Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-28
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white mani" but when he left town
he had no money to carry with him,
as he had bought muchee blanket and
Calico Mar be so Indian come back
to- Graham get more money"
Coleman Voice: There is considera-
BILE complaint of drought in Mitchell
county. We have seen that whole up-
per Colorado and Braz,s country when
there was not grass enough on fifty
square miles TO make an antcloues
supper But that don't signify that Ii
Will ever be so again, for we have seen
I'll Paso go ten years without good
rain, but now since the Yankees have
got a foothold there 1t rains every year
or so.
Bracket Nc,os: Last Saturday even
! Ing about six o'clock our community
was shocked by the news that Sarah
Sheedy, n little girl fourteen years old
living with Mr.. Philip Palmer's family
had shot herself. 1t is certainly sad
and melancholy affair, and more so on
account OF the extreme youth of the
deceased. The cause she had for de-
stroying herself is a mystery TO all, for
she had n home. was well and kindly
treated by Mr.. Palmer and the family.
and seemingly was well pleased and
contented.
Marlin Boil: We have been shown
a letter to Mr.. j. =. Parker from Mr..
b. +. Smoot, who left Marlin last win
ter for Florida, locating at Lake Weir,
where he purchased thirty acres Of
poor land for 800, and has it in culti-
walton. He planted l 800 orange trees.
and fifteen of them will bear next
year. He has planted 200 banana
plants. Mr.. Smoot is elated with his
prospects, and has already been offered
81 $40 for his place. The profits from
orange growing is immense.
Terrell Times: Alexander Shaw, n
negro man now confined in the Kauf-
man Jail, is charged with the heinous
offence of attempted rape. The deed
was attempted on an orphan white
| girl last week named eagle. In fact
the brute had made three such at
tempts upon tho same girl. and was
! driven away the last time by several
Intellectual shots fir d b. her brother-
in-law. Miss eagle is only sixteen
years old, and shaw is almost an idiot,
| He has been living on Uncle Geo.
Paschall's farm, and was looked upon
! by that old gentleman as II fit subject
for the asylum.
Denton Monitor: Terrell offers 20
acres of land and a cash bonus of s.,
coo; Weatheriord offers all the land
desired from 20 up to go acres, but no
cash; Denison offers 20 acres of land
and liberal cash donation; Gaines
vile offers 80 acres of land and from
5000 to 100000; Dallas offers 20 acres
OF land, and Cleburne too is candi-
date for the location of the North Texas
Episcopal Female College. The offers
from the named towns are in shape o!
donations from private citizens
Bishop Garrett says that the place pie
senting the best facilities for sHcces.
of the institution and for the general
welfare of the pupils and others con
nected with it, will be the place Sc
lected for the location.
Terrell Times Last Tuesdays Dial
las Hernid gave "A fearful report of nj
. fairs in Terrell. Four hundred negr,
, men in arms, II large number of mel
gone to kaufman to hang negro, TIL
city marshal's- blood demanded, etc
l all of which stuff is without shade,
of fact. The truth is, and we hay
made diligent inquiry, of persons iron
Terrell, that nothing of the kind oC
=, Cured, and that the city on Monda
2 Hlpllt WIS dS SeTcuc utiucT tue WdutU
moons light as a forest in some rur,
neighborhood. 1t is astonishing no,
ridiculous rumors can fly, and ho'
e they are augmented in their passag,
e We doubt if four hundred negroe
could be mustered in all of Kaufma
county, and feel sure there is as littl
y DANCES ola riot rs it is possible to cor
l. ceive. AS matter of fact. no san
man in the county entertainS the II
hottest fears of organized negro mob
the paucity of the race making such
hypothesis utterly ridiculous.