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SS - warranted shoes at Hit &
~ IN Co, Ala Austin st.
Touching Pianos and Organs.

claim to be a cheap house, but
unlike some of my competitors, do
sell goods that are not frst.class.
Still | have more frst.class goods In
my house than any house in Waco,
and | do not have to wire anyone to
know the lowest price, | can sell a
piano like every other first-class house
and keep all kinds, both cheap, medium
and first class. But unlike some other
houses l do not sell cheap instru-
ment as frst.class, because / am my
own boss, and do not have to DO as /
am told about these things. Neither
have | as delicate a musical ear as
some, still l sell more pianos and
organs, better ones and for less money
than any house in Waco notwith-
standing the fact that / am not the
oldest house in the state and have
sold sewing machines and do trade
for mules, horses and cattle and take
them at good prices and sell goods al
cash prices and will meet any COM
petitors Come and see me.
Yours truly,
j. B. PAYNE.
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$l1.9O
TO HOT SPRINGS s RETURN
VIA
Cotton Belt.
Tickets good for 80 days; on
sale April I and 8.
w. S. GILLESPIE,
Ticket Agent.
BECOMING DESPER ATE.
Mandate Of the Court of Appeals
Arrived,
=. - - 7.5
518 AUSTIN ST

The mandate of the court of APP
peals affirming the verdict of the trial
court and ordering the removal to the
penitentiary of Jas. M. Drake, the
slayer of Prof. s. l.. Quinn, has ar
rived, and he was removed Saturday
afternoon.
During the long trial Drake has
never lost hope until now. He has
become desperate and is closely
watched. Some time since the pris-
oners confined with him, on account
of some threats he had made, petition
ed that he be not allowed the use of
a razor, which was granted. He APP
pealed to higher authority, but the
sheriff s decision was sustained.
Drake was sentenced Just before
adjournment of the last term of the
district court.
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THE sCoTCH-IRISH CONGRESS.
Which Meets In Atlanta April 18th,
Will Eclipse all Former
Gatherings Of the
Kind.


The fourth annual congress of the
Scoth Irish Society of America will
convene in Atlanta on April 2Sth, and
remain in session three days. The
Atlanta Scoth.Irish Society is making
great preparations for the event, and
the indications are that the meeting
will be the most interesting and the
best attended in the history cf the
Society.
Five thousand engraved invitations
have been printed from steel plates
and mailed to prominent people on
both sides of the Atlantic. Two thou
sand newspaper editors are among this
number, and some of the most distin.
guished men in the United States
have accepted invitations to address
the congress.
The programme includes addresses
by Colonel a. X. Mcclure, editor of
the Philadelphia Times, Hon. James
E. Mckenzie, of Hopkinsville, Ky.
one of the vice presidents of the
Worlds Columbian exposition, DIR.
Francis L. Patton, president of Prince
ton University, DR.. John Hall, of
New York, Hon. James McDill, who
succeeded Judge Cooley on the inter
state commerce commission, Mr..
Henry Wallace, of Des Moines, Iowa,
Hon. Pat Calhoun, Of Atlanta, DR.. j.
II. Bryson, Of Huntsville, Ala and
other distinguished speakers yet to be
announced.
One of the most enjoyable features
of the proceedings will be number of
ten minute speeches by some of the
wittiest and brainiest men in the coun-
try-smoug them Major Charles H.
Smith (Bill Arp, Colonel G. W,
Adair, the famous wit of Atlanta, and
a number whose names have not been
announced No address will be more
than forty minutes long, and the ten
minute speeches will be in teh pro-
portion of two or three for every lon
ger address.
Reduced railroad rates have been
secured, and from all points south OF
the Ohio and east of the Mississippi,
one and one third fare return tickets
will be on sale. The same or approx.
innate rates from points beyond. Pres
ident Harrison, ex. President Cleve-
land, Secretary Blaine, Governor Nc.
Kinley, Ex-Governor Campbell, Gov
ernor Buchanan and many other dis.
tinguished Scotch Irishmen will be
invited.
Special rates have been secured al
the Atlanta hotels, and everything
will be done to make the stay of visi,
tors pleasant.
Many applications for membership
are being received, and this meeting
presents favorable time for persons
of Scotch-Irish lineage to affiliate witt
,heir brethren and kinsmen. The at
tendance is not limited to members
The objects of the society are histori
cal, educational and social. 1t i
strictly non partisan. The only re
quisites for membership are Scotch
Irish blood, in any degree, good char
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fuckers "Almondine."

