The Sunday Gazetteer. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 16, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 14, 1892 Page: 1 of 4
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STATS SENATE,
J. I). WOODS, of Sherman.
REPRESENTATIVES J
W. M. PECK, ot Denison;
J. H. DILLS, ot Sherman;
ED SIMMONS, of Sherman.
COUNTY JUDGE,
E. P. GREGG, ot Sherman.
TAX COLLECTOR,
R. J. CUNNINGHAM, of Sherman.
DISTRICT CLERK,
ROBERT,WALKER, ot .Sherman.
county treasurer,
WILLIAM SCOTT, of Sherman.
COUNTYCLERK,
T. W. HUDSON, of Sherman.
SHERIFF,
EX. HUGHES, ot Coilinsville.
COUNTY A1TORNEV,
RICE MAXEY, of Sherman.
TA* ASSESSOR,
JOHN W. STEWART, of Sherman.
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT,
. GUS CLAYTON, of "White Mounds
PUBLIC WEIGHER,
JOHN D. FENET, of Sherman.
COUNTY SURV EYOR,
J. T. KEARN, ot Sherman.
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The annual convention of the Gray-
son county Sunday school association
meets at Howe next week, on the
i8th and 19th.
AFTLR THE GUN CLUB.
Waco received its first bale of
cotton Tuesday. It sold tor thirteen
cents a pound, and the planter who
made it received a premium besides
of nearly $too.
A train under escort of troops
loaded with $20,000,000 ot Uncle
Sam's gold from San Francisco ar-
rived in New York on'the 9th inst.
The Daltons have missed the oppor-
tunity of a life time.
Col. J. Yr. Cockrell, a former citi-
zen of this county and well known
alj our old citizens, has been
nominated tor congress Vif/m 'Ait
Anson district. There were three
candidates and he received the nom-
ination on the sixth ballot.
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Judge J. C. Normele of the St.
Louis criminal court, who recently
brought suit against the Post for
$400,000 and also had its three res-
ponsible directors arrested on a
charge of criminal libel, committed
suicide last Tuesday by Liking pois-
on.
Rev. iBaxter Golightly professes
to be greatly annoyed by the prac-
tice shooting of the gun club,on Sun-
day, aHftpugh the practice grounds
are outside of the city -htnits-fuliy a
mile and a half away. It is remark-
able what ^elicate nerves some peo-
ple possess. And yet the church
- bell will dong dong for half an hour
'Sunday, and it will never o.ccur to
this Reverend [gentleman that ir
might be barely ] possible that the
^ clatter might disturb the family in
the same block. It makes ^a won
dertul sight of difference with some
people whose ox is gored.
^ Isn't it a little singular that the
very persons who insists that laws
are openly violated in a community
are nearly always the very persons
who can't be pursuaded to appear
as witnesses against the violators?
They are eve[ ready to hollow,
* 'sick 'em;" but won't take hold
themselves. Now, if the, Sunday
law is violated to such an alarming,
extent that it is dangerous tor a gen-
tleman or lady to pfss along our
business streets, one would think
some one, at least, of our "promi-
nent citizens," who seem to know
alt about it, would make haste to
swea/ out a warrant tor the arrest of
the dangerous characters who caused
all the trouble.
It is remarkable that while the
resolution* adopted at the "mass
meeting" Sunday night, "pray and
demand" of the mayor and city
j t
council of the; city ot Den'sou, that
they closejup every line of business
on Sunday, which is lun in isolation
of the statelaws, the petition to the
•city council^ circulated Pt the same
place for signatures, only asks tor
the closing of gambling places as re-
quired by law, and the saloons on
Sunday. Perhaps the idea ot the
writers of the petition was to go for
the saloons first, and tackle the other
branches of business later, on the
theory that if they coiuBd get ih'e sa-
loons closed, the s.ijioou- keepers
would then make complaint against
other business men ir^ order to get
^even, as it were. Shrewd men are
these- "most intluentjial men , and
pastors." IH
Gov. Buchanan, ot Tennessee,
finally yielded to the pfcrsistent clam
When Reverend Baxter Golightly
attempts to dictate how the Denison
Gun Club shall conduct their busi-
ness heis liable to find be has stirred
up a hornet's nest. It was reported
on the streets last week that he had
stated, [if the authorities did not stop
their practice shooting on Sunday,
he woujld do it himself. As their
shooting grounds are outside the
city liniits where the noise cannot
possibly disturb the pastor and his
little flock in their devotions, this
threat is decidedly "cheeky" as the
children express it. Chailey Scholl
the editor of the Dispatch, who hap-
pens to be a member of the club,
heard this report, and Monday eve-
ning gave expression to his feelings
in the following terse style:
Rev. Baxter Golightly says that
the gun club must stop shooting on
Sunday, or he will take the matter
in charge himself, and will use his
utmost endeavor to see that_>uch a
profanation and desecration of Sun-
day is abolished. Probably if the
members of the gun club had as lit-
tle work to do on the six week days
as the reverend gentlemen they too
would agree with h'm and abolish
the practice, but as each individual
member must hy the sweat of his
brow earn his bread, they have no
other day of recreation and it is an
imposition for those who enjoy such
sport to be restricted therein. Sun-
day sports-must be prohibited, anil
each and every individual must look
as sanctimonious as a priest and con-
duct himselt as a hypocrite, while he
works six days without recreation or
rest, and it ust sit idly by on the sev-
enth merely because of a foolish sen-
timent of religion regarding that
period of time designated by the
church jt«-Qod's day. "All work
and no play,, makeg~}*& %
fullv dull boy, and the absolute pro-
hibition of Sunday sports is a species
of refined cruelty that persons who
have to labor all the week feel keen-
ly. Now, if the members of the gun
club had as little to do as the rever-
end gentleman who advances the
idea, then they vyould probably up-
hold the idea, and refrain from the
sacrilege; but as they are "bread
winners" and have more labor to
perform than preach a two-bit plati-
tude to a yawning audience weekly,
they seriously object to thej reverend
gentleman's interference, | and re-
spectfully refer the horrified man of
cloth to the state laws, without con-
siderieg the matter from an econoni-
cal standpoint.
fifc>y*Get a bottle of that furniture
Polish at Jones Bros. A child can
apply it.
