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The Fort Worth Standard

says the trade IN buffalo hides
is falling off. The price of hides
is so much reduced that it does
not pay to haul them from the
range and hunters are now kill
ing buffalo for their meat Ieav-
ing the hides on the plains to |
rot.
The two Colson boys stol-
en- by the Indians have been
found. One was shot and kill
ed, the other was shot through
the shoulder and arm. The
Indians have got away from the
rangers having with them all
their stolen horses; over a hun
dred head.
: The San Saba .Ncaps says
since the advent of the State
troops there has been quite a
change in the condition of af-
fairs. 1--WE hope that the State
government will look to the in
terests of this county and her
people and station a few reliable
men to enforce the law and to
preserve life" 1t is certainly
bad state of affairs when the
civil authorities, of a county are
unable to maintain order.
The editor of the Rich
mond -Four Counties has been
making tour of the sugar
plantations in the neighborhood.
He found the crops in excellent
condition and the planters hope
full. The yield of an acre of
cane is estimated at one hogs
head of sugar, and two barrels
of molasses ; worth about 500.
This is SO much better than cot
ton raising that there is no COM
parison.
Tom Moore, white man,
went to the place of Abb Jack
son, residing four miles north of
Navasota, and finding Jackson
in the field, fired both barrels of
shotgun at him. The wounds
were pronounced fatal. At
midnight five armed and dis
guised men rode up to Jack
sons house and fired eight loads
of buckshot into the dying
mans body. They then rode
off. About a year ago Moore
and Jackson had had a diff
Guilty.
-Lampasas Dispatch. A
great many hogs are dying
about town ofcholera. Chick
ems same. The brass band is
blowing, The Daily Times will
appear June LIST. Grand ar.
rangements are being made for
the next fair, to begin August
9th. Lampasas, unlike other
towns, is holding up its head
regardless of railroads; or any
other outside influence. An
old fellow named Hatmaker was
brought to town and jailed on
the charge of having violated
the person of a twelve year old
girl.
On Monday evening a man
named Colson, Living on the
Nueces, near Camp Wood,
while returning from a hunt,
met a party of ten Indians,
fought and kept them at bay for
over an hour, killing one and
wounding another. While the
Indians were caring for their
wounded companions, he es-
capped, having exhausted his
ammunition. On reaching
home, he found his two little
boys gone, supposed to be kill |
ed OF captured. Geo. McKen- |
zie has ordered a lieutenant
with twenty-five of company D..
18th cavalry, to take the trail of |
the raiders.
SPEAKING ofCapt ]. NJ. Viii
Inns, of Independence, as a
probable representative of
Washington county, the Bren-
ham BANNER says, after paying
high compliments to his ability:
"The county is almost exclu-
sively agricultural, and it would
be nothing more than just to the
farming interests that they have
a representative"
The farmers of Washington
county will undoubtedly know
how to appreciate this recogni-
ton of their claims, coming at
this juncture.-IKaro Examiner.
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