The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-09-18
A meddlesane old Nomsn was sac


ing at youag mothers aHkwsrGnes
woman never ought 20 have baby
unless she knows how 70 hold II"
a Nor a tongue siiher." ql,et.y re-
8 ended the young mother.
L. Grange talk- ot. Connecting itself
oy rsii with tho res. Of oresiien. d
narrow gaGg raiiwsy -lone the Cole
ado vsiiey, ustwe=u LlGezage anu
AustiD, would be paying INSTITUTION,
aud it would place the Colorado fsru-
eTs IN position to ship over more than
one trunk line o! railway.
The Weatherfsrd Times says tn
= -four meTchan: and mill owner from
Minnesota who has been prospecting
IN that vicinity says: Texas outrivals
Minnesota for wheat growing. There
is q better field tere to-day for the
thirty or forty h)uring mills of Mime
apolis than there. as better wheel If
grown, better quality of fl ur can } e
produced and greater profits reahz d.
Mr.. Geo. W. Jeaks writes that
man living near ''Niggerhead" mcun-
tain had his house and all his earthly
possessions burned up on Monday last.
The father was out hunting stock
while the mOttsr was in the field pick
ing cotton. The house ives set on fire
by their little children and one of them
was burned to death. Neighbors'have
tried to alleviate the sad condition of
the family.
The Chambers Bros. and the other
few enterprislng citizens of Austin
should get in communication with
those capitalists who are coming from
Cincinnati, Ohio, to look out for
place In Texas to establish a foundry,
paper mill, agricultural implement fac
tory, crockery and tile works, tsnnery,
wire factory, glass works. cotton and
wooden mill, ETC., etc. They are ex-
pected at Weatherford October Z.
Hon. W. ]. Siugletary spoke at Gil
mer the other day, aud though 1t had
been stated that Col. Cuiberson had
been 'chswed up" there by the Green
back orators, when MIR. Slngletary Did
his audience that there was not drop
OF Greenbsck poison in his veins, the
applause was so tremendous that the
vibrations shook the glass out of the
windows, and even the old bell was
made to ring forth its appreciation.
A local reporter of the San Antonio
Express lost his only suit of clothes.
A sneak thief, the meanest of his race,
went through the poor DEVILS ward
robe. He is now the night reporter
| 10. tba yanar opd apoaLs alop0 dodC
ing from one to another corner and in
and out of alley ways, avoiding the
gas lamps. Somebody has given him
shirt, and thus fresh interest is add
ed to the pages of that brilliant jou:-
nal.
Judge Alexsnder's sentence, prt =
nounced in condemning Abner Walker
to death, at Marlin. fills, with a nara
tive of sad incidents, tive columns of
the Telephone of Tuesday. Judge
Alexander is not churchmaD, but his
religion is that of humanity, and when
he told the condemned wretch that
there was none safer or truer than the
religion of the Christian, he spoke
wisely. Abner will surely be hanged
October IA.
The bell punch law is to be a good
thing after all. Seventeen hundred
applications for punches have been
sent in to the Comptroller, accompsn-
led with $3.50 for each application.
This item even if it goes no further,
shows up a handsome revenue of 1925,
900, much greater amount than has
ever before been received from the
same source under the occupation tax
law. 1t Is good thing, and we hope
Col. Swisher will keep on purchasing.
A few days since Mr.. James Nc.
CURE, who resides in Dallas county,
while lying in the woods asleep, was
bitten by q centipede on the upper part
of the arm, near the shoulder. The
limb began to swell, and in short
tine it was four times IFS natural size.
Az soon as he was bitten he secured
some whisky and drank it, which gave
him temporary relief, but as soon as its
effects wore off he experienced the
most excruciating pain. Almost the
entire part of the arm is festered and
the flesh is rotting and sluffing off tc
the bone.
The Headlight, as conducted by D.
L. Wood, deserved to live. 1t wal
most industriously and sensibly edited
Mr.. Woods has brains and taste ano
tireless industry, but failed to win ap
probation and dollars at Round Rock
He says sadly enough when stepping
down and out: 1--WE have jumped t.
that conclusion in two short but very
hot months. Williamson county car
support great many people, and among
them great many preachers, but sht
Can not, or will not support four news
paper crow-baits. Therefore, we are
compelled to retire and give up the
field to Major Penn"
Frederick Dietrich, the young mar
twenty years of age, stranger and sol
of William DIETRICH, wealthy Wagon
manufacturer in Germany, who com
mitted suicide by shooting himself
through the brain in Dallas, was high
~ educated, cultivated and had Away
lived life of an easy gentlemen. II,
came to America two years ago, arrived
IN Dallas about a week since and haC
been spending money freely and dissi
pating. He ran out of funds and killed
himself through modification for th,
life he was leading, loss of money ane
, no employment. He would not call q
! his family in Germany for aid. III
left an envelope sealed containing hil
own and father and mothers picture
addressed to his father, but no letter
Tue Denison Herald, commenting
} upon the late horrible case of rape il
a Fort Worth says. ''rhe Herald is n,
. advocate for mob law, but the fou
! black wretch who commits this crime
worse than that of murder, shoulC
meet with instant death. Such fienC
should not be allowed TO lie in Jail TO
months and put the honest people o
the State TO the expense of trial thi
costs hundreds of dollars in the at
tempt to save his filthy carcass from
J the gallows' rope. Whenever anC
: wherever this crime Is committed, ant
the guilt fastened beyond doubt, it
punishment should be instant lueous
aud the criminal records saved from
pollution by the legal trial of such in
human savases."
Hon. w. ]. S.pgletary gave al
account at G,lmer of bis acts as leg
J islstor, and certainly no member of th,
Sixteenth Legislature had head bet
ter filed with level ideas than Mr.. 8
He desires the Constitution changed 81
as to reduce the number of Senstor
and representatives, to secure the ap
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