The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-20
begun 4 ptoiractcd mcctius a, the chris.

begun a proiracted meeting at the Chris
tian church.
PARIS Tho FREQ Republic. reform
paper, published here by Joe A Parker
recently OF Louisville, KY, has made It's
appearance.
SNYDER Tho mass meeting looking 10
the establishment of a college here was
largely attended and the rreliminarics are
now under way.
RGCKDALE. Large corn crops win be
raised In this section and about the usual
crop OF cotton. Conditions diffcr but little
from preceding seasons.
MARSHALL. Born. to Mr.. and Mrs.
II. 3. McWilliams. living Ave miles east
OF Marshall az "Glcnwood Farm" on
February "a, daughter.
SHERMAN. III was decided nj n meet
Ing Of the city democratic executive COM
mittee that primaries for tho municipal
election were not NECESSARY.
LIBERTY HlL1l.~--All oats were killed
by the recent freeze; wheat was not In
iured. The water works has suspended
business until hursted pipe is replaced.
CoNiANcHE,-.M tho prescn, term OF
district court man named klnn was
given twenty years for highway robbery
and Newman Walker I'VE years for arson.
Ell PAso,---A Jury In the distric, court
awarded l., \. McAvoy ten years In the
pcnitentiary for attempted criminal as
sauit on the o-year-old daughter OF Dr.
Charles T. Race OF this city.
ANDERSON. - County commissioners
are in session. order for local option
election asked for in precinct No. | has
been postponed until the May term as
farmers are now too busy to vote,
BONEAM. From every part OF the
county come complaints of the damage
being done TO fruit trees by the rabbits.
They are destroying thousands OF trees
from year old to fun grown trees
GROvEToN,--Sa scarborough has filed
suit against the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas railway at this place for 200 for
injuries sustained by his little son being
run over by a Katy car last September.
GAINESVILLE Rev, George stuart.
the well known evangelist, has accepted
an invitation from Rev. I l.. Morris.
pastor of the Denton Street Methodist
church. to begin Il meeting here in May
YoAKUM. Norris Bros dog and pony
show gave two performances here FRIDAY
TO the delight of the children especially.
This show Is both entertaining and in-
Structive and is worthy of the liberal pa
tronaGe received.
CORsfCANA. Building In the western
and southwestern portions OF the city has
increased so rapidly ON ground hereto-
fore used for gardens, pastures ETC., that
the city Is compelled to open new streets
and extend several old ones
BELGRADE, On "Wednesday morning.
February S. near Starks Ferry, Sim Davis
wife was standing with her back to the
fire with her babe in her arms and her
clothes caught fire. She was burned SO
badly that she died Friday night,
DALLAS. IA large number Of poultry
rat CO inc bp n
Arkansas. Louisiana, Mississippi aud okla
homa and Indian Territories met here
and organized what is 10 be known az the
Southwestern Poultry association.
DBNIsoN. John Morelleaa, :. .aa OF
i5 years son of ]. w Morehead was
horribly mangled and killed by a runaway
team attached TO stalk cutter nj Pres
ton, sixteen miles northwest of penison,
Wednesday.
DENToN.-An oil mill is being organ
lied at Aubrey. in this county with
capitalization OF about 100000. DR.. S. A
1Iowsrr and w. l. 2umwGlt are the lead
ers in the enterprise, which is expected
to be In running order in time for next
falls work
BOWIE. The jury In the case of DR.
H. Riley, charged with numbering + A.
Horn on the streets of Bowie, which con-
sumed ten days of the district court of
three and a half days, disagreed; ten for
conviction.
TYLER.-The grand jury has rturned
five Indictments each against r. +. Thorp.
T. T. Roby and ID. 7. Ewing, who com
posed the firm OF the Tyler Banking COM
pany, which closed its doors last Decem-
her The indictments were found under
the new banking law.
BONIIAM. Jim Bodine. farmer living
at Mulberry ten miles north of here. re-
ports that as he was returning home NO
was chased several miles by pack or
wolves and but for the timely assistance
OF some men with guns ne would doubtless
have been devoured by the animals.
Ell. PASo.---It ia authoritatlveiy an
nounced at Ciudad Chihuahua that tho
Mexican government has decided TO offer
a big subsidy for the construction OF
railroad across the backbone of the sierra
Madre range from Cbuichupa, In the state
of Chihuahua, to Huisoph, on the sonora
line.
SHERMAN The commissioners court
has fxed tho tax rate OF Grnyson county:
p,acinr II at a. cents; the tax rate Is 70
cents for general purposes. IL cents Tor
road Improvement and cents for Interest
and sinking fund on bonds; a special rato
of from 10 to 20 cents was made Tor thir-
ty-fiye school districts.