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Crocl.erv and t.rocerics.

1 have just purchased new stock of
crockery, and have my store packed full of
goods. l sell crockery cheaper than the
cheapest. Call and be convinced that this
is no humbug. LUKE GnBERT,
Gift Paw Paw Mich
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w. R. Hawkins A son.

Brokers, Notaries Public and Conveyancers.
Money to loan and collections made in all
parts of Van Buren, County. Remittances
promptly made. Office opposite Dyckman
House, Paw Paw, Mich. 133Sly
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Insurance.

The Peoples Cooperative and Mutual
Benefit Society of Battle Greek, insure
people from 30 to 80 years old.
1567tf K. w. RICE, Agent, Paw Paw.
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House, Sign and Carriage Painter, Paper
Hanger, and Ceiling Decorator. Shop on
Gremps St., Paw Paw. 66ly
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Jewelry.

l have removed my shop to Geo. w. Long
wells store, where / am prepared to clean and
repair watches and jewelry of all kinds. /
shall also keep in stock a good assortment of
jewelry.
i565tf PETER MACKRrLAR.
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$4,000 to Loan,

On improved real estate. Inquire of Geo.
4. Breck, Paw Paw, or +. A. Crane III Rose
street, Kalamazoo. 1tf.
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Auction! Auction!

To all parties wishing the services of an
auctioneer. 1 am prepared to make Farm
Sales at reasonable rates. 1851
III. w McCABE, Paw Paw, Mich.
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House Painting, Paper Hanging, Ceiling
Decorating and Alabastining. Shop and
residence on Elm Street 1565tf
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Miss Jennie Fish.

Teacher of Piano, Organ, and Voice Cul-
ture. Will teach single pupils, or small
classes. 43t26o6S
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Omnibus Orders.

All orders left at the post Office for Bur
dicks bus to all trains and private houses
will meet with prompt attention. 12tf
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Legal documents copied with neatness and
despatch by MISS MAMIE l.. ROWLAND,
i3S7tf Paw Paw, Mich
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Omnihus Orders

Leave orders on Dyckman House Slate for
Warren's bus to all trains and private
houses. I9u
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Business Notices.


Physician and Surgeon. Paw Paw, Mich.
Office on Main street, over Covert d Bartram's
Drug Store. Office hours from to and
from z to 9p.m. 1891
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-20

WACO, Feb. ,9.-lSpeclal. THE post.
Office In this city has been raised to the
dignity ofa first-class oflice-one of the
live in Texas. The change increases
the postmaster's salary to $1,000 per an
mum and will give him an increased
allowance for clerk hire. A mum
ber OF the smaller money
order offices around here will
now be required to make their de-
poslts with the Waco postoflice. The
next Improvement IN tho postal line
will be free delivery, which Is anticipa.
ted before the year closes.
Benjamin Haber, one of tho Oldest
merchants OF this city, who made AN as.
sirnment n few weeks ago with over
100000 Liabilities, resumed business to
day In his own name, having made sat
isiactory settlement with all his cred
itors.
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~ " o'io TINS evening and half hour latar
IL was round necessary to turn Nv :.
general alarm. Twelve engines and AZ :
s.anu pipe are now plav;ns
on the flames, and an inp,,,snsss pay ,as
crowd OF several thousand neanIe
Is waschipg the apparent destruction az
one OF the finest Office hlocks in tho civ
AZ y. 5ne ume the fire broke out, employees
III tne ounces In the building were nre-
pai nnR 10 ieave Tor the night, and as far
Us ieaIned, all escaped safely. The nra
Is said to have originated at the bottnn,
oi the elevator shaft, where a new heller
Was Pug In and other improyements
@ .aue. me latest reports say the flames
sre ,e noL yet out: and already the loss by
',9 p anu WAFER Is very considerable. W.T.
one nour from the dlscovarv ~
.he ire it was plain that
.he whole block must 20. Ths
na,hss ,na ,as then burst through the roof
San suu mere vas brilliantly illuminated
wera 'oi pLueKs saround. Twenty engines
woln,, wIhV NOW ponrlng enornons
roiunles OF water into the burning h.,i,d.
ing, yet the flames seemed to @ dsfy psiJ IN
attempts to suppress thar a.
sho the roof fell, and rnmor
!nat the walls were on the point of fa,i.
ing, scattered the crowd In ali d.
uons' The flames poured ont NJ ayar,,
Wlndow in front above fhe seconS
story and 1t was feared 1t would he in,-
possible TO save the Portland b oet cnr-
ner OF washington and Daarhnrr
streets,adJoining the burning buildines
Oil III account OF the intense cold IL vas
uliiouit TO employ the engines To the
pest advantage. Occasionally
pipe would burst and It wonld
pe several minutes before water wonld
% Drought again to play where most
neeued' Inc stand-pipe did good service
,ii ~, uIenching the adjoining walls Where
tnere was danger Of the fra
catching in the tho GRAMS
pIock on two banks. Tbey
are inc continental National and Ma.
vlonal pahk OF Illinois. Their
vauits had been closed, and
u Sa,d ,Usncers OF both institutions
salu sttn they were not at all anxious as to
,no ir,s SAFETY Of their funds.
,, my building is, for the most
pafr occupied by lawyers, architects
auu a,,i,, Insurance agents, many OF whom
w,l ai rose everything contained in their
Vhices. th ~ IS now known that two OF
;no most valuable law libraries
~ ~ .ne clty are destroyed, beside yalu-
ao ao,o papers. The Granis block was
~ T, oo'oG 10 years ago by w. O.
~, urahis, president of the
at cost OF $l75 900. The bnildino S, NY,
for $20,000. ""'
Ine estimated losses on furniture. atc
to nearly $4,000. o'''
ihe fire was practically under contro,
nj 9o'clock and fears as to tho ssfatv ~
adjoining blocks are no Longer enter.
tanned, "o0. ohVol-
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AKentucNs nome.,ic Tragedy.

