Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-16
TEXAS NOTES.

Arson, the COuDLY-heht OF JUued
county, has about 500 Inhabitants.
A TexArkana widow will shortly be-
come "Welcomen at the hymeneal
altar.
At a negro dance in Mckinney one
man was shot in the leg and several
others badly scared.
Will r. Blythe, Jr., hss taken charge
OF the editorial department Of the Sui
phur Springs Gazette.
Denison newspapers claim that the
next census will show that the poDu'
lation Of that city nov exceeds 10 600.
According to the Whitesboro News
party visited It's office to interview"
the editor and was thrown down the
back stairs.
The Post declares that It does not
question the honesty OF any Of Den.
toms officers, but complains Of four Jail
deliveries and half dozen fires.
Montague county farmers are jubi-
liant over the prospects of the coming
wheat crop, which they think will
be the largest ever known there.
The Temple Times Is responsible for
the statement that the recent cold
spell made muleys of all the gentle
men goats In San Angela county.
Mckinney claims to possess q tele-
phone lineman vino stands flat-footed
and fixes the wires on the tallest poles.
The Black Waxy is responsible for
this.
Mineola is endeavorlngj 10 suppress
the sale OF whisky. A strong petition
has been sent TO the legislature praying
that prohibition be submitted to the
people.
Tramps have been burglarizlng the
New Hope school-houses and are
threatened with an old-fashioned
blackjacking by Judge Lynch II
caught.
Five hundred elegant invitations
have been issued for the grand Purim
bali at Houston on the Sd of March,
under the auspices of the Isrselites OF
that city.
The elegant residence of Mr.. $. T..
Watson at Pecan Point, near Clarks.
vile, was entirely destroyed by fire
recently. The loss was $4,000, with but
$1,000 Insurance.
A citizen Of Graham, now In Dakota,
writes TO the News that he yearns for
his Texas home where o man can weep
without his tears forming icicles, and
there's something better than hay to
burn.
Jones county boasts OF an old United
States fort OF ante-bellum days within
It's borders, now known as Phantom
Hill, where the lamented Robert H..
Lee was posted for several years be-
fore the war.
Maj Diamond and Rev. Thos. Bias
set, both OF Gainesville, are talking
very plainly TO each other through the
press concerning a forthcoming history
by the latter, OF the hanging of forty
four men at that place during the late
war.
DR. Clement of King, Coryellcounty
when returning from visiting n pa.
tient, sighted herd Of deer and gave
chase. his horse becoming frightened
the doctor was dashed against tree
with such force as to render him sense
less for several hours.
j. II. Glare, formerly In charge o
the school at Hopewell, disappeared
suddenly recently, after securing all
the money aud goods possible on
credit. The citizens promise to do hin
Justice If he will but return. When
last heard from he was on his way tC
Tennessee.
The agent; nf large moneyed COM
pany is endeavoring TO purchase Ger.
tain tracts of land near Bowie, and aH
expert declares that the object IL to
open up coal mines. This gentleman
further states that there are unmis
taxable evidences of fine coal bed
near that city.