The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-31
OVER THE STATE.
Crisp. Concise and Newsy Notes Cleaned
from the Texas Press.

Crisp, Concise and Newsy Notes Cleaned
from the Texas Press.
Beeville is to have q brass band and
the blessed place is all agog.
The Kyle board of equalization
raised the assessments $6OOO.
The managers of the San Antonio
fair offer prize of $1,000 for the best
county exhibit.
Jesus Martinez was arrested at Del
Rio by the United States marshal on
a charge of smuggling.
The Texas Coal and Fuel company
of Weatherford have filed their char
ter. Capital, $25O,OOO.
The senatorial convention has been
called by Hon. E. d. Linn to meet at
Beeviile, September 2.
The New Birmingham Iron and
Land company has purchased 3O,OoO
acres of land in the last two months.
Some difficulty is being experienced
in securing the right of way for the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas road be-
tween Sherman and Denison.
Judge J. P. Smith of Fort Worth,
who is now worth 100000, once
walked from Kentucky to Texas be-
cause he did not have money enough
to pay his passage.
The international and Great
Northern is putting in about two
miles more switch at Taylor and in
other respects improving and beautify-
ipg the grounds about the depot.
Receivers Yoakum and Mcnamara
of the Arkansas Pass, will receive sala-
ries of $4,000 per year, with i per
cent of the receipts of the road. This
will raise their salaries to $4,000 per
year.
Mrs. Campbell, a widow lady who
lives near Stockdale in Wilson county,
has been robbed of $500. The
money was in her trunk within two
feet of her bed, and she supposes she
was chloroformed.
A convention of Northern men, now
living in Texas, has been callsd to
meet in Lampasas on the I'd of Sep
TENDER next. The object is to en-
courage emigration from the Northern
States to Texas and the investment of
Northern capital in Texas enterprise,
An election was held at RockpOrt
on the 18th inst. to change its name
to Arkansas Pass. The latter was car,
ried by vote of TO l. AS soon as
the city council canvasses the vote the
name of the town will be changed.
The postoffice has been Arkansas Pass
for some time.
1t has been developed that Mayor
Pendleton of Fort Worth forged the.
divorce he claimed to have secured
from his wife in order to marry the.
telephone girl. He is supposed to be
hiding in Canada with his paramour,
safe from the clutches of the law that
ought to send him to the peniten-
tiary.
The railroad surveyors have located
line through San Saba town, cross
ing the river just north of town and
running southwesterly course to a
point just west of the Methodist
church, thence south through the
street leading west of Messrs. Lid
stone, Martin, Sanderson and Carter;
thence in an easterly direction, pass
ing just south of the old college
building, thence through Hayworth's
pasture, through Burns pasture,
Schmidts pasture, Kelley's pasture
and Rector's pasture and on south
ward towards Llano. 1t is generally
believed that practicable route has
been secured, and that the road will
be constructed in the near future, but.
of course nothing definite is yet
known, as the several lines surveyed to-
Brownwood, north of Brentwood and
to Llano by way of this place, must.
be passed upon by the company before
any final decision is reached We will
know in the "Sweet bye and bye."-