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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-28
THE GERM OF YELLOW FEVER.

A Tennessee Microscopist Declares He Has
Made an Important Discovery.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN, Dec. 90
James f. Reeves of this city, an eminent
microscopic, has been studying the It's
sues of the liver and kidney from patients
who died with yellow fever at Decatur,
Ala, and has discovered micro-organ-
ism that closely resembles q specific
germ. DR.. Reeves has sent mountings
of these tissues to various bac-
teriologists in this country, and has
had his discoveries photographed by
Professor Delmero of the Ohio state
university. The micro-organism is Il
bacillus and nothing like it has ever been
found by DR.. Reeves in his long expert
ence with bacteria. The doctor hopes
that his discovery will prove successful in
determining the specific germ of yellow
fever and that proper culture will be
found for it before next summer. The
doctor is reticent and declines to say any
thing further until after Il consultation
with eminent scientists to which he is
invited, to be held at Johns Hopkins
university the first week in January.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-28
WHOLLY a CANARD.
The Story TeIegraphed a New York Paper Re
garding Plot to AsSassinate Gem
eral Harrison Untrue.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Dec. 21.-The
sensational story telegraphed here this
morning from Il special indianapolis dis
patch printed in New York paper pur-
porting to relate to the discovery of q
plot to assasSinate elect Harrl-
son, created great Indignation among
General Harrison s many warm friends
At the Harrison household the story is
unhesitatingly declared the purest fabri-
cation. Those near the general declare
it TO be the creation of Il ma
licious mind and without shadow
upon which to build it. No one in
the city can be found who ever heard of
the alleged attempt upon General Har-
rison s life, nor had any thought of such
a possibility seriously engaged the con-
sideration of any of the general s friends
or of his family, so far as diligent in
quiry can ascertain. This fictjap from
New York therefore causeSs 91l the
greater Indignation as it leaves
the correspondent who Sis no
torious among the local newspaper
fraternity as an unreliable Ereporter =.
without the smallest grounds of fact upon
which to justify his story.s fSevetaI tele-
grams have been received at tie house
this morning asking ABOUT the, truthfufE
ness OF the report. kAis understood that
General Harri.o{ will not dignity the
publication by any denial. He does not
seem in the least disturbed by the story
He came down street rs usual at noon
to-day, returning home about l o clock
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-28
THE KATE ADAMS.
Number of Dead viii Never be Accurately
KnoWn-SOme Place 1t as High as
Sixty-The Loss Complete.

MEMPHIS, TENN, Dec. 24.-There is
nothing of startling nature to report
this morning concerning the disaster to
the Kate Adams beyond what was stated
in last nights dispatches. William
Donohue, one of the clerks, came up this
forenoon from the wreck. He was in
yawl with Clerk George Corbett, when it
capsized, and the last he saw of. his col
league he was floating down the river
clinging to small ladder. Donohue
managed to catch ON to bale of cotton
and was swept out into the current
and was rescued some six miles
below Commerce by some negroes
on the Arkansas side of the river.
He says Corbett may possibly have been
rescued further down the river. The
loss of life is yet not definitely known,
and the prospects are that the exact
number who were drowned will never be
accurately stated. Thirty-fve is most
conservative estimate. Out of party of
fifteen white laborors which boarded the
steamer below Friars Point, only two are
said to have been saved. If this be truer
and there are no means of substantiating
the fact, the loss of lives may
reach sixty, as many ne
groes who were on the lower
deck lost their lives in attempting to
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-28
HORSES WITH EIGHT FEET.
They Go Like the Wind anda are Very Fond
of Milk.
New York Press.


