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VOL IX
GAINESVILLE. TEXAS, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 12, 1888-
SCHIFF, SOMMER & COMPANY.
NO 273
Open this week their full line of Ladies' and Misses' Merino and Knit Underwear, also Infant's and Ladies' Ribbed Jersey Vests comprising all colors,
qualities and prices. A new stock of Black and Colored Jerseys, perfect fitting-, at attractive figur ^^es. Cashmere Cloaks and Wraps for the little ones;
everything new, no old goods and worthy the attention of mothers. Novelties in ladies' Cot ^^ton, Lisle Thread and Cashmere Hosiery. An un-
eqaled assortment of Woolen, Merino, Casliimere and Cotton Hose for children, prices, as
grown to be one of the leading features of our business, Trade has increased! consid
people want, and never force them to buy what they do not desire. Our stock is
We can't fail to give satisfaction. Our magnificent stock of goods and grand
it is, without doubt, The Pride of Gainesville.
OUR
Our Shoe Department is now in admirable working order,
as handsome as a parlor—in fact, it is a perfect bijou,
son's and Laird, Scliober & Mitchell's Footwear for
any price. We call special attention to job lot of
$1.00; just one-half their former price. Also a broken
COUNTRY ORDERS CAREFULLY FILLED.
usual, the lowest. Our Hosiery Department has
erably, because we always manage to have what the
large enough, and prices low enough to suit anybody,
structure is the theme of conversation. Go where you will
EHRARTMEHSTT.
giving universal satisfaction. It is situated in the center of the store and is
Keep on hand a full supply of the best makes, such as Ziegler Bros.', A. A. John-
ladies, and Hanan & Son's and Curtis' celebrated Shoes for men. None better made a^
Ladies', Misses*and Children's Shoes, in calf and kid, lace and button at 00c., 05c., 75c. and
lot of Men's Shoes, button, congress and bal, at greatly reduced prices.
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. SAMPLES MAILED ON APPLICATION.
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WHO FIRED THE SHOT?
The Body of Davis Exhumed at Houston
to Decide Between Conflict-
ing Statements.
Houston, Texas, Oct. 10—A
curious state of affairs was devel-
oped this afternoon in regard to
the shooting of William Davis,
which took place Monday night.
At the coroner's inquest the wit-
nesses all testified that the deceas-
ed was shot in the head. As two
shots were fired by Merkel, the
officer who did the killing, and as
he claimed that the first shot was
fired into the ground merely to
make the negro stop his flight, it
became a matter ot importance to
ascertain whether the man was
shot in the head as the coroner's
verdict declared, or in the breast,
as the undertaker's return showed.
Therefore the body was exhumed
this afternoon in the presence of
two physicians and the coroner,
and it was found that the man had
only been shot once, and that was
through the heart.
AWFUL CALAMITY.
Excursion Train Wrecked-Large Num-
ber of Fatalities -Meagre Details.
Wilkeebarre, Pa., Oct. 10.—
The rumor which gained currency
here to-day of a terrible accident
winter wheart|jeaj. Pennsylvania Station is con-
firmed. The fourth division of
LIVERY. FEED
-AND-
SALE STABLES!
FIRST-CLASS TURNOUTS
Expert Hoatlera, Polite Dri-
ven^ and
we Rive
Special Attention to
Horses
Bt day. «*ck or month. Parties ordering
iheUearM will alway» recelre prompt ilten
Boa* and liaHa«e wagon ninaloK day
night to and ma all tralna. and to anv
part of the city
Leave order* at the stable.
Election Tickets.
By special arrangement made
between the two job printing offi-
ces 20,000 tickets will be printed
for the general state election in
ample time for thorough distribu-
tion. These tickets will be de-
livered when called for to the
judges or proper officer
of each polling place and not to
individual candidates or their
friends. The price of this work
is two dollars per name payable
at either the Hespekian or Regis-
ter office. In no case will a name
be placed on the ticket unless ac-
companied by the cash. Ticket
forms will go to press not later
than Saturday, Nov. 3rd, '88.
PROHIBITION TICKETS.
Each office by special arrange-
ments will also print 5000 prohi-
bition tickets. Candidates wish-
ing their names printed on this
ticket can have it done by paying
one dollar at either office.
The Harrison Ball Moving.
Brazil, Ind., Oct. 10.—The Re-
publicans held their principal
demonstration here to-night. The
torchlight procession was quite
long and spirited, and the a'r was
painted red with fireworks as the
line marched down the principal
streets of the city. All standing
room in the wigwam and the edges
was at a premium. The address
ay Chas. H. Litchman, of Massa-
chusetts, was an earnest and elo-
quent appeal to the laboring man.
he Ridge Farm ball failed to
reach here from Terre Haute. Its
coming was looked for with great
interest. It is 19 feet in diameter
and is drawn by two horses. Its
destiny ib Washington City on
November G.
of less than -1 per cent, per hun-
dred.
Tobacco has fully maintained
the condition of 1 a>t month. The
average for all lands i^ NS 5.
Returns relative to wheat are
those of the yield per acre by
counties. As consolidated the
general everage for
is 12 bushels per acre and for
spring wheat is slightly over 10 ,
bushels. The former bus yielded the r ither Matthew excursion re-
better than early expectations, I turning from Hazelton was wreck-
the latter much worse. The J ed and the cars piled in one
quality i« much below the average shapeless mass, one being stood
up on end. All the cars were
crowded, and the fatalities will
run in big figures. All the phy-
Blaine at Goshen. I sicians from Wnitehaven and
near by points are at the wreck,
as also Lehigh Valley officials
Blaine left Grand Rapids last j from this city. The number of
night and reached here early this j killed is variously reported from
morning, and not less than 45,000 twenty-fire to eighty persons.
c , 1,1 , The only information is from pas-
citizens of Indiana walked or rode J * i i
sengers on the Central railway
trains and horseback (tra.ins, who report the horrible
which will still further reduce the
surplus, as will be shown more
exactly hereafter.
Goshen, Ind., Oct. 10. — Mr.
A Luxury and Necessity
DR. J. S. HU^4E, I For rich and poor who wish to en-
Haa permanently located at Gaines- |j°y good health, and who do not
ville.
Special attention paid to
Diseases of the
| wish to resort to bitter, nauseous
I liver medicines and cathartics, iB
the concentr&tcd California liquid
fruit remedy, Syrup of Figs. Sold
I in 60 cents and $1 bottles by al
Omca—Thurmond ft Co.'s Drag Heading druggist.
8tore, Commerce 8t. Calls to the
EYE, EAR AND THROAT.
St.
try promptly attended to.
AdwrtiM in The Hesperian.
Wanted.
Table waiter for Purcell, I.
I hotel. Apply at this office.
T.
Blaine Reaches Indianapolis.
Indianapolis. Ind., Oct. 10.—
Vlr. Blaine and party arrived at
1:20 to-night. A crowd of be-
tween 2000 and 3000 was in wait-
ing at the depot, notwithstanding
the late hour. Mr. Blaine and
lis son, with Russell Harrison,
were driven direct to General
iarrison's house, arriving abont
midnight.
on wagons,
to meet him in Goshen to-day to
participate in the Republican
demonstration. It was the big-
gest crowd Goshen, Ind., has ever
Been, and it was so unwieldly that
two speakers' stands had to be
erected and another meeting or-
ganized in the opera house. The
town was profusely decorated with
Hags and bunting. Speeches were
delivered by General King, Gen-
eral Murray of Massachusetts,
General Hovey, Colonel Gop,
Colonel Bright and Mr. Blaine,
whose introduction was the signal
for an outburst of applause so
great that he could not speak for
seyeral minutes. After order was
restored Mr. Blaine spoke for half
an hour and confined himself to
the subject of trusts. He made it
appear that free trade was more
conductive to trusts than protec-
tion, and that there were many
more prominent Democrats con-
nected with the great trusts of
this country than Republicans.
Mr. Blaine was frequently cheer-
ed most enthusiastically, and at
the end of his speech he was es-
corted from the grounds to the
depot by the reception committee
and an immense number of thoee
who had attended the meeting.
The train left Goshen for Indian-
apolis at 5 o'clock.
condition of affairs, the groans of
the wounded being heard across
the river where the tracks of the
Central run. At the depot here
hundreds of people are gathered
on the platform, many weeping
for the safety of their friends sup-
posed to be in the wrecked train.
Nothing furthar than this is
known.
The Crops.
Washington, Oct. 10—The Octo-
ber crop report shows the condi-
tion of the present crop to have
been equalled only three times in
ten years, and is exceeded materi-
ally by only one, that of 1879,
when the condition was 98.
The present average of condi-
tion is 92 against 94 2 in Septem-
ber. There has been no decline
in the northwest and the status of
the great corn surplus states re-
mains as on September 1st indi-
cations favors a result ranging lit-
tle from twenty-six bushels per
acre, making the fall average.
The average condition of the
potato crop is about 87, a decline
Suits for Cotton Destroyed.
Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 10.—
Quite a number of suits were filed
to-day in the United States court
at this place against the St. Louis
Iron Mountain and Southern rail-
way company for cotton destroyed
in this city at the burning of the
compress on the 14th of December
1887. Among them are the fol-
lowing: Wooley & Van Meysen-
berg, of New Orleans, loss 52
bales; Marine Insurance compa-
ny, of London, $3990; J. H. Wil-
liams, New Orleans, 50 bales,
$5499; Marine Insurance compa
ny, of London, 59 bales, $2420;
AugnBt Bone & Co., NewOrleanB,
118 bales; $5499.
Go to W. J. Miller & Co.'s to
day for fine fresh fish.
The Returns Mixed Up.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 10.—When
the returns from Dade county
were opened in the office of the
secretary of state this morning,
Col. Barnett was surprised to find
thatJ.T. Lumpkin appeared as
elected to both the senate and
house of representatives, Know-
ing that there must be some mis-
take the matter was at once inves-
tigated, and it was found that
there had been a terible mixing of
matters in the consideration of re-
turns. Winn the truth was
known Mr. Lumpkin was found to
have been elected to other honois.
Mr. Lumpkin and Latham were
candidates for the senate from the
district composed of Dade, Cato,
Osso and Walker counties. Mes-
sers Lumpkin was not a candidate
for representative. In consoli-
dating the returns the officials in
Dade county gave Mr. Lumpkin's
vote to Mr. Latham, which made
Lumpkin, by the returns, senator.
Vlr. Tatum was elected represen-
tative of Dade county. How Mr.
Lumpkin's name appeared as
representative has not been ex
plained.
Wants Dasiage for False laprlsonBent-
Fayetteville, Ark., Oct. 10.—A
novel suit has just been entered
in the circuit court. Benj. G.
Cloar, of this city, a clerk in the
Famous Boot and Shoe store, has
sued the city of Fayette ville for
$10,000 damages for false impris-
onment. It seemB Cloar is afflict*
ed with rhenmatiBm, and on that
account concluded he was not lia-
ble for Btreet work or street tax;
so, when the street commissioner
warned him to work, he declined
to obey.
In the mayor's court, on Fri-
day, he wag fined $5 and oosts,
amounting iD all to over $9, for
refusing to work. Cloar said he
offered to secure a physician's
certificate that he was physically
unable to work, but the street
commissioner or mayor would not
accept it. After the fine was as
Bessed, Cloar refused to pay that,
and was taken to the calaboose,
where he was kept about an hour,
until a brother-in-law paid the
fine under protest and secured his
release. The day he was put in
confinement was cold and damp,
and the prisoner showed by his
appearance that he was ill. He
now sues for false imprisonment,
claiming that the city has no
right to imprison a man for debt
General George Clark at Waco.
Waco, Tex. , Oct. 10.—General
George Clark addressedjthe Young
Men's Democratic club in the dis-
trict court room here to-night. A
large audience was present. The
general paid a splendid tribute to
the Hon. R. Q. Mills, and said
that Mr. Mills stood side by Bide
with Grover Cleveland as the em-
bodiment of Democratic doctrine.
He gave Mr. Jones and Mr. A. C.
Pendergast some scathing and sar-
castic hits, and said that there
were two prime reasons why Mr.
Jones opposed the Hon. R. Q.
Mills. One was because the con-
gressional bee was and had been
buzzing in his (Jones') bonnet for
about ten years, the other was
because Mr. Mills for reason of
his own was not a Prohibitionist.
Mr. Clark alluded to Mr. Pender-
gaet's recent letter and added that
Mr. Pendergast now asserts that
he cannot stomach Mills' Democ-
racy, but Judge Clark Baid, Mr.
Pendergast stomached Mr. Mills
two 'years ago when Pendergast
himself was a candidate for float-
er of the House of Representa-
tives. Mr. Clark then added that
the Democrats also stomached
Mr. Pendergast on that occasion,
and that he himself voted for him
but would spend the rest of days
upon his bended knees asking
God Almighty to forgive him for
it. Judge Clark touched the tar-
iff question briefly, saying that he
was aware that his audience had
lead much on this issue. The
speech was highly appreciated
by the audience and won numer-
ous applauses from them.
TO PROSECUTE A TRUST.
Suit to Fores Oss of the Cosipasies la
the Safar Trust to Vacate Its
Charter.
New York, Oct. 8. —Judge
O'Brien of the supreme court to.
day granted permission to State
Attorney-General Charles F. Ta-
bor to bring suit against the Have-
meyer & Eder Sugar Refining Co.
to annul its charter. This compa-
ny with thirteen others is a mem-
ber of the sugar trust combina-
tion, The attorney-general has
appointed General Roger A. Pryor
counsel to represent him in the
matter. Edmund H. Senntenen
makes the principal affidavit in
the case. He recites that the sugar
trust was formed in August, 1887,
for the purpose of arbitrarily con-
trolling the manufactured sale of
sugar, increasing its price and
controlling the management of all
refineries. In October last the
trust deed was executed. The
Havemeyer refinery under the
trust passed under the control
of the trustees of the combination.
The affidavit states that the com-
bination has suspended and clos-
ed several refineries connected
with the trust, and has thrown
out of employment and reduced
to want a large number of working
men. The combination, it is al-
leged, is a monopoly and a crim-
inal conspiracy under the laws of
the state of New York, and is op-
pressive to its people and detri-
mental to the welfare of the state
of New York and the United
States. The defendant has violat-
ed the law, transcended its pow-
ers, forfeited its charter and be-
came liable to be dissolved. The
object of the suit is to annul the
corporate existence of the com-
pany and to vacate its charter
upon the ground that it has vio-
lated the act under which it was
incorporated, and has exercised
privileges and franchises not con-
ferred upon it by law.
Killed fsr Throwing Stoses.
Chicago 111., Oct. 10.—Near
Winette, fifteen miles north,
yesterday afternoon, a party re-
turning from a nutting excursion
in Grosse Point woods were fol-
lowed by three young farmers,
who made insulting remarks and
threw stones. They were warned
back by Peter Mersch, son of a
wealthy and respected citizen of
South Evanston, but continoed
their fusilade of stones. Finally
the wife of Mersch was hit and
then himself, when be turned and
fired. Peter Koose, one of the
attacking party, fell and expired
almost instantly. The party con-
tinued their way to South Evans-
ton, where Mersch gave himself
up to the authorities.
Cattle Sbaald sot bo Dabaraad.
From the New York Mall and Eipr«e«.)
"Look at that cow," Baid a gen-
lem&n on the Long Island City
ferry the other day, pointing to a
beautiful animal that a country-
man was leading by a halter
The cow'e horns had been sswed
off near her head. "The dehorn-
ing ol cattle," he continued, "is
a barbarous practice. I know it
is suposed to be harmless and
painless but I haye tried it my
self and I am satisfied that it is
cruel. I had a dairy farm some
years ago, and two or three of my
heifeas gave me a great deal of
trouble by lifting gates and rail
fences, and they irere teaching
the trioks to the other cattle, so I
determined to cut off their horns.
"It was cold weather, and some
of the cattle didn't seem to mind
it at all. One two-year old how-
ever, bled freely and I had to
send for some salt to stop tbe
flow. Till it came, I held my
thumb on the stub, and was amaz-
ed to see the blood flow from the
nostrils on the same side of the
head. Next morning I could see
their breath on the frosty air,
coming from nostrils and horns.
I watched the herd careful y, and
I am convinced that all Buffered
badly. I never sawed off any
more horns, and I wish the prac-
tice con Id be stopped."
Slapped a Vioe-Presldeat.
Louisville, Ky., Oct. 10.—At
Frankfort yesterday afternoon,
Hon. James H. Scott, a member
ef the legislature, slapped E. B.
Stahlman, third vice-president of
tbe Louisville and Nashvile rail-
road, twice in the face, and was
struck once in return by Stahl-
man's secretary. Mr. Scott wss
fined $100. The affair was caused
by sonoe reflections made upon
Scott at the last session of the
legislature because of his action
against the rail oad in certain
charges of lobbying pronounced
against it.
Isjarsd by a Rsaaway Taasi.
Milan, Mo., Oct, 10.—Misses
Mollie Graham, Mattie Hord and
America Page met with a serious
and painful accident yesterday
evening. They were out in the
country to spend the day. About
3 o'clock in the afternoon they
started home, and when within
about one mile of town the team
ran away, throwing them from the
bnggy- Misses Mollie and Mat-
tie each had a broken arm and
are badly bruised about the head
and face. Miss America's hurt
seems to be concussion of the
brain. She is still unconscious,
Tbo Nlosst Way.
TablaTalk.
The very nicest way of eating a
s->ft-boiled egg is from the shell.
Place the smifll end of tbe egg in-
to an egg cup, or you may stand
it in a small napkin ring. Tbe
large or butt end of tbe egg should
have the shell removed from it,
then if you take away a small
piece of the white you have ample
room for salt, pepper and a small
piece of butter, which may be
mixed with the egg without diffi-
culty. Long-handled porcelain
teaspoons are the nioest and the
only proper things to serve with
boiled eggs. Soft-boiled eggs may
also be eaten from a heated egg
S;lass; the egg being opened care-
ully and turned into tbe glass.
Salt, black pepper and butter are
tbe proper seasonings.
Was* Powder.
I have the agency of this pow-
der for the state. Its very pleas-
ant to shoot; making but little
noise, little smoke and yet the
killing powers are strong. A good
stock of loaded shells will be kept
on hand for all kinds of game. To
my customers I can reoommend
this powder as first-class.
A. J. Anderson's
S-26-tf] Gun Store.
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