The Jacksonville Banner. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, October 14, 1898 Page: 3 of 8
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Baptist Convention.
Throckmorton Menumeut.
CASUALTIES.
OF TEXAS TOLD
Latest Happenings
Interest in the
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mend it to those suffer-
Plumber’s Mishap.
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Bishop From India Lectures.
sewerage franchise in Sher-
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Gen. Coppinger has retired on age
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Zapata county will have to take an-
other census, as the one returned is ap-
parently too large to pass muster.
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Tex., Oct.11.—Superintendent
Goes to Pensacola.
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from home, leaving her to earn her
own living.
Stevens Point, Wis—Joseph Stoertz-
bach, 72 years old, has been robbed of
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Rio Grande along ecityfront while on his way home from visiting a
twenty-five years, pays up its past patient in the country, was decoyed in-
A DOMESTIC INCIDENT.
From the Observer, Flushing, Mich.
Mr. Edward Wormack,
Ledbetter, Tex., writes:
“Pe-ru-na for bowel
ingas I was.” W 71"
Mr. John Edgarton, 1020 Third Ave.,
Altoona, Pa., says: “I suffered from
dysentery for three years I took Pe-
ru-na and am now well.”
to rob him. He resisted and they shot
Killed by Lightning;.
Huntsville, Tex., Oct. 12.—While en
route to Huntsville Mr. Wm. Glover
of Midway was struck by lightning
during a storm and instantly killed.
The occurrence took place in the pub-
lic road six miles from town. The re-
mains were taken to Midway for in-
terment.
for fifteen years,” writes
Mr. T. E. Miller, Grand
Prairie, Tex. “ I tried 1/,iy
many medicines and 1
doctors in vain. At last Ma
Pe-ru-na was recom- L
mended, and it relieved 75
and cured me at once.” "
Cash System.
Caldwell, Tex., Oct. 12.—Nearly ev-
ery merchant in Caldwell has signed
an agreement not to do any credit
business between now and Jan. 1., after
which they will all be at liberty to sell
on credit again. This is done as a test
to see how it will work. If found sat-
isfactory and beneficial to all parties
it will probably result in an indefinite
continuation of the cash system.
municipal authorities of New Orleans.
The agents of the steamer attempted
to arange for the landing of the im-
migrants at Galveston. Dr. Blunt has
ruled that if the vessel comes here she
will be detained ten days in quarantine.
The Britannia will go to Pensacola.
Dropped Dead.
Corpus Christi, Tex., Oct. 10.—Sister
Claire, mother superior of Nazareth
Austin, Tex., Oct. 10.—Rt. Rev. P. J. I
Hurth, bishop of Dacca, India, preach- ' .
□ xi • • ,00 Britannia,
ed on the missionary work of the Cath- 1
and came within an ace of losing his
life. He was rescued from his danger-
ous position almost insensible.
here,dropped dead at the convent of the
Incarnate Word yesterday of heart
failure. Mother St. Claire is one of the
oldest nuns in Texas, having celebrated
her golden anniversary as a sister with
much eclat at Victoria during the pre-
cent yer.
7/UMMER -
$) CATARRH
3/ Catarrh of the bowels, be-
cause it is most prevalent in
| the summer months, is called
I summer catarrh.
Mp It surprises many that
ill bowel trouble is catar-
V rhal. Dr. Hartman’s
M books make this plain.
Write to the Pe-ru-na
“My disease gradually became worse un-
til I thought that death would be welcome
release from my sufferings. Besides my
regular physician I also consulted another,
but he gave me no encouragement. .
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College Association.
v. Sherman, Tex., Oct. 11.—The Savoy
College association, composed of old
pupils of this institute during the pres-
idency of Prof. R. R. Halsell, has been
. organized and the following officers
-elected:
President S. P. Evans, editor Van
Alstyne News, and Democratic nomi-
■nee for re-election as representative
from Grayson county, secretary, L. J.
Reynolds, proprietor and editor Sher-
man daily Register; treasurer, B. C.
Herberth, chief deputy under Sheriff
A. E. Hughes.
It is proposed to perpetuate the or-
ganization, and all ex-students eligible
to membership are requested to send
their names to L. J. Reynolds, Sher-
man, Tex.
analysis of the water, but could throw
no light on the phenomena.
Dr. Baldwin was offered fabulous
prices for his freak well and numberes
of people called for water, thinking of
course it must have great curative
powers.
