The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23
STATE NEWS.


the 21st, in honor of the anniversary.
The Paris Free Tongue goes in for
Culberson for governor.
Farmers in the vicinity of Sherman
are complaining of short weights Civ
en- by merchants.
Martindale is one of the prospective
new towns on the proposed railway
from San Marcos to Luling.
Maj. Brahan, an old and well-known
citizen of West Texas, died in San
Antonio the other day of cardiac
paralysis.
Alb. Allen, the Jefferson murderer
has had his sentence Of sixty years
affirmed, and goes to his long home.
The Sherman Courier gives an
amusing and well written account of
a young man who mistook the town
William Goat for burglar under his
window.
The working people Of San Antonio
honored, with big ovation, Mr..
Bergstrom for securing the passage of
the lien law.
The shipments of wool from Eagle
Pass last year amounted to 600,OO
pounds, but it is estimated that the
shipment this year will fall off 100000
pounds.
The late Capt. King built the first
steamboat ever on the Rio Grande.
He was in the Sem nola lillian war IN
Florida, and in the Mexican war, mus
tering out in 1847. His Gertrude
rancho of 100000 acres is all under
wire.
At the close Of 1870, there were but
eight pianos in Corpus Christi; at the
close of 1880, this number had in
creased to forty; at the close of 1884,
there were not less than lib; an in
crease OF seventy-lhree in the past
four years.
The Huntsville Item says it is eX-
p3riencing the pressure Of hard times
equally with thH bust: css men of that
town; con or lit il Is living at present,
and if things don't crop out lively in
the fall, lis cashier says only bank
ruptcy is in view"
Mrs. Ellison, who lives in Kyle,
vefysnarroWly escaped, probably a ia
tai accident, a few days ago, by pis-
toll ball, fired at random by some I'M
known person, which passed through
the room in which she was sitting,
missing her only a few inches.
Laredo Times: The Austin crooks
must have tramped to Dallas, as burg
larieS and robberies in the heart of
the city are committed with the bold
ness of the capitaline fakirs. A par
TALLY for Swedish servant girls, how
ever, is missing link necessary to es-
tablish the chain of identity complete
The two-year-old race colt that Mr..
Desha Bunton recently sold to Judge
Gus Cook, for the sum Of $500, has
been forwarded to Judge Cooks
stables at Memphis, Tenn. This colt,
whose name, by the way, is "Bill
Bunton,'' is perhaps the finest
year OLD that the Lone Star State
ever furnished to the sporting world.
The only wonder to us is, that Mr..
Bunton sold him as cheap as he did
Colorado Citizen: Last Sunday be-
tween the hours Of twelve and one
o'clock we were visited by heavy
thunder storm in which the lightning
played an active part. Mr.. w. III.
Smiths dwelling was the main object
Of the electric current. 1t struck the
north side Of the house and all the
weather boarding was torn from that
side. Strange to say the family were
at dinner and none felt the shock.
Another current pursued its course
down the stovepipe and shattered the
stove into fragments. A box of
matches lying near the window OF Mr..
Joe Young's residence on the inside
We're ignited and consumed by the
electric current. Also, Mrs. Baum
gartner had a nubia ignited that was
tied on her head.
Fort Worth Gazette: A prominent
citizen of Abilene remarked yesterday
that so soon as the necessary arrange
ments to build the Gulf, Colorado q
Santa Fe Road into Brownwood were
made, that Abilene would subscribe
at least $4,000 and depot grounds and
right of way through the country to
get it extended. Should that road go
to Abilene, the property owners in
Fort Worth and its suburbs will eX-
perience a depreciation IN values.
There is more need now than ever for
the road to Waxahachie. That road
will insure the fixed stand of Fort
Worth forever. If Abilene can raise
$4,000 "the Fort" ought to see it and
go $4,000 better.
A little girl on North Main street