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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-01-31

THE fine forests Of Arkansas are
being rapidly opened up to trade, by
the mum erops saw-mills that are rap.
idly springing up all over the timber
cd sections. More mills are proba-
bly, being built there than in any 9TH
or state in the Union.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-01-31

SINCE tho talk in favor of the sold
ticket" is subsiding, presidential
boom is tried to be awakened in fay
or MacD Donald of Indiana, while an
other wing of the party leaders are
insisting that candidate from New
York is abolutely indispensable to
success.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-01-31
REMOVED !

The FnEE Pass office will hereaf'
ter DO found in Judges Woods new
stone building, north side of public
square, nearly opposite tho Court
House, upstairs.
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john SwrsToN's paper says that
"this is the towards ses,i IN Of Con
gress, when each party, with an eye
out for the years Presidential strug'
glo, is sure to shrink from any policy
that may possibly affect it's popularity.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-01-31

TnE name of the Agents Herald
has been changed to the Public Her
aid. It seems to be doing good
work in exposing advertising frauds
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-01-31

The population Of Coleman is in.
creasing rapidly. One family OF
newcomers has 9, another 10 and g
third IL children
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-01-31

Parker County has ninety-four pub
ic schools and 1911 pupils, of which
only eighty are colored-
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-01-31

Texas Marriage Notice: No cards,
no cake, no flowers, no thanks no re-
grets, nobodys business, etc
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-01-31

The San Antonio Express says the
pTice Of wood IN that city would make
Vanderbilt or ROtbschild quake
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-01-31
Brennan claims 5000 inhabitants

The demand for improved stock OF
all kinds is greater throughout the
West than ever before.
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St. Leonard Hotel,
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

This Hotel has lately been open
ed on the European Plan, and
promises to BE- rery popular All
of the appointments are Jrst-class
and ne'o, and the dining room has
tew equals IN the Southeast.
The proprietor, Phineas r.
Lounsbery, is a Ntw York man,
and kno,cs h0,o a hotel ought to
be kept; and zoe can answer from
personal experience that those once
enjoying its comforts isiH be sure
10 return again. do6y
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-01-31

TWENTY FIVE States begin the year
with Democratic Governors, and thir'
teen with Republican.
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sent free. Address
Houston Post Publishing 60
W.T.. HARDNNBRo0R, Manager.
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
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"TmRE arc too many hung juries,
remarks the New York Truth, 'and
too few hung murderers."
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THANKS to Hon. j. f. Miller foi
continued favors in the way of pub
lie documents, etc,
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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-01-09
QUEER FURNITURE.
Death Of an Eccentric Old Bachelor Who
fo- Many Years Kept His Tombstone In
His House.
rYickshnrr MISS Herald. !


[vicksburg tMiss.l Herald.l
Out ON the lower road leading to the city
cemetery, near the corporation line, sits
an unpretentious.looking little cottage,
surrounded by vegetable garden, and
fronted by a well-cultivated plot of ground
where a few rosebushes and Towering
plants give color to the rugged landscape.
This cottage for many years-thirty or
forty perhaps-has been tenanted by
singular individual. Odd in his ways Of
life, but honest and uprightin his dealings,
the owner Of the little dwelling and the in
closure around it has led solitary exist.
ence. He has lived all theseyears by him
self, supporting life and managing to lay
by small saving every month from the
sale Of vegetables which he cultivated for
market. He was taciturn, and the neigh
bors learned little Of his past. Day after
day, year in and out, he was seen at work
in his garden, except on Sundays, when
he dressed himself with scrupulous neat
ness and attended morning and even
ing services at st. Paul's Catholic
Church, where he was a regular
communicant. 1t was known that he
had managed to save through all these
years a considerable sum Of money which,
together with his little cottage and garden,
he had willed to the good Sisters of Mercy,
to be expended by them for the needy and
suffering after he should have passed
away from the theater of his unassuming
life.
| He 10 ooil 111ru uaI
up in the late financial crash that took
place in this city. About ten days ago
some of the neighbors noticed that the ac-
customed smoke curled no longer from the
old mans chimney, and on entering they
found him lying on his face near the
hearth, insensible, and a stream of blood
issuing from beneath his pallid lips.
Gentle hands lifted him upon his bed, and
the ministrations Of q physician and the
kind Sisters restored him to consciousness.
He has been speechless since Monday, and
his demise is hourly expected.
In one corner of his humble bedroom
the strange old man has kept his tomb
stone standing for years. In 1878 he had
it made by the lamented stone-cutter,
Charles Taffe, who fell victim to the yell
low-fever plague of 1878. He dictated the
inscription himself, leaving blank only the
date of his death.
The head-stone is of pure white marble,
with half oval top, and is about four-and-a
half feet in height. Near the summit are
inscribed the letters 81. H. S., with cross
rising out of the middle of the central let
ter. Then follows these words:
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AETER HOURS oE PRAYER.
A Widow Finding S213,OOO Which Her
Husband Had Hidden Before His Death.


