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•*I'8E NOT DEAD.'
twry OM and Who Would Mot Stay
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‘Th not (bad; m hsab, Tse as IiM
as n ’possum. exclaimed Robert
Springer, colored, probably the oldest
—*n in. Pennsylvania, z when friends
from a distance went to attend his fu-
neral the other day >t his woodland
home, near churebtown, Pa An
nouncement of. his
printed Hi a fura) paper, and the notice
had attracted many to aee the old mao
buri^SSSlilB
5% t
'■- man when the
^Chorclitcfwft was a boyr Ho is about
r T* UP —r..—_
Robert was a slave, and escaped
1—“ 4*om bondaite irfini be whs 25 years of
•TATE ITEMS.
Mr.xia. Jan, 18.—Sunday morning,
apon going out to hia barn. W.p Gtbba
of this place found Jim Lindlyfcolored.
unconscious fend frozen stiff. He car-
ried tho negro into the bouse and
thawed him out, when be partially re-
vived, bat it is thought he cannot re-
cover. He had a bottle of whiaky in
his pocket when fonnd, aad is supposed
to have been going home, when drow-
siness overcome, him and bo sought
shelter behind the barn. The prairies
are covered with dead cattle, and it ia
feared-the half is not told, as the
weather shows but little sign of mod-
the country can home in. other fatali-
ties Will be reported.
Colorado, Jan. 18.—The last twi
G aikesviliA. Jiff: 10 Jolm-Jack-?
JoaOr~1md-- been soil, formerly known as "Shoofly, ”
and Rob Mtblth Irlrrlmir-hoBivs *»nr [tn he nf excellent qnalitr. and if they
mtiw ea&, of ihe city on Saturday
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_No one im^s^exset aga of Rob- Gle^y ft™, ,*,©©„ mU„ west of
S.b“wlfrS.*'’jKrtEKEW beSTTW*.» knew th. MK bn. I...
age. traveling at fiifftlt and hiding dur.
fng the dajv- He take*
Tra-
ces great delight
tn"relating the fact tliat.be went with-
•ut food for nine days. Soma years
after tiiia escape freiu bondage the w*u
of 1812 broke out and Robert drove a
team fpr tho American army, and at
the close of the War lie squatted in Hie
fohest country north of 'Churebtown. ________ ________ _ _
*T*r**n«s. Ho was tp jie down and he piled a ftt
rst perauirtn—Gasrueryort town-
ship to avail himself of the benefiti of
the fifteenth amendment.,, Tie was a
and
republican, voted jrmY eteetion, ai
in 1884 served as 'dolor-bearer- in
aip© < .
of tbs 11ns in all parades nud sbowed
macii endurance. ..... •
EysO now .this venerable patrjorch
Ieohs to hfe JlQt more then 8) years Did.
His health is good and he takes care of
it.—Cincinnati Weekly Timet. ’...
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v ' He Won the Bet. _
Some half a dozen young men were
lounging in the yiciqlty of an East s de
talooit last Sunday evening, says the
Detroit Free Trett. discussing the ob-
icrvanoo of thp law.. requiring taloons
to keep closed on Suudayi ^
*T11 bail a quarter ! can gat some-
' thing to driuk out of Blank's place,’’
iszdd*- **ld on« 6f ll,« bo/»* V. ; •
IZZZ: ^*1T1 take yon,!’ exclaitnad another.
—w |»was-ednceeded that it wouldn't,fto
' . for aU to gd.' together, vss the. saioon-
ist might rclusfl bp sell hgif a dozen
- jrhan he Wuld, rtm refus&bnn singly. - -
55 W.dLwti ftgl^Wi^r thtjlP ’like
in the evening was so^benumbod with
tha jcold that he djfl not know wfrete
he was and they'got oft tho roadT The
men [suffered - so terribly thatthey
got down and walked, hunting in all
directioua for the road. They also tried
tp build a tire, but their matches were
wet, which rendered their- ettorts
(Utile. Finally Jackson told Smith
to leave him and ge ia search of
shelter. Before doing so Smith bad
of corn on him lii the hope .that it
would keep him, wariitf: “"^mtwiioHT Jan 18 -The
left him add bmnT baok about fbur whitewwoht. Jan. is.
