Denison Daily Cresset. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 147, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 15, 1876 Page: 2 of 8
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By lU'RSOX & DAY.
DIMSOX. TEXAS.
Daily Cresset. > p™**1*
y __ ___i y0 has succeeded in building up a
large practice, which he retains.
Dr. Berry took his first course at the
University of Virginia,. From there
1 he went to Bellevue Hospital Motli-
SA11 RDA\, : J AX. 15,1876. ^ £0jjege> tron, which he graduated
:...irr_:—= J -Q jgqq Soon after his arrival here
TOLli 1CALMEETIKGIXDEA-. j)C ercoted him a neat and cozy reai-
1S0^r-' i denC0) on the corner of Gandy street
The meeting this afternoon in the j uu(j gurm,t avenue, which he has
interest of candidates for office was O(.c.U|,j0,i sim e. For sometimeafter
well attended, in view of the weath-; his location here, ho was associated
cr- 1 Wlth l)r. Alex. W. Acheson, in the
The meeting was addressed by Dr. jiru,tice 0f Medicine and Surgery.
Beckett, Mr. Myer, and other candi- i ^jnct, his withdrawal from the firm
dates for the Legislature. They all he has stood alone and his sueeess
plumed themselves with a good has been very marked and flattering,
Democratic record and promised faith jje ;l Christian, courteous gentle-
ful service: Each declared in favor | man ot a retiring and unpretentious
of the New Constitution but gave ; disposition; eoncientious in his duties
no reasons. On the school question U) (;m} auj mailj a firm friend and
the demands of the present were worthy citizen. His name has bo-
ignored, and the people were point-j t.ome a familiar household word,
ed to the good time coming when ;lnd his popularity is unbounded He
the would have ample educa- prompt in his professional duties,
tional funds. “ and never turns a deaf ear to a call,
Ne xt Saturday there will be an-j no matter how wind or weather,
other meeting when other candi- The Doctor has located in Denison
dates will speak. It is hoped that; to make it his future home, and the
thaspeakers will he explicit. It the 1 Cresset wishes him and his acorn,
people are advised to vote for the pished wife, a long, happy and pros-
New Constitution it would be well perous life,
to give the reason. If our public j
s' heads can he sustained under the RfiVdSW of tho Trfldo 01 Doil-
Ycw Constitution, will not gentle
men show how? Will they not
show the provision which our con-
•titution trainers have submitted to
sustain this great interest?
‘•Better bear the ills we have than
flv to those which shall he worse.”
A PACKED GAME.
We set? from ever ts which cast
their shadows before, that there is
ison for 1876.
The husines- ot Denison during
tho past year has increased so much
in all branches that oven our com-
peting points are compelled to -|c-
kt owledgeju e fiict. In ah .he prln
eipal productions of tho Slate, Den-
ison has steadily kept in tho lead.
Three years ago tho receipts of the
great staple Cotton, were compara-
tively insignifioia nt. A low sentter-
tant is the complete and thorough
reorganization ot the Denison Board
of Trade.
