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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-27
ovERroN,

ovERTON. December e5--An unknown
man was killed I'VE miles south Of here
this morning by q freight train running
over him; supposed 70 have been drunk
Cotton an gathered and most OF II has
hten marketed
We had nice rain here today,
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tist Sunday school had a Christmas chlni-
rcy al the opera house The Methodists
Nad 4 tree ut their church, and tho Luth-
efan Sunday school had their tree at thc
apcra house They we're an Well attended
and the little ones enjoyed the appear
nnce Of Santa Claus muchly
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attended. There were Christmas trees for
the young FOLKS at the Methodist, Luther.
an and Baptist churches.
Mr. Charles Cctsner IS quite sick az his
home 10 this City.
Miss Sophie Wartheimer is spending the
holidays IN Cuero with 8rs. II W, Bates,
The nay car made the TRIP from Rosen-
berg TO Cuero today.
Miss Marie OConnnr returned Satur-
day from a visit TO Houston.
Mr.. II. NJ smith anr his bride tnee Miss
Mamie Mcintoshl retarntd from their
wedding tour SATURDAY
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msr, spent seyera, It. -
J ari 3 s g Gay was i s.ssss s 'I
Wiley. nus danghi,r VA
Marcellus Foster !, 4
them he s. ,no day here, rstu NJ Hsass
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-27

THE MATABELES SuBJUGATED.
cape Town, December &C. Commissioner
Rhodes announces that the Matabees are
entirely sub3uBated and King Lobengula
does not intend TO return to Buluwayo.
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THE MlLrrIA oRDERpD orr

Tampa, Fla, December 26 The gov
ernor has ordered two companies Of mill
tia to Wildwood to aid in queling the
negro riot. The latest news from wild
wood Is to the effect thar fifteen negroes
are wounded, four killed and four cap
tured.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-27
cARRIEp our 40 SEA.

sydney, N, $ W., December 26,-A pleas
ure party boating at klama was carried
out to sea and wrecked. Seven persons
were drowned.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-27

Sellers an account or which has been
published. did not die as expected by the
attending physician and was taken out
last nlGnt hy unknown parties ana
hanged
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st HtIenne, December &c. Twenty cart
ridges fully charged were found IN
railway station here and were evidently
sto.en from the depot near by.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-27

Overton, Texas, December 2G. - At a
dance near here last night Charley Whis-
nant was shot and seriously wounded by
ored.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-27
YIcTonIA.

VICTORIA. December "a. - Christmas
passed on pleasantly and quietly IN Vic
toria- There We're no casualties, accident
al or otherwise, and aside from few
eases Of over-ndulgence the day was np-
proprlately observed Christmas services
were heid IN the Lutheran Roman Catholic
and Episcopal churches, all being wen
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-27

TRINITY. December IA masquerade 3.
pariS given in the patiosa ~ Afr ara Mfs
J. - pegion Fast aiEht t0r Tie children
lf9fea H244t BRILLIANT success socially
ltafrriff1eu ve5e served I'D o o.rIati,
hlt thh btie folks seaste3 rogally OH Tho
geod fssrgt afr@ea before them
MIS- Jpnsa ~ Lsha1gn Tenn Mr. Is
Feytons a2rL Is spending the holidays
here.
h5 $n1 Am 3 j.. Underwood ~ Hol-
land. Texas are visiting relatives here
Yesterday The business houses. including
The EalroIH. Hefe closed and everythifir
passed of quietly until inst rlebt VIVIAN
considerable damage was done % propert,
~ 2la SAFES wagons business signs avn.
tn front ~ doors Durfne war WIN
roman candles Sam Trow was shot In the
eye which may result in tho loss Of sight.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-27

ANDERSON, December a5.--Tom Tur-
ner aud Charley Mnuley were wrestling
today M on Gibbons creek when Mnnley
broke Turner's leg
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THMY cor ONLY 80

Los Angeles, Cal, December PA de-
tecive Of Wells-Fargo Eexpress company
stated today that the robbers at Roscoe
Sunday night secured only sI2
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-27

BRYAN, December 90 David llred. tho
boy who was accidentally shot and killed
here yes terdrN Wae buried here to3ay
The Gre alarm Was sounded last night.
but the fire waH put out before much
damage was dome, Some boys fred some
oman candles into the FIRE works dis
played IN the Manganic Wells store wlth
the result stated
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-27

LIVINGSTON. December 26-- Miss Mat
SIC aieeco accompanied by her little
brother. Master Luther go to Houston
This evening visiting relatives
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-27

