The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-24
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into granary.
The San saba Meas calls the grand
jury a ''court of inquisitiop."
E. n. Jenkins, an old and respect.
ed citizen of Dallas, is dead.
Henrietta, in Clay county, has been
made government signal station.
The Waxahachie Eate7priss says it
will not support Hubbard for re-elec-
ton.
Texas has OO2 Oranges with total
membership, males and females, of
3s, 149.
The GAINESVILLE Times thinks that
North Texas will be solid for Throck-
morton for Governor.
Farm labor is scarce IN Washington
county, and there is no excuse for able
bodied men to remain out of employ
ment.
Since the Polk county Jail was burn
ed the guarding and transferring CT
prisoners to other jails has cost over
$1,000.
The Telephone should know that the
STATEsMAN knows nothing of wrong.
The word is not in its vocabulary-oI
course it isn't.
A Hampstead maiden lately desired
to appear in male attire, but could not
find q man in the town with an extra
pair of trousers.
Lands in Fort Bend county range
from so cents to $50 per acre. and IN
improved bottom lands command from
81 to So per acre.
The sheriff of Kerr county has been
undergoing an investigation before the
courts. At last accounts the case had
not been disposed of.
Kerosene oil has come into use as a
hair restorative; at least bald pate
of San Saba has been restored to its
primitive beauty by it.
Ex-Governor Jewett W. Adams, of
Nevada, was married on the sixteenth
to Miss Emma E Lee, daughter of Col.
o. N. Lee, of Corsicana.
1t is estimated that Dallas has lost
5000, 900 this season in consequence of
bad roads, and Austin's loss from the
same cause is quite as great.
P.for DrTmOndu is native of Texas.
It was discovered here forty years ago,
by Mr.. Drummond, an agent of the
Glasgow Botanical society.
The Marshal of the town of Denison
has ordered every man in town with
out any visible means of support to
leave the town Immediately.
The Waco Examiner is still the or
gan of the Changers. The little cloud
that was raised over It's head was dis
PEELED, and it was the victor.
Four prisoners cut their way out Of
the Jail at Decatur a few days ago.
Three of them were charged with muir.
der and one with horse stealing.
The Mexia Ledger calls it bad policy
to have job printing done away from
home, and to have it full of typograph-
ical errors, all, too, to save few cents.
Dallas lawyers talk of organizing
bar association, In commemoratiop,
we suppose, of their exaltation of the
bar, as reflected in whisky straight"
A minister may whip his wife, and
thus enjoy a years vacation. At least
this was the church judgment against
one at Waco, who put ths lash to his
wife.
A VirginiaD, wise one, has publish
ed 1t that Denison will be the railroad
center of Texas, and this scion of the
F. F. VS. has the best there is in that
town.
An exchange accounts for an exag-
gerated story in contemporary by
presuming that the editor was away
and had left a minister in charge of his
paper.
Farmers may be admitted to the sub.
ordinate oranges on payment of So as
initiation fee. Ladies, without re-
gard II political prefermeHt, pay
only 81.
A bar meeting was lately held at
Hampstead in respect to the memory
of Major Hiram B. Walker, who was
lately killed by an engine on the Cen
trail railroad.
The sheriff of San Saba county is
left without associates. No one vol
UNFAIRLY appears with him for fear
they may be regarded as having vlo-
lated the law.
1t has been suggested that, inasmuch
as the Republican party is dead in this
State, the Democratic party make no
nominations, but let every man stand
on his own reputation.
A penitentiary convict has sent Gov
ernor Hubbard miniature, full rugged
ship of war. 1t is not intended to
suggest that his Excellency Is at sea
on the Mexican war question.
The last Houston papers that reach
ed this Office must have come by the
way of Hearne; at least, they were not
received until the International train
arrived on the day after publication.
The State Grange considered the
question of establishing an experiment.
tai and model farm; also, an agricul-
tural college. We are afraid the con-
sideration will never result IN a reality.
Mrs. Mohl, writing from Washing
ton to the Age. says that she is Sin
formed that Mss Tillotson is DR.. Mary
Walkers father" Mrs. Mohl always
did have a queer lot of information.
The Dallas Herald wants to know
"what the d-l-has become of Mexi-
coz" 1t was transferred TO Washing
ton in letter from 'HOnest Dick" to |
President Hayes, and the transfer was
in fee simple.
1t is estimated that Texas has 1900 |
saloons, twelve distilleries, forty-two |
breweries and 11S wholesale liquor
dealers. If that is not sufficient to fur
nish all with drink Texas must have q
vast population.
Several moneyed men of Georgetown
have agreed each to build q mile of |
railway between Round Rock and
and thus secure q public
The distance is but little
over eight miles.
To demonstrate how hard it is to get
down to lawyers feelings, one in a
frontier town the other day lost one of
his ears in fight, and it was a week
before the place of the absent member
began to pain him.
The death of Col. John T. Pettus,
one of the 500 original colonis:s who
zane to Texas with Stephen F. Austin
n 1922, is announced. He died at his