The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-02-18
son; Alfred Henry Wood; Antonio Reyes;
James M. lean; James G. Foster; Jedida
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TEXAS NEWS.
FACTS AND OPINIONS CULLED
FROM STATE EXCHANGES.
soME SOUND SENSE.


SOME SOUND SENSE.
Laredo Times.
1t seems to be pretty generally recog-
nized now as fact that the only hope for
any considerable appropriation for har-
Dor improvements at the hands of the
present congress lies in n united Texas eff
fort in behalf of common point: and al
ready the business men of several of the
larger towns of the state have spoken out
in favor of Galveston. general express
sion should be had, when there would be
no longer any doubt ON the subject.
WHERE ARE THE SPOONS?
Galveston News.
II is about time the present should be
called rebel" congress. 1t is going to
investigate what Butler did with confis-
Gated valuables when he bossed New Or
leans.
WHAT SAYS THE NEWS.
Fort Worth Gazette.
The Dallas Evening Herald says:
Would it not be delight to Dallas to
have live morning paper published
strictly in and for the interest of the city.
One that would be of Dallas, with Dallas
and for Dallas all the time and in all
things. Galveston has its representative
morning paper, which is for Galveston in
every issue. So has San Antonio, so has
Fort Worth, so has Waco and Austin, but
Dallas, which, in size and commercial i'm
portance, towers over them all, has no
morning paper it can call it's own" We
thought North Galveston had morning
paper.
DO NOT LEND THUNDER.
Dallas Herald.
Since the two suicides had the honor of
dying in Dallas, it is queer that the clas-
sic quill drivers of the Fort don't come
out and exclaim: See Dallas and die, or
words to that effect.
San Antonio Light.
Horticulture is one of the great posi-
bilities of West Texas, and is as yet al
most entirely undeveloped. The time is
coming when this section of our state will
rival Southern California for its grapes,
pears, peaches and many other varieties
of palatahle fruits.
Evening Tribune.
Wonder how much Jay Gould and his
confreres put up" to inspire the attacks
of the World and Sun upon Secretary
Lamar and Attorney General Garland?
HOW rs ITY
OF the 1923 suicides in Vienna last year
only 81 we're women, which would argue
either that women can stand trouble bet.
ter than men, or that they have better
balanced minds. OF course the fair seq
will adopt the latter view.
Daily Workman.
The way of the lawyer is past finding
out.
Members of the Farmers Alliance viii
establish general cotton yard in Tar
rant county, and handle their cottor
themselves. That's the way to do it.
"cRYING NEED"
Dallas Herald.
Gradually, but surely, the people al
over the state, and especially those il
Dallas. are arousing themselves to TIN
necessity of having established on firm
basis, state fair which shall do full jus
tice to the greatness of their state.
little less politics, and a great deal NOR
of material development, is what Texa
needs
BRENNAN Banner
If every boy treated his girl friends a
he would like other boys tc treat his sis
ter, there would be better code of morals
when they were grown up.
"PoINTER" FROM JAPAN.
Advertising in Japan sometimes attainl
a height of originality and force unsur
passed in the most progressive country
A bookseller of Toxic advertises: Books
elegant as singing bird. Print clear al
crystal. Paper tough az elephants hide
Parcels done up with as much care as tina
bestowed on her husband by a loving wife
and other advantages which, it is strang'
to say, the advertiser finds "too many fol
language to express"
Corsicana Enquirer.
ENGLAND's ARMY.
A recently published army return show
the total effective force of the British reg
ular army to be 100000. The distribution
of this force is not without its bearing
on the Irish question. Ireland is discon
tented, and consequently there are nearl,
$1,000 men, with sixty field guns, quarter
ed there.
PUTTING ON AIRS.
Society in the Samoan islands is grow
ing distressingly conventional. A law hal
been established lately forbidding sena
tors to appear naked at any session unde
penalty of 800 for each appearance.
Waxahachie Mirror.
Five business men of Denison hav,
agreed to invest the sum of $1,000 eacl
for the erection of packing establish
ment in that city. The machinery will
cost about $1,000. The lots have beef
purchased and the building will be erecte'
in the spring. This is most valuabl
enterprise and should stimulate the farm
ers to give more attention to hog raising
The town of Mason continues to I'm
prove; the sound of the hammer is hear
the ''live long day." New houses gree
the eye. A spirit of enterprise is mani
tested. The same is true of the surround
ing country.
DOES FARMING PAY?
A Collin county farmer makes the fol
lowing report from 329 acres of grOun'
for the year 1885: Wheat, $3.50 bushels
oats, 200 bushels and ten acres in cotton
Market value of entire products at neares
railroad town, $5,397.50; expense TO
labor, $500; net proceeds, $4,497.50.
WORTH INVESTIGATING.
A family in Cambridge, Massachusetts