San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-01-25

Texas built 118 miles OF railroads
in the year 1878.
"A turkey hunter on the Leon dis
covered one roost containing over five
hundred birds.
Eleven convicts were sent to the
penitentiary from McLennan county ut
The recent term Of the district court.
Charles Hawkins, who stabbed and
killed J. r.. Powers, Of Independence,
Washington county, has been captured
Congressman j. H Reagan has been
by the secretary Of war, requested TO
nominate from the first Texas district n
cadet for West Point. ntH.
"A contract has been signed in New
York for the construction OF the Sabine
and Northwestern railway. to extend
from Sabine bay TO Denison.
A "solid south" is very comforta-
bic condition of things politically, but
last week North Texas was uncomforta-
bly solid. 1t is now thawing out.
The knights Of Pythias will give
grand entertainment at Fort Worth on
the Dist inst, on the occasion OF the as
sembling OF the grand lodge in that CITY,
The Trinity river was frozen over
on last Sunday morning at Dallas, some
thing that has not occurred within the
memory Of some Of the Oldest inhablt-
ants.
The snow fall at Dallas was heavy
enough to blockade the street railroads.
The cars were obliged to stop running
last Saturday, and did not resume until
Monday. =
Two years ago Jasper county voted
local option by fourteen majority. Re
Gently another election was held and
local option received two hundred and
fifty majority.
AT arecent interview Governor Rob
erts intimated that the two chief feat
ures of his administration will be re-
trenchment and firm execution and en-
forcement of the laws.
Sherman claims population OF
twelve thousand, an increase OF fifteen
hundred within year. The shipments
of cotton from Sherman so far this sea-
son have reached 40,400 bales.
AT Waco on Monday six-year-old
boy in attempting to catch pigs was set
mon by the outraged SOW and nearly
killed. Nothing but his screams and
the efforts of an older brother saved
him.
"A convention of the sheriffs of the
state has been called, to meet at Austin
on the 18th day of January, for the pur-
nose of adopting such measures as may
he deemed best to facilitate the arrest
of criminals and putting down crime.
The Shreveport Times, in speak
ing of the Shreveport division OF the
Texas Pacific railroad, says the contrac-
tors are making rapid progress, and that
within eighteen months the entire road
will be finished and through trains will
be running between New Orleans and
Shreveport.
The cities and towns of North Tex
as enjoyed fine sleighing last week and
this The streets and roads were IN ex-
cellent condition when four to SIX inch,
es of snow fell, making unusually good
sleighing for this latitude. Sleighs OF
every imaginable style and shape were
improyised for the occasion, and with
horses fcstooned with cow-bells, dinner
bells, tin cans, etc, the sport was huge
" enjoyed by all who participated.
Texas stockmen may be interested
in the announcement that the ninth an
nual meeting of the Colorado Cattle
Growers Association will be held at
Denver, January II, Mt which an effort
will be made to agree upon some basis
whereby the stock laws OF Kansas,
Wyoming, Nebraska, New Mexico and
Colorado may be harmonized, and to
organize an association of all cattle
raisers on the eastern slope OF the
Rocky Mountains.
In Washington, a correspondent sayf
the old story of cutting up Texas into
five states, after the next census, In or
der to place ten new senators from the
southwest in congress, is revived. Sena-
tor Maxey emphatically denies the
truth of this rumor. He says that nine
ty-nine voters out of every hundred in
Texas are opposed to division of the
state. 1.-THE aspiration of our people,
said Mr.. Maxey, lis to make of Texas a
great commonwealth. bearing the same
relation To the south that New York
does to the east. We will have, at the
lowest estimate, fifteen new members OF
congress after the next census. There
is no object to be gained by having ten
new senator's. The democratic majority
in the senate is assured for long time
TO come. Fifteen or twenty new demo
cratic members of the house from ons
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