Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 105, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 22, 1887 Page: 4 of 8
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After Fol
experience
1887.
a money conside ratiou, is
LEGISLATIVE.
present high civilation.
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deed, is now upon us, and the burned
nesdav.
$2.60 (TWO SIXTY).
be democratic enough to sub-
mit uncomplainingly.
N o w. i
would the Post?
But this is,
gratified
or ex-
memo-
City Directory.
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Wheat and
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will be unable to make
a crop
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county puts it at 300 fami-
s
*
for this year.
their respective districts. The
tive committee.
men.
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IPADEMARK
much tian. we ask the Post, does it
liberal believe that the use of ardent
our
our
stand taken by
members of the
empt from attachment
ecution, also.
By Mr. Fuller—A i
Cotton receipts at Gaines-
for
a
THE
MESSENGER.
door of many a
fAINTGMP
rty years
• in the
articles of clothi ig
on his place last wed-
He thinks it caught
I • . . ,
most of the spirits injures
legislature to the user?
The lowest estimate in this
the city, had a
1 tie drouth still continues
Entered at the postotfice in Decatur
exas, as second class mail matter.]
WM. FORSTER,
Editor & Proprietor.
.. • ». MODE,
Associate Editor & Publisher.
Oxz Dollar a YKAK.
Official newspaper of the Wise
euntv Farmers' Alliance.
no one e xcept | Wise Co. Messenger at $2.60 Per Year.
637
to see the
hibiting under like penalties
: e n •
The following bills were in-
troduced :
By Senator Glasscock, a
bill *o amend the law relative
to the abolition of city ami
town chapters.
By Senator Bell, a bill to
provide for the sale of all un-
appropriated public lands in
tracts under 640 acres.
By Senator Burgess, a res-
olution requesting the finance
committee to inquire into the
constitutionality and expedi-
High or low license is a
premium to be paid for the
4
Drawings and specitications prepared and AIM
in the Patent Office on short notice. Terns very
reasonable. N » chn rge for eramination of mode La
or drawings Advie e by mail free
Patents ohtained t hrough M n nn &Co ar* not iced
inthe S( IHN’IIFIC AEILICAN, which has
the largest circlation and is th* mont influential
newspaper of ts kind published in the world.
The advantages of such a notice every patentee
anderstandr
This large and spendidlv illustrated newspaper
is published VVHNI.Y at $3. no a year, and is
adrittou to be the best paerdevoted t » science,
mnet hanics, inventions, engineering works, and
other departmonts of industrial progress, pub-
lis ed in any . untry. It contain- the names of
all patentees nnd tit e of erery i nvention patented
each week. Tr • it four months for one dollar.
Sold by a ! newdealers.
If you hire an invention to patent write to
Mnnn & Co , pnbli-hers of Sciedtific American,
251 Broadway, e r York
W aco, Jan. 18.— Between
350 and 400 delegates to the
State Farmers’ Alliance as-
sembled in the district court
room at 10 o’clock this morn-
privilege or commission to
commit crime.
just and to the interest of
mankind generally, we would
—No school money yet.
—Sul scribe for this paper.
—Jake Brown is at Austin.
— County court begun this
week.
—Sunset has also got the
railroad fever.
—Col. Pickett went to the
State Alliance.
The Decatur Rifles drill on
Monday nights.
eee-
IBK
i Ba si tcies,
B“ Amel
“ci g for pa
■ ■ right
in this county.
CoxTAINIXC STOlE-. FoEMs, AMI oruEi LirEnaz
ATTIACTIOX*, 1•INIG A ITIBTIC S< IEN-
TIVIS, AXD !orSyHL.D MATTEIS.
Hl,of at,,I with tfriyi-al Stet Enaror.
i"s,..Pnotopruewrn, oi lictorr, „,„l
Iue I'aoArult, tnahiu-jil tt,e Modr!
a . alw« of America.
>i Each M Ene coztajn- a corpon order entiling
the.holderto the,reler ‘ a ' I anem iinst rat
in e, Tazh on depurtnu a i i tlat numb i. and In
any of the sizes mauufae „rM1 making poi m
Wo 'Model Mazazine. TheLig r i, Fm t! .
