Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 212, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 7, 1889 Page: 1 of 4
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GAINESVILLE,TEXAS. WEDNESDAY MORNINR, AUGUST 7,1
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ATTENTION TO TSEIR LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK OF
[DIA lawns,
WEN lawns,
VICTORIA LAWNS,
PERSIAN LAWNS.
PLAIN AND CHECK NAINSOOK.
MULL,
ORGANDIES,
JACONET
AND TUCKING,
PLAIN AND FIGURED SWISS.
AT PRICES TO COMPETE WITH THE LARGEST HOVSES B) AMERICA!
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We are continually replenishing our WHITE GOODS DEPARTMENT, and although the season is abmewhat ad-
vanced, our goods will be found as lr*sh, clean and varied as in the commencement of the season* only our prices will be
considerably less for the same class ot goods.
- have been increasing the number of our departments, one by one, until now we have 26 different departments,
each under a competent person well qualified for the position. Our facilities are now greater than ever for giving
Prompt, Intelligent and Efficient Service to our Friends, the Public.
This coupled with the fact that we are giving the BEST GOODS for the LEAST MONET,
our business a greater success than ever.
SOLICITED, SAMPLES SENT ON REQUEST
no doubt make
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A CITY IN ASHES.
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Isgtos Territory.
Helena, M. T., Aug. ti —The
oitj of Spokane Falls win burned
to Ike ground by tbn tire which
last night Details of the
Lion were bard to obtain.
This morning the o«wa of the vir- killed
tuai wiping ont the city came
through the Western Union tele.
graph oompany'n officials here.
They report the telegraph office in
Spokane as having been swept out
of existence. Every effort ha?
been matte to restore communica
tieo, htit when success would be
attained they oould not say.
Later information is that forty
business blocks bave fallen a prey
to the flames. It has been defi-
nitely ascertained that the North-
em Pacific depot and all public
buildings in the city were carried
•way in the general havoc. The
first eetimate received placed the
loss st 130,000,000. Spokane wag
one of the most prominent of the
many new cities in infantile
Washington, situated on the line
of the Northern Pacific rail way t
• dose to the Coeur d' Alene miniDg
region. The city has been a site
for many industrial establishments
such as, smelters and kindred en-
terprises. Expensive public edifi-
cies bad also recently been erect-
ed and the population was easily
supporting two prosperous daily
papers.
The business district of Spo-
kane was in a trip between the
Forthern Pacific railroad tfack
and Spokane river. This strip
was five quarters across and ex-
tended about ceven sq ares in
length. It was solidly built up
with brick and stone structures,
the oost of which varied from
$26,000 to 1125,000. The ten
banking houses, five hotels, opera
house and many wholesale estsb-
liabments doing a business esti-
mated at a half a million dollars
each were situated in the district
desoribed. The estimate of $30,-
* 000,000 loss is believed here to be
exaggerated. Half that amount is
thoagnt to be nearer the actual
ftgures. The reported complete
destruction of the city is correct.
\ The population of Spokane waa
it 20,000. The city posses-
an excellent water works
l«d after the Holley system
itilfe* capacity of nine miUion
gallons daily. Thtre were no
fin engines, but by the system in
•aeive or six good sized streams
Qf iratir oould De concentrated
block in case of fire.
<ffc$ department was a volunteer
guest at the Arlington house, was
awakened by the flames bursting
through the door of his room in
the third story. He jumped from
the window, was shockingly man-
gled and died in a few minutes.
A woman whose name was un-
known leaped from the second
story of the Pacific hotel and was
FIFTY DAYS WITHOUT hOOD.
CHEROKEE AFFAIR*.
Dowsing Party Leads is ihe
tlos fsr the Natlssal Council.
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Talequah, I. T , Aug. 6.—Hon.
Lucius Fairchild was in receipt of
a dispatch from the ^heyennes
and Arrapahoes, wanting to know
if the commission would visit
their country, and urge their im-
mediate visit. He stated today
that the commiebion would not
leave this place until everything
was fully settled with the Chero-
kee nation, as the government of
the United States seemed to think
the Cherokee nation should be
consulted first. It is talked about
town that if the Downing council
is elected, Chief Mayes will call an
extra session of the council at
once. The election
now and at present
Muscles of the Throat Psrslyzed and
ths Pstiest Slowly Starving to Death.
Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 6.—
Robert Marvel of Pike township,
an aged farmer, is entering upon
the fiftieth day of his enforced
fast, within which time he has not
eaten an ounce of solid food, but
has taken all told several pints of
milk. He is bed-ridden, and the
fasting hai changed his nature so
that he is pugilistic and he is
ready to fight anyone coming near
his bed. Whenever the attending
physician attempts to feel his
pulse he resists all he can and is
as stubborn as a mule.
Some days ago he attempted to
swallow a mouthful of pie, but the
mu cles of his throat are para-
horse, he passed and, there were
eight of them, he nipped in the
side. He tore large pieces of
hide from the ribs of some. Oth-
ers he caught where he could, but
always left the mark of hi3 teeth.
The animals thus injured in
turn became demoralized and add-
ed to the excitement.
The police finally drove the horse
from the street to a vacant lot.
Lieutenant Penzen made a lasso
of a clothesline. Standing on the
sidewalk he made his throw. The
line straightened out in regular
Mexican style and settled arouna
the horse's hind leg. The animal
started away and the officer took
a turn around a convenient post.
This upset the horse and in a mo-
ment four bullets were fired into
his head. Conductor Duffy had
ATTICA S SLEEP)N8 BEAUTY.
lyzed, and he would have choked his hand which was terribly torn,
to death had he not been releived.
He is suffering with disease of the
arteries, aj round, bony accumu-
lations can be felt in the artery at
the wrist, and are probably pres-
ent throughout the system. This
,causes throat paralysif, and he
will gradually die of starvation,
although the physicians will not
is going be surprised if he lives one hun-
the Downing
party is in the msjority.
BLACK BART.
dred days.
Ths Faaons Bandit aad Trala Robber Be-
lieved to Have Doss the Kasoas
City Job.
St. Louis, Mo., Aug. tj.—It is
given out on the authority of a
postoffice inspector whose head-
quarters are in this city that the fa-
mous bandit and train robber
o
black Bart was in St. Louis tor
ten days prior to last Friday and
it is supposed that he had some-
thing to do with, if he didn't di-
rect in person, the train robbery
near Kansas City last night. Bart
took his meals at the Hotel Bruns-
wick restaurant while in the city
and according to statements of the
clerk of the hotel he had cords of
money, which he displayed osten-
tatiously, and he lost no opportu
nity to surround nimjelf with
mystery. He did not give his
name, however, or say what busi-
ness he was engaged in, but at'
tempted to convey the idea that
he was an hrnest farmer. He or-
dered •large lunch at the restaur-
ant Friday evening, and said he
intended to leave the city by train,
since when he has not been seen.
It is not known in what direction
he went, but there is a strong dis-
position to connect him with the
robbery.
Davis of Chicago, a
The obeioest ioe cream, pure
cream, pineapple and strawberry
flavorings at L. C. Brooks'.
Charged Upoa by a Mad Horse-
Chicago, Aug. 6.—A big sorrel
horse owned by a butcher named
Ole Erickson became mad yester-
day afternoon. When he was led
from the barn he showed signs of
aoger. He euddenly threw back
his ears and sank his teeth in Mr.
Eriokson's arm, and, rearing,
struck at his master with his lore-
feet. The instant the horse was
free he resumed the attack, and
chased his master into the meat-
shop.
He then ran up the street and
attacked every person he met,put-
ting men, women and children to
flight. He charged at every one
he chanced to me^t or overtake-
In rushing after three women and
several children he rcn ov^r two
little girls, knocking them down,
but only slightly bruising them.
The others escaped, one of the
women climbing a fence, and the
others with the screaming children
ran up the steps and into the door
ol a house near by. A street oar
conductor, G. W. Duffy of No.l<7
Western avenue, sprang from the
car and made a grab at the horse
bridle. The animal sprang at him
and bit a piece from his right hand.
Mr. Duffy let go ot the halter and
jumped on the car. the horse bit-
ing and striking at him, As the
horss went down Milwaukee ave
nue, he ran at everything be saw
and took a peculiar fancy for at.
tacking his own kind. Every
immediately cauteri zed. He and
his family are in a n agony of fright
as to the results that may follow
the bite. He is in a great pain.
Mr. Erickson called in a physi-
cian and bad his wound dressed.
