Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-29
TEXAS STATE NEWS.

Since September LIST Whitney ha
received 800 bales of cotton.
Bellville has new dramatic clul
which has pay in rehearsal.
Fat range-fed hogs in Coleman
county sell at .! cents per pound.
Mr.. Tarlton, near Lipan, is putting
wire fence around n pasture of about
10000 acres.
Waco amateurs lately played "Pooi
Piilicoddy" ut the opera house TO .
| good audience.
There are great many prospector.
Ill Nilbarger county, and school lands
are going OFT like hot cakes.
The new Methodist church at Gran.
bury has been dedicated. Only about
$2OO on lts cost remains unpaid.
Corpus Christi has snake charmer,
who captures wild and Venomous SER
! penis and tiines them almost Instantly.
August Edmondson, now some
where in Texas, is wanted at Green's
boro, Ga, to accept his share OF an IS
tate.
MIR. keufiel and his clerk were
killed at Fedor in Lee county Satur-
day nights 10y robbers, who got only
fifteen dollars.
NernoniteS are now feasting on such
wild game rs turkey, deer, antelope
and ducks, and there appears to be no
end TO the supply.
An old gentleman named Simon
Buchanan, living near Gainesville,
was thrown from his wagon aud very
severely wounded.
The platform ut Huntsville is crowd.
Ell with cotton. not fut want of ship
ping facilities, but because it is being
held for higher prices.
Il l Derry, "A Huntsville darkey. was
sentenced To seven years in the peni-
Tertiary for attempting To wreck II
train on the International road.
a proposition has been made to drain
salt lake ut Corpus Christi ut II cost of
81, 500. Strange to say, the OBJECT is
to secure II supply Of fresh water.
A pupil in the Camp San Saba
school has fitted up barber shop and
news stand on the public square TO
which he devotes his time on Satur-
days.
Petitions are being circulated in
Austin, asking the Travis county com
lnis-ioners To purchase the bridge over
the Colorado river and make IL free
bridge.
san Saba county already has Il can
In
lessor at the next general election. He
evident'y thinks the early bird catches
the worm.
Rev. Mr.. Featherstone's pasture
fence near Whittville, in Comanche
county, has been cut. He owned the |
and enclosed and Us much on the free |
'ange outside.
The census takers in Waco have al
'eady counted 9,00j people, and it is es-
mated that 5000 remain to be counted.
\ population of 1000 for Waco will
urprisc the average citizen.
The Santa Fe road is considering the
obstruction OF "A branch line running
" kimba!l, Brazos Point, Glenrose,
iranbury and Thorp Springs, up the
1rtile valley Of the Brazos river.
The Comanche Chief still insists
nat the mob which hung the Bailey
fothers came from a distance. The
leriff says il is II mystery To him
here the mob got the key with which
ley opened the Jail.
Ben Thompson Of Austin, has one of
Ie new watches with the hours num-
red rom one To twenty-four hours.
e Will also soon receive wonderful J
alter yelocipede, which he will launch :
the Colorado river. q
The mills of Col. Ellis in Fort Bend
unity are turning out 30, pounds
sugar daily. Arrangements are
Ing made to start u paper factory IN
lnec.iop with the mill, ny the ba- u
'se makes good quality of brown a
per. u