The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-01-16
Reputa BILE growers OF
OF citrus fruits in
the southern part Of
the state say the cold
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of the present win
ter. which is almost unprecedented in
point of duration and extremity. has
thus far done considerable damage TO
the young and tender orange trees.
General Rolf de Walt. former Boer
commander and nephew Of Dom Paul
Kruger, has secured an option on
couple Of thousand acres OF land near
League City, Galveston county, to be
settled upon by sixty FIVE families OF
Swiss truck farmers and lace and en-
broidery workers from Hohenwald,
Tenn, where they located about nj
teen wears ago, where they have vslu-
able holdings. Eighteen machines in
the hands of women and girls are
kept steadily at work supplying Unit
ed States navy with the insignia upon
the uniforms OF the petty officers TO
designate their rank.
A man at Bellville discovered try
ing te break into the drug store OF
Tesch &. 1esch sought to escape. In
doing so he was shot by officers and
instantly killed.
BY the explosion OF. shotgun he
had hold OF Doyle .Iordon, Dallas
boy. was killed, the back part of his
head being torn away.
Several fruit sellers at Dallas who
failed to obey the city ordinance call
ing for the screening of fruit were ar
rested. In order to consult attorneys
their cases were continued in the city
court.
Adams ranch, comprising 10 5l
acres, and located in Reeves and Pc
eos counties. has been sold to John
G. s. Willis, banker OF Snyder Ok.
consideration being sl04, 900. 1t is re-
ported the property has been resoId
TO Slaughter & Ingles, firm OF Kan
sas City. ..
On his third trial c. b. Meadows,
charged-st Bouston with the murder
near Harrisburg of Alice Eastup, her
body being found floating in trunk
in Buffalo bayou, was acquitted. He
had been under indictment since 1908.
J, -. Duncan, who conducted liv-
cry and dray business al Clifton, shot
himself in the head fatally before his
wife and children with pistol. He had
been i'll ten days.
The ,rainmen on the Orient rail
road have been granted wage raise
of virtually 10 per cent July | they
are To receive like increase. Several
con terences have been held between
the officials and the men 800 OF latter
being affected.
George r. Hull has exchanged the
Covington hotel property at Paris
and 1890 acres of virgin forest land
near Powderly with J. J. Perkins OF
Wichita Falls for a ranch of II, 600
acres in Sterling county, fenced and
we'll watered, having six wndmills
with earthern reservoirs full ali the
time Deal involves $40 600 ..
Page Blackwell was so badly kicked
hv horse at Cooper that death soon
resulted He VAS eighty Que years OF
aye and DeltS county pioneer.
w. r. Matthews pleaded guilty at
Colorado 10 criminal assault and life
Imprisonment his punishment. He had
been taken away 10 escape mob vic
lence and state rangers attended the
trial, Jury was quickly chosen
Joseph w. Mervin, seventy one, de-
tached lhe rubber tube OF a gas stove
at his sons residence in Houston and
putting il in his mouth inhaled the
fumes be was found dead with
woman's skirt wrapped about his head
and the tube in his mouth He many
years as employed in the Houston
and TEXAS Central railway shops, but
two years ago retired
While at Galveston last week mem
bers of the Southwestern Passenger
Agents. association had bath in the
surf.