The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, August 13, 1897 Page: 6 of 8
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8. F. OOOK, Publisher.
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TEXAS,
TEXAS NEWS ITEMS,
Clay county the other day redeemed
$4000 courthouse bonds by the school
fund.
„ The comptroller recently registered
a $45,000 issue of Eastland county
courthouse bonds.
Mr. Sherman Smith was shot and
killed the other day at his home ©ear
Rosanky, Bastrop county.
Dunn Bros., proprietors of a grocery
and feed store in Denison, filed a
chattel mortgage recently. Liabilities
about $1200.
M. Cartwright shipped six care of
cattle from Kaufman, Kaufman county
recently, to St. Louis, by way of the
Texas Midland.
The Windsor hotel at Terrell, Kauf-
man county, was entered several nights
ago anjl silverware to the value of $50
was Carried away.
Mr. Van Tuyl shipped one car of
cows and calves to St. Louis, and I. T.
Hunter shipped one car recently from
Colorado, Mitchell county.
The Griffin & Barnes Machinery com-
pany of Galveston a few days ago filed
its charter with the secretary of the
state. Capital stock $10,000.
Mr. Dave Covey and others, while
on a fishing excursion a short time ago
near Qulnlan, Hunt county, captured
an alligator about seven feet long.
C. L. Thorp was arrested near Pales*
tine, Anderson county, a few days ago
and lodged in jail, charged with crim-
inal assault in Marion county, Ala. He
denies his guilt.
The other morning at Tyler, Smith
county, 6000 gallons of oil belonging to
the Tyler Ice factory and which was
used for fuel, was burned. Loss esti-
mated at $400.
The cotton weevil is ravaging the
cotton fields in Hill county. It pene-
trates the square just before the bloom
falls and kills the embryo boll and
causes it to fall off.
A fire broke out in the Getzendaner
pasture eight miles east of Ennis, Ellis
county, several days ago, destroying
400 acres of good grazing. The stock
has all been moved out.
A fire broke out a few evenings ago
In a barn just north of the square in
McKinney, Collin county. The flames
soon spread to a house near by which
was totally destroyed. Insured.
Wash Sands and Jim Smith had a
difficulty the other morning near Mar-
shall^ Smith was shot with a shotgun
loaded with buckshot, the load enter-
ing the right side. Sands is in jail.
A house on the old D. J. Eddleman
place, a mile and a half northeast of
Denton, Denton county, was destroyed
by fire several days ago. Loss $1000.
The household goods were insured for
$375.
In obedience to an order from
County Attorney Jordan the saloon
men of Hillsboro, have removed all
mirrors, screens and other obstruc-
tions and partial obstructions from
their bars.
Plans are being drawn for a new
school building in West Greenville,
Hunt county. It will consist of two
rooms at present, built so others can
be added as required. The cost will be
about $800.
Henry Bruce, a count# colored con-
vict of Hill county, escaped the other
night and next day surrendered to the
sheriff. He has escaped several times
and after being out a while surrender-
ed voluntarily.
Mr. Ben Williamson's little girl,
while playing with an oat chopper,
near Cleburne, Johnson county, had
her hand horribly crushed a few days
ago. It was necessary to amputate four
of the fingers.
A young farmer named Will Baker,
living near Weston, Collin county, was
kicked by a mule some time ago on
the head. His* skull is fractured and
physicians think his chances for re
cove'ry are slight.
The new Methodist church at Rey-
nolds, Ellis county, was dedicated a
few days ago. There has been twenty-
five conversions at that place during
the meeting and it is probable there
will be a good many more by the close
of the meeting.
In trying to prevent a prairie fire
on a place northwest of Denton, Den-
ton county, from spreading several flays
ago a young man named O'Brien was
badly burned on the face and feet. The
fire destroyed a big stack of hay before
It could be got under control.
While hunting several days ago John
Wright accidentally shot himself
through the body and died in a short
while after. His father heard the re-
port and the cry of the wounded boy
and reached him just before he died.
The accident occurred twelve miles
from Gainesville, Cook county.
