The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-07

tonic and Others besides negroes are
the victims of the'sorceress'I art.
The gas of St. Louis is TO be made
by using the gases in water. Dallas is
illumined by the glare of whisky.
Hagen's fruit farm, one mile north
of Palestine, containing forty acres,
was sold the other day for $1,000.
Bros. Sanders, Dowell end Hollis
have been baptizing the multitude at
Willow Hole Prairie, in Madison coun-
ty.
Two colored policemen fill the re-
sponsible position in Galveston of
guardians of the new jan and its pris-
oners.
Dallas back doors would fly open
Sunday and the boys couldn't keep out.
1t was too much for human nature in
Dallas.
The Presbytery of Waco closed
most interesting and pleasant meeting
July 10, 1879, at Turnersyille, Coryell
county.
J. L. D. Hillyer he's been running a
religious revival and dipping many
over at Litton's springs, IN Caldwell
county.
Isn't it lucky for the commonwealth
that the meteoric stone, as big az flour
barrel, that fell st Denison, missed
Murray.
Sheriff Ross captured three horse
thieves last Thursday III Waco. They
had three mules anu are from Blanco
county.
Murray says wife-beating is alto
gether too frequent in Denison. You
fellows ought not to have so many
wives.
The Telegram, referring to the de-
parture of Martin from Sherman, rubs
its soft blue eyes and says: "Jinks
| has gone"
Noel's Chicago paper is now known
as the hcestigat03 1t Is furious, of
course, for Grant, and abhors Texas
morals and politics.
1t is supposed that Governor Davis
still has much voting for the coloreds
to do for him. He insists that they
must not go to Kansas.
The latest reports, from Brazoria
county state that all is qriet there
again. Sidney Bates, who was wound
ed, died on Monday.
The colored man who attempted to
assasslnate Rev. Mr.. Garrett at La"
Grange, last week, had been prose
cuted for theft by Mr.. G.
They use copperas in disinfecting
Houston. They don't need copper oil
brass on their faces, but the town is
coated with the disinfect ant.
"Egan's drays" still pracede sill the
capacIous and beautiful vehicles Of
thought that rattle along and are driv-
en- through the local columns of the
Telephone.
The Castroville Qui1 seems to sus.
pect that Scion Stewart, district at
torney of Bracket, was in great haste
10 see q. pretty girl in Central OF
Southern Texas.
Rev. Mr.. Aten, of the Christian
Church, is six feet tea inches high
He was specially set upon those pins
| that he might wade In and chuck then
under deep water.
Martin and the Register having moved
out of Sherman. Brother II. W. CaskeJ
has tackled this stronghold of sin.
| Crooks must now stand up like little
! man oil nv himself
A man in Throckmorton county
found tarantula In his boots. Dallas
will die of envy. People oyer there
have never got beyond miserable
snakes in their shoes.
The Dallas Herald says: "The con
sumption of beer is now estimated al
| 1, 900, 900 barrels a month";" TheJ
drank more than that in the three days
Austin Saengerfest.
William Bradley of ShackleforC
county was recently bitten by taran
lula and shortly afterwards fell int
commissions, during one of which ht
dislocated his shoulder.
Theodore Otto is charged with thu
murder of his father, August Otto. a
| Lockhart. The old mans brains wer,
beaten out with club at his own gate
The son is in prison.
They were forced to augment thu
force of scavengers In Houston las
! week to remove the dead dogs. Mayo
DeGreBs's agents have not been. q
sctiYe recently as they should hsV'
been.
The telegraphic stat nIent thatchol
era ravages Iowa makes people begiI
to brush up their recollection of th'
prophecies of the old curmudgeon o
California, which we published scmt
time ago.
I An Universalistis preaching in Waco
His name is Walker; his home Wealth
erford. If he go over to Bolton anC
talk too much he may be induced into
the woods 10 see sick man and gei
awfully beaten.
The opinion obtains that Senator
Hobby cannot hold the position tt
which he has been assigned by the
Governor, the Constitution forbiddine
it becsu Sc of his act, as legislator, il
creating. the Office.
Bro. Hrogsn, an ardent, good mar
and devout preacher, has broken W
the Sunday hunting of Jsck Tsbbits il
Fannin county and the people of those
parts will not grow up with as long
legs as hey used to.
The Dallas Times tells strange stO
~. A horrible murder was plotted
and Hon. ]. B. Simpson was the in
tended victim, and the remnant of San
BASIS rang were the plottefs, who
were fortunately foiIed.
A Bell county womRn placed has.
ktt of eggs in her sitting-rOom and
they soon were converted into chick
ems We reckon the old woman made
it hot for the old man and this atmns-
phere developed the chickens.
II anybody wants juicy residing,
and refreshing ana cooling. this bot
/ weather, Ne commend 10 them the de-
bate on baptism between Brethren
Horn and Kilgore, which ndorns the
rfes OF the Ckristian Messenger
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