The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-04-01

sy< A. A. G., may be considered boss,
. aiissol. Herman Schreiner is the ranking
'oionet the line.
Ut. Oi9L9n has gone and done 1t. He
las aosoletex invaded the domains Of all
orts OF ploos Institutions. and proposes TO
I'm glIt sntesrise TO build q railroad.
We rather ake ". There win be no cloak
4 piety or cnanty serve railway IN,
md the more honestlystor all that, win be
he plain, unpretending l$tery. It's none
A special to the Galveston Ns,os. Of the
twenty seventh, says that a lawyer Of
Waco, instead Of shooting of his mouth At
another, as is the habit Of the trada. fired
away with a pistol, and shot DR.. J. Il.
Caldwell, an excellent gentleman, in the
back of the head. II is thought he viii re-
cover. G. ]. Pouck. irst-rate lawyer and
gentleman, did the shooting.
The appointment Of Mr.. Krick as post
master at Bonham was announced by tele-
graph: The next day it was Kricken and
now the newspapers print the whole story
anu the mans name stretches out to the
crack OF doom and is Krickenbargerness
II the Aeses has much to say about him It
Will resort to patent outside and keen the
word over there as 'sfat.n
A haunting party from the plantatiop Of
Ward, Dewey & Co, while out in Rrazoria
county, heard Of an escaped convict beinO
near Arcola, and went in pursuit Of him
They found the man, negro, at dinner.
and ss they entered the cabin he ran of.
and fired at Mr.. Taylor, who fired in re-
turn, killing the man. The man is believed
to be one OF the four convicts who killed
the guard on Captain Duncan's place.
The Leader, in its temperance crusade.
considers il "a sacred privilege that Il Is
''providentially permitted to labor for the
redemption Of brother Bowers, OF the
Pamela Waterman. In the game Of this
life the "bowersp are worth toiling for, and
surely in that to come such must be their
value that all Texas should sympathize
with the benevolently pious Leader.
Dallas is happy at last. It has an Enoch
Alden. But the other fellow had hard
time. When Enoch came he was in achar-
lot Of flame but not bound heavenward. In
fact he was moving things the other way,
so violently, that the interlOper fed. One
might have played game Of billiards on
the flag of truce that foated out behind
him. He escaped but will never more ap-
pear in Dallas.
We clipped paragraph of sixteen lines
from q Houston letaer to the .Implecute.
Inadvertently we failed to credit it. It's
credited to the STATESMAN by another pa
per and therefore this apology. The para
graph has reference to the international
matter. The lie has often seen that the
STATESMAN is never 10th to designate even
sources of information even when mere
abstract Of an article is given by US.
The Sherman Courier says it gets its Texas
items principally from the Houston Tele.
graph, Dallas Herald, Austin STATESMAN
and Jefferson Leader, and adds, eve give
credit when it suits our convenience to
do sou The STATESMAN collates It's news
items" facts aud fancies whether les
convenience is consulted OF not, and its
sweetest reward is that generous recogni-
ton which the Courier so Justly accords.
On the site of San Marcos once stood, the
Bee says, Torrey's tavern, under which, at
an early day, that old Texas hero, John
TORY, kept hotel for some time on two
pounds of crackers, box Of sardines and a
bottle of whisky, at night stretching around
his guests, reclining under his tree, his
eabrGs to keep of tarantulas, centipedes
and other poisonous reptiles, which never
dare to crawl over the cd6rGs at night. John
enjoyed himself in his hotel, and, in the
language Of the Dutchman, ran II ''Youst
like hip
Hon. Dan H. Triplett, the efficient and
able Representative from Orange county,
called yesterday. He has been on a visitto
San Saba county, and is now on his way
home. He was one Of the hardest working
as we'll as one OF the ablest members of the
Fourteenth Legislature, and should be of
the Fifteenth Legislature. lie Is perfectly
delighted with San Saba county and people,
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Texas, having the best population.
A poor devil inside the Houston calaboose
is raving with delirium tremens. Such be-
ing the condition of people imprisoned,
what must be the fate Of the street loafers
and outside whisky guzzlers People at
tending the coming fair at Houston should
beware of Houston whisky. II sepes
through calaboose walls, and even then. thus
distilled, begets jim-jams. Taken straight,
il is q Damascus blade, piercing brain and
body, and is instantaneous insanity and
death.
The San Antonio Herald regrets to learn
that the prospects of farmers on the Cibolo
are not as good as they might be. Although
there has been q great deal Of rain this
fall, notwithstanding the earliness Of the
season, the soil Is almost as dry IS powder,
caused by the late northers, and hence Il Is
doubtful whether the first planting of corn
will come up at all. The fruit has been
almost entirely destroyed by the extraordi-
narily late and severe frosts. On the other
hand, the wheat never looked finer at this
time of the year.
The Espress says that the purpose Of the
Indians in rObbing the mail coach near
Eagle Pass was 10 ascertain from the news
papers II new appropriations for blankets,
etc, had been passed by Congress. The
mail matter, however, for the most part,
was recovered and taken back 70 Eagle
Pass. The driver, who was wounded and
left for dead, is not expected 10 recover
from the effects Of his wound. It Is sup.
posed that this party Of Indians Is the
same that has been depredating in Mexico.
On the sixth instant party Of Indians, be-
lieYed to be Comanches, committed many
depredations near New Laredo, on. the
Mexican side Of the Rio Grande, killing
several persons and carrying boy into cap
tiyity. Our information Is, that Mexican
citizens obtained permission from the
proper authorities, and pursued them on
this side Of the river, to which they fed for
refuge.
7. w. Connell, a noted Tennessee thief
catcher, followed the scoundrel Matt Ma
son. who robbed the express company
some weeks ago, Of seven or eight thousand
dollars, 70 Dallas. He Swallowed him over
Texas. Mason expected that he was pur-
sued, and went 70 the Rio Grande country.
There he married q terrible woman, and
was found with her and Jour or Eve
desperadoes IN 3 wretched hovei COnneil
and two others effected the capture. The
villain will be taken to Tennessee and
hanged for robbery. He married the wo-
man just before be was arrested. She stood
By him heroieally, and offered the detective
$1,000, as did the robbcr, for his release.
The capture Of this white man and Of his
negro 'spal, already incaFcernted, has cost
the express company 5000 The Ten
nessee policeman says that this same robber
was captured By Texas sheriff, not long
ago, and escaped By paying $1,000. Where
the arrest was made six men. week earlier.