The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-14
Major Penn las converted all
Palestine, excepting the newspaper

Ialestlne, excepting the newspaper
men.
Tubing has been let down into
the artesiqn bore ut Corsicana to tn,
depth of 1000 feet.
III Paso is in the care of rough.
with siX-shoOtcTS. They need a Bel
Thompson as marshal.
Col. Baylor, commanding. a squad
of rangers, goes to El.Paso TO pro-
tect the place against outlaws.
Robert Doris, of Lockhart. is nc
more. lie dropped out of the way
during an attack OF drOpsy.
Mr.. w. l.. Lyle and Miss Jennie
Perry elOped, with matrimonial in
tent, during a festival at Albade.
The ladies of Victoria Cemetery
Association have set apart April 20
rs the day for decorating the GENE
terry.
1t is said that wooden mill will
soon be started in San Saba county
the water power and building are
secured.
Ii is more than probable the Mis-
souri, Pacific railway will connect
with the International at Taylor
than at Georgetown.
A petition has been numerously
| signed TO have the mail route "from
Austin to Luling via Lockhart,"
changed 10 "from Kyle, ETC."
Frank Weldon, colored, who killed
his wife near Weldon, i'm Houston
70 l. 81
been convicted, at Crockett. AT MUIR
der in the first degree, and the death
penalty assessed.
Great quantities of stone coal
have been recently discoyered in
Mexico, near Presidio; and the
probability is that the same mineral
extends itself to this side the Rio
Grande, in Preside county.
The editor of the Weatherford
Herald says of Col. Spaight: "From
a long personal acquaintance we
know him to be a gentleman of hon
or, refinement and high culture,
who will reflect credit on any de-
partment of government with which
he may be connected"
The Santa Fe road is now hauling
large quantities of rock from quar-
ries in Washington to Galveston. 1t
is reported that the company has a
contract 10 furnish the government
with fifteen car loads of stone daily
for four months. The rock will be
used in the breakwater at Galveston.
There was a sheep shearing match
at Taylor the other day, held under
the auspices Of the sheep growers
association of Williamson county,
of which Col. S. A. Easily is presi-
dent, G. III. Booth vice president and
e. II. Hubbard secretary. The high
est weight of fleece shorn was
thirty pounds.
At BRENNAN, on the 4th, Ham
White, who was recently pardOned
by the President of the United
States, out of the United States pen
ltentiary, at Moundville, West Vir-
ginia. where he had been sentenced |
for stage. robbery, was taken in Gus
tody by Sheriff Jenkins, charged
with the killing of James Rowe,
about five years ago.
The Bear common grass or soap |
weed, of the west, is about to be put |
to profitable use. The Express says:
''Mr. Eli Cole of this city, has for |
several years been conducting a Sc
ries of experiments with this root |
and has succeeded in extracting a
fluid which, for cleasning
woolens and fine silks, is of great
value. This fluid has also valuable
curative qualities for cuts, wounds,
old sores. etc. both on humans and
beasts. 1t is also very valuable for
curing the scab in sheep and for
other purposes. The refuse obtained
in making this fluid makes the most
valuable of all the wood pulps used
IN paper making. The leaves of the
plant are used by the Mexicans in
matching their jacals, and also con-
ain a large amount of fiber which
IAN be utilized in various ways. But
t is not of this that we propose to
speak. The flower stalk of the Bear
Grass grown in its wild and unculti-
gated state to form six to twelve
feet in length and is easily converted
INTO very valuable jute. We have
/ sample of this jute before us which
vas prepared from the green stalk
which is eight feet nine inches in
ength, and is of such fineness and
has gloss which would make it
very valuable in the manufacture of
inc rope, bagging, and even fabrics,
md might be used in the adultera-
ion of silks, especially in the manu-
acture of what is known as summer
iilks.