Daily Velasco Times (Velasco, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 102, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 3, 1892 Page: 3 of 4
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THE DAILY TIMES
ISSI KU EVERY M0HN1NU BY
GOODMAN & McFAliLANP
Polished and plate Btuiued glass at personal mention
Roman's.
t Capt. ClHrk, the jetty contractor. is
Klegaut dress shirts from 75 cents ¡u yj^y
and upwards. N. F. Carr, Arcade
BOARDERS WANTED!
-AT
LOCAL ITEH8.
K'\ rvl>i><lv take* TiirTimk^.
Have you see > tflG Texas Pharmacy.
Examine my neckwear and you will
not fail to admire it. N. F. Corr, Ar-
cade building.
The weather was u little fogjry y es-
teaday. <
I will pay particular attention to
mail orders. N. F. Carr, Amide build-
lug. *
Go to Abe B. Freeman's for choicet
groceries.
My Stiff Hats and ('rush Hats are
building.
Geo. Roman is the manufacturers'
agent for builders' hardware yf all
kinds-.
John S. Murphy, of (¡al ves ton, is,
stopping in the city. i
Mrs. Wright, of aan Antonio, is1
visiting friends in this city.
('apt. Sol. Larson returned j yester- \
All the leading dailies are found at ^al' ^r0111 a to Galveston.
Ilurkett Uros, news <l®pot, opposite, Kli (¡ordon returned yesterday from
j Hotel Velasco. , a business trip to Houston.
I _ , . , , .... .... ,, W. A. Pope, of Chicago, is auto-:
Sunday School will be held by the . ' „ i
,, , / ,, , , . u i granhed at the Hotel \ elasoo.
I Union Sunday School t the school "
house at three o'clock this afternoon. I E.J\ l.eiioux's wife and children1
arrived yesterday and will make Ve-;
Just received a fine line of California Iusu0 tb;>ir future home.
canned goods at Fhody & Mitchell's,!
: corner Ave. 11 and South 6th streets. > W. A. Taft, of hort Worth, repre-
THE HILL HOUSE
QUINTANA, TBI
Nice large, Airy Rooms and the Beit Board to be Pound in the City and at Seas-
onable Hatos. O N. BILL, Proprietors.
A COMPLETE AM) l'EHFECT
CHINE.
MA.
\ Time lt< |Miiicr Take* • Elite oil I In1 I'utrstcy
Knuil Krra|ier and Kef* It at Work.
Ycaterday afternoon at the invita-
tion of E. F. Pugsley and Col. Kowau
a Times representative went over on
A venue C to take a look at the work-
sentiug the Wells Fargo Express Co.. ¡ng of the Pugsley road scraper, which
Roofing of all kinds at Geo. Romans, is ¡a the city on business. was working on Auenue C for about
Geo. Roman is agent for all kinds of president J. M. Moore, of the Ve- three blocks to 3rd street. The ma-
cast iron and galvanized iron fronts. la8(1() xatioual banl, left yesterday for ¡ chine wasoperated by Messrs l'ugsley
Tincher. It is with out a doubt the
most perfect of the kind over invented
unsurpassed in quality, style and ¡ invited,
price N. F Corr, Arcade building.
Newest tiling in the city is the Tex-
as Pharmacy.
The Christian Sunday school wHl ¡ Houston and other points.
be held at the Anderson building this j | chas. Kramer, Jr., of Enterprise,
afternoon ¡at 3 o'clock. Every body i Mississippi, is in the city looking up
The best line of reading to bo found
in the city at Burkett Pros.
Velasco business men should keep
well represented in The Timer.
Powder 35 cents pound at Rhody &
Mitchell's, correr Ave. it and South
Sth street.
Abe 11. Freeman's
buy your arrocories.
is the place to
Wilson Bros. Town made shirts—
best in the world at N. F. Corr's. Ar-
cade building.
