The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-15
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In Dallas Abe Levy was waylaid
and beaten by unknown men, ana Mr-.
Blair was charged with Ipstigating the
assault.
Hon. J. w. johnson, member of the
Sixteenth Legislature. has moved from
Columbus and will hereafter reside in
the city OF Houston.
w. L. Horn, of Freestone county,
has shown q stalk OF cotton grown on
his place which matured 3i9 bolIs,
yielding three pounds of cotton.
Another artesian we'll has Just been
completed near Fort Worth at depth
of 1873 feet, and it flows q magnifi-
cent stream of clear, pure water.
Eugene Sloan, who was once con-
nected with the Marshall Herald. was
found dead at the Texas and Pacific
hotel at Marshall. He had shot him.
self through the BRAIN.
Dallas already owes over $500, 900,
most of it bearing eight and the BAL
snce ten per cent. interest. This is
about debt enough, thinks the Times,
for the city to conveniently provide
| for.
The fall clip OF wool of Nueces
county amounted to thirty thousand
pounds, upon which twenty cents per
pound was realized. There are more
sheep in this county than any other in
| the state.
The assessed value OF the property
of Braz )ria county showed an increase
last year OF 5000, 900 over the preVi-
| GUS year, IL reaches now almost as
much as 1t did before the war, when
the county contained 4, 440 slaves.
NJ. w. Covey, of Kildare, has made
from three acres of cane, eighteen
hundred gallons of molasses. He will
this year enter largely into the sugar
and syrup business, and put up first
class machinery. This is good for
Eastern Texas.
Along with the extension of the
Texas and Pacific railway, the Denison
and Pacific has been led to contract for
a completed road fifty miles to the
northward of Gainesville, and now it is
said the Denison and Southeastern rail-
way will be extended to Gainesville by
the first of March.
Mrs. Caldwell, of Evansville, Georgia,
had come all the way from Georgia to
visit her daughter near Jefferson, and
when two miles from Der destination
the mules to the carriage in which che
was being conveyed from the railroad
ran away, resulting in the old lady's
neck being broken.
Silver ore in quartz has been dIscnv-
cred on land belonging to Gen. Baylor,
seventy-five miles from San Antonio.
There is wood and water in the neigh
borhood. Specimens of the ore were
exhibited in the Herald Office the other
day. The Generals purpose is TO have
an assay made of the mineral.
Two young Americana, George
Green, of Texas, and Frank Senter, of
Boston, were In mail coach near
Gauraxuats, Mexico, when 1t was at
tackled by band of thirty robbers.
With Winchester rifles these young
men fought the Whole band, killing five
and wounding several, and driving
them off.
Miss Florence E. Davis, daughter of
Judge j. F. Davis, of Waco, shot her.
self accidentally with little pistol
which she used for target practice.
The ball passed through her heart, and
she lived just long enough TO descend
half way down stairs and say ooh !
mamma, it went off," The Telephone
speaks of her as q lovable and light
hearted girl of seventeen.
The bell punches of BRENNAN, for
the month of December, yield the
enormous average revenue of $3.50.
There are thirty eight punches, giving
for December $260.07 total revenue.
In November it was 1904 90, which
was heavy decline on October re-
turns. And the Banner lntimates that
there was an awful amount of drink
ing in Brennan in December.
In regard to banks, Texas is thus
credited by the report of the comp
troller, of the currency; 113 banks,
sayings banks, trust companies and
private bankers; II of these are Ma
tional banks, with their capital of ST.
$50. 900; surplus 1895, $50 and depos-
its 1907, SIC. The number of other
banks, trust companies, savings banks
and private bankers is 102, with to-
tai capital of So, 707, S57; deposits 81
426. $50.
| Telephone: "The Baptist brethren (O
are srlll firing at each other through
the newspapers. The other church
congregations IN Dallas ought to offer
special prayers to-day that the Lord
will enable the Bucknenties and the
Links to reslizs how foolish they are
acting. Ingersoll Is said to be ready
for his contemplated visit to Texas,
and il he should swoop down ON Dali
las about this time what field for en-
terprise would there lie open to him. "
Fort Worth Democrat: 'The Austin
STATESMAN having said that every
drunkard in Texas under the bell
punch law is an officer of the State,
the Galveston Neacs thus touches upon
one of the most obnoxious features of
the odious law: This new army of
informers, however, have not taken
the usual oath of Office. There does
not appear to be any cogent reason
why citizens should be denounced in
one class of offenses more than another
to which they are witnesses ,"
Four convicts were detected the other
night In an attempt to escape from the
penitentiary. In reaching the top of q
building they attracted attention of the
guards and were stopped before their
purpose was effected. It is believed
that Long, q guard, was aiding IN their
escape. A search warrant among his
effects brought forth lot of CORE
spondence between himself and the
friends of Wesley Hardin, who lie In
the penitentiary, but the motive of this
correspondence is not stated.
Rev. w. B. Rankin gives the fol.
lowing as TO bible distribution in Texas
by colporteurs OF the American So
ciety in the month of December 1879
Days OF service, SSs; miles travelled
! on official duty. 1851; number Of fam
lilies visited, 1898; number Of families
J found destitute OF the bible. 621; des-
J titute families supplied with the bible,
SIS; destitute individuals supplied In
. addition, 3l7: number of books sold,
AGO; value OF the books sold, $74a. So ;
number of books donated to the needy,
5S7; value of the books donated,
snare; contributions from churches
and individuals in aid of the bible
cause, $Sa.00.
The Waco hell punches are heard
from for December, and the punching
business is dwindling down to moth
ing. The total revenue for December,
in which stimulating drinks are mostly
IN demand, wss $S43 IS, for Novem-
Der, $S7s So; for October, $6Si IS.
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