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

William Grimes, county clerk OF
Coryell county,..is dead.
Trinity river has been all over the
bottom at Riverside, doing great in
jury to farms and cattle.
AT Jacksonville, Mrs. Smith at
tempted to shoot a hawk with a
shotgun the gun bursted and man.
gled her hand and arm.
Five thousand Merino sheep from
Wisconsin, passed through Fort
Worth, by rail, en- route to George
Taylor's rancho, in Bosque county.
The Houston Age is anxious to
have Democratic convention
called for the nomination of candi-
dates for city offices to be voted for
in April.
Riley, the gambler murdered at
Laredo the other day, was buried
by the profession, and the funeral
is said to have been the most impos-
ing that has ever taken place in
Laredo
The Gainesville Register reports
Mr. NJ. Martin very sick at Saun-
dersville, and news of his death
may be expected at any time. He
was the founder of the Register and
is at this time a state senator.
1t is reported that Mr.. George A.
Kelly, of Kellyville, and of foundry
and machine shop fame, has been
closed up by creditors. Mr.. Kelly
was doing much to advance the
neglected iron interests of Texas,
and his failure is to be regretted.
Beaumont Buck, who got his name
prominently before the public by
shooting a cadet at West Point, is in
trouble again. He has been dis
missed from the naval academy for
inetficiency in stndies. 1t is said he
will be reappointed as cadet at
West Point.
Dallas Times: The Examiner, of
Waco, says we poke fun at Coke's
tariff speech. No, sirl We agree
with Coke, and think he has done
himself much credit in his magnifi-
cent effort. However disposed we
may be to poke fun we would hest
tate to do it where funeral or a
thirty-eight page tariff speech Is the
subject. These things provoke
tears and not humorous remarks.
The ginhouse of Fayette Smith,
OF Washington, Washington county,
was lost on Saturday by the bank
caving into the Brazos river and
carrying with it the house contain
ing two GIN stands, cotton press,
several bales of cotton and a grist
mill. The loss is about $2500. OPP
posite Hampstead two negroes at
tempted to stop the floating house,
but failed. They recovered one
bale of cotton.
Dallas Times: 1--WE admit there is
dissatisfaction in the Democratic
party. This proceeds not from any
dissatisfaction with the acts of the
present administration, but from the
lowly position occupied by those
who are dissatisfied. Give two-thirds
of the GROWERS positions of notaries
public, and their voices would be
hushed. We further admit that
teere are Democrats who can be
bought into silence"
In Lamar county, a few months
ago, local option carried by a large
majority, and the good people imag-
ined they had buried the monster
beyond resurrection, and now comes
the old, old story of prohibition fail
ing to prohibit. A Paris paper thus
details the result: ga man goes into
a certain house on a certain street,
pnlls off his coat, hangs it on a peg
with a small amount of filthy lucre
in one pocket, and when he puts his
coat on, the f. |. will be. gone and in
stead bottle of red-eye."
Houston Age: w. II. Cowart and
Bob White both stand acquitted of
the murder of William Gleason.
The case presented features OF
atrocity that were absolutely fiend-
ish. Nothing like it has occurred ex.
cept where the murder was perpe-
trated by wild, savage Indians. The
head of the murdered man was cut
off and the body horribly mutilated.
Circumstances point very strongly
to the accused as the guilty parties.
The neighbors believed them guilty.
But proof could not be made
against them with the certainty that
the law requires in criminal cases,
where the life of the accused must
pay the penalty if verdict of guilty
is committed. Cowart and White
are turned loose, and no one else is
accused, and the most atrocious
murder ever committed in Harris
county is likely to go unpublished.
Dallas Times: Brown, comptrol-
Ter, writes a card to the Austin
! STATESMAN, in which he says that
the difference between him and
Governor Roberts had been one of
friendly discussion for some time
before the governor bobbed up be-
fore the people with his letter.
Brown further says that he listened
patiently to the arguments used by
| the governor and his friends, but
the more he heard of them, the
more he, Brown, was satisfied with
the stand he had taken in regard TO
the normal school fund. He init
mates that the governor was entirely
too quick on trigger in publishing
his letter says he will answer it at
some future day, and don't propose
to engage in mosquito fight"
Brown still believes he Is comp
troller. AS a person greatly inter-
ested in the happiness of our people,
we sincerely pray that communica-
tions between the two administra-
ton belligerents will be few and
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