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= In Bexar county they have
a locality called Postoaks, the
citizens will all vote for Sehlei-
cher.
- Serrnaders in Comanche
not only make night hideous,
but drive off all of the chick.
ems and dogs,
= The Denison Nf1os COM
plains that not one-fourth Of the
city poll tax is paid. Many
.N those in arrears are able to
pay.
Sparks from a locomotive
set fire to a lot of 600 bales OF
cotton at the railroad wharf in
Waco. Twenty bales ware des-
troyed and so damaged.
= The Waco Examine, does
up a greenback barbecue with a
portrait of negro minstrel, sup
posed to be typical of the COM
plexion of the barbecuers.
= United States Senator
Isham G. Harris, of Tennessee,
has located his two sons, a neph-
ew and a ward of his in Cal
lahan county, on a sheep ranch.
Hon. w. w. Lang and wife
have met with a sad bereave-
ment in the death oftheir oldest
daughter, an accomplished and
beautiful young lady, aged 10
years.
Colorado Citisen:. Column
bus has received 4Ss7 bales OF
cotton to date. A good deal
of sickness prevails in Columbus
and vicinity; balance of county
healthy.
The Colorado Ciis<n is
wasting a large quantity of ann
munition on very small game
Judge ]. H. Johnson, indepen-
dent candidate for the Lcgisla-
ture.
A special policeman in
Denison has got himself into
trouble by arresting two men
and foolishly offering to release
them on payment of Eve dol
lars each.
a young man named John
NIillhollan was instantly killed
on a race tract in Marion coun-
ty. He was going at full speed
when he was run into by a horse
ridden by negro. Millhollan
and his horse were both killed.
A party ofmarauders con-
sisting of six Mexicans and one
American made a forav on
three ranches on the lower Rio
Grande, driving off a lot of
stock. One thief, two horses
and a mule were subsequently
captured.
Lafayette Glass, an escaped
convict and, former resident of
Williamson county, returned to
his old haunts. A party attemp-
ted to capture him; shots were
exchanged nobody was hurt,
but Glass is still at large.
Comanche Chief: A min
lister ofthe gospel lies in jail.
Cause, two much spirits in a
liquid form T. R. Reed. a
we'll digger, while digging a well
for John Mcclure. when at a
depth of 40 feet, and under a
ledge of rock eight feet thick,
found the bones of a human
body. In Col. Stones well a
petrified sapling 4 IL inches in
diameter was found 80 feet be-
low the surface.
= Freestone county will soon
become notorious for the num-
Der of murders committed with
in her borders. The Fairfield
Recorder in its last issue records
cold blooded murder
the assassination of a negro
man named Riley, who had his
body filled full ofbuckshot while
quietly walking along the street
at night.
A miserable scoundrel
named Tom Haggerty married
the I7-year old daughter of a
blind woman, on a forged mar
rage license, at Dallas, two
ago. Becoming tired
Of her he administered a dose
Of poison from the effects of
which the girl died. dagger-
.y has been arrested and Dali
as should have a legal hanging.
Waco has great sensa-
ton in consequence of the sud-
den death of DR.. B. F. Graves, a
prominent Druggist of that city.
He was found on Saturday
morning in a dying condition
from opium poisoning. Ply
sicians were summoned and he
so far recovered as to be able
% walk about his room; on Sun
lay evening he complained Of
pain in his arm. The arm swell
ed until it was several times its |
natural size. On Monday
morning he died. Four thous-
Ind dollars which was in his po-
;ission when he was taken sick