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Home My WebLink AboutBGA v29-1 winter 2008 Brazos Genealogist CONTENTS PAGE Newspaper Clippings, 1885-1893 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Page 3 Sunday Shooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regina Opersteny 10 Newspaper Odd and Ends, 1868 -1894 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Page 11 Check List of Texas Imprints, 1861 -1876 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John P. Blair 14 Selected Records -Texas “Republic Claims Series” pt 2 . . . . . . Bill Page 25 Circus, Plays and Shows, 1850 -1900's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Page 28 The Bryan Weekly Eagle, November 16, 1905 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Index complied by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ron Hambric 36 BRAZOS GENEALOGIST VOLUME XXIX NUMBER 1 WINTER 2008 BRAZOS GENEALOGICAL ASSOCIATION P. O. BOX 5493 BRYAN TX 77805-5493 OFFICERS 2008 PRESIDENT . . . . . . . . . DON SIMMONS dsimonsAL@direcway.com VICE PRES . . . . . . . . VICKI SIMMONS victsimons@aol.com SECRETARY . . . . . LOIS CARPENTER TREASURER . . . . . . . . . . . RUTH HARY rhary@txcyber.com EDITOR . . . . . . . . . . . . RON HAMBRIC ron@hambric.us STAFF EDITORS MEMBERSHIP . . . . . . . . . ALLEN DEAN asdean96@suddenlink.nett PUBLICITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . LUCI CASH RESEARCH/QUERIES . . . . RUTH HARY LOCAL HISTORY . . . . . . . RUTH HARY CONTINUING SERIES . . . . . BILL PAGE PRINTING/INDEXING . RON HAMBRIC MEETINGS Meetings held the third Monday of each month from 7:00 pm to 8:45 pm in the Bryan Public Library. Please arrive early as the library closes at 9:00 pm. Membership is on a calendar year basis, January through December. QUARTERLY The GENEALOGIST is published as Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall Issues. Each volume of the GENEALOGIST corresponds with the membership year. This publication is offered in print or electronic (PDF) version. With PDF you receive CD at end of year with four issues plus copies of handouts from meetings. $15.00 /year if printed version picked up at meetings or PDF selected and CD picked up. $20.00 /year if quarterly mailed or PDF version with CD mailed. Checks for dues may be mailed to the address at the top of the page. WEB SITE The web site for the Brazos Genealogical Association is: http://www.brazosgenealogy.org EXCHANGE The GENEALOGIST is available for exchange with other organizations or publishers who have publications to offer. Send inquiries or samples to P.O. Box 5493, Bryan, TX 77805-5493. SOLICITATIONS We solicit queries, family charts, copies of Bible records, articles and stories with Brazos Valley ties. Family charts should be 8 ½” x 11". EDITORIAL POLICY Neither the Brazos Genealogical Association nor the staff of the Quarterly will be responsible for error of fact or opinion expressed herein. Every effort is made to publish reliable information. The editorial staff reserves the right to accept appropriate material with editing privileges on a space available basis. Members are encouraged to submit pictures/articles of interest concerning the Brazos Valley. Research pertaining to deeds, Bible records, schools, churches, and other groups or organizations are desired. Research on material before the turn of the century is especially welcome. The Association will do limited local Brazos Co. research for $10.00 /hour. Write for details and please enclose a SASE. Brazos Genealogist Volume XXIX Number 1 Bryan/College Station WINTER 2008 Texas Newspaper Clippings, 1884-1893 by Bill PAGE For many years, the Dallas Morning News published a column titled "Dallas and Texas 50 Years Ago." This column reprinted news stories that were first published 50 years earlier. The following stories concern Brazos County. The corner stone of the new Baptist Church at Bryan will be laid today by representatives of the Grand Lodge of Masons. Quite a number of Bryan business men have contracted to put telephones in their places of business. The boys of Millican have challenged the Bryan boys to a duck hunt today. The victorious party will be treated to an oyster supper. From Dallas Herald, Jan.29, 1884, reprinted in Dallas Morning News, Jan.29, 1934. Stock in the new hotel at Bryan is being taken up rapidly by our citizens and no doubt Colonel STODDARD and Mr. RANDALL will erect the hotel. From Dallas Herald, Feb.3, 1884, reprinted in Dallas Morning News, Feb.3, 1934. Col. George M. FIGH of Dallas has the contract for the new hotel at Bryan and will commence work today. From Dallas Herald, Apr.4, 1884, reprinted in Dallas Morning News, Apr.4, 1934. The Ancient Order of United Workmen will give a grand picnic and ball at Bryan, June 11. From Dallas Herald, June 5, 1884, reprinted in Dallas Morning News, June 5, 1934. The closing exercises of the female seminary at Bryan will be held June 17. Guy M. BRYAN, Jr. of Bryan, is spending a month in Brazoria County. From Dallas Herald, June 15, 1884, reprinted in Dallas Morning News, June 15, 1934. J.R. COLE of College Station is in Wichita Falls looking after property which he 4purchased some time since. From Dallas Herald, July 25, 1884, reprinted Dallas Morning News, July 25, 1934. The Bryan Rifles will give their seventh annual ball in Bryan on the night of Dec.31. From Dallas Herald, Dec.28, 1884, reprinted Dallas Morning News, Dec.28, 1934. About forty convicts overpowered their guards and escaped from Clay's farm near Wellborn day before yesterday, and night before last they attempted to capture the powder magazine at Bryan. In the bloody fight, one Bryan citizen was killed, but the convicts were driven back into the river bottom. From Dallas Herald, May 16, 1885, reprinted Dallas Morning News, May 16, 1935. Mr. R.M. SMITH, the original founder of the Brazos Pilot, at Bryan, purchased the same today from Mr. Leo CLARK, and the Enterprise, from Mr. O.B. HUCKABEE, and has consolidated them. From Dallas Morning News, Jan.14, 1886, reprinted Jan.14, 1936. Dallas … The HOWELL Brothers have disposed of their stock to go into the banking business at Bryan. From Dallas Morning News, Feb.3, 1886, reprinted Feb.3, 1936. Z.W. RICHARDSON is editor and proprietor of a new paper at Bryan, the Brazos Blade. From Dallas Morning News, Feb.19, 1886, reprinted Feb.19, 1936. The Brazos Presbytery opened its spring session at Navasota on the 15th, with the Rev. Donald McGREGOR of Houston, moderator, and William CAVITT, of Bryan, clerk. From Dallas Morning News, Apr.18, 1886, reprinted Apr.18, 1936. The State Liverymen's Association, organized at Bryan for the purpose of mutual protection and the general advancement of the livery business in Texas, met in Waco yesterday for its first annual session, J.W. TABOR, president, of Bryan, presiding. From Dallas Morning News, July 15, 1886, reprinted July 15, 1936. Following competitive examinations at Bryan, Saturday, for the scholarship to the Sam Houston Normal School, Miss Clary WOODALL of Millican, was appointed by Hon. W.B. CAVITT, she having passed the best examination. From Dallas Morning News, Aug.24, 1886, reprinted Aug.24, 1938. H. KERNOLE has secured the Alliance trade of Grimes County and will conduct stores at Navasota and Bryan. The Bohemians are joining the alliance. A lodge was organized at their settlement near College Station Tuesday night, with some forty members. From Dallas Morning News, Aug.19, 1886, reprinted Aug.19, 1936. Col. H.B. STODDARD, a well-known cattleman of Bryan, reached Dallas yesterday en route home from the Knights Templar conclave at St. Louis, where he was elected grand junior warder by the convention. From Dallas Morning News, Sept.30, 1885, reprinted Sept.30, 1935. 5 The STODDARD Hotel at Bryan has been remodeled and refitted and is now under the management of J.L. BARNES. From Dallas Morning News, Oct.24, 1886, reprinted Oct.24, 1936. The annual meeting of the Brazos County Bible Society, which is a branch of the American Bible Society with headquarters in New York City, met Sunday night at the Methodist Episcopal Church of Bryan. Dr. F.M. LAW presided due to the absence of Dr. RANKIN, the president. Speeches were made by the Rev. Daniel SMITH and Judge THOMAS. Officers were elected as follows: E.C. FERGUSON, president; Lem HALL, secretary, and G.W. NEWELL, treasurer. From Dallas Morning News, Feb.22, 1887, reprinted Feb.22, 1937. Judge CEARNAL of Bryan, who came to Texas at an early day from North Carolina, dropped dead at his home Tuesday evening. He had served his precinct as Justice of Peace for six consecutive terms. General STODDARD, Bryan, president of the Texas Cattle Association, has received a letter from the Veterinary Sanitary Board of Colorado in which said board has made some stringent rules and regulations relative to admission of Texas cattle into Colorado. From the Dallas Morning News, Apr.28, 1887, reprinted Apr.28, 1937. Dallas … According to the News' Bryan dispatch, Capt. James MORONEY of this city, and Miss Nona McQUEEN, daughter of the late T.J. McQUEEN of Bryan, were married yesterday in the Catholic Church of that town by Father MARTIERE of this city assisted by Father LASKI of Bryan. During the ceremony Miss Hettie PAGE of Bryan, sang a beautiful song. Attendants were Will MORONNEY and Miss Minnie DERDEN, T.B. McQUEEN and Miss Sallie HOWELL, J.A. McQUEEN and Miss Minnie HEREFORD of Dallas, J.P. CHANCE and Miss Mamie WEAR of San Antonio, Ed HALL and Miss Grace BUFFINGTON of Anderson and W.S. HOWELL and Miss Lena ADAMS. From Dallas Morning News, June 10, 1887, reprinted June 10, 1937. Fire at Bryan at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon destroyed William KOPPE's store and caused a total damage estimated at $40,000. From Dallas Morning News, July 11, 1887, 1887, reprinted July 11, 1937. Dallas … Misses Ray and Laura SIMS of Bryan are visiting Mrs. L.W. CLARK on Cumberland Hill. From Dallas Morning News, July 13, 1887, reprinted July 13, 1937. Hon. J.N. HENDERSON of Bryan has been appointed to the District Judgeship made vacant by the appointment of Judge W.E. COLLARD as Commissioner of Appeals. From Dallas Morning News, Sept.16, 1887, reprinted Sept.16, 1937. Dallas … Mrs. Cliff ADAMS of Bryan is the guest of her sister, Mrs. James MORONEY Jr., on North Harwood Street. From Dallas Morning News, Oct.24, 1887, reprinted Oct. 24, 1937. 6 Mr. James M. ROBINSON of Hempstead died in Bryan on Thursday morning. Proprietor of two stores and the Junction Hotel at Hempstead, Mr. ROBINSON leaves a wife, six sons and a daughter to mourn his death. From Dallas Morning News, Dec.2, 1887, reprinted Dec.2, 1937. L. BANKS, a teacher in the Bryan city schools and son of Superintendent W.A. BANKS and Miss Lena ADAMS, daughter of Capt. J.J. ADAMS, were married in the Christian Church at Bryan Thursday. The attendants were S.H. HICKMAN and Miss Hettie PAGE, J.T. HANWAY and Miss Jennie HARRIS, Ernest ADAMS and Miss Kate BANKS, Will DAVIS and Miss Maud HARLAN of Calvert, Sam PARKER and Miss Willie ROGERS, W.R. WYSE and Miss Lulu WEBB, Robert ARMSTRONG and Miss Maggie FULKERSON and Paschal BUFORD and Miss Sallie HOWELL. From Dallas Morning News, Dec.26, 1887, reprinted Dec.26, 1937. The Brazos Pilot and Texas Blade, at Bryan, have been consolidated, and the business will be conducted by a joint stock company, the Central Texas Publishing Company. Directors for for the current year are R.M. SMITH, Dawson ADMIRE, O. HUCKABEE and W.L. TURNER. From the Dallas Morning News, Jan.5, 1888, reprinted Jan.5, 1938. Dallas … Col. R.A. BRANTLEY of Bryan is in the city for the purpose of organizing a lodge of the A.O.U.W. From Dallas Morning News, Aug.7, 1888, reprinted Aug.7, 1938. Gov. L.S. ROSS has appointed Prof. W.L. BRINGHURST of the A. & M. College commissioner for Texas at the international exposition at Paris, France. From Dallas Morning News, Aug.24, 1888, reprinted Aug.24, 1938. Judge D.C. BARMORE died at Bryan Sept.13. He had been County Judge at Bryan since adoption of the present constitution. From Dallas Morning News, Sept.15, 1888, reprinted Sept.15, 1938. Dallas … Judge J.T. THOMAS of Bryan is in the city looking after the erection of his new dwelling. From Dallas Morning News, Oct.9, 1888, reprinted Oct.9, 1938. Captain FOWLKES of Bryan has purchased the 900-acre LACKEY irrigated farm near San Angelo for $12,500. From Dallas Morning News, Oct.23, 1888, reprinted Oct.23, 1938. Dallas … Joe MUSTACHEA of Bryan was married yesterday to Miss Ida MILLER of Dallas, at the residence of her stepfather, Frank MILLER. From Dallas Morning News, Oct.24, 1888, reprinted Oct.24, 1938. Dallas … W.R. HOWELL of Bryan is in the city preparatory to opening a wholesale business in Dallas on Jan.1. From Dallas Morning News, Nov.30, 1888, reprinted Nov.30, 1938. 