A plumber came on the scene and
said that he could explain why the well
was hot and soon did. The well is a
common bored one, without curbing,
and the pipes from the hot water reser-
voir in the kitchen pass'very close to
the well on the way to the bathroom.
One of these pipes had rusted, and the
hot water leaking out of it was run-
ning into the well by a natural vein.
From Porto Rico.
Fort Worth, Oct. 10.—Mr. George H.
McFadden of Philadelphia and a mem-
ber of the firm of McFadden & Co., ex-
tensively engaged in the cotton busi-
ness in Texas, and elsewhere, is in the
city, the guest of Neil P. Anderson,
Esq. Mr. McFadden has recently re-
turned from Porto Rico, where he was
engaged in military service as a pri-
vate in a company comprising the lead-
ing business and professional men of
Philadelphia. This company, said Mr.
McFadden, was one of the few engaged
in the late war which in the matte? of
equipment and sustenance was of no
cost or expense to the government.
Hancock’s opera
Chats with Mothers.
5,000 Books given away free. Write for
one. Delicate women who desire to be
strong should get one. Mothers who have
sickly children should have one. Write
Muco-SolventCo., Chicago.
After a field is plowed, then comes
harrowing details._____________________
------J---------- - - - - | patient in the country, was decoyed in-
! dues, the contract to establish a ferry j to a house by three negroes, who tried
large audience at
Levy Made.
Sherman, Tex., Oct. 11.—The city
council last night made a levy of 7%
cents additional tax to meet interest
and sinking fund on issue of $40,000
permanent improvement bonds. Mayor
Fielder was give a proposition which
he is authorized to submit to parties
in Philadelphia who are desirous of
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Gregg County Killing.
Longview, Tex., Oct. 10. —Lee Cot-
ton was killed yesterday near Elder-
ville, eight miles from here. Will
Craig was arrested and brought to jail
by Deputies Blackburn and Waters.
No particulars.
Held Up and Robbed.
Beaumont, Tex., Oct. 12.—Joe Ingra-
ham, who runs a store on College
street, has made complaint to the city
police that he was held up in the south
end of town Sunday night and robbed
I of $70. He says that the men who
robbed him were both masked and he ■
is unable to identify them.
scended to the city from the king of I
Spain for exclusive ferry uses of the
with 400 Sicilian immi-
troubles is unequalled (x ( g))
y Jling i- —j — i9nop,/lA
perience. I owe my I IK *417 :
life to Pe-ru-na, and U,,,,S
shall always recom- ghA
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ting their throats.
Springfield, Ill.—Mrs. B. E. Buckley
of Chicago threw carbolic acid in the
face of her husband. He will be dis-
figured for life. The woman later took
morphine, but recovered. She charg-
Atlanta, Ga.—Private D. Phillips of
the Second Georgia regiment, while
in the guardhouse, shot and danger-
ously wounded Claude Love, an other
prisoner.
Judge John M. King of the attorney
I general’s department, in reply to the
query of the registrar of voters at Gal-
veston, holds that the registrar can
not register volunteer or regular sol-
diers in the service of the army of the
United States.
Daffan has so far recovered from hi?
injuries received in the Chambers
creek wreck as to be able to drive out
in .town and make an occasional visit
to his office.
Kicked by a Mule.
Bonham, Tex., Oct. 12—Lafayette
Frost, son of Mr. M. F. Frost, a far-
mer living south of here, happened to
a very serious accident. The boy was
driving a mule, when the animal kick-
ed him on the head, fracturing the
skull. Doctors have removed a large
part of the skull in an effort to save
the unfortunate boy’s life, but not
much hope is entertained for his re-
covery.
ported from Johannesburg, Transvaal,
will take over the Delagoa customs,
railways and telegraph about the mid-
dle of this month.
Hong-Kong—The Charleston has ar-
rived from Manila. Like the Boston
and the Raleigh, she will take her
place in dock and be put in the best
of order, as will all of the remaining
ships of Admiral Dewey’s squadron.
Paris—Figaro states that Count
d’Aubigny, now French charge d’af-
faires at Munich, will replace M. Cam-
bon as ambassador to the United States
and that M. Cambon will go to Madrid.
Cork—An orderely demonstration
took place here upon the occasion of
the laying of the foundation stone by
the mayor of the city of a monument
in memory of the Irish revolutionists
of 1790, 1803, 1848 and 1867.
