Bay City Breeze. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 5, 1896 Page: 4 of 4
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gAY CITY. - - TEXAS.
—Capt. Jno. White steamed up the
boat Sunday afternoon, and attracted a
large crowd to the waters’ edge, by
blowing the whistle. It is a regular
coarse steamboat whistle and fairly rais-
es, the natives when she is turned loose.
The machinery has already been placed
in position, and every thing works lovely.
It will be only a short time now, until
the boat will make her first voyage.—
Wharton Star,
—The best local election news we
have to report is that Hon. A. D. Hens-
ley is undoubtedly elected to the legis-
lature. The colored republicans of this
county voted for Hilliard and of Brazoria
for Wilkerson. Hensley’s plurality over
Wilkerson, the one he has to beat, in
Matagorda county and the precincts of
Angleton, Velasco, Quintana and Alvin
in Brazoria county, is over 700. As
fiensley will get considerable vote in the
other Brazoria precincts, his election is
practically assured. Hilliards total vote
The people have long since learned that the
most disagreeable medicines are not necessari-
ly the best. In fact, as a rule, they are not.
What is wanted is something mild and sure,
such as Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and
Djarrhoea Remedy. That is really pleasant to
take when reduced with water and sweetened,
Then it is acknowledged everywhere to be the
most successful remedy in the world for bowel
complaints. Ask any number of druggists for
the best remedy they have for ‘diarrhoea and
fully nine out of ten will recommend Chamber-
lain’s. In speaking of this, medicine, B. B.
Buffum of Friendsville, Susquehanna Co., Pa.,
says: “We have used it in our family for pain
in the stomach, colic and diarrhoea and found
it to be a most effective remedy.” For sale by
Bay City Pharmacy.
—Wanted—A job on farm, in or
near Bay City. Gin man prefered. Ref-
erences, H. L. Parker,
Heidenheimer, Tex.
Wanted-An Idea
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| republican from 49 to 117 except Linn, I an(i iistof two hundred inventions wauti
—Have you renewed your subscrip-
tion to the Breeze, if not, why not?
—C, L. J. Sisk agent for Morriss Bros.
Monument and Statuary, Bay City, Tex.
A little daughter of Lewis Dayton, an old
and much respected citizen of Barnitz, Pa., oc-
casionally has trouble with her stomach which
gives her considerable distress. In speaking
of it Mr. Dayton said: “As soon as she has
an attack give her a dose of Chamberlain’s
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea. Remedy, and it
We
our family v/ith the same good re-
For sale by Bay City Pharmacy.
same party
to whom it was sold and the prices show that
it woulp have brought more had it bggji gold
before scouring.
The cattle feeding experiments conducted at
the same time as thes§ shegp feeding expert- -
ments, were intended to test the relative merits
of open heifers, spayed heifers, and §t§er§. as
well as the relative profits in beef and mutton,
There were five head in each lot, all high-grade
Herefords, coming one year okl. They ar-
rived at the station Oct. 25. 1894, and on
Nov. 1st five of the heifers” were spayed.
These gained 40 lbs each during N ov, while
the open heifers gained 67 lbs each during thg
same time, and the steers 71. All were graz»
ed on good fall pasture ap d fed a mixture of
shelled corn and oats morning and evening.
When the pasture failed, out corn fodder and
roots were added to the grain ration. The ex-
periment covered 14 months, and during all
this time except June 1 to Oct. 1, 1895,
cattle were confined to the feed yards. When
they were turned to pasture, less grain was fed .
each day till none was given, and shortly be-
fore taking them from pasture, a gradually in-
creasing ration of grain was commenced, The •
feed yards had adjoining sheds, like those of
the sheep, and all w'ere kept comfortably
bedded.
They - all made more rapid gains and at less'
cost per pound of grain while in the feed yards
than while on pasture. The opfen heiferg
gained 2 1-4 lbs per head daily, the steers
2 1-4 lbs and the spaid heifers but little
over 2 lbs. The open heifers gained
I lb for each 7 2-3 lbs dry feed con-
sumed, the spayed heifers 1 lb for each 8 2-3,
and the steers 1 lb for each 8 3-4 lbs of dry
feed consumed. The cost per 100 lbs of gain
made was $3,47 for the open heifers, $3.8.8
for the spayed heifers, and $3.90 for the steers.
