The Sunday Gazetteer. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 17, 1883 Page: 1 of 4
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
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| SUBSCRIPTION TWO DOLLARS A YEAR, J
r BY CARRIERS, 35 CENTS A MONTH, j
DENISON, TEXAS, SUNDAY, JUNE 17, 1883.
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NUMBEIK
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The Latest and Deepest Cut
Ever Ma4e by Any Dry
Goods House in the
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s State of Texas.
Oar business has grown to such a magnitude, that a
profit of one-fourth of a cent per yard on the following
goods, net us a handsome profit.
Every dime’s worth of goods on this Price List is in
stock—yot to arrive, au^uvery yard, peice or parcel,
SHALL BE SOLD AT THE PRICES HERE GIVEN UNDER OUR
SIGNATURE.
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35 Pieces yard-wide Lonsdale at toe. worth u i-zc.
25 Pieces Fruit of Loom, at ioc., worth 13 I-3C.
30 Pieces Brpwn Sea Island, at 7c., worth 10c.
' 30 Pieces Brown Sea Island, at 6c., worth 8c.
50 Dosen Lady’s Imported Balhriggan Hose, at 10c., worth 15c.
50 Dozen Ladv'a Fancy Striped Hose, at ioc. worth 15c.
75 Dosen Men's Fahey Striped Half Hose, at aoc. worth 30c.
75 Dosen Men's Brown Half Hose, at 13 i-ac. worth aoc.
50 Dosen Men’s Brown Half Hose, at 50. worth ioc.
' 18 Dosen Men’s Undershirts, at 35c. worth 50c.
30 Dozen Unlaundried Shirts, at 60c. worth $1.00.
15 Dosen Gent’a Percale Shirts, at $1.35, worth $1.75.
* 250 Pieces Assorted Lawns, at 4.1-2 cts., worth Jc. ,
175 Pieces assorted Lawns, at 6 14c., worth ioc.
90 Pieces Pacific Lawns, at 10 to 15c.
350 Pieces assorted Prints, 4 1-3 to 6c;
235 Pieces assorted Prints, 6 1-4 to 7 12c.
/150 Pieces best brands made by American mills 7c.
100 Pieces assorted dress and check Gingham at 10c.
35 Pieces Victoria Lawn, at 12 i-ac, worth aoc.
35 Pieces Victoria Lawn, at aoc., worth 30c.
85 Pieces Victoria Lawn, .a* 33 1-3C., worth 50a
40 Pieces checked and itriped Nansook, at 10 i-a, 15 and 250.
- 7 Pieces cream-dotted Swiss, at aoc., worth 30c.
10 Pieces white-dotted Swiss, at aoc., worth 30c.
35 Pieces yard-wide bleached Muslin, no starch,
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Geht’s Furnishing (roods, Gent’s, Youths’ and Boy’s
Olothing, Boots, Shoes and Hats at Popular Prices. Stock
all Departments complete. Prices Lower Than
Any House in the City.
BEDEtNE & STENSON,
223 Main Street,
DENISON, TEXAS.
HORRIBLE BRUTALITY.
Attempt to Murder a 'Lady
Formerly of this City.
The’.Object to Obtain Her Property.
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MAN OR WOMAN
WOULD AS SOON THINK OF PASSING
JUMBO
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“TENTS OF BAKNUM”
AS TQ GO THROUGH OUR
TOWN WITHOUT LOOKING IN AT
MAIN STREET,
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THEY ARE WIDE AWAKE
r ENOUGH TO AROUSE THE MOST
LANGUID OF DOG-DAY SHOPPERS.
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THE HOT WEATHER DOES NOT DISTRACT
FROM THE INVITATION WHICH EVERY ARTI-
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THEIR CUSTOMERS.
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If you havn’t walked on that side of the street, now is
a good time commence.
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Hardware, Cntleiy, Tools, fails, Etc.
ROBINSON’S
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126 MAIN STREET.
[From the Denver Tribuue.]
A most cowsrdly and brutal as-
sault with intent to kill was commit-
ted in North Denver yesterday
morning, to which there is attached
a tale more or less romantic. The
victim of the brutal instincts of her
husband is a woman with a marvel
ous history. The daughter of a no-
ble family of Deomsik, she was lib-
erally educated, and especially in
music, the fine arts and needle work.
