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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-29
An Ugly Friend.

-4here is large and unGainly insect
often seen on the shrubbery and about
the garden that many people are ground
|. lessly afraid of. It goes by the various
common names of 'frear- horse'' and
"devil IS horse' and 'wild mare, - and
so on through quite long list. Its scIen-
titlc name IS Mantis Carolina. After the
names just given little description is
necessary, for most persons will recog-
nize it by one of them. 1t is an insect of
brownish color, and when fully grown
measures about three inches in length,
and at the largest portion of its body is
near the size of a man g little finger. 1t
stands well up on its feet and holds its
long, slim neck above the line OF its
body, carrying a queer-shaDed little
head which it is capable of turning about
in comical kind of way when it wants
to look at you. 1t also holds up iu front
its two fore-legs like great arms abruptly
bent at the elbows, and when it takes
anything it desires to eat 1t clamps the
object between these arms and feeds it
self like squirrel gnawlng pecan.
g., Much as this insect is feared particular
" by children, there could be no living
creature more harmless. 1t is one of our
best friends, as 1t feeds exclusively on
smaller insects, and its haunts, and Its
time of feeding generally causes it to
take our insect enemies in large major
ity; that it destroys far more Injurious
than beneficial insects. Many persons
kill it at sight-thIs is entirely wrong.
1t ought to be encouraged in every case.
At the time of this writing there is q
mantis on our window-sin catching flies.
His visit was what led TO this article,
We have put down a little paste to at
tract the flies for him, and he has taken
near dozen since he began operations.
Verify, he hath wonderful appetite.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-29
THROUGH A BRIDGE.

A special from Erie, Pa. says the long
continued rams have caused great deal
of trouble to railroads IN this section.
This morning west bound freight train
on the Nickle Plate went through a
bridge near Creyton, this state. The
bridge was wooden structure and about
200 feet long, thirty feet high. The
floods washed out the foundations and
when the engineer, Daniel Ellis, struck
the bridge his engine and almost the en-
tire train went down into the sweeping
creek. Ellis was caught under the sub
merged engine, but his brave fireman,
named Nicholson, although hurt himself
was able through superhuman efforts to
relieve his engineer and got him on to a
part of the wreck and was assisted In his
labor by head brakeman William john
son. who was also hurt. The three men
were taken off the wreck and attended
by physicians. Ellis may not recover.
TERRIFIC STORM IN KENTUCKY.
CINCINNATI, OHIO, May 24.-Northern
counties of Kentucky and some of the
more Southern counties were swept last
night by a terrific storm. The heat all
day was oppressive in the extreme, and
a number of prostrations were reported.
About O'Clock the southern skies be-
came suddenly overcast with a blue
black cloud of ominous appearance, and
the play of lightning and crash of thun-
der were appalling. Reports from
Mount Sterling, Paris, Lexing-
ton, MaysVille, and other points
are of damaging nature.
Passengers and treiDmen arriving about
8 o. clock on the Louisville and Nash
vile, Queen and Crescent, and Chesa-
peake and Ohio roads say they passed
through one of the most furious storms
they ever saw. Trees were twisted and
torn in all directions, streams bank full |
and all assert they believe many lives |
we're lost. Reports at Lexington tell of |
! storm of unusual violence. Indefinite |
reports from Hopkinsville, Somerset,
Woodford, Richmond and other points |
ell of great damage to farm property,
1ut no loss of life.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-29
AN ELECTRICAL STORM.
Western Pennsylvania Visited by an
Electrical, Wind and Rain Storm.
Heavy Loss Of Human Lives and Property.
Towns In Low Lands Submerged.
Through Bridge.

