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J011,ST'US, KOLLOU II tion
Denton, Tex, June 9 -VWhat might
be used as the basis for a law suit is
caused at Bolivar, in this county, by
the peculiar state of affairs which exists
at that place from the boring of an
artesial well
Much stock raising is done in that
part of the county and tb stock men,
to assist nature in obtaining a supply
of water, have bored artesian wells,
from which, up to a few days ago,
streams of water have incessantly
poured Another stockman however,
whose place is situated on the slope
of the hill on which are other wells,
decided that he, too, must have an artesian
well. So, digging to the depth of
100 feet he struck a flovw of water,
which on being measuied was found to
be over 100,000 gallons per da The surprise
was an agreeable one, but it was
not so much so when next day he discovered
that four of his neighbors'
wells within a radrus2 of a half mile,
which had previously flowed out at the
top, had stopped, and water could be
obtained from them only by deep well
pumps
It is not thought, however, that a
law suit will result.
Injured by a Storm
Bartlett, Tex . June 9 -There was
a very heavy wind and rain and hail
here and in this vicinity Sunday from
3 to 5 p m. Only one dwelling house
Is so far known to have been demolished,
that of Mr Farrs on the Alien
farm, about half way between hei e
and Granger. Mr. Farrs, his wife and
child and Mr. 'VWilll Ashworth, who was
visiting the family, were all bruised
and cut by the flying timbers, but none
of them were apparently fatally injured
Small houses and roofs of some
buildings were blown over. It is yet
too early to learn what damage was
done to crops, but it is serious. Corn,
oats, etc , were blown down and tangled.
The prospect for cotton was
never so gloomy in this vicinity at this
time of year as now.
Accidentally Drowned
Sherman, Tex, June 9.-Yesterday
morning about 1 o'clock Tom Tolbert
was drowned in a cistern at th
residence
of his father, Buck Tolbert, near
the old town of Farmington, in this
county Shoitly before the hour mentioned
he got up and went to the water
bucket for a drink Finding none
there, he remarked that he would go
to the cistern and diaw some A few
moments later the family heard a loud
splash of the water in the cistein and
hurriedly investigated The unfortunate
young man was dead when his
body was recovered. He leaves a wife,
but no chili en
Postmastei Appointed
Texaikana, Ark, June 9--News was
received here yesterday ficm Washington
city of the appointment and confirmation
of Benjamin M Foreman as
postmaster of Texarkina. Foreman has
been the dispenser of fetoeral patronage
for the Republi( n party in South
Arkansas for years His appointment.akes effect July 1. Col. Wm. M. Kelly,
the present postmaster, is Foreman's
fat'her-in-law and a Democrat, who
threw up the office four months before
the expiration of his teim on account
of ill health.
A La ige Fish
Corpus Chrsti, Tex, June 9 -A
veritable leviathan of the deep was
captured Saturday in Corpus Christi
bay by Capt Wm. Anderson, in the
shape of a sawfish The monster
weighs 937 pounds and measures a
Fraction over eighteen feet The
length of its saw is four feet. Capt.
Andei son was seining for turtle about
seventeen miles east oif here when the
sawfish became entangled in the net
Then a most terrific struggle ensued,
but fianlly the monster was ubdurd
and towed to this city The fish is
now on public exhibition
Twelve men have been fined $30
each and sentenced to forty-five days'
imprisonment in Cleburne county, Alabama,
for selling their voten at an
election.THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE.
summary of Matters Acted Upon by the
Law-!Tlakers at 4ustin.
The appropriation bill was placed on
final passage under suspension of the
rules and Mr Bertram ofterred an
amendment striking out the appropriation
for the state university He said
he was opposed to spendingmthe public
money for the education oe lawyers
His people demanded the adoption of
his amendment The previous question
as-, ordered on the amendment and
the bill and the amendment failed.
The bill then passed by a vote of 71 to
15 A motion to reconsider was made
and tabled
An invitation from the governor to
members to take a sail on the Ben Hur
was accepted.
