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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-03-23
Mexico.


Gen. Veles has been ordered to MAtamo-
ros by the government.
Col Parrat left Matamoros on the third
inst. at the head of one hundred and fifty
cavalry. -s 49,
The revolutionists, headed by NJ de la
Pena, have imposed loan of $4,000 on the
merchants of Reynosa. So says the Heraldo
of Matamoros.
Mr. Irineo Paz, editor of the Padre COJos,
and three other editors of the opposition
press, have been imprisoned by order of
President Lerdo.
Gen. Alatorre defeated the rebels in OAK
| AGA and recaptured the city. Over four
hundred prisoners were captured by the
| government troops.
Gen. Carlos Fuero has been ordered to
the frontier with five hundred men. Two
hundred cavalry had arrived at Mier en-
route to Matamoros.
The CaScd6el says that on the ninth ulti-
mo the prisoners confined in the prison of
Santiago, at the City of Mexico, headed by
Cortina, overpowered the guard and es-
capped.
Reynosa was occupied on the second inst.
by two hundred revolutiOnlsts Under COM
mand of NJ. de la Pena. The garrison,
numbering twenty men, after having fought
for two hours, surrendered to the rebels.
| The officer in command of the place es-
capped into Texas.
Mrs. A. De Bsz, pious Sister of MercJ,
has discovered the medicinal virtues of an
herb, by the use of which she has cured
101 cases of typhoid fever out of 102 cases
which she has visited. If the statement be
true, we suggest that she be addressed by
the Texas Medical Association at once and
the facts inquired into, as she makes nc
secret of it.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-03-23
The Only Way to Conquer Dyspepsia.

1t Is perfectly preposterous to introduce
pepsin and other artificial solvents into the
stomach in the expectation that they will
assist digestion by acting on the food itself.
They will not. Nor is it possible thus to
overcome dyspepsia. The only way to con-
quer that disorder, and prevent the numer-
Gus diseases and disabilities which 1t as
suredly provokes, is to renew the activity
of gastric action by strengthening the
stomach. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Grad
icates the most inveterate forms of indiges-
ton by restoring vitality to the alimentary
organs and those which are tributary to
them. The liver, the bowels, the kidneys
and the nerves, no less than the stomach,
experience the invigorative effects of that
standard tonic, which possesses Alternative
properties that greatly enhance its beneficial
influence, and give a permanence to its eff
fects, which they would not otherwise pos
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-03-23

A NARROW gauge railroad costs over an
average country from ten to twelve thou
sand dollars per mile. The twenty-five
miles now proposed to be built will cost
three hundred thousand dollars. On this
sum, thirty thousand dollars would be ten
per cent, larger rate than is usually OBJ
tanned for large amounts of money. Our
little street railroad, less than two miles
long, carrying only passengers, no freight
has a gross earning per year of about
twenty thousand dollars, at dve cents a fare.
We cannot see any reason why twenty-five
miles of this cheaply built road, carrying
all the passengers and freight of the whole
upper country, would not pay better per-
centage upon the money invested than
any other railroad in the country, while
at the same time the increased population
and property values and trade would richly
repay all stockholders who were also prop
erty holders along the line of the road and
in our city.
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ST. Patrick.

