The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 5, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 12, 1891 Page: 2 of 4
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NUGENT
m
LTS INDULGE IN A FATAL fIGHT.
held for
for forgery.
Wool-
ore and Henry
i Withers were confined
i cell at night. During the
of the district court three
some friends of tbo pris-
ished tliem with a hand-saw
I with a piece of an old file with
i they have been secretly at work
fsinon. and succeeded in filing in
i enough Of the ba ■* of thair celt Vo
Ifect a passage. Once into the main
11 it took but a short while to make
Ing into the brick wall of the
ding, using the broken bars as a
»vor to i amove tbe bricks. They
i op their bed clothes and made a
rope to let themselves down. \Vool-
sey and Withers would not leave, say-
ing they preferred ' to remain and
stand trial rather than to break jail.
Their escape was not discovered until
about 8 o'clock yesterday morning,
ten hours later, giving them a good
opportunity to escape. Blood hounds
were telegraphed for at once, but none
could be obtained.
mL ■. - —
the t me Interposed
which were over-
, of Meador will
ibly re-o|»n the whole matter,
prisoners wore coo lined several
years in the Bexar county jail, owing
to continuances, and Meador was
balled out, owing to bad health, hat
left the state and under an assumed
name resided ia K1 Keno. Canadian
county, Oklahoma where ho wits dep-
uty sheriff. As a citisen
he made a good reputation.
Ha is also an important witness in
large cattle trials in Oklahoma
Nmt Car Leads sf Tat at Cattlt Halt al East
Buffalo. N. Y.. Oa Acetuaf ef Ea*Sf.
Jay Ceok't Slraf Trly.
Territory. Sheriff Breeden hav-
ing ; obtained * information of
his whereabouts went to Oklahoma
and Meador, fearing arrest, caine in
and gave himself up to the sheriff of
hts county. Mr. Shelby, who accom-
panied Sheriff Breeden to Cuero.
WORK OF BUROLARS.
Train Robbed.
Del Rio. Tex.. Sept. 3.—Yesterday
[ morning about 3 o'clock the west-
bound passenger train was hold up
near Samuels near lho line of this and
Pecos county, by five men. The par-
ticulars. as far as can be learned, are
about us follows: The train was.
flagged down and the engineer ami
fireman got off the train. The robbers
attacked the express car but the mes-
senger refused to open the door.
After several shots the door was blown
open with dynamite. At the point of
a pistol the u es. etigcr was made to
open the safe. It is supposed they
got between >2000 and $3<X>0. Smith
is the messenger that killed some rob-
bers about El Paso some time since.
The robbers gave the men back their
personal money. They also took two
empty and one full mail bag,, besides
| V number of registered letters. After
delaying tjao train about one and one-
balf hours they left it and went in a
j southerly direction. The sheriff from
l>el Rio with a posse of eight men left
yesterday morning on a special train
; with their horses, ('apt Jones and
the rangers joined them and they are
i in pursuit. The posse numbers about
eighteen or twenty men. Nothing
i definite has been heard since the posse
1 left here.
Killed Her Bon-ln-lsw.
St. Jr Tex., Sept. 4.—Mrs. Mo-
[ Murray, a window living seven miles
south of this place, shot and killed her
! son-in-law, Thomas Stocks, yesterday
j afternoon. It seems that Stocks a^Jr
! his wife had parted some wejjs^kgoii
j Wise county, his wmg to her
I mother’s to ijjiffff^^tocks wrote sev-
Mr. A. tt. Patton's Fatal Straggle
with tbe Oaredesils.
San Antonio, Tex., Sept. 1.—At 3
o’clock yesterday morning burglars
entered the residence of A. B. Patton
through a rear window. Mr. l’atton
was aroused by his wife who heard them
and he sprang out of i>ed and grappled
with one of them and tbe burgiur shot
Patton through the head. Patton fell
heavily and unconsciously to the floor,
and his wife Jumped up. lit a lamp as
quickly as possible but the burglars
had fled. She went at once to the
prostrate form of her husband. From
his head the brains were oozing. She
sont one of her children ukonce for a
neighbor and another for a doctor.
The doctor came but his mission was
futile. Patten was wounded mortally,
and before the sun rose was a corpse.
The tidings spread over the city
like wildfire and soon an immense
crowd gathered in the vicinity and an
attempt to trail the murderer or mur-
derers with the she -ifTs bloodhounds
proved unsuccessful.
Asnuttv Pans. N J., Sept 7.—-Vis-
itors who journeyed to the beach Sat-
urday to watch the unusually heavy
sea were treated to a sight rarely wit-
nessed near the shore. About 9
o'clock the Wind was Mowlug furious-
ly from the non lu-aat. Suddenly the
sea at a spot near the shore was un-
usually agitated and as tbe eyes of «H
were directed to the spot a large
waterspout was formed and began
moving seaward in a southeasterly
direction. The volume of water was
balloon shaped snd was 300 feet high.
