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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1895-11-28

object. We can do whole lot for
all you people
20 pieces yd wide unblcached
domestic, value everywhere Sc per
yard, closing out price, 90 yds II
10 pieces golden medal cheviot
value 10c per yd, .., 14y DIS 81
10 pieces extra fine French
Stilriver percel, value 124c, our
closing out price .........7c
% Young Folks toilet sonp,real
value 3 for 25c, ..........3 for Zoe
% dozen extra fine long cocoa
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1895-11-28
SINNER TEX. THU, NOV. 20, "O5


The trial of J. NJ. Ia lor ut Kerr
willie for the murder of Chas Lang
holz, resulted in % verdict for life
Imprisonment. Of course the case
will be appealed to that hat-roost--
the supreme court. and there is no
telling what that learned body will
do with the case. The supreme
court never bothers itself about the
guilt of a man. n. The fact may be
established Gyond the merest doubt
Bat all they do is to see if they
can't fnd>some insignificant tech.
nicality. such as the wording of the
indictment in the Wade case from
Gonzales county, where the court
grayely states "The money alleged
to have been taken is described as
one dollar in Mexican money Of the
value of fifty cents. Our courts
take no judicial cognizance of Mex
lean money. its kind, denomination
or value, hence the case is reversed
and remanded." So if this learned
bat.roost can find some fool legal
audible lin the Taylor case, it will
he sent back for re-tral at tire
mandous cost to the poor taxpay-
er5. If the supreme court has ever
kept an innocent man from the gal
lows or the ponitentiary it is not on
record, but on the other hand
some of their rulings are dishonor
to the state; as, for instance. the
Williams case, from Dallas. Show
any good they ever done and the
people will indorse them, but it is
not on record that they ever did
any good. A year or two ago ii
waseven alleged that certain
Judge of the supreme court revers'
ed nearly all of the decisions of a
certain district Judge to satisfy a
personal grudgo. The charge bore
such q scmblance oftruth that the
district judge resigned, rs he said it
was no use for his court to convict
any one, as the supreme court
would at once reverse it. There
will be lynchings and mobs in
Texas until we find out how to- OBJ
tain speedy conviction and punish
ment of those who have offended
against the law. Our criminal
sg1lat| wv
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1895-11-28
a MEMORABLE WINTER.

The winter of 1875 was one
long to be remembered throughout
Texas. On the night of January
10th a fierce norther blew up, &C
companied by snow and sleet, and
continued with unabated severity
for ten days. Thousands of cattle
persisted and many persons were
frozen to death. Trees were every
whore broken down with their load
of sleet. The city of Sinner was
then in its infancy, and there were
but few business houses here. O l.
Williams had opened up his lube
her yard, and AEic'
Wangemanh and Breyman &
Schultze had opened up for bust
ness. All buildings had been hast
lily erected and the blizzard was Sc
verely felt. Fuel brought fabulous
prices. At Cuero and Victoria
cord wood brought so a cord. In
Sinner it was equally scarce. and
it is rumored that sundry railroad
timbers kept several Shinerites
from freezing to death. Travel was
almost wholly abandoned. People
tip-toed around over the sleet coy
cred ground like they were walking
on ice. Streams and water holes
were frozen over so that the ice had
to be broken for cattle to drink.
Reports came in from all over the
country of great suffering among
the poorer classes. One of the
most pitiful cases was that of 1t
family moving from Colorado to
Victoria county. The weather was
clear and warm when they started
and they expected to reach their
destination without mishap. The
evening before the blizzard they
camped on prairie and lay down
! to sleep in the wagon with no fore
bodings OF evil. Late in the night
the storm burst and tore the cover
from the wagon. The horses were
frightened and attempted to break
away. The husband and fathergot
out Of the wagon to pacify them
when one of them kicked him,
breaking his thigh. With the as
sistance of his wife he managed tc
get back into the wagon, where he
lay helpless and tortured with pair
They had four little children, the
eldest about five or six and the
youngest baby only few weeks
old. 1t had now began to slect and
snow before a driving wind. The
nearest house they knew of was
about mile and a half back on the
road The wife and mother deter
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E2ead This @Ac7-7 For your Own Interest.