The heifers, when butchered, dressed out a
larger per cent of beef and of choice cuts of
beef than the steers. But in the Chicago
market the steers brought $4.50 per 100 lbs
and the heifers but $4.25, the highest price
paid for any other cattle on that day being
$4.70. However, a year pievious to that date
the station marketed similar lots of open and
spayed heifers and steers, and at that time the
difference in market price was $1 per 100 lbs
in favor of steers. That previous lot were -
short horns, and that experiment gave the
same results as this one with Herefords; name-
ly: The heifers made the cheapest gains,
A ;r too lbs live weight,
and a greater proportion of choice cuts, than'
the steers. In that experiment, also, spaying
proved to be of no advantage to fattening •
heifers. Spaying does not prevent coming in
heat, and the fatter the heifers become, the less
are they disposed to come in heat.
English butchers pay more per ioq lb? for
heifer beef than for steers, and as the Chicago
market has cut the difference in favor of steers
from $1 to 25 cents in a year, it is not im-
probable that heifers will soon command an
equal price with steers, and potiihie a ■ hac
Some years ago when suffering with an un
commonly severe attack of diarrhoea, W B
Guinnip, of Atco, Pa., received through the
mail a sample bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He says:
“I found it to be one of-the most effective
remedies I ever used. It gave me almost im-
mediate relief. It has no superior and I think
no equal. No bad effects follow the use of
this remedy. It is pleasant to take when re-
duced with water and sweetened. Children
like it. It never fails. It is the most perfect
remedy ever produced for bowel complaints.’
For sale at 25 and 50 cents per bottle by Bay
City Pharmacy. •
FEEDING* EXPERIMENTS.
Bulletin 33, of Iowa station, gives . a
complete account of some experiments in feed-
ing both sheep and cattle. The bulletin is
handsomely illustrated with photographs of the
several lots of live animals used in the experi-
ments, and also of the various cuts of meat
from their carcasses after they had been
slaughtered and dressed.
The account of the sheep feeding tests is
prefaced by some interesting facts and deduc-
tions therefrom. In January 1896, there wei^
38,300,000 sheep in the United States valued
at $65,168,000. During 1895, the U. S. ex-
ported 405, 748 head, valued at $2,630,686,
ONSUMPTION, Alchoholism,
Morphine and Tobacco Dis-
eases CURED CHEAPLY and
—The national election Tuesday was
one of the most intensely exciting and
one of the hardest fought in the history
of the country. Our latest information
up to our time of going to press is
Thursday morning’s paper, in which the
associated press non-partisan gives Mc-
Kinley 263 votes with 2 or 3 more close
states in doubt, which will probably give
McKinley about 275 votes. As it, only
takes 224 to Cleet, McKinley is elected
without a,uy possible doubt, also a re-
publican lower house of congress, with
the next senate in do.ubt, and close but
likely republican. J
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FOR SAS.S BY
Leicesters
Shropshires
Lincoln?
Merinos
Cross-breds
Cotswolds
Ddrsets
Oxfords
Rangers
Southdowns
Suffolks
The wool wag ,veigbred and priced, q.nd was
then scoured and again priced by the
Qat Fish Wanted.
Will take any quantity until next
April and pay spot cash on delivery at
this point, also will buy wild game in
large lots, prices furnished on applica-
tion and orders solicited by
J. H. Berg,
Matagorda, Texas.
PERMANENTLY at the pa-
and imported 291,461, valued at $682,618.
An analysis of these statistics shows that, we
expert fat sheep to Europe and import lambs
from Canada and breeding sheep from England.
At one time, our tariff laws favored the fine-
wool breeds; but the modification and final re-
peal of those provisions have caused the peo-
ple to turn their attention to the mutton breeds.
