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DEMOCRAT.
VOL. 1, NO. 24.
BARGAIN
DRY MOODS HTflllK,
W. H. V AXKKH'i
Mfhmwy.
M« KINNEY, TEXAS, THURSDAY. JULY 17. 1884.
ITKMM OK INTKKKST.
Three deaths at Toml n Tliur*
' day evening.
Kifty •mven <l*'itthx al Toulon
from cholcrn Saturday evening.
' It riwlH £tti,<NNUNNt annually
j W | ]N>rt tin* ;dogs of tin* 0.
let quarantine has been
d at Huvana of vessels
I cholera jtorfs.
iiieteeu deaths Thursday
ill lug at Marseilles, aiiii
ieive between U o'clock ami
BOOlt.
Italian troops are blockading
roads leading into Italv to
r^pvfiit tin* introducing of chol-
era.
•IoIiii Elliott voted illegally
in the Matesvlllc city election
for which Ik* goes it]> for two
yen n .
Paris advices state the news-
papers declare that the cases of
cholera rejiorted there Satur
clay are sporadic.
The wheat crop of the world
promises to be in excess of any
year before knomi in the his-
tory of agriculture.
THAI* AMI TKI<J<<KH.
FIVE FEARFUL PBMALTI8S.
PAID.
UKI> IIAN OKI) Mt'HHKUMtS KACII
A N l A L|., Wllo OO TO OKA Til
WITH TilK STAI.K. STKK
KOTYI'KII MK ON
Til Kill III. AH-
IMIKMOIS
I.IPS.
Ft. Smith, July II. Thomas
L. Thompson, .lark Woman-
killer and John Davis wen1
linn# here to-day in the court
house enclosure oil the same
Sallows where over fifty others
live paid the penalty of capi-
tal crime dining the past ten
years. Tne execution was eou-
ducted so quietly that many
peopl ill the ciry were not
aware i: had taken place The
three condemned had made no
religious demonstration until
very recently, and one of them,
•lohu Davis,' made no efforts of
any consequence on behalf of
Cleveland end Hondrlckn.
A- a clean man, who has ele-
vated his (Militical life above
the plum* of corruption; as a
reformer, whose vigorous ho*
tility to the questionable meth-
ods of politics has never ceased
when his own party supporters
were the victims; as a politician
who has always kept in
■trickon Cities Across the Bes,
Marseilles, out-of the fairest
cities iu France, is under the do
ininatioii of the Asiatic scourge,
cholera. The cablet reiM rt«
that reach us daily descri| e a
condition of affairs then* that
remind one who has lived in the
... view sru,ith of yellow fever days at of <fi>biitc only.
the tightness of an action with* >v* Orleans or Memphis. Over "i would llki
Blaine's War Beoord.
The Honorable Ebei F IMIls
bun. formerly t f Maine, told
at tlic meeting of the Bay state
club in Boston, the following
Stofj of the distinguished mili
tiny services of the "white
pliifiied Navarre of debate," and
Arkansawyrre
The
Utile
Arkansaw
Hock, has
Traveler, of
a humorous
WdMljlTM EXPOSITION.
McKinnky, July Mli, 1SW.
Pursuant to call of*W Si Hush
tee
#1 A Jf EAR.
s precinct with the
uuautity of stilutoil giving the
depth of each in feet and inches.
e to know what
out consulting its effects upon ','11 thousand persons have fled he <th| during the war. although
his own future or its expedten fl'"m ,,H> fity;ilie dead lie w«s foremost in the support
" ""1 ' ^
carts go the rounds to gather
up the victims and the ceme-
teries are kept open nt night
for interments. 'I lie municipal
authorities are using every ef-
fort to allay excitement, main
te. nanielv. iu the experieuce order and keep up suuitnrv money iu ii pool gotten up for
d tact which long service in •"''Kwhitioiis, but with the death tltftt1 jitafpose, and with the
vcrtiineutul affairs gives to , Knowing every day this is money arrived from that pool
•n. The Gazette preferred u «>®cult task. A significant he hnfe&asubstituto. His name
I
Iter listening to the
Mi^or Holliiigdworth sold the
Llttlefield ranch, in Hays conn
ty, to the Honorable C. M. Rog-
ers, for *HO.< MM >.
Mrs. John Jacob Aster gave
a gold watch and *Hmi to each
of her servants us n thanks of
i fering for her recovery.
' Truth, the open, bold, holiest
truth, is always the wises', al
fays the safest for everv one
«l any arid all circumstances.
