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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-03-13
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1t is 4630 miles around Texas on air
lines.
Agnes Herndon has craze l every
body In Waco.
The Examiner, though accustomed to
geese, notes with surprise the name OF
A. Gosling on it's subscription list.
The Express would have the Interna-
tional Railway Company forced at once
to extend its line from Austin to that
city.
A negro boy, maltreated by his
mother at Henderson, committed sui
eide by taxing morphine. It is the
first case on record.
The wheat crop OF Ennis is not prom
ising and the acreage is small. People
stick to cotton when the profits on it
will not pay half the school tax.
The ReoielO says they protect their
beds in Ennis with barbed wire mat
tresses. We don't know and are not
sure it is the bugs those pious men are
afraid Of.
They sell buggies, warranted for one
year, at $50 in San Antonio and people
are forgetting how tn walk. Their
mammas think they'll have to spank it
into 'em again.
1t is said Mr.. Giddings will be made
giddy in Galveston by the nproar
created because he induced the
arsenal at Washington TO send down
some big guns to that town.
All San Antonio, that can get into
the papers, wants Judge Epson to be
the successor of MIR. Schleicber. The
"call" is an awful yell. If Judge Up
son be not deaf he will answer.
Mr.. Padgitt, of Waco, has invented
q new-fangled wooden stirrup, which
he wants to tie on to Mr.. Stills patent
tree. He thinks, with such conuec-
ton, Mr.. Still would ride himself to
death.
Very many people out west seem to
think that It would he wise to send
Judge White to Congress. The district
could not do better than send Judge
w. TO Congress; but what would be-
come of Mahomet's coffin.
The San Antonio Express says there
was, in the Miller v. Galveston, Har-
risburg and San Antonio Railway Com
any suit. some sort of hitch. We
supposed Miller would grind the COM
paDy to powder.
The setting apart OF the forfeited
railroad reservation, as proposed by
Col. Taylor of Fannin, for school puT-
poses, will annoy exceedingly those
good PEOPLE who see public land that
is in sight but can't be grabbed just
yet.
Ennis is described as the growing
est" place in Texas. 1t lie q corruption
of the Greek word EanOs; genitive sim
gular OF the mineral eis-one. The
town Is one of 'en, and it is all owing
to the genius and sttrsctiveness of the
Rs1ielc.
Mr.. Gary's discovery Of 8 mode Of
utilizing magnetism and making it q
dynamic instead OF static force will be
used first in driving sewing machines.
The rest Of the new power will be ap-
piled to aldermanic bodies that the
lives of people may not be sacrificed BY
municipal slothiuiness.
Max EIkIn il now at Hot Springs.
Max needs expurgation, perhaps; but
We never heard that those waters ever
reached the seat Of Max's disease. Il
Is not in the dossAl projection, the rear
bay window, Of Nax's trousers. bat
mp about the jacket that envelopes
Max's tender, throbbing bosom.
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TIME STATE OF TEXAS-CougTY
L OF Travis.
To tie Honorable County CLERK Of
Tragis IolfnfU.
Traris County:

