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The Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday, December 9, 1888
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DENISON
From 1872 to the Present Day - Chronological Record of Local Events

1874
Jan. 14 - B.C. Murray has another birthday and is moved to tears of joy by receiving a beautiful Masonic pin, the gift of his gifted employee, J.W. Burson.
Jan. 15 - A supposed horse thief found suspended to a tree near the slaughter house.
Jan. 18 - Post office moved from south side of Main street, between Houston and Austin avenues, to corner Main street and Burnett avenue.
Jan. 31 - Mat Chilton appointed city marshal.
Feb. 1 - Mr. Steve Hartwick is married to Miss Maggie Leoffler by Rev. Jamison.
Feb. 5 - Policeman Day, shot by a ruffian at the El Dorado saloon, corner Skiddy (now Chestnut) street and Houston avenue.
Feb. 11 - F.C. Leberman, a Shermanite, casts his lot with Denison; wholesale liquors is his forte...Because the News remarks that Col. Rogers had nailed another plank on his house, which had been in course of construction, and little spasmodic additions had been made during several months, the irate colonel fell upon Editor Murray and grievously
belabored him, drawing the claret; a second later the colonel was sent to mother earth and Murray landed his big feet in the colonel's stomach. The colonel was carried home on a stretcher.
Feb. 26 - The city paid a round sum of money for the fence around the Park.
March 1 - The women are making an earnest crusade against liquor selling.
March 4 - The vote for or against issuing school bonds, stood 196 for, 50 against...The death of John S. Day, a prominent member of Lone Star Lodge, U.D., called forth resolutions of respect by members of the order.
March 5 - F. King, former employee of Adams Express Co., in this city, attempted suicide by sending a pistol ball into his brain.
March 9 - Lawyers Rogers and Bennett fight to a finish in Recorder Maurice's court. Maurice was referee and fined each $10...Under this date we read that at Rock Island, Illinois, on March 1st, Mr. L. Libbe, of Denison and Miss Annie Miller, of Rock Island were married...A.R. Collins of Collinsville has his eagle eye on Denison as his future camping ground.
March 11 - Public free school opened. C.T. Fernald, principal: Mrs. M.A. Christie, Mrs. Shellenberger (now dead), Mrs. Bowles, Miss Elliston and Miss Hume, assistants. The schools were held in the Bacon and DeLand building, the M.E. church and the Cook building just east of the present Custom mills on Woodard street. Mrs. Christie's residence, next door south of Mr. Lingo's residence, and in a small box house where Dr. Acheson's former residence on Sears street now stands. The colored school was held in a building on Gandy street near Capt. Patrick's old residence and was taught by Rev. A.M. Gregory, colored.
March 12 - Temperance League formed.
March 14 - Union Depot burned.
March 17 - A lecture by Father Quinon at the Catholic church netted $150.
March 22 - W.B. Simpson presents Editor Murray with a large egg, from which his royal nibs made 3 hearty meals.
March 24 - The residences of H.L. Shephard, George Strouble, Mrs. McCormick, Mrs. Orton and Joseph Frank were raided by burglars. At the house of Mr. Tilton they were frustrated in their designs by Mrs. T's cries for help...Charles W. Nelson, of the Alamo Hotel, died at Austin, this state.
April 1 - The firm of Moodie, Owens & Co. is this day dissolved: the notice is signed by R .L. Moodie, J.J. Owens, Sam Hanna and B.F. Carter.
April 9 - One McGormly robbed D.B. Cleghorn's store of 2,000 pounds of flour, and eluded arrest.
April 20 - Mr. Sam Star of Denison married Miss Emma Eppstein at St. Joseph, Missouri.
April 25 - Major Shallenberger is surveying a route for a road to connect with the Transcontinental at Bells.
May 2 - The loss of $20,000 worth of city bonds is mentioned in the News of this date.
May 4 - J.C. McDowell elected city marshal by the city council...John Hanna, Harry Nelms and Nellie Hutton we find mentioned in a list of names for being meritorious pupils in the public school.
May 8 - Crystal Spring Lodge Independent Order of Good Templars organized.
May 10 - Mrs. James B. Scobie, of Denison, came to his death from a pistol shot received while lying asleep in a passenger coach, on the I. & G.N., at Rockdale.
May 12 - Gwynn Washington, agent of the Central, was robbed of a watch and chain valued at $400, a present from his company. Robber caught and valuables restored.