He says he thinks the horse was
bitten by a mad dog about two
months ago.
More Johnstown Viotims.
Johnstown, Fa., Aug. 6.—Two
bodies were found today in cellars,
and it is the general belief that
many more will be found when
cellars are cleaned out. One of
those taken out was a stout-built
man, evidently a working man.
The other was a woman, and was
taken out of a cellar of a store,
room of Foster & Quinn, just
across the street from the site of
the Hurlbut house, where so many
people were caught.
JIM BLAINE WILL HAVE TO HUSTLE.
Her Naps Dwindle from a Month to
Eighteen Hoars.
Attica, N. Y., Aug, 6.—The
wonderful trances of Mrs. Emma
Althouie, Attica's sleeping beauty,
have practically come to an end,
and now she only takes a nap of
eighteen hours at a time every
two days, the trance periods hay-
ing steadily diminiahed.during the
last three months. She is now
able to partake of nourishment in
minute quantities, can whisper
to her sisters and slightly move
her limbs. If she continues to
improve her parents thinks that
slie will be able to get up in a
couple of months.
When Mrs. Alihouse first went
to bed she weighed 200 pounds,
and now after the lapse of two
years, she weighs only about
100 pounds. Doctors have
been unable to agree as to the
nature of ailment, and when she
was expected to die last winter
medical college professors were
planning to get her body to solve
the mystery of her case. Mr.
Toms, the woman's father, who is
a bricklayer, believes that the oure
is being made by nature. He has
little faith in doctors or medicines.
No vieitors have been admitted to
the sick room since the last attempt
to poison the helpless sleeper was
made. Her longest trance was
thirty-five days, end several aver-
aged from "twelve to twenty-four
days. During some of these Bleep3
it is claimed she had second sight.
teatitoraf flopping or being stop.
ped,and, turning round he flourish-
ed the revolver in the faoes of the
pursuers, many of whom thereup.
on gave up the ohase. With revived
hope the thief quiokened his pace
and ran to a saloon, a block distant-
He bolted through the bar-room,
snatching a hat from one of the
1 oungers there to supply the plaoe
of his own, whltch had been l«sl
in the scuffle, and reaching the
alley entered the basement of a
book store, locking the door hehind
him. He then walked coolly up-
stairs to the store-room above and
passed through the door unmoles-
ted, the clerks having no suspicion
that he was a diamond thief.
Reaching Main street he found a
hack which he entered and wa»
driven away. Sinoe then he has not
been seen. The detectives are eoour.
ing the city for him and watching
all railway stations that he may
not escape on an out-going train.
DISAPPffiTED IN LOVE.
'AFTER DINNER WALK A MILE.«J
He May Have a Fight With Jobs on bis
Hands Yet
Winnepeg, Man., Aug. 6.—It
was learned last night irorn a
British Columbia official who was
passing through the city that the
satire Pacific fleet ol the British
navy with the exception of two
torpedo boats, steamed out of
Ejquimault harbor three days ago
bound for the seizure in Behring
sea. This was the result ot much
telegraphic communication be-
tween the admiral in command of
the fleet and the Canadian and
imperial government. The fleet
that went north consists of seven
war ships and two torpedo boats.
Five additional war ships axe
shortly expected at Esquimault to
reinforce the fleet. Orders have
been left for one of these to
straightway proceed north, while
the others remain at this point.
The admiral's orders are not
known, r ^
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A Daring Robbery.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 5.—
A bold robbery oocured Friday
after-noon at the jewelry store of
F.O. Altman, situated in the very,
heart of the business portion of the
city. The thief secured $1,500 worth
of diamonds and made his escape
alter an exciting chase.
It was 2:30 o clock when a well
dressed young man entered the
store and atked to be shown some
diamond?. A tray containing a large
number of valuable set stones was
placed on the counter before him
He examined a few of the jewels
carefully, possibly selecting the
most valuable for the intended
theft,and then grabbing a handfu
he bolted through the door aod
attempted to mount a saddled horse
which he had left unhitched in
front of the store as means o
escape- Before he oould mount Mr.
Alman had grappled with him;bu
the thief broke away, aad, draw
ing a big revolver, he started an
the run to eeoape on foot. Bv tide
time a large crowd bad
and started in
thief." But the
A Ysssg Mas Swallsws Breksa Mists as
as Astideto for s Broken Hesrt.