As she grew^ into womanhood she
tell in love with a young country-
man by the honored name of Nils-
son. The young man, occupyng a
social plane tower than that of bis
affianced, the bans were torbidden.
Society would not relent; neither
would tbe stern parents. Love
laughs at social bonds and paternal
commands. Christine secretly mar-
ried her lover. Then came banish-
^ ment and America. The young
JDeniSOn, Texas* couple finally located iii Denison,
Texas, accumulated some property
and lived happiness almost oblivi-
ous of what they had lost in the land
of their birth. Then came death,
the relentless reaper, and the loving
and beloved husband was laid in
mother earth. Grief enfeebled the
constitution of the wife, and to re-
gain health a journey, to Colorado
was prescibed.
The climate had an exhilarating
effect upon the invalid. Sbe was
reinvigorated and determined to lo-
cate in Denver permanently. Upon
the suggestion of Mr. C. H. Mc-
Laughlin, she\bought ten lots on
River Front,'near the Rocky Moun-
tain Brewery. On these she erected
a comfortable frame dwelling, which
she occupied.
Among the men employed on this
structure was one George W. Au-
trim, a brick mason and a man of
some intelligence. He soon learned
that Mrs. Nilsson owned valuable
tracts of land here and that she held
more in Texas. He saw here a
chance to better his fortune. The
poor widowed woman was in a
strange country alone. She longed
for consolation and sympathy. Au-
trim Was al hand to offer both. Pity
grew into love very rapidly, and a
marriage was consummated in Au-
gust last.
ABANDONED AFTER MARRIAGE, |
The honeymoon was a short one!
measured by happiness. Its allotted
thirty days had scarcely elapsed
fore Autrim-showed alt the premo
itory symptoms of the drunkari
Tbe disease developed very rapidly
and he became a comfirmed sot.
He begged money from his wife, and
frequently -.extorted it by threats.
For months he has been, endcavering
to persuade his wife to deed her
property to him, an act that never
entered her head. Frequently in
his debauches he maltreated her, in-'
formed her that he hated her and
married her simply for her property.
Also, that he meant to succeed in his
design if he had to murder her.
BRUTAL TREATMENT.
She bore these assaults meekly
and with great patience. She: tried
to be a faithful wife and had - a hor-
ror of divorce. A month ago, her
husband being out of work, she
commenced the erection of a brick
building adjoining her home, but the
brute chafed under work. Coming
home drunk one evening, he began
to assault her, but freeing herself
from his grasp, she escaped towards
the brewerv. He caught up with
her, knocked her down, and held her
in the snow until sjjc was nearly froz-
en. She was ill nearly a month
from the exposure. Her husband
expressed regrets at her recovery,
acting as though he had been foiled
in an attempt to kill.
As time grew on and he was no
nearer the fortune than on the wed-
ding mom in August last, he grew
restive and became fairly fiendish.
Yesterday he attempted to carry out
his diabolical purpose. In an un-
guarded moment he seized his knife,
knocked her down with a rock which
he held in his hand, and then beat
and kicked her in a frightful man-
ner. Her screams brought rescuers
from the brewery, who prevented
tbe brute from carrying out his pur-
pose. He is now lingering in jail
and his victim is in the hands of Dr.
Campbell, of the West Side.
IN DANGER OF DYING.
The woman is in danger of losing
her right eye. her face is badly dis-
figured, aud last evening she was
suffering intensely from internal
pains. To add to tbe seriousness of
her situation she is in a delicate
physical condition, and .the compli-
cations resulting from the violence
may result fatally.
DISGRACE OF DIVORCE.
To a Republican reporter she
confessed that her mental auguish
was greater than her physical pain.
The brute had not only abused her
physically, but attempted to tarnish
her good name. In this he proved
as fiendish as in his other assault, as
her neighbors and all who know the
woman speak most highly of her.
She says she has not moved in the
best society, and it was not expected
that she should,but she affirms most
positively that her life has been hon-
est and pure. She shrinks from
what she un-American-like calls“the
disgrace of divorce,” but as that is
the only means by which her hus-
band’s motive for her death can be
removed, she bas determined to take
that step, should she recover.
The brute should be placed in the
penitentiary and be put out of barm’s
way for several vears, at least.
EDUOATIOTAL.
‘Ujstory of Civ-
Snpeiintendeat’s Animal Report of the
Denison Pupho Schools.
