The Bosque Citizen
Feb 19, 1888
Walnut
Russell and Pesterfield last Friday exchanged their
livery stable and outfit
for the farm of Tom Hammons near Walnut. The consideration
expressed for the
farm was $1,000. Mr. Hammons takes charge of the stable
immediately and Mr.
Pesterfield is to take carge of the Hammon's farm
for the coming year. But
Sam Moore objects to any other bachelor than himself
locating in that
vicinity and declares Pesterfield must marry before
he can even sew oats.
Pesterfield is now hunting a wife.
Captain Morrison and Rev. J. P. Greel? last week bought
500 acres of the
Kelly Survey. They got it at a bargain.
Constable Maggard has about recovered from a fall received
while snow
balling.
The epidemic of marriages that prevails in Texas is
skipping Walnut. The
girls and widows are informed that the following named
gentlemen get their
mail here: W.W. Pearce, Sam Moore, W.S. George, Joe
Philpott, Ed L Parr and
C.E. Pesterfield. These gentlemen must be married
by June 1st next or
immigrate.
Kopperl
Miss Lizzie Caruthers who has been in Hillsboro during
the illness of her
sister at that place has returned to her home in Kimball.
It is reported that Miss Lee Moxey is on the sick list
this week.
Their friends learn that E.E. Hadson and Jack Brock
got badly lost in
getting from Meridian to the depot the other night
and they waked up and
called out into the sleet and snow several citizens
along the road.
Announcements
James M Robertson, of the firm of Jenkins and Robertson
was admitted to the
practice of law Monday in the District Court.
George Scrutchfield and C.S. Hayes who were bondsmen
for John Nail under the
charge of murder in McLennan county have succeeded
in arresting Nail and
have landed him in jail in Waco.
Nail is the man who was recently reported killed by
assasins near Valley
Mills. The report was generally believed but the bondsmen
recently got on
his track by a letter written by Nail to a girl at
the Valley. They followed
the girl and arrested Nail at Cisco when he was about
ready to leave for
California.