The Day (Waco, Texas) Vol. 2 No. 178, Saturday, June 6, 1885

              Evaporated Peaches,
Evaporated Apples,
Prunes and Currant,
Fresh Country Butter.
Cheap as Anybody.
Moore & Thompson,
Jellies,
Pickles,
Fine Teas,
Chipped Beef,
Lunch Tongue,
Potted Ham,
Moore & Thompson.
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SANGER BROS.
To Reduce Stock During Alterations.
LUST AND SIN.
THREE (HSUS, AND THE USUAL WOMAN IN
EACH ONE.
A Jealous Husband Stabs Woslay Danforth—Arrest
of Tom Saunders, tlie Gatesvllle Murderer
—Jailed for Haping His Wife’s
, We are cutting prices in every Department; every offer we make is bona fide, the
truth of which is attested by the crowds that fill our store after our
announcement of the special things we offer each week. Ladies
who know a cheap thing when they see it and who want to buy
Bargains, should come this week during our
SPECIAL SALE OF LADIES’ UNDERWEAR.
We have sold many cheap lots of Ladies’ Underwear, but these are the
Cheapest Lots wo have ever offered. We are bound to reduce
stock and if Low Prices will do it these lots of Underwear will
all go very fast. Wc cannot describe each Garment,
you must come and sec them.
At 40 Cents Each. Ladies’ Musliii Chemises, Skirts,
Drawers and Corset Covers, reduced
from 65 cents each.
At 50 Cents Each. Ladies’ Muslin Gowns, Chemises,
Skirts, Drawers and Corset Covers.
This is a Cheap Lot.
At 75 Cents Each. Ladies’ Muslin Gowns, Chemises,
Skirts, Drawers and Corset Covers.
Each Lot on the Center Counters.
At $1.00 Each. Ladies ’ Muslin and Cambric Gowns,
Skirts, Drawers and Corset Covers,
former l’ricoSI.50 each.
At $1,25 Each. Ladies’ Muslin and Cambric Gowns,
Skirts, Drawers, Corset Covers and
Cliemises, This is a choice lot.
At $1.65 Each. Ladies’ Muslin and Cambric Cliomises,
Gowns, Skirts,Drawers and Corset
Covers; those are worth $2.50 each.
At $1.95 Each, Ladies’ Muslin and Cambric Chemise,
Gowns,Skirts,Drawers and Corset
Covers the choice of our $3 garments
THREEPIECE SETTS OF LADIES’ UNDERWEAR
$6.00 Setts
6.75 Setts
7.50 Setts
8.50 Setts
Reduced
Red. meed
Reduced
Reduced
to $3.50
to 4.25
to 5.00
to Q.50
Wc also offer four very cheap lots of Children’s White Dresses. Don’t
fail to see them. One lot of Children’s White Dresses at 25 cents each.
One lot at 35 cents each. One lot of Children’s White
Dresses at 50 cents each. One lot of Children’s
White Dresses at 75 cents each.
LADIES SHOULD NOT MISS THIS BARGAIN SALE OF
AT
SANGER BROS.
Htquors.
COOLING, APPETIZING, INVIGORATING PURE WINE.
Claret Wine. Per Gallon  80c
Native Wine “ ■ . $1.00
Claret Wine Per Dozen  $2.50
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Ports, Sherries, Madeiras and Al' Sweet Wines,
AT PRICES TO SUIT EVERYBODY
I. A. GOLDSTEIN,
VVHOLBSALE EBTAIL XilQTTOIRilDIEA. LEE
Remember That We Are the Sole Agents in Waco for “Pale Lager,” and All the
Finest Brands of Bottled Beer.
StepDaughter.
