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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-15
AFAMous FASTER DEAD.


The Remarkable Case of Kate Smulsey-
An Adults Corps Weighing Only 25
Pounds.
FORT PLAIN, N, Y, April 9.-The cele-
orated fast Of Kate Smulsey was termi-
mated at O'Clock this morning by death.
The first SYMPTOMS OF her disease were
manifested in July, 1882, by the twitching
Of her right arm and sharp pains through
the head. She did not give up,
however, until October of that year,
when she took the bed never TO leave
1t. She ate small quantities of food
until March II, 1854, when, because it
distressed her, and, as she claimed, be-
cause of lack of desire for food. she re-
fused to eat anything. For a few months
after she would take water in her mouth
and eject 1t without swallowing any, but
from August to November, it is claimed
by the family, who are trustworthy
people, that she took neither food Tor
liquids. From March to Thanbsgiviug
day it is undisputed that she ate nothing.
The actual fasting time, according to the
report, was 394 days.
Various physicians treated the case.
Some pronounced il hysteria, others said
ii was st. Nltus' dance, others called it
been overwhelmed with letters of inquiry
about the case and patent medicines have
been sent from all parts OF the country.
He said today a change seemed TO take
place in December. when the constant
motion Of the body ceased to some extent.
Miss Smu sey's flesh began to waste, her
sight became more dim, and for the past
week she was unconscious most of the
time. she was so emaci3ted that she
weighed only % pounds. The house has
been thrOnged to-day by people anxious
to see the remains. but only tn Sc not
actuated by curiosity We're admitted. Sew
eral physicians will hold an autopsy to-
morrow. Miss Smuleey was about 81
years Old. of German descent and pre-
vious to her illness was dressmaker.
The disease first showed itself in the
form of Weakness which bafiled the ply
slcians, and Miss Smulsey called upon
one alter another in vain. Last Thanks
giving day she experienced a peculiar
sensation like the breaking away of some
tnng in her stomach, and since then she
has been able to take a little nourishmeut
in the shape of wine of wheg. The invalid
seemed to keep up her strength by mere
will power, always having the hope Of re-
cpvery. For many months she sat up in
he'd, rocking sideways while holding her
hands before her as if in the act OF wiring
Ing tnem IN anguish. When the change
came on THANKSGIVING day and she was
able to take nOurishment, the motion of
her body ceased. The father and mother,
brother and two sisters are in good
health. They can give no theory of the
origin of the disease, only RENE mbering
that the girl lost all desire for food, and
that whatever she took distressed her.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-15
sUPERsTITIOUs GAMBLERS.
knights of the Green Cloth who VIII
not Fight at Certain Times.
Fro51 the 0bjerg9 Nail

not Fight at Certain Times.
From the Chicqgo NoH.
"Does the condition of Gen. Grant have
any effect ON the sporting fraternity
about townp was asked OF Al Mann in
one of the gambling places on Clark
street Yesterday. He said it did. "Gam-
bers," he said, care always supersti-
tious, anyway. The other night while a
game was going on somebody came in
and said there was report that Grant
was dead. You ought to have
seen some of them at the
table drop their chips, shove back their
chairs. ana refuse to bet another dollar
truth in the report ! don't suppose you
would believe II, but there are some Of
the boys who wouldn't play the bank dur
Ing Passion Week, and / know a few Of
these who didn't play during Lent.
1 believe il we should yet the
news here some night that Grant was
dead the door wouldn't be- big enough for
some of them 20 get out at"
"Did you ever near Of jew Nose. a
gambler, who died at the Walton House
some years a OF asked another sport
who bad heard Aps remark. ellis weak
ness WAS hOrse-racing, and | don't SUP
pose there are many race courses In this
country that don't know Nose. Talk
about gamblers being superstitious-
took the cake. remember when Lincoln
was shot jew Nose wasn't kid even
then. he was down South AZ horse-race
when the news came. lie had just won
$500 on a iavorito when the news was
told. He took that winning and made a
present Oi 10 10 a sister Of charity school
In the city. They didn't know where 10
came from or from whom, but be used 90
say altorward, when talking about h.,
that Doe would have been stricken blind II
Doe had kept tue money be bad won on the
day when such a thing was DONE"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-15
How 10 Beat IN Avalanche.

