The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-09-12
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bryan Is 10 nave three-story graded
school building.
Sherman, properly enough, favors
the grading of all schools.
The Cuero Bulletin is one of John
Ireland's advertising mediums.
The fremen of Hampstead are rails
ing funds for yellow fever sufferers.
On the ninth Gov. Throckmorton
addresses a great multitude at Sher-
man.
At the benefit of the Brennan Grays
$40. so were raised for yellow fever
sufferers.
Physicians of Gonzales are reading
up on yellow fever as precautionary
measure.
In six months Houston's death list
has reached 100, and the city CLAIMS
a population of %, 900.
If Brick Pomeroy don't hurry along
to Texas he will soon find no Green
hacker to welcome him.
The Denison Neacs accepts the in
human conduct of negroes at Grenada
as a strong proof of Darwinism.
The colored people of Houston, like
those of Austin, are raising funds for
those affl'c with yellow fever.
The Masons of Waco have adopted
the nickel relief plan. Their contri-
button boxes are scattered over the
town.
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Jefferson has volunteer quarantine
company, regularly organized, whose
members will serve the public without
the SIS per diem.
The doctors of Texas meet delegates
from Galveston, Houston, Palestine
and other places to make the quaran-
tine at Texarkana more effective.
Miss Annie Jones, of Seguin, weaves
and sells every year three hundred
yards of rag carpet, and this is WHY
she cares nothing for the rag baby.
"A rich Boston widow, in wedding
her milkman, has reversed natures
laws. The man used to fetch her m: *
to her, and now he fetches her to her
milk.
Bryan has shut off st. Louis freight.
This action was deemed necessary af-
ter learning that New Orleans had !
commenced shipping goods around by
that city.
Ten or q dozen quarantine stations
must be passed before a person enter
ing the State from the north can reach |
Houston. No one can come In from
the ocean.
The Fort Worth Democrat in COM
menting on the lack of enterprise in |
Austin says: ''Wake up, antiquarians,
and see if you caa't initiate our ex
ample"
The Richmond Four Counties enter
tains the fear that politics will injure
the crops more in that section than all |
tn" cotton worms and rains that could |
be scared up.
The breaking of water works ma.
chinery at Waco was attended with a
good deal of confusion and disappoint-
ment. At Dallas such q fact would |
never have been discovered except in |
case of fire.
When the jury brought IN verdict
of ninety-nine years Harry Beckett
made mouth at them and said damn
'em, he had cheated them out of his
neck any way.
The Fort Worth Democrat, IN its per-
sonals, mentions Gen. Hurst, of Aus
tin. Who is he? Colonies are lnnu-
merable, but generals are still subject
to computation.
Twenty travellers turned back north
at Denison on the third, because of
the stringency of quarantine regula-
ton along the line of the Central, es-
pecially at Houston.
The San Antonio Herald was an
nounced as defunct, but it is still kick
ing away at rate lively enough to
make one think it will never cease to
exist; and we do hope this may be so.
Drs. Thomas W. Williams and T.
]. ueady have gone from Sherman to
Memphis to attend to the yellow fever
sufferers. They were accompanied by
Col. L. G. BIss and L. H. Drake as
nurses.
1t is believed that any one who
would fraudulently gain access to
Houston and put it in danger of infec-
ton would DE buried without regard
to race, color or previous or present
condition.
The law against carrying concealed
weapons in Dallas seems to be specially
in behalf of nice railroad
fellows when they wish to put one an
other to death in the regular Buffalo 6
Bill Sam Bass style.
Gen. Cabell, of Dallas, viewing the
quarantine movement in Texas, asserts,
as does the Good Book, s'That cleanli-
ness is next to godliness," aud to keep
the country and cities clean is the right
way to keep them healthy.
Tom Miller, charged with the muir |
der OF two negroes at Port Hudson, s
Louisiana, and incendiarism in the (
parish of East Baton Rouge, has been {
arrested at Dallas. A reward of $1,000 s
was offered for Miller's apprehension.
The Mexican iona Libra has been {
abolished, except as to Matamoros and /.
New Laredo. The roughs on the other /;
tide of the Rio Grande are outraged at !,
his act Of the Mexican government.
while the good people on this side are
elated. Y
The Palestine AdcOcdte properly t
enough thinks legal sales of lands C
should be made only after proper ad- ?
in newspaper. And e
'uch law should be made unless the o
State would assist in sacrificing the r
of debtors. Il
The many talents of the great and .
good man Jennings, of Denison, don't '
eem to be appreciated. He didn't get i,
| whisper when the fellows were max b
ng sham candidate for Congress. o
sam Evans is the fellow set up for
NellbOrn to beat.
The Fort Worth Democrat, with a =
able covered with personal political I
refers to the head OF S
IS columns, where it is stated, that 4
communications calculated to sub d
erve private interests are charged for I
It advertising rates"
The nice editor of the Wills Point j
local went away off to Longview to !
ZEE two miserable negroes hanged, and c
hen the queer editor confesscs the fact L
nd absolutely attempts to transfer his
ceilings, excited by the horrible events, =,
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