. Ourand airs himself every
morning on the boulevard a-ls-Gan*
dy, in a bran .ew buggy, behind
sue of the fastest roadsters in the
city.”—Daily News April 15. john
walks now_A grand society
1 event in St. Louis wss the marriage
of Mr. Harry E. Webber and Miss
Nellie Busch, daughter of Adolphus
Busch of the Anheuser-Busch Brew-
ing Company. A thousand persons
attended the bridal reception and
supper following. The happy
couple passed through Denison on
the 14th on their bridal tour. They
were met at the depot by General
Agent Reichenstein who had the
honor of serving the bride with the
1 first mug of beer sbe ever drank in
I Texas, and local agent George
I Braun presented the fair bride with
I a magnificent bouquet of flowers,
j —Nearly all Denison turned out
a match
Surplus sad Profits $25*000-00
up Capital $100,000.00
Mae Antonio, the city ta which her
grandfather fall, and in whisk her
She is said to be
mother was born,
in poverty, and some time since she
was told that consideraole land had
been given “the Child of the Ala-
mo” by tha State of Texas at various
time*, as wall as grams of land
made to her grandmother, the wid
ow of Lieut. Dickerson.
Letters were sent to various couu
ties in Texas, and the result was
that the lady received a number of
replies which corroborated in part
the information which sbe bad re-
ceived. but it wss also ascertained
that the land in question had been
sold and resold since several times.
F riends of Mrs. Barter a arc of tbe
I opinion that these grants were not
Washita__A letter received to-day
from Los Angeles, Cal., states that
Fred Hibbard is considerably better.
_There are a great many ap-
plicants for positions on the police
force. It is said thst there will've,a
new deal in that department of the
city government__“Spike” Wil-
son, s Denison sport in tbe seven-
ties, recently died of consumption in
Arapahoe county, Colorado—
The tennis club is in full blast for
tbe season. A countryman lookiog
at the players remarked, “Why1
look at those fellows in their shirt
at South Bloomington s few weeks
ago, says tbe Cincinnati Enquirer, a
mas, who was appareal iy a “hobo,”
bagged the boas caavastman tor s job,
putting up a sorrowful talc about
being an engineer on tbe C. B. A
Cf., and said be had base blacklisted
lor sir-king, since which time bad
been “bumming'' about tbe con a try
in search of work, but the blacklist
confronted him whenever be applied
for a job at bis trade. Ha was
engaged by tbe show as a canvaee-
maa, and went South with tbe show
traia. At tbe train was pulling
through a tunaal a mile long at
LELARDOUX,
ARCHITECT,
r 26c. Denison, Texas.
included in tha property claimed by
her step grandfather, and that it bad
never been sold or otherwise dis-
posed of by her grandmother. If
M^n be tb« case, Mrs. Barrera, io-
xtit.l of being poor, may be very
rich, for the land has become ex-
ceedingly valuable since it was do-
nated to the widow of Lieut. Dick-
erson and since her death.
According to tbe records tbe fol-
lowing grants were made at times
to the heirs of Lieut. A. Dickerson:
A tract containing 640 acres of land
and another tract of 1280 acres ia
Bell county, Texas, in tbe year
1836; in 1845, a tract of 1476 acres
was granted in Fayette county; in
I 1841, 2000 acre* were granted in
King's Mountain, on the Cincinnati
Southern, it stalled.
Tbe engineer and fireman were
overcome by the smoke and gas, and
tail unconscious to tbe floor of the
can. There were 30 showman 00
the treia, many of whom ware near
asphyxiation, and one did succumb.
