The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 51, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 8, 1891 Page: 2 of 4
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reporter
j ul and W. L Mul
bosido* t*oTmfficn number
*, Lotdsi Down Vfifli 7 pie during th* shoofitg uffrhy on
ft L_____ w I_ . rtllti jkn llln llllii
r«r*-
I Wus i apt! zed Inst Sunday
m,Uv* Baptist church but
iter his friends were con-
1 hi* reason win dethroned. He
onstiintly (fiew jaore violent and all”
idiiy night he disturbed the nolgli
rhood of the jail with hi* roving*.
! Wednesday morning Jailor llunow*
his family were completely worn
tit with the mailmnn. Mr. H irro.rs
rent Into his cell and endeurorod to
sx Manus into becoming quiet, when
Suddenly the mnnino leaped uimiu him
land a terrible cpfcountcr ensued. For
a
and got
gun
Hughe* while hi* wife tied him.
Leo was benlnd the bar* again at 6 p.
m. and Stanislaus went home with |6(f
In his pocket.
A JAIL DELIVERY,
turn Hiitherlaml, llie Wife dealer
Lraili Ilia dariy.
Coaau'ANA, Tex., July 28—A gen-
ernl Jail del Ivory ooiffttrod here just
before daylight Smgley morning a
prisoner iiumod Tom Sutherland
breaking out and liberating the eleven
other prisoueraconfined. Southerland
was arrested and Jailed about ‘J o'clock
on tbo chnrgo of 'beatteg » woman he
wns living with. \jfhile she was re-
lating to the officer* the details of the
vernl minutes the two powerful men punishment she claimed he hud in
trugglod for the Epastery. Mr.
arrows dropped his pistol, which
i quickly seixed by the muniiA and
i sbovod It < lose to the jailer’s body,
but'luckily tbo weapon was not load-
td. With a herculean efTort the jailer
nsped his antagonist again and
threw him on his back, tieing him
down. Manus Is now becoming aise^f
(to his surroundings; but keeps up his
I ravings during the day time. Yostor-
idsy afternoon about 6 o'mock he was
(discovered by pythons on the square
itandlng on the roof of the jail. He
hod pulled oft. most of Us clothing
snd wns stunding there in full view In
. soml-nudo condition. Ho hat) suc-
Ireeded in reopening the hole in the
of mode by 1he prisoners who re-
liently escaped. lie was quickly cap-
Itured and carried hack to his coll.
Iiroiigtit to Grief
VxKAOS'. Tex;,' Aug. 1.—Quito a
tenant Ion was created hero lato-Thurs-
flay evening by the nrrost and attempt-
ed suicide of J. K. Thompson, one of
teachers' attending tho normal
_____Inslromen'.s.
CROPS DAMAGED BY FLOOD.
A Oyclont Visits IhS !*«<*" Tsrritszy snd Onl
Convd«r*bl« Oimi(l I* Both Rtli-
Bonos s*d Buolnoii Srozorty.
Ischool. Thompson Is a brother of n
FafTflrTg merchant of this place and
smo hero last spring with hi* wife
(from Missouri, lie wns pleasant and
■affable anil made a boat of friends who
[were shocked on learning thatarequi-
equi-
[sltion had been received from I legato
[hold Thompson for the Missouri
authorities on the charge of grund
[.larceny. und that in anticipation of
Farreat he had tnkop a quantity of ar-
I sonic. Physician* wore at onco sura-
1 mom (1 and for several hours they
I worked faithfully and at n late hour
1 Thursday night tie wns resting ouBy
[ and pronopneed out of danger. Ho
[preferred dentil to returning to Mlo-
[sourl.
dieted upon her through jealousy, he
came in and attempted to beat her
again In their presence. Before thoy
could get him to jail he broke ills hold
loose from Officer Hail' cad dealt him
soveral stinging blows in the face.
After they succeeded in landing him
In the calabooso he threw' a shoo at
the same office!’ with such terrible
force that it loft an ugly mark on bis
forehead. Tho offline- is so much
larger than Futhorluhd that ho was
loath to inflict any punishment upon
him. but they had to choke him into
submlasion before they could arrest
him. When srninhi id at tho loakup
uti opeu kuife with u large pointed
blade wns foil mi la his coat pocket
Two of the e*capofl‘|U-Uoners returned
of their own uvwil Monday morning,
another was arrested nod Fatherland
was captured mid jailed.
Cheats the Gallowa
Fort Worth, Tex., July 80.—The
gallows designed and erected for tho
oxocutlon of J. W. Davis, the mur-
derer of 11. *0. Evihjs. I he merchant
prince of this oity, will never bear his
weight. Death has choated the scaf-
fold. Davis is dead. At o o'clock
yesterday evening his guard noticed
something unusual in Davis’ breathing
and went to his bedside. The oon-
detnnediwss lying on his bank breath-
ing heavily but not Irregularly. His
eyes were dosed and ho appenrod to
be asleep. A slight shake of the
shoulder fulled to arouso him. Jailer
>•
Foi:t Fmith. Ark.. Aug. 8.—<’oL
l oos. United Stales m irsinil for the
watcrii district of Arkansas, left yo*-
vrdsy looming for Do ro t. Mich..
