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San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23

BRENNAN, Tex. Sept 1S.-Suuday
night at Gay Hill Tom Sutton. about
y years of age. took a quantity Of
morphine and died from the effects OF
it at about $50 a. m. yesterday. De-
ceased has lived in the Gay hill
neighOorhood for about twelve years
until las' ~ear when he moved to Lee
coun' wa farming. He
came I, , H.. on = visit few days
since Last night he called on Whit
Brooks. vino is railroad agent of the
Gulf Colorado ana Santa Fe at Cald-
we'll He was low spirited and aD-
peared to have been drinking. After
ne left Brooks went to bed and saw no
more OF him Yesterday morning
Brooks found a piece of paper tackled
to his office door which read: You
will lind me in the cotton seed house.
Goodbye old fellow. Tom Sutton.
Tne agent went Immediately to Eugene
Wallace's cotton seed house and found
Sutton unconscious and breathing
heavily. He had a small bottle of
morphine clasped in one hand. from
which half of the contents was miss
ing. Dr. H. Upshaw was summoned
at once and did what ne could to re-
suscitate him, but he died in about an
hour and a half The cause of mis-
suicide was disappointment in love
affairs.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23

The Behring sea arbitration meet
ing will DC held at Paris.
In spite of cholera there is no sign
of any panic in England
Darkest Africa with Stanley in it
is TO be staged soon in Europe.
Gladstone does not favor the coming
international monetary conference
Hoodlums at Montreal Canada re-
Gently t-ampled the American flag in
the mud.
The grandmother OF the governor
OF Coahuila, Mexico died Il few days
ago at the age of 1872 years.
Gen. Raugel and soldiers were
routed while assisting in making ar
rests in the Guerra district of Mexico.
The empress of Austria is WALK ng
barefoot oy the advice OF a quack
doctor, who claims that it cures nerv-
business.
I. Dewitt Talmage preached two
sermons at Birmingham Eng. re-
Gently to auiiences aggregating 80. =
900 persons.
The temperature in Austria AND
Alpine Europe mas dropped from q
tropical neat to Arctic chiliness.
Snow and ice impede traffic.
A Russian soldier murdered a com
rade at mess a few days ago oy cut
ting mis- head oil with a razor, the
mead rolling in tine dead mans plate.
Grenier. the French clerk who SOLD
state secrets TO Capt Borup OF the
United States army. has been sen
fenced TO twenty years Imprisonment
ana To be followed Oy twenty years
Danisament from France
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23

CADDo. / r.. Sept 1S.-Goy. Vii
son y. Jones arrived yesterday ana
organized militia TO proceed to Meal
ester TO quell the attacks made upon
prominent politicians of that vicinity
by gang OF armed men ana mem 0e-s
OF the National party. II Is reported
that six or eight men have been killed
at McAlester and Harishorne during
The last two days from no other tnan
political causes. United States Indian
Agent Leo. Z. Bennett is mere at Gov.
Jones request comforting with MIN
ABOUT the matter. The governors
militia viii De veil armed in case Of
another attack They left yesterday
az o'clock for the scene OF battle
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23

New YORK. Sept 16.-Ihe morn
ing opened bright and frosty and New
York IS enjoying just the kind of
weather to prevent any spread OF
cholera. The lew cases which have
appeared mere have in no way alarmed
the authorities or citizens But a
single case was reported late yester-
day afternoon Mary Connolly. aged
10 years residing at 6g3 Sec
ond- avenue. VINO has been re-
moved to the floating hospital This
rather confirmed the prevalent belief
that the health authorities have the
matter well in nand The city is in
TOO healthy condition, it is argued.
and the people are too intelligent to
allow any serious visitation OF cholera
10 take place. However this viii not
prevent the authorities anu the public
in general from ~edouDling their ef-
forts to prove an ounce of prevention
is worth Il pound OF cure a few
weeks more and welcome Jack Frost
VIII put an end to tine slightest danger
OF any possible cases.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23
AN UNUSUAL WILL.
David F. Davis Of Waco Plans His Funeral
Services Most Deliberately.
DIRECTS That HIS BODY BE cRENATED.
HacKdrIver ROrsew htRPed by an
Indignant Lady Cholera IN
Mexico Denied.

