The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1875-10-05
STATE NEWS.


N teicgrafn from non. JOnt
Hancock To q gentleman OF this
city, announces his intention oi
accepting the invitation extended
HIM, to address the people at the
Fair. A powerful and stirring ora
tion may be expected.
The last mail from Mason brought
the news that Mr.. CLANCY and two
others had been killed, and that the
Sheriff found il difficult to avoid
being murdered. A most horrible
state Of affairs prevails
Sherman Register.
1t should be q matter OF congrat-
ulation to the people OF Grayson
county that Al 'angements have at
last been perfected by which our
new court house is to be so for fin
ished as to be ready for occupancy
by the first Of January next.
Denison News.
Capt Loft, while mounted on
horseback, and chasing hog from
his corn field, missed his pocket
book containing $l75 IN money,
and $500 in notes. 1t Is useless to
say that the Captain at ONCE lost all
interest IN the chase, and his
thoughts were Immediately cenler>
ed upon the lost pocket book.
Then commenced n series Of gyra.
tions through that field in the effort
TO strike every angle made in the
recent race. His efforts were re-
warded, however, by finding it after
q short hunt.
Dallas Herald.
II. II. Jacobs, a resident OF Gal
weston, was before Judge Burf rl
Yesterday, charged with carrying
concealed weapons. He was fined
twenty-five dollars and took an ap
appeal to the District Criminal
Court.
Austin Statesman.
Texas has three signal service
stations. One at Galveston, ano h
er at Indianola, and ~ third at
Brownsville
Temple Houston and Lafayette
Fitzhugh are pages in the Conven.
ton. They are active aud vigilant
in the performance Of their duties,
and we are pleased to learn that the
Convention proposes to increase
their pay from $3.50 to $500. A
resolution was introduced by Mr..
Kilgore on yesterday to that effect,
and will be acted on to-day. We
hope it will pass.
Crockett Patron.
All the schools in town are now
in full blast. The total attendanc,
is about two hundred and thirty
and as the census show two hum
dred and thirty-eight children o
school age, it is evident that nearl,
ell the children oi this district ar,
attending school.
Crockett was not injured by I'll,
storm further than the demolition
of q few old chinneys and tn,
prostration Of many shade trees
Great forest trees IN the vicinit,
we're blown up by the roots ;but a
Miss T says, "they We're no
half planted in the first place"
Belton journal.
The Journal gives u, the follow
ing list of the prisoners who es
capped on last Monday morning
from Jail.
JEFF. Greene, charged with rar'
from Coryell county.
| Hartwick, horse stealing, fror
Coryell.
| l.. 4. Minor, horse stealing, trie,
and convicted.
Joseph Greenlee, assault with in
tent 10 commit rape.
Frank Keys, theft OF $50, trie
and convicted.
George Bell, horse stealing, trie
and convicted.
Joe Pope, theft Of pistol va
ued At $40, tried and convicted.
Robert Cherry, selling mort
gagged property, Caldwell county
/ Belton Review.
Yesterday morning Mr.. Dun
can went to the field where Jane
Reed, son OF Ed. Il. Reed, was a
work, and raised difficulty wit
him. Several shots passed, and Nj
Duncan was dangerously, perhap
mortally, injured. On examina
tion into the facts, Mr.. Reed wa
discharged.
OUR TEXAS PRESS.