Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 240, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 21, 1889 Page: 2 of 10
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7
INING-ROOM.
4tise County I
William Fon
DECATUR,
all Over the State.
"It is no more than we might
Hubbard, Gov. Ross. Senator Coke and
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tion, it was found that Mr. Hannah and 1 search, but failiugto tin I her, loused his
s on that unless the weather clears up soon
this evening.
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On the Boom,
WICmITA FALLS, Tex., Sept. 9.—Large
Miss EthelM. Mackenzie, daughter
and sett ing on them, and the country is
on
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her special favorite.
A Good Price.
Bremond, Tex., Sept. 7.—The artesian
afraid to stock up for the fall trade.
Bank Casinier.
Hard-
Lost Lady Found.
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seek refuge in a higher district, something
unknown before in the history of this vicin-
She has begun by playing the role of
correspondent to American newspapers.
the earnest solicitation of Gov. Prince the
committee paid a flying visit to Santa Fe,
mention the high carved mantel-piece,
for no modern dining-hall is complete
bridge was gone this morning and several
hours were required to effect its repair.
having a bottle of chloroform clenched in
his hand when found.
sticking into his body already, and in
a minuteor two I'll have thray or four
more!”—Detroit Free Pres.
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New York’s idea of the exposition
i 3 a tower, after the style of the Eiffel,
2,000 feet high.
a good pounding?”
"Kape shtill, yer
Edward Everett Hale says that
w hen he was in college he and his
chum took the first daguerreotype ever
ni ade in Boston.
Blankenship is a prosperous farmer living
in Verona and is half crazed.
Residence Burned.
Blossom, Tex., Sept. 12.—Mr.
Prospects Gloomy.
FLOYD, Tex., Sept. 10.— The boll worm
Its I a ors Ended.
El Paso, Tex., Sept. 9.—The labors of
the senate committee on irrigation ended,
so far as their labors at this point are con-
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Heavy Rains and Destruction of Property rangements were completed for the anni-
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' very celebration of the town Sept 27.
Robert Lours Stevenson, the novel-
ist. is on his way to the Ellis group of
islands in the South Sea. whose natives
are still addicted to cannibalism,
X. M. They spent the greater part of yes-
terday in Paso del Norte. In the after-
noon a banquet was tendered them by
oflicials of that city, and the usual speeches
were indulged in.
Dil Hammond says that it will take
a hundred years of experimenting to
prove the value of the elixir of life.
”aris, Tex., Sept. 11.—The man, John
Linton, who was thought to be out of
marketed as yet. Business of ail sorts is 1 brought the water to the top yet. It has
at a standstill, and country merchants are been raining most of the week. Cotton is
with poses, said:
At Patti’s farewell appearance at
Buenos Ayres the receipts were $23,-
„ , e , , stroy the young cotton and prevent any | orate either end of the table, while ices,
numbers^ mtonersnretsih, lands ! top crop 0,1 the old cotton. But if 110 boll I snlads, and o1 her dainties innumerable
5 newcomers are W am 5 worm aprears there will be agood yield on silvepdonkeiytsevenringsnckiyP“their
a boom, with a bright future before it. the old cottom
bearing a good price and a good deal is
; being shipped. Cotton sold Friday at 10%
' top price. Merchants are getting large
sigher than ever before known, all the
Riotous Cowboys
San Angelo, Tex., Sept. 12.—This
evening two cowboys after imbibing a
quantity of red-eye mounted their horses
Typhoid Fever.
Marshall, Tex., Sept. IL—William
W. Salmon, a young in n who has lived a
very exemplary life and who was dearly
beloved by everyone, died at the residence
of his parents in this city at 9 o’clock last
night, after an illness of two weeks of
typhoid fever.
his wife were at their house, lying in an neighbors After daylighta barfoot track/the cotton will be damaged more than by
unconscious state from the effects of va- lead ng from his house in the direction ol worms; 1.50 inches of lain had fallen up to
rious poisons, administered by their own Sister Grove creek was discovered and fol-
castle’s residence in the west end of town
was burned a few days ago. It was in-
sured for $600, with the furniture, which
was a total loss.
Bernhard Gillam, the chief carica-
turist of Judge, is only 32 years old.
He tried to make a living by painting
pictures, but the public would not buy
them. Then he smashed his pictures
and turned wood engraver, until he
discovered that he could draw a cari-
cature that would make a man with
the lock-jaw laugh.
Joaquin Miller is described as “a
slender, sparely built man well along
in years, with long, yellowish white
hair that lays on his shoulders in
curls.”
Secretary Windom enjoys a friend-
ly game of whist, but he has the
st rongest objection even to the small-
est monetary stakes.
days longer will injure corn, which is a 1 Bremond, Tex., Sept. 7.—The artesian
in the fields yet. Very little cotton i well is about 1200 feet deep, but has not
Anniversary Cele ration.