WACO. Tex. Sept 11-David +.
Davis, whose death occurred on the
10th ultimo. left a VIII which has Just
been found. His testament appoints
Messrs. w. w Seley and Frank Grady
mis- executors and directs them TO sub
NIT his body to cremation. His
funeral deceased desired to ne con-
Quoted in the city nail or courthouse
by Rev. r. C. Burleson and Rev.
Bruno Boetzinger. A cenotaDh at
OakwoOd he orders erected TO MS
memory. and Inc epitaph he says he.
has written and placed in the hands
OF w. W. Seley. This epitaDh he
directs Frank Grady to read on the
occasion OF MS funeral Mr.. Selev is
not in the city and a copy OF the
eDitaph could not oe procured NJ.
Davis leaves consider be proper L.
and MS lie was insured IN the Mutual
reserve fund association for $1,000
He provides for the support o.
his family ana the education OF his
so2 in Berlin. He remembered ais
tant relatives and orders that mis-
dress suit De sent TO mis- nephew. +.
j. Davis Of Nottingham n H. David
Franklin Davis. deceased. was a man
OF note in the Z. J. Davis administra-
ton BY appointment OF that execu-
tive he became disjric, clerk OF Nc
Lehman county. He oyercame the
sentiment against such method OF
Office holding appointed able. expert
enced deputies from Democratic ranks
and the work in the Office proved
highly satisfactory. he was an able
writer. rather extreme in hi political
views and something OF poet His
will will 60 into effect except As To
cremation. For that II Is too late. a
burial took place prior 20 the discov-
cry OF the will. The executors made
application yesterday for probate and
filed bond.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23
MURDERED A FIENC.
An Unknown MAN InSuIis Ind,
and Is Followed and KnIed.

PARIS Tey Sent ia don
man was foupd IN the e5ge of ,,a
SDlDnur bo.,om ne,,. me mi, -
Royton Yesterday morninr NIL.
mole ENTERING the nacl, ins, pnder the
left snoul6er made ,nj6 how he 6i.,i
The nearest MAGISTRATE wns no,i6e-;
ana al the jnoueSt witnesses ,..n,e To-.
warn ana told vnv tbs tiIIi,o ,v,s
done WIN KEELING and his vito
were witnesses S5e tsstiBc6 nm.
Monday evening a, p,tnown nan
whom She i6enriGed a. do,.cassJ
came into be,. mouse and .'s.ed fo-. hc,.
husband who was no, =, bomo Eo
then asked where ne WAS anu what
ne was engaged Al. Being answered
ne demanded dinner she said she
had nothing cooked and was roughly
ordered to cook some at once and be-
ing alone she did so. Inc man wa K
ed around the premises while she was
cooking apparently looking 10 see If
anyone else WAS about When the
food was cooked ne came and a,c
When ne lett the table. ne
made an insulting demand of
ner and threatened to kill her
unless she submitted GIauc:ng
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23

EAGLE PASS, Tex. Sept. 16.-Dr.
Ortega nealth officer at Piedras Ne
gras. has just issued d treatise on
sporadic cholera vulgarly called
choleriuc- He asserts that 1t is com
mon in northern Mexico AMI Is caused
b. eating green fruit stale melons
ana decaying FISH. In the last three
years he claims to nave treated over
200 cases. He does not regard the
cases reported at Monclova or San
Luis Potosi as any cause for alarm.
DR.. Orteca Is regarded as one OF the
most eminent physicians on the Dor
der and he Is thoroughly familiar with
the diseases prevalent in MeSico. His
opDortune work at this time when an
invasion OF Asiauc cholera is dreaded,
will do much TO reassure the people.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23

to order ut 10 a. m. The committee
on permanent organization recon-
mended that TEMPORARY officers be
made permanent Adopted. Quite a
lengthy platform was reported and
adopted. The following resolution
caused considerable debate in the
hall, but finally slid through
with safety: Resolved. that the pres
ent deplorable condition Of the affairs
OF our state is such that the general
welfare demands al our hands a.
patriotic citizens the defeat of James
) Hogg and the election Of some one
IN his stead who will give to Texas a
liberal and progressive administration
and to this end We earnestly recon-
mend to the Republicans of our state
the election OF Hon. George Clark. "
After the transaction OF other routine
business and passage OF several rcso-
buttons. one OF which scored the Hon.
Richard Coke for the stand he has
taken in the gubernatorial contest the
convention adjOuIned sine die
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23