The undersigned would respectfully represent
and report the 70 lowing described estrsys, to
wit:
l. One hay horse saddle marked. all Of his
feet white, star in forehead with stripe on toe
nose, about Line years Old ana branded with
Spanieh b:snd on the let shoulder and %
on the right shoul der an '67'' on The net * and
Is about I41a hands high.
One brown pony horse. about 70 years
old, ID hands high with blaze IA e and left foot
white, branded with circle wi b ''ss above IL
on left shoulder.
8 one bay mare branded ~. o." on l-fi
shoulder. 10 years o and about II hsnus
l. One bay mare. abou: years old. about II
hands high, with bicteh brand on the Left
ehoulder branded thus b o " on left hip
5. One bay mare about or 10 years old
branded ana counter branded with j. cross
ed, with spring colt unbranded,
One bag hO'se abont 10 hsads high, and
about yesrs old, night hn d foot Whi,e and
i one dark iron Prsy MARI. "a hands high,
branded thas "W. A b.; l. about ycars old
and has spring coli, Hnbrasded.
s. One black mare, sbcu- IL hArds high, OF
: years cd, and bran led -. Y" ON left
shoulder
9 One black work OK. about y yesrs old
m liked Owe hsf crop and so.it in the leff, and
swallow fork IN the night, bloIch bTalc on ria hi
hip thus XII.
10. One s3rre, pony. with four white feet;
ball face. saddle mafzed about years cid
branded and counter braided T. !. l." on the
left hip.
II. One sorrel horse. about C year old, blazs
face, branded u. 4" On lefi shoulder and M
$. IT, On left hip.
Is. One roam horse, 3 years old, with stresl
in face, and branded j. J =" on The left shoII
der.
10. One roar ally, with white streak In face,
white feet. no brand.
IL. Oae sorTel mare mule, 10 or u are old
- has de high, saddle marked, branded "a
y above Il on the left thigh, and . DIM brand
on The left shoulder, not iegbile.
T. 5. YOUNG, Com. Travis Co.
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THAT retentive memory will SONG
times prove treacherous was shown
when Senator Lamar, replying 70
Hosr's viIulent attack on JEFF Davis,
said that while HOar protested to be q
Christian statesman, he might have
learned a lesson from heather mytho'-
ogy. Just here Lamar stopped. He
whispered loudly to Thurman, three
desks swsy, ipqui'ing "who was it
that was chained 10 the rocks Of Cau-
casusl" Taurmsn whispered the word
''Prometheus." Lunar continued: at
was not an eagle thst preyed upon
the vitals Of Promstheus describing
the swoop of the imperial bird with his
'oag arms but culture (pointing his
fnger at Hoar and uttering the VOID
with scornful hiss).
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-03-13

THE Jackson MISS Clarion has ao-
orbed about twenty-five mushroom
dailies and weeklies that have bios
somed into life and withered into
nothingness. The capacity of the
CiarioA's stomach. whatever msy be
said OF It's genius, is evidently meas
ureless. But 1t is 20 be congratulated
because Of its indestructible vitality.
Countless thousands wasted in Efforts
to destroy have only Injured TO the per
petua,ion Of its greatnsss, and adven-
tnrers On the tempesinous sea of news
paperdom have been taught lessons BY
the Carlos oflnfinite service 10 literary
gentlemen and party leaders Of every
State.
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The Fayette County Record, referring
10 a product of universal Suffrage that
legislates for Texas, denominates him
the 'c,aJbeF-hesded gentleman from
tiis county" Perhaps the Record has
''soured Oh" the unique law-maker, or
perhaps his "clsbbeI- head" has made
the Record see stars aud 1t dreams of
the milky wsy.n
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-03-13

How caa public school system
subsist in State as bound
less and spsrsely populated as
Texas2 According to the census
there is half baby for each square
mile in Texas. Unless We have mar
row-gauge roads to collect the child
rem there can be no schools worthy the
name
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We guess it is Mr.. Hubby who
writes those nice things about the
charming csntatrice in the Waco Tsle-
phone He knows what il is to be pat
ted on the cheek and called in tender
est accents, MY darling Hubby"
The telephone is owned and edited by
McCOllum & Hubby.
When seeking 10 identify the dead
body Of a poor girl at Boston, the
corpse was supposed TO be that of
thirty different women who have mys-
teriously disappeared. and yet those
cody Boston pulpit-boxers like the
miraculous Haven pirate about murders
done in Texas. We don't kill women,
anyhow.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-03-13

THE school fund as it comes into the
Treasury for FIVE years would obliter-
ate the public debt of Texas. 1t is
now lavished fooIishly and uselessly
upon Grant pedagogues and large
lot of excellent bsrpacles.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-03-13

A narrow strip of Ellis county, by
recent survey, was discovered to be a
part of Navarro county, but the people
in the transferred district don't want
to go over to the authorities of Navar-
70 and object to being froze out, and
therefore have appealed to Represen-
tative Frost, but the Legislature, from
sympathy give him the cold shoulder.
The sheriffs of the two counties should
settle the question 10y neat little
game of frseze-out and let US have
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-03-13

THE papers are curious to know how
the Legislature expects people to cen
tinue to pay one and two per cent.
taxes when farmers, at present prices
Of farm produces, do 10 rez IL, one
per cent. net profit. How, they ask,
are rates Of taxation imposed in flush
times to be maintained when gold Is
The country's currency and incomes
nave been lessened more than half by
contraction. L1xuIies, like the wet
weather schools and war department,
must be dispensed with.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-03-13

If THE courts and government of
The United States propose to hold in
aividual citizens responsible through
their property for the debts of cranky
and corrupt unIyersal-suffrage city
governments, it is time we were all
standing from under.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-03-13

