Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 221, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 4, 1889 Page: 7 of 8
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Burglars at Work.
Denison,' Tex , April 24. — Burglars
gained an entrance last night into the Gol-
den Eagle clothing house. Several suits of
tine clothes and halt a dozen silk shirts were
Refuses to Pitch.
New York, April 27.—Keefe refuses to
pitch for the New Yorks tor less than $5,000
a year, and as Mr. Day refuses to pay over
$4,000, it is probable that Tim will not be
with the club this season.
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Five Lives Lost.
BURLINGTON, la., April 27.—The steamer
Everett, a raft boat belonging te the Bur*
lington Lumber company, sunk at the head
of Otter island last night and five of the
sixteen lives on board were drowned.
An Old Mason Gone.
INDIANArOLIS, Ind., April 27.—John M.
Bramwell, the best known Mason in the
state, died to-day aged 88. He was a Ken-
tuckian by birth, settling in this city in
Bond Election Carried.
San Antonio. Tex., April 24.—The prop-
osition yesterday submitted to the voters
to authorize the mayor to issue $230,000
bonds tor street improvement, was carried
by a large majority. The voting was vert-
light, but the citizens who did go to the
polls were largely in favor of progressive
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which office he held lor many years. His
wife died last year, immedlately following
the celebration of the 5th anniversary of
their married life.
Fire.
New York, April 20.—At 3:50 this after-
noon three alarms of fire and a call for
ambulances created a sensation at Sixty-*
ninth street and Fourth avenue. The fire
was in W.J. Wilcox & Co.’s lard refinery.
At 7 p. m. Vanderbilt elevator A, which is
near by, has been burned, and elevator B is
in flames.
Farm Notes.
Most plants will not thrive in a cold,
wet soil.
Plant the garden in rows, and cul-
tivate with a horse.
Eat ripe fruit or sauce every day. or
twice a day if possible.
Have a good orchard, and as good a
variety of fruit as possible.
Make farm, garden and poultry
house furnish all they can of the living.
The man who makes his farm pay
these days, has real talent, and should
stand second to none in the com-
munity where he lives.
According to the latest statistics, the
number of persons in the United States
that are engaged in agriculture is
about 7,670,41)3.
Sixteen thousand acres of govern-
ment homesteads and pre-emptions
have been taken by eager settlers at
Great Falls, Montano, since January
first.
The American Cultivator of Boaton,
says: “Corn has built more miles of
railwav, erected more buildings,
clothed and fed more people than any
other product of the American soil."
that deceased accidentally tumbled down
the steps and thus met his death. His neck
was broken and his skull fractured.
about eight miles of the new road has been which grow to a head that overbalances
completed and that the hoisting machinery itself and falls in ruins, and ruin to
tor shaft No. 1 is now in position and that the confederates The principle at the
the company will take out from titteen to 7.' ^
twenty ears of coal per day Shall No. 2 is bottom of all profitable agriculture is
1 that not the big crop, but the largest
' yield on the smallest area, is the most
A bloodhound couldn't
Want the Old Class Day.
New Haven. Ct., April 27.—Some time
ago the Yale faculty changed the date of
class day from the Monday of commence-
ment week to the Friday previous. This
caused so much aissatisfaction that, at a
mass meeting of the senior class to-night,
resolutions .were passed petitioning the
faculty to rescind the order.
Queering the Find.
It was the new reporter who had
come in. covered with perspiration and
dust, as the last form went to press.
"Did it take you all day to do that
ark water works detail?” snarled the
city editor.
"S-s-sh! speak low,” whispered the
new “special ' in the C. E.'s ear. “Got
on to an A 1 suicide out in the park-
defalcation probably.’,
"Great Caesar! and we have gone to
press,” gasped the editor: "the after-
noon papers will get a beat on us to-
morrow.”
"Not much!” chuckled the reporter.
“I knew I couldn't get here in time for
the last edition, sol just queered the
find.
"What do you mean?”
“Why, I dragged the body into the
bushes and covered it up with grass
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Mistrial in the Drake Case.
Hillsboro Tex., April 24.—The case of
J. M. Drake, which has occupied the atten-
pon of the district court since Monday. re-
sulted in a mistrial. Seldom has a criminal
case attracted as much attention in Texas
as this one. The court room was thronged
day and night by those who wanted to hear
the history of the case as related by wit-
nesses. The case was conducted on both
sides with much ability, and the argument
of the learned counsel was lis ened to with
great interest from beginning to end. It is
learned from one of the members of the
jury that eight were for a verdict of murder
in the first degree, one for a verdict in Ilie
second degree and three for acquittal. The
closing argument for the defense by Hon.
