The Canton Telephone. (Canton, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, September 23, 1887 Page: 2 of 4
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THE TELEPHONE.
W. X. FOSTER, Editor ud Prop'r.
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CANTON, Yen Zandt Oo.. TETAB
Elgin propose* to incorporate.
Four of Terrell'* churchei are without
piutors.
The electric light baa been turned on
at I’urU.
Fort Worth la (hipping mulea to Cal
Ifornia.
Stork of all kind la doing well in
II miue.
Cuttle arouud Santa Anna are report
rd nmd fiat.
In l' e county the cattle are in fine
condition
Gregg County haa aacliolaatic popula
lion of 1890.
\\ hitewr.ght and Wolfe City want to
incorporate.
(Doped baa bought a city poor farm of
110 acres.
Greenville haa good prospects for nn
ice factory.
San Angelo produced a waaarmelon
weighing 511 pounds.
The outlook for the Navarro county
fair is very promising.
Several parties at Ban Antonio are aur-
ally engaged in silk culture.
The people around Longview are en-
joying u late crop of roasting ears.
The cal" crop In the vicinity of Bun
Angelo ts the beat known for years.
Many farmers around Blanco say tha t
.hey will make more cotton this year
than last
Wills Point has a fruit canning factory.
The fruit crop in that section is very
hue ttila year.
Colton is soiling over the state at from
«j to BJ cents. Corn at 25 to 35 cents
per bushel.
Cleburne is trying to secure one of the
Gulf. Colorado & Santa Ke Railroad'.
Hospitals.
A stalk of corn measuring fourteen
feet was grown by Mr. Walker in Co
manche county
The Prairie View Normal School for
colored teachers opened with about sixty -
two students.
The killing of rattlesnakes is becom
ing quite a common occurrence in Jack
son county.
From 2000 to 8000 cattle will go from
Throckmoi <on county to Albany foi
shipment this fall.
A large rattlesnake with twelve rattle <
wiib killed in Mr. C. I. Polk's Held al
Ban Augustine last week.
Tho Deaf and Dumb Institute at Au
tin opened its regular session with 111
pupils against 02 last year.
Hugo White killed a big rattler neat
Edna, a few days ago, that sported thir
teen rat lies and a button.
The Fannin Alliance Agricultural As
sociatioti and the Milano Cooperative
Association have been chartered.
Half rates are now being charged from
Texas to St. Louis and return on accoini
of tho St Louis Fair. Tickots are good
till Oct. 27.
Rev. It H. H. Burnett, assisted by
Mr. Abe Mulkey. a layman of Ennis, i
holding a revival in the Methodist church
ut Delias.
Will Poe. of Longview, has receive I
the appointment to cadetship at We
Point. He was orderly sergeant of th
Longview Rides.
The new town of Belcher is stead tv
Improving Three handsome new ro-;
deuces and a large Moihodist church wi
soon he completed.
A Mexican lion measuring eight fee
from tip to tip was recently killed in th
Panhandle at the head of Can tomcat
creek by J. W. Uarrah
October 1, is sot as the time for salooi
keepers to give bond in the sum of Wild
to keep an orderly house accoiding to
the provisions of the new law.
The Athens free school opened on Hi
12th lost , with 100 scholars in attend
none, under charge of Prof. Renfro, and
Blade with Mrs. Renfro as assistant.
Athens is steadily Improving. There
is no boom, but a solid growth Three
brick stores have lately been Onished
and four more are under construction.
A resident of Cleburne found a lawn
mower on his premi-cs after thesubd
dencej of the late flood there. It is sup
posed to have been brought down in the
drift.
Some of the daily papers are trying to
raise a SI,000 fund, for the henctlt of
Mrs. Guinn, of Waco, whose husband
was rocently killed in that place by u
printer.
The district judgeship at Bryan, made
vacant by the appointment of Judge
Collars! to C nnmissioncr of Appeals, has
been tendered to II. J. N. Henderson and
(ins been accepted.
