Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-18
FENCE-CUTTING.
List of "Big Pasture" Fences Cut In
Brown County.
The Six.Acrc Fences Of Bioatcd MonopC
lists Destroyed.

|. j. w. LOrdess, pasture of GAO acres
owned by him and $40 leased by him,
was badly cut twice within the last
few months.
.. The pasture Of John Lee, contain
ing $40 acres, cut once. He owned all
the land.
3. Mr. Raflerty's pasture of lG0 acres
WAS cut once He owned al the land.
4. MIR. Thompson's pasture of $50
acres was cut once. He owned all the
land
5 Rev. Mr.. Featherstone's pasture
OF 100 acres was cut once. He owned
all the land.
@. Lee Bortman's calf pasture of
eight acres was cut once. He owned
the lana.
:. Mr.. Summers pasture of Ash acres
was cut once He owned all the laud.
s. Mr.. Cochran's pasture Of $50 acres
was cut once. He owned all the land
8 John Il. Glass pasture of about
| 300 acres was cut down once. He
owned all the land and fenced no last
ing water.
10. Col. J. ]. Driskill's pasture of
about $40 nc eS was cut once. He
owned all the land and fenced no last
ing water
Ii. W. H. Martins fence was cut
while under construction. 1t would
have contained about > 900 acres when
completed. He owned all the land
and did not fence any lasting water.
II. Rev. Wm. McHan's pasture of
$50 acres was all cut down. He
owned the and and did not inclose
any lasting water.
IS. T. j. Brewers pasture of $500
acres has been cut three times. Mr.
Brewer gave gates wherever his mel h.
bnrs waited them. When cut third
of the gates and a very large number
Of posts were burnt Mr.. Brewer
owned all The land and large tract
outside of his pasture, with plenty of
water on the outside.
II G. w. ole's pasture Of about 300
acres was cut twice. He owned All the
land and there is abundance of water
around him on the outside.
ID. Mr.. Ransom's pasture of 100 acres
WAS cut once. He owned the land aud
had no water fenced in.
rs McKarvry Il Bishops pasture of
500 acres was cut once They owned
800 acres of Land and had 800 acres
leased.
II Elm Cox s.pasture OF 200 acres
was cut once. He owned all the lal d.
Is Huston d Thurnond's pasture of
1900 acres was cut three Tins. they
owned all the land aud h I'd about 500
acres adjoining it on the outside with
everlasting water on it.
. 10 w. f. Dune ms rail pasture OF
800 acres was all t. down He own
cd the land and 800 acres on the out
side adjoining his pasture
20 w ii Martins 6l-acre pasture
was cut twice, and some rails and posts
burned Oh the last cutting He was
notified hat if he put it up again he
would be- killed.
p. r csc Il Hooper's pasture of
400 acres was cut once. They owned
the land and it WAS used by three fam
lies rs calf-pasture
% l.. p. Baughr's pasture of 1000
acres was cut three times and some rails
and posts burned. He owned all the
land.
% Mrs Nancy Baughrs pasture.
partly Owned 10y hers, II and cons. l..
p and w NJ. Buughr, consisting of
about M0. Hcres vas cut twice. They
owned all the land.
"A Lee q ADAMS pasture of GOO
acres was cut. He owned the land.
and S,s2S acres adjoining the pasture
on The outside that was not fenced.
%. Henry Cason's caif pasture, made
OF rails. was thrown down. He
owp'd rh" land
2, M leagues rail calf pasture was
thrown down 1t was under 100 acres.
lie o" ned lie laud ana some on the
outside.
y John I. and Jesse Cason's pas.
ture OF $40 acres was cut. They
owned all the land fenced and large
on the outside.
~ C'M. Lees calf pasture Of 100 |
acres, was cut He owns all the land, |
had no lasting water fenced.
30 T. a Locks pasture of about (
iuO acres was cut. He owned all the
Lana fenced and some on the outside
III. Rev. j. A. Johns pasture of !
les han 100 acres WAS cut He own ID |
al NE lHnd fenced and n large tract |
on the outside.
~ Hardeman & Tavlor's pasture of
ooo acres was cut. They owned the
ana. There was lenty Of water out
SIDE adjoining IT,
~ N English nan. name no,
earned, had 2OO-acre rail fence torn
iown.
"a. Charles Byrd's six-acre calf pas-
urt was. torn down.
since lie above was written, il i
earned that the pasture rails of Mr..
ieaeur's calf pasture were piled and
burned at night In almost every In.
vance rom one-fourth to all the fence
vas cut down, and GU in nearly every
nslhbce between each post, so as TO
,eStroy the wire. We further show
nat on the 18th of Novem-
'tr, 1883, the people and wire.
ALTERS had mass meeting at
brentwood, at which it was agreed
nat no more pastures were To he cut
Y oiher property destroyed until after
II" called session of The legislature.
ut mat the wire-cutters failed To carry ,
w the agreement, and that they have :
w. Torn down and burnt thirteen pas /;
lreN sltce that time. We also repor,
,,ai John w. Driskill, Captain S ii.
oohs and Mr.. Jones have taken
,"n their pastures To save the wire
We ihrthrr report that from the hest :
FORMATION we can obtain the pas- =
res were all cut or torn down al
lght,. and that number of them
ne rt destroyed on Sunday nights. =
ihe mop engaged in fcnce-cuttlng
Nv u'stroyilg fences, etc do all their
prk az night and 20 well armed I'd
repaired at MI times 10 add the crime
murder to me list. They goin budirs, c
10, scout and keep out pickets ana +
Mr. l.; u Baugh caught eight men IL
i,i'nI ms pasture. He hailed them. h
~ w 'eturnrd they fired some TWEEN. k