The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-14
SHORT TEXAS SPECIALS.

RIO GRANDE-There Is much sickness,
| but few deaths
-oLlEE.-Born to Mr.. and Mrs. W. j.
! Kennedy. daughter.
LOTT There has not yet been sum-.
! Gent rain for stock water.
| MARSHALL. Wiley Jones. a farmer was
! Fatally burned at n camp fire.
| QUANAH.--w. o. KATY was killed nv an
| elevator at the cement works.
| ANGLETON.-Distric court is now la
| session with heavy criminal docket
! WEATHERFORD. - Charles McDousai
] was Killed by q runaway team near Azel.
LoTT-Mrs. R. II. Williams shot and
| fatally wounded herself. diving in sbort
| time.
SULPHUR SPRINGS.-H. e. Henderson
| was made trustee of the T. c. Perry estate
| in bankruptcy
CORPUS CHRISTI-The price OF cab
| page has advanced from 30 cents to SllU
! per 100 pounds.
,MARLIN-The case OF Jack Smith.
4 white charged with rape is on trial Six
| Jurors have been accepted.
! HOLLAND. --Ground has been broken by
| W. f. Douthit and &. j. Wilkerson for
| five new business houses
BONHAM-O TO the scarcity Of
water the electric light plant uas shut
down and the city is in darkness.
TERRELL.--Mrs Smith, living some
miles from here, was fatally burned Her
| clothing caught from an open IRE.
GREENNlLLE.-The commissioners court
| levied county taxes for the wear 1902 at 4
total Of fIl2 cents ON the 500 valuation.
| ROSEBUD. Rural free delivery routes,
with this place as a base, have been laid
out and carriers are to be appointed soon
ENNIS Mr.. NJ. R. Mosely fell from the
! second story II the Ennis Fuel and Feed
| conrany's building and was badly injured
Internally.
MARLIN. Mr.. George D. Cousins has let
me contract for the erection OF a twenty.
loom boarding house on Coleman street
Work has commenced
MARBLE FALLS. Bunch Hardin was
badly hurt by the explosion of gasoline
| burner which he was using to prepare
prickly pear for cattle feed.
ROSEBUD. Efforts to settle with the
relative of W; 7. stilwell and Joe Atkin
who We're killed in a wreck on the Katy,
have So for been without avail.
M'KTNNEY.-The commissioners court
convened here today and, VIII consider a
| local option petition, which contains 600
names, asking for county election.
DENToN.--The matter Of the city pur-
chasing the water works and cleo riC Hight
plants remains In statu quo although the
city officials are stil working on IT.
WACO.-The Waco Daily Telephone. the
purchased by r. q. MCKEE from c. J.
Ulover, who has owned the paper for more
IMAM year.
GREENNILLE-Nea Cash on Tuesday
the little 4-year-old daughter of Mr ana
Mrs. Charley Harris was severely burned.
The little one was playing III the yard and
her dress was ignited from the fire under
wCsh kettle
BATESVILLE--A desperate Mexican,
whose name Is not known, was shot ana
killed Mt the Ellis ranch. He put IN
desperate fight to prevent being Capt1yed
alive. but never succeeded in wounGinE
any Of the posse.
WACO.-C Captain ]. A. Dapray, who has
been In the city for several weeks as re.
crultlng officer for the United states army.
has Just been advised by the war depart
vent 10 establish a permanent recruiting
station in this city.
ENNlS.-A new telephone system will he
opened in Ennis which will he known as
the Ennis Telephone company. Mr., A. L.
Shaner is here arranging for the reception
of the material, apparatus, etc. and he ex-
poets to have the system in operation with
in three weeks