The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-22
TEXAS
AND
TEXANS

Fe railway, and also known as the
Pecos and North Texas, will be placed
in operation.
M. F. Thomas, for many years di-
vision superintendent of the South
western Telegraph and Telephone
company, and his headquarters at San
Antonio, has been promoted to the
position of special agent of the COM
pany for Texas and Arkansas, Dallas
being his headquarters. Previous to
leaving San Antonio Mr.. Thomas was
presented by Southwestern employees
with a beautiful diamond Shriner
| ring.
An election will be held at Balm
ger Oct. Is to determine whether the
city shall issue 500, 900 waterworks
bonds. Ballinger has a splendid
waterworks system, but owing to the
rapid growth of the city it has become
necessary to extend tho mains and i'm
prove 4he system in other ways. If the
bond issue carries filtering system,
to cost about $1,000, is to be one of the
Improvements.
Mrs. D. G. Epps of lockwood, Tex,
and three children, left poor owing to
the death of Mr.. Epps, arrived at Ros
well, N. M, in search of the lady's
father, Lewis Owen, from whom she
had not heard since she was three
years old. Mrs. Owen learned that
her fatherhad died several months ago
and had left an estate valued at $l5,-
600, to which she is sole heir.
Leading streets of Terrell are to be
sprinkled with water to be pumped
from lake in the eastern portion of
the city, Pipes will be run to the lake
and nearby gins will also be supplied
with this water. By this means the
consumption of water supplied by the
waterworks will be reduced.
John Snavely, we'll known farmer
of Collin county, was killed while re-
turning home from a gin near Altoga,
that county. A wagon wheel struck a
stump, throwing him out, and a Eale
of cotton fell upon him, crushing him
to death.
Mrs. Jennie Byrd. charged at Dali
las with the death of her husband, the
late John t. Byrd, was admitted to
bail in 81, 200. Her plea is self defense
She claims her husband threatened
her life, knocked her down and also
stamped her and that she was forced
to shoot.
Mrs. Harry NJ. Johnston, wife of
Harry NJ. Johnston, staff writer of
the Houston Post, died at Houston
following a brief illness. The lady
was the daughter of State Senator J,
L. Peeler of Austin,
The 1910 San Angelo far and carni
val will be held Oct. 3-8. Race purses
aggregating ST, 900 have been offered.
A special feature will be flights of a
couple of aeroplanes, both construct
ed at San Angelo.
While handling revolverwhich she
thought was nloaded, Miss Catarina
Wilson accidentally shot herself in
the heart at herresidence in Amarillo,
death being instantaneous.
City council of Ell Paso hasordered
the demolition of 800 structures, most
of them pdobe huts, in the southern
portion of the city, which the health
department had condemned as being
menace to the public health.
Expenses of the north Texas insane
asylum at Terrell are estimated at
1924, 600 for the next two years-for
the first year, 1914, 600; for the second,
1910. O00
The medical department of the Uni
verstty of Texas, located at Calves
ton. is twenty years old. It occupies
prominent position in the list of the
leading thirty-fve medical colleges in
the nation.
Near Refugio Mac Dunman, a ne
gro, twenty-four years old, was thrown
from horse, oAer which he had lost
control, sustaining injuries causing
his death in few hours.
Oct. an old settlers reunion will
be held at San Angelo. Letters have
been sent to several hundred former
west Texans requesting them to be
present. on that occasion.
City of Ell Paso has given a permit
to j. T. Cameron to erect a packing
plant within the city limits. Plant is
to cost $3.50, 600 and will use 30, 900
head of cattle annually.
Texas livestock sanitary commits
sion wants an appropriation for the
next two years of $50, 000-S15, 900 for
each year.
Hetwig Zoeller, fifty-one years old.
died at Boerne from effects of strych-
nine. He was former Kentucky sher-
if and leaves large family.
DR.. ]. E. Gibson of Mckinney was
aroused by the barking of his dog He
discovered in the corner of a room a
large tarantula. It was captured and
put on exhibition.
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