The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-04-09
LAND CROOK EDN ESs.
Seven Hundred Acres OF Land
Squeezed Out OF a
Section,
A ROck'Barren sold by showing Tho
Parties Purchasing an Adjoining
section Of flrhl'0laRs Agrleul'
tural Land IN ralO rlnl0,

Two Hundred Dollars ~ G0id 00sii'
WbeFe lhs wO0dbine IHineih-A
Homestead Ab0ui nsing saaiei'rh
fFon u nsrny, Handed Mechanic
In tho fore part NJ Last month ~ "
Hall aud i, LuAk came " Dallas pros
peellng for land, tho former halllns
from Indiana aud tho latter rem CAll'
fOrnla, They entered the ONCE Of INC
Commonwealth lana agency on Elm
street about the aame time, Were mel
by II, A, Spencer, tho head Of the
firm, who In the course Of conversation
asoerlaIned that MI Hall was origin
ally from his old home IN ohio, aud
that tho two familes had been old
hiends and inllmalea, The prob
peolon were introduced 10 ", H.
.slork, the special manager OF
tho agency, Mr., spencer asking
him 10 offer 10 his old acquaintance
the hest bargain on their list Among
other tracts, ~ half section NJ land In
Palo Pinto county was offered, The
tract was described M Arat,elass agrl'
cultural land, located on neyerialllng
creek Of pure water, and tho hest bar
gain nj the disposal Of The Agoncy AZ
Mr.. Hall wanted only two hundred
aud twenty acres, the remaining one
hundred was offered 10 Mr., Lnak, who,
while "a lookeron In Vienna" had re'
marked that that waa about the quans
tlly NJ land no wanted, A trade waa
ELECTED nj two dollars per acre,
and tho day Of sale postponed until
the parties returned rom Palo Pinto
THE LAND JUST AZ UNPRECEDENTED,
They hired u wagon aud team, and acN
companed by Mr.. StorlS, started 10
Palo Pinto 10 examine the land the
expense Oi tho tip being paid by The
parties proposing 10 buy, Arriving
there they we're BhoWn u body Of three
hundred and twenty acres Of land, cor
responding In every particular with
the representations OF tho Common
wealth land agency. In or near the
northeast corner Of the tract stands u
cabin, which the sQuatlcr claimed was
on the half section, aud which Mr..
Hall promised 10 buy,il, on tho survey,
II was found to be on the tract. Tho
party returned to Dallas aud
the following day, the fifteenth
Of March, the deed " IN passed, w. j.
Shone, OF Dallas, through his agents,
Messrs. Spencer " Stork, conveying
the three hundred and twenty acres t.
&. Il. Hall aud j. lusk, for and In
consideration of nix hundred and forty
dollars two hundred aud fifty dollars
In gold and three hundred and ninety
dollars IN approved notes, u "deed o
trust" resting on the property unit
the notes Were collected.
A HOMESTEAD BATTERED OFF.
While Messrs. Hall and Lusk were
for the east half of the sec
ton, Mr.. j. w. Davis WAS on the ev,
of closing trade for four hun
dred acres OF the same section
and upon learning that they propose'
to examine the land before perfectinl
tho sale, Mr.. Davis abandoned hi
projected trip, stating that he woult
close the trade on the return OF thu
parties. Mr.. Davis proposed TO eX
change his residence in the Cedars To-
the remaining portion of the tract, rep
resented to contain four hundred acres
Mr.. Shone to pay him, in addition, tw,
hundred dollars cash. Mr.. Davis
property faces one hundred and thirty
two feet on Akard avenue and rum
back one hundred and thrtysthree feet
on Canton street, the lot being on 9
corner. A few days after the return Of
the parties, the conveyance was
made, as Mr.. Davis supposed,
for four hundred acres, IA note payabl,
thirty days after date being substituted
for the cash. Subsequently this prop
erty passed into third hands, being
decided by w. J. Shone to II. j. Kee.
ton.
HOW THEY WERE TAKEN IN.
Messers. Hall " Lusk having bought
IA wagon, two horses, tools and lmpli.
ments and provisions for six months,
started for their western home, via the
county site of Palo Pinto, where their
deed was to be recorded. Before leav-
ing, Spencer q Co., of the Common.
wealth land agency, gave them the fol-
lowing letter to ID. l.. Cunningham.
County Surveyor, Palo Pinto, Texas
DEAR SlR-You will please survey
for George +. Hall, two hundred and
twenty acres out of the II. Blood sur.
yey, adjoining the Walters survey on
Palo Pinto creek. Run one line due or
parallel with the eastern line aud one
hundred acres for j. Lusk, adjoining
the foregoing Hall tract, so that the
section is cut exactly in two, or three
hundred and twenty acres surveyed in
Ill they paying charges for work. by
30 doing and sending copies of field
notes to this office,
You will greatly oblige, Yours truly,
SPENCER d co.
Messrs. Shirley u Ross will please
ILL i'm hlnnk anan Loft In hnaha fnr Hold