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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16
ILLEGAL INTERFERENCE.
Uncle Gam Obi cts to the stoppage CT 1--we
letter..


Q1ite 8 sensation was causes in Mount
yerzos, O1io, last night by tie arrest Of
Mira. CHARLES Williams, ore Of the most
respectable ladies Of that place, sy Dsp-
uty United StGtes Marshal Groves of this
city, for opening and destroying q letter
addressed to her sister, Miss
Hutchinson, says special to the
Post Dispatch The story is IS
follows: The sister has been keeping
company with fellow named Len Duck
worth, who had been forbidden to enter
the hoase, Gnd clandestine meetings
have been the result. A regular corr
them through the mails. Several months
aga the lady under arrest went to the
postC dice and tock the mail from the
ocx which is used commonly by all the
family, the infatuated girl being s mem
Der of ker sisters household. She nc
ticed one letter addressed TO her sister
and, recognizing the writing as that OF
Duckwoutb, determined to opea it ard
see it's contents. Upon reading it SEE
says she discovered It to be improper
for her sister TO reGd, and destroyed
it. IuqHiries for TIE missing letter YVES
instituted by the foolish girl and the
sister acknowledged having opened it
srd burned it because of Its contents.
The girl became grCatly en76ged, and at
once told tae whole matter to the author
OF the epistle, who msde row. Wednes-
day, when the posiofice inspector re, ched
Mt. Vernon, be VAS made acquainted with
tie facts. Going to the house OF Mrs
Williams ne asked Ter regarding the mat
'er and she tald him the circumstances.
There WIS nothing left for him
10 do but TO piece her in the Gus
tody of the Ulited States officials ana he
Immediately teIe graphed to Deputy
Crows 10 proceed to Mt. Vernon and
cause her arrest. This Mr.. Groves did
last night. Nj. Groves end the lady, &C
companied by Mr.. Albert Sparks of Mt.
Vernon, csme to Evansville snd on ths-
arrival of the party here the lady was
taken before United States Commissioner
Wartman and bouKd over to tee
United States court which meets In Octo-
Der. She gave bond for her appearance.
She has two little children who were left
with zeighbor while she came to Evans
vile. She telegrsphed her husband, who
is travelling map, yesterday and he ar
rived in this city last night. He wss ter
risly excited, snd threatens vengeance on
DuckTOrth
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16
Big Winnings On H1rse Racing.


A man who IL worth 100000 puIled
cut Of his pocket OF street corner yes
tsrdsy afternoon certified checks to the
extent Of $40, 900, the sums ranging from
800 to $4,000. He was On the eve Of
starring to CiICiHnati to the FACES. "Tae
time is Coming" he said, 'ff it has not
alresdy come, when the money to be
made on sporting will be on races Gam
bling as you folks understand it-bt
which l mean card playlrg-hss Rad It's
osst day in this country. Gentlemen, OF
course, Will play among themselves, in
their own homes or at watering places,
and the stakes will run up as high a. that
telegraph pole on the corner, but the day
Tor winning say big pile In gambling
louse ls pretty nesrlY over.
Pool rooms ever made any money to
fp5ak Of. TIE telegraph company got
the money. am glad poolrooms have
been shut down upon. l ran one for
some years, and WAS never annoyed so
much in nay life. Every DAY some womsD
with q pipched fsce would come around
pleading for the earnings which Ter shift
less husband he'd lost. But, IS | said 81
the start, the big money in sporting IS
going to be made Gu. CT races. I know
Gast $ han will row snd then bet en- 6
horse-rsce blincly and win, but such mer
are not gamblers. To win on horse
race a nal rust be more than mere
card player, H'w is this year going TO
be with sports? Bud. There is less
money made eEoDg porting men in 8
presto entisl yesr thsn any other. Phi
tics inteTferes with business, and II IL
Just so with gambling.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16
REAL LIFE.

