The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 14, 1900 Page: 2 of 4
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The Boers captured five companies of
English, but their brave French gener-
al, Marucil was killed.
It is announced that Gen. John B.
Gordon will lecture in Houston next
Wednesday, April 18th,
B. B. Smalley, Democratic national
committeeman from Vermont, Dewey’s
native state, says Vermont will instruct
for Bryan.
Gen. Otis is to come home at his own
request, and Gen. McArthur will suc-
ceed him as governor-general of the
Philippines.
Taylor issued a statement declaring
that he had no connection with the plot
to assassinate Goebel and if indicted he
will surrender and stand trial.
F. M. Smith, an aged murderer, was
given the death penalty at Nacogdoches.
The Thibuni; acknowledges an invi-
tation to attend the street fair to be held
in Rl hmond on May id and jd,
vol. and all dru((iats.
KOTT «■ BOW Nt, Chamiau, Naw York.
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(jgrAgent for Waters-Pierce Oil Co.,
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WEDNESDAY. APRIL 4.
Col. J. H. Lippard died at Beeville.
The South Texas Haymakers Associ-
ation met at Alvin.
Bailey had large audiences at Whit-
ney and Hillsboro.
Another epidemic of
broken out in Kentucky.
Nicaragua and the United States of
Columbia arc about to engage in war.
Dr. 1. E. Clark, of Schulenburg, State
Senator Kerr, of Fayette county, and
Representative Wbeeless, of Galveston
announced their candidacy for the Dem-
ocratic nomination for congress in this
district.
The Pennsylvania Democrats met in
state convention. The platform favors
bimetallism, the Nicaragua canal, free-
dom for Cuba, the Philippines and the
Boers, free trade with Porto Rtco, an in-
come tax, and municipal ownership of
public utilities. It denounces trusts, im-
perialism, and a large standing army,
and instructed for Bryan for president.
Roberts says he
to Boer raiders, but
; blow when he does
The house passed the bill organizing
Hawaii as a territory on an equal footing
with Arizona and New Mexico. Sever-
al eulogies were pronounced on Silver
Dick Bland.
The Kentucky court of appeals decid-
ed the governorship contest case in fa-
vor of the Democrats Four Democratic
and two Republican judges concur in
the opinion and one Republican judge
dissents from it. The case was appeal-
ed to the U. S. supreme court.
King Howard was given the death
penally at Brenham for murdering Luke
Ta, lor two weeks ai'o.
A train on the Fl. Worth & Denver
road was wrecked and burned
Channing, Texas. Two lives lost.
Senator Chilton’s physician says he
will not be able io leave the house for two
weeks. Bailey spoke to a large crowd
at McGregor.
An anarchist only 16 yeais old fired
four times at the prince of Wales with-
out injuring him. The youth was arrest-
ed. The prince remained perfectly cool.
The naval appropriation bill was re-
ported to congress. It is the largest
ever reported. It provides for eight fine
new battle-ships to cost twenty-eight
and a half millions.
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F t' jrneliu* and son, Willie, of Alafa-
gnrda county, were here last week on a
visit lo re'aiivf, and looking after a ock
btosiufni —E'inn PrngreM
You will find it just as useful In summer
as in winter, and If you art thriving upon
INTERNAL —
PILE CURE
ATF.SAA WOMII.H.
Hair* Grrai Dl..-*v»rr t
One small bottle of Hail’s Great Dis-
covery cures all Kidney and bladder
Troubles, removes Grave), Cures Dia-
betes, Seminal Emissions, Weak and
laimc Backs, Rheumatism and all irreg-
C W. Patrl< k. leprew nlii.g tha Wh*r
ton O oorry Cl, wea doing our uu iclisn »
■mtarday
1 reckon rlshfng is all tilt g'l now
RUbing pat lies uie on I lie streams and
lakes every day.
The great dam across the Colorado at
Austin gave way, over 500 feet of the
center swinging around like a gate o-
pening. It was 1150 feet long ano 60
feet high, and the water was running
to feet deep over the top of it at the
time it gave way. It was vere thick
and built of blocks of granite each
weighing many tons. The roar of the
crash was heard many miles. The pow-
er house just below the dam was at once
suberged and 9 pcdple caught in it were
drowned, and the house and its Sjoo.
000 worth of fine machinery later tum-
bled into the river, and several other
persons were drowned lower down the
river. The dam cost the city of Austin
a million dollars, ami the total loss to
the city in bridges, and other public
property will foot up neatly two millions,
and the propet tv loss of private persons
in and below the city was almost a mil-
lion more. It htd rained heavily for
48 hours before the break came, the
ram amounting to a waterspout just be-
fore daylight, and the dam broke a little
after 11 in the toienoon.
al.ADAV. APRIL 1.
The bubonic plague is believed to be
stamped out in Hawaii
million dollars to do it.
Floods are reported in the Brazos,
Colorado, Trinity, Leon, Guadeloupe,
Rio Grande, San Marcus, San Antonio,
and pearly all other river.- of Texas.
Public sentiment concurs in the opin-
ion that Admiral Dewey’s announcement
for president came too late and that it is
a pity he placed himself in a position to
be sorely disappointed.
Kansas City's auditorium burned down
un 20 minutes. Loss $300,000. It was
the largest in the U. S. it will be re-
built in time for the Democratic presi-
dential convention on July 4th.
