The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-01
TEXAS FACTS AND FANCIBs.

tHe ueCiHton IN tne 6tiesuH C-@f.
TIE Piedra PinlA mountains in Kin.
ney county are said to contain silver.
The recent storm in the gulf >wss OF
unusual severity, but Of brief duration.
The Psst'sis the only steam news
paper in Houston. 1t is always blow
ing.
John Due, the man who killed Jane:
Bryant IN Houston, has been refused
bail.
Toe Luling lsignol thinks the TEE.
gram wants Governor Roberts assassin
ated.
Rutabsga Johnson ia sp independent
candidate for the Legislature n BIS
county.
In ten days the railway connection
between Lake ClarIes and Houston viii
be complete.
The Montague copper mines turns
ou' one that yields ninety per cent. oi
pure copper.
silas B4ggett, of Bell county, is
spoken of as suitable man for the
Legislature.
Sir. II, Goldstein OF Decatur has rs
come insane IN consequence OF refig-
i1as excitement.
Two horse thieves were found hang
Jog 10 mesquis trees in Cameron
county q few days ego.
Dr.. Dave Wilson, OF Henderson, is
uuder a $4,000 bo-d for fo9liug with
Uncle Sans packages.
Candidates do not appear by the
hundreds in Van Zsndt county, snd
that section must be in prosperous
condition.
A little boy, named Wright. has been
los. in the woods in Red River county,
and it Is thought he persisted in the
late storm.
Some one broke into the flee of
Justice Smith, al AmmonsviIie, Fayette
county, and completely destroyed The
criminal docket.
The Republicans Of Tafrant county
instructed their delegation 70 the state
convention TO vots fret, last and all
the time for Grant.
The srtesisn well borers at Sherman
are having difficulty in consequence Of
a cave of 81 feet, in which the boring
apparatus YVES caught.
Active preparations are being made
TO build the line OF the ST. Louis and
Texas narrow gauge railway west OF
Tyler towards C0rslcana.
John Henry, colored, condemned to
hang at Cors;cane, was baptsed into
glory, and now he is going TO wear the
emblems OF purity in eternity.
a. J. Strong, OF Montague, has either
run away from his vile and children,
or he has been murdered for his WAGON
and the money he had with him.
Judge Mccormick, OF the United
States Court, hRa issued 8 decree for
the foreclosure of the mortgage and
sale of. the Dsllas and Wichita rail-
road.
A. $. johnson was tried in Lime.
stone county for the murder Of r 5.
Rawlcs. The jury sat Il hou,s on his
case, and Matched out verdict Of not
guilty.
The Galveston grand jury are inves
tigating the Ills IS puzzle. A grad
jury is an awful institution, bu. the
zig-zsg is more awful and will floor
them.
Mrs. Mary E. Scott, ii Fort Worth.
has written drama Tor the Go'den
troupe. The characters and plot are
taken from novel Mrs. Scott is now
writing.
Walter Canterbury. who attempted
to assassinate r NJ. CainD, of the Bal
ton Courier, is at large, and has told il
that he intends to carry ont his origi-
nal design.
Sheriff Reinhart caught J. W. Hill.
]. F. Walker, A. Fl. LEWIS and John
King, who had stolen horses in Ken
dali county. They are in jpil in de-
fault Of bond.
The Gainesville Register says one
reason why barbed wire fences are Sd
popular with the farmers, is that can
didstes cannot sit ON them aud talk e
the men at work.
The Houston Pest says: "Wa!er
county has experienced q revival OF
/ uus. uteo atiR tGuHS axe az uShla,.ui NIN'
we are told that all parts OF the county
are improving"
The Henderson Tia,es pay IS very
Just tribute to that ''chivalrous
aud affahle" gentleman; Gen. Webster
Flanagan. Web. is whole team in
any sort of harness.
II the Post is particularly interested
in seeing the career of an editor in
| print We will reproduce the only sub
jgct OF the sort that has eraccd these
columns for several years.
r. ]. Lawther has iett LoclShar!,
aud his creditors are.the only persons
who are particularly anxious as to bis
whereabouts. A deputy United States
marshsl is noseing along On his track.
Judge Mccormick has signed the
decree for the sale of the Dallas and
Wichita railway, and the Times ssys
the sale of the road. viii assure the
completion of the NJ. X. 81 I. TO Dali
las.
Bob Curly, a copspirator of the rapiss
Of Mrs. Clark, of Cass county, was
hanged by nab at Jefferson. Before
the hanging e.made idll confession.
duplicating two other men in the con-
spiracy.
Mr.. Kelley, proprietor of the KEEL
leyville iron works, Marion county, has
proposed, If he can get convicts, to
lncloSe his works with walls ard build
a substantial brick prison to contain
100 conv;cts.
Rev. Samuel Bacy, who is 10 Jail at
Meridian on criminal charge. - be-
coming emsciSted and feeble, rs he de.
clines to eat ssve what Is forced down.
He hiss gone as long as five days on
nothing but ws,er.
Indians attacked ranch within
twelve mics Of Pierce's mining expe-
dition and killed hoy. The explor-
ers in the Chenaa mountains were
therefore in a rather perilous position,
but Ballis has gone after them.
The people of Ksufmau county. 10
the vicioity.of Fosney, have organ zed
a society for protec.io0ag einst thieves.
They have appointed six minus men,
whose duty it shall be to pursue an
parties who steal heroes or cattle.
a saw IN Henderson has givsH birth,
a'oag with los Of pireiss. 20 some-
hirg thst is half hog, hSli dog, aud
the 7imes calls It igssaS gatare whsn
jRss such things are as common. here as.
pig trscks on the public quire At Hen
derson.
II F. Lewis, an old and respectable
eltizea Of Marshall. lost his proper