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and fight terrifcally at close range Both
break and rush again, Lavigne play uS for The
bo1y. Walcott lands hard on the face La
vigne rushes in and smother heavy exchange
cnsues as he bell sounds. The crowd is wild
with excitement, yelling like demons. Wal
colt laughs as he turns 10 his corner and spits
nul quantity OF blood. Lavigne had far the
better OF the round.
ROUND 2-Walcott is the first up and
LANDS hsrd lett oa Lavignc's jaw. Lavigne
comes back al him and they exchange lefts and
rights with telling effect. Lavign- lands hard
Iett on the body ana swings his right on the
neck. Walcott closes in and puts his right on
She body. Lsyigne countering his left. They
both rush in and fight like devils. They rush
IN and land terrible body bows. Lavigne
tries his left and aicott catches him on the
ear with his right. They fiddle and Lavigne
lands straight left on the nose and right on
the BODY. 1ney cllnch as IaVigne misses an
uppercut with MS right. Lsvlgne lands right
hard on WalcotPs eye and forces him to the
ropes. Walcott turns and lands left under the
arm. Lavlgne puts a terrible right on the
body, and Walcott catches him on the Jaw
with his right. Livi,n faIls short with mis-
lett. Lsvlgne throws in his left again. and
lands on Walcotts ribs. Walcott receives a
terrible righ;-hand punch on the Jaw
Lsyigne sails IN again, and hits him on the
same spot Walcott turns and runs away as
LtVlgne rushes IN again. Nelcott tries his
left and misses. They clinch, and fl yht hard
at close range. Separating, Walcott misses
his left, aud Lavisne puts in his right on the
body again LavlSne lands his left on the
body, and receives hard right on the ear.
Lavigne again puts In mis- right on the body
Tney are fighting tiercely al ose quarters as
the gong sounds. The crowd is wild with ex-
tlteHent.
ROUND 3-Layigne goes right to work and
leads with his lett, falling short. Walcott
lands Lis left on Layigne's back as the la; ter
runs away. Lsvigne turns about and swings
left and right, missing, and then lands lett
swing on Wa colts jaw Wa.cott weak in his
knees and tips. Lsvgne puts in his left
twice hard on Waicotts mouth. Wacott
lands his left on Lavigne's neck. They clinch
and Lavigne lands his left on the face La
vigne follows with right swing on Walc otis
ear. Both exchange left swings on the head
and nights on the body with telling effect
Another swing ana clinch, and LavigDe lArus
right on the jaw in the break. Walcott misses
right swing and runs back Both ianu
straight lett jabs the face. Lavigne
ducks another straight left and land,
his left hard o. Wslcotrs body. Lavigne
puts in his left on the body, and as they clinch
in the corner Lavigne goes over Walcoti and
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with his LETT. Lavigne bleeding badly over
the right eye, which bo lhers him. Walcott
ru away from n rush and Lavigne closes in
and lands two hard body blows Both rush
and land rights on the body. Walcott puts his
left on the NV and receives a hard left on the
PUSHES him 10 The ropes. They exchange
more stiff body punches. Lavigae ducks and
lands straight left on the face. T hey clinch
ana night close. Walcott puts iu a hard
le fl on the forehead and Lavigne Deeds badly.
Waicott rusnes and is stopped with SRA ght
LETT Both land right on the toIy. Wa.cott
clnses II and lands left on the nose. Lavigne
puts in his right hard on the body Lavipne
lands stiff left square on Walcotts mouth and
right on his ear. He follows up and puts in
nara right over his heart lie continues fol-
lowing his man and Walcntt turns and lands
lett ana ght haT7 on the body. Lavigne over
reaches with his rig mt and left and they clinch
limping badly with his right leg. Layigne's
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1t Took Lavigne Twelve Hot
Rounds to Beat the
Shifty Black
Fighter.
Big Crowd, a RattIing Contest
and the Bettors Generally
Satisfied===Sharkey, the
Faker, Kissed.

