The Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 5, 1888 Page: 1 of 4
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GAINESVILLE, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 5, 1888
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CHIFF, HOMMER & S COMPANY.
We Cheerftally acknowledge our obligations to the host
of friends who have given us their generous patronage in
the year 1887, and
We Confidently rely upon their continuing same dur-
ing 1888, which we trust will be a
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and to All. We are ready for plenty of hard work, and are determined to please you.
SCHIFF. SOMMER & COMPANY.
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SPECIALTIES.
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THE OLD STAND BY—A good men's sewed shoe, at
$2.00.
THE RELIABLE—A men's sewed shoe, the best in
the country, at $2.50.
OUR PRIDE—A men's sewed cordovan shoe, famous
for its good fit and splendid wear, at 8;>. (X).
OUR BEAUTY—A men's genuine calf shoe, celebrated
for its elegance, at
Oil It PET —A men's genuine calf hand sewed shoe,
noted for its superior quality, at K).
OUR SPECIALTIES IN LADIES' SHOE?.
A vei*y good kid button boo! at $1.2">.
A tip top one at $1.50.
A very stylish make :tl 32.00
Our-celebrated all solid and every pair warranted
at $2.50. t
Our Langtry make a perfect beauty at $ >.00.
Our real Frenc h kid hand sewed from $.'5.50 to $5.00.
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In addition to our immense stock of boots and shoes
that we are receiving weekly from the leading factories
we are prepared to offer at the Very lowest figures a
line of men's boys' misses' and childrens' boots and
shoes, Give us a call and examine our stock.
E. KEIFFER, Manager.
FOR THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS
—WE WILL OFFER-
OCR 0 ENTIRE === STOCK OF
CLOTHING
IN ORDER TO CLEAR THEM OUT
— BEFORE WE GET IN —
OUR SPRING /. STOCK.
• HOW 18 THE TIME TO GET BARGAINS,
FIELD & SPENCEJl,
THE CLOTHIERS AND FURNISHERS.
The Order Based on the Report of ihe
United States Commissioners on
The Treaty Boundary of 1819.
The Sou III Fork Ihe Tine RfiI Rlvrr-
Thc Texas i'omiiii.atouera Re limed
to Concnr In ibe Report.
Spain, being
between the
AN EXECUTIVE OKDER.
Washington, Jan. 4.—The Presi-
dent has issued the following
proclamation :
Whereas, the title to all that
territory lying between the north
and south forks of lied river and
the hundredth degree of longitude
and jurisdiction over the same
are vested in the United States, it
being part of the Indian Territory
as shown by surveys and investi-
gations made on behalf of the
United Staies, which territory the
state of Texas also claims title to
and jurisdiction over, and
Whereas, said conflicting claim
grows out of a controversy exist-
ing between the United States
and the stole of Texas at the
point where the hundredth de-
gree of longitude crosses Red riv-
er as described in the treaty of
February 22, 1819, between the
United States and
the boundary line
two countries, and
Whereas, the commissioners
appointed on the part of the United
States under the act of Jan. 3,
1886, authorizing the appoint-
ment of a commission by the Presi-
dent, in connection with a similar
commission to be appointed by the
state of Texas, have by their re-
port determined that the South
Fork is the true Red river desig-
nated in the treaty, the commis-
sioners appointed on the part of
said state refusing to concur in
said report, now
Therefore, I, Grover Cleveland,
President of the United States, do
hereby admonish and warn all
persons, whether claiming to act
as officers of the county of Greer,
in the state of Texas, or otherwise,
against selling or disposing of or
attempting to sell or dispose of any
of said lands, or frpm exercising
or attempting to exercise any au-
thority over said lands. And I
also warn and admonish all per-
sons against purchasing any part
of said territory from any person
or persons whomsoever.
In witness whereof I have here-
undto set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be
affixed.
Done in the city of Washington,
the 30th day of December, in the
year of our Lord 1887, and of the
independence of the United States
the 112th.
Geovkr Cleveland.
By the President: T. F. Bayard,
Secretary of State.
The decision of Postmaster-
General Vilas that ihe young lady
clerks in his department may get
married if they want to without
losing their positions, has assured
a good many young men of a com-
frotable support.