BLUE LAW NONSENSE.
Depend upon it, the, prominence
that is given by Sunday closing ad-
vocates to the Sunday saloon, is sim-
ply to strengthen iheir position by
appealing to a popular prejudice.
The leaders in this Sunday law
movement, deep down in their
hearts, are hopefully looking forward'
to the time when they will ■ w ield
sufficient influence to secure state, if
not national legislation that will not
only prohibit traffic and labor of
all kinds on Sunday, but amusements
as well. Here is a sample ot what
the people of Texas may expect if
they encourage such encroachments
Upon personal liberty. A few days
ago, in Bridgeport, Conn., a citizen
was arrested on a warrant which
charged:
That in the town of Fairfield, the
day being July 16, 1S92, the day be-
ing the Sabbath, or Lord's day, said
Jeremiah B. Osborne, between sun-
rise ami sunset, engaged in vain sport
and recreation by then and there rid-
ing about said town upon a certain
vehicle known as a bicycle, to the
great disturbance of the good people
of the state, and against the peace
and contrary to the form of statute
in such cases made and provided.
This reads like a chapter from the
history of the old blue law days.
Why should the bicycle be regarded
as an unholy vehicle? Why should it
disturb good people any more than a
handsome team of fast horses?
fc#"^o or 50 styles Bed-room
Suns at Jones Bkos. Sold on pay-
ments if )ou wish.
SUNDAY AND ""HE WORLD'S FAIR.
The do-nation of the $2,500,000
by congress to the •World's Fair is
with the proviso that the grounds .be
closed Sundays. It is doubtful if
the managers ot the company will
accept ot the donation, but there will
be a meeting of the directory on the
16th inst to consider the matter.
At the great Paris Exposition Sun-
days were the best days, the average
Sunday attendance being 137,286.
or of certain men of [influence and j Preparations are already tftade tor
wealth, and backed by withers occu- running Sunday excursions to the
pying high positions in state and na- j fair, and it is believed these excur-
tion, commuted the sentence of j sions, with the immense patronage
the murderer H. Day king to im- j otf" the Chicago wage-earners, would
prisonment for lite. This was a ' secure average Sunday receipts of
cold-blooded murder if there ever $400,000. The Chicago Times fig-
was one, and had he been a poor j ures on this basis as follows:
man his neck would have been ! "This tor twenty Sundays only
stretched in short order. Gov. Hogg would make $4,000,000' in gate re-
made a-fool of himself in using his ' ceipts alone. Reducing the other
- ^ , 1 six Sundays to half that estimate for
influence to set aside the verdict ot , . , , , .. ,.
1 . _ probable bad weather, it would
the jury, as .did (iov. \ oung, of make $<>00,000, which, for twenty-
Kentucky and la number of cong- j six Sundays, would make a total of
ressmen, and cither prominent men. j nearly $^,000,coo. On concesion
It simply goes io show that the death ! an otlicial ot the ways and means
w . , . estimates that the total receipts
pena^s provide only for poor wouk, exceei, $I0|00dt00(X For t*he
devils, unable tb control money and twenty-six largest days or Sundays
influence. If 1 leniency is to be ; it would reach nearly 2,000,000,
THE PEALE EXAMINATION.
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shown it should be to th|> ignorant,
"^hose passionate natures predomi-
nate. An educated man like King,
is supposes! to not only know better,
but to have self-control.
making a grand total tor the exche-
quer of the exposition, approximate-
ly, $7,000,000.
*ta?*Ask any person in Denison,
Abolish Texas, if the only complete stock ot
the death penalty and give the poor V'1'"* ,fnd Ulassvvare is not at
, . .. S ... Tones Bkos.
and ignorant something like an
fqual show with the rich and c>
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cultur- I Old papers tor sale at the Gazet-
J teer office.
A Detailed Report of the Evidence Be-
fore the Court.
The two cases, William Luttrell
and Edgar Peale vs. the State ot
Texas, the charges being complicity
in the murder of Mrs. Dr. Haynes,
near this city, on the night of the
17th of May^ were called in Justice
Hinkle's court in Sherman Wednes-
day morning. As the state was not
ready with its evidence in the Lut-
trell case, this case was continued
and the prisoner's bond fixed at
$500, which not being given he was
remanded to jail.
In the Peale case both sides an-
nounced ready, and the examination
of witnesses was proceeded with.
