The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-03-18

~ cibut CdIS OF &c was iOuuO
y i!ilg dead drunk in gutter IN Houston.
1t Is unfortunate that those who were re-
sponsible for his condition were not sietected
by the authorities.
Don't the big fish intend TO squeeze out
tne httie ones IN idle cotton mills This
was thus in other Southern States ,rben
mills were in infancy and small shsrehoI5-
ers, innocent babes.
The Telegraph tells that Governor Hen
/ derSon has recovered" his horse. II isau
right If the 'sframen needed weather
boarding, and could bear it. The hobby Of
the Telegraph can't.
They have regularly organized s'cow
SINNER about Houston. Cattle are killed
simply for their hides, and the Telegraph is
uneasy about it. 1t has often been dayed
alive, and knows how it is itself
The road through Chattanooga, from
Little Rock, is now in perfect order, and
this favorite route to the mountains Of Vir-
ginia and Washington and New York is
the safest, shortest I'D quickest.
Hon. A. j. Hart has received information
that the court house of Hood county has
been destroyed by fire, including all county
records, with Vidette printing press, ma
terials, etc.-the work Of an incendiary.
Tho Temperance jefferson Leader is fero-
cious IN denunciation of the can-can. In
its eyes the edn-eaR is a double. barreled yes
sci of whisky and vice rafting away in all
the nakedness of unblushing debauchery.
They want a peanut stand in Henderson.
The place will not wear city 'tairs" till the
people smell the ''fumesn Of peanut roast
ing machines and hear the dolorous melo-
dies Of hand organ HARDLY cooking up
''old Dog Tray"
We are indebted to S. D. Rainey, J..A.
Fielder, Z. s. Epperson for an deliberately
finished, gilded and decorated ticket of in
vitation to attend the grand carnival ball of
Queen Mab's Merrie Men in Jefferson, Fri
day, April 2, 1875.
Col. Thomas S. Gaithright, the most ia
nous and successful teacher of Mississippi,
has been rendered a professorship in the
University of that State, but he proposes,
we learn, to seek broader field of useful
ness in Texas.
The public weigher bill provides for the
appointment of three public weighers at
Galveston and one each at Houston, Sher-
man, Dallas, Austin, Waco; fees ten cents
] per bale for cotton, wool or hides, and fifty
cents per barrel for sugar
Railway trains don't dare to stop at Dali
las after the dance houses are closed. Pistol
balls fly around very recklessly aud one pass
enger has already been forced to have his
clothes patched by bullets received from an
unthinking pistol.
Hearne, in a public meeting, denounced
the defeat of the original International
bill, and told the Legislature to call con-
vention that might knock it on the head.
Hearne takes it all back now, and the Leg
islatuIe can grind on indefinitely.
Luling goes armed at night, and the
whole resident genuine population OF the
place is on the volunteer police force, and
citizens alternate in dlscharging the need
full service. Restricted suffrage would he
the choicest blessing that ever befell Luljng.
Red River is rising, and whisky always
comes to Jefferson when they have plenty
of water, and then the Leader is doubly
blest You see the Jimplecut0 over the way
gets " over joyful, " and it's only sympathy
that makes temperance people happy.
The appropriations for the Galveston Bay
twelve-foot ship channel, and for complet-
ing the government work at Red Fish bar,
passed both houses of Congress. The
river and harbor bill, containing these APP
preparations, has been signed by the Pres
ldent.
The Italian colony to be established, tits
said, in deep valley near this city, will
plant cocoa nuts to hatch out monkeys, and
circular saw mills and gourds to sprout
hand organs. They will live long and pros
per, unless they mistake young centipedes
for maccaToni.
The Ledger is tastefully edited newspa-
per, and doesn't approve the coarse Lam.
guage, 'tyou lie," applied by an ex-parson,
now an editor, to another quill-driver. The
parsons coarseness excludes him from our
big church of common decency, and there's
an end of it.
Prof. Warren Woodson, who has shaped
the fortunes of several of the most success
full institutions of learding, and bears with
him unquestionable testimonials as to his
personal and professional worth and schol-
arly attachments, will establish an academy
in this city at an early day.
The simplecute tells that Pat Murphy. a
planter on Red River, twelve miles from
Texurkana, was murdered Saturday for his
money by man named Brown, who was in
his employ. The murderer committed the
act with shotgun and got some $4,000.
The murderer is holly pursued.
And now comes the miserable old Age of
Houston with its head bowed down even
between its crooked little legs and bowling
piteously; it tells in broken accents what
savages they are who permit an old grave
yard to be deseerated by goats and other
vehicles and people.
The Telegraph and Houston are as well
pleased that 'sMills" ground out $25, 600,
through the general appropriation bill, for
the Houston canal, as Austin, that the Inter-
national chemiR dc fer was fred by ssCoke''
and drawn out Of the furnace of his genius
even down to Laredo.
The wise authorities of Texas should be
consistent, and sentence to the penitentiary
the little child, only six years old, who took
from a mans drawer, IN Houston, $155
wherewith to buy candy. There are sew
eral other children, for like offenses, we
suppose, in the penitentiary.
We recommend the energy Of our neigh
Dor, Mayor Hieronymus, of the Hemp
stead Messenger, who had made all needful
arrangements for anew outfit and continued
publication Of his excellent papers before
the flames were fairly extinguished ia bis
Office. He deserves to succeed, and We
hope he will.
The San Marcos Free Press is publishing
an admirable serial and serious story enti-
tied THAT Buried Treasure" "Woolfolk's
Statement" she Tells the Tale as Il was
told to Him." Voolfolk is still peoQipp
away at the treasure and the. Free Press At
the long yarn. Both are ''wooI gathering"
The Mexia Ledger very aptly remarks that
Democrats of the State Gazette- Elliott sort
are IN no danger OF receiving IT'S (tha led.
ger'O approval. By the way, who ever &C
cused Elliott Of being Democrat s-Hous-
ton Age.
Buck Walton-of course he did.
The sheriff at BRENNAN was sleeping
aoundly when few burglars attracted by
senorous snoring entered his peaceful dom
icil. He rose, gathered one of his boots,
and the thieves, thinking small house from
the back yard was to come down on them,
ned the country. They were thus taught
how to make tracks, and did Il.