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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-19

Roanoke, Tex, June is.--The Denton
County Singing association met ut
Double Oak. seven miles northeast OF
this place last Saturday. Your cor
respondent with number OF other
Raonoke people attended the occasion
and pronounced 1t u SUCCESS in every
respect.
our townsmen are very jubllant over
the result OF Saturdays primaries.
Prof. Gardener OF Pennington. Tex,
Is visiting relatives here this week
Henry Reynolds is building quite an
extensive grain storage near hts reed
dence on Oak street.
The little son OF r. G. Shelton was
seriously hurt here this evening by a
Kick received IN the face by a horse.
HIS lips and face We're badly cut and
bruised; Just at thls time II Is hard
TO tell whether the blow win result
fatally or not.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-19

Memphis, Tex. June is.-Distrlct
court was In session Inst week. The
visiting lawyers were Messrs. Hum and
Walters OF Vernon. Fires OF chlldress,
Standlee OF Quannh, Eubank OF Man
gum. Tho principal cases were against
Rip Pcarcc for stealing horses. In the
first case the jury. after being out
twenty-five hours. rendered verdict
OF guilty. assessing the punishment at
hve years imprisonment. In the SOC
ond case n like verdict was rendered.
One IL. A. Meslcr pleaded guilty to the
charge OF cattle theft and got two
years. Several cases were continued
and two dismissed.
Judge Walters OF Vernon and Mr..
Eub0nks Of Mangum, who are candi-
dates for district attorney, spoke
"Wednesday at the court house.
The Populists will have regular
camp meeting on the Sd. 4th and 9TH
OF July. Most all of the Panhandle
counties will be represented.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-19
wEATIIEnFonD.

weatherford. Tex. June ls.-Thc
weauserford summer normal opens
June %. and colses August 3. 1894 II
viii consist OF fifteen courses. under
experienced educators. A liberal de-
duction Will be made to those taking
two or more courses.
Mcssrs. l. M. Mallett. j. l.. L. Mccall,
w G., Drashears. WIN. Parsons, c. s.
Maddox ana w. O. lalaolunon loft
this afternoon MS delegates to the
state prohibition convention, which con-
yenes at Waco Wednesday, the 10th
inst.
The county court took up the Grim
inal docket this morning.
Col. Lanham win speak at Farmers.
Vile. Monday. June 25. at l o'clock,
Weston. Monday, June 20. at night
Mckinney. Tuesday. Juno Is. al /
O'clock. and at Plano. Collin county,
Tuesday June &c, at night.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-19
EARMEns, nRANcH.

Farmers Branch. Tex. June H.
The Sunday school picnic at this
place on Saturday was complete sue
cess. There were about 1000 people
present. After the Sunday school ex-
eroises were over the Hon. Barnett
Gibbs addressed the audience In behalf
OF Cochran for governor. His speech
was an able effort. The different
county candidates made short ad-
dresses.
This place will give Cochran solid
delegation.
on next Saturday, the 2Sd. the pri-
maries TO send delegates to the county
convention, which meets In Dallas on
the 30th, viii be held. This county con-
vention will make nominations for the
senate and legislature and send dele
gates to the state convention
Corn and cotton are looking splendid
here. There Is some oats to harvest
yet
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-19
WAXAIT1CIIUs.

WexahaehIe, Ellis county Tex, June
is.7John Gardner, q negro. pleaded
guilty today In the district court and
was given three years In the pen for
Judge RUFUS Hardy. and tho county
candidates spoke 10 large crowd at
the opera house this evening.
The Dullns Black Stockings will play
the WnNohachie zuabs here tomorrow
afternoon at $3.50 O'clock,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-19

Claude. Tex, June ls.-Another good
rain fell last night Grass Is fine and
cattle are getting fat.
Crops are much better than was an
ueipated they would be- oats We're
thought to be failure. but within the
last two weeks the rains have changed
the appearance Of things. and Il Is now
claimed by the farmers that they win
make a fair crop, some claiming they
Will make fifty bushels to the acre.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-19

southmayd. Tex. June is--PolIsics
in Southmayd are at greater heat
than is usual about county Offices. There
Is more still-huntins for votes than
usual before primary elections. and
from a gubernatorial standpoint Cul-
beraon appears TO be In the lead. with
Reagan close second. Lanham also
has come very strong friends who
claim they viii be able 10 make thom-
teives felt IN tho convention.
op prospects are very nne here.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-19

