The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-12
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which could be more speedily and chesply
supplied by Texas than by florida. Cur
railways faiIsto promote this sort of trade.
We arsglad TO get lively and watchful
daily from sherman II gives US the news
| as facts and incidents occur and we do not
have to Gull it from an ancient weekly that
may tell fresh old stories four or FIVE DAYS
0ldsszsIhe ziSegSStes is a vivacions sheet in
which facts are lndustriously collated and
wisely and temporarily discussed.
Wouldn't 1t be well to lei, the word ''sur-
rouhdingsr rest a spell and employ "con-
couiitants'' or ''entourages" as substitutes
'Picturesqued sufro6ndings,n Laughter
provoking sarropndings,Y ugly surround
ings, fintellectual surroundings are a few
of The curious, phrases we encounter in
single half hour among our exchanges.
Tom Williams was shot in tire head by
another sou, Of Ham,, Saturday night, at
i Hampstead. The bullet made an awful
hole, and the doctor stirred up things in
side with p poker, or proheS but couldn't
find the bullet. Tom is still lively, and
didn't see, at the last accounts, that lead
wasn't asngood contents as brains for an
ordinary 81 gil,nis% cts 81 .s'
The krsonisr' hardly does us iastice
i We stated Ehat;we happened to know, that
/ Governor COX eand Col. DeBerry voted for
the constitutional convention because the
conduct of 4 State officials In this behalf
4 had been criticised. orr questioned The
STATESMAN is not of those who would have
1 Governor Coke, or any othl r honest gentle
man tnisrepresented. = r,sr.s sig
i The headless body of an almost naked
man was found last week near Grand Bluff,
! on Sabine river The body had two bullet
/ holaSI fhroi,rxh - baa1 GOULD not la
found. The hands were soft and unscarred
| Coarse shoes were put on the feet to make
the Impression that the murdered man was
laborer. Will this mysterious murder
| ever out s17b rss1 sfsa o.
The Adeocate says that a stupid ass was
candidate in it's county for the constitu-
tional Convention, and yet his party stood
by him solidly, land simply because the
leaders said it must be partisan election.
1 The Adc0cdte can't blame the Radicals for
the wish to retain Constitution made by
their own party leaders for their special
| oehen.fi ,-sv,,a GA 60 nasta sislIEss E-2 -a
i The Waco EramiRer says: of'There is
Ia very perceptible, increase of stir on our
streets, and we suppose it indicates greater
activity In business matters" Which re-
minds us OF verse that begins, ,,.And not
a leaf stirred, and not bird stirred" etc.
There was the stiffness OF death till some
body sneezed, and then S'there was a very
perceptible increase of STIR"
We are happy to say that the Gainesville
GGsette is again published, and looks fresh
and fair and hopeful. 1t is AM eAcolirnC
newspaper, though sometimes most fero-
cious and unreasonable when fellow makes
a mistake. Go through fifty exchanges u
4 day, and you will sometimes ascribe 10 one
what was said by another, and in this we
offended the Gazette and its town.
| Hugh Rodgers, merchant of Granbury,
went, several weeks ago, into Brown county
with "A wagon sAnd driver named Jones
Jones, yagrant, has been heard OF with
the wagon and horses, bat stIll gong west,
while no one has heard from Rodgers.
Citizens have gone in pursuit of Jones.
| The chances are that be will pull hemp aud
dance on nothing. ssaa aH
The Governor should perhaps send his
cavalry into Mason, Menard and Coryell
counties. The fredericksburg SeIatiHet's
statements indicate very clearly the neces-
sity for vigorous measures and the letter of
our correspondent who wrote of the state
of affairs not far from Ilano, confirms the
assertions of the Sentinel. All the savages
are not even painted red
b. Crockett, the murderer of c. W, Woods,
of Wise county has been captared in St..
4 Louis under the name. of Jones. No Jones
or Smith, weehope, will be offended be-
cause Crockett adopted this queer ana pc
culiar name. He has enough Of other and
greater sins to answer for, and then Jones
isn't proper but q t.common" noun,
and can be appropriated by anybody,
A GENIAL, good woman of many virtues
has sued the Dallas Herald for 500, 600 for
saying abe was "colored.v The Herald
doesn't mean that her blood is impure, but
that the blessed FEMME takes too much
coloring matter under her belt, which has
Redeemed her otherwise Caucasian physlog-
nomy. Fannie isn't bloated- bondholder.
but fat, fair and less than forty We say
this for fear she may send sheriff after
the STATEsAIAN. ~ y
100 g Your money or. your life"sIs the polite,
way OF addressing strangers having money
about them on the highways about Denisor.
People that sell peaches aud the Ike in
town are robbed BY those who buy them,
Tor by other nice people, before the innocent
country pumpkins can get to the old woman
with the cash, and the women are Beginning
very indignant about IL and propose to be
come policemen for time. - giiaaff
Kentuckytown needs at least one coat of
paint, and il the Montague Nesos will men
factor. Strangers get away from Sonntv-
in which houses look dirty, even on the
outside, where there are no flowers ia front
j yards, and where the women sit at the win
dows with mops, as we saw once. in their
4 yellow mouths. The Ners must have the
dreary village cleaned 10 for tie fall immi..
grafton. ,TDTUR = M.kasFT8
The river reporter OF the aysnDleeute sat
mntkv ~ rean, and sann' "a 'ne sluggish
$50 IT, girIsi make life pleasure al a a
XII LIE ;, 10 short, short, depend upon IL.
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