The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-10-26

WEEKLY STATESMAN !
AUSTIN.
THURSDAY OCTOBER %, 1876
ARRESTED. strickland, Of Bur
net, and one of his deputies arrested man
In this city charged with stealing $50 head
OF cattle in Burnett county. They put him
on horse, chained his feet together aud
started home last evening. The arrested
man claimed that he was gathering stock
for another party.
THE demon disease was Boosting one day
How the body of man was ali his prey.
''Not all, said health 'gcu must spare his
breath,
Nor can you destroy his gums and teeth 8"
''Why not, said disease. said health You
won't,
Cause I've given man sOZuDoST."
An election fUI thirteen Directors af tie
Texas Department of the G angeIs' Life I'D
Health Insurance Company Of the United
States Of America, VIII be held az their
office in the Sampson & Henricks Built
ing, in the City Of Austin, ON the first day
OF November, 1876. at II NJ. All Trustees
are entitled TO vote. BY order Of
B ZmPELMAN, President.
Per A. j. JERNIGAE, Secretary.
Il oc 81 & no l W 10 & GO
SAVE YOUR EYKsIGHr One does not APP
preciate- the priceless blessing Of II clear
eyesight until it fails. For the prcserva-
ton OF the eyes from impaired sight, or
the grateful assistance to sight already i'm
paired, there IS no arIlcle equal to the
"Diamond Hpectacles," every genuine pair
bearing the diamond trade m rk. For sale
IN Austin by A Balm.
Dixie ALLEN HUNG.-A private letter
from Lockhart to Judge Burts states that
Dixie Allen, who killed the depuy sheriff
of Hays county, and was chased through
several counties and finally captured. WIS
taken from the L ckhart III Saturday
highland hung by unknown par'is He
had been tried and convicted OF murder in
the first degree, but sentence had not yet
been pronounced upon hun.
THE williamson CouutvAgricultural Me-
chanical and Stock Association holds its
second annual fair at Georgetown from
tober "a to 30. Georgetown Is in the midst
of fac agricultural section, and the dis
play in both farm products and live stock
should be excellent. No doubt Travis
county will have a full representation at
this fair.
An on FACToRY.-Austin now has
prospect of getting a cotton seed oil factC-
nv, but not on account of home enterprise.
Mr. jeff Gibs, of GRIMES county has pur
chased about seven acres of ground from
the Rev. d. A. Rogers, embracing his home
stead, and expects TO begin the establish
ment of u factory on it in n few weeks.
Enterprises OF this kind are 'st what is
needed to give Austin substaSJlal benefits
and the more We get of them the better of
we will be. Who will he the first to estab
lish wooden mill in Austlnl
MAJOR WEST states that kilograms and
letters are pouring in from race horse men
making application for room at the fair
Nearly fifty entries have been made for the
Capital Jockey Club races, which com
mence ON November 10 and continue on the
eleventh, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth
aud eighteenth. The fair opens ON the
fourteenth of November, and every indica-
ton is that it is tn be the grandes affair OF
its sort ever held thi5 side of ST. Louis and
Louisville.
DYSPEPSIA. are particularly
subject to this disease and Its effects: such
AS sour stomach, sick headache. habitual
cOstiveness, heart burn, water brash,
coming up of the food, coated tongue, disa-
agreeable taste IN the mouth, paipitation Of
the heart aud all diseases of the stomach and
liver. Two doses OF Green's August Flower
will relieve you nj once, and there positively
is not a case in the United States il viii not
cure = you doubt this 90 to your drug
gist, Morley Bros. and get a sample bottle
for ten cents and try it. Regular size
seventy-iye cents.
THE following entries for the Aus in
Jockey Club races have been made: Q iarto,
filly. IL. Askey-Eliza b. and Reb.. Sallie
Kit. c. S. West-FiorS. j. Rogers-Lpne
Star and Humbug. j. w. Geer-Tom SJer.
ling, Alice Carneal, Cora Linn and B ssie
Lee. II w. Crawford-Gso. Rumine A.
p. Blocker-San Jacinto aud Tom McKlu-
ney. w. c. Phillips-Gen. Phillips and
Mary Phillips, Weisseger and
Iucommode. W. w. Boyce-War Loupe.
Van Hagen's stables, of Gonzales, are already
here.
THERE was an el,ction ut New Round
Rock on Monday to ascertain the feelings
OF the people Us to whether the town should
be Incorporated or not, and there were forty
votes polled, a majority OF which were il
favor of Incorporation. Tue New Round
Rockers, who are not yet voters asserted
that the Old Round Rockers came over and
voted in force in favor of Incorporation,
hoping thereby To increase the expense ui
living in the new town IN order To benet,
and popularize the old town They had
better make a joint stock company OF the
two towns, and refrain from ali lettings Of
jealousy.
WE take pleasure in calling the attention
of farmers ana Others 10 the excellence OF
cur wagous-the LaBelle aud the celebrated
Jackson-which are the best wagons made
and which We will sell as cheap, if not
cheaper, then any first class wagons can be
sold. Certain parties have attempted to
interfere with our sales hy asserting false