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S. H. COLE
evor, City Englu«er, and Notary Public.
-—to:—
Work In all parts of the county, at-
mlcil to promptly mill emufully at
isouabto rates.
, gurOlllie with JeuJuns A Pearson.
M K INNfcY.TEX.
1TJK
R. M. BOARD
For ?mur
Dry Goods.
II« bandlM the boat gooda and aotta %
U« lowest prices. Huend I oar mm
with hint.
VOL. 7.
M'KINNEY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 15 Mm,
DR. CEO- WILKINS,~3F*-
J. 8. Jenkins,
ATTORNEY-AT-L AW,
McKinney, : : Texue.
OOloo over tl. ('. Herndoo'a drug store, North
«Ml oornnr public Miuaro
THE DENTIST,
Who oaptured the first premium on urtilicial teeth, and
rerytliing else pertaining to dentistry at the Texas State Fair
nd Dallas Exposition, 1888, has put in more than
1,000 Sets of Teeth
'ut in the tirat year office was opened. I will continue to put
" artiJicial teeth for
$6.00 A SET GOLD FILLING $i.oo.
Call and see new method teeth without plates, that will not
jlrop nor net loos**, nor injure the remaining teeth, or make the
Doutlisom. See samples of Continuous Gum Teeth, Gold
Hates, Gold Crowns and Porcelain Fillings. Enteral Crowns
lade to match your own teeth. Porcelain teeth carved for de-
>rm jaws, a specialty,
lold and Porcelain tens $2.50 to $5.00.
I have on hand from ten to tifteen thousand dollars worth
9f dental goods, embracing the finest collection of artificial teeth
i the United States, including all the best makes of both
Linerioan and foreign manufacturers.
Do uot be deceived or misled by the statements
>f the old fossilized and sore-headed dentists, whose
nethods of practice have long since gone out of date, and who
ire opposed to the progress and advancement of dental science;
iut cull and see the facilities of my dental establishment for
producing strictly first-class work, unsurpassed by any dental
jttice in America. My establishment is conducted on strictly
business principles, independent of any clique or combination
>r oode-or-ethics influence.
Dr. Wilkins treats and fills the worst diseased and aching
teeth without pain. Open every day from 7 a. m. to 10 p. m.
| Office.
Corner Elm and Harwood Streets,
808 Main Street, 804 Ei.m Street, Corner Elm and Murphy.
OA1XAH « - : - « - - i TEXAS.
Money, Money, Money.
J. 8. JENKINS has been making loans in Collin
county for nine yeurs, and he wishes to say to his customers
and others, that he can make choice loaus at nine per cent, in-
terest. No commissions. No attorney's fees. \ou get the
amount you contract for. Office over H. C. Herndon's drug
store. $10 ,000 to loan on good personal security.
Job Woi^
W T9—i
Of all kind neatly done at
"LIVE AND LET LIVE" PRICES At the
DEMOCRAT OFFICE.
Those who wit.li to purchase any kind of
i;ruit Trees,Vines, Flowers, Evergreens, oi
SHADE TREES,
Should Me the new price list of
M'KINNEY
• as •
• •
NURSERIES
Itefore placing an older. Call at tlila office, or send your address to R. W
Kirkpatrick, SicKinney, Tex., and receive new Price l.lst free
K. Emerson, President, T.T. Kmerson, Vlce-I'res't, T. H. Kmerson, Gather
First National Bank.
OI* MoKlnneVi Tezua.
Capital and Surplus, - - 8125,000.
Buys and sells exchange on the principal cities in Europe.
First-class paper discounted.
Diukotors: Francis Emerson, T.T. Emerson, T. H. Emer-
son, Jno. L. Lovejoy, C. H. Welch.
Business Hours—0 a. m. to 4 p. m.
-READ-
THE DEMOCRAT.
It is the best paper in Collin county. Advertise in its col-
umns. It has the largest circulation of any other paper in
the connty.
ONLY 4 CENTS
"A GOLDEN GIFT."
Of whatever value Is prenerally high
ly priced, and especially Is this true
when the ' Golden Olft" comes In the form or "a Man and a Medicine" that has
endeared himself t« iiuiUMUtda or his suffering: fellows during the past tew years.
Dr. Charles < . Ituxlcv, tho eminent and <lTstlninilfhrd Special It In he treat-
ed all forms of CATARHHAI. TAINT, earnestly de-
lls paper, who in afflicted with Catarrh, he It local or be
It constitutional, (or he It both), such acute, olircnlo or ulcerative catarrh.
n ent. and cure of every
(HUth rtllllon) "New Man and Hpeclnl Ofler." Ac. A personal let-
ter also Merit to each person desiring same, JN. P.—This pamphlet relates to
Dr. H
lion
■■pi umi
nmme'raIleal goltlenTRlPLK treatment
rloblllty. Ami
for catarrh, conautnp-
S. W. L-athum,
Work in city or country.
