January 1898
JANUARY 7, 1898
Mrs. H. ANDREWS recently moved to El Campo, Wharton County, where her husband has been buying cotton for past season. [Lyons]
W. B. BATES and F. J. PAMPELL dissolved their partnership and divided their stock of general merchandise.
J. F. KRENCEK sold his whiskey stock to A. POLANSKY and his stock of beer to J. RANPACH. He will in future act as agent for Texas Brewing Company.
Lee HENSLEE, late assistant postmaster at Lyons has accepted clerkship with W. B. BATES.
Jesse LYON, who has spent holidays at home returned to Georgetown to resume his studies.
Last Monday, pupils returned to Mrs. HINE’s school.
Jim WOOD and Miss Kate DUNN, who spent holidays at Hix, returned to their schools.
Miss Etta DALLAS of Young County visited with her cousin, Miss Louella MAYES and returned to Gause last Friday. [Hix]
Miss Jesse GILCHRIST went to visit at Gause.
Rufus HOFFMAN of Yellow Prairie was hired by Mr. MATEJOWSKY as a general hand and clerk for another year.
Mrs. Mattie FRAIM of Milano was visiting at Hix.
Miss Allie DUSK left for her former home at San Marcus. All including Will BAIN will miss her.
Some young man whose name we could not spell, came from Kosse Sunday and took Miss Frankie WEBB to be his wedded wife. They were married at the residence of the bride.
Bennie JACKSON left for Waco to resume his studies.
Mr. WHITNEY & family of Galveston, who have been visiting brother George, will remain here another year.
Mr. MULKY has moved from Hix to Smokey Row.
Mrs. LOVE gave an entertainment for her grand daughter, Misses Inez and Mamie WOOD, who are visiting her.
Fate BREVORD returned home to Belton after spending holidays with best girl at Yellow Prairie.
Len CLINTON, who was visiting his best girl, has returned to Mumford.
Mrs. Jeff HOLT is visiting her sister, Mrs. DICKERSON of Cameron.
Calvin HOLT and Kinse JOHNSON visited Cameron.
Little FULLER and Everet JOHNSON spent Christmas with cousins, Tommie and Bob THOMPSON.
W. C. CARROLL of Caldwell visited Yellow Prairie.
Miss Edna HINES is sick.
R. THOMPSON is sick.
Miss Rosy KUCERA and Joe FILIP were married at the home of the bride’s parents. They will live at Tunis. [Burleson County]
Miss Mamie SALE spent Christmas with Deanville relatives & friends.
Mrs. Sallie BOWERS & grandson, Thornton visited relatives at Marble Falls.
Anton WOTIPKA & wife returned from visiting with their parents.
Mr. THORP moved into the Yellow Prairie community and Messrs. GRAY and COSMIR have moved out.
Miss Mamie BROADDUS is assisting with the school.
Will BOWERS & wife are visiting relatives.
Will DEAN was in Deanville visiting relatives last week.
Mr. Andrew KREGER is on the sick list. [Bird Song]
Miss Lila STAMPS heads the honor roll at school and Miss Olive STAMPS, Hattie STAMPS, Thomas HARVEY and Archie BEARD have not been absent or tardy.
Entertainment socials were held by: Mr. & Mrs. W. W. WATSON, Mr. & Mrs. Jim MAYFIELD and Mrs. COMPTONS for her daughter, Miss Jessie BUFFORD, who returned from San Antonio.
Advertisement: Sam G. RADSDALE & J. F. McIVER, attorneys & counselors at law.
Ex-Governor L. S. ROSS died. He had been a brigadier general in Confederate army, a member of the 6th Texas. He was called the “Hero of Corinth.”
At Yellow Prairie, George JOHNSTON and Miss Mamie PHILP were married.
While at a party at residence of William WATSON of Hogg, John WILKERSON and George LONG, both had their fairly new saddles cut almost to pieces by some unknown scoundrels.
Miss Verge JONES DIED Dec. 14th at home. She graduated from college in 1896. She was taken ill at art class in Palestine and brought home. She leaves a devoted father.
