Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-12
TEXAS STATE NEWS.


a negro has announc. himself o.
candidate for public weigher ~ nc,
Lehman county, and appesiS 70 .uV
colorcd people To v,te s,lidly TOT hllit
There are over n dozen white cah"-
dates.
Galveston PRINT The Lorgn,tte-
viii enter the base uall tournament at
Austin IN Ogtui cr uNt, aud should
they keep up their ractice between
now and then lity viii have as good
chance as anybody for the first l'rize
Br,nham Runner Every evening
about twilight the bats--a nj ion or
more of 'eul--that have uomicil
in the cupola ~ our large and safe
court-house.p turn ont To- eaten bugs
and cool oil in the event Z air.
Galveston Print An effort Is being
made 90 establish butteiine factory
i'm this city. 1t is said u company of
mauuf ,cturers have agreed to eNpend
Sl2j ,mu In the establishment of such a
factory If anndditional 81, U09 Is raised
here.
Waxa achle Enterprise: The tele-
phone poles between WaXahnchie,
Italy. Milford and llillsboro are put
up. We viii also soon be connected
with Alvaradu aud Cleburne. This
will bc quite u convenience 10 every
body
Iampasas G,oJ rev Our report of the
Underground river discoveries in the
well heiug dag By Mr.. ttarris Is con
firn,d Mr.. Harris says the vein is
very cold and nv eealle o. taste. Ii is
about one mile from town aud IS least
one hundred feet above the city. III
Galveston Print, About IL moINh
ago negro named John Cane Was
hung at Houston for rape. 1t is re-
ported this morning that negro has
surrendered himself to the authorities
OF that city rs the rarty guilty OF the
crime for which the other man was
hung.
The belt railway nj Houston ahou,
which the papers made So much itss
year or so ago has proved complete
failure, and the o her day what there
was az it was suli under execution 10y
the sheriff. for Sis, which is probably
rs small n sum as any railr adj was
ever sold for.
/ Bolton Journal; Mpjor Penn is again
=, the guest Of the Baptist people of Bel
county. When he first c.me here
some five years ago he stood erect and
| had fine black beard Now he j.
slightly stopped aud bis beard Is gray
and it is evident that hard work and
advancing years are last making their
impress upon the evangelist.
weetwater Record: A fellow as
serted in "A crowd Oh our streets OF
Sunday that niger" was as good IL
n white man. and that he would IA
soon sit down 20 The table with one IA
"A white man. One OF the hystander
81 d, yes, and will make Il nigge
whip you before night" Before nigh
a big negro Jumped on him aud gave
him n genteel thrashing.
Fnnnin County Adrocatc. Rev
Shearrer, while holding IL meeting II
Gum Springs, had Is relrove som
Tor their bad behavior in church. Tn,
young gents got offended, aud /
next night while Mr.. >. was preach
ing. they went to the lot where hi
horse was AMI serpetrated the mos
das,ardly net OF which boys could b
guilty, taking their knives and cuttin
off all the horses name and also hi
tail up to the bone.
cainp-ineltng NJ Saiaup last ouuul.
Uncle Carey White gave his exper
', cnSe, saying among other things tia
he did not expect TO live until auoth'
camp-meeting season, being now
/, years old. He had been u member {
/. The Methodist church sixty years, an
: I'M that time had been intimate with
numhgr of Methodist preachers. ri
: ty-two of these had gone to the Gree
Beyond. Mary were deeply atlecle
; by Mr., Whites tr-~-- He is an oil
Texas veteran, and has tTc-satsem ,
everybody. Aliz