The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-06-24

Vincent was murdered for money.
Judge Crosby of Houston, in copart.
, nership with company of New York
capitalists, has purchased one and s
half million scres OF lsnd in Northern
Mexico. Upon 1t are several towns and
g great number of mines with very rich
ores. ..a
Chas. G. Griffith, ]. Martindale. Jos.
Simon, John Martin and James Wilson
were picked up on the gulf south OF
Galveston Island almost dead from star.
walton. They had been out in a little
boat seven days, having neen blown
away from the coast OF Yucatan in 6
gale.
Bets are offered that Chambers don't
| carry his precinct. He s a good man,
but his neighbors don't like his idets
on money. They say that when be
charged them 1-2 per cent. per month
for borrowed money they became salts
ned he understood the money question,
but it was all in his favor.
Dallas has been claiming a pouuls-
ton of 10000, while the census emu
merators say il. will not exceed 1000.
and now there is talk of passing an OIL
dinance extending the corporate limits
far enough 20 entitle 1t to the benefits
extended first class city, as it is un-
derstood in the postal service.
la The case Of Sam. S. Howard, exc.
cuted last Friday at Bastrop, was no.
table becaused he did not leap from
the scaffold holding his pass, as they
always do, into the arms of the blessed
Saviour. The preachers delight In ar
rangin a grand reception for those fell
lows, but Howard would take no pa
pers from them.
The Bonham Neaos says: "Mr. Ter
ry has shown us photograph of that
wonderful snake skin from Collin
county, with the picture of a woman
on it. The resemblance to human
figure is sufficiently striking to consti-
tute an extraordinary freak of nature. :"
May it not be the picture OF Col. Cob
Taylor, who coglG easily be mistaken
for woman--no, we mean snake.
The largest clip of wool ever taken
from one sheep in the United States
was shorn few days since from a
Merino ram of Mr., Harvey J. Cham
berlain, pesr Davils, Milan county,
Texap. Coupled with many other re-
markable feeces clipped this. year in
Central and West Texas, tue predic-
tons of George w. Kendall, and also
of Hon. Henry =. Randall of New
York, before the war that Texas was
destined TO be the greatest sheep
country IN the world, Is being verified.
While Mr. Mason, contractor for con-
veying prisoners to the peniteDiiary
was going from Ssephensyille with one
Hollis, stockmsn, sentenced to the
penitentiary, he was followed by an
armed mob, and when ten miles from
Morgan, where ne was going to place
his prisoner on the train, he wes set
uoon, after being left By the sheriff of
Erath county and guard, and he kept
the men at their distance by notifying
them that the first moment an attack
was made he would put bullet through
the head of Hollis. they were Nv this
means kept at bay uni,,. relief came.
me attackins party numbered thirty
Or Tory men.
,Manger s. AverYis New York wool
circular of June 10, reports Texas
] woods as follows: Fine eastern, choice
so to 33, average % to 30; medium
eastern, choice 30 to 35, average 30 to
80 fine western, choice 26 to %, aver
age % to 20; medium western, choice
90 to q, average 32 to %; improved
Mexican, shoice % to "a, average 20 to
%; Mexican, choice 90 to 81, average
IS to 90. BURY woods. value nominal.
1t is said oue-third of the clip remains
in growers hands, many of whom ex-
pressa 3 determination to carry them
until next fall. To. sell now they
would have to submit to a decline of
from 3 to 10 cents from the highest
point. Hsa
The Cuero Stdy. says strange tale
about the drowning OF a witness in an
important murder trial: civilian
Chambers, colored, is the principal
state witness in the case OF the State v.
John McLaine, On trial at Victoria for
murder committed in Refugio county,
change of venue having been taken
in the case. The trial was set for this
week land Chalmbers was on his way
to Victoria via the Corpus Christi and
Rockpott nail packet. Wednesday
morning, before the boat reached In
dianola, Chambers was drowned, and
the captain of the boat says his onlv
knowledge of the affair is that he
heard the plunge, and looking around
saw the sinking. men's arms ana hands
go down into the water; that he
waited 2 few minutes but the body
never rose, and that he endeavored to
recover the body but could not find it.
The Marshall Herald gives the TO-
lowing account of the Colemar-Jen-
nings difficulty: The Messenger con-
tanned an article on the subsidy com.
promise, which was personally severe
in its criticisms Of Mr.. Coleman. Short
~ after the issuance of the paper Mr..
Colemsu called at the Office, where he
found Mr.. Connolly, the editor of the
paper, and asked him if he wss respon-
sible for 1t. He said thai he was not !;
that he had not Written it. Mr.. Cole.
man then asked him who was fespon-
sible. He replied, Mr.. Bart Jennings.
Mr.. Colemsn wss informed that Mr.,
Jennings was out in town, and that
Mr., Connolly did not know where be
would find him. Mr.. Coleman then
started ont to hunt him, and sabse-
quently returned 10 the o6ace or in
front of it. In the aean time Mr.. Jen-
nings was Informed that Mr.. Coleman
wsa armed and hunting him, when be
borrowed pistol. Mr.. Coleman went
down Austin street, and turning the
corner at Phillips drug store, walked
about half way Of the block, when he
came npon Mr.. Jennings between Lie
brecht's drug store and LoBginotti's
saloon. He asked Mr. JENNINGS " be
was responsible for the article that ap-
'peaFed IN the Messenger, to which Mr..
u. replied that be was. Mr. cbleman
denounced the article as sissue Of
lies, and accompanied tie expression
By : throwing hia hand behind
HIM, Mr. Jennings asked him If he
was going 70 do any shooting. Both
parties immediately drew their weap-
oDs. The evidence Il conflicting as 20