Denton County News. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 1894 Page: 8 of 8
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Inspection of our large stock of Ladies' Ox-
ford Shoes in every style at very reasonable
prices. Our prices on Oxfords are: »
43c., 75c., 95c., $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, $2,- $2.50, $3,
and 83.50.
These Prices
Are bottom, and if you can buy any cheaper
you will get inferior goods. Our men's slioes
are still giving the satisfaction they always,
have, and are still sold under our guarantee
We are making some
B!6 REDUCTIONS
In Men's Pants. Dor.'t miss seeing' our line before
buying. Our great $4 (made to order) pantaloons are
attracting attention, and our customers wonder how
we can take their measure and have their pants made
to order for S4 and from those handsome $7 and ss
patterns. We explain that its on account of the tar-
iff*. If you drop in our ready-made clothing depart-
ment, we will astonish you more with low prices,
gentlemen. You will think the bottom lias fallen in
and prices with it. Soliciting your spring order, we
are, yours respectfully,
□. HEAD & SDN.
PERSONAL MENTION.
In Self Defense.
Col. John Lott, the desperado
PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS
Geo. W. Wilson visited Dal- froin Tiinber 0rcek) wa8 doing | And Their Programs for Closing Exercise.
las Monday.
Rev. R. L. Selle visited in Den-
ison this week.
C. C. Lacy, of Argyle, was in
Denton Monday.
J. C. Hooper, of Dallas, was in
the city Monday.
John Douglass was in Dallas on
business Monday.
Jim Biggerstaff was in Dallas
Sunday and Monday.
the town again Monday, lie in-
timidated any and all unfortu-
nates who happened to get in his
path, with his lunky jokes and
double back-action, breech-load-
ing laughs, laying victims out too j
fast to count. His special "pick" j
seemed to be at the innocent and man*
unsuspecting candidates, and bad I Introductory
he not been checked in his tin-
This Week.
The public schools close Fri-
day. The following approximates
the programs to be given on
Thursday and Friday evenings:
THURSDAY EVENING.
Instrumental—Miss Jennie Fit-
l'rank Niakefield, of Waketou, feeling massacre the county dem
was in the city Monday.
Judge F. 10. Finer visited
DENTON COUNTY NEWS,
THURSDAY, MAY 17. 1894.
JN CEMENTS.
The Nkws will charge the following
prices for announcements:
District offices ""
County " 1,0
Precinct " 00
The cash must invariably
pany the name when announcement
is made.
COCXTY.
For Representative.
1! I, KA(!SDA LI:.
,t. A. okikfik.
For County Judge,
I. D. KioROrsoN.
For Sheriff.
Sam Hawkins.
j. (4. Mars.
For County Clerk.
C. L. M. Ckowdek.
For Tax Assessor.
Samuel. McKklvy.
For Tax Collector,
J. R. Chkistat,.
For County Treasurer.
('. C. BKLL.
For County Attorney,
S. D. Pomjeh.
For District Clerk,
Robert A. GoTC'iiEK.
T. Jld.'liRMIt'K .
W. C. i'ratt.
We cail attention to the an-
nouncement of Hon. C. C. Bell,
which appears in this issue, as a
candidate for the office of county
treasurer. Mr. Bell is a familiar
citizen to most of our readers,
lie was one of Denton county's
first educators, has been in differ-
ent lines of mercantile business
and later represented this county
in the legislature. 01 course his
:;ccom- Qualifications are suliidi and
he asks that you consider his
claims in the democratic primar-[
ies.
The News job department has 1
just finished printing 10,000 neat I
circulars or folders for Street.
Et ter & Faxt.on, proprietors of the
mineral wells at Tioga. These
gentlemen are making large sales j
of their water from the (act that
it, is a production of nature and
can be no humbug. They have a
large number of testimonials tell-1
ing of the cures effected by the >
water.
A. D. Turner's delivery horse j
had a fright at the Alliance Mill
Monday, and succeeding in re-
leasing himself from the driver,
ran from the mill through town
in
Honey Grove last week.
.John (i. Boyd, of Pilot Foint,
v.as in Kenton Saturday.
R. F. Grata, of Durant, J. T.,
was in the city last week.
Ileniy Dawson, of Dallas, vis-
ited in the city this week.
M. Ililgers left Monday for
Gainesville on a business trip.
(). R. Barton, of Grapevine, was
in the city on busines Monday.
Robert F. Cooke, of Ft. Worth,
visited his father's family Sunday.
Miss Annie Edwards left Mon-
day for Alabama to visit relatives.
John C. McKciizie,of Lewisvilie,
was in the city the first of the
week.
A. A.
I from a
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Hayes, ot
Newport, are visiting relatives in
! the city.
Hon. Wm. Allen, of Rock Hill,
was in the city Tuesday and
Wednesday.
J. W. Nicholson, one of the
. •.\vs' Sanger friends, was in the
city Thursday.
