The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-10
TAYLOR TOPICS.
The Smallpox Scare Dying Out-Other
Ncwsy Items.

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TAYLOR. Tex, Jan. Special -Undcl
| a writ Of attachment issued out OF Tho
| district courts of williamson ana Travis
counties in favor Of the Taylor Natlona
bank and Nelson Davis X Co. OF Austin
| Sheriff III. &. Purl Of Georgetown today
sold at shcriff's sale portion of the stock
of general merchandise formerly owned
| by &. II. Rose ut COuplnnd TO the above
named parties for $500 cash. He vii
also sell n portion of the original stock ~
| favor Of the Temple Grocer company OF
| Temple, Tex, on jan \.
Mend 81 Moore. groccrs Of this city, have
discontinued business Mt Taylor and moveC
| their stock Of goods TO SOuthyilc, the
present division headquarters OF the
"Knty" railroad.
r. il. Wade of Beaukiss yesterday sold
TO q. NJ. Breeding of Circleyille 30 head
of fine beef steers ut so per head, which
he will feed and fnttcn for the market.
Capt. j. II. Dalton yesterday sold from
his celebrated Jersey herd of dairy cattle
four Jersey cows to II party at Smithville
and three head to Il party at GntcsVillc
Consideration unknown
Taylor, Jan. 5.-tSpccial.) There are
no new developments In the smallpox
scare ut this place and no probability Of
the disease spreading or becoming cpl
now nllnycd. The premises occupied by
the ~ ly remaining case. that of Miss
GroC, - vie "'m ioolotcd nnd nIy''' u.
nd Euarh have been pla6ed around
vsurc.
The Taylor public sh' o's. which IN
consequence of the fright failed to re-
Oxen thic week, VIII us"Gr next Ma
dny morning.
i',r the last 49, 4 - -" ,.'"i"r the
10 ~ Il the nay !. .Nl'. 'r'.. only
'rr ,rlN teton. Ter iruIGt Ir"S "nJ
fpa' ia; vngrancy. This rcur si,cak
". for tho Orderly lcmnnnur of II city of
or,f r"" inhabitants 'lurnS tlH Cl rlSt
IrES hchG. -.
Sht,'H Henry -, III, 90 Co.., -i.tnwu
was il In, city yn1 'r,ay 'nl r'n RS ~
rr ~. trS now in thc county All nwri(
irg rotor IN the diT'r.rt nur', viii Il
tou,rrcs next MN irv mnrniug.
After spending the holidays with
friends on the San Gabriel Miss Ora Me
FnddCn has returned to her home in
Austin.
Miss Maggie Maulc is the only one Of
the teachers In the Taylor public schools
who attended the State Teachers meet.
ing ut Galveston She returned well
pleased and proitcd by the visit.
Miss Mabel Humphrey visited friends
In Austin this week.
Mrs, j. w. Parker and her sister Mrs.
j. u, Claybr0ok, are visiting relatives in
Austin this week
The firm of Mickey 4 Iangc dealers
In dry gods and notions, made nm assign
mcnt today naming j. G. Blaine rs AS
signcc. Assets, about $4,000: liabilities
estimated between $1,000 and $4,000,
Sometime since II test was made in
the International and Great Northern
railway yards ut this place of II newly
improved railway car coupler, known as
the Roosevelt WhoclCss invention. So
was the test. which was wit
messed by large audience of citizens
and railway employees that number of
rnylor's capitalists. namely j, w. Park
ar, John Thrcadgill. {. III. Wclch. Bry-
m Heard {, Mcudcl and c. I'll, Booth,
and four gentlemen Ut Houston, became
Interested in the device and negotiations
were closed with McssrS. Roosevelt X
Whcclcss whereby the above named
gentlemen became owners of u 10 per cent
interest in the invention, Roosevelt X
WheclcsS retaining - per cent inter
est, 4 stock company was organized,
u charter obtained from the state under
the name OF THE Lone Star Railway
Car Coupler company and patent
applied for and granted by the proper
authorities nj Washington, II. c.. and
thus the matter stood until few days
ago when these gentlemen received an
offer IN writing from Il company of East
crn capitalists OF 100000 for the cNclus-
i've patent right, which rs yet has not
been accepted,
The stock holders are congratulating
themselves on their good fortune
Why borrow trouble in the kitchen?
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