miles to tho house of a mao ' named
Hitchcock. When ho 'reached the
bouse he was almost dead hlnSSBTTrand
denee of- liir. William Battenfield was
Attaekfcd Monday night bjv unknown
pafUea.'lbeir object being robbery; is
g-* M««is^g5gagaai
relieve ttiinroF. his surplus cash. Bat
they were, ‘‘stood off’*, at ..the front'
ing tboy went to look for' Jackson, and
found him dead. He lay only a quar-
ter of * inile from Glenn’s honso.
ed one. sf.-, . .....,
Let one go in, • and weil smell
brealli when he corqesouL”
Simtb was thought bare this morning,
His right band and bqlh foot were bad-
ly frozenond. ipiputation' may prove
necessary, though the physicians hope
El Pa«o, Jan. 18. —The ’alleged train
robber .who waa ..captured below C^hi-
hualfha Saturday' night hfed on his per-
son $847. Hines, who confessed.said bo
received $150 aafitf share. makes
f1000 thus far found, though "^was
given out by tho express company that
only §3^5 Were taken in all, The map
ptnrnd .ttattmlafe gavfe, tjm.nanuLpf
....... alSfek ii woiild jtw aafejMTferni1 —n’V
‘ It was finally arranged that the one
.;...... ,r. Who bad wagered he could procure
AomeUiiog shoalil_j»t.Jtju
and bring out’a supply' for ,fell hands.
A jug was fonnd and the considerate,
ouifipr-seeded Jo '‘ruafil tTiA groWi.
^'Blfeak.
proceeded
lie said oil e n Uiriug the
1 w grocery, which is the .entrance to the
;£?" siloon. •■‘Lhave made n b**t out here
‘ With a lot of fellers that I could gat
something tiL drinL , Now. 1 don’t
i bfeok — •— '*
want you to go back on me.” fJive me
two quarts of berg atul you’ll never
have anything to fear from hie.”
••Well,” said the—ealdouisu.. after
some study, *T11 give you1 something
to drink ¥nd you’ll win your bet, but 1
won’t take ally par for It” And pro-
ceeding lo the penstock he filled the jug
~ with water. '
George Wright, but it“is known tobe
Charles Small, the alleged loader, llie
Sn^tbat would be tblTtlilh. mid. be-. IwdWri‘arrfial8ff1ff Chihuahua TIiuts-
d*j wcmYClefesed, thero being no evfe
dcnco against them. .
drantlettc, who ’has for aTong while
been praoiioing medicine at tbia place,
was found dead In his room at cabouc
12 o’clock Moqday. The physicians
called by the coroner to examine info,
tho cause of his death concurred in
the decision that death was efthsed by
epilepsy. To"which d(TcV>i\sod ' w£f 'sYiTP^
Gov. v'rl#5»w»tjWnr of Kentucky and
nephew ✓’ «adge William Bramlette
known Kentucky gbwtleman,; address- [of-^AustjL. .Ewjsaa aboutjfO years of
imr a man wliom-he met the street, ago-and unraajNaiii
The Reason Why. “
-“Ala good morning,” said a Well-
I
I
log a man whom ’he met m the street
■ ••How ^re yoh, colonel, y-
•’Look here,the first speaker, hfter
a short piuiae, continued, “every day I
discover additional evidence* of tiio
fact that you do not Jike mo. Why is
•'Do you mean wliv.voil discover the
MW"*T^nvJdences or Wliy I de not like you?”
" Whv you do not like me, of
. . cenrse.”
•rWell, in the first place, you are
such ao outrageous liar.” -■
'. ;j_ “Yes.”
