Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-17
NEWS AND EOfES.

A Washington special ssys there is 6
prospect Of Hon. War er Miller returning
to the senate in place CT Senator Evsris,
who will be appointed to the supreme
bench in place CT Judge Blstchford, who
will be retired.
A "msrrisge trust"is the latest in COM
bines. One Of these bsneful orgsn'z.-
tions bss been started In New Albany,
Ind 1t is Intended to facilitate mstri-
mouy for eloplng couples from Kentucky
by providing the speediest ways Of per-
forming the wedding ceremony.
Mrs W. K Rogers, whose husband is
employed in the Pan Handle csr shops at
Steubenville, Ohio, gave birth to the
largest girl baby On the 12:n inst. that
ever came to Steuberville. - The baby
weighs twenty-five pounds, and the
mother and child are doing we'll.
Cora Belle Fellows, the Washington
girl who married the Iadisn Chsska,
made $4,000 by dime musecm exhibitions
With the Inonav she bought diamond ear
rings cos lhe $500, seslekin sscque and
an outfit CT dresses; also, several suits OF
clothes for her Husband and 9 de gold
watch. They have returned to Dako.s
IS poor as ever.
Lebanon, KY claims the champion old
womsn-Aunt Til Purdy. aged 12l. Her
mother, Charlotte ScAuck, who died three
years age, was 1876, srd the Bible Of her
former. owner Is put n evidence, as there.
in Is recorded the birth OF Chsrlotts
Schuck in 17i0. snd the birth Of this
daughter in 1857, when the mother IVES
but seventeen years OLD.
In England the flgdt against the great
salt trust lie rapidly assuming partisan
aspect, with the Tories supporting the
trust ard the Liberals organizing the
worhiDgmen against 1t. This will be en-
Interesting strug gle; aud It msy furnish
IN lis course some instructive teaching
tor the opponents OF monopoly O. this
side Of the Atlantic.
Trained fass are exhibited from tine
| 20 time. a 1t elshy f-a viii ever 200
times its own Ter 9Th at owe jump. They
ere plucky & yhters, snd Will gard On
heir biod legs and strike at one laaibe1
till they lose legs, snteli ~ Gpd Ike, a
single f C has been known 20 draw Sill
yer cannon twenty tour times is Own
weight, ard show no fear st the discharge
Of gunpoWder from the CANNON.
On the 18Th inst.ths contents OF Sanue
]. Tilden's Greystore vine cellar were
sold at auction, including AL bottles o.
the choicest RsiasteinbergeT cabinet i'm
periaI 1855, for which Mr.. TildeL'!
cellsr was famous in Europe and Amer.
ics; 100 gallons CT K ntucky red eye, snt
chateau Liftte sud chateau Lstour wire:
OF tie best vinttges. In all, 74s cases
oot'lee, j1gs sud dem;j 2hns Of the fines
liquors were bought by wine merchants
and few men win private cellars.
Mr. Cleveland is still In the very prime
Of life. BE- will leave the White House
ct least s75 0to richer than when he en-
tered It. This, added 10 the oiael
investments, ought to give him . cnps!d.
cradle far,une OF upward Of 5000 oos
Moreover, Mrs. Cleveland, through rht
division Of the Folsom ests.e in Onahs
/ is an he:Yess in her own tight. and i.
PROBABLY worth lot less than 100000
Both Mr and Mrs Cleveland would pre-
fer few years Of foreign travel IS .
| pleasant ROUNDING u Oh tnelf w RIet1t u 81
experience before settling down 10 ths
quiet OF every day l!fs, and for this reason
the European trip is regarded as among
the strong probabilities.
EThe ground on which Philadelphia II
built Is claimed to be one of the richest
tgold fields in the world. The only diff
Guilty Is that the field cannot be worked
Nearly the whole city Is underlsid with
clay TO the depth OF about ten feet-a,
arcs say ten miles square. A cubic fee
of clay, weighing l20 pounds, taken from
depth Ct fourteen feet when the celia
Of the Twelfth street market house wa
exsavs.ed, was practically demonstrates
to contain seven tepths Of grain Ct ge!t
or one pound in l .224, 900. The exper
imeat wss repeated with about the samt
results with clay taken from briekyard
IN the SUBURBS. Surprising She who'll
! mass CT clay to bs lS5, 6oo,ess pounds
(snd 1t is really much greater the amour
of gold would reach in vslue the enor.
mors sam Of SIG, eo0, zoo. Tas grave