| PITTsBURG, PA. May 23.-The heavi-
est ram ard electrical storm known in
| years passed over a section of Western
Pennsylvania this evening, doing great
damage to property, resulting in the
loss of several lives. The storm struck
! Pittsburg about CLOCK, but no serious
damage was done in the old city. In the
west, however, the wind played havoc.
Houses were blown down, trees uprooted
and outbuildings demolished. Frame
and completely destroyed. Another house
on Black Hill, occupied by Joseph Miller
was lifted from its foundation and blown q
considerable distance. The family were
in the sitting room at the time, but were
not injured. At least score of other
houses in the vicinity were uprooted. A
large number of persons received slight
injuries, but as far as known at this
time there were no fatalities. The loss
q estimated at from S25 200 to $50 900.
- McKeesport hailstones large as wal
nuts fell, while the rain poured down in
sheets for full half hour
The lightning struck several build
ings in this vicinity, and considerable
damage was done. The greatest INJURY
was done by water, which came down
ansheAr. Water was five feet deep
on Fifth avenue land number of houses
which were below grade were sub
merged. 1t was by far the heaviest
and most disastrous storm for years
At Greenberg, William Frye, gardener
at st. Joseph academy was struck and
instantly killed by lightning. The
heavy rains caused great damage by
flood in low lands in this vic nifty.
Lightning also struck Col. Huff g palatiaI
residence, the first Reformed church aud
other buildings, doing great damage in
every instance. At Washington, Pa.
lightning struck derrick IN CO urse of
erection on Col. Robert Miller's farm,
SCATTERING 1t and killing William Fur
man, seriously Injuring William
Gates, and stunning two
others. In Fayette county the
rainfall was extensive and did great
damage to railroads. The Baltimore and |
Ohio is heavy sufferer. At Scottdale |
the storm was particularly destructive;
cellars all along the principal streets |
were nearly filled with water and the |
goods of many merchants destroyed. |
The creek washed away couple of rail-
road bridges between Scottdale and Fair
Chance. A dispatch from Oil City re-
ports heavy rainfalls almost steady since
midnight. The ground floors of the
lower portion of the town are flooded,
including the basement of the Oil
Change and the Derrick press-room. At
Wheeling, W. Va, about two and
one-half inches of rain fell in twenty
deluging the streets and food
ing a number of business houses in cell
lars and first floors. Travel on the Ell
myra railroad was stopped for several
hours by q heavy landslide.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-29

less vslue as hay and unnecessarily robs
the ground of its fertility. AS in the
case of ensilage corn, which is raised
from seed grown in the South, SO South
ern grown millet seed will pro-
duoe q ranker growth of foliage and
produces heavier crop than that grown
in the North,
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-29
Charged with RObbing Malls.
Special to the Gazette.

Fort SMITH, ARK, May Al. S. Meadows,
oepnty postmaster at Alma, Crawford county,
was arrested yesterday on a charge of stealing
registered letters. He was brought to this citS
ana gave bond for his appearance in the Federal
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-29

The silver case has direct instead Of 8 ratchet
stem-wind, and snap-back instead Of q screw
back The guarantee is the same for both, for
the movements are the same.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-29
NO CHEAP JOHN AFFAIR BUT AS GOOD AS
THE BEST.
WHAT THESE WATCHES ARE.
The Five Requirements of TIL Gazette
Watch for Agents Are:

l. A stop-watch sweep-second, each second
split into ffths, for timing horses, races, etc.
2. gold or silver case, the gold cases TO be
steel reinforced. to give strength and durability
Honest metal and no plating, with fifteen
years guarantee for wear.
3. The latest improvements Of every kind in
winding, setting, opening, etc.
4. A guarantee Of one year from the maker OF
the movements.
5. AS beautiful design as could be made, and
for GAZETTE agents only.
No engraving printed on press such as The
GAZETTE must use can give any adequate idea OF
the beauty Of the face of this watch, Of finest
porcelain, or the slender. threadlike second
hand, extending TO the ffths of a second marked
on its outer rim. The little post on the left
hand stops and starts the watch the little post
on the right hand turns the hands setting the
watch. 1t need never be opened. It is a RACKET
STEM inder, full jewelled balance movement
and as good time-keeper as any man wants.
The back of this watch is exquisiteIy engraved
by hand in design the general effeGtof which
, 1890-06-03

New YORK, June Rev. DR.. L. s.
Baldwin OF the Methodist Missionary So
ciety. lec.ured yesterday on the subject.
Must the Chinese Coz" He said the
Chinese government did not make the
suggestion to us that their people be per
mitted to emigrate to this country. The
Chinese were opposed to emigration. The
suggestion came from the United States.
and at that time he was especially needed
and welcomed in California. He built
the railways and did a w~orkingman's duty
everywhere. and added 5000, 100000 to
the value of her" lands by irrigation and
drainage. Yet she who derived more
benefit from the Chinaman than any other
state is led by a hoodfum. In the last
twenty-five years this country has accum-
ula'ed only zoe, 900 Cinnamon. Yet
within a year we get hundreds of thous-
ands of other foreigners as immigrants.
1t Is charged that the Chinese send their
money home. Well, how long has it
been a crime to do this2 The Chinese In
California carr 80 900, 900 a year. OF
this they send home 81, 600, 900. Yet, l
once heard John Boyle U'Reilly, of Bos-
ton, declare. with manifestations OF pride,
that the Irishmen in this country sent
$40. 000, 600 a year to their families in
Ireland. 1t Is urged hat they will not
become citizens, yet there is a law which
deprives them of the right to become
snch
, 1890-06-03
POISONED BY PARSNlP.
An Ontario Family Partake of
a Deadly Weed.
Two Die and Others in a Dan
gerous Condition.
A Methodist Minister Speaks
for John Chinaman.

