The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-31

work at Noria Rancho on the Rio Grandc. 1
One Of Grants inspectors OF customs has /
been robbed OF his horses, and If he is Of \
Grants kin the border NAV be protected l
hereafter. Ills name is AlbertDrum and we !
hope the facts will be investigated and /
report made TO Grant by our representatives /
IN Washington.
The Express says the Democracy Of Texas
are opposed to public schools. aEd therefore
the constitutional convention is called. The |
generous provision marie for popular rduca. !
ton by the people Of Texas shows how
truthful this assertion may be. Compulsory
education by the State IS hardly republican.
IL mSy do for Prussia, where the State sun
plants the family and the church.
A letter la the .Stock Journal SAYS ''I.uhng
is "A lively place of twenty business houses
and forty saloons" Isn't it rather deadly:
Then the letter writer adds: There Is
great sn6nut of business done here; gro
ceres are very cheap; any amount of cotton,
wool and hides are shipped from here east
ward 10y way of Galveston, and some ca 81.
Louis; there is also cattle shipping done. -"
There was deal OF disgracrful drunken
ness, the Telegraph says, Christmas day in
Houston. Nothing of the kind was seen
in a hack, a hottie constituting the sixth
gurgling, noisy companion Of the lively
crew that drove along the Avenue in an
open carriage. They were handsome young
men and boys, and sober too, and were not
ashamed of the company they kept.
Eli Murphy, Dock RUSSELL VIM Thomas,
DR.. Ike Jones Jack Conway, Ike CONWAY,
A. Berrel, S. w. Bohanan, S. Heart Snd
John Townsly have been arrested as Ku-
Klux and taken To Dallas for trial They
gave bond for $1,000 each. They were not
disguised when they went severally to one
james Lyon and notified him to leave the
country. In what Lyon offended we are
not told. The defendants never wore DIS
guises.
Charles Warner owns a saw-mIll located
ninety miles east of Dallas and this mill
turns out fifteen thousand feet of lumber
and twenty thousand sawed shingles per
day. Mr.. Warner has a feed machine at
tached to his engine that prepares food for
about one hundred head of fine cattle,
which are being fed up to the highest stand
ard, and when ready for market will bring
small fortune to the pockets of the pro-
prietor.
A correspondent of the Denison .Ne,cs says
charred and burnt corpse9 MOtionless,
lifeless. 1t has position nearly on the banks
of muddy, dirty lethargic bayou Sur
rounded by its marshes and stsgnant waters,
it is the home of disease, decay and the
rottings of death. Dying, it has fed upon
its own vitality. Block upon block of
tenantless houses have gone down before
the all-devouring flame. The ashes have
been collected together and presented to
the insurance companies of America in eX-
change for gold"
A special to the Mercury from Houston,
says the Wilson Democracy think, that
with Tracy, Dick Allen and Major Crank to
lead them, they can win the fight. They
all swear by Tracy and Dick Allen to-
night. The Independents are full of conf
dence, and bet on Lords election by five
hundred majority. Sam. Small, of the
! Age, will probably come out tomorrow for
Lord. When Tracy announced his support
of Wilson, Theodore Lubbock tainted, and
Colonel Wescott, president of the meeting,
dropped from his seat SPECIFICS.
The Herald says "that the two bishops,
Pelissier, Catholic, and Elliott, Episcopal
reached San Antonio in the same coach.
There's nothing wonderful in that. They
must go to the Great City beyond Jordan il
the same "old ship" The Herald say,
Bishop Pelissier is about fifty years o
age, suave in manner and intellectual in ex
preston. Bishop Elicit is thirty-five year.
of age, full of energy, both intellectual ant
physical. Both of them have made tn,
most favorable impressions, not alone will
the votaries of their respective churches
but with all those of the community will
whom they have been brought in contact.