The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-11
International il one Of the best built
roads In this or any other State.

International Is one OF the best puilb
roads In this or any other State.
A lady in East Waco heard that grass
hoppers would not eat sailed vegetables.
As q test she applied salt to her onion
bed, leaving only one unsalted. Next
morning she visited the garden and was
shocked to find the hoppers had eaten
all the onions except the unsalted one,
and it they had torn up by the roots ana
were dragging dragging 1t up and down
the rows trying to salt 1t.
Bastrop has taken the palm from
Chicago. A divorce suit Was hled In
the county court. and in one hour a,ter
| q decree granting divorce was entered on
| the minute books. The divorced man
| was married to another woman that
very night. and more OF the story cannon
be told, except that Judge Dyer Moor IS
| the official who executed all this nasty
| work. And now hotel ACCOMMODATIONS
will have to De increased ut Bastrop 10
| give room for those seeking relief from
| unpleasant matrimonial connections.
On last Monday evening a. young
man named Sam Stocton was brought
into Lampasas by Sparks Rangers
from Gholson's Rancho, who 10 charged
with being one of the stage robbers VINO
went through a stage and two hacks
near Fort Worth, Tarrant county, ABOUT
the 18th of,last May. He had been pass
ing here under the name OF sam Lee.
He was taken to Austin by the. Hangers
| on Tuesday morning. Ii fugitiyes from
Justice don't want to he picked up, they
| must give Lampasas the Ego by.
Monday night, about II o'clock, two
young men, Vining and Johnson, started
| for the southwestern edge of San Antonio
| to visit some friends. When In vicinity
! Of Sugar Bottom, they were halted by
three men with drawn pistols who
searched them for valuables. making
them take off their coats and boots, even
| forcing johnson to take off his shirt.
| From Vining they got 50 cents In
money. all he had, and quarter or q
pint Of whisky: from johnson. pistol
| and O knife. Satisfied the young men
| possessed nothing else OF value to them,
the thieves disappeared.
| San Antonio Daily Frpress: We learn
that the Indians, thought to be Lipans,
crossed Black creek with their horses
on Sunday afternoon last. They took
several horses from persons all along
| their route. Near Black creek they
met q boy about fifteen years old. son
Of Mrs. Foreman, a widow. The boy
was on horseback and enaeavored to
get away, but was fired upon and his
horses leg broken. The Indians then
caught the boy and pinned him TO the
ground with an arrow which was shot
through his body. They then mutt
lated his body with knives and left It,
where it was found by citizens next day
It has been five years since the last raid
was made through this section. 1t /;
not known how many horses were
stolen.
Mr.. DurSs and Otto Roebline had
been to Antonia where they sold some
corn, and were on their way home
When near Mr.. Leek's dairy farm
about three miles from this city and be
yond the government depot, as they
were leizurely driving along, two men
with their faces covered with handker
chiefs, sprang out from the road side
and presenting pistols demanded thei
money. Though unarmed, the assault
ed parties refused to surrende
their money, when struggle en-
sued. The robbers didn't fire
but one OF them drew knit
and cut Mr.. Durcks very severely sew
eral times, the wounds being inflicted
on each arm as he attempted to ward OF
the blows, and also on the head. Seem,
they were no match for the armed rob
bers, the men gave up, their money
. when the formerly hastily left. AS sool
as the news was received In San An
tonic, Sheriff Mccall, with o posse
started in pursuit Of the Claudes, but q
latest accounts had not caught them.