Joshua, Tex., Aug. 6—Mr. H.
. Slaughter, about twenty-two or
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twenty-three years of age, at
tempted suicide near Joshua last
night by swallowing broken giase.
He was found early this morniag
in the 'woods vomiting blood. He
was at once carried to At. A. W.
Abeber's residence aad a physician
summoned, who reports him do-
ing well this evening with a good
chance of recovery. He givee at
a reason for thls ra'sh act that the
young lady to whom fie was en
aged to be married had ehanged
her mind end aooepted the heart
and hand of another, and that the
pressure w. as more than he could
stand and still says that be can'i
stay here, but most go.
"After dinner sit awhile, after sup-
per walk a mile." That was suitable
advice for the "good old times when
dinner was taken at noon." "The wise
man changes his mind." We moderns
habits, too.
to suit
lunch-
eon sit awhile, after dinner walk a
mile." This advice is by no means
universally followed!-''It may be
doubted whether it is universally
given or believed in. One thing, how-
ever, says The ,Hospjtal, is certain:
the mile, and much more, ought to be
walked some time during the twenty-
four hours. .Nay, it must be walked if
health is to be maintained. Indoor air
cannot be breathed all day long with-
out serious injury, nor can a sufficient
measure of physical exercise be dis-
pensed with.
Nature is stronger .than all the doo-
tors and drugs in the world, and she
will not let a man be well who per-
sistently disobeys her. She has made
our limbs for movement and our lungs
for pure air. If we do not use the
limbs sufficiently and breathe enough
of perfectly pure sir, she insists upon
storing up quantities of poisonous
waste hi the system, and makes the
arms and legs as limp as a jelly fish.
Men of business and professional men
seem to have no time for walking and
taking the air exccpt in the evening. _
But how can a man walk after a
heavy dinner! Most true; and there:
Core a man should not eat a heavy
dinner habitually. Whether he walks
or aot the heavy dinner will do him
nothing but honn, and all the more
harm if he does not walk. Most inefa
eat a good meat lunch. Many take
both meat and podding; in fact, to
rdine.
all intents and
they j
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In lees than a week there have
have been three large mercantile
failures. Such ooourrencee under
Mr. Cleveland's administration
would have invited the sevtree'
critioism from cur esteemed Re-
publican contemporaries. Yet
the cause of theee disasters is dt-
reotly traceable to4h* management
of ihe "badk number" adminis-
tration of the United btatee Treas-
ury under Harrison. The money
market is gradually growing closer.
The west has one of the largest
aropson reoord to move. It needs
money to move it, and the money
market is bare of' lands. The
United Statue Treasury ie looked
to for relief,but the eeeretary does
nothing to relieve the situation.
Bankers are, therefore, obliged to
credits. Con
pith heavy
obliged to
^ purposes
They do not then need s Iteavy'meol in
the evening. After a-sutotftantial lu nch-
eonat 1, a moderate dinner at 6 or 7 is
all that is required. If such a meal be
taken, followed about 8 o'clock by a
cup of hot coffee, the nan who
not been overworked during the <
should feel perfectly fresh for a
at 8 -.30. If he then goes out and walks
until 9:30, he will soon begin ta hod
bis walk a great pleasure, and (be ad-
vantage to his health' Will be marked,
indeed. Does be fear the night air?
That is nonsense. Night niris-as good
ss any other air, except that it is a lit-
tle colder. Be can provide against
that by wrapping up a lktle*more.
For getting nd of, the oases of the
day, for producing a pleasant sense of
relaxation, for purifying the blood,
for raising the spirits, foneneousaging
sound ana retrusning sleep, there is
nothing better than an evening-' walk
after a moderate dianea To those who
have not, practiced the habit, the first
trial. !V»everance wiUanuJy justi/y
what some may consider rather novel
advice.—London Globe.
Ttlc seerot of beauty isjbealth. Those
who dqpire to be beautiful. should do
all they can to restore their heahhfn
they have lost iL osfheep itt tflhay
■natters. The work wateh one tnay
bffjtiet. his i
dividual con
tie -fcarsfully
sate**'
feels badly he loeks
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Leonard, J. T. Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 212, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 7, 1889, newspaper, August 7, 1889; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth504408/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.