Fort Worth Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 269, Ed. 1, Thursday, September 5, 1895 Page: 7 of 8
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I SIR LEONARD
C h SaspenJeil for Not Shutting Up-
i Guinlillng Houses
It
Wri BY Tlir CITY COUNCIL
ill ie ltl ihuu t iUd
bo Cfiipsl ul r
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Ueaumont Texas September JThe
tlty council met liv montJH > oration thl
morning end the proceeding are doubt
the most Interesting In tit history of
u <
LSti tj > atoday tor ihf tinK lmtt tt
View officer wa In font the board lo
ttihow iU u why he ahould not bu dls
Jit
rtuied r ttlllae perform duly
jh weeH wnl ftlllJ t > ordtI at
t1Kli wih Mayor hea In tho chair and
til ih aldermen piesent but before en
urtnr Into routine business County Judge
nav offered t > city opportunity to
ulfrhaM 4 w of tr > now ounly Jail
Loinla a1 KW brtdgo bonds and on mo
Hon Ibe city trensunr waa Instructed to
invent the necummulatlon in tlio several
linking fundo 1 to bond
The rrpoila or thu treasurer una city
marshal cra read and approved
j m Hrown contractor wa granted
Mrmlaslon to erect u wooden building
it the corner of Crock tl nnd Penrl ulicct
ttr th etoiuge of material during con
iruction of lh Htnrkef brick
Th park committee reported that by
prUata subscription they had seoured jrfi
forth erection of a pavilion In IfA park
The lumber mill would give Ah > worth
it lumber HQ worth of shingle would be
rofitrlbutid by the Long Manufacturlnir
company leaving U short of the fiono
ntcfixary to conatimt th building Ihey
e rleu further time
Tli tutpemlou of Policeman Leonard
t > r Marshal Langham waa then laid bo
far the council
The marshal being called on tinted
hut ha suspended Icoiisrd bernneo he
tit not allended to hU duties When I
ram hat k ft om Wood I lie Mid the
marshal I heard the mnyor as well un
other parlh say that Leonard knew there
Mi gambling going oil In tlio elty and
inula no effort to atop It I suspended
Mm on these assertion and was not
tare that the elty eotinclt had any thins
to do with the mntttr
Maor lvea read the low covering the
In Ms e n brhalf Vittlcenitui Leonard
made the following utatemMili I did not
know there wee any gambling going on
In Ufaumont until toll by Ham McOary
The 1oit correapondent He told m thnt
veral parlle had requeoted him l > > tall
the attention of the officer to the gamb
lint but an Boin of the ofTletra atcmed
lo be under the linpresalon that ho dl
liked thtm pemomUly he Munted the
officer to take hold of the matter Ub >
cut being requeated to do no In the rol
iinna of the papor he reproeentrd The
rlty mamhal was ahfeut fr m the city
at that 11mo ami I did not fctl It my duty
Id act Mllltout Intitruilloiia from hint I
knew that garni ling vu a loIatlon of
tti orllnann Did not tell the major I
t > td been lnroimnd that gambling wm
folng on but waltwd until Marshal Lang
hani returned
Major Jvea t heard that you knew that
I rambling ho e waa In oi > erntlon and
that the gambler boiiate 1 on llm streets
thit joil were Hxed It aeem that
mrybody elm knew that It wai Kntif
en and I dont intend having uny man
in the police fcrr who will tot enforce
tteerdinnncea against naming and selling
llouor on Punday
Alderman Huron I knew of It the day
Wore tic game was started and thoiifiht
mrbody rl e knew It
All rm n DuniapWns not It W ToOs
acting roc Marshal Lang him during Us
sl nret
Mayor Ivea lie was Hut ho refused to
da anything toward suppreseliifr tumbling
Aldirinau Iiunlan W hat has been done
I Mr 1tnf
Major lvt lie Iiaa been susiictidod
from further imtco as a peace officer In
Ilia city
Policeman I > onard t did not know that
Telvas aclinic for Manthal Langham or
J ttiould hae reported to him 1 did tell
1 Constable Shields of the gambllnr und he
and 1 attempted to detect the pambltrs
Alderman MaconI think Mr Leonard
ho iM be left to the parties over htm
Major I ee Hut the law provHe that
the count II shnll either sustain the mar
hi tr reinstate the officer
At the reauent of Volheman I < eonard
Conntable ShleMs wna called In end made
the following statement In reply to nues
tlwe askfd bv the allennen
leonard talked to tne aljjJt the amb-
ling houxe the first week It opened 1 think
It ran about thre rocks We went up
litio the bulldlnit where the gume y as nf
to t run and stay ert two hours one nlgnt
JM could not tret Into the uppoc t gimb
ling room and notady came up there dur
ing that time Did not get u warrant to
rrtit tiny body because I did not know
tiQ to arrest 1 stisptcloned gambling was
iolng on hernure u tertutu man ss In
nohody toll me mirh was the case
> net know whether or not other offl
e ri knew gambling was yolng n
The round here took a aeeeee until 1
P m an1 when they reassembled Mayor
ivrij announced that at the request or on
aidtrman the boutd woull go Into ee
UKe resslon to conclude the Leonard
Inquiry
lieonanl requested that he he allows 1 tL
Marshal Langham und ConstabU
Wilfld en it u qutstloti before the execu
h Kfttlon Wua entered lilo The re
j usi Mm granted
J orord Mr Langham since I have
twti an thl force hate I not obeyed your
oratriT HaVe I not always treated jmi
I tetpcjtfuiiy und haa there been any 111
i f lne beiwem lldT
Marsiiai Langham We ha nlnoys
n K01 r I liave nothing i er
anally eratnnt jou Jon hate jlwajs
ated me iesrctru1ly und dta > nl or
t Ieonard It seems that an attempt Is be
it m d to cieate the Imprcshm tiwt
i eod In with the cmpshooters I want
int uublio to understand that I did not
ftuyor lies I make no complaint
Mmi m pernomilly Mi Leonard It
w tha gamblinir going on
wae
J this city und did not nport It yo1
r ailed
to do your duty You I and the
artlui era all to Uamt when the law
hoi enforctd
k nati I ems that all the blame ts
mn on me-
t CftiujUblu Shields was called In end Mr
Moiwrd asked Did you know there was-
P hGQtlng Bolmf nn In the building the
Wit e went up there
i toitsisble Bhells did not X thought
i ft m of curds
riV cr IVR M you know people were
lltt r < i the bulldlngT
hWds xo I onl > usypt ted It
