The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-02-12
STATE ITEMS.

A meeting of the cattle men of
Northwest Texas was held at HenrIet-
Ia on the seventh for the purpose of
forming combination to pool their
cattle shipments for the coming season.
Each member Of the combination is re-
quested 10 give boEd In the sum OF
$500 70. the faithful carrying out of
the contracts entered into by the ship
ping committee. The object is to
place all the cattle to be shipped at the
disposal of the railroad that will make
the best rate. II the freights are not
sufficiently low, the cattle, amounting
to upwards OF two thousand car loads,
are to be driven 10 Kansas. The meet
ing adj iurned to meet at JaCksboro,
Texas, on March G.
DenisOn Nea0s:: Three years ago a
young lady and gentleman left our city
and were married under peculiar ciI-
cumstanees in the Indian Territory
The family and friends objected 10
the match. She ran away with her
lover aud the couple were supposed to
be married, as they returned exhibiting
a certificate to that effect. 1t now turns
out that a mock marriage ceremony
was performed and the minister was
no minister Ut all. The young couple,
who have lived very happily together,
the union beiOg blessed with beauti-
full little girl, will try it over again,
and IL is hoped with better success.
Tne gentleman was made dupe by u
party who was in love with his wife,
and to crafty his revenge he had a
friend imported from Collin county,
who performed the marriage ceremony.
The Marshall Herald says thai NJ 4jor
john It. ID ckson, of the Marshall Man
ufacturing Company, has organized IN
association of capitalists for the pur-
pose Of establishing in Marshall an ex-
tensive car mshufactoiy. The compa-
ny has already made contract with
the Pacific Improvement Company for
the manufacture of cars which will
keep the works in operation for three
years, to say nothing of outside work,
which it is reasonable to suppose will
be considerable. The works will make
everything used IN the construction of
a car, from the wheels up, and from
$50 20 200 men will be constantly en-
ployed. Most of the machinery has
been purchased, and it will be in full
blast in ninety days. The men who
are backing Major Dickson in this en-
terprise were formerly interested In the
Southern Pacific road, and now in the
Texas and Pacific. Mr.. Chas. Cobb, of
New York, formerly of L ruisyille, is
president and Major Dickson is vice
president and general manager.
A Lake Charles correspondent of the
New Orleans PicdyuRe writes January
81, that the track on the Texas road
was then ''laid from Orange, Texas, to
and beyond the Sabine river, a dis
lance of about eight and half miles,
where gang is rapidly laying track
eastward, meeting large force, who
are progressing west from this point,
being out some sixteen miles, leaving a
gap of some twelve miles to be closed
by these two gangs. The iron bridge
at this place is about half completed
and is expected to he completed by the
time communication with Orange is
opened. Ga this side of the. Calcasieu
river the track is laid out to q point
twenty miles east, and is being rapidly
pushed further, will probably be 20
within eight or ten miles of the Mer-
mentau river by the time the bridge is
finished, where another iron bridge is
to be constructed which, being a single
span, will take but short time. In
the meantime, as soon as the Morgan
line reaches VeImillionville, track lay
ing will commence from that end and
come rapidly this way. This road bed,
when finished, will compare fsvorably
with any in the South, they having
three long tangents of fifteen, one of
twenty and-one of forty-nine miles"