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M'KINNEY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY.5,1891
Dry Goods.
Ho handlM tba bast goods and ssOsflw
the lowest urloss. Spend isor <w
with hint.
NO. 1
^ H. L. IJearson ||
Dental Surgeon,
Office north aid) square, over Aron'i
itore. Teeth extracted without pain
T th aas of nitrous oxide gas.
J. D. HILL, TO. D.
J. A. CALDWELL; M t> A BY3B BANES SAL1 J3i.ES
OFFICE: JOIimO* etOCR, tP 8TAIRI
t "*ll. nldi'uci-
arinihc.* c'l.ttiiu
your patroiinge.
Sirilh Wilcox Hlnti' f.Ar
\ cril. 1(«w|h'- .tully solicits
DR.
VcKlnnoy,
• Texas.
J. C. N. SMITH,
Resident Dentist.
"Price us low as llr t-ela work
I caTi lie done Tooth extruded without
i Pain. Office in Johnson Block.
Then the Evangel'it Caned the Mayor and
Both Were Bad | Bunged Up
JONES' CRITICISM CAUSES THE AFFRAY.
The Marur A/raalad and Xaoltml Cltia-tua OuU a
N«u Mania* lor Uta Purpoaa "I D;a-
cussine tba Matiar.
Practice limited to diseasesof tte eye
sr, nose and throat.
Oflloe North Kentucky street, over
Sibaon it Erwin'a ofllce, opposite tba
Foote House, Hours 8 to la a.m., and
from 1 to 3 p. in. T-10 6m.
J.8. Jenkins,
rfeY-
HUBTNF.KB OOLLKQKB—OI4MI
tnd Cbe«|*M CvbonUln i!# sou b. IIf«n In
llnu' tu homIou l«t ;e*re I lie only schoolsthat I
t v«n gold mednis at hint* r lr. i .r n
ami •jtoolaiona uf ttftirii*ii«M:i idiicn
r. P. I'MWITT, rcoBl«li*nt, Fort Woi
T«>. Yd* l'ftlla« lln« ' 0 "
UVrdUd ClommarrUI rvn1***
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I or flU« (tttslOtfUO
utiitnshlp ad.lr*M
•reiMt-nl. Fori Wort* or Dtellftf,
Un«i<o«a 0«lU*o suueoets IM
ATTOtt^EY-AT-LAW,
McRinney,
i Texas.
Offle* car R 0. Hirudin's Sr*g ilera, Hartt
•Ml o raw pul.He aatiar*
M. m. METZ. 1 D.
bnoBopathlo Physician and Surgeon
McKINNllY, TEX AH.
Chronic rflsesei nd dUe aea of wo*
pen and ohlltlrcn a specialty. Ail calls,
lay or night at bla office will be prompt*
j attended to.
Offlua up stcirs Is Stiff's building.
Money to Loan!
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE FURNISHED.
Money ai tbe lowest rute of interest, and ou Ion# or short
ime. Interest, annnully or eviui-anntinlly. 1 have the only
•oniplete abstract books in Oollin county, showing nil transfers
'rom the time the land wan patented by thestite of Texas to the
present owner. When contracted for, a McKinney attorney will
jive a le^al opinion on all abstracts furnished by me. Parties
•vijliing a #1000 Iohu or more will act greatly to their own inter
•st by seeming «;k* >an and abstract through me.
•Respectfully. M. H. BYRNE,
(/f the Collin County Abstract Company.
Money, Money, Money.
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J. 8. JENKINS has been making loans In Collli
/otinty for nine yeurs, and he wishes to say to his custouieri
tnd othera, that he can make choice loans at nine per cent, in
.erest. No conunissions.
•mount you contract for.
tjtore. f 10,000 to loan on good personal securit;
i DC
No attorney's fees. \ ou get th<
Office over H. C. Herndon'g dru|
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port
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Moor-All.
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Swlnnav, and
Saddla Oalla.
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r. Emerson, President, T.T.Xmerson, Vtcs-Prea't, T. H. Rmeraon, Osstuf
irst National Bank.
Or MoKlnnoy, Texas.
Capital and 8nrplus, - - ,8125,000,
Buy« and sells exchange on the principal cities In Earopt
First class paper discounted.
Directors: Franols Emerson, T.T. Emerson, T. Q. Emer
son, Jno. L. Lovejoy, 0. H. Welch.
Business Honrs—9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Job Worir
ce-H
Pamcstiki. Tux., Fell. «. -ai u ««-
rim of lui'dtlugt held hern ill NnvcaihiT
last ihu Hi'V. .Sum P. Jouoi or Cartets*
ville, On., excited much coiiiiiipM hiuI en-
tiui.lusui, botli fur thu larau iiumbi'r o(
conversions he effected for tin- various re-
Unions dttiiumliiutlons mid for ilio vigor-
oua iiiiinnur In which lm inmnllud Klunurs
In kmiimiiiI mill suvurnl iiidlvlduiils In |>ni-
tic'liar. Anionic lliose who aulfered ex-
corhttlou at thu iiuud* oi tlio renowned
I'VaiiK'tll^i whs Muyor J. J. V\'<>ril, to
Mlioiie ofllci.il and prirste cliarae.iA' the
Rev. Jouos atluUed before n tni'Ku audi-
ence In the severest nnd most
po'iited terms, tlio mavnr beliiK ab-
sent from the olty ut the time.
