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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-07
MARGIN
TRADING
EXPLAIN ED.

No matter what booklet on Speculation YOU
may have read, sond for ours II IA new aud
complete aud clearly defines Margin Trading
and explains all market expressions, Crop
damage reports from tho Mintorswheat htato1
show deplorRble state OF affairs and ndi-
Gates only about half a crop Of an inferlOp
quality. We believe wheat Will sell above
81, uushol and advise purchasing at
present prices on Sc or &c margin, Send for
our daily market letter tolinE when and In
what to lnvost. Il ia free, Arbogast q Co.,
Traders building. chicago.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-07

Turkish smoking parlor at 1910 Droadvav
recently and arrested the proprietor, Joseph
QusAani, and halt dozen women In the
three Of his employees were paroled. The
women were discharged. Tho place has
been much frequented by number OF prize
fighters and men about town.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-07
A GAMBLER's EXPERIENCE.

A GAMBLER'S EXPERIENCE.
New York, July 6.-Henry Meyer, an
fHrgelist. told remarkable story last
16ht " the members of the Harlem
fanch OF the Y. NJ. c. A. He stated
~ ne was once a prosperous mer-
~at ~ this city, When attending a
zurich fair he took several chances in
!, rnfde, He declared that he won, and
. pArsipn for gambling grew upon him.
II errtinued to gamble and neglect
bueiness.
FiuAl]y he drew SIS, 900 from his busl-
80 4nd went to Europe. At Monte
tfi7, which he described as the uni
ll,iaitytof the devil. he lost the $4,000,
D aair and was obliged 10 send to
|. pcfira for all the rest of his money.
icn re went from place TO place In
, Arppe. gambling with some success,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-07

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trains from Texas to Memphis without
change. The only line with through
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Memphis. Be sure that your ticket
reads via Cotton Belt Route. and Sc
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on or address
a. A. Gibson, r. p A.
d, NJ. MORGAN. c. =. & T. A.,
i0i Main St. Fort Worth. Tex
s. G. WARMER, G.. l.. A., Tyler, Tex
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cincinnatl, July Ga strange ami
al was received by Mr.. Frank Bern
g. q well-known business man of this
Ny, the early part OF last week, from
be Of his travelling men, who obtained
e freak from a farmer living near
easant Hill, Mo. The farmer found
one morning in a trap he had set
r. sQuirrels. The travelling man for
arded 1T to this city. where 1t has
ben placed on exhibition at Wheat
1d's Cigar store, on Walnut street.
iousands of persons have gazed on
10 little beast, but all attempts to
scover to what species of the animal
ngdom It belonged have proved fail
res. All have agreed that II belongs
the rodent family, but to what
parate branch of that family cannot
determined.
Thc animal Is a primitive thing,
eighing about six ounces, and meas
res from tip OF nose to its tail about
X inches. The tail is four inches in
ngth. II has the attributes OF four
parate members of the rodent
pecies. with considerable indlvld-
liity Of its own. The head. forelegs
hd lower body are exactly like the
hguan fly squirrel or Pteromys Pc
urista. It's tail is distinctiveiy that
an ordinary rat, while its hind legs
re- short. with feet that resemble
ands, that when 1t perches on the
hunches one is reminded of the
angnroo. The ears, eyes are fore
Fad are those OF the guinea pig
tyia aperea. Its individual feature
parate from all branches of the
Pdent tribe Is that not a hair can be
|scovered anywhere upon the body,
It'll the exception of a few whlskers
bout the nose.
It's mouth is another strange feature,
though 1t Is more like the mouth of
guinea pig than any other. The
kin is n delicate buzz in color, and
hngs all over the body in loose folds,
Fling quite elastic. there being quite
hough TO cover an animal five times
he size of this one. 1t feeds on candy
nd bread, and win not eat meat or
ny rubstance Of that kind.
a number of doctors and geological
uuerts have studied the strange
Feature closely, but all efforts toward
solution Of the primitive puzzle have
billed. DR. Schenk has given the mon
rosItv q very close study, and arrived
I the conclusion that 1t Is cross
Trough several generations of breed
ig Of four species of the rodent branch
the animal kingdom.
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UEER STORIES,