Wichita Fai lx Tex., Sept 9. — A
Sir Thomas Esmonde, who recently
visited this country in behalf of the
Irish Nationalist agitation, is about to
be married to an Irish girl in Australia,
where he now is.
employed two able teachers, and the school
is moving so n’cely that the entire commu-
nity felt it to their interest to vote whisky
out, which they did. This is the second
time the pros have rejoiced over their vic-
tory in this precinct.
Canada is angry because a colony of
Kormons has settled within its borders.
isssenger.
TEXAS.
in an unconscious state in the road in the pros. Many of the anties voted with
front of the house where two women, Ada the pros, feeling as much interest in the I
Brown and Mary Cutler, were staying. ; high school as the pros did. The commu-
aroused suspicion and officer Goade tele- nity is now just on the eve of organizing
graphed to Gainesville to-day to find out one of the best schools in this section,
something concerning him. He received ' They have built a good schoo'-house and
and rain are the topics of the day. This
sect’on cannot make over one-fourth of a
bale of cotton to the acre. The present
excessive ra n is a great injury to the late
cotton, and should it continue for a few
they would be on one younger. More than
200 bales of cotton have been marketed in
Terrell from the new crop.
Value Received.
Proprietor (Russian baths)—"Thal
man who just, went out didn’t appear t
be in very good humor. Did ho ge
his money’s worth?”
Attendant—“Oh, yis, sir, we muds
him how) loike a cat.”—New Yod
Weekly. I
Heavy Rains.
Denton. Tex., Sept. 11.—Several hard
showers have fallen here within the past
few days but last night was the nearest I
approach to a flood there has been since
the time of Noah. Long before daylight
Cotton Crop Deluged,
Alvarado, Tex., Sept. 12. — Recent
heavy rains have delayed the cotton crop
to some extent but a good many bales have
been brought in and a good price is paid
for it.
honor.” she re-
“I’ve got four pins
sicians of this city, Mrs. Hannah was re-
stored to consciousness, and at present it
is believed she will recover. From letters
have been several showers dur ng the past
week and the farmers hav e had quite a
backset in gathering cotion. The catton
crop will turn out far s’.i rt of general ex-
pectation throughout Waller county.
meeting of the directors last night George
E. Webb was elected c: shier of the Concho
National bank, brought about by the resign
nation of R. B. Talbert, the present in-
cumbent. Mr. Talbert leaves in a few
days for Winona, Miss., where he assumes
the cashiership of the Winona National
bank.
Large Yield.
CooKVILLE, Tex., Sept. 9.—Two good
rains the past week and the prospect for
cotton is improving. The yield will be
larger than was expected two weeks ago.
Three bales of cotton have been sold up to
date, and picking will begin in earnest
this week.
Badly injured.
Terrelt, Tex., Sept., 7.—Mr. Froe-
berg, a Hebrew resident of Terrell, was
The Fate of John Linton from an
Overdose of Morphine.
He Was Gettiwg It.
At one of the towns below Roches-
ter a woman and her nurse and child
got aboard, and it wasn’t long before
the child, who was a boy of 3. began to
act up. The mother paid no attention
to him whatever, not even when he be-
gan to kick and bite, strike and squall.
All the passengers soon agreed that
the young autocrat was in sore need of
a spankjng, but the mother had her
, nose in a novel and the nurse didn't
Wild Game.
San Angelo, Tex., Sept. 12.—Heavy
rains have been falling here for the past
ten days. Old timers predict that from
Mexico* Retaliation.
El Paso, Tex., Sept. 8.—Judge J. F
Crosby, vice-president of the Corralliton
Mining company, and who has large inter-
ests in Mexico, in speaking of the action of
the Mexican government in placing heavy
duty on cattle, swine, mules, sheep and
goat , which have heretofore been on the
free list when imported for bree ling pur
On the occasion of the former visit
of the Shah to England he tried earn-
estly to buy the Duchess of Manchest-
er and went so far as to offer an
enormous price for that lady. Those
facts were brought to light by his pres-
ent visit, as the duchess positively re-
fused to meet him.
Expect a Hard Winter.
Frazer, Greer county, Tex., Sept. 8.—
Immigrants are quite plentiful, and agood
many have found locations in this neigh-
borhood. Rain is needed to help the far
mers along in preparing their lands for the
fall sowing which will be very large. All
are expecting a hard winter, and the far-
mers are saving plenty of forage for stock.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe
amuses herself greatly’ with live pets,
of which she is particularly fond.
