The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-04

saw stars fall ne.
TIE Bolton JouyRal, already a most
admirable paper, has been enlarged and
and improved. l. would be credit
TO sny community.
The C3manche CHief rctircs from,
politics. /, will have enough 20 do 10
tsnd to The farming, stock a.siEg
interests-and other local enterprises.
Ms. Elizabeth Sect, of Lamar
county, celebrated her eightie,h birth.
day recently in the cotton field, and
picked her 100 pounds.
The Oldest man in Nlcogdoches
county Is said 10 be n psuper negro
oamcS VI ngo, born in VIRGINIA IN 1906.
ami who Is, therefore, 1l3 years Old.
\ justice ~ the peace AT B,enham is
charged g It'll Cr00kcduess bus the
Banner ;hiI ks It OF igrorauc-. Then it
rs t5e fault Oh our beau ,iul RGIa = ga
Code.
The quiz remarks that since tie
Governor has issued his proclamation
on the bell punch question, some Of n,
D5ndsmen for C1stFJvii!c sa!o0G men
are getting nervous.
J T. TIruu, OF Castrogi.le, Is piping
hos because school board will nos
give him certificate Of fitness and cs-
pacity. !I- has sgpaaled 10 the au.hor
tiles here It the capital.
n nc G rman families, says tn,
Saxon. have moved from Williamson
county o. Stn An -1.i.re. i laC.i i'm
u}a-,- ZION society is ar week, an: many
,,csuEs ase ,Zpsc.si
TmcI, .ayile oa ,Ay L u.sisca West
c;E Beilvsy las progressed s'X.ser
mirs Z .st 81 Like Chari,s The S.
b,re uygr bridge will be 9, mp,etCd 10y
he lir,t Of mex, month.
Four wagon loads OF ore from the
Moiada mines passed the RIO Grande
4; Elgle pes IN The twenty 60
jng to Pa,ladelphia for reduction. L,
viii he shipped via S q Aotonio.
Ca&roviIie "a IN tears. Thiucea mil
hon bats ana sos, 600, 600 Of hsas, &C
cording to the record on iiu II the
QHU oiiiCe, were made homeless by
the removal of the Old court house.
The son Of John G Bell, commonly
known ~ whispering Bell, Of Bell
vile, has killed man st BRENNAN.
Whispering B II was q member of the
ever memorable Twelfth Legislature.
The Colorado Citizen, referring to
the charge OF lawlessness in Colorado
county, disclsims any ettempt to Tiya
Waller county, and suggests a rigid
enforcement OF the law as the only
available remedy.
Most people of the city celebrate
Thanksgiving Dsy in accordance with
the Presidents proclamation. The
Old Alcalde seems to think the Presi-
dent has dlffused enough unadulterated
goodness for both of them.
4 Milan county farmer is raising
Overton or Florida cotton, 1850 pounds
of seed cotton of which yielded bale
weighing GAS pounds, after paying
toll. He has five or six bales, and il
all turned out as well as this.
Capt. G. P. Estill, superintendent
of the public schools OF BRENNAN, has
resigned, and accepted q prefessorship
in the A. s. NJ. College, Prot. John
L. Hand, late of the choir of ancient
languages OF Bryan, takes his place.
Nobody seems to believe that Mr..
Kappenbach, the Castroville post
master, was guilty of any intended
wrong when he opened package in
his office to see what it contained, aud
that he might know the charges on it.
Mr.. VIM Fields, of the Independent
Blade, has gone to Washington. 1t is
wonderful how these backwoods people
down here attempt to initiate Others
when they once get cut into the big
world. Cohkiing aud Blaine and
those fellows all have an editorial staff
at Washington, but they pay for it.
John L1ller, one OF the boys under
10 years pardODed cut OF the penitep-
tiary by Governor Roberts, stole $3J
from gentleman who fed and sbel.
tered him while on his way home, anc
the block kleptomauiac will toddle
back to HGnisYlle. The Governor
WON'T pardon him any Gre. lie is IT.
reoleimable.
Bob IageTsoll the Chicago and Cans
dian and Scotch bankers aud two Con
gressmen and other gentlemen, who
would buy million or more acres OF
land, il the Jolly spectators along the
Csnsdlsu hsveh's appropriated all the
water end rivers and lakes of those
oaFts-thcse agents OF Sco'ch immi
grafton were II Fart Worth last night
toauQe5lns wiih Paddock.
A lady named Mary Magu;-eh,
Had trouble in lighting her d-sh;
The wood being green,
~ She used kerosene
ePAVse. Then continue solemnly)
She has gone up-high5r,
Where the fuel Is dri-sh.
Aud will surely BE- seen neve-more,
ween,
Lighting ire with kerosene.
Cuero BulletiR: Four new business
lirms have just opened in Gonzales.
Severed houses have quite recently
been tiaished end the local trade is
good. II the Morgan rosd is ever ex-
,cudei it viii probably pass through
Corr 4les, as Is IS 10 the midst of 9
settled snd prosperous section and on
= 5iFccs roaie to the nearest point OF
the Sunses ans the proposed Inter
aa';eHal irom Anstin 10 San Antonio.
The V.c.ora 1dVocRte says ''lhs
Nsfsea lsae hss never bsen kept more
le.ivei7 cagsasd than dnFiag iha pssi
sSa menils. Two trGins daily, neav
ily lsleA0i, have been passing sad n
paesiag the depot s, thss p0lns. The
F0sd Is Ia excellsas condition. with
weil bsllasged track, new and snbstau-
tial bridges aud repaired rolling stock.
We hear II given By Dune Ramor that
there is some hopes OF an immediate
extension Of the lins from Cuero.n To
what derection3 Can the Adc0o1ts tell
Women are not farmers, but they
seem 10 do = deal Of spring sewing. =
Sfeabaspiils HlFal1. Many are welded
20 rakss. and are good tbreshing ms
chimes, Is their boys can testify. They
can harrow their husaznds' feelings,
sickle their babies. handle cradles,
aud do = great many newer things.-
Cdasvrilze Qasll Add in preparing
wood frr Nfatek we hare seen the ten.
6er-hearted creatures she'd two or three
tiers, aud Tiers Is nothing Ike twins
70 excite their milk Of human kind.
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