The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-03
BY THE WAYSIDE.
GOSSIP PICKED UP YESTERDAY BY THE
sTATEsMAN'S WALKING
DELEGATE.
Opinions by Many People on Various
Subjects That May In
terest You.

"Judge, what about running for the
Legislature this year," asked the del
egate yesterday as he met Judge Ter,
rell.
~ am not candidate. I'm out Of
politics and need rest and intend go
ing off in about two weeks to spend
the summer" said the Judge.
"Have you seen the petitions being
circulated asking you to rum"
III have heard of them, but have
not seen them."
III understand that they are being
signed by a great number of voters
regardless of party" said the delegate
Eyes, 1 hear they have been and
Ave said to my friends that if the PEG.
pie Enthusiastically want and nominate
me I'll serve, but Pm in no sense a
candidate. I have told my friends !
could not be candidate, but they
urged that the people want me in the
legislature and if they show they do
AL serve them, because feel that it
will be my duty to do so regardless OF
my private feelings and my business,
which will surely suffer-"
There are three or four petitions in
circulation and they are being signed
by large numbers regardless of politics
and it is more than probable that
Judge Terrell will be compelled to &C
cept d nomination.
Xxx
Capt. Billie Pitts was met and
ASKED about his race for county treas
urer, and he said everything was
lovely, and that he thought he would
knock the plum in the convention
and wipe up the earth with Ed
Anderson at the polls. Ed was seen
shortly after and observation-disclosures
the prediction that he would wipe up
the earth with Capt. Billie.
Xxx
"What of the outlook now?" asked
the delegate of Nose Sawyer at the
depot.
"Splendid. I'll be your next con-
stable"
"What of the outlook, Mr.. Davis%
"Splendid. I'll be your next con-
stable"
Thus it is the able candidates har-
Dor hope within their heaving bosoms.
~.
Jim Hart will go up to Sandy today
to meet the sovereigns. He doesn't
go to put up any fences. His are up
and well 'staked and ridered, He
simply goes out to show off new SO
suit OF clothes and to get square
meal OF country grub, such as he well
knows the Sandy folks know how to
set out.
"Anything the matter Brown"
asked the delegate yesterday of Jailor
Brown who looked as dismal as a
monkey with his tail burnt off.
"Yes sir. Everything is the matter.
Sheriff Whites got the measles and we
can't go up to Sandy tomorrow"
***
Col. Holland, the real estate man,
speaks very hopefully of the future of
Austin and he says the wise man will
invest in Austin dirt now. The colonel
exerts himself showing visitors over
the city.
Xxx
"How is the health of the city, DR..
Lowry~
"There is considerable sickness and
DR.. Bragg and myself are kept pretty
busy. There are great many cases
OF measles iu town, but of mild
character"
An Alliance man said yesterday
that so far as he knew A. r. Morris
had no opposition in the county and
it looked to him as if he was going to
have walkover.
"When the dam is built and we
have a great inland lake Austin is go
ing to attract tourists and visitors by
the carload" said gentleman yes
terday, and it goes without saying
that the gentleman is level headed.