Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-12
TEXAS NEWS AND NOTES.

| The compress at Cleburne has resumed
| work, but does not lower much the stock on
| hand, as cotton is coming in faster than it
| can be shipped.
a little two-year-old son of Bertha Flint
of Lining, near Castell, met horrible fate.
The little boy wandered off from its mother
| and fell into a lime kiln and was burned to
| death before he was missed.
On Monday night the train running be-
tween Canadian and Miami chased a large
Mexican lion several hundred yards and
| finally struck and killed it within two miles
of Miami. An examination showed it to
be the largest of its kind ever killed in the
Panhandle.
The survey now going on in Floyd county
is making very little change in the county
lines.
The City national bank building at Tyler
was sold for $4,000 in cash and resold
few hours later for $4,000 on time,
Messrs. burst and Bergfeld being the pur
chasers.
Near Floydada, Floyd county, there are
yet several thousand acres of vacant land
untaken. over three hundred sections of
school land have been settled the past year.
Duck shooting is reported to be to be eX-
cellent in the country around Arkansas Pass
Four hunters brought in 2S5 ducks, the re-
suit of one days shooting.
A hunting party consisting of four
gentlemen went out from Weatherford into
the Brazos bottom and killed deer piece.
Oysters at Velasco are said now to be
plentiful.
Mrs. Askew of Fort Worth has purchased
a corner lot in Velasco and has begun the
erection of large hotel three stories high
The Brown hotel at Alvord is to be re-
built at once on larger and more conven-
lent plan.
Men digging a well on a farm three and
one-half miles south of Houston struck
vein of coal combined with iron ore.
Several farmers in Pao Pinto county are
having wells drilled on their farms.
The stockholders of the Falls county fair
association met last Tuesday and elected
officers for the ensuing year.
Laborers are at work at Denison remov-
ing pipes and getting matters in shape to
tap the big main of wafer in the gas well.
On Thursday last, fire caused by friction
of the betting, broke out in the lint room of
the Nelson gin at Blooming Grave. Ten
bales of cotton were burned. In the effort
to save the cotton Mr.. Stokes had his leg
broke, and J. A. Phillips was, 1t IS feared,
fatally injured.
depth of 20CO feet at Marlin is not encour-
aging. With only thirty five feet more to
dig, there are no indications that the ar
tesian well will be successful.
The suit against the incorporation Of
Ballinger has been thrown out of court,
and Ballinger continues corporate town.
Mrs. D. L. Smith of Flatonia was taken
suddenly i'll on Saturday last, after drinking
a glass of strong iced tea. The physicians
attributed her severe attack to the arsenical
colorlng of the tea.
The market at Denison is abundantly
supplied with all kinds of game.
Beltonians are DESTROYS of having large
wholesale dry goods house, more cottages
to rent and natatorium.
The people of Quanah are keenly alive to
the need of waterworks in that town.
Miss Clara Parrack of Gainesville met
with a singular accident at the circus. The
seat broke under her and her arm was bro
ken in the fall.
GRAHAM, YOUNG COUNTY, Nov. Son
the End an election for road and bridge tax
in Young county, resulting in defeat of
the tax by about fifty majority. Only a
light vote was polled.
Constant cavings are seriously retarding
work on the artesian well at Corsicana
In blasting well near vanAlstyne W.
H. Purdom and his son were severely
wounded; the father lost one eye and had
his face badly cut and the boys eyes were
injured.
Evant, Coryen county-voluntary con-
tributions are coming in at a liberal rate
and the prospects are good that we will get
an A. F. and a. NJ. lodge established here.
Many Masons here have expressed their
desire TO have the grand lodge"
established at Fort Worth.
The Masons of Chillicothe met Tuesday
and organized a lodge. This is the only
Masonic lodge in Hardeman county.
CHILLIcoTHE, HARDEMAN COUNTY, New.
S-The new two-story store building is
about completed. The lower floor will be
occupied by William Fakes for groceries
and merchandise and the upper floor as q
Masonic hall. ]. w. Wheeler has