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

TEXAS NEws AND COMMENTS.
The Indian Commissioners left San An
tonic last Monday for Santa Rosa to accom-
plish, if possible, the removal Of the Kick
apOOs from that vicinity. The United
States government has refused to let the
captured Kickapoos return to Mexico. They
are TO be taken to Fort Gibson. This we
gather from the Express. During the late
tornado, rock, weighingeighteen pounds,
was blown from the top Of a chimney twen-
ty-fve yards. The same authority.
The Goliad Guard mentions the drowning
of Mexican in a slough near that place.
He had been East with a drove of horses
and had five hundred dollars on his person,
which was turned over to the coroner
A man by the name of Smith was killed
lately between Granbury and Fort Worth.
BE was a purchaser of cattle and killed,
doubtless, for his money. No clue as yet
to the assassins.
A negro man was killed at Gonzales, GO
ing into well, by the foul air.
Col. F. J. Malone reports to the ROckpOrt
Transcript, the prospect better than usual
for fat cattle this year. Grass on sandy
lands even is ten inches high. The abun-
dant rains have been great thing for the
stock region in the southwest.
There was heavy storm on last Monday
week at Victoria. Fences were blown
down and trees twisted off and the corn
crop injured.
The Brenham Banner will be enlarged
and improved about the first of July. It's
new material has arrived. Water melons
reported in the market there. Health of
the county good. 1t is thought the wet
weather. viii cut short the cotton crop one
half
A big corn crop is expected in Fannin
county, provided they can keep down the
weeds
House thieves are reported in Galveston.
Rooms are entered at night, and pockets ri
fed. Look out this warm weather
A half interest in the Texas Signet, at
Weatherford, is for sale. This is a temper
ance paper, of good size and appearance.
Lee Newton and R. J. Battle are the pres
ent proprietors.
The Ell Paso Sentinel says that five
Apache Indians made raid ON a train of
wagons, near the Muerto, and killed num-
Der of oxen and run off five horses. The
Sentinel denies being Republican paper
it is independent. Captain French has left
at the Sentinel Office fine specimen of coal
from his mine.
The Galveston News asserts the public
health of that city never better Every
precaution has been taken against yellow
fever. A new company of Zouaves is form
ing there-sixty have already enrolled.
The Denton Monitor says, we are in
formed that the Indians, after burning the
Steam Mill at Fort Sill and killing several
COW drivers, left the reservation few days
since.
The Decatur Advance Guard chronicles
the death of hen, which had lived to be
twelve years old and kept on laying to the
day of her death. That was some hen.
The editor of the Sulphur Springs Ca
zette, Mr.. Wortham, has arrived safely
home from Austin. He states the crops of
Hopkins county superior to any thing he
saw on the road home. The Gazette de-
servedly compliments the Hon. Mr.. Nelson,
the efficient member from that county. The
wheat crop of Hopkins is very fne-corn
and cotton also looking well.
The San Antonio Herald reports that the
noted Buck Costalitos, one of the number
captured by General Mckenzie has escaped.
He dug out under the ''Stockade, " leaving
his squaws behind him. He is supposed to
be making tracks for the Rio Grande after
the Indian Commissioners.
The Bastrop Advertiser hoists the name
of Colonel Geo. w. Jones for Governor.
They are to have a new depot in Ellis
county, on the Central Railroad for the
greater accommodation of the people in get
ting of their crops and getting off them
selves. The Commencement Exercises of
Marvin College, in that county, gave much
satisfaction.
Theodore Dorset, the murderer of Mar
cellus Speight at Bolivar Point in 1868 has
been arrested in Galveston.
Mr.. Killican Furguson, of Sherman, died
suddenly of appoplexy on the oath inst.
The Fort Worth Democrat reports the
weather favorable to farmers in that vicin-
ity. They are getting in their grain rap
idly.
Some cases of meningitis have occurred in
Denton.
Houston has been excited over the body
of dead infant, tied up in bag and
thrown into cistern, which turned out to
be dead dog. A ''sell, so called.
The courthouse Of Springfield was burned
last week by iacendiaries It was a very
good building valued at SIS, 900. The
bound books Of the District Clerks Office,
containing the record of deeds and other
land affairs, were saved. Other documents
and papers were lost. We regret to learn
that Judge Prendergast lost his valuable
law library valued at 80, OOO
A son of Mr.. J. D. Parks, near Melchin's
store, in Fayette county. died Of hydropho-
bia on the 10th inst. He was bitten slightly
on the hand by dog about five weeks pre-
.vious..
IcosnrUMcArED.
EDITORS Democratic Statesman