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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-04-19

WEDNESDAY afternoon, just as the
unwelcome news of the burning of the
st. Louis Southern Hotel, with its
sickening details, came over the wires
to fill our people with horror, the city
was thrown into excitement by the
caving in of the Brueggerhoff ditch,
four laborers at work in the bottom of
it being covered up to the depth of
six or seven feet by the ponderous
mass. The ditch was twelve
or thirteen feet deep, and the
four men, two negroes and two Next
cans, were taken completely by sur
prise and had no means of escape. In
deed, the Mexicans, both of whom
were killed, were caught in bending
posture while at work. The accident
caused intense excitement and people
flocked to the spot in great numbers,
all anxious to do what they
could to aid to save the victims,
but no one knowing how best
to proceed. The voices of some
of the burie9e men could be heard
moaning and asking for help, and this
seemed to excite and horrify those
nresent all the more. In moment a
=, nher of men went to work with
might and main removing the dirt, but
there was an Immense amount of it to
be removed and there was little hope
of saving any of the lives of those
buried beneath. The first man
reached was Mexican named
Biio. He was caught by the
falling mass while bending down, and
:. ..~.--..sS v0S iSuVnrNI vao
still breathing but life was extinct be-
fore the dirt could be removed from off
his head. The next man found was
negro named John Moore. He was
up, the falling earth and
stones having crowded him against
the side Of the ditch. The other col
pred man, Ed. Hicks, was found in
similar position, standing erect, and
both were able to speak when daylight
was opened up to them. The work of
taking out these two men from their
perilous aud painful positions required
about three hours, the men at work
being under great disadvantages, ow-
ing to the depth and narrowness of the
ditch. Hicks was not set at liberty
ill o'clock in the evening, although
The accident occurred at 3:15 in the
afternoon. A large stone had fallen
across his foot, and over one hour was
to liberate it after the balance
Of his person had been set free, and
during all this time he suffered
terribly. BE and Moore were attended
to by DR.. WoOten, who found no bones
broken. hicks's foot was bruised Sc
verely, and his head and arm and side
were also slightly burt Moore had
one arm and one thigh bruised, but
he was not so badly hurt a. Hicks,
who win be laid up with his foot sew
eral days. The other Mexican, known
IS Juan Kelly, was dead when he was
found. Both the Mexicans were said
to be industrious, hard working men,
and We leaned they had no families.
Their friends gathered about and re-
moved their remains to their homes.
This, We believe, is the most shock
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-04-19
Two IrreconcIIabIe Conditions.

Debility and health are irreconcilable
conditions. Weakly people, that is to
say people who lack the vitality re-
quisite for a vigorous discharge of each
and all of the bodily functions, are in
variably afflicted with some, though 1t
may be trifing, disorder of the sys-
TEN. AtOnY, or a want of nervous and
muscular vigor, is accompanied by
poverty of the blood and leanness. a
certain way to overcome it and prevent
the aggravated maladies TO which it
must ultimately lead is to use Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters, which Promote
digestion and assimilation of the food,
and thus are the means of furnishing
the body with supply of blood of a
quality essential to its proper nourish-
ment. Inauguration through the instru-
mentality of the matchless tonic pro
tects the feeble from host of bodily
ills which lurk in ambush for the de-
bilitated. The bitters are an article
which it is most desirable to keep con-
stantly on hand.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-04-19