Waco. Tex, June 1s.-Policc o,flcer
II. L. Anderson was accidentally shot
today, but his wound is not considered
very dangerous. He had Just entered
ms house and his wife was brushing
his clothes with u heavy brush. She
struck the hammer of his revolver, In
ms pocket with the handle OF the
brush causing the weapon to explode
one OF the cartridges and sending
a bullet into the ileshy part OF his
thish. ban ranged downward almost
to hia knee. causing most painful
wound
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-19

Jefferson. Tex, Juno iS.-In the dis
triet court this morning WIN vinins
pleaded guilty in four indictments for
forsery and was assessed two years
Tor each. total OF eight years In
the penitentinry
Hon, y, i, culberson arrived home
from Washington yesterday evening.
ron. =; A. Culberson IL sun here with
his sick mother. She Is Thought 10
be some better.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-19
GoRnON.

Gordon. Tex. June 1s.-Judge Fur
man and w. T. League OF Fort Worth
We're at Thurber Saturday in behalf
OF the r. & p. Coal Co. League accom-
panied Justice Williams OF Thurber 10
Gordon and secured afiidavits to be
used In behalf OF the n. & r. Coal Co.
In the trial OF the injunction suit filed
against the company by Bruce and
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-19

north OF here, totally destroying crops
OF all kind, though the extent OF dam
age or territory could not be ascer-
tained this morning.
Rain has fallen here almost d<ily for
ten days. A good corn crop is al
most assured. and prospects were new
er better for cotton. The wheat and
oats crop Is very light,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-19

The cotton acreage In about as large
again MS last year. and sfhe condition
of the plant is excellent. Farmers are
well up with their work. The wheat
yield is the best In tears. and oats will
make from forty TO eighty bushels per
acre. Heying will commence this
week, with prospects for a fine crop.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-19

MeF'tel' Tex. June ls.--Nows has
reached town that a heavy hail storm
passed through Jones' county. ten miles
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-19
DARLINGTON & MONTGOMERY,
Fruits and Western Produce.
Com Merchants.
NOW OFFnRING--


Turnlrf Culihower, Fancy Yellow Onions
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-07-16
Platinum.

The discovery of deposits of platinum
in this country would be as welcome as
the finding of diamond mine. At pres
ent the metal costs nearly half as much
as gold, having risen greatly in price
within the last three years. 1t is abso-
lutely Indispensable for many purposes,
being nOncOrrOsive and resisting acids.
It is used for chemical apparatus, scien-
tific instruments and incandescent
lamps. There is some platinum i'll the
beach sands of Oregon, but not enough
to pay for mining. Small quantities of
it have been discovered recently in the
copper mines of Canada, where it occurs
in a new combination with arsenic.
Two-thirds of the worlds supply of
platinum comes from two Siberian mines
in the Ural mountains. The metal is OBJ
tanned there as a by product Of gold
mining. The mining is done by scoOping
holes in the ground to depth of about
15 feet and then burrow1ng, rat fashion,
in all directions. Twenty nine hundred
carloads Of earth are required to yield 5
pounds of platinum. The biggest nugget
ever found was about the size of tum-
bier. Now the gold is getting scarce, and
the laborers have been drawn off to build
the great TRANSIT herian railway Hence
the increased cost of platinum, which,
unless new deposits are found, is like
ly never to be cheaper than it is at pres
ent.-St. Louis GlObe-DemOcrat.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-07-16
The Way Out.