OTTAWA. Ont, June 2.-Dead in bed,
with a dying sister on either side, lay
little Archie Campeau of Lake George
when a neighbor came in attracted by
the feeble cries of Help. help" An
other child in its death agony lay upon
the floor near by. Gasping and helpless
lay the mother and aged grandfather.
Mrs. Campeau managed to say they had
been poisoned. The village physician
was called. emetics administered aud be
fore he left the physician was successful
in saving the lives of three of the patients,
though the others are feared too far gone.
Wednesday old man Campeau went into
the woods to dig roots to make medicine
for a sick horse. He gathered a lot of
various kinds, including some which
tasted sweet aud Of which all the mem
bers of the family partook. and in a few
minutes all were taken with fearful
pains. 1t was in this condition the
woman found them. and the eldest boy,
about 9 years of age, died. The second
boy has since died and the doctor says
the old man and the infant are likely to
follow. 1t will be a close call for the
other three. The root, known as wild
p%arsuip, of which they took is deadly
poison.
, 1890-06-03

WASHINGTON. June 1.-The bill in
troduced by Senator Plumb today, as the
work of St. John of New York, is the
sane as the bill introduced by the sena.
tor last week. with the addition of the
following section;
dent of the United States shall be author.
itatively advised that the mints OF France,
Belgium and Italy are open for coinage
of their full tender silver money as free
from all limitations, changes and restric-
tons as for their gold, and upon the val
uation for gold and silver which is now
known as the Latin union coinage ratio,
it shall be the duty of the president to
issue a proclamation forthwith of the fol-
lowing provisions, which shall have the
force and effect of a law OF the United
States, namely:
l. Directing the secretary of the
treasury to forbid at once all further is.
suing of silver certificates and to require
that anv of the same in the treasury OF
the United States shall be cancelled and
destroyed.
2. To divide the new dollar coin of the
United States, which shall contain 400
grains of silver and be full tender for all
public debts and for all private debts. IN
less otherwise specified in any contract,
and to cause the same to be coined to the
utmost capacity of the United States,
limited only BY his legal discretion, until
300, 000, COO of said new standard silver
dollars shall be coined, and not fewer
than 2 900, 900 monthly thereafter.
3. To and after the date of said proc
lamation he shall purchase, on the de-
mand Of the holders of the same, all out
standing silver dollars of the present
standard weight, aud all outstanding sill,
yer certificates of the United States. at a
premium of three cents on the dollar on
each, with the issue of hereinhefore pro-
vided notes of the United States in pay
ment of the same.
4. And on and after the date of said
proclamation the utmost limit OF the pur.
chase price Of silver, under the provis-
ions of this act, is fixed at 800 grains of
fine silver.
, 1890-06-03

A good story is told on Justice Nc.
Donnell by some of his friends. John,
ny has a wooden leg, and one evening
recently while standing neal the cor
ner of Fifth and Hampshire streets,
the friends standing there with him
were surprised to see him raise his
wooden leg and scratch it. When
his friends related the fact Mcdonnell
denied the story, but three of his
friends insisted that he did scratch
his wooden leg, I'D the preponder-
ance of evidence being against the
justice, the reporter decided against
him, and held tba Justice Mcdonnell,
during a tempo ry alteration Of
mind, did scratch his wooden leg
Quincy Wing.
, 1890-06-03
Gladstone Denies a Rumor.

