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THE WEEKLY GAZETTE FORTWOKTH TEXAS THURSDAY AUGUST 14 S
pies to exquisite art work Besides the the Denver road from Decatur to Bellevue MrSlt A Buchannn and Miss Mary and Miss Mattie Terten were mar-
PP long list of premiums of the association vue will be cut up Into teu and twenty Keffer Sherman July 31 ried here today by Rev J M New-
which are explained In the fair pros- acre farms on whioh will he grown fruit Mr II J Allman and Miss M A man
A JLrnarfa pectus there will be several special pre- and vegetables for tbe mountain market Colley Denison July 27 Mr A B Havlin and Miss Nora
miums that will increase the interest nnd for the numerous canning factories Col Tuttle and Miss Nannio J Fergu- Moses Belton August 3
The fair opens promptly at 9 oolook on that will be established In this favored son Denison July 27 Mr W M Bennett and Miss Lizzie
7 region Mr S 2f Reeves and Miss Belle
the morning ot October Crow Grnndview July 29
TEXAS CHOPS AND WEATHER ty the cotton continued to grow nnd Bkevillu Aug 5 Several bales of Four new stone buildings are underway The Panhandle country comes to ui Carlaton Deulson July 23 Mr J T Carrutb nud Miss Molllo
nearly nil of It retained all It put on cotton nnd Mr L A Snow nnd Annie Jacobs
were shipped tiere today The nt Decatur North Trinity street now for butter eggs and fruit Miss Andrew Grandview July 27
outlet for a cotton way on
Th present crop and now the showers and cool nights white although tbe business Is Its infancy cobs Denison July 2S
Hra is In
In staple rolling fast Tbey will have a frontage of eightyfive yet Mr John L Davidson and Miss Jennie
r mora flitttrlng Fanuia
kii u r giving new life but not second growth there here that Mr R E Hughes nnd Annlo H
Denton Aug C A good shower of feet fancy are men right are Miss M Brome Denton July 30
couur With good cotton crops such us are rain fell here at noon today which was feetThe the large MoLain making more money off of twenty acres Pahn Denison July 29 Mr Ben Myers und Miss Ella Easley
The of
The crop prospect around St Jo and promised in that section Henderson hailed as a grent blessiug The in < u1 corner stone will be laid with ot land than tbe Panhandle farmer Mr W Jones nud Miss Emma Jack- near Decatur July 30
In fact nil through Montiiiruf county Rusk couuty will probubly ship 15000 tions at this time are favorable for addi hotel at Seymour ceremonies soon er is making oB ot his 60 son Deuisou July 30 Mr James Drlukwaterand Miss Lillian
were never brighter Corn Is probably bales this season tioiml showers The cotton crop with appropriate acre farm Without disparagement to Mr Frank Taylor and Miss Noro D Tatum Sherman August G
cut n little short ot what It would hare Gonzales Gonzales county has organized the country which is beyond all Bachelor Edgar July 30
Crops of all kinds in Kaufman county reasonable seasons from this date on will upper Mr Chas A Hopkins and Miss Annlo
been hud the rulus continued but there nro line and cottou is especially heavy be good ganized u board of trade question tbe greatest wheat raising sec- Mr James Story i > nd Miss Froney Kemp Sherman August 6
11 t 11 be a Iitrce amouut raited Cot An abundance of hay Is Alvaimdo 6 Good seasonable A public pnrk will be opened at Tyler tion in the United States we assert that Parsons Shiner July 30 Mr J M Nicholson and Miss M G
Aug
toti was never finer and everything bids being put up at the terminus of the East Erwin street the individual with small means whose Mr J F Myers and Miss Sarah Nicholson Sherman Augusts
St Jo 10000 bules of the throughout Rockwall county for shipment raius have fallen in this place and vicinity
jnir to give rnilway Scott springs southeast of the taste runs to gardening nnd fruit raising White Commerce July 28 Mr Lee Paer and MNs Annie May
and
ment home consumption One ity for the few evenings and the
fleecy alaplu this fall steam past city A pavilion will be erected there can find here as grand opportunities to Mr J F Little and Miss Alia What Knight Weathertord 3
press alone is turning out 800 bales general condition of crops is reported to August
Copious showers have fallen in Bas day per be fair for corn aud extra good for tot for concerts and outdoor entertainments make a home and nttnin a competence ley Commerce July 29 Mr H L Cranberry aud Miss Sallie
trop county and greatly revived the dayThe ton The Iron City national bank ot Llano as were ever offered by California or any Mr William Kilman and Miss S Scott Burno Hlllsboro August 5
crops The prospects are good Weatherford Constitution says opened its doors for business on the 4th other fruit country Lands that can Watson Commerce July 30 Mr James U Haynes and Mies Lou
Good rains havo fallen on Springtowu on Athens Aug 5 The corn crop of inst and to noon the deposits were now be bought iu tracts of eighty or 1U0 Mr Charles Andes nnd Miss Mary Caldwell near Hallettsville July 30
up
