The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-09-21

moral tone Ct society. such could he a
great mistak indeed when it sprin0s FINN
sources uttel ly unsuited for such pnrnose
Two of th convicts at work on the Nor
gan road iuT ped on an engine. and xb;la
one of them leld down the engineer tho
other ran the engine two miles AZ the rate
of thirty-fve miles an hour. when il wss
stopped, and the two men went to the
woods.
The work on The Galveston harbor gees
Cd, though the Telegraph says .sprofessed
Democratic pspsefs" stopped it by pu dish
ing falsehoods about crime-zhat Grant hsd
determined to punish Texas for these
crimes By Withdrawing river and harbor ap
preparations.
A Mrs. lien, in Dallas, is maniac and
tries to kill her children and everyday
else. The poor woman should be confined
and cared for, and this is what a State
LuustIc Asylum is for. Papers should be
gotten up so as to have her rejected on
some technically.
Obstinacy III death is evir,ced bv the
acts of two horses at Lawrence. The train
was approaching; they were on the track
and necked one insisted on going to one
size and the other to the other. and thus
they met death contending for what each
one deemed best. -
DR.. L. S. BAYFIELD,, OF Jefferson, has Just
returned from Europe, where he has been
spending one year among the greatest doc
tors of Paris and Berlin. Before the Doc
! tor left Jefferson, year ago, it was under
stood that he might become citizen of
Austin upon his return.
The Examiner says: 1.-THE majority of
the people of Texas do not want Governor
C1ke to resign his duties as Governor one
moment sooner than he is compelled to do,
in order to assume those of United States
Senator" And so Governor Coke answers
the proposition If impertinent citizens.
The Banner gives passing notice to the
Radical meeting in that place ON Saturday
last. Ex-Governor Davis and A. ]. Evans
were the speakers, and the audience, COM
posed of blacks mostly, was kept in yawn-
ing state. The greater part of the negroes
IN town were at the auction stand. ..
The Texan complains about certain
newspaper stealing It's items and giving
credit to the Hearne paper. The way for
the Texan to get items credited, properly
and even improperly, is to advertise that
paper we'll for nothing and then it will be
most gracious to 1t, even too gracious.
A man hailing from Warren county, Ar
kansas, fell through the trestle work of the
railway, near Marshall, and died from his
injuries. His name was J. Colvin Bratton,
and before he died be told it that he had q
son either at Austin or Waco, Interested
parties can be given further information.
The Adcertiser is informed that the
STATESMAN is thoroughly satisfied about
| hat ,l,n,,rN Il -
as mud, for it's definition of how man can
he assassinated on one day and die at an
other time is proof conclusive that Webster
and the Advertiser have been running with
each other. "Hn|.t 600 1881 .'-E
The condemnation of the prohoun t'we'
in editorial writing applies to personal ref
erence. "We," as used by an editor,
should apply to the paper and not to the
man or his acts. An editor has been known
to say '.when we were a member of the
Legislature, and it is such application
that is condemned. 100, r.
; Mrs. Stork, consort of Charles Stork,
living near the home of the Governor,
stOrked off from her husband with hand.
some young fellow named w. G. Worford
! They were fleeing in wagon to Waco
when the male StOrk overlook them, ano
the female Stork was properly winged anc
taken back to the home she had disgraced
. How is your liver" asks the Denlsor
o Nseos; "How is your liver" asks the Es
: anliner, the Herald, the Democrat the Era
, and seeing the same question asked by
almost every newspaper in Texas we hay.
l come to the conclusion that it is directed Al
Q some newspaper man. If it means he Of the
F Leader, the STATESMAN replies ''Oery bad
Waco, the home of the Governor, will
not bear him out in his assertion that crime
, is exaggerated in Texas, Mr.. Joe King
!, who lives with Mr.. John D. johnson in tn,
= city, was shot, receiving painful wound
by a horse thief who was attempting t.
make way with his fine buggy mare. Th,
c thief was one of gang of horse-thieves,
It Martin has quit the dignlfed station 0
: legislator, and properly directs his wrati
at one j: R. Cox, shyster, who has writ
ten various ISLANDERS against the the gooc
t people of Sherman, and had them pub
o lished in the Globe Democrat. But Martin
i is after Cox, and he and others should
n teach him that no people in Texas are to b
willfully and maliciously slandered, ant
i not meet the ends of justice attaches
thereto.
e A Mexican circus was performing a
d Brackett in au uncovered circle of can
vasS, near number of overhanging trees, ant
q lot of people were stealing sight of til
:. show comfortably seated in the hrsnche
:. of these trees. One act was a very excit
y ing one, in which a pistol had to be used
~ and the actor finding himself without one
borrowed a slx-shooter from COW boy
s. At the first fire one man in tree wa
0. hipped, and the CONSERVATION became s
!" great as to break up the show. The Mex
re can was not lynched. "ta.a '''
A destitute and wretched woman, tire
rs of the GOODNESS and neglect OF heartles
II world, made an attempt to commit suicid
70 by throwing herself in front of railwa
sc train at jacksonville. The engine, jui
getting under Roadway. was fortunatel
stopped in time TO save her life. She ga,
r. her name as Callbaed. and said she ha
lie had soamuch trouble as to covet death. ST
ne was trying to make her way to AustiI
e, where she has relatives. but was out
In money, filed with womanly anguish, an
sought relief that would be permanent,
el- They hive novel way of settling a
IL counts in Houston. Mr., Matthews, q S
tn Louis drummer,l had az unsettled accouI
's- with Mr., r binson, which he presente'
us dispute arose about it, and r ,binse
emptied one barrel OF sixshooter at Ma
en- thews. Matthews, not yet being satisfies
of renewed the dispute, when Robinson di
h, charged another barrel at him. The fir
% bali touched neither meat or clothes; Il
Ier second went through Matthew's unme
tionabes, and the steady progression NJ
"a being wholesome, he resorted to the law.
l. The Dallas papers are quarrelling abo
Ok circulation. The Herald claims that &
lr- paper which has the least advertising h
lis the largest circulation because it can g
better figures. The Commercial SAWS il
art the advertising because business men knc
:, 1t has the largest circulation of a
nj paper printed in Dallas. We don't wa
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