The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, February 16, 1894 Page: 3 of 4
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o*4YH AKE STRICTLY 0.\ THE
1IUKT FOR YOUR TRADE FOR
Farming # Implements.
sav. t.-ssz^=.
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-We ire now prepared to lurnieb you with *n>thing joo need iu the way of—^—
PLOWS, CULTIVATORS, STALK CUTTERS; DISC
/* i> Harrows, Corn and Cotton Planters, Wagons, Buggies, Windmills.'
Or toy thing called (arm machinery. We are prepared to aocommodate any auJ all cu*to:ue s who may want time. Come aroiiud aud see us.
Jl W. GRAY & COMPANY,
Southwest Corner of Square,_. _ - - ____Stephenville, TexaB.
HOME! HOME!!
We have home! for the rich and home*
for the poor, either In n>*n or the coun-
try. Coiue now while yet there's room,
and ' ’
- Nil t 11(1 Jig 01 BAST TERMS.
KIU> OLK I.1HT.
No I. wjo »«•?«•» i^tI Pnii»«
Palukj rreefc. 6 1-1 m\)at norths
inrejr, on Aontla,
att of town; laMittf
Join*
ty rreei
r <mi tend.
Vo.l «" aero* M» Miigleton surrey.
No. lui tout*. Oootl lantl.
No. ».' 400 seneufth# V. K. Harwell survey. !•
Bailee noithewat uftown. I’aiurr Uml.
No. 4. »> meres L. K. Owen suney. It miles rest
of town.
No. 4. 4fi arm J. o astlllne survey; pasluA l«nil
No. H. U9 0Ci
miles north of stop!
• wo. t*
K. K. §>
iu acme I* Ifkl attorn survey, 10 n.lles eesi
voile. Would make a good farm and
W. Smllhers sur-
laiid Is rut Into I'M)
tOTtes.
vld Wilson survey, 15
No. t. «ia
if Htl
No. 1. acres of the
▼ay. t» allies smHhea-t This
arm Mocks. W*ll sail on eas:
of the l>.»<
pbeuvIU •.
900 acres out •' motion* (I and 14 Indlaoola
IS miles worth of HU*|»hoiivllle.
No. It «w err. * of sortl -n 36.H. A. I M. O. R. W.
survoy. tt miles north of Htvidianvtlt*. 1*16 hi res
Oliver Smith survev of Isnd ell iinttor fence Small
farm. Plenty of stock wall
luvllle.
Ml’dr
?u miles norm of
No. II. m) aeros out «»f the ( lal-t-orne Wright
and J. 8. Hrowa surveys, l< miles nmtli of Hlcrhfro-
rtlla. WIH he MMBM
commonly kw
rveys, 10 miles noitli of meibfcn-
on rerv easy terun*. This land Is
vu as the llyman |>*«<ure.
\ past I
No. 11. lot arrea of the K. I.. Keen sui vajp, on Ml-
tie Huadty areek. Ml miles cost t of staphenvllle.
A No. IS. 14114 1
ash. I
raof tlial>, A. Parry survoy, on
Paluiy'eroek. 1-1 mile froui HImIT I >.»!«. All fenced.
164 acres In cultivation; four houses; plenty of last
lug water. This Is one of the Quest stock farms in
Texas. —
No. 14. IHt acres #m»l farm oa P Itrxy ert6k: 114
a« ras In good state of cultlvathni; good houses, or-
chards and plenty of water.
No. 15. 114 acre* of the Wm. Hlmt survey. I 1
nillas east of Hfeplienvltie. All fenr*-d; oO acres In
cultivation; g««xt 6-rooui bouse, ctawiu In one room
pad good well In )ard.
No.!«. jet acres of the J <
mlleo south a# Mtopbeovtlla.
two bouses; good barn, a<.d«
. f'orh'n survey, seven
lj acres In cultivation;
oilier imiimveiiieuts.
