Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-25
TEXAS TOPICS.

w. III. Sears, OF Randolph county,
Ala, writes to Sheriff Allen, making
inquiry about his son, b. Is. Sears,
whom Sheriff Allen arrested and car
ried to Leadville last February. Young
Sears parents, two years ago, last Feb
ruary. sent him to his uncle j. b. Sears
to be sent to the school at Thorp
Springs, in this state, and the young
man, instead of pursuing the course
that would have resulted, perhaps in
his growing to honor and distinction
in the world, and have been comfort
TO his parents in their old age, made
the mistake of thinking he was smart
or than they, and would get to wealth
ON n shorter line and has landed in Jail,
with fair prospects of serving a term
in state prison, and OF bringing his pa
rents grey hairs in sorrow down to
their graves. -DecGtt1 Post.
c.. c. White returned from Wichita
Falls Friday, where he went TO look
after his interests there. He says the
pasture will soon he enclosed. He
bought ] $50 acres of land for the pas
ture, making in all about 10000 acres
owned by White, Barefoot & Bryant
in the pasture Boon Brothers own
80, 600 acres adjoining and are fencing
in conapany with them, which viii
make $1,000 acres of land enclosed in
one pasture TEXAS Northwest.
We are reliably informed that on
last. Monday morning John Thomp-
son, who is interested with Mr.. w.
II. Adams, of this city, in the sheep
business in Dimmitt county, shot and
killed a Mexican shepherd, in the em-
ploy of Captain Cunningham, in a
dispute of grazing land. He turned
himself over to the authorities, -
Laredo Times.
The Western Union telegraph lines
in Texas have increased from 300
miles of poles and 4600miles of wire on
January |, 1880, to 1900 miles of poles
aud nearly 5000 miles OF wire on Jwnu-
AIRY / 1883, thus nearly doubling its fa-
cilities within three years and still
building.
Game il becoming plentifulsaFppn nd
here. Yesterday morning two turkeys
/ probably estrayed from a flock cafnlN
I meahdered about the 2sy3r. 0ne d
! o,2trafnarksfnen shot at one Of them but
either he did not hit him or else the
TURKEY wandered 10 the Wichita t,
wash down the shot Wichita Hey.
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Brownsville has real romance.
wealthy young Mexican loved til,
pretty daughter OF Il common laborer
; His parents opposed the match. III,
and the girl sought surcease of sorrow
in death, and found grave in tn,
Rio Grande.
A Chinanan who has system thai
will beat faro is doing Texas, and /,
now in Dallas. He never fails to win
This same heather came to the surfac,
in California town some time ago.
"A blacksmith named Staley wa
found dead in the woods near Bon
ham, with n pistol wound IN his head
His wife obtained divorce from hin
for drunkenness few days previous.
Irish laborers on the Texas & Pacifi
road, from the Pecos river to FL Paso
have been supplanted by Chinese, VIII,
are working for fifty cents day les
! than was paid the Irish.
\ man at Bowie did not like the
: room given him at a hotel and tool
his sadie and blanket and slept in tn,
: street, During the night he was rob
I pea OF sD0 IN gold.
r Thomas Ritaken, young man TWEEN
G ty-two or twenty-three years old, die,
suddenly on the night OF the 10th, at
house OF questionable character in Sal
{ Antonio
n negro named Randall. living il
/, Burleson county, bet he could drink
half gallon OF whisdey. He drank il
but has somewhere the good negroe
go.
A man supposed to be Narnal. tn
{ murderer of Land, was arrested n
/. Richmond day before yesterday. III
answers fully the description of tn,
murderer
: John Curry got drunk in Bowie an,
attempted To draw his pistol TO shak
up the town. The weapon was dis
T charged, wounding him seriously il
the leg.
Bass Kayanaugh, who has attaipe,
small reputation as desperate. ha
Deen arrested in Bosque county. Their
Is a reward of s., 200 for him in Louisi
ana.
; MIR. Holt of Goliad had gold watcl
and chain stolen five years ago. Re
Gently II was found in q hollow tree
!, few hundred yards from his residence
Bexar county claims Is cents a da,
, for feeding Dewitt county prisoner.
The latter asserts contract AT 40 cent,
: per day, and they can't agree.
} The Bonham -idcocdte is i'm no
1 water because il said belle of tina
Town wore TO church a dress mad,
{ fifty years ago.
, a. NJ. Scott, of Hill county, Texas
raised last season $50 bushels of swee
POTATOES on one acre of ground.
Forty hands are at work ON the Tav
Tor water-works, and they will be corn
pleted in n short time.
Heck X Baker, of this city have con
tracted 10 build an S., 600 residence n
GAINESVILLE for Ike Cloud.
Greenville Runell of Orange Ia,
been appointed cadet TO the paya
academy, Annapolis.
Nine divorce cases have been flef
Tor the June term of the Kan fmar
county district court.
A cow seriously injured woman :,
caldwell, hooking herseveral times i,
the breast 'i'iie' -
Inc Post congratulates itself on tn,
Improvement in progress at PiloI
y railroad from Ca,x,a. ~