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


The Free Press says that some one hundred
and fifty persons attended the wedding of
Mr.. 0chiltree and Miss 0banian.
The TI'iJWae says, too, that Rockdale is
'Hivening up" and what has the Esdminor
to say about it nowl
\ meteor exploded with wonderful noise
md violence, last week, at Tyler. Pieces
of stone scattered over the country have
been gathered up, and the Archaeological
Society of Austin wants specimens. Who
will send themi
The rascally boys who indulge i'll bass
ball on the square in Houston, are so bias
phemous and indecent that the Telegraph
thinks the game must be suppressed. It's
a four shame that brutality has so seized
upon the youth of city that popular sports
cannot he publicly tolerated.
Mr.. W, n. Burmese has been kept tied
hard and fast for long time at Tyler. In
any event the Reporter says it "regrets to
loose him." 1t is said he is going to Mime
ola, and Minneola will be scared TO death,
and all because the Reporters compositor
doesn't know how TO spell lose.
Capt. d. ]. Downs. of the Examiner, and
Mr.. Ellis, of the Dallas Commercial repre-
sent excellent newspapers in this city.
They will never be deemed exchange
fiends" while about the STATESMAN Office
and, with other representatives of the State
press, will be cordially welcomed.
The Presbyterians are running "big
protracted meeting IN Bolton, and the Meth
cd sts are carrying on one OF the same sort
at sulphur springs on the Salado. The
Christians of Texas are very active every
ahs L aud Sa kay
should be sent for.
W. N. Bryant went tearing like mad
man through Denison, Tuesday, trying to
overtake the departed country Press Asso-
citation of Texas. He was left because the
association knew it would require Il whole
sleeping coach and baggage wagon, with Il
tender behind, to tote him.
We are told that bottle of pennyroyal,
uncorked in room, will expel mosquitoes.
Powdered potash, mixed with meal, will
make a rat abandon its den. Powdered
cayenne pepper frightens ants and cock
reaches away; but bottle of mean whisky
draws flies and spiders and men.
Col. w. A. Fort, of Waco, expended
$4,000 during the past year at Stanton, Vir-
ginia, paying board and tuition. There is
now talk among the Changers of making
1 iilui IiC
the cost of the bureau one-half, thus assur-
ing a duplication of its protitableness to
| Texas.
Some idea of the rapid strides of the State
to wealth and opulence may be had from
the fact that in the year 1S4G the entire tax
able property of Harris county amounted to
only million and a half dollars in round
numbers, while to-day the total valuation of
| taxable property in the county is over fifteen
millions.
In Thompson's dance house in Dallas, last
Sunday night, Rev. Scales preached Wig
orous sermon, and, just as we have been
saying, Dallas, under the effect of our per-
sistent ministrations, is undergoing the
sure process of final reform. The house
was filled with the rabble of Dallas.
Those that run dailies in Texas can't run
with press excursions, and therefore the
world OF Texan newspaperdom, as now
represented abroad, at the cost of the Tom
Scott excursion, is only seen in the persons
of weekly journalists. Only two dailies
are represented among the free lunchers,
the Commercial, of Dallas, and the Leader,
of Jefferson.
DIR. Thos. Pugh shot Anegro and white
man named Bailey, and that's all the Bryan
Appeal tells about it; and Dr. VIM Erwin,
the same paper tells, shot q stOrekeeper
named Smith, in the bottom. It's the Bra
EOS bottom that people should keep out of
that don't like being shot. Smith caught il
chip and thigh, even as Samson smote the
Philistines.
A fellow stole another's house IN Calves
ton, and toted it away, not long ago and
we put him at the heac of the list of mod
ern thieves, but three Cass county rascals
stole John Il. Smiths saw and grist mill,
and John was so annoyed when he saw they
were gone that he wept like Pocahontas's
friend, the original John, when Poca re.
fused to wed him, and took Rolfe instead.
The Oranges, through Mr.. Lang, are ac-
lively and wisely at work in behalf of the
centennial. Texas will be creditably repre-
sented in all respects of men and products
and industries and antiquities at Phiadel-
phia- We have here an Archaeological AS
ISOLATION, Swante Palm, president, we be-
lieve, busily engaged in collecting curious
ana antique facts and remains for exhibit
ton at Philadelphia.
The following original and tasteful para
graph adorns place in the Dallas CONNER
ciat: 1.-THE morning sheet INDUCES in GER
tain filings at the editor-in-chief of this pa
per, knowing he is absent, and will not see
them" How can fellow indulge in fling
II 1t amt the Highland fingi And how
would one of these hurt any absent or
other editor2
The Hampstead Messenger justly says of
an admirable woman that it "regrets to
learn that Mrs. Helen NJ. Kirby has leased
her home near this place Alta Vista Instr
tute = ana has taken charge of a depart
meat in the Austin Female College. When
/ she becomes we'll lrnnr,u
she was here, she will have the love and
admiration OF every one in that CITY,"
Dallas is always doing something out of
the regular way to astonish people. The
J Heratd says willie t. Clark will open out
| tomorrow IN the building en- the north side
OF the square," 1t IS a free show. we
reckon. In any event it is not stated thar
Whine Will charge anything, nor is any,
thing said OF the capaciousrlcss OF his
mouth. But he is going to ''open out''
anyhow.
We never knew whence Dallas DERIVED
its peculiar habits till u veracious historian
OF the town began TO tell of old times there
and OF the virtues Of the original neonle
lie says: 'It is we'll known fact that
ochiltree could drink more whisky than
any otner man IN Texas. Col BRYAN said
that j. c. Mccoy could drink a Quart in one
day: II that is the best that he can do ,
replied Judge ochiltree, you need not in
troduce him; if he pretends to drink
whisky at all, and can't drinl. gallon a
day, don't care about forming his ac.
quaintance. Any man, who makes any
pretensions In that line, and CART drink NJ
least taco quarts day, is fraud, and dop,t
want to associate with him at all
Inc E1a"'nsT, Wlping its weeping eyes,
and dePloring the horrible homicide iberpe-
tratea Dy whisky few days ago in Waco,
says that the young man who habitually
and upon every trivial occasion elraws them
and very frequently upon unarmed men. has
been wrongly educated, and is /. miserable