The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-26
Harold depot oas
demolished by sind
and several a d d l.
tional buildings weIe
TEXAS
AND
TEXANS

demolished in thae
Wilbargcr county town.
Miss Mary Vandenberg o. victorio
won the prize for the best design fop
the annual Tulane university night,
held at the Tulane theater on Saturday
night Miss Vandenberg is a. member
of the Newcomb Art school Of NOV
Orleans
Lieutenant Chester w. Nimitz, who
has been given charge Of the third
submarine division of the navy, was
appointed to the naval academy from
kerrville ten years ago.
The Artesian Belt railroad has by
the executors of the DR.. Charles F.
Simmons estate sold to H. K. Hide.
brand of San Antonio for $500. 600.
Plant and stock of the Ennis Over
all and Manufacturing company was
practically ruined by fire. smoke and
water. Loss is about Sl4, 600.
First Presby terrain and First Chris
tian churches of Bonham have each
insta lied pipe organs.
Several large cattle sales were made
vt Fort Worth last week
First crate of this seasons straw
berries raised in the Alvin section was
sold for Sl5 They were we'll matured
and made splendid sample crate.
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church
at Dallas was entered by Il rear win
dow and three silver chancel articles
taken away.
On the first day Of the year there
were 222 postal savings banks in the
state, having deposits amounting to
S2O7, 900 aud put in them by ). 564 de
positors, an average of S53 per depos'
itor. Texas ranks sixteenth among
the states in number OF accounts re-
naming open Jan. 81 and fifteenth in
the number of deposits.
T. A. Dempsey, superintendent OF
the K ATTY railways dining service with
headquarters at Denison, goes with
the Rock Island railway. He sue,
ceeds Captain Stewart long With the
Rock Island,
Sunse, railway and other large wa
ter consumers at Victoria have been
notified that In the ueat future they
are to he charged 10y The meter rate.
Leaprng npon the hack OF a negro
at Dallas uameo Jerry Hillet trio OF
white bovs TOOK TWO nickels from him
He was Oh his way to buy his EN-,
ployer dimes worth oil chewing to-
baceo Charge Of highway robbery
vas preferred against the boys.
The attorney g.. erals department
in a ruling to State Superintendent OF
Public Instruction Bradley holds that
It is the duty % d county tax assessor
to make separate tax rolls for each
school district IN county; that the
failure to make such separate tax
rolls would invalidate the collection
of such taxes This ruling was made
to determine question coming from
Hardin county.
Victoria city councii has condemned
sixteen buildings and they Will be de-
molished at once
Dallas Consolidated Street Railway
company will expend over SIS, 600 i'm
proving its barns.
Leslie Riggs accidentally killed him.
self at Orange while taking bullets out
of his revolver preparatory to clean
ing the weapon He was former cit
izen and merchant of West Point and
leaves a widow and son.
Bonnie Connally,a Waco negro, was
convicted Of aggravated assault and
battery on the young son of Thomas
M. Hamilton. He was fined $500 and
sent to Jail for one year.
Galveston is planning a eauseway
celebration when the structure will be
opened for traffic, latter part OF May.