A span of horses created no small
amount of surprise in Washington street,
Hoboken, yesterday. One of the horses
was black, short and chunky, with tan
on the under side of its body, and the
lower parts of its legs. It's main was
long and wavy, and its black tail touched
the ground. Its mate was q larger
horse, of dark sorrel color, and of al
most1perfect symmetry. It's legs were
slender but shapely, and its body, neck
and head bore unmistakable evidence that
the racing blood of the Hambletonian
stock crossed through its veins The
strange part of the team was the fact
that each horse had eight feet.
They were hitched to a double-seated
light wagon, and were driven by nat,,
tily-dressed colored man with mutton
chop whiskers and a silk hat. He gave
shout as he slapped the little black horses<
with the fat side of his reins, and the
team with sixteen feet flew like the wind
into Tenth street. A policeman stood
spell-bound at the unusual sight, and it
was two minutes after the team had
passed before he could regain his COM
posture sufficient TO club several little
boys who had been passed by the multi
tude of .otherurchins.
The colored man drew up in front of a
brown stone mansion at Tenth and Hud-
son streets, and the team was later driven
through a wide gate into dark painted
stable. The horses are owned by Per-
mann Reiche, of 95 Park Row, and are
said to be the only animals of the kind in
ithe world. The groom said they are
more gentle than ordinary horses and
have great passion for drinking milk.
Mr.. Reiche said he did not know the
pedigree of the two queer animals. but
sremarked that theE might be direct de-
scendants of theSfight-fo footed eourser.
= Sleipner, " mentioned in Morse NV.
sthology.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-28
PAUPER IMMIGRATION.
A Bad State of Affairs Brought to Light by the
Congressional Investigation Begun at
Pittsburg.

PITTsBURG, PA. Dec. 81 - The con-
gressional investigation committee began
its sessions here to-day. The committee
was represented by Congressman NJ. II.
Ford of Michigan, chairman of the COM
. mittee, and Congressman Richard Guen-
ther OF Wisconsin. There was also pres
ent Judge SimmOnds, special agent of the
treasury department. During the morn
ing Robert E. Elliott, chief of the bureau
of charities; Judge William Ramsey,
former chairman of the poor board, and
George Hoffman, examiner of the depart
ment of charity, were examined.
Chief Elliot said insane people, and de-
crepit and ignorant classes of people ap-
piled for relief to a great extent who
should never have been admitted into the
country. He recited twenty-five cases,
some of them criminals, of people who
had come from Il foreign country against
provision of law, one case that or
an Englishman who had killed q British
officer. Another was an English woman
who had been brought here by her be-
trayer and abandoned. She was taken
to the poor farm, went insane and still
remains there. She has cost the city
thus far $3.50 and as she is strong
woman and may live many years she
may cost the city $4,000 or $4,000 more
before she dies. Another case was
a foreigner who had served time at Black
well Island and after leaving there had
been shipped from Castle Garden 10
Pittsburg, and after being taken to the
poor farm stolen goods were found in his
possession He then admitted he had
been thief before he came to this coun-
try. The city institutions he
said were crowded to overflow
ing and if it were not for foreigneTSu
who are not entitled to land here, but q
in chiefly through Castle Garden. thS
would be plenty of room for the care OF
those justly entitled to 1t.
Judge Ramsey's testimony was cor
roboration of that of Elliott.
Examiner Hoffman said he had seen
Immigrants with brands of a foreign work
house ticketed to different sections of the
country and that sAmlgrants had applied
e the bureau eharity for relief ths
Gay aftsE arrivi.Eat CastIsEarden.
5sRsscham' Rifs careee ssff6aas aaanest6ushls.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-28
OFF FOR ERATH.
Captain McMurray and Ten Men Leave 4
Morning for the Coal Mines.
From Saturdays December 22) Daily.


From Saturdays December 22) Daily.
Several days ago Adjutant- General
King sent message to Captain s. A.
McMurray of the ranger force to go
to Erath county and view the situation
at the Texas and Pacific coal mines.
He went, and last night returned.
A GAZETTE reporter saw him and learned
that after he had spent
some time at - the mfiies
he met the sheriff of Erath county ands
asked him if he wanted assistance. The
sheriff replied In the affirmative and
Captain McMurray at once telegraphed to
his men in the Panhandle order
ing ten of them to come to
Fort Worth at once and meet him here.
The men came in last night Captain
McMurray says he will leave for the
mines this morning and protect the Penn
sylvania miners who are now there ready
to go to work. The men who are raising
the disturbance have never been
in the employ of the Texas and
Pacific Company, and simply take the
position that the other men shall not
work at prices far greater than those
paid elsewhere. The company offers
81 10 and 81 40 per ton for mining, while
in many places the prices are 70 cents
and 80 cents. Captain McMurray sd
the law must be Obeyed, and, Will
does not expect serious trouble
will do what is necessary.
Pennsylvania Knights of Labor
sent committee headed by a KnIt
named Rainey to investigate the trouble
and report. Rainey seems dispose IN
what is right in the premises. The &C.,
party goes west this morning.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-28
ONE THOUSAND MISTAKES.
What Caleb Cushing Found in Webster's
Dictionary.

