The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-07-03

infantry hase hn i.n elred 70 Eefl Dan.
good many senilcmen were Il San An
tonic late't. trying 20 get army contracts
for supplies. Some went away with long
faces, it Is said. The frc department 81
San Antonio win celebnte the coming
fourth Of July with picnic, at the San
Pedro springs.
st. Johns day Was celebrated by the
Pierce Lodge, at Calvert. A large audience
attended.
RObberies are going on at Columbus, on
the square and in the houses. It win not
do to get tiPsy and sleep on the square.
One ledger there was lightened to the
amount Of $500.
The East Texas Herald reports the mar
fiage of Senator billiard to Mrs. S. NJ. r.
Prayther, both of Cherokee county. We
congratulate our bachelor friend in having
secured blooming and lovely widow to
comfort him the rest of his life, and make
up for lost opportunities.
Figs are abundant at Rockport, also, the
stOmachache. We would risk the latter if
ours were ripe, but the late fros. killed the
early ones. Small cribs for babies are said
to be in great demand at Roclpors. Has
this anything to do with fgs9 We get our
information from the Transcript good
paper.
Cleburne has had one of those sterrifc
storms, the like of which was never remem-
bered before, and will be forgotten again,
when the next one comes. No one hurt.
A festival there yielded $115 60.
At Goliad they are catching large catfish
in the San Antonio River The cotton crop
is looking well. Vegetables are abundant.
At Indianola, they contemplate celebrat-
ing. the 4th of July by an excursion to
Cuero on the railroad. Watemelons are
plentiful there. The MasOns have purchased
building, which they intend to enlarge
and make fine Masonic hall.
A Mexican reported to the Two Eagles
that band of Indians came to the Rio
Grande, about forty miles above Laredo, but
on account of high water, could not get
across to go a raiding. Thanks to the late
rains and the Rio Grande. A young Mexi-
can from Colorado, who had been attending
the public school at Laredo, was drowned
while bathing in the river. His name was
Margarito Benavides.
Dallas claims a population of eight thou
sand 1t has Real Estate and Building
Association. The Daily Herald is very
handsome paper and seems to be in very
fourishing condition. The people of Dali
las are enterprising and advertise literally.
We wish we could say as much for our
people.
The people of Sherman and Denison, we
are told, are at swords point about their re-
spective cities The newspaper squabbles
are tart enough, but these convey no idea of
the state of feeling. 1t is said there is
danger of collision at any time. Keep cool
gentlemen-tlme will settle the question
'the longest poll will knock down the per
simmons"
The Jefferson Board of Trade is declared
to be success by the Democrat They are
getting up a boat race on the Lake-four en-
tries already. The local editor has found
somewhere a strong smell of sulphur. May
it save him from stronger smell hereafter
They have ten candidates for sheriff in
Fannin county, where Bob Taylor lives
Any need for convention in that county9
The Sulphur Springs Gazette says Colonel
Nelson will probably be a candidate for re-
election to the Legislature. He made a
very good member of the last.
The fragment of an old tooth was found
lately on Beckner's Creek, in Fayette
county, weighing about three pounds
When whole, it is supposed that it would
have weighed six or eight pounds. The re-
mains of a mammoth, or some other large
animal, are thought to be in the vicinity.
A colored man, named Caesar, was drowned
crossing Pine Oak Creek on horseback. An
EngIishman, named Pollard, either COM
mitted suicide or was murdered near High
Hill. He had lately separated from his
wife.
! The Tyler Reporter compliments the Hon.
o. N. Hollingsworth as a candidate for the
Office of Superintendent OF Public In
struction.