The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, June 18, 1897 Page: 2 of 8
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ALBANY,
TEXAS.
TEXAS NEWS ITEMS.
Cleburne, Johnson county, is on the
Improve; eevral nice residences are dn
course of erection.
County Judge Wells of Red River
county says the county has $1500 of
the permanent school fund open for
bond investment
Matthew Cart-wright shipped eight
cars of cattle and Boggess & More-
house one car to St. Louis the other
day via the Texas Midland.
Several of the Orphan Home chil-
dren in Corsicana have the scarlet
fever. They are doing well, with indi-
cations for an early recovery.
The city council of Gainesville,
Cooke county, has ordered that a new
bridge be at once placed across Pecan
•reek at the Yarnet street crossing.
In the case of Albert Sglinski vs.
the Houston and Texas Central for
damages, plaintiff was given a verdict
for $2500 in the court at Waxahachie,
Ellis county.
The city council of Alvarado, John-
eon county, passed an ordinance a few
nights ago to issue $10,000 worth of
school house bonds for the purpose of
erecting school buildings.
A store house in Tyler, Smith coun-
ty occupied by Dreser Gensaler, was
burned a few mornings ago, together
with contents. Loss on stock $300, on
building $400. No insurance.
Otto Wischan, a saloon man of De-
Kalb, Bowie county, was shot and
killed the other night. He was killed
by some unknown person. He owned
considerable property in the town.
John A. McLain, a trackman in the
employ of the street railway company
in Galveston, committed suicide with
morphine several nights ago, presum-
ably because he could not quit drink-
ing.
A few evenings ago on Burns
Prairie about twelve miles from
Grapeland, Houston county, during an
electrical storm Froney Fuller, col-
ored wa» struck by lightning and in-
stantly killed.
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LOCAL OPTION LAW.
THE BILL AS IT FINALLY PASSED
BOTH HOUSES.
It la to He Entitled an Act to Amend
Article 3384, Title LXIX, of the Revised
Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, Re-
lating to Local Option.
A negro boy by the name of Frank-
lin was shot and killed near Washing-
ton, Washington county a few days
ago by another boy. The boys were at
a mill and got to playing when the
shooting occurred.
' Tarl Jackson, a negro boy who lives
in Pittsburg, Titus county, while at-
tempting to board a southbound train
several evenings ago was caught under
the cars and instantly killed, the body
being terribly mangled.
In the district court in Sherman,
Grayson county, Willis Cannon, col-
ored, charged with the killing of his
wife at Van Alstyne, Grayson county,
was given thirty years' confinement in
the penitentiary the other day.
Owners of sheep in Bullock county,
are highly pleased over their clips and
prices received for same. Messrs.
Stevenson Bros, sold their herd of
about 2000 head to H. V. Edsall the
Jther day after being clipped.
1 Sidney F. Presewood of Houston, re-
cently lost $820 by hiding it under the
pillow. His wife sent the bedclothes
to a washerwoman, forgetting to re-
move the money, but the washerwo-
man denied any knowledge of it.
T. H. Perry, dealer in drugs at
Honey Grove, Fannin county, filed an
assignment recently. The deed is a
general assignment for the benefit of
all creditors, who will accept his pro-
portion of the estate and discharge
him from the amount of his claims.
Assets $2838.60; liabilities $1153.49.
Joseph Huffaker, a farmer living in
the suburbs of Palmer, Ellis county,
was cutting his oat crop with a mow-
ing machine and accidentally cut off
one of his little boy's feet at the an-
kle. His children were catching young
rabbits and the little fellow ran into
the mower and before his father could
stop he had one foot cut off.
The Texas Trunk had a wreck about
two miles from Kemp, Kaufman coun-
ty, a short time ago. About 200 yards
of the track was torn up. No one was
hurt.
A great deal of improvement is in
progress in Mexia, Limestone county.
Charles Green, agent for the Anheu-
ser-Busch Brewing association, has
just completed an ice house 22x36 feet.
J. P. Hickman has begun the erection
of two one-story brick buildings. The
Cumberland Presbyterian church is
preparing to build a new $5000 house
of worship.
