The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-08-14

attempted suicide at san AuSclo IT,
Gently by taking morphine. The
stomach-pump process soon landed
her out Of d;nger.
Alvin Opitz, tho owner of Opitz
park nj Hitchcock was recently run
over and killed by train at the plat
form near the park. lie WAS com
pletely cut 10 pieces.
The Belton Oil Mill company has q
large force of men at work making
extensive improvements on THEN
property to meet the demands OF q
rapidly increasing business.
Quite = large force of men arc al
work on the Bell county fair grounds
ut Bolton. Among the improvements
being made is grand stand large
enough to seat 5000 people.
Lenney Harrison a1d Willie Ross.
two boys OF Cuevo, were recently play
ing with a target gun. when it went
off md shot Lelnsy through the neck.
The wouAI l. a dangerous one.
The lana commissioner at Austin.
wh1 has been digging up land grant
records ,lnder the irrigation and ditch
Ia ~. IS says the state will recover
o ores under these laws.
Willard Robinson Of Cisco and own
er OF the Cisco nursery, accidentally
discharged !, cartridge a few days ago.
the shell striking his left arm and
tearing the flesh in sickening manner
ToIbert eightmiles cast of Chilli,
cothe, was recently visited by Il hurri-
cane, which destroyed number o
buildings Several people were in
jured by flying timber5 bat none SO
riously.
Ross Galloway, farmer living
about three miles rom Manor. report:
that meteor recently fell in his yard,
setting the grass on fire, and came
near resulting in his entire place being
consumed.
Murray Bradon the 1-year-old sor
OF Capt. ). Braden of Paris. was acci.
dentally shot through the foot few
days ago by his cider brother Jesse
Braden, who was practicing with :
target gun
In a desperate fight at Houston re
Gently between George T. Gallagher
boarding house and saloon keeper
and William NJ. Hicks, railroad man
the former was stabbed several times
with 4 knife.
Frank Coyle, a switchman OF th,
Aiansas Pass road at San Antonio
went to sleep under Aatcar in tn,
yards of that company recently anC
was horribly mangled by "a train back
ing over him.
C. Mnilery. train baSgagemastsr OF
the Texas and Pacific road fell from
a rapidly moving train near Lodi
Marion county. few mornings ago
He was badly bruised up, though no
fatally injured.
A new town has been laid off il
Karnes county, south of Breckenridge
on the San Antonio and Arkansas Pas
railway. The railway company vii
move The Indian Crossing switch t,
the new town site.
Constable George Hart of Bi:
Springs was recently shot to death b!
n ka4F. During the Shoot
inT boy, Mt. res PAYNE. had his lef
arm shattered by a stray bullet Tn,
woman was jailed.
The camp meeting being held a
Bolton was thrown into the wildes
disorder few days ago by a man at
tempting TO kill hiswite by choppins
heehead OFF with an AK. The timely
Interference of bystanders prevented
fatal results.
While John TRADER and family. who
live near Inez, were in the stable re
Gently during Il severe thunder storm
bolt of lightning struck them. kill
ing one of the children and knocking
Traber and mis- wife senseless. anC
also killing two of his horses.
Frank Hines, the 12-year-old son o
Alp Hines of Bartlett, Williamson
county, was recently thrown from {
horse he was riding and his foot be
came entangled in the stirrup. Thi:
frightened the horse which ran away
and dashed the boys life out agains
the ground.
John Harms, farmer living neal
Pleasanton, left home a few days ago
for a squirrel hunt. He was after
ward found in the woods with hi,
neck broken. Harms had climbed to ;
limb twelve feet overhead for the pur
pose of examining Il squirrel hole
when he toppled over and fell upor
his head.
the contractors who have been en-
gagged the past six months boring al
artesian well at Columbus have at las
struck water at Il depth of 700 feet
This is the sixth well started, the
others having been abandoned befor,
completion on account of breaking
their drills and being unable to ge
them out
John Ferron has been jailed at Pari.
on the horrible charge of incest
The crime was committed on his two
daughters, aged 2 and IA years. Tn,
arrest was at the instance OF the oldes
daughter, who told revolving tale o
woe and indignities suffered at the
hands of her lecherous parent for tn,
past two years,
The Gainesville board of trade ha.
about completed the collection of tn,
cooke county exhibit which is to b.
placed on the exhibit car to be sen
north. This collection consists o
every variety OF fruit and vegetables
raised in Cooke county, and it is sale
that no finer collection of products car
be found anywhere.
Col. A. T. McCarty came near los
ing his life few nights ago at Eagl,
Lake. While the colonel was stand
inc on a street corner Matt Bridges,
negro woman came up TO him anC
without warning stabbed him in tn,
right breast, infiicting an ugly wound
Col. McCarty did not know tn,
woman. and it is evident she mistooE
him for some one else.
A stormy time was created in tn,
Pickwick hotel at Fort Worth Il few