The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-27

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horse. His horse flew the track with
him, and running near a tree, limb
struck Overton on the head, nearly
killing him.
Major Penn, the noted Texas evan
geIisr, is middle aged, of commanding
stature, a rounded head, large, pro-
truding eyes and long, thick moustsche
and heavy beard, the latter dyed.
A gentleman, in a ride of fiiteen
miles across the prairies of Concho
county, saw not less than five hundred
antelope, one hundred and fifty wild
horses and innumerable flocks of ducks,
geese, quail and curlew.
Mr.. Jim Mason, who was accused of
breaking the Jail at Ls-npasas and de-
livering Ringold and Cooley from du-
rance vile, some two or three years ago,
was tried last weak in Lampasas, and
sentenced to the penitentiary for two
years.
Greenlaw, of carriage fame, had
lived an easy life for many years in
Texas, and at last gave up the ghost at
Sherman. He has been passing coun-
terfeit money through all these yearR,
and suicided ct last when complies
tions began to thicken about him. An
other story attributes the Gct to the in
fidelity of his wife, Rv. Haney being
involved.
The l;quor dealers of Texas, in con-
ventIun At Houston, resolved that every
local association represented should
send S. to the treasurer of the state
association for each member of these
associations and that payment should
be made for legal services in the test
cases at Houston aud Galveston emily
when the cases are decided IN favor of
the liquor dealers.
The people OF Hunt county proposed
to the East Line Railroad Company
that they would purchase stock in the
road to the amount of $40, 900 and
the right of Uay through the county
and depot grounds in Greenville, To
secure the enrly completion of the
road to GrcebvIlie. The proposition
has been accepted and the work will
soon begin.
Burglars have been going through
Gonzales. II COED cracksman could
find his way into the Uranium of the
Inquirer down there he would discover
heap of good things, jewels of
thought, golden fancies and the like.
We wouldn't mention 1t to scare our
contemporary, but know that the
knaves by this time, have stolen every
thing in those parts and decamped.
Mrs. Shepherd, the wife of Mr.. r.
Shepherd, living near Greenwood, On
Red River, last week gave birth to
triplets, two boys and girl. Mother
and children dong we'll. If ga babe
In a house hold is well-spring of
pleasure" won't the Shepherd family
own steamboat and, in river of
their own, make regular weekly trips,
with the trIplets, to New Orleans9
Bro. Penn once gathered all the
good sheaves in the moral
harvest field of Tyler. Gov. Hub
bard and two or three others
alone were too heavy for him to bind
and tote into the barn. But many
have back slidden, and Bro. Chaplin
has been drawing them back again
into the fold, and doing Bro. PENIS
work oyer again and with great euc-
cess.
DIR. A. II. VOORHEES,, already we'll
known in Eastern Texas, educated In
Paris, Ftance, aud II resident oculist
and aurist of Memphis, Tenn, for
many years, will spend the month of
January with his family in the capital
of Texas. No gentleman is more
highly esteemed In or outside his pro-
fession than Dr.. Voorhies, aud the af-
flicted should not forget the date OF
his visit.
Quill: Roberts refused to pardon
Toetle, and the same papers that
abused him for pardonlng other crimi-
mails, now abuse HIM for not doing so
in this case. In this connection while
pattiDg the old alcalde affectionstely
on the shoulder, we wish to gently
whisper to our hard to please brothers
of the press two things: 1. 1.-TWO
wrongs do not make one right" 2.
SIT is never too late to amend.
The following complimentary reso-
luton was passed by the Fourth Quar-
terly Conference of the Austin dis
trict, Winchester circuit, by unani-
nous rising vote:
ResolCed. BY this Quarterly Confer
ence, that the new NJ. E. Church
South, at Winchester, in memory and
honor of our late lsmented sister,
Mary 81. Thomas, late consort of Col.
N. Thomas, who having been for
many years q consistent member of
the Methodist church at Winchester,
died in great peace on the eleventh of
March last, shall be called Mary
Chapel.
The Castrovllle Quill, in comment
ing upon too mucn preaching, says:
eve need less of this ideal heaven and
moro of humanity; less talk and more
work. This is the secret, by the way,
of the Catholic success. That church
goes about doing good;' it fetches
heaven down to earth, while Protes-
tants are trying to lift earth to heaven.
What we want in Texas is better ills,
innocent jurors, more district judges
and district attorneys that have the
grit that some have In this section of
| the State, and less of sickly sentiment
tality and that kind of preaching
which makes respectable the thief in
broadcloth, condemns the poor rogue
in rags and then translates the muir
derer on the scaffold."
| The Galveston Nesos proposes that
General Ulysses S. Grant shall be in
vited to visit Galveston and the 1ele-
gram of this city assures Grant that he
would receive from the people of Texas
a sswarm hearted, openhandei greet
ing" If the ex-genersl of the fed
eral armies, and ex-President of the
| United States should visit this State
we do not know Of any reason why
there should be any particular parade
or demon stration made over him. We
can assure him, however, that he will
not meet here with the kind of recep-
ton that was rendered him at Gales
burg, H., where he was utilized as q
target for the boys to throw eggs at.
| Houston Age.
| A letter Of November 4, from Sierra
Mojada says: There are q great many
poor people here, some Americans
among them, for, Notwithstanding the
immense quantity OF ores in sight,
there are, as yet, no works for reduc-
J ing them. The Jesus Maria. consid-
cred the mother mine, is building re-
duction works. as is the Blanca, the
Esmeralda and Others. The present
want of the mines is capital and ms
chinery. They VIII both come, but
when thew do. then men OF small