The engrossed fee bill was laid before
the house Mr Tracy sent up an
amendment, strikingy out section 1, exempting
counties of less than 15,000
population from the operation of the
bill Messis Carpenter Crowloy and
Burnes opposed and Mr Martin spoke
foi the amendment It finally uaned
by a vote of 50 to $28 rhe bill then
passed by a vote oi 75 to 14.
The bali appropriating $5000 for contingent
expenses of the called _,ession
was taken up and passed.
Senator Trlett introduced a bill
providing. an additional method of preparingX
transcripts in civil cases, prescribino
the tees that may be charged
therefor and providing that they may
be printed
Mr Mercer sent up a resolution recltimgthat
WV. F Bookman, clerk in
the office of serg-eant-at-arms, received
but $3 per day while holding that
position and that hIs successor. J. E.
Gibson, had been drawing $4 per day
for his services The resolution also
provides for an investigation of the
matter and was adopted by a viva
voice vote
Messrs. Greer and Tel rells fee bill
that was engrossed limiting the lees
and compensation of district and county
clerks and attounevs, slierifs and constables,
and to fix the compensation
of assessors and collectors, came
up on its final pa-,sage Mi
Goss offered
an amendment striking
out the
proviso making excesses over fees be
paid into the county treasury, but
wanted it divided, hall going to the
county and the other halt to the state
treasury Lost, and the bill passed
A resolution by Mr Brigance eulogizing
Gen H H Boone. deceased, of
Navabota, and providing, for the settingaside
of a page in the house journal
as a mark of respect to hismemory
prevailing by a rising vote
Mi >Stother sent -up a resolution
providing for the appointment of a
committee of three to attend the commencement
exercises of the agracultural
and mechanical college, which
was adopted
WORDS WITHOUT A RHYME.
The English Language Contains a
Number of Them.
There are a dozen words in the English
language in everyday use for which
enterprising people have despaired of
ever finding a rhyme The word
"month," for example, is one of these.
"Sliver" is another woid it seems easy
to secure a rhyme for As a matter
of fact, trying to find something to
rhyme with ' silver" nearly drove a
London writer of verse insane long
ago. As a last resort he advertised ln
the newspapers anra received but ene
reply It came from that master of
verbal contortion, W% S Gilbert, Sir
Arthur Sullivan's erstNxhie partner,
who submitted the word chilei: " He
wasn't quito clear, he said, as to iwhat
a chivler might be, but he had seen the
"ord in advertisements of sales of fa:-nm
stock, and had an idea, which is co!rect,
that it described a species of
sheep
"Orange" is another wind without
rhyme "Gulf" is also without -n
English partner, and "culm" and "'cusp"
are alike solitary Many poets who
have sought in vain for rhymes to "revenge"
and "avenge" will not be appeased
when they leain that but two
exist-"penge" and Stonehenge " "Co'f"is now, happily for versifiers, growing
obsolete foi thebi is no woid which
rhymes with it "Scarf" has been daringly
linked at the end of a line with
"half" or "calf," sut this is a practice
to be discouraged. "Scalp" rhvmes
only with "Alp," but. like "babe ' and
"astrolabe," it would i-equire much ingenuity
to find an excuse for bringing
these words into juxtaposition "False"
has on several occasions-, by an abuse
of poetic license been associated with
"valse, ' trough the corn ect French pronunciation
of the latter word v would
destroy the ihvme
Of the names of places, the African
town of Timbuctoo has long been famous
for being without rhi me The
nearest success that any poet has ever
attained in this respect was when, in
?ome old veises describing a desert
hunt, "cassowary" was made to rhyme
txlth "missionary" and "Timbuctoo"'
ivith "thin buck, too "-New YozZ
Press.
A Man of Nerve.
[ envy Dings whene'er he sings,
So much does he deserve,
Tis not his voice makes me rejoice--%
I envy him his nerv e
-EmDorium Echo.THEY MEET IN ANNUAL SESSIOiN
AT CORPUS CHRISTI.
