Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 240, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 21, 1889 Page: 9 of 10
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Well
ireet, Whitecharel.
Au examination
of the remains showed
New York, Sept 10.—Sunset Cox died
say
Physicians
Saturday iu which three miners named
were engaged.
old grudge be-
Lester and
at the time.
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The Antwerp Disaster.
men.
corpses have been
more
found and the
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put the matter into the hands of attorneys.
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Both Gone.
ridge factory, has been ordered.
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The house and contents
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day night Frendel was placed in jail.
power machines
at present in activity
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Hogan barely had time to detach his para-
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The
man and shot
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from Carbondale,
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The circus is due in hot we ither. It
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West assaulted Collins and shot him twice
Collins returned the fire, wounding both
dis-
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nts.
band was away from home,
the door by an unknown
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being
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Send 2c
pecial-
I Lester, Collins and West
The quarrel arose over an
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h onden
ginning
h Re-
were in the room,
led.
The druggists in nearly every case have
stepped promptly up and paid their fines,
amounting to about $100 and costs in each
case.
Brutal Murder of an Old Man and His Daugter
Near Lafayette, Louisiana.
on duty last night
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power of the
London Tablet.
Two Men Killed.
Ci.evei.axd, O., Sept. IL—At Belle-
Boston, Sept. 9.—The disappearance of ]
Treasurer Dana and his son William of the
Douglass Ax company continues to be the
Murder and Robbery.
Norfolk, Va., Sept. 9.—T. L. Waller,
a well-known merchant of Sevell’s Point,
six miles from this city, was murdered
early yesterday morning in his store. The
motive for the murder was robbery.
| that the head and anus had been cut of
| and carried away, and the stomach
Ite ns
ish to
21 well
books is still in progress and that it has 1
developed nothing new. f - —
Llal a
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12,151
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th of
Isiana
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Southern Association,
ST. Lovis, Mo., Sept. 11.—The South-
ern Interstate Railway association closed
the eighth day of its session here without
arriving at an agreement on grain rates
from Missouri and Kansas to Texas com-
mon points.
tween Collins and West
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Squeers—“Why did you marry that Miss
Dovey! Not for her money, as she has
none. ’ Nickleby—"No; j took her at her
face value.”—Lawrence American.
ness is, in all its features. from capital-
ist to cowboy, severely and sternly
practtcal. In reducing the business to
$ rigid system the stockmen of Mont-
prise was caused here to-day when indict-
ments from the grand jury were reported,
ripped finding that nearly every druggist in
on the । Augusta had been indicted for liquor sell-
। ing, and that in the county out of a total
represents the work of 1,000,-
000,000 men. or more than twice the
total working population of the earth.
Steam has thus tripled the entire
who upon examination found
title indisputable.
fate that generally overtakes the boy
who saves his pennies for the circus in-
stead of putting them into the contri-
bution box to buy shoes and hats for
the heathen. Still, in spite of the fact
that the boys who do that way will
meet with some dreadful end, most of
those same boys prefer to risk the dan-
ger, and see the elephant.
I he flaming bills displayed on the
walls, and fences, and on the ends of
I hre to it and then hid in a barn to watch the
.. “asked i results. The woman and children escaped
of M. Corvolaine, proprietor of the cat-
“59
respect.
11. Men's
urdeai-
• t keep
pair on
igo. 111.
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family from Yellow Springs, Ky. He : his wounds.
This morning within 150 feet of the same
spat Milton Elliott, aged 33, met his death
in the same way.
Talbot’s I Leopold and his cabinet ministers to-day
j visited the hospitals where the sufferers by
। the fire are being cared for. The arrest
Railroad Earning*.
Boston, Mass., Sept 11.—The approxi-
mate gross earnings of the Atchison rail-
road system for August were $2,317,871
against $2,305,904 for the same period in
1888.
1
Jack the tipper.
London, Sept. 10.—A'5:30 o’clock this
morning a policeman found the body of a
fallen woman lying at the corner of Rail-
country barns, possess for the average
juvenile a sort of magic that nothing j
else in the world holds for him.
