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Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-02
Three Runaway Boys Killed.

Early in May John Garwood, Hal
Holiday and Ed Finly, aged from II
to 10 years, living IN Springfield, ILL.,,
imbued with dime novel ideas of u
wild Western life, ran away from
home and went to the Indian Terrific
ry. They drifted around until they
reached the Seminole agency, where
they were robbed of most of their
money.
The boys at once suspected half
breed Seminole named Peter Owens,
called Seminole Pete, and Holiday,
the oldest thought to be avanged,
not being able to make Pete give up
any of the money, they are reported
to have killed him from ambush.
The fact that the boys had had
trouble with the Indian was we'll
known, and when his body was found
they were at once suspected, and his
friends surrounded the dugout occu-
pied by the three boys, and set fire to
the brush near by in order to get
them out.
AS the boys left the hut they were
shot dc IN from the bushes, and their
bodies were then thrown into the
dugout, which was burned. Their
bodies were badly charred.
AS soon as the fact of the triple kill
ing became known some white men
gave the ramains proper burial, and
sent word to Springfield, ILL.,, to see if
their relatives could be reached.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-02
Plague of Mice in Australia.

Paul Mall Gazette.
Australia is suffering from plague
of mice. tits said that from the Coom-
ebarabran to Coolah there is hardly
a residence that Is not troubled in
this way. The mice come in droves
and eat everything in the place. On
one station IS per 100 was offered for
their destruction, and during a single
night 1000 were killed. The price
then went down to Is. In one hotel
in three nights 1000 mice were killed
with a mixture of flour and strychnine.
AT another place the mice ate the
whole carcass of freshly-killed sheep
in one night, leaving only the bare
bones by the morning. At another
station man was kept whose sole
duty was to keep the mice away from
the provender during the time the
horses were eating it, and this the
man found difficult task. The week
before the races at Coolah the vermin
got into the horse boxes of the station
and actually ate the bandages from
the legs of the race horses. Sleepinp
people are said to have been attacked
by them. The crops were being de-
stroyed. The mice climbed up the
stalks and ate the cobs. Many fields.
acres in extent, had been abandoned,
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-02
n Fine offer.

Do you want hay, corn, bran, wood,
chickens. eggs, butter, a COW and calf,
or have you anything to sell or barter,
see Geo. b. Lambden. 1 do business
at present under my hat, and can be
faund on the street after nine O'Clock
until four. W. GEO. b. LAMBDIN.
VIII buy your COW and let you
keep her AS long as you buy feed from
me, or will bring you COW, if you
have none.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-02

There is in Southern insane asy-
lum an eight.year-old. boy who has
never been awake since the hour of
his birth. He was the child Of par.
alytic mother, and has delicate feat
ures and high, white forehead, with
long, black curls. His arm is not
larger than ordinary mans thumb.
He lies on his bed year after year,
taking no note of anything that passes.
Twice day he is aroused enough to
take a little nourshment, and then
relapses into sleep.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-02

Thomas Stephens, a Bangor lawyer,
had for client widow living in Etna,
Me-. She refused to pay him what he
demanded, and he had her arrested
and thrown into jail for debt, a thing
that had not occurred there for years.
He pays her board in the jail, and she
says she will make him pay it for years
before she will give in.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-02

Evan Jones, President Of the State
Farmers Alliance and nominee of the
Fort Worth Union Labor &c conven.
ton for governor, has at last, it is said,
declined the nomination. The execu.
tive committee of the party will meet
in Dallas on the 18th to nominate
again.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-02

Newark On. j. physicians have
been discussing the dangers arising
from bottled summer drinks, such as
soda, ginger ale and birch beer. Lead
poisoning is a frequent affection with
those addicted to their use, and is
caused by the practice of cleaning the
bottles with shot. There is move.
ment to get the Board of Health to
have the shot.cleaning process wholly
discontinued.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-02

Prof. Ladislaus Wagner, of the Poly.
technic Institute Of Pesth, we'll.
known writer on agronomics, died re.
Gently. His name became noted in
1877 through a duel which he fought
with son of the Minister of Justice,
Pierczel. His antagonist was killed
by ball IN the neck, and Wagner
was sentenced to a years imprison-
ment. Before the expiration Of his
term a petition was addressed to the
Emperor which W; submitted by the
Minister Of Justice himself with his
recommendation. The pardon was
granted.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-02

to the French Ministry Of Justice by
the Greek judicial authorities, who
claimed the right to seize in the art
dealers shops, and even in the French
archaeological museums, the antique
ties which might appear to have been
illegally exported from Greece. 1t
was replied that the Greek govern
ment must make its own laws re-
speCted.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-02