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disputes always consume time, engender I
bad feeling, breed factions and tend to, I
disorganization of the party, Voters
absent themselves rather than be com-
pelled to take sides in these petty
wrangles that nearly always arise in con-
ventions; whereas, if they could ?o at
any convenient hour of the day and
deposit a ballot and then go about their
business with the loss of only a moment
of time, most of them would do so, and
the voice of the party, instead of that of
a few manipulators and wire-workers,
would be heard in the various district
and state conventions.
Surely, the offices of representative in
the legislature, state senator, and dis-
trict judge are sufficiently near the mass-
es to inspire them with sufficient interest
to go and vote at a primary election, to
say nothing of the state offices and U.
S. senator,
We hear three Matagorda county men
spoken of for representative in the leg-
islature, and we learn that at least two
of them really desire the nomination; is
this county's choice between them to be
decided by an honest expression at a
primary ballot box, or by a little sharp
trickery at two or three precinct conven-
tions? Which course will strengthen the
party and best serve the interests of the
public?
Let it not be inferred that we suspect
anybody of a purpose to engage in trick-
ery and to perpetrate fraud; we do not.
But more or less manipulation and trick-
ery arc inseparable from conventions,
and therefore they always and every-
where operate as a fraud on popular
rights and tend to factionism, discontent,
and disorganization.
Il is always safest to trust the whole
people, and it is always best to get a
fair and honest expression of their wish-
es.
WM. E. AUSTIN. I.l\> Zr MITCHELL
Bay City. Wharton,
Linn Mitchell,& Austin
LAWYERS. in-
Land Litigation a Specialty.
Titles Examined, Abatracta Mad*
Landa Bought and Sold.
Have complete sets of Abstract Book,
of both Matagorda and Wharton counties, and
Notaries in offices.
■UUUUIW J U II UaUtMKJtXMlUUIl tiuu
J. C. PAYNE,
DEALER IN
Grain and Feed.
Shall We Have a Primary?
In another column of this paper ap-
pears Chairman Moore’s call fora meet-
ing <>( the Matagorda County Democrat-
ic Executive Committee to formulate a
test and agree upon a basis of repre-
sentation and “fix dates for precinct and
county conventions.”
Why “conventions?” Why can’t we
have primaries, as the Democrats of the
other counties of Texas have?
Experience has shown that the pre-
cinct conventions are, for the most part,
composed of the few voters who may at
the hour set for their convening be loaf
ing on streets of the two or three towns
of the county. A few business men
may attend if not particularly busy at the
time. Some country precincts hold no
conventions at all.
Chairman Moore says if the members
of the committee prefer primaries they
can so order; but his own idea is that
our population is too sparse for prima-
ries. Thfcn why have primaries for the
White Man’s Union? It b argued that
as the Union primaries involve county
officers the voters take sufficient interest
in them to attend, but that if they will
not attend precinct conventions to select
delegates to the judicial, legislative,
senatorial, congressional and state con-
ventions, neither would they attend pri-
maries.
We do not think these objections to
primaries well founded. The conven-
tion is fixed for a certain hour, and the
voter must be there at that hour whether
it suits his convenience or not, while he
can go and vote at a primary at any
hour that may be convenient. Again,
more or less time is consumed in organ-
izing a convention, and discussions and
I >d now Gen. s tie, says nc
’a ep be Dem crate n01Uat-.cn fir
| pi evident. Both the head of the wray
and of thecavy want to be >t McKinley.
The U. S., Er.gln d ar.d Ger nany
_ united in giving China notice that she
a Uemocrat. I w
must suppress the secret society known
A company was chartered to braid a M wbiJ have rour<Jerin„
I missionaries,
The Democratic congressional caucus
having resolved to resist the Porto Rico I
tariff bill to the bitter end. Republicans I
threaten to turn several more of them
out <>n contests.
MOSDAY. A PHIL U.
A gale did considerable damage at
Rockport.
Bailey spoke to enthusiastic crowds at
near I Hubbard City and Bartlett.
So far as heard from, 19 persons were
drowned by the /Lustin dam waters.
; WM. E. AUSTIN & CO., !
jRealty Brokers,;
{ BAY CITY, TEXAS. ]
CITATION.
Thk State of Texas
To the Sheriff or any Constable of Mata-
eorda County, Greeting:
/“VATU herefor having been made ns
required by law, you are hereby
Commanded that, by making publication
of this Citation in some newspaper pub-
lished in said county once a week lor eight
consecutive weeks previous to the return
day hereof, you summon the heirs of Har-
riet A. McNeel deceased, defendants, to be
and appear before the District Court, to
be holden in and for the aforesaid County
of Matogorrla at the Court bouse thereof,
in Bay City, on the seventeenth Monday
after the second Monday in February 1900.
the same being the second Monday in June
1990, the same belna the lltb day of June
A. D. 1900, then and there to answer the
petition of George E. Smith plaintiff filed
in said court on the 14ih day of March
1900, and numbered on the docket at said
court No 2148 ag.iinst the said heirs of
Harriet A. McNeel deceased an I allegit g,
in substance, as follows:
That plaintiff is the legal and equitable
owner of a tract of land in the Hinton
Curtis li ague In Ma'sgorda County, Texas,
and being a portion ot the tract of land in
said league conveyed by Hinton Curtis to
P. 8 McNeel liesinning at. the slough
near the gin house the line to run where
the fence now (tn 1871) stands on the west
side of the lane, continuing in that dltvc.
tlon to a line between Nuekoh and P. 8.
