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The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-12-07
$1,000 bv the Southern Pacific company,
and $1,000 by Wells, Fargo & Go.
Suspending a Divorce.

"I came to tell you this morning that
you might as well stop them proceed
ings in chancery for bill of divorce"
said asoft-eyed thing about twenty
seven years old, as she came into Lar
annie lawyers Office.
decided to live together as man and
wife, gain, eh?"
"No, not that-not thatl You see,
Obadiah strolled away to Leadvllle two
years ago, and kind of give me and the
kids the grand shake. Since then I've
been rustling in my gentle. unobstru-
slve manner to make stake. I've
wrote him occasionally whenever
had leisure, and kind of pounded him
up for not chipping in with his assess
ment, but he never responded. That
kind of irrltated me, and | asked you
last week to get me divorce. If paid
all the assessments myself thought
'twould be no more than square to get
all the dividends. But this morning |
got news from Leadville that has
changed my notion little about the
divorce"
"Sent you some m oney, did hep"
"No, not that He didn't even write
to me; but l got a paper with big
blue mark around piece in it, which
conveys the intelligence that Obadiah
was hung there on the 10th, by request
1t scenes that he got to jumping lots
and stealing horses between meals
and the people got down on him. Then
he salted a claim over on Buckskin, and
sold it for $4,000 to a tender-foot from
away down east. He made severa
tlowery breaks like that, and the pop,
ular feeling seemed more less turned
against him. Several weeks ago Oba,
diah stole Il pair of mules from man
who belonged to Kokamor, and the Dext
night went back to get neck-yoke anC
monkeywrench that belonged to the
wagon, and happened to run INTO pas
sci of vigIlantes loOkin' for a job. They
took Obadiah over to tai, timber tree
and let him stand on bronco pony
plug under the lowest limb, while they
tied a clotheslne around his wind-pipe
Obadiah told them he want much OF
a bareback rider, and he didn't know
whether he could do the trick or not
They slid the clothes line over the lml
and hit the bronco a lick with a quirt
The bronco was high-lved plug. and
had been raised in luxury, so he got
mad when they hit him, and lit Out
some. That left Obadiah in good deal
of suspense. He wiggled around a lit
tie and got embarrassed, and didn1
seem to know what to do with his
hands for awhile. Then he became
more calm and composed in his man.
ner, and the crowd made present OF
him to the coroner. | wrote TO the au.
thorities to send me his check book and
a statement of Obadiah's bank account
and whatever you are out on this di-
vorce hooraw will be all right; under.
stand, Id rather let the vigilants fix
up my law business than to die of old
age waiting for chancery anyhow
That's the kind of grief stricken relic
TanoIO
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-12-07

A gentleman residing in the city Of
Binghamton has in his employ an aged
negro whose early life was spent south
of Mason and Dixon's line, and as a
chattel or property. The gentleman is
keen observer of human nature, and,
enjoying good thing, has drawn the
old negro out on many important
things in theology, law and logic. In a
conversation some time ago he said to
him: IS, have heard that all col
ored people would steal. Is it soT
mo, 'tain't so; It's lie" "Well," said
the gentleman, when yOG were slave
didn't you sometimes take chicken or
turkey from your master, and eat it?''
Yes" said s., sometimes took a
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-12-07

four hogsheads. four gallons or 1O7s2k
pints pass through the heart in twety-
four hours.
One thousand ounces of blood pass
through the kidneys in one hour.
One hundred and seventy-five mil
lion holes or cells are in the lungs
which would cover a susface thirty
times greater than the human body.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-12-07
NO. S5.

chicken, or duck. or a turkey. but
Lord bless you! dat want steain'
"Why not" "Well. 1 tell you: dat
chicken he was property, was pro-
perty, and if property took property to
support property, dat want stealin'-
dye seep" Could any logic be more
subtle and conclusive.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-12-07

Prof. W. M. Williams, IN the Scientific
American, celebrates as follows: &"
may mention an experiment that l
have made lately. l killed II superan-
nuated kenmore than six years old,
but otherwise. in very good condition.
Cooked in the ordinary way she would
have been uneatably tough. Instead of
being thus cooked, she was gently stew
ed about four hours. l cannot guaran-
tee to the maintence of the theo-
retical temperature. having sus-
picon of some smmering. After
this she was left in the water until
it cooled, and on the following
day was roasted in the usual manner,
that is, In roasting oven. The result
was excellent; as tender as full-grown
chicken roasted in the ordinary way,
and of quite equal flavor, in spite Of the
very good broth obtained by the prelim-
mary stewing. This surprised me. l
anticipated the softening of the ten.
dons and ligments, but supposed that
the extraction of the juices would have
spoiled the flavor. 1t must have di.
luted it, and that so much remained
was probably due to the fact that an
old fowl is more fully favored than a
young chicken.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-20
The E,mmn Bond Case.