May 21 - Under this date is recorded the death of E.H. Lingo's little daughter, Georgia...W.L. Holder shot 2 fine bucks and caught a fawn in Looney's pasture, 2 miles from the school house...Chas. Chappell, alias Scarfaced Charley, accepts position of general superintendent of the M.K. & T. road.
May 25 - At the Grand Southern a little song and dance matinée occurred between Barney Cunningham, Fred Spencer, Nash the biter, and one Ellis. Cruel gashes and bleeding wounds were sewed up in the calaboose.
May 29 - Engineer A.J. Blair, and fireman, Wm. Lawrence, by presence of mind heroically saved from a horrible death a small child who had strayed onto the track before the train, which was making 35 miles an hour...600 people picnicked on the banks of Red River.
June 19 - Julian C . Feild, of Denison, and Miss Bettie McClain were married at Whitesboro...An immense business is being done in all lines of trade.
July 1 - Lee Hall and Bill Everheart crossed Red River and captured a notorious horse thief by the name of Posey. Posey drew a bead on Hall, while Everheart put smoke under the culprit...Somebody robbed J. Raynal of $150.
July 2 - City clerk's salary abolished...Mayor E. Perry resigned and H. Tone elected by the council, mayor ad interim.
July 4 - 3,000 people congregate in Forest Park...The Denison base ball 9 win a purse of $200 at Dallas...A cutting scrape occurred on Skiddy street in which Degrafenreed stabbed Dilling.
July 6 - Denison post office issued its first postal money order.
July 7 - James Leonard is a candidate for mayor, and Dr. A.W. Acheson also offers himself.
July 8 - E.H. Lingo unanimously nominated for mayor, and Dr. Acheson withdraws his name in favor of Lingo.
July 13 - E.H. Lingo elected mayor.
July 14 - First meeting of city council under the Lingo administration...Daily Times established by the Denison Printing Company.
July 16 - The Redskins are giving much trouble around Jacksboro...Santanta and Big Tree routed the Texas Rangers, killing 10 of them...The yardmaster is the only man left in Red River City.
July 17 - George B. Loving's 5-year-old boy fell out of the livery stable hay loft . In rage at the occurrence he deliberately set fire to the hay and burned the building with its valuable contents...Jack Red, a Denison Negro, shot and killed Jack Colbert near Colbert Station.
July 18 - Weekly New South changed to Weekly Times.
July 19 - Post office moved from corner Main street and Burnett avenue to bank building, corner Main street and Rusk avenue.
July 20 - John Ourand, late postmaster at Red River City, is moving his building to Denison...J.K. Miller asks $100 per acre for his land southwest of the city.
July 29 - Work commenced rebuilding Union depot...Ed Fenlon, of Graham & Co., on his return from Ft. Sill reports his narrow escape from the scalping knife of a roving band of Indians between the fort and Denison...Reinforcements of troops and large supply of army stores arrive at Caddo, I.T.: 700,000 pounds were loaded on ox wagons yesterday,
making a train of 75 wagons in charge of our fellow townsman, Wood McMillen as wagon master, bound for Ft. Sill, guarded by government troops.
July 30 - News reaches here that a company of Texas Rangers were cut to pieces by Indians, while the 10th Calvary Company, 100 strong, were completely annihilated and 100 horses captured by the redskins...Capt. Dan Webster withdraws from the Times as editor. Murray sympathized with him, and offers advice to govern Daniel's future action.
August 1 - L.C. Raff and Geo. Holman (the sheep man) lease the Alamo.
August 6 - Letter to the News from Beaver Creek, says 4 men were killed and scalped by Indians...25 or 30 fast horses are speeded round the track every evening.
August 25 - Fred Hennesey and Thomas McGory bought the first bale of cotton of the season; price, 15c per pound.
August 26 - A terrible, stink raised in colored church society. The parson is charged with Beecherizing one or more of the sisters...Indians scalp 3 soldiers at the mouth of the Wichita.
August 28 - Farmer's livery stable, corner Skiddy street and Austin avenue, and block of buildings south on Crawford street, burned. The principal suffers were Nelms, Boss and Swinderman.
August 30 - First meeting to organize a hook and ladder company.
September 1 - Under this date the News reports the arrival in this city of U.S. Deputy Marshal Tom Wright, having in charge the arch murderer and desperado Bradley Collins, whom he arrested singly and alone at the risk of life, after repeated attempts of the whole Indian Territory marshals had failed to secure the villain.