Honorable Board of Public Schools,
Denison, Texas.
Gentlemen :—A brief report of
tbe operations of the public' schools
of this city during the last annual
session being now in order, the fol-
low, ing is respectfully submitted:
The public schools of Denison,
were opened on the 4th of Septem
ber last, with an attendance of 398
white, and 58 colored pupils. There
were, besides the superintendent,
ten teachers employ,ed-^eigbt white,
and two-colored. The session con-
sisting of ten coafccutive months,
closed on the 8th iojst., the last two
weeks having been devoted to exam-
inations, and public exhibitions of
school work, by the pupils and
teachers of the various grades.
In order to form something like a
just estimate of what has been ac-
complished, during tbe past year,
it is ntcesssry to take into considera-
tion the: peculiar circumstances un-
der which the teachers preformed
their work. The large accessions to
the population of our city, during the
last ten months, has been attended
with corresponding accessions to
the enrollment of the schools. Every
Monday, during die fall and winter,
a crowd of pupils—many of them
strangers—was found seeking admis-
sion, and, though some were contin-
ually withdrawing to go to^arts un-
known, the schools were soon filled
to their utmost capacity, and ultima-
tely they became crowded. This
difficulty was, io some extent, over-
come by excluding children un ler
seven years of age, but the relief
thus affored was still inadequate,
and it was ngt until the early spring,
when a considerable number of the
pupils were taken from their studies
to assist their parents at home, that
it was entirely removed.
There were 758 pupils admitted
into the white school during the ses-
sion, and 305 into the (wo colored
schools, making the entire enroll-
ment 963. Of the 39S pupils ad-
mitted ijnto the white school at the
begjnnifig of the session, there were
214 prenent at the final examination,
the whcle number present at tbe oc-
cassion, bSing about 300. It will
thus be iseen that, of the original pu-
pils, 184 withdrew during
the.seas on, and before its close,
which ia about 46 per cent, of the
enrollment at the commencement.
The number of pupils, then, who
availed hemselves of the adyantages
of the school, during the full ten
months’ session, was 214, as indica-
ted abo're. The average number
of pupils in daily attendance was
about 430 at the white school, and
at the colored schools, about no.
The average daily attendance was
on the whole, nearly 90 per cent,
of the number belonging—that is,
nearly do per cent, of the pupils
were present every day. Had it not
tieen for the uncomfortable condition
of the rooms during the cold weath-
er the attendance would certainly
havebe sn much more uniform, and
a hig'ney average per cent, of at-
tendance would, of course,have been
attained.
At the close of each quarter, of
ten weeks, the pupils of all grades
wero carefully examined .under my
own direction, and those found cap-
able of going forward more rapidly
than the class to which they be-
longed, were transferred to t he next
higher divison of the grade. Be-
side^ examining and re-organizing
at the e^d of each quarter, I regis-
tered and graded all the pupils as
they wejre admitted. Supervising the
work of the teachers and assisting
them when necessary, instructing a
small class in Algebra and Natural
Philosophy, and visiting the colored
schools about once a month, were
the remaining duties to which my
attention was directed.
ft is due to the teachers to say that
they preformed their part of the
work faithfully and well. Though
quite overworked, most of the time,
they maintained excellent discipline,
and brought out very satisfactory re-
sults. |The examination exercises,
which took place the last two weeks
of schoc 1, were acknowledged to bs
highly creditable to the teachers un-
der wlijose thorough training the pu-
pils were prepared to pass such a
trying ordeal. -
It is t a be regretted that so large
a portion of the pupils of the public
schools af the city have always tri-
fled with their privileges, and by
their irregular conduct, done much
to retarf the progress of others.
It can not be denied, however, that
the rea students—those who had
capacity, and made proper use of it,
have been remarkably successful.
Three of the teachers who served
with dii Unction last session, receiv-
ed their education in the Denison
public school, and it is a significant
fact that those who have gone from
and regulations of the schools on the
part of their children, the most grat-
ifying consequences would toon be
felt. Teachers are not a!ot,e respon-
sible for the success of the schools.
A few suggestions now in regarc
to school accommodations, etc. The
number of children between six
years of age and eighteen, being, ac-
cording to scholastic census recently
tsken, 1,806, the present accommo-
dations would be too limited to meet
the demand for seats next session.