We exported but 37,260 muttons in 1893,
against over 400,900 in 1895. In 1894, Iowa
sold $475,886 worth of mutton and $380,875
worth of wool. In 1895, Iowa contained 48,-
730 merinos; 33,582 cotswolds; 3,699 Leicest-
ers; 3,754 Suffoks; 100.060Shropshire-Downs;
8,486 Oxford-Downs; 7.428 South-Downs,
and 4,629 Hampshire-Downs, showing that
the mutton breeds are assuming great promi-
nence in that state.
It has been claimed that Iowa lands are too
high-priced to be profitably devoted to sheep
husbandry; but the much higher priced lands
of England contain 680 sheep per iooq acres,
those of Scotland 1380 sheep per ioqo acres,
while Iowa has but 25 sheep per 1000 acres.
The single county of Lincolnshire, England,
has more than twice as many sheep as Iowa.
The best mutton breeds are profitably handled
on the richest lands in continental Europe.
It was these considerations that induced the
station to enter upon a series of experiments to
test the relative merits of the sqvqral mutton
breeds, to compare these with cross-bred, with
Merino, and with range sheep, and to test the
relative profit to the farmer of producing beef
and mutton. Also , the best age to place sheep
upon the market, and the requirements of
both the home and foreign markets.
To these ends, the station purchased, in the
fall of 1895. 10 spring lambs of each of 9
pedigreed breeds, 10 Merino-Shopshire cross-
bred. lambs, IO range lambs, and 5 yearling
Shropshire wethers.
Of course sheep men know that the Merino
is a fine-wool producer, the horned Dorset is
famous for its rapid increase in number, by
births, the Lincolns, Leicesters, and Cots-
wolds are heavy, Iqng-wooled mutton breeds,
while the Shropshire-Downs, Oxford-Downs;
Hampshire-Downs, and South-Downs are
noted for the superior flavor and high quality
of their mutton. The 10 range lambs were
representatives of the sheep produced on the
dry plains west of the 100th meridian, which
are generally descended from the Merinos im-
ported into Mexico by the Spaniards one or
two centuries ago. They are produced under
nearly wild conditions, and are sent into the
grain-growing belt to be fattened for market.
These sheep are all marketed in Chicago and
other .western cities, which require a light, car-
cass; while the heavier muttons are exported
to Europe,
These western range slfe®, according to a
bulletin of the Colorado station, get no shelter
and but little feed in winter, and Cost .30 to 80
cents a year, for which they return 50 cents
worth of wool and a Iamb worth 75 to 90 cents.
In a feeding test at that station last year, Mex-
ican lambs returned a profit of 88 cents per
head, and western range grade lambs 7.1 cents
per head, while Mexican yeanlings lost 5 cents
and western grade yearlings lost 18 cents f er
head.- ■
Returning to the Iowa tests, we find that the
no lambs arrived at the station early in
November, as rams, and were castrated and
put upon blue-grass pasture with the 5. yearling
Shropshire wethers. In the latter ■ part of
November each bunch of iq was placed in per-
manent winter quarters, consisting of an open
board shed-room 12x14 feet, with an open
yard 12x30 adjoining. All sheds opened to
the south, and wefe close and tight on the
other three sides. Sheep psrfer to lie in the
open yard except in wet or extremely cold
weather. Both sheds and yards, were kept
supplied with plenty of clean, dry bedding.
Hay was fed in racks in the sheds; grain and
roots in troughs in the yard. Hay was given
first, morning and evening, followed by grain.
Roots were given at noon. The. grain ration
consisted of a mixture 25 lbs bran 50 lbs oil
meal, 200 lbs oats and 200 lbs shelled corn.
Each lot was fed all it would consume. All
food was weighed out and charged to each lot at
each feeding, and when any was left it was re-
moved, weighed, and credited to the proper
lot. The raqge lambs ate but 1 lb grain per
day at the beginning, and 1 1-2 lbs at the close
of the test, 5 months . afterwards, The
thoroughbreds ate 1 1-2 to 2 lbs each at the
beginning, and 2 to 2 3-4 at the close. The
yearling weathers ate 2 to 3 lbs grain per head
daily.
