The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-05-29
TEXAS NEWS.


I 1anainlp -. ~ ~, rsras IaRsa-
ArrlrrsALrse.-4rhs Bss~ns'
viIe RasAsro sstiusss' that ~
I Araies oss4As - Grsads Aa,s
los. property TO nc amount ofa mil
lion Of dollar, BY cattle being stoIen'
aad drissu into Mexico. Mr., Low
| Ill, q customhcuse ofhccr, says the
.tli.sss psopk reisrr along the Naeccs,
and not The Mexican citiscns on the
NJ 0vssas, are sAs Psiseipsa sssss'
err from this lavless stats Of ahsirs.
The Georgetown waschmsn says
pesans viii be abundant; and the
1 Herald s=r.si= :sssm I. f.'lars this
i ysar about sau Antonio.
The Waterman says large droves
Of cattle continue TO pass, the fruit
oontina es 6rs, the crop indications
are promising, and growing interest
Is manifest In the protracted meeting
and Bible class.
Tho Wstchman reports great prep
a~tions a, Lampassas Sulphursprings
for the accommodation Of many expect
cd visitors. Three hotels have been
pu. in thorough repair
The Pilot Point vidcttc says: ave
arc crcdibly informed that the great
excitement sbou. gold being discov-
cred on the Wichita 10 all false, and
that the letter lately published was
written BY o soldier, for the sole pur'
poss of playing = prank upon few
certain individuals, and was never
intended to be made public. How
long will il be before the people learn
10 be less sxcitable, scd quit scratch
ing where there ia no flea.
A correspondent Of the San An
tonic Herald writes that the news Of
the killing Of the desperate, Billy
Thompson, by Mr.. Walton, in Atas-
cosa, recently, will send thrill Of JOY
to many. Thompson had threatened
to kill Walton on sight, aud was
armed with double. barrel shotgun
and pistol when they met. Thomp-
son had just passed a Mr.. Bruce, say
ing there il no fight between you
aud l." when Walton went to the
door Of tho house and sid to Thomp.
sou, IL suppose I am the man you
arc locking for;" to which Thomp-
son replied, "who are you Wal
ton said, {" my name is Walton, and
IL am the man you are looking for,
| am ready for you to which
Thompson replied, "a all hunkadora, "
e. the same time raising his gun
but Walton, who was prepared BY
previous notice, aud we'll accustomed
, 10 the use Of firearms, wss too fast
for him. So now, Mr.. Editor, he
{ Sleeps the sleep that knows no waking.
. Walton came Immediately and gave
, himself NJ to the Sheriff Of Atascosa
, county. The case yesterday under
i. vent an examination before the Hon
| Chief Justice, Charles Schmidt, Of
8 A,ascosa, who. after hearing the evil
! dencc, placed Walton under bond Of
: one thousand dollars for his appear.
, ancs before the Hon. District Court
, OF Atascosa. Tho good law abiding
. citizens Of Pleasanto, this morning
crowded the oA:se Of the Distric.
I, Clerk, every ono wanting to sigu
D WAlton's bond.
The Register announces that thu
rare inducement offered to immi
grants by the counties Northwest Of
Waco, arc becoming known; and
; that Coryell, Bosque, Hamilton
~ A.-4A--,- ls-------A----.-u-- 1;tl
Hood, johnson, Parker, aud Pals
Pinto are filing up with wonderful
} rapidity and with spendid class OIL
people. The Register states that thess
eouatiss contain much valuable land
| With abandancs u timber, and afford
} the beet grazing grounds in the
world. Land as rich As that Of
Egypt cen b had in any quantity
desired ~ to e2 per acre, and
uone Of Il over so miles from Waco,
by far the most hourishiug inland
city 10 the State or out Of it. The
towns aud villages 10 that scope Of
country arc filing y and improving
rapidly. In few ysars the region
will hardly know itself aud will DO
contributing worry largely to the
wealth and importance Of the State. /"
The sams paper states that Tex.
ian has invented a new corn shucker
aud shelter and applied for a patent
"Ths machine Is very simple in
construction, and with the assistance
Of three men, will shuck, shell and
separate oae thousand bushels Of
corn day" A soon - tho patent
Is received, the News Letter will
give full description Of this won.
derfal machine, aud the name Of tho
inventor, which, 81 his request, il
withholds for the present
The same paper says the farmers
on oil sides still bring cheering news
Of the prospect Of goods crops in
Walker county Fruit and mast
will also DO abundant
The Times publishes the death Of
an old woman in Grimes, under cir
eumstanccs which create the sus.
Picion that she was poisoned by her
husband, who the day after her
death, quietly took up with another
woman living or the same place.
The Braxos Signs o. Establishes tho
"loyAlty" of Houston by h.s fact
that when, few aights since, the
mosquito bar Of = negro woman
caught are, the entire hre brigade
and huadrsds Of citizens rushed to
tho scsne Of the conhagrstion and
cxtinguished the flames.