Leave orders at Wilson's
taurant, McKinney, Tex.
-1
.orn nr.w
f /|Hnl!«l
'Jultl W*l.'l«i
w..nil si Oft.
.WSIrli in llis noiltl IVrtM-l
tit rk«e|>«r
" lOltll UOI P llULIlim rlt'l.
t)*'ih lidi'a and gent • t M.
wlili « ?*• mtd CUM .'t
'tqnSl ««lne l)> fc f KlUU* In
*<h f*r«1tiv ran •acute «n
..tp, tufethft with our ! >?•
si «aluable I i «ol
FHnmidi'i. 1 b M MMipu*, m *«Fl
ih« wstrh. ris-o. All * Is* WW* ytl
Mi l d« li U • !..> what •• <! /•« rill-fwul
ftith li ar.d nv|at>or« uil th> M l(*Ol jro«-lfcalSiwSjS
in vslssbU trs.lt '• u«,wtr <rla holds for yft • wl w i r« lUftr-l,
eni rltut tvs «it rtpa' l Ws all t | rrta. r r. AOtl
(>«! kautt sJl-ir ><M. mo.iI.i like fH *«f
Mm rrsm l .'U t« «iO y*l snd uyvxrt' ■ *
r>triu.ttd:('u.,Mutr « —. . -
iMKt. l*urll«uu,
Drs. Belts & Betts.
MEDICAL DISPENSARY,
825 Main street,
Dallas, Tex.
Office hour* 9 n. in. t«,H p. m. All com-
munications strictly roiitidentlal.
FOIl THE TREATMENT Ob'
Nervous,Chronic and Soecial Diseases
Dr. Warner's celebrated
Coralinc Health Corsets have
one peculiarity which pertains
only to corsets of their make.
The bust retains its shape to
the end, ami the corset im-
parts to the wearer a well-
proportioned and beautiful
Igure. The corset is boned
With Coraline, a substance
superior to the finest whale-
bone. Made in short, medium
and extra long waists.
Then an nuny Imiutlont, but jrou will
ftnd " Dr. W rner'« Corallno " primed no
the Imide ot every genuine mnet Thej
ST. ftold by your ne«ren dry good* duta
WARNF**. BROS. Main.,
Ntw York and Ckfawge.
M. «. MBTZ, M D.
Homoeopathic Physician and Surgeon
McKINN K V, TBXAtf.
Chronic dis eses nd dlie sns of wo-
men and children specinlty. All calls,
day ornlKht at bis otllccwUi be prompt-
ly attended to.
Office up stairs in Htltl's bulldlnc.
promptly cured
Cures Also:
Neuralgia
Lumbago,
Sciatica,
Sprains,
Bruises,
Burns,
Wounds,
Swellings,
Soreness,
Frost-bites,
Stiffness,
All Aches.
Chas. A. VogelerCo.,
Xlultlmore, lid*
1
H. L. Pearson
R
Dental Surgeon,
Office north side square, over Aron'i
itore. Teeth extracted without pain
>v the use of nltroua^ixlde sas.
Dr. R H. Chilton,
1'IUCTICK MMITKD TO
EYE, EAR, THROAT
4AND ISOSK.-f
105 ilntlr street, between J.amar and
Poydras.
DALLAS, TEX.
nUBINBSS OOT.IjKOKB—Oldest, Bout
«nd ( liHK|.«'st hebnols lii tlie ftoaih, Been in con*
tuitions t>Ani|riri t-l yours. Thn only M'hooU that have
luken (fold iihmIhN ut MM* >■ nlr. For firm rut i-«ae
Six] aii< rln)^Ri« of peiminn lil|< u«Mro**
F. P. I'liKUrrr, l r« J.h«nt, Kort Worth Or DsIIm.
Tpi. Ths nalls<* Bii-h College «ucc«jt.di the
lAwreuoe Comuierclal Coi'e^e.
Wheeler & Wilson-:-
-NEW
Ors. Herts It Hetts urn rofnilsr grad-
nates ot medicine and surgery, wi ose
life-long experience, prn'-ticui metbod
of treatnient and ptne medicines insure
ipeody snd permanent cures In sll pri-
rule linitti r.cbronic nervous unit special
iiseases.
YOUVO MKN—Middle-aged and old,
•ingle or niarrit d, und all who sutler
with lost nmnhood, nervous debility,
tpermatoirboru, scmlnnl losses, scxiutl
lecay. ruiiing uicniory, stunted devel-
opment. luck or energy. Impoverished
ftlood, iiiij.i-diiiienlN to miirriage; also
t>lood and hkln disease, syphilis, erup-
tions, hone pnins, swellings, ulcrrs. ef.
reds nt mercury, kidney nnd bladder
troubles, weak buck, burning urine, in-
jontinence, gonorrhoea, gleet, strict-
ure, receive searching treatment,
prompt relief and cure for lire.