McNeel which runs N E. and 8 W in a
tine of the Kenner tract which runs 8. E
and N. W thence N. W. on said line to
Josi ph McNeel s line Thence N. E on
said Imo to the place of beginning, contain-
ing 180 acres of hnd more or lew. That
said defendants arc muklng and setting np
some claim or pretended claim of title Io
a portion of the said land and that said
claim is a cloud upon plaintiff's tit 0 to
said land and prays to have said claim an-
nulled and that his title be cleared and
quieted to the said tract of land.
Herein fail no', bnt have you then and
there, before said court, this writ, with
your return thereon, showing how you
have executed the same.
Issued this the 20ih day of March, A. D.
1000.
—— Witness: Goo. Austin, Clerk
•{ seal [■ of'he District Court rtf Mata
gorda county
Given under my hand and seal of said
c»urt, at office, thia the 20th day ot March.
A D. Two.
Attest: Geo. Acartir,
Clerk Dfririct Conn Matagorda C •.
By Geo. Burkhart, Deputy.
A True copy I certify
8. 8 Moct-.r.
Sheriff of Matagord 1 Ci uuty 'r<“ *a
Cane BeH Metro.
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Eagle Lake, Tex., April 10.—Tci*m«b
News correspondent went by special hi-
vitatioo with Mr. W. T. Eldridge, vr-e
president of Ute Cane Belt railroad, io
the present terminus of the company's
line last Monday, which was about two
miles trom the projected town of Glen
Flora and eight miles from vVharton.
The track to the end of the line is as
smooth as most of the older roads and
the train made excellent time- The
constiuctinn gang is hying about a mile
a day of tracg. The company u-rs on-
ly up-to-date appliances in the construe
tinn an. 1 operation of this toad, and il
was a pleasure to see the ties and rails
being distributed where wanted by track
building machinery. With the grading
f can con-
struct a mile of road from start to finish
each day where the gr-tder can work.
—While in Wharton hit Friday Gen-1
eral Mauagar E-<fi'dg* “1 t •« Cane]
Belt road, gave the following information I
to a reporter of the Galveston Newv
“By Wedoew'ay of next we«k ®ur pax
seoyer roaches will be tunn.xg to C-let
Flora, six mile* from th s point. Wei
will at once increase our working force!
in grading and dumping, and though 1
detained by wet weather, the interven-] Van Zandt
six miles will be ccmpleted in the] Chilton. Baily spoke In Hill county.
The Galveston wholesale grocery fizm
of F. J. Willis & Bro. retired from busi-
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The Austin people have recovered
their nerve and talk of rebuilding the
dam.
Webster Davis addressed an immense
meeting of Boer sympathizers in Phila-
delphia.
Sydney, Australia, has had 93 cases
of bubonic plague with a large per cent-
age of deaths.
Reports of damage by floods in Texas
continue to come in. The loss of slock
was heavy i.r the Concho valley. Many
railroad wash-outs arc reported.
Judge Caldwell, of Ark., forbids the
use of his name as a candidate for vice-
president. and Ex-Congressman Towne,
of Minn., the eloquent silver Republican
leader, is no.v spoken oftm Bryan's run-
ning mate.
A bloody battle was narrowly averted
at Frankfort, Ky. Police arrested two
of Taylor’s millitia tor being drunk and
disorderly, and tlicir comrades charged
on the police and rescued them. The
chief of police then summoned all bis
men and started to the capitol to retake
the prisoners, but Beckham persuzded
him to let the matter drop for the pres-
ent.
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Uaney Uuliinga.
»Y eusttta.
E. B Huguley wm ' uytag caul* M C
uey Tuesday.
V. L UTulle and crow wire faltering
cattle on Caney Sunday.
Mr*. Aonla Tre»d»uay, o' Caney, visit-
rd Bay Ci y Moiii’ay li:*>,
J. G. Dentil* and Wa't Vuugbaa were
quite tick tbu Aral of the week.
Mr*. Dr. Foote w.* < n the elek list thl*
week. Nothing Mrlnuz, however.
E L Lawaoo and wife anil little aonz
were aboppleg in Bev City Monday.
Meear-a W. A. Maltlu w* tad I D. Mo
burly vlaited the Rae Farm Sunday.
Rev Cdhtwy epeul Tuesday night here
returning lo Matagorda Weilot-aday,
Jiteie ai <1 H. T. Matthew* were collect
li g stock tu the Bay C ty country Mon-
day
Miss M mle Dili litigi ley and brother
Warren p tased * ‘ tnvy Tuesday eo route to
Tanglewilde
Waller Sojourner, of Bay <Uy coun-
try, was 011 Cniiey Tuesday, mailing
haada lor the rica farm.
The Queen and Wilson families, of
Voca, McCulloch county, were camped
at the junction of Kiowa and the Middle
Concho, in Irion county, when the Hood
came. The father, mother and five
childron of the Queen family and the
baby of the Wilson family were drown
ed.
