Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 18, 1899 Page: 8 of 8
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Your Door£ And
irprfced to know at what little cost you could make you and family comfortable, this hot and dry weath- Min U/IKITf P DDIPEO
the doors and windows of your house. We have screens of all kinds, and offer them to you at IfllU"If In I Lli miUt^
We envite you to call and will take pleasure in showing you our stock.
on Garden Hose in reach of all! Call on us when in need of anything in the
BUILDERS LINE. WE ARE CAR LOAD DEALERS.
A. HILL &
4 i
TslA. GILMERS,
* Halletsville LUMBER YARD
you wish to' get the best or cheapest LONG
MBER at Lowest prices, also all kinds of
Material, Pumps, Windmills, Sewer, Well
Iron Pipe, and Pipe Fittings. Paint,
Brick, Cement, Coal Tar, Etc., at
• : .; / , ■' ' *
Tbev Are
j —Ain D. Hughes is here looking after
j his property interests. Mr. Hughes is i
now living witn his daughter in New- !.
| ton county, and has just returned from In our last issue we stated that the
I Illinois. When Mr. Hughes arrived in j Jones boys, of Ezzel'l, had brought to
Illinois he went to the store of his our office two Mexican boll-weevils tak-
i brother-in-law and introduced himsell. en from their cotton patch. Quite a
He was then taken to the hQuse and " number of people eafled here to see the
LONE STAR BREWING COUP!
J. J. MITCHEL. AGENT.
! introduced to his sister as laborer in
search o^work. The two had • not met
In fifty years, yet the sister recognized
the long-absent brother "instantly and an
effecting scene followed. Mr. Hughs
says there is no place like Texas.
—.Under the new anti-adulteration
lawr Paris Green, London Purple and
! poisons for cotton must hear the label
has clerks employed who speak German, Bolie- of the inspector of the sta-e, and all
who will take pleasure m'waitin^r on you promptly J poisons that are not pure will be reject
rlo'bt ' * eC*‘ ^ is nroner thine-. Oh
* !.
IfiixU- ' , '
about the bolI-weevMs,
Verein Fest, 22nd. *
aelon-louse remedy,
the Halletsville normal.
Plpt the neir pension law,
halletsville normal opens,
normal in Halletsville.
weefil is still with us!
yards for decency’s
era’ court proceed-
! —With an excursion train secured
J quite a number,of our people will go to
Yoakum for the big May-day celebra-
r tlon.
ed. This is the proper thing. Our
farmers pay their hard-earned, dollars
for the poison they get and they ought
to get the pure’stud. There" is now a
heavy penalty on the sale.of adulterated
poisoD. .
— The Flatohia oil mill was sold for
bug?', ami several of them very cmphat-.j
ieally stated that, tbev were not the
boll-weevil. In the meantime Mr. Ks-
toss brought ns a bug which he claimed
to be the genuine article. To Settle-the-;
controversy the Herald sent the three
, -bugs to the state entomologist, Fred. W.
Mally. Hulen, Texas, who lias been em-.;
ployed as a weevij expert for years; and
lie replied bv. Sunday's mall as follows: ■
“Now as.to the weevils 'will 'sa_V that
ot the.three sent.' twq are the genuine
Mexican boll weevil, and both are dead.
The third one is ali ve and belongs to
another and.distinct group of the; same
family', and is. -not the Mexican boll !
