The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-06-14
Dr. wi. II. HnlIiuell. Of Denison. !

DR.. w. II. Hslliwell, of Denison, is
charged with malpractice. The dead
body of the lady was carefully exam
ined by q committee of competent
physicians at the request of the hus-
band, and upon their report warrant
was issued, but the return is non est in
reatuS, which means that the doctor is
after saving his bacon.
The debt of the city of Galveston on
February % was 81, SO3, CISCO. The
total receipts for the municipal year
were S27S, 461. II; expenditures, $685.
52S. SO. The excess of expenditures
over receipts is S45, 062.75. \ funny
thlag in connection with this matter is
that the Houston Telegram pokes fun
at Galveston about il, forgetting for the
moment the wretchedness of Houston.
O3e of our merchants advertised
S. reward tor thomas cat" yesterday,
and this brought him, we SIRE told, a |
wsgon-load of doubtful thomases. They |
we're of all sorts and ages and condl- |
tions, and he is going to set up young |
pan in the turner's business. The cats
not killed for their skins may be ship |
ped to Constantinople to be used as
hand grenades.
The Telegram gives the full Off
cIal roster of the Second Texas
Regiment as follows: r. Rutherford,
colonel; j. G. Eblen, of Dallas, lieu
tenant colonel; J. S. Moore, of Gal
weston, major; Charles L. Martin, first
lieutenant and adjutant; J. A. DoZier,
first lieutenant and acting quarter
master; ]. 7. Boyles, NJ. D., surgeon;
]. Larendon, NJ. D., assistant surgeon;
Rev. ]. j. Clemens, chaplain.
The Dallas Herald should know that
the seventy-four prisoners confined in
the Travis county Jail are collected
from many portions of the State. Tie
fact is a tribute probably to prison
management; and then, too, it is
sad thing to reflect that human being
is always so closely locked and barred
as to deny him all probability of es-
cape, which must be credited to the
side of local charity.
Jake Coleman, colored, of Kerr
county, had Mr.. PoseY make him a
plow stock, which broke, as Jake
thought, without any cause except bad
workmanship. Posey made him
another and charged for both. Jake
talked loud and put on a fierce atti-
tude, when Posey felt his smlthship
insulted, and without ceremony sent
Jake to country where no ploughs are
| needed nor settlements demanded.
, In commenting upon the dangers
consequent upon the use of coil oil,
{ we placed all the different brands IN
the same category. More thorough in
formation leads us to acknowledge
that the one known as insurance oil, u
D on account of its purity, is so denomi-
mated because it reaches standard en-
dorsed by all insurance companies. II
sells higher than any other coal oil,
and properly, too, because it is safest
: of them all.
The Tri- Weekly Herald would try to
make it appear that Hon. VIM. Nea
Ramey is "verdant," when he asserts
: that filings at the Constitution are only
D made to create prejudice against it.
v asserting that "the new Constitution
C has few if any defenders outside o.
d the convention that framed 1t, and wht
are Justly held responsible for such {
4 miserable piece of botch work" AnC
4 now no doubt Ramey feels called upol
). to fall behind Major West.
An exchange says: "F. W. Chand-
if Ter, the man who furnished the mean
that secured Austin her excellent waite
Il works, when other capitalists wer
I weak-kneed, is candidate for mayor o
n that city and deserves election" Blu
n it is water that is at discount here
c and the Rutabaga convention made
so by the infamous code that uphold
meanness and dishonesty, and place
q the worst elements in every city il
Texas in absolute control of admins
trations.
9 "W.," an old Texan, writes to TIA
). ceased, of Terre Haute, Indiana, die
not, as has been stated to the contrar,
in many papers, attend at a duel be
II tween Gen. Sam Houston and Gen
y !, Johnson. The affair occurred in 1887
and was between Gen. Felix Houston
: If Mississippi, and Gen. Albert Sidne
- johnson, between whom there was
rivalry for the command of the army
Of Texas. Gen. Sam Houston was q
> the time President OF the Republic O
t Texas.
A correspondent writes: "Yester
u lay took a ride over the prairles t,
Salado, a beautiful village of min
hundred inhabitants, lying about min,
miles west of Bolton. Salado ha
IS flourishing college, and is especial,
5 celebrated for its spring. This spring
p g the finest have ever seen. 1t bub
K bles up from a bed of rock with
e loud murmuring sound, and emits ,
: volume of water sufficient to propel
mill. The water is cool and singular
! ly clear and beautiful as it rolls owe
its rocky bed to join the adjacen
). river"
: It is strange that the more intelligen
= citizens of Waco should oppose tn,
. ordinance requiring every man to woIl
on its streets six days or pay q fin'
quivalent to this time. The enforce
6 ment OF this law gets something out o
worthless loafers, who do nothing fol
town. 1t involves the best citizens
to the extent of only few dollars, anG
it ought to produce we'll improved
streets. Such q law in Austin we
would regard as wise one. Such 9
law is the only way in which to reach
those who now do nothing for the
community in which they exist.
New Philadelphia, in Wharton
county, just one mile from Bernard
Station, on P.erce's road, is growing
rapidly, and a gentleman from Phlla,
delphia, Pennsylvania, who has just
spent some time there looking into
matters and prospects, tells it in Hous.
ton that he is satisfied thousands OF
people will eventually move from the
old to the new city. A college is soon
to be established at New Philadelphia,
aud heavy capitalists who are building
up this colony are determined to make
of the enterprise a grand success.
They have gone into the midst of one
Of the finest garden spots of the world.
A letter writer says: ''Belton is
the county seat of Bell county, which
is near the center of the State, and is
regarded as one of the finest farming
counties in Texas. 1t is rapidly filling
up with an energetic and industrious
population, consisting almost entirely
of white people. l do not think that
| have seen more than half dozen ne
groes since left Waco. At the close
| of the war the manhattan 0f this