rn board then wtnt Into executhe scs
n and when the doors were again
Cl l wa r l tliAt Ieonard had
n rtlnatated on the palieo force
il oincH then leans1 oidlivanres pro
nieiting th hltrhitiit of stallion In pub
Hates and nrohlblting digging in th
ii hwti coiuunt of the mayor
it If11 Holleder ha luK nwwd from
ni T 11 0 Seutnd ward tendered tt
i xnmlon uut adUsed by the et
y t il 1 ° < iey 1 aptntn O W o itrlen
lthdraw tim resign ilon until he
M up ih nw Htlli 1BW Whether or
removal from the ward dls
mm tor u teat 0 the council
r d adjourned
A7
1 0 ttlOtlwh the corporation of
Tale roov y i U ugurated yes
S J y Hul ai lv P yesterday after
huuri only to t revive thta nwrnlng uy
the corporation fusible
1SLVMI tlu smyiinMj
Clieritt Ilroaght Atfnlnst ltrcordcr
JotMuu ir liimtiiitfid
aalveston Texas fleptember lAt a
meetlntj of the city council this evenlnL
a elmi ita of malconduct In office was pre
fcjred against Marsene Johnsou city r
corder by Dduard lltrBchilcld the man
r Johnson Is alleged to have uauulied
on August 26 and for which he wus bound
over to await the nttloo of the grand
Jury The council will meet as u cburt of
inaulry to luur the caso neat Thursday
A resolution was adopted
Instructing
the police to cltne up Mlcy shops and
prevent th sale of jwllcy and lottery
tickets
An ordinance to grant the Teaaa Te >
phone and Telegruph company of Ualves
ton the right to construct Its dnes ipon
the streets or this city went to the ordi-
nance commit tto
The following delegstee have been ap
pointed to attend the Torek conference
to consider the advisability of holding
on eknoHlilon In this city during the jrar
IWL J Iteymershorrer 1 Charles llumf
JolmD Itocrls L on LeI 11 Cuilum
Welter Orcihum alternate for mayor It
II llnwley
The county rommlsatonert held a short
session today and among the matters con-
sidered were tho bids for the purchase of
the Galveston county poor term U II
Cooper offered I12WH for the farm J C
Lrnguo IWOU Owing to the low prices
offered all bide were rejected
Trank Allen well known In this city
was killed at flan Angela today
Thete la a constantly Increasing demand
for Iarte green orders romlnjr from ell
sections of the State Telegrams from
along tho Bahlne and Taut Texas stale
that worms are cutting the cotton badly
Jsllmutes of the next crop are bring
r vlsrd by cautious and conservative
houses nnd a much smaller yield U being
predicted
iATIIC11 AMJ C1101S
Misitlier < lertce ttnltetlit
Oalveston Texas September S In its
bulletin Issued today tho lexas Wnathcr
bunau nlvv the following summary ot
the condition or cropsi
The show ore hao been < cneflcial o
cotton lu most looalltlrs espoclally late
cotton und the top irop but It is re
purled thut catly oottiii woe damaacd to
Mome extent by the lutmt lh latntaii
wus not sufficient fur tho crop in many
loiatlons und th drouth Is stltl Injutlmc
the pluut to some extent llsjeitally in
tliln the case over the eusttrn portion ot
the Btate
Woinut luie commeULCtl woiklug on the
crop In the M < lnity of Corsloana and H
H r < l > > rted fiom Htafrord Umt Ihe Mexi-
can cotton boll Wfttvll U worklnir un
mnny fields nnd that cotton Is badly
damaged by tnexc Inrcots and by worms
Tlio plant is still rheddlmr In pome local
ities 1lcklnK 11 progressing slowly ow-
ing to the lutemwe of the crop vutn
fuoreble weather picking will soon be
jtneral our the HUte
Corn fathering Is pioirrewlng rapidly
In some localities nd Uie weather has
Uen favorable for this work
Tin ilco crop continues promising over
tho Hast Coast district nd iwrly rice is
bflKlniiliig to ripen
Kurur cane generally doing well
Vull vegelablta m doing vnry well and
tlmahowria wne beneiKlal for till gardtn
IniT purpOMs The showers put ittu ground
In fair condition for t > lowlpg In msny
1 oca Hon j vJillu In others the land la
too dry for work an 1 a general ruin Is
nettled fur fanning operations
1rom lo t Corrt nitondt nli
New Ilerlln September 2 A goo 1 rain
fell here last Tilday alt that is meded ut
present
tMierlotk Beptember S Weather dry
and warm No rain yet lrospcta of
top crop gone by the hoard Hull worms
doing som damage No caltcrplllars re
reported
Ht Marys Peptemher 2 rine rains foil
last wrk puttlnff the trounJ In good
ehupe for fall gnrdens At Ihe time of the
rnln the tide wus higher than It has been
since ISKQ Din remain scarce
Harwood F ptember 1 Showers of rain
which laid the dust In past few daye
Tanners say they do not want rain now
until they get over their cotton which Is
less than halt crop compared with last
year
Itcfuglo Kent ember J Gran Is getting
fine und stock fat The cotton will 1m
cut short by the continued drouths Pick
ing Is going on slowly but as there is no
gin running In the county It U mostly
carrlel to other places
IU Porle Peptemher 1 The heay
ruins the past week lune done wonders
for the fall gardens and also the weeds
lh Utter were easy to pull however
und now the bright gteen shoots of rad-
ishes lettuce etc hao a pleasing effect
on eury nd Com I about all gathered
and the yield Is generally up to expecta-
tions Bwctt potatoes are plentiful
Drlscotl Heptember Ldood rains liaie
fallen oer this section of country they
will he of some ben flt to cotton nnd
ether fall crops but the most Fool will
be to grass the prospect for line grass
1 winter was never hMter The ruin
was quite general extending over great
portion of country north and west from
Drlafoll l > ut southwest It was not quits
so pood Farmers and stotkmon aie
quite happy
Devers September 1HIca harvesting
Is now In full blast Tho crop will l > e a
large one Turner Hamilton have three
binders running stesdlly on thelt farm
Ihe rice warehouse that Mrs It T Itead
Is having erected on the rollroad spur
here Is progressing nicely and when com-
plete will bo of much benefit to tho rice
to haul their rice
Planters enabllnr them
when roads are good an 1 If they so wUh
hold It for better prices There will ha
very little cotton shipped here this y r
Corn potatoes ond rtbbon cane are one
COTTON MOIOIS
Alto Peptemher tCotton Is not as
