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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-20
The Seer OF CharinG Gross.

The seer of Charing Cross road. London.
was often visited and consulted by the late
Prince Consort, Lord LyttOn, Charles Dick
ems, George Eliot, Lord Beaconslield and
many other notables. The seer of Kings
Cross also became quite famous through
his predictions relating to the celebration
Of the queens jubilee. in which he foretold
the failure OF the anarchists plots and the
injuries that befell the Marquis OF Lorne.-
Edgar Lee in Arena.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-20
Wr,,e nj. viii or His Own Body.

There lately died in Mexico a miser of the
name OF Monecl1e. His relatives We're I'm
willing that his body should be Inferred ls
he had tattooed his will over his chest witt
some red pigment instead of using pen and
ink The court decreed that the remarka-
bile ''human document" should be copied
and the representation duly attested in the
presence of witnesses. This was done, and
the court pronounced the queer will genu-
ine-St. Louis Republic.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-20
THE BOWLBY CONCERT.
Pheasant Entertainments at Harpei's
Theatre.

Theatre.
The 1ncert given by the pupils OF
Prof. S. L. Bowlby at Harper's thea
tire last evening was fairly well at
tended. The Presbyterian church
choir assisted in the entertainment,
as we'll rs other vocal talent, and the
result was a rare treat to those who
heard it, AT a request OF Mr.. Bowl
by no repetitions were insisted upon,
which was made necessary by the
length of the program, although 1T
was evident that the audience often
wished numbers repeated. The pro-
gram was opened uwith S.hubert's
..Rosamoiid Overturee" for eight
hands bv Misses Lizzie Volk, Mar
guerite Murphy, Mary Petit and
Bessie Bowlby, this being followed by
Moshowski's ..Seranta" for four
hands by Misses Olive Bur
rows and Winnie Boggers, Hay
denis, ..Andante Con Motto" by
Miss Marguerite Murphy coming
next. The Presbyterian choir, two
gentlemen and two ladies, then sang
I'm a Pilgrim and Stranger, al
ter which came three piano pieces.
ION Prancing Steeds" Misses Fossie
Huev and Nellie O'Meara, -'Murmur-
ING Fountain" by Miss Altheia Bowen
and .LaSchentella" by Miss Edna
Kerr. A vocal duet ..Maying" was
then rendered by Mrs. w. A. Cru
baugh and w. W. Bowlby, after
which LISTS ..Rhapsodie Hongroise
No. - was executed by Miss Lizzie
Volk The next was sounds From
Erin by Miss Mamie Whitteck which
was followed by LA Dame Blanche"
:, composition for II hands by the
Misses Spencer, Bowen, Hull, Lem
burg. Dresser and Hoppe. The first
part of the program was closed with
a soprano solo The Return" by Mrs.
Charles McHugh with flute obilgato
by Mr.. Mittlebuscher.
The Second Part.
The opening number on the second
part was Beethoven's overture. ''Eg-
mont" by Misses Cosner. Whitteck,
Swanson and Stafford. After this
the Presbyterian choir sang LIN
Heaven the Stars Now Are Shining"
and at the conclusion of this the
Misses Nellie Rounds and Ada John
son played Les Sylphs. The next
number was GO1tScnalk = ''LoSt
Hope" played by Miss Mary Petit,
after which Miss Helen Hoyt sang
Fly With Me" Following this came
The Carnival de Venice" by Miss
June Cosner. after which lie Reeve
DIES Fees" was rendered by Misses
Lottie Rosenfield, Maggie Ohlweiler
and Lulu and Della Soutter. I'm the
Cross OF Christ | Glory" was then
sang by Messrs. McCandless and
Peck. this being followed by Kings
transcription of Nearer My God to
Thee played by Miss Winnie Bog
CESS. Miss Mamie Richards sang
..Theu Art an Angel" the program
closing with piano trio, The
Blacksmiths." by the Misses Annie
Baumgartner. Mile Uhlmann and
Ethel Reed. On the whole the enter
taInment was a pleasing. one, the
participants receiving many floral
tributes.
Won the Prize.
The prize offered by Prof Bowlby
OF Il half term of music lessons free
to the one selling the most tickets to
the concert, was awarded to Miss
Caroline Dresser.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-20
Deceived

Brakes and couplings! Ratst' exclaimed
Mrs. Hogan, as she threw down her paper
in disgust 'Pfwin l read thot head on
the ar-r-ticle, sure l fought it was divorces
an marriages. an it's nought but u lot OF
stuff about the railroads. indianapolis
journal
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-20
Won the Prize.

