The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-08-09

n order to effect q rescue. Resistance
was made and two of the rescuers were
shot, one of them fatally. The other
will recover. The remainder of the
attacking party Aed-
A. K. Parsons, raised in Waco, and
brother of the ex-Stste Senator, Gen.
Parsons, says the later Ocean, was the
most conspicuous and dangerous in
otter to violence in the company of
who headed the commun-
ist gatherings so numerously held
that city during the recent
strike.
The county authorities of Shackle-
ford county and q number of stock
men deposited the county and private
funds, said to amount to SIS, 600, in q
safe of q merchant at the county seat,
which were distracted from the safe
by the junior partner in the firm, who |
has fled the country.
Tue CastrovIlle Era says that there
is now little doubt but that the Cor
dovas are the parties who have COM
mitted the five murders that have been
chronicled in this and Bexar counties
during the past six months, as prop
erty belonging to three OF the muir
dered men was found in their posses
sion.
Henry c. Thompson, of Houston,
was shot in the groin by Taylor Prin-
die, of the same place, on the thirty
first, while they were en- route with the
excursion to San Antonio. The shoot
ing occurred at Eagle Lake station,
Prindle walking up and firing while
Thompson was standing talking to
some one on the platform.
There were two excitements in Hous-
ton on the first-one about threatened
outbreak and strike among the blaks
at Harrisburg, and the other about the
mental and physical dissrrangement OF
brown-brindle pup, said to be mad CT
very much provoked. At las. accounts
everything was perfectly quiet along
Buffalo Bayou in Houston.
The concert given at Round Rock
last Thursday night under the manage
ment of Hermann F. Gruendler was q
success. Mr.. PALMS rendition of the
sacred song, "Ninety and Nine, " was
perfectly splendid. The troupe is COM
posed of Austin ladies and gentlemen.
Williamson County Sun.
The times for holding the Texas
conferences of the NJ. E. Church
South, have been changed as follows:
North Texas Conference, Bonham,
November 3; West Texas Conference,
Corpus Christi, November 81; North
west Texas Conference, Waco, Decem-
Der 5 East Texas Conference, Crock
EFT, December 10; Texas Conference,
Galveston, December 10.
About 1913 tons of iron for Paul Bre-
mond's new narrow gauge railroad
have arrived by Morgan steamers, and
are now ready for the track. The en-
gineers are at work locating and making
for Nacogdoches, being now between
!. Livingston and Moscow, in the vast
pine woods that cover the face of that
section. The splendid new bridge
over the san Jacinto river has beer
completed.
In Dallas little girl had pet rab-
bit, which she often dressed up in rib
bons and bows. One day she put he
mothers gold bracelet around it
neck. The next day the rabbit snt
bracelet were both missing. THREE
years after that gentleman out gun
: ming shot the rabbit, and the bracelet
with the lady's name engraved upon it,
r was returned to its owner.
The Hesperian of the fourth says tina
''the late rains were 80 we'll timed ant
general in that section that the cottol
crop will be the best ever made il
: Cooke county. The cotton reports ar
l all good except in the lower countr
/ from Grimes to Caldwell counties dow
to the coast, where the worms hav
: been troublesome IN places. On som
3 farms n various counties the cotton ha
/ been almost entirely destroyed"
The e., Sen a A Eas9 Esprsss says Il Il
: Morgan lines still continues, and W
understand that rates are still fallin
5 AS low as thirty-five cents per 10
f pounds having been given from Ney
3 York to Cvero, by the Morgan peopl
: while Mr.. Pierce is making eighty
five cents through, thus making tn
/ rates nearly equal, and cutting them t
the lowest point ever experienced il
this section.
: The aldermen of a certain city il
Texas appointed committee of bust
ness men to ascertain the exact amour
the city owed. After working owe
the corporation books three weeks
they made report, and suggeste,
that the speedlest way to arrive at tn
!, figures was to ascertain the amour
the city didn't owe. Report adopted
, Jefferson JimpIecute.
E If you mean Austin, don'G be afrait
! to speak out.
Willie Gillespie, son of the lac C
/ G. Gillesyie, who died in Austin IS
winter, died of consumption in Sa
Antonio on the second. In the las
, five years Mr.. and Mrs. Gillespie, thre
of their grown children and two o
three of tender years, have deceased
as also brother, Henry Gillespie, o
the Colonel, and now but one or tw
8 members of large family are left.
Otter Belt, one of the head chiefs O
the Comanche tribe, arrived in DEM
, son on the first, accompanied by an in
, terpreter. Otter Belt is fine looking
, naughty man, and dresses in full cos
tune, thankfully decorated. He ha
been in consultation with the govern
ment authorities In regard to som
horses recently stolen from his tribe
now on the reservation at Fort Sill.
A lady in Galveston-resemblin.
, Mrs. Lula Rinker-attempted to com
NIT suicide by throwing herself be
meath "the sad sea waves" She hat
bandaged her eyes so as 10 shut on
prevented her committing the rasl
act, but it turned out that it was no
s Mrs. Rinker, and who and what sh
5 was is what is bothering those officers
!, The house of an cid man nance
| Gain, living near Fort Worth, wa
| entered on the first by a neighbo
named jim Simmon, who commences
to fire upon him in his bed. II
emptied his pistol and rushed from tn
house, but returned Immediately arme,
5 with formidable weapon in the shap
' of a pitchfork, but was prevented b
several, who put in an appearance, froI
E accomplishing his hellish intentions
: The would-be murderer made hi
escape.
There are now four planets Yisibl
in the evening, as follows: Venus, il
. the west, is bright evening star, Ant
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