The Velasco Times (Velasco, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 18, 1892 Page: 4 of 8
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THE VELASCO TIMES.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY.
GOODMAN i M'FARUND BROS.
Application has baan mada to anta* tha Tima
at tha Poatoftlaa In Valasao, Taxas, aa
aaaond alaaa mall matla*.
advertising rate8.
One Inch One Issue $1.00
One Inch One Month 2.00
Two Inches One Month -1.00
Four Inches One Month 7.00
Six Inches One Month 10.00
RATES OF SUBSCIPTIOÑ.
One Year $2.00
Six Mouths 1.00
Three Months 75
Single Copy 5
The qem optTTeco ast.
Fort Worth Uazi't*' October 28tli: Tiik Vki.ah
co Timkh 1h tb<* ««'in ol tno coaRt. Elidit (iukch,
All home print, full of ihíwh atl'l ur bright and
rcfrutthliiK ith the Rtilf water*. Tiik Timkh Iiiir a
fine plant, 1r edited by Ooodman A McFarlauil
llroR,.iiiiiI flouth on Ur nuiRt-liead "Deep water
act—not a promise. Sihtchh to Tiik Timkh.
STATE EXCHANGES.
What the Papers Over Texas are Talka§ ¡
About—The Times has a Chat With
its Numerous Contemporaries.
A Voice Front Veteo.
AROUND TOWN.
0. W. CRAWFORD TALKS ABOUT
REAL ESTATE—HIS
MISSION.
Mr. Crawford Was In the City Yes-
terday, Having Come From
Velasco Last Saturday.
Jupiter and Venus appeared in con-
Junction last evening, in the presence i
of a large and enthusiastic crowd of >
spectators, and the world still wags.—
Boston Herald.
And those people who are still
residing in the world that still'
wags will please bear in inind that
when Jupiter kissed Venus they
were 400,000,000 miles apart. The
"conjunction" was only in the line! Nebraska delegation to go to Ve-
of vision—all in your eye, as it ia8C0|
"No, I am on ray way to the Na-
tional Real Fstate Congress at
Nashville, Tenn., which meets
Crisp Items of Interest Caught and Para*
graphed by a Times Artist on the
Spur of the Moment, and Cur*
rent and Looal News
Events of the Day
Epitomised.
llollRtOU l'OKt.
"Am. vim iiri hero to indure the 1W Bit beside tbe stov
Are you up n< re to mauce int. An(f every mtle while_
IN THE CITY.
They sit within the dim-lit parlor;
She sits upon his knee—
Th y kiss in silence lest her pa
Should hear and come and see.
In the country.
They sit heside the stove and giggle
commendable spirit of enterprise that
should be heartily encouraged by ev-
ery property holder in Velasco and
Brazoria county.
• a a
Sunday's excursion to Surf Side and
the jetties was what The Times ar-
i tist would call a howling success.
; Some one hundred and tifty people
i took advantage ol the opportunity and
! boarded the steamer Km ly 1 . in com
Silver Cornet
{ auy with the Velasco
>H
band, one of the best self acting musi-
cal producers in the state. The
weather was supremely grand and
the light hearted excursionists could
be heard shouting joyfully, mingled
with the sweet and soul inspiring mu-
sic as the large vessel steamed off
down the river, hound for the gulf for
.hat echoes Ian. ?e!r
Candidates for Lieutenant Gov-
ernor are blooming thick and last.
George Clark is a candidate for
Governor. George Clark will be
elected Governor.
The Goliad Guard says The
Timen is a paper that would do
credit to a much larger city thnn
Velasco.
Next Sunday's Times will be il-
lustrated and Mill contain some
interesting articles on Washing-
ton's anniversary.
The Times will issue issue an
eight page paper again next Sun-
day. Every business man in Ve-
lasco should be represented in it.
The eight page Sunday edition
of The Times are getting very
popular. Several large ads have
been contracted for, to go in Sun-
day's paper.
The "unloaded" pistol and the
seemingly harmless oil can con-
tinues in the employ of old satán.
The latest victim of the pistol is
Prentice Posey, a 10 year old
lad residing in Crowley, Texas.
His youliger brother was hand-
ling an old rusty six-shooter when
it went off, the bullet penetrating
his brother's brain. Another case
of "didn't know it was loaded."
If the extra session is called,
the fact that Roger Q. Mills will
be chosen for senator by an almost
unanimous vote, is no longer
doubted by the most skeptical.
This is an unvarnished fact that
stares Hogg in the face with such
magnitude that The Times is
willing to wager that the legisla-
ture of Texas will not convene in
extra session this year of our Lord
1892.
were.