Some Facts and Figures Curious and In
teresting
The sverage Mexican lsborer supports
ais family n len cents per diem, invested
n cora and beans.
ne f ectrical Review says the light
ming rod is relic Of superstition, and
will sooa be regarded in the same Light
IS a horseshoe over door
At sc AUCTION in London recently an
egg OF tie extinct bird, TIE great aux, Of
which only only 5ixty-one are known to
be In existence, wss sold fer $500.
japanese engineers propose 20 adopt 8
system CT eaTthRork defensas protected
by ga iron shield one foot in thickness,
and extending twenty-five Feet each side
Of the gun.
American authors are more resd thsn
the English in japan. LIST yesr IS COO
E3gnsh ard lis, 900 American bCCks were
mported into that country, so tina. the
old question, "Who reads m American
oook?" YVES fairly answered.
citizen of Douglas County, Kan has
nit upon 8 new idea Of destroying wolves,
Hs pu,s 8 chunk OF beef where the wolves
will md it, end in tae fight resulting for
its possession one or more Git sure TO be
left dead on the field.
In the CITY of Mexico, net lers si-ce,
they tried mans courage By shuttips
aim up in room with six rattlssnakes.
At the end OF six hours they opened the
door, and he WAS standing on widow
sill and the snakes had fought and killed
each other.
Mons. Paul Leroy-Bsaulieu gives fg
ures showing The quSntity Of tobacco
consumed IN the different countries OF
Europe. The rate per leo Inhabitants 10,
according TO him. a. follows: SpsiR, ITO
pounds; Italy, 1913 pounds; Great Bfita!T,
1873 pounds; R1ssie. 1872 pounds; Den
mark pa pounds; Norway, 229 pounds;
Austria, PA pounds.
Ii is reported from Detroit that c lad
FAMED Frank Bailey, sixteen years old,
has such mania for thrusting pins and
needle into the right side of his face aud
neck that it has become necessary to send
him to the lunstic asylum. At the time
OF his departure he had from thirty to
forty pins buried to the head in his cheek,
besides an unknown number Of needles
that were out Ct sight.
The average watch is composed OF l75
different pieces, comprising upward of
2, 400 separate and distinct operations in
its manufacture. The balance has Is 600
beats or vibrations per hour, 1850. ESQ
in thirty days, 157, 6So in one year; it
travels 143,l00 with each Aibration,
which Is equal 10 nina snd three fourth
miles il twenty-iour hours, 2721 miles in
thirty days, or 3 .55s3 Hiles in enc year.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16
ALMOST A LYS.RtNG.

Jehs hnscr, 'he Rape Pieuc, Taken
fem Crockett - H. zston.
special 10 the GazeGs.
HOUSTON, TEX Jnne 10 The Sheriff
OF Houston county brought 70 this city
to-day John Johnson, culy negro,
charged with committing foul assault
upon Mss Olive S.mms, a four;eeu-year-
old white eirl, near Grapelsnd, in the
county nsmsd. The girl is the daugh
ter Of prosperous farmer in
that section, and on "Wednesday
last While on her way 20 5 nei9hoor's IVES
assaulted snd left in tie woods IN q
dangerous cUIdltiox. As soon A. the
circumstances of the crime became known
Inc officers OF the cOu0ty Went n pursuit
Of the hend and captured him. He WIS
.aken to Crockett, the county seat
yesterday and j,iled, but 8 number Of
people from the neie aborhood wtere the
crime wss committed having congrG gAted
in Crockett during the day, the Officers
spprehendiDg sn attack rom q mob,
brought the prisoner t. this city sfor
safe Ike. ping. TIE sheriff states that b
lynching VIC uld certainly have taken place
had the man been kept at Crockett, ss the
jail il not ST ficientIy substantial to resls;
the fort Of twenty angry and determined
men. Johrson Will De kept IN jail ct this
place until the suosidepce OF the excite
menL in II ,uston county.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16
Colorado Hoter.


special to the Gazette,
COLORADO, TEX, June 15.-The wool
market has ct last opened and s0,0s0
pounds have been sold In the last two
days at prices ranging from II to IA cents.
Several buyers are IN town and other
large sales will soon be reported. Ole
commission firm to-day shipped ITO sscks
to Chicago, sixty sacks to Galveston
and twenty sacks to st. Louis.
Burt Simpson today shipped one csr-
load of fist sheep to Chicsgo and will
ship six carloads to morrow.
The MapleWood Cattle Company
shipped sixteen car loads of cattle TO the
Territory to-day.
Good rains have fallen In this vicinity
in the last ten days, sad many stockmen
are talking Of having beei fat enough fer
market by July l.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16
AdvsFt.s'nS SSsckelford County.

