The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-22
Texas-Facts and Fancies

Cuero is to be connected by wire
with Victoria.
Edwin Booth is to play one week in
Galveston i'll January.
Farmers are preparing for large
acreage in small grain.
Gonzales will be connected by IA
tap with the Sunset road
Waco has organized a driving
park association. How the club"
does pattern after Austin.
j. III. Williams, a ranger, was killed
at Big Springs by one McGehee, said
to be a gambler.
Out of forty generals Texas fur
nished for the confederate army, it
is said only ten remain living.
Houston and Galveston will soon
be put in communication with each
other by telephone.
A live alligator, eleven feet long
has been captured near Waco. and
it is now the property of the Waco
fire department.
John d. Hunt, SO long on trial for
the murder of Captain Killough, was
acquitted in the district court at
Columbus.
AtascOsa county coal sells in San
Antonio for 1915 per ton. 1t is
hoped the Alamo City may hereafter
be spared fuel furnaces.
Mexicans are keeping Americans
from crossing the line by charging
$1.20 for the passage Of a vehicle
over the Rio Grande.
The New York, Texas and Next
can railway will be speedily built
between Victoria and Rosenberg, on
the Santa Fe. in Fort Bend county.
The Navarro county cotton crop
will produce about one bale to five
acres. The old and new corn will
be sufficient for home consumption.
The STATESMAN has not told about
the acts OF muchlv married Rev.
Kahle, of Burnett, because it dislikes
so much TO expose parsop.
A Mexican wants n good slice of
the city of San Antonio. He sets
up the plea that he purchased the
property at confiscation sale many
years ago.
Red river and the Wichita have
been very high, the first time for
many months. Very heavy rains
have fallen in the northwestern pOr-
ton of the state.
Lumber at Laredo is $50 per thou
sand. The Corpus Christi railway
will reach there in a few days, and
prices will come down, and the
money will 60 out.
Bolton is happy over the fact that
she is going to be on the line of the
Missouri Pacific railway. This point
has been definitely settled by the
company's officers.
The committee appointed by the
Galveston common council to 1nves-
tigate the watered stock of the
wharf company presented them
selves at the Office of that company
and were at once informed that the
books of the company would only
be opened when the city directory
came with the committee to make
the demand.
According to q new ruling of the
postoffice department, photographs
prints and similar objects mailed in
wrappers or envelops can go through
the mails as third class matter-one
cent for each two ounces. Packages
of merchandise subject to inspection
and sent as fourth-class matter may
bear q single mark or number for
purposes of Identification.
A man came into the editors room
with large roll of manuscript I'M
der his arm, and said, very politely,
81 have trifie here about the death
of the president, which was dashed
of by friend of mine this morn
ing. would like it inserted if you
have ROOM" "Plenty of room," re-
piled the editor, gently pushing the
waste-paper basket toward him.
San Antonio Express: There APP
pears to be considerable solicitation
and uneasiness about the counting
of the vote on the university ques-
ton. The agitated ones might as
well keep cool. When the returns
are all in, the Old Alcalde will refill
and light his pipe, and count
the votes as he declared he
would-unite the votes cast
for Austin for the nniver-
sity without the medical depart
ment and for Austin for the upi-
versity entire. 1t is preposterous to
claim to believe a half-doZen men
in the state, who voted for Austin
for the university entire, would not
have voted for it without the medi-
cal department if they had known
they had known it was to be sepa-
rated, or vice versa. 1t is the most
reasonable thing in the world to
suppose that every vote Austin re-
ceived for the university entire
would have been cast for Austin
without the medical department,
and that is the way the vote should
be counted. Notice was duly given
that it would be so counted, and the
people voted with that understand
ing