An amusing story is told about the
construction of telegraph line from
Bagdad, in Asia Minor, to the Persian
capital of Teheran The frontier line
between Turkey and Persia was so in
definable that tract of no less than II
miles Of land over which the telegraph
would have to be carried was in dispute,
each of the two countries claiming the
right to its possession. Now, the engi-
neering stores supplied to the Turkish
government differed from those supplied
to the Persian government. The former
had wooden telegraph poles> the latter
iron ones. The Persian government, in
their Jealous hatred of the Turks, fear
ed that if wooden poles were erected
across the disputed territory, posterity
would regard them as proof that the ter
ritory was Turkish. On the other hand,
the Turks objected to iron poles being
used lest in the far future they should
be adduced by Persia as evidence that
the land was hers. The way the super
intendent Of the work contrived to get
out of the difficulty did credit to his in
genuity and resource He set up first g.
wooden pole, then an iron one, then an
other wooden, then an iron again, and
SO on, alternating wood and iron for
the whole II miles. -BOw Bells
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-07-16
ODDS AND ENDS.

Insanity is common in the royal fam
lilies of Europe.
The Pittsburg toby is becoming the
rage in Europe.
Charles Lamb was buried i'll EdmOn
ton churclI.a ard
During the reign of Henry VIII 49,
600 English subjects were executed.
One in five of the deaths in London
occurs in a workhouse Or hospital.
Football players are rejected by a
Philadelphia life insurance company.
New York city has 1850 rear" tene-
ment houses. sheltering 56, 900 persons.
Robert Burns, the great Scotch poet,
years.
ST. Stephens crypt was built by Ed
ward I toward the end of the thirteenth
century.
Deserters from the British army can
not be arrested out Of the queen S do
minions.
Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar,
launched in 1865, is now lying in Ports
mouth harbor.
The Snowbird mountains Of North
Carolina are reported as being literally
overrun with bears.
One of the most stupendous projects
now before the engineering world is the
construction of a storage reservoir in the
Nile above Egypt.
Wootten, the famous country place of
the late George w. Childs, is now oc
cupied by George w. Childs Drexel,
who purchased it after Mr.. Chiids'
death.
There were 231. 600 sheep sheared at
and near Casper, Wy, this season. The
season lasted 8 days, and $50 shearers
were employed The price paid was 7
cents per head
Dolph Buckins, a Georgia negro, has
he plugs up the black ear with cotton,
he can distinguish no sound higher than
G. with the white ear. His black ear is
good for general all round work from
the bass notes of the organ to the chirp
of the cricket
Philadelphia has long gloried in the
title of the City of Homes. She can now
be also christened the Matrimonial Par
adise According to the returns of the
tenth census upon the conjugal condi-
ton of the United States, Philadelphia
can, of all the cities of the Union, boast
the smallest proportion of single per-
sons among its total population.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-07-16
THINK BEFORE YOU STRIKE.

remember reading in my boyhood
of merchant travelling on horseback,
accompanied by his dog. He dis
mounted for some purpose, and acct
IDENTIFY dropped his package of money.
The dog saw it, the merchant did not.
The dog barked to stop him, and, as
he rode further, bounded in front of
the horse, and barked louder and
louder. The merchant thought he had
gone mad, drew pistol from his hols-
crawled back to the package; and,
when the merchant discovered his loss
and rode back, he found his dog
dying there, guarding the treasure.
The following little story, told by
friend of mine, is not as painful but
adds force to the thought, ''Think be-
fore you strike any creature that can
not speak":-
when I was boy, and lived up in
the mountains of New Hampshire, I
worked for a farmer, and was given a
span of horses to plough with, one of
which was four year-old colt. The
colt after walking few steps, would
lie down in the furrow. The farmer
was provoked, and told me to sit on
the colts head to keep him from ris-
ing, while he whipped him, to break
him of that notion, as he said.
''But just then neighbor came by.
He said, "There's something wrong
here: let him get up, and let us exa-
mine" He patted the colt, looked at
his harness, and then said, 'Look at
this collar: it is SO long and narrow,
and carries the harness SO high that,
when he begins to pull it slips back
and chokes him so he can't BREATHE"
And so it was; and but for that neigh
Dor we should have whipped as kind
creature as we had on the farm, be-
cause he lay down when he could not
BREATHE"
1t was only the other day heard Of
a valuable ST. Bernard dog being shot
because, having a wound on his head
concealed by the hair, he bit person
who handled him roughly.
Boys, young and old, please remem-
Der that these creatures are dumb.
They may be hungry or thirsty or cold
or faint or sick or bruised or wound
ed, and cannot tell you. Think be-
fore you strike any creature that can
not speak.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-07-16
The Joan of Arc Craze In France.

