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THE TELEPHONE.
W. K. FOSTER, Editor and Prop’*.
PANTOK, Van Zsndt Op., TEX AH
Harvesting ami Storing Potatoes.
At present high prices of polutoei
n tiling U gained by keep »g tins bulk
of tbii crop ovor Winter. So true ii
this that it i« ill moil certain that the
prices of potatoes mint be considerably
lower Itolore Winter eels in. Concede
us ivc must llint the crop generally it
ilelio unt, let there arc some localities
where the yield bus been fa r ami even
good. Win n potato growers find quick
sale at high prices for their crop us soon
us dug, they will sell rather than to try
to hold for higher pi ous in the Spring.
No kind of farm produce shrinks
through the Winter more than the po-
tato. It takos a biff advance in price
to make it pay to hold potatoes. They
Hra a heavy crop to handle, besides
their shrinkage in the cellar, nnd 11
kept late mfeessitato much extra labor
in assorting lin'd breaking otf sprouts.
SUNK INTO THE SEA.
A Coal Passer On the Steamer San Mar-
coe Suicides by Jumping Into the
Oulf. Rescue Impossible.
Galveston, Tex., Oct. S3.—The Mal-
lory steamship San Marcos, Capt. A.
C. Burrows, arrivod Friday morning
and went into a berth at Williams'
Wharf. Capt. Burrows reports that at
7 o'clock on the morning of Tuesday,
Oct. 18. John Lem, a German, who
shipped as coal passer, came on deck
unit plunged into the sea. Although
the sky was clear, with a light breeze
and smooth sea, Lenz sank at onco and
was seen no more. The ship's engines
were immediately stopped and a boat
lowered and manned, but being uunblo
to discover uny traces of the map after
an hour's search, the yhip was headed
on lior course to Galveston. The oc-
currence took place iu the gulf in lati-
tude 28 degrees north and longitude 84
degrees west. , No cause can be as-
signed for the act, unless it wns that
he man was laboring under mental
riicdic.it time to dig potatoes varies .
with 6 rciimstiinc'us. D.gglug in hot “"crratlon »t the time,
neather is not good pol cy. especially
if the potatoes ure to he stored IU large
heaps us thin will quickly heat and
rot. Nor should d gging ho deferred
CUTTING AFFRAY.
rot. Nor should digging bo deferred Walkman, lex., Oct. 21. Quito a
until late; for when the soil is saturat- •etiuua cutting aftray occurred Hbout
■ •I with water, or liable to freezing on two miles north of Kemp,in this county
l•>« surface, tho labor of harvesting is last Saturday, in which Mr. G. M. Kl-
groatlv increased So'long as potatoes liotl an old cltizen of tll0 county, was
skill MfHIlIl trrisnl PHI'b litis III* lillfBII •
seriously if not fatally wounded. There
-kin easily, great cure lias to be taken
iu handling and saving them. It is
not safe to put in thu cellar iu large
quantities, or even into large heaps.
A few bushels spread so us not to be
more Limn eight or ten inches in thick-
ness. and lightly covered with straw or
potato tops. Is comparatively safe,
had been some misunderstanding be-
tween Mr. Klliott and John and Wes
Kicks iu regard to some cotton seed
which the Hickses left at Elliott's gin
last spring, and Saturday John Kicks
but this involves considerable extra and his son, Wes, went to Elliott’s gin
labor. On this account large growers
of potatoes usually defer digging even
the onflv varieties until the close of
September or first of October, except
wlnit they dig and cnrrv oil' at once to
market. This year, owing to their high
price, the hulk of early potatoes has
probably already been ^mld and con-
sumed.
Potato diggers have now been so im-
proved that they will do pretty fair
work. But on weedy ground more or
less potatoes will he lost, and when
to have a settlement, when a quar-
rel ensued and licks passod, when
Wes Kicks cut Elliott to the bone on
the back of tho thigh, nnd, as Elliott
fell, stabbed him again in tho bowels,
a little below and about an inch to the
right of the naval, makiug a wound
about two inches long. 1'be K'cksos
were arrested the samo [morning, and
their examining trial was had on yes.
the price s nearly or quite a dollar a terday and to day at Kemp before Es
bushel it w II pay to d g by hand, or
follow the potato digger with a pretty
thorough cultivation, so us to turn up
every tuber to the surfueo. With large
crops, clean Innd pud low prices for po-
tatoes, it is undoubtedly best to dig by
, horse power, and if auy are accidently
left, let them -go as not worth tho dHy"hy
trouble of hunting for. In selecting a '
potato digger choose one that combines
strength nnd s mplioity. There are
Mich machines that can he bought for
$30 or $40 ouch, ami do fully as good
work as thoso more complicated,
heavier and harder to draw, and cost-
Inir three or four times as much.
