The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 5, 1886 Page: 1 of 4
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LEW MOORE,
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17 R XT Z TURE,
, Undertakers' Goods, £tv.
|A Fine
Stuck t.i*
I Now
Fur'turn
Just
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CoWe
in ;> it I
Wo sell
So low I
That you
would |
Bo Well
pleased |
with your
trade
Willi is.
TUB DEMOCRAT.
Untttrttil ui tin- l*u#i tilth<•. .M«'K)nr«*y
IVxan, tki* livvoiul^iu ititillt-r.
NEWSPAPER I.AW8.
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lltfoi'llrilJ* (III- Ittlll (It • It I ' Mill lo
th«* f^ nor ill ration tl m ar ' *M ri'#[v n Mhl"v
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Ht luteinftiox Kaiks:
Oui> Yt'W, Hl.SO
EiKlit lloiitliM, l.OU
Mix Mouths, Id
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THE MEXICAN WAH
T0X4M
Entertained
Who Are AukIoun for u V
to Fight Tholr Auoiout
tuy Tho i'uttiiiir C-iwo—-Hen* ♦
t linen t Over the ritate.
BED ROOM SUITS. <fcc., &c.
Wo have just opened ii] u now stock of Furniture, such as
Bed-Room Sets, Tables, both Dining and Sitting Room, and
Chairs of all kimls. Wa>h .Stands, Hook Cases, and every-
thing usually kept iu a First Class Furniture Store. We
make a specialty of Repairing Furniture of nil kinds and
ask you togiveus a trial before going elsevv here. We sell at
Bed-Rock Prices !
Call and examine our Stork and you cannot fail to be pleased
with our styles and prices.
LEW MOORS,
BINGHAM'S BLOCK. NEXT HOUR TO MOl NTCASTLE'S.
M< KINNEY. TEXAS.
J. P. DOWELL,
DEALER IN
HARDWARE!
TIN WARE, GLASSWARE
iV Ql EENSWAliE.
AO EXT FOR VMKIIICAK
I'OWIIEIUO.
H. Louisana Street.
Rej-orts from Williainsou
county are to tho effect that
the cotton crop promises a lar-
ger yield than for many years
past.
Eighteen bumblebees, twen-
ty two wasps, «>i thirty-eight
ordinary honey bees, contain
enough poison to kill an
adult
A young woman of Ithaca
has nearly one thousand silk
worms suspended in paper con-
es, and all spinning away in-
dustriously.
The plenisphoue, an instru-
ment that unites the tones of
the violin, viola,'cello and dou-
ble bass, is a recent invention
of a Buffalo musician.
During a thunderstorm at
New Richmond, Wis,, two thu-
nderbolt, went through the pil
low of a woman, one on each
side of her head. Her hair
El Paso, J ul
huahuu court o:
undecided as to what
t ion to make of Cutting,
nesday it was given out that
would be sentenced witl
three days. This time pi
yesterday. This afternoon
was taken before ihe court,
was not sentenced. The
cutiug attorney and
ed were much
elded to ordtj
the Texas penal
contended that if a
Mexico commits an
OC RAT.
y. august 5, 1h8«.
no. 27.
<)«e«r Will.
..July 2.V Red
antic you tig
u furnishing
viciuity with
the past two
ndcrsoii is a
nicely "fixed"
worth $10,000
eral years he I
g Miss Ryson, 1
e Middletown t
wsbury river,
ouug couple j
all the ef 1
uld not bring
ion. Finally'
Una I appeal,
u, request
re was a
ning her:
woman,
•*« j
never again can. I love
you.'