The Crocket Courier says that Angelina the north olrcling around west south- this couuty is n very fair oue The oot something over 3000 The officers are acres each at from 15 to S20 per acre Zuenger Schulenberg July 29 Rev Williams and Miss Eliza Hill
lina hn the finest prospect for a cotton west south and southeast All around ton promises better tttuu for many years W T Moore Jr president J A can be cut Into ten acr3 farms and sold Mr Frunk M Hardey and Miss Mamie Brenham Aug 5 P
crop ever known In tho history of the copious glorious showers doing n vast Leonard Aug C A nice rain fell Rafferty vicepresident and C C Mo at 50 per acre within two years nud Christopher Orange July 28 Mr Willie Schoenberg nnd Miss Min-
toucty amount of good to crops nud cattle On here this evening The furmers are now Cluer cashier the man that buys it and works it prop- Mr C E Keppler and Mrs Julia A nie Mathews Brenham Aug G
Oue farmer In tho Balllnger district this immediate vicinity light refresh confident ot large cotton crops this bank at Hamilton will erly will make double the money that be Smith Orange Aug 3 Mr W F Robertsou and Miss JeunU
trill make 1000 bushels of corn this year ing showers season The be national for business The Hlco would get from wheat land at 5 per Mr R I Wilson nnd Miss Cristlnla Bailey Gainesville Ang 6
on tlilrtv acres of laud Mingum Aug 5 A nice rain fell at Waco Aug 5 The first bale of cot soon bank open headquarters to acre The results of the next five years Wilson Waxahachle July 27 Mr Frank Hayes and Miss Lucy Mo
1 lie lute rains in Fannin county have Mungutn Inst night It begun raining tou nrrived in the city todny It was Floresville will remove its will verity this assertion beyond all dis- Mr W T Ryburn and Miss Lizzie Intyre Houston Aug 5
dnte a wonderful amouut of pood Corn Just at dark una rained slowly und sold at auction to A Kirschner at six- pute Williams Wuxahachie Julv2S Mr Adoiph Herwald and Mus O Den
Is helped and a good cotton crop assured steadily all night and is of great benefit teen and a half cents The bale brought A marble yard will soon be established Our little town is attracting consider- Mr Luclen Cavender and Miss Sudie sterhop Temple Aug 3
to farmers While it is too late for corn 1240 and wns immediately expressed at Morgan Bosque county by Wnco able attention at this time on aocount of M Roe Waxahachle July 29 Mr W R Alford and Miss Maggie
around Hullets
Last Fridays shower it will make sorghum aud millet grow to New Orleans It was raised by W capitalists the mineral well whose waters continue Mr J M Howetb and Miss C V Hard Temple Aug 3
Tille Lavaca county came when ruin the nicely Our corn crops are very short W Fields In the southern part of the The stouework of the imposing opera to perform wonderful cures wherever it is Muukus Waxahachle July 30 Mr 8 P Cooper nnd Miss S T
the of A
cotton crop was ou verse only the early fields nre making corn couuty house at Lampasas is finished and the used As many as fifty people In a Mr John H Hut ton nnd Mrs Carrie Temple Aug 4
is assured if the
p tori cotton uuder crop worms and a few neighborhoods in the county A good rain fell tl s evening interior is being pushed to completion single dny have been to procure the E Carpenter Wnxahuohie July 31 Mr J E Moore nnd Miss Annie War-
ore kept where showers of rnm came earlier Temtle Aug 9 J M Jones livinc Alvord Aug 4 Messrs Thomas water nnd no day pnsses without bring- Mr Jim Hnyues nnd Miss Lou Cordell ner Temple August 4
Ule county has been the recipient of Wheat Is about all threshed aud a good on Big Elm brought in the first bnle of Roll ug are building a twostory brick ing its quotu of healthseekers attracted July 31 Mr W W Johnson and Miss Annla
several refreshing showers to the benefit crop was made cottou which ho readily sold at eleven buildimg 50x75 feet where their old by tbe local fame ot Its curative proper- Mr Major Smith nnd Miss Alice L Meiser Temple August 5
of rot ton aud corn Cmco Aug 7 Things are very dry cents The bnle weighed 515 pounds house stood which was destroyed by tho ties Cox Anderson July 27 Mr F B Brooks and Miss N M
A splendid rain has fallen in Taylor through this section it not having ruined The citizens have raised a purse of 30 recent fire here Tho upper story of this Mr John W Kuesel and Mibs Lulu Wilkins Temple Augusts
TEXAS 311AES AKD MINERALS
rountr aud benefited the cotton immensely to nmouut to anything since the 5th day so fur as a premium on this bale of cot- building will bo neatly fitted up for a Faires Yoakum July 23 Mr William D Reeves and Mrs Rus
mensely The yield will be heavy of Juue The corn crop will not nverage ton Mr Jones who is one of the prosperous hotel This will give Alvord one of the Mr nenry Hale and Miss DeidaGoode sieSuuddy Georgetown August 4
Sunset Aug 2 Professor OBrien
Tli crop outlook in Jack county is more thnn from ten to twelve bushels per perous furmers of Bell county reports best hotel buildings north of Fort Worth is near Flatonla July LS Mr James Ruudnlls Jr and Miss
