Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 1, 1895 Page: 1 of 8
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C. F.vLEHMANN, PROPRIETOR.*
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF LAVACA
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VOL. 24
HALLETSVILLE, LAVACA CO., TEXAS, AUGUST 1. 1895.
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NO. 34.
BUGGIES
By the Car Load!
And they are beauties, too, and the prices are low.
Come ar)d get a Bargain.
Also remember me for anything in the
line.
saddlery or harness
C. W. ARNIM.
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Ojver tbeCounty
{ meeting, and the Sodomites swal-
lowed it. Why not banish the vile
stuff from your midst for fear of
the terrible fate of that ancient
city (
Cotton wit look not at all en-
couraging; present dry weather
causing the plant to shed. Some
rTo our correspondents: On
account of a press of local and ad-
vertising matter we are compelled
to cut all jokes out of your letters. wj|j i^n to pick this week.
Hope to have more space later. Rev. J. A. Wright, who went
Try to “taboo” jokes.—Ed.] down to conduct a meeting at
_ Hope, is reported to be quiet ill.
Rev. Sims passed through here on
wtlliamsberg. his wav to assist and perhaps con-
The Williams’ received their tinuetbe meeting. It is to be
adopted son from Waco last week. ;
.Wedding of Mr. Besson to Mrs. 1
Price, living on Peterson’s farm. '
hoped that Bro. Wright's attack is
not serious. City Bug.
Mr. Autrey reports cotton
worms on his cotton.
A telegram received by Mr. F.
R. Chapman stating that Mrs.
John Long, an old settler of this
county, was quite low at her son-
-in-law’s at Stockdale. -
Jeff Reagan, the son of Thos.
Reagan, of Ezzell, returned after
a sojourn of over eight years to
take up his abode in old Lavaca.
'Welcorne wanderer home 1
SWEET HOME.
A concert and ball will l>e given
at the U, H. C. hall Friday night,
by Mrs, E. Jurges and pupils.
Mrs. Jurges is from Galveston
and has lieen teaching the guitar
here. *
S. R. Evans came in from Gon-
zales county Saturday night on a
visit to relatives. ‘
Mrs. H. C. Middlebrook, who
has been absent
is fine. Some 10 or 15 were up
for ^prayer Sunday night.
H. T. Johnson is herefrom Wa-
co on business.
J. N. Ponder and family have
Sims are assisting in the meeting
here.
Mrs. Ridgeway is at Dr. Press-
ly’s attending the meeting,
been down from Hackberry on a
visit.
Mrs. Luke Green is very sick at
this writting.
Mr. M. Giesler and wife are
visiting in Edna.
Ask T. R. Malone what will fat-
ten hogs in 12 hours.
There seems to be a great de-
mand for oxen to feed this year;
Jim Thames says the fish don’t
bite as welt as the mosquitos down
on the bay.
Many Hopeites attended cquit
at Ezzell Saturday.
Mr. Osborne, -of Runge, is visit-
ing his uncle, H. M. Osborne.
Mrs. J. M. Harris is visiting
Karnes City, Rockport* and other
points.
Some here are poisoning cotton
to keep the worms from eating it
off.
Some of our folks are getting
ready to go fishing next week; you
know the grand jury will meet
then.
Will Ezzell is here from Cuero
visiting his brother Tom.
Mrs. Lee Orr and the wife of
Dr. Collins are very sick' at this
w’riting.
Revs. Sam Dickson and WT. J.
J. U. W.
alty to write a newspaper article
or a letter and sign another per-
sons’s name to it ?
' F. Wilks is building the house
to be occupied by the electric
light dyriamo. and engine. ’Rah
for Shiner! More next week.
E. J. Mair is visiting in Hallets-
v31e this w eek.
Slender Jim.
;
ing in
Sunday
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Govt Report
RpYa]
ABSOLUTELY PURE
The Home of the Peach.
KOERTH.
Rain is badly y needed here.
Some cotton is opening and our
farmers will soon eonynence pick-
earnest.
a party composed of
Otto Karriey, Fritz Thomas, Gus.
Baumgarten and several others
went to the Lavaca to fish and
caught several fine cat fish, weigh-....... .. ________ v
ing from eleven to twenty pounds, j biliifcies of tins country as
There will be preaching at Pilot
Grove next Sunday.
Fodder is all made and safely
put away and molasses making is
now in progress.
Everybody should subscribe for
the Herald. It is the newsiest
paper in the county.
