Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-14
TEXAS STATE MEMS.

caring LOT the snlhli-poN patients Will
reach fifteen hundred dollars. exclud-
ing those that have been aud will be
rejected.
One hundred and ten thousand acres
OF land in q e disputed territory Of
of Greer county have been located
under Texas veteran certificates. The
next question is whether Texas will
patent the locations, and then will the
United States yield its claims to the
territory in dispute?
Prof. w. II. Foute. of Houston, son
OF Judge Foute. OF sherman, has been
unanimously elected superintendent
of the public schools at Houston,
Texas. This is the third election for
him to this important position, and is
highly complimentary to his scholar
ship and administrative ability.
Temple IriLune: The eighth anui
versiry meeting OF the Association of
Freethinkers OF Bell county, Texas,
will be held in the city of Temple, the
third Saturday and Sunday of this
month, August. Mr.. j. ID. Shaw II
Waco, and will deliver course of lee
tures and the meeting will be ad
dressed by other gentlemen.
jefferson IJjde-AWdke: Dynamite
fishing has been introduced into our
bayous and lakes. and with results that
must, ii persisted in, prove disastrous
to the tinny tribe and 10 the fish mar
ket. Laws ha e been enacted to pro-
| tect the inhabitants of our Texas
/ streams, but, strange to say, dynamite
as means of catching fish has escaped
the watchtul eye of our Legislature.
ii.
about twenty cases have been reported
for selling last Sunday. Among them
are dry goods, groceries, saloons and
vegetable and fruit dealers. The en-
forcement of the Sunday law in our
city is falling pretty heavy on some OF
our small dealers, and the end is not
yet. Whether or not the enforcement
will continue or become obniXious to
the people remains to be seen.
iSHmmeyuWe County Reporter. There
is fine opening in Glenrose for good
lawyer The county attorneyship is
which, alone, would pay the
right man handsomely. A spirited
young man OF the proper calibre and
Of moral habits, who will throw his
whole weight, talent and influence il
favor of morality, law and order
|
, handsome living in the practice OF law
here.
San lntonio Ljght: Mr.. Sam Der
liner was yesterday the victim of an
other daring robbery at his house, 80
: San Pedro avenue. 1t appears Mr.
! Berliner felt tired and went to sleep il
II back room of the house, placing hi
pants under his head. The legs OF til
\ Y .l.,,t
: ground The robb:r made his en-
trance through back door leadin,
into the room in which Mr.. Berline
', slept. He seized the pants, and jus
j rs he got of Mr.. Berliner awolle, bu
$ too late To do any good. His boot,
consists OF $500, valuable gold watcl
:, and q bunch of keys.
Gainesville Hesperian: Charlie,
sharp, living near Mountain Springs
IN the southern part OF this county
, was arrested and jailed few days ag
v on IA complaint of abusing his chi
J dren. lie seems To be II hard-hearte
l. creature. He is Il widower and has fiv
s. children ranging in age from fiftee
Is years downward toward whom he Ina
e shown an oyerbearng, brutal dispos
~ ton, His little ten year-old daughte,
y A'AA'iNt NFl'NN'"i'y Ns'ii't III lbi u SIlult I
IS his diaboism, having been beaten in
If shameful manner till her back was a
y checkered in black and blue from hi
- heavy brutal strokes.
Henrietta .Shield' We regret to no,
y the accidental shooting of Smith, tn
es little ten-year-old son of Mr.. r.. Dav
). son. AS near ~ we can learn, two ,
- MIR. Dawson's children and sever,
- nniu IN Enr l,nyS ,,In 4.
d old pistol Tuesday morning, and aft,
V discharging 1t several times Smit
il went 10 shoot the pistol into the ali
= He raised 1t and pulled the trigger ,
u the same time, and the ball entered h
o forehead and ranged back and nearl
Is tore the top of his head of. Mr.. Dav
/. son, who was In town, and hearing I'll
, sad news Tuesday night, hastene
Il home, only to find it too true.
II Sherman Courier. Tuesday la,
r during the rain-storm man name
Is frankie, living at Bells, was passin
4 out of his door, and when lie steppe
y on the piazza in front current ,
es electricity passed through the roo
e. struck him ON the shoulder and breas
10 ran down one leg and out through III
- sole of his shoe to the water on ii
~ floor, when the trace of il disappeare,
II His clothing was torn To shreds. A
of eye witness who soon reached IL
I'd PROSTATE man says they carried hi
- 10 the yard and let the pelting raj
" fall upon him for II few minutes, an
he that in short time he was able
r. speak, and soon recovered from IL
M shock. His side and leg were streake
with bright red traces. where the flu
passed over the flesh. with shal
as angles and curves in perfect miniatu
n of the electric flashes that we see rivir
/ the storm clouds above us, and presei
:, wonderful picture indeed. He
~ now fully recovered from the shoe
NJ and is perhaps the only man livir
at whose body has served the purpose
a conductor of lightning and lived
i, relate his experience.