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San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07

LITTLE Rock, Ark, March 81
Miss Day, who left Portland, Ore,
March % on trip around the United
States, arrived in this city on the can
non ball train at $40 yesterday morn
ing and left at $50 for Mexico via
Texas. Miss Day is winsome little
lady of - years, very pretty and in
teresting. She expects to reach Port
land before April 10.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07

DANBURY, Vt, March Burglars
broke into the savings bank at Paw
ling, n. Y, yesterday morning, broke
open the safe and secured $500 in
money and $4,000 in government
bonds. Dispatches sent to New York
led to the capture of the burglars at
high bridge. Two men were arrested
as they stepped from the New York
and Northern train and have been
turned over to the custody of Superin-
tendent Byraes. There seems to be
no doubt that they are the men who
robbed the bank. They gave their
names as Henry Carey of Hoboken
and John Wogan. alias Walsh, of
Philadelphia. Three hundred and
thirty dollars in cash, 5000 worth of
jewelry and lot of stocks and bonds
were found in their satchels. They
claim to have no acquaintance with
each other.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07
FATE OF A THIEF.
a Member of a Gang of Pnferers FILLED
with Bullets.

A Member of a Gang of PnEerers FILLED
with Bullets.
PARIS, Tex, March 2s.-For several
months the Frisco and Santa Fe roads
have been heavy losers here by car
thieves. Last night W. D. Nelson
and Faulkner, two employees of the
road who were watching the yard,
heard a noise in a car and saw the
glare of a match. Approaching the
car from the opposite side they crawl
ed under the cars. just as they came
out two men jumped from the car and
when halted opened fire on Nelson
and Faulkner, firing at them twice.
Nelson returned the fire with a shot
gun and one of them fell, the other
running off and making his escape.
The fallen man had received the en-
tire load of buckshOt from Nelson's
gun in the face and head. He proved
to be Lee Stephenson. a negro who
has been here for some time, working
for horse traders and at butcher
shops.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07

LovELADY, Tex, March S1.-John
Walters and Esau Nelson came down
from Crockett on the 1890 train
Wednesday night. They bought
some whisky, got their horses out of
the stable and started for home, some
ten miles distant. Yesterday morn
ing the body of Walters was found at
the bridge, some two and half miles
from town. dead. His mule was tied
to a tree near the bridge. From APP
pearances the man had been dead
several hours when found, and from
every indication he must have died
from natural causes, as there is no
sign of any violence having been used.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07

TExARKANA, Tex, March S0.-A
sensation was caused here over the
announcement that the grand jury of
Bowie county had returned indict-
ments against a number of county
officials. w. H. Dean, county tax
collector, was indicted on a charge of
failure to pay over 10 the treasurer
money in kind as collected from the
taxpayers. R. j. Haywood, justice of
the peace for this precinct, was in
dicted for permitting prisoners to
escape.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07
Unaccounted For.

HoUsToN, Tex, March S0.-Some
ten days since Mrs Jacob Hindman
disappeared and no tidings has been
received from her Her husband is
unable to account for her absence and
has no idea of her whereabouts. She
stood well with all her neighbOrs.
They have little girl. She is with
her father.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07

LINCOLN, Neb., March Pit is
learned that c. W. Mosher, the IN
dicted president of the Capital ma
tional bank. who has been in Illinois
since the collapse Of the bank, has
made a proposition to the authorities,
providing for retrieving the fortunes OF
the bank on compro mise basis.
namely that he be fined instead of i'm
prisoned. Mosher. it is said, has Sc
cured assistance from his relatives
whereby the depositors Of the failed
institution will not lose a cent il his
proposition is AIRED TO.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07

MORE than one individual living in
this miscalled temperate zone has
asked himself in late years if there is
not really in progress from year to
year a change in the temperature
and character Of our climate. The
old-fashioned winters, he asks, where
are they? And why does winter drag
its chilling presence along into late
April and even May? OF late, more
over, our local climate has mani
Tested a marvellous versatility and
fekleness We have had winter,
spring, summer and autumn all in
the same day.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07