The Alliances near Longview have
bought property at that place for the
. erecil in of a cotton warehouse and ex
rhnn o. They will cooperate with the
Dnllas exchange.
Many newcomers are finding homes In
Henderson county, most of them from
ttm West. Cheap and fertile lands,good
waier. and all the accessories of society
are offered to all seeking homes
Mr. J. L Morter. who lives on Grocs
beck creek, six miles north of Quanah.
tills of a natural bed of plaster of pnrls.
found on tho bsnks of the creek. The
supply seems to be Inexhaustible.
Petroleum was struck on tho place ot
Mr. WslP r Erath. on C nr Bayou, about
I ..Tic n miles south of Waco,at a dopih
of a feel, which bad been rcaclic I In
process of digging nn artesian well.
J. K. Kruttsohnltt. mining superin-
tendent of the Southern Pacific Railroad,
he < been out to examine tho coal m lies
at Ea -I • Pass. It is believed that tho
purchase of .liese mines by Huntington
will be the resu.t.
The superintendent of public inatrue-
II n rub s that a tliil I attending a pub
lie si bool may lie su pended when in-
fected wiili a contagious disease, whon
i - I'm i llion upon school Is likely to
spread ihe conlnglon:
Judge Anders, of the County Court on
a t- »t ease decided that the Bayou Citv’l
Sunday 1 w is c> nslliutlonal. Will am
Anger offer, the, saloon-keeper on trial,
was lined (t5,l>00 for one Sunday's vio-
la! ions.
The oat crop In TJpseomb county is
cxee lent; lit mv y places the average is
frm sixty to 'evenly bushels to the acre.
Corn on some farms will average near
sixiy busheland the yield of Irish po-
tatoes ia surprizing
DOMESTIC HINTa
PUDDING SALT*.
Beat together four teaspoonfnle of
iugar and two ounces of butter; stir In
t teacup of boiling water; flavor to
taste.
POP-OVER*.
One thoroughly beaten egg, one ctrp
tweet milk, a little salt, one oup sifted
lour. Drop in hot gem irons and bake
juiokly.
DOUGHNUTS.
Uuo cup sugar, one heaping table-
ipoonful butter, one egg, one cap sweet
uilk, half a nutmeg, two teaspoonfuls
inking powder, one quart flour.
COKN-STAKCH CUSTAllD.
Put a pint of milk in n frying pan,
let it come to the boiling point, then
old a pinch of salt and two tablespoon-
uls ot corn-starch. Serve with sugar
md cream.
SUGAR COOKIES.
One cup butter, two oups of sugar and
three eggs. Flour enough to make a
loft dough. Flavor with cinnamon or
lutmeg and bake in a moderate oven.
JELLT CUSTARD TIE.
Four eggs, whites beaten separately,
me cup of sugar, two tablespoons of
Hitter; beat well; add one cup nearly
ull of jelly; last thing add thu whiles
it the eggs; bake ou thin pastry.
FRUIT CAKE.
The yolks of ten eggs, ten ounces
Hitter, one pound flour, one pound
iitron, one pound raisins, two pounds
mrrunts, one teaspoonful ciunamon,
doves, mace, nutmeg.
COTTAGE PUDDING.
One cup of sugar, one egg, one cup
>t swcot milk, three tablospoonfuls of
nelted butter, one tablespoonful of
Hiking powder, 2} cups of flour. Bake
ibout forty minutes. Eat with sauce
while warm.
GINGER SNAPS.
Boil slowly for fifteen minutes two
-ups of molasses; add one-half cup of
mtter, cool amt add two spoonfuls
if cold water, one lumping luaspoonful
' >t ginger and flour to roll.
BLACKBERRY JAM.
Tnke four pouDds of fruit, put into a
cattle witli two pounds of good coarse
iugar, and sot over a slow lire, gently
toiling it for one hour, occasionally
itirring it to prevent burning. When
lone put in jars and seal.
