Denton County News. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 1892 Page: 4 of 8
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DTHSEWISE
UlQIIftlTlDIi,
should not complain—lie ,, . ,
>yon refute me, fickle one. You Mo,,da5' u,"ht' abo,,lt
love another!" She (demurely)
—"Only two oiher8."-~Peilidel-
phia Times,
Attempted Eicipe.
WoouVxttK, Tex., Sept. 28.—
7 o'clock,
when Sheriff Enloe went into the
jail to feed the prisoners, Ed
Wetherford. who is under a tweu-
Lost! Lot!! LoetHI
There strayed away from our
branding pens at our biennial
round.up sit Houston, on the 10th
day of last August, a small buneU
of second-class sheep, which,
Lone Highwayman.
Denvnr, Col., Sept. 29.--t.The
Spur City stage was held up last
night twenty mile? from Creede by
a lone h'gh'.vaynuui. He made a
dozen passengers pass by him in
single tile and disgorge the con-
Miss Boodle—"Count; how do : t.Y-Uve years' sentence for mur-1 through the carelessness of form- j tents of their pockets. From the
you know that your diamons are ^er) and \\ hose case is now in the er Democratic flock-masters were
genuine!" Count—Gitto—-"By sc j of appeals, mada a break for not marked in the ear, but have
advances of ze pawnbroker."—Tid s'lt>ri'l with a leg of a table only been slightly tarred with the
Bits. j and struck lam four or five severe Democratic marking stick. The
A sample of tradesman's chal-1b!o 0111110 fica(l !md triu(l to r,m | est rays are led by a small-bodied,
leuge: "Any person who can j |>V('1' !,"d CSCi,l)l'> bllt J,r- Eu"; big headed, ex-bellwether of the
show me that my cocoa is inju-! 00to be the best mau | Democratic fold, wearing an old
rious to health will rccieve ten : "uJl he!I<1 llim al,<! cried aloud fo1'
boxes gratis."—Fliegendc Blater.! hel'K lew lainutes a crowd
gathered in and around the jail to
\oung Mrs. 1m t Is-"Are these ; the reUcf FiualI Knloc
pool rooms some sort of bathing t Weatherford back into the
arrangements, dear?" Mr. Fitts— ; t
"No; they only clean a fellow's; ' mmppened this vav: Mr. En-
pockets." ~| t
| together again. The decided gen -
' i loe told the prisoners, Weatlier-
*'Wo don't buy poetry by the ;fordundVvasliburne, togointo the
yard," said the editor to the pro-! room cf the cage, and they did,
fuse composer. "Porliaps not. j and he then put the brake on and
But you must admit it is measured | thought be had them safely in the
by feet. Washington Star. cage room, but one of the brakes
Not to be Downed.—Satan j bad been broken by the prisoner v L, t
(showing the sights)—"What do ! and did not work. Sherifi Enloe,' ever been under our care should ''1,d "I1'"'0'1 •<- is that tin ie\o
Vyou think of that?" Shaee (from | not knowing the brake was bro-' exhibit such a lack of intelligent lutio,1Iijla will get together again
Chicago)—"Say, you should just j ken and not fastened, opened the !animal instinct as to stray away; j a|'d "',l' "" " "
see our wheat pit-" | New York ' other department of the cage and j and what is, if possible, more mor- *''' '"'s pait ot
Herald. , walked into put the buckets of tifying, wo have learned that they j Mexico expects a war. Mexico
The first is called the index fin- i°ocl in, when AVeatherford jump-1 are now wandering around over 1 ,ON< d 1""' under
ed on him and struck him. The i the political sheep range of Tex-
cracked bell which was formerly
sported by a smaller ex-bellwether
that strayed away fiom the Dem-
ocratic fold four years ago, and he
is very conspicuous from having
had bis tail cropped so close to
his waist by the National Demo-
cratic flock masters at St. Louis,
some four years ago, that a rear
view of his person is anything
driver he secured $100. The
mail pouches were rifled, but the
robber fook nothing from them.
No traces of the desperado have
been secured.
Trailing Garzaitos.
Cabsizo, Tex,. Sept. 30.—Capt.
Hardie with his troops and Unit-
ed States Marshall Hall with his
posse came into town Saturday,
after having followed the revolu-
tionists some sixiv miles or until
they had broken entirely up and
could no longer be trailed. Hall
disbanded his men here and Capt.
Hardie left Sunday morning for
Laredo, going back by keeping in
.Stout
~T~
, Prp»ideot
• F
r. Datis/v
NATII
a-s
Vice-l*rc4idonfr.