7 Dallas … Charles W. GUILD has sold 75x100 feet, southwest corner Main and Field, with a two-story building, to I.G. RANDLE of Brazos County for $61,500. From the Dallas Morning News, June 14, 1889, reprinted June 14, 1939. The last day of the State Farmers' Alliance convention in Dallas, Saturday, was a busy one. The board of twenty-five trustees was abolished, and a smaller board of directors, one for each Congressional district, was named. This board met immediately and named S.D.A. DUNCAN of Brazos County, president; J.T. CRAWFORD of Stephens County, secretary-treasurer. From Dallas Morning News, Aug.25, 1889, reprinted Aug.25, 1939. Joseph H. BROWN, a native of Plattsburg, Ga., died yesterday at Bryan. From Dallas Morning News, Nov.17, 1889, reprinted Nov.17, 1939. Three cases of robbery occurred night before last at Bryan. The homes of Robert TABOR, J.F. DEARLING and E.L. WARD were entered. From Dallas Morning News, Dec.13, 1889, reprinted Dec.13, 1939. Constable W.R. MILLICAN of Millican was killed last night by gunfire when he investigated a disturbance near a grocery store. From Dallas Morning News, Dec.16, 1889, reprinted Dec.16, 1939. Bryan reports that Negro laborers have been imported from North Carolina and are employed on plantations along the Brazos. From Dallas Morning News, Feb.12, 1890, reprinted Feb.11, 1940. The John DAVIS residence at Bryan was destroyed by fire, which was thought to have originated from a defective flue. From Dallas Morning News, Feb.28, 1890, reprinted Feb.27, 1940. J.A. MEYERS, who resigned recently as clerk of Brazos County, took office as post-master at Bryan. From Dallas Morning News, March 4, 1890, reprinted March 3, 1940. The family of Col. Tom ARMSTRONG of Bryan announced the forthcoming marriage on Wednesday of their only daughter, Miss Annie ARMSTRONG, to Robert E.L. KNIGHT of Dallas. From Dallas Morning News, May 26, 1890, reprinted May 25, 1940. Editor R.M. SMITH of the Bryan Eagle announced as a candidate for State Senator in opposition to Scott FIELD of Calvert. From Dallas Morning News, June 29, 1890, reprinted June 28, 1940. Three Negro youths were held at Bryan in connection with the robbery of G.W. NORRELL's drugstore. From Dallas Morning News, Nov.28, 1890, reprinted Nov. 28, 1940. 8 The Bryan Pilot reported that its city will soon have a new railroad depot. From Dallas Morning News, Dec.24, 1890, reprinted Dec.23, 1940. Brazos Lodge No.64, Knights of Pythias, at Bryan held a masquerade ball. From Dallas Morning News, Jan.2, 1891, reprinted Jan.1, 1941. Dallas … William H. FLIPPEN, senior member of the banking firm of FLIPPEN, ADOUE & LOBIT, died at his home, 835 Ross Avenue, of heart disease. He was born near Gallatin, Tenn., March 4, 1839, and moved to Galveston in 1866, where he started as a clerk in the house of Maurice KOPPERL. He moved to Bryan in 1868 and shortly afterward entered the banking business. He came to Dallas in 1880 upon the formation of the banking firm. He served as City Treasurer of Dallas for three terms. He is survived by his wife and four children. Funeral services will be held at St. Matthew's Cathedral. From Dallas Morning News, Jan.18, 1891, reprinted Jan.17, 1941. Dallas -Col. and Mrs. T.E. ARMSTRONG, formerly of Bryan, left for their new home in Gainesville, following a visit hear with their daughter, Mrs. Robert E.L. KNIGHT. From Dallas Morning News, Feb.25, 1891, reprinted Feb.24, 1941. Austin. Two weeks since pretty little invitations were mailed to society announcing that one of Austin's belles, Miss Ida F. NEWTON, had been captured in marriage by a prominent young merchant of Bryan, W.E. ASTIN. The ceremony was performed Wednesday evening in the magnificent Tenth Street Methodist Church, which was brilliantly illuminated and decorated and filled to overflowing with the elite of this city. From Dallas Morning News, March 23, 1891, reprinted March 22, 1941. Bryan -At a meeting of the City Council the Hon. J.A. BUCKHOLTS was elected to the office of city recorder. A number of liverymen from different parts of the state arrived for the opening of their annual convention. The local committee showed them over the city and then gave them a tour of nearby Texas A. & M. College. From Dallas Morning News, Apr.16, 1891, reprinted Apr.15, 1891. Bryan: Mrs. C.A. ENGLISH, 72, died at the residence of her son-in-law, Gen. H.B. STODDARD, this morning. From Dallas Morning News, July 3, 1891, reprinted July 2, 1941. Dallas … Capt. J.S. FOWLKES, formerly of Bryan, has bought the new ALEXANDER residence in the Oaks on Gaston Avenue. From Dallas Morning News, Jan.27, 1892, reprinted Jan.26, 1942. Bryan -Citizens visited J. SCHWARZ, manager of the opera house, and asked him to cancel the engagement of Uncle Tom's Cabin. The populace fear that the play will arouse ill-feeling and fan the fires of sectional disagreement. From Dallas Morning News, Feb.19, 1892, reprinted Feb.18, 1892. 9 Dallas … Col. M.W. SIMS of Bryan arrived in Dallas to take an active part in the Confederate Reunion. Capt. G.A. GORDN and C.W. GORDON, the latter editor of the Central Texan, also arrived for the festivities and paid a call on The News. From Dallas Morning News, Apr.5, 1892, reprinted Apr.4, 1942. Dallas … H.B. STODDARD, Adjutant General of the Texas Division, United Confederate Veterans, came in from Bryan. He was entertained by Gen. W.L. CABELL and staff. From Dallas Morning News, May 18, 1892, reprinted May 17, 1942. Bryan -Prof. A.E. KIRKPATRICK of this city has accepted a position for the summer with a railroad in Mexico and leaves shortly for that place. From Dallas Morning News, June 25, 1892, reprinted June 24, 1942. Bryan: The anniversary of the first battle of Manassas or Bull Run, which took place July 21, 1861, was celebrated here by fifteen Confederate veterans meeting in the office of George W. SMITH. Toasts were drunk in champagne punch by various gentlemen. From Dallas Morning News, July 24, 1892, reprinted July 23, 1942. Longview -Mr. and Mrs. J.H. CARTER and daughter, Miss Minnie CARTER, returned to their home in Bryan after a month spent pleasantly with relatives in this city. From Dallas Morning News, Aug.7, 1892, reprinted Aug.7, 1942. Bryan -Capt. C.S. GAINES informed Adjt. Gen. W.H. MABRY at Austin that the Bryan Light Infantry has voted to withdraw from the Texas Volunteer Guard and to disband. Action grew out of dissatisfaction over the recent state encampment at Austin. Captain GAINES cited the arrogance and dictatorial conduct of many commissioned officers above the rank of captain as one cause of the dissatisfaction. From Dallas Morning News, Aug.19, 1892, reprinted Aug.18, 1942. Austin -The state encampment of colored militia opened this morning. The four companies are the Excelsior Guards, San Antonio; Ireland Rifles, Seguin; Brazos Light Guards, Bryan; Capital City Guards, Austin. From Dallas Morning News, Aug.25, 1892, reprinted Aug.24, 1942. Millican -A rear-end collision occurred here this morning involving two freight trains. No.7, northbound, was standing at the depot when No.11 came around the curve under a full head of steam. No one was hurt. From Dallas Morning News, Oct.28, 1892, reprinted Oct.27, 1942. Bryan -A.Y. SMITH died at the home of D. SMYTHE in Bryan from the effects of being thrown from a buggy one day last week while driving near A. & M. College. From Dallas Morning News, Dec.11, 1892, reprinted Dec.10, 1942. Bryan -The Christmas party at Mrs. Fannie I. GARTH's for members of the St. Andrew's Episcopal Sunday school was quite a success. From Dallas Morning News, 10 Dec.27, 1892, reprinted Dec.26, 1942. Bryan -Mayor Clifford ADAMS gave official notice that an election will be held on the first Tuesday in April to choose a city marshal, three aldermen and a city secretary. From Dallas Morning News, Feb.19, 1893, reprinted Feb.18, 1943. Bryan -Saturday there were shipped from Bryan forty-three head of beef cattle, the prettiest ever seen in this place. They were from the experiment station of the Texas A. & M. College and were fed under the direction of Prof. George W. CURTIS on cottonseed and cottonseed products as an experiment. From Dallas Morning News, Mar.28, 1893, reprinted Mar.27, 1943. Bryan -Mrs. Seletha ERWIN, 69 years of age, died here today. From the Dallas Morning News, Apr.18, 1893, reprinted Apr.17, 1943. Bryan -This city is to have a free wagon yard. Merchants have subscribed a purse of $500 to provide a lot and feed stables. From the Dallas Morning News, Apr.24, 1893, reprinted Apr.23, 1943. Bryan -The colored population is making extensive preparations for their emancipation celebration here tomorrow. From Dallas Morning News, July 1, 1893, reprinted June 30, 1943. Bryan -The 18-year-old boy preacher, the Rev. Charles A. BURTON, began a protracted meeting at the Christian Church this morning. He made a good impression. From Dallas Morning News, July 18, 1893, reprinted July 17, 1943. SUNDAY SHOOTING Transcribed by Regina OPERSTENY from the Dallas Morning News 3-19-1888. Just before the North Bound train arrived on Sunday morning, Harry THOMPSON ran through the depot with shots being fired at him. M. BONNEVILLE fired two shots and his son, Louis BONNEVILLE fired three shots. The shots were fired at close range but THOMPSON received only a slight flesh wound in the leg and one in his shoulder. The two Bonneville's were arrested along with Ed LACOUTRE, who was with them. They refused to make any statement but it is known there has been bad blood between THOMPSON and the BONNEVILLE's. THOMPSON is M. BONNEVILLE's son-in-law. THOMPSON was tried for assault to to murder M. BONNEVILLE at the last court term by poisoning. 11 NEWSPAPER ODDS AND ENDS, 1868-1894 compiled by Bill PAGE Bryan, Dec. 13 -A German by the name of A. REISENBOYNER while riding out of town this evening was thrown from his horse against a post and instantly killed. He was about 60 years old and a carpenter by trade. Several fine residences are now being built, among the number a handsome residence by Mr. T.E. ARMSTRONG… RECTOR & ADAMS' stock, which was attached some days ago, is now advertised for sale. They have been trying to make arrangements to resume business but have failed, owing to a disagreement of creditors. Dallas Morning News, 14 December 1886, p.5 Wellborn, Tex., April 18 -The long continued drouth came to a close to-day. Quite a refreshing shower fell here this morning, and prospects are good for a heavy rain to-night. Farmers are wearing smiles. Dallas Morning News, 17 April 1887, p.2 Bryan, Texas, Jan.17 -All the prisoners, nine in number, in the jail of this (Brazos) County made their escape last evening last evening by burrowing under the wall. One of them came in and surrendered after a few hours, saying it was so cold he could not stand it in the woods. Among the escaped prisoners are the three men who robbed the post office at Millican, for whom the Sheriff offered a reward of $1,000. New York Times, 18 January 1888, p.10. The Bryan Pilot is sorry to learn that Mr. J. BURIATO, editor of the Slovan, is quite ill. Galveston Daily News, 3 October 1888, p.3, col.1 Bryan, Tex., Feb. 14 -Irving RANDLE and Tom BOYETT had an altercation to-day which culminated in their exchanging several shots. BOYETT fell shot in the leg and foot, and is seriously but not fatally wounded, as far as can be learned. The cause of the affair was trivial, both parties being somewhat in liquor. RANDLE has been arrested. Dallas Morning News, 15 February 1889, p.8 Bryan, Texas, Feb.16 -Eight miles east of Bryan, on the afternoon of the 14th, a difficulty took place between John SMITH and William DANSBY, at the home of the latter. SMITH was struck on the top of the