The Daily Cosmopolitan (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 23, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 13, 1884 Page: 1 of 4
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THE DAILY COSMOPOLITAN
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BROWNSVILLE, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMHEB 1:1, 1884.
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THE DANGER OF IMPORTING
RAGS. '
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jjaler than 11 a. m., on day of pub-
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JTORT WORTH.
IA DASTARDLY MURDER-ALICE
THOMPSON SHOT
THROUGH HER
BOWELS
Fort Worth, Sent G— Alice
Thompson, a courtesan living
with Maud Loran, was shot
Uhrough the bowels this morn-
ing, by William Ueffner, a
ITexas express messenger, and
j.is now (lying. Ileffner and a
man named (¡lover had gone
to the house to see a friend,
when Glover got into a fight
iu the front yard with a hack
driver, Robert Mcintosh. A
Unan named (Hover had gone
j house to see a friend,
when Glover ,got into a row
in the front yard with a hack
driver, Robert Mcintosh. A
m**n named Mosely interfered
| *0 stop the fight when Heff
ner, who stood over the com -
Wants with pUjtol dcawn,
¡ struck Mosely over the head,
j Alice Thompson with pistol
>n hand came from the house
anu advised Mosely to shoot
Heffner, when the lattor fired
« the woman with a 45 cali*
ore Colts revolver, with fatal
effect, The womAn although
Rinded, returned the fire
shattering Heffuer's left arm
w,th a 32 calibre ball, Heffner
M arre fed and is in jail.
,,c« Thompson shot a gamb-
Wm. McOellan, here last
Littl«rpan? .ki,,ecl a lllftn in
S,fR.ock 18-2, but was
self dÍfH8 m¿,oot*n8 wa«
Quit Í e^?nc®* The woman is
r .h,0?"°me. Her mother
w Austin.
"Washington, Sept. 6—The
treasury department received
a letter yesterday from Dr.
Hill, United States health of
iicer at London, asserting that
importation of rags into this
country from England is
fraught, with great danger*
Small-pox he says is, and has
for some time, been prevalent
in London, where quantities
of rags are collected and
shipped to America, and
large quantities of the worst
kind of continental rags are
forwarded to London for ship-
ment to American ports.
These rags undergo no process
of disinfection previous to ex-
portation, and are very likely
agents to convoyjjinfection of
cholera or small-pox if collec-
ted iu infected localities.
Twenty three bales of rags
were recently shipped 'to New
York by the Lydian Monarch,
upon representation that they
had not been collected iu any
infected district, but investiga-
tion showed they come from
%>
Dunkirk, France where chol-
era had just broken out. Large
quantities of continental rags
are now being forwarded to
America by Wall Hull, a more
dangerous port to ship from
than either Liverpool or Lon-
don.
torn from Casey in her des-
peration. With these clues
the officers, aided by the wo-
man, who went with them in
their rounds, found Casey iu
a saloon breheaded and scrat-
ched about the face. Mrs
Bladford is a handsome and
delicate woman, but courag-
eous. She would have killed
Casey if not prevented by the
officers.
ANOTHER STEP IN THE BLAINE
LIBEL SUIT.
A PLUCKY WOMAN DEFEATS
THE PURPOSE OF RAPIST.
A RAPE BIEND THWARTED
Indianapolis, Sept. 6—An-
other step was taken in the
federal court to-day in the
Blaine-Sentinol matter by fil-
ing of the following: The de-
fendants move the court for a
rule against the plaint ¡if herein
to answer the interrogatories
under oath as recited and filed
with the answer of the defend-
ants, and that the court shall
make such rule returnable at
such time as may be deemed
by the court to be reasonable
for the purpose of said action
as by the statute provided and
required.
Argument could not be
heard upon the motion to-day
and inasmuch as Judge Woods
goes to Fort Wayne on Mon-
day to hold court, the matter
probably will not be ruled
upon for several days. The
plaintiff's cousel have not re-
fused to answer the interroga-
tories.
Port Worth, Sept. 6—Mike
Casey, a railroad man, was
lodged in jail to-day for at-
tempting to ravish Mrs. Ida
Bradford, The lady was awak-
ened about 2 o4clock by a hand
placed on her arm, but fell
asleep again after finding no
one in the room, Casey having
reached through an open win-
dow. About a half hour af-
terward Mrs. Bradford was
again awakened by a man's
hand on her person, and found
Casey in bed with her. She
was choked to keep her from
crying out, but struggled,
when she threw Casey out of
bed, failing herself, and the
struggle was renewed on the
floor. She tore from his grasp
and succeeded in reaching her
pistol lying under the foot of
the mattress. Casey sprang
through the door. Mrs. Brad-
ford tried to shoot, but the
pistol snapped and Casey
reached the hall, when Mrs.
Bradford fired, then followed
him to the street and fired a
second time number of men
rushed to the honse, end as
soon as the lady could attire
herself the men were admitted
to the room where Casey's hat
and suspenders were found
together with a piece of shirt
FROST PREDICTED.
Washington, Sept. G—The
signal scrvice reports that a
light
frost is indicated for
Sunday morning in Dakota.
Western Nebraska and
Northern Minnesota. There
are no indications of a very
cold wave in Manitoba.
