Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 277, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 22, 1889 Page: 3 of 4
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GRAND CLOTHING
SALE
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We Carry the Largest Line of CARPETS in Texas, and our Prices are Twenty-five per cent
CHEAPER Than any House in this City.
Special Bargains ThiS Week in Jerseys and Jersey Blouses.
GRAND CLEARING SALE STILL GOING ON.
MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED, SAMPLES SENT OH APPLICATION.
LEWIN BROTHERS AND COMPANY.
THE CITY.
RUMBLINGS.
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BRIEF MENTION.
Railroad Items of General Interest
Both Local and Foreign.
, . . . . .. .. Lampassas has been designated
The the elephant 13 in the city. . . . ■ . ... ,l ff,
1 j a winter tourist point by all Texas
Don't fail to behold the marvel- railroads.
ous wonders that will be exhibit-
ed under the mammoth pavillion | The pay car on the M., K. & T.
of Sella Brothers and Barrett, to - j arrived in Gainesville yesterday
day. morning from the west and put
A farmer named J. P. Nail* wa- lh® employes in fine condition to
fined 15 and coat, total 119.40, in | «a.tle**d the show today.
justice Suider'e couit M »nday.
upon the charge of having assault
ed S. N. Hutchin*.
Cards are out iinnou'ici 1/ th-
marruga of Mi** Mau l Sherwood
and Dr. Arthur Scott, Wednesday
October 30, at the reeidencw of the j
bride's parents on North Dixoi;
atreet.
The committee appointed some
days ago to inquire into the ad
viaability of building a pork pack-
•ry in Gainesville, had a meeting
at the office of C. E. Perry jester-
day evening, to further discuss the
matter and to consider the result
of their individual investigations.
Suit was filed in the district
oourt yesterday by City Marshal
Honeycutt, through his attorneys,
Johnson A Cruce, against the city
of Gainesville for 12,000, which
the plaintiff alleges is due him as
adcrued fees, for the past three
years, from fines that have been
worked out on the streets by the
city prisoners.
Col. £. C. Sugg, charged with
killing George Taylor, near Sugg,
I. T.t about two weeks ago, when
taken before United States Com-
missioner Kirkpatriok, at Paris,
laat week, waived examination
and waa released on bond in the
sum of $20,000 to await the
action of the United States
grand jury, now in session at
Paris.
Rev. H. Webb, presiding elder
of the North M. E. churcn, Pan-
handle district, who conducted the
quarterly meeting at the Dixon
•treet M. E. church, this city, last
Sunday, left here yesterday morn
ing for Fort Worth where he was
called by telegram from Bishop
* *
W. K. Vandernilt and other
New York Central people it ia re-
ported, are interested in the con-
strue: ion of a 31,000,000 summer
hotel near Albany, N. Y.
***
On acconnt of the Concho Val-
ley fair at Temple the M. K. & T.
bas placed on sale tickets for $5
round frcm Gainesville to Temple-
good until October 30th inclusive.
C. H. Boardman, of Kansas
City, the genial travelling passen-
ger agent for the Chicago, Burling-
ton and Qaincy, is in the city so-
liciting business for the Burling-
ton route.
***
List week a special train of
Pullman cars, four of them vesti
bule, ladened with returning
Knights Templar, was hauled from
Toledo to Cincinnati, 202 miles, in
four hours and forty-two minutes.
***
On account of Masonic Grand
Lodge meeting to be held at Pur-
cell, 1. T., in November, the Gulf,
Colorado and Santa Fe railway
will sell November 2d to the 5th,
inclusive, round trip tickets for
$4.25, good to return until Novem-
ber 8 th.
***
On accoant of Concho Valley
fair to be held at San Angelo, Oct
29th to Nov. 1st inclusive, the
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Rail
way will sell round trip tickets
from Oct. 27th to 30th inclusive
for $5, good to return until Nov
5th inclusive.
crew put in faithful time all day,
and up to a late hour last night,
and succeeded in sending out cars
enough to greatly diminish the
blockade. The extra crew and
engine left last night with a train
of over thirty loaded cars, among
the freight being 500 bales of
cotton.
