Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-16


cut the wires around several farms and
small pastnrcs In the southeastern
mart ofour county--none Of the farms
exceeded 100 acres.
AIyarado Buiittin: Mr.. Marion
SAMSON has upon one of hi- fnrns
three hundred acres of corn which be
says will produce about 10000 bushels,
or an average of about thirty-fiye
bushels to the acre.
Palestine Adrocnfo: A member Of
the police force informs US that II eat
has crawIed on top Of the ventilatof IN
the Jail, and cannot get down. She has
been 'yowingn for fortv-two days and
nights and Is not dead yet.
IL Is stated that If the Catholic
church Ak Laredo will not permit the
children Of Catholic parentage to at
tend the public schools, that not less
than 500 children, whose parents are
unable TO pay tuition, will be wholly
deprived of education.
When the present cash IL invested,
the state university will have about
$500, 600 drawing from five TO six per
cent. interest, and according to the
cOmptroIIer's books there are $s7 600
available funds on hand, derived from
accumulated interest on bonds aud
notes.
Marlin Ban About twenty-five of
the bondsmen OF Hon. w. NJ. Brown
met last Friday and agreed TO pay their
pro rata should it be necessary. Capt.
Goodrich was sent to Austin to repre-
sent the boudsmen. II Is understood
that the bondsmen will not suffer.
Henrietta Shield: The Henrietta
jail is empty the first time for 10!
these many days. However, it speaks
well for our town. Not prisoner in
the Henrietta Jail The cells no
longer echo the dismal cank of
wrought-iron "harnessr and the
weary tread Of "mail-clad warriors
Kaufman Sun: Wire fence cutting
is becoming Of the most absorbing in
terest not only in the West, but in
and surrounding Kaufman county.
From time to time fences have been
cut, and in some instances, as in the
cutting of Mr.. Frank Greer's last
week, no cause could even be imag-
ined and the cutting was nothing more
than DOWNRIGHT lawlessness, aud il
such deeds are not stopped they are
going TO lead to u bad state of affairs,
and probably TO bloodshed.
Crockett PotrOn: The balloon as
cension Oh last Saturday, was an entire
success. There was not breath of AR
stirring, and when released it shot
directly upwards with great rapidity
and to II great hight. The man who
went up seemed to be entirely self
possessed during his aerial trip. After
reaching its utmost height, it went off
in Il northerly direction and came
down at the city cemetery. The man
landed safely, but we hear that the
balloon was a little torn by coming in
contact with IA small tree. The crowd
was large and well behaved.
Temple IriJung James Jackson,
living near the Knob Creek school
house, two miles from Temple, came
INTO town Monday to start the officers
after the convicts who visited his
house that morninya and carried away
Che following wealth One boys hat
and pants, one mans coat, one pair
new boots, four pair colored socks one
lady's dress, twelve knives, and 32G
IN cash. Mr. and Mrs. j. were absent
from the house about thirty minutes,
during which time the convictS made
The raid, having doubtless been hid In
The weeds near by watching for II
chance. they had escaped from
work train, near Cameron. few DAYS
before. They left their striped peisi-
Tertiary ralment in lieu Of what they
carried of.
Palestine Adc0cate. We saw the
other day in Dir. Yoakun's artificial
lake or cement basin two very grand
Il wers. One of them IL the fairy rod
aess OF the lakes, nymphaia. Its
II )WerS which in an unconfincd condi-
tloh are one foot in diameter, bat here
~ u vessel under water, only about
six inches. The confined flowers
though are just us tine. The flower is
u brilliant red, glowing in the sun
shiue with Undesirable color. When
ilrst seen 1t makes q sensation both
pleasing and lasting. This speeies
',DeVonicnsis, Is the choicest of Mi
me water adorntnentS and tho leaves,
sometimes two feet in diameter, most
tasteiully scalloped and floating on The
water surrounding, form display of
plant development unequalled by any
thing IN the kingdom OF the queen of
the sylvan lakes. The other plant Is
lhe true Egyptian lotus of classic fame
anu one OF the sacred plants of the