The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-06-10

Odd Fellows.
Hon. David c. Dickson d ed st Nav
asota on the fourth.
A full train load OF Mexican ponies
leaves san Antonio for the northern
market.
A good deal of noise is being made
about gold and silver ores in Llano
county.
Disreputable women, if found upon
the streets OF Houston after P. NJ,
will be arrested.
The commencement exercises OF the
A. & NJ. College st Bryan, viii begin
June 20, and end June 23sd.
The hide and wool business Is ln-
creasing st Buffalo Gap. There has
been much increase in population.
DR.. Crinon, of Glen Rose, johnson
county, was drowned while attempt
ing to swim the Brazos upon his horse.
The. ball moves in the direction of
a narrow gauge railway from Waco to
GstesvIlle and Hamilton and Brown
wood.
Galveston has contracted for an ar
tesian well, 1000 feet deep and eight
inches in diameter, at a total cost of
$23, 900.
If fellow were to dare to 60 into
KerrvIlle with stove pipe hat on, he
would have to hand in his checks for
eternity.
The next annual reunion of Hoods
brigade is to be held at Seguip, July
IA. Gen. j. B. Robertson, president
of the association, urges all the mem
bers to attend, as the family matters of
the deceased Hood, are to be coDnd-
cred.
The Kaufman Star says that Civil
Engineer Giles, of the Texas Trunk
Line railway is going along the pro-
posed line of the road all the way to
Sabine Pass, having the mortgage of
the corst uction company recorded IN
the different counties. The bond is
for 81, 900, 900.
w. 81. Ward, of Cleburne, was struck
by lightning while lying In bed in the
same room with his family. He says
he saw the flash q moment before he
felt the shock, and that had five hun
dred-pound red-hot ball of iron struck
him it would have no doubt felt very
much like this stroke of lightning.
He was not seriously injured.
The Age deserves button when it
says: "a piece of gold can be rolled
SO thin that it will take 3, 400, 900 to
make an inch In thickness; and yet no
gold leaf was ever thoussndth part as
thin as the Democracy of the Houston
Telegram. The STATESMAN, therefore,
recommends it for department consid-
Grafton along with the Galveston Neaos.
The Brszoria county district court,
says the Telegram, closes its labors af-
ter doing much work. There were
seven misdemesnor and five felony
cases. Simon Bailey (col.) was Soon
Yicted of rape, and was sentenced to
the penitentisry for life. A new trial
was granted, and the negro says he
would greatly prefer being hung than
the life sentence. How would 1t do to
allow criminals to select between death
and the life sentenced
Columbia, Brazoria county, has it's
scan mag. A good man, named Speck,
has lived there for years, with family
growing up about him, and SO has DE-.
Seeds, now one of the vice presidents
of the Texas Medical Association.
Seeds was the family physician of the
Speck's, and he was particularly the
friend of Mr.. Speck, and the doctor had
his utmost confidence, but it turned
out that this was not all he had secur-
ed. Speck was away from home the
other day, and when he Unexpectedly
returned and entered his house vision
startled his bewlldered gaze, enough
to make any husband mad. He did not
hesitate moment, but went straight
for this magnificent doctor, and, had
not Mrs. Speck interfered to save her
darling Seeds, there is no telling how
little of his body this fine pill roller
would have carried away with him
but the husband was badly beaten,
mainly by the treacherous wife, and the
Seeds escaped entire. In the meantime
the news spread, and being properly
heeled, the Speck found the fine doctor
alone, and the job was so well done
that there is no prospect for Seeds to
continue planting himself in that COM
munity. Next season he'll germInate
elsewhere.
Dixon Quincy, with friends and arms
made an attack upon G. q. Lester al
Hampstead, and gave him the alterna.
tive of submitting to cowhiding, OF
to being killed. Lester was un.
armed, and the cowhiding, it was said,
was caused because of bad treatment oil
his wife. Mrs. Lester published this
card over the signature of Mary G..
Lester: "Rumors are rife on the
streets of Hampstead that the cause OF
my half-brother's brutal assault upon
my husband, G.. G.. Lester, was his un.
kind treatment of me and my defense
became necessary. All of this is false.
False, and for his cowardly and brutal
attack, I answer that he knew full well
that he was backed by companion
with pistol on his person and q con.
cealed cowhide. While Mr.. Lester
was quietly pursuing his business, be
attacked him in the manner indicated,
and that Mr.. Lester was unprepared to
meet him. have only to add that my
husband has never treated me other
wise than as kind and sffectionate
husband, and his traducers to-day stand
sc low for their cowardly attack upon
the person of Mr.. Lester that can only
express my contempt for them, and
only ask that il manhood exists in them
that they meet him, not rs towards, as
they have done, but as brave men, and
my word for it, they will meet with all
that is due them. I have only to add
that ] am not of nature to submit to the
alleged treatment" There is great in
dignation against Quincy.
The Meas has an account of terri
BILE crime committed in Collin county.
A farmer named Bradley, Briley or
Bramley, ssld $500 worth of cattle to q
drover, who paid him 5000 cash. The
purchases being alone, the evening
well advanced, and the cattle difficult
to drive, Bradley was prevailed upon
to assist him in driving them to the
purchasers house. some miles distant.
Before leaving, Bradley handed his
wife the money to keep, remsrking that
it was likely he would remain over
night with the owner of the herd.
After nightfsll q wsyfsrer stopped at
Bradley's and asked to stay all night.
Mrs. Bradley refused, bur upon the
strangers representation that he was
almost too sick to remount his horse,
9 pallet was made for him at the end of
the gallery, which the stranger occu-
pied. About midnight he noticed two
men, whom be supposed belonged to
the family, pass across the gallery into
the house. There was some slight