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colorado citizs3st"sfecial editioist
Colorado (ptteew
culdflbcs. colorado county, texas
Tuesday October 99.
CITY OFFICERS.
hon. e. J. sandmeyek,
m \ you of columbus.
Mr. Sandmeyer first saw the light of day
io the city over which he now presides as
Mayor ou tbu lUibJily, 1833. lie received
a common school education at the academy
in thi- pliict*, afterwards attending the Texas
Mili ary Institute at Austin.
He entered the law office of Messrs. Foaid,
Thompson & .McCormick in 1678, receiving
h't license as a member of the bar the same
year. Aficr pr dicing his profession for
sevt r .1 veiiri<, lie intired into partnership
with Capt. It. E Stafford in the banking
b isiuens. since whicli time has been engaged
as the managing partner in the business.
Mr. Sandmeyir U a g i.tleman who en-
joys the entire coufldn c of iiíh friends and
the public geneiaHy, and is known and re-
c gnized as one of the most progressive
business men of the city.
w. l. adkins, esq.,
city attorney.
Mr. Adkins was born in Colorado county
in 1859, and attended school in tbis city,
afterwards graduating at the Texas Military
Institute, Austin. In 1886 be entered the
law office of Messrs. Foard & Thompson,
&ifd in a sbort time secured his licenso as a
member of the bar. He was elected City
Attorney at tbe last election in April, and
makes an honest, conscientious offller.
laekiiTs7hope,
CITY UAHS1IAL.
Mr. Hope is a Lavaca county boy, having
been born in that county January 10,1809.
Four years ago be removed to Columbus,
acting as Deputy Sheriff for some time, and
at tbe last municipal election was chosen as
City Marshal. Mr. Hope has made an
honest, painstaking, efficient officer, and
eujoys tbe esteem and confidence of hi*
friends and the public generally.
CJSSAlTC.* DUEBR,
an clerk.
Mr. Duerr was born in Westphalia, Prus-
sia, in 1849, and emigrated to America in
1808, landing in tbo old German town of
Yorktown, in DeWitt county. He engaged
in commercial business, and In 1866 moved
to Alleyton, in tbis county. On the com-
pletion of tbe railroad to Columbus be came
here, and sines 1868 has been a citizen of
Columbus. Ho was chosen City Clerk io
1880, re elected twice since, and since that
time has Ailed the office with satisfaction
to himself and friends,
columbus meat and ice
company.
The plant of this institution is undoubt-
edly one of the largest and most completely
furnished in Southwest, $200,000 being
invested in tbe buildings and machinery.
A Citizen representative was most courte-
ously shown over its extensive precincts tbe
other day by tbe gentlemanly representa-
tive of tbe company, Mr. R. H. Walther,
and while aware that tbe concern Is a large
one, was surprised on actual inspection at
its extent.
Situated in the northeastern portion of
tbe city, on one of the highest points of
land near the river, it has one of the finest
sites for the purpose for which it is used
that could be found. The building is a large
three and a-half story structure, fitted with
all the modern improvements of a first-class
slaughter house and refrigerator. The ice
machines, when both are run, have a ca-
pacity of sixteen tons per day, though usu-
ally only one is run, the other furnishing
cold air for the refrigerator. The factory
is supplied with a sausage machine and
drying rooms, and a full and complete up
paratus for making oleomargarine or butter-
ine. They own their own system of water
works, wl teh. have a capacity of 750,000
gaffons per day, water running on eytry
floor, and hydrants placed at every corner
of the building.
When running at its full capacity one
hundred and twenty-five beeves per day
can be slaughtered and refrigerated. Tbe
company has its own cars, and has special
switches which run to both upper and
lower floors of tbe building, on which meat
and ice can be loaded with only a moment's
exposure to the air.
To one who is at all interested in the
manner in .which meat is preserved for ship
ment, a visit to tbe factory will prove of
value, as there is not a single method known
to science that has not been called in to
make tbe process perfcct.
alderman d. steiner,
elected april, 1888.
Mr. Stelner was born In Essenger, Bava-
MB. ELBOD'S NEW
photograph gallery.