An enterprising manager of a small
provincial travelling company in France
has been reaping golden harvest out of
the present excitement about Joan Of
Arc by playing an old piece of which
the Maid Of Domremy is the central fig
TIRE, in places round about Orleans. The
popular enthusiasm, however, has had
its Inconvenience for one member at
least of the company, and that is the
actor who had to play the part Of eau
chon, by whom the maid was condemn
ed. Not content with Kissing the
wretched man outside the theater, the
populace have pursued him into the
streets. He has been positively afraid
to venture abroad, for his appearance in
public has been the signal not only for
boots and yells, but for volleys of stones.
The unfortunate man has been obliged
to call the attention of the police to the
matter in come of the towns visited by
the company. News.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-07-16

If there is one thing more than an
other in a country newspaper that
seems strangely out of keeping with
an established correct order of things,
it is that of the ubiquitous "Cards of
Thanks" They are not, and we dis
like to believe, ever were, in good
form. Administration to the wants
of the sick and dying is sacred duty
that it is almost sacrilege to bring
down to the level of mere exchange
of courtesies, and, while it is entirely
proper that thankful feeling on the
part of sorrowing friends should be
entertained and expressed, a public
proclamation of them is in extremely
bad taste. We suppose our rural
brethren are often placed in positions
where a refusal to publish these no
tices would be difficult, but they
should at least give voice to a senti-
ment that will in the end do away
with the desire to have them publish
Printer
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-07-16
The bicycle is but little encourae ed

The bicycle is but little encourae ed
in st. Petersburg. Wheelmen there
are restricted to the use of certain
streets, which are for the most so
wretchedly paved as to make riding
through them almost impossible No
person under the age of eighteen may
enjoy the privilege of cycling, and no
very high machines are allowed in
the streets. Another order provides
that after dark no cicles of any sort
shall be permitted Scientific Ameri-
can.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-07-16

The Sydney Bulletin is responsible
for the following ambergris story:
1.-TWO years ago one of Macgregor's
(Tasmania) whaling captains, having
cut the blubber from a whale, was
about to cast the rest of it adrift, when
there came alongside two Hobart
fishermen-"Portugu Joe" and his
mate, an African negro. The Portu-
guese begged to be given the carcass,
SO that they might tow it ashore and
make what they could out Of it. "All
right" said the skipper, with the gen.
crosby Of satisfied exploiter who
knew the blubber business to its ONE
ga. Joe, having got the leviathan's
framework on the bench, began to
search for ambergris, which drug was
quoted at that time in the current
price lists at somewhere about $65 per
ounce. He found 174 pounds. Many
people interviewed him, and wanted
to give him $25, 200 to $40, 900 for the
lot; but the man understood the luck
of his find.
meanwhile the amOer&rlS was
lodged in a bank, which was present
ly served with an Injunction on be-
half of the Macgregor firm to restrain
the sale of the precious prize, pending
a discussion on the ownership. But
these legal fireworks fzzled out, and
the ambergris is still being realized in
London, the two fishermen having
received several thousand apiece.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-07-16
Allen Wilkes.
STANDARD, No. 24627.
-S-IR-E.-

