Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 7, 1889 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. 18.
HALLETSVILLE, LAVACA: CO;, TEMBl THURSDAY EVENING, MAR.7, 1889. . NO. 24. I
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The American Ohttle Trust was, . President Clevelandvetoed the |: ] TEXAS IN TYPE,
reorganized at Denver, Colo., last I direct tax bill, because, he says,
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there exist no • adequate reasons
■either in right or equity fpr the
The.annual re-union of Confed- j return of the tax in said bill and' ^
erate veterans took place at New because its execution would cause ’ for the cchistruetion of anew court
[actual injustice and unfairness.I house.
After considerable debase the bill
Friday.-
Orleans Monday.
Bryan had a $25,000 blaze Sun-
day night. : • r
; Jasper county is soliciting bids.
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The legislature of Arizona has was passed o\?r the president’s
enacted a law making train rob
bery a capital crime.
veto.
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The bill extending two years j
ous by its vacancy.
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* The sunny south’s corner in time in which a person may.re
Harrion’s cabinet will be couspicu- qeem laud, forfeited by the non-
payment of taxes, has passed both
houses. of the state legislature.
Under the provisions of this’ bill a
mall may, within two years
from »the date - of the collec-
tor’s sale, redeem • such land by
paying the taxes for ^hich it was
sold, with 8 per cent interest and
all taxes accrued since the eale.: .
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Dr. Arch Cochran, of Dallas, is
an aspirant to the United States
consulship at Cairo, Egypt. .
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Capt. R. H. Phelps, of La-
Grange, is an applicant for the re-
portership of the court of appeals.
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Congress is in a fair way to ap-
propriate $75,000 for the erection
of a public buildiugin Fort Worth.
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A buxom young white girl was
married to a negro, by a negro
preacher/m Kentucky, a few days
ago. “Everybody to his own taste,
The Herald returns thanks to
Lavaca county’s worthy represen-
tative, Hem. J. F. Overton, for\leg-
islative documents. •«
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Upwards of one thousand ne-
groes attended President Harrison’s
inaugural ball Monday night Noth-
ing “stuck up” about the Harri-
sons!.
A meeting of the Texas wool
growers was held in San Antonio
last Friday. .
John O'Connor, -a prominent
citizen of Crockett, was asgassiuat-
cd last Friday, ,. ?
John McDonald shot • and killed
George W, Graves, . at .Alverado,
the other day, ;
Burglars have changed -their
field of-operation :from San An-
tonio to Houston. ,
. A Yoakum dispatqh. to tbe Qa'I-
veston News claims 900 inhabitants
for the county line city.-
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C. C, Marsh, of Kimball,county,
was fatally stabbed by a.man nam-
] ed Jolly, a few days a'go.! . .
• , A few days ago, at Aubrey, R.
General Merchandise,
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That was a good point made by
a Texas legislator in his speech
against the railway' commission
bill; he said that after the war a
slave holder . conceived... the idea - T , - . ~
of sending to. Brazil for monkeys Lovelace w,as assassinated while
^ sitting-.by ms hearthstone.
sitting .by his hearthstone,
Mrs. Gohlthyvaite; wife of an in-
surance solicitor,' committed’ sui-
cide at Dallas a few days ago.
to pick’ Cotton. His plan was to
put forty monkeys under one negro,
who was to watch the animals to do
their work. His experiment result-
ed in his having to. employ forty . J t}. G. Moore, of Flatonia,
negroes to wat?h one momkey. He j ^ m°r,.ied to , Migs , Mattie - E.
drew1 the comparison between this,
case and the commission, where it
would required forty commissioners.
to watchone road.
A TROMINENT New York physi-
cian opines that'tllis mild winter
in the couth foretells a terrible
yellow fever epidemic for the com-
bing summer. . ,
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• It is whispered that President
Harrison has intimated that he
will not, under any consideration,
• be a candidate for renomination for
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A. B. Cleveland, president of
the A. B. Cleveland Company,
wholesale shed dealers of New
York, has absconded with $100,000
. of the company’s mejney.
