The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-26
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The Dallas Times is displeased because the
Texas legislators take the floor In their shirt
sleeves.
q The proprietors 81 the Commercial Hotel
OF Sherman, Texas, have been arrested for
keeping house OF prostitution.
Messrs. Coleman, Mathis d Fulton, whose
stock pens were recently located ut Victoria,
Havana and New Orleans weekly.
"A San Antonio white man, who married a
negro woman the other day, says that he did
30 under cover Of q sx-shooter In the hands
Of the woman's father.
Live Oak county has suffered total loss Of
crops. Last year this county. made not less
than 10000 bushels OF corn, which was worth
about $4,000. All the meal and corn con-
sumed was raised at home.
There are quite number Of cases Of small
pox among the Mexican portion Ut the Uvalde
population, but az yet but five cases have
appeared among other than the Mexicans
and negroes, and at present there are but two
Tom Green county Is rancheros and Mexi-
cans, about half OF each. IT is 60 by 200 miles
In area, and votes 600. San Angelo Is mostly
dirty Mexican town. The stores are one
story stone buildings and the suburbs small
dirt roof huts.
A letter from Al. Fry, assistant land COM
missioner Of the Sunset route states that Il
large importation OF the best class ut immi-
grants, men who have means and will make
good citizens, will arrive Oft Luling, Caldwell
county, the latter part OF August.
Henry Carson has been arrested In Texas.
He taught school five days In the week, and
on Saturdays and Sundays he improved his
time robblng stages. 1t Is thought that the
San Antonio (Texns) murderer, condemned TO
be hung August 8, may die oil nervous pros
tTatiOn before that time.
Sheriff Cunningham, OF Comanche county,
and the whole community were surprised
Tuesday night by discovering that five OF the
prisoners confined In the Comanche county
jail had made their exit through the roof and
departed for parts unknown.
Levi Noblett, living at Forestburg, Mon
tague, on Tuesday took an old shotgun,
which he supposed was empty, and attempt
ed to blow through 1t. He placed the breeeh
on the floor and bis mouth to the muzzle, then
raised the hammer with his toe The hammer
slipped and the gun was discharged killing
him instantly.
Cleburne has nine dry goods stores. twelve
grocery stores four drug stores, three hard
ware stores. four iewelry stores, two saddle
and harness shops. three hotels, one bank, SIX
saloons, two machinery depots, two millinery
shops, three photograph galleries, two steam
Touring mills, one newspaper, five churches
and four good schools
Cotton picking has commenced In earnest
In Dewitt county, and considerable seed cot
town and county. Water in the creeks and
other watering places is fast drying up, and
lit does not rain soon man and beast will
suffer for water.
Cotton receipts in Washington county have
for some time been very light, hardly enough
come general, and In about two weeks the
season will open In good earnest. New corn
has begun coming In, several loads having o.
rived during the past few days. 1t sells for
about sixty cents bushel.
Paint Rock has been selected as the perma-
art HDt1r1 " nj (Dnnhn
tract embraces 1G0 acres OF land, and has been
surveyed and laid off into plazas streets and
blocks. Alarge amount OF lumber ts on the
ground and the erection OF buildings has COM
menced. The town derives Its name from
Paint Rock bluff, on the opposite side Of the
river from town.
Last Wednesday, In Duncan's woods,
Orange county,, Texas. two young ladies,
Miss Day, step-daughter OF George Haynes,
and Miss Ann Gentrit, had been playing pis-
toI. In their absence some one loaded one Of
the barrels, and, returning, Miss Day took it
down and pointed it toward Miss Gentrit,
saying she would shoot her. Miss Gentrit IL
now dead.
county, according to tie assessors report. y
summed up and classified as follows: The
number Of children and under fourteen
years are: White male so5, white female 1856;
eolored male 80, female 63. Total male and
female, white and black, 1884. OF the above
number there are 1874 white children who
can read and Sc who cannot read, and 100 col
ored children who can read and 81 who can
not.
On Monday last, July IA, the thermometer
reached 1O3 In the shade In Nacogdoches, and
inside OF the old stone fort building, the Their
mometer hanging within the door, and pro-
tected from the sun and exposed to the cur
rent of air. The gardens are literally burned
up, the corn crop, in many instances, q total
failure, and the cotton begins to suffer serl-
ously. Some Of the best water mills In the
to grind, and hence corn meal Is often scarce
selling at seventy-iiv cents per bushel.