The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-08-12

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Texas slave by the Hurt family.
WhileJ. j. Stephens, James Thorn
ton and johnson Minter were bird
hunting near San Antonio, they
separated, and after awhile the lat
ter fired at bird, and some of the
shot passed on and struck the other
two men. Thornton received shot
in one of his eyeballs, and DIR. DOH
men of Austin was sent for to Oper-
ate upon him.
The farmers of Dallas county have
held a convention, the object being
to procure sufficient labor to gather
the large cotton crop and to fix the
price to be paid for work. a com
mittee was appointed to confer with
railroads as TO the rates of passage
for immigrants. and for the cooper
alton in securing laborers from the
Northern and Western states.
The Colorado Citizen SAYS DIR.
Tarvin has been through Grimes,
Washington and Austin counties,
and reports the crops in splendid
condition. The Doctor was in much
rain while away, and the editor says,
in pretty figurative style, that "Nep-
tune gave them n plenteOus soak
ing" He meant Pluvius. but such
mistakes are not of much import
ance.
George w. Hynson, of Dallas,
formerly of ST. Louis, began Satur-
day, July "a, at II O'Clock, fasting,
and has not eaten since. nor drank
anything but water or mineral
water. He started in for ten days,
and was sOwell off at the end thereof
that he will continue to the end of
fifteen days. He has charge of
billiard room and attends regularly
to business.
In Bracket, Kinney county,
Mexican climbed through the win
dow INTO the room where Miss Vir-
ginia Ross was sleeping. He intimi-
dated her with large knife only
until his back was turned, when she
commenced firing upon him with Il
siX-shooter. The alarm brought
pursuers, and the burglar and his
accomplice, on the outside of the
house, were both captured.
The Texas Northwest tells of a
five-year-old boy named Garell who
was bitten by snake on his foot.
His body became very badly swollen
to the armpits and turned a dark
blood color, which settled under the
left shoulder blade. Gangrene set
in on the third day, the foot mOrti-
fed and came off at the joint back of
the instep, leaving the heel perfect.
The boy is getting well and the foot
/ is healing over.
ID. r. Bell, of Kaufman county,
saw Charles Mcdonnell leave his
house. Suspecting intimacy with
his wife, he procured gun and fol-
lowed him to a railroad camp near
kaufman. Mcdonald and B. Jones,
seeing Bell coming, entered tent.
Bell fired through the wall of the
tent, the load of. shot penetrating
Jones' breast. Mcdonald fled. Bell
surrendered and was jailed in de-
fault of $500 bond. Jones will re-
cover.
One of the results growing out of
the late changes that have taken
place on the G., III. e III. and g., G..
& S. f. roads is the lowering of fare
between Galveston and Houston.
The g., III. Il III. road came down
to four cents per mile, or three dol
lars for a round trip ticket, used both
ways on the same day. The c., c..
| & S. f. has come down to two dol
lars each way, with the probability
of still lower rates being made be-
fore long.
The property in Mexico owned IN
part by Judge Hancock and Mr..
Zimpelman, of this city, and by
Judge Crosby. of Houston, and 9th
| ers. is known as COrralitOs, one of
the best mineral regions of old
| Mexico, the mines being ineXaustible,
and turning out from $50 to 300 per
ton. There are over twenty mines
now opened in the property, all OF
exceeding richness. The property is
also unexcelled as an agricultural
and grazing district. 1t was through
| MIR. Zimpelman and Judge Magoffin,
of Ell Paso, that the property was Sc
cured. The estate covers 100000
acres of land. Mr.. Zimpelman is in
charge.
The Examiner saps: Drafts for
the appointments of Waco and
McLennan county, ofthe state school
/ fund, for the ensuing year were re-
ceived from the department at Aus
tin yesterday morning. One comes
| direct TO the mayor, who is eX officiO
superintendent of the city schools,
| and the other to County Treasurer
| Wallace. Both are drawn on the
| county collector. Waco gets $364S
this year, and the county $13,OS6,
making total of $16,7S5. This
amount is $2149 greater than was re-
| ceived last year, the total amount
received by the city and county for
that year being $14,5S6."
1t is said that the parents of Cur
4 RE, who murdered Porter and was
acquitted on the ground of insanity.
intend to bring suit for damages
against the family of the deceased
actor. They claim that if Porter had
not come to Marshall, Currie would
not have seen him; and that if he
had not seen him he would not have
killed him; and if he had not killed
him he would not have been insane
therefore Porter is responsible fol
the mental condition of their son.
Es. The insane condition of CurriC
was never established except in the
minds of the Harrison county jury
and it was not intended that the
i spell should last longer than was re-
quired to place the man out of the
gentle grasp of the law.
| The Calvert Clipper shows how
the courts trifie with public peace
when it tells that in 1877 Drew
Hunt brutally murdered his partner
| Carter. attacking and shooting hin
while asleep. He shot Carter three
times and nearly severed the head
from the body with dirk. The
writer was living there at the time
and was familiar with all the circum
stances. A more terrific murder ii
rarely committed. The first trial re
suited in hung jury; the second il
death penalty the third twenty
| five wears. The fourth trial was
ended last week, and Hunt was Civ.
en- five wears. This is terrible
farce, fiendish in its horrible humor
and the smile which it provokes OF
all behoiders, is of that CHASTITY kino
which demons smile as they dance
around the fires of hell. The jury
said Hunt was guilty, and il guilt
ness does not necessarily imply thu
death penalty in this instance oul
language is q gibberish.
! The Cleburne Chronicle gives the
following account of the stage rob.
berry near that place; The stage wa.
moving along nj n moderate pace
the driver on the box and one pas
senger, Mr.. Yancy, of Wills Point