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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-15
ON CHANGE.
~ Were Excited and Feverish
esiaxday ON Largely In
creased transactions.
Grain Markets Were Unsettled
!, Ind Yiucsuated Widely, Closing
al q Decline-O Cotton Lower.


n lonK, July H.-Government bonds
pdsn little more active and quota
rather weak for everything.
70 visa asain small business in the gen
lond list and also reduced trading In
letlvc 4 sues that have been so active
G rficNe are Irregular.
irt0tk market has been very irregular
unusually active to-day. The total
If~cfo l17,162 shares, exceeding the busi'
|I(of any eing'e day for the past six
Ulba. Tho best prices Of the day were
ul'Nlly made after 2;S0 p m, but there
\ very decided reaction daring the last
] cent. add the market closed irregular,
ed and -overish.
MONEY.
lOnk Iuly l4.--Money on call easy
uer cent: nrine mercantile pap'r 4D5.
len excbange lower, 81 81 for 90 days and
spr detoafid.
M WI STOCKS.
Nv YoKH. July 1.-THE following were
'iiioiel closing quotations Vt the New
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-15

BosToN, July ll.--Wool nrm for desirable
gra es Ohio and Pennsylvania 3OG32c, for
and XIX; Michigan g7m2sc; Comoing ano
Ar Lou :, July H.--Firm, Tub-washed
20a27 Ia; unwashed 10 ~, G Texas l0G2l 2.
NEW YORK, July H.. Quiet pulled 2I@Slc,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-15

New York.

Nav YORK, July H--spot closed steady,
&c lower.
sales, liN b les.
Ordinary SIC; good ordinary 9}kc; low
middling 10 1.l6c; middling lO9kc; good mid
ding 10 9-l6c; middling fair ll1Sc,
Futures closed steady. July and August 4
TO points lower; other months 3 to 1 paints
higher.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-15

GALVESTON, TEX July H.-Spot closed
dull; l-lBc lower.
Gross receipts il2; Gales none; exports none
stock 1884 bales.
ord nary s o &c: good ordinary e-!6c Low
middling l3-'0c; middling 10 l-l6c; goou
middling l0e-l6c; middling fair 10 9.l6c
Futures opened barely steady, ruled dull
oil q 4 holas
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-15

Wnsat. enoios, rs TO $50. pradium, IS o7s.
oats, s5aH lao barley. 35sFc rye,
corn, 500 Csc; hay, loose from the wagon,
COG ~ per ton bale hay, SIC 0o@2 90
bran, 800. per l0O; chops. q 0O0l % psT
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-15

LIVERPo DOL, July I4.-spot closed Halter and
son ewhat irregular ltd lower.
Ordinary sd; good ordinary s s. Cd; low
middlipg 7-l6d; middlng uplands 9.l6d;
middling Orleans sgd.
Total sales, 5000; American, $500; imports,
t0o0; American, % 0.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-15

- This This This Last
fokIs- day. week. season season.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-15
COTTON MARKETS.

ReceIpts nt All united state. rort..
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-30
EoRE6N.

THE Catholic Churl at st. Therese, in
the province of Quebeb valued at 500, 900,
was recently destroyed by fire.
SEVEN persons werS killed and sixteen
others were injured by a recent railway
disaster in Nicaragua.
The cable on the |fh. tronicled the
deaths of Rt. Rev. Sin xT6ekson. D. D.,
Bishop of London, anG1'rince Adolph Will
helm Auersperg, the Austrian statesman.
EARTHQUAKE shocS were still agitating
Spain on the 9th.
IMMENSE coal deposits west of Pekin,
China, which are sad to be the richest in
the world, are to beopened. A railroad is
to be constructed a. once for transporter
ton.
MORE earthquakes shocks We're felt or the
9TH at Lola, Spain, and at Motril a church,
convent and five Kindred houses were de-
stroyed. Series OF shocks similar to the
present prevailed in Southern Spain in
1899, and lasted futy days.
OWING to the continued earthquake
shocks $4,000 people had on the Sth left
Granada, Spain. The village of Snevajar
was slowly sliding downward to the val
ley.
"IA't icil %
residents of Newfoundland, are said to
ave fallen heir u a fortune of SD, 900, 900,
left by q relativein England.
DURING a calm off the Spanish coast a
few days ago tn, British bark Isabel en-
perienced several earthquake shocks last
ing fifteen minutes The ship was shaken
in every fibre and the submarine roaring
was terrific.
PRINCE ALBERT VICTOR, the elder son of
the Prince of Waes, became of age on the
Sth. The occasion was celebrated in En-
gland with great rejoicings.
ADvICEs Of the Stll from Montreal state
that the total number of Canadian wrecks
on the lakes during 1884 was fifty, invol-
wing a loss of $671 900. The season was
| said to ave been the most Improbable
one financially ever known.
MTHE village of Guevejar, Spain, was
moved bodily sixty feet from its former
location by the recent earthquake and was
in q semi-circular crevasse sixty feetdeep.
The houses of the village, though greatly
damaged, had not fallen.
THE Mexican Stamp act, so unpopular
and oppressive to commerce.. has been re-
pealed. A new law has been adopted
] which meets with favor.
AN official bulletin states that up to tho
9th, in the provinces of Granada and Mall
aga, 1,400 persons were killed by the earth
quakes. 800 were woun1ed and $4,000 rem
dered homeless.
DURING the year 1884 he total number of
immigrants arriving in the Province of
Ontario, Canada, was s11,3G0, against 97,515
in the previous year. Of the total number
5S,4S3 came to the United States.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-30
ing january q as tie day for the Senate.

