The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 20, 1881 Page: 2 of 4
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, in the prosperity
it pf the whole 8tete,
.-j-otio county nnd La-
sounty scat, to suggest
>ad Company tha* bed
» the freight chargee the
La Grange ae they are to
and Scbul«barg, they
1 bare scoured the cotton end
1 op freight from. Babb’s creek to
amounting to at 4«Mt
or cotton, I heard
Bhant who gins .and I
ever •laments ot vlUlity the iustiiu
Odu uisy possess,
usefulness, may not
bales in Winchester,
Ip to LaGrange, pro-
Ledbetter rates,
on to LaGrange
oners Court , give
«s a good market tor oar produce,
*.tooks, sell M for cash,
ana improve the roads leading to
LaG^augs by appoipting good over :
wHIlhe 'trade" be coowntrato’d and
LaGrange built up and improved.
Sehulenhurg Items,
There was a “sociable" ot the res-
idence of Mr. iS. 8- Boykin last Tads
pant. history,
if discovering i
promising full
'now bs am Us.
Tjie Casino owes its origin to Die
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HUSS
as members of tlie
than twelve month the
day evening, which was altebdcdby
many young peopje, who enjoyed
theniseIVcs very well. Your oorres-
pondcnt lenders thanks for an invi
tatioD. There was also a sociable at
the residence of Mrs. Shoemaker last
Friday evening. Blisses lUohend-
son, Green, Woolsey and McDaniel
who have recently come to our town
wcrO present, \,L/
Mrs- Fallen stein, wife of E. Fel-
lenstein, Esq., has bton seriously ill
few kometllqcybut we aro pleased to
learn she is improving.
' Our yoifng friend Mr. It. A. Wol*
Urs'ls a meraber of the new firm of
G. Bohmt A Coy
Home of the lumber for the passen-
ger depot has arrived and work upon
it will soou be resumed.
Good lumber and abinglea have
been very scarce hare this wintsr
greatly to the Jnoonvonlonce Of car-
penters and those desiring to make
improvements. , ,
plications for membership.
Mr. Hillman, was married to Wise
Mina Heinson, at the residence of
Hi. J. H. WiUbecker, last Sunday
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nblish this weak an extract
_ history of Fayette county,
written l*y Mrs. J. L. Sinks, or La-
Grange. Tide wae furnished us St
oar earnest request, as we thought It
we*rtd be read with interest by the
people of Fayette eoulfty. Mrs.
Bloks bae material In her possession
from which to write a fall history ot
the county. The following synopsis
. was famished at our reqaeat.
‘ The first part of the history con-
tains the colonial incidents as far as
gathered, together with a notice • of
the creeks and their names, also the
roods and the first settlements.
Second part, the formation of lha
county, with the notice of the firet
oonrt and presiding officers, first ad-
mission to the bar, and the examin-
ing committee. Another chapter
eootalna the notice of all the early
schools, with a notice of Butcrsville
College and 1U faculty, and a list of
the namea of the first students.
Another chapter has a notice of
all the newspapers with their pub-
and a short sketch of tbs
sociable disposition of the Germans
of LaGrange, and tlisfr unceasing de-
votion to the cause of education.
More than tweuty years ago hut low
Bermans were residents of LaU range,
Sod they were comparatively recent
lmntlgrauU. Through their ludustry,
frugality aud perseversneo secured to
them the esteem of their uewly ac-
quired feiiow-cUixeus, they neverthe-
less felt like strangers among a peo-
ple of different customs,language aud
pursuits. This feeling, common to
alfof theto, nalurully led to the pro-
ject of building a hall, where they
could haf 0 their gatherings and ooii-
genial recreatlou after hard work
aud arduous struggle for exiatcuee
and com pc i dice in a »»w gonutry.
Gtost were the sacrifices the exe-
cution of this piau required of the
few Whe conceived it. The contrlbu-
tious iii work, building material und
money, trivial us they may now ap-
pear, were really an onerous tax on
those sturdy pioneers, and their
prompt and ready itbernlity ovulene-
ed as nuUuh their public spirited dis-
position, as is now Ixhlblled by the
good people of LaGrange, by their
more munificent contributions to the
building of V railroad and the erec-
tion of a mere stately edition of
‘fUacksteiu.”
