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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-18

celved no word from the lawyers
employed In settling the estate. AZ last
she wrote 10 relatives In Scotland, anu
her communications were supplemented
! by letters from Lawyer Francis II. Tiche-
nor Of the Bureau Of Associated Charities
TO lawyer In Paisley. The Scotch law
yer answered the letter, saying that a
large part of the bequest had been ao-
sorbed by men who had charge OF the es-
tate, and that only trile was left. This
was in March last, and weeks rolled by
before anything further was heard Of the
matter. In June The sick end impover-
iehed woman wrote to her sister 10 Pals
ley, and last week she received letter
saying that draft for the money had
been forwarded by Walter Homes on
March g.
On Thursday OF last week Newark
gentlemen who took a deep intert 81 In
the case, conferred with Supt. Smith, of
the Charities Bureau, and suggested that
the draft might be at the bottom Of the
ocean in the mail Of the steamer Oregon
comparison Of dates showed that the
Oregon sailed from Liverpool on March
g, snd the reasonable inference was that
theScotch mail might have been in time for
the ill-faded 81 amer to receive u With
slight hopes Of getting any information
about the letter, they went 70 the post.
office and asked If there was any for
eign mail for Mrs. Crawford. The clerk
at first answered NO, and then turning
TO recently received lot of mail tossed
1t over, and with an exclamation of sur
prise threw out torn stained package
addressed to "Mrs. Margaret Craig or
Crawford, a. Stone street, Newark, New
Jersey, u. S. A."
On both ends u the envelope were lit
tie pastors bearing this inscription:
This piece is portion uf the mail for
warded from Queenstown, Iceland, per
steamer Oregon, on March 7, aud dam.
aged by the sinking OF the vessel off Fire
island on March 10. Recovered from the
wreck July II.
HENRY g PEARSON, Postmaster.
N. Y.P. o. print.
This was one OF the letters contained
In the 1871 bags sent to the postofice ear.
ly last week by the Merritt WIecking
company, and 1t contained Mrs. Craw-
tord's long-expected legacy, with
financial statement from Mr.
Holmes, who settled the estate. She re
ceiyed the letter on Friday morning, aud
during the day the draft on the Bank of
England was cashed for her by Newark
bank.
On the back Of the letter was Il reversed
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-18
Gossip About rho Late David Davis

n Y. Correspondence Cincinnati Enquirer
A story is told here about the late
Judge David DaYis which illustrates the
manner in which he carried himself upon
the bench in the state courts of Illinois.
The judge made all his money in real
estate and wild land investments. An
application was made to him for the sale
of certain property which belonged to
two minor heirs. Their mother had mar
rled second time, and her husband had
been appointed guardian. The step.
father had made the application for the
sale OF their estate, and asked that the
money be placed in his hands for invest
ment. Judge Davis ordered the sale to
be made, but directed that the money
should be turned over to the clerk of the
court. On return being made, he further
directed the investment Of the proceeds
In Illinois wild lands, and personally at
tended to the details of the purchase,
ordering 1t entered In the court
records that the property should
remain in the charge OF the court until
the youngest of the two children should
arrive at majority. This period came
round about two years ago, and over
$4,000 worth Of property had accumu-
lated on an Investment of $1,000 or $4,000
Their property in the meantime yielded
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-18
INTERIOR VIEW E. NJ. WELLS DRUG STORE.
overcome by the heat and had to quit