Texas punishable by the Texas ! Tlie despondent lover did not'
law, he can also be punished in ! attempt to do any of the rash
Mexico. The deal is evidently things that despondent lovers
made to give time. It will take do, but came to Red Bank and
a long time to prepare the nod a will drawn up, giving,
translation, and in the mean-! $1060 in cash to Miss Kyerson,
time the inteutions of the Unit-1 to be received at his death, and
ed States government can be j setting aside $fcXM) to erect a
monument to the memory of
the young woman when she
can be released with less dis- died. This will was drawn up
grace than if he had been form-! on Monday last. After signing
ally sentenced. it Hie testator said that it was
his intention to spend the re
inainder of his little fortune in
from town, uud did not return
till yesterday afternoon. At
an appointed time last night
Miss Murphy, Miss Hell and
about a dogeiiof their outraged
templars appeared at the post-
office, aimed with
I'ruiu Alius.
Anna, Tex., .July >, X
Kiuiok Dkuoiuat:
Having seen no items from
this place lately, I thought I
would give you a few dots
We are needing rain; water
IIK.W Y CoWlltPK Willi's, ",u'«
ami when Rattigau appeared ,a V'.v scarce.
they went for iiiuuind whipped . Crops are very good consider
him until lie was black and >ng the drouth.
determined, and if the peremp
tory demand is insisted ou he
Ireland's Communication Late.
blue fr*>m head to foot. This
morning he was also hung in
effigy by the women. The ac
tion of the women met with gen
eral approval both here and at
Millerstown. and the templars
congratulate themselves that
they have dealt the limmr fac-
tion ii deadly blow. Rattigau
was quite seriously iu.juivd In
the whipping.
Rattigau quietly stood the
castigat.on, offering no resist
ance. The affair created no
little feeling. Parties from the
town say
TltK KM) is yoT \ KT,
the matter having got into
the hull*Is of the sterner sex,
ami. as Rattigau has inmuuer
able friends, trouble is expect
ed. Friends of Rattigau claim
that the women were instigated
by their husbands and niaseu
line friends.
Took It Coolly.
Heath has twice visited our
community iu the past week.
Mrs. Moggie Cravens, wife of
Charley Cravens, died July 'il
Killed Ni'itr Cleluirae.
Cleburne, July i8. -Yester
day about lo a. in. in the Ham
Clock neighborhood, a miles
from here, John Birgc.* shot and
killed E. V. Taylor. The two
men had cherished a grudge
against each other for some
time,
been
deadI\
and were kuown tit have
carrying weapons with
intent.
THK MKKTIVO.
Yesterday they met at the
, . - r. ; - ^ point named,Tayloi itia wagon
Wttlo Mattio M..ta, daughter .-I at uietl with a sli< tgun,and Birge
hi horseback, also with a shot
Ormsby ami Kinma Si «>tt, liv intf
miles northeast of Melissa,
died July '.'Hth. at I: I'> a. in,,
after a painful illness of several
days. The parents und one lit
tie sister, and many friends,
hav.-t ur hoa*i.feit synqiathies
in their bereavement.
Kari-vvotl, Mnltii', ttefp Hiid lowly.
Itenl I! « «• tin lli> NmI of olnv,
Klntlrt'tl spirio. «ttK«'N holy, tiort! 11
hcnvcinvurtl nunr ttwit) .
Sml we thof to lltt' ittitolti*r,
Laid in yonttfr !<>y liutl unit til>t*\*•
Iti) poaceltil ftliuiilii'r,
Mini) n nlt \v«'r nf atorriiu full''.
Success to the {) KM Of It .VI
K..) r.
To the Voters In Precinct No. 1,
Collin County.
