. .The Indian forays on the border
of Texas are reported as increasing
to an alarming extent
..The pnblio dcj&t i statement
shows a decrease during fte month
ol July of $370,818. A
. . A Troy man is spcndiinr $2,000
in a law-suit about fire sk one
live e one-
; boi T"5
enwi Jcet,
eignvn incues oi mnu.
. .The government
house No. 119 Oreenwi
New York, was burned on i. Aday
night Loss about $500,00 t
. . A Missouri woman warehouse
and lot t a raffle, and then she had
to buy a shotgun to keep hor ador
ers from wearing out the steps.
. .From Nebraska, usually suppos
ed to be deslituto of trees, comes
the news that an extensive tract of
pine forest has been discovered some
where in the interior.
. .Chicago pays out a good deal of
money for educational purposes, and
is vexed to see some of her promin
ent business men hang out signs of
two wrent'
. .The movement to create a new
State, with Jackson, Tennessoo, as
its capital, meets with no favor in
Memphis. The entire press of the
city are apposed to it
. .The Prince of Wales keeps for
his children at M'trlborough House
what was never kept for him, a mark
book in which is noted their progress
in study and good behavior.
. . At a picnic near Muscatino, on
Wednesday, a black snake, six feet in
length, fell from a tree into a little
girl's hip. She demonstrated a won
derful agility in rising to her feet.
