Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-16
NEWS NUGGETS.

Az O'Clock yesterday the mercury reg
stored six degrees below zero at Duluth
and it was rapidly growing colder The
lake is frozeRover.
The report from Tennessee farmers is
that wheat has been considerably injured
by the late freeze, being spewed up by the
roots out OF the ground. The acreage Will
be greatly reduced.
The committee on agriculture of the
house will investigate the effect of the Nc
Kinley law on the agricultural interests OF
the country. A resolution to this effect
was adopted yesterday.
a Washington special says: Postmaster
Wauamaker has profted very largely by
the rise in Reading stock since Wednesday
The yostmaster-general's share in the IN
creased value of the stock is understood to
foot up over 100000.
The London Spectator deprecates the an
novance that Americans often show because.
of England's interest in the presidency, and
says that the English have no desire to in
terfere. but in the case of so near relation
they can't help taking an interest
J.H. Reeves. late president of the de-
funct and badly bankrupted John McNab
bank of Eufaula. after an exhaustive trial
at Union Springs, Ala, for embezzlement
of the banks funds aud other criminal
charges in connection with the bank, has
been found guilty.
The committee of the various branches Of
the Catholic Knights of America appointed
10 examine the books of Grand Treasurer
O'Brien, who was recently indicted for en-
bezzlement, recommends that Grand Secre-
tary George W. Barr send in his resigna-
ton for the reason they are satisfied he
withheld the knowledge that O'Brien was
defaulter, and therefore was subject to
censure.
At the annual banquet of the New York
conmandery of the military order OF the
LOYAL Legion of the United States, held at
Delmonico's, Pay Inspector Joseph A
Smith of the navy read paper on the his
toric engagement off Cherbourg on June 10,
1864, when the United States steamship
Kearsarge sank the Confederate privateer
Alabama. Pay Inspector Smith is one OF
the Kearsarge on that day.
The State bank of GreenviDe. Ala, which
was started sometime since by J. B. Little,
supposed to be of unsound mind and tc
have little capital, has been closed by the
sheriff. Little advertised for expert &C
countants and bookkeepers, started of
finely, but with precious few depositors
and soon got in trouble. After the bank
was closed he broke open the doors, and
tearing off the seal, took possession of some
of the books, etc He will probably be
placed in the insane asylum.
Capt. John Stout, aged ffty-four, Missis
sippi river pilot and hero, if self-sacriicin9
gallanrry constitute true heroism, /;
dead He was at the wheel of the Inflated
steamer Robert E. Lee, when she was de
stroyed in 1889, and barely saved his life b.
sliding down the log-chain braces. Whel
the steamboat j. NJ White burned to thu
waters edge in 1856, Capt. Stout jumped
overheard at the last moment to save hi
life from the devouring flames and wa
picked up only just in time to preserve hi
life
An expert bunco steerer, Andrew M
Orebaush, was arrested in New Orlean
Saturday evening by detectives, charges
with being a dangerous and suspicion
character. Orebaugh was arrested tw
weeks ago at Dallas, Tex, on suspicion Q
knowing something about $4,000 worth Q
diamonds which were missing from Dl
Cray's room at the Windsor hotel. Tn
prisoner is the man who some time ago, q
Hot Springs, Ark, steered Manager Warn
ington of skipped by the Light OF IN
Noon combination against hraced gam
in which the theatrical man dropped $3.50