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The Forrest City times., 1892-01-22

One of Chicagos 'srapid transit' com panies has reduced its capital stock from s8, ,000, ,0O0 to S45. 900, and many others seem to have suffered decline of about the same proportion of their original ex. pectations.
The Forrest City times., 1892-01-22
CompIIment to ri,e Cook.

Frank-That steak Is just exactly rare enough.
 Marie-Yes. it is very we'll done indeed Detroit Free Press.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-28
BELLE HUNT.
She Writes of Some Typical
Plays in New York.
IMMENSE RUN OF ALABAMA.
Remarkable, Beautiful and Yet Most
Unnatural Drama-Chauncey De-
psH's Rib-Story Chestnuts
of Adam and Eve.
RUN OF ALABAMA.
Special Correspondence Of the Gazette.

Special Correspondence of the Gazette.
New York, Feb 23.-With all our
boosted facilities for travel, news and ex-
change of commodities, we are strangely
and painfully unfamiliar with the true IN
wardness of life as it is and was in those
sections of our great republic furthest
from US.
This is the thought produced and accented
on the surprised Southern mind in witness
ing Augustus Thomas remarkable, beauti-
full and vet most unnatural drama,
alabama" That the play is remarkable
is proven by its immense run" and IN
diminished popularity; that it is beautiful,
the most critical of eye and ear can not
deny; that it is unnatural all Southerners
ito the manner born" agree. To begin
with, the stage setting is absolutely false
as to topography and geography. The
scene is laid in Talladega, Ala, a high
and dry region, totally different from the
tropical appearance Of the play. The old
farmhouse is uncovered in palm, and the
tough oak trees draped in the long gray
moss of the swamp countries. Magnolia
and orange trees abound, and, indeed, al l
the tropical insignia of Florida or lower
louisiana. Il is an unmarried ideal Of an
ideal South It pleases and fascinates
Northerners, and in spite of Its ex-
travagance of color and atmosphere, make
Southern people homesick-
As for the language and accent of the
dramatis personnse, it is theatrical sui
generis. since there was never anything
like it on the earth, nor IN the heavens
above, nor the waters under the earth It
amuses me TO hear Northern people rave
over Alabama :" shat soft, languid South
ern sccenti'' the charming peace, restful-
ness, 'slowness'. of the southln etc. To US
who know, it is all like the effect Of very
tiresome and long-drawn out play" The
actors drawl sigh, omit their RS, and drag
their tongues and heels. as though they
were going to drop dead from boredom, the
next minute. Mr.. Maurice Barrymore, as
Capt. Davenport the penitent renegade,
that's what we'd call him down South, IS
the very worst Southsrner Of them all In
fact he IS 50 bent upon his accent that he
entirely forgets his infections. He fairly
wrestles with his drawl and omitted rs.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-28

don-and both with remarkably sweet and
effective voices. Poor old Campanini sang
better than he has sung for years. His
voice is breaking, but it seemed almost Its
own lovely self that afternoon. He and
Albani sang the duo from Traviata, and it
was pretty and affecting sight to see her
insist upon his coming to the front and
sharing the applause.
There were some excellent elocutionists,
character sketches. etc, and a one-act
drama, "a Wolf in Sleeps Clothing"
played by Miss Georgia Cayvan and Mr..
Herbert Kelley, supported by other men,
hers of Frohman's Lyceum Theater CON-
pany.
Best of all, there was dancing by Car
mencita, supple, lovely, laughing Carmen
cita, accompanied by her delicious band OF
Spanish mandolin players. New York
never tires of Carmencita. 1t pinned and
sulked away from kosta and Balls while
she was making-her Western tour. 1t well
coined her back, heaped flowers at her
winged feet. and went on helping her man
ager pay her 5000 week. Ii is said of late
that she has been forbidden to dance by her
physician; that she has heart failure, and
has to lie down for some time after each
dance. If this be true, it is very. very sad.
She is so young, so beautiful and so popu-
lar. She should have long, bright lease
OF so successful a life. At any rate, her
Spanish temper is not in a decline. I was
told that the little queen dancer was not
pleased with the dressing room assigned her
at the Casino matinee, and thereupon pro-
ceeded to express herself and her dissatis-
faction i'll terms as emphatic as musical,
the sum of which was. that she was not
going to dance a step-or "kick kick''
would be more literal. Various members of
the company tried their arts of persuasion
upon her. No use! Her high and mighty
S600-a-week-ship was offended Finally, as
a last resort, some one sent the eloquent
Chauncey to her. He was very persuasive.
He complimented and deferred to her. He
told her that when he was coming through
the lobbies he heard some people say:
''Well, if Chauncey Depew don't speak and
Carmencita dance, L am going to the box
Office and demand my money"
That fetched her. She danced, and we
poor in front of-the scenes innocents
thought she had been eating rose leaves
and dew for a.week, so fresh, and sweet, and
smiling and artless did she look.
l would like to know how much that ben
eft cleared for the Women's Press club.
1t must have been an enormous sum.
That large theater was crammed-seated
and standing room-and there was not a
seat in the house cheaper than 81. Very
few were sold so cheap as that, for the
spectators got hold of them and raised the
price to S3.50-geueral admission.
A truly cosmopolitan programme was
that. Italian, English, German, French.
Spanish, American. It broadens ones
conceptions OF eternity and the infinite to
see things done on such gigantic scales.
BELLE HUNT
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-28

