The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-04
TEXAS AND TEXANS.
Happenings of Interest Related
In Brief Way.
Panhandle wheat acreage is large.

Palestine merchants report unprece-
dented business this fall.
Cotton still continues to rollinto the
numerous cities and towns.
Considerable sidewalk building is
under way in Colorado City.
A large steamship will ply between
Galveston and Brownsville.
Walter Martin, kicked in the face by
a mule at Port Arthur, died.
Six frame business houses burned
in Henrietta, Loss, S11, 900.
At Plainview five frame buildings on
the square were prey of flames.
By large majority Dublin taxpay-
ers voted $40, 900 sewerage bond issue
Mike Clarke, boy, while hunting in
Jefferson county, accidentally shot and
killed himself.
Frisco railway has let the contract
for the first seventeen miles of track
out of Brady.
Fire and water damaged the five
story Dram building in Dallas about
b25, 900 worth.
r. Longonia, an Ell Paso merchant,
fell dead at the gate of Evergreen Gem
etery, that city.
Timpson Handle company of limp
son has presented the Dallas police lbs
hickory "billies."
A directory of all present and past
students of the University of Texas is
soon to be issued
Eastern capitalists expect to have in
operation at San Angelo Sept. next
year $50, compress.
A. L. Jones of the Denison Peanut
company says he is in the market for
all Texas raised ''goobers. -
Elijah Jones, a negro, was convicted
at San Antonio on burglary charge
and eight years was penalty.
Park, Latimer and wife, former resi-
dents of Terrell, were victims in Pres
colt, Ariz., of a double tragedy.
Cleburne Refrigerator company is in
operation. No ice is used, ammonia
forced through pipes doing cooling.
Waterworks standpipe atBelton had
q break, thirty feet falling. Houses in
vicinity were flooded. Loss is 81, 900.
Texas Canadians had q banquet at
the Oriental hotel, Dallas Ex-Gov.
Ogilyie of Alaska was guest and a
speaker.
NJ. FL. Wolfe & Co. of Dallas have
bought 1000 bales of cotton from ].
D. Curfman of Garland at IA cents
pound-s75 600
Several tons of cotton seed fell upon
J. NJ. Catron, an employee of the Yer
non Cotton Oil Mill company, smooth
ering him to death.
County Judge Lyttleton of Harrison
county and associates will bore just
over the line in Marion county we'll
in search of oil and gas.
Bates Bowden died in great agony
six miles north of Cleburne. Verdict
of coroner's jury was death was due
to poison, self-administered.
Hal Goodman, who escaped from the
southwestern asylum at San Antonio,
was recaptured at Fort Smith, Ark,
and returned to the asylum.
Mesa garden at Ell Paso, comprising
three and half acres, has been sold
for $50, 600 to eastern parties. It will
be converted into place of amusement.
At Dallas eight years was the pun
ishment melted out to Ewell Griggs, a
negro, adjudged guilty OF rape, Com
plainant was Lucille Cooper, member
of his race.
John Marsh lost control of a motor
cycle in preparing for race at Dallas
aud was dashed into a fence. Ribs
were mashed into lungs and his death
soon resulted.
A permit to do business in the state
was granted the Reinforced Concrete
Construction company of Washing
ton, D. G. Headquarters are in Hous-
ton for Texas.
Eighteen days out from Savannah
and badly weather beaten dredge At
1antic arrived at Galveston. She ex-
perienced terrific gale and lost Sc, 0
gasoline launch.
G. A. Martin of 81 Paso, president
of the Texas Dry Farming congress,
has been reelected member of the ex-
ecutiVe committee of the International
Dry Farming congress.
Mrs. L. Steiner, mother of the wife
of Congressman Burleson, died sud-
denly at Washington Intermant was
in Austin. Mrs. Steiner was widow of
the late DR., J. NJ Steiner, a former
army surgeon
BY the explosion of can of coal
oil residence and barn at Brazoria
of j. A. Bandy were fire consumed. So
badly burned was Mr. Bandy's oldest
daughter she expired. Mrs. Bandy
and baby were painfully burned
John Andrew O'Hagan, one. of the
wealthiest men in Mississippi, died ia
McComb City. He was for years in
wholesale grocery business in Calves
ton. His youngest daughter drowned
during the storm after which he re-
moved to Mississippi.
Harry Waller. nine years old, who
went from Maine to Paris to reside
with brother, saw in that city for tn,