***
It is stated that the earnings of
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe this year will reach $8,000,000
As under the reorganization plan
the fixed charges will be but $7,-
352,399 per annum, it would seem
that the movement to reorganize
was a wise one.
***
The Synod of the Texas Presby-
terian church will meet at Taylor
the 24th inst. The Santa Fe will
sell round trip to Temple, or
liilano, for one and one-third fare, 80me 40 miles south of here.
1 ;ood to return until October 30 th. The switch had been left open by
Purchasers of above tickets can some on#) intentionally, it is sup
get excursion rates from Temple poaed None of the car8 le{t the
or Milano to Taylor. ] track, and no one was hurt. A
track was built around the cap-
The telegraph offioe^ has been | 0jze(j locomotive and another en-
sent down from here
***
Three car loads of lumber to
he used in constructing the new
M. K. <fc T. depot arrived yester
day, and Contractor Dobbins wil
with the exception of Mrs. Mary
C. Dankler, of Lamar, Mo., who
at last acoounts was still uncon-
scious and had been ever since she
was taken from the wreck. All
the passengers speak in high
praise of the conduct of Conductor
Thornberg. He was in the second
coach standing near the red-hot
stove when the accident occurred.
He held the stove in an upright
position until the fire was extin-
quiehed, burning his hands severe-
ly, but preventing the wrt ck from
catching fire.
***
Passenger train No. 1, on the
Santa Fe, which was due to ar-
rive in Gaiusville from the south
at 1:45 .Sunday morniog did not
reach here till 1;30 Sunday after-
noon. the delay being caused by
the engine getting derailed at Jus-
PERSONAL.
of
C.
moved from the Santa Fe passen-
ger depot, this city, into the
reight depot. It is thought this
change has been made for the pur-
pose of having the operators util-
gine wa?
which brought the delayed train
up.
An adjourned meeting of the
Goodsell, to meet him to confer on put a large force of carpenters an<
edncational matters, pertaining to j laborers to work this morning on
the establishing of various colleger {that, what is to be, the finest de-
in Texas. Thie church has re- j pot in North Texas.
oently made arrangements 16 lo ***
oate a $200,000 college at Iowai The Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Park, Wichita county, and one al-sent over an extra crew and en-
■oat Armarilio, Potter county, igine from Denison yesterday to
beside* the university this same! aid in clearing the switch yards of
denomination ia erecting at Fortj the Missouri, Kansas & Texas,
Worth, which when completed, is'this city, of the blockade of load-
to be the largest college in the ed freight cars that have accumu-
southwest. [ lated for the past few days. The
ize their spare time from the light-1 Atohison, Topeka and Santa Fe
ning instruments in making out director8 took place at Santa Fe,
freight bills and doing other cleri- New Mexico> la8t Saturday, the
cal work about the. freight depot, j object being the election of direc-
tors and officers for that compa-
The breakfast and dining car, |ny>8 subcorporations in New Mex-
Ponce de Leon, of the Vandalia ico 0nly local directors were
morning express for New York, pre8ent. These subcorporations
will be replaced in a day or two are. The New Mexico Southern
by an entirely new dining car, Railway Oompany, which
just completed by the Pullman ifl the C0rp0Tate name of the main
company for this service. The Une of the ganta Fe and Northern
Ponce de Leon will resume its run New Mexico; the New Mexico
with the Montezuma special be- Railway Company, the Silver
tween Washington and the City ofjQUy^ Deming and Pacific Railway
Company, the Rio Grande, Mexi-
can and Pacific Railway Company,
The biggest locomotive in the I the gan Pedr0 Coal and Coke
country is one on the Erie road. Company, the New Mexico Town
It has six drivers 5 feet .8 inches Company and the Rio Grande
diameter, weighs 130,400 j T.and Company. The most notica-
ble change was the dropping from
the list of officers and directors
the names of W. B. Strong and C
W. Smith. Among the new names
in the directorate are those of A1
len Manvel, of Chicago; O. W
in
pounds and measures 52 feet 4 in-
ches on the track, lender excluded.
It has hauled eight cars, vesti-
bule pattern, a distance of eighty-
eight miles in two hours and forty
mlnuies, making four stops. Its
Capt. Tom Wright and wife,
Denison, are in the city.
