The San Saba News. (San Saba, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 36, Ed. 1, Saturday, May 31, 1884 Page: 2 of 4
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Vlie aerlfltnral man that Bmllt Ma fewBse mpoii tBte simd did nH now S US MowariBjaad Inmiher
Saturday Morning May 31 188
General n P Batlet has been nomi-
nated by the antimonopoly ratty in
eooventlon at Chicago as > clr Mnd1
datofor resident and has accepted
The asBnal rennlon of Hoods brig-
ade will bo held lit Dallas on tho 2M
day of Jane It Is confidently ex-
pected that lion Jcfler on Davis will
bo present
Tie EngUsVrcoplo Howl their pock
ets very handsomely by the rceont
flurry In Wall street Wo have tbo
fan nd they with away ullli tho
money
Tlio Mormons declaro they
will
standby tho polygamy fealuro of their
of the national
thronged In to hoar the lecture and
bearingn banner on nhloli Mas In-
scribed In largo letters The wicked
shall be turned into hell and nil the
nations that forget Clodi Issm lij 17
Two men alio stood at the door indus-
triously distributing tracts
Local Farcej
With the Cunningham verdict nt
Tort Worth and the Adams ball nt
Dallas the people haro ample food
for reflection Doth these men com-
mitted cold blooded murder Neither
one has anything to offer at n pallia
tion of tho crime yotjn the cenrso of
O7entsltlsllkoly both will walk oat
of the courts free won When such
deeds of blood can be committed in
Texas and the perpetrators go unwhlpt
of juiticu Is It any wonder that the
papers of othor states take up tho eryt
What Is tho nse of preaching to the
people that life and property nro safe
when tho decisions of our courts and
the rulings of our judges pronounce
tho statement allot If a few Texas
juries wcro hung bodily it would lio n
sign of approschiog rest from there
blood thirty vampires Criminal
prosecutions In Texas aro a farce n
blet on tho cultivation of tho age ana
on Insult to common dscency Gates
vllls Advance
The well borors last Monday on Mr
Nasworthys ranch Instead of seeming
good water as Is usual in this vicinity
after going 21 feet In sandstone at a
depth of 07 leet struck a dark colored
fluid that roio to within 11 feet of tho
aurfaco accompanied by a discharge of
lnflamable gas Laving cn intsnsly dii
agrccablosmell An analyses of the
liquid ruado by Trof Chltwood at the
City Drag Btorethowoa Its cnstltcent
farts to bo Water 20 per centj Petro-
leum 47 percent j Sulphur 23 peremtj
Bait 4 per cent A gentleman from
Philadelphia seeking for n profitable
Idvcstmont in this portion of the stato
made Mr Naswortby n big offer fnr
depth Is attained Is attained n flowing
oil well may be obtained Mr Nts
worthy lias however dotcrmlntd not to
experiment on tho wall as he is satis
fled that lie h
aupply of
the wool
valoabl
priso
The Death ol Mrs Conns
The death of Mrs Cowan
Tlio Tom Green Kntoprlse ny
Thursday ovening of last week a
meeting of prominent < ltiKui of Colo-
rado City vis held at tho Colorado
Kalloosl TUnk Tho olject w a to
< onf r with Mr W H WIUU of tho
Arm J P Willi Si Co and Director
of the 0 0 6 It ltreUWe to his
orlnln of th feasibility of the pro
jK > id Colorado Hart Angela tc South-
ern Jilt Uf Willis express a most
fiivoruble opinion of lha scheme i lie
at 8te subscrllmd 6500 as n starter
r > 4jtpule4wora as soon as work
u cowtiotneed lo dtclared that
tbeaWo Pf msdeilrous of eitendlog
1M Une to Rau Au elci uil would tcr
2
Ulf do so U th pwr 0 e4 toad vat
