davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27
UPSHUR COUNTY.
A sensational Elopement mt Gilnler-
The Professor and His Pupil.


Correspondence of the Gazette.
GILMER, April 2l.-Quite a sensa-
ton was aroused in our town yester-
day by marriage under peculiar
circumstances, and tinged with the
exciting rays of romance. Prof. w. s.
Burks, a young man from Kentucky,
who has been engaged as president OF
the Lone Star college and has not only
won a place in the hearts OF our citi-
zens, but high reputation in the state
as progressive educator, eloped with
one Of his pupils. The young lady is
the daughter of DR.. Pollard OF Louisi-
ana. She has been attending school
here during this term, and was left
here in care of her brother-in-law, Nj r.
Tillman. The young couple had made
known their intention neither to rela-
tives nor friends, but at 2 O'Clock Miss
Pollard in company with Miss Lizzie
Wright, passed the college where they
We're joined by Prof. Burks and II. p.
Giles of Dallas, and repaired to the
residence OF G.. II. Jackson, where they
were joined as man and wife by the
Rev. Mr.. Williams of the NJ. Il.
church. They then returned to the
Tillmsn house, and made known their
actions. Anger followed establishment.
The irate relative seized the professor
and endeavored to punish him severe
ly for thus robbing the home of the
pride of its family, but was stayed in
his execution. The girl had been
locked In a room by this time, but
ieaped from window and fled with
her husband for IL calmer atmosphere.
The professor has entered upon his
school duties again to-day, and speaks
of life as but the realization of his
happiest boyhood dreams.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27
DUyAL COUNTY.
A bohemian Mt San Diego - Toplcs
Talked of by the People.
Correspondence Of the Gazette.


Correspondence Of the Gazette.
SAN Diego, April 23.--Your CORE.
spondent was induced TO stop or and
spend n Sunday here, Though there
Is no Protestant church for moor
wandering newspaper man to attend
and offer tribute as he should 10 his
Creator, still we Were imrre ssed with
the surroundings, and after an intro.
duction TO the local reporter of Tup
GAzErTE we were assured that Tur
GAZETTE Is no stranger here. bnt bas
hosts of friends, and our stay of two
days made pleasant. We were i'm
company with the gallant s
A. y. Upton, the talented
representative Of the Laredo lines
VINO promised the good people to write
up their beautiful country In gIaw.
ing style--such u style as Ia only d''a
to this vast field OF riches "a , a
your travelling correspondent will not
assume the responsibility Of. leaving I,
70 the San Diego representst,vas ~ -
IHE GAZETTE, he being one Of The
iirst settlers here, in POSSESSION of a,l
the features and facts bearinp ,,n o.,
ms wide aud interesting subject. wy"
We have met here u,,mhar -,
t,aunch Democrats, who s,,nmnr, ~ -,
Tom OchiltIee, and ihev saw ihs, . wv
not altogether disappointed IN ~; are
shrewd, red.headed representative '''
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27


WITH that charming consistency OF
purpose that will not allow conviction
Of wrong to fall upon him, Uncle Dan'l
makes his Age say:
THE GAzEITg Ia mistaken In assuming
that, II the internal revenue tax Is abol.
ished, there VIII be any deficiency In the
federal treasury OF means 10 support the gov
ernment To abolish the anti-democratic IN
ternat revenue. oifspring Of radicalism and
civil war, viii not create u deficiency In the
federal treasury. II Will only stop the feder-
al government from gathering day after day,
week after wetk ana year after year. an Inn
mense surplus OF treasure, not needed for
any Of the constitutional and legitimate uses
OF the government, and that serves no pur-
pose but TO encourage proiiigacy and corrup,
fion.
But wouldn't reduction Of tariff
duties insure the same result, Uncle
Dan'l? And isn't tariil tax on
clothes aud groceries and farming
utensils harder than an internal rev
en,ie iax.on whisky and tobaecos
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27
A Cause of Lynch Law.