Isham Berry, colored, is in the Waco jail
today, where he went of his own accord
last night, after stabbing another colored man,
Wesley Danforth. The cutting was done
shortly before midnight, on South First
street, and was soon heard by several colored
men and women, all of whom were returning
from one of the colored churches Danforth’s
wound is in the abdomen and penetrated
to the intestines. It is the old, old
story about a woman—Berry’s wife, in this
case. Colored men who were near by
say Berry met the couple on First street,
walked up to Danforth, drew a knife and
stabbed him without a word. The wounded
man was carried to his home on South
Second street and medical aid (Drs. Halbert
and Taylor) summoned. Berry went to the
jail and surrendered, giving up his knife—
what is known as a tobacco knife, with a
blade about three inches long. lie made no
effort to escape or deny What he had done,
seeming confident he had done right. To a
Day reporter this morning Berry said: “This
man Danforth, I have good reason to known
debauched my wife. I work hard and am
frequently away from home, employed on
farms in the country. I had been warned,
by friends, that my wife was untrue. I
came home Thursday night and saw enough
to convince me the warnings were well
grounded. Then I went away again, telling
my wife I wouldn’t be home until Saturday.
But I came back last night. My wife was
not at home. I went to the church and saw
her sitting there with Danforth. This confirmed
my suspicions. I waited on First
street until they came home and stabbed him,
as has been stated. I think when all the
facts come out, as they will, I will be exonerated.”
Berry is about thirtyfour years
old, low stature and black. He came to
Texas from Springfield, Missouri. So did
his wife and Danforth, the three having
known each other and been friends from
their childhood. The wife’s name is Mollie
Berry, and she is nearly ten years older than
her husband. Danforth is known as a
church member, has no wife, and works
around brick yards. Some of the negroes
say that Berry has not lived with his wife,
with any regularity, for two or three
years. The wounded man is alive this afternoon
and doing as well as could be expected,
although his physicians say it will be two or
three days yet before it can be told whether
or not the wound will be fatal.,In a latee interview
Berry told the reporter: “I found
my wife and Danforth in flagrante delictu.
I couldn’t kelp trying to kill him.”
A MURDERER CAUGHT.
Van Hall, chief of Hall’s detective agency,
received information this morning, of tho
arrest, in Uvalde county,of Tom Saunders, of
Coryell county. The capture was effected
by P. B. Galbreath, of Hall’s agency. Last
sumtaer, in Gatesville, Saunders shot and
killed a young man named Noah Holmes.
The murder occurred one Sunday evening,
while Holmes and a young lady were in a
buggy, going to church. After the killing
Saunders compelled the young lady to remain
with him an hour or two until he got
away from ^Gatesville, making good his escape.
The tragedy caused a great sensation
at Gatesville and the young lady was arrested
and subjected to a very severe examination.
It was said Holmes and Saundeis
were both rivals for her ' smiles and the suspicion
got out that she might have cooperated
with Saunders to lure Holmes to his
death. But Saunders was not heard of and
finally talk about the matter died out. By
this time Sheriff Lanham, of Corryell county,
has Saunders in the Gatesville jail. Governor
Ireland offered a reward of §250 for
Saunders’ arrest.
IPrmrtpftou Scuflfftsts.
CASTLES & MORRISON’S.
OLD CORNER DRUG STORE IS THE
Leading Prescription Drag Store In the City.
Best Stock Oi Patent Medicine.
■=£nnTHE TRIUMPH CIGARalza
a stepfather’s lust.
A representative of Tiie Day, who went
with the Texas and St. Louis railroad officials
to Gatesville yesterday, learned there that
a man named A. Fitzgerald, who lives on
Plum creek, in Coryell county, was arrested
Thursday, charged with committing rape on
a Miss Turk, who is a stepdaughter
of Fitzgerald’s wife. The examining trial is
now going on at Simpsonville, about ten
miles from Gatesville. There was great excitement
over the matter and strong talk of
lynching Fitzgerald. Advices from Gatesville
today state that Fitzgerald was held,
without bail, to await the action of the grand
jury, and has been committed to the Gatesville
jail.
Gen. Speight Rises to Explain.
To the Editor of The Day.
In your report of the proceedings of the
city council of last Thursday, as well as in
your editorial comments on my remarks on
the resolution relative to the SlaydenKirksey
woolen mills’ nuisance, you do me, I
think, injustice. I distinctly stated that I
was “a law and order” man and deprecated
violent measures, but that the people affected
were incensed and aroused to a point where
forbearance had ceased to be a virtue, and
that unless something was speedily done
they wou'd take the remedy in their own
hands “on the old frontier plan.’’ I was
authorized in saying this, and even more,
for some of the people have told me so and
I believe they meant what they said. The
object of my resolution was to avoid violence
and I at no time intimated a personal sympathy
with violent measures. Again the resolution
was adopted by a vote of 9 to 1 and
not 3 to 1 as you state. J. W. Speight.
