The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-21
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creased in Texas this season.
a child in Clay county recently died |
from the bite OF rattlcsnake.
The remains of Cspt. Anderson have
been brought to Dallas for interment.
ThiIty-six oTumrIcrs spent Sunday
in Dallas, and over dozsn Of them at
tended church.
Now that quarantine and cotton
picking are over the tTamps are pour
ing into Texas.
Lsvaca county has about 300 voters,
but only about 1900 of them exercised
their sacred privilege st the ballot-box.
jasper Underwood, an Old Georgian,
aged 60, walked all the ws7 from Hous-
ton to San Antonio in search OF his
son.
The Hampstead Courier says the
shooting between Lynch and BinfOrd
was a mutual affair. Lynch is out on
$500 bail.
A couple of beavers have been seen
at the mouth of Ritclif's creek,
Just below Columbus. A colony Of
them is there.
At the present price of cotton no
farmer can afford to pay over $50 per
annum for first class hands and furnish
them rations.
Fort Worth claims the distinction Of
being the dirtipst town in Texas. And
Georgetown has the cleanest editor.
He is spot!ess.
1t is said Col. T. w. Pierce is now
in Europe for the purpose of negotiat-
ing for funds 10 extend the "Sunset"
line to FL P4so.
Scurry Foster, who committed the
recent bloody and destardly murder
near Bsllville, has been refused bail by
the district judge.
At Jewett, a man got on spree,
and after receiving black eye, went
home aad set fire to his house, burn
ing it to the ground.
In Southern Texas, at this time, can
be found growing in different gardens
such tropical fruits as the blnans,
leMOu, OIduSc aHu uitts
Buffalo Bill, the alleged murderer of
VIM. Creiger in variety store at Fort
Worth, has been arrested in Missouri,
and is In the Jefferson City Jail.
The Santa Fe railroad, says the Bea-
con, has gotten into bog near Rich
mond, and fr1ta the tenor of the news
will remain there for some time.
The Texans who entered into bond
to have the body of Bill Collins before
the court have sent to Pembina, Da-
kota, where he was killed, TO get 1t.
The Legislature will meet soon and
Texas Pacific engineers are figuring
around Weatherford, promising hasty
extension of the road to that place.
And now Dallas talks of Joining In
thanking Galveston by building a rail-
road to Sabine Pass. which point is
just now attracting Northern capital.
The Beaumont LumJermdA isn't
much of a lumberer. It doesn't seem
to make much noise in the world.
But It's devIlish good paper for all
that.
An exchange says girls want less re-
straint aud more libarty of action;
more kitchen and less parlnr; more
exercise and less soft 4; more pudding
and less piano.
A tree agent named Hawkins was
attacked by highwaymen near st. Joe,
Montague county. Four shots were
fired at him but with the aid Of good
horse be escaped.
| =, na.in- female nurse who served
through the last munCu trIv prague
in Memphis says that "pluck and faith-
full nursing cure victims of yellow fe-
yer, and nothing else"
The Waco papers have agreed and
obligated to charge ten cents n line for
festivities for churches and other OBJ
jects; also, all calls for society meet
ings, military companies, etc.
II. G. Stephenson, of the Dallas
Herald, used to engineer the Augusta
(Ga) Chronicle and Sentinel. 1t was
there he acquired his weakness for
cracking nuts, COOLERS and things.
Walter S. Wainwright came to
Sherman, drank too much whisky, fell
from his horse, got killed and thus
gave up good home and severed him.
self from an interesting wife and chill
dren.
The commissary department of the
army at San Antonio uses n million
and hall pounds of -four, half a NIL
lion pounds of bacon and other articles
in proportion. Nearly every article is
imported.
A gentleman in Texas wants to know
if Gen. Phil Sheridan holds and claims
as his own the horse ''Grey Eagle"
taken by some Federal soldier from
John c. Breckenridge stables in Ken
lucky hello JlGgrante?
They had grand opening of Peter
son Hotel at Paris. The Baaner of
that town describes the dresses of all
the sweet girls of the place. 'Mrs.
w. B. Wright wore black velvet and
diamond trimmings"
John Birdwell, who is employed as
''marksman" by company of buffalo
hunters on the Stsked Plains, left
Waco a few days ago for the regions
of the Rio Pecos. He gets ten cents
head for every buffalo killed.
They have lot of savages about
Cleburne opposed to the public free
school system. They burned the seats
and otherwise dismantled the school
building last week. Such idiots and
knaves should be hung like wild beasts.
A Houston clergyman asked one of
the Sunday school children, "Why do
we say in the Lords prayer who art in
heaven since God is everywhere" The
little fellow, a special admirer of Col.
rutherford, answered, because Its
headquarters"
Young Hambr'ck. of Kentucky, got
into Dallas dance house, aud though |
he may have had brick in his hat |
when he left his pocket was light as a |
featherweight. In modern larlance,
they went through him. 1t may stop
Kentucky immigration.
kilograms from Dallas hsYe the fol- |
lowing head hnes every day, and all |
the papers keep them standing: "Mur-
der, Robbery, Suicide Death and the
Ground Torn up" Dallas can ful- |
nish 'em daily. 1t is such nice place
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