The action Of Judge Maltbie at Dali
las in releasing Willis Adams ON bail |
must have been based upon some facts
connected with The murder of Burns
that the public have not learned. The
circumstances reported are not yet
etfi,ced from public recollection, and
as given out they constitute as fragrant
u case OF murder as the annals of Texas
relate. The mf II Burns was poor aud
his home was III unpleasant proximity
to a house of i'll repute. He had COM
planned of indt cent conduct by the in
mates of the hoase, and Adams, rs a
patron of the oman who kept it, re-
| scented the insult to his mistress by
hiring hack with red light to stand
for hours In front of Burns house, to
create the impression that 1t was also
a place Of prostitution. A systematic
course of insu Is to Burns wife was
followed by a ams and the creatures
whom he befiended in the adjoining
house. Inste: Il Of loading shotgun
and shooting Adams and the hack.
man, as they deserved, Burns commit
ted the mistake of appealing to the
law for protection and redress. In.
censed at this, Adams shot him to
death like dog, Now a judicial OIL.
Ger releases the murderer ON bond, and
accepts the murdersr's brother as bail
E This may be all right. Judge Malt
!. bic doubtless followed judicial pre- c,
: edents In admitting Adams to bail.
n Had tho circumstances been reversed,
5 and Burns been the murderer and
: Adams the victim, perhaps the habeal
corpus proceedings would have ended
NJ with the fixing Of bail ut the sam,
: sum as was required for Adams. Blu
y the public viii not believe so. In theil
d minds the wealth OF Adams connec
: tons is closely connected with the
leniency of his Judicial guardians, anS
they will insist that he owes his pres
cnt liberty to the power Of money
< Already II is freely said that no con
4 viciion will ever be had against tn
> murderer. nEIe has too much money 7
;. The prevalence of this feeling mus
u have a foundation in past experience
q If men had not escaped mer.ted pun
II ishment in the past by the power q
l. money, there would not be so many /
s. say that money will buy this man
10 freedom. Unfortunately Cor Texa
rs and for the cause Of Justice, there
a. too much cause for such feeling.
1t Such profanatlons of Justice arc til
s. parents Of lynch law. II WAS such
"a case that brought down the late tai
N rible disaster upon the city OF CInoir
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27
This section needs raIn ha.llv.

.
A number Of Northern stocliman are
here buying up stock to ship by rail.
Sheepmen here speak OF the tariff
for revenue only in harsh words, and
call forth epithets In thunder tones
against 1t, but In their argument
against 1t advance the ideas of De-
mocracy, but give IL another heading In
their delusion thinking they are be-
ing hurt, whether by actual enforce
ment or not. At least they delude
themselves, taking the words of the
platform instead of the nature of the
clause. A good field develops itself
here for speaker for tariff for reve.
nue. only, and no conversions are
necessary-simply fair understands
ing of the heading, instead
of the wording of the proposed
amendment, and the voice
that now Is raised in condemnation
will then cease TO groan under the bur.
den of delusion, and shout the glad
tidings of tariff for revenue only. At
San Diego there was once during the
Ochiltree campaign) a newspaper run
here in the interest of Ochiltree, the
paraphernalia of which is now lying
idle in a suspicious manner, and your
correspondent surmised that another
resurrection would be just before the
next election, run by Spaniard OF
considerable culture. He is calculated
to do much good to the cause he es-
pouseS.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27
The Ross Boom-so. Called.