'ft, f. Schivmh, Ca»hler.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
DENTON, TEXAS.
CI ML $50,000.
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general banking bUBlneen transacted.
lv guarded and promptly served.
ssue draft* payable In all the principal cities of Europe,
li'itcd. 1 .
IKIiliUHON,
JOHN A. U ANN",
THRECTOKS :
I). HEAD.
G. I). ('OI.UNS,
H. r. HCUWUEU.
but inviting to any but the vu! ,
, ; | the back country with the hope of
gar minded. . ~
... , , running on to a band of Garza men
We are very aiueli chagrined s
that any of the sheep which have
She Kaew Moflisty.
One day in my wandering along
the Clover Fork of the Camber-
land river, I stopped at a farm
house to get dinner, and as I sat
in the shade of the porch waiting,
1 was whistling for lack of thought
and something else to do, the read-
ing supply of the establishment
being painfully short. My host-
ess was knocking around inside,
getting my dinner ready, and evi-
dently heard my sweet and gentle
melodies for she stuck her head
out of the door.
"Do yer whistle by note, mis-
ter?" she inquired, "or jist simul-
taneous like?"
"Mostly simultaneous like," 1
responded, laughing.
"I never huerd them chunes
afore," wenton, "an' 1 kinder i_ ...
had an idee they wuz book chunes • ' toCot pLlCG 111 tfa.6 state for
got out fer extry."
"Oh, no,' I assured her, "they
are merely little bits from the
popular airs of the day, that every-
SURPLUS, $9,000.
The interests of our patrons care-
Yours business
8 K. DAVIS,
M. S. STOUT.
jpdHcate Your Oil ilclr'eii I H H
WHERE IS TfiC. BEST PLACE?
ifEXAS NORMAL COLLEQE.
good, solid
practical education.
it is a Texas Coiiege. and believes in Texas Interests.
Course of Study:
(3.) Scientific. (1.)
Engineering.
Commercial. (2.) Tefchers'
(5.) Music. (0.)
Classic./
/
ger, but when a man takes three
or so its an index of his opinion
that the season lias grown too
cold for beer.—Philadelphia
Times.
intinc against all going and
l my one vvtio wants education.
Send for (.'atactic uVrJ nil nlnjjil
,1.
C. CHILTON, Pres.
Denton, Texas.
that George Wash-1 as, bleating at every poHtical' vxsxt°i-s, for the purpose,
other prisoner, who flock master they can find for poJ they, say, of keeping cholera out of
with Wetherforfl r.wi.i..,. .,».i r,,,m «... .11—. i Mexico, but many express them-
i revolutionists.
Murder in the Territory
/
sheriff nays
i b"rne, the
: was in the cage with Wetherford, I litical fodder, and from the Uirec-
and who is also under a twenty- j fion in which they wer.i headed
j live years sent'nee lor the mm- { when we last heard from them, i U1'dcrquarantine htw
I der of Captain W . J. Colvin, did ! we feel sure that we have only to
not attempt to escape and did not 1 wait until the November feeding
jlielp Wetherford in his dastardly ' time rolls around and then exam-1 Ardiioki", 1. T.. Sept. 28. -W
deed, but he, on the other hand |ine tho pens of one Wright Cuney, T. McKinuey was shot and al
; 'old Wetherford there was no • wlio has heretofore made a spec- j most insiantly killed this mornin;
j ase in doing tliat way.
hear that; Sheriff Enloe
politics!" | them up in the
Stokes ; Stratton's residence and had his j fodder, lovingly, side by side, and
temporary! wounds dressed, which are not cheek by jowl with Cuney's col-
ored ewes and bucks.
And we now and hero give no-
tice that not one of said stray
sheep will ever be received back
into the Democratic Jbld until
they
and
' : n V. CI
; ialty of feeding black sheep for
l-, safely locking i the Republican market, to find
cage, went to Dr. J our strays taking their political
about 7:30 o'clock, by
his former employer,
to keep out
First Sportsmanfas the quail
flys off)—"Just my luck; miss fire
every time." Second Ditto—
"Don't despair; you may have
Jijaiter luck in another world."—
Boston Transcript.