Two gentlemen cumping near
Austin were taken violently ill
after breakfast, at which they
both drank coffee. I'pun exam-
ination the coffee pot was found
to contain a centiped, which had
been boiled iu the beverage
Phillips Brooks said iu his
lioblc buccalaurnte sermon at
Harvard last Sunday: "I see
no chance except in character.
Personal qualities will always
tell. If all the institutions of
the earth go down, men will
still know a man."
Relative to the best method
of ascertaining the condition of
an animalVhealth, the Dairy
man says: There is no need of
bothering almut a cow's pulse
t find out if she is well or not,
simply look at her nose. If
well, it will be moist and cold ;
if feverish, dry and hot. She
is like a dog in this respect. A
staring coat or a hollow eye are
also {mints of indicating trou-
ble, and as symptoms of dis
eases that are more to be dread
ed than the dry nose.
A favorite pastime with cow-
boys is to saddle a half-broken
mustang, and. after inserting a
half doll ar in each stirrup, an
expert rider will mount and
back himself to keep the coins
there five or ten minutes, the (
horse meanwhile being incited
to do his worst in the way of'
rearing, bucking ami lumping.
These fellows are wonderfully
skilled with the lasso. At a
distance of forty feet an expert
is unerring in getting his rope
over the neck of any animal,
and many of them will reach
sixty feet. j
Surround your children when
at home witfi objects and iiitlu-
enccs which will make the minds
best able to enjoy and expand
under the teachings of the pub
lie instructor. If they see you i
surround the home with beauti-
ful things, because you love1
them, they will do so, to. If
they see your garden arranged
for*beauty as well as utility,
while nil over the homestead
stern economy yields to a rev-
erential love of nature, and to a
sense that the gratification of
the eye and the mind is quite
as important as the gratilica
Hon of the appetite, they will
now up with liberal generous
feelings and opinions; they will
be men and women who have
the best interest of the world
at heart.
According to "Oath," the N.;
Y. World was nearly ruined by
Hnrlbnt's culture, llurlbut hail
a ready command of long and
learned words, and it was no
trouble for him to spin out long
editorials. It was evident to
every reader that the World
editorials were the productions
ofahigiily cultivated writer.bnt
there was a painful scarcity of
ideas. Now Pulitzer has cluing
ed all this. He has introduced j
In New York the western stvle
of Journalism. It is rough, tint
it is lively. Pulitner's editors
do not favor the public with
Anything elegant and scholarly,
but they write stirring, slangy
nnd picturesque articles. Peo-
Iile admit that the World tto
otiger \m Avssi's any literary ,
merit, bur then they say they
do not take a newspaper for it*
rhetoric. What they want is
news, and they want* it written
lip crisply and breezily, in a
sty le that will stir their blood
and hold their attention.
his soui.
reading
OK TltKIH iikatii wakuanti-,
bidding their comrades in fin*
prison farewell, the doors were
swung open at 11:15 a? d the
condemned men marched forth
to dcath;their spiritual advisers
accompanying them. They as
(•ended the steps leading to the
death traps (irmly and took
seats on the platform. Rev.
Mr. Heme first went through
the ceremonies of his church
with Thompson, and at the con-
clusion !>id him good bye and
left the scene. Rev. L. R. Bute,
of the Methodist church, then
made a few remarks, after
which he offered up a fervent
prayer iu behalf of the con-
demned. Next, Rev. Mr. More,
colored, of the Baptist church,
came forward, and in behalf of
Woiuaukiller, said lie had been
requested by hi in to say that
he was guilty, and was very
sorry for what lie had done,
tiiat he was willing to give up
his life to atone for his deed,
and di<l not think lie had been
unjustly dealt with. At Jack's
request a hymn was sung, ami
then the ministers bid them
good-bye, and took their de-
parture. The. three men then
stepped firmly on the trap, and
Thompson made a few remarks
touching hir- religious efforts.
