The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-14

sen.ibii;ies. Mrs. Mcpherson is the
right editor in the right place, and Mar
tin will sit and dream and weep for
hours tt G ,inesville beneath the hoary
elm to whose great, curved imb old
Bourland hanged more than forty Tex
ane.
The D, csiur Tribune, on its editorial
page, uses type having surfsces each an
inch .qlsEe. Its 10 chile style and
kncch- Town, typical arguments might
be discovered in that heavy metal.
The best friend Of Texts newspaper
reporters is Do more. Msi1r Percy
Bell said Ia a reporter for the Age, FRI
day. tina. if he wanted good sensa-
| ton he would furnish It The reporter
was cage, ssI Bgll forthwith drowned
himsslf in The bsyou or bay of that
| city.
Tie Tc1ds Nt,r Era is an ultra Green
back organ as incouce.vab!y inimical
IL the ID mccrscy. Il thinks Ewing's
election liz Ohio would be a"victnry ioT
viilsiny, fraud and the devil" snd
sIys, winch nobody will b.lieve. that
such Glory will irjure the G .een-
back cause"
Two rice young men are il limbo in
Waco. They quaIre.ed with sensi-
be, discreet barkeepc-, ard enc chal-
lenged the vender OF liquors, the
other bearing the blood-thirsIy, formal
paper. They were properly turned
over to The tender Tgercies of the law,
and rest in lmto.
A fellow named J. NJ. Thornden,
who pr, ,nds to be "Dr." and has
papers from the C4stroville exsmir ing
board. is under arrest in Kansas Ciiy.
He coufes: Cd that he killed one ]. NJ.
Duun On the S:lked Plains some two
or three years age, and that he used t
live above Corpus Christi.
B. Ford, farmer at Decatur, goes
for one ReY. Bob or John-we suppose
such Christian man had Chris tan
prefix to his name-McW hister. He
says the Rev. New. lied and al that
whic is very bad of B. Ford and il
untrue will M Ike it worse for Brother
B. when he attempts to ford Jordan.
,The amendment to the Constitution
10 be voted on In September reads:
Farm products in the hands of the
producer, and family supplies for home
and farm use, are exempt from all tax
alton until otherwise directed by two
thirds vote of all the members elect TO
both Houses of the Legislature"
Irving, a young Lothario, won the
heart OF Mrs. Smith, Dallas farmers
wife, and the two elopsd, taking with
them a daughter who also seemed en-
am: r;d with the gay, young lark. And
now the Dallas Times wants somebody
else 20 do likewise. Locals are scarce,
and such things make up capital sc: =
satiCns.
Justin R4ynal Ct Denison, whose
death we tell, had two dogs, Pap
pcose" and Puppy" Neither has
eaten food since he died, ard one Of
them fought its way il to the matters
coffin and lay upon his feet until the
lid covered them, and then the dog
seemed gwen oyer to hopeless grief
Aletter-writer says the Greenbac kers
are very active in Northwest Texas.
The leading Greenbackers at Decatur
are John Dixon and John Low ~, ex-
Republican wheel-hoIses of this sIc-
ton. The Democrats are beginning
to wake up and will soon exert every
effort to counteract the Greenbackers'
labors.
The Examiner tails of venerable
darkey who muttered, as he was get
ting out of crowd of chorus-siuging
negroes at a campmet ting: "All you
freedmen what gets religion and can
spell chapter said old Frank, ~
hear ye say yes called to preach, but
l never hear any of you say yes called
to work and make meat and bread
Now, how's dat?"
The jack County Guide says that
Judge Geo. F. Moore, Chief Justice OF
the Supreme Court, will spend the
month of August in Jack county, and
appear as counsel for himself in q case
of lis own in the district court next
Monday. The lawyer who can beat
the Judge on a Texas law land point
stands a show to be appointed one of
the judges of the new Supreme Court
Commission.
Apples, grapes. pears. fruit of all
kinds ard the richest native wines
abound at Messila. The finest and
most abundant crops of wheat and lar
ley grow there. For fire wood the PEG.
| l. -
Cottonwood grows luxuriantly along
the river valley. But the winters are
mild and temperature e9uable, and lit
tie fuel except for cooking is used.
Minas Long, the ancient livery mar
of this city, and Charley Carter have
been assessing the value of Taylor's in
tere. in Balm s. Co.'s stage lines from
this city to Massilla and to Chihuahua.
Long says the country and crops and
products, and even the women of Me
silla are beautiful, that the wine is Of
the richest flavor, and glowing and
bright like the eyes of the senoritas
across the river in Ell Paso.
1t is a sad story that comes from
Corsicana telling of the death of one
sister by being thrown from her horse
and having her neck broken while the
other was dragged some distance, heI
dress having been caught on the horn
of the saddle. The horse kicked her
in the face. The mother became in.
sane from grief when she knew what
fate had befallen her daughters. The
girls are SsllIe and Eye Sheriff., of
VAUDEVILLE.
Crooks wants to know whether Sher.
man is gong to die of dry rot or meet
the narrow gauge system of Texas 81
GreenyIlle =? Two or three old moss-
backs own most of Sherman and they
would rather see their property witheI
and fade out of existence than part
with silver or gold. II it were fat
money they would wade in. That fact
almost persUades US to jine ALT Ham
nsn and his bowling little tea party.
We had been told that Plner, of the
BoDhsm Nesos, Is q bachelor, and ther
it was that the assertion appeared IL
this column that Piner's earnest advc.
cacy Ct free schools grew out of the
fact that ne was the paternsl ancestor
Of mighty multitude OF juyeniles. Il
was intended to be q harmless joke
Nothing could induce us to wound th,
sensibilities or wrong in any manne
the excellent editor wi has done u
many kindnesses.
Costs in q drunk and down case il
Corpus are-only $26. Who gobbles al