The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-03-22
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The new postof1ice at Panhandle is fin
ished and occupied
At the highest point in Ochiltree county
water was obtained at a depth of 229
feet.
Grass in the dry lakes of Carson county
is springing up rapidly, and is now said
to be two inches high.
III. Foat, of Weatherford. has set out
20 600 roots of ramie. If the experiment
is succ ssful it will introduce another tex
tile crop in Texas.
In 1870 the population of Texas was
91S,579. and taxable values only $780,
100000. To-day the population is nearly
5000 600 and taxable values over $780,,
STANDARDIZATION News.
II Is the intention of the directors of
the Alvord aud North Texas District fair
20 have tho eutire exhibit at the far here
transferred to the Texas state fair and
Dallas exposition, and placed there as
representing this distrlct.-Alvord Budget.
Over 500 head of horses, mules and
mares we're imported through the Laredo
custom house during the months of Jan
UuL ta4h n NhAhuANTt ~ ANNaHAbA w N-aa"f
about 1900 head OF domestic horse stock
was shipped from taat point during the
same time.
The Eagle Pass juvenile brass bard re-
oeived yesterday the new set of instru
ments on which they propose to foot Mt
the CO pitol dedication next May. IL is
good time off yet, but there is nothing
like giving due notice to Austin so she
may be fully prepared. Eagle Pass
| Special.
News from Bosque county is to the Of
! feet that a careful estimate places the
cattle losses in that section TO date at 10
per cent. This will probably be increased
at least to 20 before the stock regain their
spring vigor and strength. This unusual
loss is due to combination of causes,
the principle of which is overstocking the
range, scarcity of feed and the unusual
severity of the weather.
The Tribune suggests to Manager
Powell, of the telephone institution, the
establishment of the messenger boy
system, SO that citizens can secure re-
liable messenger boy, at liberal fee, for
all sorts of errsnds, and at all times of the
day, and early evening, say until O'Clock.
1t will be a great convenience to ladies
aud others, and a Godsend to the business
men. 1t is badly wanted in Ell Paso, and
will pay nicely if iudiciously run.-El
Paso Tribune
At meeting of Palo Pinto stockmen
recently held at Palo Pinto, resolutions
were adopted declaring it the sense of
those present that cattle in that county
we're as free from disease as those OF
Colorado, and that therefore the cattle
men of that county were done positive
injustice by the quarantine boundaries as
at present laid down. In view of these
facts the delegates to the Denver meeting
of the range association were instructed
to urge the moving of the quarantine
limits south to the Texas and Pacific rail-
road and east TO the eastern boundary of
Tarrant county. Delegates to the mum
Der of twenty five were elected to attend
the meeting at Denver on March %.
A special to the Express from Eagle
Pass says: "The cold weather we are ex-
periencing at present in this section is
almost without precedent at this time OF
year, and the Oldest inhabitant is ratified
on predictions. Fears are entertained
that a frost may come and the entire
, peach crop be lost, as IL was last year,
but so far the buds are unframed, and
, this little wintry spell once over will yield
/ an immense crop of the luscious fruit.
The court martial continues its sitting in
! Piedras Negras, and is slowly and labor
: iously accommodating a vast amount Of
3 evidence bearing on the recent inter
t national complication, but nothing new
is being elected. The popular opinion
seema 20 be that the Mexican govern
ment will make an example of the captain
I and lieutenant who were the principal
q participants in the affair and impose the
extreme penalty of military law upon
them, which is death. According to COM
: mon sense and our ideas of justice this
Z would be punishment out of all pro
portion to the offense committed. and il
: is sincerely hoped that more lenient
! sentence commensurate with their crime
may be passed upon Them"