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

ed, and took One-half of Warren's rene
dy, leaving the other untouched"
Uncle Dick will no doubt accept the
amendment, as he did the whisky
cheerfully.
Dallas Commercial: SIT afforded
the public some satisfaction that the
wretched Baker took justice IN his
own hands and avenged the death of
his unfortunate victim, because the
fact Of the woman's leading him at the
time, he being partially blind, would
have made it very difficult to convince
an ordinary jury that he didn't kill the
poor thing In self-defense. Besides,
by the time the courts got through
with continusnces, reverssls and re-
mandings most people would have so
far forgotten the circumstances of the
tragedy as to be easily persuaded that
the woman died of broken heart be-
cause Baker wanted her to run away to
Fort Worth with him. But hold on,
let's see about this; they say Baker
had no money. Perhaps the fellow
would have been hung after ALL"
A preacher, writing from this city to
church paper, says: "Who but YES
trymen or trustees of churches would
ever dream of calling a minister (hiring
man to do their work, for that is the
way they look at it, at a fixed salary
and ninety-nine cases out of hundred
that at the very lowest possible rate
for living-and then all or one-fourth
or one-third or one-half of that to go
unpaid. Not unpaid for little time !;
not leaving their minister to feel
humiliation under temporary pres
sure, or to fight his way for = while
with the butcher, the grocer and the
tailor, but unpaid, unpaid, always un-
paid, and so on year after year."
The East Texas Patron man says he
would like to be hen coop made of
laths, so that the wind could blow
right through him this hot weather.
He must envy Martin who is one single
lath, and when Martin, thus fearfully
and wonderfully made, invaded Crooks's
hog ranch, ten feet square in Sherman,
with the purpose of converting himself,
living hen coop, into pig stye, there
was such p. fuss in Sherman as was
never before heard of. But it's all
over now. Martin made profert of
himself in market overt, and Crooks
confessed that one of his slab-sided
pigs couldn't squeeze into lath like
Martin, who, as editor, Is deemed a
''turnlng lathe"
San Antonio has school controversy
In hand. The city council has thought
proper to elect one Professor Plagge to
be superintendent of public schools ;.and
DIR. Burlesou, who represents the Pea
body fund in Texas. gives notice that
while Plagge is superintendent, the
San Antonio schools will get none of
that fund. 1t makes a difference of
two thousand dollars a year, in actual
cash, to the city, and the general senti-
ment there is that two thousand dollars
is little too much to pay for even
such luxury as Professor PIagge. DR..
Burleson's objection to Plagge is that
he is dlsipated and immoral in his
habits, and not fit to be entrusted with
the education of children.
Martins Register administers a re-
buke which should be needed the
world over: "When a fellow gets too
lazy to write home he waltzes into a
newspaper office, and asks the editor
to give him copy of his valuable
weekly telling the poor scribbler
what vast amount of go cd that pa
per may accomplish, and to look out
for three or four subscribers in week
or two. Well, it.does do some good,
that's fact. 1t saves the fellow time
In transmitting the news to lis people
as we'll as three cent postage stamp!
But we have lost many an hours sleep
trying to solve the problem of where
the editors benefit comes in at. Prob
ably we are too thlckheaded."
The Ne,Os Echo not having learned
the narrow-mindedness lately display
ed IN Austin, and accepting the rep
resentation made some time since by
thelmayor and physicians to the Odd
Fellows, that Austin was secure against
yellow fever, cOmmends the wisdom
of the city and says: "The people of
Houston and Galveston warmly praise
the humane policy of Austin, which
city declares that in the event of yell
low fever visiting Texas, she will not
adopt any quarantine restrictions, but
become a city of refuge for those fly
ing from the fever stricken cities. -
The doctors, as will be seen, hold to
their original position, but wiser and
better informed people have hastily
changed their views.
The Millett Bros, whose home is in
Austin, own probably the finest cattle
ranch in the State. 1t is located in
Baylor county, $50 miles west of Fort
Worth. On this ranch there are %, 000
head of cattle, and they have sold
10, 900 head this season. Last spring
they invested nearly $50, 900 IN short
horn cattle, and have succeeded IN &C
cllmating 800 of this valuable breed.
Next year they will have $50 thorough
bred calves dropped upon the
ranch, and it will not be many
years before their whole stock
of cattle will he made up of either
thoroughbreds or grades. They fad
the country well suited to fine stock,
and they claim to have the best grazing
country in the world. Besides this
ranch these gentlemen have one in the
Indian Territory, upon which there are
5000 head of cattle, and another on the
River Platte with 1000 head. Ga their
ranches they keep constantly employed
so men and 400 horses.
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