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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-06

Hicks Bostic, restaurant, loss $500;
no insurance.
j. II. Allen. building and saddlery
stock, loss $500; insurance $1,000
Robert Jones, photo gallery. organs and
sewing machines, loss $1,000; no insur
ancc.
r, b. Campbell, notions, loss S475;
no insurance.
NJ, Lasker, building, loss 5000; insur-
ance unknown.
II. l.. Shaw pool tables, loss $500;
no insurance.
Hudson * Loverett, butcher shop, loss
$500; no insurance.
p. Rail, shoeshop, loss $3.50; no in
STRANGE.
d. O. Ashby, building, loss $1,000; no
insurance.
John Chinaman, loss $50; no insur-
ance.
J. g. Goldthwaite of Galveston, build
lug, loss $1,000; insurance unknown.
j. ID. Harris, general merchandise, loss
$1,000. burned and damaged in removing
insurance will cove damages
The insurance is distributed rs follows:
Hartford. $1,000; Alamo, $4,000: Scot
fish Union. $500: Phoenix Of London.
$1,000; Fire Association Of Pennsylvania,
5000; Aetna, 5000.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
During the excitment and rush W.
\. Baldwin run his head into clothes
line and cut severe cash over his
left eye, leaving u painful wound.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-06

A man in New Durham, n. j., has a
swapping turtle that moves about on three
legs, lie owns also cat thut has only
one ear, The two animals are on terms Of
the warmest friendship and are unhappy
when they are separated Such intimate
relations did not always exist between
them. however. Some months ago the
turtle viciously snapped at the cats car
and bit Il or very close TO the head. The
mutilated cat retallRted by eeizing the tur-
ties left hind leg with her teeth and claws
aud 40 managing the limb that II became
necessary 10 Amputate it. Both wounds
healed rapidly. and as though each no
spected the prowess OF the other they be-
came inseparablo. The turtle is little
lopsided Ia the rear, and It's owner IA
thinking Of fastening small wheel to It's
shell TO enable IL to preserve It's equilib-
Rum
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-06
TALES on THE TURTLE.
Stories That Illustrate the Hab-
its of the Tortoise.
CHASED BY MOUNTAIN TERRAPIN.

Remarkable and Ferllous Adventure In
the Willis OF Arlrona-A Ride on
Loseerhead Hunting Turtles on tho
Beaches ofFiorida and the Bahamas.
Hunting turtles and turtle eggs on the
beach is Il fayorite moonlight pastime with
Narrowing parties in Georgia and Florida,
and as profitable sometimes as 1t is pleas
ant, for turtles command a ready sale in
the northern markets, aud during the sea.
son are shipped largely by the steamship
lines to New York and other northern
cities. The eggs are an epicure dish and
much sought after.
There are three species of deep sea turtle.
The loggerhead. which Is the largest,
weighs from 300 to 700 pounds. The green
turtle rarely exceeds 80 pounds in weight,
II IL principally taken on the gulf coast
and is hunted on account of the excellence
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-06

For the next hall hour the run waxed
furious, Loygerhoads were plentiful, and
we secured l9 whopping big ones. The
only excitement we had was when the cap.
tin's wife run after what she Thought was
a big turtle on its nest, but which proved
TO be- as she came upon it, a big black bear
feastlnR on turtle eggs. The screams that
greeted us started us IN run 20 her Rssis.
lance, while the bear, with one startled
look, umblcd of with rush and disap.
penred in the palmetto scrub
We were ell Well tired by this time and
willing to 20 home. Tho horses were
brought down, and four Of the biggest tur.
ties, with deal OF trouble, rolled in The
others were turned over, aud the way they
scuddod for the water was caution.
Those we secured were weighed In the
morning after reaching home and turned
the scales Mt 800, $50. d69 and 200 pounds
each, Over 200 eggs were secured, 80 that
we Toasted high for the next few days.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-06

on every side be saw dozens Of strange
creatures A close look convinced him
that they were mountain terrapins He
had seen them before, but singly. and
looked upon them ~ harmless.
But here was new side 10 the animals
nature. for these were ferocious and Of ex
traordinRry size Those generally seen on
the desert of Arizona are seldom over two
feet long, but many Of these would meas
ure four. The creatures come up from the
gulf Of California and Often spend years in
the desert They carry water with them
like camel. and after It il gone theg secm
able 10 get along without. They have
been seen 200 miles from the gulf
These were the animals that now threat
ened the two men. and in an instant II oc-
Cured to Nike that they were different
from those be had generally seen. They
were surely older aud had very likely come
from the gulf 10 comphny and got Lost
Now they weir hunting and were angry
aisl hungry.
At any rate, Il was serious fix. Ths
horses became frightened and ierked away
from the wagon and started on They ran
10 the edge q thr circle Of ugly heads, and
thcn ran around lpokiny fog way ct
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-06
PERSONAL.