The camelopards as high as a house,
and the lions the size of the broadside
of a barn, and the bareback 1005
turning their heels over their heads
and putting their feet in
Rosalie, aged 15. The following par-
ticulars were elicited at the coroner’s in- ered to warrant another charge,
quest: Rosemond, who was over 60 years
of age, was shipped and ordered to leave !
home months ago by a band of regulators.
A HdKting Colonel.
"Is the Colonel in. Mrs. O Raherty?”
“He is. But he’s not up yit. He do
be falein’ bad.”
Whitecaps Indicted.
Mai.ion, Ind., Sept. 9.—The whitecaps
breeder can supply, and they pay cash.
They turn these young steers upon the
Montana ranges, graze them there two
1 The good moral folks go to the cir-
cus. because the children teased them
so that they couldn’t get rid of them,
and they go to see the animals and the
horses, and those who do not go for
that, go to hear the music. 5 They
never go to see Mademoiselle La Fan-
dango whirl around twenty-seven
times on her head, with her' sinful
heels in the air. Oh, no! no, indeed
But they all stay till she has done it
twenty-seven times twenty-seven. Oh,
this is a curious old world, and there
lly en.
e only
-in cure
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, N. Y.
g G for
pt han
f satis-
e CO.,
ago. Ill.
2*rits.
A Brutal Murder.
Lafayette, L«„ Sept. 11.—A brutal
murder was committed six miles from this
place on the Abbeville road Monday night
Near the roadside stood a small cabin and
was
Qutek Work.
Louisville, Ky., Sept IL—At George-
town, Ky., John Green was convicted of
the murder of his wife, Jennie Green, and
sentenced to hang. The murder was com-
mitted ten days ago.
chute before the balloon collapsed,
j balloon came to earth before Hogan.
bought from the government 640 acres of t
ladd and lived on it until the passage of j
the fugitive slave law, when he abandoned I
mom K Mrs. Andy Savage, whose hus-
number of dead will reach 200. King
Narrow Escape.
Buffalo, N. Y„ Sept 8—As Prof.
Hogan, aeronaut, was starting on a trip
skyward from the fair grounds to-day, his
balloon, which had been fil ed with hot
air, caught fire. It went swiftly up and
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Important Resolution by the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange.
Louis, Mo.,
ana have classiied themselves
"eteermen" and "she-stoc kmen."
minutes. Those
men. A third shot from West’s revolver
' blew Collins’ brains out. Lester died from
War on Gamblers.
Milwaukee, Mis., Sept. 8.—A general
raid on the gambling houses was made
half an hour after midnight and several
wagon, loads of faro layouts and other fur-
niture of that sort were carted to the cen-
tial station. About fifty- men were ar-
rested. The gambling houses were closed
nearly one year, but started again during
the grand army encampment.
Cheap Anarchy,
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 9.--It was clearly
demonstrated to-day that anarchy is un-
popular in St. Louis. When Die Parole,
the anarchist organ or rather the material
with which the paper was printed was
sold at public auction, bringing the sum of
$48.75.
this morning a boiler used on the farm of
John W.Snyder, half a mile east of this
city, exploded with disastrous results.
Five men lost their lives.
achnes.
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pplied.
Pe price
P‘G Co.,
ouis,Mo
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Ohio.
Bloody Fight.
Wheeling, W. Va., Sept. 9.—A shoot-
| ing affrav occurred at North Springs
A Raid Worse than Solomon.
A Pennsylvania paper tells of a man
who was gored by an angry bull and
severely injured “while passing
through a cow pasture with a red flan-
nders nel shirt on. We have been telling
123 1 the farmers of this country for vears
their j that if this foolish ana expensive deco-
per- ration of cow pastures in bright colored
flannel shirts wasn’t stopped. somebody
would get hurt. Now see what we told
you. —Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle
mouths, and the trapeze
formers hanging by their
toes in mid-air, and jumping through
hoops, are full of attraction for the
boys, and for some of the pretty old
boys, too, if we may judge by the way
they stop and study the advertise-
ments.
three years ago with Mr. MeBane and
j dieted on a charge of felony and conspir-
j acy and arrested. Most of the indicted
men are ininential citizens and heads of
families. The crime with which they
are charged is a penitentiary offense.