Abdallah Wilkes, by Geo. Wilkes. Dam,
Brown Nellie. by Don Allen, by Halibird's
Ethan Allen (474), by Ethan Allen (43), by
Vermont Black Hawk.
The result of breeding in New England for
the last ten years has demonstrated that no
other com bination of blood lines is, as pro-
ductive Of uniform speed as the Wikes-Mor-
gan Com bnation.
Allen wilkes is one of the results of such
union, and has shown that he is trotter, by
making race record of 2:29 at White River
Junction, Aug. 81, 1898.
Bred as he is, in the strongest lines of
Ham bletonian and Morgan families he
should be able to transmit to his progeny the
trottirg gem-and this he has done to many
the colts that he has sired, one having shown
6. mile better than 2:30and many others show
3 minutes or better. Out of colts sired by
Allen 2-year- old, 3 were sold as young
horses for extra prices, one for $500.
The color OF Allen Wilkes is rich mahog
any bay, and know of only of his colts
that not bay.
Alien Wilkes is perfectly sound,aud poss-
esSeS perfect family horse disposition. The
fact that Allen Wilkes dam produced "Cob-
dellah, - 2:28h is important in determining
whether or not Allen is possessed of inheri
ted speed.
Allen Wilkes will stand at $40 to warrant a
live colt.
Mares disposed of to be considered in foal.
] have recorded the pedigree of Allen
Wilkes and hereby declare my intention to
take advantage Of Act 103 of Public Acts of
VT, 1888, relative to liens upon colts.
Allen Wilkes will stand at my stable on
Park St., near Fair Grounds.
have taken home to my stables in Barton
my well-known Standard bred horse,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-07-16
IF there is one THING moro than a

For constipation and headache, use DR.
Pierce's Pellets.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-28
JAPS IN MANCHURlA.
Said to Have Taken a Strong Post
on the Way to Moukden.
Report Of a Chinese Defeat Is Dis
credited at Shanghai.
Provisional Agreement Reported
Between Russia and China.
nx Associated PreRa.l

lBy Associated fressD
LONDON, Sept. GA despatch from
Shanghai says that 1t is reported that
the japanese have succeeded in entering
the Chinese province OF Manchuria, and
that they are advancing upon the capt.
tai, Moukden.
1t is also said that fighting has taken
place between the invaders and the
Chinese at town between that city
and the frontier.
The engagement IL said to have ended
in a decisive victory for the Japanese,
who, 1t is added, established themselves
in the position previously occupied by
the Chinese troops.
No details Of this reported battle are
given, and the Chinese at Shanghai dis
credit the report.
A despatch from Paris to the Elk.
change Telegraph Company says It's cor.
respondent there learns, on the best au'
thority. that in July last a provisional
agreement was arrived at between Rus
sia and China in regard to the futur'
action of Russia in the Pamirs. 1t 1,
added that the two countries agreed tina
the forces of neither power should pas:
the Sarrikul range.
This agreement II is said, re-estab
fishes friendly relations between Russit
and China, and has an important bear
ing upon the final fortunes of China II
the present struggle.
| Russia, however, II is added, is no
likely to maintain a friendly attitude to
wards China without substantial returns
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-28
AN INTERESTING SLAB.
1t Marks the boundary Between
Mexico and the United States.

Mexico and the United States.
Under the direction OF the boundary
survey commission the old marble
monument which. since 1S49. has marked
the dividing line between the United
States and Mexico at the coast has been
brought to the city to be dressed up.
For years that monument has been a
point of interest, and has been visited
by thousands OF citizens and strangers.
Each has apparently felt that no one
would believe he or she had been there
If some portion Of the slab were not
on all occasions. says the San Diego
Sun.
The result has been that the marble
has been clipped and defaced until Its
original form is almost lost. 1t is be-
cause of this that the slab was brought
to the city. To blot out the efface-
ments the surface would have to be
dressed the stone will again be placed in
position, but this time. it will be protect
ed by fence Of steel pickets. The I'm in
pickets will be eight feet high, the tops
sharply pointed and leaning inward,
that while 1t might be possible for an
active person to climb in. 1t would re-
qure a first-class acrobat to climb out
over those curv.ng pickets. Besides this,
new law MAKES II penal offense to
mutilate the monuments.
At Tia Juana a similar slab will be
erected on the old brick foundation In
a landmark there. The Tia Juana mon
ument will be OF granite instead OF mar
BILE, and 1t will be inclosed with steel
pickets, like the one at the coast line.