The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-09-19

man to his vile and child.
The Latelligeneer, published at Dali
las, and edited by that veteran Republi-
can, Judge Norton, says the nominee
of the Greenbackers for Governor of
the State of Pennsylvania is attorney
for six railroads, and is also defendant
in seventeen suits for usury. God help
the poor should he be elected.
Judge Ford, in charging the grand
jury of Brazos county, informed them
that it is against the law for a candi-
date for Office to use money in securing
his election. As candidates are gener-
ally without money in advance of cleo
ton the judge should define what eff
feet contingent proposition has upon
the law.
Commercial: How, in the name of
all that is astonishing, a parson and
editor, or anybody else living, could
beat Tyler man for the State Senate,
is question that has thrown all TYLER
and most of Smith county into the
brownest of studies. Give Herndon
an audience and permission to speak
uninterruptedly for five days and he
will make it PLAIN.
In Cooke county one Northsingei,
with an accomplice, crept up to the
window, near which Cline and his
wife, but lately married, were sleeping
In the same bed, and emptied a load Of
buckshot into Clne's head, killing him
instantly. He was late suitor to Mrs.
| NJ he
off, and yet the assassin has just been
bailed.
A horrible tale is sold in the Monitor
of the agony and death of an unfortu-
nate little girl, Mary Johnson, of Den
ton, who was burned to death. In
making preparations to accompany her
father on trip she was hurrying up
fire IN the stove to heat water. limo
Gently she poured oil from the fatal
Can, and the sweet child, an idol of
family, was transported into eternity.
The Denison postmaster read the
riot act to DR.. Cooper, who. acting
under instructions from DIR. Ruther-
ford, of Houston, stopped an infected
mail pouch. The postmaster, on learn
ing that the Central was acting in con-
junction with DR.. Rutherford in North
Texas, caved. But the Herald wants
to know how much of Texas belongs
to Houston and DIR. Rutherford.
Judge Wheeler, of Shelby county, is
thinking of becoming q candidate for
Congress against Reagan. He has
been the leader of Shelby county Radi-
Gals since the war, and was most Woe
fully defeated for foater from the
SeTenty-ninth District at the last State
election. He now comes out as a full
blood Greenbacker, still holding on to
his Radicalisn.
The Sulphur Springs Gazette would
see this blood-letting ended. 1t says:
1.-THE murder of DR.. Calder in one of
the most frequented streets of the city
of Dallas, in broad daylight, is the
greatest outrage we have been called
upon to chronicle. There is a sickly
sentimentalIty in this country in refer
ence to capital punishment, but we
hope his murderers will get the pure,
strained law"
An infant was left in valise on the
down Central train to Houston on the
thirteenth. Pinned to the child's
clothing was 'tMy babe Willie E.
Bowles. Let some one nurse it at the
breast, it will do better" The little
fellow is said to be most precocious
youth, and with the most perfect non
chalapce makes the city of Houston
pay its board bills.
Round Rock has established a quar-
antine. The regulations provide that
no person from point infected with
yellow fever shall be allowed to enter
the town under penalty of 800 fine.
This is done, thinks the Heddlight, not
so much on account of the fever itself,
as to protect the town against AustIn's
quarantine officers and contemplate
actions. There seems to be more dan
ger of infection from these quarantine
officers than from any other quarter.
The Goliad Guard, of September z,
says numerous cotton fields of the
county remind one of the days of old.
They are as white with the fleecy sta
pie as of yore, the contrast being in
the size, as then the eye could
feast upon spacious areas of the staple,
where now can be seen a great number
of small patches. The worm has made
its appearance, but too late to do ma
terial damage.
The Marshall Herald is opposed to
frightened people running passengers
suspected of being from yellow fever
districts into the woods with loaded
shotguns and other deadly weapons.
1t calls such acts revolving, barbsrous
and inbuman. Provisions ought to be
made by our governments. State and |
National for all quarantine, thus tax.
ing the matter out of the hands of local |
idiots aud crazy men.
A-nsn named Somers committed sui
eide near Fort Worth because he
couldn't pay for a well anger he bad
bought. He had evidently been read
ing those innocent newspapers which I
denounced, some time ago, these auger |
manufacturers that failed to pay for
their sdvertisements,i in merciless terms.
The poor suicide thought the "great |
bores" would turn loose the same agen-
cies of abuse upon him, and he neon
Int out into Kingdom Come.
The San Marcos Free Press has the
following table of the last assessment
of Hays county: 800, 52S acres of land,
1888, $50; town lots, $20S, $50; 81
miles of telegraph, $3.50; 6525 car
riages, buggies, ETC., $2S, $50; ma
chinery, SO, 1870; $3.50 horses and
mules, III, $50; 10, 25s cattle, $111,-
900; 5019 sheep and goats, $500;
6574 hogs. $11, 410; merchandise,
$50, no; money snd credits, 1922, 200;
miscellaneous, $67, 1870; total valua-
ton, $1.62S, $50; polls, $12S3; in
crease since last year, $40, 200.
Telegram: The large amount of
space surrendered to the report of the
citizens committee upon Houston's po-
sition in the recent quarantine against
Galveston is worthIly filed with a
calm, dispassionate, impartial and
truthful statement of all the facts of an
affair upon which the Galveston Nesos
has sought to heap the utmost obloquy
and the most uncalled for and malig-
nant statements. The public, as will
ing doubtless to believe the truth sub
by the most irrefragable tes-
tinony, as to believe injurious mis-
and exaggerations of an in
terested and violent partisan, will, we
trust, read the committees report, and,
doing all parties justice. put the blame
If he La -