The Dublin Progress. (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, June 16, 1899 Page: 5 of 8
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THE DUBLIN PROMESa J-JSS £
supervisor of the census from this
district. We have not been in-
formed of anyone who can beat
Ben counting.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY.
DOBL1n7~TKX*8, rKIDAY.Jl'NK 18.18W.
LOCAL ITEMS.
Bosque county has thirty-eight
notaries public^
Hood county district court is now
in session at Granbury.
Successful men say that the time
to advertise is all the time.
The Hook & Ladder company
will soon appear in new uniforms.
The summer normal at Granbury
opened last Monday with a tine at-
tendance.
Evangelist Abe Mulkey will be-
gin a meeting at Hillsboro on the
twenty-third._
The scholastic population of Ab-
ilene has been taken at six hundred
and eighty-one.
8. C. Jones reports bis truck
\ farm west of town flourishing since
\the recent copious showers.
y Fresh roasting ears were mark-
eted at Hilsboro last week. New
wheat has also been marketed
there.
A citizen of Hillsboro, Price Sim-
mons, is buying a car load of muleB
for work
levee.
Personal Notes.
Walter Petty, of Hico, was here
Sunday.
Mias Abbie Wiley visited in Hico
last week.
C. W. Rogers of Marlin, is here
this week.
Deck Davis spent Sunday in
Stephenville.
Bruce Cage, of Stephenville spent
When you are in town remember
that the Progress office is on the
corner of Patrick and Railroad
! „ Vo“S SS£c ncbe'
Robt. Bailey returned latter part \ Burton Hooker of Hico, was up
of last week from bis ranch in Saturday and Sunday.
Slicker oounty, where he reports ! Judge N. R. Lindsey, of Com-
everything flooded by the recent; anche, was here Friday.
was
/
rains, though prospects for stock
range is excellent.
A representative of the round j
bale system of cotton ginning and '
baling was here latter part of last
week and said that in all probabil-
ity his people would have a plant
in operation here next year.
went
Attorney Walker Palmer
to Stephenville Tuesday.
W. T. Leggett came in on Tues-
day’s train from Temple.
Prof. C. G. Foust visited Gran-
bury on business Tuesday.
Druggist C. C. Oliver of Alex-
ander, was in town Monday.
W. J. Smith of the Lingleville
We are told that our two excel- country, is reported dangerously ill.
lent lines of reilroads are glad the; Dr. J. G. O’Brian, who is con-
Progress of last week suggested fined to his room, is rapidly recov-
the need of work on their street ering.
crossings In the city and that they Miss Woodie Toler, of Hico, is
will shortly make the much needed visiting Miss Dora Peacock this
repairs. _ week.
Photographer Thompson was Miss Jonnie Guyger of Proctor,
out Saturday photographing the! "‘‘1 *“cb a6ain at 1>aImer> tbl8
town
He particularly got a fine
on the Mississipi river j snapshot of H. A. Smith & Co.’s
Miss Leona Fritz, ol Hazledell is
lumberyard and'of'the‘extra force | her sieter- Mr8‘ Jn0‘ Mc‘
Deck Davis and Tip McCampbell
attended a ball at Comanche Tues-
Ollie McEl- day night.
Mrs. S. K. Mansell and family,
who have been for several days
visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. S.
Daley, left last Monday for home
at Hamilton.
S. K. Mansell left Sunday for
Dublin to meet his wife and child-
ren, who have been vieiting at
Cisco, Dublin and other places.—
Hamilton Herald.
Mayor R. B. Spencer, wife and
family and Mrs. S. C. Lattimore
returned Thursday of last week
from 8an Antonio. Mrs. Spencer
is still in very ill health.
Walter Williams and Ely Hern-
don spent Sunday on the banks of
the Bosque near Stephenville.—By
request we will make no mention
of the fact that they were ‘‘fishin’.”
About People You Know.
Editor Adams of Rising Star,
and Mies Gertrude Scott were
married in the city yesterday at
the residence of Chas. Tyler.—
Cisco Apert.
J. H. Luther, a former resident
of Comanche, now a penitentiary
agent, came in last Friday and left
next day with Newman Walker for
Rusk.—Comanche Chief.
