The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-03-02
OVER THE STATE.

The stockmen of San Saba county
are going to form a local associa-
ton.
The Texas-Mexican telegraph line
has been finished to Laredo, and
opened for business.
Joseph Spence has been appointed
county judge of Tom Green county,
in place of the late S. p. May.
The Santa Fe railroad has built
an elegant little passenger depot at
the growing town of Temple.
Harrison county will vote on
local option, March 9TH. The Mar
shall Herald supports the cause.
The Dallas ministers have petit
toned the city council to enforce
the state Sunday law in reference to
whisky.
Georgia Thomas, { colored } of
Houston, kindled fire with coal
oil, and that was the end of poor
Georgia Thomas.
According to the Dallas Times
north Texas has furnished the Demo-
cratic votes and east Texas has held
the offices.
Major Afford, we'll known in Wa
CO, is now in Jail at Gainesville for
attempted rape on a young white
lady of that place.
1t is said that the track of the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe rail-
road will be completed to Lampasas
about the 10th of May.
Mr.. George P. Holcombe will
shortly start a new paper at Waco,
the Evening Press. Waco needs
another paper, and we are in hopes
the Press will succeed.
Hillsboro Mirror: General j. q.
Mcdonald, of Navasota, Grimes
county, is a candidate for the state
senate to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Honorable j. Il. Buch-
anan.
Dallas Times: The Austin STATES
MAN will still insist on calling Dal-
las "the hub" of the state. Therefore,
the Fort Worth Democrat has ceased
to exchange with a paper so "vile"
as the STATESMAN.
Dallas Times Every paper in
Texas has received a copy of Coke's
speech on the tariff. This explains
the announcement published a few
days ego that the supply of this
speech had been exhausted.
The sLockraisers association of
Northwestern Texas, which will
meet in annual convention al
Gainesville on the third Monday in
March, the twentieth day, will be
an unusually interesting meeting.
OF the death of valuable citizen
the San Antonio E1preSS says: "In
the death of Mr.. Honore Grenet
San Antonio loses another valuable
citizen, and his sudden demise will
shock the community in which he
has SO long been prominent figure
and a highly respected gentleman
The sympathy for his family, sec.
ond time so greatly bereaved within
q fortnight, will be general and
heartfelt.
II Dallas Times: "The young De.
mocracy' colt was turned into the
lot of the Houston Post about 6
month ago. 1t fails TO thrive on the
condensed political milk gwen it BY
that paper, and already its legs get
tangled, its eyes water, Its nose runs
and it has other symptoms of an
early death. 1t Is q woods colt
sired by fence-riders, out of unholy
, greed, and it was a shame to put i
off on new paper firm like the Pos
as thorough bred animal.
San Antonio Express: Rt. Rev
: N. A. Gallagher has received doubl,
briefs from Rome, one of which
names him bishop of Canopus,
city on the western mouth of tn
Nile, but the other brief impose
upon Bishop Gallagher the admin
istratorship, inspirirualis and TEN
Z poralis of the Galveston diocese
This diocese is entirely free fron
; debt, and Bishop Gallagher will fin
2 reason to congratulate himself O.
the choice of the holy father.