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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-12
A MURDER TRIAL.
Thae of Professor W. Z. Moore, Charged
with Numbering Mr.. Dennis in
Parker County.
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
WEATHERFoRD, TEX, June ll.-One Of
the most important murder trials tried III
the courts of this county for years, is now
on trial in the district court. The defend
ant is Professor w. G. Moore, charged with
the murder of Mir. Dennis in Poolville in
of the leading teachers in the county, was
born and raised in Parker county, his
father being one of the foremost farmers in
the county, and, as a natural consequence,
considerable interest is manifested through
out in the case. \ great many citizens from
the north and west parts of the county are
in attendance, among whom there are a
great many ladies. Mr. Dennis had been in
the county only short time, hailing from
Arkansas. 4 jury was secured from the
special venire at 3 O'Clock, and the examin-
alton of witnesses has been in progress
since.
In the case of the State vs. Tabor Brown,
on trial for the last two days, charged with
theft of horses, the jury rendered verdict
of not guilty this morning.
On Monday at S: 80 p. m, there were de-
lightful exercises at the Texas female semi
nary consisting of drill in physical cul-
ture and 4 farce. These exercises were in
tertaining.
On Tuesday s 80 p. M, the grand concert
was given. These exercises show thorough
training. Indeed it can be said truthfully
that tirst-class work has been done in all
departments during the scholastic year of
the college, which has just closed.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-12
DALLAS,
GLOVE CONTEST BETWEEN ED B.
WHITE AND LOUIS LEE.
a Grocery Company Gives n Trust Deed.
Contract for Artesian Wells-Cotton
Buyers Meet at Oak Cliff:
Special to the Gazette.

'SptCldl 70 IllG tHdZtlIc.
DALLAS, Ten. June 1.-THE glove con-
test between Louis Lee. champion all
around athlete of Texas, and Ed B. White
of Chicago for $3.50 side, has been ar
ranged and will take place at Oak Cliff on
the 22nd instant. Mike Conley has been
selected as stakeholder. the final deposit
being made to-day. White is in training at
Fort Worth and is very snowy sparrer,
but Lees friends in Dallas think their man
a sure winner on account of his superior
and staying qualities. Some
sporting men even go so far as TO say the
fight will not last ten rounds. Lee is train
ing at the fair grounds and also works in
the new gymnasium aud will be in excel
lent trim.
Nanuie Woodrough. a fallen woman,
committed suicide this morning by taking
morphine She was a native OF Missouri,
but what town Is not known
The Britt grocery company to-day gave .
trust deed TO their stock of groceries,
wagons, etc, TO pay the following debts:
Fourth National bank, $3.50; Boren &
Stewart, $500; Western provision company,
SCI Mrs. Sarah Britt, $1,000; Bassett, Seay
n Muse, 800; total, SIN. All creditors
reside in Dallas.
The city council have let the contract for
sinking three twelve-inch artesian wells
and two eight-inch wells, all TO be COM
pleted within four months. The contract
is for wells 1000 feet in depth.
\ number of cotton buyers from various
Texas towns are in the city to-day and had
a meeting nj the Windsor hotel for the pur
pose of talking over matters Of interest per-
tanning 10 the cotton trade.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-12
MURDER AT WICHITA FALLS.
A Negro Woman Killed While in Bed-Her
Divorced Husband Suspected.
Placed Under Arrest.
Special to the Gazette.


WICHITA FAILS, TEX, June n.-Last
night there was a terrible murder com
mitted in town, the victim being negro
woman who had been the wife of Dock
Brotherton, but it seems that at this time
they were divorced, but during the time
they lived together girl was born
unto them, who Is, at this time, about
two years old, and was in the bed with the
woman at the time she was murdered
about midnight. The wOman's brains were
beaten out with car coupling pin. It
seems there is a pretty clear case against the
negro Brotherton. When the child was
asked who killed the woman, she said:
Dock done it.n It is said the woman was
chloroformed before she was murdered.
BrOtherton was arrested Immediately and
had his examining trial this morning be
fore Hon. Otis T. Bacon, mayor, and the
general opinion is that he will be very apt
to stretch hemp in due time.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-12

Special to the Gazette.
New ORLEANS, La, June l1-Atwood,
Violet & Co. say:
Futures-A declining of 3 points in Liver
pool aud 4 recovery Of l, summarize the
situation to-day. This market closes L
lower on summer months and fractionally
better Oh the new crop. \ prominent Gal
weston house makes a report based on ex-
tensive returns from Texas, as follows:
Increase in acreage over last year. 6..G !;
also the condition is ESQ better and that
the growth is only six days later The lat
ter can easily be more than recovered
With the present favorable conditions we
consider crop prospects daily improving"
The movement continues heavy: port re-
ceipts to-day 300, against 1900 last year
Spots quiet and easy. Sales ll00 Quota
lions unchanged.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-12

New YORK, June 1l-Trading in about
half dozen stocks comprised all there was
of interest in the stock market to-day, but
among those shares most decidedly firm
tone prevailed during the greater portion
of the day, and more uniform upward
movement was established. If any
thing. the late crop report was stimulating
in its influences, and Changers We're the
features of the limited dealings, IndustrialS
taking a more subservient position. The
market closed dull and steady about the
highest prices.
Railroad, government and state bonds
I,Ill
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-12
nrunk-wanted to FfSht-shat.

SALEM, ALA. June r.-McConnell Shelby,
son of Col Charles NJ. Shelby, ex-congress-
man of the Fourth Alabama district, ac-
companied by Sumpter Lee, Jr., entered a
saloon at midnight where Ben Burch was
playing pool, walked up to Burch and hand
ing him a telegram asked him to send it.
Burch pointed out boy by-stander named
Ben Graft, telling him he was a telegraph
operator. They handed the telegram and
money TO Ben Graft, who told them he was
no operator. Shelby and his companion
then turned on Burch and wanted TO fight
because Of the joke. Burch went behind
the bar counter, followed by Shelby,',who
carried a hammer in his hand. Burch went
out Of the bar ana returned in few
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-12
Oak Cliff.
Special 10 the Gazette.

OAK CLIFF, DALLAS COUNTY, Tex, June
1.-THE English opera company is still
greeted with large audiences at the
nightly production of Amorita The opera
going people know good troupe when they
hear it and their patronage is but evidence
that they have found what they want.
Amorita will hold the boards for the bal
ance of the week. when an entire change of
programme will be made.
The official returns of the election on in
corporation have not yet been announced
by the county attorney, but probably will
he within the next couple of days. His
honor will also order an election for mu-
nicipal officers
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-12
Hartley County Litigation.

correspondence VI lIIt OdZtltC.
CLAIMING, HARTLEY COUNTY, TEX, June
4.-The quo warranto suit to disorganize
Hartley county was on the Sd inst dis
missed for want of jurisdiction. the court
holding that the suit should have been filed
in Hartley county instead of Oldham county.
supreme court, whittier the case will go for
a possible revision. For the past three
months the fact that such suit was pend
ing has furnished deal of speculation and
conjecture among this people, and the aver
age citizen could have at most any time told
exactly how it would end
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-12
Killed by the Heat.

Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, Ten, June 1l.-Mr Buereer,
an elderly gentleman residing at 800 Griffin
street, was overcome with heat and died
about O'Clock this evening. He was seated
in front of his residence when he sud
denly fell forward from his chair in an IN
conscious state. Medical aid was obtained.
bnt the gentleman soon expired. The at
tending physicians said it was from over
heat
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-12
KILLED BY A TRAIN.

One Horse of Team at GainesyilIe-A
Narrow Escape-Sentenced.
Special 10 the Gazette.
GAINESVILLE, Cook COUNTY, Ten, June
IA Santa Fe freight train ran into a
team on Scott street to-day, killing one of
the horses. There were two men in the
wagon at the time who had a narrow es-
cape.
A letter received in this city to day from
Denver, Col, stated that r. W. King, alias
r. L. Parks, who recently forged checks on
Tyler & Simpson of this city had been CON
victed in four cases of forgery and sentenced
to the penitentiary.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-12
A Teamster Hurt.
II 11f5erl
special to the Gazette.

SptCIdI % ILe daLSlIt-
BRooKsToN, LAMAR COUNTY, TEX,
June 1l.-This morning. while J. w.
Shields, an employe on Berry Bro; IS hay
farm, lately of Smithville, Tenn, was
hauling hay from the field to the press. he
was dangerously though not fatally hurt,
being caught between a shed and the
wagon. AT this writing ne is resting as
well as could be expected.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-12
Proposes TO Hold His Church.

PITTsBURG, Pa, June 1l.-Rev. o. B.
Milligan, pastor of the East End Reformed
Presbyterian church, and one of the young
ministers expelled from the church by the
synod yesterday, has decided 10 hold his
church. On next Sunday, with 100 follow
ers. he will occupy his old pulpit and he
proposes 10 continue as pastor of the
church
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-12

minutes with rife. He ordered the men
out of the building. Shelby advanced on
him, whereupon he fired, the ball striking
Shelby below the left nipple, infiicting q
very serious wound. Shelby and his COM
panion were drinking and noisy. They live
in Birmingham.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-12
Galveston Spot.

Comparative Statement of the spot Mar
kstS.
Special TO the Gazette
GALVESTON, TEX, June ll.-rhe following are
the closing quotations for cotton on the spot
to-day at the leading markets. together with
the closing for middling yesterday, with to-
day sales:
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-12
THE FORT WORTH MARKET.

TAu quotations below are revised daily by lead
ing dealers, and will be found reliable, whole
sale and retail. as specified.
PROVISIONS AND STTNDRIEs
Following quotations are on The basis OF job
lots:
Fish-New mackera,, half bb,.. No. /. 9 500.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-12

Exchange at New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS LA, June Ii.
Special to the Gazette.
Sterling Commercial. 80 days. A s3Il94 "a
Francs-Commercial 20 days......5 22is
New York sight-Bank ............ 100 premium
commercial, Observation-Disclosures. 40 premium
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-12
FINANCIAL.


Special 10 the Gazette.
LONDON. June lt.-Consols closed o. 3-i6 for
money; for silver, AN.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-12
COTTON MARKETS.
Liverpool Futures.

New York Futures.
Special TO the Gazette
NEW YORK. June lL-Cotton futures closed
steady. early months 10 8 points lower, late
months higher
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-12


NEW ORLEANS. Ia, June 1L--rOttcn futures
closed quiet but steady and practically I'M
rhaDred
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-12

Exchange at New York.
NEW YORK, June IL.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-12
Receipts and Exports at All United States
Ports.
GALVESTON TEX, June IL

Stocks at all the United States Ports.
GALVESTON, TEX, June IL.
Special TO the Gazette.
Stocks this day .A1 ,4e4
Stocks this day last year. l52 S57
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-12
Exchange at Galveston.
Bonds and Stocks.

Special to the Gazette.
NEW YORK, June 1l.-Bonds and stocks closed
at the following prices bid;
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-12

Special to the Gazette.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-12
Galveston Sugar Market.

Special to the Gazette.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-09-02
shootsnr annr nt Nirh,.


Illuminated night sights are now in
use on the guns Of many Of the British
warsinps, The front sight consists Of
pala green glass, point up, beneath which
is placed g small iseandescent lamp.
The rear sight is similar in principle. ok
cept that instead of the cone there is a
metal crossbar with v notch in the
middle.
There is polished under surface to
this sight from which light that first
passes through ruby glass is reflected.
In sighting the pale green point of light
which constitutes the forward sight is
brought to the bottom of the v notch in
the rear sight and the line Of the ruby
light is brought into coincidence with
it. The electric current for each gun is
supplied by battery Of two elements,
50 arranged that tbs action may be
stopped by turning the battery upside
down. Philadelphia Record.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-09-02

should any Of the following symptoms
be experienced, an ocnIist Of repute
should be consulted: Spots or sparks 81
light floating before the eyes; quivering
OF the lids or sensation Of sand in the
eye: perceptible fatigue or the require.
meat Of strong light in reading; che
holding Of objects at arms length or
close to the eye; squirting one eye or
seeing objects double; dizziness or dart.
ing pains in the eyshalls or over the
temple; perceiying colored circle
around the lamp; seusitiveness OF the
eyeballs or contraction Of the visual
field; burning Of the vision or being an.
able to see objects distinctly at dis.
lance; watering or redness Of the eyes
OF lids; running together of the letters
when reading, or seeing the vertical bet
ter than the horizontal lines. Exchange.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-09-02
A Parret.a ConoeIt.

