The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-17

the rounds of the press to the fleet
that one beavers, an itinecant music
/ teacher. hsd cnn'essed on HI desth -
numbering Miss Emma VJeiker at y "
B-~uafris s"gae years sI1ce. The Iii
& ting. Published at New Brauafvls, pro-
{ nous ceS the entire story sensational
c2BaTd. wI'hrut shadow Of fDunda-
ton, st on foot 10y friends of Baker,
Z who IS Charged win Wandering II lilo
man IN Sssuio, TO work up puOlc SEN
tlmeDt in has 6ehsif
There is that exceeding good man
J I'M Morris, m .rshai OF II lustop, who,
To. aldermen say, has been getting
away with too much costs and per-
/ qlisiJes. IL IS sad, BUS the STATESMAN
uas uiteu remarked that the L eglsia-
;ure places the paor and ignorant. who
! fall into tue clutches of the average
courts of the average towns of Texas,
| wholly at the mercy OF the hangers on
of these miserable courts. They are
engines of wrong, of costs, Of robbery
and hard swearing.
Coroners around Houston keep spe-
cial dete, yes 20 hunt up dead fellows
in the woods and bayou. 1t pays.
There norhiDp like dead fellow To
sit on. The jITy don't draw its fees,
and, falling Ia do So, the coroner aud
his pals take il all in with the special
fee given 10y the law. Fees of all sorts
cost T,Xss industry-for the dead man
never pays u cent-huudreds of thou
sands annually. But the legislature
is happy If 1t may reduce some hap
less clerks salary. IL is not salaries,
but peIquisites and fees, that hurt.
A special to the Express from Laredo
makes ones hair stand on end after
this fashion. 1.-The town is III a fever
of excitement oyer the brutal murder
of Mr.. Albert Gfossard, while taking
his siesta at P. NJ. to-day. The MUIR
derer, Santos CASTILLO, had bsen in the
habit of bringing Mr.. Crossroads din
ner 70 the store. Ga entering to-day
and fading Grossard asleep, be selzs I'd
a Ratchet and literally hacked his heal
to pieces. After taking small sum
of money the murderer coOlly walked
to the river, washed the blood from
his person and went home, where he
was shortly afterward arrested. The
oczing from under the door"
Henry Moore, colored through and
through, is mighty proud of the pater-
nifty of the turtle-lIke five year old girl
child that draws crowds at K4ufm IN.
Its head is that OF a - loggerhesd tur-
tie after undergoing the manipulatious
of an Avenue boot0lack. The child's
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face is mainly imaginary. Is eyes roll
around greasiiy, looking at nothing.
Az the top of its chest is turtles pro-
jectiDg breast bone or she'll. Its legs
are crooked for crawling and end in
web-footed claws. She talks and kas
a share of intelligence, an Unsuitable
appetite, and delights in being left in
wafer tank. She should be exhib-
tied before the philosophers OF the
L bfary Association.
Bible distritu ion in T,x.s by COL
porteurs of American Bible Society in
the month of June, 1879: Dlys of ser
vice, 321: miles travelled on official
duty. 1904; families visited by them,
1916; fam lies found destitute of the
Bible, SCI; dat tute families supplied,
4Sl; destitute individuals supplied in
addition, 261; number of books sold,
2139; value of books sold, $63l 81;
number of books distributed gratui-
tously, 4SG; value of books distrlbu-
ted gratuItously, $Sl. 80; received from
churches and individuals in aid of the
Bible cause, $50 As. During this month
1928 copies of the Scriptures have gone
into the homes of this State. Every
copy is silent preacher, with con-
gregat'on nf one person at least, pro-
claiming the unsearchsble riches of
Cnris'. Every copy is a schoolmaster,
teaching the great mystery Of godli-
ness. Let US place the Word of God
In every family; an instructor of the
ignorant, a guide to the wanderer, Il
consolation to the sorrowIng.
| The Davenport, Iowa, Gazette ssy
'Mr. Vincent Chambers, for more t ian
forty years a citizen of Iowa and a
noted business man of MuscatIne, but
now of Austin, Texas, was in the city
yesterday. He will visit old friends in
Muscstine for several days before Ie-
turning to Texas. While at Muscatine
Mr.. Chambers may be seen, or written
to, by any persons meditating settle
ment in the Lone Star State and t.
all such he will give every possible In
formation as to the resources, etc., Of
that st .te. Besides, Mr.. Chambers is
enabled t. offer rarely favorable advan-
tages of cheap transportation from s..
Louis to those who may desire to visit
Texas with view to entering upon
business or purchasing lands. The
Chambers BrOIhers have built a fine
flour mill, having four run of stone
and all the modern improvements Ia
machinery, On the Colorado river, a
mile and a hslf below the city of Aus
tin, and are doing fine business.
They have, particularly, solved the
problem of making good fl ,ur from
Nicaragua wheat, the most prolific and
profitable variety of wheat known to
Texas soil, but which has heretofore
been deemed too hard berry for mill
ing purposes. AS a result, the Texas
people are delighted, and the energetic
Chambers Brothers are appreciated
down there, as they should be-"
DR.. Rutherford has been interviewed
bya Telegram reporter upon the subject
of quarantine. In reply TO the ques-
ton as to whether the Governor
should 1T once establish a complete
coast ana interstate quarantine, ID &C.
tor r. replies: "Yes, under his owD
manage ment. My reasons for saying
this are the necessarily tardy operation
of the law In its present trlune shape,
the impossibility of having a con-
nected, rational and similar set of reg
ulations at all the stations, which is
impossible under the present system !;
each post being under its own local
board and operated after its own pecu-
liar views, serve TO render the law liz
effective. AS l look upon quarantine
law aud operations as by their very
name and object as arbitrary, | do not
believe that q system governed by
forty different heads and as many
varying interests can even keep in
sight the direct object to be attained,
and none else, namely the keeping of
the fever from our State limits" He
explained that ''the law delegates e
power of establishing quarantines;
first By the corporate town nearest to
established station; If no action be
taken by these corporate authorities,
then it is the incumbent duty of the
county court in which such station is
placed. If neither act, the Governor
has the right to appoint An officer and
MAINTAIN quarantine. The power you
may see is regulated In three different
ways, each to wait upon the other un-