LOUISVILLE, Feb. 19.-W. S. Heck.
man, a farmer, brought information to.
day ofa domestic tragedy in Hardin
county, near Hodgenville, Kentucky.
Ben Coombs and Jake Mason, neigh
bors, had been at outs some time, ieal.
ousy being the cause. Yesterday
COomhs told his wife he was going to
Elizabethtown and would not return
until next day. HesaSpected Mason with
intimacy with hIs wife and hid IN tbo
vicinity. Mason came tn the house in
tho afternoon. Coombs' suspicious he
ing confirmed, ho got his gun and fred
both barrels at the guilty pair, illing
their heads, and necks, and faces with
lars @ squirrel shot. Mason was killed
almost instantly. Mrs. Coomles was
badly injured. After the shooting
Coombs Went TO Mason's house and
told ,he dead mans wifo what had hap
pened The two then packed up few
things and went 10 the railway station,
where they 10 k train for Nashville or
Memphis. The wounded woman drag
ged herself mile to Heckman's
mousse whore medical treatment was
given, but IL is thought she will dio OF
her wounds.
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LOUISVILLE, Feb. l0.-Iwosuits were
filed in the United States court to day
against Robert j. breckenridge and the
supreme lodge of tho Knights of Honor
of Kentucky and The Peoples Bank of
Kentucky. The petitioner in ono case
IS {. II. Dun, of Louisville, who states
that he paid out u death claim to the
amount of S2O,000 upon certificates
which Breckenridge refused to pay, and
ne sues 10 recover the amount The
petition further saws that the books OF
the order show that Breckenridge should
haYe Sl52,410 in his hands
as treasurer, while the statement OF
the Peoples bank shows only Slll,877
deposited there. Defendant asks that
the deficiency be explained. Other
suits have been filed by the supreme
lodge of Missouri to The amount of
Sls,UOO, paid out by them on death GER
iiiicaies. y motion for the appoint
ment of a receiver is To be made hy
plaintiffs before Judge Baxter on Feb
ruary "a.
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The naum Business.

