Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-20
TEXAS STATE NEWS.

Eggs are only ten cents dozen al
Bowie.
Two-thirds Of the population Of Cisco
are renters.
Paint Rock is whoopingup the baild-
ing and Improvement question.
There We're 10000 bushels of wheat
sown in Callahan county thisyear
The Missouri Pacific is using nat.
ent steam ditche'near Greenville.
a new mill at Orange has the cana
city to load one train OF cars daily with
lumber.
About twenty miles of pasture
fences have been cut altogether In
Coleman county.
The teachers of Jack county will
mold meeting at the court house on
the first OF December
The population of Bowie is 1900,
which is nearly one hundred for each
month o: its existence.
The rock of the Belle Plain Jail was
hauled to Baird and put in the new
building at q cost of S2,j00.
There are twelve saloons in Hunt
county which pay annually in licenses
and taxes S6,450, or over $500 each.
The Waco public schools have to.
tai OF 9l3 pupils, of whom 5l9 are
white and Sl4 coiored. The private
schools contain many children of the
scholastic age.
I
The preliminary survey of the Fort
Davis and Maria railroad has been
completed. The engineers also ascer-
tanned that the former place is $500
feet above the sea Lowell,
Captain :. c. Upshaw of Hillsboro
was presented with gold-headed
cane by citizens of Hill county for his
! vigorous prosecution of Mac Sullivan
| for the murder of the Sans boys.
Nearly $1,000 in cash went through
| the mails from Arson last Wednesday
to pay for school lands. Parties inter
ested tried to hire guard to protect it
to Abilene, but failed. 1t Went through
all right.
Mineola property owners offer TO any
person or corporation who will locate
u luNlOlN VI III MIMI Niitlt liN iNNNE-
sary lots and water privileges in fee
simple, and promise to do all they can
to promote the success of the enter
prise,
The new school bell at Bellville was
received the other day. and before it
was hung, some mischievous boys
rang it at night. The sound aroused
the whole town. who thought it was
Gabriel's trumpet or some other weird
disaster.
Tyler has completed her water tower
and the company have placed their
tank upon it. 1t stands upon n hill,
and is seventy feet higher than the
highest building in town. Upon test
the other day the fire company threw
stream over the top of the court
house.
George Holcomb near Ladonia
whipped his wife and stepdaughter
and "a crowd of neighhors went AT
night to punish him. His wife, wo
man-like, protected him and wa
struck on the head. Holcomb saved
his hide and the next day the Who'll,
family left.
An elderly gentleman, 4 prominen
citizen of Hillsboro. being in the tele
phone office, was informed that lady
i'm Dallas wished TO talk with him
Immediately he rose, took off his hat
primped his hair with his hand, ant
walking up To the instrument, said
"At your service, madam"
| Mr.. Lord of Denison went to The
circus with his family and forgot tc
lock his kitchen door. 1t occurred to
him to return and lock il, and when
he rot home and entered the kitchen
he was amazed TO see Il tramp cooking
his supper on the stove. After few
words and blow, the tramp hurriedly
left
The Austin annual conference %
the Methodist Episcopal Church
will meet at DenisOn Wednesday, us
inst, and will be presided over 10y
Bishop r.. G.. Anderson of Washing
ton, ID. &. He holds the Texas confer
ence at Paris November 18th; the lIu
theran German at Brennan December
5th; West Texas conference at san An
tonic December 18th.