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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-04
A SLIGHT QUAKE.
Seismic Disturban Reported From North
eastern Points,

MINNEAPoLIs, Feb s.-Dispatches from Elk
Point, 1indel!, Hurley and ether points In
Southeastern South Dakota, report an earth
quake there this morning at o'clock. IL was
severe enough to sway hanging articles and
rattle doors and windows severely. IL rassed
toward the East.
OMAHA, Neb.. Feb. A. kilograms from
Northern Nebraska towns report two dis met
earthquake shocks at ga this morning; un-
dulaticns from North to south.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-04
O'Neil's Defalcation $4,000.

1t IL understood that at n meeting Gf tho
American Hand sewed Shoe Company. held
today, the defalsction of Omen, the absoond.
ing treasurer, was reported ~ $1,000.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-04

The fire commissioners have sent n let
J TO Chief Steere commencing him and
e department for the excellent work
|ne at the Bre on Eddy street Sunday
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-04

Some excellent photographs were taken
during the past week OF the judges OF the
Supreme Court, the officers OF the court
and the different dersrt~auts IA tho
county court holse
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-01-17

judges steady gaze silently command
ed him to proceed with his statement
of the case.
swell. judge" he began. what l
wanted to know Is this: S'pose a mans
give up $1,000 good money JUS to help
a trade through an make little COM
mission for himself. can't he sue the
men that got his money when he finds
out 1t was a swindle and a deliberate
robberyT
cts not necessary to suppose case,
when we have an actual one to deal
with. Now tell me how you SIT into
this tangle with McTagg and young
Hockensmith.'
AWell, nccordin' to my notion, It was
all planned out when traded them 40
acres joinin' my farm to Joe Hocken-
smith last October. You see, he'd been
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-01-17
RoY in THE LIBRARY.

!, !, what ruin has he wrought.
A a. EARNINGS dim domain!
Invader of the realms OF tnougnt
nd Ieyeler of brain!
49, aid he gain the library key
n.y. nd scale the topmost shelf
~ latter Dante's bust, to be
yamb's butcher-by himself?
-, milton shows an inky mark
1s nang is missed from Moore;
81 Chaucer from his corner dark
A tIas tumbled to the floor.
.nd Baxter-he of sanity Rest"
And meditation deep
pr n from the regions Of the blest.
lies in the touseled heap!
SAGE treaties on ancient Greek
And dissertations long.
.nd soul-enchanting love lays speak
prorniscuous from the throng.
4 rom corners drear sadly hear
I'D Duncan's dying groans;
\ handfuls gone from Hamlet's hair.
And Banquo suns his bones!
rhen in the rare and classic wreck
see the tyrant's form:
uis arms are round his mothers neck
a refuge in the storm!
And as his rosy lips meet mine
And showery ringlets fall,
world of Shakespeares I'd resign
His kiss is worth them all!
frank L. Stanton. In Atlanta Constitu-
Ann
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-01-17
A Mark for Berrars.

DIR. Dobbin, an old-fashioned clergy
man OF Dublin, was noted for his kind
ness to the poor and for his simplicity in
trusting them. Once man was beg
ging at the clergyma,i's carriage win
dow. Having no change about him, he
handed the beggar a guinea. saying;
go, my poor man, get me change for
that and will give you a shilling" He
never saw the beggar's face again. One
day his wife, on coming home, found
him in the hall with his hands behind
his back, as If hiding something. She
insisted on knowing what it was, and he
timidly brought out from behind his
back a roasted leg Of mutton. He had
quietly taken it from, the spit In the
kitchen to give to poor woman watt
ing at the door.-San Francisco Argc-
naut.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-01-17