Waco, June 6.
No Trace with Lawlessness,
Alderman Speight’s card explains itself.
The Dav did not need the alderman’s assurance
that he deprecates anything even
approaching lawless violence to property.
What The Day deprecated was that alderman
Speight should intimate there were good
xitizens here who counsel a resort to
such a policy, which is something that men,
who value the welfare and stability of our
social fabric, cannot afford to do. If there
is a lawless element in our midst do not let it
have even quasi encouragement. The Day
never was, isn’t now,nor does it expect to be
under obligations, even a nickel’s worth, to
the SlaydenKirksey Company But they
have rights, which must be respected and
protected, and if they do wrong to anybody
let the law be invoked.
Uncle Dan’l on the Arm Clutch.
Houston Age.
Rev. Sam Jones, the distinguished revivalist,
severely censures the custom, now so
noticeable, of gentlemen holding with their
hands the arms of the ladies they are walking
with. The Age concurs in opinion with
the evangelist. The custom is agreeable
enough of course, to the gentlemen. As long
as there is any warm blood in a man’s veins
he will like to take hold of a woman and
sqeeze her, but the women do wrong to allow
the men such a liberty. It is time
enough, after license is obtained and the
marriage ceremony is performed, for a
woman to allow a man to handle her so
familiarly.
Bart Moore
is just in receipt of the following goods all
fresh and new and of the very best quality:
French Prunes,
Filiatra Currants,
Turkish Prunells,
Malaga Figs.
Peeled Peaches.
Persian Dates.
Silver dust corn meal,
Sugar cured dried beef,
Louisville, Ky., magnolia hams,
New honey in comb,
New strawberries,
New dewberries.
Fancy pickles, jellies, preserves and
crackers for picnic parties.—May 15—tc
Take your prescriptions to W. L. Tucker’s
drug store, where they will be filled day of
night, except Sundays, when the store wil
be closed from n a. m. to 2 p. m. Clerk
sleeps,over the store. Telephone, and night
all attchments.—4itc
The Finest and Most Complete
Art room in Texas, and the only gallery
in the city where you can find firstclass
photo work is at the Waco Academy of Art.
6iw F'rees & Son.
GREAT IS TERRELLA
Correspondent Whose “Betc No:r”jj is the
Corporation.
To the Editor of The Day.
The Dartmouth College case laid down the
doctrine of the vested rights of corporations.
Upon this decision the corporations have
arrogated power to themselves, by encroachment
and bribery even, until the creature has
become superior to the creator; and while
the natural person for crime can be imprisoned
and put to death for the public good, the
artificial person—the corporation—claims a
vested right to live and do what it was first
granted power to do, no matter how circumstances
may have changed, or how corruptly
the franchise may have been obtained.
It held that a power granted by the British
King, could not be taken away by the Republic
of the United States. Mr. Terrell’s
speech in Missouri goes but little
further than his great speech made
on the land question in the Eighteenth Legislature.
We are being forced upon agrarian
disturbances that destroyed the republic of
Rome. The terrors of the French revolution
inevitable. As conservative a man as ex
Gov. Roberts, whose training as an English
lawyer tended to give him an undue regard
for the principle of Stareflecisis, as far back
as 25th Texjs, we believe, in an able
opinion declared that the doctrine laid
down in the Dartmouth college
case tends to import foreign
institutions, to subvert our laws, and to build
up a system in comparison with which feudal
tennures will be regarded as beneficent and
humane; and that it must be reviewed and
repudiated. Terrell’s conclusions reach
equally as far. Neither advocates communism;
they desire to prevent that; to preserve
private property lrom the aggressions of
corporate wealth. If monopoly continues
to encroach as it has in the recent past,
communismjand revolution will result. They
are the antidotes which the populace have
never yet in their desperation failed to administer.
Waco, June 6.
DR. KING AT CLARKSVILLE.