At least two more teachers will be
required for white pupils, and per-
haps one for colored children. There
is a small room in the school build-
ing that might be enlarged and used
as a class room. This would extend
the searing capacity of the bnilding
to 584 seats, including 63 front teals
not furnished with desks, the num-
ber of seats furniabei 1 with desks be-
ing, at present 472.
It will, probably, be necessary to
rent a room for school purposes In
some locality convenient, lor the at-
tendance of small children. I be-
lieve that all the colored children
who will attend nex(; year, could be
accommodated ia tbe building in
which Mrs. Fraakhn
taught during quart
tbe present session, provided a reci-
tation room were connected with the
main building. Two teachers could,
under this arrangement, teach more
work than tliree
in different
pupils and do better
could, in single rooms
parts of the city.
If the rooms ol thp public school
building could be kept in proper
condition during the cold weather,
it would be an immense advantage
to the school. The: furnace is too
small to heat so large a building.
It is capable, howeiver, of produc-
ing heat enough to
keep the four
rooms on the first floor comfortable
in the coldest wea
ther. A large
stove should be placed in each of the
two rooms up stairs,
air produced by the
and all the hot
furnace should
Mr. Buckie, in “
dividual judgment, and if no one can
affirm that the judgments of men,
which are often contradictory, can
ever be infallible, it iollows of nec-
essity that.tb<ere is no decisive crite-
rion of religious truth.”
- Don’t forget that the genuine Boss
and Guinness* Ale and Stout is kept
on sale at the Parnell
institutions of learning, have invar-
iably passed the most creditable ex-
aminations, and have, in many in-
stances, been admitted to higher
classes than candidates from other
schools of tbe same rank. If par-
ents would co-operate with the
in securing good attendance,
and a!
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be thrown into the tout rooms down
stairs. Th<s seems tp me to be the
only way by which the school build-
ing can be made warm during the
winter mouths.
Very respectfully,
N. Somerville.
Denison, June 14; 1883.
FROM EUREKA SPRDJGS.
Eureka Springs, June 7, ’83.
B. C. Murray, Esq.
Dear Sir: I would wire you but
my money is getting shoit and my
credit here is still shorter, and be-
sides, I-don’t know that the (act of
my safe arrival at any pla^e is worth
the telling.
The country from; Pieitce City to
Seligman is quite ettod and the crop
of vdaeat fair. From Seiligman to
this^lace—time two dollars dis-
tance—it is very liilly and no crops,
and no place to piaijit them, except
on stones.
In my last letter I told,' you I did
not feel equal to the task [of giving
you anything like a correct account
or description of this place. I am
still in the same condition, notwith-
standing I have penetrated every
crevice in these hillsj, arid drank the
clear water from every nanaedl and
man^ un-named springs in and
around this fatuous city, and have
ascended many, - if not all of the
hills, either on foot or on horseback..
Your uncle chose the former way,
as it was th- cheapest and much the
safest. You can drive to most ot
the promioent places in and around
here, but it is not as pleasant or as*
cheap as horseback riding, to say
nothing of walking, which is the
method ot travel used by far the
greater portion of visitors here, as
most of them have more time than
money. I told you they claimed
eight or ten thousand population
here. A few who are trying to boost
this say so, but it is false; five thous-
and will cover the number, visjtprs
and all, of whom -there are abougtix
or eight hundred all told.
Eureka Springs, like all other
places, has its advantage^ and dis-
advantages, and ups and downs, and
I do think it has more of the latter
than any place of its size iu the
known world. Should yoO ever visit
this place and get lost whilst here,
just roll yourself up and lie down,
and you will pick your Remains up
either on Spring or Mud street in
less than no time, close to your
boarding bouse. And, right here,
let me tell you that this is not only
the most reasonable but the best
watering place that I have ever visit-
ed, so far as eating and charges are
concerned. They have sixty-five
named hotels, and every other house
is a boarding house, such as they
are. They have houses enough to
accommodate twenty thousand peo-
ple, and I suppose they had that
many about two years ago. When
nine-tenths of these houses are torn
down, and a sufficient number of
good ones built to accommodate
about five thousand visitors and resi
dants, this may become -a fashiona-
ble watering place.
I do not think that there is any
particular medical properties in tbe
waters, and I believe that all tbe
benefits derived from coming here
are attributed to tbe salubrious cli-
mate and pure waters of R Kansaw.
