Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1884 — First Bale of New Cotton. [ARTICLE]

First Bale of New Cotton.

A special from Houston, Tex., says: Tho first bale of the new cotton crop was received to-day. The cotton was grown by Dr. R. L. Harris at Pettsville, Fort Bend County. The bale weighed 370 pounds and classed low middling. A second new bale was shipped to-day from Cicero, De Witt County, consigned to a cotton factor in this city. It was grown by C. H. Amecke & Son, Ameckeville, De Witt County. Thus for six successive years the first bale of new cotton in the United States has been produced in Texas and shipped to Houston. Reports from all sections of the cotton belt state that the cotton crop, though fully two weeks late, is in splendid condition. Arrest of Notorious Horsethieves. . [Dallas (Tex.) dispatch.] To-day a Trinity River-bottom officer succeeded in capturing Robert, alias “Sonny” Mosely, William Mosely, and James Gilliland, alias Briggs, notorious horsethieves. They have been operatiug in Northern and Western Texas and Indian Territory for the last two years, and have been constantly pursued by officers. At the time of their arrest they had a contract to deliver 100 horses to a party in Louisiana. This led to their arrest. Robert Mosely, chief of the gang, is 24 years odd, has been engaged in horse-stealing for twelve years, and is one of the most daring iu Northwest Texas.