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The Navasota Leader asks:
Shall Hill and the corrupt Tam-
many ring, run Telas politics?
No, the Tammany rin g hud as well
For almost half a mile.
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A Victoria, B. U. Chinaman re-
cently married a "Melican woman."
But lie soon wanted u divorce. lu
return they were unanimous in their
praise of Velasco as a pleasure resort.
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People from all portions of this terres-
tial globe continue to flock to the
numbers. Something near flfty pros-
pectors and horne-seokers from vari-
ous states and climes arrived on the
there oil the 17th, 18th and 19th his plea he compiaius that she has j y°uili? metropolis of Texas in large
of this month. I would be glad to "too muchee talkee with neighbors,
iNO,tne Tammany rin g find as well rtt. i^tin 1 too muchee paint facj and eyeblows,
quit trying to gain popular favor, "c U>0 Nebraska waters, or Kan- ^ ^ ^ l0¿
in Texas. The better elass of 8118 visitors, or for that matter any ^ nujC|jee tlghtee, too muchee snore, too! steamer Hiawatha last night, and
Texas politicians are not going to visitors to this State at Velasco muchee boss, too muchee dleam, too'tliere is no telling how many more
submit to the tyrany rulings of For seventeen years 1 have been muchee sav killam husbaud, and too ¡ made thelr debut h«re yesterday in
sucha rotten political gang, and ¡n the real estate business and am muchee no good." But the court held ! "u'"erou« ways. A big excursion of
their days are numbered in the: " ™ ™ a""™ the Chinaman to his contract. ! Nebraskians will arrive to-day and
Lone Star State. and alwajs have j< )pp s # # another big crowd on the'steamer Hia-
* * I ed on principle to interfering with * ' ¡ watha to-night. Ouwiththedance.
... . , ., . , 1 Miss Mitchell, the Memphis girl
1 he Floresville Chronicle thinks j the customers ol any íea es e who created such a sensation on the! PAINFULLY ROTTEN
and rightly too, that the only way man. The enterprise of Colonel streets of that town by murdering an-
to secure deep water is by private i York, Mr- Holmes and their syn- other girl on the open street, declares; The unvarnished fact that things
capital: dicate can not be too highly com-1 she loved her victim and wanted to and haye been . w
Velasco has deep water, without a mended. Houston is to be con- marr-y her- 1 he young men of Mem- . uxoria countv for some time
doubt, and the place is growing rapid- . . ...J phis must be an awfully undesirable ¡ maíUIUl munij 101 some nine,
ly. Private capital secured the deep gratuiated lor having interested iot or else Miss Mitchell's taste is as has attracted attention, not only
water aud^thu^is^th^ these people. They are workers poor as her judgment. j from the newspapers but private
will ever
Bee county property
What K"'"1 WM'k wmí'e'rbTa ™LTlLdv°featiUe7 ! THIi TlMES h"8 bceo 'appTaüíed
deep water at Aransas Pass. Bee and advertising will do. ' / J by a joung a.dy, entitled. «ft'oris to nnenrth ti. -«b.
i evidently, and this lirst excursion
owners have ! manifestly so successful, is a con-
citizens from all over this section
The Times acknowledges, with a , 0f Texas, and in every instance
deep
•ertising
"Lost Love." As uone of this force, as (-^or^s unearth the rob-
waí!—lloresvnie ('imndde!1' U"'"We have done some work at far a8 the writer knoW8) have been' so bing process and let the people
* # * Velasco in the way ot advertising, unfortunate as to lose deal iu that see things in their true light. Up.
When it comes to enterprise and and the results have highly line. The effusion has been most j on this subject the Wharton Spec-
grit Beeville has few equals in pleased us. The dollars we have solemnly and respectfully referred to tator says- "Judging from the
Texas. As to mossbacks, tiicy are put into printers' ink have paid us t^j"nosa of old' age™ toa< <lUire ie editorial columns of tl íe Velasco
not even allowed to camp in that better than anything else except * £ * Daily Times, we are lead to be-
region. ! the money we have spent for deep a gentleman of slender build and lieve there is something painfully
The Cuero Bulletin says: water. J hope the syndicate at apparently intelligent features, came rotten in the political affairs of
That case of the man at Brazoria La Porte will keep up the work, stalking into the editorial rooms of jirazorja county. We doubt not
„ , . ..opt para- tl,ut tI,ere ís but The Times is
of a similar case reported many years Texas benelits this entire section. gw.i(. iu stock. This knocked the in- digging away with effect and we
their ve°-ilut*and wa^told by the fore- Th('y caimot holP themselves at; nocent night m«n clear off the Christ- hope soon every vestage of eliqu-
that place without helping Hons- mas tree for a moment, but after ,-iz- jsm wj|j i)e eradicated from the
who plead guilty and was immediate-1 i,ifilov
ly acquitttu by the jury, reminds us | ljVei^ Inan
1 mar
the i-(
Id by
man . We have all known Bill Jones
all our lives, and never knowed him to
tell the truth—never onc't."
