Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1896 Page: 4 of 8
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No. 1—4:23 p. to.
No. 3—3:59 a, w,
"XO. 5—6:49 p m.
"Great Rock Island Route,”
And bus double daily fast express i
train service from Tex-ay a« tollowa:
No. 4. Leave Fort Worth 10’40 a. m. -
Arrive Kansas ply 8:30 nxt a. m. .4
No. 2. Leave Fort Worth 8.-1Q p, tn» .
Arrive Kansan City 5:3.-. p. rql ' 1
Arrive Chloato ' 9:25-nexi a. m,
Arrive at Denver. .$428 a. m. . -h
Through I’ullman Sleepers aiul t'reo
Bee li niwQ Chair Cara.
Don’t overlook the fact‘th9t,Train No,
2 * fives von a Ifusiiictfti (Iav it
route to Denyer or Colorad'^Spri'nga.
Your local agem.will probably want
■ Tfrisasj; —ew—
Whether on pleasure bent, or business,
take On every trip a bottle of Syrup’ of
Flo. aa it acta moat pleaaantly and
effectually on. the kidneys, liver, and
bowels. preventing fevers, headaches,
and other forms of sickness. .>FOf rale
in 60 cent and 11 bottles by sIMeadlng.
druggists Manufactured by the Cali-
fornia FlgTSyrup Company only.
. If a man never tries he never knows
whAtlh£.a>gnotdo.
There are l)ictloo»rie» sod Dictionaries, but
the noblest Rosian oT them all seems to be
Webster It. Is Mill easily la the lead in the
great five for popularity. ,
If a man's family appreciates him he
This map shows n modem « x.
date” railroad and bow it ban ItTown J
lines to the-prindlpal large cities pt tup “
West. It Is the
W» J#lnt tfljronitlC. B0BE8TG, INGERSOLL. '--—
ONLY TWO DAYS
BETWEEN
1 exas. and New
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Piillnian Hutret Sleeping T’ars to 8.
Louise Chicago and New Orleans.
to your people will be in the .-game
spirjt of kindness.,and candor."
Ooi. luffc'rso.ifs address Was given
in Holley’s theater. On the stage were
400or more representative citlzeps.
As Col. Ingersoll step^d to the Ros-
trum he was welcomed with applause
that )»Hted for over a minule. With
the suggestion that while his bearers
and himself might b«-traveling differ-
ent Toadsrthey were ell trying to add
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by Stnto f»up<nnten«l- I
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olber fcilpcator* almcot,
witbaul number.
THE BEST 7 OR EVERYBODY
to find the word wonted, a
It It easy to trace the growth ©Fa word. ,
It Is easy to learn what a word means.
The <pi/rago77mes-ireraM'«uiy.e.-— '
WebRter’* International IHctlonsry in its present1
form iwabaoluta authority on rverftblne rwrtamhitr i
to our langium in Hie nay otorihoampny, ortho-,
epy.rtymointfy, and definition. From itttieTe is no
appeal. I Us as prrfecv n* Immui effort and scholar-
•Iiip can mate it.—Dec. 14. ISM.
G- «Cr C; MKiSfAM CO., Pnbfiahera,
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"TH^RE IS NO DARKNESS, ^UT
' IGNORANCE” HIS TEXT.
-My consume the greeter pert <rf Gie '
day. If there te any time left the coii-
slderutiom of the Indian biH W41+ pro-
ceed, and an effort made to continue
with this bill until it shall be"disposed
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There is an unanimous agreement to
take up Sdmator Peffers ec\;i:»hitik>n
for the investigation of the bond iaaue
for the past two yeans on Tuesday.
If not set aside, the questlci’r proba-
bly wilt give rise to a spirited financial
debate of uncertain duration.
. ..Driven Off Shore.
The Pilgrim—EMtsr Number
Will be ready the early part , of April.
Everything in it will be new and orig-
inal. It will contain articles by-Gapt. ■
Chas. King, U. 8. A.-. ex-Gov. Geo. W.
Peek,- ,;«f AVrtoOmrin, and ’ other noted
writers. ’ Ah entertaining number, well
illustrated,. Send ten (10) cents to Geo.