THE Greenosckers have called con-
vention to meet at Seguin. 1t is sup
posed they will puts candidate in the
field to succeed, If possible, Mr..
Schleicher, General Baylor of San An
tonic is spoken of as the man.
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IrpGR RRAeAN. sfLer thorough

JUDGE REAGAN, after a thorough
compstitive examination, to which
several brilliant young men were sui
jected. made Julian D. Garrison q
West Point cadet. We congratulate
the father OF this most intellectual
youth. The father has an honored
place in the Legislature.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-03-13

The Legislative j iu,nals of Yesterday
show the result in reorganiz ng the
board of trustees for the Agricultural
and Mechanical College, as follows: E.
B. Pickett, II. w. Lyday, j. K. Dixon,
j. w. Darant, A. J. Peeler, George
Pfeuffer.
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BLAISE prououOces Coke's speech on
the rejection of jeff Davis's name from
the list of Mexican pensioners, the
best delivered upon the occasion.
Coke got his back up, and he bumped
il hIoh
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THE STATE OF TEXAS
To ne sser!s OF any Constable q Tra'i' ann

To TIC sl>rlg OF any Constable of Tra,is aOuaty.
greetiHg-
Whereas, Ossh h1s this dsy been made before
me, by 7. l. V -, L . The residence Of W J.
Davis f. unknown, 90 that the ordinary ps ocess
Of Law cannot be served upon htm. you are here
BY commanded that by making publiezton Of
this writ in some newspaper printed IN Travis
county. Texas for four weeks before the return
day hereof. summon the said ". J. Davis 20
be and appear before me AZ regular term Of the
Justices court for Precinct No 3, In sid counfy
held a. nv once In the cffy Of Austin, in the
Coz nfy Aforesaid, on he fourth Hooday. being
the twenty fourth day Of March, 1873 70 answer
The complaint OF the said T. l.. Wren for the
sum OF twenty-five 60 dollars due hlm. the ssid
i. L Wren, upon an account for services zen
dered on January -. 1875. February ls. 1s7s.
Nay 8 ISIS, and Nay %, 1878. A the special IN.
stance and request Of the sEid " J. D1yie, end
for money paid Jane :. ISIS, for and e fhe
special interest and request Of the said " >:
Davis, dne and payable on the seventh oay of
June fe7e win interest," from Last nHned d2&f.
Given under ~ hand tkls fhirsee1fh Day %
RI. CAMPBELL.
feiswft Jastscs q TIE Pe4es. TfsEis e01rfy.
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ILLINOIS has gained more wealth
and population than any other State
within the past ten years. The fact is
due to the perfect railway s!s'em, Hi
nois having greater number OF miles
of railways than any State. Califo,-
MIA has grown in riches and population
next most rapidly and because ninety
millions of dollars have been expend-
ed in railway construction. Texas
ranks fifth in growth, IN riches and
population; and this is trle, because
10 the central portions of the State
there is faultless land, fsultless eli
mate and progressive, honest popu!a-
ton not addicted to murder and deem
lug all men freemen. The injuries
done the State by murdeters is infinite,
and even if human life were worth
nothing murderess should Ue hanged
simply because of the detrimeut done
the commonwealth.
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PRICE or WEEKLY REDUCED