acre Cotton also the cotton crop In his viciuilv iroo 1 uud exhibiting some nuggets of gold bear- Mr W L Gates and Miss C M Lu Julia Hoff Cottonwood
ruther discouraging There will bo is seriously damaged TlOirLK Aug 4 The Bell County ing August 3
rock that are said to be rich in
etuugli torn for home use uud the cotton and will be almost uu entire failure if no the yield villi average a bale COO pounds ty national bank wns organized today thd very in nous Qunnah July 28 Mr John Z Buckuer and Miss Candls
precious metal He found them
ton with rum would be fair ruin comes soon to every three ucres The crop would day with a capital of S50000 O L Montneue county but the exact locality Mr Dan W Rogers and Miss Sallie Baker Oak Dale August 2
McCren McCreavllle July 27
perhaps be better hud the recent rulus
around Tarrant Sax Augustine C McCoy is president A P Burtley vice DEATHS
foitou Arlington Aug Splendid he ot course keeps secret He has sent
Mr Fouch and Miss Delia
been more general and heavier but Hungate
couity is doing exceedingly well eoti rains have fallen over nil our county president II D Cone cashier W L some of the stuff to be assayed and tbe Mr Richard Flnloy Black Jack
28
furmers are well satisfied with it us it is Lampasas July
the drouth aud and the is Rogers John R Jackson L F Paulus Grove July 28
suf
ilIcrltig protrauted crop prospect simply splendid result is awaited with much interest
Mr N M Smith and Miss Ida Whit
being fur better than season since
any Mrs W G D
Kllgoro Coleman
has been uud G W Walton Jr directors lhls
lli lent corn produced to
supply Tylei Aug 7 A good ruin fell here 1882 aker Lampasas July 31
makes three imtlouul banks for our city TEXAS SCHOULsTnD CHURCHES July 23
home requirements this afternoon 1882Mt
Mr L A Snow und Mrs Annie
Mrs John W Meredith
Mt Pleasint Aug 8 Our first of 5000 Sherman
Good rain have fallen In showers over Comanche Aug 5 The drouth i bnle of new cotton was brought in today Jacobs Denison July 2G July 31
cnuntv uud the is bettered Gkaham Aug 4 The Beckham national A temporary school building is to be
Camp prospect broken Mr Robert F
A flue ram fell here this evening day by J A Tubh a largo farmer living Weir and Miss Ella Mrs W S Freeman Ryllo July 25
tional hank 100000 organized erected at Seymour nt u cost of 3000
tered considerably capital Stinsou
ing which Is worth Texnrkann 27
to Comanche July
couuty ing near town it weighed 40u pounds Miss Lizzie Kieth Jacksboro July 23
Fnu county is blessed with plenty of if genernl hair a milliuu dollars The and brought ten cents with a today and elected the following officers This will answer all demauds uutil tbe Mr J T Garuer and Mrs Charley Mr Alex Bruno Laredo August 1
ram and grass aud corn uud cottou cotton crop Is ussured premium of 24 Work ou the erection W P Beckham president R F 40000 building is under way McCaskii Carthage July 27 Mrs H C Oram Deulson July LS
Arnold first vicepresident S R Jeffery The school building at Frazer Mr J T Simmons
and Miss E
new
Unities City has been rejoicing in an RiciiAi DSON Aic 6 A good rain of our compress is progressing rupidly Mary Mr John Sobotik Scbulenburg
fell here this and will be for fery Second vicepresident E B Norman Greer county is completed and ready Steel Sherman July 30 Julv
Btiuuiiauce of rain during the last evening It came too lute ready siiueeziug the 27
uiutith to do the corn crop nny good but will fleecy s uple by September 1 man cashier J M Norman assistant tor occupation Mr W G Benuett nud Miss Ida He Mrs Phillip Plzer Dallas July 2tl
cashier The directors are W P Beck
benefit the cotton much The Archer City Methodist churoh was gar Sherman July 31 Miss Mittie Clements Milford
The cotton In Rains is very AXMlACiui Aug 9 This city received near
better
crop county ham R F Arnold S R Jeffery E Mr A L Street uud Miss Melinda C
dedicated last week
ter than it hits been for years the Holland Aug 7 A good rain fell ceived her hrst bale of cottou today B Norman John E Morrison J B Newman Sherman August 1 July 22
farmers better satisfied and business of here yesterday evening which wll do It was sold for lie Norris and W S McJimsey All of the Ot the public school funds the Inrgesl Mr W F Carter aud Miss Ada Rldale Mrs Elizabeth H Bradfield Throck
all Binds is In a better and thriving oon lute cotton a great deal of good S II Ennis Aug 8 Our first bale of ubove named nre citizens of Graham city a portionments nre 48587 to San hoover Temple July 28 morton July 28
Fulton brought in the first bale of cotton Antonio 40014 to Gulvestou 37134 to Mrs Sadie Glenn Boerne July 28
diton cotton was brought in today by Mr E aud in their respective occupations have Mr B R Jones nnd Miss Mary Brown
this season und sold it for eleven anil Dallas S2Sli5 to Waco 12285 to Fort Mrs W A Clements Grapevine
a
L StiUMin whose farm is about four beeu financially successful
Hell county has bad good rams in seo very Temple July 29