MIR. Hugh, Of Taneytown, Md, is
still keeping Fourth of July-that IS,
he has been drunk ever since, has
made his house an arsenal of guns,
pistols, knives and such small deer,
and amuses himself by an intermit-
tent fuslllade at all hours Of day or
night.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-02

One OF the English regiments is ex.
perinenting with machine called a
centrecycle, which has four small
wheels foot in diameter and one
large one in the center. 1t is said
that the invention makes climbing a
hill as easy for a cycler as rolling off
a log.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-02

the corn being eaten completely away.
People were at their wits end to de-
wise the best means for destroying the
pest. The mice burrowed in the fields
like rabbits in miniature warrens.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-02

1t will be seen in our telegraph COL
umns that another artesian well at
Galveston has struck an immense flow
of water at reasonable depth.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-02

The laws of Greece forbid the ex.
portation of antiquities, and the French
government has recently been much
surprised at the representations made
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-02

The millers Of the country are now
combining to form trust" to regu'
late the output and the prices.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-02

The lie None school for colored
children at Memphis, Tenn, is mod
ell one, apparently. A visitor, discrib.
it, says: Imagine I25 white children
up North remaining quiet without
teacher in sight. In the lie None
school that number of children are left
in charge of monitor, who is respon.
sible for their safe and orderly con-
duct to theii recitation rooms. A
girl sits at the piano, and at the word
from the monitor strikes into a march,
and the children file out. How the
children are made to behave so nicely
is mystery"
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-02

Mr.. Pitcher, the enterprising gentle.
man who recently absconded from
Providence with $7oo,oo of other
peoples money, takes the trouble to
write to friend an indignant denial
Of damaging story to the effect that
in his exile he had smoked cigar
and taken drink of whisky. Some
persons in his situation might have
given way to the temptation, but Mr..
Piecher's mally friends will be glad to
learn that he isn't that kind of a man.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-02

Joe Thompson has some of the pref
tiest comb honey in one and two
pound boxes, just received.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-02

WACO, TEXAS, AUGUST 2, 1888.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-02

J. II. HURwOOD. Busincs. Manager.
The Washington critic., 1888-05-05
OLD DOMINION NOTES.

The stockholders of the Norfolk and
Western Railroad have passed resolutions
looking to the construction of a road con-
Meeting the Cripple Creek extension with
the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Rail
road
The Richmond Common Council last
night concurred in the ordinance passed
by tho Board of Aldermen q few nights
ago allowing the Richmond and Chesa-
street and lay their tracks there.
The day for the ceremonies of the un-
yelling of the Stonewall Jackson mon
ument at Fredericksburg has been
changed from the 10th of May to the 18th
of June, in consequence Of the contractors
being unable to complete the monument
by the day first named. The ceremonies
will take place near Charlottesville,
where General Jackson received his NOR
tai wound.
The Washington critic., 1888-05-05
The United states Alliance.

The object Of this society is TO furnish
material aid to its members in case of
sickness oraccidental injury, causing total
temporary disability from business, to-
getber with death benefit fund. The spe-
cial features are that all males of sound
health, between the ages of 20 and so
years, who are engaged in the preferred
occupations, may obtain S15 weekly for
not more than fifteen weeks in any one
year, while wholly disabled from busi-
ness by sickness or accident, and $3.50 at
DEATH
They will become beneficial two months
from the date OF their policies in case OF
sickness or death, but Immediately bene-
fetal III case of accident. Entrance fee
Lpaid once only, So; monthly dues, 50.
May be paid monthly, quarterly or
yearly in advance. Payment of all valid
claims Immediately on receipt of proof.
This organization is on sound basis.
Some of our prominent business men are
identified with it-Mr. Elias NJ. Sheetz,
the successful candy manufacturer, on
the corner of Eleventh and G streets and
Seventh and / streets northwest, has
been unanimously chosen as its president.
There is no doubt of the success of the
society with such men at its head as
Mr.. SheetZ who is one of our most promi-
nent merchants and who has made his
mark in the National Capital as a success
ful candy manufacturer and merchant.
The Washington critic., 1888-05-05
asllRoAns
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
- dElll &C
sohodule In crcct ArRIL 30, isss