BrRTRAM December 2s-chrlgtmas
Day was passed on IN a very lively man.
ner this uttie town The principal
eKtns or the day was a matched game
81 base ball between Bertram school bovs
and Pool Branch club which resulted In
a close games 10 10--in Favor OF pool
Branch.
~ night social party nj the residence
OF Mr. y Reed was enjoyed very much
The small boys worked on couslderabls
fire works last night
DR.. j. 7, Wilson who has been confined
70 his ben for eight months with sotae-
thing like rheumatism has decided 10 have
his leg amputated, prs. Christian. No.
prominent physicians arc expected 10 tslsa
part IN the nmputatlon.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-27
DENVER AND eTrv

Denver, Colo, December A-Re.
Trun bun or the Denver and Glib I
appointed A. P. Parker audligt n
Semple win be appointed gensll ",
ger agent,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-27

we've known where ea Z esssgS,s.i
headache have been ssnl s =, VII Il
Vlehv Springs over t1e ~ M I gstll
tnrn and fiEd cure IN PTes'o WIN M
a su' a y remedy ior s's'
headache. .,.--,-------
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Savannah, Ca December PA special
% the Mornins News from Bainbridec.
Ca, enyai
Thomas the negro who assaulted Mrs.
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ACCIDENTALLY KfbLEp Blr.rl

Hutchins. Texas, December s.lxI
Curtis, aged Is, on the Jim ssas II
was accidentally killed with l.sIr
In his own hands. lie had been X d
ing.
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hTnnII.r.

MOBILE. Dee ,mber s.v-Misses Tavia
ana Ice Rigaby OF Summit came oyer sum
day and spent Christmas day with friends
n Mobile
H. g. Littreal, w. H. Bower. Jno u.
Weatherly, Edgar X Matthews, Miss
Cora Crawford and Miss GussIe Spence
attended a BAN IN Colmesnen last night.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-27

NoAkUM, December 6-The Christmas
trees last night must have supplied every
ohld In town with a present The Bap-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-27

Prices for "Pocahontas'i matinee today
and tomorrow night are so cents ana q
cents.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-06

times are gone, however. Tor the united
States district court in Mississippi has
stepped to the front and put price on
killing or trying to kill man that viii
be prohibitory. AS related by the No
bile Register it happened this way:
James A. Mayfeld, James II. and
George II. Sisk met one j. NJ. Ross in
Amory. Miss. two years ago and filed
him to the muzzle with cold lead bull
let's They did not like Ross, So they
loaded him with lead and tried to sink
the life out Of him. Ross, however,
managed to pull through and did not
die: ON the contrary, he lived to bring
suit in United States court. demand
ing that his assailants pay him $780,
00o damages done to his anatomy by
Che cold lead they had sprinlxled into
him. There was a hot legal contest,
with talented lawyers on both sides,
John NJ Allen, of Tunica, appearing
for the defendants and J. II. Watson.
of Memphis, for the plaintiff, and the
Jury, after two hours elaboration,
brought in a verdict for Ross for the
full amount claimed.
People may judge what catastro-
phe this proved to be for the defend
ants by the fact that as soon as tho
verdict was rendered they made gen.
eral assignment for the benefit Of all
their creditors
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-06
FROZEN FISH.
fhsy Gene to Life After a Long ImDr1s-
onmeos In Ice.

At the waterworks pumphouse IN
Richmond. Ind. there stands large
fountain. with basin which measures
about ten feet across. and o. that
fountain e correspondent Of the Phila-
deIohia Bulletin tells the following
story:
Last fall three bass were put in the
basin. each weighing perhaps one and
half pounds It was not supposed
that the water n the basin would
freeze. but one very cold night IL did.
and the three bass were imprisoned
beneath a thick layer Of ice.
The cold weather kept up and TIE
water ;roze deeper and deeper until
the whole mass ot water finally became
q solid and frigid mass. and the fish
were incIoseG IN transparent tomb.
The flowing water from the founta n
kept freezing Until gigantic pyramid
had been formed twelve feet II height
The bass were plainly visible. aad the
remarkable manner IN which they had
beer caught sast---zicd sasch attention
Recently d,ri7-e g rain the sce melted
and The fish 5css were e-c1ssd for
over three months. were left 20 drift
OF the water. The cETsleer was about
n th-osy the1 away - GCad when ne
noticed that one 81 he i:sh ,TiEs,isG .
sn. ard 10 his e--T-v.ze ios.E- sG.. /.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-06
THE CAMEL'S REVENGE.
IL IL Baked and the Csmss Dies Out o.
Pure Dissset.

