The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-07-12

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These knights of the road were in DIS
guise and unknown.
Brick Pomeroy, says the Gainesville
Gasstte, dwells ''long and loud on the
wrongs and injuries Of the South by
the hands of the general government
and exerts himself to arouse the I'M
pleasant recollections Of the past, in
stead of trying to heal the gap occs-
stoned thereby. He is a demagogue of |
the first water, and the sooner the |
people ot the South discard such rad |
icaP Democrats the better If We are"
The Brownsville Sentinel says ''tbe |
dry spell sill continues along the Rio |
Grande frontier. The showers that
have fallen were So Slight that they
did more injury than good. We hear
no complaint in regard 10 the-growing
cotton crop, but the corn crop hiss been
cIt very short Some OF our farmers
will make ,Top, out large majority
have lost and ate awaiting good rains
IA put in late planting for the fall,
10 try and secure bread for the sea
SON."
The Methodist Church in Denton has
| haG revival, aud has gained seven
teen accessioIs to its membership. The
! Monitor deserves a crown for the fol-
loving pious observation: "We hope
their transmutation from darkness to
light, and from the devil to God, will
| prove permanent, that they will at last
pass the pearly gates of the new Jeru-
salem, and where'r they tread the
blushing flowers shall rise, and what
e'er they see shall joy the laughing
eyes"
The San Saba NeacS has been informed
that DR.. Owens, who leased q mine in
Llano county from Lawrence Miller,
has taken from il at one blast one
hundred pnuuds of ore, which asssyed
at the rate of seven hundred ounces Of
copper, one hundred and twenty dol
lars worth of gold and twenty dollars
worth of silver to the ton. The lessee
has started off for machinery to work
the mine successfully. This mine Is
situated on one of the branches of
Hickory creek. a-
At Taylorsville there are one restau-
rant, one livery stable, three dry goods
houses, three family groceries, one sad
dler shop, one drug store, three lumber
yards, one blacksmith shop, one stove
and hardware house, one attorney, one
land agent, one beef market, one bar
Der shop, one school house, a thriving
Sunday school, and preaching every
Sabbath by some one of the different
denominations. Last, but by no means
least, comes the Reflector, which faith
fully reflects such facts to all parts of
the State.
Mr.. ]. R. Looaey, of Hayes county,
was robbed in st. Louis in the follow
ing manner: He was walking up
Pine street, on Sunday night, about IL
o'clock, when he was sccosted by Q
man dressed in dark clothes, who
said: "You have concealed weapons
about you," and Immediately pro-
ceeded to search Mr.. Looney. The
latter supposed that the stranger was a
detective, and submitted to the search
ing process, when the supposed detec-
tive suddenly darted into an alleyway
and disappeared with the Texans
pocket-book, containing 500.
| The Fort Worth Democrat published
the fashion item that the ladies OF
: Fort Worth had adopted green carriers.
Thereupon the Dallas Herald displayed
the greatest excitement, and the Demo
crat, to paclfy the Dallas editor, had
to tell the unvarnished truth and ex.
| plain that he had only oeen the ladies
, buying their carriers. And then the
Democrat quotes the celebrated motto
which the pure and modest Edward Ill
gave to the Order that he founded,
and it is thus that Fort Worth virtue
gets away with Dallas assurance.
The Denison Neacs keeps up with
q court proceedings at the State capital.
1t says: {" We find in the synopsis OF
\ decisions IN the Court of Appeals, re-
, ported in the STATESMAN, rather sin
gular case. A jury in Hunt county
found defendant guilty of burger.
ally and theft and assessed PUNISH
t meat at four years in the pepiteptiaEEs
rnat there is no such offense as bur
: gerally' in this State. Reversed and
remanded Burglary and bur.
geraliy' are not ilen sondns in Texas
law: There is very good argument
In the above IN favor Of public schools. >
The prisoners in the Waco jail have
been attacked with scurvy. The
Ja!lor will not feed them upon vege-
table diet and says vinegar is too ex-
pensive for him to give them. Doc
tors have been called in and the bills
for prescriptions against the county are
greatly in excess of what would have
brought an abundance of vegetables
and on1 fhn 49,
7 ties say they will not pay those bills.
. The result is the poor men lsnguish
, under the ravages of this fearful dis
, ease, not IN mid ocean upon q long
voyage but in the midst of green fields
and plenty. Forty prisoners are
crowded into one little loom. The
Examiner properly makes full erEos-
ure of all of it.
According to the financial circular
of Forster, Ludlow s. Co., the Western
Narrow Gauge Railway enterprise is
an ugly affair. They state that the
road is utterly bankrupt. Judgments
on the rolling stock have been obtained,
and locomotives, cars, etc, sold under
execution. As far as we can learn,
bat SIS, 600 have ever been paid in by
the stockholders. The city of Hous,
ton issued 800, 900 of city bonds for
an equal amount OF stock, which, of
course, is worthless. Said bonds we're
sold for 80 cents on the dollar Lind
certificates to the amount of $237G were
also put in, and the balance was OBJ
tanned by such financial legerdemain
as is now not uncommon in railroad
circles. First mortgage bonds for
$40, 900 per mile on a narrow gauge
road, at 90 cents, were issued, an agent
appointed in New York at 2 1-2 per
cent. commission, circulars and pamph-
lets issued, some papers bought up to
puG the thing, the Presidents name
paraded wherever it would do the most
good, and the result is now before rs.
Unless the road is entirely remodeled,
under different management, it is USE
less to continue it; otherwiie the road
is to become very valuable property in
deed, as it passes through the best
country In Texas.
Taxpayers should understand the
provisions of the law authorizing the
sale of property to pay taxes: The col
lector makes reports and remittances
quarterly; the collector must post lists
OF delinquents at the court house door
and two other places in the county:
sixty days afterwards be can seize upon
and sell lots and land, or sufficient to
nav the taxea dine tharaor. h.fo-. a..