Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-30

The biggest potato recorao,
is one raised by w. A. Ka, muu "a Texas
pounds. twenty-five
"A iour-legged chicken, about ,,.,s
grown, was exhibited In Cisa. i,i'ii
week. me extra legs are ornn,n ,as,
only and not useful ornamental
The Cumberland prcsh
church at Dublin is to be soid 1HS.erian
Der Sth, TO satisfy a debt. II is ,,e ecein-
church in the place. " '''' only
lne cotton crop around Taylnr ,vu,
oe only about forty per cent. ofthot" WI M
last season. The town will shin ahon VI
1000 bales this season. 7 "oo''t
"A st. 10 hunting party returned H.
other day with the scalps of twa,' ..e
two deer killed in the Territorv aSi
turkeys without number. ""u
AT the Denison skatinr-rink ,t,s,
ioa Hatton and Garlic Chapman won
the prize, silver-plated pair of skates
as the best skating couple. ''es'
In the Denison religious discussion .
gentleman named "Pontius Pilotn 10
referred to. This shows how ernd;ts
these newspaper contestants are.
The Tom Green county court b,a
SIXTY. gambling cases before it Of
which twenty-five were fined S25 ea,b
twenty dismissed and the Others con-
tinued. wi
"A lone fisherman named Jenkins
brought wagon-load of fish into LINN.
pasas from the Colorado river. Thav
ranged from one to sixty pounds in
weight. ~
. Fifty able-bodied negro men left
Brenham this week for Col. CUNNING.
ham's sugar plantation in Fort Bend
county They are to receive one dol.
lar day and board.
a movement is on foot at Denison IN
organize Chuatauqua literary society
rms organization confers diplomas on
its members after thorough four
years course of reading.
While the street parade of Coles cir. |
Gus was taking place at WaXahachir n |
large horse pitched to a float WAC |
frightened TO death by the passing of
the camels in the procession.
The Tom Green Enterprise is shock.
ed because u poor Mexican was fined |
S25 for carrying pistol, while n
prominent citizen" equally guilty
was allowed to go scot free on the same
charge.
During the past month the Mexican
National Railroad company have
shipped over five hundred bales of cot.
ton from Texas into Mexico. II goes
TO Monterey, where it is manufactured
into different articles.
Manager Rockway has made a def. !
mite proposition that if the citizens of ;;
Galveston will raise $1,000 he will ,
bring Hanlan and Courtney to row ;
here next summer for the champion /;
ship Of the world. The Galvestoilians !
amt see it. y
The body of q white child was dis g
covered and buried by an old negro
nan, on the river bank, between Bra
.oria and Columbia. II is supposed to
nave been thrown in the river above,
md to have washed ashore where it Iof
vas found. The whole affair-is shroud- st
ID in mystery. W
The sherman peddler, Max Wayl. CT
Who inherited the ms thical fortune in ca
'erlnany, played n scurvy trick on IN
me of the boys just before he skipped 81,
Ut, ny presenting him with check es'
or $1,000. payable at bank in twelve su.
lays. His grateful friend set up the cal
eer and cigars, and The next day Max ny
vas missing. pr
Hon. A. j. Leo of Hidalgo county r ay
nd member of the Legislature met his W,
cath in n singular way. While sleep no
ne in Mr.. Kelsey's Office ut Rio m
irande City, he was bitten on the an
ose by blue bottle.tly that had been S;1
'eding on some green hides. The fly ON
lnocuated Mr.. Leo with blood pois-
ming. His head swelled frightfully,
nd the poison reaching his brain he
led. i,