st. Louis, December ia Post
Dispatch special from Hilsboro, ILL.,,
says argument in the Emma Bond
trial consumed all the morning on
motions made last evening by the de-
tense. They were dry, being alto
gether on the law of the case. At the
close OF argument, the court adj
journed.
On the reassembling of the court
Judge Phillips delivered his opinion
on the motions of the defense. He
held that ii was not apparent from the
evidence that Montgomery made IL
confession TO Sevick and Heinlein, be-
cause OF threats OF the mob, or that he
was terroriZed or under the
influence Of fears. The mo-
ton was therefore overruled.
AS to the second motion, if the court
interpreted any particular evidence IL
robs the jury OF the right to sit upon
the case and practically gives the case
to defendants. The court can allow
the evidence to go to the Jury, and in
struct them how to act upon it. If the
court decided in favor of the motion
defendants could never again be pros.
ecuted for this crime. The motion was
Overruled.
Defense then moved that Charles
Masters, one of Miss ROnd's scholars
VINO was at the school house on the af-
terhoon OF the outrage, be placed on
the stand by the prosecution in order
10 give the defense an opportunity TO
cross-examine him. The prosecution
uecilned 10 do this, andargument COM
menced.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-20
The Debt Must be Paid.
Ist. Louis Republican,

the sentiment in congress i'm favor
OF paying the national debt appears IN
oe emphatic. Senator Beck proposes
mat IN View of the large payments
INTO me sinking fund up to this time.
tne payments be suspended for awhile
ana the debt left as II is; but this view
Goes not find many supporters. Thn
receipts into the treasury and
the business OF the country show Tint
the thfiif rates can lie reason
aoiy reduced without very l,ryeIy
reducing the revenue; Increased in
poftaiiolis and consumptions will re-
pair the effect ii lower duties and stiI,
leave large surplus in the treasury
ana ana TINS cnn he applied on the debt
IN" noNnlhr feeling strongly fnvors n
i"lnsN NANCE - ..lv .ent-r.A To-. l,..t,.,t
uhiii The last dollar of ii shall have
been eNtinguished, or at least iii nIl
oi IL tnat we promised to pay shall
nave been paid. The neople
AFTER steadily ana iniiexibIy Nm,
suing the policy of getting rid af
lhelr public debt for eighteen yeors
are not willing TO abandon II nov,
when the good il in sight. At The rota
o. reduction in the last ten wears The
aebi VIII soon disappear and the conn.
Try be once more free of burden NJ
people are determined to press steodiIv
forward to that end, and cor
sress only reilecie the popular
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-20
THE BLOODY SHIRT.
a Protest Against Its Use in the Next Cam.
pnign.

| paign.
philadelphia Telegraph
1.-The party leaders are in sore need
of good and friendly advice. We rive
them such advice in the epigrammatic
language OF MIR. Punch DON'T That
is to say, both party leaders and organs
are showing 1t disposition to drag out
/ from The political {. eattical property :
box that exceedingly old, ragged and
offensive relic of the era of Gruntsm
the Bloody Shirt We say to
them, ont And in saying it. we
simple repeat, parrot-like, the senti
ment OF the largest, best aud staupch
est Republicans in the country. The
country Is tired of that foul old rag,
that in It's bes days flauted more lies
than truths, that was the symbol of
Misrepresentation and tho excuse for
the gfossest political wrongs done in
the name OF the law, and which in its
wort days Haunted no truth what
ever, ana was made To cover more no.
iitlcai corruption than the people ever
knew or dreamed II was made to
coinpel sovereign states of the republic
To march to the polls between lines of
hayoEets; TO compel them To submit
10 the most unconstitutional acts, and
to render them and their liberties and
substance prey to ths unscrupulous
political tramp called n carpet-bapper.
~ u is net only Malone who i'm his
proclamation seeks to restore that
filthy rag to the front of the Republi-
can columns. Some of the leading
republican newspapers of the country
nave been tryingto do it ever since
the bourbons of Virginia repudiated
the regulators of Virginia. The nj
tempt is more than foolish; it is
suicidal. The war between the
North and South has been closed for
eighteen years and more; North and |
south were never, in fact, so firmly
and iraternally united by common in
terest and sympathy as they are now. !
me South is no more sulidly Demo- |
cratic than the Republicans claim the |
North to be; and that the South is no
solidiy Democratic as it is at the pres.
ent time is largely due to acts done in
the name of the Republican party
winch made that party hateful to
southern men of true patriotism and
Just principles. The so-called recon
struction laws, the deeds done by
Grantism under hose laws, and the
iavor Of the Republican administration
shown TO the renegade Malone, have
contributed as much as all other causes
coinbihed to keep the South solid.
inis Is the time for the truth to be
spoken; for If it be not, there is great
hanger that the Republican party may
iriit into defeat this year.n
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-20
ST. LOUIS.
Discrimination Ia Freight Rates In Fa-
yor Of Chicago.