“Amf, fu the second phrase ft has
heen-proved that you arc a thief.” '
••Well,” said the colonel. MI merely
Wanted to know, and it strikes me that
your reasons' are.'very good. I am U
sensitive man and it nettles me to think
‘ that aurone d alikei mo without a
■ausc k I uu glad that yon have ox
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by lire, supposed, to have boon started.
P t be k itchcn. The family were away
from home and j))6 House was looked
up hud the doors bad to be,broken
4 . ■ .men by those who first reached the
ia±»""»!l.i>-f-lfV Ji*..
A Direct Answer,.
Teacher—John, what are your boou
made off — -
. Bov—Of leather. , f \ . ,
‘•Where does ths leather oome.
ftwmr:
from the hide of ths ox.”,.
JBhnt animal, therefore; snpplles
yon with boom and gives yos Meat to
paroxysms ihu dootor had rolled from
the bod, carry ing. the covering with
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Uaingkhvixlo. Jim. 18. —A regular
old-Whipn bine blizzard %
V regular
fir6m (be
north struck this plaqp late Saturday
evening. The ground w soverotT with
sleet, snow and Ice, *a4 kV* weather
is growing worse. ,Stso£hj suffering
ferrlbly, and many that tufe not woll-
ted and sheltbred will d o. T’he tele-
^raph wire from the east »■ bas been
do\yn Kcvoriil days, but all4 trains are
niun ng regularly. / . r
MAitsnAf.ii. Jan; 18,^-Tkesesidenee
nights baxo been (be two coldest evei
known m this country. Saturday,
night the.wind blew flreely afid'al
through' Sunday. The tbermometei
fell to 8 ° below zero. So casualtie*
are reported in town yet, but it iaisased
that there may bavs been some deaths
at the sheep camps in the open coun-
try. Cattle, of course, drifted badly
before the terrific wind and cattlemen
- - e
fear many deaths among the week
ones.
Bio Springs. Jan. 18.—Considerable
interest is being t manifested in the sil-
ver m nes near SieiTU Blanco. Miner-c
TEXAS TOPICS.
Ennis. Jan. 20.—Authentic reports
were received here Wednesday even-
ing that seven persons were drowned
in Sand Lake, some .ten miles oast of
here. Two young ladies, daughters of
Wm. Williams and a young man by
the name of Babbiti, were skating pu
and
_ ravcd.by one of the drownlog..yonng
al specimens from- that place show Bp gatcfllHg anJ throwing it quLqq
ran to their
assistance, bat he was soon over-
powered by the struggles of those
drownlagr and he, tou. was ilrowned.
Mrs.. Williams.
down and would have met the fate of
do Rot develop into some very rich and
paying mines there is certainly no in- mile d stant at his bouse
dications in croppings and surface
matter. Cattle anil stock of ^jsltfeda.
are in fine fife and indications point to-
ward an early spring with the best
grass for years. -f: „
I o.novikw, Jan. 18. — Competent
judges estimate the further cotton re-
ceipts for this place at 1.500 bales.
The most sanguine is .2,000 bales. As
practically no cotton" was reoelved.d’n-
ing December, because of. the bad
weather, tb,is 19 not an over estimate
and well cqfrespond* w.th the original
estimates'from this place, about 9^600
bales.
itjM Uk« whan Uia ice gave way
they sank in four and a half feet of
cold water. Miss Babbitt and two lit-
tle girls agod 9 ind J3 years old
daughters of Wm. * iliiams, were also
enguWed and drowned in attempt-
ing to rescue them, A small
child of William ^Williams also fell
through the Ico and was -only
depriving the cattle of both food and
water, losses being Inevitable.
Lampasas, JaP- *6—A large aSd
enthus astic railroad meetipg-of repre-
sentative citizons of Lampasas was
held at the court houso Wednesday
afternoon. Judge J. A. Abney was
called to (be ©ha r nrfd J. I* ^ Wiwd
made secretary. Judge'JTC. MSlthOws
explained the aliji'Ct of tho meeting,
after which Judge Abney reported a
c'onferonce bad with fVH. Holloway.
oti Burnet, who .propped to btnW a
road from that plabe to this ody upon
certain named conditions. After dis-
cussing thejnattor at some length the
ehaig,appointed a committee consistilljlf
of J. M. Tatum, J. C. MatthewsTmd J.