Husband Had Hidden Before His Death.
[Akron (O) Special.
Harrison Ramon lived for many years
in Hinckley, Medina County, Ohio, and
amassed considerable property, most of
which was in cash. He would not trust
his money to the keeping of bank, but
hid it about his own premises, keeping the
hiding place secret even from his own
family. A short time ago he told his wife
he had hidden about $50, 900 in money, and
that pretty soon he would inform her of
its whereabouts, so that in case of his
death she would know where to look for it.
He neglected to do this, and about week
ago he died Of apoplexy. After his death
an examination of the papers showed he
had $335, 900 in money all hidden about his
premises. The most thorough search
failed to reveal the hiding place, and the
widow begau to despair. Then
she was impressed with the no.
ton that if she prayed with
faith the Lord would direct her to the
place where the money was hidden. On
Wednesday she prayed all day and all
night. On Thursday morning she was i'm
pelled to go to the bee-hives, which stood
on bench near the house, and in the ex-
element Of expectation she knocked over
one Of the hives, disclosing to her view the
top Of a bench with a pile of greenbaclis of
large denomination upon it. A search
under tho o her hives resulted in finding a
total Of fifteen thousand dollars. In the
afternoon one of the family dropped a
bunch Of keys through tue barn floor,
which ndcessitated taking up a plank to
find them, and when the young man put
his.hand down he struck half-gallon fruit
jar, which he pulled ont to find partly
filled with twenty dollar gold pieces.
Other jars and grain bag were also
found containing gold and silver, and
when it had all been counted the total
amount figured up over two hundred and
thirteen thousand dollars. The widow
was overioYed, and in her statement to the
correspondent she said she believed that
the discoveries were in direct answer to
! her prayers.
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A Pin in His Drain.
[La Grange (Mo) Democrat.1


A story which partakes largely oflthe
Incredible is told of Mark Hogge, farmer
living near West Quincy. Last Saturday
Hogge took an old shotgun with loose
breach-piu and went out shooting. lie rode
ON horseback about mile and half from
home and dismounted. Soon after flock
of wild geese few over him and he fired at
them. The breech-pin blew out and i'm.
bedded itself in his brain, the concussion
for time knocking him senseless. At
length rallyira, he gathered the scattered
fragments Of his gun together, mounted
his horse and rode home He complained
Of terrible pain in his head, hut he and
those who first saw him supposed that the
hurt was nothing more than severe scalp
wound. A surgeon was sent for, who made
an examination AMI discovered the steel
pin eninto the brain lully an inch and
half. IJwas removed, AID riiou h the
brain oozed Out u, copsirleia Qnand'ies
the man liv},i, aalES 4 I've With faint
prospect oerac6e NJ. 'oy 81 crsd.
ible, but il soac14t tgr i.y 5se q NE
thority.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-01-09
SHOCKING FRATRIcIpE.
The Killing of Young Hungarian by His
Notwithstanding Grief of the Mother.

