The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-01

DR.. Ditzler's favorite themes are:
History and preservation of the Bible,
and Diapers charges against the Pen
tateuch met; geology, anatomy and
Genesis; Darwinism aud the sciences
generally; popular objections to the
Bible and Christianity: merits and
supposed defects of Christianity and
the claims of Infidelity; triumph of
Christianity and infdelity-has the
former opposed the sciences, arts and
liberty, and has the latter supported
themi
On the subject of the Morgan rail-
road, the Gonzales Enquirer, of the
seventeenth, says that the engineers
completed the survey to that town last
week. The chief engineer stated that
if the road came up on the other side
of the river at all, it would cross about
five miles below town. The line which
he thought would be the choice lies
just within the inneFtown. The route
is only to be surveyed to Gonzales, and
thus far it will certainly be built.
a State exchange informs its readers
who are wanted in Texas. The appli-
cation win fit any locality. 1t says we
have too many doctors, and nine times
too many lawyers. 1t is proposed to
swap off" lawyers at the rate of forty
lawyers for one Northern farmer. A
few more good preachers are needed,
and great many less poor ones. But
the great want is farmers; five million
good farmers will receive a welcome
within the borders of Texas. But early
rising, Woodworking, sober, good man
aging men are wanted.
A tramp, tall and fine looking, lcalled
at the house of a sheriff the other
night and announced that he was tired
and hungry. II believe what you say"
said the sheriff. You are Jesse James,
the outlawed murderer. Boyw shouted
the officer, ''bripg a rope, quick, and
We will string this rascal so high that
plea of guilty never will save him ~
And as the sheriff took a step'toward
the back room the tramp gave one look
of agonized disappointment at the COM
Portable looking stove, and then bolted
like quarter horse.
The Netos, of San Saba, has evidence
of the advancement of its town. A
minstrel troupe has been there, with
uniforms and trumpets promensding
the streets, and, promising the usual
''change Of programme" for the next
evening. The second performance
came, the change was anxiously awaited
and not being produced, ''soup" was
called for several times, when the
troupe were served with eggs, a Ia rot
ten, on the stage. This is the hand.
some way they treat humbugs in San
Saba.
A Fort Worth contractor quarreled
with the city dads, and he and an al.
derman fought in the half-dried chan
mel of the Trinity river. The mayor
stood by to save the alderman at the
proper time. But the pair became sc
thoroughly blackened with mud thai
they were undistinguishable and the
mayor went in promiscuously, and
finally the pair of mud turtles turned
upon him and now his nose locks like
an old wool hat and his smashed lips
are ragged curtains Hopping before the
gateway 20 another world.
The nOn-cOmpOtes and middle mel
and women who have been keeping
their new babies nameless for three
months past can now have the httl,
fellows sprinkled, and the number o
Rutherford B. Hayeses in the United
States will be considerable. We dom
expect, however, to hear the name pro
nouIced very often this morning il
front OF the affairs of Austin churches
But Hayes being fairly in loving man
mas and papas will soon begin to cal
their dearest bantling ''Ruther;" blu
they would ruther" it was Sammy J
There are ~, sos, 923 persons engaged
in agriculture, manufactures, mechani
. cal and mining industries; one-fifth o
our annual bar bill is $50, 064, 376
Suppose 41o, 799 families deposit, each
the $S1 that's spent by each for whisky
, in the savings banks of the country
would not the accumulation of this sun
: in few years, with the interest acCru
ing, be very handsome reserve fuhC
for each family9 Liquor shops proven
this sum being accumulated. The
are the foes of these families and Ough
to be closed.
The State military organization pad
at Galveston is composed of brigade
made up Of two regiments. The frs
7 regiment is composed of the followIn
q companies: Alamo Rifles, OF San Ar
e tonic; Travis Rifles, of Austin; Austi
Grays, Of Austin; Waco Grays, G
Waco; companies A, B and G Corp
Cadets of Military Institute, Austin
:, Stonewall Grays, of Dallas. Regimen
! tai officers: Colonel-A. s. Robert:
e captain OF the Travis Rifles, fine so
o der and genial comrade; Lleutenar
c Colonel-E G. Bower, captain Of tn
i Stonewall GraYs, of Dallas; Major-A
:, S. lockwood, captain of the Alan
0 Rifles, of San Antonio.
>. The law regarding registration c
J births, passed by the Thirteenth Leg
8 islature, is not observed. 1t require
!, that parents have the names of all chi
dren registered within six months a
8 ter the date of birth, with the names c
u IFS parents, their color and also the Sc
i OF the child. For any violation of TIL
law the parents or guardian of any sue
child, shall, upon conviction, be fineC
in the sum of So for every month til
!, duty may be neglected. II the law
t not 10 be enforced the Legislator
, should repeal it, but until this is don
o it should be observed by the courts
d for its non observance subjects parent
4 to Indictment.
/ The Fayette County Ne,o Era says
e Judge Moore's salary being too small
G he tries to make it up by killing viii
animals for the fur. Col. w. w. Lie
gan, himself and others went out an
s killed very large wild cat last week
D whose scalp is worth one dollar only
3 This band of hunters are doing goo
a work, killing out the ''varmints
Q around here, but the scalps are to
= cheap. We ere in favor of advancin
. the price of the scalps of all calf, pi
h and chicken killing vermin to So; the
e the judge could add something to hi
scanry salary.
+ The Pleasanton Stock Journal say
A that Bolton begins now to have tn
e appearance OF respectable city /
n ChristendOm. The citizens in putin
away the sale of bisky, ETC., have e
4 eva.ed their moral standard ninety De
A cent, and the "hange-s-around" tn
ten bar-rocms that have been close
!. there by the votes of the good citizen
o. Of Bell county will have to hunt som
other doggeries at which to spend the