The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-03-11

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The Bryan 4ppaal favoFs the Information
1 compromise, bat thinks the STATESMAN
arsh IN its criticisms upon Governor Coke.
The STATESMAN never impugned his Excel
ency,s good sense or his honor. and there's
lothing 70 make fuss about Forall that,
he Appedl thinks the STATESMAN too rough.
We deny the proposition and give che fNcts.
These, like his Excellcncy, arc stubborn
hings. - a~r 49,
Pity San Antonlol Even after reading i
he following the people Of the unhappy /
place must read also the fatal veto message I
IF the Governors
''Should the Governor sign the bill which |
passed to-day, work will be commenced ON |
The International almost Immediately aud |
pushed forward without delay. So San
Antonio may look out for the lron Horse"
Herald
Towns and counties and private associa-
tions in Texas are taking the matter OF M
because OF the conduct of the
Legislature, into their own hands and each
county paper and court will issue its pain-
phlets and these local descriptions Of each
distinct district will be much more full and
accurate than general dissertations on TEXAN
greatness that have heretofore been scat
tered over tie East. a eises esas
It's a hot country down about Cuerof
Straight out holiness there uncorkscrews'
Philippians wool The highways shrink
and shrivel, and the Star says 'sthe roads.
leading into CuerO are fast drying up"
Those leading from the town We hope have
not eyaporated; otherwise the unhappy
people couldn't get out, and the woes OF
Sodom, GomOFTah and Pompeii wouldn't pc
q circumstance. -1 ~ .
The Teleqrtph saws thsAusiin STATESMAN
..o...i.AA-.-1na of ArtepAus Wards monkey:
sits an amusing lj,tle cuss." a.s-.ss
It's "cussed Pdd discussed, It's not very
big, and is oftea amusing-to Senator ire
land and the 1elegraPh-and the COMPARE
SON is god. In the two papers. the
sTArEs,ssS and the Telegraph, we have the
whole outfit-the monkey and the organ.
n sculptors fiourished in Texas and here
fought models, they would no longer assert
that corsets have been the destruction Of art.
There are no good models, nowadays say
the sculptors. When Powers made his
Greek Slave, he worked it out OF sixteen
different models, and then he had to so
back to the antique for his bust. He
needn't have gone two miles back OF Austin.
R. G. jackson, who mistook man named
Galbreath, over at Ennis, for one often pins
and knocked him of his pins, thanks the
people and courts and sheriff Of Ennis for
their kindness while he was under bonds
for playing the nice little game. We don't
remember whether Galbreath was, knocked
breathless or not. But there was no malice.
Pistol balls and not ten pin balls demon
strate the horrible ''pfepense' which Judge
Ireland prattles about in criminal caseasq
Thomas E. Hogg, of the Denton RsUisae,
keeps trying to make people believe be Il
not dead. But the newspapers have 1t thai
way, and the story goes and continues to &C
and can't be stopped, ard, practically, SC
far as this world is concerned, he. is dead
Thomas might as well 60 along quietly and
have q decent funeral and be cremated, il
he likes it, or otherwise make himself food
for gentle centipedes and tarantuias, that
felicitate themselves about Denton Oyel
stark, stiff and cold habeas Oorpuses. sssl
Hotels in Washington City are closed by
the civil rights act. They haven't any Sen
ator Ireland there to honeyfuggle the Con.
gressional negrophilists, repeal laws crea
ting inns and taverns and then
of the operation of the absurd law. But
our Senator is bothered about the stage
coaches and is thinking about inventing
patent ventilator and sundry improve
ments in the odorlferous ferocity Of cologne
assafetida and all that to be carried in tn,
shoots" of stage coaches and of pretty girls
The Age and Herald are busting one-an
other about some secret of theirs, affecting
the State Geologlst. It is the only subjec
of concurrence between the two admirably
| journals, and since the learned grRvedigge
now in charge of Texan burial places O
creations mysteries has profound adyer
1 tisement in ta-dag,s SFATEsaI ~, We eE
curious to know whether 1t sheds light
from the other world of geological mystic
ries, upon the more mysterious affection O
the Age and Herald.
The Baptists will hold their great educa
tional university convention in Bremond o
the twenty-third of june Unless that ugl,
ill-natured newspaper over there washes i
face, has its nose wiped, puts on cleg
shirt, and becomes proper in appearance
manners and temper, the convention, III
the excellent Dr.. r. M. Swearingen, wi
adjourn over to Austin that it may breath
freely on mountain heights and not }
shocked by the horrible maledlctions le
eled at the STATESMAN by the fierce lit
newspaper. Aff 3
The Corpus Christi Gasette says that tw
years ago, TIA. Dix left with drove
horse stock for Louisiana and Mississippi
since which time he has been vainly q
deavoring to dispose of said stock at I
munerative figures He has at last aba
doned the task as hopeless, leaving betwet
twenty and thirty head still unsold. /
reports the country in desolate condition
and win remain SO while ballot-boxes al
polluted by universal suffrage, and tow
and counties are ruined by it.
The high price demanded in England fo
horses suggests she propriety and profit
introducing horses from Texas. For III
purpose, party of Englishmen have pr
pared steamship, and are now in Corpt
Christi purchasing stock for the return fri
the stock to be shipped from Galveston
A few days since they left for Santa &c
trudes in company with Capt II. King
Their names are Robert Jacob and son. j
H. Relph, F. Burr and Clifford d. Hollingi
head, from London.
The Galveston Mercury says: The Int,
national compromise bill only awaits tn
signature Of the Governor to become d Law
having passed both houses. The compan
has agreed to be taxed two per centaOn Il
gross receipts, TO be paid 10 the State az
pually, until the principal and interest {
the 50, 00O, 900 bonds they are to receive hs
been liquidated. The company also agree
to purchase $50, 900 State bonds at par eyef
six months for two years. Should III
Governor sign this compromise bill the las
Of this vexed question VIII have bee
heard.p @
The Galveston Neles Of Tuesday say
that the Radical party may beseonziderer
| extinct IN that city, Fulton had been nom
mated over Lubbock, at primary electlo
for mayor, on the Democratic ticket, whe,
the friends Of Mr.. Leonard brought hi
name forward ~ an independent Imposition
candidate. The Radical party, composes
almost entirely Of negroes, had then
chance, as they thought, to run man IN
called convention, and q yellow negro
named Cuney, received the nomination
To the credit Of Mr. Leonard, be then witl
drew his name, and 1ir. Fulton was electer
| by 1888 majority.
The Hearne Eaterprfse telling that ID
eTATEs1GAN secured several hundred dollar