San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-05-05
ALL OVER THE STATE
Crisp and Choice Cuttings Condensed from
the Daily Press.
AcT ROUHO-uPs RENDERED READABLE.
A eompls,s Bfsvia1 ST Interesting items saInsrsa
rem All Paris Of the Empire Stats Of
Teas Carefully Selected

Tens Carefully Selected.
Dallas needs a packing box fac
tory.
A few places in the state still need
rain.
Taylor is building brick store
houses.
Base ball fever will soon be az
epidemic.
The city council of Fort Worth have
hsrmonized.
Delta county crop prospects were
never better.
The young men of Cleburne have
dancing club.
Bexar county has paid on $1,000 Of
subsidy bonds.
Woodville, Tyler county, has voted
to incorporate.
Georgetown is to improve her free
school system.
Manor, Travis county, has a nev
masonic temple
The father of Emma Abbott was re
Gently in Dallas.
Decatur now has a building and
loan association
The prospects for crops in PoIL
county are good.
Victoria county takes up 5000
court house bonds.
Hall county has just paid $3.50 Of
court house bonds.
Prospects for wheat are encourag
ing in Denton county.
GainesviIle's s25, 900 school build
ing is about completed.
Galveston was recently visited by 1
severe electrical storm
Alvin, Brazoria county, boasts of
radish 32l inches long.
Dewberries are ripe in the south
eastern part of the state
The steam laundry recently burned
at Mexia is to be rebuilt.
Green goods circulars are being
received by Dallas people.
The State Grange meets in Frank
lin Tuesday, August s. 1898.
1t is said that no rain has fallen. at
Perry, Falls county, in six months.
Why not use Texas stone. marble
and granite for all Texas buildings?
Two brick store houses are beingI
added to help Vernon's necessities.
At a recent local option election
Itasca, Hill county, voted for whisky.
Hydrophobia is reported to be an
epidemic among the dogs at Denison-
Fort Worth and Sherman are to be
connected by a direct telephone line
The Jews are advertising for bids to'
finish their new synagogue in Dallas.
The new school rolls of Sherman
show a satisfactory increase of pupils.
A mule threw little boy at Terrell
recently and fell on him, crushiGg his
thigh.
The Texas veterans had an enjoy
able time in their recent meeting AZ
Houston. ---
Taylor. Williamson county, reioices
at the erection of machine shops at
that place.
Thousands of cattle are being
shipped from this state to the Indian
territory.
Silver ore from Mexico passes
through Laredo at the rate of five ear
loads per day.
The ex-confederate reunion at
Houston was a source of enjoyment to
all and a Success
The governor appointed III nota-
ries for Tarrant county, most Of whom
live in Fort Worth.
Six two-story brick houses on the
square are among the improvements
mentioned at Tyler.
Inside of three weeks the district
court of Graysou county finally dis
posed of forty-three cases.
S R. Scott OF Falls county has been
appointed and confirmed judge of the
new McLennan-FallS district.
Waller county Is to have an election
to determine the county seat question
before the new court house IS built.
From reports all over the state of
the meetings of county alliances the
order is shown to be growing stronger
In the seven years of the official OK
istance of Fisher county, there has
been only three convictions for felony
Lee Fields, who was recently thrown
from his horse near Howe. Grayson
county, died from the injuries re-
ceived.
A pelican measuring eight and a
half feet from tip TO tip was killed
near Royse, Rockwell county, by J. )
Laroe.
Two white men at Italy. Ellis
recently fell out about 10
cents and carved each other with
knives.
The racing programme for the com
ing fair at Dallas is in the hands of
the printer. The purses aggregate
$27, 900.
The son OF widow lady who lives
in Palestine, was recently drowned in
a lake five miles from that town. He
was fishing
The state printer has about com
pleted the transcript in the railway
commission case. 1t will comprise
1900 pages
J. S. Wright, a farmer living in the
of Broadway, Lamar county.
had three horses killed by lightning
few days ago.
Jennie Smith a 17-year-old colored
girl, was accidentally drowned in
Big Cypress bayou, near Jefferson, a
lew days since
Charley Gracey, who lives near Lis
bon. in Dallas county, found a negro
in his hen rOOst and peppered him