TTjere is great Uifference in the habit
of growth of the potato, both in its top
and tubers, iu milking it easy or bard
to harvest. Most of tho new sorts,
whatever their top may be. grow their
potatoes in a bunch easy to dig. It is
doubtful whether any horse machine
could fully harvest a crop of Peach-
blow pot aloes, their habit of growth is
so scattering. A ip w var ety of equal
excellence with that, but having tliej
samo straggling growth,
quire W. L. Gioncs, who sot the bond
of Wes Kicks at $4000 and of John
Kicks at $1600, which ho gave. Wes
Kicks failed to. mako his bond anil is
now in jail. Wes Kicks made an at-
tempt to escape from the oflicers Sun-
jumping through a window
whilu at dinner, but after a lively chase
of for or five hundred yards and liriug
soverl shots at him ho was recaptured
Mr. Elliott is reported to ho improving.
MARSHAL MISCELLANY.
Marshall, Tex., Oct 22.—The In
side finishing, caloimlnlng the ceiling
and walls, stage and scene work-of tho
opera bouse ore progressing rapidly.
Tho chairs aro being put in place, nnd
everything will be ready for tho open-
ing Oct. 26.
The gas company is extending the
main down Bolivar street, from which
to supply the old Capitol Hotel and thr
new opera house.
Cotton is bringing better prices iiud
farmers are moro encouraged to bring
the staplo to market. Business is
improving accordingly.
LOST AN ARM.
Palestine, Tex., Oct. 23. Wednes-
day morning, while feeding the steam
gin of Ben Anderson, two miles from
town, Mr. Emanuel Unger bail his
right arm so badly cut and mangled
that amputation was necessary.
NOTES FROJVI BELLS.
Bells, Tex., Oct. 23.—A suoiik thief
was found in thu cellar at the Pacific
House Thursday night, but before otli-
ccrs could gut there ho made good his
escape.
Two gentlemen, while waiting on
trains borrowed guns and commenced
shooting woodchucks oil'the telephone
posts. Marshal licks cafuo nnd
yanked tho gentlemen up boloro h s
honor, Mayor Smith, who charged tho
gent.emeu $7.50 each for tbcirfun.
While crossing his pasture Thursday
James Lea was attacked by a furious
bull, which cutno near goring him to
death.
The supposed puma of W hi tow right
neighborhood is killing sheep heru on
James Witcher’s place, who shot at it
and crippled it.
Tho school at this place is growing
rapidly. The number now enrolled is
372. •
The Alliance is now putting on the
ground rock and -timber for the. store
wh’ch will ho built immediately
MATTERS AT MCKINNEY.
McKinney, Tex., Oct. 23.—Iu the
County Court the Stato is wrestling
with Enoch and Boh Strickland. Do-
COR81CANA CU,'-LINOS
| Ci iBsiCAJfa, Tex.,Oot. iY.—Tb e new-
ly organized Board of Tra \le met again
CENTRAL CITY BUDQET,
Waco. lex., O jt. 20. — Tiwnlny night
William Ku ne, engineer of the Waco
ly organized Board ol Trade met again niiiiaru Arunu, engineer of the Waco
Wedneaday night in tho Commercia ^compress, had 1 ds arm caught between
Hotel parlon. There wna a much the platten and a ba’o of cotton. Tho
i--.—- .u.n.l.nnH than on the first arm was horrib Iv -1.... l „.,.t it ,----
parlors.
larger attendance than on the llrst
night it met. The oommlttee to solicit
membership reported a t«ta 1 of eighty-
live members, comprising a ’good per
oontage of the enterprising business
men of the city.
The city engineer is completing tho
survey of the addition to the west srn
portion of the city.
Parties in tbo city aro looking for u
site on which to locate a foundry.