| not to take the land; but you've got a
rare bargain, Grassncck,' says he, AN
wisht you'd find it handy to pay me
the thousan' advanced you when you
bought the land, cause Tn needin'
money soon.'
Exactly" remarked the judge.
"Then he gets in his buggy and drive.
of, an amt had a chance to get a.
him sence, except by bringin' this law
suit"
''Then understand" said the Judge,
''that you've made contract with Jos
Hockensmith to purchase this land
from him at $4,000, and that you and
McTagg have each paid thousand dol
lars on the purchase price,"
"That's the way it looks-only-"
"Is the land worth $S,oO0?"
that's it-et amt worth $780,"
$50 thought. And you therefore in
fer that McTagg's thousand dollars
were returned to him and yours di-
vided between the two, and Joe has
your contract to buy the land for IS, 900,
less the two paid"
"Jedge, there amt no doubt about it,
'No doubt at all. How about the
telegram, Mr.. Face?''
ut was probably" replied the other
lawyer, "a genuine one referring to
other lands that McTagg actually
boN.}ht for the Slandered Oil com
lSa X
"Now, Ezra" resumed the Judge,
matters stand this way: You want
your contract cancelled and your money
refunded. McTagg claims an action
against you for thousand dollars lent
you, and Joe Hockensmith threatens to
sue you on your contract for $4,000 still
due. You understand the situation"
Well not need you again until norm
ing, as Mr.. Face and require the rest
of the day for consultation"
'That alp" piped Ezra, dolefully.
That's all. Call tomorrow morning
at $780,"
"Well, good day. You'll do your
best"
Face" queried the judge. as this door
slammed, "they have the documents? p
Enough to win any kind of an action
at law"
sour clients hands are not quite
clean enough for equitable relief, eh?"
"They look a bit soiled."
you've examined the contract?
"It's perfect"
'sThe title to the land?"
"Flawless."
Him bright fellow = McTagg.
We've got to settle it." 1t was settled.
and McTagg dictated the terms.-Illus-
trated American.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-01-17

want TO take my thousan' and put :
thousan' with it, an make 1t in your
own name for security says he, an
when pay you the money you can as
sign to me. That ought to fix ice all
right
..Well, thinks I, If McTagg puts mp a
thousan' on this, can risk a thousan'
AN I done it,"
"H'm," growled the Judge, lis this the
contract you made?"
Eyes, that's it" said Ezra, inspecting
the document handed to him. 20
course, though, had private, verbal
understandin' that this wasn't to be the
price o. the land to me-
Him"
"Then in couple O days gets the
abstac' an takes it to McTagg. an he
says: I guess we won't need that now.
We've changed our plans an decided
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-01-17
A Popular t,aIlncY.

There is widespread impression
among medical men and the public at
large that there is little or no danger
attending the removal of the tousils,
and instruments for this purpose arc
found in the possession of almost every
practitioner in the land. An eminent
surgeon declares that removing the
toEsils is an operation attended with
a great deal of risk. One reason for
this seems to be that in cutting there
is danger of approaching near the large
arteries, or, at all events. tapping small
veins that may cause alarming hem
orrhage. This physician gives an ac-
count of the removal of the tonsils
from the throat of boy, when he was
obliged to hold the parts with his fin
gers for several hours to arrest the
hemorrhage that threatened the
youths life. Having no appliances at
hand for checking the hemorrhage.
which was entirely unlocked for, he
came very near losing his patient. The
general practitioner is warned against
too free use of these instruments; in
deed, it is as well to be very wary i'm
cutting the tonsils at all, and not to
operate upon them unless it is abso-
lutely necessary, and then only remove
a sufficient surface to relieve the me-
chanical obstruction caused by their
enlargement.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-01-17

/ turning, he shuffled back into the court.
room, gave the clerk an expressionless
Rance, glided silently to his little desk
| and bowed low over the cuspidor.
Whereupon the clerk proceeded to
write in ponderous record book some
thing to the effect that the plaintiff
being thrice solemnly called came not,
neither came anyone for him." etc., and
The Judge said: Dismissed. Plaintiffs
costs. Call the next"
The defendants counsel passed out,
leaving only the unsatisfactory expla-
nation that Ezra had had enough and
had made up his mind to quit. That
was all, and the facts in the case of
Grassneck VS.. McTagg ct al. were buried
| IN the oblivion Of professional conf
|dence" and privileged communica-
TONS"
An unusual interest in the case had
been aroused by the incredible rumor
4 that old Ezra Grassneck had been
|canght mapping, and had permitted
himself to be defrauded out of $1,000;
|still worse, had actually been fool
enough to sign his name to papers.
which latter act is considered the ex-
IRENE Of folly in his neighborAood.
Accordingly on the morning set for
|fhe trial the little railroad station was
deserted, the seats in Longs emporium
were cold and vacant, and fuckers ton
serial parlor was silent and empty.
lhree-fourths of the male inhabitants
nag lowed they'd go to court an hear
Fnls ere case O. Grassneck's."
The parties thereto were all well,
.nough, perhaps, not very fayorably,
Known to their neighbors.
Ear Grassneck loved gain-certain.
no'speculativegain. Ateach protracted
experience meeting, with a becoming
%plrlt OF humanity, he would say:
All this worldly substance amt mine,
put the Lords, an shall 1 waste and
1quander what is the Lords, or, like the
untnrifty steward in the Scriptures,
neglect to turn it to advantage for His
glory?"
nus frequent repetition Of this senti-
aent suggests the true keynote of his
his ruling passion was
~ avarice, as his neighbors had
said, but an. unfaltering
luentyto a Divine trust, and that in this |
sse IT was only his commendable zeal
mat behalf which had exposed him |
ne credit of an enemy and made him |
,'c'lm OF what is termed "a robbery"
~ y, what McTagg said was only IAN
'anary business transaction"
=. ~ 70 the chief defendant, Morgan
se.sgg, owing to a curious popular
Is sluaice against him, it is hard to OBJ
va an unbiased account. He had |
'.n resident Of the county seat but
! ~ years, having come from Chica-
: "nere ne had met with disaster in
ana, an. manufacturing business.
ough not generally credited, it
.a. e,ertheless true that McTagg, the
Iur,~rcturer, was the very antithesis
~ sgg' the broker and promoter.
d.sa nus failure he possessed con-
n s Ice, m his fellow man that was sim
- ~ In the ripcness of his expert
: 4, , mas said: The ways to enrich
Thy and most Of them foul"
A. 50 once remarked: ~Tbe fakes
ma, ~ = pay best, and guess FIVE been
FMrs H. long enough"
). oraef, but thorough and costly.
os.. : 'ee university Of adversely had
L,shss. doubts in his mind e. to
o. not honesty might really
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-01-17

