The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-08-31
Editorial Notes.


The coal dealers of the United States are
organized for the purpose of keeping down
q break in prices.
Mrs. Ann Bance, of New Haven, attempt
ed tn cremate her husband while ia the
arms of Morpheus.
The mother of Lieut.. SIurgis, who was
killed in the Custer battle, has become in-
sane from grief. He was her only son.
There are now lS1 cotton mills in the
South, running 4Sl 075 spndles, and con-
sumlng annually IA 066 bales of cotton.
Work is about to be renewed on the
Washington monument under the auspices
of the society in possession of the monu-
ment
The entire coffee crop of the world last
yesr was 900, 900, 900 pounds, of which the
United States imported over 800, 900, 900
pounds.
The French government sends fifty-one
workmen to Phiia ielphIa TO study the i'm.
provements made in the different trades
they represent.
The Morgen's Post of Vienna says the
Prince Imperial of Austria " i'll start neat
autumn on n two years tour through Eu-
rope and America.
OF the 1000 convicts at the Tennessee
i
contracts and 430 are engaged in industrial
work in the prison.
NJ. Tocqueville and NJ. Arbilleur, Repub-
ican members of the French Senate, are
dead. Auguste Ncepizer, the well known
French journalist, is also dead.
A Liverpool lawyer has been compelled
to pay damages for having given bad pro-
| fesslonal advice. The law under which
such judgment was obtained should be in
foIce here.
1llden's prospective wife, 1t is reported,
is a Mrs. Todd, of Alabama, whom the
coming President has met sojourning at
the North. She is one of the most refined
ladies in the United States.
The Changers of California have deter
mined to break the 'graiA ring" and have
determined to sell wheat at not less than
81 10 per bushel. They have made arrange
ments to ship their own grain
Rev. DIR. Smith is the best advertised
preacher in the United States; all because
he had personal difficulty with another
fellow. This is a slight depression from
the fashionable mode of obtaining ministe-
rial notoriety.
The laborers on the rice plantations of
South Carolina are gu "A strike. Violent
measures are being u ed to force all the
negroes into the strike, and the Governor
has Issued orders to have those protected
who desire to work.
The mints are running to their full capac-
ity, and they expected to average two
and half million dollars in small silver
Gun per month"; Twelve millions of sub
sidiary coins are authorized. The California
mints are making $500, 900 of trade dollars
per month.
There are said to be in the United States
232, l4o manufacturing establishments. en-
pioy'ng .052. DOG hands, aud producing
annually "a 232, 1924 445 worth OF goods
There are 40. l9i steam engines aud 1.Ots
water wheels, with combined force OF
2,S46, 1876 horsepower.
The hostile Indians are said 10 be ONLY n
re" hundred thousand in number, but
even so many are declared by some good
ton, when their ferociiy exceeds their love
OF NE, and when they are intrenched in
"Ild regions difficult of access.
The rescued Fenians have been surnl;oa
WIN money at New York. Five societies
contributed 900 each, aud like amount
e1pec.eu from each OF the other Irish So
cieties OF the city. In addition nriv.te anil
scnptlons have been large, and each Of tho
eonVlcfs Will receive from $4,000 10 S3oOo
with which TO start in business
BY the will OF Henry Raine Iona.
brewer, fund was sometime since estsh-
IIsneo 70 provide for the marriage of moor
maids Before his death he estabI;shed
~ asylum where forty young girls are
uA'neo loT domestic service. Ga arr,v;no
- ene age o. twenty-one any g,rl VINO lac
,s eauSAled IN the a.y'um and can sbosv
.nat sue mas behaved well NAV become
SaI Tor marriage portion Of x5oo
,o oH;. winch SIX girls are allowed 70 draw
twice each year. eiA"
Inc Boston GLo5e gives the foIIow;ro~
piece OF history: ssThe White Hor,aat
ashington, ID. c., was Commenced ~ o.
ODER, l792- The commissioner ~ Wssh
ng.on' q sort Of board Of public works IN
nose days, Offered premium for com,s..,;-
i've plans. and the award was e;ve1 -
ames Hoban- The building IA modelled
liter the palace Of the duke Of Leipster. M
; one hundred and seventy feet front bv
,gnty-six feet deep II has the appearances
= oeing built Of white marble but the
Is ireestone, painted white, with
ohlc poruco, comprehending two stories
rowned with balustraie. The Interior
planned more for display than for health.
I - cuneus % remember in this centennial
ear that in 1914 the Britishers invaded tie
\ nite House, and very seriously ipjnred
he magnificent state dining-room by their
rude and bar >us practices The in
aders' hands. which have had recourse to
be torch, did act hesitate TO deface the col
INNS and paneIlinRs OF the presidential
lansioD with spur and bayonet. The
uilding wns repaired under the supervlsIon
the original architect James Hcban,