The Sunday Gazetteer. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 25, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 21, 1888 Page: 7 of 7
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Sunday, October 21, 1888.
LOCAL CONDENSATIONS.
The Mews of the Week Boiled Down for
Snndej Reading -
MONDAY.
There were good congregation* at the
several diiterent churches yestesday
morning, but the storm in the evening
prevented people from going out, and as
a consequence the clergymen faced empty
pew*....................The weather has become
veny cold, and people are wearing winter
wraps this morning................The Gazet-
teer's presses are engaged to-day print-
ing ten thousand copies of Dr. Acheson’s
tariff speech. They will be put up in
pamphlet form, and distributed gratuit-
ously...................We were visited last night
by a severe hail storm, accompanied by
thunder and lightning..................Fresh
lettuce appeared on the market this
morning............The city was very lively
to-day, and business appeared to be
booming ................About twenty tonts ot
new wooden type were received at this
office this morning, and our job depart-
ment facilities are thereby largely in-
creased. These fonts embrace some of
the very latest designs in large type........
A number of ladies took advantage ot the
beautiful weather yesterday to visit Fair-
t view Cemetery, and decorate the graves
ot their loved ones. A tiny tenement
was added to the city ot the dead, and
the Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
McWillie laid to rest. Fairview Ceme-
tery is now a beautiful spot, and the
ladles who are instrumental in having it
so cared tor cannot have too much
praise The two-year old son ot Mr.
and Mrs. George Dollarhide, of Nelson
street, was bitten by a copperhead snake
yesterday. The child is now out ot
danger., Dr. Hanna is attending him
z*......Misa Mabel Ragland met with a
serious mishap Saturday while out riding.
The saddle was not properly secured,
and slipped around under the horse.
She could not extricate herself, and the
horse stepped on her hand, severely
bruising li .air..........The magnificent paper
we turned out Saturday was highly ap-
preciated by the citizens. Several hun-
dred extras were sold, and although an
enlarged edition dt the Gazetteer was
printed the supply was not equal to the
demand; we run short ot copies » The
Denison Rides’ armory has been fixed
up in good shape. The furniture form-
erly used in the W. C. T. U. Reading
Room has been appropriated, and the
room is now very comfortable. Books
and papers have been added, to amuse
and instruct the boys while “off duty”
The Gate City’s went over to
Dallas yesterday to have a game with the
Dallas Hams, but were disappointed, as
the Hams did not show up. People in
Dallas have the fair to attend to now,
and no time to squander on base ball
Mr. Horace McConnell was down town
to-day, and visited his place ot business
for the first time since he has been laid
UP .................There was no recorder’s
court this morning, owing to the absence
- ot the recorder...................We received a
private letter from \fr. J. K. Hurd to-day,
and are glad to announce that he does
not complaim of ill health, the state-
ments of the local press to the contrary
notwithstanding..............A young man,
named Boyle, had his pocket picked Sat-
urday night while taking in Dr. Brown-
field’s show ..........Chickens are being
mercilessly slaughtered, and their dying
screech can be heard about sundown in
every part of the town..................A young
man, by name Harry Owens, came near
breaking his neck Saturday night in
consequence ot the detective sidewalk on
Rusk avenue. As it was, he severely in-
jured his ankle The Harrison-
Morton Club met Saturday night at the
Opera House. There was a good attend-
ance, and any amount of enthusiasm.......
T he Philharmonic Band spent yesterday
afternoon getting up “patriotic” music
tor campaign purposes.......... Men are
at work {again to-day on the Burnett
avenue Main street sewer, if we have
fine weather for a tew days it will soon
be completed..........A vonng man is
making the rounds to-day distributing
Munson’s Nursery Catalogue ........Our
friend Bob Bunn savs he will stay at
home a week or ten days till the excite-
ment ; dies out.............. . A bov
down last night about 7 o’clock with a
loud crash, and people in the vicinity
thought a plate-glass window had been
broken .................A great quantity ot coal
is being received daily at C. W. Dawley’s
coal yard...........The man with the “origi-
nal laugh” was at the opera house last
night, and he used his laugh prettv
freely................ These moonlight nights
are dandies for “mooners,” and loving
maids, with their beaux, can be seen on
every quiet avenue in the city walking
slowly and aimlessly to nowhere, and re-
galing each other on sweet nothings, that
older people hive forgot and younger
ones have not yet learned. How sublime.