The Kansas legislature has
trusts, com-
and provided
a penalty of imprisonment and a
fine not to exceed, $1* MX).
passed a law against
binations and pools,
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A prominent merchant of Eaton-
town, N. J., was recently waited
upon by a citizens’ (our mittee and
pelted with anciehi eggs, on ac-
count of his immorality.
t A band of reckles3 cowboys have,
taken possession o : a settlement
in “Ncr Man’s Land ” Kansas, and
have ordered the ci izens. to leave
the territory under penalty of
death. ?
Brooks, ,of Marlin, last Thursday,
Hugh -and Tom Mattock,, two
telegraph operators, were shot and
killedUy tw6 men . named .Rather,
WYthin the city limits bf Fred- at Temple, Tuesday morning.
! IntkedmtHcto^tatLiberty EA-
sacred to everv natriotic- ’heart day, J- C^acouryvas sentenced to be
This is the site of thV old .farm- j h^«edJ5* “u^r’ anfd APril. 5th
house in which George Washington j ^ .aPart a^the da^ of locution.
*bid farewell to his dying mother While boring an artesian well on
while on hi^way to.the* inauguration
as president of <the United States.
This sacred piece of property,
which comprises, about twelve
acres of .land, 'in the center of
which lie the shimbering. remains
of Mrs. Washington, has been otter-
ed for sale at public auction by a
Virginia real estate .firm. Verily;
this is an ungrateful generation. *
DRY GOODS. (tROCERIES; BOOTS, SHOES, CLOTHINtX
.- • Hardware, Agricultttriil; Implements, Etc*., Etc.
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Highest Pi’ices pajd for ChuntVy Produce.
Agent for ' Glidden Steel Barbed Wire.
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ROBT. MILLER,
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GENERAL MERCHANDISE-,
. ‘fSUBLtME, TEXAS.
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But As Low As Any Of Our Competitors.
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. A woman in Utica, New York,
recently slept eleven and a half
days without awaking. During
the last efghtoen months she lias
slept four hundred]' ,and ten days
and nights. <
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The state senate has passed a
bill authorising tHe governor to
restore full citizenship tc persons
ve served a term in the pen-
ary or to persons who have
been pardoned.
President and Jllrs. Cleveland
and the wives of tl e , members of
the retiring cabinet did not attend
the big inauguration feast. The
fee ot admission v as only five dol-
lars and the attendants , numbered
about 12,000,
Some one made a raid on ©ur X
table last week and* hooked} our
Victoria Review before, we had
read it.- There are three; papers
that come to our X table’, * that we
wish- to carefully peruse before
they leave. We always gain- in-
lormation from them.. Their names
are, the Victoria Review, the Vic-
toria Advocate and the Halletsville
Herald: Remember them, please.,
—[Limestone New Era. ’ • ■
; Such a compliment as the fore-
goi^ would be appreciable from
any of our brethem;• but . as “the
gift is precious because of the giv-
er,” those4kind words * are doubly
gratifying, coming, as they do,
from one of our favorites. Col:
Bartow, . of the Advocate, and
‘‘Jentle Jeff,’’,, of the Review,- are
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old enough to speak for themselves,
and will ho doubt do so—unless,-
their extreme modesty forbids them
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to do-So.
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D. M. O’Connor, a wealthy stock-
man of Refugio county, and an af- , -. . .
dent republican,' has presented | rccovcry is doubtful.
President Harrisoii with a unique
and costly horn chair, which was
made to order by a skilled artisan
of San Antonio.- Neftr the top ife
a ranch near San Antonio, a few
days ago, a vein ofi: crude pctrole-
um was struck %t a depth of 320
feet. The Gil has been‘tested and
burns brightly. -J.
Judge W. M. CaiApbell, a lead-
ing lawyer, and G. S. Shnth, a
druggist’ of Texarkana, had a dis-
pute Monday morning, which re-
sulted in the latter shooting and fa-
tally'wounding1 the former. • ;
Jbifte.en; thousand dollars in pri-
zes, will be distributed among the
competitors in the- interstate drill
(luring the eemi-centeniiial celebra-
tion at Galveston in; May. The
Houston Light Guards are barred
from competition. ;. . , ■
At Houston, a-few days ago, two
.colored-dudes, rivals in a love .af-.
fair, became involved in'a. quarrel
which resulted in $he death of orie
of them. Pocket knives were used
as’weapons and curving was 'the'
mode of.proceedur.e. ' • ,
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The Gpadalupe river > lias over
flowed its b&nks and covered all
the fields iii the valleys along its
banks. Hundreds of dollars worth
of fences have been carried away.