There were no vessels In Its track,
but Tyler Edmonds, a fisherman, nar-
rowly escaped being uaught by the
mountain of water. He saw It ap-
proaching and pulled his boat out of
the way of the column, which passed
wituip fifty yards of him. The water
spout left in its wake a broad track of
foaming water, and incoming breakc.-s
rolled mountain high for half an hour
after the spout disappeared.
Fatal Accident.
Dallas. Tox., Sept. 2.—Mr. Halley
Smith, a dynamo man at the Dallas
Electric company's power house, was
killed by electricity at 6:30 p. in. yew
terday under the following circum-
stances: He was the day dynamo
man and should have been relieved at
6 p. in. bj E Beeler, the night dyna-
mo man. Tbe latter arrived on duty
at 6:30, and Smith before leaving pro-
ceeded to explain to him some change
that had been trade during the day in
the 'circuit. In doing so, instead of
pointing at the position of the positive
and negative wires, he inadvertently
took one in each hand with the effect
of discharging into his body a current
that killed him almost instantly.
-
0:1 tbe Stage.
Booktom, N. J.. Sept. 3.—That
curious woman who calls herself Mrs.
Hubert Ray Hamilton and whom tbe
courts decided , to be Mrs. Joshua
Mann, h'u once more shuffled the
cards and has made a new deal in the
entertaining 0?f an uncertain game of
adventure which sbo began so many
years ago. In this small Npw Jersey
town sho made her debut as an actress
Tuesday night in a play embracing
snd centering about the incidents of
her life with Robert Ray Hamilton.
Months ago it was known that some
one had written a play for her which
was to be cullqtl 1 •!he llabbertons,"
and it was also known that Habberton
was s-dected because it would suggust
to the public the fact that the play
would deal with the Robert Ray Ham-
ilton episode. When the famous suit
wus brought to such an ignominious
dose, and when Mrs. Mann found her-
self known by her true nume and fully
exposed in the fraudulent child affair
she took hers ’lf out of sight. She has
been spending the months of retire-
ment in developing that histrionic
talent which every adventuress Js eon-,
lident she possesses. Thai she studied
assiduously and with some intelligence
was shown by hor performance Tues-
day night.
Mm worn out at
l shown by the Chin
punishing perpetrator* of
' of
such outrages. A second baloh of
offenders, eight In number, have been
convicted of murder, assault and pil-
SLRIOUS AND
and pil-
i and sentenooe of penal servitude
__ banishment for life and branding
on the face have been lmiKwed. On
July 30 Admiral Belknap, command-
ing the American squadron, received a
telegram from Foo Chow, announcing
that trouble was feared at that city
and asking that a gunboat bo sent
there. One of the American cruisers
was at once sent. On July 31 Admiral
Belknap received a second telegram
staUng that the Chinese had posted
placards with the words •’ex-
terminate foreigners. ” The telegram
also stated that 3000 Honan soldiers
stationed at Foo Chow threatened to
join the uprising.
A SICKENING SCENE.'
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ireatening her life if she
[ did not return to him. Yesterday af-
ternoon Stocks put in his appearance
at Mrs. McMurray’s house and called
for his wife and ordered her to go
with him. When she refused he be-
■ came furious and commenced firing
his pistol in the room. Mrs. MeMur-
ray ordered him to leave. He replied
saying: "I will blow your head off."
Mrs. MoMurray then drew a small re-
volver and fired, striking him between
tbo eyes The ball passed through
his brain and he died in a few minutes.
Mrs. MoMurray is in charge of law
officers.
(Jot I tie Wrung Bottle.
I]value, 'lex., Sept. 7. —Saturday,
at a ranch neur Sabinal, a death oc-
curred under distressing circum-
stances. A young Englishman named
Guegesberg visited his friend.Mr. Thur-
bern. who. when he entered the room
invited him to take a drink, .ndicating
by a jesture the location, as he sup-
posed, of the whisky bottle on the
sideboard. Unfortunately during the
absence of Mr. Tliurbern. Mrs. Thur-
bern had removed the whisky and
-tsugesbeig. when invited to dinner,
innocently pound out a wincglassful
• of carbolic acid and drank it down,
wfiiih quickly romlted in death.
lleaican Declines.
Galveston, Tex,, Sept. 2.—The
follow telegrams explain themselves:
Dekvkk, Col.. Aug. 20—I’resident
of chamber of commerce. Galveston:
All Commercial organizations of Den-
ver desire tho appointment of Senator
Roagun to Bit the vacancy of the inter-
state commerce commission. Will he
accept? J. M. Bevehly.
Chairmon Joint Committee.
Austin, Tex.. Aug. 31__J. M. Bev-
erly. Denver City, Col: Many thanks.
I-clt my sent in the senate to serve
Texas. Desire no other position.
John H. Beau an.
Killed an Indian.
r Vernon. Tex., Sept. 8.—Partied
just in from Greer county bring the
news of the killing of nn Indian of lhe|
Comanche tribe by a young white man
Kavajoc Monday evening. It
seciut that the boy had accused the
Indian of stealing some cattle, when
.Indiandrew his gun and ondeuv-
1 to fire, but.the boy was too quick
■him, Shooting him iu tho forehead.
'Irfin instantly. The boy sue
Js (lie officers. It is feared
- -may cause trouble be-
rthe settlers and the Indians.