lowing romantic incident, which happened
during the exciting siege of lot-iumping
after the news came from Washington that
the majors claim was not valid. A young
man and young woman, mistaking or
overlooking the lines, settled on the same
lot it being very valuable one. They
both held it down all Sunday, Sunday night
and Monday. Each dared not leave it, fear
idg that the other would claim title to it by
right of continual occupancy.
The young man was the first to show
signs of weakening, for as the shadows OF
the evening were falling on Monday he
cautiously approached the end of the lot on
which the young woman was located and
opened negotiations with her. His diplo-
macy was of no avail, and as a last resort
he stated that as both of them had 4 claim
on the lot the best thing he knew was for
them to get married and by that means hold
the property jointly and legitImately. With
the native nerve and pluck of an Oklahoma
girl, she accepted the proposition. and COM
plimented the good sense of her gallant
contestant in the happy means he devised
of settling the difficulty. He invited her
to accompany him to the matrimonial mill
to have the knot tied, but she refused, and
insisted that he was only trying to get her
off the lot in order that he might get ex-
elusive possession.
''If you want to marry me and own the
lott said she, ''you must bring the preacher
here and make me your wife on the spot;
otherwise 1 will stay in possession and
claim my rights
He, on the other hand, was afraid that if
he left the property to go in search of a
preacher she would take advantage of his
absence and do exactly what she had init
mated that he might do under similar cir
cumstances.
The fact of the matter was that each was
honest in their matrimonial intention, but
in that primitive country young people
have not as much confidence in one another
as they usually have in other communities.
At length third party came to the rescue
by going for preacher, who soon made his
appearance on the scene with the necessary
marriage license, and the hymenial knot
was tied without further trouble.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-28

Edward Pollock, the once famous Cali
fornia poet, seems TO be getting into about
the same boat with Harry Flash. In re-
cent interview at the hands of journalist
he SAID: Famous What is fame here
anyway One-half the people of California
don't know the name of the governor, and
not fifty can tell who has represented the
state in congress since its admission to the
Union Do you know Byron's definition OF
famel 1t is TO achieve glory on the battle
field and have your name spelled wrong IN
the dispatches. A man would starve to
death on fame, but those who recognize
that he deserves it would flock to his
funeral, when it cost nothing, to do his
memory honor. Ny future hopes lie in this
paint pot. which keeps the wolf from the
door Take that, with health, away from
me and [ am stranded on beach where
fame viii forget ever existed"
Rev. Owen Watkins has been prospecting
IN Mashonalan6 in the interests of the
Wesleyan miss :onsry society. In recent
letter he says he is presumably the first
white man to see the Mount of Footprints,
which he thus describes: "At last we
came to one large amount Of rocks on the
top OF the hills. Here are thousands of i'm
pressions on the granite rock. Hundreds
Of human footsteps, thousands offootprints
OF sninals-lions, iackals, wolves and ante
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-28
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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-28
Married in Jail.

SHoALEs, IND, Feb 27.-William Fitch,
tried and convicted of petit larceny for rob
bling the Ohio and Mississippi railway
offices at this place, was taken to the
Southern penitentiary this morning to serve
a term of two years. Last night his sweet
heart. Miss Kerns, called at the jail and
Fitch purchased marriage certificate and
sent for Rev. Father Byrne, who married
the couple. The contracting parties stand
ing in the open doorway of the big iron
barred door while the ceremony was being
said
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-28
Bowie to incorporate.
special to the Gazette.

