The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-07

Bell in Brazos county, last Decem-
Der, has been found guilty of muir |
der in the second degree, with pun
ishment st ten years in the peniten-
tiary.
Mrs. J. F. Graves of Lamar coun-
", who q short time since lost her
mind and attempted suicide by
jumping into a well, was taken TO
the State lunatic asylum, where she
shortly died.
Mrs. Pope, of Dallas county, had
been visiting relatives in Eastern
Texas, and on the way home she was
taken with q congestive chill, and
was q corpse in ten minutes after the
attack began.
During the present month Comp
troller Darden will sell, to the high
est bidder, over 100000 acres Of
land for delinquent taxes. These
lands are situated in umorganized
counties of the state.
In BraZoria county ". c. Snow
den and G. A. Beall had a misunder-
standing about q COW skin. Snow
den left saving, Il will see you
again" He did come again, gun in
hand, to kill Beall, who was ready
for him. SnOwden was killed in his
tracks.
The Franklin journal thinks the
best way for the state TO have a big
lunatic asylum is to inclose Robert
son county, and leave all the inhabi-
tants inside. The Journal man an
nounces he will leave this asylum,
probably for the sure-enough one
at Austin.
Clip Blair, of McLennan county,
loved whisky SO we'll that it made
him spiritually inclined, and ne lib
Grated his soul through great big
hole in the top of his head, made
there by the discharge of pistol in
his own hand.
W. Taylor Francis, now in New
York under an engagement with q
concert company, is travelling with
his wife, nee Miss Riyes. We IN
derstand from private letters re-
ceived here that Mr.. William Taylor,
(the name he has now taken) and his
wife intend visiting her friends in
Virginia as soon as his present en=
gagement expires, and after concert
ing through that state will return to
Texas and repeat the concerts given
q abort time since through this state.
Judge Thomas f. Hogg of Den
ton has passed away. Judge HOgg
was an able lawyer, and a man of
| superior literary talent. He had at
tanned considerable state celebrity
as an author, his best productions
being in verse, among which is "The
Fate of Marvin" At the time of his
death he was an attorney for tho
Texas and Pacific Railroad Com
pany. He was a native of Texas.
His father was a member of the
constitutional convention in 1845,
and 3 brigadier general in the Cop'
.federate army. Judge Hogg's death
is sincerely regretted, as he was in
the meridian of life, well known
and a man of much promise.
Marshall Messenger; Mr.. Willie
Scott was IN the city yesterday, and
Informed us that he had recently re-
ceived letter from some negroes
who left his fathers place in Febru-
airy, 1879, for Liberia. They are i'm
ploring assistance to return to Har-
rison county. The negroes are eight
or nine in number, and the head OF
the family was formerly owned by
Col. Scott. The letter was dated in
August They are very much dis
satisfied with the country, which
was represented to them as perfect
paradise. They say man can live
there (as he can in a warmer climate
hereafter), but they don't want to-
and make all sorts of promises to
Mr.. Scott if they are only assisted to
return. AS it will require about
$1,000 to pay their passage here, it is
more than likely that they will re.
main in Liberia. When negroes get
in difficulty and need assistance il
is strange they never apply to their
Republican friends,
| Governor Roberts declines to re.
move r. Fl. Kingsbury, Jr., cotton
weigher of Waco, because of his
alleged conviction and sentence to
the penitentiary. The Governor
Gays the record shows that the dis
trict Judge set aside the verdict o.
the jury upon which Kingsbury was
sentenced, and that the case against
him stands simply on the charge O.
the indictment, (which may be pre-
sumed to have been found on e1
parte evidence, adduced before the
grand jury to institute the prosecu
ton. The case now stands for tria
on that charge exactly as though i
had never been submitted to a jury
and when he appears in court agair
for trial under that indictment, hi
has right, under the law of th'
the presumption in his favor that hi
is innocent of the charge preferred
against him. To convict him HI
must be proven to be guilty BY
competent evidence, without the
aid of prejudice against hin
from some other cause thai
that which Is contained in sucl
competent evidence. l will not nov
add to such prejudice by removing
him from Office, before ] am fully
convinced of his guilt. L would no
have appointed MIN, or any one else
with such an indictment standing
against him, but that is no good rea
son why he should now be removed
which might operate greatly TO hi
prejudice in obtaining fair trial
If he were tried and acquitted, hi
acquittal might be obtained under
such circumstances and with sucl
evidence as would not relieve me, al
governor, from considering and act
ing in the propriety of his removal
Or If there was an unnecessary de-
Law in meeting the charge, indicating
disposition to avoid meeting it, il
might become my duty to investi.
gate the matter for myself; but a:
yet am not aware of any such con
tinRencY. y