The prisoner waived the right of
making a voluntary statement. The
following report of the testimony
was furnished by the Sherman Dem-
ocrat :
Mack Stallings first testified. He said :
"I live in Fort Smith, Ark.; am not per-
sonallv acquainted with defendant; have
known him off and on for about a year;
met him in Denison, Tex.; was in camp
near exposition hall at Denison on the
night ot May 17; camp was about 150
yards from Dr. Haynes*; a boy named
John Cotton was camped with me; was
on my wav to Fort Worth; was traveling
in a two-horse wagon; I had been to the
hall; passed by Mrs. Haynes' gate and
fastened it; saw Mr. Peale and another
man go into the gate; it must have been
10 o'clock or after; I.noticed them walk
on the porch; I passed the house; I sup-
pose I had gotten 100 yards; I heard two
guns fire, and right after the guns fired
two men ran by me; I recognized the
same two men who went in at the t;ate; I
never noticed that they had anything in
their hands. (The witness pointed to the
defendant as one of the men who passed
by him.) I did not speak to the men, nor
they to me; 1 was just passing them when
they went into Dr. Haynes' gate; I was
in piobablv ten or twelve feet of them; I
noticed a lamp light in, Di. Haynes' at
tRe~\WWt_I saw them run by me; directly
after they wetiVvpon t,ie porch a light
was lit in the house; at'S1f-92|X. a very
tew minutes alter I saw them waTk iftRf
the front gate until I heard the shooting
and saw them run by me; they were very
close to me when they ran by me; prob-
ably twenty or twenty-five feet; they were
going to the right of the exposition hall
—that is, to ' one coming trom Dr.
Haynes' house; they came out trom a
paling fence; they seemed to be going in
the direction of the motor line, but en
the opposite side ot the hall; I am posi-
tive as to the identity of Mr. Peale; I
don't know the other man and haven't
seen him since; he was a chunky, dark-
cotnplected man; a motor car came out
just a little betore the shooting; I won't
be positive that it stopped near Dr.
Haynes', but I think it did, and someone
got off; this was just a tew minutes be-
fore the snooting; I heard no other
noises besides the shots; I heard no
screaming; the two shots, which were in
close succession, seemed to be away from
the house; after the shooting I hitched
up my team and went into Denison; I
never stopped at Dr. Haynes' at all; I
did not know what had occurred at that
time; 1 first heard it after I had gone a
quarter of a mile; a party who passed me
told me."
Atter this the witness detailed incidents
on his trip to town. He said: "No offi-
cers ever spoke to me; I did not think it
was mv duty to hunt them up; I told
every one who asked me; I heard ihe
next morning of the other women being
killed; I was not personally acquainted
with any one except J. H'.i Mershon; I
knew him tor sixteen vears!'I left Deni-
son about 9 a. m. oh May 19; I lett in a
wagon; Cotton with me; we went to
Fort Worth ; we stnyed there two days,
and then went to the Chickasaw natipn;
we went in a wagon; I" went by Bowie,
Tex., in going from. Fort Worth to Paul's
Valley; I was in Denison again a few
days ago; John Cotton, the boy who was
with me, might now be in Springfield, ;
Mo.; Mr. Smith summoned me; in Mns-
kogee I talked with Sam Lyons about the
case, and I suppose Mr. Smith heard of
thai." Elwood South, who is referred
to, is a detective. He sat just behind the
state's attorneys. r*
The witness continued: "I came on the
same train with Mr. Smith to Denison; I
have no interest in the case, a,nd am not
■ elated to any one connected- with it; I
have not seen or talked to the defendant
since that night he and the other man
passed me."
Cross examined: "I am living in Deni-
son temporarily; my home is in Fort
Smith, where I have lived tor about ten
years; I have no family; I was on my
way to Fort Worth by the way of Deni-
son when I camped near the hall; 1 had
been to Sherman; I had come to Sher-
man trom Honey Grove and Tfells; only
had two horses, and they were hitched to
the wagon; there was much excitement
in Denison the next day; I saw many
officers there the next day; my only rea-
son for not telling the officers was that 1
didn't think it was my business; there
was great excitement up to the time I left
the day. following; I saw a number of
policemen, but told them nothing; the
next place I spoke ot the matter was at
Fort Worth; I told parties who were
strangers what I had seen and heard; I
spoke ot it next, that I remember of, at
Muskogee; I got to Muskogee about Au-
gust 1; I don't remember "any screaming
when the shots were fired; I hitched up
and went to- town that night because I
didn't teel disposed to stay, atter what I
saw; immediately after I got to the
wagon-vard I went to bed; I got up next
morning about sun-up; n > one has ever
said anything to me ot a reward tor the
conviction of the parties- who did the
killing; I paid my own expenses from
Muskogee to Denison, I wanted to come
to Denison and I come; I did not. have
any especial business when I came down,
but thought probably I might get into
^business; I have been knocking around
looking over the town; 1 have been up
only two days, and have been sick most
jot the time; I am paying mv own ex-
penses; I have not had any talk with Mr.
Smith about receiving any reward in case
ot a conviction in these caseS; I think
the first time 1 ever heard the defendant's
name called was in a house of ill-tame;
atter that I met him in the street, and
recognized him as the same man."
Redirect: "It could not have been
much under or over twenty minutes after
the time I saw the defendant enter Dr.
llavnes' gate until I saw him and the
other man run by me."
Recross: "Cotton didn't know either
of the men; I told him one was named
Peale."
J. D. Garner, father ot Mrs. Haynes,
detailed the incidents surrout.ding the
murder, as has already been given many
times in public print. He described the
wounds, the place she was found and the
empty cartridge' hulls found, which he
said were 4.4-ealibre Winchester. He de-
tailed the circumstances of the return ot
Mrs. Haynes from the city with her
mother; described the visit of some
prijwler to his ^Garner's) house earlier in
the night. Atter he heard the shots and
screams from his daughter's house he
saw a dark figure moving, but could not
identify it as a person.