Jewellers declare that the regu-
larity Of the running of q watch de-
Ponds upon the magnetism of the man
who carries it.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-01-17

Trust God for great things; with
your five leaves and two fishes He will
show you a way to feeo thousands.-
Horace Bushnell.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-01-17

Just as we arrived" the driver
Of the patrol wagon testified, .the
prisoner and some of his gang were try
ing TO drop Officer McGobb through
the sewer manhole." Sure said Mike
the Brute, Il didn't know there was
any law against droppin' copper in.
the slot."-Indianapolis journal.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-01-17
'BI1SINESS TRANSACTION.
ZRAGRASsNECK!
BY a. p. INGRAM.


Ezra Grassneck!!
Ezra Grassneck II"
Thus trumpeted
the sheriff from the
courthouse door, a
little louder each
time, and with his
chin W hisk ers
making one long
and two 8 b Q u t
beats at each rope
tition.
Il h nj, slowly
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-01-17

We like to divine ourselves but do
notlike to be OWNED ourselyes.-Roche
foucauld-
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-01-17

DIR. Frederick II. Wines has been
appointed lecturer on social classes ana
social evils in Harvard university.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-09
ARMY NEWS.

REPORTED SPECIALLY FoR TEE LIGHT.
There was q large contingent OF
Christian Endeavor people at the
post for guard mount at 9 o'clock
this morning.
There will be an infantry dress
parade at the post this evening
about ten minutes before sunset.
Guard mounting takes place
each morning at 8 O'clock followed
by a concert at which three pieces
are played.
Thursday evening at $3.50 there
will be cavalry dress parade on
the lower parade groun DIS.
"a new social club, composed of
the elite Of the post, and known as
the Chrysanthemum Social club,
has been organized. They will
givestheir initial reception and
ball at Muth's pavilion next Sat-
urday evening. This club will
give a series Of hops throughout
the season.
The death OF the hero of the
lower Rio Grande, Captain Bourke,
of the Third United States cavalry,
as related in last evenings LIGHT,
who was for several years stationed
at this post, was q great shock to
the garrison and is deeply regret
ted. Captain Bourke was fine SOL
dier and a fighter. He was also
writer OF no mean capacity.
II man deposits money with his
commanding officer for his dis
charge, the officer will immedi-
ately on receipt OF order for dis
charge of the man, forward the
money to paymaster for deposit,
and send to the paymaster general
the usual notice Of deposit.
A large number of letters are re-
ceived here daily inquiring about
enlistment In the service and al
though the photography and syn
tax contained in these epistles is
generally very rocky, nevertheless
the intentions Of the applicants
are good. To enlist in the service
an applicant must be under
thirty years Of age, unmarried, a
citizen of the United States, of good
moral character, which must be
vouched for by at least two reput-
able citizens, and he must be able
to read and write the English
language intelligently. He must
be sound in body and mind.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-09
IN A RAD FIX.
Courthouse Contractor Kroeger Has