Reports reach London that Gen. De-
Wet defeated the British near Brandt- ■ don’t »top because'(he weather li warm.
ford, killing and wounding 600 and cap-
turing 900 with many supplies. The
Boers Agaln\defcated Col. Plummer,
near Mafekin^k Roberts says he is
paying no attentiw I
will strike a crushiL
ttto.c. F
Payne, Whar-
How To
Gain Flesh
Persons have been known to
gain a pound a day by taking
an ounce of SCOTT’S EMUL-
SION. It is strange, but it often
happens.
Somehow the ounce produces
the pound; it seems to start the
digestive machinery going prop-
erly, so that the patient is able
to digest and absorb his ordinary
food, which he could not do be-
fore, and that is the way the gain
is made.
A certain amount of flesh is
necessary for health; if you have
not got it you can get it by
taking
yen’s fmuision
The British now begin to fear a rising
of the blacks against them in South Af-
rica.
Admiral Dewey will attend the Chica-
go celebration of his great Manila victo-
ry on May 1st.
California is trying to recover eighteen
million acres of land from the Mexican
government under an old deed.
Ex-Gov. Pattison, of Pennsylvania, is
said to be willing to accept the vice-
presidential nomination on the Bryan
ticket.
A small tornado visited Bee county,
dorng considerable damage, utterly de-
stroying the house of L. D. Atkins, 12
miles west of Beeville.
Hon. Webster Davis made his open-
ing speech at Washington to arouse
sympathy and aid for the Boers. His
speech was ,ery effective.
Boers 1 eported closing in
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on Lord
Robers and several heavy battles are
looked for. Women and children are
being moved to places of safety.
TI EXDAY, APRIL 3,
Boers continue active and aggressive.
Shackelford county instructed lor Bai-
ley-
Bailey spoke to a large audience at
Conroe.
Bryan spoke to immense audiences at
Los. Angeles and San Diego, Calif.
There is talk of court-martialing Gen.
Fred. Funston for hanging two Filipinos.
, The U. S. senate passed 81 pension
i bills in 40 minutes. An exciting debate
1 occurred in the house between Pugh and
' Wheeler, Republican and Democratic
members from Kentucky, over the Goe-
1 bel election law. Wheeler showed that
1 the Goebel law was fair and that under
1 it Taylor was given the certificate of e-
lection, but he was austed by Goebel’s
contest before the legislature under the
constitution.
■SATURDAY. 2MHCH 31.
Heavy rams fell ail over Texas.
France will build 100 submarine
boats.
The state drummers convention met
*>t AllSin'
Cash continues to pile up in the Tex-
as state treasury.
Three thousand fresh British troops
arrived in South Africa.
The Navajo Indian lands in Arizona
were thrown open to settlement.
Hardeman Happenings.
PV MfUCHAVl.
A H Ehnori: vl-lte-l Its) I ty Munday
El. Wadsworth in our cl'y Tua*
J A. K.inoie is on iLi- *'ek li-t till*
good well with iron casing plow,
etc. Price, five hundred dollar*
cash. Altai fine outfit of carpen
ter, hlackHmith and gun repair-
ing tools and material that oost
♦080 but goes at leu* tjjgn half
actual value for easily
Day Trail ie LaZ’^S-
2214 acre* tine black 1U.P8 »'»!•
low in one body, well iwained,
all fenced. Price J15.X10 per
acre, terinx earth and bal. in 1,
2, 3 and 4 yeat*. Siluated
about S miles from Bay City.
2nd 7500 acre*, mixed, all fenced
Price •'10.00 per acre, terms
cash and balance in 1, 2, 3, 4 and
5 years. Situated about 0 mile*
from Bay City.
3rd. 200 acr*e, mixed. Price•lO.00
per acre, terms j cash and bal.
in 1, 2 and 3 year*. Situated
about H mile* frem Bay City.
Price $ 10.00
term* | ca*li and bal. in 1, 2, 3,
4 and 5 year*. Siluated about
ti mile* from Bay City.
Colorado River Lands
let. j int. in .’> 40 acre*, about clear-
ed and on prairie, all fenced.
Price $7.00 per acre. Term* -J
cash and bal. in 1 and 2 year*.
About 4 miles from Bay City,
has tine timber on it, such a*
Cedar, etc.
Price •l3.5o per auro, term* 4 “nd 740 acre*, about | cleared and
in prairie. Price t'.OO per acre.
Term* cash and bal. in I, 2 and
3 year*. About 34 mile* from
Bay City, ba* fine timber on it,
such a* Cedar, &o.
3rd. 813 acres, about | in prairie.
Price ♦8.00 per acre. Term* j
oa*b and bal. in 1 and 2 year*.
About 9 mile* from Bay City.
Ila* fine timber on it, such a*
Cedar, Ac.
4tb. 200 acre*, about 150 in prairie.
Good dwelling house. About
80 acre* fenced and in cultiva-
tion. Pi ice ♦11.00 per acre. 12
cash and bal. in I, 2 and 3 years.
About 4 miles from Bay City.
SPECIAL CANEY BARGAIN:—A farm of 730 sores on Caney, about
17 miles from Wharton, in Matagorda county ami near lines of both
new railroads. All arable and 120 acres in cultivation. Several
tenant house*. Price, ♦12.50 per acre, | ca*b, balance in ten equal
annual payment* at 8 per cent, interest.
Trespalacios Lands:—of several attractive offerings in this
tine section oi the county we now have only space to mention 318 acre*,
all fine black prairie bordering on Trespalacios creek, four mile* from
Hawley post, office; price, six dollar* per acre, ca*h, balance in 1, 2, A 3
year*. Also a fine improved tract of 400 acre* at five dollars.
