The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-23
TEXAS FACTS AND FASclEs.

y NJ Searboroi. IN, = cotton buyer
OF Galveston, IS dead
Janausehek played To crowded
/ houses in San Antonio.
Again the toy pistol is reported as
making hash Oat Of a boys hand at
San Antonio.
Mr.. NJ. Lubbock. OF New Orleans,
owns the iron mountain near the
town of Llano.
According 10 all accounts there is
more life in Fort Worth than in any
other place in Texas.
The steamship passage from Gal
weston to Very Cruz, Mexico, is $50,
the same as from New Orleans.
Adam Thompson is to hang at Ty-
leF. The appellate court failed to
interfere with the Judgment of the
lower court.
The Bastrop 4dreFtiser Is satisfied
that the gin of Mr.. Powell was de-
stroyed by an incendiary. His loss
was about $1,000. .h.
Work OH the extension of the SUM
set road beyond San Antonio, it is
stated by the San Antonio papers,
will not begin before New Year.
For shooting q fractions wife, the
court at Galveston has decided that
bond of $500 for appearance is
enough. When the trial takes place
1t may give $500 as a premium.
DR.. McReid and Henry Page, of
| Bastrop county, have been practicing
on each other with six shooters. Both
are wounded, Page.probably, fatally.
1t is thought family matters caused
the trouble.
The coal beds around about Cor
don, in Callahan county, are attract
ling much attention, and the interest
is increasing. New discoveries are
being constantly made, and the pros
pect is that coal boom win be in
augurated.
Honorables George Il. Reeves, of
Grays0n, George 2. Finley, of Gal
weston, B. NJ. Baker, of Pamela, j. L.
McComb, of Montgomery, and G. NJ.
Wurst are announced as candidates
for the speakership of the House of
Representatives.
Several little boys were playing
about the depot at Mineola, when
little son of Mr.. Joe S. Williams at
tempted TO jump upon moving fiat
car. In the next moment his lifeless
and horribly mutilated corpse was
taken from the track.
At dance, in Jack county, Doe
Pitts and his brother-in-law McGee
quarreled, and MCGEE stabbed Pitts
to death. He then went of, fol-
lowed by Il brother of Pitts, and
next morning McGee's dead body
was found near his own house.
A gentleman, living near Tehua-
cana, believes he has invented an
instrnmentwhich may beunerringly
used in pointing ont hidden veins of
| minerals. He says that his instru
| ment. placed in the hands of all men,
would soon make silver as plentiful
| as iron. ..e Oh, ron
| In Dallas county,a drunken father,
named Follis, who has had fashion
| of raising Cain amid his family, came
home and Immediately opened fire
with six-shooter upon his son, who,
in self-defense and to stop such
dangerous fun, was compelled to
give the old man q shot The son
at once placed himself at the dis
posal of the sheriff. The old man
Is not badly hurt. ''ii- i.eH-
The Dallas anctificationists, Mrs.
Mailer and Mrs. Copenhagen, re-
fuse to eat. saying that bright angels
wait on them and feed them with
strawberries and cream from the
spirit-land. They are starving Two
others, Henry Mailer and young
American, both call themselves Jesus
Christ. The one is in bed sick, and
The other is in the Trinity bottom,
naked, with bark sandals tied to his
feet. and with crown of thorns OH
his head.
Abram Carson and William
Bishop, living in Throckmorton
sion of Carson's step-sOn. Hot
words passed between the brothers
in-law, when Bishop drew q small
pistol and fired three shots at Car
son, the first one striking him in the
temple and knocking him down.
Carson got up, grabbed O shotgun
and killed Bishop the first fire. Car
sons wound Is not considered
| dangerous.
| Miss Van Wrinkle, living near Nc
Kinney. was bitten four years ago
by a rahid dog. Lately she was al
tackled with fits. and soon showed
all the symptoms Of lIydrophobia,
attempting 10 bite everyone present,
all the time growing like dog.
"On the next day" says the EnQuir-
| cr, q the maidstone was applied, stick
ing, on the first application, three
and one-half,hours, gradually lessen
ing till on the fourth day it would
remain from ten TO fifteen minutes.
She is now in fair way of recovery,
Pbeing able to walk about tue room.
and almost free from the Grazing
effects of the malady."
a correspondent of the Bolton
| 94Fraal gives the following as cure
Itor the blind staggers"' in horses :
Bleed the horses in the neck until
from six TO ten pounds of blood has
flown from if, and give as purga-
tive one-fourth of an ounce of tar
tar emetic. one and half ounces of
saltpeter, (nitrate potash) and nine
ounces of Rochelle salts. mix with
fiour and water to the consistency
of thin dough, and put half of the
amount on the tongucwith wooden
paddle: wait about twelve hours,
and if necessary give the remainder.
A preventive of the disease is to be
found in the following mixture,
night and morning for two weeks !:
Half teaspoonful Of aloes, half tea!
spoonful nitrate potash, and half
teaspoonful EPSON salts.
] At San Antonio james Beardall,
charged with the murder and rob-
berry of Louis Ware twenty years ago,
has been released ON $1,000 bond,
and he has gone to Mexico. He was
convicted OF murder i'll the first de-
gree and was sentenced TO death
but escaped from Jail. He fed to
Mexico, and was captured and ex-
tradited four years ago, since which
time he has been in the county Jail.
Ho-rra- trioa eeein and identified l,y
some of the officers who had tried
him before. and again sentenced to
death. The case was appealed and
ordered returned bv Tho c.oto co,,r4