The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-08
STATE NEWS REPERToRY.
Spirit of Our Texas Exchanges.

her parents this week.-Quid Nunc
The boundary line between Travis
and Williamson counties is now salts
factorily established. except that some
citizens who thought they lived in
Williamson find their homes are ia
Travis, and are dissatisfied on that &c
count.-Sun.
Palestine, Gainesvilleand Texarkana
all have big law suits on hand, involy-
ing titles in each to large portions of
their suburbs.
The court of appeals at Tyler has
affirmed the decision of the Travis
county district court against Jack
Kisine, who killed another negro
named Daniels.
The North Texas conference of the
NJ. Il. Church South, will hold its
regular annual session at Georgetown.
commencing October 81. There are
three hundred and fifty represents
tlveS belonging to the body. Bishop
Parker will preside.
y Palo Pinto man named Butler
hnds himself grandfather ut the age
OF thirty. His, daughter, thirteen
years Old, has baby that weighs tif-
teen pounds.
William ShowleS and Sallie Marks,
two riders in Doris circus, were mar
ried at a hotel in Dallas, Rev. A. p.
Smith of the Presbyterian church
afficiating.
Nothing has a greater tendency to-
wards the adornment of a city than
well shaded streets, and IN this con-
nection the Print would take the lib
erty of remarking that this is the
time for setting out shrubbery.
The Advocate is informed that as
one result of articles published lately
on high priSes charged for carrying
cotton from Palestine TO Galveston,
the l. u q. N. has since made reduc-
ton for that distance of 80 cents per
bale. The road is, of course, aware
that with reduced rates it will have
larger quantity of cotton to ship from
this point.
Miss Annie West was arraigned be
fore Justice Edwards by Constable
Miller on the charge of being one of
the sort of women who occupy front
seats in the parquette at the opera
house. She was assessed the usual
fine for scarlet women. Her friend
came to the front and paid it.-Dallas
Times.
Among the cases recently doeketed
in the United States supreme court at
Washington is the city of New Or
leans VS.. Myra Clark Gaines. The
record in the case is the largest ever
submitted in the supreme court, or
probably any other court. II is bound
in one immense volume, which weighs
over 200 pounds and contains 1920
600 words. 1t takes three men to
open and shut the book.
The Times-Democrat speaking of
the general prosperity of the Southern
states, says: Texas, the young giant
of the south, is forging away at a rate
that must soon place it ahead of all
the S.ates. 1t is now sixth III railroad
mileage and sixth in agricultural pro-
auctions in this country, and is adding
to its wealth at the rate of S120,000,-
600 a year.
Congressman Reagan has an ardent
supporter in the Brennan Banner and
his onslaught upon Tilden meets the
appreciation of that paper, which re-
marks that so far as it is able to see,
''Tilden has no special claims on the
party, save that he was elected and
swindled out of his office; he showed
q lack Of nerve, and if again elected
might again be swindled. Mr.. Reagan
is certainly entitled to respect for the
plain, bold. straightforward and ex-
plicit manner in which he arraigns
Tilden.
1T was greatly feared" says the
New Orleans TimeS-Democrat. that
Texas would be unable to participate
rs state in our coming exposition.
because its regular session would not
be held until the exposition was well
under way, and at too late day to
vote an appropriation. Fortunately.
this extra session has saved us, and
renders it tolerably certain that the
Lone Star state, than which no South
ern state is more interested in the sue
cess of this exposition, will I've repre-
sented here. Gov. Ireland has given
us all the assistance in his power; and
we must now look to the legislature
to carry out his recommendation in
this matter"
United States Deputy Marshal Tom
Gerren arrived here yesterday with
Jack Brock, j. G. and J. r. Terry,
known in detective circles as the Ter
ry Brothers, whom he deposited in
jail on the charge of robbing the Hen
rietta and Jacksboro stage, near the
former place, on Friday night last.
They got from the passengers in the
stage, four in number, 500 in money
and a watch and other valuables, and
| from the stage registered package
containing S65. The prisoners were
arrested at Wichita Falls. and have
been identified by the stage driver
and some of the passengers. They
are having a hearing before Commits.
sioner Buford this afternoon.-Dallas
Times.
Col. Fitzhugh was an early pioneer
of Collin county, coming here with
his father, the late John FitZhugh
when this section was infested by the
Indians. and participated in the strug
| giles and trials that beset the early
settler. He was ever ready to do hii
part, and more, no matter how dan
gerouS or how burdensome, and wa!
known from Red River to the Ri'
| Grande as scout and Indian fighter
Since the war he has been elected !
number of times as an official of thu
Texas legislature, and was extremel.
popular with all who knew him. IL
carried beneath rough exterior a
warm and generous heart as eve
beat in human breast. Peace to hi
ashes.-McKinney Enquirer.
The Waco Examiner faYors Gen
G. Ross for governor; the Sequin
Times advocates the reelection o
Gov. Ireland and Col. j. q. Cheno
weth is quoted as saying .'there j
scarcely anyone presumtious enough
to dispute with Gov. Ireland the RICH
Of succession" This is complimentai-
as well as modest in the colonel.
The Llano Rural of the 10Th inst
has the following particulars OF
rather lively shooting at Blutfton
"From gentleman just from Blufl
ton, we ggther the following: Wee
nesday evening, Jim Goggins, WI
three or four others, all bringing, ri
DIR. Carleton out of town, cornpellr
Mr.. }. J. Mabry, merchant. to kce
his store open all night, firing tbrr
shots into DR.. Cartoons drug stcs
and finally fred about 100 shots pei
niscuously on the streets, frightenin
men, women and children beyond dt
scription. Tuesday, as the stage wa
leaving for Llano, several Of thes
parties were seen to mount thei
horses with Winchesters in thei
hands. and before the stag
had gone far, shooting was hear
: to commence back of BlufftcI
Sheriff Shaw, accompanied by Depu
Joe Townsend, went down and o.
. rested jim Coggins, Baylor and \