The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-28
TEXAS FACTS AND FANcIEs.

Mr.. j. S. Penn and family have
moved from San-AHtonioto Haretfoe
Rusk Culberson, son of Mr.. j. III.
CulbersOn, of jefferson, is no more.
Austin county has only twelve de-
linquent Taxpayers in the county.
Capt. Jno. S. Gibson, of Navarro,
sold last week ten Merino bucks for
$500.
DIR. Tailey1of Bolton wants. be
made superintendent of the Lunatic
Asylum.
The Sunset management--ex-
pect to complete the road to Uvalde
by June next. ''''r''
&. DR.. Matchett, while dying in a no.
tel, at Ell Paso, was robbed of his
money and his watch.
About 10000 head of cattle will
leave Goliad county ina few days
for the Panhandle and Kansas.
The Texas Pacific is finished two
hundred and sixty-three miles west
of Dallas, nearly half way to Ell
Paso.
The Texas Bee keepers will meet
in Mckinney on May 18th and 18th,
and poultry show is'going on at
Galveston. ..4u "a s..,
A son of DR.. Lewis, of Corsicana
while suffering from NERVOUS affec-
ton, fell backward and broke his
neck, last Friday. u. 'HH I
Joe Wilson fell off''a handcar on
the Central railway. near Navasota,
and died from injuries received by
the car striking him.
T. M. Westbrooks, of Grand
View, johnson county, sold, few
DAYS ago, 100 head of cattle that
averaged 1910 pounds. .. as.. &c.
In Young county all kinds of
stock are in good condition, consid-
ering the severe winter they have
just experienced.
The Corners and a man named
CANNED were waylaid by assassins
in Brown county, and CANNED was
killed. The others escaped.
In Edwards county an unknown
person came to the house of Nc
Lawrence and killed him and his
wife and a man living with them
named Case. .. .I.-... std.
The Texas 81 Pacific railroad offers
to build branch road 100 miles, in
any direction from their main line, if
an inexhaustable supply of coal can
be obtained. .r t|'.-
The Pamela Wdtchmdn thinks it
will be easier for a camel to go
through the eye of needle, than for
a member of the Seventeenth Legis-
lature to be reelected.
The wife of wretched brute at
COrsicana, named McLain, died. He
was given money to buy a coffin and
he uesd it TO buy whisky, and then
left his children to starve. ..
William Burton, found guilty of
murder in the first degree, at
Weatherford, evaded sentence by
playing insanity. Now he admits
that the dodge was assumed and he
is going to hang, if not committed
Morris county has been offered
seventy-five cents per acre for IT,
760 acres of land, its school portion,
located some years ago in Crosby
county. The Banner thinks the
county would do we'll to take the
price offered " 'i ' .'..''
Rev. Jonas Johnston, one of the
PROJECTORS of the Ierds Baptist
Herald, died the other day in Hous-
ton. He was sixty years of age, at
the time of his death, and enjoyed
the confidence of his church and the
people he served.
Hughes Sc Simpson, who lately
paid the Millett Bros over 100000
for their rancho and cattle, started
fifteen years ago with nothing. So
did the young Milletts'. Their en-
tire wealth then was $40 per month
for driving cattle for Seth Mabry.
Buffalo Gap Neaos: Taylor coun-
ty contains several thousand head
of sheep, and they are generally in
fine condition, coming through the
winter all right. Our mountain
protection is a great blessing to the
sheep men, and they are not slow in
taking advantage of it. The wool
clip Of this county this year will be
very large.
Here is a picture of the man who
does not advertise in his home paper;
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