Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 27, 1881 Page: 8 of 8

                                
CHRISTIAN MESSENGER.
CEHERAL ITEMS.,
D’lsraeli (Lord Beaconsfield)
ia dead.
The streets of London* care to
be lighted Jby electricity.
Texas has 200,000 Germans.
A hundred-thousand-dollar rain
fell last week.
'f Maj. Levy, the new mayor of
Sherman, is a Jew.
The late frosts killed corn,
vegetables and fruit.
Snow fell at Jacksboro and at
Ft. Elliott on the 13th.
The thermometer has already
reached 90 in the shade.
The present mayor of Tyler is
serving his eleventh term.
The late frosts killed the post-
oaks in Gonzales county.
Maj. Penn will hold a camp-
meeting at Flatonia in June.
The wheat crop is quite promis-
ing in most parts of the state.
Gov. Throckmorton was confined
to his house eight weeks by his
late illness.
The Baptists of Gainesville
are building a church with a spire
128 feet high.
Hon. S. S. Weaver, a prominent
citizen of Greenville, died last
week of diptheria.
Frank Connelly, editor of the
Marshall Messenger, died last
week, of malarial fever.
Bonham is building two dozen
p brick business houses and
* fifty new residences, this sum-
j n^er.
Elbert Gray, of Van
Zandt
edunty, while tearing down an
old house, was struck by a piece of
falling timber and killed.
*The Jimplecute says that black-
berries and turnips are all the
fruit that is left by the frost in
eastern Texas.
The death penalty has been as-
sessed against Frank Edwards,
oolored, for killing his-wife at
Crockett a year ago.
J. J. Ward, of Hopkins county,
was kicked by a horse on the left
side just over the spleen, and
died in twenty minutes.
El Paso is a booming place for
undertakers. Recently there were
six dead men lying on the streets
at once, all shot in personal diffi-
culties.
On Sunday as the train passed
Eagle Ford, Dallas county, a wo-
man threw herself under the
wheels of the cars. She was la-
boring under a fit of mental de-
rangement.
A cow boy out west ran his horse
into a well eighty-five feet deep.
The horse was killed, bat the boy
had life enough left to fire off his
pistol and draw some persons to
the scene of the accident.
The failure of the legislature
' to submit the prohibitory amend-
ment to the vote of the people has
caused a general movement in fa-
vor of local option, wherever it
can be carried. The people.are
V . Local Notices. •
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Spring clothing at Battle's.
A large lot of Fence Wire for
sale, cheap, at Chas. Davis'.
T1I. . ,    ,    ,    . .    , , All sorts of bleached goods, eot-
Iliinois has passed a stringent; griped domestics, calicoes etc.,
compulsory education bill.    j at Battle’s.
Prince Pierre Napoleon died
at Versailles recently of gout.
Sinoe 1866 nine thousand di-
vorces have been granted in Ita-
ly-
Fears of an attempt to assassi-
nate Queen Victoria have been re-
ported.
Thos. Carlyle bequeathed a
part of his library to Harvard
College.
A plat of ground in Broad
street, N. Y., recently sold for $80
per square foot.
Miss Loula Ramey, of Rome,
Ga., died from the effects of swal-
lowing a sprig of cedar.
Last week a cyclone swept over
Drew county, Ark., destroying
houses and killing a number of
people.
Thomas DeJarnett, who killed
his sister because she entered a
house of ill-fame, has been ac-
quitted.
Two thousand doctors held a
meeting in New York the other
day to urge the authorities to
clean the city.
California reports half a mil-
lion tons of wheat in store in the
interior of the state, and a good
crop growing.
The authorities of Dakota ter-
ritory have sent an agent to Ire-
land to induce emigration from
that country.
They are agitating the question
of cremation in Brooklyn, and a
fund of 850,000 is to be raised to
build a furnace.
The Republican river in Ne-
braska has been on a general
rampage, and destroyed $100,000
worth of bridges.
