Denton County News. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 18, 1895 Page: 8 of 8
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PERSONAL MB5TI0N.
IS OUR SUBJECT
THIS WEEK.
Please remember when buying a hat that we are the "Old Relia-
ble" on styles and quality, as we handle nothing but the best goods
at the lowest possible cash prices. When you buy a hat from us
you can rely on its Wearing qualities as well as the style.
STRAW HATS.
Are now in season. We invite your attention to our different
styles shown in our windows. They range from the cheapest to the
best. We can suit you in price, quality and style. No one can af
ford to be without a straw hat in our climate on account of the com-
fort. they give the wearer in the approaching hot weather.
Look out for our
BIG DISPLAY OF NECKWEAR
Next week. We bought late in order to got the cream of the
styles to be worn this summer.
2). Deab & Son,
West Side Square.
Leatherwood—Dunbar. j Oouaty Bought Mules.
Miss Minnie, youngest daugh- In response to an advertise-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Dun-
bar of this city, and Mr. B. A.
Leatherwood, of Pottsboro, were
quietly married at the home of
the bride's parents at 12:45 p. m.,
yesterday, by Dr. J. L. Martin.
The bride and groom left, on the
1 p. m. train for Pottsboro, their
future home. Mr. Leatherwood
is a popular young business man
of the latter place and Miss Min-
nie is a beautiful and most ami-
able young lady, popular with all
her acquaintances. The NiiWS
extends its heartiest congratula-
tions and best wishes.
This Will bo a Unique Affair.
The Women's Parsonage and
Home Mission society of the M.
ment of the commissioners court
a goodly number of our farmers,
who wisely raise mules as well as
corn, cotton, etc., came in last
Thursday with a selection of the
former product. The court ex-
amined all the stock and selected
and bought fourteen head. The
ages ranged from live to seven
years and prices from $75 to
$106.25, two extra-good mules
selling at the latter price. The
average price paid was about $92
per head.
The court purchased the stock
from the following citizens:
Three from D. S. Martin, Slidell;
two from Rev. Grand Christal, of
stony; two from Berry Orr, one
,, , , t, „ • 11 T1„vt from 'Squire A. J. Nance one
B. church south will, on next 1
from L. A. Dixon, ot Bolivar; two
DENTON COUNTY NEWS.jp
GO TO
Milk cow for sale at Turner's!
wagon yard. tf.
Blind Tom, the genuine Blind i
Tom, at the opera house Saturday .
night, April 20.
Boss* McCormick is having aj
pretty severe tussle with tonsil -
itis this week.
Call on Rutherford and see his
new line of mattings.
Rev. R. L. Selle and Rev. I).
Tasker will begin a tent meeting
in Pilot Point next Wednesday
night.
The greatest musical prodigy
of the age, Blind Tom, at the
opera house Saturday night.
The best and cheapest line of;
matting to be found in the city at
Rutherford's.
E. Li. BECK,
$
FOR
Fine Confectioneries
First Door West of the
^ Postoffice, a
Mrs. Jennie Kallaher will en-
tertain a number of young people
ai her home in East Denton to-
night.
Rev. J. P. Pierce was suddenly
stricken Sunday afternoon with
acute intermitent fever which
made him quite sick for awhile,
but from which he has about re-
covered at this time.
Tax Colector James Christal
last week gathered in the most
Don't forget you can always get! valuable collection yet made dur-
Wednesday evening, give a birth-
day party at the home of Mrs. J.
E. Ivimbrough on the corner ol
Locust and Sycamore streets.
The invitations on the first page
are of the usual form, but on the
second is the following poetry I
which shows that it will be a do-
nation party, the proceeds to be
used for charitable purposes:
This birthday party is k!v:m> to you;
'Tia something novel, 'tis something new;
We send to each this little sack,
Please cither send or bring it back,
With as m-iny cents us years you are old;
Wo promise the number shall never be told j
A. kiud friend will give you some good things
t» eat.
And the ladies will furnish a musical treat.
The Ladies Society, Willi greetings most hearty.
Feels sure you will come to your own biith- j
day party.
from E. M. Rucker, of Kruni; one
from Will Fulmer, of Aubrey, and
one from Mrs. Lavenger, of
Aubrey.
Maj. A. E. Graham was in Hills-
boro last week.
Robert Allen, of Denison, has
located in Denton.
Prof. W. J. Wilson, of Lloyd,
was here Saturday. ,
W. P. Parker was in Dallas *
Sunday and Monday.
Joe Mars visited his family sev-
eral days of last week.
W. C. Dickson made a business
trip to Garza Tuesday.
Mrs. R. Ledbetter and children
visited at Krum Sunday.
Mrs. B. W. Langley is still a
sufferer from rheumatism.
Miss Hettie McNiel, of Little
Elm, is visiting in Denton.
Ilenry Summerville, of Little
Elm, was in Denton Friday.
