The independent., 1900-01-27
rExAMETTEs.

mill.
William Taylor, eolored, droppe
deed at Galveston
Joseph Hauek was suffocated in
Houston storage room.
Dodd City citizens are making al
rangements to secure an oil mill
John stobb, an old citizen of Suthe,
land Springs, Wilson county, droppe
dead
The next meeting of the Texas Stat
Real Estate association will be held a
San Antonio in June.
During 1899 1872 mortgages were re
corded in Wood county, against 1913 IL
1898 and 1920 in 1897
The Fish Cattle company of Kansas
City, with a capital of $190,000, wa
granted a permit to do business in Tex
as.
Billy Mobiles, log roller near Dodge
Walker county was killed in a diff
Guilty.
Maj. HUT, for fifteen years engineer
and fireman caller for the Santa Fe
has resigned his position at Temple.
Rev. w. R. ldaxwell, who has been
pastor of the First Baptist church OF
Temple for twelve years, has resigned.
Bills are pending in congress for pub
lie buildings at Corsicana, Eagle Pass,
San Angelo and for the enlargement of
the Federal building at Dallas.
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas rail-
way shops at Smithville have tempor-
arily closed down. 1t is thought they
will be reopened Feb. /.
The American Central Insurance COM
pany of st. Louis filed it's annual re-
port with the state commissioner Of IN
surance at Austin.
David H. Hewlett, a prominent at.
torney of Austin, died at his residence
after brief illness. Deceased was rec
ognized as one of the brightest legal
minds at the Austin bar.
Mr.. George Robinson, for long time
clerk in the state treasury department
at Austin, died at his home in that
city.
The students of the University of
Texas are much agitated over the adop-
ton of college colors. 1t is proposed
to adopt solid color in lieu Of orange
and white and maroon.
Willis Dixon, who was thrown from
a buggy in West Paris a few nights
ago and seriously injured, was carried
to the city hospital, where his right leg
was amputated between the knee and
hip.
Hon. r. E: Prince of Corsicana has
been appointed by Gen. Openheimer,
Texas state volunteer guard, assistant !
adjutant general on his staff, and mail |
ed letter accepting the appointment
The occupation tax and fees of
northern life insurance company doing
business in this state amounts to S21 :
O5O25, which will pay the expenses OF
the state insurance department and
leave surplus of 1000.
has been a steady stream of
applicants in Dallas for charity for the
past few days. In all cases where the
applicants have been found deserving
they have had assistance extended to
them.
Carlos Hernandez, a switchman in the
Mexican Central yards at Ell Paso, had
hand 80 badly mangled between two
cars as to necessitate amputation.
Letter Carrier Grimes of Paris, 80
years OF age, has become a grandfather,
and claims to be one of the youngest i
men enjoying this distinction in the
Lone Star or any other state.
Chicken thieves are operating at Den
lson.
A number of old negroes, who were
once soldiers stationed at Fort Concho
near San Angelo, held a reunion a few
days ago. Speeches were made by tho
county judge and county attorney.
The Pennsylvania Casualty company.
with headquarters at Scranton, Pa, re-
luested the state commissioner of in
'urance to furnish them with blanks on
which to make application to do bust
ness in Texas.
Col. R. NJ. Thomas of Austin re-
'eived telegram from Washington
asking him if he would accept posi-
ion as special agent of the postoflce
apartment in Cuba. He replied in the
'firmative to the telegram.
The state treasury is receiving from
10000 to $4,000 per day cash, and as
axes must be paid by the last day Of
lis month in order to avoid penalties
he receipts from tax collectors next
month will be very heavy and will
mount to almost one million dollars