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Sewing Machines.
The WHITE and DOMESTIC
The best machines.
AT TIE
Sixteenth Street Store


still remain some bargains in
goods smoked and slightly dam
aged by water. Do not forget,
however, that NEW GOODS
have been and are constantly
going into this store. Among
them handsome decorated China
DINNER and TEA SETS,
fine ENGLISH TOILET SETS,
artistic glassware, silver table
ware, bisque figures, hand painted
plaques and bric-a-bac of all
kinds.
Also a full assortment of
TABLE WARE, plain and col
ored, at prices to suit the most
economical.
Bronze and brass lamps of all
kinds.
, 1884-05-15
and Mattings,
New Furnishings

Madras Lace Curtains, Swiss
Lace in pairs or by the yard,
Turcoman Curtains, rich and
beautiful Cretonne for Curtains,
Furniture Covering and Draper
les, Polished Brass Curtain
Poles, Fine Mouldings, in fact
everything you could wish 10
make vourhome finely decorated.
Fine Mirrors. two with ham
mered brass frames, are heavy
beveled edge plate, as fine as any
ever brought West.
Remember that all furniture or
goods purchased from us put in
your residence ready for use, by
our " men.
, 1884-05-15
New Furniture.
at tho
Stores Oh Seventeenth 81.

Within the past week we have
added more novelties t o our al
ready large stock in these stores
We can mention all of the new
things, a few are:
PARLOR SUIT, full upholstered,
French C~retonne Coverings.
PARLOR SUIT, embossed silk
plush.
PARLOR SUIT, full upholstered
silk plush backs, Wilton seats.
MAHOGANY PARL0R SUIT,
finished in silk plush; Oak and
Ash Bedroom suits, neat designs.
Walnut Bedroom Suit. Cheyal
glass. Mahogany Hat Rack,
Mahogany Music Stands and
Card Tables, several designs, all
of them attractive. Finely cary
ed Mahogany and Ebony Easels,
Walnut and Mahogany Side
Boards with polished brass trim
mings. Lounge, covered in an
tique pattern, French Cretonne.
, 1884-05-15

Schwarm's Horse and Cattle Powders
are superseding all Others. They are posi-
lively the best ever made. Rhodes q
Troxell, sole agents for Wyoming.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-23
GREEN WILLIE.
Talk About an OIL MiIl-Raidinp n
Gang Of Negroes--Local Notes
and Brevities.


Special to the Gazette.
GREENvILLE, May Jacksonville
is still on the boom. Mr.. John j. Gull
herson, a gentleman from New York.
representing capitalists of that city was
here a few days since, seeking for a
suitable location for a cotton seed oil
mn. he seemed much pleased with
tbis point, and talked with several OF
our leading citizens In u business-like
way. We trust that before long this
new Industry may be commenced
SUNDAY evening the city marshal
and police made raid upon a LOT of
negroes, who were In the habit of COL
Letting upon the corner of one of the
principal streets and using obscene
language and obstructtng the
sidewalk. The officers capturad
about dozen and put them In the
cooler.
Our city limits have been extsndsd
haifa mile, SO that now 1t Is two mile
square.
Yesterday afternoons storm was
quite severe. The lightning damaged
several telephone batteries.
bishop Garrett OF the Eplscopal
church was to have preached here last
night, but the weather prevented.
Washouts on the Missouri Pacific
and East Line are reported, causing
delay OF trains to-day.
There Ia some complaint here on ae.
count OF the delay by mail of the daily
papers from Dallas aud Foit Worth.
me papers from both places get here
by express and are sold upon the sire. ,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-23
BROWNWOOD.
The Rains-A Heavy Hail Storm-TwO
Boys Arrested.

Special to the Gazette.
BRowNwooD, May News has
been delayed some days caused by the
wires being broken, the result of the
incessant rain and stormy winds pre-
vailing in this vicinity for some time
past. The rains also flooded the
streams throughout this county, there
by stopping the mails.
A heavy hail fell in the west
ern portion OF the county few
days ago, entirely running all crops
where 1t fell. l heard an old farmer
living out on Unlike Water creek re-
mark that he would not give twenty
five cents per acre for wheat in that
section, which he had visited before the
hail, and the prospects for full crop
were then considered almost assured,
as wheat was ready for the scythe.
Work on the farms has entirely
ceased, because of the rains, which
have made the earth too wet to be
titled. The roads in many places are
so DOGGY as to be impossible.
Machinery for the Brown company
mill has arrived and is rapidly being
put together under the man
agement of Mr.. j. 7. Moore. a
finished millwright of Indianapolis.
Mr.. Moore says the mill will be ready
to begin work in six or eight weeks,
and will make rs fine -four as can be
obtained in Kansas or Missouri.
The attention of the city authorities
was attracted yesterday TO two lads,
giving their names as Walter
Bell and Sam Cathry, aged respec-
lively sixteen and fourteen years, by
their boisterous profanity within the
corporate limits. They were arrested
and lodged in Jail. They are sus-
pected of having stolen the horses
which they Were riding. They say
they are from Coryell county, three
miles east of Jonesboro, and that they
left home last Sunday. They are
well dressed and respectable looking
boys.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-23
MARLIN.
The Raging Waters of the Brazos An
Overflow Of the Valleys.

