The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-30
TEXAS FACTS AID fAaclsS.


james T. Newcomb wants 10 be
mayor of san Antonio.
The Texas O5Se.-re,- i To he moved
FROM Corsicana to MeXia.
The cotton crop of Texas this seat
son * now put ii 100000 bales.
( Five new engine, have been or
dcred for the International road.
Wheat and oats up about Waco
are reported a. looking very fine.
y iuan named GlasSuer was lately
drowned Iii san Marcos river. near
Luling.
San Marcos is having a building
boom, and new houses are going up
all over town.
In the cotton seed oil mill, at Gal
weston, steam was raised on the
twentv-second.
In Graysom county some farmers
are Offering To give 0nc-half Of their
cotton for picking.
The Waco street railway has de-
clared an annual dividend of eight
and four-ilfths per cent.
Brennan has passed an ordinance
prohibiting the use of wooden YES
sells for taking up ashes.
y little girl in McLennan county
picked 300 pounds of cotton tbs
season. She picked 102 pounds in
one day.
From December lst 10 10th inclu-
siNc, lJ32 clnigrantS to Texas passed
over the st. Louis 4 Iron Mountain
railroad.
The running time between llous-
ton and New Orleans Nv rail has
been heightened from eighteen 10
twenty year.
There Is much dissatisfaction at
San Antonio over The manner in
which the water works Of that city
are managed
The Sunset railway, IN its west
ward movement beyond San Apto.
MO, will touch Castroville. Right
OF way has been secured.
An immigration company is or
ganizing in San Antonio for the puc-
pose Of establishing n large settle
ment in Northern Mexico.
VI. a. Mcknight, who intentionally
killed James Derrick, and .acciden-
killed John W. Kemp, at Bolton, has
surrendered TO the officers.
Hou. D. 3. Culberson, NJ. c., ia at
Jefferson, conducting the defense in
ia the Roihschiid case. G. S. Todd
is conducting the prosecution.
Thirty thousand square miles of
salary pine timber are awaiting the
saws at Beaumont, and every square
mile OF that pine is a fortune.
1t is said Ex-Governor Pease will
retire January 1st, and that ex-Gov-
ernor Davis will at once take charge
of the Galveston custom house.
The people of 9tephens7ille are
perplexed over the mysterious dis.
appearance of Mr.. Ben. Bassell, q
respectable and well-to-do merchant
OF that place.
There are twenty-seven artesian
wells in Fort Worth, the deepest
! being 283 feet, and discherging 1900
barrels Of water daily through a
three-inch pipe.
There i & Mclean living at San
| Antonio. who was All eyewitness Of
the battle Of the Alamo. His name
il Je7u5 Zepoda. Hla vas 4 boy OF
twelve al the tins,
Ii i -tated at San Antonio. that
the damage sustained bY the inter
national railway, bccause IL bad
weather preventing the work OF eI-
Tension i 580,000
The extension OF The IeXa. il Pa
cifir westward has reached very
near The Taylor county line, and The
| track i beng put down 81 the rate
| 5f-frr ouTTI'UE Tor busInt.5.7- .sr-s.t-~---
| 60 for The coming year is 1intterinr
The crop Of The past year has pui
money in The. pockets Of all The
farmers. and placed Them in easy
circumstances.
Judge Siribling. of Comanchr
member elect 10 the SevcnieenthLeg-
stature, is going through his district
learning the wants Of his consiiin-
Cncy. that he may represent ihriH
The more intelligibly.
Officials Of the Houston Il TeXns
Central railway diScredit The report
that Il portion Of HAT road has been
sod 10 The Gonld combination. The
Central, they claim. is master of The
situation, and has no OCCASION To sell
out 10 anybody.
The Galveston NetrS is advocating
the consolidation OF The city and
| county governments in The island.
! Among other items il STATES thai on
one occasion the assessment of The
county and city was $4,000, 900 les
than the city assessment alone
The force Of graders al the La
! Grange branch are now at work
within the limits of the corporation
The track IS now laid within about
three and half miles, and New
Years day will see the iron horse
ehlcr The old town OF IaCfrange.
The Missouri Pacific will be hniii
10 Fort Worth The contract for
grading aud bridging The road from
nenison has been awarded Ia Mr.
Martin Jones. an old railroad build
er. This il the result Of the souih-
ern four OF General Manager Tai
mage.
Breniam EdNHsI The guTnet
Bulletin tells the people of Austin
that thousands OF dollars worth 81
trade.iiave this season been lost 10
Austin by her failure to build nar-
row gauge railroad TO Burnett Aus
tin, It seems, IS content to rest on her
natural advantages,
The last PECAN crop Of Texas Is
unprecedented. Tens OF thousands
of bushels have been gathered, aud
prices have been high, from. two to
three dollars per bushel. Our west
ern exchanges have reported Tast
receipts Of. thi5 wild, abundant and
most profitable crop.
II thezdistrict court at Stephens
vile, last week, James Highsaw and
David Kemp were tried and acquit-
ted of the murder Of William Smell.
The murder Of which they were ac-
cused was committed in Hamilton
county, about twelve months ago,
the victim beng ASSASSIN ated while
riding along the road. Highsaw
and Kemp got change of venue to
Stephensyille, and the trial resulted
in their acquital and discharge.
The Pleasanton [Atascosa county,
Monitor saws: "a letter has been re-
ceived from the Adjutant General,
to the effect that twas thought the
next Legislature would provide
means for ihe.maintenarce Of a com.
pany of rangers IN this county, for
the benefit Of this section, nut at ell
events he would immediately per-
manently station detachment of
Capt. Oglesby's company in the