Mrs. Garner,.mother of the deceased,
was placed on the standsnext. Her testi-
mony was principally of the events sur-
rounding the return ot herself and Mr*.
Haynes from the entertainment.up town.
Her statement is about the same as that
ot her husband. She said: "It was over
ar. flour atter the -shooting before the
bodv of Mrs. Haynes was found; she
had on a watch, diamond ring and I am
not certain what else; the watcl^, chain
and diamond ring were taken, arid 1 have
not seen them since."
Jack Campbell was the next witness
placed on the stand. He, in substance,
said: "I live in Denison; am a^druggist;
I know Edward Peale; have known him
quit*; mil'; he U a single man | I saw th«
defendant the night of the killing; he
was at the drug store on Main street; he
rooms two blocks south; he woke me up
and wanted to borrow mv pistol, which I
loaned to him; Joe Pavne was with him;
a boy who woke me up about 1 o'clock
said there had been four murders; Peale"
said he wanted to go out to look for the
murderers; don't know what was said
about the murders; he didn't seem to be
very excited; he returned the pistol the
next evening; I had roomed with him
betore this, and he generally had a pis-
tol; I cannot tell the exact hour at which
Peale called at the drug store; I have not
been with Mr. Peale much since then."
Cross: "He said the officers woke them
up to get them to help hunt the murder-
ers."
Tom Speers testified: "I am a furniture
dealer; have known Peale three years;
am a-married man; I first heard ot the
shooting the morning after it occurred; I
did not see Peale during the night of the
shooting; I have talked to Peale ot the
matter; he talked to me of Maud Kramer,
who was one of the women killed; Peale
was at woik for Jones Bros.; I know a
woman named Mrs. m. H. Lewis; Mr.
Peale also knew her; I don't know of
their meeting but one time; he told, me
afterward that lie did not like her—rthat
she was tiving to work up a case against
him; he threatened to punish her it she
did not stop] it; about the time of the
killing 1 saw Mr. Peale with a -iS-calibre
pistol."
Cross examined: "Mrs. Lewis is the
one they called the. mind-reader; these
cases were the subject of general conver-
sation."
Mrs. Lewis, the mind-reader, was the
next witness placed on the stand. She
said: "I came to Denison the night ot
the murder; I heard ot it at the depot; I
saw Mr. Peale the next day after the mur-
der; I noticed him closely; I saw him
next dav; he seemed to be following me;
about two weeks after that he came to
my place with Mr. Speers; he had tried
to get acquainted with me, and 1 finally
consented; I told his tortune—told him
ot the murders and the trouble it was
causing: he wanted to know'how he
could get out ot it and I told him." Here
she explained the method she, as a for-
tune teller, 'had perscribed. It was the
usual old gypsy plan of a dark ladv,
money, etc. :
Mrs. Fannie Payne, for the defense,
said: "I have known Mr. Pealt^j>ince
December. He began rooming at my
house about eight months ago. lie came
home about 8 :^o Or 9 o'clock the night of
the killing. He and I sat on the porch
and talked until my husband came, .at
about 10:20 p. m. My husband and >lr.
Peale sat on the porch and smoked until
about 11 o'clock. It was after 11 o'clock
when we all retired. The house is a
small frame "nousfc."—AJL^i2 o'clock Mr.
Peale was in his room. I~aiTi~nft'.-^l.?ted
to any of the parties. Jack Sims and Mr
Bartee came to the house about 3 o'clock
in the morning and said they would like
to have thein help hunt the men who had
murdered four women. Mr. Peale and
my husband both went. I did not tell
anybody what to tell in this case. I nev-
er said while under the influence o^, Jtr(e
drug that I had Mrs. Haynes' ring. I
don't think that Joe (Meaning her hus-
band) will tell anything but the truth in
this case."
Joe Payne said:—Have lived in Deni-
son about seven years. Have known
Peale tor about eight months. He wjs
rooming at my house on the 17th of May.
I first saw him that night about 7 o'clock.
He and I sat on the porch and smoked
until after 11 o'clock.- We went to our
rooms. I had not heard Peale leave up
to u o'clock. It is not probable that he
could have left without my knowing it.
(His evidence was in substance the same
as tnat ot his wife.)
Cross? "I had been at work at the
carpenter's trade rhat day. f think Peale
had a 41 or 44 calibre pistol ih a drawer
at home. I was with him when he went
to borrow a pistol from Campbell. jHe
said he had loaned his out. My wife
never told me what to tell. I never Told
her-that I would tell what I d——n pleas-
ed. 1 saw Mr. Peale at my house early
in the evening. I did not see him ar.y
more until I came back from town. Mir.
Peale told me he was acquainted with the-
woman who was killed at Madame Les
ter's.
Mrs. Bailey was called in by the state.
She said: I live tlos>e to the Paytnes;
know Mr. Peale. Next morning after the
killing Mrs. Payne told me that she had
told the officers that Mr. Peale had ISfcen
at her house the night of the killing and
had told her husband to tell the same
thing and he i(her husband) had said he
would tell what he pleased.
Charles Mineer, tor the state,/ said: I
live touV and a half or five miles north-
east of Sherman. I think I have seen the
defendant several times. I was in Deni-
son the day betore the killing. I saw Mr.
Peale, I am pretty certain, shooting a
pistol near the Boulevard, which I have
to pass on m> way home from Denison.
This was about an hour by sun.
