Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-24
BOILED DOWN.

Secretary Blaine is gaining strength
daily and spent several hours in his library
YESTERDAY
The New York assembly has passed the
senate Worlds fair bill appropriating ssoo,-
COO by vote OF yeas, 100
Taylor jackson was convicted at Galveston
and his term fixed IL the penitentiary at ter
years. being accessory to the murder of
Ephrism Williams in Wharton county
May 16, 1901.
Information received at Kansas City in
dictates that the recent bright prospects for
wheat have not been affected by the cold
weather. In some parts Of Kansas grave
fears of insect raEages are entertained.
Fire in Eddyville, K. Y, last night de-
stroyed thirteen buildings, including Schu-
mans hotel and Torrey's hotel. four dwell
ings and seven barns. Loss will reach $50,
600. All buildings burned were frame
structures.
Miss Belle Davis. daughter of B. F.
Davis, a farmer OF Ware, Mass, and niece
of Congress sman Davis Of Chicago, director
general of the Worlds fair, has caused q
sensation by clipping with her fathers
hired man, Frank Booth of North Hamp-
ton.
George Deichter, postmaster at Emerald,
Iowa, was arrested yesterday on complaint
of Rev. B. Baker for violating the anti
lottery law in disposing of music box by
rafie. He gave bond to appear before the
district court Great excitement exists
over the matter.
The Norwegian bark Africa has arrived
at Pensacola, ninety-two days out from
Santos. During her stay at Santos seven
of her crew had yellow fever, and four of
the number died. After leaving Santos
Capt. Ellingson vas Frustrated by fever.
He died and was buried at sea-
Yesterday Neville Rills died in the lep
rosy hospital at New Orleans. She had
been in the hospital about month, SUI
ferer from that most loathsome disease,
leprosy. The girl died in most excruciating
agony. She was member of highly re-
spected Creole family in New Iberia. -
Samuel Sells, farmer near Bloomington,
Ill, yesterday while walking from the barn
to the house tripped and fell forward with
great violence. A bar of rusty iron entered
one of his eyes and pierced the brain to the
depth of six inches. 1t required all his
strength to pull the iron out. He cannot
recover.
Mrs. Joseph Niler, of North Range, Nova
Scotia, was yesterday delivered Of a
boy, making the fourth within four days.
The first arrival was on Tuesday noon, an
other Wednesday evening and the third one
Thursday morning. The four weigh TWEEN
ty-three pounds four ounces, and all con-
cerned are well.
Toby Beher assaulted Miss Minnie Stapp,
quite delicate school teacher, at St.
James, MINI, night before last. Last
night, it becoming known that Miss Stapp's
condition was precarious, there was con-
siderable talk of lynching. The sheriff is
prepared to make desperate resistance,
and blood viii probably be shed if the at
tempt is made.
B. E. Lynch Of New Haven, Conn, who
was member of the committee of the
Catholic knights Of America to investigate
the accounts of Nj ]. O,Brien of Chatta-
nooga, TEMP, formerly supreme treasurer,
who decamped in September, taking over
s75, 900, says the order will not lose by
O'Brien's rascality, The committee find
O'Brien's bondsmen responsible.
A novel game Of chess was inaugurated
at o'clock yesterday at the Chess and
Checker club, New Orleans. Special wires
have been run to the club and expert tel
egraphers will be stationed in the club
rooms at New York and New Orleans.
The match is between the Manhattan Chess
club of New York and the New Orleans
club, ten men on each side. Moves will be
made by wire, as the contestants will be
fifteen hundred miles apart.
The general freight departmhlt of the
Union Pacific railway las compiled state
ment of the acreage and condition of winter
wheat in the counties of Kansas through
which the road runs. The statement shows
the acreage in thirty-two counties traversed
by the road is 1,447, 900, an increase of 1OO.-
600 over last years acreage. I9sten counties
the condition is given as .sfcellent; very
good in three air in & and good in nine.
Ssed End Harvest
r.