Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-17

keg OF rye whisky inside, screwed plate
on the lid OF the coffin, on which were
engraved the name, age and birthplace Of
Inc alleged corpse, boxed the coffin, as Is
uaual. and shipped II TO town In Maine.
There an undertaken took charge OF the
box and drove ten miles into the country
before the coffin was opened and the
liquor removed.
A newspaper In Bath, Me-, says that
Mrs. Mexican, OF Brooklyn, spends her
summers alone on JEWELS island, which
she owns. She flies signal for whatever
is wanted, and, her signals being under.
stood, she gets what she wants In quick
time. On the island she has thirty-tlve
sheep, many lambs, two yoke OF oxen,
1--we cows, bull and jackass. The pa
per further remarks that Mrs. Mexican
has 81 200, 900 In bank stock alone, and
that her income is from 100000 to $780,
900 year
Mrs. Mary II. Gilbert OF Worcester,
Mass, celebrated her Tooth ami
versary OF her birthday on the
sth by giving banquet to 200 persons al
the house Of her son, aged seventy-eight
years. Mrs. Gilbert is handsome intel
ligent lady, who does not look over sew
enty. In the last year OF the last century
she attended dinner given by President
Adams, and was so attractive that the
somewhat frigid statesman did her the
honor to drink her health--a toast which
seems to have had the desired effect, for
she has never been ILL.,
The negroes at bennington, small
town a few miles from Savannah, Ca,
are terribly excited over the story that
the world is coming to an end on Septem-
Der 80. Last week an old voodoo doc
tress died and was duly laid out. During
the night, while some half dozen ne
groes were sitting up with the remains,
the body moved once or twice and then
assumed sitting posture. The affrighted
watchers ran out terror-stricken. Finally
they cautiously returned to the door, and
therel saw the old woman reckoning to
them. They declare that she said she
had something to tell them. She then
said that she had been dead, but had
come back to give them warning that the
world would come to an end on Septem-
Der 30. Soon after she died again, and
next day was buried. Many of the negroes
firmly believe the story, and are holding
revival meetings day and night, with re-
lays Of preachers. AS fast as one becomes
exhausted another takes his place.
A gossiping correspondent has griev-
ance against the president for the man
ner in which he has treated his poor rela-
tions. HIS brother William, genial and
accomplished Clergyman, is now toiling
tor feeble church, north of Utica, at
$500 year, His wife, handsome wom-
an and charming vocalist, leads the choir.
She, like many Of his relations, was not
invited to her brothers. wedding. When
William saw his brother pay DR.. Sunder-
land 500 for marrying him he thought
Of his little salary and Of his boys strug-
Cling for au education, and 1t quite broke
his heart. The president has had many
chances to help his poor and deserving
relations, but his heart has been turned
against them since his election to the
presidency. He even prevented his
brother William from accepting the pas
torship of Washington church at sal
airy five times as high as his present sala-
ry. He opposed his brother-in-law, N. G.
Bacon, when the citizens selected that ac-
complished gentleman for the superin-
tendency Of the Toledo custom house.