The Justioc Court docket at Dresden,
this county, was larger yestorday than
it has been ut any one time for several
years. There were about thirty civil
anil a half dozen ■criminal cases. Thu
causes of litigation wero various.
A number of oolorod citizens have
been indulging in their favorite sport,
"crap shooting." Nine of its. votaries
are now being held for trial before the
recorder. They have employed ooun
sol and proposo to make it vigorous
defense.
arm was horribly crushed, and it may
be necessary to. am putate It.
Mrs. Nellie H uugji Smtuons and
Mr. Newton '3. S' u'-uons of Bruoeville,
McLennan >joun' ,y, wero married in
June of the pres int year. In a suit on
tr.al in tbo llisf -let court tbo lady is
pliintifl ami t) m husband defendant.
Too plaintitf i s praying for divorce.
Her original jx ,tition accuses her liuj-
b and of many things. ur,d one is that
she, being a prohibitionist, subscribed
(or the Ws* > Advance, organ of the
prohibitioni sts, published by Dr. J. B.
Oranlill, ar.d lio, being an anti, refused
to permit the paper to come into tho
bouse, a id wrote to tho doctor to dis-
continue it. For this and other causes
the lady says she wants a divorce with
equitub1 u iliyirion of property anil ali-
mony. In his answer Mr. Simmons
says he does not object to being dl-
vorcei’i, but ubjoot* tp the to rms de
inaiid eel. In his cross-bill and plea in
roco’jveiition lio accuses his ivifo of in-
fidelity, and in that connection he at-
taches j;uilt*to his son. R. L. Simmons,
the efB.pring of his llrst marriage. Tho
ivoallu ami high standing of the par
tics cause much interest to bo attached
BUSY TIMES AT ABILENE.
Amlkne, Tcx., Oct. 21.—Tho city
was lilled with vehicles Tunsday —»
pertect jam of wagons on Pine and
Chestnut streots all day long. Several
ranchmen wero in buying supplies, and to the proceeding!
the wholesale houses loaded uiany I J- 'V. Forehand was arrested Sept,
wagons for the north, the goods going J J®- 1886. ou a charge of forgery. His
as far up the country as Kn ox County.
Several wagons loaded with loose
cotton wero hero Wednesday fromFisher
County, and the reporter wajs informed
hy ono of the gentlemen from that
county that all the cotton raised this
year would be marketed bore. The
steam gin hero is running rogularly
and turns out a bale of cotton every
hour.
NOTES FROM BELI-S.
Bells, Tex., Oct. 21.—The Western
Union Telegraph Company has just
completed another wire frot a Greenville
to this place, and it will be completed
to Denison by next Saturda y.
While boating on tho lrjie north of
fondants aro the sons of a worthy eiti- i IU,|Ig> Robert Holland was capsized and
SAN ANTONIO SIFTINGS.
San Antonio, Tex., Oct. 22.—Moore
Bros., of this city, havo sold a half
iuterest in 100 acres addition to the
west end for $60,000.
The Annandiile Cattle company has
been organized by local capitalists.
Stock, $100,000.
1). P. Dolsen, who was shot by Dave
Alexander Tuesday night, was removed
extending to the hospital Thursday on a stretcher,
across I lie rows, would now ho rejected and cam,j near dying whilo being con-
ml flint u/ljiikltlll ik I , ill il I till 1 ' 1-11 lint il _
X ttESttfEU, Vz"»* is™* • ™*T .»■
compact in the hill. They nrn often alysis of the right side took place, and
it is hardly possible for him to las
through another night. Alexander was
released on $5000 bond, with Col.
George Breckonridgo and I. A. Dowers
as sureties. Alexander’s wife seems to
be perfectly devoted to Dolsen, and
has repeatedly applied for permission
to be with and nurse the wounded man.
dug rap dly with broad-tiued forks, iq
■strong man walking beside the row anil:
lifting the h 11 out iv til ono motion,
getting under every potato and then,
Mhiik ag tho soil loose from them. Tlds
is almost equal n rapidity to digging
wllli'horso power implements; but com-
paratively few men nowadays care to
imdei trke to do the work of a strong
horse.
