The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 18, 1880 Page: 1 of 4
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He following from the
ffnal of Education j
ready looming up into
one commercially and
> and drawing to herself
migration and wealth
imand, the wisest and
of legislation to con*
lPram the OoUmbtn puindealet Extra.]
Plaindealer Offloe, Feb.7,1880,
Outhe night of the 5th Inst., b*
tweeu 11 ana 12 o’clock, a fire broke
oat in the office of the Oolorado Cit-
izen, which raged with unobeokec
fhry, destroying completely the boll
ding, and the entire oontents of thi
3 -V
A folfled page, old, stained, and
'blurred ,»«. ■ *i
I fiihnd within your book night,
I did got read the dim dark word
1 1 saw in tho siow-wonlig light;
So put it beak and left it there,
As if In truth I did not aero. ^‘ •
Ah! wo have ail a folded
That in Time’s book oUm#«®r*
We leaVe’: ahalf-roilef
Falls on us when we hido it so.
We fold itdowu then turn away,
And who may read that page to-day I
Not you my child, nor you, my tfrife,
Who sit beside my study chair;
this out aad paste it in your almanao
it will aid you In studying it.
The ■‘Dominical Lptter" is the
Sund«y‘letter of<he year. “A’’ be-
ing always taken ft January 1, and
Domin-
jfWlshfdkone in
and two in
being leap year
. „ ^ ttv__j At
which was saved. Ip Its rapid pror
gross this fire also reached the drug
Sohosk <T thfe highest grade will
be needsd-gboth public and private
to prepare Be people for the tide of
prosperity setting thitherward.
A New »rk Syndioate represent-
ing a vasfrjamount of capital have
already sidled a contract to push
forward taf Texas and Paolflo Rail-
road. |
store of Dr. R. H. Harrison, aousumr
ing the building and a portion of the
stock of drugs. About two thirds of
the stock wss saved. Dr. Hornsoa
lost in instruments and hooks to the
amount of $1500 or $2000. The loss
to the citizen office wss almost liter-
ally total. Dr. Harrison’s stock was
insured to some extent, but wo do not
know the amount. The offioe of San-
dmeyer & Kennou, attorneys, was In
the upper story of Harrlsou’s drug
store. They saved the most of their
library, but lost all their fumltpre
and some valuable papers.
We are informed that the loss of Dr.
Harrisons amounts to aOmethiug like
two thousand dollars ontsldo of all
insurance. The loss of the Cltizon
office amounts to between three and
four thousand dollars, aud though the
amouut of insurance has not been as-
certained by us, wo think we are safe
in saying, from all we oau learn, that
the insurance covers but a compara-
tively small portiou ofi this amount.
Our people sympathize much with
.these uufortuuate citizens, and those
that are able to do so ought to oom»
to their rescue with moneyed aid.
The loss to the Citizen is a loss to th o
entire county—a loss that will be sad-
ly felt in many households. It will
not do to allow this paper to remain
forever wrapped la ashes. It shoul4
be revived, and that ioa, at an early
day. This paper has been to the ad-
vantage of the whole eonuty, and the
Citizen Editor, and put his able quill
again in operation.
All these unfortunate sufferers re-
turn heartfelt thanks, to tho people
for trying to save tneir property.
Dr. Harrison talked to us with tears
of gratitude about the noble efforts of
those that resoued a portion of his
goods from the mad unmanageable
flames.
itc Court t
ical letter
keep on p«
nottuagpfor
wreok of a man-a rot
neubus at beat. Ed
norapce coats,—Ft.
mt.
B*S8fc^WAT.°°K®
• SeoonC Monday* <■>
continue six weeks.
rjSjffl**}
Clerk
■there are three branches
Eg or connecting directly
I. Louis, Iron Mountain
m Railroad from Texarka-
Arkansas line, to Sher-
tas, a distance of 154
J
b from Junction’ to Mar-
as, sixty-eight miles, and
line from Shrieveport, La.
Forth, Texas, 22$ miles,
is also completed thirty
; of Fort Worth, making a
A trifling lio, a deadly sin,
A‘something boUjpitthey did not win.
Mjf folded leaf! bow blue eyes gleam
And blot tl^dark brown oyes I see ;
And goldeh curls at evening beam
Above the black locks at my knee !