Antwerp, Sept. 8.—The fire which
in this lay the mutilated bodies of Rose-
mond Cormier, colored, and his daughter
, Talbot, colored, lays claim to about
,, . 1 Kearey, William 640 acres, covering the central portion of
Herschtield. two nurses and two servants ) the city of Logansport, Ind. Talbot,
All knelt about the I while a slave, settled at Logansport fifty-
who whipped Mrs. Aseneth Street and
her daughter some time ago, have been in-
two were taken to Opelika before a judge
1 Huff was placed under $10,000 bond to
keep the peace and Sims under $2500
) bond. Both are still in the custody of the
officers. Patterson, the other duelist, is
still in hiding.
were completely destroyed. Late Satur-
are some peculiar people in it!
1 he boy who goes in the afternoon
to the circus is an object of commiser-
ation when he sees the boy who is go-
ing in the evening on his wav. Oh,
how he longs for the time when he
shall be a man, with unlimited quar-
ters and halves of his own, and subject
to no man's control. Then he will go
to the cirens every day!
Pity the small boy who has no mon-
ey with which to buy a ticket Ho
l will lie on his stomach for hours peep-
ing under the erack at the bottom of
the canvas, for the scanty gratification
men have virtually discounted
trail obstructions. Steers, if they are
young and only on the way from one
range to another, now travel by rail.
I ne southwestern breeders began by I
i s bnck window to the hguse
could not tell. Nothing has been discov-
t he end. Dr. Lockwood was iu attendance
comes in about the time tn t native
green peas and strawberries do, and it
continues, if well nourished, until cool
weather.
It rakes in a good many more shek-
els than the gospel temperance meet-
ings. for no matter how much afraid ot
the devil the average man is, he will
j way arch on Cable s
Stage Robbery,
OnovIro, Cal., Sept. 10.—The stage
from Orovillo to Quincy was stopped by a
lone highwayman seven miles west of
here in Bidwell’s canyon. The express
box was taken and two passengers were
relieved of their possessions. It is not
thought the robber secured much.
and instantly killed. A man named Davis
was arrested. He protested h s innocence.
Public opinion, however, was strong
against him and the sheriff was obliged to
hurry him out of town to prevent lynching.
He was taken to Springfield and placed in
jail.
, Sept. 9.—A special
111., says: At 11:35
Assigned.
Aurora, 111., Sept. 9.— The Aurora
Watch company made an assignment to-
day for the benefit of its creditors to Tru-
man & Day of this city. The liabilities
are in the neighborhood of $200,000.
" grazing country than a breeding
for transgressions against the liquor law sountry are getting out of stock rais.
I— . 6 "" i ng as fast as they can make the change.
I hey furnish the market for the cow- i
men of Texas, New Mexico and Arizo-
na. They are ready to buy all of the j
2-year-old steers the southwestern
his property and lied to Canada. He never started in ’he catridge factory on Friday
returned to claim it, but often spoke of it j has at last been extinguished. Several
to his children. Not long ago one of them
Dressed Beet.
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 8.—Senators
Vest, Coke and Plumb, of the senate com.
mittee investigating the beef business of
the west, arrived in the city this evening.
Senators Farwell and Manderson are ex.
pected to-morrow, when the committee
will commence its sitting here.
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Cotton Convention.
New Orleans, La., Sept. 11._The
anventi m of the cotton exchange and
"Tbtton trade generally to consider the '
differences of tare in cotton bale covering
met here this afternoon and adopted the
following resolution: That on and after
October 1, 1889, all cotton shall be sold at
net weight, at twenty-four pounds off
gross weight for tare of jute covered bales
and sixteen pounds off for tare on cotton
covered bales and cotton covering to be of
s andard weight, three-quarters of a pound
to the yard.
A Woman Assassinated-Quiek Work in Kentucky-Con- ground 1 he intestines were lying
ductorshot Money Stolen. ound, of police instantly sur-, - ________
__ [" uded the spot, but no arrests have up ’ Of sixty-five indictments, fifty-five
to this time (8 a. m ) been m-q, A 1 , .