Edgar SIMPSON and Mr. DUEWALL of Cooks Point both lost horses and found them promptly with advertisements in newspaper.
Waco, Jan. 6: Baptist Standard, Dr. J. B. CRANSFILL’s paper will soon be published in Dallas. Mr. C. C. SLAUGHTER, wealthy gentleman of that city will purchase ½ interest.
J. W. ADAMS of Caldwell and Miss Zee IRELAND of Conroe were married at Conroe last week. They will reside on ADAMS’ farm near Copperas Hollow.
Rev. John S. TANNER of Baylor University will preach at Baptist Church next Sunday.
James BROWN of Giddings was in town.
Dr. J. H. SPARKS of His was in town.
F. F. FOWLER of Lyons was at the Addison House Tuesday.
[a Caldwell hotel]
Dr. B. F. WOODWARD of Cleburne was in town on business.
J. P. LANGHAM & wife of Lexington were in town.
Rev. Jeff RAY’s family left Monday to visit Corsicana.
Julian HILL of Quarry, Washington County was in Caldwell.
W. F. SULLIVAN is building an addition to his home in west Caldwell.
James A. DEAN of Galveston is visiting relatives in Caldwell.
F. C. POUNCE of Calvert has returned home from visiting here.
Mrs. S. B. MURRAY went to Brenham to visit relatives.
Miss Hettie HOPE, bookkeeper for D. LEVI, leaves this week to go visiting.
J. B. HILL, from near Deanville has moved to Dr. OLIVER’s farm, three miles west of Caldwell.
T. H. SKRABANEK had returned from Cameron where he was employed for a few weeks.
Bob NEWSOME, manager of William KOPPE’s farm in bottom, was in town visiting.
Miss Julia MOUZON of Weatherford is expected to arrive to spend a month with her cousin, Mrs. Dee ALFORD.
Miss Clara PAHL of Brenham visited her friend, Lila COLLINS.
Miss Stella BATTE of Maysfield, Milam County, who has been visiting Mrs. Tom BROADDUS returned home.
Rev. Jeff RAY went to Goldwaithe to assist with meeting, for a few days.
Sam SIMMONS, who has been employ of T. J. NEWCOMB has moved his family to Georgetown.
A. D. RUST, Jr. was in Bryan a few hours last Tuesday. The balance of the day he was doing his best to ride a buggy over the roughest stretch of road in America. [Highway 21]
Will DEAN & wife of Smithville were visiting relatives in Caldwell.
Socials were held by the following: Miss Effie WITHERS, Al FARMER,
J. B. McARTHUR, Mrs. Tom BROADDUS and A. C. MURRAY.
Mr. DICKINSON of Cedar Creek, while loading some lumber, his team became frightened by an approaching train and started on a run. The lumber was deposited in small installments, but no serious damage was done.
Misses Augusta and Sophie ROESLER and Miss Annie MIESNER and Louis ROESLER of Brenham visited Mr. & Mrs. C. A. ROESLER.
Dr. B. C. CRAWFORD of Georgetown was in town working in the interest of Knights of Honor.
Andrew HILLIARD has decided to leave town.
Jim MERIDA was arrested & fined $7.00 for disturbing the peace.
The barbershop of Paul BRAVENEC was moved from corner into newly partitioned room, cut off from room occupied by G. COLBERT, as a cotton sample room. The corner was opened into one large room occupied by E. G. & J. W. JENKINS for a soda fountain, etc. Baker Ernest KLINGBEIL moved in to the former confectionery stand of Al FARMER. He has gone into partnership with Theodore SULLIVAN.
J. D. STOKES has purchased the last unoccupied store in the HUDSON block. [in Caldwell]
Marriage licenses: Willis WALLACE & Laura MEADOWS, Austin ISAM & Mittie GREEN, William NICKERSON & Margaret McCULLOUGH, Asa GRAY & Mrs. Willie PARKER, William SCHOPPE & Mary PAVLAS, Vince MATUSH & Egness CHARANZA, Tom SIMS & Mary BULLOCK, John LUCUS & Angie PARKER, W. N. LYON & Dettie POTEET.