Ah me ! that leaf is folded down,
county oo;
B««. No. 1. J- ILLS
Sal No. *• A.E. A
Bent No. 3. X. B. «
11. . No 4 GUS.S1
ti .» county Count
ry i l.toe mootks, vis:
a February, Msy, Ant
boose. Wellborn Is brilliant and ac-
tive, and Jones lias personal influ-
ence. "!
Reagan has few if any Intellectual
superiors in Wsshington, where
American greatness is wont to air
itself. Culberson rises steadily In
the remainder is the mopn's age the
first of Jtfhuary. The epact for'the
months are—0 for January, 2 for
February, 1 fox' March and 3, 4, etc.
up to 10 from April up to December
The time of the moon’s southing,
or time it passes the meridian is
nboat four-fifths «of an hour later
eyery day from the last new mocn.
Easter is the first Sunday after the
first full moon after the 21st of
March. It is the time of the Jewish
Passover aud is the day on which
Christ arose from tbs dead.
Plough Monday is tho end of
Christmas.
^ao«paio.n day is forty/lays aHcr
Easter Sunday.
The Solar Cycle is a period of 28,
when the days of the week and
month again coincide.
The Cycle ot Indication was 15,
and began in the year 3 B. C.
Good Friday celebrates the cruci-
fiction of the Lord
Daubab, Feb. 6,—Office of the
Chairman of Democratic Executive
Committee, Dallas, February 6, 1880
To the Democratic party of the State
of Texas: A state convention is here-
by called to meet in the city of Gal-
veston, oh Tuesday, A pnl 20, 1880,
for the purpose of selecting delegates
to represent the democrats of Texas
iu tho approaching national demo-
cratic convention. The members of
the executive and chairmen of the
couuty committees are hereby re-
. My best and dearest—defrost now,
They may not know for what I sigh,
Whatbriujw tlio shadow on my
brow, I:
Ghosts at the best; so let th|m be,
Nor come between my life and mo.
They only riso at twilight n^ur:
So light the lamp, and close tho
bliud ;
Shalbpcrfumes linger in tho flower
That sleeps that folded page bo-
hind.
So let it ever folded lie; i
’Twill bo unfolded when I did.
r4 miles.
the estimation of his countr
Senator Maxey is eminently
to hia people. Mills, like Ups
especially fhmoua for his in<
deuce of thought and action,
Senator Coke, whether you Ilk
the builfling of cities; tho establish-
ment of nq^nt industries; the cer-
tainty ofspeedy railway connection
witb'itjo city of Moxico, and the con-
se<|uct|t accession ot trade for our
rncrehsjats and manufacturers.
It isltlie avowed intention to con-
at El Paso wifh the
Texas system of rati roads ancT’~with
New Olleans, which will be of great
benefit to the whole Southwest, and
will undoubtedly tend to restore to
New Orleans her former dignity as a
great dupping port.
Then is some earnest talk in New
Orleaoi about building the proposed
road fi >m that city to Marshall, a
distant 5 of 336 miles, and this
would >lace it in connection with
or not, is esteemed a great states-
man.
The new bridge of the Central road
across the Brazos river, I fbor miles
west of the new and rapidly growing
ioSm of Whitney, wasr tested last
Monday under supervisee of Col.
Jordah, the chief engineer.- Tho
maximum deflection of any of tho
flye spans under the weight of one
engine was flvC-tenths of an inch.
The bridge lea beautiful struotnro,
something on the Pratt ordor,425 feet
long from eud to ond. 441 the piers
and the abutment work am of brisk,
with Stone capping. Thejro arc lew,
it any, finer bridges In the southwest.
A large number of people were pro-
ent to witness the test.
Foty years ago nearly the whole of
Texas woe literally q howling wilder-
ness, and even where the oity-of Hou-
ston now stands the prafrio grass was
freshly trod by the hioooaslns of tho
savage. To-day the same localities
whore then tho redman stood master
of nearly all be surveyed now teem
with a busy and prosperous popula-
tion. Four decades hence the yast
and almost uninhabited region on the
Creeping Up
TOWN OFFICERS
LA ORANGE.
Mayor---J. T- DUNCAN
Constable-M, TROUSDALE.
Aldermen—T- C. Gregory j W. E- Farquliar i
A . E WillingburK ; John B- Holloway; B- H.
Phelpe; P, B. Faison, O B Erode
The Connell meets in the Mayor’s office, on
tho First and Third Wednesdays in every
month
State Democratic Execu-
tive Committee.