ing January q as the day for the Senate
rial election.
THE Legislature i Connecticut balloted
for State officers q the sth, electing the
Republican nominees of November, headed
by Henry B. Harrison for Governor.
In the District Chrt at Chicago on the
Sth Judge Blodgett overruled the motion
to quash the indictments against Mackin,
Biebl and others fOs the recent election
fraud, and fixed January 90 as the date
for trial.
THE death Of ex-neutenant- Governor
James NJ. Bingham, of Wisconsin, occurred
at Chippewa Falls on The Sth.
THE Indiana State Legislature met in
biennial session at indianapolis on the Sth.
Charles l.. Jcwett was elected Speaker of
the House.
Mrs. MYRA CLARK GAINES, the famous
litigant, died in New Nleans on the even
ing OF the 9th, aged eighty years.
GOVERNOR PoRTER'stlessage on the Mh
to the Indiana Legislative stated that the
debt was a, S16,GoS. heA recommended re-
funding the foreign dfbt of 1885, 900. and
announced that the scltol fund amounted
to $, $500 2S. Numhei Of children in
schools 50i ,142.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-30
OF THE WEEK.
Interesting News Compilations
CONGRESSIONAL.
Second Session.

BIILs wore introduced in the Senate on the
eth to create /, revenue commission and to
8ancnd the revised statutes relative to the
lease of Indian lands. The Interstate Com
mercc bill was considered. In the House
a motion TO suspend the rules and
pass the bills to abolish The inter.
fruit liquors and the Mexican Pension
bill was defeated. Bills were introduced: To
increase the number of Judges OF the lnitcd
States Courts; To provide for the iSSucof one.
two and five dollar silver certificates; to grant
copyrights to citizens OF foreign countries,
and to throw open for occupancy the rnillerh.l
lands situated on the Indian reservations. y
motion TO fix i, day to consider the Senate
Bankruptcy bill was lost by l5 yeas to -
nays-leSs than the necessary two-thirds in
the affirmative.
Mr.. HAwLEY introduced a bill in the Senate
OH the 9th to establish international copy
right. The Oregon Central Land-forfciture
nill passed -. In the House a resolution WAS
;,assrd apDropriating $4,000 for the support
of destitute Indians in Montana. The Pension
bill, appropriatlng s59,9i6,G0l, was debated ana
passed.
RESOLUTION was passed in the Senate on
the It'll appropriating S5U.003 to relieve the
suitcringS of destitute Indians. Mr.. Plumb
presented Il petition from the Oklahoma set
tiers protesting against their removal tom
:hcirlands, and praying Congress to Withdraw
the military forces and organise the Terri
tory of Oklahoma into Il State. A long de-
bate on the Interstate Commerce bill fol
lowed. -. In the House Il motion to strike from
the Interstate bill the section pro
libiting railroads from charging more for a
short than II long haul WAS voted down. An
amendment was adopted giving Federal courts
power to issue wrilS OF mandalnls compelling
railroad companies to forward freight.
The time of the Senate on the Sth was oc-
cupicd IN Il debate upon the bin concerning
the fees of pension claim agents and the
policy of attaching general legislation to up
preparation bills. ...1 In the House the Reagan
Interstate Commerce bin, for the national
regulation of railways. was passed by Il Vote
nf l6l to 10. \. fourth Naval Appropriation
bin was reported by Mr.. Randall calling for
Sc. l5n, 80. In the Alabama contested election
case the seat was voted 10 Craig, Republican,
Who was sworn in.
A BILL was passed in the Senutc on the Gth
directing that one Of the Greedy relief vessels
he used as Il revenue cutter off the coast of
Alaska. Mr.. Cockrcll Introduced a bill 10
make the Bounty law apply To the heirs OF all
colorrd soldiers lost in the Federal service.
Mr.. Garland made Il speech on Interstate
commerce. Adjourned to the Eth. .. In the
Hou>ca large number of private bills were
placed on the calendar. a resolution was
adopted calling upon the President for lie
formation relating to the Congo Conference,
AT The evening session tweHty-one pension
bills We're passed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-30
LATER NEWS.

