The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-08
rExAs-FAcTs AND FANcIEs

IIdlIlpdSdS 10 hOPihS iOi viz h"A''e
Fe railway.
Brown county has held most sue
cessful local fair.
The assessed values of Dallas conn-
ty have increased 81, 24O,64O in the
last twelve months.
The track of the International IS
laid to d point one hundred miles
west of San Antonio.
The great Sherman scandal ends
in the faithless husband, Harrison,
abandoning his wife and leaving for
parts unknown, with the quandam
servant girl, Miss Rutledge.
Mr.. c. M. Hubby withdraws from
the Telephone and is succeeded by
DIR. w. II. Wilkes. The proprietors
and editors of the Telephone have
always published a most credltable
paper, and they are excellent gen.
tlemen in all the relations of life.
Early in October all the Texas
congressman will be invited to
grand barbecue to be given at the
mouth of the Brazos river, and be-
| fore or after the barbecue they will
be asked to make a personal inspec-
ton of the improvements now in
progress at that point.
Mr.. John Howard and family, of
Fort Worth, while crossing the rail-
road track IN a carriage, were run
into by a backing train. The car
rage was shattered and the family
thrown to the ground and the train
injuring them.
1t is expected that every county
in the state will contribute a stone
to be used in the walls of the new
| capitol, as the states contributed to
the Washington monument. How
would it do for some place to be ded-
icated to their use with fac SMILES
of the seals of the counties on the
stones.
Major w. E. Penn, the evangelist,
has retired from his labors until
the coming spring. His last meet
ing was held at willow Spring, Bell
county, where thirty-twO counties
were represented and $4,000 persons
attended the services. There were
344 conversions, making his total
conversions in Bell county 1014.
The United States signal service
department will establish stations
at Austin, Luling, Weimer, Hous-
ton, Hampstead, Hearne, Waco, Bel
ton, Dallas, COrsicana, LOngyiew,
Tyler and Palestine, located in what
Is called the section belt" of Texas.
The object of these stations is to en-.
able the chief signal officer at WASH
ington to procure reliable data from
different centers N the "cottOn belt"
by which correct idea can be ar
rived at concerning the climatic con-
ditions favorable for cotton and
other agricultural interests in the
sections referred to. The instru-
ments are being distributed now by
the signal bureau, and the observa-
tions are to be made on the same
plan as has been adopted in the east
ern gulf states.
Major Penn proposes to build
church at Palestine, for which he
asks neckll contributions. The
Express, makes a curious but correct
computation in this connection:
"All names of contributors must ac-
company the contributions, as it is
intended to preserve them. AT this |
rate, 100000 contributors would be |
required to build a $4,000 church, |
100000 to build $4,000 church. |
Should these 100000 contributors |
mail their contributions separately, |
paying a postage of three cents on
each letter, the cost of forwarding |
the money would be $4,000, which |
would go to the Golfers of Uncle |
Sam. In addition would be the |
cost of letter paper and envelopes,
which would reach about $4,000 |
more, making the total cost of for
warding the $4,000 fully $4,000.
The Brentwood Banner gives an
insight into railway progress, when
it says: 1--WE learn from reliable
source that the surveying corps of
the Fort Worth narrow gauge road
reached Comanche Thursday night
and that they will probably reach
this place by the last of next week
Also that the surveying corps of
the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
road have reached a point about fif-
teen miles this side of Lampasas and
are working in this direction. They
will probably reach this place by
the middle of next month. The sur
veyors of the Austin narrow guage
road are also at work, and will
push their preliminary survey
to this point as rapidly as possible.
The engineers of the Texas and st.
Louis road will take the field in a
few days to run line from Gates
vile to Coleman City, probably via
Brentwood.