E. G. Bower, Dallas, oh airman.
1. J. H. MoArdle, of Folk.
’ 2. J. C. Wooters, of Houston.
3. W. M. Bplvey, of Rook.
4. W. J. Cayin, of Harrison.
_ 5. F.M. Henry, of Bowie.
6. W. A. Wortham, of feopklps.
1 7. T. R. Bonner, of Smith.
8. R. H. Guijin, of Cherokee.
9 9. J. Q. Ckenowilb, of Fannie.
7 10. J. G. Kirby, of Van Zandt.
9 11. Geo. L, Patrick, of Grayson.
12. TiNHoas H. Murray, of Collin.
13. Amri Bradshaw, of Ellis.
13 14l W. H. Richardson, of Limestone
15; D. C. Carrington, of Leon. Wjj
# 16. T. J. Goree, of Walk>$) V’1 1
• 17. A, T. Bedell, of Waller. ** *?•
* IF. A.P. Hill, of Harris.
Step by step she bravely clambered
On her little hands and knees,
Koepinj^up a coustaiy. chattering
Like the magpies iu the trees ;
Till at last sho reached the topmost,
When o’er all her world’s affairs
She, delighted, stood a yictor.
After creeping op the stairs.
Faint heart, behold 4n imago
Uf man’s brief autl struggling life -
Whose best prizes must he capture
With an earnest, uoblp strife:
Onward, upward, roachlng evor,
Bending to tub weight of cares,
Hqptng, fearing, still expecting, ‘
Wc go cramping up thO stairs.
On tho steps may be n'6 carpet,
By their side nm^bo uo rail,
Hands and kueos iiiay often pain us,
And the heart may almost fail;
Still above there is tho glory
Which no sinfulness Impairs,
With its rest and joy forever,
After creeping up the stairs.
A Boy's Composition, i
Old maids arc women <jL .various
ages, sizes and previous conditions.
Some are very large and some are
small maids, and they are older than
they want to bC. The exact time
when they becqmo old maids is not
knowp ; some get ripe aoouer than
others’ I don’t like old maflls be-
cause they hide preserves eo a boy
can’t see them. If my mother was
LAFAYETTE LODGE, No. 34,
A Regular Communication of La-
Fayette Lodge, No. 84, A. F. & A.
masons, on 8d. Saturday night ot
loch month.
Theo. Sohimdt, W, M
ICiias. W. Gregory, Soc*y.
3f*J RC1II80N CHAPTER NO. 18,
lt<xgulnr Convocation of Miitchisou
Cliaptcr, No. 18, R. A. Masons, on
’nfl. Saturday night of eaoh month
JOSEPHUS C. BROWN, U, P.
Chas. W. Gregory, Sec'y
power' gains a ne
these <i ays, for the
19% U C. Sweeny, of Galveston.
20. A. S. Hervey, of Austin.
21. J, ft Berry, of Mliaw.
22. J oo Abbott, of HiO. A
23. Thus. F. Weak, of Jodt.
OA V. T.
woma*. stands but tt |K>or chance
flud hi t bat, a Door show when mind
priWeAminates so completely the
industry, the legislation and the «Ut-
its of Iho people in iity sphere of
life. «;■ f* ’{.
Tcfiw caunot afford to limit in any
degm the schools of thev State or
the torchere, or their influence ^
werJr.a ” >’>< , jptWw$i
On’the other hand, she should
Speedily, aud by evfcry means‘possi-
ble,, multiply tti* sources and instru--j
mcntaltties for educating all peepif, |
ing tintl c«nocrt of eotton Js nec-
esaary to fcecuro succeea, I take
the liborty Ofurjrihg upon democrats
everywhere in Texas a.thorough or-
enUzatlon for the impending cunvoao,
both state ai^di.national. Very sc*
spootfuffy. • } ’ now*i|. *
Chahawm PeuaocrWie Ea^outivo
The i»
severed
Hendon
W1NQIIE8TER LODGE 125
Hall, of Webh.
Moots second aud fourth WedncrtS-
ti»ys at night, In Odd Follows Hall,
at Wimdttiiter. .-,f
J.. Rokn«c«) N. G.
». F. IlXTFF, 8ecretflfv>, ‘
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Tho work of tab
census will be comm
day, thc 7th day of
Leads# quired that the
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jprtly and her^ronteet
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Phelps, R. H. The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 18, 1880, newspaper, February 18, 1880; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1112997/m1/1/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.