A destructive cyclone visited
Danville, Va., and another visited
Randolph county, Ala., both on
the same day, March 30.
It is said that a bill will be in-
troduced in the next congress to
change the form of government
in Utah, so as to put a stop to po-
lygamy.
The mammoth cathedral of St.
Peter’s in Montreal, Canada,which
the Catholics have been building
for ten years, has been abandoned
apd will be razed.
At a meeting of twenty-seven
colored pastors in New York, a
resolution was adopted asking the
president to appoint Dr. Henry
Garnet minister to Libeiia.
Mrs. Garfield is said to be the
first president’s wife who could
talk to foreign ministers at Wash-
ington in their native language.
She speaks French and German.
Dr. McCosh says that of the
growing desperate on this desper-lone tlioueand students that have
ate question.    i graduated from Princeton under
A Texas man went ont to hunt! his care- only four we8e akel>tical-
turkeys before daylight, and took nnJ three of these aro now
his seat on a fence and began to
gobble. Another man, intent up-
on the same business, crept up
within a few yards, and mistaking places in the army, by which of-
the bulge in his gray pants for the1 fleers hold their places on the
breast of a turkey, fired away and Muster-roll but do not leave the
filled the first hunter's leg full of eastern cities.
It is said that on© hundred and fif-
preachers.
Secretary of War Lincoln, it is
said, intends to break up the soft
One car load plows, both sandy
and black land. Every plow war-
ranted. Just received at Chas. Da-
vis’.
See Battle’s spring goods.
If you wish to buy or sell
farms or unimproved land, call
on F. J. Abernathy, Bonham,
Texas.
Boots and shoes, in quantity
and quality, at Battle’s.
Calico, 20 yards to the dollar,
at Battle's.
From one and a half to two
inch Manilla Rope for sale by
Chas. Dayis, Bonham, Texas.
F. J. Abernathy represents a
numbei of first class insur-
ance companies, and will give
you insurance at low rates.
Th© biggest little thing i
town—Battle’s nickel store.
Also just received at Chas. Da-
vis’ a large lot of Double-shovel
Plows, Harrows and Sulkey Plows,
which he will sell at reduced rates
for cash.
A large lot of Barbed Wire for
sale, cheap, by Chas. Davis.
You can buy Monuments for
20 dollars at tha, Sherman Steam
Marble Works. ^
I give you rosy cheeks. Renew
you. Tested 30 years. Hurley’s
Syr. Sars. & Potash. Louisville,
Ky.    nol7-apr27-ly.
The Messenger owes an - apol-
ogy to Mr. and Mrs. Bolton. A
splendid wedding cake was sent
to the printers, and received due
attention, but in the joy of eating
the cake the marriage notice was
overlooked and never published
at all.
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Mr. David Rhine, on the north
side of the square, Bonham,Texas,
has one of the finest stocksof dry-
goods ever brought to this city.
His stock of ready-made clothing
is simply immense, His suits
are stylish, and of every variety.
If you want a suit to fit you, and
at a price you can afford, call on
him. He has ladies’ dress goods
in great variety, and can suit the
mopt fastidious. If you are hard
to please, do not fail to call on
him.
In bringing the Prickly Ash
Bitters before the public, w©
claim that it is one of the best rem-
edies ©xtant for the prevention
and cures of all diseases arising
from a disordered liver. By using
them according to directions they
will keep the system in a strong,
healthy conditicn, arc! prevent
any miasmatic influence.
Ask your druggist for them. Price
$1.00 per bottle.
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Suppose a cool glass of soda wa-
ter would cure your headache, acid
stomach and heartburn, was ex-
cellent for dyspepsia, and would
act a pleasant purgative? In that
event everylxxly would be rushing
to soda water fountains. It will
not do all that, but Bailey’s Sa-
line Aperient foams just as well,
is just as pleasant, is much cheap-
er and will accomplish all the
above. Trv it.
