Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-12
TExAs STATE NEWS.

Falls county hires her colrvicls out
at ~ 80 per month The contract Zip.
llntcH that every person convicted
who fails 10 pay The iino and costs ns.
scssod within four days after The I'D
iourumcnl OF court, shall work under
4 this contract
sherman CoWiCig There IL n clock
/ Ia town which IL warranted to run 100
/ days without winding. II was started
I yesterday morning. md II what Is
( claimed for u IL true. " viii not have
! to hc wound up nghin uniil Noyem.
! Der It'll, 1891.
Austin ,Hat6mioa Capt. Andrh.
/ wnfthn has received another letter
\ from his long lost son liOul4, written
/ to n gentleman IN Louisville, ~ The
/ party 10 whom II was addressed, Tho
/ rnptnin feels confident Of soon seeing
/ his son, 10 whom he has written 90
/ where tue letter came from, III Geor'
/ gla.
/ Tom Green Eat9yWjsc A lady aud
I gentleman were walking along the
| avenue Tuesday night when the lady
wns insullcd by II man, whcroupon
her escort picked up piece % wood
Tint was laying on the street and
struck tho nun blow that folled him
60 lhc ground where no lny Ia al un-
conscious state for snyclal hours.
Tax assessofs are now allowed for A.
scasing property The following fees ::
ON sums OF two millions or lcas, five
cents on each hundred dollars worth
Of property assessed on all suns over
five million dollars. two cents. Two.
thirds Of the above Is TO be paid by the
state and onc.third by thS county.
The assessor Also gets 1--we cents for
each poll TINT ~ assessed.
Lnmpasas G2obc. Last week M the
passenger train Of The Santa Fc under
Conductor McCarty was coming from
Fort Worth south of McGregor. the
prairie was discovered 10 bc on llfc,
ard The fencing enclosing n large pms
turo wns IN dpnRcr Of being destroyed.
Mr. McCary stopped his train aud
backed up to the lire, aud With water
from his tank put out the fire. Such
conduct deserves notice.
Seymour CrcsgeG Prairie nrca con
tinue To illumiuc the western tky
from night to night. Whether THOSE
lirca nrc The result Of accident, care.
lessness or design Tho starvation effects
upon cattle during the winter months
viii be the same. Prairie burning and
wire fence cutting are doing grcnt
damage 10 ctr country at present
Parties coming to buy hand look dis.
pnrhglngly at the situation.
/ Richmond NutjoHi In tho edge Of
/ West Columbia llazolin county,
stands The first state house that Texas
4 ever had. II IA ali old dclopidnlcd,
! two-stofy frame house and has been
inhabited BY negroes for ihe past few
years, but ~ now empty and mtt 70.
Ing 20 decay, In It was held the hrst
congress- OF tho republic Of Texas and
where the hero pioneers Of those tur.
/ hulent times met, aud under the lead
crship of sam Houston formed the
laws that were to govern the people.
Comnnehc OiCf; The mystpr.ous
rumbllug head iasi week, Ia still dias
turbing The minds oi the people. IN
brownwood the sounds seemed 10
come from Baird, and tho Bftaacr
says IL wac like the sullcu roar OF M.
tillety.h Some think there ian slunl.
boring volcano somew Nrre IN this soc.
ton, while others think the sound
comes from the terrible volcanic erup.
| lions Oh the Island of layn, but tic
latter theory Is very improbable. An
eruption so violent as this, would hr
crcp ion from centre To circunlipr.
cnco
/ The sad storyof the suicide of two
/ sixteen year'uld lovers comes from
! Brownsville, this state, They lied
| themselves together, plunged Into the
I YEN river and were drowned. locked
| IN each othcrs arms Louis Forna,.
/ uoh the boy, was ola family we'll on
nud hts uuule would not lot linn MIR.
! ny Carmen liia, thcdaugh,cr OF n uoor
/ iahoret, The night They disapnrnrpd.
\ search was nude aud their hints found
/ on llr river containing II note usl,tnp
/ thnt they o. buried Together. Tho
| mother OF tn" pirl, who was present
on learning tho news, sprnng into Tho
ilVcr Ia rise no more. ThuhDdiea wrro
MI recovered aud buried sldc hy side.
ToSorkana Nctes; Conductor ".
Y, .,hnsnn, of the rmhsoontinentnl
lohu iii'a heon subjected to morliry.
ing experience thfough the malice or
ValeiosSl,oss oi sonlp individual who
started the report that Cullen Norrla
accused INC conductor OF having
Kicked him of n train, Morris dl,d
rom injuries received by jumping
nom the ttnln, aud MIR. Gnnson wns
arrested on the reported accusation of
the deceased, brought back to rexnr.
Kama, where thc state not being rrndv
Tor trial he gave bond TO npptur vps.
torihy, Tho ease was called slnply ia
be dismissed for want OF tho sliuhIeat
evidence To- throw a shadow OF slsnin.
Ion upon hiu,
Brcckinridge Tri0n .Insnpr sin.
son reports u singular tightithat n,
witnessed Ia the country hrtvenn n
ooarhwhip snake aud u wood rat. Ills
attention was first attracted hy hear.
NV ~ strange Noise Ia the weeds.
Whloh no discovered to be- emanntlnr
nom nyoung RAJ which large snake
was attempting 10 swallow tale foro.
most Tho little rats cries OF ,lstteaa
brought The old mother rat 10 Tia res.
cue, bnd she Just caught the snnk,,n
la'l IN her teeth aud went 10 chewlnv
on " 80 vigorously that he threw M
'he young RAJ aud ran, Tho mi
hWnnH To his tail until he nnaaed
thtoNRl ftncn crack TINT wna tnn
H'lihl ! TO adult her body and her hold
was torn loose,
Austin MdfcspimE James Milan a
inlmet living about twelve miles fron, /
ilils pliy was telling u S5otfsg,aa ron.
lvsHnlhliNe yesterday OF Il singular rnt
WhiVh hiA little daughter Emun haI
lhilvd' The rnt was caught whnn a 4
wac very young and raised nv liza M, .
We klrl ~ pct, II ia tame and Mag.
'ul ah Kitten, aud little E,n.,. ~.