H. Galbraith to confer with Mr- H^l-
Jn
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the ice. Mr. Williams, brother of-the
young ladles, whoVfM a quarter of a
his mdtber, made on
effort to save them and sho was pulled the fire Is unknown. Coffman s his*
her two little daughters, aged 10 aud
12 years, who threw hoy a rope, and
succeeded ln pulling her ashore. Their
bodies were all found together. * , ■
Edna, Jan. 20.
prisoners* confined i’
riiade an effort to bn
-Tuesday night the
ilKAho county Jk 1
out about 10
lo#ay and 10 receire from -h m »
definite proposition in regard to build
ingsaid road.
Melissa, Jan,* 20.—The business
houses of J*. H. Cullman and (J. M-
Largent wero burned last n'ght be-
-J- ■
tween 12 and 1 o’clock. Tbo origin of
amonuts td te* thousand dollars on
her children but for the timely aid of honsc and merchandise, anti "hfas in-
* " sured lor about two-tbirds tlio value.
liargent’s loss on merchainSra'is one
o’clock. Tho prisoners bad by some
thousand dollars, with no insurnn. e.
Miss Ilettie Scott'sjoss on th^busiuess
house-is tl^e hundred dollars, without
insurance. This leave* Melissa with
on j business house with? a good open
| iDg for two or three good houses
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tools and had cut . the
fastenings of the cage door and
plugged the locks. They then 'com-
Whjtewright, -Jan. .20.—A,; '
roEhafy1' wAXen acted here Tuasday
night. Two men! bpth masked, en-
menced paying off lhfi bars at-tfcn wijB;
11 is kuo wn that Mr. BattenflflltUteopr dowa. Not succeeding as rapidly'as
they wished they , oudaavbred to burn
the wqoil-work-afqund thp windows,
and bat for tbo timely interference of
Sheriff Laudermilk the jail would have
door byMr. Batten field’s plucky liMteJ'heen destroyed --and thp. prisoners ab
wife, and just a* JLhey werp leaving,' sent without leave. To-day they were
Mr. Battenfield returned from town
and gave the would-be robbers a liybly
chase, firing several shots, but U> ho
effuot. No clew as to who'the rulfians
were. ; v • • ' • • ^
Cue no, Jau. 18. — l ho City Cbunoil
Is negotiating witb parties .abroad for
the inauguration of a system of water-
works Ih CUexp. A special tax of ab^Ui
10 cents on fttK) valnatftn ofeuy'^ro-
perty .will be levied if the proposition
nikdc by the oouhoil is aoceptud. Tho
eavy rams
Tate heavy rains Bavo
urated thoTsoil'* iraT this v.oinity. The
stock generally JCIkli^art. pi theJ
country passed the late* terrible cold.
spell in tolerably good oondition. .
Belleville, Jan. Iff,—Charles
'a ---_ _ IJKLLlkVILLL, Uau. lOi -VURIIUI
-f,1 Ho net Grove, Jan. 18.—E. a coiorc(i man, living six miles
in tho country, Camo fo town IVUay
all securely fastened 1n Jthn esgj’-
Many cattle are dyittJC frWm this cold
spell in the pasture of Koobtz Bros.
Col., D. ^ B. Crary, manager, sent to
town Tties^ay"for m,en to^comej and
aseist iq skinning eattle;' — No doubt a
large loss in this .section w.ll take
place. Cattle are generally in a poor
eondltibh and If this cold spell contiar
nea large'loigses will occur. .
