Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13
TEXAS IN TYPE.


on the 10th.
The new school house at Childress is
about completed.
A brick machine is one of the pressing
needs of Vernon.
Nearly twelve inches of snow fell at
Amarillo December IS.
Wheat that was sown in Crosby county
is said to be looking well.
The valuation of Hemphill county is es-
timated at about 81 ,001 900.
Large tracts of new land are being
opened in Pearsan county.
Immigrants are coming into Archer
county with great rapidity.
The total registered Indebtedness of
Hemphill county is Sl7 1854 .73.
There has been shipped from Gordon
up to date 100 bales of cotton.
Farmers about Reagan, Falls county,
have much cotton yet to pick out.
Mr.. r. J Jennings shipped carload
of fine hogs from PearsaH January 4.
Cotton still continues to come into Dub
lin at the rate of twenty-five bales per
day.
The injunction against the building of
the jail at Canadian has been made per-
petual.
Judge Willis of Mobeetie has judicially
decided that Roberts county is legally
organized.
The sum of $4,000 has been subscribed
for the establishment of canning fac
tory in Denton.
The bridge across Pease river, in Will
barger county has been accepted by the
commissioners
Fine specimens of iron ore were found
in the artesian well at Timms City at the
depth of 228 feet.
On Wednesday of last week 20 900 feet
of lumber were sold for buildings in
New Birmingham
C. I'll. Shaver OF Dallas county had in
his orchard this month half grown pears
of the third crop this season.
Flowing is delayed in Dewitt county
this season on account of the big crop and
too much wet weather.
The IRON ore found in Cherokee county
has been pronounced by scientific ex-
perts to be of an excellent quality.
An inexhaustible supply of pure fresh
water is found everywhere in Vernon at a
depth of froEl twenty-five to thirty feet.
A public meeting was held January in
Panhandle City for the purpose of devils
ing means to secure water for people and
stock.
John Nickel of Fayette county died
December "a from an accidental shot
while practicing with a party of sharp
shooters.
The abundant rains have so thoroughly
saturated the land in Kerr county as to
insure good crop and fine pasture for the
coming year.
The grand jury of Potter county, after
laboring for four days, could not find
single Indictment for felony committed
in the county.
The water courses of Montgomery
county were on a big boom during the
past week, thanks to the heavy and in
cessant rains that have fallen.
In Dewitt county the cry is, too much
rain, and the swollen condition of the
Guadalupe for more than week indi-
Gates heavier rains above Cuero.
Although the public money has been
exhausted, the business men of Lipscomb
have made arrangements to continue the
school there during the remainder of the
winter.
petition signed by 17S persons asking
for the organization of Roberts was re-
Gently granted by the commissioners
court of Wheeler county and the election
ordered for January 10. This is the
third attempt at organizing the comfy.
Pearsall News: We have had several
good rains during the past week which
will put the land in better condition for
the pillow and farmers should lose no time |
i'll getting to- work. The best farmers
all agree that land planted early gives
the best results.
Hubbard City News: Messrs. J. r.
Clonch, DR.. A. NJ. Clinkscales, W. III,
Dempsey and several other of our citi-
zens wound up the last day of 'SS with a
grand shog killing time'' Mr. Clonch |
butehered two, whose net weight aggre-
gated 800 pounds-one dressing 476 !
pounds of meat. DR.. Clinkscales had |
four slain that dressed about 1900 pounds,
and Mr., Dempsey two that dressed over
600 pounds.
Scurry county was organized in the |
summer OF 1884, and has population of |
500 or 600 Snyder, the county site, is |
situated one mile south of the center of |
the county. 1t has population of about |
400. 1t has one dry goods store, one |
drug store, one saloon, two hotels, two |
livery stables, two grocery stores, two |
DlacKSmlCn shops ana one DarDer SnOp, |
three lawyers and one doctor. 1t is |
beautifully situated in the valley on the |
east side of Deep creek, the square being
on a small hill in the center of the valley. |
East of the square about 400 yards is the
schoolhouse, substantial frame struc-
ture of three rooms; capable of COM
fortably seating $50 children or 400 in
popular assemblage.
Hubbard City News: Mr.. S. F. Case
has the thanks of the News for a sample /
turnip from Uncle Jimmy Armour IS
patch, at Armour, over in Limestone
county, that measures thirty and one
quarter inches in circumference and
weighed six and three-quarter pounds
when laid on our table. 1t was raised
from the seed sent from the agricultural
department at Washington, and has
twelve distinct top stems grow
ing from the crown of the turnip
representing the twelve tribes of
Israel-the twelve months of
the year-or twelve apostles of our Sa-
vior, we don It know exactly which. 1t
only had single main stem or root run
ming down into the Oround from the cen