The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-01

In The late irisl OF Count de Kero-
man, fos burglars IN Kerr county. no
evidence vas elected 4 prove guilt OF
the accused.
a negro woman IN CsmP county wss
coutined, the other day, and a. last &C.
counts she hsd given birth to three
babies, jail girls.
The s.. Louis sad Texss rsi!road,
! recently completed to Mount Pleasant,
in Titus county, VIII be extended to
C1rsicana by October next.
The Hslletisvilie Herald and Planter
/ thinks that J. w. D4rdsa Of Columbus
will be 9 -candi1-ts .hia ye.F for dis
trict judge OF tbs. district.
Col. James Encoie sHi D. r. Fsnt,
of Goliad county, viii drive TO the
! Ksnsss snd Nebraska markets this
spnng 100 heaj OF stock horses.
Sulphur Springs siu soon be the
terminus of tie East Line RAILROAD.
j. The road Will De built 81 Gfeanyllle in
the early summer, and not long after
to Mckinney.
All the railroads now going into
Houston deposit passengers at the
Union depot. The san Antonio rail-
wsy has just made Its connection for
this purpose.
The San Augustine S,LI0H urges the
election Of delegates 10 the Galveston
Convention who wall vote Cor Roberts.
The editor Of the Saxon evidently lives
in The pines.
Il was fun for the Dallas saloon men
to violate the bell punch and Sunday
laws, but when about q hundred OF
them were indicted by the grand jury
it was not very funny.
Work has been begun on the Column
bus and L-GraDge branch OF the sun
aet road, and the rising Austin genera
ton may take 2 notion to have it come
| along up the Colorado 20 the capital.
Cow boys haYe taken charge Of Sey-
mour, in Baylor county, and the editor
OF the CrssSet ana the county attorney
have been run opt of the county. The
assistance of the State has been asked.
Tom Garrett, cologed, charged with
the murder of Bilhngslea, at Chapel
Hill, has been tried and convicted of
| murder in the second degree. His sem
tence is thirteen years in the penlten-
tiary.
w. L, Grissom, who murdered DR..
Brown OF Columbus three or four years
| ago IN Houston, has had the benefit of
the laws delay, which. has saved his
neck and given him 80 years in the
penitenhary.
J. D. Abbey took ON too much Cor
slcana rotgut; and then laid himself
down on the railway track, and al en-
CINE came along and cut bis legs and
arms off and the body ran whisky in
stead Of blood.
There is 3 relief committee in Ma
son county, the purpose of which is to
advance to the needy until crop csn
be made. Such committees should ex-
| ist in all the counties that suffered last
year from drouth.
TIE good people OF Gonzales county
want no operate music in theT'n.
Chimes of Normandy was pronounced
very poor by the Enquirer, but the
'farce" was good, and circus would
no doubt be better.
BIZ Moore, bad negro, made an
uncalled-for attack on a young man
named Max Stellbaur at Brenham, and
having been threatened by the negro,
aui bsius prepared for him, he shot
at and instantly killed him.
Jack Duncan. who learned Through
John Wesley Hardin's wife's father
where John Wesley was in Florida, and
accomplished his arrest, was dying yes.
terday at Dallas of hemorrhage from q
pistol shot wound received two years
ago.
In the Early case at Mckinney the
jurymen were crying when Hare and
TbroCkmorton closed their speeches in
defense of the criminal. Then Hurt
got up and told them to dry up iheIr
tears and be men, and they brought in
. verdict of 80 years in the penlten-
tiary.
The Chronicle tells Of Sherman man
| vula 9uri-rr tho --1---L--e.>r-I zsaai har
took stove away from sick tenant
because he was unable to work or pay
for If, and ordered him to v6cqta tue
little hut where lac and his starving
children were huddled, to make room
for pair Of mules.
The public well at Morgan Is finished.
It is Sc feet deep and has nearly Is
feet OF water, which is impregueted
with iron and msguasla. Dr.. Britt
says 1t has medicinal qualities which
will operate fayorably to most people.
It is not such water as one could wish
for, but few days. use will accustom
one to it without disagresable results.
An association of the newspaper pub
Fishers Of Southern Texas has been
formed having for its object co-operA-
ton. z. D. Linn of the Victoria ID
00oate, a. w. Appleby of the Goliad
Guard, @. ]. Pilgrim OF the Gonzales
Inquirer, w. NJ. FoTney Of the Texaua
Clarion, G. A. Ogsbury of the Bulletin
and j. H. Tucker Of the Star organized
the "shebang" at Cuero.
The Cuero .Star wante 20 know who
framed that indictment which con-
cludeo 'agsInst the peace and dignity
OF the statuie?" /, Is said the iudict-
ment was changed after the trial, and
She paopie would like to know
whether justice has been swindled By
ignorance or forgery. To prevent q
~ - %NANA1 - tiAN2 -1 Z lI1LAGE u ca
pediency for DsWitt county TO procure
LOT of printed indictments.
Sam Myers, hung at Cleburne for the
murder OF his step-mother. declared
his innocence to the last, and said be
had been made the victim Ct falso wiz
nesses hired by his enemies. At the
close of his address he drew g cigar,
lighted it, and composedly occupied
the only chair on the dead-fall. 4
short address by the Episcopal minis
ter, charging him If guilty to SO confess
before death ensued, to which he re-
marked: 81 am not grilty." This
was followed by a prayer, when his
three spiritual advisers bid him fare
we'll. Rising to shake hands with the
ministers, be then walked about On the
sc5ffoll, amilingly calling the attsn-
tjon Of the officers to several objects
which seemed 10 auuse him. At 2:30
he stepped CT the dead-isll, called for
the undertaken, made arrangements for
the interment Of his remains, which he
TeQuested to be buried by the side Of
h.s father ana mother on tbe.old bone
stead, the scene Of the dsstsrdly muir
der. lie wss theR pinIoned, and at
2:47 Z. II, the drop Hss sDrung. swing
s., it-r, into e%r--st-~ II q -rut~ rrTs