Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-08
TEXAS STATE NEWS.


Is good news for the children aud some
grown folks too.
Under the preaching Of Mai. w. ~.
Penn some 20,35G have been converted
in eight years, aud OF this number
GOO were infldels.
a Houston newspaper man Is au'
thority for the report that Congress.
iran Ochiltrec Is going 10 marry Miss
Mnckcy. the bonanza kings daughter.
j. Nussbnum's pasture of 5000 acres,
near Mexia was set on fire last Satnr-
day night and burned entlrely over,
and The fence was cut In several
place..
There ore In Texas ,i53 postoilices
OF all classes. The Highest salaries
paid to postmasters are at Dallas. Gal
weston. Houston and san Antonio
s. O00 each.
.Jack Evans L. said to have received
assurance that he will be appointed 10
fill the vacancy an the federal bench
In the EASTERN district. A man less
acceptable to the people would be hard
TO fad.
Stephensyi!le Empire: We learn
that tue sheep killers have at last he
gun 20 wage war In Erath county. Mr.
Holcomb, ON Bosque, Is tie victim.
No sheep killed but heavy threats
made and the herder slot at.
Waco E,ralaSacr: Evangelist Penn
has commenced meeting at Fort
Worth. This Is better and more re-
spectacle than the Shade Mitchell prize
fight and should console the Fort.
Aud then, too, II Il not every plat Q
that Evangelist Penn hOnors by hold
ing one of his tent campaigns there.
Meridian Biacis: III IL reported that
Col q. w. Jones contemplate. remov.
ing 10 Coryell county and settling on
tract OF land he owns near Copperas
Cove. We will be pleased 10 welcome
him as n neighbpr, and perhaps Gov
crnor Ireland will he equally well
pleased TO receive the announcement
that lac proposes to retire from politics.
Denison Hcrald- Mems. The little
girl, mention of whom we made yes
terdiy ms having been found lost in
the woods, has been returned To her
parents. She had disappeared from
her home the morning Of the day
found, aud though lost she was bu. "A
short distance from her home. IL Is
supposed that eating poisoned berries
had swollen her tongue.
Taylor county Iadcr: The Alison
Bros. aud Lon. Gray sold their cattle,
1850 head. aud $50 saddle lior-cs, 10
Mr.. a. T. Bush, jr., OF Mobile Ala ,
for So, 900. This stock j. Ianched on
Bull creek Borden county, Texas, ate
pretty well graded up, fine saleahle
colots and 10 No herd, and we con-
graf hate Mr. y. on thus securing this
stock.
Be,iviile &aHdayd Henry Log
gins tried and convicted here in 1881
for the murder of Reuben Morris near
Hampstead IN July 1878, and sen
fenced TO the penitentiary for life, was
granted pardon hy the governor
about two weeks ngn. The petition
WAS numernusly signed by citl2tns OF
Waller and Austin counties, also lbs
the presiding Judge and prosecuting
attorney.
Cuero BuRefia: We are reliably in
formed that Bob Elder, who recently
came over here from Karncs county
and snrreudering himself, gave bone
to aDpear IN answer To charge Of thei
Of cattle, has been made u deputy
sheriff Of Karnes county. III will l.,
remembered that the sheriff OF that
county was one OF the several personal
friends who came with Elder at that
time, all heavily armed,
Buruet Buitosja We neglected last
week TO mention u remarkable coin
which Mr.. =, $. Jamlson bought OF F,
little boy the other day, near Hainil
ton creek. 1t Is Of copper alloy, tn
exact size OF an American half dollar
al ,
rom wear and is SO delaced 10y tim
rs TO show but the figures 50 in Oh
center, and the date lll2, with the lei
ter8 'peu' on the edge.
Dcnison Ner0ici- Ncms; Louis s;aun
ders, q photographic, who once Pile
his vocation IN this city, came nea
being Inpbbed In Bonham Il few day
ago FOR undue liberties with l,ttl
girl between ten and eleven years old
But Cor the timely appearance q
friends of the child the wretch woult
doubtless have accomplished his pur
pose, so our informant stated II tool
the officers of the law with drawn pis
tolls 10 save Saunders life.
Bnnham Adfocafe: James .iaetl
cock, u saloon.heeper at Dodd CITY
seven miles east of Bonhau, wac 4sho
and fatally wounued by ED. Dosld,
resident of the same town, last Frida
even u about o'clock, the fatal ,silao
being fired from di-revolver I'll
whole tuwu and surrounding COUNT,
was shocked at the bloody tragedy
but II Ia not n surprise 10 many 4
nodd's most Intimate friends, he ikaS
ing been drinking excessively for tw
years pnst.
Brenham BdHaer Buyers OF cotto
here complain that the ginners /
packing cotton use too nuch waite
The cotton IL MS dry Us n bone, aud tn
water Is used 10 facilitate backing |
order to get more into u bale IN
water HJon cVaporatca, as the wealth,
Us very dry; the consequence Is bal
OF wntered cotton loses fram ten
twenty-five pounds In II few days; n
though 10 all outward appearance
there Is no sign ~ water Il, it.
warehouse KAN says n bale OF cotto
weighed at night lost 1--WE poaads b
next morning.
Austin iStdtoGBluR: THE governor
IL frequent receipt Of letters from pal
ties complaining about tie cuttiIG Q
their iences, and asking for the as, Isl
ance ~ the rangers to prevent deErt
dations. lie says IL would lac about a
easy for live policeuaen OF Austin 4,
protect every citizen hore as for tia
rangers to watch every MANS fence Il
the country. He seat the edjutant
general 10 Hopkins county some tim
ago tn inquire Into iRe iuols of tn