As for curing cancers, I do not be-
lieve tbe waters will do it, notwith-
standing the many reported cases of
cue. In tbe first place I think the
ten in their diag-
nosis. I think their complaints were
indolent ulcers, and the cures were
brought about fay the efforts of na-
ture and the good care the patients
would take of themselves while here,
with tbe assistance of the climate,
scenery, etc. Your many physicians
will understand me thoroughly, es-
pecially my particular friend Dr. J,
C. Fetid, who has visited the springs
and knows well their effect upon the
human frame and mine.
Hot Springs is a dead level
place when compared with this.
So numerous and so abrupt are
the hills here that most of the team
ing ia done on the aholders ol men
and boys. It ia no unfrequent thing
to see them with their yokes on
packing from four to eight gall mi of
sweet and sour milk from four to five
miles, for twenty to thirty-five cents
per gallon; butter twenty-five to
thirty cents per pound.
I ate some Denison peaches here.
They were nearly all rotten when
they arrived, and sold for two dol-
lars and fifty cents per box. Straw-
berries here in abundance and as
fine as you ever stuck a toqth into
or swung a lip over, at ten cents per
I know you have often heard the
remark that an idle brain is the
deyil’s work shop, etc. Well, it
certainly holds good here. Every-
body is trying to get some joke on
somebody else. I rather got tbe ad-
vantage of some of them one day,
and every one oL them started out,
some in one direction and Some in
another, and every boy that they
saw they would tell him there was a
man at the Hotel Silver buying dogs.
It was but a very short time until the
street was lined with dogs and boys,
inquiring for the (dan aa is buying
dogs. I think I could have bought
five hundred in ten minutes if I had
the quid fro quo. At first it was
fun for those that got it up, but as
soon as tbe boys found that they had
been sold, those gents were glad to
Iget out ot there, you bet.
I roust tell you one more circum-
stance that occurred while I was at
Eureka, then I will quit, /’You have
often heard, it said ’that there is al-
ways room enough for one more in a
street car or omnibus. Well, that
jroved to be false in Eureka. The
ivetymen here, as well at other
places, haye an i$e to business. One
day one came around and proposed
to take all the boarders to the lake
on an excursion ; so everybody was
ready and eager to go as the fare
was low. He brought around one
of those old time busses, which I
suppose never had been filled, judg-
ing from its dimensions, which was
ot the usual width, but about thirty
feet long and two stories high. He
yells, “All aboard!” and some fel-
low says, (‘Cap, that thing won’t
carry all this crowd.” “Yes she
will; you just pile in, I’ll warrant
her to go through all O. K.” I
knew the driver would like to have a
drop pi the o-be-joyful, and I winked
at him ; he heard it and came tum-
bling o(T his seat in the twinkling ot
of an eye, and we proceeded to the
nearest store to take a little, and
when we got back they were all in
except Jumbo. She was a lady from
the glorious climate of California,
whose traveling weight was 'three
hundredand ninety-two pounds avor-
dupois. She was hesitating about
getting in, when the Captain of tbe
craft yelled out, ’‘Pile right in; plen-
y of room; she never was full yet 1 ”
the piled iir, and you would have
thought, had you hot seen the oc-
currence, that a steamer ot the
greatest capacity, loaded with cotton
had been stranded there. The crash
was terrible, and that omnibus cov-
ered the width ot the street for one
hundred yards both ways! I leave
the rest for you to imagine.
I shall remain here until about the
1st of July.. Yours, etc.,
Veritas.
Railroad Meeting.
Ex-Gov. Hubbard addressed the
citizens of Sherman in the District
court room at 11 o’clock, on the sub-
ject of Narrow Gauge railroads. He
represents tbe St. Louis & Texas
Narrow Guage system of railroads,
which proposes to build a road from
Tyler to some point southwest of
here, and from said junction build to
Sherman and Gainesville, Sherman
not being on a direct line between
Tyler and Gainesville. This will
give Gainesville the maia line, leav-
ing us a tap road to the junction, and
will hot amount to much. Tbe
Governor asks tbe citizens along the
line to subscribe $300,000 pay*6 per
cent, on the bonds for thirty years,
and where $1,000 is subscribed, tbe
company donates $500 in stock.