ALBANY, Tex Jque Is The secretary
Of our county immigration committee l.
making 81 effort to plSce exhibits from
this county at the Philadelphia Exposi-
ton and JsrseY Safe Fair. Fine samples
Of red clover ksve been received, crop
hitherto CONSIDERED as not growing in
this county. He has now In his cEce
samples or wheat standing ever six feet
high in The shesf and making In actusl
avsrsge OF thirty five bushels to the acre,
sld oats thst will yield over 100 bushels
psF acre Fine peaches Of exquisite lavo!
and large sza are very plentiful ard the
present CT q e. tAb!ishss the reputation OF
this as fruit county beyond question.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16

tie effect of the warfare will be
felt long after the fight has
ceased. The farmers are riding
around armed instead Of filling the soil
aud all crops are likely to fail in conse-
queace. Governor Martin has commanded
the militia here to be in readiness for
marching orders at sny time. It is hoped
that the mardste issued by the Suprs me
court ordering the commissioners Of
Stevens county - recsnvass tbs vote
polled st the recant railway bord election
Will have he effect Of q1ieti5g matters.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16

Special to the Gazette.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, June 15.-Virgil
B. Duval, lawyer Of considerable local
notoriety, WAS arrested and j,i!sd to-day
on al Indictment from the grand jury,
charging him with forgery. The otfense
consists In Duvsl falsely reading and in
terpreti1g an indictment of client on
which he attempted to obtain money.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16
The ACT of an Insane Man

WATERBURY,, CONN June 15.-Descon
1alC Bronson and wife CT Pick vile,
,N Forestville, were found dead in their
Eniouse this morning. The womaa's
:'d wss nauging by mere thread, and
ss'onson's throst was gashed by rsz3r.
lie theory Is that Bronson, in fl. of in
alitY-sy mptoms Of which he had lately
EoTD, cut his wife's head of with an ax
I'D then cut his own throat.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16
FLOOD kECEDING.

rks Dsmsge in wisconsin is Placed at
Seven Hundred Thousand Dollar.
SUPERIOR, Wis, June 1.-THE fl cd
>: Cloquet is recsding quite rapidly, and
the situation Is rather brighter for those
rho have thus far been able to save their
property. Several million feet Of run
away logs from Cloquet eutered the bsy
OF Superior, but are being picked up and
made into RATS. Several hundred peo-
pie have been rendered temporarily home
less at Cloquet and Fon du Lac by the
f1od, but IL is expected that their condi-
ton can be oettered soon. The loss to
the c. N Nelson Lumber Company is
estimsted st from 100000 to 5000 600,
and I e total loss. to Cloquet st $500, 900.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16
AnnuM Kne ocnpsti,iOn.

YSNIlsI 70 'lS q "Ios'N'
SAN ANTONIO, Tx June I6-Ohicial
information vas received st department
headquarters to- day that the annual riff
competition ct The Division Of the Mle
souri,, Uoited SSs;es Army, will be hel5
on the tsrges rsrge near this city, Efg T.
Mig sbout sugust 10. In this competi
tion teams e twelve men escl will par
ticips,e from he departments Of the
PIAtte, Dak2ts, Missouri 81 Texas.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16
AYniADs Of Ga>>>HUPPG8s.

'a.y aro DevaststiDG ,hs Fields OF south-
crn Isdiana.
JASPER, IND June l5.-MYriats Of
Ia:shoppers have sppearet in psn3
A;;S Of Southern Indiana, snd are de-
l'1'lng sll vegetation IS they go. They
Est!oy the meadows, then the foiage CT
cs trees and next the corn, osts and gar
To vegetables. Thousands Of acres Of
ssstoWs have been devastated By them.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16
To Locate q Colony.
special TO the Gazette.

ap6tlAI 20 inc NSZSIIe.
ALBANY, TEX, June 15.-Mr. Dart of
Newton, Kan, has been in Albany for the
past two days seeking q location for q
large colony Of farmers who expect to
come to this county from that plsce next
fall. Mr.. Dsrt expresses himself IS
being very highly blessed with the lands,
water supply and growing crops Of the
country.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16
oosv cted for Illegal Voting.