Larestin Circulation, : ni rhe bet IWO D<„ -
Family Mazazine 1,.., 1s87 :! be the Tw Tl|
l tird xear of it- pub icanion. I- i- co, tinnally 1
proved nnd m exte n-ive v as t o pi ic ■ ft a tO I ■ nd
of Family Periodicnl-. it cn EnSt pagt, hari
nuarto,8% xijicheseleg nth ; riuted Md filly
, Nework, Sublipled by W. J tilling, J) morel
' AND BV SPECIAL AGREEMENT COMBINED
WITH THE
High or low license is a
bribe to our selfishness and a
sanction of our criminal pro-
pensities.
relieve the drouth sufferers of
Texas. Something must be
not what we wanted to sav
2 preparation of more
" than One Hundred
Thousand application* for patents in
. United State* and Foreign coun-
tcies, the pubiishers of the Scion title
Americun continue to act aa solicitore
for patents, caveats, trade-msrks, copy-
------rights, ete., f rthe United States, and
to obtain patents in Canada, England, France,
Germany, and all other countries Their experi-
ence is unequaied and their facilities are unsur-
passed.
The Seventh-Day Adven-
tists hold the meat of the
swine to be not only unclean
to hristians, but decidedly!
unhenlthy as well, now should ’
they get the power and pass
a law prohibiting its use by
THIS PAPER moe? gucdonnwnpapco.”.
vertiaing Bureeucosprucest.). wherepyfisinz
"trtetetd Lonu.'-lorKJN NEW -o-
—AND —
Demorest's listed
a penalty for any person to .
labor or compel his employes 8:
condition of the drouth suf-1 ville will reach 22,000 bak
ferers. Adopted.
Send for free Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue to
F. HAMMAR PAINT COMPANY,
CINCINNATI—st. LOUiS.
Ask your merchant for it.
coolest heads and most expe-
rienced leaders should be
brought to the front and en-
trusted with the duty of meet-
ing the responsibliity of the
rial from the Commissioners’
Court of Young county ask-
ing relief for the drouth suf-
fers, and one from citizens of
the same county asking relief
from taxes for 1886.
By Mr. Mills—Providing
for a more speedy counting
of votes at elections by hav-
ing two sets of judges and
clerks—one to receive the
other to count the vote while
being polled.
By Mr. McGaughey—A
resolution that a committee of
three be appointed to take
testimony as to the actual
Christian civilation. Don’t
you see the point voter.
Bonham, Jan. 19.— Jay
Gould passed through here
this evening on his special
car, making a prospecting
tour of this branch of the
Texas and Pacific.
Mayor, T. J MeMurray ; Mar-hnl, W
, i C. Bird; Attorney, C.V.Terseli; secre-
a crop [tih oats have succumbed to tar vand Treasurer, c. w Martin; Alder-
. P.1 i .1 . ... , men, L. A. Crane. .1.1. Lang, w . G .Em-
chance the dlY weather, and if there bry. A i’ Hayes; Sehoo! Trustees, t j.
There is no longer a
— Mayor McMurrav as the
• *‛
chairman of the drouth com-
mittee for this county has is-
sued a call for school district
meeting:; to-day. which meet-
ings are to select one dele-
gate each to attend a county
meeting at this place on next
Monday. The delegates sent
by the districts should come
to the county meeting fully
prepared to report the true
condition of the people in
log house and the people, wouid it be sump-
tuary? Keferred to the MES-
done, and speedily, or many
—Our people are
WONDERFUL
SUCCESS.
EcONenv IS WEAITII.
All the PATTERNS you wish to nse du ing the
year for nothing (a raving of from $3.00 to S4.00, by
subscribing for
They came from nearly object is to get the needs of
tolabor on Sunday, and pro-averycninntyiookhsgtatoand
ency of a graded land tax.
Lost.
By Senator Simpkins, a bill
amending the liquor license
law, making the retail license
$1500, the quart license $750
and the beer license $100.
By Mr. Newton—Amen-
ding the local option law by
fixing penalties against phy-
sicians issuing prescriptions
for alcoholic stimulants except
in case of actual sickness.
By Mr. Bell of Cooke—
Adding one bale of cotton,
the product of the labor of a
family, to the articles to be
reserved to every family ex-
Montbty Tagaz i ne
With Twelve Orders for Cut Paper Paiternscr
your own selection a.d of any size.
