The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-24
tha. they might wiring the water from
their linen breaches


Ia San Saba county man named
B-vins, while mi king his cows, was
fired upon by four ssssssins snd shor
dawp. One of them then csme up TO
him and shot him in the head.
Rover ne Ulcers have been arresting
CIT ms of Comanche on the most j.
vslous charges and taking them all the
wsy TO Waco 10 answer charges against
them which amount to nothing.
The Hoover's Valley correspondent
of the Barnet Bulletin praises Judge
Terrell for his refusal 10 give colOred
normal school pupils that which was
denied white normal school pupils.
Attorney General Mccormick thinks
the rev Sunday law will go into effect
10 morrow, the twenty fourth, so says
the Telephone. but since the twenty
fourth isn'I Sunday, We must wait and
see.
The r chmond Reflector wants the
negro exodus to proceed. The devel-
opment of Fort BEND, Wharton and
Mstagorda counties, it is satisfied, has
been retarded by the presence of he
groes-
Hon. Wash Jones should pronounce
a proper eulogium upon the late Will
liam Allen, sometimes called Oldbill-
allen, the father of the rag baby, which
Hon. Wash still clutc to his tender
bosom.
The Groesbeck paper says Rob
erts, 'by the eternal, is Governor of
Texas, list as Coke was DUNG his ad-
ministration. 1t Is bad on political
tr:cksters, jobbers and aspirsnts for
Off se, but it is even SO.
The earnings of the East Line Mar
row Gauge, running from jefferson to
Pittsburg, a distance of fifty miles,
were $S3l9 o. for the month of De-
cemb Der, as against expenditures of
$l494 Al for the same month.
J. fferson, unaided and alone, has
built a railroad, one huudred miles
long, and hiss put it in operation. Aus
tin has twice or thr,c the popultt on
of ferson, but too many of them are
mossbacks AID that's what's the mat.
ter.
The Dallas Times comments upon
Legislators occupying the fl BOT in their
shirt sleeves. The Times ought tC
have seen its member with coat and
vest fl and shirt hos m thrown OPEN,
comm andipg the attention of the
house.
Judge Henry, of Tyler, act' as specls
Judge to try the case of Ooenchsin
Rosser and Pointer for the murder o.
Calder, Judge AIdrIdgs being di, q la.
flied by reason OF his having DeeI
county attorney at the time OF til,
murder.
One Justice down at Fredericksburg
put the mayor under bonds for $780,
10 keep the peace, and another released
hIm from the bond, and the mayo
will keep on going round licking them
His name is VOllmer, and he goes III OIL
his Ihuscle.
The Dallas Times says: SIN New
York they go right to work and try ,
murderer while the witnesses are lIviDj
and can be found, hut here in Texas W,
wait for time to dispose of the CAGE, a
it usually does to the entire satisfaction
of the prisoner.
OF thirty or moro members of tn
Legislature who lit Out, the Beltol
Jnurn0l says: Ga the Internationa
all had passes except Mr.. j. G Cattle
of Falls and Maedgen of Bell. HOY
sad If these two were neglected by tn
railroad agents!
When Sherman editors abuse or
aocther like pickpockets and the
"pass the lie," friends interfere to &c
the "Cross Timbers" be tween the des
perate reckless bloody belegerants G
!, they are locked up in a private roor
with barrel of beer.
Aspirants for senatorial honors al
Maxey, Throckmorton, Reagan, Milll
Lang, Devine, Roberts, Hubbard, Gu
serson, Hancock and twenty-fy
others, who chuckle with delight owe
the fancy that each is "dsrk horse
and never flea-bltten ass.
Hon. Wash Jones has list {
speeches to be made in this district
We have only to say that the good pee
A pie should elect steady places an
] have iced drinks to cool the stream c
imaginary greenbscks which flow froI
? the lips of the facIle tllker.
e Henry Carson, school teacher, hs
: been arrested in Menard count.
charged with being implicated in stag
: robbing. l. was teaching free schot
, and swearing that he had received pa
but once for the same pupil that d.
morslized the poor fellow.
Seguin. when the last number of ii
Guadalupe Times was issued, was sti
i agog about the absence and expecte
return of Capt. Rust off that tow
People suspected that he had gone Q
after wife-a great wrong, it was a
= legged, to the pretty girls of Seguin.
} Hon. W. j. Singletary, represents
y tive of Upshur and Camp, made an &C
dress to the Teachers Association la
week, giving an account of the doins
: of the Legislature and fully sustainir
his high reputation for oratory and b
8 low est mate for pdblic free schools.
s The Galveston board of health b
:, most unworthily quarantined again
New Orleans, when DR.. Chopin tel
: graphed that New Orleans was pr
t venting intercourse with Memphis ar
v that there was no yellow fever IN Il
city. TIE act smacks of mercsnti
II injustice.
r Bishop Garrett, having exhsustt
n genius and toll in converting Dalla
has at length tackled Panthervill
q The panthers listen and some OF the
may get toned down, but the rest rel
. the Democrat, get their hair all turn,
. the wrong way and persist in their o.
ferocious habits.
The number of srtesian wells th
send up volumes of living water to XII
in brilliant ecstacy the morning SD
light begin to preach temperance 6ffe
d lively in Fort Worth. Tnere has n
: been q destructive explosion of
: pocket on-the-bip in Paddock's toV
for several weeks.
: Estrays shall be sold on the fiji
Ia Monday in each month between Il
n hours of l and 2 O'Clock. The Ia
says the person estraying stock shl
not be permitted, either directly or /
e directly, to bad for such stock. r.
y Law Is frequently violated and the pa
!, ties are liable 10 get into trouble.
i The assassination of Reuben Nor