The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-01-02

". >. must " hihNall-ff was tIE OF
q train on the Central az Allen for dis
orderly conduct in the lsllcs' ear. lie
showed fight at first, drawing six
shooter from his valise, bul was DIS
armed 10y the train men.
Vaugbn's murder was the beginning
Of a trsgcdy IN which eight men have
lost thcIr lives. Crabtrce. Stull, Smith.
the two Hurtlis eHl two al the Rabbs
have been Killed, dhl the work is said
10 he not yet completed.
Thos. II. Power, Of IN dependence,
was stabbed to death AZ B.enham on
the twenty third 10y Charles Hawkins,
tenant on Powers uucle's farm.
Power was Il distant relative Of Gen.
Sam Houston, and was much respected.
In Waco the city council were hos
tile to the fire department and the red
shirts who stretched rope around
the property saved from a FIRE aud de-
mandcd ss.vsCe before they gave up
the goods" They got the money too.
j. Shank, one OF the nine assassins
who. murdered Haden Phillips, Ben
Phillips and Ace Marvin in Rusk coun-
II in 1868, has recently been captured
in Tennessee and brought back for
trial. Shank broke Jail n Resk in
1873.
The reference in this column 20 the
distributing Of the SIN Antonio mcil
matter applied to the postoiIice At San
Antonio, as complained of in the San
Antonio papers, and not to the postol-
flee at Austin as some might have sup
posed.
At Sherman JoAS Fitch fsiailS stab
bed E r. Taylor, who slapped him in
the face and drew a revolver. The
knife penetrated within an eighth of
an inch of the heart. Fitch had &C
cused Taylor of belonging to a gang
of horse thieves.
Christmas set in in Houston county
in lively style. james Ainsworth
shot and killed J. w. Davis and
MORALLY wounded Alfred Leonard,
and slightly wounded stephen Eng
lsh. Leonard has since died and
the murderer is gone.
The WeatheTford Times tells that
work has been commenced on the Waco
extension of the Central TO Peoria, thir-
ty miles northwest of Waco and elgh.
teen southwest of Cleburne, the con-
tractors TO receive In payment specia
Central ten-year bonds.
! Martin, of the Sherman Register, has
put away childish things and having {
power press would sell the old ma.
chine which thrust greatness on hin
and the Register. Good luck will sure
ly attend the buyer. Who wants Mar
tins old hand press
Citizens of Bosque county held 8
public meeting at Meridian to raise
money to pay Detective Glenn, who
brought the murderers CT Vaughan tt
justice. The meeting passed rcsolu.
tons thanking Capt. Glenn and highly
commencing his efforts.
Mr.. NJ. S. Dunn, of this city, is {
candidate for engrossing clerk in tho
House. He was once a member of thC
Legislature and at the head of tbt
Committee on Engrossed Bills, anC
being an excellent scribe would fill th'
place with satisfaction to everybody.
DR.. Haden, president of the Calves
ton board of health, asserts that a ma
tioHal quarantine, stopping goods from
entering Gulf ports and allowing then
to pass into Atlantic ports, would b,
of but little effect, as the infected
goods would go to ali points by rail
In Johnson county Kerrick and vii
hanson, old neighbors, disputed abou
the line dividing their farms. KerrIch
went to Wiliamson's house with ,
shotgun, called Williamson oAt an(
shot at him. Williamson returned Tx
fire and in n few minutes beth were
dead.
]. l.. Chamberlain came from Cali
fornia five years ago with forty yarie
ties of California grape vines for eX
pertinent in McLennan county. lie ha
discovered that only ten are no
adapted 20 culture in Texas. The
Others flourish as web here as in Cali
foTnia.
Negroes are initiative creatures, VI
are accustomed to cay. One of them
without provocation, shot q man t,
death at Mulyille, near Bryan. TIL
white man had offended him in moth
ing. But there was whisky about ant
the negro is an initiative creature yOl
know.
A convention of railroad passenge
agents was held in Houston on tn,
twenty-ninth of December. They rep
resent nearly all of the roads in tn
South and Southwest. They will visi
Galveston, san Antonio, Austin ant
other places before they leave TIN
State.
On Christmas day, near Mulville
Brazos county, negro cursed SOM
white boys for shooting fire crackers
Mr.. Buck Pollock spoke in their be
half, the negro man was saucy whel
he hit him with his fist; another negr
walked up and shot Pollock, killing
him instantly.
| John Wesley Hardin at the head o
fifty convicts came very near making
his escape from the penitentiary. The,
had almost completed a tunnel from
the workshops to the armOry, and ha'
they reached it, they would have
seized guns, overpOwered the guards
and escaped.
| Col. Garcia, one OF Tre7ino's com
mand, with the assistance Of Col. Or
tiz, commanding at Presidio, has cap
tured over fifty Indian raiders, VIII
are in Jail and to be sent to work th,
mines of Yucatan. At Mulo Ortiz hat
fight with Indians, killing seven
wounding eight and capturing four
kteen.
A large flour mill is In course of cree
ton in Galveston. 1t is to manufactur
flour by the patent process and will hav
capacity of 12J. barrels per day. Tn
supply of wheat will for the presen
come mostly from Southern Kansas
but the proprietors complain bltterl
of the high rates of freight charged b
the railroads.
Correspondents of the lNeaos are dis
covering that the LunstIc asylum
poorly conducted On the other hans
every report, coming from any quarte
capable of proper discrimination, goe
to show that the asylum, under it
present management, is highly salts
factory and that the best interests Q
the State are looked to.
A sherilT's convention has been call
ed TO meet at the court house IN tn
city of Austin, on January IS, 1873
for the purpose of reorganization c