OTACA Va bho nAOehOAs
Newark IN. j. speclall
At half-past nine O'Clock last night a
seventeen-year-old boy rushed into the
First Precinct Police Station, and in the
widest excitement exclaimed: "Send for
doctor, / have shot man."
Lieutenant Trowbridge thought the fell
low was crazy. The youth said his name
was JOHN Schneider, and that he had shot
his brother, Gustav, at their boarding
house, No. 176 Williams street. The BROTH
ers boarded with John Schopchen and his
wife. Gustav, aged twenty, is a black
smith, and John is employed in the Domes-
tic Sewing Machine Factory. The brothers
had quarrel about business matters, and
during the war of words the older called
the younger vile name. John at that
time was in an adjoining room, and re-
torted, when the older brother entered
where he was. Gustav raised his fist to
strike, when John drew thirty-two caliber
revolver and fired, shooting Gustav through
the heart. Mrs. Schopchen entered the
room just as the shot was fired.
The murderer rushed into the other room,
pointing the revolver, He was disarmed,
after a struggle, by John Lightenberger, of
No. 3OS Plane street, who sat in the outer
room at the table in conversation with Mr..
Schopchen. The murderer broke loose and
proceeded to police headquarters, where
he was locked up. He is a fine-looking fell
low, as was also his murdered brother.
The brothers are Hungarians, and in con.
sequence of the second marriage of the
mother left home and boarded with the
Schopcbens. They could not agree with
their step-father. Two months ago John
Schneider wanted to i'll some one and Twas
disarmed.
When the reporter visited the scene oi
the tragedy he found Mrs. Thirs, mother Of
the Schneiders, there. The poor old woman
was in terrible agony. She became hyster,
ical, and threw herself upon the bloody
corpse and kissed it, hugged it, exclaim
ing: "Oh, msin Gott mein Gott my poor
good boy l want to die; this is too much
to BEAR"
She took the body in her arms, while the
blood from the gaping wound in his breas
flowed over her, staining her silvery hail
with dark blotches. The mothers lipi
were even dabbled with blood as sh'
pressed them again and again to the fac
Of her dead boy, moaning out her agony
The crimson stains grew larger on he
breast as she held the dead youth closely
to her, rocking to and fro and calling hin
tenderly by name. A little pool of sticky
clotted blood formed in her lap, and he
fingers, aimlessly wandering about, wer
closely stuck together with the oozini
fluid. The corpse grew cold in her arms
and she begged and pleaded that she b
not separated from her "boy." The seen
was heartrending. 1t took two officers t.
tear her from the murdered boy. Office
Boylan found the revolver concealed un
der the bed. The Schopchens and Johl
Lightenberger were detained at polio
headquarters as witnesses.
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CATCHING A FARM.
How an Indiana Man Secured a Fertile
Farm with Little Cost-The Eccentrici-
ties of a Flood.

How an Indiana Man Secured Fertile
Farm with Little Cost-The Eccentrici-
ties of a Flood.
[Guilford Qnd.) Special.1
y r. M. Robinson was in town to-day to
buy boiler and engine with which to run
a small grist-mill on the Whitewater,
small stream which empties into the
Miami. Mr.. Robinson tells queer story
of the loss of the water-power by which
the mill was originally operated. The
mill-site consisted Of ten acres of stony
land, wholly unproductive, and of no val
ue except as site for the mill, the power
being obtained from large dam which
was fed by the Whitewater. The entire
valley for miles, with the exception Of
these ten barren acres, is a garden spot,
The soil is as rich as any in the Miami bot
tom.
"The recent rains" said Mr.. Robinson,
"did great damage throughout Indiana.
After the food Ieceded we found that our
mill-dam was filed level with rich soil
was he'd away from the farms above rs
There Were, perhaps, three acres in the
dam. We had about seven acres Of stony
batter outside the dam, and this was also
covered to the depth Of five to ten feet with
therichest soil in the valley. Altogether
we were the gamers by the food to the ex.
tent Of ten acres Of good farming land. Ii
we hal steam instead OF water to drive our
machinery wo would laugh at our loss.
This is The first time / ever heard Of any
one catching farmin food, but we have
caught one sure. Tt Is no smaller than
many others in the valley that are making
their owners rich. Our stony batter be-
fore the high water was not worth over
$50. Our new ten acres are Just as valua-
bic for truoll-farming as some lands that
have been sold there recently for 500 an
acre"
Mr.. Robinson believes his acquisition is
n permanent one. Sucha freshetmay not
occur again in that stream in hundred
years, and if it should be repeated he be-
ieves his ten acres will, on account of
their location, gather much more soil than
they will lose
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d: SOCK THAT SAVED A LIEE.
The Narrow Escppe Of Conductor from
n Murderous Bullet.


