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county IN 1000, went TO the gallowS
without finching and as usual was
prepared he said to meet his God
Waco was visited Saturday by
an electrical storm. Mrs. Prescott,
wife of the chief of the fire depart.
ment, was severely shocked by
lightning which entered their resi-
dence on the fire alarm wire.
The Arkansas Harbor Herald
says the farmers of that section are
beginning active preparations for
fall crops. A large acreage will be
planted in vegetables, and almost
every property owner will put out
fruit trees and grapes.
The recent rains around Deni-
son extended over large area of
country, and came just at the time
the crops needed it. It is thought
that much of the land in Grayson
county will produce bale of cotton
to the acre this season.
B. b. Davis is on trial at Corsi-
cana for the murder of Constable
John Craig, at Kereens, on June %,
1890. His brother, charged with
participating in the killing was in
dicted separately and his case post
poned until next term of the court.
Mrs. Jack Sanders and Minnie
Morgan, the latter woman of the
town the former the wife of horse
trader, and recently from Birming-
ham, took morphine at Fort Worth
with suicidal attempt and crossed
the dark river together last Satur-
day night.
Il. DeLeon was killed by a
band of Mexican bandits near Maria
recently. He was a deputy sheriff
of remarkable courage and energy
and was regarded one of the most
valuable men on the frontier and
his murder was no doubt in revenge
for work he had done.
Grand county had no business
at its recent term of the District
court. There was no grand or petit
jury drawn and the disputed boun-
Diary line between Grand and Routt
counties was all the business before
the court, and the decision was
given in favor of the former by de-
fault.
james Ray, San Antonio lith-
ographer, while laying asleep in his
bed, was attacked by an unknown
assassin, who beat him over the head
with huge club. His screams at
tracted other occupants of the house
who frightened the would-be MUIR
derer away. Ray will recover. Rob
berry is supposed to haYe been the
intent of the culprit.
Some Galvestonian has suggest
ed the following unique mode of adj
vertising the Island city at the Col
umbian exposition: "Make nina
ture of Galveston city, island, bay,
gulf, jetties and the shore of the
mainland of plaster of Paris or other
material just as large picture would
show it. It would be one of the
prett1est and most attractive things
at the worlds fair.
-Macune spoke for three hours
at the Sulphur Springs camp of the
alliance-people's party Thursday on,
the sub-treasury scheme, presenting
about the same arguments that has
been published. At the conclusion
of his speech he asked for all those
favoring the alien land law to rise
and about 1000 stood up. When
the opponents we're called for one
man, prominent republican stood
up.
1t is now claimed by friend of
a. Y. Alice that another witness in
Arkansas, a stockman named Stan
ley, has come to light who saw the
killing of W. A. Bowen and who
will confirm Allee's statement IN
some important PARTICULARS. They
say that as soon as this man can be
brought here from Georgia, where
he now is, his testimony will be in
PRODUCED in an application for habeas
corpus.
M. 6. knight, of the Oak Cliff
elevated railway, at Dallas, and
Mart Black, discharged engineer
had dispute Wednesday evening.
At s o'clock they met at the Super
intendents Office and bystanders say
Knight and companion fired seven
shots, one of which struck Black in
the back and came out over the left
nipple. He attempted to draw his
pistol but was too weak. His con-
dition is critical. Knight surren
dered to the Sheriff, claiming to
have acted in self defense.
The Houston Age of recent date
says: "In the Post for several days
past there has been a discussion as
to who was the first to establish a
mill on Buffalo bayou, and Mr.. Jas.
7. D. Wilson this morning claims
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