Come and see the Texas Pharmacy.
and family
and with a very small outlay and a
small force of men, a splendid road can
bo built in an almost inoreditable
short time. The irachine was invent-
ed in 181)0 by ICr F Pugsley, the gen-
' the future prospects of Velasco,
I have the cheapest and best line of A. Ij Norton, ol 1 rince Albeit,
gents'hose in the state. Public in- j Canada, is in the city looking up the
speotion solicited. .N. F. Corr, Ar- resources and advantages ot this place. , t loman who is operating it hero and
cade building. " j Tin: Times returns thanks to Mr. is manufactured at Lincoln, Neb. It
F. W. Vaughan, the popular operator ¡ is used very ex ten «i vly through that
and ticket agent of the Terminal for j country and in lown and luis always
favo R. ¡given satisfaction. Tin v.holo thing
Our Mr. J. L. Goodman, who has j is made of ste^l, and is so sinuily
been quite sick for the past week, is ¡ made that even a boy ran opmte it.
convalescent and will be out j after only a f&sv inwti uoiurns. Every
thing is operated by means of brakes,
Owing to a combination of circum-
stances, Rev. Brown of the Kpiscopal i
church, will be unable t j bold servi-
ces hero to-morrow. •
The Fidelity and Casualty
Aouldont Inauranoe Co.,
ok NEW YORK.
O. St. Olovolftiicl,
Agent for VoIiikim and (Julntunu, Texua,
Opt'icr at Quintana.
I: deliver : poltele* : on: taking : npplieatio.n
Aooldent Tioketa.
DR. J. W. CARICO.
4
Okkick: Ave A, next <h>or to l>i. jonnwoa'a
Drug Store.
ThkI'ooU 'I'ltEATKD WlTllOl'T ClIAHGK
day or night, and medicine tit ven to those who
are nn&ble to pay.
Dentistry !
W, A, MUSTER, Dantíct.
Office Cor. Ave.B and South 2d St
From this date Mr. I). B. Penn is no
longer connected with me in business.
(ieo. Roman.
Velasco. Texas, April 1892.
N. F. Corr. the popular proprietor
of the gents'furnishing store located
iu the Arcado building, has a, large
number of locals in to-dav's issue
Read them.
now
in a few days.
Miss Julia Ray Freeman, a charm-
ing young lady of San Antonio, is in
the city, the guest of Abe B Freeman
and family.
something after the style ofthoao on
freight-trains. By simply turning a
brake any angle can be secured on the
slope and by another brake it cau be
made to go deeper or merely skim the
• Joe Cottreaux returned Friday from j ground at tho dictation of the operatoi
a trip to Rockport, where he has been i As a base ball or race course grader
All kinds of vegetables
groceries delivered to any part of tho | SU1^ ^ie H,,(' pocket of the public,
city by Abe B. Freeman. Convince yourself by calling on mo.
: N. F. Coir, Arcado building.
Foi drug and tftilet articles, go the Ucv. Beaty of tUo M. K church will
I li'ive nothing but «rents' furnish- visiting his family. Hesays that of all the machine is unequalled. The road
I have not hi u,, >ut rtent. uhm visited, Velasco is best after being built with it presents a
íshing goods, and ha1"© everything to Iluo VIB"cui
" ' of all. beautiful appearance all holes aie
completely tilled in with lino pulver-
J. A. Palmer, for some time engaged 1
on The Times as typo left vesterday
Texas Pharmacy.
See my select line of hot weather
shirts. N. F. Corr, Arcade building.
hold service at the school house this
morning at 11 oJelock. and his wife
will delevor a sermon at the same
placeat 7.30 this evening. Go out
and hear them.
WILL YOU SOFFER with Dys-
pepsia and Liver complain!? Shiloh's I
Vitalizer is guaranteed to «¿bv you. I C. AV. Jones Co,, insurance and
For sale by Miller & Matkin. I commission agents have removed
their place of business to room seven,
p. w. hains,m. d.,
Physician and Surgeon,
Corner Ave. B and South 2d sts.
VELASCO, TEXAS.