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Fort Worth, Tex., Aug. 11.—After
considerable delay the work of con-
structing the official tests for the pre-
vention of Texas fever in cattle were
Inaugurated yesterday find the result
was sixty head of badly - ticked
Texas cattle had been involuntarily
subjected to the doctrine of immer-
sion. It was 11 a. m. when all was In
readiness to begin and Col. W. E. Skin-
ner informed Dr. Norgaard that he
could take charge. The first batch of
cattle subjected to the treatment con-
sisted of ten head, the personal prop-
erty of Col. Skinner. The solution In-
to which they were involuntarily
soused consisted of 2 per cent of chlo-
ro-naptholeum. The dipping was wit-
nessed by hundreds and cheer upon
cheer mingled with the snorts of the
bovine as he emerged from the bath
given him. The vat into which the
cattle were plunged was so constructed
as to forbid the turning of the animal
when' once into it and all for him to
do was to swim straight ahead to the
narrow incline leading to dry ground.
This in every instance was done. Af-
ter these ten head were dipped they
were placed in specially disinfected
pens where for two days they are to
be carefully watched and the results
noted.
By 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon the
crowd on hand numbered fully 500.
Fifty additional head were baptized
this time in a 4 per cent solution. Op-
erations for the day then were sus-
pended. Dr. Norgaard expects no re-
sults whatever within from twelve to
twenty-four hficrs. To-day the cattle
dipped yesterday will be examined and
the day following re-examined and if
necessary redipped, Experiments will
be continued to-day, an additional fifty
head of badly tick-infected cattle be-
ing used. The Corsicana crude petro-
leum is here and a test of it will be
had. Dr. Norgaard is delighted with
the arrangements made by Col. Skin-
ner and he intends to continue the
work for ten days or two weeks and
so soon as the cattle are pronounced
free from ticks the national and state
inspectors will give the necessary cer-
tificates and the animals go to their
destination in Kansas. It is exepected
that within a few days some decidedly
interesting facts will be available for
publication. The stockyards here have
all the cattle promised necessary upon
which to operate.
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BATE WAR.
Paclflt
NEW RAILROAD.
Track Laying Is Being Pushed and the
Road is Nearlng Completion,
Beaumont, Tex., Aug. 11.-—The Kan-
sas City, Pittsburg and Gulf, after
many trials and setbacks, is pushing
track laying on the gap at a rapid
rate. They began laying track a week
ago, and on Saturday night they had
six miles of track laid. From the junc-
tion to Beaumont is forty miles, which
is the remaining gap to be closed of
this north and south line. On Satur-
day night they were six miles this
side of the junction and coming at the
rate of a mile a day. All the bridges
are out of the way and plenty of steel
is on hand, so that an outside limit
places the completion of the road at
September 20. The day of completion
will be a gala one for the people all
along the line, and excursion trains
will be in order. It means more for
southwest Texas than anything that
has happened for a long time.
The morgan Line and Southern
Make Another Cut.
Galveston, Tex., Aug. 10.—The Mor-
gan line and Southern Pacific have put
In the all around rate of 2 cents per 100
pounds on all classes of "freight from
New York to Galveston. This fact was
not heralded from the housetops nor
are the lines mentioned desirous of
getting business for Galveston proper
at such rates. The figures will, how-
ever, serve as a basis for business for
interior shipments, the aggregate rates
upon which present greater attrac-
tions. The Mallory line people said
yesterday they were proceeding upon
the rates quoted a little over a week
ago, but that the Morgan line cut
would not be met. Outside of this city
they had no information to impart.
It waa learned, however, from an
authentic source that the Mallory line
people were not consulted by the Mor-
gan line folks on the last move and
that the Mallorys are considerably de-
moralized. If the information is cor-
rect, and it is in line with the state-
ments made in the Mallory offices Sun-
day, it would appear that the South-
ern Pacific and the other railroad com-
panies have decided to pank both of
the warring Galveston lines.
A telegram from Messrs. Hogan &
Sons to Mr. Dan Rip'ey, agent of the
Lone Star line, stated that the Texas
shippers now in New York almost to a
man express themselves as determined
to stick to the new line irrespective of
rates in order that it will be enabled
to continue in the field. A reporter
talked to a number of Galveston
wholesalers and they expressed them-
selves in about the same way. They
say they had rather pay the Lone Star
line a little higher rates than they
would have to pay for competitors, but
they are willing to do this rather than
have it withdraw from the field and to
have the rates restored to the old ba-
sis. They say also that merchants
throughout the interior of the state
and at Houston are receiving the same
benefits from competition that Galves-
ton merchants are and they think
these interior merchants should come
to. the front as did the Galveston
wholesalers in the resolution adopted
some time ago.