The News gives Gen. Ross the
strongest kind of hint that he ought
to step forward, 'you know" and con-
sent to an interview tell the people
whatshe thinks about fence-cutting,
free grass, herd law, the land board,
etc. But Ross shows himself to be
consistent, modest and withal shrewd
man. He has said he is not a candi-
date for gubernatorial position, and
therefore 1t is not essential that he
shall, as a matter Of policy, tender his
views on public matters. He is mod
est enough to believe that intrlnsically
and as private individual his ideas
about this or that measure or line of
policy are not one iota more valuable
than the views of thousands Of observ-
ant, intelligent and patriotic citizens
throughout Texas-men who are not
solicited by interviewers, aud who do
not seek of their own accord to express
their opinions through the public
prints. Finally, Gen. Ross seems to
have concluded that it is n wise head
that keeps a still tongue-he marks
the mishaps Of me II who talk well but
have talked just a little too much, and
he keeps silent. And the public is
gravitatlug to the conclusion that Gen.
Ross, for reasons best known and sat
isfactory 10 himself, IL in dead earnest
when lie says he does not aspire to MOI
expect to fill the gu6ernatorial chair
at the expiration of freland's term,
now drawing to close. If Ireland
were dead failure if his administra
ton could be said TO be detrimental t.
the public interests IL his election to
second term IMPLIED calamity to tn,
state-and If Gen. Ross were the only
man in all TeXss qualified to succee,
Ireland and Sc; matters TO rights-thel
the people might perhaps be able L
force Gen. Ross into public life, an
the News or some of the rest of u
might induce him to talk freely, as
preliminary. But the state of Attain
illustrated by all these "iisn does M
exist nor is 1t likely to do so. AS n r.
: suit Gen. Ross desires will no doui
be respected and even his warme
friends and admirers will pass on
find some other man to pit against Ir
land, If that Is the sole animus of th
\ Ross boom,n of which we hear
z much but which is so purposeless wi
}, Gen. Ross oc, upying his past al
y present attitude.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27
A Field for Reform.

There are two or three bills pending
IN congress which contemplate vesiing
the president with power 70 dlsap-
prove any particular Item In m APP
preparation bill, without delaying or
endangerlng The bin as whole. We
said theseaie bills; they are really joint
resolutions, in the nature of constitn-
tlonal amendments, for such q meas.
nre would require ratification by the
legislatures Of two.thirds Of tho states
before engrsftment into the funda4
mental law Of tue land. There ought
not 10 be any question about the wis
dom aud urgent necessity Of auch i
change. Under the existlng system
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27

TO HIRING up matter that has been
almost forgotten in the hurly-burly Of
later events, we mention the fact that
1t Is but q week OF, two until the expi-
ration Of ninety days since the passage
Of the law TO appoint n commissioner
to New Orleans. The bill was passed
February 6, and will become law
about May 8. The governor probably
has made up his mind and has the
happy man already singled out. VIII
it be Houston or Dailase There will
be heartburnngs and reproaches, but il
Is demonstrate proposition o
natural philosophy that two bodies
can't occupy the same space at Tia,
same time, and somebody will be left
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27
The Cunningham Verdict.

After "a careful reading of the evil
dence in the case of the State vs. Gun.
ningham, on trial for the murder OF
Fleming, one must experience feel
Ing of surprise at the llghtness of the
verdict rendered. A human life is
cheap at the price of five years In the
penitentiary. Those acquainted with
the facts in this case expected no less
than heavy penal sentence, and n
capital punishment was by most peo.
pie deemed not incommensurate with
the depth of the oiIense. The fact
that Fleming was found with pistol
in his hand after being shot carries
weight enough with some to reduce
the grade of the ofiense; but the testi.
mony OF the witnesses was corrobora-
tive Of the fact that the collision was
pushed by Cunningham; that he be-
gan the quarrel by the use of vile
cpithet applied to Fleming; that he
stopped his wagon and got out of II
with evident hostile intent, when
Fleming warned him to move on; that
he then suddenly drew a pistol and
shot Fleming dead. No evidence
tended to show that there was any at.
tempt on Fleming's part TO endanger
Cunningham's life, and the drawing
Ola pistol by the former was not until
the latter had provoked him had
stopped his wagon and was getting gu,
with the evident intention Of com
m.t'ing an assault, and even after
.hls, there y not sufficient evidence Ia
demonstrates that there was any ut,
tempt on Fleming's part TO use nj.
pistol Had Fleming begun the aim.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27
Texas.

