The Comanche Chief. (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 24, 1880 Page: 1 of 4
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HILL BRO’S. ftkilitoi.
COJlANffllK. TEXAS.'SATURDAY,
partmeut hu determined upon
vigorous Action to h&ppresa it.
One distriot otTJ^'irw.t side
seems tofesportioularly infected.
MuDy ousns are reported by phy-
sicians. 'Che opld / weather is
favorable to a further spread jjl
the contagion. ZJ*rg*,
At Mattegon, a town of some
uiuu hundred population, there
'Hare been many esses, and pas-
sengers have not (bought it prg=,
dent to leave there while laying
over for trains, Ttifxbotef iu the
town has been olosed * ifi couse-
qnenoe of the prevaleuoe of.JJ>e
Ion with reports of renewed ef-
forts of Boston capitalists inters*'
ted iu the O., B. a Q. to obtain
control of the K anse^^^it^fm.
Joe and Coiyicib Bluffs Railroad,
and Jims eheok mate Gould in bis
great scheme to control all rosdjr
sysaKatiou; we do pray lor
‘fame prayer ddtli teach xu all
This is one of the most ii
esiHhtliMM in the xnaxlso£j
inal practice in this oc
>n the oonnty in the aandy ,.dis
trjote. They are doing no dam
age, and none is apprehended.
Forty well-to-do English imrni
of tneroy
f Browuwood*
well we Will »eli
* - ___asn'^A-
ijayeon county,
oat* in Cooke or
Fifteen, families
*£*wbe close of
came alarming reports of 'Jay
GonM'8 health. His nerves jwe
said to be unsettled to snob an ex-
tent that he has become an ep^
turely changed man,Gentlemen
who have seen and conversed with
hipa daring bis late visit Jo the
est say that be is no longer the
aotive and spirited man be was.
He seems to be sick and tired and £j
often falls asleep daring interest- w;
ed conversations. Heavy capital- tri
sts backing him are said to have ja
ost confidence in "him.
'they ib
Den tOn
gggfc what yon are
to, tbs litUe
ent has been endors
a bar of BUphenvilla for the
p of that district. To see. how
,J«JriIL hodorte the Stephen -
In adjoini
Many have sickened from being
infected with impnre virus by a
physician who has since fled the
o^untry. The state board of
health is considering measufes to
restrict the affliction.
station in a
for seotagoei'd
and claimed to
tried on
1878, and fonnd to helps Beard*
all; appealed and case remanded
ou the ground that there was no
^of h^tffljnt, the origin*!
havihg Wen lost; indictment sub-
above stated. ▲ motion fox new
trial will be made and tbs o*s*
again appealed, to, ,
[San Antonio (Texas) Son.]
of the A long train of Mexican carts,
The Southern Pacific Pi
^ use to Enter Texas.
Chattanooga Tmto, in * special
Tpi* u ins road that Jay
such os do inuoh of the genend
freight business of Mexico* wend-
ed it way into the rijy^idasntiy,
and topped on GoOuneroe street
to taCbpaper, gives
griiphiodescrijVtiouo^an^incident
of (he Cincinnati banquet:
The great orchestra, under the
puissant baton of Miohael Band,
struck up the stirring old air
“Pixie," with its soal-tbrilling
, would not as—pt as a gift.
s location of * Morse cotton
* Branham, is another stop to-
eitifled proportions by that on-
The carts' were drawn by fine-ooo-
ditioned males and were laden
with besoi. The beans were pro-
duced On the baoienda del Bo*a-
rio, at Parras,
from Sau Ante
division of
le rumor that Tilden has
Jiawn from the Presidential race
Mt be affirmed or denied by him*
Autonid four
All kind* of goods are pdhriqm
loerv *nto tl)e various Irish relief funds?
anci One of the latest contributions is
j that of the oil men of Pennsyl-
t To. vania. A subscription was started
intis! Buford, tbs other day,
eudo ®*°h weW 0WBer beinK requested
Ho to give as many barrels-ef petiol-
t be vast throng was still. But
before the second bar was struck
tbe emotioos of the gallant South-
erners overcome them, and almost
simultaneously, they sprang to
their feet, more than a thousand
strong, and thS old Southern bat- -
tie cry made the lofty arches ring
again. Side by side with them
stood the 'northern hosts and
cheered with them. Again and
again the tusn of the South broke
forth as the gay measures woke
their enthusiasm, and the strains
of the orchestra were fairly
drowned by their united voices.