early this season by two week ns It wus
lost and the worms are damiglng It cod
sldoraLly
Lajiarto August IIA few bale of
cotton but the fleecy staple has been cut
short by the sharpshooter and but vary
little was planted
Vapp September 1 Drouth stilt prevails
her a good rain not ha In fallen since
The part of June Two or more
latt
Ittte showers a week Just enbugh to set
tto the dust and to accommodate the
woVms everlaatlnnly datroy
wbtch are
KlTft eoflon There baa t n mw IH l
sen JoM here ao far this year than a
flVe iwn all told and It 1 lInit U
SJ flelde where
fltlll thfre are
ly yet
hi cotton stalks stand barren w hone
all
of
bolls on them firmed
one to thrw
thilr leaves and msny ttlenM wj JJJ
fere fmlllnit lr
b
rt two acres
lotion Is Vheddlnff wuares and folUe i t
between 400 ant WO pounds
Te Med averaee cotton or nearly one thlnt of a
lie to the acre Most of the cotton
vJry lull IMS r and a ot ruin It
and for
badly needed to help It along
ixrdnltlir The sharpshooters
iom doing their bel M
ceased U > w ana
iiich has not
r ms iilf tSW wm t0 e on un
S te If prospectfor a J jj
elsewhere thati In eld
not better
Art
una lor IB i P
COTIIN IHlCKirW
Wwlock wimbr n irl
Nw ncrlln BepUmUr t About
THE GAZETTE FORT WORTH ffeXAS THURSDAY SEPTEMBER Ji 1WK
ttius far this season are running fur be
hind these ot last seen n ITp to y
tirday there was a dlffercme of some
VM bales In thrtwo e tons receipts
IV Idllli tot 1LH
Ituuroteinent Ulhirn tw the Arte
lown rtv Velioul
Ijl Porte Ttxas aeptemUr J During
the paat week John A Cuplen has hought
Ulnsleya harness shop Hutch a nuet mar-
ket and thu ArteNtan hotel 1U now oc-
cupies the entire thr e rious of the 11
nun block The hotel will ut tmcu b ru
nted thtoughvut anl put tn nrktilaM
older
D Hopkins left today for Lincoln Neb
Doben and trank Dm gat t arrivvd In
tonn totlay from New Hampton lowa
Mayor Irvine and wife returned tfutur
dey from a t lt In lowa
tl It DavtN a wealthy rltUen of Dam
tills Ky la in town He formerly llvol
at Cedar Itayou anl usod to hunt ovrr
the present site of La Port Ho moved
to Kentucky In 13TB ard having tm of
the lmprotmnls being made in thu
locality determined to visit It lie sigVl
that now he 1 sorry he bat not hell his
property and jlanted u fiult or hard
It would have been werth a fortune to
him today
Mr and Mrs I It Holmes nnl diiugV
Ur Miss Dirdle are to leavo Wediienday
for un extended trip North and Hust
Mlsa Holmes will attend school In Huf
fftlo N Y
Miss Way of Ilrooklyn N Y who baa
been mending the summer with her sis-
ter Mrs Iletcher WIUou returned home
Thurnduy
Harvey T D Wilson of Houston woe
lit town Saturday
Mrs A It Mohl society editor of The
Poet spent Saturday with Mrs 11 1
Itlng at her charming home at Hay Illdga
Park
Aiderm4 Williamson nnd wife are vie
King Mr and Mrs A 1 Sltlg at their
summer home Hav KlJtto Pnrk
The excuralon Saturday evening brought
a large crowd from 11 emit on and reoelved
MddlltouM ull along the line A large pum
Per of La Porte people were also out to
enjoy the moonlight and the lathing In-
consequence every room In the buth houeo
was takoii and from snrenty five to one
I tl died l > aiherB were In the wuter c <
rtatitl Ihe scene almost equalled tha
leach at Ualveston There was no dent
ing In the hotel parlors owing to tho 111
pess of Mrs Livingston
At Ihe regular ineetlmr of the town
council fcaturdty evmlntr the boundaries
of the town were established to conform
to the new li w
Lumbtrand materials have been orderM
for the iitw school house whldi Is to W
tOxCO feet In slfc with two large icclta
tlon roome on the ft rut poor end an nm <
stmbly hall nlmve Mr John A Cupl n
ftirnlshea all tho material and the cltl
xena put up the bull ling Plght lota have
bten donated outright by thn Ln Porte
I ind company for a site which is mld <
way betwi n the postoffim atxi Sylyan
hotel on Hnn Jacinto avenue
Pallicr Keller of Houston Is to dllver n
lecture at the Svlvm hottl Wednesday
evening In eld of Ihe new Cathollu thurdi
Lot at musical talent will aIo furnish an
attrsetlve programme
A Methoditt thurch was organlxrd here
Friday evening It will be allied with the
Northetn a seml > ly and already lias n
large memb tshp A church will be built
at ouei
Lumber anl mutcrlats for the chrUtlnn
church bus bum ordered and the work of
erection It 1 expected will begin next
week
Two Chinamen In town today have badly
rattlfd the only laundrveuan
Mrs AlUe Marah and two chlMren ar-
rived In town Thursday from tAugUsta
HI
imi > r Potter has purchased an Interest
ln Jvlrklande grocery
itniiuiois
rtftptlat Mcrthitr
Jacksonville Texas Be > tern > er 5 The
irotracted meeting at tho Hal list cburt h
hrguil Sunday conducted by the pastor
Itev It O Dewberry Assisted by Itev
H 11 Williams und llev J C Mngo
Ihe three mlnlaters are fine preachers und
much good Is expected from Hi meeting
Interfiling Mrrllnir
Milage MUIh Iixvs ptember 3 A-
very Intoreetlng mrrllng Is bflng held hcrp
by Itev Thomas II LeiUh of CtiaiKatun
H C wllh his singer Mr V A Marshall
asulsied by Itev II W Ho Wee pastor of
tho Methodlat churill The people ere
greatly stlrrel many coming for praytra
nightly and muctt good is Imped to result
from It The irieoTing tloles Bunday night
ltrllal Mi eire
New IlerllnA MetlHsllsl protractet
meeting has Just closed ut O Dknlel a and
great good hua been done
Hosenberg The camp meeting conducted
by Llder Jack eon ot Austin for the past
two weeks clo < d Sunday night with tight
conversions anl two additions
WheelockThero Is a protracted meet
ing in progress htre conducted by llev
I I Allen a Presbyterian minister as-
sisted by Iter Vrt of llryait Congrrgn
tlone large especially fit night services
WsJIUvineVeople ere looking forward
with tonslderatle Inttrest to the tomlng
visitation of r T Ward w Idle evanKel
Texas
st of the preabytery of Eastern
who expects to conduct a series of pio
tracted senlces and If the way oe deer
org anl te rresbytrrlan church
llond Coiii > roiiilse
flail Augustine Texas Heptember 1
Couunlselonere court hoe compromised
ttm suit on the bond ot the defamung ex
