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Book Adjuster.

Description: Patent for a new and improved book-adjuster. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the holder having the horizontal longitudinal recess and the vertical screw-threaded aperture, of the base-piece, the adjusting-screw swiveled at its lower end in the said base-piece, and the spring-catch" (lines 3-8).
Date: February 8, 1887
Creator: Adair, Irvine James
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stalk Knocker.

Description: Patent for a new and improved stalk knocker. This design consists in "the combination, with the running-gear of a wagon, of a frame-work mounted thereon and provided with vertically-adjustable hangers at its rear end carrying stalk-knockers and their shaft, a diagonal adjustable brace connecting the hanger and the frame-work, and a driving-pulley formed in sections, having spoke-embracing lugs, and connected to the knocker-shaft by means of a belt" (lines 10-18).
Date: November 8, 1887
Creator: Allen, William A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fire-Arm.

Description: Patent for an improvement to adjusting rifle barrels and holding those adjustments in place. Includes illustrations.
Date: March 8, 1887
Creator: Alston, William F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Electrical Fare-Box.

Description: Patent for device "to improve the illumination and increase the efficiency and subserviency of street-care fare-boxes. To these ends the source of light is located in the interior of the box, instead of being placed in a separate chamber at the outside of the box, as is now done, and electrical agency is utilized to produce the light and also to notify the driver that a passenger requires change and when a fair has been deposited in the box" (lines 8-17).
Date: February 8, 1887
Creator: Crowdus, Walter A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Documents pertaining to the case of The State of Texas vs. George Pippin, cause no. 1889, 1885

Description: Documents related to the case of The State of Texas vs. George Pippin, accused of assault with intent to murder, filed September 8, 1887. Documents include a bill of indictment signed by grand jury foreman J. H. Wofford, witness subpoenas and attachments, applications for attachments, an arrest warrant for George Pippin, attachment bonds, precepts, a motion, an application for witnesses and subpoenas, and a charge filed by the presiding judge J. A. Williams.
Date: 1887-02-08/1890-02-11
Creator: Deen, J. T.
Partner: Henderson County District Clerk's Office
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