San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-03-09
TEXAS TOPICS.

TEXAS TOPICS
Native Texas wine is becoming
favorite drink in many OF the western
towns.
The live stock interest OF Texas ag'
gregate not far from Sl0O,OOO,OOO as IN
vested CAPITAL.
Samuel L. Willis was killed last
week near Lovelady by a falling limb
blown from dead tree.
"A pair of OK horns, sent from Texas
by Mr.. Mcknight to Mr.. Lafayette
Smith. of Rutherford county, Tenn,
measure feet 6 inches from tip to tap
straight across. ...
Marrow guage railroads few years
ago were unknown in Texas. That
State now possesses 900 miles OF these
roads, is building as many more, and
has in prospect innpmerable other
lines.
"A man named Frost is on trial at
Mckinney for the murder OF Warden
some fifteen years ago. After the MUIR
der he left the country, but was cap
tured three years ago and mistrials have
since prolonged the case.
-McLennan county boasts OF ST.
312,56O worth of taxable property In
1881. The county has cash balance
of 1858 73, and the taxes have been
reduced to ten cents on the one hun
dred dollars.
The special agents of the revenue
department sent from Washington to
investigate Irregularities in the South
and West report that less occur IN
Texas than i'll any other state. This Is
quite complimentary.
-Twenty-six millions is said to have
been named as the price OF Mr.. Whit
news interest in Morgan's Louisiana
and Texas Railroad, and it is said that
Mr.. Whitney is now in New York In
conference with Mr.. Huntington re-
garding the consummation OF the sale.
The report of the secretary tn
State to the Texas Legislature shows
that during the year 1881 twenty seven
railway companies with an aggregate
capital stock of $109,00O,0OO, filed
charters, and, with but three or four
exceptions, it is certain that these rail
reads will be built.
The Avenue hotel, at Austin. is Of
fered to the State for $40, 900, but heads
of departments are not pleased with
the idea of having to occupy 1t during
the summer. In an economical point
of view the purchase is advisable, for
any other building adequate for the
purpose will, in rent alone, fol the time
to elapse before the new capitol is
built, cost that p1uch money.
The Attorney General decides that
railroad corporations have not the full
right of way over lands bought in by
the State for taxes, nor OF the school
lands, holding that if the right OF way
is required over school lands it should
be acquired by contract. and in such
manner that any primary advantage
that might accrue to an individual over
whose lands right of way was obtained,
should also accrue to the State,
trustee over the public school fund.
Superintendent Sands, who tray
elcu over but NEW oIlCdho l. uSAHS vi
tour of inspection last week, reports
the road is in bad condition, but Sd. 5
that he has accepted 1853 miles OF the
road south of Shreveport. or as far as
Chaneyville. This will still leave 2J4
miles to undergo inspection and accep-
tation at his hands. He says it will be
impossible to run through trains before
April LIST, as the cuts are i'll terrible
condition, owing to the rains of the last
few weeks.
On Saturday two negroes living on
the plantation of George Qualls, about
seven miles from Hampstead, discov-
cred Clubhouse floating down the
Brazos. Getting skiff they went to
the building and found it contained
two gin. stands, a cotton press, several
bales of C, ton, quantity of unginned
cotton All cotton seed. They sue
ceeded in getting one bale of cotton to
shore and brought it into town and sold
it. They dashed the house to the shore |
with inch-ropes and came to town for /
larger ones, but before they returned
the house had broken its moorings and /
continued down the river. No one
knows whence the house csme, but it is
supposed the river banks somewhere
caved in and let it into the river.