treasurer H l I lw wl yW
serving a five years sentence In the peni-
tentiary at 75 cents en the dollar the
ainu Judge
bondsmen paying that am
John II lirouke eft yesterday for his
home it Iieoumont Mr H W SubUtt
a promlntnt planter of this county ac
coinpunled him with tho view of spending
some time at Hour Lake with the hoiw of
ItcupciAtlnff his heidlh
Mr llH SmlthwidJ B W Honki left
this morning fcr Tyler to attend nderal
court Mr Smith as a wllneis and Mr
I
Hon Oeofge If
rury
left for their reepeolite homes
Matthews
ven
tenter and Nocogdochesyoterday >
II
and Hon W M Imhoden
left for Center yesterday evening oiabust
tomor
noes They wU return today or
row
m
fleoritrtumi lrnnlnga
Oforgetown Texas repiemUr 1WilU
lamson county court convened thin morn
eg with a fill docket More than ordinary
Utter st U attached to the trni on account
of about thirty cusca for violation of the
tried
lotal option law lo be
Ylrst Monday brought the largest crowd
of teople to town than for some time past-
A great dtal of stock was disposed of at
grod prtcea
Tho merchants did a large twines and
It tynui that the hard times for the post
twoVyeari have cone forever
jlMili lllnirn twor
nockport Texas September Tl t
large lumber eohoon r A J IVrkins of
Lake Charles came up lo Aransas Pare
this evening with both maata gone and
waa towed Inelflo by one of Ih tugs at
mlc at the Past er crippled conrtl
Hon Is due to last weeks eterm on the
e
culf Her crew have through
desl or hardship and exiwsure
great
She drifted out of her conrse down nearly
to Point Isabel and rsporta another large
tnrfemaated schooner aground on the
north end of Padre Island
jt < M > kdfll Lotate
Reekdale Texas September f The for
left Jtockdale lo
lew ni young Udlee
1 y SWr iltt r t Mr Jl JI Illelu
fo attend the IW A remaie eolltyi Ytx
MImVs linogvi Hicks Topsy Terry May
S < Wooilr end Maltte Wella
The public arHoola er will net b
Mine time oo ereeunt of ye
Jura oni addition ° > ° lBl bulldlor
which has been found 10 W Inadequate for cota rrrk Ixdow Qampoelltou Hilnforee
the at onmmdaiton of the tuiiivttiig mvnta are Joining the posae nil along the
army of itorkdale ihlldren hen openeti
however here will b a nine rnontia
vchool term
There were no services hem yesterday
In any except the Methodut church in
eonsrquence of which that edifice was
crowded Ihe pastor Itiv K p New >
wm preached on charity at the morning
sen hie treating tits audience to one ot
the moat scholarly trutlful and Impres-
sive sermons ever heard in itockdate
Ttila young minister Is rapidly developing
Into a pulpit orator of the highest class
und hts lire U In full accord with his
piofesilon
Oil Will LOCUS
labor liny Inred M u llld t
M 1lIU Mnv
Orange Texas September t The city
public a hoots of Ornugo be tan lliftr
twelfth annual aeislon this morning with
a large attendance IlOteseor W N Law
ranee principal of the white schools and
Miss Jlesle Olllaeplf ti > ncl > er ol hfth
grade were prorented by Illness or malt-
ing Orange in lime to tiegln their dutka
Superintendent pebrlng will look after
Professor Law rancee grsdtf and Mlsa
Me ml Scurry Miss Olltasples until they
are well tnough to ta e up their work
As the mills at Orange are only running
four daye a week they could not a ford
to shut down yeslerday for Labor Day
nor did the laborers desire li but hat
night the working men and cltlxens gener <
alt celebrated tie day with a bit tre t
parade in which the Klnt regiment baud
Protection Dre compady No l otrtilly
police and working men participated The
poatofflce nnd Hr t National bank were
clossd during the day
An Important transaction In rest estate
In Orange today was the ssle at publlo
outcry of what 1 known ns the Kim
hrough property being a twentyeight root
frontane on Front meet the main busl
nrsa street of Orange tha property ot
the estate of J T Stark deceased W
If Ptark was the highest bidder ant the
proirty was knocked down to 1dm for
SAVni This is one of the moit valuabte
buslneie sites In Orange
io list am mvk
nienmoraOn the night ot Augiist s
fire broke out at Crow ell Hi > rncera saw-
mill two mllca from here consuming SW <
XO fr t of dry lumber
Colltuston The Houston Cenlrat Arkan
saa and Noilheru Itallrtiad company took
possession of their new depot at this place
which we built at the crossing or ie
New Orludiw und Northweeiern railway
New Orlrnna Mrs W II Hyrnes
rstlmable lady of thU tlty wife of Cup
tain W It Hyrnes preildent of the HI
bernla Insuraiuo company und daughter
of H Conery Sr died Hiplember k after
a protracted lllueas
Abbeville Tho parish Is making more
extensive Improvemrnts than uny other
parish In Southwest Irf > ul laua Ihe a re
age generally Iws been incnased it leusi
ouelhlrd nnd building Iniprovemente aie
quite lively Prom the lumber ynidA In
Abbovtlle tlt < ru were 3u00i ffrt sold this
wetk and over 138000 feet dtllvoied
Dillon Houge Hheilff J II SlJughtor
who ikme down from 1 ort Hudnou re-
ports the diownlng of Iwo mgroes ut Die
foot of Prophet e islanl near Sprlugtleii
It appeure that a parly of negroce veie
eilning In tho ill it to at the foot of the
Island v1ien one or thu party wmt be
aottd his dtplli anl two othont went lo
his icscuo ond were druwued
inn hHTiuitv nrAri9
Blnnlngham Ala John Leaty nnd Per-
ry NSondford two well known rltlxfiia
hud a tprrlflo fight at Oakman AU yes-
terday Thry had been diInking and f U
out over a 110112 jinttur
Jjikson Mini A ncwro John Hoi Inson
hue Ihvii am sled Peru as the utlrged
murderer of a deputy sheriff at La
range Trim He denies Ihe ihajge but
le held In Jail for Identification
Mobile AU Mr C P laiubciihelmer
of tho Orr Laubcnhctrm r tompeny
Limited fruit lmporteia of this tlty Is
about to engage Id li uovrl enterprise
that of the Import tllon of snake eklus
fiom Central Amenta
lurk Station Ala As Junta the
yearod too of Allen Tors waa entering
hie fathera naldenco In Noilh lork via
i window 1 was shot and Imtautly
killed by his father who was sleeping In
the room at the lime
Jllrmlnglum Ala Tho AfroAnierlcan