If potatoes aro kept in collars under
living-i'«Mtis, they should he well von-
tdatN'i,' Mill never put in large heaps.,
Carelessness of snn tary laws in respect
to storing vegetables ill cellars lias
bi'cii tin- oauso of more sickness in
farmers' fain In s-in Winter than any;
tiling else. The rv I is most prevalent
in large potato-glow ng districts. Few
farmers this year, lioivovor. will care to
keep over many potatoes, now that they
urn so dear, and while most other farm
products are so cheap. —American' CtiL
iivaltr.
A Self-Evident Perjurer. , ‘
Cross-Examining Lawyer—Do you
mean to stato, s r, on lour oath, that
on tlio night of the fatal occurrence
you hoard the prisoner and his Into
lamented wife quarreling? ,
Witness—Yes, sir, they occupied tho
room next to mine, and I could not
help hear ug them.
•'Hoar duos it happen no one else
was waked up by the rumpus?”
•Miiev made very little noise; they
spoke in low tones.”
"What time of li ght wits it?
• About 2 o’clock in the morning."
"Two A. M., eh? I suppose you
liml just coins in and wero pretty full,
as qsun), ipnl
WEATHERFORD NOTES.
Weatheuford, Tex., Oot. 22.-Capt.
Henry Warren has been busy tho last
few days shipping his cattle for oxbi
bition at the Dallas Fair. Capt. IVnr-
ren has tine stock anil no iloubt will
stand a fair chance to secure- the best
prize.
In tbo County Court hero Thursday
Vick Shaw was lined $1 on a charge of
negligent homicido of the llrst degree
for running tho'bus over a little boy
hero last spring.
The Santa Fe railway depot at this
place is nearing completion, ntiil the
track-laying is in about two ndles of
town.
Tho city council has passed an or-
dinance for the construction anil build-
ing ot water, ico and gasworks in
Weatherford within the next sixty
days.
zon. The boys came to town, loaded
themselves With “bug-juice," nnd on
tho way homo aro alleged to have
taken oil'nnd laid open nil tho gates.
Therefrom grow seven charges of ma-
licious mischief, a pistol charge and ont
of theft.
Receipts of cotton Friday 400 bales.
McKinney has got another case of
railroad fover and tho temperature is
rising.
McKinney is getting ready for the
annual pilgrimage ..to £tho Mecca of
Texas to sec tho State Fair and Exposi-
tion.
MARSHALL MISCELLANY
Marshall, Tex., Oct. 23.—A 5-year-
old girl, a child of Ben Gibson, colo(ed,
was burned to death on Buck Sherrod's
place, near Scottvillc. in this county
would havo been drowned had it not
been for a Newfoundland dog, which
ran into the water and rescued him.
A gentleman from Savoy named
Ward Flanagan, blew out tho gas at
the Kobinson House Tuesday night and
came near being asphyxiated. But for
a porter he would have died in half an
hour.
Two hundred and sixty-five bales of
cotton wero brought bore Tuesday and
about 3000 bushels of corn.
Tho Farmers’ Alliatico is making
preparations for their newystoro at this
place.
effects found upon his person, includ
4ng$579 wero levied upon by Sheriff
Harris to satisfy an execution against
him in favor of tho Waco State Bank
Foreijaud got clear of tho charge of
forgery, anil' brought suit to recover
theoash ou the ground that he did not
voluntarily surrender tho same, but
that it was forcibly taken from his pos-
session, anil it is contrary to public
policy to levy upon tho effects of a
prisoner under such circumstances.
Tho bank pleaded its judgment in re-
convention, asking that the sum be ap-
plied to that judgment in part pay-
ment of the same. Tho jury returned
a verdict against tho bank for $li73>
ignoring tho bank’s cross-bill, it is tho
solitary suit of tho character of record
in this county.
ABILENE NOTES.
Abilene, Tex.! Oct. 20.—The corrcs
pondent learns from a loading citizen
who has just ‘returned from a tour
through California that in many points
in tho Stato visited by him ho found
many laboring r;,en idle and very anx-
ious to got Out of the country. He
makes mention of San Diego as the city
of “Ir.mi men," and wholly iu the
lian .is of capitalists, anil that the pres-
ent condition of tho Golden Slate is
not the least inviting to men of limited
means, and ho is fully convinced that
Texas is a, finer lielil for investment
! than California.
Excellent rains have fallen all
Railroad is building extension transfer
rooms in place of a similar building
which was burned last spring.
Texas; money; outlawed.
