The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-02-12


Matt March, the man who ran away
With the II year old dau ghter of Nj. {
eff Singleton, OF san Saba County, y
eW days ago, Nas arrested on i char.e
)f kidnapping. After preliminary
'XamInation, he was placed under an
$500 bond to await the ;lci ion OF the
grand juGy. i hr party secured a Ii
cen aad was married in Mccullough
His wife is with him, and
seems very much devoted TO him.
San Angelo Times-Enterprise: y
great need in san Angelo is good
dairy Not half the families can be
supplied by the single milk cart that
is sometimes seen on the street. When
mix sails readily at sixty cents a gal
Ion. We do not see how any one engag
ing 10 the DAIRY business could fail to
make it very profitable.
Bonham News: Last Friday morn
ing, at the residence o. w. A. Evans,
Mrs. James Monks slipped ga the ice
and fell to the frozen ground, sustain
ing a serious diSlocati0n of the left +
hip Drs. Martin and Saunders were (
called and reduced the dislocation. F.
Mrs. Monks was conveyed home next /
day, and Is doing as well as could be
expected"
Willis Index: We learn from re-
liauIe source that Mr.. G. G. Woodruff,
an old and highly respect Ell citizen of
WaverIy, was found dead last Tuesday
morning about half way between his
residence and store. The cause of his
death is unknown, but the general
opinion is that he died from sudden
stroke Of apoplcxy, or some kindred
attack.
Paris Tex Free Tongue: J n. Nc
Bath certainly possesses the faith of
good old Elijah. In the past, he has
set out 44,444 shade and fruit trees,
more or leas, most of which have gone
the way OF all the earth; but nothing
daunted. he IS again setting out Il
large number 1t seems that he is
bent on having shade trees, whether
Noah ever builds another ark or
not.
| Rockdale Messenger: : : al CO..
have died about town LATELY II saIu
from eating certain weed, the name
of which is not given. Mr.. j. 2. Lynn
has lost three within a few days. The
symptoms were a swelling the body,
accompanied with shaking sensa-
ton resembling ague, the animal he
ing in grooming misery and dying IN
few hours after the attack.
Laredo Times: G. A. Young. Esq,
an attorney at-law of Cleveland, Ohio,
who had been spending some time in
San Antonio for bis health, arrived in
Laredo last saturday afternoon in thu
last stages of conSumption-being so
weak thai he had to be lifted from his
carriage az the Commercial hotel. He
walked about the city some yesterday
and was this morning discovered
dead in bed. His relatives have been
telegTaphed. 1t is stated that his wife
is very low with the same disease al
their home in Cleveland.
San Antonio Times: Mr.. Geo. W
West, one of the wealthiest cattlmeT
OF Western Texas, yesterday deposited
the handsome sum of $4,000 at thu
bank of Messrs. O'Connor & Sullivan
to the credit of D. r. FAINT, The sun
paid was the balance of the purchase
money on the 100000 ranch in LiVt
Oak county, bought by Mr.. West tw'
wears sgO. 1t doesn't look like peopl
g should complain of hard times whel
S one man can plank down such larg
sum.
| Brown County Banner: Away u
e in the classic regions of New En-
|, gland the fair ones complain of 4 scar
, CITY of material for husbands, and We
e a Texas girl, fresh from the matrimC
o NAL market of the Lone Star" wen
to Boston the other day, and in a fey
a hours had two score OF penitent suit
a ors paving homage to her charms
a S23UOO in Houston e Texas Contra
= bonds, 5000 acres of Texas land, sc
head of cattle, and one snake-bTindl
= steer. 1t Just takes Texas beauty t
IL show her Yankee cousins how.
- Black Jack Post: 1t is reported
= US that Geo. Finley, living south {
81 Miller Grove, shot ''coon' in the bac
Il with a siX-shooter last WedIesda,
y iptiicting painful though rot dangel
Gus wound. Finley had a grudg
y against the dar1ey and invited him t
IS take walk with him, and after wall
d ing some distance up the road FInle
drew his cutter and blaZed away thTe
b TINES at the negro, who sGcl ecGed
= lodging two of the bullets, the thir
is one taking effect with the above Te
suit. Officers went in pursuit OF Fill
f. ley UuG nave uUL SoG HILL
r Terrell Star: Sunday Inornin
If about two o'clock the report OF Nv
pistol shots were heard at CT near tt
corner OF Broadway and Terre
! streets, followed by the sound {
"a horses hoofs as ii gaiioped AVA
~ Immediately afterward, Dan KEN
entered the gate of Mr.. Deltze al
IS staggered to the gallery, " here b
u fell aud cried for help. MI. Deitz
s, came out and was soon joined b
! other citizens of the ntighborhoo
A doctor and an officer were ser
0, for as soon as it was ascertained tn;
II Kemp was seriously wounded.
le ClarksviJle Standard: Mrs. 7.
Il Powell, sister of w. L. Corneliu
died al the residence of Col. SHAY
C, near GAINESVILLE, on the 10th. ST
Ie was first married to Geo. w. Dye
% OF Bowie county, who WAS known
is the carly settlers Of Bowie count
and Bob Dyer, well known to the Re
d river boys of 1865, is her son. Aft
E. the death of Dyer she married M
Is Powell She was lady of gentle al
IT pleasant manners, and was eSteemt
for her. general traits Of characte
as Her father and mother resided
% Bowie county upon a plantation fro
5, 1888, until the death OF the old gentl
n man in October. 1S47.
Fort Worth Mail: Last evenir
4 the little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Franc
If Granger, aged about eighteen month
. was playing on the floor and in son
u; way got hold of a large screw, whic
IS child-like, be put in his mouth.
moment afterwards his mother heal
a gurgling sound, and, looking at h
Z boy, motto that ne was chokin
II While remedies at hand were apple
T. DR.. Adams was summoned, but
IL five minutes the little fellow W
Y dead-before the arrival of the phi
sician. The screw had entered Il
u windpipe. point downward, so tn
4 the head absolutely closed the ape
T. ture, producing strangulation.
I'd PERSONAL.
,9 Gen. Simon Cameron, of Pennsylv