The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-03-05

failed 10 give bond As required by law. a T
band of horse thieves were lately In The north 4
ern portion of the county, but decamped willis
out. securing any booty when the citizens /
prepared TO go for EN-. Joseph Pate
has been awarded the contract Of carrying the /
mail between sulphur springs and the new I
city of Terrell, on the Texas Pacific Railroad, |
In Kaufman county . Rev d. s. Snodgrass /
has a call from Longview.
HAYS COUNTY.-W. II. Harper died ON the |
twenty-first ultimO.
Hoop CoUNrY. George Green is repre- |
seniing heis agent for Milan county in regard |
70 her school lands which lay in Hood county, !
and il is said charges settlers on these lands |
Onefourth of their crops for rent.
LAAIPAsAS CoUNT4.-The Dispafch saws: !
From nearly every frontier county We hear
that mOte Indians have been seen during the
past month than for many years Recently
some unknown persons tried to Get into Capt
w. ]. Standefer's stable by tearing the boards
from the rear of il, and would have effected an
entrance, but fortunately the Captain was
| aroused, A good race horse was in the stable
=. The Dispatch is indebted TO a gentleman
from the western part Of Lampasas county for
the following facts concerning the raid made
by the Indians into that section the thirteenth
ult., and in which a man was killed by them
Ii seems the gentleman killed stayed all night
at the residence of Mr.. Ambrose Bull, and left
the next morning for some point in the lower
edge of the county; that the road by which
he was travelling was dangerous, as he was adj
| Yised not TO 20 that way by Mr. Bulls family
but he started ON his journey and had only
travelled about six or eight miles when he was
attacked by Indians and chased about half a
mile when he was killed, being shot four times
with guns and twice with arrows. The an
| fortunate mans body was properly inferred by
| the good citizens of that section. His name
was Charlie Peal. His mother, as was ascer-
/ tanned from letters on his person, lives in
/ Sweden. The same lot of Indians got aboHt
sixty head of horses from the citizens in the
western part of the county Two gentle
men passed through LampaSas recently carry
ing with them an Indian scalp, which they
We're fortunate enough TO capture in LlanO
county the day before. II seems that both
gentlemen were off of their horses branding
a yeaTling, when they were rushed upon
| by four Indians The Indians got one
of their horses, but they succeeded in
! getting one of their scalps. :. The Dispatch
of the twenty-siXth ultimo also saws:
"We learn through a reliable source thata des-
perate fight occurred in Brown county last
week, between white men and Indians i'm
which several white men were killed, and also
eight Indians"
LIMESTONE CoUNTY.-Judge J. L. Burney
died on the twenty-fourth ult .Tilman VOL
verton is also dead. The MeXia Ledger of
the twenty-eighth ult says: Last Saturday,
during divine service at the church in Fair
! field, a negro went to the church and informed
deputy sheriff Robinson there was desperate
| in town, drunk and dangerous, and the people
wanted him arrested. Mr. Robinson took
young w. NJ. Seely with him, and repaired to
the spot where the offending party was-a
young Mr.. Tucker, who was inebriated and
uttering number of funny and foolish things,
| but doing no harm TO any one On being APP
preached, Tucker exclaimed, that was no
place for him, and ran off, A number of BOYS
sitting near, thinking to have still further fun
out of Tucker, called to the deputy
sheriff to stop him, catch him and
shoot him. The deputy, thinking some
/ great wrong had been done, pursued
Tucker, as did his assistant, and finding he
could not be stopped both of them fired upon
him, hitting him with two pistol bullets, and
inficting painful wound in the thigh and a
very dangerous and probably mortal one in
i the small of the back. On Monday he was
still alive, but the chances for his recovery
were very small. :. The Houston and Texas
Central Railway Company have commenced
to build a new passenger depot at Mexia.
The Cumberland Presbyterian has been shown
a letter from Rev. j. B. Logan, to. Prof. w.
p. Gillespie of Trinity University, in refer
ence to the proposed mission at Galveston.
