The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-17

The Tyler Reporter properly uIsv= the
election of the wiseSt men in Texas, wher-
ever they TO seats inpthe eonsti-
tutioDal convention. i-aais gI-ll sc3a -
The zisRg says the Henderson, and Overs
ton road is Cow surely on its legs end will
trOt through at once EContractors" are AZ
work ''exPanding'' it, e'sid ti'hif
The Age tells Of the sad death, in Hous-
ton, of one Cash. He died of whiskey and.
cald and exposure. Credit has often ex-
PRED in like mourpful manner u..ii,,sy
These are. dull times, and decline in
business makes Galveston unhappy. Aus
tin was never happier or more blest With
activity in all departmeAtso OF trade. -
Isl Strangers visiting Texan towns are con-
stantlY fined for carrying concealed weep
ons. The Yillainous, murderous, bqrbarous
habit Is extinct Ia this Stale
h The court house at Liberty, aud all rec
oTds for fifty years, were utterly consumed
by an incendiary fire on the twelfth instant
So says a special to the Telegraph, lso 5
The Brownsville SeRtiAs7, of the first in
slant, racites numerous Instances Of robbery.
constantly pTacticed by Mexican bandits
upon Texan OaqaaOs and ranch Owners.ag
{ 9ItFexan newspapers would publish local
news in one column and local ads in.
another, the news gatherer, using these
papers, would be saved a. deal Of trouble.
The Charleston Netes md Couriier pro-
nounces an eloquent eplogium upon the
speeches of Governor Hubbard and Gen.
Robertson, recently delivered in that city.
Drs. Mallette and Manning fought the.
Galveston 5Nesoss says, last Tuesday at Ser,
bin, near Giddlngs, with, bowie knives.
Both were Observation-Disclosures seriously;
q, Shreveport intends tostcal ifrom Calves
ton the trade of the country about T yler by
building cheap (three foot narrow gauge
road to that place Soia correspOndentSells
US. 9iI 5ge 5z5iif ".a.ga9g 9at yd NOS .
Grand iuries are voted an expensive and
useless luxury in many Of the older States,
and Texas papers begin to grow weary of
their needless .inquisitions, as costly as
needless ed' 3IiI1Ys3 3di lGit,li' is'
Long trains of Immigrant wagons daily
pass through Bohhan, and the 1ReIes plays
with the babies, 'andthusseest those of them
that arc grown up and wear zbonnets and
pinafOres. ..lst.. .,f.,r +..t.t.,..
Houston rejoiceth as the canal Is deep
ened and widenedt?) and the narrow gauge
starts away to Brunswick Energy and
toll mayTyeti make Houston the imperial
city of Texas. eff 20 9ifi7 siiI 90 g. Igoi!Bd
- CLinch bugs, the Denison9 Nens says,
abound in its vicinity. Crops may be Sc
with the pheelinx Of people who may sleep
in Denison. '." 5i,!a i'aH i-97Hg
Sherman wants another Federal district
court, with its juries and clerks and loafers,
at Sherman. Courts now cost the country
untold millions, and avail the country little
or nothing. 'oi +' '''t 'olsli '..' ="
The Mexi6 ledger supposes any advocacy
of the claims of the INTERNATIONAL road IN
dlcatiye of corruption. The Ledger is an
excellent newspaper, but rather violent, and
now and then unjust. ..rg
Lampasas is such an attractive watering
place that the Dispatch de3otes about two
columns each week to the Identification Of
whisky. Temperance andfmoney are some
times convertible terms. yel dai6a a5ae4
A correspondent of the. Dallas Herald
| pronounces Gen. A. G. Malloy, the new in
ternal revenue collector OF the Dallas dis
tFict, highwayn1an and perjarer and thief.
BristoW should inquire into the facts.idw
/ 70 The, 47cbO of Lockhart urgeslthe necessity
for the organization OF an immigration asso-
citation in Caldwell county. Its chiefest
! adjnvant will be the coming narrow gauge
railway from Houstonso h9m1jaa9 75a1l3
The editor Of the Ellis Noes is. sorely dis
pleased because not received With proper
consideration by Dallas editors. There's 8
mistake about It. Rooms of Dallas editors
are model schools Of politeness.s bsdSisy
/ What d broth Of a boy must be John C.
StoelSt0n of the Sherman Re9aster.l One oi
/ 4 Il oil
I 10 Sherman to marry him. She did well, nc
doubt; and Stockton IS supfemeIy best
The Sulphur Springs 6as,sttte would have
judges elective by thezpeoplesi There i
-lala6ger inowIoneyer known gbefore in this
| ibealization Of :, elsction laws, and tli'
Gq5ette may hnd REASON to modify its views
Dallas would haze itself substituted fol
San. Antonio as army Iieadd quarters in Texas
TheeupoA ySdn Antonio is gfieTously dis
errintIed Rkains aud again .inVeighs againsi
heunutteFable selfshness q Eastern Texas
The, people OF Denison, know how, torco
I operate in any needful local enterprise, and
| therefore the boundless prosperity OF the
1 place. ~ CAN'T some Austin old fogies spend
IL week or two in,AheatmOspbete OfIDeni
song sdt hra .sa5sd3s ysFlisI 5ii.s9 /
A man, named Wolfe, Of ,Brenham, wa'
killed last week in the usual way,-not b.
coal oil, but by the gun hammer striking !
hdoorstep, or, when being drawn thfougiPth'
4 fence, by siriking a rail- and exploding In
cap Ina ssrsT oss edaiiif t,sf /
The Waco RegiSeT published an accom-
\ OF 4 ire thirty minutes after its occurrence
land tho Brenotid Sentinel thinks the hedis
tsr man tiid the JOB, FIRE and al, 20 get him
self advertised BremoAd will get It's heat
broken, ,7n 1rsfssE .ghr1s I'll 11ts3giaf
Women are valued highly in Henderson
and no fellow can have two-E wives in thOs'
parts. Wilson Wynne was over greedy, and
Mormon Ike, took couple and the Hen
deEson jury sent him % limbo for tEl
monthsi : sr0faa7fF 1na .. s-srrss Titsa
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas AM
1 Texas Central Railroads are abogt 70 hay
an open rupture. They have independen
schedules, and trains hereafter, on thes
two roads may not connect With one 90
q other.ds ~ rrE3f - saaxg'l i.ffrise
Rev. p. z. Collins. one of the mos
learned and eloquent ministers Of th
Southern Baptist Church, IS IN Austin wit
the purpose Of making Texas his futur
abiding plaes. He long served the ehuEc'
IN Mobileet F1ad bass - tiis ~.
The Leader would have Col. ". A. Wal
lace made Senator from Pennsylvania
gentleman little known in-Texas VIII.
would not jeremiah Black serve Pennsylvl
mia, as BE could The whole country, nor
effectively
The people are 50 sWindled, both credl
tors and debtors, b. the un1dveFtised she
IN s1lez, ag nov l6nductelf that tser6 .
geneEnt Onfbunfl q condtmnatlon 81 s4isl
ing lava sid pracficesf and The 1egislstnf
viii compel 4 proper reform - !. --.,,.s
IL All papers 81 Iexas were lust to ID
resterf. portion % TIE elttE. ana IS rad
IS 1Ise IS receive. Gle c5lnse - ne Jt17
}, 10l Zlu8g uith 1eierrne efo t1a exte
81 tha Tnter1eiional noed would