+ INVENT OVER a PRECIPICE.
|x8frodsburg. KY, July civilian
|,1v{pn, an 1s-year-oid boy. who lives
MI his parents in the lofty cliffs OF
E0tncky river a few miles below
|4ker Ferry, had n most thrilling ex-
|f11nce yesterday and that he escaped
|s04nt death seems most miraculous.
tnat section Of the country, said to
H<he most picturesque spot in
|nefica, nearly every family raises a
hex of goats that are permitted TO
|I9t among the craggy rocks that are
|11ttred In spots In the fields adjacent
the high Drinks OF the rock-ribbed
FtrI and many of the fiocks have be-
Inc wild, and at the sight OF hu-
lin tbelng scamper away to the UNI
Erbrilsh or seek safety In the deep
|rfncs. whose duietude Is seldom
|oken by the voice or football Of man.
he Newton place reaches out to the
he. and on Friday when the field
knds were resting in the shade they
bticed herd OF pretty kids emerge
bm d large cluster of wild roses.
he of> the little animals was 30 very
|auliful that young Newton concluded
cn0ture It, so he made q chase, and
n If<tle spotted goat ran Immediately
|u1Ex1 the brink of the cliffs. When
Wo4 within two feet OF the edge New
IA 6nade lunge forward, caught the
IA by leg. but his velocity was SO
|tat that he could not stop, so with
|e goats leg tightly graspcd he was
|irlcd over the cliff, falling distance
100 feet. striking on protruding
|cif rock lengthwise on his side. then
|bounding continued his fall from the
|elf rock over the second perpendic-
Jar diff. another 100 feet, still cling
II to the young kid. In the last
Pwnwurd journey Newton passed
rough the top of bushy tree, and
haily landed near the waters edge
a bank of clay.
While all this was going on the men
the field above rushed out to the
Pink In time to see young Newton
hen be was passing through the tree
h. They, OF course. supposed his
lad body was below. and at once
|arted down the zigzag road to convey
TO his fathers house, but when they
|nched point half way down they
ERE pleasantly surprised to meet him,
billing and wholly unhurt, except
Nv scrntches received In going through
|c tree. The pretty little goat was
He'd Outright, as was the faithful
|epherd dog that followed his young
|nHter and when he saw him go over
|e preciplce, also jumped, and was
pushed into a shapeless mass.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-19
Foreign News.

MADRID, March 19.-General Marti-
nez de Campos, Captain General OF
Madrid, summoned the officers of the
Madrid garrison 10 him last evening
and said to them" If there is any
further rioting on the part of the OIL
GERS of this garrison they will have to
meet me as an opponent. Later he
received deputation of journalists, to
whom he said: ''If you make any fur
Their attacks upon the army which in
cite renewal of the recent rioting you
will undoubtedly be shot,.
MADRID, Mar 19-The Spanish govern.
ment hiss answe ed the note of United States
Minister Taylor, saying that as yet the fol-
eign office had received no notice of the al
legged firing upon the American steamship
Alliance by a Spanish warship. The govern
ment promised to make urgent inquiry for an
official report of the incident and the affair is
adjourned pending its receipt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-19
gagged in devising other schemes by
which that valuable lot can be prof.

gagged in devising other schemes by
Which that valuable lot can be prof.
tably disposed of.
The President to day refused to par
don Jos. A. Byrnes, sentenced to s
years Imprisonment for shooting and
dangerously wounding an unoffending
citizen at 18th and New York avenue,
Washington, D. G. He refused par
don in the case of Richard Eanes, con-
victed in Virginia of conspiracy and in
timidating United States witness.
Captain Charles F. Shoemaker, of the
revenue cutter service, now stationed
at New York, was to-day ordered to re-
port for duty at this city. Captain
Shoemaker was only promoted ye5ter-
day and is the junior captain in the
revenue cutter service. His detail here
is taken as indicative that he will be
permanently detailed as chief OF the rev.
enue marine service to succeed the late
Captain Shepard.
General Fitz Lee hiss been here for two or
three days, the guest of his friend General w.
II Payne.
Congressman Smith Turner OF Virgins was
here to-day, looking for places for some of his
constituents, but finding none.
The Cabinet met to-day for the first time
sin e March 1st
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NEWS OF THE DAY.

