The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-05-27
Ieyas Items

' y -A''"eRsSh, 1exas) Of the lpt
inst, says "T 10Th
There s''sa.s 10 be QUITE trade going on ;r.,
II. . tne "'1oe: iine Large numbers of teams w"
through our town daily, heavily loaded viii, t'aa Pas
route TOR the country above. This is one of @"A en-
Signs That the spirit Of improvement has not entirs
u'ea out IN The country and shows, too that soms y
our people have something left wherewith to purchS
other things than the mere necessities of life. ''s
The Bryan News Letter gives the FOLLOWING !,
our 4oSefnnlent seems to be apng the tolies en nd
vices of iced and Liberty" friends 40 !, a aug
the people too are following the same illns,rio '7
ampes, SINGH things rs this narrated in the New
ter being common in TINT paradise of greusers. De'
We learn that the stage from Wage TO this plsra =.
Tuesday night last, Was attacked aea7 Green Bro~P
store, short distance this side If Sterling The
contained two gentlemen one lady and two chn5.oe
and their escape unhurt is almost snisacle a.
'rhots were fred by the robbers The driver ni,s
presence Of mind and courage truly cou,mendb, wig
whip to the horses and dashed away at furous pa
leaving the bandits in the luEch Two of tho t%~S4
shot, bat the nsbe animals at full snn1 s
til their load Of sman freight had safely r,nct M
next station. Only two Of the attacking nar,r tae
SEEM although from the different iireciiaus ar veg
SHOOTING others were undoubtedly in anbp.h u Tue
On tie 9TH inst, three thousand acres of I,
sold in Brenham at prices hanging from twelve s e
half cents to six dollars and seventy cents no, e
The Brazos Signal reports the killing Of > No..
near Stafford 8 FOlntrsR lev Gays ago, He we, o.
over by the railroad cars N
The Waco Examiner says Mr.. Edison, of thu. ,..-
is now ut work steamboat for the nayieat;ou
the BraSos between WACO and Dyer's nlt Hbovo " vi
Marlin Falls below, making the aggregate s2or, o o44
hundred miles The boat will be done in sbout u Wit,
months This shows that enterprise is still! alira ~
Texas
The Jefferson Times, Of the 2Oh inst, saws.
improvements rapidly progressing in ererv,,-
,;on az .it and DlIlaa and iuat;, Pft'
literally lined with brick, mortar and lumber a "s
swarming with intelligent and industrious rpecbs,ioo
under whose manpnlations the various srlcturso =.
course of erection are progressing most rapidly Rv
fall the burnt district will be entirely covered win,
substantial and imposing edifces.
Shooting in Devis Coataty.-Qn Friday last sboo,
ing affair took place in Davis county resulting in dan.
gerously wounding Mr.. D. H. Richardson, of UDsbn,
county, brother of J. A. Richardson of this plsco
Mr. r. was teaching a neighborhood school, and bsv
ing OCCASION to correct one Q his pupils the child Of
a Mr.. Wyatt, he was attacked By the father and al,
of his pupil by the latter of whom he was sio, in be
thigh, nhcting a dangerous, if not fatal wound
Scenes of bloodshed Ey far two frequent in Our
State and we long for the day when they shall he SUP
pressed .'--.>-'-
The Trinity Advocate reports that the body off,
Young man named r. X p. Able, was found near Aar
noa, in Anderson county, few days since It is
supposed that he murdered for three or fout hun
bred dollars which he was in the habit OF carrying in
his boot.
The journal of Civilization is the title of neat and
weE filed paper just received from Paris, Lamar
county, 1t says its course will be independent, and
that it will particularly devote itself to the develop
ment of the material resources of the State.
Fhe San Antonio Herald says Mr.. Walker, of Aas
cosa county, killed recently bya man named Mont
gomery, near Lockhart.
The Houston Demacra., Of Saturday, has the fol.
lowing:
The trial of George W. Baylor, set for YESTERDAY
vas continued over till to-day. There seems gress
difficulty in securing jury. Twentysx have been
examined and two retained, while there was only one
peremptory challenge on either side. The trial will
go to- day if jury Can be secured
We clip the following from the Sherman Courier o.
the eth:
Flre.-Qn Wednesday night last the jal at this
place fired by some person. not positively known
ANA burned. This must have been the act Of an in.
cendiary as the fire first discovered IN the roof
No person in Jail at the time, and no other damages
done. Suspicion attaches to s soldie- Eaned Miller
from the following circumstances: Les. Sect had
threatened to put him in Jail, when afterwards the sol.
der WAS heard to say he would burn the damned old
Jail" On the night of the fire he bought bo1ot
matches and swore he would burn the aii: He thsa
away bTt afterwards returned and called up the
of whom he bad bought the atches and TOLD him
to get up the damned old Jail was on fire" He a..
get up and see the Jail burn. He is snder arrest
and in irons. We give this statement we get itcl
the street corners, not knowing whether it is
or not. This much do know, however, the jaIh
burned.
We take the following items frpm the He1s.e:ss
Times of the 22d:
We learn that three men, fnamcs not given), mrr
dercd in Houston county for bis money few
days since, and Immediately took to flight Tbey
pursued and overakcn in the souh part Of this county
on Monday last. Two Of the nurderers SURRENDERED,
the other resisted and was killed. The vigilance
with Hhirh mprdcrers pursued in Texas of laeis
such as to give bnt little hope Of escape It spesk
well for our people
A marked improvement is Observable IN fac public
tone since the meeting of the last term Of the District
Court in this comuunitv. 1t was not the amount Of
business done, or tie number of ofiruie-s sunShed
which We are indebted fer this improvement, but be-
the fact vas demonstrates that courts are not
an end and that the great mass of the people Of RRk
county ares abiding and ready to insist On il
torcement. We have III our midst few reckless
characters, who have been bent on mischief, but they
are thoroughly checked, and trust they will become
good citizens aud ornaments to society.
We glad to have this testimony of the Times, to
the salutary lesson OF holding court in Rusk. The
good name of that county should not suffer from
few reckless characters If courts can be had it is
easy for any honest communty to get rid of suchnen,
but, if they cannot then the power Of might sdcuby
strong when it ia armed in the RIGHT