The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-02-18

OF the tragedy We are not tod By the
Nslos.
W. A. Price, cSlored, has bFen admitted
10 the, bar in Mltagorda county. Texas.
W0nF that aPpesse Grant and stop him IN
Arksnsasfs
Prof. Raneris, juggler and pupil of
Herman, committed suicide in Houston on
the eighth, Failure in his show caused him
Capt, Stokgs q Jefferson, q bargeman,
had his ear bitten OF in row with three
bargemen. Whisky would make any three
men devOur a1lsass's ears nlar55 as
& a girl OF the. dszi-E,o1ds, in Bryan, got
drunk and committed suicide by deliber-
a.eiy taking an overdose Of lephine, after
bidding her friends goodbye.
Scoggins, who Killed young man near
Mr.. aAllard's, is reported to have been cap
tured at Breuond, and under arrest for
numbering negro In that county.
They have street cars employed IN haul
| ing freight from the railroad depot In
Houston. Drays can't navigate the blessed
streets. The Telegraph often gets stuck.
President House, whose practical wis
dom and energy are alike unsurpassed, will
have twenty miles of bis narrow gauge road,
from Houston to San Antonio, completed in
fifty days. z h-''
d John Bell, friend of Larry Latimer, was
so disconsolate at the death OF the latter
that he attempted suicide by taking lauda-
mum. A stomach. pump relieved him and
he recovered. ------.------
A party of Indians visited Kerr county
| last week and killed several head of cattle
and ran off six horses, They've heard that
the International is coming and are making
I their last raids. lnfo Fh-F --c
:, J.W. o'Neil is selling gas which is to be
| pumped into ant holes to destroy the in
sects, and Bastrop is buying enough of the
cant exterminatOr" to Kill all the mothers
in-law in the country.
The Bonham Neios states that twenty-five
Texas newspapers are opposed to the Inter
| national Railroad--a nice little row of pins
when there are from one hundred and fifty
to two hundred in the State.
H. The Dallas Herald thinks the defeat of
Tom Scott's bill in Congress only a tenn
! porary calamity. The line TO Fort Worth
will be finished at once, and the Transcon-
tinentsl extended to the junction.
Lewis Latimer shot himself in the head
because girl of bad repute, with whom be
lived, was false to him. She. repenting
1 when too late, tried to poison herself with
whisky and morphine but recovered.
/ The sheriff of Lamar county broke into
a nest of thieves at Ladonia last week and
arrested the whole outfit. They had laid
In goods from the store of McHenry, at
that place, and were welt equipped for the
business.
i Mrs. Carver, a widow lady, living neal
| - ,ssl
the flames which enveloped her daughters
clothing, was burned to death. The dsugh.
ter also died at the same time. ''Non-ex-
ploslve'' oil did it.
The Bryan appeal says the Bryan Post has
been stealing Whitelsw Reid's editorials.
An original thinker regards such roguery q
tribute to his worth, and if Reid doesn't
complain, what right has the Appeal K
make fuss about it?
! Hon. Joseph Morris writes an excellent
! letter to the Sulphur Springs Gazette, II
1 which he says that the International CUES
ton is one peculiarly within the proyinc'
of legislation, and outside the realms o
judicial determination.
Two newspapers will be started soon a
Mckinney. Mckinney need not despai
because the convention was not called
Texans are not in hurry to give Grant
pretext to put his heel ON their necks, as h
proposes doing in. Arkansas.
Chicken cholera prevails extensively il
Terrell. A tablespoonful of Jsmaica GIN
ger mixed in a quart of meal will cure it
Let them be fed on it three times daily
Jamaica rum will only make them lively
and finally givea ''rural rooster" jim=jams
Dallas has a mysterious "woman il
black" who goes to all places of amuse
ment alone, wears veil, speaks to no one,
and drives off alone in carriage. Their
will be sudden deaths from over-straine6
curiosity if the .tantalizing female do moi
reveal herself .ad,
The Legislature of South Carolina ask
Congress to enact Tom 6cott's Southern Pa
cifc Railroad bill. The Legislature of Texas
4 might do as much and do no harm. How
lever, this peculiar body is hardly disposed
to serve a railroad. Perhaps it would do &
FlittleGjust a Iittle-for the Central.
1 The -salado .8ees- Letter says: About
forty bachelors of the town Of Burnet have
memorialized the washerwomen for len
iency in their charges. They have organ
lied, says the Bltlletia, under the name d
The Bachelors, Anti Washerwomen Elk
tortion and Unwrranted Exchange So
I cietyte ''' 1'si1 s0lf sa2a
/ The Busy Bee buzzeth and singeth sweetly
down among the roses, and stingeth thu
Luling lawyer, at San Marcos. It sees ii
sweet face reflected in the pellucid watel
j of the matchless river, and " improvel
each shining hour by doing all that's il
+ its power to attract the gaze of mankind
Get a copyo0 ~ .-5itsss-, ea
B.W. Foster, the IOcHni terels of the Sui
phur Springs Gazette, is smashing things il
4 the absence of his senior, who fills q sea
In the Legislature. Foster apologies, bu
4 keeps on bursting up every little idea o.
the honorable member from Sulphur, etc.
II and there's d probability that somebody vii
smell birthstone about tilt
/ A correspondent of the Fort Worth Stan
6 ddrd suggests that, as the men of that plac,
sit still with folded hands, waiting TO
that railroad, I" the ladies, who are neve
i known to shirk labor, should come forwaft
/ and suggest some device to induce thei
4 male drones to improve the place and thei
i own condition BY going TO work.
il The Jiapleepte ridicules the proposition
Of having the public printing done by th,
Il deaf and dumb. Since these unfortunate
are supported and educated by the govern
ment, Why not give them employment, ana
the Times cannot imagine why they shoult
not make the only return in their POWER {,
the government, TO which they owe every
thing.
Pollard, Ball s Roach, bankers.at Wealth
erford, think the STATEsdAE one Of tn
: best papers in the Union, and tell Us SO
Since they are intelligent, and NEST sensi
bic, the STATESMAN is well pleased. The
will communicate their opinion 70 Others
and soon the STATESMAN win occupy piac
in many an intelligent household abou
WeatherfOrdI Qls31 ols Env ri
We haven't written q single unkind wor,
or made any; assault upon the A9s, and ye
it says il has not received the STATEslEAl
for week. The Age win understand Wha
we mean since It Is web known habit o
certain publication 70 cut OF that e.
change for the day which il assists, eve
knowing tina. the assault shameless ana
indefensible. nt 1 L