San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-02-15


child, the Jefferson murderer, was COM
posed of eleven farmers and one carpen.
ter.
Major Jones nomination as adju-
tant general was confirmed last Satur.
day, but it is probable the Office will be
abolished by the present Legislature.
The growing wheat and oat crops
in all the counties in the extreme south
ern part of the state are in fine condi'
ton. u is too early in the season to
predict what the harvest will be.
An armadillo was found and cap
tured few days since in Atacoso coun'
ty, about thirty miles south of San An
tonic. These animals are numerous IN
Mexico, but are seldom found SO far
east of the Rio Grande.
A fatal shooting ARRAY occurred at
Bryan on Thursday of last week, in
which r. W. King, prominent lumber
dealer, was shot in the abdomen and in
bis left arm, and an ex-policeman, Ran
die, was shot in the hip. The difficulty
Voo"'
Kings wounds were fatal.
One J. G. Smith, who lived in the
north part of Red River county, was in
dicted bya recent grand jury. A depn-
ty sheriff went to make the arrest few
days afterwards and found that Smith
had died six months previous to the
finding of the indictment, and as he had
no knowledge as to where Smith went,
the deputy gave up the search.
And now John Smith has got him
self into trouble. We had supposed
that John was an eminently respectable
person, but it seems that he has been
stealing cattle and horses near Hearne,
and when approached by the city mar
shall and posse John drew his sixshooter
and assumed belligerent attitude, but
was finally arrested and placed in Jail.
The recent cold weather made sad
havoc with the many hocks of sheep in
Shackelford county. Messrs. Jacob q
Poe lost 600 out of flock of 1900; Mr..
Seymour lost nearly his entire flock of
1900; Curtis e. Robinson lost half Of
their flock of 22OO; Eagle Il Holstein
owned about 1900, and lost half their
Aock, including many thoroughbred
bucks.
The protractcd and severe cold
weather in the latter part OF December
and the first of January was more dis
astrous to stock throughout the state
than at first supposed. Sheep seem to
have suffered most, and in some cOun-
ties the loss is estimated as high as %
per cent. Such extremely cold weather
as we have had this winter is unusual
for Texas, and stock men do not prepare
food and shelter for their herds and
focks as they do further north.
Friday afternoon of last week a
difficulty occurred at Arlington, Tar
rant county, between two young men
named Williams and johnson, in which
the latter was shot in the right side, just
above the nipple, producing u painful
though not dangerous wound. John
son, before the shooting. threw rock
at Williams, hitting him on the head,
and inhicting severe wound. THE diff
fculty originated over horse race i'll
which each of them entered pony.
The trade in buffalo meat and hides
from the extreme western frontier Of
Texas seems to be on the decline. The
game has become so scarce, either thro'
The shameful slaughter of the brutes, or
from the encroachment upon their range
Ivy settlers, that it is no longer profta-
BILE to hunt the buffalo, and unless laws
are passed to protect the American hi
son, the species, before many years, will
become extinct. Men who have here
tofore made IA regular business to hunt
the animal, have given up the chase to
sportsmen and Indians, who promise to
kill off what the professional butchers
have left
Last fail the farmers of Texas had
an immense crop of corn-the largest
aud best crop ever produced i'll the
state, and in counties remote from rail
roads the question arose rs to what they
should do with it, Some counties that
are rapidly filling up with immigrants
found ready sale for the surplus at good
prices, but other farmers less fortunate
fed their corn to hogs, and now the ques-
ton recurs rs to what will be done with
their corn-fed pork. In some counties
it is sold as low as $500 per hundred,
and in Hood county at Sl.5O per one
hundred pounds. 1t is gratifying to
know, however. that as long as there is
plenty of hog aud hominy in the state
there is no danger of famine.
From all parts of the state we hear
reports If great activity among the far
mers. who are preparing their fields for
next seasons crops. The weather dur
ing the past week has been very fine for
outdoor work. and the ground is in
splendid condition for the pillow. There