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i jjp X. I B R A R I BOOKS
8L._Thechoicest of $1 to $1.75
Sunday-school library books, sold at
a uniform price v.f 5 cents each. Books
will last three times as Ion# as the or-
dinary. Specimen copy. Scents. Cat-
alogued 80 books now published,
sent tree.
**—mmm* davip c. cook.
■■■■i    137 Madison St. Chicago.
Sunday-Sc. Libraries
ALMOST
GIVEN AWAY.
We are reprinting real, genuine $1 to
$1.50 Sabbath-school libiarv books at a
uniform price amounting to less than 5
cents each. Seventy numbers now ready;
one new book iasued each week. Cata
logue and full particulars free. Specimen
cbpy. postpaid. 7 cents. Address L)A-
ViDC. COOK, Publisher, 137 Madison
Street, Chicago
FURNITURE f
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T. B- Revell & Co.
Second door south of Postofflce,
ON POSTOFFICB ROW,
Will keep constantly on hand all kinds
of furniture at the
Lowest Prices."
NOW READY!
The Old Landmarks.
A DIALOGUE BETWEEN A METHODIST
AND A CHRISTIAN.
A pamphlet of 36 pages, setting forth
the differences between the Methodist
episcopal church and the Church of
’nrist.
Price 25c. per copy. Per dozen, $2.40.
Send for a copy, and circulate it among
your neighbors.
THE GOSPEL PLAN OF
SALVATION.
BY T. W. BRENTS.
One of the most powerful works among
the Christian brotherhood. Price, bound
in leather, $*2.50 ; Cloth, $2.Q0. For sale
by    LIPSCOMB ft SE WELL,
Nashville, Tennessee.
Send for specimen copy of the Gospel
Advocate, published by Lipscomb ft
Sewell.Nashville, Tennessee.
F. J. ABERNATHY,
LAND AGENT, NOTARY PUBLIC,
And Insurance Agent,
Office, south-east cor. Court House yard,
BONHAM, TEXAS.
Prompt atteution to business.and mod-
erate charges.
Bureaus, Wash-Stands, Fine Walnut
Bedsteads. Ail of which will be sold at
.    living profit.    r
The largest Stock of Chairs, Rockers'
Cane and Common, kept in the coun-
try will be found at this place.
Those wishing to furnish „
their homes, we extend
an invitation to look
at our goods
and prices.
Coffins. An experienced workman
will be in charge of the undertaker's de-
partment, and will fill all orders tor Cof-
fins. Caskets or Metallic cases, night or
day.
DAVID RHINE!
—IN THE ODD FELLOWS*—
-TEMPLE,--
North Side of the Public Square,
Has Just opened a large, new and eateAd-
ly selected stock of
Spring & Summer
GOODS,
consisting of Hats, Cape, “
Shoes, Trunks, and a genera
of Clothing, Ladies’ Dress Goods,
etc. Old customers and the public
erally are hereby invited to give
call, with Hie assurance that the r
tion which he has heretofore
square dealing and lowest p:
scrupulously maintained.
He has the largest and fim^t studs*!
clothing ever brought to Bonham.
-
Palace Stable,
OPPOSITE BUKNIT HOUSE,
Lake
r..
Would respectfully' announce t
friends and patrons that be has
GOOD STOCK,
plenty of feed and sttentVe hostlers
Thankful for past Avers, __
ly solicits a continuance ol tire
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J. S. Sauxdicrs. Bacox Sauxdkrs
Drs. Saunders
Have associated themselves together
in the practice of Medicine. Surgery ami
Obstetrics. Residence, Main street, ene
block north of square
510 fnrnI**Blfrec’ wit* fjlI,n
most profitable business t hat any one ean
engage in. The business is so
work and our Instructions ate i
' plain, that anyone can m
its from the very start. No
who is willing to.work.
m
tv
m
as sucessful as men.
earn large sums.
