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The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-20


TO the Texarkana Rifles; Don't
get lost boys on the drill ground.
We have out one squad now get
ting it in the neck, and cant stand
two defeats.
Justice Higginbotham is reported
to us as being quite sick by his ply
sician, DR.. S, A. Simmons. We
trust he will soon be up and at his
post of duty
Buffalo Lake as well as Pleasant
Lake, is the scene of two separate
and happy gatherings today Our
people will 90 on picnics IN the
summer season.
A row of bath houses were com
menced at Spring Lake Park yes
terday The water has cleared up
and when the lake is filed will be
fine for bathing,
-
The English press is on its ear be-
cause old John Sherman wrote one
Of his short crisp short letters to
some official nunky of that govern
ment, Keek your vest pulled down
gentlemen.
-a-=--as y Ns=------==-
Mr. and Mrs. r, S, Mullins lett
for Mena today where they will
spend the heated term, The Tex
AREANIAN follows them, making
some six copies going to Mena and
Rich Mountain daily
We have met many local fans
here today, and when speaking Of
the defeat of our team at Hot
Springs, did not exhibit any sur
prise at their defeat 1t was, 81
told you so, all over town.
-
The Interstate drill at San AM
tonic, is not proving the money
maker for that city 1t was thought
| it would be when the citizens gave
up their money for prizes in the
competitive drills Of visiting COM
panles,
The Postal Telegraph Office OPEN
ed for business today by Manager
prudhomme Line Is working beau
ti(ully-three messages were sent
over the wire, Manager Prud'
homme sollcits a share of your pat
ronage,
The rich, the poor, the high, the
low, all read the TEXAREANlAN, be-
cause 1t prints the local news, Is re-
liable and out spoken In all matters
Of public moment, Subscribe for 1t
and keep posted-adyertise In 1t
and reap a rich harvest of business,
Jesse Heard the slayer of Blair,
at Little Rock, has been In court at
and asked for a change of venue,
1t was granted He will be tried at
perryyille In August and will try
the insanity dodge to get out OF his
serape,
r=ss. A-s-
Dr. penIek pastor of the First
Baptist church OF Shreveport, aG-
ter holding his place for twelve
years reagns to 20 elsewhere, The
Doctor IBa nuont talker and Shreye.
port will loose one of It's most noted
dlyInes In his determination to 20
elsewhere,
The papers over the state are
disposed TO poke fun at our base
ball club, They don't take Into
consideration that some club must
suck the hind teat and that TeSaf-
kama seems to have employed men
who have taken the job TO hold on
TO this particular spot m base bOll-
dom, Just fire away we can stand
1t II the smggers can,
-
The city editor forwarded el20
TO the soldiers monument fund at
Fayetteville, Arkansas, yesterday,
II was a dime collection taken NJ
by him for the purpose mentioned
aud represented the donations OF
l9 different people, Fayetteville
has erected u grand shalt 10 the
fallen soldiers and We learn like a
e.. l,,. I,-.I 1.ii.t .I. ,fit..s f.u tla
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-05-20