Stokes—"Did you
Norris had gone into
Maltby—1"No; has he:"'
"Yes; he's been made
speaker of the house while his I very serious.
wife is in the country."'—Truth. This is the second attempt
Timely warning. -!Job Stayer— j 'O ;his prisoner, Kd Wetli-
"Well, 1 believe 1 must be going." erford, to escape, bnt through the
Miss Weaiy-—"Perhaps you had ^gikui'-c of the sheriff he has so
jitter. The signal service pre- '"'led. ! Iiis last attempt by
rain 1 r to morrow ."—Kate ctlu'i'tord (o escape will prob-
Washiniiton. ,ah'.V make Mr. Enloe harder on j decoction of the quintessence of fired a bullet blank at his breast
1 him in tne future. green gourd vines, assafcetida and : The effect of the shot was instant
carbolic acid compound, until all ly fatal, the victim dropped
the noxious odors which now per-i in his tracks without ma
innuir-
_ r ' 7m 1
JP
I
body whistles." i ('
" 'S that so?" she asked in sur-
prise. "I haint never heerd 'em
up this away. What's titer
names?"
"Well,'Comrades,' 'Annie Koon-
ey„ 'Maggie Murphy's home,' 'Ta-
ra Boom de-ay,' 'Mctiinty,, and so
forth. Didn't you ever hear of!
McGinty?" I !
She became thoughtful.
"What's tho name?" she
ed. "Seems kinder like
I. no wed it."
"McGinty," 1 repeated slowly
and her face brightened.
"Oh, yes," she exclaimed, "I, o-
knowed \ knowed it, but some- ,, , ril , .. .irTTl„,M, .„,w
' Imh* b irst-( lass I^ivory teams call on \MI.WNK Ihev havo
now I conlciillt <|iiito set it whore the l/estequipped Htablo in tho city, and will let them g'o'as cheap as any of
<). K. Nunn. ;it b'longed. Ain't he the teller tlicir compel itors.
in the rear | that they named the tariff' after?''! Stl'OUd Block, - - J jD81ltOH. T©X.
E.
NEW
LIVERY STAB!
WIIAYNE bros., Propr's.
Everything New and Good Gentle Horses.
of Morris iK; Nunn's store, on Main
street. McKinney had passed
through the store but a few min-
utes before the killing to an out-
house in the rear of the store, and
was just coming out of the out-
house reading a, postal card which
he held in his hand when Nunn
consent to be both dipped stepped up to within a few feet of
coured in a double distilled him and while the latter turned
I said it was
dinner.
and went in to i
Young
so w hen
came face to face with a
Ooooooo! 'What did you
Modern Traveler!proudly
tographed it.'
.v.
Lady- "Mercy me! And,
fast in the jungle, yon
New Yo:Week- "The flrat law, that of Jul
:arlie
seen
, you
An Effort of Memory.—CI
—"I think-ah-1 must have
you before." Prunella—"Vet
were introduced to me in the draw-
ing room about live minutes ago."
—New York Herald.
Whv should anj m./ii in the
bosom of his household, reading
a
aloud of the capture of
pickpocket, look with a h i
den meaning < \pn -sh' i
wife.—Philadelphia Times.
Tariff History.
tiger. | The Baltimore Sun, in explshi-
do?" mg the tariff' history of the eaun-
■Plio- to a correspondent, says:
1.1780,
8 1-2 per j
dutiable i
the act:
of duty
per cent
1 average
value of|
effect of
was to ]
520,000,-!
law of
•ate20 per!
d1866 the
der to ■'
:levied duties averaging
cent, of the value of fin.
goods imported. Cnde:
I of 1824 the average rati
on dutiable goods was
The act of 18U! made th
rate 25 per cent of the
dutiable articles. The
this reduction of tho rate
female
■d, hid-
rom
The
And .
•M:i} I ;
vacant
Prison-
lack th
Judge—-"If you were a waiter
in a seaside hotel all summer,
does it happen that you are up
for vagrancy?
honor. 1 went
week as a guest."'-New York
Herald.
Jlaydisiiainfullp) "So: f don't
think I ever could love a man."
.J^iank'brightening up)—-"That's
only another pro f of the similar-
ity of our tastes, d. rling. 1 don't
believe I could cither." !'e i'.d.
The great value in astromoiny
as a science, morally, speaking
also, ;;; that it t■ ■:;>I - to make pen-
o!e look I igher.
increase the revenuei
1000 to 46,000,000.
1857 made the a vera >
cent. Between 1861 i
duty was put high in
revenue (with the ineid, atal pro-
tection) for war purposes, and
these duties being fa wired by cer-
tain capitalists^ were retained, in
the main, until 1870, when they
they w ere greatly increased. The
average rate of duty in 1883 was
a be
of
ut
•1 a ba
and bu
will ha
the
1 OS'
"pi
f "i per cent.
tyearincrea
a dutiable :
per cent, o
words, 1 iic
ushel for hi
s there, {j
e to pai
aseu i
rticle
' theii
I'arme
• tariff
lie aver
i to ab
value.
act
nve
In
rets;
u
ous COSl...g
60 cents to
oods into the country.