No. II. All unsold bl«M k* ill Ktenhen Smith HIS
r on Armstrong creek. Uo d. dark, sandy, |*ost
No. 18. JWS acre form »nn ranch 4 miles sou
Dublin; all iind* r four wire fence; I0»m» in c
vatlc'i; two ||OIIM-S;teo w<
provemanu. Will sell at a
sue#; 40 acres
• weUs, ami o.her i
t a liorgalu
h>-
, TOWN LOTS.
Mu. I. AM th« lot, unao'.d la tba Mbapard * eol-
IIM MdlUaa. ixoept Uiom owo»d Dr Celling rtlw
low 0*4 wrau OW
Mo. I. AIM DU Um tat. onMMd la th« Butl.r ad-
dittos to Mm towa of MopMoolMa. Tuaaa lota ara
oarj daalraWr laoatad f»f raaldanoaa. 1’oople da-
, .Irla. D.Hoa. will d» oallta ration oa, a. our pru-..
, oorjorio. mo ooar.
aSo.J. Lot and Doom, ontard. *t. Dnown a, th.
£t(»r )ot| )Dat ana tha imllruad and Irwatla. on
tt* waMOnd of DMCkM.
a tho taoa or HtaphanTlll.,
o. I. >1 Miff Mono DoMMaa hooM la Da Win,
a ^nrsi
* Mtwess port of the city. Will sell *t
weres of lend on Jeen Htoir surety,
rooms, good Utt roof, smoke bouse
Souse, good tthbles. com pen Mil
■ . Otherwise v«R improved
«o heir ecro M U»ne Mocks from
* ittoat In I'.oa. oltn l<» bouan, bni
•M, good cistern. OU belied et s her-
or pstooead termt.
Your* trnly,
OXFORD & NIILLAN.
STEWART,
-Office over City Drup Store.—
All Work Guaranteed First-class
f vi-.
■»,' V, ,%aaMS ..ak..>vld^*oW,ajiia.M(i'‘'n",^^-o . * > f ‘ 9
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BLANKS, aU Kinds
At the Empire office.
/-• •
®hc (£mpirf.
orncM or ruauoATicm i
Ettriaa Bulldlnif. Graham Str,wt.
AdvertlaiitB Hmtea,
luteal Notices strictly 4 eeuia per line.
Display advertisinenfs iter mouth pi per Inch fer
Mingle Iih'Ii. a discount will be glveu where quan
City of s|Wce I* wanted
ary notice*, etc., u
ds 4 cents per line.
inder 146 words I
LOCAL.
NOTICE TO CANDIDATES.
Below in the rate lor announcement in
the Empire, The amount niuat he |>tihl in
advance or secured. The Empire propoap*
lo print the convention tickets this year, if
agreeable to the central committee, and
there will |>o*ilively he no eitrachance for
the nuincH of thoac who announce, hut
they will be printed en the tickets abso-
lutely free. The ticket arrangement two
years ago proved ho unsatisfactory that we
iio not propose to run any risk thta time.
Announcement Katea.
For Congress ......................$1*»
For^District Attorney ............... 10 OH
For all county oDic.ee. includingcom-
misvioner.................... H fit)
For precinct offices.............d 00
For Municipal offices................ 2 £*>
Stock bills printed at this office.
Lee Y6ung visited Dublin Wed.
uosday of this week on official bus-!
^iness. >
Geo. Uhea is collecting delin-
quent taxes down in the Helden
ami Dutfau OpOMUtinitiee.
J. T. Knowles lias sold his resi-
dence jiroperty to Thos. McAdams.
iilr. Me. will move here in the
fall.
The announcement column is
the most interesting column in the
paper now to the average voter,and
will be for some months to come.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Sheriff.
AW are authorized to uminiiuce W 0.
Itemly uh a camliilute for .Ucrifr, ,ulij.ct to
the democratic primaries.
AW are authorized lo announce l>an A.