Washington, July ai.—Sec- drowning his sorrows in drink,
retary Bayard has not yet re- ^ ^
ceived Governor Ireland's com- destroyed jintl tin
munication published in to- other instrument was drawn up
day's press dispatches urging by which $2,000 was left to the
the Secretary to take immedi- youug woman at his death,
ate action in the Rasures case1 another thousand was
on the Mexican border. He divided up among a few friends,
has, however, already directed Henderson remarking at the
our Minister at the city of Mex tiiue that $1(MM he had left
icotoat once institute an in woulti 8"®^ to drown his
vestigation into the matter. The sorrow, it is said that the
Fill Hk Mot'It at:
j Hear Sic If you will allow
San Antonio, Tex., July tue space in your valuable pa
'ill. The Campbell feed store, per, I would like to way a lew
on Alamo pla/.a, was bttrglari words in regard to the convt u
/.ed this morning by profession tion of Farmers and Laborers,
als, who blew open the Mosler j and some of its proceeding*
safe iu an artistic manner and which was held at Weston,
took therefrom about $lfn> iu [about Juno the loth, iu which I
cash, together with notes and was nominated as a candidate
drafts amounting to about $:tiio for Constable, and as I have
more. Several neighbors heard been called on by some of the
• i I I 1 || t l.OtltttltlWU lllv" lUIIVVOli * , , , _
was singed, her head and shoal- j Se,.retfirv is inclined to suspect young man has no relatives,and
ders burned, and ooth eyeballs j tlmt jH,r*ona| enmity between that the will as devised will
: Mondragon and Ranures is the ; 81
j motive Uiat prompted the mur i
so blisteretl that she will b<; to
tally blind
At Fort Worth last night, a
der of Rasures.
No new developments relat
A Child on the Truck.
horse was terribly shocked and j„g to tj,e Cutting case were ob- Boston, Mass., July -2. M^
his driver bs^lly burned by com i tamable at the State Depart- God,' • 1,11-there s a child mi lin-
ing in contact with a telegraph I to day track. Jim was the fireman
wire that had been blown down j — and the speaker the engineer
In the storm. The telegraph The General Fooling. on the inward bound Lawrence
crossed on an electric c,_ ....... "77,... A1, t express on the Boston & Maine
All tlie ro,l(j this morning. They had
w i it-
light
cable.
POLK PAYNE.
Mliltlill l; JOHNSON.
h
PAYNE & JOHNSON, []
GROCERIES!
OUR NEW STOCK OF FAMILY GROCERIES
JUST OPENED UP
A self alleged American news-
paper correspondent writes
front Paris, telling how in that
country it is the custom for a
| visiting gentlemen to kiss the
hostess when lie tirst meets her
in the morning, and how he had
I to l-e asked twice before he
could summon courage to sal-
ute tie- verv beautiful lady of
J
icre lie wa.s a guest.
There is much liberty grant-
ed the press iti some of the
countries of Europe. In Port
ugal the papers call the King
names which would set the New
York papers wild with envy,
lint the King never sues them
libel nor throws them in
ling, l
Woburn suction
Sweetwater, July 31. ___
citizens of this county fully in- jn8Tpnised the
dorse thei action taken by Gov. Rn^ WpTe making* toward Sotn-
Ireland ifl the Eagle Pass , erville. Jim was leaning over
rage. 1 hey also condemn in the lire, ami as he quickly
the strongest terms the Cutting ( wtood upright he saw the engin
outrage by the Mexican author- j eur out alongside the loco
Hies. II the tinted States gov- motive. Before lie reached the
eminent cannot and will not pilot the locomotive was upon
protect American citizens resid- }tH victiiu. The stout hearted
ing in Mexico, iexas can and | fallow closed his eyes,and when
will protect her citizens. Anter- tj„. engine had passed he rush
can citizens have been maltreat-; tHl back into the cab and lutsti
ed and outraged bv Mexico K-stopped the train.
long enough, and the United j a brakeman, followed by a
States government ought to ) crowd of passengers, ran back
shoot or give up the gun and|0Vt„. die track. At a distance
give lexas a chance to defend ] 0ft|ir,.0 or four hundr.'d feet a
ftnir
rail.
little girl baby of about
years was lying beside the
Standing over the child and
licking its tiny lace,was a little
her citizens, which she is able1
and willing to do and will if the
national government does not.