H. Healtord, publisher, 415-Old Colony
HALL’S -
Vegetable Sicilian
HAIR RENEWER
Will restore gray hair to' its youth-
ful color and be'auty-wiir thlcken
the growth of the hair—will pre-
vent baldness, euro dandruff, and
all scalp diseases. A fino dressing.
The bhst hair restores made.
K f-H *&fd ?y-a^°fegXUa’N-a
: USE IT. NONE BETTER.
For sale in .Vfcilh £a*nt by; 1?^— '
TEEL BROS., W. L. SADLER,
PEEHLY & THOMPS<5N, W. D.
•GOODMGIlt, PERRY BROS.
& RICE.
Fifteen Fa mile* Saved.
Cleveland, O., April 13.—A, Are i
which started at 2 o’clock yesterday J
morning in a three-Btory tenement ■
housg at the corner of Murison and
Oregon streets caused a loss of 310,000
and put the lives of the members nf
fifteen families in peril for a brief
period. The fire started on the second
floor of the building, which was a
frame ’stricture,' owned by Shipe & -
Sigler, arp! the occupants of the upper
suites of " rooms- aH reached the fire
escapes In safety, with the exception
of one young woman named Mary
Cox, who Jumped from the second story
window and was badly hurt.
Killed One, Wounded Two.
New Hampton, la., Aprtl 13.—Her-
man Beak, a etonemason of this oily, ,
yesterday shot aud Wied Mike Bartx 1
For tickets, rates and othen lnfornia. —‘3
tlon address lour nearest ticket agent. _
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Third Vie* ■Prts. andflen. Man. ~
GASTON MESLIER.
. Gen. Pssa. A Ticket Agt.
Dallas, Texas.
- e. E. GILMORE, Publisher.
WILLS POIKT, — 1 . - ■ TEXAS..
If Ataelip Rlvea-Chnnler-Troubeti-
hoi has time between husbands she
will -write another, novel.
With the city bfTNew York, about to
>, spend >1,040,000 for' asphalt pflvement
for the benefft oT’bicyclers, there can
be no further doubt pf the powwof the
'.wheel/
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of .capital and labor and the’n«ed of re-
form in the education of ehildreu. >
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x Zulus Defraled Brand.
Buluwayo, April _13.—Details have
been received ah ere/~of the enctnieter
With the Matabeles of Oapt. Brand,
as the result of which be-’suffered a
CANNON BALL TRAIN
Shor tuned, tine Hour in Tlw,---1 -li
Lhvh F-'H-Worlb T-.05-S. m., DAU a a
8<O1». m', Litton ]>epo«. g.-fg », m. -Ar- *
rive, at Tl. Louis 7.25 a. m. nefft-day,
Lisiitei Evenfti Kiprtss 1 i
HAS BEEN QL1CKEND «
8 Hours to St. Louis and the Hast, -
4 Hours to Memphis.
1 Hour to New Orleans - - •; J
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Pray for a aound liver; you can be
comfortable without ffanie.
Bank
President Isaac Lewis of Sabina, Ohio, —-
is highly respected all through that ad
section. He has lived in Clinton Co. ,
75 years, and has been, president of
the Sabina Bank 20 years. JIc glfidly ~
testifies to the merit of Hood's S^n-a-
pariiia, add Wh.1t liif ’ki'ts H Worthy ~~
41LJHSilLJff01±cr«, And
tl s Sarsaparilla peculiarly adapted
inif tioxwlu It «ne>1>Aa> Ma.aaMi a.!—1|
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Rev, ^lohii Rusk, Fastpr uf the Mllll-
taat CWuri'-li, Tendered Him Invita-
tion to Address H!> Congregation — Plttnu-
ed Him to ife’tter.Mankind.
■ Chicago, Til., April 13.—Col. Robert
G. Ingersoll spoke before the MiTlltant
church congrcgaxion-. yeeterday in re-
sponse to an..Javitatfonk extended by
the pastor, Rbv. John Rdgk. In his
letter of ig.viJaj.lou Jiev, Mr. Rusk said;
‘.The MHlitant church, which is or-
ganfzed for the purpose of bettering the
condition of mankind, regardless of
creed or lack of it, desires to extend
to you an invltation,bo preach for us
some Sujyjay morning in the hear fu-
ture on the subject ai your views as to’
what the Christian should do and
how.”