The prize offered by Prof. Bowlby
OF half term of music lessons free
to the one selling the most tickets to
the concert. was awarded to Miss
Caroline Dresser.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-19

| left him standing 10 cut lev throat
| rev my hulr and had iusl plunged IL
J inlp ihr cali WHEN, looking up. u horde
! ui builulurs were upon me Nv horse
was frightened aud swept AWAY. Dcnth
! Nintrd lnc 800 the face I WIS to he
I ilHnplrd upon aud crushed No shots
! Ifuln my revolver, not even h lusilRdc.
! could turn the thousands Of SCARED huf
| ihiors from thrir course, The myriads
! behind would press the others forward
! lu ap instant their hot breath oppressrJ
! me, amidst the thunder of theit feet
| RlEdntr bun was almost ON me
! watcher hiH every movement aud a
Thought dnWnvd nn mo just nA he
| rrnchod me with bis hig horns down nnd
nls Eyes Enrng ] Slipped aside, buried
lvprd upon hit buck The hunaloes ran
uH only such nuimnls can run Before
me- were thousands upon thousands no
my Hshi mud left were myrinds. and ln
wv i'hl was % Following Hood ul them
further Than ihc eye could rrnrh
How ! eHcnprl their horna. Gwen nft.r
got ON The bulls back. and tbrnu,,b
the inhd ride ! DO not know. Thpy
.Iirkrd und mulpd an around mr
lhrir HnOulug aud rOnrinf auuudrd
with ihr clash Of their shnrp horns. likn
ihr din Of q battlefield NV hnt came
ou H4i 1851 w. Tor J had enough 10 do
10 holu on ~ my Htrung steod who kyns
hil the time going iu th" mad plnlanK
IKE q house uiirr uusi hive ridden
nm ln THIS way NJ least live miles. Nv
roinpanious We're nll long since obso,ired
from view. Whnt my WouRhh wnr" ma
one can Imagine kept figuring how
could gel Oh aud ont Of The midst of
ilo great band. Finally we came 10 n
little crcol, which The bufTnloes had ~
loid' By this time my buffalo had be.
gun to get tired carrying mc, aud he had
sot H'Vy wen 10 the reAr lust 0s hr
gol 10 the edge of the creek / rot bebind
und slipped On aud be- plunged I'M md
went on. My hat never got. "A took
su"u ug" OF searching 10 secure my |
morse, nnd ng long as WINS I'M liz |
IRAN never heard the last of ms bur |
iHln ndr. Npme Of them made eonie /
invlutrS ana chncaiurod me- riding ON |
lnn ont of u for u long lime. Tho ridr
suunsr ana dangerous AZ Il was. didn't |
!u,V't ue any AZ that lime / was but
~ yenrs old, and ! was exceedingly
strong AMI supple nud could DO most
anything -San francisco Examiner.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-19
I'D 80 LIamr EoR mLuMLNArLNa A olrN

