The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-09-07
Hon. John n. Reagan hss been reoeived

The negro man in San Antonio whose
wife struck him over the head with heavy
stone is doing well, though the stone was
broken into fragments. tl
A life insurance company Is being formed
in Camp county. Whether it appeals to the
vanity of Mssons, Odd Fellows or Gran
gers we are not informed.
Mr.. John Petty, late of Denison, is miss
ing. He started on a collecting tour in the
country. Circumstances go to show that
he was drowned in Red River.
The East Texas FAIR Association at JET
ferson will hold their fourth annual fair
in October, and no pains will BE- spared to
make the occasion one of interest.
1t is said that lady living on Bald
Prairie. in Robertson county, was lately
killed by negro, and the negro was i'm
mediately hung by an enraged mob.
Brentwood, it is announced, is to have
a millinery store, and the fair ones of that
place are delighted, while the lords of Gre
alton are hiding away their treasure.
Somebody has been sucking honey dew
across gate in Decatur, and the result was
so Intoxicating that the great Temperance
apostle had to be called in for advice.
San Antonio is about to have its railway
completed and already the CRY is ''high
prices" Austin is about to have two rail
ways and rates of travel are going up.
As an item of rare occurrence, it is stated
that Mr.. Bessley, of Montague county, was
robbed of all his money in DenisOn, the re-
suit of the poor mans labor for months.
The ''Servo Turkey War" is discoursed
upon by the weatherford Times, and we
are at loss to know what is the matter
with the graceful focks on the frontier.
A good man advertises the fact in the
Express that fifty dollars will be staked that
Tildeu carries twenty States, and one hun
dred dollars that he carries half the States.
The evidence against the supposed bank
robber Reardon, at Dallas, points so strong
ly to his guilt that he has been required to
give bond in the sum of five thousand dol
lars. --------------
Mr.. Atmore, the agent of the Mem phis
and Little Rock railroad, was attacked by
crazy negro on the Central Railway, and
he was compelled to defend himself vigor-
ously.
The Dallas and Wichita, one of the roads
that always asks extension, is said to be
dead. Dead or not, the thing will stir the
bile of Dallss taxpayers for many years to
come. ..-.
1t is said that in consequence of the
size of Hon. Gustave Schleicher the Demo-
cratic committee dispatched tive stages to
convey him from the railway to San An
tonic.
Allen Marchberry and John Mayfeld,
accused of hanging Dickson, IN Bosque
county, have been placed in the Bosque
county Jail by the sheriff of Comanche
county. 4.f s-... .l..-.ar.
Martin, of the Register. is on the tripod
again, and graces it as elegantly as he did
the sidewalk in Austin when he shambled
out of this city dancing that. original Scott
ische. ''
Aaron Burleson, who killed Capt. Gaz-
ley and son last spring, was MORALLY
wounded by some unknown person, near
his bone in Bastrop county, last Thursday
evening. IF 10 v3ro'r r-.r .fa-. 49,
A negro in Pamela county is valued at
the enormous sum of $3.50; at least one
killed another there the other day, and
the bond required of the murderer was Just
that amount. Sd ."'
Freeman Wigfall, colored, drove spikes
in the railroad track to cause a wreck, and
if he be not spiked himself will go to
learn decency and morals from Ward,
Dewey & Co.
George Adams, who killed Turner near
Round Rock, has voluntarily surrendered
himself to the sheriff of Williamson coun-
ty. He was examined and placed under a
$500 bond.
John E. Alexander, of the telegraph Of
flee at Dallas, should be congratulated by
all the dot makers-operators. He was
bequeathed SIS, 900 by Alexander, the Illi-
nois cattle king. ....s.... ..
MIR. Butler, living on the Colorado river
near the mouth of the San Saba, was killed
week ago while working in his field.
Cooper, a San Jacinto veteran, is suspected,
and has been arrested.
Capt. Haldeman's services on the Inter
national were fixed at $12 per mile fol
the road inspected and 90 cents per mile
to and from the terminus of labors. Quite
fat little job. ,......
Senator Wells Thompson and Represen
tative Middlebrook reached home and have
been summoned to work on the public
roads. This will be healthy and patriotic
exercise for them. 20 ~.
An immigrant from Arkansas, with &
large family and seven hundred dollars,
was robbed of all his money IN Dallas
Fort Worth will please take notice and &c
seven hundred better. d,7 -sa -at q.s
They didn't know Martin when he GO
home, but his paper, the Register, says ''hi
face looks familiar" If that's so, they dix
know him. Nobody could forget the res
of him-them internal legs.
Major j. W. Monroe, an old and re
spected citizen, was foully murdered neal
Hammond station, on the Texas Central.
few days ago. The assassin is supposed tt
be negro named Patterson.
A drove of 1900 cattle from Guadalup,
passed through Brown county few day
ago. The owner is going to establish
ranch in Coleman county, where a grea
deal of stock is being located.
Wheat Is selling in Dallas at sevent,
cents, old wheat at eighty and eighty-five
u1OSb VI IL ROcS W NcW OEicAao duu OdNCe
ton. Tea thousand bushels went through
New Orleans on one order to Hsvre.
One McQuitley has been caught stealth!
things about Denison, and then mad
tracks for Austin, where thieves and bum
mers and swindlers have uninterrupted &C
cess to the pockets of the people.
An enthusiastic railroad meeting was bel,
in Sherman to adopt means for putting o.
foot the Sherman, Tyler and Henderso
Railroad enterprise. A lot of energeti
men have taken hold of the matter.
Terrier or Forrest, with many aliases.
| in jail at San Marcos He should not b
brought to Austin till our model Jail
turned upside down. The shrewd rascs
can then be safely jagged in the garret
Capt McNelly has established his head
quarters at 0akville, in view of its bein
the centre of the stock troubles. He hs
called upon all persons to give him info
nation which may lead to the detectio
and arrest Of lawless parties.
The STATESMAN has wholesome recolIe'
| ron If uaizr,.nresentinr Roll county an