Give Thanks. Their Own Game and Building a Negras Across the River from and to Become a Legitimate Triumphantly on His Grave
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1100 Hamilton Herald-News TThursday,hursday, NNovemberovember 119,9, 22020020 HHN short and need to go up?” asked councilman George Beard. THIS WEEK IN TEXAS HISTORY Council “I feel like we are,” Polster From page 5 replied. “We need somebody pro- Smartest outlaw makes a dumb mistake nization had hoped to have com- fessional to do this.” pleted before the next youth fair. Slone asked if there were oth- er companies that offer this ser- lor-made chaps with a crimson and in June 1876 he arrested a hand, and within months the She said issues with wir- ing and repairs as well as fewer vice, and Polster said he would By Bartee Haile waist sash. Wearing a buckskin nine members of the Fisher deputy was in charge after his broaden his search. jacket with gold embroidery, he gang in a raid on the Pendencia. host ran afoul of the law he events because of the pandemic Determined to succeed have depleted funds but HCJLA “Forty-five thousand is a lot topped off the expensive ward- Tying the prisoners to their sad- was supposed to enforce. The of money for someone to come where his predecessor had has helped with expenses. robe with a white sombrero also dles for the ride to Eagle Pass, reformed rustler was assured tell us we’re losing money,” failed, Texas Ranger Capt. Lee “Also, we have a contingent trimmed in precious metal and the Ranger warned Fisher’s of election when voters went to Slone said. Hall arrested King Fisher on featuring a gold snake hatband. new bride that any attempt at the polls in 1884. plan for the stock show,” she said, in case it is canceled be- “My goal is to get someone to five counts of murder on Nov. On his hips Fisher carried a rescue would result in the death During a visit to Austin tell us what the rates should be,” 19, 1877. Had the smartest out- cause of the pandemic. matching pair of silver-plated of her husband. in March of that year, Fisher Polster said. - City Administrator Ryan law in the Lone Star State final six-shooters with ivory handles. But McNelly was upstaged bumped into fellow gunman The council tabled the item ly run out of luck? Polster presented reports for More than mere ornaments, the by a slick lawyer, who secured Ben Thompson, who as usu- and asked Polster to check out Seven years earlier, Fisher Hamilton Chamber of Commerce pistols enabled the ambidex- the release of his clients before al was in the mood to party. more companies that provide this entered the state penitentia- they set foot in jail. After turn- Although he rarely drank, on on hotel-motel tax and Hamilton trous gunfighter to dispense Economic Development service. ry to do a five-year stretchdeath for with both hands. ing Fisher loose, the captain of- this occasion Fisher imbibed in - housebreaking. But the gov- Corporation. The council approved financ Although Fisher felt blood- fered him a few choice words of a daylong binge which ended ing of the new asphalt zipper ernor took pity on the 16 year Polster also recommended shed was bad for business, wisdom. late that night in San Antonio. through BanCorp South, rejected old inmate and granted him a procuring NewGen Strategies he never backed away from a “You’ve won every bout A sober Fisher would have all bids for towing services for full pardon after four months and Solutions to study water and fight. He once caught a trio ofwith the law up to now,” con- never agreed to step inside the Hamilton Police Department; behind bars. sewer rates, but the item died for Mexicans stealing a horse from ceded McNelly, “but finally very gambling house, where appointed Linda Catoe to replace None too happy to see the lack of a second. his corral. After one thief fool- you’ll lose one and that one will Thompson had killed the McInnis on the Hamilton County teenaged troublemaker back Polster explained that the ishly fired in his direction, he be for keeps. You could make a proprietor two years before. Appraisal District Board and on the streets so soon, Goliad company would charge $45,000 grabbed the assailant’s gun and good citizen. You’d also make Associates of the dearly depart- - authorities kept a close eye on for a three-year contract to re- Justin Slone to fill McInnis’ posi killed all three. a nice corpse.” ed arranged an ambush in their tion on the Main Street Board of the budding badman. Knowing view the city’s water rates and In another fabled fracas, Ironically, Capt. McNelly honor and on cue cut down the Directors; and amended McInnis’ the slightest slip-up would land use its engineering expertise to Fisher single-handedly slew beat the outlaw to the hereaf- famous gunslingers with a bar- signatory