H. 'Ntsi1ents of Fort Worth who have visit
Il tors from other towns will confer IA
AZ ycr on The Gazette by sending notice OF
w Tie fact to this paper.)
os str. Petty of Martindale is at Gin
n ! g &, i, Barley of BrOwnwoOd is at Gin
MIS- Leotu Hannah of Eastland
nsls IN the city.
|ms J ". Sutton and wife of Taylor are
at Ginnocchio's.
IL A. w. Sanuels Of Galveston Is at
FdiIe Arlington Inn.
"a w w. Mitchell of Marshall was in
|. Fort Worth yesterday.
II, @. Melaskey of New York is guest
II .rht fe Arlington Inn.
r. J. ID. Crawford of the Crawford Dry
Gcois company, is In the city.
|. a. G. Baker and d. NJ. Hawkins of
\ Dallas were in the city yesterday.
/. w. ]. Swain, ex-comptroTler and a
L. Iromnent attorney OF Henrietta, is in the
Mrs. lillian Reeves of Dallas is visit
|ls Ing Die family Of Mr.. and Mrs. William
|stpp6tlard
4iss NJ. L, shanahan left last night
H for chicago to attend the fair for two
Fl, week..
Y GU. Swasey. yice-president of the Tex
i1as Brewing company, returned yesterday
from Chicago,
II. W. Thompson and daughter, Mrs.
~ w. i. Barry, Of Marshal were in Fort
y WORTH yesterday en- route 10 Califor-
~ Martin Casey, president of the Texas
HrrNing company, left last night for
|tr thieago to be gone few days on bust
5ir aud Mrs. ]. W. Colin will leave
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-06

RODE IN TRIUMPH TO THE WATERS EDGE.
OF the soup for which it is used in hotels
and restaurants, whereas the steaks from u
loggerhead are considered to surpass choice
beef in esculence and flavor. The soft shell
turtle does not attain weight greater
than % pounds, but it Is even more sought
after than the green turtle and is consid-
cred quite delicaey by epicures.
An expert can turn the largest sized tur-
tie on his back by deXterous flip, catching
II by the shell aft and oycrturning 1t length
wise. Once on his back the amphibian is
helpless. The desire TO escape predomi-
mates in the turtle, and he never shows
fight.
Colonel II. d Warner Of Savannah tells
OF a turtle hunt few years ago where his
party. hnvinE caught all they wanted one
night, fou',i a very large turtle. The colo
mel climbed ON lis back and rode In triumph
TO the waters ,d-t, where he jumped of
and gave the turtle its freedom for the ride
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-06
rRnrEnItEp cRppIrons.

BENJAMIN. Tex, Oct. 5.-tspeeial. -
The assignment of Blaine * weatherly.
heretofore mentioned. preferred the fol-
towing creditors. W y. coombs, 500;
J. A. Kemp. sl993.2T; j. II. sharroek,
500: S. Edwards, 500; Southern Man
ufacturlng company Of Dallas, $50; A
j. Anderson X Co. SIS. The amounts
due other creditors are not definitely
known as no otaer persons are mentioned
in their deed Of trust. Their stock OF
goods on hand Will invoice. It Is thought,
between $500 and 5000.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-06

BuDA.pnSrH. OF. 5.-Dnring the de-.
bate IN the iiet today 90 interpolation re-
garding Emperor Franz Joserh's speeches
made at Guuns wherein be sharply fe-
butrl tie lhiependent party. Herr Appn-
III mayed that an address be- prescniel to
fhe emperor expressing Their loyalty 10
him, aud urging him "a dissipate the ankle
~ caused by bis speeches.
Premlcr Weherio replied that the g0y-
eminent was enureiy responsible Tor The
spnrehes. Tie tenor o. which was fully
known before they were delivered. During
deuf1ef the terrorism now manifested 10
public affairs AZ thia point the diet al
j0riined until tomorrow.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-06

