The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-24

Texas.
Dallas bad four cases of sunstroke on
Wednesday. none of which proved
fatal.
At Marlin Tom G nther was shot
three times by Deputy Sheriff feather
stone.
The taxable values of McLennan
county have increased half million in
one year.
Waco dispenses gas at 50 so per 1000
feet. Bus that is because Downs lives
over there.
By the twenty fifth of July Lampssas
and B lion will lie connected by tele-
graph wire.
The cotton crop in Dallas county is
at or cal point. Il must have rain
Immediately.
The expenses for running the Tar
rant county j Ill for the month of June
was 1886 50.
The head devil of the Grenbackers
has been speaking In Northern Texas
communities.
1t was Judge Booty who continued
the Currie case lie gets Hail Co.
umbIa" for it.
Superior potters' clay is found In
D1ntcn county, and much ware is be-
ing made from it.
Fur or five hundred men are work.
ing on the Narrow Guge betwcea Ty-
Ter and Texarkana..
The negro, Floyd, who outraged a
young lady near r chmond, has been
arrested at Hampstead.
DR.. y. Jug could not got an auii,
ence when he proposed t. lecture on
temperance in Denison.
w. A. Chandler, the old editor OF
the Red Lander. published in 1899 at
San Augustine, is no more.
Since May one fruit grower of
Washington county has shipped 100,-
900 pounds of peaches North.
The Telephone complains that Gov
ernor r 1berts has appointed two boys
to be public weighers at Waco.
Worms are reported to be in the cot
ton crop in Bell county, though not SC
as to seriously damage the crop.
Dsnison used to be called the infant
wonder. but it is now known as the
Texas Fourth of July slaughter pen.
DsnIson has an organ zed artillery
company. 1t will be used In quitting
people to death every Fourth of July.
The signal service reports the Their
mometer ct 1G5 in the shade at Denison.
Murray is thus prepared for his future
state.
Two fellows who love to be stared
at, Gay and Link, are 'ttetching theil
legs while idiots stare at them IN For
Worth.
E lrly amber cane has ripened at Syc
amore springs, in Burnet county, and
some excellent syrup has been made
! from it.
The Methodi,t preachers lately con
gregated st Whitesboro and only E,
few ragged old roosters are left to tel
the tale.
Elder w. J Jones closed meeting
at Concord, in Austin county, on tn,
thirteenth instant with twenty mine sd
dihoBs.
People are accust omed to suppos;
that brass is an ALLOW of copper apC
vet Nat. Q rarely carries copper il
his pocket.
The corn crop in Erath county is al
most failure, but cotton is doing fine
ly and a large crop of the staple vii
be gathered.
The Telephone is not very compli
mentary to sat least two of the Austil
banks" The others ough: to be YER
happy about it.
Rvs Keller and Dodson are running
a rouslng Baptist camp meeting dow
at Ssguip, The Times Is better pa
per than usual.
John Crimmin, saw mill owner, wa
shot and killed Thursday on the Texa
and Pacific Railway by John McAneny
u railroad book keeper.
A second annual meeting OF the sur
Vivors of the seventh Texas regimen
will take piece September 4, al Hone
Grove, in FAnnin county.
Bales and Riggs, officers of Bel
county, have sub-contracted to delive
convicIs from number of wester
counties to the penitenuary.
'Uac.e Billy" Boutwell,, the col
survivor of Clusters massacre, and
relative of s cretary Boutwell,, csiche
fish from the Brsz IS at Granbury.
The Telephone denominates d.
McCown the king bee of Bosque
vile" Hive him for his sweetness
kiss him for his maternal ancestor.
The Times thinks if Dallas coul
only get get rid of bal city govern
ment, yellow fever wouldn't be cir
cum lnce worth bothering about.
Waco will lose trade by the exten
sion of the Central branch toward
Eastlsnd, but ic will also secure muc
trade by building the narrow gauge.
, They had a rousing narrow gsug
railroad meeting in Dallas S4turda
night. When do Governor Hubbard
Dr.. Taylor and the rest speak in Au'
tinl
Ga the night of the seventeenth for
nersons- pamed Bob HallIs. John Fel
euson, George Gram and George Pat
Ills, escaped from the Cemanehe cour
y jail.
The great Presbyterian preacher,
C. Blake, is trying to strAighteu up ii
sinners Of Waco. He began the geo
~ork thirty years ago. at Lebanon
\ baesFse.
DR.. Rutherford, the State heat
oficer, was in benson on Wednesds
last looking into quarantine arrang'
ments, should aciIon there becou
necessary.
Ch.rlts V. Riley. chief Of the Uai
! ed States meteorological Commission
will deliver lsctufe, Outing the pom
. oiogiczl ne.ung ~ Houston. on u
} cotton worm
: They don't Pns stEaw, but Qkii
m Il over 81 cAssfvville, and the PEI
pie suck II sud they light out ~
baxs nice lirlls khoek down via
MAYOR Yolln,eT.
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