For the lust three weeks the oily has been
nil u|[ok over tlio announcement that the
Kieat evangelist Mould be here iU'ulu to
deliver his famous lecture, "Oet There,"
nnd there Iisn been u regular rush for
Mints. Mr. Joue* uirlved ou itecelvur
Huniier's special car ut 8 o'clock Iniiiduy
nIKht. The lecture was delivered to
Urge nnd a|ipieclatlve audlniice lit the
opera house. Hut nil unlooked-for de-
nouement transpired lit the depot at 8:90
o'clock yesterday moriiiux. Ju*t before
tna evang.'llst took the train for tho west,
Mayor Word waa seen to npprouch hi in
and after a few words, vigorously n%-
miiiltail hlui with a ciiue. The caue
cliuniced iianiis In the snuggle and the
mayor also received several blows before
tho bystanders purted the uugry com-
batants. Heavy bruises were in-
flicted and both parlies bled pro-
fusely. Ill a few mluutes ttie truln
pulled out witli Sam Jones on board.
Mayor Wold was arrested and is now
under bond for nggravsted Hssault ami
for entry lug a pistol. The mayor avowed
hi. light to carry weapons and disavows
any intention to carry his resentment
furiher llian calling the evangelist. Tho
news of the encounter llew fust over the
city, and at a hasty uieutuig o[ citizens
dodKors were issued caillua .'or u mass
meeting at lJutier's h ill for the purpose
of discussing the attain
llo.it* .<n 1 hem Down.
'alim.n, .ex , Feb. 8.—Last night
ritsoiit 7:1ft as '.he soutli-bouud freight
i.hiu teuched a point about onu mile west
of Murliu II overtook the section crew on
a haudear, who were carrying ono of their
sick comrades to the station for the pur-
pose of sending hlui to the lullrniary on
Hie morning traiu. The collision occurred
on a high trestle where escape was lin-
i'luslble, reslliliug to ttie luioiedtato dentil
ut Duly l iioiiipson, who was literally cut
lo pieeos. The following ware Injured:
John F.'us'i, roremait of the section,
bruised and received large sculp wound;
Augu.t fScliafter, hack injured; Hugo
Werner, severe scalp InJm j; John .Strllj-
ling. slight itijiin«i ; Julin Montague,
-liglit Injuries. No hlauic can lei attached
to the ttalu crow. Tney had Just rounded
:« curve when the haudear was Inst sight-
ed and hisses were Immediately applied,
hut owing to Hie close proximity it was
iin|io«s|lde to avert thu teiiible nccldsttt,
Hu|iti Kiaa I It ii ii In.
Warn, Tex., Kelt. 8.—Frank Km bus
has been urtested and locked tip, churged
with an atteaitit to commit a giof- assault
upon Julia Allil 'i'son. a girl aged 11. The
child Is tile daughter or the cook at a
.ii.'ooo rilled the Ited Front, Incited ill
•ti'.at Is known as tho "Reservation."
Forbes denies the charge. When arrested
Sunday ni^lit he Inforuiod thu police that
Frank Madilox had tired at him and hit
him on the lua I, mak iiic a scai|. uound.
tils lieud was bine I lug, v:nl thu officers
arrested Maddos. Oil searching 'dut they
tiiiiuil a slx'shootei, whereupon they
locked Ii tin up also. Maiidox denies the
shooting, Iiiii a^mlN tint he struck
t'orbes, |iu i l.i nis hi defense ot the girl.
The county attorney considers it a serious
ease, nnd he Is making a carutul scrutiny
into it. Investigation ot this matter dis-
closed llni tact that several gills under Ii!
jears old are in ttie "Reservation."
Niioi I loir ii nn<l llolibn!.
Waco, Tex., Jan. 'iV.—A dispatch from
liton Junction, West of Waco, gives the
b.'iteat or details of the assassination of
E. A. poll ird. It iinpeais Unit l'oilard Is
a Uohemluti, and a saddler by trado. Ue
Inst worked at MeUregor, McLennan
county, lie rode Into Leon Juuciiuit
horseback, was shot down and robbed by
parties who had followed him for the pur*
pose. Thu ball traversed tho ho well, but
ten him enough life to tell who liu was.
Cillxeus mined out In numbers aud lire
scouring the country roc the iiiur.ieruri.
Kiiotfceu p«eeulrii.
MaIIsUall, Tex., Feb. 8.— William
iirauburu's residence in East .Marshall
was s.ruc.t by lightiilng yesterday. A
chimney was torn off level with the lop ot
the house and a bole was knocked in the
roof In snothcr place. One branch en-
tered the house, setting tiro to something
inside. Another went through tho floor
Into tha ground. Mis. lllra lir.idiiuru te-
ceived quite a shock, being speechless (or
taivur.il mluutes.
Of all kind noatly done at
"UTI AND LIT LITE" PS1CU 11 to
DEMOCRAT OFFICE.
TImm who wtob to purcbsss say kind sf
;ruit Trees,Vines, Flowers, Evergreens, oi
SHADE TREES,
gfcosld sss Us new pries Ust of
TKINNEY 1 NURSERIES
«. Csn st tbla sOes, «r hiI four addrsss le B. W
sad rsssi vs as* Mm XiM hm
K it < l ifai t 4 • clntrnn.
Waxmiacuir, Tex., Fuk 4.—J. ti.
Wootiward, who lives near Mllford, In
ibis (Kills) comity, is now In tba hands
of officers at tills place charged with the
killing ot Wa*h Dennett Sunday uuar the
town ot Mertvns, some twenty-Ova miles
(rom tills pluoa. Dennett was struck a
blow with a stufletrse, winch proved
fatal.
Now Did Ho MoT
Kansas Crrr, Mo., Jan. 80.—The
dead body of Frank tiherm in was found
In the r.Ver at tha root of Charlotte sve>
| iiue yesterday. The coroner held su in-
I qtittatyealorday availing buinoevldaucsde-
j veloped to show the msnusr of Sherman's
; deaili. The deceased waa Uis sou ot
wealthy parents living st Savanuab, Mo.
