Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 235, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 3, 1889 Page: 1 of 4
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GAINESVILLE,TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBERS. 1889
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Who may be in need of
anything will find it to
their interests to look at onr
latest importation of Dress
Novelties. A beautiful line of :
Ratiste Silk Lustre Alpaca in best
black, the latest craze for fall wear.
AN ELEGANT LINE
of Black Henrietta in all widths and
prices, but best of all is our importation
in all the shades 50 inches full width
THEY HAVE ARRIVED!
; To-morrow (Monday) we will put on sale the new-
est and most elegant stock of DRESS GOODS that
it has been onr pleasilre to offer the trade. They
are entirely new, having arrived late Saturday *
and are the very latest fall novelties that
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could be procured, and we will duplicate
any prices made you by Eastern houses.
WE HATE THE LARGEST
and most attractive stock to select
from and we cordially invite
you to call and look at our
NEW GOODS.
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sorted stock of Dress Goods
in all the new almdes andef-
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Serge in any shades, especially
adapted for this trade. Our Hen-
riettas are in all of the very latest
shades, and we will show a complete
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Stuunui j7TOucu noveity com oination suiis,
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our own importation. W€
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fancy prices on these goods because
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SAMPLES CHEERFULLY SENT ON APPLICATION I
EVERYTHING
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KILLED BY AN UNKNOWN TRAIN.
Haw a Stranger Mat an Untimely Deat*
•a the Texaa and Pacific Near
Mlneaia.
Mineola, Tex., S«*pt. 1.—About
8.30 lant night W. N. Thamburger,
foreman of section 20 on tho Tf-xas
and Pacific railway, reported to
Jwatioe of the Peace C. S. Hey*
that m man was found dead near
tfc» track of tbe Texas and Pacitio
track about five miles east-of Min-
eola. Coronet Hay*, accompa-
nied by Deputy Sheriff R. L. Ter
n»U, went (town and btldj an in-
quoet, finding that the ueceased
had boen killed by an unknown
* trainim
nttny.
when
gaged in casting ingots,
had just Trifled two molds
the metal in the ladle boiled over,
scattering the molten steel in all
! directions. The unfortunate men
were unable to get out of the pit
in time to escape the awful bath
and all engaged in the furnace
were most horribly burned.
Andrew Kebbler wa* thrown
into the mold, in which there was
about throe inches of hot steel and
he w?\n literally roasted alive.
Nicbwlas Bower*, the pit man,
»ged 24 years, whs standing near
Kebbler and was eo badly burned
thai the flesh dropped from his
RICH, RARE AND ROMANTIC.
Marriage
April
November
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Trying Clr--
and
body. He died in a lew hours,
tho Texas and Pacific i The clothing on Win. Fagan, Jo-
There was nothing on j seph Durkes and Isaac Lane was
Their
tho body of the deceaacJ by which • burned from their bodies,
ho cotlhl be identified. The body suffering
was not badly mutilated.
was a ktranger and was peen in
Mineola on Friday morning with a
brica mason's trowel in his pocket 9. Scbuti, were frightfully burned
Between
Under
cu instances.
DeLeoo, Tex , Sent. 1.—J. A
Nelson, i merchant hert>, Some 40
years old, became enamored of
Mies Effio Klutts, a farmer's
daughter, some 15 years of age.
He gets the girl's consent, also
the father's, and gets an order for
the license. After Nelson gets the
license the father changes his
mind, says Nelson cannot have his
daughter, worlds of war>in words
and demonstrations by Klutt^aod
Nelson till Thursday at 1 p. nr..
Nelson goes before Justice Da}'
and sues for a writ, alleging in
He wus | are entertained of their recovery.
The others, Stephen Clinst, Mi-
chael Derke, .John Dudas and S.
and from hie clothing and general
appearance he was evidently a
brick mason. He seemed to be
poor in health and also poor in
purse.
The deceased was •< man about;
AO years old, gray chin whiskers
and mustache, dark h&ir, closely
cut, about five tVet and light
inches high, and had on a grey
woolen shirt, tbtcktd coat and
but will recover.
substanco that mk»s Eflie was
is terrible and no hopes j wprth (500 to him, the said J. A.
Neison, and that the said Eflie
Was detained against her will by
the said KlUtts by lorce of arms
and malice aforethought, eto., and
to his (Nelson's) detriment and
grievance.
The writ was granted, put into
the h*nda ■ of Constable A; J.
Carnes, hack and team, one niile
fast drive to tho larm of Mr.
Klutts, writ served, property
Paying the Psaalty.
Washington, Aug. 31.—An in-
tricate question of law will prob-
ably come before the secretary of
| the navy in a short time. The
dynamite cruiser Vesuvius, for
which the Pneumatic Dynamite
Gun company, of New York, con
tracted, is paying a forfeit of $200
a day for not being completed
the
•h°e#* within the time specified in
Th. -ere bum Wh(m Secret whil.
