Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-18
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them.
AIARsHAIL.-R. r. Scott has appealed to
the railroad commission to compel the Texas
and Pacific to reopen their abandoned depot
at Scottsville. a local glove contest be
tween two ightTeights viii occur some
time during the present month
GREZNvILLE. Several very fine dogs have
been killed in the past few days, occasioned
by the mad dog scare. A splendid rainfall
of much value visited Greenville Tuesday
night
WHLIAMsBURe.-Good demand for oats
and hay. Several bales of cotton sold last
week. Some wild animal is at large, prov
ing very destructive to chickens, and has
whipped nearly every dog in the surround
ing country.
HALLETTsvILLE.-The colored Baptist
church is nearing completion. The oil mill
will run two weeks longer before closing
down for the season. Fourteen cars of cat
tie were shipped from this place Sunday.
a number of bales of cotton were disposed
Of Saturday.
LUBBocK.-Lubbock has been blessed for
the past week with fine spring rains. The
old fence around the Lubbock county court
house has been replaced by a new one.
Farmers report wheat looking well for this
time of the year.
BRENHAM.-A new vault is being erected
in the county clerks Office. Work at the
quarries has shut down entirely and Bren-
ham feels the loss Of trade very much
Granite trains are passing down the Cen
tral road daily, and the shipment Of rock
from Ledbetter quarries has commenced in
earnest. All kinds of vegetation was killed
by terrible freeze Tuesday morning.
FLOYD CITY.-Floyd City has walk
over in the race for county seat of Floyd
county. Alliance meeting twice each
month. Quite a number of candidates are
outfor county judge. District court in ses-
sion with a number of cases on docket.
VAN GREER.-A. Leach killed a very large
catamount whose hide measures over three
feet in length.
HENDERsoN.-The election for incorporat-
ing Henderson for school purposes took
place Wednesday. County court in session
with great many cases 10 dispose OF.
CORPUS CHRIsTI.-J. P. Nelson is in the
city in regard TO building railroad for this
city to Brownsville. Strawberries are on
the market IN abundance.
GAINESVILLE. - Incoming cars on the
Santa E'e Wednesday were covered with
snow. Owing to bad weather business Is
very dull.
OAK CL1FF.-A young mems Democratic
club was organized Wednesday night. The
Oak Cliff public schools, which have been
in trouble financially, are now all right as
S1400 school tax has been deposited in the
treasury, thus enabling the public schools
to continue until the close OF the season in
June.
SAN SABA.-In San Saba county the
wheat acreage is short, but the oat and
corn crops will be large. This county has
a large number of fat, marketable cattle for
sale.
VELAsCo.-Ther are number of counter
felt nickels and dimes in the city at pres
ent and officers are after the counterfeiters.
a large alligator driven to shore by the
salt tide was an object Of curiosity to
number of visitors in the city last Tuesday.
Ell PAso. The Texas and Pacific railway
company are planting trees around their
depot.
ALvIN.-Made the first shipment of
strawberries February p.
THE PLAINS have better prospect for
wheat than any part Of North Texas.
CLEBURNE-Crop prospects in Johnson
county are excellent. A variety of early
vegetables are on the market. The acre
age of cotton in the Island Grove commu-
nifty will be 20 per cent less this year than
last.
LINDEN.-Much fruit was destroyed by
cold weather last week.
ARcoLA.-Planters have put in about 10
per cent less cotton this year than usual,
and have added about the same per cent to
their corn crop.