Mrs. Eliza VENABLE of Belton, sister of W. T. NELSON, of this county died last Thursday, December 30th. She leaves her husband, W. J. VENABLE, and a niece, Miss Annie WATSON, whom she raised, to mourn her death. Miss WATSON will remain with her uncle.
The Caldwell News-Chronicle published a brief article concerning an issue of the Caldwell Register, dated November 16, 1882, that someone had brought in to the newspaper office. These names were mentioned in that article:
“C. S. RUNKLE is selling sweet potatoes. He raised 65 bushels this year on ¼ acre.
Jesse HARRIS and Miss Ora REEVES were married.
Mrs. A. P. WALLIN died.
Frank DENNISON and J. L. LEMONS, appear as the proprietors of Register.”
JANUARY 14, 1898
Miss Ida COURTNEY returned from Hunt and Erath Counties.
W. A. LYON, Jr. and Miss Dettie POTEET of Washington County were married. They will live in Lyons.
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Yellow Prairie has called Rev. CAUSEY for present year.
Several members of Mr. HINES’ family are quite ill.
Frank NEELY of Hubbard City is visiting his father, Dr. NEELEY of Yellow Prairie.
Rufus HOFFMAN has employment with Mr. MATEJOWSKY.
Calvin HOLT, after visiting his father has returned to home in Crockett, Texas.
Mr. PRINCE of Caldwell was a visitor in church at Yellow Prairie.
Mr. McLEAN’s little daughter, Belmar was very sick.
Parson FREEMAN has moved from Mrs. REEVES’ place, back to farm in Brazos County and R. E. DRAPER has moved into Parson’s vacancy.
Mr. Will MITCHELL has gone to Post Oak neighborhood to serve a term for 5 – 6 months on Tom SCOTT’s farm. If he does not commit any offense, he may be pardoned. [Cooks Point]
John NORCROSS is up after being sick. He is moving into MULLINAX place near the Hunt settlement.
Socials were held at the following: Mr. PRESSLEY, J. S. MITCHELL, Cyrus HOPE and Shady Grove Literary Society.
Miss Ella EIDSON is still sick.
Mrs. BOWERS & grandson, Thornton have returned from visiting.
Mrs. POLLACK, who has been visiting parents returned to home in Concho County.
Advertised letters: Tom HICKS, Amado JIMENEZ, Jr., Dellie SHAW, Floyd SHOCK
John VALENTA has moved out of Deanville community and his place will be taken by Henry RIPPLE, who was married at Caldwell on Tues.
Marriage licenses: John J. POLANSKY & Francis KAZMER, H. D. RIPPLE & Mrs. Anna ORSAG, Frank GOODLEY & Amanda DAWSON, Moses PARSONS & Ricy DAWSON, Emmett HESLEP & Mrs. Mary CHRIESMAN, Eugene BAILEY & Josephine WILLIAMSON, V. C. SEBESTA & Francis WALLENTA
Waxahachie, Jan. 13: General excitement prevails here over the mysterious disappearance of the 10-year-old daughter, Jennie of James S. DAVIS. At two this morning nearly 2, 000 people were looking for her.
Last Friday, Mr. & Mrs. A. G. JENKINS had an oyster supper. The following were guests: J. S. SNOOK & wife, C. C. NELMS & wife, J. C. WOMBLE & wife, P. H. SIMPSON & wife, J. B. COBB & wife and J. W. JENKINS & wife.
Last Sunday afternoon at residence of Rev. W. E. JAMES, Emmett HESLEP and Mrs. Mary CHRIESMAN of Quarry were married.
On Sunday next, children and grandchildren of Mr. & Mrs. M. L. WOMACK will take dinner with their parents at the Caldwell House. [hotel]
The Old City Cemetery is in need of a new fence. Leave contributions with J. F. COBB.
