The Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 275, Ed. 1 Monday, February 17, 1902 Page: 3 of 4
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m THE WORLD.
Benefit He Received from
Paine's Celery Compound.
On December 14 last the proprie-
tor* of Paine's Celery Compound found
the foil winy letter among the:r mail :
They had no correspondence on the
»ut> cet they did not know Mr. Mut-
haci except by réputation. Like every
tttr.tr. nul of thii great medicine that
was rver printed it came to them un·
soli led and unsought The proprie-
tor» r»f Patne"» Celery Compound have
never found it necessary to manufac-
ture or edit an* testimonial They have
never found it necessary by any trick
of sdvcrtmng; to promote mythical
rritfi m far off places to positions
in" i-jrslatures or offices that never
beard of them It i< the erne of all
remedies the popularity of which has
trscn ised on account of what it doe*
icitr.id of what it say*
|t appear* that Fire Chief
th» h«ad of the Cfatcajp Pire ÎVpart-
tttfer which 1 « the rru><ie! of the world
h.· ! «-en Cor fortv vrars in the 'ervice
««"(•rave a« a lion. industriels cool-
h^« ·{. with a record for fighting fires.
S*.' quit»· >< distinguished for nerve
and gtwralshtp as other heroes
u{*<« in v>m i.»ti *> have {«-stowed
ntitilk htnv»r» for service m no !e*s
nattrdow undertaking* Chief Mu 4
ham. in tlit spring i f i<*u. t<bu:aa«i
With Perfect Nerves and
Good Blood He Has
Won the Highest Po-
sition in His Calling.
J the highest recognition that it is po*-
j sable for a man in his business to have
-promotion for merit to the head of
the finest fire-fighting brigade on earth.
He l>egan at the bottom.
Read what he says of the medicine
that has also enabled thousands of
other men and women to achieve what
by intelligence and ambition they were
rut out to do
And bear in mind that what Patne's
Celerv Compound has done in the case
of Marshal Mu ham and for thou-
sands of othrrs who have voluntarily
expressed thtir gratitude in similar
words it will do with unvarying cer-
tainty in the case of every person
whose nervous system from whatever
cau»e begins to show the effects of
disease and whose symptoms manifest
themselves in the various distressing
ways that are so familiar to every
reader
"Gentlemen —
Your remedy y »»ne's Celery Com-
pound i- all that you claim for it and
is certainly a boon to humanity I
have tried it and have secured ireat
benefits from <t when «afferme from
indigestion or its companion n<~rv ·<
ness I am told that many of tlî- t
m the department are using .
Celery Compound wi'îs ver. - λ:
tory results I can heart?}* r —>- 1
Paine's Celery Compotmd i· r t iv >
■who s'.iffrr Cwm lacs of fire'vrv ·
votisness indigestion and wmilar n ; ' ·
me*it« '.'our* truîv
"\V H MUS!*'M
' fire Marsha»"
*Th;cago ill Dec it ;
...j
A BEAUTY BATH
ta a beauty bath tab i· your»
if we do tl>« plumbing for
you We bave tbe materials
the "rigfct" kind of tuba
and supply pipe· the "know
bow' tb# willing ne·· to do
tbe work to your satisfaction
aad oar emerge· are moderate
PARLIM & OREHOORFF CO.
Pbone 62
THE TURF SALOON
hu just been opened in the new Davie building in rear of
ι Masonic Temple and I would be glad to have my friends
and the publio generally call and examine my stock At fine
Whiskies Winee Brandies Cigars etc. 1 oarr/ a full
line of fine Kentucky Whiskies and will keep fresh
Bottle and Keg Beer ready to serve at pll times.
J. A. BRAININOIN# Proprietor
V. TRIPPBT
The Grocer
Telephone No. 10
118 College Street
Jfc /j' Wa t· oq «r<H7 fees of the genuine
mS TT//L— Lex*tiveBroino-QuinineT»btato
^ noi«iy Uint Of — « ceM la mmm «ν
Devenport & Timmins
Conduct a Strictly Up-to-Datej
Livery Feed and Sales Stable
4 Bin tltt only Rubber-tire Carriage fin the city. Special attention giyenlt
I —^ "T wedding· ball· dob· ete
AU order· reoeivetprompt attention^·/ or Bight.
Phoae^No. a.
it
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fautive η s ne"j
'the rem·*]-tiiftt eone a eeM la «M «*?.
"<"Λ — ttpt -«
imcrajRwm
Two S»gr<*e lUwrt *o Estma* K«ae<
ore* to Ε c»pft trvm Jail.