! fighter, landing some fierce upper blows
in a shower in The first round.
In the second round the pace set out in
the first was too fast, and the men gave
an amusing exhibition of fislcuft,.
Arsen commenced forcing tae "ace H.
the third round and O'Donald award cd
him the Fl !ht.
Afer the prelim nary between B lciga-
lupi and Arsen then came the event of the
cv,ning-lhe reat battle between LaVigne
and Walcott. There was q long wait be-
fore the men appeared. The crowd vas
good and demonstr tive.
AS WalcCtt emerged from his dressing
room and entered the hall the spe C ators
stood up and shouted. Wtlcott was at
tended by Tom . Rourke, Dixon and Joe
Cotton.
Law gne was given hearty cheers He
was attended by his brother l.y, T m
MEG -ath, Billy Armstrong and Teddy
Alexander.
Billy Jordan introduces Lavigne as the
Saginaw Kid and Walcott as the "Bo,-
ton Wonder"
The referee, Eddie Graney," said Jor-
dan, desires me to say that If he sees
any hing crooked in this match, be will
declare it no draw and leave The ring"
This announcement was greeted with
cheers.
Jordan then announced that Sharkey
and Goddard would light in the Pavilion
on the evening of Novem Der Is. This an
nouncement was greeted with boots and
groans, which continued for several
minutes. Spectators stood up to yell their
disapproval.
Jordan also announced that Elmer and
Mcconnell would fight before the Acme
Club in Oakland on the evening OF Nc
vember g.
Jordan stated that the principals of the
evening had agreed to hit with one arm
free and that no hugging would be al
lowed.
Gus Hergei was timekeeper for the
club, Jack Belts for Walcott, and Alex
GreggainS for Lavigne.
Lavigne as he entered the ring wore
sweater and trousers Walcott was at
tired in tathrobe. The men entered the
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HOW THE FIGHT
WAS FOUGHT

A running account of the fight, dicta ted
as it happened, follows:
ROUND both men begin fd Hing in the
center OF the ring. Lavigne is the first 10
lead, rushing in and landing his left on the
neck. They clinched and Lavigne hits Wal
colt with his right on The body. Layigne land :
hard left on Walcotfs body under the right
arm. Lavigne leads and falls short with his
left Walcott misses Lavigne's face with his
left and Lavigne lands his left on walcott's
mouth. Layigne put in hard right
under Walcotrs heart. Lavigne falls
short with his lett and slips. Both
lesd let's ard go around each
others neck. Lavigne lands a right ON
Walcotts ear. Both lead lefts and miss
Glinching. Lavigne lands left again on
Waicotts neck. Walcott lands left on L.
vlgne': ear. Both land hard right and left
Dooy olows at close range. Lavigne tries lett
swing and lands lightly. Lavigne leads left
Ior I the lace and thev clinch. Livigne swings
lelt ana misses Walcott's jaw by an inch mi
goes peng against the ropes. Lavigue turns
9uleKly aud follows with a hard right on the
siy uouy. Malcott overreaehes with his lett. La
Elehe uts lett and right twice hard on the
iace' They rush in and clinch, break away
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and left on the body. Walcott rushes and is
Walcott put in his lett and receives hard
right on the back. They clinch and LsYigne
lands left on body and right on jaw. Walcott
swings light left ON the jaw. Layigne lands
light left at close range. Lxvigne bores in
with his right on WalcotrS face Lavigne hits
him hard right under the ear. Walcott puts
in heavr right on the fac. Tries again ana
misses. Walcott receives a terrific left
wing on the jaw and the crowd yellS
ooh, oh. oh" WRlcott does not seem daZed and
returns with his right hard on the body.
They are again fighting fercely at close
quarters, and Nacott has to clincir TO save
himself Lavigne lands terrible ght aud
then left swing on the ribs. WalcpIt again
cllncheS low 10 save, and appears TO be
butUing. He breaks from the cllnch and
rushes. landing right ana lett hard on the
fact. LaviGue returns the rush and forces
Walcott clear across the ring. Both are fight
ing terrifca ly. Walcott puts j. h left on
the face and Lavigne plays for the body, Ia nd
ing lett and rgat short-arm puucnes. Wal
colt again has 20 c.inch and Layigne rushes
him into his corner. A. the bell souuds
Lay1gne stOrs fighting and Walcott is so daz ID
ne staggers across the ring. His seconds for
Lavigne is seemingly little distressed.
ROUND S-Lavigne rushes in and Waleott
runs away. He turns and cltnches. Both
change hard lefts aud rights On the body.
Walcott lands q good right on the face and
Lavigne puts in his left again on Walcott's
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Observation-Disclosures