William Martin can travel faster than
am avalanche. His trip down the noun.
tain into Burns basin was quick one
indeed. Mr. Martin was going 10 work on
% new location few hundred feet from
the comb of tho mountain, when, looking
no. he saw suOwsIide coming directly
toward him. TO run either way was al.
most sure death. lie only chance OF es.
cape WINS 20 outrun the slide. So sitting
on his shOyel-au old trick ~ miners-he
fairly dropped down the steep mountain
Ike bullet for nearly hall q mile, dis
tancing the slide into the timber on the
FIRST heat.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-15

Keenan,. Thos., No. 80 Congress and NO. l6A
Bryan.
Kuck, ~, r.. Hull and Price.
klug, r., Jones and Price.
Lenahan, Daniel, Price and Bay.
Lane, James, Bay and liabershhm.
Leacy, Mrs. r., No. y Bay street.
Torch, John. Huntington ana jefferson.
Mcgee. Thomas, No. 4 llabcrsham.
Mcneil, William, Indian street.
Morris, J. j., M. Price street.
MoehlenbroOk q Dicrks, Whitaker and Jones
streetla
Murphy, Thomas, No. Price street.
D'urscull. Mrs. j., Bay and Hast Broad.
frecht, Henry, No. as Price street.
Founder, H.. BrOughtOn and East boundary.
Renken, George. Anderson and Bun.
kenkon, IT,, Indian and Farm sts.
Raetz, Mrs. Jones and lIabersham.
Stamm, A., Bryan, Oppnaite Market.
spencer e. H., No. an Price.
sullivan. John, No. 1888 Congress street.
Iietjen. }. r.. West Broad and New street.
Umbach, 9. a. H., Broughlon street.
Umbach, ). a. H., Barnard and Bryan.
Wall, T., No. o Lincoln.
Worm, r., No. 1870 50. Julian.
WOeltien Bro, Jefferson and Wayne.
Wilson, -. Thundcrbolt.
Jihring, Chas., Hon and West Broad.
A. G. bauez, so Bay street.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-15
I Call Particular Attention to the
following Specialties fer the
ensuing week:

100 pieces "a BLEACHED sHEETING at
PIC. yard,
$50 pieces STANDARD Ginghams, fast colors, at
5%c.: worth l0c.
100 pieces A Wamsutta Bleached Shifting at
sc.
so pieces Lonsdale Cambria at lOc. worth
PFC.
10 pie es Bleached Table Damask at 75c. ;
worth 81.
y pieces Table Damask at 81 and 81 %; worth
81 so and 81 75.
100 dozen u 45-inch Huck Towels at 25c. each
wor h 35c.
leo Boys Nll-WOol Cashmere Suits at 81 90;
worth 50 %. Better grades proportion
ately cheap.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-15
First Message Keeeived by Sound.


About forty years ago, when the O'Reil-
~ line vas the only telegraph wire into
Pittsburg, Arson Slayer, who has Just
died ex-President Of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, was the operator.
Andrew Carnegie, the iron prince; Rob
ert Pitcairn of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, City Attorney MOreland, and
George McLain, eX-super1ntend-nt Of the
fire alarm telegraph, were messenger boys
in roundabOuts.
There was but one instrument, and
when it got out of order business had TO
stop until it was repaired. There We're
no special dispatches to newspapers and
no delivery Of press messages. Each pa
per sent a reporter around to the tee-
graph office, who copied what he wanted
for his pauer. The amount OF foreign
news was limited to 1900 words night,
aud other reports in proportion, the charge
10 eacn paper being 80 week. Regular
telegraphc tolls at that time were forty
cents for ten words and four cents for
each additional word.
One night when we called 10 copy the
report we found everything quiet and
Stager sitting By the little table tnat held
the instrument reading. lie told as there
would he no news that night, as that part
of the instrument which printed the char
acters on the paper was broken We -
reported. and the editors poured fresh oil
on the gudgeOn Of the scissors ana made
the best arrangement they could TO get
along without any leeraphic news.
Between 4 O'Clock and midnight Stager
came into the office Of the C0mWoclW
journal with bundle Of manuscript in
bis band He said that while sitting by
the instrument and listening mechanical
ly 90 the clicking. 10 seemed TO him that
he could make out what IT was saying by
the sound. lie mad WRIT II out as d.
sounded tO him. Here 10 was. II we
would take the risks on It's accuracy we
were welcome % use it. IL seemed %
read all right. and we published D., and
found upon comparison with Eastern pa
pers, which came three DAYS later that
there were very few mistakes in 10. Toe
"scoop" the Commercial J0Uru0i thus
obtained over the Dispatch, Post, GU
eeite and Union was the talk 0i the town
for several days.
KNOW THYseLF, Uy reading the "soi-
% aI HaHIH
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-15

CLOCK.
/. Ct)rlI
SPIT
ANUT
OtfRfy
LIVING,
STAND,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-15
TACK, COIOrGd and Fancy Silks.
DURING THE COMING WEEK:

10 pieces Striped Summe' Sill at 81 cents.
10 pieces Checked summer silk at &c.
20 pieces fine qua ity Checks and Stripes at
50c.; worth 65e.
% pieces extra fine quality Checks and Stripes
at Csc; wO Oh soc.
y pieces fine quality two toned Brocades,
combination cOlOrs, at 81 80 per yard.
22-inch Lyons GrOs Grain u ack silk at 81.
22-ipch Lyons eros Grain Black silk at 81 %
worth 81 so.
22-inch LYONS eros Grain Black six at 81 30,
81 40. 81, 81 so and 50,
20-inch Lyons COlored eros Grain SILK at 81 /;
worth 81 %.
22-inch Lyons Colored eros Grain Silk at 81 %;
good value for s 80.
22-inch Black Rhadame at 81 25; last years
price 81 65.
22-lnch Il ack Rhadame at 81 so; last years
price 81.
22-inch Ri OK Radzimr at 81 80; last years
price 81 IS.
22-inch Black Radzimir at 81 80; last years
price 81
% pieces Brocaded Satin at Soc. worth CSC.
IS pieces Plain Satin in desirable coloTs at SOC.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-15

Bannon, e., Thundorbolt
Barbour Bros, New Houston and Barnard.
Brcsnan. John, NJ lrshall House.
Bolhridgc, George, frice aud BrOught0n.
Cole, william, No. q Dray tOH gtreet.
Cooley, Martin. Bryan and Farm.
Churchill, y. r., White Bluff
Doscher, Est. OF j., Price and South Broad
lane.
Farrell, Mrs t., Bay street.
Grchan, j., Bryan, second east Barnard st.
Hickey, j. r., $50 Bryan street.
Harms, &. H., Liberty aud Randolph.
Hartman, g., ~ Margaret
Hanson, g., Thundorbolt road and Lovers
lane.
iIarnett House, Bryan and Barnard.
Ham, Il. \ b, Draw ton and York street lane.
Helmken, j. D., East Broad and Charlton.
Hclmken, J. H., River and Bun and "a Whit
akcr.
Hussey G.. W., Cotton Exchange Restaurant.
Hclmkeu, NJ g.. Whitaker and Anderson.
Hcl Ken. Martin, East Broad and South
Broad.
lesse, Hartman, AZ Montgomery.
lienncesv. NJ, River and Lincoln.
HlcSey,J T., 1850 Bryan.
llorriRnn, Mrs. c., Bryan aud Houston.
Jenko 81 Co., r.. No. ~ McDOnOugh.
Johnson, Jos, NO. East Broad.
johnson, }. H.. Iubly and Ann.
kuck, John, East Broad and Taylor.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-15

KNOW THYsELF, Dy reading the "soi-
euce Of Life" the best med caI work ever
published, Tor Young end mil1le-aEcd men,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-15

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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-05-07


BOWIE, May Especial. Five full
trains of cattle passed up the Fort
Worth Il Denver road yesterday, on
their way TO the Panhandle. The shin.
ment of cattle into the northwest mas
begun in earnest, and promises to al
least equal that OF last year. Apropos
of cattle, grass in this section ia reported
very fine, and cattle is said TO be re
cuperaLiug rapidly.
a wind, accompanied with rain, blow
with some force, little while last
night. The rain fell hard, but did not
continue long here. Considerable rain
lell northwest OF Bowie, enough 10 stop
blowing for day or two,
Inc weather being highly favOrab @
10 FARMING pursuits, our graugers are
not lalling To avail themselves OF the
opportunity, but are Thoroughly stir.
ring and cultivating their growing
crops.
The young people of Bowie gave an
enjoyable entertainment ON Monday
night at Myers hall.
n skating rink is tho newest attrac-
ton, one having been opened on yoster-
day afternoon. Ii will likely DO well
patronized.
County court is in session at Mon
tague this week, with a full docket of
business. The present week will be &C.
cUpled with state cases. Court will con-
weeks
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-05-07

LoNavIEw, May g. Special. The
second days proceeding of the county
court was much more interesting than
the first as tho former was composed OF
small criminal cases while the latter
is noted for very important cases. over
Il criminal couvicts and "A few acqIITsIs
closes the work of the criminal term:
kuoe Williams, u Texas * Pacific
bra6emani who mad his hand injured an
Arlington last November, was awarded
damage in $3.50.
M. Il. Uapps, whose trunk was burned
when the depot burned here in 1882, was
awarded Sl0i. This case has been to tho
supreme court and embraces some very
nice points OF law. Capps was q patent
cooler drummer and claims damage for
loss OF his cooler packed in his trunk
ana chscked as baggage. The railroad
claimed that nothing but wearing ap.
pearol could DO checked and knew moth
ing about the TRUNKS contents else thew
would have refused it as baggage.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-05-07