Uorcra as a candidate for elierift; subject
to the democratic primaries.
For Coaat; Clerk.
We are authorized . to announce J. J.
Minter as a candidate for county clerk.
Subject to the action of (lie people's party.
For County Judge.
We are authorized to announce J. II.
MeMillau us a candidate for county judge;
subject to the democratic primaries.
For Ttl Collector.
We are authorized to announce M. I,.
Fatten as 11 candidate for tax collector;
subject to the democratic primaries.
For Mayor.
We are authorized to announce W. F.
Johnston a* a candidate for mayor of the
city of Stepheuvillc; election April 3, 1HIH.
For City Hanlial.
We are authorised to announce Will
Nugent as a candidate fertile office of city
marshal of Btephcnvllle, election April .3,
ISOl.
We are authorized to announce Joint A./
Fooalice as a candidate for the office of cit;
marshal of Stephenville, election April .'l|
We are authorized to announce M. A.
Lalleaume as a candidate for the office of
city marshal of Stephauville; election April
3, J*».
Dr. May is recovering from 4
ievere case of pneumcyiia.
Don’t forget to see J. W. Gray
& Co. before buying your cultiva-
tors. _ 27-4$
Col. James U. Vincent returned'
Monday from atrip of several days
to Fort Worth.
B. H. Caraway was down from
1’atillo Tuesday. He reports-very
much less rain there last week
WANTED—Reuter for U0 acres
of land. Apply to J. W. Jarrott.'
L - - ------—'
'' Repieiuher the Teachers’ Insti-
tute at the public school building
next Friday and Saturday. Every
tea< h,er in the county should 'at-
tend.
Every county office is being talked
of by some probable aspirants, 01
their friends, except representative
Of course there is no time loet yet.
and there may be half a dozen want
ing it before the primaries, but it
seems rather odd that an office
should be overlooked, even for a lit
tie while. It is an important office,
aud let’s have a good man for it
From the Clarksville (Ark ) Her
ald-Journal we learn that Talbot &
Hansom will soon start a new paper
at that place. This Ransom is the
“Shorty’’ so well known in Stepben-
ville. -His many fiiends here hope
ere long to learn of his getting im-
mensely wealthy—even more so than
he did before he retired from the
“Wild Cat” to spend whitt be had
accumulated
For cultivators, cotton planters
and tanning implements go to J.
W. Gray & Co. 2“--tt
* Tft T T17 t* tbs mo«t wonderful Ui»-
«/ V7 Tl Fa, coverv in the world
m
dAlik, coverv in the world.—
it is an antidole for all the Ills of hu-
manity. “Jo-IIc” is performing tlie most
wonderful cares ever known when doctors
and all alae tails Hence It saves Hie. saves
suffering o»d saves you money. Mrs. H.
Venable, StephenvHla. is agent for
eointy, Texas.
I, Dallas
lit®, iv" egcti, i”i
U. fi. Jouei, P. O.
Tex oa. 42
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ORIENTAL
SEXUAL
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PATENTS
\han we bad in Stephenville.
f j. D. Stell, one of the solid far-
bners of Liuglevillc, was in town
Wednesday, and added a little
•‘per capity” to the Empire force.
Lost, Strayed or Stolen—One
little Dutch boy, from C. F. Over-
by. Finder will please return
same to Cage's store and be liber-
ally rewarded by the loser.
Man’s calf boot* at almost half
price at Rrqwn, Rrumlej k Hume's.
Uncle Ike Cowan is up from
Cowan this week attending his son
^who is lying very sick at Mr. Frank
Leonard’s in this city. His son
had been up on Armstrong' aftey
some cattle and got this far on his
way home wheu he wag taken sick,
We underslan(Hhat some oqe of
the delegation who visfted Waco
last week become so enthused with
the work of the Balvgtion Army
that they contemplate organising a
Htephenville brigade. We are put
informed as to Hie prospects of me-
cuss, __
1 bought the McD. Reil stock of
goods, the best stock in the city, at
one-half its value, whioh enables
me to sell thenroheaper than any
ever offered here before. 1 can
move the cash cheaper than I cau
move the goods.
