McLennan Co. TX - misc news, 1886 Newspapers Submitted by: Don Brownlee ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Galveston Daily News, 27 April 1886: Waco, April 26. ^Ö Mrs. F. P. Cravens surrendered her young life this afternoon, a victim of erysipelas. The deceased was the wife of Frank P. Cravens, one of the proprietors of the Waco Examiner. Oscar Neckey was arrested today, charged with passing counterfeit coin. The premises of his father, four miles form the city, were searched for dies, but nothing justifying the suspicion that the prisoner was engaged in the making of nickels, was discovered. Neckey was sent up from Dallas for two years for theft of money, and on completing his term in the penitentiary, located in this county. In the Federal court, J. G. Marsh and Dow Mullins, charged with the misuse of the postoffice, were tried and acquitted. Sanford Lewis, charged with tampering with the United States mail, pleaded guilty in one of four cases and the other three were dismissed. There are two cases of embezzlement pending against him.