Proof. against cold winds and hot
sunshine for the complexion. 1t has
already become quite popular with
the ladies, as also with gentlemen to
use after shaving when troubled with
roughness and breaking out. Price IS
and 80 cents per bottle. Prepared
only by the Lion Drug Store, by
W. l.. TUCKER.
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HI There! Stop! Wait a Minute!,

Hi There! Stop! Wait a Minute!.
Haven't you forgot something.
Didn't your pretty wife tell you
to get The Delineator" so she
could make Daisy's new dress
in style. Go to Herr Bros
and get it or there will be a
row. Or maybe it was that
box of cigars you were going
to treat yourself with. What
ever it was Herr Bros. have
got it in either reading or
smoking. Give the boys a call
for whatever you want at
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Don't be Deceived.

am still holding down Standard
Granulated Sugar 20 pounds for one
dollar.
Franco American Food Co.'S French
Soups, 3 pound cans, 30 cents each
Star Tobacco 40 cents per pound. Low
prices on everything. Call and see
JOE S. THOMPSON,
The Grocer.
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Curtis G. Grand have the largest
stock of screen doors and windows,
Shooting Gallery, south sidesquare
open day and night, Drop in.
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r. T. DENNIS g. BRO.

acter, and nominal dues, for which
members receive tho valuable histori-
cal works issued by the society.
Send applications for membership
and for further information to
A. c.. FLOYD,
Sec'y NATL Society, Columbus, Tenn.
T. H. P BLooDwoRTH, Local Sec'y,
Atlanta, Ga.
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Special Notice.

There will be no water in the pool
at the natatorium ON account of i'm
provements to-day and tomorrow
Tub and all other private baths still
open. Will be filed for baths on
Wednesday.
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Mascot Saloon.

81 Franklin. Fine Wines and
Liquors. A place to enjoy the luxu-
ries of one Of the finest saloons in the
city. Come one, come all. where the
finest Whistles will be served.
j, w. FoGARTY, Proprietor.
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To Subscribers.

will commence collecting in the
residence portion of the city tomorrow
Saturday. Please leave SOC at the
house. Respectfully,
8. j. QUAY, City Circular.
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Look What You can Get at o. j.
Miller's Bargain Store,
10 dozen eggs for 81.
20 pounds graduated sugar for ST..
Smoked dried beef at II cents.
Dried salt shoulders at 7 cents.
Breakfast bacon Sugar cured) at II
cents.
Spiced pigs feet at IS cents.
Fresh fish at o cents a pound.
California oranges at 20 cents doz.
Bananas at IS cents a dozen, TT
Austin street.
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of Gribbe Bros. Grocers, sos Austin Avenue
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FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY.
L. T. Williams, Esq, Announces
His Csndidacy--H His Record.

THE NEWS takes pleasure in pre-
senting the name of l.. T. Williams,
Esq, as a candidate for county attor-
ney. Mr.. Williams ranks with the
brightest of the young attorneys of
MoLennan county bar. He is pro-
duct of the county and state. He was
born within twenty miles of Waco and
educated for the practice in the
university at Austin, graduating in
the class of 1888. His entire time
since he began has been spent in
prosecuting for the state. He has
served for several years as assistant
of that distinguished prosecutor, Joe
w. Taylor, Esq. There is not bet
ter trained attorney in the field for the
Office he seeks than Lud Williams.
Smyrna times., 1892-06-08

Snow Hill has been well-stOcked with
these fish, which were sold at fifty
cents apiece for the choice. All the
towns in Worcester county have been
supplied, anu several carloads were
shipped to the Northern cities. A
catch of several thousand was made
about this time last year. The catch
caused great excitement among the
inhabitants of ChincOteague, who flock
ed to the steamers wharf on her arri-
val and piled Captain Bunting with a
thousand questions about his good
luck.
ChestefOiUn Excited. ChestertOwn
is in another ferment of excitement.
and 1t need not be surprising if another
! lynching takes place Friday Sheriff
Plummer brought from Baltimore the
four cOlOred men, Charles Brooks
FTisby COmegys, Fletcher Williams
and Pete Bradshaw, who are accused
OF the murder of DR.. James H. Hill, oil
Mil'ingtOn, on April 23d.
Two attempts have been made to ge
at them, but the illness of the sheriff
wife prevented violence No soone
had the fact of the negroes presence
become generally known, than threat
were heard in various quarters.
The sheriff and his deputies are al
3 prehensive of trouble and the prison
ers are alarmed. The reason for brins
ing them back is that the sheriff had t
pay for keeping them at Baltim ore, an
t Kent county authorities refused I
allow him for the expense. The co
t Of their months stay in Baltimore Wa
= $7O.5O.
Smyrna times., 1892-06-08
Kenton Notes.