OOOD CAKE.
Oue cup each of butter, brown sugar,
uolassns and coffee, one teaspoonfiil
inch, even full, of cinnamon, cloves
mil nutmeg grntod, throe teaspoonfuls
>f soda dissolved in the coffee, flour to
nnkc a stiff dough; add the last tiling
wo cups of raisins chopped. Bake in
i moderate oven.
FRIED ONIONS.
Have frying pan hot, pul in a good
lized piece of butter (or meat frying*
ifter frying meat), put in the onions
diced; sprinkle with pepper and salt
md pour in just a little hot water,
lover closely, let cook twenty min-
ites; add a teaspoonfiil of flour in
i little milk and whon it boils it is
'endy to serve.
SPONGE JELLY ROLL.
Four eggs, 1 j cups of sugar, one tea-
ipoonftil baking powder; beat the
whites separately, and thu sugar and
he yolks together till very light; then
idd part of tile whites, then a cup of
lour, then boat good, then a little more
lour, then thu rest of the whites, and
tir easy, put it in nnd bake. Spread
ind roll as quick as you can.
DELICIOUS PUDDING.
Two eggs and their weight in butter,
mgar and flour. Have the butter soft
mil mix it with the sugar. Beat the
whites and yolks of the eggs separately,
mil mix with tho butter and sugar; add
ho grated peel of half a lemon, and
itir in the sifted flour. Pour into a
(uttered pan, tilling a little over half
ull, and bake in a moderate ovor.
A. German Startles the Salva-
tionists.
The congregation of the Salvation
irmy at the barracks in Jane street,
ays The Hew York Commercial Adver-
iscr, was reinforced last night by the
ippearance of n more earnest convert
hun they had had in a long time. He
vas John Dirkin, a small man, a Gor-
lan, in a check shirt, who spoke
ather rambling English. Ho pro-
ilaimed that he had come to earth to
nvo tho souls of degraded humanity.
This pleased the Salvationists, but
vlien he added that ho thought the
irst place he would begin at was in the
anks of the Salvation array, they
Tied: “Put him out," and sent for
’ol coman Wooldrlcb, who arrested
)irkin. Before Justice Gorman, at Jef-
erson market police court, Dirkin
aid he was employed doing chores nt
no. 113 East Sixteenth street, where-
to workod for an hour each day. He
md been seven years in this country,
le was asked whore he lived, and re-
ilietl:
“I live in a state of heavenly mind."
"Where wero you bornP”
"I was born in the spirit I am bom
.gain."
Finally he told tho justice: “Yon
lon't understand these thiugs; they
re too spiritual for you."
Justice Gorman held him for exami-
lation ns to his sanity.
Progress Away From It
Uncle John—Why, my girl, you've
;rown like a cucumber vine! What
irogress are you making toward
natrimonvP
Clara—Weil, uncle. I’m ou my fifth
ap. —yew llavea S’ewi.
I
nucim taut Em
.‘ammisaionera of tbs Court of Appeal*
A pointed — Asylum tor Colored
Children—The Lunatie Asylum
Imbroglio.
: reached this port Friday from Phiiadel ! 1 HE loLAND CITY.
: phis after a loag voyage, reports having Galveston, Tex , Sept M.—The Sun
encountered n terrific hurricane when day law was rig dly enforced throughout
ebout ninety miles off Turk's Island, ont tbe city Huiulsy Even the back doors
of the Bnbame groutx The hurricane of every bar-room In town were doted
swooped down upon the veesel on the against visitors. Bovernl minor arrests
Austin, Tex., Sept 17.—The governor
5as made the following appointments to
tlie Court of Commissions of Appeal:
Walter Acker of Lampasas, W. E. Col-
lard of Robertson, snd Iiicharil Maltby
of Grayson county. Judge Collard's
| place on the District Bench has not yet
J bee'* supplied The new court is ro
: garxleil by members of the bar aa a
- Going one and tho governor ia compll-
\ nested on his selection.
