The Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 54, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 29, 1888 Page: 1 of 4
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gainesville, texas, sun dat morning, january" 29,1888
no. 54
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BRILLIANT ARRAY
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WE HAVE done an Astounding Trade in Dress Silks for some time past, and have claimed Pre eminence in this Depart-
ment of our Business based upon Matchless Values, and the wide range of Styles and Colors for which our House has
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we exhibit, what is, without question, the FINEST LINE OF DRESS SILKS ever submitted by us to the judgment of a discriminating public.
Dress Silks at $1.25.
Black and Colored Faille Francaise, 20 inch wide,
Ottomans,
Cachmere,
Rhodomes,
Gros Grain,
Tricotines,
Surahs.
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Black Gros Grain, 20 inches wide,
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Colored Gros Grain,
Black Moire,
Colored Moire,
.black Surahs,
Colored Surahs
Black Gros Grain Silks at 75c, 90c and up to 82.50.
Moire Silks, Black and Colored, up to $2.75.
Satin DeLion, $1.25, $1.50 and $2.00.
Black Rhodmes, $1.40.
BlacK and Colored Satins, 35c to $1.20.
Magnificent Plushes, Black and Colored, at $1.00
and $1,25 a yard. You can get your choice here of some
of the loveliest shades in» creation.
Here's a few of the Colors and Shades in Silks
♦
Satins and Plushes.
Mandarin, Mahogany,
Blue, every new shade, Lavender,
Rose,
Nile Green,
Myrtle,
Tan,
Brown,
Ivy,
Cream,
Drab,
Mousse, Heliotrope,
And many others we might mention,
All these Silks came in two days ago, fresh from the East, and we confidently predict a
very RAPID SALE,
MAIL ORDERS Receive Prompt Attention.
SAMPLES Will be Forwarded od Application
SCHIFF, SOMMER & COMPANY.
SNOW-BOUND.
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We Are Willing to Divide!
OTHERS LOSS OUR GAIN!
The Worst Weather JEver Known in New
j Hampshire—Blockaded Trains With*
out Fuel and Water.
We have received by express this morning
1500 Pairs Ladies' and Men's
<i BEST HAND-MADE SHOES o
of the latest styles—they were bought for a mere
song—and to day* they are open and displayed.
SEVENTY-TWO VICTIMS.
IF YOU WANT A BARGAIN
Examine this lot and you will confess for once in
your life that you havo bought shoes for half
their value.
JJOITT DELAY—BE ON HAND EARLY,
or others will carry off the prwe«f
GAINESVILLE SHOfi CO.
_ E. KEIFFER,
108 East California St. Manager.
Passenger Train* In New York State
Abandoned or Banning Wild---
8r»»t Nnfferln* Anton*Travelers.
Plymoth, N. H., Jan. 26.—The
weather here ia the worst ever
known. Nineteen inches of enow
fell during '.he past twenty-four
hours and the thermometer is 0 °
below zero with the wind blowing
a hurricane. Seven trains are
blockaded between Warren Sum-
mit and Ashland and some are
without luel andjwater.
DOWN TO ZEBO IN NEW YORK.
Albany, N. Y., Jan. 27.—This
morning finds the storm cleared
away and the sky as blue as on a
summer day. The thermometer
is about zero and a cold wind
makes it intense. The railroads
are in even a worse condition than
they were yesterday. No trains
whatever are being moved on the
Deleware and Hudson railroad.
The tracks west of here are all
blockaded and trains from New
York and Boston are being moved
with the greatest difficulty. No,
freight trains are being run in
any direction.
Reading and Columbia railroad is
completely blocked.
suffering in Massachusetts. Resultofthe
Pittefield, Maes., Jan. 27.—Five Wellington
long passenger trains on the Bos-
ton and Albany road are snow
bound here, awaiting news of the
opening oi the road before pro-
ceeding further. The fast St.
Louis express spent last night in
a snow drift near Washington cut. \ ington colliery here since the great
There were over 100 passengers j explosion of Wedneeday occurred.
Terrible Explosion in the
Colliery--Forty Bodies
Recovered.
Victoria, B. C., Jan, 27.—The
bodies of eighteen white men and
twenty-two Chinamen ha^e thus
far been recovered from the Well-
LA8T CALL OF THE SEASON.
We wish to call the attention of the Citizens
of Gainesville and vicinity to the fact that for
the next thirty days we will offer our entire
stock of
WINTER CLOTHING,
^OVERCOATS ♦♦ AND ♦♦ UNDERWEAR,£*
REGARDLESS OF COST.