overcome by the heat and had to quit
work.
Families from the West are daily pass
ing through our city eastward, having de.
serted their homes on account of the de.
Vastation caused by the drouth.
The trades committee OF the Farmers
alliance for Montague county and the
Territory was In session here Yesterday
They selected the dry goods store of ii
Il. Potts and the grocery store of r ID.
Gillenwaters as places to deal at for the
ensuing year.
a new school building In the Fourth
ward VIII have to b ebulltat once. Changes
nave been made in the Belcher building
lately, and its capacity will be decreased
by two rooms.
Another large cattle train left here for
Chicago yesterday.
County court was in session for short
Time this morning, and then adjourned
until Monday.
The following were licensed to wed by
county Clerk Thompson this week; l..
+. Bareheld and Mrs. Tennie Turner:
Clarence Higgins and Miss Nancy Carder.
meeting was heli yesterday alter
noon at the office OF Russell G. Green rel
alive TO the securing of compress in
this city. The compress is sure 10 come
Inc moving of the lumber-yard of
Crutcher, Harrison & Biser was COM
pleted yesterday, and the depot grounds
OF the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe now
nave all encumbrances removed
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that flckered and spluttered as surely
torches never did before, stood two
acolyte-llke youths, who yelled sort
OF accompaniment TO the dervish's
chant.
Arranged In great semi circle around
these officiating personages was ring OF
forty men, negroes and Arabs, some bare.
headed and nearly naked, others In the
complete costume OF the well-to-do.
They were holding each others hands,
ana whenever the dervish came 30 pause
the whole company suddenly taised their
Joined hands, and as suddenly brought
them down again. AS they descended
every man bowed his head as low as ne
could and gave deep, ventral enough ~
The time they Kept was so exact that
the forty barked like one. on sudden
the dervishes stopped, the acolytes yelled
atresh, and then the company of devotees
pumping with their arms and doubling up
their bodies, proceeded 20 fearful COM
petition OF lungs. Stil keeping In per.
feet unison, the barking grew faster and
faster still, untll one by one the huge,
brawny great-boned Africans reeled and
staggered out OF the ring, leaning against
the walls, or fell exhausted, gaspinr
and grooming, like heaps OF rags, upon
NhN ElluuI.
The contagious delirium Of this amaz.
Ing orgy was something dreadful to be.
hold A few stlll held out, but faint aud
muiiled In voice, and the torches flashed
and spluttered, showing tho faintiug men
lying all around the court, tossing their
arms acout and raving uutll II seemed as
II the devils had been let loose on the
earth My own sensations were extraor-
binary, for /, who had only been looking
on, felt actually faint and out Of
breath, and | was glad TO get out
Of tho court, with It's reek OF
men and stencil OF guttering
torches. AS | went the voices grew weak
or and weaker, AID SO died out altogeth-
eri the man who gave the last grunt OF ali
being the winner for the night OF the
prize OF piety. Next morning was told
that my adventure had really been one OF
considerable risk, as many OF the men In
these barking exercises are mad drunk
with hasheesh, and the whole company
ianatlcally Mohammedan. But am glad
was not wise Ia time, OF should never
have seen one OF the most wonderful
sights Of my life.
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about twelve thousand acres Of Illinois
land, principally In the counties OF Dewitt,
Mclean and Macon. He had several
thousand acres OF wild land In Iowa and
Missouri, and about one hundred thou
sand dollars OF property ia Chicago. The
value Of Chicago property is always diff
cult to ascertain, but ! think 100000
will cover IL. The judges will has not
been prUbated because of the absence OF
the probate judge. There is considerable
curiosity at bloomington to know what
disposition he will make OF his property.
10 Is not thought that he will leave his
wife over 100000 The old homestead
will be probably left to his son, so that II
may be perpetuated as the Davis home.
stead"
| asked tins gentleman for the home
estimate OF Judge Davis, and he replied:
"The Judge was a nice old man, quite
generally liked et home, and very much
respected. He got wrong ia politics, but
lighted himself after while. think II
he had remained an Independent mis-
friends az home would at least have be-
lieyed in his sincerity. AS II was he was
generally credited with having been
led away by his ambition. He wanted
20 be president above all things. 1t was
this that led him TO come off the bench
and accept the senatorshlp. Since he
came back TO Bloomington there was no
indication that he had any laundering to
return TO Washington life. No one ever
heard him say that he was sorry that he
left the supreme bench. At the time of
his death he had lost great deal Of his
flesh. | think at one time he weighed as
much as $40 pounds. When he died he
could not have weighed over 200 or 290."
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-18

member that those who started to go into
1t few years ago were hooted at as
throwing their time and money away.
They were told that there were not
enough base balls used In the country to
make 1t pay. But you may DO surprised
TO know II, yet II is fact, that
one house alone in this city does
business of 100000 year at II, making
nothing else. There is large demand
for them, especially from the west and
south, aud they are sent from here to
Canada, Omaha, New Orleans and Cuba
In large quantities. 1t Is an interesting
fact that In Cuba the base ball fever is on
the rapid increase, though as yet they buy
only the cheaper grades. In the height
OF the season the largest house here en-.
ploys sevtnty-hye persons and turns out
three hundred dozen balls day.
This year the manufacturers have
more orders than they can an, aud
the demand Is far ahead Of any pre-, ious
year. An Interesting fact about base-balIs
Is that IN the past fifteen years the only
change In the professional dead ball Is
tnat Of double cover. OF course nftaen
years ago they did not have everything
quite so tine about ball, for there were
no professional clubs then and PLAYERS
were not so particular. No patent was
ever obtained on the shape Of the cover
ing To baseball, though there have been
number OF claimants 70 its invention. I"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-18
DALLAS.
Harry Weed Arrested on a Charge OF
Of Numbering Henry Latimer
Year Ago.
The Defaulting Treasurer of the B'Nai
Birth Sails for China and sends
Word TO that Effect.
RREsrED.