With tiie i.otono is ho sothiof. Frank
Allen, who gbor for n term of ntno
years- Allen os< aped while cn ronto
lo Detroit so o ul months ngo by flljug
off his shackles a id cuffs and jumping
rum tho c.tr wtniiBW in tho nlqbL He
went buck to tno tercitiry and wus
,ust on tho ovo of tnmrylog a io«pcct>
:.b'o young in<i\. Her mother ob'oet-
,-d, but fli covering thut thoy were go-
ing to marry in s;dto*of her. she quict-
y g.ivo Alton uwuy to offleors. who
succeeded in rapturing him. Itofo q
tartlng yostoroiiy morning Allen's
dotting vru* thoroughly searched.
Linder tho strep of his bootleg n tile
wns fmin.l. A saw m uio from u corset
stay was d's.iv.'o eJ In a suck ol to-
b.tcoo snd two short st hi! saws WO O
•o iml iu a French hft'|l which ho
pluyod for list amusement of_h!s fellow
prisoners. Alien onqp broke jail in
Kansas.
street. In this city, on tho mte noon of
Fob. S3 Inst, was convicted yesterday
morning of murder In the soooud de-
gree. The trial ha* boon In progress
since May 11. When Mr. Mitchell
road the indlctmeut for mudor In tho
llrst degree Mrs. P. J. KUlott thought
it meant guilty of Murder in the first
degree and partially raised up. gave
u suppressed screnin und then fell hock
in her chair. As the cleitc reached
the wolds "guilty of mttrdor in the
second dogroo” 'Miss Maroney arose
and gave vent to it walling cry and
ihen fell bank In a fainting lit. Mrs.
W. J. Kltlotl wo* very pule but mudo
no demonstration. Attorney Krnhart
Cleaning* From Crime's
Sait the Gem
slemJxr Sent! to
Ruslt.
SERIOUS AND SENSAWONAL SORTINGS.
r.rslga Filths* »«*•* VVsv* R»* Wlu
N.S.. st Ntllanil Mosisnt from
Othsr Lands,
•iiflSSS?
re prlsonei
itb felony,
f breaking
Tho constant hoavy rains of tho past
few days in Mississippi have done
much derange to crop*.
Labor organizations of Little Hock,
Ark., are protesting against the em-
ployment of convict labor.
Mad foxes are making it dangerous
caught Miss Miu-uiioy as she fell buck | >g> p,,.,. through the woods around thtr
A Ko-lons IVrilij.iaiiiont,
St. Josttut. Mo.. July 'JR.- -Unless
nlmo.it mil'.iou ous iufluenco is brought
to iiesr ii,Mm tho Missouri river to
.prevent the Inroads made at a pointy
•vest of this city known as liulinoii^
bend the towu of Klwood. opposite
St. Jos.-ph. nnd a territory of about
f fuom'iii
Earn Jones |timen-cgge<L
Holston, Tox.. July 80.—Rev. Sam
ft Jones delivered n normim yosterday
ovenlhg at Hutchings park, to near
vhicli an admission fee of 80 nnd 7ft
onts wns charged. A most dlsgraeo-
Ifiil thing occurred just before Mr.
(Jones bad eoncludq^i his.address. The
Mectrie lights wont' doVn gradually
»r.d Anally completely out. «As durk-
ness covered the scene hissing and
bracking sounds were heard and the
audience began to show perturbation.
oon the electricity was on again and
jit wns discovered Yl hat i-otten eggH hud
dwn. .'4m wcom. d
Kliiott was at once advised of Davis’
condition und tho county physician
was telephoned for. it was some time
before he arrived and nil tho time the
condemned man'a breathing was becom-
ing more labored. Every effort was
Ibehind a fence tl
ftho park, and not only hit Mr. Jones,
hut several Indies nnd gentlemen in
(the audience, (ircat Indignation Was
expressed by some of tho audience.
made to arouse him. but (hey nil
failed. At 6:30 o’clock another physi-
cian wns telephoned for, and when he
arrived nnd hod,taken u look at Davis
he pronornccd the trouble congestion
of tho bruin, und said lie could not
live an hour. His prediction was
verified, ns Davis died at 7:1ft o'clock.
Ills body was shortly afterward taken
to an undertaker's to be prepared for
tlie grove. Tho jailor stated that no
one had visited Davis during the
day except ills mother and the Rev
Dr. Noel of tho .Presbyterian cburclj.
ftnd that for Several days mV'one
but theqc two persons had ^>Jmod him.
Seiflltcti ftnd been kept on'him
ver since eentence wns passed, und it
had been tbo closest daring the past
week on account of predictions that
Davis would Commit suicide. It is the
opinion of many people of this cit
that Davis by some means pro< urpd
potent drug and endod his own life.
six square iniloi of fitrm'ng.country
will b3 submerged anl the bridgo iind
railroad tracks will lie rendered use-
less Tho neck of lund separating tho
river above and htlow tho bend has
been reduced to a width of 1 IKK) feet
and tho bun lei ure caving aero by acre
every day.— Ollzefn of St JiMopb are
awaitenlng to a sense of neceistty for
thorough artlon. Should the r.vor
cut througii the Kims is bottoms, this
city would bo deprive 1 of Ihiio of its
mint iin|>omit linos of railroad for
months at least. The iron bridge
now spanning the stream wjuld bo
rendered useloss, all eoitunmilcivtion
with Kansas farmers would by out olT
and it would lie impossible to estimate
tho iliiinago merchants and btisinos*
men would sustain Jbo sower sys-
tem would bo useless and directly in
front of the city would lio s tiiated n
tilth and death breeding lake .that
could not bo removed with millions.