THE Cisco Telegraph, in an able edi-
torial supporting the idea OF county
school tax sufficient to complete the
scholastic year in addition to what the
county gets from the state school fund,
says: "If there are any opponents of
educational progress who would ,hrot-
tie our public school system, they must
DO few and very sly. If its friends,
lulled into a fanoied security by the
want Of public evidence of opposition,
stay away from the polls the necessary
majority may not be secured. The op-
ponents OF the system, II any there are,
Will not stay away from the polls, Al
this day in Texas men DESTROYS of the
patronage of their ienow-citizens in the
promotion of their public or private in
forests, cannot afford TO oppose public
education. If they do, It is their fash.
ion now to work in secret and ON the
sly. Its friends must, therefore, watch
and act.r
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-05-07
ALL BOUT ATTACHMENTS
HowTHE NEwLAw MIKES THINGS
ConVeyances Of Property Seriously Ham
Pored and Investigations OF Titles
Almost an Impossibility-
JObslln Justice Courts.

SHERMAN, May G.--Editor HERALD f.
The law regulating attachments in the
county and Justices courts, of tho Nine
toenth legislature, is the worst piece OF
legislation ever devised by legislative
body. The drafter Of the bill and the
mombers who voted for it certainly
never investigated titles TO land, Un.
der this law, for an attorney to give an
absolute opinion on land title he
would have TO have the record
and papers of every Justice
court before him to show
whether an attachment had been levied
on the land. The records of the county
clerks Office and judgments in The did.
trinJ court might settle the title 10 an
Individual, but some party may have
levied an attachment in q iustice's
court an1 thereby secured lien ON IL,
ana now IS tue purchaser TO get notice
OF thls except Oy going to every ius-
tiea'' oour, in tho county? And by the
tiiho ne would got around one might be-
lcYle9 IL the first one no went to.
Again. 1t does not permit the attach
ment lien 20 90 foreclosed, but the at
acnmcnt Is a lien on the land,
but must h9 sold under execution. TO
avoid this Tho defendant has only to
leaIo and dodge P citation, and tho
Judgment not being judgment in rem,
pus Ia personam, cannot be made a
Judgment, nor can an execution issue
until service is obtained on defendant,
yet all this time the attachment is a lien
IN some out oi-the-way Justices court,
ana a buyer of the land put to how
much Labor TO get information concern
ing IL before he dare buy.
, why nor have made an attachment
from a justice court or the county court
a lien on the land after record of the AT.
tachment in the county clerks office.
and permitted the attachment lien to be
toreclOsed2 AZ
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-05-07

WACO, May Special. The second
annual session of the Interchangeable
association was called to order at $50
o'clock this afternoon by the president,
Dr. c. Il. Fisher, of Austin. The attend
snoo was small, as all The delegates
nave not arrived yet. Physicians are
present from austin, Corsicana, San An.
tonic, Galveston, Dallas, etc, The nro-
ceedlngs this afternoon were purely
routine, affecting temporary organigs-
ton, etc. The sessions win last three
days. One of the homeopathic physi-
clans in this city is lady, Mrs. Jose
prime II. Hail, anu she 10 also vioo presi-
dent Oi the state association.
Marshall Brooks, county Judge of
Camp county who is said to have SUI.
elded at Pittshurg yesterday, is n
brother OF Mir. William Brooks. of tho
firm of Brooks Il Wallace, this city. Mr..
Brooks left tOr PittsburH this evening.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-05-07
ALL HONOR AND MONEY! TO THEM.