Kyr nifd ear diseases cured promptly,
ATAIMMl and nil throat nnd lung
liseases,
UTIIERAL -trletnre permanently
;ured, removal complete—neither knire,
laustlc nor dilation—without pain or
Itlinry. Proof Iniilsplitnblf.
DltS, llBTTrt iiikireKS those who have
Imnaireil themselves by Improper I i-
.inlgeitce and solitary hnbita, which
ruin lioth body nnd mind, untitling
them for business, study or niarrlsge.
M A i: K11:1 > MKN, or those entering
nn Hint happy lite, aware ot physical
debility, iiulcklv assisted.
OH 15 tjuu K.SS is bused upon fkctfc.
First, practical experience: second,
every cme Is esjieclally studied, thus
itarling aright; third, medicines are
prepared in our laboratory emctlv to
•iiIt each case, thus effecting cure*
without in jury.
Mgrscmi ii cents postnge foi cele-
brated works on chronic, nervous and
delicate diseases. Thousands cured.
MTA friendly letter or call may save
you Allure sutiering or shame and add
golden years to lire. M0~No letters
untwered unless accompanied by 4
cents In stannis. Address or cnll on
I)lf . IIKTT8 & HK't'TS,
82,1 Main street., Cockrvll Huildlng,
Uailiis, lex.
S,
^gU.. kJL
The lightest run-
ning lock-stitch
Sewing Machine
-IN—
-THE WORLD.-
Awarded the
highest possible
PRMIUM.
THE ONLY
Grand : Prize
At the Exposition Unlvorsolle, Paris,
l&W.
THE NO. 9
IS SOMETHING NEW.
You cannot afford to buy a Sowing Ma
chine wit limit first seeing tho No. 9. For
salo by
Kendall & Barnes.
TAKB
TO ALL POINS
NORTH AND EAST.
1HR0UQH TRAINS CARRY
PULLMAN SLEEPERS
BelwKn Points In TEXA8 snd
CHICAGO,ST. .•. LOUIS
hit
KANSAS CITY.
CISN Connrctioni In sll ef tS< shove cltlsi with
tra ns of nutern led northern lines, mike ths
M., K.il, R'y the hut line to
iiw york. bostoi. montreal hid st, paul
Oao. A. Konr, I
tl. < onosa i
rr. WOBTH, TKK,
ktAgt,
SEUAI.l A, UO,
PATENTS
i'svi>Hts nrt Triute Mnrln obtalneU, snd atl
I "tent lm-<liim<H rniiitu.-tivl for Moderate fVM,
Ouroftlco In oppimll . IT. s. rmr>nt Oltlc liUU
i nn t-ft.-nt in i «i ume than thcet
Wknhtn^ton
rnmote front'
Hentt nenlol. ilrtiw inn ur photo., with Uenorlp
Moti, Wi aitvtse, If batenlahlc or not, rroooi
I'hsran. Our rw not itu<> till pst.-nt is secareO
A Pamphlet. "Itow to Obtain Patents," wttl
immmior nctiinl cllenit. In your «l«lo, oounty,
>r town, sent free. Aitdmsii.
C.A.SNOWftCO.
H Wsst.t*CM% IK «.
GOV. THROCKMORTON
Withdraws from the Race on Ac-
count of III Health.
The Water at Trinity Higher Than for Many i
Years, Stopping Travel.
:
j
Gov. Rom leivci for Washington to Look Alter the
Interests of Tsxss.
Bfcfy •... ■ i
|
Mi Kixnk.v, Tex., Ma j' ta.—To the
peoplo of Tests: When I annoiiueed my-
nsll ii I'lindldnto for Kovuruor sonietliun
since in) limiltli was bottor lliau it liaii
Itoen for tun yoar*. Slioitly after tlint
aiiiioiiiii.'uiiient 1 was iiltaokml Willi in
Krlppi', lliuti mi i-plileutio, unit from over
oxi'NIoii ttiut exposillt) hIiicu 1 have bad
fii'ipirnt uttneks of rigor, fuiiowud by
lover, wlik'li ruiiiteroil ipe totally lucapa-
bUj ti,T lir.y.i nt a llinu 'of oltjioi' uujuyjUjr
pli.tsTc:il exirtum. Slv dxperwiei on :i
lucent visit to Hellvillo, and iniiieillty to
speak nt Cleburne, eouvlni'ml me tl.at the
hope of ovet'i'iiuilnx tbls trouble l< not
only ilelusivi*. but llisit my liunlth will
Ineuk more nnd more under Urn fatigue*
mid exertion wbleh t lie eanvas demainls.