J
A l rlglitliu itunawuy
Dallas, Tex., July 28.--A torriblo
[runaway occurred near Kxall's lake
[last Kundny evening. Ben Kendall
Fund Cupt. iliirdie H hoy were Imggy
I riding. Their h< iso look friglu and
iron awry. Having run a fo\v Inindnd
Fjsnls ihe outfit collided with Mr. Tom
[BvoU'b carriage, to which was hitched
pjs rj irited animal, and it also runaway.
I At this point tho. occupants of both
[tnrtinge* were Ibrown out unhurt.
! Air Fruit's horse brought up against
it wiio fi ner inning off two of its
hoofs aid hrd to lu shot. ('apt.
i 11: illIc's boric had hutli Tts front logs
[broken rtid will, it is believed, hnvo
a!to to I o shot.
Accul mtatljr allot III* win*.
Bkhwyk. I. T., July 30.—I.ne
Autrey. who lives live luiloi oast of
this place on tho Oilliuu fauni. was
throwing cartridge hulls from Bs win-
chester when a carl ridge got btRig In
the gnn. His wlfo was at work dloiui-
Ing up the dishes from the morning
meal and happened to puss by hoy
husband whon the gun ,Ilrcd, the ball
passing through tho fleshy part of har
log below tho knee and above the
ankle, but no bones w. re broken.
Th6 ddetori says that she will be a
cripple, ni the muscles and curds of
the nnklei^^c^^il^iilj^oi'ii out. ,
j"W*r Over Hl*lii sir W ar
lAxnrrdifr. Ky. July 80__The
licit Line and Kentucky Union rnlt-
roifda arvsi war q ruin. Monday night
tlid fvnnev's foroo toirn up a portion of
the Inn m-V • neks tho dispute being
1 i-lit of #uy for wht h lioth lire
1.
Hu c.ril liy lightning,
Daingkrfiki i», Tex., Ai g.
iQiFe a tiiunderslorm visited this
Uthfcft Tlmr«!a}( night, with but little
illdn. Lightning stiuck a tree in tho
usnl of J ii*. IV. M. Connor, scattering
[the ilcios.in eveiy direction, but.
[klrtingo o sny. without seriously hurt-
ing liny member of tho family, ns they
[were all out in tho gallery, within
j twenty foot of tho tree. It gave them
Is severe shock. About a quarter of a
Imilo away D. T. Willis was bo badly
[shockod from the same stroke as to bo
[unconscious for a while. Quito a
[number of other families in that por-
tion of town weit) badly shocked, but
[ not seriously.
Ktileil by Lightning.
Midlothian, ’J'e.x., Aug. 8.—Wil-
liam Etheridge, a farmer living one
[mile west of this place, wus killed by
lightning about 2 o'dtoek yesterday,
[lie wa* reclining against a wire fence
ML bis horse lot nt the time. Tbo
lightning struck the fence some dis-
from hlfn. Etheridge never
like after being struck lie leaves a
life snd one child. The unfortunate
Bh. had only been n resident, hero a
[BW months, his former home being
illioun, I,a.
Liffidisrlsr Deceived.
Dwi.i.as, Tox., July 31.—The char-
of the Iiinlrv Hivor Nil
Improvement col
*y. In n
open foi
A Convict Killed.
Nr.iv ItiiiMiNiliiAM, Tex.. July 31.
.Valentine Sanford, the boy who si:
month* ngo killed his mother with a
shotgun in Clay county and who was
given a life term in the penitentiary,
entered into a conspiracy, with other
convicts to escape und was instantly
killed by a g i*'il. One of (he con-
victs wns to ask tno genril sorno ques-
tion. nttrnct his attention and got him
to put his bond out of his picket ivin-
dow. Sanford, witli a hammer in liis
bund lind concealed himself in tho
wnlk-nreund just hosido tho window,
but when tho convict attempted to
attract tho guard's Httcntiim ho ob-
served nn unusual commotion among
some of Ihc con viola nnd did not put
'nis head out of the window. This wns
nil Hint saved his life, for .Sanford was
rondy with hammer in bund to slay
him and get his guns. Sanford then
stopped itl fjsdbt of the window anil
drew tho hiiiiinjcr buck to throw, but
tho gita d wns too quick for him nnd
shot tho entire loud of buckshot into
his heart. He wns 1 b yenrs old when
killed.
\be ten ible.
etmt •tiding. Yo.terday tho Belt Lino
u n.si with shotguns, took
pos-cs-ion of thw disputed territory,
anil f ur.j lUtontpk Is mn lo to ivhulld
ibr track tlierp “Will bo bloodshed.
