The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-13
SHORT TEXAS SPECIALS.


CELESTE Cotton is now beginning to
come In rapidly.
GREENVILLE.-The Greenville Rifles
captain.
Evangelist Logan is still In progress.
Much interest Is manifested.
CELESTE.-Three steam corn shelters
are in operation here; N. b Harrell has
already shipped over 10000 bushels OF
grain this year.
MISUNDERSTANDING young men will or
ganize a social and literary club; 1t is to
be limited in membership and is to own
its own home,
WAXAHACH1E.--Th first Monday in
September is the time set for the colt
show. Fine colts will be brought here
from all parts of the county.
BELTON.-It is proposed by merchants
here to make the first Monday in each
month special day for the horse traders,
who collect here in large numbers.
MANoR.-The first car of new cotton
was shipped Friday and Saturdays re-
ceipts will reach about 100 bales, with
prices ranging from $50 to SIS
DALLAs.-Argument is now proceeding
in the criminal libel suit of Crannll VS..
Hayden; the case will probably be taken
under advisement about next Tuesday.
GATESV1LLE.-The good roads organ
ization is putting the reads In fine shape.
Most of the work Is being put in on the
bad places IN the different roads leading
to town.
PARASITIC Swear old son of Mr.. Nc
Cray. farmer near Blossom, ate a hearty
dinner today apparently in perfect health.
An hour after dinner while eating a
cracker he dropped dead.
BURNET.-The work on the oil we'll
progresses very slowly at present owing
to the delay in the large rope, which
seems to have been lost In transportation,
somewhere between here and Galveston.
PARASITIC home OF a colored man at
Sharman. small station on the Midland.
was burned by whitecaps. Bloodhounds
were sent for and a reward offered for the
capture of the perpetrators of the deed.
SAN ANToNIo.-Thirteen Cinnamon
are now in jail here under sentence OF de-
portation; United States Marshal Siebrecht
VIII take them to San Francisco and put
them aboard a steamer bound for China.
YORKTOWN.-Co is coming in
rapidly now; there have been about 500
bales sold here to date. All three gins
are running full time. Prospects arc - pod
for large yield OF the feecy staple in
this section.
CORSICANA.-Stu Bros, for w. H.
Staley, drilled in another good producing
oil we'll on the Polk tract south of the
city and just east of the Hickey place. The
we'll. it is claimed, is good for twelve or
fifteen barrels per day.
CIEBURNE.-The special from Wash
ington stating that the mail carriers for
this place had been appointed, to begin
work September J. is taken here as an in
dicaton that free mail delivery Will be
put in effect on that date.
ALVlN.--The machinery and printing
outfit for Alvlns new paper has arrived
and is being set up today. The paper will
be known as The Commoner and will oc-
cupy quarters in the King building on the
corner of Willis and Hardie streets.
ROCKDALE.-The colored Baptist meet
ing held here last week was the greatest
gathering of colored people ever assembled
in Rockdale. 1, was orderly and we'll con-
Quoted on the whole, and these in at
tendance made most creditable appear
anee of neatness and good clothes.
M'KINNEY. w. Jalonick OF
Dallas, State insurance adjuster, has writ
ten TO parties here that he Will soon ar
rive in the town for the purpose of re-
rating it for insurance. He signhed that
had already been transferred
from the third rate list of cities to the
second rate list.