The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-08-01

struggled through three issues md ex-
PRED.
Judge Hancock has been invited to
speak in BAstrop on the twenty-seventh
of July.
Sleeping out loud in church is the
attractive part of Sundays entertain
ment N San Saba.
Dan Triplett will have TO be sent
for. The last heard of him he had
gotten as far as Comanche.
McCrimmon, of the Bellville Beacon,
has been mistaken for his grandfather
since the aye has worn off his hair and
beard.
Mr.. Schleicher is now moving about
in Dewitt. He makes things rumble
and shakes the hills and valleys over
there,
McMasters was killed in Lampasas
county few days since, and two days
afterwards his father-in-lsw, Slaughter,
was murdered.
In Pittsburg, when two fellows get
warm upon the subject of politics,
the finale is denominated, " draping an
eye in mourning"
An @rolite fell near Granbury the
other night, a heavy report, like that
OF cannon, accompanying its contact
with the earth.
There are five candidates for each Of
fee in Grimes county. They don't all
advertise, and the Tablet hooks sad as
if wrenched from tombstone.
The last Magnet got twisted around
in such a shape as to satisfy even 3
half-wItted newspaper man that local
option is not enforced in Pittsburg.
The San Antonio Express says;
"Sam Bass is dead. This is a terrible
| blow to Dallas" But Tauglefoot and
Pharaoh still survive, and Dallas is still
lively.
w. ]. Shaw, from Pennsylvania Hell
from sunstroke in Houston on the
twenty-seventh. 1t was an obstinate
case and the black dog remedy failed
to save him.
Professor Park is toting the phono-
graph over the state. He is now wor-
rying Father Loughera at Marshall and
makes much fuss everywhere. The
thing is nuisance.
Three Scandinavian gentlemen were
in Danison few days 20. They are
| looking out a location for a colony of
six hundred of their countrymen, who
propose to settle in Texas.
FIshburn says it was the clark
horse" that he was after, and that he
is gratified beyond measure. Now tell
it fully, Fish, if the winning horse was
your own noble steed.
A charivaring party In Jefferson did
not have such jolly time of it after
all. Firearms were used. Several
were wounded, and even the bride was
struck by two spent balls.
The Beacon learns that the directory
of the Santa Fe railway have instructed
The contractor to proceed with grading
the road to Bovine Bend in the lower
portion of Austin county.
Ben Hadley, half-breed, and Did,
mede Powell, a negro, were sentenced
to be hanged at Longview on the thir-
teenth day of August next. They muir
dered August Reineke last December.
Paddock's wisdom as journalist is
confessed by the press when they see
how Paddock used the STATESMAN as
his preferred advertising agency. Pad
dock knows where an lad" will pay.
Mrs. Jane Allen, of Mountain City,
died few days ago in her sixty-eighth
year. She came to Texas before the
revolution, and went through all the
hardships leading to its Independence.
Drs. S. W. & L. D. March, of Rusk
county, have been acting in noncon-
formity to law and have gotten into
trouble. Judge Booty has placed them
under heavy bonds to answer charges.
Marshal Hord, of Mexia, in attempt
ing to 9uell drunken broil in a sa-
loon, was shot at and severely wounded.
He defended himself, aud it is thought
one Kennedy was fatally wounded.
The press of the State greets gladly
the coming of regular African news
paper. The Register extends its paw
to Rey. Fontalne, the editor, and says:
go in. you old Ethiopian ink
singer"
They have rouslng, roaring, high
pressure, double engine, back action,
screw propeller Democratic club at
Navasota. 1t makes the town lively
and keeps the party and whisky
straight.
The Neacs, when it refers to Judge
Roberts being nominated cries out, 81
told you So" just as though it hadn't
been blowing soft on Hubbard ever
since he got ahead in the canvass on
instructed votes.
The Telegram after condemning in
unmeasured terms the nomination of
Judge Roberts, is toning down and
seeking a soft place upon which to lay
its bewildered brain. 1t must have
lost much by the defeat of Hubbard.
Capt. James Reed, of Tarrant county,
has introduced two young buffalos into
his herd to experiment upon the value
of cross with the cattle of the coun-
try. 1t is claimed 10y Pennsylvania
breeder that the cross possess excellent
milking qualities.
The Age asserts that the nomination
of Judge Roberts was mutually dis
gushing to the Houston Telegram and
Col. Tracy" The former is crawling
over, however, though it is sad that the
latter will bravely stick to his first I'M
pressions.
"Slow but sure" may be applied to
the manner in which the Telegram ap-
proaches an endorsement of the Demo-
cratic ticket. In its issue Of the twen-
ty-seventh it hedges by quoting from
the STATESMAN.
The thanks of the Limestone dele
CATION are extended through the Mexia
Ledger to Meior J. K Dixon for his eff
icient services during the State con-
vention. The excellent gentleman
left a most favorable impression with
all who met him at Austin.
The Darragh divorce case, Of Calves
ton. in which Mrs. Dar-agh suss her
husband, J. L. Darragh, attracts much
attention. The wife sues on the ground
of i'll treatment and not beng allowed
the necessities of life, and yet 1t is said
Darragh is worth round million.
Rev. William E. Bates is not only
trying to save souls from uerdition, but