Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-11-18

Is a certain tract of land in
iexas known as the ''RuggIes grant,
Some Of our citizens are fortunate
enough TO own thousands Of acres of
this land, which lies in Webb county.
Texas, on the Rio Grandel river. It
will be remembered that Gen. Rug
giles claimed that he owned this tract
OF land, and that it Was given to him
by the Spanish government. 1t is
not known where the Spanish gov
eminent got this valuable piece of
property in fact, we do not know
that it ever was the property of TIE
Spanish government. We do know
that a great deal of this la ind Is owned
by parties who live in and around
Mexico. Hon. Mortimer McIlhanv,
OF this city, is now in Texas in the
interest Of some of the ow of this
land. William Shumate traded this
land to his friends in Mexico. He
got it from Gen. Ruggles. Now the
question that seems to puzzle some
of our citizens 10. what to do with
these possessions in Texas? That is,
if they have any possessions, which
depends entirely on whether Shumate
had a title, and whether. Ruggles had
. title, and whether the Spanish
government had a title, and whether
either one OF these parties ever owned
this tract Of land. After you find out
whether you " any land, aud where
it is, there is 40 trouble to know what
to do with it. Colonize it! BY all
means coIonize it! Get up a COM
pany, and call it, Spanish, Ruggles,
Shumate, Paradise, Colonization &
Irrigation Company! Then get out a
prospectus, somewhat as follows, and
you will have no trouble to colonize
this delectable property: .
DESCRIPTION OF LANDS.
. The s. r. S. r. Colony comprises
. a'large tract of level land situated in
the glorious climate of western Texas,
, in Webb county, on the Rio Grande
river, not far from a (projected) rail-
road.
1t will be divided into five acre
lots which will be for sale at the low
\ rate of $3.50 per acre, in weekly pay
ments of fifty cents, extending over
twenty-eight years, without interest.
n Each purchaser of q five acre lot Sc
y cures an everlasting water right in
the (%projected) Damfino- WaIo-Con
solidated Ditch and Dam Company,
= of Webb county, for which he has
Q only to pay the nominal sum of five
cents per bucket towards canal re.
, pairs, etc. He also has the right te
= raise his own water by sinking an ar
l. tesian we'll 100, 900 yards deep. The
purchaser further obtains q lot 25x35
f feet IN the TOWNSHIP of Loredo, which
is bound to become very valuable,
> being, as we stated, only twenty-five
miles from the ~(protected) railroad
t to which q horse or mule railroad
l. will eventually be constructed. There
is no extra charge whatever for eli
mate.
,r CLIMATE
y We should libel the climate of thi
colony if We called 1t perfect. 1t i
# super-pluperfect. Situated at exactly
that precise spot where the result is
> paradoxical perfection Of s%upurbnes
which, according to eminent sciento
~ logists transcends the cliMat'
that prevailed in the Garden of Eden
y The worst cases of pneumonia, lunac.
or worms never fail to succumb t.
half an hours residence on the colo
y ny whilst only recently a man of sew
- enty-five years Of age, who had bee
a hypochondriac for over fifty years
and attempted suicide seventee
i. times, wrote a long contribution t
an eastern comic paper within hftee
minutes of his arrival. The follow
n ing Statistics, from the careful met
or geological report Of Professor jim
Jams, will show the equality OF tn
fa~mnerature