Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-13

TEXAS STATE NEWS.
Mr.; Coitrell near Brentwood has
Killed thirty-nine deer this fall

cottreil near brentwood n,
Killed thirty-nine deer this fall.
,"Old john the well-known lemo,
dead. '''"'
a party of Brazoria county hunter
Killed i've bears, the largest weiuhin,
over 800 pounds.
One of San Antonio's worthy ciH
Sens bears The name of HeIIborn. ana
MR.. Crist lisa minister ut Waco.
The Colorado City school bouse n
Two story brick, is nearing completion
a college building is also going up.
a business lot can be bought in the
town of Heidenheimer for S35. and i,
is said good store is wanted there.
AT Corinth a pig fell into n b,red
VII Twelve inches in diameter and
s'Nty leet deep and was got out alive.
Ihe mulberry trees in the vicinity
VI bellevlile now have "a second crop oI
ripe iruit, nearly as full as that of
spring.
Sheriff Gonzales of Webb county,
VINO has been published as a delaulter
found a balance of $500 in his favor on
the comptroller's books.
Last week near Lqmpasas son of
John Mauldin roped large deer and
succeeded in tying it 10 tree until he
procured help and killed IL.
The citizens OF Sherman have ten
dered benefit TO Miss LILLIAN Spen-
Ger next Friday night-a deserv, d
compliment TO the unfortunate little
lady
Col. Frank johnson, president of the
Texas Veteran Association, WHO'S now
In Mexico, is in poor health and moi
expected to live long. Col Johnsonis
IN his eighty-fourth year.
The Brentwood Banner advises
Billy Arlington, "the comedisn," to
drop his numerous almanac Jokes OF.
revolutionary date, and procure an
almanac for 1884. -
The Bastrop Advertiser says since
1863 Bastrop county claims over one
hundred murders and three legal hang
ings, and IL adds: mo wonder inn
igrants do not lingcr among us"
Col. Buchanan, who has been en-
gagged TO have the university grounds
ornamented, is gentleman of expert
ence in observation in landscape or
namentation and will doubtless inn
prove them with excellent taste
The st. 10 debating society wrestled
over the question whether the Indians
m m thn Half. a Ia
Jared the worse at the hands of the
white race. Ii was difficult problem,
but the Indian sympathizers gained
the victory.
Mr. S. Mabry is now completing his
third pasture in Mensrd county, and
when finished he will have 10000
acres inelosed, but ii is very probable
that his fences will not be left unmo-
Tested much longer
Menard ia not farming county, and |
scarcely anything is raised except 10y |
There is an irrigating ditch !
through Manardville which |
water for three dollars per
acre, enough water being allowed to
make crops with.
Lieut. l.. c. Lane, Of the United |
states army, was indicted and con-
'icIed in Tom Green county for fence
uttng, an offence for which "a reward
# $50 had been offered by the state.
last Monday the comptroller paid the
eward, rs promised, TO the proper
'nrties.
a good deal has been said recently
bout the fashion Of wearing bang,
originating from some remarks of
'rof Clark on the subject to the pupils
f his school. If the professor will re-
n to some Of the ancient classics
iomer, for eXample--he will find that
enuine straight bangs were worn by
irecisn ladies over two thousand
ears ago.