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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-22
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good, that made me madder'n than any
of 'em. She useter run in most every
day, and sort O. purtend to help Alice
AS if one woman couldn't do the cook
in for only half dozen men! And she
sit down when she peeled potatoes or
snapped beans, and, of course, my wife
sot down with her, and they wasted a
lot of time talkin'. Why, that woman
was so lazy and shiftless she even got
my wife inter the notion of settin'
down while she was ironin', and then
she was allus mixin' up somethin' or
to'ther for Alice to eat or drink and
then hangir' round to see that she
took 'em. Alice could jest as well hev
cooked for herself and had more time
for her sewin'. Why, I've known her
to be mendin' away inter the middle of
the night, cos them women bothered
her so thru the day. I'd have turned
'em out myself, neck and heels, but
there's some things you have to give
woman her way in, and Alice seemed
dead set on them.
"'Well, I could see that she was get
tin weaker every day with the strain
they put on her, and I slammed doors
and windows when they was around,
but, Lord, it didn't make no difference
and that Miss Allgood jest stayed and
run things, and I must say she was q
powerful good cook, beat Alice all to
flinders. But how she got such hold
on my wife can't sense. Alice said tc
her jest afore she passed away: 'Kiss
me and let me go to Sleep" and the
next thing 1 Lnowed she was gone
'thout even sayin' good-by to me-
"'You must have felt terribly sug
gested.
"Did. But 1 got even with then
tallxin' women, and everybody 'rouno
the country can read what writ OF
her tombstone. There was a spell wher
| I had a notion to change one line there
the one that says first and last wife OF
Thomas Phillips felt so powerful
sorry for that Allgood woman, she
mourned so for Alice, and bein' allus
full of sympathy, kinder thought OF
lettin' her take Alice's place
"But, on second thoughts, suppose
you decided to remain single
eyes. You see that woman was sc
pulled up in her own goodness, that
she'd got the notion that wasn't good
enough for her. She didn't refuse me
but her temper got the better of her
and she told me never to darken he1
doors again. 1 bet she's been sorry fol
it. but she don't get the chance again
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-22
Te|eg|01|S B|ie|ed

Gore, the blind Populist orator is in
dicted for seduction and for attempted
malpractice.
Geo. Westerman, New Madrid, Mo-,
kills the stepdaughter he had ruined
then suicides.
Wyley Cook, crooked coon at Crock
EFT, convicted on forgery on eleven ac-
counts. Gets two years for each.
A revolt against the extension Of the
civil service breaks out and takes or
ganized form.
Chief Engineer Wilson of the army,
for the years 1S9S99, estimate in
Guiding coast defences and river i'm
provements is about So, 900.
An increase of about 1900 men for the
navy will be asked of Congress; 100 Of
them officers, 100 apprentices.
w. K. Van Reopen is appointed to
the place vacated by the death of Sur
geon General Bates.
Incendiaries fire store at Halletts-
Vile to hide their burglary.
Commercial agent Wilson of the Gal.
Lap. & Houst. road arrested for 5000
embezzlement.
Spain informs the United States that
she must stop filibustering, or be held
accountable for breach of inter-
national law.
| Weyler denies the report that he has
refused to turn over his command at
Sagasta's order.
| Great Britain is chagrined over the
failure to subdue the AfrIdis.
Bavaria demands reputation of
the favored nation clause with the
United States.
London is fighting the opening Of the
Barnum & Bailey show, fearing it
| would hurt local attractions.
| The Guatemalan insurgents seem to
| have got their second wind and are
making head.
Five persons drowned off the Aus
tralian coast by the capsizing of a
pleasure yacht.
Won Bulow is installed minister of
foreign affairs for Germany.
Boiler of launch alongside the
battleship Texas explodes, but no one
fatally injured.
Russell Sage is reported organizing
a syndicate to bid on Pacific railroad
sale.
ImbOden, of Rusk county, announces
himself a candidate for Congress in
the I'd district.
Creeks and full blood Cherokees will
resist the Dawes treaty with force ii
compelled to.
Luetgert takes a solemn oath de-
claring that he did not murder his wife
or do her violence
Yellow fever conditions show slight
Improvement in Louisiana and Missis-
sippi.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-22
Personal Mention.

