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


into school communities aad build
school houses. even in Jack county.
The CiriltaH dotes on the red letter
dag in Galveston's history when there
was not enrolled a single ''drunk and
down" on the records of his honor the
recorder. All the editors went fishing
that day or were otherwise out of
town.
The African Methods. Church of
Tyler hGs denounced the exodus move
neat as the result of the doings of
hraken down politicians. Governor
Hubbard lives st Tyler, but we don't
Know that he IS suspected by the ne
groes.
Miss Mary's sweet pome, entitled
she "Watermillon's Victim, - is on file,
but respectfully and positively de-
chne5. We cannot, like the Times,
enc ucage muse which makes "really
gorgeous" rhyme with cholera nor
bus"
4 Palestine young man is so hand
some thst he is called "Honey" By the
girls of that place. He is the nice
young msn who fell into the river over
there and turned the water TO metheg-
lin for forty miles up and down the
stTesm.
Brother Penn has gathered In 100
sinners and baptized ZIG of them and
! Breeding is hanging around the out
skirts of the altar. Four thousand
people are there. Many will go up
from Austin Sunday if the machine
keeps running.
Rev. s. A. Goodwin is the only man
We know just now, outside of Austin,
who can fill the place left by DR.. How
ard in Galveston. There is a Baptist
preacher, Carroll in Waco who thinks
and talks eloquentlY, as does DIR. Glenn
ems of Marshall
In Murray's town-the surprising in
| FAINT sometimes called ID enison-the
courts fine vulgar knaves So each, only
SIS. for disturbing religious services at
a baptism. There could be no more
| heinous Uffense against all laws of com
mon decency.
The Crockett Pdir0n wants Congress
man Reagan to address his constitu-
ents in that town. The Patron should
know that its request Is unreasonable
because everybody wants to hear him
and if he speak in Crockett he must in
every town IN Texas.
| 1t is alleged that the vast number OF
drunken, bloody deeds done in Hemp
stead are due TO the savagery generated
by the circular saw, used instead OF \
gong to sharpen the appetites of the
people down there. 1t makes them
Iavenously bloOdthirsty.
Texas ranks third among the wool
producing States, having 1874 0Ol
sheep, and so treading closely on~thC
heels of Ohio. California leads, OF
course. Nueces county, Texse, has
more sheep in its limits than any Other
county in the -Union-65G, 00C.
And the row still progresses, and the
city government of Houston is still a
war within itself, and Marshal Morris
aud his deputy, the immortal Railey
have fisticufrs, and Houston seems tt
like these little side shows this ho
weather. 1t doesn't cost anything.
A Dallas girl, thinking there wa
some other way of giving people rec
eyes besides indulgence in whisky, in
jected into hers little concentrated
I've, and she is blind as bat. Every
body "sympathizes," and only few
have aided her in her terrible griefs.
Bonham Ners: Bob Alexander say
it is the general impression at Marshal
that Currie will never be hung. As fol
Rothschild, if the Appellate Cour
should liberate him or the Governor
pardon him he would undoubtedly b.
lynched before he could get out of tn
country.
An unknown man killed John Bake
while attending a camp meeting nea
Seguin, on the thirtieth. The muir
derer made his escape. He is believed
to have been O friend of Holloman
who was killed by Baker last Febru
airy. The affair has caused great ex
element.
, A st. Louis carpenter named Taylor
: when very drunk, at Mount Vernon
J Texas, fell from his horse and brok,
his neck. Many fellows neck ha
been broken by the hangman becaus
of whisky, but rarely by horses. On
horse, Cahgula's, got to liking the stut
himself.
The Mount Vernon Franklin Herald
the stauncheSt of Democratic newspa
pers, Apr owes the policy of Governo
, r )berts, and declares that the Legisla
ture has no right, under the Constitu
ton. to apply the peoples money +
the support of an inefficient" system
of free schools.
The Dallas Herald, speaking of th
new Federal court at Dallas, says .ha
the clerk, Mr.. A. J. Houston, son @
the old General, has also done won
derfully we'll, and acts as though h
had been born a Federal clerk an
meant to remain one. He was polite
2 attentive, industrious and systematic
Mr.. Crozier, who used to edit pa
7 per in this city, now conducts hal
Spanish and half English paper 6
= Laredo. He tells in Spanish that on
Manuel Gonzales, OF those parts, hs
invented gun that beats Remington
or Colts and is almost equal to Pei
mecky's.
; Since each undrained town and cit
, each year and day becomes more an
more foul-its very soil poisoned NOR
and more thoroughly-how long be
fore Texas may boast of towns an
cities which will enable Yellow JAG
: to reap rotary perennial crops of hu
man griefs?
The Telegram thinks the Sunday la
!. will be wholly imperative in Houston
But then Houston always was heatl
enish town and if its morals don't i'm
prove we will have to send dow
Brother Penn and Breeding
strengthen it up. But the threat, W
believe, will be enough.
7 They talk of burning Memphis an
sowing the place with salt. The
what will be done with Hampstead
And there is Dallas. Evidently cor
: ffagrations must do their perfect wor
D or ''local option" be instituted. Blu
, won't the two Texas towns prefer etel
+ nal fire to this cruel, insufferable depri
: walton of whisky1
One of Sunset Cox's life saving sts
. tons on the gulf coast should b
named Maggie Geddes, in honor of tn
! brave little girl of San Antonio VIII
D leaped into the river and saved littl