The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-10-22
Texas Items.

Gov. Hubbard will speak at San
Antonio, on Saturday.
An attempt to organize a Green
back party in Houston county, proves
failure.
Elias Maycs, colored man, and
preacher has been nominated for rep
resentative at Bryan, by large coe-
vention of negroes.
A shooting aflray ut Navasota on
the 10th, in which one ii. G. Miller,
receives four wounds at the hands of
John E. Hamilton.
All the county warrants of Gray
son county, viii be redeemed this
month.
Severe frosts at Sherman on the
l6th.
Quarantine regulations have been
extended to November 2lst.
Jones who shot Daumgart in Rich
mond two weeks ago about glass
of beer, has been arrested in Fort
Bend county, by the sheriff.
An insane colored woman has been
arrested for setting fire TO hay-ricks
about Dallas.
a terrible runaway occurred six
miles from Sherman on the 18th inst.
VIM. Patton and Dent Jones were
returning home from the city, when
their team became perfectly unman-
ageable and ran away ut frightful
speed in which both were thrown
out and run over by the wagon. The
wheels passed over the groins and
lower part of the spine of poor Pat
ton, infiicting such injuries that he
died in short time. His companion
was also somewhat injured.
Probably the oldest couple in Tex
as, perhaps the continent, are Mr.. and
Mrs. Robertson, of Mason county,
aged 103 and 102 years respectively.
They were married SO years ago.
The husband never swore but one
oath, never borrowed 30 cents or
gave his note.
1t is thought the State will get
Judgment against Ward, Dewey &
Co., for $4,000, and will come out
about even with Burnett, Killpat-
rick & Co.
A little son of Mr.. Loggins, of San
Augustine county, aged eight years,
was smothered in his fathers cotton
pen few days since. His father had
sent him TO the pen on an errand,
and the lad not returning as soon as
expected, search was made and he
was found in the cotton pen with his
head and body covered with cotton.
The Denison Neps of October IL,
says:
Yesterday afternoon, few min
utes after the dismissal of the public
school difficulty occurred between
two boys, named Willie Craig and
Robt. Guthrie. Young Craig, in a
heat of passion, assaulted Guthrie
with a knife, stabbing him twice.
The wounds inflicted were, however,
not of u serious character. Mr..
Guthrie, cashier at the ii. Il T. G.
freight office, ON hearing of the affair,
went in pursuit of young Craig, ar
rested and handed him over TO the
custody of officer Hall. After de-
tanning Craig for few minutes the
officer set him at liberty. From all
thot we can learn of the affair, Craig
was the aggressor and has the repu.
tation of being bad boy. Craig II
about fifteen years of age, Guthrie Ii
scarcely nine.
A most doplorable accident occur.
red at Wills Point, on the 10th inst.
at noon, in the family of Mr.. w. T.
II. Wills, the father OF the place
and in whose honor IL was named
The two little sons of Mr.. Wills
Johnnie and Willie, aged respective
| ly five and seven, while lighting tn,
dinner fire, attempted TO pour SOM
kerosene oil ON IL from a can whei
the fire y'as transmitted to the can
explo' burning the children
in amer. Willie
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