very few years ago IL CHANGED that
a ralua bic camel. working in an old
mill In Africa, was severely beaten by
its driver, who, perceiving that the
camel had treasured up the injury. and
was only waiting a favorable oppor-
tunity for revenge. kept a strict watel,
upon the animal. Time passed away,
the camel perceiving that il vas
watched, was auiet and obedient. and
the driver began 10 think that the beat
ing was forgotten.
One night, after the lapse II several
months, the man, who slept On q
raised platform IA the mill. whilst.
as IS customary. the camel xas
stalled in corner. happening
70 remain awake. observed b.
the bright moonlight, that pvhea al
was quiet the animal looked cautiously
around, rose softly. aud stealing toward
a spot where bundle ~ clothing and
a beruors. thrown carsIessiy On ths.
ground. Tesemhled a sle.yisr sgrrs,
cast itself with violence upon THEN.
rolling with eli IL weight. and tearing
them most viciousIy with ia teeth.
Satisfied that SIS revenge ~. com
plcte. the catasl was returning g. ia
corner, when The driver sat np and
spoke ~ the sound II his roie-. ard
p-rceiviag the mistake Il had rfla,ir. 80,
ANIMAL was 80 mortified a. ths failure
ard discovery % ia scheme that -
dashed rs bead Zgzins; nc wal ard
aied OF the spot.-Sberieid Telegraph
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-06
The aaeita 1aiIu Eagle tuesday oruing, gune s, 1888
AN ELEPHANT STORY.
How an Intelligent Paehyde-m Utilized .
Python in the Cyclone Selt.

How an Intelligent Paehyderm Utilized
Python in the Cyclone Belt.
They were swapping truthful tales
at the hotel one evening, and by unani-
nous consent the man from Girard,
Pa, was awarded the sugar-coated
bun.
i've read good deal said he.
about the intelligence of elephants.
but there is an elephant out in Geneva,
O., which is wintering with circus
there that is the smartest and most IN
telligent elephant on earth
''Once in awhile cyclone sweeps
over the buckeye state that lepels
buildings to the ground. The elephant,
whose name is Snoozer, knows asmuch
about meteorological conditions as the
entire force of the weather bureau COM
blinded. Not long ago, as Snoozer cast
his weather eye out of the window OF
the building in which the menagerle
was confined, he discerned a marked
change in the barOmetric condition OF
the atmosphere. He also saw a cyclone
to the southeast headed dead on the
menagerie building. Slipping his chain
and grasping an AK in his trunk. ne
went out to the windward of the build
ing and drove guy stake deep in the
ground. The cyclone was then but
mile off, and was rapidly nearing the
building. Rushing inside, Snoozer IN
fastened the cage containing the giant
python and, selling the big snake in
his trunk, trotted outside and tied his
tail to the guy stake. Then rearing
himself on his hind legs, he fastened
the pythons head around the center
chimney of the building. The cyclone
was now but quarter Of mile away.
''Dashing around to the leeward OF
the building, the intelligent pachyderm
braced his powerful legs in the
ground and put his hands against
the side of the building. The cyclone
was now but a hundred yards off.
The next instant it struck the menag-
intelligence of the elephant was here
most evident. If he had taken chain
and fastened it to the windward side of
the building it would have been snap
ped like thread, but the python was
elastic and he stretched just enough to
hold the building in place, together
with the elephants brace On the other
side. The force of the cyclone was so
great that it stretched the python ten
feet and showed Snoozer's legs down
into the hard ground up to his body.
When the cyclone passed over
Snoozer trotted around, united the
python, replaced it in its cage, pulled
Up the guy take~,with his trunk, re-
turned the AK to its place, slipped the
chain over his forefoot, and contented-
ly resumed his monday meal of hay"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-06
Spots on Tobacco.

Tho pale round spots, about as large
in circumference as tack head, that
one sees on cigars, now md then, are
said TO be caused by dew drops and
rain drops, that act as burning glasses
when the sun shines through them on
the green tobacco leaf. BE that as it
may, the florists declare that palms
are often burned by knobs and corru-
cations IN the glass roofs of their
greenhouses, as those irregularities
tend 20 focus the suns rays. The eff
feet Of this strong heat on the palm
leaf-which is as sensitive TO heat as it
Is TO colds TO cause a rusty brown
spot to appear on the green Some
times the apparent motion of the sun,
in passing westward. will race line
Of scorch across the leaf Other plants
are less susceptible to sun RAYS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-06
NOT EVERYBODY is A BREWER.
The Discovery Made bv a Philadelphia
Man Who Tried to Make Beer.