-.---.--,- vur greatest of French
comedians. His health had long been
failing, he had suffered for years from.
distressing cough, but from this
period he became rapidly worse, and
on the day of the third representation
of ''Le MGlade Imag,narie," produced
on the tenth of FEBRUARY, 1878, he was
SO i'll that both his wife and Baron, the
actor, entreated him not4to perform.
''What can l doW he answered; "there
are fifty poor workmen who have only
their daily pay to live upon, what will
they do if do not act9 / should re
proach myself if neglected to give
them their bread for single day." But
he sent for the company, and told them
If they were not ready by o'clock he
would not be able to play, as he felt
himself more than usually indispOsed.
At 4 o'clock precisely the curtain rose,
and he went through his part, but with
great difficulty; once during the per-
Torrance the audience could not help
perceiving that he was convulsed, but
he passed it off with forced laugh.
When the piece was finished, he pat on
his dresslng-gown, and went into
Baron's box, and asked him what the
people thought of the play. After ex-
pressing the opinions be had heard,
Baron remarked that he appeared very
unwell. 81 am" replied Moliere, 'the
cold Is killing me-" Then Baron felt
his hands, which were quite frozen,
and put them into q mua to try and
warm them, and sent for his chairman
to convey him home. he was put to
bed, after eating a little bread and
some Parmesan cheese. But soon after
he was seized with 9 violent TT of
coughing, and brought up quantity
of blood. Baron was very much
frightened, but Moliere endeaVered to
pass it OF by saying he had frequently |
brought up great deal more; never
theless, he requested him to fetch his |
wife up stairs. When Baron returned |
with Madame Moliere he was dead; be |
had expired in the arms of two sisters |
of charity, suffocated with blood that 1
was pouring from his mouth.
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How In Your Liver.

II you are troubled with headache,
dullness, ipcapacity to keep the mind
on any subject, dizzy, sleepy or nerv-
Gus feelings, irritability Of temper or
bad taste IN the mouth, palpitation,
unsteady appetite, pains in the side,
or any such symptoms of liver COM
plaint and constipation Of the bowels,
go to your druggists, Morley Bros,
aud get q bottle OF DR.. sherman's
Prickly Ash Bitters. No spirit is used
in the manufacture of them, except q
pure article Of Holland gin. They are
a thousand times easier to take than
pills, seidhtz powders, etc. Ladies in
particular will find them peculiarly
adapted TO their wants and conditions
of life in all ages.
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The Capital State Fair.

The board of directors of this live
association having earnestly opened
the preparatory campaign for their
third annual fair, beginning the six
teenth of October next, it seems not in
appropriate that.our citizens generally
should so cooperate with the company
that even the brilliant success of all
former exhibitions may be assured and
surpassed. Few of our people are
really aware of the immense labor that
has been accomplished, of the many
disadvantages that have been encoun-
tered or of the obstacles that have
been overcome by the few public
spirited individuals who have quietly
but certainly founded this beneficence
in our midst. The contributions to
Texas wealth in blood stock alone, in
duced by this organization, will in its
consequences very soon amount to
many millions of money, to say nothing
of the taste and pride 1t has aroused or
of the valuable information it is dis
seminating. Every department of pro-
ductive industry has been perceptibly
stimulated and every class of citizens
has been able to recognize in its in
fiuence some national benefit. For the
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programme, embracing not only the
State but every national interest and
industry of the countrr, has already
been approved and will be published
at an early day.
THE MKT FAIR SPECIAL PREMIUMS.
In view of which it is suggested that
it would greatly augment the interest
of the occasion if special premiums
were offered, individually, collectively
or professionally on any articles, ami
mails or on objects which such person
or persons might desire to encourage.
For instance, our butchers might very
properly and most proftably offer
handsome prizes on butcher stock, say
best atcattle, fat hogs, fat sheep. Our
legal friends might with becoming pro-
fessional grace arrange special purses
for either speed or sweepstake rings,
or beth. Saloon proprietors could
with their proverbial liberality provide
also some fitting tribute to the general
progress. Merchants, who owe so
much of their patronage and prosperity
to agriculture and manufactures, will
not be behind in proposing some pleas
ant surprise for the farmer and manu-
facturer. Hotels and boarding house
proprietors will be glad of an oppor-
tunity to offer premiums on the best
beef, pork, mutton, turkeys, chickens,
-four, meal, and, indeed, every staple
article in their line. They will thus
advertise their business, and their ef-
forts to elevate the standard of provi-
provisions ana the consequent comfort
and pleasure of their guests. Cotton
and wool buyers viii hardly allow
these specialties to pass without sub
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-04-19