tmns and cotton has been benefitted quarter cents In udditlou a douutiou miles southwest of this city The bale Tho First national bauk capital 50 Worth Mr Joseph Purker and Miss Ella J July 2G
Miss Stella Hloks Paruell 29
thereby An average crop will be made of 17 was given blui was classed middling und sold for four- 000 R E Mabry president and The M E church South at Corsicana Lewelleu Temple July 30 Mr W F Prater near July Deulson
Corn is good where it was not allowed to Belt on Aug 7 Good rains have teen cents iu addition to the usual premium William Houston cashier will commence ate to erect an elegant parsonage soon Mr Alex Merrill and Miss Maggie Ful 25
July
suffer for work but as a general tblug It fallen in nearly all parts of the county mium paid by our enterprising mer- mence business in u very few days An organized effort will be made In bright Temple July 30 Mrs C F Gregory and babe Yoa
will be scarce within the lust few days and the crop chants Waco Aug f The contract to ereot the stnte legislature this winter to crentu Mr S Mlcollitch and Miss Mary Co rap kum July 29
Eueournging reports are coming in prospects are belter thau they have beeu Maiilin Aug 9 J P Richardson the Provident lire insurance building two new state normal schools oue of bell Temple Julv 31 Mr William Heuermann Jr Sa
every day from Fuutiin county retarding for several years brought the llrst bnle ot cotton to town has been relet to Wnco parties as a result which Gainesville will attempt to cap- Mr Harry Young and Miss Emma Antonio July 26
ing the outlook for the cotton crop Floyd Aug 7 The weather still remains this morning It weurhed 535 pounds sult of the failure ot the former con- ture Hopkins Paradise Julv 27 Mrs Aucust Weller Sublime July 25
classed middling and sold to II Sam tractors to with tho terms John Mr W R Alford and Miss Maggie J
Sweet potatoes are growiug finely in mains dry The cottou crop is doing comply Tyleu Aug 5 Work on the new Mrs Ella Barr Gatesville July 24
Crosby county and the present rains will splendidly Lots ot it is falling down with uels for Hn cent per pouud and n Tennant bus the stone contract J K Methodist church building is progressing Hard Belton August 1 Mrs Sadie C Glenn Boerne July 26
of Sl it was shipped to Harrison the brick aud T B Barton the Mr Charles Saunders nnd Miss Catherine
premium
make good garden and perfect the crops bolls There are no worms The general rapidly Three windows in this structure Mr George Davidsou Sr Shepherd
Lheman Stern Co New Orleans work uud material The rine Allen Belton August 1
of sorghum uud millet eral talk now with the farmers is where carpenter will cost 1000 each July 30
will we get people enough to pick it out building will be finished immediately Mr W W Johnson and Miss Annla Mr E A Dowell Cuero July 29
Hill
Hempstead county wlllshipover The will have to come from somewhere TEXAS IROUltESS Tvluu Aug 5 About 1000 feet of Messer Belton August 2 Mrs Irod Royse City July 31
100 curloads of watermelons this season TEXAS MILLS AND FACTORIES
where as there Is not enough people street railway was laid today on West Mr Fuchs nnd Miss Delia Hungate Mr J L Jones Corpus Chrlstl
watermelon asfoeiutiou has of
A cburge hero to pick it in twelve months if it The large Mernmor hotel nt Corpus Erwin and Spring streets The cotton gin at Coleman is about Lampasas July 28 August 1
new
all the busluess done
makes it looks Corn is ubotit Christ is now ussured The plans have The national bauk is Mr J P Thompson and Miss Sallie
as now an city building going ready for business It has all of the improvements Dr J D Wlllinras Millican July 25
Farmers in Wharton county since the average crop in this immediate neigh been accepted and work will begin in ing up rapidly and a capacity of sixteen B Henry Greenville July 31 Mrs Mary C Bledsoe Bryan July
rnlus consider the crop prospeots better borhoo l but short iu the couuty about ten days It will front the bay lEKUELL Aug C Tho Gaffney hardware provements bules Mr L A Snow nnd Mrs Annie Ja- 30
than they have been for years and be or threo stories In height The a day cobs Vernon August 1
Sherman 2 Mrs M J
ware wns awarded the contract Aug
BAUTLKTr Auir 7 Bartlett received size is 175x119 feet and company The Vernon Mill nnd Elevator Mr E Loveall
cost unfurnished company G and Miss R D Bo
The cotton nround Belden will be
crop wife of J P
Austin Clerk
for tho County
tho cornice to school building
her first bale yesterday It sold for ll1 new finished their work last week and
furnished about 830000 ny are hnnon Bohanon Julv 30
unusually large Splendid rains have
died this oclock
ing nt Vernon Tex Austlu evening at 5
cents per pouud which together with now ready to receive grain Mr J J Davis and Miss Emma L
fallen there The citizen or Mineral Wells nre
agitating The prospects are now fair to put in nn The funeral will bo at 5 oclook tomorrow
netted Mr Chick the
the premium pro- tating the question of sinking an artesian A flouring mill cotton gin corn mill Smith Houston July 30
