The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13
STATE NEWS REPERTORY.
SPIRIT Of Our Texas Exchanges.

SpilII VI Uur TEXAS Exchanges
Not less than fifty handsome build
ings have been erected in Ell Paso
during the last eighteen months
through the aid of the Ell Paso build
ing association.
Col. Buchanan, who has been en-
gagged to have the university grounds
ornamented, is a gentleman expert
ence in observation in landscape orna-
mentation and will doubtless improve
them with excellent taste.
Miss Winnie Hall, of Temple, is
centinarian.
When a Texan says "chilly," he
means he is cold; when a Mexican saws
Chilli he means something hot as
pepper.
Waco is counting on 1900 popula-
ton. Ten thousand will answer to
the call.
If the reconing of the hours is to be
changed, instead of having the first
hour OF the twenty-four begin at mid
night let it begin with sunrise, so
that the first twelve hours will be day
light and the other twelve night.
1t is reported, says the Texas North
west, that the sheriff Of the Choctaws
is burning off the grass west of the
Washita river and is also destroying
all the wire fences. This will cause
CONSERVATION among cattle men in
that section. The reason for such ac-
ton is not stated.
Many of the state papers think a
herd law can be so drafted as to put
an end to fence-cutting.
The Llano Rural is standing up
stoutly for law and order in that
county but while the editor slum-
bers, the vile and hell-deserving vii
lains take out the innocent negro and
hang him. This is because there il
no law in Texas. The hanging OF the
innocent EeTro Sol, last Wednesday
night is Just rs fendish g crime as
ever Sci. was guilty of, it matters not
what Sol. has done. If Sol. q pOor iG-
norant negro had violated the law,
what has the intelligent white crowd
done who hung him to limb. Sol.
like every oteer man is pre- umed to
be innocent before the law until he is
proved guilty and Sol. was not proved
guilty. In any event he is not worse
than the men who hung him.-Lam-
pasas Dispatch.
The Dallas hotel and restaurant pro-
prietors have inaugurated q move
ment by which they have their beef
for table use shipped from Kansas
City. They have it shipped in refrig-
Grating cars, and get it in cut steaks,
roasts, etc., ready for the cook. They
claim better article can be had this
way than by patronizing home mar
kets, as the best cattle are always
shipped out of the state to Northern
markets.
The father, sister, brother-in-law
and a friend of B. L. Crouch, a promi-
nent sheep man of Frio county, were
murdered two weeks ago in Michigan.
The murder = as for money, and it is
supposed the murderer or murderers
obtained as much as $4,000. Mr..
Crouch first heard the news in San
Antonio, and left Immediately for
Michigan.
1t is an easy matter for a man who
has plenty of money to say that there
is money plenty. With the man who
has plenty of money it is to his inter
est for others to have none or very
little. In proportion as an article is
scarce-in that proportion does its
| purchasing power enhance, and this
is the reason that those who have
plenty themselves, conclude that it is
not best for the people to have too
much money.-Texas New Era.
The way to kill town is very sim
pie. Take no concern in any object OF
| improvement that is offered; never
advertise your business, for if you do
the town will become known and peo-
pie will begin pouring in to see what
kind of place the town is; employ
the worst teachers you can and let
your children stay away from school
as often as they see fit. When any
railroad project is talked of being put
throu~h the town, throw as much
cold water on il as possible; if man
ufacturing company wants site to
build on don't donate foot of ground,
but add to the value such per cent
| that will be sure to make them hunt
another location.-Terrell Star.