Albany News: N. B. Wilson of
Dublin, has been here the past ten
days as agent at the depot, Moore
H. McLeRoy having contracted a
case of measles from which he has
now recovered.
Mr. and Mrs. Newberry left for
their new home in Dublin Mon-
day. Mr. Newberry was foreman
j of the oil mill here and will ac-
Dr. O'Brien states that the report: men at worb on tbfi 1 exas Cen
ol a cancer on his face is a mistake tral yards,
and that the ailment is one of the The death of Miss
k*kin only.________ yea Thursday night of last week Deputy Sheriff Howe Keith was f,ePl a8>,I1*lar8ituationintheDub-
We should celebrate the Fourth uiabeB the third victim of the ter- here Monday summoning court j Comanche Chief.
magnificent style. Our patriot- ribIe disaster at Pleasant Horne witnesses. \Mntney Messenger:Rev. J. B.
and incidentally our enterprise church May 21st. One other, the Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Oates spent '^veese Holden, hrath County,
in the balance. wife oi Mr. Jess Bowen, is still in a portion of last week with friends caine m last Saturday on a visit.
~r------------- — j a critical condition. at Carlton. .. D. C. W arnell, of Onion Bluff,
Dublin city council will - prejudice “if vou h ive Rev. Sellers of Abilene passed l,a88ed trough Whitney last week
"0",bly - .nd compart’ibe ’progre.8 through Mod.y, root. h... «» hi. return from . vi.it to hi.
imwmwmmmm
1 Fill the House
• • • • •
With GROCERIES from Our Stock and every
cent expended in their purchase will
Prove to be Well Spent.
I QUALITY IS THE MAINSTAY OF OUR BUSINESS, 1
We Never Let that Detoriate.
Prices may vary with the market fluctu-
ations but we make the best deals possi-
ble and give our customers benefits of
all advantages obtained. .:.
Please remember our stock of Groceries is the most 5
varied in Dublin and unapproachable in quality.
For picnics and excursions we have a most desirable
assortment and can supyly your wants.
In staple groceries we carry a large assortment and at
lowest prices in the city.
Wc are Agents in Dublin
For the Celebrated Magnolia Flour
We own our delivery wagon, give prompt service, and
don’t add on 5 or 10 cents for it.
Store open every night until 9 o’clock.
Free delivery until 7:30 p. m.
Yours for Business
HHRRIS GROCER CO.
CASH HOUSE.
umiAMmmimik luiuimimuumiiumi
ueeday night, the third ,any.
from the east.
sister, Mrs. Pally Abies and other
relatives and friends in Erath
county.
Comanche Chief: Virgil Reid,
Esq., left yesterday for Dublin and
Thorp Springs.....Attorney Mc-
Millan and family returned home
from a visit to Dublin Saturday.
.... Misses Fallie and Bessie Hern-
don are gueBts of Mr. and Mrs. S.
_________ ____________ ____ ________ M. Vernon.... Miss Addie Bailey
The ladies of the Episcopal day at)d Wednesday before the 0f Comanche, spent Sunday and,0^ was a guest of Mrs. I.
,y in the month. with other papers you read. This „ , ..
— . — is intended as a suggestion to those Mayor R. B. spencer and Jim
The State Christian Lndeavor wjl0 are not subscribers, and our Durham spent Monday at the
convention and the Leal Estate r>atrons ar„ invited to pass it on to county capital.
Agents’ convention have been in ^em for reflection. Will Hodge has been Buffering
-.-rr;---— the past few days with erisypilas
I he Dublin district conference in his left hand
of the M. E. church will convene i*re8ident It B. Moore, of the
at DeLeon next I hursday. The Granbury college, came in last
session at Waco this week.
Imported water melons are on
the market in Dublin They are
In Id at fifty cents each. At last presiding elder, Rev. Boone, will: gatu'rdav^eveuinK
accounts they were still held. hold a nii88jonary institute Tues- L v/lteid, Esq., city secretary
church served ice cream and cake meeting on 1 hursday.
Monday in the city.
M. Browne last Saturday and Sun-
on the town it the teridence of, The ,chooi „„„„ 0f UMmtIII" , l.mgtM »K>»l> '"turned Mon. i !£2!?8^..* Hi
fPicture Frames,)
Art Materials, [all at...
