The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-02-19

chased $50 acres OF good land, 60 OF
which haFe been grabbed and made
ready for plsntipg. The Doctor Will
devote his attention principally to the
culture OF onions and the production
of opium. He feels confident that 20
average OF thirteen tone Of onions 70
the acre can be groEn on his land, and
has no doubt bat that the white poppy,
which produces opium, will do well
here. DR.. Wheatley will bring on q
number of Portuguese isboTers to as
sIst him in cul.ivating his farm.
Il is said that the reason why Dali
las, Fort Worth and other Texas towns
90 ahead, while San Antonio, Calves
ton, Houston and Austin are almost at
a stand-etiil, is because the merchants
aud leading men of the former towns
are men with small capital but much
energy, while the controlling men in
the latter named cities have more mo-
ney than they know what to do with,
but no energy, being content to rely on
''natural advantages" and ether fcti-
tIous and other unreliable bases.
The Dallas Herald tells of an episode
in real life, which could have occurred
IN no other place but Dallas: On
Monday the wife Of John Curry swore
out writ for his arrest before Justice
Peak, on the charge that he had drawn
knife on her, threatening her life.
He was arrested and thrown in all,
but was released yesterday on giving
bond to keep the peace. he appeared
before County Attorney Seay last even
ing so soon "a he was released, and
told the story OF his wrongs in such q
straightforward manner as to convince
those who heard It that he was telling
the truth. He stated that last Thus
day, two weeks ago, he was married to
Miss 6allie Bsgby. But lew days
passed before she met a man in the
person of Charles Greer, who was sus-
piciously devoted to her. She became
ensmored with Green, and when he
upbralded her she flew into passion,
and, rushing off to a justice of the
peace, she swore out writ and had
him arrested and jailed. That day
while he was shut In from the outside
world by iron bars, she and her para
mour Green loaded everything OF val
ue about the house into q Wagon and
left for the country. Green appropri-
ated his wardrobe and other articles of
value. Since his troubles began he
has learned that his wife was a previ-
ously married woman, and had two
living husbands, one in Paris by the
name of Thompson, and another IN
Clarksville named Bsgby, from whom
ol hot ehn
which he allegesfis not true. County
Attorney Seay proposes to make it warm
for them, and wrlts nave been issued
for their arrest, charging them with
theft and the woman with bIgamy.
The San Antonio Herald touches q
tale of madness, resulting from con-
tact with the bell punches. Shortly
after the things were placed on the
saloon counters this man manifested 8
disposition to watch with unnatural
earnestness the index fingers on the
dials, slowly moving to the tune of the
strikers within. He is man of tender
conscience and loved dearly to see an
honest bartender ring the bell, even in
case of Ginger" or when the saloon
treated. He gave one saloon keeper
singer" to the tune of 81 so, and af.
forwards made public growl because
AS he ststes-those sixteen drinkE
were not recorded by the black moni.
tor screwed down on the counter. He
has been repeatedly observed to follow
gentlemen into saloons and stand with
q wistful look on his countensnce un.
til the drinks were mixed, drunk and
settled for; afterwards he would walk
sadly away, weeping because the bel
punch did not ring-once for him. In
his waking hours he writes about bell
punches; when asleep he talks about
them, and on one occasion, when the
clock struck two, he murmured
''Ring it again, Charlie; there were
three drinks" Poor fellowi he will
be sent TO the asylum, and the comp
troller will kindly lend him pair Of
secondhand bell punches that have
been ''tampered WITH" a pair, the
tops of which have been ''pried up;'
pair that some TemOrseless saloon
man has forfeited by violating the Law
that protects these sacred arks of the
whisky covenant, and when he turns
the little crank, he will smile charm.
ing, wan and wide-mouthed smile, anG
raising an attenuated finger, uttel
those cabalistic words, which he ut
tiers so often "when the wind dowI
the river was fair" "Them's mine =