In tho Bahamas turtles are caught In
about the same manner as on the American
beaches. Another way of catching turtles
is the pegging Of them in shoal water-.thnt
Is, striking them with grain, or two
pronged spear This way is adopted by
vessels engaged In the turtle fisheries, but
can only be used In the case Of green tur.
ties as it damages the she'll
Besides the green turtles and hAwkbllls,
there IL another species called the lubber-
head which is OF 10 practical use at all.
The flesh Of both the lntter species Is con.
nlderod valuoless, but the natives manage
to make substantial meals out Of them all
tho Same.
Most Of the turtles taken are females,
for II is the females only that come ashore
for tho purpose OF laying their eggs, the
males reminding usually in much deeper
water. The female is easily distinguished
from the male by her tail, which Is 30 short
MA 10 be absolutely nominal. while his
usually averages q or inches In length
There nre only few places In the Bahia.
mas where turtles are stored and fsttened,
and yet the increase OF weight pays well
for the very sllRht outlay OF time, trouble
and expense required The storage ponds
are natural lakes, with slight rise and
fall OF the tide, the sen water making les
way with ease through the porous lime
stone rocks OF which the islands are com
posed. The urtles are put In here aud left
TO themselves TO grow, the only care re
quired being TO throw in u few green leaves
occasionally.
There nfo many ways of cooking turtles
IN the Bahamas, bat tho fayorlto plan il to
make the bulk Of the flesh into kind Of n
hash, well doctored with port and other
wines and then to serve IL up In the shell
covered with crust, SO that It looks like n
Kind Of meat pie, This is called a baked
turtlen
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-06

An Adventure with Mountain Tcrrapin.
The Rillits' Mine stage was coming over
Needle pass in Arizona, few weeks ago
with only two people aboard-Mike Du-
graw, the driver, and Jack skinner, pas-
scnger who WIS goingto work at the mine.
They were delayed by an accident until
darkness came on, and then they decided to
camp until morning in the pine woods
The horses were unhitched, and the two
men spread their blankets and lay down.
As they lay there they heard a strange
sound like tho distant dashing OF breakers
against the cliffs The sound grew louder
until they could hear the cracking OF break
ing branches. Both men got up, thorough
ly alarmed. The horses were shaking like
leaves, showing plainly that they were lis
tening to a sound that they did not under
stand.
Louder and louder Il sounded until It
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-06

A remarkable contest between black
snake and a mud turtle was witnessed by a
hunter on the banks of the Warrior river,
In Alabama, a few years ago, What the
casus belli was IL not known, but tho
snake had wound itself around the turtles
shell and WINS trying to make some imprcs.
sion on the back with its fangs The turtle
took things good naturally seemingly,
and every once in awhile would poke out
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-06

his head to see II the snake was looking.
II the snakes head was too close, the turtle
would draw back into the shell, and II the
head was far enough away the turtle would
seize his antagonist, and when the snake,
mad with pain, tried TO revenge himself
the turtle would retreat. This strange war
fare was kept up for several hours, when
the turtle succeeded in getting his antagon.
ist by the throat and nearly severed the
head from the body. Then, with the snake
still wrapped around IT, the turtle reached
the water, aud the dead snake flonted or on
the surface. The turtle had been vioto.
rious
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-06

RYDE. Isle OF Wight. Oct. 5-Fif,een
sailors Of the schooner Clan Robinson,
bound from Rouen to Pesila. mut;ned,
claiming the vessel was unit for sea ser
vice and they wero not supplied with
sufficient amount Of food, The men were
brought before magistrate, who ordered
Them to reJoin, or be imprisoned seven
days The men chose the latter, as the les
ser puuShiurnt.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-06

We all set out IN puYruie
Tho writer aud the captain ran ahead OF
the turtle and tried 20 stop or turn IL 20
one side We were both flung down, as tho
turtle ran right into us, and as its heavy
weight passed over us we both thought
that turtle hunting wasn't such sport after
ALL The veteran knew his game better,
however, and running alongside OF the now
thoroughly alarmed logesrhead he rcachea
out and grasped Miss II. by the waist,
cleycrly lifting her on 20 the sand, where
she promptly tainted. In the hurry at
tending It all the old turtle dashed into
the water aud escaped. Miss II. soon re
covered and then she was so vexcd that
she vowed not to go home until capture
had been made.
But short distance below this another
turtle was bpied, just coming OIL her nest.
Seeing us running mp, she put for the wa
ter at once. Having been instructed, the
captain and the writer made better rec
ord, Running alongside OF the loggerhead,
We seized her clippers, and with n sudden
raise and push Topped the big turtle over
on her back She lay there Topping her
hippers furiously and endeavoring 20 turn
herself over but in vain. But short dis
tanco further on another was encountered.
We tried the same tactics, but IL being n
tremendous big fellow We couldn't over.
turn it. We raised one side up, but the
old turtle only made her other ripper fly
the faster and carried us right along The
veteran same running, and the ladies, too,
gave us n lift, and finally with big heayc
we turned her over. But the veteran got
caught this time, for he oyerhalanced him.
self, and as the turtle fell over he sprawled
over on her Two fips OF her powerful
ilippers, and the veteran landed in the sand
head FIRST. lie arose unhurt, but rather
injured in his dignity.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-06