KODAKS AND SUPPLIES,
THOMPSON’S, IS?,IVOTO
DUBLIN. TEXAS.
Semi-Local Briefs. ; rejuvination in our city Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Lafferty are 1 M. 1). Gallagher left last Friday
entertaining a pretty little 9-pound j for a brief business trip -to Waco,
miss who arriyed at their home on Dan says his wholesale business
the 8th inst, j is not only holding up but is actu-
A. A. Ostricher, of Brownwood, j ally increasing during the allegod
as book- dull times.
mill the \y R.. Stetson, a progressive
: citizen of Tarrant county, has re-
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Miss (lertude Andruss entertain- Dublin.
V
Hi1
keeper for the Hico oil
coming season.
Misslabitha Wilkinson enter-; cently located here and purchased
(ained friends Friday evening, all t>ie Jno. McDonald homestead
Stetson was
cents
bushel. ........ ......... indiee iiuuurcu aim ini}-. last Friday from a protracted visit Held Scott of this city, was in town . . ,
We need more good one story The following stock notes are with friends in Kansas City. yesterday. Mr. Bencini will go ed quite a number of young friends , ^jr8 Charlie St. Clair of Co-
stone or brick business houses, reported from San Angelo through Dr. J. G. O’Brien and Miss Ella out this morning with the excur- j at the beautiful and[ pleasant home, mancjje, came in Monday from
A half dozen can he rented at a the Standard: Five thousand Maddux returned Thursday even- sion party of gin men to whom a of her parents last F rnfay evening. vi8jt, with relatives at Abilene, ac-
good price in less than three muttons sold at three dollars per ing of last week from Chicago. big picnic and barbecue is to be Percy Fallon, son of R. Ballon,; oounpanied by Airs. Sellers, wife of
months. head, twenty butcher cows at Sam McCain, of Rockwood, an Riven at Brownwood by the oil the accomodating hardware man Rev. Sellers of that place. Mrs.
The annual reunion of the Fast twenty-one dollars per head, forty old Dublin friend of the editor, was mill owners. A similar excursion at Itterback & Harris, is now per-1 Sid Thomas of Comanche, met
/.M1, f wJiL".;, Vy.,r ' flne bulls at 8ixtv dollars per head. in town yesterday.—Coleman Re- an(i P'cnic "a« K'ven last year manently employed at the post- them here,
laml County I.x-Conlederate asso- view about this time—Ft. Worth Reg- office
StSd.; A »‘°ck company capitalized at Dan T. Fry. of Iredell, passed i«ter. Dr. Charlie Durham, who has
S 5’ °ne bi>nJred thousand dollars with through MonJday en route t0‘ Com. Iredell News—Dr. J. 1). Pike,; but recently returned from medical
■UK—. rooke..mith hanker Henry ford, anche 0|1 business, returning of Stephenville, was in the city to-j college, has located here and ex-
HErlev moved last week !',, ‘‘nrlburt and Hon. Ihomas queadrt.. day. Miss May Williams, of Dub-1 p«cts shortly to begin the practice
Ker residence cast of l,el as >ts chief promoters has re- Misses Louise and Nina Higg- >9 visiting Mesdames A. P. of medicine.
to the Dick Moore ceDtiy be*n organized at Brown- ingb0tham left last Saturday for a Conway and Dan T. Fry this week. There are some newspapers
BF the home of Mrs. to develop the oil wells at weeks visit to friends and relatives T. W. Tomme and wife were in whose stock in trade is nerve
JKire that place. ;jn Abilene. Dublin Sunday visiting relatives Nerve is a good thing in its place,
En nr*. Innkintf «r nnrl Chas. Hamilton, J. P. Miss Ruby Mobley returned last ani^ friends. A. P. Conway held. but as a commodity its cash value
ret' o|ll'i!.r i*! no i H0ad and Ramsey Cox, all nota- Friday from Dallas, where she down the depot during Mr. Torn- is riot apparent
^Iweewho arcusm * theirefforts I ^®8 tbe L'entral road, were here spent several days with relatives me’s absence. Odie Bass and wife
____e , ^ .'* f 0 ^ on a special train for a few hours and friends
o promote the mterests of your j . r .... . . .. „ .. ,,
* Snlliritiitr I hoi< tvmw uoot nn f ho I II Kai
came down from Stephenville last; (Jcommunity ii2 Hamilton AuKl,*C with the intention
Sinn.Lv nn . l,r0\e coiiimumiy m ‘ of taking a position in one of the
Capt. K. B. Jones, wife and
children of Stephenville, passed
through on last Saturday's Rio
Grande train en route to Brown-
wood for a brief visit to Mr. Jones’
brother and family who reside
at that place.