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CATTLE DIPPING.
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Experimental Dip* to be 'kade at the Considerable Damage Wa« Done la
Fort Worth Stock Tarda. Around Bon ham.
Fort Worth, Tex., Aug. 9—Work! Bonham, Tex., Aug.
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has been pushed Sunday at the stock- I evening a heavy rain visited this city
It came from the south, but the clouds
did not extend east of the city more
than two miles.
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A FEARFUL DEED.
Serious Runaway.
Sherman, Tex., Aug. 11.—The horSe
attached to the delivery wagon run
by Theo. Watson's grocery store took
fright yesterday afternoon and ran
away. Mr. Watson saw his little 7-
year-old son on the seat and called
him to jump, which he did. The
wheels struck him and threw him un-
der the wagon, which ran over him.
He was very painfully hurt. He not
only miraculously escaped death, but
no bones were broken.
A Fatal Shooting.
Overton, Tex., Aug. 11.—At Cross
Roads, a church three miles east from
Kilgore, Sunday night a man shot and
killed a Mr. Meadows and mortally
Mage Watson. The trouble originated
at a baptism Sunday afternoon and
was resumed at the church that night.
Watson was shot, and in shooting at
William Putman the man killed Mead-
ows, who was just entering the church.
Another ball cut the bangs from Mrs.
Meadows' forehead. Henry Miner is
in custody as an accesory. Warrants
are out for Joe Hicks.
Adam Kopp Shoots Fred Baerman and
then Suicides.
San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 10.—Adam
Kopp, after shooting down his neigh-
bor, Fred Baerman, with a shotgun
and pistol, fired a bullet into his own
brain with fatal effect yesterday after-
noon. Baerman's side was filled with
bird shot, but his condition is not
dangerous.
The attempted murded and suicide
was the result of quarrels which have
frequently occurred between Kopp and
Baerman over the location of the fence
line separating their property.
On Saturday the men had one of
their quarrels and Kopp used consider-
able profanity. He was arrested and
fined. Yesterday afternoon he decided
to have vengeance. He went home,
got his gun and pistol and took a posi-
tion in the back yard and waited until
Baerman shoAved up at his home.
As soon as Baerman appeared Kopp
fired twice with the shotgun and twice
with the pistol, only the shotgun loads
taking effect. Thinking that he had
killed Baerman, Kopp suicided.
yards with the result that the experi-
mental dips will begin to-day. The
first batch of badly tick infected cattle,
consisting of thirty head, will be han-
dled, beginning at 9 a. m., and the
work will continue from day to day
until sufficient tests have been made.
Chloro napatholeum will be the first
preparation tried, after which the
crude Corsicana petroleum will be giv-
en a test. Dr. Norgard, however, does
not look with favor upon the use of
the latter, he inclining to the belief
,that it will be injurious to the animal,
and particularly its hide. A fair test
of it will be made, however. The dip-
ping vat is within twenty yards of the
jStock Yards hotel and easy of access,
the street cars running squarely up to
it. President A. P. Bush of the Cattle
Raisers' association of Texas is here
to witness the work, and is manifest-
ing considerable interest in it. He
says: "If the experiments prove a suc-
cess there is simply no way of esti-
mating the great saving and good to
ensue. I expect hundreds of cattlemen
on hand during the coming week to
witness the work."
Dr. Norgaard while here will give
illustrations and fully explain the
methods of vaccinating for the preven-
tion of blackleg in cattle. Said he:
"Few people know that the lasses
among cattle in Texas alone from this
source aggregate an enormous sum.
We have prepared a sure preventive
against this disease and at a date yet
to be designated I intend to give full
details touching its use, vaccinating a
number of young cattle. I wish this
fact to get before the stockmen, how-
ever, before fixing a day for it. My
present intention is to do this work
the latter part of the week."
CONFEDERATE VETERANS.
Navarro County Exhibit.