I have, Uiureforn, determiiiud to wltiidinw
from the race, and whilst it pirns mo to
think of tho disappointment which 1
know this announcement will occas-
ion my TrleiiiK 1 reel that guild faith
to the people of the state regulros that It
be made, in leaving my friends to select
some other stnudaid bearer, I desire to
return to tin-in throughout the slab1, my
sincere thanks for their devotion nnd ef-
forts in iii.v behalf, ami express the hope
Hint tin') may liml a servant more capa-
ble nml worthy than myself- to lilrect the
destinies of Texas to a grander and nobler
civilization. .1. W. Tiiiiookmoutiin.
Mtrikcri. Mill slut.
Dai.t.AH, Tex.. May 12.—The oiulit-
lionr labor IciiKUe were addressed las:
evening at their hull by 1'. II. Golden, Dr.
Arch Cochran, W. Forbes of Fort Worth j
unit Contractor 1'aue, all of whom hint
words of encouragement for the nine hours
movement. ileyoiui speaking nothing
was done at the meeting.
Notlci; was served on nil carpenters,
Jolliers, painters nnd paper hungers thut
they were expected to answer roll call ut
from T to 8 a. in. to-day in labor hall on
Kim street. This is merely a illsplluiiry
in lion to keep ihu men In Ho?.
Mr. J. T. \V. I.oc su lit last night: "There
will be fewer carpenters at work to-mor-
row than were tit work on Saturday. We
lmve provided for the needy. We are will-
ing to do so whether ihcy belong to the
union or not, und we will continue to do
so. The strikers can easily hold out a
lliollth longer. I slab' positively that we
have not'yet drawn a draft against any
fund iu the treasury, the money thus fur
spent amounting to little less llinu 8100.
having been donated bv our citizens.''
Cluhl Cut In Twit.
Victomia, Tex., May 14.—An accident
oeftirml here ywtWMfty wbleh resulted in
the ilc.ith of a little colored clilltl, daugh-
ter of Ike Alexander. With an older
sister, the child attempted to crawl under
some cars loaded with gravel that the
switch engine had Just coupled onto, but
were standing still when they started to
cross. .Just ns tin- children got under the
cars they were started. Tho oliinst child
suee.'i ded in gelling out, but tho young-
est was caught ami completely cut In
two b. tile wheels. No blame is attribu-
table to the railway employes, as they had
no idea of the presencu of the children
under the train.
t'oris . ii several farms in this vicinity
has leitchi'd tiie roasting ear stage.
l utllng Alllitr —'t*murkni.l« HhIii.
Tkx mika.va, Tex., May 13.—Two
painters named Poulter lia.l a difliculty
Saturday wills Frank Brown, who follows
the same trade. In the course of the
trouble one of the brothers drew a knifu
nnd slabbed Brown, indicting ugly but not
dangerous injuries. The painters were
arrested.
One of tho heaviest rains iu the past tivc
years visited (ids section Saturday night.
It was accompanied by considerable wind
ami Hashes of lightning which kept the
heavens aglow ail tho while. Fears were
entertained that a cyclone was coming,
but it did not materialize.
Transfer* are mudo by boats and flat cars
which are run out into tlm wiMter. The
liver is still rising ami Is now above the
high water mark of iHHt. Tim passenger
train from otY the Trinity ami Nabtue, due
a! •*> p. m.. lias not arrived yet, owIiik to
I lie water tank at White Itock giving way
yesterday evening and falling across the
ttestle, injuring the truck consiilerably,
wh'ttll will ilclay all trains for several
hours. 0 T. J. Hay, Tom ('ionill. Holiert
(•aunt ami other railroad otllcials are at
the river with a largo force of hands try-
ing to save the rnudbu.l aim helping to
transfer. There came near hdi.g a serious
acci lent while transferring. ()n > or the
boats which coiilniiieit some ladies and
children lodged against some trees uuil
came near capsixing. The water is about
one anil a quarter mile-, wide, deep ami
very swift.
An Mil tur SnlnlUna
AlsriX, Tux.. May 10. —J. P. Duvl-
niige, well known here ami 8tin Autonlo
as Die editor of the Sucheiibhilt, pub-
lished In Austin some years ego, enm-
mltvcd suicide Wednesday night by hang-
ing himself in Ids room In the Avenue
hotel, where lie hud been slopping since
April lit. Despondency Tor want of
means mid employiiient is the supposed
cause of ills act lie had Just received a
telegram uddrcssod to the cleric of the
hotel by his wife ill San Antonio, asking
if lie was at the hotel, lie was about -1.1
years of age, of Prchcli lineage by ids fa-
ther'. side, b it born in (Inniiany. 11c
married Mrs. Slapp of Victoria, who Is
snlil to lie teaching music in Sail Antonio,
where other members of Ids family, in-
cluding Ids sou, are living. The body
was not discovered till yesterday noon us
he was irregular In going to his room ami
nothing wrong was suspected.
Masked Desperado.,*.
Com vmhk, Tex., May la.—Bud Davis
and Mr. Davis were arrested and jnlled
Friday, charged with tho murder of J. W.
