The Day (Waco, Texas) Vol. 4 No. 85, Tuesday, March 8, 1887

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DEATH OF MR. BEECHER.
FROM THE SLEEP OF LIFE TO
THE SLEEP OF DEATH.
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Thus the Great Brooklyn Preacher
Passed Away—The Sorrow of Plymouth
Church—Other Notes
and News of the Day.
Plymouth Church and its Pastor.
Associated Press.
Brooklyn, March 8.—A meeting of
the parishoners of Plymouth church was
held in the lecture room last night. The
room was crowded with male and female
members of the congregation and not a
few friends from other churches, and
there was scarcely a dry eye to be seen
from beginning to end of the proceedings.
Rev. Dr. Halliday opened the
meeting with a moving prayer, in which
he desired that their beloved pastor
might not ever be allowed to seem to
suffer, but that he might speedily attain
into the rest prepared for him. After
the singing of a hymn, Mr. Jacobson
offered a prayer and the chairman then
read a portion of scripture commencing:
“Finally, beloved, be strong in the Lord
and in thepower of His might, which is
able to keep you from falling,” etc. It
seemed almost as if these words were a
message to him who was leaving them,
because it seemed as though he was
born a warrior. In all past years he had
had to fight and to struggle, and there
had always been something for him to
battle with. And he had fought the
fight; there had never been any flinching,
never any turning back.. He had
been equipped of God to do real and
noble work, and now the time had come
when he had to lay down his shield and
helmet and sword, and there was to be
no more battle. He was just floating
on the tide that would bear him to h s
home. Tney had none of them any
doubt as to where he was being borne.
It was said that all men were equal before
God, but he thought that for such a
royal heart there would surely be a royal
welcome. It was all well with him.
They would not call him back, for he
was on his journey home.
Other heartfelt remarks were made,
and the following from Mrs. Beecher
was read: “To the beloved members of
Plymouth Church—I cannot speak my
thanks to each one of you for
the sympathy and love and devotion
manifested in these last dark sad
days for your pastor. He can
no longer speak to you for himself. Then
permit me to do it for him, for myself,
for my family. Each word of love from
the people so dear to your pastor’s heart
has been comfort and balm to a heart
wrung almost to bursting. How he
loved his church you will only learn in
its fullness when you stand with him in
heaven. To.eaclqand every one of you, my
earnest thanks and most earnest blessing.
Pray for his wile and children soon to
lose their truest companion and tenderest
father, and if we must relinquish all
possible hope of his full recovery, oh,
beloved, pray that his departure may be
speedy, that we may not long be agonized
by this struggle between life and
death. Pray, if he must leave us, that
before another day dawns he may receive
his crown and be forever with his
Lord ”
Death of Mr, Beecher.
Associated Press.
New York, March 8.—Henry Ward
Beecher began to sink slowly after midnight
and the watchers at his bedside
soon saw that the end was near. Mr.
Beecher passed quietly away at 9:30
o’clock this morning. He never regained
consciousness after the
paralysis of his mind. It
is, of course, too early yet
to announce anything definite about
the funeral, but the interment will probably
be in Greenwood. Mr. Beecher
never bought a plot there, but his children
and some of his grand children lie
on Vergin Hill in the lot of Mrs. John T.
Howard. Mr. Beecher’s twin babies
died on the same day, when the afterwards
famous preacher was young and
poor and comparatively unknown. He
was living at the time in Howard’s house
and was given a space on Evergreen
Hills. It is possible that Plymouth
church or the citizens of Brooklyn at
large will buy a plot and erect a handsome
monument.
Those present at Mr. Beecher's death
were Col. H. B. Beecher and his wife, his
daughters Hattie and Daisy and Henry
Ward Beecher, Jr., Miss Edith Beecher,
W. C. Beecher and wife, Rev. Samuel
Scoville, Mrs. S. Scoville, daughter qf
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, Miss Scoville.
who just came from the Pacific
slope, and Miss Bullard, Rev. S. B. Hoiliday
and wife, and Bella, the Scotch
nurse who has been with the family
many years and was a special favorite
of the deceased preacher, a male nurse,
Riordan Seacomb, one of the trustees of
Plymouth church, and Major J. B.
Pond.
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Newfoundland Still Excited.
Associated Press.
