The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-04-26


law do not ana cannot protect men |
against whisky headed bullies of |
dramshops, why, if there be decency |
in Dallas, are not such fellows as Nc !
Gully hanged by the outraged popu-
lscel
In answer to a correspondent we
would state that the owner of dan
gerous dog is liable at law for all dam
ages done by the animal, and If child |
be bitten by a Spitz or other hydropho- |
| b9l-breeding animal the parents can |
sue the owner of the dog. and the jury
| would consider the suffering of the |
child and parents and dog might
cost dog-fancier ten or twenty thou
sand dollars. By all means bring suit.
If persons house be supplied with
tleas by visitors dog jury would
assess each scratch made necessary at
$50.
The commissioners to locate branch
agricultural college for colored youths
were in Hampstead last week, hunting
q location. The Courier learns that
they wi probably select Alta Vista,
four miles east of that place, which, it
says, is one of the most beautiful loca-
tons for college in the State. The
Courier says some Of the citizens are in
a great huff about the prospect of q
negro college being located in their
county, but intimates that they sic of
the most ignorant sort. These people
probably dread that if the "niggers"
are taught ''book learning" they will
get entirely ahead of them.
A private note from Capt. John C.
Sparks, captain commanding company
c., frontier battalion, tells the STATES
MAN that 'Higgins and Mitchell, the
persons accused of the murder of Mer-
rift Harrell, on the twenty-second of
February, 1877, have surrendered and
are now in my camp have been allowed
bail, in the sum of ten thousand dol
lars each. 1t is hoped, and we natural
ly expect better times in future. p.
NJ. WIthers, murderer of George Bowls
in Hopkins county, on the twenty-sec-
ond of December, 1878, was yester-
day arrested by me and is now held in
camp for the sheriff of said county"
The Lockhart Nelos-Echo gives the
facts as indicative of Texas enterprise
and wisdom that Lanham & Noble, OF
that town, received from New York
the other day roll of morocco"
leather, upon which could still be seen
the identical brand put upon 1t by q
, Caldwell county cowboy. The hide
was sold in Texas for about ten cents
per pound, and after being manufac-
tured into leather brought twenty five
cents per foot. AS long as our people
depend upon the North for every article
of manufacture, just so long will! they
remain poor, and be forced to labor
from year to year while their enterpris-
ing neighbors reap the benefits.
Stephensville has seven dry goods
houses, two family grocery stores, three
bar-rooms, two hotels, two saddle and
harness shops, one tin shop, one mil
linery establishment, oDe matchmaker
and jeweler, one barber shop, two shoe
shops, one large blacksmith shop, two
steam mills, one wood shop, one fur
niture store, one livery stable, nine !!
+ lawyers, three or four doctors, one
bank of exchange, two land agencies,
s two drug stores, and flourishing
4 school, one tluely finished lodge and
v two unfinished churches, and the piety
/ of the town is in the same Geplorable
. fix even though Nugent lives there.
e We said some days ago that unless
P Lampasas reformed its moral, pistol
It shooting, whisky-guzzling habits, no.
body from neat, nice, sober, godly
It place like Austin would 20 thither to
q swill salt and sulphur dissolved in water
: or other Preparations of birthstone de-
J.. signed to accustom people to the fu-
l. ture life. And now comes the blessed
4 Lampasas Dispatch and encourages US
|. to hope. With tears OF joy do we
v read in the Dispatch that at Lampasas
e ''we are all civil now, nobody having
been killed for week or more. By
the time the summer visitors make then
&c appearance, we will all be on our good
n behavior"
% The Sherman Register says that
l. Crank Maddox, Esq., came up from
,e Austin this morning. He came up on
n the train with District Attorney Evans,
W who detailed to him the confession
r. made by Ham White, the stage robber,
after he was convicted. White con-
fessed to having robbed four stages,
~ one of which had no passengers aboard.
j. In three of these exploits he was alone,
lie and in one had a young man with him,
lie He says that just before the stage came
N up, the young man wanted whisky tC
l. brace his nerves for the undertaking,
AZ and after he had given him whisky
i, was taken with violent headache
As and decamped, leaving him alone. he
said he did not rob stages for glory,
h,,k 60 ha 4a1
rs and was bound to have it, by fan
hi means or foul. White was sentenced
re to the penitentiary for life, and wa
20 taken to West Virginia prison TO
4 confinement"
lie A. M. Ramsey, Egg writing from
sc Mahomet, Burnet county, says: "Oi
IS the night of the seventeenth instant
o. at about half-past nine O'Clock,
n storm commenced where l reside, OIL
North Gabriel. The clouds seemed t,
n have formed about the head OF tn,
f Gabriel and followed down the same
lie going east, and in extent was abou
he eight miles in width. The Nortl
ID Gabriel seemed to be about in the cen
ID ter. l have not yet heard how far j
I'll extended east, but am fearful tina
re great damage has been done east o
RS here, at Florence, Berry's creek and a
~ Salado. Along the Gabriel the dam
If age is very great. Not fence wa
left standing, and many of the rocl
# fences were blown down. Wheat tina
a was heading out is ruined; the oat
~ were badly damaged by the hail, bu
% will probably grow out again; corn i
20 riddled-some think it will grow GU
&c . again, and some will plant over.
- will plant over as soon as the grount
:. is dry enough. A great deal of t.mbe
g has been destroyed, sud, alas, alas
$ good-by fruit and fruit trees. Tn
- destruction is terrible, not onl
- of the fruit, but of the trees
. 1 had q tolerably extensive nursery
Or and, as near as can judge, nineteenth
ut of it is destroyed. / have not yet heart
s. of any lives being lost or of anyone $,
70 riously injured. One dwelling hous
b. near me was blown down, but all es
" capped injury except the owner, Mr.
If Shields, who was injured by log strik
Of ing him on the head. One end o
he John Ramsey's house was blown off
N Mrs. Hunters new house was blown OF
at its foundation; several smoke house