Inu K. v Union is i-©ported to
hair s.-'ii fora r.irloiul of mountaineers.
If tin ir on s ini • there will oortnlnly.
Horn t-.inb .I'a* HI led.
Y"in N'inn Ark.. Aug. 1.—Frank
I- I’rn’t statin i v*nt at Alula, u
-imd. stntio.i on fluff Kansas and Ar*
Unis i. \ ;, i -v r ml uA'ffty miles north
1,1 1 ‘ biot i it,., .i*nation, whs
str'o ; . « • mil.yesterday
nrrii n/ wb;|c min'* on tile platform
•nsierp lli. I' d eg Was horr.bly
rrisliV" bis l. f' i -ai V,f near the
olitow :i"il It - ll 1 i 1 oi ilort'y Cllt off.
Ilo was Inkivi :>• I Ini o in Ft. w boro ho
dird'Hi b io 1' ,it w i.n-om (RlnjhwUst
ami in ii's '\riiolor ivj , ss! tl-ian OU tho
plittf a in wiiii
mils.
!'*■*: it r on the
A Saiit'iinan Htnggeil.
Waco, Tox.. July 81.—At a into
hour at night John Twyman ot Du-
ran o, Falls rounly. a stockman, on-
torod a saloon, accompanied by two
woriten, sisters, named roSpoctlvely
l’arltoe and Mattie Clark. The trio
drank boor and left together. A few
moments later the two womtm returned
to the saloon and reported that Twy-
man hud been slugged. He wns re-
moved from where he foil, ok>*o to the
west abutment of tho Missouri. Kansas
and Texas Urn/.o* rivor brfdgo. to the
city hall, nnd there doctors attended
him. Tliero was a long, deep gash in
the forohond and tho back of his hcail
was severely contused. Ho stated
that he had boon the victim of an as-
sault by two nogroea, of wlu— r"
/efltillc oo W«d
IIiiiim ;e.| I.y ;i I ■ , , *
, Ki iAt m 1 I Aug :t Saturday
light III' Ml' l 'livi’k ,i r\t; o|le struokl
nice it III Hie 'Lira 1 ig vimni town
just above here. (,' (;. Miwi'J drug
store Win blown from its foundation
nnd a quantity of drugs i\«o,trqyOfl,
Lafayette Bros', large new gin\and
mill Imililing which hifll not yet Lr'
occupied with machinery, was wruvlM
nnd a two and a half story rcsidciM
building owned by Mr. Vrazing wY|
blown to atoms; bosidiM several otliJ*
honsqs being unroofed and ilamiiTa
dono to fencing.
and then started for some water in the
buck room. J. Elliott had his
yonngost boy In ills lap, anil when tho
vordict was being road Re covered the
child's i yo* and inopth so he e mid not
scour riake an outcry. Wlicu Miss
Murom j fainted the defendunt turned
to flor nnd gave instruction* about
what to do with her. Neither W. J.
KIRott nor the children rauda any
demonstration &t a'l. Miss Maroney
wus taken Into tin judge's private
rodtn, whore sho soon revived und left
with tho remainder of Kliiott'* rela-
tives. As tho verdlot of tho Jury was
rood Kliiott boo one s0 cilrflged that
ho pullod tho 0. A. U, biitumi from
tho iapel of his u iut and threw H spite-
fully !n tho diroo*ioa of (ho jury.
A BRUTE SHOT DOWN
IhlhSiUili Wham He llrst Ku nod
P ” Bad Ucsnrtrd
U.i.msm, Fia., Aug. 1,—Thursday
night Miss Myra Fanchcr, a beautiful
girl only 16 ysm1'* old. shot nnd in-
stantly killed A. C. Jones, connected
with the Florida Central and I’eninsu-
lar r.iilway. She lay In wuit fay him
at u stroot corner and when ho ap-
pea-od blew out his brain* with a ro-
volvor. Far nearly a year past Jones
has boon paying ilovoted attention to
Mis.i Fauchcr. About two months ngo.
howover, Juno* discarded her und
married another girl. Since tho
shouting tho girl says thnt Jonos he-
cuino criminally Intimate with her
under promise of marrlugo and she
could not stand her disgraco.
Krlianlt Iteslgn*.
Nkw York, July 30.—Collector Er-
hnvdt has given out In reply to various
quostions put to him touching tils
resignation of tho ooUactorshlp of the
port of Now York, announcod yestor-
day.tho following statement: "t have
resigned liecmiso tlio collector ha*
boyn reduced to tlio position wliaro ho
Is no longer an inde|iondent officer
with niitbority commensurate witii hi*
responsibility. I have given bonds
for f200,000. I have received for th*
government during the twenty month*
past $322, 61)7,183,40, and I nm all tho
tlmo personally responsible foi- numer-
ous values In monoy and merchandise.
My duties are necessarily performed
through about 1800 employes. 1 am
not willing to continue to be responsi-
ble for their conduct unless _,I
have proper muhortty over them. Thf
recent policy of the treasury depart-
ment his been to control the detail of
custom administration at the port of
New York from Washington, nt the
dictation of private individuals Inn ing
no official responsibility. The col-
lector Is practically doprlved of power
and control while he is left subjeoQto'
all responsibility. Tho office Is no
longer independent, therefore wo hnvo
separated. ”
luburbs of Charleston, S. C.
fieorgo 8. Smith of Aloxapirta, Va.,
was shot and killed by Jefferson Phil-
lips a few nlghta ago about u woman.