A DECIDED BARGAIN: 1380 acres in the southeast corner of
J.iokson comity, fronting Matagorda bay, at a low price and easy terra*.
495 acres fine black prairie within a mile of Bay City in tracts of 5, 10. 15. 20, 25
anil 50 acres. Price* rea»ouab!e, one-third down, balance to tuit purchaser at 8 per
cent, .nturesi,
20 acres in town of Matagorda, at |7.50 per acre, cash
List Your Lands With Us
And have them advertised free of cost
to you. Our arrangements for advertising
are extensive, and our iacilities for effect-
ing quick sales are unexcelled. Terms
reasonable. Respectfully, J
WM. E. AUSTIN & CO. i
—Mrs. Horton, of Oakwood, Kansas,
who for several, years had been affected
with stomach ar.d nerve troubles writes:
“1 had consulted the most eminent phys-
icians east and west; they pronounced
my case hopeless. 1 could not sleep;
pain in head and back, lost flesh, no ap-
petitite, constipated, weak and nervous.
I tried many remedies with no success
until I took Gatlin’s Sarsaparilla Celery
Tonic. Commenced to improve at once,
pain all gone, sleep well, gaining in flesh,
good appetite, feel as well as I ever did.
Recommend it to all who have any’ of
above symtomt.” 100 doses $i. her
sale by Druggists*
This record-break-1
on I ing edition was the greatest stroke of
is journalistic enterprise ever seen in the
i South. t
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An exchange says that no man ha*
I been elected president of the United
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taken Hall’s Great Discovery and it has I
cured me I'omplctely of Kidney and
Bladder Trouble. F. Such art,
Treasurer Gaudaloupe County. |
For sale by Bouldin A McNabb.
for occepUblo ido*4.
State If patented.
THE PATENT RECORD,
_______ Baltimore, Nd.
Subscription pric# of U> Pztsmt Rroosu (1.00
psr «auuai. Saaplo* ftes.
____ Jtenper Karplunks.
BY CfVJS-
John Walker and lady were oil Usury
last Bunday.
Fnal Walker and family were on Cane)
last Bunday.
Mrs A, G Smith aud family Bundsyeil
on the rail side.
Roland Smith went lo Cedai Lake Mon
day after tiio mail.
Him Laura Freeman attended the dance
and show Friday night.
A. G and Morgan Sinilli and Will Burke
Robbed branding last week.
K>1 Gibson w.i in the Prairie Saturday
ami •tteuded the dance that night.
G T. Sargent came out to hl* ranch last
week and conim -ucid bi* spring work.
Mr*. Wm. Buike and family were *
sootig the vbllor* to Um cast tide laat Sun-
day
Ask Walter what he feed* balky horse*
to cure them of tholr burl habits. Hu has
apli nilid *ucce** wldi hi* treatment.
A party of hunter, from a dbtance were
camped In Live Oik buttorn a couple of
day* last week, and from all Indication*
they were after game.
C Iftoo'* lianil gavu au enlerliihiment
at the school bouse Friday night, which
was very well stlemlud. Tbe main feature
gf ygMrxanlrm w«a • •>..>„
®*J all report has lug harl a good time,
A select parly ot young folks met al Hie
school hiiuae Saturday night anil enjoyed
unu-ually pleasant evening dancing
Coston's baud fiirubhed Hie music for the
•vooing. Mr*. M E Ayro* wa* chaperon
tor the evening.
Coult«rvllle Cogitationa.
XV IrAISV
No mail last Saturday
Quds a norther this week.
I. P Coulter ipenl a f. w day* In Houl-
ton la«t week.
c.rlrsle Williams is visiting relative*
to Ban Autorilo.
A. J. Burke ipent a day or two on Ken-
aor Prairie Ihb »e> k.
Meur* Richsril Vaughan arid <). J
Doiiink passed Ibrough hers thl* week.
Dr C 11 Williams lias tetnrni-d from
a p easant visit with rula'lve* In Qalves
ton
Ml** Mali*** C aillcr ha* returned from
J. A.
- Following are a Few nf —n
The Mantj Baroains We Offer:
Caney Lands
1st. I8UO acre*, of which 500 (tores
are improved and in cultivation.
Prion for whole tract $ 11.00 per
non*. Term* 4 cn*h anil Inilance
in 1, 2, 3 and 4 yuar*. About 3
mile* from Canny I*. O.
ma K..UI.I. »!>•<•* VO
noro* Is cleared and in cultiva-
tion, onn cabin. Price ♦12.00
per acre. Term* .j cash and bal.
in 1 and 2 years. Situated about
t mile* from ('anuy P. U.
3rd. 320 acre*, of which about 120
i* in cultivation. Several cab-
ins Price ♦10.50 per acre, term*
cash un i bal. in I, 2 and 3
year*. Situated about 5 mile*
from Caney P. O.
4th. 1000 acre* of which about 75
acre* is cleared and in cultiva-
tion. 2 cabins. Price $10.00
per acre, term* | ca*h and bal.
in 1, 2 and 3 yearn. Situated
about 2 mile* from Uaney P. O. 4th. 750 acres, mixed.
Cao be bought in 500 acre tract*.
