Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-13
pAL0 PINTO COUNTY.

The Frnucc-A ms riean Land sale--A school
Teacher Wanted Minor Local Items.
Correspondence TO the Gazette.
palo Pinto, August l0.-Your cor
respondent from Mineral Wells stated
that United states Marshall james a
Mckee WAS Oh his way to PalO Pinto
| To se,la large b0dy o: land belonging
To the Francl-Tex Land Company.
He makes the stateinent witnoat be-
Ing properly informed as Mr.. Mckee
I came "a pi.o ri ito, sold 80 o % acre of
lund Bessie. rs lots III The iowa of
Mineral Wells, but did nor sell an acre
bel zig ng 70 the Franco Texan Lald
Company. He :, Id laud tia [ was
mortgaged to sam. * Millken OF
Weatherford by Henry z. DuBellet,
agent for the French Agricultural So
ciety OF the United s,ta,es Tor 500,
or about this amount, rs your CORE
spondent learns here from reliable par
ties. The land WAS sold by q decree of
the federal cou nt Dallas forecl,iseing
tle mo,tgage lien on said company's
land. This land Is known by some as
the lambert Cunipauy's lands, which
were sold by the Franco Texan lapi
company to Lambert, and said Lam
what is known here as the Saciete
Funriere ct Agrioo'e des htals Dnis.
or he French agricultural suciety o
/ the Unites states, aud this colupanys
! agent borrowed money Oh these lands
/ from Mr.. Miilikep, and he had the
| lands sold t. satisfy the debt. Oar
people were mostly of the opnion that
! Mr. AIliillen wound bid the land in at
Il price that but few nen could pay,
aud therefore caused the sale To be
! lishtly attended. On the III rning of
the 9Th promptly at 10 O'clock sharp
/ Marshal Mckee began To G y the sale.
! and no one heilg On the giound 10
\ rep, eseut Milhien or the company,
quite Il nunber got frightened and
concluded that tie title to the land
| would be worthless. as Miliken seemed
{, be disturbed, not icing present.
| Eleven tracts were sold ana Went at Il
low figure, bidders being under that
impress ion, While the sale WIS drag
! piur along Mr. James Aliiliken, ac.
! coulpanied by Mr.. Levy, al Weather
tord, drove up and MIR. NJ. jumped
from the buggy, went and asked CHE
marshal what price he WAS selling,
and on beng told he run the bid &c
81 an acre on the land at once. NJ
one bidding against him he got it, viii
all the land that was subsequently
stld. Mr.. Millik-n nisculculated thu
time some way or slept too late ON that
morning, aud Ivy il lost the first eleven
tracts. He stalel fiiht he would not
let the sale Of the first lands stalid on
ac .ount of the of the lradeguite prices
paid Tor the same, aud asked the pur-
chasers To let the land be- sQld az nm.
They, seeing the way he bid OF The
land, concluded the title would be y
X. and therefore leflsed 10 lei III sci
again, and on tile 9Th Mr.. DuBellet
agent OF the Lambert Company, had
a notice served OF the first bidders no
to tresp lss on the land, a. he intended
To file Il motion 10 set The sile aside
Those who buy say they intend To EN-
ploy the best counsel IN the state Il
make the sale stick, If Mr.. DuBe!le
filed such motion. Marshal Mckee
saws the sale Of all the lands was jus
MS legal as any sale ever made ny
marshal in the nortiera district Q
Texas. Such chat coming from tn
parties who are Interested, we may ex
meet a heavy law suit. several OF thu
fr.t purchasers have taken possession
of the lands bough, by them at tn
: sale Tine Franco. Texan Land Com
: pany aie represented here by Massi
: and Cunningham brothers, who VII
4 NJ all times attend 10 and answer an,
D questions asked In regard :" s,id com
: pany's lands in Palo Pinto county
: Quit number Of ltud otiyer
{ from different parts are III The ciu"ty
: Health OF our county j. y neiAi'i
= good. -, -
/ went 70 Mckinney 10 tbs re.union
c John 5. Straughani went To foi
: Worth Oh Tie 9th 10 be AT the graut
4 lodge Knights of Honor AS delegate
# from p;llo Pinto lodge.
= Palo pintois salty in need OF first
A class schools teacher. As our town
/, and vicinity can furnish tnatetli,i To IN
/. amount uI one hundred ana twenty
!. tiy. students, a good teacher can mar,
n H. inv 10 come here. We have thu
n hest location IN The state IN whtch 4
r. lnild a high scnOni, ,aN ing ntInpe
/ az wealthy 81 ,ctlnan in III county
d who are ready and wiling 70 advance
A towards butidlng up a sc,io !. Can
I, the GAZETTE lint gpou teacher
~. watt a i've w,d--awaKe man. VIII
, VII NIKE hold and run The school BIZ
n own way, paying no attention IT, IN
! lu,le wars that ale inciasnt ~ Texa
Il schools.