When that hall was completed,
which now, though venerable, tins .a
somewhat oldlnshioned and dilapi-
dated appearau.ee, its founders might
wail be prond of their boble achieve-
ment. Whatever was wanting in the
way of elegance and comlort, was
abundantly supplied by an unpre-
tending cheerfulness and the true
capacity for simple and innocent
mijoymaut of the frequenters of the
Casino nail. At1 that Ume thore
were some promising but turbulont
youngsters In the country, who re-
garded it the hlghlh of chivalrous
glory lo go to private and public en-
tertainments, with sixi-shooteif buck-
sled on, and to succeed iu breaking
up the most psaciblo gathering In
rows and turmoil. But it inustvhe
said to the honor of Die Casino that
the vigllauce and resolute conduct ef
tbelr committees have always
promptly repelled' such atteuiptod
invasion aud mantained the orderly
and respectable character of their
amusement. The founders of ths
Ousiuo also organised lheir school.
Th« relations between the native and
naturalized Americans was not quits
as hoaitliy lu those days as they are
now; and the feeling which pervaded
the oommUnity, naturally found
their way oven Into'the school-^un.
The Gormans not uufrcquenUy
board their boys complain that they
were called lUte Dutchmen, aud had
to endure various other grievous in.
suits end Indignities. This stale of
afflalrs, aud the'desire of tho Ger-
mans to have their children thor-
oughly instructed in their Mother
laugusge, occasioned Die organiza-
tion of the Gaslnu school. This
school, from its luceptiou to tho pres-
ent day, has boon the only perma-
neutxchool of our town; and what-
evci^Bh)' have been its defects,
which uufrisudly critics may have
justly point out, It is not Uonitd that
ths (Josluo school has trained and ed-
ucated many hoys, who hsvo slues
become useful and respectable
citizens. - , I
But the dividing Hue between
German and American has long
•lace been obliterated. Their constant
and intimate association gradually
but effectually produced general
assimilation. The tneMtsaud demer-
its of An individual aro no longcr
lounging
•d the peopF
and America:
ly* represented
Casino; in less than twelve, month tkej':
large Casino •building will bo com-
pleted. and harmonious and energet-
ic cooperation, With singleness of
purpose tending to one object is se-
brief cured. We have beeiF singularly
happy in the selection of both Amer-
ican and German teachers, who era
not only earnestly devoted to their
whole profession, hut who are labor-
ing with intelligence aud tact to in-
•urs success to ihs enterprise.
When tbs time comes, that the
venerable old Casino hall is to he re-
moved to be supplanted by a modem
and more commodious building,
it will be but uaturslfor tho surviviug
founders of tke institution lo feel a
parg of regret, as if the last relic oi
good old times were passing awuy.
But even they will feel that the uul-
ted efforts of the whole people of
our towu are, at last, but tho eon*
aumutiou aud realization of the same
Ideas, which inspired them, when
they and their departed friends laid
the foundation for the LaGrange
Casino.
The following facts concerulug Die
Casino school, are furnished by Prof.
R. P. Dechard : I
The Casino school is organized iuto
four classes, taught by R. P. Decherd,
Principal; assisted by Prof.s Ileyer,
Jehu Goodwin aud F. II. Lolimauu.
The number ot pupils on roll 130 }
average dally at lend slice (20.
Tuition fees per month : 1st class,
$4 00; 2nd (lass, $3 00 ; 3rd class,
$2 60; 4th class, $2
Course of study embraces all the
usual branches taught iu the best
schools of tho country, .including
mathematics, ancient und modern
languages.
The dosciplliie U sudi as to secure
perfect order in the school room and
class attention to the preparation ol
■Miaous, without any undue resort to
coporal punishment or brute force.
Tho management of the school com-
meuds n to the patronage of all who
desire ths thorough education ot thoir
children.