President Arnold of Dallas Called th(
Body to Order, and Rev D. 0 McAlles
ter Offered Prayer-A Good Attendance
Proceeded to Business.
Corpus Christi, Tex, June 10 -The
third annual session of the City Marshals
and Chief of Police union of Tetas
was called to order in Market hall
yesterday morning by Pres:dent Ainold
of Dallas. Rev. D 0. McAllister
of Corpus Christi opened the proceedings
by an eloquent prayer, after which
Mayor Lovenskiold and H. R Sutherland,
on behalf of the city, welcome
,the members of the union. Pierident
Arnold responded on behalf of the
chiefs. Secretary Cahn called the loll
and about one-half of the members responded
President Arnold then delivered his
annual address, setting forth the object
of the union and praising ChIe
Niland and the citizens of Corpus
Christi for the many courtesies extended.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved.
Reports of committees being next in
order, Chief Creswell submitted a
lengthy paper giving his views of the
best manner to reform youthful criminals.
The other committees were given
further time.
The president then appointed Chief
Hughes of Mexia, Chief Ray of Fort
'Worth and Chief Shankin of Paiis a
committee to prepare a suitable resolution
on the death of Chief Pruett of
Houston.
On motion the following gentlemen
were elected honorary members of the
union W P. Davis, M. Newsing and
Mayor Levy of Yoakum, Mayor Loren.
skiold, H. R. Sutherland, Jr, T. B,
Skidmore, John B. Hardwicke and Rev.
D 0. McAllister of Corpus Chrsti
The convention then adjourned until
fip. m.
When the convention assembled yesterday
afternoon it was deemed best
to postpone the election of officers and
some other important matters until today,
as a number of other delegates
will arrive
The chiefs occupied most of the time
in discussing curfew ordinances ann
how to reform crimnals, how to suppress
prostitution, and other matters
After adjournment they were tendered
a hack ride over the (ity, 'rnd
last night they were enjoying thnmselves
sailing over Corpus Chrsti bay.
Burt Must Hang
Austin, Tex , June 10 -The court of
criminal appeals afflimed the judgment
of the distlct court of Travis
county in the case of IV E Burt, convicted
for the murder of his white and
two children, with the penalty assessed
at death. Commenting upon tnt,
facts the court says.
"The evidence in this case though
circumstantial, established beyond all
controversy that appellant kfiled his
wife and two little children This being
the case, under the circumstances
attending the homicide, he was evidently
guilty of murder of the highest
degree if sane The defense was insanity
The question of fact whether
the appellant was sane or insaie, was
submitted to the jury The evidence
is convicting We are of the opinion,
however, that the great weight of the
testimony is in favor of the sanity ot
the defendant We think tfl'y ha, e
settled it properly "
The opinion of the court was delivered
by Presiding Judge Huit and in
commenting upon the rule as to the
burden of proof, he says
"The court charged that the burden
was upon the accused to showv his insanity
My opinion upon this subject
has been expressed and I can add nothing
to wvhat I said in King's case (9
0Appeals, 515), but the majority of thins
court hold that the charge upon tins
,subject as submitted to the juy in tlns
case is correct The tule in Pexas is
unbroken in support ot the charge as
gtven 111 this ease upon the question orinsanity"
Civ' Improelnent
Longview, Tex, June 10 -J C Turner
has started a two-stoly brick on
Tyler avenue, 50 fee', front by 150,
reaching to the 'lexas and Pacifiz
track, where a side ,track will be run
to acco modate a large wnolsale grocer
company from St Louis, who will go
in business with Mr Turner ot this
place as soon as th~ building is ready
to occupy The wholesale business ot
this place will be greatly strengthened
by thin St Louis concern The building
will be fitted with elevatois, etc,
especially tor the wholesale trade, and
will be one of the largest outside of
the laige cities '
The band stand in the center of the
square, which will be a veritable beauty,
is boat completed, ana adds greatly
to the public square The four storehouses
and the Firt National bank
building, burned out a few months ago,
are about completed and occupied.It is more Important to be consistent
with the truth than to be consistent
'with your past self.