BOWIE, MONTAGUE COUNTY, TEX, Feb
purpose OF abolishing the incorporation,
but the object was defeated by almost
unanimous vote. A very small vote was
polled. Bowie is now in the woods, but
will proceed 20 organize and incorporate
city at once
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-28
Marine Intelligence.

Special 20 the Gazette.
GALVESTON. TEX, Feb 27.-Arriyed-
The steamship Leona from New York
with general merchandise.
Sailed-Steamship Nueces for New York
with $500 bales Of cotton, etc.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-28
A HAPPY SOLUTION.
Romantic Incident CONNECTED with
Lot Taking in the Ter
ritory.
Special to the Gazette.

NIcIIsl4 % INC NiliLClEc-
TAHLEQUAH. I. T.. Feb. 27.-Major Fore
man is half-breed Cherokee, and as an
Oklahoma homesteader has recently gained
considerable newspaper aotorisJy BY laying
claim TO townsite in the newly opened
lands. His claim. however, has been de
clared invalid by the land ONCE men, and
he gavei it up and returned to his home in
the Cherokee Nation this week
From him your reporter obtained the fol.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-12

FARNHAM-BUNKE PROVIDENCE at
their aew home, July 25, by the. Rev. William
House, FRANK T. FABSHAM and Miss NELLIE
u. BUNKER. 49,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-12
Biggest Fish Up To Date.

TROUT pound and ounces. Caught
by George Cross, Hotel Dorranes.
Providence; witness. r. ID. simmons.
GAUTOG--e pouuds, 8 Ia ounces. Caught
by James Robinson, Jr., Nsrrag ansets
Pier; Witness. Samuel s. Ten.
TAUTOG.-s pounds and Z ounces. Caught
by q. Is. Small, OIneyviIle, II. L., ono
mile 8. sE. Bishop and Clarke Light
witness, william Pollock.
TAUToG. % pounds and 7ounces. Caught
by g. IL. Small, OIneyvilie. r.. l., one
mile 8. SIC. Bishop and Clarke Light;
witness, william Pollock.
TAUTOG-0 Ia pounds. Caught by James
Robinson, Jr.. Narragansett Pier; wit
ness; william \. Osgood. No. 8 Pierce
Street Providence.
TROUT pound and eleven ounces
Caught by John w. Page, Wakefield.
IL. l.; witness, William G. Clarke. Jr.
TROUT pound and II ounces. Caught
by ID. A. Follett, III Lilac street,
Providence; witness, James Is. Foiiett.
The trout contest is closed. Mr.. Fol-
lett is now fishing with bis new outfit.
The tautog contest closes on the last
day of August.
The prize tautog must be caught in
local rs-Massachusetts, Connecticut
or RHODE ISLAND Wet weight Is the
standard. The winner must make an
affidavit that the fish was caught with a
hook and line. and witness must vouch
for the weight.
New rule adopted Aug. s.-Hereafter
all tautog to be entered for the prize
must be entered within three days of the
date of their capture. This is to prevent
'holding back" record fish and thus make
the contest more interesting OF course
as a retroactive law Is unconstitutional,
this rule does not apply to fish caught
before Aug. 3.
The TAUToG OUTFIT-The tautog out
fit consists Of a rosewood rod with grooved
grip, brass reel aud nickel fittings two
lancewood tips of different lengths, 200
feet of oiled silk line, n dozen Harrison
sproat, a dozen hollow poiut Limerick
hooks, two dozen gray wire leaders.
Made by the John T.. Lowell Arms Com
pany of Boston.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-12
DIED.