Several evenings ago the 7-year-old
son of Engineer Clark of Denison, fell
from an apple tree, the right side of
his face striking on a jagged limb,
tearing the right ear open from top to
bottom. He fell some distance to the
ground and struck on his head. Ha
died from the injuries.
Austin, Texas, June 16 The fol
lowing is the Staples bill relating to
local option, which has become a law,
and about which considerable misap-
prehension seems to have arisen:
A bill to be entitled "An act to amend
article 8884, title LXIX, of the Re-
vised Civil Statues of the State of
Texas, relating to local option."
Be it enacted by the legislature of
the State of Texas:
Section 1. That article 3884, title
LXIX, of the Revised Civil Statues of
the State of Texas be and the same is
hereby amended so as to hereafter read
as follows:
Article 8884. The commissioners'
court of each county in the State, when-
ever they deem it expedient, may order
an election to be hold by the qualified
voters of said county, or of any com-
missioner's or justice's precinct or
school district, or any two or more of
any such political subdivisions of a
county as may be designated by the
commissioners' court of said county to
determine whether or not the sale of
intoxicating liquors shall be prohibited
in such county, or commissioner's or
justice's precinct or school district, or
any two or more of any such political
subdivisions of such county, or in any
town or city; provide!, it shall be the
duty of said commissioners' court to
order the election as aforesaid when-
ever petitioned so to do by as many as
250 voters in any county, or 50 voters
in any other political subdivision of
the county or school district as shall
be designated by said court, or in any
city or town, as the case may be; pro-
vided that if the precinct or precints
designated embrace within the limits
an incorporated town or city then such
olection shall only be ordered when the
petition for the same is signed by qual-
ified voters, not less than one-tenth in
number of the total vote oast for gov-
ernor at tho next preceding general
election in such incorporated town or
city; and in case an election is asked
for a subdivision of said county, com-
posed of two or more complete com-
missioners' or justices' precincts or
school districts, such petition shall
prescribe such subdivisions by metes
and bounds, as well as by the proper
numbers of such precints or school
districts, and said petition and the de-
scription of such subdivision shall be
recorded in full in the minutes of
the commissioners' court, and such
description shall be embraced in the
notice given for such election; provid-
ed, that where a school district, city
or town may be composed in part of
two or more subdivisions of tho county
named hereinbefore, the right to order
and hold an election in such school dis-
trict, city or town shall not be denied;
and provided, further, that no city or
town shall be devided in holding a local
option election for any of the other
subdivisions named herein; nor shall
any school district which has adopted
local option bo devided in a subsequent
election held for any other of such sub-
divisions covering a part of tho terri-
tory of such school district.
Sec. 2. That all laws and parts of
laws in conflict herewith be and the
same are hereby repealed.
An Industrial Meetlnff.
Longview, Tex., June 16.—A meeting
of the representative business and real
estate owners met at the opera house
Monday night to organize an indus-
trial movement to invite capital here
to develop the resources and make this
a manufacturing center as it has every-
thing required naturally. Among the
manufactures here is a furniture fac-
tory, canning factory, broom factory,
pressed brick, sash and door, wagon
and buggy factory. The wonderful
mineral resources and wood are easy
to get and flue soft coal close to the
surface, and iron is as good as any.
In fact there is no place in the state
which offers more general inducements
for manufacturing than this place. All
of these qualities will be shown up
soon and advertised to the world. Al-
ready there are some of the best man-
ufactories in the state here, for in-
stance, the Kelly plow factory, Brown
& Flewellen's lumber mill and all
kinds of molding and turned wood
work. The Longview wheelbarrow fac-
tory and the ice and bottling works all
do a fine business and make hand-
some profit for their owners.
House and Senate.
Austin, Tex., June 15.—There was a
quorum present In the senate yester-
day morning.
The report of the free conference
committee on the fee bill was laid be-
fore the senate.
Mr. Bailey was opposed to a bill of
the character of the present one on ac-
count of discrimination in favor of one
county against another, and discrim-
ination in favor of sheriffs. He thought
the bill was drawn hastily and care-
lessly, and was opposed to the adoption
of the report, but wanted another com-
mittee.
Mr. Gough, In the chair, ruled Mr.
