The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-05-30
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w. e.. OBrlen killed snake near
Fort Griffin which measured twenty
line feet in length and between three
md four inches in diameter.
The commanding officer at Fort Da-
us is charged with refusing to attack
aiding Indians, and Gen. Ord is go
ng to find out all about his shOrtcom
ngs.
The wool clip of Mr.. Carlit, of Kim
Die county, will amount to about 80.
300 pounds. His herd numbers 10, 900, |
and their clip will average five pounds
each.
The Lampasas Dispatch sorrows for
Hubbard because the end OF the picnic |
BE son comes. Be of good cheer, neigh
Dor; the horse shows are just commenc-
ing.
H. P. Msbry and G. T. Todd, op-
posing counsel in the Abe Rothschild
case, are also opposing candidates for
the nomination for the Attorney Gen
eralshIp.
The Denison Neaos thinks ther{ is
nothing very Mexicanish about e
n ,mes of Hughes, Rose, Curtsell and
many other thieves lately captured on
the border.
Mr.. Jack Shepard has been showing
a head of lettuce at Dallas, raised by
himself, which measures six feet in
circumference, and weighs two and
half pounds.
The Sherman banks have now
agreed to take Mexican dollars at 80
cents. They claim that they have been
driven to this by the action of banks
elsewhere in the State.
A train was thrown from the track
of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Railroad near McAlister, it is supposed
for plumber, and now Sam Basis
whereabouts are certainly known.
The wheat and other grain crops in
San Saba county are very fine, but
there is not enough improved machine
~ in the country to save it we'll and
in time. What are Tips and Webb
about?
A country correspondent of the Neao
Era writes that the people of Lime
stone county are muchly in favor of
Throckmorton for Governor. The ad-
herence to this gentleman increases
everywhere.
And now the Free Press vouches for
it that a calf went mad in Hays
county, and bsrked like dog. We
had b ped that this excellent paper
would never mar its reputation for
honesty.
The Fort Worth Democrat Is salts
fed that the action of the banks of
San Antonio in withdrawing their ad-
vertising, etc., from the Herald will
initiate against the banks and do the
paper much good.
The Bolton Journal predicts better
times this fall than has been seen for
many years. The crop prospect in
Bell county was never better, but this
is the story that comes from all por-
tons of the State.
Mr.. R. E. Mutt a prominent sheep
raiser of Goliad county, this spring
sheared six thousand head of sheep, the
average yield of which. was four pounds
which seems exceptionally large fol-
six months clip.
Malsch, killed by Houillon, was a
rich merchant of Columbus. Houillon
had not dollar at the time Of his
death, and the story about rich rela'
tive being willing to pay the lawyer:
large fees is untrue.
Z. B. Owens, young man of Gray
son county, got his foot hung in a stir.
rup in descending from a mule, and
the animal becoming frightened drag
ged him and mangled him most hor.
ribly. He died at once.
A little girl of Mr.. NJ. 8. Burk wa
bitten by a polecat while sleeping in
camp near Cleburne, and the father
fears the little one may be attacked
with hydrophobia. He intends testing
the virtues of mad stone.
Gen. E. s. G. Robertson has beer
telling the Examiner that the road t.
Bolton will remain a popular schem,
until the collectors begin to ask fol
the money to build it. Then will i
be just as it always has been.
Mrs. Mary Montgomery, late of Mo
bile, keeps an excellent house for way
farers at Hesrne while j. G. Walle
has made the Railway Hotel at tina
place most popular. His beefsteak
and French coffee are faultless.
The crops. and fruit trees, ant
grape vines, and orchards, and roses
and bright-eyed girls flourish abou
Brennan and LaGrsnge. Stranger
on the Central road ale fascinated b.
the country's wondrous charms.
The Jimpleeute, in noticing tn
harvesting, says there is but little de
mand for labor, though the crops ar
fine; that half dozen improved ma
chimes do the work that not long ag,
gave employment to hundred men.
Col. Robertson, of Salado, has oh
tanned an injunction against the count,
surveyor, restraining him from making
locations upon files made by Maddox
He also brings suit against the Inter
national railroad for $4,000 for disturb
ing titles.
An admirer of Seth Shepard, writ
ing to some one in Brenham, says, il
pressing his Gains for seat in Con
gress: Particularly do regard hir
as fit associate of our man Roger Q
Mills, whom look upon as the hes
man we have"
And now the Dallas city council
raises an issue with the water company
and the latter cuts off the water sup
ply. But what matters this Dalls
people have used something stronge
than water too long to be In the leas
worried about it.
1t is claimed that the bond given b
King Fisher, at Eagle Pass, under in
dictment for fourteen murders in tn
first degree, forty assaults to commi
murder, fifty arsons anu three hundre'
robberies, is not worth Q second hant
chew of tobacco.
The Daily Banner contains NOR
reading matter than is to be found i
any other daily paper published ives
of the Brazos, excepting the STATEsMA
and San Antonio dailies. 1t rarely hs
long-winded editorial and devotes il
self to news in variety.
1t was stated that probably Prof.
j. Smith and Mr.. SchoIz and Other
could tell something about printin
done at the Deaf and Dumb Asylum
The inference in regard to the frs