Editor R. M. Collins has re-
i turn d from Tennessee and Bir-
; ; :ingharr,. A la.
Prof. Isaac Allen, of Taylor
ocracy would not have had the
necessary two-thirds of all the
voting population candidates be-
fore the primaries.
But every dog, every desperado
and practical joker has his day.
Lott was laying out all corners
-Arthur Rayzor.
Fairy Revel—First Grade.
"Cordelie"—Mable Elliott.
Concert Recitation—Fo u rth
Grade.
"Very Dark"—Ross Foe.
Prometheus-Miss Mattie Brown
Gossip .Pantomime — T h i r d
Grade.
Bryant—Miss May Belle Mas-
right and left, and even to those
who were polite enough to kindl.\
inquire after his health he would
cruelly turn upon and knock out
with: "Dry as the d—1; hain't
had but four drinks to day;" at
the same time he would place his
hand threateningly or affection-
ately on the broad unmeasureable
part of his buckskin jeans pants
where a pistol pocket correctly
Anderson, Jr., returned inhabited, it is supposed, by that
visit to Hillsboro l»at | wllich all ignorant yankees think
is the property of of every true
Texan. And this pistol pocket
motion is just the dido that got
the Timber Creek bully into
trouble. Our vigilant marshal's
Harvest Drill—Fifth and Sixth
Grades.
"The
Davis.
Drill
Grade.
Spelling Lesson"—Otis
in Pantomime—Seventh
friday evening.
Lowell's Vision of Sir Launfel,
(part first)—Miss Nettie Williams.
Kingdom of Mother Goose—
Second and Third Grades.
Yision of Sir Launtel, (part sec-
ond)—Miss Eunice Owsley.
Feudalism—Miss Annie May
Grafton.
Dr. Morton, Discoverer of Ether
—Miss Kate Zeigler.
detective instinct at once prompt-1 "1(> Famine
ed him to surmise that that pocket • fourth Grade,
contained a huge horse pistol or
kind of a horse canon from which
Lott discharged his dangerous
and death-dealing laughs. The
(Longfellow)—
Vocal Solo—Miss Jessie tlra-
ham.
A general admission of 10 cents
will be charged to defray ex-
marshal at once began planning j penses,
county, was visiting lrieuds in to get the drop on Lott, and final-
Denton Sunday. ly, using a few unsuspecting can-
Mr. and Mrs.
<). P. II
of
. , , .. . 1 Ululates as decoys,
Roanoke, visited relatives in Den- .
his game m the c
he
II last. Week.
Will Richar 1 si, o.
Llano and mount('<1 11 Ht,,P
cornered
house,
ladder and ex-
making all the turns at full speed j ily ol duo. (J. labor.
on Oak
The best fishing tackle in town
is at T. E. Ponder's book store.
Foil Sale—One half Jersey
milch cow with young calf.
Apply at Turner's wagon yard.
Those hats Miss Maynie Thorn-
ton is trimming this season are
novels in beauty and style.
and landing in his
Street without so much as br
ing a string on the harness
var;on.
Blank notes,
Blank deeds,
Blank crop mortgages,
Blank chattel mortgages,
Blank bills of sale
brother of E. li. Richardson, is j plored the mammoth hip pocket.
The horse weapon was not found,
but a bottle two-thirds full of
Clover county liquor warranted
to knock a snake bite out of the
system and into the ranks of the
third party, was brought to the
light of day. <)( course the shock
to the officer, spectators and all
candidates was indeed rough, be-
cause the contents were on the
exterior instead of the interior but
Col. Lott at once offered the ex-
planation that he was carrying
the bottle in self-defense because
visiting I he latter.
Master Roy Campbell, ol Dal-
las, is visiting his aunt, Miss
Maynie Thornton.,
Robert L. Ray and family, of
McKinney, visited relatives in I
Denton lust week.
MissLula Gilbert, of Little Elm,
is visiting in the city the guest ol
of Mrs. A. S. Cowan.
Walter Foy and wife, of Cala-
han county, are visiting the fam-
01'
E. P. Home, one of Pilot Point's
eourag ons democratic soldiers,
was in the city Monday.
Rev. J. B. Cole and a number it contained an antidote for poison
of his flock attended the Southern and that it required an antidote
i Baptist convention at Dallas. to counteract the effects of the
Louis Dudley, of Garza, and , stuff given him by the candidates.
.Major Johnson, ot Little him, He was released without bail,
'called on the New« Saturday.