Courthouse Contractor Kroeger Has
Trouble With Lumber Dealers.
Courthouse Contractor o. p.
Kroeger has addressed a communi.
cation to the county commissioners
asking to be allowed to place GER
tain flooring, known to the
trade as "hrst clear" in
the new courthouse. He claims
that the resident lumber dealers
have combined against him and
are demanding exorbitant prices
for the quality Of wood as provided
for in the contract and that with
the Lumber Dealers association
on one side and the architect and
superintendent on the other he is
in a bad fix.
The matter was filed by the
clerk this morning, but has not
yet been voted upon.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-09
TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas, on the 2Sth day of April,
A. ID. 1885. Il. NJ. Adams, acting by
and through his agent and attorney
i'm fact III. W. Peters, for the purpose
of securing ID. & A. Oppenheimer in
debt of 1,200 evidenced in prom
issory note, with interest at II per
cent per annum, and an attorneys
fee of ten per cent, and on said 18th
day of April. 1885, did make, execute
and deliver to ID. & A. Oppenheimer
his certain trust deed with Hugo
Neadler as trustee, in and upon the
following described land, viz:
All that certain tract or parcel of
land lying and being in the county
of Dimmit. State of Texas, and
known as the a. survey No. % seven
i'm Dimmit county, patented to Dun
can Lemons and bought by +. Nj.
Adams from said Duncan Lemons
For description of said land and full
particulars see records of Dimmit
county, as recorded on the Sd day OF
February, 1888 In vol. 2, pages Al and
AZ. (2) Survey No. (25) twenty-five,
situated, in Dimmit county, Texas.
said survey being patented to j. G.
Hay and sold to f. NJ. Adams by said
J. c. Hay on the 4th day of August,
1888, as recorded in Dimmit county,
in vol. 2, pages 400 and 421, and for
further particular description of said
land reference is hereby given to the
records of Dimmit county, as given
in vol. 2. pages 420 and 421, as men,
toned above. And it is provided in
said trust deed that If the said f. NJ.
Adams, his heirs, executors and ad-
ministrators shall make default in
payment of the sum of money speci-
fed in said promissory note, with the
interest thereon, or any part thereof,
when the same becomes due and pay
able, then the said trustee, or in the
event of his death, failure, neglect or
refusal to perform the trust herein
conferred, such other suitable person
as may be appointed by d. & A. OPP
penheimer, shall sell the above de-
scribed premises before the court
house door of Bexar county at public
cutlery to the highest bidder for cash,
first giving twenty days notice of the
property to be sold, and of the time
place and terms of sale by publication
in some newspaper published in San
Antonio. County of BeXar and State
of Texas, and after such sale shall
make, execute and deliver to the pur-
chaser in the name of the said +. NJ.
Adams a good and sufficient fee sim
pie warranty deed TO said premises,
and apply the proceeds as described
in said trust deed.
The said Hugo Naedler has failed
and refused to perform the duties of
said trust and the said ID. & A. OPP
penheimer have in writing appointed
W. 4. Meriweather substitute trustee.
Now, therefore, l. w. L. Meriwether.
substitute trustee, as aforesaid, will
sell the said above described premises
within legal hours, for cash, before
the courthouse door of Bexar county
in the city of San Antonio. on Tues
day, July 9TH, 1896, and will make to
the purchaser good and sufficient
warranty deed in the name of f. NJ.
Adams.
w. Il. MERIWETHER,
6-9-3t Substitute Trustee.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-09
PERSONAL MENTION.

Detective Shelly has returned
from Floresville.
o. F. Walters and wife, of Ter
rell, are at the Menger.
Judge Callsghan went over to
Austin yesterday on business.
Mr.C. X. Brenpeman left last
night for st. Louis, to attend the
republican convention.
Col. James P. Newcomb left last
night for st. Louis, to attend the
National Republican convention.
DIR. G. G.. Clifford and Ed. n.
Terrell left Sunday last for st.
Louis to attend the republican con-
vention.
Mr.. G. G. Hogue, q we'll known
young cattleman of this city, leaves
tonight for Guatemala, on pros
pecting tour.
Mr.. Moritz Kslteyer, brother of
w. @. Kalteyer, OF this city, left
last evening on his way home to
Germany, after a lengthy visit to
San Antonio.
T. g. Brockenbrow, Of Alpine
one of the staunch republicans OF
West Texas, and q shouter for
Mckinley, is in the city today, EN-
route for.St. Louis, where he will
assist in shouting for Mckinley,
Protection and Prosperity.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-09
O. W. A. Gosling's Funeral.

