Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-08-08
WACO.
Two Young Girls Are Crcmaied Alive
A Laborer AccidcntaIl,
shoots Himself
~" cN-N-sistant Postmaster of Mc,.rrgor
"" Trial For Many Charges.
u Libel suit Piled.
special to tho Gazette.

I special to the Gazette.
waco TN, Aug s.--A telephone Mes
sage received this morning from Ennis
SAYS:
J. LAST night John Rankin. who nvr. n,nr this
,,M W, sem ms two grown daughter. 40 siairs 10
a, az, ,. some whisky out Of harriet one held
I w liehl whllc the other drew the llauor N il
supposed the flame III The randt" s,,,,,, :. Il
cateu WIN the gas coming from Tho rsst ~
/ iip,i,ttd.s, an explosion cnsucd. both the Young
luulcs were cnvcloped In flames and thp v,bai,
I room was fillcd with the blazing Iluuid In ~
lew minutes the house burned to lie lrronnd
s nn,N,n anu lhr other occupants of the lower
girls burned with the building.
Inns evening II. G. Thurman, laborer,
Whlle working on MIR. Joe Guytou's farm
apout iour miles from town. had a pistol
Whlch nc was carrying in his pocket To
accidentally 20 of The bullet. which
was thirty-iour callber, entered his left
breast Just below the nipple and rYrnued
( upward. The wound, though dangerous.
Is not necessarily fatal. The man wns
brought to the city and was witbout
funds purse was raised sufficient for
him to enter Brown Ilalhcrt's lntirmary
where he will receive all necessary at
tcntion.
James \. Hamilton, the dcfaultinu
eN-assistant postmaster at McGrcpor.
had his preliminary hearing before United
States Commissioner Finks TODAY
There are three charges or counts against
Hamilton. The first is embczzllng uoy.
elnmcnt funds out of the postofllce lo the
amount of $500; the second forging
the signatures ON the official bond of
Postmaster Baker, AT McGregor. and The
Third OF making false entries in the post
oflcGpbooks. lie was tried to-day on the
emDezzlemcnt charge and held I'm the
sum of $4,000, which he can hardly give.
The Hill county parties, whose signatures
he Is said to have forged ON the Official
bond, wilLarrivc here tonight To testify
tomorrow. Hamilton sat quiet during
the proceedings and made no defense
whatever, not even employing LAWYER.
Nathan Patton of Galveston, by his at
torneys, filed a supplementary writ in the
district court here this morning for
$4,000 damages against A. II Belo &
Co., proprietors of the Galveston News.
This is supplementary to the suit he filed
on July 10, for 100000. He alleges that
when that suit was filed the News headed
II, 'And still Another Speculation, ~ and
made editorial comments thereon fur
niShing grounds for the present SUP.
Elementary suit, which makes $40, 900 in
ali that Mr., Patton claims from the
News
j. Il. Ivy was arrested near Hillsboro
by officers from this county and win be
brought here tomorrow. He is charged
with swindling the Mcllhcnny Mercantile
company, of Houston, To the tune of
$4,000, by giving mortgage on property
hc.dld not possess.
John llcdrlck filed suit against the
Gulf, Colorado 4 Santa Fe road to-day
Tor S25OO damages to his farm, in this
county, by an inundation caused by the
breaking of an embankmcnl on the de-
PENDANTS road.
There is much qualification here over
the news that Waco has been chosen as
the scene of all the EN-Confederate re-
unions next year. Our people will be
equal 10 the emergency.
Postal Inspectors George 4. Dice and
II. ID. Norton are here, 10 attend the
Hamilton trial.
The banks of the city will close TO-
morrow as a mark of respect 10 Gen.
Grants memory
The first bale OF new cotton was re-
ccivcd this afternoon. II weighed 450
pounds II was raised six miles south of
the city and was classed 10 middling The
first bale last year was received one day
later than this.
4 Fire Caused by whisky.
Special TO the Gazette.
WANAHAcmE, Ten, Aug. Mr..
Bony Rankins' residence, eighteen miles
east of WaXahachie was burned last
night, His two daughters, one sixteen
and the other seventeen years Of age, per-
ishcd with the building. They were up
stairs drawing some whisky for their
father when the whisky ignited from the
candle and exploded. The younger girl
was completely burned up. The other
reached the ground floor and was taken
out, but expired in few minutes. The
house and contents we're completely de-
Stroyed. Partly insured.