Juva.iilo Uonswaya.
I Cohsuiama, Tex.i Jsn. M.—Two Dills
girls, aged about 1 suit 10 ysars, sa«apsd
(rom the atsta orphans' saylum ysststday
awruliig. aud sttsmptsd to ma%s their
way on loot to Sksrmau, mors tbSa 190
uiim ..isfant, from *i uis tin
sunt to the asy In in. A gentle:
way in the city on boraulnick
llni Juvenile rtinuwitys waiitl
railroad truck, mid niter tnl
thi m awid e, induced them to
hind him and carried them to
County Judge Dice, wlloru tney
for until a conveyance could he
to return tiicui lo tlu nsyl
were quite luteilUciit lor
yours, but were unable to tell
earning themselves Doth were
left without iiniurul protectors, ' •"! were
sent to the ns) linn from Sheninui. Where
the mot iter of onu of them I
charge upon tlic county ut t
lhey s..) l. It; ctteot, that ____
sailallctl Willi their ille at tliu orj)i)iinni;e!
aud wauled to go buck to £hci until Where (
they came from.
A WIFE'S HORRIBLE FINCf
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s said to bo
I lie poor ■ iiirin.
tiley W(te dis-
TEXAS STATE HEWS NOTES.
Choice Clutter* of Crisp Cullingt Condenwd
fr^m Daily Report!.
RACY ROUND-UPS RENDERED READABLE.
▲ Xir« jji svlni y of Item* of InUnit Ontber«d
fioiu Every Portion of tho
Euiyirn SlatO.
alio llnturns from u Vmll mid *rninlJlii" I
Over liar llu.Uana's live i> log It. ly.
Cuitrua Cuituti, Tex., F ii. "i—a'
gloom has liueii iianrf 'i,' over this city |
(or tliu pusi two days. Friday ulglil Mr-. >
John Tiinon and dsuglitor returned from!
ii week's visit to RecV'ilo and on going
home were liorrilied to tiuil Mr. Tiinon
lying oil tlie hall floor dead. The dis-
covery wus iniide by Mrs. 'Union, niio, iii
tliu daiU. stumbled over lici dead ini^
baud's bndy. All aliirin was at olice
given end in a few moments quite ti
crowd ot neighbors gathuiud at thu front
door of the Timoti household. A light
was procured an I on going In a horrlbh:
sight met thu guz<i ot the hehoiders. Mr.
Tiinon, who Is about ti i years old, wai
found lying faoo dim n oil the hull Hooi
with mil) his ii.gut shli I on. On turning
tlio laxly over it was round to be badiy
decomposed about the breast, fact
and km ex, aud gave evidence or having
been deud tbreu or lour dasfl. Toe tongue
and eyes prutru led ami tlie thioat wa
badly swollen and quite bi irk, wlliio I lie
hands, one ot which held a lew gray
hairs, were clutched and showed that lit
hnd died a hoiriblu death. The tl.eorj
advanced Is thill he died from appiopiexy.
Delirium ami Ue.uli.
Dai.i.am, Tex., Jan. Hi.—List halur.
day Cliarlus Mayer, a iirotiiei of William
Mayer, who keeps a ttalooh ami resides a!
1018 Elm street, while suffering with
fever hecauic delirious and tried to oscapn
from his mii'ses, saying lie only w. nietl
six feet or water. About l'J p. m. .Satur-
day. wiiile Ills brother ail 1 two other iiu ii
"tb lookiug after liuu he broke away
'il tliein and escaped. He w as found i
ou Rryuu street i>y thu police who brought
him !iom.\ '1 wo doeti r-had been wait-
ing on tiiui aud aiMiu J o'clock Sunday
luortiing Ills brother citllid in a third
ilal( nu hour inter Iho ••ick llian asked to
be walked around luu b m'.i r.ud to humor i
htm lie was Accorded the ivqw-sf, two}
uieu accompanying lilm. He had noi pro-)
ceedud (ur until he guvn ibum I lit* slip,
and ho soon distmuei ti cm, going
iii ttie direction ot thu Trinity r ver.
About 10 s'Siock Monday lU'irhi g. aft'lit
a mile sou til uf Oak Olid hit tge, -earJluA
found the missing man's coat and vt-i i"
tilt." bank of till! river ; lid ills hat ill I lie
water, where it was hold by "...no brusli-
Juweti iias bt-i n Incorporated.
Dublin is still receiving cotton at a very
lively rate
Ttie nrtoslnn well st Sherman lias
reached a depth of t)jo feet.
'1 lie Abilene artesian well la down 800
feet, with a nine-Inch casing.
Omysou county farinurs are preparing
to suw their spring crop of oats.
Ah It'it fttOJory will ba oiueleil at 'J>>r-
Kan, Bosque comity, Immediately,
Caldwell couuty will build this jrenr
live Iron bridges at a cost of $i)777.7.V
A colony of (1 orglnn* nro settling in
the soiitiiern portion of Van 7. n il ouuuty.
A StOUU calaboose is to bu erected for
the bonetit ol Greenville's law-breakers.
It nas at last been definitely decided
that Cttoro will have u cmi'iiug factory.
Mrs. Ami Foiliuidslde of And irson toil
Into the tliu a few days uxo and was fa-
tally burned.
Vernon's &!0,0U0 school house, llni
pride of the city, ha - h -en completed and
tcliool opened.
The enterprising citizens ol Fort Wortii
ire agltming the .|in-Mtloii of a fair to tie
livid licit fall.
An ice factory Is tob: built at Lougviuw,
(tregg conutiy. Tho machinery is al-
ready oil hail I.