Bailey's motion out of order, because,
to vote down the motion to adopt the
report of the committee, would be
equivalent to rejecting the report, and
Mr. Bailey's motion would be putting
the negative first.
Mr. Bailey appealed from the ruling
of the chair, but the chair was sus-
tained by a vote of 16 to 5,and the re-
port was adopted by avote of 16 to 6,
and clinched by tabling the motion to
reconsider and at last a fee bill has
been enacted.
Austin, Tex., June 15—When the
house convened yesterday morning Mr.
Carpenter called up the report of the
free conference committee on the fee
bill, as soon as the absentees had been
excusd. He explained the report at
some length, noting the changes which
had been made by the committee, and
moved its adoption.
The chair held that the house could
proceed with the business in hand, as
there was a quorum present.
Messrs, Wolters and Brigance ap-
pealed from the decision of the chair.
The ruling was sustained by a vote oi
71 to 22( and after considerable wrang-
ling and roll calls the committee report
was adopted by a vote of 66 to 27. A
motion to reconsider was made and
tabled, and the fee matter was settled,
so far as the house was concerned.
Mr. Dennis introduced a bill prohib-
iting the use of the gate system on
railroads.
Mr. Ayers sent up a bill providing
for the payment of county taxes in
currency and coin of the United States.
Mr. Bailey offered a bill fixing the
revenue and regulating proceedings in
prosecutions for criminal assault, etc.
Mr. Ewing introduced a bil providing
for an improved method of taking the
scholastic census.
A quarantine tmw. ^
FOrt W<Se board, at its
Kansas and Texas boards to^ meet ^
them in the latter P with a
ent month at Oklahoma Ci ^ 0
view to deciding upon an Inte
r«c..O
mlttee appointed from
boards to prepare a system
which cattle may be shipped into or
out of the states or territory without
the tiresome delay and form
C »ld W well .>o.ted ■*£
men to be no reason why
from disease cannot be handled w t
out the existing tortuous red tape
method and be given quick interstate
transportation at all times. A s>s
which will allow stock when once
loaded to pass from one section to an-
other without being handled by an in-
spector at every way station is much
desired. The present rule is that when
a car of stock is loaded and Inspected
destined for another state, the shipper
has no assurance that it will get there,
for the gauntlet has to be run at va-
rious points.
Crop* in Good Condition.
Colorado, Tex., June 14.—Another
very heavy rain last week keeps up the
bright prospects in the stock country.
This season has been a continuous
marvel een to the oldest inhabitants.
There never has been such a succes-
sion of rains, coming at just the right
time, as have fallen this year. This
combined with the high prices for cat-
tle and sheep has made the stockmen
believe that the millennium is certainly
approaching.
Albany, Tex., June 14.—Another good
ground soaking rain fell throughout
this entire section Friday night, Insur-
ing an abundant corn crop, a large
acreage of which the farmers of this
section have planted. Small grain of
all kinds lg better and the crop heavier
than has been for five seasons. Wheat
will average from twenty to twenty-
five bushels per acre and in some In-
stances will yield thirty bushels per
acre. Oats will average sixty-five to
seventy-five bushels per acre, and
many crops will make fully 100 bushels
to the acre, and all other small grain
crops are good in proportion. The gen-
eral prospects for this section are bet-
A man doesn't want to go to cona
to benefit the people, but to
himself.
Piso'i Cure for Consumption is the h™
w-Lo"'
Why is it they call a man "the late *
when he has been dead 10 or 15 yea^
nail's Catarrh Care
Is a constitutional cure. Price, 75c.
There is more or less vanity wraPPed
up in everything a man or woman 1
Ar>nnf| Is essential for
WWUM and physical strength
Appetite
the appetite fails. Hood's Sarsaparilia b
a wonderful medicine for creating an ap.
petite. It purifies and enriches the blood
tones the stomach, gives strength to the
nerves and health to the whole system,
is just the medicine needed now.
Hood's
Is the best—in fact the One True Blood PuriHer.
Hood's Pills
ter than we have had for several years,
Mr. Stamper sent up a bill regulat- both in farming and stock interests.
ing the custody and expenditure of
school funds, etc.
Mr. Evans of Grayson offered a bill
giving the commissioner of insurance
authority to examine into the condi-
tion of any insurance company, etc.