George Clark was a masterly effort and It
was pronounced on all sides to be one of the
ablest ever delivered in the court-house.
A Big Col apse.
New York. April 27.—The Callender in
surance and Water Proof company failed
to-day and the place is in the hands of the
sherii. The officials deny that the suspen-
sion is due to the departure of William M‘
Callender, presislent and treasurer, for
Europe, nor will they admit that he is a
defaulter. The creditors thir k the amount
of liabilities will run up to more than $40%,-
000, and they do not expect any satisfactory
arrangement will be made.
Confederate Home.
New York. April 27.—The secretary ol
the Cotton Exchange is in receipt of a com-
munication from the Memphis Cotton Ex-
exange announcing the shipment to the
exchenge of a bale of cotton bound with
gilied noops, which recently took the $100
prize at the fair at Austin, Tex., which is
to be sold on the New York Cotton Ex-
change for the benefit of the Confederate
Soldiers’ Home.
Held up and Robbed.
Dallas, April 24.—Last Friday hight a
female was held up by a negro on Harwood
street, between Elm and Main, and rob-
bed of her pocket-book, containing a small
amount of change. The robbery was wit-
nessed by Frank Zimmermn, who was a
night watch at the central fire station, and
on account at the wound- received some
time ago in the discharge of his duty was
unable to give chase.
Cotton Mill Organized.
Galveston, Tex., April 24.—The Gal
veston cotton mill with an aleady sub-
scribed stock of about $350,000, was organ,
ized this evening by a very largely attended
meeting of shareholders, at the Cotton
Exchange, when the following weie elected
directors: B. Adoue, William F. Ladd. M.
Lasker, J. Reymershoffer, Julius .Runge.
George Sealy and Albert Wolf. These
directors will meet Monday to elect officers.
had his arm badly mangled. The splitting
knife caught his wrist, nearly severing the —re------,------
arm, and the rollers crushed the arm up to of fact that every plant bed made anil
near the elbow. Amputation will be nee- being made is larger than ever before.
Aubry Notes.
Aubry. Tex., April 24.—Dr. 8. D. Bow-
ser, while crossing the track at the depot,
was overtaken by a train and thrown a
considerable distance on the platform. His
injuries are serious but thought not to be
fatal.
Fair piospects for oats and corn; wheat
and most of the cotton planted, good stand
repot ted.
Budd Challenges Dr. Carver.
Des Moines, Iowa, April 27.—C. W.
Budd issued a challege to Dr. Carver to
shoot a match at 100 live pigeons. Hur-
lingham rules, for $200 a side. the contest
to take place at St. Louis. Kansas City,
Cincinnafi or Chicago at a date to be agreed
upon.
Overreaching Themseives.
The incapacity of farmers ter com-
binations or for organizing for mutual
A Pitiable Case.
Waco, Tex., April 24.—Jim Iones, a col-
ored man who has been in the McLennan
county jail a year charged with wrecking a
Houston and Texas Central train, and
thereby causing the death of Locomotive
Engineer G. R. Mose, is reported by the
county physician as dying of consumption,
and the authorities are greatly puzzled.
His ball was fixed beyond his means, and
proceedings will be held Monday looking
to affording the poor negro relief. Tne im-
pression prevails that he is not guilty as
charged.
A Building Boom On
Henrietta, Tex., April 24.—The build-
ing boom progresses. Tuesday the erection
of two stone business house- on the north-
east corner of the square begins. Work is
going ahead rapidly on the Squires stone
block. on Bridge street. A large force is at
work on a 30x80 stone building on Main
With tears in his eyes the city editor
arose and fell upon his subordinates
neck. “You are an honor to the pro-
profession," he sobbed. “Ill see that
your salary is increased $2 a month. I
will, by jingo!”
Injured in a Collision.
LOUISVILLK, April 27.—Passenger train
No. 1 on the Short line, due here from Cin-
cinnati at noon, was run into by local
freight train No. 33 near Glencoe at 11
o’clock this morning and the rear sleeper
was overturned.
Exploring a Cave.
Denison, Tex., April 24.—For some time
the reported finding of a cave in the coun-
try, a few miles east of Denison, has been
elicitirg much comment among the people
living in that community. Sunday evening
a party concluded to visit the eave and
make a personal examination of its subter-
ranean mysteries. Suitable lanterns were
provided, and a short tune they were at the
mouth of the cave, which is located south
of Cedar creek on a tract of land known as
the Payne place. It opens in the cleft of a
reck and extends back under the hill two
or three hundred feet. The door leading
into the cave is only large enough to admit
one person at a time. an I appears to have
been chiseled out of the sandstone. On
the in-ide a peculiar scene presents itselt
Curiously t hoped specimens of mineral for-
mations are hanging along the walls and
lying along the floor. On one of the walls,
tar under the ground, carved in plain
Roman letters, appears the following: “J.
