chicken cholera, straggling germans, new buildings and add-ons

1874-09-10 - Tribune

  • Sheep Wanted
  • Story of Charlie Ross, abducted child from Philadelphia
  • Dr. Cheatham is adding on to his house
  • Chicken cholera
  • Our town is “infested with straggling Germans,” yo, what
  • There’s a big ol’ pecan tree on the Wortham farm, at least 80 years old and 3 feet in circumference
  • “There are some … who work for the devil without wages”
  • D. Y. Cooper is building a new store
  • The Methodist-Episcopal church has a new bell, weighing 149 lbs
  • Dr. Radway’s Perfect Purgative