San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-11-04
VOLUME XVIII.
TEXAS.

] ~ AuAo NkADu GOHUlEDEttl lC@Ag liilNl
pally from the L S. In 1882 the popula
tion had grown to sufficient number t
induce the inhabitants 70 demand admis
sion as an independent member of tn
Mexican Confederacy; which being refds
ed, resulted in declaration of independ
ence, that, after various contests in arm
was completely achieved by the defea
and capture ofthe Mexican president San
tn Anna at San Jacinto IN 1896. Up t,
1915, Texas remained an independent re
public, modelled after the government OF
the U S. In ls45 il was admitted into the
Union. A dispute arose between Mexico
and Texas about the S W boundary, Mex
leo claiming to the Eeuaces, and Texas tC
the Rio Grande. War ensued, in which
Gen. Taylor gained two battles within the
limits Of the present state of Texas. The
treaty with Mexico, at the close of this
war, assigned to Texas the Rio Grande as
its W boundary. By the Compromise
Act of 1850, Texas conceded to New Mexi
co portion of her northern Territory, in
consideration of $40, OOO,OO to be paid by
the U government.
The inhabitants of the West and North
west Territory were until within few
years back, subject to ineursions by the
Comanches, Apaches and other warlike
tribes of Indians, who destroyed property,
murdered and captured defenseless women
and children, and drove off their horses,
sheep and cattle. These raids continued
until within a few years of the pres
ent time. The state of Texas reserved all
the public lands within her borders; when
she entered the Union. The greater por-
tion Of those have been donated for edu-
cational purposes aud internal improve
ments.
Texas remained in the Union until the
great rebellion took place, when on Feb.
BIRD, 1861 she joined ;he Confederate
states in their unsuccessful attempt to di-
vide the Union, and il 1865 at the close Of
the war, she resumed her place in the I'm
ANu ItAc bllC h0h ASu1AAAo-
At the present time the great state OF
Texas is one of the most prosperous states
in the Union, with q rapidly increasing
population Of peaceful and industrious in
habitants. Having no hostile Indians
within her limits or on her borders her
people are engaged undisturbed in protita-
BILE pursuits. No country in the world
offers greater inducement to the farmer,
mechanic, merchant, manufacturer, or the
professional man
Her resources are truly extraerdinar5'
the moet important of which are her luxu-
rant and nutritious grasses which afford
sustenance for immense Lerds of horses,
cattle, sheep, hogs and other domestic ami
mails, the raising and marketing of which
forms one of the principal and most i'm
portant pursuits of the inhabitants. Her
Immense area of fertile soil yields an
abundance of all the cereals belonging TO
the temperate zone and many of the fruits
a product of the tropics. She has vast dc
posits of coal, iron, gypsum, lead, silver,
copper, manganese and other valuable
mineral, with extensive beds of marble,
building stone. potters clay, and mari.
She has immense forests of timbers yield
ing lumber in vast quantities, afOrding
profitable employment for both capital
and labor. Her extensive coast and anum-
Der of navigable streams afford extraOrdi-
nary facilities for foreign and domestic
commerce. Her immense mileage of rail-
ways gives extraordinary facilities for
interstate commerce, and afford employ
ment for thousands of her citizens.
So large a country as Texas must neces-
sarily bsYe varied climate. There are
two distinct climates, one on the East or
Southeast and one on the extreme West or
Northwest with an intermediate district
having climate possessing some Of the
peculiarities of both the others. The di-
viding line between these districts more
nearly follow the parallels ofloDgitude than
Of latitude. The district in the extreme
West has comparatively dry atmosphere
with variable winds. This section though
formerly considered an arid desert has
proven 10 be a country where farming is
successfully conducted, and there has been
a marked change in the climate since the
destruction of the vast herds of buffalo,
and the cessation of the annual burning
Of the prairies by the Indians. The East
tern division has more rain fall than any
other portions, and extensive forests of
Timber, aud though comparatively healthy
Is considered less so than the other dis
tricts. As a whole, theclimate of Texas
cannot be surpassed by that of any other
country of its size in the world.
In progress the State of Texas keeps
fully abreast of any of her sister states,
her population in 1850 was 2l2, 592, in 1890
it WAS 2,235, 523, showing a ratio of in
crease greater than that of any other
Southern state Her increase in wealth
keeps pace with that of her population.
Her progress in intelligence, education
and refinementof her people has been fully
up to that Of the age, and her rank as a
state in population the 9th. in wealth the
10th, in size much the largest of all the
states in the Union.
In education her advantages are fully
equal TO any other state, her public school
endowments by the state are more liberal
than that of any other state. She has a
State Supt. Of Public Schools, and has a
fully organized corps of highly educated
teachers. Zach organized county has a
board Of examiners, and each applicant as
teacher Of public schools must pass a
strict examination unless a graduate of a
chartered literary institution.
Politics have not heretofore engrossed
the same attention that it is now doing.
The Democratic party has always been so
greatly in the majority that there has cen
but little effort by other parties to over
come this majority. In fact Texas has
been called the Banner Democratic
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