HorsrroN.'Jhb^. 2).—The members.
of the HoustonjLight Guard met at the-
armory Wednesday night and' deqiffea
and imbibed ten Jveely apd fahao le
‘cr
death vthlle'en route home that night
Tlfero are nine bonviots in jail awaiting
transportation to Huntsville! this is
the largest delegation that has went
irom this county in years. Business is
jeet Tho body when found w»s lying
face downward on tho floor beside the
bed. moat oL the epverlng of the bod
be ng under It. as if in the ep.feptic;^e-pts this month wULrgach nearly
at a sta nd still on acconnt of the cold.
Austin, Jan. 18.—Treasury receipts
860,000 Monday. It looks like revenue
ti.OCOOOO.
notifying every purcharer of University
iandfs who pay,
menu that if the money la ttht^rpmptly
paid,ho will sue for the same and self
tbo land.- Recently these parties have
been paying up, but a few st ll hold hack.
Chartered: Laboring Men’s Associa-
tion of Grayson county; also the Mbr-
ria County Go-operatiVe Association.
Sales of schooliands for the half month
to date foot up 2J,000-acres and Isa vs
208,000 acres. Ths leass 0f*C. a
Slaughter, of Dallks, covered 120,000
sores. • Burglars robbed the tioket
agent’s safe at ths Missouri Pacific
depot here Saturday night of some
50U oasb. The job was splentificqJJj
iii. K h. SMiw^tu MUyU' ,*»•»
rested. Notwithstanding thq oold the
and moat of the bedroom furniture was
»aved. ' Loss estimated at_f800Qi in-
-uted fqr.82725. ’ * ' \
Bonham, ~ Jan. 18— Persons living
orlh of the city '.oamo in Monday
uorniUg and reported tfdding the body
a heavy slMt Fean are sntsrtainsd
by ths oatUemAttlhalthelote of stock
will be heavy, owing to tbe fact that
•neb a large number of cattle hake
been wintering bn ths opso rangslw
account of tbe lnck Of wster aad grass
froze V death on his war home from
iown Saturday night dunhg tpe worst,
part of Bib ^*»trd, which oomnmioed
Saturday. Extreme
bold weather, with blowing sboer
tinasn ham. A great deal tat- stock
wbsn
q.. r. — 7 — — —w-.-. 1 • m
Austin drill next. May, at the
them'Of the new Statu Capitol. A motion
carried to appoint a^cammdtee of three
to vis t cit zens ip,lhe interest of the
movonient atjfff tq. Adconrage the drill
team during thb meeting. Before Ieav:'
ing Tot Austin tliu uiuiubers will get
new dross uniforms. Several new men
will join the company in a^few days.
The drill team will commenco practice
next Wednesjlay. Dr. Castloton, sur-
gtinn of the companv. liaaxSgbrod a
new suit of blothi s to tho member who
will show the best record for punctual
attendance between tbe commencement
of the practice drill aqd the close.
Thff nttorhey-gsoeraLAiL bars and officers are enthnsi-
astio over the contemplated movement.
JKn. 20.—fn the tPstrick
Marlin,
va .Wesly Williams, charged
murdenof hit yvif® on March blast,
wan considered, the jury returning a
verdict of guilty of muVder in the first
decree and 'assess
alty. It was shown by the evidence
V.
worked- About^ throe men, stipj
heating apparatus of the granite oapi-
toi kept tbe tump9rature’oI tbo rooms
and the halls up to a very comfortablef
point all day in tpe large legislative
oharabers, which are not fully equipped
with radiators. . Tbe thermometer
mark'cd GO to JM degrees, v. .
Belton, Jan. 18 —The sever ty of
the Misaard which Struok here Satur-
day evonltig riS unparalleled -in this
•set on. It came down with sadden
cruel treatment, had left his hotbe and
obtained, employment in the family of
Col. E. A. Watson, of this place, as
cook, and while she Was preparing
sapper in his kiteben the defendant,
going in the room where she was work-
- ing, .endeavored to persuade her to go
borne With him. Falling in this,
he struck her with an eight-pound
wo'ght, two Mows from behind on the
book and Side of the head^ bpth jof
which wounds crushed tbe skull and
either Of which would alone havp
caused death. J.* f? : ^'
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tered ^ohnLWay’s >esidenco about 1
b’oT6cir: r One of tfiemltphi a coekpd
revolver at Btr=fc»dsy while the'Other
ransacked* the bouse, looking, into the
bureau drawers knd piled tho cDntents-
ou* of two trunks. But tiu^ only se-
cured f 1.45 ior all their trouble, after
which they made good their escape.
-Rurnkt, Jan. 20.—The lake on the
Colorado above MarblaJklls is froaett/*
'V lessen o!
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over fo>rtlie first time in many years
No heavyiteese*of eattle are*reported
so far, but nearly ill owners have lost
SOtbe. One-man In this county1 says
that tire logs of a number Of his cattle
were frost bitten from tfip knees down
as shown by theif swollen oond.tion.
Wheat J, is thought to ‘bo. seriously
damaged. Sonic think thait-smich of the
wheat is killed, ’ B.ul wuathur has de
iayed week ow ths'Mnehle Fells eead
hut the contractor thinks , he can turn
the grade over to the Austin and North
western company tn timo for them to
put the road in operation before May 1.
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Holland, Jan, 20.^Sunday morn-
ing a nbgro named George Sparks was
found two n^tSs 1*d4st of here with his
ahull Inwkem and, faoson stiff It la
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supposed-he fell from his horse against
a gate-post., Farmers are uneasy about
thelt wheat, fearing t|jus continued cold
Weather will kill it Three can of
corn have been received here and is.
selling at,4D.cenia.|ihr bushel.
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20.—Tho d strict
Kacpman. Jan.
court adjourned Tuesday. The weather
has been so disagreeable' »anJ the
roads' 4n «Uch . condition that it has
been impossible for: wUnussea and
jurors to attend sourt Thero were
five cob fifittuni tnfetony cases. This
aourt Wednesday the case ot the Sjate
vs. Weziv Williams, charged with the|““ tb® niost severe winter we
have bad for years, but have heard of '
no one freezing to death. There are
several casks of pnuomonia-ditt town^.
12 q'olooh
Wednesday the Texas Bass Ball League
that the Wife, on aocount of defendank’a °>ef fnjbe Social Club rooms. Tho
pf an old farmer namwl Williasu. Wbo and terrific foroe, acoompanied by a
blinding rain, which soon turned into
San Antonio, Jan. 20. - Raglan i.
Lubbock A Ragland sold 500 bead of
shipping steteVs for 2|, Wednesday. al>
in San Antonio. This is the belt fig-
ure obtaltfcd in this sectiowtbis seasoa, .bis, body somewbere
fend indicates an adraooc in the price
of good beeves. A party Of French
capitalists are expected to inly*
In a few dkys to observe tha to«a)
solipse of tbo mooo Jan. 20, No losses
of stock whatyvet ere tepprted jrpte
tho oouslry south and what of this ody,
though losses are reported in eaalMfn
oountss. whore the oMd was harder uo
- "v ■ a *
main portion of the afturnoOn sess on
was taken up. with the consideration of
the constitujlpa and by-laws that are
to govorn the league. They are being
adopted by paragraphs The delegates
are a very intelligent set of men.
Lampasas, Jan. 20.—The. residence
of J. W. Moore, 'Deputy United elates
Marshal, was entirely destroyed by fire
this morning about 9 o'clock. The fire
department was,powerless tp do any-
thing as ths property was out of reach
of tbe fire hydrants. Insurance $200.
Hitchcock, Jan. 20.—A qogro by
the name or Charley Nelson. Hying
near Hall’s Bay°a accdcntally shot
himself wh le in the act of cleaning . .
hlsWiBohesteT. Tbe ball passed tbi
He is still oonsolons, but the
for his recovery is rather donbtfnl.
AIcKimnkt. Jan. 20.—An Mtevt
occurred I uesdav night between '
Marshal Warden and J. H. Bt«
editor •» tbo ’Enquirer, la whl
latter received some sor one In)
abwbt the head by blows front a ]
I rUn jlg gkM Wewfiia
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