A company of 150 men can be
jail, "lie X S'E be ^ WU* I
will'knu>vTuli,'t!v\|l'!r b.*U« ]."K vr smkhman. \ ri',,ll,((ly,<lu.fl n'weawl iiTif d"
will kiiovv im leoy titai is a Sherman, July .11.—A great: termined that no one should
King -something t hat the world ; (leul lmH be(,n Jald ttboute the |1 ",at °'U *h mM
wot.Id be in ignorance of if the I <.jia>ra,cter o4 F. Rasures, the
Sugar, Coffee, Salt, Flour Etc.,
Canned Coods of all Kinds.
We have just opened up a nice stock of Fresh
Groceries, in the Morrow Block, in the room
formerly occuj ied by E. N. McAulay as a Drug
Store, where we ask our friends uud the public
to drop in and see us. Our business is to sell
Groceries (juick sales and small profits.
Good goods and low prices. Give us a call.
2nd DOOR IN MORROW BLOCK.
Yom-s "Very Truly,
Payne fc Johnson!
"J5.fi crrja.
paper;} did not daily turn hiui
over.
Twenty five years ago not a
single journal was published iu
Japan; to-day there are publis-
hed in that country more papers
than iti either Italy or Aus-
tria, or iu Spain and Russia to-
gether, and twice as many as , .
in the whole of Asia. What tlone
with these newspaper,tclegrat>h
the telephone,
man who was so foully murder-
ed iti Piedras Negras,and much
of it has been to his discredit.
From a gentleman who lias just
returned from Eagle Pass, the
reporter learned to-day that the
murdered man was of a quiet,
tieacable nature, and that his
lonost
near his baby mistress.
The child appeared inanimate,
Colli)
w
but no marks of violence could
be seen. Tenderly the brake
man took her up and carried
her to the train, and left her at
the Somerville station. An ex ,
ami nation showed that the del-
icate little fingers were some
. , , , what lacerated. She was still
sty had never been ques* unconscious, though apparent
d l>y those to whom he was j j.. breathing. A doctor was
inltiniifiil tr 1/tiAtVM Ma ' •« i a .« . . ,
called and the tram and its
most intimately known. lie
was an employe of the Maver
lines, the telephone, and the
employment ofWrionn Euro J
I hi! f L " ' nnt "bose mother lived on East I.a-
I I V -f r X ?! ,o!f,i t« !mJ! r mar street. The affair is ereat-
delay, o t t > y ing a very bitter feeling in this
going the 1 ' i ,. * i city and the course of Gov. Ire-
ination that ever occurred in the (j d . a lor8ed in fulj
history of nations.
' ^ , I FIVE HUNDRED MEN OFPEREli.
It is told in Waterbury, Conn.; Waco July 81.—The martial !?r"^.e, little one in white,
that a well known business man aspect of this pity and county ^he child had been thrown off
of that town prepare® to build has been lired by Gov. Ireland's I 2e y the pilot of an en
a handsome dwelling, and aw- special note to the Secretary of and had miraculously es-
oc-
cupants sped away.
At noon to-day, when the en
gineer and fireman reached
Somerville on the return trip
the first interrogation was,
"where's the child J"
The agent took them to the
door, and pointing to a number
of children at play In a neigh-1
boring yard, replied, "there she
tlie iullllletl explosion, but could
not locate it. and did not know
what was going on. The bur
glars were evidently in no hur
rv with the job in hand, for
they took in a beer saloon next
door and helped themselves
most liberally to beer and wine
carrying the empty bottles in
iu adjoining building around
the wrecked safe. The police
are at work oil the job, bit' an-
al a total loss to locate the p< i
Iietrators. Hence no arrests
lave beeu made as yi-t, and
none are likely to be made
soon.
!Vlnrtlt-rctl Ills MIhIi'ohn.
Lawrence, Mass., July 'JH.
At II o'clock last night the po
lice were informed that \v il
Hum B. O'Connor, living near
1'2!> Iv-sex >treel, had conl t'SSl'll
to the murtlering of his mis
tress, Mrs. Hannah Conway,
and lie wa* found iu lie- bed
and arrested. Following his
directions the oflicers went to a
woodshed, where they dug out
the woman's body. Ib-r legs
were cut off about the knees.