Both Publications, One Year,
--FOR -
has been ascertained that Jim exactly. A sumptuary law is
had a good and weighty (10 one, as we understand, which
lbs, about) reason for his ab- deprives an individual of
sence. Mother and child do- privilege, the indulgence of
ing well, but Jim is somewhat which privilege would not re-
worried about the additional [ sult in injury to his fellow-
son-in-law that fate has in beings. Now in all candor
store for him. : and as addressed to a Chris- '
—L. S. Adair is attending
the Grand State Alliance at
Waco
— Mrs. MeGaugh is said to
be quite sick at her home in
। he c.ty. •
— I he whereabouts of Mr.
Hlenderson and the intention-
of the Giulf and Pacific are
not at present known.
— A license to furnish in-
toxicating liquid poison to Ohl-
sons, brothers, and fathers.
our people before a legisla-
peasantry, who were only cre-
ated to serve the need and
purposes of theii superiors,
whose shrewder brains and
firm grasp of the ruling pow-
er, would compel obedience to
their will and make resistance
futile.
(Continued.)
j TEMOREST’S j
i A THE BES
Oi nil i hc Magazines.
a few
< The chair appointed the
following committee—Mc-
Gaughey, Tate and Hum-
phreys of Wise.
By Mr. Rugh—Making it
glowing evidence of
Every member of the Alli-
ance should be brought to a
full comprehension and appre-
ciation of the fact that the or-
ganization is now approach-
ing the most critical period of
its existence. The time has
arrived when it is necessary
that the coolest and most care-
fully considered action is re-
quired on every question of
importance, which presents
itself for the considering of
the brotherhood, either in
their subordinate organiza-
tions, or in the more influen-
tial and powerful representa-
tive assemblies. An import-
ant crisis is approaching, in-
from a coal of fire that he may
have dropped in carrying from
the house. It was not his
dwelling, and the loss will
probably not exceed $250.
g
—Some surprise was ex-
pressed at our friend, J. D.
Knox, being absent from his
class on last Sunday, but it
Atoka, I.T., Jan. 17.—j
The Farmers’ Alliance has
invaded the Indian Territory.
An organizatio. of over two
hundred members has been"
effected in the Chickasaw
nation.
NaswNwes*--*—*
folj IdiesK3Mege »i
o: rrelated with Vamderbie i miveridy. । lalm
advantages ir every Iparruen. dpleudilheW build-
ing. Ample Facult Music . Ar, Calisthenics. Health.
Accessjhilitt . For <’ talogue. address
Hev.GEO. W. F. PH ICE. 1*. D., Erca., Nashville.Tenn-
hunting orfishingon Sunday.
By Mr. Humphreys of
Wise —Regulating the ap-
pointment of deputies by
sheriffs, fixing the number of
deputies allowed on a basis to
not exceed one for every 400
voters.
hour in such a way that the
grand purposes and objects
of the organization may not
be frustrated by an enemy or
treacherous friends. The Al-
liance has an enemy to con-
tend against which is power-
ful, sagacious, shrewd and
made confident by past achie-
vements and repeated victory.
W hile the Alliance was in its
infancy it was regarded with
scorn or ridicule, as merely
the evidence of impotent op-
position to a power in every
sense irtesistible—the ebulli-
tion of impotent rage on the
part of an ignorant, helpless
to doubt; the wolf is at the is not rain before long thete rwv, i a wrklypsDarrnain,,-.
poor family. will be no use planting. The j
ground in many places is too j mon’h-
dry to plow, which makes the gm--
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FAlNIS
For Houses, Bams, Fences, Roofs, Insid
Painting, Wagons, implements, eto.
HAMMAR’s GUARAHTEED Pure Paint,
WARRANTED to Give Satisfaction.
Economical, Beautiful, Durable, Excelent.
$YAKHAMMAR
but if, in this enlightened age.
a majority of the peopieshe’d
decide that such a law was
—The MESSENGER is the
only $1 paper in the county.
— Rev. E. N. Evans and
lady are visiting their former
home in Little Rock, Ark.
—Col. J. T. Brown, the
founder of Chico, came up
from San Antonio this week.
—J. Y. Middleton, who
lives about 8 miles north of
SENGER.—Post.
YeS rathr think such The Wise Connty Messenger
a law would be sumptuary.
lies, with a probaoility of
some more.
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Forster, William & Mode, J. O. Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 105, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 22, 1887, newspaper, January 22, 1887; Decatur, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1580768/m1/4/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .