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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-09
Suicide Near Roanoke.

Special 70 the Gazette.
ROANOKE. DENTON COUNTY, TEX. Aug
S.-.Ar. r j. Allison. who lived with his
fathef in-aw, Mr.. Hall. five miles north of
Roanoke, committed suicide this morning
faboA1 o'clock by shooting himself through
ttIefhead with a 44-caliber pistol, killing
,Hmself instantly. No cause is assigned for
the rash act other than dissipation Mr.
Allison went to Fort Worth last Tuesday,
and returned Friday morning in company
with one Williams, hired the hveryulan
here 10 carry them out to Mr.. Halls. De-
CEASED came from Alabama to Texas in
March, 1890, married Mr. Halls daughter
jim November 1890, and has since resided at
Mr.. Halls, or in that neighborhood Mrs
Allison says he has told her several times
during the last three or four months that
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-09
CAPT. S. D. RAlNEY DEAD.
The Father of ). d. Rainey, Jr., of Fort
Worth.

Special 10 the Gazette.
MARSHALL. HARRISON COUNTY. Ten.
Aug. S.--Died, in this city at 30 Saturday
morning. after lingering illness Capt. =.
D. Rainey. His remains We're Inferred in
Marshall cemetery Saturday afternoon ut
O'Clock. Capt. Rainey was born in Oglc-
thorpe county, Ga, i'll the year 1916. In
February, 1891. he moved TO Texas, settling
in Bowie county. In 1S41 ne WAS married
to Miss Mary J. Russell. Several years
later he moved to k'annin county, where he
resided until the year 1860. when he moved
to Marshall. Harrison county. where he has
since lived. Capt, Rainey was made Royal
Arch Mason in GAINESVILLE in 1s47 He was
a consistent member OF the Baptist church
having been u deacon for Il number of wears
He leaves widow and two sons. \. d.
Rainey of Fort Worth, Who is engaged in
the banking business, and j. w. Rainey of
Greenville. also Il banker
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-09
A Bad Stab.


TRENTON, Ten. Aug. S.-A cutting ARRAY
occurred last night. three miles north of
this place. at protracted meeting. which
may result fatally 10 Ike Berry. lad aged
seventeen. The facts, as learned from par
ties coming in after u physician. are as fol
lows: Young Berry, who had mounted his
horse, was approached by VIII Blackwell.
aged about eighteen, who began abusing
Berry. Berry at once dismounted TO settle
the racket, whereupon, it is said. Blackwell
struck Berry heavy blow with L knife in
the right side. infiIcting a painful AID per
haps fatal wound. Blackwell has not as
vet been arrested
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-09

CHICAGO Ill. Aug. S.-The National
forge and iron company, manufacturers of
bar iron. car axles and forging. and makers
of railway and constructions works in East
Chicago, Ind. made Il voluntary assignment
to-day. This company and its predecessors
have been doing business for many years,
and has a capital stock of 100000. Gilbert
B. Shaw, president of American trust
saving bank. was appointed assignee, and
gave bond in the sum of 100000. The as
sets of the company are said TO be from
$3.50, 900 10 800, 900, and liabilities about the
same. The failure is due to the depression
in the value of iron and other metals. and
to the failure of the Union rolling stock
company, which owed over $4,000 TO the
National forge and iron company.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-09
Pulling Away from Parnell.

DUBLIN. Aug. S--A telegram has been
received in this city from Belfast, stating
that MessrS. Dillon and O'Brien have per
suaded four of the irish members Of the
house of commons, who since the d!srup-
ton in the Irish parliamentary party IOl-
lowed the leadership of Mr. Parnell. 10 Sc
cede from the Parpeilite section ami %
cast their fortunes with the NcCartuyire
section. who are opposed TO Mr.. ParreI Is
leader of the IriSh cause.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-09
The NARROW Mob Case.

Special 70 the Gazette.
uGRAHAM, TEX, Aug. S.-Last night when
the news was received that Judge Harlan
mad granted the application for bail Of L.
G. Logan and others. pending an appeal 10
the supreme court of the Tilted States. in
the NARROW mob case. there was great re-
joicing among the friends of the prisoners
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-09

WAsHINGToN. Aug. S-The attorney
general has given an opinion To Actin See
rotary Nettleton. that there Is no lr"J OBJ
lection TO the payment Of the salary to Mrs.
Susan GaleCoolie as secretary OF the board
of lady managers of the Worlds fair, rs II
will be allowed by the department.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-09
Denied by One of the Directors.