O'Connor appears not to real
i/.e the enormity of his crime.
The woman was pushed into
the shed, where In- mut'th-ind
her with an ax. O'Connor is fill
years old, was si soldier, is a
member of the Grand Army of
the Republic and has drawn
State aid. He was formerly
employed in the Russell paper
mills, but has lately been out
of work. The woman was aged
40 years. They had lived to
getlier several months.
Fitfully Htiinic by Hornet*.
Oakland, 111., July 2JV Miss
llattie Johnson, of Brushy
Fork, six tulles north of this
city, went out to gather black
berries yesterday. Aftergath
ering in one patch for about an
hour she entered another, and
before she knew it knocked
down a hornet's nest. The
hornets enraged stung her in no
less thuu a hundred places,
causing her body to swell to
twice its size in less than an
hour. The doctors say she can
not live over twelve hours.
An Olcoiunrsrtiriiic I'uctory
IIIomii L|>.
members of that convention to
know if I would .accept ihe
nomination. If not, they waul
i •
ed time to (select another mail
for the position, ami so I take
this method of informing the
iii-'inbers of that convention
that I cannot accept tie- muni
nation, but am ntill, iwh I set out
at the start, a candidate for the
position, and hope to merit the
support of one and all of mv
friends As the ofllee is a mm
political our. and I know of i.o
better or fairer way to settle
this thing than io let every man
run that wishes, and submit it
gun. I' rum the statement of
Birge it appear* that Tuy lor
opened lii .'. At any rate there
were several shots tired on both
sldt s, with the fatal result stat
, ed. Taylor liv**! n few hour*
only.
Birge came to town and gave
himself up. lb-is now in jail
awaiting a preliminary hearing.
Both men are said to "have been
good citizens.
A .Mysterious Sulfide.
New Orleans, July '2H. A
special from llotner, La., says:
Greut excitement exists in tliis
town and vicinity owing to the
suicidal death by strychnine of
Miss Lucy Ynncy, a handsome
young lady, I? years old,
daughter of Daniel Yaucy, a
large planter, living four miles
from here. The cast* is shroud
ed in mystery, but so far as
known until the coroner's iu-
vestigatiou i* completed, it is
supposed she committed the
deed because she had been out-
raged by a negro named Ben
Ford. The citizens are after
Ford, and if caught lie will be
t loomed.
A .lililjfe ol Whisky.
"Mister, could yon give a fel-
low a little help? I ain't hud a
gootl sleep for three days, and
ain't eat nothing since yester
tla) motto- The mendicant
had mi his woe begone look, but
the odor <tl" his breath was ex-
tremely suspicious. The gentle-
Ill.ill responded:
"Look here, my man. if I were
to give you a nickel, would you
buy bread with it or would you
to the people ou the day of elec "I"'1!'' j1 whid^y;
tion, and the longest pole lake , • ■ ' wonldn t spend it for
the persimmon. whisky you can bet your last
persimmon.
Respect full v.
'I. R. BKST
Weston, Texas, July 'i'id.
Illooil in Kcutuek> anil liiiliaiin.
Louisville, July Just be-
fore noon John Kolib-r, a baker,
shot, and killed John Carter, a
polisher, and mortally wound
ed Peter llaupt, a bricklayer.
Several days ago Kolib-r left his
young wife, charging her with
infidelity ami with love for
I lailpl. lb- Went to See her to
day at his old home ami found
Carter and llaupt iu tin- house,
lie tried to make them leave
and they threatened to eject
him, whereupon he pulled a
listol and killed < 'art«r and shot
laupt through the throat and
lead. Kolib-r gave himself up.
A s|mi|,A It TU VOtniV.
Shortly after the Louisville
tragedy a similar one occurred
across the river at New Albany,
ret I mi that.'
"How am I to know that?"
persisted the gentleman.