DIED.
BRAY-In Pawtuckst on the 10th Inst, ApA
Ssmsster S1wSH ss1a ~ John fseS and sarah ns Fray
Funsrai Saturday afsrnSSn Boston aloR Road ss
heiatives and friends are invitea 70 A''enn.
BROWN In this city. 10th inst. BRIDGET
Funeral saturday 18th inst. at $50 A. NJ. from her
Rsisses ana rHw friends are nvtea 70 attend
DUR FEE-In this city. 18th inst, SAMUEL b.
DuRFEE, in the seth year OF his age. q. s...
Funeral from his late resdence; No - sprng pI,g
convenience Of family.
FIsHER-In Putnam, Conn. 10th inst, ELIZA:
daT rsTm j. wife Of the late Charles d. fisnsr aged
FRYE-on board steamship. Columbia, 9th inst,
GARDINER FRYE NJ. d.. OF Boston, Mass aged
HULME, in the roth year Of his age.
Funeral services saturday isth inst, az : y M..
Sss ane ns f enSs spe invited q attend without
further notice.
HARRIs-in Pomfret, Conn, on the 10th inst.
n he esd year OF her age ELIZA GEsnsE, VIE =,
Timothy and Lucy Wilkinson Greene.
LONG-In this city. suddenly on the Ilth inst,
JoHN LONG, In the t9th year OF his age:
Quinn. 10 orms street Saturday the 18th inst,
Al s:soA; NJ Relatives and friends are invited
" " iaIsf. wife Of f'th the late late James il, Martin,
Funeral saturday NOR ming az $50 o'clock from his
s HS sS @ SSss street
REED-In this city, 10th inst. ALBERT LYss son
OF T: 5. and Alice A. Reed. aged years,
months and l3 days.
Funeral private.
FRENCH, aged months and days only
child OF Aiston f. and Stella A. Thorpe.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-12
TO DECENTRALIZATION US.

rI,O LET-ON RESERVOIR AVE. STORE AND
i tenement with barn, plenty Of land; nne
With Pawtuxet water and gas, Address D-s. News
ONCE. AUDIT
rI,o LET GOOD COUNTRY HOTEL. WITH
II stable attached, il now doing n prof q he
business will bs leased 10 the right man AT n rea-
ronable rates the stock aud furnishings be-
bought at fai. price. Address E-io, News once
aun-u
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-12
SILVER SPRING.

Bake opened and dinner served on arrival OF IL 80
A. ~ DoaL Beautiful clean and attractive
groundsy
fieid's Point, silver Spring. Riverside
Camp White, Pleasant BLUM.
Bullock's Point and
Crescent Park
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-12
FIELDS POINT.

Dinner arrival of IL 80 A. n. boat. Special p.
n; bake q on arrival Of ~ y "a boat Clean table
cent Park and Rocky Point stops at Fields Point
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-12
EVENING BOATS.

Leave Providence. week days. o 90 9 10. z 20 (ex-
Press. 40 Sexpressl. sundAys, ., go ~, tah
Returning, leave Rocky Point, ~, S45. 10 II. NJ,
stopping only NJ Crescent Park, daily. sunday In
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-12
TO LET-TEN In ENTS.

rI,o LET - JUST OFF BROADWAY, LOWER
Il tenement OF seven rooms Ia nrst class order
all modern improvements rent 20 smass family,
$500 per year. Address AID, News Office. su6-tf
ITO LET-NEAR HOPE RESERVOIR, LOWER
Il tenement OF rooms; modern conyeniences;
steam heats separate entrance. Address 3d. News
office. and-N
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-12

EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES.
yIvANTED-HELP OF ALL KINDS: GIRLS,
w men and boys for shore city and coun-
try; help OF all natonalities on hand. III West
minister ST.. room 8. Telephone 1i2i-2.
WANTED - SITUATION FOR RELIABLE
w help, private or public; farm and shore help
especially. Call or address 63 Arcade. Telephone
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-12

FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE.
nN MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS - ONE 2h-
~ story, l5-room, two-tenement house; lot lux
sos on Sherburne ST.; price s270o Is. 4, POTTER,
81 Weybosset 81. iy29-taul6
ON EASY INSTALLMENTS = ONE 7-RoOM
" cottage, new, on Northup ave.. price $1,000. Il.
Il. POTTER. 81 weybo set 81, tys9-taul5
nN MONTHLY INsTALLMENTs-oN FENNER
" ave. new 5-room cottages price 1880. Is; II.
POTTER, ~ Weyb sset ST. tyzp-taul5
7v-EASY INSTALLMENTS-ONw WEST RIVER
~ ST., one broom cottage; price S7o0i also on
same street, 2l4-story two-tenemen house;
price $1,000, b. I. POTTER, s9 Weybosset St.
jy2g-tau15
ON EASY 1NsTALLMENTS-Two NEW 2x-
" story, 15-room, two-tenenent house; modern
improvements on Hanover ST.; price $500 u. 4.
POTTER, 81 Neybosset ST. ty2p-taulb
I,oR sALE-BEAUTIFUL LOTS ON THE AR
II mold Farm Plat Edgewood when you
lectng n location for home, for Investment, IL
Is well TO ind out II the street l. brought 10 grade;
tuxe water without pay ing extra rate. and II the
houses are all built an equal distance from the
street. Ask these important questions OF IA. 4.
HORTON. 50 Westminster ST. jei5-u
VoUNG MAN-slo SECURES A LOT SURE TO
stead Plat 325 OF the 400 sold. and you must
move now II you get one; sl25 and sl50 each.
RANDALL. 20 Weybosset st my17-tf
Spare the advertisements and spoil tho
busin ess.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-08-20
TWO YEARS AT SAN QUENTIN.
Confidence Man Sent Up for Obtaining
Goods Under False Pretenses.