body. Both lana hard lefts on the body.
Lavigne rushes in aud Walcott runs half way
across the ring. Ltvigne follows him up and
lands left and right again as WaIcott turns
and clinches, holding on. Lavtgne puts in his
left sh ort on the body and right on lace. Wa
colt again clincheS 20 save. Lavigne keeps on
hammerlng as Walcolt breaks and clinches
again. Lavigne hits hard in c.inch again Tney
break and Layigne rushes his man int cor
ner and Punches him harder than ever. Wal
colt clInches and ho.dS on. Walcott turns
suddenly and catches Lavigne hard on the
face. L4vigne puts in his right heavy on the
lace and left on body. Lavigne staggers Wal
colt TO his knees and Walcott clinches low to
save punishment. Lavigue uppercuts with
his right as he rises. LavIgne rusheS and
Wslcoit drops low and tries to AVOID him. As
Lavigne rushes ag in WaIcott bu It's him on
the forehead and swings right and left on the
head, causing Lavigne TO bleed badly. Both
rush and fight close at u terrific pace. The
gong sounds, but neither hears il until the
referee shoves them arart.
ROUND 9-Both come up slowly. Walcott
uppercuts with his right ana Lavigne lands
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He crowds Walcott to his corner. They ciiuch
and break slowly. Lsvigne puts in his right
on he stomach. Both lighting fiercely. La
vigne lands right and left on the body Wal
colt gets in hard left on tile
face. He gets in another straight left.
Lavgne leads and Walcott ducks low d
falls down, Lavigne going over him. They
get up slowly and both rush in and exchange
body punches Lavigne pays his attention
entirety to Walcott's body. Walcott catches
Lavigne on the jaw with his right Lsvigne
rushes and they e,inch without damage.
They rush into another clinch and both land
hard rghts on The body Lavigne puts his
right across Walcotrs face. Walcott lands left
on the body. Both j. b with the right at close
range. Lavigne lands left on WalcotPs jaw as
the bell sounds. Waicott goes to his corner
limpiny worse than ever.
POI Nd 12-Nalcott gets up very slowly,
Tom O'Rourke mas TO urge him to go on. Then
as Lavigne comes at HIM he meets his rus h
ana cinches and receives hard body blows
returning the compliment They exchange
more stiff body punches at close range Wal
colt puts in two hard rights on Lavgne's face
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forehead is bleeding so badly that his face is
covered with blood.

