Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-24

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COTTON raising in Southern Cali
iornla has not proved as profitable as was
expected, and the chief trouble seems 10 ba
inefficient labor and Its high price. Most OF
eplantcrs engaged Chinese to do the worl,
for them, but one seasons experience has
proved that while the Chinaman demands
almost as much for his work as the white
man, he cannot pick onc.third Tho amount
OF cotton. A number OF negroes are To be
engaged 20 take the place OF the Celostials.
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PHILLIP GUYER. of Paterson, N. j.,
lost large sum OF money recently Dy theft.
He suspected an old woman In the nelghbor-
hood, but had no proof against her. one day
he told her that at u certain hour when he
repeated n prayer for the return of his money
the thief would TALL dead. The bag, who was
superstitlous, Us he knew, left him apparent.
~ very much impressed. That night he found
his money at his door when he answered n
knock, but nobody was there.
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ONE of the most memorable cases of
suicide that have occurred of late years is
recorded In San Francisco paper. Miss
Dolly 81. Clair, aged fourteen years, preferred
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was two hours after the regular dinner time
when she made her appearance at the table.
Her father FIRST scoldcd and then thrasheh
her, whereupon the young miss walked to
another part of the house, took revolver
from n bureau drawer and Shot herself, in
tlictlng Injuries which at last accounts would
undoubtedly prove fatal.
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In m old wooden chest purchased at
an auction In Philadelphia by u Mr.. Frank
some time ago, were found several rare relies
in the shape of paper money which antcdatcs
The Revolutionary war. Among them was
50 note dated 1859, a 60 note of PENNSYLVANIA
dated 1862, a 8 note of 1859, bearing the Inn
print of"B. Franklin, Printer" five shil-
ling Philadelphia note of 1850, ON which IL is
stated that 1t was issued for relief of labor in
that city, and the last is II Maryland note for
two thirds of n pound, issued in III. Al
though the notes are on very poor paper they
are still In good state of preservation.
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HENRY REYNOLDS, lad of Will
liamsburg, y. y, died last Sunday from
cause which mystines :he doctors who at
tended him. The boys death, following that
of his sister Lizzie, twenty months old, who
hiNh a. Ntth utibltt sDBtlUtT WIN Inc SICK
ness of his other sister Mary and of his
brother Willie, who both exhibit the same
as those which marked the fatal
sickness that brought death TO him and his
baby sister. have alarmed the neighborhood,
and created not Il little discussion among the
physicians oft the vicinity. The cellar of the |
house IN which the family lived was found |
to be alive with snails, and 1t Is thought by !
Z I,nt : l..,. .t,t 4.
In each case sores came upon the body of the |
sufferer and grew larger until death ensued. |
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y FAMOUS old soldier died at Water
ord, Me-, a few days ago, who had quite a
history. He was Alexander Mills, aged
'ighty-two. He was on board the govern.
uent transport Columbia in the Seminole
war, ard also was IN service on board the
United states revenue cutter Jackson. sta
Toned in New orleans and Newport lIcwas
IN board a United States ship on the coast of
tirca, and was one of the crew who landed
md ridIled with bullets old King Kraka, an
,lrican king. soon after this he visited
\rabia and the holy land. He was in the
var between Texas and Mexico. where me
vas severely wounded on the top of the
read, the skull bearing a deep indcution nm.
u his death. lie assisted in the lombard
ncnt OF Vera cruz aud other places in Mex
co, aud he has been sailor on board the
Macedonian, Saratoga and Yorktown.