The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-12-09
CITATION BY PUBLICATION,
The state Of TrrdS I" me Shcrig Of B'ror Conn-
tn, ICitLS, Greeting:

The state Of TrnS. {" me ShrrU Of BrH come
IT,, Tc,tlS, erecting
WHEREAS, The United States of America by Rela-
tor Gen c. c. Augur. has filed her complaint and pe
ton against the herein after described lands and
tencments situated in the County of Bexar and City
Of San Antonio, in the Honorable District Court Of
said BeXar county, Texas, and in her SAID complaint
and petition has prayed for decree vesting the IL
tie in the said lands in the United States of America
which lands are described follows, viz About
I929-1oo acres of land more or less, situated IN the
state of Texas, and county ofBexar, and IN the
North Eastern portion OF the city of San Antonio de
Bexar, and parts of San Antonio city lots. Nos.
~ and two (2) in District, No, ~ range four (D
and contiguous to lands now owned by the United
States Of America, and occupied by her and more
definitely described by metes and bounds as follows
viz
Beginning at a stone marked "U. S." set for cor
ner from which an elm Il inches in diameter bears
north twenty degrees (2Io west, distant 2o2 "a
varas and the lightning rod on tower Of de
pot building bears south eighty-sx and one third
1914 degrees east. and the north west Of
said building eighty two and Seven-eighths (02 7)
degrees east which said stone and corner afore is
situated seven hundred and five and one third (7o5D
asst, with variation OF nine degrees 80 min
utes east (o9 3o), from square cut stone marked
"U. So said stone beng set on line three
and three =, quarters varas least, east from
said Alamo ditch, being the initial and beginning
ner fga 79-Ioo acres of land more or less in Dis
trcts (I and two (2) in north eastern portion of
the said city of San Antonio and county of Bexar
and State of Texas granted by the said city of San
Antonio, Texas, acting by and through his honor
James II Frenc h. mayor thereof on goth day Of une
4 d. 1873, to the United States of America by deed
recorded in vol GD eleven, pages $50 and 1871, land
records of BeXar county, the corner thus described
being the northwest corner Of the tract herein de-
scribed
Thence, that is say, from said corner with a
variation of nine degrees, thirty minutes (9' 3o)
east five hundred and nineteen vara> (5I9) to stone
marked ~. 81 for corner. From which the
northwest of the depot building bear,
north twenty-Seven degrees 27o and (I)
minutes est distant sevcnty-nne (70 varas, and the
southwest corner Of same building bears south tou,-
and one half '14H) deg t,dstant one hundred
and fifty eight and one half varas G58L). Thence
south one hundred and ninety two yaras (g2) to a
stone marked ~ S" for corne'; from which the
southwest Of depot building bears north,
4s0 east, distant g vara>, and the southeast
corner of the same building bears north
81 81 east, and the northwest corner of
building bears north 0 east. hence south same
line eighteen 10 varas to point not established.
Thence west five hundred and nineteen to 4
stone marked "U. S" set for corner, closing U.
S. property conveyed by the deed Of June 80 1873
herein before out: thence north along said L. ).
property two hundred and ten to the place Of
beginning.
These are therefore to command you to summon
all persons interested in the above described lands
and tenements by publishing this writ for eight
Cessive wee Ks in some newspaper published in the
county of BeNar and state ofIexas to be and appear
before the honorable district of BeXar county,
Texas, to be holden at the courthouse in the said
county Of Bexar and city of San Antonio the Ist
Monday in March A. ID. 1885, then and there to ans
this said petition and complaint Of the United
States of America, and then and there show cause
if any they have why the said complaint should not
be granted according the act Of congress of the L.
S. of date Of April 10, $780, and OF goth of June, A ID.
1882 and in accordance with the laws of the state Of
Texas provided in such cases. for the purpose of
quirng sites and erecting theron such military posts
in the of Texas may be deemed necessary by
the Secretary of War for the adequate protection
of the Rio Grande frontier.
Herein fail not, but of this writ make due return
showing how you have executed the same.
WITNESS: GEO. X. DASHIEII, clerk of the Dis
trict Of Bexar county, and the seal of said
at Office San Antonio the 10Th day of November,
A. ID. 1882.
lie ST. GEO. X. DAsHIELL,
Clerk ID. c. b. Co
Game to hand Nov. 10, 1882, at 10 O'Clock, A. NJ,
and publication ordered the same day, in the San
Antonio EVENING LIGHT, once in each week, for
eight successive weeks. i. L. MCCALL.
Sheriff Bexar county.
A consignment of fifto women will be dis
patched in a few days from Bordeaux TO
Numea at the expense of the French govern
ment, and on The distinct understanding that
on reaching their destination they must con-
tract marriage with those convicts whom the
local authorities wish is reward for good con-
duct by comforting wives upon them. 1t
should be explained that these women have
not been pressed into service. Although old
offenders, they are going to Numea Of their
own free will to settle down as respectable
convicts wives. How the matchmaking will
he carried on is at present unexylained