Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, March 2, 1888 Page: 1 of 8
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fcVOLUME XVII. HALLETSVILLE; LAVACA CO„ TEXAS
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FRIDAY, MAR. % J88H
NO.
A beef weighing 3220 pounds is
sing fed for market at Gonzales.
I—[ Cuero Star.
State are pressing their claims as *--—
the most suitable places for hold- | El Paso> Tex-> February 23.--
ing the democratic nominating con- ^ aptain John Thacker of the • de-
; vention. If the executive committee toctive force of the IVells-Fargo'
The Democratic National nom- find it impossible to make* *8«c.
inating convention will be held in hon ^loln the multiplicity of aspir-
St Louis, on the oth of June next. | ants» we suggest Halletsville as a i we*1 °°una r5Qlltftera racitl(r ex
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Sabine Pass is a candidate
deep water, and is not at all back-
ward in making known her claims.
dark-horse candidate,
for i •
west bound Southern Pacific
press to-night at Stein’s pass,
_ . . northwest 200 .miles east of El
J. A. Hinmanx. locating engin- | Paso: “Last night about 8 oTclock
eer of the S. A. A A. P. road, is re- .as the west bound train pulled im-
ported to have gone forward for to Stein’s pass two ordinary look-
ing miners were seen to be aboard
the train. They were taken- for
To the Flatonia Argus. Thanks! puj-pogg Gf locating the exten-
for the suggestion. Will take it sion 0f that rofK] froD1 Wallis to
under advisement; but it is leap Houston, about 4o miles. When j tramps, «s they stole on the blind
yefir-______! this-is completed he will proceed J baggage (that k a car that has no
The Lavaca oonnty edition of j ^ft location of the .line to end doors), and nothing more * was
the Texas Trihunr has reached us, j Alexandria in Louisiana and Nat- thought of them till the train sud-
i is fully what it was promised ! chez, Mis.-. , denly stopped on the down, grade
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tw 1 , .., about a mife and a .half out of
>»»«•»- 1HE deep-water committee ap- 0 . \ . * .
otem s pass, when the astonishing
discovery was made that tho train
>> as without a locomotive and was
-an<
to be.
The Weatherford Sen has issued t p^ted at the Dallas immigration
wh*3? ^loandlte'wayTour j county*visited the national ^ , (oco an<t was
sanctum It is a creditable edition capital this week and held an in- , i , • ,
usaoreaiuii.iie wuuou, 1 . minus the baggage, mail and ex-
md evinces a liberal patronage, terview with the lexas delegation ■??..> , .
___•*! . j..,.', press cars. It then dawned upon
rf. with a view ot inducing them to ,y •- . : -
Ihe coming campaign will ° the passengers that the train had
doabtless be a lively one, but Edi- ^ c?110eu”'atl011 of the been held uj). One of the two men
torBaker of the Colorado CUUz.-n, • M* appropriations for deep water wh6 had ,xmrded thebaKgage car.
the gulf coast °?°°r ^^ppeared on the tended 5,e lo-
“ ’ "* **’ " . upon one ]x>it ^^^ j comotive when three miles out of
Sale!
,0000000 Oo
>Iy early removal to> my at*w
quarters necessitates a
REDUCTION I
of* my immense stock to avoid
the expense of moving- it,.
Iaiettb
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C (Moulton
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Yodr.’m ^
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In consideration of this fact I
have determined to offer for
the
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Next * Few * Weeks
A SERIES OF
the season up in Dakota!’
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The following, from the. Weinmr of ag“^ vdrsrt *m^ull the en^ne'r 'to ] .
i1uMy 18 al1 ®xamPIe or ,8ome of the bars, for rendering unsolicited > stop the train, his confederate bar-1
ivnp.a mnnh* k rArmorci* ucciafonAo fcv ^
winm adujm.
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<b
_Vtutoru\ /
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scale of mas. ' \L
0 14k .i I
GiiuU't
Lavaca coontyj. farmers, glance to Ende Sam’s money . ing aimiddunmupMdm .
I tho tra“,iua.
raised last year on his twenty acre - years in tfye penitentiary, and on ^he brakeman to ’break up the
farm. ■* * being released declared his pur- train, which he immediately-did.
