The Dawson journal., 1885-05-07
COUNTY CURRENCY
interesting tier Items Concerning Town
ana County Gathered by journal
reporters and Briefly Told.


See the new advertisements N
this issue. III
Don't D 7, speak of the fire engine
as "she"-it's che"
The pestiferous mosquito has
made his appearance.
The truck men report their
crops as doing finely
See the report of the city clerk
and treasurer in another column.
Mr.. N. W. Dozier is having his
residence On Lee street repainted.
Tom James has reduced the
price of soda water to five cents a
glass.
The teacher of the band will be
here as soon as he comes. Don't
forget it. lu I8
? 1t is said that red bugs had a
good time at the picnic last Fri
day..
The railroad schedule has been
changed again. The trains now
meet at Smithville.
The JOURNAL will hereafter pub
llsh quarterly the reports of the
city clerk and treasurer.
Capt. Billie Kaigler is the most
enthusiastic Turner man in the
district. Still, he is nothing more
than a "Looker on
Workmen are now engaged in
fencing the park with wire. When
the ladies get through with it, it
will be "a thing Of beauty"
Hail fell in Dawson, and other
portions of the county, last Friday
afternoon. We have heard of no
damage done.
The JOURNAL is the official or
gan OF both city and county, and
has a larger circulation in the city
and county than any other paper.
Mr.. G. Willis, of Bronwood, has
four mules, from six to ten wears
of age, for sale. All in good or
der. IT,
Some Of the young people are
having a fish fry to-day near Do
Yer. Red-bugs will doubtless
claim the majority over anything
caught. They're welcome.
All the pretty girls in Dawson
amt married yet. If we were in
need of wife, we don't know of
any place we would sooner 90 to
get one,
Through the kindness of city
clerk j. L. James, we report that
during the month of April the po-
lice made twenty-one arrests and
that fines amounting to $3.50
were imposed.
The court officers are busy pre-
pairing for the spring term of
court, which will convene on the
4th Monday in this month. The
calendar is now beng printed at
the JOURNAL Office.
Our military company did not
attend the Interstate drill at Mo-
bile on the 4th, as was expected.
Some Of the members could not
leave.
The truck farmers Of this sec
tion of the state are in convention
at Albany to-day. They meet to
discuss the various things rela-
tive to successful truck farming.
Terrell has no representative there
that we know of.
Mrs. Tochie Mcdonald, from
Mexico, is in the city visiting her
brother, Rev. A. Al. Williams. Mrs.
Mcdonald is the wife of a son of
our presiding elder, and her hus-
band is doing missionary labor in
Mexico.
Mr.. E. B. Bridges has a gander
that has been in his possession
twenty-seven years. 1t is not
known how old the gander was
when he came in Mr.. Bridges pos
session.
The negroes are going to organ
ize fire company and use the old
chemical engine. We think an
appropriate name for this engine
would be "Joe Brown" Joseph has
proven worthless to the democrats
and this engine has proven worth
less to the citizens Of Dawson.
Last Monday afternoon the
pump was removed and the arte-
sian we'll sounded. Water was
found to be only about 100 feet
deep, several hundred feet of the
we'll having filed up with mud
and dirt. Water lacks % feet of
coming to the top of the well. Now,
that we have found out we have
no arteslan water lets all get sick
again.
Several citizens of the city are
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