toilet soap, real value Zoe piece,
closing out price 80. 40c per doz
Hotel keepers, hurry up and Sc
cure a couple of dozen cakes;it will
not last long, they are selling like
hot cakes.
so pounds Saxony wool, for
knitting, real value FL and $1.25,
closing ont price ............65 Coo
Remember this sale will last only
two weeks. Come early and don't
buy anywh re until you pric
goo s.
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mined to reach this house and sum
mons help. The horses had broken
away in the darkness and were no.
where to be seen. Wrapping her
baby in her arms'and covering up
her remaining three children and
her husband, she started out in the
darkness to fight her way back
against the wind to the house.
Blinded by the driving sleet she
several times missed her way and
had to feel her way back to the
road. When she finally reached
the vicinity OF the house she was
completely exhausted and staggered
into Il stack of fodder only few
hgndred yards from the house.
There she remained until daylight,
when she was found unconcious
with her baby dead in her arms.
When the resouing party reached
the wagon they found the man and
the remaining three children COW
cred with sleet and snow in the
wagon and nearly dead.
1t has been prophesied that the
coming winter win be severe one,
but it is to be hoped that it will
not be as severe as that of 1878
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1895-11-28

Read Landa Bros new price list
The old GAZETTE Office is being
dismantled this week.
r. VOTERS, of schalenburg, has
been in town this week,
Cotton shows but little sign, Ct
an advance IN price.
C. C. saumals, of Hcmpstea@,was
in town this week on business.
1t will not be long before the po-
litical pot will begin to boil.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-21
NEBRASkA'S FIELD BEAUTIES
Prof Bessey's Third Lecture in the Y. M.
O. A. Course.
ORIGINALS AUGMENTED BY lMPoRTATI0NS
How Insects Have Added to the bril-
Iinncy and Variety of the
Prniries-prisons for
Propagation.

There are over 1900 species of indigen-
Gus flowers in Nebraska" said Prof. Bessey
in his lecture last night on Flowers and
Insects Of Nebraska" n state in the
union is blessed to a greater extent with the
bsautifiers Of nature than our own"
Prof. Bessey stated that this number was
greatly augmented by a large number of
plants imported into the state from other
localities. The utility of a flower does not
consist in its merely being a beauty spot
in the landscape, but its primary object was
to generate sesis for reproduction. The
different methods were strange and curious,
but the greatest prcpagating agent were
the insects which carried the pollen from one
flower to another, thus fertill2ing the seeds.
This flowers Of the state were divided into
twelvs classes. First, the wind flowers or
those producing pollen which was carried
abroad by the air currents. They inclu led
the different varieties of pines end grasses.
Instances were known whsre this fertil ger
of the fiowery Kingdom had been carried for
1000 mills and the lecturer had found pollen
in the ponds Of Iowa waited from the buds
Of Missouri. The primary pollen flowers,
such as buds Of the cottonwood trees, oaks
and w%alnuts, were visited by insects, but
tbs largest part of fertilization was accom-
pl shed by wind drift. Spiked flowers such
as the common pIantains and verbenas.
head flowers, including asters, sunflowers
and golden reds, fiat flowers as the butter
cup, strawberry and cherry, and bell-shaped
flowers, including morning glcrles and pc
%tunias, owed their process of reproduction
to the untiring activity Of the be and other
insects. These busy little mites CT crea-
lion passed from one blossom to another
IN thsir search fer honey and food. and in SO
doing carried the requisite for Foundation
which accidently adhered to their wings
and bodies.
The curious Dagger Weed and Odd Iris
were dwelled upon at length and their means
Of reproducing through the wanderings Of
a moth described.
Flower cages which imprison insects for
the purpose Of propagation, such as the In
dian tulip and lady slipper, wers described at
length, and the minute t~entacles which held
the insect a prisoner when once inside the
sheaf wera citsd as being enc of the strangest
resorts of nature to accomplish a given
end.
The professor closed his lecture by a brief
allusion to the deadly effects of the milk
weed upon insects and the beauties of the
bell-shapsd species of flowers which COM
prised ~violets, pansies, orchids. foXgloves and
sages. Thu entire lecture was illustrated
b. means of a powerful stereopticjn. Pr2f.
Bessey addressed the Woman's club on diff
ferent subjects of botany yesterday with
suggestions on the bsst methods OF interest
ing children in its study.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-21
LAST STORY HIS MASTEEPIECE
Evidence ~Accumulates that Harry
NnNNNnrG WIZ q Prince OF LtnrS.

