Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-03-02
TEXAS NEWS.

Paris has organized n local benevo.
lent association.
Colorado City has made ample prep |
srations for generous reception of its |
visitors ut the cattlemen'e association |
tomorrow.
The citizens of Uvalde in order to Sc
cure q summer normal school at that
place, have offered TO board teachers
for three dollars per week.
The farmers of Rock Pool commu-
nifty, near Whit, have organized a
branch OF the organization known as
the Farmers Alliance"
The Presbytery OF West Texas will
meet at Uvalde April 8, and as there
are many able preachers members OF
that body an interesting session Is
probable.
The citizens OF Forney are on the
right track. They are Enclosing their
yards with neat palipg fences and
touching up their grounds generally.
That's business and enterprise.
James Couch, a wise farmer of Wise
county, has forty acres in wheat aad
hiss already saved $1,000 by 1t IN the
way OF pasture. He Is feeding about
400 head OF cattle and has lost but few.
Palo Pinto claims to be the cham
pion musical town OF It's size Of the
state ss with a population of but 600
1t has twenty pianos, four organs, and
several pianisis who can bs excelled
nowhere"
| The Kaufman young men are swear
| ing eternal vengeance against the av.
erage broom. handle legged Terrell
dudes, and have given them timely
warning to only look at the Kaufman
girls with one eye or through magni'
flying glasses.
A large cotton. seed oil factory will
soon be built in Longview. Parties
proposing to build paper mill have
been prospecting there for some time
They claim that an abundance of pure
water can lie had two miles south o.
the city at Clear lake.
Leakey, the county-seat of Edwards
county, 10 without doubt the most aD
, solute temperance town in Texas. A
. prohibition clause Is inserted In deeds
, TO town lots TO the effect that
violation OF the pledge shall cause tn
. lot to revert to the vendor.
Mr.. James Daniels, living about min
v miles east of Crockett. was dangerous
!. ly II not fatally stabbed in The breas
b by negro named Reuben Holmes
4 about p. 10. His brother Franz
il went to catch a horse to go I
" Crockett for q doctor and the nora
!: kicked him and broke his thigf
o Neighbors summoned physician an
|, posse OF citizens followed the tran Q
II the murderous negro.
! The population Of San Antonio
9 "estimatedn each year by the Expre'
upon the basis of 80 many people TO th
90 number of school. children, or to tn
N number OF houses built. Itthus IL gur'
70 ont a population OF 33 600. The Az
m thinks this about l4000 in excess
" the actual population, and sugges'
X that ''lf the Express wants TO swell III
~ population 10 magnificent proportions
10 Ii should make its estimate upon u
m number Of glasses of Anheuser be-
r. Alex Sweet will average per day; SO
of a thousand to every glass OF beer"
n. thinks that in that way it might flgu
n out a population Of 60. OOe.
n The young people Of Paris embarl
lis inc mon the matrimonial sea ha'
re recently formed the habit of havil
The
u. the preacher Immediately after u
at evening prayer meeting. The q
d, nouncement Of such an event aiwa
So drew o crowded house composed lars
mt " OF those vino are not in the habit
to attending divine service, and TN
ife generally managed to arrive Just
ce time for the wedding. A preach
ls' saw the point and having "erowd
IN house, said "My friends, there q
is' many precious souls here tonight u
IN ought to be saved. / have order
50, the doors closed, and
I'D now preach you q sermon, as
ng zee that this Is not q prayer meet
D.; assembly, and, the North Texan
nix clsres. The then lit in on death, b
Ias and the resurrection, and for an no
nd he made the dry bones in the vail
q rattle as some had never heard oefo
he and preached one OF the best serm'
nj OF his life."
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