The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-12-14

The boys have rousiBg debating
society down at Seguin.
Sherman has swisher, and is going
TO have street railway.
Georgia won the flag and Dallas will
send splendid banner 10 Atlanta.
L. d. Nichols, an old and widely
known citizen Of Lampasas, is no more.
Lampasas is still intent on the con-
struction of narrow gauge to Round
Rock.
The Dallas city fathers have under
taken 20 relieve the suffering poor Of
that city.
Tom Newman, riding out with q
pretty girl at Independence, got his
own leg broisen.
All the counties and towns arc GO
ing, il seems, to try on local option
after Christmas.
Kerosene went on q tare in Hous-
tom, Friday, and destroyed DIR. L. A.
Bryan's residence.
A. Millet, the cattle king of Fort
Belknap, Is expected on a visit to his
mother in Austin.
Dallas is to have great brewery and
soap factory both exempt for ten
years from corporate taxes.
The Bolton Journal is most careful
ly edited, and the printer who puts it
together Is absolutely an artist.
II. c. Patton, agent of the Singer
sewing machine, shot and killed him.
self accidentally near Fort Worth.
That Elmo in Kaufman county will
be a big town is an open and shut
question. It already has a Blade in it.
Peonle on this side have been selling
.ceunons aud munitions of war, $50, 900
worth, to the Ievolutionists at Matamo-
ros.
Johnny Thompson is still the chief
contributor to the treasury of the Dali
las recorder, as he has been in other
cities.
Two men have been assassinated and
robbed during the past week fourteen
miles west Of San Antonio, at Medic
creek.
n Last week Mr.. 7. ]. Cage, at seguin,
married Miss Nettie Wright. He went
Netting, and Gagged the Wright bird,
we suppose.
We are told that 70 one was found
SAad lest week on me road from Cas-
troville to San Antonio, and it has not
been unusually cloudy or dark.
They have Band Of Hope at lode
pendence which luckily isn't brass
band; but it makes much noise IN the
world, fussing a good deal about local
option.
The Hesperian is a newspaper that
shines for Gainesville while Hesperus is
the evening star shining for the uni
verse. The first has the biggest job
on hand.
The Marlin Spike urges the adoption
OF the Georgia and Virginia code and
would have no man vote who hasn't
paid all his taxes, and Oltori's heads
level. -
San Antonio will soon have another
excellent and able daily. Part or
whole Of the material has been bought
or is negotiated for in Houston and
Galveston.
Green McElroy bow-wows to the pub
lie in an excellent and tastefully- writ
ten salutatory, in which he tells how
admirably he will conduct the Ad0el'-
tiser at Rusk.
s'Should church property be taxed"
is now the leading question in Dallas
EVERYTHING tends to show what sweet
direction we have given to public
thought in Dallas.
.f,l Prices of property In Crockett are
steadily advancing - fact due to the
>vigor and attractiveness given the
place abroad by its representative news.
paper, the East Teras Patron. =
Who can furnish us a copy of pie
ture OF the old Capitol at Houston tn.
ken by Capt. Marks, the photographs
list, in 1868 ? 1t is to be engraved.
Will the Houston papers copyl
Rev. DIR. Abney will preach to-day
to the sinners of Lampasas. 1t is a
good place for homely illustrations OF
facts incident to accepted notions
about future rewards and punishments.
.a The Port Worth Democrat has dis
covered modest citizen of that
Worthy town who thinks he would
make good vice president. He has
bee-c Ss'-- = sho- .al@>sse at home for some