The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-06-26
TEXAS NEWS.
CLEANING, from all the Texas Papsrs.

which may be seon stopping LOT
might or day, at almost every ;o*n
and cross roads in Texas, The red
Indians don't do all the deviliry per-
petra,ed in the couniry.-Da'fas
W,raid,
Mr.. Russell DeArmoud re,ires
from The editorial chair Of that excel
lent paper, the McKiaucy enquirer
aud is succeeded by Nj aohn H.
bingham.
The Enquirer says that Mrs. Mat.
tie Bounds was recently thrown from
a horse near Weston, in Collin e0un-
ty, dislocating one Of her arms near
the elbow and wrist.
The Enquirer also states that tho
Indians bivoaaced around Fort Cobb
arc said to be getting very restless,
and trouble with them is feared
The Tyler Reporter states that
l'radlcys Grand Illuminated Tsb-
lcaus is a hmnhug
Sam peehorl, freedman was
waylaid and murdered, on tho 9th
inst IN Cherokee county. The OBJ
server says
Sam was well known in this com
munlty rs quiet, pcaccable, work
lag freedman, very respectful to his
supcriors, and ohcdient to his en-
ploycr, his murder cscites the in
dignity Of our entire community, who
are determined, IL possible the muir.
dorer shall be fcrrcttcd ont, and pros
ecuted to the extent of the law.
The editor of the Paris Nindicator
must let that white mule alone
white mule is his pct name for
whisky Radicalism, woman $ rights,
that omLraccs all eolors, A" from snowy
white to sooty," united with bad
whiskey, will be the death of him.
The following arc his closing remarks
to contemporary. His condition is
evident;
at requires skull--a good deal OF
skull. oh my friend you have SO
much Of that article We envy youl
We are overmatched You will
never die Of water on the brain; bu:
you may exit with whisky on tho
skull
With hicl' between each SEN
tcnoe, the picture is perfect. Try it
The Brazos Signal of the l3tl
says
On last Saturday the freight train
coming up met with an accident
which threw five ears of the track
utterly wrecking two Of them, and
OBTAINING the passenger train going
down, uatil Sunday.
The Columbus Times OF the 1911
inst, says:
4 The weather continues warm anC
dry, the streets disagrccably dusty
the garden and corn crops burning
up.
Tho Denton Monitor has the fol
lowing interesting item
passed through this place On en- Tor ~,
to his home in Comanchc county,
Texas, having with him his itilc son
some ten or twelve years of age, re-
comfy bought from the Indians by
the government agents This little
boy was captured from his home last
July, and has remained with the say.
hses ever since. The agents paid
the handsome price Of five hundred
dollars for him. Only Few weeks
since a gentleman passed through
our town with his little laughter,
rescued in like manner, only at a
greater price.
Major ]. W Flanagan, Of Rusk,
who favored sl5 pen day to thc msD.
bors of the "scalawag Convention,
u reported 70 have said, that the per
dion came ont of tho "rebcl tax Day
eFst and that for his part he liked to
handle such funds Gov. Ilamil.
ton reminded him that This was not
christian spirit. That reminds Us
OF the negro stealing chickens, who
to similar remark, said " OATS a
great moral question, which | mint
time to discuss. Hand us another
pallct eff dc roost." We don't sun.
pose he cared much where the money
came from.
The editor Of the Henderson Times
gives an account of u double hens
egg, or an egg within an egg.
The Bryan Nexs Letter counts. in
Houston, 500 Generals, 1000 Colo.
ncls, $500 Majors, and 5000 Can.
talns. The remainder of the male
adult population is divided about
equally between Judges and Doctors.
The wool growers Of Bell, William.
son, and Milan counties are to meet
at Circleville, in Williamson, on the
18th, to consider what course TO pur.
sue at the State Sheep Breeders and
Wool Growers Convention at Austin,
on tho LIST Of mex. month.
MELANCHOLY DRowSISo.-.On
last Wednesday two young girls 4 |
Miss Griffin aud Miss Coxtfcy. about |
II and l2 years Of age, were bathing |
in the Colorado river, some six or |
seven miles below Austin, when be. |
coming alarmed by approaching foot. |
steps, they hastily got into deop
water, and, most sad to relate, both
were drowned. The body of Mis-,
''r'f'in was found, but up to yester. |
day no discovery had been made Of
Miss costley. --Assfin Gesene.
LARGE PorAro.--Mr. G. "
Crockett has left at the Argus Office.
an Irish potato weighing one pound
u was grown upon his farm ten
miles southwest Of town, and is. he
'is'fns, only specimen Of bushels
y Others Of his crop. Ho promises
nat II this is beaten, he will take