The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-26

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"on Jerdsn's stormy banks stand.
And cast wishfni eye"
the congregation, consisting mostly of
Changers, sang;
II w1nI bea Granger and with the Changers stand
II anything could astonish a Dallas man
those Christian brethren would have been
amazed. The preacher took il quietly, but
ne didn't q line out any more Of Jordan
on that occasion, and the singing was a
sort Of Dead Sea business.
A Mexican who lives on the river in the
south western suburbs, having been robbed
of his smoking tobacco, which he kept in
an old trunk, set q steel trap in II, baited it
with half plug, left on the spring, which
was covered with an old newspaper. Moses
Ashy, n gentleman OF color, was heard 10
Aowlin the Mexicanis cabin about 10 clock
yesterday morning. and was indignant, very
indignant that the .copper-coloied native
American had wounded his sensibilities by
giving this sort Of publicity to ms weak
nesses. The sympathies Of the detachable
nNighbors were lavished on Moses.
The elections in Washington colnty were
conducted most fraudulen,ly. Negroes
voted ad li1itsm and ad intAitaa. But no
man is enough interested IN the matter to
contest the election. The Citizen says that
old and well-known citizens of the county
were deprived the privilege of voting be-
cause the clerk had omitted to register
their names at the proper boxes. Many oil
them were registered at the wrong pre-
cincts, and OF course could not vote. la
addition to the election Of delegates to the
constitutional convention, an election for
| district attorney was held in the district;
hence the measures used to prevent fair
election.
Edwin w. Mooring, Of whom we spoke
some days ago as the representative of
great wine and brandy importing house of
New York. writes from New Braunfels that
/ he is amazed by the energy and progress
iveness of the German population in and
without the city. Each Germans farm Is
described as q perfect garden and land
bears price unknown in other portions of
Texas. Deep blowing, as praoticed by
these Germans, strips drouth Of all its ter
rors. He tells, too, that these industrious,
intelligent and ingenious people pay no
tariffs, manufacturing everything they con-
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A young man named Henderson, hailing
from Missouri, took violent fancy to
horse belongingt to Mr.. Davenport, livingin
Coryellc county, and made off with him.
He exchanged the horse with colored man
near Comanche Springs, and came on to
Waco. He made another swap in East
Waco, and then "ht cut" ON the Dallas
road. He was pursued by persons from
! Coryelle. They came up with him twenty
miles out, and returned Friday. After a
short halt they started To Eagle Springs with
him. II Is getting to be no easy thing for a
horse thief to get entirely away in this
country.
Wonderful ancient relics have been un
earthed in the State MHchioacsn, Mexico.
Two stone bella, whose tones are as clear as
those of the sweetest that gather the faith
full of American cities into Gods temples,
have been discovered, and broad plates of
| GOLD supposed to be musical instruments
used by the Aztecs. We do not know SO
well about the melody made by stone bells
but confess q keen appreciation of that
made by the bellies of our pretty churches
and quite as well defined Is our &pprehen-
sion of the tender melody of golden platesin
ones breeches pocket. - tvr
A Grimes county correspondent says here
tofore our county has paid out, yearly,
more than 5000, 900 for flour. This drain
direct into the pockets OF St. Louis and
Cincinnati-is now slapped, and the money
will remain among us. An enterprising
! firm OF mechanics have erected tine flour
| ing mill, and henceforth Grimes will eat
Grimes county -four. We have for year
or two been sweeping our floors with
/ Grimes county brooms, and il the spirit of
enterprise is not allayed by laziness, or a
\ plethora of money. Grimes county will live
''of" herself. as Paul said of ''they which
preach the gospel"
The Enterprise is 'sobfusticated" about
that 'spamper" It has gone through a
half dozen dictio naries, ancient and mod
ern, and as many cyclop@dias to find out
what sort Of a-thing. spamper" is. 1t half
way comes to the conclusion that it is a
4 "gyascutus." All we know about it is that
Mount Bonnell lodge was announced as go
ing to have ''pamper, and IS this lodge
is composed Of the descendants of Ham,
the Enterprise is referred, for special Infor-
nation, 70 some learned professor of the
| Congo dialect, such an one, for instance,
has been quiekened into q living reality,
/ even in the Capital City Of Texas.
The murder Of John A. Whorin deputy
sheriff OF Mason county. Of which we gave
inaccurate details, some days ago, creates
1 great excitement. Scott Cody was the
murderer. Seven bullets penetrated the bead
of Whorly, aud HarcouTt was found at the
bottom Of the well almost dead. Cody
| fed and has not been heard from. 1t is be-
lieved that Cody was paid TO murder
Whorly and Harcourt by citizens Of Fred
ericksburg, and amongst the distributors of
brides one is mentioned distinguished for
piety. The Governor has been asked 70
intervene TO repress violence ia Mason
county. The people are now thoroughly
aroused, and if Scott Cody be captured he
| viii speedily make atonement for his mis-
deeds. sBHFfsg q TtFTNN
They haven't got used 10 the railroad out
at Ennis. And they called it the 'sTap"
70 scare fellows; but the terrible name
doesn,t do much good. Only four DAYS
age two innocent Wake fellows, went off.
in the usual way, entirely full with chunk
bottle to keep them full They felt grand.
The whole country, still less the pretty viii
lsge Of Ennis, could hardly hoba them.
Therefore they strayed out into the green
fields and broad plains aud followed the
railway til leg-weary and then they slept.
/ Whisky depnsiied leaden weights on their
eye-lids aid then they wers s'tapl,ed. ? A
locomotive, Ike themselves. fun Of lame
and smoke, went over thesa and nothing
was left nnbroken save she uglF black bot
tie that stepd unheFmed 10 the midst %
mangled hesh and crushed skulls ADD bones
on the Waxg Tep. -
A NayasotA correspondent Of the Kauf-
man Tsleg5nph says that money Is scarce
because houses are nzsound 10 Eastern ccm-
panies, And very many have their, useless,
pro6itieos lives inslspd, and q takes the Ut
most exeftIohs on their part to meet their
inexorsbie semiannual payments. That
money, too, hes gone frona calculation
i among us. Whenever money leaves us for
the c0Irrs Of capiialists abroad, lliis gone
forcyer-gone 70 swell the grand schemes
of specializing strnngeEs. The Texas Cen
trail has not paid its employees fot a long
hme-I don'f know boy many raouthso-
and this source Of circulating funds is a. II
it had no existence. But wait till the
cotton crop cones IN. = iilsl E5ealo
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