The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-13


at Fort Worth eighteen months ago,
was discharged because all the wit
nesses against him had moved out Of
the State. Thus the laws delays hep
murderers out OF their troubles.
In Fsyette county-think of it yt
blessed mossbacks of Travis-the per
pie have subscribed $50 425 to the caI-
itsl stock OF the Alleytown roa'. La
Grange secures connection with the
Sunset road and gets away from Aus
tin.
George Taylor, who committed 3
cold-blOoded muIdsr a short time ago
in Montague county. has been cap
tured at Fort Sill. He went to Johr-
sons house to kill him, and found him
gone, so he ju.t shot down a young
man who was there just to prevent die
appointment.
Manuel Sols, Panco Val 10 ard
three other Mexicans have been doing
some wholesale cattle and horse steal
ing IN the vicinity of Corpus Christi.
Their plan of operations was to tie the
herdsmen and then make their selet :
ton from the herds. which they have
taken to Mexico for sale.
Elder T. E. Stirman, Christian
preacher, and Elder ]. L. Mathews,
Baptist preacher, are laundering away
at each other in Canton, and they are
not going to quit until it is settled that
the Bap -ist Church is the church es
tablIshed by Christ, and that it teaches
| he nj foil xyin
The greatest of modern spiritista, it
was announced at Hampstead, wou d
soon visit Austin. He will make dead
fellows get up and walk along the
streets like other people. So the story
is told and believed at Hempetead.
Spiritism is progressive, and ghosts
come now bodily and have quit table
tipping.
Peace and harmony blest the coz
vention of spiritists at Hampstead.
There was nobody killed, nobody even
threatened, and the circular saw
chsnted its terrific requiem as faith
full gong TO beefsteaks and venerable
fowls at each meal in the usual delight
full manner. Hampstead Is a spiritual
place anyhow.
Those who know Msj)r Penn will
be surprised to know that he has quit
smoking. He wss an inveterate smoker,
smoking from ten to twenty cigars per
day. He says he asked the Lord to
remove from him the taste for tobacco
and then he smoked his last cigar,
and wonderful to tell, the taste was
at once removed. So says the Baptist
Herald.
The leading citizens of Bryan pro-
test in published card against criti-
cisms upon President Gathright's con-
duct as q man and president of the
Agricultural and Mechanical College.
They esteem him most highly, and as
sert his personal and professional
worth IN the strongest terms. Gath
right will stand by his friends and
they by him. This is shown in his
Gully letter.
The papers thoughtlessly condemn
what they call indecent haste on the
part of the Governor in appointing
Judge Clark in Judge Ector's place.
On the other hand, they should COM
mend ais action in Immediately filling
a place on the bench already behind in
its work in consequence of the sickness
of Judge Ector. The place had 10 be
filled, and the quicker the better.
The Sherman Chronicle abuses the
Governor because he refuses to COM
mute the death sentence OF fellow
who murdered a bsrkeeper at Sher-
man, and the Telegram abuses his ex-
cellency because he does commute an
other poor DEVILS sentence, and so we
have 1t nip and tuck between the Tele.
gram and the Chronicle, and the Gov.
ernor seems to smoke the pipe of peace,
possesses his soul in patience and is al
together serene.
The Examiner says: Twenty OF
more years after Galveston was settled
Chicago was built. And now Chicago
has between thirty and hundred rail-
roads, and the lake is white and black
with the smoke of steamers and sails
OF vessels, while once in while q
steamer stops at Galveston, and little
railroad train runs over the trestle work
once or twice day. Aud yet Chicago
is on q lake and Galveston on the great
highway of the world. 1t Is not loca-
ton but men that build up great
cities"
Jones' Commercial Journal advises
the people of Austin, and especially
gardeners and farmers, to beware OF
cocoa grass. Its roots descend to the
white limestone and even penetrate its
crevices. To pillow or dig it up is Who'll
ly impossible and burning the surface
soil and roots svails nothing. There
are jointed roots and from each Joint
branches grow and each joint lives of
itself and reproduces itself and thou
sand others thousand times. The
finests estates in Louisiana have been
utterly destroyed and made valu5less
by cocoa. 1t grows an inch each night
when cut down and only keeps quiet
when undIsturbed. Beware of cocoa
grass.
Galveston Neps: 'SThe Examiner
has walked up with a new sensation.
1t wants to make Waco the State CAPT.
tai all Of q sudden, in spite OF the Con-
stitution and the popular vote making
Austin the seat of government. The
Examiner rubs its eyes and exclsims
that Austin is 30 unnatural, so prepos-
ferrous and absurd, that the Governor
might we'll hesitate In ordering the
work of building the new State house
to be proceeded with. What the En-
GDiaer processes to want is to locate
the capital in the geographical center
of the State. 1t would take a pretty
good mathematician to say whether
Austin or Waco is nearest the center of
the State"
We note as matter of public in
terest that the International and Great
Northern Railroad has agreed with q