* Chartered : The Anderson County
Farmers' Alliance Cooperative Asso-
elation.
Tho new asylum for colored denf and
dumb anil blind children opens Oct- 1
with an attendance fully up to tbe ca-
: parity ot tbe buildings to furnish room
| ml accommodation.
The comptroller estimates an increase
of $20,000,000 in aggregate assessed val-
ues this year. Rolls from 150 counties
) indicate that increase.
In Uie Distiict Court Abner Taylor,
capi'iol cnntiactor, haa filed suit to com-
pel Land Commissioner Hall to issue
pa'ents to him for installments of lands
j earned as rapitol builder and awarded
aim by certificates of tbe Capitol Com
inissioncrs. The contracts seem to re-
quire the patents to issue without ex-
pense to the contractor upon filing the
commissioners’ certificate in the Land
Olllce, but the Commissioner of the Land
UfUco lias required payment of patent
fees, which have been paid under pro-
I lest. * Tho fees amount to a large sum,
) noar $0000 being paid upon them up to
j date.
Comptroller McCall is investigating
apparent irregularities in some of the
accounts presented to him for fees of
attached witnesses.
SAN ANTONIO SIFTINGS.
Han Antonio, Tex., Bept. 17.—Col.
Nichols, inspector of customs, seized
seventy-five head of horse stock again
Thursday, belonging to P. Dougherty,
and claimed to have been run by the
Eagle Pass custom house.
A joint meeting of the city council
and county commissioners was held
Thursday afternoon, when it was unan
Imously decided that the city and county
unite and share equally the cost of con-
structing a city hall nnd court-house on
Military Plaza. Tho structure is to cost
$300,000. There will be no market or
jail attachments. Borne citizens who
oppose the move say they will enjoin it
nn the grounds that the plazas cannot be
used for building purposes, but the offi-
cers have legal advice Justifying their
action.
lido Rhodius went to the Odd Follows’
Hall, in the third story of the lodge
building, about 3 o’clock Thursday after-
noon. to regulate the organ. At 5
o’clock a friend, who wanted to soe him
on business, ran up the stairs and found
Mr. Rhodius sitting at the organ, with
one hand on the keys and the other
hanging by his side, cold in death. His
death was from appoplexy. He leavoB a
a young wife and one child.
Parlies arriving on the trains report
unusually heavy rains south, toward
Laredo, at Campbellton, in Atascosa
county.
Will Humphries, in jail at Meridian,
charged with train robbery, recently
jnmpcii his bond, charged with horse-
tnefl. in Kendall county. He is the man
who gave away Smith, Logan. Rowley,
Wilkerson and others convicted here
some years ago for robbing the Laredo
aud Austin stages.
SHERMAN SHAVINGS
Sherman, Tex., Bept. 17.—The com-
mittee Thursday forwarded the proposi-
tion of Bhernian to the Stnto Orphans’
Home Commission, to be opened by
them at Austin September 21.
Tom Owens, who was placed in jail
come time since on a charge of stealing
corn, was dismissed as to that charge
and rearrested at once upon two charges
of stealing cotton.
Very general rains have fallen all over
Grayson county, and while in some
places it lias been quite heavy, no cottou
to any extent lias been beaten out. The
roads arc generally in a bad condition.
Tbe revised census shows the city to
have a population of 10,225. This is
a disappointment to many, who claimed
12,000, and it will undoubtedly reach
that if the suburb of Fairview and ex-
treme East Sherman bo counted
TOPICS AT TERRELL.
Terrell, Tcx., Bept. 17,—Four of
the churches continue without regular
pastors.
Kaufman county is to have a stock
show at Kaufman October 13. Com-
mittees have been appointed from differ-
ent parts of tbe county as judges.
Nearly every portion of the county
was represented in the cottou sales
'I hursday. The wagons came in almost
in caravans until Moore avenue was
almost full. Farmers are pleased with
the good rates, and are hopeful of mak-
I ing money at the present prices.