In view OF the hard times the price Of
the WEEKLY STATESMAN will hereafter
be only 80 year; $1.25 fo- SIX months.
Now Is the time to subscribe.
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THE Houston Age thinks that Henry
Clay Dean would make better Prea-
dent than Governor Phelps. which il
rough On Dsan.
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Directing the CurbiDg md Flaggine
Of the side walks On aV.O Blocks OH
Pecan Street iGnnIediat.lY west al
Congress Avenue.
| By Alderman Sheehan-
Be II ordained by die CITY Council Of The Cyts
| Of Austin.
/. That the two blocks on Pecan street i'm
| mediately west OF Congress Ave1ue, being
blocks 20 and II and 81 mi 55. be CARRIED and
| Jagged to the grade established by the City En-
glHeer and that the same be completed as early
as practicable.
2. That this ordinance he in force and take
| effect from and after lis passage.
Passed February 3, 1879.
CITY CLERKS OFFICE,
AUSTIN, TEXAS February 10, 1873. (
hereby certify that the above aud foregoing
| ordinance was passed by the City Council OF tbs
City OF Austin on the the third day Of February
A. ID. 1879, and was presented by me 10 the
Mayor on the fourth day OF February, 1879, for
his approval. he ordinance neither having
been approved by the Mayor nor returned with
his objections thereto within the time pre-,
| scribed by aw, the same has become Jaw with
out his approval
L. NJ. BRADLEY, City Clerk
mas
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An Ordinance regulating licenses and occupa-
tons in the City OF Austin.
Art. 6756 ~. Be HOrddi1ed by the City Council
of the CITY or Austin:
That hereafter there shall be levied and col
lected a license t x on every license granted by
the City OF Austin to keep fer public or bire
any cart, dray, hack carriage, omnibus. truck
or other vehicle or what soever NAME where the
same is Drawn by one animal, three dollars per
annum; where drawn by two animals, Fix dol
lars per annum; where drawn by more then two
animals, twelve dollars per annum; pr0Oided,
that the keeper Of every livery and feed stable,
VINO has paid for and T. kes out his license as
such in accOr. ance with article Gag $50 of Re
vlsed Ordinances OF the City OF Austin, shall
be exempt from the payment of the tax or taxes
her Elm impos ed % long as he shall hold license
and pay the tax as livery and feed ST. bic keep
er; and all licenses issued under this article,
sha be issued SO to expire the first day
OF January in each year, and the owner or
driver eha be furnished by the collector with
a special number plate as follows: for each We
hicIe drawn by one animal, of an Cctagon shape;
for vehicles drawn by two animals of an elpJi-
calshape aud for vehicles drawn by n ore than
two animals. Of round shape; ali Of such
special plates shall be OF an uniform color for
the term, bnt different color Tor each other
term; and any person or persons violating The
provisions OF this ordinance ehall be deemed
guilty OF a misdemeanor, and conviction
email be flied not less than five nor more than
one hundred dollars, and each day Of such Nio-
lation shall be deemed q separate and complete
offense.
That this ordinance shall. take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
Passed February 8, 1879.
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vi SLEhh . VI fANE,
AUSTIN TEXAS, FEBRUARY 10, 49,!

AUSTIN IEAAsi FtDIudry To, IoIJ.
/ hereby certify that the above and foregoing
ordinance was passed on the third cay OF Feb
ruary, A. ID. 1879, by the City Council Of the
City OF Austin, and was presented by me TO the
Maj or for his approval on the fourth day Of
February, 1879 The ordinance neither having
been approved by the Mayor nor retuIn with
his objections Their eto within the lime pre-
scribed by law, the same has become law with
out his approval.
L. NJ. BRADLEY, City Clerk.
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WHAT has become OF the suit insti-
tuted by the State to perfect the State'a
title to the forfeited Texas Pacific land
urdn,i
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A N ORDINANCE

A N ORDINANCE
Repeating articles 24T 81, G6I t49,i
and 662 go OF the KeVised Ordi-
nances OF the City of Austin.
Article 675d ~. Be IL ordained by he CITY
Council Of tie City CT Justin:
That articles 24i %, Col (l9) and co $50. OF
the Revised Ordinances of The City OF Austin be
and the same are hereby repealed.
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A N ORDINANCE

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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-16

the entertainment answered her relative;
but still the elephant would have been
an agreeable addition lsh zE stt
do you see the rabbits scudding across
the grass, away in that hollow, papaT
asked Miss Yarrell.
DO you see that group in the tent,
young lady ? asked Mrs. Dallwood. Pray
remember the trouble l have taken in
your behalf, and attend to nothing but
the wonderful assemblage of which it is
your extraordinary privilege to form a
part 49,.
The young lady laughed.
4 am not ungrateful, indeed she said;
but think the scenery and the acces-
sories go to make up the whole of this
marvellous play. l fancy l must be
dreaming. When / look back and re-
member Bersey Vicarage, am sure il
can not be |. No transformation scene
was ever so extraordinary as this change
Abr ....'.. ..
What is it, Susan@
Only that poor gentleman
Which poor gentleman? 0, ! see
Now what can induce person so horri.
ply disfigured to venture among such a
company as thisp .....-....
Flow is he disfigured, ThereseY inquired
the baronet, interested. e
4 can hardly say. have only caught
| glimpse of his face twice; once when
he had reverently lifted the hem of Su.
sans cloak, which the naughty puss was
carrying so carelessly that it swept the
ground; and again when he put some
one aside who was blocking up our way
out Of Covent Garden. He has chival-
rous manner, but he ought to 60 veiled,
like the Prophet of Khoristan.'
They were at Chiswick, at the garden.
party given by the Prince of Wales in
honor of the Shah. 1t was a most bril-
liant company, and no doubt others be.
sides Mrs. Dallwood had marveled to see
amongst that gay throng man SO strick
en- that he hurried away from the sur
prised glances that met him, and plunged
into the lonelier walks leading through
the wilderness, where he encountered but
few Of his species, and where the heavy
foliage threw a welcome shade across his
path. .-.
Where has your papa gone? wondered
Mrs. Dallwood, when the evening was
drawing on.
TO find an old gardener or laborer, OF
some one who has worked here for more
than forty years. answered Susan. He
wants to know if he remembers Fox and
Canning
Good gracious cried Mrs. Dallwood
turning to Mr.. Forrest, who had joined
her party, Sir Hubert is bad as Miss
Blimbert; he cares for nothing which has
not been dead and buried
TTo BE CONTINUED
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CHAPTER V.

