Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-15
A Romance Of Texas and Maryland.
Baltimore Sun.

A good deal of interest was excited III
Greensborough, Md, several days ago by
rumor that a Texan had eloped with
buxom GYPSY girl from a camp near the
town. and that the father of the girl was
hunting the runaway couple with gun.
1t seems that the Texan is a gypsy and
formerly of the same band as the girl.
She is very pretty, and he fell in love
with her. They became engaged, but
during a horse trade between the father
and his future sOn-in-law hot words en-
sued which brought blows, and from
blows the father sought to protect him
self with an axe, when the young man
drew revolver and shot him, but not
fatally He Immediately informed his
fiancee of what had happened and of his
intention to iseek pastures new. With
promises from her that when he should
return he would find her waiting for him
and that she would endeu>or to make her
father forgive and forget, he left for
Texas This all happened three years
ago Since then the young man has kept
his fancee posted as to his whereabouts.
Having prospered in his career in Texas,
he resolved to return, and despite his
fathers continued opposition, secure his
sweetheart if he could.
With this resolution he started for the
camp, which was then at Chestertown,
Md, but before he reached there the gyp-
sizes had left. Following in their wake he
reached GreenSborough, the band having
encamped near by, To number of our
young men he confded his trouble and
accepted their offer of assistance. Being
afraid to enter camp, he provided one of
them with a five dollar bill to get his for
tune told and started him for the camp.
H was not only to get his fortune told by
the Texans sweetheart, but also to tell
her that her lover awaited her on the out
skirts of the camp. The plan succeeded,
and the girl met her lover at the place
agreed upon. That night they hired
team, in which they drove to the hotel
at Greensborough, but not without being
followed. The father, who had been on
watch, discovered the scheme, and en-
deayored to have the gypsy Texan locked
up for a week or So" His request. how
ever, was not granted by the local author
tiles. With pleadings and money his
anger was finally appeased, and he again
took in his hand the young man and has
sweetheart. The man ordered stakes
pulled on Tuesday morning and the band
/ departed, but the Texan says he does not
intend to permanently leau gypsy lIit'
The recent radical changes in the meth
DDS of government in Japan have not at
/ tracted as much notice ii this coun-
4 try as they deserve. The significance
of the change is this: The Asiatic fea-
lures of the government are abolished,
and all the old aristocratic, absolute, re-
dictionary elements eliminated, the gov
eminent being now in the hands of men
of modern ideas, culture and conviction.
| The new cabinet is composed of men who
4 have been educated or have lived and
/ Travelled abroad, or have been trained in
/ the languages, literature and life of
f Christendom. The same Is true of the
/ members of the court council, except
I Sanjo, the premier, who is now venera-
I BILE fgurehead. Even he, though one Of
+ the old Kioto nobility, and never out OF
Japan is one o. the moderate progressive
I man