The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-21
SHORT TEXAS SPECIALS.

| MARATHoN--Iobn Lemons WAS shot apt
| Killed in q saloon over n Bnmo OF cards.
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. receipts nj thi,
| pircc TO date, Tllo bales, against eivo last
| year.
| BRooKsHIRE--on new business house has
| been completed and several others are under
| way,
cLnBuRNEe-Au the union labor organizn-
ttuD have united and formed 'ihe Clrnhfhc
Trades Assembly"
oAKWoop4-Boe Trottor was seriously hurt
by being thrown from n wagon; the team was
frightened 10y dogs.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. & Losha's store WINS
entered by burglars md a lot OF canned goods
and flour MnR stolen,
CtsCo--A numbor Of new residences VIII
soon be erected. but the supply 10 not near
enough for the demand.
McGREGOR-- There have been 600 bales Of
cotton marketed here this season aud 1881
bales concentrated here.
ENNIS The case OF John Lawrence,
charged with murder, has been set for trial
al WaSnhaehic February I.
HOLLAND The Postal Telegraph company
has reached this place md IN office will be
opened here IN about three weeks.
TYLER-Rcv. Brannnn Of Wcatherford u
delivering q seriea OF lectures here, which
will continue throughout tho week.
LocKHART- Lane residing northwest
OF town. was Kicked in the hond by n mulo
aud painfully though not fatally hurt.
meets to resume work again this week. nftor
beine closed down the past ak weeks.
BRooksHlRE Fred IiorfEters barn was
burned last Saturday, one mule and one
horse were burned, Loas $500; no insurance.
BONuAM-. Dick IIoskina, gnnrd at tho
county lal, was shat and instantly Killed In
a difficulty which arose In the kitchen OF the
jail.
MCKINNEY Tho total number Of mort
cages recorded Ia The county clerks office at
az fnr tvug IN 1877 411n n n
increase Of b6i.
SAN ANToNIo--Ada Banks. n black me-
gresH has been arrested on charge OF In
fanticide mulatto baby was found dead
near her residence.
phRiS--fn the Mansfield neighborhood there
Rrc number Of oason of whoopinR cough
and that the attendance at school is In con-
sequence very light.
LAREDo-An insane Mexican boy, who was
confined TO prevent injury 10 himself poured
Kerosene over bis clothing aud set IL on fire;
he was fatally burned.
RfcfILAND--J. l.. Miller, member OF tho
committee on work. Organized Masonic
James McCorokle Is the FIRST master.
( coMANcHE--Jobn Byron sold TO Winfield
Scott OF brentwood $1,000 bushels Of cotton
geed from the Byron q Pinhard Gin; they
are NOW brinb delivered nj the depot
DALLAs~The bankers OF the Fifth district
met here and discussed technical topics. u.
p. Wagner OF I.adonia WAS chosen chairman
and H. o. Tennison Of Dallas secretary.
EDfENBEHG--Thc white teachers Of Fort
Berd county VIII meet hero Friday. 4 large
pial.ty VIII be terccred In her usual way,
SAN ASGELo--W. =. Vernon OF this city
hrs made y windmill Invention calculated 70
dot bio tho capacity OF windmiis by making
the down strike o. the plungor iastantans-
GUS
TENAiIA--The coal mine two mles west Of
here. on the Houston East and Went Texas.
is crenting a considerable sensation, an the |
coal has proved TO be OF good grade Of
lignite.
peKALB--i)Ick Rose an old negro OF this
place. was found dead by the side OF the rail. |
road track. He had big cash on the top Of |
his head 1t ia supposed he WAS killed by |
the train.
WILLIS Melville Paddock, the boy who |
wng thrown from horse about three weeks |
II improving. and Is thought Will soon be
out OF danger.
JEFFERsoN--A. whatiey. who was tried
In the district court OF Marion county for |
o. guilty and was sentenced to a life. term IN
the pcnitentlary.
LuLTNG-- Many farmers. on account Of the |
low price Of cotton have ALREADY bound them
selves With mortgages for the coming year.
Up 10 date sGi mortgages have been recorded
IL the county clerks Office.
SIsERMAN--Mrs Frank w. Luby died sud.
ieiiiy from an oserdose Of morphine admin
stored 10 alleviate the great suffcriDg she was
Deceased was Tho wife Of Frank
N. I.uby. miller NJ Eagle mills.
ENNI54-gtrye Ash OF W0xahachic, a pas
senger on The Houston and Texas Central.
xas badly hurt by broken glass from ID win
low which was broken by some one throwing
-orks into The train az II PASSED.
sT1,AWE--The agent for an Ohio syndi-
atc Is arranging LEASE on se1 acres o.
i oneuDeed by experts 10 be underlad With
hasin ~ superior iubFicaiiDg oil,
fBFNiEoki- W. ". Goodwin OF Clinton. 80.
assed through the city over tho Katy with
largo party OF prosperous farmers from