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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-22
I,owiE.
special to the Gazette.

BowrR, May 9l,--This place WIS VIA
tied this morning by one of the heav-
lest rain'storms ever known through
ont this country, lasting the entire day.
All the creeks are overlooked. No
wash-outs nre reported on the Fort
Worth d Denver City railway, though
from the country report crops dam
aged considerably by the heavy rains
Of the past few days, but II Ia doing a
great good 10 the cattle ranges In this
section.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-22
CARPET DEPARTMENT.

We have selected from our stock for
special sale this week:
5 pieces Ingram, and offer them at s5c.
worth 40c.
10 pieces Ingram, better grade. s5c.,
worth 50c.
Csc.
10 pieces extra super Cotton Chain,
&c., worth 90c.
5 pieces extra super Atwood, 75c.,
worth $1l0.
10 w giscsSs q Tapestry Brussels &c.,
5 pieces ilve-fra,ne Body Brussels,
SIPS, worth $3.50.
20 rolls China Mating, lsc., worth as.
10 rolls China Mating, 25c., worth 40.
10 rolls China Mating, 3Sc., worth 50.
5 pieces scarlet China Mating, Soc,
worth 75c.
Just received an entire new line OF
Turcoman, Antique, Madras and Not
tingham Curtains.
SPECIAL SHADE SALE.
100 plain Curtains with fringe and fix.
lures ut 75c., worth ST..
l25 ornamented, with fixtures, Mt ST.
worth $3.50.
l lot of Pole Cornices, with rings, at
TIC, worth ST..
lot at 81, worth $l.25,
Samples of both Oil and Straw Mat
tings and carpets of all grades (excep,
Tapestry and Body. Brussels) sent tc
any address on application.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-22
Tyl.EI,.
speclal 10 thu ,iAzptta.

TYLER, May 2l.--A heavy rain has
been falling here steady since 10
o'clock last night. aud the United
States signal service rain-gauge shows
rainfall of four Inches In the last
twenty-four hours. Our farmers are
very generally discouraged, aud pre-
dict failure In both corn aud cotton
crops. Cotton seed are scarce In this
county, and fears are entertained that
enough cannot be had To replant.
Washouts nre reported on all the
railroads, and we will have no trains
tonight.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-22

Special to the Gazette.

Special 10 the Gazette.
WINNsBoRo, Tex, May 2l.-A cy-
clone visited our county between Sui
phur Springs and Como. The course
was due north, sweeping strip OF
country five miles wide beforelt. Trees
were torn from the ground, and fences,
barns, dwelling houses and crops de-
stroyed. But slight damage In town.
Old settlers report the storm Of last
night as being the most severe rain
storm known In this country.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-22
TERRELL.
special 10 the Gazette.

Special 10 the Gazette.
TERRELL, May 2i.-Therc was a
heavy rain and wind storm last night
at o'clock from the northwest. a
one story and half dwelling in the
south part Of town was taken from Its
foundation and carried twelve feet.
Several small buildings In the same
vicinity were lifted from their founda-
tlons. Another tremendous heavy
rain fell this evening. and much dam-
age IL anticipated. No mails from any
direction,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-22
wEArHpRpossD.

Special 10 the Gazette.
WRArHERFoRD, May 81. - The
heavy rains of the past fortnight cul-
minated last night In the most dam
aging rain ever known in this county.
Owing TO the heavy condition of the
roads, and the little travel In conse-
quence, II IL impossible to learn the
extent of tho damage. IL IL definitely
known that on Willow Creek, u stream
about four miles north of this
place, the farms of John r.
Mitchell w. Copeland, Mr.. Ewton
and Mr.. Heart sustained great damage
by the washing away of fences aud
overflow of cropi. There are numbers
OF fine farms on that creek, and nearly
all of them rs much subject 60 overflow
IA the above mentioned. and serious
consequences are feared for them all.
IL Is ais) feared that great damage has
resulted on Clear Fork, eigl ,r ten
miles north OF this place, rs IT IL II
stream with lowlands IN many places.
The bridge over Weatherford creek, AT
the foot of Fort Worth street, was
washed away, and the one on North
Main street was somewhat damaged,
but has been repaired. A washout one
mile east of this place on the Texas ~
Pacific railway has delayed all trains.
l.ater--Anotber report comes from
Willow creek, stating that the farm
of Spain Foudren and Mrs.
Fraser on the Fort Worth
road are three or four feel under water,
and The fences all gone. IL isvery Ger
tain that the farms of Sandy King
| Anderson Dorrett, David Wampler
Mira. lientz, n. u. Huffman, u. Nj
Pipkins, Jonn III. Lewis, Mrs. Jackson
and others are in like condition.
Since writing the above. ! have hae
n talk with Sandy King, who reports
five hundred panels of his fence gone
bui the damage to crops not serious.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-22
FORT WORTH TEXAS THURSDAY MAY % 1881.
TAYLOR s. BARR.
80 Pinch pieces Cray Quilts at so Cents
WHITE GOODS.