r. E. Miller is at the Arcade from
Cotulla.
]. ]. Jarvis, of Fort Worth, is at the
Menger.
H. Dreckschmidt, of Galveston. is al
the Mahncke.
Adolfo Marx, of Vera Cruz, Mex, is
at the Menger.
Capt. Byron L. Crouch is in the city
from Pearsah.
John Krister, of Taylor, Tex, is at
the Southern.
w. NJ. Anderson . is at the Arcade
from Longview.
| Colonel w. G. Butler, of Kennedy, is
at the Mahncke.
A. e. Rodgers, M. D., from Bandera,
is at the Southern.
r. NJ. Farrar, and wife, of Houston,
are at the Menger.
Thomas G. Duncan and wife, of Vic
toria, are in the city.
Mr.. w. o. Holland and wife, OF
Stockdale, are in the city.
F. F. Stewart, of Galveston, is in the
city and is guest of the Arcade.
Col. j. NJ. Dobie, we'll known
ranchman of Lagarto, is at the South
ern.
Mr.. Anton Heinen has returned from
pleasant visit to his old home IN
Comfort.
j. E. Shelton, a Longview citizen, Is
visiting the city. He is registered at
the Arcade.
C. NJ. Wilson, of Sanderson, is at the
Mahncke, on his return from a trip to
Neb.
Mr.. McClain, an old citizen Of LAYER
mia, well known in this city is very i'll
az his home in that place.
Miss Allie Houston, charming
young lady of~Lavernia is visiting rel
atives on Buena Vista street.
Mr.. ]. S. Mcnamara has returned
from Dallas. He barely escaped quar-
antine on his trip up last week.
Mr.. NJ. McDermott, weather observ
er of Georgetown, Tex, is i'll in the
Santa Rosa hospital in this city.
Messrs. Adolph Toepperwein, and
Pete Helm leave tomorrow for Clear
Fork on a four or five days hunt for
ieer.
Charles H. Armitage, agent for AL.
g. Fields MINISTRIES, which appear at
the Grand opera house next Friday, is
IN the city.
Vice President and General Manager
Arnold, of the Lone Star Brewery, will
return Saturday from a trip to Aus
tin, Llano and Mason, Tex.
Edgar Voelcker, a druggist of Whar-
ton, Tex, arrived in the city yesterday
on visit to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Voelcker, 421 Carson street.
Baldwin Griesenbeck left over the
Southern Pacific yesterday on his an
nual trip to Pueblo, n. NJ, where he
represents extensive cotton interest
for his father, c. F. Griesenbeck.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-22
Williamson county Germans have a

Williamson county Germans have a
harvest home.
Lone Star line renews its low rates
to Galveston and the rate war is on
hot as ever.
Gov. Taylor of Tennessee and staff
are in Dallas.
Reunion of Confederate Vets in Tex
as is postponed Indefinitely.
The case of Prof. Schroeder. of the
Catholic university at Washington is
referred to Pope Leo.
Dallas man fined the limit, $500, for
attempting to fix a jury.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-22
AN ORIGINAL EPITAPH.
Cause Of an Illinois Farmers Bet
ter Half's Death.
Reason as the Garrulous Old Hayseed
Gave 1t on Her Unique Tombstone
May Not Have Been Strict
Iy Correct.

Talking of curious epitaphs," said
the man who was travelling for an east
ern marble company to Chicago
Times-Herald man, 81 saw one in a
cemetery in Illinois near Boulder that
discounted anything ever came upon
before for originality Of expression,
and while I was studying it so that /
could remember it afterward discov-
cred the owner of il watching me to see
what I was about. He told me that he
was the widower, and as he heaved q
great sigh asked him If he missed the
wife whose name was recorded on the
stone.
Miss her? You bet miss her. he
said, in q harsh, peevish voice; she
might have been living now if it hadn't
been for lot of gossipin' women pes
term the life out of herb
"Teu me about her. said, in my
most sympathetic manner, although
the case was not apparently one to de-
mand sympathy-at least for the liv-
ing.
well, you see, my wife Alice
that's her name on the stone-she was
kind of soft spoken and the women
folks liked her, and they used to run
in and set around and talk, talk till
everything was blue. She couldn't
get no work done to speak on, and
after they went home she'd have to fly
around so to get supper for the hired
men and me, cos she knowed how it
riled me so if the meals weren't on
time, an jest as like as not she'd get
hard spell of coughin' and couldn't eat
no dinner herself. And it was all the
fault of them visitin' women
"But, surely, that wasn't what
killed herP
"Twarn't nothin' else. There was
one woman-an old maid. Miss ALI
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-22

A Fine New Line of Suspenders at
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-22

1 guess that Inc can stand ror spell
longer
81 lefthim there admiring the epitaph
he had designed. and without a sus-
picion in his mind that he alone had
been responsible for his wife's taking
off, and that had copied the whole de-
vice without any objection being raised,
in order to reproduce it as genuine
curioSity"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-22
The Worlds Tunnels.