(led Corpse Found
Sept.
1.—About
Houston
Bold Robbery.
Canon Citt, Col. Sept. 2.—Seven
men held up the east boi hd Rio
Grande train near Colopuxie Monday
night. They compelled the flagman
at Texas creek to give them all the
orders in- his possession nnd to flag tho
train. The engineer and fireman were
covered with rifles and the latter re-
lieved of n gold watch. They then
forced him to pick the lock of the bag-
gage car amlfcbcgak in the door of the
expresj(•r'Cur, While tbo messenger
wui^fring at him they broke. Open the
nij- ntfnu eqr bat took nothing. Express
five miles east of her?
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of a man horribly mangled was found Messenger Angel made a determined j and four deputies held him up while
the noose was bc'ng adjusted mrfl the
Lionls Bulling, the Wife Murderer,
Shoots Himself with a Pistol.
Kansas Crrr, Mo., Sept. 3. —Louis
Bulling was executed at Savannah,
Me., yesterday. The history jjf the
gallows tell# no more hideous story
than that of the exoculion of Louis
Bulling, the St. Joseph wifo-murderer.
His pareuts went to Jefferson City and
had several strong personal Interviews
with Gov. Francis but ho waa firm in
his decision not to interfere with Bull-
ing’s seoond ehanoe for life. Ho broke
down completely when he received a
message that the governor was obdur-
ate. He fainted and was with diffi-
culty revived. Sheriff Barry had set
the hour for execution at 10 o'clovK
yesterday morning, but when ho wont
to the celt U) prepare tbe doomed niM
for the Bcaffold Bulling prayed so piti-
fully for an extension that the sheriff
yielded and gavo him until -2 o'clock
to live. When 2 o'clock arrived he
renewed his supplications to the
sheriff and pleaded for one hour more.
He fell on his knee# before
the sheriff and begged piteously for
mercy. Tbe sheriff grouted his
quest. The sheriff then retired leav-
ing the murderer with Kuv. Luvake,
his sjAfttual adviser. Suddenly two
shots rang Out. The sheriff ran to the
cell. The priest luy prostrate on the
floor. At his side lay Bulling welter-
ing in his own blood, which flowed
from wounds In his breasL He had
shot himself twice with a revolver.
The priest had faintod. Bulling had
not lost consciousness, mid when the
sheriff ordered the guards to curry him
to tho scaffold ho cursed and swore at
them horribly. The guards dragged
the struggling man to the court-yard
nnd lifted him upon the gallows. He
refused to stand and they placed him
upon tho chair. As ho sal there he
presen te<l a revolting spectacle,
liis hands and face were covered with
bipod, which stained bis shirt and
tho blood wus streaming through his
shoes, wherein it had yim from the
wounds in his breast, lie eursod und
swore, nt the deputies und sere-mod
for mercy und shrieked in his terror.
Tho sheriff gave him u largo glass ol
brandy nnd ho swallowed it at one
guijjr'. Finally hi was told to get up
and stand upon the drop. -He refused
Sunday. Judge George Seay was
notified of the fact about noon and
upon the body an inquest was held,
though on account of service not being
had on the engineer and ilreman of
the train supposed to have killed him.
a verdict was not rendered. It is
thought however, that he was steal-
ing a ride on the trucks of tho east-
bound mixed of Saturday night ami
fell under the'wheels. His head was
crushed and the body severed in
twain.
resistance and a fiorco fight ensued
when one of the masked robbers put a
pistol to his head and the safe was
then broken open nnil $3600 taken.
The robbers'then mounted horses and
fled to the mountains. The sheriff
and posre are in pursuit nnd blood-
hounds wore sent for to Trinidad.
Fatal Duel
Gonzales, Tex., Sept,
day ----’---• •’ -•
1 Yester-
evening about 6 o'clock,, a diffi-
culty occurred be I ween joe Blain and
Clark Barber in which Barbel' was
shot and instantly killed. There
were three shots fired, one by Barber
with a Winchester and two by Blain
with a pistol. Blain surrendered and
was placed in jail. The testimony is
conflicting as to who lirod tho first
shot. The men are both widely
known and live in a few miles of
town. The killing took place in
Frank Logan's saloon.
Amor can liar in Wins.
Washington, Sept.- 4.—Secretary
Busk was yesterday otilicially notified
'by the German government that it
hail removed the prohibition against
American pork, which bus existed
since 1 'J'ho cans) of this relief
proceeds from the microscopic Inspec-
tion required by a lute act of congress.
This inspection bus been in operation
in the west for a couple of months and
lho meat inspected has been stamped
!„ p. I .. k.. .. i
black cap was plueed over his head,
and yelling, screaming and blasphem-
ing, he shot down through the open
ing at exactly 3:21 o’clock. II,s neck
was broken bv tho fall and he died al-
most instantly. Bov. I.ovake wus ar-
rested for gyving Hulling the revolver
with which h® attempted suicide, but
protests his innocence nud says he
has no idea where the weapon came
from. '
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SORTINGS.
