The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-09-09
Texas-Facrs and FaucIe..


Hon J.W Kemble, of Waxahachie, is no
more.
The last sensation in Georgetown, is, of
course, general Jail delivery. The pris-
oners are all gone.
The campmceting at Gainesville captured
nineteen sinners. There is no Iced for
ilarti>< law there now.
The Williamson county Record supplants
the Georgetown Democrat, and VIM. K. Fos-
ter bee, mes engineer-in-chtef.
Fort ,North is rejoicing in the prospect
of anoti er $500 foot race. G.. Fitzgerald
runs against time-three hundred and TWEEN
ty yards in thirty-six seconds.
The absence of our friend Ivey may have
nothing to do with it, but since he left Sa-
voy, in {Fannin county, the Baptists have
been running a rousing revival over there.
Col. A. B. Small, of the Southern Texas
Express Company is in New Orleans. He
says the road from New Orleans to Hous-
ton will be speedily finished.
The Palestine AdUOcate says that ''the Cor
sicana Observer endorses Judge Reagan's
views on the public school question, and
we think we may say the State generally
does"
Ben. Waldrip, the most noted of Texan
highwavmen, was captured at Montague
and lodged in Jail at Sherman. Withers,
his pal, was shot through the shoulder but
escaped.
The western bound train that came to the
Kaufman Star last Saturday was ditched
near Gladewater. A negro who stole ride
was killed, and white man, brakeman,
badly wounded.
Whenever q soft sinner is decoyed into
the dens of Vinegar Hill, in Houston, he
always, and naturally, comes out in pref
ty pickle but it isn't that that makes the
Telegraph always so sour.
Fifty sinners went into the Baptist church
at Lagrange during the recent revival and
the Reporter is greatly rejoiced thereat. A
pIous community always reads and pays fol
the newspapers, and that's whats the matter
with Dinah.
The waters of the bayou at Houston have
assumed their accustomed greenish tinge al
this season of the year, a condition that
has existed during the healthiest of sea.
sons. 1t may be only the " reflections - OF
the Telegraph cast therein.
The Fort Worth Democrat says that DR.
Caskey and Mr. Price, the same gentlemen
who had theological debate in this place
some time since, are driving logic and ar
gument at each other at Cleburne. They
will probably meet with the same success
they did at Fort Worth.
Rejecting on the contraction of the cur.
rency and consequent hard tunes and suf
ferings endured by the poor everywhere,
an industrious colored citizen was lately
overheard thus to complain: "Neber seed
SIGH tunes since been born. Work all day
and steal all night, and blest If | can hard
ly make Twin"
The Convention, we are told, contains nc
one who sat in the Convention of 1886
but one who served in the Convention OF
1S45; eight who sat in the Convention Of
1861; one who sat in the Convention oil
1866; and none whose names appear in the
Constitution OF 1869. In other words, but
ten who have formerly served IN similar
capacity in Texas.
DR. Young, the temperance apostle, has
been spreading himself in COuyeIle. Hi.
success over there may save the Governor
the necessity Of proclaIming martial law,
capturing lord Rsby. extinguishing the very
San, and smashing things generally. II al
the whisky kegs we're rolled out of the
country by DIR. Young peace would reign a,
once everywhere.
OF Merrick TrammelI, the negro assas
sinated at Gioesbec<, the San says s'he was
the unpunis. ID murderer of FIVE or siz
N'iite hien, and he was the supple, desper
ate fool Of a. infamous county ring Is eves
disgrzced q state. He burnt the courl
house N order 20 cover up the yillainles OF
his white associates, men wko had grown
rich on public plumber. We spent two yesrs
in Limestone county during his sway there.
and know personally that be deserved death
long ego"