He was very lirm and showed
not the least sign of fear. The
Indians had nothing to say but
stood firm and erect while their
arms ami legs were being pin-
ioned. The ropes were adjust-
ed, the black cap drawn over
their heads, the trap sprung,
and the law had been vindicat-
ed. They were given a drop of
six feet, and all three of their
necks were broken. They were
pronounced pulseless iu four-
teen minutes after the drop fell
and in sixteen minutes were
in their coffins. Thompson left
a sealed statement with his
spiritual adviser, which was
found to contain a statement of
his case and was simply a repe-
tition of his evidence on tile
stand, stating tlia? the deed was
done iu self-defense.
a nol'UI.K KXm rTlON.
ey as a party measure, Urovcr
Cleveland commands the high
est admiration of the American
people. In one part alone lie
may be lacking the requisites
of a strong presidential candi
•lati
ami
govcruiui
men. The (ia/ette preferred !' 'ijnicuit ttWK. A sigi
Bayard to him, believing Bay tending to show tin
an! to be possessed of all the levity of the situation, is the
high qualities that give charac- Bnnouiicein.Ht, by the author j
ter to Oov. Cleveland, and in 'p''*- that the national celebra-
tion, which occurs on Monday
next, shall be abandoned this
year. This commemorates, as
the reader will remember, the
fall of the Bastile, and it is au
anniversary dear to the heart of
every Frenchman who is a Re-j
publican. No circumstances,
save those of a highly urgent
and w eight ly nature, could
warrant tin* prohibition of ob
servance of the day. In Toulon
very inncli the same state of af-
fairs prevails as at Marseilles;
party and of the policy
! to flu1 war. When the
of the
that 1 c't to the war.
war came be didn't volunteer,
but he was drafted the Hrst
name drawn from the box.
Prior to that time lie put some
correspondent at Austin, I exas. Commissioner for Col I in county,
who contributes the following „ „„.,.tlng „f ^ citixens was
to the latest issue of the Travel- |,eld at the Court House, in
, , McKinney, and was called to
Arkansayers will be respected order by the chairman. Colonel
here in I exits, ami Austin cs- ,1, riementson was made
pcciallv, henceforth. A wagon temporary chairman. Perma
went down t ougrcss Avenue n^nt organization was effected
the other da\ driven by a mild- by the election of Colonel T II
eyed stranger, ami Stooped.at Mnrray „K President, Kd H
a watering trough to let his stifr, vice President, W M Bug
horses drink from the hydrant. |#.y Treasurer and Thomas K
As the wagon stopped, a do*en Homar, Secretary.
uuxcu heads were thrust out Discussion being III order.
at unexpected places, and a speeches were made by* Judgi
\V 11 Andrews, John Cnurcli, II
small Austiuitc
standing on
the side walk, winked at his r Muck, J M Pearson, Captain
hV-.T i J \T ^ N Bush and others. Follow- including nuts of everv Hescrtp-
licd lM,t the illK resolutions offeri.il by 11 C ti«>n 1
i \ l*lf «itiaiaiu ii • i t ¥
addition having the educutiou
iu public affairs which is ac-
quired by an active participa
tion for thirty years in the po-
litical service of the country.
That opinion has not been
changed by the result of the
convention that gave Cleve-
land the nomination; hut next
to Bayard stands Cleveland.
Inexperience is not a fatal
disqualification. Probably tin1
most successful politician,mere
ly, of the age, was Andrew
Johnson, whose
was IMBford. and u place was
irovl™' for him at Augusta
instead of going to the front.
Afterwards he was detected iu
selling for money forged eerti
ficatcs of exemption papers,
and was arrested and con lined
iu jail until after the close of
the war. Then, gentlemen, af-
ter war had dosed the men who
pooled and put up their money
to furnish substitutes clamored
because the cities and towns did
not pay their expenses. Then
tin- cities and towns issued
bonds for every man who hired
a sulwtitute. Blaine got his
bond
friends and said In
them some fun, as
traveler was from Arkansas. Mack, were adopted :
So he said, addressing the wag Resolved, 1st. That a
°,M!j . . , „ committee be appointed with
M V,a"T '!l ^''hansawf headquarters at Mckiuney to
i .1 * i v * " *ve1, 1 ' bike charge of all contributions
ed the Arkansawyer. made in the county, and see
I lie bystanders laughed, and
the smart Austin man said: reefed b
"People over there ain't like 0|„j
and stating on what the aubiMiil
re*t* sueJi as blHe rock,gravel,
etc.; each class of surface sol) to
lie sent iii connection with the
subsoil.
5?nd. A piiH'e of the various
kind* of rock in your precinct
weighing from 5 to lo pounds.
: rd Any ore or mineral of
au\ geological curiosity wliat-
e> er.
Ith About oily folllth bllah-
el of each kind of grain, grass
seed, etc., thoroughly clean.
