The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, February 1, 1895 Page: 3 of 4
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A French Briar PI PF GIVEN AWAY ¥
POUND BALE
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Also packed in 2oz
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When in the course of human events it be-
ooines necessary to prepare for winter, and to
protect our homes from the chilling blasts of
wintry winds. The wintry blasts will soon be^
hero again, and we have taken “time by the
forelock, ’ ’ and have laid in a good stock of the
best
Cook and Heating Stoves i
possible to buy for the money. They are the
celebrated
DARLING A. AND SUPERIOR MAKE.
We guarantee measurements of both top and oven. We have every size made
and the prices are from one to five dollars oheaper than last year. Cook
stoves from $8 to 830, Heaters from $3.50 to $15. A full stock of
THE EMPIRE.
STEPHENVII«LE, KlSB. 1. isim
ADVKUTlSlXii UATKK:
—Editor Daley was up middle,'
part of the week, rounding up j
his delinquents.
Plows, Plows, Plows!
Lauderdale ft Greenwood,
One Inch. +1 pet mouth. hO cru
per Inch in exee** \'0 Im-lien.
Inches. -10 cents |hm- Inch (column meanii
liable discount*
itn per momh
Exec - >'I :<I
(ct.
for
eon tracts L* run
CHso
long tiin
leal notice* ntrict l.v li\e cent* jjer line j»er
t*r fir
ong ti
Loc*
tfeek after first week
Obituaries. resolutions of reMpect to
hoc Idle*, etc., in exce** of IN) words, «
former notice Iihh been published. 3c \
loll gCH
* where
■r line.
—We expect to record a
ding next week. Do you
to know who it will bo?
—News items are exceedingly
sarce this week. Everybody
stays by the 1'iro and behaves
himself.
Wc,|- Bluff Dale, Texas, have a
want k,t' pl°WH cheaper than
large
any-
body for cash, or on time to res-
ponsible parties. • 21tf
Among the Public Schools.
MMITII Ml'RIMW.
The following 1* the average grade on exani-
f Inn
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Stove Pipe, Dampers, Shovels, Pokers, Tongs, Elbows, Etc.
Weh,v“L“‘."v“d£‘“on GLASSWARE, QUEENSWARE, Etc.
and have not been disappointed,
goods. We have the plain whiti
cers
braoe them
- *. i-™a. p't»««“ set sstr-’
sau-
neoessary to
IS
GUNS, M‘rnt '^oTSofgZ" 88p.br.iTri‘S ?oX:>ei“uh?Hy1d.r“ tr°m " 10 ^ °” ^
’•“'Washing Machines,
ty who have bought them. We now have in stook the
ss-o
q 2 5
Talk About Pumps.
PUMP
m
is the only pump
made that
Works Easily
In the deepest
wells and always
brings a food supply
of water.
If the pump needs fix.
ing.it is easily done by
any one wdk«ut re-
moving puny from the
well, as shown in cut.
A simple monkey-
wrench is the only
tool needed to fix U
2 Sr
jb t"*
Hi
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P S-g-
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John Deere Stalk Cutters,
and we guarantee this maohine to cut the stalks.
Deere
We will soon have a full stock of John
Plows, Cultivators, Harrows, Double Shovels,
Steel Shapes, Etc.
which will ho sold at the lowest possible price,and the most favorable terms consistent witl
successful business. We solioit your acquaintance and a share of your patronatre whici
Will be appreciated. Respectfully, 6 1
CROUSE & LEONARD.
Opera Efouse Block, Stephenville.
■*TO THE PUBLICS
11
We have just opened in the Reil building, on the
% southeast corner of the square a
60 Cents Worth $1,000.
Mr. T. B. Hancock, of Santa
Anna,Tex. ,says: I have had the
worst form of granulated lids for
110 years; was almost blind when
f\ fresty
Qomplete
STAPLE AND FANCY
BmNmhk
are new, and our experience in the grooery business is an i
n the market. Call on us when hungry. Yours for Good 1
»best
I commenoed using Magio Eye
Salve and Water, and am now
most well. This is the only med -
ioine that has done me any good.
Sold by Dublin Drug Co.
Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder
World’e Petr Highest Award.
-W. E. Cody desires to in-
form his many friends that he is ?
f —The poles
Town and County News.
Farm hand wanted by Jenks.
—E, J. Holdemesa spent sev-
eral days in town this week.
F —The snow of the front part of
the week will do more good than
^wo or three rains.
' —Miss Cleo Ackard is here
from the Indian Territory visiting
Miss Lotta Groesbeck.
^ —Slaughter A Watts say they
arc prepared to furnish their cus-
tomers dry goods and groceries.
