San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-10-06

MS Stepfathor, D. W. coleman, re-
Gently. It is reported that he shot
him FIVE times. Family trouble is thu
supposed cause. Moore surrendered
and is in Jail.
Arthur Hazel, a jeweL-y drummer
of Philadelphia, got as far as Calves
ton and after "bugging" around
awhile sent the following telegram:
Papa, send me $50. Have been bun
coed"
Much wood and timber has been
destroyed by fire in Marion county.
between North Jefferson and Black
Cypress, the fires originating from
sparks from the engines of passing
trains.
Reports from their respective school
fund treasurers show that last year
Menard county spent $2749.76 for
school purposes and Preside county
expanded $3.50 for the same purpose.
While Mike Boden and his wife
were in the field gathering cotton re-
Gently, their 2-yesr-Cld child fell
head foremost into a bucket Of water
and was drowned at Brennan.
A piece of granite to be used in the
Dallas postoffice building. quarried
near Burnet, weighing y, 900 pounds,
measuring 9 feet inches wide, Is
feet long and Is inches thick.
The recent excursion. to Galveston
on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas,
the Houston and Texas Central and
the Santa Fe roads landed nearly TO-
900 sight-seers in Galveston.
Pad Grimm. a bachelor living in
Atascosa county, two miles from Lytle
station, has been murdered by some
unknown person and robbed of con-
siderable amount of money.
Everything looks fresh and green
since the late rains at La Plata, Deaf
Smith county. Farmers say more
feed has been raised in this county
this year than ever before.
At Coleman recently Noah Arm
strong was convicted of being an &C
cessory in the train robbery at that
place on May "a and sentenced to the
penitentiary for five years.
Velasco recently received for ex-
port part of a cargo of canaigro root,
used in tanning fine leather. 1t was
dug in the Pecos valley, and sells for
$50 ton in Germany.
Two children of Jacob Echart, near
McDade, set fire to some cotton which
was stored in the house and was badly
burned. They were rescued with diff
iculty.
Another carrier, an assistant money
order and a general clerk has been
allowed Houston, at an additional cost
of $2l0O per annum to the govern
ment.
Stephen Connor was stabbed to
death on the sidewalk in Sealy a few
nights since, by boy Il years old.
No cause given. The boy escaped.
The total enrolment of pupils in
the Austin public schools is 2129. OF
this number 97S are boys and ISL
girls. White 1913, colored PSI.
A Mrs Ray, who lives few miles
north of Pilot Point, Denton county,
was bitten by spider few days ago
and is not expected to live.
Coal has recently been discovered
in two places within a mile of Colonel
r. L. Dohoney's place on Slough
creek in Lamar county.
Recently at Abbott, Hill county, L.
c. Barnett's little boy, Luther, turned
tub of hot water over, scalding him
self from the hips down
Bill league, the principal in the
train robbery at Coleman May p, has
been found guilty and given twenty
five years in state prison.
Burglars entered the saloon of
Messrs. Precht & Tragsn at Columbus,
securing $500 in currency and s12 in
silver. No clew.
Mrs. Nash Wiel of Dallas has a
four-weeks-old babe which has full
set of upper teeth. 1t is now cutting
its lower teeth.
The comptroller has recently regis
tered $1,000 of Robertson county Jail
bonds and $1,000 of Brazoria county
bridge bonds.
Jerry Collins has been arrested and
jailed at Houston charged with as
sault upon Yardmaster Dwyre with
intent to kill.
G. ". Hutchins, the Texas and
Pacific switchman injured in the yard
at Marshall about two weeks ago is
dead.
Ernest Nash San Antonio boy has
been convicted OF murder at Shreve-
port, La, and sentenced to be hung.
DIR. jackson Of Richardson. Dallas
county, while strolIing around his
premises lost $40 and did not find it.
The comptroller for the asylum
funds investment has purchased $500
state bonds from Van Zandt county.
Cattle are doing well in Crosby
county, and the roundups are over.
Owners are satisfied with the increase.
The colored folks of Dallas recently
gave a barbecue of $50 hens-all yell
lOw-legged and stalled
The depot of the Houston and Texas
Central railroad at Waxshachie is
nearing completion
Sixteen cars of wheat were shipped
one day recently from Vernon to Gal
weston.
A rice mill will be built at Orange,
the machinery having been ordered.
Ducks are putting in their appear
ance in bays and other coast water
The recent grand jury of Cass coun-
ty returned sixty-eight true bills
There are 156 children in the
orphans home at Corsicana-
A glorious rain fell recently at Dali
las. It was much needed.
Three divorces we're granted in one
day recently at Sherman.
Waco will sell SIS. 900 OF bonds to
pay her floating debt
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