Blackwell Eagle. (Blackwell, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 4, 1894 Page: 3 of 4
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That's not been Mid a thousand time*?
Now Year
JANUARY
*ATS 11.0(1 rKIt YEAH.
CITY OFFICERS.
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■ rustee lat district, A. J. Blackwell.
Mod dUtriet, John W. Beatty.
■rd dlytyict, J. C. Phelp*.
Mill district, E. M. Reynolds
■III district, A. O’Harra. ’
*Wity Clerk, F. T. Berkey.
■Assessor, >Vm. Thompson.
■Treasurer, W. H. Boyveh.
■Marshal, J. C. Robinson,
justiceef the l'eace, J. E. Johnson.
1IO A till or TRADE.
President...............W. A. Bowen
Vtrs-Preshlent........J. W.Snodgrass
Treasurer................Frank Potts
Soaratary................F. T Berkey
f Dlseqtoi*.—B. M. Anderson, Chas.
Schmidt, J. C. sitlth, J. D W’lntfcld. C.
G. Elltott, J. W. Beatty, Wm. Whiting,
r«. A. flark and S. M. Decker.
Fu|h and Personality.
• « v /. * . *-■ ....
Welcome visitor*,
llurrah! boom 'er to-day!
Htrahgar, hare’s our hand.
A band is being organised at New-
Ihlrfc.
'Clark A Allen are your humble si-i-
vanta.
The Backet present! a crimson
[font,
Now—at once -immediately-with-
i ut-delay.
Buy your FurniUre of Seig Bros
lOiCi 1ila.ii St.
J. Cox ft Co. now occupy the Krause
wilding.
Real e^tat* transfers are increasing
' Itri^lsckWll.
I,ook for l>r. Padon's advertisement
next week.
Petition* are too nutu-runs t.i men
iu hilack well.
Dtipdty l .S. marshal Boeruer eats
an^'stiieps on tlife run.
The new years come, the old years go.
We know we dream, we dream we
know.
We rise up laughing with the light,
We lie down weeping with the night
We hug the world until it stings,
We corse ,t the,, and sigh for wings. I wl|0 fa'alao'. co'rne't pi.y'e7
We wreathe ouVbHdes. — U vour oa **“ E»*le ,ub,cr‘«*
dead.
Stranger* in Blackwell are no longer
a strange sight.
You want the lest paper in Black*
well-chat’s the Eagle.
Thehe.it <>f the rush in Oklahoma
has changed the tlimst*.
Beatty Bros, don’t sav much, but
they sell groceiies and feed.
Blackwell wants a business man
ZiiRiwdaU
••
sheet our „on ltit» jf „?t why uoty
Don't stop to scratch your head, and
look wise- but scratch gravel.
—Ella Wheeler Wllaox. j Kook out for wire fences-and fol-
! low the section lines to Blackwell
BLAUKWBUj WJH8TTB PRETZBI. 1
Chas *'ChmJdt/tl»e p’aiu spnk-n. job
We laugh, we weep we hope, we fear-
And Urn's the bordon of the year.
will
Art.you a stranger V Anybody
ly keeper of the Chikaskia ssloon, had <^rec* ?0" to the Eaoi.e block,
the largest New Years pretzel in Ok-1 C. M. Paltan and I,. K. Jackson, of
lahotna. Thinking of hiaG. rman heme ' Hunnowell w n In the city Sunday,
where the pretzel is a popular emblem B. M. Zent, the tinner, does all kinds
of liberality and sociability, Mr.
Schmidt was lost in sweet memorise
that cling like evergreen vines
to the crumbling walls 'of the
past. He was* sad, he dreamed
and told Ids dreams, growing
elouqent; until at last he was overherd
by Capt. Billy Hagender, bakar for L
G. Halade. lie tod is German'and de-
cided that BlackW9ll should win the
great western pretzel. The result may
dow be seen mirrored In the shining
bar glass of the Chikaskla saloou. Ar-
rayed iu red, white and blue, a garland
of sheet metal work-and does it good.
Selg Bros, are painting their buil-
ding a beautiful green, with artistic
trimmings,
Asst of harms* was stolen front
the barn of E. M Reynolds one night
this wqek.