60 cents on the dollar
ect" his friend, the manufac-
g capitalist, from foreign corn-
Set
lie
to
vade their person and wool are
thoroughly removed. And as to
the ex-bellwether, that led the
str, .>j aw.i.v, we think henatura.liy
belongs in t 'uney's fold, and we
hope he will remain there. Signed:
Democratic Flock-Ma
Blown Through His Door1
Buffalo, X. y , Sept 30.-—Sen-
ator Lochlin McCollum, of Port
Colburne, Out., was blown through
the front door of his house and
into the street by a natural gas
explosion yesterday in his sum-
mer house at St. ltoinnc. s.
While the members of tho house j
were absent the gas in the dining
room stove began to leak. Sena-
tor McCollum was the .lirst to ar-
rive at home and found the din-
ing room full of gas. He struck a
match to light the fire and an aw-
ful explosion followed, which
blew out the windows, shattered
the ceiling and walls and blew
the street,
shock ("ime he
face with his arms,
'chad about the
iis hands were
that the skin
some lime his
:arious, but lie!
sound. After
Nunn turned am
it is said hi: par
with him
back in tin
Nunn wa
bv Officer'
firing the
walked o
rtner, Morri
lid ear:'! at tin
store.
placed under
ucker.
dead
dug a
shot
V, and
gun
fikb at sanger.
The Business Portion cf the City in Kuins i
With no Insurance.
sa.nckk, Texas, Sept. 30.—a!
small boy struck a match in a sta-
ble, with the following disastrous;
result:
11. Miller, livery stable; build-
ing and feed total loss. Valued at
§500, no insurance.
W. D. 1! rock man. drugstore;
building, stock and >:'iO in fill total
loss. Valued at •*13a0, small insur- -
ance. - ■
iPEAT
EX A
A €
AT DALLAS
hi FIT E:
Opens Oct 17th and doses Oct, 30th, 1892.
175.000 Puf,ses & prjt
tniums.
M featiirffii New Attractions! New Exhibits!
iroer; sliop
Valued at >
and;
500,1
The killing grew out of a busi-
ness transaction.
Morris \ Nunn made ,111 assign-
acnt (hi-, afternoon.
office
total 1<
furnitui
ss. V:il
and
•A Oleror Swindle.
The
politic
posses
Chi
rk people 1
icumen and
by their chit
:1 is it for t
li
)rli
oast of the
legal lore
f. Equally
lem to ar-
s ignorance
see: Clark
Mr. McCollum into
When the first
, covcreu
1 1.
raigu Gov. Ho
on tin <' lines.. Let's see:
was the legal advisor of the Texas
Benevolent association. That in-
stitution swindled Texas people
out of thousands of dollars, but
when Gov. Hogg became attorney
general he knocked the little
giant's dead fall out the first
round. This was a contest be-
tween the-' legal lights and not
between Gov. Hogg and a force-
bill judge.—Bonham Observer.
J. I), hs aily. I
stable total loss.
110 insurance.
Dr. Shelburn,
and instruments
ued at SlOO, 110 insurance.
J. M. Ilall, butcher; building
market fixtures total loss. Val-
ued at *i00,no insurance.
NY.Wheeler & Son; building
and greater portion of stock. Val-
ued at 89000, insurance $3500.
A. Johnson, grocer; stock dam-
aged i»200.
F. M. Ready, hardw are and post-
office: damage to siock ■■?200.
A. A. Anderson, tin and queens-
ware; damage to stock *100.
A scantling was hurled 200 feet
by dynamite explosion in Brock-
man's drugstore. The scantling
struck J. II. Sullivan in the back
and prostrated him. It is not
thought that he is seriously hurt.
en?
Concerts eaef1-
J!ada?i
nx! I11:
['.wow
pecca
l/H-P KNOWN K!>
Jjapctest [jive 3tc/:k jDisplay.
COKNETIST,
till play 1 Wo
/
TH.
AMERICAN
llENNY LiND.'
)IVIDUAli MRM E
Ills departmentJvrilLfor surpass t
county ind.t
The display in thi
ir 'vinti years, both ii( eivteul
grand i
r&fs tt t? "sr vir ;r
EXHIBIT,
those of
and variety.
