Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-17
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Grain and KAY.

And on last Satu rday "A mayor, five
aldermen and IL marshal were elected.
Now we must have another for the
same offices MS those elected refuse 10
serve.
An Austin special says IL has been
discovered that by some blunder in
framing the constitutional amend
inent providing FOR the investment of
the state educational funds, theamend-
ment does not apply 10 the university
funds. The latter will be loaned, as at
present. aud can be invested only in
United states or state bonds.
The El Paso Times characterizes as
absurd tbs report current that party
OF American residents in chihuahua,
assisted by the pen of a Texas journal
ist. are working matters so as TO have
the state of chihuahua admitted into
the Union. The Times classes Chi
huahua the most intensely patriotic
state of tn, Mexican Republic. Chi
hushua, whose very name is sacred to
the descendants of Montezuma, aud
ridicules the idea of her desiring an
nexation TO the United States.
sherman Courier: The spirit of
fence cutting so much complained of
! in the western counties has spread TO
| Graysou ut last. Some stcalthy genius
of destruction u few nights ago cut the
whole east line of Il pasture fence cree
ted by FL Hendricks near Locust
Grove school house, and turned him
oct on the common again. Hendricks
holds the title TO ana pays taxes on
his land, and no doubt believed he
had right To enclose 1t for his own
use aud benefit, but II seems there ale
persons who think differently.
The death Of a young girl Is reported
i'm AtascOsa under rather queer cir
cumstanees She was sent mile 70 Il
neighbours with a basket OF eggs. Not
being heard from in several days, a
dilligent search was instituted and her
skeleton was found near 4 water-hole,
considerable distance out of her
couse. The basket Of eggs was along
side. Her tracks showed she bad lost
her way, and the jury returned u ver-
dict OF starved to death. This does not
agree with the opinion OF some people,
who think she was OUTRAGED and MUIR
dered by negroes, Mexicans or cow
boys.
A party Of fahirs advertised bal
! loon ascen ion at Wiusbore the other
day which attracted large crowd.
The party did fine business with the
| lemonade, hobby-horses aud other
such devices used To extract lucre from
the unwary. Toward evening it was
ascertained the balloon story was a
catch, and Immediately about loC
Young men rushed upon the lemonade
stands and>side shows, and sent them
winding west and crooked. The dam
ages sustained by the raid perhaps
amounted to 500 or $50 but they must
! have made cut of the crowd that day
$500 which still leaves them ahead,
Herdld and Planter: Last week
our ex-reprt sentative the Hon. Il. J.
Riggs, met with n painful accident.
His son shot ut rat with his pistol
! elevated toward the roof. The bulle.
struck the ioist, killed the rat. struck
Il knot, glanced, and passing almost at
an angle of ninety degrees and down
ward, struck Mr.. Riggs, who was
walking some fifty or sixty yards dis
| tant on the arm Just above the wrist,
entering some little depth and falling
out. MIR. Riggs was in his shirt
sleeves at the time, and his hand was
directly over his heart. Perhaps had
the ball passed in without touching
the ibis it might have killed
him. There was 10 carelessness in
this matter; if the son had seen his
father he would still have shot at the
rat, for there seemed no human prob
ability of doing him an injury.
a gentleman in Austin is in posses
sion of II very rare and remarkable coin
or medal, dated A. ID. 100. One sur
face presents a clearly defined cut of n
magnificent cathedral, with the word
"Norkn L~low. The reverse shows a
tower suTngDunting steep hill. a flag
is hoisted on its ramparts and soldiers
with spears appear on the battlements,
while below to the right, other soldiers
appear leaving the fortress across "A
drawbridge. Over the tower appear
the words "C!iftord's Tower aud be-
low the date "A. ID. 100" Around
the edge of this specimen can be traced
with the aid of a micro-crope this in
scription: Built A. NJ. 1924, York.
Cathedral Rebuilt A. ID. lo75.'' The
coin or medallion is about the dimen-
sion of one of our quarters. 1t was
found on the beach of Galveston
Island, by n negro boy, and purchased
by the present owner.
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