San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-01
ALL OVER THE STATE.
Crisp and Choice Cuttings Condensed rom
the Daily Press.
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4 Complete sresiar Of Interesting Items sathsrsa
hon All Parts Of the Emsirs State Of
Texas Carefully Selected.

Mr.. Frank BrOwn.-Sir: ] am sorry
to say, but it can not be hoped, that
halter return thes license without use
ing them, the girl pruve to be faults.
and we did not Celebrate this of, and
so l will return them Mark those Ii
cense of the record and let me be free
again, and write me word whether
they was receaved or not, and whether
| am just as free now, as | was before
1 got them. yours Truly c. P. at
Littig, Texas, Trayes County.
An armadillo has been killed near
Fredericksburg and an another seen
since. These animals have been very
rare in Texas, but of late years sew
eral have been caught. 1t is a pity
to kill them as they are she only am
mails on this continent which feed on
ants ard ants eggs. They scratch
the nests open with their powerful
fore claws and then lick up the ants
with the tongue.
At Sherman John Porter, while
drunk. attempted to shoot at Mrs.
Keene, OF the Peyton opera company,
at the opera house recently. simply
because she was singing Two Little
Girls in Blue He was fined $50 and
costs in the county court. and was
also tried in the city court and alto
gether his disapproyal of Two Little
Girls in Blue" cost him more than
500.
} Judge kruttschnitt. attorney for the
Southern Pacific railway. says: u
have every confidence that the su-
preme court will sustain Judge Nc
COrmick in declaring the Texas com
mission law unconstitutional. ! do
not believe, however. that the case
can be argued before the middle OF
January. and it may be quite a while
afterward before an opinion is deliv-
cred"
At Whitewright. GraysOn county.
recently man attempted to outrage
a 6-year-Old girl. It is said that he
was left with the girl and other chill
dren to look after them while their
mother was absent and that the moth
er returned unexpectedly aud caught
the man. The child is said to be badly
bruised. At last accounts several men
were in pursuit Of the scoundrel-
At Wharton Miss Lily Blythewood.
who teaches in the high school. had
her junior class up the other day for
general examination. Among other
questions propOunded was: What is
the mission Of the Christian religion
on earth?'' 1t stumped the whole
class except one chubby-faced native,
who blurted out: TO take up col
lcctions, ] guess"
The general merchandise store Of
Tompkins q Co, at Mesquite. Dallas
county. was burglarized recently. The
side door was priced open with a
Ratchet, which was left on the coun-
ter A ham. two suits of mems IN
derwear, two pair Of mems shoes and
all the small change in the money
drawer were taken.
Judge Hall having adhered to his
decision refusing to remit 1.-THE 500
fine imposed upon Sheriff Tom Bell of
Hill county. for contempt Of court.
and having ordered Constable John r.
Ballard of precinct No. to collect it
or bring Mr.. Bell before him. the lat
ter. at the urgent request of friends,
paid the fine
In beef skjnning contest at the
Dallas packing house recently. be-.
tween I'd Friedlander Of DALAI. ana
jim Floyd of Galveston. for purse of
$50. the latter did the work in 5 min
ut and > seconds. but did not do u
good Job, and the prize went to Fried
lander. who worked exactly l minute
longer
Steven Hindle. William Gordon and
J. f. johnson went on a fishing expe-
dition near Lynchburg. Harris county.
8 few days ago. In attempting to get
out of the way OF the tug Louise then
boat was capsized and johnson was
drowned. his body not being recov-
cred. The Louise rescued the other
two.
T. NJ. Saunders clothing store at
Graudyiew. johnson count. was bro
ken open BY burglars recently and
robbed of clothing pocket knives and
jewelry amounting to over 500 in
value. The thieves gained entrance
BY boring through the back door aud
lifting the cross bar No clew.
Ed F. Hall. well known deputy
United States marshal on the Rio
Grsnde border. was arrested recently
II
with receiving a large amount of Snug
gled property. He was indicted by
the federal grand jury and released on
bond
W. c. Carnes, who lived near Bal
linger. Tom Green county. went to
haul load OF wood few days ago.
His horses baked. He got down and
struk one with a whip, when the horse
kicked him in the stomach with both
feet, killing him instantly.
c. H. Leniger and T. d. Bennett Of
Boyd. Wise county, we're brought 10
Dallas recently by deputy Unite
States marshalS. charged with Illicit
retail malt liquor dealing. Their bond
was fixed at 500 each, in default OF
which they were committed.
Several artesian wells have been
sunk in Bandera county at depth OF
from 3Ol to 500 feet. resulting in
bountiful flow. Small farms of from
ten to fifteen acres are being opened
with a view OF irrigation Com these
wells.
The Mineria colliery comp ~
Laredo have purchased tract OF
containing 53.14S acres on which ~.
located the Santa Thomas coal mines.
A new company will probably be
formed aud the mines enlarged.
Mrs. Eliza A. Shaw OF Austin is one
of ten heirs TO the sum OF $2.O01.O0J.
which amount was realized few days
ago by the sale of a tract of Kentucky
swamp lands which for years has
been deemed valueless.
The city Of Luling fed a large num-
Der of tramps who came in on the
southern Poetic the other day. The
night being cold, many of them were
scarcely able to leave their perches on