Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-28
TEXAS NEWS AND NOTES.

Nevada is an incorporated town, and new
sidewalks will be built all over the city.
Worl1men while engaged in drilling an ar
teSian well at Denison struck fine tio0w of
water at the distance of 100 feet below the
surface They estimate the flow at 20, 900
gallons every twenty-four hours
The brick yards at Abilene are running
day and night to keep up with the demand
Tor brick.
A new hose company has been added to
the fire department at Iowa Park.
The outlook for large export of lumber
business from Sabine Pass the coming sea
son is very encouraging.
An average OF seven wagon loads of lum-
Der has been hauled out Of Memphis into
the surrounding country every day last
week.
On Monday morning of last week the
stage left Amarillo filed to its utmost ca
pacity with passengers, whose fares
amounted to $50, and then quite number
We're left behind, there not being any more
room in the stage They are going TO see
the Amarillo country The receipts of the
Amarillo and Estacado stage line last week
were something over $500.
Water in the Abilene artesian well flows
out above the ground.
The Sunset oil company at Brentwood
are succeeding to their fondeSt expectations.
They got half barrel OF Oil out at one sand
pumping last Tuesday.
A new pOstoffice has been established
about ten miles from Cisco on the Cotton
wood road under the title Of Scranton,
with Mr.. c. r NJ. Peadiu as postmaster.
The country around MIR. Peadin's gin is
very thickly settled.
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce met
last week and subscribed S25 per month for
twelve months to have Potter county rep
resented in the state exhibition car, which
will travel all over the Northern states.
The Chamber of Commerce will also have
lot of literature printed and sent weekly to
the car for distribution.
There is corncob on exhibition at the
Buck Horn saloon, grown in the exact
shape of human hand half closed The
thumb and four fingers are so perfectly
formed that the freak is absolutely start
ling. Bob Slack offers reward of S25 for
q similar representation OF the left hand,
this being the right.-TComanche Chief.
Thomas Prunty won the gold medal for
the second time at the walking match of
the Denison fire department
A young man by the name of Lemons fell
from box car at Denison Sunday after
noon and received internal injuries of
serious character. Lemons, with two other
youths, was playing on the top Of the cars
a 5000 cotton gin and grist mill has been
decided upon by two of our substantial
business men. and the work of its erection
will be commenced at an early day. The
gentlemen referred to have informed US
that LaSalle county has now in cultivation
about fifteen hundred acres Of cotton and
like number of acres in corn, both of which
products are growing most luXuriantly and
promise muniticent yield, and this means
at least 1000 bales OF cotton and 10, 900 bush
els of corn.-Cotula Times.
All danger of contagion in the smallpox
district east of Willis is now past, and the
two patients have been discharged by the
county health officer.
Up to the present time over 100 000 pounds
of wool have been marketed AT Seymour.
Not less than $4,000 pounds will be shipped
from that point the present season. The
price paid by buyers here range from 20I5
to 81 cents per pound, which is the high
est price for several years
Professor Leroy OF Sherman went up on
his balloon at College park Saturday even
ing at 4:20 descending in his parachute
without accident.
The Archer City baseball club was Or
ganized few days ago.
Sheriff MCGEE of Canadian captured wild
man about eight miles up the river last
week He is about FIVE feet nine inches in
height, of massive, sinewy physique, has
Roman nose, and one peculiar feature is his
head is closely shayen. He claims to be
descendant OF the Toltec and Osago Indians,
and that he came from Southern California
and Travelled all over this continent. In
small satchel, which he carries with him,
he has clippings, pertaining to himself,
from various newspapers, some stating him
crazy. others as the long looked for Indian
"Aie<siah y hut he himself denies I'll Claims