Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-12
TEXAS NEWS AND NOTES.

| The fine suspension bridge over the Big
| Elm will be ready for travel by Saturday.
| Aug. 5. 1t Will he turned over TO the
| county next weekat the regular term of the
| commissioners court Decatur Monitor.
Land sales are rapidly improving, and the
| prospect for the fall trade IS very good
| BrOwnwOod Banner.
The county assessor is of the opinion that
| the total increase of valuation ri property
| over last year will amount to So, 1894.
| Artesian water was struck on \ II. Blu
| rows farm, near Waring. Kendall county,
| last week at H., feet of depth. The curb
| ing was forced up four or five feet above
the surface and the stream poured over it
with Il bold flow Cuero Bulletin.
Thomas B. Miller is having a well bored
on his place which is now eighty-three feer
deep Limestone rock was struck at TWEEN
ty.tive feet. This is the first limestone
rock found in the county Claude News.
Garland will have q grand Democratic
picnic and barbecue on the 22nd.-L Wylie
HUSTLER
GAINESVILLE. COOKE COUNTY. Aug. $
The Confederate reunion in this city next
week promises to be the biggest thing ever
seen in Gainesville. There will be i tire
mendous crowd, but arrangements are
being made to entertain all.
SULPHUR SPRINGS. HoPKINs Cot NTY. July
Democratic barbecue here on the 18th inst.
Culberson, Chiffon and other prominent
speakers have accepted invitations to be
present on that day and Il good time is
looked for.
Bolton, BELL COUNTY. Aug. 9-Meas-
urementS of the third artesian well We're
taken yesterday, and it is estimated that it
flows l. 10000 gallons of water per day
which shows it to be the strongest well III
he. two
other wells combined. The water is better
than either of the others, being A.. degrees
colder.
BEEvHLE. BEE COUNTY. Aug. 1.-THE
commissioners court for Bee county is III
regular session this week, and will approve
the tax rolls for 1891. which are completed.
Said rolls show that there was rendered for
taxation 553.4S7 acres Of land valued al
s. 21S, 4G9; horses. 1862 vailed at Sl09 800:
cattle 6s.S63, value SOB l6S; sheep $3.50 at
81 per head hogs 1855. value $3.50: city
property, S493. $50; carriages, bugeieS and
wagons, $50, value 81, $50: and other prop
erty aggregating in all Il total valuation Of
50, 949. 6S7. This is an increase in valuation
over 1890 of 81, O67. 400.
The number of polls rendered in 1889 were
AS. in 1890 81, and in 1891 S5l. The Aran-
saS Pass railway tenders forty-nine and
two-tifths miles of road valued At 1870, 269.
including S442 99 for rolling stock. The
miles at $50, 715 rolling stock only S2,12.
The Western Union telegraph company
tenders sixty-one and one-half miles at
S:50I5. State tax, $685.: state school, $685.
county advalorem tax at 10 cents on the
500 valuation, 1923; road and bridge tax
the same; total state and county taxes.
S24, 645. There are on the rolls the names of
sixty-siX individuals, firms or corporations
rendering property in value between 5000
and $4,000, and eighty-three rendering in
excess of $4,000. Those rendering $4,000
and over are: First national bank. Bee
vile. so, 000; A. c. Jones. Sl3l POS; Kohler
& Hedenfels. SS0.442; r. f. Mutt, 500
SO; J. Il K. Driscol, Sl3l.591: Lott &
Pettus, So. 72S; T. d. Wood, So TO-: Burr
Bros, $50, 65i, and j. s. Thornton, Sio,O6S.
BEEvILLE. BEE COUNTY. Aug 1.-THE
artesian well at Beeville Is now down over
one thousand feet and no water vet. except
that near the surface. The entire distance
-ses been through alternate strata of rock
'1nd clay, mostly rock. AT SkidmOre the
artesian well is not yet quite seven hundred
feet. and has been through rock the most of
the distance. AT 900 feet stratum OF some
kind of mineral substance was encountered
There appeared to be copper and silver in
1t. Both wells will go down TO water, if
practicable.
Rockdale. Milan county.-WaterwOr
and electric light plants will be established
here soon, contract having Deen awarded
to the Dallas construction company. 1t will
be remembered that contract was let some
time ago to one Mr.. p. Kelley, who failed to
come to time much to the disappointment
of the town. The new award it is conf
IDENTIFY believed will be promptly carried
out.
BRovSwooD. BROWN COUNTY Aug 10
The ex-Confederate parade Wednesday.
August i, will be as follows: Assembly
cali will be made at 9 a. n. sharp. The or
der of procession: The p. G. c. c. band.
city council, fire department. board of
trade, ex-Confederate and ex-Federal SOL
diers, the n. P. Rifles, states represented
by forty -four young ladies' in uniform on
horseback, citizens. The council
will reopen bids for electric lights On the
26th OF this month.
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