ST.. LOUIS, Feb. l9.-rhomas Furlong,
chiei Of the secret service of the Mis-.
souri, Pacific railway, accompanied by
w. T. Mcdonald, an attorney OF this
oitv, and several witnesses left here to-
night for Chatham, Ontario, To effect,
II possible, the extradition of Francis
Baum, one OF the Texas cotton
swindlers, who Is now under arrest at
that place, and will have hearing Sat
urdav. Col. Robert Cowart, AN attorney
of Dallas, Texas, passed through here
to-day, ON route for Chatham,
to look after the interest of Baum, aud
IL is expected Messrs Wright Il Craw-
ford, also of Dallas, will be there to as
sist In his defense. Furlong also has n
number of depostions la his possession,
aud has strong hopes of being able to
eNtradite Baum.
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New YoRR, Feb. l9.-Tbe following
will appear in Saturdays issue of the
Medical Record: There has been so
many sensational stories concerning
the precise character of tho disease of
Gen. Grants tongue and throat that IL
will be gratifying to his many friends to
learn that all the more seri.
ous. alarming symptoms connected
with them have virtually disappeared.
II was ut one time ieared'in professional
circles at least that ulcerations OF the
tongue aud ipces were dependent upon
indignant disease not uncommon at
his time OF life as the result OF local ir-
ritation from trouble of some sort. or
the trouble on the side of the organ the
usual side of the cancer and In the du.
ration OF the lease OF the sore were om-
inously conNrmatory OF such
suspicion. We are gratifed
to learn from his attending
physician that all these signs OF epith-
lelna have passed away, that the ulcer
ated surfaces have healed aud that the
adjoining tissues have regalned their
natural suppleness.
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From Fort worth.

Fort WORTH, Feb. l9.-[spocial.l-
The question OF holding Democratic
convention to nominate city officers
seems to be finally settled In a senslhle
mannor. The people appear TO be al
most universally opposed to Introduce
ing party politics into municipal affairs.
Ihe opinion appears to prevail that
mere never was any need of nomina-
tons, for every man running is fully
competent TO I'LL the Office he asks for.
No politics in city affairs this year.
McCabe McCann, charge with high
way robbery, was sent To Jail to-day in
default of 5000 bail.
William Oliver to-day sued the Mis-
souri, Pacific railway company for $S,OOO
damages for killing his father some
months ago.
A move is on the tapis to take aotivs
measures to secure the building of tho
Waxahachie tap.
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Stolen Horses.

COLEMAN, Feb. l9.-[Special. Yes,
terday evening a stranger came into
town with two horses-one a sorrel
branded circle, with bar over it,on the
ieit hip, and n on the left shoulder; the
2ther an iron gray, branded 80" with a
nan circle on the left shoulder. He of
sereu one morse Tor sale, but being a
stranger he could not sell. AiterwaTds
IL was reported that he had a pistol. and
she sheriff on searching him found he
nad disposed of it, but to parties irving
10 BUY one of the horses he admitted
that they were not right, and before the
sherlif could be found he had made his
escape. The horses are held bv the
sheriff for their owners.
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THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR.
A Hlghwayman ''Holds Up" q Student
ut Austin.
A NEGRO TRAGEDY AT cENlsoN.
Attempt TO Wreck a Train Near George
town, Texas.
CRIMINAL COURT AT ABILENE
CRIMINAL COURT AT ABILENE
Stolen Horses at Coleman-T Terrible Do
nestic Tragedy in Kentucky--Lu-
ling Deeply Agitated over
Train WrecRors Shot.
THE DAYS CRIMINAL RECORD
Excitement ut Luline,


SAN ANTONIO, Feb. l9.-I Special. l.
Tremendous excitement reigns at Lu-
ling. Squads of men collect on all cor
ners, and people from the country are
fast arriving, Luling, the county seat
Oh Caldwell county, is situated about 60
miles east of here on the Sunset road,
IL Will be remembered that five or six
nights ago City Ma shal Shoaf, assisted
oy one Hines, shot two negroes
on the railroad track y short distance
from town. He alleged that they ere
engaged piling cross ties on tho track
with the intention Of Wreckng the
tram. One Of the negroes was Instant
ly Killed and one badly wounded. Yes
terday the wounded man made state
ment saying that himself and friends
were enliced down the track by negro
named jerry, 10 play cards, and that
they were engaged In playing when shot
by the marshal aud his assistant.
jerry was arrested and 10 is
presumed will be ustd as a states viii
ness. IL is asserted that Shoaf, some
days previous to the shooting, wrote to
railroad official, asking it tho COM
pany would pay n reward Tor train
wreckers, dead or alive. He was an
9"Viou IN me aiIrulhllNe. IL II gen
orally believed that Shoat h s'ed Jerry TO
decoy his two companions to a SO.
cluded spot, and that the murder
was committed simply for the purpose
OF obtaniAg the reward. Shoaf and
Hines were arrested aud gave bail
ShOat Tor 50 800 aud Hines Tor $500.
lhe negro Jerry could not furnish bond
Tor SlOOO and went TO jail. The town is
divided into partisaus of the mar ihal's
and believes in his guilt, and trouble
may epsue. Parties III from Luling say
that business is almost suspended,
everybody being engaged in discussing
tho latter. At tarwood, Gonzales and
other towns ON the road the oniuion il
expressed that Hines and ShOaf were
the real robbers, who recently went
through the east-bOuud Sunset vain.
II is supposed IN the eXcitamen2 that
they quickly toarded the traiie2and
went through it. This idea, however, is
scented AT I,uliup
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A NInn Lnst

SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 19.-[special. +
Thomas Simpson, formerly a Sunset
railroad conductor, of this city, left with
aparty of friends, few days ago, on A
hunting trip out west. He became sen .
arated from his companions, and IL
yet missing. Great fears are en-
tertalned Tor his safety, and
strong search is being made for
MN. This morning Alderman Lock.
wood received telephone message from
Saolnal Canyon, from Mr.. Joe Simpson.
MS brother, saying ho had not vet been
loui,di Dut an old man passing KEN
Gays pasture, in which Mr. Slmpson
was lost ON that day, heard cries Some
distance away, but paid no attention 10
thom; hennedy's pasture IS now being
searched thoroughly Tor any traces of
the missing man. The country in
which he disappeared is wild oAe. He
had some money with MIN aud fears of
iosl play are freely Expressed. Various
searching parties will leave here shortly
III he IL not found,
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A $40, ,o0o BIane At GaInesYllle.

GAINEsvILLE, Fob. 10. ; [Speoial.l -
The ST. George hotel was burned TO.
night Mt 1880. Various causes are as.
signed for the fire, but II Is generally be-
lieved to have ben caused by the explo
sion Of lamp. The property belonged
10 Judge j. T. Walker, and was rented
by Mrs. l.. A. Calm. II was in flames
when discovered, and no furniture WAS
saved except that on the first floor.
The residences of w. Il. Turner and
Mrs. NJ. j. Brady were also consumed,
aud a paint shop belonging to Paul Gal.
liza. The loss will amount TO $4,000 or
Sl2 600; partly insured.
The IN, niture of Mrs. Calm was In.
sured with the Sun of San Francisco
for $1,000.
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Great Conilagration at Fort worth

FoRr WORTH, Feb. 2O.-ISpecial l-At
l2;l5 this morning fire was dis
covered in the immense wholesale gro
Gerry house of Joseph II. Brown, and ia
q few minutes the three.story
structure was i'm flames. The
intense heat rendered IL impossible
Tor the firamen to ret nenr
the building, and had II not been for tho
explosion of powder In The buildma,
which shook the walls, causing them To-
fall, the entire block of business houses
would have gone. Several firemeu mar
rOWly missed death when tho walls fell
Tho hro originated in The Office, on
the second flOsr and spread rapidly, the
stock being very intlAmable. The loss
on the building and stock OF Joseph III.
Brown Is at least S2O,000, with about
two'thirds insurance. w. A. HUH
man, agricultural implement deal
ers, aud X. II. Tackaberry, harness
dealer are injured some. Several other
smaller dealers are injured also, max
ing n total loss OF $3.50 0O0. At | O'clock
The iiremen have the fire under control.
10 Is rumored that n man was killed by
the falling wall on Throckmorton street.
but the truth of this cannot be ascer,
tained until morning, an immense pile
of brick covering the spot where he Is
supposed to be,
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Polsonrh pnrn vIn,in,.

COLUMBUS, o., Feb. l9.-Two cases of
trichinosis have developed in this city,
the victims being Mrs. Charles Andrix
anu nor step-son, aged IL. A council OF
physicians was held yesterday and a
microscopic examination of a small
piece OF che muscle of the boys lett arm
revealed specimen of trichina spe-
cies. No hopes are entertained of the
recovery OF the boy. lie has reached a
stage of paralysis.
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A shoo,,ne ., non,sou

DENIsoN, Feb. l9.-lSpecial l-Jo Will
liams, yong negro, to-day shot his wife
and himself at his place about four
miles northeast of here. Cause, ieal-
ousy. Inc wife was not seriously i'm
lnred, but 10, after recovering from the
hrst wound, got up and again shot him
self, but Ia still alive, with prospects of
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In an Ornl,nn unma

PHILADEiPnIA, Feb. l9.-A special
irom Easton, Pennsylvania, says: Fire
broke out shortly after Q O'Clock
this morning In the Tbnrston
Orphans Home, In South Bethlehim II
was discovered by one of the atten.
dants, who Immediately woke nm
the occupants, and had them 0uicSly
removed to adjoining buildings. When
lhe hrelnen arrived all tho lire plugs
were found frozen. A bucket brigade
or MAS formed aud fire extinguIshei.
Tho children returned to the building.
20 to bed -'''''"
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A Marine AIishap.

