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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-06
shooting ARRAY at coleman.

"FVUIHI 70 IHt WANette,
COLEMAN, Tex, May 5.-Last night Al
MeVawley's saloon a shooting scrape DC.
CURED between Pick wiseman, a Young
man OF this place, ana saloon.keeneT
named Brooks Of Brentwood. The an.
neulty arose over Wiseman aecusing
Brooks OF taking dollar of his, which
Brooks denied aud threw his hand on his
pistol, called Wiseman names and slammed
him' when Wiseman pulled his Gun and
shocked Brooks over, and then the firing
began Brooks was shot twice, once In
the arm aud once in the side, the ban on.
terlng the shoulder and coming out of his
pace. Wisemsn escaped with a bullet IN
nus nat. There Were several shots llred
IN the scrape. Both parties were arr
rested WV "'-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-06
Important Impetl
French peas, French pea 4
dozen. Try q few cans,
FoRr Worn a
A HEAVY HlIl
A Confidential Clerk Gsh \
Nice Sun,

| - SObhuthtiui Litih WV Al
Nice Sun
special to the Gazette.
New ORLEANS, LAs Nsj
Mcconnell, for'sixtselly ilsi
clerk, book-keeper and "a
firm Of Boyd & Herick, lhi:
pressers in the city, and v /
high socially, was arreskts
with the embezzlement d
picion has fallon on MeeG.
time past, but only ysaa
guilt fully demonslnh
animation Of the
onstrated the fact Va
regularly embezzled iron 4
each month since The cIEil
firm in 1881, A glsnces
showed that he had slrcs
money from the firm o.
Co., the total amount taiE
neighborhood Of SsOM
when arrested confesseons
the money, and when
had done with it, deeliIH
dered it in fast LIVING
claim the firm knew thA
himself to their money =.
lection. Mcconnell siaaD
He has been a promintpi =
town, a member q
clubs of the city, seer
urer of the SoulnsI'
and a member Of oilsl
He was a free liver, anan !
known that he was NV
means. He had nulns'..
still stick to him In BIZ IS
He is short also IN Dis
Southern Yacht club ss VI
cotton presses Tor MY
here. -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-06

spectaI % the Gazetle.

special TO the Gazette
Ell PAso, Tx, May 5.-H II. Doughty,
who killed Policemen Henry Mode in
this city two years ago and narrowly es-
capped lynching at the time, and who
obtained change Of venue to Preside
county, where he was found guilty, when
new trial was granted and another
change Of venue to Big Springs obtained,
was acquitted there to-day.
To-day is Cluco de Mayo in Mexico, the
anniversary Of the victory OF Benito Gu
vezeo over the French forces at Pueblo,
and the oyerthrowing of the Msximillian
government, which was followed a month
later by the capture and execution Of
MACMILLAN. The entire city of Paso del
Norte Just across the Rio Grande is in
dulging in grand jolliGsation with
long procession, the firing OF artillery,
and big ball to wind up with tonight.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-06
enc woman wlIl RemaIn ID.

special 10 the Gazette.
FL PAso, TEX, May Sit is reported
that letter has been received from Wash
ington stating that the postmaster-gen-
eral has decided TO recommend Mrs. r.
n. Porter, the present incumbent,as post
mistress.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-06
Amherlnn lllnssrnrn

A new shipment just opened at the
Fort Worth China Co.'s. It Is worth the
trouble to stop and examine the latest
novpltips
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-06

MIL IN this III 70 bulk G
upon the share H..
Ten Thousand 'sh,sll !
D was ,suosnibcdby s 4. 1
o ONE IN. hour a from Ia Z. 'ls.|
.ant adjunct 10 NJ aassN Y
Al va is an asSn COM
The city coun IN YEA III
session s,,. ion lastlnIphSt'' a e, =
m nns.e were appo \,
P pson.,n buslnesssss,~s''.. \
OF Alderman s. Ro ssa . u \
&c, Col Burket q 1pl NJ. 8
oeen the guest Of NJ s,''.l.
era ~. days, returned h VA. \ I
10 TO- ,s..I Snyder Of Gal,s,,
y interested Interested in real s'l'' \
Is stopping at the Sp s,Ia
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-06
STATE NEWS.
Doings and happenings Of the DAY
Occurrences for Veal
or Woe.
Gatherings from over the state Exported
spsciniiy for the Gazette by ITS
own Correspondents.


