The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-08-28
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II. L. Parker and w. &. Carrow are promi-
nently spoken of for the Legislature in
Shelby county. 1t also thinks the nomina-
ton of Hon. A. J. Booty by the Demo-
cratic Convention a certainty.
The Gatesville Sua says Judge Coke win
be the choice OF the Nineteenth Senatorial
District.
The Washington county fair will COM
mence this year on the twenty-first day of
October.
The Hampstead Messenger says that cotton
worms are playing havoc with the cotton in
that section.
An unknown woman was on yesterday
brought to town 10y our fellow-citizens, w.
S. Chiffon and Sterling Smith, She was
captured near Mr. Chilton's place, aud when
taken, was in half nude condition. Her
face and arms were badly sun burnt. She
has light hair, gray eyes, is of small stature,
about twenty-fOur or twenty-five years old,
and had on her person when found, small
piece of soap, part of a box OF matches,
and part of bottle of snuff. She was seen
by number of persons in the northern part
of the county some three or four days ago,
going first one way and then another. She
gives no information concerning herself, in
fact, makes few answers to any questions.
She is now held by the county authorities
for further information concerning her.
State papers please make a NOTE Waco
Examiner.
The people of Galveston were entertained
with a regatta on the Goth inst.
The crops are fine in Bell county, worms
have not made their appearance.
The Waco AdDance proposes Major George
b. Erath as suitable candidate for State
Senator from Mcclellan county.
The Press says that in Montgomery coun-
tY the worms aIe destroying the cotton.
Planters did not get the poison in time.
The county of Clay, authorized by the
last Legislature, has been organized. Hen
rietta is the name of the county seat. Two
years ago there was not white settler in
the territory it covers.
A man supposed to be named William
ii. Skidmore was crushed to death by the
cars at Waco, on the sixteenth instant.
The Houston Mercury gives a favorable
resume of the health and prospects of Hous-
ton. The fall trade is already beginning to
make itself felt.
The Gladiator, published at Jcwett, says
that cotton worms are beginning To make
their appearance in that section.
The County Court of Harris county has
divided it into seventeen election precincts.
This will, if anything can, secure the full
vote of the county.
All the prisoners escaped from the Rusl
county jail few days since. The Hender-
son Times pronounces it shame, and says
the sheriff is grossly to be blamed.
While on his recent surveying expedition,
Capt j. E. Elgin, found little girl aged
about nine or ten years, that the Indians had
hung. When he found her, she was hanging
to a tree, about twenty miles west of Double
Mountain, in Young Territory. The birds
had picked her eyes out and had com
menced on other portions of her body.
From appearances she had evidently been
scalped before they hung her. All of her
hair was taken clean, excepting two small
locks of q light color. lie gave her n re-
spectacle burial, and marked the place on
his map, so that the grave can be easily found.
The captain informs us that the sectiOn-Of
country on the head waters of the Brazos
aud Colorado rivers is alive with Indians
1t is his opinion that they intend making an
extensive raid on the frontier at no distant
day West 1eeas Argus.
THE RIoT.-On Tuesday morning, the cit
liens of our town were much alarmed by the
appearance of our sheriff, ID. j. Blair, who
summoned every man in town to suppress
a riot four miles west of Yorktown; nearly
every citizen in this place turned out, some
Of them on foot and most of them without
arms, to obey the summons of the sheriff,
who left accordingly with a party of men to
the scene of action. 1t was reported that
Capt Joe TOmlinson was surrounded, at his
house, by force of thirty or forty men,
who threatened to attack him. When the
sheriff and his posse arrived ut Upper York
town, he was met by two distinct parties,
headed respectively by Joe TomlinsOn and
Wesley Hardin. All were well armed and
equipped. The sheriff was informed that
no public disturbance was intended by
either party, that the whole affair was of n
personal nature, that compromise had
been effected and that both wished to repair
to the county seat to draw up papers to
keep the peace, to which the sheriff agreed.
Thereupon the whole party consisting of
about one hundred men reached Clinton
about O'Clock p. NJ. All was peaceably
settled. The parties then dispersed. - CuerO
Star.
The machine shops of the M, X. and T.
Road are to bc removed to benson. They
are now at Junction City.
a man in Fayette county sets wolf traps
about his premises TO catch sewing machine
agents.
The Weatherford Times gives an account
of the murder of Mr.. Joel Hemphill by a
party of Indians between CastrOville and
Veal Station. While it is asserted that the
murderers were Indians, it is intimatcd that
some suspicion rests upon others.
The Corsicana OLse1vcr says that extern
sive preparations are being made by tho poo
pie of Navarro county, 10 make the fair this
year an eminent success.
We learn from the GAINESVILLE Times that
the following named gentlemen were elected
in Red River county as delegates to the
Austin Democntic State Convention:
Charles DeMorse, w. J. Swain, Oliver
G.. English, NJ. l.. Sims, John w. Vesey
w. ii. Dickson, John Watson. r. /. Moore,
r. r. Gaines, John Terry, II. II. Latimcr,
J. N. Norris, w. A. Shaw, James IT. Clark,
DIR. J. p Kelly, John ID. BloOdswortb, W.
E. Philly, VIM. II. Finley, John II. Beatty,
r. II. Rogers, r. J. Lee, T. L. Honea, J.
NJ. Duke, ID. +. Latimer, J. ii. Candle, N.
d. Kennedy, r. G. Lane.
They arc opening at Brownsville, direct
cattle trade with Havana. The steamer
TruxtOn on the fifteenth was loaded for that
port with cattle, mules and hOrses. There
will be no United States Court held there
the next regular term, Judge Morrill, being
in New Hampshire.
At Jewett, Leon county, they are putting
a new roof on their court house, also levying
special tax to build Jail, and the people
are grlImbling about the cost Don't grum-
BILE. Let the jail be good one and strong
enough Ia hold the criminals. The crops
arc iine-
At Galveston they are getting up picnics
and entertainments Tor the different
churches. The Catholics offer a prize for
the most popular young lady Of Galveston,
who Is 20 be voted Tor, We suppose, and