The cattle trade is of great im-
portance to our city and all endea-
vors should be made in securing such
rates of freight to St. Louis, Kansas
Citv and Chicago as will draw the
THE CENSUS
TOTAI. !’< '.U'L.UTO.N —
Th>* i(ul<iwhi!r i- tin- (vn.-us repl
1.1
something ro ten in Denmark, eon- , , , . .,
mrnng ll.o l).-m, ,™tic 1',Skl,IJ)' .....j C”"‘"
Kk'ctluri., I,„ held next S.luf.l.C, i l“'1 «•»•*
tin* 22nd. Wlni liie »n; in ' «««■«"•* th“ b‘*,:......* "! “
, . . , trade which, through the enterprise
oamp we can unit’ surmise, but think ‘ . . ,
, and energy of our citizens has now
two newspaper men of Grayson1
, .. ", i swelled to such immense proportions
countv, have a very dirty finger In it. I
,, ' , At that time tho daily receipts oi eot-
l1 mm tho otheiul proceedings of
. . i, ., ton during the season were on
the Loiiioeiatit liXoctitivo Oonnnit* _ . A , ,
. ( an average from .vJ to 10 hales,
teo ot Grayson ci'unty.hchl in hner-i (
", , ,, wlnlu during tho present Cotton
man, on the ISth day of Decem-
10_. ,. . , ., ,, . 1 vear, tho daily receipts have tre-
nor, 18)0, wo find the following res- “ , . ..... ,
, ’. quently amounted to 400 and oOU
olution : i 1
Trade is not reorganized and actir* dry goods, clothing, hoots, shoes, I blv known for us to add anvthi
i„.u T,„ sssr ^ -*•th0 —
eral trsde of our city, ns s ep j fcbniturb queknsware benefit of dealers ai a distance
should at once be taken as ot the and gl^sware department, and take especial pride in recommend
most vital importance, and full and in no city or town in the State can 1 this solid and substantial house. T
reliable startistics ot receipts and there, probably, lie toned a larger | stock embraces everything usd,
shipments, accurately reported for or better selected stoc-k of goods, contained in a first-class/W^ld
1 ’ j * . i • Queensware contained in this < e Liquor House, lrom a Julip stray,
publication at tho end ot eaeli busi-. parlmonj alono being valued at I the finest brands of fine old
ness season. <5,000. tuckv Whiskies, Foreign and I
The City of Denison should stand Mr. Nevins’s business has been inestie Brandies, Gin- and cclehraf
pre eminent in the land as a live strictly a retail one, with tho one j Champagnes, and other Wines,
town and composed of live men, maki ng \ogetller with chair T
and every means adopted to further j bottoming'.
that end. Of these,the most impor- Worthy of especial mention is
the fact that th s is the only house i
in town that keeps a full line of Me |
tallie and oilier
BURIAL OASES,
and from Houston and other points ->f Denison, carefully prepared for
100 miles away. Orders for these Dailycb-cssktby It. FOLK Bl’KllAJl
eases have t) ha telegraphed, to be whitk.
ti 11e«i Males over fibern years.................. 1
rn- Fenmles*1 *' “ ..................
1 lu | Males under “ *“ ......... .......
'^1 . MAGNITUDE | Females......................
cattle sor shipment to this point., 0| business done by Mr. Aevins,
The shipments last season were eon- will be better understood when we \ Total..............................
siderablv ahead otanv previous year, state tnat the eap’tul a(,tivelv tmi- j )-.i'.in..
. . *. | do veil it lus business is $40,000. Males over fifteen years...
and Denison can bo made, by a hb- j ^ ,oye<1 t0 at. | Female* “ ;; » ...
enil rate of freight, the great cattle i tcn(] t0 \|i0 waut8 „t the mnnerous | Jv'iSks*'*' “ “ T.
shipping point ol the State, l'lie to the general I I
■ness of the house. i Total..............................
The amount of business done du- mixed.
ring the year just past—1875—was J < ‘hiiu-s)—male.................
875,000, and the business for the Julians
present vear, it is confidently believ-
ed, will amount to <110,000. Not
only does the immense stock ot Total
this house till the double store, at Total population ...................... •**’
the location heretofore mentioned, Number ot new dwelling Umvn
hut in addition, two warehouses and j greeted in the last tour mouths,
two cellars are tilled with the goods j Number of log dwelling houses,
required to meet the popular de- Number ot brick building*,
mirv, 37,000 l.al.-s. Coll,,,, com-! l»n...l. j or 0ri.-k
JLt M hi. poK«>,< A* - — ■ . ' . -• "V™ l,ry:,
,, too—vorthv of especial mention in
The lull cotton statement lor the , ^ ,0111 Jti()11 isJ tim; Mr. Nevins
season will he made up at the c>xpi- j j|UH boujrht tun! handled this season
ration of the cotton year, viz: 1st I 2,560 hales of cotton ! How’s that
There are large i tor enterprise ? \\ ith such a uis-
pluv ot ability as to bring a biui-
ness up troin die confiiie<l limits ol
a tent store to that wliich we have
described- Can our young city he
otlicrwise spoken ot than as an
“ainaat Womler,” and John Nevins
one of her Merchant I’rinees.