Gus Hall, of Lewisville, attend-
ed district court last week.
'Squire A. G. Terry, of Lewis-
ville, was in the hub Thursday.
Sheriff Garrison, of Montague
county, was in the city Tuesday.
F. E. Tobin, of Pilot Point, was
Do You Want a Situation?
Situations secured for book-|inl|)e cjty last Thursday, mule
keepers, office men, hotel help, day.
salesmen, farm hands, railroad 'Squire a. j.Nance, of Bolivar,
men and all others. Help furnish- attended
ed free to employers. Address! week.
court in Denton last
with stamp. Employment Dep't,
Southern Business Bureau and
Immigration agency, 318 Elm St.,
Dallas, Texas. April 18.
from
extras for goods you buy
Parlin & Orendorff Co.
This may be your last oppor-
tunity to see Blind Tom, the great
musical prodigy. Seats now on
sale.
The Denton Cotton Gil
Co. will pay $7 per toil for cotton
seed if delivered by April 20th.
Mattings are cheaper this year
than ever before and cheaper at
Rutherford's than anywhere else
in the city.
The enrollment is still increas-
ing at the Normal College there
being four new students Tuesday
morning. The total enrollment is
now 1158.
Ifyouneed a cultivator don't
fail to call on Parlin & Ollendorff
Co., east side square. They will
give you a bargain
Mrs. Boone, sister of Mrs. J. K.
Holland, and wife of Rev. Boone
ing his official career, at least so
considered by he and Mrs. Chris-
tal. The prize was a ten-pound
baby girl.
"The High School Minstrels,"
j composed of youths from that in-
Mill stitution and managed by Chas.
Roltare, gave two performances
in the Denton opera house Satur-
day afternoon and night. Those
who attended say the boys ac-
quitted themselves very credita-
bly.
The News learns from Marcus
DeWitt and Hub Bates that
Prairie Chapel and Gribble
Springs base ball clubs played a
match game at the former place
Saturday which resulted in a vic-
tory for Prairie Chapel by a score
of 12 to 9 in nine innings. The
game between Sanger and Prairia
Chapel was postponed.
M"s. James M. London died at
her home two miles south of Lit-
A Cure for Rheumatism
Benton, Aric.
Lippman Bros., Savannah, Ga.
Gentlemen:—! had Rheumatism
about two months during last
winter, was confined to my room
! most of the time. I saw* an ad-
r lt J vertisement in the Saline Courier
bond for signatures for the sum ol | m>()mmeuding P. j.. a8 u cure
$225, the amount necessary to pay | f()r rheumati8m. l bougnt three
the conductor and assistants to bottles, but before I got through
conduct the summer normal if j with the third bottle I was cured,
and have not felt the least effect
Working For a Summer Normal.
Mr. R. W. Terri 11 was Monday
circulating among our citizens a
secure
we are so fortunate as to ,
... ,, , ,T ! of rheumatism since. It is un-
it again lor Denton. Mr. 1 ernll , doubte(]|v Uie best reil)e(ly for
had no difficulty in securing a, rheumatism lever tried. I can
sufficiency of names and the bond i cheerfully recommend it to the
will be forwarded at once to the 1 public. Yours truly,
I). M. Cunningham.
proper authorities.
Here's Your Chance.
Thirteen hundred acres of
black prairie pasture land seven
miles west of Denton, two flow-
ing wells, will water 2000
head of *stoclc; will trade for cat-
tle or sell on easy terms. For
further particulars see G. II.
Blewett, Denton, Texas, or T. K.
Blewett, McKinney, Texas. 50-lt
Douglass & Neely, the enter-
prising gent's furnishers, prepared
a very clever Easter show win-
dow. The floor was covered!
with earth, grass and plants, and
mirrors very reallistically rep re- j
sen tin;* lakes. Ga the bank of
one of the lakes was a iniuaturc i
log cabin aroun I which extended
a rail fence, and about the fence
played a brood ol little chickens,
Bry Goods Houses to CI039 at 7 P. M.
Denton, Tex., April 13, 1805.
Allison and D. Head & Son.
Denton; Texas, April 2.
Dear Sir.
We are without a rival in the
sale of Millet and Sorghum seed.
See our large stock of groceries,
full and complete, at prices that
will astonish you. J. E. Koonce
& Co.
