Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-24
TEXAS SETTINGS.

Taylor county crops are in dnc condi
tiou
The Hin county wheat crop is in fine
condition.
The crop outlook around Alice is cn-
courugiug
There IL nineteen prisoners in the
Grrenville jail
Rev. Sid Williams is holding q meet
ing at Laredo
An Epworth league was organized at
Bcevillr yesterday.
number Of horses have died ia Hill
county from blind stuggrrs
Ben Pierce was arrested az Greenyille
ON charge Of assault To murder
Eagle Pass Gudc-Coiieo ana sugar
growing enterprises are the center of
considerable interest mt present, pspcci-
ally ia the southern Mexican states.
Many rich ranches in the state of Vera
Cruz are being sold 90 American and
English companies, aud the lands turned
into coffee plantations Skilled labor
seems Go hc u difficulty. and the owner,
of one large plantation are figuring on
Japanese aud another Uu Chinese labor.
They Say they can pay dollar a day TO
farm hands.
The annual meeting of the state Dral-
Mute association will bo held u Hills
boro noAt July. instead of December, as
heretofore stated,
A child OF Prof Morris of Pecan, Hunt
county, fen iruO % fire and was badly
! burned,
George McCormIck was arrested ut Cc-
| le-tO and placed 100 jail ON a charge Of
| attempting 10 mlnwlully appropriate the
| property Of another To hi, own use and
/ benefit.
Al Humbrick who has been m the
| Grecnvlle jail for some time on % charge
| of theft has been released.
Two negro women got into light at
| Corsicana and one beat the other 50
! severely that shr is expected To die.
BecviIc Beetle occasional reference
! oil the Bee of The successful growth Of
! the orange 100 his yctiuu has 40 last at.
, trurtpd the attention OF Florida orange
| growers. \ letter was received last
! week from one Of the principal orange
! growers la Florida, aud one of the heu'-
! lest shippers ct young trees 10 Culitor-
| mia. stating that he would stop Oh u
Becyillr this spring on his way 10 Cali
| fOrniu To look ut the country and make
Il Gde of what has been done in the
| way ui Walpr growing Ills visit may
| be ui benefit this section. IL has been
demonstrated that oranges can be- grown
! here, and the people nccd the ideas of
| "a practical orange grower as AN vnvuur-
! agcneut 10 further efforts. Que purtir-
| uIar error about the business is that it
| requires eight years for ana orchard To
bear. While this may be true of the
native Florida orange, several other more
| popular varieties boar paying crops iu
| much less time The Oushu, ur Japuu-
! osc variety which hUs been tried hvrc
has borne ut two years from twelve TO
| hftrcu oranges, while a tree produced
over 300 az live years.
Eleven cara OF cattle We're shipped
from Quaunh 10 a point in Kansas last
week.
Comuuchc Chief Last week the stock,
holders Ot the Cumuuchr National haub
held their annual meeting aud elected
the following directors. H. NJ. Brown
f. j. iolmsley, j. X, Thomas Il. Y, Nee
ley, W. b. Cunningham, j. d. Campbell
aud H. H. OhCrthicr. The directors thru
elected the following officers for the eu
suing year. r. j. liumsry, president
f., NJ Browne ico-prcsldeut; W. Is
| CUNNINGHAM. cashier; y. H. bbcrthirr
assistant cashier. The business, uf Tho
bank tor 1872 was very satisfactory
10 an concerned, having declared q div
dend of H. pcr cent aud carried over
3 per cent To its surplus fund,
Dublin Progress: The for Worth Fen
cihles are said To- have henn selected a,
President Clrvcmud's body guard during
the inaugural ceremonies 40 Washington
In March This rs quite an honor 4,
Texas.
A Young man named Clark, wanted IL
Tennessee GA a theft charge Was an
| rested al Honey Grove,