5PVCIAI 20 k1I6 uhLtEso'
RoVsToN, TEX, June 15.-Lindsey
Perry, eoloret, was to-day convicted in
the criminal District court for Illegal vot-
Ing and sentenced to the peniteAtiary for
two years. At the last city election Lind
sey voted first in the First ward and then
journeyed to the Fifth where he sgain
asserted his citizenship. He will take no
part in the csmpaign this fall.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16

''eial 10 the Gazette.
aURoRA, TEX, Jaae Is The All of
'4T viii be celebrated here in the good,
~ tine way. Judge c. c. Potter will
,s,.lVer al address on "Duties of Citizen-
Up" There will be q basket picnic
,,.10nty candidates will state their clsims
''Oa the dear people.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16
Lawpdale'a HoIel

!, LAWHUALHI J NM OAHO I0j 4-O0'
The Editor OF the Gazette.
Oar new hote is ne.rlrg completion,
70 When Quisbed Lawrdale will have one
" he handsomcst hotels Of snY town Of
u size in the state. l: will be sixteen
93ns, neatly flashed inside with all the
~.Qsrn improvements.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16
ALBANY Wool Market.
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
ALBANY, Tex, June l5.-Ths wool
market will open On Eext Thursday, the
2lst, 1t ia impossible st present TO get
the exact amount in store, but one Arm
alone has in its warehouse over 700, 0)0
pounds.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16
shippsd from TayIsr.
special to the Gazette.

SUttIaI 20 EAt GAHeIIt'
TAYLOR, TEX, June 1.-two train
Ioads OF cattle were shipped 20 Chicago
tonight q. high prices. TIE weather has
been hue for the past three days, and
crops AMI cattle are fourishing.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16

NARIoN HARLAND'S name is household word
vE wherever the English language is spoken printed
Her novels of American life and books of counsel house
hold instruction for have been circulated by the hun
dreds of thousands in America and Great Britain and many
them have been translated into French German and other
European languages.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16
OLD FOLKS PAINS.

,usPIEs, blaGk-heads, chaDped and oily skin
PLNn-aysnted bvt TTLCURA MEDICATED SnNP
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16
sCALY, ITCHY SKIN
And all ScaIy and ching Skin and
Sea Diseases cure d by Cuticura.

,,or,a.is. Rczeua, letter, Ringworm Lichen,
Fms, Scall Head, AllE Crust, Daudruff,
dia.bitsT,', Bakers, q ocers' and Wssherwo
", a Itch, and every species Of Itching, Burn
>soS, PimplV. Hum of the SKIN and
e. with Loss of Hair, are inst ntly relieved
"a rssnesCily cured by CUTICURA, the great
81 Gure and CUTlCURL SOAP, An exqlist'e
~ Besuii Ter externally, ana CUTICURA Rk
5,rIyu,r, the new Blood Purifier, iote: ally,
', ON ,5h sicisns and all other remedies fail.
psOKIasIs, ee sOALY SKIN.
INN J. Case,sD. D. IS, having prscticed
IL.t,try IL this oaanty for thirty Avesyesrs
'sLL 'beiag well knowp.to thousands hebexbQuts,
~ view to help ahJ who are aflltcteo rs
W. W. been for The past twelve years, te, Iity
ls',.vCuTIsURA RENzrTBS cured ,nasSof Psori
W ar ,csly SKIN, IN Sight day ssafter the doc
~ -, with whom 1 had ssnsultct gave me no
W y. n ar enoOuragement. IL. 80
ityyyTroN, y. J. JOHSS1.1eAsE, D. D, S.
DEPRESSING EbPrLoN.
rorr C;-rTCURA REHEpfssspSrforme &c a won
,.J,51tc. re last summer ON S7e of our custom
=, An cid ge~ tleman ot ne TeAsy years Of age.
..s6 piFereI with fearfully n1tre,sing erup-
..r ol MS head sndsfsct, andSWho had tried
I'm :es ana doosars to no n4rpo,e.
'TEIARKANA, AK j. +. SMITH & co.
pUsrrASE UL OF soA1Es.
II + CsrpentsF, Henderson, y pictured Of
,.,ts,ls or LePeesy OF twenty yearassfan ding
I, iCrrICCRA REEEDiES. The mostwonder
y cnrs On raeo1d. \ uustpanfuI of sGsias fell
I'm him daily Physicians and his ftieRds
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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16

