The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-12
TEXAS.


TEXAS.
Cotton Is beginning to arrive quite freely Ii
the BRENNAN market,
The late rains In Hopkins have been great
help to the growing crops
A man named Houghton, from Boston
aged about forty years, committed suicide OF
Monday, in Webb county, by shooting him
self through the abdomen. Cause unknown
has good crop ct corn and oats, plenty o.
wheat and an abundance of grass. Cattle and
horses all look well, and are quite fat.
Two camels Texas born and bred} passed
through Denison, northward bound, to
| Join circus The scarcity OF water threat
ems to interfere seriously with the live stock
business In that Vicinity unless 1t rains very
| soon.
| In the lower part OF Kerr there Is no corn
but from three miles below Kerrville, up the
| Guadalupe to the line, corn Is good and there
| will be enough for man and beast. A toler-
able fair wheat crop was made and the PEG
| pie will have bread enough for another year,
| It ID more than a year since there was
| good rain I'm Kendall county, and in many
| localities corn is an entire failure The county
will not average one bushel per acre. The
people are hauling water from the springs at
| Boerne for miles around.
Mrs. Sophia Phillips, widow lady over
seventy years OF age, living on Little Llano,
San Saba county, was bitten on the hard by a
small rattlesnake on Tuesday. and died next
night In great agony. AS there were no ply
sicans nearer than this place, distance OF
one near who knew how to treat a case Of the
kind, no antldote was used until too late
On the second instant there was a perma-
nent organization Of the Wool Growers Assoc
citation of Kerr county, CASHIER Real president,
Capt VIM. Scott secretary, and Mr.. Charles
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ed their flocks as all doing we'll, and especial
~ were the fall prospects greatly bettered
by the rain which fell here on the thirty-first
ultimO.
There are twenty-one prisoners In the john
son Jail. Only four Of these go to the peni-
tentiary as result Of the late term Of court.
One man stays In because OF mistrial. Four
remain on appeal. In the jail are four prison
ers now under conviction of homicide, as fol-
lows: Sam Myers. murder in the first de-
gree, penalty hanging: Doc Pharr. murder in
the first degree, penalty hanging Tom M yers,
murder In the first degree, penitentiary for
life; Williams. murder in the second degree,
fourteen years In the penitentiary.
jacksonville letter to the Austin Banner
says: No rain has fallen in this vicinity for
long time, l. g., enough to do any good. Stock
water Is quite scarce In most localities. and
even we'll water for family consumption is In
some cases getting to be quite an object. The
corn crop may be set down at about one-half
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one-third to One-half; some planters will not
make more than 8 bale to five or six acres,
and the best do not expect over bale to three
acres. There Is considerable sickness In our
neighborhood at present, mostly chiIls and
fever.
Wa1ahatehie (Iex) Enterprise: AT the
camp-meeting on Oak branch on Sunday last,
a little four ear-old son of Mr.. George Gun
ningham strayed away from the ground The
fear and alarm OF the parents was gradually
communicated to the vast crowd on the
grounds, and with one accord every one
and through every by-Way, In every direction,
In search for the lost child. A Thousand men
and boys penetrated the surrounding country
through the evening and during the entire
low was not discovered until Monday morn
ing about o'clock. A party of men found
him out on the prairie near South prong and
about five miles distant from the camp
ground. He did not seem to be scared, and
gave as his reason for leaving that he wanted
to go to bigger "picnic" than the one he
was at. How the little fellow had passed the
time can only be conjectured. He had not
had drop OF water since he left.
Corpus Christi Ledger: 1t has been mani
fest to numbers OF owners of horses and
sheep for several weeks that they must seek
water for their stock. The pasture fences
etfectually cut off all hope from old resorts,
unless, by special arrangements, such as
were perfected with Messrs. Rachal q few
days SINCE those gentlemen having removed
their cattle to better range in the sand. Up
to the present it is reported that not less
than 10000 head Of horses have been placed
in their pasture, to be supplied with water
from the Clark lake. La addition to these, sew
water at that point, subssting upon twigs
and the very roots OF the grass. Heavy rain
clouds for several days past have appeared
at almost every point of the compass, and at
times approached 50 close that the much
needed rain was deemed inevitable. Although
our hopes, so tar as the city Is concerned
Still remain unreaiized, reports from the sur
rounding country are to the effect that cheer
ing showers have fallen in several localities
The rainfall upon the Aqua Dulce prairie for
two days has been good, while in one Instance
1T came within two or three miles of the city
The San Antonio Express learns that there
came near being serious difficulty in Dhanis
on Monday night week. 1t was St. Dominic's
Day 1.-THE patron saint of the Dhanis church,
and large crowd was In town all day, as is
usual each year. In the evening two grand
dances were in full blast, and there was some
drinking. It seems that during the after
noon Il. Z: Gosling, Esq, of Castroville, with
Sheriff Niggli and deputy sheriff Tally
some legal business. In this way the sheriff
happened to be present in the evening while
drinking was being INDUCED In. About II
O'Clock young Joe Ney, the constable, fred
MS PISTOL OH twice, the bullets scattering frag-
ments OF rock from the walls. Deputy Sheriff
Burnett walked up to him and was convers-
Ing With him, when Sheriff Niggli came up
and took his pistol from his hand. Ney re.
sisted and was encouraged by his friends.
Nlggli took him In charge, placed him In a
room and guarded him, the crowd surging
around all the time, threatening to take him
from the sheriff; but Niggli stood with his
Winchester in his hand and invited them to
come over. Finally prudence took the place
q what seemed to be foolishness, and bond. |
written by Mr.. Costing, was signed.