This is as we Understand the propo-
sition. It wbuld seem reasonable
enough were yfe to have a railroad
from Tyler direct through, and no
branch scheme. Of coujrse the us-
ual right-of-way and depot grounds
will be wanted. If this company
wants to build a road 20 or 30 miles
below Sherman, as is the intention,
we could build tbe street car line,
instead of^to Denison, to the rail-
road, for it would amount to about as
much as a little tap Une with one
engine and two or three cars, for
that’s all that is necessary to operate
such aline.—Sherman Democrat.
It will be seen from the above that
the narrow gauge railroad boom,
that has struck our neighboring town
is in the situation of the Democrat,
very narrow indeed—“a little tap
line with one eH^ine and three cars.
That tap may grow, however; it
won’t pay to stop long at Sherman,
and will probably be ‘pushed along
to Denison, and into the Indian Ter-
ritory to tbe new coal fields. If this
is not done the men at tbe head of
tbe enterprise are remarkably abort-
sighted.
Onr Canning Factory.
Tone and Chicbet Have purchased
the machinery for their canning fac
tory, and will have the business run-
ning this week. They have secured
the building corner of Chestnut street
and Austin avenue for the factory.
Last Tuesday night, owing to the
train for the north being behliK
time, a numbnr of passengers were
in the ladies’ waiting room at tha
depot fur a number of boors. Among
them was a lady of fine personal ap-
pearance, who seemed to be without
a male escort. About half past
eleven a negro boy stepped in and
banded Iter a note. She unfolded
the paper, and as she perused its
contents, those in the room noticed
she turned very pale. One gentle-
man, who was a close observer, re-
marked to us, “She turned as white
as a ghost.” Sbe immediately got
up and walked to tbe door with the
note in ber band, and aa sbe did so,
Mr. Gavin, train-dispatcher Mo. P„
stepped up to her and Mid some-
thing. Sfae spoke a word or two in
reply, but of tbe hnftf a dosen or so
afnhding near the door, we have not
found any one that understood what
was said by either party. As she
spoke the lady drew a Smith A
Wesson repeatihg pistol from the
folds of her dress and stuck it cIom
to Mr. Gavin’s face. The latter
threw up his left hand and struck thy
>lstol out of range, at the same time
beading over and ^starting to run.
n a trice the lady cocked ber pistol,
and drawing it down on him snap-
ped it, but the pistol did not go off.
By this tiijae Mr. Gavin had dis-
appeared. The heroine of the ex-
citing episode stepped back into the
waking ruom, and in reply to numer-
ous inquiries, explained that an in-
sulting note had been banded to ber.
that sbe was traveling alone, but was
prepared to protect herself. She
also stated that she would know the
>arty that ^poke to her at the door,
and that she had friends he would
be likely to hear from. She hand-
ed the note to a railroad mao. Par-
ties who saw the pistol say ifc was
oaded. We tried to get hold of the
note to copy 11, hut Saturday morning
when we applied for it, we learned^
it bad passed into hands where we*
would not be likely to get it. The
following, however, is very nearly,
f not exactly tbe language, dictated
to us by a gentleman"wh(> read it
over carefully several times. T-he
ast line was apparently written by a
different hhnd from that which in-
dited the body of the note. The
word printed in Italic was under-
scored : %
Kind Miss—As our train is three
or four hours late, I see you have
time to sfend, I wish you would ac-
company me to my room, halt a
block from the depot. 1 will see
that you are not left. There is
money in it. Meet n»e at the door
with this note in your hand.
One of the Boys.
We have been unable to find tbe
negro boy who handed tbe lady the
note, and cannot My who sent it.
We state just as much and no more
than is vouched for by eye witnesses.
Various reports have been put ip
circulation about this affair. One
report says tbe note was written by
a conductor, name not given. An-
other has it that the woman is a well
known prostitute from DallM. This
latter we do not believe, as she was
in the waiting room several hours
during the night, and parties who
saw her at different times say she
conducted herself as a lady in every
respect. Besides public women don’t
turn pale at receiving notes from
“The Boys.” But it is immaterial
who the la^ly was. She was a traveler
on the rpilroad. She was in the
company’s waiting room, and should
be under the protection of the com-
pany and tbe employes from insult.
