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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1898
Page
3
Timetable fragment lists west bound trains No 1 and 8 leaving Hearne and east bound No 2 and No 4, with arrivals and times between Hearne and San Antonio. Also mentions No 9 leaving Hearne and No 10 arriving Hearne with various times and references to A T and T C timetable.
The itemized local column records numerous Sunday and weekend trips to Dallas Navasota Waco Galveston and other towns. It notes baptisms at Martins prairie many visits home by visitors and residents and mentions sales rentals and a wide array of small notices including auctions descriptions and social events.
Washington reports indicate Spain's formal acceptance of U S demands is delayed by translation and ciphering. Officials anticipate a lengthy reply with potentially conditional language. The outcome may influence Franco American diplomacy and the French ambassador's stance.
Washington reports Secretary Day likely to resign as secretary of state to join a peace commission after the war and return to Canton to practice law. Other items note Spain’s peace terms, 292 patients at Presidio hospital, Hobson’s visit to Admiral Cervera, stock prices rise on Spain and US securities, General Poland’s death from fever, and Curzon’s acceptance of viceroy of India.
Henry Fullerton aged about 21 died yesterday morning at his home after several weeks illness with typhoid fever. He was a son of George Fullerton and a member of a prominent local family. Burial was held yesterday at Alexandria chapel. The Eagle extends its sympathy to the bereaved family.
Democratic chairman Geo R. Tabor of Brazos and Madison counties calls a legislative convention of accredited delegates to be held at the Bryan courthouse at 2 p m on August 20. The meeting aims to nominate a candidate for the legislature and conduct related business.
Citizens of precinct 4 are invited to gather at the courthouse this afternoon at 2 o'clock to elect delegates to the county convention on August 20 and to handle any other business. W J Roberts, chairman.
A list of guests registers at the Exchange Hotel includes E J Newey New York J C Gorham Dallas E A Harris Navasota F Fiske Galveston J F Parke and wife City Miss Nellie Garrett Brenham Jack Lawrence F W McConnico City Gus Singleton Paducah C J Blackshear Corsicana L T Fuller Calvert W 8 Mial City F H Ray Houston Pitt Barnes St Louis W G Wright Dallas John LaPrelle St Louis J E Butler R M Gorden City Also Williamson Bros offers buggy and harness items at very cheap prices.
A candidate announces run for County Attorney of Brazos County at the upcoming November election and seeks re election as justice of the peace Precinct 4 in Brazos County at the same November ballot.
A garbled ad lists cheap real estate including five houses on blocks 124 and 164 and additional lots near Hill's addition, two miles from Bryan. The text shifts to a travelogue scene with a sleeping child, a chaperon, an elephant on a veranda, and a poem about rare flowers and unwritten histories, ending with a byline-like name.
Testimony from F H Gould of Bellville Texas praises 8 8 8 S a blood remedy as a cure for Contagious Blood Poison and other ailments after failing with mercury potash treatments. The ad asserts 8 8 8 S is mineral free and vegetable, guaranteeing no minerals and offering free books on blood and skin diseases.
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