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

recently appointed IN Tennessee, was
almost nominated for the shrievslty by
the Democratic party in one of its late
conventions in Memphis; but he is not
Democrat now, We believe. Taking
Office under Hayes, Of course, changes
ell his convictions. BE is still white,
We have heard.
Dan McGary discovered that dirty
crowds do most frequent the halls of
Austin justice. He learned, too, hav-
ing witnessed a drunken brswl, that |
that there are lawyers hanging around |
these "delectable courts whose lights |
are hid under a bushel.n We had |
thought it was only about a quart. But |
Dan knows.
When a fellow dies with his boots |
on, physicians always being scarce on
such occasions, the Brownsville sex
| tons say "cause unknown" 1t means
mixed whisky and bullets. Fourteen
of seventeen departures for kingdom
come from Brownsville last month are
accounted for by the foot note ''cause
unknown"
Col. Loughery is astonished that a
dog leaped one hundred feet from a
hotel in Galveston and walked away
unhurt. There is no ground for as
constituent or for the dog to fall on.
We always heard that Galveston had no
foundation. 1t is only a vision rising
up from the midst of dream-land and
of the deep. s.f
Martin, who is about seven feet high
and weighs ninety pounds, has the
measles. They do say he isn't hand
some when thus speckled and spotted;
but that he looks like cross between
a peppered eel and mule-eared rabbit.
It's them ears that are deemed signih-
cant of the rabbit, which isn't rabbit
ia .hat family. .,.....
Eggs are SO cheap in Texas that
swindling showmen are having colicky
times. 1t seems, too, that somehow
or other the grasshoppery food of the
hens makes the egg market active, and
to supply a one-horse show with as
many decayed eggs as Texas au-
dience can tote in its pockets costs the
least possible sum.
Mills, the G. o. D. clothier of Hous-
ton, is not, despite the C. o. D. appen-
dix to his name and style, of those
mills of the gods that slowly grind.
He is one of the fastest tradesmen and
statesmen in Texas. Major Marks took
his photograph, and, by decree of the
. city dads of Houston, it is suspended
across the main street of that ancient
city.
The Fayette county NeaO Era, con-
| 80 of 20 cd,
tlsed for sale for taxes, begs Col. OAR
' den to help the people out of their
troubles. Should not the Neao Era
rather advise the people to send sane
men and wise men and educated men
to the Legislature, and no more ldi.
r OTIS or vain, empty-pated demagogues.
: A correspondent of the San Antonio
Express tells that "Kendall county
has few equals for general stockraising
i purposes. Sheep, cattle, horses and
, goats do we'll, while hogs thrive the
: season round upon the wild masts o.
b the oak forests. Game of all kinds
abounds, including bear and deer, and
i fish are abundant in the Guadalupe and
Cibolo rivers" --..
S A Missouri entomologist (bugologist)
S says that grasshoppers make good foOo
cakes when dried and ground. NJ
: doubt they would make a population
:. active, but we would rather not GRIND
> them when wheat or corn may be had
But first class grasshopper hashery OF
J the southern side of the Colorado, herr
. at Austin, would do well now.
Is We have made several general ant
unselfish and vague hints about thu
= law requiring county courts to publish
annually in the newspaper having thu
largest circulation certain statistics, but
It since we had no reason for those in
# nocent remarks and are not in the leas
: concerned about the matter = we'll i
n doesn't signify but there's the law anC
thsre is the court and yet there is no
I, uIr.h FL Lie way Or r--IrrfS-''
The Brownsville Sentinel is mistaken
A man may give away as much whisk,
as he chooses where prohibition ha
~ been adopted, provided it ''be no
: given away to evade the law" Eaci
citizen can keep barrel, or more o.
j. less as he chooses, for his own use anc
G for general distribution, if he choos
}. to give it away. But he can't sell
/ pin for ten cents and give the buyer
: drink. @-.
3 They made the "guide" timbers o
It the Sherman town clock out of Mar
If tin. Anyhow, the Register says: 9Th
lie guides were made of green timber
IS clumsily put together originally, al
s. there can be no accuracy in the run
r" ming of the clock until they are prop
" erly arranged"-po more accuracy thai
- in the course, political and terrestrial
y pursued by the elaborate Capt. Martin
:. whose legs and ideas alike are oftel
! seriously tangled.
There are several terrible fellows il
IS the Austin Jail. A Cuero man say
6 that Bill Meadow is a hard nut. II
- is the sweet boy that took an old mai
off his dying bed and shot and thel
hanged him and his son. There ar
five and should be fifty representative
;, of Cuero devils in the Jail. The Tay
II lor-Sutton feud does not rage as no
n long ago about Cuero, and decent PED
IS pie can live there now very quietly.
There are several old soldiers of tn,
Texas revolution in Austin and in ad
jacent towns and counties, and thest
should meet on the twenty first lnstan
If San Jaeinto Day. Two years ag
Re the old colored body servant of Gen
II Travis was in this city and his HON
1t was not far away. Why not have HIN
IS brought to the capital2 The onI
white survivor of the Alamo is here
10 and we do not see why the veteran
4 should not be feted by the city govern
4 ment or by the citizens of the capital
,r Don Manuel de los Heros, of tn
q Hacienda de la Jaula, in the State o
N Guanajuato, Mexico, is doiRg San An
F tonic. Don Manuel, in company will
q friend, Don Ramon, of San Lui
o Potosi, visits San Antonio with refer
J, ence to its advantages and prospects a
/, railroad city. These gentlemen o
70 culture and wealth may sojourn her
r and promote that commercial and so
Is cial intercourse with our sis er republi
to which Texas looks forward as on
10 of the best results OF her railroad con
nsctions.
: Edwards county is to be organized
L where Mr.. Gullett, of San Marcos, an,
|. Mr.. France, of Philadelphia, have jus
!. located %, 900 acres. This extensiv
D. tract is to be at once turned into shee
ranch. Mr.. France furnishes the casl
n and Mr.. Gullett supplies the knowl
edge, experience and labor to max
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