The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-06-15

rests with sundry devils in the Marshall
calaboose, which is said to be lad place
for Angels.
The Houston Age SAYS: The investiga-
tion of the great dog and rat terrier case,
Texas V. Bill White, has resulted in the
holding OF the accused to bail to appear
before the grand jury in the sum of $500.
These facts thus judiciously determined set
tie the question and dogs poll must be
taxable. Evidently the parties to the suit,
as gwen by the Age, are dog named Tex
as and an ''old rat" Bill White. The
committee on dogs, in the House, can pro-
ceed to business.
MIR. Church, of Dallas, who has taken
particular pains to post himself on the con-
ditiOn of the wheat crop of the State, says
there will be over ten million bushels of
wheat raised this year against eight millions
last. He says the grain is not materially
injured by rust. The stock is full of vital
ity, and the old blades, upon which the rust
showed itself, have fallen off, and new
blades, fresh and vigorous, have shot out.
Farmers who, some weeks ago, were gloomy
and despondent, are now smiling and
happy.
The Austin correspondent of the Sherman
Register, concurring with the press and peo-
pie, would have exempted property desig-
mated on the county records. The purpose
is to prevent litigation and swindlIng, and
Also to enable persons having more than one
lot or tract of land to borrow money to i'm
prove the homestead that is exempted y
Unless this be done real estate becomes use
less, to great extent, as a basis of credit,
and he who has land alone can have nothing
on 1t, and money in such q country must be
very scarce.
We haven't heard who Will be the histor
ical Fourth of July orator of Travis county.
The old citizens should select one of their
number to discharge the task. If they
fail, let the Library Association designate
the writer. Travis has its history, and
many wonderful incidents might be rected
that should never be forgotten of great
men and brave women who illustrated in
| their lives in the early days of Austin, all
the virtues that ennoble our race and make
history worth reading and good names
worth the having.
Dallas grows by the excitements that per
vaL- the place. The Commercial has the
glaring head lines, ga lively skirmish
fort at the Lady Gayw VINO holds it, and
how is 1t fortified Then, next after spread
ing the story of the battle over half col
umn, comes an article headed "Dallas
81 II unprecedented growth!n The more
shooting the more the city swells, and it i,
"white swelling;" no blacks were involved
! in the row, and Morton will be mad about
it. Then, next, we are told of stage rob
Der flourishing with his ladye love" il
the jungles of the town. He leeps through
a window and slopes. But to give the peo
pie of Dallas little rest, the Commercial
tells of fellow there who has Oh exhibi
ton an automatic man. He does the whis
ky guzzling of the place by clock-work ma
chinery, and Dallas will be quiet till tn
thing and whisky all ''runs down"
MIR. Rust's report on the proposition t.
tax dogs isn't rusty in the law expounded
With dead of fun there is sound reason a
the bottom of it. Are dogs taxable as prop
erty? If so, can they be taxed out of al
proportion to their value and at a rate no
uniform with that imposed upon other per
sonal property2 Mr.. Rust, therefore, sug
gested the reference of the matter to tn
Judiciary Committee The father. of tn
bill did not like Mr.. Rust's report becaus
he dealt with the subject so ''snappishly,
and because he thought the proposition no
conformed to ''cur"-rent legislation. Blu
nobody grew very ''wolfsh" about it, an
the measure may be ''trotted" through 6
the tail" of the session. The .'dog-gor
edest" feature of the report was the sugge'
tion that if dogs paid poll-tax they ough
to vote, which is true enough, if it be tru
that they ought not To vote because the
don't pay. But the ''doggeiness" wit
which demagogues deny this induces us
ascribe to Mr.. Rust the ''dogmatic" habit
of assertion that distinguish successful
lawyers.