Mr. T. B. Elrod, wbo is so well and fa-
vorably known to tbe public, is having an
elegant new Gallery erected near the pas-
senger depot, and announces that in a few
days he will be ready for business. He has
an entire new outfit, and will have much
better facilities for doing fine work than
any artist ever before In Columbus. It is
needless to commend his work to tboso who
have seen it, as they are aware of his merits
as an artistic workman. All is asked is a
trial, and satisfaction will be guaranteed,
A long residence in this section, a perfect
acquaintance with the wishes and desires of
the people, has led Mr. Elrod to make pres-
ent improvements in his surroundings, be
feeling assured that the public would appre-
ciate his efforts by extending to bim even
an Increase over the liberal patronage with
which he has been favored in the past, and
that his efforts In tbe way of giving them
better and more perfect work, would be
met more than half way.
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RESIDENCE OF CAPT. J. W. McCARTY, EAGLE LAKE, TEXAS.
ria, and Immigrated to America in 1867,
landing in Columbus in February, 1874.
Since that lime has been a prominent figure
in the commercial affairs of this city. Ho
was first olected Alderman In 1888, and is
now serving his third term, a proof that tbe
people have confidence in bis ability and
d:voilon to their interests. He is an active
and energetic business man, and makes the
city an efficient and vigilant officer.
alderman chas. traylor,
elected april, 1888.
Mr. Charles Traylor, one of Columbus'
progressive Aldermen, has lived in the city
almost since it was a municipality. He is
a five business man, and always ready to
lend a helping band to any scheme that he
thinlis will be of benefit to tbo city. He
can always be counted on as a leader In any
enterprise that looks to tbe betterment of
the city and Its trade, and Is one of those
substantial citizens of which every town is
proud.
alderman a. bartel8,
elected last april.
Mr. Bartels was born and reared In tbe
historic old town of Aldenburg, North
Germany, and came direct from that place
to Columbus in 1869. He Is a gentleman
wbo stands well with tbe people, and is
quite popular. He han a place on several
important committees of the city govern-
ment, and as Chairman of the street com-
mittee, is exercising some fine executive
ability. He Is honest, genial and social,
and thoroughly identified with tbe interests,
tbe progress and advancement of Columbus.
alderman peter hahn
Was born in Colorado oounty in 1893. At
as, early ago bo commencod business on his
own account in this city, and has been
highly successful, doing one of tbe largest
supply trades In the county. Mr. Hahn is
serving his third term as Alderman, and has,
and is, giving entire satisfaction in the po-
sition.
fine liquors.
The representative of Messrs Bartley
Johnson & Co. of Louisville, Ky., io this
section of the state is Capt. Geo. W. Goer.
While Capt. Geer has been but a short time
in the Southwest, be has not only made
himself a general favorite with the old cus-
tomers of tbe house, but hus added to it
many new ones; and wbllo the reputation
of tbo firm that he represents Is more than
a guarantee for the quality of goods sold,
his personal popularity has added much to
their effectiveness. Belle of Nelson Hand-
Made Whiskey is the brand tbey bank on.
CAPTAIN J. W. McCARTY.
Captain McCarty was born in Loudoun
county, Va., August 28, 1835; was educated
at the Virginia Military Institute, entering
it July, 1856. and graduating in 1860, in n
cla*s of forty-one members, He enjoyed
the opportunity of receiving tutllage from
from that gallant and world-renowned Chris-
tian soldier, Stonewall Jackson, and has an
interesting fund of reminiscences concern-
ing the old hero. When the civil war com-
menced, Captain McCarty entered tbe reg
«llar army of Virginia as a 2d Lieutenant of
Infantry, serving in that branch about a
year, and then a year as 3d Lieutenant of
^Artillery, when be was transferred to 7th
Virginia Cavalry as 1st Lieutenant and Ad
jutaiit. Just before the close of the war lie
was promoted to a Captaincy for gallantry
on tbe field, upon the recommendation of
his Colonel, R H. Dulany, of the 7th Vir
ginia Cavalry, Rosser's Brigade, A. N. Va ,
and the Captain still possesses and treasures
the eld. faded paper containing this recom-
mendation, eudorsed from his regimental
commander to Gen. R. E. Lee. McCarty
was made Captain of Co. B,7th Va. Cavalry.