The tunnels of the world are esti-
mated to number about JAP, with to-
tai length of 514 miles. There are
about 1000 railroad tunnels, 10 sub
aqueous tunnels, 90 canal tunnels and
tO conduit tunnels.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-22

a petition in the Thirty-seventh Dis
trict court this morning for the remov-
al disabilities of minority, wherein
she shows desire to make improve
ments on several lots that she owns, in
this city, so that they will be source
of revenue to her instead of expense.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-22

The supreme court of Michigan has
ruled that the services of an editor or
Of reporter are of professional ma
ture and are therefore not covered by
the statute relative to preferred labor
claims.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-22
s OP!!!!'

Yes, when yon are out shopping don't
fail to stop in our store, for we are lead
ers in Low Prices.
Here are few prices for this week:
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-22

Pencil Boxes. DC
loc rocket Comb. ...............3C
&c Cherry Pipe. &c
PAIRING Knife. SC
25c Metallic Hair Brush. .l5C
Gents l0c Black Bows ............ sc
Tissue Paper, II Sheets sc
Kid Gloves, per Pair. .25c
Ladies 25 and SOC Purses from .lOcUP
sc Nutmeg Graters. &c
White or Black Tape, per roll. &c
l5c Yelling, per yard. SC
Needles, per package. ..............lc
Sleeve Holders, per pair ........... Sc
White Metal Tea Spoons. ..........2C
Ladies sc Handkerchiefs ........3c
25c Russell Shoe Polish ............5c
Children's Carriers, per pair. .........lc
A Fine New Line of Suspenders at
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-08-06
IOWA PATENT OFFICE REPORT.

DEs MONIES, July 19.-Talmadge f.
Brown, of Des Moines, has been granted
a copyright tor melodrama in four
acts, entitled THE Thieves Dem"
A. f. Thompson, of Adel, has been
allowed design patent adapted to be
worn as political badge. Patents
have been allowed, but not yet ISSUED,
as follows: To l.. ID. Hart, of Nora
Springs, for corn cutter and shocker,
adapted to be advanced IN the field to
cut off stalks and gather them into a
shock to be bound together To j. w.
Russell, of Newton, for an improved
grain thresher and separator in which
part of the novelty is tortuouS pas
sage way for straw and chaff and
device for forcing air into said pas
sageway at each of it's turns, and
guide rods fXeu to the walls of the
passageway and curved around the
corners. To l.. d. and A. j. Hart. of
Nora Springs, for a clothes FOUNDER
adapted to be attached to q tub to be
operated therein and also adapted to
be adjusted relative to an adjacent
tub for washing clothes therein by the
pounding process without detacbinr il
from the other tub.
Valuable information about securing.
valuing and selling patents sent free
to any address
THos. G. AND j. RALPH ORwIe.
Solicitors of Patents
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-08-06
Coming National Reunion.

Assistant Adjt.-Gen. Gage of the G..
A. r. has received the general order
issued from the headquarters of Com
mander-in-Chief L. 5. Clarkson at
Omaha relative to the thirty-frst ma
tional encampment. The order recites
that the encampment will open at
Buffalo, n. Y, on August % and con-
tinue during that week, the grand pa
rade taking place on August %. The
commander-in-chief has invited the
department of Nebraska to act as es-
cort to him. and the invitation has
been accepted. The start from Omaha
will be made on August p at 6 T. IN.
over the Northwestern.
The commander-in-Ch invites
western departments. whose route can
be conveniently made through Omaha,
to join the headquarters party at that
or other convenient point. Depart
ment Commander Ehrhardt of Neb as
ka has issued the usual order in con-
forrnity with that of the commander
in chief.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-08-06
New Cattle Disease Appears.

The disease of the eye which has
been prevalent among cattle in other
states and in parts of Nebraska, has
made it's appearance in this vicinity.
says a Norfolk dispatch. D. White,
who lives mile southeast of the June
ton, has discovered it's presence in
his herd. One of his animals is en-
tirely blind and others seem to be suf-
fering from the first stages of the dis
ease. A veterinary surgeon who is
treating Mr.. Whites cattle has been
very successful in coping with the
disease thus far. 1t is said that the
first indication of it's presence is when
an animals eye commences to run, and
if stop is not put to its progress this
eye will be entirely enten out.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-08-06
Long Standing Claim to be Baid.