5tli. 75 acre* all cleared and in culti-
vation. Price $10 30 per acre,
term* | cash and bal, in 1, 2 and
3 year*. Situated about 5 mile*
from Caney P. 0.
Buckner Prairie Lands-
1st. 1480 acre*, all cleared except
400 acres which i* in timber.
50 acre* in cultivation. Two
*tory hotiNe, all under fence.
J, I.... <*... ... -------- ------- i
cash anil bal. in 1. 2 and 3 year*
Situated about 2 mile* from
Coulterville P. O.
2nd. 100 acre*, all cleared and part
in cultivation. Well improved
Dwelling House and other
improvement*. Price ♦31.00
per acre. Term* J cash and bal.
in 1, 2, 3 and 4 yearn.
Eighty acre*, extra rich soil, all
fenced, small orchard, good well
with iron casing, large hay shed,
mower, rake, wagon, etc. Price,
two tbou*aud dollar*, cash.
4th. Twenty acre*, extra rich soil,
fifteen in cultivation, good thtee
room house and out buildings,
Heavy f *' io north T<«A
Ssnat o h-on' health i3|*t improv-
ing.
Bailey began hit canvass ot Hunt
county.
England ba« lost .nen in the
Boer war.
Bailey «.ys he ha* practic ally won hi*
I race for the senate.
Destructive storm on the Mississippi
coast, bat no lives lost.
| The senate passed the bill appropria-
ting three million dollars for a cable to
Hawaii
Wheeless, of Galveston, will begin hi*
canvass for congreis in this district next
week, in Austin county.
tiuiKUng machinery, svitn ti
The I'orto Rico tariff bill, as amended an(j track laying outfits they
‘ by the senate, passed the house and now I —-------<•—j »----...
awaits McKinley'* signature.
Rear Admiral Schley announces his The road is now about forty mile* long
willingness lo accept a nomination for and will be pushed rapidly to the gulf,
vice-president on the Bryan ticket. when it will do more to develop the
country than anything that has been
tried in years.
Wharton, Tex., April to.—Vice Pres-
ident Eldridge and Attorney Lane of the
Cane Belt have concluded the trade
with property holders and adjusted all
claims amicably, locating the depot
grounds in Wharton as well as the line
of the road running through the town.
The railroad reservation they have se-
cured is two hundred by thirty-one hun-
dred feet, fifty of the first to be donated
to the county as a public road. Citizen*
donated thirty-six hundaed dollars to
the Cane Belt. Two-thirds to be paid
when the road reaches Wharton, bal-
i ance when the line goes beyond. The
i town people here will celebrate the driv-
: ing ot the last spike with a festival.
The Flood in the Colorado.
The breaking of tbe Autlin <l*ui on
last Balurdsy aud the loug continued
heavy rala* before and after that appall
teg catastrophe, for hundred* of mill a a-
bove and below tbe datu, lisvc put an uu-
precedenied flood In Ibe C iloiadu river.
By Monday th* river water wa* run
aiug through Live O»k *o deep that the
Matagorda mall could not crow, and tbe
water ha* (teadily roae *ince itial date.
All weal side mad now goes around yla
Wharton and El Campo.
Hull, up lo tbi* writing (Friday noon)
U>* waler lack* arveral hundred yard* of
being out upon the prairie a* near to Bay
City *• if wm hut Mimmer. Strange to
relate, however, it I* eeveral feet higher
aS tVbarlou than It was laat year. Un
Tbursdajr mornlug M. G. Klein's brother
phoned him that Hio river rose five feel
durlug Wednesday night aud wn* then
oae foot higher than It waa laat year, and
that only the roof of the water-work*
building wm above water. By neon of
Thursday it wa* two feel higher at Whar-
ton than il wa* la*l year, and this (Friday)
atoming tbe river I* up to the front of
Gifford'* (lore and llie court bou<e yard
aad will be flowing through ibe sliecl* be
fore night.
Of course Caney will then reoe veapor
liou of the flood and Hint will materially
arrest ike rise In ibe lower river.
The high norther that *et in Tuesday
Kight aad blew for about forty hour* car*
rted the waler out of the bay and very
■aterialy hastened the ajieed of tbe waler*
from here lo tbe bay, aud thin probably
Mcouul* for the tact that while Iho rise
ba* been much greater above than during
test year's flood, It ha* not yet reached
tael ygar’s stage here.
Tbe raft has built up to E'llotl’aold fer-
ry and the accretions include a great va
Itety ot material, euelr a* poultry, hogs,
Megs, and one deer—all dead. Much of tbe
Grift I* valuable material, such aa cedar
pMts, bridge timber*, sash, door*, blind*.
Md other bouse wreckage, etc. Quite a
• lumber ot men have already been at
Work getting out tin* stuff. Sign* have
been taken out belonging to Austlu and
LaGrange firm*.
Tbe Southern Pacific bridge at Colum-
bae wm reported lost on Wedne* lay and io-
Mby it 1* reported that all bridge* are gone,
ami Blcbard Kehrer, now living near La-
ffhange phoned the Huebner Brae, that
fegy ba>l b< tier more out.
At this writing everybody in Wharton '
foso busy preparing for the worst that il
ti taapoasible to get anybody to tbe phone
tn tell all tbe detal * of bridge wreckage
■Bfi other damage at that point and above.
A pa.rently there i* no danger that tbe
Wter will reach tbe street* of Bay City.
