Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-17
TEXAS NOTES.

The Taylor Rifles have just received
new guns and are very proud Of them.
The Taylor Texan calls the attention
such persons as say, there is no money il
the country, to the fact that the individual
| deposits in the Taylor national bank amount
to 81, 100000.
The bridge at Lawrence crossing has
been finished. This is one of the five that
have been ordered by the commissioners
for Taylor county,
The recent effort to secure water at Adj
lene has failed and the engine used in bor-
ing the artesian well has been reshipped to
Fort Worth.
The streets of Taylor are now lighted by
electricity.
The Sunset oil company at Brownwood
has liquidated all its debts and reorganized
with capital stock of $780, eco.
The farmers of the Brentwood country
are said to be preparing to plant large
crops.
The farmers in the Panhandle are smil-
ing over recent rains that have fallen over
that country.
the stock show at Vernon, Saturday,
March s. is said to have convinced the citi-
zens that Wilbarger county should have a
fair.
"a AA4 &c 1AOuL4AS NIL e1L40 C4OfdIOk 6S
Vernon are almost assured.
The citizens of Balhnger at mass meet
ing resolved to organize board of trade,
having for its object the development of
Runnels county and the town.
Temple is to have school building cost
ing $3.50. II is to be completed by August.
An anti-Hogg and elective commission
club was organized at Gainesville on Thurs
day night There was an enrolment of 104
members.
While there are still thousands of unoc-
cupied acres in Hardeman county, the rate
of improvement in the past year warrants
the belief that much of it will be settled
within twelve months. There is talk 1t
Quanah of two more railroads and another
large Touring mill and elevator.
The bank at Mangum, Greer county, will
be open April l.
Arrangements have been made for ship
ment Of G000 bales of cotton from Velasco
direct TO Europe.
The commissioners of Clay county have
let contracts for the building OF four new
bridges.
The Brazos river channel and dock COM
pany received on Tuesday by schooner
$4,000 feet Of lumber for building barges.
The people Of Alvin have offered to raise
$500 toward opening road from Angelton
TO Velasco, by the way Of their town.
There was a splendid rainfall in Bee
county on Friday night and it is said will
develop thousands of dollars for the county.
1t is said that merchants of the German
colony near BRENNAN never buy Northern
bacon-the farmers use home cured. Ger
man thrift is needed in more of the smoke
houses in Texas.
Furniture for the Cumberland Presbyte-
rian church at Paris is being bought at St.
Louis. Texas needs furniture factories.
New churches and school houses have 10 be
furnished, and this ought to be done in
Texas.
La Plata, Deaf Smith county, is very
proud Of its new courthouse.
Nolan county was visited on Saturday
night By much-needed and general rain.
1t is said that in Nolan, s Tisher and other
counties the area sown this season in wheat
and oats is double that of any previous
year, and a large yield is expected.
The Ranger Atlas has turned its music
loose to show the better way TO turn Texas
loose;
A man may roar man may bore,
A man Kay blow ali day.
But he can't set arouu / and build up his tow =,
For tewnS amt built that way.
The people of Laredo have rod in pickle
for Joseph D. Sayers. They do not appreci-