The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28

right this once aud the honest working |
people of the country concur with him !
everywhere.
7tl,qrna. The State health officer
wisely concluied tn carry his report to
the Governor in persoa ST less. rs far
as Houston. lie knows the nature OF
the facilities possessed hy the Ae.es to
gather ''sool." information on sanitary
msiters. /, tsk's good cnyslop II
withstand the assaults Il tha, great
and good psper," whether it contains
pnnting bid or lu4raI ne report.
The history of NJ Lehman unity, in
the current number OF Mrs Swishel's
Sketch Booi, Is the best that has grsced
the pages OF this publication. The his
tory Of kaufman county is very real
able and everybody VIII peIuse with
delight the chsp,er ihst tells NJ the
ear y years of T,N,s, written sy the
venerable hero Of the s.ormjng ~ Sau
Antonio wGo may 6e encountered every
da7 on Congress Avenue.
H4mmar, the kim of G.ecnbsckers,
not the G eenback king. met Judge
Reagan in debate At Tyler. H4nmau
said his lesson, talking al u; Two
aCu!s. Reagan replied in n two hours'
speech, reviewing he scliCn OF lie
Democrats ca all fiuancial mst,crs snd
other questions siT c;ug the welfare Of
the country. His speech hac the ef-
feet of uniting more firmly the ID N.
cratic party Of SMITH county.
The Dallas Herdd dad Commercial is
going to l,p of is nsme fore or aft.
It's too long 10 be priit.d We are
afraid to quo,e II lest there be n strike
among the printers when we give
credit by naming the pap'r, and then
our fingers ache when we must write
The interminable, dou bic jlinted poly.
syllable. must make tucks in 1t. 1t
needn't bc afraid of showing its ugly
legs.
TIE olk,letHHg contains learned
and forcible defense If Senator Terrell,
who needs none in this behalf, in the
matter of he vote on the Sunday law
in the State Senate. His vote recorded
the question did pot cause its passage
or prevent its defeat, and then the
Senator made an unansverable speech
against it, Senator McCulloch of Leon
changed his vote and clused the law
TO. be enacted. 81 says the li0lks=eituRg.
The officers of the Grand Lodge of
Knights OF Honor elected at Dallas are
past grand dictator, +. +. Frymeir, of
CIR clstt; grand dictator, Webster
Flanagan, of Henderson grand vice
dictator, John Q Mullins, of La
Grange; grand assistant 6ic'a,or, w.
NJ. Lusk, of Bonham; grand reporter,
VIM. p. Cole, of Hampstead; grand
treasurer, j. Z. Wo iT9, Of Cameron :;
grand guardian, w. II. Henderson, OF
Wills Point; grand sentinel, II. c.
Still, of Austin.
Col. Billy Pitts has written 10 secure
the use at oar fair cf the invent on of
Swiss loo Ismith, which does away
with the necessity of employing q
marker to signal the resut of each
shot. l. is q target which. by means
of electricity, shows, instantsneously,
| upDA lASNtf up oN wv
firing station, the exact spot where a
{, bullet strikes. The accidental death
of a Medford marker, recently, would
not have occurred with the electric
target in use.
The Waco ETamner gives column
article on advertising as Sine art"
Advertising is a study and when prop
erly done it pays largely. By putting
an advertisement in a respectable
Newspaper having general circula-
ton a business man at once Introduces
himself To the entire community.
Everybody then knows that he is IN
business and what nc has To sell. The
most successful business men in the
United States are the largest patrons OF
the newspapers.
Parson Veal is about to make unsav-
ory hash of the editor of the Fort
Worth ECeHiag ,Joalnal. Veal was I'M
Justly accused of knocking" 81 netting
we believe, and he got awful mad and
he has been paving around nightly
till the journal psuged and simmeIod
down and the facts being revealed to
Veal, he was somewhat quieter when
last heard from. We do not think the
press has dealt generously with Mr..
Veal The facts developed on his
trial were not wholly bad and led to
grave doubts amoog some people as to
the justice of this vigorous 'persecu-
tion."
The Bienham BmHer, tt which we
| Eo1,k far kkai
the night or accommodation passengt
train is to be sumed on the Western
branch of the Central on about the
first OF September, and adds that the
demand for cotton pickers has been
very light this year in this country.
Not single wagon load of pickers hal
been seen going out of town this sea-
son. The crop Is 50 light Tat thei
services are not needed. Cotton since
the rains has grown wonderfully, and
is literally cOvera with blooms and
squares, and bus for the depreciation
OF the worms would make a tolerabl,
top crop in some o lions OF the coun
ty.
Rev. George w. Barnes writes a let
ter t, the Il ptist HcrdH about Bro
Penn's miris'rutions III Milan county
He says: "The G. IN ,be!li,es were out
In full force, an did all 10 their powe
to interfere with the success of tn,
mel rg, by provoking discussions OF
the grounds, and by trying to keeE
anxious persols from going to th'
flag seats The Methodists held ,
camp meeting four miles from us, or
the G Ibriei. OF course this cor f;ctior
was unavoidable ~ Yet told the
preacher in charge of the Rotkdsl'
circuit, on the sixteenth day az Apri
last, that our camp meeting would com
mence about the twenty fifth Of July
At that time his presiding elder was il
correspondence with HIM concernIne
their meeting. II is claimed, ] he
Iieve. that they could not learn Wher
our mt etng would commence. Mira
bile dieta ?" There wasn't any uthe
denominations there, or Bro. Baine
would have had longer chapter o
complaint. But NJ jor Penn raked il
the sinners from all directions.
Governor Sprague's Career.