In accepting’the Invitation Mr. In-
gersoll said: “I was much pleased-at
the spitit of intellectual hospitality.ol
■ BBT IMH N l>.
No; 3—11-30 a. m.
No, 4—1Q.Q3 p, tn.
No. 6— 9:38 p. ».
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Oripple Creek, Ool., April 13.—The
Cripple Creek“ district was visited by
the severest aid most destructive blix-
zard ever known yesterday?. Aa Im-
mense amount of damage has been
done, and in all probability some Hves
have been lost in the hills, rumow to
that'effect being ipr-etrculatton, and
general fears are entertained for the
prospectors. A light snow commenced
at 11 o’clock last night, and about 3
o’clock yesterday'morning the storm
renewed, and the velocity of the wind,-
which is from the northeast, increased
apd continued to blow at the rate of
sixjj' .miles.jm-hxmr.^11 ..day. - AAcOBa--
or rhore of buildings in this city wei-e
blown sown, and tents, signs asjd loose
lumber was scattered all over town.
All the telephone wires out of the
camp are down, and no ti’ains'atTfved
or departed this afternoon. ---'i
.An F.M-ly A.ljuuriouf-ut.
Washington, Xpri 13.--An unusually
early adjournment is-being predicted - , „,
by the Republican leaders in both building, Chicago, Ill., for a copy.
houses ahd eveiy sign points, to the —
fulfillment"‘St their propheciee. Nd
:.congress in m?;iy Jesirs haS'lirade fKe
record fee the transaction of routine
business which stands to the credit
of the present one, so far as the lower
house is concerned'at any .rate. Wift
all of the regular appropriation blls
except two. akeaily passed by the hpuse
with one of those remaining reported
Worn the committee abd likely to be
passed with only a day or two of de-
’ bate and—wi+h the Other in process of
pretiarhtlon? house leaders are nlacinw
the limit of this session at the first of
•fuae, allowingjis.thcy.dliiiik,.sufficlettt.
" ■ senate to take care of the
important bills sent’it from the house.
fed thg^dKAtaTotaLopg^oJ!T3,^0^_ upoa n£C^aajt^.ja£_aj.__ ; I “ — —
election cdse will be reviewed in Hie
senate to-<ley.,. when senator Chamdler
will make a speech in support of the
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St. Johns, N. F., April 13 —Twenty
fishermen were driven off shore Sat-
urday night. Two steamers which
have been cruising to leave searching
for them returned last night unsuccess- i
ful. One of the pien landed this morn- ■
ing and it is supposed the others have j
<Mes iuBhera at' ide—labe paints — i>hs *■
coast. ' , . —■ J
The steamer Kite from ^he seal fish- <
eries yesterday with a-full catch re- 5
ports all the remaining ships but the s
Ranger.-The latter has not been'heard
. __ — - j wag -t
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pressed. lor. her._safety- She had over -S
200. men on board. <
, '' ~~Went iHvwn. . . Tl
New York, April 1J.—A dispatch J
from Colon says: Oapt. Raytnond, of $
the New Orleans steamship Oily * J
Dallas, arrived yesterday, end reports J
that hi8 ship went down in twenty c
fathoms of water ajbout .forty . isMaifc J
crew were saved. Part of the prew had j
arrived in a.n opeh boat earlier in the S
day seeking areJstance. They said the
machinery had collapsed and j^e
had'sprung aleak, too, and ctmhtam 3
work at the pumps was nejessary to $
keep her afloat_ ' ~ 5
The steamer Foxhail went to the res- i
cu». _ $
The Oae Great Standard Authority,
------------Ho wrtui Hon, b J Braow, --------------
JufiUce V. B. Biuiftme Court
V Stud a Postal tor Speclman Pages, etc.
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and yotmg' daughter. Beak is a son-in-
law of Bartz, and lives three mtiles
from here. Beak’s’Wife recently so-
cured a divorce from him. He 1«H in
wait in thehrujah 1
attention.
“Tibo<r
to their needs. It makes nurt, rich:
red blopd, and from th'is cdr- - r“~7,
rilla is a very good medicine, espeeinlly
a^.a blood purifier. It has done mo good
many times. For several years I Antlered
greatly with pains ot-----—7-— —
Neuralgia
In one eye and about my temples, es-
pecially at night when I had been having
a hard day of physical and mental labor.