Th* council did not have a quorum
Tuesday evening, and adjourned to
Wednesday.
Joseph Miller, cattle King of the!
Territory, was in Blackwell yester- i
day. •'
GROCERY
Company.
W^OLESAIjE and
New Stock,
Reasonable ^pvicss.
Cotme, SEE.
HOTEI.
BLACKWELL,
Only First-class house in the city,
Special attention to traveling
trade.
w. X 20WEK
PROPRIETOR
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of braided brown pretzel, suspended 1 A. B. t.’rawford is now devoting him-
witli gay ribbons, hangs iii state, the | self to selling spots on the plat of
majestlt lord so dear to German hearts , Ifock Falls.
and stomachs. Tne pretzel Is 22inches j The new furniture was placed In the
in diameter, aud is F.lteudeI by strings school room Monday. It I* modern,
of the little curly cuta that render bear j convenient, and good,
ambrosial. George Bears, ot Winfield has come
We acknowledge the ri c eptof a copy
of the M irrlsmvtlle, III., Times, con-
taining an aocouijj cf a reception gir-
i.. l........m \i _ \t ....a
down to jpm h's brother in the pop-
ular corner saloon. -
J.l’. Heyiner stilddoes a little car-
in honor of Mr. Frank V. Potts ami I P*nt#r work during quiet hours in his
wife The editor ol the paper forgot | lf°wmg grocery trade,
to say whether the Mr. Potts at whose | Lewis Day came down to-d,iy from
home the reception was given, is the j Winfield, to take Ills brother’s place
lather, loot her, uncle, cousin or gianu. | in iba Blah w-ll store,
father of our Frank but judging from Are you shopping at tli# Hotel Black-!
Wei,? The landlord will tell you wl^ere
Send your Orders ta
J.g.lYJ/W,
DRY BOORS, Clothing,
Carpetb, Boots and Shoes. Mail oaurn ^ Sppc.ipjty.
"WirLfield., Zans,
Store,
For
he account ol th banquet, the mis-
tletoe and the merriment, the quid
driver thought every ody belutiged to
to find the Eagle ofliice.
It is said that Mr. Gumming* i*
cool even in thy proseqpe of a "holy
t‘rror'’ with hisco.it off.
J. (j. Pht Ips, returned yesterday
from Ei Reno, where lie went to meet
the Territor-yl hoard of pharmacy.
Bnggs the real .state man has re- *hle an’edeluvian dough-nutaat a long | “• ^ ^^"hl^n
suttV-riug public deserve* lo he chained 1 oouiempiaves engaging in the grain
o a corpse during the wake and then an<1 tHal 8t WU,afc V»|
A. \V. Hirt, of Eureka, is hold-
nvn a claim near Blackwell and
fXROCERY-
The Hemocratlc c'.jib will meet Sat- the same happy faml y.
mdiiyJaii.il. Borne very iII- bred scoundrel scut
The Bed Light saloon keeps the an item containing the expression
bast cigars in town. It dollars to doughnuts.’’ Aside from
Yh.w. Schmidt had the big pretzel’s Ids the article was well enough; but
aictiire taken yesterday. any one who In this day anil age will
lumed ficm Winfield.
II. Il-CK i* building an addition to
U MIUI |i*r UUIIIIK liIV finisr- anu nil'll
buried alive with it.-Mistletoe Leaves , ® "
llev. li-np-ft.-on, of South Haven. 'u®d 1
Ihe "Wichita H -nJe” la'.oon.
Bluffs don’i go ajnee 'the elec:Ion „f J^^servl'c* Smiley iu Black-'1 w,ll,0"n °P*" »" «'« «**■
ty insrshal hoi,>nw-in, we)|. He talked upon the subject of Tbs Reynolds ft Walker quartet
J. W. ItandHlI works to pims6 bln) (Joi|yv niid prc*f*#iit*t4tl jjood *rjfum©nt f^vorfd tlm witli oiip of
istwuers. aud succeeds. |or wi,h ti,« |ijb|e the only '*seir choice selections Tuesday eve.