trade in general merchandise during
the past year has been very satisfac-
tory. The sales of dry goods, gro-
ceries and hardware tar exceeding
any previous season. This, ot
course, is to be attributed to the in-
creased receipts of cotton, and the
liberal price-1 paid by our merchants.
The total shipments of cotton arc
in round number , to the 1st ot Jan-
Frimtle .
Children
of September,
quantities of the staple yet to come
to market, which will probably in-
crease the receipts t<> 50,000 hales
This showing for a three year old
market will compare with many old-
er points, in n > nullvoraole light.
The cattle shipments were in
round numbers, 80,000 head, and ol
grain, (10,000 bushels. A large pro-
portion of the wheat marketed here I
has been ground hv the Lone Star
bu-lne-s houses—built within the
lust four months
Number of business houses—brick —
Number of tents 1 undies living in.
Total number of dwe ling houses—
wooden—
■V'AKst'il
VHEW. OLESALE LIQUOR HOUSE
of C rbry & Cunningham.
This sterling firm, the universally !
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I w
Mills, W. B. 15.-s proprietor, and ^pronounced Loading Dealers in fine,
Aft 1 I ) 1. \ .,)! I'i 1
t |:i ?jj
• -Am
&JL
“precinct elections, ho forwarded io
*‘ihe Executive Comnii tec ot tho
‘county, by some person appointed
‘■by iho ciiairnian of the j.recinet
“election, in‘whose presence the Ex-
ecutive Connnitteo shall open
most excellent article of flour man-j l"11'1'’ 1)11 Ki’t.turky Whiskies, re-(
utactured for home consumption and dlslilled ,vnd >’cct.tied liquors, im-
export, The Lone Star brand of | PnvU'rti of Kon'1-" Gins, Brandies, |
bales Lu a single day, all hnndlcd, | |_>c.njSoli
the Liquor Trade in our thriving,!
young city, are tho successors of the
old firm ot Adler, Car hr y & Co.,
who conceived the idea ot embark- i
ingiii this line of business when our
city first esme into existence. Fhe j tho city, iMr. Fierce coming lit
success el the old firm, eon eq tout at , , P|, | , , Ctt ...
coMidoiablo amount of b 1 was nndMa p, and anAgrictil upon tli« r established and fixed ng tho nioneoi’s o Denison a
,„,l 10 Nt. J'OU.S, .'..j G»lv.»um. I I,„„lc„,0„l Kadory, to u lotty tnolo h'J
,i -ii iti and in fact the House at the head ot
“ \Y. II. Bean moved, that in each I Utt'CB l" " m,,s.,v 77.’ “......... ’ l uentson flour is already celebrated |
“voting precinct, tho Democrats as-1 Wl'* Uoughtauu paid toy by oarmci ;iu {oro;gll markets', and the trade
“soluble and express viva voce (by chants and Cotton buyers. A new j w j j j expand into jiroportios that will
“word oi mouth) their choice for. feature in our market added during ! aHtoiiish Kt.Louis and Hichmond mil
“candidates tor the various county I (h(J ,lUst year, has been the receipts I j in a fow year8. We now require
“offioor-i, atia tint the result, wiowini/ , " . i. „4 ! * .