T. T. Dills, of Charleston, ". Va,
respondent over the death of his wife,
committed suicide yesterday. He
leaves three small children.
The commission sent from Havana 10
endeavor to negotiate peace with the
Cuban insurgents has returned without
having accomplished any result.
The Kilrain and O'Donnell fight in
Boston last night was declared a draw
at the close of the eighth round. Kill
rain had little the better of the last
round.
The Italian incident in Colorado is
practically closed, the result being
further strengthening of the friendly
relations between the United States
aid Italy.
The Supreme Court decided yester-
day that federal court cannot GUST
receiver appointed by the State court
and take possession of the railroad
property.
Chinese papers at Shanghai say that
Admiral Ting, who was reported to
have committed suicide at Wei-Hai-
Wei, is alive.
Warren F. Thompson, matrimonial
agent who claimed to be able to supply
wives both beautiful and wealthy, was
convicted in the United States Court at
Chicago of using the mails to defraud.
Mrs. W. E. Holton, of Keya Paba
county, Neb., was criminally assaulted
on Sunday and then strangled to death
in her home. The crime was commit
ted by thieves to prevent her giving
testimony against cattle rustlers.
Mrs. Henry Meurer of Baltimore, is
the mother of three sets of twins. She
is twenty-four years of age, her twenty
fifth birthday falling on the 10th OF
next July. Mrs. Meurer has only been
married little over six years. The
two latest additions to her family were
born on March 8. They are boys and
are getting along nicely.
In New York yesterday United
States Commissioner Shields. after a
hearing, decided to commit Charles A.
Dana, editor of the Sun, for the United
states District Court, where argument
is to be heard upon the indictment OF
the Supreme Court of the District OF
Columbia, charging him with libelline
Editor Noyes, of the Washington Star.
Mr.. Dana was released on his own re-
cogDizance.
At Morganfeld, KY, yesterday Hen
ny Delaney was acquitted of the charge
OF the murder of Maggie Oliver. Della.
ney had been charged with the ruin OF
Abbie and her parents compelled him
to marry the girl. They had started
for home in a carriage, when on the
road party of men, said to be the
groom's friends, opened fire on the car
rage with the alleged intention of res
cuing the groom. During the firing
the girl WAS shot and died later at her
home. The mother was wounded. In
the excitement Delaney made his es-
CAPE.
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TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
The Inflated Heina Regente.

CADIz, Mar. 19.-The Spanish cruiser
Alfonso XII, which has been cruising
in the Mediterranean in search of the
missing warship Reina Regente, ar.
rived here this morning. She found
the Reina Regente at Bsjo Accitunos,
near Couil, where she had sunk. Only
about eighteen inches of her masts
were visible above the surface OF the
water. The Alfonso XII. has returned
to the scene of the wreck with Il com
pany of divers. The news brought by
the Alfonso MI. has created profound
ceiling of sorrow here. -,
From the best information obtainable
here at this time it is regarded as
probable that all on board the Reina
Regente were lost. Not single
survivor has been reported as having
arrived at any port, nor has single
body been found that could be identified
as that of one of the officers or crew OF
the lost ship. The Alfonso XII. is
taking divers and diving appliances for
the purpose of removing the bodies
from the sunken ship and examining
the condition of the vessel with view
of ascertaining the possibilities OF
raising her. Until something further
is heard from the Alfonso MI. nothing
can be definitely known, but all hands
are undoubtedly lost.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-19
Governor o'Ferrall's Lunch.

