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been organised at Columbus.
! ,r.- Corn sold from wagons in
Austin at SO cents on Saturday.
! IA grand railroad barbecue
will be held at Corsicana May
Srd. -rza--a.. .'.a, lob
- Charles Jordt, a citizen of
Colorado county since 1913, is
dead. H55ai ec".a-s H.i:
A tan yard, on a small
! scale, has been started at Con
zales. '''' 'a' z" 75F'of1S
- Cotton is opening at Con
zales, but is on cottonwood
trees.
- The Tyler Democrat of
last week reports abundant
rains in its neighborhood.
Cock7hghting is the usual
Sunday amusement with a por-
ton ofthe San Antonians. rs,
Tho loss blythe recent fire
at Cueroiis estimated at be-
tween $4,000 and S5o,ooo.iT
.Iqo1 AnMariin firm gave a col
ored man an order on the coun-'
1ty clerk for a marriage license. g
Mr.. C. Burnett will drive
only about $500 head Of cattle;
from Mason county this season.
'.9 ~ Holt, the Pilot Point muir
derer, has been sent from Den
ton to Sherman for safe keep
ing.
- Quite number of enter
prising Germans are settling, in
the county and town Of Co
marche.
~ The new Methodist church
at Meridian. was blown down
during Luz a storm there ere, on M last
Tuesdaylweek. 300 brs ,i,o.z :.
s73hGrops were damaged by a
hail-stormG in the vicinity of
Paige, Burleson county, on last
Monday night Il 5aa .Y'io o
IA Fannin county man havI
ing gone crazy on the subject
tiofi religion it became necessary
toput,him in jail.ieino.t iuoqy II
- PoniesIare frequently sold
Iatauetion inlSan Antonio at ST
and sI,5oeaeh. Stolen ponies
are thus disposed of. iqcaq =
= Denison exports horned
frogs to Kentucky. The first
Z IL -. -
shipment, two, arrived safely at
the town Of Glasgow. q.
nj. A mass meeting is. to be
held at Taylorsville to take steps
for building a railway between
Round Rock and Manor,
h3sIw,L D. 1Wulzbach, an old
citizen of San Antonio is, dead.
He was born in Baden. Germa-
ny in 1903 and came srmrls..t to Texas
in 1914 ob hia isaol la.i -
,-iA herd, of 22oo, fat sheep
passed through Burnett the 9TH,
er day; they,were from McMul-
len county and were destined
for Kansas. s5a; ~, vof,t
The North TfzaR says, the,
mayor of Paris is getting rich,
the other day herappeared in a
new suit of clothes-the first in
three years. 81 9di @. .ne1
* According to the Denton
1Nomior1ous. HoltsWill attempt
toprove that his'deceased broth
| err Harrison Holt, was the muir
derer of Beard. iiH % -1ld ..a
fip THE county commissioners
Of Robertson county have des,
clared Jones official bond as
sheriff insufficient and the office
of Sheriff vacant. asod I'D
nos Two colored 8 men were
struck by lightning last week,
near Big Springs, Polk county.
| One was instantly killed and the
other fatally injured. a." rae
Local option was defeated
in Atascosa county by almost
fifty votes. The Mexicans vo-
ted solidly in favor Of taking
sugar, in ther'n.
In Mason county a negro
boy fooling with the traditional
empty pistol shot white boy,
5 years old, in the head inflict-9
ing a mortal wound, Lsd
-4he~three stage robbers
arrested at Fort Worth have
been,t taken to Austin in charge
ofoficers. The evidence against
them is said toibe very strong.
3 IA German lady, living on
Little Walnut creek, Williamson
county was bit by a mad dog
last week. She went TO George
town to have a maidstone APP
Piled. h"'f aa1 ass GiaF
'cas 2cgf1 .nt tesr} 7y.Js'I..
= At Bolton the jury in the
Hudson case found a verdict of
murderin the second degree
penalty % years in the peniten-
tjar1yi s Hudson &c fine man u-ho