Thu Hubbard City artesian iveil Is now
tiown tt.lOifiiet and woik progresses with-
out interruption.
About 50,0(10 balus of cottou will have
been compressed at Oaluosvllle by the
mid of the season.
Tint Oak Clllt paper mill, with a enpac-
' Ity ot froiu seven lo leu tons per day, is
reaily f ir uiieiuess.
Foriy-llve residences nnd twenty-four
tilislness houses have been built at Ia'.x
lugtou d irlng the year.
"1 lie prospects' lor an abuiidiiui wheat
srop in Ureer cunity were never so cn-
:uuiaglng ih at piesetn.
The O Id F llotvs of Ilenrietm are ar-
ranging for tliu erection of a new build-
up fer tin- use ot that order.
In it runaway a few days ago at Denton
William French was seriously hurl by
being thrown from hls'wngon.
A new town Iiiih been started and po-t-
>fllci) obtttltinl oil Happy 11 dlow, l.i the
northern part of SwDher county.
As a irsult of l'itisburx's enterprise
the Is to have a barnd factory which will
<i|ii'| Atl#! iti an early date.
'ilia fdU.uuJ sci.ool building at Isylor
s Hearing cuiooiei iou it is a handsome
tlrueturu aud a credit to I lie town.
The Commerce club of (I ilnesvilht have
wood. There were ft*ot|nInt-. discernible
ou the bank up to the water's edge tlml
corresponded with till) "i/.e of the stek
man's shoes. Mr. Wi liam il ijer con-
cluding from this discovery tliii)
ills brothel iv as drowned, mi.-
plo) ed a party ol Hale i men to
ding die liver. 'Hits was dotio without
result miiil about t!::io p. in. ThurfdH)1,
wIiuii o:ie oi the ti>liern)eu hooi.ed ti.
body utiout 150 yards iurthci down the
stream than whore I lie clothing liiiti been j
found.
liiglii 6'«r «iii 1'uUouetl,
Dt.Mso.v. Tex., Jin. :n, — A si oi
wholesale poisoning li.uu cu'.ton-seetl oil
occurred early yestenluy morning on Un-
arm of l> itcasor, three mi es no.lh
of Den 1 sou. The people pi.l^iii'-d ate
Jim Da l ami three children, K igai lieu-
or, two hired men mid Mi'.:* Kiln 1) ck-
iliNiiu ol the city, wuo wat visiting at. Mr.
Hull's. A new barrel ut oil had just been
received irom Sherman and the bread
used at bieakfust tills morning contained
the first taken trom the barrel. Mr. Hall
an I one of the -hired moil came to liii-
cdy soon .trier breiit;tnst and were tauen
rot oil to tiuiid tyi opera house to co«t
18(1,000 Work w ill commence at once.
Fori) test of w iter lias been obtained
it a depth of 11 ) feet In a We.I recently
loted at a point four mlii-s northeast of
Bstacuild.
The M.isoiilc iodgu of San Augelo wi l
it "in-i- Ii-. 4'in the emotion of a magiilll-
sent Iciiii- •• of dtetied stone, lo lie three
Uories high.
Work w ill noon begin on a fifty font a.l-
ittion to the railway depot t Seymour.
! l iu, wdl iiinke the total lungtb of the
Jllild!'.;, 175 feet.
The prospective extension ot tut-
i nlie-vi ie, llelir oita 1111 I Wostel'll rtlll-
oud t \ cliur City lias ptil new life into
hat ton ii iml country.
Kxicuslve prepar.ttIon. arc bi-mg miule
i) lv lufiuau couuty farmers for tho foitii-
•anniig spring work, aud nil are much
■Inted over the prospects.
Reports from llirdunian couuty say
lint wheat looks better than ever before
tnd a large qitautlty ot new land Is being
ireparcd f r spring crops.
J. F. Ituckuer fell from tliu aecou-l
severely ill. Mr. Rea«nr, (lie chlldreu j itory of a new brick store home st Arlinx-
ou a few days ago and was badly though
icrhapi not fatmiy injured.
A coffin and trunk factory is to lie
tsrted at Tyler. Alieuly the prullnil-
i.iry preparations nre being lumlo to set
his new industry in motion
Work lias now commenced in real
anient on the tii IT-rent improvements of
lie uew town or M)rtie Springs, near tliu
tenter of Van X unit couuty.
A foundry ami uinchiae company has
•i-t-ii org.iulic I ut Houston Willi it capital
I ?'J.'nU0>, Slid it is prnpi't.'d to put in n
i.iiitor twenty tons eap.ici y.
A new bridge is to lie built In llendcr-
• ii county, near Atliuim, ou the Athens
utl Kittifiuan ro.itl. Thuiullgc will hu
i grout conveuleuce lo tho pub Ic
Fmuk Mal.aln. a hotel clerk at Qtianuh.
ulcmpted to snnltl • off by the morphine
ottle n few days ago, b.it the timely ur-
vai ol a physlclsu miv.il'his lit-.
It is reported that the Fort Worth and
dio Uruud i rail a ay company ii.ivo do-
ided to siuk an artesian well hi Dublin
o supply water ft-r their own use.
Ihe Methodist church at Weather ford,
liioii was begun three years ago, Is now
anost couipleltid, and will lie one of thu
ufist church buildings in the state.
Amy Durieaoii, the O yuar-old son or
•'din Diiriesiiu. u latuior living near Suu
.iigelo, was run over by a fit iglit truiu a
.. ivdsys ago mnl had his leg cut off.
Kaulmaii la to linvu a New depot. The
ii ilurtal is i u hand mid wink will bugln
I .nine liately. 'l c billdliu Will lie a
i iiiKlei one und ot ample proportions.
