The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-03

folSeQ II. ne kalQ u weighed thirty
pounds when first taken from the ground,
but large portion had been broken of at
the root; and when he reached our Office
there were only twenty-one pounds refnain-
ing. 1t is yet the largest thing in the beet
line We ever met. and If any of our cOtem-
poraries can beatit, we want them to speak
out"
~gThe De lison Ne,cs states that ''there were
thirty immigrant wagons in sight &C one
time on our streets this, Saturday, morning,
and still they come. !. Did you ever see a
fish with an eye in bis tail as well as head
If not, ask Libermsnn 10 show you one; he
has them Mr.. W. c. Tucker, Of Mis-
sour, has arrived with twelve handsome
thoroughbred bulls and bull calves. They
are at Days stable, and Mr.. Tucker expects
to remain IN our city six OF eight days.
Those interested in fine stock will have an
opportunity of seeing them. This superior
stock is from the herds of Charles E. Leon
ard and George Harnid, Of Cooper county,
Missouri. They vary in age from eight to
fifteen months Married, on the TWEEN
ty-second instant, DR.. M. S. McNutt, of
Montague county, to Miss Sarah Cashen, of
Grayson county.
The Comanche Chief says: ''We must ac-
knowledge ourself ashamed of the leth-
argy which existed in our county in regard
to the Congressional election. Only 100
votes were polled, not as much as Precinct
No. should have voted by about half7 On
the day of election it was found no tickets
had been circulated, and the result is greatly
to be attributed to that fact. Only one of
those votes was 'yaller.' -. The following
are the names of the officers elected in the
town of Comanche: Mayor, Sam P. Ford (;
Marshal, ]. w. Greene; Recorder, ]. ID.
Bonner; Aldermen, Geo. Vernon, G. A.
Beeman, j. Wright and John Elliott . . .
Married, on the tenth instant, Mr.. Charles
H. PhIlbick to Miss Mittie G. Overstreet.
The Waco Examiner states that ''the
prisoners were removed yesterday from the
old to the new Jail, forty-two in number,
under the charge of the sheriff, Gen. Ross,
Mr.. Claybaugh, the jailor. The birds sung
glibly in their new cage. We may dismiss
any apprehension as to Jail delivery, after
this, as the new one seems to be absolutely
impervious to saws, picks, acids and other
means of egress.p
The Jefferson JImplecUte says that ga
difficulty occurred between two freedmen,
Jim Williams and Green Reece, Saturday
night, at the Packery place, on the bayou,
two miles below the city, in which the
former received a wound from the latter,
| by pistol shot, entering the head Just above
the right corner of the left eye, which, or
dinarily, would have produced immediate
death; but, strange to say, he is living, and
under the circumstances is doing we'll We
are informed by his surgeon that he will
probably recover. Married. on the twenty.
second instant, Mr.. George Lorick to Miss
Maggie Collins, both of Jefferson. Many
of our friends are planting over their small
grain which had failed to come up on &C
count of the dry weather. We are sorry
to learn that our old friend, John Stewart,
had the misfortune to have his left ankle
severely crushed Saturday evening, while
arranging some heavy machinery at vii
iams's mill. Hope he will soon recover. .
The Ellis County Neaos announces the
marriage of Mr.. p. T. Chrisler, of Alvarado,
to Miss Laura Marchbanks, of Ellis county
The Burnet Bulletin states that "wc
commenced at noon, one day this week, tc
keep account of the number of Wagon
| loads of immigrants that would come tt
Burnett in one week Before night we saw
fourteen, and the next day we lost count,
but know there has been hardly an hour fol-
the past week that their white covered
wagons could not be seen on the public
square. We received a call yesterday
from Mr.. II. Dieffenbach, who came from
California to Burnett last winter, and, after
examining the country, returned to the
Pacific coast. He arrived in Burnett last
Wednesday with his family, and proposes
to settle here and engage in the sheep bust
ness. Yesterday, about noon, Judge Pull
len arrived in Burnett with herd of short
| horn cattle from Missouri. The judge Wis
tied the St. Louis fair, but did not purchase
until he had visited and examined the stock
of quite number of different localities
throughout the State The finest ANNA
he has is pronounced by the best judges t.
be the best in the State. 1t is a two-yeal
old bull, RED Buck" weighing 1885,
pounds. The rest of the herd, nineteen il
number, calves and yearlings, appear to b.
of the best blood. y I
We learn from the Galveston Ne1os tina
two hundred and eighty immigrants arrived
at that port during the week ending No
vember %, 1874, one hundred and thirty
one of whom were from Europe.
The Victoria Ad0Ocate states that ''dur
ing the fair last week a gentleman froH
Bee county, Mr. Church, having som,
blooded stock on exhibition, concluded OF
Wednesday to pass the night on TIT
grounds. Some time during the night hi
was bitten by what he supposed to be ta
rantula, and, as the wound became yer,
painful, he started to walk to the StapI
Hotel. When he arrived, after much exer
ton, he found his entire body had becom,
4 swollen from the poison. He called medi
cal aid to his assistance, and, we are GLAD
to learn, has since fully recovered"
The Fredericksburg Sentinel says tina
s'business of the court has been quite livel,
this week. The rape case was decided, anC
the defendant, Jacob Raoul, was fined th
sum of three hundred dollars.
The Goliad Guard states that ''the resi-
dence formerly owned and built by Gen
Ham. P. Bee, in this county, some sever
miles above the town of Goliad, was con
sumed by fire one day last week. Their
was a widow lady and her daughters livinl
in it at the time. It was evidently tn
work of an incendiary, as the fire was frs
discovered by the family ID the southwes
corner of the building, in a small room tina
had no fireplace; and one of the ladie
says that when they first discovered the fire
which was about A. NJ, it had got such
hold that they could not arrest the flames
After they were aroused by the confagra
ton, they heard the tramp of horses ant
the rafting or jinglIng of the spurs of par
ties that are supposed 10 have done tn
work"
The Dallas Commercial announces tn
death Of Emmie A. Harris, aged one yea
and three months.
The San Antonio Herald says; eve uu
derstand that the different gaming place
in the city have been closed by the police
and all good, law-abiding citizens win mai
urally rejoice at such action. These gamin
places have been in the most public places
and the officers Of the law well knew Q
their existence, and why they have no
acted in the matter before, we do not know
Judge Noenan was the immediate cause, q
we learn, of these pernicious places bein
\ closed, and be was actuased by reports ha1
ing been made 70 him Of the keepers {
these dens allowing minors to gamble ]
them.
) The Houston Telegraph Of the twenty-five
instant states that tive Yesterday saw