Special TO the Gazette
Ell PAso, TEX, May sc. Moore, the
cowboy who fired several shots at Police
man Chapman on the night OF March 10
last, WAS sentenced to-day to six years In
the peDitentiary.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-06

This is q beautiful line OF new ware re-
eeiyed In the last shipment at the Fort
Worth China Co.'s. The most novel col.
Qnngs ever yet introduced.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-06
Duolir.
COrreApondenco Of the i,......

-. t"ta.I
Correspondence of the t,a,,,p
DUBLIN, TEX, May 81
Harris left on to.day's nd,
to the Southern Baptist NJ
held at Montgomery, IA.
Our citizens are maEIDe 4
lions for&elehrating me- Nj
gotten up for the beneat N
schools. There will besr'
sion, with the May queen, 4
attendants, seated on n
splendor. Our brass bid \
their services for the occlSs!
lead the procession, iolIorsj
float containing her msjasI
ants, to be followed By tel
then the three Sundsy.H,ll
United Friends Of Tempta2
lowed by the two mines d
club, who will play a msla.
day. The merchants han
close their stores during d
the day, and ID Is expectA \
the biggest gaia days d
seen.
A telephone line from ha
Vile is now talked Of. Aiti
Comanche line is Ordered. n
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-06

correspondence OF the Gazette
:, 2. AhNANApo, Tx, May "A scheme
wa was luAsgurated Yesterday by Col sny-
uer o. Galveston and Capt. a. J. Brown
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-06

special TO tho ea.e,ta.

special 10 tho Gazette.
fEcos, Tx, May 5.--E. j. Slmpson
manager OF the Aztec Cattle COMPANY
came In to-day from IN the river ana
siyes gloomy report about the heras
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-06
Special to tho eszs AD'''A'

ABILENE, TEX, n,
school examinations ~, n
the attention Of 4 NV NV, =
during the past three ', II.
sole manner in which NJ ~ Z
acquitted themselves " ...' \
their able Instructors 'sI
which the school Il &.
mode OF teaching csD VIZ Y, i
by any corps Of I tea NJ v
Every one is very much n
advanccment Of the scs ss'|
the present corps q tsS w
people OF this place t.s1,|
IN most thoroughly oros,.
West Texas. The h Sisss.|
college is favorablys s sDsss
llene, and the people f. NJ
take hold and erect N MI
kind, as it will add , y
advancement Of this n.y.
city. V0s
Under the manaeemsn, !. Il
entertainment will be r nv u
house tomorrow might, ssl
the public school exs l'
place. ~
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-06
Mesquite.

Oorrespon dence Of the Gazette.
MESQUITE, TEX, May 4.-Steve Moore,
a citizen OF our town, came in yesterday
from his ranch in Hood county.
Messrs. Gillispie and Hanson, ATTORNEYS
Oh Dallas, were in our town to-day.
They had been in attendance on Judge
Browns court at Housely, in this county.
Our town is full of people to-day. They
are buying goods, farming implements,
etc, and as consequence our merchants
are happy. "
=, Crop prospects are very fine indeed
Inc farmers are abreast with their work,
and the crops of all kinds are well ad.
yanced. The yield now promises to be
unusually large.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-06
snac,s,,oh orse-This,e,
'pscial 10 the Gazette ~.

- 0dLtItn
d, wE a.rl Tn. 4.
o Gay evening George c.'
rested at Whit, thIs ,' n'l.
q DEMONSTRATING. D. ss1'q
this city last night as ~ ~
u the wb Spesi ha. BAYLOR ea ls'';,
Jointly with CopelsoVSSa ah'A|
horses Q, 10 this cou comm = u
officers at Rangers u
bring him in on = ~ a'Ns
which was done, and \, !, m
prisoners are In iaIl ~ !. n
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-06
No ubarfss Y

To call at Fakes & Co.
new styles bedroom X \
ture they are now v +
goods will also be puI .s y !.
the installmcnt pan,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-06

Tho Morgan RsiIvH MI
stops a Brsak =
Special 70 the Gazette, Nh
NEW oRLEASs, " & a
crevasse occurred ID
plantation, near Cirsln.
Of the river, Imnea media
Orleans, The MoiE',
ately sent men ana l.. y,,s
break. 7, g. Bells .,l,,
scene of a very elE s,s'
ago, 1t is not Eno"A
present one Is, s,-<< *
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-06

Mrs. @. ID. BroTs
by express an
and very hapdsc.nss. s,s +
straw chips ana " 4
invited to come ana :"
one piano for rev,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-06
Homeopathists mt San Antiono.
Special TO the Gazette.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, May 5.-After
gong through with much routine bust.
ness, the State Homeopathic convention
selected Fort Worth as the place of meet
ing next year, and elected the following
onlcers Or. W. f. Thatcher of Paris,
president; DR.. j. r, Pollock of Fort
worth, first vice-president; DR.. +. Hines
Oh Gorsicana, second vice-president; DR..
1, .; MaYers Of BRENNAN, secretary, and
" Ut i. H. Bragg of Austin, treasurer,
numerous committees were also an.
pointed, The convention Is banouetIpg
Tonight at the residence of the retiring
president, DR.. Jones.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-06

HILLSROR0.

