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H.T.C. T. Northbound No 1.... Southbound No 2 Northbound No 3 Southbound No 4. 1 Card, 12:27 pm 3:55 pm 2:01 am 1:37 am THURSDAY. Jack Roberts went to Houston yes terday. A. McKenzie has been sick the past few days. Prof. Marriott of Bethel was in town yesterday. Major and Mrs. J. J. Mistrot went to Calvert yesterday. Miss Kate Barnes of Austin, is visit ing Miss Lilian Parks. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Lipscomb of Wa co, are visiting in Bryan. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Caldwell re turned from Marlin yesterday. Misses Eugene Bone and Jennie Mc Neeley are visiting in Calvert. Mr. and Mrs. Levi Battie of near College, were in town yesterday. Mrs. A. C. Briett and son, Charley, have gone on a visit to Texarkana. Grass has started into grow again with the vigor and verdure of spring. Mrs. T. C. Nunn and children and Miss Nellie Rohde went to Hearne, yes terday. Miss Edna Hudson returned to Ham ilton county yesterday after a visit to relatives here. Miss Bertha McMillan of Marlin, ar rived yesterday on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. D. Robinson. Mrs. J. H. Park of Mexia, accompa nied by her daughter, is here on a visit to her sister, Mrs. €. S. Moore. The county commissioners visited the convict farm yesterday and reported everything in good shape, with plenty of rain. Mrs. S. G. Parsons of Manganie Wells, after an extended visit to Sour Lake, returned home yesterday much improved in health. Miss Foreman of Joplin, Mo., arrived yesterday on a visit to her parents who reside in Madison county, and whom she has not seen in five years. A precocious 3-year-old bit into a pyr otechnical bomb at Newark, N.J. After the smoke from the explosion cleared away the sympathetic neighbors helped the grief stricken parents to pick up the pieces. While fooling with a horse pistol loaded with small shot at his home in the Brazos bottom yesterday a negro named Will Anderson shot himself through the right hand accidentally and also peppered one side of his face. He came to town and had the wound dressed, eee ul te take and have an auto missioner, pemnation ,ecary Dallas before the Drevated the +rj.y Seattle, Wash., Aug. 23.1, gold has seized sothers of the reve. marine service. Three of the crew the cutter Perry, which met the laden steamer Portland at Duceh rbor, deserted and started for St. haels. They stole a boat from the ern American Commercial cam p, robbed the store room of Perry boldly went out on the open sea | the 700-mile journey to St. aels, or Gold, premiere on Sunday o'clock to sentence his trial of confirmed war. Angi Madrid, , the assassin Castillo, has preme coup the sentence by a court. The assasi his cell to t! is receiving rat SSO palate or ave | Sg Hocking’ to New York this season and the people are assured of cheap goods. The Bryan merchants, who are always up to date, were ‘‘strictly in the push with city merchants at the metropolis and they will sell goods as low as they can be bought in any city in the state. ae The proof of the pud ding is in the eating.” Your grocer offers you Schillings Best to, ae powder aest in facts and your money back is not satisfactory. For sale by R. M. Wilson FRIDAY. Flourney Reed is here on a visit. B. H. Knowles returned from Dallas yesterday. Major and Mrs. Mistret returned from Calvert yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hall have return ed from Hillsboro. Miss Janie Lewis of Millican, is the guest of Miss Annie Dearing. Andy Edwards was up from Millican yesterday and reported tine rains. ot i Jim Eaves was here yesterday and re ported business picking up at Wellborn. Miss Mattie Tabor of Bryan, Sarport ing Mrs. J. J. Lauderdale.— Courier, ser vus to be gaining a little strength the Norfolk and Western railroad, it will take rapid work there to be up for losses at Fairmont and in nawha and New River valleys. Pe announcement of the national r ecutive board at Calumtyethas —.- 5 L i Lanedreth’s 309 pounds, ort ee eile and Ma new crop turnip seeds 44 whinney’s. we wire SATURDAY. Eugene Blake of Houston, is in the city. Miss Mattie Smith is visiting in Wellborn. Ernest Adams of Taylor, was here yesterday. SUNDAY. R. Griffith of Bethel, was here yester day. The compress has squeezed 1737 bales. Henry Rohde returned from Houston yesterday. Dr. Nicks of Stone City, was here yes terday. I. J. Holligan of Steep Hollow, was here yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles McLendon of Calvert, are here. M. G. Buchanan of Harvey, was here yesterday. John Hensarling of Rock Prairie, was in twon yesterday. Mrs. Helen Mathis returned yester day afternoon. J. F. Mitchell went up the road on business yesterday, as if W. J. Meads of Thompson’s creek was here yesterday. Walter Coulter has been on the sick ‘list the past two days. Mrs. W.G. Taliaferro returned yes terday from Calvert, “J. L. Pounds of Harvey was a visitor to the city yesterday. Mrss Edna Woods of Waco, is visiting Misses Florence and Stele Harman. st ee Eu Us fe| Will and John Nabors were in from the Brazos bottom yesterday. Prof. C. E. Bullock of Reliance, was a visitor to the city yesterday. Judge J. W. Doremus was in his office again yesterday after several days ill ness. Manager Shelton of the White farm — several hours in the city yester