The first of the rifled brooch loading
mortars, constructed la Providence,
K. L, bus stood tho test suojessfully
«... iv
preacher, while riding along the high-
way near Hobar, Ark., was assas-
sinated.
, Some beautiful samplos of iron ore
were exhibited at Natchez, Miss., that
were benight from Brandywine, Clai-
borno county.
(Vtlliam Downing, whoso parents
rcsido' at l^ondon, England, was acci-
dentally drowned In flagainon river at
Doeatur. IIU. recently.
' Near Khrlbyvlllo. Ky., rooontly Mrs.
GlonnaKrifo of a fuimer, was outraged
ky Sam Pulliam, a negro. Pulliam
waB lynchod by u mob.
At I-aHrange. Ky.. rocantly Milton
Ferguson shot and killed 0. Williams
in a dispute over a horse trade. Wil-
liams tried to shoot first.
•At Enterprise. Mlgs., recently, a
brakoman namod W. Berry was killed
on the Mobile nnd Ohio railroad, by
his head striking a bridge.
Anoid hermit, whosi name is un-
known, v,' is robbed and murdered by
two negruo i a few miles f o.ith of Mom-
phis, Terra., a fo.v nights itgj.
Hint on a Train.
JiUlnstown, Pn., July 28.—There
was a light on Hie platform at the
roar of the second coach of Ilia flrst
section of a train nno mile from Rock-
wood. James Kelly, a policeman of
Johnstown, di'eiy a revolver to quell a
rows tvhon tlio crowd sprang upon
him and* forced him between tiie Curs.
Conductor Hard signalled the en-
gineer to slop Ibo train. Tho ooii|>-
llng broke and KcBv ilio))|ied under
the wheels and was killed. Lucas
Myera of I. at robe was thrown from
UluV.« ib.
the platform and killed. Milton Pj
of Solnoi-set was b irlcd through tbo
air and struck on u rock on tho side
of tho track. His skull was crushed
and log broken, but lie Is still nlivc.
The bodies of the two men were left nt
Fomersot for inquest. Tho train ar-
rived nt Johnstown at 12:80 o'clock
a. m. I( was an excursion from
Johnstown to Cumberland n.nu return.
There wore fourteen ears lind lflOO
peoiile. _ t_
Presld int Partridge of tho Maine
Pharmaceutical association vigorously
attacked tho prohibition laws in his
recent annua1 address at Portland.
John II. Maynard has been arrested
at San Frnaeisoo chargod with embez-
zling twenty-four (I0U0 Contrn Costa
Wator company's bonds from liD sis-
ter.
At Enu Claire. Wls., Arthur Adams,
aged 12. was recently run over and in-
stantly killed by an oloctrlc street car.
His hood and one log wero nearly sev-
ered.
At Commnnche, Iowa, a few days
ago tho rail* spread on tho Chicago
and Northwestern track, ditching a
working truin. Engineer Ilulor was
killed.
John Pngntlio, an Italian, has been
arrostod at Canton, Miss., on a charge
of nttorijptlng to assault two little
girls, Bello and Katie Ccniur, aged 12
and 13.
At Jasper, Tenn.. the jury jn tho
eclobr.ited Urahntn-McRoynold i sodue-
tlon und breu di of promise enso re-
turned a verdict for the plaintiff of
♦10,000.
At Nashville. Tesn., a few days ngo
(iilberi i’arkea, a member of the real
estate Hi m of Blair, Parkes & Co.,
while lu mi intoxicated condition
suicide 1. ,
A life size o pie itrinn statue of Gen.
Phillip fihorlduti Is to bj .nroiented to
the silty of Chicago by President. Yor-
kes of tho No th and Wostsldo Cable
railway*.
Ail (Hysons walking through the
streets of Ocean Grove, N, J , without
proper covering or wenHug bathing
apparel, are to bo lined fft or imprls-
I’«o-
ore In n
that
•t
ordained
tiie jail.
A%mti
pie of U]
stato of
Rev. Albert
tRBlr wedding*, is not an
minister.
Rose Zoldoskl. couvlctod of poison-
ing her rival, Emily Maly, at Ijanga*-
tor, Wls.. was i ©moved to VVnupun
’penitentiary to enter upon hor life
son ton ce. Bho protested thut she was
Innocent
At Lancaster, Pn., a shorty tlmo
since tho s'eambout wharf at Graeff-
ing’s landing gave uwpy with a great
crush. It ff*a* crowded nt tho time
with peoqilo, Who wero thrown into
tho water.
At Plattsmouth, Noli., .recently.
Owed five days.
Three train os mordored an old citi-
zen In nis plneo of business at Hillings,
Mont., a few day* ago. The murder-
ers wore arrested and. there is strong
talk of lynching.