ARRESTED.
Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, July I7e-Deputies
Sheriff Haskell and Sharp arrested this 81.
ternoon Harry Wood, charged with the
murder of Henry Lattimer at the gas
works in this city about year ago. For
mer grand iuries failed to indlct him, but
the last one did, hence his arrest. He
gave bond In the sum of $1,000.
The man Alnsworth hurt at the
Dallas State Fair and Exposition associ-
atoms grounds yesterday afternoon by
timbers falliug on him, was able TO 20
to work ogain this morniug.
The newly organized "Dallas Gun
Club" had its first shoot late yesterday
afternoon.
The Young Mems Christian association
will have open air services In the City
Park tomorrow afternoon.
The Dallas County Sunday-school
association holds It's tenth annual meet
ing in the First Presbyterian church in
this city Wednesday and Thursday the
q st and End inst.
A STRIKE.
small strike on the Gulf, Colorado &
Santa Fe road occurred here last night.
FortY-six men out OF forty-seven working
in the sand pits, two miles
from the city, who were re-
ceiying 81 20 per day, demanded
Sl.50 and the road refused to nay IT,
whereupon the men asked for their time
checks and quit work. The remaining
man was called "scab" anc no trouble
ensued. Their places will be filed with
out trouble.
The Dallas Light Guard give their first
anniversary hop on the night of the 2lst
II will be very select and recherche af-
fair.
The tax collectors report to the com
missioners' court shows collected adva-
loren county tax, SIS, 02093; polltax
collected, 81, 2I2 20.
Dick Gordon and Il Bishop, two men
sent to prison by Judge Don Pardee on a
charge Of contempt of his court, because
they were strikers, were released yester-
day evening late.
M \. Aultman, secretary Of the B'nai
Birth society of this city, who decamped
= short time since, has written letter to
DR.. M. Tillman Of this city, that he
was about to sail for China. He sent
back the books and papers Of the society
He was defaulter to the amount of $3.50
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-18
maj. COURTNEY DEAD.

rhe Popular oniesr OF The Twentr.Fis,,
United states Infantry Dies at san An.
tonic.
Special 20 the Gazette
SAN ANTONIO, TEX, July l7.-Las,
night on Government hin, Mai. NJ D
Courtney OF the Twenty-ath United
states infantry died from heart disease
FOR several days the deceased has been
lingering between life aud death, which.
tnough' not unexpected, is generally re-
gtetIed oy bis brother officers, among
Mhom he was popular and highly es.
teemed' The regiment to which Mai.
SSous.ney was attached is on service ia
health he obtained sick leave and came
70 tnis city. The remains win be sent ~
'Halesourg, H., his former home. for
lntefment. a wife and several children
are left to mourn his death.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-18
Lands tOD

No. 3l3-520 acre grain a..
% lies from Sherm n, 200 mere. w
balance pasturr, all fe ced NJ.
ana I mbsr for WOO and IVY
lures, lne lack land, Ut sri no.
No 547 800 an G arr y NM X.
man, M hlv impr we'd, ood
cther buildings $50 aer ! IN ,sh.
ance pa.tu G, MI well fenced IVY .si|
plenty good Vater. at SIS 40 n.y. ,sv I,
No. 1868 4s6, 400 acres Of rsil,a s v.
nate sections. Preside COUNT *.
30 &c Is per acre. 7"'a''
No. ll5-257,2s0 acres, alteyr,,.
tue bet gr ginv lar ds IN ina
" Xas, surrounded by the csn,.s
Goodnight and the Cedar ,alI
pal ! 8, on the neauwAters a, 4
Il 20p acre. =
40. $500 OO0 acre stock Ia
onllng . niles N Red Nv,
co n Y, Texas, all well fent,i
boqses ano other Improvement, \
and gr Eng Land, tao 4 ng ~
wat r. GOO acres IN cultivalloa !,
with 1850 g. 1900 cattle il wa6tsa
No. 4iO Dos acre III WOO a q,
Dairy, one mile from Shermsn. M,
into liIds md p stures, Ine 4 M
II ry dwelling, large barn IA I
aries, lOO acres In cultivation. n
IA mi 8 tpl mo Is and da N n
liest = OK { rm In North Tom
loo head pure bio d aid mixed h
stein u d ehort.horn cattle Nj
W ted. "
No Il2 400 acre graf and sio,l
mi es west II oheim IN h ghlg N
splend'dly fence into felds M \
fin I quality o bl ok land conn
In large barns, gr mates and M
and ~ splendid CO.. ditilr the n
cost $4,000, he PRICE now aske HI
81 all fruit farms, suburban ton
~ or 3, gralu ana stock farms
40 % peI are and large fan.hd
and cid Mexico, V ~ Cheap, Dy
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a Hard Year on Rn,lrondr.