IL Hernans, 1852.” On either side of the
opening of the eave are many carvings, but
only a few letters are now legible. A
wide and deep quagmire extends along the
cliff in front of the cave, and it is with
difficulty that it is reached. All sort- of
queer stories are told ol this strange place,
and it is asserted by the peop'e living in
thateommunity that large pots tilled with
gold and siiverare hidden away among the
rocks in that vicidity. The farm on which
the eave is located was settled over forty
years auo, and the old log buildings present
a weird and dilapidated appearance.
Reinstated.
Louisville, Ky., April 27.—Capt. H. B;
Wenks, for eleven years up to 1887 chie
clerk in the railway service here, hae been
reinstated.
Trial for Alleged Murder.
Canton, Tex., April 24.—The D. J.
Fuller case, for alleged murder, has been on
trial. The state announced ready and the
application of defendant for a continuance
wasoverruled. The particulars of the kill-
ing are that Mr. Ingram last summer eloped
with the daughter of Fuller and married
her, the parents of the young lady bitterly
apposing ll e marriage. The day after the
marriage Fuller met with Ingram and his
wife, who were in a buggy, and an
altercation en-ued. in which Fuller, it is
said, killed Ingram and wounded his
daughter. Fuller was arrested immediately
after and has been confined in jail ever
since. Great interest is manifested in the
trial. District Attorney R. W. Stafford is
ably assisted by W. B. Wynne and the de-
lendant’s interest is closely watched by
Kearby & Greer and Russell & Y antis.
El Paso’s Municipal Muddle.
El Paso. Tex . April 24.—The city is
quiet to-day, though the republicans are
trying to keep up the spirits of their follow-
ers by announcing that they will hold a
city meeting to-night at the opera house to
assert their rights which the wicked demo-
crats have deprived them of. The citv
council has to-day examined a number of
cases of fraudulent voters, nearly all of
whom proved by their own testimony that
they were not entitled to vote under the
laws of the state. The investigations will
be continued Monday. The contempt ease
of Krakauer. who acted mayor about two
hours, was dismissed. as he gave up the
key s of the city safe to the democrats The
democrats are in full possession of the ci'y
government, as well as the six cases of
winchester zuns belonging to the republi-
cans.
Oppose the Insurance Plan.
Chicago, April 27.—About two hundred
employes of the Bal imore and Ohio rail-
road held a meeting in South Chicago last
evening to further protest against the in-
surance association scheme. Seveial vig-
orous speeches were made against it.
Superintendent Bittou, who Was present,
dso spoke He said no man would be
forced to join this association.
Tilden’s Doctor Bill Not Allowed
New York, April 27.—In the suit of Dr.
C. E. Simmons for the recovery of $143,330
from the estate of the late Samuel J. Tilden
for professional services, a motion was
made to-day that the case be sent to a ref-
eree. The plaintiff claims to have made
2200 visits at $50 each and also demands
compensation for the time since 1878, when
heheldhimseir in readness to devote his
attention exclusively to Mr. Tilden pur-
uant to an arrangerrent between them.
The counsel for Mr. Tilden’s executor* de-
nied any arrangement for Dr. Simmon’*
exclusive services, characterized the doc-
tor’s claim- as most extraordinary and in-
sist it was not a case lor a releree. The de-
cision was reserved.
protection is clearly shown by the
present situation in regard to the to-
county. _________________ baeco crop now in preparation. The
His Arm Badly Mangled. tobacco growers have bee. much
“ pressed by low prices consequent upon
Marble Falls, Tex., April 24.—Joe Me- overproduction — underconsuiption
Kendrick, an operative in the shoe factory, never affects this crop or the whisky
was caught in the splitter on Thursday and 1 product—and a general determination
to reduce the area planted has been
supposed to prevail. But it is a matter
Ice Breaks Up Early.
Laconia, ‘N. H., April 27.—The ice in
lakes Winnisquam and W innepesogee
broke up to-day. being a month earlier than
last rear and many days sooner than was
ever known before. :
New Town Clock.
Marshall, Tex., April 24 —The party to
put up the town clock has arrived. The
work of putting it up will begin Monday.