.. ' ■ -tt- -adE• A for trallsrressions avainst tha lnnar
policeman passes this spot every fifteen
SUNSET COX DEAD. this afternoon electea graund sa hem of the
Tammany society, in place of Sheriff
Flack, resigned.
years and then market them for beef.
Montana-1 exans sold in Chicago the
L other day averaged 1,150 pounds and
brought $3.60 per 100. On the same
day, Iexans of the same age, which
had matured in their native state, aver-
aged between 900 and 1,000 and sold
for $2.75 in the market Mont na ma-
turity means 200 pounds in weight and
from 50 cents to $1 per 10 ) incre se in
price for quality. In that margin is
found the explanation of the close re-
lationship which isdevoloping between
the southwestern And northern stock-
Bureau in Berlin. Four fifths of the
Terrible Privations.
San Francisco, Sept. 9.—In a few
weeks possibly the country may hear ac-
counts of terrible privation, and perhaps J
death among a party of 400 miners. They
are locked up in the black wilderness of
Alaska, and are believed to be without
food.
It is Real Nic«.
Augusta, Me., Sept 10.—Much sur-
and failing to obey, met an untimely end
Monday night.
Money stolen.
Richmond, Va., Sept. IL—Information
has been received here of the robbery of a
young lady in Louisa county of about
$2900. The victim of this unsentimental
thief had this money placed in her
trunk until her wedding day. About $2 0 J
was given to the lady by her affianced to
keep until their marriage. Wh le the
family were at church the thief forced an
enttance into the trunk, secured the money
and fled.
A.ji Assassinated,
VsrAvFonD, Mo., Sept 11.—Early this
“What is a floater. Mrs. O‘Raherty21
Faith an its a mon what has a vote
and shtands sittin’ shtraddle av the
fince an’ recaives money fram both
soides for the vote, an' he kapes on re-
caivin it ontil it's too late to vote on
the day av the eliction. Faith an’ it's
an Excellent business. Does ye think
there’ll be much boodle goin' round
this diction I dunno?”—Kentucky
State Journal. J
Race Troubles.
St. Louis, Sept. 11.—A dispatch from
Coffeyville, Miss., says the trouble in Le-
flore and Tallahatchie counties, which was
supposed to have been settled, is yet men-
acing. The latest reports from those
counties estimate the total number of dead
exro insurrectionists at seventy-five.
Grand Sachem Elected.
New York, Sept. IL—Abraham B.
Tapper of the 248th assembly district was
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a
Duelist. Arrested.
Selma, Ala., Sept. 9.—Hon. W. A.
Huff, the would-be duelist, and his friend,
Capt. Roff Sims of Macon, Ga., were ar-
rested at this place this afternoon. The
a year or two when the needs of this j England,
transfer between the southern and I - ' "
northern ranges will prompt the !
building of one or more lines of road 1
northward through Wyoming into
Mont ma, and the train loads of voting
I exans will come all the way through
by rail, reaching these incomparable
ranges in time for May grass.
But the item of expense? A 2-year
old steer now makes the entire trip .
from Texas or New Mexico to Central 1
Montana for less than $3. Add to that world
the cost of keeping him two years in
Montana at $2 a year, and estimate t he
risk of the winter on his life. Subtract -...........
that aggregate from 200 pounds of ad- I human work
ditional weight, and the fifty cents to ' ' ~
81 a hundred for extra quality, the re-
sult of his northern grazing. You have
the margin, which is the sure profit on
grazing Texans and New Mexicans in
Montana, The steermen have already
figured it out, and are putting the i , .
profits in their pockets. They have W 111 he be workin' the shtrates to-
occupied the ranges about up’to the day?".
limit.—Miles City correspondence St. | "Will he? Whoo-hoo! Wurruckin'
Louis Globe-Democrat. j the shtrates so shortly before an elic-
------—------ tion. . Faith an he niver wurrucks
The Cireus. . nything but the growler at election
Of curse you know that it is an toimss." ,
awful wicked thing to go to a circus. ! forp, “C1 Part 18 he oin‘ to vote
. We have all heard of the dreadful “How can I tell now before the elic-
tion—he’s a floater.”