him and thus shan the blessings 81 the
Fatler- son Holy GhOst rest WITH thee and
abide Win thee forever.
Your sincere Friend.
Miss MYRTA WHEELER
Sprague, Wash.
He came to school with Mr. Zimm-
erman the following week ana started
to tell me his troubles with his divor-
ced wife. l said it was no place to
discuss family matters He said
something in figurativel language which
brought this reply: Il told you before,
you can't scare me. saw Town
send on New Years eve in the hotel
partors at Ritzyille and had a CONVEX
sation with him lasting three hours.
He resumed the story of his life. re-
peated some things. related other e
vents. He spoke of the dea.h OF his
wife, al first much as before | asked
the manner of it. He said: Il had been
walking mp and down room talking to
her. She was sitting at the machine
sewing. I was within ? feet of her
1t was done 30 quick Ollie never knew
what hurt her. went up stairs and
got Bessie and went out to where
Keene was at work " He seemed 10
shudder when he told me. He said
Keene believed him guilty but could
not prove it. Said he believed
Keene knew him better than anyone.
l asked why he did not pick up her
body anyway. He replied: ..Oh knew
she was dead.
/ said it was an awful thing 10 do.
He said That has been the curse of
my life, it has followed me ever since,
and when you talked to me as you did
that nignt (the 26th) thought you
was the spirit of my dead wife and
that it has caused all my trouble. 0,
if l had my life TO live over again how
different it would be!' There vas
real anguish in his voice as he spoke.
On Jan. 10, 1897, l received the
following letter. It should have been
dated January instead of Decem Der:
DELIGHT, Dec. 10, 1897.
Miss NJ B w
Yours al hand. Thanks. 1 can not safely
meet you tonight. Tomorrow must be in
Ritz. Do not think my actions change. lam
learning to believe you. Treat me as you
please in crowd, am not easily deceived.
l know you have suffered for me, and l am
probably alive to-day because OF your intu-
ence. can in Justice ask nothing of you or
expect anything. However, if you know
something very important and dare not
write il and il is something l should know
tonight, will meet you at the school-house
Just after dark. | will restore to you your
friends. dare not advise You as to actions,
except orally and while we are alone. Please
write me what YOU deem important If you
think II safe. Yes Music. do trust you and
- well I'll tell you sometime. Your posi-
ton fear is taxing your health. l must try
70 tighten your burdens. Kindly reply stat
ing what you would say, or tell me whether
or not TO come 70 the s H tonight.
Sincerely YOUR DrUIner,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-05-20
cost something over fifty dol

lived in one Of our houses the summer
after marriage. / visited them once
when Esther was in delicate health.
Mark lit his pipe. The smoke made
her deathly sick. She objected to il
and said how she detested tobacco.
He said he would smoke where he
pleased; that no woman should RUE
him. and others looked for clothing
for Mrs. Townsend after shooting
Mark pointed out trunk or box where
be thought he might find some. We
found none Of her or his. We hunted
for dress a good deal to bury her in.
| suggested a burial robe. lie OBJ
jected saving there was a dress some
where good enough. We finally found
an old black or dark blue dress hang
ing on a door that was opened against
wall. Il was old and soiled. She was
buried in that. He said to me wher
SO many peoole came that afternoon
that he did not see any need Of max
ing so much fuss.
A. G. Bonham: Townsend came to
me once and said he would like to
have a re-investigation Of the case on
account Of public sentiment. | gave
no encouragement unless something
new should develop. / said it would
prove abortiye just as the Sisley case
did.
Frank Proctor: am a cousin Of
the defendant. About a week before
the shooting. Mark told me he was
goiag to 20 to school at Valparaiso.
In talking Of his affairs he said that he
had a very good wife but that be had
no use for a wife. The thought in M
mind was that if be was not married
he could 90 to school with less diff
Guilty than II single.
Or. Clementson: | was called on
about two weeks ago to assist in ex-
aiming the body Of Mrs. Townsend.
We got the skull. l have had it ever
since. (skull produced and bullet
holes noted.)
The skull was then placed on the
stand in full view Of Mr.. Townsend
and all the rest, an unimpeachable
witness aud CHASTITY reminder Of the
awful tragedy OF 1855.
John Gelbach Townsend once told
me the part Of the brain that If shot
through would produce instant death.
Under-Sherif James McGonigal: l
arrested Townsend at Ritzville, Wash.
| was there from three to tive minutes
ON the way to Wisconsin he wrote
letters TO Mr. Holcomb and to Miss
Woods He had not been told that
Miss Woods would be witness against
him
Ira Bellows. Atl2:30 O'Clock sept.
81. 1855, my thermometer in Lancas-
ter showed a temperature q s. de-
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-05-20