County Survey -i C.rrlngton go I out bi*
teMrumeuts today and took tbe level* from
ibe edge of the river lo tbe court house I
yard and Mcertalocd that tbe yard i* yet
two feet and four inches above tbe level'
ar Um water. A - the river bcre I* *o wide
trtoe 20 mile*) a loot rise lu (be uppjr
Hrrr Aor-n’t make an Inch her*
— N 11. Rowlett and family Intend lo
go to th* beach al th* tnoiilli <>l Cuiey to-
day and In about n week will h ave for a
long visit lo Mr, Rowlett'* old borne iu
Missouri.
■'Get your i-ye* tested sritivic mid buy
your glasset from Dr. Board, El Cnmpo.
HI* price* are right,
—T. L Burn* w*« in from the Duncan
ll'incli yesterday.
What Bay City Needs.
CALHOUN COUNTY NIW».
The people of Port Lavaca made a
long stride in the direction of commer-
cial success and modern improvements
when they organized a business league
last Frida'. Now let every wide-awake
and progressive citizen become a mem-
ber of the league, and in doing so let us
drop all petty rivalries, animosities or
dislikes and pull together for the best
interests ol Port Lavaca and Calhoun
county. Should some proposed public
enterprise appea1 lo give an individual
momentary advantage, let no envious
disposition creep in and prompt opposi-
tion; if an improvement of any kind is
for public benefit it should have public
support and encouragement, no matter
if one or a few persons happen to have
the inside track at the start. Such an
organization as the business men have
formed here can accomplish wonders in
aornrrnaMial *isb«l t tuIllM* ria I •»J“v**'v •
They have dispelled stagnation and sup-
plied new life and activity in many a
town with not one-half of the advantages
enjoyed by Pott Lavaca. The News
predicts that this old town will surprise
some of its neighbors within a short
time, if the business league shall prove
to be as eohesive and lasting as it is
now hopeful and energetic. Each
member should appoint himself a com-
mittee of one, whose duty it shall be '.o
keep a constant weather eye on the
wodd in general and to invite every soit
of desirable settlers and enterprise to
come and make homes in Calhoun
county. Member* who are at times
struck by idea* should not be too modest
to express them for the public good.
Jot them down and hand to the secreta-
ry to be discussed in the league meet-
ings. Il seems especially desirable that
a collection of reliable data be made
concerning the climate, soil, crops and
products of the county, us well as the
other resources and advantages found
here and not at other places, so that a
descriptive booklet or phamphlet may
be compiled and sent out in answer to
the hundreds of letters received by In-
dividuals asking lor such information.
So far, so good. Now let all pull to-
gether.
—The last number of the 1. & G. N.
Illustrator and General Narrator, the im-
migration monthly published by the I.
& G. N. railroad, contains an apology to
Jno. M. Moore, of Angleton, for having
in a previous issue located a certain
very successful hunt, illustrated by a
picture ot ten deer hung on one pole, in
Matagorda county; Mt. Moore com-
plaining to the editor that the game was
killed and photographed in Brazoria
county. The TRIBUNE dislikes to
snatch any laurels from Brazoria's blow,
but we cannot see ivtir own county rob-
bed of her just honor* without raising
our voice in protest. E. I’. Rugeley,
who wa* a party lo that bunt, informs
us that those ten deer and nine other*
were killed on the Hawains plantation
' in this county, and that the only time
, Mr. Moore shot at a deer he missed it
, and killed Edgar's finest hound. Mr.
Kugcley hauled the party, including Mr.
Moore, to Velaseo, and there Mr. Moore
had these ten deer bung up in the hotel
yard and photographed with himself in
the foreground. For the truth of these
statements Mr. Rugeley calls as wit-
nesses the following gentlemen who
were in the hunting party with Mr. (
Mooie: Dr. J. 1). McGregor, of Weimar;
A. T. Rose, then Sept, of the Deaf A
Dumb Asylum, Austin: Hon. Jeff. John-
son, Supt. Insuiaurc, Auslin;JohnJack-
son, Edgar Nalle, and Mr. Gregory, of
Austin; Wm. Jones, of Waco; Mr. Carl-
ton and Mr. Tarlton, of Hillsboro. Now,
lire. Cltridge, just inform Mr. Mooie
that it is his time to apologize.
Nr Bates wa- lu town oo bu*ln<'*< l**t
Wr<-k
Dr Buu'dln paotwl tlir ugh loan Tues-
da) voroule lo LI* form.
Tiie w<-«llier i» n..w ch-ar end pretty
•n<: evcij lMKly is st woik
A. Ilmnelin. the w< ll-kri<-wu linrditari
druniuu-r, »a* il i ig our luerchsi.t* Im
4 perfect cure. Purely uegetable
TXBL.BT8.
Mprcdr mid PermaneBt Cure* Guamnteed
■' . . : f . ;.,J The Only Internal Rrnirdy
L’ Iiidorsed by Phy»icUnS j
ha^r been
cured . rh - 'Vt-nt. rc-nc
uj nrer..t:cr-, a;. J t^zurtd sr.fq tcr.ip<'rf ■ i) relief.
LUt f ’.ci*:. > cf tcjtimonlali from wp!!
. r if' f.’.d u/hfi hevr I CUrffJ.
Price. Bl.OU Per Box, Po»t Pnid.
/ • •■n ** »•
The Dr. Donnld M allure i o,. Peoria, 111.
