The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-14
SHORT TEXAS SPECIALS.

| CALVERT Cotton is coming In very rap
idly.
RosANKY This place has received hfty
Laies of cotton to date
BRYAN. The first bale Of Madison county
cotton was received here Saturday
DENTON The first bale OF Denton county
cotton was received at Lewisville 1T prousnt
6 1S-lt cent?.
FERRIS The first bale came In Satuf +,
day; two round bale presses will be operated
here this season.
Ell PAso.-Mrs. a. R. MoEiss; burned ,,l,i BY
lighting the kitchen fire. expired in great
agony.
CLERo.-Two hundred and fifty bales of
wagon cotton were marketed here yesterday;
about the same amount is expected every day
this week.
pENTON.-A meeting was held at Krum,
eight miles west of here. for the purpose OF
Organizing a stock company to build -four
Ing mill at that place.
DENTON Jerome Chase. we'll known here
and formerly assistant bugler OF the Second
Texas regiment, is reported to have been
killed in the Philippines
SHERMAN. The Young Mems Business
club of Sherman have another enterprise in
hand, to-wit. the establishment of another
cotton mill in Sherman.
VICTORlA.-Two hundred and eighty seven
bales of cotton have been received at Vic
toria up to date and about 1000 altogether at
ulHcEeHt Ou Tue ilue'
VICTORIA Brice Vineyard. who has been
very low with typhoid fever for about two
months, and who was thought to be on the
road to recovery. had relapse yesterday ana
it ia feared that he will be in bed for another
month
CUMBY The first bale OF cotton Of this
seascn was brought to town Friday by Bud
Graves farmer north of town: was ginned
by j. L. Lionberger. weighed by Will Junell
and sold to r. w. Harris for 6.6Oc. It weighed
435 pounds and was classed good middling,
M'KINNEY &c. c. FELTON, of Dallas. assist
ant Superintendent of the Noeern Union
TELEGRAPH company. sustained broken arm
here. He was in the local office of the
company and stepped on table to arrange
something or the wall when he accidentally
fell.
WEATHERFoRD.-Dr. g, L., Grow. late
professor of ancient and modern languages in
Weatherford college. has been elected to a
chair in Washington and Lee university OF
virginia. and Professor Edwin Rankin OF
oft"rward of Yale. has been chosen to All
th3 vacancy occasioned here by DIR. Crows
resignation.
WACo.--The suggestion has been made here
by several Confederate veterans who served
In the cavalry under such commanders as
Forrest. Wheeler. Stuart Morgan and Mosby,
that reunion OF cavalry soldiers take place
at Dallas during the fair and that arrange
n,ents be made whereby the grizzly ole troop
ers can appear in a parade mounted
TEXARkANA.-Mrs Sophia w. Crabtree,
an aged lady of this city. has received word
trom Washington. D. c., that the Federal
government had granted her claim for $50. 600
and that the voucher for that amount would
be Issued In short time. airs. Crabtree's
claim is based on a loss sustained by her
husband In the destruction Of his property by
Federal bullets in Ohio.
TAY.-Everything is quiet so far as the
smallpox scare is concerned and no uneasi-
ness is felt since the county health officer.
our local physicians and city authorities have
taken such careful precautions All parties
who had come In contact with the patient
were carried to the hospital from here Thurs
day and are comfortably situated in the deten-
ton camp three miles out from town.
CC'RSIChNA,- The cattle market here is
quite lively. the demand for steer cattle and
yeaGi'hgs being stronger than 1t has been for
years. Charlie West has just closed trade
with Tlnkle for 200 2-year-olds at $26, and
Pole Edens has bought from johnson bunch
of yearlngs at sls per head. The ruling
price for yearlings is from SIG to SIS. More
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