The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-07-01
NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE.

PENIS campmeeting ana got drunk,
not with religion but with whisky, and
he came back home, and went to
Fricke's house with pistol to kill him,
and Fricke did not relish so great a
conversion, aud before Roberts could
shoot him Fncke put ball in his
brain; and now Msjor Penn has moved
his tent to Luling.
At the Cotton Exchange at Houston
a specimen of hybrid cotton, grown by
Mr.. l.. c. White, of Jasper, Is on ex-
hibition. 1t is a cross between the cot
ton plant and some o,her weed, and it
is claimed that the cotton worm will
not eat the plant. Though planted the
4th of April on thin land, the stalks
are four to six feet high, with 80 to
800 squares, blooms and bolls to each
stalk. He further states this new
variety is one month earlier than its
congeners, and is now covered with
blooms to the top.
The Cleburne Chr0nEl says: ''Mr.
c. G. KIRK, of Austin, Texas, died at
his brothers., T. A. Kirk, near this
place on Monday, the 9TH inst. Mr..
| KIRK left his home in Austin and came
to his brothers few weeks ago think
ing perhaps a change of climate would
help him, hut, slasl the dreadful dis
ease that he was sffl jcted with gradu-
ally grew worse until 1t had performed
its mission-desth. His disease was
what the physicians call aneurism of
the large artery Of the neck. The huge
pulsatiDg tumor about his throat pre-
vented him from swallowing anything
for three days before he died. The
tumor commenced notifying and
blood issued in considerable quantity,
and this closed his earthly career. Mr..
K. was an intelligent gentleman and
frequently, without fear or excitement,
spoke of his approaching dissolution.
His fear was, together with his friends
and relatives, that he would die hard.
| This was not the case, he died with
out struggle; apparently going to
sleep. With all that wealth and hu-
man skill could do G. G. Kuk is no
more. Not only in the United States
but in France and England the best
surgeons were consulted in regard to
his case, but none could give him re-
lief. F. A. Kirk and his estimable la
dy deserve credit for their close atten-
ton to their unfortunate brother in his
Affections.
A correspondent of the Telegram,
writes from Columbia, Brazoria coun-
ty, that the Brszos bar hes been re-
peatedly examined by United States
engineers whose reports on file at
Washington state that twenty feet of
water can be secured at an expense of
not over $50, 900, and that there is no
question as to the feasibility of the
plan. The ordinary depth of the Wa
ter on the bar is eight feet, but after 9
rise in the river twelve to fifteen feet
has been repeatedly found. Once in
side the river vessels can le In perfect
safety through the severest storms.
The banks are composed of stiff clay,
in which docks could be cut to any
extent. A survey made of the river
from Waco to it's mouth shows in
some places thirty-three feet of water
with soft mud bottom. The banks
are above overflow, and by dreging q
few mud banks depth of at least
twenty feet can be secured for q dis
lance of forty or fifty miles. II one
half Of the money which has been ex-
pended on Galveston bar had been de-
voted to the improvement of the Braz-
os river, the people of the state might
haYe saved the large yearly tribute
which has gone into the pockets of
the GALVESTON monopolists, who, like
the old nan of the sea, in Sinbad's
story, have fastened themselves on the
shoulders of the producers of the
state, and for years have asked con-
temptuously. what are you guiDg to
do about it9' The question will be
answered IN due time"
The Houston Ags contains the fol-
lowing account of q mammoth trans
action in Mexico: I'm Judge Crosby's
Office this morning we were allowed 10
see deed of conveyance that looked
formidable. 1t covers some twelve or
twenty pages of paper, written over in
the Spanish language, and is executed,
witnessed and authenticated according
to the forms presented by the laws of
the Republic of Mexico and OF the
State of chihuahua. The deed is from
Donna Dolores Alvarez de Zuluago,
and her son Don Manuel de Zulusgo,
and Senior Romon Luzan and his wife
Donna Irancena Luxan, to j. I. Terry,
T.W. Pierce, Scion Humphreys, Joseph
F. Crosby. John Hancock and Others,
their associates, named in the deed.
Tine deed is an absolute fee simple and
guaranty title to somewhere between
225 and $50 square Leagues of land,
amounting In the aggregate to nearly
million acres. The metes and bounds
of the immense tract are not described
by marks and stakes, and bearing trees
aud blazes, but by the mountain ranges
of the Sierra MsdFe. It embraces a
beautiful valley, through which the
Csssas Grande river runs for q distance
of nearly fifty miles. 1t embraces foul
towns, and forty different mines that
Judge Crosby assures us are fairly
teaming with gold and silver. and lead,
and copper. and iron. With the land
was purchased a good deal of live
stock, among which are about 20, 600
sheep, 5000 head of cattle, and 12s
male and female jackssses. There il
also included in the purchase stock
of merchandise, and $500 poems. "Pe
ons,n in Mexico, are poor devils who
have got in debt and are bound tC
work for their creditors, or to whoever
the claim against them is transferred
and it generally results in making then
slaves for life. After the purchase,
, Mr.. Barnhardt ZimpeIman was put II
control as general manager Tor the new
, company, and Judge Crosby issued
, there, IN the heart of the Sierra Madre
| an oral emancipation by which tbs
$500 poems he had just bought were
set at liberty, the claims against then
cancelled and notice served upon then
that they were thenceforth to be re-
garded as voluntary hired laborers whC
I would be paid their wages regularly
We suspect that Judge Crosby ant
Judge Hancock found that their peoni
were about to run away from them
and that it would probably cost more
than it would come to to keep then
bound in that way, and SO they con
cluded tina. 1t would be an excellen
. stroke of policy to plant the banner
of freedom so to speak, there at thu
Sierra Msdre."
A Mexican st San Antonio Stuck I
, thorn under his thumb nail, and gan
! green set in. The doctor told hin
that his thumb should be taken of
The Mexican objected and the poisoI
, | spresd, when the man OF the sculpe
: told him that his hand must be takei
: off. Objection was still made, and nov
, the removal of the mans arm may no
save his life. The moral of this storl