Constantinople—The powers will not
proceed to execute the ultimatum de-
manding the withdrawal of the Turk-
ish troops from Crete until the arrival
here of Emperor William on Oct. 7.
Vienna—The Austrian reichsrath re-
assembled and the ausgleich bills were
presented. The minister of commerce
and national economy, Dr. von Baren-
■ reither, representing the German par-
ty, resigned.
Madrid—Advices from Iloilo report
that the insurrection in the Philip-
pines is increasing considerably.
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a wire which was hanging from
light pole over a vacant lot.
Clinton, Ind.—Martin Murdock,
lie church yesterday at
church. He delivered a
On Getting Up from the Table.
“I was finally induced through reading
some accounts in the newspapers regarding
the wonderful cures wrought by Dr. Wil-
liams’ Pink Pills for Pale People, to try
them. I took the pills according to direc-
tions and soon began to notice an improve-
ment in my condition. Before the first box
was used I could get about the house, and
after using five boxes, was entirely cured.
“Since that time I have felt no return of
the rheumatic pains. I am confident that
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills saved my life and -
I try to induce my friends who are sick te
“try the same remedy. I will gladly answer
inquiries concerning my sickness and won-
derful cure, provided stamp is enclosed
for reply. Frank Long.”
Sworn to before me at Venice, Mich., this
15th day of April, 1898.
G. B. Goldsmith, Justice of the Peace,
Chicago’s Population.
Some curiousities of Chicago’s popu-
lation are shown in the recently com-
pleted shcool census, particularly as to
the proportion of foreign born. One
block, for instance, in the sixteenth
ward has only seven American-born
residents out of a total population of
231, only about one-sixth of whom
are natives, Germans predominating
here. But the record for alien resi-
dents belongs to two other neighbor-
ing blocks, with a total population of
2.584, of whom 2,583 are Poles, the oth-
er man being a Chinainan.
Cows come home to their calves and
boys to their suppers.
A refined and gentle person is a bles-
sing in any community.
pany here was at work on a jet be-
neath a house, a leak had sprung in
the valve and when Bowers lit a match
to inspect his service, the gas that
had accumulated from the escape ig-
nited and enveloped his head in
Beaumont Briefs.
Beaumont, Tex., Oct. 10.—Frank
Burns, who walked out of a hotel win-
dow at Port Arthur Thursday night,
died at the hospital here from injuries
sustained.
Freight train No. 23 on the South-
ern Pacific was wrecked near Dovers,
several miles west of here, Saturday
night. No lives lost. Passenger trains
were delayed about fifteen hours.
Mystery Explained.
Tyler, Tex., Oct. 10.—Dr. A. P. Bald-
win, who lives on West Ferguson
street, went out to his well Saturday
morning and was dumbfounded to find
that the water was so hot he could
hardly bear his hand in it.
He came down town and announced
that his well had suddenly turned hot.
An expert was called in, but could
not explain how it was. He made an
London—Great Britain, it is
We ship the 18 packages with premium list and instructions everyh
10 ct. package of Crown Ink Powder makes 50 etc. worth of fine"
writing ink, every family, business house or school boy will buy A
package. We trust you with the 18 packages, when you bavesola
them send the money to us and choose your premium. Thousands
of happy bovs and girls are possessors or valuable presents obtain-
ed in this way without investing asingle cent. We send thoouths
postpaid as soon as you write us. Write today. Addrers
CROSBIE CHEMICAL CO., Dept.V , Ohieazo, 122
Must be Forwarded.
Austin, Tex., Oct. 12.—Volunteers
have complained that their applica-
: tions for discharge have in some in-
f stances been destroyed by officers
Cotton Damaged.
Itasca, Tex., Oct. 11.—A fire alarm
was given yesterday about 1 o’clock
to respond to the cotton platform, or
rather south of the platform, where
the etton had been dumped on the
ground for shipment, but by the
promptness of the fire company the
fire was soon extinguished, and there
were but nine bales of cotton dam-
aged and that extent not known, and
origin of fire not known, but supposed
to have caught from the passenger
train. Cotton owned by Mr. Lovel.
Laredo Matters.
Laredo, Tex., Oct. 8—Prof. Carlisle,
state superintendent of education, af-
ter making an examination in the mat-
tor of an excessive scholastic census
in Laredo, raturned to Austin. It was
agreed with Mayor Christen that the
matter should be settled by taking a
new census. It is understood that
Medicine Co., Colupakus, O., for them.