-»»►<»*•- pose ,fo “turn over a new leaf.”
But the .flesh is weak and Pete
again yielded to temptation.
CARDEN' COUNTY OF THE LONE STAR STATE.
Created 1HH5. Yr<*n, 1 OO 1 Htjuare >111 om, *
SWEEPING BARGAINS! PoPlliation' 20,000, <Est’d.) Property Valuation, 4,000,000.
" * • Mild and healthful climate. ’
^Abundance of Surface aud Well water. Richest Prairie
and >ffuber Rands. Good Rail Road facilities. Desirable Home.-
for Industrtoiw,.Law-abiding immigrants. Excellent investments for capital.
In every line of Goods,
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Two carrier boys of the Hous-
ton Herald, George Urquhart and
Lee IVells, became involved in a
difficulty over a girl last Saturday,
* which resulted in the former delib-
As soon as the, locomotive .stopperl
the two men at once went to the
II ells-l^prgo 6c, Co.'s express car
--♦«»<»»_ ** a, x o. s express car
It seems Arat Mr. Blaine w#h and demanded,of the messenger to
NRIVALE
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A A. LEDDiMTER, ii. D.7
. Plijacian, Smteoi and Obstetric^,
HALLF.TSVTT l.F. TEXAS.
A OVKKTIST VO R V TIES- .
space.t jl wk.ll rnai .t mosk jC mos.12 nvia.
1 inch. ...i $ 1 00
5incliea« 5 00
10inches..f, 10 00
lo Incites..j. 12 to
1 column 1* (Of 40 On
S 3 oo. yum $ * u> $ 12 14
s 00 ir, oc 2n i-o :w op
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•itiooi :u‘. uo .-it 75 00
(* 00 7' eo Via lift
really serious in his declination
erately shooting and killing the j to become a candidate for the next
later. , presidency. He .lias written anoth-
- er letter in which he reiterates tlic.t
(tonzalek is fully awake on the under no circumstances would he
railroad question. The Gazette consent to have his name associa-,
says: ted with the next nomination for
moss
Even’ the
•awled
talking favorably of the
tion or Lo
this place.
____ baCks have president* Ho. cons.iders> first,
»crawled out of their holes and are I hi* owes this to his party for on-him)
talking favorably of the jXta,^dly, Aaf he 1“going through''
unable to endure the fatigue and j tl
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tion of Lott to build a new
open t-hedoor, or they would blow
him and the car into atoms. * The
car'door opened, when qne of the
robbers entered while the other
stood, out in the dark on ' guard,
well out of’sight of any one that
might try to {day the. “Smith’' act
the partner, meanwhile,
before, in the history of Hair
letsville. . - .
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All new subBcrlptionsmscst be- for
(n ad’.nnct.
AnnoAnocments. of omflidwtcs :ij i« e
paid for in advance tn In an re insertion, and
no *<nch annoniiccinenc twill be th<- te t un-
less accompanied bv.tne casb. Vo will make
no exception «<> tills rirte-.
I^x-al Notices lifieemAonts per -line, wbeit ,
Al ev exceed seven E.ru*s;Pn :>■» I. •'■ -.! N ,
|pii% will be ’i.s .1 iik :i.k t One l> »ltar.
(’cinmnnlcatiofis ot'o person il n-trure will
I-" charged for at s«rHi rates na m-iy. in? ‘tc-
clded upon by J>hts (4p*'> nor ..pply ro
commualcations frxku our u^j'.ii or. - »-
•pot!dents, . .V *f
Job Work pavablt- on doltrpry, except 1»
casts where other ii.rrce»t*nt Is ' Jit-v-d 'tito.
, Advertisements'via lie oh.ir rcl i«r .t th« .
■ .. , a 14 '•* J ~ml 1 price contr.-icte-l lot*, by the i*-r
Attorney-at-Law £ Land ^n^-; ^
V. Ellis. • S, c."PATT<«i.
ERLIS &■ PATTON. I ,
Attorpeys asi Coiseteat-Law,
■*' Halletsville. Texas.
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Prompt attention give* to all hnslness in
trusted to them' in iaivaca and adjoining
counties, -o-
JOHN M. GREEN,
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^ If we supposed any intelligent
person would give credence to cer-
tain
uuiiuie ui euuure me iaugue anai Gie express car. After he. had
excitement of another campaign, secured everything of value that ^ie skeptical, if auv i.sucll Will practice
„ -- - the car contained! h» and his part ! , , . „ . ' employed.-.