MonrLE, Fob. l9.-The schooner Il. v.
Olive, William Clark master, with fruit
from Rariton TO. Mobile, went ashore
last night on Dixie Island, at the an
franco TO Mobile Bay, aud IL u total loss.
The vessel had crew of live men, one
Of whom was taken from the rigging
this morning, aud died shortly after.
No trace OF the others,
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Highway Robbery at Arst,,

AUSTIN, Feb. 10. = Especial = A
mounted highwayman last night about
lo o'clock, with drawn six-shooter.
heid upa Commercial college student
ana compelled him to deliver up all the
money about his person, amounting TO
Si,E2' he asked for a watch, but the
student having none he rode OF. IL oc.
blocks OF the capital.
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Mesquite Notes.

MESQUITE, Feb. lo.-lspecial.l-At 4
o'clock p. m. yesterday, G. b. Gross, n
prominent business man of this place.
and Miss Mollie Chapman, a popular
young lady, were married at the resi-
dence OF Mrs. Chapman, one mile south
OF town, Justice Rugel actin < as master
OF ceremonies.
Since the report OF the HERALD that
Queen Victoria has bad cold, nearly
all the ladies OF Mesquite are threatened
with influenza.
There is n general desire here that
the HERALD and Col. Simpson give the
people some more Jury literature.
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A Rlnra M Gnl.a..aa

GALVESTON, Feb. l0,-To-night about
10 O'clock fire broke out In cottage
IN the southeast part of the city, con
sn ing II and an adjoining cottage, In.
Guiding a new steam yacht, being built
$1,000. The origin Of tho fire Is no,
known. NV
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Criminal Court ut Abilene.

ABILENE, Feb. l9.-[Special. Judge
William Kennedy, the new judge of the
thirty'second district, formed of or
ganiSed and 10 unorganized counties In
west Texas, presided here to-day for
the first time. He gave universal salts
faction TO tho city bar, composed OF 10
lawyers, aud 20 attorneys, WHO were
present from other parts of the state.
This session of tho court will be- memo
rable, there being several murder case
that have attracted wide attention along
the Texas IL Pacific road, and much
other imporl ant criminal and civil busi.
ness to dispose of, Two OF the alleged
murderers are rich ranchmen.
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engine

town the engine and cosoh
jumped the track. A large ws@on
wheel was fastened down on n eaetle
guard. The train was rnnninr slowly
and no one was hurt-only a shakiny
up. Some of the passengers walked to
Georgetown and others waited and
were carried in hacks. The railroad
company offers $500 reward for the par.
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The KIth and Kin nr q. w.shlnrton.

WASHINGTON, Feb. lo.-The monu-
ment commission has arranged to write
all kith and kin of the father Of
his country 10 assemble at the room
OF tho senate library committee next
saturday that they may proceed In q
body 10 the house and take
tho seats assigned them there.
There are lS documents bear
ing tho original family name OF
Washington. They will occupy seats
together on the floor. A number corres-
ponds with that Of the original colonies,
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Big Fire IN OhIoaro.

CHICAGO, Feb ia tire IL now rag.
Ing with great fury In GRAMS block, on
the eat side Of Dearborn street, jus,
south Of Washington. The fire started
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a Dlnze nt hnnannl

koNDour, Feb. l1.--A. Staples' flour-
ing MIL burned thiI morning. The fire
Is attributed 10 spontaneous oonbus-
tion' Loss, .$25 200; insurance, $l7.O1O.
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Another Attempt AZ rrnln wrec,,lnr.

RouND Rock, Feb. 1o.-lspecial.l l.
Some miscreaut attempted to wreck the
Georgetown train this morning. The
train consisting of an engine aud coach
lett on time nj l:05 =. m. When hall
way between here aud George