Pennington road Colonel John Stark
from Now Hump4hire IN the advance
on the river road was driving Knyphnu-
son. men pcll NELL through the town.
sullivan sent % portion of his men under
~ Clair 10 seize the bridge and cut OH
inc retreat Of the Hcssians toward Bor-
uelitoWn. Sulliyuu'S men shot the nr.
ullery bOrscs aud captured the two
cannon attached to knyphauson's rer-
ncnt
Dec. 20, 3 y. MI have been talk
ing with Rails adiutnnt, Lieutenant
Bicl lie says that RAN sat down TO
grand dinner nt the Trenton tnvcrn
Christmas day, than he drank u great deal
OF wine, and sat mp nearly an night play
ing cards. lie had been In bed but "A
short time when the battle began aud
was sound asleep Be shook him, but
found Il hard work To wake him mp.
surprising he was wide awake Bip went
ont to help rally the men, but Rail not
appearing he went back and found him
in his night shirt What's the mat
ter. Ran asked Bic informed him that
u Duttle was going on That seccmcd
70 bring him 10 his senses. lie dressed
himself, rushed ont and mounted his
horse, 10 be lnorully wounded few
minutes after,
We have taken nearly one thousand
prisoners, siX cannon. more than one
thousand muskets twelve drums aud
four colors. About forty IIcsdans were
Killed and wounded cur loss Is only two
Killed and three wounded Two Of the
latter are Captain Washington and Lieu
teuant Monroe, who rushed out very
bra yely 10 seize the cannon.
| have just becn with General Wash
lugton and Green tO see RAN He viii
not live through the night He asked
that his men might be kindly treated
promised that he would sec
they were we'll cared for
Dec, p, 1916 Here we are BAGS, |
IN our camp with the prisoners and tro- /
phies. Washington Is keeping his prone |
sc: the soldiers are iu the New Town |
meeting house and other buildings He /
has just given directions for tomorrow |
DINNER All The captured llessiuu OF. /
icriS are to dine with him, lie hears |
.hc Hessians no malice. but says they |
have been sold by their grand duke 10 |
King George and sent to America. when .
{ they could have their own way they
would be peacably living ia their own
country.
II Is glorious victory II will re-
oice the hearts of our friends every
where and give new life To our hithrr-
TO waning fortunes. Washington has
lattcl the enemy in his retreat from
New York. tie has pounced upon the
iessians like mn eagle upon q hen and
= srfc once more on this side the river.
( he does nothing more he will live In |
history as a great military commander.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-19
THE NEW BICYCLE.

Of small diameter chain from which
turns over q small wheel on the hub 0f
the rear wheel. while another chain e1.
tending fprward from ihr same wheel
drives small wheel On the hub Of By
wheel
The periphery Of the fly wheel also hns
q chain connecting with small fprockpt
wheel on the hub Of he rear wheel,n aud
the latior wheel has likewise Il sprOcket
cbnin connection with O. sprOcket wheel
Of intermediate dzc produced ON the ny
wheel
This gear arrangement allows for
three chnnges Of speed, one uie for
SLOW driving over billy and dilicult
rods one for moderate work. aud one
Tor driving as fast as possible IN each
ease the main iprocket wheel serving
~ a Ny wheel and assisting "a keeping
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-19

through the British stomach lie went
to England aud organized party pl
explorers, including titled correspond
"nts Tor the large London dailirs They
came here prepared Ia be- frnst,d. and
were MT disappointed They gui Ia tho
park after visiting Niagara. Ghlcnra.
st. Pant and other cities en route. had
high old time. and were rolling on
gradually WHEN news came OF The Willard
crash OF 1881 la Northern purihc. and
Rufus Hatch WIS again n ninod mnu
lie got the Engli,hucn on his hand.
ns soon ~ lc could aud they wont homie
mystiicd declaring tllr was % great
country. but with no very clear iden of
what had happened
Dat was the last failure, and from
10 Rufus Hatch has mot recovered liz
went ont of the stock exchange out
of the produce exchange. uul took IA
WriuhrrhIp n the consolidated which
Ice nov holds New YORK. World
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-19

Of tie market were formed al first
mnd. He could take lot of weather
reports, q few reports OF ACREAGE in
seed aud from his own, and correct no.
uons too, Of the crop output On this
knnwledrc he operated aud won
War knocked him out The Crimean
war 10 was, for it ended short on when
ne market expected 60 keep an,
irices fell and Rufus Hatch. as n mem.
Der of the hrm of Armstrong * Co. was
g bankrupt lie did not clear on hy the
bankruptcy court method. hut assumed
every penny Of the tru's debts and paid
every one in iull, with interest.
lie came Fast with u fill knowledge
81 Western affairs aud with Hcnry
hcep started in 10 hull Northwestern
hnd nndc q fortune The panicky times
OF 1850 found Mr. Hatch vigorous hear.
but be- waited too long, went short too
iAt ANA FAILURE met him iu 1871 with a
nAluhce ot nearly q million against him
but he was leader IN speculation and
was soon up again
The Northern Pacific was ihcn going
rampant Mir Hatch went ont y, see
the land, struck the Yellowstone Park.
was eniranced with its beauties aud ia
possibilities, and set about Sp.lifina h.
a spur Of the Northern Pacific wis to
run down into the park. and with
the exclusive rights granted the pnrL
company would practically have sup.
planted the United States m the owner.
snip OF the park An opposition hcadrd
Nv senator Vest of Missouri. was smrtcd
ana Rufus Hatch was oustcd from tbr
park on the ground that hc wanted Ii
fs'Rlf as an exclusive grazing gotmd
Tor his own herds IN the then booming
cattle ranch trade.
was about This time Ia 1887 that he
undertook to reach British anpitnl
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-19