Two weeks Amce the brutal and i nerin crinie-left,..goingsouthward, i there be, call, inspect
VALLETSWLLe. TEXAS.
in any court when
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„..... insinuations about conbipa- ! mysterious mnriler of Treasun r D . 5 ' " , , '
itions on tl,a part of the proprie- 1 TJ°f !>•.[■, Captam Tlmcker lsof theopmion
tors of tliis paper to break down ' h ° Fquola county uas rep- that more than two men were con-
^ompeting enterprises, we should I F1 “jeSe columns. The cerned in the robbery: that although
lenounce such charges as double f(ia^e t iaf murder will out has none but the two were seen to board
'distilled falsehoods ' '»en again vel-yfied as win ” ' , ' ' ^7" 'ore
-____ appear from the hollowing [ the‘ *rain at ’stein s there were
The citizens of Brenham have a i dispatch to^the Galveston AV/ra; confederates at the point where
move on foot*to remind congress Sinde the finding of the money engine1, was compelled to stop
of a delayed <*<ct of justice to sever- in the yard of the colored barber the locomotive,
allei tizens of that place whose prop- Tibbeiis, nearly two weeks ago, Nothing is as yet known of the
erty was destroyed by fire by a young Tom Forsythe has been sus- .vaiue Qf the plunder secured fnrth
company of United States soldiers, ; pected and watched. Tom is a son , 7 , 2 f “t b"
in 18fl6. Uncle Dan’l, of the Hous- of Sheriff Forsythe; and lieing dep- °r thaU thf>t the theives made a
ton Ayr, claims to have an inter- •• uty sheriff was well posted of af- elean sweeP of all the car cqntain-
est in the affair. ! fairs at t^e courthouse. He was eth It must have been sufficient *
OoNZALfix hus the railrotul fever. 1 mTrd^'of C^tv' Treasurer^Hm *° ^ ^ satisfie<1'thie“' « | ]
Besides requesting the Fort! on the 10th instant, und after en- 6 U° attemlJt to rob the mad , ,
Worth Gazette, to send it a box t deavoring to fasten the crime upon or l)aggaSe car which they had
to” racket, the *colored man 'fibbetts, he is taten along with them. { Xeits
said to have broken down, saying, j--♦»,»<«»■-
No, he is innocent. No one had ! The I\alde A etrs has evidently’
, goods and prices
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and be
Ccri vinced I
—That—
R. B . ALLEN,
ATTORNEY AT UY
And Land Agent,
» Halletsville, Tbxas.
t Will practice in an^ court la the Sta*
I where specially employed. ,
‘ TiDoal XotK-es.*at onr »c tedul ■ rate*, ptv-
a'-Me monthly. [ UScnd discocnv on cotrtla-'
bed locals, ,
Advertisement* novnble quarterly. Ad-
<Tertisen» rcfn ii flic privilege of cnasdar
their eaJa” quaxt*.-rly
Obituarx- nud Miuria 'e S'ptlccH exceetUa?
;«ie Inch in mea.-tiretn-nt will l>e cuarxeJ, a*
the saute rate as a<: vertiseinenta
if advertisers will'.kkc the trouble to ex-
amine they Win tin*} <rur rate* are fruictiy
tuiilorw and a* nv idc-rare as any paper pub-
lished in the South. *
GENERAL DIRECTORY.
the above statement
is-not only true, but that
0V . it does not
K F. SkREHOT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
And Land Atrent,
, Halletsville. Texas.
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tht
state dirbctobt.- • j j
Oovenfor.. ..i...........;.i»............L. 8. Hm
Lientenaot-Oorernor................T. B. Wheeler
AUoriwy-GeRefeiE.......................J.'s fi ~
f OoaiptroUcr.*..................J. D. Met 2
Treasurer..... ....................F.'B. LuH^k
CommissioBtr Land Otiiee.’*..>i.........R. 31. T »|l
. MhTtnac.corar.
