The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-07-15

to die st Dallas. His attorney desired
to appeal, but Wright refuses TO do 90,
saying he Is ready for heaven. and be
@oes not want TO be kept from there
any longer.
A married lady attempted 20 drown
herself IN Sherman, recently, because
her husband limited her pm money.
Aud now what is the man whose wife
spends too much pin money going to
do about iil
association, died st Mexis Monday.
from an overdose of morphine, sd-
minlstered by his own hand. He had
been indulgingin alcoholic stimulsnts,
and was very pervoue.
Tom Meyers, brother of Sam Meyers,
who was hung at Cleburpe, is now on
trial for murder. Geo. Purtell, who
killed the negro Bill Henderson in Au-
gust lsst, was found guilty and SEN
fenced IN the penitentiary for i've years.
Abe Rothschild and q horse thief
named Manus, in the Marshall Jail :,
attempted 20 saw themselves out Of
prison, and they are in irons in c1nse-
quence. Their agent, who supplied
them with the instrument, has been
arrested.
| DR.. Klngsbury, the immigration
agent of the P.erce road, has returned
to San Antonio, his old home, and he
wss Immediately invited to become
the guest of an English colony he had
sent to Kerr county. The doctor was
meet Hospitality received by them and
ell expressed their satisfaction st hsv-
tng made Texas their home.
Suit has been entered at Houston for
the repsrtitioa Of the Van Alstyne ee-
tate. Mrs. Mary Louise Shirley. joined
by her husband, Thomas NJ. Shirley,
are plaintiffs, and Mrs. Maria Van
Alstyne, Albert Ashley Van AlstyDe,
Mary Ashley Turner, E imuud P. Tur-
ner, William Van Alstyne Manguu and
L. NJ. and T. ". Jones are defendants.
Shelby county has held her couven-
ton and instructed her delegates 10
vote for Hon. F. L. Johnston for state
senator. Thereupon the csdaverous
4 editor of the Panola Watchn01s fies
intoss great passion, and ssys the sem
stor should be chosen from Panola
county, and 1t IS clear enough that he
was looking for political shaft to
| strike him.
At the stockholders m aeting of the
G. c., S. d. & r. G. r. r., the presi.
dent was instructed to have q branch
line surveyed from Mesqultc, place
100 miles west of Corpus. to the r o
Grande, at or near Riuggold Brracks;
also line from San Diego via IildeD
and Pleasanton to Antonio, and
declared it 70 be their purp1 to con-
struct these lines Immediately.
The Pamela Wdtchnaan says that the
next six months Will witness his Or b.
berts) abdicstion of the gubernstorial
msrsion at Austin. This will be in
advance of the Inauguration of next
year, and we are curious to know how
this bowerlal man of the Waterman is
going to conduct the sbdicatioD But
the thing will happen just as the DEM
ocrats of the First district placed Tom
Bowers and not Judge Reagan in Con-
gress.
Beardall, who has been recognized
and proven as the man who many years
ago killed LOUIS Ware, at San Antonio,
| and who was convicted and sentenced
to be hung and escaped from prison,
is going through the mill that grinds
often So slowly but surely in the inter-
est of criminals. The county attorney
lays his case will have to be taken up
de noco, which means that the case, af-
ter this long lapse of years cannot be
proven against him.
Tue Telegram says: "a gentleman
who arrived over the San Antonio road
yesterday from Eagle Lake stated tina,
. farmer living near there had six acres
of cotton destroyed the night before
! by worms. In fact, that whole vicin-
ity he reports badly afflicted with these
pests, except one place where an old
negro lived, who had ssVed the seed of
| planted there during the late unpleas-
antness.' This had not the slightest
sign of having been touched. The
conclusion ia that there is q species of
cotton thai the worn will not touch"
The body Of one Mickey wss found
floating in the Lon r,ver in Cnmanche
county. The Chief says: ''Mrs Nc
Key made sfRoavit before Justice
smith that she was ravished several
days previous to her husbands murder,
| who was absent from home at the time,
| by two neighbors, ito the best of her
knowledge and belief, named O'Dell
and Tate. The yosug men were i'm
mediately srrested ana brought to toyn
by acting Deputy Sheriff Chiffon and
posse, and lodged in jail, in detault of
hail, 20 await an examination N ,nday
next. The arrested parties are farmer
boys by profession and Of highly re-
spected pareniage. The general sup
position now ia that Mickey was mut-
dered by the rayishers of bis wife in
order to evade the dire vengeance
which any husband would be sure TO
il q CT upon the villains who would in
wade the sscred Threshold of his wife's
chastity"
A terrible duel wss fought on sstur-
day Ia Atsscoss county. John and
Abe Mccoy had driven cattle to Kan
sas with Calhoun aud Jacob Dee. The
parties resided near esch other in Atlas
cosa county, and have for some time
been at outs and quarrelipg over diff
ference of $3.50 on the division of the
proceeds of the. driye. Saturday the
brothers Dee snd Mccoy met at Camp
BELLS store. when words followed be-
tween Calhoun Dee and Alb Mccoy.
Presently both men drew revolYers and
fred at about the same time Bang
good shots, both balls took. feet and
both men fell In death. Mccoy was
shot through the head and Dee through
the heart. The above fatal encouu er
aroused the ire of Jacob Dee and John
McCoy, each of whom resolved to
avenge the death of his brother. The
circumstances under which they met
aud fought were similar to the above.
They both drew their pistols and fired,
each, it is said, receiving mortal
wound.
The Telephone says Burks, who was
condemned 10 die ct Waco because he
had raped Q child With the mothers
consent, is hopeful of executive Glenn |
ency IN some shape. He has made his
peace with God, however, and IL spir
ituslly ready to die on the 3aLh il the
sentence must be carried out. The
Telephone says: 'sHe said that he had
prayed constantly TO God to take his
soul, and he requested minister of
the gospel to call and bspt ze him.
The minister called, but went away
again without granting Burks' request.
he states that the minister sand he
could NOT extend - him that grace IN.
less he confessed his guilt and repent
ed, for the reason that Jury Of hia
coIntrymen had found him guilty, and
when the body was condemned the
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