The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-11-18

An attempt has been made to fire
the town of Luling.
Black tailed deer are reported
plentiful on the Pecos river.
LaGrange is improving in antici-
patton of carly railroad facilities.
John Herring, of Caldwell county,
is another victim to the ruthless gin.
A subscription is being raised TT
Dallas for the Chicago. Texas and
Mexican railway.
Elders George /. Butler and B. l..
White are at Dallas engineering the
Adventist campmeeting.
The horse disease. is fearful in its
ravages at Dallas. Many valuable
horses have refuged into the coun-
try. .-1E1--- Ian .s-z
4 large amount of cattle for ship
ment has aceumula, ed about Fort
Worth. Six thousand head are
awaiting means of transportation.
The late cyclone, which tore up
Brownsville. has IN one sense been
beneficial, since good buildings are
going up in place of the old ones.
DR.. Chew, county physician, adj
vises that the Bexar county prison.
ers be occasionally given a sun bath.
How would il do for those Of Travis
county?
A man is onexhibition in Denisoh
with attenuated body, surmounted
by head thirty-two inches in cir
conference. He enjoys good health,
and was never sick but once.
The Northwest Texas Medical
Association held its. meeting at
Weatherford. DIR. c. P, Ashworth,
of Fort Worth, is president and DR..
W. B. Brooks, of the same place, is
secretary. -. -~
Ed. Reed, of Bell county, has been
crazed by drink. He was once sent
to the state asylum, and being kept
from whisky his mind was restored.
He went back. home reasonable
man and good citizen, but the de-
mon has again possessed him, and he
is as crazed as before
Dallas Herald: There is an cpl
demic prevailing among the horses
of this city which resembles cpl
zootic. They are dying at the ratGl
of four or five day, and the disease
appears to be daily increasing. A.
number of fine animals have been
killed OFF by it. and it seems TO
battle the skill of the best horse doc
tors.
Walter, Brown & Co.'S wool cirA
cular quotes Texas wool in the Bos-
ton market..as follows: Eastern. fine,
27(G29c; average, 24(@27c; Eastern,
medium, 30(G33c; average, 2S(GSOc;
Western, fine, 26(G28c; average, 24(6
26c; Western, medium, 30(G32c; avs
erage, 26(G29c; Mexican improved,
23CG25c; average, 20(G23c; Mexican,
17(920c; average, 15(g17p,
There is a prospect now that be-
fore the close of next year the Rio
Grande will be reached at three diff
ferent points and by five different
railroads. The Corpus Christi and
San Diego, and International and
Great Northern, will both reach La
redo. The Galveston, Harrisburg
and San Antonio, and Texas Pacitig,
will both reach Ell Paso, and branch
of the Galveston, Harrisburg and
San Antonio will run to Eagle Pass.
Mrs. Ellis is suing at Dallas for
children given to her husband in
Tennessee after divorce. The father
died and left the children to Price
and wife. and Mrs. Holton, of Hill
county, his near relatives iEhG suit
is against these people, and they
hold that the mother is not "A fit per-
son to have charge of the children.
The charge is made that during her
marriage to Ellis she gave birth to Il
mulato child, and that in cOnse-
quence suit for divorce was brought.
Governor Stockdale. says the E,c-
press, is decidedly of tho persuasion
that the Morgan road should be eX-
tended to San Antonio without de-
lay. 1t would have been there, he
thinks, long ago but for the fact that
heavy interest was taken in the
Central road by Mr.. Morgan before
his death. Mr.. Hutchinson. repre-
senting the road, has just returned
from Europe, and it is probable that
we shall soon hear what he has done
or proposes TO do as 10 tho indiana
la road.
The San Antonio Times has a
Mexican sensation. A wealthy eX-
colonel of the Mexican army having
a grown son, married u Young
woman. The son became enamOured
of his step mother and, pursuaded a
band of Indians to capture both him
and the young lady. and carry them
of, and he afterwards brought. them
to this state. The Colonel, learned
that his fiaithless son was iii Atlas
cosa with his stolen prize. and has
gone there with warrant for the
young mans arrest. 81 -..7..
Track-laying on the Texas Central
has reached the Comanche county
line, 100 miles above Waco, while
the grading has. been carried
through the same county. ByEsthc
10Th of january it is hoped to have
the road complete to Cisco, in East.
land county, where u junction viii
be formed with the Texas and Pa
cific road. This will make the
length of the line 1870 miles, or carry
it t41 miles beyond Waco. twill.
pass within from ten to fifteen miles
of the town of Eastland.
The Express learns that a great
many persons are dangerously Sick
along the Salado from the effects of
Paris green, used by them to destroy
the cotton worm. 1t seems that the
nerves of some of them are COM
pletely unstrnfg from the effects of
the poison. Hogs which eat The
seed of the cotton are said to die.
In many sections cotton seed are in
poor demand on account Of this dan
ger, and even when the oil is com
pressed and refined and we eat it on.
our salads and in beefsteaks, may
not the danger to health. be great?
How Women, Vote in Wyoming.
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