San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-02-23
BAN MARCOS,
TEXAS TOPICS.

The officials OF the Texas and
Pacific Railroad Company are es'
tablishing IN experimental farm three
miles west OF this town, in the valley
OF Elm creek.
Mckinney Enquirer: Grading
on the East Line is progressing inside
of CORPORATION on the Hamilton pur'
chase. The contractors, Messrs. Leily'
are pushing men, and do not allow any
sort OF weather to stop them.
Caldwell Register: Farmers in
form us that much land will lie out this
wear. There seems to be class OF
renters who depend year after year on
being furnished with teams, provender
and provisions. This year but few
farmers are able to furnish them, con-
sequently tho land will lie untitled, and
what is to come of the improvident
renter we know not.
The Mississippi, Albuquerque and
Inter Oceanic Company has been Or
ganized to build a railroad from Green
vile, on the Mississippi river, across
Arkansas, the Indian Territory and the
Panhandle of Texas, to junction with
the Atlantic and Pacific, whose track
it will use from the point of intersec-
ton to Albuquerque. The company is
formed by the same men who are build
ing the Georgia Pacific westward to the
Mississippi river, and the object is to
have trunk railroad from
Savannah and Brunswick, on the At
lantic coast, to a junction with the At
lantic and Pacific, which will practical
" extend it to San Francisco and the
Pacific Ocean.
San Antonio E1press: A short
time since, as announced in the EC-
press, MIR. A. Cert made an experiment
of shipping slaughtered cattle and NUT
ton from here to New York III refriger-
ator cars. 1t was a success. While III
New York, Mr.. Cert had an interview
with Mr.. G. B. Hopkins, president OF
the Refrigerator Car Company, relative
to the establishment of large slaughter
houses in this CITY, as it is the intention
of Mr.. Cert to 90 into that business on
an extensive scale. Mr.. Cert is now
Strengthening some one hundred and
fifty beeveS for immediate shipment,
and in as short time as it can be done
will have Strengthening houses, etc., to
make daily shipments of muttons and
beeves to the New York market. This
will make San Antonio the best beef
and mutton market in the state
Fort Worth Democrat AdUance,
February 2: Last sunday evening
about dusk three men rode up to the
house of Mrs. James Owens, on Denton
creek, in Denton county, dismounted,
and entered the house without ceremo-
ny, and presenting their Winchester
rifles, demanded of young Owens the
keys to his trunk. They were handed
to one of the robbers, and he opened
the trunk, raised the tray, and took the
young mans pocket book, containing |
$17O in currency, and then searched
the tray, where he found 1886 in gold.
After securing the booty, they told the
people not to raise any alarm or they
would return and kill them. Two of
the men were mounted on horses and
one on mule. They rode off in the
direction of Denton and cut the tele-
graph wires on the railroad. The
young man thinks he recognized one
Of the robbers, and dispatched to the
Sheriff of Denton to arrest him on sus
oicion.
-Stephensville Empire: John
Henning, who has long been known in
Erath county, being one of the early
settlers, lives about ten miles from this
place, has been thought by some
If those who knew him best to be of
lnsound mind, and his neighbors con-
,idered him very dangerous man.
Burt Lewis was young man who has
lived in the county for about three
years. Lewis went to John Henning's
house to summon him to work on the
'oad. Henning's little son came in and
aid: Papa, there is man at the fence
Who wants to see you," Henning ask, Il,
Who is hep" The boy replied, Burt
Lewis" Hanning instantly got up from
lis seat and took down a heavy, large /.
pore Kentucky rifle, and cooking it, .
vent to the door and fired, wounding
Burt Lewis fatally, the ball entering {
lis right arm near the elbow, passing l
INTO the abdomen below the chest, and I
angling backward. Lewis Immediate {
y dropped down on his saddle and !
tarted of down the road. He rode :
bout three hundred yards down into {
piece of woods, the blood streaming
rom his wound all the way. Here he
ither dismounted or fell from his Q
orse, and managed to stagger from the
lace ten or twenty PAGES, where he fell 9
nd died alone. The evidence before q
he coroner did not develop any motive ! ,
Or the killing and it is possible no mo- q
i've will ever be disclosed. When the a
ltal shot had been fired John Hen
ing waited until his victim was out of