"Say. mister, I may be tough
and itiery and all that, but
there's one thing I ain't got to
yei, ami that's driukiu' a cent
v\ hisky."
His honest pride yvas reward-
ed It) a la cent donation.
An AccomiuoilutiOii Train.
where Prof. J. G Strunk shot
and killed Charles Hoover ami
seriously wtiunded his father,
Dr Hoover. It is charged that
young Ibiover had been too
intimate with Strunk's wife.
Only a short while ago Strunk
slitti it Hoover, but with no
serious result. Hoover and his
father were returning from din
tier, at noon, when they met
Strunk, who began shooting.
Dr. Hoover was shot through
the groin. The young man start
ed to run, but
Anar>
Peter
TueVtHn mi em i-Iitint t« "j;,,*';1
£Wrttk«mtlra'***> ■ 0"«<- of " t*/'?"-", V : I ''u
Etwc* trtuU until • A 4• ? '*"i ****■
caped unhurt.
arded the con tracts. During a State. A telegram was for-
recent kirmess there his fortune I warded to the Governor from
was told by one of alleged gyp- \ here, on receipt of the Morning Uowb|ded ur a Uo«en
sies, who warned him to give News, approving his action and Women.
up the project, else death would ! tendering him BOO volunteers. ~~
claim him. If the house slionld The people, with one voice, say „ *7 , er ^
not be built, long life and hap- it is time Mexico's insults and Kattigan, editor of the Millers
piness awaited lnm. Next day outrages were resented. fco«w Hornhi wt« nniihriv
tin* merchant withdrew the con
tract, and nothing further has
been done about building the
tier house.
ily Ul The Sfews or weive 01 tue leaning women
ught upon arrival of the Hoyal Templars of Tem
ui all late informa- Pjjmnce. Last 1 nesday the
lexican tronbie is Millerstown branch of Tem
They have invented the
graphaphone. an improvement
011 ihe phonograph. The
AS DENTAL PARLORS
P. CHEAKEY, 9. n. Prap'r,
at Pitiiiii VoasM.
TtETM EXTRAOTEO WITHOUT PAIN
*■*- ris..< OoM ruiu*. ,
Ar lftcW tMlb Ini^.Uxt n rnW cr t*ulit.i «> trtUn . l. |-
•B«ttlnu«, W«wo« i MtrUl, Oukl, or Ummuou* i um
PMIM.
town Herald, was publicly
from denihon. horsewhipped last night by ten
Deuison, July 31. The News or twelve of the leading women
is eagerly souj 11 ^ ,,"f ^ ^
in Denison an
tion on the Mexican tronbie , ....
-ought. Denison will furnish picnicked at Wippery
her luota of soldiers to help 7°°^ an,^ ,n IH'X'
bring the land of the Montezii tj,e iMttignn paper a descrip
. _ ma(( to |lttVH some little re tion of the society s meniliers
graphaphone. place in the cor- Hp(Jrt for vn\ti)(\ gtates. ^ K«v'*n.
"be 0noUes°madeW 'in ' the'room. bkadt ron orbkm. tub <hm woxkk or ttauon-
After it is mil its bosom ra*,« be Corsicana, July 81.—The town
unloaded by the mere turuiog, T^ip* Home Guards sent the ! were spoken of as "lousyhead,
of a crank, req till ing no more following telegram Unifty to red nose female men, and as
ability than is required to Governor Ireland : holding the men of the party
grind" uoflfes. It is a valuable We note your action in the under strict slavery," and some
and interesting machine, but Rasnres case and endorse it. of Dm women were also spoken
Congress will never vote an ap The Texas Home Guards hold of as "ugly gnxxlers." They
it themselves in readiness to exe- Immediately made arrange
Chicago, July "lb. Early this
morning one of six ttinks in Ar
mour A Co.,s oleomargarine
factory, adjoining tho coin
patty's pin King house at the
Stockyards, blew up with great
violence ami deluged the work
men about the place with hot
grease. Four men were scald
"d and two were hit by the fly
ing debris and bricks. None of
the men ttl'e supposed to be
seriously injured. The damage
will be about #la<S>.
