The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-24
THE IRON HORSE (!
EASTERN CAPITAL TO BE SECURED
IN EXTENDING ITS RAMIPI-
CATIONS AT DALLAS.
Texas Breezes Dispense the
Gathering COb-Webs at
San Antonio.
A Church Project Gently Peeps
~ Above the Ground
at Kyle.
And a Cocktail Artist Mixes
Drinks Without q License
at Uvalde.
FROM KYLE.

A New Church-Texas Veterans-Per
sOnal.
Special Telegram to The Statesman.
KYLE, April, 19.--Bishop Elliott, Of
San Antonio, arrived in this city last
evening and will soon purchase ground
at this place on which to build the
Episcopal church and rectory. He
breaches at the seminary tonight.
The heavy rain last night and this
morning have thrown a damPer over
farmers, who now claim it will only
take little more rain to prove fatal
to the farming interests in their sec
tons. Crops are badly In need OF
work, and the weeds are taking every
thing.
A number of old veterans from
Blanco and adjoining counties passed
through this city yesterday
and to-day, en- route to Paris to
attend the reunion of the
Texas veterans at that place.
MIR. Charles Hall has returned With
his lovely bride from Liberty Hill, at
which place he was married Thursday
morning, and has settled down to good
old-fashioned housekeeping. May
they live long and prosper.
AS shipping point for the country
west of here, Kyle is growing daily in
Importance.
Preaching at the different places of
public worship tomorrow.
Business is good. THE DAILY
STATESMAN is eagerly sought by our
people.
Deputy United States Marshal, Tom
Martin, has returned from an extern
sive trip through the northern part of
the state.
Tramps continue to give Kyle a
wide berth, much to their own COM
fort and our convenience.
With the exception of one or two
bad mud holes, the road between this
city and Blanco Is one of the best
drives in this section of the county,
and the time Is not far distant when
Kyle will be made the general ship
ping point for all that vast and
wealthy region.
. AS soon as good weather sets in
our school children and young
people in general will have q grand
old time picnic.
The Ladies' Aid Society are making
arrangements to give an ice cream
festival at an early day.
"A
San Antonio, was in the city to-day
copal church, soon to be built at this
place.
Anderson s. Jones, large stockmen
of Gonzales, will ship thirty car loads
of stock from this point to the Indian
territory Monday.
Thomas II. Wheless, state stenog-
rapher, spent to-day In this city.
Ii. G. Williams herd of five hun
-dred horses passed through Kyle to-
day en- route to his rancho.
Another heavy rain last night,
which makes it very discouraging for
farming, as the farmers are now much
behind with their work, and 1t will
take but little more rain to prove fatal
to the crop prospects In this section.
Mr.. b. F. Youkum, travelling freight
agent of the Gould system, is here
looking after the proposed wagon
road between this place and Blanco
City. He proposes to do his part for
the Blanco people, and our citizens
are bestiring themselves with unusual
vigor.
n KYLE, April 16. = An unusually
large number of Kyleites went up to
Austin this morning.
Miss Sallie Card, one of Flatonia's
fairest daughters, is on a visit to the
fascinating Miss Kittie Middlebrook, of
this city.
Mr.. Chas. Hall, our handsome young
hardware man, departed for Liberty
Hill this morning, where, at 8 o'clock
tomorrow, he will be unite1 in mar
rage to Miss Eliza Miller, of that
place, The joyous pair will return to
Kyle tomorrow evening, and will
make this their future home.
1t is now thought that gam bling
here has been effectually stopped.
Onions, lettuce aud radishes are
what the people down here now have
to eat.
No matter which way one may look
flowers will greet him on every
side
Business In Justice Lynch's court
has been extremely lively the past few
days.
Sheriff Barber, of San Marcos, was
in the city to-day, feeling the political
pulse of our people. Heis candidate
for reelection.
Revs. c. s. Storter and d. A. Porter
have succeeded in organizing church
at Pecan Springs, a small place west OF
here.
Mr.. Lock, formerly of Austin, who
has been running hotel at this place,
closed his house to-day, and will move
his family back to the gay state
capital.