The Post-Mirror. (Pilot Point, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 20, 1888 Page: 1 of 8
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PILOT POINT, TEXAS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2% 18«6.
NEW SERIES--VOL. 1 NO. 37
AtllREY. souri with hi* family, where he .rill
_ _ .. * reside iu the future.
Business Dali-
A Health I y Community. . Mr- John Henson, who was hurt
Vine School Building. by the explosion of an engine at the
Batsiprising People ott. Denton Ice Works in August last,
W» took a run to Aubrey W«d- was abln to leave his room for the
naaday. Noticed some cotton first time on Tuesday last
coming in, but buaineae teemed About 225 Cashmere goats were
to be lagging, although mer- driTcn throllgh Denton on Frid
phauta were hopeful, when the tho fitb. Th vera drivcn again
clouds roll by of. better times. thr }ugh town Saturday, the last time
Our friend Dr. J. W. Crawford, tollowed b mufih fcger terd of
with coat off and sleeves rolleu t
up, was making improvements to ‘
his residence, an evidence of the H: bitd bia foot <!Ut
healthy . condition of the town o™ night recently by stepping on
and comity, and as the Dr. is tbe sbarP <“^8° of R stone. Tho hurt
somewhat of an enthusiast in edu- Iias proved quite serious, confining
cational interests he conducted ^r- Henson to the house and pro-
as to the new school building, duolng great pain,
now ceprly ready for use. It is a There is an attendance of pupils
beautiful gothic structure, main at the Denton City School almost os
building 30x60 in addition to of* large as at this time last • year, not-
flee and rostrum 14x12 ou the withstanding the fact that the sckol-
east, and recitation room 16x16, astiu age is shorter this year by one
and primary room 24x30, on the year.it now being 7 to 18. Last
west with a hall extending to year the scholastic age extended from
main room 12x24. The roof ie self o to 18.
.ap wrlin, .ad a..r We oertb ])r. FtU. h»b.»«n thirn and
weet oorae, . dome t—MI, , „ ^feet eorn.' The
proportioned rlooo «xt,-.o,eu faiwto «> tor. «d «igh,d
feet over the mam entrance. . r
a basement constructed of rock onc 0
for furnace and coal. The rooms can ca 1 •
ore to'be heated by a furnace aud An lnfaut cbild of Kiohard
four registers, the desks are the D Murphy, of Hmkory Plains, aged
latest improved pattern, and ^ months, died at 10 o’clock on
blackboards upbn three waii* Thursday, of diphtheria,
put op for convenience to the pu- Ludwig Fuk*. aged thirteen years,
pi} And teacher, 80 desks with son of Leopold' Fuke, who came to
broad aisles so arranged'that the Denton from Kusek-about three
teacher commands at a glance ths monte age, died yesteeioy morning
entire school, ventilatoraof the from flux; The father lives on Ja
most improved style carry of tho Jackson’* place south of town.
/oirialr in the rooms. Ail the ---—w-r--
rooms are well lighted. Th© PsuhMtl# Notes.
***** ^ **n»*bmg from rtfesoent.
pie of Aubrey ltave gone dYwn ^ ™
into their pookets^nd erected this at ^ 8™** „
magnificent structure which will , 1 ttbll° J8^°1 be*an at TaHCOsa
stand as a monumeut to their asl Monday raonung.
memory in after years for their . A Lm-rary Society has been, put
good works. Dr. J. W. Crawford, 111 °PeralioD at °chiltrc«'
Mullia Brothers, Ed Hodge, ,T. A. Tbu fouada.tlon for tbe uew conrt
Henderson, Caddell Brothers, E. bou8e at Amarillo is cMapfeted.
O. Grsdick, L. G. Caddell, Sr. Clarendon has two Chinese laun-
Bboads & Edwards, Noah Ed- drie" and Coasts about the fact.
wards, N. B. Tisdell, Bruce & Be™® Indictments were found by
Hedors, Dr. Howser Bros. John the Grand Jury in Oldham county.
Parker,deserve the credit. Groves The new Dunkard church built at
Deeper of the firm of Waples Bro- Lipscomb was dedicated last Sunday,
tbe^s 4s Co., Denton, very gener- Lipscomb county will have eight
oasly donated tbe paint amount- schools :n operation this winter and
lug to $7&00. The school will four of them have already cousmenc-
open Nor. 8th, and will be in ed.
oharge of Prof. Stephen N. How- A gentleman is proposing to put
ser, late county Supt, of Macon in a ohicken and dairy farm ntai
county, Tenn., assisted by Pleas Amarillo.
Howaer, of Aubrey. Panhandle City wants school
ing that the Herald was already
there and meeting with no en-
couragement from the town com-
pany or the citizens they pulled
their freight home again.
An effort ts being made by the
M. £. church South to erect a
building at Claude Station in
Aruistiong county.
A well attended aud very suc-
cessful camp meeting was recent-
ly held ot* Cantonment creek by
Rrv. Joe Tumor of the Washita
neighborhood.
The Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
railroad is said to be surveying a
new line from Coleman to the
north and west, which will cross
tho Panhandle somewhere.