They tell all ablcatarrh and how '
Pe-ru-na cures it wherever located.
“I had chronic diarrhoear ,e-
School Teacher Suicides.
La Grange, Tex., Oct. 12—James
Kubla, Jr., a young intelligent Bohe-
mian farmer and school teacher, aged
25 years, committed suicide by shoot-
ing himself twice with a revolver. The
first bullet entered his forehead and
came out on top of his head, not enter-
ing the brain. The second entered the
brain and remained in his head.
The justice of the peace held an in-
quest, finding on his person a letter
stating that his health was so im-
paired that he cared to live no longer;
bidding good-bye to everybody and
saying that he was going to another
world; stating that it was of his own
accord that he committed the deed.
The body was found about two miles
south of town in a pasture near the
roadside by passers-by.
Got Nine Years.
El Paso, Tex., Oct. 12—The last law-
breaker captured by the famous state
ranger, Ernest St. Leon, “Diamond
Dick,” before he was shot and killed
by cowboys at Socorro was tried in the
district court here for horse stealing,
found guilty and sentenced to serve
nine years in the penitentiary. The
convict’s name is Ynez Gonzales and
he was captured only a few days before
the ranger’s death.
who is making this city his temporary
headquarters, has known Gen. Bacon
for many years. Speaking of him Col.
Hare said:
“Gen. Bacon is a splendid man and
a gallant officer. He is quick to act
and thoroughly familiar with the tac-
tics of Indians in time of warfare. He
was a captain of the ninth cavalry and
was breveted colonel for bravery which
he displayed in Indian fights in T exas,
under McKenzie. He served on the
staff of Gen. Sherman from about 1868
until the latter retired from active ser-
vice. He became a major in the sev-
enth cavalry and was later promoted
to be colonel of the eighth cavalry.
He was appointed brigadier general of
volunteers in command of the depart-
ment of the lakes.”
We will give choice of * Watch,
Camera, Palr of Skates, Books, {?
Muslenl Instruments, Bieycle Sup- (929
plies, Sporting Goods, Games, etc.,
absolutely free to any boy or girl
who will se1l 18 packages of Crown Ink Powt •
ders atl0cts.each. We do not ask for a cent!
The Cotton Belt railway has adopted
a novel method of interesting people
in diversified industry. They have em-
ployed an expert of many years’ ex-
rience in raising and handling fruit,
berries and truck farm products, whose
advice and assistance are free to all
living in the territory contiguous to
the road. His name is A. V. Swatz, of
Mt Selman, Texas, and he desires cor-
respondence with those interested in
the effort to. secure a larger range of
farm products in Texas.
Mr. John Harting, 633
A Main St., Cincinnati, O.,
a writes: “My wife and
% myself took your Pe-
ra h ru-na for chronic diar-
6 /r rhoea and it cured us.
A No doctor or medicine
Gan we tried before helped
9 us.”
Mau and Three Horses Killed.
Fredericksburg, Tex., Oct. 11.—The
.report reached town that Mr. Amandus
Vogel, a well-to-do farmer living
about twelve miles from town, and his
three horses were killed by lightning
while driving home from a cotton gin.
Soon after the accident had happened
he was found by a man on his way to
town. Upon examination it was found
that he had a small hole in his head.
His three horses were lying side by
side.
Whiting, Ind.—The dismembered . «Early in November, 1894,” says'Frank
body of a man was found on the Lake Long, who lives near Lennon, Mich., “on
Shore tracks near here. It was identi- starting to get up from the dinner table I
E , . „ . hre.ec.c was taken with a pain in my back. Ine
tied as Charles Feige, ased 56, ot S 18 pain increased and I was obliged to take to
inaw, Mich., and relatives in that city I my bed. The physician who was summoned
were notified ' pronounced my case muscular rheumatism
Wiliamsburg, N. Y.—Judson Cross- . penrarenieda bYnjectmabamorphine Knt m
man died in the Eastern hospital from ■ arm to ease the pain.
Found Dead.
Jacksonville, Tex., Oct. 12.—A man
was found dead lying beside the rail-
road at Reynolds’ Switch, about six
miles from here. An inquest was held,
but the man was not identified and
was buried there. It is thought he
came to his death by jumping from a
moving train and struck his head
against a crosstie.