Patents issued to Texas inventors: J. A. BASSETT of Albany for back & shoulder brace, J. S. GILLIAND of Decatur for wire fence tightener, C. W. LEAVENS of Cedar Bayou for floor set, M. PICKETT of Roby for bed slat, N. M. ROSE of Bowie for dental chair, C. RUSSELL of Sylvan for cultivator and H. J. TOGLER of San Antonio for trolley guard.
V. E. HERBST went to Brenham on business.
Rev. J. M. CARROLL of Belton was in town.
Mrs. Lucy CARROLL is still severely ill.
Mrs. Bryson MURRAY returned from Brenham.
Mrs. Dr. HILL of Sand Creek is sick this week.
George HATFIELD is recovering.
R. M. PERDUE has a sick baby.
C. S. ADAMS of Lyons is in town.
Earl ELLIOTT of Providence left Wednesday for Brenham.
Dr. T. O. GORMAN is sick.
Harry DELAMATER of Galveston is visiting relatives.
Mrs. STAMPS has returned from Ballinger.
Charlie PORTER is recovering.
Glen HESLEP and Charlie KING are visiting in Navasota.
S. S. SIMMONS left for San Marcos to accept position.
W. E. CHAMBERS, lumberman of Lyons is in Caldwell.
Mrs. T. V. MURRAY is recovering.
John and Pierce PHILP, R. M. PERDUE and Jim BROADDUS are visiting in Milano.
Miss Della CARROLL, who has been visiting in Corsicana and Waco, has returned.
John PARKER and Capt. BELL of Brazos bottom are in town.
Mrs. DEAN of Smithville, who visited Mrs. J. H. JENKINS, has returned home.
Mrs. R. G. BROADDUS is recovering.
R. J. ALEXANDER and young wife are in their new home on Main St.
D. LEVI is on a business trip to Houston and Galveston.
Two of O. W. JOHNSTON’s little children are improving.
Miss Biddie JENKINS, who was visiting Mrs. BARNETT at Brenham returned home, with Mrs. BARNETT accompanying her.
Prof. A. Q. NASH, principal of Nash Female College at Sherman, is visiting family of Rev. W. S. LACKEY.
Capt. Q. J. WILLIAMS is ill with heart disease.
Miss Alice NICKOLSON, who was in charge of COBB’s millinery, returned to her home at Hamilton, Texas.
Miss Sudie ANDREWS and Miss Claude HUDSON of Milano are visiting the family of J. J. PHILP.
Fred DEUTSCH and Will WOMBLE attended a double Bohemian wedding at High Prairie.
H. M. WIMBELY & wife of Aransas Pass have been visiting family of J. F. COBB.
E. O. JANNETT is in serious condition with rheumatism.
Mrs. SULLIVAN of Temple, who visited family of Capt. WILLIAMS, returned home. Miss Maggie WILLIAMS accompanied her.
Sam HALE of Paint Rock is in town.
Rev. A. B. INGRAM & family of Corsicana are in town.
Dr. J. B. HONEYCUTT of Hookerville is in town.
Rev. J. A. STEPHENS is in town. Mrs. STEPHENS, who is with her parents at Darden Springs is still an invalid.
E. R. JERSIG left last Saturday for Shiner, Texas to attend the golden wedding anniversary of his grandfather, S. W. FLATO. Over 60 members of the family were present.
Harry HUDSON’s barn burned. He lost his buggy and gig and a large quantity of feed.
H. D. RIPPLE and Mrs. Anna ORSAG, who resided near Deanville, were united
in marriage at office of Judge E. G. BANKS, Tuesday evening at 4:30.
JANUARY 21, 1898
W. A. LYON bought part of the A. J. RADFORD stock of goods and moved them to his house where he will engage in the general mercantile business. J. D. GIDDINGS bought the remainder of the stock.
DAUCHAK and WALENTA is the name of a new firm.
Rev. H. C. WILLIS will preach at Yellow Prairie tonight.
W. C. CARROLL of Caldwell was in Yellow Prairie Sunday.
Mrs. Kate BLACK, after two weeks with her father, D. McGREGOR and sisters of Brenham has returned home.
On account of trouble with some of his pupils, Mr. A. LOVE has closed his school at Hoskin Springs.