Cotton men are trying to sell and ship
| cotton as fast as it comes in, so as to
, have plenty of room to handle.
The Alliance cotton yard has been
1 doing very little hnalneaa so far. owing
to the insurance rate not having been
obtained yet.
THE BARKENTINE |ARLINOTON.
Galveston, Tex., Bept. 17.—The cap-
, tain of the barkentine Arlington, which
morning of Aug. 18, aud cast her upon hei
beam end. Her foretop sail, main sta)
sail and other portions of her riggio|
were swept away,beslde|one of the boats
Bo furious waa the wind that all the met
found it necessary to lath themaolvei
down to escape being washed overboard
into the angry waters. Bea after set
repeatedly swept the deck from stem U
stern,and everything movable was swept
into the sea. Beoing that It would b<
necessary for the safety of tho ship U
■cud along under bare poles, the second
> mate. James McDonald, crawled out tc
the end of the spanker boom to take it
u reef. While endeavoring to do so, the
ship gave a great lunge and he slipped
and fell into the foaming maelstrom nnd
! perished before a helping hand conhl I"
I held out to him. Ue lived in I’hiladel
phis, where he leavos a wife and child,
| and originally came from Nova Beotia.
| Capt Lelattd, master of tho Arlington,
■ays it was the most terrific hurricane hi
ever encountered anil wonders that the
vessel was nblo to weather it. This is
reported aa the same storm that caught
tho British steamer, Propitious, outward
bound from Galveston last August, and
which resulted in the death of her mas
ter, Capt. Nichols. The Arlington ii
loaded with a cargo of railroad iron, and
is of 408 tons burden.
THE CHINESE ROBBERIES '
Midland, Tex., Bept. 17.—Wednesday
the proceedings in the Chinese robbery
cases took an unexpected turn. Aftei
tho untried indictmonts had been trans-
ferred to neighboring counties, the enor-
mous expense that would fall upon the
county in consequcDce'of disagreements
of juries, continuances, appeals, etc.,
begun to be realized by the county offl
were made under the law. Tbe base
ball games between the Houston Heralds
and Galveston passed off without inter
ruption from officers of tbe law. Over
1000 people witnessed the game. The
Houston boys laid out the home club by
a score of 11 to 5. when at the end of the
fifth inning the game was interrupted by
rain.
Tbe storm looked for since Friday last
put in its appvarancu Sunday morning, a
■tiff breeze aprlnging up which increased
toward afternoon. The tide on the gulf
side ran high during the day, but re-
ceded at nightfall.
BROWNSVILLE NOTES
Buownsvili.e, Tcx,, Sept. 20—Jesua
Hernandez and Refugio Alemon, Mexi-
cans, concocted a plan to rob the Sheriff
of Cameron county of two horses and
two saddles belonging to another party.
It was discovered what they contem-
plated, and tare waa taken to watch
them closely, which proved effective In
catching them in tbe act and bringing
them before the magistrate for a hearing
They were bound over to nwalt the ac
tion of the grand jury. They are now
in jail.
At Rio Grande City, while the hall
I given by tho Mexican element of that
; [dace was going on in honor of the annl-
j vereary of ihe independence of Mexico,
| a young boy whose name could not be
learned had in bis possession a sixshooter
width was accidentally discharged anil
killed one Santa Ann Juarez, a youth of
that city. Tho affair causes much la
meut, and the funeral waa attended by
nearly all the inhabitants of the place.
WAXAHACHIE ITEMS.