12 Days Great Racing-. $28,000 in Purses.
it
but was badly sco
head and neck. 1
so badly burned
peeled off. For
condition w-.s pre
is now out of da.:;''
int
POPULIST LEADER ARKESTS0.
h Kn
Toias Stat) Fa.ir DiUas Exposition.
Better and g-aml • than ever
for 1S02. j-Ivcrx Jepartm. ai < c: i-
pltitc. Cnequa! d Sp< J Ria„.
and the finest Military Ba:. I.
(under the leadership of the re
now ued Lib. "atti. ever broug'it
to Tex;: To meet the p niiar
will, thatev< vybody may come to
Dallas and attend the Greatest
Fair ever held in Texas, Tt !
TEXAS AND PACIFIC liAIL-
i'.XIK
•John W
man of I
sas. wa
charte i
3 Charged with IHagally Conduot-
in£ a Bankinj Bas-'nofs,
•nii'aisK, Kan., Sept. 30.-
Uriedenthal, state chair-
e people's party of Kan-
Dexter
Buena Vista hotel was
b\ fire at 3 o'clock thi
Hotel Burned.
Col., Sept, 30 -The
tO-i
Casta
in the
son, .i
- Kcars
flames
. McDo
lodge!
d Ann;
il and 1
destroyed
morning:
, perished
i Gunder-
i'om Aan-
"I'at, Pat, you shouldn't
man when he is down!''
"Begorra, what did I worru
hard to get him down for."'
Notice.
The board of dental examiners
for the Sixteenth judicial district
of the stale of Texas will meet in
annual session on the 13th day of
October at Gainesville, Tex., for
the examina "
5S
Two Tracks; best in the South.
On all Railroads. Re-
member the dates, Oct.
JH tfiSO, inclusive.
Programs, &c., mailed on application.
c. A. coiir7
Secretary
I
Preiiau a Lint - ,-Cfi Oilo:;p«
i
J. E. SCHNEIDER,
President.
ATTENTION, PLEASE!
the transacti
i»>ii ox applicants dc-
ctice dentistry, and
)ii of such business
d
doii
Jia
lore
boa
it
ho
oiu were
ter may
to jump
», vji i vnro y
: 10.000.
• desiffh
J Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained, and all Pat-$
w ent business conducted lor Moderate fees.
Jour Office is Opposi te U s. patent office '
J and wc can iitc.ire patent in less tia*e than those J
5 remote from Washington. S
j Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip-#
Jtlon. We advise, if patentable or not. free o(i
4charge. Our fee not due till patent is secured. S :
i A Pamphlet, "How to Obtain Patents," with#
Jcost of same in the U. S. and foreign countries 5
isent free. Address,
An SNOW & CO.|
^ 0»p. Patent Office. WmShington, D.
Jacob Schneider,
GO TO
Great bargains
FOIi : :
in GROCERIES.
. e
rty lodjj
indows
upassihh
i Will keep 011
large supply
iiniiit
of f
Belelier
fv<
. <'
•d v,l.
Dear
' Siiiii
un, ('at
"Jil
I'SII
mdi(
time
v. K
QUICK KALES AND SMALL PROFITS is my aim
Cone and (inviaee yourself, (ioods delivered free to any
art of the ilty. Very respectful!j', AV. A. SAMSOM.
SuBletf,
Minnis, Maiasn & Company.
WAY h;.
est rat.
the peop!
occasion,
sale eaeli
October ]
good for
31st. Al
about it. i
?te
pla
n 11
out
>ne had 1
'ed you I
id P.l •
1 Jr
Wm. H. Cocke,
n- k ntis rr
■ ''-f
id;.
Lnt
•nplal 1
'he til
Denton,
Dm®,
>lici
unti
Tiei
)l;er
L. O.
lie cam ^iv
information, or
(iASTON ME
Gen'l Pass, and Tit
W. F. JAKi .i.r.. Ixn I
The dk.mon < ot
yjte rear for a. 1 :;!! :r
s.
I Kit.
Kan.,
lute <
ten pi
th.it s
Str:
TOB1KINS,
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door to eorne
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foilet Articles,
Auk\i fiict everything k. pt in a
e, First-ps Drug Store,
j 1^1 j i'S
... ■
lift* upsi
I)rug»si
ov'< r (Jarrison&
Clt i
ica.
tishe
i"
August MoNitzky,
BOOT -t SHOE MAKEE
j-trf d Bli.' k. Denton,
S, JLlC
I Phnrm»
(icuts' jQno \rork
iiopairing neartiy
of.tronnf"'
iiitde to ordrr.
done Y out
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