OU.tr Lands.
at the resi-
Darwald of
drunken spree
■ shot und killed
by her brother. Albert Ntskl.
Clark Woodman, the rich oil man of
Omaha, Neb., who was thought to
have committed
been troubled with heart
physicians say that kill
Iii the 'IoiIm.
New York. Sept. 2.—Sister Ite>t-
»irt heulthy. in order to bo identified
when exported. The removal of this
embargo by (iermany means an act of
a like kind by Franco. The president
will U*uo a proeiamution rwjDuvin# the
duty on beet mu gar.
ttlM.ekiiitf
Dali as, Tex.. Sept.
Aecldiiut.
1. Yesterday
C'uttle Truth.
>t. 3. The following
afternoon about 2 o'clock the . little
2-year-old son of Mr. Dunlap, who re-
sides on the corner of Corinth and
Latimer streets, were run over and
killed by motor No. 7 on lho rapid
transiL The accident occurred near
the switch near Latimer street. From
the best that could be learned the lit-
tle fellow, who was standing near tlie
track, sut on it just as the motor ca ne
up and was run over before it could bo
stopped, lie was terribly mangled.
A' luniu
I,os I KIN, Sc |
o dor lotative to tic Atlantic cattle
trade goes into effec’ next January:
t attle cannot b.i carried on more than
three decks, nor on the hatch above
other cattle, nor interfere with the
navigation or ventilation of ships.
I’ens must be strong enough *o resist
the weight of cattle from slipping,
i'here must he a foreman and one as-
sistant to every twenty-live head, and
any animal seriously injured must bj
slaughtered.
rice the notorious bogus min who 1ms
been frequently exposed in the news-
papers. was nrraigno I in the Jefferson
Market police conn, yesterday on a
charge of vagrancy. Shu wus com-
mitted for examination. Tho woman
has u history. Sho is tho same
woman who sued tho late Senator
Simon Cameron of Pennsylvania for
y.'iij, I.KX) for breach of promise of mats
riage. Gen. H F. Butler was counsel
for Cameron, and the trial, which
lasted about two weeks, resulted in a
verdict against the woman. Shi! it
! said to he njgrried ppw and tho wife of
Thomas M. Oliver of Louisville Ky.,
who discarded her. Senator Cameron
first tnul tier in Now Orleans in 1376.
She followed him to Washington and he
secured her a position in the treasury
department. While sho was living al
the Tremont house Cameron advanced
her $103.
Cum mil led Soluldt
tn, Tox., Sept. 7.—A
young
nan about 26 years old und sup-
from nn envelope on his person
|ving no other effect* in bis pocket*,
be named 1-ouls J. Hemberffor.
littod suicide by shooting himself
i his house gallery yesterday even
fjo.t after be had shot lit u negro
IB. He Was a day laborer In
i brickyard In this city. The
Itvelopo was postmarked Golden
where be is supposed to have
i from to Austin He was proba
1 under the effects of. liquor.
Fight ut a Dance.
Breniiam, Tox., SepL 1.—At n
dunce in Grange hall at laing l’oint
Saturday night a free-for-all light look
place. Lucian Campbell was knocked
on tho forehead with a sledge hammer
and the bones of the skull were
crushed. Emile Neinast nnd Fritz
Xeinast were cut. one in tho throat
and the other in tho back and arm.
Tho trouble started upstairs in the
ballroom and they went down to fight
it out. All three are seriously hurt
Campbell's wounds being the worst.
Verdict or Not Utility.
(iiiOESBF.r.cK, ’ Tox., Sept. 4.—
George W. Kunneis is once more a free
man. After about an hour's consulta-
tion tho jury returned a verdict of not
guilty. The crime of which he was
charged was tho killing of John Heck
on Hornhill. in this county, on Dec. 2
last year. He immediately surren-
dered and his bond was plaoed at
$6000. which he wo* unable to give
and be has been in jail here ever since.
Tcxm Kcvrr.
N. V . Sept.
Buffalo, N. V , Sept. 7.—Nino
jarlo ids of Texas e ittle are'held
East Buffalo to await lho decision as
to what disposition should be made of
them. United States Inspector Clark
would not uliow thorn :o bo unloaded
upon their arrival. Four of the cattle
died on their way to Buffalo and two
have been killed since. The animals
have been known to come from the
fever-infected district.
A Dc*|>rrute F'ight.
Mt; nr hers Bo no, Teun., Sept 1.—
Harrison and Wall Smith, colored,
mid Hob Little a desperate character,
while playing a game of cards last
night tn Harrison Smith's hou-e, neat
Salem, became involved in a difficulty
which terminated in a desperate fight
Little suddenly drew a 44-caliber re-
volver and lirod upon his antagonists,
instantly killing Harrison Smith and
fatally wounding hiy brother Wall.
The liittor was shot in the bi*o:Mft just
below tho heart and cun not reoover.
IVw.tei t »r Fxpmde*.
Winslow. AH.. Sept 3.—A carload
if powder on a train running at full,
ipoed, near Denison station, exploded
Tuesday night, killing Urakeman E
IV. White and Aug Beckman, stockman
irVjChnrge of thtf car ol household
goods. They were on top of
ihe ear and wore blown forty rod*.