Special TO the Gazetts.
st. Louis, December ia few DAYS
ago prominent chihuahua merchant
was here aud gave ii TO the press OF
this city that he could get a cheaper
rate irohs Chicago than st. Louis: in
other words. the roads were discrim-
mating la freight rates la favor of
Chicago and against st. Louis. This
has provoked the liveliest kind of dis.
cussion among railroad men and the
merchants. IL has brought 10 liyht
plany facts IN connection with the sub-
.gect, which so TO show that the dis
elimination against st. Louis To
southwestern points forms but a
snail factor in the whole
sale var thai has been and In being
wAged against our merchants by xhe
railroads both ia the East and West.
IN The Enstcrn pools, freight rates TO
lfonl.St. Louis sire made from mile
aselbfsis of the New York Central
road on Chicago eates. A percentage
largely out Of proportion to the
rates (which haye been made
Tor the southwestern pool foe the BEN
eht OF ClTcsgo has been added TO the
Nhicago Eaies to aud from Eastern
points TO 70. Louis. The small extra
maui from st. Louis 10 New York is
taxed slxteel per cent. on Chicago
rates, and vi thout any plausible pre-
iext or excuse. a higher percentage
OF 10 per cent. IA added to tie Chicago
rate on freight shipped from New
York to st. Lon :. Notwithstanding
me fact that ST. /. ouis is on more
gilect and shorter route to Kansas
City, the bulk Of me. 'chandise clipped
from Eastern points to that city goes
ny way. OF Chicago. All through
ue'ent Tor NansaB Cit, from Chicago
w; -, Louis passes owe the bridge
Whom the payment of any toll. or at
ieast u 10 absorbed In thu freight,
wi, on all local freight ,hc bridge
toll must be paid.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-20
EASTLAND COUNTY.
\ Negro Shooting Ail'ray-Tbe Bright
Little Daily Other Cisco News
ItpDtg
CORRESPONDENCE OF the Gazette.

Correspondence Of the Gazette.
Cisco, December Is "A few nights
ago Two negroes s t into dispute over
Il duslSy maiden, aud words were not
sufficient to suothc their angry pas
sions, so they resoitpd To firearms,
whereupon one Sandy Williams at
tempted the life of one Taylor Avnnt,
and failing therein had his own life
hung up by II very small and brittle
thread, but Is now recovering. The
aforesaid Taylor Avaut did then and
there him, the said Sandy Williams,
plug with a leaden hall and gun pow
der, TO the great dissatisfaction of him,
the said Sandy, which brought him,
the snid Sandy, To n halt and to the
ground. This all occurred in the town
of Cisco. The firing party was arrest
ed, and has been undergoing n prelim-
irary hearing for "A day or two.
On last Saturday morning there APP
peared In our midst lively little
morning paper, the Daily Telegraph, of
Cisco. The Daily Telegraph is a neat
and energetic little visitor, and it is To
be hoped that its little days may grow
INTO stronger years of 4 maturer Jour
nal.
We have the mill and gin interest
revived again. and learn that it is a /
certain fact that we will have first |
class mill and gin in tull operation in
The course of the approaching year.
We are needing first-class brick /
maker who will make at least a mil !
hon of bricks for this town. Our |
building interest still goes on; business
remains good, and times are very !
promising for the future.
We all wish the GAzRr~rE q merry
Christmas and a happy new year.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-20
THE COTTON CROP.
Report from the Memphis District
Estimate OF the Total Yield.