rlMlH fit Barsltl Vfi fueceM
t it ly a wttr of llun wlon ha
Butt i1dMtiti V Sat4 re lUUroyl
MHMt tkialeC M JtUUIISTtd
V l ll < W thsltj kd
vtKta VtJH tf M J
caused by lightning Sho and her hns
band Jas Cowou woro ulttloa in tho
house near tho Bontli door on Friday
May 10th While Mr Cowau was it
work on tomo frames for n bco gnin
tho wind blew tho door open when
Mrs Cowan rose to shut it in tho at
tempt they woro botli struck by
lightning Mr Cowan fays that Just
lif foro ho was itrack ho saw some-
thing I10 ° 1slt f llr6 tuo floor
nonr vshoro they wcro sitting it seem-
ed to dancv around for ntlmn and then
it exploded and made n report almost
aa loud as a cannon Mr Cowan know
nothing after this for sorno minutes
When Im recovered ho was lying
across Mrs Cowans feet almost help-
less Mrs Cowan was dead Tho
lightning from all nppearnccs carno
in at tho west end of tho honso where
n hatchet was sticking In a crack on
tho outside nnd a saw on tho Inside
Itstrnck Jnst nbove tho hatchet burn
ralliion in dcunnco
religion in troublo the tod tN0 logs rind blistered tho saw In
Tho
government fom there it pass
0 OT t 0
browingobout the Mormon question t j i ocr tlio uonr and fiom
will be aorlons when It culminates nat it parsed to n snot gun nnd
cs i knocked off pajt of tho slt k Tho
Itls reported that UioGnlfCoIorado i jere In the lionse were
Santa To company has del rnnond nil moroijjlWhurt tlioagli not lie
mLw itBt jaa
I charge a rcfreslier
< < > r ilono Mr Co
i > finish r Mr rionjnmin was a very
able lawyer Tho soldier who 111 not
ehargo Is of no coont If such n rnro
bird can be fonnd among lawyers ho is
of no account olther
i
Jay Gould is n wlso man The re-
cent Wall street scaro has mado him
Invest f500000 In government bonds
In his wifes name nnd now let tho
boaraqoeezo never so hard or tho
balls toss never so high if tho worst
comes Jay has n wlfo with n million
end a half of government thrconnd n
balfj which will bring him W500 n
year and keep tho wolf from tho door
Tho members uf the Y M C A at
Iloston nttcmptbd to itentrsllie the if
fect of tlob Irigrrsnlls Ircinro thero
recently by parading up nnd down in
front of the building ns the crowd
mid nnd e ght
n ir
rf T ar All
homo to dli no inord
i the family and watch over them
y prnyor
C W L
Camp Creek
with whisky particularly the kind
which is sold in this section Of course
wo dont 1 now any thing rboutthJj
personally bnTn oTTro saTfsfleil from a
purely abstract analysis from a scten
tiflo standpoint at a distance that
tho thoory Is correct
Btoto Nowo
Liberty nill Is to havo a
gulnrcol
legeTho
Tho woolen mill nt Waoo is nonrly
finished
Ico sells at ono cent per pound at
San Marcos
ftaatrop is moving Id tho matter of a
pnbllc park
Llano has contracted for n 2 > 000
court hoaae
Qalesville has a soda water manu
factory on n large scale
tho ranch thinking tha Indications P < > of irool ia nDa Jcar8
wrrrant jhe opinion that If a sufficient I > ° 4111
McKlnnoy lias only ouo delinquent
unlcstato tax payer on her roll
The city Hsecsnor and collector of
Laredo is bohlndfivo or six hundred
dollars only
Tho slato firemans convention nt
Port Woi th has bicn postpotcd from
June 11 to Juno 17
Hon L J Ixignc a prominent attor-
ney of Weimar dlid last ucck nt tho
curly age of IK
About 13000 head of ratllo bad
beenreceired nt Wichita Palls up to
Saturday last by rail
Tho commissioners of Washington
county bae decided to build a new
court house at Ilrenham
