The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-10-09
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The prsiries are now full of fat plover,
aGording excellent shooting.
Elder ]. II. Skiles of the Christian
Church at Mckinney has resigned his
pastoIate.
The liquor dealers of Houston have
resolved to take the bell punches and
fight the law.
Toettsl, the Sherman murderer, is to
be hung on Thursday instead of the
usual day, Friday.
Democratic clubs in Collin county
hold regular meetings and discuss
questions of politicalimport.
Business in looking up is Comsnche,
and in the past few weeks four OF five
new business houses have opened.
Oats planted about San Antonio re-
Gently have attained the height of
twelve inches in three weeks growing.
The WEEKLY STATESMAN has entered
upon its ninth volume. The STATES
man was inaugursted IN the summer
of 1871.
On the seventh Of October the Sour
Lake property wilI-be sold at the court
house door in Houston to the highest
bidder.
A SILVER mine has been discovered
twenty miles from Eastland, but the
Rerie,o will have nothing to say about
its value until the assay is made.
Bishop N. II. McTeire of Nashville
will preside over the West Texas
Methodist Church conference, which
begins at Gonz ales on October 2S
Track laying is to be Immediately
commenced ON the Texas and Pacific
Railroad. Cars will run TO Weather
ford, it is thought, by December /.
Fort Worth Is already making prep
aratIons to entertain the Northwest
Fexas conference of the M. E. Church
South, which convenes October 90.
The Denison Ne1os says several per-
sons from st. Louis have passed
through Dsnison who were bound for
the Sierra M-iSda mines in Mexico.
Link of D ,llas and Gay of Fort
Worth have terminated their walk at
the latter place. Link made 81 miles
and so laps, Gay 81 miles and % laps.
The latter tainted and had to be taken
off the track.
The county judge and county clerk
of FL Paso have been suspended, and
it is supposed the sheriff will be also.
1t is apprehended that serious trouble
will be the result.
The Washington county collector
placed thirteen bell punches in posi-
ton in one day and took in $4,000 on
them. But he was just getting his
hand in for real work.
James Quisinbury was shot and
killed at Palestine by G. G. Rogers,
city marshal. Rogers was an impor-
tant witness against Quisinbury in the
Grayson murder case.
The grand jury of Bexar county
found 101 indictments at its recent ses.
sion, the most of them for misdemean'
ors, but it took no cognizance of any
infringement of the Sunday law.
Col. L. Il. Fitzhugh, agent for cor
poration of New York and Chicago
capitalists, has purchased in Uvaldt
county body of 46, 900 acres of land.
A colony from the E ,st and West is to
be located on it.
The police officers of Houston cap.
tured an escaped convict, named Johr
Gay, Saturday night. He was sent tc
the penitentisry from Victoria county
in 1871, for life, and escaped from the
penitentiary brick yard on the tenth oi
June.
The brass band of San Saba is ir
trouble. The citizens have interfered,
and notified them that unless they STOP
their eternal racket and confine them.
selves to music the dark abysses OF the
river will be considered too good fol
their carcasses.
Currie, the murderer, has taken to
the Bible and the psalm book, and il
copse quently building up opinion il
his favor. He would like to have {
chance at some other poor man o.
woman, and send another soul unpre.
pared into eternity.
An exchange mentions the discovery
OF coal in Van Zandt county. This Il
in the great coal belt which underliCi
an extensive strip of Texas, and which
eventually, will prove source ol
wealth TO the State, OF which we ol
the present little dream.
1t is declared that a law was placed
upon the statute books during the lat,
sitting of the Legislature giving Judg,
Fleming 54 weeks work to perform Il
one year. But it was known tha
Fleming is regular wheel horse, anC
it was only presenting new problem
for solution.
A man named Limeberger, who at
teRded campmeetiDg near Jefferson for
eight days in succession, then wen
crazy and was confined in Jail at tha
place, first got timber and theI
almost unmanagle, and with difficulty
was prevented from killing some o
the other prisoners.
The encounter between Gen. Ham
man and Col. WellbOrn, at Weather
ford, when they met in political dis.
cussion, is to be regretted. He said
those who favcr the payment Of the
national debt according TO contract are
either knaves or fools. WellborI
wished 10 know il this applied to him
or his constituency. Hamman replied
snake the application as you damn
please" Wellborn recognized from
the answer and style that but one ep.
plicstion was intended, and blows were
exchanged.
A gentleman from the rural districts
was listening to q detailed account OF
the Incorrigibles Major Penn lately bag
gtd at Georgetown. When Dalrym-
ple's name was mentioned, next on the
list was 'tNat @" ''Stop there
stranger, you'll get the devil in next,
and / sha'nt believe that. As Gen.
Forbes Britton used to say, the old
gentleman may be ready to onscrew
his tail and hand IL over TO Msjor
Penn, but he wouldn't jine at the same
camp meeting where Nat Q. confessed
religion at. He's not to be cotch in
such company Ms that, If he is awful
bad"
The Telegram takes new, but prob.
ably correct view Of the duty Of q town
marthal whsn il says: ''Chns. Rogers,
city maishal Of Palestine, has shown
himself worthy Of the place he occu-
pies, and more than q match for the
gang Of cowArdiy assassins by whom be
is surrounded. 10 killing the animal
and murderer, Qdisenbury. Rogers
simply did what the jury neither had
the nerve nor the sense TO accomplish.
He is just about such an officer as
Sheriff Brown OF Lee county, who has
run sll the scOundrels and thieves ont
Of his county, although he did have 10