DR. G. S. SMITH
izod dirt. It takes from six to 'Mght
horses to jic 11 it. This machine wa -
Yon can sret ;i nice clean room at the
Pearl hotel, neatly furnished, at from
ijil .75 to $4.00 per week.
up , «tairs in the Arcarle building..
They have tho neate-t and most coi ■
veniont offices in tho city.
Negligee Shirts from 50 cents to $2 |
at Tv. F. Corr, Arcade bnikTiiifr.
I A H members of the Baptist cburrh
i are invited to be present- at tho selitoi
Finest lot of breakfast hncon in the ¡ ^oaso lhip al'k,n,wn ilfc * oVlo' k-
city at Rhoily & Mitchell's, co,;ncr of! u8, ess suportan,-e <•<«un.rnn.jr tbe
Ave B and South 5th street. \*-hnwh is to be tran*«-t<-d um. a full
i attendance ¿s requested .
fee cream,milk shakes, fresh fruits I
The Tim/ks states ym■! >ntay
it
for "Navasota, where helms accepted a ¡ testo(| j,y (!0unty road suporii.-ciulti.t
position. Jesse is a whole,so|lded J Turll0r tiK, ol)her day and a! Hie re-
quest of Mr. Pugsly it was given the
hardest possible test, that of gradin;.
gumbo land, and it gave perfect satis-
faction. Col. Rowan remarks that he
favors tho idea of the county purchas-
ing four of those machines and give
good roads all over the county. With
four of these machines two* miles of
road can be graded per day and tak-
ing into consideration all dolays and
' accident can bo done for loss than $70
! per mile, Which is a very insignificant
I amount wlion comparen! with the
young man and well liked by his co-
laborers. May success go with him.
W. H. Harris left yesterday for his
home at Nacogdoches. He has been
for some time employed onThkTimes
and for a while connected with the
t.¿uintana Timos . Me isa good prin-
ter and an energf-tic young mail. May
«rood hick follow him.
Oltleo: Ave IV opposite ffotol Velaseo.
! fr-
aud the finest confectioneries in the
city at Burkefi Bros.
that
U\Im, Tcv.in, i'ruit (ironcrK.
Atarocont meeting of the Alvin
Texas fruit ami vegetante grnwons at- ,
sociatlon, ;v pis.poslf ion was received : benefit which will accrue to tho farm-
fro m the t ittlf Colorado and Santa Fe j ers in tho way of travel. I "1'- liM^s
railway to handle tho berry crop, in ,
refrigerator or ears, ai the folhswintr chased and good roads gi\en to <
niif c. k.
Wo have the biggest earn of baking
jjowder in the city, for the money.
P. F. Co:vms& Co,
; Mr. 1¿ C. Wall would jen-ve Saturday
| for North Texas, which was a mistake.
Mr. Wall will not leave until next
week. .He will be absewt thirty or
•sixty days when he will return, his
; friends liopo, to remain j ermaueutly.
ff you want a nice room cheap, stop ¡ While away he will coiatinue to talk
at the Pearl hotel. I Velasco and deep water W the people.
hopes that the máchenos will be pur-
rcrator or cars, ai the folk wing '
... . ami time: lasco. Mr. Tincher will probably
Kansas City, 85 cents per lnmdred ; take charge of tno of these machines
time, til hours, S2 minutes. ¡ fot the county Monday and it will bo
Chicago, 5)7 cents per hniiilreci. time Í PlJ^ Jo work immediately. ( ol. Rowan
71 hours. ¡17 minutes.
I. HARRISON,
- LEADING -TAILOR,
EOUMF.Iil.Y OF GALVESTON,
litis oj.eneil u shop In tills elty, with l t*n<l'lunr
t is nt Gordon A illinium's r>irnltnr« store,
who re he Is prepared to III yon with a Milt of
elothes of the latest style. No lit no pu'
-CIO TO Till
You can get photos at, the tent as
good and as cheap as in 'Chicago.