forehead is bleeding SO badly that MS lace Is
covered with blood.
ROUND 1O-Both come up looking fresh
and rush in and exchange body blows Wal
colt hmp> considerably. Walcott puts in left
the oody and uppercuts with his right.
Lavigue puts IN a hard one on the body. La
vigne lands hard on the mouth and hits Wal
colt hard in the clinch. Lavigne puts in
another left and Waleott lands left and right
on the body. Lavigne lands heavy right
swing on the jaw. Another exchange of
straight efts, each jsbbing the others
face. They fight closely, exchang-
ing body blows, and Clinch. Lavigne
rushes and puts hard left on the
mouth. Wacott gives him hard right on
The ribs Lavigne rusheS again. Lavigne
lands an overland right on the ear. Lsvigne
rushes ard Wa lcott runs away. Lavigne
again bleeding bad. y over his right eye. They
cl,nch and ru III TO the ropes. Liyigne puts in
his right and gets hard one in the stomach.
LAVigne gets in on the jaw. Walcott leads
rishr swing which Lavigne lodges and slips to
the floor. He gets up and rusnes and Wa colt
slips. Walcott fights back as he arises La
v.gne swim q terrific right OF the jaw and
receives stiff bow In the body from Wa
coIt's right. Both go TO their corners very
tired,
ROUND I1-WelcoVt comes up llmping
with his right leg. Lavigne lands left on the
la ace aud right on the body. Lavigne puts in
his right on the body and gets right in The
side. Lavigne misses lett swing and trips
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tenth, and at its conclusion it was evident
hat Walcott was a loser.
AS the gong rang for the thirteenth
O'Rourke very humaneIy threw up the
sponge.
Referee Graney said after the fight:
'Walcott received the hardest beating in
the body of any man | ever saw in
my life. Had the fight lasted three
rounds longer | would have stopped
it, otherwise we might all have been ar
rested. as some one would certainly have
been killed.
The crowd early commenced to gather
and long before the first preliminary tho
raVIllon was filled with a seething, surg
ing mass OF human beings, clamoring for
seats.
The gallery was packed. The crowd in
that portion of the building was greater
than that which gathered on the memoir
able night of March 6, 1884. when John l..
Sullivan attempted to stop Peek-a-boo
Robinson in four rounds, but was pre-
vented by Robinson frequently going to
the floor.
Bankers and stevedores, lawyers and
criminals, doctors and sailors, merchants
and Iaborers, Federal officials and poll
ticians and ladies iostled and crushed
one another IN their anxiety 10 get seats.
The audience was bigger than the one
that witnessed the four-round contest be-
tween Sharkey and Corbett and greater
than the crowd that saw the tremendous
fake OF Sharkey and FiIzsimmons.
Faker Sharkey came in at 7:45 and was
greeted with derisiye shouts from the
packed audience in the gallery. Never
was pugilist more soundly berated bv an
audience than Sharkey.
Are you going 10 lie down, Sharkey p
What did you do with mat $40 O0oPp
Where's Lynch?" Have Won fixed il
with Goddard so that he won't kill Won ~
Why don't you go back to Valleio?"
These were some of the questions fred
at /: sailor, who among seafaring men AZ
one time was expected to achieve a pjorv
equal TO that of Lord Nelson
The veteran master OF ceremonies Rt,lv
Jordan, in stenio tones announced the
first preliminary. / was between Henry
North and Charley Duley, both San Fran.
cisco lads. North was of a chocolate bue
Boggie O'Donald acted as referee. In the
= second round O'Donald stopped the fight
ana gave 1t 10 the colored man.
The second preliminary was between
Bacl alupi and Arsen. Bacigalnpi was
beefv, and looked as If his training had
been neglected. He proved 10 be hot
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George Lavigne, the Saginaw Kid"
licked Joe Walcott fair and square in
their fight at Mechanics Pavilion last
night
From the call of time in the first round
until the gong sounded for the thirteenth,
when Walcott's seconds threw up the
sponge, Lavigne was the aggressor.
1t was the greatest fight ever seen in
San Francisco. 1t was not only a fight,
but it was an exhibition of scientific hit
ting.
Layigne started in on his man without
mercy. There was no letup in his meth
DDS. He kept boring into his dusky op-
ponent. He has wicked straight right,
and he planted it on the darky with tell
ing effect.
In the eighth round Walcott, in a
cinch. butted Lavigne, and blood trickled
down the face of the Mchigander. This
aroused his wrath, and he went for the
oolorei lad with demoniac fury. Blows
fell on WaIcott's kidneys like rain falls
in January storm in Oregon.
Walcott, brave as he unquestionably
is, couldn't stand the fierce onslaught.
In the ninth round he was taken with
cramps.
The tenth round was especially severe.
In the eleventh Walcott was sent to
the floor. and when the gong sounded he
limped to his corner.
Lavigne'S onslaught in the twelfth, if
possible, was more wicked than in the
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They wrestle and clinch and Referee Graney
has trouble breaking them apart b rusb
and cltDch, fighting close. Lavigne rusbes in
ana Wslcott ducks low, Lavigne still playing
ior Walcotrs BODY. Lavlgne lands r ght or
the point of Walcotts jaw. Walcott ctInches
and holds on. Wacott lands right, swing left
and ialls short and gets a lett on the neck
Wacott puts his right on Lavigne's body
Layfgne uppercuts with his left gu the law
and rushes Lavigne 10 his corner. Tney
clinch on the ropes and fight hard at c ose
range Lavigne forcing the fight crowding
Malcott TO The ropes again. The crowd wells
We got him, Lavigne!' and he keep, at
ms man harder than before. They rush and
M ell On and exchange more hard body punches
Inc gong SOUNDS and Walcott can hardly
reach his corner owing to his limping.
After the twelfth round had ended
ahout hall minute Tom O'Rourke threw
sponge up into the air and il fell in the
rine, signliylng that he gave up the fight
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50000606666O060660660 90 0006660 50 700 %
WALCOTT COMPLAINS OF CRAMPS

right exception o. my leg when I Q
fell don't know what round put think
that time troubled with
wasn't for Leg also
eleve-er Anyhow, I'll fight
him he will let not
landed
defeat and
of
helping have awful
off
cramps the
last of training.
0 O
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Here is the fashionable
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German Renaissance. 4

The wood is old oak, rich hued ana
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Covered in leather or heavy tapestries.
Seats are deeply upholstered-an am.
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Such furniture will still
be in its prime several gen.
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Other chairs, the same
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We're getting up a fancy
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for you.
California Furniture
Company
IN. P. COLE & COZ Carpets
II7-I23 Geary St. Maftings
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ring at $3.50.
Alter the first round Referee Graney
said: This Is TO fake. Did you ever ee
Inen tight harderp And there was
chorus of "noesn
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ellam of yells and cheers and pointed to
L vigne as the victor, who then walked
over and shook hands with Walcort.
With the exception o the cut on his fore
head Lavigne showed no BRUISES
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1T WAS A
GAME FIGHT

Possibly one of the most excitabIe men
n the city yesterday afternoon was Tom
o. Rourke.
At2 o'clock when he visited his charge
at the Alameda training-station he found
Walcott seven pounds overweight, and the
look which was depicted on the managers
face can be better imagined than described.
O'Rourke sent Joe Cotton. the trainer
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NEW WESTERN roTE,