Assignment,
Burnet, Tex., Sept. 8.—Hundley &
Marrs, general merchants of this city,
_________ The Fort Worth and Denver ha« arranged
for excursion rates for those who wish to
FireinaBakery—RiotousCowboyssThetosttady Found I visit this section at that time, u is ex-
Wild Game Moving. . pected that a large crowd will be in at-
------ 1 tendance. A grand barbecue,
a reply that "Linton left here Sunday with
$400, accompanied by three women. Ada
Brown, Mary Cutler and Jessie King. He
has no relative s. Don’t think he suicided.
Has nothing here.”
brogue.__
The author of "Home, Sweet Home,”
as every one knows, died without a
home. Now George W , Allen, of Ohio,
the author of the homestead law,
has no homestead of his own and is
dying in poverty.
Fire in a Bakery.
Colorado City. Tex., Sept. 11.—Las-
ky’s bakery and grocery store caught fire
about midnight last night and before the
flames oould be extinguished the building
and stock were damaged to the extent of
about $750. The bake oven in the base-
ment had been fired up at 1 o'clock in the
afternoon, but the proprietor is at a loss
to know where the fire could have been
smouldering all that time. The fire de-
partment was on hand promptly and did
good work. The building is a tyo-story
frame and a $2000 grocery stock is carried
besides the bakery. The property is fully
insured.__
"UG5dining-room important
i featuff of a Newport “cottage.” says a
letter to the Boston Transcript, and
| many of these apartments are very
beautiful and stately. In these spa-
cious and lofty rooms, furnished often
with a simplicity which is yet rich and
massive, it would seem as if undigni-
fied behavior must be impossible, be-
cause it would contrast so sharply with
the whole air of the place. One very
beautiful dining-room which I have
lately had the pleasure of seeing rises
to a height of 12 or 14 feet. Its lofty
ceiling is frescoed with a design repre-
senting Cupids sporting in a sky of ex-
quisite blue, while the wails are cover-
ed with an embossed paper of gold,
। with dark green leaves. A dado of
French walnut root. cutin small, square
panels and relieved by delicate carv-
ing in very tine figures, reaches the
height of 6 or 7 feet. A tall and mas-
sive buffet of dark, carved oak stretch-
es its mighty length against the wall
on one side of the room. The latter is
so spacious, however, that it makes
this great towering sideboard seem of
ordinary proportions, and, indeed, it is
none too large for the apartment, or
for the hospitable burdens it isdestined
to bear.
load of bon-bons. I must not forget to
want to take the responsibility. By
and by an old man, who had been suf-
fering with headache. could stand it no
longer, and he leaned up and whisper-
ed to the nurse.
“Why don’t you give that young’un
A ad AITair.
McKinney, Tex., Sept. 9.—Last night
about 12 o'clock W. G. Blankenship was
awakened by the crying of his baby. He
missed his wife and at once instituted
Too Much Bain.
Howe, Tex., Sept. 9.—Rain continues
to fall an l farmers and merchants who a
few days ago saw bright prospects ahead
in the cotton crop now begin to wear
gloomy faces. It is the general impres-
Side-tables, also richly carved. are
supported by life-size figures of kneel-
ing boys. These figures, with their
hue of warm, deep brown, kneel in
graceful attitudes as they uphold their
weights of good cheer. the form of each
one turning outward, instead of being
placed at stiff right angles with the
back of the buffet. Dainty coverings
of line linen and rich lace adorn these
danger from the effects of a heavy dose of
morphine, died at 6:20 o’clock this morn- other distinguished gentlemen have been
ing despite all efforts made to save him. | invited to speak on the occasion.
The fact that one of the women at Alice Local Option carried.
Hall’s knew of him having a large sum of Elmo, Tex., Sept. 9.—An election for
money at Gainesville, connected with-the local option was held here Saturday and
circumstances of his death. he be ng found resulted in a majority largely in favor of
hands. Mr. Hannah was struggling in lowed to the banks of the creek. Neighbors
the last agonies of death, to which he sue- , upto ths time have been searching the
cumbed about 11 o'clock a. m. Medical stream foi her body, but without success.
speeches by prominent men and a ball at
night, is on the programme. Ex-Gov.
Somebody asked Miss Susan B.
Anthony recently if it did not tire her
to shake so many hands at the various
receptions given to her. “Yes, it does
tire me,” she replied, quickly, "but not
so much as it did twenty years ago to
stand alone with no hands to shake. ”
Surrenderedi
Salado, Tex., Sept. 8.—E. K. Belamy,
who was charge! with shooting Barney
Seah in this place on August 31, from
which he died on the 2d instant, came in
on the Oth and surrendered to the authori-
ties. He waived a preliminary examina-
tion and his bond was fixed at $1400,
which he readily gave and was released.
expect. It is Mexico's first retaliation in
exchange for our prohibitory duty on o e,
which will eventually bar the doors of
Mexico against American trade, but I don't
blame Mexico. She is justified in the
move, and would do herself an injustice if
she failed to respond to the lead made by
the United States government. But just
wait. The effect in the East will be felt
when Mexico bars American machinery."