THEY KILL ONE MAN
Thru· Were Bertomly Irjared ta ι·
Effort ta Irwkr IwbUief—Tl·
PrfaMBT* Ex-aped During
Um> EnitrWBt
Rumtervllle Ala. Feb. 17.—Lee Gra-
ham was killed and three other white
men were seriously Injured as a result
of a desperate battle fought here Sat-
urday between two negro prisoners
named Henry Wilson and Julius Good-
win and a deputy sheriff and citizens
of this place.
Deputy Sheriff Charles I>ane wai
leading the two negroes into their cells
from the corridor when the men
sprang upon him and «nocked him to
•the floor seriously wounding him. The
men then ran through the jailer's resi-
dence and were met by Mrs. Lane
who was rushing to the assistance of
the officer with a winchester rifle a-id
repeating gun The negroes attacked
her and wrenched the weapons from
her. The woman's screams attracted
a great acrowd and the negroes barri-
caded themselves behind her and be-
gan using their weapons on all who
entered th* houae. George Stafford a
young white man was dangerously
wounded In the head with a club and
Willie Porter. another white man. »e-
rioualy Injured.
In a few minutes news of the battle
at the sheriff'·» bouse spread through
( the town and citizens of the town
{ soon reached the Jail. The negroes
' had forced their way upstairs where
they barricaded themselves. Lee Gra-
ham. one of the moat prominent young
men In the city with gun In hand at-
tempted to reach the se*-ond floor and
wa* shot dead on the steps. In the
•«element following the men eacaped
through the rear of the Jail and
though tarerai shots were flred at
them In the pursuit thfy succeeded In
getting away Both of them are be-
lieved to be seriously wounded.
(M4 At»*lrf»t» ÎloIdi#r
/ tlanta Feb. 17.—Leopold Scbiesin
ger. at ont» time member of the per-
son»] bodyguard of the Emperor Fran-
ci* Joseph of Austria and a veteran of
the war bet wee* Italy and Austria
died In this city at the home of hie
daughter. Mrs Kalph Victor. In ser-
vice seen In the Austrian army In the
i war between Italy and Austria he re-
celved three medals from the hands
of the fmperor himself for bravery
f and another medal »»î presented to
htm by Oenerai Cragef.Mi whose life
be saved. Mr. Bchlesl· g<-r was born
in Lodan Bohemia lc 1819
H<»?· m* i nun1 ·· · !·»«»·r*.
Birmingham. Ala . Feb. 17-—Ernest
Matthι·*». lO-y^ar-o'.d boy. Is under ar-
rest here on the charge of counter-
feiting. He a ad ton companions are
alleged to have received instructions
from an Old man and established a
miuiture mint near the North Birming-
ham furnace w here they manufa«cturwd
spurious silver quarters from crude
molds Several of the coins were auc-
! eeaafully pas»»*! on m-erchants of this
j city Sec.rwt service men are working
1 on the case and more arrejtts are ex-
j p«>cted. The ceins are made of lead
[ ami pewter.
UWM· far ItrllUh Army.
8ait Lake. Feb. 17.—Three thousand
•weetern horses known as cay usee
gathered from the ranges of the inter-
mountaia states are to be shipped to
South Africa for use in the British
army The animals were purchased by
agents of the British army who had
been scouring the country for weeks
and have been concentrated in corrals
In this city and Urand Junction Colo.
W*r· "*'re«b" HrttUh Troup*.
London. Feb 17.—According to sp&
ciai dispatches from Pretoria the
mounted infantrymen who were trap-
ped at Klip river were all fresh from
home and unused to Boer tactic». The
bulk of the casualties occurred during
the retreat of the British The killed
Included Major Do we 11 the command
? er of the force.
OragrMania·! £h*|ipar<l Sarlon·!? III.
Washington Feb. 17.—Representa-
tiTe John L. Shepherd of Texarkana
Tex Is cricically ill at his apartments
here. He was taken down with an at-
tack of heart falure and kidney trouble
early Sunday and was unconscious
daring most of the day. Mrs. Shep-
pard was summoned to Washington by
telegraph.
K«(r* gk*l IfMr ·1(Ι»
Austin Tex. Feb. 17.—Word hai
been received here of the shooting of
a negro named Johnson Miller by an-
other negro. The tragedy occurred on
the Luad place north of Elgin wher«
the negroes were doing some grubbing
and had a row about the work. Both
negroes live at Bastrop.
B«*r I>«l«f*lM Con lag.
London Feb. 17.—M esse re. Weasels
and Wolmarane expect to land at New
Tork simultaneously with Prince Hen-
ry. The Boer delegates will visit New
Tork. Philadelphia Boston Chicago
New Orleans St. Louis and San Fran
ciaco.
Skat Hlnualf wad Wtr·.