20 T. J. Tkammki.l.
Barber Jack Crockett has a new
boy at his house, and has been con-
templating changing the style of
hie business to “Jack Crocket dr
Son.” Boy and father doing as
well as could be expected-
Miss-Willie Chembesg returned
Thursday from Clebtijwe, where
she went to attend the wedding of
cousin, Miss Netta h<Nlta,
Naylor, of Hamilton,
wkicb'
took place at Cleburne on Tuesday.
Dr. N. and his' bride yy^ll mart
commissioners’ court does not put
in some sort of carpeting or other
protection against the cold stone
Uoor of the district court room be-
fore fall that lie will order the
sheriff to put inrthe necessary car-
peting aud the county will have
the bills to foot. The Judge is
right. In cold weather any one
endangers his health to stay on
that floor long at a time.
Every pair of boots guaranteed at
Brown, Brumley & Hume. 2,7
T
Prof. J. E. Rogers, editor of the
exas School Journal, will deliver
an address on Friday night before
the Teachers” Institute. The pro-
fessor is a good talker, and every.
\body should hoar him. His sub.
Jeot will he “The Teachers’ Influ-
ence in Politics.” It wdl be a
straight educational talk, showing
the influence of the teachers on the
destiny of the American people.
While of especial interest to teach-
ers it will be of interest to every-
bqdy, apd the prqfessof shqqld
l4vf a full bouge. If has not hcep
Wly decided ypt wbepc it \yjll bp,
but will probably be in the court
OI1B6.
McMinn buys hides. 21tf
If you need an overcoat, a pair flf
blankets, or a spit of woolen under-
wear, you had better call and go*
our price* before buying.
’ The protracted services at the
Christian church closed last night;
The meetings throughout were
largely attended and much interest
manifested. Nine or ten additions
to the church are the result.
, Parties from north of town favor
Changing the Morgan Mill road so
Lis to cross north Bosque at the
H&m crossing and intersect the
Gordon road beyond tho iron
bridge. This, they Claim, would
he nearer and a far better road than
ibe way it runs at present. Get
up a petition to the next commis-
sioners court, gentlemen, and havtj
the change made.
McMinn pays highest market
pyice for country produce. 24tf
The attention of school directors
throughout the county is called to
the letter on uniform text books in
another column. This is a very
important matter to the parents
who have to buy new books so of-
ten, and should receive careful at-
tention.
We have cut the prices tn some
instances half iu two. Our idea is
not for profit, but to get rid of our
winter goods.
20 Brown, Uucmixy & Hoik.
Horses anti Mules. ,
I Lave some cornfed horses and
mules 1 will sell on time. Good
notes. 21-tf McD. Bkic.
HeeSoali.
I have for sale about 100 bushels
of seed oats clear of Johnsou grass
or weed seed. Call early at my
residence 0 miles south of Stephcn-
ville on the Alexander road.
20 J. B. Bi.ankk.vshii*.
Htephenville is to try anothor
third party paper, with G. W.
Judge Straughnn saysll.at if thelJordan- °f tlli8 Place. bu<-
now of Weatherford, as editor and
proprietor. Mr. Jordan has been
in town all the week raising a bo-
nus with which to move his plant
here and start his paper. Pronti-
have sub-
nent third party men
scribed liberally, we learn, toward
the bonus, while a few of the dem-
ocratic business men have also put
down liberally.
BILLS OF SALE
At the Empire office.
1 Mar zee Lodge No. 108 I. O. .0. F.
met at the usual hour lgst Friday
night wjtb # fpll quorum present.