Special to the Gazette.
MARLIN, May 22.-Old citizens say
the waters are higher here than has
been known since 1868, and the
streams are still rising. Some of the
finest farms in our county are under
water, among which is the fine and
productive farm of County Judge
Stewart. The waters already have done
incalculable damage to Falls county
Many families in the Brazos and Big
creek bottoms are moving themselves
out to the highlands, and almost a
panic exists among the people. The
waters of Big creek and Little Brazos
are so high that no trai $
or mails have passed since
Tuesday evening. The waters on Big
creek are seventeen inches above the
railroad track. A negro attempting to
cross one of the bayous to-day was
drowned.
/. Fowler,a negro charged with theft,
was convicted in the county court to-
day, and fined twenty dollars and
twelve hours in the county Jail.
\ man by the name of Burnett was
arrested and lodged in Jail yesterday,
charged with the theft Of a watch.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-23
EASTLAND COUNTY,
Local Notes and Happenings at Cisco.
Personal Paragraphs,


Correspondence OF the Gazette.
CISCO, May 22.--The weather is yery
pleasant this afternoon, although this
county has been visited by some of the
heaviest rains ever witnessed here.
On Tuesday morning, while the rain
was coming down in torrents, the
lightning struck building occupIed
by Mr.. Boatman. Fortunately no
damage was done.
The Mabel Norton troupe gave two
performances in this place. The last
one was very interesting, being the
play upon which the Knights of
Pythias is founded. The knights Of
Pythias in full uniform were sresent
and their presence added greatly to the
enjoyment of the evening.
The City hotel, which for the mast
Few months has been under the man
agement of J. H. Chandler. will be
managed by s. n. House of this citv,
Mr.: House Is one of our best citizens
and his many friends, who wish him
all the success possible. fully appreci.
ate all OF his efforts In behalf Of onr
city. W.
Our contractors are getting along
timely. with their work on The new
brick buildings. NO"
A party OF our business men and
other pleasure-seekers left on Tnesdav
morning to spend few DAYS in The
pursuit of game and fish. rbev will
doubtless receive the benefit of our re.
cent rains, which will make them
grow stronger and better. In fact, ali
se esseth,o mas a very brilliant appear
The growth Of this city is simply i'm
mense. The late census shows owar
SHY SIX, per cent. increase in population
th ;S year n,s oyer .hatof last year. Every
ty. Business men are no ionper con-
tent with their wooden buildings Thev
are erecting better bnildipga End an.
larging their capital. anu GU
~ me h stable adj belonging to Chandler 4
No, "a n unueIg9he great repairs. IL is
Texas. " 1,o''nwest
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-23
LoNGvIEw.
Condition Of the Wounded Boy Maj.
Penn-New Telephone.

Special 70 the Gazette.
LoNGvrEw, May 22.--Dushe Shaw,
the young lad who was accidentally
shot Saturday by comrade, is very
low. one of the shot entered the right
eyelid causing inflammation, resulting
il, The loss of the eve. Had the gun
been properly loaded II would have
torn oil the side of his head. Shot
were picked from under the skin, from
the gums, and some had simply left
their mark against the skin of the
cheekbone, being propelled by but half
a teaspoon of powder. The accident
has caused the fathers of sporting lads
to separate the barrels and stocks of
numerous shotguns, and bird-shooting
by negligent youths Is almost obsolete
here.
Mai. Penn and his musical sup
porter, G.. II. Cairns of Palestine. are
here, and this morning, although a
drenching rain was falling, the Baptist
church was well filed. The congrega-
tons miss the retiring manners and
unassuming ways of Mrs. Killough,
also of Palestine, who. without preten-
tious display, charmed with her excel
lent voice all those who listened to her.
The meetings will be continued for
some time, as the interest seems to be
great and increasing.
1t Is understood that the Baltimore
X Ohio Telegraph company will run
their lines over the Texas Il st. Louis.
In that event telephone connection
will be made with Gilmer, there being
but seven miles Of telephone line
necessary to be built, which will be
done as soon as the weather admits.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-23
MINERAL WELLS.
A Local option Election Ordered-yis.
itOrs at The Wells.
Special to the Gazette.