It Is reported that the acreage ot wheat
own m Stonewall county Is four times
nit or unv previous ye..r, nltd the pros-
| pens were never brlghicr for a u.g crop.
Vim documents asking (or a ciiarlur for
id F'trst National tuuik of Mlueoiu, with
t'.ipilal ot tw.uotl, bus been forwarded
o the couip.ruder of curreucy at Wash-
if Ion.
The Wolfe City Move Foundry com-
•any iuiVo received their charter. Tue
•urposti of the ooinpsuy is lo nuiiiutac-
| ure nil kinds ot stoves and do a -(viiet.il
- "unilty basiues..
As a young u.sii named Hubert* And iho
egr.ipb u|mrs,oi' ul Dune's station, ueur
t climoud, were going to breakfast n few
•«o, Ou a tsUroud velocipede,
and thu iiitt'il man r'.'Uliiihl<u tit the iiouse
ine nil suffering intense pain und it is
feared Unit Mr. ltcasur will not recover,
us lie bus been in poor health for three
yeur«—the result of a swallow o( coucun-
tratud lyc.
111«Ii iv a t* ituobnry.
Honi.v UnovK, Tex., Jan. :i) —It L.
Harrett, a farmer l.vuig n few uiilo fiotn
Honey (irove. wiiile in town Ttii'i-day
borrowed 9100 Irom llie batik. Aboui
dark hu started home ou horseback.
When about tine -quarters ol u uille from
town lie was hailed by three m-n and re*
quested to hand over his iiione). He was
made to ilisumtint and thu robbers went
throii.'h liis pockets, act-tiring about $SJ7.
Mr. Durinit rode back In iimli and iti-
loluieti Ihe officers. ruetda) it depuiv
sheriff came down from llonhain with
blooilhotiiids, and witit the lie i e dcet • j
worked hard to tisoe the tb.-i?. 'fno|
Uiuii were ariesteil )esteid:i> i-veutoc bin !
yom eoiiespiiiii'.out dues no: Uh'M what
uviduucu of audi I. In Hie pis-. • m ol '
the officer-.
Mnniili'il tltirnl.il a
Lko.NAIIII, il-X. Ft-b. 'J.— S.ltutl'.liy
night lao iiiouutel buigiurs coiiimouaed I
a inul on the town. Tney lirsl broke in I
it wliiduw of W. T. VVomuck's grocery '
store, oil tlie oast side of the square, aud 1
look s dozt-n or inoic or.tngus, not dug I
uiore b.-lug uiisseil. They then proceed- j
ed to the north side und crashe-l in lite
window of thu poMi'ftlco but ding. Thu
crash was heat' i by Justice ItIiiie an I
l'om May, who ut ouuu hastened to the
piMoffiiie. \\ lieu the cu-prlls saw Ring
and his companion coining they made tor
a back alley and iiiounte I tlio.r burses
that were hitched there. A passe ot men
at ouce star ed in pursuit
IItill* lo Million*.
San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 3t .—Lee
aud Jayo Adams o( this city have made
the discovery that limy am not only do-
acennunw uf DriiUli royally ou the aids el
tlie Ituuse of Smart, but Hint they sts
heirs U> sii t-siate valued at A'10.000,00A
Cat His iiosa Hall Oft
Navasiita. Tex., Feb. a.— Vaturdar
■light Jeff Uastou carved Jeff Shanks, an-
other usgret with a tutor ta a gambling ,
raw. Shanks it sUH ultfe. sltuoagk bit
baad is Mid to ae cut halt i
during a heavy fog, they were run down
by s Santa Fa freight train. Roberts had
liis skull crushed and Is perhaps fatslly
hurt, wiiile Ills couipauion was only
slightly Injured.
Jut.ule Andursou, colored, tho oldest
inhabitant ut Sun Auioulo. died s few
days ago. The exact date ot her birth Ii
not known, but she it said to itsve been
at least 100 /ears of age,
Dr Fiye, who ha* been for some time
Incarcerated lu the Kaufman J ti I ou s
chargu of theft, attempted suicide s (ew
days ago by cuttlug the main artery In hi*
letr arm near the shoulder.
Thu postoffico 'it I ollsud was burglsi-
iical a few nights ago. The office occu-
pies thu front ot a store, and alter that
had been rifli-d tlie thief proceeded lo
supply himself wPli dry goods.
Tno stockholders in the new S80.000
hotel to be built at Cieb true are maitiit|
arrangements lo commenca opeiutlont
esrlv In the spring The structure is t«
liuvo every modern convenience.
The little t-yeitr-old daughter of J. J.
I.lttie of 1'uarsuil wa* recently wounded
lu tlie head with a small needle, and al-
though tlio puncture was scarcely visible,
resulted lu blood poisoning aud death.
A few days ago Wiley King and Ueorgi
Wiullcy, two colored boys Illllsboro,
were playing with a alio.gun when II was
accidentally discharged, tlie full content*
entering Wadley's right lung, killing lilm.
The I'ecau Va'ley fair directors met st
Drowiiwood a Tew day* atto aud decided
to hold a hIx days' fair, beginning the
Htii day of September, aud alto to speud
310,VOU more lu Improvlug their build-
ings.
Drown county D keeping up with tbe
marcn or progress. Good bridges now
span neatly every stream lu the cuUiity.
Two Iron structures, being Just com-
pleted over Indian creek, are thu last Hu-
I shed.
Wiiile Louis Kitnundsoit with others
was engaged In loading the Spanish
-leamsblp Aroya at Gilveston ho wa*
precipitated dowu the hatchway of the
vussel, sustaining serious U not fatal in-
juries.