Columbus dispatch: Patrick Muir
ray, one of the oldest and most sue
cessful farmers of this part of the state,
this morning received from the de-
partment officials at Washington an
identity proof to fill out and sign, to-
gether with the information that upon
the return of the blanks his draft for
1.2OO would be mailed at once.
Thirty-three years ago this month
Mr. Murray had contract with the
government to put up several hundred
tons of hay in the Loup river bottoms
to be used by the soldiers then sta
toned on the Pawnee reservation near
the present site of the village of
Genoa. While fulfilling his part of the
contract, Mr.. Murray and his men
were one afternoon surprised by a
band of Sioux Indians, who killed some
of his men, ransacked the camp and
drove off his horses and cattle. In
this attack Mrs. Murray was wounded
with poisoned arrow, but recovered
and lived until few years ago. Mr..
Murray at once put in claim for ST.
200 damages, which has since been
pending, and for which he will soon
be recompenSed.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-08-06
THE UNION PACIFIC.
TIME OF THE SALE PROBABLY
OCTOBER.
Generally Understood the Reorganization
System. and that 8. II. III. Clark
Will Still Remain q. the
Helm.
Affairs of the Union Pacific.

Omaha dispatch: Oliver w. Mink,
| vice-president and receiver of the
Union Pacific, came in this morning
from Boston and E. Ellery Anderson,
| receiver, will come tomorrow. Gen
eral Solicitor Kelly and III. Il. Taylor,
private secretary to Master-in- -Chancery
Cornish also returned this morning
from an eight weeks stay in New
York and Boston, and Judge Cornish
will arrive tomorrow. Mr.. Mink and
Mr.. Anderson, accompanied by Gen
eral Manager Dickinson and other
officials, will leave in few days for
a tour of inspection of the system.
The testimony in the foreclosure
proceedings of the Union Pacific is in
each of the seven cases affecting the
road and the receivership. 1t is gen
orally understood that the sale of the
property will take place the first week
in October, so that before Jan. l the
new company will assume charge OF
the road.
In all probability Judge Sanborn
will appoint Judge Cornish as the mas
ter to make the sale not only of the
Union Pacific proper, but of the
Kansas Pacific, being the lines in Kan
sas from Kansas City to Denver, and
of the Denver Pacific, being the line
between Denver and Cheyenne.
The seven cases in which testimony
has been completed take in the differ
ent mortgaged divisions. Judge Cor
nish has heard all this testimony and
will make report to Judge Sanborn,
who will make the order of sale set
ting the date The sale must be held
where the property is and it is believed
that Omaha will be the place for the
sale of the main line, while Denver
will probably be the point for the sale
of the other roads.
Mr. Mink was asked if there was any
truth in the telegraphic statement
that Mr. Clark would resign the presi-
dency of the Union Pacific and that he
himself would be elected. He denied
that there was any truth in the state
ment and said that Mr.. Clark was
rapidly improving and that he would
take the helm of the new company.
That was what was wanted by the
prospective company and what was
considered best for the property.
1t is generally understood that the
reorganization committee will be bid
ders in for the Union Pacific property
when put up for sale. The committee
now has the bulk of the first mortgage
bonds and it is believed there will be
no opposition to the committee in pur-
chasing the bonds.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-08-06
AS TO SAMOA.
Mckinley VIII Not Pursue the Course
Cleveland.

Cleveland.
CHICAGO Aug. "A special to the
Times Herald from Washington says:
''There is reason to believe that the
Mckinley administration will not pur-
sue the policy urged by Mr.. Cleveland
in the matter of the abandonment OF
the rights of this government in Sa-
moa. In discussing the Samoan ques-
iton a few days before his departure
the president said that the annexa.
tion of Hawaii by the United States
and the proposed construction of the
Nicaraguan canal under control Of the
United States government had placed
q value on Samoa which the country
could lily afford to lose It's location
is such that it is directly between
Australia and Nicaragua, and its value
as way station for vessels proceed
ing to Australia from Honolulu or
from the proposed Nicaraguan canal
will be great For these reasons Pres
ident Mckinley will not attempt to
carry out the policy favored by Mr..
Cleveland, looking to the abrogation
of the treaty between Great Britain,
Germany and the United States of 1889,
which gave the signatory powers
equal rights of government of Samoa
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-08-06
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Bradstreet's Reports An Encouraging
Outlook for the Farmers.