Dr- Trollinger, of Whitesboro,
was in the city yesterday.
Jake Brazzleton went to Dallas
yesterday to attend the fair.
A. M. Thomason went to Sher-
man yesterday on legal business.
Dr. Thurman and wife went to
Dallas yesterday to visit the fair.
A. B. Honeycutt went to Sher-
man yesterday to size up the show
gang.
Miss Annie Irvine went to Dal-
las yesterday to visit iriends" and
attend the fair.
Mrs. Lula Rudolph and daugh-
ter. little Miss Mildred, went to
Dallas yesterday.
Rev. Father Brickley went to
Dallas yesterday to spend & couple
of days at the fair.
Hon.W. O. Davis and Judge
C. Potter, are in Wichita
alls on legal husiness.
Col. C. B. Stuart went to Sher.
man yesterday on business in the
Grayson county distriot court.
Mrs. O. B. Smith and children
lave returned from Sherman after
week's visit to the parents of
!drs. Smith.
Mr. W. M. West, a prominent
farmer of Forestburg, and his lit
tie son Lan, made The Hesperian
a pleasani call last night.
Colonel F. A. Tyler, Sr., who
las been in the city visiting his
son, F. A., Jr., left yesterday for
11s home at Holly Springs, Mis-
sissippi.
Charles Moffitt, an old time San-
ta Fe conductor at this placa, and
now conductor on the Fort Worth
and Denyer, with heaquarters at
Trinidad, Colorado, is in the city
on important business.
Capt- J. W. King, of Jackson,
Mississippi, is in the city en route
to Lisbon, Oklahoma, where he
has been called by telegram in*
forming him of the dangerous sick-
ness of his brother, C. T. King,
one of the Oklahoma boomers.
her parents, Elder and Mrs. A. J.
Farthing. Mrs. Kenan was rais-
ed in Gainesville and having many
warm friends her stay will doubt-
less be made very pleasant.
Mrs. Easley, mother of Mrs.
John H, Belcher, has returned
from Hot Springs, where she went
several days ago to accompany
Mrs. Belcher who went there on
on account of her health, and we
are glad to state that Mrs. E. an-
nounces that her daughter is now
improving very rapidly, and will
soon regain her lost health en-
tirely.
cylinders are 20x24, and ite boiler ! peabody, J. J. McCook and G. C
extends the full length of the loco-1 McGeoun. of Boston.
motive, with a fire box 11 feet 4
inches in length.
**#
The passengers who were in
juredin the wreck on the Atchi
son, Topeka & Santa Fe, last Sat-
urday, near Dodge City, Kansas,
were taken to Kansas City Sunday
for medical treatment, by the com*
Notice.
Ten first-class carpenters and
fonr laborers. Apply at once to
M. J. Dobbins at Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas depot.
"Let Us Part"
The following named persons
have becomo tired of wedded bliss,
or double trouble, as the ca=e may
be, and have petitioned the hon-
orable district court of Cooke
county to sever the bands which
have for many moons bound them
as one individual, denominated
the same rib, as is shown by the
file record of divorce suits now
pending in the October term of the
district court: Laura Hudson vs.
Ward Hudson, Ellen Dungan vs.
Charles Dungan, Lou Dillard vs.
Harvey Dillard, Jennie Bartholo-
mew vs. Robert Bartholomew,
L. C. Sewell vs R. J. Sewell; Re-
becca Heed vs D. C. Heed; SuBan
Harris vs Lewis Harris; Gillon vs
Silla Gillon; Joe J. Thomas vs
Tempa Thomas; Angie L. Furge-
son vs J. B. Furgeson; R. C. Kyle
vs Mary Kyle; Joe Holmes vs Re-
becca Holme; Bettie Pnchard vb
A.A. Prichard; Georgie McCra-
vens vs Jim McCravens, A. C^
Thomas vs Henrietta Thomas;
J ennie Smith vs John Smith.
The Meeting.