The Greenville Banner has heen
INDUCING again in comparative dis.
tahces IN Texas, and gives the follow
Ing regarding interior counties: "Take
rom Green county, for instance. Its
,eIstm Is greater than the distance
iron, m IeSarkana or Shreveport to Fort
Worth, or the distance from Galveston
10 NeW orleans, or from New York to
bostoii, or rom Chicago to st. Louis.
ieopie IN Eastern Texas talk about 20
ing 10 West Texas" when they go : so
iar as Dallas or Fort Worth, but at
dallas the traveller is only one-fourth
tne uist ince from Texarkana
s w Nj faso. He may be
aiT 10 ne In East Texas
Nv Daiias, When he reaches Abilene
OF coleman City, which are SO far
49, u.s. , lna. me average sand.lapper who
s sn .ia. iar VIII swear that there is
sn os settlement between him and
SUNSET ana that he is within half
vol n ne VI we jumping Off place. he Is
~ not nan way across Texas. Proper-
n speaking, he IL barely In Central
p.s, AS to area take Tom Green or
l. iosiulo counties. Either one of them
IN larger IMAM all that vast see
a.uu y, Texas north OF the Texn.
nnu Iaciiic railroad and east
ol Mckinpey and Dallas--a section
containing 10000 people and SO ooo.
wv worth of taxable property. rake
.ne nve counties-Tom Green Prasi.
nio, III Paso, Pecos and Crocket--ana
.ne combined area Is larger than The
s sr OF New York, Georgia, Indiana or
=. tennessee. Some of the citlzena ~
ION Green county live 200 miles fro' :,
.heir county seat. Austin. tLe stat
gTapilai, Is considered as being in AVest
isAas, yet the citizens Of lei peso ars
,nfther flom Austin than the enfire
MexlcD.n - 'As yum OF
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27
B0SQUE COUNTY.
Arrested for Whisky CrockeGness =
Local and Personal Notes.

Correspondence of the Gazette.
MORGAN, April 25.-United States
Marshal j. l.. White passed through
here on his way to Waco with a man
by the name of Baldwin, charged with
Illicit retail liquor dealing in Erath
county; also liquor still was captured.
DR.. ). NJ. Frazier returned from Bel
Ton, where he has been attending the
Medical association.
Mr.. e. w. Stancil, an old townsman
OF ours, came down from Cleburne
yesterday and will go up tonight.
Mr.. Cy. Thompson, carpenter and
builder of our town, has solved the
puzzle given by the Fort Worth Arte.
sian Well company.
Quite number of the Texas vet
Grams passed through our town to-day
on their way home.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27

Notice the papers which have always been
considered straight Democratic, no doubt az
10 their adhesion TO the principles OF the
party. those that. never Wen, OFT into indie
pendenilsIn, but which always stood by the
nominees OF the party. Every one of them
stands by The two-thiTds rule. "liy their
works We shall know them. Austln States
man.
How does this fit the Houston rostG
is it one of those "that never went of
into independentism, bnt always stood
by the nominees OF the party?'
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27

New YORK City spends $4,000, 600
annually on churches and 100000 on
amusements. which goes TO show that
She is having more fun i'll this world
than she will zee in the next.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27

THE fence.chtting industry has not
entirely b.ted, but it Is growing beat
tfully loss. The wisdom of the
remedial measures adopted by the leg
islature Is being vindicated.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27

A BosroN publisher IS getting cut
book: The Antiquity and Evolution
of Jokes Some of the funny men
had better begin to prepare for an Eu-
ropean tour.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27

SENATOR MAxEY, too. 1t will be a
tiresome task reading the anti-two-
thirds rulers out of the Democratic
party, and what is left after they are
read out will feel very lonesome.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27

MARTIN is wondering why the herd
lawites don't waltz up to give his
boom boost. He will continue to
wonder. The politicians have heard
something drap ON that subject.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27

SINCE it is gettingso popular TO refer
to the poverty of public men, plug hats
will soon become obsolete With The
politicians.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27

II, As ia reported, Dorsey Is putting
up money on Logan, 1t is just as well
not TO venture prematurely an opinion
on results.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27

BLAINE don't propose TO hang him
self this season. Ii he Is hung some
body else will have to perform the job.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27

SINCE Sterrett has murdered Aske-
Ion there ioh't seem to be any more
worlds in Dallas for him to conquer.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27
10 Telegraph Correspondents.

