The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02
DALLAS,



DALLAS, July a0,-W, w. Ross, in his crop
report to the department of agriculture at
Washington for August /, says; Corn, once so
promising, has been injured some by the
drOuth, and especially was this so with the
later planting. 1t is all late, and with us this
is always unavoidable. The earlier planted is
a fair crop, and considered an average, while
The later planting is cut off at least One-half;
yet there will be plenty made to supply all
home demands, as the acreage is large. Wheat
is good average, from twelve to twenty-seven
bushels per acre, fine and plump grain, much
of it CHASING No. .. Our planters are aban-
dOning the red May wheat, and are seeding
the Mediterranean and Nicaragua. The lat
ter once so hard, from some cause, amalgama-
ton or climatic influences, is getting SOFT Oats
are good, some threshing rs much as eighty
bushels per acre. The grain is well filled
and heavy. Native hay pasture, good. Pota-
toes, Irish. very good; sweet, not so good,
needing rain. Sorghum, about an average.
Apples and peaches, not good. Grapes, very
planted well fruited with bolls and fomes,
and is now blooming near the top and need
ing rain. Should we not get it in a few days
pen rain would be OF little benefit, as it would
cause the second growth too late in the season.
to mature. The later planted has but little
The crop is at least ten or fifteen days late,
with ten or fifteen per cent less acreage. No
boil oil, worms gc1l to DO any harm reported yet:
day for Huntsville pennitentiary: E. II.
Whitney. from Collin county, theft; two years.
James Williams, from Collin county, counter
ing, Collin county, two and a half years.
Rufus Burris, Jack tounty, theft of cattle; two
years. Nose Copeland, Jack county, horse
county, theft of cattle; two and a half years.
j, M, Collin, Jack county, theft of hogs; two
years. James Youngblood, Jack county,
horse stealing; seven and a half years. The
last named was horrible sight. He was shot
in the shoulder a few weeks ago, while resist
ing capture, and his wounds have not healed,
and the stencil from the wound was sickening.
Deputy United States Marshal Thomas f.
Gerrin, serving in the Indian territory, to-day
lodged in Dallas jail Brocky Black, notorious
negro desporadO, charged with obstructing
the transportation OF the mails. He is alleged
to have attempted to wreck a train ON the
placing distractions on the track.
The heat continues intense, the mercury
with slight breeze blowing on it and located
on the side of a house opposite from that on
which the sun was shining. Many mechanics
and outdoor laborers were compelled to lay
off from their work, for fear of sunStroke
Farmers report cotton beginning to suffer
from dreuth, as the rain of Friday and Satur-
day last only fell in scattering small spots.
Private information from Washington to-
night announces the appointment of l.. 5.
Garrison, agent of the Pacific express COM
pany, as postmaster at Dallas in place of A. A.
WhfSsen, removed. This will prove sur
prise to almost every citizen of the city, as
WhisSen has given satisfaction to all except a
few personal enemies Mr. Garrison is IA pop
ular, wide awake young man, of good business
qualifications, and may prove satisfactory to
the public
1t is a known fact thatla change was determ-
ined on by the department before the recent
investigation, for the benefit of the Republican
party, and not that the good of the service de-
manded it, and also that Gen. Edgarten, be-
fore leaving Dallas, told a prominent citizen
as much, and that his opinion was that Mr..
Garrison would succeed WhiSsen. The lat
ters removal is liable to create Indignation not
heretofore known in Dallas