Hi3 Able Baccalaureate Sermon Last Sunday
Morning.
Rev. Dr. S. A. King, pastor of the Austin
street Presbyterian church, as most of our
readers are aware, is at Clarksville, Tenn.,
attending the commencement exercises of
the Southwestern Presbyterian University, of
which he is one of the trustees and visitors.
In the Clarksville Tobacco Leaf, of June 2d,
we find the following notice of his sermon
last Sunday:
The commencement exercises of S. W. P. University
were introduced Sunday morning at the Presbyterian
church with the baccalaureate sermon by Dr. King, of
Waco, Texas. Dr. King’s sermon was, of course, addressed
to the students of the University, yet there
were none in the veiy large audience to whom it was
not inteiesting, and who could not extract good from it.
His text was from the third chapter of Second Timothy:
“Continue thou in the things which thou hast learned
and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast
learned them.” After speaking of the authenticity of
the scriptures, and of them as the foundation of the
grandest code of laws th at had ever been devised for
the government of nations, Dr. King took the admirable
advice of Paul to Timothy as expressed in the text,
and commended it eloquently to the young men of the
University. His discourse was scholarly and profound,
and commanded the strictest attention.
Among the other eminent Presbyterian
divines present are Rev. Dr. Palmer, of
New Orleans; Dr. Marshall, of Texas; Dr.
Craig, of Baltimore; Macrae, of Memphis,
and others. Dr. King is expected home
some time next week.
They do say that Tucker’s Diarrhoea and
Cholera Mixture, beats anything yet tried
or all bowel troubles.
Attend Levinski & Albea’s clearance sale
of bracelets. They sell them 25 per cent below
their regular prices. 5 16—tf
Tucker’s “Simple Remedies,” at Lion
drug store are being daily called for by the
people.
Saratoga, Deep Rock, Vichy, Wootan
Well and Blue Lick Water at H. Behrens’ —
April iltf.
June Announcement.
For your hardware go to E. Strauss’, next
to the post office. When we moved “west”
we were compelled to arrange our business
either for the wholesale or retail trade. After
a thorough investigation, y/e concluded to
make the wholesale trade our main end and
aim. We selected a stand close to other
wholesalers. We placed all our stock in the
first story and provided every facility for
prompt receipt and shipment of large quantities
of goods. While wholesaling is our
main end, we have not neglected retailing as
a secondary end. We are nearly in the center
of the city. We can furnish you one half
pound of nails or one dozen screws or a
paper of tacks with as much promptness and
dispatch as we can a wagon load. Our East
Waco house (which is connected by telephone)
is in the hands of experienced men,
and will be run as heretofore. It is a solid
concern and nearlyfloodproof. Our personal
attention is given to the West Waco house
and our office is there.
Yours Until July,
Ed. Strauss.
Death of Mrs. Albeit Chalmers.
Mrs. Martha E. Chalmers, wife of Mr. Albert
Chalmers, died at 11:40 o’clock last
night, in the forty.sixth year of her age, at
the family residence, on Austin street, after
an illness of about three weeks. Mrs. Chalmers
was a daughter of the late Col. Geo.
E. Burney, and the greater portion of her
life has been spent in Waco and McLennan
county. Three children, all daughters, two
of whom (Mesdames Horace Pickett and
J. F. Bagby,) are married, survive her. The
deceased lady had many and warm friends,
who prized her for her moral worth and amiability.
Profound sympathy will go out to
the sorrowing husband and children. The
funeral services are in progress, at 4:30
o’clock this, afternoon, as we go to press.
The interment was in the Oakwood cemetery,
Rev. J. H. Richey officiating.
A TRIP TO GATESVILLE’
Railroad Officials on the Wing—What They Saw
and Heard.
