The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-09-02

Green Moore, Democratic negro
of Limestone county, has been
threatened with death by Radical
negroes in consequence of his poll
tics.
The Post and Age, of Houston, will
consolidate under the name of " Post
age" So says the Telegram, which
was never known to utter false
hood.
E. w. Fay, having given bond,
will probably make his home again
in Bolton. to await trial for land
crookedness. His bOndsmen live in
Bolton.
A Boston syndicate has been
formed for the building of stand
ard gauge road to run from Dallas,
Texas, to the City of Mexico and to
the Pacific coast.
A ten-year-old boy at Fort Worth
lately had a stone, weighing 1880
grains, removed from his bladder.
The operation was performed by
Drs. Pope and Fields, of Marshall.
One Northcutt, who killed his
cousin in a fight in Comanche
county, nine years ago, escaped, but
recently came back to visit his rela-
tions, and was detected, and is now
under arrest.
The Dallas, Cleburne and Rio
Grande Railroad Company is re-
ported to have secured Boston
syndicate to build the road to La
redo, a distance of 200 miles as the
crow would fly.
The Texas Trunk is getting along
admirably. 1t has so far promptly
paid cash for all its obligations, and
has an immediate operating capital
of S5,000,000, less discount upon first
mortgage bonds.
Personal friends of Gen. j. j.
Byrne, alleged to have been killed
by Indians recently on the Rio
Grande, doubt that the Indians did
the killing, and suspicious of foul
play are entertained.
Another of the Littlefield broth
ers, wounded in the fight in Gonzales
county, has died of his wounds.
This makes three of them-victims
to the feud existing between them
selves and the Martins.
Judgement was rendered in the
United States court at Galveston
against the Houston and Texas
Central Railway Company for $780,
220.13 for internal revenue taxes
The case goes to the United States
Supreme Court on a writ of error
A petition from Dallas, asking
Communication for Allen Wright, sign
ed by little over 100 names, reached
the Governor yesterday morning.
His decision has already been made
known, and the execution took place
yesterday.
A young man in a drunken fit
with his parents sleeping in few
feet of him, got up in the middle OF
the night while camping near SHEER
man, and cut his throat from ear to
ear. The people were moving from
Jacksboro to Eastern Texas.
The report comes that the con-
struction company and the directory
of the Texas and Pacific railway
have determined to complete the
road through to Ell Paso by the Isl
of January, 1882, instead of the Isl
of January, 1888, as nominated III
the contract.
A construction train on the SAINTS
Fe road near Wolf creek, encoun.
tered a COW, and four flat cars loaded
with railroad iron were ditched
Mr.. James w. Dallas, surveyor, in
the employ of the company, wa:
thrown from one of the flats and
broke his thigh near the hip joint
Fifteen or twenty negroes on the
train escaped injury.
| d. III. SwartZ, a Northern man, ell.
gagged in the picture business at Gle.
burne, was an amen corner man and
a leader in prayer meetings, has
been engaged in running the charac-
ter of young women in johnson
county. On being discovered he
Jumped the town, and has gone else.
where to practice sanctimonious vii
lainy.
The Houston Post says of the de-
faulting eX-postmaster, a. b. Hall
that he has been living near Hous-
ton with Mrs. Sweeney He was re-
ported dead in Mexico, but since he
has now obtained the President:
pardon, he will emerge into the light
and prepare for some fat office un.
der Garfield, who, by the grace OF
| God and the worth of Gen. Han
cock, will never be enabled to give it
Gen. Grierson has telegraphed
from Eagle Spring that he followed
Victoria, who crossed into Mexico
near Quitman. All along Victoria:
march he found the carcasses of cat.
tie, horses and mules, which had
been slain and the flesh torn from
the bones. The Indians are very
hard up for food. The Mexican
troops have gone to the state OF
chihuahua, supposed for the pur-
pose of keeping down rebellion.
The merchants, manufacturers and
professional men who met at Dallas
on the oath, have got up petition to
the legislature, asking a repeal OF
the occupation tax law. 1t is claimed
that they have to pay more than a
just share of taxes to support the
state government. They protest
against occupation taxes of any kind
being levied, except in the nature OF
a license tax. Merchants in the state
are asked to cooperate in the move
ment.
The Ector's Brigade Association
held their reunion at Longview on
the 18th instant The brigade was
composed of the tenth, eleventh,
fourteenth and thirty-second Texas
cavalry, ninth Texas infantry,
twenty-ninth and thirty ninth North
Carolina infantry, and Douglas
U,...z II..l-.~., NIL (t.-e1:..
batteries. There were 120 members
of the old brigade in attendance al
the reunion. Capt. c. B. Kilgore
who was assistant adjutant general
of the brigade and president of the
association, presided.
The Little Rock Gazette says
''Mr. j. T: Kimball is an officer from
Texas, who came to Little Rock
several days ago and enlisted the
services of Sheriff McCabc in dis
covering two men who were wanted
in Texas, to answer for a crime with
which they are charged. The efforts
of the sheriff have been successful,
and Scott and Bud Lowdermilk. the
men referred TO, are at present in the
county Jail, awaiting the arrival OF
kimball TO take them away. They
are charged with intent to commit
murder in Limestone county, Texas,
The deputy marshal, who is on the
hunt of these gentlemen, has, in the
meantime, disappeared, and Sheriff
McCabe can find no evidences of his
whereabouts. The men have been in
Jail for several days, and Mr.. Kim
ball should show up and claim his
prisoners. Fears of foul play are
entertainedn