•>th. About tipoiilids of
each class of such fruit*, roots
and vegetables as will keep
sound until Deccmlier ut
else, I've
political expe
rieiice extended over a period of
of Afterwards a
if anything the death rate is resolutions was put on the
htrger. The medical pro common council of the city of
more than an average life time,
ami his administration was the
least successful in American
history. The selection of wise
and practiced statesmen to cab
iuet positions, whose advice can •. - „ lV , ; , ,
be sought upon any question I Europe, backed by suppose fr<
needing their assisiauct*, will |he regulations of civil ami mil- which he br
itary power, will be invoked to
prevent its spread. Dr. Koch,
the celebrated (termaii physi-
cian. makes the dismal predic-
tion that it will sweep all Ell
rope, including the great capi-
tal, but it is to be hoped Dr.
Koch innv prove a false pro
pliet. Tfi ere is no denying,
though, that the situation is
grave enough tit command the
attention of the civilized
ply all deficiencies id' tin
lead of government. The doin
t ocratic party, which numbers
among its partisans the wisest
statesmen of the country, has
ample material to select from,
ami fortunately Mr, Cleveland
has shown by his work as gov-
ernor of New Yolk that he is
able to choose the best minds
of his party to take part iu the
work of counsel and direction.
Gov. Cleveland owes his nomi-
nation to the belief that took
possession of (lie delegates at
t hfcago that lie could carry
New York. His strength in
that state, outside of the demo
cratic party, is considerable,
and in this particular his nomi-
nation was doubtless a wise
and politic one. Among the
Independents lie stands as their
first choice, and iu a contest
fession, the World over, Augusta to pay Bhiilie<tytMl,'and
is watching developments it was voted and passed, ami lie
with keen interest. As Vet the ^(,| ||js pay twice. Now, gentle
desease is confined to the two that* is the true storv of
cities above mentioned and out Blaine's service in pulling
lying villages. The medical down the rebellion. Due would
oni the manner iu
cutlicd dcfiuancc to
the men of the South after the
war that lie feasted on rebel
meat morning, noon and night."
A Funeral nt Couor D'Alono.
Sfump\ Wicks was dead.
The mountain fever hud killed
him. A few days before In- had
started off into the hills,
telling the boys lie would find
something rich or never go out
world and suggest, iuccntersof again, lie did not find anything
population, the inauguration
of remedial measurers. Ft.
Worth Gazette.
Dangorous to Dun Mon.
.\ first family man iu Angus
fa. Ga., owed a merchant #!<
and was dunned for it. The
money was promptly paid and
the next moment "the distin-
guished individual shot at tlie
w here the opposing candidal*
i« Hlnlm. Ill, will i; iv.ui-.lrihJi;;;;;: A mm. in LK.I.K l l
n I. if not tl„. |' iiimI city w„k ,,v| .r| H.-
i 1 v v .1"", T-n'"' """ l>iH l«„!l|„,.,l r„v
f'VJl" ,V' "> ■ •> .in-i-;,r ,-n<: m i .i, >
11, IH7II Blltl I.. (lul-Hrld HI IWl. i, |JjM
wa.« till. vol... III. oil,. |„5,,| , „ ,
tlmt p,vj < li'vi'lunil Ins M(,s| ,„|v£,.s ,||jH
„r a is
tlioiiHunil it, IWi Nothing hits ,,„„ks |
"""" not ,-xu. th a, „„ itisult i„ tl„-
rich, and he never went out
again. The fever laid its gripi
on hi in and in three days he
was dead, lie had "gone over
the range," the boys said. It ;
became necessary to bury
Stumpy Wicks. And how was
lie to "be buried? By his rehl
thesf lie had no relatives. By
the townf There was no town.
By his panlf lie had no parti.
. , . ... . . Fortv years ago Stumpy W icks i
wil!""" , l. rt l.i- I le no kic-iv.
tin- ivsiifH of till' individual.- but to III,. Brand
principle of chaos which he
St. Louis. July II. A War-
rensburg, Missouri, sjieeial to
the Post D:s]uitch says; At
1l;'io this morning foil and
Charley Hamilton usended the
scaffold to be executed for the
murder of Curl steidle. a young
German who waskillcd by them
in a most brutal manner, foi
his money lu*t March. Hamil
ton is an alias, Billy's real
name being Ed. Altaian, and
Charley's is Mnlskey. A crowd
of 10,000 is iu attendance. On
the senffohl both declared them
selves innocent and licensed
each other of the crime. Prayer
was offered by Rev. Mr. Her-
man. The murderers laced
each other, shook hands and
fi.rgave each other. After the
black cap was fixed each other
said lie was not guilty. .\t
11:M(5 the drop fell. Charley's
neck was broken, but Billy was
strangled. At 11:4ft both were
dead, and at ll:ftft cut down
and the bodies buried.
his tkam han a wav.
