The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-26

in Texas.
The Cittsea congratulates the country on
the blessedness coming from gioric : 7ops
in those parts.
In Hill county the corn crop has turned
out faelJ, while the cotton is splendid, "
says tue Record. I -
New corn is selling st City ceats In
Bremond, but whisky is still Sfteen cents
straight drinks.
The two hlghwsYmen who have been do
ing such lively business about Denisou
have been captured.
Five inches and fifteen hundredths of an
inch rainfall for the week ending August
IA, 1875, in Denison.
DR.. Frank Rainey, Superintendent Of the
Blind Asylum, has recently been on q visit
70 his home in Crockett.
Dr. Ryan, commonly called the "Modoc
Chief in Coryelle county, has been arrested
ON the charge of perjury.
The Baptist Association convened at the
Baptist church in Waco, Saturday, and will
continue for several days.
In Mason county bloodthirsty gangs Of
murderers ride triumphantly over the rights
of the law-abiding citizens.
Seven immigrant wagons from Missouri
passed Denison for Austin last Friday.
The STATESMAN fetches 'em.
Sam w. Small, formerly of the Houston
Age, is now on the editorial staff of the
Atlanta, Georgia, Constitution.
The Galveston Necs will issue its custom
ary annual review of the commerce of Gal
weston for the past year, September 1.
The Examiner says that the STATESMAN
says: "Trade is livening up" We only
meant to say 1t was somewhat quick-ened.
Rev. Mr.. Binkley, of Sherman, will socn
be heard from in this city and vicinity. He
is the Demosthenes of the Sherman pulpit,
People in Henderson get furiously mad il
the editor of the Times reads his exchanges
before they get hold of them and tote then
off.
Tompkins, the burglar who robbed sew
eral stores and houses in Stephenville and
in Granbury, is in Jail at last at the latter
place.
A telegram from Omaha states that one
hundred thousand head of Texas cattle
have been driven into Nebraska during the
season.
The Democrat feels good over the late
rains in Hill county, and says the cotton
crop will exceed the most sanguine expec.
tations.
Boarding costs twelve dollars and fifty
cents and fifteen dollars per month in Bre.
mond. Will Austin hashhouses please take
notice. a-
Some one who knows how, Is writing {
history of Gov. Coke's administration il
the Examiner. Its appearance is very op
perfume.
The new Baptist church at Lampasas wai
made ready for the great association, anG
the brethren at Lampasas are mighty PROUD
about it.
Weather reports will soon be taken regu
larly at Fort Sill, full set of meteorologi
cal instruments being now on the way t.
that post.
The defendants of John D. Elliott, tn,
round headed apostle to the Indians, are t.
have reunion at Guilford, Connecticut, il
September.
The Methodists have been running
most successful revival in Denton, and tn
Baptists have been doing quite as well il
the same place. . 81
Major w. E. Penn, the preaching lawye
of Jefferson, has accomplished great anC
good work at Tyler, and is again at hom
in Jefferson.
Several papers seem to think that tn
next Legislature will hesitate about making
appropriations for the construction of penn
tentiaries as located.
Col. Walter L. Mann was the last soldie
of the Confederacy to lay down arms ant
furl his flag. This occurrd in Galveston
it is said, June 5, 1866. o a
The San Antonio Herald man says rabit
skunks are the latest attraction at George
town. When mad, the skunks are no
afraid of hotel clerk.
The productions of writer whose hume
or wit is due to his horribly affected anc
distorted orthography. cannot adorn tn
pages of the STATESMAN.
Ella Harper, Sam Harper and Coriande
are in Louisville to run on the twentieth
proximo. Ella is to run mile heats, San
and Coriander two-mile heats.
Rev. R. P. Thompson becomes secular
lied and will make the Pittsburg Magne
an exponent of the temporal interests of tn
people of his district of Texas.
In San Antonio only twenty-four thou
sand dollars Of the two hundred THOUSAND
dollars stock advertised by the Street Rail
way Company remains to be taken.
The Weekly Examiner sports prett.
head dress. It has curls and flowers ant
downy feathers, and is beautiful. 1t j
appealing in this to the taste of the prett,
girls who lead the Changers astray.
The Victoria AdOOeate thinks the Legis
lature will neglect to make the appro
priations for the recently located peniten
tiary, and there the matter will end.
The boys about Marlin name their dog
Lang, and the women With celestial tastes
say Gee Lang. In Austin G.. Lang is him
self a Celestial, and takes in washing.
The Bremona Sentinel proposes to inaug
urate great religious revival in that sin
full town, and urges everybody to begin t
tote brush to make the grand arbor.
During the past month there were 10
Oranges organized, and in Texas twenty
five. The good work continues to grow i
strength and power all over the country.
Aaron Dempson, block freebooter ant
great party leader in the negro-governe,
county of Harrison, languishes at last in
dungeon. He fought we'll when captured
An enthusiastic Methodist campmeetin,
has been in progress on Sandy, near tn
Morning Bat, for the past week. Many con
versions have been made and the Lord
flock is increased.
Why does the San Antonio Herald prln
Mr.. Abacock's name among hotel arrival
in great black capitalist What has he dom
to deserve this sort of unqualified distinc
toni
Mrs. Bronson still figures conspicuousl,
before the recorders court in San Antonio
and if advertising av,il aught in the ven
cradle town he good dame will surely b,
enriched.
Three thousand sheep have reached
Houston in thirty days from Austin. The,
are TO be deyoured there and avarv ad;to-