Is an. entirely new and elegant style OF
water set, at the Fort Worth China Co.'s.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
Sensations OF Hanging.

Theodore Baker, a New Mexico man
who was recently hanged by n mob, but
was rescued and cut down before life was
extinct, gives this account of his cxpcri-
cnce to u newspaper correspondent:
"a little further on we came to a telc-
graph pole. From the crossbar swunp a
now rope. On one end was a big slim
moose. They led me under the rope. I
trled to stoop down and pull my boots
OFT, as [ had promised my folks I would
not die with my boots Oh, but before I
could do it the moose was thrown over
my head, and I was jerked off my feet.
My senses left me a moment, and then I
walked up in what seemed to be another
world. As L recollect now, the sensation
was that everything about me had multi
Piled a great many times. 1t seemed
that my five executioners had grown in
number until there where thousands os
them. lsaw what seemed to be q multi
tude of animals of all shapes and sizes.
Then things changed and I was in great
pain. l became conscious that 1 was
hanging by the neck, and that the knot
OF the rope had slipped around under my
chin. My hands were loosely tied, and I
jerked them loose and tried to catch the
rope above me. Somebody caught me
by the feet just then and gave me jerk.
1t seemed like a bright flash of lightning
passed in front of my eyes. 1t was fol-
flowed by a terrible pain up and down
and across my back, and 1 could feel my
legs jerk and draw up. Then there
was a blank, and I knew nothing more
until II o'clock next day.
my first recollection was being in the
court room, and saying: "Who cut me
DOWN. There was a terrible ringing in
my cars, like the beating of gongs. I
recognized no one. The pain in my back
continued. Moments of Inconsistencies
followed during several days, and I have
very little recollection of the Journey
here. Even after Ihad been locked up
in this prison for safe keeping for along
time l saw double. DR.. Symington, the
prison physician, looked like two persons.
l was still troubled with spells of total
forgetfulness. Sometimes it seemed I
didntk know who I was"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
Tho Luscious Banana.

Thu banana plant is dubious. The
sprout starts up from the ground and
grows somewhat after the manner of the
sugar cane. Generally in one year after
1t begins to grow its fruit is ready to cut.
Each tree bears one bunch of fruit which
grows at the top. The stalk is really
composed of successive layers of leaves,
formed by the top leaf coming off and
those around it also, which die and dry
up around the tree, thus making the
stalk There are generally four or five
Leaves always at the top, new oncs spring.
ing forth as the old ones die. The leaves
are of a red color. The end of the stalk
blossoms in q mannc somewhat similar to
that of the Gala lilly. This blossom is
lnclosed in a pad almost the size of a
cocoanut which is composed of a success
sion of leaves. As the pod expands the
leaves drop off and under each of the
leaves is a 'hand" of bananas, or what
we recognize as one of the clusters on a
bunch of bananas. The developing of
these successive ''hands" or layers of ba-
nanas constitutes the bunch. AS these
successive layers are developed, the
bunch increases in weight and bends
over. When the bananas are fit to be
taken off, the tree is cut partly in two
about half way down the stalk, and the
tree bent Over and the fruit gathered.
The tree is then bent back again into it's
regular position. The tree is not COM
pletely cut off, but is thus bent back
into its former position for the purpose
of prev enting the water in the rainy sea-
son from going down into the roots and
dccaying them. After the rainy season
sprouts begin to shoot up from around
the bottom of the old stalk, and then
the latter is cut off close to the butt.
These shoots grow into new trees. Some
times there will be four or five shoots,
but ordinary only one or two are left to
grow Providence Journal.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
Fishing With Dynamite.