TAYLOR, Tex. Sept. 12-At Echo
about l o'c.ock yesterday morning
while returning from the Bolton fair
bold attempt was made by an IN
known party or parties 20 assassinate
John T. Olive. the brave and intrepid
sheriff OF Williamson county. Re-
turning from Bolton. and in company
with John 7. Rankin. while stand
ing on the platform at Echo.
ne was approached within a
few feet by some one. fred upon and
perhaps fatally wounded. The weapon
used evidently was shotgun loaded
with buckshoL Three OF the shots
took effect in the abdomen Just below
mis- ribs and passed out on the left
side, and one shot inflicted a flesh
wound in the right arm. Mr..
Olive raised himself on mis-
elbow and emptied his pistol
at what appeared TO him as the flee
ing assassins. but with what effect is
yet unknown, as the william made
good his escape. The snerifTs wounds
are considered dangerous.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23

JERSEY CITY. y. j., Sept Il
Three men lost their lives in the re-
ceiving basis OF a sewer Yesterday.
4 gang OF men had been cleaning out
the sever bssins- When they reached
the manhole where the fatality oo-
CURED Fioiin Folenskl descended The
ladder into the basin. but the instant
ne reached the bottom ne shrieked
and threw no MS hands imDloringly
70 the worEmen. VINO dropped rope
to him but when ne mad nearly
reached the top he let go and fell
back upon the sewer BOTTOM Thomas
Kane went down 10 Volenski and for
fe+ed his life. He collapsed ana
dropped upon Volenski Edward Nc
Nally then went down and he. too.
was overcome McNally was finally
brought out but died within two or
three minutes.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23
mack Drrver HorSewhipped.

GALVESTON. Tex, Sept 17.-Yester-
DAY afternoon Isaac Meyer. a hack
driver known as Chicken Meyer, -
was attacked Oy Mrs. Sano. Meyer
was sitting on a box in front of a BAR
Der shop when Mrs Sano walked up.
grabbed him by the collar and pro-
ceeded to wallop him with bull whip
Meyer squirmed and yelled and when
the Infatuated woman released him he
climbed aboard his carriage and drove
off. Mrs. Sano saiG: Meyer made
some very ungentlemanly remarks
about me and my husband and l
bought a whip and walked over TO
where Meyer was sitting and gave it
to him good No arrest was maze.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. Sept. 1j.-Peo-
pie passing 228 South Laredo street
yesterday morning heard the cry My
God Louis is dead" Louis Stephen.
a laundrYman. IS years old was found
lying on a bed suffering from the
effects OF rough on rats. from which
he died. 1t was suicide Dut from
what cause is not known. Letters
from Ottawa Canada written in
French. have been found among his
effncfs
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23
wiuhoutFounaation.

SAN ANTONIO. Tex. Sept 17.-Re-
ports OF tine existence OF cholera in
Monoclova, San Luis Potosi add Vera
Cruz have been ascertained to be
without foundation. Inc report orig
mated from the fact that cholera NOR
ors is very prevalent, as usual during
the fruit season, in all parts OF the
country. Strict precautions are being
taken by the government to prevent
the entry OF the scourge at any of the
ports OF the country.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23

PENSACOLA Fla. Sept l3.-Ine
United Sta.es Dostottice Inspector ar
rived mere with I. P. Farrell mail
contractor for the route between Tai
lanassee ana GarraoeL and mad him
committed to Jail in default OF $1,000
bail Farrell Is charged with roboing
the mails on the route. 1t is claimed
by the postal authorities this solves
ine mystery OF the wholesale disap-
penrance OF valuable registered letters
ana packages on the Garrubel route
during the past few vears.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23
Peoples Party Conference.

ST. LOUIS. Mo. Sept lS-The ma
tionai executive committee OF the Peo-
pies party held called session here
yesterday. Besides Chairman Tau
benec1. Davis OF Texas Rankin of
Tennessee Turner OF Washington, d.
G.. Stricken of Nebraska and Wash
burn OF Mississippi we're present
The session OF the committee which
lasted all day. was secret but 1t Is
given out that nothing was done eX-
cept TO talk over future appointments
ii the par;y's orators and ponder uUon
the chance of success next November
= eDort WIS received of the work of
n'iv stern suO-
.itCrinss
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23

HAMBURG, Sept 16.-There were
two hundred and four new cases OF
cholera officially reported here We'd
nesday, and eighty-one deaths These
figures show an increase of six new
cases compared with Tuesday. The
deaths were fifteen less than Tuesday.
Inc hospital authorities state the
cholera situation shows considerable
Improvement. Out OF twenty-four
military doctors sent here eleven have
returned to the garrlsons. their serv-
ices being no longer required
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23