Thirteen new members were in-
slruc
a
new mem tiers were
ted in tbe myaterifia «,( the Re-
bekab and *»W«d to the roll
of membership, making a total of
about forty members After the
routine of bueineea was over tbe
lodge wm declared at t*M for a few
minutes, during whioh time the right
band of fellowship was extended Jo
the new member*, and some nice
cakes enjoyed. The lodge*was again
called to order and aome remarks
made for the welfare of tbe order.
Tbe Itebekah family wm then ad-
journed to meet again on Friday
night, Stith of this month.
Yon see this. I
e tiseuient qt yotfr
Compton Has Moved,
B. F, Compton, the Htephenville
tinner, who iormerly occupied
quarters near the northeast corner
of the square, has moved to the
brick building known as the Chiles
drug store on the east side. Ben
is doing a good business and mov-
ed there so he would have more
room to spread out.
Ifotipa |o 5«qt>t«t|vpie College Sud-
»cft tiers •
The fourth and last assessment
of subscriptions to Uie Siephen-
ville college has been piade, and
many have paid up iq full aR they
sfibppribfid, yet there arc others
who have not paid more than half
their subscriptions, while a few
l\a>x nut dope even that well.
IVw*, Ukuulxv 4 Hum*. >T JJJJ* U-"fair tw ftl1 l,arties «»»'
Thogc who have paid
hftYC done so partly on their faith
iu tho promises of the others.
True, money has been scarce. Blit
the hoard bus wet this stringency
by agreeing to take parti**' notes
when they haven’t the money, and
thus olose up the whole matter.
Home have acceded to this aud giv,
en their notes for the balance due,
while a great many have neglected
to do even this much.
.We have Uie.oollege. H is an
honor to the town, and has brought
us a number of good families we
would not otherwise have had.
We arc proud of these. Yet the
college's work in building up tl^
town has scarcely begup. Where
good school facilities ate there will
good families go. This has been
proven already. If we would reap
still greater liefietits wc must pay
for our building. I,el each sub-
Hcriber meet his obligations, by
note if not with cash, and get the
niatter closyd rgy___BoApp.
DWdlf cultivator leads th*m
all. Don't MU to spa them at J,
W. Gray «Sr, t'o.'n gj. g
here hM been some complaint McD. peil and U. B. Jones are
at the rate for announeeiaentA as being urged to enter the race for
published last week. We simply mayor. Either would make a good
have this to say; The Empire officer.
will carry your candidacy to more u.t two ,|U,uiicatioiiB be requir-
Krath county voters by several bun- ed of cadi nominee this year-
dr cd tliun aii) other paper, then first that he is a good iiihii and
again the Empire proi.osea.to print ,|Uali(ied; second that ho is a
tickets without one cent additional straight democrat
cost Again the rate isnoUs high w u olle of lhe good
ib it jrf in a large number of the .a. # . .
m . ,. rz. a a . citweni of near Alexander, may be
country weeklies of the Hiatt* where . . 4t - ...
.. . . , . * . in the race for collector thin veur.
tbe price is SlOto $12.00. Hut the ... r. . . ... .
, . a. z a z. lie hub iuttuy friends md will lu&kt
Iflrft and main reason ih that to the . . . . j
. .. zt z. a strong race if lie detidcH to enter.
Empire it in worth* the price
charged, and to the candidale the ,,ro1' F ,H beingspok-
scrvicc will be worth many times en °* UB a Pr°buhlc candidale for
as much. If you don’t think BO wu'dy surveyor. The Professor is
Bro. Candidate, we simply don’t wel1 iu "Very way for the
agree that’s all position, and possesses that one
——-— - — indispensable qualification—is a
Jefl R Bell was up from near workillg democrat.
Alexander this week and ordered r. ,
it was democratic votes that put
SCATTERED
To The Four Winds >
ALL I0EA OF PROFIT.
breeders in his community would
do well to sec him,
You will not be in it if you fail
to get a dandy cultivator from J.