Hartley county tins bad soveral fine ducer 5108 electric plant in Terrell Some of our row
well for domestic use and nuother blacksmith shop are new Mr George Grifhn nnd Miss Lizzie rowMrs Pauline Scanlan Houston
rains the Inst ten dnys There Is mora A fine rain fell hers yesterday and enterprising capitalists have taken the
Weston Houston 30
prulrie being broken now thnn ever be- farmers are happy The Iowa Park Texan says A red matter In hand enterprises at Benjamin Knox county July July 29
fore in the history ot the country letter week has been ushered in Members of the Baptist churoh In Mr Walter S Beadles and Miss Louisa Mrs Carolina Milllany Houston July
Dallas C The contract for the
Aug
7 It has been M Hertford Houston
Eddv Aug two July 30
for Iowa Park between tho last two issues Seymour nre going to build a neat ohuroh 30 1
Rain nt Cleburne dowu lu Hoods Dallas courthouse this
enrae since hnd county was signed 30Mias
months today we a rain to do Mr Thomas W Mougbam and Miss
sues of the Texan The cottoj gin is assured edifice It will bo or brick Several Mias Katie Hendricks Seymour July
It will sae a large cotton crop nuv good and cottou is suffeiug The afternoon Mr R L James tho contractor Anna Wilde Houston July 31 1g
sured aud will be ready for business thousand dollars nre already on hand 29
Corn is cut a llttlo short In Delta yield Is estimated all the way from ono tractor secured the final bid and will Mr John Lucas aud Miss MolIIe Press 29Mr
September 1 the collece contracted for There 121 school districts in Mr L Wiley Stookdnlo July 31
are
Gray
county but cotton without the bollworm tlfth to onobnlf bale per acre erect the building according to specifica- ler Houston August 1 g
to bo finished November 1 Col Murchl tions out of Little Rock grnnlte for son county with 137 schools exclusive ot Miss Mollio Springer Haskell July 29
worm will make nice Mr Moritz Gabertand Miss Rllda
n yield Low
Pecos Aug 7 The farmers of Reeves
W F Prater Denison 1
sons Hue large residence under way S3U5000 It will take about two Sherman Denison and Whltesboro The August
ltockwull is the smallest county in the county think they have much to years Is Houston August 1
Simmons two cottages going up Gin to complete the edifice pupils In attendance last year numbered Mr Thomas Scanlan Denison Au-
state but its cotton crop will be htsrb up be thankful for as they read of the sous store about ready to opeu the M 8400 Mr E L Boone and Miss Josephine gust 1
oti the list this year The plnntjs extra disastrous drouth in Kausns and soma E church going up nuother large livery Lubbock Aug C LulibocK county 8400A Thomas Houston August 2 deaths
full of fruit aud will begin opening In a portion of Eastern Texas Crous ou the arranged for Daniels ne houso going now has about 100 population A town A Methodist female seminary is soon to Mr Louis Jones and Miss Annie DatHn Mrs M F Glenn Boerno July 25
few days irrigating canals are looking well und u up the cou tract let for the school bouse bus recently been located two miles north be erected in the West End of San An- Houston August 3 Mrs Bettie Hill Bradfield Throck
bountiful yield is assured of the center the east Bide of Yel tonio It will cost 75000 Mr W B Snnderter nnd Miss Alice
Navarro crops nro pood with plenty of addition the big well walled and ready on the morton July 29
ralu Some lields of corn will make- The Pecos river is lower than it has for business the brick yard opened lowhouse canon on land owned by Mr Tbe Baptists have subscribed about Loyd Jacksboro July 27 Mr John Collier Templo August 3
over thirty bushels to the acre been for years but still runs more wnter Spencers stone quarry opened J T Lofton of Fort Worth Mr Lofton 5000 which is necessary to complete Mr J A Cox and Miss M E Bor- Mr James J Parker near Whltos
than can be utilized by the irrigatiug has let the contract for a substantial ho- their church building at Lampasas It den Jacksboro July 27 boro August 3
Flue rains bavj fallen around Temple ditches for several years to come The increase iu the value of property tel livery stable and schoolhouse The will be one of the finest in Texns The Mr T E Hail and Miss B E Dotson Mrs Mary Austin ShermanAugust3
in Lee Is
Grayson county has been visited with More ruin than usual has fallon In the last couuty 5274010 over that of county is settling up rapidly as the shallow Episcopal church is now occupied It is Jacksboro July 28 Mr Louis Welubelmer near Freder-
refreshiug showers valley this spring und summer aud as a year low depth of water proximity to timber a line stone structure Mr J L Duerson and Miss Agnes icksburg July 20
Cotton is opening unusually early in consequence the stock Interests are in The dam at the waterworks in Gaines- nnd flue quality of the land offer superior A new oburcb edifice is to be oreotod Stevens Jacksboro July 29 Mr D F Whitesides Hubbard City