Tho powder car and adjoining car
veto demolished aud the wires pro*.
rated.-
Four at a T me.
Greenville, Miss., SepL 2.—Kho-
divo Tet a registered Jersey cow,
owned by Charles H. Smith, gave
birth to four healthy, living calves,
two males and two females. Monday
night at his ••Jdlcwild" plantation,
two miles from tins city.
Held it Too long
Frederickkbijro. Tex.. Sept 6. —a
speculative, bat sadly mistaken farmer
of this county, who held his last year's
cotton for higher prices, has just dis-
posed of the same for a consideration
of 6 cent* a pound, lie could have
obtained 9j cents for it last year,
ie stated that there ore fully 200 bale
of last year's cotton still stored in t h
counly.
Fatal Elgin In a l*e uteuttary,
Louisville. Ky. Sept 7.—In the
penitentiary at Frankfort yesterday
morning Eli Luca* and William Bell-
nioyor. botii long terra convicts, fought.
Lucas fatally cut Hcllracyer with n
putty knife und Uellmcyor beat Lucas
until he wus unconscious. William
Johnson, another convict, who inter-
fered, had his skull cracked.
1 Innngn i Gels ihn Collect or.hip
Cape May, N. J., Sept. 4.—The
president transacted but iittlo official
business yesterday. Webster Flana-
gan was appointed collector of custom*
of lho port of El i’uso. Tex.
1 HE. MArtKd I'd.
A Neg.u's Cruelty.
Cleburne. Tex... Sept. f>. —
Will Take His First Trip.
Chicago. 111.. Sept. 7.—Jgy Cook,
tho I’biladelpbm banter who sdvan'ced
$20.000,000 on bonds issued for Hie
fir.it project regarding the Northern
I’aciflc road, nnd who placed $8.000,-
900,000-of government bond* during
Nisw foax. Sept, ».
Cotton—M*Wllng.................. 8 11-16
Wu»aT—No. Ired.................. l 05
Coax—No. J........................ -.a
ST. LOUIjL
Cotto$— Middling.................
Wheat— Ne. 2 rud ................
Coax—Me. J........................ 03
CHICAGO.
C4TTI.B—Texans . ,l.. ............. >$ u
Aloos—I’lMjie pacaurs.............. 440
jrausai’vTusaiiji.................... 4 ec
Wheat— No. -..................... 87,1*
Conx—No. 2.....................V. 083*
10 JJ
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FOR THE
On the night of the *2d frost played
havoc 1b both north nud south Dakota
nnd in northern Minnesota.
Sara Bei uhurdL who ia booked for
ten nights in ban Francisco, Cal., ar-
rived in that city from Australia on
Sept. 4.
At White HUL III.. In a recent diffi-
culty over a settlement, John P. Hunt
was slmt end mortally wounded by a
neighboring farmer.
Tho report of boll worms In consid-
erable quantities comes from planta-
tions on Black riVAr, Mississippi and
tbe ravages are great.
By the recent overturning of n boat
at Landing. Mich., Ida Smith, aged 19,
uud Pearl Schley, aged II, were
drowned in Pine lake.
At Altoona Pa.; the school board
has caused the Arrest of the mayor
and city council for Tofusing to abate
the sewerage nuisance. ,
•J'ho latest addition to endorsement
of the Ocala platform 1# that of the
Arkansas Alliance, but thoyu are great
dissensions in tho order. •
'Theodore Sutherland, editor of the
Sundry Welcome ol Portland, Ore.,
was recently drowned while attempt-
ing to board a ferry boat
James Roberta, under arrest at New
Washington, ()., for murder, has boon
Identified as tho man who robbed the
bank at Columbus Grove.
Mrs. J. W. Tumlin was killed near
Claiborne, Al:u, recently, by u lever
under u bate of cotton flying out und
striking her on tho stomach.
The famous old Etowah county,
Alabumn,counterfeiter, Dudley Hooper,
who has served two terms already, has
been captured and lodged in juil.
The cashier of the shoe bouso of
Wallace, Elliott * Co.. New York,
named Thomas F. Findley, has been
arrested on a charge of theft of $22,-
000.
Separate coaches and separate wait-
ing rooms have been provided by all
Arkansas railroads for colored people,
who do not take kindly to the lnnovo-,
tloa * 1
A burloy negro, Bill Keys, has been
arrested ut Greenville, Miss., on a
charge of outraging one of his step-
daughters and shooting another one of
them.
At midnight recently the kiwn of
St Paul, Minn., w as lighted up by ail
^e’.ectiic storm as brightly as could
have been done with thousands of
lamps. * -*
The Benedictine priests who have
been working several years in North
Alabama havw located at Cullmau and
will erect a college for the educution
of boys.
lly tho recent explosion of a gaso-
line stove at St. Louis. Mo , caused
by a leak in tho reservoir, Mrs. Dooly
and her daughter, Ella, were burned
to death.