The festival of st Patrick is marked in the
Martyrology of Bede as occurring on the
seventeenth day of March. Hence our
Irish citizens propose to celebrate this day
in memory of the great patron saint of
Ireland. He was born, say his historians,
near the site of Fitzpatrick, in Scotland, in
the year 372, and died at Down in AGA. In
his sixteenth year the youth was carried to
Ireland, and after spending captivity of
six months in prayer and devotion, he made
his escape, after being advised by God in
dream to do so, and returned to his native
country. Captured a second time, and
again escaping, he concluded to become a
missionary to the Irish people, studied for
that purpose, was finally consecrated as a
bishop, and started for the field of his la
bors. He commenced preaching the Gospel
in Ireland in 432, and, though not the first
to do so, is accredited with the conversion
of the Irish people from the most complete
barbarism to Christianity. He suffered and
endured great hsrdships and privatlons to
redeem Ireland, aud through his energy
succeeded in doing so. He converted and
baptIsed the Kings of Dublin and Munster,
and the seven sons of the King Of Con-
nought, the most of their subjects, and
finally almost the entire population of the
island. He was an author of some note.
There is popular legend which ascribes
to st. Patrick the expulsion of all venom
Gus creatures from Ireland. The staff or
croner with which he performed this
great task was, according TO Higden, kept
with great veneration at Dublin as late as
1860.
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THE Reedsville On. c. Meas states that
Mrs. Sarah Fontaine died there on the fifth
instant, in the sixty-ffth year of her age
She was the daughter of Philip Aylett, of
King William county, Virginia Her mother
Elizabeth was the youngest daughter of
Patrick Henry, by his first wife. Mrs. Fon-
tame, with her husband, Rev. w. s. Fou-
tame, reached Reedsville on the four
teenth of February from Comanche, Texas.
The great desire of her heart was to be with
her children. She was sick when she ar
rived there, but the excitement of being
with those she loved so much kept her up
for nearly a week. She was a woman of
great suavity of manner, and remarkable
for her great intellectual power. She had
been a member of the Baptist Church since
1912. Strong in faith and good works,
she had great terror of death, but at the
last she received dying grace, and death
was robbed of all his terrors by that Sa-
vior whom she loved so well.
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Literary Small Tauk.


A life Of the late Senator James W.
Grimes, by William Salter, is to be pub
lished soon.
Saiate-Beuve's letters from Paris. in 1s43,
to the Soiss BecIer, will be printed in a
volume by Levy.
A new story by Cherbuliez, ''Le Flance
de Mile. Slint-Maur.n has been begun in
the EeoWe des Dsuz Koades.
r''Piato's Best Thoughts have been com
| piled from Professor Jowett's translation of
the dialogue, 10y the Rev. c. Ii. A. Bulk
ley.
The value of printed books exported from
Great Britain in 1870 was 81, 575, 490, about
One-third of which were sent to the United
States.
w. G. Polgrave, the traveller IN Arabia,
and now British consul at ST. Thomas, has
written book about Surinsm, or Dutch
Guiana, which is in MacmIllan's press.
Englishmen cannot get done writing
about their Sepoy rebellion in India. Mr..
John William Kaye has just poured out
three octave volumes on the subject and
| threatens more.
Bulwer's novel left unfinished, and en-
titled s.Pausanias, the Spartan, will soon
appear from the press of Harper & Brothers.
Half of it was done, and it is proposed to
print the notes made by the author of the
remainder.
A curious ''mOsaic" volume is announced
in London, under the title of Human Ma
ture, consisting of sayings, maxims, opin-
ions, and reflections upon human life, Sc
lected and arranged by D. w. Mitchell,
author Of Ten years in the United States. y
An unpublished play by Lord Lytton has
been discovered, and will be published in
the collection of his dramatic works which
Mr.. Charles S. Kent is now engaged on.
| An unfinished historical romance by Lord
! LyttOn is soon to be published, accompanied
with preface written by his son.
A very important document relating to
| the colonization of North America i'll the
| fifteenth century has been found in the
Azores. The Portuguese settlements are
commemorated in it, and it is said it will
throw much light on the vexed question of
early American discovery. The author was
! Francesca de S9uZa, who wrote in 1870, and
his manuscript was hitherto supposed to
have been lost during the Lisbon earth
quake of 1775.
The first book of George Eliot's new
novel, "Daniel Deronda," is thus COM
mended by the Spectator: ''As far as we
can judge from the first part, there is likely
to be more careful structure in the story,
and more of art in the management of the
plot as well as in the evolution of the char
acters, than is usual with George Eliot, and
certainly not less than the usual of imagina.
tive force and brilliant criticism on the par
adoxes of human life.
Nine. Gasparin having presented to the
library of Boissenoix, France, a copy of hel
D. kkrl
and the Schools of Faith, " received from
its director, VI. Cereal, letter of thanks
accompanied 10y the statement that the book
had been Immediately burned. The letter
read: ''How pleasant, now the mornings
are chilly, to warm ones fingers with NJ. dt
GasParin's books They burn splendidly
Once more, thanks, madame!"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-03-23

