The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-03-30
OVER THE STATE.

Farmers are fast settling up the
country near Abilene.
Prohibition is getting the worst
of it all over the state.
Galveston feels almost certain of
getting the state convention.
Many of the cities are preparing
to celebrate San Jacinto Day.
Judge Reagan lost little daugh-
ter by death one day last week.
A block of buildings was burned
at Mineola, on Monday, inflicting
loss of about $4,000.
Texarkana is having "hard times"
parties, to attend which people may
dress as they durn want to.
Six hundred dollars has been
raised for the purpose of building a
Methodist church at Abiline.
A Gonzales county cattle raiser
has received nine head of Jersey and
Ayrshire cattle from Louisiana.
The Republicans of Houston will
not nominate candidates for city
officers, but will vote for such men
as they see proper.
The Rev. Fl. V. Philpot, DID,, of
the Texas conference, will preach
the sermon at the next commence
ment of Marvin College.
The wheat and oat crop is report
ed fine from all parts of the state,
and the probabilities now are that
we will have an abundant harvest.
A Mrs. Fox, of Galveston, found
little two, year old gIrl wandering
upon the streets, and is kindly TAX
ing care of her.
The Interstate Meas will "pufI {"
candidates for cash in advance, but
not for friendship, and adds that
"too many friends will kill any pa
per-"
There is talk at Sherman OF petit
tioning the legislature to abolish the
corporal government of that city,
and allowing its municipal affairs 10
be run by the county.
The number OF well-to-do people
who say they never read papers is
simply wonderful. No wonder that
in society they should be recognized
by their ignorance.
The cotton exchange of Houston
appointed, a few days since, COM
mittee to assist the Press club in
mapping out programme for the
entertainment of the editorial con-
ventiOn which meets in Houston, on
April 25s
Last week the editor of the Fair
field Recorder left his paper in
charge of a Methodist minister, and
among the editorials the editor pro
tenn advises the people to remedy
hard times by raising chickens |!
How NATURAL
Texarkana Interstate: A swim
swlndling the farmers-buying pro-
duce of them, writing receipts with
a lead pencil. breaking off the point,
and handing the farmer a fountain
pen to sign his name with. They
rub out pencil writing, make a note
over the signature, and sell the note.
San Antonio Express: Mr.. Ed.
Andrews, son of Colonel III. b. An
drews, we were sorry 60 learn, fell
from car ON the Sunset road last
Sunday, near Dhanis, while the
train was in motion, breaking his
left shoulder blade. The accident
happened in this manner: Mr.. An
drews was standing with his back
to the door of the car, and boot
black was in the act of pulling off
his boot. The boot came off sud-
denly, and Mr.. Andrews fell back
ward out of the car door. He mar
rowly escaped instant death.
Interstate Ne,cs: Texarkana is a
city of six thousand inhabitants,
situated one-half in the northeast
corner of Texas and one-half in the
southwest corner of Arkansas, and
is not far from the Louisiana bor-
der. From the popularity of the
situation it has derived its name OF
Tex-ark-ana, which was given to
the site of the town about twenty
years before tree was felled in the
forest which has been replaced by
the thriving town which promises
to be the Atlanta of the great south.
west, now rapidly developing.