Jn tho lower tunnol of the B'.uck
Bear mine at Burko, Idaho,* 200
pounds of ginr.t powder wai accident-
ally exploded and eight miners lost
their lives. • ,
The famous Iowa river land cases
[will bo tried in ihe United States
jeourt in October. Tho titles to hun-
dreds of homesteads uro involved in
khe decision.
Colton worms aro threatening dis-
pudor in Greenville, Miss., and farm-1
era lire making liberal use of poison.
1 ho crop is ulso reported to be shed-
|dlng badly.
It. Haggard, a prominent farmer,
[and Iii* little grandchild were fatally
injured in the recent wreck of a Nash-
ville, CiinUanonga and St. Louis
[freight Iraifi. ,
■'1 hi newly appointed Untied States
[judge fur tho state of Mis dssippi, lion.
Henry C. Niles, has been duly quali-
fied and entered upon the performance
of iiis duties.
Tho gas wells in the famous gns
fields of Hancock county, Ohio, show
a decadence of from 2f> to 40 per cent,
and it is said can last only a short
while longer.
The switchmen’s strike, which de-
moralized business at Teoria, 111., fori
a week, is ovor and tho.roads are tak-
ing back all the strikers who desire tol
be reinstated.
A farmer nnmod Milton of Little
Rock. Ark., entered his son-in-laws
house a few Dights ago and was shot
and killed by his relatives in mistako
for a wliitecap.
James Dougherty, a millionaire real
estate dealer of Buffalo, N. Y., has
been adjudgod a lunatic. Ho white-
washed a'.l his furniture and painted j
his house with tar.
The first flouring mill orcofol In [
the world by tho Farmers’ Alliance 1
has been built at San Miguel, Col., |
nnd the corner stone was laid with im- '
posing ceremonies.
Lightning struck the spire of St.
John's Cathollo church at I’iitque-
mines, L«., a fow days since, boring a
hole through it nn though an ntigur|
had been emp'oyed.
At Wnlla Walla. Wash , recently
a dospernto attempt to escape from
the feollentiary William Gleason und
John Morris, convicts, wore klllei
and several wounded.
At Paducah, Ky., jtcUtions aro be-
ing signed asking the removal of
Postmaster Muthoilntid on a charge of
too loose handling of moneys passing
through the postofflee.
The Wilkin Manufacturing compiny
of Milwaukee. Wis., makers of mill
machinery and engines, has assigned,
with liabilities of $230,000 and assets
estimated at $400.000. *
W. W. Street of the Teracscnt
mines California, has shipped n car
load of tin to Philadelphia. Pa., ac-
companied by a oortificste that it U
of American production.
Two boys, sane of well to do farm-
ers of Nebraska, h ive heert arrested
as thn parties who three times have
attempted to wreek a Burlington and
Missouri passenger train.
Mr*. Irene RatTal, who was bitten
some weeks ago at Chicago, 111,, by a
mad dog, took up ran Idea that she
had hydrophobia and the physicians
assert dlea of pure fright.
Twenty-three years ago Daniel Mc-
Clure left his three Iittlo girls and two
boys at Wlnnmac. Ind., in-.
at an
Teun.,
other in
Qnly two
twenty-three
show lnoreoi
being about
crease of revenue,,
At a 1
counties in the
: have failed to
~ T YOUI
MARTIN*
niM. F. Martin),
ATTOI
fitephenvflla. Text*._
JDK. M. S. CROW,
AT-LAW,,
At
Physician i Surgeon,
6TEPHKNVILLE,
TFJC A*.
Capt- Norton, who started nearly
year ago in a life boat to cross the
Atlantic, snd who was thought dead,
is said to owe $130,000 borrowed
money und to have disappeared.
Will Burt. a. 17-yeur-old boy, has [
been run down by the police of Nash-
ville. Teun., as the burglar who has
oil the summer successfully worked
his schemes and eluded detection.
Sheriff Young of Jackson, Tenn.. 1*
at his wits' end about tbe capture of
Joe Harden, who killed his nophew.
as he oannot get any assistance from
the people, who side with Horden.
At Savannah. Gq., a German named
Ferdinand Koppelke, just dead, left a
confession of having assassinated a
butcher named Frank in 1868. lie
whs arrested at tho time, but escaped.
At Thomsonville, Conn., the lent
and wagons of Harpor Bros.’ circus
were recently burned by the audience
because the performers had struck for
their pay nnd no show could be given.
The. mail coach was recently held up
about thirty miles from The Dalle*.
Ore., by a man with a Winchester,
who ■ compelled the driver to throw
out five mall socks and proceed on his
way.
Forty heirs of Ich&bod Norton, who
died in Massachusetts forty years ago.
wijl divide a fortune of $3,000,000.
Mrs. N. K. Delano and Mrs. E. H.
Dill, of Norwalk, O., are among the
heirs.
At Columbus, Q., recently, M. M.
McCleary. a negro man, leaped from
an upper window of a four-story houso
with suioidal intent, because a white
girl would not marry him, and was
killed.
At Birmingham, Ala., C. Miller, a
German carriage maker, was found
dead a few days ago with his skull
crushed and both legs broken, having
jumped from a three-story bouso while
drunk.