The meeting at the Dixon
street Christian church has not
abated in interest. The audience
last night was very large and the
sermon on ''The Second Coming
of Christ" was indeed a very fine
one. There were three new addi-
tions to the church last night and
one at the afternoon service, mak.
ing twenty-eight since the begin-
ning of these services. The ser-
mon to-night will be on "The
Judgment." A cordial welcome
will be extended to all.
Far Beat
My residence on North Dixon
panies physicians. It is thought I street. Apply to me at the resi-
they will probably all recover, I denoe. Mm. E. P. Easily.
F. P. Slaughter, of Jimtown, I.
T., arrived in the city last evening
with 20 baleB of cotton. Frank
has just sold out his interest in the
mercantile firm of Slaughter Bros.
Jimtown, I. T., to his brother,
J. P. Slaughter, the junior mem.
ber of the firm, wha will hold
down the old stand.
Mrs. Lollie Kenan, the estima.
ble wife of County and District
Clerk D. L. Kenan, of Baylor
county, is in Gainesville visiting
Funeral Notice.
The remains of Mary J. the wife
of Rev. H. F, Bone, arrived last
evening from Marshall on the 5
o'clock train and were taken to
the residence of Dr. Modrall where
they were watched over night by
grief striken relatives and friends
of the departed. The funeral will
take place at 8:30 o'clock this
morning from the Cumberland
Presbyterian church on Denton
street. The services will be con.
ducted by Rev. M. <3. Johnson,
pastor of said church, after which
the remains will be interred in the
city cemetery.
Nottce.
If your gas or electric
light bill for September
is not paid by October 21,
your light will be shut
off.
Very Respectfully,
Gainesville Electric Light
Company.
The mammoth hardware house
of Cleaves & Fletcher is a eredit
to our city. Walk in at the Cali-
fornia street entrance and take a
view of the surroundings.
Bound for Paris.
Deputy Jim Chancellor arrived
in the city Sunday night and left
Monday morning tor Paris with a
number of witnesses to appear be-
fore the grand jury, among them
being Jake Pollard, Alma Blew,
Vard White, Misses Clemmie
Smith and E. M. Pollard, of Bur-
neyville, all witnesses in the
Frank Deitz robbery case. Deitz
was employed by Pollard as clerk
in his store at Burneyville, and it
is claimed that the defendant,
Deitz stole and and carried away
some $300 worth ot goods and
merchandise belonging to Pol-
lard. Deitz has been in the
Paris jail for soma months, the al-
eged robbery haying taken place
early last spring, and the arrest
bllowing a day or so afterwards,
and the prisoner was brought to
Gainesville where he was kept in
the Cooke countyjail several days.
Another witnesB was J. C. Blake-
of Marietta, who will appear be.
fore the grand jury in the Jim
Burch case, charge being horse
theft. Burch is out on bond. _ t
LEAVENING POWER
Of the various Baking Powders illus-
trated from actual tests.
K0YAL (Pure) Hi
Grant's* (Alum) ...■
Kumford's* (fresh)-.
Hanfoid's (when fresh)
Charm * (Alum Powder) ..
Davis" and 0. K." (Alum)
Cleveland's
Pioneer (San Francisco)
Czar
Dr. Prioe's
Snow Plaks (CrolTs)
Congress
Seeker's
Gillet's
Hanford's (None Such), when not fresh ..1
Pearl (Andrews & Co.)
Eftmford's * (Phosphate), when not fresh ...
Reports of Government Chemists.
" The Ror al Baking Powder la composed of »nra
and wholesome ingredient*. It does not contain
either alum or phosphate*, or outer Injurious wb-
stances. KDVAKD O. XX)VII, I h. D.
"The Royal Baking Powder la undoubtedly the
purest and most reliable baking powder offered to
the public. Hl'-NBY A. MOTT, M. D., Ph. D."
"The Royal Baking Powder la purest In quality
and highest in strength of any taking powder of
which I have knewledge.
" wit. McMuktrip., Flu d."
* All Alnm Baking Powder*, no matter how high
their strength, are to be avoided a* dangerous,
phosphate powders liberate their gas too tnaljr.er
mulur climatic chauges suffer UotetlucaUaa.
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Leonard, J. T. Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 277, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 22, 1889, newspaper, October 22, 1889; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth502264/m1/3/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.