The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-08
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, MONDAY sEpTEMBER s. 1879
any town I'D the State Of the same population.
The city tax Ii fifteen cents on the hundred

any town ID the State Of the same population
The city tax ID fifteen cents on the hundred
dollars.
50 far the Sunday law ID d dead letter II
Castroville: All the saloons were open last
Sunday. with the exception of one, and nc
movement mas been made toward prosecuting
any one.
The citizens Of Jewett, Leon county. held j
meeting Saturday to raise money to build ar
$4,000 courthouse, provided the county site
was moved there. all the amount raised wal
but $500.
El Paso ID On the Mexican side of the Ric
!1rande, on the southern boundary Of New
Mexico The town On the American side ID
called FRANKLIN, but 1t Is more generally
called El Paso.
That portion OF Karnes county situated be-
tween the San Antonio river and Cibolo creek.
ls occupied principally by large colony oi
Poianders, who are an Industrious, enterpris-
Ing and thriving people.
During the first week of August SAT bales
OF cotton were shipped from Columbus, Colo
RADIO county; tn the second, 357 bales; Ia the
third, 1896 bales; and In the fourth, 915 bales
making grand total for August OF 2O15 bales.
Two negroes, Alex. Thompson and Bill
Bates, had quarrel at the plantation Of Mr..
/. G. Dupre, near Plantersville, Grimes
county, last week, when Thompson shot Bates
In the head with twelve buckshot. His skull
| was bruised a little, but not otherwise dam
aged.
A great deal of sickness is reported at Eel
Paso and that neighborhood. caused by
scarcity Of suit ~sble drinking water. The bed
Of the Rio Grande from Eel Paso to Quitman
Is perfectly dry. Corn planted In the river
bed is dying, although good crops of grain are
being raised short distance over tho lne In
Mexico.
A party of fifteen or twenty men, mounted
and armed, with provisions for several days,
left U,yalde on Friday morning for the Nue.
ces. They are to be joined by another party
from Turkey Gre ok, and together they will
endeavor to make grand rounding"
trip of men with stolen cattle, supposed to be
near the Cedar brakes.
Toney Riley and Joe Lutz, of Castrovile
were fooling with their firearms, one having
a six shoot ,r and the other n Winchester car
bine They got to swapping at each other,
when Riley's pistol exploded a cartridge. The
ball penetrat I'd both OF Lutz's hands, and the
wound is very painful. They were not angry
Lutz refused to let Dir. Schnell amputat one
Of his fingers. He Is doing very we'll
Corpus Christi Free Press: In 1870 we had
population OF less than two thousand; now
we have something less than four thousand.
We have dug one ship canal, costing over two
hundred dollars and are now at work On an
road, the stock of which and so per cent OF
It's bonds are held by our own people, and we
have not called on either city or county to as
sist us, thereby avoiding increased taxation
to meet the city and county bonds. Our total
taxes-State, county and city amount to /.
per cent. ~..
The Hillsboro Bee gives the following
example Of bad shooting : Mr.. Geo. Bragg |
was over at Towash with some other young
men end itseems that they got into dispute |
among themselves when Mr.. Purtel came up !
and made some. remarks that brought Oh |
DIR al v,inf
fired at Bragg, who stood still until he was
fired at twice, when he rushed back into the |
house and seized q double-barrelled shotgun,
returned to the front door, fired one barrel at |
Purtel and snapped the second. Purtel con-
tinued the fire with his pistol and Bragg |
walked to house about forty yards of, got |
new cap, retlrned and fired a second time at |
bis antagonist Nobody hurt.