GALVESTON.
THE USUAL ITEM— DISAP
POINTMENT IN LOVE.
Galveston, Sept.
second league game
vation. In a noto in a pocket
book a few lines were with
difficulty deciphered, indicat-
ing that the probable cause of
(he suicide was disappoint-
ment in love. Ellinger had
resided in Galveston only a
short time. The inquest ver-
dict was rendered in accord-
ance with the above facts.
6—/The
between
the Sunsets of Sail Antonio,
and the Galveston club was
played this evening before a
fair-sized audience. The score
resulted—Galveston 1G, Sun-
sets 3. During the game
Palmer, catcher of the Sun-
sots, receiving ,a stunning
blow on the check, but
pluckily played the game
through.
This afternoon the body of
a German, about 45 years
old, named John Kllingcr,
w«s &>und sitting upright in
the sand hills at the foot of
19th streets m ar the beach.
A bullet hole through the
body and an empty pistol in
his hand told the story of
despondency and death. From
every indication the body had
boon thus exposed for five
days, but had escaped obscr*
LAREDO.
HONOLABLY ACQUITTED—
THE BRIDGE TO BE
BUILT, ETC.
Laredo, Sept. 6—S. G.
Newton, the special master
of the Rio Grande and Pecos
railroad, who was charged
with a case of aggravated as-
sault, by one of our local at
torneys, was this morning
honorably acquitted by Juslic
E. Foster.
At a meeting of the city
council this evening a petition
was presented asking the
council to rescind their action
in granting a right to the La-
redo Bridge and Street
Railway company to build a
bridge over the Rio Grande
at this point. Tt was negativ-
ed, so the bridge will be
built.
Exposition Commissioners
Whitehead, Benavid >s and
Ileadon have railed a meet-
ing for the 8t.h i list.
Merchants ar« complaining
of their freight being tamper-
ed with on the International
railroad.
London, Willi its population
of 1,000,000, takes precedence
of all other great cities in its
lists of periodical publications
which number nearly 2000
These have an annual circula-
tion of about 1,017,000,000
copies. Paris, with a popula
tion of less than 2,000,000,
issues 15f 3 periodicals, and
these have an annual circula-
tion of about 1 100,000 copies,
so that in fact the citizens of
Paris are more liberally sup-
plied with daily and weekly
provender than their Biitish
neighbors. In fact, it is es-
timated that the journalistic
products of Paris amount an-
nually to almost one-tenth the
entire issue « f the globe.
New York and Brooklyn, with
a population nearly equal to
that of Paris, produce 587
publications, with an annual
circulation of about 510,000.-
000; Berlin produces 530;
Vienna, 482; Madrid, 253;
Brussels, 233; Rome, 213;
showing a gradual diminution
until M. Petersburg is reached,
with a population of 607,903
and a newspaper issue of 183,
an d M oscow, vvith a popula-
tion of 601,069 and only 57
periodicals
Mr. Edison has made
another discovery. He has
found that it is an advantage
to be partially deaf, au<t
declares he does not want
to be cured. He enumerates
quite a list of blessings he ha#
found in that which is usually
considered a great atliictiou-
He can always send some
one else to the telephone; he
is not disturbed by the morn-
ing noiises of the city, bnt can
sleep right through them;
bores who talk for the love of
talking do not find enough
enjoyment in shouting at him
to keep it up very long, and
tli o serenading cats do .not
disturb hint at night. Mr.
Ellison considers that he is not
too deaf-just deaf enough.
A worthy old man who wan
similarly afflicted said he did
not want to be cured, for
half that you hear is not true
and threefourths is not worth
listening to. The Boston Glob
now claims that the man with
the glass eye can be thankful
that lie is not troubled by
floating cinders, the man who
wears a wig can lose himself
in gratitude that his hair will
never turn gray, and the man
wit h a cork leg should lie fairly
beside himself with joy be-
cause he can not hurt himself
when he strikes against a
rocking chair in a dark room.
And so, perhaps, after all, it
is more blessed to be "aillict-
ed" than it is to be whole —
Galveston News.
WAR ON Tlilfi MOTHER HUB-
BABD.
Til e so-called war on tha
mother huhbard dresses ix
nothing now. The Western
Union Telegraph company
long ago issued an edict for-
bidding their female operator*
to wear them. At some of
the large retail dry goods stored
in this city the young sales-
women are not allowed to
wear them, and at some of the
large factories, where girls ar«
employed in the suburbs, or-
ders had to be issued against
tlieiu. Many ministers and
others, believing that for
street-wear the mother liub-
bard is not a modest garment,
for a grown-up woman to
wear, have quietly used their
influence against it—so much
so, that it is now hardly ever
seen, and enjoyed sucha brief
career that it is now driven
entirely out of fashion.—Phi-
ladelphia Times
Every Mussulman is entitl-
ed to four wives and no more,
'flie sultan is the only mail
who is not bound by this rule.
Every year on his birthday
he is presented with a new
wife—a sort of annual re-
minder, as it Were, of the
vanity of the position.
Awful muddy up liver.
Only a little mail was received
here yesterday.
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The Daily Cosmopolitan (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 23, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 13, 1884, newspaper, September 13, 1884; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177856/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.