Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1888 — A Dreadful Threat. [ARTICLE]

A Dreadful Threat.

An Austin colored man, with protruding eyes, rushed into Justice Tegener’s office and exclaimed: “I wants Col. Jones, who libs nex* door to me, put under a million dollars’ bonds ter keep de peace.” “Has he threatened your life?” “He has done dat berry ding. He said he war g’wme ter fill de nex’ niggah he found after dark in his henhouse plum full ob buckshot.”—Texas Sijtings. The work of civilizing our Indians progresses grandly. They are becoming proficient cowboys.