A Snake Taken From a Man's Stomach.
A special from Charlottetown,
P. E. I., gives an account of a
wonderful surgical operation just
performed there :
Louis Le Blank, aged twenty-
five, for the past six months, was
subject to violent pains in the
stomach and possessed a voracious
appetite. Physicians failed to re-
lieve him, and suspecting a for-
eign substance in his stomach,
proposed a surgical operation
which was agreed to by the pa-
tient. Dr. Robert McValc under-
took the case. An incision was
made and the stomach was drawn
up and stitched to the under sur-
race of the abdominal wnli.
After a few days, to allow the
stomach to form a communication
in its new locality, lie opened the
organ. Then a most remarkable
sight was presented. A snake ful-
ly twelve inches long lay coiled
up in the suspected locality. As
soon as the opening in the stom-
ach was made it sprang at the
hand of the operator. Missing its
aim it changed its tactics ami
made an attempt to dash through
the piloric orifice, but in this it
was foiled, for the operator seizod
it by the tail and drew it back.
Having eluded the grip of the for-
ceps it escaped into the (esophagus
and it emerged through the mouth
and the patient was thus relieved
of his tormentor.
SAN ANTONIO.
A Singular Divorce Case.
Belton, Tex., January 3.—The
sensational divorce suit of Hay-
mond vs Haymond was before the |
Colonel Alexander Chambers Dead—Im-
portant Mass Meeting Called.
San Antonio, Tex., Jan. -1.—
-Colonel Alexander Chambers,
colonel commanding the Seven- j^-ggident here, obtained an abso
teenth infantry at Fort Snelling, ; iute divorce from hig wife> Ada,
Minnesota, died in this city from on technical grounds of abandon-
pluero-pneumonia after a month s ment; gjje having joined a band of
c nfinement, having come here for | panctii}cationists and refused to
the benefit of his health. He wa3 | live with him, unless he became
a native of New \ork. and gradu- ganctified also. The three chil-
ated from \V est Point in 18.)., as ; jren 0f the marriage were awarded
second lieutenant of infantry, Lq the husband, and it was over
Among other public services per- the possession of these that the
formed by him he was appointed chief contest came up yesterday
Arrested for Embezzlement.
Fort Worth, Tex., Dec. 31.—
sheriffship returned to-day from
Leavenworth, Kan., with M. A
district court here yesterday. | Tilden> wanted under twQ indict.'
Two weeks ago Haymond, a former
HOW THE NOTORIOUS
by President Grant in 1S77 to
wafch the movements of the Turk-
ish troops, and witnessed the
famous battle of Skiptka, Pass.
His remains were shipped to
Awotonna, Minnesota io: inter-
ment.
At a joint meeting this evening
of the committee from the Hoard
of Trade and the Citizens' associa-
tion it was resolved to call a mass-
meeting of citizens on Thursday
evening t<» take action on the
proposition to build the Odessa,
Fort Stockton and San Antonio
railway into the Texas Panhandle,
the obtaining of deep water at
Aransas Pass, and also to fix a
date for holding in this city an im-
migration convention for south-
west Texas.
Younger Brother* are Estployod Is State
PrUos.
Denver Republican.
While on his recent visit to
ments—one for embezzling funds Minnesota, Deputy State Labor
of the Equitable Life Insurance Commissioner Driscoll visited,
Ccrmpanv, and the second for j among other places of interest,
forgery. Tilden comcs from a ., . . .. * . . Q...,
rich family and has a beautiful Ithe 8tate Penitentiary at Stall wa-
the
THE LAW LAID DOWN.
Indiana's Telephone Law Fixed
Charge at $3 per monih.
LaFayatte, Ind.,Jan.3.—Judge
Vinton, sitting in the circuit court,
has decided that telephone com-
panies doing a general telephone
business, were compelled by the
statute to furnish instruments at
the legal rate of $3 per month,
whether they wished to do so or
not, was the basis of the decision.
