The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1881-10-08

nam ZION HeTdtu. MIR. II. ID. Neel
living in the Leon valley in this coun.
~, near Snowville, brought us SAM
pile of Havana tabacco raised by him
self. We have shown it to several who
are judges OF leaf tobacco and they
pronounce it excellent Mr.. Neel will
plant much more extensively next year.
He had no trouble in raising plants.
which is considered the must difllcul.
part of the business.
There are in Waco fourteen church
ediliccs, many of them costly. The
Baptist church cost $4,000; NJ Il.
church, South, S2S,000; Episcopalian
$4,000; Presbyterian, SS000 Cumber-
land, $1,000; Christian, $4,000. The
remaining seven are Catholic, German
Methodist, East Waco Baptist, white
congregations whose buildings cost on
an average $1,000 The other four are
colored churches, costing on IN average
$1,000.
The international & Great Northern
Railroad Company have prepared for
exhibition ut the Cotton exposition at
Atlanta, II sample OF Texas products
which will surpass anything heretofore
attempted in that line. 1t will include
cereals of all varieties and samples of
soil where raised, cotton in all condi-
tions of culture, wool and wooden goods
from New Braunfels, stone and mineral
ore and marble, from every section of
the country along the line of the In
ternational will be represented The
fruit region will have display ON sam
pies such rs have been raised ut various
frnit farms, bales of cotton sampled
from different portions of the country
through which the road runs, corn and
other cereals. General Manager Hoxie
has taken deep interest in the matter,
and no effort nor expense will be
spared to make it creditabo and
worthy display.
Chicago Times. Hon. Eli Stilson,
If Oshkosh, Wisconsin, who has a hun
lred-thousand-acre sheep ranch in
Western Texas, lately visited this office
md communicated much valuable in
'orEsation respecting tho wool interest
IN that region. He states that some of
the largest and best flocks OF merino
sheep in California are about to be
moved to Texas. The reasons that
prompted this change of pastures are
various. Land suitable for sheep-rais-
ng is becoming scarce and high in Cali
lornia. The water supply in many
places is scant and unreliable, The
market for wool is not as good as in
Texas. San Antonio is now one of the
largest and best markets for wool in the
world. Drouths are much less severe
80. q
Innate is generally better. The wool
produced from the same kind of sheep
Is better in Texas than in California.
In the former State it is soft, silky and
Of uniform character the entire length
oftle fiber Itis ordinarily entirely free
from weak places that are caused by
long-continued, severe storms, and u
scarcity of food and water. la Cali
fornia the staple is not uniform. Tho
wool that grows during the rainy season
is strong and of good quality. hut that
grown during the dry period OF the
year is not strong, and is deficient of
good qualities. If sheep carry their
fleece the entire year it will contain
two qualities of wool in the same spec
linen, and it can not be employed to
manufacture uniform thread. The
sheep are accordingly shorn twice a
year, and two ileeces of short wool OF
very diff, rent qualities are obtained
Both sorts of wool may go into the
same cloth, but if this is the case the
stronger is used to form the warp and
the weaker the filling.
The shipments of fresh beef from
~ n. IL i.
slaughtered. dressed and ready for th,
market stalls, must, in the near future
grow to be an immense enterprise aud
business. We have the beeves, ant
taking them fresh from their rich mes
quite pastures or the fattening stalls
where they are corn fed, the meet will
be more than hundred per cent
sweeter, iucier and healthier than wher
shipped to these markets by rail anC
slaughtered there, all feverish from
heir confinement, excitement and alb
Itinence from water and food on thu
Quincy. All that is necessary is refrig
,rator cars, and OF the practicabilit,
" these cars the Boston Journal says
In Quincy Market yesterday, dealer
n fresh meats were examining with
rood deal of interest samples of dress
ID beef which We're brought from Chi
ago in a Tiffany refrigerator car il
ix days. The beef was us fresh an,
bright as II II had been brought fror
Brighton, aud the market men pro
hounced 1t as desirable in every repect
Chicago dressed beef has been comm
to this maket for several years past. bu
there has always been preiudie
against it, Ms facilities for bringing
here in strictly prime order during Ia
hot weather were not 'satisfactor,
But il seems that all the dificultiea hay
been overcome and that beef killed /
Chicago can be laid down here In ii
or seven days In perfect condition
This is a matter Of some Importance
the public for IL fresh beef can /
brought here from the west aud dol
yered 10 the consumers in as goo
order rs the beef killed in this vieinit,
il must lower the price, a. the cost
hringiugit here viii be much lower tina
on live cattle. This car load was shil
ped when the temperature outside WI
AZ 80, apd brought here over the n