A ram In Roll county produced 3231
one
Oouu county taxes have been re
duced tolSJ contson the 8100 and
has 17tOU surplus cash on hand
A town la being laid out in Grccr
ty nnd a number of families have
settlements in It
an democrats hava unlV
rollof Tertfll ueth
r stato senator
lOnntenttdnlnesvillentllTapt
ea suicide on Tuesday on account of
supposed losses in business
The case of the state against ex
comptroller Drown Is beforo tho dis
trict court at Austin without a Jury
A little son of Mr Lewis Cook was
drowned while bathing tn Wandels
lalo near llrjun on Sunday evening
Denisonltea are rejoicing over the
if thepaisage of a bill glv
n < them o > braucb of tho V B court
Hmlth county commissioners have
decided to issue I psr oeat 90 year
bonds to complete thelrpubllobulldlng
Blitmn dltorces were set for trial in
8q Antonio on the 10th and there are
upwards of tlsty on thodocket
Mr H K llaysoojan old editor of
east Texas end Port Worth died at
OioUUer place on MomUj g d 7Q
years
T It Moots shot and Killed a n <
nfm 1 eitrluns ou Batnldsy nl ht Uit
for throatsstsl < ul hl Mlfg dud wolh
f lul w
O Willvntsa waisholUtlit hoitt
t IU Hnilogs to Tussdsy plslit wMi
tcLlud lis Imr of slooo br 0Wo
ofiont4 vuUU
rhl Ti Mlitrt aw1Mi < > 7l wlb H l lbMr for cut
lbctor
fly whom KMwlorod
xntMrovm owiiit
W II llell
Wll llloiirli nl
do
O i II Cook
do
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do
Tl Frwiman
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70 trcrnr w
Sow l W niekuibaek
M > 1 Dnolii llarl
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ja s4 to
1MI y > HI > elt r
lull Ml J
1M1 II do
lull 53
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119 1111 llilta
S3 nan I huarauilbo
SUl SSs Hrbacb
nil 039 rubor Hlllcr
1 CHo do
< Clover
Zi Sli 1 tklimildrr
Notloo
Parlies will consult their Interest
and save moil ey by buj Ing their build-
ing material from Prnrcr it llnrgess
In Lampasas who keep n full lino of
ltongh end Dressed Lumber of all
kinds Mouldings Doors Bash and
llllnds AVnodon Cisterns etc Civo
them a trial 23
If you want hardware tinware or
crockery call on Gray McAlplne
lUnnwAliE Parties wautlng to bny
hardware of any description from a
smnlljliedecruw tujflkllno parlor or
No JftnUstou g PQ JIu
AlpJTs ask them iTJiuytliing in tho
hartTwarelino and you will surely got
It Tlielr stock Is complcto In every
particular
i
For Pishing tackle of any doscrip <
tlvn call on Joo B Clark
VAL0AULE PAltM PllOPKltTY
FOR SALE
1st IMucros SO acres In culllva
tioii good fence and house H wlkM
frnmSauBabn to u Prlco JHO Ti-
lls potteot
3d 800wrea on the Colorado river
19 inllon from Ban Saba too ucrea In
oullliatlou three twisut house
Cloed out led ono of tha best fstuu
and lanebsa eouibloed In the west
Pile JH00O Term wsytltle per
fMt
JM 1100 acre two miles from San
Soba college load cuttle rang aud
good Uitltia wattt
Porauy tuithsr Infatmatkin In tc
SJld to these lauds apply to
Laud Aguult Ban Hulm Tel
liny Tvxas Hollo Phtttlpg TfcV J
Last week was rnolut ca oven to
dampness To say that It rained would
only npproxlmato to tho nctunl etnto of
things and convey n feeble idea of the
drenching tho fair face of Mortlicr
Earth received Tho trlto expression
Itpourcd was more npproprlatobat
oven that term is utod principally In
regard to showers bnt when the bnsl
ncoa Is kopt up for month oven that
generally posltlvo Idco becomes dim
and expressionless Tho plug to the
upper air resevolr rccrood to have