We are determined to close out all Winter
Goods before getting in New Goods for Spring.
Call and price, and you will surely be con-
vinced that we mean what we say.
FIELD & SPENCER,
THE CLOTHIERS AND FURNISHERS.
Binghampton, N. Y., Jan 29.—
All trains on the Erie road are
j "laid out" at points east and
j west of this city. Only one train
'has arrived from New York in
! thirty hours, and there is small
chance of another getting through
before night. The snow has
drifted badly in all directions,
and the trains are either aban-
doned or running wild.
ROADS ABANDONED.
Reading, Pa., Jan. 27.—In
Berks, Lebanon, Schulykill and
Lehigh counties snow has drifted
so that public roads have been
abandoned. Farmers are turning
out in bands of from thirty to 100
io open the roads.
ALL FREIGHTS ABANDONED.
Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 27—
Travel on the railroads centering
in this city has been greatly im-
peded ^by great snow banks that
obstruct the tracks. The Cum-
berland Valley road has aban-
doned all freight trains, and is di-
recting its attention to the run-
ning of passenger trains. Two
or three locomotives are attached
to each train.
TRAVEL GREATLY DELAYED.
Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 27.—Rail
road travel in thU vicinity is
greatly delayed by the heavy
snow drifts. On the Frederick
division of the Pennsylvania rail-
road travel has almost entirely
ceased and to-day workmen are
engaged at the little town digging
a passenger train out of a snow
drift. Bet
ttmbia three
snow bound
on board, but notwithstanding
the thermometer marked ton de-
grees below zero they did not suf-
fer from cold. I
The fast mail which left Boston
last night for the west spent the |
night in a drift one mile from
Hillsdale. The passengers suf-!
fered greatly from the cold and
many ladies were prostrated. A
number of children were badly
frost bitten. They could obtain
but little to eat, but the country
drug stores supplied the passen-
gers with brandy.
Three engines with a snow
plow were stuck in a drift near
Richmond furnace.
Freight trains covering over a
mile in length are snowed in near
Shake's and much perishable
goods will be lost.
In many places the snoflk has
drifted to the depth of forty feet.
A passenger train that can go two
miles an hour is considered to be
ranking good time.
TRAINS STALLED.
Boston, Mass., Jan, 27,—Re-
ports from various points in New
England show all railroads suffer-
ing much trouble, owing to the
enow drift. At St. Johnbury tne
snow was the severest ever known
the wind blowing a gale. The
railway was blocked and a snow
plow and four engines were
stalled at Danville. The drift
was one-half mile long. A pas-
senger train from Keen was stalled
near Nashua.
The total number that perished
was seventy-two, of which thirty-
one were white. The bodies thus
far recovered are mangled and
blackened beyond recognition,
and the only meaha of knowing
their names were by the stalls and
points at which they were feund.
Kvery individual in the east
slope, where the explosion
occurred, was killed. In the west
slope the explosion did not pene-
trate further than to make a
severe concussion, which effected
some severely. The after-damp
rushed in, but by the presence of
mind exhibited in immediately
repairing the fan the air current
was restored and many were
saved. This is attested by the
recovery of a large number who
were prostrated by the after-damp,
but who subsequently recovered
consciousness and came to the
foot of the shaftingr The resist-
less force of the explosion is
proven by the mariner in which
eight-incli pines were snapped.
Heavy timbers were reduced to
splinters, while one of the iron
cages was blown completely out
of the shaft. A Belgian miner
was stripped of every vestige of
clothing, while the mutilation of
the bodies proves that the terrible
force played with them as if
feathers. The scene Jhout the
mouth of the shaft \roere the
bodies are being identified is
heartrending and sickening.
Married Eleven Times—Died at 126.
Brunswick, Mo.—With the old
year there died neir Dalton in
this county, Martin Ewing, col-
ored, who was probably the old-
est person in the state, being, as
near as could be computed, 126
years old. He was born near
Lynchburg, Ya., and was the
nurse of Col. John Ewing, father
of S. P. and J. J. Ewing, of this
county. John Ewing was born in
1776, and Uncle Martin was taken
from the plow to become his nurse
and was then at least 14 years old
as a younger lad could not handle
the cumbrous mold-board then
TRAIN ROBBCRS.
Particulars of the Capture of Janes Bur-
rows In the Mountains of Ala-
bama. Situation of His
Brother Reuben.
