The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-04

huntington.
Pro-. Tice predicts constant cold
weather, and Tice is the weather pro-
phet who never misleads. But he went
up yesterday.
Oakville is nightly pleased that To-
cal option has given quiet and repose
to nights in that once whisky-cursed
village.
The genius of the Chiltons at the
bar has been hereditary. Horace c.,
a juvenile barrister at Palestine, be-
comes famous.
The barkeepers in Fort Worth de-
lighted the lunch fiends of that sweet
place with roasted goose for lunch
whisky.
The MeXicans refuse to work on the
roads, aud, however effective as voters,
are unwilling to discharge other offices
of citizenship.
Inc Herald tells US that they have
skating matches in Dlllas. 1t does
not require very cold weather to freez-
common whisky.
People in Texas seem to prefer the
Bryan to the electoral college, the
latter, the Age says, not being deemed
of good morals.
Bu:glaries are of constant recurrence
in San Antonio and tramps crowd the
ancient city, and the people are exas.
perated against them.
Hoosack, of Jefferson, and Ohrn-
dorff, formerly of Austin, have become
associated in the immigrants aid bust
ness at st. Louis.
The Fort Worth Democrat is exceed
ingly happy that Mr.. Garlick Gagged
the prettiest bird that ever sang in the
aviary of Austin beauty.
The married men of the capital are
going to give grand ball, but most of
the old fellows say they are bound to
invite few of the gals.
Americans are Useful in Mexico.
Four Americans, mine-owners, have
been robbed and are said to be i'm
prisoned near Monterey.
annie and Willie's Prayer is the
rage among the patent outsides this
week. 1t has the merit OF freshness
and novelty, you know.
The Academy at Columbus, Colorado
county, is said to be the best in Texas.
Young ladies, as we'll as young gentle,
men, are educated there.
The railroad boys were too many fol
local option Christmas week at Pales.
tine and 1t went under in the town.
But the people will try it again.
A big skiff can't get over the bar at
the mouth of Red River. and alligator.
are disguised, and steamboats, Can't gel
into the shrunken, frozen stream.
The Sulphur Springs Gazette is happy
that Col. Lang defeated the appropria
ton of 5000, 900 acres of land to tn.
purpose of building new capitol.
We are pleased to learn from the
Gonzales Inquirer that the Terry Ran.
gers of those parts returned from Gal
weston outside of the best of spirits
We forgot to say in justice to the
blacks, when telling of the uupro
voked shots fired by them at the Inno
cent Ohio strangers in Hampstead, thai
it was whisky.
They have tlourishlng library as
ISOLATION in Corsicana, and popula
tastes and intelligence is rapidly pro
Int hnn L.
in Corslcana.
1t was too cold for "Hell's Half
Acre" in Brenham to bubble up yer,
fiercely Christmas week, and ever
whisky froze in some of the dens o
the CHASTITY suburb.
Rev. G. w. Pickett is preaching il
BRENNAN, but does not seem to b
making it hot for the Banner or othe
sinners. The thermometer was at 40
over there last Sunday.
The Palestine Adcocdte calls Christ
mas week "the time-hallowed spell O
rest" The pulpit should observe tn
neatness and fullness of these crisp de
scriptive epithets.
They did not make the raid on til
gambling bells in Fort Worth on Christ
mas Day, and the goose hangs hig
and Pharaohs' lean kip(dDe abound a
the Pacific Railway terminus.
The St. Louis Times says that eth
dull times seem to increase emigratio
to Texas. An average of two hur
dred and fifty passengers daily go owe
the Iron Mountain road to Texas"
Our city fathers are not very spirit
ually- minded. In any event, they don
hold frequent seances; but when the
do the spirits rise, and if the table
don't, they tip one another winks.
Peach trees were blossoming in Be
ton when the north wind began t
blow so fiercely, and now peach an
honey will both be scarce, and Belto
may take to local option and perfec
sobriety.
C. II. Johns & Co.'S trustee will d.
clare a dividend on Andrew Jackson
day, the eighth of January. Yer
many Will approve this mode of celt
brating the anniversary of the grea
victory.
Wasn't it jolly court that clappet
the Houston mayor and aldermen i
Jail for city's debt when the Consti
tuition would not suffer them to be in
generated for their own personal obi
cations
The nice young men of Jefferson &c
drunk on the streets and are taken be
fore the recorder, and broken hearted
parents and distressed friends mus
pay the fines of the degraded, pitiabl
wretches.
Paddock gets the press dispatche
and Is grand marshal of all the bi,
shows in Dallas except foot races an
cock fights, but he lays cornerstone
and the like and is an eminently use
ful citizen.
Midway, Massachusetts, become
famous in centennial history. TIL
SON laid there the foundation of
splendid home while the town authori
ties were committing the father to tn
poor house.
If the Central road do not build
passenger house at this place, the onl.
route to Houston and Galveston will b
that through Hesrne. a fellow
does not like to freeze out before h.
pitches out.
Mr.. L. G. Suggs proposes to shiE
apples and peaches by the ton TO St
Lodis aud Memphis. His orchards
not far from Palestine, are most pro
ductive, and he is constantly extend