Messrs. Fish, Dodge, Flanders, Wadleigh
and other Texas & St. Louis officials, who
went to Gatesville yesterday, returned in
their special car at 7 p. m. They found the
track of their road, from Waco to Gatesville,
had been severely damaged by the storms,
but the repairs are now all complete. The
Leon river, old citizens told them, was three
feet higher than ever known before, and
came within three feet of the bridge. In the
Price t; Cents.
valley cotton is badly damaged, but on the
uplands all the crops seen by the party
looked well. A Day reporter, who accompanied
the party, learned ot the following
queer incident of the storm. Mr. Davenport,
who lives near Langsford’s Cove, 16 miles
from Gatesville, was struck on the right side
of his head by lightning. The current passed
down his right side to the knee of the right
leg, then jumped to the knee of the left leg
(which was crossed over the right limb)
knocking off his boot heel and burning a
scar on his foot about two inches long. He
is under Dr. Tate’s care and doing well. Mr.
Fish and party spent most of today in Waco,
and left for the east at 4 p. m.
BY TELEGRAPH,
Statu News Items—Gladstone on the Peace
Prospect.
Austin, June 5.—The auditing board of
federal claims today appointed Senator W.
H. Pope, of Marshall, as agent of the state
to present claims at Washington. They will
aggrcaate $1,600,000 on which, by the law
recently passed, the agent will receive onehalf
of one per cent of all collected.
Palestine, June 5.—Wednesday night •
about 9 o’clock a German named Beasley,
resident in South Palestine, sprang from his
bed and shouted to his wife that he had been
shot She lighted the candle, and after a
search told him he had only been stung by a .
stinginglizzard. Beasley began to surge
about the room, declaring he was going to
die, and presently fell down in a fit or spasm.
He had one fit after another, until daylight,
and is now in a,’precarious condition.
Waxahachie, June 5.—The people of
Waxabachie this evening accepted the proposition
of the Fort Worth company to furnish
$25,000 cash, the rightofway through
Ellis county and depot grounds in this city
in order to secure a road from Fort Worth
Ail the bonus required was properly guaranteed
today and the Fort Worth projectors
notified.
Dallas, June 5.—The Pan Electric telephone
company will commence putting up
poles in a day or two,and we expect “items.”
The Bell company has wires
on both sides of the streets,
and there is bound to be a clash. The new
company has already announced that it will
reduce the rate at private houses one dollar
per month. The Bell company will probably
follow with a like or greater reduction.
Baum, who died in the Chatham jail a few
days ago, was insured in different benevolent
orders of this city for $15,000.
FOREIGN.
London, June 5.—Mr. Gladstone stated
in parliament that Russia and England had
come to an agreement concerning the point
of dispute between them, which was to be
referred to arbitration. He also stated that
the governments of the two countries have
likewise agreed upon the arbitrator, but as
the person chosen for arbitrator had not yet
been formally asked to accept, he was unable
to say further on the subject.
Card from the Clerks in the Waco Postoifice.
To the Editor of The Day.
Under the heading “A letter resurrected
after over five months apparent burial in the
Waco postoffice,” Mr. J. T. Woods is reported
as saying that a letter addressed to
him in care of the Hr& T. C. depot, Waco,
Texas, laid in this postoffice five months and
fifteen days before it was delivered to him.
In the same article Mr. Woods says he did
not get the letter from the postoffice himself,
but from one of the H. & T. C. railroad officials.
Now ve are clerks in the Waco postoffice
and as such distribute all the letters to
the boxes and to the general delivery and
can say positively that this letter has not
been in the Waco postoffice three days of the
time between the date of its receipt at the
postoffice and the day Mr. Woods says he
received it. • James L. IIorne,
 Will Tally,
Clerks in the Waco Postoflice.
Waco, June 6.
Howell & Stone’s Nursery.
To the people of Waco and surrounding
country: We the undersigned wish to say to
the people that we are now in this county
canvassing in the interest of the Dallas nursery—
stock grown in Texas. Those wishing
to purchase stock will do well to hold their
orders for us, for we are replacing all trees
that die within three years, at one half the
original cost. J. N. Burton,
G. W. Line.
J. N. McCutchin.
Solicitors.
Waco, Texas, June 6, I w
Central Loan Office
A fine lot of unredeemed furniture,
watches, jewelry, guns, revolvers, musical
instruments, clothing, etc., at onehalf of
their actual value. Money loaned on all
articles of value. Railroad tickets bought
and sold. D. Domnau & Bro., Props.
South side of square, Blue Front.
April 30tc
Feather dusters of all kinds to be had at
C. N. Curtis, Austin avenue.