Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-16
TEXAS STATE NEWS.


Major Penn's camp meeting near
Cameron begins on Friday, 10th Of
July. His tent is now spread for sim
ners at Burton.
Mckinney Enquirer: On Monday
night last, twin boys, about ten months
old, children of u man named Cid
dings, living near Rhea's mills, were
taken sick unexpectedly, and died in
twenty minutes of each other.
A man 10y the name of Wills, living
near. Martindalc, Caldwell county,
shot himself In the act of shooting
beef. The ball struck the beef in the
head and rebounded and struck him
in the shoulder, inflcting painful
wound. The beef was not hurt from
theshot.
The San Antonio Times. John La
man died last winter in the poor-house,
u supposed pauper, but it was after
ward. discovered that he had $500 in
the bank. The county authorities pro-
pose to lay claim to an amount suili-
cient to pay the mans board.
Nolan County Record: The recent
rains have put the COW and sheep men
in the best OF spirits. Beef gathering
will begin early next month. Sweet
water will loom up and the yell of the
festiveeow-boy will be heard in the
air and shellels will be numerous.
Mrs. Ninia Galley, lady sixty-five
years of age, who lives near Danger
field, has recently made n bed quilt
containing six thousand four humid
dred and forty-eight pieces, at cost of
only fifty cepts for material. She
challenges any lady in Texas, young
or old, to beat IT,
San Antonio Times : A crank called
at milliner's establishment on Com
merce street the other day, and asked
the ladies to trim up Il large white
"sombreron or felt hat he wore At
his request some white ostrich feathers
! and roses were put on the hat and he
left wearing his odd headgear down
the street in triumph.
Sherman Courier: The house and
yard dogs were nearly all poisoned q
few weeks ago by some unknown par
ties, and we predicted at the time that
burglars raid would follow it. No
doubt the same parties are at the bot
tom of the late poisoning of dogs in
Denison, and have fallen back here to
work this place before they finish up
in that quarter.
7 NdlllSltl +IItJfttN. ~ ucH Will uN-
! drophobia was loose on the streets and
I all over town from one end of it to the
/ other last Tuesday, Tuesday night and
/ Wednesday, Swapping and biting other
| dogs every few minutes. There can
/ be no doubt but that at least fifteen or
I twenty dogs have teen bitten, parties
! having seen the dog bite six of them,
and he was fighting among them all
one night and part of two days.
Captain Glynn Turquand, the cap
tain ana umpire of the Texas polo club
/ at San Antonio, states that the object
of the club IS TO popularize game
which he is satisfied is admirably suit
ed to the taste and ability of Texas
! He is therefore much gratified ut the
! popularity which polo has gained aud
is still gaining in the Lone Star state.
The game is briefly described as "shin-
ny on horseback
Sherman Courier. The son Of James
| Hollingsworth Of White Mound, re-
/ ported yesterday as suffering from by
i drophobia, died night before last in
terrible agony. His sufferings were
like all victims of that fearful disease,
battling the etiors of science for his re-
lief and ended in y death of horrible
agony. Several other children Were
| bitten by the same dog about the same
4 time, THAT is seventeen months ago.,
and The anxiety of parents and friends
for the safety of others is narrowing in
the extreme