Several young people attended an entertainment at MR. SEIGER;s of Sand Grove community [Milam Co.] Monday night.
Mrs. NEELEY, Mr. & Mrs. WENTZELL, Miss Mary HOLT and Frank NEELEY went to Rockdale Monday.
Edna HINES died January 13, 1898 from pneumonia. She was nearly 16.
Price ALCORN, better known as “Old Uncle Prince,” a well and favorably known old darkey fell dead one day last week while hauling wood. [Birch]
M. MATEJOWSKY’s business goods are being sold out by J. K. KRENEK of Lyons.
Frank WIEBUSCH, who sustained injury some time ago in a runaway scrape with team is getting better.
Have not heard from Mr. BRENING in a long time. He was supposed to have gone to the Klondike.
Will EASLEY has been repairing the old REEVES place, 1-½ miles north of post office. Tom HOWELL is supposed to live with him.
Ed EASLEY of Caldwell, Dr. EASLEY of Birch and Mr. HOUSTON & son of Second Creek had a lively wolf chase one day.
The treasure hunters on Frank CARBON’s place on High Prairie have made some considerable holes in ground, but no treasures found.
August POEHL moved near Lyons. Bill SCHULTZ has moved to HILL place.
Christian POEHL’s 12-year-old daughter, Minnie met with a painful accident, playing with gunpowder near a heater, burning her face and hand severely.
The little boy of Mr. MEEK accidentally caught corncrib on fire.
Eugene BAILEY and Miss Josephine WILLIAMSON were married at the home of the bride last week. They will live in home on the place of Dr. & Mrs. SPARKS.
Jim MOORE from the PARKER farm in the bottom was visiting at Hix last Sunday.
Miss Mattie JONES of Wheelock is visiting her sisters, Mrs. BAIN and Mrs. DUNN.
Miss Eva LUMPKIN of Oklahoma was here [Hix] Sunday, visiting Mrs. PORTER.
Will LOVELACE was over from Mumford Sunday.
Miss Willie SPARKS went to Caldwell last week and from there, to Yellow Prairie to visit Miss Carrie THOMPSON.
J. L. LITTLE and Miss THOMAS went to Tunis, Saturday and returned with Mrs. LITTLE, who has been there some weeks.
Rufus HOFFMAN went to Gause, Monday.
S. H. GERMAN and Miss Clara HARDIN attended teachers institute in Caldwell.
Edd DENMAN of Cedar Creek was in Hix.
Harry LIGHT, our cunning blacksmith is being kept busy.
Marriage licenses: Charley HERMENZ & Mattie WOODBURN, George W. VINSON & Marion C. THOMAS, Sidney BRADLEY & Winnie JAMES.
Eugene LEE, charged with murder of wife at Ennis, Texas is in Dallas jail for safekeeping.
Paul HYDE was charged with selling whiskey without a license in the city of Greenville, Texas.
Misses Ida MAYFIELD, Ola BOWERS and Jessie BUFFORD attended teachers institute at Caldwell. [Deanville]
Mrs. Dr. HILL died last Sunday. Her first husband was Ad HARRIS, the elder brother of J. W. HARRIS and Jud HARRIS, by whom she had three children, now aged 12 to 19 years. Her husband survives her.
Bob PARKER and Mr. B. PARRISH are in town visiting.
[Hookerville]
Mr. & Mrs. V. C. SEBESTA will soon begin housekeeping.
Joe KRENEK and John DANCEK of Lyons, Frank MURRAY of Merle and Ed REEVES, Jr. are in Sebesta on business.
Miss Genice GORMAN is teacher at Second Creek School.
W. T. WHITTAKER of Tunis is in town.
Rev. F. W. Ernest HARTMANN of Birch is in town.
Dr. W. E. HOWARD left for a visit in Galveston.
Dr. BEDFORD of Wooten Wells is in town prospecting for a location.
J. F. COBB and H. M. WIMBLERLY were quail hunting.
Rev. A. B. INGRAM & family returned to their home in Corsicana, Texas.
Bob NEWSOME of William KOPPE’s farm was in town.