Memphis, Tenn, December l9.-The
cotton crop report from the Memphi,
district, embracing West Tennessee,
Nor h Mississippi, North Arkansas
and North Alabama, to be issued to-
morrow 10y Hill, Fontaire d TO-. says:
Notwithstanding the Unprecedented
large receipts 10 date Mt this point, all
our letters fully confirm previous esti-
mates that the yield in this district. Us
compared with last year, viii show II
decrease of 20 per cent. Correspon-
dents report picking virtually end.d.
save in the bottoms, where about 10
per cent OF the cotton yet remains in
the fields, hut is bring rapidly hnr.
vested, and before the Christmas holi.
days are ended il will be gathered
The latest reports, from the district in
dictate great FL ling Off in receipts af
ter the 9th inst. The decreased Weld
viii then become apparent. This
years crop has been marketed more
freely than in any previous year, and
stocks at small towns along the line of
several railroads leading into Mem
phis, and in the interior and on plan
tations. as reported by our correspon-
dents, fully corrobHrate the estimates
heretofore given. 1T is generally be-
lleVcd that more than three-lifths of
the cotton raised within the district
has been marketed The yield of 1885,
"a is estimated at $3.50, 1870 bales.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-20
The Willinlanric Company.

Willimantic, Conn, December 49,
IL Is reported that the Willimantic
Ihread company, employing over
1000 hands, contemplate reducing
operations, owing 10 duh times. a
proposition is said to be under con
sideration to sell its great number
Jour mill, recently finished, 10 the
ruiiman Car company for use ut the
Eastern branch works. Col. Barrow.
no" an Official of the Pullman com
Iany, WAS recently president of the
Willlmantio enrnoralinn.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-20
A Railroad Lawsuit.

vt. Louis. December l0.-Isaac and
Leopold Seligman of London. and
Jesse and James Seligman OF New
York, have brought suit in the United
states circuit court here against the
~. Louis Il San Francisco railway
company, and VIM. &. Wilson, a local
financial agent, to restrain tbesale of
- 900 worth of st. Louis & San
francisco stock recently levied uuon
sey Wilson to satisfy a Judgment OF
Sio,ooo, which hs lately Obtained
against the Seligmans in
connection with the construction NJ
the piece of railroad which now forms
n part of the st. Lnnis d san Fran.
cisco line in the Western part Of
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-20
Henry & Peak keep the celebrated
Keen Edge" scissors and shears.
A Card.
Editor Gazett,

Editor Gazette.
Mondays issue of your paper con.
tanned an article taken from the Corsi.
cana journal, In which / AN charyed
with being the author of the ruin of n
pure, helpless orphan girl. made M
immediate reply to this, knowing that
bare assertion on my part would
amount to nothing. i am prepared to
state and prove that the accusation IL
false, one.sided and slanderous and in
stignted by an avaricious NJ. ID, IF he
desires the conversation between him
and myself, before | left Corsicapa. re-
peated, L will oblige him. His ser.
vices were rendered without my solicit
tation and his draft for services there
fore protested. The Islander was insti-
gated by this man and published
by the credulous tool vocif.
erou@ moralizer and prince
of cranks. Mr.. II. II. Leeman
For the standing in Dallas during
the p' It three years and reputation Of
the party for whom so much symp,-
thy is expressed, reer, by Der
mission, to City Marshal j. &. Ar
mold, J. w. Spencer, special detective.
members Of the police force, whose
nan es "an he furnished, Messrs. Sid
Il. Swink, Jas. Cravens, Ed. Randall
and others, all of Dallas, and who
Win nj! make affidavit of the question
able reputation borne by the object of
the tender solicitude of the Corsi-
cana NJ. j. ana editor. Wit, |
two grown brother, one of |
whom lives in Dallas, and |
both of whom are presumed TO
know all, there can be lack of "protec-
Iion," if there is cause for it. | ask but
simple justice, and nothing would af-
ford me more pleasure than to make /
public the uflidavits which would de.
nonstrate my innocence of "perfidyu
IL this affair.
Yours respectfully,
w. F. EASTERLING.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-20

rfeeiing when it refuses ;,
, , suspension of debt NM, ~
ments If u be proposed to ma,np,a ay-
y nominal debt of two or three h",i
ured millions, at a low rate of inta nun
rs security for national bank c, ,.s.'
iation. this should be considered o on ~.
merits. 1t Is not clear Tint sn" 5 '' =
measure will be necessary, but r. u
should be thought so, we cnn sti,l ~, -
om ana day all the debt 10 that small I
residue, which will be substantial M ,
complishment of the task. "'-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-20
The Nail Makers.