Drmocratlo league the organisation Of
Alabama cotoied democrats held Its sec-
ond annual convention in this city 1 >
C Cross of Montgomery was electea
chairman nnd J II Cauton of Mobile
eecietary
llieilllr llnditel
Tteevllle Texas September SWithin
the past Ihrco wicks there have be < n
three or four dlffeMuit paillie heie look-
ing over the ground with a view of put-
ting In an elecirlo light plant and a tele-
phone eystem
District court convenes here on Monday
next
Ihe county road grading outfit Is stain
at vvoik on the business streets of tho
iltv Traffic both frelfiht nnd puaenger
over the San Antonio nnl Aransas Pass
road le quite heavy of late
there has hfn quite a lot of moving
anl changing about the past few days
Cotton buyeie are making things quite
lively on the local market
Mrs W P liiiugh end Mrs Lucy V
Hunter two prominent ladles of Han
Antonio have been here soliciting for tho
Pan Antonio protest ant Orphans Home
They wpre very successful and were hltfl
In thntr prJiica of Heevlllee liberality
lluelures I bauurs
Toakum Texas Beptember 1 Several
bualnesa chaugrs have occurred In the city
during the past day or two J II Hroeii
haa retired from Ihe mercantile business
firm of Cook Co J l > Cook Jr being
vole proprietor I > r 3 M Ooodwln bus
eold a half Interest In We dru slur to
Will Davldge a young wan well known
in Yoakum but who has of recent years
been In Houston TV P Lewis photo
graphr hsa soil out his photograph bust
liras and gone to New Orleans
n litnal i CiMinly Term
flrenbam Texas September 3 District
court la In session The grand Jury wtlh
It K Felder as foreman consists of I be
following gentlemen J V liuchenoij
A M CUy P H < JlernbllL Hobert Tur
ver 1 Knlttle H Haylra W
Dwyer 13 Helchort L Y Amnions J
V Duster anj V FisUier
Tlio court begau buslueaa today
T1i tlvtl docket was railed and a num-
ber of cooes set
A > ew Hand
Alvln Texas fleptember > The Alvln
Cornet band wae organised lastnight
with the following offteersi 3 V Oaine
president II 1 Pate business manager
1 Uurce secretary and treasurer J C
Myers recently of Pherraan la the tnu
atial director The boy already have
lusimraeuta ond have one to work prac-
ticing and Intend to raake It a cr t lass
band
A flclioottrr Wrertted
ChrlsU Texas September 1
Corpus
Tho threemasted schooner Crisis of
Srranten Miss bound from Mexico to
New Orleans wMh a cargo of Mahogany
valued at 130w vtt wreckwl lw niy
ralk beloer Corpu Pae laet Sunday
Captain W andy and le crew of oor
men arrived hero this artemooa TJe
vessel was of XW ton buidea and U a
total lout rarg Injwrtd
Still Afte Iks BUslrnas
Kenedy Texas BeptemWr iCspialn
JL r Toroa deputy sheriff of this pluoO
nrlunvd late last night frowtbe trail ot
the Mexicans who assaulted Tho Duller
and wife H s y that Itw posse JiaJ
trailed Uie ftCwfcatei as far a the Atae
trail and there are now alwut nfty men
l the posse A few hourn l > efore Mr
Toms lett the main 1 > oJ > thry found the
pliuo where one of the Mcxlrane hud cut-
up u new pair of boAtk to nak < sandals
of to enable him to make uettfr progross
The dogs are too Tat to do mint good
but the trail Is so far easy as the ground
Is wet and the print of thir hoot are
distinct When Mr Toms left the posse
wero about twelve hours bvhlnd the Mexl
cane Kvery povelblo Ihlntt Is being done
to tapture them W CI Huiledge nnl
P 11 Duller loft yesterday for Cotulla
t atari a posss from there and head them
oft from that place as they are making
In that direction
I3XCI11M1U MHUS
Orange Trlbunei The Tribune waa
Mr P
shown edH Jy n H Oreene u
sanit < uf the black willow Wing pre
here for the manufacture of planoa
rared
t take on a bvautlful llnlsli In the nat-
ural wKod and when made up and i > oli hpd
It wtll prrerni an elegant apiesimire The
wiiste lumlKr left over frnnt making the
pianos will Im made up ItMu mandolins
non > e of which win vrobably be placed on
the market In Orange
Deepwuter Pnterprlsei Tlte HJ of Im-
migration at the prreent time e eeuth
want and the homeaceker Is varnfully
ticking up ull the Information he tin re
ganllng the dinvpit loiattUes which he
may have In view That Southern Texas
la retclvlng a grvat dcnl of udvrrll tig
and attention In the North Is an undl
puted fat l t ut onehair of the ndvnntHKca
to bo totind litre have not t m upoketi of
Lvery pew tnterprlne eetahlialiid ery
tret of the salt anl every Investigation
made tn the coast rraton nln lose feat
un of erf at worth that have heretofore
It mi hidden from the asunl obatv < > r
South lexas has a natural wenlih In her
mekoup that Is certainly Woudriful und
only awaits intelligent mural Ion to bring
It forth
Texas Stork Journal A propaganda of
education on the nerd of smstlrr farms
should be eMttl llshed In this State No
matter what a mans Idia or land owner
ship Is tn othvr Sintea whrn he mmm to
Trxas he gte Imbued with tho belief that
family ant when he tmys lie goee tn debt
for more laud than he run viaually pity
out Ihe tH > uutry of email farms is the
country of the greatest agricultural
wraith and were ull of Texas big planta-
tions rut up Into forty aire tract them
would be n > neremdty for lopping oft uie
ftil appropriations and standing OR wst
tsilts
Alllrne Ueporler Mr K Kelels was
In from his farm In the tlodwln i > aature
lu Joins county with some enmptcs of
African coin the sent for whtrh he got
tn Kansas Mr Ketwla says this corn
la ltti < r inn mllu luaise tmause l reu
i > e hurveat d with a pony binder yltlls
from eevrnty to eighty punhtls to the
aero end the stalk Is full of leaves that
Hreat llrltaln
France
tlcrmany
Austria
Italy
The Netherlands
Hwltxerland
llelgtum
Dm m ark
Srnudlmvia
npaln
Poitural
Oreece
Host
South-
West
Iaclflo
Texoe well to d i
farmer wes heie few days since on I
he save thfy will nil settle In this Sectmn
da full
Ilitilde this evidence of Inimt
unitlou coming it II l ognn reports I
ncitlfment of nfty fumlilra
ty tn the pest thirty days
Cleorgelown Democrat Now la the lime
for farmers of Texas lo start the home
prududton or a Teaaa supply of meule
etc With grain and foraae crops ample