Piano. July II. While F.
Colliusworth. a farmer who
lives a few miles west of this
place, was hauling wheat to a
thresher this morning, his team
took fright mid runaway. throw
iug him from the wagon, almost
severing his nose from his face
and dangerously injuring him
about tin1 head. IJttle hopes
are entertained for his recov-
ery.
The latest reports from the
infected cities of France confirm
the statement that the disease
how ravaging that country is
the genuine Asiatic cholera. If
this Is true then its spread is
inevitable, and it Is not impro-
liable that it will in someway
Ih> communicated to this side of
the water.
voters for him. but on
the contrary his official con
duct has st retigt liened their sup-
port. This non-partisan vote can
carry New York for him, and
New York can elect him. Doubt
less he will have the enmity of ^„M|s
the Tammany organization, but
not to such au extent us to draw-
largely from the Democratic
vote. Tammany stands in the
same position to Cleveland to
day as it occupied in relation
toYildcniu IK70,but it did not
defeat him in New York, and it
will not defeat Cleveland.
The issue, so far as the per
sonal merits of men can mak<
an issue in politics, could
be niori
by tin
-ognizi
only duty and honesty as a
guide of official conduct, tin
preaches with such eloquence.
"Answer all bills with a revol-
ver," says Heir Most firmly.
"Down with the tyrant wllo1
asks pay for his work or
And the same princi
pie is indorsed by nearly ever}
one of the Southern States,
which have repudiated their j
honest debts ami which are sup-
ported in that course by Com-
munists Malioiie and Arthur
and incidentally by the Repub
lican party, which' through its
where and his people no one
knew-whom to wander alone.
His wife, his mother, his sister,
if In-had one, w ill never know
where he died or what hands
laid him iu his grave. It was
the boys. They got together
and made a coffin out ol a box
or two, and covered it with
black cloth. They put Siump\
into is. with a clean Hour sack
over his poor, dead face. They
I chipped iu and hired and e\
I parson, who for some years had
abandoned his profession, to
give Stumpy a "send off."
The) dug a grave to a good and
honest depth ill the tough and
red earth. They went out ami
found a Hat rock for a head
stone, :iml on it they scratched
the brief epitaph: "Stumpy
Wicks." Then they followed
the coffin wagon to the grave,
walking through the mud and
, .. -. , rain. There were forty men
™-,.«ii « nv, l,,,iily , h,.,.r.-d W|„, I ur,„|Md t|„r
gmv.and not on- wo,
in-in not,it,'g, could not ( ' s a ijaifo i-o I,-, ''a} - drop n l-ar, as tin, -x pa,-sou
shandy d-li I limn v X"H' I --"'"l '""'f !>"<«">' "f H-
and Blatu-. I lit- on- ,|j„ „„ „ Hi,.k. I 1
eniug thud. Possibly it is not
an insult, and yet the man who
open
woman to
short prayei. There was no
history of Stumpy's life. No one
knew that history. It was
oilier has been a shrewd oiiserv- L'.ai'.TJ'fi!.!!!"ii f.', i " 'irV V "i doubtless a sad enough one;
-r of lli- cui-r-ut and S I h , f"l! "r l rluq,s. 1.,-for-
has k-pt in II. Tli- on- is iiIh.v- \Z ' ^ ; ■■«"% "losl Ills «l ip " Th-y
III- ,-pioa-l, of corruption; tli- I ' . !' 1 ■, [" ""l" round a woman's pi-tur-. v-rv
Ol - lias It—a I- ' J.' ? . atulouit, on, in,I I.
the reproach of corruption; th<
other has been condemned |>\
his own Mirtv us c-oriii] t and
reprobate. People respect the
sturdy integrity of Cleveland;
they admire the audacious ven-
ality of Blaine. < )f the two whom
would they choose to trust with
their private fortunes, taking
only the reputation and char-
acter of the trustee asa warrant
for the safety of their trust?
Hendricks is a part of the
history of the country. To
name him is to eulogize
Though m t the "old ticket,"
Cleveland and Hendricks is the
closest represent II t ive of Ti hli'll
and llendiicks. Fort Worth
Manet tc.
The Dallas cotton swindling
cases have been continued till
the next term of court, owing to
the illness of defendant Btitim.
