The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-09-28

Hill county as to force the large stock men
to taketheir herds 10 the frontier.
Gonzales Is having a famine of cisteru
water. but there is the Guadalupe with its
crystal waters at their very doors.
Eighteen months ago there was but one
piano in Brownw God; now there are eight
"a fair evidence of advancement.
4 train of txeuty-one wagons passed
through Burnett with t16 600 pounds Of
coru to be delivered 1t Fort Concho.
The yield of corH and small grain in
Kaufmsn county has been large. but cotton
has been cut short by the boll worm.
san Antonio is setting to work to divert
the wool trade of Corpus Christi with La
re.lo. and attract it to the Alamo City.
Capt. Morrow has moved from George
town ia Round Rock, and is building him
self comfortable home at the new town.
Divine services were held ~ Round Rock
in an unfinished saloon-ani thes are the
DAYS when the lion shall lie down with the
lamb.
1t is not so much from better prices for
cotton but through lower prices paid for
necessities that the country Is to be b2ne-
fitei.
Dick Long, the great cattle thief of
Falls county, has been sent over To Hunts.
vile TO learn morality from Ward &
Dewey. . .. .....
Denison is going to publish city direc-
tory. AUSTIN would have one il the houses
were numbered and directory were worth
copper. - 9-..'-
A little four year old daughter of Mr..
Webster ives shot dead by some unknown
person while up in peach tree in her IA
| theirs yard.
l. w. Cock will rnost high at the Van
derbilt University ut Nashville, whittier he
goes from Hays county to spend five years
rs Il student
News comes that the sheriffs of San S ,ba,
LlanO and Lampasas counties are in Llano
county with very large force making
wholesale arrests. .,..s
The cotton crop is coming in fast at Gid
dings but the farmers, being disposed to
take very little in trade, the local market is
not very buoyant.
Two men. Watkins and Russell, have
been arrested IN San Saba county. They
are supposed to be two of the mob that
hanged Mr.. Simms.
/ 1t is wrong to pay the same price for
picking cotton now rs when prices were
much higher, and yet such is the case in all
portions of the State.
Cotton picking is going on with vim
in Fayettp county. The fields are white
with the tlrecy staple, and nothing in the
/ way of picking 1t. ..... ...
Greasing hogs once or twice each year
with lard and sulphur prevents hog chol-
era but has no effect on the cdcOetherS Scr1J-
eadi of the Examiner. .E I....
Denison boasts of being most orderly
town on Sunday. 1t may do this, like
Others to cast fashionable veil over its
other DAYS wickedness. XXI
Mr.. WelcIl, well digger and, excellent
citizen of Brown county, was tamping q
charge, when it exploded, blowing the
tamping rod through his heart.
When the Usage Indians want rain they
fire the prairies. When Radicals want
votes they fire the popular heart and give
the "bloody shirt" to the breeze.
Why is 1t that Governor Coke, publ he.
his proclamation to fill vacancies in the
Legislature all over Northern Texas, where
not one single vacancy has occurred
|, A little boy ut Sunday school, in Sal
Antonio, being asked who was Governor a
the time Jesus Christ was killed, answered
that he believed'it was Governor Coke
San Antonio has had glorious rain, and
/. between Austin and San Antonio the sea
son has been a fine one. There is yet time fo
the grass to become good for the winter.
Mr. Matthews has left Gonzales county
with 500 head of cattle to fine. range fo
them in Coleman county. Others will &c
unless there is a better prospect for grass
The Indians of the Indian Territory arr
organizing a force to protect themselre
from the theft of their horses by Texans
For once the tables are turEed on poor Lo
A young man named Burrell was brutal
assassinated near Bonham, waylaid ant
shot IN the dark 10y an unknown murderer
: though suspicion directs to certain parties
Fort Worth is to have a new court hOus
and Jail. The architect should be sent t
Austin to take lessons i'll our Jail as to cas-
relief for distressed humanity and criml
l mails. -ls..' sHa i.
f Mrs. Eli. Smiths four babies are al
girls. The fair association should invit
| her and Mr.. Smith to the Austin fair, an,
% make them and the babies its honoreC
guests. . ... .--....... ....
Hon. J. W, Throckmorton was in Tai
. rant county the other day, telling the voter
why they should he good Democrats, an
vote for rilden and Hendricks and Throck
y morton. ,IHa st .ar, .. sf lf"'
t The editor of the BOnham Ne,os will no
affiliate with the Texas Editorial Associ,
} ton until it develops some more respect,
S bic Object than an annual dead beat e,
cursiIn.
!, The abandonment of the deadhead e!
e cursion to Philadelphia by the Press Asa
citation of Texas, it is thought by SOM
= puts period to the Usefulness of this mel
= Little society," .E 8y a-. ....,
The Giddings Tribune reminds delil
e quent subscribers of their duty, audquotes
l., walk up to the office. -.
You con OF tinker,
And fort he staInps
You owe III printer"
1t would be charitable tn say of the ed
tor of the Legixter that be is above ''vi
lainy. but when it comes to ''punder" q
grand scheme, lie especially deserves
1t be counted in. 1T r0ar. ....# D.. '..
Dick Taylor in Hal county, was viii
At ping his wife, Wien he stopped all Of
p sudden and felt dead. A jury of inque
composed of women ought to have been q
4 lowed to set on that body.
4, Hon. John IL Reagan viii stump his di
trict with. Col. q. w. Chiffon, the Den
ID ocratic elec'or. Web. flanagan, the X
= publican electnr, keeps them company in
10 make things lively.
A. DIR. Owens left Llana the other day Wi
ton of ore taken from his mine He go
: to Waco. The ore contains copper at
silver, and 1the lead il rich enough at Il
u surface to pay handsomely. -.4
Y c, ton rates from Deuison 10y the Int
national and Great Northern 20 Galvest,
III have been reduced to - 30 per bale, NJ
to Galveston NAV now expect 10 handle mo
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