A correspondent writing from Key
West, Fla, tells of a fishing excursion
down there with dynamite. "The OBJ
~jective point was found to be a hole
about twenty-five feet deep, where fish
congregatc in large numbers. Arriving
at the spot, a cartridge about six inches
long, charged with dynamite, to which
had been attached a heavy piece of iron
in order to make it 60 to the bottom, was
thrown in the water. A suspens of a
few seconds cnsued, and then a faint re-
port, like the discharge of a small pistol
was heard; the water became agitated
and was raised about two feet, and i'm
mediately thereafter, within O radius of
about sixty feet, the fish were strcwn in
all directions. A scene of the widest ex-
element followed. Scoop nets were
brought into speedy use, and over 1000
fish of different varieties, from the large
gray snapper, over three feet in length,
to the small but succulent sailors choice,
were secured.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
Where Papa Comes In.

A Boston minister has a bright little
four-year-old daughter whose sayings are
often worth repeating. One morning at
breakfast he asked across the table.
'Edie, whom do you love best 2"
'Mamma," answered the little onc.
"Whom next?" "Aunt Helen"
"Whom nextW "Bridget." And the
disappointed father continued his ques-
tons until the young maiden had de-
clared her affection for most of the
neighborhood without mentioning any
love for her father. Finally the clergy
man said: "But, Edie, where does
papa come in?" The little maid
paused a moment, looked up,
and then replied demurely, Gin the
front door,"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
Now,

Now.
love mo nowi Love has such a little minute. ,
Day crowds on day with swift and noise
less tread,
dies end comes ere fairly we begin it, ,
Pain jostles joy, and hope gives place to
dread.
Low me nowl
1t will be too late when we are dead!
Love ne owl While we still aro Young
together, :
While glad and brave the sun shines ovor-
head D
dand locked in hand, in blue, smiling
weather,
Signing were sin, and variance ill bestead,
1t will be too late when you are deadl
Love me nowl Shadows hover in the dis,
lance;
Cold winds are coming; green leaves must
turn red,
Frownest thou, my Love, at this sad in
sistencea
Even this moment may the dart be sped!
Love me now!
1t will be too late when I am deadl
Coolidge.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
s~sOne.Stave'' Barrels.

Flour handlers and others who Use bar
rels are interested in a ''one-stsve" bar
rel, manufactured near Detroit. While
the size and shape of this barrel are the
same as the ordinary kind, the body of
the barrel consists of q single sheet of
timber held by hoops. The timber used
IS elm, which is cheap and abundant.
Canada is the main base of supplies.
The logs will be RATED over during the
season of navigation, and brought by
rail In winter time. The logs are taken
from the boom or yard into the sawmill
and cut into two-barrel lengths. Thence
they go into a steam chest, where thew
remain until thoroughly steamed. In
this condition the log is converted into
thin sheets. or veneering, used in the
body OF the barrel. By a special process
a two-foot log becomes rolls of wooden
sheeting in a minutes time. There re.
mains upon the mandrel an eight-inch
core, which is utilized in making barrel
heads. These sheets go next to a sand.
ing machine, by which both sides are
made perfectly smooth. After passing
through a cutting and growing machine
they are so cut by a goring machine as to
adapt them to tho shape of a barrel.
Thence they go to a drying house. From
the dry-house they go to the sizing saws,
where they are cut tho desired length,
when they are ready for the cooper shop
or for shipment. They are shipped in
bundles and in the "knock-down' to be
put up at their point of destination.
Three thousand of them can be stored
and forwarded in an ordinary box car.
The headings are shipped in barrels
Boston Budget.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
CurfOsitles OF Light.

Bishop Clark, writing on the curiosi-
ties of light, says: It seems to be a very
commonplace thing to say that the light
makes objects visible by refexion; but
have you ever thought just what this i'm
plies7 If it were possible to make a per-
fectly smooth surface, it would be in
visible. But, as a matter of fact, moth
ing is perfectly smooth, andi it is the little
roughnesses on the surface which break
up the rays of light, and thus render the
object visible to u senses. Wonderful
deception are produced by the use of
highly-polished mirrors, with the most
startling and magical effects.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
An Ignorant Stranger.

"You are fishing with persistence, ("
said a gentleman to an urchin who had
thrashed a stream without apparent re-
ward a whole afternoon.
"Oh, no, sir: only jest angle.worms,,
replied the youth, pleasantly.
"Imean you have a good deal of per
severance" explained the other.
"No, them's suckers; guess We amt
never lived in these parts, hev ye2" The
boy was not a little disguised by the
strangers ignorance.-Binghamptos Re-
p16lioan.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
Tobacco and the Eyes.

