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clerk al San Antonio, accidentally
shot away three of his fingers.
B. NJ. Camp, an ex-member OF
the legislature from Hopkins county,
fell from some scaffolding and broke
several ribs.
James Bebee, who is wanted IN
Liberty county on the charge OF
horsetheft, was arrested at the
Hutchins House, Houston.
Henry Greenwall, of the Dallas
opera house, has purchased the
Fort Worth opera house from HUH
man & Tate. The price paid was
$4,000.
VIM. Pruitt, who is charged
with numbering a negro near Sui
phur Springs, Hopkins county, four
years ago, has been arrested IN the
indian Territory.
"A reunion of ex confederate
soldiers was held at Sulphur Springs
on the 18th. A John @. Fremont
post of the Grand Army OF the Repuo
lie was organized.
The citizens of Calvert held a
meeting and passed resolutions OF
regret at the killing of General W:
Fl. Hamman, a former resident, at
New Birmins ham.
On the night of the 18th masked
men broke up a meeting of the Free
viii Baptists about eight miles
from Bonham and attacked the
worshippers with sticks and stones
The Transportation Employers
Investment company of Denison
with an authorized capital of $780,,
600 has been chartered. The object
is to build houses and provide
homes.
"A serious wreck of a work train
occurred on the Cotton Belt railroad
near Belden. Brakeman Cain enc
Harry Able, formerly chief clerk FOL
Colonel Noble of the Texas ano
Pacific railroad, were killed.
&C. A. Cox, who was in jail al
P1ttsburg, Camp county, had three
friends to call on him and whil'
thew were engaged in eating meloi
he grabbed the key, locked hi
friends in and made his escape.
Mrs. Henry Wolfe, aged 30,
resident of Gainesville, was the vic
tim of d coal oil accident while Ell
deavoring to start fire. Covere,
with flames, she ran into barbed
wire fence, which horribly lacerate
her flesh.
The district attorney of til
Panhandle district in Hanson cou1
ty has brought 230 suits to eollee
overdue interest of school land pul
chases. In the case of abandone
purchases the land will be forfelte
70 the state.
The work of deepening th
channel at the mouth of the Brazc
is going smoothly ahead. There
no longer a scarcity of laborers an
the working force is keeping exact
up with the suppl. of rock that I'll
railroad is able to furnish.
The estimate upon which tt
state school board made the apo
tionment of $3.50 per capita WI
that receipts during the year woul
amount to S235,000, and that the
would be a balance on hand
S35O,OG0 at least to begin the YET
with.
The scholastic census Of Il
state as made up from the mo
complete returns ever rendere
only few border counties of sm'
population not reporting, but
Guided by estimates, is 564,S46,
increase of 81 per cent. over la
year.
Joe Severn shot and kill
James Price at Collins lumb
camp near Brantley Thursday MOI
ing. The trouble grew out OF a m
understanding the day before viii
ended in fight in which Price W
worsted. Price left saying
would kill Severn before mornl1
and waylaid him with the above
suit.
Gus Carter. negro float dri7
and Wallace Buchanan, who is
the ice business. had a shooting
fray in Fort Worth on the Is
The negro attacked Buchanan W
a revolver, and Buchanan return
the fire with a shotgun. The
gro's jaw was torn to pieces and
was mortally wounded.
Prof. Hurwood and two 81
with two boats have started do
the Brazos river from Waco on
exploring expedition. They go
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