Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-06-15

Lewis in the road and asked his name
and, when being told what it was, shot
him in the left side. The ball glanced
and did no damage. 1t is not known
who the men were. Sheriff Beck left
early this morning and ia now after
the criminals.
Special.
MCKINNEY, Ten, June IS This
county has on her most beautiful robes
now but the reapers are fast divesting
her Of them. Your correspondent has
been in Texas long time but has
never seen such crops OF grain on the
ground before. Reapers are to be seen
In every field where they have not al
ready done their work. Some fields
Of grain have been badly tangled by
the winds but the reapers get through
them in some shape. Wheat is excel
lent, oats fair and corn very promis-
ing.
Cotton does rot look so very well.
There is much complaint of the raw
ages OF the web.worm. One substan-
tial farmer told us at Plano that one
week ago he had as promising field
Of cotton "a he ever had in his life and
he had 1t all nicely chopped out to a
perfect stand. Now he says there Is
scarcely q stalk to be seen on ten acres
of 1t and he expects the entire field to
go the same way. Other farmers
make q similar report. They say II Is
not too late to replant, but the web
worm is usually followed by the bowl
worm so that the outlook for the cot
ton crop is nothing to boast Of. There
has been rather too much rain through
this county for cotton any way. Still
If the worms cease their ravages and
the rains hold up there is plenty Of
time for cotton to retrieve itself and
make splendid crop after all.
The towns along the line of the
Houston Il Texas Central between
Dallas and Denison look TO be very
flourishing and prosperous. They are
In the very heart of Texas. The soil
is very rich, and 1t is nearly all in Gull
! tivatiOn. There are very few pasture
lords through this country. The own
ers of the soil are the tillers OF 1t, and
they generally live at home and sleep
at the same place. 1t Ia too late for
to the detriment OF this coun-
try. Only a few years sgo
! this was an open country and ii was
| Tree kEhsS, Oub uOW Az Is oWdCO--upJ
leased-by actual bona fide settlers
and pours more revenue into the
Golfers OF the state than all North
western Texas could or would under
the leasing theory in the next hundred
years.
The people through this country
| speak we'll Of Fort Worth and express
an earnest desire to be connected with
her by rail. AS soon as the Waxa-
hachie road Ia completed
these people want the Fort
| Wortbites to turn their atten-
ton this way before their railroad
| fever abates. They want ''on 10 Paris
by way OF Mckinney" to be their
next scheme. Wouldn't that be a
grand scheme
People along this line seem delight
| ed to learn that arrangements have
J been effected whereby they can get
/ THE GAZETTE on the day of publlca'
ton
Fifteen years ago we used to know
Mckinney pretty well, but we find
1 very little here now that we recognize.
Her progress, in comparison with some
other towns, has been slow but very
substantial.
A magnificent courthouse orDa-
ments her public square, and elegant
two and three-story brick business
houses border it on every side, and are
all occupied, and to the casual observer
seem to be doing a good business.
4 Mckinney is as solid as old cheese.