The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-21

it and it never kes anything else.
The boys still hunt pearls in the
Llano liver. Several have been found
worth 800 each. But then we gather
gold here IN the sands of the Colorado.
The Waco market shows a slight de-
cline in tbe prices OF wheat. White
and red sold Monday at 80 to 95c {;
Mediterranean at 81 l-2 and spring at
65c.
Skillful Australian and Californian
miners, as we are told. declare the
Llano' diggings" tsalted" frauds. The
salt came from Lesdviile and other
mines.
rhrockmorton has no faith in the
story that Mills, Hubbard and Stewart
of Houston have entered into holy
alliance to parcel ont offices among
themselves.
Bonner's Edwin Forrest having made
mile in 2minutes and II 3-4 seconds,
the boys about town, contemplating
possibilities OF The coming fair, are
mighty SAD.
The Nacogdoches colored people
have selected an agent to 90 to Kan
sas and see :,''l report. That's very
sensible OF ,..c coloreds If they sent a
sensible, fellow.
The Granbury Videtto tells of the DIS
appearance of s. X. Ingram and sister,
who left that place for Lampasas two
or three months ago and have never
been heard from.
The Grange operative store at
Jacksonville has twenty-five dollars
cash capital, and it is good thing the
people say. But they would prefer a
small cotton thread factory.
The great musician of Granbury is
Prof. Pegg, and they do dote on him
and Gail him Pegganini, because he
shuffies the fiddle bow WOW. In fact,
he can almost make it talk.
The newspapers down East say that
powdered sulphur blown into the
throat through goose-quill will cure
diphtherla. It's the PROBABLE external
application of it a few days later that
scares Nat Q"
Paddock publishes births as we'll as
deaths. He don'L want the world to
think that the population of Fort
Worth grows less because every now
then fellow is knocked off his pins
by whisky or the pocket on the biz.
A block OF bituminous coal, six
inches square, dropped from the banks
of the Colorado in Blown county. II
is there in exhausiless quantities. The
narrow gauge would bIing 1t here a.
one third the cost of cedar fuel.
McLennan county is free from debt
and State credit is again where it was
when the Old Alcalde knocked it in
order 10 bring the press and people and
Legislature to perception of the fact
that the State must live, like its farm
ers, within its means.
The war of sections and races and
religions in Quebec is bloody and
terrible enough. IG Is worse than any
event occurring in many years in the
South but it does rot seem somehow
to exasperate our Northern fellow cit
zens, which is queer.
The Rusk Observer is awful mad be-
cause Mrs. Collins, an insane woman,
was sent home ana represented ~ be
sound IN mind and body. Before she
left the train she was crazy as a loon,
and the Observer thinks DR.. Roberts
should exercise a little paternal care
over the Lunatic Asylum.
They have one big graded free school
in Denison. It's public school and
party-leaders run it and the juggling
for teachers places is awful and favor
tism and nepo,ism and politics reign,
and yet they all say that there is moth
ing like the supreme blessedness of the
free school system.
Mr.. Bryson, an old cit:zep, living
near Liberty H.ll,in Williamson county,
says his cora will not make more than
bushel to the acre, and yet M. b.
land is excellent, and he is one of The
best farmers in, the State. The drou h
in that section has been most severe
About Bigdad the crops are mach bet
ter.
Galusha A. Grow has wormed him.
self into the confidence of Mr.. Evarts
and may be made Minister to England.
Galusha was suffering with softening
of the brain when he left Texas, so his
doctors said and he asserted, put
Evarts evidently has softer Uranium
than the glorious Galusha.
Several friends of the local editor OF
the STATESMAN dined with him yester-
day. The recurrence of his birthday
furnished the important reason for the
| speeches of the occasion and for the
elfsrvescence of the champagne. The
restaurateur did himself great honor
and minIstered generously to the appe
tites of Mr.. Morris's guests.
The son of Judge Hickey Morgan, OF
New Orleans, who is Chief Justice OF
the Supreme Court of Egypt, was
drowned few days ago. at Weir's
Bridge, New Hampshire. He had
been graduated only few days before
with high honors at Cambridge. Judge
Morgan was coming home this fall to
meet his son.
Minnie Foot, the famous courser that
made such reputation at Lampssas was
taken unbroke from the range three
moi tbs ego, and in this time has been
Dr. ken and trained, ano has made the
fastest recorded time ever made ia
Texas. Her owner is Mr.. Lille Of
Dallas. Sac is sorrel four years old.
as GRACEFUL as q gszalle, and = model
OF peril c.ion.
Another heavy rain f-ll IN portions
of Sar ; ,bs County 90 Thursday and
Friday, III sume seciinns II being very
much HEAVIER than others. IL rained
in town q good average fall, and on
the north OF town q distance Of some
.Ohr miles the shower, was veTy hight,
out beyoud that distance, extending
into b own county, the rain vas very
heavy.
Gen. Jordan, who ways q deal Of the
brains Of the great steamship and rail-
way corporation Of the Southwest anu
Of the Atlantic and Gulf, ssys the Gen.
trails Waco branch will pass within
TWENTY-FIVE miles and have branch &c
CIeburne. Does Austin intend to s7f-
fer the whole trade and wealth OF
Northwest Texas ID pass from her Z
AIearned justice Of the peace Of thi'
city, after hearing the bet lawyers Of
the capital, declared the Sunday law
violstise Of the plain provisions Of The
RutabaRa Constitution and that ended
the matter. The State cannot appeal
and the defendant Of course would Dol
end thcrs the matter rests. II thf
nfher Justice ~ fhe peace Of ihe cl3''