The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-11-16

Grande Railroad are flIttering. TIE D.1i-
son Meas thinks it will completed from
Dsnison to Gainesville by next spTiAg.
Thanksgiving will be observed by those
inclined 10 holiness on the thrift .tf.
Democratic politicians will reserve their
store of 1t until Mr. T.lden is iusugursted.
We have heard of no contribution made
By Texas bank to The widows fund of
the brave cashier of Wisconsin who sold
bis lie io-a2Ee the money Of his employers.
Ed. p. Marshall, desiring to serve no
longer SIS IegisIaspr, has severed his con-
nectiou' With The Fifteenth by resisning.
He represented Smith and Gregg counties.
g Phe' Houston gas cOmpsurIedRcss rats
from seven to five dollars per thousard.
They are forced To this measure in couse-
quence Of Col. Brady beng in the market.
Tho seQf.G about Lulins paid $1,000 10
Howe's Circus. The editor OF the Eeio so
the citizen says, sold his coat to raise means
to So 10 IL. He is very (ci0cuuous fel
low.
5. Il. Russell, Republican candidate for
Congress in the Second District, has al
lowed himself to be inundated on the al.
tar OF his party, for Hayes has an empty
| larder.
= r.
Mrs. Claricy Hopkins, Who died last
Wednesday at Mill Creek, was more than
one hundred years old. She would still
live If she had migrated to Texas in her
youth.
Marks took a picture of Big Foot Wal
lace, the great soldier and Indian fighter
The picture now shows the General anG bis
pedal extreniities. The Indians are just out
Of sight.
There is sort of row inside tho Freshly
terian Church because a portion of the min
istry condemn fairs and exposidons of
| which horsefiesh constitutes very inn
portant element. -''',.....- 49, -
'Throckmerton's vote in Denton is est
mated at 1000. But the people swear they
won't be taxed to build Jail. They won't
| need one till fellows like Bigger can get
| votes over there. .
The evidences are that the vote il Texas
will be small, since there ba, been nc. OF
position to bring strength I. to the polls.
| Consequently Texas may not be the banner
Democratic State.
Judge Hare, an excellent gentleman and
able lawyer, is spoken of for district Judge
| in place of T. ]. Brown, whom it was de-
sired would consent to become candidate
forthe position.
The mails at Hampstead have becom,
demoralized, and it ID attributable to thk
| defeat of Hayes Our excellent Austin
postmaster, We are happy to state, is yet
enjoying tair health.
The erossties OF Mr. Brernond,s narrow
gauge (Houston and Shreveport come
| from Calcasieu. IF our narrow gauge were
| finished, the country about Austin could
outbid: Louisiana: -
The Chief says .Coke's late refrain at
Waco was: "What would Texas have been
without C0ke;'' and. his, ExcelIency should
have been allowed to crow at-lesst while
again UPON his own dunghili.- 80
| "A band of fFeliesome chaps in Atascosa
county concluded TO pass themselves eff as
| Indians on Mr.. Motheriin, and miuiekea
so well rs for the foremost of them to get
rife bali through his body. --~'. .'-.-.-
VIM Page, proprietor of q. wagon yard
in Fort Worth, wassAoe AN killed about
twenty miles from that place on the. fifth
by man named Hbghes, WHO had taken
Pages saddle away ag1th hint.7 s. <
Sheriff Blake, of Milan. county, was in !
bar-rocm drinking when Mr.. Tarvor threat
end to strike bin, with a decsnter. Blake
shot him once and again and be died inn
mediately. Tarver was 1narmed.
Much anxiety is felt by the friends of
Mr.. Small, son of late Jndge Hy D. Small of
Tennessee, who left the capital for San Ar
tonic and has rot been heard from. Can
the Herald or EFpTess discover him
It is Pedro, and not Jere Gaivan, con.
demned to death by the latest decree Of
Lerdo. The women OF BROWNSVILLE and
those parts, will qait crying when they
learn this fact from the STATESMAN.
The pious Giddings Tribune heads IT'D
editorial of the tenth Snow glory to THE
Lords Of host from whom all glOries are.
If that were true there would meyer have
been any doubt about Tilden's triumph.
We didn't call Bigger ''transcontinen-
tai" but diabol,cal transcendental ass,
and because his folly transcends" eredi-
biity. The Htrald might make the States
NAN offensive to Bigger's modest worth.
The Houston Light Guards are coming
to the Capital Slate Fair, but do not prd-
pose TO contend for the prize offered 10 THE
best drilled military company. 1t is thought
one of the Dallas companies may win it.
Yellow paint on the cloth covering hams
is q deadly poison and has killed several
people. We haye heard of cows that
chewed Cloth but people surely indulge the
habit especially when the cloth is painted.
1t isthought that the international viii
| Join the Pierce road at Sssut1, and gb
thence to San Antonio through cembF
nstion line Certainly the first named
road viii be pushed westward with YigoE
Fuerobis au exceedingly good man,
| A ~ IL =. e llsc. ,f
silver towards Austin from Monterey But
Gonzales honors his name and geed1sense
when he levies forced loan of $50, 0D0 on
Pachucha. .,,-..t~-.
A panther nine feet long was killed last
week at Benton City. When the next
census of the place is taken the different
kinds of inhabitants-the tailed and tsilless
will be noted snd arranged under proper
headings.
| The Legislature must lose the invalu-
able services Of the distinguished chairman
to Judiciary Committee No. 3. A policeman
in Sherman picked a drunken Paddy and
| found $500 on his person. Martha win
| Join the police. '' ,.,
The Brenhum ballot box and the clerks
| roll would not tally by about two hundred
votes Any and Everybody acted as eierks
while the regular ones smiled" The DAB
lot-box WAS turned over 10 the county court
70 be dcctored. 49,. .,.,,.
oakvillo is getting all right and heactat
BILE apd -proznssiTr.5 prof. Calhoun has B;
fourishing school over there. The prefix
Prof" doesn't avail his responsibility any
thing, and It would save printers trouble il
the Tribune omitted il. iI.jrI ,!uu4 E
COL Jones's Radical friends in Waskingt
ton county said, before the election. that il
bis election was secured they would Claim
it as Republican victory. We are sorry
! for Col. JoRcs, and only blanIe his Demo-
cratic (so-cailed) abettors.
Messrs. Deggs and Quesenberry, of Capt.
McNelIy,s command. pursued the five
scouudrels who robbed Jackson's store,