The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-11-27

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and the acreage is larger than usual.
1t is said this has been a hard year
on straw berry growers around Alvin,
it being the dryest for ten years past
Thousands of plants set this season
have died for lack OF moisture.
The commissioners have made an
appropriation for sinking an artesian
well at Mckinney, which was sup
plemented by the citizens, and work
on the same will begin at once.
The 3-inch artesian test well being
bored at Galveston, has proven sue
cess A strong flow OF fresh water
was struck at a depth of 800 feet
The water is absolutely free of salt
A meeting was recently held by the
citizens of Denison for the purpose of
infusing new life into the cotton mill
project. A committee was appointed
to finish raising the necessary funds.
Whitewright is preparing TO sink
two artesian wells for the purpose OF
supplying the city with water. All
the hotels. mills and wagon yards
have been hauling water for six weeks
= William Opry, a brakeman on the
| Ia s and Sabine -saiIroad. w.
run over at Corrigan few days age
and horribly mangled. Death came
to his relief few hours after the &C
cident
The continued dry weather in
Stephens county is becoming alarming.
Nearly all tanks are dry and water in
most OF the creeks is fast giving out
No wheat has been sown yet nor can
be until it rains.
A colored woman named Georgians
Kennard was found dead in her room
at Navasota few days ago. She had
been shot in the leg by some unknown
party. the ball severing an artery and
she bled to death.
While hauling load OF ice and beer
from Weatherford to Springtown. VII
liam Anderson went to sleep and
rolled off the wagon. lodging in the
double-tree and was almost kicked to
death by his mules.
Three of the railroads entering
Waco, the Missouri, Kansas and Tex
as, the San Antonio and Aranaas Pass
and the Texas Central are trying to
ge. together on plan to unite in a
JOINT passenger depot
A fire-proof gin is to be built at
Lancaster with capacity of 100 bales
per day. 1t is probable that cotton
seed oil mill, with capacity OF
twenty-five tons, will be run in connec-
ton with their mammoth gin.
Perry Woods aged IS met a hor-
riblo fate at Fort Griffin feK days
ago. His team ran away with him
and threw MIN out OF the wagon.
when his hands became entangled in
the lines and he was dragged to death
Walter Hill. a switchman in the
Missouri. Kansas and Texas yards at
Denison. was recently knocked down
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and both legs we're mashed into q
pulp. His chances for recovery are
very small.
Huse johnson OF Corsicana was re-
turning on horseback from church u
few days ago, riding some yards in
ADVANCE of his mother and sister, who
were in buggy. when a storm came
up and he and his horse were both
struck by lighting and instantly killed.
10 a recent freight train wreck near
Schulenberg E C. Taggert head
brakeman, was killed, and Buck
Worthy, engineer and the foreman
were seriously bruised and scalded.
Eighteen fiat cars were demolished
and the track was torn up for 100
yards.
The Worlds fair people are nego-
tiating for the old capitol of Tcxus,
situated at West Columbia. 1t is the
intention to move the building to
Chicago, where it will be placed on
exhibition at the Worlds fair. 1t is
said to be BADLY dilapidatel and al
most ready 20 fall down.
A novel contest was enjoy, at the
Weatherford compress few days ago.
The manager offered the boys SO if
they would compress 100 bales of cot
ton in one hour. They went to work
and pressed 102 bales in the allotted
time, the last fifty bales being pressed
at the rate of two a minute.
Hartman Ludwig and Harvey Bryan
of Killeen were out riding a few days
ago when a storm came up from the
violence OF which they took shelter
under a shed at farm house. Shortly
after the shed was struck by lightning
and both horses killed and the young
men themselves badly shocked.
John Creation. a leading grocer
Of Eagle lass, shot and killed Jesus
Garcia Perez a few nights ago. Perez
was drunk and went to Creations house
and begun pounding on the door.
When ordered to leave he only became
the more violent and tried to force an
entrance, when Creation shot him.
William Anderson of Dallas, to-
gether with a party of friends, went
hunting q few days ago in wagon.
When about eight miles from the city
the party alighted and Anderson at
tempted TO draw his gun from the
wagon by the muzzle, when it went
off, tie charge tearing away his