ALL HONOR AND MONEY TO THEM.
Teero are certain gentlemen in this
city who have taken the tide at It's
Hood and, conscious of the needs of the
hour here and the financial possibilities
Of the movement, have inaugurated a
Dallas railway boom by soliciting sub.
scriptions and endeavoring to place the
Dallas 4 Northwestern railway scheme
on solid and tangible basis Unfortu.
nately and strangely many halt when
approached by these enterprisIng gem
tlemon, on the ground that "somebody
Is going to make big money out of the
movement
This Is most ugly aud'narrow view
to taso of this important matter. OF
COURSE somebody will make something
out OF the scheme" 1t is this very pos
sibility Of money being made that will
attract capital to the enterprise. Mon
of foresight and means are not likely to
take hold of dead and Improbable in
vestmonts. Their efforts must promise
returns and their connection with
movement be based on their conf
donce in the success and ultimate value
OF the scheme. All honor to those gen-
tlemen who are moving actively in this
direction, of 80 much Importance to Dali
las. May they grow rich, ~ they will If
they persoyerel Whom GOULD started
tho Texas & Pacific westward from fort
Worth he was blukrup. aud about ST.
100000 IN debt, but now counts his wealth
by tho scores of millions, aud all the
localities reached by his roads have
grown wealthy and prosperous in pro-
portion.
An enterprise like this has double
meaning. II has fortune for those i'm
modiately in control and fortune for
those whose interests are no largely AZ
stake, as are the interests of tho city OF
Dallas. For every dollar made by the
gentlemen who build a road for Dal-
las to the northwest, two will
DO made by the business men and
property owners OF this city. No
Jealousy can be permitted nor afforded
by tho situation. Let capitalists and
contractors take hold OF the enterprise
and push 1t to completion, and lot
every llberal-minded citizen OF Dallas
contribute to the extent OF his means
and otherwise encourage movement,
which, while 1t largely pays some spo.
oial parties, is to this city its all in all.
Dallas cannot afford 10 hold aloof from
those men, or regard with jealousy
those who are striving to make her
fortunes. And the HERALD, in all sin
certify and confidence, trusts that the
good work may go on to the fullest frui-
ton
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-05-07

TnE return Of the Prince OF Wales to
England from his Irish tour seems TO
have relieved the British mind OF load
of anxiety. This was not expressed at
the time OF his visit, but from express
sions since his return, tho anxiety for
his personal safety must have been
quite intense. They do things differ
emily over tho waters from our Cis-
Atlantic mode. We mover go for vice.
presidents, but the American assassin
waits for full-lledged president before
no "removes him."
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-05-07
WHAT WEALTH RePREseNrs.

WHAT WEALTH REPRESENTS.
The article in the Galveston. news of
recent date upon the deradence of trade
there, and to which the HERALD referred
in yesterdays Issue, gives rise to GER
tain reflections that the people of this
city may, with profit, revolve in their
own minds. Trade in Galveston, as
everywhere else, depends upon certain
conditions. Neither Galveston nor Dali
las, nor any other point, can grow in
trade and wealth and perform their
"manifest destiny" except by observing
certain plain rules of conduct. The
trouble with Galveston is Just that
which troubles Dallas and other i'm
portant centres at this time-a seeming
want Of recognition of those obvious
business principles that build up cities
as well as individuals.
An Individual grows wealthy just in
proportion as he devotes himself TO his
best interests, exercises thrift, adver-
discs his business, displays progressive.
ness and keeps daily an eye to all tho
changes OF conditions, the movements
Of rivals and tho possibilities of the
hour. To neglect these things is to eg-
lect business, to grow backward inst GA d
of forward, and q disastrous period
must be somewhere and some time
reached. Tho unsuccessful man
is the ono who refuses to adj
vertise, to reach ont after bus
moss, to send out representative and
otherwise keep abreast of the times.
The end Of that man who bufles his
talent, and depends on his stand, with
GU, sign or runner, il failure, dismal
and complete.
Now cities are but sggregatiOns OF in
diyiduals and their trade and wealth
are bulls up by the methods alone which
bring Success 20 persons. A sign must
be hung out, the business must DO ad-
vertised, that trade which does not
come.must b9 sought and all tho lynx
( eyed activity necessary in the case OF
tho one TO insure competency must be
exercised in behalf OF and on the part
OF the many. 1t IL tlte easiest as b is
the commonest thing ia tho world to re-
paint and remodel and brush up a dingy
establishment to outshine a dangerous
rival few doors of, SO it Is an easy
thing for a city to grow musty ana 500
its natural advantages, upon which it
has learned TO depend absolutely, cut
OF one by one by the substitution by
some enterprising rival, of artificial
ones.
In word wealth whether individual
or aggregate grows from aud represents
thrift, enterprise, liDerality, progros-
siveness amounting to aggrsssiveness
1t Is never accumulated by the slothful
man or the slothful city. Where those
arc, who wait eternally for something
TO turn up aud depend upon the kind
ness OF nature, or tho inactivity of
rivals, TO win success, riches and trade
take to themselves wings and fly away.
In neither, tho case OF the one nor
the other docs wealth represent stu.
pidity, or want of enterprise, or fatalis-
tic reliance upon "natural advantages"
Sooner or later some of our big Texas
towns that once were on the crest of the
wave OF popularity, power and pros
perity will realized that to remain there
requires pluck and energy and some
thing else than a contemptuous regard
for rivalry.