It will require about ten days’ thin to set
the clock in and the dials finished. The
clock will be running by May 5 if not
sooner.
C Captured Aftei a Battle.
Fort Smith, Ark., April 27.—Deputy
Marshal Carr arrived here yesterday with a
notorious full blood Chickasaw desperado
named Harrison Austin, who has been
wanted for five years for the murder of a
white man named Elliott. Seven attempts
had been made to arrest him without sue-
cess. This time Carr with a posse stayed
in the brush all night near Austin’s house
waiting for him io come out. When he got
outside the door Carr covered him with a
Winchester and demanded his surrender.
The Indian replied bv drawing a pistol and
firing. A fusilade ‘ was kept up until
Austin fell, shot in seven places. He boasts
that he will not die, but he is in a preca-
rious condition.
. being made is larger than ever before.
. This is the second man injured by Every planter supposes, it is thought,
this machine. An old operative S1y8 it is that every other one is about to re
enizparuestan aatimor"hennmoerkwen " his’ planting one-hair. and that
hurt: the short product consequent on this
■---------------- reduction of area will enhance the
find it. To-morrow we
the claim and give ’em a
sensation.”
Butter Making Taught.
Sweden, where industrial education
is further advanced than in any other
country, teaches the art of making but-
ter in many of her schools and colleges.
It is largely owing to this thorough
education of the butter makers that
has brought Swedish butter to the
front rank in all the butter markets of
Europe, even the English buying it
without prejudice and consuming over
32,000,000 pounds of it during the past
year, at an average price of over 26
cents per pound. There is food for re-
flection in this for those who are di-
posed to sneer at “scientific” farming.
Forsaken for a Handsome Soldier.
Newburg, N Y., April 27.—West Point
's etill worked up over an elopement, the
participantr being Thomas McGrath, a
good looking soldier at the post, and Julia
Mahar, the wife of Timothy Mahar, of the
artillery detachment.
To Break the Whisky Trust.
Chicago. April 27.— George W. Kidd of
New York, a wholesale liquor deal-r,whose
fortune is estimitedat from $6,000,0 0 to
$10,000,000, has it is said gone in to break
the whisky trust.
L) A Serious Accident.
D Monroe, La., April 27.—A very sad and
painful accident occurred this morning at
I Bailie & Brewer’s drug store. A prepara-
tion of nitric acid and quicksilver had been
prepared for R. T. Wortham of Temple,
Texas, and was handed with instructions
that it should be handled with great care
and above all things not to be shaken. In
some manner the mixture exploded and
severely burned his face and body. One of
his eves is now gone and tears are express-
ed for the remaining one.
Alleged Defaulter Arrested.
San Antonio, Tex., April 24.—W. H.
McIntyre, formerly confident’ll clerk in the
employ of the Southern Pacific railway
company at this place, was arrested last
night at Arkadelphia. Ark., upon a charge
of defalcation, and brought back to this
eity. It is charged that lie drew his money
by means o. illegal warrants, and left here
About ten day* ago. The amount of the
alleged defalcation does not exceed 8700.
H s father lives in Austin. The family
stands very high, and will do everything
for Iris defense. McIntyre is not over 25
years of age.
DOMESIC NEWS.
Coal Mmes Progressing. market value, and the grower of the
Denison, Tex., April 24.-11. W. Adam- large crop will thus make a good and
manaser or tie and Wasiita u i , argdstos
mines, came down this morning and spent the price the lowest Really this is the
the day in Denison. Mr. Adams slates that inevitable end of all combinations
be put in quite thickly—almost near
enough to touch. It is important that
they should be on a perfectly level sur-
face, so as to insure an even covering
and room for all the sprouts to make
good roots above the tubers. Cover
about one inch when put in, and after
the sprouts begin to show themselves
above the ground pretty freely put on
two inches more. Some growers
claim that clear sand is just as good
as rich earth for this covering, but I
prefer very rich, friable soil, with a
pretty good mixture of sand, for the
reason that I get more and stronger
plants, and they pull easier.—Ex.
Call for Light Hogs.
Though there will no doubt be a re-
action after awhile, to some extent, in
favor of light hogs, there are those
among well informed swinemen who
express the opinion that the conditions
of trade which have been ruling for
some time are significant of a per-
manent preference for 1 ght weight
swine. They argue this from the fact
that the change is continuing too long
to be characterized as a mere tem-
porary commercial whim, and point to
the change in cattle within a few
years by which the standard beef is
now a much lighter animal than some
years ago. There is perhaps something
in this—and it is at least worth think-
ing about: and in any event breeders
should keep a close watch of any pos-
sible development of this kind, and be
ready to adapt their stock to any such
change as far as may be.
