Posted on: San Saba Co., TX Queries<br> with Automated Mailing List Posting Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Tx/SanSaba/10694 Surname: ------------------------- I have copies of some pages from the San Saba News that I am posting to this page. I made the copies of these various articles because somewhere on the page was a mention of my own ancestors/relations. Please do not send me queries to ask if I have more. I will post everything that I have on this message board. The San Saba News is on microfilm at the San Saba library. All is quoted as written, spelling, run-on sentences and all! >From the San Saba News September 3, 1897 [the top of this page is cut off, but the first column is from the section re: China community] / ...there were quite a number from a distance out Sunday. There was dinner on the ground, services morning, evening and night. There will be services morning and night until the following Sunday. George Brown has returned from Dublin. Neal Brown is at home on a visit, and was out Sunday shaking hands with his many friends. Mrs. Haney, of Danville, Ark., _____[damaged - probably says "visiting"] her daughter, Mrs. S. McCarley. Miss Josie McCarley has returned from her visit to Ark. Johnie Gauny, Jr., met her at Goldthwaite Saturday night. A marriage license was procured and they were immediately married and returned home Sunday morning. Best wishes are extended. We are ready for the next. Miss Alice Walker is visiting friends on the Creek. S. C. McCarley has dug a cistern and is building two chimneys to his residence. Last Thursday morning, the Rangers arrested Bill Ogle, charged with the murder of Jim Brown four years ago. A goodly number of our citizens are witnesses in the case. Melica Man. -- Fresh Lime At my home on Wallace Creek, 10 miles from San Saba, at 75 cts. per barrel, or at D. Low's at San Saba at $1.25 per barrel. I do all kinds of masonry or rock work. I furnish materials, plans and specifications for rock buildings. Jas. Sharp -- [an excerpt from another community "report," but the column head is cut off my copy] / ...the Episcopal Church and their invited friends. They would gladly entertain at their socials more than these but they have not the means to do so. Every family attending is supposed to bring with them a cake, half a dozen lemons and ten cents to pay for the ice and sugar needed. The ladies of the Church Guild wish publicly to tender their cordial thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Cline for contributing so much to the success of the last most enjoyable social. T. O'Connell -- [graphic of cow with "OL" brand] W. L. Bannister, breeder of Galloways and dealer in Livestock. Bulls for sale. San Saba, Texas [end of photocopy] [end of the page I have for this date]