Bnumhasn wonderfully aceom
modating constitution, or pos
sesses the power of hood winging
the doctors. Wonder what his
drug bill w ill amount to? Pilbi
be paiiis. take ad libitum '' is
prima hi y the common pre-# rip-
Hon. T'his « use Is drifting from
cotton swindliuu to ilefruudiug
the law and just ice.
Possibly the mini
who presents it Is the mon
ev involved and thinks lie is
guilty of nothing more than n
slight business transaction, but
it is the vulgar shopkeeper, as
we are sure ||err .Most would
say himself, who is reponsible
for most of our woes, and the
question really is whether we
shall respect him. more than we
respect our sensitive souls and
our tender feelings. A dun, in
brief. Is n frightful attack on
him j,,,''v jd,m' dignity. -New \ork Itweeii Memphis and Sun Fran
<' nphie. (i|HP0i Un Alliiiait" is mild
found a woman's picture, very
old and quite worn out Indeed,
in Stuiup\ 's pocket, and this
whs buried with him. This
was probably hi- history.
Accuracy in Journalimn.
A correspondent of one of the
great London dailies visited
this country some time ago.aud
while in Arkansaw sent the fol
lowing letter to his journal:
"Arkansaw is situated be
they are any when
heard. Is that sot"
"Wall, ef you're ke they
aire any where else, they is dif
ierent in Arkansaw."
The Austin man turned red.
and the Arkausawyer asked:
"Stranger, you've been in
Arkansaw, haven't you."
"Oh, yes."
"Thought you were the same
man. Changed mightily since
then, have you Hot?"
"Well, I don't know. Did
y on see me t here?"
"Recoil I did. It was at pap's
house you f<itched up that
time."
"What lime?" asked the Aus
tin man, thinking to humor the
mistake.
"Why. the time you fol I e rcil
a wagon from Texas into Ar
katisaw, to see the hind wheel
catch up with the fore wheel;
and the town constable took
you and sent you to school,
saying such a fool oughter be
taken keer of. Didn't learn
much, though, did ye? Must er
run aw ay from school afore you
got through."
The Austin man had to "set
'em up" to his friends, and
invited the Arkausawyer iu
to drink. As they were waiting
for their glasses to be set out,
the Austin man said he'd gi t
e\ en. and so said:
"Say, Arkansaw, see this
knife? Well. I'll bet yoll $5J0
that you can go into tin* back
yard and stick this big blade
into any tiling you choose, and
when you come back I'll
tell \oil where the blade is
si ickuig."
"I'll take ther bet," said Ar
kansuw. putting up $2<>, tin*
barkeeper holding stakes, lie
took tne knife, went into the
back yard, and returning iu ti
few minutes,asked:
"Wall, stranger, where's the
blade stickin'?"
"In the handle. I guess I'll
take die money," said the
smart Austin man while every-
boi|\ laughed.
•fl.dd on a minute!" said
A rkansaw. "I guess yor made a
mistake. I'll take that money.
Iler's ver diirued handle amf I
driv'the blade in the box out
there. Thought yer left school
too soon over iu Arkasaw,"
and he took the stake and left
amid the roar of the crowd. Ar
kansaw y ers are respected here
now.
A IIoRHHtropho.
Adowu the sloping country
lane The wheelman wheeled
him on his wheel, With speed
of a wild hu/ricaiie, As spun
the pedals like a reel. Crouch
ed in a corner of the fence, The
ambushed foe lay down iu wait,
Heady to suddenly spring
thence And hurl the victim to
his fate. The wheelman came
"Itoohoo ! oo lloo !" The old
hog jumped into the way ; Full
ninety feet the wheelman Hew,
And wheeled his wheel no more
that day Wheelman's Gazette
♦ith. From one pint to half a
gallon *«nmplen in self Healing
glass jars of tin1 various kinds
of fruits, berries, etc., put up iu
alcohol.
. 7th. Same size samples sim
that the same is shipped as dt ihirly put up as iu No. ft of sor
41 'iy State commissioner. * '
That
a coiumiftee In
appointed iu each voting pre
ciiiet to collect contributions
from among the people and de
liver them to the central com
luittee.
Central committee Francis
Kmersou. chairman. George
llcrndoii, >101111 Church, .1 W
Hamilton, Wins Warden, II
Alexander. Mrs. T II Murry,
Mrs Good Mmves, Mrs W A
Rhea, Mrs .1 A Aston. Mrs b W
Oglcsby and Mrs .1 M Doiithit.