Coon ADvIcE.-Now is the time of
war for pneumonia, lung fever, etc.
Every family should have bottle of
Bosehee's German Syrup. Don't allow
for enc moment that cough to take
mold of your child, your family or your
self. Consumption, asthma, pneumo-
mia, Group, hemorrhages and other
fatal diseases may set in. Although it
is true German syrup is curing thou
sands of these dreaded diseases, vet ~
Is much better to have it at hand when
three doses win cure you. One bottle
will last your whole family a winter
and keep you safe from danger. II you
are consumptive, do not rest until you
have tried this remedy. Sample bot
ties 10 cents. Regular size IS cents.
Sold by your druggist, Morley Bros.
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THE Ve1yennes YermOnter asks the
Brandon Scale Company (Howe's scales)
to remove to that place rather than
Rutland, and says:
alt is SAID no dividends have ever
been made by this company in Bran
don. Rutland could hardly do better"
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The Sultan lives quietly, and takes
great care of his health. He spends
the greater part of the day in his libra
ry, and never signs paper until he
thoroughly understands its purport.
In the evening the Sultan frequently
asks one or more of the ministers to
dine at the palace, and, after they have
dined, engages them in conversation on
public affairs, which are often pro-
tracted to late hour. No one says he
is great genius, but all agree that he
is modest, intelligent, eager for infor-
nation, and greatly interested in the afs
fairs of the empire. AS regards amuse-
ments, he Inherits his fathers fondness
for music, and has a turn" for me-
chanics. Paul Dussap was the music
master of his boyhood, and he it is
who conducts the Sultan's musical
evenings. Somebody asked Dussap
how these evenings were passed-unless
the Sultan is very busy there is always
music-and he replied: "The Sultan
likes the piano with stringed quatuol :;
after playing few pieces thus arranged
he generally asks me to sing, and then
he talks of music. He likes the quaint
wildness which belongs to Turkish
music and to its more civilized Hun
garian brother. At his request CON-
posed march for him, in which he
particularly wished to have the rhythm
of the 'Marseillaise' combined with the
characteristic modulations of Turkish
and Hungarian music. He told me to
keep it as much like his fathers own
march as l could" Dussap added
that the Sultan had made several little
changes before authorizing him to have
it scored for the full orchestra.
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THAT soreness in your forehead, it is
catarrh. DIR. ]. II. McLean's catarrh
snuff will positively smoothe and allay
all pain, soreness and cure any sores
in the nose, throat or on the skin, also
pimples. Trial boxes, by mail, so cents.
DIR. J. II. Mclean, 314 Chestnut street,
st. Louis.
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THE Grand Jury fer the present
term of The district court Is composed
of the following gentlemen: John C.
Wilson, foreman; Ben. +. Henrieks,
clerk; Jas. w. Berry, r. s. Caperton,
J. J. McQusnAn, r. L. King, John
Dillingham;, Thomas Van, p. s. Gard
ner, w. B. Smith, Reuben Hornsby
and Robert Kerr. The following CON-
prise the Petit Juries Nos. / and ?;
b. C. Wells, ]. N. Caldwell, w. d.
Miller, Jas Hickey. Frank Hefington,
August Weilbachsr, r. w. Ford, John
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ESTABLISHED 1S40.-.Th0 A. Q. Sim.
mons Liver Medicine we see so much
said about IN our papers is the old
original and genuine preparation put
up in yellow wrappers with a likeness
of the old Doctor upon each package.
1t cures all affections arising from a
torpid and diseased liver. Ask for the
yellow wrapper, and take no other; it
IS the only genuine. Sold by Morley
Brothers, j. J. & w. II. Tobin, r. II.
Cousins, r. II. Smith. M. A. Thed-
ford & Co., sole proprietors, Chattanoo-
ga, Tennessee.
Received weekly by Morley Brothers
or J. j. 81 w. Ii. Tobin.
ian1 3d6meodAufSm
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-04-19

OUT OF MEAT.-Some fellow who,
like the man alter the grounding, was
evidently out of meat, made a raid
Friday night on Steele Mathews smoke
house, three miles east of the city, and
carried away summers supply of hog
meat. The fellow dug under the house
with sharp board, which he left Mr..
Mathews as a memento of his departed
bacon. The thief who wonld steal a
mans bacon ought to be fried on Sa-
tan's grlddle one year for every pound
of the stolen meat he fries. Don't
you think so, Steele
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BLACK AS THE RAVENS WISG.-Grsy
hair can be changed to glossy black
by single application of DR.. TUFTS
Hair Dye. 1t acts like magic, and is
warranted as harmless as water. II
your druggist does not have it, ask
him to order it for you. Price 81.
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II. Washington, A. G. overton, Peter
Bratton, Jas. Doxey, Ben. Walker,
Jas. Mccullough, Thos. J. Pitts, R.
S. Bacon, S. B. Ashby, II. A. Haral :
son, Wilson McNeill, J. V. Jones, W.
Alexander. r. w. Riley, D. F. Wad-
die, Lee Blocker and Henry Holdings
worth
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Popular illustrated book (26o Pages) on
MANHOOD woMANHooD MARRIAGE!
Impediments TO Marriage; tie cause and
cure. Sent frrH,riy fEalfd, postpaid, Tor 50
Charles Street, St. Louis, Mo-, the great
specialist. = Read his work.
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SUPREME COURT. - Causes decided