weevil. [ would like to get more of
the history of these weevils so as to get
cur record straight, and make the. data
valuable. Where were these weevils
at D. B. Howerton
potatoes an on -the
always gets wfcat it
•f A. picnic -has been
J./.FTettly are here
SIS,000 this week by by the First Na-
—D. B. Howerton & Co. have some j tional Bank of this city, John Valenta & ; found, the dead ones, and were, they ,
of the best hon^e-raade ribbon cane mo- purchasers. Mr! Valenta, well dead when \ou mailed them to me? The j
lfisses that you ever flopped your lip known in this city, is a resident of Shi- ' other one is still alive and would like to.,
over* . ' . (ner. About $5,000 worth of improve- know where it was found, ami especial- ■
—Hon. John Lane ofLaGrange will ment will be added to the mill this ly if found injuring the cottp.n iu any j
soon move to Houston, where his law j yCTri Pitting it in- flrst-class shape for ; way. Please urge the farmers in.your ;
Arm will have a branch office. - Weimar Ithe ooraing season.-Flatonia Record. section to keep me posted on the weevil |
ATOTOKrtr matters as we are nnxious to make a
M€TCUrJ- 1 „ “Those who desire cheap transporta- i thorongh series or experiments looking j
—Have you got that tired f^elin^g? i t,on ro sb°oting rnateh grounds can ’ to finding some . means of quickly and i '
Go to Marlin and take a scientific boil round-trip tickets at 2dcerVf_s ^7 ^effectively fighting the Mexican boil <
out; You can do more work and better huyfng them in advance from Mr. H. J. weevil, and the oDly way we can hope
work. , | Mosig or Mr Leopoffi Schwartz. These t0 accomplish this, is by the prompt in-;
-J.P.EHU, E.q„ I, « UGrange "g^oMrZpJftiuon ” j.nd from as to .he weovll Dre«oce, and
looking after an Important land suit, i the depot.
-Brewers of the Celebrated-
Site!? k'Pt h’m ‘her* ',early a“ °f -When K comes to hard work for the
good of the community they represent
—Fire destroyed the $6000 home of Representatives Tarkington' and Adams
W.T. McCampbell, of Berclair, Satur* j are the whole cheese. Both of these
tion
day. Mr. McCampbell is well known at
Sweet Hoppe.
gentlemen worked diligently to secure
Halletsville’s summer normal.- and their
Reports from the Navidad say that inn efforts are appreciated.
of sweet potatoes is
'4 J J. ■ * *
i‘/K ■t. >
Is spending a few
C. Lamkin are vis-
spending a
belt back-
, -.v ' .' • .
If oakum a
the . Grandma
end.
has b>en quite ill
ieftooailitf*.
X. Hid has boon
Weimar relatives.
hound pup.
. L. Dayis.
l little boy has
oos illness.
y' new 5-room
-.hi MeyerhofTs.
of Mas Wangemann
-New Ulm News.
istna with * nsres land, in
rat^-8wP.X. Brown.
ants, a
«. ZZ ■
L*y*
A. Arnim
, and daughter Miss
at Marlin for a few weeks'
G. Levy unsky’a place.
Ig quantity and quality,
representing the
Life Association,
of Yoakum,
an a visit to her sis-
of sale, put up in
at this office. Prices
or two.
• C. Thrift left' Friday for
on a visit to relatives and
Stkwn Times.
from a baby cap to a
at your own figures at
^Weiner's now.
Dofle will probably open
school in Weimar next
Mercury.
has been spending
Antonio in the inter-
system.
^telephone
kghtenttsln Koman colors
week’s slay with Miss Ma-
8west Home, Miss Fan-
rat homo again.
roCthe planing mill, is
Nwoak for the fine
\U Lockhart.
Fly, of Victoria,
b5r
Visit to relatives,
in HalletavlUe are
some places is the bottom mosquitos are
so numerous that farmers are compelled
to quit work.
—Over 100 of our citizens will go to
Sfeguiqr the first of next week, as wit-
nesses in the Rosa Macba rape case.-
Weimar Mercury.
•—We have the nicest stock of assorted
stationery in town, Prices way down.
r^Laj’s Drug Store
- Bherlff Stell arrested last night and
jaUed “Coon-Can Bill,” a colored celeb-
rity, wasted on the Lavaca county chain
gang.—Cuero Star.
—Martin has hotels, boarding house
and bath house accommodations enough
for all that come.
—After an absence of several months,
Jim Vesmirovsky is at home again.
Jim visited tha Virginias, and went as
far north as Pennsylvania.
—S. C. Autry, Esq., and bride arrived
here from Devine Saturday and left at
once for a few days’ visit to the home of
Frank Autrey at Williamsburg.
—Ihe white trustees of school district
No. 1 met Monday afternoon and re-
elected the entire faculty of the Hallets-
yllle Graded School for the ensuing
year.
