The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-04-12


low the busy world wsgs, paid two
dollars for the Lockhart Ne,cs-Echo, and
,efore he reached home found in it an
ADJ telling him where to find his
ost horse, worth sos. The farmers
lear profit, the Aets- Echo says, was
s63. But horse thieves abound, and
he next subscriber to the NeIss-Echo
will lose a sos horse, and thus it will |
happen that a fellow loses S67 by sub
'cribing for the paper, and the Neios-
Echo and all the other echoes still an
iwer $61, and that's the reason the peo-
DIE over there don't rush madly to |
Lockhart and gobble the Nsacs-Eeho.
The Rutabagas smashed things gen.
orally when tinkering with constitu
.ional law. In Bee county the Septem-
Der term of the district court cost the
county $51s for the pay of Jurors and
bailiffs; the March term cost S5SS,
while under the old system the average
cost of term of the district court was
$500 three terms year - which In
Guided misdemeanors, civil and pro-
bate business, which now requires eigh-
teen terms year of the county court.
At the recent term of the district court
for that county forty-six men were I'M
paneled for two days and thirty-six for
five days, besides the grand Jury.
Local Option" is rigidly enforced
in the Bastrop skating rink. The rea-
son is, fellows skates slipped from
under him and he sat down on bottle
in his coat pocket aud the sharp edges
and corners made him stand up several
DAYS at his meals, and nobody could
persuade him to sit on the old greasy
goods box at the corner grocery, and
the fellows round town felt that he was
getting proud and ''stuck up" some
how. He talks very sadly about it,
and seems to think it is better to have
ones head out of fix with jim-jams
than the body jsmmed with glass.
The San Antonio Express tells that
a young man named Jas. Neil was ex-
pected near Uvalde, to marry young
lady on certain day, and as he failed
to come, it was concluded that the In
dams had waylaid and killed him, as
nothing short of 'Injins" or death
would interfere with a journey of this
kind. However, a party sent out in
search of the expected groom learned
that he had gone away with herd OF
cattle, and the Indian scare died out in
that neighborhood. We are not told
how the disappointed girl bore the DIS
appointment, but the fellow, in his
present line of business, has come to
his milk before this time.
A letter-writer of the Boston (AIass. }
Herald, who was in this city, says
"Never were two cities as splendidly
situated for water supply as San Anto-
MO and Austin, and both are even now
noted for healthfulness, owing to their
elevation of 600 feet above the Gulf,
and their equable climate. But with
water works and sewers the latter
could be constantly cleanscd by the
abundance of water-these cities would
become the most celebrated health re
sorts in the country, and be resorted tc
as was the Pool of Bethesda in scrip
| tural times. Instances are not uncom
mon Of consumptives being cured by {
residence in Austin or San Antonio
and these cities can make no improve
ments SO sure of great returns as the
introduction of pure water and the con
struction of sewers" -s.-'
With the progress of art and
science and thinking, we would
ask, "when listening enraptured to the
delicious melody transported by the
lightning" is not this the Emusic Of
the spheres" we used to read and
dream about9 When the poet said:
'Tfs distance lends enchantment to the view,
| And robes the mountain in its azure hue
he little dreamed that distance would
lend enchantment to the ear. But the
capacity of one sense is given to an
other. and there is no reason now to
doubt that when a signing lover deemi
his sweetheart a vision of fairyland, &
kiss stolen from the shadow will give
all the electrical ecstacY derived from
the rosy lips of the blessed girl herself
This is Major Marks's philosophy abou,
it, and he is now taking telephone
pictures and they sing charmingly.
The Express says that g Boerne, the
county seat of Kendall county, is &
town of 5000 inhabitants, principally
Germans. 1t was laid out about TWEEN
ty-fve years ago by John James and
Gustav Theisen. 1t is named aftel
Ludwig Boerne, a political fugitive,
who fled the Fatherland and cast hi.
fortunes in Western Texas. Boerne i:
located ON the Cibolo, thirty miles
northwest of San Antonio, and is 9
town of considerable interest. Being
about 900 feet above the level of the
sea, the breeZes that constantly fan il
bear only health, and hence 1t is the
resort in simmer for the wealthy deni.
zens of the close and sultry city, and
in winter for those suffering from pull
monary complaints. There are three
hotels there"
The county judge of Parker tells
that 'the law allows county judge,
the following fees: For each civil
cause finally disposed of before him by
trial or otherwise, So; for every case
of mis3emeanor or hdbsdS corpus finally
disposed of, So. The above class Of
fees l shall, in the future, donate t.
Parker county, as l cannot, with 6
clear conscience, receive such fees
and l hereby authorize and empower
the sheriff of Parker county in the fu
ture to collect such fees and pay the
same over to the county treasurer fol-
the benefit of the county, to be paid
out by said treasurer as other fund,
for county purposes" How many
county judges will pronounce such Q
terrible criticism by their generosity
upon the folly of Texas lawgivers
Where, oh. where, are the Rutrbagas
Kendall county's southern line i:
twenty-five miles northwest of San
Antonio. 1t was named after George
| Wilkins Kendall, we'll known as one
of the founders and editors of the New
Orleans Picayttne, as also the author oil
that popular work among others, en-
titled The Santa Fe Expedition
His memory Is held in high honor, ans
his remains occupy beautiful resting
place In the Boerne cemetery. The
area of Kendall county is 1885 square
miles, and its population at present
about 1000. The assessed value of it,
taxable property is $400, 600, upon
which there is State and county tai
at the rate of ninety-five cents on eact
800. The roads are kept in excellent
condition. Kendall is one of the best
watered counties in Western Texas
Numerous mountain springs exis
throughout its limits, while the Guada
lupe, one Of the principal rivers o
Texas, rolls placidly through its cen
ter. t.-.l- --...-.
| The Baltimore Gazette says that Phil
| ip Waddell, wife, six children snt
mother-in-law, and A. j. Smith. wifi,