N'evrkii k wants the as.iitance of croed. But when it came t» naming Tlta Hotel Hlao^Well makes the
li« to vn site board. this comprehensive organization, he ; traveling pub ic feel nt home. Tlie
Btevsnaon, trie gio-er will he in il ' narrowed down to a point that >ve | service is as goml as found anywhere.
[• xt week witli an ad. ' couldeu't se i. Meudrers of the I 0. O. F. arc te-
/uflfin ft Hargis, of Dexter, have j Gladstone's birthday was a day of qu s'ed to meet Saturday* evepug at
WHITE
ppf)!S!T
i\Ui\ l staple and Fancy
O-rocexiee- Flour «nd Feed at Lowast Prlcas
D. P. REYNER.
Main 8treet, one ldock South of Blackwell Avenue.
Black weft, O. T.
J* C. PHELPS,
Blackwell Drug
o
Blackwell, 0. T.
Store o^ned and ready foe l)iijiUie»«. First drug store in tow»
having a fall line of
Drugs, Paints and ,
Saloon
Light
Anheuser and limlweiaer Beer on tap every day..
THE - BEST ■ WINEs - AND LITUORSl
ipeued a law offl a-in lllack well.
A 83l.noset of harm s* was stolen
Monday night, f.um !) Wording.
Tfhe best article in the T imes Inst
reek was one stolen from Ilia Eagle.
Jack Thornton has resigned his po-
itlon ns bur-keeper at Scare* sal ion.
’ T he M. K. conference assigned llev.
L It. Henderson to Blackwell
Cross.
* Tli* furniture of the new saloon is
picneunced by the boys, "Clearoat of
gfgirfcties.’’
r? The ‘Te'n round glove contest" at
J Newkirk, was prusiouuctd.iiy the local
F fliers A fake.
M,Her ft Popplewtll sell meat so
ehri|l (he peddlers can’t utford to pay
the llc>n*«.
it'e offer you tiie Eagle for 61.0d P*r
leaf—If yoo don t think n is worth
k - money, please don’t subscribe,
* We wish t > apologize to the Italian
*ivlher bureau for a sl-ght fall of
emi erature aud some clouds the | ast
i**-’ '* '
|Vr. Padoo took a trip through old
Jkl .lmtna. stopping at Variour towns,
itid attending ti— im-eling of tlie
Terri'.oiial hoard of piiarmacy at El
Reno. I - -
I A. Nenilok. manager of the.lolie',
tll-'t*Artistic I'liotagrapfilc Vliiw Cc.’
% ^*s iu Blackwell yesterday taking
view a for an advert'sing portfolio.
A ball wa* given Monday eveniur
st lire Hotel itlsco.),ell There was il
Ihglitful company present, and every
Ring went uierry at the New Year.
To vn Clerk Berkey informs us that
a uum'wr of people have already paid
j heir port Ion of the tix, unit that all
pee'u interested iu thus helping to piy
the iieoeis try expenses for ILo up-
building if the town, >
I A Blackwell t >wn lot bought of a
twenty-f dir hours, that sig.jjliyd noth-
ing more than opportunity. Other
people are born, allowed to live on the
same planet of lii-* solar system, under
(he same laws, surrounded by all tlie
demands for men. Yel great men are
scarce.
Blackwell grows until.aly Not tin
and •‘•r K|as8 " »«• r",,roa 1 am' »««••' obU0*rv~wi 1 ter at Y-rge
boat—bitt ill tbe open air witii (Joci'a ^ ^lar
si]ii*liiii«HU<l th<? succession itfboasons. , ... ..
■ « ... .at. . i 1 ^outu»nieu arrowing up with the
It is no hot house plant, but a IimuIv L #
* town will never itt it Ret ahead of
rereunlHl native. j .. „ . • r . , .
| them. Huiy bovs make succeiisful
‘•Everything that is le tlly excellent m-iness men.
will bear examination; it will Invite it
ami tlie more cirefnlly it is survey, d.
to the iu ire advantage it will appVar
—Robert Hall.
iju s'ed Vo meet Saturday evcoug
the scliool house, llnsiiiess of impor-
tance.
W• F. Porter is an all-rmnd man
setting type for all the pajers in t >wn
and running a barber shop at odd
tunes.