—Hardy King’s little boy is quite ill
at the home of S’. J. Townsend, where
Mrs. King has been visiting for several
King was summoned fro
to Sunday.
iville is going to have an
epidemic of sickness if some of the nasty
premises we know of are not^cleaned.
If people want to live like hogs let them
move out from among those who desire
to be clean.
—Mrs. R. J. Shaw, of Yoakum, tell
and broke her thigh a few days ago.
Mrs. Shaw Is about eighty years ot age
and the injury may v cause her death.
Mrs. Sbaw was formerly a resident of
Halletsville.
—John Dixon, a young lad who was
arrested here several years ago on a
charge of stealing a gun in Jackson
county, was arrested at Edna the other
day while in the act of burglarizing a
store.
—Some people will learn some day
that they are not editing the Hkralu.
They will also learn ‘that the Hkrald
has a head of its own and does its own
thinking ana that It has a fool way of
saying just what it thinks.
, —Contractor C. H. Stadtler and wife
took their departure for Houston Satur-
day, after a two years’ residence among
os. Mr. and Mrs. Stadtler have many
warm friends among our best people
who regret their departure.
—O’Connor & Austin delivered a
bunch of 1106 two and three-year-old
•teen to W. O. Woodley at the stock-
pens in'ElCampo Wednesday. The
eattle were shipped to Elgin,; Kansas.—
El Campo Eagle. ,
. —The Schuetzen Verein people are
going to have their big celebration next
Monday. The committee has the mat-
ter well in hand, and an enjoyable day'g
festivities is looked forward to. The
program is qnite elaborate. The
Schuetzen Verein has been with us for
thirty yean, and Its entertainments are
always enjoyable.
IF YOU AJuTtHINKING
of going anywhere, consult the 1. & G.
IH prffiialiui RauUftim another-nol'
Ttfkgpapar. Jv J ;•; J&Jy*
—Prof. W. T. Brian, the able and
popular principal of the Yoaktxp High
Schools, spent a part of Saturday in the
city and favored the Herald with a call.
Prof. Brian was re-elected without op-
position to the high position be bolds,
which is indeed a compliment.
—Prof. Jack Allen is in receipt of an
infallible boll-weevil remedy from his
brother, R. B. Allen, of Atascosa coun-
ty. The remedy is as. follows: “Cr^sa
the weevils with doodle-bugs and they
will all back out of the fields.’’
—Mrs. Tom Cbivers, of Golden
rod, died n few days ago.
—Otto Fahrentbold returned
from Sour Lake Saturdayr and
stated that be found no relief there-
He left yesterday for’ Mineral
Wells.
the further co-operation of the cotton 1
I planters in making field tests.
Very sincerely yours, '
Fr£d. W. Mally, Entomologist.’’ ! Barley
In regard to the dead bugs Mr. Mally [ —
speaks of, we will state that they were •
alive when we mailed them, but we 1
suppose that close wrappibg of ’the i
package killed them. Mr. Mally is our j
.state entomologist an# will promptly j
answer any and all questions.
ERLINCER*CABINET. PILSINER AND STANDARD
These Beers are Absolutely Pure and warranted to contain
or othir injurious substance of &ny kind. ' Only the highest
Malt and Choicest Hops used in the manufacture of some.
Letter From Kendall.
Prof. G A. Peterfon received the fol-
lowing letter, dated, Austin, Texas.
May 11th, 1899:
Dear Sir: -
The department of Education has
this day located the Lavaca Co. Sum-
mer Normal School at Halletsville, Tex-
as, with C. A. Peterson as conductor of
the same. Said Normal begins May
29th and closes July 22nd covering a
period of eight weeks
JaS. Kendall,
Supt. Pub. Instruction.
' * * * e
Strayed or Stolen.
I will pay $7 CO reward for any fa-
vorable information of the following de-
scribed animals which disappeared about
three months ago:
One bay horse, about 15 hands high,
branded JR (with half circle oyer) on
left shoulder, %small .streak down the
forehead. *
How’s TniaF
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re- j
ward for any case of Catarrh that can ,
not oe cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., I
Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry hut any oDligations made
by their firm.. .