O. F. G.
—There is one thing of which
A few years ago it w as generally ^a(ly particularly proud
believed that a highgrade peach
couid not be cultivated here.
When we look at the tine, luscious
specimens now exhibited in Lava-
ca county daily we -cannot help
wondering why our people lived
so lPng in ignorance of the possi-
a fruit
purse. No matter what your taste
in this line may be you can be suit-
ed in that handsome selection of
newT purses at Ledbetter & Knox’s
drug store.
J
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—Three wagon-loads of young
folks, chaperoned by Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Middlebrook, took a
ss! Bws
Koerth (Jo. for two days last
week, on trial and proved a com-
plete success. It« capacity with 3
men was fifteen bales an hour
without exertion.
eharge of the church at that place.
The good oW brother has had the
watch care of that flock time and
and witnessed wonder-
ful revival, has united many in the
holy bonds of matrimony and of-
< • k • T 7 li ! Miss Mary Hennessyof San An-
icuted at the burial of many all; ,„nio is viJ{n„ Miss Lillv Veal
tonio is visiting
this week.
Call and see tbe
Box to lie given free to some one
of W. A. Nichols & (Jo’s, patrons.
’ * Giddings is vis-
J. E.
Rotbaxd. *
•. •
I over this county. Bro, Green is a
ft household man in the bonds of the
I Colorado Association. Though he
■ carries the weight of many years
Ki Vet he is active in the cause of his i r
Wk taster. God grant that he may ! f
witness the return of many a prod- . ” ’
M Igal as the result of his years la-
H
Dry, hot and dusty. Thermome-
registering 99 in the shade several
gdays in succession.
I The Autrey sugar null running
fell time and manufacturing a good
irticle of sweetening.
What for did you expose your
and its citizen? It is well
town that Sodom furnished the
dent, for the Mossy Grove
beautiful Music
nc
Mrs.
HOPE.
The flies and gnats are so bad
here that a person could not write
it he wanted to.
Rev. J. A. Wright began a 10
days' protracted meeting at Hope
F riday.
Mr. E. P. Noble went to Victo-
ria on business last week.
The meeting is good. Behavior
BRESLAU.
The good rain which fell
Monday evening did a great
of damage to hay.
Mr. Wm. Brunes, from Gonza-
les, visited his brother-in-law, Wm.
Greiff, last Saturday and Sunday.
The Breslau Schuetzen Verein
met Sunday.
The cotton worm has made its
appearance.
F. Resek, a student from the
State Normal, spent Sunday and
Monday with the family of A.
Baron. He left for his home, In-
dustry, Austin county, last Tues-
day. : .
Prospects are that there will be
a great crowd at the pic nic to-
day.
Mr. F. O. Menking and family
left for Fayetteville Tuesday to
attend their son Otto's wedding,
w hich will take place August 1st.
Some of our best boys attended
the ball at Witting last Saturday
night. Slick John.
tT5
he CottOQ Season
Is Here Or}Ce More.
Remember when you market your bales that we
are the lowest spot cash merchants in the county for
WITTING.
“Slick John,” of Breslau, had
his whiskers shaved off and it
seems that he weighs 4 pound less
that usual.
Cotton picking will soon be tbe
order of the day.
Chas. Muecke and wife, of Shi-
ner, were visiting relatives down
here last Sunday.
Ed. Gerels, of Shiner, was
on our streets Sundavs
seen
—As the result of an old feud,
engendered by the separation of
! Dick Grant and his wife several
;• months ago, there was a difficulty
! l>e tween Grant and Lou Adams
■ Monday night in which Adams
shot at Grant. No blood spiltL
j No arrests yet.
producer. And, vet. vyhen we rea- : bay ride to Rockv bridge west of
son from cause Jo effect there was the eitv Tuesday night. . Those
good ground for the erroneous l>e- who attended report an elegaat
lief that existed a few years ago. time.