...........Dr. Brownfield still proves a mag-
nate. Nothstandingthe number of coun-
ter-attractions la-t night, a large crowd
gathered to witness his entertainment,
and apparently appreciated his efforts
...........There were an unusual number ot
criples at the Union Depot this after-
noon; a legless man, a girl with a club
foot, a cripple in a wheel chair, and a
one-armed boy were among the number
.......—..Willie Salmons, who fell from a
chestnut tree Sunday afternoon, was
severely injured, but is reported to-day as
doing well Mr. Bevins, ot the
Philharmonic orchestra, is on the sick
list, and was unable to take his place
behind chemrchestra rail last nigh. He
is an a No. 1 trombone player, and we
hope he’ll soon be around'again. Mr.
Bevins is employed in the Missouri Pacific
"hop*..................We regret to see many
boys and girls olaying around the streets
during the day instead of attending
school. There is an excellent school
system in Denison, and no excuse for
any chilren being brought up in ignor-
nance. There should be some system to
regulate this matter. Children' should
be compelled to attend school. The
school board should hunt them all up,
and parents who are dilatory in their
duty should be fined heavily........The
merchants are smiling to-day. The Mis-
souri Pacific pay car is paying off the
employees, and the latter are quickly put-
ting their money in circulation. Every-
body is benefitted ...............Mr. Frank
Ellsworth, the gentlemanly night clerk
at the McDougall Hotel, is under the
weather again. Malaria is the trouble
A man who is employed during the
day, and who has been troubled with
severe toothache, visited every dentist’s
office in the city for the last two nights,
and all were closed. He naturally asks
if the dentists of the city are only in-
tended to attend the rich, and if their
offices are only open during banking
hours, and suggests that if such is the
case, it is time some one wonld cater tor
the working man, and keep his office
ooen a con pie of nights a week till halt-
past eight or nine o’clock, so as to give
those a chance who are employed at regu-
lar work. “There’s method in his mad-
ness” ..........Col. Tom Crooks was
distributing dodgers on Main street to-
day announcing the Democratic rally at
the opera house to-night.................Last
night’s political blow-out at the City Hall
was a big affair. W. B. Munson’s speech
was a master effort, and was well re-
ceived...................The Blue Wing grocery
house and lunch stand, on Crawford
street, has been purchased by Mr, W. B
^unn..................The unfortunate postal
clerk, Charlie Green, who was struck
with paralysis Saturday, is very low, and
chances of his ever recovering again are
remote......----------A big docket at the
recorder’s court this morning. Fourteen
offenders went through the justice mill,
and most of them thought they were
honest, ill-used martyrs.
WEDNESDAY.
The recorder disposed of one case this
morning. It appears to be either a feast or
a famine with the court Signor I.a-
Comba, the leader of Dr. Brownfield’s
band, has fired several of the old mem-
bers, and imported two or three good
musicians to fill their places...........The ef-
fects of the pay car’s visit was observable
in the city to-day. Everybody seemed to
(get a little of the lucre some way..........A
faded flower of the gentler sex made great
havoc of men’s hearts this afternoon on
Main street. She walked up and down
about fourteen times, and on each trip
wore a different fellow. Mow she man
aged to catch on to so many is a mystery
—- The town was filled with music and
glory last night. Two brass bands made
the former, and hundreds of citizens hur-
rving to the opera house, to hear the
“situation” discussed, boomed up the
latter. Denison is the place for life, and
don't you forget it-----A large shipment
ot fine cards and stationery arrived at this
office to-dav, and were placed in the
Gazetteer stock-room. It is a truthtul |
assertion when we state that we have the
--— --------->•— toi named
Toney Hobbt, formerly of this city, was
arrested in St. Louis yesterday, on sus- .. .. ,
ptcion of having committed murder in assert,on when we state that we have the ;
Dallas. He is being held for identifi- i !arSest. stock on hand ot any printing
cation. j house in North Texas, and the most ap- i
e. .Tuesday. | Pro'cd facilities for the execution of fine |
work A bonfire in front ot the
Another beautiful day...........The street
ear that waited tor the opera house
patrons last night was well filled A
lot ot goods piled on the sidewalk in front
of a Main street hardware store tumbled
Denison Candy Works, on Main street,
about 7 o’clock this qyening, sort ot i
lighted up /the gloom, but the smoke j
therefrom proved, very disagreeable to i
people in the vicinity.. '.. Chas. B. Green;1
the unfortunate postal clerk who became
paralyzed Saturday last, was in a better
frame of mind to-day. His pulse at one
time during last night reached 150..........
