The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-03-03
TeXAS FkCIS AND EANcIeS.
At Cleburne corn Is worth IS eta

AZ Cleburne corn Is worth IS eta
per bushel. $3.50
Property owners az Sabine Pass
are growing suddenly rich.
ID. W. &. Davis, a prominent mer-
chant of Sherman, Is no more.
There IL now q daily mail be-
tween San Antonio and Laredo.
The festive pistol is making music
at night for the people of Bolton.
In Mexia brick buildings are TAX
ing the places Of the wooden ones
la'ely burned.
Two Sunday school superintend-
ents of Longviewhave been indicted
by the grand jury for gaming.
The Dallas Republicans are or
ganizing preparatory to making an
efficient in the coming municipal
election.
1t is estimated that there are now
10000 men, women and children in
Texas drawing their support from
labor employed on the new lines of
railway now being built within the
state.
A difficulty occurred AT Gates
vile between Cakes, editor OF the
Sun, and Robert Powell. A pistol
wss fired. and Hammock, q by
stauder was seriously wounded. Of
tieer Couch was shot in the hand.
Jessie King, of Thornton, went
turkey hunting, and while in Il
thicket initiating the call of a turkey
he was fired upon by William Boxer.
and his back was filed with small
shot. so much for being mistaken
for gobbler.
The ST. Louis Il Sand Francisco
road is building branch through
Arkansas to connect with the Texas
system. The council of the Choctaw
Nation has been asked to grant the
road right-of-way through its lands
TO the Texas line.
The IIeidenheimer brothers in
Galveston, Sampson and Charles
waived examination in the cases
against them, gave bond and paid
fines disturbing the peace. The pis-
toll wound received by Sampson
was only skin deep, while Charles,
who was the assaulted person, WAS
bruised considerably.
From the most reliable data, at
hand the Secretary of the State
Woolgrowers Association reports
about 4, 100000 sheep in Texas, which
number will probably be increased
to 5,520,OOO during the coming
lambing season. Naluing them at
$3.50, the sheep in Texas this year,
will represent S1S,800,000.
The two Howard brothers were
in Elmo and the marshal arrested
one on suspicion of carrying apistol.
None was found and Howard was
released. Howard then went and
got a pistol and returned, when he
was shot and killed by the marshal.
His brother then sought the marshal,
but before he could draw his pistol
the marshal shot and killed him.
| Capt. j. l.. Rousseau of the Gid
dings Lone Star, has been visiting
Austin, and in his paper he says:
"Barton's creek, just across the river
from Austin, is the prettiest little
| stream of water in the state. Its
waters are as liquid as those OF
which Pegasus drank, and pebbles
of various hues are seen in its bed
where the water is six feet deep.
There is q Touring mill on the
stream three quarters of a mile from
its mouth, which is operated by
water from large pool caused by
damming this stream. Aquatic veg
citation is various and abundant il
this pond. and would give good
field for pleasure to science men and
naturalists if they would visit the
place.
Rev. j. X. Street. of Waco, editor
and proprietor of Streets Monthly
and for twenty five years minister
in good standing in the M. e. Church
South, has reached the conclusion
that the dogmas of the religion he
has been preaching so long are re-
plete with error, and he proposes tC
discard those dogmas, or so much OF
them as he believes erroneous. AL
article in the current number OF this
monthly, under the title of ''De'
cerpta," is intended to pave the way
for future articles, which, so we arc
promised, shall set forth his views
rendered, so he says, with q view tC
exposing error, securing religious
liberty and lifting poor humanity
to a higher plane. Mr.. Street il
probably about entering that mar
row lane which leads to very ho-
place he has often told about.