After the war be came to Texas and entered
into the commercial business at Eagle Lake,
of which town bis friends elected bim the
first Mayor in 1888. The Captain is affable
gentlemanly, pleasantly situated, and one
of our best and most progressive citizens.
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RESIDENCE OF HON. WELLS THOMPSON, MILAM gtTREET, COLUMBUS, 'I EXAS.
colorado county.
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our river, built an oil mill, established
a splendid system of waterworks, bult
a refrigerating beef establishment cap-
able of slaughtering 125 beeves per
day, built the office in which tbe Col-
orado Citizen is now printed, rescued
the Colorado Academy building from
decay, in which one among the best
schools in tbe state is now being con-
ducted, secured the telephone, con-
tributed to other minor objects,besides
aiding untold ohanties. A people
who navo performed all these good
works cannot be said to be dead or
without enterprise; and they execute
these deeds without noise or bravado,
but in that quiet, dignified and gen-
tlemanly manner, which at once pro-
claims tbeir strength and ability to
Eerform and their decorum and good
reeding in doing a good work.
Tbe following are the shipments
from Columbus from July 31,1888, to
October 1st, 1880:
Cotton (hales) 7,349
Hides, green (pounds) 37,500
Hides, dry (pound*) 15,840
Cottonseed, 50cars (pounds) 1,500,000
Horses (cars) 3
receipts op station.
Cars of freight 600
Reciptsof station per month #8,000
trains per day through columuus.
Two through Express trains each way;
One Branch lino Express, each way, (La-
Grange;)
Five main line through, fast freight, each
way, (cannon ball;)
Oi
ne local freight each way;
une Branch freight eacli way;
Three fast frolght, Branch, (LiGrange.)
wkjmak.
By C. D. Dabkitt, for flpoolal, Edition.
This little city is situated in what
is known as tbe " west end" of Colo
rado county, about 10 miles west of
Columbus, the county seat, 102 miles
west of Houston and 110 tnilcs east of
the historic city of San Antonio, on
the G., II. & S. A. Railroad, on a
high rolling prairie, surrounded by
the finest farming uplands to be found
in our state. I'lie land is about
equally divided between black hog-
wallow and sandy soil, upon which
•o --- oalk -millnL rtc.. ar
grown, and produce is much per acre
as any lands to be found in the state.
The town of Weimar was laid off in
the year 1873, and in 1875 was in-
corporated, witli the following offi-
cers: Win. Ilerndon, mayor; J. J.
Hollo way, A. C. Brown, W. B. Mc
Cormick, J. T. Cone and D. A. Mc-
Clellan, aldermen; L. D. Secrest, city
marshal.
The first birth was Miss Pearl Hill,
daughter of Captain and Mrs. T. A.
Hill, February 28, 1874, and the first
death was little Lee Thomas, son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Thomas—date not
remembered. The first marriage was
George Bishop to Mattie Secrest,
December 16th, 1875,
Weimar lias now a population of
about 1400 souls. We have four white
and three colored churches, one white
Masonic lodge, an Odd Fellows, a K.
of II., a Ladies' K. of H., and one A.
O. U. W, lodges, and one colored Ma-
sonic and one colored Odd Fellows'
lodge. Our citizens have built a large
two story school-house, two rooms
above ana two below, known as the
Weimar Institute, and our citizens
are wide awake about the importance
of our school being placed on a firmer
basis, and are now endeavoring to
make this school second to none in
the state, and with tho present able
and effioient corps of teachers we
have no doubt of success.
The town of Weimar was surveyed
out of the II. Austin 5 league survey,
and consists of 337 acres at the time
of i ta survey it belonged to I). W.
Jackson. Weimar is the best cotton
market in tbe county; with a good
crop of the staple we will ship between
15,000 and 18,000 bales of cotton.
The name Weimar was given the
town by the late L. W. Peirce, presi-
dent of the G., H. «fe S. A. Railroad,
and is pronounced y mur. It is con-
tinually growing, and has a bright
future before it.
kagle lake.
