The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-09-05
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Leslie Thompson is a candidate for
the county judgeship of Medina county
oa the Ireland ticket.
S. c. Patton, of HallettsYi'le, is the
Democratic nominee for the State Sem
atorship in his district.
Shipments of cotton from Columbus,
on the Braz1s, are brisk. A good crop
| is being gathered in the coast counties.
The Banner is satisfied that So, 600, =
900 will be paid for the cotton which
will be shipped from Brennan this
year.
They are going to have high old
times in Houston. They have import
ed for the purpose a man named Frol-
| ich.
1t is said enough whisky is drank in
Dallas to keep two ordinary distllleries
iu operation the year round, day and
night.
Daniel Powell, an old resident of
Mckinney, is dead. Death has been
doing sad work of late among the old
people there.
And now the grand juries are going
to take hold of the putting off business
as practiced on railroad trains by quar-
antlne officers.
Mrs. Burchardt, of Dallas, in a state
frenzy, attempted to drown her chill
dren in a well. Her husband pre-
| vented the terrible deed
1t took quart of Nillican whisky
to kill a negro. If there is any object
in doing away more chesply with any
more like him, try Dallas.
A little girl of Mr.. Frank Marcus, of
Palestine, kindled fire with oil poured
from a can. An explosion took place,
and the little child died IN few hours.
Wild geese passed over Dallas on the
last night of August, five weeks IN ad-
vance of their usual appearance in
Texas. 1t is said to augur an early
winter.
The New Braunfels wooden mills are
turning out six hundred yards of cas-
simeres daily. The demand for the
supply.
The fremont Hotel at Galveston,
was built at cost of $3.50, 900, and it
is now assessed at $50, or about
the former value of the lot without the
building.
Capt. Tays, of the frontier battalion,
reported fight with the Indians. He
thinks, says the Age, that he killed sew
en- Indians. He kn0aos they killed one
of his men,
DR.. Heard, of Galveston, says in
1853 B. r. Rucker, postmaster of
Washington, on the Brazos, caught
the yellow fever from the Galveston
and Houston mail bags.
A curious and ingenious chair has
been made. The occupant of it can
assume 5000 different positions. Capt.
Marks bought it in order tn take the
pictures of redheaded babies.
Ira Whitesides, young man of good
connections and once of good business
habits, went crazy on Sherman whisky
and fed to the woods, where it is fear
ed he has destroyed himself.
The Masons of Marshall have sent
DR.. ]. F. Davis, physician of rare
experience in yellow fever, to Vicks-
burg and defray his entire expenses
while on this benevolent duty.
An earnest appeal comes from Mem.
phis for more physicians. Those who
has gone to the afflicted, and it is
asked will any others of experience
follow him
Westward the Greenbacker takes his
way; he has now got as far as Tom
Green county, he Is school teacher
and takes Pomeroy's Democrat. The
paper Is passed around and the people
have been converted.
Mr.. Schlelcher, says the Rockport
Transcript, has become so excessively
fat, that after speaking fifty minutes
at Goliad in a crowded, heated court
house he became exhausted, and was
with difficulty restored.
The Greenbackers are spending
money to establish organs. Hadn't
they better wait till "fat" money
makes them flush The last one of
them will collapse in the present fnan-
cial condition of the country.
An exchange coroborates it that
Major PENIS present long stay at Rock
dale is to save Breeding, whom he
thought he had saved once before.
Tackling a newspaper man is the
heaviest of PENIS undertaking.
The Sherman Patriot wants the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES controversy
disinfected. Perhaps Ben Butler will
undertake the job. The three editors
are harming profession they are capa-
BILE of honoriDg by horrible denuncia-
tions of one another.
The $50, 900 appropriated by Con-
gress for the improvement of Slbine
Pass is being expended. A dredge
boat is at work in the pass deepening
the channel, and it is thought that
twenty five feet of water will be OBJ
tanned.
Mr.. Almonds, of Corpus Christi,
wanted to collect dollar from a Mex
lean, who made payment from the
muzzle of a six-shoeter. Almonds,
though badly hurt, reciprocated the |
bill by sending the Mexican similarly
into eternity.
A grand union barbecue is to be
held at Seguin on the tenth of Sep
TENDER. Written invitations have been |
to Hon. o. NJ. Roberts, Gen. |
w. II. Hammsn, Hon. John Ireland, |
Hon. G. Schleicher, aud all candidates
for Office, to be present.
The Gainesville Hesperian says that
on account of the worthless material
used-soft .sandstone-the East Texas
will be total loss to the
State; but it will be worth Just as
much to the contractors as though it /
was built to endure.
The body of an unknown child ten
years of age, was lately found on a sand
bar in the river near Waco, where it
had been left by the recedlng waters.
1t had been in the water several days,
and probably came from some distance
up the Brazos river.
At barbecue the other day in Con
zales county, Judge Ireland spoke and
created much enthusiasm. Judge
Nancy spoke after him, and opposed
him IN favor of Mr.. Schleicher. Bur
2ess, of SeguiR, then took whack at
Nancy and used him up.
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