head head with a Winchester rifle, and died yesterday from the effects of the blow. DANSBY was held under $10,000 bonds, which he immediately gave. Both were highly respected and well-to-do planters. After hearing of SMITH's death DANSBY killed himself by blowing his brains out with a pistol this evening. New York Times, 17 February 1890, p.1 Bryan, Tex., March 3 -Mr. J.A. MEYERS resigned his position as clerk of Brazos County on the 1st and the same day took charge of the post office at this place. Mr. MEYERS was postmaster at Bryan during the last Republican administration and though 12 Mr. TABOR, the retiring postmaster has made an excellent official and was universally esteemed, yet when it was known a change was to be made the public was glad to learn that the position was to be filled by so acceptable a man as Mr. MEYERS. Mr. J.W. BARRON was appointed to fill the office made vacant by Mr. MEYERS' resignation. Dallas Morning News, 4 March 1890, p.2 Benchly, Brazos Co., Tex., March 25 -Farmers in this section are a little behind with their work owing to so much recent rain, but now they are having fine weather and are progressing splendidly with their work. About two-thirds of the corn is planted and cotton lands are very nearly all plowed. Grass and water are in abundance and all kinds of stock is doing well in these parts. Col. C.C. SEALE, a prominent stock raiser living one mile from this place, while returning from the town of Bryan to his home was thrown from his hack by his team running away with him and was seriously but not fatally hurt. Dallas Morning News, 26 March 1890, p.6 6 Bryan, Tex., Dec. 12 -Arrangements have been made to have a jack rabbit chase on Burton's prairie, some six miles northeast of Bryan. A large number of swift-footed greyhounds have been engaged for the sport, including some famous dogs from neighboring counties. Dallas Morning News, 14 December 1891, p.6 Bryan, Texas, May 9 -The Houston and Texas Central railroad people are building a neat freight depot at the college. Lieutenant B.C. MORSE of College has erected a great high flag staff from which the stars and stripes float now. Houston Post, 10 May 1892, p.8, col.4Bryan's first bale of cotton has been received and the first bale "chestnut" is passed to the next point. It was raised by a colored man, Hilliard JONES, on his own farm near Bryan, was ginned by G.S. PARKER, weighed and handled at the Bryan Brick warehouse by J.M. GATES, sold to James O. CHANCE for 10 cents a pound, weighed 525 pounds and classed strict middling. Messrs. James O. CHANCE and James GATES gave Hilliard a purse of $11.40. Houston Houston Daily Post, 31 July 1892, pt.2, p.15, col.2 Bryan, Tex., Aug. 20 -The split-up of the State militia has started, the Bryan Light Infantry having disbanded and returned its commission. Capt. C.S. GAINER, in his letter to Adj. Gen. MABRY, says the whole Texas volunteer guard is going to pieces. He charges the superior officers with favoritism and conduct unbecoming soldiers or gentlemen in favoring certain companies in the encampment decisions, in assailing the character of officers and men, and in denying them a hearing. Politics has entered the ranks of the militia, and it promises to wind up like the Democratic convention did. Washington Post, 21 August 1892, p.7 The Bryan Light Guard (colored) left today for Austin with about thirty-two men in all, in command of Captain Lewis JOHNSON, for the State encampment. The depot was thronged with Negroes today to say good-bye, and their sponsor stacked up immense. Houston Daily Post, 24 August 1892, p.2, col.2 13 Wellborn, Tex., Sept. 7 -Saturday Major BEANE, a genial old gentleman of Brazos County, was out with a party of friends chasing the wild deer, but being unsuccessful he left the party to return home. Sunday his nonappearance caused uneasiness at home and friends went out in search of him. He is supposed to have been seized with apoplexy soon after his separation from the other hunters and to have fallen from his horse, as he was found in the forest Monday at noon in an unconscious condition with his head and face infested with worms. He was taken home and tenderly cared for, but died in a few hours. Dallas Morning News, 8 September 1892, p.5 Bryan, Tex., May 10 -At a recent meeting of the school trustees Major W.A. BANKS was re-elected superintendent of the graded schools, with Prof. T.S. MINTER as principal and Prof. S.H. HICKMAN assistant principal. An able corps of teachers were elected to assist these gentlemen in the lower grades, ranging from first to seventh. The music department will be under the the control of Mrs. Irene GARTNER and Miss Sue McLELLAND. The term of session was reduced from ten to nine months … Mr. J.C. WINGO, pastor of the First Baptist Church at this place, has been granted a leave of absence of two months to attend the national Baptist convention at Nashville, Tenn., and also his old home in Georgia. Dallas Morning News, 12 May 1893, p.6 Bryan, Tex., Aug. 20 -Commissioners' court adjourned yesterday until next Saturday. The members of the court visited the poor farm to investigate a report that two paupers had been buried in such shallow graves that the tops of the coffins were hardly below the surface of the ground. The court ordered that the bodies be taken up and reburied. Dallas Morning News, 22 August 1893, p.6 Bryan, Tex., Oct.6 -W.H. HARRIS' show exhibited here yesterday and last night. During the performance last night about 8 o'clock a storm blew the tent down on a large crowd of spectators, and for a time pandemonium reigned. The wind blew furiously, the ladies and children squalled and there was a general scramble for the outside. Fortunately few people were hurt. One of the center poles blew down on a circus bandman named FOX and broke his leg in two places. The gale did not last long, but was accompanied with some rain and a blinding electrical storm. Dallas Morning News, 8 October 1893, p.4 Bryan, Brazos Co., Tex., Jan.4 -Charley PATTERSON and Will RUDISILL became involved in a difficulty yesterday afternoon and PATTERSON received a deep cut on the left check and RUDISILL got his head hurt slightly. He was arrested and gave bond for $400. Dallas Morning News, 5 January 1894, p.2 Bryan, Tex., Jan. 5 -The News man saw two Negroes on the street each of whom had his left eye knocked out while getting cordwood. The ball was bursted in one case and had to be removed. Harry DILLISHAW had a briar about one inch long taken from his finger after it had remained there seven years. Dallas Morning News, 7 January 1894, p.8 Bryan, Tex., July 15 -A man named PICO is in jail here today today charged with making threats and demonstrations against members of his family. He has been an invalid for 14 several years. Dallas Morning News, 16 July 1894, p.4 Bryan, Tex., Sept.16 -A maddog scare occurred on Main Street this morning. A dog with rabies attacked five other dogs at different points and was killed after being chased about a mile. Dallas Morning News, 17 Sept.1894, p.8 Check List of Texas Imprints, 1861 -1876 Transcribed by John P. BLAIR The information in this article was cataloged in the pages of Check List of Texas Imprints, 1861 -1876. Edited by Ernest W. WINKLER, (Austin: The Texas State Historical Association, 1963). I was able to obtain copies of the original pamphlet at the Barker History Center on the campus of the University of Texas. While the information contained might strike some as rather insignificant, others will enjoy the long forgotten place names, the spelling of certain towns, i.e. "Cleabourn" and some of the statements, such as Henry MOLLENBERNDT, who will gladly recommend the gin to his "German friends," but what about his other friends that are not of German origin? Or, of those who would "want no better"? Why wouldn't you want something better if you could get it? Needless to say, I thought this to be interesting and a nice addition to Bryan's historical record. When reading these testimonials one cannot help but wonder how much was written by Mr. CHATHAM himself -see if you can determine how many times the phrase "entire satisfaction" and "bought of you" are contained within the letters. Who knows, maybe someone might find a lost relative here. R. K. CHATHAM Manufacturer of and Dealer in Cotton Gins and Grist Mills, Bryan, Texas. TO THE PLANTERS OF TEXAS In calling your attention to the merits of my Gins and Mills, I beg leave to announce that, owing to the encouragement received the past year, I have greatly increased my facilities for their manufacture to supply the increasing demand, and while I do not claim any special 15 merit for these Gins and Mills on account of home production, I do claim for light draught , good sample, speed and finish, they are equal if not superior to any in use, and it is with confidence that I refer to the ONE THOUSAND planters who have been using my Gins and Mills since 1867. I employ none but the most efficient workmen, and men who are perfectly familiar with the business -having worked in the best manufactories North and East, which enables me to keep pace with the improvements of the times. Appended will be found a few of the many certificates from planters who have been using my Gins and Mills for the past year to which I invite your attention. I am prepared to manufacture both CORN and WHEAT mills, and it is with I can say I have sold over 200 of these mills in the past five years, giving entire satisfaction in every case. Persons desirous of ordering can do so through my agents, or send directly to me. Feeling thankful for the encouragement of the past, I respectfully solicit a continuance. R. K. CHATHAM. Bryan, Texas, March 1st, 1873. CERTIFICATES Oakland, Colorado Co., Tex. October 8th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -I have one of your improved 50 saw Gins, and it fills the bill exactly. It seems to be durable, and for light draught, good sample, clean seed, I don't want any better. I think any one wishing to buy, had better buy of you, than to go any where else. B. MOLLER. Acton, Hood Co., Tex. November 10th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -The 50 and 60 saw Gins I bought of you has given satisfaction, and I think they are as good if not superior to any gins in our country. I advice all persons wishing gins to buy of you, as I think it would be greatly to their interest. Samuel M. ORBINSON. Milford, Ellis Co., Tex. October 5th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -The 40 saw Gin I bought of you, gives entire satisfaction, and I can gin two and a half bales of cotton per day, with two horses. D. HAYNES. Corsicana, Tex. October, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -We have been using one of your 60 saw gins and 20 inch Mills for two years. 16 They are a success. They have never been out of order in the least. We have ginned a bale in an hour, and have ground a bushel of corn in two minutes. There is no need of better gins and mills than yours. J. L. COMPERE. I fully attest to the above. I feed the gin, and measured the corn myself, and saw it timed. Thomas H. COMPERE. Bethel, Henderson Co., Tex. January 3d, 1873. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -The 60 saw gins that I bought of you in the fall is all you claim for it. It makes good sample, cleans the seed, and has given satisfaction to myself, and to my neighbors D. M. THOMPSON. Cleabourn, Johnson Co., Tex. December 27th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -I have one of your 75 saw Gins, now in use, and have tested it thoroughly. I can gin a bale per hour, making good sample, cleaning seed, and turn out. It is all you claim for it. John STUBBLEFIELD. New Ulm, Austin Co., Tex. October 4th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -I have purchased one of your improved 50 saw Gins, this fall from one of your agents, and I take pleasure in informing you that for good work in every respect, I want no better. A man is perfectly safe in buying your gins. Phillip WITTER. Utah, Limestone Co., Tex. January 31st, 1873. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -In answer to yours of 16th instant, in regard to the gin I purchased of you a few years ago -it has given satisfaction up to the present time. I find it to be substantial, and efficient in all its appointments. It is as good as I wish, and I can safely recommend your gins for good work, and durability. Capt. A. T. MOSS. Near Rock Wall, Dallas Co., Tex. November 6th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -I bought of you a 50 saw Gin in September last, and I am pleased to say that it gives entire satisfaction. It does good work, and I like the way it is constructed. 17 W. B. JOHNSON & Bro. Deer Creek, Falls Co., Tex. October 28th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -The 60 saw Gin we bought of your last Fall has been given up to be the best in the neighborhood. We don't think it can be too highly recommended. HUGHES & SCOTT. Seyne, Dallas Co., Tex. Oct. 10th, 1872. MR. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -The 60 saw Gin purchased of you, I am entirely satisfied with. I have ginned one thousand bales of cotton on it, and it is as good as it was at first. I am ginning four bales per day with common gin house geering. I take great pleasure in recommending them as in every way suitable to the wants of the planter. F. V. HUMPHRIES. Weller's Gin, Lavaca Co., Tex. Oct. 8th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -Your agent called to sell me a gin last Spring; at that time I didn't need a gin; in fact, I was almost afraid to purchase, having not seen any of your gins, but he represented it so highly I bought one, size 70 saws. It exceeds by far all my expectations. I can gin ten bales per day; I don't want any better. Respectfully, August WELLER. Nolen River, Hill Co., Tex. November 1st, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -Your gin gives me entire satisfaction. Any person desiring a good gin, would do well to purchase of you. I don' think there is any better made. R. C. DONALDSON. Columbus, Tex. October 5th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -The gin I bought from you has given satisfaction. They are good. C. BURGER. Owensville, Robertson Co., Tex. December 1st, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -I have one of your improved gins, and it has given satisfaction. I with pleasure recommend it to the people. 18 McNoriel BROWN. Peria, Hill Co., Tex. December 29th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -The 50 saw gin that I bought of you this fall is giving entire satisfaction. It makes beautiful samples and with four horses I can gin four bales per day. A. R. FAUCHER. Mill Creek, Austin Co., Tex. October 18th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -I have one of your improved 70 saw Gins and it performs far beyond my expectations. I can gin ten bales per day. Charley FORDTRANE. Crockett, Houston Co., Tex. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -The 50 saw gin stand I purchased of you last fall gives entire satisfaction. Cleans the seed thoroughly, and makes a staple that classes with the best. I have ginned about 90 bales of cotton, and have not lost a minutes time, by the gin being out of order Charles STOKES. Crockett, January 9th, 1873. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -The gin I bought from you last fall has given entire satisfaction. It cleans the seed, motes well, and makes a sample that demand the best prices. We can safely recommend the gin to those wishing to purchase, as cheap, reliable and durable. DR. F. L. MERIWETHER. Dog Town, Burleson Co., Tex. December 20th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -The Gin (70 saws,) and 24 inch Mill, I boughs of you, has given entire satisfaction. I can gin ten bale per day, and can grind 300 bushels of corn per day. It is al you claim for it. Robert McDONALD. Magnolia, Anderson Co.., Tex. January 1st, 1873. RR. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -The 40 saw Gin, I bought of you, gives entire satisfaction, I can gin four bales per day. J. R. PARKER. 19 Krohnnerville, Burleson Co., Tex. December 25th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -The 70 saw gin I purchased of you this last fall, has given entire satisfaction, both to my customers, and to myself. I have had experience in the use of gins, and have seen a great many of different makes perform, but there is none that is any better than yours. I am certain that it would be to every ones interest that wants a good gin, to buy of you G. N. KROHNE. Davidson Creek, Burleson Co., Tex. October 26th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -I have ground about three hundred bushels of corn on the Mill I purchased of you, and find it to be complete and efficient in all its appointments. I have an experience of thirty years in the use of grain-Mills, and I feel no hesitancy in saying it is the best mill to its dimensions, I have ever seen. I will pay a forfit of fifty dollars in gold, to any one in the State of Texas of Straubs, or Colman's mills of the same capacity that will equal it in quantity and quality of meal per hour. D. G. WOOD. Mustang Mills, Johnson Co., Tex. December 28th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -We have one of your improved 24 inch corn Mills, for grinding we don't think it has an equal. We can grind thirty bushels of good meal per hour. Our days work from 10 to 12 hours is from 250 to 300 bushels corm. We don't think the world can beat it. WHITED & PALMER. San Andrews, Milam Co., Tex. January 8th, 1873. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -I have one of your improved 24 inch corn Mills, and it has given entire and complete satisfaction. I can grind from 250 to 300 bushels of good meal per day. I am pleased with the workmanship, as well as the workings of the mill. P. M. KOLB. Groesbeck, Tex. December 18th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -I have one of your improved 45 saw Gins, and can gin four bales per day, making beautiful sample, I take pleasure in recommending it to the people. John T. YOUNG. 20 Woodland, Freestone Co., Tex. October 22nd, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -The gin you sent me, gives entire satisfaction. I ginned yesterday 5 or 6 bales of lint cotton in three hours with four horses. It runs light, does it's work well and fast. W. H. TERRELL. Head Prairie, Limestone Co., Tex. October 1st, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -The gin you sent me, I must say, is the best I ever used. I have had your gin three seasons, and its work is still satisfactory. It does good work, and I can recommend it for durability. W. J. PHIFER. Moffat-Town, Bell Co., Tex. October 27th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -You wish to know how we are pleased with your improved gin. We are well pleased. We have a 50 saw Gin, steam power, and can gin seven bales per day, making good sample, and cleaning the seed well. J. SPOONTS & SON. Caldwell, Burleson Co., Tex. January 17th, 1873. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -The 24 inch improved Mill I bought of you, surpasses my expectations. It can not be excelled in any way for the size. I do not hesitate to recommend it. J. W. WYET. Belton, Bell Co., Tex. November 20th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -The gin we bought of you last fall, is a good one. We are satisfied, and recommend it. JILES & COSBY. Wadeville, Navarro Co., Tex. September 25th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -The gin, and mill I bought of you, I don't think can be surpassed. I have noticed that the cotton ginned at my gin, brought the highest market price. The speed is entirely satisfactory, and in conclusion I will say that any one wanting any thing in your line, would do well to buy of you. D. D. HASSELL. 21 Waco, Tex. November 9th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -The 70 saw Gin I bought of you has given entire satisfaction. I have been using different makes of gins on this place for fifteen years, and your's surpasses them all. It makes nice sample, and does its work well, and fast. A. BLANKINSHIP. Kimbrel, Bosque Co., Tex. December 1st, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -In answer to yours, I will say that the 50 saw Gin, I bought of you is a good one. I am ginning 5 to 6 bales per day. It makes good sample, cleans seed well, and for wet or damp cotton, I don't think it can be excelled. W. C. ROBINSON. Prairie Valley, Hill Co., Tex. January 1st, 1873. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -It affords us pleasure to say to you that the 60 saw Gin, we bought of you last fall, gives entire satisfaction. We have given it a thorough test, and can gin in day light, ten bales per day. WALLING, GILLETT & CO. Neese's Store, Fayette Co., Tex. Oct. 14th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -I have been running your improved "Grist Mill," that Mr. Neese bought of you, and it is admitted by all that have seen it that it equals any, if not surpasses any mill that is made. Mr. NEESE could not have been better pleased. I admire its structure and workmanship, as well as the working of your mill. Marshal B. OBAR. Contents, Colorado Co., Tex. Oct. 6th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -I have one of your improved 70 saw Gins, and it performs as well as I could wish. I have steam power, and can gin ten bales per day. I have no hesitancy in recommending it to the people. William OKER. Dresden, Navarro Co., Tex. December 25th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -The 50 saw Gin we purchased of you this fall has given entire satisfaction. 22 As for clean see, and of good sample, no one could complain. J. N. & W. C. WILKERSON. Columbus, October 5th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -I have tested to my entire satisfaction, one of your improved cotton gins, and I greatly prefer it to any I have ever used. I don't wish any better. Joseph BURTTSCHELL. Neese's Store, Fayette Co., Tex. October 14th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -I bought one of your improved gins, and I think there is no better made. I gladly recommend it to my German friends. HY. MOLLENBERNDT. Kosse, Limestone Co., Tex. October 16th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -The two 60 saw Gins, one I bought last year, and one this year, both have given entire satisfaction. It is all that would be required of a first class gin, for doing its work well and fast. A. J. SOWDERS. Welcome, Austin Co., Tex. October 3d, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -The Gin I purchased for this season has excelled by far any gin, I ever used. Seraphim WOHLER. Belton, Bell Bell Co., Tex. October 18th, 1872.. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -I have one of your improved gins, and it is all you recommend it to be. I can gin with six mules, five bales per day. T. J. REESE. Willow Springs, Milam Co., Tex. January 16th, 1873. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -I have one of your improved 50 saw Gins now in use, and I must inform you that I am well pleased. I can gin with four horses four bales per day. I think them fully equal to their flattering reputation. Respectfully, M. C. ALLEN. 23 Washington Co., Tex. November 11th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -I am glad to be able to inform you that the 80 saw Gin I purchased of you is first-class. I can turn out twelve bales per day, making good sample, and cleaning the seed. Thomas S. HENDERSON. Pleasant Hill, Houston Co., Tex. December 10th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -The 60 saw Gin I bought of you in the fall, gives entire satisfaction. I don't want any better. John W. WILLIAMS. Calvert, Tex. December 12th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -I bought one of your improved gins this fall and I am well pleased. It performs elegantly, as well as any one could desire. For sample, clean seed, is entirely satisfactory. Andrew KNAPP.Elgin, Bastrop Co., Tex. November 28th, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -The 50 saw Gin I purchased of you in July last, I have fully tested. I have used the Pratt, and other gins, and am fully satisfied that for clean seed, good sample, and turn-out, this has no equal. The speed satisfactory. O. H. P. McGUINNIS. Bethel, Anderson Co., Tex. January 1st, 1873. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -I feel happy to inform you that the 60 saw Gin I bought of you in September last, has given satisfaction to all of my customers, and myself. I have geen ginning all the fall and winter with four mules, and I have no hesitancy in saying that it is as speedy and light draft as any other sixty saw Gin now in use.Respectfully, J. B. BLACKIRBY. Middletown, Leon Co., Tex. November 12th, 1872. MR. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -I have been using gins for the last 25 years, and I am glad to say that the 60 saw Gin I bought of you last fall, excels any I have ever used. I admire the improvements 24 on your gins, and with pleasure recommend it to the people. Respectfully, Geo. W. McVEY. Prairie Valley, Hill Co., Tex. January 10th, 1873. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -The 50 saw Gin I purchased of you makes the best sample of any gin I ever used. It does its work with neatness, and dispatch. My neighbors are well pleased with the turn-out. Respectfully, James W. PAGE. Shady Grove, Johnson Co., Tex. November 1st, 1872. Mr. R. K. CHATHAM, Bryan: Dear Sir -In reply to yours of the 25th ult. I will say that the gin (50 saw) I am well pleased with. I am ginning 5 or 6 bales per day. It bears a good name with my customers. I know persons that are passing other gins, and coming six or seven miles to mine. I can with safety recommend your gins, above all others. Respectfully, Simon JOHNSON. PRICE OF Gins & Mills, IN GOLD Gins, all sizes, $4.50 pr. Saw. 16 inch Cologne (Cullen) Rock Mills,$115 18 " " " " " 125 20 " " " " " 140 24 " " " " " 160 18 " French Burr Rock Mill, 150 20 " " " " " 180 24 " " " " " " 215 30 in. " " " " $265 25 Selected Records from the Texas “Republic Claims Series,” 1836-1878 part 2 by Bill PAGE The State of Texas County of Brazos Be it remembered that at a District Court, held at the City of Bryan on the 5 day of August 1874, the following orders were made Susan E. McMILLAN, est. of by W.H. McMILLAN, guardian Aug 5, 1874 This day came to be heard the application of W.H. McMILLAN for Letters of Guardianship on the person and Estate of Susan E. McMILLAN, a minor, and it appearing to the Court that legal notice has been given, and no person appearing to contest the same it is ordered that letters of guardianship issue to him upon his filing with the Clerk of this Court a bond with sufficient sureties to be approved by the Court in the sum of sixteen hundred dollars, and it appearing to the Court that this said bond is now filed and approved by the Clerk it is therefore ordered that letters of guardianship do issue to said W.H. McMILLAN on the person and Estate of said Susan E. McMILLAN. State of Texas Brazos County Know all men by these presents that we, George R. McMILLAN, William H. McMILLAN, J.M. FOSTER & his wife Ann E. Foster, Basil BROWN & his wife Mollie E. BROWN, Isaac W. BAKER & his wife Jane BAKER & Wm. H. McMILLAN Guardian of Susie E. McMILLAN, who constitute all the heirs of James McMILLAN deceased, who was a veteran of the Texas Revolution of 1836, do hereby constitute & appoint Champe CARTER of Robertson County our general agent & attorney to prepare, draw, receive & accept, to sell & transfer, to hypothecate(?) for loan if he deems best any certificate , bond or bonds or other evidence of right & property to which we may be entitled through the demise of said James McMILLAN decd for a pension as a veteran as aforesaid & we authorize said CARTER to substitute for himself any one he deems proper and we ratify & confirm all the acts of our said attorney or his agent as if we (illegible) Witness our hands and scrolls or seals this August 6th A.D. 1874 G.R. McMILLAN W.H. McMILLAN J.M. FOSTER A.E. FOSTER Basil BROWN 26 M.E. BROWN Isaac BAKER Jane BAKER W.H. McMILLAN guardian of Susie McMILLAN The State of Texas Brazos County Know all men by these presents that I Thomas H. EATON do by these presents nominate, constitute and appoint Geo. I. GOODWIN my true and lawful agent and attorney in fact in my name place and stead to apply for receive and receipt for all moneys, bonds, warrants and pension certificate that may be due me from the state of Texas as a veteran of the Revolution of 1836 that separated Texas and Mexico and I hereby notify and confirm all the acts of my said agent and atty in fact as fully and as absolutely as if I were personally present and acting for myself. In testimony whereof witness my hand and scroll or seal this 24th day of August 1874 Thomas EATON The State of Texas Brazos County Hardin NEVILLE of the County of Brazos and state of Texas on this 24th day of August 1874 personally appeared before me the undersigned Notary Public, and being duly sworn on oath says that he is the identical Hardin NEVILL who was a private and sergeant in Capt. Thomas BARNES company attached to Maj. SMITH's Battalion of Texas volunteers, and that he enlisted on the day of August 1836 for the term of one year and was discharged on the day of August 1837 at old Nashville, Texas, by reason of the termination of his time of service, and that he was honorably discharged, and received a Bounty warrant for 1280 acres of land from the Republic of Texas. Hardin NEVILL Sworn & subscribed before me this August 24th 1874 J.A. BUCHOLTS Not Pub Brassos County, Texas The State of Texas County of Brazos Personally appeared before me the undersigned authority J.L. JONES & D.S. LLOYD two well known citizens to me well known who upon oath deposeth and says that they are well agreed (?) with Chester S. GORBETT an old citizen of this county that he is still alive and that he is the same individual that is now asking for a pension of the State of Texas, and that he is the individual he represents himself to be. to all of which we bare witness witness with our signatures this 4th of September A.D. 1874. J.L. JONES D.S. LLOYD Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 4th day of Sept. A.D. 1874 in testimony whereof I affix my notarial seal J.S. RILEY J.P.B.C. ex oficio Notary Public Brazos County 27 State of Texas County of Brazos Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority, J.D. THOMAS and James H. BATTE both well known to me, who upon oath say they know of their own knowledge that G.H. LOVE to whom a pension has been granted by the state of Texas was living on the 30th day of Sept. A.D. 1874 J.D. THOMAS Jas. H. BATTE Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day of Sept. A.D. 1874. And further, I certify that the signers to the above affidavit are credible persons. Hammett HARDY C.D.C.B.C. Bryan, Sept. 30th 1878 Cousin John Please find enclosed the certified copies of applications for pension by Mrs. P.C. KIZER and Albert GALLATIN which do with as you can. I would have sent these sooner but District Court has been in session until Saturday and County Court adjourned today. Love to all, no news, all well. Yours Pinckney S. FORD The State of Texas County of Brazos Before the undersigned authority this day personally came Wilson REED and Wm. H. HARDY citizens of said state and county well known to me as credible persons, who being by me duly sworn depose and say -that they have been personally acquainted with Henry G. HUDSON a resident citizen of Brazos County for the last 25 to 35 years -that the said HUDSON has been residing here in the county during the time above mentioned -that they never knew any other person by the same name in the county -that they have been informed that an application is pending to procure a pension by said HUDSON -that they have often heard him, said HUDSON speak of his services as a solider in 1836, and verily believe his said statements to be true. Wilson REED William H. HARDY Sworn to & subscribed before me, this 12th day of Sept. 1874 H.S. NEWLAND, N.P.B.G. Clerk's Office, Bryan, Brazos Co., Texas, Hammett HARDY, Clerk Oct.20th, 1874 C.R. JOHNS & Co. Gents I enclose you Capt. LOVE's letter, which explains itself. I am fully satisfied that Mr. DAVIS (who resides in your city) can make the necessary affidavit as to Capt. LOVE's 28 identity or Gen. J.B. ROBINSON Supt. of Public immigration -Both of whom are old friends of Capt. LOVE. Can you not see them. Either of them would take pleasure in rendering assistance to an old comrade. Let me hear from you if this plan will now answer. Very Respectfully Hammett HARDY State of Texas County of Brazos Know all men by these presents that I H.C. LYONS of Brazos County Texas have this day appointed and constituted Guy M. BRYAN, Jr. of said county & state aforesaid my lawful agent to collect my certificate or pension for this quarter. H.C. LYONS Bryan July 8 /'78 Circus, Plays and Shows, 1850-1900's compiled by Bill PAGE [ad] Great Southern Circus and Menagerie (Late ROBINSON and ELDRED’s) Will Exhibit at Washington, Anderson, Boonville ... Texas Baptist (Anderson), 20 May 1857, p.3 Letter from Bryan ... Mr. CRISP, with his theatrical troupe, has been here for several weeks, and has met with much patronage and encouragement; he left yesterday morning. There is also here a traveling show, playing necromancy, gymnastics, and exhibiting animals. Galveston Daily News, 7 April 1868, p. 3. Miss Agnes STANFIELD, better known in the literary world as Ada CLARE, was married at Houston, Texas, on Sept. 9 to J.F. NOYES, manager of the theatre at Bryan City, Texas. New York Times, 27 September 1868, page 5 The Varieties Theatre at Bryan has closed for the present season. Galveston Daily News, 14 March 1869, page 2. “The Radico Negro Convention at Bryan,” Houston Daily Times, 5 August 1869, p.2. “Bryan, August 3, 1869 – The convention met this morning at 10 o'clock, in the New Theatre, which was speedily filled with blacks and whites – principally blacks. "The Hon." G.T. RUBY occupied the chair, and the Rev. George Washington HONEY acted as temporary secretary ....” 29 “A variety of traveling shows appeared in early Brazos County. The Bryan News Letter of 29 August 1869, for example, told about the citizens of Bryan being excited by the appearance of a brass band on the streets of the city. Upon investigation the citizens discovered that ‘Professor HARDY, the ventriloquist, was home and that he and his boys were responsible for the melodious tones.’ The Professor agreed to a request to give an entertainment at Sterne’s Hall on Friday night. The house was full.” from PAGE, Bill, “Cultural History: The Arts and Recreation in the Nineteenth Century,” in Brazos County History Rich Past – Bright Future, p.353, citing Wilcox, Lois A., The Early History of Bryan, Texas (1952), p.86 Bryan ... The convention will assemble in about an hour at the Academy of Music ... The situation is as follows: R.Q. MILLS is far ahead ... Mills' opponent is Beall, of Bryan, whose friends are grouped at his headquarters on Main Street ... The Convention was called to order ... Wm. CAVITT, of Brazos, was appointed temporary secretary, and Wm. R. KING, of Brazos, sergeant at arms ... As a committee of credentials the following gentlemen, one from each county, were appointed: Brazos, A.C. BRIETZ ... Galveston Daily News, 31 Aug. 1876, p. 1. Two drunken rowdies, residents of Bryan, grossly insulted Maud and Jennie Wallace, on their way to the Opera House, during their recent performance at Bryan. A colored porter came to the rescue of the two sisters. Galveston Daily News, 13 January 1877, p.2 The concert and festival at the Academy of Music last night, given by the ladies of the Methodist congregation for repairs to the church, was in every sense of the term a magnificent success – just such an affair as the superior taste and untiring efforts of fair ladies will ... (article continues) ... Brazos Pilot, 26 April 1877, page 4 Bryan – On the Houston and Texas Central Railroad, 100 miles from Houston. Population, 3,500. County seat of Brazos County. Seat of several institutions of learning. Opera House. House. Size of stage, 21x35. Seating capacity, 600. Five scenes – drops and flats. Rent – one night, $20; two nights, $40; one week, $90. License, $12.50. Address: L. Sala, seats sold by W.G. WALAROH, under Opera House. Academy of Music – Seating capacity, 600. Six scenes. Rent – one night, $10. Newspapers – Appeal and Post, both published weekly. Bill poster – E.A. LEAKE. JEFFERY, John B., Guide and Directory to the Opera Houses, Theatres, and Halls of America, 1878, p. 151. The Bryan Rifles have leased the Opera House for their armory. Denison Daily Herald, 13 June 1878, p. 3, col. 1 Bryan ... The coronation of a May queen, with supper, etc., took place at the Academy of Music for the benefit of the Baptist Church. Miss Lula KING was crowned queen of May. Galveston Daily News, 5 May 1880, page 1 30 Bryan ... SEGRIST, HOWE & Co.'s traveling show raised their tent in Bryan, and an exhibition. After the performance was over and they were about to bid adieu to our borough, the Bryan bill-poster presented his bill for services rendered in posting, amounting to a little over five dollars and payment was refused, whereupon the bill-poster at the late hour of midnight, by the aid of an attorney, sued out an attachment, which made the aforesaid circus ante up and pay the cost. Galveston Daily News, 10 October 1882, page 1. Bryan ... CALLENDER’s Minstrels show here to-night. Galveston Daily News, 13 October 1892, page 1 Bryan ... To-day fell one of the heaviest rains of the year and, notwithstanding, fully 4000 persons were in Bryan to attend BATCHELLOR & DORIS’s circus. They gave a good performance, better than the circuses heretofore who have visited town. Galveston Daily News, 17 October 1882, page 1 Bryan ... Quite a number of disturbances were committed during the stay of the circus. Among the number was a serious difficulty that took place between three attaches of the circus, two of whom made an assault upon the third, striking him with a slung-shot and a hammer, besides giving him several severe cuts on the head and in the face and neck. Officers being on hand, one of the two who made the assault was immediately arrested and bond fixed at $500. Being unable to give bail, he was remanded to jail. The other party made his escape, as the officers were unable to trace him in the crowd. Galveston Daily News, 18 October 1882, page 1 Bryan ... To the surprise of all, only one building was entirely destroyed by the conflagration last night... The wall of the opera house, with the store of L. Spring beneath, on one side of the burnt building, and the wall of SMITH’s grocery on the other, are so damaged that they will probably have to be rebuilt... Galveston Daily News, 13 Feb. 1883, p.1 Bryan ... The public schools of Bryan are now having their examinations, and will close tomorrow with literary exercises at the the Academy of Music ... Galveston Daily News, 20 June 1884, p. 3. Bryan, May 13 – A band of Turks came into the city to-day with three bears and entertained the citizens with a bear dance. The outfit was dilapidated. Galveston Daily News, 14 May 1885, page 2 Bryan ... The Lucky Seven, a social club, gave a hop at the Academy of Music last night, which was well attended and highly enjoyed. Galveston Daily News, 22 May 1887, p. 11. The Bryan Prohibition club met at the Academy of Music last night, and was addressed at length by Judge THOMAS. There was a large attendance. The antis meet tonight, when Captain Henderson replies to Judge THOMAS. The committee controlling Minter Spings meeting have reconsidered, and agree to divide time with the antis. Invitations are out to the Agricultural and Mechanical College commencement ball, June 27. Galveston Daily 31 News, 25 May 1887, p. 3. *Prohibition meeting at the Academy of Music; Fort Worth Daily Gazette, May 26, 1887, p. 4; May 27, 1887, p. 5. Bryan ... The concert and amateur play given last night for the benefit of the Episcopal Church was a decided success, both in point of actual merit and in the amount raised. Galveston Daily News, 12 June 1887, page 2 Bryan ... The Amateur Company rendered their play Two Buzzards in Navasota last night for an appreciative audience. Galveston Daily News, 15 June 1887, page 1 Bryan, Tex., February 8 – The Bryan Dramatic club gave a very creditable performance at the Academy of Music last evening, rendering Loan of a Love and the Specter Bridegroom. The proceeds of the entertainment, as well as of the supper that followed, go to the Presbyterian Church. Galveston Daily News, 9 February 1888, page 8 “The Assembly Hall on the Texas A&M University campus was also completed in 1889. This building included an auditorium with an area of about 3000 square feet on the first floor and a balcony of about 2000 square feet. It had a seating capacity of 800 people; 1,000 if seats were placed in the aisles. Ernest Langford wrote ‘all things considered, this old building came close to being the most uninteresting building ever erected on the Campus.’” from PAGE, Bill, “Cultural History: The Arts and Recreation in the Nineteenth Century,” in Brazos County History Rich Past – Bright Future, p.353, citing LANGFORD, Ernest, Here We’ll Build the College, 1963, p.38. College Station, Tex., April 5 – Shortly the corner-stone of the new assembly hall of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas will be laid. It will be a handsome and commodious structure, adding much, not only to the general appearance of the grounds and buildings, but to the convenience of the faculty and students as well. The following invitation, with programme attached, has been sent out to the friends of the college and the public generally: You are cordially invited to attend the laying of the corner-stone of the new assembly hall of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, College Station, Tex., Monday, April 22, 1889. Programme: 10 a.m. college chapel, prayer by the chaplain, Rev. C.P. FOUNTAIN; address by Hon. R.C. BEALE, Corsicana. Sit of new assembly hall. Placing the corner-stone in position. Dallas Morning News, 6 April 1889, page 3 Bryan ... The new Assembly Hall of the Agricultural and Mechanical College is now finished and in use. The building is one of the finest structures of the kind in the state and has a seating capacity of about 900. Religious services are conducted by the chaplain of the college every Sunday at 11 a.m., to which the public is invited. Galveston Daily News, 5 December 1889, page 1 Bryan ... The second story of the city hall has been leased for ten years to Messrs. H. RYPINSKI and Jake SCHWARZ. These gentlemen will convert it into a first-class opera house. Bryan Eagle, 8 May 1890, p.5, col.2 32 H. RYPINSKI and Jake SCHWARZ gave a mortgage to J.E. BUTLER on furniture and fittings in the Grand Opera House, located on the 2nd floor of the Bryan City Hall Building, which included 436 opera chairs, scenery, drop curtains, etc.; dated 1 Sept. 1890. Brazos Co. Deed of Trust, Book G, pp.131-133 H. RYPINSKI and Jake SCHWARZ gave a deed of trust to H.O. BOATWRIGHT for furniture, etc., in the Opera House; dated 30 Mar. 1891. Brazos Co. Deed of Trust, Book G, pp.326-327 Bryan, Texas, February 19 -The opera house management have a telegram from the Uncle Tom’s Cabin Company that they will not cancel their engagement in Bryan and will be here on time to show. Manager SCHWARZ says they can not place in his house, and there is a determined air about some of our citizens which indicates that they will have a lively reception. Our people say they are getting along amicably and peacefully with the Negroes and that these sores are just healing up and are being relegated to the past, and they don’t care to have anything occur that will renew or reopen bygones. This is a political year, and Brazos County is very evenly divided between the Negroes and the whites, and only by the most careful and judicious management are the whites enabled to hold the county government. We have this year, for the first time in many years, a white representative in the legislature. Good citizens say positively that their amicable relation with the Negroes shall not be disturbed by any such abolitionist trash. Houston Post, 20 February 1892, p.2, col.2 “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” company are here and their car is sidetracked on the Houston and Central Texas railway. They are anxious to play Bryan, if they can get the opera house, which has been denied them. So far no satisfactory arrangements have been made. Houston Post, 21 February 1892, p.2, col.1 The “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” company played at the Academy of Music last night, the management of the Grand Opera house declining them that building. It was not till 5 p.m. that the management of the company decided to play, as they did not care to play and risk any trouble. They had a fair sized audience of white people and many Negroes. The car left for Navasota last night. Houston Post, 22 February 1892, p.6, col.6 Manager Jake SCHWARZ of the Grand Opera House is planning to put on an original minstrel performance with home talent Aug. 11. His plot is to unite minstrelsy and farce comedy, and he has written a very clever little sketch and enlisted the services of 20 or 25 young men for the production. Galveston Daily News, 7 Aug. 1893, p.2, col.1 Manager Jake SCHWARZ gave his benefit amateur minstrel performance at the Grand last night. It was of original design, being a union of farce, comedy and minstrelsy, and was quite a success. In the closing of the after piece, Jack ROBERTS accidentally fired a blank cartridge in the face of Sam DAVIS. The skin was painfully powder burned and one eye considerably hurt. Galveston Daily News, 17 Aug. 1893, p.3, col.6 33 Bryan, Tex., Oct.6 – W.H. HARRIS’ show exhibited here yesterday and last night. During the performance last night about 8 o’clock a storm blew the tent down on a large crowd of spectators, and for a time pandemonium reigned. The wind blew furiously, the ladies and children squalled and there was a general scramble for the outside. Fortunately few people were hurt. One of the center poles blew down on a circus bandman named Fox and broke his leg in two places. The gale did not last long, but was accompanied with some rain and a blinding electrical storm. Dallas Morning News, 8 October 1893, p.4 "A. and M. College," Galveston Daily News, 13 November 1893, p.5. The campus drama club performed "Ingomar the Barbarian"; the cast included Miss Lessie McCONNICO, Miss M. Stella SHEPARD, and Miss Mae B. WEBB. "The Dramatic Club," Battalion, 1 December 1893, p.12. "At the last meeting of the club Misses McCONNICO, WEBB, SHEPHERD, HUTSON, Mrs. MORSE and Mr. John WALTON were elected honorary members ... and the young young ladies who assisted so pleasantly in the recent play completely won the hearts of all the college ..." The AAMOLD grand concert at the opera house last night was a very pleasant and successful entertainment. AAMOLD, while not a violinist of the first magnitude, is very clever and has the touch of a master. The home talent or the program was well received. Mrs. DAVIS and Miss CARR, a duet; Mrs. A. L. BANKS, solos; Mrs. BOATWRIGHT, Miss FRILEY, MESSRS. WEBB and WITHERS, quartette; Miss FRILEY, solo. Mrs. J. J. ADAMS managed the concert with great energy and perseverance. Bryan Weekly Eagle, 7 March 1895 As announced in our last issue a colored theatre has been rigged up on Rat Row and a home talent minstrel organization holds forth there three nights a week. The first performance was given Saturday night, and developed some real talent in singing and dancing, especially the latter. The “acting” of the show was positively excruciating, however it may improve with practice. When a Negro tries to act the nigger he acts the fool; all he has to do is to act natural. The boys should not keep their music so much in the background; it is their best feature. The order was good, no smoking or bad conduct being allowed in the room. A few white people were present. (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 14 March 1895, p.6, col.4 John B. MIKE, manager of the Grand Opera House, is putting up new, substantial and convenient bill boards about town in anticipation of the approaching theatrical season. (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 27 June 1895, p.3, col.2 Mr. Jake SCHWARZ has secured the management of the Waco Opera House under a three years’ lease. We congratulate the well-known Bryan businessman on his success in new fields. (weekly) BRYAN EAGLE, 4 July 1895, p.6, col.3 Manager John B. MIKE says he will put a new