Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-30
TEXAS STATE NEWS.

There has been no fence cutting in
Eastland county.
The ribbon cane crop Of East Texas
is almost a failure ON account of the
long drouth.
San Antonio will be in the midst OF
her Noolksfest festivities before the
close of the week.
Reece Hughes has instituted suit in
the federal court at Jefferson for the
snug sum Of S3,0O0,0O0.
The Lampasas street railway is
graded TO Hancock springs, and the
iron will be laid as soon as received.
Since the recent rains out west cal
tie are looking better, and there is q
much better feeling among the stock
men.
Rev. Clark Braden, who has just
finished his Texas tour against infidel-
ity, will go to Kansas and tackle Nor
IN onism.
The Austin highwayman has been
heard from once more. An old gentle
man named Gintszki was stopped a
few days ago near Bee Springs and
toooeu OF 80.
Capt. Roach of Austin had game
cock training for the cooking main,
but an envious hawk swooped down
on the poultry yard and made a break
fast off the celebrated rooster.
Palestine merchants complain that
while Tyler can ship cotton
to Galveston at $3.50 per bale,
they have TO pay $3.50,
which discrimination is almost ruin
ing the trade of their city.
a little eight year-old boy, son of
Captain Pat Morris living near
near Station creek, in Coryell county
while playing a few days ago, near a
well seven or eight feet deep, which
had a lot of burning trash in it, acct
IDENTIFY fell in, and before he could be
rescued was severely burned and died
in two days after.
Near Atlanta, Dir. Jeter ATTEMPTED
to cross the railroad track lust as a
train was coming along, but his horse
got one foot hung and fell on the doc
tor. He succeeded in getting out
without being hurt, but the horse was
still fast. The engineer succeeded i'm
stopping the engine within few feet
of the horse and with crow-bar re.
leased him.
At Atlanta, on Friday evening cash
Ter OF the Cass county bank, locked his
vault, on which had been placed a new
tine lock. Saturday morning at the
hour for opening it failed to open and
Philip was locked out. But by Mon
day morning he had made arrange
ments and Is now going ahead with
business although the lock still refuses
to work.
James Johnson, "the man from
Bitter creek, y was in Sweetwater last
week and informed the local editor
that he lost thirty-two head of sheen
the week before by waterspout. The
sheep began to chill in the pen and on
being turned out, instead of going
down into the canyon they ran IN on
the hill and were chilled. They had
just been shearcd.
Last Thursday night young man
named Tom Stripes, living on Sims
creek in Lampasas county, LETT home
to be gone only an hour or two. Not
returning, search was made by the
neighbors, and on Sunday night they
found his remains, eight miles from
where he lived, near Castle Peak i'm
Hamilton county, with rope around
his neck, and his head crushed. No
clue to the murderers or the cause that
led TO it, rs he was peaceable law
abiding citizen.
Kimble county contains modern
arcadia. Twenty-siX families live in
a delightful valley, the fertile and
klnd sol! of which furnishes great
abundance of luXuriance the fruits of
The earth. Milk and honey, and every
thing else that is good, abound, Like
the ancient prototype, it is the land
OF peace, simple pleasures and un-
troubled quiet. A civil magistrate
lives IN its midst and fourteen long
years he has borne the honors of his
office. In all this time not one single
SUIT, civil or criminal, has been brought
To his notice. All is peace, content
lnent and happiness.
While the sheriff of Packer county
was conveying John Dixon, arrested
for murder in Bosque county four
years ago, to Jail, the prisoner, though
shackled, made a break for libprtv
Ii was after night and he iumpsd
trom his horse and ran into n Greet,
bottom, After n long and vain search
1t was agreed to set fire to the woods
around the place where Dixon WAS
known To be. The plan worked r@.
marlSably we'll and Dixon tlnding
hlnisolf in closer quarters there than
he had believed, concluded 10 surran-
der, after which his hands were tied
behind him End feet tied under I'LL
horse lie is now in Jail.
Hon. Dick Allen, coIored, is of onin.
ION that the railroads are responsibla |
Tor the present race troubles In this
state, aud that the negroes are sore he.
cause they are not permitted to ride In
ihe same cars reserved for the whites /
Rev, j. A, Cutchiield OF Marvsyille |
cooke county, says that nearly M tho |
wire fences from st. 10. TO lIontapua
ave been clit--eyen DR.. Eldridgeis /
lltle enclosure for the benefit ofbis I
PATIENTS teams has been literally emf /
. pieces. similar reports came from
Inherent parts of tire county. Rohert
ohnson's fence, west OF st. Ia wos
AT twice and coffin fastened a. the
ance the second time Ii was cut. Ills
orse was backed into his stock we'll
nd Killed, supposed % be the work of
he came parties.