Washington, Got. 20.—Some days
ago there was presented at tbo Treas-
ury Department for redemption a $60
note, alleged to have been issued by
the Republio of Texas in 1844. Pay-
ment was asked under tho provisl on o
the act admitting Texas into the Union,
by whieh tbo government assumed
$7,7.30,000 of the State debt. Tho first
comptroller has decided that thu note
is not a valid claim against tho govern-
ment, inasmuch as there is great
doubtof its genuineness, and that oven
if genuine it is outlawed.
TYLER TOPICS
Tyler, Ter..Oct 1$.—About 2 o'clock
Sunday news reached tho city that a
man had been killed on Col. J T.
White’s place #two miles south of town,
but tho reports were so confiicttug that
nothing rclUblo could be learned until
Justice Green was called to hold an In-
quest Thos. Davis was found dead and
Tom Young did the shooting They are
both colored. They were playing with
a gun supposed to bo empty, which
fooled them both with the above results.
A norther struck hero about 8 o’clock
Monday morning
CENTRAL CITY BUDGET.
rX I ,,n "n-i*ldo
n...i_ Hainan Quinan, nged 10, the son of to-
•*• l”iViV’no't' drink, sir. I went to bed ' rpectable parents, was arraigned upon „............ „„„ .... .............
nt in o’clock but was unablo to sleep." tho charge ot stealing n 20-dollar gold vernation with several real estate men
••What kept you awake?" i . . — .... . .. • .1
"1 drank a Clip of cofibe at-supper
nnd that (Hindi) me wakeful. , , . . . , . -
and in a straw hat, was brought in anil and Eastern States
The father and mother were in the field ^ manager of the Hotel Peterson of this
picking cotton, leaving tho child alone j oity and A. P. McAndroy, a drummer
at the house, when her clothing caught
firo and beforo assistance camo Slio
was burned so badly that death ensiled
before a physician arrived.
The Hayson County Fair by the
colored people opened Thursday at Hie
now grounds, three miles southeast of
town. The races are the most inter-
esting foature. Fireworks nnd sports
of various kinds, at night. Tho fair
closed Saturday.
William Fields, colored, wns arrested
on affidavit of Emma Davis, a 12-year-
old colored girl, charging him with
outrage. He was brought Indore Jus-
tice Case, and. in default of bond, was
sent to jail.
sKn ANTONIO SIFTINGS.
San Antonio, Tex., Oct. 23. In the
district court Friday morning severe
parties pleaded guilty to gaming ar,(l
were lined and given ten days each in
jail. This enforcement of the law will
effectually stop public gambling here.
Dave Alexander, who shot Dave
Dolsen for alleged intimacy with his
wife, will sue for a divorce, having
abandoned her anil taken up his abode
with his brother. Ho will also claim
tho two children, who nrn nearly
grown. Dolson’s friends now think he
may recover, though hopelessly para-
A BYSTANDER HURT.
Paris, Tox., Oot. 21,—A great sen-
sation was caused hero Wednesday by | tle west this fulK and the" ground Is
a difficulty between Mr. W. L. Meban, j thoroughly wet deeper down than it
has been for several years., A great
ABILENE NOTES.
Abilene, Tex,, Oct. 23.
Iu ct>n-
au tliatjiuaile mo waKemi.
“it must have bcon very strong cof-
fooP"
“I suppose so."
“Yes. very strong. You keep house,
I presume."
"No. I board."
"All, b«! 1 I bought I’d catch you.
Stop down, sir. This iiilullignnt jury
has heard enough.” — Umalin World.
It Isn't slwavs as sssr for the poor to rah- j
Inure pork ss It Is to corn isief.—bululh /’urn j
ffrapher.
in regard to the
gave bond in tbo sum of $800 to np- j prjcu of lands and tho general outcome/ b°on shipped.
lr*' j of the country slnoe tlm rcccLt g oil Work has c
for a cigar house in St. Louis. They
had a dispute about a money matter
and got into a fight in which it appears
that McAndrey drow a pistol and
struck Mohan on the head, knocking
him down. During the fight the pis-
tol was discharged, the ball striking
Mr. R. A. Owen, a farmor, who was
sitting on his wagon watohing the fight,
making flesh wounds in the right arrn
and leg. McAndrey was placed under
•i bond of $200 on a charge of carry-
ing a pistol.
TERRELL TOPICS.
Terrell, Tox., Oct. 21.—Tho laying
of brick sidewalks on Moore avenue is
going on very nicely. There will bo
near 2000 feet of sidewalk built before
Cnristmas. Over 200 feet have been
built since tbo city counoil passed tho
sidewalk ordinance.
People hero aro making preparations
for tho Stato Fair. Dallas may expect
an immense attendance from .Terrell
anil vicinity.
Farmers have been very much in need
of help, both for cotton picking and
plowing. Within the last ton days a
great many persons have applied for
work, but tho demand is hardly met
yet.
___—. . >
CLARKSVILLE ITEMS
Clarksville., Tot., Oct. 22.—Rod
river has been out of its banks. It is
the largest rise known for several
years.
There have been 4,600 bales of cot-
ton recelvod hero this week; 3,000 havo
pear beforo Hie District Court.
In tho sensational Simmons vs. Sim- rajns have fallen, and they all feel
mons divorce case the jury gave Mrs., ian_uino that< in a vcry short time,
him Dions all sm naked for divorce, . . .. ...
* >n.niiivi*nl mn .fill .1.(1
alimony, and a
lawyers.
fee of $500 for hor
The Alliance? near Longview hav
nought proper!v at that p'seo furlin'
erection o1' a cotton warehouse and ex
rbnn<c.i Thcj will cooperate with the
Dallas exchange
1
NOTES FROM 'ARLINGTON.
Arlington, Tox., Oct 22.—There
aro now on hand ready for shipment,
six oars of corn, five cars cotton-seed
and 200 balgs cotton. One hundred
and fifty bales were sold here Wednes
day, and about the same amount Thurs-
day. Nearly everybody here will at-
tend the Dallas Fyalr.
immigration will begin to lli/iv into Ibis
immediate section, and iliat the land
business hero will be, as it onco was
very lucrative.
'The fall clip of wool is still arriving
daily. Tho warehouses are all well
filled with the staple. Nome Eastern
buyors aro hero, and one large clip
sold, price private, to a hi. Louis firm-
Abilene will be largely represented
at the fair. Ewtrybody intends going
who can possibly do so.
commenced
ance cotton platform.
on the Alii-
Tkrhkll, Tex., Oct. 19. —A most hor-
rid maugling occurred this morning,
about 5 o'clock. The west bound freight
train pulled up to the depot about that
time, and, missing a brakeman began to
look for him, and found him on the track
Just east of the depot, the train having
passed over him and broken him all up.
He lay lifeless, both arms broken and
his body cut by the passing wheels. lie
was about 20 years old aud bad relatives
in Dallas. His name was Arthur Peel.
It Is supposed he was passing along the
train and fell between Us cam.
deal of wheat has been sown, which is
looking extraordinarily well, and a
much larger acreage will bo sown this
full than over beforo. Tho farmers
say that tho moisture in tho ground is
sufficient now to insure a wheat crop.
A large cotton crop has been raised
in Taylor anil adjoining oonntios trib-
utary to Abilene, ami the farmers aro
realizing a handsome sum from it.
A HEAVY SENTENCE.
Brownsville, Tox., Oct. 20.—The
trial of (ienero Scrio, who in tho most
I detestable manner ravished tbo little
nino-year-old daughter of bis wife, was
heard Saturday evening. The caso was
given to tho jury for consideration,
who remained closed forty-eight hours,
when they brought in a verdict of thirty
years in tho penitentiary.
WILL BE REPRESENTED
Wichita Falls, Oct. 10 —Wichita
county will be well reprosepted In tho
flue stpek department of thellallas fair.
Col. J. G. James will be there, Among
others, with entries for best young Jer-
sey bulls.
EFFECTIVE FIRE
Rockwall, Tex., Oct. 19.—Tho neat
and comfortable residence of ex-8tate
Senator J. IL Perry, situated one mile
anil a half south of town, burned Mon-
day evening. The family was some dis-
tance frum the house when the Are was
discovered in a pantry by an old female
domestic, and spread so rapidly that
nothing could he saved except some few
books and bedding. The property was
partly covered by Insurance as follows:
Twelve hundred dollars on buildlngi
$350 on furniture and $300 on piano in
the Hartford Insurance Company. The
loss will fall about equally ou tho com-
pany and,insured
HIGH TIDE AT QALVESTON
Galveston, Tcx., Oct 19.—The east-
erly breezo prevailing Sunday night
caused quite high tide in the bay nnd
along the gulf shore. A portion of the
breakwater In front of the Beach Hotel
was under mined and swept away, anj
some of the street railway track dam-
aged. Monday morning the water sub-
sided considerably, but thero is still a
very heavy sea running in tho gulf. Tho
continued cast wind brought ram Mon-
day night.