» A Comfortable Call.
At Harvard last winter the Rev. Dr.
Phillips Brooks noticed three young men
who came to hear him regularly, and
as they looked like working man, he
was more interested than usual. Ho
took pains to find out who they were,
andmade an opportunity to speak with
them. Having ascertained where they
lived, and what they did, he went ono
day to call on them. He climbed sev-
eral flights of stairs, and knocked at
the door. All three of the young men
were in. and they wore taking their
comfort in their shirt sleeves. Natural-
ly they were a trifle embarrassed at
being surprised by this man, to whom
they look up with so much respect
Dr. Brooks shook hands all round, and
then said with a cheerful smile. "Well,
boys, it’s a little warm here; I think if
you will let me, I will take off my I
coat.” And he did, and sat down and
made his call in his shirt sleeves.
Prof. J. P. MAIAFFY, of Trinity
College, Dublin. now lecturing at
Chautauqua, is a Home Ruler and one
of the finest of Irish wits. He speaks
Too Much Raln.
Rice, Tex.. Sept. 10.—Showers every
day keep the fanners out of the fiel l and
delay the gathering of the crop. Many
think the worms will now come and de-
MFfets, Richly Carved
les. and Magnificent
badly Hurt internally by falling from a plied with a wink.
। buggy. He is an old man, and for that
reason his injuries are severer on him than
aid was at once procured, and by extraor- i
003. It is hard to say farewell when I dinary efforts from the entire force of phy- ,
farewell reappearances are attended
with such large profits.
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house. The neighborhood “4
thoroughly aroused and the creek dragg
for her body.
McKinney, Tex., Sept 11.—Mrs. W.
G. Blankenship, whose mysterious disap- j made an assignment Saturday, Sept. 7
These are two pugs and three cats,
Bosco, a big tortoise-shell tabby, being ! ridges across it here being destroyed or
badly damaged. One span of the railroad
Determined to Die.
Denton. Tex., Sept. 9.—This city was
thrown into a flurry of excitement this
morning by the report that Mr. R. II.
Hannah and his wife, Bettie Hannah, had
I committed suicide. Upon an invest ga-
Miss Isabella Bird, the dauntless
little English woman, who has traveled
alone in so many out-of-the-way coun-
tries and written fascinating accounts
of her adventures and observations, is
married to a bishop. The King of Siam
has awarded her the order of "Kapo- the abundance of wild game drifting south
lani," in recognition of her literary . this winter will be the severest for years,
work. -------- ---
San Angelo, Tex., Sept 11.—At a fall stocks.
this morning several inhabitants along the cerned, last night, when they went east
north side of Pecan creek were forced to over the Texas and Pacific to Pecos. At
One of the richest men in Boston is
Nathaniel Thayer, whose estate
amounts to $15,000,000. He is a young
man of fine ability and the best of
habits.
Cotton Picking Stopped.
Hempstead, Tex., Sept. 9.—A heavy
shower of rain fell in this region about
noon to-day, which will stop cotton pick-
ing at least twenty-four hors. There
of Sir Morell Mackenzie, has taken up left by them, written by Mrs. Hannah it
journalism as a profession or a pastime. ; was learned that they had taken the first ___________________-_________________
poison about 10 o’clock last night, consist- ( Thrashing and marketing grain continues,
ing of about ten grains of morphine each, with work to kreep the thrashers employed
After finding that the drug was slow to for another month. Farmers will double
act, they both took a portion of laudanum the acreage of wheat over any previous
and then some chloroform, Mr. Hannah year and large numbers of new farms will
be opened during the fall and winter.
Mr. G. T. Kuott has shipped eleven car-
loads of melons to Denver and made about
$50 an acre on the land planted.
with a delightful north of Ireland
ty. Pecan creek has been several feet
without a mantel of some sort. The
gaseliers also are of unique design,
crowns in golden open work surmount-
ing the globe-shaped shades.
side-tables. on which stand mighty
china bowls containing lemonade or
claret cup.
Last, but not least, the dining-table
■ stand in the center of the room, bear-
ing upon its broad top an array of plate
truly magnificent to behold. Silver
candelabra, a yard or more in height,
tower above all the other decorations,
the center-piece being composed of
plants with variegated leaves. An
enormous salmon reposes on a still
larger silver dish, his sides frescoed
over in that elaborate manner so dear
to the heart of French cooks. Lofty
। pyramids of choice h t-house fruit dec-
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