F. P. W. in New York Sun.
Some forty years ago, when WebSter's
dictionary first appeared, the publishers
sent a copy of the work to Caleb Cushing,
with request for complimentary no
tice. In short time reply was re-
ceived from Mr.. Cushing asking the book
men how they could expect favorable
criticism of a work issued as authority,
yet containing 1000 errors. The reply of
the publisher was: ''Would Mr.. Caleb
Gushing please point out those errors?"
The great lawyer sat down, wrote out a
list of 1000 mistakes, and mailed them to
the publisher, adding, that if he had
time, he could doubtless find as many
more. This is the line of direct proof of
the remark made by Wendell Phillips
fifteen years ago, that Mr.. Gushing was
the most learned man living -
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-28
CAN CANCER BE CURED?
A New Cure Comes to America By Way OF China.
Some Instances Of Its Use.
New York Mail and Express.

New York Mail and Express.
1t seems to be regarded by physicians
as possible that the long sought for cure
for cancer has been discovered, and that
it is something that has long been known
but was afpTetime condemned by the
the doctors, fThis new % discovery is
Chan turpeptine. There have been many
persons who have believed in it, but the
physicians have disbelieved until recent
ly. Professor John Clay, obstetric sur
geon to the QUEENS hospital, Birming-
ham, England, reported several cures
in his practice which he effected by the
use of the despised remedsr9
1t is not yet eersaf thgt the specific
cure has been discoaSYed fsr it has also
been tried in the Iegaon CancsysHosp1tal
with conflicting rdsaIts, and III the New
York Skin and Cancer H6siGtal without
sufficient results either Wy to justify: a
report. JkE
Chan turpentine is-'fiie producEqf a
tree which grows ON the Island of 81 -, III
the Mediterranean sea. BotanieaSy the
tree is known as the pistacia tereh4thus )
The turpentine of commerce TO soft
solid which becomes brittle when kTp0ssS<
to the air. 1t has an agreeable %dor,
somewhat like that of turpentineE and
with very little taste. When usedas a
remedy it is first dissolysas in suiphurict
ether and made into .anispulsioh, wit4
mucilage of acacia.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-28
The Cause of Statehood In Dakota.

MITCHELL, OAK = Dec. 21.-The cons
vention of South Dakota Democratsihere
to-day, for the purpose of taking %action
to advance the cause of statehood, was
attended by delegates from, rsenty-
counties, and was very enthusiastically
in favor of the matter. \ <ommittee of
leading Democrats of the territory was
appointed to go to Washington, and pre-
sent the matter to congress. As com
pac statement of the case the convention
adopted Il memorial to congress
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-28
WOOLMEN TO MEET.
They Want to Consider the Wool Schedule
Pending Before the Senate

COLUMBUS, OHIO, Dec. 25.-Columbus
Delano, president of the National Wool
Growers Association, has issued an or
der to the wool growers of the United
States in which he calls a meeting of the
officers of the national and all state asso-
Citations of %eet growers at Washington,
D. c., Thursday, January 10. He says
in the address the WOOL schedule pending
before the senate fails to give adequate
protection to the industry, and it is to
consider this and similar questions of re-
lief the meeting is called
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-28
The Arrest of General. Stanley.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.@Acting Adju-
tant General Kelton has received tele-
gram from General Stanley confirming
the press report of the arrest of himself
and aide at Austin, Tex, while
executing an order of ejectment from the
secretary of war. What further action
in the matter will be taken by the gov
eminent has not yet been determined.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-28

swim ashore from the stern of the burn
ing steamer. The boat and her cargo
were valued at S145 600. The Kate
Adams had record of the fastest time
between Arkansas City and Memphis In
the spring of 1888 she made the run in
five hours and seventeen minutes. She
was the steamer that conveyed President
Cleveland and wife from West Memphis
to this city on the occasion of his visit to
the south A..
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-28
AMOUNT OF THE LOSS

SACRAMENTO, CD, Dec. 25.oThe
Express states that it is probable the
amount secured by the men who robbed
the express car on the east bound
Central Pacific train last night near
Clipper Gap will not exceed $500. The
robbers boarded the train while it was
running slowly through snowslide A
package containing $40 200 in the ex-
press car was overlooked by the robbers.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-28
Your qon.aleeiass,