Evidence AccUmulates thRt Harry
Hayward Was II Prince OF Liars.
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 20.--The impression
is growing that Harry Hayward, the prince
of liars, left his mast rplece OF faisehood to
follow after his death in his remarkable ante
mCrtem statement. Not only are there many
internal evidences that he told msny sensa-
t!onal tales simply from a dsp.re to pose Gs
a great criminal ana to give his Cousin
Gocdsell" a good thing, but it now trans
pires that Harry to at least three persons
characterized the statement as a pack Of
Les. w. w. Hayward, his father, published
a statement, in which he declares that Harry
told h!a parents before the confession that
they need not worry about what he said;
1t was to be a tissue of lies, to be con-
Structei to meet the demand for sensation.
He assured them that he had told them, and
them alone, the whole truth. After making
the statement, he told his attorney, John
Day Smith, that he had taken certain well
known facts and woven around them plenty
of lies.
'The public wants lies" said he, "and !
will give them lea"
To the specialists who examined his skull
and brain at the autopsy and pronounced him
a degenerate, the statement 10 principals
interesting frcm a psychological point OF
view, as lending weight and evidence to
their theory. The demand for the confess
sion in pamphlet form is phenomenal, and
the first edition of 125, 900 has already been
exhausted.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-21
TEXAS WILL NEED SOME CHANGES.
shin Built on English Plans Not Up
To the American

Sh1n ItulIt Oh Il Ne H"a A.
to the American Standard.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2O.-OnCe more the
official trial of tbs battleship Texas has been
postponed. this time after she had giccess-
fully accomplished thres-quarters of the test
allotted to her. The cause of thu post
ponement was in no way attributable to
the contractors or the engines, but to struc-
tural defects. The ship has returned to her
anchorage off Tompkinsvills, s. l..
and will await instructions from the Wash
ington authorities to Captain GlanS as to
his further movement. a.l--J
At the beginning of the speed trial at
sea the Texas easily attained a speed OF
fourteen knots an hour. This was grad
ually increased until, when the four hours
ship was making a fraction over seventeen
knots, her engines bs!ng pushed to their
utmost capacity, Under this hsavy strsin
thare was scarcely any vibration on the
was kept under heavy p%ressurg. The gen
eral average speed for that t.ms was us
knots. The maximum speed attained was
1876 knota. ,.r.,
At the end Of the third hour the ship
was brought around and headed back fer
New York. 1t had become apparent that
there was too much Vibration of the floor
plates In the engine room, which was
caused by structural weakness. This sub
stimulates the claim made that the ship VIII
have to bs, strengthened by chanlel plates
or other shfpbuilding devices. op9. ere was still
other trouble in the engine room and fire
rooms. Large quantities of cold water was
being used TO keep the journals cool. Tha
water ran into the crank pits and was then
sent to a main pipa which extends through
the engine rooms. The water falls into
~cisterrs in the fire room, where big pumps
are used to carry'it away. The pumps were
totally inadequate for this. In consequence
the place BECAME flooded and WORK had to
be stopped. This game difficulty was found
in preliminary trials. and therefore was
not due to any accidental choking or strain-
ing. The circulation pump also became use
less fer the tins being. TIL. ship Will likely
be sent back to the brooklyn navy yard
to have changes made which will obviats
the trouble which stopped the trial.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-21
TnIRTy-FouR oDIns RECOVERED.
Some Uncertainty as to Whether il
Was Damp or Dynamite Exploded.

Some Uncertainty as to Whether ii
Was Damp or Dynamite Exploded.
RALEIGH, N. c., Dec. 20.-The Associated
press correspondent has just returned fran
Cumnock, the scene of the terrible explosion
in the Egypt coal mine. The work of rescue
began late yesterday afternoon. All the
bodies discovered were brought to the bottom
of the mine shaft, but none were brought 10
the surface until early this morning, whel
twsnty-four bodies were brought up by the
rescuers. Eight bodies were found after
ward and are lying at the foot of the shaft.
Two more bodies have been discovered, but
are almost entirely buried. They are being
dug out. the foreman of the dynamite room
has not yet been found. Reports as to the
amount of dynamite In the mine conflict.
Some of the miners say there were five cases
CT $50 pounds in the mine, while the super
intendent thinks there was oniy fifty pounds
of the explosive there. The th5ory CT the
cause of the catastrophe generally held is
that the first explosion was Of ccal gas, that
then the dynamite exploded, and that it was
'afterdamp"that suffocated all that remained
alive.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-21
FLOODS STILL DELAY THE TRAINS.
Missouri Roads Not Yet in Good Rum
ming Order.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 2O.-Floods throughout
the state are interfering greatly with rail-
road traffic, and Thursday night and this
morning most trains from the west were
from five minutes to several hours late. The
Missouri, Kansas G. Texas passenger tran
from Galveston, due at 1928, was abandoned
on account of landsiides on the St. Louis
division. The most serious trouble today
was on the st. Louis, Keokuk & Northwest
ern branch of the Burlington route. ii Sc
r.ous washout at Old Monroe compelled ell
tx line trains to st. Louis to come in by
way OF Alton, and they ware more than
three hours late.
The Chicago & Alton Kansas City night
express, due at 1908 a. m, and the Chicago
midnight special arrived at S:55 o'clock.
Similarly the Cairo Short Line, due at 7:44
a. m, which arrived at 8 o'clock, had been
detained at Holly Springs, Mics, by the
delayed Jacksonville sleeper. The conductor
reported heavy floods in southern Illinois,
although the water had not reached the rail
road tracks,
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-21
DENVER scoRcnED ny A FIRE.
Five business Firms Burned Out
EARLY This Morning.