Anybody can make beer" said John
Logan, a shrewd Philadelphia. "All
you have to do is to get barrel and
put the stuff in and let it work" So
he got an empty barrel and recipe
for making beer. He threw in a whole
lot OF hops, three bucketfuls of yeast,
five pounds of sugar, half a bushel Of
finely ground barley and corn meal.
Then he filed up the barrel with boil
ing water, closed the bunghole tight
and left the beer to work. It worked,
says the Brewers Review. Logan and
his wife and children were sitting at
supper, cat was purring near the
kitchen stove. c dog was snoring in the
corner. Suddenly the house shook,
there was a runbling of thunder. a
crashing of glass. the bowling of dog
and the wailing of cat; rain of some
sort, then all was still. The family
rushed to the kitchen. There lay
pieces of slaves and barrel heads scat
tered all over the place. from the cell
ing and the walls there was dripping
andoozing Shiny liquid, and the frag-
mcnts of crocliery and glassware were
strewn over the floor. Under the table
lay dead DOG; the cat had disap-
pearcd. Next door to Logan's house
was china store. The show cases
We're broken and the chinaware
smashed. The owner of the store de-
manded one hundred dollars TO cover his
loss Two days before the experiment
Logan refused an offer of one hundred
dollars for TIE dog.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-06
DOES FREEZING KILL FISHES7
Result of Practical Test of This Inter-
estinc Question.

u
esting Question.
A number of live perch were secured
and placed in water at the ice manu-
factory, says the New Haven Register,
and the water was put in the process
of crystallization. 1t requires about
sixty hours to freeze a cake of ice, and
during this time the fish were watched
to ascertain the effect of the intense
cold which surrounded them. They
kept alive and continued to swim in
the water until their confines were SO
narrowed that they had no space in
which to move. The ice in its freezing
process begins at the outside and
freezes toward the center, so the space
in which the fish had their liberty was
gradually narrowed down until the
fish were encased and the W. Ter around
them froze. pinioning them tightly in
its folds.
Each fish when the cake was COM
pleted was as natural as life, its fins
and tail being spread as they We're
while in the act of swimming. The
cake of ice containing the fish was
bets involving several hundred dollars
were made IS TO the outcome of the
experiment. The oak e was left intact
for o day or so and then cut open and
the fish taken ont and placed in water
They were left for some time, and Of
the FIVE fishes which were originally
put in the cake none Of them exhibited
return TO life so Jar as can be oe5-
nitely determined except one, and
whether this one was indeed alive IS
open to conjecture. After being placed
in water this one fish. il IS asserted,
moved from the position N which il
was placed and assumed an entirely
different position which it is believed
the fish made itself. However. as no
one saw the movement il Is taken that
the death of the remaining fish Is proof
positive that this one fish was also
dead and tina. the change Of position
was the result OF something else than
lie in the fish.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-06
A HOLIDAY-LOV.NG PEOPLE.
dhe Colonists of New Zealand Prefer to
Take Life Rather Easily.

dhe Colonists of New Zealand Prefer to
Take Life Rather Easily.
The colonists of New Zealand are a
AOiiday-making people, says Pearson's
Weekly. There is almost an average
of one recognized holiday to month,
and it is a common practice for all
working people TO take two or more
days at Christmas. the New Year and
Easter, SO as to make an unbro1en
playtime of three or four days, includ-
ing Sunday. Then the great mass of
the people give themselves up TO
amusement. Horse races, athletic
sports, boat races and excursions are
carried on in every availa BILE spot, and
are attended by large and well-behaved
crowds. The commonest of all holiday
amusements, however, is the picnic.
The several trades, sects and societies
have picnics Of their own, to which the
public are cordially welcome on the
payment of a small sum toward the
expense of the entertainment. 1t is
amusing to the railway traveller to
note, as he passes through some pleas
ant countryside, not one or two, but
perhaps fifty different picnics in full
swing, each numbering scores or hun
dreds of guests. 1t has been said with
much more truth than is usually to be
found in epigrams of this kind that
Sin New Zealand people are like cattle.
Toc need only to turn a number of
Chem into pasture and leave them
alone and they will be perfectly hap
py." On warm and tempting New
Years day an enterprising burglar
might walk through a New Zealand
sity and help himself, undisturbed. to
the contents of most of the houses.
Dwellings and streets are alike de-
serted, and the casual sojourner who
does not understand the ways of the
place seeks in vain for some one 70
speak to. By six or seven o'clock in
the evening the streets are lively with
returning crowds
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-06

