The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-05-06

| tefest II MN. Inc young man Also
took enough interest in the doctors af-
fairs to find out where be bad $500 laid
away in the house, which he appropri-
sted to himself and then left for parts
unknown.
s'Gnat Curious, OF the Record, sees
nothing good In Governor Roberts,
and for this reason alone many persons
who might, under many circumstances,
feel like him, are led to become the
Governors advocates. There is some
thing curious about this "Qurlous
Gnat" that makes him buzz around in 8
lonely way by himself.
II Oltorf, of the Marlin Ball, run for
the legislature, the editor of the Ksuf-
man Star is coming all the way to Mar
lin to vote for him. The Star says:
He is q capital young gentleman, and
his presence in the legislative halls of
Texas would be as q flower garden full
of fresh and bright roses in field of
! whitening hollyhocks and unsightly
cexcombs."
Capt. Nichols and party, the Chen
ati Mountain explorers, have reached
San Antonio. They brought many rich
specimens of ores. and it is the opiu-
ion of these men that the only present
drawback to the development OF the
mineral resources of these mountains
is the fact that the lands are not In the
hands of individuals. but belong to
the railroads and the state.
Milan county furnishes a case o.
death from kerosene lamp explosion,
the victim being the negro girl upon
whom Anscoicks committed rape q few
years. ago, and for which he has been
| twice convicted. Another is the
daughter of Jordan Baker, OF Calvert,
who was burned to death last night.
This is the accident record, always re-
sulting from lighting fires with kero-
1 sene.
The Tri-weekly Herald, referring to
the reelection IF DR.. Rutherford as
health officer of Houston, says: 1--WE
confess to having been prejudlced
against the Doctor, whom we do not
personally know, but he must have
some very mentorious traits to be so
popular at home. 1t is a good critic
rion to judge a man by. Home in
dorsement is worth more than all other
Endorsements. Persons who meet a
man every day in social life are the
best judges of his character. The peo-
pie of Houston have stood by DR.. Ru-
therford first, last and all the time.
We conclude that he is good physi-
clan and a clever man."
Henry Quarles, for killing his wife
at Houston, was found guilty of muir
der in the first degree, and the court
ofssppeals having returned his case as
it came from the court below, Judge
Cook passed sentence upon him, that
he be hung June 10. At the conclusion
of thh reading he handed q note to
Judge Cook in which he said: l, your
humble servant, ask q great favor of
you. If my sentence remains the same,
/ ask of you to see me put in nice
coffin, and dressed nicely, and buried
beside my wife, and God will recon-
pence as l can not in this world, but l
hope to meet you at the right hand of
God. If it is his will die. can not
say any more at the present, but remain
your humble servant in God.
DR.. Dunn, of Bsstrop county, pub.
fishes letter in the Ad0ertiser, giving
an account al the way in which he was
treated by set of drunken men who
arrested him, at his home at Alum
creek, at the dead of night, on suspi-
cion that he was one Pierce of Missis-
sippi, for whoa they had a requisi-
ton. They took the doctor from the
bosom of his family and all the way to
the town of Bastrop, where they exam
ined his person for certain scars, and
not finding them, released him to make
| his way back home the best he could.
The doctor seys in his letter. "These
parties gave assumed Names. even the
one who said he was a'bona fide deputy
sheriff, also said he was not sheriff
but United States Marshal. They
were all under the influence OF liquor,
! and drove recklessly over the worst
road, and could CLEAN from their con-
versation that they had spent Sunday
| night in drunkenness and debauch in
Austin. l was unable to identify them
positively, but sm satisfied that one was
John Hess, or Hester, deputy United
States Marshal; one Watts, police
man OF Austin, and the third Shaw,
who at first claimed to have come d.
rectly from Mississippi for the purpose
Of identifying me as Pierce, end took
occasion to satisfy one of them as to
my identity.
Mrs. Judge Underhill, of Dallas, and
Miss Causey, of Ennis, are preaching
at Fort Worth. OF Mrs. Underhill,
the Democrat says: ''She is a well
preserved woman of perhaps forty, coal
black hair and eyes, trim figure, medi-
um size and altogether a very prepos-
sessing lady, both in manner and
speech. After several alterations of
song and prayer, the lady, accompanied
by Miss Causey, entered the pulpit and
| opened the regular service with fervent
prayer, delivered in modest, we'll reg
ulated tone of voice. She selected
chapter In the Bible, from which PAT.
sages were yead and commented upon
more in q manner of exhortation than
explanation. The lady has good COM
mand Of language, and although ap-
parently very earnest apd jealous in
the cause, Is free from anything
like excitement. There is a sort of
magnetism in her appearance and &C
| tions which is more effective than SEN
sationalism among cold,blooded sim
ners. Miss Causey 10 o blonde, and
has reached that interesting point in
age at which it is folly to hazard a
guess. She is tall and moderately
stout, her form being full and robust.
She is not pretty in features, there be-
ing q square, masculine appearance
about the face and prominency of cheek
bone too great for harmony. Her lips
and nose are rather large and full.
But withsl there is a look of deter
mination about her which is not calcu-
lated to inspire the average individual
with desire to enter into an argument
against her. She speaks rapidly and
Justify, and when in the act of prayer,
or eXhortatioD, seems TO become per-
fectly frantic in her desire to snatch a
soul from the devil.
]. K. Eckman, of Richmond, Fort
Bend county, says 9 Post correspon-
dent, started his spiary at the sugges-
ton of friend four years ago, and he
had sixty-nine hiyes-saYed forty-two
swsrms. From one of these hi7es,
during the season, he contracted 400
pounds Of honey; from the same hive In
three days, 81 q pounds; from all
his hives during the seaaon, 10000
pounds, all OF which he sold at Hous-
ton, Galveston and other places in the
state, and for which he realized, on an
average, 10 1-2 cents per pound. This