The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-04-06

The Henderson TIMES Gays, significantly,
when speaking of Coke and Hancock, that
Coke will be the man.
We are sorry to hear that Hon. r. San
som, of the Constitutional Convention. is
dangerously sick.
Battle and-Maxcy are the great lawyers
of Waco, aud are as famous for integrity
as ability and learning
-=Fhe-&rHnges hare established their big
ware house at Sherman, and infantile Deni-
son weeps wonderously
The Texas veterans will meet in Austin
on the twenty-frst of April, the anniversary
of the battle of San Jacinto.
Grasshoppers in Medina have grown large
enough To get to work In earnest. The
farmers are nervous about 1t.
Eight years ago no cotton was raised in
Hood county. - The two years passed aver
aged aboutfiye thousand bales
-iGorn is selling in Brenham at Fifty cents
per hushel sweet POTATOES, sixty cents ;'and
eggs eight to ten cents per dozen.
1iJs II. Damon tired of idleness and moth
ing to do. left for the frontier to 'jine the
cayalryT7-jlne the cavalry
Messrs, Marion & Craft, of the Busy Bee,
Blanco, have dissolved their connection,
Ind Mr.. Marion is now sole proprietor.
~ The farmers of Lampasas county have
planted more wheat this yesr than the ag-
gregate acreage planted the past two
| years. to yiHHsa 7,'7',4
San Saba county has two thousand popu-
lation, and San Saba town seven hundred.
The county SHILLING up with a good popu-
lation.7, ~, .,,-.,..7 .,-..
Paul Watson, of Grayson county, recent
| ly, deceased, was, eighty years old, and
forty years of that time had been spent in
| Texas. 7'.- e'@'
The Monitor says that John D. Marchant,
of Pilot Point, is selling off all his prop
erty, and will move to Grayham City, Clay
| county. sfj roui- a' --r
| The young men of Whitesboro, Grayson
county, ,hsveiorganized "Throckmortou
literary society" What will they do with
Tom Scott? nm, ....,..-
A, man living on Plum creek, Coryell
county, named sabert Oglesby, who Is one
hundred years old, was at the battle of
New Orleans. 'H7''!
/ The Mckinney Inquirer has counted near
ly a hundred new dwelling and business
houses going upiand under contract in that
beautiful town. .a4it s.
| The Waco, Reporter and Gainesville Sun
| are in favor ola State police. Something
| of the kind is q military necessity" as we'll
| as civil sine qua non. l.....
1t is not an aquarium or herbarium, but
sanitarium for folks, they are building over
at Kerrville. The people take stock to the
amount of $4,000. i'J ""H ,
Kentucky isF b6as:ing of sheep weighing
from S75 dto400' pounds, and would know
what Texas rs. going to do about it at the
next State Far at Austin.
The Rockwell Banner has suspended,
and the proprietors intend trying their luck
by the publication of a weekly paper at the
lehterpising town Of Plano
Col. J: D.. Logan Is concocting scheme
with the Changers about San Antonio to
run am organ for them. He had enough of
Rutsbagaism here in Austin.
The East ni1eras Patron confesses pro-
found interest in the great Sabbath (san-
UoNJ ctllieA W OCCUR Lu6T6 vi
the eleventh and twelfth instant. go
1t Is expected that the Trans-C Continental
will be Completed from Psris to Texarkana
without DELAY" Not, however, if Tom
Scott failiihopelessly in Washington.
~ Mad dogs ihapea been reported in the vi
entity of Aivarado, johnson county. Peo-
pie 1oYeFtheEe get their whisky from Dali
las and dogs sympathise with masters.
f. Up to q March q there had been re-
ceived at all United States ports
2, 72s, $50 bales Of cotton. Received same
time last season 8, 1856, GAO bales.
A medical spring has been discovered
near Denisonl,H which the NeDs thinks will
soon rival theIoib springs in the Indian Ma
tion as a fashionable resort for invalids.
94 Col. VIM. E. Hughes, of Dallas, bought
thirty bull calves aG Lebanon, Kentucky,
all of them short horns, full bloods, and
| fine pedigrees, and will bring them to Dali
las. II ihd 'nilsoA 10 Li'' >" '''-
The numerous fellows indicted at Corsi-
cana for card playing held virtuous indig-
nation meeting, indicted the jury and went
for the court, and, agreed to keep on card
epiayblng;yad 1sdtis tsDm s0 -ars .o"ss g
b. Mrs. If gYes, al, Kerryille, stepped on a
yeowllng Tom-cat as she crawled out of bed
and she died of hydrophpbia. Dogs and
cats are SUPPOSED to be necessary evils in
| famiiesg Wo-y iI5qoTq 10 bfH ..
% The Montsgue Ne,bs came out last with a
patent inside ~hichifs published up North,
which max es tbe newspaper business rather
cheap Ppsiwill ql;iimafelyI damage the print
ing business. -,
Meningitis is still cracking peoples necks
about Cleburne., It's a, pity the disease
don It get into the jails and penitentiary and
! twist the proper necks and spiDes of the
I proper fpeopieIIuq sbi 1oi hsbiFa4 snHf
oiGiddings has Rbout SIXTY business houses,
Including dramlshops of high and low de-
gree, and eight huesqFed inhabitants. 1t is
q growing. progressive village. and sustalns
a, first9fate newspaper u 4 ~ 9 -
Every neighBotho5d in Hunt county has
| ITS school house and a good teacher. n.
W. Wade, The representative man of that
region, Waala lifelong pedagogue and made
them love pedagognes.i ,buDol tuf .-27i
ia Mr.. Morrow has invested and other
wise 81 scattered n thirty thousand dollars
around Mckinney, and, the, Enquirer inno-
Gently remarks, "Mr Morrow is highly es-
I teened by all our people. ~ s'''
Dastsrdiy attempts to 'assaasinate s. J,
Parker have BEEN made in Marlin, and some
murderer sends threatening notes to other
citizens, and r there u is. a deal of anxiety
among the women and children.
1--WE don't kpoY who is the grand tycoon
of Bolton, but it is a queer but attractive
place for some people. Any how one Of
the RoSaI Y edd0 Japanese troupe gave birth
TO a child at Beltbnlthe other day.
OoThe Baptist Church at Houston wants 8
pastor9n This ise ajgoad field for talented
man. toAddresspiW. H. Crank, ESQ, Hous-
ton, Texas But they don't want any more
copying clerks at the State department