Ed Ilayden, of Ft. Worth, vis- RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS,
and many other blanks now print-1 ited his broUier, W. O. Ilayden,
ed and ready for sale at the New . in tl,is cit-V tI,e lh'st ol tlie week-
office, north side square, Denton. Dr. W. II. Cooke is attending ! ing free orchard. Either drop » card in tiie
the Texas Dental associotion in or call at tbo Xmr» o«e» personally,
session at San Antonio this week. Rev. Cunningham, of Pilot
Eld. Williams, of Fort Worth, j Point, will preach from the C. P.
was in the city several days of pulpit Sunday morning and eve-
[Pautors of all the city churches arc invited
to place their announcements under this head-
A Denton physician and a drug-
gist came to blows in a drugstore
Thursday and had to be .vied
apart. One lost some whiskers, this week
the other a cravat and both a lit-
tle blood. The city taxed them
cram -
Farmers from all sections of
the county report the prospect for ti,e fun
for crops in general most prom- The stu(lents of tl,e Christian
1S1US- church Sunday school, their par-
For last horses and swift bug- onts, teachers and most probably
mug.
Rev. R. L. Selle will preach at
phrenologizing
ums.
'Squire G. L. Button, Surrell ,. ... . . Ar i- m i o
, ,, , j . \\t it i the Oak street M. b. Church Sun-
and Ellis (rough and A. W. Rob
ertson, of Little Elm, were in the day a* ^' a- m- an(l &15 P- ni. I he
city Monday. morning subject: "Jesus Casting
Hon. R. L. Ragsdale and Elder out a Devil," and evening subject,
Ed Ewetl spent Sunday in Roan- j "The Healing of Peter's Wife's
gies call at R. A. Quisenberry's i tlie candidates, will picnic on oke, the latter preaching in the j ]\i0tiier and Manv Others" You
livery stable. It Hickory about four miles west of union church. are invited
Moved—Singer Sewing Ma the city Saturday. Mrs. \\ . G. Burton, who has
, . „«s„„ tj 17 i „ ., . been visiting in Denton the past a Reward
chine office to I. b. Lively s gro- Presumably on the account ol W(l(;kj rotlll.^C(1 to her home in
eery store. W. A. foliver,agent. ra}n tne Sanger ball club did not Ronham Tuesday.
Taylor is in the lead in all kinds make its appearance in Denton >irs. Maud Barry, of Clarks-
of cold drinks. It last Thursday, hence the News' ville, who has been visiting her
Balls, bats, gloves and all base- inability to report an exciting sister, Mrs. S. P. Allison, left for
' ' ® her home I uesday.
ball goods at Ponder's book store., game. , Mrs. T. J. Porter, who has been
Remember that O. P. Poe & Co. monej oruer window at confjne(j to her bed for the past
represent the largest and best the postoffiee will hereafter be two months with rheumatism, is
tire insurance companies doing open from 7 a. m. until 5 p. m. a little better this week.
business in Texas. "' BoRX-to Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Uncle Zeno Parr, of Justin,
made the News a pleasant call
Monday and reported that crops
Any amount above ex-
penses will be turned to the
school library. Visit the schools
this week and give the children
your encouragement.
Tims Table Changed.
Just what the people of Denton
have done to incur the displeas-
ure of the M., K. & T. lty. Co.
has not been determined, but it
is a fact that it is determined
to give us the most inconvenient
time table possible. The south
bound Ft. Worth morning train
that once came at the convenient
hour ot 7 a. in., but was later
changed to .1 was changed Sun-
day to 1:3/3. The north bound
night train from Ft. WorLli now
reaches Denton at 11:45 p. m. For
other changes see our time table.
Notice to Stockholders.
Notice is hereby given that the
regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Alliance mill-
ing company will be held at the
courthouse in Denton, Texas, on
Tuesday the 12th day of June,
18114,at 10 o'clock a. m., for the
purpose of electing a board of
directors for the ensuing year, and
for the transaction of such other
business as may come before the
meeting. J. W. Cook,
President.
Decoration of City Cemetery.
Sunday was a bright, warm
ideal May day; just the day for a
cemetery decoration, and long
before the appointed hour, 4 p. m.,
lor the services there was a large
crowd on the grounds and the
graves were lovingly and taste-
fully bedecked with choice flow-
ers.
At 4 p. m. the crowd assembled
under some large shade trees, and
Will be paid for delivery of a dark
bay horse, 12 years old, branded
JF (connected); left car split; scar
on right hip, to me at Denton, after a few songs by a goodjehoir,
Texas. J. T. Jones. and prayer, Eld. Charles Baker
made an address, full of pathos
and beauty.
For the latest hats and millinery
at reasonable prices buy of Miss
Thornton.
Graham Sunday, a girl.
The celebrated "Gurney Refrig- jn his neighborhood promised to beauty of the northwest part of
A Large Residence for Denton.
R. B. Anderson is now having
erected on his lot on Pearl street The Chataquan Cirelejwill hold
a handsome 10-room residence its next meeting on the 25th inst.
This will add materially to the There will be no meeting this
week on account of school clos-
la
r
y
i
erator" at Schmitz's.
2- jt. be far above "par" this season. the city.
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Denton County News. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 1894, newspaper, May 17, 1894; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth502884/m1/8/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.