] case striped Pique at &c., worth 7c.
case checked Nainsooks at Sc. worth
l2l-2c.
! case checked Nainsooks double.
foldl, 1912 to 40c.
case Victoria Lawn at 10 and l2l
worth Is and 25c.
l case imported India Linen at is and
20, worth 25 and SEC.
case French Nainsook at greatly re-
duced prices.
TOWELS, TABLE DAMAsKS AND
QUILTS.
100 dozen twilled bleached Linen Tow.
els at IL IL each, worth 25c.
2oO dozen Loom Huck, 22x40 inches, at
20 each, worth Acc.
900 yards turkey red Damask at so,
worth 75c.
200 yards bleached GA, all!linen at so,
worth Toe.
case Crochet Quilts at SIS, worth 75c.
cases Crochet Quilts, 1914, at 75c.,
worth ST..
2 cases Crochet Quilts, full size, at 81,
worth $l.25.
cases Bridal Quilts at Sl15, worth
$3.50.
EMBRoIDERIEs.
200 pieces Hamburg Edgings at S,
worth l-3.
$50 pieces Hamburg Edging at Is,
worth 20.
ITS pieces Hamburg Edging at %,
worth 40.
$50 pieces Hamburg Edging at So
worth rs.
A fine line Swiss, Nainsook and
Irish Point Edgings and Insertings al
popular prices.
Address all orders nom the country fol
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-22
PLANO
Special to tho Gazette.

PLANO, May Give were visited
Inst night and to-day by heavy rain
storing, accompanied by lightning aud
thunder. REPORTS from this county
say cotton " damaged TO consider
able extent, and y great many farmers
have not planted over half crop,
owing 10 continued rains. Al pas
senger trains were delayed to-day Oh
account OF high water.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-22

Special 70 Tbs Lhzsttc,
CoHsIcAHA. May Il. The extra
ordinary rains Of the last two weeks
we're supplemented from yesterday Of
ternoon TIL tonight by continuous
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-22
DRESS GOODS.

Summer Silks are all the rage. We
offer:
LIST Lot Beautiful styles at Acc,
Ind Lot Handsome Plaids Mt Sc.
3rd Lot Embracing all new shades
4th Lot Plaids and Stripes, shaded,
at Soc, S5c. and 81.
5th--- Fifty pieces plain Gros Grain, in
all the new shades, including gold,
brown, elephant gray, light and
dark beige, at the amazing low
price Of 81, worth $l.50.
To our city trade we offer $50 rem.
nants of Silk at the following pri.
ces. Worth so, at 25c.; worth rs,
at 40c.; worth ST., at 60c.; worth
$l.25, at 75c.; worth $1.O at ST.,
BRoCADE SATIN AMI WOOL
CLOTHS.
Just received, fifty pieces Brocade
Satins by fast express. They include
all the new colors Regular price O.
these &C.,, will sell them at Acc.
Also with this shipment we get 2C
pieces Of new Two-tone effects in col.
ored Brocades with solid Silk to match
So to $2.75.
20 pieces French Suitings in plaids
and stripes, worth 81 sc, re dueed TO 81
20 pieces Albatross Cloths in all the
new shades, worth ST., reduced to zoe
case Lace Buntings, a beautiful
line of shades, at l5c., worth zoe.
CALICoEs AND sEERsUcKERs.
500 pieces entirely new Spring Cali
Goes ut s, worth &c.
100 pieces blue, fast coloted Seer.
sucker at IL, worth lSc.
Address nil orders nrnn, tho A,n,r, 90
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-22
WICHITA FALLS

Special 70 tho uasette.
WICHITA FALLS, May 2l.--I'his
section has been visited BY plentiful
rains during tho past few days and
grass II fine and stock water abundant.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-22


MARSHALL, May u. Never within
the recollection Of the oldest inhabit-
ants has there been such an amount Of
rain fall In the same length Of time az
In the past thirty.six hours, and the
end Is not yet. Our farmers are very
respondent, AZ 1t seriously intcrferes
with their work. This lightning has
been skipping around lively on the
telephone wires to-day. Several per
sons have been knocked down while
using the Instruments, and the system
Is badly demorAlIzed In consequence.
1t will take several days To make good
the damage. The large frame board
ing-honse building, occupied by o.
car johnson, was struck by lightning
during the storm and considerably
damaged, though the Inmates escaped
without injury.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-22
VALLEY Mills.

