The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-11
THE SOUTHERN STATES.


rThe Tennessee legislature met last
Monday.
South Carolina will hold tobacco
fair at Durham.
A Dallas policeman has been ar
rested for highway robbery.
Out of 5SS convicts in the Arkansas
penitentiary, but eighteen are women.
E. Kleinman celebrated Christmas
at Vicksburg, Mississippi, by cutting
his throat.
VIM. Dinnie, an old farmer, was
killed by the cars at Green Hill, Ten
nessee, Tuesday.
All deadly weapons found on pris-
oners in Memphis are thrown into the
river by the officers.
The Nashville street railway COM
pany have reduced fare to two and
one-half cents per trip.
AT New Orleans Alfred Massacre ac-
cidentally shot Mary Cellos, inflicting
probably fatal wound.
The Virginia wheat crop is in fine
condition, and the farmers are count
ing on an abundant crop next year.
A quarrel growing out of an old
debt resulted in the fatal stabbing of
James Rigdon, at Shreveport, Louisi-
ana.
While temporarily insane, Mrs. Al
fred Roach, of Covington, Tennessee.
jumped into cistern and was
drowned.
Young Brown, who murdered Es-
quire w. F. Scruggs at Shelbyville,
tennessee, a year ago, has just been
captured
A Nashville small boy has found a
new use for the toy pistol He swal-
lowed the one given him for Christ
mas present.
A sneak-thief stole $40 from the
box office of the Grand opera house
at New Orleans while the ticket
sellers back was turned for mo-
ment.
w. 7. Flynn, late editor of the Re-
publican Farmer, Loudon, Tennessee.
has been sentenced to the chain gang,
at Chattanooga, for stealing pair of
shoes.
w. G. Craig, clerk in the Office of
the Roanoke, Virginia, land and i'm
proVement company, is missing. to-
gether with about $1,000 OF the COM
pany's money.
In Highland county, Virginia, a
twelve-year-old son OF Jacob Reder
had a desperate encounter with a
huge black bear, but finally succeeded
IN killing the animal.
Wiley Peters, of Elmore county,
A In hlnnn al |.
gle thrust from a knife in the hands
ot a man Named Conoway. They quar-
relied about a woman.
DR.. e. d. Neide and Capt. S. ID. Ken
dali, me nDerS OF the Lake George,
New York, canoe club, who are max
ing a 800 mile trip by water. have ar
rived at New Orleans.
Hilson and Dubois, the Mormon
apostles who were jailed at Clanton,
Alabama, on charge Of abduction,
broke jail and succeeded in making
their escape. Their conviction was
certain.
Miss Malinda Lewis, plucky Little
Rock, Arkansas, girl, tackled one OF
palr OF burglars who entered the
mouse, and while she could not man
age TO hold him, took his revolver
from him.
A bright Nashville reporter has dis
covered that conversation in any
language can be carried on through
the Telephone. That young mans
name should have a niche in the tenn
pie OF talne.
The nosSAs. Poe brothers, John
Nh fiua
OF at Wincnesta,-SSSS The TOR
mer Is to he hanged February 20, and
the latter has been sentenceu- to the
penitentiary for life.
Atlanta Constitution: The trio of
quiet individuals who have been in
veStigating affairs in the Office OF Gen.
James Longstreet, United States mar
shall, have had two of Gen. Long
streets deputies arrested. 1t is not
known where they will stop, now that
the wheel is set in motion. The
deputies arrested are Messrs. James
Robinson, located at Dahlonega, and
A, /. Crawford, stationed at Ellijay.
The basis OF the warrants under which
they were arrested is said to be a
charge that they have made false re-
turns OF time consumed and distance
travelled.
Nashville World: Capt. j. J. WHY,
of Humphreys county, exhibited to
the World yesterday curious coin
found twenty years ago by one of his
children in the old town OF Reynolds
burg, in Humphreys county. 1t is Of
silver, quite thin, and well preserved,
and tritie larger than ten-cent
piece. Upon one side are the words,
"Aspera ad aStra, 1870" arranged
around the edge and inclosing the
words XVI. Reichs Thai. e. F." On
the diverse is a head with plainly
marked features and long, flowing
hair, and the words and letters Christ.
Alb. DIG. III. n. DIS. and H."