DENVER, Dec. 20.-Fire broke cut at 3
o'clock this morning in the Richie block, at
Sixteenth and Curtis streets. The fire spread
with great rlpidity and as it was in the heart
of the business district a general alarm was
turned in. BY 8 a. m. the flames were under
|control, having been confined to the Richie
block. The stores Of the Estes Shoe com
pany, Babcock Bros, hatters and %furriers. and
Tucker Bros, furnishing goods, were Quilted.
Losses and insurance are as follows: LosJ
on building, $40. 900, insured; Estes Shoe COM
pany, loss $40. 900, partly insured; Babcock
Bros, loss 500, 900. insurance $40, 900; Tucker
Bros, loss SIC, 900. insurance.; Schultz Drug
company, loss on stock 81 900, covered by in
surance; C. II. Taissy. t%ailors, loss 81, 900, in
surance SC. 900,
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-21
Hawkins Not n Forgcr.

BEATRICE, Neb,, Dec. 2O.-(Special)-
The jury in the first of the Hawkins cases
returned a verdict last evening acquitting the
defendant. The work Of securing a jury for
the trial OF one OF the forgery cases against
the same party was taken up this morning.
The first case tried was the least serious of
any of the three charges against the ex-
water commissioner.
A committee appointed some time ago by
a citizens meeting to ascertain the cost OF
putting in an electric light plant In connec-
tion with the water works has submitted its
report, showing the estimated cost of a fifty
arc light plant to be So, 900, with an additional
cost of $4,000 for 1.20O sixteen-candle power
lights.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-21
\ An INTERESTING G. 44nRrnAcn.
Carter Hnrrison'S SON Temporarily
Eninns u SnNnge LIfe.

Carter Hnrrfson'S SON temporarily
Enjoys n Savage Life.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 2Q-Nilliam Pres
ton Harrison. son Of the late Mayor Harri-
son of Chicago. and who has just returned
from a years cruise among the South Sea
islands, has many interesting stories to tell
Of his voyage. Besides narrowly escaping
death at the hands OF cannibsls in the Solo
mon islands he had numerous, startling ex-
psriences.
"A native may take you into his house. at
night and trsat you the best Kind" he said.
He will never modest you there pn the score
Of hospitality, and you can remain there and
be perfectly safe. Nevertheless, the next day,
after you start away. he is Just as liable as
not to overtake you and knock you on the
head with his club. The social ethics are
then off, If II may BE- considered that being
boiled in the head-taker's pot Is not a social
affair.
II saw in some places as many as eeventy-
FIVE skulls in a place. all relics Of the head
hunters. There were many PLACES where such
lots Of skulls could be seen. The more heads
q brave had taken the higher he was es-
tsemSd. They hold the heads in the same
estimation az an Indian does his scalpA The
head hunter is known according to the num-
Der of heads he has taken.
II went down to the Pacific Islands largely
for pleasure, but intending to do s,me literary
work while absent. | had worked very hard
while in Chicago and wanted a good rest.
The iS!and lie ls so peculiar tnat ! zen III
with island ways and did not werk at all. |
dIsca.ded all clothes except a native garment
about my loins and let my beard grow long
till | got back to Sydney. While going naked
thu sun burned my back till ii became eX-
ceedingiy sore and the TEiii peSled cT in
patches. Finally it got wsll and became as
hard and impervlous to the suns rays as
that of any native.
II went about as much ss ! dared on the
| island and much more than | would DO again.
1t is down there as 1t once was on tn: western
plains and mountains with the Indians. You
re. accustomed to the danger and don't al
ways think so much about it as you ought to-.
| woald not so through again what l have
This time for anything in the world.
81 also spent considerable time during my
absence in the Interior of Samoa. ! slept
night after night with Malietoa, Tamasese
and other chieftains. They. told me a great
deal about their trouble. My opinion is there
will b. another war there, and it may come
s5on. When | left The king and different
chiefs ! was fairly loaded down with PRESENTS.
II was so fascinating there that l would Ike
to 20 back, but / don't care TO see any more
Of the Solomon ISLANDERS"
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-21
Louisville Personal Mention.

