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

route on their way to market.
The people over at Sherman want bal
aace sheet showing the city's condition.
Taxpayers are nervous, and their pockets
habby, and they are NO longer mealy-
mouthed, but talk out IN meeting, and that
statement must be forthcoming.
Rockwell county viii abolish whisky un-
der the local option clause of the new Con-
stitutioI. The purpose is TO draw over
there, once or twice year, the whole pop
nlstion OF Dallas, that they may take fresh
breath.
David Meyer, Just from the Black Hills,
has given Bonham an awful scare, and lot
an individual from North Texas, Who hears
Meyer speak, will ever 60 to the Black Hill
gold diggings. There is only hunger and
thirst and suffering and no gold there.
Thanks to the good management and
honesty of q board of city fathers, Co.
lumbus is out of debt and has money IN the
treasury" Columbus also boasts OF the
best classical school, managed by perhaps
the best classical scholar of the State
Society in Travis countyls as good as can
be found anywhere. Every neighborhood
has It's churches and schools. Taxes are
ordinarily about one FER cent. Just now
we are building fine court house, a2d the
financial condition of the county is emf
nently healthy.
A guileless. innocent paper printed abo, t
Bonham says ''that Mr.. Thornton is in
this city representing paper published on
a sand-bsr fifty miles southeast of Houston.
We understand that before the death of
Willard Richardson the paper had consid-
cradle circulation in this section"
The Athens Courier says land is so cheap
in Henderson county that the poorest man
can secure q farm if he is willing to work.
And that's what the matter in Dallas. A
fellow that does nothing, and will only be
happy and swill little whisky, can have a
nice little suburban lot exc feet for moth
ing. 4..
The Rev. DR.. Henry Parnell, editor of
the Richmond -Four Counties, has obtained
license to practice law. What with editing
paper, practicing dentistry, filling the
pulpit, and devoting small share of his
time to agricultural pursuits. babies, etc.,
we should judge our eonJrere would have
little time to give the law.
Dallas is always in hot water about mean
whisky, and now they have a lot of good
fellows arrested over there for Illicit distil-
ling. Kahn, not 'GeDghis, was arrested
nothing but Tamerlane. ever could arrest
Genghis-and be was put under bond with
one Cornish, who has the Tin, we reckon.
Cornwall people always have tin,
Palestine has a market house with ten
unoccupled stalls. The butchers don't
dance to the tune of $50 per month rent
which ia asked for each of these stalls, and
therefore it is only market house in name.
Butchers and hucksters should only pay
enough to keep the market house repaired,
and provisions in city should be the
cheapest possible. la -fI'
Superb oak, pecan and other forests
should contribute to the general prosperity
by transformation into vehicles and agTi-
cultural implements. Cedar trees on hills
and valleys about Austin would make the
finest pals and tubs, and other trees should
contribute to the eDjoyments of life'by the
arts and wiles of the cabinet maker. SKI.
The Waco Eraminer wants to wager its
new silk hat that the ex-editor, with
numerous wife and children, now driving
dirt wagon about the streets of Austin
will soon be lifted from this avocation to a
seventh heaven of reportetial bliss. The
Examiner fellow is dreaming of beer gar
den or dance-house as the destiny of our
brave friend, and he is grateful to the
Waco man.
There was a lively little and very absurd
shooting scrape between John Powers. of
Cooke county, and Frank Yeatman, coun-
ter-hopper in Sherman store, which re-
suited in the serious wounding of Powers
in the hip joint. Powers stated that some
one in that store had swindled his friend :;
the lie passed and blows were struck, the
pistol hoped in and7spoke and settled the
quarrel, and the Powers that be came near
not being. ..,5 ida .i....tc Fl. .....
The editor of the Bremond Sentinel has
a fiddle one hundred and four years old,
and a music book printed before the world
thought of printing both sides of the same
sheet. Moreover, this editor tells of COW
fed by mistake on saw dust instead of
bran, and she gave, next morning, a gallon
of turpentine, sold to DR.. Alexander, of
Austin, and a peck of shoe pegs, used by
the German shoemaker on Pecan street. =
The Fort Worth Democrat says that ''tbe
destruction of the minutes and records Of
the district court has thrown everything
into chaos and confusion, court is being
adjourned from day to day, and lawyers and
utes Of the court and copies of judgments,
DEGREES and orders, from such data as they
have. The judge has ordered the grand
jury to reasonable next Monday, and he
will return and transact such business as he
can during the remainder of the tern.n D
Commodore James Z. Montgomery, re-
membered as commander Of the Mississippi
squadron, Confederate Estates navy has
fixed in Dallas his permanent residence.
The Commodore assembled the Trinity as
far up as Dallas thirty years ago on large
steamer. His stay was, however, very
brief, as the river began 20 recede about
two hours after his arrival, necessitating n
hasty departure; and there were then no
reservoirs of whisky in; those parts to sup
ply, as they could to-day, nayigable guam
titles of infianmable fluids. pH's = 2" {
There is o crazy German i'm Austin sur
named Damus, who has many queer traits
of character akin to those thatdisti1guished
the celebrated DIR. Samuel Johnson For
instance, he will reach up and touch sign
boards, will walk over loose stones and will
90 back some distance 10 touct, with his
foot, any stone which be thinks that he
may have omitted. He is also gluttonous,
slovenly. full of strange whims and fond of
lLcIotuIc, ncNcI lhllInR tIalts III the ChdtdC-
ter Of Johnson. Have we q Boswell among
usi Truly, great wits to madness nearly
are allied. ...,s., Il .,f. /.
The peripatetic Masonic adeadbeat, 20 ].
Maury Ogden, is again on his trayeis, He
resided here for several weeks and levied
on innocent trsdespeople. taifors and shoe
makers to the amount of 5000. He was go
ing to get married--he hsd a wife and chill
dren with him-aDd secured coat worth
thirty dollars from benevolent tradesmsn.
Many blessings attend the good man who
calls himself doctor. He has sandy hair and
whiskers, sallow complexion, is Eve, feet
ten inches high, Of good address, and will
pounce down on come other place and VIC
timize the Masons il they don't watch him.
When the jury, last Saturday, at San An
tonic, in the case OF Shields. indicted for
the murder Of Klocke. brought in verdict
of ''not guilty." the defendant swooued,
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