Agents for nurseries from Tennes-
see or some other state would
come-here and sell our people a lot
of imaeelimated fruit trees. Of
course highy colored plates were
used and the agent booked orders
rapidly. The trees, however, were
not adapted to this country and
those that did not die bore very
poor fruit. During the last few _Kuhne nas
years, however, our people have ooupte of lots in South Runge sad
been planting home trees, trees j will!, m a few days, begin the erec-
that were raised and budded here tion of a neat residence. Mr.
on Mr. I. G. East s nurseries. The Kuhne is recently from Jackson
result is phenomenal. Go into county and he and his wife, form-
Mr. East's nursery to-day, and you erly Miss Irene Williams, are hear-
will notice that the dark-green, j tily welcomed to our towim.-:—
large northern peach tree is bar- Rpnge News,
ren of fruit, while the the Texas _
budded tree (raised from the seed- (‘vnamo
ling and budded with high-grade ®‘80”^c "^t,
fruit) is fairly burdened with, byJWhera ^ons Monday
larger juicy fruit. When you buy : ** that night. There
V
th
urchased a
for
works
was
Moulton’n
received
and
w’ere 222 lights turned on and the
patrons say the light was very
tine. Tbe entire system worked like
a charm, started off without a-sio-r
gle hitch, and a more coapjete
system oi. lights has never H88n-^~
put m operation in Texas. On
two e# the principal streets the
lamps are suspended over the
streets every half block, andv the
iliiiwination is brilliant and beantir
fuL The dynamo was beilt' es-
pecially for the Bueschen* and is
of a very superior make, and’ the
on
a northern tree for this country
you simply throw* your money
away. Th^ .Herald makes this
statement with naught in view
save the best interest of its read-
ers.
Monday morning Mr. D. A.
Paulas brought us six of the larg-
est peaches we have ever seen.
The largest one was nearly nine
inches in circumference. This
fruit was picked off of three and
four^year-old trees purchased from
Mr.. 1. G. East. Mr. Paulus savs , ,
he has all the peaches he can use at hgiiU aie pi oduced
home.
Monday at noon Mr. I. G. East
the Herald a bunch of
the smallest one of which j
as nine inches ^n circumference, j
‘ ese peaches were of the Elbertie
ariety and Mr. East sojd bucket I
,p€»i bucket full of them at 75 ;
its a bucket.
Mr. H. C. Youngkin also
brought m a ding-stone peach that
measured nine inches, and said it
was raised in his yard in the city.-
The Herald merely mentions
these things to show what can be
done here if our people will only
use acclimated trees.
wblat ia
termed the continuous oircuit.
This'is a piece of enterprise of
whiri> not only Moulton but the
entire count}’ may justly lie proud.
The Herald ventures thoaseertion
that there is not another town in
the south thp size of Moulton, that,
has electric lights. The Biieschers-
are full of enterprise Mid! pluok,
and it is to them that Moulton;
owes much of its imnostance as a.
town. Long may the* Bueschers-
live and prosper, and many they-
reap the reward their enterprise*
entitles them to.
Merchandise.
We can save you cash on every thing you
buy. Let us give you prices before you make
your purchases. •
Patton Bros.
SWEET HOME, TEXAS.
The reception giyen Mr.
Mrs. Lindenberg* by their friends
. Post master-D. Gardes chiW j “h^^
is improving. j day night was well attended and
plyto pC<w! i!M. Sa e- AM a peasant atfa.r. the «tv
—Station Agent
brooks announced
J.; B. MukUe-
the following his age.
--After a brief illness of spinaf
nieningetis, Mr. A. Schwartz died
at His home in this city at lr£&
Monday noon in the 54th year of
He was attacked with bis
We vviRsoon have a horse race
club. Boys, get your horses"in
good condition for the next race.
Miss E. Menn, of Rockdale, is
down here visiting friends and
relatives.
(Jon C Quences.
SHINER.
Passing
^ - stop to look at the finest display of lap robes in
,the county. Since the recent improvements in my
-ftfeop I have added to my already elegant stock of saddles and
^parne86> and I now have the most complete selec-
tion that can be found in this portion of Texas,
String Band furnished delightful
music and dancing was continued
till early Friday morning. The
following is a list of the many
handsome presents received by
[ the.newJy-marned couple as nearly
as it could be secured: ■
Sofa, F, Sokol and lady; rocker an3
I,center table, C. F. Lebmann and lady;
center table, Adolph Lindenberg: hang-
ing lamp, Uhas. Schoenbuscb; extension
dining table, Otto y. Rosenberg and lady;
bed room set, Frank liornakj Bert hold
Riedel, Xie Morris, F<*rd Stanrel and
i Willie Miller; stove, August Lindenberg
and lady; lalnp and fruit stand, Chas'.
Appelt; set knives and forks, (lus Nan;
silver tea spoons, K. Lindenberg: silver
table spoon? and mustaril spoon, A.
Stanklewiez-silver butter dish, G. A.
