Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-13
TEXAS STATE NEWS.

| And now, says the Cuero Bullet n,
when the drouth has killed our corn
and the horse is gone, comes a daily
deluge of rain.
! Our exchanges throughout the state
all speak of the scarcity of mechanics,
and particularly of masons and car
peuters. Texas is booming for fact.
The mayor of Houston has held the
Office for three years and n half and
has not drawn any of his salary. He
might have drawn over three thousand
dollars.
The Flatonia ArgUs says the negro
women seem to have formed an anti
hot -weather-cooking society in that
burg, as there are no cooks to be had
for love or money.
Two sons of DR.. Bohannan of Over
ton, were squirrel hunting. The
younger was climbing tree, aud the
other holding him, when the gun was
accidentally discharged, killing the
younger brother.
Graham Leader: An intoxicated pig
was feature of much amusement in
the vicinity of Jetfs saloon few DAYS.
Some mischievous boys poured sew
eral mixed drinks into the brute and
ii didn't get sober until the next day.
About fifteen days since Sister Glenn
ons, of the Catholic sisterhood, mys-
teriously disappeared from New
Braunfels. On Saturday last skee-
ton, that of the missing SITTER, was
found eight miles from town in the
mountains.
In the Justices court at Ell Paso The
case against Ben Green and William
Stoddard, telegraph operators, charged
with stealing iifty dollars from Super
intehdent Brooks, came up for trial on
Monday aud the defendants were both
discharged.
Lampasas Globe: The policy of Mr..
G. A. Ross in the r. b. A. of Waco for
5000, was forfeited 10y the non-pay
nent of an assessment that expired on
the 18th of June, few days before he
committed suicide, the payment of
which would have added s., 600 to the
value of his estate.
The Temple Times publishes twelve
reasons why the county seat should
be removed to Temple The Bolton
Jop1nm also publishes twelve reasons
why the county seat should be located
AT Bolton. Reasons seem TO be ms
plenty as black birds in Bell county.
and grow on both sides of the fence.
Gainesville has an artesan well but
it is played out. 1t is supposed that
200 families pay S33 per year each for
hauling water. The AdGonce makes a
a calculation to show that money
enough is paid for hauling water to
dig numerous artesian wells, or in n
couple OF years to pay for system of
water works.
The hog law was voted on in Smith
county and about five-sixths of the
very small vote polled was in favor of
letting the razor-backS have the free
dom of the woods. 1t only costs about
twice as much as the rooters are worth
to keep them fenced out of the corn
lleldsf but such has been the custom
TOR years and custom cannot be speedl-
~ changed.
The Lacrosse, Iowa d Southwestern
railroads new road from Wisconsin IN
Texas is under headway. 1t rms
from Green Bay, Wisconsin. crosses
the Mississippi at Lacrosse and the
Missouri at st. Joseph, and proceeds
thence to Alligator Head, on the south
west coast of Texas via San Antonio
The road will measure about 1900
miles and is being actively SURVEYED
Hamilton Times: About noon Fri.
day, Rochelle, the only prisoner in the
jail, made his escape by pricing up the
trap door. He had been rather feeble
lot some time and was allowed the
Freedom of the run. around,r and
watcnisg moment when the taller
and his wife were both absent Tor n
few minutes, came down and skinned
going toward the Leon.
lei Paso Lone Star: In El poso
Mexican silver dollars are becoming
much scarcer than formerly. This i
accounted for in the same wav that
we explained the abundance of Nevi.
can nickels in our last issue-the dol.
lar is worth but eighty-iive cents on
ms side, while it can be EXCHANGED
Tor twenty Mexican nickels on the
other side, and the nickels are worth
States.
The Galveston Meas is again apitat.
ing the subject of new bridge across
the bay. The present railroad BRIDGES
are maintained nj cost of $40 600 n
year TO the two railway companies
using them, and in addition have 10
ne renewed every nine years. The
NeWS suggests that permanent rail.
road and wagon bridge is what should
De ouilt and II thinks the railroad COM
panies would be more than willing to
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