Galveston Daily News Sat., 26 January 1878, p. 2, c. 4 "Mischief to Pay in Milam - Nearly Everybody in the County Indicted for Something" Rockdale, Jan. 25 - The Rockdale Co-operative Association, composed of nearly all the Grangers in the county, have been indicted for dealing in tobacco without a license. They took out license in the name of their association, when it appears that each members name should have been given. The ignorant has no mercy for the law is the way they quote a familiar legal maxim here now. Some three hundred indictments have also been issued by the county attorney, for this county for the non- payment of the dog tax due on the 1st. The dog men say it is conspiracy on the part of the officials to secure the $10 in each case, as the matter was kept quite till the indictments were put in circulation. At present the signs are good for a worse dog war than was had in the House when Shack Roberts wanted the bill amended so as to exempt the dogs of all widows, orphans and every other man. A large pigeon roost near here has been the resort of promiscuous sportsmen for the past week. Thousands of them are murdered every night, but still they come. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Lynna Kay Shuffield P. O. Box 16604 Houston, Texas 77222 telephone: 713/692-4511 e-mail: friday@argohouston.com ---My webpages--- 'Our Loose Ends' Genealogy Column by Lynna Kay Shuffield http://www.geocities.com/lks_friday/COLUMN-001.htm 'My Loose Ends' Family Tree Database by Lynna Kay Shuffield http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/igm.cgi?db=friday Note above URL wraps around onto the next line, cut & paste it onto the end of the first line in the 'location box' on your browser. 'Milam County War Dead Project' http://www.geocities.com/lks_friday/ County Coordinator for the Milam County TXGenWeb http://www.geocities.com/milamco/ County Coordinator for the San Jacinto County TXGenWeb http://www.geocities.com/lks_friday/SANJAC-01.htm TX-CEMETERY-PRESERVATION http://www.geocities.com/lks_friday/CEMETERY-001.htm