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

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tern 80 TO SO cents; medium Eastern
20 to 81 cents; fine Western "a to 2s
cents; medium Western 20 to "a cents;
inferior IS to 20 cents. They are in
good demand.
Nine or ten of the pupils of the
Blind Asylum are travelling over the
State giving musical entertainments
for the benefit of some of the destitute
scholars of the institution. They will
be in the town OF Paris on the six
tenth instant.
The CoraGnehe Chief tells that Mr..
10. Reeves, of Comanche county, has
shown at its Office samples of Cali.
forniA seven headed wheat. which is
very fine. The average crop OF this
variety. in favorable seasons, is eighty
bushels per acre.
The Rescs- ITEM says: '.Mason county
has ben without an inmate for its jail
for over four months past, until the
deputy sheriff arrested a Mr. Owens
and lodged him in it on charge OF
fooling with beef that did rot belong !
to him, in Kimble county"
All ever the State the newspapers
have been suggesting the proprieiy of |
more rain to make b0untiful crops, and |
In repy PluvIus has become most |
bountifll in favors. Everybody is
happy, and this time the newspaper |
men ars ahead of the preachers.
The Reflector is bran-new paper
| Just listed at Taylorsville, Williamson
county. Mr.. w. X. Foster, an excel
lent gentleman and good newspaper
man., conducts this enterprise, which
reflects credit on Taylorville and its
community. The STATESMAN wishes
it success
A report has reached San Antonio
that q force of three hundred Ameri-
can filibuaers have crossed into Mex
leo at Preside Rio Grande, about thir-
ty miles south of Eagle Pass. 1t is
also said thst about twenty cannon
left that city for the Rio Grande on
Monday last.
They laye had balloon ascension at
Gainesville, and it was a success. A
boy standing near the balloon when
it shot Up got caught in one of the
ropes and was raised about ten feet,
when be showed his fondness for
Mother Earth by the way in which he
returnedto it.
Dallashss o wooden mill in full blast,
making dine c2ssimeres, blankets, etc.
The proorietors are satisfied with the
trial and will add largely to their es-
| 50 hofnra tho apd Of tho uaar
In the meantime Austin does nothing,
and property-holders are waiting for
the bottom to fall out.
The State meeting of the Christian
1 Church will be held in Waco, on We'd
nesday, the twenty-ffth inst. Visitors
will be carried to AMI from that point
at one and one-fifth fare. Tickets
good till the thirty-first. The breth-
rem are warmly invited by the Waco
church to be present.
The Register disparages the assem-
blage that gathered at Denison on the
Fourth, while the CreSSet asserts that
1t went beyond the anticipations of
the people of Denison by about 5000,
There were present at the celebration
5000 people, a great many from all
parts Of Northern Texas.
From Forster, Ludlow & Co.'S cir
cular we learn that Texas seven per
cent. geld bonds are worth in New
York 107 12 to 10. They state that
capital Is lust now looking out for in
vestment, and that $50, 900, 900 will
seek employment during the coming
| h,k - - ac
should advance rapidly in value.
DR.. Rainey, superintendent of the
Blind Asylum, takes tour through
the State with eight or ten of the blind
pupils. They give musical entertain
ments for the benefit of the destitute
scholars of the institution, and DR..
Rainey thus has an opportunity to
make the objects of the institution
better known.
The Dallas Herald says that Tom
SCOTS influences will control the next
State Democratic Convantins~-ssrr15
MIN an open road or they will go beg
ging for all they may need, and now
we are puzzled to know whether the
Herald is for Tom Scott or for the
Democratic party.
Texas is now the sixth State in the
American Union in population. New
York being first, Pennsylvania second,
Ohio third, Illinois fourth, Indiana
fifth and Texas sixth. The next cen
sus will place her side by side with
Ohio, and the next after that will place
her above New York, and make her
the great imperial Safe of the Ameri-
can Union.
Those who would encourage piety
should keep babies and dogs at home
on Sunday. Many sinner seeking
light is driven from his pursuit. by the
presence Of such things in church.
But we were only going to tell how
two poodles and cat, and vestryman
who proposed to be peace-maker, de-
stroyed the effect of a most excellent
sermon in the Episcopal church at
Seguln.
A party of Indians have penetrated
into the upper Nueces country and sue
ceeded in carrying off about 100 head
of horses. They were overtaken by
pursuers, but their numbers made it
| prudept not to attack them. A SQUAD
of rangers, with ten days rations, then
took up the trail, and at last accounts
were giving hot pursuit.
The Rockport Transcript claims that
West Texas is well adapted to grape
culture. 1t says that in California
vineyards have become a source of i'm.
mense revenue, and Texas, in addition
to her other great and varied advan-
tsges, freely offers this also. 1t only
needs q little more time, and little
more capital, to make grape growing
one of the best paying industries.
8. H. Morgan, of Cedar creek, Bas-
trop county, writes that the crops in
his neighborhood are in fine growing
order. Corn looks well and promises
q good return for our labor. The cot
ton is better than it has been for sew
ersl years, and is growing fast Plenty
of vegetables and prospect for plenty
of good fruit, which will soon be ripe.
Farmers are happy and hopeful.
The Denton Monitor begins to think,
a. does the Dallas Herald, Jinaplscute
and Fort Wsrth Democrat, that u new |
constitutional convention is necessary.
The Monitor has gone back upon the |
opinion of Rutabaga johnson, and no |
longer thinks the instrument now in |
force is good trick" 1t is down |
on the school and Judiciary systems,
and especially upon the doublc-action
force pumD tax system