Mexia Evening Ledger (Newspaper) - October 28, 1899, Mexia, Texas EVENING VOL NO. OCTOBER LEHER OF Mint art Staff to ef TRIP Stored Off hi Paris on Their Trip nd ky the stall en route home from the Dallas State fail oft in Paris for supper as the of Tews and citie They were met at the depot by flip iiil Albert Sidney Johnston A. and with a ling neir escorted lo the hotel in mipper an address of weN ome was delivered by Hon. was ed who was in- by v. W. a and an The party spent two in the and then re- were leaving they Handed newspaper man the lowing farewell address to the tlie train on route to their stopping place in members of the Army commission of the nf chosen pursuant a concurrent resolution t the assembly of rho In directing the ret in n of Hie Tei Texas bajr of the heroic the hopes and of an enlightened and generous our coming to you was notable meeting of It will be cherished in our hearts the most ennobling association the citizens of two great states for the triumph of exalted friend ship and brotherly love in united these the In veterans will th inarch shoulder to with the veterans of Texas and with that and courage born on a hundred plead for the uplifting principles of liberty love of country and tian which exalteth a nation above all other forms o where the plenitude ofj these principles and triumphs are not the expressed of the by the people and for al the God bless is prayer of the A. L. M. M. C. J. V. From tho k from a Denton Texas prepared boy in the P. Aug. Dear Main As I have a little leasure time I thought 1 would write jou a few I hardly to write I am still alive and 1 suppose all yon care expected trouble with the natives last as we are to starve them out and they are getting We hear they are living on cocoanuts and That is about all the savage class ever did Company E hod to leave ers last night at 9 o'clock to go out to Lopaz to reinforce company F. They expected u hot but the natives stopped before com- pany E reached We had orders to bold ourselves In and you bet your life we are always A detachment from company eighteenth companies O and first Tennessee twenty men went out to a native village 10 miles in the where robbers had been doing I was along and we walked all the way in the We were a looking mob when we got muddy When we ed Oton we couldn't find a single person with a The natives all left the town as we came in. It seems they thought we were ing to kill all of The en just flew out of We were lucky to leave when we as heard since that gents surrounded Oton from all They were very much prised when they found we were gone aud followed us two or three but we didn't know a thing about it. You bet I shook hands survivors of that ing discharged their duty As iu said aboard of cats on send this to our brothers of that organization aud federate veterans and ihe i citizenship of tour great and commonwealth from visit and mission was that of of a common country and the rr accorded was truly one with grasped hands and hearts and throws a halo of and honor over the memory of and true men of the purposes and u of the j out baptism of has em and made Heroes Americans of our of the and veterans of the bow our hearts have throbbed with a father's pride during the few as we read ie blood of our sons blending at the battles of in Juan and El ms from the south and our were flic i were no I not from not from the but there as the united its flag to a glorious to keep their country 01 bit of commanding committee has long since i hat to and courage are 1'iosuibed by state or and the difference of the have been they are put the sacred while so to with myself when I heard about it. We were sure a lucky for would have butchered every one of I well remember one year ago Think back and see if you can't remember what just one year ago in the The Pennsylvania came in the other day with recruits to relieve our They are a Some of them are ing to for the but most of them are going O. P. Eighteenth Bread and force of childhood and lections and the truth of the quota touch of nature makes the whole world were shown graphically by a little incident in a downtown restaurant the other A quiet-looking middle-age man oi prosperous appearance was eating his dinner when another well-dressed man took a seat opposite ter his order in a the newcomer took a sip of water and faced Suddenly a queer expression came over his face as he watched attentively the of his and realizing what he was doing he blurted out in a loud 1 Every one at the including the quiet-looking and the observing the direction of the speaker's turned their eves also upon him of the quiet to see what had caused the The man Mho had come in first was in the act of spreading sugar over a slice of buttered and when he realized that all cres were turned upon him he blushed like one detected in a heinous crime and almost fell off his It took him a minute or two fo and then he said to the table in used to get bread and butter sugar for being good when 1 was a and eating it is a habit which I like to indulge in even I know it isn't on the restaurant of but I couldn't resist the I must you pardon for my rude replied the other mother used to put bread and butter and sugar fn my lunch box when I went to school as an 8- year old up in and I anv since my I guess I'll join in a piece now for the sake of old And he the Chicago Inter- A Wise The late Sarcey was for forty years a figure of great prominence in French literary As a critic of the drama he was locked upon as one having and praise from him meant success to the struggling His criticisms were less and and it is re- membered of him that he refused the honor of belonging to the French lest he should come under obligation to faror the written ay other Saro good sense was often put to One day a friend ruthing into his waving a the inquired the some cried the has been calling you in Are you going challenge owe him my The public will soon forget the word and will only remember laving read my I had not been three hours on American soil before I heard a charming young lady it was I gathered that this ex- pression is considered in the conversation of neo- only in New I often it and never anywhere A very distinguished who served as a volunteer in was asked to state his impressions of he a terrible You can't exaggerate its When you sit in your tent be- a and think of home and wife and you feel sick and down when you're in it is Pall Trouble by other before we changed said the clerk at one of the fat drummer came up began figuring out hii account for the He took the first piece