The New York Mail and Erpress saws:
DR.. Cyrus Edson's opinion that the recent
poisoning of the crew of the bark Sy.
ringa, and the accompanying ophthalmia,
were due to the excessive use of tobacco.
has renewed the fcrvor of the anti-tobac-
conists. For years it has been known to
surgeons that abuse of tobacco NAV lead
to failure of sight, and this fact has been
made use of by the anti-tobacconists.
The British Medical Journal few yeara
ago published a widely quoted article on
this point, in which it said:
'In the report of forty cases of tobac-
co amplyopia by Mr.. Shears, of Liver.
pool, it appears that athrophy of the OPP
tic nerves is very rarely met with as the
result of excessive smoking, although to.
bacco is the essential agent in producing
failure of sight. Great moderation in
smoking and especially the employment
of forms of tobacco, is all that is neces-
sary to insure recovery. Workmen in
tobacco factories do not appear to be
subject to deterioration Of eyesight. In
n large mandatory where 10, 900 men
and women are employed, Mr.. Sears has
found that not a single person on the
premises suffered from failure of eycsight
although many of the hands had been
working thcre for ten years"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
HUMOROUS.

All played out-Open-air concerts.
How to make both ends mect-don't
buy any bone.
The girl with the sweet tooth becomes
the woman with the false one.
Bulldogs arc an accepted type of
courage, but We have known the lowly;
and despised kitten come up to the
scratch.
1t may be supposed that the man who
has been sent to House of Correction
twenty-three times, is not ashamed of his
convictions.
Uncle George-And so you go to
school now, Johnny? What part of the
exercises do you like best2 johnny
The exercise we get at recess.
"The Boston base ball club has four
pitchers" If it patronizes a correspond
ing number of tumblers, we predict that
1t will not win the championship. But
perhaps the pitchers are not often full.
care you trying to think of something
funny, my dear7" asked the p~aragrapher's
wife. II am, " he said, as he hove q deep
sigh and ran his fingers through his long
hair. "Then suppose you think that you
are going to buy me a new bonnet, my
dear; that will be something funny for
you to do" i,
THE Willy MAIDEN.
No lover at all the maiden gay,
She wore no engagement ring,
butshe bought a fiddle and learned to play,
And thus had a bow on the string.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
TOWERS OF SILENCE.
The Parsee Method Of Djspos-
ing OF the Dead.
The Bodies Placed on a Grating in the
Tower and Given up to Vultures.

Colonel Floyd-Jones writing from In
dia to the Military Seryice Journal, gives
an interesting description Of the ''Towers
of Silence" near Bombay, and the Parsee
mode of disposing of the dead. The
Parsee is a devoted fire worshipper, and
most OF the prayers are offered morning
and evening, facing the sun. It is per-
haps in consequence of this belief that
he is so careful in preventing the pollu-
ton Of the other elements, and that after
death his body is placed in an open tow
er, usually on some emincncc, where it
is devourcd by vultures. These open
sepulchres have been appropriately named
the Towers of Silence" In every Par
see dwelling house there is an aperture
IN the upper or sleeping story, which is
usually covered by a grating; but when
a membe of the household dies. his body
is placed on a bier and lowered through
the aperture to the ground floor, where
1t is cared for by a set of priests called
Neor-ser-sala, or death men, who pre-
pare the body and clothe it entirely in
white. Before the body is removed from
the house, however, the forehead is
smeared with q species of clarified butter,
or "ghee," and the dog of the house is
admitted. Should the animal lick the
butter, it regarded as a good omen of the
dcpartcd's future happiness, but its refus-
al would signify pcrdition. The death
men have no contact with the world at
large, and on no account are they adj
mitted to the house, rs their presence
would pollute it. Hence it is that the
body is lowered to them, in order to
make their entrance unnecessary. A pro-
cession is then formed, the friends of the
dead following the priests to the Towers
of Silence, on Malabar hill. Arriving
at the entrance of the grounds, the body
is taken in charge by another set of
priests, with long boards, who carry it
to whichever of the five towers NAV be
selected by the last set of priests. The
body is taken through an aperture in the
wall of the tower and deposited on a
grating. There are three sets of these.
one for men, signifying good deeds, one
for women, representing good words,
and one for children, indicating good
thoughts. The clothing is then removed
and torn into pieces, after which it is
is thrown into another tower and the
bodies exposed to the vulturcs. In a
few minutes the birds have stripped all
the flesh from the bones. Everything
about the grounds is kept as neat ne pos
and flowers grow in pretty gardens
near the entrance. It is very curious
that a religion which otherwise contains
that..is elevating should %countcn-
ance amode of burial at once so unnatu
raj and rcpulsive.