The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-04-03

newed. Cattle are to be killed il this |
way, shipped to England snd revived |
there.
Thompson shot Rogers, or Rogers
shot Thompson, near Sherman, aoout
the sister of one or the other. The
fellow that is shot will probably die.
We state the facts in this mixed man
ner because we don't care TO be giving
currency to ugly stories gbout pretty
girls.
The Houston Age says the builders
of tie Nayasota narrow gauge will I'M
dertake the construction of the road
from this city to Lampasss if sstlstsc-
tory inducements are offered. Why
may they not correspond with Messrs.
Brusygerhoff, McCreery and others
about iI7
It's unfortunate that Mr.. Gassaway,
of whom the Telephone tells, is not
member of Congress. If he stood in
Coke's shoes, there could be no dead
lock. He would shoot of his mouth
till he bursted the dome of the Capt.
toll and thus give the country relief
and repose.
A horse thief arrested in Waco car
ried Bible. Ga fly-leat was writ
ten: "a. s. Sumner, from the AmerI-
can Tract Society" If this society
doesn't quit rewarding the virtues Of
such fellows as this, we will
ask L. Q. G. Lamar to make another
| juicy speech about the Sumner family.
Rev. W. E Hall has repaired dam
ages done the character of Bolton by
the mob that thrashed the atheist, by
converting most of those Christians
over there to true fellowship with
Christ, who as a man was godlike,
and, as Gjd, most generous to the
meanest and weakest of our race.
Dallas has quit these low grounds of
sorrow and taken its everlasting flight
to an upper and better world. The
debating society of the sweet place de-
| cided last week that the world is rap.
Idly growing morally better. Dallas
has ''gone up" or such conclusion
could never have been reached.
Captain Bntton concluded not to
build water works in Sherman. They
have public free schools there, and
Pierisn beverage and things cost tax
payers IA per cent. per annum-too
much for immigration to Standard
Capt. s. hauled off. Sherman, when
fire occurs on windy day, will
cease to exist. 1t has schools, but
no water.
"Nat. O." says the Record is now
planted on q sure and safe '-footing."
Nat. wears No. 10 brogans when in
Georgetown. Ia Washington, he
squeezes his
-" How firm a foundation, ye saints of the
pIess"-
into No. 11's. But one never fails to
see, in any event, that he is all calf.
Old veterans who would go to Gal
weston on the!twenty first of April free
of charge should address Hon. Mores
Austin Bryan, at BRENNAN. He will
furnish fare over the T. c., the T.
s. N. O., the G. 81. & H., the l. & G..
n the G., H. s. San Antonio, and
Waco Tap. The Texas Pacific is not
included in this list, we believe.
The Austin Typographical Union
sent the same amount of money to
Memphis that was forwarded by the
Galveston Union. The York World
Office gave $40 and Herald SOL and
Salt Lake Tribune ST., the Courier
Journal $l10. Printers contributed to
suffering printers ID Memphis $1966
end there were expended $2034.
Some of our exchanges condemned
vehemently the faculty of the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College for
the expulsion of eight youths who
went on bender IN Bryan. But now
that these young gentlemen, having
repented, are restored, what shall be
said about it 2 We can only reflect,
with the grsndmothers of all of US,
that "boys will be boys"
The suggestion of the STATESMAN
that church property, over and above
$4,000 worth, should be taxed like that
of other Christians, is very generally
approved by people having the courage
to say what they think. We exclude
from this category all those nice young
men and others older, who are showing
along with the view of getting into
Office rather than into heaven.
Governor Stockdale, being a hard
money Democrat, is mighty bothered
about the State Democratic platform
got up at Austin, and the other plat
form of st. Louis got up for Tiljen.
The two jobs don't fit. They were
made for different ATTITUDES and peo-
Piles, and Governor Stockdale is dis
posed to stand aloof till he knows
which one of the machines the party
will adopt.
If carbuilder furnish cars to a
mortgaged railway, retaining lien on
the cars for the purchase money, and
the mortgages sell the road, the car
builder is protected. so says the
United States Supreme Court. We
mention the fact to prevent the bank
ruptcy of BArIngs and RlthschilG on
the cars they will sell to the Austin
and Lampasas narrow gsuge.
Abner Walker, the convicted muir
derer of George Heaton, will spend
the remnant of his horrible days in the
Galveston jail. As a summer resort
for Walkers sort, we commend the
smooth sea beach. Contemplation of
boun 2less wastes of waters may fit the
dying for the voyage on which Walk. 7
is a out TO enter. We never could
otherwise account fer the unadulter-
ated goodness of Galveston.
Morse, killed in bathroom in CAL
vert are bar rooms protected by the
ant;-local optionists to have people
killed il Fin his dying declarations,
! taken down to I've used on the trial,
Gays that the sher Fl shot him nine
times. SheriiTs should always GO pre-
pared to shoot twenty or thirty times
that Is to say, they should have fresh
repeater every time they ''repeat."
We found this out when the battle Of
peace officers occurred in this town.
The chances are that one sheriff,
among Texas murderers, will be
hanged. George Morse, shot by the
two Joneses at Calvert, the one sheriff
of the county, was we'll esteemed and
peacesble. He was fired upon seven
times and only acted in self defense.
HIS taking off Was premeditated and
done with a shotgun. The hanging of
few conspicuous murderers would be
of infinite service in purifying the
moral atmosphere of Texas. of Kansas
and of Chicago and New York.
Yellow fever kept immigrants out
of the South and out of Texas last year,
/ and this kent ont a vest deal of money