The body of Mrs. Maggie Krumn-
aged 8ft, with hor, 4*moiitlifl-old child
tied lo lier waist, was recently found
flouting in the Delaware rivor, near
Phllatleiplila. l’»,
The Stabdaisl OH oompnn.v, having
obtained absolute control of the Ohio
oil fields, has now common.’cd* lw
gather all the natural gus Intorosts of
the satiio seotioq.
many blows wore exchanged bet ivoon
tho jiartisiins ol either faction, but no
calamities.
A Bloody fight took place on Black-
berry crook, Kentucky, recently bo-
twoeti two of tho famous McCoy crowd
and Goorgo Roberts, which resulted in
Roberts recievlng sixty-seven buckshot
In hi* body.
Iif n wheat flo'.d nonr Milton. Tonn.,
recently, Major Brown, u desperate
darky, shot and probably fatally
wounded Tom Cantrell, ono of the
most intelligent and peaceful negroes
in the county.
Two einlnedt specialists In mcntqr
diseases, H. 0. Wood and C. Mills, of
Philadelphia, Pa., have found a plnus-
lble explanation of the crimes of
"Honest” John Bardsley. They say
he lias paresis.
At Greonsburg, I'm. a few days ago
*omo unknown fiend entered tho resi-
dence of Miss Frances McCain, aged
7<> years, nnd at the point of a revolv-
er compelled her to submit to an out-
rageous assault.
At Columbus, Miss., considerable
-excitement is felt at the act of a sot of
Alubuminn* who came over -into thnt
st'tto and nrrested Mr. William lloasly
and carried him to Alabama without
due pi-ocess of law.
M. B. Johnson, aged 70, nnd his
grandson, !> years old wore killed at
Mltchelltown. In., n few days ngo, by
being Btruck by a freight train of the
Chicago and Northwestern railway
while they were walking the truck.
Mrs. F. R. Davis was fatally burned
nt Waterloo, la., recently by her
clothes catching fire from a blazing
gasoline stove and in endeavoring to
extinguish tho flames a neighbor’s
wife and two children received torrl*
hie burns.
A suvago horsewhipping was given
to Francis B. Hayes at Ascutncvitle,
VL. recently which will yimko a stir
in Boston. Hayes Is tho son of the
into millionaire, and his assailant was
Clyde Hunt Both . are prominent
society men.
An unknown white man wns re-
cently found dying In a clump of
bushes near tho roadside about six
milas from Randolph, Ala. His skull
wus fractured, having been hit with a
heavy stick, and other injurifte wore
all over his body. '
Fall tor Brown of tho Southern Alii-
tim e Farmer at Atlanta, Ga., has been
arrested by the postoffico authorities
for violating the. postal law In repub-
lishing an editorial from a San Fran-
cisco (taper w hich is held to ba a lot-
tery advertisement.
At Pttuburg, Pn, recently fatal
mistakes were mado by Mrs. Mary
McCaffrey and Mrs. F'arles, each giv-
ing their Infants carbolic add ip mis*
‘tike for cough roodletne. Mrs. Me-
(’affray's baby died In about two hours.
Tho other little otio cannot live.
Will Well Anikin
English, Mil., Aug. 1 Tw«ntv.
eight years ago French Tammany fell
overboard from n steamboat in ilw
Ohio river anil was supposed to Is,
drowned. His wife Tomnrrloil three
years aftorwaru. Tammany swam to
tho Kentucky shore, ' enlisted in the
confederate army anil after til0 wai.
became a Texas cowboy. Ho met his
jvife a few days ngo anu they will Uv0
D.istrucllve Storm.
Wir.f.tAMst’ORT, Pa., July 31.— A
violent wind and rain storm occnrroJ
hero yosteriluy afternoon. Two clouds
mel nnd tho ronilt wns one of the
heaviest falis of rain this city has
known. Portions of tho town were
Hooded two Or three feet deep. The
storm did much d image, tho worst
boing the blowlhg down of a spun of
tho Maynard street bridge, a now iron
structure oracted after tho disastrous
flood of 1881), On tho sou'h side of
tho rivor thero wore thlrty-flvo ho isoi
wholly or partially blown off their
foundations. One house t ol lapsed be-
'ore tho inmates named Frodcracy. wero
• hie to got out Mrs F’retii r«cy was
hdori'd insensible from I ho injury
Hi A sustained nnd is still in that condi-
tion. A boy. who wns on tho river in
a Miiall lidqt, wus carried through tiie
'■hut© and narrowly escaped diowning
gave a description.
Htoly arrested and
Edwards, itlin
ugothor again, lie promising i0
Jacksort
ire of hor nine childrou
id marriage.
aaiL .. _____ . _
lr irj
I'oi't nntely tho storm wa
limit, d area.
rconfinod ti)| F'inr
Dr. K. F. Gatos, a prominent phys*-
cian of Houston. Alts*., narrowly es-
caped dentil. Occasioned by a hypo-
dermic Injection of morphine adminis-
tered by his pwn hand.
A warranty deed was recently filed
at Nevifna Mo., convoying n bjy baby,
lluny Shepard, to It. 8. Wyatt for tlio
sum of ♦!. The deed wns duly signed
by tho partio* to tho transfer.
