Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-16
TEXAS STATE NEWS.

| The ESpula Cattle Company have
| purchased 10000 acres OF land in
Dickens county for 81 l24 per acre.
The new city directory of Austin is
just completed and shows population
within the city limits of about 49,
00J.
Lee FARES, of Collins county, is the
only person who has thus far shown
any German carp in public. He
brought two TO Mckinney few days
ago, which, together, weighed six and
half pounds.
A colored woman named Sally
Thompson in Hopkins county was in
the habit of taking chloroform to bed
with her to induce sleep. She took
big bottle to her bed about two weeks
ago and she still sleeps.
Texarkana Ne,cs: Friend Joshua
Ball, the Quaker lecturer was trihe
lengthy and ditiusive in his remarks
last Sunday on which account the at
tendance grew small by degrees and
beautifully Less
San Antonio Times: Mr.. Sam. Ber-
liner has found his pants. which
contained the 5000 he lost. They
were left about half mile ntr.h-
east of the Madison Square Presbyte-
rinn church. So far no clue has
been found to the whereabouts of the
burglar.
Judge Morrel has resigned his posi-
tion as circuit Judge of the eastern dis
trict OF Texas He is II. present in
California whittier he had gone for the
benefit OF mis- eyes. He writes, that
he cannot read without great pain
and that he h IS no hopes of ever re-
covering his impaired eyesight.
There appears to be Il lively compe-
tition between Waco and Marlin for
the proposed extension of the Santa
te road eastward, either from Cameron
or Moody. The extension from Cam
eron TO Waco has long been talked OF
aud it would appear that the latter
meets with general favor.
Brenham Banner: Since the injunc-
ton restraining the commissioners
court from issuing bonds was granted
and the court authorized the county
Judge to employ council to oppose the
injunction no action was taken. The
matter simply rrsts until some definite
course OF action is decided upon.
Sherman C)Hir:- Bert Willis went
To .jallas yesterday TO make arrange
ments for a telephone time connection
tor our city. The purpose is to have
every bell in the circuit ring the hour
of noon each day, and also to enable
each subscriber to get the correct time
at any hour OF the day he may desire
it.
San Antonio Light: IF the present
heat continues and rain does not fall
at an early date, there's prospect of Il
water famine among those who depend
upon wells for their supply of water.
All the wells are very low; some are
already dry and useless, any many
Others promise 10 suspend business I'M
less replenished by copious rains.
| AT New Braunfels II few DAYS ago.
while John der, Il boy about Twelve
years old, was bathing in the coral.
Alfred Reynlander, coming along i'm
| a boat, presented aim at him with a
small rifle, saying, Lookout, lie was
| going to shoot him. AS good as mis-
word he fired upon him, inflicting an
! almost fatal shot. The ball went I'm at
!. his back and was taken out of his
breast, just below the nipple.
BRENNAN Banner: On Monday
morning not less than one hundred
and nifty negroes large and small. left
for the cotton fields in the vicinity of
Brenham The price now paid is
I tilty-five cents a hundred and board.
Last week fifty cents was the rul-
| ing price. In past seasons producers
of cotton have been in the habit Of
paving eXhorbitant prices. 1t won d
seem that a short crop of cotton is II
blessing in disguise.
I II 4
evening, at Spindletop, in the city Of
Beaumont, Mr.. h. .. Brewer went to
| bride his horse. TIE attention of
coiored boy was attracted by seeing he
| horse running out of the stable aud
afterwards saw Mr.. Brewer lying at
the front OF the stable, evidently hart
He Immediately went for Mrs. Brewer,
who was at n relatives house, a short
distance OF, and on their return found
that the wounded man bad crawled to
block, on which he was sitting when
they approached His wife immedi-
ately flew to him, when he exclaimed
"Oh! ma, Pm badly hurt and eX-
pred IN her arms.
New Braunf.Is special: Yesterday
evening several small girls were play-
ing on the prairie near Landas -four
i"F '''i''i NiNii ~ tramp ttillt dloHp
and tried To persuade one of them 10
90 down to the river With him. She
refused aud he caught her aud tried To
carry her there. The Others set a.,
cry which brought Mr.. Wipprecht to
her Rescue. He started in pursuit tof
the would be vi lain, but he WAS too
much ia advance and was on the eve
OF escaping when Mr.. 10 Faust. cprn-
ing in The opposite direction caught
him and delivered him to Mr.. Wipp-
recht, who carried him to his hoise
and locked him up in Il room lie then
went out and got some sticks and gave |
him. thrashing which was very So
we're.
A. Austin man, not remarkable for |,
beaut.S conried all the pretty girlsin
that pi, " and uuua pf tba,,, ,v,,,,ld