The above bills were referred to the
proper committees and the house ad-
journed.
Special Kates.
The Chicago, Rock Island & Texas
has offered the following reduced
round rates:
Nation Educational convention at
Milwaukee, Wis., one fare.
International Epworth League con-
vention at Toronto, Can., one fare.
Northwest Texas League conference,
Brownwood, Tex., one and one-third
fares.
On June 29 and SO, and July 1 and
2, one way continuous passage tickets
to Denver, Colorado Springs or Pueb-
lo, $10; to Grand Junction, Col., $16.50;
to Salt Lake City or Ogden, $17.50.
One way tickets returning will be
sold as follows: From Denver, Colo-
rado Springs or Pueblo, $11; from
Grand Junction, Col., $18.50: from
Salt Lake City or Ogden, $19.50. No
stop-overs allowed.
Mluen Hciiijr Examined.
Pittsburg, Tex., June 16.—J. A. Ed-
Eon, general superintendent of the Cot-
ton Belt, and Morkan Jones, president
of the Fort Worth and Denver railway,
together with other officials of both
roads, came by special train In their
private cars Monday to the coal mines
on the Cotton 'Belt track, near this
:lty.
The party were met by a committee
of citizens from here and all went
;lown in the mines and made a thor-
To Be Envied.
"Really," said the young literary
man. "I shall have to go abroad to
escape the autograph fiends."
"Young man," said Mr. Cumrox, who
has been having some small business
complications, "you don't realize how
happy you are. When somebody comes
and asks for your name in writing you
don't have to worry about what's on
the other side of the paper, like I do."
New Cotton Worm.
Reagan, Tex., June 15.—Saturday af-
ternoon Luke Russell, a farmer living
a few miles from town, showed sam-
ples of a new coton pest that has ap-
peared in this section. It is a light
green worm about one-half to five-
eights of an inch in length, but very
thick, shaped something like a screw
worm, but larger. It cuts into the stalk
at or near the top and then eats its
way downward through the pith of the
main stalk and larger branches.
Found Unconscious.
Sherman, Tex., June 14.—Late yes-
terday afternoon Mary Ann Buttle, an
aged negress, was found unconscious
in a corn patch at the rear of her res-
idence, 139 East street. She was last
seen at 8 p. m., Saturday. Her house
was locked and there were evidences
that she had lain where found all
night. There are bruises above her left
eye and on the left cheek, but there
are no fractured bones.
She Is still unconscious. For some
time she has complained that her place
has teen visited at night by a strange
man, who hid behind trees and shrubs.
Neighbors concur in this statement
and believe she is the victim of foul
play, but the physician does not be-
lieve the bruises the effect of a blow,
but rathr that she fell in a fit or spasm
from heart trouble and bruised her
face.
There are no evidences of a struggle
about the place where she was found.
On a red hot
day Hires ^ ^
Rootbeer ^ =f
stands be- ^ |^:
tween you y//,h ,o§sX\
and the dis-^///Jflf0^4
tressing ef- 't /
fects of the heat. : '■1' ' (j
hires!
Rootbeer
cools the blood,
tones the stom-
ach, invigorates
the body, fully
satisfies the thirst.
A delicious,spark-
ling, temperance
drink of the high-
est medicinal value.
Made onlj by
The Charles E. Hires "Co., Phila.
▲ package maWes 5 gtlloDS.
Sold everywhere.
s 50
JS&3SO
'Wcetcrn "Wheel "Works
^MAKERS^J '.
cfi' c*£ O /L l/A/O/S
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IT KILLS
Cotton Worms, Tobacco Worms,
forms of insect life. Hannle** to man or beast*
W ill not injure the moat delicate plants.
Cray Mineral Ash
is fully warranted where directions are followed. Fend,
ror our little " Bug Book." It ma> sare you lots of money.
National Mining and MilMng Co., Baltimore, Md.
Carried in stock by all leading wholesale druggists..
Gr#TM Decorated.
Bonham, Tex., Juno 14.—-Yesterday
morning the Woodmen of the World
decorated the graves of their dead at
the two cemeteries. A carriage load oi
flowers was followed hy a long line oj
Woodmen to the cemeteries. A large
crowd was out to wit.nss the ceremo-
nies, which were very impressive. J.
