The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-04-05
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Items and Comments Culled From
the Latest Stare Papers.

RqdlSnPs are LOW III e6teOu Ia oOuLSOh
county. grown in the g8rdens.
The Cotton Belt is already Issuing bills
of ladiug from Fort Worth.
The Terrell cotton mill, which has been
idle for several years, is to be put In
operation.
A number of ladies of Victoria recently
donated large lot of literature to the
penitentiary convicts at Huntsville.
The site for the McGregor college has
been definitely settled. The land was do
mated by two public sp rited citizens.
The Farmers Alliance, of Hopkins
county, have purchased two acres OF iaha
ado ming ,hsir stock yard, for which
$500 was paid.
A petition for the organization OF Car
son, signed by 100 petitioners, has been
presented to the commissioners court OF
Donley county.
Hays county has been blest with album
dant rains recently. Crop prospects are
aatteriug, ard the farmers generally are
up with their work.
The Todd Touring mills at Dallas have
been purchased by the Farmers Alliance
for 100000, and the Alliance Will take
charge of them on June /.
The Farmers Alliance will erect flour
mill 1T Sherman, with $50 barrels capac-
ity daily, and have already bought the
ground on which to erect 1t.
The Rio Graude and Eagle Pass road
will undoubtedly be extended twenty
seven miles higher up the river before fall
and will be completed to Eagle Pass in
year.
Getting that big indemnity claim al
lowed by congress is sufficient of itself to
entitle Congressman Sayers to hold his
seat for two years longer at least.-Bren-
ham Banner.
The corps have been organized at Baird,
and the instruments arrived to make the
survey for the Rock Island railroad be-
tween Baird and Albany, and the work will
begin at once.
A coal expert has been examining the
formations in and around Stephensviile,
Erath county, and gives it as his opinion
that both coal and natural gas underlie
the whole country.
A patent roller mill is to be erected at
Z.
ers is to have it ready for the present
crop. The main building will be 4Ox6O
feet end three stories high.
The people of Bolton are considering
the building of wooden factory at that
place, and are negotiating with eastern
men through Col. j. u. Miller, president
of the Bolton National bank.
The talk of the abandonment of Fort
Concho, at San Angelo, as military post
is considered unfounded, as bids for haul
ing freight from BaIlinger for the next
year have been advertised for.
Corn planting is on in Wilbarger county
now aud thousands of acres are being put
in. The ground Is in excellent condition
for planting, and the prospect for big
yield is hattering. Vernon Guard.
Paris, Texas, proposes to have two
military companies at the capitol dedi
cation; it would be shame for Waco tc
have none-what say you Cameron, Stay,
den, Baker and Rotan?-Waco Examiner
The special immigration edition of TIL
AUSTIN STATESMAN appeared March 10
To give anything like an idea of the value
of this publication is entirely beyond US
and we will not attempt it.-McGregol
Observer.
Send military company to Austin
send the fire company; send the cornet
band if you want to, but for heaven;
sake don't send any man or boy who
knows anything about base ball.-Tyle,
Democrat and Reporter.
The commissioners court has ordered {
bridge across the Pease river, one mil
north of Vernon. The bridge will b.
about =, 100 feet long from bank to bank
400 feet of which will be iron spans ant
the balance will be approaches.
The people of Georgetown and Taylo
have come to the conclusion that the,
want more railroads, and, if pluck ant
energy amount to anything, we are going
to have them.-Taylor Citizen.
That is the spirit that always wins.
There are great inducements for SOM
one to put Hp Touring mill in Vernon
as there are about 1000 acres of whea
sown in Wibarger county, besides there i
now no Touring mill in any adjoining
county. There is plenty of good waite
for any and all purposes, inexhaustible.
The importation of silver ore fror
Mexico, through the Ell Paso custom house
during the month of February, were 5,42
tons, valued at $256 49, against 5000 ton
for January. Five thousand tons wer
consigned to Ell PasO, and will be smelte
there, and the balance goes to Kansa
City.
Mr.. H. NJ. Kidwell, prominent citize
of Parker county, made a sale Tuesday O
twenty head of beef steers which average
1,l27 pounds each, netting in cash 1894
head. This is not bad price for bee
cattle, considering the low price of cattl
at present
The Continental Cattle company vii
transfer 15,0C0 head of cattle from thei
Panhandle ranch to Wyoming. The com
pany contemplate driving, unless TIL
Panhandle route agent, who is here t
offer them inducements to ship, shout
determine them otherwise. - Mobeeti
Panhandle.
By the time San Antonio loses q fe'
more state conventions, beef canning es
adjustments, union stock yards, smelter:
mills, factories, etc, our leading citizen
will awake to the fact that the holding o
public meeting and passing a series O
seven story resolutions does not fill all tn
requirements of public spirit and bus
ness enterprise.-San Antonio Times.
The Rio Grande continues rather low
in spite of the heavy showers that hav
fallen in New Mexico duripp the Das