Waar A Traux, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo/0.
Walding, Kin nan A Marvin, Whole-
sale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure la taken internal-
ly. acting directly upon the blood and
mneons surfaces of the system. Price
75c. per bottle. Hold by ail Druggists.
Testimonials tree.
Hall’s family Pills are the best.
Yoakum Summer Normal
Tl)e Dull Sect
ISON.
And I am selling jewelry, v
Clocks, Etc., to suit the times.
Come and see my elegant
A. Stef^li
■
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LEADING Jl
Citation on Final Account.
THE STATE OF TEXAS.
To the Sheriff,or any Constable of La-
vaca County Greeting:
i ou are hereby commanded to notitiy
will begin May 29th, and continue eight persons interested in the Estate of J.
weeks. Supt. Thos. M. Colston, pf Cue- t H- Moser deceased, by causing a copy
rO, has been chosen conductor, with j °f this Citation to be published In some
Sup’t W. T. Brian of Yoakum and Prin- newspaper published in your County for
cipal F. P. Guenther, of Moiflton, as-
sistants.
Good board can be had at $3 per
Week; tuition $1 per week.
—Teachers and advanced students
will find it to their interest to attend
this normal. •
A TEXAS WONDER.
twenty days before the return day here-
of to he and appear before the Hon.
Cbunty Court ofLayaea County next
to he holden in and for said County at the
Court House in the City of Hallettsville
on the First Monday in June, 1899, then,
and there to Contest if they s«*e proper
the Final Account field in said court by
P. H. Green Administrator of the Es-
_ tate of said J. H. Moser deceased show-
Hall’s Great Discovery. j in* the ?onKdil‘°Q E8tarta and
.. ,, _ , , „ praying to be discharged from further
One small bottle of Hall s Great Dis- j trust thereon said Final Account show-
covery cures all kidney and bladder • ing totRi Receipts $2103.65
troubles, removes gravel, cures diabetes, • Disbursements 1149.50
seminal • emmisslons, weak and lame ___
backs, rheumatism, all irregularities of:
One brown mare mule left with a ha!- “j.** “j.
A'xrz X of $1"
ter on branded U (with
left jaw.
$ 954.15
.. 100.00
branded HPL (connected inside of a cir-
cle,) 2 years old.
J. H. Rose, Hope Lavaca Co., Tex.
Property for Rent.
A. Arnim has for rent his 2 story rock
house on the square: also a store and
residence adjoining the square, and an-
other residence.
one small bottle is two month’g treat- i ..... >r ^ 854.15
mem and will cure an, eaah above men- < Nsmes Re9idences of heirs ,n„ dPs.
K.'W. Haul, Sole Manufacturer, shares:
P. O. Box 218, Waco, Texas. J. A. Moser (for R. K. Moser)
Sold by D. B. Howerton & Co., Hallefs- j. Burnsville Miss. ........: $ 377.07
ville, and all druggists of Texas. Mrs. Florence vaust Burnsville
rkad this: i Miss............ ...........
We, the undersigned citizens of Hal-, Mrs. Ada Gable Mangura Okla
izer
letsvil'e, Texas, have used Halt’s Great
. Discovery for kidney and bladder trou-
hie anu can fully recommend It: A. B.
Devall, county treasurer; Rev. I.ee
Green, Baptist minister; F. Lindenberg,
r Iveo Kroschel, Ben F. Arnim, Leo Sll-
ber and C. W. Kuykendall.
! L & G . N. Excursion Rates.
i To Ne*-Orleans, L*., account Louisiana .State
Fair A imposition. Mat . 24th. Limit 19 days.
One regular fare lor round trip.
