Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-04
TEXAS STATE NEWS.

Henderson Times: Hugh Mitchell
has protested religion and joined the
church, and there are some irreverent
people in favor of killing Hugh now
while he is good so as to make sure of
him.
Sherman Courier: A party of NOV
ers camped near Bells Wednesday
and turned their horses out to Craze
during the night. While they were
asleep, a passing train ran over and
killed three out of the foar horses be-
longing to the party.
Tom Green Times: San Angela is
TO have cheap ice at last. a company
has been formed and good deal of
stock already taken. The advertise
ment appears iii another column. The
machinery will be here before long
and everything will be pushed for
ward as fast as possible.
Henderson Times: Old man Ruren-
berger of Overton went out to the pub
lie well to get bucket of water, about
ten o'clock at night, and some fiend
in human shape struck him with
brick on the head, making a very
serious and nearly fatal wound. 1t
was thought at first that he would
die but he is getting better.
The San Antonio Times says that
the Frank Evans combination will
| play this season a drama written by
Mrs. Paul Bremond of Houston, and
that Paul Bremond will manage the
company. This is placing the pioneer
railroad builder of Texas and the sole
owner of the Houston, East and West
! Texas in new role.
Seymour Cresset: A noise as of dis
tant thunder was heard in the north
west at different times between ten
o'clock a. m. aud two O'Clock p. nj. on
Monday the 9th. a rumor came in
later that it was the report OF cannons,
there being an engagement on the
Pease river of United States troops
with / 400 Comanche Indians.
The San Antonio Times thus de-
scribes fight between two men named
Carr and Bell: "Senator Houston
stepped between the pugilists during
the fight to separate them. and re-
ceived u blow on the neck from Mr..
| Carr, intended for Bell and blow in
the eye from Mr.. Bell intended for
Mr.. Carr. This rather knocked the
senator out of time"
Hubbard City NoUS: On last Satur
day some movers passing through
town had with them small animal
which looked like it might be cross
between a common house cat and Il
raccoon. They said it had been caught
in Callahan county, and was called Il
civet cat. 1t emitted no smell of any
kind and seemed perfectly tame. 1t
had ringed tail like the raccoon. but
much longer, q head like cat in
Shape. and its claws were sheathed
like Il cats
Waco Examiner: Yesterday
afternoon Major Moran, the pro-
prietor of the Waco farm, while un-
der the influence of the ardent, gave
the public an exhibition of his ability
to kill chickens. He had bought some
chickens and placed them in his bug
gy when one escaped. He caught it
and pulling its head off in front of
HorZ's tobacco store, placed the bleed
ing neck into his mouth, with the re-
mark that he would show Waco what
sort of a ran he was. When he had
sucked the blood out of the chicken
he drove off toward home. Major
Moran is II character that, take him
in all, we shall not look upon his like
again."
Marln Ban: One of the growing
monopolistic enterprises in this state
Is what is known NJ the Texas Cotton
Seed association, recently formed for
the purpose of regulating and controll-
ing the cotton seed traffic. All the
cotton seed oil mills have joined the
association and pledged themselves to
abide by the prices fixed by the associ-
alton, thus cutting off all competition.
The ruling price for seed has been
placed ut So per ton, and when the inn
mense profits made by the mills are
taken into consideration, it will be
seen that the price paid the farmer for
HIS seed il very low. The mills can
well afford to pay $40 per ton and reap
a good profit
Henrietta Shield; Saturday night
about one O'clock u large body OF
armed men, variously estimated at $50
to POO called Mt Mr. McElroy's house
aud after awaking him told him they
were informed he had announced his
intention of shooting anyone seen CUT
ting the pasture wires in his vicinity.
That they were wire-cutters, and Ii he
was prepared the shooting would be-
gin Immediately. That they intended
TO cut the wire of Cobb's pasture. run
ming by Antelope and that while they
preferred peace they were prepared for
WARRIOR the wire fences must go.
They cut about one mile and half of
wire on Cobb's pasture in the vicinity
of Antelope and disappeared.