San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-10-20
TEXAS
SAN MARCOS.
TEXAS TOPICS.


Cotton seed sells for 10 cents pc
bushel in Austin. W.
The Santa Fe road has reached
point within 90 miles OF Fort Worth
Texas beef cattle sell from sever
and q half to eight cents per ID in New
York city.
The Gulf, Colorado and Santa FL
road will be completed to Fort Worth
in Nov ember.
The contract for building 100 miles
Of the road from Sherman to Mount
Pleasant was let on the LIST inst.
The German ship Grown Prince
with 1,O4s German immigrants aboard
arrived at Galveston recently.
"A stalk Of corn was exhibited In
the town Of Mason which measured
eleven feet to the first ear, and to the
top Of the stalk about fifteen feet.
The contract for the extension OF
the Texas and st. Louis road from
Mount Pleasant to Dallas was let last
week and work on the same has been
commenced. - s.a,
The International Railway Com
Il ~sAxs
pany have ordered two thousand copies
Of the Governors forthcoming book on
Texas for distribution, principally at
the Atlanta Exposition.
with q continuance of favorable
weather, Southern Texas will yet make
a GOOD cotton crop, as the plant is full
~ blossoms and bolls in all stages Of
development.
in the district court at Tyler recent
w. Miss Kate Mccarthy recovered
Indictment for $4,000 against the In
ternational and Great Northern for
killing her husband, who was a road
master on said road, and was killed
while propelling a velocipede hand car
Henrietta Shield: The preliminary
survey of the Fort Worth and Denver
railroad struck the Canadian river, in
the Panhadle, at the mouth OF Big blue'
$40 miles from Fort Worth. The engi'
ueer, Captain Murrell reports very
practicable route all along the line.
The reports of the short crops does
not seem to prevent emigrants from
coming into Texas. The international
Emirrant's Home at Palestine has been
filed with newcomers for weeks, prin-
cipally from western and northwestern
states, and from New York and the
middle states.
About 5000 persons in Texas de-
vote themselves strictly to sheep rails
ing, while many farmers own focks'
The stock is being gradually improved
and now hundreds of thousands OF ex'
cellent graded sheep, which yield fine
clips twice year and make good NUT
ton, are feeding on the Texas pralries.
-Burnet Bulletin: Mr.. Ebbling, a
German sheep-raiser in Blanco county,
started the business twenty-seven years
ago with only about fifteen head OF
sheep. As he got in little money, he
bought few more sheep, making tia
rule not to go in debt. At this time ne
owns a flock of $500 head, 10000 acre
ranch inclosed in q rock fence, besides
several other ranches.
Buffalo Gap Ne,cs: The mesquite
bean is becoming an object OF interest
to our farmers. Hundreds Of bushels
will be gathered this year for feed.
They are equal to corn, and as our prai-
ries are covered with the trees, and as
they are native to the soil and this lati-
tude, we will always have an abundance
of food whether grass and corn "hits"
or not.
The disbursements by the state
treasurer for the fiscal year expired
August 3lst amounted to S3,044,613;
the actual expenses were 81, 1898.
The balance consisted in appropriations
for the purchase of bonds in sum of
100000, retiring the public debt in
support of public schools and the pur-
chasing of bonds for the permanent
schools, university and asylum funds.
-Uvalde Hesperidn: While other