LEAP THAT INFANT SURE DEATH
oh changing hands. l.anky was q hot
lHlnHic The minors know the trail
well They know, or believed, a mnu
could move over 10 ns mst nH Il horse
ANA That hr could take 'cutufA a rider
would mot dare To- uttcmpt HUT they
knew nothing OF The recklesmess In
Blls heart as Get There honndcd
away nt furious pace. gondcd Inv IA
hlncksnukr VA the hands of Que of Bili's
friends
llulf way down The travelling WIS
good for The horse. hut lnnky's' homes
were based ON the Kir.Mg fuN-wlde
llnil thut led down the side of u TU-
ioni prcrlWicc. Tho horse led tO thnt
point, whore 'laukN's hnckorA expected
in sec him move up with squirt sc
the side ui the rrulnr tran WIS a
draw leading 90 the foot of the prrci.
pirr. The footing WIS of Slide rock,
That WINS dangerous Tor man on brute.
Another friend of Bins stood right nc
tie edge Of The prrciprc with n bull
Whnckcr's whip A. horse aud rider
ncuud hin liill turned Grt Thcrr's'
hond to the draw, mud the friend
whipped the horse. which jumped right
onto the loose purtht aud stone of the
draw aud was carried down with II to
the bottom IN u twinkle The feat was
practically nothing more thnn Il drop
perpendicular out of the dust ~ the
lnsc of The precpice horse mud rider
cirnr unframed. resumed the TRAIL anu
du-hpd On furiUnly. Iunky' gave up
the race but ISM didn't know II and
kept on his wild ride AZ Hastings
Rock, whore another forty foot preci.
pico WIS Ia front of him. he did not
turn Tor tlic trail. but sent his pony
flying into the timber below Then he
drove through the timber 10 the mill.
No trail had ever been made there nnd
how be- managed 20 get through no mans
knows.
''rhc timer Won. SIR ho went TO tho
mill from the dump in eight minutoa
mud forty seconds Steam engines make
he same trim now aud people think they
irc going q lively gait when they make
h iu half an hour
when 1911 reached the mill he had
IN be- lifted on his puny. He hadn't
bio Of nerve left lie gathered Ia hid
,tnko sold out aud left The camp 80
Chicago Tribune.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-19
LUCKY" eAlowN's WILD sloE
On the Back Of Buffalo lust Ahead Of
Siampcdinu Herd.

LUCKY" Baldwin the other day told
an Examiner man the following story
oi ms extraordinary ride on the hnck
81 a buffalo ITS NO big warm" snid
the millionaire rucing man. that fow
thelcSs
In Aprl. 1852. had icft my old
home In Ia Cfossc. Wis. and WINS
bound West with nm cmirrnnt train for
thllotnin. II was my first trip We
LETT the Missouri river ou fltr ist nj
May. aud by the latter pnr of the month
had reached the Laramie nlaius below,
Fort Bridger In those davs tho whole
country swurmcd with huiinlnes There
were millions OF them For DAYS every.
whore you looked Won conid 700 bnno-
ioes. We hunted them "a good dpnl and
hucI many hands upon bands were
nearly always IN sight. aud an we Ind
lo 20 WIS TO saddle our horscs and BE
nWaN after them to rpt an we vauteS
w 9cn we had arrived at the Laramie
IhulnH we wgW ont ~ meat Bufnlors
were unusually plenty, aud lot of ms
yontlulvu We would set ont after them.
huu lho best horse aud ! got m nhond
Vi iNhendouH hnud and was riding
ul"lkN,ge when l saw magnificent y.
ESal-Wd cali that suited me exactly.
ne was ial as butter on the now snrinr
grass blazcd away at him with nv
rue hut ihe trigger didn't work right
81 ! threw away nay gun. and drawing
nH revolver poured two or three shots
The celf ten down. aud vlmon,
'h'nh'ng lcapcd FROM my horse and
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-19
soHAEFER ON AMERICAN SOIL.
The Wizard Thinks We'll Of Smiths Plan Tor an
International Tourney.

