Posted on: San Saba Co., TX Queries<br> with Automated Mailing List Posting Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Tx/SanSaba/10705 Surname: ------------------------- >From the San Saba News December 2, 1898 [unknown neighborhood "report"] Naman Hunt, son of W. C. Hunt, died of fever Saturday evening. Naman was a young man of 19 or 20 years of age. He had been sick for several weeks with fever and had at one time almost completely recovered, but he ate an apple that gave him a back set which resulted in death. The funeral was held at the residence at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon and the burial was at the Odd Fellows Cemetery. -- China Currents. Charlie McCormick has returned to China. Mr. Hubbert has moved from the Creek to the river near town. China school has fifty enrolled and new pupils coming every day. Young Pierce has rented Jeff McCarty's farm. Guy Shoemake has rented Geo. Brown's place on China. Rufus McCarley has returned home. Bert Bleak. -- Lower Cherokee. November 27th John Boguard and Miss Francis Stafford were married. Rev. W. R. Alexander performed the ceremony. The gin at Bend has put up 311 bales this season. L. H. Deaton has moved into the Espy house at Bend. Tom Holls has bought the Lee Means place at Bend. Tom Gage has a 13 inch ear of corn. -- Zeb Roger's Monument. The Rogers Camp of Ex-Confederate veterans of San Saba will unveil the Roger's monument on the 3rd of DEcember. -- Cherokee Locals. Some have just finished sowing wheat. The frost singed the wheat and rye just coming up. Some rain fell here but not as much as on the San Saba river. Dr. John Dailey and wife have moved to Kimble county. Dr. Jim Daily [sic] has gone to the Neuces canon [sic] to sharpen up the teeth of the stockmen out there so that they can eat tought beef and pick spare ribs during killing time. N.K. Finley who built the monument and put it up over the grave of Zeb Rogers, at Richland Springs, went hom elast Saturday after getting pay for his work. Mr. George Whitt, one of our prosperous young farmers, has built a nice house, and gone to housekeeping in earnest. Last Sunday he led to the altar Miss Lula Johnson, daughter of John Johnson, who lives on Salt Branch. The sweet and amiable disposition of Miss Lula insures happiness for that household. Gordon Walker and Hill & Walker, the gin men, have attached to the gin a corn crusher. It crushes and grinds to powder corn, cobs and shucks, and this makes for a stock feed that con not be equalled. They grind for the public as well as G. G. Walker's feed pens. Frontier. -- Sloan. Considerable damp weather prevailed last week with but little rain. Small grain is beginning to show itself. The young people had singing at H. W. Ellis's last Sunday night. Several of our people are away courting at the county seat this week. [end of photocopy]