The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-01-09

A fellow just goes out little piece
at Mason and kills his wild turkey for
dinner.
The Ji0iplectte Is we'll satisfied with
the management of the State Lunatic
Asylum.
The San Antonio HeraH is now
worked on power press run by wa
ter motor.
The tide of immigration from Ger
many to Texas isheavier this year than
ever before.
The East Line Road is slowly but
surely approaching Sulphur Springs, in
Hopkins county.
The cold weather sends droves of
bowling and ravenous wolves into the
town of Rockpot.
Capt. Hieronynus retlres from the
Messenger, at Hampstead, and goes to
New Orleans.
The case of HIATT Woodhef, at Hous-
ton, has been continued on account of
his sickness.
The CLARION his commenced blowing
away at TaylorNilIe. J. c. Denman
Is it's publisher.
No penalty ,eing fixed, the law
against bribery in elections in this
State Is nullitI
For the preent season, to the
twelfth inst, Calvert had shipped
IA, $50 bales of otton.
And now thatthe whole tale Is told
]. G. Tracy is uly gauger. He has
heretofore been gouging.
DR.. Chaplin' lecture proited the
Rockdale churd $50. They should
have given him i75 of it.
Paul Bremonds narrow gauge rail-
road will be completed INTO Polk
county by the fist Of March.
A gentleman las opened goose
rancho near Sar Anionio with Eve
hundred of the ea.hery tribe.
Hons s. B. Daxsy and Dave i. Gull
berson spent the holiday recess at
home, and so did Judge Reagan.
DR.. Sears, of he Peabody fund.
visits Texas and vii be at the teachers
convention meeting in Austin.
The Telegram nd the Telephone are
pleased at the coduct of the State Lu-
natic Asylum uder DR.. Wallace.
Horace RoweIas returned to Texas
and takes the 'rofessorship of Eng
lish Literature iiWaco University.
Weatherford hopeful that Texas
and Pacific carswiil be running into
town by the fouh OF July next.
The habeas cOnts Gaze Of Andrew j..
Walker, at Bry,, for the murder of
Graham, has bet set for January :.
The Houstopbar dined and wined
Judge Mastern at the Hutchns
House. 1t wasl right royal festival.
And now coeth the time of the
wear when one ivocates the cause of
railroads that pses may be renewed.
Granville Cole, a notorious horse
thief, that has teTated in North Tex
as, was killed t. other day in the Ma
| ton.
The town of 'ortham, in FrGestone
county, by an luminous vote perpetu-
ates the exclusl of whisky from that
borough.
And now were told that the story
about the extsion of the Central
branch railwsysyond Waco is in truth
story.
The Etamin thinks the first law
passed by the gislature should be TO
make lobbyln crime, as Georgia
has done.
We knew til Telegram was a slow
coach, and this why it reaches Aus
tin five days o. 1t crawls slowly up
the Central.
The teache convention is called
to meet in Il city on the twenty
ninth of JanrY, when the Legisla-
ture will be mission.
Miss Risley,i Houston, is studying
for the lyric tge at Vienna under
Frau MarchesiVho taught DeMurska
and other prim onnas.
The official ;eord of votes of all the
counties in thu. sate shows that Texas
has at this I'm over two and half
millions of inbitants.
Col. w. Dis. Cook. for many
years editor ohe Enquirer, a Jealous
legislator and we soldier, died at
Gonzales on Denber %.
John o. CIR, the murderer of
Lewis Coope,, slayer of his uncle,
Ed Greer, Will county. was heard of
a short time ,gat Weimar.
Gen. Wallchas concluded to open
his school in bssme building he late
" used for , snilar purpose in the
northern portoof the city.
The New hnfels wooden factory
has lately add much improved ma
chinery, and hereafter mtInufac-
ture a much finline of goods.
Peter Fleckas again opened his
bank in Housi, having settled up
everything owby the concern when
it suspended ait year ago.
The telegraIwires across the bay
were weighed Gn and broken by the
ice, aud GalTen was shut OUT, as 1t !
often is, from civilized world.
Church seri. have been suspended /
in Bonhsm onccount OF the cold.
Such devotioDvIll probably brig |
about . good vming after awhile.
The brake oicAr gaze way IN the /.
bands of bRmAn at Nexia Cans
ing the nas toll under the train TO |
his destruction His name was Dyer. |
! A iortune-hung Texan writes back |
\ from Deaaxos that il G msn wants |
to die quick d have an expensive
and speedy bui. let h'm come therr-
He lived houston, sad wss fond |
of whisky, aao0s we speak az Mar
Tin Jones ia past tense. There's
one lssa bslsaG % : sssy large fam
n.y. !