The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-10
SHORT TEXAS SPECIALS


w Ling The Gre department h.s ~. ,
syuippea With chemical extinkuishrrs.
bEhN LLE.-There Il now much AN ~
ses sueet tsir Tor the latter part Of Novem.
KSAutMAN. The criminal docket nm.
,.sSu iaken Up In the county court and Il
GANApo An election to se,srr,,,,.
Mhstner the town shall incorpornts viii bs
held In short time. n ~
JACKSONVILLE "A prohibitinn eicrtion
lol the whole OF Madison county has heen
oiuefed Tor October 20
MAsON.-The pecan crop is good one
Close around Ga cents.
RUsk, The recently onepea .nn,top .x
soanet has been closed. the ofncers Oh
yeehng 70 its continuance
MAkSHALL.--Four cases az smailpox
nave been reported within the limits of the
CITY The eases are all mild
IEAAARkANA.--rhe water works system
was sold under foreclosure aud bought in
" ihe bondholders for $1,000
FORT ARTHUR Port Arthnr'S patron
saint a. +. Stllwcn, was hanunetef here
lucsuay night by the citizens.
WHARroN.-Th rice mill az Lane CITY
nSW IN operation and turning out sacks
oi lne nnest rice In the COST section
BRYAN work OF tearing AWAY the
church, to cost 5000. has been sST contracted
TANGLEwooD -Jen Townsend came
near dying as the result OF a spider bite
opt was brought about after a long strug-
ELMO. Sarah Robertson. ncrress is
dead nt her home near here, nged 100. She
WIS the only centenarian IN Kaufman
TEXAS cITr,-rhe Texas city Terminal
Ipeu now mas a force Of men at work rails
llg the track and the roadbed viii be she'll.
ballasted.
M'hlNNEA.-Actives steps are being taken
TO secure the electric road which II is pro
posed to build from Blue Ridge to Farmers.
Nille or Nhltewnght.
san ANTONIO, -Lobo wolves are over,
running the Pecos country, killing calves
and, lamhs II is said the cattlcmcn ave
paying so Tor scalps.
DALLAS.-The annual meeting OF the
IrIState Medical association is IN session
mere With attendants from Texas, Oklahoma
and the Indian Territory.
HUBBARD CITY. w. l.. Mason was
found dead az his home near here, q pistol
IN his hand aud a hole In his head He
leaves widow and three children.
NoAKUM. Some time during Monday
night the ticket Office At the passenger
depot Of the San Antonio aud Arkansas
Pass railroad was robbed OF S5O55.
MARSHALL some unknown attempted
to blow up n r Elwuod's mill ana In.,
dry by placing an old keg 1lled with scrap
IRON on the safety valve OF the boiler.
DALLAS. The Retail Dealers Hardware
association discussed at much length the
matter OF insurance. No decision has been
arrived at but mutual plan is favored.
SULPHUR SPRINGS. -Attaway alias
Fred Edwards. who was recently Indicted
for burglary and brought here from Hunt
county, died in the comfy jail OF typhoid
fever
CoNROE,-Nearly every bridge 10 Mont
gomery county has been washed away or
damaged by the recent storm and the coun.
~ VIII be put TO heavy expense TO re-
place them,
oRANGE.-rhreshlng has again started IN
mas been very little damage to the rice
which had been shocked and which It was
feared was badly injured
OAKWoODS.-C c. Whit OF Butler
was badly cut In an alteration growing
out OF the purchase Of tamales from q res.
taurant man. Thomas Thomas was ar
rested, Whit will probably die.
SAN ANIoNIO.-Niiss Mulhall daughter
Of the live stock agent OF the Frisco. has
entered for the roplng contest at the fair.
Three other young ladies from West Texas
have also given notice that they will con
test.
EAGLE LAKE.-since the rice fields
have dried of the rice men have commenced
thrcshing again, and the rice Is not dam
aged as badly as was frst thought. The
rice mill here is running every day since
II started.
HALLETSvILLE- Commissioners court
Of l.avacs county met IN special session
for the purpose OF arranging TO have re
paired the bridges which were either dam
aged or washed away Inst Thursday night,
when great damage was done.
LLANO William stella of New Berlin
has sold the franchise anil property Of the
Liano Water Power and Light company,
the water ami electric Hight sys-
tenn Of Llano. 10 w W Canine. who owns
the big -four mill az this place
SAN ANTONIO Plans are in the hands
Of architects snr another large building on
Houston street property. snd the erection
Of the building Il contemplated NJ an early
date II Is to be Ave stories high ani will
cost between $4,000 and 10000
VICTORIA Alderman r. L. DUNLAP
viii Introduce a resolution at tho next
meeting Of the council looking toward the
Of a filter 10 connection With
the water works plant Estimates made by
show that 1t eau be done for
about 5000
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