The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-29
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come down upon Sherman, Martin says |
IN great droves- Denison must be
sinking ship. We do know that the
Denison Netes is dreadfully st Sea.
The Gainesville Gazetts doesn't say
word about the immediate extension of 4
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas road \
to that place. Noel row fingers list
lessly in Chicago, and the read hasn't !
been to Gainesville, on paper, since lie !
left Texas and his old mule died.
One car run over another at Long /
view and ditched two men that wsre I
aboard, brct king the leg of one and |
shoulder OF the other. But it is a
queer way of doing well" and that
IS what the NeJo Era says OF them. II
they had cracked their Decks they
would be ''Sloing splendid, I'VE reckon.
Tie children of drunken men are
born drunkards or deformed in morals
or body OF defective in intellect. Wo-
men are therefore granted divorces,
not so much that they themselves, but
that society may be saved from perdi-
tion-that the race may not be de-
graded
The Ne1c Era says the Groesbfc ok
court house was built of "rawhide
lumber" So-called because 1t Is
twisted-by the sun. And properly So
called, we are inclined to think. They
can use this sort of Notwithstanding
TO hang kuaves withal and save heavy
investments, which are sadly needed,
in hemp. -
Some of the hucksters were selling
eggs at fifteen cents yesterday in mar
ket. 1t was because the hail storm
had killed the grasshoppers, and the
hens will have to scratch now for
living, and cannot go ronnd like dead
Heads and lunch-snatchers at bar
rooms, quietly picking up breakfasts
and things that cost nothing.
A sensitive constable, Crabtree, and
one Morrow had row in Gordonville,
near Sherman, few days ago, and
much threatening was done and pistols
drawn, and the Register weeps about it
and forgets that whisky was there and
that it is everywhere breeding riots,
dissensions, beggary, robbery and
murder. Why denounce poor Crab
tree2
A man named "Brick" keeps the
best hash house in Longview. He is
. so called in allusion to that old "para-
ble," if you ask for bread you are
| given a stone. He is not the Hard
Brick" who has been figuring in the
STATESMAN, for the "Long-view" fell
low is close inspector of whisky, and
-, Il INricly1J hot
Wednesday, the fourteenth, w. L.
Hall, Esq, of the Dallas Commercial,
was welded to Helen, the charming
daughter of Hon. T. J. Freeman, of
the Supreme bench of Tennessee, at
| Trenton, in that State. MIR. Hall de-
serves and has won the hand of one of
the fairest and most accomplished
daughters of the ancient common.
wealth.
Since the proposition for the re-
moval of the county seat of Mont
gomery, several rows have occurred in
consequence; the sheriff drew his pls-
toll on the county Judge; several knock
downs occurred; much whisky went
down; pistols, shot-guns, tomahawks,
broad axes and carey plows seem to be
chosen weapons, and local option is
sadly needed.
Barnum advertises his coming circus
and menagerie in newspaper printed
in France, and sends copy to all the
papers of the West, that he may get a
gratuitous notice. Barnum often bursts
but always pays the printer and the
press always lifts him whenever he is
down, and now the whole country is
saving pennies to be spent on Barnum' S
colossal show.
The Cameron (Milam county Senti-
mel says: eve have always regarded
the STATESMAN as one of the most able
of our State journals, and being pub
lished at the capital, it should be wide
ly circulated in order that the people
may be acquainted with the manner in
which their repres natives transact
the Important trusts submitted to their
charge"
1.-THE Treasurer of the United States
can now supply silver coin in reasona-
BILE amounts to bankers and Others
Expressage both ways to be paid by
parties sending notes. This notice is
intended particularly for the South"
We copy this statement from an ex-
change, and are inclined 10 believe
that very many people will at once
have their paper discounted at Wash
iugton.
The CiUilian says thst Mr.. Morgan
has not vet exhibited his purpose in
stalking stock" in the Central Railroad,
and should he have obtained control
ling interest therein, he may use IT, and
we think will, in such . manner as to
cause Houstonians to laugh on the
other side of the mouth. Look out
sharply for future developments on the
part of Mr.. Morgan.
The Dallas Herald is informed that
there is force of about two hundred
men at work on the Dallas and Wichita
Railway, with the usual complement of
teams. The foundation for the bridge
across Elm Fork is being built, and the
grading of the road is being pushed
vigorously. The line to Denton is To-
Gated and will be let to contractors at
once. The cars will run to Lewisville
in few weeks.
The Dallas Herald does Judge Han
cock, if we are not grievously mis-
taken, gross injustice when it init
mates that he has fully affiliated with
the Republican party, and that the
id papers probably caused it, and
''that he would not cooperate with a
party in which Coke is leader" We
are told that Judge Hancock has
changed his opinions and partisan re-
lations in nothing.
1t is said that Tom Scott will visit
Texas about the first of April, to look
up coal fields and other matters con-
nected with the Texas and Pacific
Railroad. He will probably go as
far as Phantom Hill. He also reports
that the Texas Pacific bill will probably
pass at the extra session of Congress in
June. Capt. Cole, of Weatherford,
spins this little yarn for the Dallas
Herald
]. g. LIE Clere, who for thlrty-three
years occupied the same position in
the office of the Galveston Wharf Com
pauy, is at the Raymond House. A
gentleman who thus serves corpora
ton, his virtues being rewarded by his
employers. and these ''soulless cor
porations' as they deserve, would be a
valuable accession to the population of
Austin. he proposes to make this city
/ his homo