For the first few weeks Summers Worm
Powders were given once a week, and the
range lambs were dipped as soon as received,
to prevent spread of scab. Later in the winter
ticks and lice appeared on some of the bunch-
es, and as it was too cold to dip with safety,
pyrethrum (insect powder) was injected into
the opened coat of wool with a powder gun
which drove it well to the skin. Two such
applications, a week apart, destroyed all lice
and ticks.
As the first two months of the test were in
the nature of preliminary work, the gains of
the last 3 months alone' are compared. The
total gains for the last 3 months of the test
period were as follows: Cotswold, 556 1-2
lbs.; Lincoln, 499 1-2; Suffolk, 496 1-2; Ox-
ford, 472 1-2; Dorset, 436; Shropshire,
429 1-2; Leicester, 424; Southdown, 405 1-2;
Cross-bred, 370; range, 333 1-4; Merina, 258;
5 Shropshire yearlings, 149 1-2; equal-to 299 dressed put more beef pei
for 10 head.
This : hows a . total gain of 4,678 for the
lambs, from 34,501 lbs of feed (calculated in
dry matter), being an average gain of 1 lb for
every 7 1-3 lbs of dry feed consumed. During
this experiment a car load of choice Hereford
cattle coming two-years-old, were being fed
and were finished and marketed at the same
time as the sheep, and their average gain was
1 lb for every 8 1-10 lbs of dry feed eaten.
The Ohio station recently compiled results of
feeding experiments at 8 stations, using 132
head of cattle, which showed an average gain | premium
of i lb for every 10 1-4 lbs of dry. feed con-
sumed. .The average results, obtained by
Lawes & Gilbert in a series of experiments
covering many years, is 1 lb gain for each 11
lbs dry feed consumed by cattle, and for every
9 lbs consumed by sheep. The much better
results reached in this Iowa.test are probably
due to the fact that younger animals were u§ed.
But in all cases, the fact is brought out that,
other things being equal, sheep make a ppun4
of gain on less feed than do cattle, and at the
same time they grow a valuable fleece oj wool.
A further comparison of the sheep aad. cat-
tle show that each icoc lbs of sheep pons^n}ec|
29 lbs of dry feed per day, and gained 3 3-4
lbs; while each Ioqolb§ qf cattle consumed
19 1-2 lbs of dry feed and gained 2 1-7
per day. This shows that the sheep
nearly 50 per cent more feed apd gained 7^
pci- cent more per day, for eacfl iqoo lb§ o|
animals, than the cattle. The average cost of •
each ico lbs gained by the sheep wa§ ^2.93,
while each 100 lbs gained by the pottle p’qgi
$3-57’ The rations fed wprg ypxy ipuph
alike in composition, and cost about the samp
per ioq lbs.
Comparing the several breeds qf sheep, w§
find that the mutton breeds averaged a littlp
more than half a pound gaip .each, pgr .
and the ethers a little less. The average cost
per 100 lbs of gains made by the muttop
breeds was $2.88, and for the others $2.98.
The sheep and cattle were Sold jn Chicago?
April 1st, 1896, both bringing the jop of the
market. The average weight head, of thp
lambs were as follows; Leicesters, 153 lbs|
Suffolks, 146; Oxfords, Lincolus, and Cots-
wolds average the same, 142; Dorset.? an<|
Shropshires also averaged the §an}e, 121:
South-Downs, 115; Cross-breds, 101; Meri-
nos, 94; range lambs, 91, and the Shropshire
yearling, 176. The yearlings lost 38 lbs ip
each 100 in dressing; the Leicester lambs 42,
Shropshires and Lincolns 44, South-Down,
Oxford, Cotswold, and range lambs 45, Suf-
folk and crqss-bred 46, Dorset and Merino 49^
Following are the prices per 100 lbs brought
in the Chicago market: South-Downs, $4-75^
Shropshire,$4.62 1-2; Oxfords, Lincolns, Lei-
cesters, Cotswolds, Crossbred, and range?
$4.50; the Suffolk and Merino laipb? apd
Shropshire yearlings brought $4.25 per 10G
lbs and the Dorset lambs $3.75.