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him, injuring him so badly that he died
a few hours later.
t , Montreal, Que.—The insane wife of
Texarkana, Tex., Oct. 8. While John , Joseph Clothier, a farmer of St. Sev-
Bowers, a plumber for the gas com- ; ----
convent of Victoria, aged about 70
years, who has been visiting her sister, I The city of Laredo gives notice that
St. Mary Angeline, mother superior unless the International Bridge com-
officers are required to forward such
documents:
Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant
General’s Office, Washington, Oct. 3,
1898 — Circular No. 40: By direction
of the secretary of war circular No.
38, Sept. 23, 1898, from this office, is
amended to read as follows and pub-
lished in the army for the information
and guidance of all concerned:
Enlisted men of the regular volun-
teer army who desire to procure a dis-
charge from the United States service
should address a letter to the adjutant
general of the army, setting forth the
reasons upon which they base their
applications, and hand or mail it to
the captain of their company who in
turn is required to forward it through
rehgimental, brigade and divsb~
headquarters with his recommenda-
tion. Applications that do not come
up in this manner will not be enter-
tained.
All applications must be forwarded
immediately, approved or disapproved,
as provided in A. R. 765.
Soldiers transferred from one regi-
ment to another and soldiers going on
furloughs other than sick furloughs
from hospitals, perform the ■ journey
at their own expense and cannot be
furnished government transportation.
By command of
MAJOR GEN. MILES.
H. C. CORBIN, Adjutant General.
the effects of a dental operation. A
post-mortem examination revealed the
fact that his jaw had been broken and
a main artery ruptured.
Evansville, Ind. — J. B. Connors
; rowed a skiff across the river to the
Kentucky shore and opened fire on a
man and woman who were concealed
on the bank. It transpired that Con-
nors’ wife was with Charles Williams.
Mrs. Connors and Williams were both
killed and Connors escaped.
Lawson, Mo.—Lawson College was
destroyed by fire. The building was
’erected by the Presbyterian churc!
seven years ago at a cost of $16,000.
Toledo, Ohio—Superintendent W. J
Parks of the Union elevator died at
the hospital after suffering for three
weeks with burns. He is the four-
teenth victim of the Union elevator
fire, which occurred Sept. 20.
Wilkesbarre, Pa.—The fire in the
Midvale mine caused the loss of five
lives. The body of the fifth victim,
Joseph Torofski, has been found. All
died from suffocation.
Denver, Colo.—Snow and rain have
checked the progress of the forest
fires on the main range in Colorado,
and it is now thought that further de-
struction is prevented. All danger to
the threatened towns is over.
Rochelle, Ill—Fred Binz, in attempt-
ing to take a rifle out of a wagon at
his father’s house, caught the ham-
mer and was shot through the lungs.
Alameda, Cal.—Mrs. Edith Davourst
was killed by electricity. She touched
1
house last night on “Life in India.”
Rev. Father James M. Toohey, as-
sistant pastor of St. Mary’s church, has
arrived from Watertown, Wis.
Sixth United States immunes have
sailed for Porto Rico.
$15,600. This amount he had kept
buried in a tin box in his woodshed.
Pittsburg, Pa.—Because she could
not obtain the maternal consent to
marry a Catholic Bertha Brilstein, 20
years old, shot and killed her mother
and committed suicide.
Sedalia, Mo.—Capt. Thomas Young,
who was stabbed by J. H. McManigall
while the two were talking in a sa-
loon, is dead.
Kansas City, Mo.—William W. Lowe,
the alleged Missouri Pacific train rob-
ber in custody, has, it is alleged, made
a written confession and will plead
guilty, but will not tell who his accom-
plices were. Lowe’s whereabouts are
still kept secret by the police.
- San Francisco—The latest advices
from Japan bring the news of the sui-
cide of Rev. Thaddeus F. Freeman,
chaplain of the United States steam-
ship Baltimore at Nagasaki
Knows Him Well.
Austin, Tex., Oct. 8.—Brig. Gen Jhn
M. Bacon, commander of the third cav-
alry troops, who are trying to subdue
the warring Indians in Minnesota, is
well remembered by many of the
Texas pioneers. Col. Luther R. Hare,
organization the Throckmorton Memo-
rial association met at the courhouse
Thursday night with Col. R. De Ar-
mond in the chair. Articles of asso-
ciation were adopted.
Dr. G. A. Foote, the life-long friend
of the ex-governor, was elected secre-
tary. Mrs. Jessie Sharp and Mrs. M.
M. Garnett were elected vice presi-
dents. Mrs. Frank Wilcox and Miss
Fannie Abernathy were named as as- |
sistant secretaries. I. D . Newsone,
treasurer.