ay. Mrs. '. P. Boyett and Mrs. T. ©. Nunn returned from Hearne yesterday. Mr. Henry Lawrence has resigned his position with Mr. J. W. English and will leave in October to study chenistry. In the meantime he is reading with Dr. Chas. H. Edge. The northbound passenger crew last night found a negro torn to pieces 200 yards below the College switch. He was mangled beyond recognition, and the largest piece that could be found was one leg from the knee down. Squire J. M. Jimmerman’s familiar figure was seen on the streets yester day. Contractor Newton is building an ad dition to the pretty cottage of Mr. E. B. Lomax. Mrs. Lillie L. Chance and Miss Frances returned from Euraka Springs, Ark., yesterday. “W. J. Crenshaw and Oscar Smith of Kurten, called on the Eagle, while in town yesterday. Mrs. Mattie Lindsay returned from Navasota yesterday accompanied by Mrs. Longbridge. Mr. Jhon B. Hines, manager of the oil mill informed the reporter yesterday that the oil mill will start next Monday. A force of men are now at work putting in a new cake mill and farmer. The mill would have begun work last Mon day, but a piece of the new machinery was broken in transportation and had to be repaired. Mr. Sim Cooper left yesterday for New York city to buy goods for Cole Bros. He expects to be gone three or four weeks and will personally select a mam moth fall and winter stock for his firm. Mr. Cooper is an experienced buyer and knows where to find the bargains. Sam Isbell of Pankey was here yester day with cotton from north Grimes county. Mrs. E. F. Parks and little son have gone on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Johnson at Millican. Miss Belle Neal of Ennis, and Miss Florence Myers of Waxahachie, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Myers. One of the new cottages at the A. M. College is nearly completed and the frame work for the other is up; the new floor and interior repairs on the main building have been completed and the tin work on the roof is progres sing nicely Contractors for the con stuction of the new mess hall are put ting in their bids. It will take about four months to build the mess hall. T. J. Jones, Dave Lloyd and W. R. Thompson of Reliance, were in town yesterday. Miss May Howard returned to Gal veston yesterday after a visit to rela tives in Bryan. Mrs. Mary Hudson returned from a visit to Rosse yesterday and was met at the depot by Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Thompson of Reliance. Russell Watkins returned to Monte zuma, Mexico, after spending the sum mer at home. Miss Mary Robde returned from Nav asota yesterday accompanied by Mrs. Chas Blatherwick. The county examination was con cluded here yesterday, but the report of the board will not be made out until Monday. Fate Brown, a well known old negro, had the model of an “air ship’? he has invented an exhibition at Saunders Johnson yesterday. It is a very fair representation of @ steamboat and shows the old darkey is true to his rais ing on the banks of the great Mississip pi river. R. P. Forrister, representing the Houston Ice Brewing company, has been there the past few days shipping out “empties.” Mr. Forister says the business of the Bryan agency is in a flourishing condition owing to the hust ling qualities of Mr. Chas. Vesmirovsky. The national aid lodge of Bryan held a regular meeting Wednesday night and now shows an enrolment of over sixty members. The next meeting of the lodge will be held on Wednesday the 1st of September, and thereafter the meetings will be held on the first and third Sundays. Burt Norwood returned yesterday from New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia and St. Louis and says he bought a $20, 000 stock of fall and winter goods and got them shipped at the 2 cent height rate. He is now ready to have his friends and the public call and see him. Burt got enough of the great Atlantic on the way up and returned by rail. Burt says he came back through Arkan sas and found the Little Rock and Nash ville papers had copied the Eagle’s ac count of the steamship fire, and his friends carried him high about it. John . Williamson returned by steamer. Following is a list of those in jail here: Ah Wong, Chinaman, charged with theft; Harry Miller, white, charg ed with theft; John Jones, charged with burglary; Nealy Shannon, charg ed with murder; Mary Smith, charged with murder; Mary Henderson and Mandy Wilson, held on account of lu nacy. Five other murder cases are out on bond, besides other felonies and misdemeanors, which will be taken up again when the grand jury meets, S.Trant, another citizen of north Grimes was here yesterday and bought 1800 shingles of G. 8. Parker. The board of county examiners com posed of Major Banks, Prof. Mariott and Capt. Cross are conducting an ex amination of applicants for teachers cirtificates here, begun yesterday morn ing. There are 14 white applicants and 16 colored in attendance. A special to the News from Wellborn yesterday states that: W. 5. Cherry, a white man, who has been camping in the Brazos bottom near here, was as saulted by two negroes and considerably bruised up. K. KK. Dangerfield and son, Allen, were arrested and placed under bond to answer a charge of assault. The Hearne correspondent of the Gal veston News, in writing up the Robert son county Gun Club shoot at Hearne Thursday gives the names