Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-16
TEXAS SPECIALS.
Weekly Resume of the Gazstts's Daily
Reports from All Over Texas.

Reports from All Over Texas.
Special to tn Gazette.
SAN ANGELO, TEX, March A gen
sleman from Dallas is here looking cut e
location for number OF families from
that city who want from one to two sec
lions Of land for farming purposes.
Landing has commenced, and sheep
men think there will be large per cent.
raised, owing to the f1ue rain.
Several new mercantile establishments
will be opened here in few days.
The real estate transfers for the past
month exceed 5000. 0o0, and sales are still
lively.
CRAWFORD, TEX, March 9-It has
oeen raining slowly all day with the
clouts hanging low snd looking very
gloomy until about 2:I5 o'clock when it
Began to come down in q torrent, per-
iecuY odiug everything. Fears are en-
.ertsined that much dsmsge will be done
Hampstead, Tex, March 10-"The
Waller County Watermelon Club" had
Aeir regular weekly meeting to-day.
Drey have now more than 400 acres
planted and TO be planted in watermelons
this season. 1t is confidently asserted
that more than 500 carloads of melons
will be shipped from here during July
snd August. The soil and climate of this
county are especially sdapte1 10 the pro-
duci1g Of melons aad vegetables.
ANTI ANNRXA TIoNIsTs.
DALLAS, TEX, March IO-The ANTI
snnexaticnists OF Sou a Dallas are work
ing hard to defeat the prop eed anrexa-
ton of that suburb to the city Of Dallas.
They have called meeting for Tuesday
night, al which they will device ways and
mescs to keep out Of the clutches of
Dallas.
THE CALL FOR THE EXECUTIVE COMMIT
TEB.
A meeting of the Democratic executive
committee OF the state OF Texas will be
held IN the parlors of the Windsor hotel
II the city Of Dallas, T K, on Tuesday
the 9th day of March, 1888, at 10 s. m,
to tx the time aud place for holding q
convention To send delegates to the
St. L luis, Mo, on the 9Th day
Of June n, x; also TO choose the time ana
place for holding 6 convention to nomi-
nate state ID ;ers and to transact such
other business IS may properly come be-
NIT &c is earnestly reques ed to he pres
snt Henry ExALL,
C1Girmsn Democratic State EXrcutiFee
Coz mitEec. 81
ChHrman ExsIl requests the Demp=
crstic papers Of the staIe to publish Hls
call Is
BRENNAN, TEX, March IL -Cpoael
Corser, Sergeant st AIMS Of The ynitsd,
States Szns,e, Is in.tae city agsfaF sup
moving wi 'nessCs to- appeSFs bef-re the,
S9uAye committee having In. ch$Ese tbs
Investigation 0: the alleged WSshEs gtGh
county election frauds of 1886 3 Thi&ls
revival Of the iuyest'g .tiotE wEich begin
at tire last session OF Ceneress, when
about six witnesses WersF taken from
here to Washington.
PARIS, Tex March u News was re-
celved mere I8-dzy of the dsath Ct Mr. W.
&. Milling, postmaster 81 BsirdstowD,
Csused by the falling Of & tree. TIE facts
are as follow: Last Saturday Mr..
Milling snd his brother were sSwtsg down
tree. Before it vas uesr sawed the
tree fell splitting up some distance from
the stump and nr-ekiLg Of, falling across
Mr. Mllnug'S oody sad bcesking his back
He was Carried home snd lived only four
hours. Il vas for two yesra justice OF
the pascgSi the pr Cir CT in which eIved
and was postmaster at the time of his
death.
TYLER, Tx March u The cele-
brsted 0uCketSnop cases sgSinst Leo
poll we're dismissed by our District court
today. ere cases created g-eattX it,
nent st the time the matters We're brought
into the criminal courts, Sad Mr. Leo
p3ld's friends all over the state Will be
glad 10 learn Of bis victory in thus clear
Ing lis good name.
freak Of nature which attracts much
attention is bling EXHIBIT here on our
streets. It Is q Guild partly white and
partly black. Il is intelligent snd lively
snd apparently in the best Of health. 1t
!s perfect cufiOsitJ-she white Spots
covering nearly oue-t1urtn CT its body
is parents sre coal BLACK.
SHERMAN, Tx March Is News was
received mere io-osy Of the sudden death
Of James Mitchell, q farmer who lived
oesr Dripping Springs, in this county.
Mr.. Mitchell came to the city yesterday
snd started home. When he had reached
within sight OF his dwelling house his
wife and son saw hin fall sudde ply, and
running to him i'm nedlStely, found BIN |
unable 10 speak, and he died In few mo-
nsnts. His death is supposed to have
been caused ir m hear: disease
GATEsVILLR, Tx, March 1S Crude |
petroleum oil was struck in boring for |
wster In the Safe RefOrmstory we'll at |
this place at ths depth Of $50 feet, in pay
Ing quantities, and rising within ior.y
feet Uf the top Of the ground. The ci!i
zsns and capitalists ara highly elsted, IS
this assures thousands Of dollars invest
ment in and nrouod GAtesviile. Samples
we're tor8arded oY Ihs supervising nrchi-
seCt to the Governor If Texas.
CLARENDON, TEX M4rca Is General
". A Cameron, Commissioner of immi-
grafton OF the state OF Colorado, mas been
IN town for the past t~o days. He is
making q tour Of observation EOd inquiry
along the line of the Fort Worth and
Denver, and expresses himself IS de-
lighted with the appearance Of the land
here and predicts great future for the
Panhandle,
Besides oeirg q we'll posted msn on
many subj 9cts General Cameron is great
lover Of the grape, an AZ his home n
Colorado Is constantly msking expert
ments and improvements in its culture.
His opinion W S .oqusn1edly gwen that
the Panhandle viii IN time De one Of the
greatest OF fruit countries.
BoNHAM, TN, March l3-ProbAoly
the longest sentence ever received by 9
horse thief tried in this county WAS one
given J. L. Stevens in the District court
today. Ga last Cntistmas eve Stevens
stole horse from the rack In this place,
which he soon afterwards disposed OF.
Not content WITH having stol-n horse,
be soon afterwards stole s valuable mule