The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-09-11
STATE NEWS.

1t has been raining at Corpus
Christi.
Cleburne has voted taxation for
schools.
The Waco & Palestine railway is
being again agitated.
John Harrison was jailed at Bryan
for murderouS assault.
Brownwood has voted school tax
of 80 cents on the 800.
A grand democratic barbecue takes
place at Lampasas, on the 18th.
DR.. w. McGrew tell dead from
heart disease, at Beeville recently.
The cattle men of Pecos Valley are
about to form stock association.
A coffin warehouse was burned at
Denton on the I'd inst. Loss 5000;
| insured.
Col. Culberson made big speech at
Linden, Cass county, few days since
last week.
A meeting was recently held at
FloresVille in aid of the Sac Antonio
81 Arkansas Pass road.
A handsome frame two story college
building has rently been completed at
Lagarto, Live Oak county.
Smith, an alleged horse thief, was
shot and mortally wounded near
Weatherford, the other day.
At New Braunfels, Dr.. Won Koehr
ing has sued DR.. Berger for libel for
publishing him as a quack.
Mr.. Bill Gourley, of Kendall county,
has cornStalks that measure twelve
feet to the third ear of corn.
Hiram REYNOLDS, of Atascosa, has
well 20 feet deep in which the water
is so feet deep and is still rising.
Recently collision occurred in the
Laredo court room, in which the
special master in chancery and local
lawyer figured.
AT the republican torchlight pro-
ceSsion in Houston, on the I'd instant.
800 persons were in line, of whom
tWo-thirdS were negroes.
At Weatherford, Frank Vicks rode
up to the jail, and attempting to throw
something to the prisoners, was fired
on and his horse wounded.
At FIoresville, Antonio Perez, who
was so dangerously shot by his broth
er some TWO months ago. and who
everybody thought would die, is grad
udlly recovering.
The cotton crop in the northern
tier of counties in this state is said to
be the largest ever known. AS gen.
eral thing the crop will be quite short
throughout the state.
G. II. Behee, of Fort Worth, has
filed a damage suit in the sum
of $4,000 against the Missouri
Pacific railway, for entering his name
on black list of the road, saying he
was incompetent.
The continued drouth has about
ruined the cotton crop all over the
country. The premature opening of
half grown bolls shows that the weed
has stopped growing. and unless we
have a rain in day or two, it will
be of no beneft.-Luling Signal.
A tin kerosene can was found with
old rags and chips and sundry other
things mixed up in it, and it had SEEM
ingly been thrown over into the back
part of Mr.. Doran's livery stable, at
San S Iba, for the purpose of burning
him and the balance of the town.
Seguin Times: Our office was en-
livened Monday morning by the pas
sage through it of big black cow
which was being driven by an old
German, on horseback. She entered
at the back door and we expected a
catastrophe similar to that produced
by the bull in the china shop.
By private letter from Saragosa, we
learn that the rain last Monday after
noon and night, in that neighborhood,
and in the Davis mountains, was the
heaviest known for many years. Bar
lila creek, between Saragosa and Fort
Stockton, was so badly swollen as to
stop travel, in vehicles, all day Tues
day.
Ell Paso Lone Star: Col. Baylor ar
rived in Isleta from MurphysVille on
Monday, on a visit to mis- family, He
has just returned from scout along
the Davis mountains and thinks the
recent Indian scare was caused by
two or three struggling Indians,
either from the Mescalero reservation
or the Mexican reservation at San
Carlos in the state of Chihuahua.
AT recent social party the resi-
dence of Mrs. Mum, at Bonham, pre-
sented grand pyrotechntic display.
On every tree of the beautiful yard
were suspended lights of various hues.
The entrance gate was ornamented
with tastefully arranged floral arch,
from which hung magnificent chande-
Tiers, bidding welcome to youthful
seekers of gay and innocent festivity.