I took many remedies, but found belponly
In Hood’s Bunparitta which cured me pt
rheumatism, nenrttgTa 'and headache-
Hood’s Sarsaparilla has proved Itself a true
friend. I also take Hood’s Pills to keep
my bowela regular, and like the pills
very muoh.” JsaacLewis, Sabina, Ohio.
Hood’s
Sarsaparilla
lathe One True blood Purlller: All drlggisri f L
Prepared only by C. I. Hood t Gol, Lowell. Mass.
Hood’s Pills
5 ^^cbstcr’s x
International I
$ IH<5tionary s
Y The Otte Great Standard Authority, 9
Y So wriua lion. D.X JUww,---------
Q JusUce V.B. Muiireme Court. O
7 SuMYAiior of the
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Standard
of tlH» r. S. Gov't Print-
hm office, tha V-X. b»o
prrn.e Upurt, all th«
biMie Siipietue Connn,
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Ont-half the-crop exports of the
country not many years ago passed
through the port of New York. Now
< -that port enjoys ‘one-seventh bf this
export movement and its share is BtiU
, shrinking. The drift of corn ship-
ments is southward. Baltimore is gain-
ing, but Newport News and Norfolk
are gaining faster and New Orleans is
an Important port of shipment. With
. the enmnletlnn. nt. I he now . Una . from
f ...or
CSICA0O,
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UllWAt
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THt GREAT
ROCK ISL.NO
ROUTS. 1-
we need in the We.it. It is thatiof Steph-
en Salisbury, who has given $200,000 to
build a museum of fine arts in Wor-
oester, Mass.
Eight years ago Miss Nebb Hay and
Elisha'’Wait of Laporte, Ind., were mar-
ried. and they have Just let the cat out
of the bag. Who said a iroman couldn't
.keep a secret? ~ ‘ '7 -
- . Another factor has entered into the
regulation of the prices of the wools for
1856. Keporfsf romAustr^ila-saythat
millions of sheep hage v from
drohth. The figures are placed
9,500,000. The stateihebt hardly seeing'
credible, but if Jt be true it can but'
affect The prtce riff wool all over the
'■ world. From this Ipss alone it is estl-
.7 ..mated the wool clip .for this year will
~ ;'be T80,OAOr bales short In Australia
alone.
The Wtnncbago county. Wis ,-beard , . .
--- —has decided to adopt the worlu.hop plan to lltllllllli Joy and happiness, he topk
' as followed ifi Brown county for the hs his text the quotatibh from Shakis-
—■<Hnffnii,r:igeine.nt.ot-tramps. A four-acre pearo/ whom he characlerlzed'-as th<L
tract land oh the south side
■will be >!|Mvhased and a workhouse
qg^i.-.erecl ' ' __ ’ ___7 77 ~
Itjs expected to be in running order by
July 1. It appears froth the bllls pre-
sented by Justices and constables that
over 4,300 tramps have been cared for
x; by the’county since Novinber 1, 1895.
Strikes, lock-outs and other trade
dioptres laEngland last year,numbered
/"'TWL About 259,009^people were af-\.
’ • fected. In the preceding year there .
were 1,061 such disputes, and the num-
ber in the y<ear 1893 was 782r~~Tirj89T
about 325,000 persons were directly af-. ■
fected, and in 1893 the. number affected
was_about 060,000. .The hwge number- reverse amt Wuu compelled toritsk tor
affected that year doubtless arose In
part from the exceedingly precarious
condition In which many lines of busi-
ness found themselves. ’-'I ■ ■
assistance from Buluwayo. ~
. The Matabelcs sunoumied arad at-
tacked Oapt. Brandts palumn, constst-
Ing at 130 men, which had-beeir.sent
to relieve Gwapda twenty-eight, miilea
south of here, on the Tullro road.
Oapt. Brand formed a laager for the
purpose of offering a better defence ■
against the attack. Some desperate
fighting ensued. The enemyTwas found
to be well armed with Martini rilles,
and they directed a strong and well
aimed fire against Capt. Brand’s
Maxim guns with such affect that it.
