The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-10-22

charge Of General Manager Stevens, of tho
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad, and
left this morning at o'clock. The party
consisted Of his Excellency and Mrs. Grant.
Phil Sheridan, ex-Secretary Of the Navy
Bone, Generals Babcock and Harvey. and
Chief QuartemasteF General Holabird, Of
the Department Of Texas, and several
ladies. President Grant wishing 70 take
look at the Indian Nation By daylight, made
their stay in Texas short. They meet the
members Of the Choctaw Council at Caddo
to-day, where Gen. Sheridan leaves them,
on his way to Fort Sill, tomorrow. At
Muscogee Gen. Augur met the party here,
and went North with them. A special
from Paris of the twelfth instant states
that Andy Mairs shot and instantly killed
Lem. Hodges, at the City Saloon. Hodges
had married Mairs's step-daughter. and
the difficulty grew out of family
feud. Mairs was arrested He made
no effort to get away. .A special
from Henderson, of the eleventh, states
that Judge Reagan spoke here yes
terday to large and apprecIative audience.
Old men and women gathered in crowds to
hear the great issues of the day discussed.
It reminded one Of q fathers talk TO his
children, after an absence Of many years.
The immense concourse of people were
held spell-bound for three long hours, lis
tening TO the burning eloquence Of the
giant intellect of the South. His arguments
upon constitutional government were states
manlike and expansive I" A special from
San Antonio, of the twelfth, states that
Ga few nights since Adams, Collins s. Co..
rancho, on the FRO, was visited by party
of Indians, eleven in all, who took down
the pasture fence, and succeeded in getting
off with thirty horses and mules belonging
TO that firm They were followed by Mr.
Dalrymple, and a party of six. They
trailed them as far as the neighborhood of
Fort Clark, where the trail was lost. They
recaptured ten head of horses From all
the circumstances, it is quite cOncluslyys
80 ~ p;- c-.5---;I,->@ from the other siue
The San Antonio Herald announces the
death Of Mr.. John NJ. Frost, Of consumption,
on the eleventh instant. He was a native
Of Alabama, aged thirty-two years, and
had resided In San Antonio since 1864.
The Westward Empire states that ''the
pecan crop Of this section will be much bet
ter than was expected. And as for acorns--
the trees are literally loaded"
The South Western I1dez states that tlast
Friday, second instant, while putting up the
staging for the bridge, Mr.. Whiting, who
was experimenting the work, and one Of his
hands named George B. Cooley, met upon
an elm plank, which suddenly snapped in
two and threw them into the river. The
end Of the plank upon which Mr.. Whiting
stood, fell across his legs and rendered one
OF them useless, but he managed to swim
ashore. Mr.. Cooley rose to the surface
once or twice, but seemed to make no eff
fort to swim, whether from his want of
knowledge of the art of swimming, or
from injuries received in the fall, is not
known. The body sank out of sight, and
although the river was carefully dragged,
was not recovered until Monday evening,
when it was found on drift, about three
hundred yards below the bridge. A deep
cash had been made above the right eye,
and it was supposed that it was caused by
the broken plank which fell upon him"
The Burnet Bulletin says: ''We received
a call yesterday from Mr.. j. N. Smith, of
Pack Saddle, Llano county. He informs
US that there is an abundant mast there this
fall, and that they will make large quanti-
ties of bacon. Mr.. Smith also says that DR..
Smith, of Llano, proposes opening coal
mine on Honey creek, few miles above
Pack Saddle mountain, where they have
found some fine specimens of bituminous
coal" -
The Kaufman Star states that Calf Cant,
charged with theft of mule, was given up by
his bOndsmen, and is now safely lodged in
jail There are four cotton gins within
one mile of Cedar Grove, and four more
within three to FIVE miles of that thriving
town. Mr. Gibbard informs US that they
ali have as much work as they can do"
The Lampasas Dispdtch says that new pc
cans are now being brought into that mar
ket. :" We learn from persons who have
travelled over much of the country, that the
mast of various kinds is very abundant, and
that the hogs will be very fine, and the pros
pect good for cheap pork. F"
The Houston Age says that ''there is talk
of organizing campaign clubs for the pur-
pose of securing full Democratic vote of
the county next month. =. The cotton
wharf of the Navigation Company reminds
one of the seasons of 1866-67, when cotton
was piled tier upon tier along the banks Of
the bayou" ,,r- 81, s2na
The RockpOrt Transcript states that Mr.
s. G. Powell had his arm broken on the
third instant by being thrown from his
wagon. =. capt. Harrison, of the schooner
Shoe Fly, informs Us that about twenty
miles from the east end of Padre Island, the
stern of vessel, supposed to be quite
large schooner, had fOated ashore, and that
it bore the name of Linda, of New Or
leans The supposition is that the vessel
foundered in the Gulf in the late gale, and
cargo and crew were all lost. Last |
Wednesday, Capt. Robb and ourself went
out in the big pasture after game. We, the |
two Of US, succeeded in persuading seven
wild turkeys to return with US, besides |
quantity of partridges. So we have meat
for day OF two, if none of our subscribers
do not pay Us in that time. 4. !. Rev, g. W. Cot
tingham, the celebrated inventor of the
'Cottingham Ironing Machine arrived |
with his lady, on last Sunday mail boat.
Mr.. Cottingham is much improvedin health, |
and will pass the winter with his family |
here. he has, we are pleased to know, met |
with the utmost success IN introducing his
ironer; has formed company of capitalists |
Of which he is president; has established
factory, and they are receiving more orders |
than they are able, at present, to ill. )"
The Denison Ne.os says that on the
eleventh instant large focks Of pigeons
were nylng southwark. Captain Fat i
rick and DR.. Washington have purchased
university land claim, two miles north of
town, and will improve 1t as fruit farm. |
-. Five immigrant wagons from South
west Missouri, two from Arkansas, and six
from Kansas, passed through our city this
the thirteenth instant. The |
owners were well fitted out with teams,
etc, ready for farming"
The Houston Telegraph says 1--WE met
yesterday, the fourteenth instant, gentle
man, now in our city, who is visiting Texas
e the agent for q colony IN the Rock River |
district, in the northern part Of Illinois, /
that is desirous Of emigrsting thence to
Texas. He is in our State for the purpose /
Of selecting location, and purchasing land
for the colony. The colony consists Of
two hundred and eighty-fpur grown MEM
bers, two hundred and ffty-eight Of whom
are married, and thirty-six single. The /
married rourloe hAea rhfI1r,r, f-,-~,, 49,,