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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1899
Page
2
The statement shows week receipts of 357 bales, season total 40,346 bales, stock on hand 2,200 bales. An arithmetic riddle follows about five people each with one dollar who pool funds to settle debts ending with F holding all money. asks who loses, if anyone, in the roundabout settlement.
Mrs H L Fountain hosts the J A O's tonight. Hoyt's farce comedy A Stranger in New York, featuring Joe Coyne in the title role, was staged at the opera house last night with a strong company. Johnny Wilson entertained several young gentlemen at dinner yesterday.
A Calvert Courier proverb notes that the man who advertises is the man who wins trade. It emphasizes hustling salesmanship and the appeal of progressive business houses to shoppers and patrons.
Cottonwood News lists visitors from Bryan Payne Prairie Kurten Benchley Karnes City and Lamar County who spent Christmas and last week with local residents. Mrs Elliott Miss Hickman Mr Gallatin and others are mentioned with New Year wishes.
Notice declares revocation of all authority for M Bonneville Jr to transact business for Mrs M Bonneville Sr and warns parties not to pay him any money. It notes 37 Minkert Bros have rented W J Christian's blacksmith shop next to the electric light plant and offer wagon, buggy, carriage, and plow repairs plus repainting and sign writing. d37 w2t
Sam Charles Carr announces from January 1 1899 a combined real estate rental and collecting agency with fire insurance and mortg age collection services. He offers abstracts on titles, rental expertise, prompt personal attention, and invites a share of business for the new year.
New York datelined report says Dr Gatling's new cast steel gun, an S inch model with 14 pounds powder and a 100 pound projectile, burst during testing at Sandy Hook. Major Phipps declined to comment, noting no injuries and awaiting official inference on its superiority or inferiority to current artillery. General Miles had previously viewed earlier tests with approval.
A reported understanding among buyers and rail companies outlines a Texas Midland extension to Mena Arkansas, connecting with the Kansas City Pittsburg and Gulf, then into Hot Springs via the Little Rock Hot Springs and Texas road with traffic arrangements to follow Choctaw and Memphis. Colonel Fordyce travels to Texas to confer with Texas Midland President Greene. Houston reports Marine E Duncan of Bremond Texas recounted Texas sinking the Cristobal Colon and expects prize money. he reenlisted after three years. The Houston and Texas Central jury awarded J C Harvin $10,000 for personal injuries in a major local verdict. Calvin S Brice estate value fixed at $600,000 with total likely around $7,000,000. A Kansas City Fort Scott and Memphis train wreck at Thayer Missouri injures Engineer Daughaerty. Lon Bailey, accused of assault in Kaufman area, jailed for examining trial. Sergeant Homer Hawkins held up by two negroes. no money on him, released after investigation.
Ralph Long, a prominent Black resident of Mexia county, was wounded by an ambush while returning home. The shooter and motive are unknown. Long’s wound is not serious and he is expected to recover. Also, in Pittsburg, Zenas Anderson, a colored man who killed his wife last March, was hanged for the crime driven by jealousy.
A compact excerpt follows Napoleons brutal schoolyard debut in Autun and the Corsican taunts he endured, then shifts to 1879 Baden Baden where Kaiser William, in disguise, observes locals and quietly blesses a peasant couple with a shop gift, signaling autocratic benevolence.
A discussion of Our Mutual Friend praised by a leading journal reveals that Dickens received a manuscript gift from a reviewer, later sold for £250. Trollope condemned the act as bribery, amid a broader tale of literary courtesy and controversy.
Harvey locals report Rev. Stewart filled his regular appointment at Bright Light church last weekend. Bethel folks attended an all-day singing at Rock Prairie conducted by Profs. Acuff and Everige of Waco, followed by dinner, more songs, and a benediction hymn. Mrs. Soul hosted the afterglow. Edna Weedon is ill and out of school. Prof. D. J. McDonald and family returned from Grimes County with stories of a pleasant visit. Russell of Waco spent a week of leisure before returning home. A. C. Williams and Putnam Buchanan visited Bethel school on Monday.
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