The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-03-07
Texas-Fac,s and Faneres.

The Telegram is decidedly a ne,cs,
paper.
Brownsville is to have a new paper,
the Messenger.
Corn is worth twenty-five cents in
Lee county.
Six-horse coaches now run between
Austin and Luling.
A good deal of corn is already plaut
ed in Waller county.
The African 6Iethodists of Lockhari
are building church.
Steamers run regularly now between
Jefferson and New Orleans.
The new Methodist Church at Shcr-
man has just been dedicated.
The Empire says new farms are being
opened all over Erath county.
Mrs. De Graffenreid, of Weimar, an
ola and respected lady, is dead.
Planting In Colorado county has been
postponed in consequence of ram.
A gentleman from Waco reports
smallpox as doing sad havoc at Bre-
mond.
Freestone county farmers have
enough corn and meat to last them two
years.
The Stephensville Enterprise wants
Fl. NJ. Henderson made Land Commits
sioner.
Over six hundred convictc have bet n
sent to the penitentiary in the last elev-
en- months.
1t Is estimated that the annual ship
ment of cattle from Fort Worth is
200, 600 head.
Rabbi Blum presides over the He
brew society at Galveston for the en-
suing year.
Much cotton will be planted this
year in Brown, Coleman and McCul-
loch counties.
The. ferry boat at Fort Worth, it is
claimed, has taken in as much as $1,000
in single day.
The Neacs-Echo plays mum in the To-
cal option contest now going on in
Caldwell county.
The Colorado Citizen has started on
Its sixteenth volume. 1t is an excel
lent newspaper.
Major Davis, of Bryan, says he will
not be candidate fer the Lieutenant
Gevernorship. aaE la
Mrs. Abbie Latham Tryon, of Hous-
ton, Is dead. She has friends and rela-
tives in Austin. .....s .....s...
The Courier is discussing the pro-
priety of doing away with the corpora
ton of Tyler.
Waco is all agog with Murphy meet
ings. Upwards of 500 have signed the
temperance pledge.
LAGRANGE narrowly escaped a con-
Migration the other day. Good fire
fighting prevented il.
Waco University has 200 matricu-
lates. and the promise is that the num-
Der will be greatly increased. 9F'
Seventy immigrants from New Hamp-
shire have settled in Tarrant county
during the past three months.
Much corn Is being used in Caldwell
county in fattening beeves for the GAL
weston and ST. Louis markets.. of
The Hyperion noriinates Gen VIM.
Hudson, of G inesvilie, for Commits
sioner of the General Land Office.
The deposit of guano in the caves of
Uvalde will require three years labor
of one hundred hands to remove it.
Soothing syrupis good thing. 1t
changed 5 little darkey, in Waller coun-
ty, the other day, into spotless angel.
The Trinity has given up fish at
Dallas which weighed $50 pounds and
measures eight and half feetin length.
Both the Waco dailies of the third
are filed with Mr.. Egtarton on gas,
just as though they didn't keep gas on
all the time. e stsa 3"
announcements" are in order and
already the anxious many are begin
ming to sir themselves in the McKin-
uey Adr0eafe.
Clay couniyis TO have an election on
the settlement Of its county site.
Henrietta and Cambridge ATE the COZ
tending places.
The farmers Of Brszoria county are
acsive. A great deal OF land has been
prepared and the prospect is that crops
will be excellent.
As frequent as murders were. COM
mitted in Texas last yesr, only two men
expiated their oifenseupon the gAllows
in 1917, by order OF court.
The State Is about to lose $50, 600
worth Of university lands in McLen-
nan county, merely because nobody
watches its interests in this matter.
The skeleton OF an elegantly dressed
gentleman was fornd near Limestone
Gap, beyond ShermKn- No vsluahIes
or name were found upoa his person.
Al the dog show IN ST. Louis the
I riee Of settlers and pointers vary from