To Auatin. account University Sunjm^r Schools
J ane
Konvaiia
The new treatment for all
Bladder & Kidney
Disorders. 1
Composed of pure vegetable juices la
a concentrated form. REST ON EARTH „___.____
tor Inflammation of the bladder, gravel,- 01 June V,h limil
dribbling, frequent calls, high colored : July 15th. Very low special rate* on distance
and retention of urine, pain and strain- i>i«p
136.30
68.15
W. A. Moser Delia Limestone
Go. Texas................ , 68.15 ]
G. I). Mos,er Burngville Miss.... 68.15
A. E. Moser Burnsville Miss . . . 68.15
M. K. Livingston Burnsville
Miss.............. .....;. 68.15
Citation on Final.
THE STATE DF i
=T© the Sheriff or any
Lavaca County—Greeting:
T. A. Hunter, admit
estate of K. J. Felder, <
filed in our County Court
coant of the condition of '
said R. J. Felder
plication to be discharged |
ministration, * v '•?
You are hereby commanded
publication of this Writ for ti
before the return
paper regularly ■
county of Lavac* you give
all persons interested lit tke;
Final Settlement of said Kata
their 'objections- thereto, If
have, on or before the Jane r
of ' said County Coast, e
and to be bolden at' the COUt
said County, in the city of
on the 5tn day of June A. D,
said Account and appifcnti__
considered by said court. GAk
WitxksS JOHN B---
of the County Court La
Given under my band
court, at my my office, in
Halletsville this 8th day of __
1899. ’.G^a
[SEAL-l JSO.
Clerk C. C.
-«»■«♦
TO CURB A COLD IV
Take Laxative Bromo Qulnlae .
All druggists refund ntaw If ft
cure. 25c. The genolaoaqa L.
on each tablet
’•
:;notice in
Herein fail not and due return make
of this writ as the law directs.
Witness my hand and seal of said
County Court at office this May 9th
,1899.
[SEAL.J JnO. PUCHANAX,
Clerk, C. C. L. C..
ing after urinating, sluggish urin. Cures
pain in the back, Dropsy, Whites, Bed
Wetting in children and all irregulari-
ties of bladder and kidneys of men and
women.
Konvaiia Is endorsed by: Daniel
McKinnon, John Bishop, Frank glta,
John Macba’c. *
PRICE $1.00
St. Nicodemus’
Drug Store.
. To Richirond Va. account B. Y, P. U. July
J la. Limit J illy 31. Arrangements for Mteu-
| sion to August lath. Rate oue fare plus $2 W.
j To luJiauapolis, In<l.. account iDternalional
I Couventiau Epw'ortii League, July 2t>23. One
; regular tare tor round trip.
To Los Augelea, Cal., account National Educa-
tional Association- July 11.14. Rate |S2.t>0. More
; tomplete airangement* announced later.
To Detroit, Mich., icctumt Christian Endeavor,
, July il l. Limit July 15th, with arrangement for
; exten*i3n tk\ August lStl*. Rate one regular fare
plua 1*2, Off
Summer Tourist Rates to all sunmer reaort*
1 will be in effect On and after June 1st. ’
Any Agent can gtve full pardc-ilars—or ad
dreae: . -
J. D. PRICK. O. P. &T. A.
Paleatine, Texas.
Good Property Tor Bale*
I offer the following choice pieces ol
property for sale at a bargain:
78 acres on .the Hallett League, known
as the John Zumwalt place, one third
cash, balance in one and two years.
30 lots east end of depot grounds,
same terifis.
3 lots in block 30, part of the A, F.
Bagby homestead bloc*. Terms cash.
D. B. Howxrtox.
—The commissi oners’ court will meet
as a board of equalization on the 2*nd.
In The Unitkd States
For The Whtom DmatWCI.
Ok Tax as.
In the Matter Ok
William H. Opkt, V No. 45
BANXBUPT. j '
The creditors or said
Opet are hereby notified
ed a petition for a
charge In bankruptcy,
same, under an order of 4*ld
be beard before Robert Q.
Esquire referee, at his
tohio, Texav, at 10 o’oiOefc/
noon, on the 7th day of j
j which time and place
said bankrupt
cause, If any it
of said petition,
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Mair, W. A. Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 18, 1899, newspaper, May 18, 1899; Hallettsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth995506/m1/8/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Lavaca+County+-+Hallettsville%22: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Friench Simpson Memorial Library.