been suddenly withdrawn nnd Plui I
us with Ms Innumerable watersprltes
appeared to mako up his mind to at-
tend strictly to business for nt least a
sennight and rubber coats and um-
brellas woro the great In fact tho only
articles of trnffio with our merchants
Tho old colored man In Kentucky who
had been laboring hard on a Noahs
Ark to provido himself safety against
what ho deemed an approaching Hood
was suddenly transformed from adurk
ekinned lanatlo to n worthy philoso-
pher This was oulynnothcrlllnstration
of circumstances altorlng cases This
may bo a rrthcr thlu dissertation on n
very thin subject but tho moral soiyht
tobn convejod Is to look out nnd
guard against too lunch water as it Is
> nd dement especially when diluted
All persona indebted to J S Wil
liams it Co are rcqacatcd to call at
my ofUco and make settlement with
me as all accounts are now in my
hands for collection
JNOiCSr
San Saba April 21th 1634
Fishing tackle of all descriptions
for > alo cheap by Joe S Clark
Notlco
My customers whose accounts aro
now duo will pltsso call and pay same
ns I am roinpelltd to intvko collections
n order to meet my liabilities
I 0 WOOD
maaa
Por I ho Ladles
Wo have just received a fine stock
of Utiles chuki nnd dolmans of all
colors and designs which havo only to
bo tveu In lx appreciated
Muriuv As Mctoxaiu
Jue h Clark has the tluest assort
raeut of pocket knives in the state
OtU PtUows tcuitikrj
Lata urn no r rtady fof aalo In the
aWu c iu l ry rtbuut half inlla north
of town Apply to
4 J otiHkbrtdge 1
t P Hoatyot lOommlttt
W A Wilsjin S
i l Sll illll a
Otnulut Diitham mid Purity smok-
ing uUtoo ut ih piutoniov
Carroll UUWtt t
re cvnttally i ncaWdt
Co TdtuipAias
urt k ct
y
lh ttuest slocks o Luu bo t > Ml
Irlndilu tka tatoi Uu iwh dooti
VlmdianA mouldluga Cull oud <
UftKKva lUjxltlUaWVM w
Notice
MiLliLiLN San Saba Co Tex May J 1I
lirceiTwl of Mrs P 11 Fetter tho rain
offUOaO for nil claim that I hare ogalnt
the utate of P II Feller This payment
Is utade to pay noto in fall saiil noto bo
lug lost W 11 Wrr uo
Per O 8 11KATT
Witnesat J J Oober
Tlie aliovo receipt was given for fD03fl
being a ballnnce on a certain duo bill or
note given by F II Potter to W It
Wolflon for tlin CO lild line bill bears a
credit March 13th 1WI for 176 CO Said
note bolng lo t by Y It Wehlon and hav-
ing no record of said duo bill I can not
remember tho dato ef said duo bill or
note and I horoby give uotlec to all whom
It may concern that 1 have paid said duo
bill In full to said W K Weldon in cash
and merrliaoillsi from timo to tltno tlio
laat liaymeut being fOOMO which paid said
due bill In full I hereby notify tlio pub
lic not to trade for or handle said due bill
or note M H IKTTcn
Wife of T II Fetter Deceased
For Balo Ohoap
Ono combination Table Billiard and
Pool nnd one DUllard Table noaily
new with balls cnc and racks com
plete Por further particulars apply
to or address
J S Williams A Co
31 San Saba Texas
K ThUrSo t ttndja ill
OfjKoTojVo
a toW ever1 iW
4 sg Ujc c
MaarvtUraWHsWaW
flinlltaro bnslncss has beerrfiirjDettier
than he anticipated Ills enlosiivo
been steadily and gradually Increas
ing and tlio consequence Is his hnusa
is recognixod an being tho furniture
emporium of tho west Ho keeps a
full nnd well scloetcd stock always on
hand and sells at Galveston prices
ulwnysglvlngsatiefactlon Thlalstho
secret of his buccoss in n nut shell 27
TTauted
Aflrstclass nincksraitb Apply to
Walk it tc IUwiiion
San Saba Toxas