Your onaple1is6
eras@ by d5sfdered, XNe rn'sr fma NJ ~.
hefE by taERg Carts LittlsSsEiyer
ltsPlls sss-s a~f. Sss.1
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-28
TRAIN HELD UP.
1t is Said That Large Amount OF Money
Was Obtained.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Dec. 25.-A dis
patch received here this morning says the
overland east bound Central Pacific train
was held up by robbers near Clipper Gap,
in the Sierras, and robbed of a large
amount of money, said to be $50 900.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-20

the sense Of the ludicrous has been tried There
is in fact, in Mr. Sargent himself perilous sense
OF what is comic that at times runs away VITA
him: at other times IL is a too acute perception
of some leading note" in his subject on which ne
dwells. and which becomes on canvas far more
conspicuous than il is IN the flesh. 1 will not
myself dwell on this note' in Mr. Sargents work,
but have thought more than once OF late years
that he needs to take pull at the bit. In Mrs.
Bolts portrait again. the color is perhaps willuiiy
wanting in refinement That said, 1t need only
be added that there is not in the whole exhibition
any single portrait by an English artist COM
parable TO this American work for ANIMATION,
vitality, lfe-likeneSs, intense vividness of con-
ccption and realization; perhaps none in when
learning and natural art gifts are more happily
allied.
The single portrait before which most of these
English artists might well stand hat in hand is
NJ CaroIus Duran's Pasteur. The modelling OF
it, the color the handling troug hout the Simpler
ty of method which is the last word OF art, the
perception and rendering Of character-an THESE
are admirable. NJ. Duran has been known 70
compare himself with Velasquez. He has a French
mans capacity for doing justice to his own merits
Study this mastery Pasteur and you VIII hardly
think he does himself more than justice. Walk
through two or three galleries till. YOU come To
his other portrait the Comtesse de Rigo and you
will look about you to see the shade OF the great
Spaniard rise in protest Yet even in TINS as
tonshing work. in which he has thrown to the
winds the ideas Of harmony and moderation to
which he processes obedience, the hano OF the
master is visible, and you wonder not only who
else would but who else could, have produced
it. The fit contrast TO NJ. Duran is supplied by
no less person than the president himself in his
portrait of Lady Coleridge What learning ana
labor have gone to the making Of this; what
power of drawing, what sentiment of color Yet
you would be only too glad to dispense with some
Of this minute elaboration of finish this ivory
surface which the scofer calls wax, these burning
carnations. For just at this moment comes Lady
Coeiidge herself on her husbands arm. in cool
costume of pale gray-green, the quiet elegance OF
which deserves the murmur Of admiration which
greets il from the company. And you cannot but
observe that when she has passed, the discomfort
of the gazers with certain qualities Of the picture
is expressed with little reserve os Sir Frederick
Leighton himself has shown on his canvas.
G. W. S.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-20

close landscape OF morning IN th a,
woods in which, like Constable nc mas aJ,u ,,s
OF sunlight glinting through the giant Drancnes
Of the forest trees, while a wild PIGS family N.Y. are
SEARCHING for roots for their breakfast inns is
certainlv the masterpiece Of the artist. Ills
second picture is much smaller one called NO
vcmberA but very firmly painted M ln p' n 1
two pictures forest IN "n nncIus av s6nwins
the artists knowledge OF nature IN .ne ssiecuo9
of forms of the trees and dead grass ahu iefhs on
the foreground Wateins long foS 81 IN ,,e
full of truth and sentiment Nj. lseinoart ssnus
q picture on which the air plays ana the snnshinc
warns everything into life, called " Heath,
Ill II Tsndelles hos a fine autumn landscape,
+" Ies Borls de In Sauldre," low in tone but real
istIc in form and strong in elect NJ gulIiemefs
two pictures La Shapee aes n ms c Sp
cateaory, and NJ. yon's Orage dans III fialhc
dEnfcr a Cayeux" is very effective. Madame
La Vilette sends one OF her rough sea peGes au
snrav' ozone and freshness, and " Eugene
Pnr,bcln has n large picture. " Rough Weather
During the Building OF n Brea<water at report,
in which the heavy sea Is treated Win uciiing
There are great numbers Of water colors ana
cr,ron drawings. many OF which are remarkable
for their truth to naGEe here ore n NM n D DIR
i r. st' simon Bonrdelhat Paul R0ux Froysscix,
Iefevre and Edmond Richard Mr EDWARD Compe;
of Australia sends splendid thing. n rer9nse,
or the site where the unfortunate French navigator
made az Botany Bay tho place OF ms encnmp,menit
before his shipwreok. in which he ana M ms
crow went down ia 1888 The Australians have
erected n monument in his honor, and called the
locality La Perouse. Mr.. Cdmhes drawing shows
Tint the artist who by-thc-by is highly success
Ell New Sonth Wales politician aud has been
Minister eT Of Public Works and Public INSTRUCTION.
hugs nature as sailors hug. coast; He IS
master of technique. PLAYS. with dfhcuitics ana
puts his soul into his work. The sea = qulet;
bu ut the sky portcnds storm. In fsct the senti-
ment is one that portrnds disaster. II La Perousc
left under such a sky, his weather eye w9nld not
have been OPEN L. -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-20
Sue had YEVER SEEN ONE BEFORE.

