The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-09-30

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the St. Louis Cotton Exchange 10 be
sold for the benefit of the Denison
Cotton Exchange, was put up at
auction, and il was bid in by W. /.
Black at thirty-One cents per pound
bringing $l55.
The body of Theo. Rindfiiesh, hor-
ribly decomposed. was found in his
own house, in Houston. He had
been dead a week, and the fact was
discovered BY the presence of buzz
yards lowering about the house.
The Post took a column to tell this
fact.
The Texas Press Association. sc-
cording TO the secretary's statement,
shows the receipts. membership
dues, to be $50; expenditures, books,
l.5O; cash balance on hand. $3.50.
The most generous expenditure Of
this sum would be in the nature of
a donation TO the checklist member
OF the association, a. n reward Tor
grit. We nominate Gnat Curious
Record.
At Dallas. All. Foster, colored, ne
gotiated with Dave Smith for n
watch. Smith was unreasonable
enough to presume that Foster
should make his promise to pay
good, and asked him for money, and
Foster rendered him IA stick over his
head. Then Smith got blood thirsty,
and the end of all of il was that Eos
ter bled to death through fearful
cut i'll his abdomen.
The Transcript mentions the fact
that DIR. Rutherford, state health
officer, has been at Rockport "eXer-
cising that eternal vigilance, for
which he has already become no.
ted" The purpose of his visit was
TO effect precautionary arrange
ments by which the cattle trade with
Havana can be continued. The reg
ulatiOns governing the conduct OF
the ships and their crews would
seem to indicate perfect safety from
infection.
Major Penn evangelical one week
at Rowlett, ten miles west of Mckin-
ney. The good people of the neigh.
borhoOd helped him To put up and
take down his tent, sent him chick
ems, eggs. butter. milk, etc. for his
table, and paid him $3.50 in cash for
the weeks work. The Telephone
notes these facts and says: Lord
lord. why can't all of us be evangel-
lists, instead of toiling and strug-
Cling through life rs bankers, mcr-
chants, judges, editors and such I'M
J remunerative avocatiOns!
The wife Of u negro preacher, al
Huntsville, recently applied for nd
mission to the ladies' car on the |. 4
G. n. train. The conductor invited
her into the other car, having the
same accommodations, but she
cursed and abused him fearfully, at
| tile same time insisting upon get.
ting admission. She finally asGepted
second choice, but now der husband
swears he will whip the officer, and
hold the railroad company to an &C
countability for the disgraceful Of
Tense to her reverend ladyship:
The Galveston Ne,rS says: "A
family of ERglish people, named
Fowler, who came 10 Texas about
wear since and settled i'll the vicini
| ty of Eagle Lake, came down yes
friday, and leave to-day by TIT
Morgan Line for New Orleans
where they will take the steamship
st. Louis for Liverpool. They have
been troubled with great deal o.
sickness while III the state, aud have
concluded that they can do as well il
merry England as out of it," Hun
dreds of these English people con
clude that they can do better here
than in England,
| Russell II. kingsbqry is still cot
ton Weigher at Waco, and a number
of farmers have addressed an opeI
letter to cotton buyers and to Cover
nor Roberts, in which the former arr
requested not to employ said Kings
bury to weigh cotton in the city o
Waco. The reasons assigned there
for is that they want honest men t1
do this work, and they further say
"Kingsbury was indicted by TIT
grand jury of this county for thief
of cotton, was proven guilty by sub
stantiai e-ijenee and was sentenced
| to the penitentiarS for tWa years b!
iury of twelve honest citizens O
thfs county, and is still under thi
sentence. We therefore protes
against him or his deputies weigh
ing our cotton, aud rcqucst buyer
not to employ him any further. W.
also request Governor Roberts I,
remove him from Office and appoin
some one shG is not under sentence
for theft rs pqhlie weishRr \
Wac0."
The DenisOn Monitor tells il tina
Mrs. Cline, the wife of the man f0l
the murder of whom NOttsinger wa
hanged, recently gave birth TO twins
and believing that she was AT tn,
point of death, made confession o
what she knew about the murder o
her husband. She acknowledged
that she knew il would occur
and that she arranged tn,
pallet on the porch upoI
which her husband was sleep
ing when killed: that the fatal sha
was fired by Gardner, but that h,
was seconded by Noftsinger; tina
she was not on the pallet beside he
husband, as had been believed, bu
had arisen while he was asleep. tina
the assassins might carry out thei
horrible programme. The woman
is recovering from her sickness .ano
/ will probably get well. She haC
not been arrested when our infor
mant left. but probably will lie. !
this be true NOftsinger not only me
a most just fate but these other TIVE
brutes in human form, one woman
should be sent after the dead man.
L.