The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-08-21

hostile demonstration on the part OF Somc
thirty Saragossa Mexicans, who were ca
deavoring q prevent the anticipated depart
ure % the Indians The Indians demanded
protection Of Col Montero, who proceeded
at once with about thirty Indians and a de
tachment of Mexican soldiers to the camp OF
the hostile Mexicans. They fed immedi-
ately.
The Commissioners may request an escori
Of American troops TO protect the Indians on
their trip through Mexican territory to the
point on the Rio Grande, where they pro
pose to cross over on their road to the Res
ervation, but this request viii not be
granted unless the consent Of the Mexican
Government Is first obtained.
Gen. Mackenzie Is of the opinion that
the KickaPoOs and POttaTatOmies will be
removed without difficulty, q consumma-
ton which viii much facilitate the removal
Of the more hostile Mescalercs and Iipans.
SON Aatoni0 Express.
The railroad is completed from nine
miles from Jefferson to Texarkana. So saws
the Tribune. 1t also says that the Cairo
and Fulton road win be completed to Full.
ton by the first of September.
Two hundred and thirty car loads of cat
tie were ship from this point over the Mis-
/
from the first to the tenth inst. This is a
short item but good one.-Denison Hs.cs.
Coryelle county has instructed its dele.
gates to vote for Judge Coke for Governor.
The Galveston people are beginning to
display considerable feeling IN the building
of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Rail
road Not only in Galveston, but along
the projected line of the road, the people
are waking up to the benefits to be derived
from such an enterprise.
BY special to the Houston Aercurv VIC
learn that heavy fire occurred in
Calvert on the morning of the six
teenth. The losses occasioned bv the
fire were rs follows: Cook g. Teaoar.
den, loss $15, 000-insured for $4,000: La.
ard & Co., loss SO, O0O-insured fully.
brennan &c Randolph, $4OOO-fully insured
James Wick, $1500-fully insured; Ball &
Brother, $500-fully insured. Total los.
estimated at $32, 600.
There was heavy rain and storm at Waco
on the night of the fifteenth. The fall OF
rain was so sudden and immense, that in HOG
creek several persons and horses were caughi
in the sudden flood and drowned or swept
down the stream.
The first bale of new cotton was received
in Houston on the thirteenth, and was after
wards sold at auction for 201-2 cents, cur
rency. 1t classed middling.
The Jefferson Tribune of the sixteenth
says that the heaviest rain of the season fel
there on the fourteenth. The track of tn,
railroad from Marshall to Longview wa
badly washed up.
The prisoners are all out of the For
. | Orfb iaf1 IL
and under sentence to be hung is anon,
them.
Joe E. Marklay, deaf man, was run owe
by an engine on the Harrisburg road on tn
fifteenth and instantly killed.
The Tyler Democrat of the sixteenth inst.
i gives an account of three murders. which
have taken place in that neighborhood il
the space Of one week. The first was tina
OF young man, named Lee, who wa
killed by a negro man for money he haC
upon his person. The secor was cas-,
between two negroes. The third was tina
of negro man by white man. Grim
often becomes epidemic, and this looks YER
much like there was an epidemic of Grim
prevailing in the neighborhood of Tyler
In the southern and eastern part of Wash
ington county, where the worms lately ap
peared in numbers, they are now webbe.
up, and viii soon produce the miller il
such quantities as to insure destroyin,
crop Of worms. In the northwestern par
of the county, immediate danger is not ap
pretended.
Parties from the upper Guadalupe, re
port that no fears are entertained of an
great damage being done in that section
this year by the cotton worm We sin
eerely hope it may be as expected.
The Tablet says that the county conyen
ton to elect delegates to the Austin con
vention met in Navasota on the ninth in
slant. The county sends up list of sounc
delegates.
The Tablet of the sixteenth instant saw
that serious damages are apprehended b,
the planters of Grimes county from tn
early ravages of the cotton worm. Som,
parties have been using the poison with sue
cess, while others have failed.
The appeal complains of the prospec
of short cotton crop in Brazos county
The crops on the uplands will do better, j.
consequence of the worms than upon tn
Brazos bottom. Bryan is improving in
way that augurs well for it in the future
There are no vacant houses, and propert
IS changing hands at advanced prices.
An Intellectual attempt was made recent,
to burn the Cleburne court house. It i
thought the object was to destroy tn
records.
CROPS. We are informed by the know
ing ones-thOse who have Travelled over tn
county-that the farmers of Bastrop wi
make a fuller crop of cotton, corn and othe
produce, this year, than they have for years
and the great fear is that not much NOR
than half the cotton raised will be picked
Even should the worm appear in force now
/ they could not prevent good crop.-Ba,
, trop AdUertiser, august 16.
The Denison Nei5s says a Grange is to b
Immediately organized in that place.
The Ci0iliaa mentions the death of III
M. T. English, prominent merchant {
Galveston. Also that of Ignatius Peralts
, one of the Mexican prisoners captured &
, San Jacinto in 1885, He preferred to n
main in Texas rather than go back to Ne,
: leo. lie was native of Spain.
The Bolton journal says the farmers al
delighted at the prospect of good cotto
crop.
f 4 man in Dallas sold his hat the othe
day for drink of whisky.
A large Democratic meeting and barbecu
was held at Lancaster on the fourteent
! inst. Much enthusiasm prevailed.
Listen to the Burnet County ErpOnen
q It says: ''Burnet to-day presents a city a.
pearance.n We fear the editor was jui
then in that state which surpasseth all VI
derstanding
E Burnet County Democratic Convention
, The chairman announced the object ,