Ottawa, Ont., March 8.—Further advices
from Newfoundland state that the
colony is ablaze with excitement over
the British government’s action in disallowing
the bait bill and that indignation
meetings will be held everywhere to protest
against it. The territorial government
has become alarmed at the serious
outlook, in view of the dissatisfaction
that is rapidly spreading and the disloyal
sentiment which prevails. It is understood
that two British war ships will be
immediately sent there to maintain
peace in the event of an uprising, which
seems almost inevitable. Annexation
and secession are openly advocated, and
desperate efforts will be made to secure
these ends if the British government persists
in disallowing the bait bill. Military
circles in Halifax garrison, and all
British tr ops in North America are
somewhat excited over the reports that
British regiments will be immediately
dispatched to Newfoundland the
minute there is any trouble.
Another Austin Horror.
Associated Press.
Austin, Tex., March 8.—An examina
tion of the room in the house in which
Mrs. Thos. Blanton was killed yesterday
shows, from wounds found upon her head,
that she was murdered. There was evidence
of a terrible struggle. It appears
her assailant must have come in from
the rear of the house and immediately
assaulted her. She resisted through two
rooms and procured a revolver, which
was fired off in the struggle, and was
wrested from her and from which the fatal
shot was then fired. There ^appears to
be no real clew, but there are many surmises
and suspicions. Officers have
been searching the country. If the
guilty party be found Judge Lynch will
open court.
Glorifying the Rebels.
Associated Press,
London, March 8.—The Moscow Gazette
glorifies the memory of the executed
Bulgarian rebels and says: “They
were massacred for protesting like men
against the unhappy and ignominious
state of their country, against its oppressors
and betrayers. Their horrible
death brings forth events and sets history
in motion.” The Gazette expresses
indignation at the powers which “secretly
approved” the execution of rebels,
and concludes: “We shall not forget
that these men were victims of their devotion
to Russia.”
Cardinal Jacobini’s Successor.
Associated Press.
ROME, Matrch 8.—The pope has selected
lvigr. Rampallo, nuncio at Madrid,
to succeed the late cardinal Jacobini as
pontifical secretary of state.
Earthquake Shocks.
Associated Press_
Paris, March 8.—More slight earthquake
shocks have been felt at Mentone.
LETTER FROM WEST.
Fine Rains—No Ross County in Theirs
—Prohibition.
To the Editor of The Day.
West, Texas, March 7.—The farmers
will soon all be happy again, as we had
a good rain Sunday morning, the first
since the first week in February. The
wheat and oats are looking all right at
present, and the corn will soon all be
planted, and cotton then comes in at its
proper time. This rain will insure a
good stand of corn. We are feeling a
little better over the Ross county move
since we have learned of its defeat.
I see the Examiner claims to have
said and done more in opposition to the
new county than all other influences
combined. Perhaps the Examiner has
reference to what it said and did two
years ago. Old documents are sometimes
dangerous things.
The prohibition question is coming up
exactly right—upon its merits alone; no
high license, low license, or license in it.
The question is a simple one: Does the
use of spirituous liquors do more good
and bring about more happiness to the
people generally in this world and the
world to come than prohibition will? If
so, we should vote for the making, selling
and drinking of liquor, and the more
the better for us. But, on the contrary,
if we think it does not, we should vote
for prohibition, and the less we have the
better it will be for us poor mortals here
below. C. O. R.
A Little One Called Home Early.
Gracie P., aged three weeks, infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Dennis,
died this morning, after an illness of
only two days. The burial will take
place at ten o’clock tomorrow morning
from the family residence, corner of
Eleventh and Columbus streets. In the
loss of their little one the parents have
the condolence of a large circle of
friends.
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H. C. Risher & Co.,
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Castles, Morrison & Co., are sellling
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would not wait for them to open up
their house this morning, but pulled out
his pistol and attempted to shoot the
door down.
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PISTOLS AND BRICKBATS.
Two Broken Heads and a Perhaps Fatal
Wound.
Fists, brickbats and a pistol were
used in a fight, which occurred at the
corner of Elm and Archer streets, East
Waco, at 2 o’clock last night. From
what The Day can gather from statements
of different men engaged in the
affray, it seems that some in the
crowd had been drinking and were in for
a frol'c, fight or anything else. Two of
the participants are now lying in
their beds, and perhaps are in dangerous
conditions. Mr. Green Patterson is shot
through the breast, the ball entering two
inches above the left nipple and 'o lged
below the left shoulder blade. Drs. J. C.