Keen, which occurred Thursday. About
midnight live or six parties In masks for-
cibly entered tho house of the dcceasuil,
and iu the presence ot his wife and chil-
dren shot him to death. His wife and
stepdaughter recognised two of the par-
lies. Other arrests are expccteil to fol-
low iooti. j. w. Kooii was a quiet, In-
offensive man and a good citizen. Ills
wife Is a first cousin to (Jen. Forest
l.ix-nl Option llrlextrit.
Aiii.inhton, Tex., May 13.—A local
option election held here Saturday resulted
In a complete walk over for the wet ticket.
Arlington has served for tour years under
local ontlou rule and lias given Iho law ii
fair «ri l and now the "free American elt-
iicns" of the town coiue for want and pro*
in mice tho law a failure itml a farce, It
being an undisputed tact that morn
whisky has been sold nml ilruiik ill Ar-
lington during tho local option rule than
at any previous time in the history of the
town for the same length of time.
An Old Mhii Oroivncil.
Lampasas, Tex„ May 14.—Jesse Qulnn,
an old resident of this county, wandered
away from his hoiu« last Saturday morn-
big und was found Monday evening about
one and ahull miles below town drowned
iu tiie Sulphur fork of the Lampasas
river, lie was buried yesterday by tho
Odd Fellows. He had been acting queer
of into ami it Is sunposed tiiut while tem-
porarily Insane he Jumped into the river
and was drowned.
ISrutge t'onsrisotor Killed.
JkPPkimon, Tex., May 14.—News
leached hero yesterday of the death of
Mr. 11. D. Cherry, one of our liest citizens
and ono of the most competent architects
and contractors. He was engagosl in
bultdlna a railroad bridge near Atlanta,
•did iu some way lie fell from tho bridge,
receiving injuries from which he died n
short wliile afterward. He leaves n
faintly.
High Water III. i«r
Tinvitv, Tox., May lit. —■Trains have
not v;v« *d Trinity river lines Naiarday.
Fire n Mishits;.
(Ia^vkston, Tex., May 13.—The
steamship Propitious left the wharf Sat-
urday morning with her cargo of Kansas
corn loaded for Liverpool. She went out
over lhe bar on a high tide drawing lifteen
feet ono inch, nnd will finish loading on
the outsi lo. In couimcmoralioi! of the
starling of this llrst shipment Mayor
Fulton, through Iho courtesy ot tins Gal-
veston artillery company, arranged for the
liring of a nattoiiiii salute, and as the
vessel left her moorings she steamed down
the channel duriiu the liring or a salute
of twenty-one guns belching out to the
world In thundering tones lliu lltllugs of
an Imuigerutloii of new trade relations
tietwecn Galveston and the great west—
the commemoration of a trade that iu the
future Is destined to assume vast propor-
tions.
Siov. \\ Ite.-I, r to .iMUme Charge.
At'srix, Tex.. May 18.—Gov. Wheeler
assumes the duties of olilet executive of
Texas to-day. Gov. Boss leaves for
Washington city to arrange matters tor
trial of the Greer county boundary suit.
It is understood that he will retain John
Hancock, George Clark nnd ex-Attorney
General Garland, or some other equally
able Washington attorney to assist the
statu III derenso of the claim While
there lie will confer with Hon. Joseph
Savers Willi the purpose of instituting
further steps that may be necessary to
facilitate the collection of the balance of
the deficiency claims. It is almost certain
thist Mr. Sayers, who has charge of tho
claim in congress, will succeed iu obtain-
ing an appropriation for SMs.OUO.
A Mr vote Awuleiil.
Gai.vkston, Tex., May 14 —A terrlbio
accident occurred yesterday morning nt
Perkins' lumber yard on Twenty-seventh
street, between Strand and Mechanic.
Near a pile of lumber in tho street two
little glrh were playing, one Maggie
O'lteagnn, aged 5 years, the other Pauline
Gonzales or tho same age, both daughters
or cotton screwmen who resided in the
neighborhood. As the children were
playing with crawlish lr« tho ditch a dray
loaded with lumber passed and some ot Its
projecting pieces struck the pile of lumber
under which the children were playing,
throwing it over, killing the O'Beagan
girl instantly and it Is thought fatally
injuiiiig young Pauline Gonzales.
(sotting Out Iron Ore by Ton«.
Atlanta, Cass Pa, Tex., May 0.—Tho
I.oni) Star iron company of Jefferson have
a largo toree of hands employed here get?
ting out iron ore to ship to the new Iron
furnace at Jefferson. They now have
piled In one place near the depot over
1300 tons of ore of tho finest quality.
Atlanta is negotiating Willi a largo syndi-
ilnte to build a furnace. They can fur-
n sh ihu ore In inexhaustible quantities,
transportation ami noccssarv employes
and only heeds the cupltnl nnd experi-
ence I operatives to have the requisites of
a successful operated furnace.
