The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-03

a1ess- so Fer PQQGis6d- ~ + he ran
NJ e Klnnels; and the paper charges
7 him with murder.
A HUT county widow has raised
two babs of cotton which, she and her
two daughters cultivated and gathered,
andtten carried to Bonham for sale.
Sons fellow wishing soft place will
male note of this.
Il q special meeting of the county
commissioners of Nueces county STAN
lev WEIGH was chosen county attorney
tofill vacancy; and now these COM
Dissioners did charitable act, if not
screditable one.
Garo's command held its reuni6Grat
Dallas on Christmas day. Addresses
: were made by Gen. Gano, Gen. S. B.
Buckner, Gen. w. L. Cabell and
/ others. The society meets again at
Dallas, July 16, 1873.
Iu first-class row near Granbury,
between Martin and Stephens, pistol
was dropped. Mrs. Stephens and her
sister rushed for the pistol, and both
of them were wounded by its acciden-
tai discharge, one fatally.
Mr.. Wilkins, not long ago sergeant
alarms of the Legislature, died at
Brenham, his home, the other day.
He was member of Company E,
Fifth Texas Cavalry, in 1861, and rose
to the position of adjutant.
Reagan. is the Texas member of the
executive committee of the congress
sional greenback league-an oreaniza-
ton which has for its object the re-
monetizstion of silver and repeal of the
resumption act, without regard to party
lines.
An exchange thinks the State and
county school lands will be worth q
hundred millions of dollars in a few
years; and so they will, if in the
mean time spectators under the pres
ent laws authorizing sales do not COB
BILE it up.
The Examiner has learned that q
sheriff's posse in Bosque county came
upon and attempted to recapture w.
! G. Swafford, one of the condemned
felons who escaped from the Meridian
Jail. Swofford resisted and they shot
him dead.
The Courier thinks enough time is
Lost in swapping horses in Tyler to
produce 1000 bales of cotton. 1t is
opposed to swapping horses on general
principles, and is after keeping the
gubernatorial Clydesdale continually
saddled.
Judge A. J. Booty has been holding
court at Marshall, and the people and
bar are highly pleased with his ability
upon the bench. The Judge has al
ways been a true man in every position,
public and private, which he has been
called upon to fill.
The Dallas Herald doubts the sue
cess of scheme to raise $4,000 to
keep newspaper man from falling off
his legs. Thousands of good men are
falling every day for want of money,
and the other SOFT go in spite OF the
DEVILS effort to save them.
Mrs. Long purchased tract of land
in Coryell county, from TullIs, pay
ing $4,000 for it, and she thinks she
will lose it as he sold it as the agent of
one Hamil. The amount of distress
brought upon people by these land
thieves cannot be computed.
If fellow hadn't had too much
whisky aboard he would not have
laid himself down to sleep upon the
railroad track near Palestine; but it
was due alone to whisky that an an
gel was not created when the engine
come along and struck him.
ANY person who has not paid his
dog tax, as per assessment, before the
fret day of January following COM
mits misdemeanor under law Of the
State, and is subject to fine of not
less than five dollars and costs on each
dog. High priced dogs like Taylor's
may be exempt.
The terrible murder of Mr. Reinecke,
in Gregg county, few days since was
the work Of two negroes and half
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