At Abbovilto, Lil, recently Marcus
Guidry, an old man living sixteen
milos smithwoit of that place, com*
milted splcdde by rutting his throat
Dread of canoe:- wns the causer
' Miss Halve Lockwood was thrown
under tho wheels,of a street ear which
was derailed in turning u curve at Do-
calm*. 111., and instintly killed. .Sev-
eral other ^eWod -
Thorols ’’•'*-J-dlens-
burg. Wa ' .u-.twU
lludi Ibij
Muitas'cjjg
FRANK Sc DKVTNK, *
ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW,
Stephenvilbs,-
Toxm.
YOUNG &*MARTIN,
(Lm Young 114 M. ’. Martin),
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
M
STEPHEN VILLfc
BUNKER HILL
MAT &
PtephenvlUe. Texas.
dhTmTsTcrow,
Physician @ Surgeon,
STEPHENVILLE,
TEXAS
T. L DODGE, M. D.,
Physician i Surgeon,
Stephenville, - Texas.*
(L«U of Hliburn, Ky ),
Offsrs hi* professional sarvicss to the
citizens of Stephenvllle and sqrrouudlns
country. OfBce at Curtia’ drug store.
JiilSfl-flm
Dr. J, M. WILLIAMSON,
-PHYSICIAN, SURGEON-
AND ACCOUCHEUR.
Chronic dlssamu of Women a specialty
ORtee at City Drug Store. Keetitence near th<
dlpot. Septs
L.G, OXFORD, M.D.
_
Stephenville, - Texas.
J.B. BARNES, JEWELER.
— _T )
Clocks,
Jewelry.
North Rids ol
Rqusrr, noxt to
W.H. Fooshoo’i
underbill
braudii
How##
K;ulull M
vilio.
ubovo do
confer a
taolr wbcrw
Mark, crop ofcch #ar. Any ono knoarinj
of at or k in the ubovo mark an# brand bp
ini?Illegally bandied or drivait /row theli
p ____________...e.i^.1 «n Mtiuvwt uatm
nveiVDtl JL H* UAflB,
Jsnltftdy * • Stephen vlUff.
Jackson’s Cattle Ranch
Cattle branded «l X N on left sldl
marked crop and uuderhulf crop the rlgh
anil over half crop tho left. Hough
cuttle In vsrioua marka. Any is
formation leading to thu recovery of au-
nt tald rattle will bo tbaukfully received
JUuch five mile* northeat of MtephauvUlz
Address mo at StopbeuviUa. Tex.
MariT.flOtf a. U Jicuoob.
, I. IHAPARD, Prwldsei
IL C BALDWIN. /losPrssMmi
iNO. 4006.!
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lOHN.ft HYATT. CsiMss
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
*0F STEPHENVILLE.
C&pltftL
Surplus, -
STEPHENVILLE,
ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS.
Several workmen wore recently en-
gaged in lovoling ono of the hills id
in the western part of llol.'tin. Ark.,
when one of the man struck his pickax
on something metallic, nnd on uuearth-
lng it n motalle casket was found with
the remains of a 2-yctir-uld child in it
A powdoV 'jnagnziiiQ at tho Kook
Springs mines, near (Tteyonne. VVya,
exploded and killed two employes.
Many women nttd children were In-
jured by flying glass. Half a ton ot
blasting powder and 6(81 pounds of dy-
paralto exploded, and the mining camp
is badly wrecked. The two employes
ivh i woro killed cuts d tho explosion
by firing at a mark on tho magazine
wall.
^ DtKFu'TOiiI*—<; J SlL\YARD,^re«ld«nt; I^C^BALDIVTN, Vic* Prssldsnti JOHN B
A guiisral'tiaiiWlng buslnss* iransaclad. We solicit the lndlvldaal accounts of farmers
insaeled. We solicit the In'll virtual accounts of farmers
We are pnqiared to loan money, rocstv* deposits and bn;
X per cent lutorest per annum on demand orrttHrates of as
:lng bnslii
nerchanta, ttiwkmen and i taem.
Ind tell exchange We will pay etx per cent lutorest per annum on demand oertlll'
Uislts running tour months or ionvsr, on largo or small amounts. We will treatin
W* on the most llbcrsl terms, nonalslent with a sound and legitimate banking busiw
111 treat our custom
Maaa.
Fort Worth & Rio Grande Railway
TIME SCHEDULE NO. 11, TOOK EFFECT MONDAY,OCT. 27,1890.
WEST BOUND.
Local Freight
No. 3.
8 30 % i
10 44 a
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No. 1.
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STATION#.
All Train# Dally *xo#pt
Sunday.
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Local Freight
No. *.
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.11 L9 L„
.if oh to
. i0 s*» a n
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. 8 00 an
RICHARD LORD, Gon. freight & Posronffer Agt., Fort Worth.
W. II. HAWKINS, Stutiou Agent Htephonvillo. Xc*U
|»'| .............mss—sail) I I ,.L Sf~rt5BegBaMteW
O. J. SHAPARD,
BEAL ESTATE, LOANS ail MBA®
StopHexx-vlll©, Tsxaa.