W. P. GROW of Kennedy, but formerly of Caldwell was in town.
A. B. CARR, Jr. of Bryan was in town.
Miss Biddie JENKINS is recovering from illness.
Mrs. THOMAS and Miss Dollie LISK of Brenham were in town visiting Mr. & Mrs. A. C. FARMER.
E. O. JANNETT, who has been down with rheumatism is better.
Rev. M. C. TAYLOR, pastor of Caldwell Presbyterian Church preached at Hico, Hamilton County, last Sunday.
Dr. T. O. GORMAN is recovering.
A. J. ROCKETT gave us a pleasant visit.
J. J. MORGAN relocated his stand at rear of J. H. FUOSS and will engage in feed business only.
Mrs. M. L. WOMACK, Jr. of Houston, who has been visiting family of Capt. M. L. WOMACK has returned home.
Mrs. C. W. CURRY and Misses Effie WITHERS and Lila COLLINS went to Brenham to see “Puddinhead Wilson,” played by Theo. HAMILTON.
Sheriff CURRY arrested Ed WATSON, colored, for burglary.
Walter BROWN, who stole many items in Caldwell a few weeks ago, was arrested in Paint Rock, Concho County.
Sheriff CURRY arrested Will and John WATTS, near Clay Station, for horse theft about three months ago. One is 17 and one is 22, with a wife and two children.
Eugene BART hangs for his crimes today.
Lists of patents issued to Texas residents: W. S. SHAW of Dallas, for snuff package, F. B. WALKER of San Antonio for check spring, W. T. YOUNGER, of Austin for baling press, J. G. YZNAGA of Brownsville for invalid’s chair.JANUARY 28, 1898
Advertised letters: Mrs. Mary FERGUSON, E. GOITH, Miss Mary McNEESE, W. A. SCOTT and Van GOODWIN
Mr. Wade BRYMER and Miss Nealy PORTER report good attendance at their schools. [Hookerville]
Capt. W. W. ARNOLD is working on his new residence.
Glad to announce the arrival of friend and neighbor, Stephen PARKER & family. He will locate for this season near his father on the Dr. PIERCE place.
Babe of Mr. RUNNELS is quite low with pneumonia.
Warren HILLIARD of Caldwell is visiting Hookerville,
Sunday’s appointment at Midway’s schoolhouse was filled by Rev. J. D. HADEN.
John BROADWELL is fencing in his new place.
Mr. MOSES had a party at his house last Friday.
Miss Annie SEWELL has made Callahan County her future home.
Miss Sallie HILL is visiting relatives near Brenham.
Miss Alice HENSLEE returned from Brenham visiting relatives.
Charley ETZEL spent last week with his sister, Mrs. H. WENTZELL.
One of Fritz RUNNELL’s children is sick.
There was a social at J. C. BARNETT’s last Thursday. [Lyons]
L. D. WARD completed upper story to his residence. [Providence]
Alex DUCKWORTH has two sick children.
Vassar NIX is compiling a new garden.
John NIX finished fencing a tract of land for Charley WINDHAUSEN.
Virgil GALLAHER, who was charged with killing his mother at Galveston, has been accessed the death penalty.
Jud WOMBLE, Jr. visited at Dime Box last Sunday.
Mrs. J. M. FAGAN is seriously ill.
Alex EWING of Myers is in town.
R. J. ALEXANDER & wife went to Brenham.
Miss Zelda HESLEP from Corsicana visited her sister.
J. W. HARVEY accepted position in banking house of William REEVES & Co.
A few friends were entertained at home of J. F. COBB last Monday, in honor of Miss McMURTRIE, who was departing for home.
John HADEN has resigned his position with William REEVES. & Co.
Mr. & Mrs. H. M. WIMBERLY and Miss McMORTIE returned to their home at Aransas Pass. One of the two sons of H. M. WIMBLERLY will attend school here, living with his uncle, J. F. COBB.
Kit JACKSON, Negro charged with robbing Henry TAYLOR, Negro, was dismissed
by Judge SINKS on a writ of habeas corpus.
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