A Strange Robbery Case.
Cincinnati, April 27.—Last evening
Janie* Kelso arrived in the city from Mun-
cie. Ind. He went at once to the Indiana
house and registered. About 1 o’clock a
stranger entered the room, assaulted Kelso
and beat him into unconsciousness. Kelso
had brought with him $3300 which he car-
ried in his inside pocket. When he recov-
ered consciousness his clothes were strewn
about the room and everything was confu-
sion and the money was gone. Kelo was
lilt behind tl.e left ear and terribly bruised
about the head. He think* be wa- followed
nom Muncie by some one who knew of his
having drawn the money.
Legislative Bribery.
St. PAUL, Minn., April 27,—At various
limes during the present session of the leg-
itl.iture there have been rumors of bribery,
names being mentioned in several Instances,
। but it remained until to-day tor active stepa
to lie taken. Investigation committees
La. were unpointed bv eacli house, but these
I proceedings did not develop anything offi-
cially sensational. To-day the statement
is made that, thirteen warrants have been
issued and will be served for thirteen per-
sons, name* withheld, for bribery and cor-
ruption. These persons are not all mem-
her*, but are said to have been in various
ways connected with proceeding of the leg
islature. _______________________
Sand er Heard From.
New York, April 27—Word was passed
around yesterday among the brokers of the
produce exchange that the whereabouts of
William R. Foster, Jr., the lawyer whe
swindled the gratuity fund of the exchange
out of nearly 8200,000 by means of a forced
merrgage, bad been learned of at last. The
new- came from Foster himself in a private
letter addres-ed by him to an old acquaint-
ance of the exchange ;and mailed in an ob-
scure town in Mexico, where Fo-terhas
been since his memorable flight from the
city. __________________
Waco, Tex., April 24 —At an early hour Growing Sweet Potato Plants.
this morning Tom Muno, a laborer in the It is possible to grow sweet potatoes
employment of the city of Waco, was found from pieces of the tuber, after the
dead at the foot of the steps of tlie Cotton weather gets warm, but not practicable.
Belt hotel, Situated on Mary street at the and sprouts are therefore always used
dsrollwayhle 3I,.S'J. >r,“^ ! They may » in ordinary hot
inquest and w ill make a report in the case beds made with manure, or the ■
to-morrow. The prevalent conjecture is i may be heated by a furnace, and the
flet dnoneed nententally tnmhied down potatoes for this purpose should be of
medium or rather small size and should
An Illinois C’ycione.
Hinckley, Ill., April 27.—A cyclone
passed through this vilage last night strik"
ing the town in the northwest portion ami
continuing atraight east, unrooting and
tearin g down every building, sidewalk and
tree in its course. It took a path about
one hundred yards wide and lasted proba-
bly not over fifteen seconds. Strange to
say not a person was killed or injured be-
yond a few scratches.
Mexican Matters.
City or Mexico, April 27.—The official
diary publishes the fact that the case
against Louis Huller has been absolved,
but the evidence shows that the interna-
tional land company showed him clemency.
Carlos Diaz Gutiexrez was inaugurated
governor of Potosi last Wednesday.
Workmen from the United States have
reached Yucatan, and are replacing the
strikers.
-ireetandecoutraet for three more ad I SAlFHPRII ARV NEWS
joinipg the Putty building is let. the work i DV- 1 11 4.1 *-x IV. * - — ‘
to begin the 1st of May. Two other bus'- I
ness houses have just been completed on
Main street, both of which will be occupied
May 1. The city is full of strangers who
are stru k with the evidences of substantial
Will cut Whisky Prices.
Emporia, 111, April 27—The whisky
trust evidently intends to wage a bitter
war against opposition. They have is.
sued a manifesto to the effect that they
will not buy any more distilleries and will
cut prices as they deem necessary. Just
before adjourning lhe trustees decided to
follow the course mapped out by President
Greenhut and cut prices 1 cent per gallon
all around, to take effect to-day. This
makes high vines at Cincinnati which is the
basis, $1.20 per gallon.
Cowboys for Car Drivers.
Minneapolis, April 27.—There is no
change of consequence in the street rail,
way strike. Seventy-live eowboys arrived
from Kansas City this morning to take the
place of the strikers, but have not been
placed at work. Cars are running more
or less regularly on these lines with an co-
cassional minor disturbance. It was
thought that the motor trains would be
started to-day,but none had appealed up to
2p.m.
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