The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-26
TEXAS FACTS AND FANeies.

The old settlers of Wise county
are to have a reunion.
Lee county has cash balance of
$28,771.22 in her treasury.
Harvest of the grain crops has
commenced in North Texas.
Brennan made a shipment of
peaches north last Thursday.
The races commenced in Dallas
yesterday, with fine lot of entries.
A white man and Chinaman had
fight at Fort Worth the other day.
Mr.. Richard Lasseter, living near
Dallas, fell from a ladder and was
killed.
A stock of corn eight feet high
has been presented to the Flatonia
Argus.
The village of Caddo, in johnson
county, is candidate for the State
University.
A Texas paper says Houston wants
the mechanical" department of the
state university. .........
The Marlin Ball don't want any
more lawyer legislators, but prefers
the "Rutabagas." '.A ''i /
Ex-sheriff Cleyett, of Burleson
county, was robbed of 5000 at Bren-
ham the other day. .ta...lra .
The Galveston journal announces
that the Palmer-Sullivan railway is
not going to that city.
The Giddings Lone Star wants a
Maifest, June or Volksfest-any-
thing in the way of fest.
The grand jury of McLennan
county returned 100 indictments for
gambling, at its recent session.
Two newspaper men at Gainesville
had controversy, which finally
ended in one shooting at the other.
1t is said Umdenstock will move
the internal revenue office of his
district. from Jefferson to Marshall.
The Brennan Banner continues
to fire away at the, city authorities
of that place because of filthy streets,
etc. "''''''.
The Waco Telephone says the
grain crop of that section will be
larger than was supposed a short
time ago. .. ...I ... 49, .r /
A reporter of the Houston Post
interviewed Eli Perkins, aud the
lecturer was very enthusiastic in his
opinion of Texas.
AT Bracket, the county seat of
Kinney county, at recent term of
the district court, LAG bills Of indict-
ment were found.
Rev. B. III. Carol, of Waco, has ac-
cepted the invitation to preach the
commencement sermon for Marvin
college June 18th next. lao Z
1t is estimated that 1000 immi-
grants are entering Texas daily,
which is quite without a parallel
in the history of state.
Tom Fletcher, who was convicted
of horse theft in Denton county and
who had appealed his case, died in
Jail at Denton last week. ...
Two negro boys were killed by
lightning in Harrison county last
week. They were blowing and
sought shelter under tree.
Railroad construction is seriously
interfering with the farm labor of
the state. From all sections come
reports of scarcity of laborers.
Gov. Hubbard has accepted an in
Vitation to deliver the address to the
literary society of Waco University
at the commencement exercises in
June. ....
Several towns in North Texas,
along the line of the L. and P. road,
are excited as to which one of them
will get the machine shops of the
road. .a.4u'-
The New Orleans Picayune is of
the opinion that Southwestern
Texas and New. Mexico will, at no
distant day, rival California in grape
culture.
ID. G.. Bennett, of Fort Worth, has
an artesian well, and he is going to
cover an acre of ground with a
pond of pure water three feet deep,
in which to raise fish.
A new refrigerator car company
has just been organized to transfer
perishable goods over the Gould
railroad lines, from the southwest to
the northern cities. ....-.t ID. /
The fines imposed by the mayor of
Dallas, and collected, for the past
twelve months, were sufficient to
pay the police force of that city and
leave balance OF $780, b. ". .
The Palestine AdUOcdte has heal d
of a Jersey COW in Anderson county
that has borne calves in years.
She had at the first birth. A at the
second and 2 at the third.
Mr., Gunter informs the Sherman
Courier Chronicle that he has lost
quite q number of cattle from a
disease known as black leg. He has
been losing about two a day.
The Galveston Journal says that
since the newsboys and bootblacks
of the city have ceased shaking
dice" the journal learns that older
heads have taken to the soul-stirring
game known as "crack-loo."
The Fort Worth Stock Journal re-
ports that the prices of beeves of all
grades are rising rapidly. Year
lings command So, and two-year-
Odds $40 to $11 for driving; three
year-olds for butchers SIG to $19.
The BRENNAN Banner, of May 49,.
says: Yesterday Mr.. j. L. Am
mons brought to town a sample cot
ton stalk from a ten-acre patch. The
stalk was nearly eighteen inches
high, and had large number OF
squares ''@ 3H "''i'
The Ell Paso Times has the state
ment that the managers of the Tex
as-Pacific have resolved to provide a
water supply for the road by dig
ging wells, most of them artesian,
every ten or fifteen miles between
Fort Worn and Ell PasO. 10 3ul De-
The Castroville Quill exclaims:
" The frequent mail robberies in
western Texas is enough to excite
the gravest apprehensions of all per-
SONS, and should call forth not only
prompt but the most decisive action
upon the part of the United States
government" ..... .'...,...,
Burnet Bulletin: We learn Mr..
Sam Holland has promised to donate
the marble on his land to the state
if the commissioners finally decide
to use it in building the state CAPT.
tol. This seems to US to be both pa
triotic and generous, and we take
pleasure in stating the fact.
Houston Age: The railroads of
this city get letters almost daily
from Germany and Scandinavia,
inquiry about Texas, its eli
mate, productions, and the facility