A Qlauco
Into Murray McConnclls store will
convey tn tlio passer by tho idea tliat
this Arm is fully allvo to tho wants and
demands of tlio trade henco their im
mtnso stock of dry goods dress goods
boots nnd shoos clothing nnd furnish-
ing goods This bonBO enjoys an ex
tcnslvo trado in othor counties as well
as nt homo If promptness cholco
goods nnd fair dealings havo any sig-
nificance whatever commend tut to
Murray McConnoll
Caution
I tako this method ol warning all par-
ties Interested that some of tho
bocks scraps and short pieces of lum-
ber in my j nrd aro fnllj loaded with
dynamite and when taken withontmy
knowledge or consent I will not bo
responsible for any accidents which
may occur S II Uowaiid
1uuNiTcriK Thoso In need of fnr
nlturo of all kinds will find a largo
nnd writ eelectcd stock at Mclvcnnas
furnlturo storo Ho Is now receiving
a fresh stock every week and which
lie sells nt tho lowest posslblo prices
Olvo him a call when you want any-
thing in the furnlturo
Free IVnro Honsca
li u ii < M r Idtn i rma n
free warn honso for sheep men to store
their wool and ho invites overy ono
to nsoit
J O Runagu J II OALsaarra
I XT GAMmAtTii
TjiUSSELL GALIIUAITII it BON
Bankora and Doalors In Ezchanjo
Ildrd Slml LAMPASAS TET
o
CorreunornlnntH
WacoEUlolUnk I FlrdNalIIUnk JliJton
HLBtraiuop JiRonSV Hl l Nil Hank Atutlu
Vllorl lBk lI iil ll llllnlJiiijaltV1il
Catrllaiikotlloaiton
This epaco belongs
to
DB FENTIIESS
dealer In
DMOS MEDICINE8
and
General llerthandlie
WTiUT HOtlClL
Im U kasda Uk 5 > a > eld
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Vl > l < Mso
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Vf 11 II WiUvs Dtivuty
atokllM Iku 1
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MlTllii 0vfMC
< 1IAMIB BBSSSPJ Alir
MUIEAY McOQOTELL
Hare rocoirod and opened
their mammoth spring nnd sumintr aUeV ol
til Ind of Drew 1 ootid Gents FnrnislilDg Gooda Kotlons nd
Doots nnd Shoes
5S
lints and Caps Etc
0
Onr Stock of Now Goods in every department was never so large nnd well eo t d II
Wo show without doubt tho c
Ever brought to Hin Saba to which all ore cordially Invited to corns and lusaot
btock oud fcet prices
gjsa
OUK SfOCK OP
MiPaiz Kq lK
IAUPASAS AND BAN 8ADA
Frm Machinery
DnAIJEUS IH
Engines
Cultivlors
Gins nd Cotton Machinery Joha Dcoro TIowh
Cano Mills and yaporetors
BUCKEYE REAPER AND D0WN
BINDERS
Mitchell Wagons Hacks and Buggies Cassiday and GilpUi
Sulky Plcv New Model and Sweepstakes
Threshers etc etc etc
tVtVnr EXTBA PAKT8 KEPT IN STOCK 3 33
FOU riUCES ADDUESS LOW t LOWi
LAMlAgAS Oil BAN BABA
TOM WARD
J II IIALL
W K WAUD
IALL qq CO
Uave just received their NEW BPIUSQ BTOCK OF
Ajra
CTEEAL MEECHASIDISE
Which thoy tu selling fit
PBICES THAT ASTONISH THE KATIYES
Hour Ornln Feed nay and Groceries in bulk always in onr waretouw io fi t
be found anything from a spool W
qnantltios While lu Dry floods Dopwtmont can
thread to Bilks and laces of tho finest quality
T3ie Hardware Man
LAMPASAS AND COI1SICANA
BTAVWl
and wholosalo dealer In IIAI1DWAKE CUTLER
Manufacturers
WHEEiAWV
TINNEnS1 STOCK otc EAltLY BnEAKPAflT BTOVES
f
TOP MILL NAIL9 11UKKE1UIOFF 11AHBED WIKE LAFLIN UAND
POWDEIL j
100000 pn 4sEeaoa Wiro
ALWAYS IS BTOCK
Good sold to tho trade at Fao r pi THJRLBUT
tory Price frelsMaMed i > pft lSia House
Corner of nigh wd Wallace Streets PAN BAUA TKXA9
DEALXU IV
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Groceries
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