tell the truth. He told me 81 his
early home life. how his father would
whip him and enquire into the oifense
afterward and mother would treat
all the other children better than him.
He tod Of his early struggles for an
education, how he worked and saved
when others Id good time. Of the
young ladies he had kept company
with and OF boarding at Mrs. Fawcett's.
He aid he was married to Ollie one
sight or the way home from an en-.
tertainment by Justice H. 5. Keene.
He never spoke Of courlship with her
He said she was a good, kind girl.
said, Then why did you kill herr"
He looked down and said I'm not re-
sponsible for accidents. said, The
truth, Mr. Townsend, remember. the
truth" lie looked up in my face and
said "Ollie was always kind to me.
we never had but one trouble No
one knew Of that but ourselves. A
a result Of this she was killing me.
was dying by inches. 1t was either
her life or mine. first thought l
would 70 away and leave her; | was
dissatisfied with my education and
wanted to 20 away to school and at
that time had my trunks packed to 60
to Valparaiso. She was in delicate
health and l hated to 90 away and
leave her alone; l hated to take her
back home. So what could l do2 T.
knew they could not do anything. It
was az opportune moment and time
" act
There was a few moments silence.
Then I said, Poor child" He said,
..Oh, she's better off l said WAS
she ready to die?n He said, Yes,
Ollie was Christian; she is better off. =
then said that J would have to 90
and he walked down to the restaurant
with me and said, Remember I've
trusted you with my life" When he
started to leave me he said. If you
are detective-well you are
clever one.
saw him two or three times that
evening. He brought some toys for
me to take his children and asked me
to write him and tell ali that was go
ing on. Said to address him as Miss
Wheeler so as not to get me in trou-
BILE. l told him l did not want to
take sides
/ saw him next morning on the road.
he wanted us to 60 to Emmerts to din
ner. refused.
Next saw him on the street in Ritz
vile He asked me if it had occurred
to me that it was not ladylike to talk
to him 50 long at court house the
evening of the 2oth. He said that
story would not sound very well if he
should tell it round. Said he told
the story he did to me to show me
why the people in Wisconsin were
suspicious at times.
said, You can't scare me; I'm not
afraid OF any man"
He said Gnsinuatingly) 20, all right.
Come again. I'm no angel.
lsaid MIR. Townsend you are black
er and baser than you have been
painted don't want you to even
speak to me again.
That same day he sent me letter
which l burned without reading.
Later he sent me letter dated Dec.
6 Letter produced.) This is the
letter
LIND ADAMS CO. WASH. Dec. 6. 1850.
/ Mss M1Setta Woods
DELIGHT. Wash.
Dsdr Fyteaa. Since our last conversation
j presented a difference OF opinion between
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-05-20

feel my energy and ambition returning
" e saa.i probably BE- il the c1tE 90 friday.
the 5th inst
Do you expect 10 come 10 the examination E
At 50, 7 VII get 4 place Tor sou - stay Where
We can nave a Fl~lt ali rlgDL Bat QD not
come unless YOU want IL. can meet vpu a.
the same place We mettast almost any tilne
and i is safe.
deciUed 10 believe me anu trust me lust as
believe and trust YOU. II auy GOu bt arises
a. 70 whether we can make each other hap
pE, speaA 81 II Tel I right out. Let u
understand each other fully. Re franz.
40 not care what you used - be. what
yOu are. ana VIII be T. what concerns me
Oi course We are not engaged and YOU have
the right to say "good-bye al any time and
nave not the least claim on yon- You have
not told me that you cared for me only as a
friend. vet. because l love and trust YOU
90 on planning for the future and If I am
not mistaken can offer you position by
lhe time your present term = nnisned That
most women would be glad 10 accept !
know YOU viii promise me a soon as You feel
justified. tor your natural Kindness would
not permit you to keep any one in suspense.
Le5 me entredt you however 70 decide soon
and 70 ask any thing YOU wish that will as
sist you IN coming 70 conclusion.
Tell me ,4nstning Won wish me TO
know about yourself and keep the
rest. l snail never ask YOU 10 tell me any
thing OF your past lite. That has gone. II
matters not now. But be true and kind 70
me ana You snail never regret il. You can
rely on ny being true 10 you- II YOU doubt
~ stl4u soltir - your friends - tIA MT
bal now must close. for the boys want
the table Tor dinner. I wish I could see YOU
orten. How much those WatSons interfere
with my happiness / cannot see my chill
dren- Well. must not think that way.
YOU would tell me If Won were here and 50
viii yield 10 the influence and DO as nave
formed the habit OF doing think OF some
one else
Jessie viii give you this You can send
reply 10 me at LIND or TO Emmert al Ritz.
or give il TO Jesse. lust as You wish.
Yours il you viii il so
NJ " I.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-22

