The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1880-04-21


ball was extracted by DR.. Brown, and
the lady il now resting quietly. Mr..
Bocock was unarmed ut the time, and
the would be assassin of course fled
the moment he fred
About forty thousand head of cattle
will be driven from Fayette, Gonzales,
Lavaca and a portion of jackson and
Dewitt counties to the northern mar
kets this spring
The Austin newspapers are confirm
ally giving warning and advice to the
capitalists Of that city. Their talk,
like most gratuitous advice, seems TO
he thrown away, as the capitalists evil
IDENTIFY are of the opinion that they
amassed their fortunes without dis
playing much public spirit and can
hold and increase them without build
ing railroads or macadamized roads.
Williamson, Travis and Basirop
counties are blessed with good pros
pect for bountiful harvest.
The citizens of Orange held meet
ing after the attempt had been made
to assassinate Mr.. Bocock, tho county
attorney, and passed resolutions in
which those present pledged them
selves and called on all good citizens
to aid the sheriff and his deputies in
the suppression of lawlessness.
a McKavett correspondent Of the
Mason Ncps- Item says; Tuesday
night last, several COW. boys, who, we
understand came from the Colorado
river, arrived in town and partook of
/ - In
next thing was war whoOp, and
stranger visiting our town would have
| imagined that we were already cele-
brating the Ith of July, as a continu-
GUS discharge of shooters, etc, was
kept mp for some time. Would it not
| have been better for these gentlmen
to have saved their cartridges for n
| better use than annoying peacoable
and law-abiding citiZens.
The EFoustonians are making nm
effort so induce the executive COM
mittoe to call the nezt State conven-
ton to meet in Houston.
/ Farmers in various portions of the
county report crops MS being in good
condition and thriving. but in many
localities little ram il needed, The
oat crop is doing remarkably WE'LL
Brennan Banner.
From what we can learn from our
country friends crops are in excellent
condition. We are glad to hear that n
great deal of cotton is being planted,
The acreage will he larger than INST
year. Corn looks fine, and the small
grain promises heavy yield.-Scgan
Times,
a bargain in the city to day april 81
in which Sl5, 900 changed hands. Cat
tie; Dawson bought Of Wylie-Coie-
man COurdnt
Eastern Texas includes the territory
from the Sabine 10 the Trinity river.
IL S 9hYs sS feS esF paro 4s 81 Ky
State. 1t is the timbered region of
| Texas. What few prairies there are,
nre confined mostly to the counties
along the Gulf of Mexico, aud extend
but little distance inland The pr.m
eval forests still cover about fths
of it's surface. These forests contain
every species Of timber found in the
Southern States. The white oak, red
oak, hickory, pecan, ash, elm, walnut.
lombardy and silver leaf poplarabound,
Vast bodies of pine are found in every
portion of eastern Texas, of both the
long and short straw variety. The
valleys of the Sabine, Trinity, Neches,
and other streams from their mouth Il
long distance mp, arc heavily timbered
with splendid growth of cypress.
Cedar also is found, and often in large
| "a
timhered country in the world than
eastern Texas Grimes Comfy Sentinel.
Messrs Coggins Bros, are still boring
away at their artesian we'll. We learn
that they are now down something
over 1900 feet BrOrnrood Banner
We learn from the farmers that
wheat in some portions of the county
has been entirely ruined by tho hot
weather, while in other portions, where
there has been plenty Of rain, wheat is
doing finely. The late frost nipped
the corn that was mp, but it is now
coming up again, A good, soaking
rain now would help everything i'm
measurably, but without rain, and that
very soon, the outlook il gloomy.-Id,
Work on the oil well goes steadily
forward, and they are going down at
the rate of about foot per day. The
indications grow more favorable every
day and it is almost impossible now
to keep the oil back sufficiently to al.
low the mon to work. They are now
blasting in very hard rock, which
seems to he of the same formation "a
that in which the silver is found in the
Loveless well. A few more days will
determine whether we are to have an
oil boom or not.-id.
Wool is decidedly off at San Antonio,
everybody being afraid to handle any
just now.
Farmers in Colorado county have
finished replantng their cotton. The
soil is in very fine condition. The
corn in that connty is gtowing finely.
Farmers in that section must have
been very successful with their crops
and in the sale of them last year, one
would Judge, from the improvements
made upon their plantations. Tho
general thrift and prosperity displayed
is indeed flattering this season.
Nm thn I9th of ti,o month f,ro,t q .