A dispatch from Richmond gives the fol-
lowing explanation of the entertainment of
negro by Gov. O'Ferrall at the Executive
Mansion last Friday:
"The Governor, in his official capacity. in
vited the members of the Massachusetts legis-
lative committee to meet him at the mansion,
He knew nothing of the fact that Representa-.
tive Teamon, colored man, was one OF the
committee until he found him with the as.
sociate committeeman in the parlor of the
mansion. Teamon did not 90 to the house
with the other members of the committee, but
drove there with Editor Mitchell, a colored
man, who conducts the Planet, a paper pub.
ilshed here in the interest OF his race. When
Governor OFerrall saw the negro legislator
In the room he was considerably embarrassed,
but, az he WIS there purely in an official ca
pacity, he saw no way OF ignoring him with
out being extremely rude. Slight repa>t
had been prepared at the mansion for the
visitors: When the party was invited to al
Journ to the dining-room and partake Of tic
Governors hospitality, the coIored man Tea
mon, accompanied by Mitchell. did not hesi-
tate to join the others. This fact added to tic
hosts embarrassment, which he possibly could
not conceal. Had the visit not been strictly
an official one, it is certain that the Go ernor
of this State would have plainly indicated %
Teamon that his presence was net only not
desired, but would not be tolerated. This 10
cident was probably extremely urp!eas mt 10
Senator Darling and some of the other whitG
members Of the Massachusetts committee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-19

you ground your arms and surreut.
TO him tonight" Quite good g.
number responded to the invin,.oe
bat it seemed that at last night me-.
ing the people most desired were na-
come-at-able. When the Request nss
given for all christians to stand
nearly everyone on the lower ~,
stood, showing that the unconye9,i
were evidently too late to gain ada +.
lance to the church, it being crog,aI
at 7 o'clock, this hour being ra,J4,
early for most persons, especial ..
men. TO get there.
At this mornings services there Il,
another large attendance. Mr.. o9l.
fields discourse was quite geueie. but
Faith was the principal them he
speaker gave some INTEREST,", IN.
stances OF his life and narrated me
pathetic "reminiscences.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-19
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Governor O'Ferrall has issued an or
der that hereafter no bicycle shall be
used in the Capitol Square in Rich
mond.
Peter A. Sublett, senior member of
the firm of Sublett & Cary, and one of
the oldest commission merchants in
Virginia, died in Richmond yesterday.
At special term of the Circuit Court
at Lawrenceville, held for the purpose.
Judge B. A. Hancock yesterday decided
that the Walton law was constitutional.
The stables of the Glendower stock
farm, near Charlottesville, were de-
stroyed by fire yesterday. Twelve i'm
ported hacknew horses were burned to
death and large quantity of feed, &c i,
was destroyed. Loss about $4,000.
The case of Frank L. Smith, alias
Parker, the man of gold brick fame,
ives called for trial in Henrico County
Court yesterday, but on account of the
sickness of counsel for the prisoner it
was continued until the 18th of April.
After an absence from his home of
nine months, all of which has been
spent within prison walls, except three
days, Capt. Thomas A. Goodman, who
was acquitted at Charlottesville on
Saturday of the murder of Col. H. G.
Parsons, returned to Richmond yester-
day evening. He was accompanied by
his wife and children. There were
many congratulatory callers during the
evening.
At meeting in Richmond yesterday
of the Confederate Memorial Literary
Society letters from three of the Con-
federate generals appointed by Charles
Broadway Rouss, of New York, to Sc
lect site for his proposed Confederate
museum were read. Col. John B. Cary
and Judge George L. Christian were
appointed committee to attend the re-
union of Confederate veterans at Hous-
ton and urge that Richmond be the site
of the museum.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-19

THE NICARAGUA AFFAIR.--The Brit
ish government through its minister at
Managua, Nicaragua, has submitted an
ultimatum to Nicaragua. 1t demands
a cash indemnity of e15,000 as smart
money to pay for the expulsion of Mr..
Hatch, British consular agent at Blue
fields, during the troubles there last
year, and also the appointment Of q
commission to adjudicate the damages
sustained by the persons and property
of British subjects who were expelled
from the Mosquito Reservation about
the same time. BY the terms of the
ultimatum Great Britain is to name
one Of the commissioners and Nicara-
qua another, and these two are to
choose third, who shall not be citi-
zen of the United States. 1t was also
made known that British warship is
now on her way to Nicaragua TO en-
force these demands, which must be
complied with within seven weeks
from the 25th Of February last, the date
of the ultimatum.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-19
TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1876.
No KIND of gambling is more iDjurl.