A committee was appointed
in each precinct to solicit and
obtain articles to be placed on
exhibition at New Orleans, us j count*\
follows: i ll til.
McKinucy W II Andrews.
D F Merisli, K R Stiff, .1 S Kerr.
W B Harrison, K W Kirkput
rick, Mrs G A Foote, Mrs .1 S
Stovall, Mrs W I, Bovd. Mrs
Jeff Boiiertsou, Mrs ,1 \\' Hamil-
ton, Mrs K N McAuley and Mrs
W B Harrison.
Faruicrsville Pattoii lloiia
ker. \N P Bumpass, Keel Brad
ley. .1 P I'tt. K 11 Pendleton.
Anna .1 U Greer, Dr W
Lai rand.I Dysart.
Weston F* ru uk Douglas,
M Brown, Arch White, and .1
llelllis.
Piano h W Oglcsby, G W
Bowman, .1 T Keiidrbk, B II
Brown, .1 A .lacksou. Mrs Joe
Foreman, Mrs G W Barrett and
Mrs Homer Murray.
Itock Hill .1 .1 Thoitq •son,
George Ilerudon, W T M oolc,
Beverly Rogers and Thomas
Fergersoii.
Millwood .1 D Taylor, W N
gliiim pickles, preserver, hoiiej
also saillltleS of holiey ill the
comb iu fit shajH* for ir.inspor-
Hth. A sample of each class
of wood, consisting of a section
from one to three feet in length
full size of tree especially,
bois dare, walnut, ash, elni,'
pecan, oak. box elder, ami the
varioiis kinds of each.
nth. Any article, implement,
or design formed mainly or en
tirely of wood grown iu the
county.
loth. Any investigation or
device or model of same, invent-
ed h\ any inhabitant of the
\>
.1
s
Bales weighing not less
than .'xi pounds each of cotton
and tin- various kinds of native
and cultivated grasses.
I-.'ih A large sheaf or bun
die of each kind of grain, grass,
sorghum, ribbon cam', etc.
1 •'1111 Small bundles or sum
pies of one or more stalks, ears
or heads of the various kinds
for farm or garden produce.
I nh. All kinds of needle and
other fancy work; drawings,
paintings etc.
Contributors are nut invited
to confine themselves to articles
enumerated iu the above list
ami any article furnished to the
precinct committee will In> for-
warded by them whether in
eluded iu list or not.
Kiich article should be plaiu
ly labeled with name of same
and of sender, giving postofficc
address, county ami state, se
enre|\ packed where necessary
for transportation, ami a larger
\ criioii, Jim Montgomery and sample t fiau here indicated may
< C Dougherty. he forwarded if there is any-
any
thing extra about it.
It should be stated whether
the article is of native growth
or mlti\iitcd.
The commissioners for the
county will give due notice of
the proper time to forward sain
pies.
The following resolution was
adopted :
Resolved that the commit lees
of the different precincts be, and
are hereby called to meet rcg
ularlv at III o'clock, at the
court house, on the 4th Satur
unlay in each mouth and re
port progress, etc.
The meeting then adjourned
to meet on the fourth Saturday
iu July, w hen it is hoped a full
attendance of tin* committees
will be present.
T. H. Mi-rh \ v. PitKs.,
T K. BOM AH. SK<\
... —
An Old Texan Doneriboi n Norther
An old Texan beinir asked by
a stranger to describe a norther
said: "I'll tell you what if is
Celina M Winn, Syb Stone, | stranger, a norther puts iu the
S Kirkputrick, George Carruh quickest work of anything you
and M J Bounds. ever saw. Yon see Miut -bike
Nevada W P Briimmett, down there, (pointing to a beau-
Martin Box W b Martin.
W Ii Sltcrod and Dr Long.
Blue Ridge Joe Bird well,
Willium Meyers, William Win-
ded and l)r Graves.
Pilgrim W L Manning and
T S|o\er.
Lebanon Dr K II Shelburiie,
J W Johtisou, J W Roach and
C \' (^uesciibury.
Decatur .1 C White, Jim
Murph\ and Dr Pardue.
Rhea's Mill W A Rhea. J
T Coleman ami W T Ruliot
loin.
Melissa Thomas Scott. J M
Graves and T K Shirley.
Allen R II Love, J T Milton,
B F Ferguson, J W Franklin,
Mrs II Butcher, Mrs Owen
Matthews, Mrs Dr Wool ford,
Mrs New some.
