The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-17


Clay county petitions that the carry
ing of firearms shall be prohibited
within its boundaries.
Garner, the murderer of Sheriff
Starks, at Rockwell, has been found
guilty, and will be executed.
A committee of citizens of Galveston
are considering a scheme for system
of water works for that city.
Deer and other small game are so
plentiful in Clay county as to be
rounded up in numbers in the cattle
herds.
Miss Sophia Henderson, aged nine
teen years, the daughter of eX-Govern-
or Henderson, of Houston, died on the
eleventh inst.
Many of the Texas papers, seeing
his announcement, think f. W. Chan
Ter would make an excellent mayor for
the city of Austin.
Grass in the San Marcos river grows
thirty feet long, and cattle wade in the
water and feed on 1t when food is
scarce elsewhere.
The Examiner condemns as unjust
the attempt of Major G.. S. West to
throw the onus of the tax law upon
Comptroller Darden.
The Comanehe Chief regards Throck-
morton as chief among the dema-
gogues. And yet he will easily walk
over the congressional course.
At Hearne entertainment one man
ate seven pies, and was surprised at
his indisposition until he was presented
with bill for seven pie plates.
The Castroville delegation, unlike
the one from San Antonio, are wonder
fully satisfied with the manner in which
they were treated at Galveston.
The Daily Mtelhgencer' is about the
tenth paper subsisting in Dallas. 1t is
a very attractive and carefully edited
paper, and creditable to Texas journal
ism.
The young grasshoppers lately
Matched out in Colorado county shuttle
off their mortal coil, and not their
shirts and drawers, in twentyfour
hours.
Col. Workman, of the Sulphur
Springs Gazette, has received the plaud,
Its of the good people of Hopkins
county for his earnest advocacy of pro-
hibition.
A local writer in the Observer says
that in the next Legislature Corsicana
must at least have a man at Austin who
will let his constituency know that
he is at roll call.
William Danforth, farmer of Nc
Lehman county, was killed by light
ming ON the eleventh OF May. He IVES
largely esteemed by the community IN
winch he lived.
In the celebrated Blue Ridge dis
trict, Falls county, the crop prospect
is anything but good. Grasshoppers,
hail and excessive rams have about de-
stroyed everything.
On the first of May, by Rev. T. B.
King, Mr.. H. Neill, formerly of Car
roll county, Mississippi, was married
to Miss Dora Pagan, of Stephensville,
Erath county, Texas.
The great Dallas distillery, now in
course of erection, has been seriously
damaged by the storm, the walls hav-
ing fallen in. 1t is symbolical of those
who are to fall hereafter.
Fort Worth has become the grand
rendezvous for base ball players. The
Dallas boys went there and were licked
out, and now Marshall sends its dele
CATION to beat the "Panthers.
Gamblers abound in Hampstead.
They may be rendering valuable assist
ance in the construction of public edi-
fees down there and in keeping local
option and the Courier straight.
Major West should be retained by
the State to prosecute the fellow who
claims that the Constitutional Conven-
ton discovered perpetual motion IN es-
tablishing the present judiciary sys-
TEN.
The fair association at Lampasas has
abandoned the Objectionable feature of
advertising in their premium pamphlet.
Instead they will give long list of
special premiums offered by business
men.
Besides the bonded debt of the Cen
trail Railroad, there is claimed against
the road debts, more or less secured,
say about 81, 100, 600; and there Is a
floating unsecured debt of about ST.
$50, 900.
Charles Williamson was sent to the
penitcntisry for ten years for stealing
pair of sleeve buttons worth 25 cents.
A petition is being signed at Fort
Worth asking Governor Hubbard to
pardon him.
A movement is on foot in Sulphur
Springs to abolish the city government.
1t was thought of about here, but will
now be postponed until some new fel-
low tries his hand in Strengthening up
our city affairs.
Barkley got to using his six-shooter
too freely in Waco, and wounded a
little boy. He /" lit out" and as shoot
ing at innocent people is fashionable in
Austin, he may do a little trigger prac-
tice here any day.
Acting Mayor Tibbs, of Sherman, is
going to try the effect OF the Califor-
MIA lAw-one hundred lashes-upon
wife heaters. Then he is going to
have them tarred and feathered and
sent on 3 rail out of town.
A gentleman named Cooke is cleo
trifyIng Cairo, on his way to Texas,
showing people how the spirits unite
hard knots and things aud play fancy
tricks in wardrobes. Cooke says be
can cook the goose of spiri,uslism.
An exchange says that Mayor Wheel
er resigned in consequence of bad
health. This may be so. but he st once be-
gan TO clamor after q more laborious po-
sition-the one Just made vacant by the
removal of County Attorney Trigg.
The Sulphur Springs GasStte. in refer
ring to State ..slates,n says it fails to
find anything in r. Q. MiIls's opposition
to peaceable solution Of the presiden-