The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-03-25
TEXAS NEWS.
FACTS AND OPINIONS CULLED
FROM STATE EXCHANGES.

Bolton is 10 nave new -Netnoulst
church.
The Pioneer mills at Abilene have closed !
from want of fuel. ,
Montgomery county will plant more 1
cotton this season than last.
Local option was defeated in McDade by
Al majority out of 259 votes polled
The farmers throughout the state, gen
orally, anticipate good crops this year.
Junction City is soon to have its bust
ness improvements increased by rolling
mill.
The citizens of Willis decided, by vote
of 73 to 50, not to incorporate the
town.
Bastrop is worked up by the approach
inc masquerade ball to be held on the 9th
of April.
Housto n's local campaign grows hotter
and hotter as the day for final settlement
draws near.
Nearly all the county and good many
of the daily papers are full of announce
ments for Office.
Rev. R. G. Pearson is holding revival
meeting at Denton, and the usual interest
is being manifested.
The good people of Dallas dubbed to-
gether and furnished an old man with
enough money to go to his home.
Vol. l, No 2 of the Brazos Blade is
chuck full of interesting reading matter.
1t is an octave five column paper.
Dallas is considering the feasibility of
establishing an Edison incandescent cleo
trio light company, with 1,200 lights.
There is a complaint that candidates
are saving at the spigot and letting it run
out at the bunghole by setting up bad
cigars
The Taylor Texan of last Saturday,
came out with six pages, and devoted one
of them to description of its town and
advantages.
Wolves are said to be committing dep
relations on the pigs, calves, colts, sheep,
etc. in the Tehuacana country, in McLen-
: nan county.
, The State Medical association meets at
/, Dallas, on Tuesday, April 27. The com
: mittee on arrangements have announced
o programme.
The Dallas Times thinks that Fort
:, Worth is about to give up the ghost. Inc
, Fort Worth Gazette returns the compli-
y ment about Dallas
= The Southern Kansas railroad will reach
:, = the Canadian liver, near the Springer
70 ranch, in time to ship out the Panhandle
! beef cattle next fall.
=, So many towns and cities in Texas have
i "whereased" and ''resoluted" on the strike
s. that it would appear there are no hnlght
r. OF Labor in the state.
is The Dallas suburban hospital, which IL
o to be used as pest house, has been com
u pleted and handed over by the contractors
4 to the city authorities
Id Dallas was struck by hail storm las
8, week. 1t is thought that it was sent tt
n, cool off some wicked place ana struck re
NJ ligious Dallas by mistake.
., The citizens of Timpson are enthusiasts
~ tic over the prospects of cotton factory
c, Various parties are offering lands to the
y amount of 10000 acres to the fund, ant
"a the project is meeting with general ap
h proval.
" Parties in Galveston offer to take $40,
4 600 stock in roller -four mill at Coleman
m The citizens propose to add another $40,
v. 600. All that is now lacking is the expe
rienced and enterprising miller who l
III ready to put up $4,000 more in the en-
Sc terprise,
IN The Francklyn Land and Cattle com
is nany have contracted to deliver 5000 cat
We tle-ones and twos-to the Home Ian
and cattle company. The delivery is
be made at Coolidge, Kansas, and fror
- there they will be driven to the company
ranch in Montana.
r. The Tyler Courier, in an editorial
Terrell, says: "Of the different gentleme
now being discussed by the press an
public in connection with the office
&c limited States senator, the Hon. A. v
- Terrell is eminently the man to succee
NV Senator Maxey. Under other and MOI
~ favorable circumstances, it would be sal
On to say that he is the coming man, an
no there are many and urgent reasons why
,st should be the colleague of Senator Cox
1;s In that event, with Coke and Terrell
-, the senate. Texas would stand out as Il
- ablest representative state i'll the south
~ And closes the article with Terrell in 81
senate at Washington, where he cou
lend Reagan the benefit of his brain al
energy, the Interstate commerce bill won
ave soon assume shape and become la
ow How long will the people of Texas, by
md blind, minimizing prejudice, deprive the
are selves of the services of one OF her mt
My gifted statesmen
r r1 Nagadoches tar-News.
md Swain for governor is what the peol
ntv have decided. In speaking of the peol
An we mean q majority of the qualif
and voters.
,lks Corsicana Democrat.
,es- Wheat is worth more in Texas than
du- the western states, because we now HI
pic mills to grind it and consumers athoi
the thereby saving long transportation.
)ble Waco Day.
red The first step in the solution of the
ons Dor problem is the observance of law {
me-" the rights of others. Until this is tax
for the workingmen will have to fight I'll
me" own battles without the help of pull
Inc sentiment.
ons Bradstreet's, which is one of the N
or accurate journals in the country, s
Oh there are now $1,000 Knights of Labor
on strikes at prominent industrial cent
east of the Rocky mountains, out OF
low. estimated total of 100000 members of