for all netds the hog end tef crop shoul I
now be looked to end n year or two of
eurh rsinuug making col ion the sin plus
crop the farming teuple or the State und
nit less Iterlf will soon Imi on u perme
nent relfsuelAlnlug vssh buels I
rolle end tllniMte iMil eats eu rctsfutly
every thlnsr that prontebly Krowu In tho
tlnllvd States Then why should lexau
be dralnwl every year by Kumiice Mis
tmurl und Illinois for uust und brvud
tioducts This much accomplished muii
vifsciorle will l the next thing to bull I
tip In lexas eul slop the Sending of our
money to tho North uet
> itrtri Wi Ml PrmliMiliin
The Hungarian covetnment baa UsuM
an umpllilcatlon of Ite wheat report Is
aucd taat werk According to Iheae laleil
figures the products of Imiiorttug tonu
trie for 1W1 as cotnparetl with the pro
diktlon Of 1691 is as follows
1113
lluthels
winoijo
3ft Mi t > H
103 M OW
4b RUOOO
114 B StKKI
iminoo
tirnofw
AlnflOM
MfttlOiM
kh wo
1576 000
SO KM
nnl
MftlVtvVI
y > m fin
102 130 001
i < M HKJ
IM 2M iW
nrtiftw
73TB vm
tisnooi
4ann >
1tn > We
ti n m
orar < N
iioi poo
The produrtion nf the ixiwllng conn
tries for IuTm comiarcd with that of
191 i SB follOWSt
Husele
Hungary
llomnanla
DulgarlA mm
Rcrta
Turkey
India
The rest or Asia
Hulled State
Canada >
Utrentlne Ileintblle
Chill rlo
Australia
Africa
IKtt
Hushels
4irMJO0
1U1 dfil < K1
D71H 000
W < 3 000
RCIltW
Kl M8 O 0
tMtfl 0W
ftttUMO
Km oi7 dn
M Wfl Ort
CODJAOK
1V440POO
mHfl nno
I70H IIKI
1W4
iMr w
istiiboiu
M 004 xkj
IX 7 WW
SfSllW
WWJOUO
srlti7 ow
MPJtfW
24 11000
um on
49 370 001
The aggregate production of the ry
Importing countrie for 1 M I placed at
I OOiOlM bushels egulnsl KTlMIWi bush-
els In 1 1 The produrlloii of the ryi
exporllnr countries for IM I estimated
ht D3Z3S > 0 bushels kgalnst iK3K1M
bushels In ll
IMllnree mid llefnulls
Failures for the weak In the United
States number 1IU and in Canada total
CI against K5 last wsrk Zit the pre-
ceding week end a he rorrreuoudlilg
werk Isst year of which ISC were In the
United Slates and > in Canada In IhO
following table taken from Duns He
view is given the total number of fail-
ures reported from each s etlon of the
United State 4Mb week Ihe preceding
wek and for the torrespondliig week last
TWI
Aug nl Aug M M Aug MM
Over To Over To Overlo
l w tat twuotat iwwtat
n 7a
t W 4 1 I ft
11 W It I
j j 4 El 1 U
Canada I
Several bank failures ore reported lu the
at
West among Ihem the First Nut 100
Ohio capital IW0W Cemmtr
Franklin
rial bnnk Milwaukee capital tM W vol
uutary llquldsllon Howling Oreen bark
llowllnff Ureen Mo capital tAWj llanU
if Dawn Mo llabUltU IMW Hon
lUnoaha
Head it Co private banker
Wis rapltel flfOttO
The Farmers attd Mechnlcs insurance
company Alexandria Va has been
pinned In tb hida of a receiver SpI
Urot fancy lAiods New York hav
man
aselgned liabilities ISM OM and tecelver
applied for Hughee fltsam Pump com-
pany Cleveland Oblo
Itallrnnd CnwoilHea MeellnK
Alvln Tex B ptetnbr 8 J C M
Hrlde chairman of tb cxeoullve jommtt
lee of the Alvln Hrawrla iid W lrn
JUllrood assoctslloa has called b
Ing of the committee to meet In tbll > loce
S + Pttmber 19 At tbls meeting stepe w111
be taken so lost ih work of aolicltln
right of way and donation of la J can
proceed
loaae Widened
Alio Texas September IThe Tyler
Southeastern Nsrrow Gauge rallrned 1
now ov thing of be poet T1m jj j
of the auage a completed Saturday
rventar about I ycU > ck The first mall
since the morning of Ihe tttb me In
Saturday evening
VertUN lie Cbavgred
Drlsfott Texa HeptemUr lSection
M changed here jwUrday Mr
Huckmen who Ue Ujn i tor >
yeers waa sent to fikldmore ami Mr
Wood lioe laKen tbpUce b r at PrU
eolL
H0WT0 8WIM
tttitit liMiHtrtunl
lnrta About the No
tlttnnl Irl
ln training to swtm It Is very Important
the pupil should have confidence It l
vcrh ta more ustural to ewlni than not
but the dreed of going under anl getting
a ducking Is tn mo t caeoe so great
that the beginner loses In bead become
confuted and le consequently Enable to
recoil to mind In their proper older the
tiuiirucUou lie has received from his
swimming teaohet 1 aliould udvlea all
thorn who have never attempted to swim
and who are Inclined lo bo arrald of tho
water to plunge the head bolow the sur-
face a number ct times hold Ilia breath
anl open the yea o that they may be-
come somewhat acquainted wiui the ele
ments which as a filwd la very accommo
dating but as an enemy has often proved
futal
If th learning Is dote at the seashore
the simple experiment of placing Ihe head
under tho surface will serve to demon
strate the buoyanay of the water
would be really dlflViilt for n person who
retama his wits nnd who knows the lint
principle of awtmmlitg to sink In eea
waor
1 usually begin with my pupils by plac-
ing them flat on the waltr chuat down
with their leg stretched out starlaht 1
ktnd and their hatida grasping the step
of a ladder which leads down Into the
lank it le not neceeoary to have a lad
der at one may gtt along Just a w < II on
Ihe seashore by testing his bunds m the
Itottom lu about two or thr e fet of
water The first lesson le merely
tended to teach tho ptoptr motions of tho
legs
ln order to assist the upll I take a
imsllloii in the r r seise him by the
tor of each root nnd carefully rutde
him through the various leg motions
Till LUfl MOViCMKNT
Ihe rtrat motion of the lege Is to draw
them up with the kneie bonding out
wurd keeping the feet a near tosettnr
a possible This inotloit resemble Ihe
drawing up of the legs of the fro a
lie Is preparing to make n slrvke bit
the second motion ot thiust of the leg
In swimming la quite different from the
second melton p rformed by the fro
After ti legs hue bern drawn u > ns
far a may 1 > d ns conveniently th n
the Ihlghe should extend outwarl At
tight angles Horn the 1 < ody wtlh tho
feet nenr together the next thing Is to
extend the fiet outwurd nnd movo lh
has hack want M hen Ihe lege hat lwi
wlnnst stlulahteind out they slioull be
cliiiwn quickly togelher The object or
thta motion or aertea of motions t
press the wuter list knar I w llh the great-
