The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-01
STATE NEWS.
Items and Comments Culled From
State EXCHANGES.

State Exchanges.
Several families of well to do people
! from Tennessee have arrived at Cisco, and
are preparing to make their homes in
Esstlsnd county.
Cotton is coming in at Dublin, Erath
county at the rate of Eeventy-fiye to a
hundred bales day and business is loom
ing up in proportion.
There was heavy frost in the section
around Aquilla on the night of the oath,
but it is not though. that the cotton has
been materially damaged by it.
1t is asserted that abundant capital has
been provided to build the Galveston Air
Line road, and it is thought that 300 miles
will be completed before the end of 1892.
Large shipments of cattle are going out
daily from Amarillo. The shipments to
date are 1900 cars with 1000 more cars
yet to ship. The town is full Of cattle
men, commission men and cowboys.
The cattlemen of west Texas have issued
circular declaring in favor of Hon. Jo-
serh D. Savers reelection to congress,
and calling upon their friends to vote for
him.
At meeting of the Farmers Alliance
OF Chambers county the Beaumont Free
Speech, which claims to be the organ OF
the Alliance, was denounced and a resolu-
ton was passed withdrawing support and
all further recognition of it as the organ
of the Alliance.
The big boiler and the last of the
boring machinery for the srtesiau well
and water works at Corpus Christi has
arrived. Everything is now on the ground
and work will soon begin.
On the 25th, at the residence OF Chas.
McSaughey, six miles north of Greenvllle,
q man named G. Y. Wilson shot himself in
the forehead with pistol with suicidal
intent. He left a note stating that he
committed the act to end his troubles,
and requesting that his body be shipped
to Corsicans.
fatal accident occurred at Barrett i
Nelson's quarry, three miles from Null
doom. The horses of John Brown, a
farmer, became frightened at train and
ran away, throwing him out of a wagon
and inficting internal injuries from which
ne soon expired,
A difficulty occurred on the oath at the
residence of j. P. Anderson in Camp coun-
ty, in which Anderson came near being
XII led by cut on the back of the neck in
ficted by A. L. Brown The difficulty first
arose between Brown and son of Ander-
son, and Mr.. Anderson received the cut
while interfering.
At meeting of the local lodges of
Knights of Pythias it was decided to en-
terrain oil visiting lodges who will attend
the San Antonio international fair, which
begins November Is. The management
of the fair will designate day as Knights
of Pythias day and will offer a premium
for the best drilled division.
On last Tuesday evening Mrs. Lem
Rogers and her l0-year.old son went out
to the corn crib at their home twenty miles
northwest of Sherman to feed the horses.
A man rode up on horseback and deliber-
ately shot the boy. JEFF Mahoney, a wild,
rowing yoang man, has been arrested on
the charge OF having committed the deed.
No cause is assigned.
Those sore head democrats who con-
template voting against Mr.. Mills should
pause and reflect we'll before doing so I'M
less they wish to see the house of repre-
sentatives pass into republican control.
The figuring on the next house is by no
means assuring. The clerk of the house, |
who is himself democrat, estimates that
the democratic majority will be only five, |
while, on the other hand, the republicans
are figuring on majority as high as
Banner.
A trio of Indians have been il the city !
for the past several days attracting atten- |
ton by persmbulating the streets in their
native dress. They are said to be here as
advance couriers for some patent medi-
cine fake. Yesterday two of the braves
got too much frewater aboard, and, fgur-
atiyely speaking, put on their war paint |
and started out to paint the town q color
with that of the blau
kets they wear around their shoulders.
Police Officer Druudel broke into this lit
lie scheme by arresting the two braves
and lodging them in jail.-Galveston
News.
Messrs. McLane and Atlee, of Laredo,
received Sunday night an autograph letter
rom the Smith Bridge company, of
Toledo, O., to the effect that they were
lard at work on the foot bridge that is to
span the Rio Grande river between the
,wo Laredos. The letter stated that a
shipment of two carloads of the material
would occur in few days from the date
Of the letter, and they are doubtless on
The road by this time. The letter further
stated that Mr.. A. P. Stulz, the contractor,
had left Toledo for Laredo to commence
work, and that he would remain with it
Until the work was completed.