September 3 - H.C. Jennings appointed city clerk...The Blue Stocking base ball club pray the city council to donate the sum of $200 to the club. Motion lost; Jennings, McDougall and Leonard supported the motion...Among the advertisers at this time we find A. Teah, Henry Merritt, Reber, Woolscott, Avery, Rosecrans & Co., William Winn, Stone & Guy, F.C.
Leberman, M. Goldsoll, Dr. C.B. Berry, Roe & Loving, M. Chichet, C.W. Hotchkiss, Montgomery & Briddel, Adler, Carbry & Co., Dr. Turpin, D.W.C. Davis, Clark & Tallant, William Campbell, John Gnase, William Hughes, J.B. Putnam, Sydney T. Fountaine, Joe F. Day & Bro., G. Walters, I. & A. Seisfeld, and many others who have crossed the river of fled to Canada.
September 14 - Here we have the first allusion made by the News to the Grand Gift Concert in aid of public improvements. Capital prize $50,000.
September 21 - Marshall McDowell takes William Gheen into partnership with him in livery business...Graham, Converse and Bowring return from Dallas where they went to forward 20 car loads government corn by wagon train from that point to Ft. Griffin, the quartermaster department being unable to secure sufficient wagon transportation from Denison, the rightful distribution point...John C. Montgomery is married to Miss Carrie Chilton at the Episcopal church...At this date McGowan's hall was called the opera house...Willie Maurice and E.E. Latta enter the service
of the M. K. & T. as clerks in the freight office.
September 25 - Isaac Yeidel and C. Wolfe, with Yeidel holding the lines, started for the country behind a pair of high steppers. The team, without the carriage, reached town in advance of the wagon which bore the battered forms of the 2 Sabbath breakers. They recovered from their injuries.
September 28 - Mr. J.M. Sheeder treasurer of the Board of Trade, appeals to members to settle dues.
October 10 - J.B. McDougall fights fire manfully, but succumbed to the weight of falling timber...Ten, six mull teams and wagons start at once for the use of the frontier telegraph corps...We see that Mr. James Moreland was handling big bunches of cattle at this time, he is reported just returned from a profitable trip from St. Louis.
October 13 - Gen. U.S. Grant met the chief of the Choctaw Nation at Caddo, and gave them a 5 minutes talk, in which he warned them to "look out."
November 1 - Up to date, the Denison compress has compressed and shipped 7000 bales, of which 5900 bales were handled in October.
November 9 - Dave Welty buys 16 acres from Sam Cook, and will go to raising garden truck...The notorious Indian Chief, Santanta, in chains passed South.
November 10 - Brigadier-General Barney Cunningham (a well known character in those days) returns, and asks to be allowed to rest a few days.
November 12 - The 11-year-old son of William Rosecrans thrown from a horse and instantly killed.
November 20 - The Blue Stockings, of Denison, beat the 2 crack ball clubs of Galveston. During the game Billy Campbell, the Denison catcher, had a finger broke.
November 30 - K. Murphy finds a cave near his residence, well stored with stolen goods, and causes the arrest of 3 men on suspicion of having stolen the goods.
December 3 - Only 6 or the 7 gentlemanly prisoners escaped from the jail last night.
December 15 - At the residence of the bride's mother, James W. Burson was married to Miss Maud Bacon, Justice Kirk officiating.
December 19 - Prof. M.E. Phillips, Superintendent of the Public Schools takes a whole column of the News in which to excuse himself for the reported want of progress of his pupils in their studies, and claims non-attendance of scholars the principal cause.
December 21 - Col. Wiggins has leased the Valley House of Mr. J.B. Weaver.
December 23 - Joseph Koehler married Miss Lizzie Hopkins.
December 26 - Christmas passed quietly. At an entertainment given at the Presbyterian Church, a large audience were delighted with an amateur performance, in which Miss Lillie Andrews and Dr. Acheson took leading parts. The doctor's rendition of "Dixie" and his "Granny Sherman," in costume, took the house by storm.
December 30 - The following named gentlemen of the Masonic order were installed as officers of Lone Star Lodge, for the ensuing year: J.C. Feild, G .J. Dexter, D.D. Dawson, B.C. Murray, R.L. Modie, L. Eppstein, J.A. Dickson, John Holford, J. Doyle and H. Harriman.
December 31 - The News in a review of Denison's progress during the year of 1874 gives a truthful and flattering report.