Oil ouch of the farms of Levi lion -
dricks, I. W. Clark and Levi Lalller,
near Dcnison. reside four generation* of
people. Probably there is no oilier ln-
-tnuce ot the kiud ou lecord. The (arms
■ire adjoining.
Tliu skin of a large pantlior, which was
killed by two boys In I'euse r.ver brakes
some wedks ago, lias bcuu ttulTed and
mounted and Is now on exhibition ut
0'iaii.ili. The auiuial measured eight
(cut In length.
A Jury ot view lias boen appointed to
view out tin proposed wagon rood ucross
the canyon nt Claude. As the necessary
amount of money hit* been raised, work
will begin at once mid the roud rapidly
pushed to completion.
A few nights ago two negroe* went to
the residence uf 1'ouy Anderson at liuu*-
ion, clinked liis wlfo und ransacked tho
house. Several dollar* In curreucy and
i wo gold rings woro taken, after which
llie acoundiels departed.
A new bridge over llobiy'a ferry will
be built this spring, uud then. It is said,
no county lu iho slate will be better pre-
pared against high water '.ban Coryell.
Tlio $10,000 lids bridge will cost Is the
only debt tlie county owe*.
Kvcrythlug indicates that Tyler Is en-
terlng upon it year ot unusually rapid
growth and prosperity. Many enter-
prises. now in the r iiicipioucy. promise
iu become ac ual rcttllzuiloiis before an-
other twelve months passe*.
As Alamo Code aud hi* coulsln, two
boys of San M ircos, were reluming from
a hunt a few nights since, both r.diug one
horse, the nulunil became frightened aud
ran away, throwing young Code against a
tree and perhaps fatally injuring him.
A large addition is being put to the
main building of tlie Galnoivilio lion
works, which, when completed, will ren-
der tlie capacity ot that plant double
what It lias beeu iu the past, making It
sufficient to turn out a tou of castings per
day.
J. F. Newman, sheriff of NeDon couu-
ty. was siiot down ami dangeroutly
wouuded ou Iho must pubi c street In
Sweetwater a few nights ago. lie was
shot iu the buck st n distance of tweuty
steps with a shotgun In the hand* of an
unknown assassin.
During ttu attack of delirium recently
Mrs. James Wooisey. living ueur Center-
ville. got up at ulglit and wandered down
lo u branch near by, Into which she tell
aud was drowned, llvr hu-btud was
away from home, sal the body wss uot
found until next day.
It. D. number was recently arrested at
lion liam for pasting epurlou* coin. Twen-
ty-iliree sliver dollars weie found iu hi*
boots, ul! counterfeit. T.iuy weru finely
execuied. nnd none but an expert could
linvu told but that lltey were genuine ex-
cepl by their weight.
The Temple City eompsMy, with acapW
lal stock of WO,000, has been organized
(or the purpose of erecting buildings aud
tliu acuiimu.atlou and ioau uf (uud*, for
llie purchase of real property In the
cities, towus uud villagea in the state aud
itiso for the accumulation and Ioau ol
money.
Kecent excessive rain* have cautod *
siispeiielou of work ou the 'lavlor *treet
railway. It 1* to be s belt line, three
tulles ami n half long, situ to be completed
iu nluaty days. It Is lielug cou-iructed
of the best material, so II csii be changed
to an electric road with but little addi-
tional expense.
M is U trile Wiiltiniro attempted suloidt
lit Uaie Qfy u few days ago by taking all
the laudanum she could procure. For*
innately the quantity was too small foi
laiul effect, HU 1 by the piouipl aid or a
physic au she w. a soon sbl-t to be up.
Ilia only explanation she gave wa* thai
sue was tired o( LTe.
C. D. Si.-vensou, who left Arlington
snntu weeks ago under circumstance!
which pointed suspiciously to the Tsoi
that no bud deserted hi* wire sud chil-
dren und skipped Willi ul* pretty type-
writer, ha* been heard from, lie deiiiei
having deserted hi* family, but ssy>
iiotulug uf the typewriter, f
M id dogs have played havoc amom
cattle of Dee creek, near Wuxahuchle, It
Ihe pust few weeks, and great loaa Iron
hydrophobia hua been suiiaiued. Tht
most dlsiresslug leuiure ot the mutter ii
mat tome sis ur eight persous have beat
bitten br these dogs aud grave tears an
entertained ai lo tbe
NEWS AT HOME AND ABROAD.
Gletningt from Crlme't Calendar Served tj
Suit the General Ruth.
SERIOUS AND SENSATIONAL SORTINGS.
rstales riaaba* Across tha Wavi U fa wits
■awa of National Soman boa
aiSor Lands.
O., ro-
ratd 6
domestic.
Rosa Darton, colored, died recently ut
Gulesburg, ill., aged 118.
lleury Crow dropped dead at Oiiind
Rnpids, Mlcli., u few nlgliit ago of heart
diveuse.
Thomas Mlera tiled near Akron,
cently at the ugu of 100 yours
mouth*.
Brtgndler Qoneral 8. V. Denet, chief
of ordluauce of the army, ha* been placed
ou thu retiro I list.
Hums A. Sinller, a wife murderer, has
been sentenced to death by electrocution
at New York city.
Counterfoil nickels are In circulation at
Drowtisburg, in I., supposed tu have beun
made In the town.
John Kelly shot and killed ills rather,
uged 70, during a druken row ut Huston,
Mass., a fuw day* ago.
A measure lo create nn upper branch of
the Chicago city council Is under consid-
eration at Springfield, 111.
At Wnbasli, Did., Junius ii S-go, over
70 years old. fell from u chair u few-
days since nnd died Instantly.