Rev. E. A. Marsh of near Purvis,
was in the city last Saturday and
informed the scribe that he expect-
ed to move to Dublin the latter
>unty and town.
Saturday. They went west on the C. II. Bencini, of the oil mill Sunday on a visit to relatives. | county, ia here under the treatment 'vtrds ihVs'Ti'il
same evening to inspect the pro- interests of Dublin, west Texas and ^a88 Sunday for Gorman | wf pr Adams infirmary, for anaf- “ ‘ ‘
• r . • • # . **s . . An*l II U.ww, I -................. ... l Miit Inriipu Ski
District court at Eastland began gressivenesB of things further out Texas in general, was here a
<t Monday with a heavy docket, on the line. hours Friday,
otaining four murder cases, in , . , H. W. Johnson left Saturday to
of which many Stephenville A*ready thei festive candidate has 18pend the sabbath with “bis folks”
•pie are witnesses. ‘ begun to feel the public pulse for at Alexander. He returned ‘ all
the coming campaign. Let your 8mj|e8” Mondav
he incorporated school district wants be known gentlemen, if you i r Herndon left Mondav f,.r
Hamilton will vote upon the expect them to be satisfied. There H Lin hot hi ms 1‘'fF-Mt„u]aj for
«tion of issuiiig t4,(HX).00 ot is no on* gets anything 'half so
.1 improvement, bond* The quick as the fellow who wants it
on will be on the 22nd. and goes after it.
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and Mrs. Bass will remain
time at this [.lace,
Hico Vedette: Miss Abbie Wi-
ley of Dublin, ’s the guest of Miss
Beatrice Stovall......Miss Maud
Maben of Dublin, spent several
days of last week in the city, the
ranch in west g"est of Miss Jonnie Huchingson
Texas, where he will remain the Mr. and Mrs. \V, l\ Huching-
balance of the summer. 8011 H,ul Miss Ruby Mobley vis-
H.J. Perkins and family, the l!0'1 ,l10 family ot Capt. J. C.
polite manager of the Dublin com- Huchingson the past week Percy
press, spent last Tuesday with Grows, an old time friend of ours,
friends in Stephenville. passed through the city last Satur-
Judge Truly, a prominent at- day en route to his home near Las
torney of Ballinger, was in the city ^ eKftSi ^l'- M. Percy informs ns
some fe(-tj,>n of the eyes.
His Lordship Sir
Walter
Capt. Barney Smith, of Hol-
land, Bell county, a prominent and
sheet,” was scattering sunshine and i a“1,.' ; . ' a"'J " 1 ^eel . heTf'
___j lie called Monday and as is his
__—__ ' 'custom when visiting here, depos-
“BEFOREBAB\ IS BORN. jjed ft dollar with the Progress.
A Valuable Little Br.k of Interest A j Holmes a good farmer of
to All Women Sent Iree. four miles east of DeLeon, was here
Monday en route home from a
short visit to an innumerable lioBt
of km folks in the l ive' Oak com-
munity.
Our good friend, Will Troxell,
who is a most genial as well ns tal-
1 Ivory woman looks forward with feel-
ings of Joy inde*critwble to the
line great event ill her life, com-
pared with wl.M'li nil others pale into in-
nipni(trance, lli.iv pasiil sh.* will fe.-l
when her balm nestles on her breast—
how sweet the name of "Mother!” And
yet, her nnlieqial .on of this event i-*
j ' m •'"•••■ijjvi | it i»n mi »mv vi»^ / y »■ i , 11' i tiinn ijMM ”'u * *..... miiv i ■ .i nine i g. ii iui nn »» v 11 tl.” \ ni *
Saturday and Sunday, ^n route to that his country iH the liue^t in the cloud <1 witlidh iul of tin* iminijiMl dun* entt'd younir busineaa man is for u
- - -------,J —* * .. . * 1 —r of tin* opil«‘al, ho that it ia impoavi* J
'prescriptions t___
Eastland to attend court "‘’T1** aml tbat everything is flour-
-. Hill, of Morgan, a prom- ishing Mrs. W. J. Power re-
ineut mill and gin man of that turned home from a week's visit
place, was here last week on buei- to her daughter, Mrs. II. 8. Ah-
ness, leaving Friday for home. f*0*1 °f Dublin.....A. VN'. Bush,
CURATELV.