E. W. Kirkpatrick, S. D. Hatter, T.
B. Wilson, Mesdames Dr. E. it Burton,
J. M. Pearson and W. T. Wylie were
appointed to aid the president in mak-
ing out a list of members for the va-
rious permanent committees to be pre-
sented at the next meeting.
A committee on by-laws was also
elected. Just as early as possible a list
of promoters in every county in tho
state will be named and published
throughout the state. Resolutions
were passed urging the various com-
mittees to enter actively into the work
and suggesting to them modes of pro-
cedure.
An agen of a Fort Worth sculptor
firm was recognized, who presented a
model to the meeting. Feeling
speeches were made by Col. De Ar-
mend, Capt. W. L. Boyd, E. W. Kirk-
patrick and others, after which the
meeting adjourned to convene Friday
night, Oct. 14.
responding secretary by the Baptist
convention, and accepted the honor in
a speech.. .
Rev. J. M. Carroll, chairman of the
educational committee, submitted his
annual report, which was adopted. The
following are the chief features of the
report:
“From the $7000 pledged at San An-
tonio for the Decatur property we have
colected and paid out $4150; $2850 of
these pledges are yet unpaid. These
are all due by Jan. 1, 1899. And it is
earnestly desired that the brethren
who made these pledges will redeem
them at the earliest moment possible
Of the balance still due on that prop-
erty $850 is past due, and on that
-we are paying interest. The remain-
ing $2000 will be due on Jan. 1, 1899.
In addition to this work, and in addi-
tion to the large donation from Bro-
Slaughter, we have secured pledges as
follows:
“Those brethren have agreed to give
us $2500 each. All this they have agreed
to pay when our subscriptions have
reached $100,000. We think it is the
intention of these brethren to give at
least, as much more on the second
$100,000. Seven other brethren have
agreed to give us, $1000 each. Our
work up to date, not including the sub-
scriptions, with four or five exceptions,
are large. Not less than $500 each.
Bro. Robertson has secured $6000 more.
This makes a total work done by the
commission of $53,200.”
Dr. Hayden was refused a seat as a
messenger.
• Barn Burning.
r Kaufman, Tex., Oct. 11.—Almost a
reign of terror is prevailing in this
usually quiet and quaint old town.
Within the last two weeks seven
barns have been destroyed by fire in
this city, all within a radius of about
200 yards of each other.
Last Friday night two weeks ago a
large hay barn belonging to Charley
Slaughter, that contained about sev-
enty-five tons of hay, was burned.
Just one week afterward two barns
filled with hay and corn, belonging to
W. E. Watkins, within 100 feet of
Slaughter’s barn, were burned.
Saturday night last another large
barn of Crarley Slaughter’s, filled with
feed stuff, was burned
Sunday night B. F. Fox got two
buckets of water and secreted himself
in his barn to extinguish the fire in
the event his barn should be set on
fire, and while sitting in his barn he
heard a match strike at the rear of his
barn, and heard two people talking in
a low tone of voice. Before he could
-scramble over to the rear end of the
house with his water buckets the hay
was ablaze, and the whole structure
was soon in ashes and the firebugs
gone.
About two hours later the large
barn of R. W. Smith was set on fire,
and it, too, with its contents, was soon
in ashes.
Yesterday about 11 o’clock the hand-
some barn of Elder D. B. Mizell was
burned to ashes, together with its
contents. Little Rivers Mizell had a
fine goat burned to a crisp in his fa-
ther’s barn.
The total losses will foot up about
$3000, or perhaps $5000, with but little
insurance, and that only on two or
three of the barns destroyed. The
whole thing is shrouded in mystery
and the whole town is worked up to
lever heat over the matter.
miner at the Scott mines, was crush-
ed and mangled by falling slate. , His
wounds will probably prove fatal.
Selins Grove, Pa.—Henry T. Samp-
sel of Centerville, while engaged in
arranging some gearing at one of the
circular saws, was caught by a saw
and cut in two.
Mishawaka, Ind.—Henry Schnur,
proprietor of the Pleasant Valley fruit
orchards, was found dead by Grand
Trunk section men near the railroad
tracks.
flames. Bowers was horribly burned
Waco, Tex., Oc<. 10.—Dr. J. B. Gam- । McKinney, Tex., Oct. 8.—For the
brell was unanimously re-elected cor- purpose of entering into permanent
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