The bond was set at $1500, which he
tailed to give and went back to jail.
STATE NEWS.
A religion that cannot convince
and convert the people without the
aid ot the civil law is a mighty poor
religion, for this world at least. And
a christian who demands that the
store of his competitor : shall be
closeil by the civil authorities on
Sunday because, forsooth, he might
get a little the best of him in trade
if he kept open, is a mighty poor
christian. The primitive christians
courted martyrdom for their faith,
but it looks, nowadays, as though
the average christian believes that if
there is to be any martvrd6|m it is
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the other fellow who ought tp suffer.
It has been over two weeks since
that "body of some of the most in-
fluential temperance men of the city,
including the pastors of nearly all|
the churches," declared with delib-j
eration and published to the world
that "drunkenness, profanity and
obscenity were" displayed on the
business streets" of Denison on
Sunday, "rendering them unfit and
unsafe for gentlemen and ladies to
pass through," and yet no complaints
have been made to the authorities,
that the individual violators of the
law might be arrested and punished.
If [these influential citizens know of
sufb acfs against good order and in
violation,of the laws of the state, it
is their duty to file complaint against
the culprits. They have,published
to the world a most damaging re-
port against the good name ot the
city, which has been copied far and
wide, and it is a duty they owe to
the state officials and to the good
people of Denison to prove their
charges. Will they do it? The
Gazkttker has denied the allega-
tions; it now calls for the evidence.
A paper, which cannot pay its
compositors at the end of each week,
has no reason to complain if the
printers "strike." If the paper
can't earn enough to do this, the
management should cut down ex-
penses until it can.
The Bonham Favorite, has com-
menced the publication of a twice-
a-week paper. It" is a 6-column
folio. Subscription price $1.50 per
annum.
"A BREATH OF THE PDRITAH."
From the American Sentinel.
"The Sabbath in Puritan New
England," is the title of a book by
Mrs. Morse Earle which has just
been published in London, England,
and gives a very extended descrip-
tion of the kind of Sunday keeping
to which many prominent divines are
now desirous of returning. One of
the most prominent features of the
Puritan Sunday was the "tithing-
man," a gentleman who paced 'up
and down the church armed with a
long pole-, one end of which was
furnished with a heavy knob,'' the
other with a fox-tail or hare s toot.
The hard fend was for the benefit ot
male sleepers, the soft for female.
When we remember that the custo-
mary length of the sermon was
about three hours, though some ol
four or five hours long were not un-:
common, it cartireadily be seen that
this duty of the tithing-man was very
necessary. Any man who resented
being startled from his nap by the
heavy blow of this official was sound-
ly whipped and stigmatized as "a
common sleeper at the public exer-
cise." The tithmg-man also had to
keep in order the boys. Outside
the meeting-house he had charge of
a large number of families, usually
ten, hence his nime, and was re-
sponsible for the children learning
their catechism. He inspected the
saloons. He entered private houses
to assure himselr that no one stayed
at home on the "Sabbath," and
hustled up any loiterers. His busi-
ness was also to see that no one
tared too sumptuously (except the
preachers); that young men and
maidens did not spend too much
time together, or do any courting
Saturday nights. He was empow-
ered to stop all Sunday work. He
had to keep "a special eye out" on
all bachelors, and make their lives
as uncomfortable as possible, that
they might protect themselves bv a
speedy marriage. He "warned
people out of ye towne," the "warn-
ed having henceforth no claim upon
relief from the poor rates." He
also had to turn the hour glass on
the minister's desk ; in fact, His time
TBtr^Jr-VP 'n performing the sun-
dry acts of PuritaTV ?'.ety-.
Many illustrations are show-
ing the absurd excels to which^tTlt pl^>v burned to death.
Sunday laws were parried and en-
forced. In 1670 two lovers were
punished for "sitting together on the
Lord's day under an apple tree in
Goodman Chapman's orchard."
A Dunstable soldier was fined forty
^hillings for putting a piece of an
old felt hat in his shoe on the "Sab-
bath." Captain Kemble, a promi-
nent man of Boston, was in 1656
condemned to two hours in the pub-
lic stocks, lor "lewd and unseemly
behavior," which consisted in kiss-
ing his wife on the door-step, on his
return from a three years' j voyage.
An English sea captain was|"sound-
ly whipped" for a like offense. A
man who had fallen into the water
and absented himself from church to
dry his only suit of clothes, waf
found guilty and "publicly whip-
ped." Smoking on Sunday was for-
bidden. To stay away from church
meant cumulative pecuniary mulcts
A severe flogging was inflicted on a
man who dared say he was not pro1
fited by a certain preacher's discour-
ses. To criticise a sermon or the
conduct of a minister meant church
discipline and a heavy fine, and so
forth. i
And yet the most of these preach-
ers were a most intemperate' set.
Even their ordination services Were
scenes ot unseemly revelry. An
item from the journal ot one reads:
"Mr. L. was alert and kept us all
merry. A jolly ordination. We
lost all sight of decorum." Not
only were there "ordination ban-
quets," but "ordination oalls."
And at such feasts the most astonish-
ing feature was the amount of
"punch" that was put away.
An ordination feast is thus descri-
ed by one who was present:—
There were six tables that held one
with another eighteen persons each; upon
each table a good rich plum pudding, a
dish of boiled pork and fowls, a corn'd
leg ot pork with sauce proper tor it, a leg
of'bacon, a leg of a la mode beef, a leg of
mutton with caper sauce, a roast loin of
veal, a roast turkev, a venison pastee, be-
sides cheese cakes and tarts, cheese and
butter. Half a dozen cooks were em-
ployed upon this "occasion, and upwards
of twenty tenders to wait upon the tables.