Schedule IN OBJECT AlilL ~, lNSS.
Leave Washington from station corner Of
New Jersey avenue and q street.
FoH CmcAGo and Northwest express daily
FoG CiSdss,ri and st. Iouis, express daily
AGO and $40 p m.
ron LtHiNeroN and Local stations tto.t0
am,
ton, 5.80 M, 2.n5 and 80 . va daily, express.
For tNTEHMEpIArE points between Bnlti-
more and Philadelphia, 900 m and t3.15
IN.
Fou 70 B4ITiMonE, 500, 0.8o G. 10. 7O. ESQ. oi5.
Il 90 90 minute train m. l2l0 2Oj. 3.tj Nj
minute train, $40, i3O. t3j 5.2i, $50, G.i5, 9.3J
and 10 30 m. sundays, 30, 80 s9O, 1.i5 a
IN. 1.15. 2.O5, 3,30. 1870, i3j, 525, Gl5, s3j and
Fon ANNArofIs. O. 10 and 4 30 a m, ~. 10 and
I.8O u IN, On Sundays, S80a m, 1875 p m, Leave
Annapolis, G.i0 S.H a m, i9.UJ, 800, $50 u m.
Sundays $40 y IN, 40 y, m.
For WAY STATIONS between Washington
and Baltimore, 300. GO $50 m, 1910, $50,
1.a5, 0ib m. On sundays, $50 m, i.lj, 3.3O,
f.lb, Oib.
Fon sTArioNs on the Metropolitan Branch,
1913 n m, NJ 10 p m for principal stations only,
@i0 10 n m, tI35, 1870 and t0.i5 pm.
FoR GAiTIHBsBuHG and intermediate points,
1900 m, 1880 ll.l0, r535, fit.Op m
FoR BoYDs and intermediate stations roo
CuuRoH TRAM leaves Washington on Sun.
day only at 10 p m, stopping nt all stations
on Metropolitan Branch
For FnEpERCE, iiO1O a m, 1900, fi3j 1880
y m. sundays, 1.1b pm.
FOR HAGrnsTowN, fl0.10 m and 1910 y m.
TRANS arrive from Chicago daily 80 m
and bio y 10; from Cincinnati and 81. Lous
daily G.20 II IN and i.51 y IN; from pittsburg
daily 40 q m, 51J y m.
FRoN PiuLADErriiiA Chester and Whining.
ton. i0.ij q m, $50, 40 and 0.01 p m daily.
FROM SiNGERiN md intermediate points
north Of Baltimore 1900 N daily and H.. 10 u
m, Sunday only.
1R,INs leave Baltimoro for Washington at
G20, $50, 10, 900, UO5, 1000 tlj minute train,
100 (ib minute train m; i25j, 200, 300, ilO,
800, 600, G.30. S.l0. $50 ana 100 y m ON sun
days, 68c 900 0.05, 1900 m, ti5, 100, 40,
SEQ, ESQ s.l5. $50 and If 90 in.
tExcopt Sunday. FDaily gSunday only
baggage called for and checked ~ hotels
and residences on orders left at ticket offices,
GlD and 1891 Pa ave.
w. NJ. CLEMENTS, CHAS. o. SCULL,
Gen. Manager Gen. Pass. Agt
The Washington critic., 1888-05-05
The Washington Architectural
Iron and Bridge Works,

This new concern, under the manage
ment and ownership of Mr.. l.. l., Dent,
bids fair to prove rather formidable rival
to the existing establishments of its kind
in the District. The works comprise a
foundry with about 6,O00 square feet of
clear working floor, pattern-shop 50xS0
feet, machine-shop 50x100 feet, besides
boiler-house, engine-room, offices, etc.
The works are supplied throughout
with the most improved Woodworking
machinery, machine tools, steam ham
mcrs, power travelling cranes, etc. Al
though ground was broken only as late
as November Z, 1887 the pattern-shop is
already in operation, the foundry ready
for its first heat and the machine and
blacksmith shops are expected to be in
operation by the lst of June.
Among the most important contracts
awarded to these works are the iron work
for the new Bank Of Washington build
ing, the Catholic University and the
Ewald building on Seventh street north
west
Mr.. Charles A. Festetits, the designer
Of the plant is engineer and general
superintendent of the works.
The Washington critic., 1888-05-05
nLnIsroN Ar DnunY LANE.
Last Appearance Of the Great Actor,
and why He Quit the Boards.