Speciai 10 the Gazette.
MINERAL WELLS, May 22.-An
election has been ordered by the COM
missioners court of this county to take
place in Mineral Wells precinct No.
81 on the 18th day of June, to de-
termine whether or not the sale Of in
toxicating liquors, or medicated Bit
tiers producing intoxication shall be
prohibited in this town and precinct.
Both parties are arraying themselves
for the fray, and a fierce and stubborn
resistance will be made by both sides.
Mr. G. Malcomson, secretary of the
CHARACTERIZATION land companv
Weatherford, was in town this week
for the first time, and expressed him
sell highly pleased with this beautiful
little city.
AS to visitors, the cry is, still thew
come, and soon our little city will be
as lively as a bee hive. The waters
here are performing some wonderful
cures, and visitors from the North and
from California are here seeking relieI
from these healing and health-givinp
waters.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-23
KOPPERL.
Small Grain Crops Unipiared by the
Rains-Horses Killed by
Lightning.

Special TO the Gazette.
KopPERL, May 22-Mr. w. II. All
man, grain buyer here, has visited
most of the farms in this vicinity
since the storm of Tuesday night.
From him we learn that although
about six inches Of rain fall, our sec
ton has made very fortunate escape
from serious damage. The crops of
small grain are all standing erect and
look unhurt, with the exception of one
field of very heavy oats, which was
laid flat on the ground. There was no
hail and very little wind. Corn is
10 liking finely. Cotton is backward
and some crops grassy. Some wheat
has been cut and as soon as the ground
dries harvesting will begin in earnest.
There is much larger area planted in
grain this year than usual.
Mr.. w. Il. Hudson had five of his
best saddle horses killed by lightning
during the storm.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-23
GAINESVILLE.
Death of Good Citizen-LOcai Items of
Current Interest.

Special to the Gazette.
GAINESVILLE, May 2l.-Uncle sam
my Kimbrough, county commissioner
from the Mountain Springs precinct,
died very suddenly at his home Mon
day night. He was blowing in his
field Monday, and about midnight was
found dead, probably of heart disease.
The Cumberland Presbyterians OF
this place are in correspondence with
the Rev. VIM. Preston to take the pull.
pit here.
The heavy rains of Tuesday night
caused Pecan creek in the eastern Dor
ton of the city to overflow, and many
people living on its bank We're forced
to move further back from its resist.
less current.
Geo. It. Yates, business manager of
the Register. has returned from a brief
visit to Hot Springs.
Al. Honeycutt, the man who at
tempted to commit suicide, is now
pronounced out of danger.
The ice factory will begin operations
next Monday.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-23
WEATHERFORD.
Reports of Damage to Crops by the
Rains Confirmed.
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
WEArHERFoRD, May 22.--The ap-
prehensions expressed in my special of
yesterday of damage by the rain of
Tuesday night are Confirmed by def.
mite reports to-day. On the Clear
Fork, the farms of George and Will
liam Dobbs, Tip Erwin, Andy Green.
Jonn Long, s. II. Paryear
ana others sustained great
damage to fences and crops
On Dry creek considerable damage
was sustained. Col. Trotter, from the
oig valley on the Brazos, reports that
stream not out OF Its banks, and little
or no serious damage in that vicinity
from the rain. Fortunately no dwell.
Ing houses sustained injury, and no
damage is reported to human life or
limb. N VI
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-23

full, higher than known for wears.
The embankment of the new iron
bridge was washed out. A trestle
bridge on the railroad north of Tioga
station was damaged; and trains were
delayed here for several hours this
morning.
The Texas & Pacific trains are pass
ing over this line via Sherman to TeX-
arkana and Marshall.
The weather is clear and pleasant to-
night.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-23

the same day they are published, but
subscribers seldom get their papers be-
fore the next day and sometimes not
for several days. This should be reme-
died II possible.
Travelling men and others need
dread no longer to come to Greenville
on account of bad hotels, as Mr.. Coffee
and wife, formerly of Sulphur Springs,
have charge now of the old Watson
house.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-23
HOUSTON.
A Mothers Fatal notwithstanding
Her Child to Death.