We invite you to come and see us at
the Texas Pharmacy, Ave. .1) and S
2ft street. Peet. it Simmons.
Ihizlor's Itukorf..
We have just received a large line
of Doziers crackers and cakes. Call
and see ou.r handsome display.
P. F. ('v.M us & Co-
Fine wines, liquors and cigar® a
Abe B. Freeman's. Try Hieni.
fio to the Pearl hotel for nice clean
rooms.
A («mif Slaughter.
'Irne very best and purest Wines and
liquors at A. B. 1,'reeinan"'Su >
The Weeki.ey Times is the lead-
ing paper, try It, advertise in it.
If you waut to rent a nice neat and
clean room, go to the Pearl hotel.
The Rev: Father Murphy, of "Gal-
veston. will say mass in the Smith
building to-dav at t>o'clock, and even-
ing services and preaching at 7;80, af-
ter which .confessions will lie heard.
■Communion- and mass at 8 d'olock,
Monday morning. All 'Catholic flien
are requested to ho at the mass at !)
o1olock to decide ou pb.Rs for ¿ho
olaureh building.
Denver, -$l..'¡7 per per hundred; time,
j 7-4 hours, 2 minutes.
The projiosition was unanimously
j accept<«i, and the (í, C. & H. F. was
¡ notified Vhat shipments would proba-
bly begin about March loth.
F. P. Allen was unanimously ap-
ljointed special agent of tho associa-
tion to keep a complete record of indi-
vidual shipments and to see that tho
oars are properly -oaded, and to re-
ceive as compensation for his services
one sent per crate, three l-.'i bushel
boxes to count as one crate, of all car
shipments.
.... . G. H. Coak, (J. W. Durant and W.
Wright, of the A. M. L. tI ... . . .
. If. Nasti were appointed as an exocu-
doliver a sermon «t á i . ... *
ll is e <■ ' ve ('°',ljnií,-íee to negotmge ahead for
shipments and receive orders and to
the transportation of all produce
offered.
Association adjourned <o p. m. on
first Saturday in March.
E. A. Btockwkm-,
President.
Rev. M. I
church, i
O'clock and again at 7:30 this ere
mug. Rev. Wriifht is I ale of New I
Orleans aud v.as apjiointed pastoral
this place by the last meeting of tl«)
Louisana eonfererce. He is a,
thoroughly posted gentleman and is a '
good man to fake charge of ihe work I
and iioskins and road superintendent
Turner certainly deserves a great,
deal óf crepit. for their efforts in behalf
of good roads. There is not hing that
lends such an attraction to and en-
hances the value of our farm lands as
good roads. When persons with a
view of locating comes in to look over
a country the road is tbe first thing
that attracts attention, and if they
are good it points out t he fact that
the people aro enterprising. Give us
¿rood roads.
VELASCO GROCERY CO,,
For Choice Fresh Family Groceries.
Host Quality, Lowest Prices,
.I. R. Dl'JKK, Manager.
Avenue A, Bet. S. 2d & 3d ST8r
VVm. Thaison,
AGENT FOR LEMP8 BEER,
lee Co
V Kb A SCO,
Heer
texas.
Always on Hand.
Promptly Filled.
All Orders
Boyd & Mayfield,
PI IVHKTANS A NI) SHRGKON8.
Ollleu over Mllli
Store, Cor.
poor treated
The
r <S, Matkln'H DruRHtoru,
Ave. Cftiirl H. 2(i 8Ih.
without oliarx from 4 to 0
Of
at this plaoe. Wo wish him an I
abundant success.
J. N. Richab 8on, Secretaiy.
k Kunnwny,
A team belonging to Mr. Morley's
Kail road Meeting al Itrazorla.
