The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-02-21

StOlldlty.
The grandest festival that has ever
occurred in Texas is anticipated in Gal
weston April 5. The concourse of visi-
tors from all parts of the State will be
immense.
Sitting Bull, it is stated, would like
to spend the remnant of his days in
Dallas. He seems to think it nice,
quiet retreat for proper, respectable
savage.
The Era says that if ''room" is all
that is wanted two or three more law
yers would do we'll in CastroviIle.
Lawyers overcrowd towns and villages
of Texas.
Jefferson has abandoned its old city
charter, and has organized under the
general Incorporation act, which leaves
the salaries of all officers to the board
of aldermen.
Thomas Jefferson always parted his
hair in the middle, and his imitstors
in this would be tolerated il they did
not act foohshly because Jefferson was
wise and great.
William J. Hayes, postmaster at
Granbury, having been accused of NAL
ieasance in office, has been relieved of
all charges and relnstated by the
proper authorities.
Brown county has a few men, not
more than nInP-tenths of the whole
number within its limits, who would
sacrifice themselves for the pelf and
honors OF office.
Hydrophobia has become prevalent
among the dogs in Bosque county, and
the citizens have held mass meeting
to consider the proper restraining of
the useless bipeds.
Jim Roberts, charged with killing
three men at Pine Bluff. Arkansas, was
arrested the other day at Griffin. L is
said $4,000 in rewards are offered for
his delivery in Arkansas.
And now the Commercial is after the
''keg saloon." 1t is wonderful that
Dallas has but one such institution.
Austin can show a dozen or two active
ly circulating on the streets.
Houston is thinking of using the
electric light for streets instead of
lamps lighted by gas. 1t has been
much used in European cities and is a
great deal cheaper than gas.
1t is proposed to lay the corner
stone of the Grand Temple of Odd
Fellows for the State during the as
sembling of the Grand Lodge of the
World in Austin in September.
A contract for grading twenty live
miles of the Red River and Rio Grande
railroad has been awarded to Mike
Coffey, and the necessary papers signed.
Work will be commenced Immediately.
Mrs. Sarah A. Wharton, widow of
VIM. H. Wharton of Texas revolution
airy fame, and mother of the brilliant
Gen. John A. Wharton, of the Confed-
crate army, died in Galveston the 9TH
er day.
In Wilson county corn was Wort tn only
twenty-five cents a bushel. A farmer
bought four beeves, and after fatten
ing them sold them at price that
made his corn net him fifty cents a
bushel.
Parties of masked men have been
riding over the country about Goliad
lately, and it has been impossible so
far to discover the meaning of it. The
Guard calls on the officers to arrest
these maskers.
Rev. Job NJ. Baker, great and
good Christian, died in the city CT JEFF
ferson few days ago, at the good old
age of eighty-six. The worthy patri-
arch was the father of the editor of the
Colorado Citizen.
The Bonham Neacs says that Elder
Caskey told the people of Dallas all
about hell last sunday. The sermon
must have been exceedingly uninterest-
ing. They have never known much of
anything else.
The Christian Messenger, which isn't
Breeding's Messenger by long shot,
says that "Bell county, Texas, the
home of DR.. Russell, went nearly one
thousand majority against local option
the other day."
G. G. Gibbs, of the Sunset route, de-
clines a candidature for the Lieuten-
ant Governors place on the Lang tick
ct. He withdraws in favor of the San
Ant mic Express, winch takes short
Sweet-ning i'll their'n.
Mr.. Thomas Maxey, of Dallas, ran
away in novel style with Miss Emma
Peck, and there's speck of a social
war cloud lowering over Dallas, but
the two Young folks are bent alone in
doing what war undoes.
Rev. J. II. Curry, of Jefferson, has
Baptist Church at Dallas. II Mr.. Curry
is Just half such a man as the Austin
pastor he will fill very considerable
position Of space thereabouts.
The Christian AdrOcdte contains a
statement that Bishop Marvin's fami-
ly does not solicit home from the
church. The family Is in independent
circumstances, and one of his sons is
u prominent lawyer of ST.. Louis.
Parson Tucker in paper in Breed
ing's Messenger, threatens to show the
STATESMAN the way to the country
that Beecher annihilated. We thought
it was preachers proper business to
direct people in the other direction.
Bill orgain was arrested by Deputy
Sheriff Brown. of Lampasas county,
and while on his way with the pris-
oner they were beset by Judge Lynch's
band and Organ was taken, and he is
now turning his voice in eternity.
They have msde so much fuss over
Stanley because he marched across
Africa that Noel, now of Chicago,
announces his purpose to tote the
American flag through Wharton
county and plant it on Robertson Hill.
Governors Nichols, Hampton and
Hubbard, and Mr.. Mills and Giddings
were elected honorary members of the
Ophelian Society at Hampstead. Un-
Gle Sammy Tilden's name was proposed,
but was almost unanimously rejected.
The Express Company has its choic-
est detectives at work to capture the
robbers who knocked down Griffin, the
conpany's agent at Paris, and robbed
him of $4,000 a few evenings ago.
Nike O'Brien is coming over to see
about it.
What is called the enchanted
mountain" in Texas is an immense
oval rock three hundred feet long,
about eighteen miles from Bastrop.
Its surface Is highly polished, and those
who ascend it have to wear moccasins