W.. IL. VANDERBILT. having yielded to
Shc request OF General Grant, on the 10Th
bought III all the real estate, war relics
ana works OF art mortgaged to him by the
General, and presented tic entire list to
MIS-. Grant. also the debt and judgment,
with The condition that on the death of
the General all articles of historical value
shall become the property of the Nation,
70 be preserved at Washington. Mrs.
orant accepted the gitt OF the relics, but
refused the debt gift.
IMPORTS at the port of New York, ex-
elusive of specie, for the week ended on
the 10th were IS, 1Ii,00O.
LIT mas been ascertained that, under the
provisions OF the Constitution, IL vote for
ohltea States Senator can not be taken by
the Illinois Legislature until January -.
a RIVER boat sunk the other night near
Lockport, Ky, and the Captain, his FAM
ny and crew all persisted.
1T was reported on the 10th that General
Grant was suffering from cancer Of the
tongue, caused by excessive smoking.
IN the SllTcrton (Col.l district snow was
three feet deep on the 1lth, a storm having
prevailed for thirty-six hours. Toll roads
were blockaded and business was sus-
pended.
IAE special grand jury i~mpaneled in
chicago TO investigate the Eighteenth
w ard election fraud and any other irreg-
u!arltles OF the kind to which its attention
may be called began its work on the 10th.
The Louisville & Nashville freight and
passenger depots at Nashville, Tenn, all
| me 1IpjOht nu2 hr,,lr.l 1.1 ,
l'lncA s.Hotel were burned on the evening
Oh The loth, causing a loss of $. II. 1000.
HUGH McCALLIsTER and wife were
found burned to death on the 10th in their
house III Ilppecanoe County, Ind. 1t was
supposed that robbers looted the premises,
L.6llIed the aged couple and then set fire to
Eth house.
HoLCoMB, who was on trial at Jack
son, Mich; Tor the murder of four people
'aI the crouch farm, near Jackson. more
I,tnan u year ago, was acquitted on the
10th.
NINE No. ) of the Hooking Valley prop.
erty. at Stlaitsville, o., the LARGEST in that
region, was on the 18th fired !v strikers.
CAPTAIN CHARLES w. FoLGEP, only son
OF the late Secretary Of the Treasury. died
or consumption Oh the 1lth at Geneya, N,
y, aged forty years.
EARTHQUAKE shocks We're felt again OH
the 10th i'll the Spanish Province of NAL
aga.
HE United States Senate was not in ses-
SION on Inc 10Th. In the House a, bill ap-
proprlating sG,l.o,i55 for the support Of
the navy for the first hall Of 1881 was
passed. and the Consular and Diplomatic
Appropriation bill was debated at length.
Adjourned 10 the 18th.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-30
PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOLS.
Interesting Statistics From the SUPER
PENDENT of Instructions in Pennsyl-