The mail lists of THrGAzETrE are
being revised Should any one DC
dronne,l who Is entitled to The paper
we will esteem it q favor 70 be re-
minded OF the fact by postal card Al
once, stating arrangement made with
this Office. Those who are entitled 70
the paper will know 1t is q mistake Il
they are dropped.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27

THERE are some portions of Wash
Jones' platform that seem TO be grow
ing mighty popular all of asudden.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27

The idea OF Mr.. Randall and his
crew is 10 stick principles in one pocket
and offices in the other.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27

Az equal division of the spoils seems
to be one Of the prime necessities Oh the
Houston convention.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27

BurLEn and Reagan, Benny and
Johnny, fed and "confedi" platform:
"Let bro.heriy love continue
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27

THE cemetery for the burial OF hera
law principles will have to be enlarged
pretty soon.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27

THE whole country has its ear TO the
ground, listening for the echoes from
Waco.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27
TN I'M

The nevsI4lsr
improving w -
Houston l'tsI cd
Daily GAzErn
pages each. fhsk
outstripptd sll en-,
audit Il hsrd 10 AdS
We can MT cnnsj
mini either cssilAd
say they arc h bn
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27

wArcm the political kite-iails Iiy.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27

- ~
The News esnl III
Sunday. and uuax
we don't like ths u
success. Pslhar "
to the form |! Wild
writing the Ntri !
Post Ia makeup
graphical srpssIsss
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27

The Gazette ~
page form lat Slla,
with telegrsphIs M
the world, velLiirl
the choicest ss|sxis
and general news ss
end to the ehls1f2
and as the illsaixs
indicates, Il hr
strides Until 4 4
procession Of 'Isr,tj
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27
Fer,gIlg lstI

THE GAzErrRs
ness is very charms
other II Is coming y
very rapidslddt',
warfare between y
Post, 1t stands . h'
ultimately 70 hs
column.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27
TheSlnlEA|

N
Fort Worth By y
and besides theils
sum in city is ,|I's,
mates inyesliugsle
Improvements, 4 as
in the nimbls Y
Fort.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27

I'VE douttnHs
STATE who ~ m
l. A. Patton aiiI'''.
upon merit ii
single siu!s;l, one dlSrs
rely known > M;
politician. Nj W.
70 his prlvAls siIiiis
81. Stunned, nlhs a..
nc i,c notice 70, ,vhIsi ~ Il
t me placehuul,i'
ing boon. ysib
handling bis naIri
q state once. Hs.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27

they are dropped.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27

this Office. Those who are cD'l'''
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-27

once, stating arrangement mHue w
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-08-08

SOUTH CAROLINA NEws.-Sam
Nimmons, colored, of Barnwell
County, has killed thirty-two hawks
since January last.
The Barnwell Sentinel advises
the Governor to offer reward for
the capture of Carson, the fugitive
murderer Of John G. Sessions.
VIM. Denton, Of Lancaster Coun-
ty, has a five-acre patch of cotton
that he would not sell for $500.
The annual reunion Of the Sur
vivors of the 18th Regiment, S. c..
", will be held in Walhalla, on the
21st Of August, which day will be
the twenty third anniversary Of the
formation Of the regiment. The
Survivors of the 9th Regiment, S.
G. ", Will have their reunion in
Winnsboro on the 21st of August.
The swamps and ranges in Ma
rion County are said to abound in
deer and other game.
Lots are now being surveyed in
the town of Black's for the pur-
pose of erecting 2 colored church
es, Baptist and Methodist.
There are several cases of ty-
phoid fever in Abbeville village.
A council Of the elders and dea-
cons Of the Presbyterian Church
in Abbeville County was held on
July 28 and 20 and steps were ta~
ken looking to the extension Of
Presbyterianism within the bounds
of the county.
At the last session of the Legis-
lature an Act was passed author
izing the town council of George
town to provide a system for the
registration of births, deaths and
marriages within the limits Of the
town of Georgetown. At it's meet
ing last Thursday the council fixed
the salary of the registrar at 5000
per annnm, and elected Mr.. Le-
Grand O.. Walker to the position
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-08-08

UNCLE EZEK's W1sDoM.-There
is much JOY in laugh, but there
is no luxury to the soul equal to a
tear free from sadness.
Men talk great deal about ex-
ercising their Judgements, when
it is their prejudices they exercise
the most.
Solitude would be a good place
tor a man to go to, if he could leave
himself behind, and take only his
virtues along with him.
Don't be afraid to strike for
your rights. The world will give
yon only what you reach for, and
it will keep showing that a little
further off all the time.