PARIS. Tex, March 29.-The killing
of Lee Stephenson, the alleged car
robber. Monday night was followed by
a large number of arrests yesterday
and the recovery of a quantity of
goods. The officers have suspected
that two negro stores here were
fences for the car robbers, but wanted
to capture the thives before raiding
the stores. The robbers have cost
the Frisco and Santa Fe roads over
$4,000 in the last six months.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07

HoUsTON, Tex. March 27.-Tom
Miles and W. A. Shannon are in jail,
the former as principal, charged with
shooting Aaron Weaver at Clancy
vile, suburb of the city, Saturday
morning. The difficulty occurred
over a game of monte which Weaver
and against which Shannon was bet
ting. The quarrel took place directly
between Shannon and Weaver, and
Miles, who was Shannon's partner,
took a hand and did the shooting.
Weaver is in precarious condition.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07

ELKHART, Tex, March 31.-The
wife of E. Edwards, negro living
three miles south of here, gave birth
to a child that beat anything ever
seen here in the line of deformed
children. The child had no bones in
its head and one foot was entirely
gone. The other one was club foot.
1t had no nose and was double hare
Tipped. The child lived forty-eight
hours.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07

NASHVILLE. Tenn, March 81
Articles of Impeachment and a resolu-
ton informing the senate of the action
of the house was adopted by the lower
house Saturday impeaching J. J. Du
bose, Judge OF the criminal court of
Shelby county. The senate will sit as
court of impeachment after the ad-
journment of the legislature and try
the CHARGES preferred.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07

The contract has been let to
Philadelphia firm to build two At
lantic steamers and the firm cannot
promise the first OF the two before
the spring Of 1895. They never re-
quire such time for shipbuilding on
the Clyde. Are American enterprise
and energy and push no longer equal
10 those OF the canny Scotchman?
Americans anxious to see America
again take her rightful place on the
wave are not pleased with such slug
gish work Certainly year of work
night and day ought to be sufficient
70 complete one of these steamers
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07

LOUISVILLE, Ky, March S1.-Ren-
dered desperate and i'll from the strain
on his mind, William NJ. Bcecher, the
confidential bookkeeper for A. r. SUIT
ton & Co, Wednesday night stated
that his employer was guilty Of the
suspicious directed against him, and
said further that A. r. Sutton has
confessed the same to him.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07

An effort is being made to save from
slectrocution young Carlyle Harris,
The murderer of his schoolgirl wife.
The plea is made in his behalf that he
S educated, intelligent and of family
30 good as to command little money.
It might also be stated. that Harris
'nly married and killed one girl.
whereas with his social qualities and
ais knowledge of poisons he could
EASILY have raised this moderate limit.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07

AUSTIN, Tex. April 1.-The house
in few minutes yesterday passed the
senate bill providing for the payment
of the past due state debt by creating
an equal amount of new state debt by
issuing bonds. The $4S6,OoO of the
past due state debt was a deficiency
and should have been included in the
general deficiency bill
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07

''GENTLEMAN GEORGE a convicted
burglar stood before -ho bar at p -ov-
dence and demonstrated by cursing
everything in sight and most things
hat he could think OF, that his title
vas misnomer. He was then given
sentence OF twenty-five years. but
Fhat proportion was for being a
burglar and what for not beings gem
leman the records fail to show.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07

AUSTIN, Tex. March So.-The gen
eral appropriation bin carries a spe-
cial item of $25, 900, at the request of
the governor, to be paid out on his
order, as he informed the finance com
mittee, to ''defray expenses of inves-
LEGATIONS and prosecutions of federal
officials when they violate state laws,
override rights, or are guilty of cor
rupt or willful abuse of their powers
to the detriment of citizens Of the
state.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07

WACO, Tex, April IA gentleman
just from Kansas City saw a contract
placed for the delivery of 80, 900 dozen
prairie chickens from Wheeler
county, Texas, to hotels and eat
ing houses of Missouri. The esti-
mate is made that this contract, if
carried out, will destroy the last of
the prairie chickens in Texas.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07