W. Qray & Co." J7- It
MeMiun’a ibr groceries.
some stock bills from tins oflice for .
. . , , in the present countv othcers and
his tme stallion and jack, btock , . *.
made the commissioners court
third j-arty. Let no democrut
count on other than siip|torting tbe
nominees this year, no matter
whether his-choice or not.
L. Staveubagan is down from
2!tf near I.ipan. He is contemplating!
What docs the establishing of ajc?,toriu* lh« race for < uu,".v el«rk;
“reform” paper here mean ? lt -,tu ia a K”“d t,ti/un a,ld 11
nieaus a paper that will work crtd 'vho believes in the majority
against, the political interests 0f; ruling, whether furor against him-
d Mnocrats of botii town and coun- j st:^- * bld s kind,
ty; that will work to array the poor Andy Duckett, deputy sheriff at
against those who are more thrifty, "Bjufl Dale, and John Bruington, ot
that puts a premium on the often miles north of this place, are re.
results of loafing, laziness, misman-! ported to have been struck with
Bgemeut of general no-countcdness; sheriff lightning. We have not
that will seek to pre judice the )a- learned definitely whether they
We will commence at once, lylit NOW, in fact
we have already commenced to create an immense stir among all our win-
ter good*, which can only be done by mat king tbem XjOW enough.
What's the use of a long string of quotations in. connection with this?
Simply none. A person can tell more in two minutM’ examination of our *,
stock than a life time of figure rending. All idea of profit will be scat-
tered lotbe four winds from C>'W.
boring man and the farmer against
the merchant, the Rlwyer, the doc-
tor, and “them town fellers”, lit
general, instead of working for
harmony and confidence be tty ecu
will enter tbe race. If they do,
both being strong democrats and
popular men, will make good races.
lit the announcement column to-
day appears the name of W. F.
the whole brotherhood of mankind; johnston for the oflice of mayor.
We now think it’s time,
By figures most fine,
To reduce our stock.
And Until.We Have Shod the Unshod, Blanketed
the UnblankEd, and Clothed the Unclothed. •'
There 'Will be no Let Up.
a paper to fling mud on all officials,
state or national, who arc in, no
matter how honest or efficient, with
the hope of dissatisfy ing and wool-
gathering enough voters to let in a
parly,without a tried record and
tbe wisdom of whose demands is
exceedingly questionable—so much
so that they themselves change
them with each succeeding cam-
paign. Is this not every word
true? l’oint out a single “reform”
paper that does not come fully up
to this standard and we will makt
neepssary correction,
ly, the Empire docs not care, and
will not be hurt by such a paper.
The candidate will be worse hurt
than any one else, at present
Bright
New
Just Received at
Mr. Johnston is an old man, with
a strong sense of duty and high re-
gard for the right. He lias li ved
in Htephenville a number of years,
and is identified with her every in-
terest.
Ip today’s paper appears the
announcement of Tube LaBeaume
for the office of city marshal. He
is a young man loo well known to
the Htephenville people to need in-
troduction or notice in these col-
umns. Being a young man of good
. .".“‘T character and good business quali-
ua fiotttjon„ nUj promising to fulfill
faithfully tbe duties of the office, if
1 elected, bis claims should receive
careful consideration at the hands
of tbe voters.
•I. H. McMillan's name appears
among the candidates today. He
is an aspirant for,county judge,
subject, of course, to the democrat-
ic primaries. Mr. McMillan is an
attorney of a number of years ex-
perience, is a good judge of law,
and is in every way qualified for
tbe position. Every one who bus
known Mr. McMillan long knows
that the county's interests would
he well looked after should lie be
placed at tbe helm. ^
Tho Empire mau has heseiged
District Clerk Bennett several times
within tbe past five or six weeks to
know whether he was going to be in
the race this year, aud each time re-
ceived an unsatisfactory answer.
