San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-24

The locating and surveying corp:
OF the Rock Island RAILROAD have
moved their camp into the town Of
Chico.
A jury at Beaumont found Henry
Logan guilty of keeping a disorderly
house and assessed 8 fine Of 81, 600
against him.
A man giving bis mama as Henry
Blackwell and claiming to hail from
Missouri has been arrested at De-
catur for lunacy.
Ben Wilson. colored. shot and In
stantly killed Tom Hatton. also col.
ored at Marshall few days ago over
game OF craps
J. w. Woodbridge Of Austin. and
whose brother is banker in the
above city suicided At Cincinnati o..
few days since
o. W. David. tax-collector of Nc
Lehman county who was found to be
short has settled in full with the
county treasurer.
While rowing a boat across a lake
near Holland, a few days ago. Lee
Rowlett FELL headlong into the water
and was drowned
The date of holding the annual
horticultural fair at Tyler has been
changed and will he held from July
20 to % inclusive
A prisoner ran through the streets
of Marshall a few days ago. miracu-
lousy escaping the many bullets fired
at him by officers.
Cosme Como. a Mexican. who had
been all object of charity for a number
of years suiclded at Laredo recently
by hanging himself
Electric lights were put out and
electric cars stopped at Fort Worth
recently, so severe was q storm that
passed over that city.
Prof J. V. Brown OF Luling recent
ly underwent surgical operation
which necessitated the removal OF four
inches OF the tenth rib.
Cal Parker. who murdered Mrs
McDonough and her stepsou near
BRENNAN last spring, has been SEN
fenced to hang July Is.
a fine hotel building is being
erected at Henrietta which will be
the largest and finest between Fort
Worth and Denver Col
Miss Sallie McAfee aged 10, sui
cided by taking morphine at Como
recently. disappointment in love is
supposed to be the cause.
BY almost unanimous vote the citi-
zens OF FL Paso have decided to issue
$50, 900 bonds for the erection of a
city hall and market house
Mitchell Bellantoni, an Italian res
taurant proprietor OF Cuero, shot and
instantly killed Wesley Stokes. a ne
gro for cursing him, recently.
Seymour White and Mat Fleeks
quarrelled about woman near Crock
EFT recently, when the former fatally
stabbed the latter in the bowels
A citizen of Sherman was fired
upon recently by an unknown party.
who is supposed to DO the man that
shot the four women at Denison.
Mack Smith, a young man from
Atlanta Ga, arrested recently at !
Fort Worth for forgery. has been re-
leased by advice of Georgia authori-
ties.
Over 200 sheep we're recently killed |
by hailstones IL the DEVILS river
country. near Sonora The stones
were so large they went through
nousetops.
II cost a guileless country swain
$3.50, recently to take in q Dallas
variety theatre. He sought aid of the
police but none of his lost money was
recovered.
Evangelist Rice. the cowboy
preacher from Montana while preach
ing to an immense audience at Dallas
recently. was arrested for obstructiug
the sidewalks.
Jessie jackson and Sarah johnson,
colored women. fought with club and
razor at Fort Worth recently. Sarah
is in Jail and jessie is too badly stove
up to be transferred.
The S-year-old son Of Fritz Longe
fell out of tree distance OF twenty
five feet near Brenham, recently. and
received a broken thigh and injuries
to his head and neck.
Leading citizens of: Decatur have
closed contract with outside parties
for the construction at that place Of a
mill of 200 Darrell capacity, also a
20 600 bushel elevator.
The grind jury of Bazaar county has
returned two more indictments for
horse theft against B. V. Nixon. re-
recently convicted in that city on two
charges OF the same character.
VIII Weaver. a 11-yesr-old boy has
been Jailed at Paris Tor the murder OF
PinlIie Palmer a boy about his own
age, in the territory. The murder
occurred over a game of marbles.
VIII Robertson. who claimed to
hail from Galveston. was shot and
killed at Navasota by Constable d.
D. Green. who was attempting to ar
rest him as a suspicious character
The TWO boys arrested at Denison.
recently, for burgiarizing and setting
fire to ! Missouri Kansas and Texas
box car pleaded guilty and In default
OF $500 bond were romaded to Jail
A stranger entered bicycle store in
Dallas recently and, without a word.
mounted a new safety wheel and rode
rapidly down the street. Officers
pursued, capturing the wheel but not
the rider
II. Beaman, an employe in Bren-
ham sausage factory. while on top Of
an ice box, recently. attempted to
Jump out of the way OF something and
MS thigh on meat-hook from
which he was suspended until the
flesh tore out
W. $ Young, a deserter from the
United States army. surrendered TO
officers at Dangerheld, recently, stat
ing that ne desired TO be returned to
the army and serve out his time rs he