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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1899
Page
3
Timetable fragment shows schedule notices for Hearne bound trains including No. 1 and No. 3 with departure and arrival times around 9:05 a m and unspecified 1:06 a m. Includes references to G N or GN and To C. The readable portion indicates routine rail service details in a historical timetable snippet.
Local notes list Miss Nellie Smith visiting Dallas and a cheap organ for sale by Mrs. T. C. Nunn. Traders and visitors include J. B. Routt from Allen Farm, W. H. Prince of Waco, Charlie McMillan of Union Hill, and W. J. Crenshaw from Reliance. A new restaurant at Zennati block offers meals for 35 cents. a Nash county cotton mill debate prompts local chatter. Dr. Seymour plans October 27 and 28 visits, with office at the Exchange hotel. Bargain Ayers farm of 290 acres offered near Brazos rivers by Hudson and Nall. Fall millinery by Mrs. Proctor's featured.
In front of News paper Row on Camp Street both Dominick C. O Malley proprietor of the Evening Item and Harrison Parker state tax collector and Delta editor were shot twice each. Parker was hit in the side and shoulder. O Malley in the groin and leg. A nearby newsboy was shot in the head but will recover. Both men are resting easy as authorities monitor the case.
A deadly pistol confrontation at Allen's saloon in Alexander City left doctors H. J. Cameron of the Romanofft Land and Mining Co. and P. D. Mahoney wounded. Ten shots were fired, Mahoney hit in the stomach and thigh, Cameron struck under the jaw and in the back. Both men are reported seriously or fatally wounded.
In Hickman Kentucky Free Hopen wounded partner T L Eversoll during a dispute over firm funds. Hopen then killed himself by jumping into the river as Eversoll fired once more. Hopen's body was not recovered. Both men were key figures in local business.
A list of arrivals includes J W Boyd Waco B A Steinhagen Navasota A A Farley Baltimore Ed H Hardin Waco Wm Meade Waco W H Armistead Houston Milton Adler Cincinnati M B Stuart Chicago W W Griffith Waco WH Prince Waco Chas G Cheesborough Galveston R K Earnest Dallas D B Sessions Ennis AC Antoin St Louis W E Johnson City A H Thomas Little Rock M H James City W S Proctor Houston M F E Glass Houston C W Carr Houston E R Holland Houston J E Butler City N T Shumate Waco Rev Cahn New York.
J Allen Myers promotes heating stoves and galvanized flue inspections before cold weather. He advertises an airtight heater for 2 and two first class tim ers, offering quick service. Call 116 to arrange.
Lost notes worth 48 dollars each for Misses Daisy and Annie Montgomery offered as rewards. Also ads for Edwin Sedan The Twentieth Century Magician at Grand opera house with 25 35 and 50 cent prices. Psychic healer Mrs Anna Gaines Atwood at Exchange hotel Bryan October 16 and 17. Various local offerings from Willis and Coleman mouldings to Lemp's beer California fruits Guiffre's restaurant Mount Vernon rye and millinery by Mrs G C Proctor.
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