wanna.
HARRISBURG, January 6.-The amir
report of the Superintendent of Public
structions of the State, just issued, contai
the following statistics: Number of scloC
in the State, 1919; male teachers, $50
female teachers, 1905: average month
salary Of male teachers, SS3S.47; fema
teachers, 5000; number of pupils, 9G6,03
average number in attendance, G35,61>
cost of tuition, building, fuel, and cont
gencies, $~9,463,221.S1; estimated value
school property. Sd, $751; 9s. The past ye
there was an increase of $3.50 pupils.
The customary annual appropriation
the common schools has been 81. OOO.0 O
normal schools $40, 600; and for the pa
ment of County Superintendent about 81
600. The Superintendent urges the app
p~riation by the Legislature of S1,250,0
for common school, and $50, 900 for M
NAL school purposes.
The report Of the Superintendent
Soldier Orphans schools shows that 1874
pupils have been admitted to these schol
since their establishment in 1865, and lM
the system had cost. seven months ago, =
632,3o4.7O. The superintendent reco4
mends a change in the laws governing y
admission of pupils to orphan schools, 50
to include the children of deceased soldid
whose widows or surviving children are
restitution. The orphan school system vi
end in 1890 unless their be legislation
prevent such result.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-30
ELEVEN PERSONS POISONED.
A Girl Puts Trough or Rats" in Coffee
Drank by Her Mothers Guests.


Drank by Her Mothers Guests.
EAST LIVERPOOL, O., Jan. 10.-Thurs-
day night Annie Van Fossan, aged nine
teen years, administered poison in the cof-
fee of the entire family, consisting
OF eleven persons. A number of visitors
dined with the Van Fossans, and the
coffee was passed around to them with
other refreshments. Within an hour every
body became sick. Their symptoms were
those Of arsenic poisoning and their suffe.
inSs were %1rightful. An investigation was
made and a packageof the poison known as
though on Rats was found in the bottom
OF the coifec-pot. Search was immcdiat ely
made for the perpetrator Of the crime. Ii
was observed that Alnle Van Fossan. Il
daughter OF the host, was not neal so i'll AZ
the others. She was accused of the crimr
and tacitly admitted her guilt. Yesterda.
morning she was Locked up to await a hear
ing. She refuses to make statement. anG
no person can imagine what induced her to
commit the deed. Intense excitement pre-
walls in the town. Little Allie McBane is
dead. and it is :eared five Or six of the oah.
ers who drank the coffee will die.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-30
All Plead Not Guilty.

CHICAGO, Jan. 10.-Josept c. Mackin.
Henry Biehl, S. p. Shields. Dr.. S. S%trausser.
+. NJ. Ha!sbrough and L. d. Kelley. all
defendants in the Leman-Brand fraud case,
each pleaded mot guilty" in Judge
Blodset's court yesterday. Riehl and
Stlausscron only were present. the others being
represented by council. b. w. Shatrncr,
iii behalf of the Judge and clerks of cleo
ton, entered a formal demurrer to the de-
rlsion of the Court overriding the motions
made Thursday to quash the indictments.
Judge Blodgctt said Mackin, Gleason and
ben: w":M be tried first, and then the
!udle' and clerks, followed by Gallagher.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-30
a Bank Cashier Joins the CoIonis
in Canada.

LEXINGTON, KY, January 5.--James
Scrugiam, teller and assistant cashier
the Lexington City National Bank, has
faulted for about $40, 600 and fled to Callai
He has been taking the money by piecelf1
for months and covering his tracks by FAY
footings of addition. He only fled wifi
Bank Examiner Gettman came to eyaml1
the banks books, on its application for
twenty years renewal of charter. Scrll
ham bet heavily on Blaine and also sped
lated in stocks. He is aged about TIM
and has a wife and two children, whom
left here. He was also a member of
Main Street Christian Church. He lelt|
note for the bank examiner saying: II
$4,000 short and am off for Canada: y
needn't look for me nor the money" III
thought that the d%efalcation will exec
$40, 600.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-30
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

