The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-07-28
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m. ArronomIcE i"-'r"mc.' ~
mocnw"m the opery "f Prof.
p.v,e =, ob0se Worderoo n"'
90. ,o,na IN ID It's C0n"'y
,,..,,,ar aud Mysterious bis'"rs
Tho HEnALD's reporter AZ a
chronicled. in his bulletin OF Thursdays
date. the circumstances under which valu-
able Economical instr mest was left AT The
ro.;dance If William Harvey, about four
Yas,s 400, and which to thi, day remains
w;,hcut a c,simant, although valued ~
$4,000. Iuquiry among former real
de,,ts of that county, show That thr
owner of the instrument was Named
DR.. Fowler, an eccentric man OF means
whose murdered remains were found near
the northern coLfnes Of this county, some
years ago. A. =
DR.. Fowler was robust man, past the
meridian of life. we'll versed in history and
the current liter turs of the day, and huent
unon scientific themes especially chronology,
the details of which he effected. HIS exsmi-
nations were painstaking accompanied with
subjects without reward other than
thai which he was pleased to term the
gratitude yelling from heart and oran thas
knew themselves" through his philanthropy.
He was polished in manners, suave IN con-
versa,ion, and ready to answer all Ih'erro-
CATIONS, other than those prying INTO MS
past or family history, upon when topics Ms
Telcence was remarkable.
DR.. Fowler csme to Lone YAK
in R,ckwall county, from nobody
knew whence, rented property, located
there and lived off Of his private means,
which, to all appearances, were ample 1t not
princely. He would at periods mysteri"uslp
djssppesr, and uppn his return manifest
eapernes. for Investments in any and every
thing IF ring, provided he believed that he
wss purchasing with margin to be reals
lied with the material development
of the state, which he was ccn'
WINGED would be superinduced by
immigration within his allotted three score
and ten.
Among his numerous purchases was
steam grist and fJuring mill and magic
lantern show. twenty thousand dollars
cash was psid for the former, and fifteen
hundred 10 cash and barter for the apparatus
and tents of the latter. HIS interests W. re
fritted away between the Two. The mill
was stopped in order to enable him to devote
his enire attention to the education
of the masses hv gra'ulHous ecrhL'nc
exhibitions, which Fl ally was disposed OF to
sharpers who pledged themselves to continue
the good work at a maximum entrance fee OF
ten cents for adults, and free admission to
children and school pupila. During his tour
as scientist, his mill was destroyed py fire.
and was almost total loss to him being
uninsured.
About three years ago, when the totsl
eclipse of the sun of 1878 WIS uppermost In
the minds of astronomers, DR. Fowler dissp..
peared, and after an absence of several
months. returned with the astronomical in.
strument ia question. He held that the
heights west of r ckwsll offered the best
advantage for observation on tie continent,
and that it was his purpose to note minutel y
the details of the eclipse, which he intended
to contribute to science in the shape of
monogr phi descriptive of the phases OF the
phenomena and explsnative of
his own dedicstions. As the time foI
the eclipse WIS yet distant, he had
the instrument housed OF Mr. Harvey's,
disappeared again, and some months after
ward remains answering his description were
found, murdered Us above stated. When
last seen in life DR. Fowler was accompanied
by two young men who, it is supposed,
murdered him for his money.