The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-07-14
TEXAS FACTS AND fANclEs.

Ladies have control of the Fort
Worth postofiice.
James r. Seely, prominent law.
yer of Mexia, is dead.
A new street car company ha:
been organized ut Houston.
Sherman did not celebrate the
Fourth TO any very great extent.
| Corsicana has four Methodist
preachers, and not one of them owns
a horse.
The papers have not finished writ
ing up the fourth of July celebra-
tions yet.
The Galveston typographical
union resoluted on the wounding OF
the president.
The contract for dredging Buffalo
Bayou has been awarded to G. l..
Lord of Mobile.
The headquarters of the Interna-
tional railroad have been removed
from Palestine to New York.
| The Jefferson Democrat wants a
first-class job printer, and adds that a
temperance man is preferred.
A boy, thirteen years old, charged
with some trivial Offense, died in the
Fort Worth Jail few days ago.
The people of San Antonio ex-
pected duel between Manning and
Newcomb, but were disappointed.
HoitZclaw, the man who killed
Musgrove, in Madison county, has
been admitted to bond in the sum
of $4,000.
San Antonio required three extra
car loads of beer with which to cele-
brate the Fourth. They are patriotic
in San Antonio.
A man named Kise died of heart
disease at Corsicana. He went to
bed perfectly well, and was found
next morning dead.
A Peabody summer normal school
was organized at Waxahachie on
the 4th inst. by Prof. Henry of Mis-
souri,. About thirty teachers are
enrolled.
Burglars are growing desperate.
The Georgetown Sun says a few
nights ago somebody tried to roll
Mr.. Nat O. Henderson's iron safe
out of his office.
Old drunkards and some young
ones about Tyler have a hard time
getting whisky as their female rela-
tions have addressed letters to all
the saloon keepers.
Will Fay, convict guard, was ac-
cidentally shot by j. Il. Scott, a fell
low guard, at Longview. Scott in
taking off his pistol accidentally
discharged it, shooting Fay in the
arm.
From TcXarkana 10 Cairo the
distance is 355 miles and it is stated
by Col. Paramore that the st. Louis
& Texas narrow gauge railway will
be completed between the points
named before September l, 1882.
On account of the war made on it
by the Gould combination, the presi-
dent of the Texas & st. Louis narrow
gauge has ordered agents in Texas
to reduce passenger fare to three
cents. and to take freight ain their
hats"
John G. Donaldson, the newly APP
pointed postmaster at Sherman, has
been arrested, charged with abduct-
ing a young girl. The girls friends
claim that her mother treated her
cruelty, and she went to Donaldson
for protection.
Last Friday night was emphatical-
ly a night of rain and storm in
Texas. The elements were at war
from Red River to the gulf, and
Frustrated dwellings and wrecked
telegraph wires were the mementoe
of the storm.
The people of the frontier are
talking of presenting Lieut.. Bulls
with a handsome sword. If ever a
man deserved such a testimonial for
long and faithful service it is Lieut..
Bulls. Judge Thos. NJ. Paschal of
Castroville, has consented TO act as
treasurer of the fund.
Waco Examiner: "Sheriff Van
Hall and Dr. I'll. w. Brown returned
from Austin yesterday. DIR. Brown
was witness against F. M. Hanks,
the land forger. Mr.. Hall speaks in
the highest terms of the courtesy
of Mr.. Brown, the comptroller, his
assistant, John Mccall and Treasurer
Lubbock"
An insane man, who says his
name is John Madden, was lodged
in Jail at Dallas. He says the law
yers must be killed and their books
burned, and that political and relig-
ious institutions must go under.
He will not say where he is from,
but he is evidently stranger and
dangerous lunatic.
Brennan Banner: "A colored
man of more than average intelli-
gence in conversation with a gen.
tleman on Tuesday, in regard to the
attempted assassination of the presi-
dent, said that it had been done by
southern man, and that the gov
eminent would soon 'confiscate' all
the property in the south"
kaufman SIM: "There is more
sickness in kaufman and vicinity
than has been known for a number
of years, but we are glad to know
that none of it is of a dangerous
type, most of it being chills and
fevers. There are several families
i'll town who have two or three pros
trated with fevers and chills.
A dispatch from Dallas says
that the printers ON the Gazette
struck for an increase of wages from
so cents to So cents per 1000 ems.
The proprietors refused to give it,
and the printers did not go to work,
and there was no paper one day.
The proprietors agreed TO give
and a half cents, but the
old force was barred out.
The Tyler Democrat tells of a COW
boy who called at a saloon in Tyler
and called for a drink of whisky.
The bartender set out a bottle the
cow boy smelt of it and asked ifl
it would kill. The bar keeper told |
him no he then requested the bar
keeper to test it, which was done, |
when the COW boy walked out, with |
the remark: 81 will be back in |
about two weeks, and if you are
alive | will try some of it,"
A novel lawsuit is in progress at |
Denison. M. Bauchman shot COW |
which had gored his little son. The |
animal was the property of Mr.. Bur- |
nett, and valued at sixty dollars. |
Suit has been instituted to recover
the value of the cow, and criminal |
proceedings have also been insti-
tuted against Mr.. Bauchman Able |
counsel have been engaged by both |
parties, and the suit promises to be |
Telephone: among the freaks
of the storm and lightning on Fri
day night was the striking of the
tower of the cotton factory, which
suffered slight damage, and the
blowing off of a part of the roof of