The Abilene Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, April 14, 1899 Page: 1 of 8
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Official Paper of Taylor County.
Abilene Texas Friday April i. 1899.
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niture! Furniture!!
Competition knocked out.
e Biggest stock
The Best stock
The Cheapest stock
ween Ffc. Worth arid El Paso.
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Lnsfrom15.00toa5.00. CaSkots ?35.00 to $12500.
Burial Robes all sitfos.
1 Hearses one for children and one for adults
Embalming douo under guarantee
Call and seo our good.? nod got prices.
will not he undersold.
or. 3VC- iisro-i-iES.
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Wliy the Klondike fJccainc Famous.
kV. WALDIE. F. THATCHER V. S.
Waldie & Thatcher.
rse Trainers - - Abilene Tex;
Harness Ilorses Broken and Trained.
Rates Reasonable.
THATOHBB. Veterinary Surgeon.
Dirensos Of all Domestic Animals Scien-
tificnlly treated.
Ion Reward For informa-
brading to the recovery of. a
colored Jorsoy Heifer 3
k old branded 0. C. on right
F. 0 Brown
Bass' Drug Store
! nd. Abilene Texas.
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recent meeting of the' Ex.
Hoard Of the City F.Kdoratiob
I. defined wise to reduce the
I d duea of the Library Aspo
fr.om-$3.D0 10 $1.00 eo that
ii the book? rimy bo enjoyed
' .Not only club inerabors
nny man woman or child
Ii.t'v.l to this It ia not necea-
my the whole amount at
li'ilts pay by the month or quar:
most convenient. Librarians
lipin charge nt Library Hall on
st every afternoon Cexcept'the
h) who will take your fee
vour jiamo for membership
give you tho borjk you may
Jt is to bo hoped many will
fulvantage of this reduction.
ip Executive Board wish cspec-
o tender their hearty thanka
r. L. B. Shook and Mr. W. M.
Iiickechney for tho very efliciont
es rendered tho Association.
E. H.Savlea
Cor. Sec City Federation
'
County Court.
stof tho tiuib tills -week
m -n nr r...sil V... rt.t ... Itin 1
vi Luuauuiuu uj uiiiiiumi
misdemeanors. A few
ies of mluor importance
mo up and been tried or
nod. There is plenty of
'ioss to occupy tho time of
ourtiill noxt woolf. hut it is
l'mbablo that much business
no ronilv.
cucrailon L. brarv Uenort
" Library was oponed Mar.
is ' under control and man
unit of City Federation of
"nis Clubs. It has boon at-
' d dally from 0 to 0 p. in. by
fUmtoor librarian with tho
ptton of ono uftomoon cutis-
p erroneous statomont in tho
r similar tho iironnilino' rtuv.
Mubor of associate momborp
s paying duos for privUcgo
I'lung books llQtUQ.
Udioa . 0
ijoiitlomoti 14.
col. In fines and duos 210
in of hooks takon out 25
" returned 1ft
" now out 10
"Ols donatod slnoo MurpU 0
'"'iking u totul now In library
iiu.
TWELVE YEARS AQO.
Local News of Former Days.
Hy Quincy A. 1-pwry. ' .
Week ending Apr.il lath 18$7.
Merkel College students held
u literary contest On April 8th.
Miss Lula White died in Buffa-
lo Gap.
The Masonic Lodge moved to
tho Porter and Reeves building..
A uew boy was reported .at
Mr. and Mrs. Don Bell's.
A good rain fell at Ablltne
uf tor along dry spell.
Tho coming ejection on the
prbhibiaoti nmondraout to the
state constitution was becoming
tho all absorbing question
League Program.
The next literary meeting of
the TCpworth League will beheld
at Mr. and Mrs. Turner RolliusY
Friday uight April 14. '
Vocal Solo
Miss Garrison.
Instrumental Soo.
Miss Chatliold.
Recitation ....;.. .
Miss Nellie Cannon
Paper Early Methodism . .
Miss Lila Reed.
Vocal Solo.....: ..... .....
Miss Border.
Recitation
Boruyco Rollins.
Vocal Duet;...
MosdauiesKing and Thomson
Paper Lesson in Discipline. .
Mr. Hamilton.
Renl Estate Transfers.
J. A. Mouser and wifo to W. M.
Fulwllor lot 1 2 and 3 blk. II lots
910 1L and 12 A and lot 1 blk.
B Miller it Maueer enb.d of block
191 & 192 Abinono for $800.00.
Wm Hubottom and wifotoW.G.
Cannon part of block HO Buffalo
Gap for fiQO.
M. Ar BuaTor lo M. E. Ahdureon
undfvided int. in bt i blk 19S
Abilene for $90.
Clias. E. Uansol to Emma E All-
rlqk N E i eec 27 L. A. Land for
$5.00.