It costs more than $600,000 a year to
,keep a battleship in commission. Peace
hath her expenses no less than war.
The preacher whose only usefulness
lies in his ability to cure insomnia in
his hearers, has misunderstood his
call.
Europe sends us her penniless poor,
while we send her our millionaires and
multi-millionaires Financially speaking.
this is no fair exchange.
What extreme adjective of iewness
ian be used to designate the Chicago
women who have organized to combat
the "new" woman and her ideas of
equal suffrage?
It will interest summer visitors to
Maine to know that the fight between
the guides and the law of that state
is growing warm. The law says that
every guide shall pay a license of $40
or give up his business. The majority
of guides have flatly refused to vay the
'license.
The fish commissioner of Indiana
says "The greed for more land closes
the eyes of a vast majority of the people
to the fact that an acre of water,
all other conditions being the same,
is capable of producing far more foodstuff
than is an acre of soil. The
small amount of land that is redeemed
by lowering or draining the lakes is
not commensurate with the amount of
food-producing conditions that are
thus destroyed" This may be a valuable
hint to farmers, who have so
Icng suffered from the low prices of
.wheat and corn. At all events the
farmer with a fis$h pond is enabled to
agreeably vary his own diet.
The executive council Bas completed
the assessment of the railway property
In the state of Iowa and has raised the
total assessment a little over $100,000
Including sleeping cars. The railway asfessment
is $44,455,000, an increase of
$74,000 over last year. The Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific and the Chica~o,
Burlington and Quincy were reduced
$1,000 a mile on their main lines, being
~ow assessed at $1,100 and $1,150 repectively.
The principal increases are
n the Dubuque and Sioux City or the
~Jlinois Central, the Chicago Great
Western, the Des Moines, Northern and
Western, the Chicago, Milwauk,.e and
Pt Paul, the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis
and Omaha, the Sioux City and
Pacific and the Des Moines and Kansas
City.
A Washington dispatch says: "The
fact has been recognized among metal
workers that the sole obstacle to the
wide use of aluminium was its high
cost as compared with other useful
metals. Therefore it will be good news
to learn through United States Consul
Germain, at Zurich, that in a short
tine, probably within a year, the pi-ce
of this metal will fall to about 27 cents
Fer pound, so that but three commerc.al
metals will be cheaper than aluminium.
namely, iron, lead and zinc.
The consul bases this statement upon
:he figures he has collected, showing
the production of aluminum and the
prospective increase of the plants Last
year the output was 14,740 pounds
daily. of which 4,193 pounds daily were
produced in the United States. This
year the plants will be increased to
bring the daily product up to 42,4GO
pounds"
A recent writer states that in Japan
the opportunities are exceedingly slim,
and it would be wrong to advise a
young man to go to the Mikado's empire
for the purpose of bettering his
condition. Japan is still adhering to
her old plan of sending out bright, industrious
young men to learn practically,
as well as theoretically, whatever
new discoveries are made. Scientific
books as well as periodicals find earnest
readers, and her colleges and universities
are fully up to the times She
is gradually discharging such of the fewforeign employes as are left, and wholly
declines engaging any one but natives,
except in very exceptional cases.
After Americans had introduced electric
lights and the telephone in Tokio,
native engineers have established similar
plants in the large cities of the empire,
and, although the result was not
always satisfactory in the beginning,
they have overcome all difficulties and
now furnish a highly satisfactory service
jVhile the Japanese decline to
employ foreigners, they have also proh.bited
the use of foreign capital. Under
the present treaty foreigners cannot
own real estate. except in a few
square rods of the foreign concessions
in the open ports, nor can they own
shares in a Japanese enterprise. Even
Japanese bonds are inalienable to forragners.
Hence the opportunities to
Invest capual are exceedingly few.I`I'I II II III I I Ili I I I IIIIII III I I LI III I I IIIIII III11 i IIII ' L
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Ezzell, Frank. The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 39, Saturday, June 12, 1897, newspaper, June 12, 1897; Ferris, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth18837/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Ferris Public Library.