Special 10 the fAHoNt.
VALLEY Mills, May 2l,-lleavy
rains last night and to-day have
flooded the country, causing an over
flow of the Bosque river, which Is u
mile wide here, putting two miles OF
track uuder water, and washing away
about fifteen hundred feet OF the track
and small bridge. Many hundred
acres OF wheat were under water, and
the amount of destruction not yet
known. but IL IL estimated that In the
Bosqne valley IT will not fall short OF
$4,000.
The water rose with such rapldity
that several houses near here were CUR
rounded before the occupants could
escape, and had TO be rescued. A
widow lady and her children,
living just on the banks
of the liver, wereclught and witnessed
a half mile OF water on each side OF
them. Their signals for assistance
were distressing. A boat IL under con
struction, but they must await with
anxiety It's completion, when help will
reach them. Up 10 this time no lives
are reported lost, but fears are enter
tanned that some have failed to escape.
IL Is still raining Ia torrents, with
heavy clouds, and indications are the
end Is not yet. The small streams are
backed up from the river, and the en-
tire valley presents one vast sheet OF
water, destroying all kinds Of crops.
The railroad company anticipate q
transfer OF pms sengers tomorrow, with
through frelghts In three days.
LATER, after the boat was launched,
DIR. j. &. Jarrett and Mr.. Alex. Nc
NELL volunteered 10 rescue the widow
aud her children, which they did, and
deserve much praise for their gallantry.
The river Is now on II stand.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-22
MAnLI.rN,


MARLIN, May q. 1T Inns been rain
Ing all day, hlling all the creeks, and
the ground Is = solid sheet. The
bridge on the bayou west OF town was
washed away, aud will prevent
passage for several days. The evening
train, due here ~ four o'clock, Ii de.
layed on account OF washout below
Reagan. and will not reach here be-
fore inUruInR.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-22
AAN ANrOnlp.

Special 10 The Gazette.
SAN ANTONIO, MAY 2l.--Our section
WAS visited again to-day By terri nc
storms, attended by severe wind aud
hail. Indications tonight are for
much more Of this bad weather.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-22

Address all orders nom the country for
goods or samples TO.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-12-19

the wonderful career of the great city.
Again we see Caesar rebuilding the city.
in fancy we see him going about with
his coat oil and his red suspcnders flash
ING in the warm southern sun. Rapidly
the eye sweeps down the Seine from the
Louvre, along the Tuilcrics, the Rue
Rivol and and the Rue Foldcrol, to
where the glistcning mass of the
Nendomc de Charlotte Russo raises its
pale facades. In the foreground stands
the Hotel dies Invalidcs, an imposing
pile, crowned with a gilded dome one
hundred and five meters high. Imme-
dlatcly under it stands the sarcophagus
of Napoleon l. This sarcophagus was
first used by Napoleon. He was proud
and exclusive about his sarcophagi, re-
fusing to use a second hand sarcopha-
gus, no matter how chcaply ne could
procure it.
Moving toward the background, we
come suddenly upon the Bourse, the
imposing coup d'ctat, the Palais DIES
Beaux Arts, the Bon Bon, and the
Champs de Dofunny Farther on rests
the Grand Boulevard dc Parlcyvoo,
silent and abandoned, while down the
river father, and still beyond the Palais
de Livery Stable, stands the historic
Rue de Crazy Woman's Fork.
How fresh in my memory still rests the
picture of Paree, and what a pleasure it
is again and again to bring back its ten
der outlines! Imperfect though this pen
picture may be, | know it will be read
with much pleasure by those VINO see 1t
and if there should, at first blush, appear
to be vagueness, and, as It were, an
Incompetence in the description, hope
the gentle reader will bear in mind that
Tie Siding, Wyoming, is about the near
est l ever got to Patee. And with a
broken leg and the long, damp walk
that stretches out between myself and
France, am afraid that / may be de-
layed in reaching there this winter
My next letter will be from Rome.
For a cripple, intend to see as much
of Europe this winter as possible. Bill
Me-, in Dencer OpiHi0a.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-12-19
SELECT SIFTINGS.

