The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-08-25
THE LONG { SHORT OF 1T

Rev. Granville Jones delivered a
prohibition address at Red Oak last
night.
Boiling Sweat, who has been sick
about two weeks, was able TO be in
town today.
The Ellis county cotton fields will
soon be white with staple and black
with pickers.
Mr.. and Ms. Wallace Metealfe
are rejoicing over the arrival of a
daughter at their home.
County Surveyor j. w. Martin
left this morning for Mt. Pleasant
to do a weeks surveying.
Fires were built in the furnaces of
the round bale gin this morning to
give the machinery test.
In the district clerks Office today
suit for divorce was filed by Elcy
Johnson against Henry Johnson.
Ike Barfeld succeeded in making
bond in the two cases of embezzle-
ment against him and has been re-
leased from jail.
All members of the Episcopal
church are requested TO meet at the
church tonight at $50. Business of
Importance to be attended to.
T. NJ. Holland and J. S. Campbell
have returned from New York
where they bought large stock of
fall and winter goods for theiI house
The republican county convention
ITO select delegates to the state con
vention to be held at Fort Worth
will meet in Waxahachie tomorrow.
Messrs. HarweIl and Nestal, citi-
zens of the Palmer country, were
in the city today. They report pros
poets unfavorable in that section of
the county.
Dallas is making arrangements to
close the contract with the ]. x G..
y. Just as soon as this is done the
l. n G. n. people want to close
with Waxahachie.
Constable w. A. Hodge was in
the western part of the county yes
terday and he says the cotton in
that section is being badly burned
up by the dry weather.
B. F. Ellis, of Boyce, was in the
city today and a pleasant caller at
this office. He tells that he has
rented his place and will move to
Caddo, /. T., where he will in the
future reside.
Mr.. J. l.. Parker, good citizen
from Milford, was here today and
renewed his subscription to the En-
terprise and said Milford was all
right with her mineral water and
fine college building.
Mrs. Dalton has just returned
from the East where she bought a
stock of millinery for her house on
the east side of the square. Her
purchases include a beautiful line
Of all the latest styles in high class
millinery.
Mr.. Cash Wakeland was here to-
day and that his wife had recently
returned from a six weeks visit to
| her old home in Kentucky. He
said she greatly enjoyed her visit
and reported magnificent crops in
that country.
Mr.. J. D. Trammell, chief en-
gineer of the International, was
here the other day and said that the
grading on the Fort Worth extension
would soon be completed and five
| hundred teams would be ready TO
begin work on the Dallas extension.
| J. S. McCanless returned yester-
day from Temple, Ok, and says
that country is in splendid condi-
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blessed with the finest grass and
prettiest crops he ever saw. He
says X. l.. Ingram, of this city, is
up there and will remain for several
| weeks.
DIR. S. w. Wesley, who has been
located at Temple all summer, prac-
ticing osteopathy with considerable
success, returned to Temple yester-
day morning after short visit
with his family. He says he is
tired staying away from home and
is going to return to Waxahachie
and engage in some other line OF
business.
Mr.. Henry Taylor, from near
Midlothian, was here today, paid
for his weekly Enterprise and said
he did not mind paying for paper
that gave him the news which the
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