THE prospect for bountiful supply OF
dewberries this season is at present remark
ably fiattering; but so far as we know there
is no one taking steps to supply Austin with
strawberries, the most delicious of fruit.
Mr.. Seiders and others have demonstrated
that the finest strawberries can be raised
here, and as they have heretofore COM
manded about fifty cents quart it is a little
surprising that some one has not gone ex-
tensively into the business. 1t is not yet
TOO late for some one to take steps to make
nice little sum this season by the cultiva
ton of strawberries on scale of sufficient
magnitude to satisfy demand which has
long been felt in Austin.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-03-23

POOLE & HUNT, of Baltimore, whose rep
utation as founders and machinists have be-
come national within the past twenty five
years, appears elsewhere in our columns in
an advertisement of their well-known and
highly regarded Jas. Leffel Turbin Water
Wheel, as we'll as in enumeration of various
other lines # their manufacture. We in
VIte, for this firm, the favorable eoHsidera-
ton of those of our readers who may be in
need of anything in their line; their ma
chinery, wherever used, best speaking for
itself as regards quality, durability and ca
Pacity for the work designed. Send for
their circulars before purchasing elsewhere.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-03-23

KEEP GOOD FOWLS, and you will enjoy
them. The way to do this is to write to 5.
G. Wood, of Nashville, Tennessee, and or
der pure birds Of the best breeds. He for.
wards either fowls or eggs, and experience
has proven that eggs carefully packed and
shipped do as well as any. His prices are
moderate, and the greatest care Is used in
forwarding. Besides chickens Mr.. Wood
keeps all sorts of fine fowls. Read his ad'
verusement and make orders at once before
the warm weather commences.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-03-23

The PERFECTION OF SKTLL.-The Spencer
Optical Manufacturing Company of New
York have gained an enviable reputation
for their Diamond Spectacles" as the best
in the world. Every genuine pair has the
diamond trademark on the box. For sale
in Austin by A. Balm.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-03-23

KILLED IN SAN SABA. = We learn from
Mr.. j. Frazer Brown that on Monday last
DIR. J. ID. York was shot in San Saba by
a man named j. L. Dowdy, and that the
doctor died the following day. The men
had quarreed day or two before, and
Dowdy and his friends claim that the kill
ing was done in self defense, and while de-
ceased was advancing with a stick. Dowdy
gave bond for his appearance for exami-
nation.
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w. @. en- II n n Ely.
Practical MineraIosist and Assayer
AUsTB. TEXAS.

(omes With Fainore 4 Woodbridge c0ngress Ayenae,
over Bruegg~Fhc1.D
WIN assay ores and teet mlns1al nfeclmfuef meEe
mlnsrniogiczi sarveys Of lsnda IN Bernei e1n a1ee
y, Culoch, 4enard EluIbal 4abons ltAno, tiue9ptts
and Bianco cOantiea and sgDtisie purchases abo sai
q mineral fsrming lands In any ~ thtee eoentes
fninera epeefmsns may ke sent ~ mai 70 the nuouEb
n - DUNES n one pckaeel VIII ba pleased
respond With parties eDnteinplafii mneral insee
nsnt n sny par, % Texas, rihoaf chnfxe f0f FUR
"a Anasin. In ny absence Mr.. a. p. Wooldrides IN
rpo1Fs aa1forEzrd npectnaens and .arsE1 inqnb1sa.
solo tty aitasn
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-03-23

WE are now selling first class lumber at
$50 per NJ feet; second class at $22. so.
Large stock Of dry lumber on hand; also,
sash, doors, shingles, etc. MALE & Co.,
Grocers and Lumber Merchants, near
Freight Depot. mh3- .Stw
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-03-23

WALTER TIPS & Co. are sole agents for
Travis and surrounding counties for the
celebrated Victor Cane Mill and Cooks
Evaporator. This is said to be the best
cane and sorgho machinery in the market,
and is sold by the above firm at lower fig
ures than at the factory. They have just
received large stock Of genuine Liberian
Sorgho Seed. Send for circular and price
'1:..
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-03-23

HE Central Railroad is keeping mum as
mouse on the subject of building pas
senger depot in this city. plank plat
form is good enough for politicians, legis
iat0rs and strangers visiting State capital.
The Central got very liberal aid from citi
zens of this city, and it would seem the
company could therefore afford to build a
depot in Austin. Perhaps it is waiting tc
get able to build fine one.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-03-23