Helena Mon. Feb. 17.—Harold M
Cole assistant superintendent at th<
Eut Helena smelter. Is dead and O!
ire Marne Cole his wile. 1· mortal!;
wounded as the result of shots flrec
by tbe husia-û.
8EW10U8 COlUStO*·
Utehfieid. 111. Fab. 17.—Two p«r-
■one net death and five were injured
la a rear-end collision between the
"Dlamoag Special" of the minoto Cen-
tral rllroad aad a freight train at a
point Are miles north of Litchfield.
The dead are:
Β. B. Burn· fireman on freight lo-
comotive.
Frank Mylntyre brakeman on
freight train.
The "Diamong Special" was moving
at a rate of 12 miles an hour when
the freight crashed into the rear
eleeper. It is said the passenger would
have been traveling faster had there
not been some trouble with the loco-
motive's mechanism. The engineer on
the freight engine declared that the
fog was eo thick he could not see 100
feet ahead. Two Pullman coaches were
badly wrecked and the freight ermine
is almost a total loss while several
freight cars were ditched. No passen-
gers were hurt because there were few
in the hear car and these were not
seated far enough back to be caught.
Another Had Wr«k.
Marshalltown la. Feb. 17.—Four
lives were lost in a headend collis-
sion on the Iowa Central one mile
north of OifTord a light engine north
bound crashing into a passenger train.
The dear are:
Wallace Frew Keithsburg Ills. en-
gineer. light engine.
John White Oskaioosa engineer pas-
senger train.
Frank Patton Marshalltown fire-
man. light engine.
Elmer Ogle Marshalltown fireman
passenger train.
A number of passengers were slight-
ly Injured.
Engineer Frew of the light engine
should have cleared the passenger
train at Gifford but for some reason
did not do so.
Collt· on al a CroMlug.
Carbodale ML Feb. 17.—Three per-
sons were seriously injured in a head-
end collision at Texas Junction near
here on the Illinois Central railroad
Passenger train No. 26 collided with
an extra freight. Engineer Robert Al-
len Baggageman Charles Ashley and
Mrs. J S. Lewis all of this city were
thoee seriously Injured. The cause of
the colllelou is supposed to have been
the absence of a flagman of the freight
as the passenger was running on sched-
ule time.
Fmlghi Cat Id Twtin
Rochester Ν. Y. Feb. 17.—A freight
train crossing from the Buffalo Roch-
ester and Pittsburg tracks to No. 3
track on the New York Central at Lin-
coln Park was struck and cut in two
by the eaetbeund Continental limited
on the West Shore road Both the en-
gineer and fireman oo the Limited
Jumped before the collision. Two train-
men were injured three freight cars
were reduced to kindling wood and
the engiues of the passenger and the
freight wttre completely wrecked.
Conductor
Hoxie. Ark.. Feb. 17.—In a headend
collision of two freight trains on the
Prise*» and Ravenden Conductor Mc-
Fall was killed.
Kii|lii<<«r and rirrinto Kllltd.
Connellsvllle. Pa.. Feb. 17.—Engineer
T. W. of McKeee Rocks and his
fireman P. W. De Sot of Buffalo were
killed in a head-end collision of freight
trains on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie
at Round Bottom. The trains came
together as the result of disobeying
orders by one of the crews.
Age4 Woman Burned
New York Feb. 17.—Mrs. Virginia
Suret aged 50 years was burned to
death in the apartments in which she
and her husband Victor lived. Her
apron caught fire at the kitchen stove.
Mr. Suret and Police Officer Blessing
the latter a boarded with the family
were severely burned in trying to ex-
tinguish the flames which enveloped
Mrs. Suret. There Is som«> doubt of Mr.
Suret's recovery.
Hchwab Berk from Kurop«.
New York Feb. 17.—After an ab-
sence of nearly two months in Europe
Charles M. Schwab president of the
United States Steel corporation arriv-
ed Sunday on the steamship St. Paul.
Mr. Schwab visited England. France
Germany and Austria coming every-
where in the closest touch with the
leaders of finance and manufacture.
To Plut ToioiIom.
Montgomery Te*. Feb. 17.—The
truckgrowers of Montgomery met in
regular session here and agreed to
plant forty acree In early tomatoes
each member agreeting to plant from
one to eight acres according to the
wish of individual members. The
acreage to be put in other vegetables
has not yet been agreed upon.
Τ·η»·«·β« Town Burnett.
Nashville Feb. 17.—About two-
thirds of the business portion of
Woodbury Cannon county burned
Saturday nigl.t the loss being esti-
mated at from 150.000 to 175.000. The
Are forced the long distance telephone
operators to move out and details are
meager. The origin of the fire is un-
known.
