San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-03-01
TEXAS TOPICS.

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Houston expects to have her sys'
tenn of water works completed by Sept.
st.
The grand jury of Collin county,
in n five weeks session, found over four
hundred true bills.
In many parts Of the state peach
trees are in bloom, the recent warm
weather having given vegetation OF all
kinds premature start.
The army paymasters in Western
Texas are paying off the troops in gold,
for the first time since 1861, eighteen
years ago.
A bill is before the legislature to
increase the fine for carrying concealed
weapons to S2O0-one-half to go to the
infOrmer.
In the extreme southern part OF
Texas many farmers have planted corn,
and in some fields it is up and looking
finely. .....
1t is estimated, by well informed
cattle men, that during the season Just
closed northern Texas has shipped to
market upwards of 100000 cattle.
Capt. King, the boss cattle man OF
Texas, has about completed arrange
ments to start his first drove of cattle
from Nueces county to Kansas about
the first of March.
Cotton still continues pouring into
all the towns and cities OF Texas, and
the quantity marketed is matter OF
surprise to many old cotton buyers,
Planters have evidently been holding
their crop back for better prices.
There seems to be a mania on the
part of many Texas cities to surrender
their charters and become villages again.
A CITY government is a luxury that
small towns cannot afford these hard
times.
The demand comes from all over
the state that the Legislature pass law
requiring the publication of sherifis'
and administrators sales. Too much
wrong has been done in the sacrifice OF
property for the representatives OF the
people to neglect this matter. -|paco
Telephone.
A herd of antelopes, of fully five
hundred in number, came to the farm OF
George Reynolds, in Shackleford coun-
ty, during the cold weather in January,
and took shelter on the lee side of his
stone fence. He succeeded in killing
two of them, when they went from there
to Mr. Locky's place, and that gentle
man killed three more ut one shot.
The Rocky Ridge ncighborhood, in
Throckmorton county, losses in stock,
particularly sheep, have been heavy du-
ring and since the snow, sleet and hard
freeze Mr.. Locky, living on the reser-
walton, has lost about seventy-tive per
cent. of his herd of improved sheep
Mcintyre and Locke have lost thirty
five per cent Mr.. Curtis, on Lambs
Head creek, l. out thirty eight per cent.
and number of others have expert
cnced shrinkage in numbers in about
the same proportion. Cattle have suf-
fered very much, being drawn badly,
and great many dead ones are seen on
the range.
The Sherman Courier has Il report
from Montague county, brought in by
citizen from Adora named Franks, that
u terrible tragedy and probable murder
had occurred about twelve miles north
west of that town, on Big Sandy creek,
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found dead in n tent in which she anda
man supposed to be her husband had
been residing. The body of the young
woman bore evidences of having been
deal two or three days before the dis
coyery was made. The man who is
supposed to be her husband could be
founl nowhere in the ncighborhood.
and it is supposed that he was the muir
dcrer.
One morning, in the early part of
last week. the pack of hounds belonging
to the Gordon boys and p. III. Thrash,
of Hood county. got on the trail OF
very large black wolf, which ANIMAL
strangely enough, WAS ovcrtaken by the
dogs and brought to bay several times,
until M,sSrs. Gordon and Thrash ar
rived upon the scene and killcdit. The
wolf was very large one. measuring
five feet from tip to tip. His annual
dcnrcda,iouS upon young calves. pigs
and sheep along the river settlements
have long been source uf annoyance
Ia the farmers. /; is stated that he had
been seen in tins vicinity for the past
twenty wears.
We learn from Mr.. Frost Allen the
following in regard to the immense loss
Of sheen: 'Ir. Allen himself lost, out
Ola .',rs oi 1000. 2lOD: Deacon Flint.
ON Of O. flock of 1910. has hut 100; Flo
mi, .Ta,,l,sl. ont of his flock ui