My aunt had parrot that had been
taught to sing the first stanza Of There
is Happy Land, and Polly was very
proud of her VOICE One day a neigh.
Dor brought over her canary to be Kept
while she was away from home. NJ
sooner would the canary commence sing.
ing than Polly would bristle'her seathers
and cry ont; You don't sing right you
don't sing right Hear Polly singl'
Then Polly would execute "There Is a
Happy Land" TO the best of her ability
One evening my uncle, who is some.
what deaf, was telling me that there wa.
a concert in the town half, aud he SHOULD
like TO 20, but did not think be could
hear Whereupon the parrot shrieked
'Pollyil singh Polly'll make you hearl
The gentleman turned conrteously to
her. Thank You, pollyl I'll stay at
home and hear you'll" he said She danced
about her cage in delight Beautiful
Pollyl Polly can singh" she kept saying
softly to herself, with pride in her ac.
complishment that was amusing to see
Wide Awake
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-09-02
salt Making Among the chlne,e

A wonderful example of patience in
the Chinese is afforded by a consular re-
port dealing with the manufacture Of
salt in central China Holes about six
inches in diameter are bored in the rock
by means Of = primitive form of iron
drill, and sometimes period of forty
years elapses befoae the coveted brine is
reached, SO that the work is carried on
from one generation to another. During
this time the boring, as may be irnag.
ined, goes down 10 an immense depth.
When brine is found it is drawn up in
bamboo tubes by rope working over a
large drum turned by bullocks The
brine is evaporated in iron caldrons. the
heat being supplied by natural gas,
which is generally found in the yicinity
Of the salt wells.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-09-02
submarine Teiephon.s.


The difficulty Of submarine telephony
over great distances is the fact of con.
siderable electrostatic capacity in the
cable, the result OF this being retarda-
ton and reformation Of the electrical
impulses transmitted. II line could be
made of very, very low resistance, so
that the electric current would have the
freest possible discharge, the evil effect
OF this capacity would be in part done
away with, The relation between these
two things has been determined in
somewhat empirical way. Calling the
total resistance Of a telephone wire r
and its total capacity in microferads K
successful speaking, with our present
instrument, is really an impossibility
when the product KR Of the resistance
OF the line in ohms by its capacity in
microferads is greater than about II, 900
In the very best Atlantic cable KR
equals somewhere near 1900, 900, SO that
unless there should be some totally new
developments in telephony we can see at
once that successful telephoning across
the Atlantic is very improbable on &C.
count Of the enormous cost Of q conduct
or OF low resistance and capacity, If for
no other reason Electrical Engineer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-09-02
Arnrn.a Mn,le.tu-


Arago. the great French scientist, was
never seen. with decoration ON his
breast, Iie valued hoRors slightly. Onp
evening Leverrier. the astronomer, called
on him on his way to dine with minis
ter He expressed a wish to appear
decorated with an order, to which he
was entitled, having received the official
notice of the honor. although he had not
as yet the decoration itself.
"Open that drawer" said Arago, land
take whatever you want"
In that drawer were all the crosses
and ribbons which kings and empsrors
confer.
While Arago wished above everything
to promulgiete science and to make his
researches useful. he did not attempt to
identify himself forever with his dis
coveries by writing books. He had no
time for writing, but contented himself
with noting the results Of his work in the
record Of the bureau of longitude, or an
nouncing it verbally to the academy
Youths Companion
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-09-02
The HTsst Of Travel.

II is impossible TO compare nations al
if they were individuals. Each nation
has, so to speak, grown mp In an atmos-
phere of it's own. We must recognize
the peculisrities of other people as neces.
sary features Of them. and by 20 means
as characteristics meant to excite laugh
ter in the rest Of the world. When first
| travelled abroad was much amused
by the way the common German eats
with his knife. But habit and meas
ure Of experience have toned down these
feelings until they hardly exist IN me
And nowadays am rs much at home
with the long haired woodman Of q Sar.
diniaa forest, in his griiny little hut, az
IN my own Enghsh den AMONG my books
and pictures. -All the Year Round.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-09-02
ArtleIes Llrted hy ElsetrIcltx.

