The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-10-23
Tera.-Faet. and Raneie..

TeKRs-Faets and RaHeies.
Fifty marriage licenses were issueo
at Fort Worth during August.
Twenty-Five hundred bushels will be
the pecan crop of San Saba county.
Hamilton county enjoy, excellen,
mail facilities, and the population of
the piece is said to be composed of ex-
cellent good people.
II ID estimated that the land forgers
since 1872 have clouded titles t. over 8
half million acres of lano. How much
that was done before that is hard t.
compute.
McCullocb and Concho counties have
made contracts that the locator of their
school lands shall have one half of the
lands, which ia more than was ever
paid before.
At Dallss, while the family of Mr.
| spIYey were at supper, some ore wen,
into their house ana saturating the bed
clothes with kerosene oil, attempted tc
burn the building with all in it, but
| the ure was stopped.
the mind of Mr.. Sealy of Calves
ton, who was reported as falling from
u train on the Iron Mountain r BAD, il
is thought. has been seriously out OF
order for some time. He has been one
| of Gslvestou's most valuable citizens.
That Calvert Judge beat the bell
punch by just one-eighth of an inch.
The law says the letters shall be one
inch in length, and actual measure
ment shows the punches to be illegal
In that they are SHORT ore-eighth Of an
inch. This judge is going up as soon
as a vacancy permits.
We hadn't heard Of our old friend
and co-lsborer for many days till we
discovered the following IN the 4ele
gram: "Morgan'S New York steamer
New York, Capt. Quick, arrived at
Galveston Monday with a large cargo
Of general freight for Texas" It Is
Quick's steamship now.
Toe Guadalupe Times says that John
Willett in writing of the wealth OF
the Sierra Mojada mines, says that be
and his servant worked one day and
took out three and q half pounds OF
liver. Why man would remain any
oody's servant when silver is SO pleD-
tiful, is what puzzles en- editor living
on ten cents q Gay.
Houston has a syst I'm of telephone
pe-mesting the city and connecting all
the business houses with one another
and offices with residences. They tried
1t on in Austin, but each poor devil
thought it joint stock arrangement,
and each feared that somebody would
swindle blm or that he would be be.
deviled with duus, and the scheme fell
through.
The San Saba Me,cs learns from 8
gentleman who has just returned from
Tom Green county, that the towns in
that county are free from small pox
Abundant rains have fallan, there is
plenty Of grass and Just as much stock
as the county will support. There are
in the County over 100, 600, head of cat
tie with the requisite number of cow
ponies, and numerous Il .oks of sheep
numbering Thousands each. From
Fort C0ncho up on the North Folk of
the Concho and i;s Tributaries there
are fully %, 600 head of cattle, besides
several large d cks of sheep. The
trade at San Angelo IA very brisk.
There was no Indian raid ia the month
of September,
The distribution of Bibles in Texas
by colportturs of American Bible So
ciety in the month of September: Days
of service, 3l3; miles travelled on Off
cisl duty. 4Sl7; families visited by
them, 3798; families found destitute of
the Bible. 702; destitute fimIlies sup
piled, $50; destitute individuals sup
piled IN addition, 17S; number of books
sod, 1898; value OF books sold. $628 80;
number OF books distributed grstui.
teusly, 412; value of books distributed
gratuitously, Sil0 40; received from
churches and individuals in aid of the
Bible csuse. SIS. so. BLESSED is he
that readelh aud they that hear the
words of this prophecy, and keep
those things which are written there
in"
At Sulphur Springs, just after the
performance at the opera house had
closed, Mr.. John Norris, city marshall,
vas shot through the heart aud died In
twenty minutes. He was standing ct
the counter of Phillips at the time,
with two friends taking drink. The
assassin stood In the dark on the side
walk outside, and having fired with
deadly aim, halted q moment to SEE
the work was well done and then fed.
He was not identified in the excite
ment, but is supposed to be q friend of
3 man who was killed last summer by
Norris and his deputy, Soerstreet,
while resisting arrest. Norris leaves q
large family. The cries OF his daughter
over his st,f .ning corpse in the bar
room, crowded with men, were heart
rending.
Walter Brown & Co.'s New York
monthly wool circular of October /,
says that Texas woods have been IL
very light stock duri69 the past two
and sales are necessarily small.
The new fall clip will Come on the
market al good tine and will IN.
meet with full apprecia
ton. Large growers sre asked TO
adopt tie system Of consignipg clips
direct to Eastern wool commission
houses, Is being the method By which
they can realize the highest manufac-
turing price At the least expense. In
regard to the future; while there IL
= strong probability of some further
in prices. il should be
borne in mind thst domestic woods are
how nearly at point that will admit |
Of the importation of competing woods |
from E1rope. Texas woods stand: |
Spring. Esst-rp, % TO sac; fall East |
srp, 90 To 90 spring, Western. 20 TO |
'9o; fall. Western, - to 2ec; inferior,
10 70 &c. ]