Boys and j
-
ij The court of appeals of Texas
ha* decided that election day be-
gins with midnight and ends with
midnight, to the great disgust of church,
saloon keepers and dry topers
.who hay© entertained the opinion
that the day ended with the clos-
ing of the polls.
ty members of the present English
parliament are in favor of the
Dr. W. J. Gibson, of Ark.,
writes; “For many years my
wife was a sufferer from a terrible
female complaint that baffled the
skill of all Physicians around me.
There seemed no hope for her. I
was made acquainted with the
composition of Dr. Dromgoole’s
English Female Bitters, and
knowing them to be good, I pro-
cured several bottles and placed
disestablishment of tiio state ‘her uJ>on ,its "f' Thev cured her
sound and well, and I do not hesi-
tate to say, they saved her life,”
The London Tract Society has
circulated 77,o00,000 books and
tracts in one hundred and thirty
languages and dialects.
G Z Outfit sent free to those who wish te
$ engage in the most pleasant and prof-
itable business known. Everythin®; new.
Capital not required. We will furnish
vou everything. $10 a day and upwards
is easily made without staying away from
home over night. No risk wliatever.
Many new workers wanted at onee. Many
are making fortunes at the business. La-
dies make as much as men. and young
boys and girls make great pay. No one
who is willing to work lais to make
more money faery day than can be made
in a week at any ordinary empmy
those who engage at once will find a
short roid to fortune. Address II. Hallet
& Co.. Portland, Maine-
JALRUSSELL & CO
at their old stand on
“THE RUSSELL CORNER,”
where they have been for twenty-
six years, are receiving
A FINE STOCK OF NEW
FALL & WINTER
GOODS.
TOO NUMEROUS TO MEN-
TION!
Consisting in part ef
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps,
Queensware, Hardware,
Clothing, Etc.,
Etc., Etc.,
Etc.
Call and see us before buying else-
where. and oay Spot Cash for our goods.
We will sell as cheap as the cheapest.
Add-Ran College,
Hood County, Texas.
EIGHTH ANNUAL SESSION BE-
GINS SEPTEMBER 27. 1S90.
LOCATION—high, healthful ami pic-
turesque. three miles northwest of Gran-
bury. county seat.
TEACHERS—earnest Christian men
and women of good abilitr and ejynjri-
ence.    *    ^
RIGHTS—of institution secured by
liberal charter granted in 1873.
DAILY STAGE—fiom Texas ft Pa-
cific Railroad.
SESSIONS—begin on the last Mondar
in September and close on the last
Many haus
ene hundred
week.
All who
are able to ma\*e m
oner, You ce
u (lnrlnjr th*
gage in this basin
time at a great profit. Yeu
to invest capita) in iL We
riak. Those who need
should write to us at once.
mm* Address True ft Go., ]
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A. D.Hammock,
A First Class
BOOT AND SHOE MA]
South Side Public Square,
make
and
have
for
ven years and I <
anjffr
to style or
ity of work.
wen in sus
for thirty-
ars and I do-
competition
'll
_ ora and he
close attention te hnsines, l roar
fair portion of the patronage of
and surrounding country.-
specialty.
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ORGANS    *«>
oZ otops. Fianos,
$125 up. Paper free. Address, i Thursday in April. Send for Catalogue1
Daniel Bhatty, Waaiiingtan.N. J.1 jGy    A * “iSprietors.
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MILL AND GIN FOB SALE.
I have a good corn and
mill, with ' two gin stands,
steam press, with saw-mill,
driven by a good engine of
enpwity-aU in good -running of-
der, with buildings suitable, situ-
ated eight miles north-west of
Bonham in a fertile aecii
enighborhood, *. a
church and school, w.
forsale at a low price. 1
L. B. Grogan, Ravenna,
oounty, Texas.    -
AGENTS WANTED TO SELL .
‘Lands of the Bible”
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BY J. W. MCQABVRY,
The latest and best book on
and selling rapidly. Good agents
splendid wages.
Adress for terms, circulars, etc.,
C. C. CLINE ft GO., general a
Also, Publishers of 8.
(Samples free.) 92 apd $4,
v7-nolS-6m
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