The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-08
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"'ihS oTganlLeu 1T IeNaEkuua.
IIarwood wants to try local OPP
ton.
At the end of this week the track
OF he Santa Fe will be finished to
Fort Worth.
Blum is Il new town on the Santa
Fc railroad, situated in the Nolan
valley above Bolton.
Red River county, encouraged by
the example of Lamar county. will
vote on local option this month.
Engineers are locating the line of
the Texas and Great Western rail
way TO Decatur, in Wise county.
The New York and Texas land
company are establishing a German
colony in Robertson county.
FL Paso has three newspapers, two
of them dailies.
The Cherokee AIyOndUf' is the
name of apaper started at Jackson
vile, Cherokee county.
Local option is being closely con-
Quoted III Bosque county. The
anti-prohibItion men are making
thorough canvass Of the county.
The Gonzales enquirer tells how
negroes come into the towns in the
winter and suffer for food and fuel.
Every lawyer of Corsicana was
indicted for evading the license tax.
They dctinded and every indict-
mcnt was quashcd.
Last week the grand jury of Lee
county adjourned, after finding %
indictments. - for felony and 10 for
misdemeanOr.
Mr.. Ed Easly's gin. near Anderson,
Grimes county, was burned on the
18th instant. Loss about two bales
of cotton. Covered by insurance.
The prosecution in the court mar
tial of Lieut.. Flipper, at Fort Davis,
closed its evidence. making pretty
clear case against him. The defense
has begun.
Miss Bette, daughter of Hon. Asa
II. Willie, of Galveston, who died
in Virginia. while at school. was
buried at Galveston on the 18th.
Farmers in Washington county
say that they will let their lands lie
idle next year rather than have them
worked by the inefficient negro la
Dor TO which they have been hereto
fore subjected.
\ man named Dix. sentenced to
the pcnilcntiary for two years from
Beaumont leaves two daughters
wholly unprotected. The Enter
prise asks that something be done
for them.
y well dressed and @cnteel wo-
man reached Dallas, recently, in
quiring for the grave of Sam Bass.
She was from Illinois. had read the
life and adventures of Bass and
wanted To spend $500 in a monu-
ment to be erected over his grave.
The Fort Worth Democrat ought
to be more particular, unless it is in
earnest. II says: Among the
statesmen of Texas who are setting
their faces towards Washington arc
the editors of the Georgetown
Record and Meridian Blade"
The Gonzales Inquirer having
charged that the entire legislature
carried free passes from railroads,
Mr.. j. u. Ayers, member of the sew
enteenth legislature, from BraZOs
county, writes TO the NelrS DENYING
the charge, and saving that he never
had free pass, nor was one ever
rendered him.
Waco Examiner: THE Methodist
church south in Texas will try its
strength i'll an effort to establish the
use of the Bible in the public schools
of the state-at least such is the
tenor OF Il resolution passed by the
conference lately in session in Wax
ahachie. At the proper time the En-
dnliReT will have an opinion to eX-
press on this subject. Agitation or
discussion now would be prema-
ture.'
BRENNAN Banner. The San An
tonic Express very truthtully SAYS
that any proposition to reduce taxes,
no matter what the public necessi-
ties may be, is always popular, and
referring to the cash balance, il saws:
"Fhe matter stands just this way
There is no present necessity for
levying more than one-half or one
third of the state tax now provided
for, hut the county governments can
not meet their liabilities if the state
tax is reduced. a reduction of the
state tax under circumstances is out
Of the question therefore, what are
we going to do about ?"
The Methodist conference made
the following assignment for the
Chapel Hill district: II. ID. Dashiell,
presiding elder; :. C.. .Littlepage.
pastor; j. Mathew, supplementary.
Travis circuit-G. o. Sandle. Bren-
ham. +. II. Mitchell; Bryan, II. V.
Philpott; Hockey and Hampstead
to be supplied; Millican and Well
born, Il. f. Dimmet. Bryan circuit
Samuel NJ. Booker; Independ-
encc, i. a. McShan; Burton and
Giddings, X. 7. Green. Caldwell
circuit. l.. Lemons. Lexington
circuit To he supplied by n. b.
Buckingham. Fiber circuit. Il.
Dunn. Nails Greek Mission to be
supplied by John Thompson.