Womblc J J Womble. T K
Grisham and II L Sides.
Morris School House James
Gallagher. Kd N'eilon. M Wal
deu, William llouseHright and
Dr BF Butler.
Hampton Joe Kkridge, Asa
Walton ami John Page.
Sam Stiiiebaugh. Roland Gooch
and N T White.
Fl unk fort ,1 W Stevens and
John McAmis.
The names first given are
chairmen and will call their re !
Spectivu committees together. !
and select the same number of
lady assistants, where this
meeting has not made such up i
"Well, ril Bo-Dogged."
l«oid Coiikllu. What sound
was that which pierced the led
low of mine ear ?
Ans. It is Jim Blaine's guns.
liord Coiiklin Then I'll to
in\ tent and nairy cussed time
will | show my fordly carcass
campaign.
in this cussed
The giM'iuau language is taught
in nearly all the white public)
schools of St. Ijotlis. The entire 1
iitiiiilier of pupils who
are now studying Merman is
over *<?o.imo, or more than half of
the whole number of pupils in
all the school* of St. isuiis.
cisco. its climate is mild in
winter, but in summer. I am
told by an old inhabitant, is ex-
tremely cold, The governor of
this state receives *nm),ooo a
year, which lie spend- mainly
for the entertainment of his
friends. I am much concerned
iu American politics and uevei-
t i re of study lug the situation.
At the present writing the conn-
try is much stirred up about
President Dorsey. He went out
on his sheep ranch, somewhere
in Cleveland, and has not been
heart! of sim e. Should he nev-
er Is- found, the vb-e president**
Sj:in THden. will lie knighted iu
hi* phut .
Mr. William Potter relates a
terrible accident which occur
rod m ar Km. Cook county, last poiutmeiits.
week, wherein the beautiful Shipping committee Sgm s
fourteen y ear old daughter of eiibury and A b Fuirchild
Mr. John Allison was burned to '|'o procure specimens of
a erisp. and diinl.while attempt wood G T Armstrong, T K
ing to kindle a tire with coal Homar. R W Organ, b Wetsell
oil. The parents of the girl ami J C Ismgliery.
had left home for a short time ^ committee to draft a circa
only to return and liud
daughter an unrecognizablesuf
ferine creature, their house iu
flames and au excited crowd in
the yard. The other children
escaped with slight burns by
attempting to extinguish tlicir
sister's clothes. The scene was
almost beyond description.
The Re \7 .Mr# iIlis~offered
the bord's Iirny e|- in the Ne\uda
senate. When lie had finished,
Doolbi leaned over to Hammond
and remarked "He stole flint
prayer and I'll bet oil it I
Heard the same idea expressed
at Kureka at a funeral two years
ago."
tiful lake about a mile distant >,
last spring, iu the latter part of
March, I was fishing in the af-
ternoon; the sun was shining
and it was as warm almost as
the middle of summer. The
fish were jumping up all over
the lake ami tlicy were biting
splendidly. A shade came sail
denly over the lake and I tho't
I smelt a strange smell that of
ten precedes a norther. I im-
mediately turned away front
the lake ami looked towards
the northwest and I saw a small
dark cloud passing like light-
ning and knew I must hurry
home. After looking a short
„ a
"'e'/ lar to precinct committees was ; time at the cloud I turned and
appointed as follows: John
Church, Fll Welch. W N Bush.
J M Pearson, II C Mack, and K
R Stiff, upon whose report it
was also resolved that file sii|{
llshed for the benefit of the'sev-
lie stig | had jum|H d
gestiolis set Ollt below Ih* pil
eral precinct committees
loin ted at this meeting to
eet and forward to the central
committee at* McKiniiey. such
articles for exhibition nt the
World's Fail in New Orleans
as the precinct meetings may
select
1st. One half bushel of each
class of fcrfaec noil in commit
looked at the lake, when to my
astonishment, the lake was fro-
zen over and many lisli were ly-
ing on top of the ice. The fish
"up and the lake
had frozen over so quick they
could imt get lutck. Stranger,
ap- j may be you think Unit is stretch-
col , iuK things a little, but I'll tell
you a norther can beat anything
out lightning ami it- can hurry
that up mightily.
Fifteen
liuhtning-rod agents
struck Stanford,
Kv., on
same day. The people sue:
i ded work and ctear d the
the
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Robertson, Orrin. The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 17, 1884, newspaper, July 17, 1884; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth191401/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.