Sixteen miles east of Columbus, at
the crossing of the Galveston, Ilarris-
burg & San Antonio and the Aransas
Pass Railways, is Eagle Lake, a
thriving town of about 800 or 1000
inhabitants. Situated just at the
edge of the great prairie, that with
but few breaks extends like a green
sea from the Brazos to the Colorado,
many advantages arc presented that
cannot be claimed by other places.
South and west of the town the coim
try is composed of rich bottom lands
that cannot be surpassed for the pro
duction of corn and cotton. From
this section nioxt of its shipments are
drawn, though considerable quantities
of produce are brought from the Ber-
nardo stream4, running to the cast
some miles.
Being a junction town, with two
great lines of railway, and surrounded
with a country that lor fertility can
not be surpassed anywhere, there is
no reason why Eagle Lake should ne t
have four times her present popula-
tion.
There are ftt present about twenty
business houses, several of them do-
ing a very large business. Four
churches, two white and one colored
school, and a number of good hotels,
where ample accommodation can be
obtained. The town contemplates in
the near future erecting a fine public
school building. It also has an im-
provement association, officered by
men of energy, who have and are do
ing everything in their power to put
its interest to the front. The com-
pany has an excellent race track, kept
in good condition, and in the future
propose to have races annual I
to the people of Eagle Lake
known far and near for
and hospitality.
It also has a live local n
The Canoe; at wliope he
Mansfield presides. Whil
the journalistic field, Mr.
has already shown that he i
of taking care of the destini
craft in a manner that is calculated
to carry it through all weatheffs
While the town has all
than tho above given advantage the
crowning glory of the place, isl the
beautiful sheet of water from winch
it takes its name. The lake is aljout
two miles long, and from a half to
three quarters wide. It is bordered on
two sides by beautiful groves of trre9i
and is atocked with almost every V"h
known to frequent southern watF''8-
Eagle Lake after a visit is the Mefcca
of every fisherman who has lanJed
one of its piagnificent black bsas,
white perch or gaspgoyne, and ewer
after he sighs for a cast at the firw'y
beauties that inhabit its cool hipe
depths. The lake is aiho a favorite
place for camp meetings and picnivf-
Mr. J. F. Ficklen, tho owner, has|it
in charge of a competent party, a
boats, tackle, etc., can always bo
cured. The country around the la
in season, abounds in prairie chickenj
quail, geese and ducks, and is a favo
itc stopping placc for hunters fro
every section.
Tfio following aro tho shipmen
from E igle Lake during the past yea
as near as could be procured:
san aktonio ano aransas pass.
Cotton (hales) 8,540
Pecans.... ...(cars) 10
Cotton seed (cars) 800
southern pacipic.
(hales)
.(pounds)
(poun '
the 1iernari) settlement
is in the noitheast portion of the
county, and composed principally of
a thriving and industrious German
population, who settled it many years
agi, and built for themselves corn
fortable houses. It is a desirable
part of the county, and well supplied
with schools and churches, and be-
sides the cultivation of cotton, corn,
oats, etc., the citizens are paying much
attention to the culture of grape s, with
great success.
the bandies
are in the extreme southwest corner
of the county, and comprise East,
Middle and West Sandies Creeks.
The country is well-watered and finely
timbered, and considered llie best
hog-range in Texas kand affor>ls excel
lent hunting grounds for the sports-
man. There are some good settle-
ments on the Sandies.
vox popi7li and its surroundings,
fly Judge William J. Jones.
I nm moved by the renewal of old associ-
ations to coolrihulu my mite in behalf of
my first home in this state (then alienublic)
for your forthcoming review of the t i^e and
progress of Colorado county, in furtherance
of which I recognize your journal, under
your management, as a faithful and veteran
ell nigii half a century in the past, 1
citizen of this county. I
then
Cotton.
Hides..
Pecans.
Cattle .
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FREL«BLRO.