"The Windgld Cornier has tlie best
single handed a'l round sweepstakes
in Kansas—
X-vlxxiTosx, La/tlx,
Siaixxg-les. I=aajtakts
LUMBER,
“■ ~ J. C. ST/TH.
-Iii the city.-
Kinds ol
Stivers & Paris, Propr’s*
Hast Bliickwrll Avenue.
Yop will Hud iu onr yard n|l bnildiug.material usually kept in any
rtrst-eikas yard. West side of block corneriug on Muiu street
and Blackwell avenue.
Tli# Blackwell block has a good walk
on two sides, made of Jxti boards with
deeper* mount, d upon solid wooden
t block*.
Frank Greer, of ll.eti ithrle Capital! ,, ,, , .. . . ,
v, ' Dav Bros, have the bast location in
is practicing upon a tew easy sermons, th, ritv i „t there *ro o'her re .s-n.
preparatory to striking the church , f,r their hd Bug the lead In the hard-
fora job of trimming lodge around waretrade.
i lie vineyard.
Billy Martin, tlie mar. wl h a yell,
wa* arrested I u -sdaytoT practiong a
high th (er seal war-whoop on the
street, and was lined >3.<K>,
“Gem* of Thought’’ issued by tlie
carriers of l he Duluth Evening Herald-
Is the brightest New Y’eirs token tlie
F.aiii k lias received.
If you are inclined to do a little pro-
niablc ri ading and literary work, do
no! fall to attend the meeting Satur-
day evening.
As dream* are always bu d -in real-
ity, so vision* of t hemming city are
lia*ed on the present signs. Come ami
be convinced,
Blessed are the mirthful, for mirth-
follies* is God’s medicine, one of the
renovators _or tho world—Henry. Ward
Beecher.
The oidy question is whether we
proinln-urvlgur dealer of Wlufleld for j -hall start a morning or an evening
the sum of $»l 25, wa* sold today to d tly. in the Blackwell springtime.
John K. Edwards, of Lafayette, Ind ,, i-||„t ,uHt |* the way w« are made:
for ®75iki rasli. This is. a sample of we don't reason wliefe we feel; we
th* way tlie hoys here make money oil j just feel Mark, Twaiii
the kiAers.
‘•Tlie end crow ns all, aniT that old
common arbitrator, time, will one day
| end It Shakespeare.
"Oklahoma weather’’ altj hereafter
Mirpasfiug both
AVERAGE TIMES" LOCAL.
"Ye editor understands that a gen-
tle m»n, wime* itiyme pur reporter wa*
unable to team, wa* hurt Iii some way. I uecnmt- tlie ideal,
lemewhsre close to lUackwell one ilav I>»>y and Kansas,
last month. It behooves us. when Cl c:ini*tsiice* never tugd,* a min
jaway fru n the tend ;r care of relative* who tfai iliiibln to c iiop*el»enJ the
L bectutloue About sho iking a -olden t„ iTrcnmstance*.
fwhlcli might hurry ua to where we ArS-EK-M KNT NO’ICE.
Jeo ild hear a p'l-drop on tlie silent N'otk# la hereby given, that the ae
inoie where the death angel roo.de on e-s-iu tit.ordeie I hv tlie Ma*s Meet-
tbe door p-nt of eteriiHjr.'’ n>(( he.d Oecemlier With, for ik# Gov,
eintne d h'i ami by reanlntion pas-ed
\V. IV Bleplienson, of WiHfl-ld, ar- j bY ' be Board of l run tee* ordering an1
*l!( veite'rdav lie Hkwmant oaa tell lot oh tlie whoLi
Ivel with nils wue veiteraay. Hr, tow„ embraced m th............... 1
E'. C. tiross, came down yesterday
from Dexter to rent a room for a bar-
lar shop. He i* said to be a lirst-das-
barber.
Mr. Hodgson, who agisted Murray A
Moore iii tlie opening of the new Sa.
loon, re' urned Tuesday to Cross, w here
lie it employed as bar-keeppr for tlie
same 111 ui. '’
Every body interested iu tlie nrgani-
zitiuii of a reading and liteiary club
\y requested to b* present .'-Aturday
evehing, Jan ,6tn at the home of Mi*a
Lo;iie Jerome.
