San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-11-17
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Brown Bolts, about - years old.
was brought into Houston recently.
from duck hunt painfully wounded.
He was moving around a pond to
shoot ducks when a gun was fred
near by and he was almost loaded
with duckshot. The shooter was a
negro. He did not see Mr.. Bolts
when the shot was fired, but was
shooting at game.
Near Garland, Dallas county. re-
Gently D. F. Bryan, an old citizen,
with his family, was driving across q
bridge over Spring creek when the
team became frightened and jumped
of the bridge, a distance Of ten feet.
The occupants of the wagon we're
thrown out and Mr.. Bryan had three
ribs broken.
The local option law. which went
into effect at Alvord. Wise county,
recently, was nullifed by the reopen
ing of a saloon The ants claim the
election to be void on account of the
failure to post a sufficient number OF
notices as required by law. Counsel
have been employed to test it in the
courts.
The case Of the State Of Texas vs..
the Austin Club was submitted TO
Judge Robertson OF the Fifty-third
district court at Austin recently with
written argument. This is suit to
compel the club TO pay retail liquor
license and to collect same for four
years back, amounting to 1920.
Charlie Long. a mail carrier be-
tween Canyon City and Dimmitt, a
distance of forty miles. while on the
road twenty-five miles from Canyon
City was thrown from his cart by his
horses running away and his left leg
broken. He was not found until the
day following the accident
Mrs. Hortense Dix Collins has
proven to the satisfaction of the
county court of Grayson county that
she is the lawful widow of A. K. Col
Inns. and the court gave Gretchin,
their little girl, $6O25. The admins
traitor Of A. K. Collins estate gave
notice of appeal.
e. W Bartle, foreman OF the build
ing Of R. T. Hardisly's plauer. eight
miles east OF Conroe. Montgomery
county. while setting a box for tbs
main line of shafting. made a misstep
and fell eighteen feet, striking on his
head and shoulder. injuring himself
internally.
Mr.. Alex Evans, who is employed
as night Waterman by the Interna-
tional and Great Northern railroad,
at Georgetown few days since. fell
while coupling cs-s. His right leg
=gas caught and badly nlangled The
doctors found amputation necessary.
A man by the name of Roxy. resid-
ing near Bowie, Montague county
and formerly of Collin county, com
haitted suicide recently By hanging
himself Continued i'll health is said
10 have been the cause. He leaves
wife and one child.
At Junction City, Kimble county.
". W Baker and T. NJ. Hodges had a
difficulty recently. Baker was cut
with knife in the left side. Hodges
was arrested and put under $500 bond
tor of that county.
Representative of the strert rail
way companies in different cities of
the state held a meeting at Waco a
few days ago and formed an associa-
ton for providing attractions for the
summer theaters OF the state next
season.
A Mexican named Melton Bassn
was found dead few DAYS ago in the
McKie lane, near San Marcos. His
pockets had been turned inside out.
from which it is thought the deed was i
perpetrated for the purpose of rob
berry.
A contract for 400 sticks OF hewn
piling has been let by the Katy peO-
pie to A. d. Wilson at COlmesneil.
Tyler county. The :imbers are to be
l0xlO inches at top and 12x12 at bot
tom, ranging in length from 10 to 90
feet.
At Hampstead, recently, a strange
negro giving his name as William
johnson, aud claiming to come from
Nsvasota. was struck by freight
train and had his leg lacerated so
badly that amputation may be neces-
sary.
George Page, who killed f. A.
Domer a few weeks ago in Angelina
county. has been indicted by the
grand jury, tried, found guilty and
punishment assessed at ninety-nine
years in the penitentiary.
While descending a flight of stairs
at Denison recently Mr.. Win Simpson
of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
telegraph force, slipped and fell to the
bottom, about fourteen feet. sustain
ing serious injury.
The little children of Miss Lucy
Peyton's kindergarten at Taylor made
200 artificial magnolia blossoms for
the decoration of Fireman's hall
where the bazaar was recently given.
Bruce Kirk. living nearsxa-
hachie, lost 200 bushels Of cotton
seed, 900 bushels Of corn and q lot Of
other farm property by the burning
OF his barn recently. No insurance.
Al A4dltuO q lev udlS dEO Two Mex
ican women were arrested, charged
with smuggling about fifteen gallons
OF mescaL The liquor was found in
their possession on the river bank
John Weller. a hard working ana
Industrious citizen of Palestine. has
fallen heir to a vast estate in Buffalo.
n. Y, valued at $4,000. He will
make his future home in Buffalo.
A mortgage for 80, 900, 600 has been
recorded in Navarro county, given
the Central Trust company OF NeS
York by the Houston and Texas Cen
trail railway company.
Owners Of several sugar plantations
near Nelasco, BrAzoria county. are
dividing their fields into small farms
FOR rent or sale to white settlers from
the north and west.
At Brookston, Lamar county. re-
GENTLY, lightning struck J. Z. Harris
1Duse fired the canvas on the wall