A prominent citizen of Cincin-
nati, and a famous soldier, turned
to Gov. Marks aud said : "That is
the old Rebel yell."
“Yes, was the reply, tynd now
hear it for the stars and stripes^!
for just then the orohestra struck
that grand old patriotic air. The
scene tfiaf followed is indescriba-
ble. Such an one was never wit-
nessed before. Ae the full orohes- i
tra poured forth the grand Old
Strains of— — -
“The star-xpangted banner, .
Oh, long may it wave , /
O’er the land of the free
And home of the brave,"
the groat organ burst forth in glo-
rious uuieon, witli all ite magnifi- ,
cent power, and the vast audience
arose os one man, aud the old '
of march
and they
the enemy having **t fU* to It be-
fore proceeding down the bayou
to New Washington. Thsir sink
and baggage ware left While rett-
ing for a tow hour*, they War*
moat eloquently addressed by
nobiUt These s]
■wared with shoal
Tally Two for Bob.
There is much that is noble and
gpuerous about Bob. Ingersoll.
He isays:
“I don’t see bow it is possible
for a man to die worth $5,000,000
or $1,1)00,000 in a city full of want
.when ho mnefo almost every day
the withered hand of beagary and
white lips of famine. How a man
welkin ring!
A march In the early morning
brought tb# Texans to a poinjb on
Buffalo bayou, opposite tbs mouth
of the San Jaointo river, and into
the itnuiedialffiijieigliborbood of
tbelr exultant, but doomodtfoe.
Santa Anna was greatly surprised
when Its learned that Honstop
of the coin he loves so well,
was so. near. He had it
that the Texans would continue
their retreat across the Sabine,
leaving. Texas forever. Bat be
Williams’ Raucbe Ranch?
■ the latest. It makes its ap-‘
» to-day. Mr. Marshall, it*
tor sent us the following proe-
"The first issue of the little
id raoy newspaper, entitled the
Rack* will unfurl ito colors of
lay, sadsstfd out in thunder
Ipoo the broad fields of journal-
ttttle racket. Wo do not pro-
i make too frequent use of onr
R scissors, as*ls too* often the.
Mb the maiority of frontier pa-
ll sill endeavor to furnish our
I with lively locals—and abuse
tod* and praise onr enemies—
Wand subscribe for our gentle
That paper is bound to suo-
an other newspaper—a full-fledg-
ed, unadulterated Greenback on*.
What has the people of this oonn-
ty dons to deserve this infliction.
We learn from tba farmers that
wheat in some portions of the
oounty has been entirely rained
by tbe hot westber, while in other
portions, wham there has been
plenty of rain,’ wheat Is doing
finely. The late frost nipped tb*
corn that was up, but it Is now
coming up again. . A good, soak-
ing rain now would help every-
thing immeasurably, but without
rain, aud that very soon, the out-
dhtermined to meat the preeamp-
tious Houston, and about noon,
April 20, the two armies encamp-
ed in tight of each other. Late
in tbe afternoon a skirmish took
place without decisive results, but
in which the Texans displayed
their usual heroism.
tub battle. ’ *
The evar-memorabl* morning of
April 21. 1836 dawned bright end
beautiful. It was one of the**
glorious spring mornings, suoh t*
can only be fonnd in onr delight-
ful climate.
