Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-15
TEXAS NEWS AND NOTES.

! and set out shade trees an over town, pre-
| cedent that should be taken up BIZ every
town on the plains.
Hale City is an attraction to az who see
| II. This Is not to be wondered al when we
| consider her chance 10 become the leading
| city Of the plains.
The Pecan VALLEY fair association is ar
ranging for balloon ascension as one Of the
| attractions Of the fair this fall
| Brownwood IS now known as the Oil City
| Of the great Southwest, the Gate City of
| the 7. {. c. C., and the Athens OF West
| Texas. Brownwo0d is 4 hummer Bull
! letin.
Governor Hoge has appointed Capt ".
| \. Williams Of the Greenville National
| bank n delegate TO the Trans Mississippi
| commercial congress which meets A. Den
| yer, May 10
| The Gainesville Light Infantry. Company
| y, have received their commission and are
| attached to the Sixth regiment.
The Terrell baseball club with Jim Whit
| field is captain, is now ready TO tackle any
nine in the state.
| Or. S. Gould, a young attorney of Kauf-
| man. has made application for secretary OF
| the railroad commission.
! The artesian well at Laredo is down 1900
! feet and still drilling.
The grand jury has found bills in the
| Mexican camp burning case against the
| following. Crowder Farris, Green Patter-
| son, Tom Wright, Sam Hunt, Bob Wade
ard Frank Craig. Then bonds We're fixed
! At $1,000 each and all have given bond to that
sum except Wade, Craig and Hunt.
The grand ball and supper given by the
Dublin fire department was magnificent
| success both socially and financially.
CIR cnville has banished the town COW.
Tylcr's commercial interests are growing
and can be extended still further b. little
| judiciOus advertising.
The tests of quantity and quality of water
| made NJ AncS' gin proved highly satisfac-
| tory TO the new officers and directors of the
kOckda-e waterwOrkS company The well
, viii be enlarged and, If needed, additional
wells made.
WALNUT SPErSGs. May l4-Our citizens
are making grand preparations for the A.
uual picnic OF May 20, 1897. Excursion
: trains viii run in both directions. and
! thousands are expected from all along the
line from Bremond TO Albany. A special
! train Will run from Waco and Dublin 10 the
| Springs and return on May %
/ the Walnut Springs Flying Artillery have
I been drilling for weeks under Capt. +. II.
/ Dehn. who saw service AT Sebastopol. The
! Gun CLUB have lots" OF glass balls clay
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( by Pat Farrell. The baseball boys are in
tiy and viii play all corners for fun or money
and viii he backed by the town. They have
floating palace ON the lake with string
band ltor lovers only under the direction
OF Smith Parr. The dancing pavilion has
been improved and IS now better and much
larger than ever used At Walnut before.
HILL~RoRo, May 1.-THE work on the
courthouse, which IS fast approaching CON-
pletion, has been temporarily interrupted
on account Of not having enough shingles.
/ The tin shingles they are using are only made
in New ! oris, and the material for making
the sh!ngle IS shipped from Europe.
The Ladies' Cemetery association of
Hilsboro has appointed tomorrow as deco
ration day.
Hill comfy has cigh: artesian wells in
! Files valley Of from 100 to 300 feet in depth
pouring forth a one and 4 half inch stream
Of pure freestone water. and there is one
near Whitney from which flows q three
/ inch stream. What we want in Hillsboro
is several such wells with 4 siX-inch flow.
BEAUMONT May 1.-THE graves Of the
dead Inferred in Magnolia cemetery were
/ appropriately decorated to-day, the decora-
ting being done by the citizens, who assem-
bcd there this morning and held appropriate
services