Special To the Gazette.
HOUSTON, May 22.-Yel terday about
O'Clock, little Archie Redwood Book
er, aged two and half years, was
taken with spasms in his mother LAP.
A relative entering about the same
time, suggested that the child be placed
In warm water AS relief measure,
and the mother obtained some from
the kitchen, and in her excitement
of the moment hurriedly placed the
child in it, forgetting that the water
had just been taken from the stove.
The water was so hot that the child
was fatally scalded. DIR. Rutherford
was called in, but with no avail, and
the child died at o'clock this morn
ing. The unfortunate mother is nearly
crazed with grief and the family have
the sympathy Of all who know them.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-23
DENTON.
A Colored Barber Waylaid at Night
ana Seriously Wounded.
Special 10 the Gazette.

Special 10 the Gazette.
DENTON, May o2.-Sam Hunter. n
colored barber, was waylaid last night
on his way from the shop to his home
and seriously. II not fatally, shot in
the back. Hunter has the enmity of
a majority OF the colored men OF the
town and he Is satisfied one of them
fired the shot. lTllf'
The weather has at last cleared. In
Time, we hope, for all OF our crops. "
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-23
MRS. C. D. BROWN.

: STRAW HATS, CHIP HATS.
LACE HATS, STRAW BONNETS,
CHIP BONNETS, LACE BONNETS,
PLUMES, TIPS, FEATHERS,
BIRDS, FLOWERS, wREATHS,
BOUQUETS. JABOTS, COLLARS,
CAPES, FICHUS, READY-MADE
DRESSES, UNDERWEAR AND
HOSIERY, GLOVES, GLOVES,
GLOVES, MITTS, RIBBONS, RIB
BONS, RIBBONS, RIBBONS,
SILKS, vELvETs, sATINs, SU-
RAILS, BROCADES. LACES, EN-
BROIDERIES, EDGINGS, INSER-
TONS, TRIMMINGS, ORNAMENTS,
BUTTONS, JEwELRY, CoRsETs,
CORSETS, CORSETS, CORSETS,
HANDKERCHIEFS, HANDKER.
CHIEFS, HANDKERCHIEFS,
HANDKERCHIEFS, PARASOLS,
PARASOLS, PARASOLS, PAT
TERMS AND FASHION MAGA-
ZINES, AND EVERYTHING
WHICH GOES TO MAKE A La
DY'S ATTIRE. PRICES AS LOW
AS THE LOWEST. QUALITIES
UNENCELLED.
MRS. C. ID. BROWN,
THIRD AND MAIN STREETS.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-23
Railway WRECK

PEFhoLiA, Pa, May 2l.-A freioht
Tram on the Parker q Karnes City
railroad went through a trestle near
ha aunea Wy this morning. and WAS
pauiy wrecked. Two women named
Injured. "eie fatally
The bee., 1884-01-26
Washington.

THE secretaries of war and of the navy
called on the House committee on appropria-
tions and sugges ed that money should be
provided TO fit out two ships for two years as
O Greely relief expedition TO the Arctic re
gions
BY the Senate's joint rules the sale of
"spirituous or malt liquors" is forbidden
within the precincts Of the capitol.
ABOUT l25 Senators and Representatives
were present at the joint Republican caucus,
called TO select q congressional campaign
committee Senator Edmunds was chosen
chairman and Representative Miller
acted as secretary. Resolutions for
the appointment of a campaign committee
of one from each State and Territory having
Republican representative in Congress,
were passed, as well as resolutions OF sympa-
thy with the Republicans in the South.
AT meeting of the Senate committee on
postof6ces and postroads, Senator Edmunds
made long address in behalf Of his bill for
the erection of telegraph lines by the govern
ment. He said that Congress had the con-
Etitutional power to PASS such bill and that
q postal telegraph would be beneficial 70 the
country and the people.
THE reply of Secretary Chandler to a Sen
ate resolution calling for d statement show
ing the date Of construction, original cost
and total expense for all repa rs since their
construction of vessels borne ON the navy
register in November. 1888, has been sent
10 The Senate. The report shows that there
were ninety-iwo els on the register. OF
these twenty v ere puiIt prior TO the Civil war,
The bee., 1884-01-26
THE ELECTORAL VOTE.
Senator Hoar:s Bill as 1t Passed the
Senate.