Mr. and Mrs. Vestal Dieior of Drook-
lyn. Did., have succeeded ill rearing
twelve sons and seven daughters.
A bill provlllng for the Australian bal-
lot system oulyueels tbe signature of the
governor to become a law iu Oregou.
Prof. Jesse ot New Orleans announces
III* acceptanc ) of tlie presidency of the
Missouri Stato university at Columbia.
During a recent Ot uf temporary Insan-
ity, H. 11. Hopkins, a broker of Now
York, cut his throat, Inflicting a mortal
wound.
Noah Pratt, a stock buyer of Fulr-
inotint, Hi., was run over by a horse u
few days ago and serlouily if not fatally
in j nied.
William Guy U.ilianilnc, professor of
Greek nt OjoiIIii College, at C'.:,eland,
O., has been elected president uf the In-
stitution.
James Miller of Kokoui i, Did, was
sent to Jail recently for tinny days lor re-
fusing to answer tha questions of a cen-
sus taker.
A vein of (liver slxteeu laches flick
has beeu fouu I ou thu farm of A. C.
Brandt, near FairlicU, Iowa, nt u depth
ot ti jo feet.
Miltou Tootle, Jr., of St. Joseph, Mo.,
heir to u inldlou. recently eloped with
D'jile Gordon, aged 10, tho dnughtur of a
poor ruruior.
William Smith, an employe of the
Grand iruuk r.iilroai, wits struck at Mar-
cellus, Miuli., by a passenger train uud
lu-itaut y killed.
A bill to prevent the shooting ol' plg-
t'ons hi exhibitions of iniirkiuauship, and
other llko sports, has boen iutrodiio^d In
the Illinois senate.
Low water In a saw-mill holler ut Mero-
dl'.h. Mich., cuused au explosion a few
tlaysugi which kllloi two men and In-
jured uintiy others.
At Pittsburg, Pit., a few days ngo John
Kaiser, senior member of iho tliui ol
Kaiser, Hons A Co., com milled suicide by
drinking catholic add.
Near Anderson.«liid., recently Leonard
Beuzeufower bacame insane from re-
ligious exciiem nil mid trlud tu hung him-
self but was cut down.
If. has been decide I by Secratnrles
Dlalne and Tincy that th>) flagship
Charleston shall convey the remains of
King K.ilakau to Hawaii.
John K. Ayddloue, editor of llie Uully
Deniocrat at Umniitui!, O , was recently
caught lu the fly-wheel in the otigiuu
room and insltiuiiy killed
Miss Grace Gridley of Ambuy, HI., ngod
18, uwoko a lew iiiiys ago from a trance
of nine months' duration. Suu lost little
flesh, but Is unable tu talk.
John Ambrose, night clerk ut the
Planters' liutel at Sioux City, la., had Ills
skull fractured by ti burglni a few nights
into. Ambrose cannot recover.
Jauies R O'Nell, a Cnlcug i and North-
western conductor, was suut und lusittully
killed ut Luug Point, Lt, a few days ago
by a burglar concealed In n box-cir.
Deiug tol.l by a medium that her lius-
baud was falti'loss Mrs. Ludwig Ander-
son poisoned herself und three cnlld.-iii
at Drocktuu, Mass., a few days ago.
The Slate National Rank of Kansas
City, Mn,, went Into voluntary liquid illou
a few days ago. It was organize I In Jan-
uary, 18S7. wlih a capital of 000.
John litske while tilling m ic iluery at
Pittsburg, Pa., recently was caught by a
•hurt ami whirled urouud until his legs
were threshed off above the knees, lie
will le.
John Liirtou, tho noted tliter, forger
and mortgage J nnper, has been sentenced
nt Mason City to three years lu tlie Iowa
penitentiary Tor steal lu,; II,ix from his
brother.
Seven thousand dollars were tumid re-
cently lu tii i liui uf a hermit on the banks
of the Connecticut liver. Thu miser die I
in squalor, and thu find uf property Is u
surprise.
Leucatiii Harti ii h luu, iciiown as Leo
Coles, a former uclruss, aged i'i years,
committed -uiclilu a few days ago by
shooting herself through the heart at
New York.
The boatd of revision, which hu. been
IhVustigutliiK the 1 cense deparimeut ol
the Clnclnuti'.i olty govern mailt, have re-
counut.'uUud Ui.it City Comptroller Stevens
b-- Indicted.
Of a popu ition of 18,018 of mcIhioI age
lu Cuiiiup.ilg i county, LI.mils, but nine be-
tween the ages of 18 and JI uti unable iu
rend or wrtlt, and of till* number six ure
menially Wei t.
At Fori V >rgan, Col., recently Mrs.
Thomas Dennett bunged herself. Her
jiiutl wus uu niiituoed through the lo*s of
her liu*biiiid'< savings by Ihe failure of it
bank at Greeley.
At Sugluaw, Mich., recently a success-
ful sklh-graitlog opera'tloa was perform,
ed ou M <* Sarau ^tUlle, wno wa* badly
burued wblls dretsiug lor a
parly. cr lister. Ml** Louise, tut-
ninlied the ut'Cuttary cuilclet, and with*
sioml the frying ordeal heroically, eleven
pieces being taken from her.
Mrs. Julia lllgbee, who reeently
poisoned her four children at her home
near Drandenburg, Ky„ has been fouud
by u Jury to be demented and will be
tent lo ibe asylum.
David Sklwiuskl, a New York sales-
man, was engaged to a Huntington, Pa.,
girl. She wrote hlui breaklug tbe en-
gagcinoht, uud a tu w days ago be weut to
her tuwu aud hanged himself.