J. and W. B. King intended to cut the
ball out this morning, but concluded it
would not" hurt to remain where it is.
The doctors consider the wound danger
ous, as the lung is already affected. [As
soon as inflamation sets in the seriousness
of the wound will develop. The
hole is supposed to have been made by
a 38calibre pistol. Mr. Darwin Eyerley
is badly beaten, bruised and cut about
the head, and the wounds may prove
fatal. Mr. A. Starling, who resides
up the river about five miles
is also badly bruised and cut about the
head and face. A Day reporter called
at Mr. Green Patterson’s residence in
East Waco this morning and elicited
from him the following statement: “It
was about two o’clock this morning,
when Dorris Eyerley, Aaron Henderson
and myself left Mr. Eyerley’s saloon and
started home. Just then five men rode
up and a conversation turned between
us. Some of the men on horseback
were drinking, and asked for Mr. Eyerly.
They wanted us to go into the saloon
and get them some whisky but
they were told it was too late, and they
all stirted off. Before leaving they
commenced shaking hands with Dorris
Eyerley. When Dorris and A. D. Starling
shook hands Starling’s horse jumped
and he fell off. Some sharp words
ensued and the first thing I knew Eyerley
and Starling were fighting. They
had it nip and tuck for some time, rnd
when one of Starling’s friends interfered
I pulled him off. At this juncture some
one fired at and the ball struck me
wheie you see this hole in my
breast. I had a rock weighing about
four pounds in my hands and and when
the fellow shot me I let drive
the rock and it struck him
fully in the face. He staggered and fell
back. I do not know who shot me, but
I am satisfied I would know the fellow if
I was to see him again.”
The reporter next saw Mr. A. D. Starling,
and he makes almos^ the same
statement as that of Mr. Patterson, except
that when he and his companions
rode up to the three men, “I asked if
Bod Eyerley was in the crowd. Green
Patterson s»id we should be careful about
how we rode up on men at night or we
might get shot; when Eyerley shook
hands and pulled me almost off my
horse I was in for a fight, and we went at
it; somebody used a brick and struck us
both several times. The man who did the
shooting said his name was Jones, and
lives near Geneva. I never saw him
until last night, when 1 met with him and
two other young men, who live in his
settlement.”
The grand jury is investigating the
matter today^and Mr. A. D. Starling and
Francis Cozart are held by the officers.
Officer Joe Hardwick heard the shooting
and was quickly on the scene and arrested
the two named Starling and
Cozart. Officer Dan Ford also went over
there and locked the men in jail last
night.
REAL ESTATE.
General Home Itema—Dallas, Fort
Worth and Waco—Hillsboro’s^
Boom.
Messrs. H. Behrens and Pat. Farrell
have each purchased vacant lots, for
residence purposes, in the last few days
on North Fifth street.
“Willig, Pat on & Marshall sold $4,0:0
worth ot suburban property Saturday,
placed in their hands by Mr. E. Rotan,
the owner. It is all west ot the city.
Realty two miles from the western
and northwestern limits of the city is
selling at the rate of $2,030 per acre. J.
H. Finks & Co. sold $1,000 worth at this
rate Saturday and made a profit of
$1,000 on land they bought two months
ago.
The Dallas News says the real estate
transfers in that city for the week ending
Saturday were $177,895.60. Fort Worth
reports sales of $125,000 for the same
period. In both Dallas and Fort Worth
there were several large transactions of
$25,000 and $37,5c 3, and it is claimed to
be the biggest week ever known in either
city. In Waco last week’s sales were
$75,465,30, and for the preceding week
$95,530.31. The truth is Waco is holding
her own admirably with Dallas and
Fort Worth, and the three towns are expeiiencing
a degiee of activity in the
real estate movement never before witnessed
in Texas.
A Hillsboro special of the 5th
says: “Railroad excitement is
higher here than ever and is affecting
materially the price of real estate. Values
have increased 40 per cent, in the
last two weeks, and lots are changing
hands at a rapid rate. The corps of surveyors
on the Dallas extension of the
Missouri Pacific, who are driving a peg
every ico feet, reached here this evening
at about 3 o’clock. The people are confident
that they will get both the above
mentioned extension and also a branch
of the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas.”