Wnrk «.r I.si;issuing.
San Anciki.ii, Tex., May 14.—Monday
evening during a severe hail and rain
storm, lillilo Ballard, ii young man 311
years of age, while oil route to this place
liorseb iek from J. B. Taylor's ranch on
the Devil river, and horse wore instantly
killed by lightning near Kiiickerliocker
some thirty miles west, ills head was
broken into Jolly aud his entire clothing
torn from his body. a hnrsu ho was
lea ling was not injured. a Hock of
sheep is tew miles from town was also
struck and killed.
W..SSlisle I Isy Srgmrn.
KicttAnnsox, Tex., May to.—Two ne-
groes by itnuic of Itodgors and Bonner,
I lust live four miles south of hero, went
before Squire Malouo yesterday evening
and roportosi thai they had shot and bad-
ly wounded an unknown white man for
assaulting tho wlto of Kodgers. Deputy
Shoriff Strattou lias gouu out to investi-
gate the mutter. The white man has uot
told Ids side ot the story.
Kicked by is llurse.
UttKKXVlM.K, Tex., May W. II.
Sbillh.g, of Kaufman, while in the act of
putting Ills horse in O'Neal's stable, was
kicked in the side several times before
asslstisnoa could lie given. He was car-
t led to the hotel and niusllc.il aid sum-
moned. It was nt llrst thought that his
wounds were fatal, as tio is about bA or
TO years old. Ho Is resting easy and is
expected to recover.
Highest list* Vet Kliuitis.
JtrfK.itso.v, 'lex., May W. —Tho river
continues to rise here, and the water on
Iho lake is higher than ever known before
There Is a great loss of cattle and stock
of all kind*. M iny families are homeless
nnd tliu river is bsigluiiliig to run through
the sewers of the eity.
GENERAL NEWS.
OIIXKITIti.
The tariff debate still continues In con-
gress.
Chicago carpenters osimprouilscd on ii
nine-hour day.
The bank of Ainorica in Philadelphia
has suspended.
The gambling houses s f Denver, Col.,
have boon closu I.
The Noiv Orleans and Gulf railway is iu
the hands of a receiver.
An Indian was lynched for horse steal-
ing at Los Angeles, Cul.
The Hcpublicuus of tiie house hold a
caucus on the tariff bill.
Curlisle Is named us tiie most probable
successor to Senator Heck.
Dr. Tslnnig.! paid a high tribute lo the
piety of Seuator Buck, of Kentucky.
No strike took place in St. Louis, though
the parades were long and imposing.
The New York carpenters secured the
eight-hour work-day without trouble.
The Bed river Is rising still, tracks are
flooded lii Arkansas and traffic stopped.
Kl win Stokes was severely lioaleu by
striking iron moulders in San Francisco,
Tho lending manufnciurers ol window-
gins.-' held nn important uiuiitiug ill Chi-
cago.
.Kx-Presldout Cleveland has been ad-
mitted to pracilao before lit! supremo
court
A heavy frost at l'eklii. 111., killed
strawberries, poaches and pears on the
Otli Inst.
Tho tariff and federal election bills will
bo pushed after limy are reached on the
calendar.
One thousand coal minors nenr Wash-
ington, lml., have struck for nn advance
in wages.
Gibbon's, N. Y., has lieen wiped out by
tiro. All of its business houses are
destroyed.
A drunken section boss near Clay City,
Ky , tired into a train aud fatally wounded
a passenger.
Non-union carpenters Joined the strik-
ers at Detroit, Mich., making a total of
3300 men out.
The Claytoii-Breckenrldgo investiga-
tion has been In progress at Little Hock,
Ark., several days.
All low lauds in Louisiana are flooded,
and tho wutor stands nearly two feet
higher than in 1684.
A train was thrown from the track at
Fountain, Col., by a misplaced switch aud
Fireman Sipes killed.
A Joint resolution passed congress ap-
propriating 87.000,000 for Mississippi
r 'ver Improvements.
Dr. ltyland T. Brown, ouo of the best
known scientists, minister aud scholnrs
In Indiana, Is dead.
Coul miners at Brazil, lml., have agreed
on 75 cents ns a yearly scale, nn advance
of 3ii cents over last year.
Steamboats on lied river hare their
bunds full saving lite and live stock
above and below Shreveport.
At Louisville, Ky., troth employes and
employers seem determined not to give a
point in the carpenter strike.
Lspokime Falls, Wash., Is deliucd with
high water and Iter water mains for flro
protection have been swept out. *
A break Iu the Ited river levee at Sun-
flower exposed to overflow plantations
for 100 miles below Shreveport.
Patrick Gorman, committed to Jail at
Hartford. Coun.. for breach of the peace,
has refused food for two weeks.