New Years evening wus tlie occa-
sion of considerable celebration. Ifav-
iug do in 11s to ring the old year out
the buys tried gunpowder and dyna-
mite. The ri suit exceeded all expec-
tatious, the explosion* of dynamite
bresYliig tlie glase of many biiiiilit-gs
upon Main street.
Whoe.tys beauty Is unappreciated
in Oklahoma? One young lady in 1
Blackwell lias forty admirers, aud
tresis them all alike. Bile is »s beau-
tiful as a June rose and a* laUI as a
Mt. Rhasta snow storm. If'she ever
melts, tlie remain^ of hor victims will
be found iu the moraine at h-r feet.
Gollauay Hroa iiavn tkeir bolidliig
about cludpleted on north Main street
and will put In a large stock of groc-
eries. Due of tlie brothers lie* been
tiers nnperlutending tlie o instruction
while the other is manager of tbs Alii- 1
ant-e Exchange at Anthony, The edi-1
torof iLis papir hus Hie honor ol a
pervoiialnoiiuHintauce with b th ol
the gentleman, and believe* them to
be the kind of hiisiness men Black-*
well is alVay* glad to welgnme,
Muiray ft Moore on Monday open- d
an vIcgn jl lAr-room Iu the Blackwell 1
NEW STORE!
L.J. BIBIER,
Groceries Wall paper Flour Feed
Hay and Potatoes.
North Main Street, between K<*a auk King David aveune.
DAY BROS.,
HARDWARE
00^5 STOVES*
Tinvare, Fups, Rart-Wiri.
Prices all Right.
Corner Main Street ami bktHkjrell A-vejnu*.
BANK OF BLACKWELL,
Opea tixexx
EYES,
J, Vnwter,’ PreeidenL
W. A. Bowen, Caeliier,
I). T. Cline, Aae’J Cashier.
DEPOSITS : RECEIVED;
To soo tho Riypti ot
n
Kxchange liought aud sold.
& Alisa’s
Gwcmr.
BLACK WJCLR
O. T.
Short Bros-.
i dz*
Tfcvs space reserved for
SCHMIDT BROS.,
Who have opened a lirat-cIsHH
Xj\xxxclx EocXXi*
As good ua the beat, Ypuf
patrounge solicited.
Old Pas,toftlec Building.
Proprietors of-
Blackwell
Can supply yon with ltrioK|iii any quantity.
Leave your orders at the yard.
Main MUtEr.
SfcLQUSE,
liotsl huUdlng, They have as (Ine fuY-
n|ture as uuy saloon in Oklahoma, aud
with a laVge pleasant room, the purenl ’
an J b.'U itquors and gentle many ser- i
|has r nteil the lilting building, »n1 j 11,. m>nt I* ni id* out aiid Is now
nil put in A stock of grocei’ics. fl-»ur due. This a*sessiii(jiit I* nude lor the
knd f*el He Ahdht* wife aich had a purpose of c irrylng on Ui* town gov-
ai,arwmi> i drew hits with tlie tiwu •I’nnieut,Ui*publicsTi -olsand other
ishareauldlew lotswith the t.an p.rt»lniiig b> tl, • good of the
■ company. I li*y will build a residence w|io|,. (own If nm h ne not rcc Ivpd Ics ars equipped to I h* molt critie»Ti
iu on* of th* lota Mr. .Stephenson h n-itl -e n| the amount du* on your lot | taste. Mi. Murray with hi* brother-lu
’ha* b**n saveral years running ns con- |»I<>m ■ callo win*, .t once it is v-rv j„W| vir. Dods.ni, of Newtou, will watt
- summs*, M*. te“i^jsssa5ff! «• *• e . ■ ---
man, aud w,U on wa.coiuod to toF l.Bofkay, Twwu ckrk, iLaok.•n”**- »“• i“w ui. a^v
|nkw*H. wellCk f. . .. NyWkAfk aud Csoag. - - -
t
iTto BEATTY Bm G..ROCERIE:iS
..................... 7 Hardware and Feed.
Kvcr.vUiing new anil frrali. Tlie lurgesl store room anil host ainkWo^
u li^t uty. o dour- uoiiii of pualoiVu c.
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