“the vote for each candidate in the of &'u"r’ V!lMl 'lu,l,i ^ ° "“V. 'uauuiactonc to develop on- re
auM oats have been sold here, andaa i sources, a good Cotton Mill, !'<nin
M. K. PIERCE St BR0.
Thi i ■ • -1' ii■ • • im lest ! uf
ped to St. Louis, ami triilvesuui. |miu.ai Implement Factory, to giv
Thir branch of trade is only in steady employment to operatives, I MUV,^n>y havo 1)(;hiev, Mitchell Wm on. At tir,t tho c
________ __ infancy and wo trust n< should be erected dur ■ ed and theii ntly increasing petition was severe, but Mr.1%
“and count said returns; and that j sou to have a grain elevator ot am- ■ season. We have all the raw inn- trade has been equally a question ot ,t i.experience in J
“whoever shall have received the pie propo; lions to accommodate the Lcrial in iihundancc. and only oapi-1 surprise to their numerous Irionds . ; j , . p t
‘highest number of votes for any jiailaiii.g of the grain crop ol I tal and skilled labor is requisite, i »'»d themselves, l,ut we can reasoim-1 ":^oh V' ^
‘office in the county, shall he de- ■ r • i . , . , , , . • ] bly, hv a little reflecnon, account lor make Inc .Jihfn. l.n ha.
‘dared the nominee of the Demo-1 (,,'Il-Vs0"» 1 during the past year ilu- substantial , ^ jaVotable opinioi.B entertained j most popular w :g.u in the 8
growth of Denison has been greater
in all that constitutes a solid com-
mercial city Ilian since its location.
“ cratic party for such office. The I counties. The production .d smali
“ motion prevailed/’ j grain is only in its infancy in r.oiir-
Now, in the face of this plain and ern 1'exas, and the time i ; not far
explicit resolution which says : “that j distant when Texas whoai uni llonr The class of huildim:s erected would
i’i each voting precinct the Demo-j will supply not only the home con- j not disgrace any commercial ine-
<-iats asscmblo anil express viva sumption, exported in large quan- \ iropolis, and with a united efiort of
voce, their choice for candidates lor j titles to the NY cst Indies, Brazil and a|[ tlv* citizens and lending interests,
county offices,” we find that a job j South American market, ’1 “xas flour j v, e can defy competition in the race
has been put up to carry tho pre- of tho best grades, and suitable to ufor supremacy and assume tho poz-i
duct elections by ballot. Tins is
<oiilraiyto every principle of De-
mocracy, and the sore beads who
have put this movement on foot,
should lie ostracized by every hon-
est voter in the county. Through
this shameless chicanery the l'rin a
stand the climate and keep sweet tion we are entitled to, of the grand
and fresh in warm climates for a j mercantile emporium of Northern
long period. Wheat can lie raised Texas,
and shipped to Europe via Galveston
to compete with the grain producing
countrios of Europe by having all ]
the necessary appliances for quick
L KEVINS,
The Pioneer Merchant Prince,
popular
for them by tlic fact that their prin- a)U[ Tii-- efforts have been crow i
ciples and’manner of dealing were ! wRh a 1V|mtulin:! ,„:l|,-d hv r. -
based upon honesty and integrity. . , .
They have studied the demands „fjand his trade tucicased to such
their numerous ciis oiners, learned extent that ho could not get enouj
their; desires, procured just such ,if thi justly celebrated wagon
goods as their trade needed, sold | supply the demand and was e<
tneiii on reasonable margins and i |,...iicii to get another wagon and
thereby secured the confidence of! tiad this past season, and will in
the people generally; satisfaction J t..tur. the well known atu! pop it,
was the natural sequence. It may Bain wagon.
seem strange to some, hut it is Mr. I’ierc- --eeingtnatJDcnisoii v
no less a fact, that their sales; d.-.-tim d to bremio a city ot no m
the first year ot tlieir advent here, gm importance, and believing “tl!
amounted to upwards ot $50,000; ’ ' ......”
the next year, although crops were
short, their sales increased some
twenty per cent., and for the
Iasi eijjht months their books
The gentleman whose inino cads ! contain a majority of names of the
this article is one of I)cn:son’s early most rubst .ntial dealers ns ilieir
pioneers, and is now probably doing
the haaviost trade ot any likecstab-
is certain, every candidate connect-
ed with this shameful job will he re-
membered by every honest voter.