Gov. Reynolds on Tuesday appointed
E. B. b. Slaughter of Downs Chapel,
Justice of the Peace for KentOn Hun
dred to succeed G. p. Bailey who re-
signed the Office by reason of his re-
moval to Oxford Md.
r. Hasagana and II. Yamaka, ma
tives of Japan and students of Drew
Theological Seminary, gave an inter-
esting illustrated lecture on THE
Land of their Nativity" in the M. T..
Church on Monday evening.
The people of this town and vicinity
are reluctant to part with g. p. Bailey
our popular station agent and esquire"
who in the former position for the past
ten years has served the company so
faithfully, and in the latter he dealt
out justice unsparingly, making
many friends in all his business rela-
tions with the people of this cOmmun-
ity. We will miss him.
Misses Kate G. Graham and Ella V.
Brayman are guests of Mrs. Q. 7. Bal
ley in Oxford Md.
Miss Name Clothier, Of ChestertOwr
is visiting gelatiVes ip town.
VIM. NJ. Jones, "A highly respected
| farmer of this vicinity, died at his hOml
near town on Sunday morning.
Miss May WIlds is visiting relatives
in Camden n ].
Children's Day services will be hell
in the NJ. r.. Church Sunday next.
AMBROSE.
Smyrna times., 1892-06-08

Two days last week Senator Sher-
man addressed the Senate of the United
States on the subject of the Stewart
Free Coinage bill and attracted an ex-
traordinary attendance of Senators.
from the beginning to the end of
his terse, forcible and comprehensive
argument.
The attendance of the Senators,
which is said to have been the largest
during the present session, was due to
the common recognition of the fact
that, upon all public questions Of mo-
ment, and especially upon financial
ones, Senator Sherman speaks with
the authority which is the sequence OF
ripe wisdom, unquestionable sincerity,
precise information, shrewd observa-
ton and prolonged experience.
Mr.. Sherman said that he did not
regard the Stewart Bill as a partisan
measure, or as a political measure
upon which parties we're likely TO di'
vide. Free coinage was largely local
question, he declared, and there was
no other to be compared with it in the
Importance OF It's effects on the bust
ness interests of the country.
The question of silver coinage is not
. partisan one; not q political one; !
asa question of business, pure and sim
pie, and no greater mistake could b
made than that Of supposing that il
the business community it is regarded
In any other light. The Stewart bill
provides that the United States Treas
Smyrna times., 1892-06-08

The later reports from the oil re-
gions are even more appalling than
those first received, and it looks now
as though the calamity will be only
less in loss of life than the disaster
which overlook Johnstown. Money is
likely to be needed as we'll as clothing,
and, perhaps, provisions, and there is
no doubt but that these will be forth
coming in ample quantity as soon as
the Relief Committee shall make the
call for them.
Two hundred lives are believed tc
have been lost by the disaster in the
oil region of Pennsylvania, when blaz
ing petroleum was carried on the sur
face of the swollen oil creek, burning
property for eighteen miles along it,
course. Fifty-six bodies were recOv
cred at Titusville and sixty-seven a
Oil City. The loss to property is esti
mated at over 100000.
Smyrna times., 1892-06-08
News Items.

The New York delegates elected at
Senator Hills midwinter convention
met at the Hoffman House and decided
to support Hill as long AS his name is
before the convention at Chicago
Only four Democrats in the Senate
have thus far voted against free coin
age motions. The chances are that a
a Free Silver bill will yet be sent to
the House with Il nearly solid Demo-
cratic vote behind it.
A new railroad is to be built between
Chicago and st. Louis, in bee line.
the motive power to he electricity. 1t
is expected that the distance, 248
miles, now covered by steam in eight
and One-half hours, will be traversed
in two and One-h9lf hours 1t is hoped
to have the road in operation in time
for the Worlds Fair traffic.
A great snow storm ragged in South
Dakota Sunday, west of the Missouri
river. At DeadwOOd the storm had
prevailed for 10 hours, the snow was
ten inches deep and the temperature
had fallen below the freezing point.
/ OuCu d luluS WAS never DPIOfb known
to occur in that region in June. A
heavy snow storm prevailed in Wyom-
ing on Saturday, and at Cheyenne the
snow was eight inches deep
McCook, Neh, was visited Saturday
by terrible cyclone. A number OF
children were rehearsing for the chill
dren's day at the congregational
Church. The church was raised from
its foundation and dashed down in one
mass of ruins, bury ing about 80 chill
dren, together with the pastor of the
church and several teachers. Many q
the children who were leaving, were
hurt by the flying timbers, but so ia
known, none seriously.
The east-bound passenger of tn,
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail
road was wrecked by broken raj
f near IndianOla, Neb., Sunday morning
The passengers miraculously ESCAPED
with bad shaking up. Five Pulima
sleepers were turned over. The pas
sengers were transferred and the trail
J proceeded to Omaha Among the pas
= sengers was party of about sixt
t editors with their families, returuin
from the meeting of the National Ed
tOrial Association at San Francisco.
Smyrna times., 1892-06-08

