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In the upscale neighborhood along the 1600 block of Griffith Avenue, one home — a two-story, 142-year-old farmhouse — appears out of place and frozen in time.
Ephram Layton faces first-degree murder and attempted murder charges connected to the Wednesday night shooting at the Exotic Smoke Shop in Matteson. A second gunman remained at large.
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Matteson police are investigating a shooting Wednesday night in a village shopping center that left an 18-year-old man dead and a second wounded.
mint when he routed the rebellion against another state of mexico that was revolting against central rule. and when he did that he looted the men, used that money to finance his war into texas to crush the other rebellious state of texas, and presumably had $12,000 with him at the time of san jacinto. you know, for payment of the troops. so picture this battlefield. the cabinets walk around. they're divvying up this money. all the mexicans are laying dead. and robert triplett was all the way almost to the louisiana border. he was across the natchez river when he got the news from a p...
now, once the government faith was pledged, there's a variety of notes which begin to appear. this was gonzales, the 28th of november of 1835. and look at the serial number. serial number 1. the first obligation of texas. three days. please pay to the order of andrew-uponton the sum of $100 to pay expenses incidental on procuring supplies for the volunteer army of texas. signed by matthew caldwell. ponton was the treasurer of the municipality of gonzales. they were diverting money that had been paid in land dues toward the war effort. this is an iou by the provisional government to t...