They had the best of cider, one barrel of
Lisbon wine, punch in plenty betore and
after dinner, made of old Barbados
spirit. The cost of this moderate dinner
was upwards of fitty pounds lawful
money.
And yet there are those who are
sighing tor a return ot the Puritan
just because they enforced Sunday.
Francis Hope.
The Goshen Folding Bed it
Jones Bros., is the most convenient
made. Sold on payments it you
wish.
The nine men selected to preside
over the three civil courts of. appeal
by the democratic conventions are
A. R. Pleasants, C. C. Gafrett and
Frank Williams for the First .dis-
trict; B. D. Tarlton, H. O. Ilead
and I. W. Stephens for the Second ;
H. C. Fisher, William Key and W.
E. Collard for the Third.
Fully 100,000, men it is believed
will participate in the parade on
the occasion of the dedication of the
World's Fair buildings in October.
Such is the estimate of Secretary
Chip ot the committee having the
preparation for the ceremonies in
charge. The militiamen and "reg-
ulars" who will participate will
number about 10,000.
The Deep Water company at
work on the bar at Aransas Pass
are progressing splendidly. The
jetty has been built about twoithirds
of the way into the Gulf and it is
having jthe desired effect upon the
bar. How long before they will
obtain deep water over Aransas bar
we are not prepared to say, but we
believe fifteen teet of water will be
speedily obtained if work continues.
—Texas Land News.
The cotton compress at Greenville
is nearing completion.
The El Paso country has been vis-
ited by fine rains, which were badly
needed.
John Stocks, jailed at Marlin re-
cently for drunkenness, was found
dead the next morning.
An extensive Diairie fire has been
raging near Victoria, but did no
material damage.
The castor-bean crop in the vicin-
ity of Paris is very large and the
yield will be heavy.
The drouth-stricken people of
Zavaila county have petitioned the
governor and people of the state for
assistance. •*-
The State Horticultural society
will meet at Rockport in 1S93.
. A lady living rear Marshall, who
gave birth to twins about thirteen
months ago, has just given birth to
triplets.
It is estimated that the plant of
strawberries around Alvtn this year
for next season will reach 500 acres.
There are twenty-one brick and
stone business houses now under
construction at Henrietta.
The El Paso artesian well has
reached a , depth ot only 657 feet,
after a year and a half of haid work.
A meeting of all the fruit and
vegetable growers of south Texas
will take place at Alvin the last Sat-
urday in August.
Burglars raided the residence ot
W. N. Harrison at Greenville recent-
ly, and stole $500 worth of watches
and diamonds.
The gathering of tannin root, a
native plant, is being extensively enr
gaged in by the people of Kent, for
which tjiere is an excellent market in
Liverpool, England. I
Reports from south and central
Texas sl&te that recent rains fell at a
most opportune time, insuring the
largest corn crop ever raised in those
sections.
Nearly 4000 votes were polled in
the Collin county democratic prima-
ries. The vote for governor was—
Hogg 2728, Clark 1007.
Mrs. R. IN. Crantord, ot Belcher,
went visiting a few days ago and left
her 8-months-old child at home on
the bed. When she returned she
found the house in ashes and her
The"~fotic 4-vear-old daughter of
T- E. llenderSfcQ, of Sanger, Denton
county, was run o^W^V a hack a few
days ago and seriously ^mfOI^L—The
wheels piassed over her body ana
head.
The io-year-old daughter of Mr.;
Douse, ot Weatherford, was burned!
to a crisp a few days ago while try-;
ing to start a fire with^erosene. \
Henry Echbach, employed in a
furniture* factory at Beaumont, was
instantly killed a few days ago by a
planer knife flying from its place and
striking him in the left breast.
While hunting near jKilgore, re-
cently, a son of J. R.,Harris dropped
a lighted cigarette lrt^o his coat
pocket, where he had placet! a half-
pound of powder. Explosion. Boy
badly injured.
At the state encampment at Aus-
tin a medal was offered for the mili-
tary company "showing the best
record for promptness in the forma-
tion of battalions." The medal has
been awarded to the Tom King
Rifles of Greenville.
Mr. B. F. Colther, editor of the
Quana Chief, who had been in at-
tendance upon the (Meeting of the
Northwest Texas Press association
at Nacoma, passed through Denison
Friday last. Mr. Colther has the
only steam printing establishment
in the Panhandle, and is doing a
prosperous business. During the
few hours he spent in Denison he
put in the time getting acquainted
with the city and its people, and his
decision was that Denison is the best
town of its size in the state, and
that Tom Crook's memory reaches
further back than any other public
man's in the state.
If those persons who announce
themselves as "the citizens of Deni-
son" were as zealous in putting a
stop to crime (in this city as they are
in getting seme one to prosecute
their neighbors for violating the Sun-
day law, some substantial good
might be accomplished. Now, if
they can suggest some way to pre-
vent murders and robberies, no
doubt they will receive the thanks of
the police as well as the people.
Let the man alone who perchance
furnishes his friend a cool glass of
beer, a cigar, or a clean shirt collar
on Sunday, in an honest endeavor to
make money enough to support his
family and meet his bills, which is
not an easy thing to do these tight
times, and turn your attention to
ridding the city of murderers and
thieves. j.
