The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-07-08
TEXAS FACTS AND FANCIES.


The Brennan Banner says DR.. Bur e.
SON has made "a confounded ass" Of
himseh.
Add now ills complained that some
Of the N AGO gun club have been shoot
ing balls at Mrs. Kellum.
Had DR.. Rurleson been Adam be
would properly have established s
ready-msde clothing estsbhshment,---
And now Horace Rowe is to lie pro-
NOTED from q Licentiate TO regulsr!y
ordained minister in the Blpist
Church.
The Dallas, Cleburne snd Rio Grande
railway was re-orgsnized at Dallas.
This road is to be of standard gauge,
with steel rails.
The Galveston Neus comes to the
conclusion that DR.. Bufleson would
have given the snake 3 pretty lively
fight, anyway.
The Howard cotton seed oil works
a. Houston will be completed by Octo-
+, Der and will furnish continuous en-
ployment to over 100 men.
Lorenzo Beltram, a Mexican, was
sentenced to ninety nine years IN the
penitentiary at franklin, for shooting
Manuel, another Mexican.
R bert ]. Brooks, OF Waco, has been
commissioned. lieutenant colonel and
assistant aGjutant general in the sec
ond brigade, Texas volunteers.
The Texas and New Orleans R.ilwsy
Company have q distinguishing work
on their cars, composed of al inverted
crescent enclosing Texas star.
Work on the railroad bridge at Seq
NJ ncos is progressing rapidly, the
bridge across the Colorado will be
ready for the cars in few days.
At Henrietta, on last Saturday, Z.
Davidson shot and instantly killed
James Brown. II occurred in a saloon,
and too much whisky was the cause.
At Weatherford Frank Teague and
Belize Hlte. the latter an actor, COM
mitted highway robbery, at night, on
the person of John Mitchell, stone
mason.
]. Z. Rankin of Hockey, was con-
victed of murder in the second degree
at Houston, for killing VIM. Cherry,
and was sentenced to ten years in the
penitentisry. ..
DR.. McMahon, shot in Wilson couu-
ty by Nelson, is dead. About 20u
men have been looking for this muir
derer, who in one night killed his
own uncle and his family ply stefan.
Martin Pew's body was found in
Kinney county. He had been with
the surveying party of the Southern
Pacific Railway and It is supposed he
was killed for $1,000 he had abo1s him.
An exceeding strange fact Is that
Mr. Schmitz, a grape grower near
Houston, has this year shipped to
France 80 900 grape cuttings, which
are more highly pnzsd there than ma
tive vines.
Mr.. Francis GIraud, of San, Antonio,
insured his life in Memphis insurance
company for $4,000. H. paid his in
stallments for three years. when he
died. The company went up about
that time, and, after lapse of six or
seven years, but one dollar was received
as the widows portion.
The delegates to the state conven-
tion, from McLenDan comfy, are: D.
R. Gurley, L. s. Ross, F.. W. Burger.
W. G. Daniel, F. 81. Robertson, w. H
Wilkes, Dr.. Taliaferro, ]. W. speight,
A. h. Grain, L. N. Bruce, ]. F. Davis,
W. L. Pfsther, E. A. Jones. Neal Nc
Lehman, ]. I. Currie, W. G. Kim ooirg.
Joe Sltterlie, charged with murder
in the first degree, was tried and found
guilty, with Others, of killing Dr.. Bisz-
zell, of Dewitt county. He got his
case up to the Court of Appeals, and
got new trial ordered, and now he Is
out on small bail. That he will be-
acquitted is certain, since he has money
to keep his case in trim.