The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-03-20
Texas-Faels and Faneies.
N. S. Crow,
For minority.


TeKas-Faels and FaneIes.
Strawberries are rlpening at. Hous-
ton.
Ihrockmorton county will elect Of
ficers soon.
The Leadville fever has broken oHt
at Dallas.
Hon. John Ireland is not candidate
for Congress.
Uvalde county Democrats want Epson
sent to Congress.
The weeping heavens made every
body happy at Waco. ....
dopkins county is out of debt with
$1,000 in its treasury.
The Dallas fair grounds have been
sold under deed of trust.
Rusk is out of fashion in wishing to
revive its city government.
Now it is said SABINE Pass is to be
the great harbor of Texas.
The Brownsville Democrat wants
Stockdale sent to Congress.
]. C. Day, prominent citiz:n OF
Liberty county, is no more.
Eight self-sacrificing patriots want
to be made mayor of Brennan.
]. W. Thompson, Dallas, is going to
Leadville with variety troupe.
The Examiner concludes that Legis-
latures, being human may, err.
Houston utilities the boot blacks by
putting them to work on streets.
1t costs Texas taxpayers $3.50. 900 a
year to have their taxes collected.
Houston asks the Legislature to
make but thirty changes to her charter.
The taxes on circus companies in
this State is complained of as oppres-
slve.
Grading on the Texas and Pacific
towards Weatherford is progressing
lively.
Susan 3. Anthony proposes to lee
ture in Texas this spring. Come on,
Susan.
The Presbytery of Eastern Texrs
will convene in Tyler on the third of
April.
The Castroville Quill thinks Senator
Houston should be transferred to Con-
gress.
The Physicians State Association
meets at Sherman the first week in
April.
Waxshachie is TO haYe it's tap road,
connecting with the Central, COM
pleted. 81.
Texas will send out about 200, 900
cattle to Kansas and North this year.
The old fort at Nacogdoches is 100
years old. Shack Roberts, of Mar
shall, remembers its builders.
Rev. Mr.. Dumble, recently of Aus
tin, has a fl ,urishing church and grow
ing congregation at Palestine. He is
a scholar and gentleman.
The South San Gabriel is dry and
farmers arc hauling water for stock.
The North San G lbriel still flows with
all its undiminished force and volume.
The Columbus Rural World, the stur-
diest and wisest of Changers organs,
says no man should vote till he has
paid his road tax and school tax and
poll tax.
George Hand played his hand badly,
in a rousing bully SIGHT in belllcose
Waco, and WAS fined 800. he should
demand a new deal and play a differ
ent Hand, and then shuttle out.
They are going 20 ''lose" Jim Merri-
wether, the captured horse thief Of
Hunt county. Hon. III. w. Wade's
respect for law and order may save the
scouudrel, but nothing else can.
The enactment Of 8 law by which
the government of corporations may
fall into the hands of taxpayers will
prevent the death of many. Houston
may be induced to breathe lew
months by this act.
Hon. D. C. GiddIngs is at home in
Brenham. Hon. Seth Shepard is in
Austin.
The Goliad Guard insists that Mr..
Staytou shall be the successor Of Mr..
Schleicher.
Farmers have finished corn planting
around TaylorsvIile; even 50 it is in
this county.
A party are to start from Sherman,
by wagon, for Leadville, on the
twentieth.
There are SAID to he thirty steam saw
mills between Marshall and Texarkans
in operation.
The Houston Age is going to have
Judge Epson go to Congress from the
sixth district.
The Gonzslas EkQainer keeps as
standing matter "Robbed again, the
Yuma Stage"
Webb county boasts of seyenty-siz
sheep raisers, owning 1000 10 50, ooC
head Of sheep.
The railroad from Denison d
Whitesboro has been completed and
trains run upon it.
load soda water-with small sticl
in it's the fashionable beverage IN
coFporated CorpnR-
Little Archie Tsit. OF Goliad. VA
killed By negro who was ',iess fooliI
wid de empty pistil- !"