From The Buffalo Express.
My wife was modest country daisy when L mar mar
ried her. and her ignorance of tho INSTITUTIONS u o
ufe was so dense that | ncknamed her Galatca, sad
one Of party of gentlemen who were exchansinY ma.
rimonial "reminiscences. I'VE began honseheeplnf -
once. aud ono day sent homo sdeboard WIN :
bevelcd mirror a surprise 10 my better naiL snv
met me at the door that evening with the cusomaay
kiss and the exclamation George, that bureau jss
TOO lovely for anything / had t taken stralshs up
stairs into the spare chamber But tell me, dear, na'0
Won bought bcdstead to match IT.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-20
pRESsIN0 rI. :. rnr rALLsrolroRrn

From Tho MIrncap0Ils Tribune.
Wostcrner-You say Gladstone is great snalks on
tree cutin.
Brtisher-No statesman ever handled an axe or
trimmed tree with half the skin Of tho Grand Old
Man.
wcsterer--wall, guess you haln't never seed our
John jeans ingalls,.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-20
The Result Of Merit.

When anything stands a test of my years amohs
discriminating people, IL Is pretty good e"ss'
tnnt there Is merit somewhere Few, many' "ca'e'"''
have met with continued sncccss ana pop'"''"
nas marked the progress Of Brandfeths
which. after a trial Of ever nfty years. sre s'h''
70 be the safest and most ensctuai '''a p'
tonic aud Alternative ever introduced TO the pa'"'
Tint this Is the result Of mer'' aaa '"''
Rraudre,h,s Pills perform all that Is e'a'"''
for them, is conclasively proved o' INC INV
those who regard them with the greatest '"''' -
those who have used them the longest
nr..are,u,s pills arc sold In svcry A.
and medicine store. either plain or sugar ''-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-20

Every fair afternoon as the pedestrians become nu.
merous in broadway above Twcniy-thIrl-st., llttle
groups Of half a tOzen or moro hasLy dressed men
may be observed standing Just few feet oil Broad.
way Tho west side 81 tho curb Of Sidewalks In
rwsnty-nfth Twcnty-slXih. Twcniyseyenih, Twenty
eight and TWen,y-nnih rs. Some Of them are young
fellows with boiloAls bouquets, others Of mature
years ard hard,nnd faces. Their common occupation
Is tho same, that Of staring al and commenting upon
ladies' who may pass By. Some Of their remarks arc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-20

Tho presence Of ex-Congiessman Page of cal-
foYia. I'm washington recalls an incident OF the
xIIvtb Congress which has never been mentioned
In prlnt. Tho incident brought more forclbly
to mnd from seeing Mr.. Page and Colonel MORRISON
chatting together In WIZARDS Hotel the other day.
It was I'm tho closing hours OF that Congress, which
had been in continuous session for some time, and
amid tho usual scenes of excitement and upioar
Tho struggle 10 get private measures through before
tho death Of that Congress was fierce one
Mr. Page stood iesront OF the Speaker and struggled
TO Get recognition while Colonel Morrison stood near
BY. doing the same thing
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-12-22
FLANEGAN-LAYTON.

The residence of James S. and Eliza
beth Layton was made merry on We'd
nesday evening by the marriage Of their
Oldest daughter Anna d. to George NJ.
Flanagan. The.ceremonies we're con-
Quoted about 5 O'Clock by Rev. l.. M.
Atkinson, assisted by the BRIDES grand
father John Davidson, of Swedesboro.
About thirty relatives and friends were
present to witness the ceremony after
which theyall set down to a sumptuons
wedding supper. After spending a So
cial evening they bid the new happy
twain adieu with many good wishes
for Il long and happy life. George and
| the new Mrs. F. will conduct the An
tn ,ny Atwood farm near Wiley school
house next year. We wish our friends
much joy and posterity.