The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-04-01

luGy are gong 70 nave a Dung lAcn Oufl8-
ian Association at Jefferson to ehristianize
he purlieus Of Dallas. Il is missionary
sntirely.
Hon. Dan Triplett is lounglng about the
streets Of San Saba IN otto cam Dig. Will
he ''get up and git" for the constitutional
The colored element seems to be in a
chronic state Of fermentation in Galveston.
They fight everybody and each other pro-
Galveston has coffee shop where hot
coffee is served 10 tired clerks, etc, at ten
cents per cup. Is it 'pousse cafe" they
make of it
Joe Potter and John c. Baylor, alleged
passers of counterfeit money in San Anto-
MO, have been admitted to bail in the sum
Of $3.50 each.
Messrs. COlman, Mathis & Fulton have
expended during the past year $6SS, $40 in
RockPort. They are the great beef packers
of ROckport.
The ROckport Transcript says the Inter
national Railroad Company have accepted
the scheme of subvention defined for it by
the Legislature.
The wild geese have all left Texas. There
are few left, unfortunately, too tame to
get away or to be scared by any degree of
future holiness.
The Goliad Guard will don its new uni
form feathers and splendid new toggery in
April. It's an excellent paper now, despite
its old clothes.
DR.. Jacob Ditzler is civilizing the Rerislc,
and thus revolutionizlng Denton. 1t was a
big job, and he preached there through
this whole week.
The Colorado Citizen says that Pierce's
road exacss such enormous freight charges
that the beef packery at that place must
abandon business.
At large and enthusiastic meeting in
Brennan on the twenty-second instant, r.
ShIpleY was nominated for mayor, H c..
Swain for marshal.
We are pleased to receive a copy of the
TriRidddiGn, published in Trinidad, Color
ado. It's the daddy of all newspapers
about those parts.
BRENNAN is printing pretty pamphlet
giving the incidents of attractiveneSs of
that beatiic village. Austin don't want
anything of the sort.
Calhoun Snow, of Lockhart, drawing his
drew back the hammer, the gun fired, and
Calhoun was no more.
The Examiner thinks the Assistant At
torney Generalship only ga responsible
clerkship, and thereupon our friend Mr.
Peeler is much flattered.
The Monitor is scared 'because Denton
is about to be given over to moles and bats. "
1t is afraid the Dallas and Wichita Railroad
will stop at Louisville.
The Denton Monitor is poking about
amsng the short ribs of the county court
over there, and raising very general muss
about county expensss.
The local of the Paris Team counts dogs
and loafers as he goes through the streets.
The dogs do most abound, we are happy
to say, IN the Texan Paris.
kaufman, too, has its lottery. 1t pro-
poses to distribute $175, 900, and in its
advertisement it says it is procrastination
that is the thief-of time.
The biliousness of the editor of the
Lockhart NesOs closed the gas works, and
Lockhart is in darkness. The Nelcs, in any
event, is without editorials.
The Borderer, of Las Cruces, says ma.
RAIDERS on the Rio Grande are determined
to bring on a war with Mexico. Let il
come, and that, too, quickly.
A man named Kelley, accused, it is
thought unjustly, of horse stealing, was
pursued, captured and hung by unknown
men last week, near San Saba.
San Marcos has 1900 inhabitants. and Oh,
busy bee. It is industrious. Nothing loca
escapes it. 1t appears twice each week
and is bright as the San Marcos.
If the Commercial will look again, it vii
see that the Bonham Nesos is credited will
no more than it deserves. The STATESMAN
says not that the Neaos wrote it.
The Georgetown Democrat is delighted
that our friend Peeler is made Assistant At
torney General. The Age was only afraid
it might be skinned alive by Peeler.
We don't know where the Jimplecute wal
baptised, but it came from Butler county
Alabama, thirty-fve years ago. This mucl
of the mystery is solved by authority.
The champion fire extinguisher of Dallas
costing $1,000, was for special use at dane,
houses, in case of fire about the footlightl
or glazing scenery, or in private boxes.
G.. M. Patton denies the statement o
Samuel Wright in regard to the peniteu
cruel treatment and the like is baseless.
One Of the two thieves who robbed th,
New York Central Railroad in May, 1874
of $50, 900, was caught keeping bar-room
last Friday, in Denison. His name is Perry
Several philosophical papers, by the fore
most men of the profession, win be reac
before the doctors convention, of the sixtl
proximo, and curious discussions will ensue
Sam Shock, Texas agent of the Littl
Rock and Chattanooga Railways, has broker
up and dispersed band of thieves accus
toned to prey upon travellers at Texarkana
De. Cunningham ''coralled" Coryell ant
felt the bumps upon every mules head il
town, last week. He is q very pleasing
lecturer, and charmed his audiences owe
there.
Slime, inidel, and Rev. s. w. Scott hav
been discussing the divinity of the Bible
when Slime, it Is stated, threw up tn
sponge and the discussion suddenly termi
mated.
The Legislature repealed the charter o
Corpus Christi, and now the sheriff and
four constables keep the place straight. /
costs taxpayers greatly less than the OLE
system. 81
Mr.. Raby, sheriff of Coryell county, de
mics in q straight forward style that he re
sisted the United States Marshals WHIT
wanted to take possession Of the counter
feiteTs.
BRENNAN rejoiceth that eggs are ten cent
per dozen, showing that the hens, at least
Of that place are industrious. There is
too, an editor there that scratches around I
good deal.
Collin county is infested with mad dogs,
and hunters shoot dogs IndiscriminateIy,
II there were fewer ours in Texas and about
Texas towns there would be more sheppard
fewer heas.
While the stupid United States Marsha
was looking round for John Reed, thu
horse thief, at Montague, Reed stole The
Marshal's 500 herse, and is now on .hs
Rio Grande.
L is net &c sempsr, but McGinnis &
McGinnis is the style Of law firm IN 6aE
Saba-these two last Spanish words, being
internreted. sfgnifyfng without knowing Z