I tbs early bat-
county m«n
given by
H. Moore,
which Joioa
it ion by* Mr.
chapter d«-
sroen of
,-v,
ai descent. The mutdal prejudices
and antipathies have imperceptibly
yielded to more rational and JnsUr
views. If* however an individual,
possesiug extraordinary tenacity
here aud thore still dlugs to inch
obsolete prejudices, he generally haa
the good taste and dlaoeoattou to
keep It a profound secret and In*
dulge them ouly ks a etrlotly private
amusement. Our people bate grofrn
Into a conpact and congenial popula-
tion, oar Interests, inor« divertiflbd
porhnpe than In othor eonnnuiiltlee
are not conflicting. Long bae the
neceeeity been felt <
the naltod efforts of t
ef LaGrange, one
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DRYGOODS, BOOS AND SHOES
Clothing-—Hardware and Cutlery—Queensware, Glassware, Wc
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Kerosene Oil, Iron and Steel, Harbed Wire, Lime and Cement.
.AGENTS FOR '
Avery’s Plows &c., Milbnrn Wagoim
McCormick’s Reapers & Mowcrs'.f
Pratt’s Gins--best in the
World. Southern clipper plows.
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Spooial Meeting.
A spscUl nice tins of the RtockhoWsis
of the
Eoutoa & Tesu Sentral R. R. Co.
Will be held at the Oenoral Office of tlis
company, in the city of llonatoa, on Mon-
day, March 31st, 1HS1, for the purpose of.
considering aud taking such ftctku aa
may wh nooessary to sDaltle said oorapaoy !
to istne it# bonds for the purpose of pay- ■
lug off and retiring all former of
bonds ot ths company and of paying All
other outstanding Indebtedness of the
comptny, and for the further purpoee of
improving and bettering said company#
line of railroad, and to secure the pay-
ment of eold bonds by a mortgage upon
the property nnd franchises ot the com-
pany. A. 8. RICIfARDSON,
jafiflt * Secretary.
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H.Harigel's FumishingWarehouse,
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LaGrange, Texas.
1 >ENTINTHY.
Miss Mollle Moore’s School.
This.school is Uughl by Miss Mol
lib W. Moore, the oldest daughter ol
lion. L. SV. Mo orb ol this City. Mins
Mol lie received the oppointmcnt in
1879 as student lo the Stale Normal
Institute at Huntsville, Texas; and
at the oppeuiug of the session of (hat
year, entered the senior class of Dial
institute, and graduated last June
with honors. She then returned to
Fayette County to pomply with the
law requiring her to teach one year
in the district from which she was
appointed.
. 8he opened lior school Inst Septem-
ber with 23 pupihrou her rolls, and
the average daily attendance of 20
during the time site has been teach
uig is tho best evidence of hor pop-
ularity in tho school rooth, and the
esteem.in which sho U held by her
pupils. She has given culire satisfac-
tion to her patrons, und all speak in
the highest terms ot the progress of
their children. Miss Mollie has dis-
played a zeal and interest in her call
ing that Is seldom equalled, and she
bids fair to he au honor to the pro
fessiou sho has chosen. Parents hav-
ing children to educate could not
place them in better hands.
Sbnftenberg Bro.s & Co.—We
have opened a dry goods house now
hero in LaGrange, and hope to estab-
lish ourselves In the confidence ol
the people and county, as we have in
Colorado county. We transact bn-
siness on a business style, no goods
misrepresented and ouly fair deal-
ings. Wo will keep a first class
slocITas soon as the season opens for
new goods, and would state that at
present what we have not here can
be gotten from our house in Colum-
bus until our newjgoods arrives. Mr.
Adolph Bcnftenberg wiil reside in
LaGrange and he will try to please
all. Hoping to get a patronage of
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DRS. TARVIN & KILL0UGH,
IDEHSTTISTS.
Office over i)r. ltemies’ Drug Store,
LaGrange. Texas. jafily.
...... _... i . ... , ■■ .... LaGrange and county, we remain
traced to his relative soil or uatlou-
-1 The ...Hta.l nr*.Inrespreuuny,
SutmuBEKo Bro s A Co.
