The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1891-07-17

ling a young colored man ont Of S2l5.
has been admitted to bail.
Frank Kerns, railroad brakeman.
was arrested a few days ago at Gold
thwaite upon charge of highway
robbery committed in Maryland.
w. F. Lake, whole ale and retail
hardware merchant of Fort Worth
has filed deed of trust. Total LA
bilities, $IS5, 900; assets $3.50, ono.
William Seaman. Jr., accidentally
shot himself at Brownsville iccently
the ball penetrating the let eye and
entering the brain, from which he
died.
The fire department of Jefferson
was recently presented with check
for 800 by the national bank of that
city for valuable services rendered
during a fire.
Galveston was recently visited by
severe storm, submerging a portion o.
the city, wrecking summer bath
houses along the beach and tearing up
railroad track.
c. c. Diffenback and wife of Corsi-
cana have entered suit against the
Western Union Telegraph company for
$40. 600 for the non-deliyery of an i'm
portant message.
Robert Daugherty. a young man
about % years of age, was arrested in
Galveston a few days ago upon the
charge of murder committed in North
Carolina in May last.
l. L. Thompson. proprietor of
/ Fort Worth barber shop. INDUCED in q
difficulty with an cmploye named
Frank and stabbed him five times.
Thompson made his escape.
a survey was recently made for the
purpose OF defining the boundary lines
of Dallas and Tarrant counties, Dallas
county gaining nice slice OF fine
farming land by the operation
Lucy King deaf and dumb womau
Of san Antonio was recently run oye-
by an electric street car She is now
sueing the company for $4,000, al
leging carelessness Of the motorman.
+ The authorities of San Antonio re-
Gently made fruitless attemHt to
close the Fashion thcater, notorious
variety dive, the proprietor claim ne
hat the city has no jurisdiction in the
natter.
On the 29th ultimo IS, O05 people
assembled in Temple to celebrate the
thirteenth birthday of that city. A
trades display mile and half in
length was one of the features OF the
occasion.
Wheat in the vicinity of Iowa Park,
Wichita county, will yield from p 70
10 bushels per acre; the acreage Of
OATS is large and viii yield we'll; corn
j maturing and an immense crop Is
assured by recent rains.
The following is the crop outlook Of
III Paso county: Acres in peaches Sc
aluc $1,000; apples So. value $3.50;
| lums 9, value $50; pears 60 value
$1,000; melons 100 value $500; MIN
Ter Of grape vines 81. 200, value SIS
s75.
Crawford. an itinerant white
Trcach her, who was intoxicating the
.riptLres on colored congregation
and boarding at the house of a color
flmily was recently driven from Dodd
{ lily, Fannin county, by indignant
hite citizens.
G. NJ. Lowery, a high-rolling in
: france agent, was recently brought
brck from San Francisco upon extra
dtion papers issued by Gov Hogg
ald lodged in the Bexar county jail
charged with obtaining large sums OF
oney under false pretenses.
A man named Saps tinked up" on
corn juice at Kingston recently, wan
d.red out to the edge of town, as
slmed a comfortable attitude for u re-
freshing sleep, using the rail Of the
Missouri Kansas and Texas road as a
p How, and while Sap was posing
Il usly a passing train cut of his head.
A hand ear, loaded with section
hinds, while RAINING at a high rate
OF speed was derailed while crossing a
bridge near La Grange a few days
ago. precipitating the entire party
into a pool of water twenty feet below.
P;wties fishing near by at the time
rescued the injured from drowning.
In the settlement of family feud
at Glidden, recently. in which j. NJ
Young. Martin Cobb and Ed Fult5
were participants, battle was fought
in which sixteen shots We're fired. one
of which penetrated the fleshy part OF
Fllt's leg and Young caught passing
ball in the hand. The sheriff caught
the whole party.
One Eel and his wife were in
dbted at Bonham recently for practic-
I'M, clairvoyancy without license.
When it came to the point where it
was necessary to define the word clair
voyant the couri, pro ecution and de
fellse were knocked out and the priso-
ne IS were acquitted Of this charge. but
VIC reindicted upon the charge OF
fortune telling.
Three men recently rode into Man
CHESTER Red River county. with IA
bu lch Of no ses which they offered so
cheap that ii aroused suspicion. A
constable, who was investigating the |
matter detected pistol upon the per-
sol OF one Of the party and attempted
his arrest when u regular battle
en-! ued in which one of the supposed /
thieves was seriously wounded and |
iai ed with one OF his companions ara |
the third escaped
llr. Mulkey and Miss Baxter resi-
deIts OF Grayson county, recently |
eloped and were married in the beau !
tiful Indian Territory They were |
closely pursued by the young lady's |
father. but he finally gave up the
chase in disgust and returned home. |
The day following the blushing bride
and gallant groom came sneaking in
and meekly in orme1 the old folks they
were man and wife. Territory cere-
monies didn't go with the old gentle
maui and he yanked them OFF to Sher-
mai and saw to the lob himself.