MOVED.—Slaughter ft Watts
have moved their grocery store
to the rock houso on the east
side. 24-2t
r —The Hamilton county teach-
ers’ institute is in session at Hico
today, and will continue over to-
-morrow .
v —There has been little doing
in Stephenville this week but
^sleighing and snow-balling and
nugging the stoves.
—Don’t think because we have
put in dry goods that we are
going to neglect our groceries.
We will keep as good a stock as
ever. Slaughter’* Watts.
—H. L. Snapp leaves Sunday
for Dallas to attend the grand
lodge of Odd Fellows which con-
venes ithere on Monday. Several
others will also go over during
.the week. . ,
, —H. L. Right, theaocommo-
/ dating agent at Bluff Dale, was
up this week visiting his father
and other friends. Bynum, who
spent the fall here as operator, is
acting as his relief.
(L —A letter from Dr. Cameron,
who accompanied Terry Gillen-
tine to Corpus Christi last week,
states that they arrived safely
and that Mr. Gillentine seems
slightly improved in health.
V—Wo
-Let’s havo a system of water j
now with the 1 * 8am and Sol
saloon, north oomer of the/
square, and would be glad to
have them all oall on him when
they wan’t anything in his line.*
—For rent—neat 3-room
residence near the square. Ap-
ply to MoD. Rail. .22-5.
—Deeds, notes, vendor lain
notes, and other blanks at this
office.
itard have re-
on their Weston
We understand that there
was a gentleman in town last
week prospooting with a view to
starting another newspaper here.
If thore is anything Step.ienville
needs it is a
and
few more nowspa-
few more family
—Crouse
duoed the,
t $6 to $5 on I
irj
for the electric
light wi^ps are being plaoed in
position, wires strung, etc., and
In a very short time Thurber will
loom up by electric light. Arc
lights are to be strung in the bus-
iness portion of the town, which,
of course will be greeted with de-
light.—Thurber Miner. ^
-The following officers for the
yng term were recently in-
by the Stephenville lodge
>66 l.O.OF.: J. A. Foo-
N. G.; T. P. Tidwell. V
W. A. Bennett. R. P ; A.
8.; S. R.
H. L.
grand
leave home since Christmas. 1
will bu,i».§tepi.,''villc,Huckaby,
Median Mill, Blult and
other parts of Erath the first'of
February. Please so state in
24-2t' your paper and oblige
Yours respectfully,
W. N. Clark.
—A telegram Wcndnesday from
W. N. Clark Coming.
Cleburne,Tox. ..Jan.22, ’Hot-*
Mr. Moore:
, ... . , . i On account of sickness in my
works this year. No enterprise fumi, , have not been able £
can be secured for the town with- ! J
Out water.
—Buy some of those nice mit-
tens at the Racket store to keep
your hands warm during this
cold weather.
, —Sow spring wheat. Flour is
on tho rise in the markets, and it j
may be a good deal higher noxt j
fall than last. Then, too,the less ,,-
money a man spends the more he Breenville anniunced that the
will have to keep. j plans of W. L. Taylor for the
new Baptist college at that place
—Slaughter ft Watts havo ad- , had been accepted. A large
ded dry goods to their grocery number of architects from all
8^0°k • 24-2t over the state including Dallas
—Grand Patriarch John Spill- J and Fort Worth had submitted
man, of Dallas, was here last plans, and the fact that Taylor’s
week and gave tne lodge of Odd wore accepted over all the others
Fellows at this place an appro- *8 a very high compliment to him
priate lalk. We learn that the j an architect. The oollege will
encampment here is to bo reviv- built of stone and will cost
Bd. $40,000. Wo always knew W.
t, „ .. „ i E. was an expert in that way,
-Rev Barn urn, the ne^ BaP' but did’t know he was the best
list pastor, arrived with his j mPY
household goods this week and j
will live in the Leahey property —The Empire does not often
fcr tho present. Mrs. Barnum apologize to its readers for the
Wll not arrive till early part of quantity of advertisements run,
noxt week. but this week we feel constrained
, ,, , . to offer a slight apology. Some
rx,ir*
1 run of advertising for a week feel
like crowing and saying that
(‘ ‘our columns show that the ad-
vertising world has found the
best medium.’ The Empire
does not crow nor strut, nor de-
sire to make anybody else feel
Mr. Mann, a handsome, ener-! bad, but simply goes along try-
gotio young gentleman from An- ing to give more than value re-
derson county, is to farm this oeived to its patrons. The large
ypo r. «i>i 4 Vx ’ f llii'nn Vf/tl/ rtnitia aili’oet icnmnnl r\t I BiUa ’ u miv.