Shelby county this year better shape than for the past two or ville is about completed and the city will inducements by the CumDerlnud Presbyterians at Mr T A Acuff nnd Miss F Shackle July 25
Cooke county has been drenched with three years enjoy as good a system ot waterworks as Tvleie Aug 6 A contract has been Osceola Hill couuty ford Jacksboro July 28 Mrs J W Garrad Snider July 25
any iu the stato Mr L M Kiker and Miss E J Weir
heavy showers this week A big rain Bagwell Aug 8 Discouraging reports let to have the fair grounds east ot the Tylek Aug 6 The Christian denomination Pakis Aug 5 Miss May L Cox
Jncksboro 28
Monday afternoon cut the drouth short ports are being received here from interior Wichita Falls Is to have a distriot fair city cleared nnd arrangements for a fair nomination Is building a temporary July died Inst night and will be buried today
Mr H L DeFord nnd Miia Othello
during the coining full 20000 having this fall will be earned through with a bouse of tho lot Madisonvillk Aug 4 S T AI1
Good rains bavd recently fallen nround rior sections of thisRed Rivercomity ou worship on belonging to Watson July 27
been subscribed for that
purpose rush As soon as tne grounds ure cleared church West Ernln phin oue of our principal merchants
St Marys Weimar Floresville Smith account of the long continued drouth tho on street As Mr J T Simmons and Miss E
ville Burton Clurendou and Del Rio Lute corn Is i total loss aud iu some The documents have been received work on the buildings will begin soon as arrangements can bo made a Steele Denison 31 Mary and an old landmark uled yesterday
that constitute the third national bnnk July Ho bad been in tbe mercantile business
the hot is causing the substantial aud house will
good pretty
Farmers of tho state holding sections sun youug Washington 8 The Mr Frank and Miss
iu parts are Aug following Harvey Mamie
for It will be in this town for
bolls to fall from cottou stalks There Temple called the Bell be built nearly thirtyfive years
ing their wheat for a rise Some dealers national bank national bunk wns authorized to commence Christopher Orange July 23
has been no rain here for four weeks county national Tyler Aug 5 The Tyler Ice faot J Mrs Mary Sanders Laredo August 3
predict that the price will reach 125 a mence business First bank of Mr M Johnson and Mrs Jean
bushel and farmers to save their stock ure com- A stock company hns been organized nt Grandview at Grnndview Tex cap tory is arrauging its plant to turn oa Carter Timpson July 2t > Mrs D Williams Belton August 2
pelled to haul wator from three to live Seymour to build an opera bouse of tons day Mrs John OBrian Gainesville August
ltal twenty
Shelby has had frequent rains 550000 president WGDavis per Mr Feliciuno Gomez and Miss Manu
county miles distance stone or brick The stock has nil been gust 4
cashier T E Pittman ella Rushmau Brackett 31
The cottou worm has appeared somewhat Ruome Aug 4 Tho Rbome Roller July
subscribed and work will soon begin Paws Aug 5 Joseph Cain a prominent
McKinnxy Aug 8 Light showers threw Mr William Pattou ana MIssLuolnda
dangerously Quanah Aug 7 All of the arrangements Mill company the throttle of their
inent citizen of
this well
tell today Cotton will yield this fall Luling Caldwell county Is erecting elegant new mill wide this Kelton Brackett July 31 county and
ments have been made for the construction open morning
Corn is in Kills known
damaged some county throughout the in the
but cotton is splendid the biggest crop ever grown in the nn opera house tion of a large nud substantial bridge ing aud have been turning out all day Mr D C Boykin and Miss M J hard wood lumber trade couutry died suddenly
county A corps of surveyors nre busy now across the south fork Red river about the different grades of flour with dispatch Blankenship Hubbard City July 31 Arthur this
at City morning
Excellent rains have fallen In Trinity Fokt Davib Aug 7 Heavy rains laying off Into lots two railroad sections seven miles north of Quanah which will patch und satisfaction They also have Mr T Marion Dunagan and Miss Mnud Pakis Ang G Capt J C C
and it the does not
cotton
couuty norm have fallon within the past two weeks us additions to Seymour one on the east unite Hardeman nnd Greer counties by a a splendid roller outfit for the manufacture E Jo es Corsicana July 31 Arthur old and citizen
an prominent of
injure the the will be
trop yield heavy and tbi grass is Que and stock of all and one on the north safe aud easy roadway Quanah is by ture of cornmeal Mr D C Burke and Miss J H Shot this county and founder of Arthur City
Plenty of rain and good crop prospects kinds doing unusually well Corslcnna aavertlses the fact that she far the nearest und best market for farm Breniiam Aug 2 Tho Standard oil well Corsicana August 3 died at Sherman today while on his
is the rep rt from Montague county Julia Aug 7 We have had fine has 50000 In cash to give to the first products trading nnd railroad connec- company through Sampson Heidenhei Mr Lewis Bearens and Mis3 Beartio way home from Matubby Springs
