The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-02-13
T G xAS
AND
TEXANS

AND an incentive TO farm.
TEXANS ers in the trade ter
ritory of that place
who raise other than cotton this year
give 81, 900 as premiums.
In a gravel pit cavern at Waco j.
s. Oglesbee, laborer, had left leg
broken and several bones in one foo!
crushed.
Frank Morgan. a negro, charged al
Dallas with the murder OF 6. w. l..
Perry, was convicted and given life
sentence The jury deliberated half
an hour.
City Marshal Nash, shot by man
he was trying TO arrest, was taken to
a Texarkana sanitarium, where after
an operation he expired The party
doing the shooting was arrested
John w Olesop was convicted at
FL Paso of the murder of Dad Ora
ham, saloonkeeper, and his punish
ment fixed at ninety nine years 10 the
penitentiary.
Five residences burned at Hilsboro
and resultant losses amount 10 about
$40, 600
Feb. % has by Governor Coiquitt
been designated as Arbor day
Sam Tillman, negro, about fifty
years old, was found dead in an out
house near Dallas Death was due O
natural causes.
Contract has been let at Sherman
for laying Of mile Of water mains
from the new Fairview pumping sta.
ton to the city. Two new wells have
a combined flow of so, 600 gallons OF
water per hour.
Fire at Rhonesboro, on Marshall
and East Texas railway, burned Hotel
Rhonesboro, The railway depot, store
and some lumber 1t started in the
hotel
A half million dollars is the consid
Grafton in deal made al Waxahachie
whereby the holdings of the Red River
Oil company in the Electro field were
pany The majority Of the stock was
held by Wax ahachie citizeus It Is
estimated that the stockholders made
1900 per cent from the sale and from
the dividends that were paid previous
10 the sale.
A game of poker In house at Dal
las resulted in ono player receiving
stab in the back and the others being
jailed on charges OF assault 10 muir
der. The wounded man stated one OF
The men held him while the other stuck
a knife in his back, because he won a
big jackpot from them
The jury at Marlin returned YER
iict giving Appoline Delballe, Mex
can, fifty years in the penitentiary He
vas tried for the murder Of his uncle |
Emilio Amasa, at Rosebud Convicted
nan Is about twenty five years ole.
Selling at 81 Is per hundred weight |
700 head OF coming four and FIVE. YEAR
Did steers to Nj. T. Tancred und ]. d. |
Jarnall Of Fort Smith Ark, w T.. |
southers realized $4,000. West Tex
= cattlemen are now selling their cat
lie By weight only. Transaction took
place at San Angelo.
Accidental discharge OF shotgun
i Coleman in the hands Of Charley
six years old, resulted in
be instant killing of Walter, brother
I Charley. eight years old, and the
erious ToundiDg OF a. sister, four
ears OF age. Walter and bis sister
1ere in bed at the time OF the deplora.
lie affair.
Palmer Oil company OF Henrietta by
re lost two twenty i've. barrel tanks
( oil
Fire at Aspermont, originating ia
10 Masonic building, burned that and 81
Their structures and caused loss OF
boiit els, 600
Kaufman county farne are putting :
i grain and will reduce acreage of Il
,tton Meetings are being held over
,unsy in the interest 81 less cotton
induction and more small grain, peas
I'd corn.
Texas Is TO have fifty more postal /.
lvings banks. that many third class
ostofiieas having been designated. -
inning March T.