The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-19

Brentwood has organized Ii
brary association.
The State F'iremen's Convcnti,.,,
meets in Sherman, June 18th.
Corn IS being shipped from Gal
weston to different points in Florida.
Several Clement Attachments are
shortly TO be erected in Tarrant
county.
The San Antonio Telephone Ex-
change will soon be in perfect work.
ing order.
What are known as wheat birds are
doing much damage TO the wheat of
MeLennan county.
The commercial travellers and
merchants generally are abusing the
new drummer law. 81 -
Mr.. G.. X. Anderson, formerly edi-
tor of.tne FreestOne Herald, died
last week, after alingering Illness.
The EreniRg Light complains that
the streets and alleys of San Anto-
MO are in a terribly filthy condition.
Eli Perkins is ON Il lecturing tour
through Texas, and will probably
pay his respects to an Austin audi
encc. r-..-
The Examiner reports a perfect
epidemic of sickness at Waco, the
predominating disease being the
Nearly all the newspapers of the
state are urging the different cities
to clean up, as safeguard against
the sickly season. -.
Prof. Alexander Hogg, formerly
of the A. & M. College is to deliver
the commencement address for Mar
shall University. 81 o..
A young sixteen-year-old girl re-
Gently committed suicide at Brown
wood, by shooting herself in the
head with pistol.
A mysterious couple, claiming. to
be man and wife. strangers i'm San
Antonio, left an infant at the house
of u colored woman and disap-
peared. F
Mr.. and Mrs. Joanna Perkins, liy-
ing near San Saba, have been ar
rested on the charge of numbering
one Watkins. They gave bail and
were released. DIP u.s.. ,
John Stone, the ousted mayor elect
of Dallas, has been granted a writ
of quo acdrTdRtO, which is returna-
bic on the 18th inst. The new cleo
ton takes place ON the 18th. I
George E. Rawlins, charged with
robbing the postofiice at Thorps
Springs. was examined by the Uni
ted States commissioner at Dallas,
and held to bail in the sum of $500.
Tile great and all absorbing ques-
ton, at present occupying the atten-
ton of the people of Galveston, is,
what shall they do to secure a ter
ininal branch of the Palmer-Sullivan
railway. . .-.e- -. o.
1t is given as fact, strange as il
may seem, that the peaches in the
valleys of Jack county, were all
killed by the late frosts, but those on
the hill sides and uplands were I'M
injured.
The Henderson Times evidently
does not believe much in the boosted
merits of the so-called Agricultural
and Mechanical College, and says
the concern is a.'.humbug, "a fraud, a
swindle. and an outrage"
Bosque county has an offer from
Mr.. Rice. a stockman of Clay county,
to buy all the BOsque county school
lands, 1900 acres in all, at one dol
lar per acre. and the county court |
decided to accept the offer.
1t has been. discovered that the |
valley of the RiOGrande, surround
ing Ell Paso, is finely adapted to the |
growth of tobacco, and the cultiva-
ton of the weed in that particular |
locality is eXDected To assume M m
proportions in short
while. ... ..
1t is thought that in view of the
fact that the railroads will use about
all the lumber the Texas mills can
furnish this summer, there will be
no supply at the mills for the fall
demand. A consequent increase in
the price oflumber will be the natu-
raj consequence. f
Never in the history of any state
were there such a number of rail-
roads being built and projected, as
are at present in Texas. The rail-
road boom is certainly genuine
here. Hardly day passes that we
are not advised of some new scheme
n railroad circles. ,..
The annual examination of the
Sam Houston Normal Institute will
begin June 18th, Agricultural and
College June 10Th, and
he Prairie View Institute June Esd.
The Board of the Agricultural and
College will convene in
session at the College on the
18th of June. .- 10. |