The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-04-04

on the head, inflicted with sclub.
The Sabine ISa-oa, of Hemphl,
Texas, is a new applicant or lace
on our exchange list. isgood
Anglo Saxon, and its ediH ia OF q
good old newspaper stool orilnsliy
from South Carolina "a thnce 70
Jackson and Nashville, Tennessee.
NcClanahsn is his nam, audit Is 8
good name to have.
IL was the purpose of .artits Pari-
ents, because of the loritudi OF his
legs, to send him TO seR, hinling that
il he went down he wdd wade out.
Bat on further ref1ectr the plan OF
training and education IS abandoned.
They saw and contest With fearful
eyes tina: the young oPefnl would
never be able TO get. aund the Horn.
The management State troops,
organized for frontie defense, is Ell
tracing attention. Fee hundred and
fifty thousand dOllarper snnum was
appropriated for Is purpose. and
should be used for ts alone; and yet
the force does mucbther duty. The
service should be rely for frontier
defense, or there should be none
whatever.
Gen. Ord has apied to the proper
authorities for perission to establish
two new posts on. he Guadalupe and
head waters of Il Colorado to take
the place of she hs to be gwen up,
Forts Griffi6 and richardson. The
country IN which tilse new posts are
sought to be locate, is represented as
being very rich gazing country and
well watered.
A big stock sEw is to be held in
the town of Barop on the twenty
fourth instant. Much thoroughbred
stock is owned l. Bastrop county, and
a gentleman frcnthere says the show
will be a most irerestiDg one. Sayers
and Walton, c.. Moore and Major
Price will be the with their herds OF
Short-Horns, ad many others with
their brag hoes, cattle, sheep and
hogs.
"Wbat does; profit man if he gain
the whole woh but loses his daily
portion of old ed eye" is the question
which the Goiad voter asked himself
on last Thursday as he steadily
marched to IN, poll, and voted against
local option. -Victorid AdoOcate. Leetlt
too previous, brother AdcOcate. The
returns hacrot all been in when you
heard the above, or you would have
said "For, instead of against.
lad Guard t.
In Eratl county, few days ago
George Montgomery and R. NJ. Hollis
young me-, both under twenty-ont
years of age, who had previously quar-
relied, met a. school house where
debating society had assembled: They
renewed the quarrel and fought will
their fists. Hollis walked away, an(
presently returned with pistol anC
shot Montgomery through the brain
killing him instantly. The murdere
mounted lorse and escaped.
John A. Wynne, an old and re
spected citizen of Limestone county
was murdered by a negro the othe
day. Thenegro knocked the old mai
in the heal with an ak, and then Gu
his body p with it. He then made al
attack on Mrs. Wynne and anothe
lady with The same ak, and would hav
killed then had not son interfere'
and shot az him. The negro ran away
but was hunted down and captured
and will Be apt shortly tn swing ut tn
end of rope.
1t was reported that Mr.. w. 5
Carothers, while visiting Mrs. ID Fl
Snyder, of Round Rock, was attacks
with small pox. DR.. L. A.. Carothers
a brother OF the above gentleman, an
well known physician, has write
a letter from Burnet where Mr.. Caroth
ers resides, to Mrs. Snyder assurin
her that the disease with which he wa
attacked while at Round Rock Wa
silnnlE- measles. the Doctor wrot
while with his brother at Burnett.
The Gainesville exchange tiend mui
have been educated in Austin. TIL
Sun says he has no respect for eithe
persons or papers; that he had wake
off with number of most valued eX
changes before the editor had tim
even to wink at them, and the San
devil has been ordered to Stay hin
so soon as that boy is through wit
his bloody work in G4tesYille tn
STATESMAN wants his services withou
limit as to time There's big work fO
him III Austin.
The Lampasas Dispatch says: Error
what we can learn there will be no ei
fort to supersede Judge Terrell fc
Senator in this district. His cours
during the last term was quite satii
factory, and his ability and eDerg
were felt and acknowledged by all th
people of the State. We are not in fl
vor of giving up well-traIned and lonf
tried public servants, and taking u
new and inexperienced men. We d
not know whether the Judge desire
the position, but, we presume he wi
Weld to the wishes OF the people, VIII
have known him aud still want hi
services"
Representative Schleicher has intro
duced bill which proposes to estst
lish "ready AID rapid communication
with our extensive Mexican border
thereby securing protection to Amer
can citizens, economy in military an
postal expenditures, and to facilitat
international commerce" 1t authorize
the incorpontors ito construct, con
troll and operate line of railway an
telegraph from tie military headquar
tiers of the United States army at Sa
Antonio, Texas, 20 the Rio Grande, q
OIL near the towI of Laredo" The bill
asks for SIC, 00c of aid per mile. 1t j
very similar tothe bill introduced b
Senator Coke.
On Ellis Prairie in Walker county
two contending p,rties, supporters o
Andrews and Cromwell, met with arm
to settle differences. Sheffield, o
Cromwelps party, As they came With
gunshot range of Zach other, called t
Andrews's party % come forward an,
settle peaceably. While in the act o
asserting, the Cromwell party fired
volley upon theAndrews men, result
ing in the immediate killing of San
Foster, ALT Hupphries and the morta
wounding of andrews. The killing
Of negro boy " a white boy, in self
defense, sums ID five cases of KILN;
reported in the last issue of the Eas
7eras Patron. III.
The demand for votes at Dallas j
unequaled ano the local excitemen
great. Everybody votes in Dallas, ant
all the trampsand roughs and gaIoot
of the State ire gathering there.
vote sells for 81 to IS, and frequen
sales of the same voter are negotiated
A den of tranps was broken up ther
last Tuesd,ysnd the whole body con
signed to be work house. There ar
supposed lobe twenty thousand tramp