Of the Evant-Ford letters and
the publication of same under the
head. “A Hogg-Cl ark Echo,”
(an article attaking the democracy
of Rice Maxey, candidate for the
office of district Judge) in the
Collinsville Times, that paper in its ____________ _____
issue of March 2 baa the following I G*|ve*too county, and aubaequently
to aay: another tract of 700 acres tn DeWitt
“We believe in honesty and county.
straight forwardness in politics. Should this land have been die-
Two weeks ago the Times published po,ed o£ illegally, in order to estab-
•n article headed A Hogg-Clark I Ush a claim and to prove her identi-
Echo. It was signed and paid for ty u W1|| be necessary for Mrs. Bar-
bytnoae who rent it here for publics- to produca evidences of her
tion, and the Times washes its bands lbirtbt etCM .nd u i, with this view
of anything crooked in the matter.Tlh„ tbe iDquiriet ,re being made.
Wednesday to witness
pigeon shoot between A. J. Be bee
and j. D. Yocom. The score was
Yocom, xiioioixo, otitx-
toot 1—10. Bebee, t iooix-
0001,101x11110 <—9- The
“x” scores dead birds out of the
bounds____Neal Tibbs and R. B.
Hibbard and family set out for
Eureka Springs m a covered wagon.
_Charley Raabach, an old time
Denisonian, was elected city treas-
jurer of Parsons, Kas________Major
W. C. Duxbury secured the govern-
ment contract to transport freight
from Gainesville to Fort Sill_
Mr. George Green, formerly book
keeper of foe M. A P. bank, Sher-
man, disappeared for the second
time, and rumor said the hooka at
tbe banks showed a deficit of
$24,000_J. E. Streeper opened
an undertaking establishment in
connection with his livery business.
_Unde Billy Burch offered the
first blackberries of the season for
tale. They came from Houston—
price 24c per pound_John M.
I Wilson, of Whitesboro, announc-
Ii was a desperate situation, as in a
few minutes more all would have
perished. “Hang oa a little longer, I
and I'll pull you through, boys!”
said the “aobo," at be got down
and made a dash for the bead of tha
tram. Arriving at tbe cab be took
in the situation at ooce, and, pulling
tbe throttle wide open, tbe engine
made a lunge forward, pulling the
train with it.
In two or three minutes the train j
was io the open eir, with the hobo,
more dead then alive, prostrated on
tbe engineer*! seat, bat with his hand
still on the throttle. At tbe mouth
of tbe tunnel a switch engine
came to tbe relief of the party.
Every man on tbat train would no
doubt have bean dead within ten
minutes had it not been for tbe
heroism and pretence of mind of
Ibis blacklisted engineer—this hobo.
iSTELAS San Antonio,
- Austin.
its achievements . Swell vomer vis Iloin ssoH.tT.C.
with “pin and pickle” money inched -
there, and wealthy widow* with j Through Tourist Slaaprs
day this small affair ia one of tbs
big-little things of New York. II
baa a turplna of $1,811,800 and de-
posits of nearly W,0*0.000 Yaw
•could not key a share of its
(par value $100) for lam
LOTTS
The Finest Stock ot
GROCERIES, FEED and FUEL
in the city,
III SOUTH HUSK AVENUE.
The record will be found in tbe
board of health office to-day if it be
in existence.
HOLDEN
II DAI bTUAfiTB CLUB.
MEXICO
H.o howe. Aristocratic Brand
KNAUR A HOWE, r r * •
a Foundry A Machine Shops. TaTpOIl Clllb WhlsV
all work pertaining to the buM- Not like the rest
The Best, tbe Very Best
17 W. Cananvr Sc-- See that every cork is braade
A Hot Springs, Arkansas, special
to toe Houston Post says:
“In one hour and ten minutes a
few nights ago Mat Hogan of Chic-
ago won $37,500 from Dan Stuart,
former prixe fight promoter, now
proprietor of the Southern club.
The game was faro, tbe hour late.
Hogan bought $2,000 worth of chips
snd agreed to keep them in action
j during the deal.
“Do I understand tbat tbe bridle
has been taken off?”