of those who made high averages during the day and pure Sheriff T.C. Nunn and Ed Saun ders of Bryan at the head of the list. The negro killed on the railroad below College and whose death was mentioned in the Eagle yesterday morning, was identified as Lienry Tonsel of Navasota. He had been here on a visit to a rela tive and was on the way home on a freight train when his death occurred. The body was terribly mangled, as stat ed yesterday, and scattered along the track. His hat was brought in by Con stable ©. L. Baker and identified by the party he came to visit. Justice Jones of Wellborn was notified to hold an inquest. “Tissue Paper’ Cherry, one of the most celebrated typorgraphical tourists that ever ended up type or rode ina side door Pullman, blowed into the Ea gle sanctum from Oklahoma yesterday. His peculiar sobriquet was obtained from the skillful manner in which he does fancy decorative work with tissue paper. There were eight bidders from Hous ton, Galveston, Dallas, Bryan and other pints for the meee hall contract at Col ege yesterday. The contest narrowed down to Jenkins of Bryan and a Hous ton firm. Mr. Jenkins informed the Eagle this morning that the matter would be determined today. Miss St. Leon, the fashionable milli ner of Bryan, has just returned from spending a month in New York and oth er eastern cities, where she purchased an immense stock of fall and winter millinery which will be open September . Her friends and the public generally invited to call. Parlors next door to iExchange hotel. 42 years. La MONDAY-TEASDAY. R. G. Tabor went to Waco Sunday. Mrs. Joe B. Reed went to Waco yes terday. Mrs. Ben Knox returned to Hearne yesterday. Prof. Carson was in from Pitts Ferry yesterday. B. fl. Peverly came up from Millican yesterday. M. D. Townsend of Whittaker, was in town yesterday. Capt. J. J. Adams went to Austin on official business. Mrs. J. L. Batte and children are vis iting in Navasota. Mrs. Louis Niveth is visiting her son at Sulphur Springs. Ed Holt of Navasota, spent Sunday in Bryan with A. B. Ballard. Mrs. Sim Cooper has gone to Marlin for the benefit of her health. Mrs. W.S. Adams and daughter, Ha zel, went to Marlin Sunday. Miss Sallie Eddleman returned Sun day from a visit to Madisonville. Mrs. F. E. Mistrot and children re turned to Galveston yesterday. Mrs. Joe Bass and Miss Willie Chris tian are Visiting at Madisonville. Leon White returned to Rosse yester day after a visit to relatives here, Mrs. Chas. N. Williamson is visiting Mrs. J. P. Burrough at Waxahachie. W. V. Hanway off Dallas was here yesterday and left on the noon train, W. T. James, John Currie and George Adams were on the sick list yesterday. Joe Hearne went to Hempstead yes terday to meet his mother, Mrs. J. L. Hearne, who will return today from Austin. Jas. H. Webb has returned from spending several weeks in New York where he selected a splendid stock of everything in the dry goods line. He also brought the latest in all lines to supply the fashionables. If all the bachelors in greater New York should marry there would — till he left 100,000 unmarried women. Send ‘em to Texas, are IS Namesake Move E nvelope containing a receline meet at on's jewelry, which had been| Fred mag ater the robbery in the) under | Saar en Jersey Title and | che ge | apany, Jersey City. The| Louisvil l being shadowed was| Company be consorting with an ex who had just been released | King’s county penitentiary, Pitts Mies Bessie Batte returned to Belton yesterday after a visit to relatives here. EF. Bryan, the new man in Mistrot’s shoe department, spent Sunday in Cal vert. H. B. Mistrot and wife of Waco, are here visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Mistrot. Mrs. A. S. Binmenthal returned to Navasota yesterday. A. J. Baker of College, returned from Waco yesterday. Bud Franklin, from Quanah, 18 here visiting relatives. G. R. Dickerson of Wellborn, was there yesterday. Judge John N. Henderson of Dallas, is here. A Dallas man has invented a steam sled train to make winter trips to Klon dike. Miss Janie Lewis returned to Milli can yesterday after as after a visit to Miss Annie Dearing. Miss Emma’Bar returned home to Warrenton, Texas, Sunday accompanied by Miss Dollie Carr. D. F. McLaughlin of Navasota, came up Sunday to join his wife who is visit ing Mrs. J. R. Johnson. D. Parker returned to Calvert yester day after spending a week on Judge Moore’s plantation in the Brazos bot tom. Judge Moore accompanied him this far. Ticket Agent DeMaret informed the reporter that 100 tickets were sold to Galveston on the Sunday excursion and 17 to Houston. Quite a crowd came in from the country and went on the trip. J. W. Coulter returned from buying goods yesterday and says he has more good values to offer his customers than ever before. He bought strictly for cash and will give his customers the benefit of the discounts as well as the great reductions in freight rates. “I want,” said the merchant looking over his spectacles, “I want a boy who doesn’t smoke, chew, gamble, swear, lie, fight, read yellow backs or—— “Hold on,” said the applicant, puffing a 2-for, “Youse wants a gal. ’—Enquirer, Jenn., has opened a institute at Hot for the treatment Mey
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Bryan Eagle
Bryan, Texas, US
Thu, Aug 26, 1897
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