Frelsburg was settled fin tho early
part of 1830, by Capt./ Wm. Freí
and his three brothers, nfrtiking it the
oldest town in tho confiiy- It is a
flourishing settlement, nfnd has now
lour stores, two cliurcjfiies Catholiu
and Lutheran, and sevloral other in-
dustrial enterprises. 'Ijlics dl around
il iMfftwally a
inhabitants aro almost entirely Ger-
man. Land is valuable, and crops
usually very abundant.
alleyton.
Alleyton, three miles east of Co-
lumbus, and the war time terminus of I
the G , II. & S. A. R. R.¿ while not
enjoying her former prosperity, still,
has a good trade, and four live busi-J
yess houses.
The country surrounding it is richl
river bottom land, prairie and sandyj
post-oak, thus giving a choice
soils. „ Her people are hospitable, an<
cordially invite a visit arid inspectioi
of their section.
Cotton, corn and fruit are the prit
cipal shipments, the land near seeminl
to be specially adapted to the produc
tion of fine peaches.
altair
is another one of Colorado's fiouris|
ing little towns, situated ten m
south of Columbus, on the San
ionio & Aransas Pass railway. It
a population of about one hundri
and does a business of about f
thousand dollars per annum —
principal shipments being ootton
cattle. It is suiroundod by a splei
farming country, prairie and bot
land; the Colorado river withi
mile and a half of the town
surrounding country is a noted rj
for hunters, deer, prairie chicken
quail being plentiful. If tho t
keeps up its present strides, in an
year it will double its popult
The lands near the town are c
and it is an exceedingly desirabl
cation for one wishing to enga
farming or stockraising.
OAKLAND
is a small but thriving town n
Navidad in the western part-
county, surrounded by an ex
agricultural region, with severa
ness ettiblishtnentH, a Masonic u
- - lo con
i an
able corps ot assistants.
six miles from Weimar£^|^Hr.
considerable business fonl^^H^f j ^
the county, and for a port^^
vaca
r the
tbe.
flent
busi-
and a first class school undefr
duct of Prof. W. A. Pitts,v
ally In that line of duty.
w
ly.
made a purchase ami erected my homeitead
near the town of Columbus, where 1 passed
many happy vears of my domestic life,
when every family In the surrounding
neighborhood seemed endeared the one to
the other, as tho' tho Inmates of ono homo-
hold. ai d there were no jealousies, do heart-
burnings and no strife In their as-oelatlons
for pleasurable enjoyment or any bu inces
affairs occurrinir on tint pros¡re s of event ,
My removal from their midst was not oc-
casioned by nny discontent with tliem, but
from pressing business relations, I reserved
my planting Interests In the county,
which called for my frequent pr> si-nco in
their midst each and every year, till itfjo re-
quired the transfer of my business to
younger and more onerpllc agents, This
i>pot is endeared to me by some of the ten-
derest ties that link the human heart from
ono generation to another, Durinif the
etrlfe between the rival sections, I sought
my old home here and in ilint perilous and
►elf snorlfleltts perl d I laid under tlio son,
sha 'od by the boughs of the «lib* sprend:ng
oak, tlreo of my d''ar litt'e ch liliun, near
by the spotjwhero llie*c lines are written.
I have again Kiugbt repon; upon t hut
same spot under the rocf of inv sun, Walter
I-'. Join s, the pre-ent proprietor of one of
,dw t Ittiiuiiful fenth: section? of
fliis canity. Forty five years In tho past,
when T had full und free scope for selection
from the many acres of choice lands for
sale, lj purchased thi-i tract of hind and
commenced to open a plantation, which
now, under the management of my son, i's
present owner, has been largely extended
and now ranks with similar improvements
in any part of the county and has drawn
many of its best citizens io follow his ex-
ample in his near vicinity Now that coh-
venient transportation facilities are so acces-
sible, large numbers of new settlers are
flocking to this section in pursuit of homes,
and new improvements for settlement and
cultivation arc being constructed in all the
surrounding country between tho Wharton
boundary line and Altair station, ou the
Aransas Pass railroad, a distance of over
ten miles, and three steam gins and mills
are runniug to prepare the products of the
soil for market ana present use.
