San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-01-19
BAN MARCOS,
TEXAS TOPICS.

Belle Boyd, the Confederate Spy,
once resident of Calvert, 1t now Nv
ing in Corsicana.
II. ]. Atkinson, of Jack county, has
purcbased ope-half interest in the
cattle belonging to W. II. Curtis pay.
inv therefor the snug little sum OF
$152,000.
Texas leads the country in respect
To railway building, haveing added last
wear. by our table, AL miles, which
final returns will probably increase to
1900 or more.
Al. Nc Crane discovered few days
since, on State land, seven miles
northwest of this city, vein OF can
eli coal considered of good quality.
The vein is four feet thick.
The town council of Athens, Hem
derson county, appointed physician
to vaccinate at the public expense
every one within the corporate limits.
Athens will quarantine against small
pox.
Henrietta Shield: Stevens & lizard
have sold their three herd of cattle to
the Arlington Bros, of Gainesville,
for SIS round, calves, cows, one, two
and three year Odds counted. The sale
amounts to about $4,000.
The building of Mexican railroads
causes superstitious panic among the
Indians. In some places the savages
regard the locomtive as a sangulnary
god. think it's whistle u scream for
blood, and expect to be sacrificed to
appease it's wrath. This idea has caused
great numbers of people to flee to the
mountain for safety, and entire villages
are depopulated. AtPueblo 1t was be-
lieved that the fat of dead Indians was
used to oil the machines, and the alarm
was such that for long time no savage
could be induced to enter the town.
The new line to Waco, Texas, has
been opened via the Missouri Pacific
road, the extension of the road as far
as that place now being ready for bust
ness. A through car will run as lar as
Fort Worth. Work on the extension
beyond Waco is being rapidly pushed
forward, and it is expected that within
sixty days it will be completed as far as
TAYLOR, a distance of "a miles from
Waco. The Missouri Pacific is great
pusher and extender.
Colorado Coalrant: Among the many
natural objects to be found in Mitchell
county, not the least notable are the
seven wells, at the junction of the two
Champions, the wells varying in depth
from fifteen to sixty feet, some oblong
in shape, while others are perfect as art
could have made them. The stream
resulting from combination of all
these wells, which, unlike other wells,
run over the tops in flushed little
branches, makes quite creek. A few
yards below their confluence is lovely
little lake covering several acres OF
land, beautiful and clear, flashing in
gentle ripples to the clear, bright sun
shine of our pure, bracing atmosphere.
This lake abounds in fish, and OF such
varieties as are found only In high
and healthy mountain streams.
Washington county is proud of the
fact that at the Atlanta Exposition one
of her old citizens carried off three i'm
portant prizes: Cotton cleaner, Joseph
Ralston, Brennan, Texas grand prize,
$500 or piece of plate. Glass 20 b,
entry 1SO4-machine for preparing
storm beaten cotton; first prize, $500 or
. piece of plate. Machine for prepar-
ing cotton picked at the end OF the
season, boil and all; first prize, 500 or
. piece of plate; Joseph Ralston, Bren-
ham, Texas. Mr.. Ralston. of this
county, has expended nearly fortune
in perfecting his machines, and now
that they are appreciated by good and
competent judges makes the fact
matter of State pride.