The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-06-21

it has no confidence that good will
come out of the Legislative body.
The people of Denison elected Grubbs
mayor because he is a good fellow, and
they go fishing with little grubbs over
there. Coffin was made assessor, and
in his official acts, fixing values for
taxation, are buried the hopes OF the
people of benson; but then, they may
be grubbed up.
Excessively modest city girls are just
now known by the manner IN which
they unintentionally lead their fellows
to Ice cream quarters. There is an ex-
ception, however, in Dallas, where
they are led to contemplate very
handsome saloon keeper, and the Com
mereial says they are really seized with
fancy TO tipple.
Deputy Sheriff J. B. Douglas, of
Eastlsnd county, has captured four
horse thieves in Callahan county. They
are John and Bob Burton, Tom KIN
der and Jack Keith. They were
charged with stealing horses in Co
manche, and were safely delivered in
side of the Jail door at that place by
Mr.. Douglas.
Very great efforts are making in
Sherman to convict one Forbes of per-
jury. The testimony, as published,
will not effect the object. The uni
formity of his statements, as recited by
several witnesses, is such that unless
strong motives existed for lying, there
has been none. But why tins terrible
fuss about it,
Reports in regard to Texas cotton
crops leads to the conclusion that the
production will be largely in excess of
last year. Late stands were obtained,
but the plant has grown rapidly and
does we'll With fine grain crops, all
over the State, and more cotton than
was ever produced before, better times
may be anticipated in the carly future.
Rev. McGhee, of the Christian
church, of Illinois, who tried to poison
his wife because he had a weakness for
a prettler lamb in his flock, was sent
to the penitentiary for fifteen years.
He may DO much good in the peni.en-
tlary in reforming the wicked, but
there is no field of usefulness for such
fellows in Texas.
The once still graveyard at Dallas
has become the lurking place of a
fierce and restless spirit. He is armed
cap G.pie and shoots at those who
enter the dominion he would usurp.
He tried this game upon the sheriff,
and though hunted by strong force,
escapes arrest. He probably hides
himself away in one of the tombs,
and lives with the dead.
The fellow that went into the big
speculation, yesterday on Pecan street,
in wool, gathered his stock In trade on
Robertson Hill where two good citizens
had fight. The piece of ear picked
up on the battlefield was as big as a
palm leaf fan. The poker benz over
the head of one has been Strengthened
at the blacksmith's and the other fellow
whose shins were smashed, the doctors
say, will die.
Crooked whisky has had its day in
Dallas, and now comes crooked cotton
to give zest to commercial transactions
in that wonderful city. A merchant
named Levi has been raising the figures
in cotton receipts, and the cotton men
are after him with "gouge," and he'll
be "tied" and ''stored away at Hunts
vile unless his future" sums up d.
cidedly to his credit.
Perrenot, now conducting the Rock
port Transcript, whacks Martin be-
cause this intinitude of legs defeated
some pet cow milk and water scheme
of Perrenot when both were in the
Legislature. Perrenot complains about
it, and Martain says he defeated the
scheme in Perrenot's interest to pro-
mote the grow til and fecundity of long
cared rather than long-horned animals.
Doc Adams anal Harris, now paired
off in double harness, are Juggling at
the Dallas Mail. They would get it
afioat and make it fly away, all sails
set, to a sure haven of prosperity. But
it's big job in hard times, and many
clipper and cruiser, as well manned
as the Mail, must go down in storm
and darkness. 1t is needful to speak
to such men as Doc and Harris in SOL
emn tones, and therefore the peculiar
temper of these earnest remarks.
Lawrence has Touring mill in oper-
alton. The mill, however, is nowhere
in the estimation of its people, beside
its steam whistle. The Times man
can do nothing but anticipate for an
hour before each whistle blowing, and
this destroys his usefulness for four
hours each day Then he dreams of
it of nights, and is startled from
sleep and is dull the next day, and this
is what's the matter with the Times.
"Prof. Will Willie" phrenologist,
so the Corpus Christi Gazette says, has
been dead-beating around the country.
He cheated all with whom he came in
contact and borrowed some valuable
horses that were never returned. The
following is the description Of him
Six feet high, dark hair, sallow COM
plexlon, one cross eye and one that
wants to be, talks great deal and an
expert at billiards.
The Galveston Meoos not only misrep-
resents DR.. Philpott and the STATES
MAN when it says that the Doctor made
an audience vote itself to perdition,
but when it makes the Doctor assert
that Washington, franklin, Byron,
Shakespeare, Webster ct id Onane genuS
had found abiding places in perdition.
The Doctor doesn't pretend to know
whittier these people went, and least
of all would he make Dante's Inferno
attractive to his flock by saying it had
such genial occupants.
The Rusk Observer, IN speaking of
the press, says: "a newspaper that
will not expose and condemn immor-
atty, corruption, crime and wrong
wherever it presents itself, in high
places or in low ones, is not worthy of
an intelligent and honest people, and
the people who will not uphold and
protect journal in the discharge OF
this great duty to the public are IN
worthy to be called Texas citizens, and
are no better than the meanest crimi-
nal in the penitentiary.
The Rusk penitentiary is being con-
structed on a beautiful branch which
flows through the town. This stream
is the pride of the place, and now the
people are becoming exercised over
the anticipated pollution of its now
pure waters from the filth that must
come from the prison. Yet this is not
all. Society becomes blackened about
such prisons, and the people of Rusk
will rue the day and the instrumental
ties that it secured from this peni-
tiary.