The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-17

| eISuth ssys tnAt olSpatcn 10 the aC-
thorities at headquarters was received
yesterday from Wilson's rancho, on
Johnson's creek, conveying tho infor-
mstion that the Indians were raidipg
in Kerr county in large body, in the
vicinity where johnson creek flows in.
to the Guadalupe river, and that they
had killed three little girls and small
son OIL stock man named Dowdy.
They have also stolen and are driving
| OF a large number of horses and cattle.
IL is supposed that there are some
Mexicans among them. They have
gone towards the Rio Grande In the
direction of Devils river, and the
troops have been sent in pursuit of
them. These depredators are suppos-
ed to be portion of the Cheyennes,
who left Arizona several weeks ago
and took up their line of march to
wards Texas.
Statement of changes IN mail routes,
ETC., in the State of Texas, for week
ending October 5, 1873. reported by A.
N. Zevely, agent for mail contractors,
Washington, D. c.: Route 3i4iS-
View Bluff to Jasper, service increased
to three times a week from October Is;
route 3l5S4--Yorktown TO Stockdale,
service increased to three tines a week
from October 90; route 3l2SS Plano
to Pleasant Valley, discontinued from
October 10; route $780, Tyler to
Athens, service increased to twice a
week from October 90; route 315l1--
Dallas to Pleasant Valley, service in
creased to twice q week from October
20; route 3l33S--Linden to Kildare,
service increased to six times week
from October 20. Postoffice estab-
llsheG- Dry Valley, Montague county.
Postmaster appointed "A. Johnson.
Postoffice discontinued New Phlla-
delphia, Wharton county.
The startling revelation as to grand
combination of thieves, composed of
| officers, conductors and agents of the
Texas and Pacific and of the Houston
and Texas Central railroads, lately
made at Dallss, was too much to be-
lieve at first blush. 1t sounded much
like sensation, but facts go to show
that this matter will knock much of
the shine out of Tulhs and Ham and
all those brilliant thieves who have
lately claimed so much public attep-
ton. The Dallas Herald saws: "When
the full particulars are made known it
will shake the social and especially
the railroad circle of Texas, from cen
ter to circumference. A bulk of facts
have been in possession of attachees of
the Herald for some time, and while
they cannot be made public this morn
ing, for reasons which 1t is not necet-
sary to state, they shall be gwen to the
public sooner or later. Prominent
merchants and business men of this
city are deep IN the mire, and when
names are given, which are omitted
now for obvious reasons, it will COM
pletely dumbfound and astonish not
only the public at large, but the guilty
parties themselves"
The vivacious and fresh Comanche
Chief is edited by Mr.. Hill. He has
been astride of the tripod for some
time, and long accustomed to talk to
the people through his newspaper as a
mouthpiece. His habits have become
fixed and he can't think when on his
little legs; but the people, knowing
that Hill knew it all, were determined
that he should tell it rOtundo ore. Hill
marched up in the presence of the
crowd, assembled the goods box and
having exclaimed =" Fellow.citiZsns,"
and then, having choked, he again
yawked and again exclaimed "Feliow-
citizens and my fair couutrywemen,
and then a mule brayed and poor Hill
became an invisible little valley. He
subsidized and sneaked away. But then
he is brave fellow and tells the truth
about 1t, and narrates the facts after
this melancholy fashion: "Years of
patient toll aud repentance cannot
erase the embarrassment caused US by
failure in trying to make that speech
at the court house the other night. and
we'll never forgive that rotteu-egg
brigade for not putting in its appear
ance." He evidently wanted somebody
to kill him.
Breeding and his neighbors have
been awfully bothered, because when
children abound and the weather is
hot, maternal milk is scarce and they
have to resort to cows. But the cows,
too, quit furnishing the tactical fluid
and Breeding was at the end OF his
productive genius, and he is not given
to giving milk, except that of human
Kindness, and there was mcch distress
about the dry COWS in BreedinQ's
household. He examined his cows
and found their teats ''chewed" in an
awful manner and Breeding shed tears.
He watched at the cowpen till the
moon went down, and then a razor
MI hok
to run in the sweepstakes race at our
fair, sneaked into the "cuppen" and
tackled the cows teats and sacked !
like the pumps OF Capt. Mather's wa
ter works. The cow gave way entirely |
to the sow's persuasions and she be- |
came fountain of tactical juiciness,
and the shad-5ellied swine grunted in |
JOY. Next morning Breeding invited |
DIR. Prewett and all his neighbors to a |
fox chase, and they went In pursuit of |
the long-legged hog. The dogs tracked |
it by the milky way" which it pur-
sued, and at the last advices from |
Rockdale the people were still absent |
from town, bounding down the hog
that almost begat famine among the
underground Of Breeding's moral vine
yard.
Major Penn's right bower, V. C.
Hart, has published neat little PAM
phlet containing some mighty nice
reading. People who have listened TO
his marvellous notes should read bis
more wonderful words. He goes for
Brother Pope, the good man who runs
the Bdptist Herald, after this awful
fashion: ~ denounced him as con.
temptible scoundrel,' WHEREBY pom be ex.
'Pll be damned IL I'll take
that / reproved HIM for using such
language. He said, I do not care
damn IL am q Baptist preacher; l
swear I'll not let any man attack INV
honor Now, az to Mr.. Pope's using
the above 'cuss words,' / cay that he
did. He says that he did not. LIDO
not know who was present and did not
think to look out for witnesses-never
once thinking that he or any other mn1 !
would deny it. But as he has denied .
{ have taken the trouble to !
secure certificate in writing,
which you will carefully examine. ..
Mr.. Hart proves too much when he
proves that Rev. Mr.. Pope has weak /.
less for lager, even when everybody
must know that q Baptist, like Mr..
Pope, could never descend to debil-
tated beverage of that sort. But the
pamphlet IL q curious paper and will
lrraak the .ffanf;1r ~ ehe .oo.,..~-~a