The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-01-21

The laws of Ohio recognize the legiti-
macy of miscegenation, yet the whole
state is broken up over Cleveland white
girls marriage to colored Adonis. Al
change of law is now in order.
The Pennsylvania clergyman who palms
ed off one of Talmage's sermons ON his
congregation as his own has been fred
Whether it was the sermon or the decep4
ton that caused his dismissal is not
stated.
San Antonio Times
The real estate market in San Antonio
is quite firm. The demand is increasing
rapidly. 1t is gratifying to note that there
is also strong demand for farming lands
in this vicinity. Mr.. Charles L. Digno-
witty has located nine farmers near this
city within the last thirty days. The
lands purchased were both improved and
unimproved, and we're intended for mod
erate-sized farms. The prices ranged from
Sc to $26 an acre. The purchasers came
from Kansas, Nebraska, Arkansas, Illinois
and Iowa, and are thrifty tillers of the
soil. They have intelligence, industry
and capital, and that is all that is needed
to insure successful farming in this part
of the state.
San Antonio needs only two things to
establish, beyond all competition, its SUI
premacy as city in Texas. II needs to
have the country settled up by thrifty
farmers, and manufactures to utilize the
products of the farm. No city in the
state has better natural facilities for both
these desiderata than San Antonio The
farmers are coming; now let US have the
manufactures.
Fort Worth Mail.
If Sterrett will only stay away and let
the "business end" run the Times, Dallas
and the Fort could shake across the
bloody chasm and have picnic.
1t is stated that the fIthiest, most
crowded and most disreputable tenements
in New York city, are among the propri-
etorships of the Trinity church corpora
tions, plainly proving that Cody sem
blance is not always Cody cleanliness.
Yesterday Justice Zinn called up the
case o. the State VS.. Thomas H. Daggett,
charged with the seduction of Miss Mamie
A. Wallace, was called for examination.
The prosecution was dismissed by the
county attorney on the ground that Dag
gett's victim was over Twenty-Five years
of age, and that being the case no pros
ecution could be sustained under the law
for seduction under promise of mar
riage. The two civil suits against Daggett
in the district court-one by Miss Dag
gett for $4,000 damages, and one by her
father for $4,000, damages will be pros
ecuted.
Galveston Tribune
Moody and Sankey are coming to Texas.
This state appears to be the battle ground
chosen by revivalists upon which to bat
tie with Satans cohorts. Yet from all &C
counts.the prince of darkness is still hold
ing the fort, still conducting very active
and constantly increasing business at the
old stand The Austin murders, the late
, Dallas horror, consisting of an old mans
fiendish assault upon the person Of his
newly-married daughter, and other crimes
too numerous to mention, suggest that
Texas needs revival and needs it bad
but that said revival be of the hempen
variety. Texas was fast obtaining an en-
viable reputation for morality and good
order, but there appears to have been z
; frightful falling from grace that calls FOR
= revival of vigorous measures. The fact
of the matter is that Texas is flooded by q
: class of buns and dead-beats who should
: be taken to the border and fired out Into
Q the unknown whence and warned not to
3 return upon penalty of two years impris-
onment. 1t is this class that is again
giving the state reputation for lawless
ness, and every man who cannot show by
] what means he lives should be ruthleasly
fred. This would clean out the profes
y sional gamblers, thieves, buns and other
f disreputable characters. That Isl the
t kind of copper-rivited, brass-mounted,
p gilt edged REVIVAL Texas stands in need
Q of at the present writing.
Q BRENNAN Banner.
It seems that the laws of Ohio recOg-
! nize the legitimacy of the marriage Of the
u whites and negroes; therefore, it is not
. in the least astonishing that misguided
white and colored people get married.
Prohibition does not prohibit. No mar
2 of any care or candor tor his reputation
n for veracity, will for moment deny this
: aphoristic statement. The only question
. of debate involved in it, is the meaning
Y that may be attached to it by those who
~ use il.
n The Cattlemens convention met al
! Austin on Monday Many prominent
graziers from south and west Texas are
in attendance, but few from the Panhan
ulo are pIOoOhbs opVSh AiOAA - oNNNf-Nh-
e Texas are opposed to free grass, As 2
g large majority of the stock men in soutf
r. Texas own their pastures or ranges, II i
'. not surprising that they oppose fre'
/ grass.
o Fort Worth is now the best advertised
f city in Texas. 1t has always been th'
g policy of the leading and Representative
, men of Fort Worth to Literally sustsil
g the newspapers of the city. The Houston
n Post says the evening paper N For
1T Worth receives $500, TO $1,000 q yea
le from each of the live firms there; the re
q suit is the best evening paper IN the state
9, No city ever lost anything by the polio.
is adopted by Fort Worth.
r, Galveston Tribune
u Weare pleased tonote that several lend
D. ing journals are taking a decided stan'
q against the personal detraction warfare j
IL politics. This is an evil that has dis
n graced every campaign since the days =
y, Washington, and so common has IT be
u come that even mayoralty contests ar
u conducted with as much virulence as pres
O. idential campaigns Abuse Is not argp
ment.
The celebrated Sarah Althea Hill, VIII
m cIaimed To he the wife of Senator She