Prairie schooners have been somewhat
scarce on our streets the last few days. We
fthly saw a couple in town to-day........_.
Several drunks were noticed shasshaing
around last night. Politics is a little too
much for some people........... The Keene
Club had another rehearsal at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Sam Hanna last night,
i They feel confident that the piece will
j scorc a triumph, if each one will do as
well on the eventful night as they do at
rehearsal An old plug attempted to
| run away this afternoon on East Main
j afreet, but when it reached the railroad
j crossing a locomotive happened to
whistle. 1 he horse stopped suddenly,
turned around, and slowly walked back to
where it started from „ The afternoons
are exceedingly warm now-a-days. The
heat seemed as oppressive this afternoon
as anv day during the whole summer
The singing of the Democratic Glee Club
last night was pronounced excellent, and
the gentlemen composing it were highly
complimented to-day. They have pro-
cured a good repertoirie of campaign
songs, which makes an innovation to the
general run of quartette singing we have
had in Denison lately ,.*r. An old purse,
stuffed full of rags, looked very inviting,
lying on the sidewalk on Main street
this afternoon, and many unwary pedes-
trians picked it up and opened it hiirri-
edly, and then cast it away in disgust,
bach time this performance occurred a
silvery laugh greeted the victim’s ear, as
though a couple of young ladies in a sec-
ond-story window were having bushels ot
fun. A little boy was seen picking up the
purse and placing it on the sidewalk
again every time, and from the way he
slid up stairs one would judge he was one
of the conspirators. The last one to
“bite” was a city dude. He spied the
purse before he came to it; took out his
handkerchief in a most natural wav, and
“accidentally” dropped it on top "ot the
“prize.” Picking both up together, he
placed them carefully in his breast pocket,
and walked leisurely away. We do pity
this guy, and bet a dollar he was the
"worst tooled” ot the lot. Oh, how he
must have clubbed himself when he got
home. Perhaps it will comfort him to
know that two fair ladies and an innocent
boy were the only spectators, and are not
likely to give him away. As for the girls,
we would advise them to cease playing
practical jokes, as they sometimes lead to
trouble. _
THURSDAY.
” There is a high wind to-day, and the
dust is something terrible. A good
shower ot rain would be welcome ^....
Scanlan’s troupe arrived this morning.
Half of them were billited at the Colon-
nade and half at the McDougall A great
many farmers found their way to Denison
to-day, notwithstanding the woeful condi-
tion of the roads. “Where there’s a will,
there’s a way.” The farmers have, like
everybody else, found this out......Mr.
Henry Gillean, of Eppstein’s liquor house,
was presented with a bouncing baby bov
yesterday morning. Mrs. Gillean made
the present. He smiles to-day, and so he
should........The list of offenders who ap-
peared before the recorder this morning
was limited to two—one drunk, and one
toad case. The recorder “fixed” them in
a holy minute, and was blazing mad be-
cause he hadn’t more to do We re-
ceived a rattling good letter from J K.
Hurd to-day, which will be found in our
supplement. Mr. Hurd seldom forgets
his old c/iaige, and has to be pretty busy
before he thinks of leaving the Gazetteer
off the list........._......“Blonde,” of Sunny
Clime, the Dallas paper gotten up by
ladies, was in the city to-day working up
its interests ........The barber shops did a
good business this morning fixing up the
society young men who anticipated wit-
nessing the Hanna-Little nuptials Dr.
Brownfield has as yet received no word of
the satchel ot dental tools that was stolen
trom him some days since. In all likeli-
hood he will never see them again. He
values the contents of the satchel at $zoo
A good many people were fooled this
morning who wished to go to Sherman.
They went to the union depot at nine
o’clock, but a change in the schedule for
running trains had been made, and they
were informed that no train would leave
for Sherman until 3 p.m...............The new
office in the Lingo, Waples & Co. hard-
ware house has been completed, and is
now furnished and in use. It is a great
improvement, and a wholesome addition
to the establishment’s already excellent
appointments The east half of the
Missouri Pacific freight depot’s new roof
has been finished and the men were en-
gaged to-day on the west side. It is an
immense surface, and will take an enor-
mous number ot shinglqs and nails to
complete it . It would be a good thing
it the Main street merchants would have
theirjddewalks sprinkled and swept every
morning. Some of them do now, but if
all would do so, it would be a most wel-
come move, especially to ladies. The
sidewalks to-dav were in a filthy condi-
tion, and almost an inch thick with du*t.