Reynolds will «sake cabinet photos j A rousing meeting of citizens and j jjvery gtable ran away Friday evening
until the 7th of April for ¿52.50 per J property owners was held at Iira,zoria . ran ioto the river, drowning one
dozen. I at u P- m- yesterday. of the horses before they could i.e ros-
t otniciie. Judge Masterson was- called to the
purer than " 4' c,iair HB<1 Howe elected sec-
cued. Tho driver was returning from
Quintana and had Just come through
the gate, leaving tho team standing
when they ran away with tho above
result. It is quite a loss to Mr. Morley.
Hulled In.
schooner Whlttier,
Bettor and purer than the finest,
leaf lard, for sale by.P. F. Combs & Co ! reJ ry- ^ „
Messrs. Shapard, Perry, Bryan and
Nicest and.cheapest rooms In the j Bryan of Velasco. accompanied Mr.
city at the Pearl hotel. Allen to Brazoria. Mr. Allen stated
Brick, lime, Portlandt and Rosen- tho purposes of tho committee. ,
dale cement, plaster paris and goat's ^ bonus of 20,000 acres of laud was The
hair, for sale by Mahoney <fc Swanson. asked by those parties living on the York is in port. She came in Friday
i west side of the river. drawing 151-2 feet of water. She did
Pure aud fresh drugs kept in stock j Speeches were made by Messrs Mas-; not wait for tho tug, but sailed right
and prescriptions carfully compounded | terson, Wilson, Brooks, Smith aud a over the bar and up to the Jetties. It
at all hours at tho El Mérito Phar- j number of others, and the meeting j is now getting to bo a common sight
inacy. was a harmonious one. ¡ to see large vessels drawing 15 and lfl
SLEKPLESS NIGHTS made mis- 1 A committee was appointed to so- j feet sailing into port without the de-
erable by that terrible cough. Shiloh's | licit the bonus and act with other j lay of waiting fot a tug to tow them
Cure is the remedy for you. For sale I committees from other parts of the! in. She is loaded with rock for the
by Miller & Matkin. county. Meeting then adjourned,
K r Suit .
J'wo hundred and fifty sacks
charcoal at 43 cents per sack. A
on board the schooner Kate, of (¡alves
ton, at Central wharf.
Another lUllnmd.
Hot ston, There Is some Interest be-
ing manifested here In"rogard to the
building of a road betwoen Hon ton
and Velasco in tho evont, tho Katy
cornos here, to fie known us tho Ve-
lasco air lino. Tho gontlomen having
the matter in hand aro working quiet-
ly and have not made theij plans
known beyond tho fact that such an
idea is being seriously considered with
every prospect leading forward its
successful culmination. Several well
known business men of Houston are
interested in the move ano are willing
to help the project along as soon as tho
opportunity presents itselfi—Galves-
ton News.
ilii'l from 7 to 8 p. m.
Velasco, - Tex.
Abstracts of Velasco city lots fur-
nislied at the*office of Shapard, Ste-
vens & (Jo., in Velasco, one hour after
of Nfw l receiving the order for the work.
Bhazoiua Cocktv Abstract Co.
Jb B. SHEA,
R.
E. MURRELL,
-¡k-ttcr ney -a<t-Xja."w
A XI)
General Land Agent
VELASCO, TEXAS.
Dr. J. V. Braham
DENTIST.
Bridge and Crown Work a Specialty
Office Houiis: From 9 to 12 a. m.
and from 1 p. in., to 5 p.
in.
Ofllno, Cor Ave. C and Month 2d St., over Muv-
lleld & Slinnnon'Kdriii: «tore.
W. M. Ifou.ANU.
w, T I.KVY
Holland & Levy,
LAWYERS,
VELASCO,
TEXAS.
ATTORNEY - AT LAW.
, ... . . .. , . i Will prftotlce tn all State conrtn. Office over
jetties and merchandise for Velasco. p0gt office building. Vctanco, Texan.
R. O. COPELAND & Co
DEEP WATER JEWELERS,
Avcnnd C, next to Snyder building, early a Hue
of Watehcs. Clock , Jewclery and Silver-
ware. All repairing done prompt*
* anteed
ly and Satisfaction Gnarmiteei
l (moo,
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