Memphis, Tenn., Jan 27.—
Early in December a train on the
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and
Texas railway near Genoa, Arkan-
sas, was robbed. The case was
put in the hands of detectives,
and. by following a clew offered
by the finding of a slicker, a man
by the name of Brook wai arrested
as having purchased the water-
proof from a Waco, Texas, dealer.
used. Until the last year the old j On being confronted and recog-
negro has been very active, doing | njzed by the engineer of the train,
chores about the farm and making
regular visits to the little village
near which he lived. An autopsy
made by Dr. H. H. Moorman
proved his vital organs to be in a
very healthy condition. He had
no recollection of ever having ta-
ken any medicince until he was
attacked with pneumonia, which
caused his death. He had been
eleven times married, and had no
knowledge of the number of his
decendants.
DALLAS.
Brook was" induced to peach on
his confederates and located tnem
in the North Alabama mountains,
giving the names of Reuben and
James Burrows. They resided in
a stronghold about twenty miles
from Vernon, Alabama, but being
surrounded by vigilant alies
THEY GOT WARNING,
and on the approach of the detec-
tives fled from their home and,
although pursued by shots from
Winchesters they succeeded in
escaping under cover of the early
dawn. As further pursuit among
the mountains of that section was
useless, the detectives left the
place. The chief of police of
Montgomery, Alabama, on Sun-
to-day that James Burrows, who
was captured a few days igo in
Lamar county and identified as
one of the men who robbed the
Cotton Belt train at Genoa a short
time ago, is en route to this city
in charge of detectives, and will
reach here to-night. Several of
the high officials of the Southern
Express company, among them,
Mr. O'Brien of New York, the
general agent, will be here to-
night. The officers of this com-
pany have been very active in
effecting the capture of tbeie train
robbers, and important develop-
ments will no doubt be made in a
short while.
THE BEAUTIFUL STEER.
A Man With a Metal Brick in His Valise
Arrested on Suspicion. Threatens
to Sue the City.
Dallas, Jan. 27.—Officer Scott
arrested a man to-day who regis- j Jay last arrested the much-wanted
tercd at the calaboose as Harry men, but when ne*.n">g the station
Curtis, but who afterwards gave ibej made re,i«.s... and broke
/ tt ai-u i away from the oncers. One was
hie name us Harry \Y heeler. ^e^ptured 8gajn and proved to be
officer had
ROADS BLOCKED.
Belvidere, N. J., Jan. 27.—The
severe enow storm of Wednesday
and Thursday blockaded the roads
all through Warren and Sussex
counties. Several persona went
away and it was with great diffi-
culty they were rescued.
A Sow la Court.
Mt. Pleasant, Tex., Jan. 27.—
A novel scene took place in our
County Court here yesterday. A
case of hog theft was being tried
before a jury and the court decided
that the marks on the sow under
dispute were not made plain to
the jury, and ordered the hog to
be brought into court. The hog
was sent for, and the plaintiff in
the case, assisted by a negro,
dragged the hog from its pen
through the street into the court-
house which, by the time the hog
witness had been placed upon the
_.•< n—a examination,
eager
the
The
een this city and Col-
» freight trains were
this morning. The
witness itand for
was packed close by
crowd who wanted to hea;
hog give in her evidence.
Raided Sulphur Bottonts.
Texarkana, Tex., Jan. 27.—W.
H. Owens, a United States dep-
uty marshal of Jefferson, Texas,
is here, on his return from a raid
on the law breakers in the depths
of Sulphur bottoms. Mr. Owens
informed a reporter that he had
captured and assisted in , the cap-
ture of eleven alleged criminal
moonshiners and dangerous char-
acters in the last few weeks, all of
whom are either in jail or under
bond. With the assistance of
Deputy Sheriff Whitten of Camp
county he yesterday caught a well
known refugee from justice, Sam
Reeves, who is wanted in Cooke
county fer horse stealing commit-
ted two years ago. Reeves was
carried to the Camp county jail.
Owens also captured at the same
time Tom Bobinsen, a moon-
shiner. The still was captured
last week by Owens and his posse,
uid the owners are now being run
in one at a time. Most of these
jury was called upon by His Honor
to examine the marks of Mr*.
