The Athenian (Newspaper)
Saturday, June 27, 1885
Vol. 2 No. 37



Local Gleanings


If you want the best fruit jars in the marked go to Osborne & Coleman

Blank chattel mortages at this office.

Go to Wofford's for saddles and bridles.

Job work neatly executed at this office. Give us a call.

Don't forget to subscribe for the ATHENIAN, only $1.50 year.

Get a good picture of yourself, for this may be your last chance.

Don't forget that T. B. Bayliss is the chief at taking good photographs.

Murchison & Coleman will sell you good flour for $1.00 per sack.

Mr. Petty of Ennis was in the city Sunday and Monday.

Master Tom B. Wofford returned from Tyler this week.

Judge W. L. Faulk, with the assistance of some irrepressible cows, has gathered his fodder.

Maj. Martin left Thursday evening for Cameron to attend the reunion of Hood's brigade.

Miss Katie Osborne left on the 7:50 train Wednesday night for Dawson where she will visit her aunt for two or three weeks. We wish Miss Katie a pleasant sojourn in that beautiful little city.

Master Tom Faulk, oe of Athens' brightest 4 year olds, gave us a pleasant call Wednesday. He made his ever welcome presence additionally delightful by presenting us with a bucke of peaches and plums, for which we return our manny, many thanks.

Rev. Mr. Davy of Tyler, preached for Rev. U. B. Phillps, at the Methodist Church, Monday night. Mr. Davy was on his, way from Tyler to Waco to meet the evangelist Sam Jones and endeavor if possible, to get him to visit Tyler.

W. R. Dickerson and C. H. Hawn went to Canton on Monday where the former succeeded in making the final arrangement with Van Zandt County to borrow money with which to build our Court-house. The money is now in bank and the work will proceed rapidly on the Court-house.

On July 3rd and 4th round trip tickets will be sold to any point on the line of T. & St. L. R. R. one single fare for the round trip. Ticket good to return until July 6th.

W. H. Heist, the telegraph operator who, some time ago, was arrested for robbing the company's safe at this place of $449, gave bond Wednesday in the sum of $500 Sheriff Davis informed the Athenian that five prominent citizens of Denison are on his bond. Heist left the same evening for Denison.

Prof. J. C. Roberts, accompanied by his estimable lady, left Sunday night, for Waco, where they will spend the summer vacation. They will return to Athens about the 15th of August, and will open school on the 1st Monday in September. The Athenian wishes them a pleasant vacation, although we dislike to lose them even for a time. We predict for the Professor and his worthy lady a larger and even more successful school, than the one just closed.

Larkin & Matthews have Masons fruit jars. These jars have a glass stopper in connection with the cover which holds the fruit under the juice thereby preventing them moulding. Give them a trial.

The several Sunday schools of Athens give a grand union picnic, on the 2nd of July at Wood's springs, about one mile from town. This place was select5ed because it was near enough to town for everyone to walk. There will be no formal procession but everybody can go and come just when it suits their convenience. All should attend as a joyous time is anticipated. Ladies haveing dinner for the occasion should leave their baskets at the store of J. H. Jarrell, so that they may be conveyed to the picnic grounds by the dray. This will save the fatigue of carrying them so far. Besure you mark your baskets, then there will be no danger of losing them.

All persons having claims against the estate of J. Richardson, deceased are hereby notified that I received a letter of administration on said estate on the 2nd day of March, A. D. 1885, and you are requested to present your claims within the time prescribed by law. My residence is seven miles southerst of Athens, and Athens is my postoffice. K. Richardson.

We had three rains this week, Monday, Wednesday, Wednesday night and Thursday. Tis ensures a splendid corn crop. We cannot absolutely depend upon the cotton crop, as that is not certain, but we have the pest prospect for crops of all kinds that has been known in this county for several years. With the unusally large acreage of corn and cotton and the large amount of wheat and other small grain raised, we may reasonably expect a return of prosperity to our county.

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