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Show Hero or Itloivliarii. Pkntox, Tex., Sept. 12.-Special.-Ou a hotel register in this city may bo soon written iu a plain hand writing, "Big-foot" Wallace. While tho chirog-rapby chirog-rapby would not draw any particular attention, the individual himself has a crowd of listeners who gather about him in front of the hotel every evening to hear bis stories of adventure and hair breadth escapes. IIo claims to be "Big-foot" Wallace, the noted scout and Indian fighter, who has probably killed more Mexicans and Indians than any man now living, ami who was a first lieutenant in Jack Hay's famous Texas regiment during the Mexican war, and was at the storming of Monterey, as well as in tho other engagements en-gagements which that regiment of hard lighters took part. Prior to the Mexican war Lieut. Wallace Wal-lace took part in tho ill-fated Mier expedition, ex-pedition, under tho gallant Cameron, drawing a white bean when that brave little band was decimated at Salatlo, Mexico, and afterward being imprisoned impris-oned with his surviving comrades in the castle of Perats and at the City of Mexico. He is a native of Rockbridge county, Va., but his lift) since cany manhood has been spent on the Texas frontier. Probably no man ever looked death in the face oftcner than has "Big-foot" "Big-foot" Wallace, and never was he seen to blanch or quail, He is here iu attendance on tho district dis-trict court, being a witness in tho case of R. P. Feedham et al vs E. Day, the plaintiffs who claim to be heirs of Win. C. Wallace, his cousin, who was killed at the Goliad massacre, and who are suing for tho possession of a 040-at re tract of land lying in tho southwestern part of this county, near Denton. |