G. McGrady, Dr. J. C. Carlton and
County Clerk Jim Sadler were the ora-
tors of the day and all made appropri-
ate talks.
Wheat Cut by Han<l.
Denton, Tex., June 15.—G. W.
Frogue and several other farmers of
Bolivar community were in town yes-
terday to purchase scythes and cradles
with which to harvest their wheat
crops, which being in the low bottom
lands, they are unable to handle witfc
binders on account of the weeds. Mr.
Frogue says that much wheat in his
immediate vicinity, ahd especially In
Dugii examination of the immense beds ! the lowlands, will be cut in that way,
}f lignite which appear to be inexhaus- ' the farmers being afraid to wait for
tible. fear the rains will last too long.
Struck by Lightning.
Ballinger, Tex., June 14.—While Mr.
and Mrs. Duncan of Dickens county
were on their way to this city to visit
Mrs. W. G. Green, the lady's mother,
while riding in a covered wagon near
Winters, this county, Mrs. Duncan was
struck by lightning Saturday morning
on the side of her face and shoulder,
knocking her out of the wagon and set-
ting her clothes on Are, which would
have burned her to death had not the
heavy rain extinguished the flames.
She was severely burned and was
unconscious for twelve hours. Her
husband was stunned for a few min-
utes by the shock, but was not serious-
ly hurt. Mrs. Duncan was brought to
her mother Saturday and is raDi'lly re-
covering.
CURE YOURSELF!
Use Big Ct (or unnatural
discharges, inflammations,
Qoarenued \J Irritations or ulcerations
°® "* ■"'"a™. of mucous membranes.
JPrereDU coaiMiw. Painless, and not astrin-
JTHeEvansChemioalCo. Kent or poisonous.
Sold by Druggists,
"or sent In plain -wrapper;
by express, prepaid, for
»1.00, or 3 bottles", 12.75.
Circular sent on request.
PATENTS, TRADE MARKS
'f
^Examination an(j ^drice as to Patentability of In-
dention. Send for "Inventors' Guide, or How to Get*
O'FARRELL & SON. Washington, D. C.
Patent."
DRUNKARDS
o^A-nsr Ba
Saved.
u°lia'nn?tVcnow on® saving! Anti»Jaff will do
rhim !^°irr;4a2,j.<?d,J'maiIed Fit EE by Renova
Chemical Co. B6 Broadway, New V ork City.
FOR SALE IUVKR farm. 2W miles.
neres m„ of railroad town lu Montague Co. 221.
acres. Big bargain. Ad. Dh. Bittickt, Henrietta.Tex
DALLAS BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
EEK W*BTED sksEKK
a collections. Established business. A.K.H.. 2M Klni
SSS plows
Dr. J, B.SttFJ MIRF Inwtlce llm
607-Sw , Sliln,Gonlto-
'>orth le.ttti Bid*. and Hd tnl I>
I mi ted to
-Urinary
and Keetal Diseases.
Fruits of Chrlnt)Knitj.
A man is "judged by his works,"
and the Christian religion by its fruits
by the upright men and noble women,'
by the martyrs and saints it produces.'
an*, lastly, it is judged by its enduring
pof.*ers.—Rev. Father Kershaw,
SCHOOLBOOKS
new or second-band.
Metropolitan Book Ex-
change. Dallas, Texas.
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PIANOS;
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Kxprwis pd one way. Work guaranteed.
STARR Write to manufacturers Jesse
French Piano and Organ Co.,
8)6 Main St., Dallas, Tex., and.
siire mpnur- More capital than
all Texas housss combined. St.
---ww lx>uis. NasbTllle.Blrinlnrham,
Montgomery. Factories located at Richmond, lnd.
RUPTUREIPILES
CURFIl Without the KNIFE or*
vwiihw detention from business.
Fistula. FiKMire, lUcerntlon of'
'he llertom, Hydrocele and Vari-
cocele. Jio Cure no l'njr. Trusses
fitted. Haro best made. Send
n - stamp for pamphlet of testimonials.
DR- F J- DICKEY, 395 Main St., Dallas, Tex.
w. N. U—DALLAS—Wfl 25-1897.
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