LaGrange and Uolumbua,Texaa.
A SoiciDk.—Yesterday morning
m» inquest was held by Coroner
Baker over tho body of Dempoy
Brown, who was fotmd dead at the
residence of hit eon, A. J. Brownt II
this city. Tiie verdfot of the jury
was, that said Brown came to his
death at 4} o'clock a. *., 19th Jan-
uary, 18*1 by cutting his Ihroot
with a rasor, whieh he bold In his
That deceased was
under n temporary derange-
Of tho sot, canoed
suffering.
L. G. BACHELDER,
IVJteT OF DEPOT,
KLLINGER, ----- ’TEXAS.
Dealer in
ROUGH AND DRESSED MUMBER,
Sash, Doors,
Hluids, Cement,
Lime, Brick,
millers Hardware.
Will pay highest price for '^Cotton Seed
and Bones. jau63m
J. J. MIIsJiSB/S
BARBER SHOP,
North of Depot, Ellingcr, Texas.
jauGSm,
DR. WM. HERMES,
DRUGGIST.
Puro medicines always on hand,
•criptioua prepared.
Pre-
Perfeotion Achieved at Last!
Furniture, WM1 Paper, Mixed Paint# ready for use,
< heap for Cash.
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WOODEN AND MErALIC COFFINS ALWAYS ON HAND.
First Door East of the flTnlon Church.
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WM. RUPPERSBERG,
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"West Side Public Square,
(AT TIIK FJNK OLD STAND )
Dealer in General Merchandise.
Quick sales and small profit is my motto*. Shall always keep on hand a
full-line of Staple aud Fancy Nolious, Boots ami Shoes complete:
Grents Furnishing Goods, A
Trunks, Etc. A full line of First Class Groceries, Garden Seed I’otaloes ; a™
also Coal 'far lor fencing.
Country Produce Bought and Sold.
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DRUGGIST, STATI0N8K AND IBP DhLU,
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StHTTH SIDE PUBLIC FQUA RE, SIGN “GOLDEN MORTAR,V
LAGRANGE, TEXAS.
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‘Keeps on hand a good assortment of fresh Drugs, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, vJi*
Gists, Putty, Dre Stuffs, I russes, Sewing Muchinc Needles and fixtures,
and School Hooka, Stationery, Ac., Ac,
His stock of Gardpa Seeds is full and fresi.. ^ . ‘ , v
Several vfiietes of Irish Potatoes direct from 1). Land re th A Sons. Otiio. < j
Sets »ud Shallot a. * '
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The Fayette County Bible Society’s Depository is well supplied with
Bibles ana Testament and all so cheap Diet any one
nmihe goods and pricet. No trouble to show goods.
any one can buy. Call and ek-
sr goods.
A liberal shore of patronage is respectfully solicited.
SE3XJX.I2STC3- OUT I
From sud after the 1st day of January, 1881,1 will give a discount of
lO PER CENT
Ou all cash purchases «»f one dollar aud above, or iu other words. 1 will I
return lOctson each dollars worth sold to cash buyers. This includes all
kluds of merchandise excepting Die 10, Iff, 26 and 60ct counters, upon which I
goods will be placed and offered for aalo at much reduced prices, and no I
discount. By this mode of selling out, every purchaser is certaiu, of saving
one dollar out of every ten. /
Store flxtures for sale consisting of anew patent Herring’s safe, three '
vralnntdoskSj two show cases, three scales, etc. Store for rent. Dwelling
IfiNTSD,-Two medium size mules, from t'ourlo six years old; must lie
gentle and work well. Also a reliable farm hand. '
Apply: to
H. W. STEINLE.
This Is the ouly Snotion Pnmp in the
World that agitetee the water and cai-
nea air to the bottom of well or cistern,
and haa no Valve# to get oat ot order
Cost of Which is nominal.
W. J. ROBERTSON,
jafttf Agent, Fayette County.
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Bryan, Lewis R. The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 20, 1881, newspaper, January 20, 1881; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1113208/m1/2/: 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.