Bradstreet's Reports An Encouraging
Outlook for the Farmers.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. 2.-Bradstreet's
says: ''The unexpectedly early fall
demand for staple merchandise has
commenced and, although not con-
spicuous at some of the larger Eastern
cities, which it is approaching, is nota.
bly, SO at points in the Mississippi and
Missouri valleys, in the larger wheat
growing states. A special investiga-
ton by Bradstreet's this week shows
that increased purchases by country
merchants in the region specified
based on the prospectively large wheat
crop at home in the face of short
wheat crops abroad has increased bus.
mess with Western jobbers from 10 to
Is per cent, compared with fall trade
at like period last year. The total
volume of this new business is not
large, but it is unusual in this, the
dull month of the year, and it is grow
ing. The most favorable feature OF
trade is it's slow, conservative, steady
expansion, it being based on the in.
creased wants and larger consumptive
capacity OF the agricultural commu
nifty, for whom the prospect is brighter
than it has been before for six years 50
R. G. Dun & Co. S Weekly Review OF
Trade:
THE most important event since
the passage of the new tariff, which
was generally anticipated week ago,
has been the marked increase in for.
eign demand and advance in price for
wheat. The latter has risen 4&4c dur.
ing the week.
The fact that corn exports exceed
last years, although the price has ad-
vanced to 32. 81 cents, is further proof
that foreign demands are substantial.
With crop news still favorable, pro.
ducers may probably realize some.
thing like $50, 900, 900 more than last
year on wheat, which means great
difference in purchases by agricultural
states. Corn also advanced 1.25 cents
and cotton a sixteenth, though reports
as to yield are good"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-08-06
Land Decision Affirmed.

Washington dispatch: In the land
case of Thomas Spins against the Union
Pacific Railway company from the
district of Nebraska. Secretary Bliss
today affirmed the land Office decision
and Spins entry is cancelled for con
fiict with the companys selection. In
case of the Sioux City II Pacific against
Bonesteel and Finnerty. from the
O'Neill district. the land Office decision
is affirmed. The company's selection
of land is rejected on the ground that
the land was part of the bed of the
Missouri river at the date ot the grant
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-08-06
Kills Him in Twelve Hours.

Wahoo dispatch: Erick Larson, a
farmer living seven miles northwest of
this place, committed suicide yester-
day by taking paris green. The poi
son is thought to have been taken in
the forenoon and he died last night at
II o'clock. Larson was thought to be
unbalanced from an accident which
happened him some three years ago.
He was also heavy drinker and this
is supposed to have been partially the
cause of his suicide. After taking the
poison Lason secreted himself until
the evening, when he came from his
hiding place and told his wife what he
had She sent for physician. but he
arrived too late to save the man. He
was SO years old and leaves wife and
two children.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-08-06
Ncbraskans Can Practice.

Washington dispatch: The follow
ing have been admitted to practice az
attorneys and agents claimants for
claimants before the Interior depart
ment: Nebraska-Soloman Draper.
Niobrara; Bennett ). Gillispie. O'NeiIl:
Augustine r. Humphrey. Broken Bow:
Mrs. Mary r. Morgan. Alma: Charles
Riley. Albion: Robert J. Sloan. Ge-
neva: Lloyd G. Gillispied. O'Neill.
Iowa-Joseph H. Mclaughlin. Daven-
port: Charles n. Flagler, Lime Springs.
Henry J. Landermink, Orange CITY:
Francis H. Robbins. Waukon. South
Dakota-Thomas Drake, Pierre; VIM.
II. Wilson. Hot Springs.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-08-06
Eir.hnr. at unl,boro, nan.

EMpoRIA, Kan. July 3i.-An incen-
diary fire, which was started in the
nostofffcc at Hillsboro before daylight
this morning, caused $1,000 damages
to Sharping's harness store, $1,000 to
J. ]. Hirschler's empty store. $4,000 to
G. Kistler's general merchandise store.
81 600 to ]. J. Freisen's photograph
gallery, 81 ,ou0 to A. Beentzs barber
shop, 50. 600 to George Houser's hotel
and meat market, $1,000 to Miss
Nickle's millinery store, $1,000 to j. T.
Entz's drug store and the destruction
of the postofflce at an unknown loss