The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-15
The Marshall HeraM seem, amazed

The Herald should know that we hap
zen to believe that if that man can
uoceed at all professionally" in this
'iCy, the STATESMAN must and will be-
ONE enormously rich, and If he sue
,eed personally" there can be no
INIT to our own private good fortune.
The Herald calls for the erection of
danger signals" at such places in the
streets of Dallas as are unsafe for |
lorsemen and vehicles. And yet the |
Herald itself knows that no lamp post |
IN Dallas ever stood still more than a |
and the pavements there, how
ever weighty the stone flags, are forever |
dying up and striking innocent editors
and Others in the face. These dan
ger signals" wouldn't stand still and
only make the war of elements, ever
raging in Dallas, the more terrible.
Glistening ducks feck the sparkling
surface of bright rivulets that traverse
the city of San Antonio, and pretty
girls acquire gracefulness of move
ment 10y watching from childhood 10
age the glossy birds gliding through
the maZes of the dance on the rivers
surface with that delightful smooth
ness that distinguishes the evoluuons
of glossy birds on the bosom of pal
luced streams glistening in the rosy
sunlight of San Antonio.
Col. Horace Cone proposed at pub
tic meeting at Nacogdoches that the
county raise the additional amount of
labor-notes to $4,000, and as much
land as practicable, in which event, he,
Mr.. Bremond, promises to have the
narrow gauge road surveyed and loca-
ted to the town of Nacogdoches by
next fall. The sum required was al
most made up that day, and Col. Cone
went rejoicing to Homer, not of old,
but to that poetical place IN Louisiana.
If the temperance societies of Texas
would have an exponent full of elo-
0uence and earnestness and of wit, and
one who can make q temperance
speech that tells upon the multitude,
let them send Col. Crozier abroad with
DR.. Young, and the day is not remote
when there will not be bottle un-
broken or one stone upon another in
any whisky den in Texas. Crozler is
simply inimitable, even as original and
logical.
In Mississippi they are advocating
the idea of abolishing towns as large
as Vicksburg. FORGETTING their charters,
and drafting them back again into the
county from which they were formed.
The towns must be abolished because
universal suffrage in Mis- sissippi must
be tolerated. No people can endure
municipal institutions conducted by
people wholly incapable of compre
hending the necessities of the town:
and so imbruted that their votes are
sold to the highest bidder.
Mineola claims to have shipped moro
cotton than any other town on the roaC
between Dallas and Marshall. Tit
village is surrounded by fine agricul
tural country. The town now boast
of newspaper, The Wood County Flag
Messrs. Williams & Alexander are tn,
proprietors, both practical printer
from the Dallas Commercial Office
The paper presents very good ap
pearance. 1t is only about three week
old, and bids fair for success. TIL
question of local option is being agi
tated, and will be voted on, ON tn
sixteenth. ,..f-......-
Major. Marks, the famous photo
graphist, employed an intelligent gen
tleman from Georgia as an assistan!
The fellow had sense enough, but, tn
Major says, he was too lazy to live an
too mean to die. When he wrote note
about photographs to the pretty girl
about town, he spelled the wOr
4tografs," and when one of hi
LATEST notes was shown to the MajC
he'swooned. A stranger from Wyar
dotte had his picture taken, and tn
Najnr'r mon spelled IT '.Y&1" He he
gone back to Georgia to simmer in th
sunlight and roast COOLERS.
The Sherman Register, referring t
Gen. George A. Sheridan, of Louis
ana, is pleased to say: "What plum
der he expects is not yet known, BIT
one thing is sure, Gen. George A
must have guild pro quo fer his in
mense influence. The Register stant
ready to receipt small account whic
1t has against the general, and turn IL
same over to him as part payment, an
we have no doubt that the press {
Texas could muster good many sue
documents" True enough, but whe1
ever George gets flush he will sett
up. Why not give HIM boost p
Thomas j. Pilgrim, of Gonzale
t writes of the operation of the Law
| ''You have no idea of the wondelf
r change produced since the grog-shol
have been closed. All is peace an
, quiet and as orderly and pleasant as
New England village; no firing
night and yelling, and present appea
ances indicate that the amount, e.
pended IN criminal prosecutions will
-, diminished one-half in short tim
l have not heard of single fight
town or heard single oath since Il
law went into effect, and property hi
t appreciated fully one-fourth in valu
Major B. Frank Moore, a disti
guished Kentuckian, is roaming ov
Texas in search of an abiding plac
He will be captured by the pretty cir
of Marshall, by the wines and beer
- O1lids, lhS duAdOAey Va LOAG "oIIl
the antiquity and Idleness of San A
' tonic, the unutterable stiffness of Hou
: ton, the beach of Galveston and Il
: sunshine, mountains, river and plail
and bright gardens and pretty womc
I of Austin. To be frank about it, v
I are inclined to believe that B. Fran
will never Moore get away from TIE
, as. '@ tt.F r9H @g 2,
The Sherman Register is informt
g that the Chicago, Burlington al
: Quincy road has purchased the Mi
, souri,, Kansas and Texas road and wi
. take control of that road in few day
) The Register has no reason to dou
the information. The change in ow
, crship will only hasten the extensiC
= to this point by lease or otherwise,
,, contemplated by the parties fro
whose hands the road has now passe
!. 1t is highly probable that official i
: formation of the changes now beir
. made will be received in q few day
The extension of the Missouri, Kans
and Texas road to Austin is most d
sirable and has been long contempt
4 ted by the former owners of the roal
|, Mrs. Hayes's wardrobe is the su
. ject of q special loaded telegram fro
Cincinnati to the Chicago Inter Ocea
Mr.. Jenkins reverently and pictu
esouely saws: 'sRy good fortune Vol