The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-02-20
Te1as-Facr. ana Fancres.

the venerable village.
The Herald says that "a newspaper
is printed at LAGRANGE IN the Bohe-
milan language" That's the native
tongue of all newspapers.
The statement that Scott and Hunt
ington had coalesced was without
foundation. 1t has been suthorlta-
lively denied from Washington.
They have a place in Waco where
all the pretty girls are weighed. They
want to know the difference in aysII-
dupois between then and now.
Cola. K. Eddy, United States army,
who married Ssliie Houston, niece of
Gen. Sam Houston, died a few days
ago at Malta, In the Mediterranean.
1t was Judge Prendergast, we be-
lieve, who remarked 10 jury that if
they did show want of understanding,
they now and then gave good judg-
ment.
The Bonham Nelos says if Col. Tay-
lor proposes to fool away $50, 900, 600
worth of school land he need never
come again feeling around Bonham for
votes.
Brother Veal was hoisted by his own
petsrd and instead of bursting the
church was expelled from it and from
the pulpit, and Is held to answer before
the district court.
They never hang anybody at Dallas
and bloody people are the best of the
town, but they found 200 indictments
at the last term of their court against
all sorts of knaves.
A fellow has patented hens nest
in Gainesville, says the Bonhsm Neacs.
We venture to say he is gay old rural
rooster. But WASN'T the inventor laid
out by the discovery
Local option will never 60 through
the Arkansas Legislature. In any
event, the Christian Messenger says
there are three Baptist preachers in
that Illuminated body.
If the States income be 1900, 900 less
than the States expenses and the War
Department cost more than $500, 900
the State cannot only keep even but
have sinking fund by abolishing it.
1t cost the State $1,000 to send the
Grimes county negro who stole a box
of sardines to the penitentiary. But
then it is better for the people to be
plucked than for the whipping post to
exile knaves.
+ The Telephone says the boss auction
eer" of its town yesterday put on a
full head of steam" Did anybody
ever see an empty head put on al
auctioneer9 But they DO always have
the steam up.
"The old serpent" we read about is
dead, and the sinful people of Dallas
will be glad to hear it. He was forty
feet long. They dug up his bones in
Ellis county. Representative Linn
wants them in his museum.
The Dispatch doesn't think that the
Grange has dOue any good in Lampasas
county. 1t has been too busy about
the offices, and the crop of candidates
has been bigger than that of potatoes,
both, however, of the smallest sort.
The Odd Fellows of this city Mon
day followed to the grave the remains
of Mr.. Emanuel Sampson, of Burnet
county, who died III this city on Sat
urday evening. Mr.. Sampson was q
Past Grand, and brother of our fell
low citizen, MIR. George w. Sampson.
Williamson county owns four leagues
of land dedicated to school purposes.
They are going to garrote the fellow
over there who proposed to sell this
land. The county court proposes to
keep it while grass grows and water
runs.
The San Antonio Herald of the four
teenth pronounces Judge Terrell one
of the most skillful legislators Of
Texas. The Herald modestly suggests
the eminent propriety of transferring
the distinguished gentleman to seat
in Congress.
Most meddfng people should be
GENT to the penitentiary rather than
the madhouse, and yet jury at Bon.
ham has been trying Mr.. Medlin a
week for lunacy and still sits brooclne
over the crankiness of the meddle-
some Medlin.
They crowd all sorts of people, The
innocent, the guilty, the convicted and
those often found to be blameless, il
the same horrible prison cells in Waco.
McCollum is disgusted and thinks the
Legislature should put period to le-
cal barbarism of this sort.
The quantity of light that may be
hidden under two bushels may be I'M
agined when we tell our readers that
two Bapast preachers edit papers in
Texas, the one, Bro. Billups, at Mt.
Vernon, and the other, Bro. Sam An
derson, at Sulphur Springs.
The Waco Telephone begs the Legis-
lature to remember tomorrow and
forget the selfish unwisdom of to-day.
The wise newspaper insists that if all
their public land be thrust upon the
market it will be sold for nothing, and
those who beget these results will be
properly crucfied in the future.
Ex-Mayor r. L. Fulton is business
manager for Mrs. White, properties
of the time-honored Washington Ho-
tel, of GALVESTON. We believe in
plucky women, and especially in one
who has daring enough to tackle q
first class hotel with perfect success.
The editor of the Waco Examiner
was prevented by a slow train, he
etates from ATTENDING tho recank doilv
press convention in Austin. All the
daily papers of the interior, we believe,
that have been receiving dispatches
would gladly enter the new Texas as
ISOLATION.
An excellent writer for the STATES
MAN says religious or moral training by
public schools is difficult or impossi-
BILE on account of disputes of sects as
to what is religion and what heresy.
Witness recent troubles in the North
on this very point. Public school re-
ligious training, even when carried
out, only serves to destroy faith. W.T.
ness Germany.
1t is proposed that every tax collec-
tor shall be paid 800 per month by
the State and half that amount by his
county. THIS will save an average of
$3.50 each per annum to the State
and let assessors be paid the same way.
There is not county in Texas that
has not hundreds of men competent
for the work who will assess the taxes
aud collect them for this pay and be
glad-of the chance.