The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-03-04
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"A contract for building $4,000
courthouse has been let by the county
commissioners of Harris.
Counterfeit silver dollars are in
circulation in Houston. They can only
be detected by their light weight, as
they appear to be all right and have a
good silver ring
Waco cotton spectators have about
squandered their surplus cash ON fu-
lures. 4 telegram TO the NelcS from
that place says their coat tails are drag.
ing the ground.
The Trinity river was reported
higher ut Dallas ON the 10th than it had
Deen in five years. Cord wood, lumber
and small houses were seen passing
down the current, and the river rising
higher every moment.
-Belton Reporter. The grading on
the Gulf, Coloradc NJ ldAl ofSan.l,. ,ouaneed
has been completed rom this place to
Lamps sas, and 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, Bo.que
county, They came from Michigan.
Tie wool clip of Coleman county
this coming spring will beimmense and
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 fed no feed except such as
the prairie affords, no shelter more than
the hills.
The recent heavy rains throughout
Texas have greatly damaged the newly
built railroads, that had never before
received a good soaking rain, and many
trains have been ditched, and some
serious accidents have resulted. II
takes heavy rains to make firm and salt
the newly made road-beds, and this
winter they have had a plenty.
The Mexican Central laid its sew
enty-sixth mile from Ell Paso on she
7th. Two miles Of track per day are
being laid ON this road, and, ii this rate
is kept up, Chihuahua city will be
reached by May LIST, us there are only
one hundred and fifty miles interven
ing between that place and the end Of
the track.
The Missouri Pacific system, en-
bracing the original Missouri Pacific
Missouri, Kansas & Texas, the st. Louii
& Iron Mountain and the Texas & Pa
ciiic railways, foots up total of 3 53C
miles, viz: the Missouri Pacific, Sc.
miles; Missouri, Kansas & Texas, 9, III
miles; St. Louis Il Iron Mountain
I,iU3 miles; Texas x Pacific, 1885
miles; total, $3.50 miles, upon which
the bonded debt and capital stock II
SAT ,444 per mile.
Reports from all sections OF Brown
county indicate an abundant harves
this year. Inst season there was up
wards of $4,000 bushels Of wheat raiset
in that county, and, with no sever
freeze uext month, the crop this yen
will more than double that of last
Sheep men say this has been an unusua
good winter for sheep, and the woo
clip this spring will lie very large
There was marketed at Crossword
place last season upwards of 600,0Oi
pounds of wool. Sheep men are buy
ing all the land they can and fencinI
for pastures. One sheep Arm latel
bought 1000 acres Of land in this coun
ty; which they propose to fence. Tn
demand for sheep ranches is so grco
that land is advancing rapidly in value