Senator Hoar's electoral count BILL passed
by the Senate, fixes the time for the meeting
of the Presidential electors on the second
Monday In January next, following the ap-
pointment. 1t provides for the determine
ton by each State at least six dayS before the
tine fixed for the meeting Of electors OF any
controversy concerning the appointment
of such electors, and declares that
Congress shall b. in session on the sec
ond Wednesday in Fl bruary succeeding
the meeting of the electors TO count the
votes il a'so provides that objections to
certificates of the electoral votes must be
made in writing, signed b. at least one
Senator and one member of the House of
Representatives, and submitted without
argument. 1t requires the affirmative
vote of both Houses to reject a
vote from any State from which
but one return as been received, and pro-
videS that if more than one return from a
State shall have been received by the presi-
dent of the Senate, those votes only shall be
counted which shall lave been regularly
given by the electors whose appointments
have been recognized by the State tribunals
The bill provides also that in case OF dis
pute as to which of two or more State tribu-
mails determining the titles of electors is the
lawfully organized tribunal, the votes only
shall be counted of those electors whose title
as such the two Houses, acting separately,
shall eoncurrently decide is supported by the
decision of the tribunal authorized by the
laws of the State in question. In case
of more than one return from State which
shall not have determined the legality Of the
title of the electors. as provided by the bill.
it is provided that those votes only shall be
counted which the two Houses, acting sepa-
rarely, shall concurrently decide to be the
lawful votes Of the appointed electors of
such State,
The bee., 1884-01-26
PROMINENT PEOPLE

DENMAN Judge Denman, of the English
bench, is surrounded by police folce while
on duty.
RoBINSON.-Governor Robinson, of Mas,a-
chusetts, still fills his place a superintendent
of the Chicopee Unitarian Sunday-school.
STANIEY.-H NJ. Stanley, the explorer,
will remain with the expedition which he is
now conducting through Africa until May.
ARNoLD.-Matthew Arnold, or his return
TO England, will be secretary Of the educa-
ton del iartment at a salary of $1,000 a
year.
SPRECKLES.-Claus Spreckles, the Hawai-
ian sue ar king, is sixty years old, and is by
birth a Hanoverian. He is compactly built,
Of medium height, with white hair, iron-gray
whskers and forid face. He landed in
South Carolina thirty years ago without a
cent, went to San Francisco and, after laying
the foundation OF his fortune, began his sugar
investments in Hawaii
SALoMoN.-Louis Z. Salomon, the presi-
dento the Republic of Hayt is descrlb d as a
massive, broad-shouldered giant, at least six
feet six inches in height, with the physical
proportions of gladiator; snow-white locks,
keer, restless eyes. gii;tering like diamonds
in a setting of jet; high, intellectual fore
head, and form, despite his advanced age,
erect as a pillar Of stone, with dignified air.
He was educated at on of the most famous
colleges in Paris. and is a person of no ordi-
nary ability, being brilliant conversation
alist and linguist and crafty diplomat.
The bee., 1884-01-26
Printers Errors.

Somebody writes as follows to the
Christian World, of London: In your
last l saw what, l regret to say, is COM
mon to nearly every newspaper
more than one correction of errata,
accompanied with the remark (now
stereotyped) printers error trust
| may not be considered presumptious
in saying word in defense of the
now great army of typographiSts,
whose apparent Ignorance is frequent
ly exposed in public. One error point
ed out in your last issue was that of a
reverend gentleman whose name had
been printed Lemon instead of Sc
mon.' If, in such ease rs this, the
original copy were referred to, the
capital letter would, no doubt, he found
written so much like an L that no
compositor, unless he was veritable
English directory to himself. would
have been able to distinguish the diff
ference. More correct would it be to
say, not printers error but authors
illegibility. Some writers literally
take Mark Twain's sarcastic advice,
don't write too plainly. Avoid all
painstaking with proper names. We
know the full name Of every man, wo-
man and child in the United States.
Then, too, some Of our authors pander
to the practice of quoting foreign Ian
guages. The writers may know sew
eral languages; but they ought not to
expect that compositOrS are linguistS,
or that they have received collegiate
education. Some have, by dint of
their own perseverance, acquired a
knowledge of some of the living and
the dead tongues; but this ought not to
be presumed as rule. If Latin or
French quotation he misprinted, the
ignorance of the printer is paraded be-
fore the public. 1t is not, sir, as you
can testify, that the average printer
cannot produce his authors mind; the
fact is that too many of our gifted
writers cannot write. They scribble;
and what is usually of the greatest inn
! portance is indeed in the proverbial
'spider-and-ink style. Whatever he
the subject OF his author, whether lin
guistical, scientific, ar9umentative,
theological political, social or economi-
cal, the printer is expected to under
stand it all; for. unless he understand
it. it may be full of printers errors
But, besides this, he has often literally
to translate, by tedious ciphering, the
handwriting placed before him, and
this is sometimes as difficult an art as
to make out the hieroglyphics of
Cleopatra's needle. A word to the
wise is sufficient. That word, Mr..
Editor, would respectfully suggest
to authors, is; Hear the other side
wDlnot trouble the compositor with
the Latin"