The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-25
Tfxss FACTS AND FANCIEs.

The total Indebtedness Of Houston
is 81. 701, 9s1.72.
The Baptists Of Georgeto an will
soon build church.
Martin BIRD, a prominent citizen of
Brownwood, is dead.
Waco receives each week a half mill
lion pounds of Kansas corn.
Governor ROBBERS and wife spend the
holidays at their home in Tyler.
Scott and Dogs were sentenced to
FIVE years each in the penitentiary at
Waco.
Ia the Sherman district court Satur.
day seven petitions for divorce were
granted.
The late burnt district in Bolton is
being rebuilt with most handsome new
buildings.
Rev. II. V. Philpott leaves Brysa to
become presiding elder of the Calves
ton district.
A Lamar county planter has just
brought out some fifty or sixty negroes
rom Mississippi.
]. p. Thompson, sssossor and collec-
tor OF Grsyson county, died of pnsu-
monia on last "Wednesday.
at Scottsville, Charles D. Kretz was
married to Miss Susie Scott, daughter
of State Representative Scott.
Dallas has a lawyer who spells "eco-
nomical" "equinsm,cal." He belieYes
in adheEing TO Lstan derivitives.
Col Moody of Galveston, COM
menced his career In Falls county as
an attorney. so says the Hldee.
The West Texas Stock Association
agrees to pay 5000 to any person pro-
curing tie conviction OF cattle thief.
WhIie running u horse race st Mel
sOuYille, Austin county, Steuben Flake
was thrown against tree and killed.
The Wscoitcs complain OF the poor
quahty of the gas furnished them. 1t
has lately had to give up two of its
windiest politicians.
Erslh county has raised this season
something over 5000 bales of cotton,
500 If which have been sold in the
town Of S,cphensville.
! 10 Kirgan is not dead, as was some
time 500 reported. H. is publishing
tae Byae0s Valley Guide at Thorp
SPRINGS, IN Hood county.
a band Of eighteen or twenty pick
pockets frum Chicago have been doing
DenisoD. Tney even board.sd the
trains On arrival ana went through pas
serg rs.
That cOnfoundcd Illustrated page Of
he Meas Item is getting monotonous.
1t there were only some variety in the
breed OF cattle represented, 1t would
be less so.
In Robertson county,at dance at a
house of q man named Newman, q
man named Castles slapped the face Of
Albert Bill and then shot him dead.
Castles was lodged in jail.
L. is said that on one occasion
Haynes, the sanctifcationist, got &
500 order direct from the Lord, and
in Haynes favor, of course, cashed by
wealthy proselyte of Corsicana.
Over goo years ago La Sale and his
followers trod the prslries where VIC
torIa and Goliad now stands, and oyer
which then roamed the buffalo, the
deer and the whooping Tonkawas.
The Houston Age says that in the
case of VIM. Palmer, tried in Houston,
for negligently killing boy by run
ming a hack and team over him, the
jury returned a verdict of fine of 81
and costs.
George Bakers herd of 1000 cattle
were driven ACROSS Croton Creek, an
upper tributary of the Brazos, they
drank of its alkaline waters, and one
hundred and fifty of the cattle died
directly after crossing.
The Falls Coanty IH5er says that
Judge Hemphin regards Galveston
commission merchants as lordly a set
of thieves as the world ever saw, and
the investigation by the cotton ex-
| change a consummste farce.
Diphtheria, now prevalent IN so
many portions of Texas, is said to have
originated in Egypt over 1000 years
ago, and then it spread over the CONT
nent of Europe, and thence it came to
America. 1t has often prevailed IN cpl
demic form.
Texas boasts of three aupreme
courts, and all of them are now l.. ses-
sion at Tyler, the Supreme Court
proper, the Court of Appeals and
Court of Errors. During the last ses-
ton of the Legislature five additional
| judicial districts were erected.
Thirteen negroes, just returpad from
Parsons, Kansas, reported as benson
that want, destitute, hunger and cold
are causing many negroes to wish them
selves back in the sunny South. One
whole family of negroes near Parsons
were reported frozen to death in the
late cold spell.
1t is held by the Appellate Court in
Caplin v. The State, decided Novem-
Der s, that county courts are vested
with jurisdiction, concurrent with
courts of justices of the peace, TO try
and determine all cases of misdemean-
or, save such as involve official mis-
conduct, even though the penalty pre-
scri0ei may be for fine not less than
two hundred dollars.
TIE city marshal of Belton siezed
the reIgns of horse Doc Ross was
riding and, suddenly checking the
course of the animal, the man fell to
the ground and his leg was broken.
His wife, coming from her home in the
country to attend him, was thrown
from her wagon and her arm broken.
A pretty good chapter of accidents con-
sequent upon the exercise of a little
brief authority.
San Augustine Saxon Henry L.
Lsnkin, formerly of this city, has
lately been appointed postmaster at
Hampstead, by President Hayes.
Long years ago this same postmaster,
at this place, filed q hogshead with
600 pounds of gun powder, buried it
ten feet under ground. and then-sp-
piled match. 1t broke all the win
dow glass in town, split Col. Blount's
chimney open, and frightened every
body half to death. The bark on
large hickory which stood near by the
scene was buTsted from the ground to
the very extremities of the boughs."
DIR. Josia Watson aud A. S. Shook,
Greenback lights OF Falls county, are
just now giving origin to q first class
scan mag. They entered into copartner-
ship TO secure positions at the last cleo