The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-02-21

Texas, and Matte Merrlwether, of Ala
6ama, and Enms Templeton, of Lake
Providence, Louisiana, Pattie Jones.
of Mobile, Mary Goode, of Norfolk,
Mamie Yulee, of Florida, aud Katie
Phelan, of Tennessee.
The sum of $50, SIG 40 has been re
ceived and paid out in Collin county
on account of common schools. OF this
amount $500 were collected from the
dog tax, $70S5 from school lands and
S12, 931. % from the State school fund.
The county has 1888 children within
the scholastic age, thus giving SO. IS to
each child.
Wildcat skins are worth two dol |
lars, as fixed by the State. A man
brought one into Dallas to pay his dog
tax-one dollar. He gave over his
skin to the collector, demanding the
change. The collector passed him
over four coon skins, valued at twenty
five cents each, as change. He peck
eted his change and left.
There was no need, so far as the
Bonham Nescs was involved, for the
smoothing over" of that criticism.
We were poking fun at the Dallas Her
aid, and never dreamed of woundlng
the sensibilities or criticizing the con
duct of the Nstos. We have often as
serted the excellence of the Ne,os, and
meant all We said.
The Denison Nesos says Governor
Hubbard has gained quite a reputation
for pardoning real criminals, and
thinks that he might interfere in be-
half of F. w. Smith, youth who
stole little money at Houston to buy
medicine for his relief. Where is
Smiths relatives2 Has he no inHuen-
tial ones to ply the Governors
The people about Waco are much
interested in the Morino land suit,
now in the Federal court, in which
Gen. MeXia is attempting to recover
eleven leagues of land under an old
Spanish grant. The claimants, it Is
said, slept upon their claim for thirty
seven years. The thirty-eighth year,
1877, they paid a portion of the taxes
on the lands.
MIR. Spencer Young, of Bell county,
has in his possession the old battle
flag of the Third Arkansas Regiment,
Hoods Brigade. Mr.. Young. who has
lately moved to Texas, was ensign of
the regiment. The flag hears the
marks of over 100 bullets. The Hood
Brigade reunion takes place in Corsl-
cana July 10, add the relic may be on
hand at that occasion.
Martin aRd Crook have been making
admirable dinner-table speeches at
Sherman. They sparkled like the wine
they imbibed and talked about and the
women's eyes in which they beheld
their charms reflected. Crooks native
ugliness is always drowned in his elo-
quence and Martins would be were it
not for the length of his Imponderable
unparalleled legs.
The local artist of the Rockdale
Messenger tells of country boy visit
ing that village who mistook rusty,
the forge for an airhole of Erebus.
The boy was frightened Gus of his wits,
and when the facts were Investigated
it was found that the supposed ''black-
smith" was BreediDg's type-setter,
foreman and local reporter, who
hadn't washed his unique physiogno-
my for week.
The Luling Signal is mistaken in its
estimate of the men composing the Su-
preme Court bench. 1t insists that the
judges have 'outlive1 their useful
ness" and believes that young men
should occupy their places. 1t takes
not into consideration the fact that
three young men could not hunt up as
much law in year as one of these Su
preme CouIt judges could tell in day.
They are living libraries of law.
One Welcome Robinson has been in
Jail two months in Rhode Island for
keeping an unlicensed dog. Here in
Texas the colored people are hiding
out their dogs that the tax-gatherer may
be cheated; but 1t never occurred to
Texan lawgivers to imprlson citizen
for the offense of owning cur. And
yet our Radical fellow -countrymen de-
clare that the granger's dog law was
aimed especially at the negro.
Fifty tons of Austin stone and marble
will be used in perfecting the Calves
ton Cotton Exchange, and the number
of tons of this me t:rIal used in Calves
ton and Houston would be multiplied
again and again if the Central Railroad
had access to the stone quarries. The
number of laborers here would be null
tiplied and thus merchants of the city
would find. their trade augmented.
May not the city government induce
the Central to extend its trackway to
the base of Mount Bonnell!
George Holt, twelve years old, shot
and killed another boy, John Saun-
ders with pistol at Bayleville, near
Rockdale last week. The pistol was
empty, of course, and hadn't been
fired for two years, and everybody
swore it was empty. Boys are always
killed with empty pistols. The truth
Is, parents should never suffer boys to
become accustomed to the use of pis-
tolls. Perhaps this vice of Texas pa
rents accounts for the vices of Texas
highwaymen. There was never a pis-
toll that should not have gallows en-
graved on its barrel.
They have schoolmaster at Flint
Hill, in Milan county, and the trustees
finding the school didn't pay, locked
out the pedagogue and hired another
fellow who agreed to teach for nothing
if he didn't give satisfaction. He ran
a prayer meeting and Sunday school,
and had all the girls singing sweetly,
and proposed to preach little. But
he borrowed a horse the Saturday be-
fore his appearance in the pulpit and
sit out" and sold the horse to some
reader of the Marlin Spike in Langs-
town, and the Changers are all iDquiI-
ing for Miles, the schoolmaster. Such
is his name and he has no doubt placed
many little miles between himself and
his pursuers. He is young and good
looking.
A writer in the Galveston Neaos tells
a dismal tale of the Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Fe Railroad enterprise. lie
says: 1.-THE crowning glory of this
wonderful enterprise has reached its
sad destiny. All the bewildering
hopes of city and county made glad
with bright promises have gone down |
among the clouds of oblivion. Scarce |
three months have passed since the |
scepter of power passed into the hands
of the present directory, intrenchei in |
the confidence of the people by names
of merchant princes, capitalists and |
leaders on Change, whose regulations |
stood sponsors for the early construc-
ton of the road. The Hon. III. Kop-
perl was elected president, and q sub