The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-31


held out to justice.
John Dillingham; is the LATEST
Granger in Travis county. he has
bought him sulky cultivator, and =
big umbrella to raise over il, and has
trained his mules TO straddle q row of
cotton or corn so perfectly that he
sleeps as they work, and he has planted
IN circular rows so as to take GOOD long
sleeps st that Where is there Granger
that can beat Dillingham;
A white man and q negro fell from 4
scaffold at Mason. The negro came
down with the same kind of movement
as an expert summerssulter. Down he
whirled, every time bringing the fire as
his bare heels struck the stone wall {;
and when he met Mother Earth. head
foremost, it shook and was deeply in
dented, and he got up with bruise or
scratch to hell his injured companion.
A schoolteacher, who parts his name
in the middle, writes the Meas from
Corpus Christi, that an extra session
OF the Legislature should be called be-
cause 10 appropriation was made to
pay teachers for 1876. The school tax
for 1876 had not then been collected,
and there was then no deficiency in
teachers pay accounts for that year
for which the Legislature should have
provided. But the pedagogues, for all
that, are in bad way.
Deputy Marshal NJ. r. Greene lost
his life from the effects of gun-shot
wound in q bold attempt to arrest two
counterfeiters near Comanche. A man
named Hill, who made complaint
against the men, was with Greene, but
lacked nerve when the time came, and ,
abandoning him, went for parts un
known. Some noble ladies took his
place, and did what they could to al
leviate Greene's suffering until he ex-
PRED.
The Age got off some witticisms upon
the STATEsMAN's article upon
Joseph E. Johnston and Ben H
ing in Austin. 1t was upon the
statement that Ben Hill was wit
Johnston in Houston, and tina
would be in Austin alta given
that the article was written auG p
lished in the STATESMAN. We lr'
taken the Age for truthful pape. ou,
now we know more about it, and can't
be induced to believe it.
The Ennis Regieac says: "The en-
CINE of the southbound freight train
was levied upon Tuesday to satisfy 6
judgment of $3.50, and held over fol
several hours. This seems to be 9
harsh measure to use against the Cen
trail Railroad, but in its dealings with
citizens its policy has always been tC
respect no right and to scruple ut nc
wrong. Its fairness scarcely stops
short of rank dishonesty, and it's greed
mess often amounts to robbery; mol
does it respect the processes of courts,
except when backed with. physlca
force"
Denison is the point where all the
new isms from the North strike Texas
and hence is at present in the clutches
of the combined dogmss. The trav
cling missionaries who come to Tex
as to lift US out of heathenish dark
ness congregate there. The spiritual
lists are there, and even one who ad
mires and exalts the devil receives {
good share of attention. What sac
thing it is for Denison that it is the
gate to Texas. Frauds reach it with 6
flourish and stake," while they are
fiattened out as they penetrate furthe
into the State.
The Free Press, of San Marcos, say
that "Dr. Downs, who lives Oh one O
the irrigation farms near Uvalde, il
now harvesting his crop of oats tina
will yield seventy five bushels per acre
worth about seventy-five cents pc
bushel. AS soon as the oat crop is harv
ested, the land is to be planted in corr
that will yield about forty bushels tt
the acre. So that an acre Of rrigatee
land will yield about eighty-tive dol
lars worth of produce per annum, anG
Uvalde county has thousands of acre!
of such lands"
| The East 7eras Patron says: "Trut
to the instincts of his benevolent ma
ture, DIR. Frank Rainey is engaged il
the generous and laudable purpose Of
raising funds for the INDECENT and
homeless pupils of the Blind Asylum
of which he is Superintendent. Ii
order to do this, the Doctor intends tC
Utilize the musical and rhetorical skill
which have been developed under thu
training which some of the pupils hav,
received at the institution over which
he presides. 1t is proposed to make (
tour through the State, and give con
certs at the more important places, &C
companied by readingsi in raised print.
| Railroad companies, in interest snt
sinking fund accoust with the Stat,
of Texas, have paid into the Treasury
as follows: Houston and Texas Cen
trail Railroad Company ON $576.
1851, interest ST, 304.47, sinking
fund S., 768, 10. Washington Count,
Railroad Company-on $91, 1915, in
terest SO, 1888 65, sinking fund $911.21
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
on 1874, 919.39, interest So, SAT. 50
sinking fund 81, 949.19. Texas ant
New Orleans Railroad Company-or
| $571, 3s1. Al, interest SIT, 141 Al, sink
ing fund $5,713.81. Galveston, Har
risburg and San Antonio Railroad Com
pany on $571, 142.72, interest ST.,
134.28, sinking fund $5.711.42.
A Longview justice of the peace
a cause before him to recover from
husband on bills made by the wifi
cided that husband canRot be
to pay his wlfe's bills for ary,
else than the necessaries of life, VII. Il.
do not include Hamburg edging' n
insertings, white cord, hairplnf, silE
ribbon, braid and carriers, which arli-
cles were itemized in the bill. 1t L
hoped this is only law for Longview
where the cold fellows are unable t
appreciate even pretty little garter
at the top of snow.white stocking
There are places where that justic,
couldn't exist five minutes, with boil
sexes combined against him.
Judge Blackburn, were he not al
able lawyer and pious Christian gen
tleman, might be regarded as operat
ing a copartnership with prosecuting
attorneys. His spring circuit tells al
awful tale for eyildoers: The McCul
loch county grand jury found AZ in
dictments, San Saba 80, Lampasas 10
Burnet so, Gillespie 10. Kimball 25
Menardville 50, Mason 10. At the Nc
Culloch county court IA felony convic
tons were made, at Burnet 8, GILES
pie 6, Menard 8. Two convictions o
murder in the first degree were made
in the district. Llano court, whicl
will probably be the most important il
the district, is yet to be heard from.
The papers are rehashing the OLE