The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-07-26

Longs Lake is 4 popular resort with
Dallas people. The men up at Dallas
do the fair thing-they take whisky on
the inside and water on the outside.
Capt. Charley Dean, of Arkansas
county, has gathered 1000 bushels of
California clover seed in Caney, which
he will plant in his large western pas
ture.
Mr.. Samuel CARL got SO full of
Christian JOY at a camp meeting in
Bell county that, without warning, he
was taken up to the bright kingdom
above.
The williamson County Sun speaks of
q fine rain last Monday. which was much
needed in that section. The rain of
that day seems to have been general
and timely.
Ten carloads of iron for the East
Line and Red River railroad passed
through Texarkana on the eighteenth,
and twehty-four more carloads were
expected soon.
II every, man, woman and child IN
the United States would emigrate to
Texas 1t would be less thickly popu-
lated per square mile than Massachu-
sets is at present.
Ben amin Franklin Hardcsstla, VIC
has rather hard scrabble through life,
was bobbipg around upon the streets
, of Houston the other DAY. He belongs
to past age.
Chick Wamen, conductor on the Mis-,
souri,, Kansas and Texas road, stopped
his train to put three card monte men
off. Chick is a brick, and he served
these chaps right.
Mr.. Bucker, OF Williamson county,
made GOO bushels of wheat on his farm,
which was an average of twentY-eigEt
bushels to the acre. He sold it all at
one dollar bushel.
A little girl was shot in the foot
near San Antonio the other day by a
COW, which was being MIXED, by
knocking gun down thst rested
against fence.
Mr.. VIM. Reed and Mrs. Emeline
Smith, wiRnlng widow, came to
Lampasas in covered wagon and had
the marriage contract put into effect
at the wagon on the streets.
| The Denison Cresset says that the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas road has
built two hundred new cars for the
Texas trade. The railroads even smell
the big crops from afar off,
The Examiner thinks 500 dogs accu-
mulate near its office every night. And
yet only this number is reported as rep.
resentIng the tax-paying canine popu-
latian OF Mel gennan couaty.
Charles Fillmore, of Denison, hiss
been visiting Eufala, Indian Territory,
for the purpose of studying anthropol
ogy as related to the seven lost tribes
of Israel, and the mound builders.
From catalogues, circulars, ETC., re.
ceived from Roanoke College, Virgin
ia, VIC see that 1t has all it's printing
done in Salem, the place in which il
is located, matter worthy of note il
Texas.
Neill Cain was before the County
, Court OF Williamson county the 9th
day. he is well known in Travis cGur
ty, and has various aud sundry de
mands upon his presence before mum
Der Of courts.
r. W. Crawford, Of Hampstead
has been acquitted on charge of .mgr
der for killihg the desperate Frankiir
in that PLACE a few weeks ago. Tn,
jury thought the killing was done il
sclf~defense.
The death rate of New York Cit,
has increased very much of late. TIN
second week in this month it was 10
in advance of the week before, anC
r9r the thlTd week l5e in excess OF tn
former increase.
Col. Lang, in his speech at Lock
hart, defended Comptroller Dardel
against the demagogicsl attacks o
those who baVe attempted to thEoV
the bls ne upon nina for the imposition
: of the tax on produce.
A swimming pool is being construct
ed near the water works in Dali is
How econom cal they are at Dallas t,
use the water for swimming and drink
ing b; tn. Austin folks don't like t.
mig things that way:
Five hundred and fifty car loads. Q
about 10, $40 head of Texas catt}
were shipped over the Chicago, Ban
lington and Quincy Railway by tn
Miss u i, Kansas aud IL 4as road dur
. ing the month Of June.
Jim Brennan. horse thief, made hi
escape from the Fort Worth Jail las
week. He took leg bail while rcmov
ing the garbage from the jill. Office
Holt TO lowed and fired at him, bu
timber Jim was too much for him.
And now it appears that County AT
= tolney Roberts, of GAliad county, ha
been Matchmaking and accepting
/ brides. Hence he has proceeded con
trary to the advice Of Horace Creole,
and has gone East instead of West.
Some old silver mines have bee
) opened up in Medina county whicl
were worked by Pather Adam and hi
sons, or by others who lived in West
ern Texas long years ago. The ind
cations are that the mines will pay.
Abe Rothschild, the murderer O
Bessie Moore, now confined in tt
o Marion county Jail at jefferson, Texa'
: is reported to be in decline. This
together with lac coup d'etat of hi
counsel, gives his friends some hope
!, With five churches in Bolton Their
. was no service on last Sunday evening
The heated term may be an excuse 70
ministers to fall short of du les here
but in the hereafter we are afraid som
1 of them will have rather a warm tim
of il.
Mr.. Hubbard, travelling correspond
ent of the Waco kEdmi;sg, is ''swing
7 ing around the circle" with Col. Lang
, Perheps the Examiner and the Co
onel have got up MUTUAL admiratio
and ''tickle me and I'll tickle you" sc
l ciety.
. A proposition is up in San Artoni
for opening up streets along the river
r which runs through the city in th
n shane of letter s. Certainly
:. would add attractions to San Antoni
to have beautiful drives along tn
beautiful San Antonio river.
! A Mrs. A. G. Perry has visited
q spot in Falls county where she reside
inst forty years ago. A spring and
q mound now mark the spot where