The weddin;( or Miss Bosa Fay and
Theodore Thomas, the famous orchestra
loader, took place In Chicago on tho 6th
Inst.
H. W. Steele, charge:! wllh einbezzl ing
funds of the St. Louis, Arkansas and
Texas railroad, was honorable acquitted
at Shreveport, La.
Frayley, the busted St. Louis grain
speculator, settled with creditors for
forty cents on the dollar. His rich wife
endorses his notes.
The establishment of A. H. Andrews &
Co., Philadelphia, manufacturers of
school nnd office desks, declared a lockout
as a result of the strike.
At Froe'^ort, Neb., a young man named
ClnrK proposed to Miss Mclntyre aud
upon her refusal shot her in the chest and
blow out his brains.
James F. Graham, city editor of the
World, has tiled suit against ex-Judgn
Henry Hilton, of Now York, for $50,000
damages for libel.
Helen Dauvrny Word and her husband,
Jalin Ward, the great shortstop, have sep-
arated. The footlights were too great an
attraction for the wire.
Mrs. Huttorflolil, who was found mur-
dered in her house ut Denver. Col., is
supposed to be the victim of a (lend who
attempted to rape her.
Henry L. Sales, a member of the noto-
rious boodle board of 1884 of New York,
and who forfeited nS'30.00.) bond ami tied
to Caunda, has returned.
The merchants' bridge at St. Louis was
formally opened In the presence of ttio
governors of Illinois and Missouri. It is
n double track railway bridge.
At a session of the Oregon conference
of the Kvangelical church at Albany a
row occurred wlilcli resulted In a division
of the liody Into two factions.
One of tlie most brilliant meteors evor
seen on this continent flashes across low;-.
Its passage was accompanied by n great
noise, and tire and sinoko followed.
Judge Creightou, of Springtioid, 111.,
lias decided tli.it tobacco Is not a neces-
sity. mid a tobacco bill cannot Ire col-
lected by process of law from a minor.
It is rumored that James T. Harper
and Hon. Phil Davis of Klberton. Go.,
parties to a recent cowhiding Iu that city,
will finish the Job with n duel by moon-
light.
The poorhonsn and insane asylum of
Chenango county, New York, has been
consumed by lire, and eleven of Its in-
mates were cremated In the burning
building.
Hurt Price and Allle Willurd. two New-
York dudes, fought five rounds with four-
ounce gloves to settle a dispute over a
young lady. Wlllsrd drow first blood and
won the tight.
Walton, the defaulting clerk of the Pa-
cific Express company. Is now Iu Montreal,
Canada, and will appear as is witness
against parties who fleeced lilm out of the
company's money.
The report that John Hrlsben Walker,
ed lor of tho Cosmopolitan, had been
drovned while ..slilng In Carolina. Is
nnfiiv Ho has recently returned to New
Yor'c from iH-uv.-r.
Attorney-General Watson, of Ohio, has
bro.ighl siiU sis quo wsrranio in the su-
preme court to take from the Standard
Oil company Its charter for violation of
laws lu variou* ways.
Arthur Jackson, a Connecticut coloresl
brute, compelled his wife to hold a light
wlilio be killed hi* dot;: ha then slashed
her throat with a razor, knocked her
down, out off several lingers nnd was tsav-
NO. 15
tng a gay time stamping her already llfo*
loss body when arrested. Jealously it as-
signed as the cuuse.
The domauds of the striking carpenter*
of Chicago have been coiiccded by con-
tractors. Eight hours constitute a day's
wurk und said work Is to bo performed
under uulon foremen.
Itepreseiitatlve MeCoinaa ol Marytuid
reported lo tho house from the committee
ou elections of a president, vlce-presidmit
and representatives in congress ills bill to
prevent gerrymandering.
in a prize fight betsveen James Haley
of Now York and Jauies Cannon of Buf-
falo tor n purso ot 91000 lieforo tho Sa-
vannah, Go., Atliioltc club. Camion won
in the twenty-third round.
atCoiumbii', lml., Mrs. Mary McMa-Q
nils, a lady in delicate health, while cross-
ing u field fainted. Her body was at-
tacked by hogs and almost devoured be-
fore discovered by friends.
Senator Fry reports a bill lo place the
United Stales merchant marine on a toot-
ing with that of other nation*;- al-str to
provide for an ocean mall service between
tho United Slates aud foreign states.
McCann on the witness stand In New
York makes some sonsutlonal charges
against Mayor Grant mid Durham, of the
Itri.i or Durham. Buckley ft Co. lie
swears ho would not believe McCann on
oath.
A mail dog in Memphis, Tenn., bit an
Italian orgun guilder, a colored child and
several dogs. Tho police railing to kill
the dog with pistols, citizens cornered it
und knocked It out of oxistence with
clubs.
