The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-09-26
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and upon the tops oil mountains III
HAYES county. They are also covered
with volcanic rocks bearing every |
mark apparently of having been
,hrown 10 the surface from subtcr-
raneon fires. IL is plain to any one
,hat the Gulf of Mexico Mt an early |
ncriod of the world covered that
r,rhole land. Marks of the receding
caves are even now visible from crest
W. hase. The farmers are utilizing
,hc rocks by making fences with them
for which purpose they arc excellent
" adapted.
ON the top of one of the highest
! pcaks in Hays county, known as the
4 Lost Man, stands a rude monument,
len feet in height and something in
4 the shape of man, erected by Gen.
Rem McCulloch many years ago. The
General had a fight with band of
Comanche Indians near its foot, and
after the savages had retrcatcd he
f found the grave of an Indian, who
4 had fallen in the battle on the top of
4 the mountain, and in emulation of
4 thc French ut the grave of Sir John
4 Moore, put monument over him.
FOUND DEAD.-Thc body of ne
GRO man was found about six miles
west of Mckinney on the Denton
s road. on the 17th, in an advanced
state of decomposition lie is sup
4 nosed TO be negro who was arrest
! ed in the eastern portion of the coun-
4 10 recently by two unknown men,
tied upon horse and taken away.
The parties who arrested him, stated
that he had induced young white
I pirl, who was with him at the time,
10 leave her home and live with him,
and that the girl was the sister of one
: of the men. From every indication
il is supposed that the negro broke
4 his bands and was attempting TO es-
s cape when he was killed.-MeRin-
neg 1drOcdfe.
The Dallas Herald tells pathetic
4 story of the meeting of a father and
s. n convict son ON Saturday: give
4 wears ago. John Hughes, the son of
II well-to-do farmer living near Next
co, Mo-, came to this state to make ii
his future home. His letters home
Z for some time were frequent, but all
4 at once he ceased to write, and the
many letters written him by his fam
having made by letters due inquir-
les, the father gave his son up rs be-
Ing dead, but with a fathers love he
came to look after his lost boy. No
trace however could be found of him.
The father was pleased with the
country, and n short time ago moved
with his family into this state, settl-
ing near Eagle Ford, where he pur-
chased large farm, and has lived
there ever since. On the evening in
question he was in Eagle Ford when
"A a convict train stopped, and among
n the number of men in their zebra
suits, he recognized his boy, who at
the same time became aware of the
Il presence of his aged father. lie for
"a got that he was prisoner, and jump
ing from the train ran towards him.
n The stern command of the guard as
u he leveled his gun 1T him and gave
the command, '.IIalt!' was not heed
Fl ed, for he saw and thought only of
"A his iniirm old father, who ran TO
n meet him. They met, and the son
"a threw himself weeping on the old
81 mans breast. The guards and spec
81 tatOrs looked on in wonderment. An
n explanation ensucd. The son had
| been arrested in one of the southern
& counties and convicted on charge
n of DEMONSTRATING, of which he declar-
I3 ed his innocence. Mr.. Hughes came
| into the city TO see Major j. G. Kcar-
n by to induce him TO Try and get his
son out of the penitentiary.
FEARFUL FIGHT BETWEEN FARM
ERs.-There was n terrible tragedy
III enacted on the Cleburne road beyond
FL Cedar Hill, yesterday morning. Two
Ia farmers, named Frank Farmer aud
~ Tom Hardin, were on their way to
this city TO market their cotton, which
~ they had raised on the shares, when
they got into a dispute as TO who
III owned the greater part of it. Gar
ner claimed that Hardin was sick q
III great deal of the time during the
t working Of the crop, and he thought
that Hardin should allow him SO
much for bringing the crop through,
as he had done all the work, with
III The assistance of two of his little
n brothers. Hardin would not agree
E 70 this and the quarrel waxed warm
They finally agreed, however, TO re-
III Turn home with the load and leave
The matter with three referees to de.
eide. They turned about and had
Y gone some distance, when Garner
remarked that Hardin had acted thu
dirty dog about the matter all tho
n way through, when the latter struck
! HIM blow in the face, knocking hin
OIL the wagon on which both of then
were riding. Garner clambcred into
The wagon again and grabbed him
when rough and tumble fight en-
M sued, in the course of which the,
iell to the ground. The fight wa
i resumed with vigor, when Hardin
drew knife and gave Garner sever
a. cuts across the abdomen, when Ii
leil to the ground. Some farmer
who were behind them, with cotton
also, observed IL and ran to the res
cue, when Hardin fled, making hi
escape. The wounded man and tn
wagon of cotton were driven TO
house in the ncighborhood, whcl
medical assistance was summoned
ihe physician pronounced hi
wounds serious. thouuh not noccssu