LONDON. Aug. s.-Charles T Yerl1es. one
of the directors of the Chicago gas trust, de
MES the statement that the old board Jug
gled away $3.50, 900 from the treasury. The
new board feel bitter because it was inter
ested in starting the Economic gas com
pany. which can afford to sell gas at figures
which would break the old company.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-09
Killed at Tricl<ham.


SptVIdI 70 INT VtIIt'lIV
SAN ANGELO, Tom GREEN COUNTY. Tex,
Aug. S.-LaSt night Steve Porter, i stock
man, was killed at Trichham, Coleman
county, by Lee Shield, ! prominent mer-
chant and eX-representative from that dis
trict. Shield gave himself up 70 the Of
ficers. No particulars could De learned.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-09

Special TO the Gazette.
AUSTIN, Ten. Aug. s.-The following
announcement is made by the educational
department:
The amendment to the school law pro-
vides for an annual examination to be held in
each senatorial district in Texas, at which
teachers certificates, valid throughout the
state for ten years, may be obtained. These
examinations will begin on the 18th of
August al the following places:
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-09

he intended to kill himself. but she never
thought re really intended 10 d. suoh q
thing. She says Furthermore that lie has
always been kind 10 her. when he was
drinking as well as when sober
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-09
An EXhange of Honors.

COPENHAGEN, Aug. Skiing Christian Of
Denmark recently conferred upon President
Carnot of France the decoration of the
Danish Order of the Elephant. President
CarlS16e turn conferred upon Prince Chris
DsseRh. eldest son of Grown Prince Frederick
of Denmark, the Grand Cross Of the Legion
of Honor.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-09
CAPITAL Culling s.

Charteed-The Waco lawn tennis asso-
Nation. 4sfapitaf, $4,000
81 The Sunset club of San Antonio. Capt.
tai, $50
fife assessment roll of Dickens county
sshovs a decrease of s126,431 in taxable
valnes.
Wilson Turner the man shot Thursday
by Ayng Hill, died about o'clock this
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-09

NEW YORK. Aug. S.-The body of Mrs.
William T. Coleman was found in de-
composed condition on bed in a hut on
Fifty-ninth street. The drunken hus band
lay beside her obliviouS of his wife's death
There were evidences of violence. but
Coleman said that he knew nothing
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-09
TO DAM THE NOLAN.
To be Located Five Miles from CIeburne.
4 scheme TO Pipe the Water
Special to the Gazette

SPECIAL 70 Inc IaLcIIe.
CLEBURNE, JOHNSON COUNTY. TEX. Aug
S.-Teams have been engaged and work
will begin in few days on an immense
dam to be made on Nolan river five mile,
west of the city. It IS rumored that the
Santa F'e railroad company is interested in
the work, and VIII pipe the water here to
use in their engines and shops and that it
Will apply to the city for a franchise and
run in competition to the present system.
The city is somewhat excited over the
matter, and while il is not definitely known
who has charge Of il, yet the fact that an
immense amount of water viii soon be Sc
cured, is enough TO make our drouth-
stricken people rejoice
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-05
Before You Clean House.

Long before the calendar says it is
time to begin house cleaning you should
look over the magazines, papers, dis
abled furniture, discarded garments
and household ornaments which even
twelve months accumulate so wonder
fully. BE brave, and do not save an
lndiscriminate mass of articles against
The possible needs of the seventh year
of which we hear so much. Give away
The best of the old garments and sell
the remainder to the junkman. The
magazines and papers which you do
not intend to have bound or to utilize
in your scrapbook will be eagerly read
in some hospital or other institution
Even the furniture and ornaments will
greatly brighten the dreary surround
ngs of some poor family. Have the
courage of your convictions in dealing
with the contents of trunks and boxes
Dispense with non-essentials and sys-
tematize the remainder, and your re-
ward will be delightful sense of space
and feeling of almost physical relief
Ladies' Home Journal.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-05
Women and Conxersat ton.

In our time any one who seeks to
improve conversation will soon find
himself in the dilemma of modern
painters and novelists. Burning to fill
their works with a moral purpose, and
desiring to deal frankly with the prob
lens of our time, they find themselves
confronted with the British matron''
and the American "young person. "
Now, these are the most devout wor.
shippers at Mrs. Grundy's shrine. On
the education of women they impose
their superstitions. Hence men are apt
to think that the presence of the aver.
age woman imposes a restraint, not
really moral, but mental, and which
tends to make conversation thin or un-
real.
Mrs. Wynne Finch asked of Nine.
Mohl French in everything but BIRTH
permission to bring a friend. my
DEAR" said Nine. Mohl, eff your friend
is a man bring him without thinking
twice about it; but if she is a woman
think well before you bring her, for OF
all the creatures God ever created none
does spoil society like an English lady. u
-Gentleman's Magazine.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-05
A Parliamentary Fog Filter.

Far down in the recesses of the house
of commons, beneath the feet of un-
.suspecting senator's, is a spectacle which,
if it could be exhibited in a public place
in London, would send thrill of horror
through the community. tits a vast layer
of what at first sight looks like cotton
wool that has been first dragged through
the Thames mud and finally sprinkled
over with ink. Originally it was mass
of virgin white cotton wool. For many
years the resident engineers have been
battling with the fog. They have modi-
fed its effects within the house, but
never till now have they succeeded in
absolutely conquering it.
A layer of cotton wool is prepared,
and the air, drawn from outside, is SIM
ply driven through it by force of a
steam fan. The bed of cotton wool is six
inches thick, and the area in use has
extended over 800 feet. The effect OF
the process is simply startling. If this
filth had not been arrested by the layer
of cotton wool it would have passed
into the house and into the lungs OF
honorable members. -Galignani's Mes
senger
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-05

At an evening party given by the
Prince of Wales was young lord. 1t
was his first invitation and his royal
highness showed him particular atten-
ton, which so impressed the young
nobleman that he came to regard him
self as a particular favorite of the
prince. He even went so far as to
declare that he would get the prince
to wait upon him in person. He was
laughed at for his pains; then a bet
was proposed and accepted After
dinner, when all the gentlemen had re-
tired to the billiard room, the flavor
tie" suddenly called out:
Look here, Walesl Be good enough
to ring for a glass of punch"
Everybody was thunderstruck; but
the prince, with genial smile, walked
up to the bellrope and rang. When
the footman came in he quietely said:
"Get this gentleman-hi carriage y
Westfulischer Kurter.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-05
Hoodoos of tho National Park.

hoooOob u tho NatiOn6i Iarks
One of the wonders of the Nationa,
park of the Yellowstone are the barren
and oddly shaped rocky columns known
as the 'Hoodoos," because of their re-
semblance at a distance to fantastical-
ly dressed human beings. Hoodoo
mountain lies about fifty miles to the
southeast of the grand canyon of the
Yellowstone, and forms a distinct at
traction by itself. High up on the side
of the mountain and obscured from
view at short distance, lies low,
fat tract or basin, containing large
numbers of rocky pillars, shafts and
spires, worn into, the most grotesque
shapes by the action of the elements.
The forms of animals, human beings,
churches, and a multitude of animate
and inanimate objects can be traced in
the rocks, the variety being limited
only by the imagination of the behold
er. The storms of ages have worn
deep channels among the rocks, through
which the visitor wanders as in a be-
wildering labyrinth. 1t is weird spot,
and one never tires of threading its
rocky mazes and gazing upon times
sculpturings. West Shore.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-05
Ex-soldiers and the Mail Service.

Most persons do not know that the
present railway mail service, like a
number of other things, was an out
growth of the war, and was first placed
in operation upon the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad between Chica-
go, Ills, and Clinton, Ia, in June,
1854. The material drawn upon for
the work was to great extent the ex-
soldiers of the war of the rebellion,
and it is now acknowledged that with
out them the service could not have
reached its high standard of efficiency.
They were Injured to hardships, accus-
TONED to discipline, industrious, faith
full and as obedient at long range as
under the eyes of their officers. They
were also found to be full of resources
in emergencies, capable of seeing where
improvements were desirable and of in.
diligently making valuable practical
suggestions. indianapolis Journal.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-05

Taken dao0y
sick headache, bilious headache,
dizziness, constipation, indigestion,
bilious attacks, and all derange-
ments of the liver, stomach and
bowels. It's large contract, but
the smallest things in the world do
the business-Dr. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets. They're the smallest, but
the most effective. They go to
work in the right way. They
cleanse and renovate the system
thoroughly-but they do it mildly
and gently. You feel the good
they do but you don't feel
them doing it. As q Liver Pill,
they're unequaled. Sugar coated,
easy to take, and put up in walls,
and Theoretically sealed, and thus
always fresh and reliable. A per
feet vest pocket remedy, in small
walls, and only one necessary for a
laxative or three for cathartic.
They're the cheapest pill you can
buy, because they're guaranteed to
give satisfaction, or your money is
returned.
You only pay for the good you
get.
That's the peculiar plan all DIR.
Pierce's medicines are sold on,
through druggists.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-05

Un1qne Msehod of~Orfbbtng."
The following incident occurred In
Scotland: A preliminary examination
In connection with a bursary was held
in one of the towns of Lanarkshire, the
place of examination being the parish
school.
When the morning of the examine
ton arrived one of the competitors was
noticed to be wearing a pair Of spec
tacles. As this was new departure
on his part, some remarks were Of
course made, but he explained 1t by
saying that his eyes were naturally
weak, and he had put spectacles on
just for that day, to counterfeit the
effect of too continuous writing This
appearing satisfactory, no further notice
was taken of II.
However, during the progress of the
examination, he was noticed frequently
to look intently on the desk, as If
searching for something. This oc-
CURED so often that at the conclusion
the examiner asked him what he had
been doing. He, however, replied that
he had done 1t to relieve his eyes.
Being, however, still dubious, the ex-
aminer then asked permission to look
at the spectacles, on which he discov-
cred that they were strong magniiers.
His suspicious being aroused, he put
them on and examined the desk, on
which he discovered various figures and
notes traced with some fine instrument
in the woodwork. Seeing that ex-
posure was inevitable the competitor
made a full confession, on which 1t ap-
peared that he had entered the room
the night before through the window,
and by the light of candle traced with
a needle notes on the more difficult
subjects on which he expected to be ex-
amined. The use of the spectacles was
necessary in deciphering them, owing
to the minute characters in which they
were written.-London Tit-Bits.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-05
Profit and Composition.
This Is a travelling mans story;

This is a travelling mans story:
used to have an old German GUS
romer up in Minnesota. He kept lit
tie country store where he traded calico
and sugar and tinware for eggs and
poultry. His little cross roads place
was twenty miles from the railroad,
among settlement of Germans. l
used to drive out there about three
times a year and sell him a nice little
bill of goods.
When I got pretty well acquainted
with the old man I found that he had
the most rudimentary idea of accounts,
and his method of getting a selling
price on hardware (my line) was sim
plicity itself He just took the cost,
whatever it might be, and multiplied
it by two. OF course was at a good
deal of expense in selling to him, and
fixed my price accordingly.
Well, one time l went out and the
old man would have nothing to do
with me. My name was Dennis
didn't want to talk at all. l loafed
around and finally found out what was
the matter. Another hardware man
had been out there and had made him
prices about twenty-five per cent less
than mine. Then / just sat down and
showed the old man how a paddock
that he had paid me four dollars for
had been sold him by the other fellow
for three dollars. My dozen padlocks
cost him four dollars He multiplied
that by two, sold them for eight dollars
and made four The other mans cost
him three dollars; he then sold them
for six dollars and made three dollars.
Clear gain by trading with me-one
dollar a dozen on those padlocks, and
so on through the bill. The old man
saw it plain as day and stuck right to
me after that.-Chicago News.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-05

In country'house in which practi.
cal joking has full sway one of the
guests was walking down stairs in re-
Spouse to the gong, which had rung for
dinner. The chief farceur of the party
was small guardsman, who seemed to
be happy only when tormenting other
people. The guest in question was a
peaceful man, on whom the farceur
had had his eye for some time. Catch
ing up with him as he was going down
stairs he seized the tails of the evening
coat and, with jerk of the wrists,
tore them right up to the collar. The
guest did not lose his temper, but
quietly seized the Joker by the nape OF
the neck and proceeded to kick him
with elaboration and penetration down
stairs into the hall, where the other
guests were considerably astonished at
the unceremonious entrance of the
practical joker.-New York World.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-05
The Fetish Man at Home.

Established in reputation, the efforts
of the fetish man are next directed
toward the requirement of a demeanor
calculated to impress his clients with a
sense of awe; he aims at assuming an
appearance at once grave and mysteri-
Gus; he seldom speaks unless profes.
sionally, and then always in a gruff,
husky tone. He cultivates a medita-
tive look, and seems as If he were the
victim of great mental anxiety. AT
home he keeps himself very select, and
occupies his time principally among his
charms. There is generally some sign
of his calling just outside his hut. tax
ing the form, as rule, of an earthen
vessel, out of the neck of which sprout
long feathers-the pot being colored
with red, white and yellow chalk, and
the orangelike tint derived from chewed
betel nut, the expectoration of which
substance is supposed to have a very
pacifying influence upon the spiritual
evildoer.
Sometimes the fetish mans gesticula-
tons will be directed to a carved image
or some exaggerated form of charm.
Suspended from the rafters in the in
terror of his hut are little parcels of
mystic character, smoked grimy by the
constant fires these people maintain in
their dwellings. And outside, over the
door, the same mysterious character of
ornamentation proclaims to all the oc-
cupant's pretensions to sorcery. J..
Glave in Century.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-05
Not In Favor Of Suicide.

The Rev. M. j. Savage, the great
Unitarian minister, has reached this
point in practical theology: 'If I knew
certainly that there was an existence
nfter death, and l knew as certainly
that my fitness for it depended upon
how lived my life here, how 1 bore
my burden and faced my difficulties
and fought down the evils within, /
might cherish it in my heart as source
Of great consolation, but I should not
rush into that presence until l was
called -
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-05

In theshlitha ana h.,aa,rg w..th.,
Of,ar A nj, t,,,s - 80
Tvo.vtId hirds sat s-.sh
IN the peacn Tree NJ my door.
Ana ...h w.. -. v,v ,rrn,sh.a
And IN hssutv ali comnlefe
Frcrr ths tcnrn,t hrishtIv bnrntshaa ;
40 the rosy httie iee|
.Ao~r~ wipvirg
Ar.S-ccvr hc,,rtny forth 10 viev
To tha.other each was aineing.
Inus the prouoer VI mo '"o
Thin. univ. .Prettvi prettvw
Tr..' Low caressin~ sfrair.
vvniis IN answer, ssSvcctvi sv.atv-
ScftIv .ounded .back, again-
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-05
Poor Attendance.

Grieveley-Are you the proprietor of
this restaurant
Proprietor-Yes, sir. What can do
for youa
Grieveley (who has been waiting half
an hour to give his order)-Not much
only wanted to know If there was any
other waiter at this table excepting my
self.-Judge.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-05
uad naen There Hlmself.

She (after the wedding)-Don't you
think it strange, Jack, that the minis
ter didn't congratulate the bride and
groom2
He-You forget the minister has been
twice married.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-05
None of rhom GOT Away.

De Ruyter-What do you think OF
my little volume of fugitive verses9
Reeder-I think you made a great
mistake in recapturing them.-Puck.
Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-10-05

Seven People Killed aud Many Injured
by the Explosion of u Boiler.

seven People Killed aud Many Injured
by the Explosion of a Boiler.
CHICAGO, Oct. "A boiler explosion
on board the steam tug @. w. Parker
killed seven person and seriously
wounded many others, this afternoon.
The tug in company with three others
was eng aged in attempting to tow the
coal steamer III. S. Pickands out of the
draw of the Archer avenue bulge, in
the south branch of the river, when the
explosion occurred. Three of the killed
were employees of the tug. Their bodies
have not vet been recovered. The other
persons killed were standing onthe banks
Of the river, to which a number of epecta-
tors had been drawn to witness the re-
moval of the steamer, which arrived
Saturday from Buffalo with cargo OF
coal. The vessel had run aground in
the draw and four tugs were putting
forth every effert to move it, when the
boiler of one of them, the Parker, ex-
ploded. The list of killed and wounded
SO far as can be ascertained is as fol-
lows:
Killed-James B. Carter, John G.
Moore. Samuel Armstrong, Mrs. Mary
Rice, Barbara Rice, Samuel Sawyer and
an unknown man.
Wounded-Joseph Cullen, Henry Bell,
Charles Kirtin, Frank Wagner, Joseph
Bomorazk, George Juell, Louis d. Mass
James Cunningham.