The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-08

the suit is estimated at $4,000. TIL,
grounds for the suit are that the San
ia Fe road was built through tht
land without obtaining the right-of
way, hence the suit for the road OF
the land.-[Cleburne Chronicle.
The family of Hon. Sam. d. Burch.
ard, of Beaver Dam, Wis, reached
Decatur last Sunday morning. Col
Burchard-who, by the way, is not a
stranger to our people-has sold out
his possessions in Wisconsin and will
in the future make Texas his home
We welcome such acceSsions. Col
Burchard has two grown daughters
and one unmarried son, who will be
welcomed by our young people.-De.
catur Tribune.
The Independent Blade has com.
pleted its fifth volume.
Mr.. Marion Smith, of Denton, was
robbed of S85 by highwayman just
outside of the town. He had sold
some cotton and the robber got the
money.
Sheriff Maddox, of Tarrant county
and Warden, of Collin county, arrive
Tuesday morning from Fort Worth
with j. r. Lively, young man who
committed bigamy to the extent of
marrying four wives, and locked him
up IN the county jail to await the ar
rival of the train for Mckinney, to
which point the officers are taking
him to answer the charge of marry
ing Miss Arwyne, aged fourteen
years, and pretty, when he had three
living wives. Miss Arwyne was in
duced to run away from her home,
in Tarrant county, and marry Lively
in Collin county. Her father got a
clue to Lively's previous matrimon-
ial record, and made the discovery
that he has wife living iu Navarro
county, and one in each of the states
Of Louisiana and Arkansas.
Sheriff Boyd worked up q good
joke upon the Cleburne troopers, ac-
cording to the following from the
Chronicle: Monday evening Il ripple
OF excitement was created in the city
when the news came in that COLI
sion had taken place in Robinson
county between the whites and the
negroes. But Tuesday morning a
telegram was handed to Capt. Smith,
with Gov. Ireland's signature, order
ing the Light Guards to move at once
to Temple and await orders to move
on Hearne, then matters became live
ly. Some of the Light Guards, who
had dreamed of glory on the tented
field became nervous, weakened
and debilitated. That telegram
sounded to much like bus
iness. 1t meant blood, it meant gore.
SOMEBODY was to get hurt. Very few
of the Light Guards had any blood to
spare. One of the braves employed a
substitute, but when he was brought
before the captain for review he was
declared too old. A lieutenant de-
clined to accompany the boys, as his
resignation had been sent up several
days ago. Others had urgent business
at home that required attention, con-
sequently they had no time to go to
Robinson county to engage in battle
with negroes. The captain notified
his company that they would be ex-
pected to take the south bound train
for Temple at II 80 a. m. This order
was a demoralizer. Only about one
half dozen of the braves signified their
willingness to be off. But by IL
o'clock Tuesday it was learned that
the dispatch which had been exhib-
tied with Gov. Ireland's signature
was a bogus affair gotten up by
Sheriff Boyd to test the mettle of the
Light Guards.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat
alludes to Texas as follows: Great as
is The state of Texas, "the young giant
of the South it has never had an op-
portunity-or, rather, never taken
any-to make known its great advan-
tages, its wonderful resources. Those
who have visited it know all this;
others have read of the state in some
of the descriptive pamphlets or hand
books published by the railroads, but
Texas has never demonstrated to the
world, as it could have done by a
handsome display or exhibit, what
great wealth, developed and undevel-
oped, it possesses. The world has
heard of Texas and its resources; the
world will see and appreciate these,
and fully understand them, if the
lea islature of that state follows the
suggestion of the governor and
hearkens to the unanimous appeal of
its able and patriotic press and votes
handsome appropriation for state
display or exhibit at the Worlds In
dustrial and Cotton Centennial Expo
SitiOn.