ABILENE ITEMS.
Anu.ENK, Tcx., Oct. 19.—At an early
hour Monday morniug a norther began
blowing and at 10 a. m overcoats an l
fires felt quite comfortable here.
A large force of men arc rapidly put-
ting the railroad down In good repair.
Large herds of beef cattle can be seen
coming into Abilene from all directions
daily Tho stock pens aro full of beeves
o bo shipped. Several large herds are
held on tho prairie near the city, and
will be driven in as soon as soon ns the
present lot are shipped.
CORSICANA CULLING3
Corsicana, Tax., Oct. 20.—The bus-
iness men of tho citv mot Monday night
to organize aboard of trade. There
was a fair representation present. Mr.
George T. Jester was made chairman
and Mr. O. Paget secretary. There
was an interesting discussion of tho
objects of the mooting by Mr. Ralph
Bcatun, Hon. Bryan T. Barry and oth-
lrs.
."ho late heavy rains havo very much
impnired tlio public roads leading into
the city. It wns decided that steps
would bo taken at onco to induce the
Commissioners' Court to mako the nec-
essary repairs nnd to make other
needed improvements, among which
will bo the straightooing of several very
crooked roads leading from good sec-
tions of the comity to tlio city.
ELLIS COUNTY FAIR.
qWaxabachir, Tex., Oct 20.—The
Ellis County Fair Association oponed
at 10 a. m. Tuesday with a respectable
attendance. Carpenters aro still at
work on tlio ground, but tho progress
mado in improvements during the past
few days is such as to nstonish even
thu citizens of VVaxahaehie. Tho loca-
tion is a beautiful one, about one and a
half miles oast of the court home. Tho
grand stand commands a magnificent
view of well cultivated farms, with
creeks aud branchos, skirted with nar-
ow belts of timber. The grounds in-
clude eighty-throo acres, with good
springs and running water, ami a fine
camping place with feed store, etc.
Everybody is delighted with tho looa-
tiou, and the splendid tpilo track, with
two parallel quarter-mile stretches and
easy turns, is especially couiplimentod
hy visitors.
ETOLEN JEWELRY IDENTIFIED.
Jefkeksun, Tex., Oct. 20.—Some
days ago the residence of Mr. W. B.
Sims, Jr., was burglarized of about
$250 worth of juwolry, anil all efforts
to capture the thict for a while were
of no avail. Monday a tum namod J.
C. Thomas was arrested in Mineola by
Deputy Sheriff J. M. Torroll for being
drunk, and when arrested he had n
large amount of jewelry, watches, oto.,
in his possession, also a pistol. Sheriff
Dewaro was telegraphed ot thu fact
The deeds to tho Site foir the Sta'e
Orphan Asylum aru being secured,there anj 8ant a deputy to soe if ho was tho
lieing several parties owning small r|ght man, and very near all tho jew
tracts of land which combine to make
the whole. The ifiSeds will bo for-
warded to the governor in a few days.
■ )f tho two men—Hooch and Doyle—
who had their preliminary examination
before Judge WaltiAi Monday, chnrged
with robbing Mr. Snyder of $180,
Roach was released and Doyle's bond
tixod at $500 to insuro his appearance
before tho Distriot Court. He has not
yet niaJo bond.
Ttio St. Louis, Arkansas &
elry was identified ns being that of Mr.
Sims. Thomas was brought here an d
is now iu jail.
It is said that the Interstate Com-
merce Commission, whoso duty it is *.o
report progress to Congress at its open-
ing iu December, will suggest quite a
number of amendments to the law.
Tho law nt loast seems to have worked
better than the railroad supposed U
would work.
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Foster, W. E. The Canton Telephone. (Canton, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, October 28, 1887, newspaper, October 28, 1887; Canton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1142610/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Van Zandt County Library.