The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-03
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heart wAs broken.
The universal Chinsman is swinging
his pigtail at Lsmpssas Springs.
Brentwood Is exerting itself to or
ganize g good public free school"
The State invests $15. 600 IN bell
punches, and it's bad trade We fear.
Ex-Governor Hubbard defends the
Jones brothers, who murdered Morse
at Bryan.
G.n. F. W. James has been inspect
ing the Houston militia for the past
few days.
Martin furnishes the legs for base
ball club and the brains for capital
newspaper.
The Belgian Baron Tracy Is what
they call him, with their hats eff, now
down in Houston.
The new Jail at Houston is construct
ed Of white stone from the quarrlss in
the subarbs of Austin.
Col. Lang and Hon. Norton Moses
are both earnest adhereDts OF Governor
r ,berts in his financial policies.
The Bonham Neios says that recent
rains assure the produC on of an ex-
cellent crop of corn in Northern Texas.
The fish in Red river are dying. A
red hot free school copy of the Bon
ham NeUs fell into the streamj near
DenisoD. .s .......
The two men whose sentences were
computed by Governor r )berts at
Houston were TOO poor to employ coun-
sci.
Dallas and Cleburne are engaged in the
delectAble business Of building a. mar
row gauge between those Two nice
Governor Roberts doesn't say grace
oger. his bill of fare, but he knows
how to give legislative folly its coup
de grace. - sss1
Conrad Kounslar states In the Hous-
ton Age that Governor Roberts did
right IN cammuting the sentences OF
Fields and Coward.
The B.ptis,s of Waco are buildings
$50, 900 church. Wereckon they want
TO save their United States Senator,
and its big job.
The Grangers of Williamson county
met July /, at Pleasant Hill. II Nat
O.. goes over, they will change the
name Of the place. \
The sum of 5000 is offered for mad
stone owned in GAINESVILLE. The repeal
of the dog tax increases the value OF
these magical pebbles.
OF the thirteen fellows in the Ious-
ton Jail not one is connected with the
press of that city. And Houston is
mighty proud about it.
The correspondent of the Houston
Telegram >says5thst Speaker Cochran
was unarmed when he made the as
sault upon Mr.. Coleman.
The State Librarian is to exchange
geological and arcI 9 logical -speci-.
mems with the president of Bryan Ag-
ricultuFal and Mechanical College.
DR.. Mason H. Davis has found, the
Brentwood Banner states, gold-bear-
ing lartz ON his place, one mile from
BrownwoOd, worth $40, 900 per ton.
1t is on the surface.
The Morning Star will soon shine
benignantly upon Round Rock. E
G. Stacy and j. Sutton are to be the
publishers and editors; II +. Shep.
pard and d. w. c. OarrIngt IN pro-
prietors.
The Democrat has caused the arrest
of 8. II. Holmes, an alderman of Fort
Worth, for murder committed five
years ago in the Indian Nation. He
is not of the Home, Sweet Home FAM
lily.
The purpose to perpetuate the VOL
ume of Texan ignorance by maintain
ing the ignominious free schools, thus
destroying all good schools, is still as
serted by few members OF the Legs
lsture.
Downs of the Examiner cut down
prices of composition from thirty to
twenty. five cents aud the compositors
struck. How the trouble was adjust.
ed we are not advised.
One Bowerial Bowers shoyes a queer
newspaper, but the Bowers that ''shoves
the queer" at Dallas is going to the
penltehtiary. Both of them amt BOW
ers of Bliss we read about.
Dog killing is the principal occupa-
ton, Just now, of city dads In Texas
towns; but that good man of Dallas is
still down and on the helples women
still unleashes the dogs of war.
The Coughman Star calls the little
unpleasantness between two members
of the House s'spat." 1t Is bad
enough to say 'scat," which always
makes the fur fly and the Star will
catch it.
The Dallas Herald closes its article
referring to the Mayors troubles in
that city, with the words: "Do it
not, and all that is said or done con-
corning this question will be as the
idle blowing of the wind"
We heard the soft voice of Norman
G. Jones when he whispered yesterday
to the Herald Commercial that he would
deliver cotton at So per bale in Liver
pool over the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Railway.
The annual reunion of Hoods Texas
Brigade takes place at Palestine, Tex
as, on the ninth day of July next.
All the Texas roads have granted fare
at one and one-fifth rates, to last from
the eighth to the eleventh, both In
elusive.
Two Of the best papers in Texas, we
are sorry to say, are wholly wrong
headed about the public schools. The
Bonham Netcs and Brenham Banner
are absolutely one sided, and reason
wrongfully but earnestly. They will
think better Of it after time.
Since they come to think about it
the very people, who were awfully
mad because they could not witness
two hangings. conclude that the Coy
ernor acted righteously In committing
the sentences Of both criminals.
Tbs Austin correspondent Of Che
Telegram thinks that il Mr.. Whitehead,
the Senate's secretary, sat upon the
fosr instead of at the desk he would
have no superior in this sblest body of
Texan lawgivers as speaker or scholar.
Dallas aldermen and mayor are still
nightly bothered by the prostitutes.
LIS . pity; but can't be helped. Every
other sweet, good looking, puritanical
mayor has been in the same painful tx. !