The profits per head, of the several lots pf
Iambs, were as follows:
ON MUTTON
$ 48
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D. who was endorsed by the colored
republicans and got most of the votes of
both- parties and is certainly elected to
the state senate. The colored republi-
can majority of the county was very
much reduced owing to the large white
immigration since last election and the
few colored democratic converts,
In county matters the White Man’s
Union Association ticket was all elected,
with no opposition except in the office
of assessor for which office Manley Sex-
ton run independent and received a
good large colored vote, but his candi-
dacy was received with much disfavor
and Culver, the regular democratic nom-
inee, was elected by a small majority
regardless of race or party.
The Dallas Fair.
Dear Breeze:— As you favored us with
your complimentary ticket to the Dallas fair,
and henep we were admitted as newspaper
folks, I must carry out the .idea by acting as
the Breeze correspondent and give you a brief
letter with reference to this great exhibition,
To begin with you should bear in mind that
there are only three great annual fairs on the
North American Continent. These are Dal-
las, Texas, St. Louis, Mo., and Tprronto,
Canada, pud Dallas is not the least of these,
for the greater patronage alternates between
St. Louis and Dallas. Remember North Tex-
as is becoming very populous, and the people
are generally well to do, but the most impor-
tant factor is the railroad facilities and the co-
operation by the roads in giving favorable
rates. For three days during the fair the rate
was one cent per mile going and coming, and
for one day $1 for the round trip within one
hundred miles of Dallas.
The race? were good, R. E. Maddox’s 3-
year-old bay colt, “Command,” run 3-4 of a
mile in 1:14 1-2 seconds. “Loyce White,’’
owned by Dipk White, of Ft. Worth, paced a
mile in 2:12 3-4. $ Elrod,” owned by Henry
Exall, of Dallas in 2:13. By the way it is now
claimed by the horsemen that no country in
the world can excel the Texas raised horse.
The Lomo Alto stock farm near Dallas is not
surpassed by any in the United States, not
even by Stanfords Palo Alto farm in California,
or the Woodburn farm of Kentucky. Exall
paid $25,OOQ for one of his horses, “Electrite.”
Also the stock farms of W. M. Hill, of Dallas,
and R. E. Maddox. The Knight Bros, and
M. C. Hurley, of Ft. Worth, and many others
in this section take high rank. The exhibit of
swine included, Berkshire, Poland China,
Chester White, Jersey Red, Essex and others
weighing from 900 lbs flows. The cattle in-
cluded the Jersey, Holstein, Hereford, Pole
Angus and short horns, The two first being
the most valuable as milk and butter producers
in the order named. The exhibit of sheep and
goats is limited, but of all the stock named
there is no finer perhaps, in the world. There
is a great variety of poultry, including ducks,
geese’ guinea, turkey, pigeons, and chickens;
some of the leading variety -of chickens are
Leghorns, Bramahs, Cochens, Langshan,
Piymbth Rock, 11 am bergs; Miilorcas, I'oiiTi,
Javas,-. Frizzlep, Dorkirs, Wyandotts, White
faced and black Spanish, Campines, heredans
and a variety of game and ban toms. The ex-
hibit of country produce and merchandise in-
cluded every conceivable variety, and machin-
ery, implements and vehicles innumerable.
The art gallery, several hundred feet in length,
both sides lined with paintings, pictures, arid
fancy work of every description by the ladies.
Side shows were in endless varieties, from a
baby monkey to a mammoth horse. The
phantoscope, a very recent accomplishment by
Edison, struck me as novel and interesting. It
is an instrument by which motion is photo-
graphed as completely as taking a stationary
picture. The pictures are thrown upon a can-
vas and are life size with every motion aS . clear
and natural as real life. Some .of them shown
were dancing girls, chicken fight, a bucking
bronche, the beheading of Mary Queen . bf
Scotts and a great moving crowd. It is done
by electric applicances that I cannot explain.
The first Artillery band of M.exico City, con-
sisting of 38 peices, said to be the finest in
that Republic, discoursed sweet music in the
music hall each day, playing choice selections
of Mexican and American pieces. The fair
was not so largely attended as heretofore, by
reason of the frequent rains, but in main was a
success.
