The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-08-12
TEXAS FACTS AND FANc1Es.

lation of 1885; now it is 1875.
Comanche county desires Hon. 4.
l. Hutchison made district judge.
The first immigrants to Bexar
county were from the Canary Islands.
Not delegate elected to the Hen
derson county convention was law
yer.
The tracklayers on the Central ex-
tension have reached Iredell, Bosque
county.
1t was ten to one for the school
proposition at Sherman instead OF
the reverse.
The value of property in Lamar
county is $4,s52,OO0, and the popu-
lation 26,07O.
A large number of good theatrical
troupes are booked for Texas the
coming season.
Mr.. James Burke, Sr., well known
throughout Texas, is no more. He
died in Houston.
Rev. w. w. Keep, a Baptist
preacher of Huntsville, has gone to
his reward in glory.
There are four papers published
in Brown county-three Democratic
and one Greenback.
There are only six children within
the scholastic age in Decatur who
can neither read nor write.
A boy lately stole ride from Chi
cago to Waco inside a carriage
shipped over the railway lines.
The state association of sheriffs is
I'm session in Dallas. One hundred
members of the association are pres
ent.
The bodies Ofthe two boys drowned
at Waco. were found floating thir-
teen or fourteen miles below the
city.
Breeding 81 Calvert are no longer
publishers of the Morgan Journal.
1t is now published by Carter Il
Shelton.
Joseph Chisholm of Terrell was
thrown from his horse and received
internal injuries, from which il is
thought he will die.
John Palmer was shot and in
stantly killed on the thirty-first
ultimo by John and Newton Fender
five miles north of Paris.
There are two hundred and TWEEN
ty-five counties in Texas, one
hundred and sixty-three organized
and sixty-twO unorganiZed.
Ellis county farmers are exercised
over the scarcity of labor to save the
cotton crop. Agents have gone to
Alabama to secure labOrers.
The amber cane grown this year
is turning out fine samples of syrup
and it is thought that next season
the crop will be large one.
Grayson is the most pOpulOuS
county in the state. showing 81, 1853
or about 30 people to the square
mile. Dallas county ranks next.
Wm. Stephens of Mount Pleasant
Titus county, started to attend the
trial of his brother at Mount Yer.
non. He was waylaid and shot to
pieces with buckshot.
A camp meeting near Corsicana
numbers 1000 persons, but at last ac'
counts there were only seven con.
versions. Major Penn should &C
there and make things lively.
The authorities at BRENNAN are
arresting and Pearresting female
prostitutes. The male ones are left
TO do as they please; and they dis.
grace their families and society
The Express reproduces the
STATESMAN article, headed "Sleep'
ing Lives Away" for the benefit Of
some people in San Antonio like
those we complain of in Austin.
Pat Maloy met his death in Hous
ton from being run over by a stree
car. 1t was dark. and whisky haC
placed him in q condition to regarC
railway track as safe rs any couch
Crops were never so good il
Brown county, and it is though
5000 or 1000 bales of cotton will b'
made. Cotton has not heretofore
been planted largely in this county
j. d. Stephens, of Comapche
has gone to Kansas to look after ;
drove of stock in which he and hi
brother were interested. His brother
was killed by one of his employees
Weaver and Cox, while return
ing from Il temperance lecture il
Grayson county, began to quarre
and the dispute resulted in the stab
bling of Cox. from which he dice
Immediately.
Capt, Fred. Voght, of Nacog
doches, ex-state senator, eX-sargeant
alarms of the senate, and late super
intendant of the Capitol grounds
was drowned the other day in TIT
Angelina river.
Tom Bowers announces that afte
the Dallas convention he will par
take of dish of crow if the DemOc
racy set one before him. He mus
be fond of the dish, since he Away
prepares for it.
j. S. Taylor, who joined an emf
grant outfit from Bell county. Texas
for the purpose of travelling through
to Silver City, was killed by mem
bers of his party on the Pecos; par
ticulars not known.
Mr.. Pat Shannon's teams wer'
driven off by the force workin:
them on the extension of Mr.. Bre
mond's narrow gauge railway. TIL
| thieves went with mules and wagon
i towards Limestone.
Five prisoners in the Jail at Eagl
Pass. overpowered the jailers ant
made their escape. One has bee
recaptured, another killed, and on
of the sheriff''s posse was killed b,
the escaped prisoners.
The sheriffs atDallas appointed a
a legislative committee are w. L
Ryburne of Ellis. j. w. Butler @
Smith. p. +. Ross of McIennan, N
S. Austin of Rockwell, A. b. Morton
United States marshal, of Dallas. am
]. G.. Eblin.
The Waller county Jail was open
ed at night by mob aud the pris
oners turned at large. \ negro, a
soon as he got out, informed tn
sheriff, and he and another returne
and entered their cells. Two pri:
oners made their escape.
| Cotton worms made their appear
ance in Liberty county, but the vas
number of birds in the region thi
year have destroyed them. Their
are more birds in Texas this yea
than for many years past. The
came in February and March.
Four little sons of Mr.. @. Batagli:
of Waco, while in a buggy, drove IL
to the Brazos river to water thei
horse. The river was up and ne
Knowing the ground well the
plunged into water ten feet deel
Two. the oldest and the younges
were drowned.
A tramp, stealing ride on
Texas and Pacific train, -betwee
Dallas and Fort Worth, was disco,
cred by a brakesman, who, on d.
manding pay or no ride of th
tramp. was set on by him and badl
carved up. The breakman may di'
and If so there win. ere long. be on