The DeFuniak Herald

Vol. II, No. 22
Wednesday, November 20, 1895

Local Ads:
Florida Central & Peninsular RR
WC Eddy - General Merchandise
BA Davis - Marble and Stone Work
Dr. Landrum's Drug Store
DH Simmons, MD - Freeport
SA Cawthon, Butcher
Mrs. WB Saunders - Boarding, Wittich Cottage
WB Wright& Co. - Commissary, Laurel Hill
BF Cockroft & Son - Livery, feed
AP Jones - General Merchandise
The Opera House - WL Cawthon, General Merchandise
JJ McCaskill - clothing, Freeport, Fla.
GP Henry, MD - Baldwin Ave.
JN McLane, MD, Nelson Ave.
Walter Helms, Barber

Local News:

Debating Society of the Normal School: John Watson, Jones Clarke, Charles Turner, Joe Lockey, JW Jones, MM Owens.

Much of this is unreadable -- torn or smudged

Mr. JG Sawyer and wife of Nashville, father and mother of Mrs. Henry arrives, Monday evening

? Cochran left Monday for Atlanta where he will enter a business college, he will return in 3 months

Prof. P Walker and wife, accompanied by several Normal students returned from Atlanta Sunday evening

2 comments were made in this paper about thefts and "tramps and petty thieves" entering vacant houses

Judge TF McGourin, US Commissioner at DeFuniak is mentioned

Masons are invited to a memorial for Mr. LDMcRae, "who departed this life on Friday; inst"

Smith, McQueen & Co. of Mt. Vernon, GA are leasing 2500 acres of land from Laird and Morrison; land is 6 miles from town


Mr. Richard Brown and family will be home this week

Dr. Chunn the dentist from Milton is still at Dr. Landrum's Drug Store

John M. Garrett denies the charge

George A Stephens and wife are home again. They will make DeFuniak Springs their permanent home

MC Horton of Atlanta representing the Columbian Cyclopedia has been in DeFuniak the last few days

Judge D Campbell has made improvements to his residence on Live Oak Ave,

EJ Swartz, AC ?allishetand NF Ozborn were registered at the Chautauqua this week

HA Davis and ? McDonald Templars from Eucheeanna were in town Monday night to hear Mr. Beauchanp

JW Craig and wife? of Woodson, Ill, are in town

R Perryman of Baltimore, MD was registered at the Chautauqua Saturday

J Adam Bede of Daluth? and family are at the ?ook House on Live Oak Avenue for a year

M/M Morris and party have leased the first floor of Miss Park's cottage and will be here for the season

JT Sherman and family are home again for the winter, leaving four inches of snow on the ground

JG Hatlett and wife, of Chicago will occupy one of Mr. Colver's houses

Prof CO Andrews, principal of Crestview school led it's closing ceremonies

Mrs. Sallie Cummings ov Chicago is in town

LW Plank, selling RR lands, cheap, warns folks to hurry to get theirs before the Turpentine Companies grab them all

James Evans, the 18 year old son of Dave Evans of Freeport, who has been attending school this term, ran away, Monday evening. It is thought he went to Pensacola. His father is now tracing him up. No doubt the boy is more than willing to return -- a sadder and wiser lad.

Col. Demaree, manager for lecturereBeauchamp, enjoys fishing in the lake.

There are 175 students at DeFuniak's public school managed by Prof. Turner and Misses Fuller and McLeod

ET Rossiter and wife of Broadhead, WI, are now at Mr. Sprague's and will move into Mrs. CC Banfill's cottage for the winter

Did you ever see a white coon? H Wolf has a coon hide that is entirely white; the nose is pink -- a pure albino

Mr. Brown the turpentine man was in town

Miss Laura Helms has closed her school at Florala, Ala., and is at home now

Mrs. WD Chipley and daughter, Clara are expected home tomorrow

Notice of Publication:

November 30, 1895 - John S. Moore, of Ponce DeLeon, Fla., will make final proof on homestead #25821 for W 1/2 of NW 1/4, Sec. 12, T3N, R17W; wit.; WJ Campbell, DP McDonald, James L Manning, Joseph Crenshaw, all of  Ponce DeLeon; JM Barco, Register

November 30, 1895 - Lovel Moore, of Ponce DeLeon, Fla., will make final proof on homestead #19730 for SE 1/4, Sec. 2, T3N, R17W; wit.: WJ Campbell, DP McDonald, James L Manning, Joseph Crenshaw, all of  Ponce DeLeon; JM Barco, Register

December 7, 1895 - Henry Jerry Holloway, of Wood, Fla., will make final proof on homestead #20520, W 1/2 of  SW 1/4 and SW 1/4 of NW 1/4, Sec. 35, T?N, R21W; wit.:WF Holly, NR Stewart, of Wood, Fla.; WTJ McSwain of Florala, Ala.; HP Miller, of Defuniak Springs, Fla.; JM Barco, Register

December 7, 1895 - John M. Andrews, of DeFuniak Springs, will make final proof on homestead #25834, for E 1/2 of SW 1/4 & W 1/2 of SE 1/4, Sec. ?? T3N, R18W; wit: James M. Teal, Benjamin Langford, Jessee N. Cotton, James Garrett, all of DeFuniak Springs; JM Barco, Register

December 21, 1895 - William B Butler of Asa, [Geneva County] Ala., will make final proof on homestead #22133 for E 1/2 of SW 1/4, NW 1/4 of NW 1/4, Sec. 27 & NE 1/4 of SE 1/4 Sec. 28, T6N, R19W; wit.:  Lewis B Geoghagan , Richard W Geoghagan ,William B Watson, all of Asa, Ala, Aaron A Henderson of DeFuniak Springs, Fla.; JM Barco, Register

December 21, 1895 - Malcom B McLean, of Eucheeanna, Fla., will make final proof on homestead #25700, for the SW 1/4 Sec. 22, T2N, R18W; wit.: Neil J McLeod, Archibald McDonald, John L McLean, Angus L Campbell, all of Eucheeanna, Fla.; JM Barco, Register

RF Cady vs H Wolf & WS Teas  - M Manning, Sheriff