est poDalhle jrsistlng surface and It l tu
this nsrect that the motion differs irom
Ihe second motion peifeimeil by the froga
We might uatutally feuppoe that we
shoul 1 Imitate the fiog closely in hi
swimming motions but on second thought
II v 111 be found thnt theie In nn exielhnt
natuial icasou wliy we should not Ihe
fest of the frog are provt d with wtbs
so th t when tho legs are well ilinwn tip
he gains his Irnt impetus forwsrl bv
almply thrusting lie feet straight out
behind so thai he webbed foot Hits
somewhat like an oar or a piddle Since
we human beluga are so unfortunate s
lint to have wet b > d feet we imisl do
the best we can without them und that
Is uttompllshed as above descilbed Tho
motion of the feet aheuhl be eomtiwUt
circular fend Hta legs shoul 1 be btouJht
tenet her as though pifi lng out a widge
of water letweeu I hnn Whrn done prop
eily the effect Is lo make the body shoot
ahead lapllly throudh Ihe water If the
pupil should slmily copy the direct back-
ward thin it of Ihe frcv the result would
ho what Is termed double tlul > font In
the absence of webbed feet ery lit 1
prppelllna force Is second by this mo-
tion Yet It Is very tommoit among stnv
mere who do not know tha finer pjtnts
of the art and who are oflfn wrprleed
that evrn after the expendliurn of con-
siderable effort they make but little pro-
gress
HTIIOK13 OP IIIH AUMH
When this motion ho been thoroughly
mssteifd tho next thing Is to leam the
proper use or the arms The pupil should
hfKlu by pluming tho hands at Ihe rlml
with tho palms down fingers cloea to-
gether nnd the thumbs touch In one n
other A soon as th airoko la brgun
the Putins should he tumid u lUlle iut
ward so as lo asstst lu moving the l dy
r rwatd Hi making the stroke with the
arms tare shoul l i > taken not to push
the arms too far baikwsrd at Ihe end of
the aliokea as In Ihe effort to bllng Ike
hauls Into a position ejsln thre la a
certain drug which hold Ihe holy
buck
My method In IHuslrallng these inoltone
Is to stand directly In front of th pupil
and to placu tny hnn Is beginning at the
chin In the tartous required attitude He
has Hun m rIy to copy my motions
Now cornea whal Is probably Ihe most
dlffkult ilditir W leant namely how 10
combine tho Mroke of the anna with the
motions of the lega H la highly Int
iwriwnt lliat arms and kn should woik
In harmony and for < hat leaonn hl part
of the lusxm should 1e atudlod with par-
ticular into The following la proper
older Tor moving the arm and legal
1 When the hands are belnjf thrust out
straight In front the legs shuul I be coin
Ing together equeeslng out H widgu1
of water
2 When the arms ere rdrutght out In
front the leg ehould b straight out bo
1 When il e urme are passing back with
the stroke the legs are being diuwii up
1 > > elwuy found It con > entnl Hi
teaching bow to properly combine the
movement of the legs and arme to us
a ioU from which Is suspended a rope
wluli < nu end tied obuut thtf pupil wslet
He b then sure not to sink and may be
tauoht moroesally
Tlnse three rule con not bo learned
too rerefully I find tlrut th pupil haa a
rind d < tl of dimoulty In applying them
to praottce but when ho has one learned
tn make tho motions In tholr proper order
he will not eoon forget thtm When lb
pupil ha learned Id lesson up to Hue
jtutnt he may eefely bo allowed to pi act Ice
on hi own account provided he for not
ehow a tendency tu get Into bad habits
it ought not to take Mm a louff time In
order to learn to ewtm Willi tny own
puptle I never give more Itaan len lessons
to any pm man The m Jt > rliy no not re
ijulre more than evn w eight and ome
iheuuielve after
are able to take core of
a single Ireoon
FXJATINO AND D1V1NO
After tho rudiment of swimming have
been ecqHrcd 1 should tdrongly advls
Uie pupil to learn how to float and dive
Floating eej > eclttliy la nlmoet Indispens
able o cvje wlvo aspires to tecemi
swimmer a It enable win to rest lit
arm or hi leg when Uwy Jvav become
exhausted
The pupil before placing himself on his
back should nil hie luoxs wttU air and
keep them well filled all tb llrao he Is
greally
fkwtlnie Well tilled lunga
dd to the buoyancy of Ihe body and
tmoyancy 1 almoxt ntln y depended upon
lit floating when aiHher th uxtha or lege
are employed The simplest method ot
Hooting Is to fill the lungs with air rest
ently on tho tork will the fe t near
Loaetker and the arms at the aide an4
then to scull with tho hands keeping
the finger well together and moving the
hands in n oort of scalloping fnnnr
with a tendency both to keep the body
un and to push It forward
Thia may bo vailed by using both the
We and feet n la ordinary awltnmlng
n the olicet The motion are preolaety
ihe same > nd or made la xb same or
dr As eoftn e th hands are stretched
up over f by d the logs should fee
tbnet out from the body A the arm
are trough down again to the aides tn
kgsars brought up
It is powlbl to float tn ewlt water
without moving any of the rauacles To
do lid the lung should be Blled to thrir
mrmiU + i capacity the arm stretched
iter the head and th lew Mad rather
rarepert In frceb water III rry aiffl
cult If not Impwwrtbte foe elender mn
to accompllab tw feat whoreae a fat
man tcbjht find llttl trouW The reaaea
for tbls i shown by tn txiieriineht I
tossing a piece of beefsteak Into the water
It win el nt Immeoiatfjy while a pleca of
fat will flitt
After beromlng export at floating a
fancy trick may ho i > orfotmd by plac-
Ing tlte hetl on th Instep and clasping
one hand on ih other wrUL in ttvt
position H wilt l found o rompardtlvely
agy mutter to roll ov r and over on the
Mirface ot the water
AVhlle learning to dive It Is best to
first take rort of titling poiltum on
the edge of the float pr other atrucluro
which la dived from and reel the el-
bow on tho kneee The hands shoul I
be extended with the palms hell down
ward Just as In taking ihe first strpke
The diva should Ihi made gently tnl the
head should Le ducked toward th heet
Jon before reaching the water When
fairly undrr the haul should be lilted
slightly upward from the wrist A 0le
