El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-06
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TEXAS.

TEXAS.
The Texas States Fair opens October
l3.-Pecos Valley News.
A new town just laid out iu Ksrnes
county has been named Hobson in
honor of the hero CT the Merrimac.-
Exchange.
When completed the Guadalupe Val
ley railroad, like the Arkansas Pass,
will be regular tarantula in shape
YOakum Times.
Brann's IcOnoclast was the other day
sold TOT. M. MARBLE OF Fort Worth
1t Is said he paid Mrs. Carrie Brann
$1,000 for the property, and in the near
future will move the paper to: Fort
Worth or Dallss.--Texas News.
Cotton picking has begun in many
parts OF the country, and the approach
ing fall season bids fair to be the liveli
est from a commercial point of vieS
that South Texas has witnessed for
some years. Get into your working
clothes. Tribune.
Virgil Duncan, q Terrell boy with
the Texas troops at Miami, is reported
as killing q negro for insulting young
white woman in q store. Duncan was
placed under arrest by his lieutenant,
but his comrades declare they will
raise 1000 to defend him.-Pecos
Valley News.
The San Antonio Express suggests
that the republicans and populists, as
we'll as the Democrats. should nominate
Joe Sayers for governor. Not a bad
idea, that; for Joe will make a COVER
nor for all the people, and all Texas
will be proud of his administrations
Coleman Voice.
Members of the Texas Press associa-
ton will please bear in mind that Oct.
Is has been set apart as press day by
the managers of the Dallas Fair expo
sition association. Lets show our ap-
probation of this courtesy by honor
ing them with big attendance on tn at
day.-Brenham Banner.
The Dallas Times-Herald estimates
that between 300 and 400 wagOnlOads
of watermelons from that immediate
section were on the Dallas market
Tuesday, and, strange to say, it took
% cents to get good melon even from
wagon. AT Bastrop we get elk large
melons for % cents.-Bastrop Adver-
tiser.
Near Texsrkana the entire family of
FL. F. Hawk was poisoned by eating
watermelon which proved to con-
tain arsenic. The melon was bought
in Texarkans. The victims escaped
by the use of proper sntidotes, with
which Mrs. Hawk was familiar, hav-
ing studied medicine.-Clarksvi
Times.
Isaac Mcconnell, of Parker county,
has Just had his leg amputated, the
result of the effect of a snake bite re-
ceived forty years ago, while fighting
marauding Kiowas and Comsnches.
Every seven years the wound would
break out afresh until it forced the
above result, at the age of 10 years
Pecos Valley News.
In spite of Barney Gibbs vigorous
and vehement protest, the populists
yesterday nominated him for governor.
And the "brunette kid of North Tex
as" accepted. Barney was averse to
having q brick wall fall on him in Nov
ember, but the boys insisted on the
sacrifice. Sayers will beat him over
200, 900 vOtes.-Austin Tribune.
The republicans of Bee county have
endorsed Capt A. G. Jones, anti Chi
cago platform democrat, for congress.
Capt. Jones is an able and enterpris-
ing citizen who deservedly enjoys
wide esteem and The Lavacaen sin
cerely trusts that he will not permit
himself to be made the victim of an
Impractical fusion deal.-Port La
vacaen.
The Texas exhibit at the Omaha ex-
position is said to be the most popular
and the most talked about on the
grounds. Crowds inspect it daily and
everybody speaks well of it. The peo-
pie of the west especially want to know
more about Texas and our wonderful
resources. In the Texas exhibit a
greater variety of products are shown
than from any other state. Aug Is is
Texas day, and there should be a large
ate ndance from this state.-Texas
StOckman and Farmer.