Last appearance Of the Great Actor'
and why He Quit the Boards.
One Of the. most brilliant actors and
polished gentlemen of the old English
stage was the comedian, Robert William
Elliston. lie essayed the management
Of Drury Lane which he conducted
with extreme liberality and good taste,
tsee "Old Drury Iane,n vol. /, Edward
storling), engaging the best ofactors and
scenic artists and respecting always the
demands Of high dramatic art. Ills ex-
travagance and convivial habits ate up
his own and his wifes fortune, and
he left the managers office of old
Drury a bankrupt. Intemperanco also
hastened his lamentable fall as an actor
His last performance on the stage where
he had been master was as FdistdG IN
Henry ~" His associates in the cast
were Barry, James Wallack father of
Lestcr), Macready, Brown, G. Smith,
Archer, Bennett, Harley, Mrs. West aud
Miss Harlowe. Elliston played the
roguish old knight inimitably in the first
two acts. In the third it became
evident that Jack Fdlstdf had swal-
lowed too much sack. His words
were uttered incoherently and he
walked with unsteady gait. The audi
cncc showed indignation. In the fourth
act matters were much worse. Falstafl
rolled 10 and fro like q ship ut sea; Kisses
and cries of "shamo W were heard. In
the scene with dead percy's body, which
he ought to have dragged OIL the stage
fat Jack fell over II unable to rise. The
audience were now furious. Wallack
vainly tried to speak" sudden indisposi-
tion,n etc.
"No, no, WallacS," was the cry, "he's
drunkV
The curtain fell amid storm of Kisses
and groans. Elliston quilted the scene u
disgraced and ruined man. He never
trod the boards of old Drury Lane again.
The Washington critic., 1888-05-05
PimJico Races.

For the accommodation of those de-
sinng to attend the spring meeting of the
Maryland Jockey Club at Pimlico, Nd,
May 8 to II, inclusive. the Baltimore and
Potomac Railroad will run special train
on race days, leaving the Sixth-street sta
ton ut p. M, running direct to the race
course without change of cars, and re-
turning to Washington at conclusion of
rate of 81. Grand-stand and pool-lawn
tickets will be on sale at ticket offices of
the company in this city.
The Washington critic., 1888-05-05
PROPOSALS.

OFFICE or THE CONFESSION FOR
~ construction Of the Congressional
Library Bulldog, No 1i5 East Capitol
street, Washington. ID. c., May ., 1888.
Scaled Proposals in duplicate for furnishing
and delivering the cut granite, amounting TO
$500 cubic feet, more or less. required for
the basement front walls of the western pur-
tion Of the Congressional Library Building, in
10 O'Clock, noon, On SATURDAY, THE
SECOND DAY OF JUNE 1883, and opened
Immediately thereafter. Specifications, gen
eral Instructions to bidders, and blank forms
Of proposal and bond will be furnished on
application 10 this office.
WILLIAM +. Villas,
EDWARD CLARK,
A. II. SPOFFORD.
.tvts IL
The Washington critic., 1888-05-05
The Unity Club.

The Unity Club closed ITS seasons en-
tertanments last night at Mrs. Bruce's,
13i3 J. street, An essay was read by DR..
j. S. Lamb on the life and achievements
of Charles Lamb; music upon the piano
was rendered by Miss McCreery, and n
very amusing recitation by Miss Town
send. The following officers were elected:
President, j. b. Philip; vice-president, DR..
d. S. Lamb treasurer, f. i. Taylor; sec
rotary, J. X. Miller.
The Washington critic., 1888-05-05
DIED.

DAVlS.-Mrs. Josephine, this Saturday,
$40 a. m, In the 13d year of her age.
Funeral Monday at 3 p. M, from the Metro
politan A. NJ. II. Church, NJ street. Inter
ment at Graceland
DRADY.--On Thursday, May 3, 1883, at |
O'Clock y. m, Annie Il. Brady, in the 1ith
year OF her age.
Funeral will take place from her late resi-
dence on Beuning's Road ,Sunday,at / O'Clock.
Relatives and friends are respectfully invited
TO attend,
HUTH. Departed her life on Thursday,
May ., 1888, at $50 o'clock y. m, after n
lingering illness, Katarina, beloved wife OF
Ernst Huth, aged III years and 9 months.
Funeral will take place from her late resi-
denee, 100 Four-and- ahalf street southwest
on Sunday afternoon. at 3 O'Clock, and then
proceed 20 st. Johns German Lutheran
Church. Relatives and friends are respect
fully invited to attend.
LYMAN.-In this city, on the evening OF
May ., 1888, Charles Lyman, formerly OF
Funeral services at the residence Of his son
in-law Philip f. Larner, No. 1716 L street
northwest, on Sunday afternoon, May 6, at .
O'Clock, to which friends OF the family are in
yited. lnterment private
PIGEON Thursday, May 8, 1883, al
11;15 O'Clock a. M, James Eugene, the be
loved husband of Laura Y. Pegg, aged 33
years, 3 months, 10 days.
Funeral takes place at o O'Clock Sunday
afternoon, at his late residence, 100 NJ street
Southeast. Relatives and friends are invited
to attend.
The Washington critic., 1888-05-05
Orthodoxy and spiritualism.