Young and lady; dinner set, Mrs. Fritz
Lindenberg: set napkins, W. A. Mair and
lady: wine set. Walker Traxlef- silver
Spoon holder, milk pitcher' ami; sugar , •, -ii; .
bowl, Wm. v. Rosenberg and lady;silv- U,w,n- OHC‘ million grams
er salt and pepper sellers, A. Levytansky bushel, <*r as much wheat
and lady: photos, II. .1. Brsuning and
lady, llalletsvilie. (iockv Mrs. Koeb;
roeker. (1. A. Kopiseh fnd lady: lamp,
| H. <». Hellmutb; lamp, Ringer and
JUST - COME - AND - SEE
H. J. HEYE,
-what I have to offer. You’ll buy then.-
I he following deaths have Oc-
curred^ since mv last rejiort: Mrs.
Paul Vrazel, Mr. B. Hcrcg, infant
j (iiild of Mr. and Mrs. Henry IIilk
mer. \\ t* extend our 'sympathy' to
the bereaved families. ‘ , 1
\\ ill A. llassel. Grand Foreman
of the A. (). I . \V. Lodge, is lie re
reviving the order. He has seven-
teen applications for inemhershrp;
The initiation will take place next
Thursday night (to-night.) .
(Jhns. K. Holchak visited Srlm-
lenburg last week.
Ad Hahnke is again up after a
two months's|*dl of fever. , .... - ..
Mr nnd Mrs C l 4p'ekle stand, ,1. ( . Bethanv and
berry set, B. B. HUland ladv;*silver
r>(\eial davs visiting Hatonia, butter dish, Arthur, Jim ando. A.Ko-
Mqutton and Bauersville last week- j piseh, Jr.; silver caster, A. Hellmtrth
and family: Silver syrup pitcher; Q. F.
llellmuth and lady- table cloth and -nap-
kins, F. O. Stock and family; chamber
set, A. Kopiseh and lady, Bellville. Sli-
ver knives and forks, R. G. Kopiseh,
Dallas.
new excursion rates yesterday:.
The tickets to Rockport and
Corpus Christ! will be on sale Aug.
5th in adefition * to drttes 3rd and
4th already advertised.
Will sell round trip tickets to
San Antonio, Houston and Galves-
ton on Aug. 3rd, at one fare to
Houston and San Autoaio, and to
Galveston at $4.05, to return Au-
gust 5th.
------—
—Suppose a man takes a sack of
wheat and. an ordinary checker
board and sits down just for want
Of something 1 letter to do, an<l un-
dertakes to put a grain of wheat
j on the first siiuare. two ,on the sec-
ond and four on the third, et<-..
( boW many grains would he use lie-
fore, all the sixty-four squares
were tilled It does not soem pos-
sible, but a Kairsas City mathe-
matician tijrureil it out the other
day: '.'.UCiJbll.jsojlbo bushels, al-
;]
to t he
as the
l nited States Avound produce in
l s.44'i years. — \ oakum Graphic.
See here, neighbor, that sounds
just a bit “fishy.'’
Mr. John Harwood does a tine
business in the line of carrying
drummers to our neighboring t
towns. Not a day passes but what
- ^ - - l)a
he deliyers two or three.
Wonder if a certain party here
Halletsville, Texas.
severe pen-
^—Mr. P.- M. Brown has accepted a po-
sition with Landa Bros. A Co.
vI )o you appreciate honesty iii the
manufacture of clothing? Buy a
pair ; of THE BUCKSKIN
BREPXJHES. They arc made to
please the man w ho wears them,
and are superior in all respects to
other makes, while they cost
more. 33^" If not as represented
you get another pair free.
fatal illness Friday- Having been
a member in good standing and an
officer of the A. O. U. W. and L
O. O. F. lodges. Mr. Schwants’*
remains were escorted to the grave
bv the members of these orders.
Many friends attended the faneral,
which was one of the largest ever
seen in Halletsville. Deceased waa
born in Busenborg, Germany. He
landed in Halletsville with Rev*
Stephans in 18®, and has made
his nome here since, having been
engaged in merchandising here for
years. He leaves a wife and five
children to mourn his departurey
to whom the Herald extends con-
dolence. ^
Awarded
Highest Honors—World’s Pth.
DR.
* tREAM^
BAKING
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MOST PERFECT
A pure Grape Cream of T;
Gom Ammonia, Aha* or any
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Mair, W. A. Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 1, 1895, newspaper, August 1, 1895; Hallettsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1000600/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Friench Simpson Memorial Library.