San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-01-11

Houston mas cOutr"ceco WV ~"
York firm for water-works.
-Pecans are selling for one dollar
and forty cents bushel III 'ictofi
county. . ~ .al t.. .r. r.
A lot Of forty barrels Of oranges has
recently been shipped from Bremond ia
Houston, cd ,. ,,nhirI t.i.r
The San Antonio coal company
have struck, a vein seven feet thick In
their mine. ~. ...., .......
The Granbury, Hood county, school
is increasing so rapidly that the build
ing must be enlarged. '.,' ...u.t '.
A Grayson county wife chops cord
wood while her husband hauls 1t to
Denison to dispose of it, e,."
Newell Jones, of San Antonio, kill
ed himself recently by Internationally
taking an overdose of morphine, e.
Waco expects soon to have in ope-
ration mammoth cotton factory, worth
two hundred thousand dollars.
Galveston is building breakwater
to protect the city from inundation by
storms that drive the water of the Gulf
over the island.
Sim Carpenter, son OF the post
mistress, OF GAINESVILLE, accidentally shot
and killed himself while out hunting
near GAINESVILLE recently. 100
The drive of beef cattle to market
from Clay county will exceed 2O,OOO
this season Just closing, being third
more than the drive last year.
AT ball ut Van Alstyne, Thursday
night, two young men got into dispute
and one of them, named Lillard, was
shot and is not expected to live. ,e
f. J. Pinto, who lost IN arm on the
Houston Il Texas Central railroad, sued
the company in the Grayson county
district court, getting Judgment for
five thousand dollars. "." Eh "o'i
An estimable young lady by the
name of Ida Bassham, residing near
Plano, committed suicide last week by
hanging herself. Her tragic death is
wholly unexplained. aomd, Oh, p. r
"A difficulty occurred between Mike
Dickson, IL saloon keeper, and John
Duffy, beer brewer, at Cleburne, John
son county, Friday, in which Dickson
shot and instantly killed Duffy. Dick
son was arrested and lodged in Jail.
A CERTAIN patent medicine advertise
ment announces in startling head lines
that Liver is King" If this be true,
then we have seen cat snatch King
off of kitchen table and run up n lad
der with Necman INDEPENDENT.
Tho Sabine Pass and Northwestern
railway is now regarded as fixed fact.
Col. Burwell, president of the road, has
made all preliminary arrangements. The
contract, as stated by Mr.. Stevens, does
not specify the time for the road to be
completed. "'' 'a
Mr. ALI. Abcel, while returning to
Waco from a trip, was encountered by n
mounted robber, who invited him to
stop. He reversed his loaded whip and
knocked the rascal from his horse, after
which he gave him a sound drubbing
and left him lying in the road.
"A few days since mnp named Sim,
living five miles north Of Savoy, was
called upon by Mrs. Lyle for payment
of small debt. Sim declined payment,
whereupon Mrs. l.. pulled shotgun
upon him, and taking sight, told him to
shell out" Sim shelled,-Denison
Ne,cs.
The perpetrators of the numerous
stage robberies that have occurred west
Of Fort Worth recently. have been spot
ted, and it is thought they will soon be
under arrest. They are all residents of
the country in which the robberies were
committed, except the leader of the
gang, who is II stranger.
A fire in Denison on Tuesday of
last week burned large stable and So
horses. Among the number was fine
stallion valued at fifteen hundred dol
lars. The loss is estimated at ten thou
sand dollars, with insurance of six thou
sand five hundred dollars. The fire was
the work of an incindiary.
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A dispute arose as to which was the win
ner, and the closing scene shows Bone
Williamson and Jack Pearl lying stark
dead, Jim Williamson with daylight
shining through him. and Will Pearl
cast into prison. and still there is doubt
rs TO which horse won the race.
In iracas that occurred in Falls
county last week a man by the name OF.
GRAY was killed, and another named
Smith was wounded. 1t seems that one
Hart rode up to a gang of men who were
working on the road under overscer
Lane. and told Gray to get out of his
way. that he was cavalryman. Gray
said he was as good man rs Hart. and
ifhc. Hart. wanted anything to dismount,