San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-03-30
TEXAS TOPICS.

Coleman county claims near on to
10000 head OF improved sheep.
Eighty wagon loads of lead was re-
ceived in one day recently, at Laredo,
from the Vallecillo mines, in the State
of Nuevo Leon. Mexico. i. ~a
During the thunder storm OF the
7th, the telegraph line one and half
miles west of Castroville was struck by
lightning, and about twenty five yards
burned completely up. i.u,.t0 .u
while crossing railroad bridge
over a small creek in the suburbs OF
Mckinney, little school boy fell
through the bridge and was drowned.
he was a son of Mr.. Stewart OF that
town. - .'. - .''''
Stevens & Worsham sold their
stock of cattle, in the Panhandle, to a
Chicago firm, for $780, 600. The cash
payment is 100000 in drafts to close
the trade, deposited with Lindsay,
Hemming & Co., Comment Gays the
Chicago men will make q goodthing.
Elk. Gov. Hubbard reports that the
Narrow Guage will be completed to St'
Louis by October, more than one hun
dred miles of track having been land In
Ark. The road is now graded from
Waco to Gainesville, and will be. finished
to that point within two months.
AT a recent meeting of stockmen
in Alkaline, the following resolution
was passed: "Condemning the habit
of Carrying arms and pledging. each
member of the association never know
ingly to employ any person who indul-
ges in such habits, or any refugee from
justice, or any person u, accused ",us OF
crime"
-Brenham Banner: Two OF the
Oldest planters in the country say that
in years before the, war they raised
good crops of cotton planting the last
week in May and the first week Ia June,
but in those days the festive cotton
worm was hardly known. Although
farm work is considerably behind, there
is plenty of time for good crops with
ANYTHING lik favorable season!
-Corsicana Courier: The new
railroad town of Kerens, on the Texas
g. st. Louis railroad, fifteen miles east
of this city, was surveyed and lots first
sold there on the Goth Of last May, and
few weeks later the first house was
erected. Since then about forty new
houses have been built, some OF them
lust com pleted, while a number of 9th
IF nrpctInn
of which are of the most substantial
kind.
-Ganzales, Inquirer: j. M. Cox
lived at Oak Forest, six or eight miles
above Gonzales. On Friday OF last
week he went to Luling in his buggy.
While returning he had to get out to
to open gate, and his horses ran OF,
but we're caught by some one near by.
He was somewhat angered, and upon
regaining his seat whipped them. They
became unmanagcable, ran against
tree and he was thrown out. He was
paralyzed, and died next morning. We
are told that after the doctor left home
his son, Tom became uneasy, having
premonition that danger would attend
his father, and spoke of it to his wife.
She assured him of the unreasonable
ness of such Il presentment, ana ne
went to work In the evening the pre-
sentiment grew SO strong that he ceased
work, and soon learned Of the accident
which deprived HIM OF his father.
Inter State NelUS: Recently the
clerk of Massenberg & Co., at New
Boston, was aroused by loud and hur-
ned knocking at the store door. Call
ing an expected friend by name, he
asked ii that was him. The response
was, Yes, open the door, quick" 1t
was very inclement night, and the
clerk quickly opeued the door, to tiHd
himsel, seized by the throat by a
bearded man and pistol staring him
in the lace. He eaeavored to pass the
matter oil us u joke, when his visitor
jerked his false beard off and gave him
to understand that he meant business.
The clerk immediately grappled with
him in n life and death contest, during
which his assailant beat him over the !
head with the revolver, intlicting fear
full gashes on his head and forehead,
and breaking the bones of his left |
hand. He was completely overpowered
and tied. The roOber jerked him TO a
cisteru and threatened 10 throw him IN !
unless he surrendered tie firms I
none. tie Yielded and gave up /
about So.