Chief J natal*.*-. .................x. H. WJ|li«
*. lA W. Sttyjeu
Aesociatp Jvjitjce-s.................j B. fi.Gx«,e«
• * aptklxXtb oofbt. » . r?}.
J. T. Whale, P. J.,-8. A. W-fllson and J. SI *Crt
iiJ*TXESS CARDS.'
JOtLrry lurectory:
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of stereotyped “on
Inquirer says:
D. B. HOWERTON,
F.
SLALKK IN
, T*»TaicT omeus.
IZ&J&J****1 metric*.Geo. MoUauwt*
.......-......Thu,. H. Spooner
D»trwaUerk..........i...............o. C. Seurcy
k ouri. oomui^cui on the that MondavitaFebru-
ary and Aligns*. v.
oxen. No skittish steers. Pull to- and, like a true brother, warns the
gnthvr, and yon 11 fetch it miteJ at nCHJfl ou tUe_10 instiiwhiu.j fraternity. The A™ says:
i court was adjourned for dinner. II e would pay to our brethren of
All but $600 or £700 was revov-, thfc press to beware of the advertis-
ered. . . ing done for the Dan Morris Sul-
Ftoih thi$ tragedy other deaths j Fvau combination, if they desire to
d I w"» » - ft /n. * . J a- . i T , •- * 1 I IA A N . I A ftX r i V—\ ft rt ft cx >—v s i ,, ft ■ a «— A 1 .
The State immignition commit^ |
met at Fort Worth Tuesday.
„l*eolution was passed requesting
File railroads to (distribute countv
advertising literature. It was stat-
ed that the railroads were not
•verse to distributing such matter
but that they preferred to receive
^it through tlm central committee,
ft wa.- r- s< f
Ullpfi ot Texas in paper folders on
the covers of which will be
printed reliable informotion con-,
eeraing the State.
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W. L. Bf o-mjn was arrest* * I this
^ week in Meridian, Miss., upon
•charge of being the fiendish perpe-
....T. A. H«*;>ter
..:.,.P. 2- Green
1 ohc lluekarfmn
■ ^ ■ Hi Smathem
Si* lievtO
trator of the Gainseville horror
Jast fall.in which Miss Gennie IVar-
"-ui- %vas mi.:-*L-.-. 1 ,:,.J Mis- B -
<as seriously wounded, He
<o have confessed the crime.
** languishes in the jail at
^PWorth at the point of death
nom injuries receked in an effort
jp escape from the officers by
find untold mental ’suffering has J be'paid, and not stood off on the
come. * The widow of D. C. Hill is HCbre^ of complimentary tickets,
insane. The mother of the young The Xeir* has had experience, and
man chaficed to bieou the streets! has resolved upon a cash in. ad-
when the arrest became known and vance system for small traveling
fell fainting to the ground If she outfits in the future. In this con-
lives it will be probably with an^■inection we might add that it has
impaireil mind * • |' always been our opinion that it
The confessed murderer was as- j would be lietter.for the pre^ if the
sisted by a mob, on Tuesday night complimentary system were; done
ill makjng his exit from this world I away with entirely, and tht! papers
of trouble .. On reaching the tree ! bisist upon being paid in cash for
on which he was t<> b<j hanged, ' he I their work.
B«i(i-. i •
This
’(•ontiniuv
)ffer will
but for
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f FOPNTT O^FIPBfig.
4 CoBBtr j*iw.
i » AUcvney...,
CWk..._____
SL rifl...............
Ti**sure».......... _ _____
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C oilector................... ........i. hmatt
Surveyor................ «..........E*. H. Bb^Q
(- omnanoofrs —
^■*4*1.9 *nd 7 ft,...........J. B. A da :ig
. .............W. S. Rone*
PreeiBob 3 and 5....................Rufu,JoB«
rovinrt 4...„.....................,J. H. H*yne*
rheComiuiafflcweri’ court meets a* the second
V^?d*T'm Evk-ruttry, May, August uad XoveinUr.
ine COuntv evwrt tnr —Inin.i i..;i ..j
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UNDERTAKER SUPPLIES.
