Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-18
TEXAS STATE NEWS.

Mcdonald, the crazy man who re-
Gently murdered his wife in shelby
county, was waited on ut the county
jail where had been confined, bv a
body OF masked men and ridded with
shot.
Cass county Jou1nal. Miss Lucy
NORRIS commenced yesterday to learn
the art OF Typography in the Jou.ptt
Office. y number of large papers are
/ now run almost exclusively by girls ~
typographers.
There Is some talk of substituting
steel for wood in the construction of
passenger coaches for railways. There
is no doubt they will soon be built aud
wooden coaches will be thing OF the
past. All the advantages are said to
be on the side OF steel in cheapness, |
durability and appearance.
a sulphur Springs man went to
Kansas with 06U head of cattle, but u
combination was formed TO force him
to sell ut reduced prices. One drove
in 100 head which he srid out, then
the sulphur Springs man gave out
that he wanted to buy 200 more,
whereat the combination busted and
he cleared IS 900.
Laredo special: In conversation to-
day with parties who live in this city
| just in from Monterey, who claim to
have seen and talked with JEFF Miller
| only few moments before the unior.
tunate occurrence, they said that he
has no one 10 blame but himself; that
he was in the wrong, and the same
tate for such outrageous and lawless
conduct would have befullen him any
where in this country under similar
circumstances,
Colorado Clipper. A gentleman
living in st. Louis and interested in
finding out where Sunday school
superintendent live and have their
being, addressed Il letter of inquiry TO
u leading firm ut Pecos. The reply
was returned in the following words
Dear Sir Your inquiry received
and we beg leave to reply. Sunday
school superintendent are very scarce
10 THIS country. 1T is poor range for
them; cattle do better. There was one
seen about 80 miles down the river
TINS spring, but he got away from the
+, boys. However, il any are captured
in the fall round.ups / shall gladly
notify you &C the fact, and hold il un
til you are heard from.
Palo Pinto Nelc& Some two weeks
ago Il young man DN the name or John
Williams from kaufman county cane
into town, and after taking on Il little
too much Kansas sheep dip, bought n
new suit of clothes, and Went into
the back room of the Cattle Exchange
saloon and changed his clothing and
laid dom and slept awhile; afterwards
he came out and said he had been
robbed of his pocket book containing
one hundred and siXty-tiye doll ars
Since he went away his peck ct, book
has been found lying between two
whisky barrels where ii is supposed he
had laid 1t when he changed his cloth
ing. 1t did not contain the amount of
money he claimed was in it, but had a
ten-dollar bill wrapped around \ piece
OF paper bag.
Luling special. The cause of the
trouble which resulted in the killing
OF Rev. Mr.. Sewell by Lawrence Den.
man, is that Mrs. Denman accused
Sewell of taking improper liberties
with her, some time in July, but
Sewell makes u dying affidavit that he
IS a victim of plot, and that one Rev.
Blair Is the guilty party, and that
Mrs. Denman, influenced by Blair.
has made false statement. The
whole matter has grown out of reli-
gions excitement here, in which Blair
ana Sewell, preachers both, fell out
Sewell succeeded in silencing Blair
nom pr aching, but Blair has made
counter-charges against Sewell, and