piano in the Grand Opera House before the next theatrical season. BRYAN DAILY EAGLE, 24 April 1897, p.4, col.1 34 Those who attended the opening of the Grand opera house last night were surprised and delighted with the wonderful transformation which has been effected in the interior. It has been practically renewed throughout, at an expense of several hundred dollars, and presents a soft, harmonious and beautiful effect that cannot fail to please. The ceiling is exceedingly handsome, with tinted crimp work relieved by painted panels, with a dome effect in the center, set round with incandescents and encircling the large electric chandelier. The arch in stucco and plastic relief, is probably one of the prettiest in the state. The panels, arch and the wall spaces on each side of the stage are exquisitely painted. A new drop curtain containing an elaborate painting, completes the wonderful transformation made by Artist B. E. LEE, and makes of the Grand an opera house of which the people of Bryan may justly be proud. The stage settings are also receiving attention in harmony with the other extensive improvements. Manager John B MIKE has spared no pains or expense in the work, and his enterprise, which is in striking contrast with the course usually pursued, by managers in the smaller cities, deserves the encouragement of a liberal patronage from amusement lovers. We trust the present season will be sufficiently successful to reward him for his effort. The attendance was not large. The performance of Mr. SEDAN presented numerous tricks and illusions known to the magician’s art, some being very well received. His work was evidently retarded however, by the fact that owning to the work on the opera house the stage settings and property could not be placed until late in the afternoon and the lights were oil early in the evening. The performance will be repeated tonight. Weekly Bryan Eagle, 14 Oct. 1899 “Grand Opera House,” Bryan Morning Eagle, 27 Sept. 1901, p.3, col.4. Managed by John B. MIKE Mr. and Mrs. Jno. B. MIKE and little daughter, Miss Lucille, returned yesterday from Ft. Worth where they have been spending the past 4 4 months. Mr. MIKE left his son, Louis, in charge of the Vendome theatre, which he has been running for the summer, and came home to look after the improvements he is having made at the opera house, as well as others he contemplates. He says he is booking an exceptionally strong list of companies for the Grand opera house the coming season. Bryan Morning Eagle, 28 July 1907, p.2, col.2 $5.00 Reward – I will pay $5.00 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the party who severed the elevator rope at the opera house Tuesday. Bryan Morning Eagle, 16 Dec. 1908, p.4, col.3 “Dallas Student is Star in A.& M. Minstrel Show,” Dallas Morning News, 29 May 1922, sect.2, p.14. H.L. PEOPLES, Jr., son of founder of Aggie Mothers Clubs; mentions Peoples’ “imitative darky slang and mannerisms”, etc. “Academy of Music Flourished in Bryan Forty-Odd Years Ago,” Bryan Daily Eagle, 19 May 1924, p.3, col.3. McKAY, Paul, “High Culture Comes to Bryan,” Bryan-College Station Eagle, 28 July 1984, “Saturday Magazine,” page 6. 35 The Bryan Weekly Eagle November 16, 1905 LOCALS Wednesday T. A. CLOUD of Kurten was in the city yesterday. Mrs. D. P. COLE was a visitor from Harvey, yesterday. Frank WILSON of Rogers Prairie was in the city yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. John B. NEELEY of Wellborn were in the city yesterday. Ab ANDREWS of Willow Hole has a position with the Edge Dry Goods Co. Mr. and Mrs. A. HENSARLING are visiting in Wellborn. Dave HOWARD and family of Iola were in the city yesterday and left to visit in Houston. Mrs. M. A. CHRISTIE arrived from Navarro County yesterday to visit B. D. DeHART and family. Mrs. J. T. HINES has a pineapple plant two feet high and growing nicely at her home in this city. The plant is rarely seen in this latitude. J. H., T. L. and D. D. SHEFFIELD, W. D. CARTER, Mr. McCLUNG and others were here from Madison County yesterday, and left for Houston. Deputy Sheriff CONLEE went to Navasota yesterday, taking with him a negro arrested here Monday and wanted in Bell County. Mr. CONLEE turned the prisoner over to the Bell County sheriff. Marriage licenses have been issued to Anderson ROUNDTOP and Quintana WHITE, W. H. A. FISTWOITH and Lila Bell ARNOLD, Isaac SAMUELS and Grace G. ISAACS, R. B. RICE and Nettie McCLENDON, Watson LEWIS and Bertie ROGERS. Miss Annie ROBERSON was here yesterday from Edge, where she has a position in the store of Beard & Crenshaw, en route to Benchley to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. ROBERSON, and her grandmother Mrs. P. A. EAVES, who continues quite ill.For the special train passing Bryan at noon yesterday the H. & T. C. sold 263 tickets to the Houston Carnival. Any time Houston rings the bell and Bryan don't start in the excursion race from 100 to 500 strong there is something radically wrong with finances of the country. George SHAW of Steep Hollow left for Palestine yesterday. A marriage license has been issued to James COLLINS and Willie MURPHY. V. C. MAREK and family have gone to Marlin to make their home and will conduct a boarding house. W. C. B. JOLLY and family of Rock Prairie left yesterday for Clyde, Callahan County, to make their home. The best wishes of many friends follow them. 36 A Small orange tree, with the ripening fruit on it, and grown by Mrs. M. H. JAMES in a hot house, is attracting no little attention at Mr. JAMES' drugstore. Mr. A. P. McGEE died Tuesday night at the home of his son Mr. L.D. McGEE at the Prospect community, and was buried yesterday at the Beckham graveyard. Mr. McGEE was 76 years old and had lived in Brazos County many years. Further mention of his death will be made in the Eagle. Lynnville HOUSTON had the misfortune to get both bones of his right leg between the knee and ankle broken in a bootball game yesterday afternoon. Dr. FOUNTAIN was called and gave the injury prompt attention. W. D. GARRETT, formerly of Bryan, writes the Eagle on business matters, and incidentally reveals the information that he lost a finger by a painful accident. He held an accident policy and was fortunate in making a satisfactory settlement according to the tenor of his policy, collecting in full. Dr. and Mr. G. W. EMORY left last night for New Orleans to consult with physicians in that city regarding Dr. EMORY's illness. The latter's brother, Dr. S. J. EMORY of Navasota accompanied them. INDEX AAMOLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 ABRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 ADAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 6, 10, 11, 33 ADMIRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ADOUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 ALEXANDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 ALLEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 ANDREWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 ARMSTRONG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 8, 11 ARNOLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 ASTIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 BAKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 BANKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 33 BARMORE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 BARNES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 26 BARRON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 BATTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 BEANE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 BLACKIRBY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 BLAIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 BOATWRIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 33 BONNEVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 BOYETT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 BRANTLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 BRIETZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 BROWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 17, 25 BRYAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123, 28 BUCKHOLTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 26 BUFFINGTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 BUFORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 BURGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 BURTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 BURTTSCHELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 BUTLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 CABELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 CALLENDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 CARR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 CARTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 25, 35 CAVITT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 29 CEARNAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 CHANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 12 CHATHAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 15, 17-24 CHRISTIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 CLARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 CLARK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 CLOUD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 COLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123, 35 COLLARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 COLLINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 COMPERE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 CONLEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 COSBY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 CRAWFORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 CRISP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 37 CURTIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 DANSBY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 DAVIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 7, 32, 33 DEARLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 DeHART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 DERDEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 DILLISHAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 DONALDSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 DUNCAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 EATON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 EAVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 ELDRED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 EMORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 ERWIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 FAUCHER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 FIELD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 FIGH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 FISTWOITH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 FLIPPEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 FORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 FORDTRANE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 FOSTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 FOUNTAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 36 FOWLKES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 8 FRILEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 FULKERSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 GAINER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 GAINES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 GALLATIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 GARRETT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 GARTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 GARTNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 GATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 GILLETT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 GOODWIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 GORBETT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 GORDN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 GORDON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 GUILD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 HALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 HANWAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 HARDY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-29 HARLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 HARRIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 33 HASSELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 HAYNES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 HENDERSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 23 HENSARLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 HEREFORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 HICKMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 13 HINES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 HONEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 HOUSTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 HOWARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 HOWE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 HOWELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6 HUCKABEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 6 HUDSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 HUGHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 HUMPHRIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 HUTSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 ISAACS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 JAMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 JEFFERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 JILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 JOHNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 JOHNSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 16, 24 JOLLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 JONES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 26 KERNOLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 KING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 KIRKPATRICK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 KNAPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 KNIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 8 KOLB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 KOPPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 KOPPERL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 KROHNE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 LACOUTRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 LANGFORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 LASKI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 LAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 LEAKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 LEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 LEWIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 LLOYD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 LOBIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 LOVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 LYONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 MABRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 MAREK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 MARTIERE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 McCLENDON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 McCLUNG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 McCONNICO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 McDONALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 McGEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 McGREGOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 38 McGUINNIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 McKAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 McLELLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 McMILLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 McQUEEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 McVEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 MERIWETHER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 MESSRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 MEYERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 11 MIKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 34 MILLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 MILLICAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 MILLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 MOLLENBERNDT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 22 MOLLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 MORONEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 MORONNEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 MORSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 MOSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 MURPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 MUSTACHEA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 NEELEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 NEVILL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 NEVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 NEWELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 NEWLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 NEWTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 NORRELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 NOYES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 OBAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 OKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 ORBINSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 PAGE . . . . . . . . . . . 123, 5, 6, 24, 25, 28, 29, 31 PALMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 PARKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 12, 18 PATTERSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 PEOPLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 PHIFER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 PICO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 RANDALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 RANDLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 11 RANKIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 RAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 RECTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 REED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 REESE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 REISENBOYNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 RICHARDSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 RILEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 ROBERSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 ROBERTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 ROBINSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 6, 21, 28 ROGERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 35 ROSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ROUNDTOP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 RUBY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 RUDISILL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 RYPINSKI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 32 SCHWARZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-33 SCOTT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 SEALE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 SHAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 SHEFFIELD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 SHEPARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 SIMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 8 SMITH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7, 9, 11, 30 SOWDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 SPOONTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 STANFIELD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 STODDARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123, 4, 5, 8, 9 STOKES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 STUBBLEFIELD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 TABOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 7, 11 TERRELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 THOMAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 6, 27, 30 THOMPSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 16 TURNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 WALAROH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 WALLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 WALTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 WARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 WEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 WEBB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 33 WELLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 WHITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 WHITED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 WILKERSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 WILSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 WINGO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 WINKLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 WITHERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 WITTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 WOHLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 WOODALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 WYSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 YOUNG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 PUBLICATIONS BY BRAZOS GENEALOGICAL ASSOCIATION AND MEMBERS Persons interested in the publications of the BGA may order them at the address listed below. For information on publications by members, contact the author at the listed address. Any charge for the publication of members will be between the person interested in the publication and the author. When inquiring please enclose a SASE. ******** Title: "Recorded Births in Brazos County, Texas 1850-1910." Content: Recorded births in Brazos County plus some births in Madison and Grimes Counties. Alphabetical by surname plus maiden name index. 328 pages. Author: Nadine Billingsley, 706 Pershing, College Station, TX 77840. Title: "Descendants of Joshua JONES of Alabama and Solomon KING of North Carolina, 1771-1994" Content: Story of Joshua JONES of Alabama and Solomon KING of North Carolina and their descendants, 1771-1994. Over 8000 names, indexed. Author: Nadine Billingsley. Title: “Brand and Mark Registrations for Brazos County Texas 1849-1900" Content: The registration of a mark or brand may be useful to Genealogists as a finding aid when developing a time line, and may confirm the existence of a person or family in Brazos County. Registrations were compiled from Brand Book "A" and "B", and may contain such information as surname, first name or initials, date of registration, book, page, and any comments made at the time. It has 121 pages, soft bound, over 2900 registrations and is indexed. The cost is $17.97. Author: Nadine Billingsley. Title: Index to Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1876-1909, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas. Content: Indexed, intended to assist the researcher in locating records at this church. 96 pages. Compiler: Joanne Dominik Glowski, 4131 Bethel, Houston, TX 77092. Title: Marriage and Death Records, 1877-1909, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas. Content: A complete transcript of these records. Deaths start in 1894, with a few recorded before that date. Includes a list of places of birth. 83 pages. Compiler: Joanne Dominik Glowski. Title: "Italians of Steele's Store, Texas." Content: Historical account of the Italian settlement at Steele's Store, Brazos County, Texas. Author: Rosemary DePasquale Boykin, 8407 Shadow Oaks, College Station, Texas 77845-4603. Title: "Birds of Passage" Content: An annotated listing of Italian immigrants who departed Palermo, Sicily and arrived at Port of New Orleans, LA, 1859-1901. CD-ROM (MAC/PC compatible). Listing of 23,975 names. C & R Publications. College Station, TX. 2001. $35 plus $2 for shipping/handling. Texas residents add $2.90 for sales tax. Checks or money orders made payable to C&R Publications, 8407 Shadow Oaks, College Station, TX 77845. Brochure and order form at: http://members.tripod.com/~LWink2/Birds">BIRDS OF PASSAGE. Author: Rosemary DePasquale Boykin Title: "Italians of Steele's Store, Texas." Content: Brazos Valley Italians. A Series of Interviews." 279 pgs. C& R Publications. College Station, TX. 1996. $25 plus tax. BRAZOS GENEALOGICAL ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 5493 Bryan, TX 77805-5493 Vol. XXIX No. 1, WINTER 2008