The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-02-09

| attendance of the girls is unprecedented
There are now fifty-seven IN school, Do
| fore this the largest number reached was
| forty-seven.- Ranger, puollsheu
at state deaf and dumb asylum.
A new coal mine is being developed IN
Bexnr county and the International anu
Great Northern road has put IN spur
that runs very near the shaft, when Is
only about 100 yards from the road oeu'
The mine is about one mile east OF Atas
cosa postoffice in Bexar county. orlck
yard, with an excellent kiln of some me
brick already burned, and pottery Is IN
| full tide of successful operation at the
same place; and no other means of ship
ment but a small spur that will accommo-
date two cars.
DR.. D. Salmon, chief of the United
| States bureau of animal industry, Will Dc
present at the meeting of the Range as
sociation in Denver, and will meet the
official veterinarians of the western states
and territories to pass on the data tha1
the officers of the bureau will be able 10
lay before them bearing on the establish
ment of line in Texas and the Indian
Territory separating the infected from
the non-infected sections. This line Will
undoubtedly be established in salts
factory manner at that time, and the
movement of Texas cattle in the spring
to northern mountain ranges will then be
made without friction.-FOrt Worth Ga
zette.
Major R. B. Baer-"It seems almost in
credible, nevertheless it is fact, that
Texas brings from other states nearly all
of the beans that are consumed by her
population. They are shipped here from
California, Michigan and New York.
Texas can raise as fine beans as can be
raised anywhere, and, if it pays to ship
them here from other states, it wOuld pay
for the farmers of this state to cultivate
them. The demand for beans is con-
stantly increasing. Only few years ago
two carloads of beans would supply the
local market for year, but now it takes
more than ten carloads for the same
period. In the same way the public's ap-
petite for Goldfish has grown. Half a
dozen years ago you could not find cod
fish at any store in the city. Now they
are kept everywhere" Post.
ABOUT DALLAS.
Dallas county taxable values increased
from S10,000,OOO in 1882 to $22373,7OO III
1887.
In 1871 the greater portion of Dallas
was one vast cedar brake and the town
contained not over 800 people.
In 1872 the entire wealth of the city was
represented by $924,14O. The rendition
in 1887 was $12,O07,571.
Dallas local incorporated manufactur-
ing and industrial companies represent a
capital of $1S,OOO,OOO; other companies
with branch offices here, $11,000,000.
The building record for Dallas during
the year 1887 shows money spent il
buildings $1,665,S71, divided as follows
Business houses, $619,4OO; residences
$S59,171; churches and schools, $1S7,300
Dallas Times-Herald.
W. B. Scott, confined in the county jai
at Rockwell, charged with bigamy, sue
ceeded in making his escape Tuesday
morning by pulling the ceiling
down and crawling between the
roof and ceiling until he got over the
steps, where he kicked the ceiling through
going down stairs, when he made his
escape through a window. Officers Scot
and T. W. McDaniels, with the hounds
went on his traiI.-Denison News,