We expect to. be back at Matagorda late in
the winter or early in the spring to stay, for
while this is a pretty good country, old Mata-
gorda county with her beautiful bay, her broad
prairies, the pure air, and her pure Anglo
Saxon men and women is hard to beat.
Yours Very Respectfully,
R. II. Traylor.
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a bargain, easy terms. For particulars
call on or address this office.
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PERSONALS. '
Dan’l Yeamans, of the west side was
a .pleasant caller this week.
Assessor elect, Geo. Culver, came up
from Matagorda Wednesday.
Attorney' Chas. Fisher is attending
Justice Williams court at Coulterville.
Jos. Pybus came over from the west
side with the election returns and paid
his respects to the Breeze.
Mrs. C, FI. Williams, of Rothqrwood,
has been visiting with relatives and
friends in the city this week.
Misses Bertie Caldwell andAdaRuge-
’ley came up from Rojherwood and spent
Wednesday and Thursday visiting the
Misses Rugeley, of Lake View.
L. L. and A- W. Benthal were called
to Wharton Wednesday to attend the
funeral of their sister, Mrs. Hattie
Young, who died there after a brief ill-
ness on Tuesday.
R. A. McCoy', of Hungerford, son-in-
law of Capt. VanHouton, has moved to
Bay City with his family and occupies
the cottage recently put up by Rogers
& Elliott, on North Ave F. He is going
to assist in running the mail line be-
tween here and Wharton.
R. Jr. Ward was over Wednesday
from Trespalacios. He informs us that
himself and E. C. Hughes have recently
secured from the state, school sections
2 and 4 Cashes Creek and that they
have already gone to work to improve
them. They are late from Ft. Bend
county and are much pleased with their
new homes, so he says.
Col. W. B. Wadsworth, of Matagorda,
was in town Tuesday and called in to
renew his subscription to the Breeze
also to his sister that he sends a copy
to,- Mrs. W. A. Wilkerson, at Herne.
The Col. says that the oyster, fish and
game business of the bays, this, fall is ex-
ceedingly good, supply plentiful, de-
mand and prices good.
Capt. Chas. Harrison came up from
Matagorda Tuesday on business. The
Captain informs us that he is going to
open up an oyster canning establish-
ment in Matagorda where he will put
tip the famous Tiger Island brand for
which he says there is a good demand
for a large product. The Captain un-
derstands the canning business thorough-
ly and will no doubt .meet with good
success,
Col. J. E. Pierce came over from
Rancho Grande. Tuesday and dropped
in to renew his subscription to the great
religious weekly. The Col. says that
on his side the stock interest is in good
shape, the cotton crop is exceedingly
fine, some prospectors are coming in and
that now- we must all go to work and
keep on working until we get the rail-,
road, which he is more in favor of now
than ever before and when we get the
railroad then he says all things else
needful will be added unto us.
—In this, congresional district from
the returns at hand, we can’t tell who is
elected. Both sides claim victory but
the indications are favorable for Hawley.
Our Local Election.
Everything passed off nicely at the
election Tuesday. There was intense
interest in this Bay City nrecinct. The
weather was all that could be desired and
a very good vote was polled. This was
decidedly a Bryan and free silver pre-
cinct. The workers and enthusiasm
was almost all one way.
The-most exciting and interesting
event of the day was when the Bryan
free silver club marched into town from
Hardeman, about 100 strong, bearing a
16 to 1 banner and with horns and vari-
ous musical instrument marched straight
to the polls and deposited their demo-
cratic tickets straight from top to bot-
tom. The remarkable part of it was
that about three-fourths of thg club were
sons of Ham, who almost invariably go
straight republican, but this time they
were enthusiastic supporters of Bryan
and free silver and stood at the polls
and feught hard all day among their
opposing brethren. They had been well
instructed by the democrats in the free
silver faith and their enthusiasm was
unbounded. The democrats carried this
precinct by almost three to one, when
the republicans had expected to equally
divide or carry it. The vote in this
precinct stood Brjan 212, McKinley 87,
and that was about the party ratio all
the way through except Linn ran ahead
for state senate and got 230 and Hens-
ley ran a little ahead of his party and
got 218. Shelburne got 213 and Haw-
ley 85. So it will be seen that in this
precinct it was a sweeping democratic
victory.
