The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-03
TEXAS AND TEXANS.
Happenings of Interest Related
In Brief Way.

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ct Brownw6od.
New city directory gives Taylor a
population of 6,612.
Construction of fve-story hotel
soon begins at Quanah.
Santa Fe trains are now running be-
tween Buna and Orange.
Pecos Valley railroad will build at
Plainview large brick depot.
Fire at Weimar destroyed seven
business houses; loss, SIS, geo.
After the 18th inst. no overdrafts are
to be honored by Ell Paso banks.
An unknown negro was run over by
a train at San Antonio and killed.
First State bank of Pine Hill, Rusk
county, capitalized at $40, 900, has been
chartered.
Fl. c. Ryan tor $4,000 purchased
at Terrell for Galveston firm 685
bales of cotton.
DR.. A. H. Echols expired iu a Tex
arkana sanitarium from burns he sus-
tanned at New Boston.
Miss Zilpah Fox of Colorado City
is candidate for county and district
clerk of Mitchell county.
Considerable school oil land located
| in Reeves county is being sold. One
| section brought S25 per acre.
Before large audience the initial
performance in the new Majestic thea
ter at Houston was presented.
Ben g. Taber, prominent oil oper-
ater of Beaumont, long a citizen of
Dallas, died at the first named city.
Terrell citizens have raised the re-
quired s1e0, 900 bonus to secure the
Memphis, Paris and Gulf railroad.
The Stamford Creamery and Ice
Cream company has been organized at
Stamford. Its capital stock $50, 900.
Vera Smith, six years old, died at
Houston from burns sustained while
playing with other children around
bonfire.
Sum of Sl78,0 will be devoted to
building levees in Burleson county.
BY this means thousans of acres will
be reclaimed.
w. L. Akin of Harrison county has
shipped from Marshall to Joplin, Mo-,
twelve fine game ROSTERS that were
raised by him and for which he was
paid sI0 each.
United States Marshal Nolte and
District Attorney Boynton of Western
dirtrictof Texas have been reappointed
by the president.
During January 1909 babies were
born in Texas. There were thirty -four
sets of twins. In same month there
were /, 100 deaths.
J. NJ, Fullenwielder, aged eighty
seven years, long resident of Pales-
tine, died. He is survived by widow
and four children.
Clay Clement, the actor, famous for
his play, THE Old Dominion" died
suddenly at Kansas City. Interment
was at Paris, Tex.
In difficulty at Smithville E. o.
Mcdaniel had his neck broken by q
kick under the chin. George Obar was
taken to Bastrop.
In fracas at Austin Charlie Col
Inns, ten years old, had an eyeball so
badly cut by another negro child that
1t had to be removed.
Elegant residence at Palestine of
Colonel Thomas Cronin was, with its
costly furnishings and valuable paint
ings, destroyed by fire.
A section of land on which fine
quality of mica was found at depth
of 500 feet sold for S15 per acre. 1t Is
situated in Reeves comfy.
Near Hawkins, Wood county, an
unknown white man was run over and
killed by a train. Seven 800 Confed-
crate bills were found in his clothing.
While in Houston street car Mrs.
Clara Krauss was shot on o shoulder
blade by bullet that crashed through
window, supposed to have Travelled
some distance.
A man named Wells was held up
near Bells by two negroes. He was
knocked down by blow over the
head inflicted with q pistol and S400
taken from him. He was en- route to
catch train.
AT the extraordinary age of 1o4
years Grandpa Moore passed away at
Abilene. He was born in New York
city during the administration of the
third president of the United States
Thomas Jefferson.
Jack Estes lost his life at Neville,
near San Augustine. A cyclone blew
down his house and he was struck by
timbers. His wife and daughter we're
injured. Other houses near by were
also demolished.
Captain Dan S. Kelly, stockman
of Mills county, died after an illness |
of several weeks. During the civil |
war he was member of the Third |
North Carolina cavalry.
While the funeral of the late Major |
B. F. Hammett, who departed this life |
at Los Angeles, CAL, was being con-
Quoted at Ell Paso, every business es-
adjustment in the latter city closed.
A drinking fountain in memory of |
The late w. 2. Cole, over twenty years (
grand recorder of the Texas grand |
lodge of the Ancient Order of United /