TERRELL, Tex. Oct. I, SPEEDILY
About b o'clock This morning the resi-.
denrc of Mr. Brown at Bush Grove.
with the entire contents, was DESTROYED
III Gre. Two dogs were also consumed
In Inc Haines. Mr.. Brown IL q breeder
~ fine chickens. Quite a nutuber Of
chickens also met death ia the flames.
Insured. 800 au dwelling, and 500 on
hOusehoid gOOir.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-06

MADRID. Oct 5.-Half battalion OF a
Bourbon regiment departed today for Mo-
rocco. A similar number will cave tomar-
row. All officers and soldiers. now on fur
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-06
EXAMPLE.

Letter from PoicghoUer in he Equitable
that should for publication the
Policy
statement:
The policy $1,000 Issued the Endowment
JAM he paid in premiums Se53eo
following methods of settlement offered
all
N paid with exceeding annum.
X sscond--A paid-up policy life $3.50.
7hird-A annuity sll2 3d.
1898. R.J RILEY.
Z In. B.--The writer of the above letter has APP
1lied to the Equitable for new policy for five
Times the amount of the original policy
For further Illustrations and particulars apply
A A. GREEN, Jr., Manager,
E Fort Worth, Texas.
tg-Active, energetic Agents Wanted. Apply
NTH reference.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-06
EX-SENATOR GROOM.

BALTIMORE, Nd. Oct. 5.-James
Rinci Grsan. rs-i uiied States senator
rn.i e..favrrnA- u MarylAaa. i dead
nsiel.t. 4.St-sl.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-06
GOLOTHWAITE FIRE.
several Thousand Dollars Go Up In
Flames in That City,

r''''''V' II mt NIIyi
GpLDTHWAIT Tex. Oct. 5.-tspe-
eial)-Fire originated this a. m. at 1890
in the grocery house OF 5. ID. Parks.
rt1iplete.y destroying five or six frame
1tAiings aud two stone buildings on
80 east side Of the SQUARE. Tie losses
tft as follows; p j. Wills & Bros,
|p1ying less 5000; Insurance unknown.
~, Barlow, feed and household stuif,
iq4t 5000; no insurance.
NJ. f4ylar, building, loss $1,000:
ntt Hsnrlasr.
"a ~ Ri@s SToeesy store, loss $500;
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-06
,OUNSEL TO MEN
- Som
;,ARGE AFFAIRS!

M disturbance the present find it
energies the management OF
SARA
ssSi cannot safely delegate the work to another
ability would unable
Sppey Investments well
that be forced thus to turn
the
W. ~
about avoiding risks and
the They
ueraiy experience wind
p lack interest 10 cent or 10
EWr cent o he va o
nevertheless
secpre by assuring your which
yourex would in winding
economizng in living from in
premium policy 100000 issued by the strongest
sanc Equitable Life
Ss ciety United States 100 Broadway New York
will be instantly in the possession
Q ready will havea oTfod as
s@ Eau cneS n like
tor exampe on the
yol rich the
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TIC following illustration such policies maturing
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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-06

Education among thr lilnfons ms always
heia ID iAs han1s o. tAs Bsai'iAlhs
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1893-08-16
Usudky 6asopisa.

Chicagska Times pise GeskGm
dnu do slova: 80 MnohG staty, narod-
nostl a spolky m6ly sv6 "dny" We
y$stav6, ale nejslavn6jsf mich musf
ustoupiti daleko do pozadf "a dnem
ceskSm. = o pravodu pravf: "Prh.
vod Sci osmistupu tax huste, ze
81 skoro ma patty slapali. Byl to
pragod pozoruhodny, pozorlhodng
svym pofadkcm uspofadanfm, po-
zoruhodny peknym pochodem, pozo-
ruhodny yybornou hudbou, naklad-
nSmi alegoriekfmi vozy, pozoruhod-
ny pfedeysfm obrovskgm dcasten.
stvim. Trvalot to dive hodiny, nez
preset 10000 jest skrovny odhad."
o cvlceni pfse; "fito statni juna-
CT prisli ze vsech koncti Ameriky a
tax dokonaly byl jejich cvik, 2e kaz-
dS pohyb byl zdafil9m".
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1893-08-16
Zpravy osObni.

