The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-02-03
General News Items.

W. w. Burrow, an old veteran 0
Monterey, died Mt oyerton, this State
last week..
Jnstico Miller oft supreme cour
ia the lutest Republican candidate f,i
the presidency.
Walnut logs gro being shipped from
Brrnlum to France, where they are &,
be converted into furniture.
Itis stated that tho net profits Of the
New York pustollice lust year amount.
ed to nearly million dollars.
The observations Of the late trnnsit
have convinced Astronomers lhatycnus
hes clouds, and consequently IAN at.
mosphore and oceans like our own.
a good bill, which was favoraJly
reported to tho House last week, is
thnt to punish pcreous for nilfully set.
ting Ere to prairie or forests not their
own.
a atrong lobby ia gathering In
Washington from tic lumber regions
with detormined purpose to undo
the.wctlS os congress, in placing hum
Der on the free list.
1t ia reported that President Arthur
will call an extra session of Congress
ifth5 present one fails to pass mrin
bill, as he ia pledged to n reduction Of
revenue. 1t ia understood that the su
gar tatlT will certainly BIO repealed.
Tho COW population Of the United
States is ., Gll, lis, or nbout one COW
to every four people. This only in-
Guides mich cows, and their value ia
estimated at $40, 5OO,00G, an average
of s27 per head, bascd upon their
prices in different statcs.
Coleman, the sharp forgor, Who got
away with several thousand dollnrs
from Dallas bank few weeks ago,
was captured by detectives in New
York q few days ago. Tho president
of the bank was tclegraphod for and
upon his arrival in New York no fully
identified Coleman as tho man that
was wanted.
tits understood t,Gt Commissioner
Walsh will rulo in relation to tho fifty
cent lands that a simple fle does not
hold good; that vested right cannot
apply until surveys aro begun. Itisa
fnct that no money is spent until sur
yeys nro begun, for tho flo ia nothing
more than declaration of purpose to
begin at sometime to acquire land
Statesman.
Tuesday night lady named Mrs
Leane, living on East Pecan street, was
in the act of taking drink Of water
when spider sprang out of the dippor
and fastened on her upper Lip. So
tenaciously did tho vcnomous insect
cling that Mrs. Leano had to pull it |
until she mashed it before its fangs |
pulled out. In less thnn fifteen min.
utes time, Mr.. Platt said, who gave u
Statesman reporter the information,
the lady was unconscious She suffer
ed terribly, and was still, at late
hour last night, in very precarious
Statesman.
The Philadelphia NOws says: "Sen-
ltor Coke, of Texas, who has been re-
elected, is man of much yigor, though
much moro of partisan than several
IF his fellow senators from the south,
which section, generally speaking, bids
lair to return to its old-timo habit Of
good men for the senate. aud
of keeping them there as long as thcy
lrc useful. 1t would DO well if the
north would learn to pursue this wise
course, when there would be much
less reason for dreading the evils of
solid south upon which tho changes
have been rung 30 necessarily during
the past few years.n
The big hotel by tho Lampasas
spring company viii begin ut one.
Tho workmen have come in, and tho
material is arriving. The building
will stand on the ground formerly oc-
,upied by the judges stand on the
Fair ground, and about 100 yards from
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