Brand s ammunition also ran short,
ammunition also ran w-short,
and thc flerre atlack ot the M.i’abeTes
continuing, the Situation of «Ms force
.began to grow desperate. They were
^nn’ly uHlffTd to fight t^*ir -.’wy from since March’ 20, when“she
Tl^y
cceded in cutting their way out, with
- a toss of . live troops killed and stxTee'u
wounded. T ™ "
!It is estima^g^^that 150 Mataheles
were kDled. In respotrse to Capt.
i Brand’s message calling for assistance
a relief force of 250 men, with artillery,
was dispatched as quickly as possible.
. This force met Capt. Brand's co.lumn
: 1 i tug*
TOimielfTnWTeemrtdTe’ Kfrre
spite of tihe vigorous 'efforts that have
been made to suppress it. The energy's'
forces come and go within a short dls-
rancc of Btffrfwayo. nnid
. brra js mogt kee,gL;:>vd- there are many'
fears -expressed:-of an -trttnek by* t'her
enemy in force. Comflideuce^is fett Hat
Buluwayo will be able to offer suc-
cessful defense, .
Tife coming of the relief force from
Mafeking will, however, be greted as a
welcome assistance in the possible
case of an attack.
An American M^irdrwt-.
Washington, April 13.—Robert Bon-
ney, an American, was murdered in
San Salvador!!. March 28, end as a re-
sult the state department has demand-
ed the fullest invcaUgatipn. The case
was brought to the attention of the
United States officers by Congressman
Marshall, of Illinois, who received •
letter from Clrcirf^ Judge Bonney, of
Quincy, Ill., saying that fils nephew
(Robefrt Bonney) was engaged in bust
neas near Sonsomate, San Salvador,
and this statement had reached him,
that his nephew had been killed.
Judge Bonney requested Mr. Marsh to
look Inter the matter. The latter im-
mediately presented the facts of the ’ and fatally wounded the latter’s son
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SOUTHEAST.
.peare, ~wtrom he characterized -as thq time for the
greatest of human beings, "There is no* • • •
‘darkness but ignorance,'' and for. two
.bitrarianasnsuhiectfor war, that need
for new methods in the treatment of
criminals, the desirability of the occu-
pancy of the prairies west for. homes
as a panacea Tor the tenement system,
the •question of divorce, the relations;
•to the report. This mater will proba-
case to Secretory Olney, who cabled
the United States consul at Sin Sal-
vador. tor bis knowledge of the affair
oecretary umey Mr
received the copy of
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There was a tlmW when a ruler waged
war and a defeat did not shake his
throne unless the enemy were able tn'
* march into .his own country and con-’
quet It.' Now if a king'be defeated in
an expedition that he has sent out, the
people call hlrnjy account In no uhcer-
and Abyssinia is to the point. During
the war between Russia and Turkey
there was a time whOn it looked as if
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havetneant Insurrection in his own etnJ
pire. This accounts in a very large
measure for the extreme reluctance the
'nations of Europe havb of making war
on each other, even when there seems
c. 'to be am abundant cause. This stat*
CSth’.ngs is propitious for the future.
^>!* j At last the question as to how the
y ’' stars should be arranged in our flag
has been settled. ,We presume that our
readers know that every time a new
state 1s added to the nation a new star
is added to the flag, end every time a
"new star tn added to the flag a new
arrangement of all the stars Is neces-
sary to. give the banner a symmetrical
----lapance. With the admission of
therefore, there had to be such
an arrangement that forty-five stars
would be accommodated. A great many
suggestions have been made by writers,
but none.of them adopted. Finally the
secretary of navy and the secretary qf
warsgree^ to a plan and this plan han
been approved by the president. The
arrangement is very simple; The
forty-flve is divided Into two sets tof
numbers, twenty-four and twenty-one.
The twenty-four Is divided into three
' sets ot eight sta/s each, and the twenty-
one .into three setoof seven stirs each'.
Kansas Crty"dlrectId" Sabine ’Pass an-
other important port of exit for grain
will have been opened.
Some writer has said that war Is a
. Ipimp worn jipnplfi wIsr klngw
--------would not play at. It looks. . aa. JI
the time had'eome when no klngidare
, play with war to a very great extent
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Gilmore, Clarence E. Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1896, newspaper, April 9, 1896; Wills Point, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1302486/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Van Zandt County Library.