In this instance it appears that
the jury cared nothing about the
truthfulness of the man or his pre-' this year, South I exas will enjoj nish and liaden't entirely awoke from who do it deserve a great deal of
vious record, but merely wanted an activity as great anda develop- his knap. lie was directed, however, credit—much more than they ev*
to show their authority, irrespect- We i whMhe "haftho «othmg #r **• vll'"le is it9 °™
ive of the wishes ol the people or f, ®kn0™,n 11118 f ( fluid could ho obtained in the rear end i rowai'd> antl 11 the People of Ura-
the laws of the state. intend to do our part at v elasco. ¡ of tlje building. The gentleman offer- zoria county fail to recognize The
In the matter ol advertising dur-1 ej thanks for the infó^mation and de-j Times as a worthy and fearless
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The Reagan Herald has turned
its little pink toes skyward and
joined the silent majority. The
plant will be removed to Calvert
where the publication of a first-
class weekly will soon begin. The
Times knows of no town in the
state that feels the urgent neces-
sity of a good newspaper more
than does Calvert. If the news-
paper is democratic and is not too
big a coward to denounce the
wrong doings of the dark element
oí that county, it will be a howl-
ing success.
And the clans gather, hutas yet 110
one seems willing tooppose ( ov. Hogg.
Mexla Democrat.
R-rr-Bats!
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Hogg will be elected, and don't .you
forget it.—Mexia Democrat.
"And the band played Annie
Laurie."* See!
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Here is another toad-headed,
narrow minded alleged newspaper
that failed to get an ad or even
make a contract with the Brazos
River Channel and Hock Compa-
ny. It claims to be a newspaper
and was dubbed the Austin News
by one James Steven Hogg, and
1 is published in his intestest ex-
clusively. It says:
"Velascoed," is a word signifying
subsidized and seems to have heen in-
vented by Brady ,of the Fort Worth
Mall. It suits the idea exactly and
will doubtless go into the next diction*
ory oftheKnghsh language.
ing the last six months, we have ; parted in haste. A half an hour later I exponent of truth, and patronize
sampled the goods and the sam- the nightman visited Mcllvain's es- other worthless sheets instead, the
1 m fn miaVimmit fni' ri i a rao*n1n.r mirl nitrlif. '
pies pleased us."
"Has the coast surveyors made
a report 011 the work at the mouth
of the Brazos river ?"
tablishment for his regular midnight
lunch and was met at the door by Mc
who was armed with a stuffed club
and would have used it in athletic
style had the artist not given him a
"The report is in and the chart j smooth talk. You see Mc is a bachelor
and does not like to be bothered about
paragoric, soothing syrup and such
delicate medicines,
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" You see," said a gentleman to the
artist last evening, k<the great trouble
...... . : UMIIOI , IM ii^aiiim uiuuiuim. tHUlOrSllllJ llltMr lil\ Orlie lor ütfUUi* ! TiMVH fn,w 1
lonil that railway coinnns* ¡ who has not boon IVioncllv to Hip a \ * r . . . T% v *
.... . . .. w no nasnoi 1)1111 11 unai.\ 10 tor, has been for bold Roger Q. flee, nmtrimonv
shall be made elective, and commission, and being at the satne .... ... ,, , ,
11 . *«. . ,. , ii „„ On with the good work. "lookout just tl
>ir resnonsihilitv shall he tune opposed to Inneinoi llogg ^
Hon. George Clark, of Waco,
candidate for Governor, says tha
if elected, I shall most certainly
recommend that railway conimis
sioners
that their responsibility shall he
to the people direct and to no i
other authority. By this method
of selection no man will hereafter
have the power to manipulate and
prostitute this purely business
agency to the accomplishment ol
his political and personal ends :
and the people and the roads will
have some assurance of equal and
exact justice to both.
is finished. We received yester-
day the first blue prints made at
Washington of the government's
chart. It givefe Velasco 10 1-2
feet of water at mean low tide,
which is feet three inches more with the oflicial.s of Brazoria county is
than the coast survey gives Gal- j that they are too much like the
vestoil. The range at both places ! ' •yle1' riug ol" rather "Me and Horace"
. .. , . . o .w,it rm • They not only want to hold the fat-
is the same, 1 loot 2-20ths. This . . rt, / . .
