The Dawson journal., 1884-01-31

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Clifford, of Georgetown, are in the
city this week. They came with
their fox hounds, twelve in num-
Der, to enjoy the chase for few
days. Accompanied by a party of
our town boys, they went out on
last Tuesday morning, in the Vi
cinity of Judge Williams place,
jumped a fox and caught it in an
hour and thirty minutes.
The fire which occurred in our
city on last Saturday night seems
to have created very little inter
est. The building Immediately
west of the Methodist church and
In front of Mr.. NJ. H. Baldwin's
residence was burnt. In this con-
nexion, we again appeal to the
City Council of Dawson to provide
the city with something like ade
quate protection against the raw
ages of fire. City Fathers, the
responsibility be upon you.
| Tomorrow morning is set apart
for the big fox race. It will take
place in the northern part of the
county, where the Jump will be
certain to be "red." Quitman
county dogs will be pitted against
those of Terrell. The pack will
be composed of about twenty Sc
lect runners, but if the boys catch
a red fox it is our "set up"
| We call attention this week to
the advertisement of Drs. Ken
drick & Christie. These gentle
men, both we'll and favorably
known to the public, have formed
a copartnership to practice medi-
cine, and we bespeak for them
such measure of success as their
respective qualifications merit. =
We are clad that DR.. Eldred
Christie Ms declined going to
Florida and will locate permanent
ly in Dawson. He is young man
well up in his profession and we
doubt not that he will make life a
success.
A few nights since, a negro liv-
ing on Squire Bradley's place,
who had been sick for some time
previous, heard, in the darkness of
the night, the trill Of a screech
owls voice. Superstitious, as they
all are, the negro took the warb-
lings of Mr.. Owl to mean that his
hour for departure had come. He
at once dropped upon his knees
and began to call Justify upon the
Lord to "hep dis poor nigger's
soul" It took strong argument
to convince that negro that the
owl was not a real messenger of
| death.
Read in this issue of the Jour
nal the advertisement Of the Daw-
son Cotton Seed Oil Mills. This
enterprise, in the hands Of
such men rs the Messrs.
| Baldwin, Thomas and Geise,
! is, already, an assured sue
cess; and it will prove a great con-
venience to our farmers in more
respects than one. There is no
better fertilizer in use than the
cotton seed meal, and it can now
be bought cheaper than ever be-
| fore in o0r market. Read the adj
vertisement and give Dawson Oil
Mills a call.
| DIR. Kendrick says he has been
a regular subscriber to the Jour
| nal since it was founded, 1865, but
that it is better paper, now, than
ever before in all its history. The
doctor is man Of fine judgement,
and we must take the liberty
to express our appreciation of this
very high compliment publicly
| We cannot refuse, however, to
share the honor with our very able
corps of reporters, for they GER
tainly deserve to be commended
| for the most excellent manner in
(which they serve their readers
with the news. One thing we do
know: The Journal has more
Subscribers al this time than it has
had for the last three years; and
we not only hope to make the
Journal a greater success than it
ever has been, but with the proper
encouragement and support of our
merchants we shall endeavor to
make our town and county more
prosperous.