Men who will resort to such Hickory
to secure a nomination nre not the
men for public trust.
rv elections will prove a miserable j and cheap handling, and Denison
abortion. This game was put up,! by erecting a mammoth elevator
we believe, by a few candidates who ! can retain and monopolize that
feared to go before tho voters at the j trade, which, eventually, will be
Primary Elections, without first put-1 even of more importance to North- ilshment in the State. Tho 01‘ijgl j c,an justly feel proud of such a sterl-
tin.rui.u job which they hope will i ern Texas than cotton. We then will j mil title of this firm was Benoist Acjingfirm as Gur'.rv & (’unningham.
secure their nomination, One thing | have a great centre of the three ! Nevins. Doming hero in October,, Tho members «t Dus t.rm are both
pv.,vv candidate connect- great leading products cotton, catt.e I8i J, they located themselves on the o..... >,............, ,.............„
and grain, and it does no’i require corner of Crawford street and Aus-
any prophet to foretell the future of tin avenue, and then their quarters
Denison with the control of tho j were known far and near ns tho
handling and shipping of the all-j “Tent .Store.” February of 1874,
important products, To increase | Mr. Nevins having succeeded the
and hold tho rapidly increasing old firm, the business was removed
trade, in these the main staples, all, to the present eligible stand,
charges (or handling,^shipping, and j on the south-east corner of Main St.,
rates ot freight must bo reduced to i and Austin avenue. And here mul-
minimum, ninl .he united ncti.m of j titudloo. variulic* mny bo tm*i,
this srid. It is to bo regreted on j general mkhohandise.
this connection that our Board ot i Tho first department!* devoted to
(;. B. Berry, M. if.
It is with pride we mention the
name of this young and prosperous
physician and surgeon- Dr. Berry
located in our city as ealry as Nu-
mber 1872, from Staunton, Virgin-
which time ho has practiced
ve
in, since
tegular customers, and show a pro-
portionate increase in volume of
sales over former years. Denison
noss tact, thoroughly educated by
mercantile experience from early
youth, and possessing all qualifica-
tions requisite to successfully trans-
act their daily increasing trade. We
ennnot speak loo highly of this firm,
their manner of dealing, nor recom-
mend too earnestly their goods to
all dealers in Wines, Liquors and
Cigars, for they deserve their pres-
ent large trade and merit a still
larger increase of patronage. NVo
do not at this time mention the su-
perior advantages of this firm, that
our home people.may read what we
say, for they an' already too fivvora
it rength, in 1
early part of 18)4, associated
r, Mr. J. K. Fierce, with ii
nn■ I< i ii- ,i"in name nut! h-ads t|
column.
'I'., meet the demand of this if
country they were compelled^
erect large ninl eommorlious lift if
ing.s to facilitate the handlingl
a : l’iiq ■. mi; •.1 s w«d spring '-vJ
of all 1 huh, ol which they earrl
largo stock at all seasons .of 1
year.
With v.but we have mentioned
have in.-', i >r could we, do them j|
tice unless v o could take our readl
through their house, on Austin a|
line, and show them tlu ir Sjockl
harness, plows, tents, wagon eovej
Ac. We can assinv all per-om? wr
may want anything in their lit
they will find everything as rflpj
senicd by them, or money re'.nndt]
•nonpareilmill:
For grinding Corn and (Job,(Jo;
- Meal, DruKStUooeB,mc. lttsil
; For Hand or jowor. Al
For____ ________
Fronrli Cone-Burr Bill
and Cotlou-Need llullei
Iliufi’trd pnmphirt frw*. Addrt
Krmplp, lilrgr A Co.,
"13 South Main Louis, 1
ir*m;UitUu8« auu. lu wha y-v ur jou read 1
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Burson, J. W. & Day, James H. Denison Daily Cresset. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 147, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 15, 1876, newspaper, January 15, 1876; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth524570/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Grayson County Frontier Village.