A photograph of lightning has been
made in New Orleans.
A city barber says that on an average
cighty-livc men out of every hundred
wear mustaches.
The trombone is the sackbut of the
ancients; and it was revived about 1890,
after model found in Pompeii.
The Welsh bards became so arrogant
in the twelfth century that it became
necessary to control them by law,
which restrained them from asking for
the princes horse, hawk, or greyhound.
A turnip grown near Marquette, Mich,
weighs eighteen pounds, measures thir-
ty-four inches in circumference and
twelve inches in Observation-Disclosures TO
be the largest vegetable of the kind on
record.
In AMMAN though king dies early in
the year, his successor is not deemed to
commence his reign to the first day OF
the next year All events occurring
during the uneXpired months are as
cribed to the reign of the deceased.
Since 1871 the CONSUMPTION Of horse
flesh for food has more than quadrupled
in PARIS. Last year there were ), 200, 900
pounds eaten. The meat OF mules and
donlleys is worth one quarter more than
that of horses, which only commands
twelve cents pound.
The following ages have, on the
authority of skilled arboriculturists, been
attained by trees; Ycw, 5000 years;
schubertia, 3, 600 cedar, ., 900; oak, 500 ;
spruce, 200; lime, 1, 100; Oriental plane,
1000; walnut, 300; olive and cypress,
800; orange, G30 maple, 500; elm, 300.
On February %, 1904, the legislature
of New Jersey, by an almost unanimous
vote, passed an act to abolish slavery in
that State, by securing freedom to all
persons born there after the Fourth of
July next ensuing; the children Of slave
parents to become free-masculine at
twenty five years Of age, feminine at
twenty one.
Among the literary curiosities in the
Southampton library, England, is an
old Bible known as the Bug Bible. 1t
was printed by John Dayc in 1851, with
a prologue by Tyndall. Its name is de-
rived from the peculiar rendering of the
/ fifth verse of the ninety first Psalm,
which reads: $50 that thou shall not
need to be afraid of any bugs by night"
Chess is the oldest game now in use.
1t was originally played in India, where
tradition says it was invented 1000 years
ago The Indian game, however, was
much improved As it travcrsed other
nations. 1t reached China, and then
came through Persia to Europe. Before
the sixteenth century there had been
fifteen writers on chess, of whom seven
were Asiatcs.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-12-19

We read in Hong Kong letter to the
Cincinnati Enquirer that in Nankin and
Kai-fun children from six to twelve
years of age are sold by tens of thou
sands. Not hired out or transferred
but sold for small sum in cash, in con-
sideraton of which the progenitor. by a
tacit understanding, renounces all paren.
tai rights, even the right OF inluiring
into the fate of his offspring. The pur-
chasing trader may he the middle man
of well-to-do childless couple, or the
agent of wholesale tea planter, or Il
coole breeder, raising and training
slaves for Il foreign market. For the
equivalent of $40 any commission ped
dlcr will undertake to "adopt" the same
number of young Mongols in the name
Of any employer, and at very short no.
tice The authorities might object to a
formal and public purchase, but the
meaning of the adopting transaction is
well understood and connivcd at. 1t is
lesser evil, and few parents ask any
questions. Rather than see their chill
dren starve they will resign them to any
fate-with one exception. The orthodox
Buddhists seem to have evinced occa-
sona scruples in delivering up their
youngsters TO the proSelyliling mission
aries, whom they suspect OF all sorts of
pra ctices. But even such scruplcs can
be readily outweighed by few extra
dollars.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-12-19

Everett Farnham died at Richfeld,
Ohio, recently at the age of eighty-four.
He was the largest land owner in the
county, and was exceedingly eccentric.
He called his lands his domains. On
his farm was large tract of meadow
land which he called Goods Heart, Z"
and of this he took especial care. lie
was great admirer of England and
British customs, and on recent visit to
London undertook to defend to the
Britishers in the streets the advantages
of repuDicanism, and was arrested and
fined
In clearing land he would never burn
his brush, but placed it in piles and al
lowed it to rot. lie was an avOwed in
Gdel, and had large library of books
treating on infdelity. Four or five of
his acres were enclosed as park, in
which he kept deer, elk and buffalo. lie
pretended that at one time the emperor
of Germany had sent an envoy to pur-
chase his elk. Yet Farnham was an
honest upright man, and was highly re-
spected.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-12-19