taken In this fashion from a tn erhte
height will tatry the body under about a
mans length
TII11 OY151MIAND HTIlOUli
For fast swimming In uoli loiff nnd
shoit rare I introduced a stroke in ifet
known a the American overhand
stroke which haa been very successful
It Is performed by i taring the body on
th tUlil side wlih the leg held out le
hind perfectly straight One lrg 1 next
biought out in front and the other lifted
tip Ifhlndi they ate then hrcutht together
with consKeiable force in the mean time
the right or tnder ttend x moved out In
front and brought down to the mtddi <
while the left hand passes nut of tho
Weter from h tear forward and Is then
drawn buck pulling Hi body ahead juit
e one would pull lilmerlf bIoMh by tucui
ot a ro > e
Swimming on the eld tinder vater I
don In the same way as this except
that he left liand doe not come out
of Ihe wilier of course this stroke I
not ao iirdy as there Is a certain
amount of reaatlon caused by drugging
Ihe hand forwaid
1 have mentioned all of the lmt > l
styles of wlminlng without dwell in
nn fancy or trick swimming which in
a ureal subject lit Itself There is sti
indices arletv of tricks which can be
Ptform d tn the wster urli as eatlnr
llecpln drinking a bottle of brer and
nlhet of n atmllar character To tx
plain these in detail would irqulte nn
Immenso amount of space
1 brtieie that swimming 1 one of Ih
mn t Iteneflrlal exerelsie known ns It
bring Into play all the muscles of the
holy at once No nn win t > a u m
ewlmmer ul hv an unhealthy body ut
Hit eauie time that It Is a useful no
compMshmetit need nol > > laid
Profe or tiiis Houdatront
Champion allround ewlmmtr of the
United Plsti and swimming Inetittctor
ot th New YOlk AlltUUo CluK
lieltjn nf Pitiiillliir aoiiH
The Camitaiu Are Comln Is n ery
oil s > > ollUh air CopI s of It dJ ba k
to 16 0
One Huniprr nt lartlntt In one of Ihe
biri known of Mooies convivial hum
Tho tune was called Moll Hoe In tie
Morning
Come Landlord 1 HI Ut FUhMb
How1 ijnbs rrom cU tim of Klmk >
peaw It appear In one of lMchera
P8
Cheer Hoys Cheer wss th wnik cf
Cliatles Matkay Ihe mtirlc bolnj by
Henry Husssll It was the outcomo of an
evening ot conviviality In 1HJ
Drink lo Me Only With Thin Lfea
le from a poem pointed Ihe IOieet
by Urn Johnson The air I an udapuilun
ftom one of Moaarta opera tuclidtj
Allin Water was wriuen by MatiMw
Orerory Lewis better known In luetalure
as Monk Lew la whot wrtrl lit were
Hi fashion when Scott wae young
What Are th Will Wnes Haylngr
a duel that Was once immensely popular
wa suggested lo Dr Joseph Ldwarda
Csrpenicr by the conversation In iwrnlwy
and Soil
Mule HrllannU li usually iradltsd tu
Jsmca Thompson It first appeared In u
Play entitled Alfred by Thompson eul
Mailer In IHO The air was by Dr Thorn
a Am
Tho Wearing of Ihe Ireon exists In
several forms and version The best
known on we written by Dion lloucl
rault Die dramatist H la sung by Hltuun
th loet In ArruhnPt ue
Scots Wh Haa was by Iturna It
wa written una dark day whit the auth
or wa on ft Journey Ihe time is lley
Tuttle Tattle an oil march that l eall
by U ad ill un to have animated Uiuce a n eit
at lunnoekliuni
A Life on tha Ocean Wave s the
work cf Hspts Sargent an American poet
tho Ilea being suggesed to him duiitni
a walk on thehtier > in New icrk one
dny when aTirtgh wind v > t > bloaluffln
from Hi aoa it wi set to mulo
llfnry llussill
The Last Hose of Bummer one of
Patll faiorlla eonge waa th work of
Thomaa Moore The melody s a very an
cient Irish tuue foimeily known ve the
Utove of JiUrney 1 his lune iai b en
found In eolleotPm ot Irlsn inurlu at
Itast 900 years old
The Hlue HeU of flooiDnl was ih
work of Aunts At a V Irs r uturwaid Mr
Hront tho daughter ot a oltUh ofiher
In the HDtlsh aimy The melody wu lung
believed lo be Scottish but Is now khoe ii
to t > > of Uiiglloh tftlslu bblng an old
ICngtisli folic eong
Kathleen Muvourneon was written
by M Crawford an trial lady whose
song ninety year o were in hleh it
lHjta Th muslci was by Ciouih an c
ctnlrlo genius who tn his old ncn ana
poverty begged Ms way Into a ioncsrt
given by lliten that he rnl ht biar hi
own composition fitly ung
Irfivea Young Dream pn of Moores
lest was sot by him tn ait Irish ti n
cnllcd The Old Woman Moor beard
Ih tune from a blind llddlcr wrote It
down end dUcernln Its beauty dfter
mined that It should have better word
than the noneeuslcal verses to which It
vru Jung by tho IrUU ptaiantry
Ill Hang My Harp on a Willow Tr
ha attached to H a bit of royal romance
It we wrliuu by a youug nobleman h
became deeply enamored of Queen Vic-
toria a year or eo before site asoended the
Fnellsh Ihron which etent d lroyd
bis hot of winning her hand The
words first appeared In an Knglleh maiTa
sine and were eel lo rousl by Wellington
Guernsey
Auld lAisg Hynt I of uncurtain orl 1n
tliere 1elng saverat v r lons of thla de-
servedly popular song One of the best
1 by Hunts but only the second and bird
taisa are by this poet the remiud r
being fro the pen of Uamsay The oon
1 of unrertaln antlqultyt one vsreloo te
aatd data
dated lilt and another le to
fromthe sixu nth century
4teralore Changed
Livingston Texas September tMf
J < ha O Connor who ha been night oper-
ator here ltrt this evening for Shepherd
where h will be agent and operator
having charge ot that oiflco 111 family
aeaompanled him and wdl 4ewM tbei
Mr Ualdwln who liai beon t Cleveland
take hi place here and win anewcr
Houston call from sun fo min Ill fam-
ily will oon J < in him b r
Illsnaeeed Jlokool Mailer
ChappeU JUU Tex September The cl
bad toeetio ywtexday t ds to
gM
diSiM lb advlsaWWy pf oon oh4tln
tnVAmerlean and Polbih acbolaitlo POP
ilTllon Into oive free school i o dec si of
wsa reachedi will have another maeim
lb Chsppell Hill Fmal college opened
iii fall sloft today wth 1rofeaeeg
fciTttto presiflent and a fuq foouliy
WorU Bean u
Calvertv To SepUmbr 8 Mf r
ypennell of DalU with force olmw
jasmin am thei wM
teron work thla
SSVwk 5 t tb
run iyuwii
coal mine y
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