Hog, and after they had fondled
her much mark yd and multilated
ears she was ltd out from the
trains were presenoe of His Honor, and car
ried back to her pen.
n^e
in his mind the de-
scription of a man wanted else-
where, and when he saw this
man he concluded be was the
man wanted. Curtis, or Wheeler,
was on his way to the Union de-
pot and was carrying a small
black valise, which appeared to
the officer as unusually heavy
from the manner lie was carrying
it and, stepping up to the gentle-
man, he offered to carry the va-
lise for him. Finding it so heavy
he opened it and found what ap-
peared t^ be a "gold brick,"
wh:ch subsequently proved^ to
weigh twenty-two pounds, which,
if solid gold, would be worth be-
tween t40U0 and $5000. This
further aroused the officer's suspi-
cion, when he informed the gen-
tleman that he might consider
himself under arrest on suspicion
of being the party wanted else-
where. Mr. Curtis, or Wheeler,
says he is from Denison and he
was on his way to Fort Worth,
where he has relations, and when
asked what he was carrying the
"bogus" gold brick for, he an*
swered he had a right to carry
what he choee. When asked
what he called the briok he said,
"metal." The man is intelligent
and bears the marks of a genuine
western man, It It '
hardly prob-
s solid gold,
captures have been made in the
dense swamps of Sulphur bottom,
and it it thought that the gang M 4. . . ^.
moonshine!* 10 lonjr notorious ww vn» UN 18
SSTis about brok^up O wens butit is proUMeAs* l«it
will carry Bobinaon to?tfefferson
gaiy doubt James Burrows.
The other brotnef, Reoben, was
CHASED SOME DISTANCE.
and only escaped by shooting S
citizen who attempted to check
him. The people and police vig-
orously searched the entire night
for the criminal. Wednesday
morning the pursuing party came
upon him just beyond the city
limits. They were met by a vol-
ley from Iteuben'a revolver. He
I was chaBed, however, into the
i dense swamps, in which it is
thought he is simply imprisoned
till the hounds drive him out and
into the hinds of the officers. It
now transpires that the prisoner,
James Burrows, has been
THE ORGANIZER
as well as the leader of all the
train robberies which have oc-
curred fur the past several years, I
and his capture as well as that of
Brook, and their certain convic-
tion, will terminate for a long
time the gang whose daring ana
sueeessful train robbery schemes
have had no equal sinoe the days
of Benos, Youngers, and the
James gang. The prisoner, James
Burrows, heavily Ironed, arrived
here this moping from Montgom-
ery tad left by a oonnecting train
for Texarkana in
[Miss Ella Paxton, known aa
the "Cow Girl of the Panhandle,"
recently favored a delighted West-
ern audience with the following
original production, which, in her
introductory remarks, she styled
a"paradox"on "Beautiful Snow."
She also stated that it was "para-
doxed" while sitting on her horse
on day-herd pn her father's ranch
in the Panhandle, situated about
three miles from Mobeetie, Tex.]
Oh, the ateer. the beautiful »teer,
Kicking the Ilea from the point* of hi* ear,
flapping bin uil la iu rollceome gWe,
Hopping about like • Snake rlrer flan,
Bellowing'
Roaring'
Thundeiing along I
Filling the air with It* ateerlral aomr.
Till the rumble from Ita long laden pit*.
ftcarea timid Jackrabblta and wolrea Into flu
To me there l» nothing on earUi half ao dear
A«tbelonghorned,ullm bodied Texieaa ateer
How often I wlih that I vu a ateer,
wltli a long, iblny hartal thebnttofeacti ear.
with a clear, learleea eye and a tapering tall
That would map like a whip In the sadden-
ing gale.
How I'd belter'
And roar)
And paw np the groundf.
lop; over the Julia wUb a IMagtfjg
aound,
like a terrer, aad bump up my
when I aaw the wild cow boy puradng my
track
And r« laugh at hla oatha a» he fell to the
Oh' I'4 be a Jo-dandy If I wai a ateer I
1 onee roped a beautiful ateer—bnt I fell
From J y pony with ear pterelavyell
Fell with the lariat fnat to my wrlet •
Fell te be dragged through the grant wet
with miat.
Bumping!
Rolling 1
Grunting I vent I
A fnU mile a minute, or 1 don't wabt aeeat.
The gravel aad graaa yanked the hide from
And ruined a pair of forty
Aye. ma my buatfc
{ By the froltoaome
-Sew Torfc World.
Aye. even my bustle waa thrown oat of gear
ika of that beaatlful
•»
A French dandy went to a pho-
tographer to get his picture taken.
When the job was done he refus-
ed to pay on the ground that the
picture did not look like him, and
he left the establishment. Next
morning he passed by tilt place
and aaw his picture hanging in the
show ease tail under it was the
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