The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-08-29

VOTING Win the Democrats, ana tnere-
upon the whole teaparty Topped back
into the Democratic party.
The newspapers warn as to be on
guard for Bannerton, Walton or Bonner,
as occasion may require. He is dressed
In conventional black, has dark
moustache and dark hair, and is gen.
orally prepossessing in his appearance
and regular ''lady killer" But he is
not the man from Memphis.
]. D. McCown, q farmer of Rock
wall, reports a singular disease among
his cattle. 1t bears the appearance of
mad itch. The cattle suffer excruciat-
ingly and rub themselves against the
trees until their bones are bare, and
then they die suddenly. Mr.. McCown
lost six fine cattle from the disease in
one week.
A good dame on Pecan street tells US
that powdered charcoal will keep meat
over which it is sprinkled and will re-
move any faint from flesh. A piece of
charcoal boiled in the water with meat
or fowl will render it nice and sweet.
Hams, after being smoked, can be kept
any length of time by packing in pow
dered charcoal.
Hon. Bailie Peytop, we'll known in
Austin andIby many Texans elsewhere,
was an able lawyer of Tennessee, and
powerful stump orator. He was a
member of Congress from 1888 to
1887; served on the staff of Gen.
Taylor during the Mexican war and was
appointed Minister to Chill by Presi
dent Fillmore.
A little three-year- old was standing
by her mothers side at the window in
deep meditation. AS one star after
another came twinkling into the sky
she watched them with eyes that grew
bigger and brighter. At last she
turned to her mother and said: 81
gueth it's about time to light up. moth
err; Gods lit up HIS houth."
Houston has probably established
the strictest quarantine ever inaugu-
rated in the State. Men are stationed
on the line of railroads running into the
city, and if a passenger is suspected of
being from an infected city, he is sworn
on the spot. A man from any point
where there is yellow fever can scarce
ly get into Houston now without per-
jurng himself.
John Speer, a boy of twenty, was to
have been hung for murder on the
'twenty-eighth of August at Waco.
The Governor has granted respite
until the twentieth of September.
Some persons about Waco think Speer
is not the man who did the killing,
though the circumstances were all
against HIM on the trial. He was con-
Yicted on circumstantial evidence.
The question that agitates the farm
ers in many OF the frontier counties
at present is what will they do with
their immense crops of wheat and
cornG Their remoteness from market
and the low prices offered leave them
no other alternative but to feed their
corn to cattle and hogs, and then drive
the stock to market. This will pay
better than selling at fifteen cents per
bushel.
Fort Worth will ship $4,000 bales
of cotton this year and Austin as many
when we finally get the old mossbacks
aroused, and have railway to George
town, Lampasas and Bolton, extending
itself to Ell Paso and Denver. When
we connect with the Denver line and
Austin is the scene of transfer to three
broad gauge competing lines to the
seaboard, the State capital will have
100, 900 inhabitants.
The Texas Express Company for
wards money and clothes and medi-
cines to yellow fever sufferers free of
cost. Mike O'Brien orders it, and
Mikes generosity used to be boundless
till he became bloated bondholder.
We reckon he has not entirely got over
his original weakness. We know he
is still soft when pretty girl is
around. But remember the generous
deeds of the express company.
Bro. PENIS goodness, some people
think, comes of the fact that he is lineal-
ly descended from that good old man
of Pennsylvania who drove such sharp
bargains with the Indians and got all
their lands and things for big stock
of plety which he always peddled out
at retail when taking in territory at
wholesale. Our Major Penn, the evan
gellst, is not of this stock. He trades
and trafficks in nothing, and deVotes
his life simply to purposes of good.
Rev. C. F. Grant, alias Holmes, the
fraudulant Evangelist, was holding q
revival at Bryan, when his infamy was
discovered. He was Baptist minis
ter in Canada, and got away with
church funds. He has been married
three times, and is wife deserter. In
Texas he has been known as Presby-
terrain minister, and has been lionized
in Austin as we'll as in other places. 1t
only shows that minister's cloak
alone should not entitle one to conf
dence.
There was no quarantine at Austin
in 1873 when Texas was afflicted with
the worst type of yellow fever ever
known. Now it adopts another course
at the suggestion of some of the
doctors, and yet the profession &C
knowledges that yellow fever is not
contagious; and only few days ago
these doctors pronounced Austin the
cleanest city on the continent, and that
there was nothing within its limits to
produce or feed yellow fever. These
are facts funny enough to laugh at.
Foo Wang Chang, Sherman laundry
proprietor, says the Register, was per
suaded to go to Sunday School several
weeks ago, aud while there was pre-.
sented with testament which he was
directed to peruse carefully. Last Sun.
day he was asked how he liked the
book, and his answer was very EN-.
phatic: TOO muchee Mclean bust
ness. Hi va, me no likee malice Mister
Christ to one crossee, and lettee awful
dam scampee Judas skippee out cause
he got mOnee-lots silver monee. Hi
va, too muchee Mclean business2"
The Head Light speaking properly
for the people of Round Rock says:
According to the sanitary regula.
lions of Austin an officer will exam.
inc all passengers on the railroads, and
those from infected ports will be put
off at Manor and Round Rock. Our
citizens should look into this matter
and if possible prevent the stopping OF
such persons in our town. If the sub
ject is brought before the management
of the International the programme OF
the Austin board of health will proba-
bly, be Interfered with. Failing in
this, our municipal authorities should
take it in hand.
The Bonham Nescs tells how young