Laides' Bummer Dress Goods.
lack Organdy Lawn,
black Organdy Lawn,
McKinney was visited by a disas-
trous fire Monday afternoon. The
fire originated in a frame livery
stable and spread rapidly to adjoin-
ing buildings. The Examiner foots
up the total loss at $71,900, total in-
surance $53,S«jo.
Our entire stock ot Summer Dress
Goods will be cleared out now at
Slaughter Prices.
Call and >"fecure great bargains.
Our 40c black Organdy Lawn,
now 25c.
Our 30c
now 20c.
Our 25c
now 15c.
Our Zephyrine, now 8 1-3c.
Our White goods all reduced pro-
portionately.
Special bargains in Ladies' Low
Cut Shoes.
R. M. King.
F. H. Horton, of Chicago, has of-
fered the World's Fair Association
$7,500,000 for the 5,000,000 souve-
nir 50 cent pieces to be presented
the association by the government.
Olark Special Train.
Mr. Bart Moore, chairman of the
McLennan county Clark campaign
club, has chartered a train ot ten
cars over the Houston and Texas
Central railway, which will start
from Waco 9 o'clock Sunday night,
for Houston. This is for the Clark
people only. The rdund trip will
cost $2.5a
FRIDAY NIGHT'S TRAGEDY.
Jack Mills Meets His Death at
the Rivers Bagnio.
Early this Saturday morning one,
of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
call boys while making his round col-
lecting a crew, had occasion to pass
dow n Houston avenue in the rear ot
the G. L. Giersa grocery house and
to his surprise and horror the body
of a dead inan was seen lying in the
bed of the dry branch or sewer that
runs down through the Lone Star
Lumbe,r Yard. The lad lost no
time in informing the officers and
within rive minutes after the finding
a number of people were around the
remains of the seventh human being
that hai fallen under the murderer's
hand in' Denison since the first ot
January. The body was that ot
Jack Mills, a young unmarried man
some 28 or 30 years of age, who has
made Denison his home off and on
for several years. "He came here
from Greenville, where he has quite
a number of relatives' and among
them, so it is stated, is Mr. Frank
Northrup, a wholesale and retail fur-
niture dealer of that city. Mills
worked for* a season on;the Kiigore
brick yards west of Deaison one
mile, alter that he joined in wi|h the
Denison gambling fraternity and for
several months he has followed the
fickle fortunes of the gaming tables.
Friday night 111 company with ano-
ther gambler known by the name of
"Kid" Miller, and wHo it is said
lives in Dallas, Mills went down to'
the Rivers bagnio and the following
is the story as told by Miller: "Jack
and I lett Main street sometime af-
ter midnight and going down the
avenue we turned and went into the
back or side yard at Madame
Rivers'. We were standing at the
west end of the house, near the
window, and I had struck a match to
light a cigarette. We saw a woman
dressed in a black Wrap come to the
end ot the back gallery, and without
a word of warning she threw up
liotn -Vi'iyds and fired. I dodged
around the dorntT !>ext to *he street,
and she fired again. out
through the front fence and across
the street. Jack turned'to the east
and ran down between the building
and the fence, and stooping under
the railing at the front door and gate,
ran out on the street, and that was
the last I saw ot him until I was
awakened by the officers this morn-
ing in my room, who told me that
Mills was dead, and that his body
had' been found down in the branch
below the house. When I ran across
the street I stopped a few seconds in
front of the lumber yard, and while
standing there a hadk, in which were
three or four officers, drove up. I
called to them to stop, and told
them all I knew. One of the offi-
cers got out and searched me. We
all their went into the Rivers build-
v
ing, and in the presence of all the
girls I again stated - that it was a
woman wearing' a black Wrap who
did the sh joting. Fannie remarked;
"You are a d liar!" After all
the excitement had quiet down the
officers went away. I remained
a while, and all the gills denied
knowing anything of the party who
did the shooting. At that time no
One knew a man had been killed."
The dead body was removed to
the undertaking house ofl. Lindsey,
and on examination it was found
that he had been snot through and
through. The ball entered the right
side in front, just under the shoulder
blade, and came out on the opposite
side. A Gazetteek reporter made
an investigation of the scene of the
shooting5 this (Saturday) morning.
A fiesh revolver ball hole was found
through one of the palings to the
front fence, and, beneath the win-
dow in the west end and about one
loot from the building, was where
another ball had entered 'the earth.
Near the front hall door, on the nar-
row porch, was found a stream of
blood, while blood was smeared
along the top railing. Along the
sidewalk going east was a aonstant
stream ot blood leading up to the
dead body, showing conclusively
that the ^ea'd man received his death
wound at the Rivers bagnio.
At the hour of going to press this
(Saturday) morning at 10 o'clock no
arrest^ have been made It is the
opinidn ot the; officers that the in-
mates of the Rivers dive know posi-
tively who did the shooting, but as
it is in the fraternity every effort will
be made to shield the guilty party.
No one in the house claims to know
anything about the killing. In fact,
to hear their story, one would be led
to believe that peace, harmony and
good will doesi now and has ever
characterized not only all the in-
mates, but all who frequent the dive.
One theory going the rounds of
the streets this morning is that a
man wearing a woman's black wrap
did'the killing.
Some time last year, while en-
gaged in a game up-stairs at the
White Elephant, Mills engaged in a
bloody fight with another gambler,
and at that time he was badly used
! up. Since that time he has paid
numerous fines in the city court on
various charges, the most of which
were foi drunkenness and disturb-
ance.
It is to be hoped that the proper
authorities will not allow this miil&er
to be covered and hushed up. It
L. K. POLLARD.
jno. w. crkaqsr.