No KIND of gambling is more ipJuri.
ops than what is known as "policy."
It's i'll affects are not only felt by those
who play" it, and by those dependent
upon them, but by the whole commu-
nitv in which they live. 1t is said by
those who say they speak of what they
know that even during the intensely
cold weather of last month, when every
body with any means was disposed to
he charitable, much of the cash given
to the poor in this city found its straight
way to the policy shops, and case was
heard of yesterday in which a worthy
and industrious man attributed his i'm
poverished condition to his wife's in
diligence in the game. By far the
greater number of the players are ne
rroes. MANY of whom spend all their
money 10 that way-as it is the rarest
thing in the world for them to win q
prize, but the number of white people
who throw away theirs in like manner
is surprising. The tickets are cheap,
some selling as low as three cents, ana
there is no trouble in any body's buy
them The GAZETTE has received
many communications on the subject
recently. the contents of which would
be astonishing, to some people. The
evil has become crying one. Modern
.orse racing aud pool-selling are bad
enough on the morals of the people, IN
all conscience, but policy is a great
LII ,rnrcn
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-19
Dismastcd by Spanish Cruiser.

New YORK, Mar. ia Key West,
Fla, special says:
The latest report is to the effect that
the schooner Irene was fred into and
dismasted by the Spanish cruiser In
fanta Isabel. The news was brought
to this city yesterday afternoon by a
vessel engaged in trade between this
port and the mainland. The Irene,
which is small schooner, owned in
this port, sailed for the fish ranch at
Punta Gorda, where, it is reported, an
expedition sailed for Cuba. This point
has been under surveillance by the
Spanish cruiser, and the schooner was
followed from here and fired into.
No further particulars have been
learned about the American schooner
reported to have been sunk of Puerto
del Padre, Cuba, by the Spanish cruiser
Arcedo. No denial is made here by
the Spanish agents ss to the correct
ness of the report, but it is said the
vessel was not flying the American
flag. The reason advanced for the
sinking was that she would not answer
SIGNALS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-19
THE ALLIANCA AFFAIR.

A dispatch from Havana says that
the commander of the Spanish cruiser
Condo de Venadito reports that on
March s, while cruising off the eastern
coast of the island, he sighted steam
er heading for Maysi Point. The
steamers course was to the northeast.
The cruiser hoisted flag and the
steamer replied by raising an English
flag. The cruiser signaled the steamer
to stop, but without effect. AS the
steamer proceeded at full speed the
cruiser first fred two blank shots, and
then two solid shots. The commander
saws he did not desire to hit the steam
er, but merely to cause her to heave to.
He asserts that the steamer was but
one and a half miles off the Cuban
coast when the firing occurred. The
authorities at Havana have ordered
that full inquiry be made into the
commanders acts. Judging from Cap
tain Crossman's story nobody can
doubt that the steamer in ques-
ton was the Alliance which was
fred on by Spanish cruiser on March
s. Nothing has been heard at Havana
to confirm the rumor that the gunboat
Alsedo has sunk an American schooner.
The rumor is regarded as utterly un-
founded in fact. A report is being cir
culated in Havana to the effect that
the Alliance carried $4,000 rifles south
on the trip on which she was fired at.
It is also reported that there were
landed on the eastern end of Cuba some
men who were passengers on the ALI
anca. The men, it is reported, were
taken off the Alliance in fishing
smacks the night proceeding the firing.
1t is very much doubted in naval cir
Giles in Washington that there can be
anv foundation for the statement that
the Alliance hoisted the English ensign.
Among the passengers who arrived at
New York yesterday on the steamer
Sepuranca from Havana were several
American citizens who alleged they
had been ill-treated in Cuba.
Captain Crossman, of the steamship ALI
lianca, which was fired on By the Spani b
guuboat, denies emphaticslly the statement
contained in the dispatch from Havana that
he was within g mile and a-half of the coast
of Cuba when fred upon and that he had
hoisted the English ensign.