Pan T.. fIromas Lincoln uvsdomSly 4
yAient kra1an. Savitai do omahy dtary Edr
tel SO do etyrika, kdy vYjol oeastniky 6sakSho
dne do Chicago
Pan v. KAfka. znam5 zds .doutnlkat z
Iowy. by ade "a xaletitostmi obchodnimi mi
nuiych dnech Ptijcl tcntokrato vlastni eEy-
pati. parem statnych bsnouna. kteh prt v
pFyni den uraxili 30 mil. Name "a 10, al budou
zas Siak6 layody eowboyd jizds do Chicago,
to nas Kafka ptihlaai odnese prvni eenu.
- Pan =. Kubik. xnAmy oblibsny obchod-
nik Prague, byl omAxs pond6li. Ptijei
sem IA zAletitosu farmsrskeho slcyatoru, ltery
spolcenost farmerd tam stavsu obmysii a slice
pfijel, ably u fiditole d 4 N drGhy Holdredge
yymohl misto pro elevator Nenalski ykak toho.
h. donna jslikoi mel 10. te o. mu Hoidredgo
laptel. odiel dtsry do Fremont prsvniku D.
Dolctaiovi a hodla ieho pomocf zskro6it lined
n statni komise ieleznifni misto pro elevator.
DrAhs zdrahA sc misto pro elevator poskytnouti
! u pfieiny. to pry tam ia dvs elevatory jsnu.
- Pan A. j. stybr Norton Co. Kansas, mo
'kal omaze tyto dny s,ybr vytoupil pied
lety msats onom obohod Jest moisdintm
'cchem tam yssk Jest spokoien dosti 81 libu.
To- Tssime Sc jeho dspschu.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1893-08-16
Costa do Chicago drazsi.

Riditelov6 drah ma vychod 10.
doucfch usnesly Sc minulS 6tvrtek
zyysiti jfzdne do Chicago vScho.
du ma vSsi, jaka byla pred %. dub
mem. Draha pennsylvanska kladla
dlouho tuhS odpor, kone5ns byla
ale pfehlasovana a musela sc DO.
drobiti usnesenf vetsiny. Nyn6jsf
MIKE ceny potrvajf al do 81. srpna.
Vsecky drahy jedoucf ma vychod
zorganizovaly svoje zdruzenf xnovu
"a a6elem vydfranf penez lidu.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1893-08-16

q al kniakt komieAt opery
"Iiohia iIlafkt III Mmarks 4
e lllaskt, Itiil prof VI lilaskf
y OuYsflap "Mk yiast". uvo.
lAk iilll ~ AHtonln DyolkL
'tsssebslst f'sebh ! eiriny pif
ms obfoysst q 20 i ho,lin6 0ipol
nsmohl koapit bikdo lisiss aal "a
. ~ Dsolkk hyl piadmttsm
maahteh osaei, fst ioaksoyn nesh
stala be, dolma . lIlavA6 sofohe
stfem n ~ malieh klidili nslou
isnt ptoiesy ohyAly Dtolik a.
sisl kfAsnoa I,yru kvtiin . lIlavA6
harfa. releRramy fschi Mt.t.
skt ndy . Fraby. piitsls Ceobh
amefiekfoh NApf.,ka piA,el .
klabu vyyolaly bout po,ls.ka /
nadieni nebfyalt Koncen byl
poliikem sku,eth}m, mAlo kdy
-kytaufm. Csi6eni nasieh IaaAkh
sokolsktoh sokolh bylo foyntl
pilut slodoskno a libiio az yhbeo.
Program t6hoi ' aftnt byl tento;
~ Rel a evident prostnh So.
kolh.
~ Csident sokolek.
49, Cyi6ent ma nhFadi a evident
iAkh deunfeh ye6ornfch skol.
81 Voln6 evident na nAfadloh.
o. Cvi6eni ncjlepsiuh sokolh ua
koui na slf a t6looyi6ne hry.
Omalsu n South Oma1slf drleli
80 yftedu6, ysechna budil jim Gcst.
Po6ali ma pray6 met6 kon6m na sff
a na hrazde. Prostooyik a rozstup
byl co nejlepsf. Inu, pfizname to.
ho mileradi, 10 n6Geho podobnGho
jane nc6ekali. CeskY den y praydi
skon6il po Geuku rec Jonasoya
nemalou byla mu ozdobou. Rec.
NIX povGd6l cizind malo sloyy sic,
ysak mnoho o narod6 nasem dix
mu "a To ysech mas. Jmsnu GeskG.
mu ziednano uznanf vsech tispGch
povsechny jest zarukou dob snad
lepsich pro posuzoyanf narodnosti
nasf ma pffst6. Ma zdar