TENEHA, Tex. Sept. 1.-THE first
person killed in this place was Oscar
Johnston. - years of age He was
shot through the body by j. W. Butler
yesterday at j:jG D. m ana expired in
a lew minutes. There were several
shots exchanged. Butler was shot in
the left arm and left leg above the
knee His wounds are serious. but
are not thought 10 be dangerous. The
cause OF the shooting is said to ne rel
alive to some remarks made by john
ston about Buffers sister.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23

Kansas CRY. Mo. Sept iz.-Au-
gustus T. Kerr. formerly head book
keeper of the Kansas City Office OF the
Jarvis-Conklin Mortgage Trust COM
pany. headquarters for the western
business Of the company. is short in
MS accounts $50, 900 Kerr is now in
England Inc American surety COM
pany Is on kerr's bond for so. 00U
ana Is making efforts 20 secure the ar
rest OF the fugitive. Kerr mas been
In the employ OF the Jarvis-Conklin
company several years. The money
went IN unsuccessful bucket snops Of
which he was part owner.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23

MOBILE. Ala. Sept. l.. - The
steamship May. Smith master OF the
Mobile and TamDico steamship line,
arrived OF Mobile bay Saturday night
from Vera Cruz and Yesterday morn
ing was sent to the national quaran-
tine station by the quarantine physi-
clan OF MOBILE bay No sickness on
board, Ou. she mad six cases OF yellow
fever with two deaths while at Vera
Grrz
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23

LAwsUus generally originate with
The obstinate and the ignorant but
they do not end with them; and the
lawyer was right who left all his
money TO the support Of an asylum
Tor fools and lunaties. saying that
from such he got it aud to such he
would beoueath Il.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23

Recent arrests Of boys for various
crimes has had q tendency 10 injure
The theory that youthful diRbolism is
principally due 10 the deadly dime
novel inssmuch as q large number Of
The offenders could not read at all
To be raised IN an atmosphere OF
ignorance and deprayiiy is quite as
bad FOR the minds Of children as mis-
directed education Of the primary
kind. After all a good deal OF ignor-
snce is a more dangerous thing than
a little learning.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23

* our great ogercrowded hives Of
industry song instead Of being re-
garded as q helpmate 70 work is
looked upon as a hiudranoe-perhaps
not altogether Trongfully II we con-
slider the pace at which tho workaday
world moves now. When weaTers
and eobbiers sang at their work the
science Of raluing time by its meas
urement was unheard Of Work is
probably not a whit better done now
sdays than then. but Il is done more
rapidly and when time means money
The employer Of labor very properly
considers that indulgence in song
would mean putting a drag on tho
wheel Of Time So We may with
reason believe that in spite Of what
social disssctors and historians say to
the contrary lie in the old days was
q brighter labor than at present
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23
CHOLERA SITUATION
thirty New Cases Of Supposed Cholera fe-
ported in New York
AND ONE MORE DEATH IS RECORDED.
augustus It. Kerr Said 10 be Short
i'm HIS Accounts Twenty
thousand Dollars.

NEW YORK. Sept. 1.-THE me-
iropolis awoke yesterday morning
with a cloudiess sky aud crisp.
WINDY atmosphere. These conditions.
while cholera is near. become a daily
element in the new situation. Frost
is rot far away; the days are already
having chills by night and fever AT
noontide. The crisp air also braces
ana brightens the population against
fright or that nervous apprehension
that in its results invites the approach
Of any disorder 1t was announced
by the health department yesterday
that another death from supposed
cholera mad been reported and is
under investigation. that of Edward
HopL During the past twenty-four
hours. ending last night az least
thirty cases Of suspected cholera were
reported at the health department
Miss Maria Sposate. reported Thursday
= ~uffering from chOiera was
1.-the disease. An ltal-
..,-d street Thursday
er suspicious circumstances.
The doctor thinks it was cholera His
case is being investigated. Sanitary
Superintendent Edison examined Maria
Connerty. the young Irish girl found
Thursday suffering with supposed
cholera He says there is very little
douot the girl mas cholera No sec
ondsry cases have been found in the
house. john McAgoy. street sweeper
suffering with cramps. was taken TO
ST gincent's hospital The case is
being investigated. A meteorological
examination OF the intestinal contents
OF the BODY Of Charlotte Beck who
died Sept IS, mas revealed genuine
cholera Edward Hopes BODY has
been emoalmed and the In
testines and stomach will be bacteria
logically examined.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23

