The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-29
MATTERS BRIEFLY NOTED.

The good effects of a rain now could
scarcely be computed.
Many strangers are to be seen every
day upon the streets of Austin.
There is plenty of good timber at the
Austin political lumber yards, but il
has not been assorted out yet.
Most of the Austin people are living
on the climate now. Some Of them mix
little lemonade and beer with the
weather.
Farmers of the county have been
growing for many years past. Strange
to say. this year all complain of an over
dose of crops.
The comptroller had fifty-seven sppli-
cations yesterday for drummer's license,
under the new law reducing the amount
from fifty to thirty-tive dollars.
The principle of evolution is developed
by the fact that when man secures a
state, county or city Office he soon devel-
opes into politician of the oracular
school.
Experiments made by a French vint-
ner show that by passing current OF
electricity through a cask of sour wine,
comes of age is produced.
Nitro glycerine IN drop doses is a new
remedy for some heart troubles. How
long will it before a nitro-glycerine
habit" will be added to the Increasing
variety of drug enslagements?
An eye disease prevails in Louisville,
which has become epidemic, and is said
TO be caused by exposure to the tainted
atmosphere arising from the filthy
streets. This is "pointer for Austin.
A st. Louis reporter broke up a
fashionable gambling resort. Your true
journalist is a great expOser and suppress
sor of vice. He combines at once the
requisites for the pulpit and the police
authorities.
An experiment of working the tele-
phone between Austin and Burnet will
be tried to-day. 1t is said the wire is now
working satisfactorily between Galveston
and Brenham-a distance of one hundred
and twenty-five miles.
AT this season of the year 1t is custom.
AIRY TO see appended to picnic notice,
mo improper characters are admitted. p"
Ii might be well to be more explicit and
state the sex of the people objected to, be-
cause there are improper characters both
male and female.
The tournament and picnic on the
Fourth of July in the st. Elmo neigh
borhood, on Williamson creek, mention
ed yesterday, gives promise of being
an enjoyable affair. The tournament
begins at 10 O'clock. There will be a
good attendance from Austin.
Trade reports state that business is dull
throughout the country. This state of
affairs is attributed largely TO tine preva-
lence of strikes, but il is confidently ex-
pected that revival will take place and
all trouble will disappear as soon as the
winter wheat crop is harvested
Considerable complaint exists, espe-
cially among workingmen, of the an
noyances of transporting baggage from
one depot to the other, and exorbitant
rates charged. There should be some
remedy adopted against these and other
exorbitant rates charged to strangers.
Brenham Independent: 1t seems from a
telegram from Austin to the Nelos des-
cribing Emancipation day proceedings
that the colored people of Travis county
are very likely in the future to work in
political harmony with those that best
understand their natures. This is con-
summation that must bring good results.