Waxahacuie, Tcx , Bept. 80.—The
eials who desired to save the county this ^ran(1 jury for lllc prc8cnt term of the
expense if possible. Whereupon a com ligtrict court, during a session of nine
promise was entered Into with Craft and lays, fouml m bnii of indictment, 48
Matthews, who were defending all tbe felonies and 90 misdemeanors, and recorn-
accused, which resulted as follows : Tho mended a larger jail,
evidence against L. Gould being insufll There are live homicides and two rape
cient to sustain conviction, the three in- jnses set for trial during tho present
dictments for robbery against him were ;erm of the district court,
dismissed. Tom Rico had previously The first annual fair of the Ellis
made a confession, hence was allowed bounty Fair Association will commence
to plead guilty to the first charge of j October
robbery and the horse theft, whereupon
a nolle prosequi was entered in the other
two charges for robbery. B. F. Spears,
who had been convicted on his own con
fession in one robbery case, withdrew
bis notice of appeal and a like entry wat
made in the remaining indictment!
against him. A jury waa empanneilcd
to fix Rice’s sentence on his pleas of
guilty, which was fixed at 5 years for the
robbery case and 2 years for the horse
theft So ends the story of the raid on
the pigtails, with the arrest and convis-
tion of two of the raiders.
uctoncr 18 and continue until the 23d.
The catalogue is already out Prepara-
tions are being made to build a mammoth |
grand stand and exhibition hall. The
•ace track is in fine condition ; experi-
tnced jockoys pronounce it one of the
>est in the State.
Cotton is coming in at the rate of 200
:o 800 bales a day ; 3000 bales have been
•ceeivcil up to dute.
VICTORIA NOTES.
ViotoriXV Tex., Sept. 17.—The now
quarantine building on Matagorda Pen-
insula, at Pass Cavalio, has been in
spected and recoived by Btate Health
Officer Rutherford, who pronounces it
perfect in every respect.
A splendid rain, extending over a large
portion of the county, fell here Friday
SAN ANGELO NOTES.
Ban Angelo, Tcx., Bept. 20.—A young
tegro boy was drowned near tho juuc-
lon of the rivers below town Wednes-
lay night. The river waa swolion by the
leavy rains and in attempting to cross
lie was washed down stream.
Company F, Sixteenth Infantry, re-
vived orders Wednesday morning to
nove to Ban Antonio.
A cowboy from Concho county brings
ip the information of a big cave near
;he ranch of Kennedy and Roberts. The
1rst man who went down was overcome
afternoon.
Six wagon loads of cotton arrived here * ,he im>mrc ttlr aud aaothor lmd t0 8°
Friday from Refugio county. The lown t0 his rcliof’ Ho fo,lnd the cave
Aransas Pass has heretofore been getting !:o bc a lar8« ono and bought up with
this cotton, but the favorable impression ,'m an lnd'an which is now on ex-
made by this market has induced the | ,lbitlon at the dru« s,orc hore
change. Several cars of cattle also ar
rived here Friday from the same county
for shipment to Eastern markets.
The Victoria Rifles received notice
FACETIOUS ROBBERS.
Nf.w Braunfels, Tcx., Bept. 20.—Tho
danchaca gang of train robbers arc
Friday from Adjutant General King that I Gently heading for the Rio Grande,
twenty-five stands of arms, with accou ! Martz’s store, fifteen miles west of this
trements, had been forwarded to them, his place, was the scene of their latest
Their uniforms are now on the road from ! exploit. Saturday morning two well-
Now York, and the Rifles will be ready irmed and mounted highwaymen rode
in a very short time for duty in the field
KINGSTON LOCALS.
Kingston, Tex., Bept. 17.—Kingston
is coming to the front as acotton market
About twenty-five hales sold hero Friday.
Total receipts to date 300 bales. Nc
shipments made yet.
Bchool commences at Calhoun College
here next Monday with Prof. A. C.
Carnes, of Coleman, as principal.
Breeders of poultry should be more
Interested in the fall fairs than they j
usually are, as a good exhibition of
poultry at the fall fairs docs a great deal
to advance the interest among farmers.