The street was well watered, and had the
sidewalks been well cleaned this morning,
people would not have been bothered
w ™uc'} with du“ ......The People of the
M. E. Church (South) are making great
preparations for the conference, which
convene* in this city on the 14th prox.
Everybody should lend a hand and make
the affair a success. It will be a big ad-
vertisement for Denison, as over two
hundred representatives from other
place* will be here tor the week........The
bill posters put up several sunds of bills
yesterday tor W. J. Scanlan, who plays
the McDougall to-night. This was alto-
gether too late in the day to advertise the
attraction. Bills should be stuck up at
least six days before the show’s arrival___
The wise men are stroking their beards
again to-day. They say, “it blows rain”
...... ... The weekly prayer-meetings were
well attended last night in most of the
churches.
FRIDAY.
The recorder disposed of a few petty
case* morning--------The manager of
the Tutein Comedy Company paid us a
vLit to-dav. He is fat and jolly........Mr.
Roberts, the popular drug clerk of Bailey
& Howard's store, who has been suffering
with btllious fever tor the past few days,
was at his post again this morning. He has
not entirely recovered, but is on the mend
..... Politicians, peddlers, preachers, doc-
tors and show people were only some of
our callers to-day, and each profession
was well represented .......The city pound
is full again .......The colored Methodists
held a very successful entertainment In
the Munson block Wednesday evening____
The city council met last night
street car that waited for the opera house
patrons last night was well patronized
Officer Geo. Carver made a very clever
capture this morning. The fellow he ar-
rested had a large quantity of clothing
and jewelry about him that he stole in
Dallas, and which he was trying to sell
in this city at a sacrifice. The thief ar-
rived from Sherman this morning
Notice was received yesterday by the
Rifles, that their new guns had been
shipped. They will be on hand tor next
drill night......A good deal of cotton came
into town yesterday........Mr. John Bevins,
of the Philharmonic orchestra, who has
been down with malarial trouble tor the
past week, is reported as much better to-
day The sewer crossing Main street at
Burnett avenue, has been completed on
the north side of the street car track, and
tilled up. The workmen were digging up
the street on the south side to-day...........
The street railway company has had
about twenty loads of sand dumped on
the track on Main street, above Mirick
avenue------Crockett avenue, in Southwest
Denison, is now in good condition for
travel, and is being much used.........John
King, a typo ot this city, has been on the
sick list tor the past two days......Eighteen
days from to-day and the difficulty will be
settled—election day............Frank E. Rein-
hart, the boss grocery drummer, was do-
ing the town to-day '.....judge Cummins,
ot Pottsboro, was in the city to-day.....,
A young fellow named Nicewarner acci-
dently shot himself while out hunting at
Red River bottom yesterday. The bone
ot Ms right leg was shattered, and the
wound is a serious one, which may event-
ually cost him his leg.....„„J. J. Fair-
banks is removing his real estate office to
Rusk avenue, and will occupy a portion
ot the building used by his son, Kirk, as a
confectionery store. ^ ..Tank-Kee’s litho-
graphs were being posted up around town
j,0*da>'...........Tim Murphy sports a new
fl°at 1 he printing turned out for the
Gilbert-Huntley company, by Murray’s
Show Printing House, is pronounced by
Manager Franklin as first-class work.
Knights of Pythi&a. Attention!
There will be important and interesting
degree work at our regular meeting, on
1 uesday evening next. All Knights are
particularly requested to be present, and
also to extend this notice. Time 7:30
sharp. Frank M. Robinson, C. C.
He Goeth.
Dr. Brownfield, who has been with us
for over a month, and whose concerts
have delighted thousands of our citizens
during that time, will leave Densson to-
morrow tor Greenville, Texas, where he
will practice for one week.
Removal.
J. J. Fairbanks has removed his real
estate office to 116 Rusk avenue, where he
will be glad to meet all parties wishing
to buy, sell or trade in real estate. .
New* was received in this city last
Thursday that Dr. Grizzard, formerly ot
this city, but now ot Abilene, Texas, had
beep seriously, and it was feared family
m,ured in an accident. No particular
could be learned.
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The Sunday Gazetteer. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 25, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 21, 1888, newspaper, October 21, 1888; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth571419/m1/7/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Grayson County Frontier Village.