After a flow of gas had been struck
at Buffalo,- N. Y., workmen continued
boring for a better supply nnd an ex-
plosion occurred in which four men
were killed and all the machinery
burned.
At AnnistofI, Ala., Grace Green, a
young man. compelled Bally Morgan,
aged 14 yoars. to accompany him un-
der throats of death, and kept her two
days bo'ore she was found und
rescued.
J'ho First regimout of the Ohio Na-
tional guard of 'Cincinnati have de-
cided to inarch to the camp grounds,
twenty-eight miles, and show their
compatriots that they are not toy
to diors.
J’ho Brainard party from Now York,
three ladies and four men, had their
yacht wrecked a few Uavs ago and
wore two days on a boach without
food, as no boats could venture along
tlie shore.
At Vicksburg, Miss., n few days
ago Conductor Howard, in charge of a
Valley train, was shot through the
shoulder by a m in whom he had com-
pelled to leave the train for non-pay-
ment of faro. -v
Tho will of Rosa E. Randolph, col-
ored, of Momphlq Tenn., has beon
probated nnd found to dispose of prop-
erty valved at more than $30,000, go-
ing to her husband and various Bap-
tist institutions.
It has become known that tho Sims
gang of moonshinors in Mississippi
run a vile newspaper cvllod tho. Hell
Betlt, devoted to literature suited to
tho gang, principally abuse of minis-
ters of tho gospel.
W. H. I’ate, while sitting up with
the corpse of a neighbor ut Oxinoor,
Ala., recently, attempted an outrage
on the 17-year-old (laughter of the
T. L DODGE, M. D..
Physician I Surgeon,
Stephenville, - Texas*
(Lsts ot Mllbura. Ky ),
Offer*
cillxoD* of
country.
hts professional services
of Stephenvlile and sum
Also N9 oa <
underbit right,
brands.
Horae* branded
Ranch three miles
villa. Forties know
above s toe It In their
confer » fsvor hy
toelr where*bouts.
to IKt
Stephen vine and surrouudla#
Office at Curtie' drug store.
JuUKLdBs
Dr. J. M. WILLIAMSON,
-PHYSICIAN, SURGEON-
AND ACCOUCHEUR.
Chronle dl**a*«u of Women a specialty
Office at City Drug ntore. Lesldrnoe near the
depot B«Ptt
L C. OXFORD, M.D.
Steohenville, - Texas.
J. B. BARNES, JEWELER.
BEPAIM
Watches,
Clocks,
AMD
*
Jewelry.
North Bide ol
Bqusre, next to
W.H. Fooshoo's
Mark, crop each ear. Any ope kno*
of stock in tbe above mark and brand
trig Illegally bandied or driven from
usual range are requested to report
to me. Auy Information of cattle in
brand having strayed off will bo tbank
received, J U. Uses,
Jan25 ly
Stepbeovllle
Jackson’s Cattle Rancl
________
. i. SHAPARD, Prwldssi
«. C RAID WIN, fits PintIrak I0HN R. HYATT, I
4090.1
dond man and was hurried away by
officers to prevent lynching.
Gov. Byrd of the Chickasaw Nation
notified white settlors that no more
permits will be granted to rosido in
that country on the expiration of ex-
isting pei tnit# nnd they will be ejected
. as fast as tho permits expire.
A man named Presswood of Chat-
I tnnoogn. Tenn., who was rocontly
! dying of cancer of tho facJ, claimH
' that ills cure is duo to a herb which
! :ho Lord directed him in a dream to
| got hor from the woods and use.
Myor F. Hermann, tho Now York
drummer who lost his wallet out a car
window near St. Louis. Mo., and had
to pawn-bis watch for fare, has recov-
ered his property through a man Jwho |
found it in searching for a lost knife. ‘
FIRST NATIONAL BAN)
fiTSTBPHENYiLlV
Capital
Surplus,
$60,(
IO.0C
STEPHENVILLE,
ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS.
DIRECTOKB—C. .3 'ffSSSf® ,IW°ABBAbSE1"’ ^ ^
IVATT, ( axhlcr; J. II CAGE; 1---------------------------- .
A gensrat banking boninc** transacted. W* aotlclt the Individual scconnts of farms]
ihants, stockmen shd i tbera. W« are rrspered to loan money, receive deposit* and M
nt Interest per annum on d*mand oertlflcaie# of I
nerchnnts, mot _
loslts ran^lnK°tonr n^ths*or*km^rTonUmn or smalTamounta. We will treat our cu*l
|r. on the most liberal terms, consistent with a sound and legltln
; per annum on demand oert
nail amounts We will tres
I aound and legitimate banking buslnew.
Fort Worth & Rio Grande Railwaj
TIME SCHEDULE NO. 11, TOOK EFFECT MONDAY, OCT. 27,1890.
BELL ESTATE, LOANS ail ABSTHA
Steplj.en.vlll©, Texas.