Joel Watrus was still with MIN. They
slept in Whipple's bed and ate OF
stalked into the yard one day and told
Joel to go to work Crouch, as spokes-
man Of the new faith, spurned the prop
osition in behalf of his son. Charles
Watfous united his horse and drove
away. He shook his fist at the two
prophets and said something about fair
warning
All Quakertown was aroused few
nights latter by fusillade of gun shots
in the thick woods surrounding the
Whipple house. The Rogerenes kept
tfeir beds. The sound was a weird one
to them, and gave them fright. Solomon
Crouch and Joel Watrous, pale with fear,
appeared at a window. Then the shots
became more frequent, anr instantly
a sheet OF flames SCARED up toward the
sky. The tramping of many feet was
heard in the underbrush, as of rapid
fight. and then all was silent, cave the
roaring of the fire. Crouch escaped
through the back door. Watrus jumped
from the window. Hand in hand they
scanpered to the highway, brushing the
cindefs from their clothes, and praying.
praying, praying.
Whipple returned the next day. 1
found him searching the ashes OF his
home The fire, he said, ne was inclined
to believe, was the result Of an ''acci-
dent" His Bible, strangely enough,
WAS saved from the ruins, and given to
him latter by smiling neighbor.
The two prophets nave not returned.
They took shelter the rest of the fate
full night in the Kenyon balm, two miles
distant. Desire Crouch. an estimable
Rogerene, lives near by.
OF THE PROPHET.
"They came to me the day after the
fire." she told me. They were cold and
hungry, and 1 gave them food. They
told me about being asleep in Whipple's
house, when an army began TO fire off
guns. The shots set the bed afire, and
they ran out and escaped. They went
TO the Kenyon barn to pray for old man
why Joers father should want him to go
to work The boy would lose his soul il
ne did, he said.
81 heard them praying and shouting to
save the soul Of Joei's father, after they
left here, and then they vanished for
good. They're too exalted, that's the
trouble with them
Charles Watrous mas heard no word
from his son. He told me, in great de-
tail, OF Solomon Crouch's unwelcome
visit to Quakertown. His sons and
daughters, he said, had almost lost their
senses over the prophets eloquent
words. Joel's wife was dead, and his
baby was sick with whooping cough.
Yet Joel cast his lot with the man with
a heavenly mission, would not work and
would not even see mis- child when its
death was feared.
Old time peace and religious quiet per-
vades Quakertown again. The advent
Of mora prophets with the faith of Jonah
IS not feared.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-22
SOMETHING ABOUT WOMEN

Woman is the Sunday OF man.-Jules
Michelet.
The womanwe love most is often the
one to whom we express it the least
Edme Pierre Chanvct de Brauchene.
Maids must be wives and mothers to
fulfill the entire and holiest end Of
womans being.-Frances Anne Kemble
Butler.
There is something so gross in the car
riage Of some wives that they lose their
husbands hearts.-Eustace Budget.
All the evil that women have done to
us come from us, and all the good they
have done to US comes from them.-Aimi
Martin.
Women always show more taste in
adorning others than themselves; and
the reason is. that their perosns are like
their hearts, they read another's better
than they can their own.-Jean Paul
Richter.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-22

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The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-22
MADE 1T HOT FOR JONAH.
How Strange Sect in .connec.ic

How a Strange Sect in Connecticut
Drove Forth Prophet
New York Dec. 22-(Special 10 the
Herald from New London. Conn. says:
A modern John the Baptist vanished this
week from Quakertown. of in the woods
northeast from this city. He was hun
cry ami hatle:ss. and without socks or
f,1irt, 50 hurried was his exit.
The sad memory OF fervent prayers TO
heaven, of exhorations 10 righteous
ness, of the attempt OF Solomon Crouch
20 revise the creed Of peculiar religious
community, is deep within every toll
Ing member of Quakertown's sober sect
When milder measures failed. fire was
called into service 10 drive the prophet
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-22
III East Douglas Avenue.

