The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-08-17

THE Houston Post wants Comp
troller Brown to run as an indepen-
dent.
WONDER what portion of the chap
erral region the state health officer
perambulates to-day?
COLONEL HUTcHEsoN's with
drawal in favor of Colonel Stewart
at Houston was handsomely done.
GENERAL GRANT and w. ii. Tres
colt will act as United States COM
missioners to negotiate commercial
treaty with Mexico.
THE Sherman Courier thinks it
"pretty well settled that Judge
Hancock will be the Democratic
nominee against T.. j. Davis"
THEY have been having a water
famine In New York. Some of the
city districts have not enough water
at command to put out a fire.
THE Post was somewhat inclined
TO think that the statement of the
state health officer, that he was "bot-
tied up" was joke; but it sees now
that he is in sad predicament.
THE people of Corpus Christi are
fleeing from the wrath to come.
They fear the approach of yellow
fever, and IT Is well that those who
may put distance between them and
the deadly scourge.
THE Democrats claim that they
will carry thirteen of the Ohio con-
gressional districts, and yet some of
these very districts gave Republican
majorities OF from three to five thou
sand at the last election.
THE Missouri Greenbackers are
quarreling among themselves. They
can afford to quarrel IN Texas. They
and the Republicans and the indie
pendent have to combine TO get up
enough force to attempt anything.
Is THE governor going to permit
the state health officer to remain
bottled up?" Is it not time that
some of those rangers, that were
ready to make a Gordon on the Rio
Grande, were being ordered to the
front?
THE Post helping to run by moral
suasion a Democratic convention
at Houston is one of the singular
things that no fellow can under
stand. 1t is wonderfnl-the Posi-
pointing out a way for Democratic
convention to proceed.
IT CONTINUES to be stated posi-
lively that resolution setting forth
the advantage of Austin regarding
the location of the colored branch
of the state university, will be in
Produced in the Republican state
convention by colored politician of
some note.
The opinion is rapidly gaining
ground, says the Boston Post, that
the Democratic ticket IN Maine is
sure to win, to the extent of electing
the governor and four congressman,
and probably the legislature. The
very best judges are said to agree in
this opinion.
"WHAT a self-sacriicing lot of pa.
triots congressman arel" exclaims
the Detroit Free Press. They will
tug and twist and do everything
possible to get nomination, and
all the time declare that they are do
ing violence to their feelings. They
surely cannot be aware that there is
no law which forces them to run for
congress.
THE department Of agriculture
asserts that the corn crop will be
100000, 900 bushels. This is equal
t0thirty-four bushels head TO every
citizen, and there cannot be a fam
inc in corn bread; besides, the yield
of wheat and other grams is fully as
large as heretofore.
BLACKWELL, the Durham tobacco
man, began by peddling the weed
from the tail ola wagon. Now he
pays the government 100000 annu-
ally for revenue stamps. His yearly
advertising costs $4,000. The rum
kSEipkles over the tobacco is pur-
Yin 400 barrel lots.
- HURcH statistics in England
toN that the Presbyterians, with q
membership of 10000, baptized only
1850 infants last year, while the
Episcopalians, with a membership
Of only $4,000, baptized $1,000. This
discrepancy in church membership
and sprinkled babies has led to con-
siderable surprise, and the Presby-
church people are figuring around
for an explanation.
THE San Francisco Eraminer saws
that Gan old-style anthracite locomo-
dive consumed in twenty-foul
hours coal TO the amount of $3.50
The dirt-burning engines of the pre-
Scnt day use in the same time Sol
worth offuel, which leaves so much
money for the roads to employ in
getting land grants through con-
eress.p That is feature of the case