The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-05
STATE NEWS REpERTORY.
Spirit of Our Texas Exchanges.

Spirit OF Our Texas Exchanges.
The Herald, from all the informa-
ton it gathers, concludes that there
will be an average half crop in Ham
Iton county.
Mrs. Leach of Cleburne, says the
Chronicle, caught an eight-pound
trout, the largest ever caught from
holland river. 1t takes a big trout to
weigh eight pounds.
The San Marcos Press of the 18th
says: 1.-The corn crop hereabouts has
gone up for a verify. Some fields are
being cut for fodder, others pastured.
The cotton crop, too, the last hope, is
perishing hour by hour"
The Marlin Ball favors the amend
ment providing for holding county
courts only once every three months.
1t says that nothing has done more to
deplete the several county treasures
than the frequent terms OF county
courts.
The First National bank of Gaines
vile, with a paid-in capital of $780,
600, exhibits an aggregate business of
over $4,000. The new bank, the
National, shows a business of nearly
one million of dollars, based on COM
paratively small capital.
The Marshall Messenger says the late
legislature would have made smooth
sailing for it's members had it remit
ted the state tax for one year. The
money now accumulated can not be
invested to any advantage by the state,
and this being the case the people
should have the benefit by appropria-
ting that which is on hand to paying
the states current expenses.
Correspondents of the Galveston
News speak of a boom in building
and sale of town lots at Pecos, on the
Pecos river, and of Big Springs,
which, not two years ago, was the
a town of 1900 inhabitants. The
towntakes its name from big
spring, which furnishes water for the
Texas Pacific railroad for forty miles.
According to the statement of
Lieutenant Rudd the robbery of the
store at the Potomas ranch, on the
lower Rio Grande, was accomplished
by twenty-five MeXicans, who sur
rounded the store and tied down six
teen men, whom they covered with
pistols and left tied after they effected
their object. The MeXicans were all
provided with ropes for the purpose.
The prisoners were afterwards united
by women who were pres 9nt.
Let the oung ladies of Texas bear
in mind that the state university is
open to them as well as to the young
men, and it is their privilege and
should be their ambition to demon
strate, as has been done abundantly
in other states, their worthiness to
stand side by side, in art, science and
literature, with their competitors of
the sterner sex. 1t is to be hoped the
role of the university at it's first ses-
sion will show a good number of fe-
male matriculates.-[ Hamilton Her
aid.
An exchange makes the wise sug-
gestion that in all towns where a
newspaper is published every bust
ness man ought to advertise in it,
even if it is nothing more than card
stating the name of party or firm
ana the character of the business en-
gagged in. The paper not only reaches,
but is read by thousands of persons,
at home and abroad, who never see
or read posters or circulars.
Little drops of printers ink,
A little type displayed"
have placed thousands on the high
way to fortune and made princes Of
many merchant.
1t does not require man of much
mathematical ability, says the Fort
Worth Stock Journal, to make a cal
culation and see that COWS are worth
70 OF
The stockman who is free from debt
need not be alarmed, it further says,
about the price of the cattle. If there
not suffer. His cattle will keep grow
ing and increasing till the price comes
up again. The trail seems to be the
favorite route to market this year,
and quite number of ranchmen now
have beef herds moving to Kansas.
With gulf of water around them,
the people of Galveston are vexed
over the water supply question. 1t
is claimed that the surface roofage
in the city, if utilized, would give all
the water necessary for domestic
uses, but there is urgent need of wa
ter for fire and sanitary purposes;
and lest the artesian well may prove
insufficient, the question of salt wa
ter works is discussed. In Chill,
where they sometimes have no rain
for years. sea water has to be con-
densed for drinking purposes. A
protracted drouth might make such a
process of service in Galveston.
Capt. Kyle, of Hays county, is max
ing the right kind Of preparation for
raising the German carp. After rid
ding his spring of all kinds of fish and
turtles, he has thrown large dam
across the branch about two hundred
and fifty yards below the spring, and
as a matter of precaution has thrown
another dam or breakWater across the
swag above the spring and cut chan
mel completely around the entire pond,
so that in case of heavy rains the
heavy rush of water. This pond,
when finished will be one of the finest
in the country, and we have no doubt
Capt Kyle will make fish culture
success. The pond will be fed by a
living spring, which has never yet
stopped running, and when full is so
arranged that the surplus water can
waste without damage to the earth
work of the dam. The dimensions
are about 300 by so yards. Kyle Nut
shell.
RICH MINE DISCOVERED.
LAREDO, j une 21.-To-day Mr.. John
alexander, with three other parties,
sent the necessary papers to Aus
tin to announces what is con-
sidered by them a valuable sill
yer and lead mine, situated on
the hills of what is known as the
Palafax tract, lying some thirty miles
above LAREDO, and adjoining the Hunt
coal mines. These parties have been
quietly working for some time lead
which promises rich developments,
and within the last three days, at
distance of fifty feet from the surface,
struck vein of what is pronounced
to be carbonate ore, rich in silver and
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