About nine o’olook, tbs Mexi-
can oanrp was enlivened by the
arrival of flve handled additional
lNCHE CO
but a dollar in the world, and you
have to spend it, spend it like a
arose os one man, aud the old
Union cheer blended with the ojd
Rebel yell to the notes of the
national air for tbe first time since
the dark and bloody years of the
great civil war.
ril 1, 1880. a sorrel
ream old, about lit
ailed JB cooriect.^ o
ami EV oa toft *
king ; spend it as tbougn it was a
dry leaf and you the owner of un-
bounded forests. That’s the way
to spend it. I would rather be a
beggar aud speud my last dollar
like a king than be a king and
spend money like a beggar." _i
The Future of Buff »Io Gap.
Thra is a matter in whioh all of
tbe citizens of Taylor oounty are
■interested. ' A successful future is
iusured if the property owners
the towiNqll only exert them-
selves to present its advantages
to the Texas Pacific railroad odtn-
pany. W* know that a saving iu
distance, a decrease in cost of con-
struction'and a diminution of
running expenses when built, cau
all be made by running "through
Buffalo Gap., owners and.
county will aot very liberally in
donating grounds for a depot,
roundhouses and division shops.
Tbe beet and most copious supply
Latent Railroad Talk.
d. 16 hands high, brs»«**
tea on ripht
lion, 5 years old, •«>■»“
gh. left Uad foot wWK
aderbit toft ear, bmnde
colder. The taro vriaos ■
ip by Stephen Wslkw
before
nt Mo. 4, Merck lffihJm
ray home, 6 veers old, bras*
left aide and CK on leu*
A letter from Breuham in the
Galveston Newt, Bays the M., K.
& T. railway wants either to run
to Waoo or stop at Oleburne, but
the Santa Fe objects, and insists
upon a juncture at Fort Worth,
whtub proposes to reach by a
branch" from Belton through
Waco, Hillsboro and Oleburne,
while tlieir main line if continued
in a northwesterly direhtjon to a
jnnoture with the T. and P. in the
Pan Handle. The suvey south of
Gainesville, says the correspon-
dent, plainly indicates the inter^
lion of’ the M., K. and T. com-
pany, whioh oontrola the Denison
and South western, to hasten
preparations that they m*r P«*
laD bell on. Atoo s "g
years old, 14 hand* hffijj;
HBt ibOT^*
£!L«.nlbori>J. •£**!
New York, April 16.—An At-
lanta, Gn, special says : Daring
November and Deoember the tittle
city of Greenville, South Oarotina,
was infested by * band of iooendi-.
ariee, who, on different occasions,
burned public add private build-
ings until about one-third of the
oity was destroyed. Detectives
soon discovered, that the inoendia-
m hr CM .Smith sad
Waoo on th* lfith inst„ to atUnff* —relooUnt to bring oa th*
Aby C M Smith
MUtae Brown,
the sate of Ii
riea were negi^ tliievee, and five
l 16—While Joe
and Eliza Jackson,
tsiSkri&pfcia
forty lots were sold, averaging
about $280 apiece, J^The whole
sals* footed up $27,000. Morgan
is tea miles west of the Brazos
river sod sixtv-five miles east of
Comanche. We have a newspa-
of the bead were arrested
have bee* on trial in Gi
plate tfaffiir situation. r *
Tbe^ Mexicans outnumbered
their ^Ugofeist two kt one; they
Wer* led by th# preeideut-gefieral
battles who had never known de-
feat. He bad onder him general
at Cleburne or W*op.—Briton
deeoent,
LZ0S this
for s Week, and were to-day fonnd
JourtoA.
guilty and sehtenoed to he hang-
ed on June 18r. The trial has ex
The 8ohtA®e road has begun
d„.»
the Central traen ana grau»»*
teuoe was thrilling. Two of tbe
prisoners fainted sad fell to the
floor while the jadga
was pronouu-
deu see^ man is
ring forir doom,
78 years old
.
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The Comanche Chief. (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 24, 1880, newspaper, April 24, 1880; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth904157/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.