The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-04-12
TEXAS BY MAIL.
1+ems and Comments Culled From
the Ls est State Papers.

There were .wo wrecks on the Cotton
Belt last week
Fortv famiieg are said to be living in
tents in Rockwsi county, |
A CORDS of engineers on the boeL Is /
lard road havs bag.. o. survey from barre .
to Albany.
There was, duJ..- do. ra55 season, i,o.. ,
bales of cotton O. .A ana sA-p w"
from Albany.
A special school elecCIUn vas IeCs-.-s
held at Higgins, and tax of 70 cents on
the 100 was voted.
Work on the Dallas and Hillsboro roau'
it has been reliably given out, Will Oesin
within the next two weeks.
A New Orleans party propose erecting
large Touring mill and cotton gin Nv
Beeville in the near future.
A council of the American Legion ol
Honor, with twenty charter members, mas
been organized at Greenville.
The wheat crop about Rockwell Is not
good; small acreage was sown' Inc
acreage in corn and cotton will be larger
The Belknap Rifles are in barracks, ana
are doing some hard work preparatory 10
the interstate drill. They are rtaching
for big prize.
The San Saba News states that the oat
crop in that section was never more
promising, and that larger acreage than
usual was sown.
In the vicinity of Itasca the farmers
have not yet finished corn planting, and
where the oats have proved failure they
are sowing millet.
The contract for system of arteslan
well works at Corpus Christi has been
awarded to the American Well Works
company, of Aurora, ILL.,, by the city conn-
Gil.
Judge Eugene Williams, of Waco, is
mentioned in connection with the Office OF
attorney general. He is comparatively
young man, but ranks high as a lawyer
Cameron Herald.
The cotton seed oil mills at BRENNAN
have shut down for the season, and Will
not run again until July or August l.
During the season 20,00OOOO pounds or
seed we're handled.
The sheepmen of San Saba county have
called a meeting for the purpose OF
general organization, and to discuss Ger
tain subjects for their general benefit;
also to set day in June for their wool
sale.
The federal committee on public build
irg have agreed to report favorably for
the erection of a public building at
Brownsville at cost of $4,000, exclusive
of the ground, which has been donated by
the city.
Two carloads of galvanized barb wire
passed through Eagle Pass last Wednes-
day, for a ranch at Bajau, Mexico. Wire
fencing is coming into vogue in that
country and American factories sell them
all the wire.
The material for new iron bridge on
the Denton and Dallas road is on the
ground, and the structure will soon be
com pleted. Lewisville expects to derive
much benefit from these bridges in the
country trade.
There is now postoffice for every 1000
men, women and children in the United
States. If the expenses of carrying the
mails were paid direct from the pockets
of the people pro rate, each citizen would
pay an average of So cents a year for
having his mail carried. - Williamson
County Sun.
1t is an open secret that Colonel John
i. Barlow, late of the Examiner, has
bought the Victoria Advocate, a very
prosperous weekly newspaper in south
Texas. 1t goes without saying that he
5 will put it in the front rank of state jour-
nalism and stir things up with long and
{ lively pole.-Waco Day.
The largest and most imposing public
building in the average Texas town ought
, to be school. In most instances it is
the jail. Hence the necessity of efficient
{ free schools. The more schools the fewer
& iails, and, as the inmates of iails are not
proverbial for being valuable newspaper
Q patrons, self-interest suggests that the
press should do all it can to make the
' people newspaper eaders.-Hlllsboro Re-
Hector.
1t seems as though the electric fence
, system, inaugurated in Texas by the capt.
| toll syndicate on its Panhandle ranch, is
l about to come into pretty general use
t among the COW men. A gentleman who
was at Denver during the range cOnven-
} ton brings word of its being put up on
a Colorado ranch, and now the appliances
are on the road for the construction of
such system on one of the largest Pre-
r sidio county ranches.
u The Belknap Rifles yesterday enthusi-
0 asticaly welcomed Charley Bakers re-
S turn from Tennessee, in which state he
was at college; but the "kids," finding
5 they could not do without such a sturdy
little soldier in their forthcoming contest
at Austin prevailed on his parents to al
low him to come home in order that he
! can participate in it. He will resume his
= position as left guide of the company
' San Antonio Express.
The rangers brought another prisoner
l to Wharton on Saturday night-a young
g gentleman named Ben Barker, and lodged
n him in jail. Next morning he and George
s Dorman, whom they had arrested pre-
viously, were released, as there was no
evidence to hold them. There is much
indignation aroused among the good citi-
zens over the reckless manner in which
these gentlemen have been arrested and
thrown in jail without any charges pre-
e terred against them and without evidence.
L At almost every place in Georgia
a where factories have been established
r movements are on foot to build others or
enlarge those already in operation. The
r fact is, factories throughout the south are
$ paying handsomely, aud for the life of us
we cannot see why more of Our DeOnle do