It has beeu discovered that Kthei
Towne, acquitted of forgery recently at
Torre Haute, hud passed several worth-
less checks In St. LouU In 1889, where
situ was known as Helen M. Rogers
Judge Kdterlon has refuted the appli-
cation for uppolntment ot a receiver for
the Canton, (S. D.) bank, having found
that the bank was solvent Mid the appit*
cation but a diipuie as to who shall con-
trol.
The mail carrier between Whltesburg,
Ky , nnd Dig Stone Gap, Va., bad been
missing since tbe ruceut heavy *no«r and
was nut fouud uutll recently. He had
been shot twlcu aud ihe mail poueb
robbed.
At Downlevllte, Cal., reeently John
Trobitio died of triciilulails; another Of
tliu fmully Is dmigeiously sick and two
others am recovering frum the same dl*>
cane. They all ate half-cooked pork
Dec. 29.
Tiiu result of tha canvat« conducted by
two farmers' p.t|iers shows that Cleveland
is die oholiiH of Democratic farmer* by a
vote or 71.787 to 17,118 for HilL Repub-
licans are for Dlalue by 80,800 to 81,018
for 11 irrlson.
At New York rocently a carriage in
which Senator Stanford was tiding came
In collision Willi a xireet car. The teu>
ator was thrown out, receiving a cut on
Iho left temple aud bruises ou bl* arm
tin I shoulder.
Surrogate Ittusom has decided iu tbe
Robert Ray Hamilton coutested will uase
at New York that tue marriage o( Eva
L. Hamilton aud R ibert Ray Hamlltou it
void, nnd that Eva Is still ihe wife of
Joshua J. Mann.
August Kopp and Mrs. Henry Vau
Pelt have been nrresied lu Chicago^
charged with eloping from a little town
in Del glum, Koup having a wife nml sis
chlldreu and Mrs. Vau Pelt a huiband
and tivo children.
All C ilnese lauuiryiueu and labrsere
have been driven from the towns ot Wett-
crii Athene ana Adt'.ms, Ore,, by mobs.
At Miltou a Clilnain-in refuted to leave,
nnd was dragged fur tome distaneo with
u rope around Ills neck.
A humane btirunu lias been established
al Kunias City to prevent tbe shipplug of
iiogs and cattle In tlio same cars, resulting
in many of the ttnlmult being maimed ot
kiliuti. N-verit'HJ.'iipocr have beeu fined
for their cruel econ tmT^fitjJw,
At B iJbourville, Ky., a Y'w days igQ,
Epp M aire, chargod with murdering Har-
vey Steele two years ago aud with killing
D.ivld Campbell recently, shot himself
through the head, causing lustant death.
His itial was to have begun III au hour.
A Swedish servant billed himself a few
nights ago tu the residence of C. P. Hunt*
I iii ton, the railway magnate at New
York. Mrs' lliimlngton was entertain,
lug 11 lends at the time, but ber husband
hud tliu body removed without ber ot
their knowledge.
Al Irving, Kan., a fow days since a
passenger train, currying among others
tlie Seventh cavalry returning from Pine
HI Ige, collided Willi a freight train. Tha
engineers aud firemen were killed a d
Several of tho passengers injured, but II
is nut known whether any of tho cavalry
were hurt.
CitUons of Woodville, Miss., In mass
mooting a few days ago adopted a res-
olution warning S. A. Driidford, who
wrecked a pay train on the L., E. O. and
T. ra lro.nl recently, nnd escaped punish-
ment through a technicality, to leave the
couuty immediately and never to return,
on pain of death.
A party of Indians nnde an attank va-
cantly on tho ranch of Noah New-banks,
near Lower Spring Creek, 8. W. Bul-
lets lired by Newbnuks und his meu drove
tho hostlles across the Cheyonne river,
mid as blood stains wure fouud ou tbe
grass It Is btlieved that some of the
lteds weru wutlhiled.
FORK ion.
Delfort, Franco, but threo earthquake
shocks recently.
A ton uf tobacco, smuggled from Key
West, has b.-un seized at Havana.
Seveu fishermen have crossed tlie Zuy
dur Zee ou thu Ice—uot done before stuoe
IV 40.
About twenty more fldiermen left Hall-
fax recently fur the Bohrlug sea seat
fishery.
Tho French deputies htjvu appropriated
$:00,i)U0 more to relieve tho su.ferers by
cold nnd storm.
News from Japan's eapltal Is that the
it'C-'hlly opened Pa iameut Iiouse has
been destroyed by tit\
Gi'i-imiuy is getting nilder weather with
lain. Efforts lo m -v.- Ice-bound shipping
at Hamburg lias begin .
The Anglican catlu .1 rut in Melbourne,
Viciuiia, lins hjoit cm.-derated with elab-
orate aud Imposing ceianionles.
it Is announced it ul Slguor Crlspt's
daughter lias beeu betrothed to Signor
Ceilere, a nephew ot < .irdiunl MacctiL
A lettor from Lor I Salisbury Is pub-
lished In which hu n*i -its that there Is ne
ground forbollevlinr in vary dissolution
of parliament pruk.il) .
il ij reported Unit : ir John MacDotiald
lias ilutinffi'iv decide I to tlissolve the
Canadian parlliiuient, uiid appeal to the
country the la i e«k In February.
Tlio house occupied by Robert Shaipe,
Port Hope, (int., was destroyed by Ore
a few nlgiits since. Mr. 8h*ipe wss
slightly bur mil ami oue of bis children
wa* built, d tu a crisp.
l lie St.. Petersburg press uige-
to sei3J lint Hitoi'r pit
tublciuutl 01 Ceil I
native t llie "llooi
lo prcv^pi the Drittsh fi
The King of A by sell
French gowiuilieiit lo,
OboeK In letutii (ul
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