The DISCOVERY OF AMERICA.

xhe Cost Of Columbus First voyage ESTE
mated to Have Beer oout $500.
A German ZOO. Prof: Ruge,
has busted himself il attempting to an
swer the interesting question what it
cost to discover America. The records
of the cost OF the caravels themselves
do not seem to be cytant, but the arch
ivas of Paios show what was the
amount paid for the actual expenses of
the voyage. 1t foots up 1.14o.0 900 mar
avoids, but what was The purchasing
mower of the naravedi 1T the end of
the fifteenth century, or how it can be
much more difficult than IN respect to
the medieval coinage of some other
countries than Spain
The researches of the German pro-
fessor lead BIN to the conclusion, how
ever, that the first voyage cost, as
nearly as possible, $500. The items
of this expenditure are not less curious
than the extreme n.odesty of the ag-
gregate. The yearly pay of the lad
miral' was $500: of the captains S192
each; of the pilots, from S132.50 to
Ei5S.5o, and of a surgeon, but $685.
The ships surgeon was then, apparent
", as he sometimes is now, a medical
student who was more eager for adj
venture than for profit. AS for the sail
ors their monthly allowance was some
tn. g less than $3.50.
Considering the revenue to Spain
itself within the two centuries that
followed the discovery in gold and sill
yer alone, the return from the outlay
upon Columbus expedition makes that
outlay perhaps the most profitable
commercial operation in the history of
the world, says the New York Times.
The voyage itself will be admitted to
have been astonshingly cheap. 1t is
to be hoped that an accurate account
has been kept and will be published
of the expenses OF the voyage which
has just been made by the reproduced
caravels, SO that parallel may be
drawn in this respect also. Even from
the fifteenth century point of view it is
evident that the voyage of Columbus
was too small an affair TO attract the
attention of the politicians. There
was nothing in it for them. In fact,
the Quitting of the expedition that
discovered America was an undertake
ing so petty that it would not now at
tract the cupidity of district leader"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-06
Banje6.

A very tall, sallow, raw-boned youth
of about twenty years shot swift
~ out of an Arkansas rural abode Of
sla bs and sod and raced Tnadly toward
the thick timber across the road. when
little. snuff-dipping elderly woman
in a gown made of about four and half
yards OF orange yellow and green
''kaliker' came 20 the door. and shSk
ing hickory rod toward the retreating
figure. called out:
You'd better run. Jabe Spence. but
I Amt goin' 10 run arter ye' But yer
time o reck rim will come jist the
same You wait oDtil you come home
ter-ni2ht an 60 TO bed, an If ! don I
yive you one larrupin' I amt ger ma
I'll learn &c how TO talk sassy 70 M
an say you-il git merried whensoever
you please. Lawdy. boy, didn't born
ye into the world ter hev ys up an
merry fore you've paid fer yer raiSln'
You'll ketch il later on. see II you
don't -"-Detroit Free Press
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-06
RAILROAD GROWTH.
wonderful Progress Manifested During
the Decade just Closed.


In review of the progress of the dec
ade just ended as shown in the last
census L. II. Edmonds says in the En-
gineering Magazine:
Railroad construction progressed
rapidly during the decade. 1t is diff
cult to,realize that whereas we now
have 700 miles in operation we had
only 9s, 200 miles in 1850. At the end of
1890 we had l66.eOO niles-a gain of
TS,500 during the decade. or about so
per cent. Thirty leading roaGS, which
operated 81. 500 miles of track in 1880
and hauled 96, 0oo. 900 ton Of t.eight. in
1890 operated 76,40o miles and hauled
&c.. 900, 900 tons
The number Of passengers carried by
these roads increased from SIS. 400, 600 to
1S3, 100000 The number of locomo-
tives on all the roads in the United
States increased from II 300 in 1850 to
80, 200 in 1890, and the number of pas
senger, freight and baggage cars from
$685. 900 TO LOBE, 600. The capital in
vested in railroads as represented by
bonds and capital stock was little
less than $4,000, 900. 600 in 1886 and a
little less than $4,000. 600. 600 in 1890.