The extraordinary inquiry for real estate
now prevailing in this city and
county is fraught with one and only one
danger, which is that people who want
to sell may completely lose their moder­ation
and imagine the whole world is
standing waiting, hat in hand, with
pockets full of money, begging to be
allowed to invest in Waco dirt. This is
a fallacy, and people will do well not to
lose their heads over the boom and put
their property away up yonder, at fi titious
prices. If they do it will certainly
remain on their hands. Property is enhancing
in value here, very rapidly, and
it will continue to do so if sellers are
reasonable. If a man really wants to
sell it is good business policy to let his
holdings go when a fairly remunerative
price is offered and then invest again if
lie wants to. There is such a thing as
killing the goose that lays the golden
egg
ON WITH THE BOOM.
The Street Railway Company’s Enterprising
Program.
The street railway company has been
a potential factor in building up Waco.
Wherever it has laid its rails population
has followed, realty values enhanced and
houses spring up like magic. It has
been content to look to the future for remuneration
for its outlay and for years
has put all (and more) that it has earned
into extensions and improvements. It
has not wearied in this work and is now
preparing to make an additional and immediate
investment of at least $20,000.
At a meeting of the directory held
yesterday afternoon it was decided to
purchase steel rails sufficient to
lay three additional miles
of track. The extensions will be
on South Fourth, Speight, South Eighth,
Franklin and Fifteenth streets. The
work of tiacklaying will commence as
soon as the steel arrives. Superintendent
Sedberry was also authorized to commence
at once the construction of a
brick block at the corner of Fourth and
Washington streets, with 200 feet front
on Washington and eightytwo feet on
Fourth street. The Fourth street front
will be two stories high, with a very
handsome exterior, and torty feet deep.
It will be rented for stores, offices, etc.,
and one of the rooms will be used as the
general offices of the company. On the
Washington street front, side tracks
will lead from the main lir.e into roomy
car sheds, stables, etc. This department
will be so managed, however, that none
of its workings, will be visible from the
street, and with the thorough sewerage
system that will be provided there will
be nothing offensive cr objectionable
about it. As a matter of fact the whole
building will be so constructed and attended
to that it will be more of an ornamental
feature than otherwise. This
enterprise will be appreciated by the
community and is only another evidence
that Waco has fallen into line and is
keeping step with the music of progress
and prosperity."
EPISCOPAL CHURCH MATTERS.
Mr. Starr’s Resignation of the Rectorship—
Another Resignation.
Readers of The Day have been apprised
of the fact that a few weeks ago
Rev. Fiancis R. Starr, rector of St. Paul’s
church (Episcopal) in this city, gave the
parish a genuine surprise by tendering his
resignation to the vestry, to take effect
on Easter Monday, proximo. This action.
it would appear, was not unanticipated
by the vestiy, but to most of the.
parishioners it was a decided surprise.
A few days ago a epiiet movement was
set on foot looking to the retention of
Mr. Starr’s services. This took the
shape of a petition directed to the vestry,
praying that body to take steps, as early
as practicable, to induce Mr. Starr to
reconsider and recall his resignation,
.which, by the way, had been promptly
accepted by the vestry. The petition
received quite a number of signatures,
ladies and gentlemen, but what proportion
the number of signers bears to the
number of pewholders or parishioners
The Day is no: prepared, of actual
knowledge, to say. It has been stated,
however, and we dare say correctly, that
the signers do not constitute a majority
of those entitled to sign such a document
and who might be expected to express an
opinion, one way or the other, in a matter
of such importance. The vestry held
a meeting last night and listened to the
reading of the petition. It was decided
to refer the document to the new vestry,
which will be elected on Easter Monday,
and thus that matter is settled for the
present. The parish elects the vestry,
and presumably the subject matter of the
petition will be an issue in such election.
At the meeting last night Mr. Geo. W.
Jackson, who is one of the vestrymen,
tendered his resignation as a member of
the body, but the vestry declined, unanirnously,
to accept it. The Day also
learns that on Sunday last Mr. Jackson
tendered his resignation as superintendent
of St. Paul’s Sunday school, a position
he has held many years. The
teachers and pupils unanimously dedined
to receive this resignation.
Listen.
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Waco, Texas.
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