This is the highest ‘ rise. of. the
Guadalupe Since 1869.
' Efnil Lanaeken, proprietor of a
San Antonio boarding house, emp-
tied the contests of a sh’ot-gun
into the body of Ex-Detective Cur-
ley Martin, Monday evening. The
shooting was. the- result of a*dis-
pute over a tioa’rd bill. Martin’s.
Full stock of Dry Goods, Boots,. Shoes, Hats, kc.; always on hand.
Groceries of all kinds,- Full car load Flour just reeeived.
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John Deere Plows, Cultivators, Middlebreakers, iDouble Stocks, &c.
CAL DWhlTJ^ 'WAGONS; ■
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I^^Clothing made to ordeiv fit And entire satisfaction guaranteed or
money refunded.. •. . : ’
Sfi^Cash Paid For Cotton.
We’ are buying for Eastern Mills anti have no commissions to pay;
for this reason we. can pay as much.^ more than persops- who ship to
commission merchants: • *: * ' ’, ; '
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Call and examine our stock add ask oar prices. Xo trouble £o«how goods.
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UNDERTAKER SUPPLIES.
D. B. HowKkTON. ' W. H. B*K*. ett.
D. B. HOWERTON ft CO.,
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Staple! Fancy Groceries;,
PAINTS, OILS, GLASS,
Picture F'mm.e®, Btc. •
WALL PAPER. LOBRiCATWfi OHS.
Best Cigars and .Tobaoco in the Market.
FRESH-&Q9D6. BOTTOM PSI0B8.
give us a Call. *
O. A. LEHMANN,
'■ MANUFACTURER Of ; '
SafliHeiy safl Harness.
I ;;11 the best SmX l»; Trees that are
made in the State on L-a«iand will tnake
“ any $tyie Sadole c»t Ha;*uea^,«r *ny
thing ^lse out of ieuther. to Order,
on the shortest j eesnble notice.
Saddles, Bridles, Harness, Collars,
Whips. Halters. Conbs, Brashes, Etc*.
tRIMMiNC A SPECIALTY.
I guarantee all. my work to give entire satis,
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HALLETSVILLE. : : : TEXAS.
THE LAVACA BANK.
• Halletsville> Texas.,
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NEW SWEET HOME, T^XAS
T. A. HILL,
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T. ' Y. HILL.
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'James C.
the famous
Califqjnia millionaire, died at
A tremendous' rain and wind
storm:, struck San Antonio Friday
morning,'doing damage to property
to the amount of at?out $10,000.
engraved upon a heavy gold plate ! The San: Antonio river rose ; six-
the inscription: “Presented by j feet* above high-vfater mark and }
D. M. O’Connor to Banjamin Har- inuudated^‘portions of the city. A
rison,. president of the United- young man and a team were swept
HalletsTille, LTexas. •
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- keep constantly oh hand' a full line-of-
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ROUGH AND DRESSED ' LUMBER,
SHINGLES SASH, DOORS, BLINDS
States,” set in diamonds. Lowpr
down is a single gold star bearing
the wmx^“Tejcas.” Upon either
side of the back are' gold plates
with the words “Tippecanoe, 1811
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Berlin on- the 21st ult., of Bright’s > and “San Jacinto, 183G.!» Near the
disease. Mr. Flood’s wealth is mi< ,e, just where the * center of
estimated at $40,000,000, and was ] th;e j‘Y°isident’s back will, rest, is a
lueath
Ldren.
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bequeathed to his wife and two ver. large‘piece of gold, of great
chu*
away by the current and drowned.; J
Flax culture will doubtless be
one of the leading industries in]
South Texas in the near future.. It
lias been demonstrated by experi-
ment that tfa« can be sown after the
corn, potato and other crops have
been harvested and. will ripen by
Builders’ Hardware.
