The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-04-25

SPSSiAS Oucs hc Ctalu1sNlual pfOpn-
ecy shows that Mr.. Hayes will be
elected to second term, and that he
was, n accordance with prophecy,
seated by fraud.
VIM. Norton, who assassinated ia
cob Killiop in Empire City, Kansas, a
few days ago, comes of family that
kills. He has one brother serving q
life sentence in a NJ ssouri prison,
second was hanged in Texas, and q
third is awaiting trial in lows, all for
murder. killion was tae third man
he had killed, and that CRIME was
committed because KilliOn cheated him
at cards five years before.
a suit is being tried in Williamson
county involving the title to some land
levied on as the property of S. Man
kIns and sold to satisfy q judgment
against him in favor of Coryell county.
Several years ago the Mankinses gave
bond for their appearance at Gatesville,
and failing to appear their bond was
forfeited. This land was bought in by
Coryell county, but before the sale it
was transferred by s. Msnkins, one of
the bondsmep, for the alleged purpose
of beating the county. There are GAO
acres of land in the tract levied on.
The regulators and Judge Lynch's
people are organizing everywhere north
west of Dallas to protect themselves
against knaves and thieves, and espe-
cially do they declare their purpose to
exterminate horse thieves. Such asso-
CITATIONS may do good, but suppose a
stranger, buying a horse, wished to
visit the district in which the regulators
are dominant. He might be mistaken
for horse thief and must be tried be-
fore Judge Lynch. All strangers will
evade the country having such courts
and such administrators of justice.
The San Antonio Herald has the fol-
lowing important information for sher.
iff@ and delinquent taxpayers upon land:
1.-THE Comptroller has decided that
where a number of tracts Of land are
returned by firm or corporation, in
the case of non-payment OF the tax by
the firm or corporation the sheriff can
only charge for one levy on the prop
erty instead of levy on each particu-
lar tract. Before this decision was rem
dered a firm or corporation owning sew
eral tracts of land in a county were
compelled to pay two dollars and half
for each tract as sheriff's fees, and the
costs oftentimes amounted to more than
double the amount of the tax"
A very PRETTY job of printing was
done over at the Deaf and Dumb Asy-
lum. 1t WAS an edition of the consti-
tuition. The work was for the State
and copies were delivered to the proper
authorities. Next, lot of these little
pamphlets were placed on sale in book
stores, and then the printing commit
tee got hold of the matter and had
them withdrawn from sale. Much good
work goes out from the institutions
printing office, and it Is accepted by a
deceived public as the handiwork of
the deaf mutes. Really they are not
when we'll educated. This printing is
done by printers of life long expert
ence, employed in the institution, and
paid for this purpose.
The Sherman Courier says of United
States Marshal Russell: From the
way this gentleman has started out in
the discharge of the functions of his
office as United States Marshal, the in
dications are that he is the right man
in the right place. 1t is observed that
he is organizing a corps of deputies,
made up of the best men in the State
for such duties, and men who have the
confidence and respect of the best peo-
| pie in the State. Then the energy he
| is enthusing and self-sacrlfice he is
making to bring offenders to justice
mark him as a conscientious and honest
public official who is determined to do
his whole duty, and merit the respect
of good men everywhere, irrespective
of party.
Mrs. D. T. Disney, who has been
prosecuting her search for the "Twin
Sisters" the Cincinnati guns at San
| Iaain.o- --I-,tne that oha 10 ohio ho q
found them. They were buried near
the seashore in GALVESTON within the
garden of Mr.. Mann. A boy found
them some two years ago, but not
knowing their value they remained IN
noticed within the Enclosure invisible
to passers-by. Mrs. Disney is satisfied
that these are the guns she has sought
for. but will furnish the facts to the
public in few days, and if there be
no doubt about the identity of the I'M
marked weapons of war, she will ship
them to the old veterans association
here and have them placed by those
old soldiers on the portico of the State
Capitol on the coming San Jacinto
Day.
The Waco Telephone tells it, that Mr..
George NJ. Barber, of the firm of Den
mis- & Barber, returned Friday evening
from Milan county, where he went to
disinter the remains of a dead friend
of his, Mr.. Thomas Mccarthy, and ship
them for final interment, to Columbus,
Georgia. Mr.. Barber states that after
exhuming the body, they were aston
ished to fiud that the body, while per-
fectly intact, both as regards form and
feature, had been resolved into stone,
of a smooth white nature, and very
| heavy. The face was covered with
beard fully six inches in length, also
petrified, although when buried the
beard was only about three inches in
length. Mr.. Barber says the face
looked just as natural as in life, the
only Disagreement being that the tip
of the nose had decayed-all else was
hard, white stone.
The Terrell Star closes an able arti-
Gle on suppression of crime by saying:
"We have great State, matchless IN
the variety of it's productions and
great IN every element that contributes
to commercial power and political i'm
portsnce. 1t Is our solemn duty to en-
trust the civil government in the hands
of such rulers only as will protect
Texas from those remarkable violences
which have within the last four weeks
almost covered the name with indelible
shame. From governor to turnkey,
let US sweep from Office these ineffi-
clients who have too long rested insen-
safe to these distractions and dangers
to the people of Texas, and clothe with
authority men who will give to every
inhabitant of the State the security and
comforts they are entitled to under the
law
The editor of the Cleburne Chroni-
Gle visited the Jail at that place the
other day and gives the following &C
count of it: We regret to say that but
little or no examination was required
to find the condition of the prisoners
deplorsble in the extreme. UOon first
entering either of the large rooms the
stencil and hot, impure air seemed All