' j test offices for years, but upon one
will give us at mean high tide 17 I anfi au occasions run things to suit
feet and 7-l0ths. The last govern- themselves, "ft is dangerous," he
ment chart issued gave Velasco continued "for a man to make a re-
4 1-2 feet. The gain is exactly 12 raark about Honie of them wh° are
i- ii robbing the county; as you are liable
feet in two years and six months., , to ¿et >cal
Comparing this with the change i off ¿^ h , h {ho
made in twenty years at Galves- ^ „ . „ .
. . . , . .' ~ t „ • , . There will be a a change in
ton, which is 1 foot 3 inches, shows . . ..
, , ,,, , ,. i., i . ..... ,, . .. . county oflicers when the next
.ludge (.eorge Mark, ol Waco how great a diltercnce this 12 feet ¡()| ¿ eiltleln(1„,re.
as a candidate for the democratic is." mnrked , h s¿h *
nominationtor (.overnor of Texas —— ¡ walke,l otr down the .treet, he .aid:
will possibly concentrate most of. The good work of "getting to-1 mo,„ till„ WJ fe„ow. ha<l
the opponents of llogg and the ^.ther" and resoluting for Mills better look dli't or your name will bo
commission, but there is a very ¡v. n,« ,m„ i ... >
large element opposed to (lover-! ior 8enator Soes merrily Dennis the first thing you know." As
nor Ho<rir and vet wedded to the on Nearly every county in the Ito wlmt the tfeutle,nan meant by say-
. ■ \1M .. . .. . , . ... i ing our name would be Deunis, the
commission. I hese H i. ol .State thai has passed resolutions nrf|8, „ndratondi aa ot
course, lie against any randidalc: endorsing their favorite for Sena- ¡ The Timb, lom, „re aspirants to ..«•
or wealtn. Well,
II Jinn. */II lili Lili." LTUUU X> 1M b. ,uon \/i,u juav tlie Sani6.
opposed to tiovernor Hogg
is it not probable they would
unite 011 some other candidate?
Well, the more the merrier.—
Houston Post.
The I'ost is mistaken as will be
Against Harrison, Anyhow.
Fort Waynk, Ind., Feb. 15
Anti-Harrison republicans are
very numerous in this district
"You fellows aro just taking things
managers can go through life with
the consciousness of heart that
they served the principles of hon-
esty and fair dealings without
questioning the consequences.
Left to the People.
Washington, Feb. 15 The
house committee on the election
of president and vice president
and representatives in congress
to-day agreed to report a bill leav-
ing the election of senators to the
people, and conferring exclusive
power on State legislatures to fix
the time, place and manner of hold-
nig such elections.
The Silver Issue.
Washington, Feb. 15 The
silver men have secured upward
of 120 democratic signatures to
the petition asking that the rules
committee bring in a spcial order
for the silver bill. There are 238
democrats in the house, so the sil-
ver men have secured a majority.
A Splendid Showing.
Our aged friend, Sewell Brown
called on us Thursday with a Vklas-
oo Daily Times, which state? that
there are five brick yards at that
young seaport, employing eigty-four
men, and with a daily capacity of 8G.-
000 bricks. This is a line showing for
by storm," remarked a prominent! a s'x",nonths old city. I he brick are
commission merchant to Tin: Times i to ,M> a" eX(,cllont fpiality and
artist last evening. "Why, what the j *',e hnnienso output does not yet sup-
seen in another column, Clark Ja- and at.a secret meeting orghuiced devil has gone wrong now, querried ^,','In,lll,h Mi. I,iown lias some
•I • • I I I 41 .1 the scribe" "N'othmir li-m ,rnnp i real estate interest in Velasco and of
vors a railway commission, and a club with the motto. "Anvbodv «run. .>oinm¿, nas j.onei .. ..
her
... *is,i ,i t u i h ,♦ ii,, .• v ti i- wrong, replied the gentleman, but I l ride
says so, but he thinks that it to beat Harrison. Tliev iavor ' , , . . 7. , , Wise Countv Measen<'er
• ., , , , • was just admiring that s-page dailv '•
should be made elective and not (Fresham, but if he is not a candi- vol, ¡sslu?,| Sunday. It is a journal-
progress.-
appointed.
date will support Cullom.
istic jewel, he continued "shows a I
Everybody should advertise in The
'1'im es.
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