The case came up on the applica-
tion of the Folley Hardware com-
pany for a writ of mandate, re-
quiring <he Central Union Tele-
phone company to place an instru-
ment in its building at $3 per
month. The court held good the
demurrers to the company's an-
swer, and decided that under the
statutes the company was bound
to furnish every applicant with a
complete outfit of the instruments
and connections. The company
endeavored to show that it had
not furnished private wires or pri-
vate telephones, but that it estab-
lished public stations throughout
the city at which each person, up-
on the payment of 5 cents, could
be placed in communication with
all portions of the system. The
court held that the company was
engaged in the general telephone
business, and was bound to Air*
nish all persons applying for ser-
vice with a telephone and tele-
phone connections at their place
of business or storeroom for the
sum of |8 a month.
will appeal.
A Dangerous Editor.
i'rora the Arizona Kicker.
That refined and cultured rep-
tile, Bill Bosworth, whose chief
occupation is swilling down 40-
rod whisky and lying about his
betters, is circulating the story
that he gave us a licking last Sun-
day night. Now, the truth of the
matter is that Bill has been mash-
ed on our eldest daughter, and he
called at our house on Sunday
evening to ask our permission to
spark her. We promptly and in-
dignantly showed bim the door,
while our wife stood ready with a
horsewhip. Bill dared us to come
out. and we went. We hit him
three times that wo know of, and
we kept count of five kicks we got
in on him, and in two minutes he
was begging for mercy. We don't
pretend to be any fighter, but if
we can't lick Bill Bosworth with
one hand tied behind us, we will
go out of the newspaper business.
Our friends have f.dvised us to
shoot him, and if it wasn,t for our
wife we'd do it Bill, don't you
come fooling around us no more !
Blow* Hit Sister's Head Off.
Louisiana, Mo.—A terrible homi-
cide took place this morning on Ibe
{arm of George Givans, oa Grassv
Creek, about eight miles northwest of
city. Elmer Givans, aeed 17 years,
accompanied by his sister Lillfe, aged
12 years, left home at an early hour
for the purpose of shooting rabbits.
He accident)y shot his sister in the
head, blowing it to
boy crazed with gticf,
and informed his mother of whfct he
bad done. A party was at
to the spot to bring back the *
Haymond made an application to
the court for a writ of habeas cor-
pus to secure the custody of the
children. The wife resisted, and
the hearing lasted several hours,
the testimony being principally n
repetition of that developed in the
divorce trial, and referred to Ihe
queer doings and teachings of the
sanctified band. The wife from
the stand declared that she taught
the children nothingbut the Bible
of God because of the doubt of the
existence of the Deity. The
judge, at the conclusion of the
trial, granted the application of
Haymond, and awarded him the
custody of the children pending
the appeal. He already has the
boy in charge of relatives some-
where in Michigan, and thither he
will carry the two daughters as
soon as he gets charge of them.
The mother was deeply affected
when the judge announced his de-
cision, and left the court room
weeping in company with her-
mother, who is the leader of the
sanctified band. They realize the
mandate of the court must be
obeyed, but pleaded to be per-
mitted to retain the children un-
til Wednesday next in order to
provide them with suitable cloth-
ing for the new life upon which
they were to enter. The husband
consented to this readily, upou
receiving assurance tnat his daugh-
ters would be forthcoming on the
day named.
young wife. Sheriff Shipp says
when the Leavenworth officers
went to a./est Ti\.en his wife
seized a double-bp .el shotgun,
and planting herself in the front
door, ordered the officers .back at
their peril. In the meantime Til-
de. l we.it out the back way where
another officer met him, when Til-
len threw his pistol down on him
nit the officer, telling him the
matter could be fixed, took him
in. Tilden tried to get bond here
but to-night was put in jail. He
says his people will settle with
the company and he will be re-
leased .
Blew in the Muzzle.
