The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-11-19

feeble and still keeps his bed. We called on
him this morning, and found him severely
salivated; otherwise he is improving. Hope
be viii speedily be permitted to resume his
duties, which place we feel incapacitated
TO ill with that ability that eharacterizes a
first class daily journal"
The Adpanos Guard states that slast Sun
/ day, the first instant, couple of wagons
loaded with buffalo hides passed through
town, going east William Albright bet
ter known as Bill the butcher absconded
last Monday for parts unknown, leaving
about thirteen of our citizens in the lurch,
they beiRg on his bond for his appearance
before the next term of our District Court
The Colorado Citisen states ''we learn
that Mr.. Ehnenwerth has commenced a
private enterprise near our town-that of
making good brick. He has secured the
services of competent manager, who is
making of the alluvial deposits near the
river brick equal to the gray fire brick"
The Hearne Enterprise states that 1.-TWO
cOlored men brought in prisoner of their
own color and race on Thursday. He at
tempted to kill some other darkey. This
conduct of these preservers of peace and
law is worthy of record"
The Salado Ne,cs Litter asks the question.
"Where do they all come from, and where
do they go to Our streets are constantly
filled with immigrant trains from almost
every State north and south of Mason and
Dlxons Line"
The San Antonio Herald states that tAIr.
Camp and several other gentlemen from
Dallas are in town, en- route to Mexico for
the benefit of their health. information
has been received at headquarters from Gen.
Mackenzie, showing that he is still at Camp
! Supply, but has dispatched a column west
ward towards the Staked Plains in search
of Indians. We learn from Mr.. w. ].
Locke, who has just returned from the Pc
dernales and that region of country, that on
last Saturday a band of some sixteen In
dams were operating in that vicinity. They
appeared in bands of four or five on Spring
creek, and cleared up all the horses for
miles along the stream. They are supposed
to have got off with some thirty or forty.
Mr.. Rufus d. Peril came very near being
deprived of his scalp, but succeeded in
making his escape to his house. When
last heard of, they were stealing horses near
the head of Johnson's creek We under
stand that Mrs. Fitzgerald, the enterprising
railroad contractress is in our city. She
filed her contract to grade nineteen miles
on the other side OF the San Marcos, and
has obtained a contract for a number of
miles on this side. She has at her DISPOSE
ton some sixty mules, scrapers, plows, etc.
-. Workmen are busy on the last pier of
the San Marcos bridge, and for some miles
on this side. The contract for the compile
ton of the road to Seguin has been let out.
=. .Blanco county, so far as heard from, is
the banner county in this Congressional
District, unless Alta Hcoso can compete with
her. A friend in Blanco writing to us says
he does not know of a single voter going
for Galvan. The correspondent says that
in Blanco the health of the people is good,
mast fine stock fat, the town of Blanco
and the county settling up rapidly, with
plenty of room for more; preaching every
Sunday, good schools, good mills and gins
work of all kinds done to order, and more
babies than any place of its size in Western
Texas"
The Bolton Journal says that Immigrant
wagons filed with women and children
continue to pour into our county X Work
} is now going ahead on the Episcopal Church,
and will be pushed rapidly forward to com.
pletion. :. The court house has been fixed
so that it is now bat-proof. This is one
nuisance at least that we are rid of -. We
regret to chronicle the death of Mis-:
Lou Tatum, who died last Monday
night, and was buried in the city
cemetery on last Tuesday evening. -.
The cotton crop of this county is nearly OF
quite all gathered, and ready for market
All who are able to do so are holding back
for better prices. The crop, although short,
is somewhat better than was anticipated in
the early part of the fall. -. The Rev. Mr..
Baines, pastor of the Baptist church, bar
tized three ladies last lSundaylOsyening, in
the creek near town. We 4 fort LEASED to
know that the Baptist church os Ibis place
is in prosperous condition. They hope to
be able to build them a church before Il
great while. Rev. John F. Neal, for the
last two years pastor of the Methodist
church at this place, preached his farewell
sermon last Sabbath. We know no better
man than Mr.. Neal, and believe that his ex-
ample and teachings have done much good
in this community"
The Bastrop Advertiser says that corn is
slow go in these parts at forty and fifty
cents per bushel 1--WE have been pre-.
sented by w. J. Nixon with a fine yam
potato, weighing five pounds. He says his
crop this year is very fine, and that since
the last rain he has never seen potatoes grow
better"
The Terrell Weekly Press is elated with
the immigration to Kaufman county. ''I
every county in the State is settling up az
rapidly as Kaufman, our exchanges certain
, ly have cause to rejoice. There will be 9
! heavier immigration to this county, thii
! fall, than during any similar season since
the war. The recent rains make the wheat
crops in this vicinity look very promising.
1.-The Waco Examiner states that '.oul
! streets are now crowded daily with trains o.
] immigrants, principally from Arkansas anC
D Missouri, with some from Tennessee, Mis-
sissippi, Alabama, Georgia, and now ape
then wagon all the way from the OLD
: North State"
The Bryan Appeal gives the cases dis
posed of in the criminal court up to tn
D twelfth instant: az. H. Peters, charged
with carrying pistol, plead guilty t,
: charges, and was fined twenty-five dollar
q and costs. VIM. Page, charged with sim
: pie assault and battery, plead guilty, anC
e was fined twenty-five dollars and costs
! George Short, charged with theft of geld
: ing, was found not guilty, and acquitted
9 Wash. Henderson, charged with theft of
: beef steer, was acquitted. G. F. Firman
e of Burleson county. charged with theft O
i a watch, was found guilty, and the sen
: tence fixed at five years hard labor in tn
= penitentiaTY. Lewis Arnett, colored
y charged with theft of a mule, was foun,
: guilty, and the penalty fixed at ten years il
/ the penitentiary. In another case for thief
s of a saddle and bride he was found guilty
+. and sentenced to two years in the peniten
C tiary. y. Mrs. M. o. Dellashaw, wife o
a N. G. Dellashaw, died on the thirtieth u
q timo, aged thirty years. She had bee
n from her youth consistent member of tn
y Baptist Church. =. Judge G. B. Reed, age
o ffty-three, died on the tenth instant.
The BRENNAN Banner wants information
HThe report reaches our headquarters
= through a tolerably authentic channel, tina
y $17, 900 have been sent down to this count
e for the payment of school teachers, an
: that but $40, 900 has contrived to get int
> the hands Of those it was desired fol
Will the Hon. Van DTaiss enlighten a
y auxioua nublfc aq IN what has heen don