The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-02-12
TEXAS FACTS AND PANCIEs.


Aitasian wells st Wills Point are
giving up petroleum.
Wheat in Brown county IS looking
finely since The late rains.
W. T. W mack, an old cit'z n, died
t Mirshall 3 few days ago.
Tae S4ns F. railway is looa ed to
withIa fifteen miles of Belten.
Il Jasper county the Ia lor people
are moving against local option.
DR.. jas. A wilkins, of Blstrop, at
the age OF "a, has departed this life.
Candidates for county offices are al
really announcing in the Bonham NescS.
ii N. ii. L Cain, will not be can
iidste far reelection TO the Legisls-
NE.
There is very msIkcd Improvement
in the B .strop Ad0srtiser. Cain has
gone to work.
Many roofs of houses were lately
broken down by the weight of snow IN
Northern Texas.
The arteslsu well at Sherman is now
300 feet deep with the augur going
tnfo1gh ue stone.
An exchange wants 500 Waco orators
TO take the field on the Irish boom.
None but candidates need apply.
Hon. W. b Henderson, of the SIX
teenth Legislature, says the Van Zsndt
Chronicle, is in the hands of his friends.
A gentleman who owns bee farm
a Bseton, Texas, makes 20. 600 pounds
of honey year. He has 10000, coo
working bees,
E Birpes, secretary and treasurer Of
the Lpngview and Sabine Valley rail-
! road, was Instantly killed by car on
that road on the third lust.
ALI Johnson. killed by SIM Bill,
! was the son If SAp Jacinto veteran Of
T .nnin county. J hi IN was a schCo
teacher and newspaper correspond
ent.
G A Melville. = stranger, W IS found
almost dead un the streets in Texar
kana. |, is su )p >srd he had pulmonary
| complaint, and that his death resulted
| from exposure.
The Fort Wo.Th Democrat threatens
that Il the people OF PAnthcrvilte do
not support it better than they have
done. it will 60 west snd grow up
with ,be country.
Welhen,j the great vlolinlss, has
been guaranteed $1,000 per night 10
visit T. xas. He will copdescend to
go to Dallas, Waco, B!enham aud Aus
| tin for $500 per night
Since the outbreak of smallp in
San Anton o III n ,Tembe 1878, there
have b, en- 7l8 cases The discs Sc was
br' ught by a family named BenI'o Lo
PEI, from Laredo, Mexico.
At Gainesville The trial of Sam D AVID
son for murder, resulted IN u disagree
mept and hung jury, seyen
of the jurore being !or sCquit-
tai, and four for m2nslsugbter
The Herald reports exadusters shak
ing tn dust ni K ,nsas from their he Is.
They are returning through Da lbs
in great humble 5. Tairiy passed at
one time.
The Dallas Times Gays that CJuuty
Judge Logan has decided that a NO.
ton for a new trial is not a nee sssry
prerequisite to al appeal from justice
court to the county court.
One hundred and .venty FIVE r
loads of lumber were at Houston few
days ago, awaiting transportation to the
Texas and Pac fic improvement and
construction company, to be- uaed IL
building bridges.
Sickness prevails il the Calvert all.
A week ago prisoner released on aom.
inal bond died, and on Tuesday night
Wash Powell, convicted of manslaugh.
ter IN two cases, died. and several eth
er prisoners are now sick.
The Grand Lodge of the 8 ate of
Texas, at its late session, instructed Its
representatives TO the Sovereign Grand
Lodge, to invite thsm to meet at Aus
tin, Texas, after their next session,
which takes place st Toronto, Canada.
And now Hon. G w. Jones has
gone aud plsced the Georgetown Sun
under obligations for public docu.
ments, and every other pSpsr In the
district, excepting the Ne,ss, and Bur-
net Greenbsck paper is huffy about
apparent Sights.
The late snow in Northern TexsI
has put great deal of water in tbs
streams. The Trinity river, ssys the
Dallas Herald, is on a slight rise, and
Elm Fork and other smaller creeks
that had not Iua since sprIag, are on
filed with water.
Mr.. Frost T. Allen, 4 rtnchero, liv.
ing about fifteen miles from C,rpui
Christi, was in town with his wag-
on, ard while in the act of lifting 1
barrel of sugar into his wagon, he LEI
it go, walked off about fifteen feet and
fell dead, with blood squirting from hiI
mouth.
Ernest Pilot, 3 young man aged eigh'
teen, died in Dallas Of lock w from ,
nail in his foot. Medical skill could
do no good, and all the physicians
could do was to alleviate as much q.
possible tho intense pain he suffered
by giving him opiates.
A young man named r. E. Smith, oil
Comsnche, who has INDUCED is fond
ness for all sorts OF things not his own,
has been discovered, and DOW he re.
plneth in jill because no one will be
bound for his appearance to auswel
charges made against him.
| Col. Tom Bowers, of the Pauols
Waterman, announces himself as q can.
didate, but has not decided for wha'
place il shall be. Bowers 10 & gsod
fellow aud clever gentleman, and hs
deserves and ought to have seasth;Bt
that the people OF mis- SIC ion have y
their. disposal.
| Another gas we'll, sinilar ,. tbs o..
10 Washington ceultY. has Sses
covered BY NJ Pailom e 49,
Sylvan, in Smith couaty. Tl..
gas supplied by 'hsss wal. 81.
made quite prot able 20 Ii. 80 !.
A will gem rs~ ! * sell $40 rs .
! PennsylYsbia bsss TseiT sir..s
with gas from s1cA = -
The PalCstias N,a Err ....t..
Messrs. GreenWs So Il D. "a kspA ys.s
ed q large suit y -. U,.s : ats,
circuit court ~ Tar fks s.,.iei.
ult., involving &c --v -.rss gran
OF land si'u,ted IA i - aniy
The style of the s1ii az L lem
eken '. w. L D,rd.s "a. ,si..nt
was represented By D.vc,ck West &
North Of Austin asd W. 5. Heradol
Of Tyler.
/ The EransiHer tells of a. interesting
case, involving scmethi 2 Of the right
OF landlords, decided in the NcI,ennsl
county court. A tsnant on Prather'
farm brought into Waco and sold eigh
bales Of cotton, % which PrAlber -haI