THE eyes of the nation are at the
present time centred on Minneapolis,
the seat of the Republican National
Convention. All is excitement as to
the outcome of the convention. The
contest between the adherents of Pres
ident Harrison and those favoring
Blaine, is close, and cannot be deter
mined until vote is taken, possibly
tomorrow. If either of them is NOM
mated it is likely to be on the first
ballot; otherwise it may be another
man, with an undercurrent in favor of
Mckinley. The Convention organ
lied yesterday by selecting J. Sloat
Fassett for temporary chairman. The
committees were appointed and the
convention adjourned until to-day
What promised to be two weeks ago a
tame convention, has been precipitat
by the action of Mr.. Blaine into OnC
of great excitement and interest.
Smyrna times., 1892-06-08
Scarcity of Fish,

Year after year fish of all kind get
scarcer in this market. 1t used to be
common at this season of the year for
our fisherman to catch at haul from
80 to 60 bushels of sea trout, while
menhaden, or "ale wives" were so
plenty as to be regarded as nuisance
by the fishermen. 1t is easy 10 say
that fish are getting scarcer, but not so
easy to ascribe the causes which have
produced it. There is little doubt that
the cause lays at our own doors. The
catching of trout simply to get the
sounds and throwing the fish on the
beach to rot, was primary cause an
other is the wholesale destruction of
menhaden with purse seines at the
mouth of the Delaware Bay. If we
would protect food fishes, we must, as
far as we can, protect the food of food
| fishes. We know that menhaden is
the food of the trout, pOrpoise, and
shark, and used to resort to the
waters of the Delaware Bay in myriads
| but now they are scarce as trout. 1t is
reasonable to suppose that lacking
menhaden, the common food OF the
porpOise and shark, they destroy vast
| numbers of shad and trout. In their
effort TO escape these VOraciOus mon
slers when driven by large school, it
is no unusual thing to see large trout
spring to the shore and be captured by
men. Some attribute the scarcity o.
edible fish to the sturgeon seines scar
ing them off. What folly AS wei
may they argue that the steamers anc
vessels drive the fish away; the stur
geon seines are fshed well oil shore
while the habit of sea-trOut is to come
in near the beach to deposit their roe
Unless the murderOus purse seines ant
and the sounding of fish is stopped by
stringent laws and the fish factOrie
abolished altogether, we may expec
edible fish to grow scarcer until the.
command city prices on the beach
where formerly they sold from 10 l.
80 cents a bushel.- Milford Chronicle
Smyrna times., 1892-06-08
Personal,

John H. HOffecker left on Saturday
for Minneapolis, having been induced
at the last to make up the Car load
from Wilmington. This makes his
fourth successive National Convention,
twice as delegate, once as alternate,
and this time as locker on. Smyrna
has another representative in h. Nj.
Fowler, who accompanies S. H. Bay
nard, of Wilmington.
Andrew p Smithers, of Denver, Col,
reached Smyrna on Sunday to join his
wife and children on visit to his
father, Jos. Smithers.
Chas. r. Clements, of Philadelphia,
is on a visit TO his father.
Miss Mabel Thompson is visiting
friends in Philadelphia.
]. b. Miff1in, of Philadelphia visited
Smyrna the past week.
Miss Clara Layton, of Bridgeville
visited Miss Lizzie Hall the past week
A. G. Wick, who had a stroke of par
alYsis last week and was very i'll fol
severel days is reported somewhat i'm
proved.
Rev. r. X. Stephenson attended al
Epworth League Convention at New
port last week.
M. Refs has been in Philadelphia
buying stock the past week.
VIM. Nj. Lewis is on business Visi
to New Jersey.
Will f. Metten, of the Middletowl
Transcript, spent last night with friend
IN town.
DOminick McElwee and j. G. Arm
strong have been on visit to Ne'
York.
Miss Mollie Wood, of Wincheste
Va, is the guest of Mrs. Eugene Davi
Mrs. J. w. Tucker is visiting he
parents near Galena.
John f. Collins and Chas. H. Regi
ter were drawn as grand jurymen fC
Duck Greek Hundred for the Distri
Court at Wilmington, June 14th.
Rev. William Lister of the w. G. A
! of Dover, was in town on Monday al
: Tuesday on business.
Rev. A. Chandler, of Marydel, is
! town to-day.
Smyrna times., 1892-06-08
FOR me SmtTH
Cheswold Items.

