The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-07-28

patton tax.
Some enthusiast is talking about
making the Brazos river navigable
to Waco. This is probably a univer-
sity campaign canard.
Two hundred new hands, skilled
Germans from St. Louis, have been
added to the force of workmen in
the Dixon car-works at Marshall.
DR.. Horn, president of the teach
ers' short-term normal institute, at
Tyler, says the teachers ofTexas are
as thorough and cultivated as those
at the north.
At Seguin q couple were married
on Saturday, and on Monday the
groom was arrested and jailed on a
charge of theft. Truly a short
honeymoon.
Dallas has the champion bad negro
woman, Lizzie Beatry. She uses
such villainously bad language that
three other negro women went in a
body and had her arrested.
John Boswell, colored. formerly
state senator in Florida, and prom
inent candidate for congress from
that state, is now working out a sem
tence for disorderly conduct in the
street gang of Galveston.
Colorado Citizen: j. B. Gay, of
this county, has a stock of cattle
that we must call "Guinea" stock.
They are duck-legged and compact ;
are better than the average Texas
COW for milk, are docile and easy
kept.
A party of San Antonians had a
serenade by telephone last week.
The wires were connected with the
San Pedro springs, over two miles
distant, and the music rendered by
a string band was distinctly heard
and highly enjoyed.
Baron Werner Won Zuychtwyck
fell dead on the cars, of apoplexy,
between Eagle Lake and Columbus.
He had some $4,000 in money and
about $4,000 worth of property about
him: His property is in the possess
sion of the sheriff of Colorado coun-
ty.
A Galveston dispatch of the 25th
says: "a telegram was received
here this morning from New Orleans
the probable death in
that city yesterday of Col. Caleb G.
Forshey, formerly resident of this
city, and well-known as an eminent
John King, manager of the Milan
county poor farm, after @ weeks
examination of numerous witnesses,
was Wednesday discharged from
the evidence being INSULT
cient to make out against him case
of numbering county convicts as was
charged.
Brennan Banner: "Rev. Silas
Witt died near Troy, Bell county,
few days ago. He was born in Ten
nessee, in 1890, and was 81 years of
age. He came to Texas in 1873. He
was the father of II children, grand
father of 70, great-grsndfather of
nearly 200 and great-great-grand-
father of one"
Hal W. Greer writes commune
cation to the Houston Post from Cor
sicana, deprecating Governor Rob-
erts' course in the thanksgiving
business, and saying that from the
time of Washington all presidents
have issued such proclamations. Hal
is a pretty writer, but his knowledge
of history is growing rusty.
The st. Louis Republican says /:
"The lone star of Texas is evidently
a good deal more of comet than a
star. AT any rate Texas is moving
forward to the front rank of states
in way that would be highly i'm
proper for a star. In population,
wealth and political power,
Texas is making marvellous progress
and the close of the century will find
it not very far behind the most i'm
portant state of the Union in any of
these.
Quite sensation was created in
Palestine last Saturday. A very
charming young lady from Corsi-
cana, there visiting,a sister for the
past, captured the heart of a
young and popular engineer on the
International. Friends Directing to
the match, last night the couple
evaded attention and were quickly
by Parson Finley. The
railroad boys are all jubilant, and
the friends of both acquiescing in
the inevitable, grand impromptu
wedding was celebrated.
Mr.. Jud Carnahan, foreman of a
gang of workmen on the Texas &
Pacific road, near Colorado, and Mr..
G. Boring, who was with him, were
by a Mexican lion last
week. Mr.. Boring waved his hat at
the ferocious beast, as he and his
companion were both unarmed, but
hats did not intimidate it, and it
continued its approach, snarling and
lashing its tail. Mr.. Carnahan, in
retreating backward fell over q rock,
breaking one of his ribs and bruising
an arm. but this new sort of warfare
was effectual, as it frightened the
lion SO he made an about face and
scampered off. ri
Dallas letter to the Fort Worth
Democrat; The case of the United
States y. W. r. Brown, was dis
posed of last night, the jury bring
ing in verdict of not guilty. Brown
was charged with robbing the mail
on the stage route between Henri
eta and Marysville. He. was de-
Tended by w. o. Davis, of Gaines
Vile, and Laurence Robertson, of
this place. Upon the trial of the
case the United States district at
torney in his closing argument men,
toned the fact to the jury that one
Of fhe defendants counsel was from |
Cooke county. He also alluded to |
The fact that on the breaking out of |
he war forty union men were hung |
q. Gainesville, and that a mob |
through the streets of |
gainesville had reviled the flag of |
he nation that was then flying in
he town; referred to the defend
Int's attorney as a rebel and an
nemy to the government. All of
which had nothing to do with the
-uilt or innocence of the defendant.
The court made no objection what
yer, but by silence acquiesced in
he whole proceeding