The Caucasian., 1911-07-25
TEXAS
AND
TEXANS.

TEXANS. alley, Dufg lars Wis
o tied the tailor shop
of Henry Menczer, directly opposite
the Adolphus hotel being erected at
Dallas, and secured about 81, 600 worth
of goods.
There is general warfare against
mosquitoes being waged at Tyler, The
city has force at work cutting weeds
from the edges of the streets and the
property owners are having them de-
stroyed on their premises. Bushes
and weeds along the branches are be-
ing removed. In fact, all breeding
places for the mosquitoes are fast be-
ing cleared
Mrs. Olive Pearl Walford. thirty
three years old, expired at the family
residence in Fort Worth from the ef
fects of carbolic ncid poisoning. She
is survived by her husband, Fl, E
Walford
Without ever learning of the terri
BILE fate which had overtaken her hus-
band, Mrs, Charles Cormack, after
lingering twenty-four hours, passed
away without regaining conscious
ness Mr.. Cormack was killed instant
| ly by a boiler explosion at Dallas
and his wife badly scalded as well
| as b. uised
N g. Amsden, one of the Oldest cit
izens of Cherokee county. died at his
| home in Nixon. He was a prominent
| Mason
Denison automobile owners have
organized club with a full compile
ment of officers. International road
rules will be printed and copy sent
every autoist in the surrounding coun-
try. Name of the organization is the
Denison Automobile club
Dallas city commission has adopted
an ordinance requiring all boilers in
that city to he subjected to a rigid in
spectiou.
William H. Mays of the Rrownwood
Bulletin has been elected member OF
the national council of the National
Press association. This action was
taken during the annual meeting OF
the association in Detroit, Mich, last
week
Mrs. R. NJ Warden of Dallas while
standing on the rear platform of a
Colorado Southern railway passenger
train several miles from Trinidad,
Colo, dropped her purse, contain
ing some valua bles and about 800 in
| TLo inf ad
and, though the train had Travelled
more than three miles, the tra:u was
| backed back and a brakeman found
the purse.
| Jack Jennings, a white man, was al
Dallas held for the grand jury nnder
50, 500 bond on a charge of attempted
criminal assault on Eunice, Ward, his
stepdaughter, nine years old. Child
testified she was on a pallet asleeE
when jennings is alleged to have at
tempted the assault. A woman living
in the house testified to hearing child
cries and looking through the keyhole
saw the stspfather making the attemp
and notified the mother Latter testi
fed her child had previously told hel
of other attempts.
City council of Pecos has accepted
the giftof public library from An
drew Carnegie, the city to furnish tht
site.
Edward F. Casey, car repairer
was found dead, hanging to the liml
of tree, in his yard at San Antonio
by his wife, who went to call him te
breakfast. Casey was native o
Switzerland,
A grapevine on the premises of FL
Hudson of Dallas contains over l ,00t
punches of grapes. weighing about 50'
pounds. From one stem the vint
grows upward over large arbor ant
spreads out over a space about 40x4
feet, and in many places it is 50 GOV
cred with grapes that the leaves ar
almost hidden by the fruit. Grape il
the Spanish Black and was plautet
seven years ago in sandy loan soil
At the request of Representativ,
Sheppard the bureau of mines is sool
to test the various clays in the Tex
arkana district. Mr.. Sheppard say
his district abounds in clays that ar
believed to be valuable for the manu-
facture of piping, pottery and presse'
! brick.
E. 6. Carroll, twenty years of age
while uuder car at the plant of th
Southwestern States Cementcompany
at Eagle Ford, vest of Dallas, doing
repair work. the engine attachedto tn
train was started and three loade'
cars cut off both of his legs. Ae wa
taken to a Dallas sanitarium. Sur
geons stated the young man would re
cover
D. M. White was seriously stabbed
at Fort Worth. Three arrests wer
made. There we're seven stabs.