* morning, tho railrourt compa^ receivej the roporl of th.
n; p«jing j (m1 ^ ihe
vessel ho signed a doc-
Mississippi State Allisncc. ument stating that she had com-
Jackson, Misc., S« pt. 1.—Tht plied with the terms of the con-
committee on memorial* and leyis-; tract in every particular except
lation made their report to ihe guns. Theguns have never been
state alliance yesterday and it was | accepted, butthecontractors claim
adopted. It contains recommen- j that thfe document of Secretary
rintion* to the legislature asking Whitntfy
that money be appropriated by
tho state to encourage foreign im
migration; that so much of con-
vict labor as is- nrcefsary to be mi
pi »yed in running a baggiug fac
tory a^ a st*»U* enterprise; that
railroads, banks, etc., bi required
to pay an ad valortin insttad of a
ptivilvge ii *; urging a law estab-
taken into possession, another
Whitney is a partial acceptance
When Secretary Whitney came
into olQice he fouad that his pre-
decessor had signed a partial ac-
ceptance of the Dolphin, but he
refused to reccgm'za it.
mile faet drive on return, justice
and groom ready, one minute'
time and Nelson and Mies Eflie
husband and wile.
Five minutes later Mr. Klutts
arrives on the scene, each bub
pender thrown fromnis shoulders
headed off by several excited men
Mujh jugglifg from thi~ till nigh
by the denizens, come for anc
-some agAinst the mode of proced
ure. Next day at 2 p. m. excite
ment gone. Nelson and Effie se
renely happy, Klutts. hard at
work, excited populace as cool as
the weather will permit, talking
un the price of cotton, etc.
.etters under assumed names on
thfcir way to and from Echool.
Not long ago the wife of a well
"known citizen, who was well ac-
quainted with one of the clerks in j
the general delivery division,
called for mail under an assumed
name'. - Alter she had received a ,1
ow letters my attention was called
o the matter and I invited her to1
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explain why she received mail un.
der a false name. She replied: 'Do
you think I would allow my hus-
band or children to see these let-
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ter8 or take the risk of having
them go to my home?'
look like decoys for evil pur
poses.
''A prominent physician recent,
ly advertised for a wife, directing
that replies should be eent to the
general delivery, Philadelphia
postoflice. About one hundred
letters were received; and the doc-
tor being unwilling to identify
himself they were sent to the dead
letter office. Many letters ad*
dressed to initials only are re-
oeived here and they are all sent
to the dead letter office under the
regulations. Almost daily ladies
call with orders for letters ad-
dressed to gentlemen, adopting
this £use to throw the clerks off
their guard. Some of these ladies
have been frequent callers, and
their proper addresses will be de
manded hereafter and their mail
be delivered to them only at their
homes.
Mvat Have a Care.
Philadelphia, Aug. 31.—The
Fried Eggs Killed Hlai.
» v c n a 4 o r-. - ijury in tie United States district
Columbia, S. C., Sept. 2._Gus H.„
Witherspoon, colored, a resident
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of Yorkville, this state, whose
iilhtng fttfrlcullu,*l b«,««|-^ for di.po.ing of ,gg, w.»
1.1 priding for lb. inching 0f I "e1'kn0*n 10 b" ""^borhood,
..ricnltur. in public ..bool., th« j*«dnMd^.
ItgX.r. 0.11 a conBti-' b" could "
tutional o«nvention; a law requir-
ing inspection on hoof of beef cat*
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Baatk la Meltea Metal.
PitUburtf, tm.t Aug. 31.—Two
nen were killed and eevvn others
Objured at the Homestead steel
work* of Carnegie, Phillip* & Co.,
»l Homestead; Pa., this afternoon,
ky the boiling over of a ladle ocn-
■ ten tons of mollen steel.
of tbe men will die. About
p of men were
a dollar
that be could eat seven dozen
eggs at one sitting. He stationed
himself in a comfortable position
at 10 o'clock a. m., and four hours
t later he arose and was the heavier
by eighty-four fried eggs whioh he
had swallowed during that time.
He was very well satisfied with
hi* meal, bat it was his last. The
following evening Mrs. Wither,
spoon was a widow. The un-
fortunate .negro died in great
agony.
and the eoroner a jury
(bond that he had come to hie
dMth from eating too smbj eggs
court declared Mrs. Belle Han-
cock to be guilty of* u^ing the
maiis in an attempt to carry out a
scheme of blackmail, and Judge
Butler sentenced her to pay a fine
of $25 and the costs. Mrs. Han>
cock's method was to send threat-
ening letters to various people de-
manding money to suppress in.
formation which she claimed to
have. She used the name of John
Cohen in her letters and received
her replies at the general delivery
window in the postoffic*, where
she was arrested.
assistant postmaster drake, ,
under whose direction this matter
comes, Mid yesterday: "It Is m
common thing for young girls with
books under their arms to eall for
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another plan is to ask for
letters under several name?, the
applicants claiming to be actors or
actresses using different names in
their profession. Again, many
ladies of Camden and near-by
towns have their letters sent to
the general delivery in this city,
preteuding that they come to the
city to shop, and make their
engagements in this way.
Husband aid Wife Seek Death Together.
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St. John, N. B , Aug. 31.—
Three fisherman yesterday dis-
covered two bodies in the ledge
near the bank, npt far from Rock-
ford City. The bodies were those
of George and Nanc^Jj^eivth,
an old couple who *#ere marked
about forty years ago. The b6dy
of tbe woman was first pulled into
the boat, when it was discovered
that the husoand's body was at*
tached to it by means of oords
fifteen inches long. The right
wrist of the husband was tied to
the left wrist of the wife. Both
were over 76 years old, and for
some time they had been in pood
health. Friday night they walker
to tne river, tied their arms to-
gether and jumped in. Old ago
' trefw tho oau
of their ea*oidp.
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Leonard, J. T. Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 235, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 3, 1889, newspaper, September 3, 1889; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth501888/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.