The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-12-11
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overcome the Democratic votes.
Texas News and Comments.
Dallas claims to have nine thousand peo-
pie This has been done by railroads. Two
years ago the population did not number
/ over fifteen hundred The work on the
Dallas and Wichita Railroad is to be pushed
forward
Perry, the candidate of. the god people of
/ Denison has been elected mayor OF that
town, whereupOn, according to the NeirS, the
whole population got on a god natured
''bust"
The protracted meeting of the Baptists at
/ Tyler, still continues and many conversions
reported. Business is represented as very
lively in Tyler.
Five hundred and eighty Bohemians
/ landed in Galveston last week, of which
four hundred and twelve ticketed through
to Texas.
Some rascally thief had the honor to enter
the office of the Denton Monitor and rifed
the pocket of a poor printer of So The
man who would rob a printer should be
treated to something better than the peni-
Tertiary.
| The TeIds Democrqt, published at Pilot
| Point, favors us with a snake story gen
tleman of that soon to be railroad town
was taken sick at the stomach and vomited
up moccasin snake five inches long. He
had been travelling a good deal over the
/ country, and thinks he must have swallowed
it while drinking water at some place. If
he could swallow the snake our readers
ought to be able to swallow the story
They have new fine engine at Waco, and
/ the AdCdRce thinks they ought now to build
some cisterns to supply water in case of a
| fire.
The editor of the La Grange Ne,c Era
has been presented with four turnips weigh
ing twenty-five pounds.
The Courier, at Sherman, is having some
fun over the election and the defeated can
didates. The Radical papers are not happy
over the results. They will not die laughing
The directors of the fremont Hotel Com
pany have had meeting at Galveston to
devise means to finish the hotel. The
schooner Annie G. Webber has arrived at
Galveston with a fine cargo of fresh fruit
from Tuxpan.
The Presbyterian Synod of Texas met at
Galveston on the third inst Dr. Palmer,
of New Orleans, delivered the opening SER
mon. We see that the Rev. n. Mcdonald
of this city was present.
The Mercury says the negro women of
Houston show more excitement over the
election than any ether class. They are
loud in their lamentations over the defeat
of Tracy and others.
The Fayette county Ne1o Era of the fifth
inst. does not know whether to rejoice or
sorrow over the election in that district,
beinght that time uncertain of the result.
The San Antonio Herald says that George
Heorld, two miles west of the San Miguel
attacked twenty-nine Indians and got away
from them twelve head of horses. The In
dians secured about fifty horses.
The Waco Examiner has been taking a
look at the finest pig now in Texas He
belongs to Mr.. j. T. Cakes, and was pur-
chased of Briggs and Hill, of Russelville
Kentucky, for the sum of fifty dollars He
took the premium at the jackson, Ten
nessee, fair We are glad to hear of the
introduction of fine blooded animals, of all
sorts, into Texas.
The gin house of Mr.. Pinckney Sims,
about ten miles south of Waxahachie, was
consumed by fire last week. The loss in
Texas from the burning of gin houses this
season, must foot up quite large. Greater
care should be taken. We have already
noticed five or six.
The yellow fever is all over at Calvert,
and there is said to be no danger in visiting
the place. Some cases are still lingering at
Columbus.
The ladies of the Baptist Church at
Houston have formed themselves into Il So
ciety to help the sick and needy. Mrs. j.
Zeqly is president, Mrs. NJ. J. Young vice
president, and Mrs Clarence Key, secretary.
The Mercury complains of the incfficiency
of the police force of that city.
Mr.. Watson, of Concho, arrived in Ell Paso
about the twenty-ffth ult, with large
drove of cattle, portion of which he sold
in that place and went on to New Mexico
with the remainder.
| The Brennan BdnReris to be enlarged and
! otherwise improved Matt Gaines, who has
| Just been liberated from Jail, where he had
been confined some time for having two
wives, made speech to his brother darkies,
last week of very incendiary character,
declaring that Texas should yet be made
second Louisiana. The Banner invites
Matt ''to try it on" The thing will hardly
work here. Before that comes off Matt will
be in the penitentiary where he belongs.
While boy, in a gunsmith's shop at San
Antonio, was repairing a six shooter, it
went off and the ball struck the leg of Mrs.
Geiser, infiicting very bloody wound.
| The numerous friends of Major 10 E.
Dwyer have been congratulating him on his
election to the Senate.
The Corpus Christi Gazette already one
of our handsomest State exchanges, is to
be enlarged The fire company of that
city have been celebrating their second an
niversary. There was a handsome turnout
with the engine decorated with flowers.
The ladies of Jefferson, it Is said, attend
church in calico dresses, a good example.
/ Calico is cheaper than silk and just as ac-
ceptable to Heaven, and, besides that, it Is
very becoming to pretty girl
The Mckinney Enquirer says that for the
last two weeks from ten to twenty thousand
dollars a day have been paid out in that
town for cotton. Northern Texas is getting
to be an important cotton growing region.
According to the Dallas Ners, there was
great fun among the lawyers at the close of
the late term of the district court for Dali
las. There was mock trial and much pop
ping of champagne bottles. Our friends,
Judge Good and Col. Mccoy were conspic-
uous on the festive occasion, as well as
Major Ault, the able district attorney.
Seventy-six wagons of cotton were
counted one day last week on the streets of
Waco. Here they are too numerous and
common for any one to think of counting
them.
The Election in Hopkins County.