Corsicana, Tex., Aug. 10.—The im-
perishable portion of the exhibit from
Navarro county, intended for the
Nashville exposition, which was pre-
pared and shipped from here to Dal-
las under instructions and a request
from the Dallas Commercial club, has
been returned, and arrived here safe-
ly yesterday morning. The exhibit has
been unpacked and placed in the rooms
of the Commercial club, where it will
prove quite useful and profitable. It
has been suggested that Navarro make
another effort and send this exhibit,
with additions, to Dallas fair, but no
movement has yet been made in that
direction.
A Negro Boy Killed.
Grapevine, Tex., Aug. 11.—Monday
evening a little negro was killed by
two other little negroes. The murdered
child was 3 years of age. A few days
ago they tortured the little fellow by
burning it all over with a hot iron,
which caused it great suffering, and to
stop it from crying they took it by the
head and feet and threw it off a porch
some three feet high and then jumped
on it and stamped it to death.
Laws Being; Sent Out.
Austin Tex., Aug. 10.—The secretary
of state is busy sending out the gen-
eral laws of the reguiar session of the
last legislature. The price of these
laws is 25 cents at the department *and
30 cents by mail. Heretofore the gen-
eral laws have sold at 20 and 25 cents
per copy, but owing to the book being
more voluminous this year the price
was advanced to 30 cents by mail. Law-
yers and others desiring copies of the
new session acts should remit 30 cents
instead of 25 cents as heretofore.
Albert Sidney Johnston's Camp Meet at
Paris.
Paris, Tex., Aug. 9—The "gray and
grizzly" followers of the "lost cause"
had a veritable love feast yesterday
afternoon at Fireman's hall. The meet-
ing was for the elections of officers
for Albert Sydney Johnston camp of
this city, and the meeting was largely
attended. The camp, shortly after its
organization, was among the largest In
the state, having then something over
300 members. Since the camp was es-
tablised, however, other camps have
been carved out of its territory, and
its membership has decreased some-
what. The Interest in the organiza-
tion has not, however, lessened, as
was shown by the enthusiasm dis-
played at the session yesterday after-
noon.
Among those in attendance at yester-
day's meeting was Private Jim Long,
whom the cruel fates deprived of his
right leg at the battle of Shiloh, where
the brave leader in whose honor the
camp was named gave his last com-
mand. Others hoary with age and cov-
ered with scars were on hand, and
reminiscences were enjoyed, after
which the following officers for the en-
suing year were elected: Command-
er, Capt. G. A. Provine; first lieuten-
ant, John S. Watson; second lieuten-
ant, William H. Huddle; second lieu-
tenant junior, W. G. Hancock; adju-
tant, Capt. David J. Ford; chaplain,
Samuel Blair Houston; surgeon, Dr.
W. E. Dailey; quartermaster, William
Marchbanks; treasurer, W. A. Martin;
sergeant major, Capt. O. F. Parrish;
commissary, R. P. Sanders; color-
bearer, John B. Hilliard; color guards,
M. L. Sabine and J. H. Smith.
After the officers were elected Pri-
vate Long made a report of the ex-
confederate reunion at Nashville in
June. He read in part the addresses
delivered by Gov. Bob Taylor, Bisnop
Fitzgerald and Gen. Gordon, com-
mander-in-chief of the United Confed-
erate Veteran associations.
West of the city a black cloud passed
across from whose bosom angry
streaks of lightning would flash, fol-
lowed by terrific peals of thunder,
which shook every building in the city
to its foundation. Then followed a
perfect deluge of rain. In, around and
near the center of the city there was
not much wind but after the flurry was
over reports came in fast of disaster
in tho northwest part of the city.
The car sheds of the electric cars
were wrecked. A negro cabin on Tom
Kennedy's place was blown down, and
quite a number of poultry drowned or
killed. Considerable hail acompanled
the storm. The house of Hans Walker,
colored, was blown down from its
blocks. The house of Squire Vaughan,
colored was neatly cut in two, leaving
him in one end of the house and his
wife in the other.
In one block of the square Mrs.