SUPREME COURT. = ORuses decided
April II, 1877:
johnson et al. v. Brooks ct al. !; ap-
peal from Bastrop. Affirmed.
Hougb et al. v. Hill et al. appeal
from Milan. Reversed and remand
ed.
Sparks v. Dawson; appeal from Nc
Lehman. Reversed and remanded.
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WALL PAPERl WALL PAPEE!-A
large and varied assortment for sale at
greatly reduced prices, by J. j. d W.
II Tohin f1Sd6swtf
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iere's a magic which is mighty

There's a magic which is mighty
At the North and at the South;
IT'S a woman's sweetest magic,
IT'S the magic Of the mouth,
or pearl-white teeth and fragrant
breath-and so whste'er tefall
BE sure you use your Sozodont, and be
magicians all.
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The Rastern QuestIon.

WAsHNeToN, April 1.-THE Turk
ish minister has received official con-
tradiction Of the reports of disturbance
i'll various parts of Turkey, and the
restitution of the Turkish army.
LONDON, April 1.-THE Russian
army will probably advance in the fol-
lowing order: The right wing, which
is the weakest, crosses the .Dueiper at
Chategni, and goes along the Austrian
frontier to Pashany; the center goes by
rail to Pashany; and the left wing,
the strongest, will cross the Danube
between Rem and Ismal.
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The Duchess OF Marlborough in
tends to make it condition Of the st.
Patrick's balls In Dublin Castle that
women shall wear Irish poplins. This
is done to revive trade in that fabric.
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Lord Lytton, the Viceroy- OF Indie,
has written home privately that there
is no foundation to the recent reports
that he intends to resign aud return
home. 49, r..
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Trouble for Johnny nan.

LoxDox, April 17.-Business in the
Stock Exchange to-day Is iat.
The GLobe this afternoon says: 'In
view Of the threatened march of q large
body Of Tichbornites 70 the House Of
Commons 70 present the petition for
the release of Afthur Orton,s all the
troops comprising the tendon garrison
are to be confined to their barracks af.
ter 5 O'Clock this afternoon and held
in readiness TO turn out If required.
1t has been affirmed that the petition
ers will number 100, 900. DR.. Kenealy
hss requested his followers not to par
ticipate.n
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NIGHT DISPATCHES
DOMESTIC.
The Hoppers.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE stats
iicsl corps of the Department of Ag-
riculture report upon the condition of
wheat in 1865 counties of the winter
crop region. In els the returns are
comparatively unfavorable, and ESQ
counties vary from an average to su-
perior. In those of the Ohio valley
there has been far less injury from
frost than usual. OF SEQ counties in
the Ohio basin only As report below
the average; and siN-sevenths of the
reports from the Middle States are ia
yorable. In Wisconsin the unfavora-
BILE returns are from 10 of 60 counties
reported, and in Kansas from IL of IS
counties. Grssshopper ravages are re-
ported in % counties of Eastern Kan
sas, from Nebraska to the Indian Ter
ritOry and as far west as Saline county.
The wheat growing district in Texas
Is also alive with grasshoppers, which
threaten the destruction of crops in
several counties. More than twenty
counties report the hatching of spring
broods. There is an increase of acre
age IN wheat in Texas, and the pros
poets are favorable with the exception
of grasshopper rayages. In other cot
ton States dry autumn and variable
winter have depressed the condition of
wheat below the average.
Two monitors left Norfolk to-day
for Washington.
The steamer Dispatch sails from
Portland to Constantinople for the use
of the United States minister.
The Treasury will pay all sums I'M
der five dollars when desired, other
wise dollar bills will be issued. The
banks complain of a glut In silver.
Four persons 10 Green county and
two in st. Louis, making combina-
tion of counterfeIts, Were arrested and
large amount of queer captured.
An extra session of Congress is again
questioned.
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The excellent Bolton Journal urges
its readers to take stock at once in the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Re Railway.
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Failures.

