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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1899
Page
3
Train times for Hearne lines are listed with arrivals and departures for Nos 1 2 3 4 9 and 10 between Hearne and San Antonio and details for local travel. Local notices include visitors to Dallas fairs and sales of horses beer and organ ads plus town happenings.
In Hillsboro near Abbott an affluent farmer lured visiting youths to his barn promising a sensational show. He entered a stall, cut his throat with a razor, and died at the door as the visitors arrived. He left no note and motive remains unknown despite a prosperous life.
District Judge Sam KR Scott ruling in a habeas corpus case declares the legislature act creating corporation courts unconstitutional. W. G. Tubb, charged under the Sunday law in Marlin, was discharged and costs taxed against the city. If upheld, it restores Mayors of Recorders to state offense jurisdiction.
The state health board in Jackson Mississippi reports one new yellow fever case a negress on West Pearl street with two suspected cases. New Orleans sees no new cases but one death, while Key West records seven new cases and two deaths. Madrid reports quarantine on vessels arriving from New Orleans to guard against yellow fever.
Ex-Congressman W P Breckenridge of Kentucky spoke to ex-Kentuckians at the fair grounds in Dallas and received a warm reception this afternoon. In Boston a watch to be presented to Admiral Dewey features a heavy gold case with monogram G D and contains two diamonds and rubies with two pairs of diamond caps.
Fresh pickled tripe and pig feet displayed by D. Mike Jr. & Co. along with an alcohol exhibit of a deformed pig from Grimes county drawing visitors from Madison and Grimes counties. Local residents and a farmer vendor list appear with prices for onions and a call to patronize home industry.
In Evergreen eight miles west of Cold Springs John Koizus a Christian minister was killed by a gunshot through a door while on a gallery at Alex Goldens house. Golden was struck by buckshot but not seriously hurt as officers head to the scene. Temple mills in Texas pay 14 a ton for cotton seed with foreign buyers scarce.
Nashville on October 18 the Fourth Tennessee Relief corps voted 25 for the Schley home fund. It is the first southern organization to contribute.
Tyler Texas October local citizens report John C. Edwards shot on Monday remains very grave with little hope for recovery as the case is followed in the town.
John Roan of Santa Fe bridge gang fell twenty three feet from a bridge a few miles from Temple Texas. He was dangerously injured but it is hoped not fatally. Mrs Roan formerly foreman of the pile driver outfit. Temple, Texas.
The Weatherford Democrat argues high cotton seed prices benefit farmers amid a rising oil mill sector. It notes increased demand for farm products and labor in oil mill communities and suggests home investment could spark a broader cotton mill building era in Texas, praising proactive local business leaders.
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