X $500 soo6a,at AND WASHINGTON srs nv
Eusopean - plan Rooms SOC TO 81 so "a, go ~. ~
bot and eoid waSst 10 to $50 per moasn nee hs:
every room; elevator runs loon; rNEm; hrs xrsss, -
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50 80
LAVIGNE'S VERSION OF THE BATTLE:

outside of other
had that had him whipped
all The time
You the fight and ought know how it done
had will uncharitable enough
In did But did, thing
punching. He had dazd
fight "It OF
He
do not believe e i
fighting
weigh led at the c
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-01
WHAT WE INHERIT

We are not to blame for. We con-
not be held responsible for the dis
positions and tendencies which we
derive from our ancestors, nor are
we responsible for>he germs of dis
ease which may man ffest themselves
in our blood as heritage from form
er generations. But we are respon-
sible if we allow these germs to de-
velop into serious diseases which
will impair our usefulness and de-
sfroy our happiness. We are rcspon-
sibIe if we transmit TO our descend
ants the disease germs which it Is
possible for Us to eradicate by the
use of Hoods Sarsaparilla, the one
true blood purifier. This medicine
has power to make rich, red blOoo
and establish perfect health in place
of disease.
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Notice of Meeting.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Brownsville and Gulf
railroad comply will be held at
the Office qfc<he company, Browns
Vile, Texas, Tuesday, 18th of June,
1897, al 10 o'clock a. M, foi the pur-
pose of electing directors and the
transaction Of such other business as
may be brought before the meeting
The transfer books of the company
will be closed at 3 o'clock p. M,
June II, and remain closed until
three days after final adjournment
of the meeting.
The regular annual meeting of the
board of directors will be held at the
same place OF the same date.
+. CALMET, Secretary
Brownsville, Texas, May Il, 1891
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Oak Hall, Philadelphia.

Geo Seaman, sales agent for Wan
amaker & Brown, Oak Hall, Phila-
delphia, has full line of summer
and fall samples of clothing, ready
made or made to order, gents fur
nishing goods, etc. No trouble to
show samples or answer questions.
Sample room adjoining Morgan
steamship Office. Open al day.
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DEAFNESS CANNOT
BE CURED

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the
ear. There is only one way to cure
deafness, and that is by constitutions
al remedies. Deafness is caused by
an infiamed condition of the mucous
lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube gets infa9hed you
have a rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing. and when it is entirely
closed deafness is the result, and I'M
less the Inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing will be de-
stroved forever, nine cases out OF ten
are causes. bv catarrh, which is moth
ing but ali inflamed condition Of the
mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness Caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
culars, free.
FL. CHENEY & co, RoIedo, o.
Sold by Druggists, zoe.
Halls family Pills are the best.
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Shorthand Lessons.

In order to give an opportunity to
the many young men of this city,
who are derirous of taking course
IN shorthand, 1 have decided to
omen an evening class and will be
nleased TO teach all those anxious to
learn the art. For further paFticn-
lars apply to me or TIE DAILY HER
AID.
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BOIL wEEvH TRAPS.
An Ingenious Device to Exter-
inmate the Cotton Destroyer.
Victoria Advocate.

=
Franklin Pierce one of our enter
prising colored readers, was in town
Friday, exhibiting novel boil weevil
traps. The traps are made of COM
mon wire window screen cloth cut
so as to make a cylinder about "a
inches in diameter and the height of
the width of the wire CLOTH A
wooden bottom is placed inside
same and the cloth we'll covered
with ordinary coal tar. Inside the
vessel is placed lamp and at night
the trap is placed in the cotton
patch aud the lamp lighted. The
weevils and bugs fly against the tar
red wire screen or fall inside the
trap and stay. Pierce says one trap
is sufficient to extermlnate the Wee
yll and bugs in 10 acres OF cotton
and that the process of picking up
the bolls and burning them is faT
inferior process to his traps. The
traps he had with him today were
made Thursday and used only one
night. The. were covered with
bugs and weeYil.
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ABOUT TOWN

June LIST.
The month of sweet girl graduates
opens today.
FoR sALE:-City and county scrip.
Call at this Office.
The Alice mail passed Ell Sauz at
8 80 a. ms no passengers.
The steamer Clinton sailed from
Braxos at 80 this afternoon.
Leahy has fresh supply, OF Dur
ham and Little Joker tobacco.
Sr. Prices Cream Baking Powde1
Worlds Fair b'cs.--* AWARD
The steamboat Bessie arrived
about noon today from her up-river
trip.
just try Zoe box of CascaFet the
finest liver and bowel regulator ever
made.
Does it seem warmer today be-
cause the date on the calender reads
June /?