“Yep, replied Stuart, you can go
as you like. I’ll just hold you down
to a limit of $1,000 to doublet and
$500 to singles.”
katy Flyer
It has been inquired if tbs Wins
ton Churchill who wrote “Richard
Carver and the Winston Churchill.
bob of Lady Randolph Churchill,
are one and the same. They are
not As has been staked before, the
author of the novel in question is
not related to the Churchills of the
grout Marlborough family Tbe
talented son of Lard Randolph
Churchill has distinguished himself
by writing one or taro books and at
u war correspondent, but this faint
imitation of Thackeray's “Harry
Esmond” is by a namesake of Can-
adian birth.
being blacklisted was true.
FINN dsMcSWEENEY
0ITATI0B BY PUBLI0ATI0I.
4:*§ ►
"“Hogan’s fir.t play was to cut the
twenty checks right in two, place
$1,000 with a copper on tbe big
square, $500 coppered on tbe king,
the other $500 coppered on the high
card. The first turn out of the box
was a king, five, and io tha one play
The State of Texas, \
County ot Grayson. J
In the Justice Court, Precinct No. 3
Grayson county, May Term, A.-D , 1900.
To the sheriff or any constable of Gray-
aoa county, Greeting:
You ere hereby commanded, that by
making publication of this Citation in
: some newspaper published in the County
of Grayson for tour weeks previous to the
return dey hereof, you summon William
London, whose residence is unknown, to
be and appear before the' Justice Court
of Precinct No. 3, Grayson County, to
be hoi den in my office st Denison on the
and Monday in May, 1900 then and there
to answer the suit filled in seld court on
tbe |fith day ot March, igm, wherein C.
C. McCarthy is plaintiff, and Wlitlam
France to study all apparatus and
methods employed by sorcerers,
water aeers, and wizards, who use
the divining rod, mineral rod, ex-|BS|t jay,'that is, ha had $3,000
ploring pendulums, hydroscopic j coppered in the big square, another
compasses, and Ihe other instruments $i,qqo coppered on the king and tbe
which go by a host of other fanciful other $1,000 coppered on tbe high
names. The French engineer, M. card. As a result of tto% first turn
Brotheir deRolliere, is the president he atilt had twenty chocolate colored
of tbe eommission. He will procure | checks in front of him, which be
placed on the five spot open. The
turn came queen, five, and Hogan
And Liquors ....
Imported add
Domestic Clears.
103 W. Main 8treet.
seem
MITKN STEM IYE VMM
CO- LU CTHCitE,Tottar.
JOHN MANNER*, Dyer.
Firet-clWork Guaranteed in
Tailoring and Dyeing.
**-tf Bis* A1A W, Main 0t.
books, reviews, journals, teports of
experiments, together w’ththe names
and addresses of the inventors ot
the alleged devices. All tbe facts
and documents may be sent to M.
| tie Rolliere, cave of Cosmos, 8 Rue
Francois Premier, Pans Franee. It
ia hoped that tbe findings of this
on him. Forcing tha tears ti
eyas, tha mas cried out:
“Alas! but I have mat with 1
vioua loss am no longer m
My ass ia dead."
lease Call
■ :vV .'*"•• V• ‘ /.• y . r 1
And see oar fine
line of Delicacies.
We can verve your
table with the beet
line of poods ever
offered in Denieon.
W. T. Cun.ax,
Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 3,
i ray son (bounty, Texas. 31-st
but also minerals,
can,
A Marrow fiaoape.
Thankful words written by Mis Ada
E Hart of Groton, S. D. “Was taken
with a had cold which settled on my
lungs; cough set in and finally tarmi-
Money to loan on improved
city property at very low retea.
Will take up Vendore’ Lien notea
and Mechanic's Lien on homesteads.
Fiams Kohfkldt,
Real Estate Dealer, 123 W. Main
nated in Consumption. Four Doctors
gave me up, saying I could live but a
short time. I gave myself up to ray
Savior, determined if I could not stay
with my friends on earth, I would meet
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The Sunday Gazetteer. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 52, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 15, 1900, newspaper, April 15, 1900; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth570988/m1/3/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Grayson County Frontier Village.