The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-22
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Forty-nine carloads of freight for
Germany arrived at Laredo the other .day
from Mexico.
The State Photographers association
met at Fort Worth Ga the 14th, but the
meeting was practically failure.
The project to build Catholic church
at Ohsppell Hill has fallen through, the
members failing tc agree among them.
selves.
Up to date there have been 954 cars of
stock shipped free Besville. This is a
considerable falling off from last seasons
shipments.
Cedar Greek precinct in Bastrop county
will have oolored Justice of the peace, a
colored constable and a colored county
commissioner.
Nearly all the cotton crop in HAYS
county is gathered and sold. Owing to
the quantity of corn and sugar cane
raised several parties are buying cattle to
fatten.
The largest cargo of cement ever i'm
ported into Galveston, consisting of
1000 barrels, was received the other day
from London and was consigned to one
of the leading firms there engaged in
hauling builders material.
The lightest crop of wheat in Willbar-
ger county this year was raised by S. w.
Turner, and made an average yield of
eighteen bushels per acre. The heaviest
crop was raised by W. R. Irby and aver
aged thirty-six bushels per acre.
During six months of high Incense, il is
reported, the number of saloons in Pater
son, N. j., has been decreased by 1876, and
the receipts from licenses increased $40
600. 1t is estimated that the taxpayers
will be relieved of taxes to the amount of
100000 per year from the increased
revenue from licenses.
Prof. W. B. Ross, principal of the COL
ored public schools of Greenvllle, well
educated, sensible colored man, voted for
Cleveland on the tariff issue, and since the
election he has been threatened with vio-
lence by some of the ignorant negroes of
the place. He has been promised any
amount of protection should he need it.
Thursday evening, at Leonard, a diff
Guilty arose between Mike Yeager. and
Reverend Peter Croompecker, both
colored. They were arguing scripture
and eoon hot words we're passed, which re-
suited in Yeager dealing the theologian
heavy blow over the head with a stool
chair, infictipg very severe and painful
wound. Yeager made his escape. The
negroes are talking of handling him
roughly if they catch him.
A farmer of Wilson county expert
mented by planting cotton different
widths. Most of it was planted the
usual width, but he planted i've acres
with the rows eight feet apart, and the
latter did not cease growing the entire
year. the cotton finally meeting in the
middles. He says the cotton planted with
rows eight feet apart made twice as much
to the acre as that planted the usual
width.
Who will be speaker of the lower branch
of the Texas legislatureP is a question
now being discussed. Alexander, of Hunt
county, ia named; also Gresham, of Gal
weston. The latter is one of the ablest
men of the legislature. Henry was a rail-
road lawyer, but will make as honest and
faithful judge as if he had never seen a
railroad Gresham, likewise, did not lose
honor and fidelity to the people when he
was employed by a railroad. Such preju-
dices should be frowned down.-Dallas
Times-Herald.