Jan 3, 1890 Dallas Morning News
DENISON DOTS
Struck by a stone-Fallen Heir-Wild Pigeons in the Woods.
Denison, Tex., Jan. 2, - This morning while a party of boys
were playing near the park, George Hurd and Willie
Harkins became involved in a quarrel. Harkins picked up a
stone and threw it at Hurd, hitting him on the head and knocking him senseless
to the ground.
George Parker, an old Denison boy, now
holding a responsible position on the Wabash line is in the city on a visit.
George Hinchman of this city, has fallen
heir to a considerable sum of money left by a relative in Rhode Island.
The total amount left is $50,000 to be divided by four or five heirs.
Constable Loving, who has been appointed
deputy sheriff, has made his bond of $6000 for the first time in a number
of years.
The little child of Mr. A. P. Wood,
who was badly burned by a lamp a few days ago, died yesterday and was buried
today.
The schools resume their work next Monday after their holiday vacation.
JUDGE SCOTT
Denison, Tex., Jan 8, Judge Scott,
whose sickness THE NEWS has noted, died last night at his home in the northwest
part of the city. Judge Scott has lived in Denison since 1874, and
was judge in this circuit a number of years ago. The deceased leaves
a large family nearly all of whom were with him at the time of his death.
Mar 2, 1890 Dallas Times Herald
DENISON COTTON MILL
Denison, Tex., Feb 20 -- The directors of the Denison Manufacturing
Company have awarded the construction of the cotton mill to W.
C. Green of Chicago. The contractor will remove a steam brick
making plant worth $20,000 from Kansas, and work will begin on the foundation
in about 30 days. The mill will be a brick, four stories and basement,
three hundred feet long, one hundred wide, and cost with machinery, about
$500,000.
Apr 2, 1891 Ft. Worth Gazette
'Altar & Tomb'
Marriages
Mr. J. H. Buff and Miss Edna Shelton, Whitesboro, March 24.
Mr. T. S. Cartwright and Mrs. Lee Pattie, Whitesboro, March 24.
Mr. John Flanagan and Mrs. Eveline Baldwin, Sherman, March 18.
Mr. John Flannagan and Mrs. Eveline Baldwin, Whitesboro, March 20.
Mr. John McCovey and Mrs. Bettie McCarroll, Whitesboro, March 22.
Mr. J. McDowgall and Miss Hattie Walker, Sherman, March 26.
Mr. W. S. McDuffie and Mrs. A. C. Smith, Sherman, March 20.
Mr. J. Potts and Miss Julia Henderson, Sherman, March 19.
Mr. C. M. Stines and Miff Jane Eyre, Denison March 26
DEATHS
Mrs. Mary J. Bomas, Sherman, March 24.
Mrs. Elmira Cason, Collinsville, March 16.
Mrs. H. N. Davis, Sherman, March 23.
Maj. Glen W. Kerr, Sherman, March 20.
Mr. Wm. Martin, Sherman, March 23
Mr. W. H. Middleton, Sherman, March 24
April 3, 1891 ? Friday, Ft. Worth Gazette
ALTAR AND TOMB
Marriages
Mr. F. H. Beach and Miss Jola Eggleston, Sherman, March 31.
Mr. F. H. Beach and Miss Jola Eggleston, Sherman, March 31.
SHERMAN, April 2, J. L. Brewer, a popular drummer and Mrs.
Willie Spratt were married in this city tonight at the residence of Capt.
J. D. Woods.
Mr. F. C. Moody and Miss Laura B. Stephenson, Sherman, March 28.
Mr. James Round and Miss Annie White, Sherman, March 29.
DEATHS
Mr. William Burget, Denison, March 30.
Mr. R. G. Chapman, Sherman, March 31.
April 20, 1891- Monday, Ft. Worth Gazette
'Altars & Tombs'
MARRIAGES
Mr. Gerald Hughes and Miss Louise Metcalf, Sherman, April 16.
DEATHS
Sherman, April 20, Miss Fannie Hamblin,
one of Sherman's fairest young ladies, died of pneumonia to-day.
The father of the deceased is absent somewhere in the state on business
but his whereabouts is not known.
April 21, 1891 Ft. Worth Gazette
TEXAS NEWS AND NOTES
Pottsboro, April 19, Five car loads of walnut lumber have been
recently shipped from here to Baltimore, Md. The subagent, Jim Northcott,
who delivered it received $55 per thousand for it on board the cars in
log form.
George R. Reeves Lodge No. 896 A. F. and A. M., met last night in
their new temple, which is their own exclusive property. Hitherto
the lodge has leased it's quarters.
Death has been very busy in this part of Grayson county during the
last few months, but at present writing the health is improving.