*
Anna, 111., Dec. 31.-— News was
received here this evening of a
fatal accident which occurred yes-
terday near Villa Ilidge, a small
town in Pulaski county, twenty-
four miles south of Anna. Dick
Oliver, the lG-year-old son of
Jesse Oliver, a farmer of the
neighborhood, was playing witn
a gun which he thought was not
loaded. Ashe was blowing into i , - , .
the muzzle his foot struck the / cr0P^u
ter, where, among other criminal
notables, are confined the three
remaining Younger brothers, who
gained an unenviable reputation
all over the country as members
of the famous James gang of out-
laws. There were originally four
of the Younger boys sentenced for
life, but one of them has died
since his incarceration. The three
remaining were looking well and
hearty and seemed as contented
as could be expected of men
whose prospects in life were all
within prison bars. Cole, th#
eldest, is employed as the librari-
an of the institution; James, or
"Jim," as he was formerly called,
in a postmaster, and the other
brother is employed in clerical
work in one of the other depart-
ments of the prison.
The extreme rigor of the prison
discipline has been slightly re-
laxed in the case of the brothers.
The rules, as usual, require that
all prisoners shall be clad In
striped clothing, have their hair
and closely sha-
trigger, discharging the gun. The I ,.T w
charged entered his neck, ranged
upward and blew off the entire
top of his head. He died almost
instantly.
Space For the Lily's Husband.
As the ever fickle public is get-
ting a little tired of Mrs. Langtry,
why doesn't some enterprising
manager hunt up Mr. Langtry and
bring him on the stage, or at least
on the platform ? It he can not
act, though we have abundant evi-
dence that acting is not absolutely
necessary when sufficient notorie-
ty is attained, he can at least lec-
ture or give readings. The pub-
lic would pay to see the Lily's
husband. That patient, long-suf-
fering man might reap enough
wealth by showing himself in
America to soothe his lacerated
feelings and make him independ-
ent of his wife's bounty. If Mrs.
Langtry is able to make money on
notoriety, why should not Langtry
himself try a hack at it?"
University of Pennsylvania
see to send entail expendl-
Killed By a Depulty Sheriff.
Pine Bluff, Ark —It. L. Van Xor-
man, a notorious desperado, last
nijrlit at Corner 8tone, in this county,
was killed by Deputy Sheriff William
Nl< Cord, who bad tour bench war-
runts to serve on him, three from the
Circuit Court of this county and one
trouv.Uonway eounty. Norman re-
sisUuthe process and was going for ranged upon
hit gun. The officer was too soon for
hiin, and tired, killing him in-
stantly.
Mysterlesi Disappearance.
Portland, Ore.—Two weeks ago
C. II. Cameron came to this city from
Oak Point, W. T., to see his brother,
who lives here. Cameron was kfcown
to have about $500 when he c^me.
The day following his arrival he went
to Albius for the purpose of purchas-
ing a cow. Since then he has been
musing, and every trace of his
whereabouts is lost. Ilis brother and
detectives are making eyery possible
effort to find his whereabouts, bat
without success There is sea reel, a
doubt but that Cameron has been
foully dealt with.
slriped pants, but instead of the
stripes running horizontally,which
is the usual rule, their sebra-like
ornamentation ran pcrpendieular-
ly. Cole Younger wears a mus-
tache and goatee and has hair of
a moderate length .nicely trimmed.
James had his face smooth, but
his hair was not cut closely.
The library Mr. Driscoll des-
cribes as quite a neat looking
apartment with white walls. The
books are nicely covered with pa-
per and properly labeled and ar-
shelves. Cole eon-
versed quite freely and intelli-
gently with his visitor, but his
ideas upon morality were some-
what peculiar. Speaking of nu-
merous and ineffectual efforts
which have been made for their
release, Cole said that of oourse
everybody wanted liberty, if it
could be obtained, but if he oould
not get his liberty he was letter
satisfied to remain in the Stillwa-
ter prison than he would be any-
where else.
8—
Two Chlaaaea killed.
Portland, Ore.—A very meager re
sort of a fearful double murder at
Monmouth, Polk county, Ore., le,
received. A dispa'cli states that r
Chinese washermen were mnrd-
secnetime during last
bodies of both thrown into a ....
whic his |n the back yard of the lami
ture to
Captals BrHtes's Fsssral.
Sherman, Tex., January
The citizens of this city paid
their last tribute this morning to
the Uta Captain James H. Brit-
ton, who died on Monday. Fun-
services were hold bj Bev.
Carpenter over the re-
rof the defeased at the
eld hotel at U o'eloek a.
m., which ware largely attended
by the leafing citisens of this
after which the bodj
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