LIvKRPooL, April 17.-Loekhart &
Dempster, commission merchants,
metal brokers and insurance egents,
have failed. Their liabilities are not
ascertained.
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manifested her desire for peace. can
not retreat.
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LIvERrooI, April 17-Noon. Cotton
dull and easier middling upiands
Sd; middling Orleans cid; sales 5000
bales, including 1000 bales for specu-
lation and export; receipts 5000 bales.
of which $500 were American. Futures
l-16d cheaper
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Indians Coming in TO Get RatIons,

. CAMP ROBINSON, New, April 49,
To Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan: | have Just
returned from Spotted Tail Agency.
The Northern Indians arrived during
my stay there. Their disposition
seems to be very good. and Spotted
Tail says they are honest IN their pro-
fessions. They also talk very posi-
lively of the others coming, but the
news received through this agency is
still contradictory. / expect to have
accurate Information in few days, in
event of any considerable number of
Indians staying out. II you want to
send the Pawnees to the mouth OF the
Tongue river it would probably be
we'll to defer their muster for few
days, until can obtain definite intel
ligence. l expect eighty lodges of the
Cheyennes to surrender at this place
day after tomorrow. The Indians
who surrendered at Spotted Tail
Agency had not been counted when ]
left. They were to have been counted
to-day, and shall within a short time
know the exact humber. Signed by
George A. Crook, Brig. Cen.
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TMeed,s Confs.sion.


Tweed's Confession.
New YORK, April 17.-Tweed, in
his confession, says he gave Hugh
Hastings check for $50, 900 and for
smaller sums. Mr.. Hugh Hastings
brought Mr.. jay Gould to him. The
circumstances of the arrangement be-
tween himself, Gould and Fisk, by
which the Erie classification bill was
passed, which practically enabled
Gould, as director of the road, to con-
tinue Indefinitely in power until the
bill was repealed, are we'll known. In
return for this, the Erie influence,
through Gould and Fisk, was used in
behalf of Tweed and his favorites.
The confession concludes with the
promise that the writer will be wit
ness for the city in any suit brought
by the city for the recovery of money
from any of the persons mentioned.
He does not ask that the rules against
him be quashed, but that he be re-
leased from confinement without bail.
Great excitement prevails among the
politicians and others on account of
Tweed's confession as published.
Hugh Hastings says, in reference to
his receiving $40, 900 by check in 1870
from Tweed to pay to Senator Wood,
that he received the check us stated,
but that Wood had nothing whatever
to do with it. 1t was purely bust
ness transaction between Tweed and
himself In the stock broking line. He
admitted to bringing Jay Gould and
Tweed together at the time Tweed was
considered highly respectable.
Justice BiXby denies that his broth
er, Senator Bixby, ever proposed i'm
munity TO Tweed in 1871, provided he
would have $3.50, 900 of james O'Brien's
claims against the city audited and
paid. 1t is falsehood from begin
ming to end, says the Judge.
ALBANY, N. Y, April II. - The
Tweed statement published this morn
ing, creates considerable amusement
about the Capitol, and is pronounced a
sensational canard.
The attorney general has received a
paper in connection with Tweed's case,
but says he has not time to read it,
and until he can become acquainted
Will IllO OOuISAlo nC VII HOI ~
public.
Recorder Hackett declined to say
anything about the statement that his
house, paintings and book cases were
paid for by the city's money.
Wheeler A. Peckham, of the counsel
for the people in the Tweed contest,
to-day said it was true that Tweed
had made statement, which he called
full confession, and that it was taken
to Albany last night by Mr.. Townsend.
The synopsis in the World was, he sup
posed, substantially correct 1t con
tanned some things, at least, which he
knew to be correct. t.U
Indians Coming in TO Get RatIons,
. CAMP ROBINSON, New, April 49,
To Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan: | have just
returned from Spotted Tail Agency.