LONDON, June Gladstone, in re-
ply 10 questions by Liberals in Glasgow.
denies that he eyer stated that the shoot.
ing affair at Michaeltown. Ireland. and
the Siberian atrocities were parallel cut
RACES, though he spoke of them together.
Parliament reassembled today. In the
commons Sir Jas. Ferguson, p~arliamen-
tary secretary for the foreign Office. de-
clined to lay on the table a paper relative
to the negotiations with the United States
concerning the Behring sea trouble until
the question was settled. Sir James
also stated that neither the French nor
English governments had received any
information of the landing from a French
warship of officers and men on the coast OF
New F~oundland who ordered New Found,
land fishermen to remove their nets and
upon their refusal to do so removed them
themselves. He was sure that the off
GERS in both tho French and English ser
vices could be depended upon to preserve
a conciliatory attitude pending the ar
'rangement of the New Eoundland fisheries
trouble. The government had every rea
son to believe the alarming reports CON
corning the situation of affairs in New
Foundland were incorrect.
, 1890-06-03

BURLINGTON, Ia. June 2.-Eastern
Hancock county, Illinois, is ~convulsed
with excitement over the mysterious dis
appearance and supposed murder of a
handsome and popular young lady BY the
name of Ella Cordell, who has for a num-
Der of years resided in the family OF DIR.
d. M. Creel. Of Industry, on the eastern
line OF Hancock county. Miss Cordell,
who is aged about 20 years, left her home
Saturday morning last TO visit a friend in
Denver, Hancock county, Illinois. She
bad to make a change of cars at Golden,
Iii. Here she utterly disappeared from
the face of the earth. Great anxiety was
aroused in the minds of her relatives
and friends and a search was instituted at
once with no result, except that a vague
rumOr that a young lady had been seen in
a buggy with a man driving towards In
dustry, through the wild lands of the
Crooked creek bottom. Intense excite
ment was created today by the discovery
on a lonely island in Crooked creek, some
ten miles east of Industry, OF a newly
but roughly made grave, which had re-
Gently been rifed of its contents. The
appearance of the excavation showed that
a body clad in drapery of some sort had
been buried there. The conviction IS
universal that Miss Cordell has been
;toully dealt with, auo that her body was
placed in this grave and afterwards ex
ihumed. Hundreds of men are searching
THE woods tonight tor her remains, which
are supposed to be secreted in some
ahicket
, 1890-06-03

WASHINGTON, June "A conference
was ordered on the naval appropriation
bill.
Petitions were presented from Kansas
City for reciprocity in trade with Mexico (;
from New Hampshire and Vermont
against further concessions to Pacific rail-
roads, and in favor of the government
taking possession.
The senate bill to grant a right of way
through public lands for irrigation pur-
poses was reported and placed on the cal
endar.
Plumb introduced a bill prepared by
St. John, of New York, for the purchase
OF silver to use as lawful money. Refer
red to the committee on finance.
Dawes gave notice that he would to-
morrow ask the senate to consider the
Notifications bill. -
The silver bill was taken up and Morrill,
addressed the senate.
He said the waRe earners OF the United
States were to be counted by millions
and we're the most numerous class OF the
country. 1t was this class it was now
proposed to pay off in cheaper or in de-
preciated standard money and to re-
quire them to pay higher prices for every
thing they had to buy. Could there be
anything, he asked, more likely in all
parts of the country at an early day, TO
provoke strikes for higher wages? The
silver miners of Nevada and Colorado
wanted everything about gold struck out
aud SIMPLY say: I'VE want 40 per cent.
more profit" He believed by wise and
moderate legislation a sufficient mount
of silver might be utilized and yet a BIZ
metallic standard maintained. he did
not want to have the United States
divorced from the commercial world. But
that was pot'the policy OF those who led
of in the debate. Their transparent de-
sign was to go by a single bound to the
silver standard. If the country was to
have but a single standard he preferred
the standard should be gold rather than
silver. He would. however, like to have
both maintained, and with the expecta-
ton that with a very liberal increase of
silver. and with good management on the
part Of the treasury department, the value
of both would be preserved. Silver was
advan ing a good deal and gold receding
some.
Morrell argued against the proposition
to issue legal tender treasury notes in ex-
change for silver as unconstitutional.
The conference report on the military
academy bill was agreed TO.
The conference report on the army ap-
preparation bill was again taken up, and
the question in regard to canteens dis
cussed. Allison, who presented the re-
port, spoke in defense of it.
Hale predicted that if this canteen
system went into effect it would become
obnoxious; it would last but a little
while.
Plumb suggested that the movement
against the canteen system was in the
interest of the post traders.
Hale said it was a serious and grave
Observation-Disclosures the United States
government had for the first time em
barked in the selling of liquor to its sol
diers.
, 1890-06-03