Special to the Gazette
MARSHALL, TEX, July l7.-The county
court OF Harrison county, as board OF
equalization OF taxes, were in session
Thursday and Friday. 1t viii complete
us iaoors doubtless to-day. The aegre.
gate Increase OF taxation in The county
thus far has been from $50 600 10 s75.-
OuO The railroad tax has increased near
sl9 600 This increase was on rolling
STOCK and real estate. The court, com
posed OF intelligent citiz MS, were sen.
sloie Of the fact that the year had been a
very disastrous one to railroad CORPORA
uons, owing TO the bad crops of last wear
am me late unfortunate strike, aud wgs
az posed to be leuient. It has pursued
the same course toward individuals, This
Will be regarded at home end abroad as
the proper course.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-18
A STRANGE RELIGIOUS RITE.
The Pious EEeroises Performed by BIOS
lens Crayed With Hnsheesh,

The Pious EEerclses Performed by BIOS.
lens CraHsd with Hasbeesh.
In Suakim / heard the Mosems at this
plous exercise, and the horror Of 1t was
unforgetable, says Philip Robinson in the
Contemporary Review. On several occa-
sions when the sound reached me from
afar thought 1t came from one Of the
coDdensIng steamers, and so probably to
the last did the great majority Of strang-
ers. But one midnight ! was making my
way back from friends quarters to
my own when | heard the spec
trail sound coming from Il dircc-
tlon opposite TO the ships. !
stood and listened, and then determined
10 fol ow 1t up. SO In and out, up and
down the narrow dark alleys of the native
town, | wandered in chase of this ven
triloqnial uproar Passing along between
two high mud walks, / stumbled over a
man who was crouchiug on the ground,
aud ut the same moment doo- opened
and the whole volume Of a prodigiOus
bark issued theTeirOm. Out of the door
came negro, reeling az II drunk, aud
fell in heap by the side of the man had
tumbled over. And then / saw there
were several others sitting huddled up
along the bottom OF the wall, grooming
from time TO time and gGsping In most
frignttul manner. as the door remained
ajar, peeped In and the spectacle pre-
scented was so extraordinary that / ven
tured TO push II wider and step inside
into the large courtyard upon which It
opened. No one noticed me, for every
one was engrcssed, as II bewitched in the
religious function that was proceeding
In the center stood a deryish, with a
book from which he was chanting. On
either side, with torches In their hands
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-18

Taylor, IsIgin & Bastrop.

Special to the Gazette.
TAYLOR, TEX, July 1.-THE sale 1.-THE
Taylor, Elgin G. Bastrop railway to the
Missouri Pacific Railway company was
made in Austin the early part of the week
and confirmed In Bastrop on Thursday,
the 10Th inst, at a meeting of the local
directors, with Joseph Herrin and j. c..
Hooper of the Missouri Pacific Railroad
company. They are to carry out the
agreements and assume the contracts of
Gen. Walker. big staff OF men are
coming and work will begin at Taylor on
Monday, 10th inst Iron viii have to be
laid from this point. The road is to be
completed from Taylor to BastrOp by
September /, coming,
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ciIAs scurUnER CO.. wqoLEsAIE IIqUoRs M o,a,

quite sum In rentals, which had bean
useu lot lheir maintenance and education.
~ was through acts like these that Judge
laws became much endeared To his fell
low citizeos In Illinois.
am told that Judge Davis wealth will
10, nos DC ~ great as generally supposed. IL
has been said at different times that H..
was worth three or four millions Tall
ny NJ recently with a gentleman from
BLOOMINGTON who had abundant oppor.
ssusl.y 70 know the exact condition OF the
Judges estate, he said 10 me, q a. nss
oeile the property OF Judge Davis will
vary eoO 200 from an estimated appraisal
y SoeV,vuu' ans possessions were priDci.
paiiy 70 Improved Illinois farm lands. he
owned $500 acres Of land III the TOWNSHIP
surrounding Bloomington. lie had ID Eil
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-18