STATE AND GENERAL NEWS
A special from Nogales, Ann.,*
says: “The last remnant of Chief
Gurouiino’s lmn<( of renegade Apache
Indians have been captured in the
Sierra Mad re mountains in Sonera,
Mexico. They were four bucks, two
squaw* and two boys. They have
hemi taken to Ilermosillo.
“The lcider of tho band was one
Elias, a Mexican, and one of tho
roughest characters in ths sonthwent.’
An historic dwelling was burntfri
at Harrisburg, five miles south of
Houston last week. The property
was originally built by John It. Har-
ris, a pioneer iu 1820, and ha* been
in tbe family ever siaoo. It wa.i * ,
burned by Santa Ana's army in 1836,
aud rebuilt soon aftei the battle of
San Jaeinto. The Mexican prison-
ers captured at this bat tle wore made
to hew the logs and put up Ike. buil-
ding, John11 R. Harris was oue of
the first American settlers in this
country and the county was named
He was tho founder of
msTinoTrDDOii.
lorired to announce C. 1
r Montague county, a*
District Judge of the Si:
istoft, composed
Dentop. Cooke u
ou Ul JXoce.nber.
Jutely Pure
lecnou
&
the ol
announce ths)
ahuwriile 1, ,
ca of District
er varies.1 A marvel of pori-
wbolesomeness. More «no-
ordliiary klnfl», and cannot
tttion Tv itb the iiieltitaCe -of
Ixht slum jr phosuste pow
un cane, lloyat Bakiug eow
asant incom.
for Dristricl
udical District,
res o» TonvascR.
riaed to aaitounce J.
lid ate for Justice of t
after him.
the town of Harrisburg and his
great grand father, John R. Harris,
was the founder of Harrisburg, Pa.
,A son of Mr- Burk of Aurora was
kicked by,a mule at,Major Shimp’s
gin and died a short time afterward.
A fatal accident occurred at
John Weaver’s gin five milea
north of Calvert. Alex Wbod, a
colored employe at the gin, iu at-
tempting to throw the baud off \
tbe main shaft with a Stick, was
IAN and SURGEON,
vrv uuMMISSJOKSB
irized to announce J. ]
candidate for Couni
Pilot Point, Texas.
Office: -Star Drugstore.
candidate i
»f this pred
thorised to
f Cooper C
candidate
for district!
morion is i
missioner precinct No.
: coxrrAmi.c.
i Qmkdiditu ftw coDbtj
einct, (No.
M: DALE,
K#Baftetn/er ot
id Galvanized Wake,
i work a specialty. Un
south side square, at old
lot Point, Texas.
|Pr.J. H. Johnson
Resident Dentist.
.V 'Tfc* Natuaal Teeth Preserved.
Teuth Extracted Without Pain
, F pfirtiScial Toe» also Ins<*rU‘d
S from oaie to a Full Set.
Charges reasonable.
caught In the baud aud thrown
against tbe shaft, breaking his
neck Instantly.
Five cars loaded with cotton
were totally destroyed by fir©
Saturday night, near Iridell ou
the Central railroad. It is said to
have been fired by tramps, 13D.
bales of cottou were lost.
Dr. C. V. Gregg, of McKinney,
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ITUTE
it day, August 2/th.
corps of fcApfrienced,
p;ist record ot this
nt guarantee for its
,W. J. Pearce •
'Proprietor City
KEY, EBE» STABLE
line will carry passca-
n to any part of the city
PMsSwoint, Texas.
Sou of Bishop/Gregg shot him-
self, Saturday night. Ho was ex-
perimenting with cocaine and be'-
come crazed aud committed the
rash act.
At Beyier, Missouri, last week
Friday, during an attack of strik-
ing miners ou new men who bad
been brought in to take their
places, Thos. Warded, a wealthy
coal operator, against whom tbe
men were especially bitter, was
shot and killed. ' V
Gold Highwaymen.
Last Saturday evening Joe Dut-
loff.Sr., and his son, JoeDntloff, Jr., jS|
two German farmers who live near
Bridgeport in Wise county, brought
to Decatur and sold to II. Prince &
Co. three bales of cotton, receiving
tho cash therefor. They left for
their home late in th:> evening and
when about six miles from Decatur
they met two young men on horse-
back. When they had gone about
four miles further and within about
one one-half mile* from thuir homo
ono of tho young men who had pre-^
viously passed them rode up to the
wagon and, drawing a pistol,'said ,
something which the Germans could
not understand. Dutloff Jr., whip-
ped up the horses when the would-
be robber commenced firing, shoot-
ing H«ne four or five times, which
resultJR in seriously wounding Dut*", IS
loff, Jr., in t^e hand, badly mangling
the bones, flNlffi^eading one ball
through Uu^^Pkrm of Dutloff, 8r.
Tho shooi^^flightened the team
in as to1 lows:
udijig Orthog
/1Kbt. Cartier
IT POINT BANK
t General Banking and OeL
i Jtaamere^ Tei.
Grammar, i
Ancient
with special care
and Stationers.
Mr all Loading Newspo-
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Porter, M ,D„
HAN and SURGEON,
i professional sorvioes to
}«, Cam be found at Dr.
I drug store day or higbt
promptly respond to all
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Cadwell, H. D. & Moffitt, D. J. The Post-Mirror. (Pilot Point, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 20, 1888, newspaper, October 20, 1888; Pilot Point, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth982861/m1/1/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .