San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-10-06
TEXAS TOPICS.


dollars In counterfeit money have been
discovered to be in circulation In the
city Of Danison.
The Southern hotel, four business
houses. part OF lumber yard, several
brieades of cockroachcs, and whole
regiment OF bed.bugs were destroyed
by FIRE at Gainesville recently.
Hamilton Herald: Mr.. T. D. Neel,
living in the Leon valley in this coun'
~. near Snowville, brought us sam
NE of Havana tabacco raised by him
self. We have shown it to several who
are iudQes OF leaf tobacco and they
pronounce it excellent. Mr.. Neel will
nlant much more extensively next year.
he had no trouble in raising plants,
which il considered the most difficult
part of the business.
There are in Waco fourteen church
edifices, many Of them costly. Tho
BAPTIST church cost $4,000; NJ. T..
church, South, $4,000; Episcopalian,
$4,000; Presbyterian, $4,000; 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 $4,000. The other four are
colored churches, costing on an average
$4,000. tf - II
The International & Great Northern
Railroad Company have prepared for
EXHIBITION ct the Cotton exposition at
Atlanta, o sample of Texas products,
which will surpass anything heretofore
attempted in that line. It will include
cereals Of all varieties and samples OF
soil where raised, cotton in all condi-
tons 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
transitional will be represented. The
fruit region will have display on sam
pies such as have been raised at various
fruit 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 o creditable and
worthy display.
Chicago Times: Hon. Eli Stilson,
of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, who has hum
dred-thousand-acr sheep ranch in
Western Texas, lately visited this office
and communicated much valuable in
formation respecting the wool interest
in that region. He states that some OF
the largest and best Aocks 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-
ing is becoming scarce and high in Cali
fornia. The water supply in many
places is scant and unreliable. The
market for wool is not as good asI in
Texas. San Antonio is now one OF the
largest and best markets for wool in the
world. Drouths are much less severe
in Texas than in California, and the
climate 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
ofthe fiber. tits ordinarily entirely free
from weak places that are caused by
long-continued, severe storms, and
scarcity of food and water. In Cali
fornia the staple is not uniform. The
wool that grows during the rainy season
is strong and of good quality, but 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 a uniform thread. The
sheep are accordingly shorn twice q
year, and two fieeces of short wool of
very different qualities are obtained.
Both sorts of wool may 60 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
Texas to the eastern cities, already
slaughtered, dressed and ready for the
market stalls, must, in the near future,
grow to be an immense enterprise aud
tbusiness. We have the beeves, and
taking them fresh from their rich mes
quite pastures or the fattening stalls,
where they are corn fed, the meet will
be more than q hundred per cent.
sweeter, jucier and healthier than when
shipped to these markets by rail and
slaughtered there, all feverish from
their confinement, excitement and alb
stinence from water and food on the
journey. All that is necessary is refrig-
orator cars, and of the practicability
of these cars the Boston Journal says
I'm Quincy Market yesterday, dealers
in fresh meats were examining with q
good deal of interest samples Of dress
ed beef which were brought from Chi
cago in Tiffany refrigerator car in
six days. The beef was as fresh and