San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-11-02
TEXTS TOPICS.

The Ennis Repie,c reports nineteen
pairs of white twins within the scholas
tic nge in Ellis county; OF these, four
teen nre boys and twenty-four girls.
Many persons are purified and exalted
by sickness, as il the hand of disease
bad been stretched out over them only
TO make the sign of the cross ON Their
souls.
A writer in Fort Worth paper as
serts that that region rests on vast
snbterranean artesian lake OF freestone
water, making it easy to obtain water
by artcsian wells.
About one thousand sacks with sec
ond class mail matter were forwarded
south Sunday and Monday by the
Houston and Texas Central road after
having been thoroughly examined by
postmaster Scott.
Mr.. Henderson Moore, of Bolivar
comfy. Miss, but who has lately been
stopping with friends in johnson coun-
ty. went to Cleburne last Saturday to
sneak mt Democratic meeting While
speaking he was stricken with paralysis,
and died the next morning. The re-
mains were taken to Dallas for inter
ment.
Prof. A. J. Roberts, of Corsicana,
lost his little son Henry on last Satur-
day. The little fellow climbed tall
tree for hickory nuts on Postoak creek,
lust back of Judge Woods residence.
He lost his hold and fell about forty
feet. The fall broke his backand killed
him almost instantly He was bright
boy of about - years.
A little son of Mr.. William Log
gins, of San Augustine county. aged
eight years, was smOthered in his ia
theirs cotton pen few days since. His
father had sent him to the pen on an
errand and the lad not returning as
soon as expected, search was made, and
he was found in the cotton pen with his
head and body covered with cotton.
Austin is gaining reputation for
crime and lawl,ssness that beats Dallas.
Last week one Melasky shot two men
and ono woman. One of the men died
from the wounds received, and the other
man and the woman are not expected to
live. Melasky escaped. A few days
Yaser H. ID. Rosseau shot and killed Il
negro. Rosseau is in jul.
w +. Martin and his son, while re-
turning to their home, seven or eight
miles west 6irB uflalo, in Freestone colln-
ty, on Monday of last week, were shot
at by persons concealed by the roadside.
Mr.. Martin was instantly killed, whole
load of buck-shot taking effect in the
region Of the heart. The perpetrators
of the cowardly deed are unknown.
One of the most interesting fea-
lures of the Dallas fair last week was
the baby show. Eleven chubby-faced
darlings were presented as competitors
for the prize, and James A. Buckler, of
Sherman, aged fifteen months, was pro-
nounced by daring and competent judges
to be the handsomest baby in North
Texas. The military was on hand ready
to prevent any bulldozing or intimidn-
ton before, or assassination after the
award was made.
Taylor Pounds, of Lamar county,
the man who set Paris on fire, and who
was sent to Sulphur Springs from Delta
county, it is said, was the leader in
breaking Jail at Sulphur Springs cou-
pie of weeks since. Only one of the
escaped prisoners has been captured,
viz Blocker, of Black Jack Grove. He
was taken few days after the Jail was
broken. He was under sentence of
seven years in the penitcntiary for muir
drr-DeRiSOH NowS.
The North Texas fair, held at Dali
las last week, was an immense success.
The weather throughout the entire week
was fine. and the attendance upon the
grounds large The exhibition of stock
and articles in the several departments
was unusually fine. The races each day
drew large crowds. and the display of
the military was very attractive fea-
turc. Everything passed oil pleasantly
and successfully, without any painful or
fatal accidents that often mar the pleas
IRE of such an exhibition.
The unusual yield of cotton and
the prices offered for picking, soc. and
81 hundred. has caused II demand for
pickeys that has never been witnessed
an THIS section of the State before. Mr..
yyehn T. Miller 4 Son sent Ia San An
tonic two weeks ago and got % pickers,
and now they have sent for still more.
Others have also sent abroad for help.
and still the demand is not supplied.
and many fields in various sections Of
the country are yet untouched. Plan
tiers say that the crop can not all be
gathered Nv Christmas. hut with dry
weather and long picking season. they
hope to save very nearly OF lt.--iuS-
tin Statesman.