The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-10-23
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about Honey Grove 10 pick cotton.
Will Stewart Of the Fort Worth
Dszaoerst, has secured . place on
Chicago newspaper.
Senator Coke has been making logi-
c,land most effective speeches every
where in Northern Texas.
The Gainesville jail has nineteen in
mates, but, blessed by Q kind Peovl-
dence, Martin 10 still on the outside.
A Frenchmsn in Paris has bought
so 600 acrss IN Parker county, and the
Times thinks the frog crop will be
foe. Gt
Newspapers commonly say the cot
ton crop wall yield twenty to thirty per
cent. more than Was supposed q month
ago.
The Sunset route hes reosived two
handsome new Locomotives, named re-
soectfully, ''6am Huston" and "Gen.
Ord.n
Spectators are sxamiAing the lime
stone beds about Austin with the pur-
p-ss Of making Roman cement and al
tiicial stone.
Jsmes Carter, brother of Col. Carter
of the Bsss gang, has teen sentenced
to the penitentiAry for ten years for
horse stealing.
Il 10 SAID Ling hes about demolished
Hsmman. Like 9 good Granger,
wedding bis crop, he has weeded him
up-roo, aod branch.
Five hundred bushels OF Nicaragua
wheat, the Hearne paper says, are en-
route 70 Austin TO be sold at cost to
farmer1 about the capital.
And now the 1eleSrom wants Mr..
Pierce, of the Sunset road, made Coy
ernor of Texas; Suppose We stop ct
Hastrop for candidate.
When Old DAmus 10 NO more the
weeping world will say another old
"lsnd mark" 10 gone. He totes arousd
many acres Of this country.
Abner Walker made an almost sue
cessful attempt 20 escape jail, and the
Telegram thereupon condemns the Gov
trnor for committing his sentence.
The Examiner remarks that the South
lest two thousand millions OF dollars
on the. States rights business, aud now
On The same doctrins N shout 10 stake
her autonomy.
| No report Of grasshoppers in the
northwestern counties has been made
to the signal service. There are re-
ports OF grasshoppsrs In Wise county,
but Of no great number.
That affected creature that makes
paragraphs TOR the Telegram calls mo-
lasses from spgarcsns siTop de batterie,
40 II 1t were distilled from the roost
and gusuo dePository In the top Of the
Capitol.
When Texas gets, 10 Congressman in
1881 let's give one Of tho sweet places
to Martin, another to the Bouham Nesos
man, and third TO Tom BJwes. Ia
the last case It 10 matter Of life and
death.
The Weatherford Times can hardly
see how Vic. Woodhall can run the re-
iigious world, wat,h Bsecher, write
and lecture, and still be President las
she proposes 70 become) Of the United
States.
j. J. Wheeler. editor OF the Paris
Baaner, was shot dead BY w. B. Bou-
ner, attorney fot q man who was prose-
cuted on charges msds by Wheeler.
I. 10 claimed that Wheeler had threat
eued the life Of Bonner.
The Jrfterson cotton compress can
exert Q pressure Of 5000, 900 Of
pounds. We ought TO have one In
Austin. Il might have power enough
to tqueezs little public spirit cut Of
an average Austjn mossbaek.
The people Of Lagrange are organ
iaiug to build . narrow gauge from
AlleytoWn TO that plsce. But Austin
doesn's seem TO care 70 cooperate with
Lagrange, nor 20 draw the trade of
that rich district 70 this city.
It is stated that OIL. Taylor OF Far
min proposes 10 establish rousinR Re-
publican pspCr here IN Austin. The
Eenero7s city, progressiVe and enier-
prising sni intelligent 90 IL is, could
we'll support three or four more news
papers.
The Rockport Transcript says Judge
Edwin Hobby continues 70 win the en-.
COM ums OF the people and bar of his
district for bis learning, sfabilitY and
pr'mputsdp, and for the thorough.
tfeciiye and rapid manner In which be
,s dispatching business and clearing
the oid docket u his district.
D,n't drink whisky ct ell; II you
must, don't take Il straight from 9
assk, aud never from the flask Of
stranger. These whisky hssks are pre-
seated TO well clad people By acciden-
tsl acquaintsnces In Weco and the
drugged tiqnof makes pocket books
and watchSs dy 70 parts unknown.
Fsiries Of drssnisnd tote them OF.
Walnuts Of 6outhsrn Texas are
much 90 be preferred 10 Brazilian nuts.
The favor Of Wslnuts " much more
delicate. There is less gFeasiness In
the taste, and, while it gfati6es hun
ger, IL pleases the palate. Farmers
commonly gather enough for their own
eceside nee, bat there u no reason why
they should not bscous, Ike oceans, .
comnsfcial commodity. They are
harder 70 crsek, bat this hardly dsTo-
gales from the vslue Of the article.
M-jor L A. FitzhnRh has been sp-
point.d ~ agent Of the Chicago, Phils-
delphia and Boston Inmigrstion Assp-
citation, which, the Chicago 1imSs
says. has capital Of q. 500. 900, sup
piled By Europesn and Amsficsn bank :
ing hou-ss. nsior F.tzsugh's duty
consists N baying lsnd for the COM
pany's imnigranis In Texas and Kan
sss aud IN bfiDgspg aud settling them
In their honsA He e eEinsnfly well
Gtted for The t.Gk. He he's betn me-
gotistiag Coz large track n South.
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