While this prioress is being made in the
increased agricultural productions, the
people have not neglected to foster the edu-
cation of tbeir children and to provide for
their spiritual wants. They support three
schools and as many churches within the
compass of these ten miles up and down
the river. Tho climate here is not sur
passed even by the sea const. These lands
are located on the south side of the river
with no obstructions to the regular sea-
breeze and with no marshes intervening to
poison the air that is wafted from the gulf
directly to us. Tho thermometer shows
the avoiage summer temperature prevailing
through the day to be 80 degrees, the same
as Is reported in the Galveston Daily Sunday
News to be the average of that city on tho
tulf shore, while our nights are a few
legrees cooler, as I know from my own
personal experience of twenty years resl-
dence on Galveston bay. The health here
compares favorably with other planting sec-
tions between this and tho coast counties.
The grazing for stock of every descrip-
tion is good, some of the fattest beeves for
the market arc furnished from the neigh-
borhood. Lauds of the best quality can be
had upon the most favorable terms. Fully
1000 bales of cotton are ginned and marketed
within the limits of cultivation here set
forth. Between Skull creek and the lower
county line, a distance of eight miles by
the compass, there arc 107 families with an
average of six souls to the family aud they
are still Inoreasing in number at tho begin-
inng of each new year.
INCREASE Ot TAXABLE VALUES,
Data furnished by County Assessor Mahon.
1879—Total valueof all property.$2,800,005
1885—Value of city lots $ 584,115
No. Of Iiorsco, 7,flTO. v.iluu 21?,030
No. of cattle, 45,080, value 475,335
Merchandise, value 280,130
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Colorado Academy is an
four-stc ry high, with accom
rooms. Witn an interval o
under the management of M
During that time the school
the available smce in the
P. J. Oakes. Miss Carrie Fit
Mrs. L. Phelps in the Mus
Mrs. Oakes compliments in
istitution of which we feel justly proud. The building is
[odations for 250 to 300 pupils, besides tbe Music and Art
ne term only the Academy for the past ten years has befen
Kate Oakes as Principal, and an able corps of assistants,
s steadily grown from two departments to seven, an 1 all
rooms is at present occupied. The teachers are Cap nin
[gerald, Miss Blanche Delany and Mrs. Sue S. Howard, with
)c, and Mrs. F. A. D. Darden in the Art Department, whom
late report as working harmoniously for the greatest good.
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Centrally Located, only a few steps from the Passenger Depot.
Rooms large and aiiy, well furnished. Baths hot or cold. Table
affords. Careful attention given to the wants of guests. Conveyance t<
few moments notice. Trustworthy porters at every train. Tickets
any point. Rates, $2 per day. mf8. m. 8.
OUR WOliK SPEAKS FOK ITSELF! OUR STUDENTS FOR
Located in the fourth and fifth floors of the MAVERICK BANK BUI
sustains a double set of Ten Actual Business Offices, thus giving unrivn
ACTUAL BTJ8INES8 PRA'
Over 75 students have entered this College in the past two months, and others are ent
Send for circular and specimen of penmanship.
Money and nolCH 322,290
Total value of all properly In the
county 4,887,108
Total Slate und county tax 188.568 74
1886—VhIuo of machinery $ 104,610
Value of clly lot 574 880
No. of horses, 7,880, value 210,000
No. of cattle, 42,585, value...... 048,295
Total value of all properly.
1887—Value city lot*
No. of horses, 7,801, value....
No of cattle, 44,285
Va'uc of merchandise
Money and notes
Total value of property
1888 -Value of clly lot!
Machinery, value
4,829,870
610,570
212,885
850,200
255,040
874,180
4 902,820
f 031,890
81,640
No. of horses, 8,521. value 2?l,20'i
No. of cattle, 45,435. value 238,940
Merchandise, value 267,820
Money and note > 874,885
Tutu! valueof all properly 5,261,770
1889—Total value of all property 5,884,147
Acres of laud, 506,600, value $2,458,740
To U It hrt , value. 7TTT... 7. 040/843
No. of vehicles. 2,203, value 60.150
Machinery of all kind«, value.... 92,155
Ilones and mules, 8.512, vnluo.. 235,085
No. of cattle, 43.188, value 226,220
Jacks and Jennets, 79, value 5,550
Sheep and t,oat¿, 2,190, value.... 2,145
Merchandise, vnlue 279,140
Money and notes 898,785
Misccllanei m 69,220
87 miles railroad, value 825,843
128 miles (digraph and telephone
lines, value 18,500
State general tax $10,506 96
School tux 6,628 10
Poll tax 5 189 00
County general tax 10,596 96
County special tax 15,895 44
Poll tax 852 00
THE FAHMEE8' ALLIANCE.