John Wanamaker, the rich Phil-
adelphia merchant, spends $5000
thickness ’ Upon Jt is W^ed the middle of December, thus of-
the sentence:1 “Therfnop.y]£ bad. ^"“8 farmf anotI*r
‘ ln.t ti,» «xbe Shape of;a profitable fall;
Call and see us» what we hav’nt got, we will take, pleasure
’m getting for you.
W. O. WOODLEY.*
E. W*. Bl^JvEman.
her messenger of defeat, but the
Alamo and Refhgiq hacl none.”
per week for advertising and pays Into the right arm is let a. silver
an editor $1000 per month to at- . plktd with thfe words, “Encourage-
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tend to his advertising-department
Quick-silver would not run off of
Wanamaker’s head.
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A Mexican paper says; Juan
Bordegory, of Pqeblo, became sud-
denly insane, took the train for
meiit to Home Industry, 184
•The left arm bears a second plate
crop. . . ';T_V ». * • ; ’
A few days ago, near Eagle Pass, i' , T
tlie body of a young and beautiful i e^ers ln
wemaii \yas found tioating down
the Rio Grande.. The-corpse was
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YOAKUM, TEXAS. ;
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which lms the inscription. .“Pr<G I brought to-shore-, by a party ; of :
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YELLOW PINE & CYPRESS LUMBER
teetjoh to*THome Industry, 1888.” ,] hunters. The woman w/is haiid- ' *• Saslr, Doors, Bliild.s, BuildeFs?’ Har^lwaricu
Tlie seat is sOmewl#it elevated and
is covered ,with a inagnificecrt leop-
fijil cat skin, beautifully spotted,
soijiely dressed and oil one of ‘ her
Vgriciilturiil liuphnlichts, Hacks arid Buggies.
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Frieneh SiafMB,
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Correspondents:
Bkn HntrhiEgs ACo.^................ jMntiaa.
tiooid Bank.___
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Naw Orleans Nat’l Bank,............New Oriaaaa.
8. 1£. Swenaon A Bona,...............Jt** '-
Tie J. H. Simpaan ........
Exchange furnished on all
Eurooe.
H. J. Heye,
MASUFACT’imOf A»D DtrjIB IS
Saddlery & Harness.,
'Between DevaH & Bennett’s and Rosenberg's!
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HaUefsrille, Texas.
Keeps on hand a complete stock of
saddles, harness, collars, bridles,
whips, etc. Any styleiof harness,
• saddle, bridles, etc., madeto or-
der on short notice. Repair--
ing neatly and cheaply done<
jg’ neatly clone,
As he always keeps a lull supply a?
‘ trimming material on **
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Stoves, Tinware,
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Tbe leading L^-Prtc« Maji ot
IIA 1.1 KTSYILLE. - V TEXAS,
Crockery, Glass, Majofica,
mSASTEH m WOCUmWASE,
Lamps, Lanterns, Hoes, Spate,
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Mexico and on arriving at Apizaeo ami tanned in the: best stylo of art. v shoulder-1 . and ■ one side of. lv'enj- •
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got off ^nd wandered away into the
woods. - Six days later his remains
fwero found torn to pieces by wild
' 1 a A* B IflTul. MW A ODISTS,
*The total ebst of the’ chair was I head l^id been- crushed in. -The. . < •*
| see* Ih-W In.vh^ ,L,-Avh,,,, av,- Gill Go onrb.-M
that eveir crbs'sectthe Texas line. . ' ding day.
to ploiiM you ]jqkh m qualky and prices..
seek r 6 farther, Jo«fK»hn rules ta
Low Prloern, beoaoM
BUYS FOR CAS^
..u .irk executed ;*t #’.iortiioilc* ljy •
1 -omp«ien» vorfcuuua.
.- Have your job'printing done at5
Halletsville Herald office. .A.;
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Mair, W. A. Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 7, 1889, newspaper, March 7, 1889; Hallettsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth995525/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Friench Simpson Memorial Library.