CHICAGO Ill. Sept 16.-Letters
OF administration on the estate of
James NJ Brown. the Texas horse
man VINO was shot at Garfield race
track by Officer Powell. we're taken
but yesterday by john q. Brown. a
son Of deceased. The estate is valued
At SO. 600.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23

DuRsG the discussions on me ma
tive birds Of this country al meeting
OF the Massachusetts, horticultural So
ciefy. an amusing instance was stated
Of tho wild blunders which Iaw-mak-
ens may make when they undertake
70 frame laws on subjects with which
they are not acquainted. especially
when requiring scientific knowledge.
and as great mistakes by those who
attempt 70 carry cut these laws IN
der What was called tho Scalp Act "
$50. 600 was drawn from the public
treasury as bounties for the destruc-
ton Of wild cats. foxes minks. weasels
and other animals an investigation
proving that at least $50. 600 was paid
for destroying beneficial animals.
Bsreiaced frauds were shown. and
bounfies were paid for the heads Of
common domestic fowls partrIdges
and cucloos and fho officers we're
msde 10 believe chat lhe heads OF Eng
iish sParrOws were the heads OF blood
thirsty deyouring hawke and owls.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23
wcddins Guest1a trouble.

DEL RIO. Tex. Sept l.. An Ital-
ian was married in East Del Rio Sat
urday night and invited Willis Pafford
to attend. He went and ABOUT or .
yesterday morning he and a Mex
lean deputy mad 4 difficulty,
in which Pafford shot and
killed the deputy, Epitacio VilloloDos.
Pafford is now in jail. He is of a good
family ana the people generally regret
II worry rou-sb
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23

3 S0BEIErT and tranquility tend to
seif-connand self-goVernment and
that genuine self-respect which has in
II nothing Of self-Eorship; for it is
the reverence that each man ought TO
feel for his nature and fer the laws
OF that nature It is ono thirg to
'-istOegh and SOW with the expectation
OF The harvest IL due season when the
years shall have Hame rOund; ii is
another 10 rEns.c- ground in the
craving for vast retu rs tomorrow or
10 day.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23

PILOT POINT Tex. Sept. l6.-Cnar-
ley Bell, colored. who was working
on Wilson & Hearn's building, fell
yesterday from the top of the building
twenty feet across the lower joist. He
was picked up unconscious with two
severe cuts on the head and frac
Iured shoulder. He has recovered
consciousness and is resting easy.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23
gan Saba anfws.
eEo HAeAS. Pub


NOTHING is more certain than that
human conduct produces its effect
upon human character and determines
It's future veal or woe. Virtue and
nprightness give The pure heart and
clear conscience. whose working is
an simple reward FOR effort and
sacrffca
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23

TEE sediment brought down by the
river must be disposed Of It was
disposed Of in natures way before The
stream was henmed IN By artificial
banks when this defritus built up
through countless years the vast
plains Of the delta It is disposed Of
nov. when the food crevasses come
and cultivated lands are buried inches
deep in huvial slime But when there
are no breaks this vast amount OF
csrihy solution is not carried through
70 the gulf; # hils in the rivers bed
and raises The level Of the bottom.
There Is no more doubt Of this than
there is o. any other fact IN natural
history Il IS scientifically true and
II has been proved by fact in the case
Of the great rivers Of China If not in
that Of the Mississippi itself
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23

YANIrr can exist only on a narrow
basis; broaden the foundation and it
viii fall 10 the ground The greater
o man is the smaller be feels himself
70 be; for he has IN his mind q stand
ard Of excellence far above that which
be actually reaches ever progressing
and reminding him Of his own short
,or,fror
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23
sent % Ode ren for aerInrr,

GUrHEIE Ok. Sept Iz.-Judge
Green "Wednesday sentenced John
Finch, a prominent farmer. to six
years in the peniteutiary for swearing
falsely when being examined as a juror
in the district court.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23
TO- & ii short ~ 10 eEcellence

THERE Is no short cut 10 excellence.
10 every department OF human
achievement superiority is based upon
toll and success IS reached only by
effort Drudgery in some form under
lies every performance that is Of any
worth. and he who plumes himself
upon his ingenuity in escaping from
Il is like the man who congratulates
himself on his shrewdness in building
a house without the trouble Of laying
& foundation.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-09-23

KINGMAS, Ariz-. sept lZ-Repro-
sentatives from the four tribes of In
Gians met at Pine Springs 10 protest
against the government forcioly tax
ing lndian children from their parents
and sending them TO eastern schools.
Many chiefs want to go on the war
path.