The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-09-24

AppleW nlte was killed by portion of the
Davis police, is beng tried there, and at
tracts much interest.
The Waco Adeanoe states that Amos
Decherd was committed TO Jail in default
Of $500 bail, for stealing horse in Leon
county. j. c. Daniels was arrested for
petty larceny.
The San Antonio Herald has a card from
J. +. Minter, in which be states that his
name, while he was absent, was used in
the Radical Convention as q delegate, with
out authority. That he is and has been
Democrat, and repRdiates the convention
and its proceedings. Good. Col. Gus
tave Schleicher was in San Antonio on the
fourteenth instant, and addressed the citi-
he viii be elected, beyond the shadow Of
doubt. A new and beautiful engine, the
Jacob Waelder, has been placed on the Co
lumbus road. An Odd Fellows Lodge
has been instituted at Columbus. Mr..
Bernhard KoeTps died IN San Antonio on
the thirteenth instant
The Buruet BsllstiR states that Lewis
Gardiner was drowned in the Colorado
river on the eleventh instant -. Mr.. Samp-
son has resigned the positioil Of presiding
justice Of Burnet county.
The Victoria AdrOcats is doing noble SER
vice for the success Of the Democracy.
The Allocate supports the nomination of
Hon. Gustave Schleicher with ability.
The Cuero Star has this to say about
Pidge: s. 'Pidge' is the nom de plume of one
Of Capt. MeNaIly's men, who corresponds
with the DEMOCRATIC STATESMAN. His last
letter IS very interesting. 1t is written in
the style Of Innocence Abroad.
The Denton Rsuie.s humorously describes
a great plague in. its issue Of the tenth as
follows: s'About the hour of high twelve
the weather began to snoW Kansas grass
hoppers, and that norther, so dearly cher
ished by the sweltering victims of a long
summer Of simoOns, went square back on
every promise, and became a contemplate
transport of those jay-hawking bugsI In
less than an hour the earth in places was
covered with them, and the air was full of
them. They were in everybody's peach or
chard, in everybody't garden, in every
bOdy's breeches legl They struck our
| plantation Jour farm consists of an acre
more or less) and dined on our cabbages,
and not wishing to give US any trouble to
clean up after them, eat the stalks down to
dessert-and not content with this they in
sisted on roosting in our house Geo. w.
Stockman alias Frank Clute, was arrested
on the fifth instant, charged with stealing a
horse in McClennan county in 1871.
The Comanche Chief has put on a new
head, which is very becoming and Just the
thing--a decided improvement. The
Chief has entered upon the second volume.
=. The local Of the CHEF is in luck. He
has found hundred dollar bill, and begs
some one to come and get it. We suppose
that it is one Of the good old Confederate
issues.
The Corsicana Observer of the ninth in
slant gives the following account Of most
diabohcal deed: ga young girl, thirteen
year old, was entioed from her home near
Cotton Gin by negro man few nights
since. he kept her in the woods all night /;
she escaped early next morning, and arriv-
ing at home, died in few hours. Parents
may imagine what that child suffered dur
ing the night, but few can fully appreciate
it unless it was one of their own. A re-
ward of two thousand dollars was offered
for the negro, and, being followed by a
party Of men, was caught here, ironed and
taken below on the train Tuesday morn
ing.p
The Indianola Bulletin has card from
leading citizens asking Mr.. G. A. ogsbury
to continue his paper. He has consented
to do SO, provided he shall meet with a
generous support.
The Fort Worth Democrat states that the
telegraph line has been completed to that
place.
The Houston Telegraph announces the
death of MISS Carrie Gillespie. She was
young lady of superior intellectual powers.
The Galveston CiDiliGn states that Wal
ter G. Cooper, who was sent to the Insane
Asylum month OF more ago, has returned,
apparently restored to reason"
The North TEXAS Enterprise says: ''The
rain has come at last purifying the air, re-
viving the parched and withered vegeta-
ton, relieving the thirst of thousands of
suffering creatures; refreshing nature, and
making the earth resOund with joy"
Tie Llano silver mines are said to be
yielding handsomely.
Texarkana has cotton from ninety-eight
miles in the Indian Nation.
Kelley's iron works, at Jefferson, turn out
ten or twelve tons Of iron per day.
A band of outlaws is operating in Ham
ilton county, and the lives of several citi-
zens have been threatened.
The Southern Hotel, at Sherman, was
sold the other day for 81, 600, Mr.. Jenkins
being the purchaser.
s The Marion county delegation rode tothe
Sulphur Springs Convention in a hack,
bearing a banner upon which was in
scribed, "Culberson, the peoples choice.
The Greenville Herald states that ''a man
mined Pitts, living in the southern portion
of this county, struck man named Renfro
with an Ak, the other day, inficting q
dangerous, if not q fatal wound. Pitts is
now being tried before Esquire McGufin.
We learn since that Renfro has died.
A special to the Galveston Neses, dated
the sixteenth instant, from Waco, states
that the citizens fired one hundred guns
for Louisiana. Bonfres illumined the town.
The people hope that the President viii be
merciful and support the government of
NcEnery. Col. G.. B. Gerald addressed the
crowd. He believed that the revolution
was the turning point Of the delivery of the
South. A white man, by name Green or Nor
timer, said he was there to secure the rights
of the colored people-that the Radical.
Convention did not assemble to nominate,
but TO concoct plan for the protection of
the whites. He was drunk. . A Dallas
special of the sixteenth instant shows that
the largest meeting ever held in the city
took place at night for the purpose of ex-
pressing the sympathy of that community
in the liberation of Louisiana from her
thralldom. Leading citizens made speeches
which were received with unbounded en-
thusiasm. - information from Marlin
shows that the jury were discharged in the
Pells case, which resulted in mistrial,
after six days deliberation. . . A special
from Brownsville, Of the sixteenth instant
states that two Mexicans were drowned in
the Resaca de la Palma. /. The Brazos suf-
ferers are still at Point Isabel. !. It is said
that the custom house viii be removed from
Brazos TO Point Isabel. The channel from
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