The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-07-12
STATE NEWS.
Items and Comments Culled From
State Exchanges.

Silver has been discovered near Menar0
= vile.
/ Sherman is infested by number O
t sneak thieves.
Crops in the vicinity Of Huntsville have
been greatly damaged by too much rain
Eleven train loads of cattle were shipped
/ from Amarillo last week.
The sanitary condition Of Dallas is re-
ported 10 be wretched. The entire towr
is said to be reeking with filth
II. NJ. Garwood who represented Bas
trop county in the last Legislature has an
houuced for county judge of that county
A colony of Duukards have purchased
a tract of land lear Houston, and will be-
gin right away the erection of buildings
for their use.
At an election held in Albany on Satur-
day 20 determine whether that town be
incorporated for school purposes or not,
it was decided in favor of incorporation
by majority of forty-six votes.
The Granite Roofing Manufacturing
company, of Fort Worth, have rebuilt
and res.Ocked their establishment, burnt
down hardly month ago, and are now
prise.
At the Guadalupe county convention
last Saturday resolution was passed
heartily endorsing Henry L Mccullough
and that the delegates vote and support
him for state treasurer. A resolution was
also passed endorsing all the judges of the
| supreme court.
The iron for the bridge work of the
new Mexican National structure over the
Rio Grande at Laredo is arriving almost
daily. Workmen are busy constructing
the false work between the piers, and the
opinion is expressed that the bridge will
be completed by September l.
Hon. John d. Mccall will succeed him
self as comptroller of Texas, and ought to
succeed himself. The office was never in
better condition, and never had more
accommodating or efficient corps of
clerks and assistants. Mr.. Mccall will
have things no other way Tyler Weekly
Democrat and Reporter.
At no former season has the fact been
so satisfactorily demonstrated that apples
can be successfully grown in this section
as this year. Most of the trees in and
around Weatherford have borne well this
season, and the fruit is universally of very
excellent quality. In consequence the
apple culture is receiving quite an i'm
petus among our fruit growers.
ford Sun.
The first mail over the Southern Pacific
from New Orleans since Thursday arrived
in Houston last Monday, and the post
Office is completely blocked. The train
did not come direct, passengers and mail
being transferred in boats over the sub
merged section between Orange and Beau
mont. At the former place the water is
still waist deep, and great damage has
been done to the lumber interest. About
six miles of track is under water, and it
will be several days yet before trains can
go through.
The Tyler Weekly must be wrestling
with delinquent subscribers, for its feeling
reproduces the following from the pen of
Bill Nye:
Don't attempt to cheat an editor out
of years subscription to his paper, or
any other sum. Cheat the minister, the
doctor, cheat anybody and everybody, but
if you have any regard for future conse.
quences, don't fool with an editor You
will be put up for office sometime, or
want some public favor for yourself or
some of your friends,and when your luck is
a thing of beauty and a Joy forever the
editor will open up on you and knock
your air castle INTO a cooked hat the first
fire. He'll subduo you ard then you'll
cuss yourself for driveling idiot, go hire
some one to knock you down and then
kick you for falling"
Last week N. Mcdaniel, who is on the
police force of TeXarkana, got into diff
fculty with some cClored men on a matter
of business, and some shooting was done
which resulted in the wOunding of one of
the belligerents, cOlOred man named
Hook. Last Saturday Mcdaniel received
an anonymous communication ordering
him to quit the city under the penalty of
death. The document came through the
postoflice and purported to be from a
committee of colored men. No impOr-
lance was attached to the letter, and Nc
Daniels examining trial was set for Mon
day. That morning at an early hour
squad of mounted colored men, some Gf-
teen in number, heavily armed with double
barrel shOtguns and Winchesters,
rode into town for the avowed
purpose of seeing justice done. They
aroused the most intense excitement and
nothing but little spark was necessary
to lead to bloodshed. The city marshal
ordered the negroes to disperse and carry
their guns away with them. This they
pretended to do, but it is said hid them
away in the suburbs of the city. Nc
Daniel waived an examination and was
admitted to bail in the sum of $500.
Hooks trial is still going on. The result
is difficult to predict and fears are enter.
tanned that some indiscreet person on one
side or the other will do something to
precipitate conflict.
THE DYNAMITE CONSPIRACY.