San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-11-09
TEXAS TOPICS.

The Government advertises foi
three hundred cavalry horses, to be de
liyered ut San Antonio.
Marlin was visited at two o'clock
Tuesday morning of last week by n
destructive fire which laid in ashes
seven frame buildings on Live Oak
street, in the business part Of the town.
Drew Middleton produces pears ut
Weatherford weighing one and half
pounds each. Pears, apples, peaches,
pomgranntes, figs and grapes flourish
there as luxuriantly as elsewhere in the
United States. ...
The farmers of Northern Texas,
who can spare the time from their cot
ton fields, are blowing and sowing
wheat for next seasons crop. In some
counties an increased acreage of wheat
will be put in, but less corn will be
planted than last year.
The dead body of an unknown man
was found floating in the Trinity river
ut Dallas last Saturday. The body when
found WAS yet warm, and the indications
were that the man was .rowned while
in bathing. The verdict of the coroner's
Jury was that he came to his death from
accidental drowning.
1t costs more to snip bushel of
corn from central Texas to Galveston
than it does from the mississippi river
to New York City, and farmers who have
rnised IN abundant crop this season are
obliged to let it rot in their fields and
cribs or give it to the railroad companies
who will haul it to market.
There has been great deal said III
some parts of the State about yellow
fever in Dallas, but the testimony of NIL
tho physicians and city officers of that
place is that there is not nor has not
been case of yellow fever in that city
this fall, and that the city has never been
in healthier condition at this season of
the year than it is now.
Colonel George Noble, Superintend
ent of the T.. p. railroad, offers n reward
of $500 for information that will lead t.
the arrest and conviction of the persons
who set fire to bridge No. 27l, about two
and half miles west of Wills Point, on
the night of October 9TH, causing the
destruction of the bridge, the wreck of
eleven cars, and injury of one of the
train men.
Recently, near Jefferson, a young
married couple were in bed with their
infant child. During the night the
young mother felt something strange
on her foot, but thought nothing of it. ,
In the morning both parents were hor-
ror struck at finding their child in the
coils of rattlesnake, with cold, Shiny
folds, forked tongue and glittering eyes. ,
Without thinking to alarm the reptile.
the mother seized the child and snake I
in twinkling and separated them. !.
The little innocent died some days af l
ter, supposed from bite on the hand. i
While the political editor of Texas
strides up and down and through the |
empire State of the Great Southwest. ]
bcwailing the fraud and corruption and t
political rottenness of the opposition 6
parties, We local editor possesses his soul =
in peace and enjoys the reward of his II
own innocence and virtue. The rural e
editor of the Waco Examiner thus dis n
cources: "Persimmons are ripe, chin A
quepins are open, muscadines are abun-
dant, black haws are prolific, opossums II
are fat, and over the soul of We country a
editor there creeps n blessed peace that o
passeth all understanding. h
Texas farmers are making prepara- L
tons for planting an enormous crop of ST
cotton next season. Raising cotton may W
not he the most profitable crop Texas -.
farmer can cultivate. but so long ~ rail =,
road freights are so high it is the best "
,rop for expectation. 1t always brings IA
ash, can be easily marketed, and there al
s never any danger of an Oversupply. III
While ornand wheat is produced album =,
lantly in Texas our farmers are depend ."
mt on the home demand for market. el
{ does not pay to raise corn and wheat w
md give il to the rail road companies ro
or CARRYING it to market V,
4 Young theological student sends lis Il
III item Of news which is something of
novelty i'll the way of composition.
lc writes: A Young man, named C
opher G-dfrcy, residing at Her
own. jumped oil train, dashed into a tn
restaurant. and called for dish of mo
led crabs. After appcasing his hun
or hc attempted to board the train, pc
ihich WIS moving oil, when he was by
aShcd To- the ground and had his head DO
ally Il mayed" Our correspondent VIC
leans well. but his forte doesn't lie in
ic direction Of journalism. Norris 'io
'IrH Hcdh. stu
m,
In Blancn county arr found 4 variety ;us