The uerence planted in cotton in Wise rains all over Swisher county this company that will ereot u100000 cotton tion for a large portion of Greer county mer have sold their Brenhnm oil mill Foster Corsicana August 3 Mr Joe Edler Waxahachle August
couuty is much greater than ever before week and our peoplo feel hopeful that mill in their city and the business relations between the including a number of switches twenty Mr J B Laws and Miss Beatrice 4
The plant is looking welluud the fruitage the Staked Plains will prove a line small The Bell County nntionnl bank has people of Greer and Quannh are dally five seed houses and scales to Brenham Foster Pecan Gap August 3 Mr R R Robertson Austin August
with the raius will be great gram couutry been organized ut Temple with C L becoming more Intimate aud extensive capitalists for 60000 The purchasers Mr Jacob Muiler and Miss Emma 5
Hood rains have visited Nacogdoches Waco Aug 4 The cloudy weather McKay president A F Bently vice The splendid agricultural lands ot are tbe owners of tbe two compresses of Spahn San Antonio August 2 Mr Thomas Law near Rockdale
president II D Kone Hardeman and Greer counties are being this town They are u H Schwels R Mr James B Black and Miss Lula 30
county and now an abundant cotton we ure now having is making cashier F July
crop is utmost assured cottou grow SDlendidly The crop here McDowell assistant cushier und C L rapidly converted into splendid farms E Leeher A Werner William Zeiss Henderson Whitney July 27 Mr J U C Arthur Sherman August
nnd correspondingly increasing in value Thomas William Mr J M Gregory and Miss Martha J
McKay H D Koue A F Dwyer Perry nnd D 6
gust
will exceed last years crop Bently Dr
The Denison Herald says The weather Rogers J no Jackson Worth but there are still large areas of as fertile C Giddlngs The trade wiIL be consummated Weaver Whitney July 27 Mr Dred Parks Sbermnn S
Walton August
is excellent the cotton crop never better Plano Aug 3 The drouth continues tile soil found in Mr W W Pitt and Miss M
aud F Paulus ns directors here as can bo nny state mated as soon as Mr Heldenheimer can S Shelton Mrs August Weller Oakland August
iu thirty years and money is easy unbroken aud the corn orop passes beyond in 27
the Union that can be purchased ut get power of attorney from present ton Whitney July 1
In Lamnr county corn Is not good but yond redemption The cottoo promises Seymour wants a daily mall and stage from S3 to S12 per acre on owners to sell Mr E H Myers and Miss Navim Mr Tom Turke
cottou promises well n fair yield and uadoubt with nn early line to Graham Throckmorton Haskell easy terms to actual settlers Next McSpadden Whitney July 28 near Forney August
6
rain would make an average crop On aud Benjamin nnd must have them ALTAR AND TOMB
The cotton yield of the Red rlvea week ground will bo broken in Mr D C Boykin and Miss M J Mrs Minnie Garrett Valley Mills
account of the early failure of the wheat The third annual fair of the
couutry will be ubove an nverage Corn Alvord the construction 6f an elegant hotel to Blankenship Whitney July 28 August 3
Is tine along the river lauds crop the acreage in cotton is uuusually fair association which opens October 7 consist ot three stories aud notbinr will MAKKIAGES Mr C W Williams nnd Miss Annie
Dr John Hogan Waco August 7
large as a large portion of the wheat aud closes October 11 will be the best be omitted that will contribute to the Mr Frank Taylor and Mis3 Norn L SToung Whitney July 28
Mrs Crlm 5
A tremendous cotton crop is expected lund was put in cotton entertainment ever given on the grounds comfort nnd convenience of its guests Its Batcbelor Concrete July 29 Mr W 11 Cauble and Miss Fannie Mrs Frank Temple Williams August Belton August
from in the section around
appearances Tayloh Aug 4 Last Saturday Taylor of theusjociatlon This enterprise by walls be entirely of stone from the quar- Mr Gustavo Galvy and Miss Jessie A Scruggs Whitney July 29 gust 3
Oreeiivllle Hunt couuty lor received her first bale of cotton The its success has earned tor itself a reputation ries two miles from town and the best Stephanies Cuero July 25 Mr Robert M Rend and Mus Bettie Mrs J A Bennett Hlllsboro Au-
Crop prospects In Hood county are bale was raised iu the eusteru part of the tation second to none of Its class In the material nf all kinds will be used In its Mr Gus Metz and Mias Ida Ronssr Butehee Whitney July 29 gust 2
promising 542 and win state and the management construction Mr W A and
county uud weighed pounds announce Cuero July 28 Thompson Mri Lillle
Mrs Sallie Whitley near Belton I
Good rains have fallen In Bosque bought by Woranck Sturgis for 12 that it shall be their endeavor to make Wichita Falls Aug 9 The govern- Mr J T Day and Miss MaUle A Thompson Whitney July 30 July 30
county and a heavy crop of cotton is cents There was also a special premium the entertainment for this season ment has designated this place as one of McCoy Cuero July SO Mr Horace Randolph and Miss Lallle Mr Morgan Cook Gainesville Au-