of paper he could lay his hands and didn't notice that it was a blank that we for keeping a memorandum of the ing The blank is arranged in columns headed by figures representing hours and half and he began his penciling in the First he jotted down for buggy 15 centa for 35 cents for car for express for 50 cents for trunk 5 cents for a paper and 35 cento for messenger s Down at the as an after lie put and wrote after ing to it I at o'clock next morning there was and plenty of it. The night clerk of that the calls had been in the ordinary and he was a little at so many people wanting to get up at such an un- earthly he told the boys to wake 5 and and carry a quart bottle of beer to 40. They had a time getting the people and erybody was as mad as the fat drummer who happened to be in No. and who swore he was going right down to lick the About that time the boy with the beer got to No. 40. was a preacher from North Georgia in the and he called out to know what was brt ught you the beer you hollers the and the preacher nearly had a he me for I wil go down immediately and see the He and the fat drummer struck the office The drummer wanted but when he saw the call list he turned palo the gills and sneaked back up It took nearly an hour to get the minister cooled and when the facts leaked out next day people began looking for tho fat drummer with He lay but he has bought a new memoranda book on purpose to figure up Ml the New Orleans Not This was actually heard In tha Cracker district of Tho mother shouted from the door of the cabin behind the Jim sho Two little boys raised their heads over a 300 yards down the was the twist cob But if you let me cotch them wust ever ied in hear ma. did you place such a tough fowl before asked the nant lady patron of the waiter in a downtown before you was the gallant re- pl. And she smiled ind paid her without a the Chicago n ith said the fond are nearly 10 old aud you should not allow gentlemen o kiss I don't said seems to me somehow hat the older I get the bettor I the N. P. EP. AND PUB. Attoney stock and other important Wilson a well-known attorney of Fort died Sept. 80 At his 556 College Death resulted from a he received several weeks past About a month ago lie was a leaning against a brick wall on Busk con- trol of the wheel and to the stone receiving a ture of the right His demise was a as it was an- by law partner this week that he gradually im- proving and would be on streets within a few His unexpected caused genuine regret among the members of the bar many of whom were his warm personal The deceased was a son of the late Bishop of the Episcopal church and was about 47 years of He was born in Virginia and to Texas twenty-five years at Harrall and Fort He removed lo that city about fifteen years ago con- fined his practice more especially to criminal which he met with good In 1898 the assessed value of city property was this year it is In 1898 the number of acres assessed was value this year the number of sessed it and value The largest increase shown by the is that of the value of steam and In 1898 the value was in 1899 it is The total value of all property in 1898 was year it ia Experience With Mud K. M living a mile south of and Jack Carter a local deputy sheriff at that had au exciting ex- with a mud cow ing to the For several days cow acted queerly and got to the at- tacking persons on horseback and everything in Fearing the had hydrophobia the owner sent for Deputy Carter to kill Several shots were fired without The cow made her escape into the They followed Jack Carter was in Coming up on the cow in the she spied him first aud turned and made an attack on After emptying his revolver he barely had time to climb a tree and draw his feet up before she ran against full The cow then turned her attention to Mr. who saved himself by jumping from a high bluff into the bed of a Dead In Mr. James Monroe aged about 70 was found dead in his bed at Mr. Vaughan lived with his wife about three miles east of their children all being grown and His wife has been visiting in Rains county and the old gentleman had been to town and he returned to his He was alone when found dead in his bed as though Justice Will Harkins held an His finding was by morphine administered by own A note was found in a morphine bottle near the bed which explained the cause of Pension Acting Comptroller J. R. who is examining the ate pension am working night and examining the pension tions and from the progress thus far made I am of the opinion that the work will be completed by the first of next apportion mentis made and payments com- shortly This will prove of much inter- est to many are about 4500 applicants ou exclusive of which swelled the register to 4H22. In the apportionment per month per capita is the very highest that is in though may he nearer the figure when it H Contracts have recently been entered into between parties In the Abilene country and a of the British ment for the delivery of 2000 head of mules at Fort in the next thirty for trans- portation to Bouth pre- to be used by the lish in their war against the These it is are to be used as pack and must come up to certain cations in regard to height and They must not be less than thirteen hands and three inches iu height nor teen and three to weigh not less than 700 from fourteen hands hands and one to weigh not less than 750 and all over fourteen hands and one inch to weigh not less than 800 The mules to be well com- pact round in good broken to ness and gentle to aud must not be less Hum 4 nor more than 8 years The contracts were awarded by Maj. Scobell of the Royal Grays as 'the representative of the British Bankers of Abilene are backing guaranteeing the operations in the Two Pioneer Two very old who lived near Rusk died the skirt to extend from one-third MM. Jefferson Shook and Mrs. Thomas Mrs. Shook was the widow of Rev. Jefferson who was a pioneer dist Mrs. letary is the mother Capt. Henry an erate veteran and Property Assessor Robertson J ridge King Judge King of Corn aged 85 died at his residence Judge King born in North but was taken parents to Alabama and moved to Texas in 1845. He was living in Williamson county county was organized and was at one time county He was a Mexican war An widow aud two children survive i Cooke county has completed his tolls for 1899. show a decided as do the ber of of Among the officers and the Olympia in the Washington pageant in honor of Admiral appeared John son of John F. of Lieut. Marshall of j command of the first the He the Olympia at the battle of and with