POLLARD & CREAGER,
HARDWARE
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TIN AND SHEET IRON WORK ON SNORT NOTICE.
3°5
Main Street.
'BRINE,
proprietors thk
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Choice Wines. Liquors and Cigars.
will require no very extra exertion
to find the guilty pa4y, and the
guilty party should be given the full
penalty of the law.
Assassinations and murders of the
most hpnious type have flourished in
our midst long enough. The city
already has burden enough df this
^wcty to bear, and this thing of
^avingT^^XLl^ or woman for
breakfast is getting entirti^00 com-
mon.
the LATEST.'
This morning at 9:140 o'clock
Policeman Hackney went out to
Mrs, Hansom's, near the east Third
ward school building, and arrested
Warren Jeffreys, charged with the
murder. Jeffreys; made no resist-
ance, and accompanied the officer to
the city jail, where he was lofcked
up. At 10 o'clock he was visited by
a Gazetteer reporter and asked to
make a statement. The prisoner
said : "My name is Warren Jeffreys.
My home is at Jefferson, Tex. I
have made Denison and Fort Worth
my headquarters for a number of
years. 1 was at Rivers' last night.
A negro came in and told me they
were after me with guns. Further
than this I will not now state what
took place. That will come up in
my examining trial. I do not wish
to make a statement until I consult
with my attorneys."
The arrest has c used a big excite-
ment, and crowds of men are gath-
ered alonlg Main street and about
the jail discussing the matter.
Something must be done to rid the
city of murderers, and that pretty
quick, if we! expect to get men with
families to come here to reside.
The Gazettefk suggests that the
Sunday closing brigade, drop thefir
foolish endeavor to enforce puritan-
nical Sunday observance are a liber-
al 4nd tolerant people and see if they
cani't devise some means to detect
ami punish the cut throats who infest
the town. If they will organize for
this purpose they will have the uni-
ted support of every business man,
and property holder in Denison.
Free Vocal and Instrumental Concert
AT
Exposition' Halt. Saturday Evening
bv
FIVE BLIND MUSICIANS
From Blind Institute, Austin, Tex.
OOLLEOii iEHTERTAINMEBT.
Friday night the spjacious lecture
hall in the Denison Commercial Col-
lege building was filled to overflow
ing with ladies, gentlemen and chil-
dren, the occasion being an enter-
tainment given by tht College chil-
dren, interspersed with addresses by
loca speakers. The programme
consisted of vocal and instrumental
music, recitations and addresses by
N. H. L. Decker, H. P. Teague
and Prof. Kyger, principaf of the
school. Everything passed off most
pleasantly, and the first public en-
tertainment given by the college
under its new management was a
complete success.
Mr. \V. H. Livvix, wt^o lives on the
Widow Messinger's placi in the Jones'
neighborhood, brought to this office, Sat-
urday morning, two monster corn stalks
grown on the place, one |oi which meas-
ured thirteen feet. An ear of corn on
one of the stalks contained twentv-two
rows and was ten and a half inches in
diameter. The variety is known as goard
seed.
Mrs. T. J. Crooks received a telegram
Friday night that her brcither-in-law Jim
Walker, at Paris, was dyihg. She lett for
Paris on the Friday train;
Old papers tor sale at Gazetteer
office.
g P. TEAGUE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
DENISON, - - TEXAS.
Will give prompt personal attention to
all business entrusted to his care.
Office over Baldrick's Shoe Store, No.
236 Main street.
^ T. BOOTH,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
" RtiiatlS lu?_S°uf> Houaton Awnm, T>cnl-
i.m, Texas.
i
j\ W. ACHESON,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEOJJ,
Office Kg Main Street, residence 1419 Waodard
Street corner Maurice avenue. <
yy b. Simpson,
Livery, Feed and Sai.k Stable.
I
Fine Turnouts a Specialty.
So. in S. Burnett Ave.
£ R. BIRCH,
PHYSICIAN.
Office at Hanna A Son's Drug store, resilience
71s West Day Street. Telephone.
ij j. williams,
proprietor-
EXCEL MARKET.
All Kinds ok Fresh Meats.
No. 202 W. Main St.
J HE BIG "O" SALOON,
R. C. COLLINS, Proprietor,
Dealer in
WINES, LIQUORS and CIGARS
Imported and Domestic.
HE CABINET,
BROWN & HCERR, Proprietors.
WINES, LIQOURS and CIGARS
__ i
Deal only in the Best Goods.
J A. EUPER,
Confectionerv, Soda Water.
22S Main Street,
FINE ice creams A SPECIALTY.
Orders taken lor Parties and I*ic-Nics.
JOSEPH SCHOTT,
Architect and Scpt. op Buildings.
Plans, specifications and esUmates made with
bonds; charges reasonable; correspondence so -
icited. Office with A. R. Collins, 513 Main Street.
^UGUST UHLIG,
Manufacturer of '
FINE BOOTS AND SHOES.
Shoo on Austin Avenue.
^ DORER,
Watchmaker and Jeweler.
DEALER IN
-WATCHES, CLOCKS AND jewelry—
No. aaS Main Street. Deniaon, Texas.
^JUNSON 61 ERO'S,
Real Est at e and Abstract of Titles
and Notary Public. j.
Farm axd Fruit Land a Specialty.
Office 301 Woodard St., Munson Block.
gTEPHEN FRENCH,
INSURANCE AGENT.
OFFICE IM MAIN STKET.
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