’ic E)cst Drugs olitainable.
<1 anything in our line conic to see us.
on courteously and give you the low-
"S TANGLEFOOT
’cstrov the flies. It’s the best
ell four double sheets for 50.
Archer’s
'Hi DaQdrufT Care
tudruff.
Cigars.
‘.REEN i
t Coratr.
‘in** occupying the position
which creeps over her. Th« danger agent (or the Rio Grande railroad
and suffering attendant u|M>n being « si Comanche. He writes to semi
rX''zV-TS-bn™-,:; h;; "r,.
K. W. Tabor left the first of the wbo ba* bc0n 0,1 the Vedette force Kverywoman^ho nmu" hU^’eaiM.'binm kins, took a day ofl Tuesday and
week for Morgan too a soliciting several weeks, has accepted a po- free a valuable little bm»k entitled “Bo-1 (pent it pleasantly with friends at
.............. &%ii,laia,5SSSA7<5!: • Hugh is one uf.h"
Atlanta, Oa. Thlslas.k contain* price- h«st boys it has ever been our good
ie»* information for all women, and no fortune and pleasure to meet, and
f tour for the popular music house silion with the Dublin Progres*.
-* of Will A. Watkins, ol Dallas. Glen Rose Herald The teachers
Farmer J. G. Poe, who resides are already coming in for the nor-
four miles from DeLeon on the ,ual- H will open next Wednes-
Leon river, was in town Baturtfav. day, June II , .Albert Douthit Is
He is a son of Dr. Poe of DeLeon, working at the barber trade here.
Mrs. Maben and daughter, Miss l’r°f J. D- Currie returned
Maud, departed Tuesday lor Craw- last Saturday from Dublin, where
ford to attend the bedside of Mrs. bc b,M for several months
Maben's sister, who is seriously ill t*kln« a business course.....Miss!
J. W Payne of Waco, came in' K*""** of Dublin, who has
Tuesday to spend a few days with had a number of years experience
friends, intending to go on to Al-! ,n ,fb°o1 work- hM b,,«n **fQred a»i
bany shortly,on a prospecting tour. ‘"'‘ruc«er in the normal at this t
Mr. and place. She is a valuable addition
one should fail to wild for it.
Abilene left hi ^J"’inKba,n|• to the faculty.....Our townspeople
brief but pleasant
visit with relatives and friends in
tbia city.
Prof. A. L. Colt, of Victor, was
hero Friday on business. The
professor has accepted a position
to tssob the public schools at that
place again.
Mr. Fisher the telephone man at
Granbury for the extension of bis
line to tbia place and on by way of
Uodley to Cleburne. . A picnic is
in contemplation for July 4th. A
meeting was bald Monday al tbe
court oouee and tbe naccessary
committees appointed.
“NAME ON EVERY PIECE.’*
lOWNEY'S
Chocolate Bonbons.
POR SALS BV
G.W.HAMBLETT
Gonlectlonerle*. Fruits.
OIQARtt AND TOBAOOOS. Hon to tbs Journal free
his industry is a close second
his many other good qualities.
Rev. Patrick made a trip to Al-
; bany first of the week to see his
son Albert, who is with the sur-
veying corps of the Texas Ceutral
extension some ten miles beyond
Albany, lie haa been employed
with the engineering corps since
March and will likely remain until
October.
R. A. Rurleson gave a stereop-
11lean entertainment at the Bratton
hall last Saturday night, a portion
of the proceeds from which went
to assist the band boys. Mr. Bur*
leson ia editor-in-chief of Youth'*
Southland, a magaaine published
at Waoo, and each purchaser of a
ticket to the entertainment It en-
titled to a three months' subscrip-
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