Ton Tlionsaiid lloar*.
WAS Slto'l Hit'It rtMKS
by Strunk's bullets and
dead to the p
Hoover is a well
cian.'andisa professor in
; All.tnttt t uimfitilthj:i. |
A f *w days ago u well known
citi/.en <d' Atlanta had occasion
to go from W rightsville to Dub
liu. He took one <if the accom
modation trains between the
two towns, a if 1 prepared him-
self to sleep during the short
journey. When the journey
was about half over, and while
the train wa.s dashing along at
a high rate of speed, the en-
gineer observed a tine, large
gopher near the truck.
"Jerusalem, the blest!' he
ejaculated, turning to the fire-
man, "put on brakes ami stop
the train!"
lie caught hold of the w histle
lever and produced a succession
of shrill blasts, which caused
the brukomen back iu the cars
t«> hurry to their posts and
frantically endeavor to twist
the brakes up to the last notch.
The passengers thought the en-
gineer had overtaken a herd of
wild steers, or that a bridge had
been washed awaf, and every
one of them prepared to join iu
a prayer meeting by way of
preparation for impending
death. Finally the train was
stopped, but not until the go
known phvsi | her had been left half a inile
,lessor in the '"'kind. Detenuin'd not to lose
roll
Dr.
the pavement.
1 k
professor in tin
his game, the engineer backed
to the spot where he hud seen
the gopher.
Medical College. Later parti
cttlars show that Dr. Hoover , , . .
was the victim of a shot intend th" "*°Ph -r' stopped the train,
ed for his son. Young Hoover accompanied bv the fire-
was shot four times and fell to !nan- K!IV" chase and captured
the pavement, when Strunk ran
seeing that lie
up to him. ami
was not dead
HKAT Ills HKAINK Ol T
with the butt of his pist'-l and
did not leave his victim until In*
was d -ud Hoover's brother,
Janit-s, soon heard of tie- tra
it.
•Say,'' -mid a passenger to
the conductor, as the train once
more started toward Dublin,
"what kind of a train is this?"
"It's tin accommodation train,"
the conductor replied, "and will
accommodate an engineer as
quickly tis it will a passenger
t t. Johns. July 'Jb. A dis
mtch from White bay says a jail and est-aj •ed. Dr. Hoover
urge number of Arctic bears is a wholesale druggist of New
driven eottth by starvation have Albany, and his son Charles
crossed over from l'ennylund traveled for the house and was
and are devastating the court about 5?S years old. He and Mrs.
The bears number oyer 10,- Strunk, who is described as u
beautiful brunette, were sweet-
Sedy and started gunning for especially when there is a go-
trunk, who was hurried to the pher in the case."
An Irish-American Army.
try.
propriation for one of them.
cannot be corrected like the j cute your
Congressional Record, but i
1 m it is blabbed to. I
s in rend
orders
M •
ittigur on
lignu. who
absent 1
Newark, N. J., July 10.—The
result of the Irish encampment
HHHPIHHVI in this city has been the forma
«HMi, and have appeared near beautiful brunette, were sweet- tion of an Irish-American Mili-
Cape Mugford. Indians In that hearts before her marriage, and tary I'nion of the l-nitedStates,
locality are eating tlieii dead it was a matter of sururise to its object being the. organisa-
companions. Those who die the community that sue and tion of Irish American military
among the white settlers are Hoover did not marry. She and companies in all the States,
buried secretly and their graves Hoover kept up their intimacy, Officers of the union were elebt-
disguised to keep the Esquim- however, and about a month ed and a uniform similar to
aux from getting their bod- ago Struuk snapped a pistol iu that worn by the United States
ieo. (Hoover's face. i troops adopted.
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Mack, H. C. The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 5, 1886, newspaper, August 5, 1886; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth191471/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.