Colorado County Farmers' Alliance Co-
operative Association was organized in
August, 1887, und has since that time been
conducting a business in tbis city, From a
very small beginning tho As«ociatlon has
rapidly increased, and this year will do a
business of $85,000. Its affairs are man-
aged by a Board of Directors composed of
tbo following gentlemen: William Morris,
W. H. Bennett, W. E. Bridge, T. J. Morris,
H. B. Meyers, J. W. Kees, Anton Braden,
Jr., Dr. Ben. II. Neal, Alex, Fitzgerald,
G. M. Flournoy, E. II. Higbtowcr and J. \V.
Towel I.
Under the direction of its present able
superintendent and business manager, its
affairs arc in a most flourishing and pros-
perous condition, and make it one or tho
tirst institutions of tbe couaty.
One oi the most popular salesman Is Mr.
Max Rauh, who holds tlia responsible posi-
tion of head salesman for the largo store of
Messrs C. & P. Hahn. Mr. Rauh is well
acquainted from one end of the outily to
the other, and is known far anil wide as an
accommodating and clevcr gantlenian, many
customers always insi'tlng on his personal
services when making purcltatcs.
dkalkm ik
, /'IS'-'
CfxRCDGElK
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Keep in store a well selected stock suitable to the
market, which they will dispose of at
"LIVE AN
Highest Price Paid
LIVE " PI
;
on and Country
W. R. WALKER.
THE
w.
Will open on November the 1st. in the
AND WILL CARRY A FULL STOCK OF
Gents
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MATS, BOOT© AN ID
tal ail lutruDistil Music.
—connected with—
THE COLORADO ASASEM7.
h7^sigler,dentíst;
RESIDENCE, WEIMAR, TEXA8.
F r-t c!ii« work euarni ceil. Nitrous
Oxi le G is and Cocaine used in piiules-i ex-
tracii in of ici'th
Will priet c • in adj cent counties without
extra cxp"n« ' to customers
D. C. COOLGltOV1Í
Will ac.commodule any parties desiring
INSURANCE
aoain'-t i .oss oil damage iiy
Fire, Iji;,rhtr.ing, Wind, Storms, Tornadoes,
Cyclones, etc., at slior. notice, nl tlu- lowest
rates and terms of -my in the State, to iht
satisfaction of all. Gin bouses ond Con-
tents Cotton, Cotton-seed Oil ' Fnctories,
Machinery, Stores, Merchandise, Dwelling
and contents, of all kinds.
IIF Office at the Rrick Drug Store.-
'S H AM*,
COLUMBAS, TEXAS,
us. yams m cigars.
domestic and impouted
Wines and Liquors a Specialty.
BILLIARD AND POOL TABLES.
Everything quiet and First-class
HENRY ILSE, Proprietor.
In all Shapeg, will be a
FINE s:
OF THE MOST SHAPELY AHI) F0PUJ
WILL ALWAYS BE ]
Will be taken for SUITS from themost
in the Union.
PRICES WTLL BE K
CALL AND SEE US
-DEALER
BUGGIES, HACKS, WAGONS,
And all pertaining to his line ot trade. Special terms |
prices guaranteed to every one. I keep i
C0LUMBC8, Texas, October 81,1889. 1
F. L
Fill* VIIIS. UlflllS ilB CIIÍIS.
NEW POOL TABLE. NEW OUTFIT.
Polite attention to all. Everything first-
class. A GOOD LUNCH at any hour can
always be procured in tbe bouse.
MILAM ST., COLUMBUS. TEXAS.
The place 1
for a drink.
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