Mr.. John b. Wolf, president Of the
Washington Society of Spiritualists, will
discourse tomorrow evening at the cor
ner of Seventh and j. streets northwest
on Orthodoxy, Spiritualism and Materi-
alism, or Faith knowledge and Mega
ton. Mr.. Wolff is one of the oldest con
vcrts of the new issue, an aggressive and
forciblc champion of its truths and well
mp on all the subjects named.
The Washington critic., 1888-05-05
CITY NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

-Representative S. s. Yodcr of Ohio
will address the Ohio Democratic Asso-
ciation tins evening at 1888 Pennsylvania
avenue.
The Virginia Democratic Association
was addressed by Representative McMil-
lin of Tennessee last night.
The German bark Medusa, (which
sailed from London several weeks ago
and was disabled in gale, has arrived ut
Littlefield's wharf. She is discharging a
cargo of goods consigned to the paint and
oil merchant, Mr.. James IL. McGill.
AT the regular meeting of the Ma
tiona Rifles last night 1t was decided to
accept the invitation of the Westport
Bench Hotel Company and the Boston
Lancers to be their guests when the com
mand visits Massachusetts, in July.
John Barnes and John Harris, two
colored boys, were arrested yesterday for
sDatchiDg pocket book from Mrs. Mad
dox in the Mall.
The delegates from the Grand Lodge
of the District of Columbia TO the meet
ing of the Supreme Lodge of the Indepen-
dent Order of Mechanics in Wilmington,
Del, returned last night highly pleased
with the recognition Washington re-
ccivCd.
Louis Wood, brcklayer, fell TO the
cellar Of house on which he was en-
plOyed yesterday afternoon injuring his
back severely. He was taken TO the
Emergency Hospital and then TO his
home,
The Reriop, published by the Wash
ington High school, is this month devoted
entirely to the memory Of the late Pro-
fessor Paul
The new Atlantic building on Il
street, between Ninth and Tenth has
been topped of.
Tho Carlin Springs Cooperative AS
sociation met last evening, and decided
to cxpend $1,000 in the improvement OF
the streets.
The friends Of Master Sol, Steine, the
promising amateur actor will give him q
testimonial benefit on the evening of the
23d ut Masonic Hall, prior To his de-
partuTe for New York. Eminent local
talent will assist him,
The following local physicians will
leave tomorrow to attend the annual
convention of the American Medical AS
sooiatiOn, which meets in Cincinnati ON
next Tuesday Drs. A. Y. r. Garnett,
Toner, Hamilton, Johnson, Ross, Rey-
burn, Bulkley and Patterson.
The Washington critic., 1888-05-05

Mr.. Hilliard Hill, of Laurens, s. c.,
died last week. He was lieutenant in a
Spartanburg company during the late
war; and was a hero of the celebrated
Petersburg "crater." On that occasion
he was, with another soldier, buried in
the mine for about twelve hours, when
he was finally rescued.
The Washington critic., 1888-05-05
Bridal Parties Coming.

A big excursion party from Richmond,
Manchester and Fredericksburg will
reach here early in the morning, bent on
sightseeing, and as usual on such ocea-
siOns, little in the matrimonial line
But they will have to wait until Monday
morning for licenses, the venerable Clerk
Meigs being strict observer Of the Sab
bath
The Washington critic., 1888-05-05
The Credit of New Orleans.

The president of the Louisiana Ma
tional Bank has written letter to the
Mayor of New Orleans Offering to loan
that city such amount of money as
present needs require at four per cent.
per annum. The object of the offer is to
aid the city in sustaining its credit and
placing it on a sound financial basis.
The Washington critic., 1888-05-05
The Health Office Report.

The "Report of the Health Officer of
the District of Columbia" for 1887, bound
edition, published by the Government
Printing Office, has been received. 1t
contains number of maps and charts,
carefully prepared under the supervision
of DR.. TOwnshend, which are of great
statistical and sanitary interest.