April 23, 1891- Thursday, Ft. Worth Gazette
'Altars & Tombs'
MARRIAGES
Mr. C. C. Crawford and Miss Mary Allen, Sherman, April 12.
Mr. Gerald Hughes and Miss Louise Metcalf, Denison, April 15.
Mr. Gerald Hughes and Miss Louise Metcalf, Sherman, April 16.
Deaths
Mrs. Sarah T. Fite, Sherman, April 12.
April 21, 1892 Ft. Worth Gazette
WANTED FOR CROOKEDNESS
A Denison Man Disposes of Mortgaged Property and Skips
Denison, Tex., April 21, A warrant was issued yesterday for
the arrest of Ike Melzer on the charges of
disposing of mortgaged property. Some time ago he mortgaged his household
goods to John McNamara for some money.
Last week he sent his wife and family to Illinois, and sold his goods to
a second-hand goods dealer. The warrant followed, and Melzer was soon wanted
badly by the constable. The most diligent search failed to find him,
and this morning it was learned that he had left the city. Melzer
was a barber, and has lived in Denison for fifteen years.
April 23, 1892 Ft. Worth Gazette
Texas Schools and Churches
It is said that efforts are being made to raise funds with which
to build another Baptist church in Denison
January 5, 1893 Ft. Worth Gazette
William Creager was exhibiting a sample
of coal at Denison yesterday morning which he says was taken out of the
earth seven miles from that city, but he refuses to give the locality.
Joseph Dangerfield was taken before
Judge Nixon at Denison yesterday morning and bound over to the grand jury,
in the sum of $1000, for assault committed upon Ed Green, Dec. 24.
G. G. Randell of Denison has suits involving
over $40,000 against the mining company of the Indian Territory, brought
in lieu of the number of lives lost there in the mines about a year ago.
Mr. Ed Sea of near Carpenter's Bluff,
near Denison, who was in the latter city yesterday, states that a large
amount of cotton has yet to be gathered. If it should continue pleasant
two or three days, cotton picking would be resumed.
Denison Herald - E. J. Bolles,
who has spent several months in the territory, combining business with
pleasure, arrived last night. Mr. Bolles while prospecting in San
Bola? county, Choctaw nation, discovered a large tract of land which abounds
in a substance which will rank in quality with the best imported cements.
A sample was forwarded to St. Louis from Muskogee and has been declared
by experts to be equal to the Portland. The discovery is about 30
miles east of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway
January 6, 1893 Ft. Worth Gazette
Sherman Register - Louis Dumas and Marvin
Binkley left last night for Mississippi and other Southern states
in the interest of Dumas and Moore county. They will work to secure
immigration for that section and will be absent several weeks.
The case of Rogers at Denison, who made indecent overtures toward
the little girl of Depot Master Barkley, has been postponed for the present,
owing to the illness of the child.
Four German families passed through Denison yesterday morning en
route to locate in Comal county. There was a man and wife with an
interesting family of seventeen children.
January 7, 1893 Ft. Worth Gazette
Denison Herald - A drunken fellow made himself obnoxious this morning
by claiming that he was the first cousin to Corbett, the champion.
He punched two or three persons under the ribs, but he punched once too
often. A brakeman named Searles led off with his right and put the
champion's cousin to sleep in the first round.
March 1, 1893 Ft. Worth Gazette
Honorable John E. Russell of Massachusetts will present to the city
of Denison a large portrait of Governor Denison, after which that city
was named.
April 3, 1893 Ft. Worth Gazette
A SERIOUS CHARGE
A Young Man Jailed at Sherman for Criminal Assault - His Victim Eight
Years of Age
Special to the Gazette
Sherman, Tex., April 2, Thomas Brown,
an unsophisticated young man was jailed to-day on a charge of criminal
assault. The victim was a child only eight years of age. the
young man plead ignorance of the law, says he does not mind going to the
penitentiary but don't want to hang. The mother of the child is mixed
up in the affair, the young man claiming that she gave her consent
August 8, 1893 Ft. Worth Gazette
At his home in East Denison, a man named Dennis was bitten by a
water-mocasin, which he drew up in a bucket of water from a well.
Aug 11 1893 Ft Worth Gazette
The body of Mrs. Cory Dobbings, wife
of a well known farmer of Van Alstyne, was found in the well near her residence.
It is supposed that while drawing a bucket of water the pulley gave way,
and she was thrown forward into the water (This was Josie
Dobbins, she is buried in Van Alstyne; 20 JAN 1862 09 AUG
1893)
September 2, 1893 Ft. Worth Gazette
Benjamin F. Carter of Denison, who
has been receiving a pension of $12 per month, has been notified that he
has been dropped from the pension list. Mr. Carter is a cripple and
cannot walk without crutches. This is the first notification of this
kind that has been received in this section.