NASHVILLE, Tenn, March SO.-F.
Porterfeld. cashier of the suspended
Commercial bank of this city. was ar
rested yesterday afternoon upon war
rants sworn ont by Bank Examiner
Mcknight. Porterfeld gave bond in
the sum of $4,000. The charges are
perjury and making false statements
to the department.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07

Az official notice that Emperor
William must have a better view from
The windows Of his palace, and that
10 that end all private property from
the Schlossylatz and the Breiten-
strasse, in Berlin, TO the river Spree
gill be condemned, has created a
bitter feeling there against the EN-.
Peror. The ground thus acquired
will be converted into a park. The
money with which to do this will be
raised by lottery which the Prus-
sian government viii get up.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07

Now another portrait OF Column
bus is discovered, this time by
Titan. To get at it it was necessary
to remove another portrait of some
other person not named thus far.
Why Titan should have used a sec
pnd time a canvas On which he had
already painted Columbus is not ex-
planned. but some story has to be de-
vised to make this latest discovery
''authentic," like the forty odd other
''suthentic" portraits all discovered
since the Worlds fair opened the
bric-a-brac market for such com.
mOdities.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07

IL reply TO a question in parlia.
nent the British government has de-
'lared that there is nothing to prevent
The Americans from buying English
Fessels for use as naval auxiliaries. as
was done in the cases of the Paris
and New York. This decision enables
is to go right on like an independent
government and do as we please in
such eases.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07
Big suit.

OMAHA, Ncb., April 1.-The state
ofNebraska yesterday began suit in the
Douglass county district court of this
city against ex-State Treasurer Hill
and his bondsmen to recover 1886, 364
which has, it is alleged, been collect
ed but not turned over to his success
sor in office. The suit is the result of
the failure of the Capital national
bank of Lincoln, in which the treas
urer had deposits to the amount
stated.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07

NV York, April IA sharp fea-
tured woman of AZ years was arraign-
ed in the police court yesterday
charged with swindling two men out
OF $1,000 by representing that her in
huence would secure them snug berths
under Cleveland. Her name is Lizzie
Badly. They actually paid her 500
Zach
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07

WASHINGTON. March Ex-senator
Vance, chairman of the committee on
privileges and elections, in behalf OF
the minority yesterday submitted a re-
port on the case of Lee Mantle, find
ing he is not entitle to take his seat
as senator from Montana. The re
port is signed by Vance, Gray, Pal
NOR and Mitchell.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07

WASHINGTON, March 28.-After
numerous conferences among them
selves the Republican members of the
senate have decided that they will in
sist on an investigation of the charges
made in the public prints relative to
the character of Mr.. Roach. recently
elected senator from North Dakota.
It is also said the Republicans will
protest against any attempt to adjourn
the extra session of the senate until
the matter has been brought before it.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07

A PITrsBURG boy of only three
years drank half pint of whisky and
came near being waited hence in
state of inebriation as complete as
ever witnessed. He was brought
back with difficulty, and when he felt
ais head doubtless registered a swear
Of as profoundly sincere as a person
of older growth could have done.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07

HUBBARD CITY, Tex, March 90
Mrs. frankie Lux, Mexican, was
taken to Hillsboro yesterday under
commitment for alleged robbery of
Mrs. Sims, colored. Complainant al
leges that Mrs. Lux, while admins
tering to her for la grippe, took from
her a pocketbook containing S..
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07

BEAUMONT, Tex, April IA Nor
wegian named Freid Brann was as
saulted by two negroes and robbed of
s.. He was terribly beaten over the
head with piece of oak wood, five
ugly scalp wounds being found by the
attending physicians. His assailants
are in Jail.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-04-07

MARSHALL. Tex, March Sod
Knight, head brakeman on local run
ming between here and Boyce, was
brought Tuesday night to the
Texas and Pacific hospital for
treatment. His right leg was run
over between the knee and
ankle at the coal chute at Sodas
While switching his foot slipped, go
ing under the wheel After one wheel
ran over him he pulled his foot out
before the other wheel reached it.