The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-07-19

tlses the International: In ten or
fifteen years we will suppose that the
International Railroad Company has
located 900 square miles of land in one
body, by virtue of their subsidy land |
warrants, and the territory is organized |
into & coulty.- Who will pay the |
taxes? Will the personal property |
taxes, a. only one half the state tax, |
pay the expenses of organizationi Will |
d tax sufficient to meet current county |
be considered an equal and uni |
form tax when real estate is not taxed p
The STATESMAN discussed this matter
and asked the same questions before
the passage of the so-called compro-
mise charter bill. 1t is too late for
bowling now.
A negro uprising is reported at
Sandy Point, in Brazoria county. Some
weeks since two negroes were killed
while butcEering stolen besf, and
since then the negroes in the communi-
~ have been organizing and placing
themselves in readiness for al attack
upon the whites. July IA they gath
cred in force at Sandy Point and de
clared their Intention 10 arrest and
Kill the men who Killed the two thieves,
and to probably massacre all the whites
III the community. The whites organ
Sandy Point. In the meantime the
companies of the Second Texas regi-
ment have been placed in readiness
to so to the scene of conflict should
open hoStilltIes commence.
The Guadalupe Times is in = guam
dairy. Saws this paper: IF we pub
lish jokes. people say we are rattle
headed. II we omit jokes, they say
we are an old fossil. Ii we give origi-
nal matter, they blame US for not giY-
ing selections. II we publish selec-
tons, they say we are lazy for not
writing something they have not read
in some other paper. II We give com
plimentary notices, We are censured
for being partial. If we do not give
complimentary notices, folks say we
are jealous. If we do not cater TO the
wishes of the ladies, the paper is not
fit to tie up parcel or make IA hustle.
If we remain in our office, and attend
to our business, folks say we are too
proud to miDgle with other fellows.
If we go out they say we never attend
to our business. If we wear poor
clothes, they say business is bad. If
we wear good clothes, they say we
never paid for them"
a writer in the Guadalupe Times,
speaking of the cotton worm, tells how
their ravages may be prevented. He
says: 1t is a we'll known fact that
early in the season only few flies Wis
the fields and dep ,sit their eggs in one
or more small patches. These in alb ut
twenty eight days produce fly for
every worm, lay their eggs over the
field and ruin the crop. The rule has
been, If the farmer sees these patches,
he does not do thing to stop or stay
the evil, but sits down and mourns
over his ruined home. He will feel
better if he fights. Let him begin now;
swing cotton sack around his neck,
and, knife in hand, let him go over his
crop two or three times a week, max
ing diligent use of both eyes and
nose, taking every fourth or fifth row.
When he finds patch he must cut off
every top and leaf that has worm on
it and pat it in his sack. Don't let
one escape. 1t does not hurt the cot
ton to top it. Spread the tops in some
naked place about the yard and lots,
and the chickens will finish the Job.
While preacher of San Antonio was
centennializing, the local of the San
Antonio Herald taught the preachers
,,o-,,+ ~ eu,oor liIya oil l,Ioyoo 70 TOLL
volubly about Beecher and cry fire
whenever the clock struck twelve at
night. The bird was an heirloom in
the preachers family and his devotion
TO it was great; but when the feathered
mOns5er, last Sunday morning, as the
family started to church, began to sing
Of THE Bully Boy with the glass eye"
he jolly bird was presented to the
j-ll r.SI,-,I v,rr-a-ttIv pair UcCame
regular pals in the recorders court
every morning. 1t was very wrong of
the recorder, how-veg, last Wednesday.
to fine the local for the uuuIterable
confusion into which the town was
thrown by the false alarm which the
bird begat Tuesday night. The birds
voice is more terrible to the neighbors
than that of the planning mill ON the
Avenue used to be in Austin and when
it shricked ''fircl fire. fret" a DIR ,wsy
policeman scared out of his boots
went bowling Sire" down the street
and in ten minutes the whole popula-
ton of San Antonio, in their right
clothes, were in the streets and on the
plaza. Several timid people waded for
safety into the AlaZln ditch, and
others crepS out into the canals in the
back yards of this Venice of Texas,
and there was an universal uproar.
For ali this, the hapless editor and his
bird was on trial till yesterday, and the
recorder does not know what to do
about if. He cannot well punish the
bird, incapable as it is of malice, and
the fact that the editor trained poor
Poll to do the devilmcnt is not known
or cannot be proven. But there was
no help for 1t, and on suspicion the
local was mulcted and consigned to
DURANGO vile till the fine and costs are
paid. The newspaper people of Texas
should interpose and make up purse
to relieve the impecunious ink singer.