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sac - Wrgzs<y. F5iisu sx-cscssfis.. :
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The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-22
Pivet's Perfect Purple Pabsy Perfume
The latest fad. At all druggists.

New York. Dec. 21.-Fireman Martin
J. Oakley was killed tonight at a fire
which started in wood bin in the base
ment OF a five-stoTy tenement house on
East Fourteenth street Oakley was suf-
focated by smoke and escaping gas. As
sistant Fireman Thomas E Head, Jas
E. Davis and Peter Connolly OF the sa me
company were rendered unconscious by
inhaling smoke and gas and were with
difficulty revived. They are in hospi-
tails and their condition is serious.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-22
eafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot
reach the diseased portion OF the ear.
There is on,y one way to cure deafness.
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an infiamed coh-
dition os the mucous lining Of the Eusta-
chiaa Tube. When this tube gets inflan-
cd you have rumhiing sound or imper-
feet hearing, ard when il is entirely
closed de& &fness is the result. and unless
the inflammation can be taken out and
this tube restored 20 its normal condition
hearing viii be destroyed forever; nire
cases cut of ten are caused by caSarra-
which il ncthing but an iniamea condi-
tian ot the racous surfaces
We viii give one Hundred Dollars for
anv case CT Deafness tcaused BY cata-rh)
that oanro: be crred by Halls Catarrh
Cure Send for circulars. free
F. ]. CHENEY s CO, Toledo. o.
Sold by druggists, 75c-
Halls Family Pills are the best
Daily Eagle. b. Garner. lec per week
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-22
Gold at Randsburg

is not only fact, but it is also the title
Of sketch of California's latest mining
camp, that contains facts and conclu-
sions based on investigations of emf
nent journalists and mining experts.
For rates and free copy of book, ad-
dress W. J. Black, G. P. A, Santa Fe
pa,1to TO0elxa
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-22
HUMAN NGEUNITTs FREAKS

Wonderful Things Whic1 Move Ike
God-znade Cons-ivanceS.
New York De- 2-Ths HsTsd says:
There are few things more attractive
20 the generality .. men. or more cai-
cuszred 20 excite thar xlte< a.. s1-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-22
Don't Quit GoIf when Snow r,,..

But board the Santa Fe's quick Callfor-
mia Limited, bound for Los Angeles
links. They play there al winter; So
NAV You.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-22
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if 1t fails
10 cure. 25c. The genuine has L. B. Q.
on each tablet
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-22

Washington, Dec 21.-Assistant Secre-
tary Howell has rendered decision in
a customs case in which he holds that
common goat hair is entitled to free en-
try under the new tariff law. This decis-
ion overules that of the appraiser OF
customs at New York, who held that it
was duiable under paragraphs 34s and
$50. as assimilating to the hair Of the
AnP1ra goat.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-22

La Cripple in day. Guaranteed in
every case. Sold by all Druggists.
Palermo, Dec. 21.-Corriero Della Isola
tells a shocking story of i'll treatment
os Princess Di Carini, who is separated
from her husband 1t appears, that with
her blind daughter, she has been shut
up for the last five years by her trustee
and has only just succeeded in sending
letter to the police revealing the fact
OF her Imprisonment. The police have
liberated the princess and the trustee
has been arrested.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-22
MOPPED THE EARTH
0UBANs TELL THEIR STORY OF THE
YAOTA FORD FIGHT.

Which Resulted In an Overwhelming De-
feat for the Spanish Troops Led BY
Pando in Person, General Garcia Lead
ing the insursent Forces = Spsniards
Caught Between Two Fires and Siaught
cred by Hundreds Thousand Ouefrh"as
Captured and Fight Braveiy for the
Cobaa "a use.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-22

Daily Eagle. b. carrier. iec per week
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-22

While Suffering From Acute Msina-
choiia She springs Frem the Window of
Her Room In the Third Story Of Her
Fathers Washington Residence and
Sustains Fracture of the SknlI, Dying
shortly Afterwards just Before the
Fatal Leap She Had Cut Her Wrist TO
Produce Death by Rteeding.