Obkd H. Kirkland. * Oscar d. iC rxlasd
KIRKLAND & KIRKLAND. ‘
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Ij-^TSTX> -A.G-JE3TSTTS,
Halletsville, Texas, ^
Will soon hats a oomplrte Abstract of the La«l| T>1^ County co«rt inceU
__ Titles'Of Liavi-ca Connty. 1 iwobate- business on the first Monday in Janurrv
IV? CrIbo fmaml in rH'* AmKI.
t t r’f^T'' t r I TiiaCS'or Lauviscu County. ou^iceais on the ft
\\ JK.O P¥T~Gal1 ^ in Tb-' CWk s ofT.ce, April, July siui October.
. “Don't haul nye up, I want it) ^ K?M .‘bspatches to the daily
die and quickly-, t<K>, and if you will ,d)aPers " e* learn with regret of a
let me get 'on/the limb I will jtnnp 1 deadly altercation at Orange, Tex-
off when you tell me you are ready.” 'j }ls, between Capt. A. Georgison
»•, «**•
himsi1 If and asked fora drink of l ^oriu< r "as hilled and the latter
water. This was given him and lie dangerously wounded Mr. Hock-
_____Viut-cts ov wa's i°bl all was ready. He im- wait is the son-in-law of Mrs. Bie-
jhmping from a train running at mediatcly leaped from the limb menschneider of our town \\
the rate of 30 miles an houf. * ^ I ai1« went to j°iu his victim.
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and to take - advantage of it
ydn must
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On tile people’s obliging Her-
vant, .
Iso. T-\ r*Ky.-0K*:AC.E. >r. K. m.RDSO*
PFATHEP ‘.GE t BLEDSOE^
Scn\r*
vl.
O”**
aud Builders,
Shop Gcrnn.SscorJ and Teiana Sts.
j ’ t>la:r>s ;.-:u s*i*-ci5oaHon>. • fnruilii'.; ' .ir>, • h
( ' 1!.'' -"•'■••uo'V-y Ojiij'cvui .qu .1 w.:'\
1 : Jl ' 1 ' t -Uit Tj*. j,., ,
| il I - . yj\ iul. \y$;r itii|>, , *
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MRS. ELLA ifretTj!®e?S«-:
i KEcrxcT (im»<ft. ^ 4
Prcxinct Noi l.-Jeese Green, juntas* . John
Houduu, constable. Court fourth >.
;veach month, at the cot:rt-hoa»«.
' Precinct No. 2.-A. Gloeck)*-, ;>»&<*: J M.
Bjrnlny. conetnble. Court second S^tivrlar 1*
cbcii month, ai Glocckler.
Precinct No. J -W. T. Stacy, justice; W. W.
han«<im,*cvmatable. Court third Saturday in «mh
month, at Sweet Home.
Precinct No. 4,-fl. J./ Kuhn-, justice; C. A.
Ferry, constable. Coart i^urth 8«tur4ac' in eack
month, at Hope.
PmUhct No. 5.-J. 8. MuU, justice; 'N. G. Ed-
wards, i-onstiible. Court Friday bejhrt first Sal.
unlay in each month, M Seclusion.
Walter.
t~»a
lust reiHjrts lie^was resting easy.
S. ARON SOUN
tP&t’S. L. Cor. Pub*tSqnkirv
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W N. W. COB PUB. StlUAKE -»
"Halletsville- -- - - - - L Tr.ras.
-DEAL1* IN-- \
Fink • Millinkrv,
fancy goods.
Brewer, constable; ~diurt VhirJ'Monday
month, (at Ik)viRc. ( • . ,
ereciact No. S.—C. If. A He*, justice; L. Botiad
- Court hf« Saturday in eaefe mouth al
welkabiiig.
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murchim)N Luptnc. so.rn.-x. r..% v
—-tutt il *f»ce<. the VaJbBic
t* • Lf iVueh.tiowers, tips, lacos, ribbone, vdveta. uat th ■ 1 of each dj./n
; tern huts, and everything usually kept in a flrst-l' •'» c* od attuKlinfr are hvff
LaV Lrv-u maksDfr, LadivvV f *? -Utont,.
_— >r" ™ vniv,, Have tnetineat and most4 i U, PETj3{^y,
complete etock or ililliserj-in theeity. i| fcvx l»EVAW.
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Ivy, H. A. Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, March 2, 1888, newspaper, March 2, 1888; Hallettsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth995851/m1/1/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Friench Simpson Memorial Library.