cards for the city. him back in prison, the youth determine whether or not the rev- four more foes. Braining the ter, when he died of tubercu- rage of bullets. Polster said 11 applications went west in search of a fresh enue over expenditures margins first with a branding iron, helosis the next September. The Many Texans mourned have been reviewed for the chief start. are appropriate. shot the rest before they could Ranger that took his place con- the untimely passing of King of police department, and three Fisher found just that in “It’s not going to get any bet- clear leather. It did not take tinued the campaign to clean up Fisher and cursed the cowards of four chosen for further review the no-man’s-land between the ter,” Polster said. “Inflation keeps many such episodes for him to the border badlands by filing 21 who nipped his new life in the have submitted personal history Nueces and the Rio Grande, going up, and we are keeping the rank among the fastest guns in separate charges, including five bud. Not everyone, however, statements. He said background where the wild inhabitants lived same rate. We need that margin Texas. for murder, against the best- shared that sentiment. checks will be conducted, then a - to buy equipment and protect our by their wits and trigger fin Fisher hobnobbed with the dressed outlaw. For years the mother of a fu- public interview before selection gers. As a cowboy, he learned city.” high and mighty cultivating the Fisher was in and out of gitive killed by the sure-shoot- of a new chief. to outthink and outshoot the friendship of politicians and court for six years but eventual- ing deputy appeared at the “So you’re saying we are competition, Mexican bandits even a future dictator. Prior ly beat every rap. While a guest Uvalde cemetery on the anni- that preyed on the isolated cat- to seizing power in Mexico, of the taxpayers for five months versary of her son’s death. She tle ranches. By the mid-1870’s, Porfirio Diaz often dined within the Bexar County Jail, he re- would build a fire over the re- he was beating the rustlers at the border boss in Piedras solved to turn over a new leaf mains of King Fisher and dance Give thanks. their own game and building a Negras across the river from and to become a legitimate triumphantly on his grave. private empire known as “King Eagle Pass. Fisher’s connec- rancher. So complete was the “Unforgettable Texans” Fisher’s Territory.” tions with influential officials conversion that he sold his in- on sale for reduced price of Send us 30 words about what you’re The King was the picture time and again foiled efforts toterest in a saloon and regularly $20.00. Mail your check to thankful for this season. of frontier success. Always bring him to justice. attended religious revivals. Bartee Haile, P.O. Box 130011, dressed fit to kill, he sported But Capt. Leaner McNelly The sheriff at crime-infest- Spring, TX 77393. the finest linen shirts and- taicould not be bought or bullied, ed Uvalde asked Fisher to lend [email protected] Let’s Talk About … WATER RATES as (the number of gallons of wa- ter used by the customer) X (the WATER RATES FOR PURCHASERS FROM UPPER LEON RIVER MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT By Karla Werkman rate per 1000 gallons). The num- ber of gallons used per customer Residential Residential Commercial Commercial Average Square Population INSIDE OUTSIDE INSIDE OUTSIDE Monthly Miles (Utility policies, procedures, is determined on the 15th of each and rates have changed over month by reading the water me- Base Usage Base Usage Base Usage Base Usage Water Bill For time to address changing condi- ters. The rate per 1,000 gallons Fee (per 100 Fee (per 100 Fee (per 100 Fee (per 100 Residential is $5.40 for both Residential and tions in our city. This is the fifth gallons) gallons) gallons) gallons) Inside in a series of articles written to Commercial Inside the city limits, and $7.99 per 1,000 gallons for Hamilton 40.00 0.54 57.50 0.799 50.00 0.54 72.50 0.799 $65.62 3.53 3012 alleviate any misunderstandings Dublin 48.16 1.11 69.13 1.34 63.38 1.13 84.35 1.36 $67.53 3.6 3553 or confusion about those chang- both Residential and Commercial es and to dispel the misinforma- Outside the city limits. Base Fee includes 3000 tion frequently posted on social Each month, a Billing gallons media.) Register is generated listing the DeLeon Base Fee 39.93 1.04 55.11 1.42 46.46 2.07 63.28 2.07 $58.08 2.1 2198 charges for every active utility When a utility account is includes 3000 gallons opened, the charge for water is account and summaries of each of the services (water, garbage & Comanche 31.39 0.947 < 31.70 0.956 < $57.39 4.5 4197 determined by use (Residential Base fee includes 2000 10,000; 10,000; or Commercial) and by location sewer) for that month.