Cauda Drakevt StrailP to Monro
& Whitaker N. E i Sep. 71 blk. 5
T. & V Uy for 180.00.
Sec. M't'K. ifc Trust Co. to F.
Martin otal S ri and part oi N W.
1 Seo 0 blk 1 St SW i Seo fiilAB
& NIU Soo 59 BA for $17000
II 0. Williams to P. Nobeo blk
15 Morkel for 1200
Found: Astrakan Juckot
hluo black for child of -1 en 5
years luqulro ut this oflloo.
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Among tlio first to hear of tho
strike woro four men who cumu
from .above Dab . M'cGilvray
Dave M6Kay Davo Edwards and
Harry Waugh and they located
Nos. 8 U 15 and 10 below Dis-
covoryi Those men did tho first
siuiciug that was douo on lha
creek and they inado the first
cieau-up with five boxes Set.
The tigures are lacking for their
first shoveling but on tho second
they cleaned Wp thirteen and a
half ounces of gold ($329.50) being
five hours work for end man
shovelling. Tho gold varied from
tho sizo of pru heads to nuggets
one of $12 being found. .Now-the
Klondiko maynifior began his
work with this curious result
that the lies of today were. sur-
passed by tho truth of tomorrow
until it can bo accepted that
'You can't tell no lies aboutKlon-
dike." McGilvray and the -rest
hnd perhaps fifteen hundred dol-
lars surely a largo sum in that
country and for tho time they had
worked. Ladue weighed the gold
an id' as he-e&e'ut of tho store
he said to some assembled
miners "How's that for two and
a half days shovelling in 4008?M
Next time it was an even 400D
two days shovelling. The liabil-
ity to exaggeration about a min-
ing campus so geat that it is itn
possible for auyone to escape
who writes or -speaks in the.
midst of affairs concerning any
specific find. A man with a towu
site. must also be allowed. a.great
deal of latitude in such mattors.
But soon the joke was on the
other sido. s - ' - -
'.'There were a few old-timers
in procession up from Forty
Mile. . Thqy knew all . aoout
Klondike. ..It was uothiiig but a
moose pastured It was not like"
sqrno other places 'where' they
had seen gold and so there
could . be none there. They
climbed the hills and walked
along the divide until they could
look down iuto the valley of Bo-
nanza. Hero many of them
stopped and throw up their
hands in disgust. One old timer
got up as far as 20 above whero
tho last stakes were. Ho sur-
veyed the prospect and' as he
turned away remarked "I'll
leave it to tho Swedes." (Tho
Swedes were supposed to bo
willing to work tho poorest
ground.) Auothcr or it may
have been the same is said
to have written ou tho stakes of
21 not tho usual "I claim" otc
but "This moose pasture is re-
served for tho Swedes and
Cheochahkoos ' (now-comers).
Louis Rhodes staked it right
aftorwards. Whonho hadwritton
his uauib ho said to his compan-
ions being ashaniod of staking
in such a place that ho "would
cut his namo off for. two bits"
(tweufy-livo conts). Harper's
Weekly.
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The World's Food Requirements.
Whllo tho world thuuks to tho
fields of North America has prob-
ably grown m 189S-99 the great-
est crop of wheat avov harvost-
ed as ono result of the depletion
of American hords and tho dovp-
tion of an otherwise impossible
10.000000 aoros of wheat pro-
duction yet wo must not lose
sight or tho faot that whllo tho
year's harvest probably oxcoods
tho great world crop of 1891 by
somo 00000000 bushels roquiro-
mQiits have inoreaspd by moro
thau 100000000 bushols aud that
tho products of tho harvest of
J698 99 was drawn upon a month
oarllor than usual In ordor to qIcq
oqt dofuotlvo supplies for tho
harvest of 1897 98. That is whllo
tho world harvost of 169fcv09 up-
pours to bo somo 50000000 bush
els greater than t.li& grdatoalj
preceding ono yot ith&Jpfeotivtf
by. reason of a great (ifilja 1m
rOquiromeiits since 18fi a- weitj
as. by tho fact that it miis&Me
tho needs of thirfeit ihslojtd d-
twelve months. '' .
Basing an estim le of retulrA'
incuts for the It -99 haWcsft!
year upon tho k)r.vn incrqU&fe !
of population and 'if e conwumnfe
ion of recent years as indicated
by estimates most' official pt
production in sue! year iho
"bread-eating" pc mlatlons at
European linear inhfibitiug:;
Europe theUnitec. States Ctfn-i
ada Australia Arrentina Uritg
nay Chile South AfricaSiboria'f
and tho whites or the islahd and'
tropical colonies of Europe will
need some 2.3G0.0" 0000 bushel
of wheat plus tho 160000000 or
more bushels requi ed to cover?
the thirteenth month. Ab '
copting the higlest roputablo
estimate of the out-turn' of "tbeJ
1893' 99 harvest il the regions
named and add ng 40000000
bushels for poss.blo imports
from southern As a and nbrth
Africa the avaiible supply
aggregates 238001 '0000 bushed.