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D.utiofi for month •*ii<ltntf
I. if) Moon*
Mur) lluxfortl.
M.ir\ liOtl tiers
.1 uinr- Meffottl
fMjTHI’ Iht I’ll it in
FIIh Wrijjhl
(Mitm'e Hhi tIh
Murioti Sin 1 tii
lUiiuir.v
Miiicirlr Wrlirht
Nellie Moore ...
(inurifU Hook..
Ihirl UurrU.
Annie IIuxford
Km tr Minire...
Irj Mwon)
l.i//ie Hook . ..
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All I>1
Mims I .it a li Daiin, Assmtiint
Mom,an MILL.
Honor roll Tor month ending January 2ft.
ifro. 108, I.O.O.F. for the en-
suing term to be installed at tho
pext meeting are: Mrs. A. W.
MoCorkle, N. G.; Mrs. W. J.
Oxford, V. G.; Mrs. James Jor-
dan, secretary; Mrs. J. A. Foo-
Shee, treasurer.
ear with ' Oliver McKenzie,
uring the late snow he and G.
G. Griffin, lately from Cass
county, put in good work hunt-
ing ’possums. As a result the
surplus ’possum and ’tater crop
in that neighborhood was some-
advertisement of Duke ;s
ture on our third
only appears this week, and we
feel that our readers will bear
with us and not kick on aoeount
of the decreased quantity of local
matter. In the meantime, if
The honor roll for the month !h mn follow**:
Kli Stephen*, Lewi* Davl*, Frank Britton,
Minnie M ox ley, HM*le Hatchett. John Arendell.
E. Flimimi, Teacher.
—Col. Hindsman. the Illinois
populist orator who did service
for the pops in this county in the
last campaign, has been retained
by them and is beginning the
work again. He spoke at Duf-
fau last Saturday,clay and night.
He is a fluent talker—fluent with
words and wreckless with state-
ments. He has been doing this
sort of work nearly all his life—
agitating.
—The 25th has passed, and the
work on the Thurber railroad has
not been commenced. The
m, ney to pay for the right of
way as put up by stephenville has
been withdrawn, as was the
agreement when it was plaoed in
the bank, should work not com-
mence by the 25th of January.
Capt. Smith has till the 31st of
next Deoember to complete the
railway, according to the deeds
of right of way, and he declares
his determination to begin build-
ing soon, and complete by
mer. We should be very
indeed to see work oom nenoe,
antI hope he may realize his ex-
pectatic ns.
what diminished. Messrs. Grif- you smoke,tell the dealer to give
fin, McKenzie and Mann all have you some of that tobacco that the
a weakness for getting on the Empire was advertising so big
outside of fat ’possums. {this week. In that way you will
-Tho tariff has been taken off^nf«r * f,HVOr UH aH well as
of Queensware at Crouse A Leon-!the UKuko ■ m,xture P^P16' Re!
ard's. Call on them when you ™">ber they give you a good
need anything in that line. lOtf _____
New Restaurant.
I have just fitted up a new res-
taurant at the Roberson wagon
yard, and am prepared to fur-
nish first-class meals at 25 cents.
Also short-order meals at all
hours. Can also furnish lodg-
ing at reasonable rates. Your
patronage solicited.
lft-tf.
J.M. Raney.
Awarded
Highest Honors—World’s Fair.
DR,
* CREAM
BAKING
POWDfB
AT COST+l
To Many Hoods Left From Christmas.
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W») l^iriier ......Uft Artie King..........9ft
Miiiiil llHiieoek PI Minnie llaneoek (.rj
Annie Duliagan .98 Burt King..........9«
’>ther Kntjiiemore 98 Lor In Luiighlin m
Bennie Metculf 91 Joe Hanonek. ... 90
The hcIiooI Im moving along well at preHent.
Everybody Im intereMtetl in the graml work of
Mutation. «. p. Ki m i'll. Prln.
MKLIiRN MHHOL.
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The *econ<l inouV *»f hc!i*h*1 cloned here on
Friday, tile 2ftth Inst m s enrollment of ftfc
to date, and an average att^^ance of 32. The
following obtained 91) and abovd". - ,
Lou Britton.. 91 Artie Britton..
Kverent Itavl*.....92 Atta Wyly..........92 *1
Lew In Davin............................ 90
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1 offer my entire stook of
ilvervji/are, J^u/elry,
m
WATCHES, ETC.
PERFECT MADB,
i Craim of Titter Powtter.
, Alum or any other »dull«
mS' i STANDAMX
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a W. A. JOHNSON,
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Moore, Eugene. The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, February 1, 1895, newspaper, February 1, 1895; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth857663/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stephenville Public Library.