IN. Y. Herad.l
A memoranda .n-bo TX yesterday saved
The lite If Henry W. Fales, conductor
on ta New York Central & Hudson River
Ral Dad. When his train reached Cats
kill in the morning, on the way to Albany,
a rough-locl1ing fellow entered the smok-
ing-car. He was attired in a well-wern
light suit of clothes, dilapilated shoes
and battered cap. He had shaggy,
| ght beard and bronzed countenance of
the desperate type. The passengers in the
car say that the man looked like cow
boy from the Western frontier. A week
before the same man had got on the train,
and was put Off for refusing to pay his
fare.
He sat in the middle of the car yester-
day, and when the conductor asked him
for his fare he grufly replied that he could
not pay.
L" must have your ticket or the mon
ey," said Mr.. Fales.
amt got either"
Then I'll take you as far as Hudson,
and you must get off and stay off, too"
his free-and-easy passenger, and remarked:
81 see you're here yet; how are you get
ting alongW
"I'm getting along some," was the sulky
reply.
When the train reached Hudson Mr..
Fales directed Brakeman Britton to put
the fellow off the train. The brakeman
boI ~, ;,,o n1t and
when the man was pushed upon the station
platform he drew pistol from his pocket
and pointed it at the brakeman, who ran
into the car and yelled: "Look out look
out!" to the conductor, who was just com.
ing out. Mr.. Fales thought the elected
passenger was about to throw stone, and
he stepped boldly out, saying: $50 away
from here or you'll be taken away"
At that moment the man raised his pistol
and, aiming at the conductor, fired. The
bullet struck Mr.. Fales' right side in line
with his heart, but was stopped by q
memorandum-boo in the inner pocket.
| The bullet was picked out of it. 1t had
cut hole as big as quarter Of dollar in
| the coat.
instantly NUMBER Oh men leaped on une
platform and ran toward the would-be.
murderer, who retreated, keeping his re-
volver pointed at the crowd. He was
forced around the station-yard, and Sc
ries of tactics lasting ten minutes at last
resulted in two men stealing up behind the
man and throwing him to the ground. He
was given into the custody of the Sheriff
who found sheath-knife about eighteen
inches long in the prisoners possession.
The man was locked up, and Conductor
Fales proceeded with his train to Albany
There he was examined by doctor, who
found that the bullet had caused an abra
sion Of several inches in area. He told {
reporter that he had not the slightest ides
as to why the man shot him. He will car
ry memorandum-book in each pocke
| hereaftar
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ALL FOR NOTHING.
Why the Doctor was Disguised, and what
Might have been Done without Him.

"Well, wife, said DR.. E---, as he entered
his house, which was situated 10 COSY yil-
lage in Central New York, 81 have got back
from long and dreary ride away down
among the mountains, and all to no purpose
whatever. The messenger said the man
wouldn't live till morning, when the fact is,
he had only an ordinary attacg of collie. Ii
the simpletons had only had sense enough to
puta BEEsoN's CAPoINE Porous Plaster on
his stomach, he would have been all right in
an hour or two But some folks are slow to
learn," added the ol9 physician, swallowing
the cup of steaming tea which his wife had
just poured for him.
Doctor E. was right, yet people do
learn, even though slowly. The rapidly in
creasing use of Benson's Plaster proves this
beyond question, and the good doctors are
certain to be saved much Of their needless
toll. In all diseases capable of being Affect
ed by plaster, Beuson's acts efficiently and
at once. The genuine have the word CAP
CINE cut in the center. Price 25 cents. Sea-
bury johnson, Chemists, New York. 1914
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Beauty.

at is claimed that New York women
look younger at so than Boston women al
40, Or Chicago women at 30." for the rea-
son that they have been taking Peruna for
the past three months, but Boston and
Chicago women are coming up in fine
style-entering upon the home stretch on
Peruna / got one of your books on the
"Ills of Life" from your druggist as pres
ent, and, as it directs, have been taking
Peruna. My bowels are in fine condi-
tion and my heart and lungs are improv-
ing. j. M. WALKRR, Lawas, Pa.