LOUISVILLE. Neb., Dec. 20.-(Spec!al.)-
]. NJ. Robertson, county clerk-elect, moved
his family to Plattsmouth this week.
The Methodists are preparing a cantata
for Christmas.
The public schools closed today for a vaca-
ton OF two weeks. The teachers will all
attend the state association at Lincoln.
Messrs. Richie G. Dickson are cribbing
considerable corn for speculative purposes.
They pay II cents per bushel.
j. p. Wood, who has been in Missouri
during the past summer in the interests of
the Modern Woodmen, returned ZONE last
week on a visit to his family.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-21
Killed Iii. piyorced VIE.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 20.-The body Of Irene W.
Mosher, aged 27, who was about to become a
mother, was found on the street tonight.
She had been stabbed to the heart and in
stantly killed. The woman worked In a to-
bacco factory, supporting herself and three
children, from whose father she was divorced
a few months ago. She was divorced be-
cause of his cruelty. He had made several
attempts to kill her and had threatened that
when he was released from the workhouse
where she had him incareerated he would
end her life. The police are now looking for
Charles Mosher, the husband.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-21
Never Killed 81 Paanuena Girl.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2O.-The story told
by Harry I. Hayward, recently executed at
Minneapolis for the murder of Miss Cling, re-
garding the murder OF a Pasadena woman five
years ago by him Is thought to be entirely
false. Old citizens here fail to recall any
mysterious disappearance or, suspicious cir
cumstances surrounding the departure of any
Pasadena girl from the city at any time and
think that Hayward deliberately falsifed.
There are those who declare that it is
barely possible that such a murder might
have bssn committed and the victim been a
winter tourist here, but investigation fails to
unearth even a suspicious circumstance that
would connect Hayward with a murder here.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-21
Hendley News Notes.

HENDLEY, Neb., Dec. 2O.-(special.)-
Mrs. Mack Marst, accompanied by her
brother, Dan Donahue, left for Ohiowa the
first Of the week for a visit with their pa
rents.
Rev. j. II. Roberts has gone on a visit to
his brother in Missouri.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. f. Austin and family and
Mrs. G. p. Shoemaker attended the Johnson
Austin wedding at Wilsonville Wednesday
evening.
About forty men and teams joined in the
work at the park dam Tuesday and rushed
the work through. They were treated to a
free oyster dinner at the hotel by the bus
mess men of the town.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-21
Very Popular In Minnesota,

We have a good trade on Chamberlaln's
Of all other cough medicines combined, and
We handle more than a dozen diff kinds.
Rae & Petersen, Druggists. Pelican Rapids,
MINI.
This remdy Is popular because 1t can al
ways be depended upon. Its promptness in
curing bad colds, Group and whooping cough
makes 1t a favorite everywhere.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-21
Hartington's New school House.

HARRINGTON, Neb,, Dec. 2O,-(special
Telegram.)-At a special meeting Of the cit
liens Of Harrington this afternoon it was
decided TO erect an elght-room brick school
building, with all modern equipments. The
building will cost about s15, 900 and will
be built on the ste occupied by the High
school building. recently DESTROYED by fire.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-21
Rheumatism is caused IN t4ric acid in the
blood. Hoods SarsaparilAsksutralize this
acid and cures rheunlatismS


MALONE, N. Y, Dec. 2O,-on Wednesday
last a representative of the, State Board of
Health was TO Malone TO examine
one of the largest herds 6ftfaTcy cattle in
the country, belonging to j 4, 4msden, Out
found to be infected with tuberculosis and
they will be killed at once. II Is rumored
that other herds in the county are infected.
AS the milk from the Amsden herd has been
sold here, the community is greatly excited
over the discovery.