1t is well known scientific fact that
ruler made of hardrubber or gutta percha
may be so charged with electricity by
friction with a wooden cloth that it will
cause to be attracted to it small pieces of
paper This fact has been made use of
in machine devised to pick up separate
ly single sheets of thin ana hight materi-
al, like paper, hight fabrics, ETC., in such
a manner thai e2eh s.cc.. may be re-
moved and examined. This machine
consists of roller formed of substance
capable Of being charged with electricity
and roller covered with fur, which is
rotated at high speed.
During the operation the electrified
roller approaches the pile Of paper by the
action of an eccentric, and attracts the
upper sheet, the next sheet below being
repealed by the well known law of el.c-
tricity The first sheet now falls upon a
continuance which is inserted in the
meantime between the pile aud the de-
tached sheet, and can be easily removed
or fed into a ruling machine. if desired
New York Telegram.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-09-02
The rashIsnAbis Dinnsr rable.

The fashionable dinner table Is square
It should be large enough to accom-
modate comfortably the number Of
people 70 be seated. No more guests
should be invited than will serve
to make twelve people IN all. on 40
count of the number Of pieces Of
china in each course Of dinner service.
Heavy white damask is used for the
tablecloth, and this should be hem
stitched all around. The fashionable
patterns in damask are small figures,
and these mostly in the form of fine
ferns. fine flowers, single rosebuds, pinks,
chrysanthemums. carnations and long
grasses. In the center Of the table is
placed the piece of dainty linen beauti-
fully embroidered in colored silks, rep
resenting national flowers in all their
brilliancy.
Upon this centerpiece is placed the
bouquet or flowers. or the large candela-
bra The smaller embroidered pieces
which are used under separate dishes
and cendiment jars, should be exact inn
itatioas Of the centerpiece, and If that Is
square. all the small pieces should be
square; If round. the same rule holds.
and If the edges are serrateG the edges
Of all must be cut in the same shape. =
Fashion journal
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-09-02

Whatever the measures adopted. the
principle Of isolation is the essence Of all
genuine disinfection. Its efficiency for
this purpose was well shown at EPSON
common. One Of the children in a gypsy
encamplnent having been taken III with
scarlet fever, WAS. along with its mother.
very successfully separated from the rest
Of the community by the simple expedi.
ent of ring fence made Of rope drawn
around the infected tent and regularly
watched.
The result WIS that the slow progress
OF convalescence was passed through and
disinfection completed without further
extension Of the disease, The surveyor.
Mr.. Harding, is to be congratulated ON
the success of his novel and effectual
maneuver. The satisfactory result thus
easily attained is of Obvious Importance
ana the simple method employed de-
serves to be remembered in case Of emer
gencies Of similar kind. London Ian.
Get
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-09-02
Onward. Llye to a Grent Aro.

Contrary to their huge rivals in in
terest, awarfs frequently attain great
age. Richebourg. who died in Paris in
1888, was ninety years old. He was
only twenty-three inches high some
thing less than the stature of our own
most celebrated dwarf, General Tom
Thumb The first English dwarf of
whom there is authentic record was only
u feet high till thirteen years Of age,
though he afterward attained the height
Of 3 feet 8 inches This was Jeffery
Hudson, who was presented TO Queen
Henrietta by the Duchess OF Bucking
ham
Hudson on that occasion surprised the
company by stepping out of pie He
is said TO have fought two duels-one
with a turkey cock and one with "a Nj
Crofts, whom he shot and killed. Hud-
son died in his sixty-third year in the
Gate House prison, having been accused
as a conspirator in the popish plot. =
New York Times.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-09-02
Clearing 0ut
SAIE.

For the next ten days we
will mae you prices on the fol
lowing goods that cannot fail
to attract your attention
Laces, Embroideries, Black
and White Flouncings, Black.
and White Lawns, Black Laces
Of the latest styles and pat
terms, Ladies Low Cut Shoes
made by Thos. Bolton & Co.,
Of Rochester, N. Y The fa-
nous SILVER King" Shirt, POO
thread linen, at 4oc.
Our entire line of the above
goods will be priced to you at
honest New York cost, which
will be a clear saving Of at
least IS per cent This deep
cut is made in order to make
room for our fall shipment and
advertise our business. We
respectfully invite your inspec-
ton, and feel confident we can
please you.
Very truly
ORR BROS.