Annie Shortridge was sitting in the
east room of her father's residence,
up stairs, reading, when the lighting
began to flash and the fierce claps of
thunder to awaken the echoes and
shake up the city. She laid her book
to one side and, glancing out of the win-
dow, saw a large ball of fire pass down
the street between her father's resi-
dence and County Treasurer Lovelace's
residence, just opposite. While gazing
at the ball of fire it exploded, sound-
ing as loud as a pistol shot. Soon
a similar ball came along and exploded
almost in Miss Annie's face. She was
thrown violently from her chair to the
floor. Her mother ran Into the room
and, taking in the situation, began call-
ing for help, but there was such a de-
luge of rain falling her cries could not
be heard for some minutes. Finally
they were heard and assitance came.
Medical aid was summoned and at this
writing Miss Annie has been restored
to consciousness. Although badly
shocked, it is thought she has not re-
ceived serious injury.
ROPING CONTEST.
big Crows In Attendance at the Coir-
boys' Bennlon.
Seymour, Tex., Aug. 7.—The crowd
yesterday at the roping contest was the
.argest of the reunion. There were
seventeen entries. Perry Persley of
the Pitchfork ranch won first prize,
$93, in the remarkabuly quick time of
I.OI14; Emeline Gardenhire, who lost
the broncho-riding championship
Thursday, took second place, prize $65,
time 1.14.
At noon there was a huge barbecue
in the grove east of town, after which
Lieut. Gov. Jester made a short speech.
The afteroon was occupied with races
and another grand war dance by the
Comanches. A reporter interviewed
Chief Quanah Parker on the reported
hostile feeling of the Comanches and
Kiowas against the whites around Fort
Sill. The chief smiled broadly at the
question and said there was nothing in
it. "Tell the people Quanah is alive
and having a good time and all our
people are enjoying themselves," he
said as he rode away to the war danca
with three of his wives. There wa3 a
grand ball in progress last night.
Mule K lied by Lightning
Bonham, Tex., Aug. 9.—Friday W-
I. T. Roberts was in the city, havini
come in a wagon. In the evening hi
started home and just as he had cross-)
ed Timber creek, four miless north of
the city, the storm overtook him. He
stopped, hitched his team and sought
shelter in a house near by.
Hardly had he entered the house
when there came a flash of lightning
and a terrible peel of thunder. Both
mules fell to the ground, one being
killed instantly; the other remained
senseless for some time. The wagon
sheet and bows were demolished by the
lightning.
Clifford Chisum fell in a well at
Altus, Ok., the other day, fatally in-
juring him.
A pugilistic contest was held at
Cincinnati, O., recently, for the bene-
fit of the striking miners.
Turk* Well Treated.
The Salonica correspondent of a
Turkish newspaper announces that at
the departure of the last train of
wounded for Constantinople, Mr. Blunt,
her majesty's consul, was at the sta-
tion and gave cigarettes and sugar
plums to the men. The Hebrews of
the same town presented e^ch of the
wounded with a watch.
Railroad Commission.
Austin, Tex., Aug. 7.—The experts of
the railroad commission still continue
to furnish the attorney general with in-
formation against the roads, charging
them with discrimination. The alle-
gations are that the roads rebate to
certain shippers under the guise of in-
terstate chipments, tsrhile the ship-
ments are in fact state shipments-. To
about 5000 of these alleged discrimina-
tions, aggregating about 400 payments.
Seriously Cut
Taylor, Tex., Aug. 7.—John Bruner
And Marshal Bridges, both of whom are
youngsalesmen in the dry goods estab-
lishment of Womack & Sturgis, en-
gaged in a personal dispute over busi-
ness matters Thursday evening, which
resulted in blows and the use of a
knife. Bruner was knocked down
and Bridges received a knife wound in
the left side in the region of the heart.
Bruner was arrested. Bridges' wound
is a painful and serious one.
Shooting at Close Range.
Sherman, Tex., Aug. 7—At 4 o'clock
yesterday morning Bud Roberts and
John Stephens, both of whom live lu
the southeastern part of the county,
each took a shot at the other. It came
up about a pistol which Roberts, who is
an officer, ffrund on Stephens. The ball
from Stephen's pistol passed through
the waistband of Roberts' pants and
the ball from Roberts' pistol passed
through Stephen's coat about the pock-
et. Both men were arrested by Patrol-
man Etter. They have not yet had a
hearing.
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