According to the returns by precincts,
unofficial, there was a little over 1000
votes cast in the county in which Mc-
Kinley got a plurality over Bryan of 117,
Hawley over Shelburn 116, Kirby over
Culberson 49, Lihn over Roberson 451,
Hilliard over Hensley 61. Everything
—Bracing.' i
—cheerful.
—Now foy a railroad..
—Huriah for Hensley.
election is over.
—xMcKinley is a winner.
■ —'The outlook for cottoq is better
prices soon.
-^Cp.ttpty. Commissioners court
convene next week.
. —The White Man’s Union Associa-
tion ticket was all elected.
—H. C. Burkhart was elected justice
and L. S. Deitrich constable at Mat-
agorda.
—Whatever our political views, the
election is over, let us put aside all ill
feeling and settle down now to business
- and work for the advancement of our
country. -__________,
-The Democrats h^ve v/on every-
thing in Texas, have about usual ma-
jorities, and from indications a solid del
©gatip^ to congress unless Hawley is
elected in this district.
—Our latest information is that Capt.
White was delayed in bringing his boat
down as expected this week, owing to
something ab.out his machinery, he was
Relayed in unexpectedly, but the delay
is only temporary.
—Last week M. O’ Connell, Sr., sold
his-Murray plantation on Caney, consist-
ing- of- 19,p -acres to Hall & Sons of
Texas City. Mr. Hall is a good farmer
and a good citizens and will become a
fitizen of our county at once.
—We are requested to announce that
Dr./ James E. Simons and Miss Annie
El. Duffy will be married at Christ’s
Church in Matagorda, Texas, on Wed-
nesday, November nth, 1896, at 8:30
p. m. The public is cordially invited to
attend. _________>;
—sThe following county commissioners
were elected: Matagorda, Chris Zip-
tprian; Idawlnns, Philip M. Bowie; Pledg-
er, G. R. Brown; West Side Nolan Kel-
lar/-' Brown and Kellar re-elected, other
two new, but good men, insuring us
good commissioners court.
—Fred Curson, the young man who
had' been a clerk in the postoffice at
Columbia for quite a while, was arrested
Thursday by postal detectives charged
with, extracting money from registered
letters. Much regret and sympathy is
expressed for young Curson’s relatives in
his misfortune. He was snared by a
decoy letter mailed at Brazoria by the
detectives.—Brazoria News.
. —In our county election the Associa-
tion nominees were elected by the fol-
lowing votes: County Judge T J. Ham-
ilton 628; County and District Clerk
Geo. Austin 634; Sheriff and Tax Col-
lector A. I. Rugeley 637; Treasurer
D. P. Moore 480; Assessor Geo. B. Cul-
ver 457; Sexton (Independent) 408;
Surveyor J. C. Carrington 463; County
Attorney W. C. Carpenter 462. Only
In assessor was there any contest.
—I now offer from my nursery, choice
fruit trees, such as June and late peach-
es, figs, apples, grapes, plums, Russian
mulberries, sweet pomegranates, and
umbrella chines for shade. Also shrub-
bery, such as arbavites, oleanders, alth-
aes, white and purple double and single
cape myrtles, cape jessamines, night
blooming jessamines and fine roses of
all different varieties. These are home
grown and adapted to this climate.
Give me a trial. P. FL Ainsworth,
Caney, Texas
—Renew your subscription tp the
Breeze.
Private Detectives.
We want one or two young men to
represent us as private detectives in the
county. Money for the right man
Address with stamp.
Texas Detective & Protective Agency
San Antonio. Texas.
—For Sale—A few thousand fine
cabbage plants at my place 3 1-2 miles
north of Bay City. T. C. HURLEY.
Do not be deceived by alluring advertisements ant
think you can get the cost made, finest finish and
song. Buy from________
tained a reputation by hont
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Bay City Breeze. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 5, 1896, newspaper, November 5, 1896; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1329924/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.