Star· at ( hi#f Huri»«<1.
Terrell Tex. Feb. 17.—The store
bouse and stock of goods owned by Q
M. Mathis at Chief were destroyed by
fire early Sunday morning The caus<
of the fire is unknown. The loss is es
timated at $2800; insured for $2100.
Bnwpltil DmuL
Philadelphia. Feb. 17.—Rer. George
ι Carter Needham the noted evangelist
died suddenly of neuralgia of the heari
at hi# home at Narberth. a suburb ol
this cKy. He had Ju*t returned from
* campaign throng TdncwK
HERE'S A BABY
ITS MOTHER IS WELL.
The baby is healthy because during gestation
Its mother oaed the purely vegetable Uniment.
Mother's Friend.
Member's Friend is a soothing softening relax
ing oil a muscle maker in vigors tor and freshen-
er. It puts new power into your hack and hips
A coming mother rube it fn from the outside
with her own pretty fintfers—no dosing and
swaliowing of nasty drugs—no inside treatment
at all.
The state of the mother during' «restation may
influence the disposition and whole future of the
child; that is why mothers should watch their
condition aud f^*-e themselves from pain. Iter
health that oi the child and their lives depend
on keeping free fro*η torture worry ana melan-
choly. Be of good cheer strong of heart and
peaceful raind. Mother's F riend can and will
make you so. Bearing down pains morning
sickness soreness of breast and insomnia are
all relieved and diminished by this wonderful
remedy backed bv two score years of success.
Of druggists 11.00
Send for our book—Motherhood—free.
The Bradfield Regulator Co.
Atlanta. Ga.
NOTICE
ÛSLWHkUl
Fire .Insurance Agents
If jroo went Mfe ISMinUMM
at living raUjeaive na jour
luaruot. We raajt· *
specialty of lMoring rent
booaea and barna.
Bryant & Hatthew
lwpi
Mr. Horace Haywood on·
of Waxahaehie and Bllia
county'» favorite horee-
sboers is now located at Ο. Ν. Ander-
son's shop 111 Water street where be
will ran a special horseshoeing de-
partment He will be glad to serve
yon in this special line
Grocers
In Penn's Old Stand
New fret-h goods of the beet
brands at reasonable prices.
We will appreciate a part of your
trade.
Prompt delivery and careful at-
tention given all orders.
Phone 62
Waxahachie
^(ESTABLISHED 1883
\ Residence Flat Rate for Lights^
First light il 25 One light fl 26
Second light 75 Two lighte 2 00
Third light 50 Three lighte 2 60
Fourth light. 50 Four lighte 3 00
Fifthi Ight - 40 Five lights 3 40
Sixth light 40 Si* lighte 3 80
Seventh light - 35 Seven lights 4 15
Eighth light 36 Eight lights 4 50
Ninth light— 25 Nine lighte 4 76
Tenth light .. 25 Ten light 6 00
Each additional light 25 Cents jper month. This does not in-
clude any all-night light or boardinghoase rate. Extra charge
will be made for light in servant's room.
^Waxahachie Electric Light Company^
Τ
Notice to Our Friends and Customers g
$ J?ROM February 1 we will sell only for cash. Tickets «
χ will be given on every dollar order of wood for the fcur »
$ prizes to be given away on the 10th day of each month. You >5
will find our yards on College and Main streets. Nothing >j
but first-class Wood Coal Charcoal and Feedstuffs kept. «
STONE BROS. · Phone 53 J
ι
►♦♦♦♦·♦♦»«««*«♦«
announcement!
11/Ε have bought the Feed and Fuel business of W. K. *
** Jennings on College Street and now are prepared
to give tbe people of Waxahaotiie anything in onr line on
short notice. Prompt deliver. ....
Waxahachle Feed & Fuel Company 5
A. JACKS Manager. ·
»♦···«»»!
Ve Have Them
I Ε. B. Moseley & Son
m Opposite Enterprise Office PHONE 166
« *^1*1*1^1' ViVirVVAVAV>VVVYVVVlAA<
The Easiest Way Is the Best
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And the BEST WAY is the
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North South and
Central Texas Points
Free Chair Cars
Through Sleepers
to
Dallas
Waoo
Port Worth
De ni son
Corsicana
Houston
Ads tin
Send 10c in Stamps for a copy of the Southern Pacific Cook Book
containing 100 reoetpU
S. P. B. MORSE. M. L. BOBBINS
Passenger Trafflo Manager. 1 [Gen. Pa*. Mid 1V*M Agt .
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Hudson, B. D.; Buie, W. J. & Kent, Charles W. The Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 275, Ed. 1 Monday, February 17, 1902, newspaper, February 17, 1902; Waxahachie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1071794/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .