The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-09-21
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Texas News.


AT Sempronius the hogs are dying
of cholera.
Lieut.. Reynolds, of the rangers,
with twenty men, went with Hardin
to Comancbe to receive his sentence.
He was handcufled and shackled and
placed in two horse wagon driven
by a ranger. lie appeared in good
health and looked well considering
his long confinement. His wife calf
ed to see him few moments before
his departure, and seemed much af-
fected at first, but as she conversed
aside with her husband she became
more composed. She is proposes
sing lady of rather slight figure, and
above the medium height, showing
traces of care and sorrow upon her
face. She has three children. the
eldest "a girl about six years of age.
Hardin appeared unusually cheerful,
and laughed and talked with those
around him. lie wrote note after
being placed in the wagon, and SEEM
cd perfectly resigned to his fate,
MoRE Observation-Disclosures dia-
bolical outrage and deliberate att
tempt Mt Wholesale murder, similar
to the one pcrpetrated near Palestine
some years ago, occurred near Elk
hart night before last. 1t is learned
from an expressman that about five
o'clock Tuesday evening some flend
fired the trestle over dry creek be-
tween Elkhart and Palestine. The
bridge was consumed, but, with the
usual promtness and energy of the
International officials, il was repair
cd sufficiently for the passing of
trains before midnight.
subsequently to this another tres:
tle and bridge, 300 yards distant aud
towards Elkhart, was also fired and
burned, necessitating the transfer of
freight and passengers. 1t is stated
q third was likwise destroyed.
The destruction of the first Elk
hart bridge was accidentally discov-
cd by the engineer of freight train
who saw the fire in time to shut off
and put down brakes. Had the pas
scnger train approached after the fire
hadgone out and owing to the obscule
surroundings of the locality, train
men say she would have been fear
fully wrecked. The train had on
board list of passengers, consisting
of many ladies and children, larger
than usual and their escape seems
providential.
A SUCCESSION OF SUICIDES
From our ncighborlpg little city of
Paris comes a chapter of successive
sad incidents that furnishes food for
contemplation, while heaying sad
sigh for the terrible calamities. Last
Saturday evening a man named Mil
Ter made an unsuccessful attempt TO
commit suicide. The following day
Sunday the wife of DR.. Nash, of
that city, died from an overdose of
morphine taken by mistake in the
place of quinine. Mrs, Nash was
buried Monday afterppon. Yester-
day, at their dinner table, Mr.. w. Il.
pouglas and his young and beauti-
ful wife were discussing the manner
Of Mrs, Nash's taking off, quite ear
nestly. In the evening Mr.. Douglas
returned TO his home TO find his once
lovely wife, whom he had left at the
dinner table only few hours before
in fine health, in the embrace of
death. She had taken an ounce OF
nitric acid, for the empty vial found,
plainly, but sadly, told the bitter
story. Mr.. Douglas is well known
here, having formerly been a repre-.
sentative of st. Louis house, and
sold goods in this city. Recently he
has been the senior member OF the
firm of Douglas a. Whitfield, doing
on extensive grocery business In
Paris, Texas, but having lately failed.
II is thought that the manner of Mrs.
Nash's death led Mrs. Douglas to re-
fleet over the financial reverse Of her
self and husband, bringing about
the desperate resolution that she too
would shuttle of eaptb's trials aud
yexations. Mrs. Douglas Is said to,
have been beautiful, charming and
intelligent young woman.