Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-12
TEXAS STATE NEWS.

FL RSso i ia the thrues Of 4 lively
nuastlpai G tction. sud candidates
and ISSUES are treated bv the local
INA nais in true Western style.
The w2cn wafer company has shut
cfr the water from the public stock
ir,sggias Ia that city on account of some
disagreement sboat payment ~ dues
av the Coupcil-
Csanty Judge Gerald has Issued a
uroclaaasina ordering an election io
&c held nt II Auxu-t foF rattle and hide
IFS. eeynF ard pablis wts-ier of Ac-
Lehman county
Houston .i.go The Waco Examiner
thinks iha t4lipF pscduet Of the state
university Mil lie lawyers. That ihe
state -Bbeld use several million q dol
lsrs ia The manufacture of yoang law
ger. ! good it;ea
Paris DrGg Prcss The head OF cab
tage whirh took The premium for
Capt. J. +. Roberts, Il the h9rgicul
,ural fair. WAS indeed whopper II
would MI large size wafer bucket and
weighed sixteen pounds dressed.
List SUNDAY at Galveston Prof
B2ldwin, 4 tight rope performer, gave
8 practical illustration OF the exeeu-
,iou % Cone by hanging Il nIself ia
the presence 81 a large and enthusiast
tic audience. The ladies especially
apPlanded.
The Sabine bridge near Mincola is
nearing completion. III will be twenty
seven hundred yards long, with four
switches for wagons 10 Dass each other
r M f.ft 60 .f IL
above the lIigh-water mark. The esti-
mated cost il sl2 90.
Gainesville Reporfer. II Is related
that Mrs. Cannon on the very night.
and at the very hour her husband. c.
&. Cannon. was shot. dreamed how.
when and where the act occurred and
saw the blood Sue related her dream
10 Grandma" Cannon in the morn
ing.
Judge Charles Haughn Of Jefferson.
q few days before he was assassinated.
made application To the Cooperative
Insurance Company of Waco for
policy Of s. 400. aud paid the necessary
fees The policy was issued, and the
next day after his death was received
by his wife.
Tico Ldrcdos: In support Of the re-
roIt Of the commissioner of statistics.
in which he says cotton is of perennial
growth in Webb county. Mr.. A. l..
McLane showed us. day or two ago.
II boil of cotton which grew OF a stalk
which has been in his garden for four
succt ssive years.
The religious and benevolent asso-
eiiat'on-J. ID. SlIaw's society-are
about to lay the foundation for brick
on Washington street, directly
Opposite the structure now being built
for the Northern Mefhodis's. Its s. at
Ing capacity will be 40. Twentv-nire
hundred dollars have been received for
the work, some Of which has come
from parties outside of Waco.
Jefferson Wide 4,rake: Peter
W right, calored individual. went
into the telegraph Office in This city
the morning after Judge Hauehn's
assassination 1ith message i'm his
band, asking that United States troops
be Immediately sent to Jefferson. To
whom this message WAS directed we
10 not know. However. il was not
az the young fellow did
not have money enough 10 nav the
operator for the work.
Mason Nl,cs: Sam Garner informs
Us that he, with several other gentle
men, made q trip TO The Llano river
one day last week on a fishing exDedl-
ton. y short distance from The river
they came to pond Of water abu.
ten feet square. AZ they approached
The, pond, they noticed moccasin
snake coming out OF The water with
a9la!l iish in its mouth immediately
after cane others in pursuit. and In /
ten minutes they kille'i seventeen WA (
ter inocca-ins that came out of that
small body OF water.
since the completion OF the Texas
ana Pacific road To Colorado Civ in z
May, ISL, there have been shioped
rom that and adjacent stations east
ma west, upward OF ,00J car loads Of
Jones to the various phosphate fac.
"fits. What Go g"tha The vision
I HE prophet in the valley OF dry 1
lo'l' might find its modern counter. (
part there. Bieached in the sun. worn
~ the silent attrition of natures 4
orces, gnawed by The rodents of the 5
they have lain undisturbed far
lses until the utilizing hand OF man
Las gathered them up.
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