COUNCIL BLUFFS. June "A special
to the Nonpdreil from Missouri Valley,
la, tells of the almost total destruction of
the village of Loveland yesterday by a
c%loudburst or waterspout. Loveland is
located in a gully in the Boyer valley.
A terrific storm passed over the valley and
near the upper end the cloudburst oc-
Cured, the water sweeping down through
the fated village, leaving hardly a house
intact aud destroying several lives.
Among the corpses identified SO far are
those 81 Mrs Sayles and son. One tam
lily passed all night in the tree top and
were rescued this morning. Several
persons are missing and the bodies not
yet found are supposed to AVE been car
ried down the valley by the water.
Later-Advices received late tonight
from the scene of the Loveland disaster
indicate hat first reports overestimated
Its magnitude Mrs. SALES is the only
person that is known to have been lost 80
far. The village is a small one, and the
pecuniarv damage. therefore, is not very
large. The river has subsidized to its usual
channel, but an all day search failed to
reveal any more bodies.
, 1890-06-03
Work in the Senate Behind.

WASHINGTON, June Am effort i:
being made by the senators interested in
the bills for the admission of Wyoming
and Idaho to secure an order of business
that will allow their consideration as soon
as possible. Work in the senate has got
ten a good deal behind within a month.
There is yet no date fixed for ending the
silver debate, and Senator Plat, chairman
of the committee on territories. is afraid
that the Wyoming and Idaho bills may be
DELAYED until the tariff bill talk begins, and
that would mean a postponement OF
weeks. He wants his bills considered in
advance ofany measures not now pending.
Many senators are with him, though no
final action has been taken.
, 1890-06-03

NEW York. June I'm the stock
market today. after the first hour, the
bears became very aggressive and aided
by the scarcity of money. were enabled to
keep the market in a feverish and weak
state and bring about material losses in
many stocks.
Governments dull.
Money on call tight at 4(941 per cent.
Petroleum opened at GOT, declined to
80. closing steady.
Following are closing prices of stocks.
Pacific 6s. 1874; American Express, llS;
Canada Pacific, 80; Canada Southern,
5St; Central Pacific. 35t; Burlington,
l44; Denver Il RIO Grande, 1871; Erie.
28t; Kansas & Texas. ISL; Lake Shore,
ll2i; Louisville & Nashville. S94; Michi.
gan Central. 1929: Fargo Express, l45;
Western Union, 65; Missouri Pacific, 72i;
Northern Pacific, 35t; preferred, :s3,
Northwestern, lis; preferred, las;
New York Central, 1921; Oregon I'm.
provement, 4s; Oregon Naviga.
ton. lO4i; Oregon Short Line, 4SI;
Transoontinental, 474; Pacific Mail,
All; Reading, ACT; Rock Island,
94f; Milwaukee l. st. Paul, 76E; Texas
Pacific, 2ls; Union Pacific, est; United
States Express, 70; American cotton
oil oct.
CHICAGO. June 2.-Cattle-Receipts
$4,000. Market steady aud lOc higher.
Beeves 81 8O(G5O 90; stock ers and feed.
ers, 81 40(93 so; steers. So. 50(94.7 10,
Texas steers, 81 4O(93. 80.
Sheep-Receipts. 10000. Market
steady and lower. Natives, 50. SOFA SIS. rs,
westerns, 81. SOC IS. 10; Texans, 5000
81. so.
The Dropers' Journal special cable
from London quotes good to choice
American steers 2tc higher than last Mon.
day. at ll@llac per ID estimated deaC
weight.
Wheat-Firm. Cash, June 92l. July
93t.
Corn-Steady. Cash, 33t; June, 33t
| July a
, 1890-06-03

WASHINGTON, June 2.-On motion of
Wilson, of Washington, the rules were
suspended and the house passed the bill
granting the Portland & Puget Sound
Railway company right of way through
the Puyalley Indian reservation.
On motion Of Smith, of Arizona. the
rules were suspended and the house passed
the bill transferring the expense of the
trial of Indians for crimes committed on
other Indians in the territory from the
territory to the United States.
O'Neill presented a memorial from the
Philadelphia Board of Trade favoring the
establishment of a postal telegraph.
, 1890-06-03

The word p~reposterous is literally
applicable to a state of things in which
the natural order is reversed, as when
the cart gets before the horse.
Have you seen wolf and a pack Of
dogs pass this way1" asked a hunter of
a farmer.
That's what, answered the farmer;
'.and gee whiz, want they goin',
thought"
Good! How were they making it,"
wal, when they went by here the
dogs was a leetle ahead. youths
Companion.