For .ale hi HOULDlS X 3ScWABB. al Bar
...... irma.-y.
mg
shortest time practicable. The com-
pany has now enough ties to Uy to Bay
Lity, and steel to bling the track to
Wharton.”
—I’iggle Berry Book is an excellent
little manuel worthy of a place in every
farmer’* library. The book is condensed
and practical, as valuable for the villag-
er with his loxis berry pateh as it is
tor the commercial berry grower with
his twenty-acre field. The price is 50
cent*, tree by mail; address the pub-
lisher*, Wilmer Atkinson Co., Philadel-
phia.
In almost every neighborhood there
is some one whose lile ha* been saved
by Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, or who ha* been
cured of chronic diarrhoea by the use
of that medicine. Such person* make a
point of telling of it whenever opportun-
ity offer*, hoping that it may be ifi»
means of saving live*. For sale by Boul
din & McNabb, Druggists,
Sunday’s Houston Post contained 6-,
pages with an illustrated cover, in cele
bmlion of the 15th anniversary of that
ulaiitic i of the Kidney and Bladder in 1 great paper and of th* approaching se*-^
both men and women, Regular Bladder! sion iliere of the TransMissisaippi Com-
Trouble* in Children, If not sold by | marc la I Congress. This record-break-
your Druggist, will be sent by mad
receipt of J1.00. One small bottle
two month's treatment, and wtll cure
any case above mentmned-
Seguin, Texas, Sept. 37, .895- ' *>»»«!states who.e father was a rich man.
I This is quite a mistake. Van Buren
wa* born with a silver spoon in his
mouth and neither ol the Adamses was
the son of a poor man.
Eleven thousand residents of Havana
have elected to remain subjects of Spain.
The Republican leaders have decid-
ed to enact no Nicaragua canal bill this
session.
The Bayview hotel at Port Lavaca
was destroyed by fire. Loss $15,000;
insurance $10,500.
The Galveston Chamber of Commerce
undertakes to organize a company to
build a new beach hotel.
The senate committee on elections
unanimously reported against seating
Senator Clark, of Montana.
Congressinin Hawley delivered an
address on “The National Spirit in the
South,” before the Hamilton Club, Chi-
cago.
It is reported that the British lose five
thousand horses a week in South Africa
This ought to boom the Texas horse
market.
It is said Hanna figures on raising
six million two hundred thousand dol-
lars campaign fund from the trusts to
re-elect McKinley.
The South African winter is just be-
gining, and the British troops will have
to remain inactive for two months to have
winter uniforms made.
. en ail Will Speak \
Juogo H milloo ba* rt©eiv«d tbt loliuw
luf totter fiooa Nteic Hupt Kendall:
TATS PBi’AMTMKNT OF Eo VC AT IO J*.
Auaiio, April tO, 19 A),
How T. J. Hamilton,
B») City.
Dtar tir:—Yuur favur of tbe 3 b iuil
•tc ir<d <hi« m *rnintf r» reply permit
irt8 io na) I b*»ve m engNiM ment for tael)
Fridx) •» «l JL''U‘<l*y up io *ud im lu-iirf
•he fl’«t week ia May. Tiw rtceM fl
* ill make iai>load eoaoecliuot very uu
cartaio lor thr ural few <lay«, and il may
l*i lb it 1 will uol Im* able lo ui o al of the
tuigatfi meiila previmixly tn ida. For a«v
eral w« k« pa’O I have beeu (lovely con
(hie I to (dflee work, uwmj L> I bo •!cbota»
of a pail ot my elafical work foiee, I u' 1
Croat durina the la’tcr part of Apiil ao<i
May | will Im able U> much of my
urn** a'H'H(< the aclr> >In of the Hia e I
vou ctn iniuc some 'Imc alrout thr middh
•f May it i* p'uhahlr that 1 can meet you
and 1 wdl c«*f'siiily Im g'a<1 to al'eud a
miu-iitig of Ho* •e«uh«f> iu y<»cir couaty.
H itb be«( u i*-hBi>, I am.
Y< ura truly, J. H. Kkndall,
Hlslu H«.p ^rintendrul,
•In Ige Hainilton hi* written Mr. Ken
dall lo coine to Bay City nnd deliver an
a*ldruM !•> the public bora on <bu u ght o
Thursday, May 2t h, and g » from here lo
Hawley Friday inaxiing a* d a idrcaa Ibe
Tcacheia InfllltiHtFIbero on the 25tu.
Judge Hamih*fl) ic<pt*-»ta every while
teachar Co pri patf n paper on some sub-
juclufhieor her own refection f »r tbi«
institute and to bn present and read ramc.
Biiould it become neceatary for nny tea*
son to change thr*c dales, due not hu wlb
Ire giyi n.
— Walter C d«*. of Ha> <- ty, a»«d Mias
Ida Lin< oin, of Live Oak, were married
Sunday. A- Waller was a widower bls
c rbrrutl fiu ndu of Live (Hk aa well na
those of Buy City gave him the re/illation
•erunade with I in pan* and cow-bella.
vl
General Newt* Summary,
raipsv. mxach m.
Th, Bo«ii again defeated Col.
mer’t force.
Admiral Dewey announce I that ba is
x Democrat.
mutt suppress the secret society known
I as Boxers who have been murdering
rice mill at Port Arthur.
Van Zandt county instructed for
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