The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-10-05


The Victoria 4drooate saws bhat the in
crease of the sugar crop Of the 5 are prom
ises we'll Il 1870 the product OF the cane
was 5000 hogsheadS, and slnC. that time
this has been more than doubled. IL that
county there is 4 very fair acreage planted.
with every prospect of giving IN Isl profit
able return. -.-------.-
The Jimplec,l;e says Col. Culbsrsor's
health for some time since has been quite
feeble, and he attempts this canvass against
the advice of his physician 9dt we are
pratitied 10 state thar he Is rapidly regain
in. his accustomed health, Ynd We trust
viii be able to meet the la0SIS OF the can
vass.
II was sad youth WHO ;old his sender.
blu.hing maternal apccs. f. yesterday When
she was Spanking him that she was out.
raging deity. Those Mere not his plsin
words, however. He said that she had ,old
him that God was every where. and she had
warmed every part Of his gllstcning per
son. - ta..-
There is revival progressing in the most
satisfactory manner 10 the j4,l at George
| town. The inmates are coiure,i PERHAPS
that's the matter in the Austin lookup.
! People who complain at the uprnar there
NAV endure it with more cAlmne,s and be-
coming fortitude if the uproar viii save
| souls. -H rrr. o. Sic I.r .--
The absurd story, published first by the
| Philadelphia Times. and then set going in
Texas by the Houston TelegraDd. that the
| Texas Legislature paid $4,000 for Guarrl ;
portrait of Gen. Lee has been denied hv
the STATESMAN but the clippers of the
State press Continue to give the false para
graph the rounds. ..-- '..l.
The equinoctisl storm of this year spent
all its fury in Denisou. The MAYOR and
city dads are knocked off iheir pins, the
people are exasperated, and the 'lnfant
| wonder tears its shirt and bowls most
frantically. But The fellows in office still
refuse 70 resign. us the only storm that
has burst upon any part of Texas.
Speaking of bathing" said the good
dame from behind the steam that arose from
her tea as veil to her rlushes when
touching upon so delicate a sui.jAct, ''some
eau battle with perfect impurity in water as
cold as Greenland,s icy mountains and
1ndia's coral strands, bat tor my part pre-
fer to have the water IA little torpid.
Three editors of our State exchanges are
congratulatlpg themselves that they have
been furnished each with new hat, and
confess that they needed sadly the covering.
Happily their productions, unlike their
garments and head gear, were nevcrthread
bare, 1t is an easy task To cover, but i'm
possible to empty their wise noodles.
The people of Georgetown meet o Satur-
day nights and sing like martingales with
one another. l. soothes their nerves after
a weeks work, and tEev sleep sOundly and
rise as their souls are uplIfteA by the beau
tiful minstrelsy aud refreshed are prepared
for the duties of Sunday And all this &C
counts for the unqualified goodness of
G-tpwn. p" .#. # cyl. E.HH.g ., OBJ. .
Huuses and cabins and shops multiply in
Round Rock and the prosperity of the
, place bodies that of Austin. The two places
will serve one another well, and the pros
perity of either one as eS that of the
other. Austin, for time, will be the ter.
minus of the road, and if Rpund Rock b,
enriched Austin is a, sured of a share OF
ACKNOWLEDGMENT. r. ..f -g
The authorities now holding Matamorcs
lDoarcerated deputy hide Inspector John JAY
Smith and subjecung' him to all sorts o
outrages, the government at Washington
= may have reason to interpose, and this viii
be the end of Cortinas devlment IN those
> parts. Its time that he was extinguished
Smith is charged with being an agent o
, the highwayman, Cortina, I"'- .'-
The Williamson county Record sorrowful
ly tells an Alabamlan, who wishes to i'm
migrate, 1--WE have no Good TempIars here
but will have some soon" There's lie il
the old land yet and the Record man vii
do his duty. They will come ia few
months ana may be called sons nf---tem
2. perance. A.. There's nothing like being eaua
: to any emergency. .....-
f The surveyors of the international Rail
= - ! ---.-
the people there are very hopeful over tn
s bright prospect that that road will soon b.
e brought to their city. Since there is 81
j much faith IN the speedy arrival of the La
|, | terpational road, there isa great deal o
opposition to any donations or subsidies t,
4 Pierce's road.
Y G. Hopper's numerous family from tn
Rocky Mountains are not the only sran
= gers in Wise county. The Tribune say
that immigrants are steadily pouring il
r from all parts of the United States, l. i
supposed that about five % ten wagons Dr.
: day arrive in the borders of Mise county
y. at this rate of increase, the county will a
an early day be one Of the most populou
in Il. Xas. .l... ...y 't...
They have ''ejtop .thic physician il
; Victoria and are mighty proud about /,
Vito means to shun, and he avoids KILN
people and thus gives the sick a wide berth
we reckon, and we like the eitos II the
] used the words Uitd Qife) ana Bathos.C Gee
ing) il would show that they .tee9 ltbel
D down in Victoria, but the tow d l. ot..yilis
! dull and the doctors can't dispe the e1
demic - y-gt. b. IN. .s.. TI..N"'-' ". i
r The price Of gas in Denison has bee
q raised to 81 so, and there is an awful 10,
u about 1t. The advance was made becaus
II so few people took gas-ali of them takin
the Ne1S instead-aad nov the rest wi
g quit, and Denispn will soon grope in dark
! ness. But the CreSset. still gbplmers a little
q The price of gas in Austin is 81, and ye
7 Austin grins and endpres it auI is happy
The Jesuit fathers. who were Recently i
E San Antonio prospecting for the locatIo
' OF a college, not meeting with much e1
!. couragen4ent, have gone to Seguin, wher
4 they have pui chased twelve ceres of groun
and school house. The Rev. Father r
vas, formerly Connected with Jesuit co
+" lege In, Havana. will assume the superir
o tendency, and will have an efficient staff o
q professors.
= Col. Pail Claiborne has been at Roun,
;. RICK. He is attending court at Georg,
: town. and the editor of the UeadLigh
e Informed by him that the fuli time allGtte
< for the session will be con umed.1 If tins b
ii all that is eonsum- d " til Uncle Phil aroun
: II will be simply wonderful lie was i
Austin a short while ago, aud got ava
t with every g I'D thing that dropped in hi
>, way. n3l .a. Oh -as"H q
q The Hallettsville editor was in Cuero
day, and saysft's now the qulefest place /
: America. that, nobody spike II b IN, an,
ne never heard word said. lis the 6rs
: time Cuero was ever siupeGed ,Dd s;ille.
y and overcome aud paTaly zed. Let tue II ]
q lettsville man try it un in Austin W
3 would gladly have one look NJ titn. and