Lands bought and sold, Till*
Investigated and perfected, Abstracts furnish
Loans made ou real e*t»te nnd vendor s lien note* bought. X will correspond '
perfected, ,
______________________ _ _ , r , ooil|hL JEW
parties wanting money on real or.personal securities If you want to buy landj
want any informatirn about nny partlrrufkr traot pf land in the county, call or writ*
I shall always be pleased »• answer letters and questions promptly. If you bj
me. I snail always bo pie--------- . MV ffffffi _ ______
property for sale place It on mv books and I will advertise it free of coat, and my i
mission will be light if it Is sold while tt la in my hands.
After years of labor I hnv# completed an aceurrate abstract of the titles t
—- general land office at Aus
II an
snd
>fe
If , ,of th«
Cisnv
Piiml,
and (
natur
anoth
wond
glide
river
At
placet
water
Cattle branded J X N on left aid
marked crop and underhair crop the I
and over half crop tbe left
cattle tn various marks. Any
formation leading to tbe recovery of al
of said cattle will be thankfully receiv*
Ranch five miles northest of Stopbeuvfi!
Address me at BtepbeaviUa. Tex.
Atari7-#0tf _B. A. J.onaoi
one n
htthdi
ping «
flowoi
time (
Below
numb
patoli,
to the
the w
moot!
water
make
Our
ful tt
theria
o'oloel
dogre#
the mi
high a
one sn
one ra
nearly
days a
wo boi
Oil the
cr:1-"-: ■ ■ '
WEST BOUND.
STATION*.
east bound. I
Local Freight
No. A
raaragsr
No. 1.
All Trains Dally Bxc*pt
Sunday.
resfsngmr
No. 1.
Local Frrlgf
No. 4. 1
1 9^ ft .........
10 44 ft m........
It Oft p m........
... 8 00 p m....
IS p m ...
....4 00 p m....
iyilllj
iii
....ll oo noon...
.... t IS s ra ...
.... 8 66 am...
.... « 81 am....
.... t 10 am....
.... S 00 am...
.... 7 00 a m
SfH
......i
• as a* ■ It 30
......ii mj m
......11 Olfl
......10 F 4
tt 50
8 00 S
«»S
1 10 p m........
* « t> “........
J » P “........
* » p n.........
....* 04 p in. ..
....6 28 p m ...
.~.B 47 p m ..„
... 0 00 p m. ..
RICHARD LQRD, Gen. Freight A Poesenger Agt., Fort Wsrthf
W. H. HAWKINS, Station Agent, Stephenville, Texa*
O. .J, SHAPARD,
]
I hav
$me r
ftfVjds,
and Ate
lmagim
run abc
t They n
i thing vi
their hi
tween t
i Uy.
They
kw th
nto the
hat
his eistc
hpuso n
the whi
I cap, scr
up the e
era’ sho
The g
it ia an
person (
as it Is <
equally
washing
i washing
1 zette.
Pstlom
there is l
hppo is u
When
some one
ibaby.
Young
|look and
There
' world; 111
Tbe wo
Ex.
r how
‘blue, a c
land* and town lots In Erath county, beginning with the g
snd including the early records of McLennan, Bell, Coryell and Bosquo counties, pn
to the organization of Erath county, down to ths present date. I am prepared on sU
to furnish a perfect abstract of the title to any survey, subdivision of sisurV
in-tbe-w
makes f
Augui
notice
sr town lot in Erath county, on very reasonable terms. No man need buy a V.ad
-- ‘baate^ ‘ * K
to land If lie use ordinary prudence. No one Is ssfo in buying any real estate InJ
county or In towns without nn abstract showing perfect tltlaa clear of all Bans.
In the rear of the First National bank.
How c
headachi
stant, bti
August
PALACE ‘SALOO
South Side Public Square, Stephenville, Texas.
KEEPS A FULL LIMB OB ALL THB
STANDARD BRANDS OF
FOREIGN.
At Paris a woman named Lombard
I was arrested for attempting to murder
| her husband by pouring molten load in
ln ‘ his oar.
Four women were recently arrested
at Szoontamas, Hungary, for poisoning
their husband and selling poison to
other women.
Tho Norwegian collier Freybund
burned to the,, water’s edge and sunk
near Bergen recently. Eight of thn
crew were drowned.
Many burglaries and depredation*
have been committed on the imporiaL j can assure you that you can get «. pure articlel
rrc «»my Piace. w. A. DA wSOn.|
spoils.
How d
iolent 1
be ston
itter-tas
ten or
he Ren
whiskies, mm,wus, beer and ciga|
If You Need Anything for Medicinal Purposes!!!
How «
the grad i
” e feels
opelcss,
ace—A
•dy. w
The Ilaroalona, Spain, chamber of
commerce protests against tho new
treaty with the United States as It in-
flicts Injury on the trade of Spain with
the West Indio*. ,
Emin Pasha reports that hi* opera-
tion* ln Africa have beon entirely suc-
cessful, haring defeated the native
and reoocupled alt the old stations in
the Equatorial Proviqoo.
Tho inhabitant* of Vhe Ural prov-
ince*. Russia, ore suffering terrible
privation*, crop* havfvig been de-
stroyed by locusts, nnd there are no
rail.cads leading Into ithe provinces.
A tame bear ontggod a tavern at |
Vitim, Kussii
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