•1 coimiliciitimi nf il,u' w'" assisted by struck the sharp corner of the car inspec
a complication ol t|n. Ljt(|e E)m cornet ,)<in(1 Th(1 1 Aubrey T
IjpjiI't (lispjise Thi* 1 • t 1 'Hick \\<111 and w«is g«isli(«l ior •
ut hi wiMdM. mm boys composing the nunstrel are 11 Vubrcv B
s buried at Bethel all clever in their different parts 8everal >uehes. Mood flowed
who recently moved here from ,
. . , tie Elm Sunday after a week's ill-
Tennessee, has been quite sick
ness from a
lor several days at her home on 1
, i measles and
Hickory street.
remains were buried at Bethel all clever in their different parts
If you want a saddle, bridle, Monday. Deceased was an esti- and those who attend will be en-
harness, collar, pad, whip or any llvlble, Christian lady and leaves stained. The personal of the
kind of strap work see Parlin & a ,msban(1,1I1(1 eiR,lt children, who ]S Jo,'D //oh,'7 t T£°f
Greiidorff Co., east side square. willlio snrefv •iilfieteil her-m o <>r oilier, G. I. I>ut-
. . , \ will be sorely afflicted because of ton, M. F. lira shears, I. Massey
They have the largest stock of jier joss
Mr. E. H. Egan sustained a
real chickens, and a horned frog, painful injury 011 the head last
while the entire "field was cov- Priday while passing in front of
ered with many-colored easter the News office. Mr. Egan had
1 he effect was viewed and started lrom his store toward the
complimented by many. post oiliee when he stepped 011 a
The "Lone Star Minstrels." Pair of Mr- Samf*on's trucks. The
composed of local talent at Little trucks rolled from under Mr.
Elm, will play at that place Satur- Egan and threw him. His head
saddlery goods ever in Denton to
select from.
Two of the opposing attorneys
in a case disputed over a docu-
ment in the court house Monday
and finally resorted to a little
pugilism as an arbitrator, but
were prevented by convenient
spectators from drawing any
blood.
Brashears,
and L. L. Ervvin.
profusely and for a while
was almost unconscious.
Denton, Texas, April 2.
Dear Sir:
We are without a rival in the
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Mrs. Stella Allen, of Decatur,
visited Mrs. H. J. Howell last
week.
W. P. Ratchford and George
Zumwalt, of Lloyd, were here
Friday.
J. H.Cunningham and Charles
Floyd, of Lloyd, were in the city
Monday.
Tom Brashears and L. L. Erwin,
of Little Elm, were in Denton
Sunday.
Miss Emma Lightner visited
relatives in Dallas from Friday to
Monday.
L. L. Zumwalt visited his par-
ents at Lloyd from Friday until
yesterday.
Postmaster Brashears and fami-
ly, of Little Elm, visited in Den-
ton Sunday.
G. W. Godwin has closed his
school at Good Hope and return-
ed to Denton.
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Prof. I. .C. Warren and Mr. J. L.
We, the undersigned merchants, ] gm q{ Kwanoke) were in Den-
agree to close our places ol Dusi- ton Saturday.
ness at 7 o'clock p. m. (Saturday r. e. L. Muncy, of Slidell, was
nights excepted) beginning Mon- a piea8aut caller at the News
day, April 15, 1895, and continu- office Friday.
ing until Oct. 1st next, 'Squire S. F. Boner and Capt.
C. A. Williams, Graham & Co., n. Hill, of Aubrey, were in Den-
Douglass & Neely, Jno. A. Ilann ton Saturday.
& Co., Jenkins, Grant & Co., S. P. w L K,UCe, of Dallas, was in
Denton this week the guest of his
brother, J. M. Bruce.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Rose and
Mrs. Delia Rucker, of Little Elm,
were in the city Tuesday.
I. P>. Walker, of the Denton
Lumber Company, left last Mon-
day for eastern Texas on business.
Commissioners J. C. Brannon, of
Lewisville, and C. W. Bates, of
Argyle, were in the city Monday.
Mrs. John A. Don, ' <ss left Sun-
day for Greenville where she will
visit her father's family for sever-
al days.
Floyd Coberly and G. R. Reyn-
olds, of Little Elm, were in Den-
ton Monday. Each subscribed
for the News.
John Sexaurer and O. Switzer.
tors af I)enton, were in
Tuesday 011 business
inner.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U.S. Gov't Report
jie John L. Sparger, of Sherman,
was in Denton Tuesday prospect-
ing and was most favorably im-
pressed with our little city. *" f
Sam Brown, now railway mai S
clerk on the Santa Fe, spent sev^P
sale of Millet and Sorghum seed. <>ra' ''1,vs 'as' week at lionif
See our large stock of groceries, nurs'u£ a vacinated arm,
full and complete, at prices that Mr. M. L. On and family, of Mt.
will astonish you. .1. E. Ivoo.ncb Sterling, 111., are visiting in the
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
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Build You a Home
You can do that easily now be-
cause tin' Denton Lumber Co.
has greatly reduced the price of
lumber. See their ad on page 5. day.
city, the guests of Mr.Orr's brot
er in law, Mr. I*. IS. Harris.
Dr. W. C. Carson, who has bae
in Denton 011 professional basi
ness for the past month, returnee^
to his home at liarstow Wedne®»
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Denton County News. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 18, 1895, newspaper, April 18, 1895; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth502426/m1/8/?q=%22James+M.+London%22: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.