Lands bought and
r;-; A
*
I
id sold, Titles investigated and riorfected, Abstracts furnished
Loans mads an real o.tsta nnd vendor s Hon noto* bought. I will correspond will
parlies wanting money .»ii real or personal securities. If you wn.it to buy isnd, w
want snv lnfon»*UjB about any particular tract of land In tho county, call on writs l!
I shall always bo pleased to answer letters and questions promptly. If you hare
rty for sale pinco It on mv books and f will sdrartisc it free of cost, anu my coin
me.
property for sal* pinco l____
mission will bo light if It I* sold whtlo it is in my hands.
Aflar yonrs of labor I have completed an accurrato abstract of tho titles to all
lands and town lots in Ersth county, Imciuning with tho genoral laud office at Austll
snd including tho early records of McLennan. Boll, Coryell and Uooque counties, p"i«
to tho organization of Ersth county, down to the present dale. I am prepured on sbor
notice lo furnish a perfect abstract <rf tho title to any survey, subdivision of n surrey
n town lot In Jiratli county, on very reasonable terras. No man need bu v a bad tltli
lo land If he use ordinary prudence No ©no Is safe in buying any rosi cstatain th
county or In towns without nn abstract ahowjng porfoct titlos clear of all itoba. f Offli*
In the real' of the First Nation a *vik » /
. Geltllyj
c
I 11
tOBft
Will
I* csUmi
.1.00,, (
shipped,
hi?s
LI Lllllhe crop*,
IS iQ >,ot*oms
• Fine J
O.1 Arki
a iiOtll ,
tilosiru to *
TV
ft ifow
Noland,
TTs in Bn ,»,K>rt of a motion for
trial for ox-Stato Tionsurer
who reoolvel a two year’s
sentence for embazzlomont, ha* been
presented in court ut Jefforson City,
Mo. s
At Nashville Tenn.. recently a sad
accident occurred to Mr. Charles Stan-
ley. liis right arm wits caught in the
licit of a machine at tho Saratoga
laundry and wrenched from his shoul-
der.
At Troy, N. T., thirty persons,com-
prising tho families of ‘8. 3. Stevens,
John N. Alien and Ami Surd am ltv-
ing near that plsco, have boon made
KOHKIHN.
Tho s|iread of cholera is increasing
at Mecca.
According to thq views of a liayti
correspondent,.the days of Hippolyto
us .president of liayti nro numbered.
Tho number of sealskins socurcd by
tho British Columbia scaling’ fleet in
tlio wa'ors.of Behring Sea up to June
30 was 17,8.0fl.
A ukase ordering nil foreigners do-
ing business in Russia who fail to bo-
come naturalized citizen in live year*
to bo expelled is boing prepared.
It is reported from Valparaiso./?
that the insurgent steam!}1'1- *
etda fired twice nt tho Fry
,._ -----. (, • . ■ *-• ^
ai will demand an apology, which
nsurgent* will hasten lo make,
ilvices from China say the who'.o
southern portion is in turmoil. The
death of l-oo Wing Chueff, governor
genoral of Formosa, who is very ill.
will bo equal to a general rovolL
Foreign roslUentv are apprehensive of
mi attack almost at any time.
Two murders similar in character
to those of • Jack tho Rippor” hava
occurred in Marseilles. A man giving
an Italian name twice took rooms, ao-
eranpanieii by a woman, and in .>aeh j can a«5uro you that j,,u Can got. w pure article bj
inslrip i . milk
seriously 111 from drinking diseased
The population Of Michigan, under
th« census taken of June 1, 18!H),
Its 2,098,899, while in 1880 the popu-
lation whs 1.636,987, an increase in
ten yehr* of (ftfi, 9fl2, or 27.9? per
cent. “
I Gabo Isom has been incarcerated in
the county jail at Pine Bluff, Ark-,
charged with tho murder ef Silas
| O'Brien of Wahhasseoa and the serious
| wounding of Jim Smith of\the same
ptoo*. / . \
At Memphis. Tenn., rooontly Cal-
houn Devine, a young and vishig gam-
bler of Atlanta. Ga„ cut Jakhs Wal-
drons throat while under ths injuo
,of liquor,
d
cose the woman was murdered, having
been strangled nnd then mutilated.
Considerable excitement prevail* on
account of finding gold in placer minnB
at l’rinzapollm, • Klcoiagun. Nugget*
from six to thirty-eight pounds hava
boon found. A soldier found a nugget
weighing eitghteen pounds. Numer-
ous pocket* are found lu oil direction*.
The report from Paris that Mrs,
James Brown Pottor-hus been divorced
from Mr. Potter and had married the
actor, Kyrle Beltew, is declared by the
lady’s parents to be uataue lhoy
threaten to bring action for criminal
libel against the author*
ports.
of ‘be
N.
South Side Public ftquaref Stephenville, Texas.
KKBPS a ill I, l.|N« or ALI. Til*
hT*»\hd brands o*
m®, BRANDIES, (WINES, BEER AND CIGARS
^lf You Need AnylL f0r Medicinal Purposesils
calling at my place.
W. A. DAWSON.
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Jenks, George W. The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 51, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 8, 1891, newspaper, August 8, 1891; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth857359/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stephenville Public Library.