The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-17
STATE PRESS GLEANINGS.

Sherman is to have new station house.
Waco is trying to establish creamery.
Building improvements are on boom
at Laredo.
More wheat was sown in Bell county
last fall than for many years.
The county treasurer5 are going to
petition the legislature to increase their
fees.
Two boys, MCGOWAN and Bill Brown,
have escaped from the Gatesville reform
atory.
One witness was fined $500, at Bolton,
for failing to respond to the summons of
court.
Ike Morrison, who skipped from Dallas
about year ago, is said to be residing in
Baltimore, where he was recognized by a
Dallasite who recently visited that city.
Sheriff Dan Ford, of Waco, is in posses
sion of a souvenir of Ben Thompson, a
silver buckle, gold mounted with fantastic
figures. 1t was given to him by Sheriff
Geo Edwards, of Bowie county.
The roads leading to Wainwright, Collin
county, are in such condition that the
farmers are compelled to leave their teams
several miles in the country, walk to town
and carry their supplies on their backs to
where they leave their wagons.
Mr.. ]. W. Quinn, prominent ranchmsn
near Fort Griffin, in attempting to draw
his revolver to shoot rabbit near his
house, in some manner accidentally dis
charged the weapon, the ball entering the
thigh near the hip and coming out near
the knee.
The sheep men of Sohleicher, MeHard,
Kim5le, Sutton and Crockett counties re-
Gently met at McKavett, taxed themselves
$3.50 for each 1000 head of sheep to de-
fray the expenses of delegate to Wash
ington to appear before congress in their
interest, and selected Col. Vim. Black, one
of their number, who is now en- route to
the national capital.
The directors of the Times Herald pub
fishing company, Dallas, met and elected
board of directors for the ensuing year
as follows j. L. Trezevant, L. l.. Mar
sails, H. j. Frees, A. @. Sutherland, G. E.
Gilbert, A. j. Wilson, l. l.. Stanley. The
directory have elected the following Off
GERS: O. L. Gilbert, president; j. L.
| Irrelevant, vice-president; l. L. Stanley,
porous state of affairs was represented.
John Strickland was arrested in Dallas
on a warrant sworn out by s. H. Mcbride,
charging him with forgery. 1t is alleged
.that last Tuesday night Strickland entered
| Patterson's drug store and asked Sam
| Stephenson, the prescription clerk, to cash
check from Mcbride on the City Ma
tional bank for $40. Mr.. Stephenson did
so, and yesterday was called upon by
Strickland who requested him to hold the
check as Mcbride had stopped payment
on it. Mr.. Stephenson later in the day
asked Mcbride why he had stopped pay
ment on the check. Mcbride denied ever
having drawn such check, and he then
lodged information against Strickland
At the Farmers institute, to be held a
Austin February Z, 8 and Q. 1889, Bel
county will be well represented. Three
of her citizens have been elected tC
deliver addresses or read papers, towit
W. A. Clark, Temple; W. p. Hancock anC
A. j. Rose, OF Salado. The effort nov
being made to organize these institutes
all over the state is a commendable one
and ought to be encouraged by farmer;
everywhere. When we look az the present
advanced, position of our public schools
and their greatly increased efficiency, anC
remember that it is largely due TO thu
| Teachers institute of Bell county, we cal
realize the advantages that will scrue t
farmers from these agricultural institutes
Bolton News.