All farmers, as a rule, attend the faira
and if thoroughbred poultry is liberally
up to the front of the store, and dis-
mounting, entered nnd ordered some
trifling articles, and while tbe clerk was
may attending to their wants, suddenly
,(resented their six-shooters and com-
oellcil him to yield tip all tho ready cash
in the premises, after which they
facetiously ordered him to dance a high-
land fling, one whistling while the other
kept time with his quirt on n cracker
Sox. A force of citizens is in pursuit
MARSHALL MISCELLANY.
Marshall. Tcx . Bept. 20.—Whi le H
Dial was removing nn ash pan under a
boiler in tho Texas nnd Pacific shops a
plank across the pit broke and he fell
into tho pit. He was knocked senseless
uul sustained severe bruises. Ho was
I POINTERS FP.OM PLANO. -4
Plano, Tex., Bept 20.—The Howarc
Oil company and Eclipse Cora Mil
company, ot Dallas, will begin the erec
tion of a warehouse each this week al
tide place.
Road in a* ter Kelly, of ths Central, was
here Saturday and itaked off a new aide
track, which will be built next week.
The three ealoons here coneumed fifty
two kegs of beer last week. This pro
clnct went for prohibition in the recent
Btate election.
Receipts of cotton Saturday 07 bales.
Tbe committee here have sent in theli
bid for the Btate orphan asylum, which
is a very liberal one, considering the
amount the pcoplo recently subscribed
to secure the St. Louis, Arkansas A
Texas railway.
GRAPEVINE NOTES.
GRArxviNK, Tex., Bopt. 30.—A fine
rain Wednesday night cooled off tbe
atmosphere.
The Fort Worth committee is now in
Dallas county buying the right-of-way
for the Bt. Louis, Arkansas and Texas
Railroad. The graders are now working
on the depot grounds at this place.
The town is improving very fast and a
great many lots have already sold. The
Giddens farm of 100 acres, adjoining
town, sold for $5000 cash.
Cotton picking is progressing very
nicely and large amounts are coming to
town.
VAN ALSTYNE DOTS.
Van Alstynr, Tex., ScpL 20.—Two
hundred anil four bales of cotton were
purchased here Saturday, prices ranging
from 8.45 to 8.60.
The Alliance gins, three miles north of
hero, Just purchased and chartered by
the Alliance, waa burned laat Thursday
night. Caused from a hot box. The
Alliance Is putting lumber on the ground
to rebuild.
The corn crop is the most remarkable
ever known here, whero corn never fails.
Tbe cotton crop prospects grow better
each day. __
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Corsicana, Tex., Bept. 20.—James
Creney, car inspector in the yards of the
Bt. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railroad
in this city, fell Sunday between two
moving cars. Ills back was broken and
the car wheels passed over his thighs,
inflicting serious flesh wounds but break-
ing no hones. His recovery is considered
ed very doubtful.
The locomotive boiler on the Houston
and Texas Central Railroad that ex-
ploded near Sherman, killing Pinkston
and Beales, arrived in the yards here
Sunday. It is a complete wreck.
NOTES FROM BENJAMIN.
Bf.njamin, Tex., Bept. 20.—The first
heavy rain for several months visited
this neighborhood last Wednesday night,
overflowing all tho small creeks and
doing a world of good.
The assessor has completed the tax
rolls for 1887 Total value of taxable
property $1,703,091. an increase over
1880 of $824,377.
ENNIS NOTES.
Ennis. Tex., Bept. 20.—Business has
been brisk for the past week. Some-
thing over 1000 bales of cotton were re»
ceived.
Born, to Mr. J. F. Marcy nnd wife,
triplets, two boys and one girl. Mother
and babies doing well.
The tost oil well at Palestine has
reached a depth of 214 feet. After pass-
ing rock the auger struck thick blue
mud, the last fifteen feet of which con-
tains slight indications of oil. The di-
rectors have ordered Ihe boring to con-
tinue, tbe indications being still encour
aging.