IN his message to the Pennsylvania Leg
~islature, which convened on the 9th, Gov
ernor Pattison recommended the passage
OF aCivil-Service law. James l.. Graham
was elected Speaker of the House.
The Nebraska Legislature convened at
Lincoln on the 9th. Church Howe was
elected President of the Senate and Allen
w. Field Speaker of the House.
THE Sixty second Legislature of Maine
organized at Augusta on the eth by the
choice of w. D.. Pencil, of Lewiston, as
President of the Senate, and General
Charles Hamlin, Of Bangor, as Speaker of
the House.
The Washington Monument Commission
has selected John w. Daniels, of Virginia,
to deliver an address in the House of Rep
resentatives at the monument dedication
ceremonies February u.
The Legislature Of North Carolina met
at Raleigh on the eth. L. T. Boykin was
chosen President of the Senate and Thomas
NJ. Holt Speaker of the House.
The Massachusetts Legislature was or
gained at Boston on the It'll by the selec-
ton OF Mr.. Plllsbury as President of the
Senate and j. 9. A. Bracket as Speaker
of the House.
SERGEANT HoLTNoRTH, who rined
Lieutenant Greely's private papers, has
been dismissed from the Signal Service.
The Connecticut Legislature met at
Hartford on the eth. W. Edgar Simonds
was elected Speaker of the House.
GENERAL GRANT on the It'll declined to
accept the protfered fund which Mr.. Cyrus
w. Field and other gentlemen were col
1aCfi,,, %c ,,1;,,,, l.. - . ~
TIE Michigan Legislature convened on
the 18th at Lansing. The Senate elected T..
r.. Belknap President pro tem., and the
House chose Newcomb Clark as Speaker,
The wives OF the Cabinet officers at
Washington held their first formal re-
ception of the season on the It'll. Mrs.
Chandler and Mrs. Lincoln did not receive.
Winter gayeties are now fairly begun at
the Capital.
AN inventory of the real and personal
property of the late John w. Garrett, of
Baltimore, shows an aggregate of S35, O00.-
900, all of which is bequeathed to his
widow and three children.
IHE Illinois Senate organized on the 18th
by the election of William j. Campbell, of
Cook County, as President pro TEN. In the
House Eli. jah NJ. Haines received 7G votes
for temporary Speaker against II for j. B,
Messick and others, and an adjournment
was taken to the Sth without pcrfectine an
organization.
The Electoral vote of Texas was re-
celved in Washington Oh the It'll. This
completed the list.
lie Inauguration of Governor Robinson.
OF Massachusetts, took place at Boston on
the Sth.
Major MUTT, the famous dwarf, four
feet high. and aged forty-four years, was
married i'll Boston on the Stll to Clara Cor
field, aged eighteen, and Of the ordinary
size.
ELIJAH NJ. HAINES was on the Sth chosen
temporary Speaker of the Illinois House..
and the Democratic caucus nominees for
temporary officers were elected. In the
Senate Mr.. Clough introduced an election
bill which prevents unregistered citizens
from voting. A resolution was passed fix
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-30

An Ontario drummer, a member Of
!hc - y. l.: ,, was ut a leading hotel
IN Nlcptreal lately when his ribbon and
paige attracted the attention of the
landlord. The latter inquired what was
the meaning of the letters. The drum
mer replied: "Oh, don't you know? We
rave a new secret society up in the West
that Is intended to be 4 terror to whit
ers: Anybody that wears this BADGE
Will stand no nonsense. The letters
mean .tan't eat tough steak.;"-.lont-
reul Witness.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-30
Married an Indian Princess.

PITTSBURGH, January G.-JameS J
Cune. a contectioner by occupation, ana
son of John McCune, recently a candid.
for Mayor OF Allegheny City, was MARI
at st. Paul's Cathedral by Father wa
Sunday afternoon: to the Indian Prime
Pocallontas, one of last weeks a%ttractIo
at a City Museum. The contracting par
flrst net Oh Christmas eve. The Prince
is a lady OF excellent education and a q,
u.te of Il prominent medical school. J!
father, Barnett Pocahontas, is Chief ..
powerful tribe of Indians located at Ne
Cruz, Mexico. and is said to be posses
OF immense wealth, to which the yo.
I'rincess is the only heir. They left :o'
east last night,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-30
fatal Tug Explosion.

hL1zARETII, Pa, Jan. 12.-By the ,x-
Tlcslon OF her boiler the steam tug Mike
Hcugilerty was completely demolished near
here yesterday. Two OF the crew were
Killed and others badly hurt. The boat had
put ashore near Bellevue Landing to make
repairs to some part of her machinery that
had broken down, and the explosion oc-
Cured while she lay there.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-30

load in Nebraska.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-30

There are only forty thousand of
the Alaska Indians. They are indolent
and squalid. Their number is constant
l!y decreasing. They live half of their
days in canoes made of solid logs,
burned out. In the miserable huts are
blear-eyed old sinners and half-clad
women who will sell whatcver1hev hap
pen to possess, even their child-daugh-
tiers, provided they get their price, and
every family has Il dog or two as urlv
and dirty asst h owners Chicago Jour-
nal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-30

Tho pulse of a hen is 40. of a cat
ITO to l2O. OF a dog 80 to 100, and OF an
OK 25 to ~.