New York, Feb. i7-.lacoh Schnpfpr
ne eX-hlllilrd champion arrived by the
renrh liner Rurguync yesterday. Seine.
iers arrival was known to but fev off
me hlllihrd men and his personal friends
randolph lleiser met him at the pier
ma went with him to Mnurice Daly's.
Srhnirr who had come over alone. was
IN excellent health and good spirits Re-
gnrding the proposed international tour
namcnt which Al Smith rs trying to
arrnngc, Schacior said he thought II
a good scheme aud added thnt he hnd
not the slightest doubt that Giheliu and
Infilcr would enter. lie says the wives
OF both men are anxious 10 see this
country, and he thinks the players viii
nke advantage of Al Smiths offer and
come over Schnefer saws hp doesn't
think Plot or NiunuN win come. Yes
icrday Schnefer diuod with Al smith
und Maurice DAILY, when the proposed
tourney was talked Of Schaefcr dr6ppod
into Days place about IL o'rlocl, md
received quite au ovation.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-19

Aitcnbrockum. They came rn,,i,,.
~ the mousse. The captain Hourisbc,i ~
uis sWoru and tried to form liz 49,.
NOhe OF them fired az ms. otbrrs -,
toward the village. The ne,t ,n, l"ii
we heard drums heat and a bnglc , s.,,,.i
Anu then from the west came M, No.,
g., vlhiloh' General Washinpton' IA
~, tnbn,eu up instantly. for he know
,.,,,il W"S one OF Sulliyan's guns. W.
,,..aJ a. great CONJUNCTION down Ia
Whfd the injecting house mon r,,,'.
htFr and there. officers swinging ,h...
sworus' ariillcrymcn Harvesting tbcir
Nv. SIS uplHin Forest nlimhcrpd AZ
t"hN' washington gave the or,l,r A., ~
NgahIe: ana we rushed on 10 the h,c,io,,
vi Ming and Queen streets Fnr,,',
Wh"lud six Of his cannon into "a
uGll TO sweep both Of the strrets Tg,o
ileniei' under ColWucl Hand and Scott
uhu lawson bittalinns went upou thn
,. uu 'ni" ugh lhe hclds on the left 10 gain
ttIIs9essiuh oil the Princeton road. The
liesslhhS were just ready to onen grc
with two Of their cannon whom ttn,orol
W 9shington and l.ictennnt Mooroe Min
thelr men rushed forward ana rnptt,reJ
lllom, We saw Ran come riding nm a..
street from his headquarters. which ,,cro
nl stacy Pott's honse. We roulI bc,r
MN shouting in Dutch. "My bravo sni.
WcrS. adyancci' His mon yprn frigbt.
eened aud confused for our mon wer.
h1ng on thcm from fences ana houscs
ana they were falling fast Instead of
ADVANCING. they rain into an apple or.
chnrd The officers tried 10 rails then.
Dat our men kept advancing and picking
on the officers. II was not long before
Ron tumblcd from his horse and his snl.
llerS threw down THEM guns and puyn
themselves up as prisoners.
While this was taking place from the
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-19