Granting that these estimates
are approximately correci.it will
be necessary to make anticipat-
ory drafts upon the harvest of
1899 for about 140000000 bhsh-f
els showing that even with the
largest out turns the accumula-
tion of reserves to tide over such
defective harvests as that of
1897 is no longer possible" the'
power to make such accumula-
tions having .disappeared! in- the
absence of acreage increases
proportioned to the increase of
tho consuming populations.
From au article on "Bread
Meat aud Population" by C.
Wood Davis iu Self Culture for
April
Read the Truth.
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pur goou rujubarin; mora is no
danger In coming to Abllouo and
many who toll you there is do it
o got your traao
tf
Tho Reporter has been faith
ful to its promise to keep the peo-
ple posted as to the status of all
contagions diseases in Abilene
and vicinity. It has b.eou cr.uely
criticised by some who ' we
think are greatly mistaken as to
the proper course to pursue in
such a time. But it has
done RIGHT and at the same
time has doro what is best for
Abilene according to the honest
judgement of its publishers.
During the past week the most
unreasonable falsehoods have
been circulated about the
number of cases of scarlet
fever and smallpox in bi'oue.
We kuow what wo say when we.
assert that there is not a known
case of scarlet fever iu or near
Abilene outside of two homes
aud not a siugle uew case has
appeared in more than a week.
Our schools aud colloge our
stores aud shpps and courts are
open tho same as always and up
ono iu Abilene has ceased his
usual avocation nor aro our pco
plo uneasy as to results. As to
smallpox it has never been in
but two houses aud is practical-
ly over. Young Coggih is doing
nicely no other members of tho
family has it nor is likely to take
it. IirMr. JetYors tamlly the
first case was a two-year old boy
jho.mother had a mild attack of
varioloid tho father is up from
thosanio ennodby vaccination
at four different times a'! taree
seomingly ubout well and tho
two mouths baby is about half
through a ease and Is really on-
ly ono of tho family sick now.
No danger oxists of tho spread
of tho disease for every pre-
caution has boon taken to pro-
vont it. No ono outsldo Is more
Inturostod in stopping these dis-
oasos than xVbilono pooplo. Our
roadora may rely upon this
statomont: (and wo would not
docolvo thorn iu this matter for
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'The Whole Thing"
We do nothing by-
halves either in . .
INSURANCE
OR LAND
Will Stith Co.
owvwwwwAAMwvyi
City Council.
This body mot ou Tatesday af-
ternoon in regular session.
The report Of treasurer W. J.
Thompson for tho quarter ending
b Apru 1st wiucn uau -ueeu ua-
amined by nuance committee
was declared correct also that of
J. H. PicKons secretary.
A change iu rates asked by tho
water company wore reported
upon by tho wator committee
who stated that they woro imma-
terial aud they recommended
against their adoption. The coun-
cil acted Iu acccrdunoo with the
report aud refused to mako tho
changes.
Tho veto for mayor and aldor-
raen woro counted and the result
declared as has heretofore been
indicated in thoso columns.
John Bowyor was sworn In as
mayor tho aldormon to be it:-
stalled at' tho uoxt rogular moot
tng us somo woroubsout.
Au ordluauco was adopted ro
quiring till p hysioians to report
uny contagious disease to tho city
health ofllcor within 24 hours
from its dlscovory under o pen-
ttUyofatlnoof 25
The riusicale.
The music class of Mrs. Cora
Young gave a public recitaLon
last Saturday night which could
not fail to please all interested in
their progress.
Mrs Youug is ono of thoso in-
structors who novor ceaso to
study their profession and spent
last summer-in tho north fitting-
herself for more competent work.
Her patrons aud pupils naturally
reap the reward of her noal and
appreciate her skillful instruct-
ion Eacli of tha numbers .ou. tho
prog rum was oxecutod well
showing careful study.
Tho cake walk cannot bo pass-
ed without special mention.
Misses Evelyn Lupowski Nell
Red and Frauds Da Russoy.
Messrs Jack nud Ovorton An-
dprson und Loq Stoffons woro
the performers
Tho little pooplo pntered fairly
into tho spirit of tho affair und
thoir ludiorous costumes agile
movements aud comical oxpross-.
ion wors simply great!
This combination would prove
u drawing card for auy minstrel
und was au improvement ou somo
vq have soon this wihtor.
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Shook, L. B. The Abilene Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, April 14, 1899, newspaper, April 14, 1899; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth331103/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.