ussued given by our merchants son pxcol In every respect the signal stations and instruments Mr J N Easley and Miss Ida Henry Young Dexter August 1 gust 7
Corn in snmo parts of the Nowburg The weather is dry a d warm nny ever attentiou held has on the grounds have been received by the appointee to Sulphur Springs July 27 Mr John A King and Miss Jennie W Mrs Alice Curtia Houston August
Comauibe will Special been given to the tbe Mr W M Alcorn and Mr Laura Tarkington Sherman August 4
section county yield position 5
Alvord Aug 4 A heavy cloud revision of the gust
premium list nnd the Bruce Henrietta 31 Mr Pat Sbeehy and Miss Lizzie Johnson
bushels to the Is July
forty acre Cottou Mr Mogan Whits Lockhardt August
came up from the west this evening premiums offered will bear Julia Aug 7 Swisher county Is now
comparison son Sherman
Mr Jerome Houston and Miss Belle Augusts
Due aud at this hour 3 p in a tine rain 1 with the most liberal offered regularly organized and the commissioners gust 2
by any ns Basham Henrietta 21 Mr J M Howeth and Miss O V
Cotton is somewhat late in Navarro falling Indications are that we will get suciatlon aud while facllitv sioners court have purchased records July Mrs T O Bradfield Tbrockmqrton
every will Munkus
Waxahachle
Mr Scott and Miss Nannie August 2
roiintv but ii frultlntr very fast Copious it good seasou before this raiu is over be offered exhibitors to make aud stationery and n fine safe for preservation Bryrn July 30
displays Mr J H Hutton
poper aud Mrs
Mexla 27 Carrie E
rulus have lallnti aud corn Is good Two carloads of watermelons nre being plays especial attention will be vation ot the records July Mr Eld ridge Stalllngs near Millwood
given to Mr J L Davidson and Miss Jennie Carpenter Waxahacbie Augusts
2
August
The Wnto New of the Utti s ild The loaded here today muklng nineteen awarding committees and a guarantees Sunset yig 2 In the great rush Brouwer Denton July 30 Mr J V Holcomb and Miss Ida Mrs Carlton Augusts
loads of melons this b Masslngale
rujt > jrsltiday evt mug as a welcome shipped teuton s given every exhibitor that the utmost to the upper Panhandle many people Mr W W Odom nud Miss Lorena Stewart Waxahachle Augusts
Miss Luunlu Miller McGregor
vUltor and If It extended nil over the jam Silbcrman besides the amount fairness will be observed as to awards pass through this locality without know Uuuter Trfekbnm July 27 Mr C H Martin and Mrs Mnrtha 4 May
county It wlli muxe thousands of dollars which bus gone by express The race department will be found morr whatJuducemeuts have E Bailey Waxahachle August
ng we to offer Mr James W McNutt and Miss Mary August 4 McKinnkt 7 Hon W H
for the farmers The prospect for cotton Gainesville Aug 4 A good liberal thnu at auy previous season and tbe homeseeker in this great fruit and Hircoh near Osage July 29 Mr Miles Haynle and Miss Clara Wer- Andrews died Aug last night Tbe courts
ton is mure than ordinarily good The shower fell here this evening and the purses have beeu arranged especially to vegotable belt of the state but the timbers Mr C M Pennington and Miss Add e ner Trinity July 31 and citizens generally
adjonrned today
crop is in better condition than it was last present indications for more rain are suit Texas horses nnd to encourage home bers countrycan afford to bide Its time Tucker Sherman July 27 Mr B Ai Wood and Miss Ada M their Judge Andrews
testify sorrow
year that Is there will be h greater very flattering Tho rain was heavier in stock breeding The ladies textile department certain that in the end Its superior ad- Mr W W Jones and MUs Emma House Belton August 3 for the courts
jleld caused perhaps by the Increase In the northeast aud eastern portions ot the partment will receive especial attention vantages will attract hither the Jackson Sherman July 27 Mr J E Mobre and Miss Wagner of presided this and adjoining many years counties over and not-
area but some think the yield per acre county and will be of great benefit to Class A will be unique as all the com- class of smaU farmers that is needed Mr Edgar A Dewlttand Miss Imogene Belton August 4 withstanding his politics
will be larger than last year Some the cotton crop Corn is beyond aid petitors must be over fifty years of age to develop the trult farms that await Walker Sherman July 29 Mr C D Elis and Miss Ollle Dean was universally respected and Republican honored
locallttfs have suffered from the moii being thoroughly ripened by the exces- The department will receive everything them It is predicted that within y Mr W G Bennett nnd Itus Ida Belton August 4 Of late be devoted his atteuUoa to
Iu mult plans Is this coun sive heat and the home life from years
Ive htul bat long drought pertaining to exquisite three
all the laud within miles
years o Hogan Sherman July 29 FKizru Aug 5 Mr John Sen beo keeping and stock raisins
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