has sufficient confidence In the scheme 10
commence operations u conslFncfi"e !
,nEa l.9 for that purpose. says the Caii of
nThi; balloon win not be Of the ordinary
SIN bag pattern but viii b9 w.d. =,
Nlsiuihium. ANA On the shapp of "a 1f,,r
Polhiel az both ends ID win h, abw,t
nt& rect long mid tftcpn fest in 6inwnt,r
9c,no, .sts,t' point aud win contain sui.
W weather. Fans win hr cotSit1,,.te ~.
ILL ,"N ~ point M to The wind and
LIT iron dipping. ana IN eniN
rpniein pnrr Si p9 20 balanced that &c will
"a, sahie coiiiainiue the electric ,vircs
,b,t ,'u al sufficient elevation sd
=. H. ~ us.l WI he spread over the nrpa
!" w niumihatc'l 10 the bost ebynnf,,.,,
me balloon will sustnIn ~ 10y.
Nv ~ gun ne so mgdc as in DIS rnv,.r,i ,,'ttE
,u'hnuesceut llghig. each ono M ,,i,t V,itttW
c,.,,, vu'loN,{l Win a reflector 50 a. to r,n
them J,ymy ,a}S OF The light ana throw
a. an appliance win be- provided for bonl,,s
Mn "Nlnoh 20 thu earth Tor trit,n,i,,,, iHa
rornn nc,,. ,sAi.k any repairs that uigi,t he
w M .'tvssarN or raising nr low@ripy n
distributed "'N""'Vse'usy
e, Tue Inventor claims that c,,,,,.. -.
49, ,pS' o. the balloons ana ti,'tr w
tbr ~, " luial cUst Of LIGHTING . Jty
,,,,. ~ 9i san Francisco viii h., r.t,' w
c"nHs lerNbly, MS one bniloru ,tu ''uuSuh
,t,, nun four iu six blocks a. Nu ll.
vino IT, H. "nglr N deadly and unsigb,iy
and d,rml ur sfccts VIII be- rnpnvsi
n Nnlih. in addition to a.. u.,
,,i,ict N,v1teI nn WrAnrrmcnt ~ i.iss'
tho baii',, nr paced on the under .i'i. ~
can " sou ,Ti 80 that person on one sire c
even thousb b,n,i lransplriug ON the next
s,v. 'ui l1, mirror arrangement IN. Rs ,a,no
p,rinr Ml Dr OF great service to The T n.y..
nsiIv a.. as the location on nnutrs rap ~.
"'"'u shonld they break opt
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-19
sucCEssOR or THE PHARoAHs.

Just how England got hold Of Egypt
aud by what delicate processes OF diplo-
macy she finally fixed her hold upon II
would be- hard ~ detail. but by that
marvellous facnlty which her people have
Of picking 80 provinces aud kingdoms
Rud making them tributary 10 her she
has secured a. and nobody that knows
anything suppOses thar she will ever lei
~ A. iu the case Of her other con
quests England has vastly improved the
ia ten yeaIF The material resources Of
the country Hnd fhe condition Of the peo-
pie have been entirely changed for the
belts This Is The case 10 nearly an on
EnRlaDd's dependencica and tlis h The
excuse thar Is readily offered for her con
quests. She goes with the Bible Ina one
hand and The rife w the other. HUI
nlOna with beer pleIy and pugnaeity. she
generally brings peace and plenty
Reading Aemld.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-19

Louis Philippe. and his father was one
Of NJ THEIRS most accomplished minis
tprs.
lean Casimil- pcrier is very rich and
extremely independent la his political
views. lie is IN bis 45th year Is short
In stature. excessively polite, with the
politcness of the old school. aud has "a
pair OF sparkling eyes full Of iii1nness
aud decision.
He WINS decorated for gallanlry 10 the
FrancO-licrmau war
Ia grand financial questions he Is IN
authority. and In the military aud bud
get commissions he did such good work
nllt bio won Dis pr0motion Tapldly.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-19
BOB TAILS GREAT RACE.
ATud Event That Gave a New Phrase 10 the
Ihe EnnIlsh lnnnnnnn.

The phrase THAT beats Bob Tail" Is
NOT uncommon even now IN many pnrts
~ the country especially Ia the South.
It's origin H. traceuhle 10 IL race which oc.
CURED about 1910. or shortly before that
year, ON the famous Fairfield track ON Inc
Mcchunicsyillc turnpike, near Richmond
Va Ia those DAYS Bob Poiudexter lived Ia
luchmunl. lie WIS "a sporting man wore
me clothes. aud owned number Of horses
Among his animals was one he namcd
l1larru plain bay Rclding. with black
made aud tail, the latter hOhbrd sbori
lhere was nothing extraordinary about
the horse ANA nobody looked upon him ~
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-19
UNCLE RUFUS HATCH DYING.
Once Wall Street Would Have rrsmblsd a,
This News

While. Uncle Rufus Hatch n dying AZ
ms modest home on Spuyten Duyyil
heights there pass from lip 10 In I'M
hhan@ol circles stories OF the doipgs
nhd the undollgs of This once popular
leader OF Wall street manipulation.
He h dying down an his hick but IN
MS quarter century or more oil llfe in
the street he has been up aud down
from TOP Ia bottom Of the ladder of
ieVerish money getting and money los
lie had a capital training for sue.
cessinl man. lie was born on farm
ana had q good, firm underpinning of
physical health. He struck out M The
age Of lD from the modest Mime
homestead He tried clerking II a. a
grocer boy got an offer Of partnership
M the store, and had be- accepted n