The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-08-17

incnes long aud six wide melt daily in the ca
pacious mouth Of the GnaGalupe Ids'es.
Hon. Tbos. A. Dryer is doing Dallas
after inspecting Philadelphia. and 1pra-
nounces The former the mere wonderful
town
The ileraM and C0aDercial are wooling
one another at D alas and which gets most
we can't tell. They are always s09i-g4th-
eung.
Chickens are rocsting awful bigh around
Austin while the camp meetings roar and
prosper and watermelOns crack open AT the
slightest hint .er ,.I a.s4sli fsr.
The leon ea5inet says there is not girl in
Hearne that Can yet her foot In a No. ( lrol
gan. The eIHor span s.day there measuring
then trucks. 30 a - f.sfs. 81 tyaf -.e
Gen u. / Portiss. OF san Antonio, was
sun-siruck "A Segain u few aa,A $50. hut rs
used tofii anais now Ssel, hans Sub te 1aaHe in
San AutoniO. ir- tassss- i-- tssI g. @
AiJau,nt Medina, Of CI.neralsD ais staff,
our BtcwnsyiIle corlesplp.ient tils us, has
gone 20 Tlmpico 10 IN The r,v6,u'fopsry
forces Operating there. % &
The unrxcitable and philosophic Age
says that the Sherman .Rsgistey. lies SUCH
language Is unbecoming IN ANY age, ar
ciImc, or country. W a.aal asra..
Gen. Qgiroga, with three or four rcgi-
ments, it is reported, was badly beaten "a
few days aon, near Monterey by rebels
under Garanj1, Trevino and Fucon.
The story goes abroad every where that
Hon. John Hancock stands firmly with the
bpDdholiers and votes against the repeal of
the resumption act. Esd lss
The Leaier having announced its delib-
crate purpose not 70 slaughter any more of
its vile enemies, the Texsrkana Democrut
says it is nightly inclined to ask it ques-
ton.
The Cymm@c;a is asked how far Dallas is
from h--ll. Since it is only question of
time and not of distance, the Commercjdi
man, We reckon, will find it difficult to an
swer. @ s.
The paintings made by the artist Nc
Ardle still attract the attention and win
the admiration Of strangers visiting the
Capitol The Legislature should purchase
them. IH 90. f,s.Ira .a-.
The Gddings Tribune threatens to be-
come daily. The town is too small. II
every fellow bad dozen wives, curling
papers would be in demand aud the thing
might pay. ..... %. .-.-....... .
We publish Sunday an article from the
american Lroel,te thar will arrest popular
attention. IL shows how the Hebrews OF
the United States stand affected towards
Mr.. Tilden. lr 70 rs
The RIO Grande Democrat gives highly
wrought description of a victory wrung
from The jaws OF defeat by Gen. Aatorre,
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his sword and 1900 men at San Felipe.
DR. James Young is occurring on Whisky
around about Dallas. He will summon cour
age enough to attack the battlements of Bel
zebub-Dallas itself-after time We pal
the good doctor on the back and bid him wade
or swim it, rE Hs 15-a-- rsi
Dallas Touring mills ''turn out, " we are told
even now, in their very infancy, 10000
barrels of -four per month. Austin turns
in" about 10000 of these in the same time and
Dallas, strangely enough, grows enormously
emaciated H.'
The Washington Republican seems to
think that Governor Coke's title to a seat
in the Senate will be questioned. The Er.
press says if he can be kept out on legal and
not on partisan grounds, it will be fortunate
| for the State, -..fg-,ft.T ..
The new road projected, to be called the
Dallas and Palestine Railroad, runs from
Dallas, Texas, southeast to Palestine, on
the International 1t will run east of the
Trinity river, and be about one hundred
miles long hga
The boosted water-works of Brownsville,
the first and oldest erected in Texas con
SYST of Mexican with pole across his
! shoulders with barrel at each end. A
delegation OF Dallas city dads should 60
down and inspect them. ~ ..r.s
One thousand dollars reward is offered fol
inflammation that will lead to the arrest nt
any one of the party connected with the
train robbery July z. near OtterviIle, Mo-,
on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Address
Bacon Montgomery, SedaIia, Mo. a'
The Gatesville SIM gives the horrible de.
tails of the murder of an old man named
Arthur Wells, from Hamilton county. His
body was found, bullet having pierced
the BAN, near camp fire. The murderer
is Bill Arnold, known as Reckless Bill.
Farmers about BRENNAN have devoted
much Of their attention to grain rather
than cotton fields, aud the next step in re
form is the establishment of cotton mill
| to employ women and children, and furnish
a home market for the cotton produced.
By queer blunder the foreman of the Dial
las Commercial of the first, placed the glaring
| headline Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse still
alive above the account of Belknap's acqut
tai and then beneath the words, in capitals
"Bclknap acquitted" We are told that tht
red rascals are still defiant and 6lood-thirsty
Bishop Pierce peaches to-day at Hemp
stead. The meeting there will continu,
till Monday or Tuesday when the bishoI
goes to Dallas. The virtues ofthat blessed
place may detan him week, and thence
be goes to- Palestine and Corsicana, ant
thence be returns TO Georgia.
Dallas is going To give Gavj rnor Throck
morton grand Festival on his return from
| Washington. and should include. whel
awarding honors, the senator and member
of the House now IN this city for tAeir'abil
ity and earnest toll in behalf of The euter
prising commercial capital of Northwestern
Texas. iat LaH.-
Ell Dsmocrqta del Rio Graide tells that
| six cattle and horse thieves, who have beer
ravagin2 the cnuntry west of OAkville fol
months, until their outrages became Intol
cradle. were surrounded and shot to dqat b
This is right and proper They were whit,
men, and the Northern press will be as wei
pleased as we are.
| The report OF the destruction of six ne
grocs, near Eagle Lake, that was sent t.
the Mars, is Sid bf persons from that re-
gion TO be a 'seh.H II the facts be not a
stated, the people shuuld hang the rasca
that imposed upon the Ae'cs. We hav,
1 had enaugt.sf hat sort OF tying done 10y
agents OF the Inter OcedH. urec.s e,
The three MeXi6ans ca t1red on this sid,
Of the river by a MEXICAN force and ,aker
\ JSck 10 Mcxico, our Correspondent writes
were horse thieves, and that they were
treaty captured iupseurve ef ste river that
| belonged t. VI xico. The weather wss t.,
hot "a b. very Indignant about the invsslor
of the saefeti son ny the blarsted NJ, X
leans ID or.t gssn
Dave Gulhersun'S speech in Congress or
the Mexieaa Texas frontier troubles caused
the House II gAsher aboutsPd coesrajula.s
hiua. NJbotly ever dared 10 atfempt 10 an