The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-05-13
rExAs rACrs Ann BANGLES.


prevails about Terrell, in Kaufman
county.
1t is reported that much damage has
resulted from freshets to the south OF
Sen Antonio.
A dead unknown body was found
near Columbus on Monday. Cause OF
death not stated.
Frank McGowsn was tried before
Judge Cook, at Galveston, and was
admitted to bail.
The grand jury of Grayson adjourn
ed recently, having been in session six
weeks. It found $50 indictments
The Sherman oil mill is nearly COM
pleted, and its owners now have on
hand 60. 900 bushels of cotton seed.
The Alamo Monument Association of
San Anthnio, appeals to the press of the
state to aid in forming auxiliary ssso-
Citations.
Paul Bremond will connect his road
with the Texas and st. Louis at Tyler,
giving. through narrow gauge TO
Houston.
Mr.. Henry Weddell, of ShermaH, has
invented q cotton plknter possessing
superior merit to anything of the kind
yet made.
A wealthy yonng Englishman lately.
met the variety actress, Maud Barrow,
at San Antonio, and the result is that
they are to be married.
The lady whose marriage to Cline
he oaneo Of Noff1tn4arfn ia
now residing in Denison. She ID mar
ried to a man named Dickinson.
The Dallas apd Wichita railway was
sold the other day under a foreclosure
decree. 1t was purchased by the Off
GERS of the Texas and Pacific railroad.
Matt Henderson and Charles Gray
were the two men lately lynched in
Denton county for horse stealing. Hem
derson was the son Of well-to-do
farmer of Tarrant county.
The bodies of two men were found
hanging to tree, on Grapevine Prsi-
RE, in Denton county, each bearing the
placard that such was the fate of cattle
thieves. Both men were strangers.
Will Legg, If there Is the least OPP
portunity fer him to take leg bail,
had better leave, for he has been tax.
ing money while a postofiice clerk at
Fort Worth, from registered packages.
Lother Horslig, an old sailor, COM
mitted suicide in boarding house in
Galveston on the fourth. He placed
the muzzle of a pistol In his mouth and
sent the ball through his head. He
had $75 on his person.
The Mexican who was arrested on the
charge of numbering Mr.. John Williams
in McMullen county, was admitted to q
bond of $4,000 on Thursday morning.
Mr.. J. NJ. Campbell, prominent stock
rsnchero, is his bondsman.
Cor. R. Bass left Willis in perfect
health to purchase goods in Houston.
Just as the train was entering the city
he was taken with an apoplectic fit,
and after lying In the infirmary at that
place for one day he Dresthed his last.
The Henrietta, Clay county, Journal
says: ''Thirty-two thousand pounds
of wool, the product of the Pan
Handle, passed through town on yes
| terday, en- route for the Eastern mar
kets. Who says that the sheep inter-
est in this section lsnguishes9"
Harris & Bro, OF Houston, wholesale
dry goods merchants, have failed.
Their liabilities are $l6s, 800. So, with
nominal assets amounting to $3.50. 52S,
35. Fl. B. Clsfiin & Co., of New York,
are in for $25, 900, and T. w. House
and 81. s. Fox of Houston, each $4,000.
The river and harbor bill gives tc
harbor improvement IN Texas: Gal
weston, $125, 900; Arkansas Pass, $685..
900; ship channel, $50, 1000; Sabine
Pass, $50, 600; Pass Csvallo, $50. 900
mouth of the Brazos, $40, 900; Brazo:
Santiago, $25, 600; narrows OF Sabine
river, $4,000; Trinity, $4,000.
| Col. Pierce has concluded to make
| Columbus, instead of Alleyton, the
terminus of the LAGRANGE tap. Thii
was done on q conference with citizens
of Columbus, though Col. Pierce was
offered subsidy to do otherwise. II
view of this fact the people of Colum
bus purchased lot for the depot site
and presented it to Col. Pierce.
| A reward of 800 is offered by Gov.
ernor Roberts for the arrest of NJ. j
Allen, who is implicated in the murdel
of Robert Morgan about year ago
when an attempt was made to breal
open the jail. Morgan was guarding
the Jail and was shot down for resist
ing the outlaws. Robert Morgan wal
the. son of Mr.. W. ]. Morgan, late o.
the Jefferson Jimplicute.
| The Express says: "Western Texal
is filing up quietly but rapidly. Ii
every neighborhood new farms are be-
ing opened by new corners, and the
prospects are good that there will be 8
rush of immigrants to this section thu
present year. Good crops are assured
aud the business boom is already be,
| ginning to sound along the southern
frontier"
The Texas Greenback candidate fol-
Vice President of the United States
Hon. B. ]. Chambers, has bought ou
the AUalaRce, Democratic newspaper
in Cleborne, Texas. His purpose is Il
secure newspaper endorsement, and b.
might have gotten this at less expense
from "Gnat Curious, of the Record
who Is good natured enough to do {
kindness for almost anybody.
4 The Houston Post says: "TwC
prominent railroad officials and New
York capitalists are here in the inter
est of the Galveston and CamargC
railroad, and it is understood in GER
tain CIRCLES here that the building o.
the road is an accomplished fact. Tit
charter will be filed in Austin to-mor.
row. The parties say they intend t.
see it started before they leave"
| And now the very bright and exceed
ingly sensible Telegram gets off some
thing so smart that we must give i
without grumbling. 1t says: 18th,
Austin papers, speaking of Mrs. Hous
ton, the insane slayer OF her child, cal
her family the horrible Houston family
1t is not Houston family at all. Aus
tin is the home of that family, snG
therefore it is an Austin family. W.
don't have such in Houston, and the,
are no relation TO Gen. Sam Houston
either"
The Express reports as follows
"Capt. Niccolls says there is no doubt o
the existence of great abundance o
ore in the Climate country, but the lant
upon which the ore Is located belongs
to the railroads and unless the compa
MES win give people chance to de
velop the mineral wealth of the region
but little will be done at any early day
There is also silver in some Of til,
mountains bordering on the RI,
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