Our object in giving publicity to
this sffsir is not to do injury to any
party, but we do not propose to couch
our language in such ambiguous
terms thst suspici on can be cast upon
any official or employe of the road,
on which gossip may chance to fas-
ten it. We have been importuned
by several to keep Mr. Gavin’s name
out of the paper in this connection;
that be had nothi ng to do with tbe
note, and thit he ia perfectly inno-
cenL This we could not do in jus-
tice to others.* It it a fact that he la
tbe man tbe lady attempted to shoot.
What was the words that passed be-
tween them is known only to them-
selves. .
We called ort Mr. Gavin Friday
evening and asked him to give us
his version of the affair for publica-
tion, and the following is his explana-
tion, which we cheerfully publish,
and would have been pleased to
have bad his written statement:
UR. GAVIN’S STATEMENT.
Mr. Gavin says he knew nothing
whatever of the note?, and that it
shows on the face of it that it ia not
in his handwriting. He explains
that he was about making up the
train and stepped * to tbe wailing
room to ask the lady if she was go-
ing north. As he spoke to her she
replied, “I’ll fill you full of bullets,”
and at once flipped out a pistol and
snapped it at him, when be beat a
precipitate retreat. He saya tbe
misfortune is, be stepped up to the
door just in time to be mistaken for
the other fellow, but who that fellow
ia he ia in total ignorance.
We certainly hope Mr. Gavin ia
simply the victim of mistaken iden-
tity. The fact, however, remains
that a woman who was quietly
waiting the arrival of a train in tbe
sitting room ot tbe depot, was gross-
ly iusulted, and it makes no
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ence to the public whether the insult
came from Mr. Gavin or Mr. Some-
bodyelae. It ia tha duty of the rail-
road company to tee to it that women
are not insulted while on their prem-
ies ; and this matter should not rest
tere. It. should receive thorough
investigation by the company, and if
any rauroad employe is tbe guilty
party be should be unceremoniously
bounced. , ’
Pokes Killed by James Hntt.
Pittsburg, Pa., June i8.-fThe
Post's Uniontown special says: Jas.
Nutt, aon of State • Treasurer Capt.
A. C. Nutt, deceaMd,ebot end killed
Dukes, his father’s murderer, this
evening, at half past seven o’clock.
He shot four times, all the baile tak-
ing effect. Dukes died instantly.
Dnkea had been frequently warned
of his danger in remaining in Union-
town, and he lajtely said that he
would either stay there or in the
cemetery. It is said that be had ex-
pressed a fear of the aon ol Capt.
Nutt, and was never on. the street af-
ter night
To-day Jas. Nutt was seen prac-
ticing with a revolver at his home,
and this evening about half past sev-
en he was standing near the postof-
fice, when Dukes came along. As
Dukes was peeing he turned his
head and noticed ^roung NuU just aa
he stepped from a doorway and fired
the shot taking effect in Dukes’ side.
Dukes started to run, when ' Nutt
followed and shot again. By this
time Dukes was at thev postoffice,
when he received another shot and
fell inside tbe door. Nutt followed
and fired two more shots into Duke’s
prostrate body, one taking effect in
the neck. Dukes was dead before
any one could get to him. The re-
volver that did tbe work is tbe sa ne
that Capt. Nutt carried on the morn-
ing of his death. Young Nutt gave
himself up, and is now in jail. He
was calm but pale aa a sheet. Five
shots were fired, four taking effect.
Coroner's jury is now sitting. Ex-
citement is running high.
Return of (book’s Oommand. *
A special from Tombstone. Ari-
zona, gives the first definite news of
Crfank, and reports a successful fight
with the Apaches. It Mys :
“Albert Smith arrived in Tomb-
stone, June nth, direct from Silver
Creek, distant sixty miles. He states
that Crook and command arrived
there on tbe 20th with 230 hostilea,
seventy-five bucks, including Loco
and another cbief, name unknown.
The others are all women and chil-
dren. These hostiles were captured
by Crook in a fight in the Sierra
Madres on the 15th ult. ' Ju escaped
with his band. Crook will* remain
one-week at Silver Creek, to givo
tbe balance of the hostiles a chance
to Come in and surrender. Charley
McComas was with them when at-
tacked t»y Crook, but was taken off
by Ju’s band. The prisoners say Ju
and his band will surrender ” They
are holding young McComas ep *
hostage. There is no doubt of the
capture. Crook says only seven In
dians w. re killed in the light S»d
one of his officer* wounded, but not
differ- seriously. J J
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