The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-03

jolly old coon who fiourished IN Greece
more than 2000 years ago. We guess
this editor fills the children's depart
ment well. He has had about time To
get back thoroughly to his second
childhood.
Referring To the escape of young
hugo Miller, who murdered poor
devil who owed and could not paw,
the editor of the Telegram says: "The
guard made some attempt to find him,
but in the darkness their efforts proved
fruitless, and another murderer is now
at large in our midst" How many
murderers are IN the:,' Amt they in
a worse fix than the editor? Would
not he rather have Yellow Jack little
than to be in this ponderous fix in his
midsil
There are three thousand pounds of
mail matter accumulated at Denison
and ten thousand pounds at Texsrkana
and Marshall. 1t is seriously feared
that Murray and he of the Texarkana
Democrat will read themselves to death
and since there is no necessity for stop
ping newspapers from st. Louis and
beyond, it is supposed that these two
editors propose to get ahead of all the
profession In Texas and monopolize all
the reading matter we are accustomed
to draw from the East. Is there NO
remedy
A Dallas contemporary tells that
''Joseph Huffmaster, of this place,
brought to our ssnctum for observa-
ton last Saturday, the greatest snake
monstrosity that has ever come to our
eye. 1t was a young snake with two
large, well developed heads, four per-
feet eyes and two mouths. His snake
ship measured five inches in length and
one in circumference, and was of the
copper head species. Mr.. II. captured
it IN cornfield about five miles from
town." where Pfouts, of the Herald
goes walking every morning. II got
out of his boots.
The Age says DR.. Rutherford does
not pretend to derive from the couven-
tional appointment any legal authority
whatever. His authority is purely at
giS0Ty. 1t carries with 1t, though, all
the moral weight that the solemn en-
dorsement aud recommendation of a
considerable number of very promi-
nent physicians can give it. A weight.
in fact, that will secure for what he
advises, as very general thing, such
an adoption by local health authorities
in the different counties as will make
it legally binding.
Brown fell in love and obtained q
wife and a motner-in- law. They To-
Gated in Sherman, and Brown spent
several thousand dollars in fitting up a
house. He discovered that his wife
aud his sweet mother n-law had both
been women of ill-fame, and that even
now they are both too much married.
Browns bride, whose name was Mrs.
Annie Kitchen, has a husband in New
Orleans, and her mother has two liv-
ing husbands. There has been 8 rup-
ture In the family. Brown says when
the mother-in-law strikes anything hard
the fire flies.
Sam Bass has done it. The church
tried it in vain. The Register is all
right now. 1t says, ''Sam Bass, in his
dying moments, confirmed the doctrine
of the word of God by affirming that
there Is a hell, and that he was going
directly to its torrents" 1t was so
good Of Sam, in his last dying mo
ments. To confirm the doctrine of this
word" affirming that there is hell, "
etc. The preachers of Sherman have
been woolipg Martin for years, but
Sam Bass fetched him at last. He now
believes in a veritable hell, and the
Register is going to be such nice SOL
emn paper.
Some weeks ago we referred mod
estly, and yet feelinely, to the fact that
the church at Fort Worth was threat
ened with the flight of Brother Fly,
whose winged eloquence failed to ex-
tort sufficient salary from his somno-
lent congregations. We wanted to
know whether even the modest sum
raid was quid pro quo. We did not
ing Pegasus was a Baptist or Metbo-
dist, but we are willing TO stake hat
on it that he is not Baptist. The
kindly. good, unselfsh, generous Texas
Baptist, without comment, copies our
outrageous article.
The Marshall Herald, referring toithe
sickness at Jefferson, says many are
sick. w. K. Mayberry died with it.
Mrs. Claiborne, Mr.. H. w. Wyman,
Mrs. Purcell, Mr.. R. B. Epperson, and
Mr.. w. T. Armistead, Miss Myra Pres
ton, daughter of Mr.. j. G. Preston,
living near town, are quite ill and 9TH
ers are down. This sickness prevails
in various portions of the country. At
Port Caddo it has assumed the charac-
ter of black jsundice. DR.. Clopton,
of Jefferson. says it is a species of per-
nicious fever arising from malaria. The
fux that accompanies it is simply con-
current, and of itself would be easily
managed.
Judge Blackburn has decided that
he commissioners court, acting as an
e4ualizing board, has no power tC
falSe the value of property as assessed
by an assessor. The case was on lands
in MeGulloch county. The State and
county taxes thereon, according to the
basis of assessment made, was $304 90.
The assessor, aching under direction
of the board of eq1a%ization, raised
the price of land from q lover price to
81 per acre throughout the county,
and this increased the tax from 1904 26I
to S1216.S0. Payment was refused,
and 1904 20 rendered and refused. 1t
was held by the court, on the final dis
position OF the case, that the board
had no right to raise the assessed
value of the land.
The Chicago Railrdy ReCieu saws
:he question about the first locomotive
in Nebraska is thus settled: On July
4, 1856, Capt. Copeland, then clerk of
the steamer Colorado, made out at st.
Joseph the original bill of lading of
the locomotive, "Msjor General Sher-
man." which was shipped at that point
by 81. NJ. Hoxie, agent, who is now
of the Texas Inter
and Great Northern Railroad.
The locomotive was shipped to A. P. |
Hanson, agent of the Union Pacific |
Railroad, at Omaha. II was trans
ported In good CONDITION. The freight |
on the same was $1,000. 1t was marked |
u. P. r. R. Msj. Gen. Sherman !" SO |
says the bill of lAding.
Already many of the country people |
in the section tributary to Austin have |
decided to make their fall visitation to |
the capital during the fair, which COM
mences on the twenty-eighth of Octo-
Der. They will come with their fam
lilies, prepared to camp for few days
and see all that is to be seen. 1t will