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ard have beeu located on the
East and West Texas Narrow
Gauge railroad.
- Two professors of the fis-
tic art who have been giving
lessons in Denison skipped out
leaving their landlord to mourn
over an unpaid board bill.
- The Beltonians are consid-
ering the feasibility of a rail-
road connection with the
Georgetown branch of the Inter
national. They prefer the San
ia Fe route, but are determined
on having 4 railroad
The total assessment of
Colorado county is s2,375,4S4.
The International railroad has
1900 acres of land in the coun-
ty exempt from taxation. The
assessor reports a depreciation
of IL I-2 per cent. in the value
oflands and IS per cent. in town
lots.
The Chief of the Ist inst.
says the examination of the
seventeen men arsested for the
murder of Mackey was COM
menced at Comanche on Tues
day last.b Aout 800 citizens of
Erath county are in attendance.
The defence have sixty-two wit
nesses.
The Victoria Ad90eate has
been presented with an alligator
egg. 1t is thus described: The
specimen before us is elliptic in
shape, rather smaller than a
goose egg, of dirty white col
or, while the she'll seems similar
to that of an ordinary egg, al
though lacking in smoothness."
- Mr.. Connolly, farmer,
living near Dallas, was bitten on
the hand by a rattlesnake. He
Immediately wrapped a hand
kerchief around the wound. He
went home and drank a quart of
whiskey; split the back of a live
chicken and applied it to the
wound. The treatment was
successful.
"A well-dressed party stepped
into a Galveston bank, presented
a SIoo bill, asking if twas good.
The teller cast his eagle eye"
over it and asked the man if he
wanted change. He did. 1t
was given him and he left. The
bill is a new counterfeit on the
Pittsheld, Mass, Nationl bank.
The teller is mad.
The Texas Western Road
has been reorganized by the
election of a new directory and
new officers. The new compa-
ny has not yet taken any action.
Trains are running and earning
enough to pay expenses. 1t is
contemplated that the road will
be extended to Lagrange.
The talk about Throckmor-
ton being a candidate for con-
gress before the Fort Worth
convention is all bosh. Jimmy
put himself in the hands of his
friends some months since, and
they slaughtered him. He is
sick at the stomach, and is no
condition to make a race for
any position.-Daklas Call.
= Bellville Beacon: The
drought early in the season has
caused a short corn crop about
Milheim, - Nothing more of
the cotton worm. The farmers
laid in such large supply of
poison that they were afraid to
come - Rain is wanted very
much. Cotton is shedding rap
idly - The first bale of cot
ton sold in BRENNAN and also
the first bale sold in Hampstead
were raised in Austin county.
An employee on Col. An
drews' place in San Antonio
discovered two small boys in
the orchard. He procured a
parlor pistol and stealing up
within good range shot one of
the boys in the side. The boys
say they went inside of the in
closure to capture young
hooking bird which they were
pursuing. The shootist Ian
cuisines in jail because he can't
give bond for $1,000.
John Lanham, a youth 70
years old and an employee of a
variety show at San Antonio be-
came jealous of the attention
shown one of the actresses by
a soldier. He procured a pis-
tol and fired two shots at the
soldier hitting him in the thigh;
next hepaid attention to the ac-
tress shooting her in the chin
and neck inflicting wounds from
which she died. He then at
tempted to shoot himself in the
head but failed, hitting stran-
ger in the arm, Lanllam then
made his way to a horse which
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