San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-10-13
TEXAS TOPICS.

tnsre .%s sweet little Texas girl waxed
twenty.eight competitors
,ow wears ago some Bohemians
..ma ~ High Hill, Fayette county anu
commenced farming. DesPi.c ., .ne
sncers of the stockmen' VINO ,o'a smen :,
thew would starve, and desPi'e So .ha,,
my and poor accommodations tney
n %o" to-day independently rich, aud TINS
Sa,i have raised the largest cotton crop
in the State.
Tho census department furni hes
800 facts and figures concerning tne
soo PRODUCTION OF the various states
cot 1 nnpnt;es which may be new 10
snme newspaper readers. Inc county
in Texas tina. produced inc ,arsess
number of bales the last year reP oI50J
was Fayette, 24,766; that whicn y pnw;a
tha Greatest amount per acre was POwie'
90 17n hales on Al, 25l acres. In texas
20 ner cent. Of the cotton is grown IN
az. az pc ~artbeastern portion OF the state,
18th ,n~ Of the twenty.third' parallel anu
east Of the ninety.eighth me .i'n nou u
highest production being ala 'n0
ties lying near Red River
aTbe Lone Star state is not Inca, near
as bad as painted says -, me e n. T'J has
Democrat Inasmuch as the ~ ,, m"'
done most of fhe painting for q HULL nun
her Of wears, and has daubed the ola :a,.
naint on regardless Of truth or Vernci Ivy,
+ t. ou;te competent Judge. IL mas
nome 70 the conclusion that person
in Texos is perfectly safe as long as ne
attends To his own business, ana can
manage to exist without intef re;aa
with every body else's personal an ~ II
which is nearer the truth than the 49, -,
often attains.-Fort Worth Democ'"''
louisville Courier-Jourreal:: Inc
Paramoro syndicate hope to nave 'I I,I
road from Waco, Texas, to Cairo, H.,
in two years. It is also proposea "
hn;ld a narrow. gauge from Cincinnatl
70 Cairo. with two branches into Louis.
w;,,o one from Scott county ond one
from Clarke. With road from caro-
into Texas, as free to Lonlsvllie T Us oo
81. Louis, large quantities OF 6 1eAa'
freight would be sent by river 10 C san
Ionisyille is looking anxlously 1or "
connection which will open Iexas "
her merchants.
Ell Paso Herald: An Intelligent
gentleman of Ysleta writes September
Goth: "There is some stir here aDou1
Texas mining lands, and there was an
- Gon.Iamon here wanting surveying
done. His point is Sierra Alto, III
this county, where he is said to have
good prospects. There will DC some ,
in this section soon 10 iocA
after prospects" We predict that IN
less than twelve months there WILL De
DISCOVERY of fine ore in West IeXas'
AS soon as the Southern Pacific reach
es Fort Davis there will be pig silver
boom and q big rush to the Chenatl
Mountains.
Articles of incorporation were Tor
warded to Austin incorporating the
Trinity and Sabine Railway Company
to run from the town Of Trinity, upon
the line of the International, through
Trinity, Polk and Tyler counties, IN an
easterly direction, distance OF about
seventy-five miles, to points on the Ne
ches River, at or near Junction Rlver.
The general Office of the company IS
to be in the town of Trinity. Capital
stock $1,125,O0 divided into ll,2oo
shares of 800 each. The incorpora-
tors are: r. s. Hayes, D. s. d. Smith,
H. Nj. Hoxie, Ira A. Evans, Il. nj
Dilley, J. Y. Gooch. N. W. Hunter,
Allen Mccoy, A. R. Howard: The
board of directors are: J. A. Evans
Allen Mccoy, J. Y. Gooch, A. r. How
ard, D. s. Il. Smith and Il. M. Hoxie.
-Cleburne Chronicle: Messrs.
Caldwell g. Medley, the contract rs for
the grading of the Chicago, Texas and
Mexican Central Railroad, have sublet
the contract from Alvarado to Cleburne,
in small contracts of one and two miles
each, with the exception of two miles,
which they will have graded themselves.
All the contractors are required to
complete their work by the 18th OF Dc
tober.. The work is now progressing
rapidly all along the line on every mile
from Alvarado to the depot grounds at
Cleburne. The manager of the road,
Mr.. Odell, when in Cleburne, stated
that it was his intention, as soon as the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe was COM
pleted to the city, to ship material up
the road and commence laying track
from this end on the G. 7. and NJ. G.
The Laredo people calculate to
have a city of 10000 inhabitants in five
years. The international road, which
will be in Larado in less than two
months, has several buildings rented
or engaged that are as yet only partial
" constructed. The Mexican-National
has no less that one dozen buildings
rented in different parts of the place,
not mentioning the yards and squares
VII ere tents and sheds have been put
up for mechanics and laborers. Rents