TT is like sccene in fairyland
feel as if were walking on enchanted
ground
1t was Miss Yarrell who spoke-Miss
Yarrell in the prettiest of dresses-Miss
Yarrell standing on the softest Of grass
Miss Yarrell looking with bright, delight
ed eyes at spectacle worth remember
ing.
Beauty, rank, fashion were before her
eyes; the fairest of women, the most dis
tinguished of men, the noblest in the
land, were all grouped before her on his
toric ground. & b.
Not a step We take said Sir Hubert,
'but has been trodaen by those who have
made England famous. Eyes long closed
have looked at those magnificent hedges;
lips that will never move again have
criticised those scatues; scarce tree but
has. its story ''..t
MY dear cousin interposed Mrs. Dali
wood, 9et us live for few hours in the
present. Iwant Susan to see everything
and person she can see. Upon the like
we shall probably never look again. We
are making history at this moment, just
as truly as your dead-and-gone celebrities
made it long ago. If you prefer contem
plating the mountain-ash you were talk
ing about as we drove along looking Al
the Queen, the Shah, and this brilliant
company, go and find it, if it be still il
existence, by all means; but leave Susar
with me-
'"His last look on that mountain-asl
was his last look on Nature quoted tn,
baronet, referring to Fox.
Yes; and we have now such an oppor
tunity as may never again present itsel
of looking on Art retorted Mrs. Dali
wood. 1T is, as Susan says, like scene
in fairyland. Behold our sweet and love
ly PriDcess see how pleasantly the Prince
Is smiling! Behold the Shah! It is ,
pity the elephant they h:a here in 1872
Is not present, wandering up and down
eh, eh, HubertP
The Shch and his retinue give quite
sufficient air of "AsiAtic pageantry" +
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VEGETINE.
VEGETINE.
LIVER COMPLAINT.

This disease may be said to proceed almost in
variably from the stomach being out of order in
the first place. BY the stomach being out of order,
the blood also gets out OF order; and why? All
the blood in the human body passes through the
liver every few minutes, to have the bilious mat
ter separated from it. II there be any scrofulous
taint or other impurity in the blood It will surely
be deposited in the liver along with the bile. By
aud by, however these Impurities increasing, will
render the blood watery, and render its motion
torpid; then 1t will cease to perform its duly OF
sttaining out the bile Only poison will be left in
the liver; and the result will be an obstructed in
famed and swollen liver, ending in disease Such
is the theory, and such Is the climax, as proven
one another-a continued pain or tenderness in
the right side, inducing emaciaton and weakness;
cough with expectoratlon, dyspepsia, igh-colored
urine, yellowness of the eyes, fever. and a quick
pulse 1t is impossible to mistake the disease by
these symptoms. There is only one way of curing
liver complaint; and that is to strike ut the roof
To do this you must act on the stomach. the
blood, the liver, and the general health at the
same time. Vegetne alone will do this, and will
effect speedy cure. See testimOnials
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Mr.. ! q. Ada ms Acceptance.

Mr.. John Quincy Adams has written a
letter accepting the straight-out Demo-
cratic nomination for Governor OF Massa-
chusetts. He says: 81 am sensible Of the
compliment, and recognize the duty as
signed me by the convention. 1t seems