The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-04
NO. 20

$l656 in cash stolen,
Four Travis county families with
400 head Of cattle, have recently sat.
tied on Johnson's Creek, Ksrr C unity.
Mssors throughout the State are get
ting ready to visit the grand lodge
which opens in Houston December IL.
The Dallas Times joins the Fort
Worth Democrat in claiming that
North Texas must have tie next Gov
ernor.
LIE C mpts de Herman announces the
fact in the Quill of CsstIoville that the
fellow who published an annnS nous,
offensive card abolt him in SlN Auto
Mo is first class liar and t9e like. In
fsc', the Count wants TO fight somebody
about newspaper paragraph which
wou' d be deemed vesy absurd IN civil
z d countries.
Great destruction Of deer 70: their
hides is reported in Uyslde county.
Oae hut ter alone has nisposed of from
SIX Y ~ ore hundred deer hides q
moi t. IN UTsidc, and there arc
half dozen men in the county who
make the slaughtering of deer for this
purpose, the means of supporting
themselves and families.
a curiosity at San Antonio is the
d; lighter of MIR. Jesse Lumley, prir-
ter. In cons1 quence of her throat
having been closed up bi accidentally
drinking concentrated lye, the doc
tors Gu! hole in her stomach, and she
first chews her food in the mouth and
inserts 1t through the artificial eparture
into the stomach. The young lady can
walk four miles with ease.
A swindllng scheme known as the
"Dcnver Land Company" was explod-
ei last S saturday by agents OF the Post
office Department. Two men, named
Grant and Wilson, had bought thou
sand acres Of worthless land In the sand
hills, forty mil snor h of d nger, which
was plated and recorded as ''North
ID .nver," and were advertising "city
lots" in this charming location ct dol
lar apiece. The bait must have taken,
foc perfect avalanche of mail matter
is said to have beeE received at the
Denver postoflice by the company, dur
ing the eight days of its existence.
Sherman Chronicle: The Galveston
NeaoS quotes Evangelist Penn as saying
In recent sermon to the islanders that
the prophecies of the scriptures had
been literally fulfilled, and the second
coming of Christ might be looked for
| at any hour. Without the least desire
to be irreverent, we have only to say
we trust Evangelist Penn is mistaken.
We should rejoice in the early advent
OF the Messiah if society were yet civ
ilized and orthodox enough to receive
Him in a proper manner. But, alas,
such is not the case. Better let the
thousand years of millennium, also
phrophesied in the Bible, intervene be-
fore the second coming.
] N. Thurmond, by the grace of
God, mayor of Dallas, seeing that Gov
ernor Roberts failed to do his duty in
| the premises, issued his Thanksgiving
proclamation. After announcing his
faith in Maker of all things, and that
the city of Dallas has been especially
blessed probably in his election to
ctfice) he pronounces as follows: 81,
] M. Thurmond, mayor of the city of
Dallas, do hereby proclaim that Thurs
day, November 81, 1879, be set apart
as legal holiday, and that all city
ffices be closed and that the city
schools have vacation throue hout the
day." and the D4llsNtes heard and
they trembled and oheyed, even t the
uttermost ends of the earth, not ''over
The branch" excepted.
Herald: Governor Roberts has no.
issued any Thanksgiving proclamation,
and in that we think he is quite right
pose; governors sfv nSGee.s .sssta -has-nn
pervise religious obseTvances; the State
of Texas has more need of day OF
humiliation for bad luck this year than
Of thanksgiving, if Thanksgiving is in
tended to have any special meaning in
years of plenty and prosperity. Final
ly, the Governor has just issued one
proclamation commanding the ringing
| of the bells he likes best-not church
bells-and as a proclsimeI Of requests,
without the power to enforce cCmpi-
ance with his desires, he is no more
successful than any other man W uld
be IN his place. a truce, then, TO ia
tile prrclemations.
Mr.. Cochraue of St. Louis appeared
before the Secretary of War Thursdsy in
behalf of Capt. E4ds to collect the
quarterly payment OF $25, 900 for main
tanning the channel three months, the
,xtra twenty deys having made good
to suit the the opinion OF the Attorney.
General. Another bitch has arisen,
however, The Attorney -GcDcral, il
his opinion as to whether the use Of |
dredge-bost is proper, makes quee
decision. He says the law coDtt mplat'
ed and commissioners here reported
that it WAS proper to use dredge-boa
to obtain and maintain the channel
Then following this he ssys it is ques
ton to be decided by the army engin
eers, because in reports it has been in
timated there might be a necessity TO
the extension of the jetties farther int
the gulf by reason of bar formation
The reports referred to were made b
Humphreys, were unofficial, Imperti
nent to Congress and against the law
They were written out Of spite an
jealously and the predictions made hav
not been verified, but the opposite fact
} are shown by all the official reports
The Secretary Of War thinks there
nothing in the point, but as the la'
| officer of the government raises 1t h
! has referred it to- the engineer corps
I 1t is thought only formal deley wi
be the result. Yet the known animoi
ity Of the engineer cUrps TO Capt Fad
, gives rise TO The fear that having q
, along abused their official positions {
crafty professional jealousy tley wi
! take advantage of this CONTRADICTION
oplnicn OF the Attorney General.
Professor Proctor, the distingu' she
English sstronmer, lectured in Ne
! York on Living and Dead Worlds an
the vastness Of time. The fguT.
Wi3cb he appended relative TO the 81
/. tiau.y OF the earth and other plane
sre en-. ugh to shock nervous peopl,
NJ. Proctor, upon the theory OF th
! scientiit. that the earth was oDce maj
! If molten msiter, estimates that it n
aulred about $50 900, 900 Of years 4
the old thing to cool down from 20t
degrees centigrede TO 200 degrets.
round pumbe.s be fixes the o. Of II
z earth at 500, 600, 600 OF years, an
: rather thinks that this is an unde
: estimate. Following on this lire M
Proctor assumes that the larger plan
is, its density 10 be the came. the ionge
proportionalIy, will be the time It TAX
to pass through these gcs. Japite
for instance, would rqlirr, iskrg !
known density inso account, Owl ~
thousand millions Of years t. & ,ibTouR
0 the cooling process that the earth pas
I ed through in about ope-seYtnta I