The b anils employed at Marblo Falls
by Mr. Holloway, in digging a well for
ms tannery, came across three human
skeletons. One was found at depth of
six leet. anotbor at fourteen feet and the
third at twenty-six feet. There is no
telling how they came there,but it is the
popular boiiof that they were people
who lost their lives in the treacherous
Colorado, and washed to that spot dur-
ing the freshests at different times, the
location of the well being near
liver. g'
8i Gordon, a eowbov, roped a biu^hlseh
bear over six feet lung ou (lie j^t’urkey
range in the Panhandle nnd ^dragged
bruin half a mile before he wjpuld con
sent to part with the vital spiMrk.
J. I. Harris, of Lavaca county raised
an ear of corn which meawtres eight
inches in circumference, elewen incliot
long and weighs one and f» quarter
pounds.
The captain of the bark ArllAponJust
arrived at Galveston, reports hawing en-
countered a terrific hiirricanoXabout
ninety miles off tho Bahama Iswnils.
Tbe wind was so furious that the^jnen
i had to lash themselves down to ke
from being washed ovcrbonul by the’'
waves that continually swept tbe deck.
The second mate. James McDonald,
while endeavoring to take in a reef, fell
into the sea and was lost immediately.
Three factories are-talked of for Long-
exhibited. their attention is drawn in .. . .
. . . lakon to the hospital anil received proper
this direction as much as to anv othei
. . . . i attention.
row!. wm«tra“t the attention of the [>cnni" McCa™'
most unobserving, and when exhibited for fell'n8 moitgaged cotton, was con- _
at the fairs never fail to command ad- dieted and his punishment fixed «t four j f"™^e°d
miration from all classes. A demand is fears in the penitentiary^ In °a,e i and it wili go Into operation with the
if C D. Doyle, charged with killinki j openlnig of tho fruit and vegetable *• r-
Wm Ramsey, a nol pros was entered by s m of 1888. The company will.buy ci rn
1) strict Attorney Graham.as tbe evidence ' of the kind they wish to use and issue it
created for fowls and eggs by these ex-
hibits, and the breeders are directly ben-
cfltted. Farmers would become more
greatly interested in fine poultry, if they
were only given the opportunity to he
come thoroughly acquainted with, and
cognizant of its numerous merits, to say
nothing of its beauty, over tbe common
barnyard fowls of the day. A chance
to offer them these opportunities is
open through the fall fairs, and it is of
vital Interest to the breeders of poultry
to come forward with exhibits, and push ;
was not sufficient to make out a case
to the farmers.
Among the new hiick buildings now
under construction in the business part
jf town arc the three story addition to
Ihe Capitol hotel, in; opera-house. M.
I.a'hrop's four store nil H. EkMurff’s on
Austin street, M. M Rain’s four stores
jn Washington an . i ', W. B. Heard s
Ihruei stores and W.
. , . _, . ™ -_ .uores on Railroad z ■ uio. — , . . ,■
th« Industry to a place which It deserves . , .. ■,, ,.,,, wa< recently presented with a pear
in the ranks of the great thoroughbred j ,ocup od a* ,oou ' ""tpletcil. in the ‘
stock interests of the day. Commence residence portion huge number
by making rour entries now for thy anuses are under w.a
great fair at Dallas ia Ootobet.
Cornelius Nell, of Green’s Creek in
Ernth County wooed anil won widow M
H. Bartln. The license w is bought nnd
It was only a half hour till the appoint
ud time for the ceremony when it waa
discovered that the widow s former hus-
band was not divorced from her as she
hail l e. n led to bel eve. The sorrowful
i ou le will have to awull tho tedium of
Heartsill’s two divorce proceedings
All will b E litor Jones, or the Kosse Cyclone.
I 1
1 we ghing one pound and three and a
i a f ounces. Itmeusuraii thirteen inches
' in circumference.
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Foster, W. E. The Canton Telephone. (Canton, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, September 23, 1887, newspaper, September 23, 1887; Canton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1142542/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Van Zandt County Library.