Assau, Baines & Co, Cheswold's can
ners, started up on strawberries last
Monday. Their new machinery for
packing peas is in place and the whole
plant has seen refitted and enlarged
for heavier seasons pack.
Rev. T.. G. Macnichol of Sudlersville
Md, and Rev. ]. d. Rigg OF Chester,
Pa, were Ia Cheswold Wednesday
of last week, guests of w. F. Collins,
Alfred Smith, P. E. was in town two
days later.
The Ladies Aid are talking up fes-
tival to be held in the new church. The
date is not yet determined.
Cheswold's public school, Miss Clara
Moore, teacher, gave picnic last Sat.
urday. People dressed as If the day
was a holiday to attend IL.
Bethel Sunday School is preparing
to observe Children's Day next Sunday
In the afternoOp,
Straw berries are plentiful, but 0W-
ing to low prices growers are not much
enthused at their coming. Cheswold
has two buyers beside the cannery and
two shipping agents.
Smyrna times., 1892-06-08

THE season has been a record of dis
asters from rains, which have had their
greatest downpour in the Western
States. An estimate of the losses &C.
casioned by the food has been made
from statistics gathered from various
boards of trade, exchanges, etc.,
throughout the afflicted district. The
total is appalling, reaching S29, 10000,
as follows:
Missouri-Wheata and corn destroyed
100000 acres), $1O,OOO,OOO; homes ru-
ined, 81 100000; cattle drowned, $780,
600; railroad property destroyed, $780,
600. Total, S11 100000.
Tennessee-Cotton, loss, $60O,0
wheat. loss, 81 200, 600; homes and cat
tie, 100000. Total, 81, 100000.
Arkansas-Farms inundated, 1888
Loss as follows: Corn, S2,5OO.OOO; cot.
ton, $5,OOO,OOO; other products, $780,,
900; Louisiana's loss, $5,OOO,OOO; Ken
tucky's loss, 100000; total loss, S29,
100000.
This estimate does not include stag
nation in business among the mer
chants and transportation lines.
Smyrna times., 1892-06-08

hry shall accept the silver bullion of
any holder and coin it into silver dol
lars at the rate of sixteen to one of
gold. But, says Senator Sherman,
"the truth is that one ounce of gold is |
worth more than sixteen ounces of
silver. An ounce of gold will buy to-
day in any market in the world twenty
three ounces of silver; )" and he added
that the demand of the free silverites
lis wrong in principle, wrong in detail,
wrong in every aspect-a fraud on the
creditor, a deception to the debtor,
and a demonetization of gold. 1t would
advance the pound sterling from its
present rate of $4.S6 to something like
81, and the 1O0-franc piece to $780,"
The cause and the effect of this de-
mand are most eloquently and forcibly
set forth in the following paragraph of
Senator Sherman's remarkably able
and non.partisan, non-pOlitical speech :;
And all this disturbance is 20 be
/
to a domestic product. And what's the
amount of the silver fund to be drawn
| from? A fund of nearly 1000, ,000,0 900
ounces is now in sight and it is well
known that the production of silver is
increasing enormously. The free coin
age of silver, therefore, will result in
one of two things. Either it will
bring the whole mass of silver in the
world up to the gold standard, at 16 tC
l, or gold will be demonetized. Ii
there any doubt about it? Can there
be any halfway measure? Is there
any way by which this inevitable logic
of results can be prevented. Is there
a Senator who believes that the value
put on silver in all the countries u
the world can be changed by our ac
f ton and our offer to buy that silver
We might buy it and pay our notes fO
it, but at the end the Government deb
would be greater than it was at tn
end of the war.
Who that has considered the Obi
3. statesman's clear and strong argumer
4 upon the silver question, says tn
: Ledger, can doubt that it is busines
e not partisan question, or that th
mere threat of the free and unlimite
coinage of silver is already doing mo-
J than anything else to disturb the bus
n ness.ot the country? 1t is a busine
" question that not only the great b
y the small capitalists are concerned
Or have wisely, honestly answered
IS Congress. There is no creditor in Il
g, land, no depositor in bank or savin
is bank, no veteran on the pension Ii
h. no holder of a life insurance policy,
as Garner of profits, salary, fee or wa
ne who is net concerned that the CT
rency of the country shall not be {
to based, deprecated; that every dol
he issued by the Government shall hav'
" certain, steadfast value of 100 cents
lr- measured by the gold standard, whi
ng is recognized by the great nations
its the world as the only safe and hon
W one.