The United Status supreme court de-
nied thi! application for a writ of habeas
corpus in Keuimler's case, who Is under sen-
tence of death In New York by electricity,
but will, ou May 10, hear a motion for a
wi it of error.
CapL Weston, who has charge of the
distribution of rations to sufferers from
thu recent floods states that he has ex-
pended 838.000 or tho 8S0.000 placed to
bis credit and asks that 850,000 more be
added to tho fund.
Isaac II. Vincent, the defaulting state
treasurer of Aiubaina. now serving a (if-'
teen yours.' sentence in the Pratt coal
mine, has been elected treasurer by his
fellow-convicts, some of whom earf
money by extra work.
M. K. Goldman of Memphis shot nnd
mortally wounded J. W. Howard ot 81
Louis at the European hotel, Atlanta,
Ga. Howard thought he was bound to
die and acknowledged thbt his true name
was Edmund Skinner.
Herbert C. Stout, u Mlnnest** mail rub-
ber, who was sufficiently sane to success*
fully play tho Insane roll and enjoy the
luxuries of an asylum for several months,
has been pronounecd nil right by phyid-
claus, who say ho was never crazy. He
will now be tried for mall robbery.
Tho United States steamer Howell,
which lias boon iu charge of the relief
committee,ran lutotlie bridge of theVlcks-
bui-g, Shreveport and Pacific railroad
while endeavoring to rescue distressed
Hood sufferers, completely wrecking her-
self, damaging the bridge severely and
entailing loss of life.
A South Carolina colored rapist was re-
moved from Lexington to Columbus for.
sufo keeping. Lexington citizens made
the governor believe tho proceedings would
Injure tho town in tho estimation of the
outside world and Induced hint to have
the prisoner retiiruesl, promising to see
that he was taken cure of. lie was re-
turned but he has since been found dead
with a rope around his neck.
At tlio quadrennial general conference
of the Methodist Eniscopul church south,
held at St. Louis, tho following states
and territories were repvoseufed: Ala-
bama, Arkansas, Colorado, California.
Georgia, Louisiana, Kansas, North Caro-
lina. South Carolina, Maryland, Mississip-
pi, Montana. Kentucky. Texas. Indian
Territory, Tennessee, Oregon, Yirglnla,
West Virginia. Illinois, Arizona Terri-
tory and Brazil and Moxlco.
rOKKION.
The strlko of railway porters In 11 el nnd
is over.
A riot was quel led recently in Peslh by
the military.
The Spanish sonate has approved uni-
versal suffrage.
Senor Anostega. Mexican minister to
Belgium, died at Brussels.
Capt. Cast la, the African explorer, has
entered the Gorman service.
Emperor William is expected to spend
three weeks iu St. Petersburg.
Tho German buntiesrath bus accepted
the colonial and military trills.
Tiie Spanish strikes are collapsing ex-
cept lu Barcelona and lu Valoncia.
llobert Flowy Doyori, the French
painter, is dead, lie was OH years old.
No agreement is reached between the
strikers md mill masters In north France.
Fumiiio is spreniling lu portions of Af-
rica, und Mussohourl Is being depopu-
lated.
Tranquility prevails In tho Spanish
provinces, but tiie strikes are spreading
in Vaienclu.
Then Is a strike lu tlie Au-trlau rail-
way factories at Vienna, Prague, Pesth
ami Temervar.
Mayday passed quietly iu Purls. The
arrests and detentions over night were
only IA0, all lold.
Tho hurricane which prevailest last
week cautJd serious damage to shipping
at Montevideo.
A fourth expedition leaves Valparaiso
to hunt for burled treasure In the Cocou
islands Pacific ocean.
Tho striking b.ikers lu Vienna have re-
turned to work, a largo number of mili-
tary bakers Iriving arrived.
Tlio northwest territories bill passed
the dominion parliament with the dual
language clause knocked out
A capitalist at Woimar. Germany, was
sentenced to nine months' imprisonment
for iusiiltlng nn American girl.
Hamburg workinou to tho number ot
0000 were dismissed from work for ab-
senting themselves on May day.
Tlie experiment with sugar-beet seed
from central Germany ami Bohemia has
been very successful In Ontario.
The Posth bakers aro out and 1500 are
encamped in tents on nn Island lu tbe
Danube with abundant provisions.
Workmen at Barcelona, ispain, con-
demn tlio anarchist movement aud advo-
cate immediate resumption of work.
A severe drouth Is prevailing in Cuba,
nnd there Is not a single plantation oa tfcn
Island that has uot suffered from lire.
A motion to disestablish tho church of
Scotland was rejected In the British com-
mons. 'Ae vote .standing 3M lo 31®.
Flvo hundred disorderly men rallied on
the Thames embankment bent on mis
chissf, but wore overawed by the poitca.
The strike of the employes of
Austrian railway ha« been settled,
authorities conceding higher
men
The director of the imperial
shop* at Vienna status! he would
all hands who would not
work
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