at 8:35 o'clock this evening. The end was
quiet, and the dying man breathed his last , they saw nothing suspicious.
as peacefully as if falling into a light who examined the body state that in their j
sleep. Mrs. Cox, who had been scarcely opinion the murder and mutilating oecu- J
away from her husband's bedside for the pied nearly an hour. It is surmised that I
past two days and nights, held one hand the murderer carried off the head and arms
while his old friend Douglas Taylor held j in a bag-
the other. He had been conscious all day Colored Mimonaires.
until about a quarter of an hour before I Cincinnati, O., Sept 9—Benjamin
Tried to Burn Them;
•su to-day that „ exdmnadthtsocomrpange l ““ saturday atterngon. ne 1”k«' his
wife and three children in the house, set
never invest much money in any
scheme to get rid of him.
The circus is preceded by an ocean of
into long, narrow slips of paper, known as
1 he ••flies,” which are thrown into every-
steermen are increasing. They are | body's yard, and stuck into everybody’s
those who realizing that this is rather door, and about ten thousand of which
j sail about the streets and sidewalks of
the town, and strike terror to the
• hearts of that noble and intelligent ani-
. mal, the horse.
CATTLE RAISING IN MONTANA.
Railroads Taking the Place of
Trails and Cowboys.
The rom >nce has gone from the cat-
tle industry in Montana. The busi-
A Conductor Shot.
Evansville, Ind., Sept. 11.—William j
Bule of Hopkinsville shot and killed James
Lemon, a Louisville and Nashville rail-
road conductor, this evening at Baker’s
station. Bule refused to pay his fare and
drew a revolver and fired three shots at
Lemon, with fatal effect. Bule escaped
to the woods.
Dresseu Beer.
Kansas City, Mo., Sept IL—The sen-
ate dressed beef committee, after a short
session this morning, adjourned to meet at
the call of the chairman. The members
of the committee left for their homes this
evening.
The Deadly Boiler.
Perhaps some one wonders how the
150.000 or more southwestern steers
reach the northern ranges, whether
the transfer isn't pretty expensive and
what is to be done when the coun trv
settles up between the sections, thus j of seeing the legs of the performerg
o literating the trail. Well, the cow- and listening to the sonorous crack of
the the whip as the ring-master spurs up
the horses, and invigorates the riders
with some of the stale jokes which is
the stock in trade of the circus.
driving their youngsteg north.'' TheX thing people wnyycdltssorzzatbatev zv-
they discovered that by saving time fully wicked, and everything that pe0-
and getting them on the northern ; pie hated should be so very proper,
ranges they could put them into the I but, then, there doesn’t seem to be very
winter in botter form and with less much of anything that we can do abol
danger of losses. Some herds still ■ it.—Kate Thorn, In New York Weekly
come by the old way, weeks on the _______ - 55
tai Eut the more popular method' Whatsteai iL Hone.
Ponhanancvrerenasheputttronelinethe.A very interesting calculation has
aboard the ears there, bring them recently been made by the .Statistic.!
north the whole length of Colorado,
and almost to the center of Wyoming, . _________
to a place cal lel Wendover. There in the world have been erectea during
they are taken from the cars because it I the past twenty-five years. The coun-
is the northern terminus of the rail- ! try which possesses the highest amount
road and driven 150 miles north to > of horse-power is the United States
Montana But it is only the question with 7,500,000-horse power: then follow
of a year or two when the needs of this ; England, with 7,060,000; Germany,
1 with 4.500,000; France, with 3,000,006
I and Austro-Hungary, with 1,500,000.
These figures do not include loco-
motives, of which there are 105,000 at
work, with a total horse power of 3,-
000,000, I hus the total horse power
, is 46.000,000. A steam “horse power”
, is equivalent to three actual horses’
, strength, and each living horse repre-
I sents the strength of seven men. Thus
the total horse power of the entire
the southern
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