San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-03-02
TEXAS TOPICS.

Counterfeit silver dollars are In
circulation in Houston. They can only
he detected by their light weight, ~
thew appear 10 be all right and have I"
good silver ring.
Waco cotton spectators have about
souondered their surplus cash on NJ
tnres. A telegram 10 the NerS from
that nlace saws their coat tails arc drag
ing the ground.
One hundred families in Onion
county, Tennessee, have bought Land
in the neighborhood of Buffalo GGp,
Taylor county, and will settle on iithiS
winter.
The Trinity river was reported
higher at Dallas on the 10th than 1t had
Ieen in five years. Cord wood, lumber
and small houses were seen passing
down tho current, and the river rising
higher every moment.
-Belton Reporter. The grading ON
the Gulf, Colorado and Santa re ROAD
has been completed from this place to
Lampassas, aud it is thought that trains
will be running from that place to Gal
weston within the next sixty days.
Forty eight car loads, containing
5000 head of improved Merino sheeP;,
owned by George Taylor, passed
through Fort Worth on the 18th OF
February, en- route for Morgan, Bosque
county. They came from Michigan.
One of the largest cattle trades that
ever has been made in west Texas was
consul minated mt Coleman few days
ago. r. l.. Dunmnn, of that place, SOLD
ont his entire stock of cattle and horses
TO Messrs. $. Hronough IL Co. The
price paid was $1,000
New York and Houston capitalists
propose TO organize, incorporate, ana
build n line OF railroad from Orange,
Texas, north through Newton county
TO Alaxaldria, L., and from Orange
Southwest through Jefferson and Cham
bers counties, and along Boliver PENN
sular to the Buy.
The recent heavy rains throughout
Texas have greatly damaged the newly
built railroads, that had never before
received u good soaking rain, and many
trains have been ditched, and some
serious accidents have resulted. 1t
takes heavy rains to make firm ana safe
the newly made road-beds, and this
winter they have had plenty.
The wool clip of Coleman county
this coming spring will beimmense ana
of fine quality. 1t is supposed that
there are nearly 100000 improved
sheep in the county. The losses SO far
during the winter will not average one
per cent. The great bulk of the sheep,
with few exceptions, in this county,
have been fe.. no feed except such as
the prairie affords, no shelter more than
the hills.
The Mexican Central laid it's sew
enty-sixth mile from Ell Paso on the
7th. Two miles of track per day are
being laid on this road, and, if this rate
is kept up, Chihuahua city will be
reached by May 1st, as there Ire only
one hundred and fifty miles interven-
ing between that place and the end OF
the track.
The Missouri Paciti, system, en-
bracing the original Missouri Pacific,
Missouri, Kansas g. Texas, the st. Louis
s. Iron Mountain and the Texas u Pa
cific railways, foots up total OF 5,o3O
miles, viz: the Missouri Pacific, o62
miles; Missouri, Kansas 81 Texas, 2,l77
miles; St. Louis & Iron Mountain,
LOB miles; Texas 81 Pacific, l,3oo
miles; total, $3.50 miles, upon which
the bonded debt and capital stock is
$47, 444 per mile.
Reports from all sections of Brown
county indicate all abundant harvest
this wear L st season there wai up
wards Of 10000 bushels of wheat raised
in that equity, and, with no severe
freeze next month, tho crop this year
will more than double tlIut of last.
Sheep men say tuis has bet L ~ unusual
good winter tor sheep, and the wool
clip this spring will he very Large.
There WAS marketed at Bro%nwood
place last season upwards of 6OO,OOO
pounds of wool. Sheep men are buy
ing all the land they can and fencing
for pastures. One sheep firm lately
bought 7,uO1 acres of land III thiscoun-
ty; which they propose to fence. The
demand for sheep ranches Is SO great
that land il l. Ancing rapidly in value.
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