The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-04
Tera.-rae,. and FapoIe..
A negro suspected OF murder was
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A Dallas sportsman has fifteen III r
oughbred fox hounds, valued at $1,000.
The State Grange will convene in
Austin on the second Tuesdy in J1rus-
ry next.
A lumber of Americans are returning
from the Sierra Mojada mires heartily
disguised.
Bowie county has $4,000 in her
treasury, and proposes to build new
al with it.
The jury system of Texas has been
adopted withou, change by the Stat.
of Geoigs.
The African Methodist Conference
for the district of Northern Texas,
met at CorsicaDa.
The Mexia Polytechnic Institute is in
a furnishing cond ton, with 14O pu-
pills in attendance.
Mis-. Fannie B)wman, of NJ, K uney,
fell 10 q well, a few days ago, and died
of injuries received.
Officer Brooks, shot at Henrietta
while attempting the arrest Of COW
boys, has died of his wounds.
Two hundred aud thirty negroes
passed through D Illas in onp day, 60
ing to the promised land in Kansas.
MS. A. J. Pierce, Of Waco, has re-
celyed $1,000 from the Knights of
Honor, the insurance on her husbands
life.
1. is said that Jackson and Under
wood, of the Bass gang, occasionally
visit friends and acquaintance at De-
catur.
The Court of Appeals sffirms the
death penalty Of Henry Shsff.r, who
killed Houston Hard at Longview in
1878.
Pecans are sold at Waco at So. so per
bushel by the wagon load. and some
are brought distance of three hun
bred miles.
The Meridian Blade makes a Fl. ce
onslaught on Gen. Msxey, and we be-
GIN to see that SenatD IT Coke is not
MsxeY's friend.
A young lady down town was stung
on the lip by bee, which was natural
enough, since bees generally find the
places where honey is distilled.
Wharf rata have reached Bell county
and are working at lively rate upon
the gransries, e,c. They are a most
terrible pest, always increasing in num-
bers.
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thieves, in prison, kaocked down and
killed colored watchmsn and fasslly
beat white watchmau, McAfee, msk-
ing their escape.
An exchange advises yOurg people
to eat oysters only IN the months tlst
have "I's" in their names, and DIR nix
whisky only in the months that have
a TX" in their names.
A State law forbl Is any person herd
ing more than twenty-five head Of cat
tie or horses within half u mile OF the
residence of any cit z,n of this State
unless be own the land.
TIE immense amount of freight ar
irving at Deniscn from the North has
forced the Missouri, Kansas and Tex Is
Railroad Company to double its trans
fer force at that point.
The town of Whitney, in Hill coua-
ty, the terminus of the Waco and
E4stlsnd railroad, promises to be an
important town, aud will undou ted!y
kill II ,ll-bnro, the county seat.
The cotton crop of Titus county.
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raised, yieldieg from 1000 to 100
pounds per acre on u Glands, AMI from
1900 to $500 pounds per acre on to
tom lands.
At Corpus Christi en insane woman,
Emma Cnghiu, while at The hospital
straBgled To death her two children by
tying stockings arouod their throats
She escaped, buS was caught in the
woods.
The annual exports of T, xas amount
to $50, 600, 600, cotton alone bringlr g
$50, 600, 900 or $50 600, 600 This Is
about $50 to every man, woman and
child in the State. Ii our imports do
not increase, we ought to get rich af-
ter a while,
The State of Nevada enacted law
taxing drummers, as in Texas. A
purse was made up and the COP stitu-
tionali,y of the law tested, and the Su-
preme Court decided the law to be
constitutional.
The editor of the MarliG Ball wants
the next State Democratic convention
held at Waco because it is near him,
and he wants to spend few days there
about the time it should be called, and
now Col. Bower shouldn't consult th,
committeeman.
The Houston Telegram asks the
Marshall Herald, one OF the oldest and
most conservative papers in the State,
the simple, pointed and unequlvocal
quest on-wht Their it has ever known a
murderer to be hug in Texas who was
worth fifty thousand dollars.
The Mexia Ledger, referring to tie
failure of the bell punch, says: when
the S late undertakes to take advantage
of any class of people it may expect
that class to take advantage of 1t. We
are opposed to all oppressive laws, OF
whatever kind they may be-"
Judge Cowan and Hiram Cole, OF
Hunt county, were involved in land
suit. Cowsn beat Cole in the case,
when Cole and his son went to Cowan's
house to attack him. The result was
that Cole was SHOT dead and the son
was dangerously wounded.
Rev. Conrad Haney, the hero of the
recent scandal at Sherman, was exon
Grated OF the charges against him and
reappointed to Sherman for another
yesr, that he might "live down" the
bad reports associated with his name.
Just so it was at first with the Rev.
Veal.
But fifteen sewing machine agents
have taken out license this year TO ply
their avocation in Texas. One o. L.
Geer took out permit and the others
are using 9 copy of the document
and all the sewing machine chaps have
gone into Geer, which will soon result,
probably. in their being knocked en-
tirely out of geer.
The Texas Trunk railroad, to run
from Dallas to Sabine Pass, lie as yet
paper railway. Josiah G. Graver, OF
Massachusetts,, is the president of the
| company, and the amount of capital
stock Is placed at five millions. The
road is to pass through the pine re-
gions, and it will give North Texas an
outlet to the sea. and afford another
connection with New Orleans. Work
is declared to be commenced soon.
Two sable ladies Of Taylortown had
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