The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29

TEXAS FACTS AND FANCiRs.

Church, Galveston. has resigned the
pGstorste.
Standard dollars are go abundant in
Caldwell that the boys use them for
pitching quoits.
Tyler expcc's that her narrow gauge
road will be in operation to Texa.-
kaue by Apii! 1.
Rev. Richard Atkinson, of D tlas
county. has been officially charged
with Bcechersm.
The reunion of the Texas veterans
will take place at SIN Antonio on the
twenty-frst of April next.
Allen Fairfield, another supposed
highway robber is in jail at Waco. He
told stories eliminating himself.
The International Railroad Company
expects, it is said, TO have cars run
ming into San Marcos 10 six months.
Mr.. Rehoifer, cotton buyer at Fort
Worth, was charged with crookedness
and ek.pped to avoid giving exp'a1a-
tons.
The guests of the B lrnsy House, at
BOnham, were poisoned, few days
since. by eating souse cooked in q
brass kettle.
The TeXark ana compress has squceZ-
ed %, 600 bales of cotton this SEASON,
earning so, 800 upon a capital stock
OF $25. 900
The Banner says: Last week near
ly six thousand bales of cotton were
brought to Brennan. 1t reports more
in the country yet.
Gen. Howard, of Houston, had his
Fort Bend county gin burned with
twenty bales of cotton. 1t was the
work OF iuceudiaries.
The Baton Courier suggests the idea
of q Central Texas far, to be sue
tanned by the counties OF Bell, Falls,
Coryell and Mel imam.
John Wesley Hardin got unruly at
Huntsville the other day, and the PEN
itentIsry authorities harnessed him up
and administ sred whipping.
The Meaos Item says that it is really
refreshing to go out now in almost
any direction from Mason and behold
the verdant fields of luxurisnt
wheat, rye and oats.
At Victoria and IndIanola there are
a humber of date palms in full bearing.
In we'll protected valleys the date will
grow readily and will yield largely in
that section of Texas.
Some of the state papers are earnest
|y advocating the claims of Granger
Lang as next governor of Texas 1t is
thought he will yield, if need be, to
the Old Alcalde, and t. no one else.
A wife murder, horrible in its de-
tails, is reported by the Denieo1 Her.
aid rs having just occurred across Red
River. The murderer's name Is Keels,
and the cause was brutalizing whisky.
The Gulf, ColoraoG and Santa Fe
railroad has been completed to Sealy,a
distance of ninety-tour miles from Gal
weston, and freight and passenger
trains are running through regularly to
that point.
The assessed value of the property
in Brszoria county shows an increase
in 1879 of 5000, 900 over 1878. 1t has
reached almost as much as 1t was be-
fore the war, when the county con-
tanned 4440 slaves.
Last Monday the passenger fare on
the Sunset route was reduced to $500
from HARDWOOD to Galveston, and
freight on all classes of goods from
Galveston was reduced from to 8
cents per hundred pounds.
A citizen of San Saba county, get
ting short of funds, cut $50 pounds of
grass with his pocketknife, sold it for
$3.50, and upon these proceeds got
''glorIously drunk" That was per-
sistence worthy of better cause.
The President has named as census
supervisors for Texas, Geo. N. Van
week, first district; Perry M. Graham,
second district; Wilson II. Andrews,
third district; j. H. Tanbett, fourth
district; Edward H Galloway, fifth dis
trict; Francis A. Vaughn, sixth dis
trict.
Three men left Whitesboro some
weeks ago for the Indian Nation with
wagon load of whisky. They were
followed by United States msrshals,
and being ordered, near Tishomingo, to
surrender, they made fight ana it is
reported seven of the marshal's squad
and one of the men were wounded.
There is only small gap in the
New Orleans road to be COMPLETED, be-
tween Lake Charles and Vermillion-
vile, distance of about seventy miles.
AS both ends of the line are being
builded on, 1t is probable that the
promise that the road will be in work.
ing order by April will be carried out.
Billy Wilson, tried, in the district
court at Calvert for the murder of
James Minnen, IN 1873, was found
guilty of murder in the first degree,
with life sentence in the penitentisry.
This is his second trial; the first time
he was found guilty, with the death
penalty. One more reversal will save
him and make him en- honored mem
Der of society.
Coal in large bodies has been discov-
cred four miles south of SeguiD, on
the Guadsloupe river. Preparations are
berg made to work the mines on q
large scale. The coal is said to be of
excellent quslIty. Families in Seguin
burn it exclusively. The black smoke |
and bituminous smell emitted remind |
one, says the Times, of the coal used in |
the cities of the older states.
A state convention of colored people |
ls called to meet ct Dallas February 16 |
The object of the convention is to at
tempt to turn the exodus to Kansas in
to settlements in Northwest Texas.
Each county is invited to send five del
egttss to the convention, the call for |
which is signed by Rev. w. r. Carson,
5. r. Andrews, S. 81. Smothers and |
R. p. Mccoy, sll representative colored
men.
A. G.. Beaumont. of Washington
county, has gone to Old Caney to 1--we.
de says he Is delighted with the coun-
ry; that the health of the people Is
good, lands rich, grass nearly knee
high and cattle and horses in fine co.,
iition; gardens iourishing and ripe
oranges plenty; game and fish in album
lance; corn also plentiful and selling
It so cents a bushel; sweet potatoes
,lenty and cheap. Taken altogether
he reverend gentleman representa-,
sys the Banner, this famous region as
he prospective garden spot Of the
world.
A II. Seay, living in the western
OortIon Of Montague county, went to
he house of ]. N. Ladd in Clay coun-
y, and after talking to him in q
Tiendly way, drew his revolver and
hot him deal. lie then went TO the