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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16

gentleman -ecently returned from
Southeast New Mgx;co says there is some
hing CT drourh prevailing there, a1c
that wafer Tor cattle is becoming yer,
carce. Srms of the companies not wei
1xad for rbNaiO.og ws.er are having
great Zeal OF trouble with their aerts.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16
pI-rsEs,INa nznp rLoN.
pUsrrANFUL OF sOALEs.
E, LENA RADICALLY CURED.

rorthe,t&dcal cure cfNn obstinate csse of
Inns 81 cong standing gIyc entire crGcit 10
!h.,iTTICURA 3EMBDIHs.
'- f. X. RICHARDSON, New Haven, Conn.
,o,3 evervwnere. Price, CUTICURA 50 SOAP,
~. PEsOLvENT, 81. Pre-. area b. the Potter
II,orr-T AND = ENICAL CO., Boston, Mas
',s--.nd for 'dOW - Cure Skin Diseases" G.
= iy!lus r4t,oas, and 100 Testimonials.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16
The Sunday and Weekly Gazette.

tack is without flurcation. AFTER
O'Clock Thursday the Emperor hlled
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16

indignation and denouncing the lies and
L. chsnua IN the attn
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16
The Sunday and Weekly Gazette

This new novel, GA Gallant Fight is of the
strongest pieces of fiction that Marion Harand has written
story of absorbing interest and dramatic plot it in in
tent protest against the lax tone Of opinion which prevails
society regarding ab5olueness and pepetty
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16

sNT Full OF C me- ri for all Pains, In
III IF Examination and We kness Of Ihe
ID x a. ed is the DuuCura mi Pan
Il .bS$ Ply Ter the IlrSt and My pain kill
- D. ~. being Plaster, New, instantaneous
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16

Su5seGbe for the Weekly G.zet:e.'
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16

A, B. Combs of the James q Cam pbell
& Co. commission house, AID Fl. D.
Rogers Of Midland, returned lss! evening
from trip up the Denver, where they
say they observed some trading beisg
csrri5d on il which they did no. p:riici-
pste.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16

ss>~, ..-~~ ~~-ao--~--~--- .-~~--S.o. -
ing to, make clear the OBJECTS of the meet
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16

N in such manner as to seriously
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16

The opinion prevails generally among
commission men and stock m n thst the
price OF good fat beeves viii remai4 st
throughout this summer.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16

nor arch and the Hn'
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16
No. 81

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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16

Several cat.lsmen will remove their
residences 10 Midland this f.!l foc social
and church privileges.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-16

Jehs J hnscr, 'he Rape Pieuc, Taken
fem Crockett - H. zsEOn.
spocIal 30 the 9szeTs.
Telegram-herald., 1888-02-10

Every little whilc occurs solne sad instance
OF tho folly Of n reckless or careless use of
narcotics. 1t il almost 20 be regretted says
London Lancet, that 50 many agents capable
OF producing mimic, or poisoned, sleep are
known 10 tho profession and 20 the public.
IL IS now the exception, instead of the rule,
To find man or woman of middle age who
is not more or less addicted to the abuse of
mosphia, chloral, bromide Of potassium, or
some OF the many sleep foducers or pain re-
lievcrs which the Nineteenth century has
distinguished Itself By evolving for the care
sad comfort Of our less enduring and increas-
iasly sensitive and excitable humanity Il
is nothing to the purpose that the deletsrious
effects Of these potent drugs. when taken
habituslly, even in small quantities, have
been again and sgsin exposed Thoce who
ksve learned 20 purchase inconsistencies or
ease II what seemed - Be n very small price.
are only too ready 10 rsnew the experience
when any fresh cause Of sleeplessness or pain
arises
The victims OF the sbuss must not simply
be counted by those who die of il. but by
those who are left 10 drag out miserable
lives, the victims of cravings and name
less sad numberiess sufferings which NOR
pnia, choral. bromide-now cocaine and a
host Of insidicus poisons are the active agents
ia producing.
sooner OF later some strong measure will
need 20 be TAKEN with ths view of arre~tiug
t1is really serious 'hnhitr OF taking sedstives,
vhirh IL sxfsndinE rs influence and gaining
strength year By year Meanwhile, re do
veTy earnestly counsel our readers tn refrain
from having recourse 70 these drugs