The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-10-26


1876. He has large white eyes and small
nose, weighs los pounds, and is thought to
be about Austin and Houston.
Judge John l. Galloway has been ap-
pointed superintendent of public buildings
aud grounds, rice Capt. Voigt. Judge
Galloway Is most excellent gentleman and
business mau, and will worthily discharge
the responsible trusts of his office.
Sheriff Duck, of Atascosa, and Col G O.
Pieuffer, of Comal. are in San Antonio.
Col. Duck makes ducks and brakes of div
ers thieves and robbers in his shire. and
Col. ''tifer' viii 40 doubt attend the meet
ing Of drummers tomorrow at Dallas.
They have TIlden and Hendricks balls,
instead of torchlight professions, down at
Beleville, and several Democratic orators
and ambitious lawyers have nearly danced
their little legs off with their sweet Betsy
james and blessed, blushing Marias
Martin says we are always getting the
wrong SOW by the ears" This may be
true, but we never blunder when grasping
at the auricular organs of the Registers edi-
tor. There is no missing or mstaking
them, and the right mule always brays.
Martins spinal column, dreadfully elon-
gated, tapers up to a point with little
hair on it. To keep off the lightning he
covers 1t now and then with little wool.
The phrenologist that examined our head
says he tried Martins and got ''stuck."
The deep basin in the midst of which
Dallas is built, and into which the railways
converging there descend, is about twelve
miles In diameter. 1t is supposed to be
| the 0dgtum or grand vesti6ule To the tdcilis
descenSus ACe7Ui which we used to read
| about.
Stephen Powers, who comes up from
Corpus Christi to sit i me Legislature, is
! sse of The best c,tiz.us of :he Southwest.
He knows what his people want and will
have personal Influence enough to secure
1t without growing absurdly about the
secession of the West.
| Nat Curious Henderson is making the
Williamson County Record (the whole name
of the institution IS too long to print a cap
ltal local paper. Nat evinces disposition
to prattle about himself through column
of what people call ''salutatory" which
isn't often salutary.
In Young county they have abolished A.
B. and A. NJ and D. D., significant of de-
grees conferred indicative of literary at
tainments, and have substituted ''B. W., +"
which, being interpreted, signitieth Bull
Of the Weeds They talk of comforting
1t on his EXcellency.
The northw est corner and turret of the
new court house, however beautiful the
whole structure, was modelled after big
bottle of London pickles that Major Marks
brought from the centennial. Everybody
cOntr mplating this corner of the building
tastes the pickles. He can't help it.
The statement that the Central Railroad
engineers, when trains are delayed by the
OIL from crushed gTasshoppers, yoke two
or three pairs to the retarded vehicles and
drag them by successive j"rks into Austin,
is pronounced false by an able manager and
head devil at Houston.
John Eldridge won his suit in the lower
courts involving title to the town of Gains
vile, and now man is suing for Sherman.
He says he won't issue his writs for the
town unless the Register gets out of it. He
would like to have and en- JOY his property,
but can't take it with this encumbrance.
A wild horse dragged a young lady 40C
yards, her arm being fastened in buggy
spring, on the race course at Denison. She
was little injured. Her name is Rebeccs
Brown, and her companion in the adven
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fallen from topess buggy.
And now comes the generous, tender
hearted, isnocent EI Democratic Sc publicc
tcdOs los JueUeS q D0ming0S and uanto tt
know whether Galveston hadn't better
tf~".---.- .Alnnrarh tn prevent New
Orleans lightning striking her? RI Dem
crdtG pretends to know that it is Houston
lightning that scared Galveston.
A correspondent, writing from Burnet
, tells that the people over there are yer,
anxious to secure the construction of the
narrow gauge road thitherwards, and We
we haven't discovered that the property
holders of Austin appreciate properly tn,
incalculable value of road to Lampasa
and Bolton and to the mining districts.
George Washington Twinkle, of the Home
aoord Star-what is ''Homewa1d Star ~
has been c0rruscating brilliantly and elo
quently at Bolton. He will rise and shin,
on Austin In a few days. Seriously, Mr.
HiLkie publishes a very readable Texa
paper; but it should emanate from Texa
and not from Atlanta.
The solemn Express tells us that "a Span
ish proVerb saws that paper cigarette,
glass of water and the kiss of pretty girl
Will sustain man for day without eat
ing" We are Spanish enough to fast one
third of the day for the kiss, and som,
other fellow may take the water and cigar
rette.
The admirable daughter of Hon. Johr
Ireland Miss Matilda c., was welded las
week to Shelby Carpenter, of K ntucky
and the distiD guished Representative from
those paris, Hon. w. NJ Rust, was one o
the attendants, with Mss sue Carpente
and Mr.. t. w WjckS, Miss Mollie IRELAND
and Mr.. j. j. Rhodes, and Mrs. B1vie Bar
rett.
Che of the vendettas of the West hai
been peacefully adjusted by compromis,
between the Garner and MeaLn factions
They are both at court in San Patricio un
der arms. The first step towards a com
promise comes from the Means party. The
conditions are thar they shall be allowed
to sell out and leave the county, and moi
be molested while doing so.
The awful tavern-keepers on this side ci
Niagara river have now trumped up the
story that the bridge is unsafe. 1t is only
fellows pockets that are unsafe, and the
only security gainst robbery is in crossing
the river and going to the Canadian Pros
pect House. Many Texans are gong thith-
er next week, and they should remember
| the factS stated.
The Gonzales Iader has q double barreled
chicken with only one bead and neck) and
it seems to US that if a sort of Colts re-
peating, feathered biped could be manu-
featured there might be corner made in
the egg market. a six-shooter, and only
one head and neck 10 feed, would make 4
profitable stock with which to establish 6
| hennery.
Nice young men down at Gonzales al
ways go to fairs with six-shooters strapped
about their divine persons. Going home
they make the highways and byeways live.
ly by shooting around 'promscuous, and
If they only kill one another 1t is alright,
and manki nd would be well pleased, tut
when an outsider is shot and killed they
should be hanged.
To make one fuss they naturally get up
another down al Homestead and therefor.