The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-03

death. The rsscals- have murder in
their hearts, and they should suffer as
the murderer should suffer and as he
sometimes does.
DR.. Forbes and four nurses went to
Memphis from Round Rock. DR..
Forbes and one of the nurses, Peter
Ssloi, have died, and the people of
Round Rock met and passed the usual
resolutions, which by this time have
reached the STATESMAN.
Judge williams, of Galveston, has
rendered decision recently 10 the eff
feet that a man cannot be imprisoned
for refusal to pay his road tax, 1t be-
ing simply debt for which execution
might be issued, but for which impris-
onment would be illegal.
The Telegram says Rev. ]. n. Mimms,
a local preacher of the Methodist
church, died at his residence in Hous-
ton on Saturday. His remains were
inferred in the Brashesr graveyard, in
the first ward on Sunday. His death
is much mourned by his friends.
The skull OF a Waco Indian, ex-
humed at Waco, has been received.
The rude pipe of the brave accompa-
MES the skull. 1t was forwarded by
Gen. Tom Harrison, and the STATESMAN,
in behalf of the Anthropological Soci-
ETY. of the capital, tenders thanks.
Mr.. William Able, of Austin county,
has gathered seventeen bales of cot
ton, averaging $50 pounds, off of sew
enteen acres of land, and he says if
the fair weather lasts he will save
eight more bales. All the assistance
he has had is his wife and four chill
dren.
In Dallas negro woman discovered
''tsll, dark man" leaving the kitchen
most susplciously. Dinner was cook
ing, and upon examining the pots it
was found that deadly poison had been
placed in them. 1t was an attempt 20
kill the family of fruit dealer, named
Sigeri.
The Waco Examiner well says that
the next Legislature should define the
power of quarantine officers that block
ade the mails of a great State. II
thinks that fifteen tons of mail matter
due this State, but held in st. Louis,
is little more than the necessity of
the case requires.
A well-to-do farmer forged his
neighbours name for $50 ard goes from
Sherman to the peniteDtiary. His
name is James Painter. He will now
paint q sign board, winch will direct
many Sherman youths what vices to
avoid and have inscribed on il, s'the
way of the transgressor is hard"
Express: The Dallas Herald has
aroused itself, spat on its hands again
and resumed its job of saving the State
in two. The trouble is, the State rests
too much on its extremities, and the
saw blinds" That's why the Herald
makes such poor Roadway, if no head
way at all could be called Roadway.
A colored sportsman, Dan Anderson,
killed huge seabird in the Colorado
yesterday "a pelican - ninety-three
inches between the tips of its wings.
Its bill and neck were twenty nine
inches long and bill eleven inches. It's
pouch would hold as much as Con-
federste's napsack of the fall of 1864.
1t is suggested that county conven-
tiops of teachers, to confer on school
questions and to select delegates to the
State convention to be held in Austin
three weeks after the meeting of the
Legislature, be held as early as Novem-
Der. There should be due reflection
h.
up the State convention.
The open court interview between
Judge E. B. Turner and William P.
Longley seems to have been quite af-
fecting. Turner delivered tirst-class
exhortation and hoped Longley might
get religious consolation, and Bill said
he hoped he had done nothing to hurt
Turner's feelings. Bill couldn't I'M
derstand what made the Judge shed
fife UuUu rvrrprorH says Iuar tue
press Of the State and many of it's con-
tri5uJors are unanimous in the opinion
that legal publications, sales and cita-
tions should be published in some
newspaper in or adjoining the county in
which the sale is made. Rights of par
ties are frequently sacrificed by simply
posting notices on the court house
door.
Louis Viger was foully murdered at
Cypress by Hugo Miller. 1t was about
little difference in rent, Viger being
q renter from Miller's father. Viger
was beaten to death with a pistol, and
Mrs. VIger, who tried to save her hus-
band, was roughly handled. Miller
was arrested, but his guard allowed
him to get away. He and his father
have money.
Major. Penn, the great revivalist,
now>in this city, has been preaching
a little eyer three years. In this time
he has failed to hOld service only thlr-
ty-one days, in al, spd has preached
from two to five times~-each day. A
rough calculation shows that he has
delivered in this time four thousand
sermons. Probabably no man has ever
done such an amount of work IN any
cause.
Telegram: ''The Galveston board
of health has again refused to permit |
the steamship New YOrk. to enter Gall |
weston bay. The New York left |
New Orleans on August 81. The
Rio Grande left Key West about |
week later. The New York carries
cargo for Houston and Inferior Texas;
the Rio Grande carries cargo for Gal. |
weston and discharges on the Calves
ton wharves."
Sharpe, the drunken constable, who
fatally shot a negro at Reagan, escaped |
through a woman's cunning. The |
induced the guards to stay on |
The gallery all night, while she sat up |
and famed the wounded Sharpe. The |
after escaped in female attire, and the |
guards discovered in the morning that |
he woman had been tanning we'll |
nan who personated Sharpe.
The Colorado Citizen says tina
'mong the victims of yellow fever in
Tennessee, we regret to
lee the name of our friend, ]. T. Oban-
,hain, formerly a resident of this place.
de died of the disease at his residence
n that city on September IL. He was
! member of the Howard Association,
! prominent Past Grand of the Odd
Fellows lodge of that city, and was
Inferred by these societies.
Harris county, owing toyellow fever
will hold no fair this sea-
ION. The Austin fair will commence
IN the twenty ninth day of October,
ending in November, and being In the
midst of health, and after cold weather