On the streets and among the voters
generally, there was plenty of “Ben-
nett" talk, but J. J. could not be in-
duced to do any of if, except that J
had a negative ring to it. But as !
•‘continual dropping wears the stone
away,” sq the continual importuni-
ties of his friend j has begun to
softeu Mr. Bennett, and he will iu
all probability ho iu the race If ^„
decides ti du so. It will fol. j,jg
FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
All Goods are Positively Spot Cash,
And One Price to All.
Goods
Blit, Brumlry kHorn
East side Square, Stephenville.
Business Change!
T beg leave to amiounce'to tbe people of Stepli-
^ cuvilie and Eratli county that I have pur-
chased the Book and Stationery stock of Mrs.
Ellen Bledso, and will-continue tbe business
under tbe management of W. II. l’ooshee, un
old and experienced book and stationery man,
will always treat you right.- Give him a call.
siwo oftius »■*'
j-*
in Since tbe above
New Prints,
New Fancy Ginghams
New Pongees,
New Dress Goods,
New Dres3 Trimmings
New Kid Gloves,
NOW Mitts, ‘ ”’as in type Mr. Bennett .informs us
The Late*f T a dioa’ that he will make th* luce for dis-
«ICVes with Cuffs! |triut cleit-
By reference to our aiinounee-
ment column this week the reader
_ will find the name of Dan A Ilog-
■^•“■DIES , ers as a candidate for sheriff. Mr.
MISSES' and Rogers is well known in this coun-
CHILDREN’S ty, having lived here about 19
HOSE .veur'li alld’s connected with some
. of the oldest settlers of the county,
/f-^eXXte/' being a nephew of Dr. McNeill, one
Npui Rnmocfire of the pioneers of this County, and
I"*?** Iff UlllCOilwO) , who lias been prominent in Eratli
county history for 10 years. Mr.
Rogers entered the Confederate ar-
my under Gen. Forrest Mo and a
half years before the close of the
MW DRILLS.
New Canton Flannels
Big Line of
SHIRTING 4*
and
war and served till the end, receiv-
ing an honorable discharge. Mr.
Rogers pleads guilty to being “one
of the boys” during his early resi-
dence in this county, hut has for a
number of years past lived the life
wm FUBISHIVi CMK.i3?»lSTSSSf
. , . , j Htephenville. His democracy is
ud a great many other new and un<.uestioned, and lie rims subject
pretty goods that are p..t what you t() ^ action of the democratic pri-
---* Tae new goods I mn reoeiv- 1
BEST and
want, iue new g«
ing are the brightest
cheapest I have ever seen
I «or-
niaries.
There will be preaching at the
*• «* r’«.
stock of
Clotting and Shoes
,lo Airiye in th:> next few days.
Yours for bargains,
Sunday night. Subject; “The Un-
! trodden Path and the Guiding Aik ”
; All are invited. Conference at
FOR HALK—A line Clydesdale
aud 1‘ereHeron stallion, Iti liaml*
high, J years old and weighs 1200
pounds. Will sell for on* half his
aotual value. Gal^ on or eddreea,
G. W. Gsieson,
--,'t Buoy an. Teaa*.
1 have also bought out the stock of goods known as the
Loader stock consisting of
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
QUEENSWARE, GLASSWARE,
LAMPS, TOYS, NOTIONS, ETC
Which 1 bought at a bargain and am selling at remarkably low prices.
LEE YOUNG
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Never
——
Lay aside tbe Empire without carefully readiug
this column. Home wonderful surprises in
store for you tliis spring aud summer if you will
Tub; AMD of tlm Bmpiis
offered from time to time and don t save mouey
to pay the subscription price of this paper for
five years
We Will Mail it to Yen Free.
'Voill-w*.
MISSES J. & A. VICKERS.
THE aY ItC AU E- j
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Moore, Eugene. The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, February 16, 1894, newspaper, February 16, 1894; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth857650/m1/3/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stephenville Public Library.