Confidence Man Sent Up for Obtaining
Goods Under False Pretenses.
SANTA CRUZ, Aug. ia man who has
been operating on this coast as preacher.
temperance lecturer, saved drunkard
and a general bad man, reformed under
the name of Rev" j. A. Smith, was
sentenced to two years in the State Prison
in the Superior Court this morning, for
obtaining goods under false pretenses.
Smith is an Englishman. 66 years of age,
OF medium ability and uncouth manner,
who claimed to have been an actor for
thirty years and TO have reformed from
dissipated habits. He had large num-
Der Of newspaper clippings and letters of
credit from leading clergymen in Eng
land, Canada and the United States, re-
ferring to his work as u temperance lect-
urer and evangelist. He married a
woman i'll San Francisco a few months
ago, and an investigation developed the
fact that he probably has large string of
wives scattered over the country. He
only secured small amount OF money
here, and left for Oregon, where he trav-
eled under the name of Thompson. He
was brought back here on a requisition
and pleaded guilty to all the charges
brought against him.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-08-20
AMERICAN RAMS ANDsBAcoN.

Secretary T2usk Talks Concerning the
Tricbine Report From Germany.
CHICAGO, Aug. 19.-In reference to the
report cabled from Berlin that trichine
had been found in American hams and
bacon, Secretary Rusk says: I'VE have
not been officially notified that any hams
or bacon bearing our Government GER
titicate of inspection contained trichine.
There have been meats which did not
bear the Government stamp, but were
certified by some German Consuls in the
United States, which passed into Ger
many. They doubtless were those al
luded to in the dispatch. We have been
unable to meet the demand in Germany
for our inspected meats. They sell for
90 cents per hundred pounds higher than
the unlnspected. Germany has never
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-08-20
HISTORICAL RELICS.

What MOuterey'S Committee is COL
lectlng for the Coming state Fair.
MONTEREY, Aug. 1.-the historical
exhibition committee of this city is max
ing excellent progress in collecting the
various historical relics of pioneer days
which are to be exhibited at the coming
State Fair. The committee has already
collected two cannons. brought to Mon
terey in 1926 on Spanish war vessels; the
flagstaff upon which Commodore Sloat
raised the first American flag in Califor-
main lSs6; a curiously inscribed stone
which marked the spot where Padre
JCnipero Sierra planted the cross in Mon
terey in 1913; the desk upon which the
first Constitution of the State of Califor-
MIA was drafted; an ancient Spanish
Serape, which is peculiar style Of anti
quated robe, embroidered with gold and
brought to Monterey in 1850; the stern
post Of the bark Natalie, the ship upon
which Napoleon escaped from the Island
OF Elba, and which was afterward wrecked
in Monterey Bay; block of stone from
Cotton Hall, the first State Capitol build
ing of this State; brick from the initial
brick house erected in California; Mex
lean matata, which is a rude implement
of stone used in early days for grinding
corn; log wheel from an OK cart used in
100 StS d IdIillIy carriages Iue rOOC OF the
tree upon which jumpers Sierra hung his
mission bell when the first mass was
given in California in 1878; the extensive
Tibbets collection from the Eastlake
Museum of prehistoric relics of rare
value, and the exhibit of paintings and
relics exemplifying the early missionary
era, under the charge of Father Cassa-
nova of this city.
Numerous other relics of historic inter-
est are to be secured bv the committae
and when complete the exhibit from this
city will be one of the most rare and OF
the greatest historical value displayed at
the fair