Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-11
TEXAS STATE NEWS.

Gently sold Tor SoV,oVJ Wete oheiSV III
1859 for $50
The Stuttz dramatic company is
booked for all the smaller towns OF
Texas for the next season.
Major Penn's camp-meeting tent
was stretched ut Burton last Monday.
II is about half u mile from the
depot.
The colored Baptists are to have a
grand convention at Waco on the 18th
! Instant IL Is expected that 1000 OF
them will be present.
u. b. Hestand, Of Derden, Hill
I county, who was struck by lightning
/ six weeks ago, is slowly recovering.
! He can walk across the room now.
A force of about fifteen men arc en-
gagged in putting up the telephone
! posts and wire between WaXahachie
\ and Cieburne. They advance ut the
\ rate of about two miles per day, and
viii probably reach Midlothian this
week.
Brenham Banner. Mr.. Cunning
/ ham, OF Huntsville, was here n day or
two ago looking for pricklaycrs. He
offered S4. per day aud promised
steady work for six or seven months.
/ So far as we can learn he did not get
any to leave here.
The Mineral Wells san says the OBJ
! ject of the rowdies who attempted TO
burn the calaboose in that city re-
Gently was to destroy the city govern
ment that they might run riot over
/ the citizens OF the place, and thus in
augurate u perfect reign of terror and
establish regular siX-shooter govern
ment.
Lampasas Globe. A poor fellow
yesterday applied to DIR. Rainsdell for
| relief. Examination disclosed the fact
that lie was being literally devonred
alive by screw worms. They were
promptly removed, and the terrible
wounds dressed as we'll as possible
How he came by them he does not
! know.
1 There is a family in Rusk county,
near Henderson, consisting Of two
brothers and two sisters, whose ages
IRE MS follows: Mrs. Lloyd, 06: Mrs.
/ Melton, 81; Taylor Brown, So; and
Frank Brown SO; the average age be-
ing 81 years. We doubt very much
/ whether there can be found in the
United States another family of four
that will equal this one in longevity.
Last week was what the Vernon
Guard calls a red-letter week for TRACE
dies in that town. Two street fights
occurred, in which Billy Druer was
killed and George Williams and
Charley Justin severely wounded, all
respectable young men. In addition
to the above, somebody sent II bullet
crashing through the door of the edit
or's sanctum, but he was absent at the
time-or soon after.
Waco Examiner: Caldwell d For
rest, apiarists, Falls county, says the
honey crop is Il failure this year with
them and the same reports throughout
the country. Out of an expected yie!d
Of $4,000 pounds they get only 1000.
Mr.. &. has been in the business five
years and this is the first year he has
fallen under f y pounds to the colony
OF eX tracted honey. Last year he OBJ
tanned one hundred pounds to the
colony.
Waxah ltchie Enter, or'se.. Abo /
four weeks ago little daughter 81 NJ t.
w. II. Powell! who resides nelr Mid
lothian, was bitten 10y Il mad dog. The
same dog bit two COWS and
another dog The dog and one
COW went mad short time after
4 ward. Last Sunday the other COW
went mad and was killed. Mr.. Powell
| applied the maidstone to his daughters
arm at Dallas. but says it did not stick.
He, of course, is very uneasy about
her, but as yet no symptoms of hydro
phobia have appeared.
Lampasas Gtobe! The city council
yesterday awarded the contract TO.
building the water-works of our
thriving city to Mr.. j. If. Cole. He
comes to us well recommended, having
just completed u contract for ma
tchinery at the water works at Austin.
4 The water is to come from the springs
on Buresou creek, about one and one
. halflnil.s north of the public square.
This is pure freestone water, and Ut
once obviates the many objections that
have been thrown in The way Of this
enterprise of taking water from Sui
phur creek.
Hilsboro Mirror About ten years
ago l.emmie Moore, son of Mr. and
, Mrs. Jerry Moore. of this county, was
visiting Il neighboring mate, Felix
Iollicofier, when the latter gave hin
n goose egg. Lenmie carried 1t home
, in his hand, aud his mother placed il
under a hen, and proving well, brought
the anxious boy u little gosling. IA,
afterwards sold the goose Tor MY
cents, with which he bought n turkey
Then, that in process of time raised hin
sixteen turkeys. These he sold in Cor
sicana for sufficient amount Of money
to buy COW. Attention to and sue
, cess with the COW places Lemmie a
p the present time owner of twenty-on'
j head of cows and calves, besides hay
. lg sold four head in the meantime
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