The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-01-06
TEXAS FACTS AND EANCIES.

The poor suffer at Galveston for
fuel.
A Sealy there were three inches
of snow. ----s
There was skating on the Brazos
at Waco. .i f-..
Col. Baker of Marlin has been in
jured by gin saws.
At Sherman the mercury went
down to So below zero.
Dallas is without wood and coal,
but whiskey is abundant.
The NJ, X. & Il. railway engineers
are in the field near Waco.
Jack Mckinney was burned to
death at Richmond in his tin shop.
At Rockport ice was four inches
thick and there were three inches
of snow.
The Texas Western narrow-guage
is to be sold under direction of
bondholders.
The Post denominates the verdict
in the ROthschild case as, "Another
stab at Texas"
Mr.. NJ. L. Block of New Orleans
owns the iron mountain near the
town of Llano.
On the 30th ultimo there was
sleigh riding at Corpus Christi on
four inches of snow.
Mrs. Jane III. Long, known as the
"Mother of Texas" died at Rich
mond on the 30th of December.
Tyler, in the center of timber, has
had wood famine just like other
places. Wood is worth Sc cord.
There is now an extensive immi-
grafton to Texas-all parts of the
state receiving accessiOns almost
daily.
The talk of rival seaport at the
mouth of the Brazos has stirred
GalvestOn's soul to the innermost
depths.
Alarm is expressed III San An
tonic that the recent severe cold
has done great damage to the stock
in tie west.
The mercury, at Palestine, went
down to within six degrees of zero
on the Goth ult. The same was the
case at Tyler.
Gosling, of the quill, has grown
up to be gander and will now go
into the raising eff Goslings. The
happy event has TRANSFERRED.
In Bee county, last year, 1000 acres
were devoted to cotton planting. In
1879 there were only fifty acres so
used. The crop last year was 1000
bales.
The demented Sanctificationist of
Dallas, who believes himself to be
Jesus Christ, has again assumed
the cross and is carrying it through
Trinity bottom near the city,
1t is reported that Arthur Rose, a
young society blood of San Antonio,
jumped the town with money be-
longing to the athletic club, of
which he was an active and enter
prising member. si.tsi-
The Galveston NescS after con-
denning the proceedings in the
Rothschild case says: Perhaps the
verdict in this casei will open the
eyes af the..legislators to the necessi-
ty of amending the law SO as to
make the repetition of such farces
as the Rothschild and Currie cases
impossible.
The theory of the defense in the
Rothschild case was that Bessie
Moore, the alleged victim, commit
ted suicide, and that the dead body
could not have remained exposed
for about fifteen days without show
ing more signs of decomposition,
and had some of the most able ex-
perts to bear them out in this theory.
The Express says: Abe Rothschild
goes free, but he will always bear
the murderer's brand, for no man,
woman, or child in the state, with
any knowledge of the case. believes
him innocent. And the release of
this cold-blooded, deliberate MUIR
derer will cause his name to be a
smirch upon the fame of the state
that has allowed it will be so well
established that q man with plenty
of money is above and beyond the
reach of the law. The Abe Roths-
childs and Jim Curries snap their
blood-stained fingers at the laws,
and jeer the honest people of Texas.
The young Sanctiflcationist who
shouldered his immense cross at
Dallas and started overland for Eas-
tern Texas was handled roughly by
three mounted men near Syene.
Upon learning from the zealot that
he was personating Christ, they in
formed him that they had received
light to personate the Jews. on
Mount Calvary, and proposed to
carry out the programme if he did
not leave the country instanter.
After forcing him to burn his cross
they tore his gown down the center,
tied 1t in a knot over his head aud
started him. blindfolded, on his
journey, with cracks from their
Quirts.