A Fort Keogh correspondent of the
Pittsburg Commercial G0sette writes; Once
let Cheyenne get hold Of dog for
cooking purposes, and he is fixed for a
week, took a peep into the lodge of
Iron Shirt, and there lay fine dog be-
fore the Goals, nice and brown TO a turn,
a ready for supper. 1t is Il curious and
strange fact that the North American
Indians OF all tribes will turn away from
the choicest beef, vcnison or buffalo
hump, if he can be sure Of getting a dog
instead; and many of the tribes raise
colonies of dogs for the same purpose
that we do beeves. As there were no
dogs in camp, | inquired OF Rowland
how it happened that Iron Shirt was so
fortunate in securing one. Rowland
questioned that brave on the subject and
| learned that party of English tourists
had paid a visit to the camp few days
previous, out of curiosity, and that the
dog was theirs From the moment the
doomed canine entered the Indian village
Iron shirt had kept his coyetOus eyes
glued upon the animal until, watching his
chance, he secured the prize and spirited
it out of sight until the Engiishmen had
taken their departure. The dog was IA
Gordon setter and had been brought along
10y the tourists for hunting purposes.
Iron Shirt did not consider his action in
the case wrong or improper as stealing
is looked upon us virtu, rather than a
crime by all red men. and that is why
the Cheyennes happened to have dog
for supper on this particular evening.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-12-19
Paris by Moonlight.

There may be more beautiful sights,
perhaps, than the quiet beauty of the
French capital sleeping in the moonlight
on the Seine, but do not remember at
this moment what they are. Looking
down from the mighty Notifications to
where nearly two million warm-hearted,
hot-headed loyal and yet rebellious,
peaceful and still belligerent people are
slumbering, what memories of blood and
riot and ruin come trooping up in the
brain of the beholder. Again the air
seems filled with the wild roar and rush
OF the riotous canaille, the beautiful
bouleyards run red with French blood,
and the glorious architecture Of forgot
ten centuries crumbles and yields to the
mad tide of revolution and revenge
From the early days of the infant Paris,
known then rs Lutetia Parisorum, when
the French capital was simply an out
fitting point, down to the days when she
dictated to the world in the matter of
national debts and overskirts, we trace
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-12-19
4 Disgustcd ScnntOr.

Senator Beck, of Kentucky, and Rep
rescntative wilkins, of Ohio, were talk
ing yesterday, when the Kcntuckian cs-
pied the picture Of a horse hanging on
the wall. "There," he exclaimed with
rapture, sis picture OF Lexington the
grandest horse that ever stood on four
feet" eyes" said Mr.. Wilkins, "he
was certainly a very remarkable horse.
Was he trottcr or runner?'
\ look of incifablc scorn passed over
Senator Becll's broad, expressive coun-
tenance. WAS he trottcr or runner"
he repeated, establishment, pity, and pro-
found disgust being blended in the tones
of his voice. "Was he a runncro or trot-
ter? Well, we'll, well, do declare, |
never heard of such astounding ignor-
ance before in the whole course of my
life, excepting on one occasion, and that
was three years ago, and fellow Scna-
tor was the frightful example. Iroquois
had won the English Derby, and W.
Kentuckians naturally felt proud
of the success of the American
racer abroad, and wa ted with
breathless anxiety for news
from France that would tell us of the
victory or defeat of the Kentucky bred
FoXhall, entered for the Grand Prize
of Paris. The day of The race | opened
up my newspaper and looked for the
Paris date line the first thing. | was
overioyed to find that FOXhall had in
deed won, and sent Il page for Senator
Allison. When he came over to my
desk pointed 10 the Pari; telegram and
asked him TO 'Read that lie read the
paragraph and calmly expressed his great
qualification over the victory. After he
had run on awhile he parayzed me by
the inquiry: WAS il trotting or a run
ming race that FoXhall won?
Imagine my feelings. Words could
not express them. | fell back in my
chair speechless, and didn't speak to the
Senator from Iowa for two weeks.
Brother Wilkins, | would like to see you
in Kentucky, but as friend must ad-
wise you to read up on Lexington before
you cross the Ohio. If the Kentuckians
should suspect you of not knowing
whether Lexington was trotter or a
racer it might go hard with you. - VASE
Snytoa Republican.