DIR. WooTENs Office building, which is
to cost about $4,000, is getting well adj
vanced to completion, and will be ready for
occupancy in about two weeks. The doctor
has set our long resident physicians an ex-
ample in fixing up In style that they might
initiate with credit to themselves and the
city. The era for elegant, Attractive offices
has just commenced in this city.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-03-23

PRIVATE letter from Sugar Loaf, Cory
ell county, states that Bob Garrett was shot
at the house of old man Barton, on House
creek, on the fifth inst, by Frank sheaks,
who has not yet been arrested. Garrett
was shot through the body and was sup
posed to be dangerously wounded, though
he was doing we'll on the eighth. T. F.
Sweat, of this city, carpenter, is broth
er-Inlaw to Garrett, and other relatives liye
at Rockdale.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-03-23

druggist, Morley Bros, wholesale and re-
tail agents, Austin, Texas, aRd get sam
pie bottle for ten cents and try it. Two
doses will relieve you. Regular size seven
ty-fye cents
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-03-23

A National Colored Convention is to as
semble in Nashville, Tennessee, on the
eleventh of April, and the colored people
of this city are getting up a sociable and
supper, to take place Thursday night, to
raise funds to defray the expenses of their
delegates to the convention. The conven-
ton, we learn, is in no way political; but
has been called with the view of adopting
u means for the social, moral and educa-
tional advancement of the colored people.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-03-23

IT would be well for the people of Aus
tin to know that articles for exhibition at
the Centennial will not be received after
the nineteenth of April.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-03-23

AUSTIN is said TO be q very healthy place,
but, nevertheless, it seems to attract great
many doctors. In the last few months Dr.
Breckenridge, Or. Redd, DR.. Wooten and
DIR. McGown have taken up their residence
in this city, and how many more that we
cannot now think of we are at present I'M
able to say. Those mentioned above have
come to make Austin their home, aud have
invested quite largely in real estate or COM
mercial enterprises.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-03-23

THE evidence regarding the killing of
Mr.. Rane Holman, which was printed in
the Galveston MeIos, left the impression
that an unfriendliness might have existed
between Mr.. WIN. A. Shaw and deceased.
Mr.. Shaw, who, like Mr.. Holman, was
raised in this city, writes to a friend here
to have that impression corrected. He
speaks of tho late Mr.. Holman in the warm
est and most kindly manner, and says that
they had been on friendly terms.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-03-23
THE Waco Examiner says:

The recent escapade at the Insane Asy-
lum, in Austin, does't pan out well for the
actors in it. The STATESMAN publishes some
awkward things, which, if not disproven,
will prove very damaging. The smalLstreet
Tencontre Is fearfully disproportioned to the
actual occurrence, AS we gather it from the
paper named. Now, a visit to the Insane
Asylum should inspire almost any other
sentiment than a bacchanatian one. There
is shame somewhere"
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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-03-23

STocKMES will notice the demand for 200
head Of stock cattle.
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Cur TINS OUT--IT NAY SAVE NosR LIFE
There is no person living but what suffers
more or less with lung diseases, coughs
colds, or consumption, yet some would ole
rather than pay seventy-ive cents for bot
tie of medicine that would cure them Ut
A. Boschee's German syrup has lately been
introduced in this country from Germany,
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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-03-23
The following is from the Rockdal'
Messenger, March l6:

Capt. McNelly, who recently returned
from Washington, whittier he had been to
testify before the special committee to IN
vestigate the troubles on the Rio Grande,
was met in Austin by Col. John d. Elliott
of the Gazette. The interview is reported
by Elliott himself. We have misplaced the
copy of his paper containing It, but our i'm
preston IS that il runs about IS follows:
Col. John d. Elliott-Capiain, how do
you do, sirl
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-03-23

WuuoFT's TOXIC is not a panacea lis not
a cure for everything, but is catholicon
for malarioas diseases, and day by day adds
fresh laurels to its crown of glorious sue
cess. Engorged livers and spleSns, along
the shady banks of our lakes and rivers,
are restored to their healthy aud normal
secrstious. Health and vigor follow its
use, and chills have taken their departure
from every household where Wilhoft's Anti
Periodic Is kept aud taken. Don't iaii 70
try il. wmkKLocK, FINLAT 4 Co, Propri-
etors, New Orleans. For sale by all drug
gists, and wholesale by Baker s Graham.
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