The Presbyterian, commenting on the letter,
says the time is not far distant when we will
have a missionary at Galveston. Over 300
students are attending the Trinity University.
MARION COUNTY,. d. McAdoo, has
Openeda law office in Jefferson. The friends
of j. Ii. Corlin announce him anindependent
candidate for mayor of the city of jefferson,
at the ensuing municipal election. :. w G.
Towers, of Jefferson, has received the appoints
ment from the Postmaster General of Route
Agent on the Texas and Pacific road from
| Dallas to TeXarkana -Four hundred and
i NUECEs CoUNTY.-The Church of the
Good Shepherd are building neat parsonage
for their pastor, Rev. Nelson Ayers, on the
artesian well square, Corpus Christi The
Gazette says Of Hamilton, the defaulting
cashier of a Jersey City, N. j., bank: {" He
reached this county with about $50, 600 in
money, and was relieved of about $25 O00
Mr.. Haley, the companion of Hamilton, left
Il Corpus Christi on the fifth instant, subsequent
to the robbery of the latter Arriving at In
i dianola, he was confronted by couple of de-
tectives The circumstances which caused his
arrest were as follows: In the year 1871 and
while he was still mere boy, lIe imagined him
self so injured by another party, he killed him
and fled the State, Illinois, and since that time
has been residing in Houston. In that city he
became acquainted with an accomplished and
estimable v ing lady, and they were married.
The friends of the murdered man, learning of
Haley's whereabouts, obtained a requisition
from the Governor of Illinois for his arrest and
detectives were Immediately put on his trail
He scented danger from afar, and was making
tracks for Mexico"
PAMELA CoUNTY.-The farmers in the Vi
cinity of Beckville, met in the Masonic lodge
room, at Rockville, on the nineteenth ult. and
with the assistance of W. NJ. Bruce, organ
lied Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry.
Ofiicers-J. M. Langley, master; j. p. For
syth, overseer; s. q. ID. Crawford, lecturer
L. M. KeeneT, steward; James Crawford, as
sistant stewart; G. w. LentZ chaplain; T. w.
Garner, treasurer; +. /. Roquemore, secre-
tary; Ed. Ross, gate keeper; Mrs. G.. w.
Langley, ceres; Miss +. G. Roquemore, flora;
Mrs. Ed. Ross, pomona; Mrs. Julia Kendrick,
assistant lady steward Members, seventeen
males, and six females :. Samuel S. Adams,
has married Miss lola Black
RED RIVER CoUNTY.-The Gainesville
Standard calls upon the Representatives in the
Legislature from that section to write let
tiers home to their constituents for publica-
ton" Judgment has been rendered in the
district court for the defendant in the old case
of Quinn " WanhOp. The suit was for
$40, 600 on a conveyance Of real estate.
SMITH COUNTY.-Marshal Spain, of Tyler,
has rendered his resignation as city marshal
Ira Ports is his successor John f. Haden
has associated with Dr. W. II. Park in the
drug business, in Tyler. C. o. Bowen has
recently Openeu ufuB tstdDusnllilnI IN yer.
"Wehad another Jail delivery last Wednes-
day night-all Conceive OF six. murderers,
thieves, ETC., including Ran Hill, ETC." says
the Tyler Democrat of the twenty-eighth ult
"A pretty thing we've got Of It, but what's
the use to complain 2" Frank Randall
whose arm was ampuiated on the eleventh
instant, in Tyler, Is rapidly recovering. The
arm was amputated at the shoulder Joint by
artIculating the bones and removing the entire
arm AT a meeting of the Tyler Demo-
cratic Club on the twenty-sevenfh ult., ]. NJ
HOckersmith was re-nominated for Mayor
! The old aldermen were re-nominated. except
J. j. Hamilton, who declined, and Col. Geo.
YarbrOugh was nominated in his place.
! TARRANT COUNTY w r. Cause. +. g..
Bower, g. n. Aldridge and Mr. CoWart are
candidates for district attorney. CoWart Is the
independent. The Democrat says a Young
man applying for admission 10 the Fort Worth