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redicnlously low pricc. They
were arrested on suspicion and
a six-shooter was found in the
possession OF one OF them.
A Mr.. billiard, of Fort
Worth, was met on the road by
highwaymen near Cleburne,
knocked down and robbed of
$3.50 The robbers gave
him a very severe beating.
- Griffin the express agent
at Paris, who was recently rob-
bed of $4,000 package OH
the platform, and also his broth.
er were arrested on a charge of
having committed the robbery.
A negro escaped from the
Bolton Jail; he was pursued by
the jailer ahd after being knock,
ed down five times concluded to
surrender. He was repaired by
a doctor and again locked up.
-Spotswood, the train robber,
| is a bad man. lie committed
q murder in Missouri. for which
he was tried and acquitted. He
was implicated in the murder
of two negro men at Cotton
wood in this State.
- The examination OF Paker
and Hodges, charged with the
murder Of Rush Randle, was
concluded at BRYAN on We'd
nesday. Judge Ford admitted
the defendants to bail in the
sum of s 5000 each.
The champion tramp put
in bis appearance in Denison.
lie went TO private house and
locking a lady In the kitchen
ordered her to cook him break.
fast. He kept her prisoner
until the breakfast was done.
- A shooting scrape took
place last week at Fairfield. F'roe-
tone county. A man named
James Chappell was shot by A.
Deming, ST., of Mexia. The
wound is painful but not serious
The trouble was all about a dog.
The examination of Geo.
Harris charged with the murder
OF Olenick was concluded before
Justice Tegener on Wednesday
He has taken the matter under
Amusement and will render his
desision on Friday.-Austin
Statesman.
| - at an experience meeting
in Dallas last Sunday night one
man arose with tears in his eyes
and actually acknowledged to
having been guilty of editing
newspaper in Arkansas. The
confession produced a great con-
sternation in the audience.
| In 1879 Waco organized a
library association which has
had a fitfui existence ever since.
1t seems to have been impossi-
BILE to arouse popular interest in
I
it. The books are now in pos
session of the 7 M. G. A. and ef-
fort will be made to utilize them.
The hammer says the
number Of buildings now being
erected in all parts of Waco Is
surprisingly large. In every
neignborhood in the county new
farms are being opened and i'm
proved, with houses fences and
orchards; on every hand there is
the hest evidence of enterprise.
thrift and prosperity.
| TnE aldermanic election in
Galveston OH Monday passed
off quietly. Four Democrats
and two Independents were
elected. In Galveston the al
dermen serve two years. There
are twelve aldermen in al, one
half OF whom are elected each
year; the others hold over.
The Dallas Morning Call
asks It's there a helll" and pro-
ceeds to answer, yes, several OF
them. 1t than goes on to emu
merate a number of gambling
houses. The tiger luxuriates
in all the ease and magni6cence
that is he wont when undisturb
ed. The menagerie is run wide
open and in open daylight.
On Friday night Rockdale
was visited by another fire.
The residence of John r. Giles
caught fire from an exploded
coil lamp (non-explosive oily
l a