The funeral of the late G. w. A.
Gosling, the we'll known and be.
loved citizen Of this city who died
so suddenly yesterday morning,
will be conducted by w. r. Rich
ardson, from the Elks' lodge room
and from st. Marks church this
evening at 6 o'clock. The pail
bearers are as follows:
Honorary-Judge 7. S. Maxey,
G. w. Ogden, E. bosch, G.Schmelt-
ger, H. E. Barnard, j. T. Wood
hull, VIM. Reuter- and Otto Wahr-
mund.
Active--Dr. G.. Graham Watts,
Geo. Q. Eichlitz, John E. Martin,
II. ID. Kampmann, Albert Stoves,
B. F. cNulty, H. o. Skinner,
Charles Florian and Wiley Mar
shall.
Deceased was the general agent
for Rosskam, Gerstly & Co., and
had friends in every state in the
union.
He did not live to share
the joy of being the parent Of a
fine baby daughter that was born
last night by Mrs. Gosling. He
was very fond OF children and was
most loving, indulgent father.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-09

Mrs. Francis j. Weir, mother
of ::Mrs. 1. P. Simpson and grand.
mother Of Mrs. n. d. Kampmaun,
died this forenoon at 20l Paso
Hondo street.
The wedding Of Miss Mary
Pauline Peteet and Mr.. Rufus
Munroe Jones will take place to-
morrow morning at 9 O'Clock at the
residence OF the brides parents, 1l5
East Maple street.
"A wedding is to take place in
this city tomorrow, in which the
bride is coming from Missouri and
the groom from Mexico.
-AEMexican vegetable dealers
horse ran away on Camaron street,
near the county jail this morning,
and after smashing the wagon and
colliding with another vehicle, the
runaway succeeded in killing him.
self by running against a wagon
shaft which penetrated his chest.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-09
NEGRO DELEGATES ADRIFT.
No Hotel Accommodations yet Secured fol
Them.

No Hotel Accommodations yet Secured for
Them.
ST.. LOUIS, May 9.-No solution
of the prevailing question as to
what shall be done with the negro
delegates to the national conven-
ton was reached this morning.
Proprietors of the leading hotels
deny that they will refuse to en-
tertaln the colored men, but say
their rooms are engaged" and
that they cannot accommodate the
negroes, much as they might wish.
Alsrge number of national COM
mittee men arrived this morning,
but they were reticent about CIV
ing their views regarding the
treatment OF the negroes by thesSt.
Louis hotel and boarding house
keepers. M. h. Deyoung. OF San
Francisco, owner and editor of the
Chronicle of that city and a men,
Der of the national committee, said
1t was not q part OF the duties OF
the committee to secure hotel &C.
commodations for any delegates,
either white or black, and he
would oppose any effort to bring
the matter before the committee.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-09
BULL DESTROYS A CANDY STORE
Small Boy with Red Shirt Infuriates q
Jersey City Bovine.

small Boy with hed Shirt Infurfates o
Jersey City Bovine.
A big black bull broke away from a
herd in Jersey City the other day and
played more havoc in candy store than
the proverbial bull in china shop. He
had caused considerable trouble to his
drivers and bad injured one man seri-
ously by tossing him over fence when
he caught sight of a small boy wearing
q red shirt and standing in the door Of
Brands candy store, near Palisade
avenue. With loud below the bull
charged for the luckless youth, who
fed into the store. The bull followed,
the boy just crawled under counter
in time to escape his horns. Three wom-
en- who were in the rear of the store
screamed loudly and ran into room adj
joining the store The door was stout
one else the bull might have followed.
as it charged against the door with
crash.
When the animal found that he could
not follow the women he proceeded 10
do damage to the stock. A big show
case ullcu VIII dssOrucu CduuicS WIS
lifted off the counters and sent crashing
to the floor. Ten jars and boxes filled
with other sweets were tossed about
and in a very short time the store was
well-nigh demolished.
While the bull was grayely inspecting
the soda water fountain and placidly
chewing hunk of tutti frutti the drov-
ers arrived. The bull seeing them
rushed from the store, but was lassoed
as he reached the sidewalk. He was
finally tied to the rear end of wagon
and taken to Newark.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-09
A DESPERATE LOVER.
Assassinates the Wrong Girl and May be
Lynched.


WACO, Tex, June "a special
to the Telephone from Carbon,
Eastlsnd county, says that Buck
Russell shot and killed a little
girl named Nichols, last night.
Russell had been rejected by Miss
Emma Garrett, q popular young
lady, and sought. to kill her. Late
last night he went to her home
and fred through the window, rs
he supposed, at her, but the ball
struck Miss Nichols, twelve.y ear
old girl. Russell fled at once, but
was promptly pursued and captur.
ed at 10 o'clock this morning.
Feeling is intense over the affair
and fears are entertained that the
people will mete out summary
justice to the prisoner, who has
borne a rather unenviable reputa-
ton for q long time.