The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-21
IEXAs EAcIs AND EANcIEs.

IN artist and puts finishing touches
on wagons.
The split in the Baptist Church at
Dallas has been healed through the
Efforts OF Major Penn, the reyiYalisf.
x Mr.AF. Dirksou, OF Guadalupe
county, committed suicide by hang
inr himself tua live oak tree in his
yard. sr-r-
I There was terrible collision be-
tween trains. al Crockett, on the
18th. aud miraculou,ly nobody was
hurt.
/ Aud now the Telegram Is going TO
give the Port lively tussel. In Sc
curity Uncle Dan looks on and
"-miles.1
\. W. Fay. who was out on bond
for land crookedness, has skipped
from Bolton, leaving his bOhdsmen
with the bag TO hold.
\ Northern Methodist church
structure is going up in Gainesville.
They are going to try and make
tire steeple q little longer than
Martin.
Mr.. +. Lindeman. of Washington
county. has lost three daughters in
~ many weeks. and n fourth child il
sick. Two were buried in one
grave.
Two negro women, at Tyler. charg-
| ID with the murder of an old negro
| man, have been tried and found gull
ty, and go 10 the penitentisry for
| two years.
In Limestone county, Perryman,
renter on the Wells farm, was way
laid, while hauling cotton TO the gin,
by three of the Wells, and brutally
murdered.
The Texas excursion 10 New Or
leans has been postponed 10 the 18th
of November. All the people want
TO come to our fair and could not go
TO New Orleans.
Jules Otieubach, the musician and
violinist OF worldwide reputation,
who died the other day in Paris,
France, was the uncle of Mr.. Max
Mas, of Galveston.
johnson county will receive ST.
100000 for cotton this year, which is
$50 per capita for every man, woman
and child in the county, and it's not
fiat money either,
In drinking saloon at San An
tonic, Jim Koran Drained q Z. S
soldier, named James Kenney,
| whose place in the ranks will have
to be filled by another.
The Telegram tolls that Mrs. NJ. ].
Young, after lengthy visit to New
York and the mountains Of New
Hampshire, has returned TO Houston
entirely restored to health.
4. J. Evans made a speech at
Marshall, and in consequence Of
some very harsh expressions was
Kissed by some of his audience. He
was replied TO by W. II. Pope.
The Telephone fails TO see why
papers should sheer at Veafs candi-
dacy for the state senate. Probably
they are surprised he did not enter
! the field as 3 lecturer instead OF a
politician.
Tho Huntsville Item notes the fact
| that the penitentiary does not con-
tain a typo. Every other trade and
profession is represented--including
/ preachers, doctors and lswyers-but
no printers.
4 man and his wife arrived at
Waco. from the headwatCrs of Llano
a distance of over two hundred
miles, TO see the circus. They came
in q wagon a1d were ter days max
ing the trip.
| Mr.. Klasser, teacher OF Guada-
lupc county, was bitten by an i'm
mensc rattlesnake. The wounds
from the upper and the lower fangs
were five inches apart. He escaped
death by bare rub.
Don juan writing from San
Marcos 10 the Star FiHdicdtOr says
Let Au4tin ridicule the idea of San
Marcos getting the western trade if
she wants TO, and wen do the road
working, and then see who gets the
trade.
Mortuorion il the product of
the fertile brain Of our original and
progressive Mr.. Monroe Miller. The
paper of the state are bothered
about the new worg, but il don't
matter, for the next edition 81 Web
ster win contain il.
Marshall Tankersly made a great
speech al HOCKEY, and Went away
from the place with the vote OF
every man, woman and child in his
breeches pocket. He is the regular
Democratic nominee for the I.egis-
lature for Harris county.
Deputy Sheriff Pace, at Corsicana,
went to arrest a negro. On going to
The house man left it and ran.
Pace called 10 him TO stop, but he
did not. and Pace shot and killed the
man, who was not the one he was
looking for, aud who was innocent,
The Express goes back on It's free
school record by demanding of the
next legislature thirty per cent re-
duetion in state taxation. 1t would
have counties. requiring fifty cents
on the hundred dollars, allowed to
| levy The full constitutional amount.
1.-The Burnet county Democrats
met Ia arbiIraTe between the claims
of j. Frazier Brown. f. b. WilEs, A.
3. Hayw orth and r. F. Ronndtree,
and il was decided that the last
named gentleman should be the leg
islative candidate for San Saba and
Ilano counties,
Quero Star, "a gentleman re-
Gently returned from Galveston says
the father of the bell punch, recently
nominated for reelection to the
legislature, viii probably be de-
feated; that many of the leading
citizens of that city are indignant at
the nomination"
The Times complains that there Is
only ''little cuddy hole" sixteen by
eighteen feet square for the accom-
mediation Of passengers ri the Sc
gum depot, 1t such marked care
for the comfort OF railway passen-
gers were shown at Austin there
| would be celebration in honor Of
| Tie Central Railroad Company.
The STATESMAN has no grievance
against the Post, except that il ha-
been striking away and making
some random licks in the direction
of the 4Iqe. We did not mind its
knocking the Telegram into pi, but
we do warn ii that if it hurts Uncle
Dan the STATESMAN will never let
up on il until our pile-driving apar-
atus has done Its best on the Post.
Capt. Thomas Smith, clerk of the
Court of Appeals. st Tyler, was run
over by n railroad train and imme-
diatelv killed. He was almost to-
tally deaf, and while walking along
the track the train struck him be-
fore he discovered it. The bod,
was cut entirely in two and horri-
bis Inutilated. He was m0st esti-
lnable gentleman. and was generally
| beloved
-The Re0iSfeJ SaN-: The Cherry