Piltsburg, December l0.--The West.
efn nail association met this mornin,,
ana after II session lasting mill :,
O'Clock this afternoon 1t was deridsd 10
,''"'' dawn for y period of six weeks
n9iA )seeuiOvf -Jtultii! .br..-.I,,!t ,t.
me meeting was one OF the inraest
ever held, every mill in the West
Deing represented in person or NV lat
nr. The stoppage is for The nurnnso
81 restricting production. stocks arc
hsbt and ill-assorted. and trade IL "a.
unchanged. "e ieii'aihs
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-20
-
TEXARKANA.
Funeral of Conductor Barncs--Another
Conductor Run Over and Killed
by a Train.

Special to the Gazette.
TeNarkana, December l9-The
funeral of Conductor Barnes took place
this afternoon from the residence of
Mr. Frank Story, on the Texas side.
He was buried in the Catholic Gene
terry, being of the Catholic faith HIM
self during his life time.
At Fulton last night at 10 o'clock.
another conductor, named J. S. Har-
ris, formerly n brakeman under Con-
duetor Barnes, was run over and
killed by the south bound Iron Noun
tain train. His body was shipped for
burial to his former home in Missis-
sippi on this evenings train.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-20
The PrOfemS Inquiry.

Washington, December lo.-The
irotens court of inquiry reassembled
this morning. Captain Powell, acting
chief signal officer during the absence
OF Gen. Hazen, testified that Lieut..
Caziare drew up what was known AS
the supplemental instructions, includ-
ing orders for Garlingtons conduct of
inc expedition, which witness thought
had heen all settled by the chief sig
maj officer. lt contains Cu2iare's views,
ana not compilation of the wishes of
Hazen The question ofleaving stores
az lhttieton island was not discussed
In the presence of witness.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-20
OREGON OUTLAWS.
A Bold Robbery by Seven Desperadoes
Big Booty Secured,

Huntington, Oregon, December 10.
Seven desperadoes at the point of
their pistols roboel j. Tyler, II mer.
chant, of $4,000 in cash and drafts;
also the paymaster of railroad con-
struction of $4,000, and others of
amounts Of from 500 to $500. AS
there II 10 c,ustabuIary in the county
the 'highwaymen will probably es.
cape with the booty.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-20
A HORRIBLE CRIME.
Outraging Woman and Then Cutting
Her Throat.

Joliet, Ill.,, December l0.-Geo. Free
stnrc, aged lwenty-three, boarder at
the Auburn house, entered the room
OF the head cook, Jane Haycock, last
night, bound her head to prevent her
Dreaming, and then outraged her.
When he started 20 leave the room the
woman gave an alarm, when Free,ture
ran back, cut her throat with Il knife
and then fled. He was arrested while
his hands We're still covered with
hi od He aftcrward confessed the
deed and declared he was intoxicated.
The woman is unconscious, and is ex-
pected to die. Her assailant was Jailed,
amid threats OF lynching.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-20
LONG VIEW.
Two Circus Men Arrested for Showing
the Queer-West Rallied.

SpecIRI 10 INC GAZETTE.
Longview, December l9.-The
White Brothers of this county have
been running small circus through
them We're arrested for counterieiting,
being found in possession of the false
coin. The bond of each was set at
$1,000, and they are in jail not being
able to give bond.
l.. w. West, one of the prisoners
brought from Mississippi 10 answer
the charge of forging u sick mans
name to obtain his life insurance from
the Mutual self-endowment ssocialion
here, was bailed out to-day by the
lodge of Knights of Pythias, and
started home.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-20
An Unusual Def0rmi,y

Ithaca, n. y, December IA child
was born here u few days ago with a
pe'ui'sr nhsal formation resembling an
=, .''.."t = Hi,n, ~ % iul Neatu..
aay OF commissions, the primary cause
"a ~, oeath being an inability 10 muse.
ne parents OF the child had previous
y iiau one similarly deforned, whlel,
nved only short time. Such malform.
ut,oh was hereditary characteristic,
iela,iVes OF the family n generation or
TWO DICK having possessed the same
'tanss developments, which in their
Ing maturity.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-20
A Grand Rapids burglary.

Grand Rapids, Mick. December 10. =
burglars last night entered the resi-.
dence OF Il. j. Hoppins, collector of In
ternal revenue in this city, and stole
SSl,S0D In money, which he had taken
nome 70 pay an obligation this mor,,-
ag. They also took the silyerware.
No clue.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-20
Attention. Stnclsmen

The live stock agent OF the Gu,s
Colorado d Santa Fe railroad con-,
pany will he In the CITY TODAY for m =
purpose of settling claims for steel
Killed or injured by that comnanv
ne can be found at the city Office If
Tue company on Main street between
Third and Fourth 'S'"ecn