The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-11-26

1On must be uniform and equal. And that
lnder the present school law il ranges from
nothing IN some districts 10 one and three
fourths per cent. in others. Charlie, son
Of Mr.. .. P. Millican, died on the ninth
1ltimo, of pneumonia.
The Brenham B4aner states that sswe
learn that some gentlemen were in the city
on Tuesday last, trying TO engage pork at
four cents per pound The mast on the
Yegua and in BuTleson county was never
better, and as a natural consequence the
hogs are very fat and abundant j. w.
Aven died ON the fifteenth instant, aged
twenty-five"
The NeIrs Echo states that ''the rock, wood
and tin work of the spacious and substan-
tial building-the jail-is now complete,
and the iron cages are expected to arrive
next week.
The Georgetown Democrat hears it ru-
mored that 1--WE shall shortly have Senator
w. II. Westafall as a citizen of our burg.
1t is to be hoped that the rumor will prove
correct, as we know whereof we speak,
when we say that we will hardly find bet
ter citizen. or a more public spirited man.
Major Pullum, of Burnet county, passed
through our place on Thursday last, with
about twenty head of fine Durham cattle.
The Major purchased the stock in Missouri,
and designs establishing stock farm, with
improved breeds of cattle. 1t is a real
pleasure to visit any portion of our county
aud note the improvement constantly going
on. Everywhere new houses are spring
ing up, as if by magic, while hundreds
of acres of our beautiful domain are
undergoing the necessary transforma-
ton to make them cOnohce to the sup
port and comfort of man. v Immigrants con-
tinue to arrive; some pass beyond and seek
homes in Travis, Hays and the lower coun-
ties, but many, very many, attracted by our
beautiful prairies, clear running brooks and
hospitable people, find homes with us
Thieves are again in our community. MIR.
A. J. Glasscock and Mr.. Miller, living near
town, had horses stolen from them last
Thursday night. Parties are in pursuit of
the thief, and we trust he will be caught.
-. Calvin Sauls, colOred,. who was con-
victed at the last term of the district court
for horse stealing, was sentenced on Thurs
day to confinement in the State Peniten-
tiary for fifteen years"
The Southeastern Lnder learns that ''the
protracted meeting which has been in pro-
gress at the Baptist Church for some two
weeks, came to a close on Tuesday night
Several, we have not learned how many,
expressed themselves as being comforted.
Although there was no great degree of re-
ligious excitement during this meeting, a
deep interest was manifested by the large
audiences In attendance, and it Is hoped
that lasting good has been accomplished.
The meeting was participated in by Bap-
fists, MethodIsts, Presbyterians and Cum
berlands, all working together in greatest
harmony. No sectarianlsm was permitted
to show itself. On last Sunday evening
fifteen negroes were baptized, by immersion,
in the Guadalupe river at this place,
amongst them, we learn, was Lewis Bouldin,
indicted last year for murder"
The Hearne Enterprise announces the
marriage of Mr.. Jas. Howie to Miss Jose
phine McCorkle, on the seventeenth in
slant. All of Calvert.
The Bolton Journal states that on the
tenth instant, Mrs. Roxana Bryant, widow
of Major Benjamin Bryant, one of the
earliest settlers in this part of the State,
died and was buried on the following day,
near Little River, in Milan county. Al
some of her friends and relatives were re
turning from the burial the horses rar
away, upsetting the wagon and woundins
all who were in it (nine), more or less seri
ously. Mr.. John Mckay had his les
broken, and others had bones fractured anC
limbs spralned . Some twelve or fifteeI
gentlemen left this place last Tuesday on
buffalo hunt. They go from here to Cam
four or five weeks Last Sunday morning
Deputy Sheriff Clay, with a posse of citi
zens, arrested an escaped convict, named
Stephen Smelling, alias John Gage, at the
residence of Mr.. B. A. Whitley, some nine
miles below town, on Little River" Mr..
William d. Coleman, of Falls county, and
Miss Alice S. Cox, of Bell county, were
married on the eighteenth instant
The San Antonio Herald saws that stforty
feet of the trestle work at Plum creek has
been washed away, and passengers are
obliged to ferry over in boat Married,
on the nineteenth instant, Mr. Elisha Wor-
rel to Miss Alice Thompson " The district
court adjourned this morning for one Gay
out of respect to the memory of Mrs. Hus-
ton, wife of E. G.. Huston. ESQ ~sne of the
attorneys Is3 pays $40, 600 toward
the compile zRR1 of the Alazan ditch, and
$4,000 toward the San Antonio Valley ditch,
the parties benefited to pay the rest. To
both bitches it will require about
$1,000 more, not including bridges, which
the city is to pay for, which will amount to
about $3000.'
The Bonham Meas states that fresh pork
sold on the street, the twentieth instant,
at eight cents "a pound p -. Ice half an
inch thick. Mrs. Bette Ayres died of
heart disease on the nineteenth instant. -.
Zone young gentleman of this city reports
having killed fifty-four squirrels within
four days. Immense numbers of wild
geese were to be seen yesterday on the
prairie west of the fair grounds. The
hog chains to strengthen the court house
and prevent the walls from springing apart
we're put in yesterday" The vote of Fan
min county for Congressman was 237, all
for Culberson. Zone of the commits
sioners who appraised the University lands
in this county informs us that out of the
eighty-seven quarter sections, eighty are
already occupied by actual settlers. The
appraised value of the land varied from
TWO to six dollars per acre, according to To-
cation and quality =. Married, on the eigh-
zenith instant, Mr.. G.. W. Blackman to Miss
c. MCGEE, all Of Fannin county"
The Henderson Times announces the
ieath Of DR.. r. Z. Jones. Married. on
he seventeenth instant, Mr. NJ. Reid, of
smith county, to Miss Eugenia Mathis, of
Rusk county.
The Sherman Courier says that zone of
he Howell brothers, confined in Jail at this |
place, is very low with typhoid fever, and
lot expected to live. Large quantities of |
prairie chickens are reported in the sur
ounding wheat fields. We see very few in |
market, however 49, The conference of |
,olored Methodist, for this section of the |
state has been in session here this week. |
With quite large attendance. Among |
'thers is one old darkey, a native African. |
whose age is said to be 105. Bishop Miles /
8 in attendance, and viii preach at the
Church tomorrow On our
Fay home Wednesday evening, we called /
{ Williams's market aud saw the largest fat
log that we ever saw in Texas. His weight.
fter being butchered and dressed for
market, was 712 pounds, cutting eleven and
'ne-eighth inches through the back bone
nto the hollow, and six and one-half inches
hrsugh the ribs Convicted in the crimi-
lal court; w. T. Wick, theft, two years in
he penItentiary. Aleck Hawkins, theft.
i've years IN the peuitenfiarv Cbae nh /