September 3, 1893 Ft. Worth Gazette
The Equitable Mortgage company which failed recently in Kansas City,
held mortgages on a half million dollars worth of property in Grayson county.
September 16, 1893 Ft. Worth Gazette
Sherman, Tex., Sept 14 (Special) A confession was made yesterday
by Jim Douglass, a prisoner in the Fannin
county jail, to Sheriff Hughes of this county,
by which a number of thieves will be apprehended and convicted for having
been engaged in the wholesale theft of cattle in this county.
Douglass was the recognized leader of the gang. The plans by
which they operated were to steal cattle and drive them to Denison where
they disposed of to a wholesale butcher, Douglass alleges that the butcher
was a party to the theft.
September 20, 1893 Ft. Worth Gazette
At Denison, Henry Bogard, while asleep
on a veranda, fell from his chair and fractured his left arm at the elbow.
September 30, 1893 Ft. Worth Gazette
MURDER CASES
Sherman, Tex., Sept. 29 (Special) There are twelve murder cases
on the docket of the district court of this county for the present terms.
In the murder cases of Frank Fogg and John Poe,
special venues of 150 men have been ordered.
Dec11 1894 Ft Worth Gazette
Negro Carving
Van Alstyne, Tex., Dec 10, Last night a couple of negroes
became engaged in an affray in which Joe McKinney
was seriously carved with a knife. John Posey,
who did the cutting had his examining trial today.
December 13, 1894 Ft. Worth Gazette
Prater Still Alive
Denison, Tex., Dec 11, Prater,
the man who was so seriously wounded by Deputy Sheriff
Preston last night, is still alive, but there are few hopes of his
recovery. Prater, it will be remembered, held up a second-hand store
and stole a pistol. Preston was sent to arrest him, a fight ensued
in which ten shots were fired. A bullet struck the buckle of Deputy
Prestons's belt and flattened; otherwise he would been killed. Prater's
folks reside near Forney, Tex.
Bells, Tex., Dec. 12, Yesterday at 1:30 0'clock, Mr.
W. W. Horen and Miss Lizzie Ellis were married at the Methodist
church at this place, and left on the afternoon train for their future
home at Chickasha, I. T., by way of Fort Worth. We wish the young
people all happiness and congratulate the people of Chickasha upon their
acquisition.
Also, at the same place at 8 o'clock this evening, Mr.
Ray Aston and Miss Lee Outhouse were married. The house was
filled with friends and well wishers.
December 18, 1894 Ft. Worth Gazette
Deaths at Denison
Denison, Tex., Dec. 17, Claude Lamb,
aged 16 years, died at his home, four miles south of here last night, after
a few days illness.
Mrs. Sarah E. Rhodes, aged 58 (or 68),
died yesterday morning at 6 0'clock. Interment took place today.
Mrs. Smart, mother of Dan
and John Smart of this city, died Saturday night. Remains
were shipped to Moberly, Mo., this morning for burial.
Miss Hunter, aged 16 years, died of
congestion at her house four miles east of here yesterday.
Dec 21 1894 Ft. Worth Gazette
Mrs. T. J. Heath has returned from
Whitewright, where she has been to attend the marriage of her half brother,
Ray Aston.
April 6, 1908 Wichita Daily Times, pg.8
Mrs. A. L. Ford and children of Denison
are in the city visiting
Mr. and Mrs. George Eagle,
Mrs. Ford's parents.
22 Oct 1909 Ft. Worth Gazette
Engineer Bigby Killed
Denison: Information was received here Thursday that D.
H. Bigby formerly an engineer on the Katy out of Denison had been
killed in an accident 135 miles from Vancouver, Wash.
4 Dec 1909 The Irving Index
Kills Self In Prison
Sherman: Up to the time that word was received in Sherman that
Gus Sartin had hanged himself in the Sacramento,
Cal., jail Tuesday, interest still centered in the outcome of the efforts
of two states, Texas and Arkansas, to secure the custody of a man who was
held at Sacramento, Cal. Sartin was charged with the killing of Mrs.
Annie Winkleman at Fayetteville, Washington, County, Ark., and with
the embezzlement of property over the value of $50. to-wit:
A diamond ring at Sherman.
25 Dec 1909 Irving Index
G. G. Eeaves, about 40 years of age,
and a resident of Collinsville for the past five years, was shot and instantly
killed at his place of business Thursday night.
30 Jul 1914 Irving Index
Motorman Killed When Cars Collide
Sherman, Texas - Merrill Rutledge 31
years of age, motorman in the service of the Texas Traction company was
killed in a head-on collision at Woodlake. The accident occurred
when an extra southbound car and the northbound express went together.
Rutledge was motorman on the express car and the right side of his skull
was mashed in.
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