each ball, cut wide and rounding at each
end so that they a. into each other when
put around the yarn ball. Each piece, for
league bali, is seven inches long by two
inches wide at the rounded ends The
pieces are cut with die. Oid-fashioned
blue Shaker yarn is used for the inside of
the league ball, which is wound tightly
sround small rubber ball weighing one
ounce. The improved league ball has
now double coverings OF horsehide, which
is regarded as great improve
mcnt. 1t Is also stitched with gut
The balls are made entire
ly by hand and 1t requires no little skill
20 shape them perfectly round. This is
done by placing them in an iron cup
about the size Of the ball and striking it
with mallet at different STAGES Of the
winding Men do this work. They easily
make ten dozen league balls in day and
from forty 10 fifty dozen ordinary base
balls in the same length OF time. Their
wages are 81 80 a day. Women sew the
coverings together on the bali.
This requires considerable skill
and strong finger muscles.
They can sew from two and-a-half to
three dozen league balls in day, and
from fourteen to sixteen dozen OF the
cheaper grades. They are paid by the
piece, 30 ceats a dozen for the league
work and 10 cents a dozen for the others.
They earn about Sl2 a week. The balls
are sewed with what Is known as
Barker's fax, which comes In red, blue,
orarge aud pink colors The finest balls
are sewed with pink Horsehide covered
balls are made in fourteen different
varieties
Mr.. w. S. Brock, veteran authority
on the subject, from whom the above
facts were obtained, said; "People have
the idea that the base ball business
doesn't amount 10 ANYTHING. Why. | re.
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MRS, ORAwFokn,s LrGAoY.
she Gets it After II Had Lain for Month
at the bottom OF the sea
New York Sun.

New York sun.
For several years Mrs. Margaret Craig
Crawford has been living In Newark in
anticipation OF receiving some day an in.
heritauce from an aunt In Scotland. Mrs.
Crawford is widow who worked In
Clark's thread works for many years and
nursed an invalid husband A few weeks
after her husband died she was stricken
with partial paralysis and was forced to
deslst from active employment. She
opened small fancy goods store
IN the basement OF ~ Storer street, aud
earned very prccAuous livelihood. She
was materially assisted at times by the
Newark Bureau OF Associated Charities
Early last fall Mrs. Crawford learned
that her aunt in Scotland had died and
oequeathed a portion OF the property to
her. Mrs. Crawford expected legacy of
at least fl0o0, but letters which arrived
after her auuvs death prepared her for
me receipt of very modest sum. Even
a few hundred dollars was fortune 10
woman 10 her condition, and she eagerly
awaited the arrival OF the draft, She
received several legal papers which
,he signed aud sent TO Scotland.
Months pasoed and she re-
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GAINEaYILLE.

Firemen at the Provisioning Homes-A
New Court-House-License to Marry.
Special to the Gazette.
GAINESVILLE, TEX, July IA dozen
or more Of our hremen were absent from
the city to-day attending the celebration
at Fort Worth, among them Mayor bod
sou and two who were citizens Of the
Queen city when the first train came in
Sam McEwen and j b. Buckley.
Persons seeking homes are daily arriv-
ing in our city, and the demand for
dwellings will soon be greater than the
supply. A short time ago there was
quite number Of vacant houses, ont the
boom has struck us aud that time is past
The heat yesterday was almost unbear-
able. One of the workmen on the Hen
ming buildings on Dixon street became
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-18

Special to the Gazette,

oVUvIdI 10 IIIt UUZette.
WHITEwRfGHT, TEX, July III is
earned from the Greenville railroad com.
mltteeman, Mr.. j. NJ. Cook, and from
the ST. Louis, Arkansas and Texas rail-
road officials and Sherman railroad com
mlttee That this place is to be point on
tne new extension from Mt. Pleasant 10
SHERMAN. This is another feather in
sherman's cap, as 1t Will prevent the
building of new town neal White
Mound, which would be "a new and sharp
competing point with Sherman and would
nave cut off her southeast trade. The
route will be througha section Of country
that does not offer good place for a
town between here aud Sherman, and
there viii probably only be side,track
near Cedar creek.
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SHEEP STOLEN.
FREQ 'ent rhers OF Late in Suscs.

FREQ cent rhefts OF Late In Nusoes
Canyon.
Special TO the Gazette
UYAIDE, Tex, July I7.-Dr. g. B.
johnston of Converse, who has been
spending several days in Uvalde county
on his ranch, reports frequent thefas al
sheep IN Nueces canyon, The sheep are
carried away In the night time, and
a ann lae losers Mr. Coleman has lost
s ~ nea1, Arnold Bros. 900, Capt. Fallett
MY aau Ds.d Is. johnston 100 head Of sheen
p ~ lnlsVes hAve been traced toward tbe
-. aecos ~ way OF Fort CLARK, and through
s w "esI prong 10 Nueces canyon. bnt
have not been caught. wv